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A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Intersts of Warrenton and Warren County.
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GIVE OUR JUD DE
PARTMENT A TRIAL
IT WILL SATISFY
you.
Diversification the
Watch-word in 1915
To F. B. Newell, Demonstration
Agent, Warrenton, N. C
port, might be introduced in
place of the present system. This
means the reduction of the pro
portion of each farm devoted to "
cotton ' "
Not less than a twenty-five per
cent reduction of the cotton acre-
southern farmers and business age, on the average, per farm
ien are entering the most im- will leave room for the produc-
namely,- the planting sea- nay, syrup and livestock neces-
por
year
son
Macon, Jr., of Littleton ; Mrs. N.
W- Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wright Smith and daughter,
Mary V., of Bracey, Vai ; Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. W. Rhodes, of Esther
ville, Iowa; Mrs. J. J. Nowell, of
Augusta, Ga. ; Mrs. J. M. Rhodes,
of Littleton CoIIpo-p- Mrs. Willis
dist Episcopal Church South, at Blacknall of Henderson, Mrs.
Macon, Warren county on April Marvin Drake of Weldon, Miss
7th, when Miss Selma McCorry Florence Perry, of the East Caro-
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Sharpe-Thornton:
Burlington Man Wins a Bride In
Warren County.
A marriage of unusual inter-r
est was solemnized in the Metho-
Health Warning.
TVinvnf rn nf Mannn hpfflTTIP. the . . . . .
Fo vears the Federal De- sarry to make the South self-sus 1 TmorW v qmP of Aeacners l raining bchool,
r . . ,x x. , bride of Onaries v. bnarpe, 01 M. -r. QT1, Wi;c,k0v,
vv- -M--l. Will m xx .y , lli
partnient of Agnculture, in com- mmng as to food, for its people .BurHngton N. C.
on
,nii Willi OlIlcXS W11U xviivw cue "-v a.v.tu lux nic uvea LUCK.
weakness of Southern Agricul
ture, has urged a sufficient di
versification to make the South
ennnortine. It has worked
This program is not advocated
for merely as a temporary make
shift, nor merely for the purpose
of cutting down the cotton acre-
i Hunter, of Warrenton. and Miss
The historic little church in its Minnie Daniel, of Littleton,
decorations of white and green
with a splash of bright color fur
nished by masses of yellow jon
quils, .and under the mellow light
. i Viq QrknfVi to nfin-ncrp atfe. hilt, as 5 iprmanDnf n-nA loot
toinnucii . . . nf nnmernns candles, never made
11 nrirl tnr Its ine SVSrPTn W hlPh nnrrht K '
a more beautiful picture than on
this occasion.
Promptly at twelve o'clock
noon, Mrs. John Monroe Cole-
from all cotfon to "food for its mg system which ought to be a
people feed for its livestock and (dopted in order to avoid finan
cotton" ?ial and agricultural uncertainty
Tn every cotton county in the in the South.
South the farmers ought under County agents are urged to
this pla
USE FERTILIZERTO REDUCE
THE COST OF PRODUCTION.
Many of our readers stilLseem
to misunderstand our position
regarding the use of commercial
fertilizer in 1915. Our position
this year is no different from
what it has been every year. Fer
HOW TO MAKE BIG CORN
CROPS THIS YEAR.
Let us urge the planting of a
PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING large part of our best lands to
I PASSED BY THE LAST LEG-, corn That is the lands best
ISLATURE. suited to corn, or those moist and
Act For Prevention of Baby i the best supplied with humus.
Blindness. j We need a large corn roP in
To prevent baby blindness a 915' because it will probably
bill was passed making it unlaw- jbe hlgh m Price, and cotton, the
ful for any physician to neglect 0Rly crop that wil1 be generally
;ruvvn ana soia to set money
with which to buy corn, is likely
or otherwise fail to instill imme
diatelv UTinn its birth in thf pvpu
of the newborn babe a suitable10 bf relatively low in rice. But
amount of a one per cent solu-!
we do not need corn produced at
iViq fn4-n s-P -i rr 4- oa i i i
tion of nitrate of silver. Any i , V ueis per
midwife or nurse discovering in- acrforTat that rate it costs too
flamed or reddened eyes must re- jmUch; Land that ,wil1 no w
nort the fact within two wppks xiai1 rn per
or be guilty of a misdemeanor.
n, to grow their own gar- call these matters to the aten- man to hef &ce he( ran; 1 tilizers should not be used unless
Thirty pr cent of the blindness
in the Maryland Blind Institu
tions is due to neglect of this sim
pie procedure either by the at-
acre with good preparation and
cultivation should be planted i
cowpeas, peanuts, soy Deans, sor
ghum or sowed to lespedeza or
other pasture plants and grazed.
But there is little cultivated
. t
the'
and'
(
ore
iun-f
3 at
and as the strains of the "Bridal
Chorus" from Lohengrin pealed
dens and can tne j-jruius anu veg-j"" laimcio miiu. uusiness
.ivi0o fnr home use. to crrow rnen during the plantincr season .
;YoawillrpmpmWt,afMiat;0 forth, the officiating minister,
thPlr () II ucano jj9 wm.wvwwj - . vmt kj uiivviiio
corns, oats, cane or sorghum for
5ttup, and their meat supply
from poultry, hogs and cattle.
The livestock is to consume the
the increase in the crop will pay
a profit, with a good safe mar
gin, above the cost of the ferti-
tending physician or. the midwife I e ,
, land m the South that would not
Any physician will gladly give
produce more than 20 bushels of
corn per acre if well cultivated.
It is now, too late to prepare the
,te products of the farm and .lege, Bradford tXnapp, Special teed Fff fliers-
to bring profit out of its waste .Agent in Charge:
lands. Beyond the needs of every
farm there are the home mar
kets of the South that should I, THE AMERICAN LEGION.
snnnlied from these farms.
Messrs. Walter Douglas Egerton,
of Macon,and John Wright Smith
Thornton and John Skinner No-
any nurse or midwife a prescrip-
Per" land for large corn production-
sons neglecting to use this rem- Only years of proper cropping,
edy will be rigorously prosecut- with the addition nf Ip
fit on the use of fertilizers they ed by the County Sanitary Board. stable manure plowed under in
owuuiu uc uocu una jcai, anu Inv. ,4-J4.; - i
UGILISM ON THE DECLiNE- that will produce large corn
A new heavv weierht champion '.yields: But thorough prepara-
touching on each of the matters 'ISSZ D the 0ther hand' n ' STS
suggested above mav he ht.in. the bnde s Pastor, advanced to, , . o , , , . x -
ed on annhPAtinTi fn tCnT I his position within the altar. Im- . " . .T t fcU115 "V"" tu ue tms rm-Uniy years of proper croppi
ed on application to the Depart- medtely the bri(ial party en. m our past experience paid a pro- edy will be rigorously prosecut- with the addition of legumes
menu Or LO vnrTr Tummilf-rrfctl "icuiottij tllv-
the necessity ' for the largest
yields per acre - consistent with
nf "Rrnpv Vn nnd fPril PfrfV : - ' . i
. , , . --r tile illUOb CtUIIUlIUCill ui uuut HUIl i . v . ,
is as urgent and -more so this has emerged irom tne ring, ine !v" ,
dayi In almost every communitythere lanization trying to -get into com Following the ushers, came the
to a rond dpntVl nnd finolTr T-vnl
year tnan in recent years. . , , . oi-cri -pw, j
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vvc aic ucctiiiiii wilii uiit; sciiue x - . , ,,. . .
. u form wVirt a' i TnnniHnn wifi, 0,n0 dame of honor, Mrs, Daniel Char- OT,, wW, w:. Vi.Q OOT14 mount of enthusiasm, but it is ,sy,uu cultivation mignt alone m-
Mowing this program and pros- of and secure the co-operation of les Lawrence, of Sanford, the crops requiring the same treat- incomparably less than An . 4
peringas the result. Under this jthose men scattered throughout bride's sister, who wore . hlue ment and. no false idea of econ- battles of the past, when the ,DUsneis per ae, ana it is proha
svstem cotton becomes the great jthe country who would come to crepe de ,chine th large Wack !oray should lead us to restrict whole country waited feverishly nat just the area now plant--cash
crop, strengthened through ktie defense of their country in hat' Ne entered the maid of the use of fertiiiZers when this ! for news of Sullivan, Corbett, to corn would supply all needs ;
honor. liss Emma L. Taylor.' of m rr Fitzsimmons and Sharkev. Puer- 11 eacn acre produced even 30
d 5cll-t)UJppui Liii aaicm v-j- i i--c.oc ui. wdi. it is ct IHUVcIIlelH i yvxA icssui um yiuuto. J-lie mca
i -cv3 vyj- (ai. lb io cl 1I1U Vclllcllt i " itcccn uui uiuiiio. xijc luca - -i i i .
' . . It i -vt m ti j , ? ,T . f i x-x-.i.-- 3 hllSnPlR npr ravo TTiio ' -4-
culture. iwhich deserve:? tire success wifli ,v- u, aumiiucyr . of reducing the fertilizers when , sm is a aying insututiun, aim, -7
The increased fall seeding of j which it has met, hecause4n case ied m e-colored chiffon over .this wiU lessen our profits. The f any proof of thef act were need ana could be made, the
r,f Wor x, -p v, crepe ivitn nat to matcnana car- 0-f rimrn- ,o f0rfii,v0rQ ed. it can.be turmsned oy tne re-."-"" vcxrtSc witn iixtie'
x - i - f-rvincr nn snrnrfnl nf ninV TTillpr- : i .1 . "j 1 rrtv'f firrTrf
esr assistance. Men who nave v7 to m oraer to reauce tne total crop i-"1"
liad training in the regular army (nJLr?es
more than good seed, befter iT
of cotton, so it will bring a bet- j Prize fighaing has certain clev Juration and suitable cultiva-
in the states, militia or in civil bride foIIowea on the arm 'ter price would be too ridiculous er and appealing; advocates, t'on are yields, as already
a heat and oats has been en
couraging, but the critical sea
son is here if we are to produce
"iiir nu-n fcinA on1 focxr? frT tVi
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.livestock. During the planting jlife, and who wotild volunteer in 01 ner Drotner amaiuei .vxacun to even mention were it not tra- among whom is Conan Doyle, the ' W1Y come s-rer years
easontliefoilowmg items should -case of war, s;hould be located lllc gic m its possible eltects m les- novelist, ine apologists ior tne wmcn our
emphasized; registered and kept in .communi- aixar Dy ine room n nis oro" sening the; earnings of each in- ring maintain that we are m dan -, in aecaym veg
1. The home garden must be 'cation with eacli other. The tlier: Mr' Walter narpe, of dividual by lessening the yield ger of becoming too highly civi- ctU1 aer to supply nitrogen
i
nt in and kept going to produce
resh vegetables for the family
and some to can for the win-
er. Send for Fnrmprs' T?nlle-
American Legion is simply an
organization that will assist the
government in case of need. It
asks neither state nor national
n No. 647. Be sure to raise aid, financ or otherwisp
otatoes, either Irish or sweet, j
home use. ' ! '
2. Corn must be planted op 'A FEW DONT'S TO PRACTICE.
"ujjer acreaere or the boutn
Burlington, who served as best :per acre an(J increasing the cost iized. and that it is necessary to and hold the moisture needed ni
man-
While the solomn and im- 0f producing a pound; of cotton.
By all means reduce the cot-
iton crop, but do so by reducing
retain a little element of brutali- 1txe quantities by the com
ty in our life for the conserva- croP
pressive words of the beautiful
i'2ng ceremony were being spok
en, the organist softly played the acreage instead of reducing practices are suppressed,, they depend largely on better prepar
"'Schnbert's Serenade."" Mendel sVinlT hpfmnp n rnfp nf ation and rnlfi
tion of manhood. If air brutal
In short, we must this year
ed as the recessional.
The bride wore a handsome
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BOYP,
GGAH
tllC V1C1U UCl clCie, WHICH IS IIUVV aiguc. vvc onan jjiiic iac vj. im Ltl ll Vet tlUll LO Hll OMr
ssohn's -Wedding March" was us- so STTlaii as to maVp thp nrndiir- mollvcoddles. rorn cribs. Commpmni f-K
tion of cotton unprofitable at any This plea has deceived a good zers are only profitable on corn
price which has been obtained manv neonle: it should not anv .hen used in moderate ' auant.ifp
have to continue to import 1 Don,t put ashes in wooden bo Putt colored going away suit , n the last quarter century. longer after the revelations of ! nd with ore knowledge than the
ln large quantites.' A conser- es or Darreis- use meiai cans- ,wlin nax ana &loves matcn ana ! Of course, when cotton is sell- this year. Civilization has ad- average farmer possesses. Ni-
f,',.- . . . I ttv 4- xi, . x, . r x. -C pm-ri cr hnrip a rncpa wiTh hnw x. ---.i.x. x -i n . , f-rro xi .
le estimate shows that the1 XJUl1 ""wv d&nc& agdm&i icn- - mg at eignt cents a pouna mere vanced Dy giant strides ;orutaiity , uuecil JO me cmei neea 01 the
on most soils
uth imports 105.R49 000 hush- ces or buildings. ' er Douquet ot inies-oi-tne-vaiiey. must b a iarger increase in the has been lanrelv eliminated from corn crop, but
' ' . . r t t i i i ' -
? of corn annually. We need Don't fail to burn all rubbish. aer om oinamen as a necK- yield from the use of the ferti- .the life of modern nations, but P.nosporus is needed and on some
ore of it to supply our farms Watch it, and be sure that the ,lace with diamond and pearI pen" hzer to pay the same profit on adhere is no visible diminution in soils potash is also required.
rf-i t T in j rri t r -w- ur nrnnnrvi i -a t - i
We suggest that the best way
Sd
a the town and city consump- fire is out before you leave it.
Don't burn rubbish near fences
- Plant peas or beans in the 'or buildings
m or separately. Harvest the ' Don't permit rubbish, paper,
f for hay and gather the peas or greasy rags to accumulate.
eaRs for food. In some sec- i Don't use coal oil to start a
ns Pumpkins or smiash mav slow fire.
obe
0 not fail tn InnV nftpr rnol nil if i dangerous.
Ptarm DOUltrv. Fiftv iPTia fn I rinn'f rnlii a stove while it is
E TqvwJI .,, ,
uuy win not cost much to hot.
- gxccttiy asisist m uon t mi an on ui gaounuc
ln? the family self support- stove after dark. If you must
ood, fresh ee-o-s nrp 1 fill fiiom npvor do so while
: ln demand. licrhtpd as the flame miffht set!
Prepare nastnrps fnv Vincra v. vonw in flip air and
Possible. If everv familv irmifo fno nil rrmsinor an exDlo-
, - 7 -m.j llglllbVy WXX, . X
idle the nicy a lcic.
1" to kJ xa uiu 1VOO
aant, tne gut oi tne groom. iven cost for fertilizers. Or to the quality of the race. Never
t i x i -fil r xr. .!. ... . .
nuuiuv xwxxwwxx.6 ..i- reverse tnis matter, less iertm- m all history have men shown left at this lfp rino ;a ;v, '
lemony, the happy couple left by Zers can be paid' for with a given 'such a disregard for death as ; crease the corn crop are ood
automoone ior iNormm, wnere am0Unt of .cotton; for the price have the troops of all the nations ; breaking- and thornimh
they took the S. A. L. train for 0f cotton has decreased while
Washington, D. C. After a few the price of fertilizers probably
day's sojourn in the Capital',they has not decreased so much.
go to New York City. Return
ing from their tour they will be
at home in Burlington, N. C.
But the problem is the same
principle that it has always been
If $5 worth of fertilizers will pro
The bride is the youngest dau- jduce $7 to $8 worth pf. increase
engaged in this war. Never be
fore has there been such a ma-
zation of the soil. Let us insist
that no corn be planted this vear
chinery of destruction, never, .until the ground in finely nul-
even in the Napoleonic wars,such jverized. Clods can be broken
loss of life; time and again mas-more easily, quickly and econo
ses of soldiers have gone to their mically before the crop is plant-
fate without flinching, as the Ger ed, and a day or two spent in fin-
'Jld
ist A
ttretM
a two
sion.
, on ttf
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popular ana progressive 3roung
1 C -D,,-li T"V,
SOWS T j, x xx -P Q luu&ine&s mauui uuiuugiun. xnc
m heln to Qimnixr u- x i, L ja f .esteem m which this fine couple
, to supply the South - fire four or five pounds, ot . .... , , ,
1 met. I . . Mrt w,n wnisn is held is attested by the splend-
The nno '""""."r.V. display of gifts of silver, cut
vxxi4ty ux tne nre immeuiateiy.
the nmhn"hiHir TTof
XI 1 X T 1 -X TT 1 ' .. . - -
gnter oi tne id,te xvuuert uyu ;in crop the investment should be 'mans at Mons and Yser and the ing the soil will not only make
and Rebecca Egerton Thornton. made. The only . question is as British at Neuve Chapelle. No 'a better. but it can also be more
She is a graduate of Littleton Col J to the kind and amount to .use deterioration in courage has been 'cheaply cultivated and will not
lege, studying later m the Con- jto obtain the best profits .andWed; rather an increase, since be later than the crop planted
servatory of Music, Peace Insti-(this is largely an individual prob nodern war is far grimmer and on land left cloddy to save t;m
tute, Raleigh. The groom is a iem for each farmer, to. solve ;but more appalling than that of the'and get it in early. After thl
armer.
ht and
nf nrH-r-r -.Trill
g X - win
be carried over out of
year s cron should inflQ
rriyi lllllullVC
il1"0010" Panting. With
ha Th.e DP-t-
't , instmen; advocated a
W !1'"1" orfcr that a bet-
glass, china, hand paintings, lin
en, etc- Noticeable among these
Mme. Curie, the famous wom-:is a chest of silver from the bri-
has nota rprt JIT, ner UC O wiumcio auu DioiciD.
dll SlCll tlO l XitXkJ iuuiuuv -
own expense a radiographic ap
paratus for the wounded at the
Pantin Hospital near Paris. By
means of this apparatus bullets
Among the out of town guest
were : Mr. W. E. Sharpe, of Bur
lington, Miss Emma Taylor, of
Jackson, Mrs. D. " C. Lawrence
and shell splinters and fractures and children Rebecca and Dan- jPick your man
u ij o rnwer iel. of Sanford; Mr. and Mrs. Ray i Andnop the question. , .
. mnnd Thornton and little son.Nat v. K-.?oit Free Press.
tnis is no oinerent tnan it nas past. . (crop is planted, on well prepar-
always been. The Progressive Many savage practices have ed land, the smoothing or section
harrow is the best and most e
conomical implement for early
cultivation of the crop. Labor
saving implements cannot be us
ed in cultivating if the land has
hot been well prepared. The
Progressive Farmer.
GET HIM INSURED FIRST.
Cheer up girls !
That's Leap Year' nearing
Jes off yonder
By the clearing; .
Take a tip
From this suggestion:
9 1 WW
.gone; mannooa remains, wnen
the Puritans put an end' to that
lorrible pleasure of our ances
tors known as bear-baiting, they
lost no military virtues. Nor
shall we lose anything when
prize fighting has passed away.
The Times Dispatch.
Many people belive that there
is seme connection between bar
ometric disturbances and explo
sions of gas in coal mines.
China has only about one phy
sician trained along modern;
lines for each 600,000 inhabi
tants.
iui aia to tne saving oi mc