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PAGE TEN i Local 1 ?w??i????HH?????m??i?tt8 I The | i ^ 11 I Suoiaeit i ? 4 i j Leaf - 4 ? 4 < 4 "I made a mighty good sale today," J. H. Brewer, larmer of th( Drewry community remarked or Monday. Mr. Brew-er has a numbei of friends who are always glad tc see him at Warrenton, and particularly glad when he can spread good news which pleases us all. An avprairp nf 34 rents for 924 pounds isn't bad?not by a long shot. L. J. Rivers and son brought the tobacco here Monday, and thej went away with the comment, "We like the market fine." Some of the negro farmers of this and adjoining counties whc have sold on the Warrenton market this week and who have expressed satisfaction at their sales have been John W. Henderson, Osborne Bullock, Hartwell and Waverly Jones. Will Brown. Plummet Kimball. Allen Drew, Alex Hargrove, Richard Wimbush. Robert and Alfred Williams. W. H. Davis, I WA] j II FRIEN Have you beei days? If not v who have bee ing: R. S. Th( to make good good wife ha) Then we are i Sam Hayes ar munity. Also D. T. Reavis, H. W. Falkne I been here thi wards, Mrs. J B. C. Gill, A. that progress! Nutbush has our floor by ] IR. Y. Spain, J many of our us, among th( Henderson, J. Robt. Williarr Bullock, Luna and lots of ot We have also our local frier J. L. Aycock, munity, J. W. H. Dameron . Reams, Boyd iVan King, S. Thompson, W & Malone, Y. Stevenson, E If you are no Reliable" we one. Tobacco ? I E .. .i '. ; - __ v ~ ? :-?v ' V Warrenton, North Ca Market 1 Lena H. Bullock, Henry Burwell and ; Richard Hargrove. Dick Boyd has been stepping ' right along the last few days, buy1 " 1 ? i ing a neavy percentage 01 me saie. : The other boys are in-there, too, : but Dick has been talking higher. Though prices haven't been nor are they now all that one could de| sire, yet it is good news every day or so to hear some one on sale after an inquiry say, "Selling as good here as any place I know," and frequently adding, "I believe a little better." Jones, the auctioneer at Warrenton, keeps the boys smiling. He ' knows how to sell tobacco, all right, and he knows how to stay in criwi humnr nil the while. I ? J. J. Tarwater follows the market ' regularly and has bought right much tobacco. Mr. Jim has a lot ! of farmer friends who are always glad to greet him on the floors. The warehouse forces at War renton are always glad to lend every assistance to the visitors to their floors. \ A good sized negro shot his truck under a big basket of tobacco and 1 reared on the handles. He couldn't get the load lifted. Dutch Glenn, big and jovial RJR man, threw a' * little weight on the truck handles, >YD REHO R FARMER DS: 1 on our warehouse floors durin /e have missed you. Among th( n selling with us recently we n )mpson of Warren Plains. "Stic 1 tobacco. He has had hard li /ing been quite sick. selling good tobacco every we< id those good boys of his of tf for a number of his neighbors G. W. Finch, J. H. Goodson, r, and many others. And old s week in the personage of 1\ . W. Hicks, M. T. Greenway, P. Evans, and many of the g< ve community. also been stronerlv and ablv r F. F. Fleming, Buchanan Bros . H. Brewer and scores of oth( good colored friends have bee im J. R. Henderson, J. W. He A. Henderson, Moses Bullock is, Essex Hargrove, Lawson I . Bullock, J. Waverly Jones, H hers. had the good pleasure of sellii ids, among them the following: The Pinnell Brothers of Aftor Adcock, W. E. Hunley, Herbe & Bullock, A. H. King, John 1 M. Reams, S. G. Wilson, Alex ' E. Allen, A. H. Frazier, M. ( r. A. Connell Jr., T. B. Overbj [. C. Weaver, A. W. Steven: D. Haithcock, and many othei t among the satisfied customei invite you to become one at on< i is sellincr crood. Your Friends, Boyd's W A u'ollna THI Wins T and the negro, getting the load balanced, sailed away across the floor. Quite a number of Warrenton business men visit the floors, and the warehousemen and farmers would welcome more. Make Warrenton an even more friendly town. There certainly were wagons in the road all right on Monday and many since. Warrenton is striking a healthy stride this season, and fhpr.Q is rmm ahead. Let's ero. NICK O. TEEN. HERE-THERE (Continued from page 1) mark, "Why don't our folks raise more food and feedstuff's and cattle. If they can't make a profit on cotton and tobacco, why keep it up year-in and year-out:' We say "Why." A little negro lad rolling a big hoop down the big road. Two footpads on the road to Macon, one a man of 55 and the other a boy of about 18. It was raining steadily and they were lugging a suit case. They rode with me to Roanoke Rapids, looking work. They were weavers in a textile mill. The swagger of the young college man, with a decorative football and a high-stepper. The L'O USE ig the past few j good farmers ote the followk" knows how ir?L-lafal\r Vil'c I K XV lUtVlJ ) lii'J }k for "Uncle" le Epsom com, among them, H. L. Stokes, Cokesbury has Irs. C. H. EdStewart Bros., 3od citizens of epresented on 1 ., J. L. Capps, jrs. Then, too, in selling with T7^ T uiueisun, JCJ. o. , J. A. Harris, largrove, Tom [artwell Jones, lg for many of : J. L. Skinner, l-Elberon com;rt Wright, W. Painter, Oliver Katzenstein, J. 1 Duke, T. T. r, R. A. Harris son, Lawrence rs. "S of "The Old ce. Bring yours arehouse m WARREN RECOR obacco dance $3 per couple. He will be there. If he had a business manager, what a time he would have missed. Loads of tobacco beneath canvas covering. It has to be dry if you are going, to put it in your pipe and smoke it. John S. Davis and Frank Serls in a tight checker game at Hunter's. Fields white with cotton and pickers busy at work. A woman, asiride a horse, superintending about nine negro men and womea as they were digging sweet potatoes. "He was trying to beat me out of $107 but I got my money?the cash, too. Wouldn't take a check from that bird." Eyes that have studied life, weary yet wise. Two boys, riding happily through Tuesday's rain, in a stripped-down flivver. Ten thousand shades of color along Carolina highways. Nothing could be prettier than the handiwork of Nature these Autumn utt,ya. _ / Halifax News Misses Florence Woodard and Mildred Reed were shopping at Rocky Mount Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Moore visited Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Gary Monday. Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Stedman attended the Emporia Fair Thursday. Messrs. Davis and Branch visited Rich Square Sunday. Presiding Elder Cotton preached an excellent sermon in the Methodist church Sunday morning, after which the last conference for this year was held. A splendid attendance was present from other churches in the district, Tabor, Ebcnezer and Calvary. The Rev. Mr. Watson preached his last sermon before conference on Sunday night. All people in trwn, including other denominations sincerely wish for Mr. Wat son to be returned to this church. Messrs. Stedman and Caudle spent Monday in Aurora on business. Messrs. Applewhite and Stedman attended church services at Dawson Sunday. Rev. Mr. Kirk closed a revival at Bcbbitt's Chapel the past week. Mrs. R. L. Applewhite, Mrs. T. S. Dickens, Mrs. N. L. Stedman, Miss Bertha Thomas and Alton Thomas motored to Tarboro Monday to help Mrs. Wheeler put on Halifax county projects at the fair. HOSTESS TO CLUB Miss Nannie Gary was hostess to her bridge club on Thursday night. Autumn flowers were used in tasteful decorations in library and reception hall. Four tables were arranged for bride. The ladies' prize was won by Mrs. B. L. Travis Jr. and the gentleman's prize by Mr. Quinton Gregory. Miss Gary, assisted by Mrs. Gary, served a delicious chicken salad course with hot coffee and hot rolls. Those playing were Mr. and Mrs. A. Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. Swain Norman, Mr. and Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh House, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Applewhite, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Travis Jr., Mr. Quinton Gregory, Mr. F. H. Gregory, Mr. S. M. Gary and Miss Nannie Gary. Mrs. George Wood Is Buried Near Weldon Mrs. George Wood, formerly of Halifax county, died on Tuesday, October 22, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Gentry in Granite Falls. The remains were brought to Weldon and were interred in the family burying grounds at the home ot Ernest Green near Weldon on Friday. The services were conducted by the Rev. J. H. Shore. Mrs. Wood was born in Halifax county July 9, 1852. She had long been a member of the Methodist church in Weldon and was much beloved by a large circle of friends and relatives. She leaves besides hei daughter, Mrs. Gentry, one son, Frank Wood of New Jersey, six grand children and her great grandchildren. Each act of humble service is that divine touching of the ground which enables one to get the spring whereby he leaps to greater heights. ?R. W. Trine. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks for the many words of sympathy and acts of kindness shown us at the time of the death of our son and brother, Kimit Williams Copley. J. H. COPLEY FAMILY. p Warren ton, Nil From R Alamance tobacco farmers report tic that the use of magesium lime- se: stone was beneficial in the producTHE H A Newi Vol. II. Frid A. Jones, Editor Dentist: Your bridge work is terrible! Victim: Yeah, that's what my wife tells me! Friend: Old man, I hate to tell you, but your wife is fickle! Husband (yawning): Ah, she's thrown you down, too, eh? "Gotta chew?" "Mow Firv if rvn mv r\um QffArd9" A 1 V% H vy AW W4i ?**J Wll ? MIVWW*%?? Then there's the Scotchman who sued the Cubs for damages, because during the World Series he fell from a tree! Customer: I want to see the cheapest dress ycu have. Clerk: Something a little better than what you're wearing? "What's the matter, old man?" ""Just heard a recipe for good home brew, and I haven't any home." Gretchen: The problem, Mama, that you helped me do last night was all wrong, Mama. But don't feel bad, Mama, none of the other Mamas got it right, either. Friend (to artist): Sold anything recently? Artist: Yes, my overcoat. Burglar: Where have you been? His Partner: Robbing a fraternity house. Burglar: Lose anything? II The Warrenton m every pile CE Wa I Experienced war< corp of workers to I your sales satisfa< I ED BEASLEY is I Sell on the Warr< I the Warrenton mi to make the "Cen I will please you. I Roger I I I \ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Aany Section! past][tobacco from his club atr^M ,n of quality w \and purchased a pure v.t^H rsoh. . ^ uoy sold the' stein heifer. H MI Edgecombe_cluh^^ TWtergram i WalterWhite, Ad^' I STATIONERY -S.".?"*! Prizefighter: I my, but . count on me. d?ot I We have the 0ur J supplies needed JTSS at school. When cause h* ^had 5een 11*' "'d your boy or girl JiTst Bnjlge Partner: Dont^aB needsla monopoly on the^'busin^s?*"" ^an (a^ door soroity hot?, I PENS Is May in? I PENCILS (but dumbl p^| TABLETS wteVroS o 5"'8'! a Beautiful (but not so d^ CRAYONS Pledge: Sorry, but May O'Na? J dressing. SpnH to our "DoyoureadPoe?" aena i o llNaw> l read pretty good? S t o r e-G o o d ^g^ate: Didn,t you ^ I ^ , , , -r-i "fin Slnur" clml quality, x a 1 r student Culprit: Yes_ butIdldJ Prices think meant th,s car* Warden: Have you any questions I to ask before I turn the current on! | ============^^ Convict: Yeah! What does the H paper say about the weather (?H HUNTER DRUG" " ? I ll VII Ik II kil Chicago Cop: Wotcha shootm'| a a m m m m m m m .. . - n n Ri n i ii u tnat guy IorU U III I n ll I Gangster: None of your damn I business. "Home of The Cop: Don't get fresh with me I Western Union" I now or I'll run ycu in. m arket is paying the "High Dollar" for I ) and you find every time at :ntre rehouse I ^housemen and an able and willing I labor for the best prices and to make I etory. | ning our in top notch oruci. ^ irk0? 2Tlaf^e^ bring your friends to I ? > ana then accept our invitation s and Hunter I
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