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fHE RECORD VOL. XXI WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY OCT3BER 1, 1915 NO 26 51,00 A YEAR A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Intersts of Warrenten and Warren County. 5c a COPY k MAN WHO FINDS HIS OPPORTUNITY. rrjjg man whb finds his oppor- IriitV IS a ueucvci in liiiiiocix. tt 1 "U t,,tion. lit i nuwcvci , u;?olf as thp mprp Hot ,0n mi"-" , . ... r; which in rpahtv 'humai" - - y Ut in so uomg ne uues I. ic wdiminisn m& own uuwwuw ! His conviction oi ultimate suc Lis based on his belief that ch human being is placed in world for a purpose. He also elieves that nature in the be inning, by its wise provisions, oaranteed a living- to each man. ft'hat others have done, I can ne says, and with this be li crystallized into conviction L g ready to prove himself and L world at the proper mo lent the truth whereby he beaks. Ke first qualification that- this L seeks in his battle toward L front is education. He real- S triaL I1C liiussi; TTxi vuip- for his lile's tasK wnen op- rtunity beckons to him. He ows that proper preparation kes the battle halt won. J5ut the acquiring ot this education e man of today looks not to e dead languages of Latin or eek or the higher branches ot thematics so much as he does the thorough knowledge of p given thing. For the know- ve that will do mm tne great- , good he delves not so much , il X 1 A. -ff e questions tnai ne niusu iace the everyday lite ot today. The second great qualification the man who finds his oppor- m a -W-k J J 1 itv is ambition, cut in tnis bition the man who succeeds ks kindly upon his fellow men him ambition and envy are ngs apart holding nothing common, and while he draws m the lives of the leaders the ret of their success and longs emulate their example, he ets nothing that has not been rly won. He is anxious to vate himself ti the fullest ex- t of his powers, but in so do- he climbs not on the backs those around him. He pre- ic lead he yearns to lead ut if he finds himself unfitted the task he is the first one recognize the guidance of ano r. If he is not big enough to himself he is not too big to ow. And in this verv sub- sion to the laws and regula- s of life he finds his great- trength for, through the re- lzance of it, he makes the nds he needs. riah Heep endeavored to ch us that it pays to be hum- But the humbleness he em--ed is not the kind which s personification in the seek- or ooportimity. His is a dif- -V ui cuivi cue Ainu ui nu- rty that finds its worth not wiv-n., iiiaiiijiiciiii xuim yji- character of Dickens, but in modest appraisement of his worth. Inwardlv he has i confidence of a Greek god but ! arclly his countenance and ner display no evidere of it. s: instead, merely the honest Jt that drives him on, the e sort of humhlp fnnfidprifP ch has brought into being the "feuic?) ui me oast. nerev this man must have. hut it the best of opportuni- lost. With it nothing is - a 9 ,1 IT III f 1 I VV l A success me possession "gy is the elixir of life. VeS him rmwQYvl oT-irl nn- J , A - V711 VY Ul W till KA. L-t S a n the face of the most try- J- odds. It gives him con !n at the time when adver- mi?ht otherwi se. drivp him rriirnc Vii'm j , AVVO illlll iuus streuo-th w h i r h F8few ills ness. And it keeps him i i ne Datn wnicn leaas "Mvaiu SUCCESS. IL IS !JlV the nvirt in nilT nroaDnf o rro r nrtoooaaiAn -v-P fin . become a factor of even The day of the vampire has gone. Courage, also, this man of op portunity must have. For the conditions of life at the present time demand fortitude, bravery and some times daring in a con stantly enlarging degree. It takes courage, as well as tact, to win success in the business world. The man of opportunity pos sesses also initiative. It is, in tact, his strongest card. He is ,not content merely to take things as they come. His is a different creed. He believes in the re ward that patience brings, but he couples with it the greater law of the homely old phrase which told us that if nothing is attempted, nothing can be done. And so, with the spirit of the pioneer tingling in his veins, he is ever ready to strike out into new fields. He has measured carefully the span of life, and in doing so he has learned the im portance of time. He knows the meaning of every tick of his watch and the length of every day. Optimism, also, this man has He has time to listen only to the complaints of others. As for him self he is too occupied in push ing forward to utter many signs of regret. Of the dark side of life he is aware, but its existence to him, is but a par t of the great plan upon which man was built. A sudden disaster, an unforseen defeat, leaves but small impres sion upon him for there is always enough of a brighter hue to drive from his horizon the darkness oi despair. In his heart he has roomf or the tradegy of the world and is the first to appreciate the full horror of it. But the sus tenance by which he sends red blood coursing through his veins comes not from the gloom of life. And through the nour ishment the brighter side im parts he finds himself able at all times to rise up rebel and start anew. Coupled with these things and probably topping them all comes the enthusiasm wh ich the seek er for opportunity and success must have. For, from this qual ity, he gives to himself the pow er to fulfill ambition, the ability to utilize strength, the faculty of compelling courage, the streng th to create initiative and the force by which he commands and demands optimism. It is j the commanding trait of them all the weld that makes them hold. And through the added power that it gives he finds the dynamic force that tramples, crushes and carries before it ev ery foe. From ie he derives the pleasure that ccmes with the victory in the struggle for suc cess. Through it he i able to j discern the opportunity the world holds for him and out of the very joyousness the word con veys he is able at one sioke to make of his life what he will. Drudgery the man of enthus iasm fails to understand he knows not the meaning of the vord. Failure holds even less in common with him. For with the initiative to undertake, the ability to do, and the enthusiasm to carry it forth, there is nothing but a happy conclusion to the life story of such as this man finds himself to be. Merchants General and Commerce. JUST HABIT. 1 mnnvtnvi 4-1 i- - iwi lance Liia.il hi any , .Period in the history of c. , WA "i Hie uxcoeiii e" JM-M. 111V7VIV1 J- A -M. A- -M- - no longer room for the no usurps the power and vv,0 XI will ctllUtllCl. INEZ SQUIBS. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Alston went to Airlie Sunday to attend the celebration of the birthday of their son, Garland G. Alston. Miss Jennie C Alston spent the week end at Schloss. Miss Temp D. Williams, of Rockv Mount, came here with her uncle, Mr I R. M. Williams last week, who had been down in the Rocky Mount section for about two weeks. Mr. J. B. Williams and family will move to Warren'ton about the middle of October. Their many friends in this section hate to have them leave. Miss M- Helen Tharrington, of Henderson, visited her home the week end. Mr W. Marrow Cheek, of Bal timore, Md., visited his mother the week end. (By Everett R. Roeder) Habit fills the poorhouses and habit builds the big business in stitutions. The head of the bus iness cultivated the habit of suc cess. The inmates of the poor house simply would not let go the habit of failure. Where is your I habit leading you ? To an old age of independence or depen dence? Are you wailing at the lack of opportunities, or getting up steam and overhauling your engine of ambition so that you ! can make a straight run into the ; city of success over the track of progress when the signal "clear track" is given ? Are you ready to handle the throttle when the call does come ? Failure is a habit. Success is a habit. But you can't mix the two. The habit of study is the habit of success. The habit of killing time and shirking is the habit of failure. The habit of success is just as easy as the j habit of failure, once you have acquired it ;and it pays you while the habit of failure pays only the devil. This thing of "no time to learn" is a queer propo sition. It is always the man the least amount of spare time who partakes most plentifully of the tree of knowledge. The other fellow uses up all his time in lamenting the lack of time and opportunity. Your capital is time given fo you in twentv-four hour lots ?ach day. Don't squander your capital. Make it an asset that will yield you a goodly rate of Interest the rest of your life. The street car companies et rich on five cent fares. The orudent man acquires knowledge by tuminer to profit the odd mo ments of the day. No matter how busy you are, you have a few spare minutes each day. Put that into a systematic effort to master some one thing. At the end of the year you will know more and eret paid more. Get a strangle hold on the habit of success. PRESERVING SEASON. There's the fragrance of the or ient through all the house to-day, The spicy smell of cinnamon, clo ves, nutmeg, and bay, And it mingles with the perfume of the peaches and the plums ; Do you recognize this fragrance when preserving season comes ? There are baskets heaped with apples; heaped with dam son plums and pears ; Jelly glasses by the dozen; Ma son iars long stored down stairs, Have been washed in boiling water, and now stand in gleaming rows And neatly written labels soon their contents will disclose. Blackberry jams and melon pick les, brandied peaches, apple jell, Preserved pears (last season's winner) and quince marma lade as well; All the sunshine of the summer for the winter time put by ; All the orchard's golden sweet ness ripened under azure sky. Like the squirrels of the forest women folks are full of thrift When Queen Nature in he beau ty pours before us gift on gift, . . And I seem to read a promise m the kettle's frothy foam That the summer time will lin ger in the heart and in the home. TOO HASTY. An apple in the orchard grew And only little Willie knew Just where it could be found; But Willie feared some ofther boy Would lift his slow maturing joy, When he was not around And so he ate it, ere the stripe Proclaimed the apple was quite ripe Hark to that mournful sound. Richmond Times Dispatch. IN. Mrs. M. B. Russell returned from New York City last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Russell mo tored to Weldon last Thursday to meet Mr. Clyde Coleman, who came to spend a few days with his parents. Mrs. Joe House, of Thelma, was a welcome visitor in the home of her sister, Mrs- S. S. Reeks last wk. Mr. Boyd Hjussell,of Six Pound spent one nht in Macon last week. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Loyd died last Fri day night aim was buried Sat urday afterrJfKm in the Macon Cemetery. Mr. John Oupton has been quite sick but is now reported better. Misses Annie and Maggie Loyd, of Norlina, spent several davs among relatives in the communi ty last week and attended the protracted meeting at the Bap tist church. The typhoid fever man is hav ing quite a strenuous time serv ing the crow that comes on the appointed davs to be "stuck". Rev. Samuel Morgan, of Hen derson,; did the preaching for Brother Taylor during the ser ies of meetings. His preaching was of a high order, and his sinking was delightful. The premium list is out for the Community Fair. Now let us have an overflowing exhibit of our resources. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Coleman motored to Durham last week, where they spent several days and took in the Durham Fair. Mrs. Walter Rodwell. of Oak ville. was here attending the meeting last week. Mr. Russell Betts, a promising young druggist of Younesville spent the week end with his pa rents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. aulkner. of Henderson, were visitors at Mr. Wesley Edwards last Sunday Miss Nannie Shaw has return ed from Wilmintrton where she has been attending a teachers' institute. Mr. W. S. Gardner, of Church ill, was on our streets Monday. Dr. Tom Russell, of New York, accompanied by Miss Mayetta Haskins arrived last Monday mVht and will spend several days here with relatives and friends. Miss Ethel Boyd returned to Bracy this week, after a several days sojourn in this village. Quite a lare-e herd of cattle brought here Mondav to be ship ped to Durham. It will be a great time for this section when such shipments become numerous- Mr. W. W. Haithcock was here the other day bringing cool weather and clothed with two coats. ODD BITS OF NEWS. Davenport, Wash. When Co. Prosecutor David McCallum pass ed a horse hitched to a railing, the animal nipped at him and began to prance around. Struck by the strange actions, the pros ecutor stopped and recognized a mare which he, as a farm lad, had raised but had not seen for eight years. Bystanders declar ed the horse's recognition of the man was unmistakable. St. Albans, Vt. W. L. Plum ley of North Clarendon has a pet dog which he declares climbs trees to the height of 32 feet The dogs nails are slightly more pointed than those of an ordi nary dog, and the padding on his feet is broader. Yeerinar ians are at a loss to understand how he accomplishes his feat. Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. R. C. Nuckles, of Dallas, Tex., has a six-inch pet Chihuahua with an appetite for diamonds. A re cent meal consisted of a valua ble stone from a handsome lav alliere. A veterinary performed a delicate operation before the gem was recovered. Nw York, N. Y. Mrs. Jean ette Cchwartz, 106 years old,who j weighed less than twenty-five pounds died recently. She was two and a half feet tall. At a party held just before her death, she recited and danced. Of late she had the habit of awakening during the night and calling for a glass of beer. New Bern, N. C. A 3-gallon carboy or "monkey rum" in the office of U. S. Commissioner C. B. Hill, showed the color of the liouor to be milky and the smell like that of molasses. Moon shiners in North Carolina are makine and selling it in large quantites. It is made of water, molasses and certain unknown chemicals. After working, the liquor is 100 proof, and a sau cerful will burn for five minutes when lighted. The "monkey lum jag" lasts about three times as long as the whiskey jag, and will produce delirium tremens much quicker. A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. THE DAY OF ADVERSITY. If thou faint in the day of ad versity, thy strength is small". Of course any man can hold out in the fair and sunny day when there is nothing to hold out a gainst. It doesn't take much of a sailor to row a boat across a mill-pond. Nearly any kind of a soldier can cut a figure in the procession. But every day isn't fair and sunny, the ocean is not always a mill-pond,and soldering isn't all dress parade. Somehow we ought to get that iron thu into our minds that we are just no good at all if we cannot match ourselves somewhat to the diffi culties and problems and stren uosities of life. The hard fibre in man's soul is made for resis tance and aggression, and the man who allowTs his to soften down into mere flabbines is not much of a man,as the old proverb maker looked at it. What sort of Christian, he would ask if he were living to-day, is that one who falls down before the first big temptation or who runs away from the first hard job given him to do? And he would an swer by calling him a little weak ling unworthy of the big, stren uous name of Christion. Fainting- in the day of adversity is like failing in a pinch, where lailure i fatal. The Christian Guar dian. 1 ARCOLA ITEMS. The farmers are now hustling harvesting their crops, and most especially are they saving hay while the sun shines. Miss Lula Hunter, the bright and attractive daughter of Mr. and Msr. J. F. Hunter, left sev eral days ago to enter school at Littleton College. Mrs. R- L. Capps and children have returned after a pleasant visit in Rocky Mount, the guest of Mrs. Robert Shearine. Mr. Willie King, the popular salesman at Fosburg Camp, was in town Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Davis has re turned from a trip to Florida. We are sorry to report Miss Mabel Conn ill at this writing. We hope she will soon be con valescent. The whole community, with a very few exceptions, have taken the Typhoid vaccination, and are all getting along nicely. Mr. Robert Jones, of Kates ville, was the guest of Miss Viola Arrington last Sunday. Mesdames Scull, Arlington and Hunter,and Misses Elizabeth Davis and Arnie Duke were in Warrenton Saturday at the Fruit Exhibit. The future alone will tell the value of the train ing the country girls are now re ceiving in this work. It should receive our hearty support. Mr- and Mrs. Oliver Davis,Miss Maude Duke, and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Pleasants and children, of .Laurel, visited in the home of Mr. J. W. Duke a few days ago. Mesdames Linda Arrington and T. S. Tharrington spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. John R. King and family. The fox hunters have had sev eral chases recently. It seems that Brother Reynard is as sly as ever in saving himself. Several from here attended services at Reedy Creek Sunday and enjoyed hearing Miss Sue Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. Will Dameron, of Warrenton, were here for a short while recently. Mr. Roy Duke was in Warren ton on business Monday. INCOGNITO. The General Assembly of nine teen hundred and fifteen amend ed the insurance laws of North Carolina, and, among other things, enacted : "It shall be the duty of the Insurance Commissioner and Su perintendent of Public Instruc tion to provide as far as practi cable for the teaching of 'Fire Prevention' in the colleges and schools of the State, and, if the way be open, to arrange for a text-book adapted to such use. Also by adding to said section as section four thousand seven hun dred and twenty-one (b) the fol lowing: 'The ninth day of Octo ber of each and every year shall be set aside and designated as Fire Prevention Day, and the Governor shall issue a proclama tion urging the people to a pro per observance of the said day, and the Insurance Commission er shall bring the day and its ob servance to the attention of the officials of the municipalities of the State, and especially to the firemen, and, where possible, ar range suitable programs to be followed in its observance.' 99 Now, Therefore, I, Locke Craig, Governor of North Carolina, in accordance with this statute, do issue this my PROCLAMATION and I do set aside and designate Saturday, the 9th day of Octo ber,1915, as Fire Prevention Day and do urge all the people to a proper observance of this day in obedience to the law of North Carolina. I urge the public schools of the State and the mu nicipal officers thereof to give proper and formal recognition of the day and its meaning, and re quest the citizens generally to give special attention on that day to thet condition of their premises , to the end that the waste and loss of property and life by fire may be reduced in this State. The loss by fire amounts ap proximately to three million dol lars a year in North Carolina. A large per cent of this loss is un necessary and can be prevented. Human life, too, is needlessly sac rificed. We should remedy the condi tions that entail this enormous expense and loss suffered, not only by those whose property and lives are destroyed, but by all citizens in the high rates of insurance caused b unnecessary fires. The prevention of the needless destruction of the fruits of our labor and of human life is a duty dictated by economy and humanity. Done at our City of Raleigh, this the sixteenth day of Sep tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and in the one hun dred and fortieth year of our Am erican Independence. LOCKE CRAIG, Governor. By the Governor: JOHN P. KERR, Private Secretary. OUR AMAZING COMMERCE. Stupendous figures of our for- ; eign trade have just been made public by the Department of Com I merce. In the twelve months to August 31 our exports amount ed to more than three billion ! dollars. This in an increase of i about 30 per cent over the fig- ures of the previous year. In the : same time imports have fallen I off from 1.9 billion to 1.6 billion, I in spite of the lower tariff which ! was expected to increase im ports. The greatest part of the gain in exports has been in the re cent months. August, 1915, shows exports of almost 262 mil lions, against 110 millions in Au gust, 1914, August imports, too, were higher, 141 millions in 1915 and 129 millions in 1914. The predicted "billion-dollar balance of trade" has come, and a balance of a billion and a half seems not far distant. For the I year ending August 31 the ex cess of exports over imports was $1,365,334,346. That sum must come to the United States in some way either by shipments of gold, or return of American stocks and bonds, or by Europe going in debt for it. , xA