I T THIS PAPER ISN'T WORTH THREE CENTS A WEEK, IT ISN'T .WORTH PRINTING ,'X ' : '''A. : " N0.65 $1.50 A YEAR TOWN CONVENTION. Pursuant to a call of the Chairman . Town Democratic Executive ? Jittre the democratic electors of STSS met in the Court House Fri t evening at eight o'clock for the nose of nominating candidates for C-or and Town Commissioners. The Convention was called to order . ir Tasker Polk as temporary flairnwn and Howard F. Jones acted ' temporary Secretary. On motion the temporary organization was made monent The Chair asked the will permanent. f the convention m respect to nom inations. On motion of Dr. P. j. Macon the convention went into the election of Mayor as its first business. Pr Macon moved and it was ordered by the convention, to elect by ballot. Thereupon the Chair stated that nominations are in order for Mayor. Vjr W. B. P'yd PIacec in nomination in an eloquent speech Mr. John W A'Jen, and Mr. John Graham in a fer vid &-fech PliU'ed Mr John B Palmer in nomination. The electors filed for ward and deposited their ballots in the box. The Chair then appointed Mr. J. K. Rooker to assist the Secre tary in tallying'. The vote for Mayor was ns follows: John W Allen, 57; John B. Palmer, 73 votes. The Chair then announced that Mr. John B. Palmer having received a majority of the votes cast for Mayor, that he was the nominee of the Democrats of War renton for the office of Mayor. Mr. Palmer cane forward and thanking the convention for the nomination paid eloquent tribute to Mr. Allen, stating that he endorsed fully all that was said by Mr. Boyd in his beautiful tribute to Mr. Allen, and pledging him self to hold the Scales of Justice even ly balanced for rich and poor, prom inent and humble. - The Convention then ''proceeded to nominate a Board of s even Town Com missioners. Mr. J. E.-Rooker placed in nomination as Town Commissioners Messrs W. N. Boyd, Frank Serls. V. F. Wfard, W. II. Burroughs; W. G. Rogers, II. A. Mosley ar.d Charles R. Rodwell. Dr. P. J. Macon placed in nomination Messrs V. F. Ward, J. G. Ellis, W. H. Burroughs, E. C. Price and without naming them, three nom inated by Mr. Rooker. The nomination- of both Dr. Macon and &ir. Rookr vve sconded and the Con vention proceeded to ballot, with th. Moving results: V. F. Ward, votes; W. H. Burroughs, 115 votes; W. G. Rogers, )7 votes; Charles iv. Rodwell, 01 votes; John G. Ellis, 80 votes, II. A. Motley 76 votes, Frank Serla, 75 votes; E. C. Price, f9 votes. W. N. Boyd 67 votes. The Tellers hav ing stated the number of votes cast fa1 each nominee, the Chair declared the following- nnir.es as having re wfred a niajority of the votes cast nd the highest nutv.ber of votes cast and were therefore declared the nom inees of the Democratic Convention the Town of Warrenton, towit: V. J- Ward, W. H. Burroughs, W. G. ers, C. R. Rodwell, H. A. Mosley. Prank Serls, John G. Ellis. Messrs d and Price both havintr received a niajof ity of the votes cast. W rnt plurality. On motion the nvPSAnt nmKaQ u Town Democratic Executive Com- nutee were re-elected for a term of years, to meet at the call of the tluurman for organization W th rw torm. The Convention adjourned. HOWARD F. JONES. Secretary. GOOD WORK The Supcrintenrlpnt r 2,a. , T(tl ' i- Ik) 111 t;l Pt,0f the following communica- r " wnich explains itself. This is unusual case, however, as much I ol a similar nature is going on , i over the County by the colored B0anl iS to helP iimJ eVery wy Possible with the euted buildinff funds at its di L nTlmiCatin i3 as follows: MoolVf GntS and pupils of Iberia C , tnCt' coloied ce, have been m?ro"CCeS'ful in their efforts for the te"!?1 ofthe schooL The d ft'- ,Marie -Aiston' r- ownl ' SCh01 children in a Club Reward JQttev Club," with AelmaTfc aS President, and lmas' Sretary. The chil Wk Tr f .Sted much intest in the hub "aT ?l2ed $19'04- The Parents' is Zt $2'23' a t0tal f $39'27' and ; , .lb for buildig purposes. lit jt rrn o tlO W C w4 Schocl hs csed, but it the 5,on- We hpe to inten:: ot.our County ion. ana tfoard of Educa- A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INVEST LOCAL BOY FINISHES MILI TARY ACADEMY Francis A, Macon, Jr. Graduates in Class Turned Out For The War. HAS FINE RECORD He is One of Youngest Men in His Class, Bejng Only 21 Years Old Only Boy From All North Carolina. Francis Atherton Macon, Jr., son of Dr. F. A. Macon, of this city, Friday was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, in a class of 139 young students who received their diplomas, and were pressed into active service to meet t.h emergency of a shortage of officers due to the outbreak of war with Ger many. He is the only graduate this yer from North Carolina, and is one of the youngest men in his class. Francis Macon entered the MU Academy at West Point in Jun6 1013. lie then was seventeen years and twe months of age. At the time of his ap pointment to West Point in January, he had aoL finished the ninth rrrndo in J th'j Henderson high school and. wnn a i.v.vr and a half to attend, had al ready at that time won the valedictory of Iris class. Of,,the 184 members of hi- class at West Point, he was the youngest and the only one without at ler.st a high school certifiicate, many of his class mates were college grad uates. The 139 members of the class were to be handed their diplomas by President Wilson on Friday. He is the only boy from North Car olina to graduate in this elass. Messrs Shipp and B.usbee, from Raleigh, fin ished last year. - He had hot found ranch time for athletics,.-but is said, to be one of the best wrestlers in the school, and is V member of" the.-wrestling squad of cijrht. ith the rifle he has won the high est medal given and is an expert rifle man. lie has never been deficient in a study, and in deportment ranks with the' very first. He was 21. years , and 121 days of ajr when he graduated, and is one of tht youngest men ever graduated from the institution The average of graduation is 24 years and two months. His uncle, Henry E Litehford, vict-preaident and treaswr er of the Old Dominion Trust Com pany, of Richmond, T. T. Hicks and Dr. F. A. '"Macro, ofthift city attended the graduation exercises. Henderson Daily Dispatch. THE MARINES' HYMK From the Halls of Montexuma, To the ehor'3 ni Tripoli, We fight our country's battles On the land as on the sea. First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marine. From the Pest Hole of Cavite To the Ditch at Panama, You will find "them very needy ' Of Marines That's what we are; We're the watch dogs of a pile of coal Or we dig a magazine, Though ho lends a hand at every job Who would not be a MARINE ? Our flag's -unf irrled tosevery breeze From dawn to setting sun, We have fought in every clime or place Where we could take a gun; In the snow of far off Northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes, You will find us always on the job THE UNITED STATES MARINES. Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve, In many a stHf e we have fought for life And never lost our nerve; If the Army and the Navy . Ever look on Heaven's scenes, They will find the streets are guarded by THE UNITED STATES MARINES. Fellow started to tell us how he could run this government better ,than Wilson is doing, but he didn't get to finish. A bill collector approached, just at the crisis, and theknowimj one faded around the corner. An exehanse rises to suggest that a regiment be rteruited from tkrft3e j of the jingo press. That editors dup of humor makes a dent in his skull. a The fiy peril is greater than tne- submariner SWV $3&ti REPORTERS MESSACfc The pastor of the Methodist church here Sunday morning last, substituted the annual reading of the General Rules for the usual sermon. He ex plained that the church is the one d -vine n-i.itution, and that the M. IZ. church, South, is, but one of its b a nche b. He made interest tag ref e nce to the origin of Methodism, show ing that its first adherents were per sons deeply convicted by the Holy Spirit, and earnestly desiring to bo saved from sin. Though a young eh"rch, -?ot yet t?o hundred years o'd, the membership is now more than 8, 000,000. The three General Rules, doing no harm, doing good of every possible sort, and attending uon all of Gcd's ordiances, were discusvsed ns an essential part of the church's con stitutional law. In joining the church men pledge allegiance to this consti tution, and; owe it to God, their neigh bors and themselves to be diligent and faithful in keeping their part of the solemn covenant. These General Rules were shown to be based on. the holy Scriptures to be in perfect harmony with God's word; to be the members' opportunity to demonstrate practi cal Christianity. . Emphasis was placed on the proper observance of God's day, the regnlar attendance of public worship, the sa cred use of God's name, loyalty to Civil government, honesty in business the avoidance of corrupt literature, "Golden Rule" life. The specification, "the taking such diversions as cannot be used in the name of the Lord Jesus," was espec ially applied to modern dancing and home eard-piayingv These were mada to stand upon their own record of ruined virtue and wrecked Christian influence. The paptor declared, qnot ing from literature before him, that not only the Methodist church but also all the churches are opposed to thess forms of dan parous and degrading amusements. To prove this position extracts were iriven from the Roman Catholic Plenary Council in Baltimore; Bishops Hopkins, Meade, Mclwaint and others of the Episcopalian church; Baptist cht'reh Associations; the Pres byterian General Assembly, and the Christian, or disciples church. This harmony of corniemiae- tsentiraeot wm considered ufflciit to convtac all roiasenabi pereona tlxat God's jal church has not boW benHtthrights. Further evidence of modern -society evils waf' furnished by placing on te stand, as it were, several . converted ei-eamblers and others yrho gave in no uncertain testimonies, some exam ples: "The catd-r4ayins rhojrA is t'te kindergarden; for the i gambling sa loon." ';''Nirfy' 3000 professional srambWVe'Kiraed that they learned to play cards in the home- 'A man who had kept for .four rears tk combination saloon and gambling room said that he believed that the gambling room with its tightly closed windows and elosely drawn curtains was doing less harm than he par'or card-playing before children rind v. ung ner pie.1 The Cnair- man of a larirye convention of gamblers jtian - life is- as a fragrant ointment said: "Gentlemen, whatever else you 'poured forth in the old church corn do, entourage - card-playing m tne munity today; is as "a more excellent home." ' - (saerifice"r by which, she being tie&w, The. address closea wHh tlie earnest will speak to the generations to come. assurance that the rastor hfvd prnyed :r the preparation of the messaee, and that he hnt spoken .out of a loving, sympathetic heart.-with a pure pur pose to point the membership of his church to the higher, richer life. REPORTER. TO THE LAW ABIDING PEO PLE OF WARREN TON, N. C. Last Friday , nightat . the . close , of the Primary I bad my remarks of thanks ready .to. offer to you for your strong and kind ; support,: which was quite an ;honor to any man,; but the crowd dispersed so suddenly I did' not have, an opportunity. I thank God 'first tor the mny l friends I have, and you next my friends every one of yoa i''-r the kind and strong support -you gave, me in this matter. I assure yu.; ii r i) long bs remembered; and. appreciated by myself, wife, and children, '"d bless every one of you and you-" homer,. As far as I know I shall be here for the next two years with the same jurisdiction, both eivil an 1 criminal as a Justice of the Peaee, as I have hai heretofore ready.to serve th Pabiii-. JOHN. W. A.ttBN. I o far we havent heard a 'proposal wai - ror svvwuimuuv.v fXTniz. O P WAREENTON: AND WARREN GIVE THE CHILDREN-. SOME PATCHES OF THEIRVERY OWN THIS YEAR While you are setting apart your good acres for such and such crops this year, please don't forget to re serve -a ; small space : for the boys (and girls also, if they -wish it) on whi'ch to plant just what' they please, for pleasure or profit or both. To the interested boy or girl this means more than you may have imagined. The spirit of ownership is a mighty fac tor in the building of characters that subdue the earth; . T If your children are two young to need a patch of their own, or n you have no children, do plant a patch of something for. pleasure yourself -melons, peanuts, popcorn or flovvers; have something to use as treats for your neighbors, old and young. Have a. crop on one bit of ground that you will not sell, and see if it does not bring you larger returns in good fel lowship and hearth growth than twice the space in a. money crop would bring. Having -cause to ravel about the country sometimes, I am careful to rvote how farmer folk live. - On the whole they are on the up-grade, but so often and in 'so many places liKft the children' rights are lost sight of. -. One more Hem: I hate to say it, but it is so. In many farm homes -the wife is not a partner. -It is seldom she fails to do her share in the work, and often more; but in many ways she is made to know that the imcome from the crops is 'hisn," not her'n." What is her "position ? If she is a servant she Bhould be paid for her labor, but as she does not receive labor she must be a slave. Try roakin wives and children - partners ' of yours this year, and dont forget a big" garden and melon patclv Geo H. Rames, in The Progressive Farmer. - " PASTOR'S TRIBUTE Mrs, Willie Thrower Scogj;n, n-ho died in Clio, S. C, Aprilll, I'M ; aged 63 years .11 months and 13 Jajs, was a native of Warren county, T C, wherjCih-greater jKtion.if - har-ifa' was epentT''vSh wa the last f dr her immediate family,; her vtwo ' : rcthej e baring died in childhood, and her oily sister,' Mrs. Annie Sterling Fitts, hav ing; died 12, IBS. : Ber husband, Mr. Geo. R. Scpgin, entered into rest mare than six. years ago, after having been -andt invalid for six years. Her beautiful ; devotion expressed m con cbuivfmmistariest to him so sapped her strength that she was never her com plete normal self again. However, her-selfsaeriflce was fully rewarcteo during her last four years which were spent with her nephew, Ctpt. O. D. Fitts, in whose hospitable home she had ,every affectionate attention. rWhen ,young she joined the M. E. ehureh, South, at Hebron, Warrenton Circuity after having been soundly con verted. " No church ever had a more elbyal member; conseerated, intelli gent, dilligent, faithful to the end. The influence of her consistent Chris- Just as the sun went down here her pure soul entered in to the dawn of the eternal moming, and the next day her mortal remains were brought back" to her native community' and were in terred, in. the Fitts cemetery, where many rlatives and friends gathered to offer the last respect." We left her sleeping beneath a profusion of floral emblems of love. . ' R. H. BROOM. PEACE AND WAR The sleek sea, gorged and stated, lies; The eruel creature -fawns and b ipks and purrs; : Almost we do forget what fangs are hers, Ahr trtist for once her emeraild-gold-" en eyes, Though haply on the morrow she fhail . rise 4 And, 6timmon her . infernal ministers, And eharge her everlasting barr- rs With wild, white fingers, snatching at the skies. So, betwixt peace and war, man's life - is cast; Tet hath he dreamed of perfect peace at last; Shepherding' all nations, e'en as sheep; Tb iaejswtJffit raoady oean shall as " - 60QH, ' : . ; . ' At; the cold .dictates of the bloodless moon, " Swear "and eternity of halcyon sleep. COUNTY SEASONABLE NOTES. The rapid advance in all grains, to gether with the newy demani and scarcity of seed of all kinds has nec essitated price changes in a number of articles, and we are issusing this ex tra edition of the Cr.p Special so as to advise our customers in regard to present prices on seecls. We would uige upon our customers to pat all available land in food products,' as it looks now as thou gh .we woold have a continuance of high prices throughout the year. Food crops 1U eon, BiacLeye I eas, Nav2 Beans, Pear ncs; and Buckwheat all promise to-'ii ir. Luu demand at h-.'. prices and w. , ; t farticuiariy vvj'i pon our fera" to jut in all the f . i -n v.' ..food crops it is pus.-ul.lo tc The desirabilit y too, of v-v; Ctw Peas as soil-hnproverr, so s to in crease the yield of grain and ether crops, will be "manifest to all .cf our agriculturists. Our farmers : should make preparation to sow all the C'w Peas possible, particularly after har vesting their grain crops this year, go ( as to increase the fertility ana pro jductiveness of their lands for pu'ling in grain crops again this 'a-l. It is, of course, also desirable to sow good, liberal quanities ofMillet, Jor ghums, Cow Peas, etc., in ciJer to produce feed crops -for the farm, Ensilage Corn is one of fh-e rojs that will make the largest .-ible yield of feed for winter use, and " - on ers everjTwhere should realize the value of sowing plenty of Ensilage Corn, so as to fill their silos and furnish them with one of the cheapest and most nu tritious cattle foods during the winter The Ensilage Corns which we offer are, we belive, the best and most pro ductive kinds in cultivation, and we are today the- largest dealers in this class of corn in this country, not -nly selling very large quanities through out this section, but also having very large trade throughout the North and Wost;also sellng considerable for ex port to foreigh countries. . . One"bf the ;crops that - promise? to .aintairingood prkes, and Itaa i T i-t ii. . -1 -A -i-A. . " ; c'..i - Vy ! one of ' the ht antT most ;prfitjle crops for our southern farmers to rrow, is; Soja . Bean 3.' - These 'ennuis used to be used.'aitpc-thei- far pa-trie food and as a forage and soil -iTip-v-Ing crop but in the last, two years it has been found that they make an ad mirable food product, to use in the place of navy beans, and the Mam moth Yellow variety is being canned as "pork and beans" in enormous quanities3 at the present time. This is almost certain to insure higher prices prevailing for these beans than have prevailed in the years past. Certainly so long as navy beans keep high in price, so ja beans are also likely to sell at good prices. Soja Beans are planted in drills at the rate of 1 1-2 peeks: to the acre, hvhen it is desired to plant forei'op Beans, or sown broadcast one bushel to the acre for fologe or soil improv ing crop. For a forge and soil-improving crop, the Brown Sojas and Tarheel Blaeks Uvill give fully as good results as the Mammoth Yellow. These can be pur chased at a considerable lower prices than the Mammoth Yellow, and it is desirable to plant the. Mammoth Yel- low, where it is desired to grow them for the bean crop, the Other varieties namd will give most excellent results where it is desired to. grow for folage and soil-improving purposes. Another crop which also promises profits, both as a forage and soil-improving crop and for. the use of the beans for oil purposes and cattle feed in, is the Velvet Bean. At the present time the seed of these is cheaper than of any other forage and soil-improving crop, and oh account of the less quani ty required per acre, cost very much less per acre to sow or plant, then either soja beans "or cow peas. We have received during the past season the most satisfactory reports from our customers, even as far north as Pennsylvania, from the growing of the new "100-Day Velvet Bean, and we believe that it is destined to.come into as general use as cow peas, as forage and soil-improving crop. It is also very productive of beans; the beans make excellent oil, and the products from the same, even af tier, extracting the oil, also makes a good cattle food! At the present time it promises to furnish the cheapest food for cattle that ean .be grown, , . -' - In the. South the beans are vry gfenr erally grown in with the corn. The corn is planted in rows five feet apart, and the corn about three feet apart in- the rtfw. and the beiahslahrted in -drill 3c A COPY oetween tne corn. At tne last word ing of the corn, beans are planted again in the middles between the rows of corn. When the corn is dry, it is pulled from the stalk and the cattle afterwards turned in to graze in the velvet bean and corn fields. It fur nishes most nutritious and fattening food for cattle, and is considered the cheapest method of fattening cattle known, and at the same time, the roots and what is left of the vines after the cattle are taken off, when turned un der, make, a good soil-improver. The crop grown in this way not only gives a grain crop, but a splendid fat tening cattle crop, and also makes a decided improvement to the land. We strongly . recommend to our cattle farmers all throughout the South to practice this method, eeling sure that they will get the most satisfactory results. Velvet Beans planted by themselves are usually planted in rows four to five feet apart at the rate of about healf a bushel per acre. Cow Peas still continue to be consid ered the standard summer forage and soil-improving crop everywhere, ex cept in the extreme northern portions of our country. Their use in increasing- to a wonderful extent in the Mid irle Atlantic States, as well as through out the South. They furnish to the soil mueh needed nitrogen and other fertilizing qualities needed by the soil. The value of cow peas is even also extended to tropical countries, and they are being very largely used in the sugar plantations of Cuba, Porto Rico and other countries, in order to keep up the fertility of the sugar-pro- j during plantations. Their use in Cal ifornia aiso, in the fruit and vegetable districts,. -is increasing to a considei' able extent. This fully sustains what has long been appreciated by our southern farmer; that the cow peas are one of the most valuable soil-improving crops for our farmers everywhere. If eorn' is planted early, cow-peas are -an excellent crop to sow at the last working, and$he fermers who have had experience state the sowing of cow, peas in the corn increases the Vyiotd of com, at the same time jnaking crop for forage ao 'v ' j i ' . 2- " j ji: ieei ana aKiprovmg vne productiveness at the land for cron to follow. -Osw Iheas are sown at the rate of 4ie to oajesnd-a-half bushels per afie !r"5-U-at or in drills three feet apart at the vf-ty of three-fourths to . on? bushels per 'acre The sowing of Cow Peas and Ger man Millet for a hay crop has proved very satisfactory with some of owr farmers who have been enabled sell the product very readily "at good prices. Wherever this feed is used, it is very much liked, one of our farmers reporting that after starting it. sale in this city, he recieved constant repeat orders from his customers until his stock- was entirely exhausted, selling his entire crop at good, profitable prices.- The New Era and Whippoorwill are the best kinds for sowing with Ger man Millet, and are recommended usually at th rate of one bushel o. peas to half a bushel of German Mil let, per acre. The crop should be cut when the millet is ready. The peas will have reached the dough state by Viaf firm sinH maVe an Atcollfint com- binati(m. .f larffe yielding and most , We do not recommend the sowing or planting of cow peas-or velvet beans in this- section before the first of May. Further south, however, they can be sown earlier than this. Buckwhet is the quickest-growing of rrain crops, and can be put in to ex cellent advantages as a summer crop. Tt is usually sown in June or earlv ?.n July, and makes a large yield of rain, and is considered quite a profit able crop, particularly for our Pied mont and mountaneous districts.. It also makes very satisfactory crops in the eastern portion of the Atlantic Seaboard. Buckwheat is also considered one of he best crops to clean ' li" weeds, and put it in good condition lor other-crops to follow. It is an excel lent crop to sow to precede alafafa. It is usually sown at the rate of one to one and a quarter bushels per acre. White Navy Beans are one of the crops that should be liberally planted everywhere. At the -high prices at which these are selling, they hould. prove very profitable, and at the same time they make one of the best crops to plattfc for use during the winter. Navy Heaas are best planted in June er earlyin July. j Plant in rows three feet apart, droop- Coiftinue "on f pttrth pae) - A WOPvKER' r f 'ill"" "F J'fH i rf 1 T 1 "1" II I

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