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VQLXXH (TUESDAYS .WARRENTON, N. a, FRIDAY, JUNE 15TH, 1917 ' CFRIDAY) No. 80
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED lTHE INTERESTS O F WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
ouTtimes in warren
(By. T. J. Taylor, D. D.)
ONLY
nnlv a violet, blue as the skies;
But it mirrors the spring in its azure
eyes,
- inrk. high in' the air:
3c A COPY
AFTON ITEMS.
But
it sings of hope,
oTOWS
tair.
nnlv the patter of April showers ....
jt it wakes to life the sweet May
flowers.
nnlv a word tenderly spoken;
But it comforts a heart that is well
nigh broken.
0nly a song, from a fresh young
heart;
But it cheers a life that is lived apart.
friend in a time of need;
Only a
But it saves a
soul from an evil deed.
And song and bird and April shower
And friend and word and sweet May
flower '
Are only a part of God's great plan
To teach the lessons of life to man.
Washington Star.
Mr. A. H. Frazier spent Sunday
night and Monday with his brother
in Epsom.
Mrs. J. K. Pinnell and children
went to Warrenton shopping Satur
day. Mr. S. J. Williams and family spent
a few hours .with his brother, Mr. D.
C. Williams, Sunday;
Mrs. J. P. Temple and children spent
Sunday and Monday with-Mr. J.-A.
Temple near Norlina.
Messrs Jim Montgomery and M. S.
Dryden motored to Raleigh Wednes
day. - .
Mr. Ryder, of Littleton, visited in
the home of Mr. Bob Limer Sunday.
Mr. Hugh P. Reams spent several
days last week with relatives in Dur
ham and Morrisville.
Mr. H. B. Hunter returned from
the Old Soldier's Reunion Sunday.
He reports a pleasant trip.
Messrs. M. S. Dryden and James
Montgomery went to Warrenton on
Monday.
0. E. S. SESSION.
GUESTS OP -WARRENTON.
mlJTIlJJ "ay of the
Miis ween.. rn-ri m j.-." . - . -
attending the, session of the Grand. 1 X UMer or the
Chapter of the Order of the Eastert "5". 1ed Wednesday
ABBSENTEE VOTERS
Variety is said , to" be the spice of
life,' therefore, I will give you a se
lected piece this week instead of a
historical sketch. T. J. TAYLOR.
ODD THINGS IN THE
ANIMAL WORLD
The chairman of the Board of Elec
tions of Warren county has received
a registration book and instructions,
under authority of Chapter 23, laws
of 1917, instructing him to register
those electors who expect to be ab
sent at the next election, in order
that they may vote while absent
Those ' interested had best see said
chairman, Mr. R. A. Hawkins.
Star:
Miss Maud Hoyle, Charlotte
Miss Helen Hoyle, Charlotte
Home of Mrs. W. D. Rodgers, Jr.,
Mrs. Ethel Pultz, C.nreton,
Miss Ruth Stansfield, Leasburg
Home of Mrs. H. A. Boyd.
Mrs. Pattie Benbury, Elizabeth City,
Home of Mrs. J. M. Burroughs.
W. H. James, Star
J. M. Rowell, Waxhaw,
Mrs. Sallie M. Boettcher, E. City,
Mrs. J. C. Patterson, Asheville,
Mrs. W. H. McLean, Asheville,
Mrs. G. Davidson, Asheville,.
Mrs. Kate Taylor, Winton. ....
Home of Mrs. R. J. Jones.
Mrs. Marie C Bean, Asheville,
Mrs. Wm. H. Peeps, Charlotte,
Mrs. J. D. Hull, Rutherfordton,
Mrs. Emma B. Siler, Siler City,
Mrs. Mary E. Johnson, Greensboro, .
Miss Blanche Johnson, Greensboro, .
Mrs. Nolan Knight, Asheville,
morning at 9:00 o'clock.
Report from the Credential com-
i mittee, ; election of officers, report of
Committee on Unfinished Business;
ARCOLA ITEMS.
Mr. S. B. Reid has returned from
a delightful trip with his friend, Mr.
Ben Tharrington, of Inez, to Wash
ington, D. C, and nearby points of
interest.
Mrs. Beaufort Scull and Miss Ethel
Capps are v- spending some time at
committee on Necrology; on Appeals Seven Springs.
and Lrrievances; on Charity; on Re-I Mrs. Linda Arrington moved to Hoi
turns; on Orphan Asylum, and com- i lister this week where she will re
mittee on B-Laws took up the morn-i side with her son. Mrs. Arrington is
WISE NEWS ITEMS.
mg session. Mr. R. L. Brown, Su
perintendent of the Oxford Orphan
Asylum addressed the Chapter in be
half of that Institution, and thanked
the Chapter for its many evidences of
good will evidenced in the past.
The Chapter regretted that sickness
kept from its morning session Mrs
a" deserving personality and our best
wishes go with her in her new homv.
Little Thomas Cooper is visiting
his cousins at '"Dalkeith."
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Modlin and
children, of Rocky Mount, were recent-guests
in this coihmunity.
Mrs. J. Walter Duke is visiting her
rland Knight. Miss Blanche John- daughter at Wood.
son, Past Grknd Mason, gracefully : Vegetation in this section is grow
presided in the absence of the Grand mg since the nice rams.
Matron.. . C!
The following officers were elceted
for the new Chapter year:
Grand Matron, Miss-Maud Hoyle,!
of Charlotte; Grand Patron, John J.
Phoenix;; of Greensboro; Associate
Grand Matron, Mrs. Agnes Hamlin,
of Southern Pines; Associate Grand
Mr. Sam Hamlett. of near this
place, attended the Re-union in
Washington.'
THE WISDOM OF TONEY
tVipt-p .ire many wondeful facts that
prove to us the remarkable intelli
s-ence of the canine race. A, dog ii
England has been taught to speak,
and can articulate quite a number of
words verv distinctly. And the great
St. Eernard dog's that live with the
monks at the terrible and famous St.
Gothard's pass are so intelligent that
thev can track a man in the snow far
better than their master can, and
when they find him they know what to
do as well rs if they were human be
All of us have seen pet dogs re-
treive, and go through all sorts of
trick?, some of which have been
taught by kindness, though many
more nave been learned under the
lash of the whip.
Rut Toney is a dog a great mas
tiffwho taught himself such a re
markably wise trick that when his
master found out about it he very
deliberately learned it himself!
This dog is astonishingly intelligent
and kind, and he is also just as lazy
as he can be, and invented all sorts
of excuses to keep from having to
take exercise. These execuses of his
do not do him very much good, though,
or Toney 's master is a great trav-
'ler, and as the dog adores him, and
Je wherever he does, he very often
as to bestir his lazy bones and trot
plonjr milp nffpv
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i wrnmneriner for a nan.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
The home of Mr. M. T. Harris,
near Marmaduke, was struck and fired
by lightning Saturday afternoon and
burned to the ground with all con
tents. Mr. Harris with his father, Mr. T.
A. Harris were in Littleton and Mrs.
Harris and children were spending
the day with? Mrs. Tom Harris.
The house was' discovered to be on
fire immediately following the elec
trical discharge, and burned to the
ground before any of the household
goods could be saved.
The home is known as the "Davis
Place", near Marmaduke.
path down the mountain side save the
winding road that he had followed,
and how he had landed in the valley
bwas a mystery that deepened as the
days passed by. For never again af
ter that morning did Toney scramble
alang at his master's heels down the
mountain side. He would start with
the man, lock a little sheepish when
he was spoken to, and then at the
first turn in the road he would disap
pear as though the earth had opened
and swallowed him up, to be seen no
more until he met his mater, at the
foot of the path
For days the man tried to solve the
mystery, and then another man fol
lowed behind him and the dog one
morning to see if he could solve the
mystery of Toney's queer disappear
ances. And the other man found all
about it in just no time, for as soon
Iqq lnnstfiT had turned the corner.
. i
iNOt VerV Inner siot tViooo twn trrrA m -- ,11,V.i.nf alir TirolL-oH to (IP
i,e"ua were spending several months s$e cf the road, peered down the
J the mountains of Switzerland, and i ctoPn mountain side for a second, and
pityhad a very bad time of it, for then over he went, bodily!
I master was a great walker, and as j The second man hurried to the spot,
f v!ent for a long tramp every day, an(i an that he could see was a dot
bl? dog was oblis-ed to leave his I Ano- iH-inr down on the snow,
dm corner far more than he liked, and sninmno- down the side of that
ne weather was cold, nnrl flip snnw rnnnwpv locomotive!
j - - -- - - it-uuii tain uivc n .
Toney had discovered that the un
broken snow would easily hold his
weight; he also knew that snow with
ice on top of it was slippery, so he
had saved himself the long, painful
walk down th3 road by sliding down
the mountain side. It required al
most and hour to walk down; by sit
ting down witlrhis feet close together
in front of him, Toney made the de
scent in a few minutes, without any
)A money s master just
ould go slipping and scrambling
uWn the mountain mraw Ar,r 4- v.
l f,6 Vlllae in the valley after the
J - And though he complained dis.
k! 7Ut 5t' Toney devotedly slip.
ed and
At lea
scrambled along right behind
st Tonev fnnn-Qri v.?
lies, and then n n,.
hi l " WUI1UC1J.U11
r"s nappened,
most
The master tramp
hen he
Dino 4.- rr.
Hhere:ier'hiSieyeS?Penedwide'
unu- Ulg' solt eyes look"
k 11 W!th the ht of a per-
. -branding in their denths.
s xignt briskly one dav. but d that necessary to
fl U " W . CAHL L1U11 -
turned aronnrl fr oq-.t owia ii.- r.; n;na4 nio-nf in front
v. ,v owiii;- i Keep mo uuc j jin v0 -
of him and his feet close together.
Just how he knew the exact point at
which his, master would appear is one
of those marvelous things about an
imals that science has never yet been
srble to solve.
The two men stared at each other
in amazement when they found out
about Toney's wild slide. They' weru
not so much astonished at the dog's
remarkable sense as , they were, at
their own lack of it. For the place
that, Toney had found was straight
and smooth, and a' few days later
Poll. 1
5rt f.i...
wn ih 10 "eaft ne went on
f m
and with a genuinely
TY1 fini
in , ,ain Slde alone. Never
ehm v, 1 years ot doted
the; Aoney deserted him,
cor, B" mouth turned down at
the bott y tTie time ne reacn-
u reallv u , , UIlg roaa ne was
the
ttlonnf uie.iooi' two men raigui- ccu,,,v
lngiam 7 ' a very wondertui j ing gayly down the same incline in
as the
Mrs. John H. Cheek, Ayden,
Mrs. S. A. Jenkins, Ayden,
Home of Mrs. Howard F. Jones.
Mrs. L. D. jerkins, Spencer,
Mrs. Viola E. Tate, Spencer,
Mrs. Wm. W. Parker, Lumberton
Mrs. John McAllister, Lumberton,
Mrs. M. I. Perkins, Southern Pines,
Mrs. Estelle L. Neister, Spencer, .
Mrs. J. D. Carter, Spencer,
Home of Mrs. John Graham.
Mrs. W. H. Woodbury, Murphy,
Mr. W. H. Woodbury, Murphy,
Home of Mrs. Lucy A. Williams.
Mrs. Ji W. Powell, Rocky Mount,
Mrs. U. G. Home, Rocky Mount,
Home of Mrs. George Scoggin.
Mrs. Ida Cox, Richlands,
Home of Mrs. Peter Allen.
Mrs. Sophia Edwards, Jackson,
Mrs. Sallie Calvert, Jackson,
Motored from Jackson and spent
Wednesday.
Mrs. D. G.Stutz, Southern Pines, '
Mrs. Agnes Hamlin, Southern Pines,
Home of Mrs. H. T. Macon.
Mrs. L. L. Draughan, Whitakers,
Mrs. John W. Patton, Greensboro,
Home of Mrs. V. L. Pendleton.
Jas. W. Payne, Spencer,
Dr. S. P. Purvis, Salisbury,
L. F. Klutz, Taylorsville,
Home of Miss Mary Harriss.
Mrs. Fannie B. Bucher, Richmond,
Grand Matron of Virginia.
Mrs. H. M. Barbour,
Grand Secretary of Virginia,.
Richmond, Virginia. .
Home of Mrs. Norwood Boyd.
Mrs. Florence E. Beck,Southern Pines
Mrs. Claude L. Hayes, " Pines,
Home of Mrs. N. P. Jones.
Gilbert G. Ray, Charlotte,
Mrs. A. H. Rohleder, Charlotte,
Home of Mrs. C. E. Jackson.
Mrs. W. O. Warren, Mebane,
Mrs. J. A. Fowler, Greensboro,
Miss M. Alice Fowler,' Greensboro,
Home of Mrs. W. A. Burwell.
Miss Lillian C. Roberson, Salisbury,
Miss Mary G. Roberson, Salisbury,
Home of Mrs. N. M. Palmer.
Mrs. Anna E. Manning, Bethel,
Mrs. Jane Moore, Bethel,
Home of Mrs. Wm. Rodgers, Jr.
Mrs. C. H. Williams, Greensboro,
Mrs B. N. Mann, Greensboro,
Home of Mrs. Boyd Massenburg.
Mrs. A. L. Smoot, Salisbury,
Miss Clem Buckner, Asheville,
W. Alderman, Oxford,
PLANT SWEET POTATOES
Mrs. Mary C. Weatherly.Franklinville , Patron. Jas. W. Payne, of Spencer-
Lrrand I reasurer, Mrs. Emma B. Siler
of Siler City; Grand Secretary, Mrs. I
Mary u Weatherly, of Franklinvilleo
Grand Conductress, Miss Clem Buck
ner, of Asheville; Associate Grand
' The N. C. Collge of A. & E.
West Raleigh, N. C.
Va.-Carolina Chemical Co.,
Richmond, Virginia.
Gentlemen: .
"For a week I have tried to find
time to write an article urging the
-P i- i i 1 i r .: .
Conductress, Miss Mary Louise Aj -" sweet po-
len, of Warrenton.
This completes the list of elective
officers. The appointive officers will
be named later by the Grand WJorthy
Matron.
Afternoon Session
The Chapter convened at 3:00 o-
other year the production of human
food crops will be a serious problem
, not only in the South but through
out the world. The Northwest has
annually been supplying the South
with hundreds of millions of dollars
clock, Mrs. W. H. Woodbury, Acting o t nL
r j tita rAt. ; - - . people of the South. The enormous
Tiitnu iwatron. ine iteport ot tne x-i- j? j? , , , . T ,
t: ... . quantities of food that the United
.juuapiuucin-e committee; report or a. . i i .
nnrvtrni- o -it x A. I States have been shipping to Europ
Rooi- wifi, " , " must continue, and hardships are in-
Book, w;th motions and resolutions 0;foKW
'v v. u jicu uic evening session. ine
Grand Matron elect named the f ol
lowing appointive officers:
Grand :Adah, Mrs. Jackson, of Roa
noke Rapids; Grand Ruth, Mrs. Han
cock, of. Winston? Salem; Grand Es-
six months longer. There is no crop
grown in the South that will furnish
as much food value per acre or so
j cheaply as will the sweet potato. A
dollar's worth of sweet potatoes used
as human food has practically dou-
ther, Mrs. A. A Ray, of Charlotte; ble the food value of
Lxranq Mgrtna, , Mrs.. Hull, of Ruther
fordton; Grand" Electa, Mrs. Daisy
Siucot. of Salisbury; Grand Marshall,
Mrs. Taylor, of Winton; Grand Chap
lain, Dr. J. S. Wood, of Forest City
Grand Warder, Miss Willard White,
of Greensboro; Sentinel, Mr. W. H.
James, of Star; Grand Organist, Mr.
j Harry Overcash, of Charlotte; Frater-'
a dollar's wortn
of wheat and corn. An acre of aver
age land in sweet potatoes will pro
duce more food than two acres of corn
iand more than four acres of wheat in
the cotton belt.
"Sweet potatoes may be planted as
late as July and yield twice as much
human food as corn on land of aver
age, fertility. It is the most impor-
can now
, pal Correspondent, Mrs. Hamlin, of : tant crop that the gouth
nl nv''; . - 1 , srow, and there remains a part of
Charlotte, on behalf of the Chap- ; June and a lpart of July in which thig
ter there, and on a pressing' mvita- Pron msiv hA nlj,nf
tion of its Chamber of Commerce, Thp RWPPt notnto hc
was unanimously chosen as the next
j place of annual meeting.
I The Chapter closed at 4:30 to con
vene at 8:30.
CABIN BRANCH ITEMS
We had a nice rain Saturday night
which was badly needed as the crops
.and gardens were suffering for the
want of 'rain.
! The farmers are getting busy since
the rain and the plough and hoe are (
very busy too.
! Berry season is on but owing to the
dry weather the crop will be short.
j Misses Lenora Hicks and Alma Pa.
ehall left Tuesday for Raleigh where
they will attend Summer School.
Mr. Howard Hayes", of Oine, called
food value than the Irish potato, and
it is now too late to plant the latter
with any assurance of success, and
then there is practically no seed avail
able. There are ample sweet potato
seed available, and a bushel of sweet
potatoes will produce plants enough
to plant from six to ten times as
much land as a bushel of Irish.
"An acre of land that will produce
15 or 20 bushels of corn, 8 to 12 bush
els of wheat, or 150 or 200 pounds of
lint cotton will produce 50, and may
produce 80 or 100 bushels of sweet
potatoes, depending upon the . good,
preparation of the soil and good fer
tilizers. No crop will yield so much
per aere of so high a food value on so
poor land as will this highly nutri
tious root crop. Sweet potatoes may
Miss Emma Dunn left last Tuesday
for Raleigh, where she -will meet her
sister, Miss Carrie, who has been vis
iting in South Carolina. They will
go from Raleigh to Greenville, N. C,
to attend the session of the summer
schqol there.
Mrs. M. H. Hayes and Miss Mary
Sally Perkinson ase guests this weic
of Col. and Mrs. J. R. Paschall in
Richmond. .
The temptation to drive automo
biles too rapidly over the new Haw
tree road is great; but so is the dan
ger v great to little children at play
by the roadside. If a child should
suddenly run into the road in pursuit
of aHall or other toy, it would be im
possible for the fast drivers to stop
quickly enough to avoid a serious ac
cident. Even in a place no largert
than Wise, such reckless driving
shonld be prohibited in some way.
Mr. Johnson has accepted a call to
the pastorate of Sharon church for
one year. He is very young, and has
one more year at Wake Forest, but
his ability cannot be judged by his
years, for he is a young man of great
promise and well worth several miles
drive in your car tcr hear him. He
will preach morning and evening . on
the second and fourth Sunday's in
each month.
Any who had the esteemed privi
lege of hearing Mrs. Chilton's read
ings on Thursday afternoon of the
Community Chautauqua m Warren
ton will be glad to learn that she
has been booked for an evening's en
tertainment in Wise during the com
ing winter in a Lyceum course under
the auspices of the Betterment Asso
ciation. Mrs. Connell, the new county dem
onstrator, will give a demonstration"
in jelly making next Tuesday after
noon at 4 p. m. at the school house.
Mrs. Connell is paid by the county
and state. It will cost you nothing
to get the benefit of her knowledge
of how to save your surplus fruit and
vegetables. She will also tell you
many other helpful things in the
realm of domestic economy. All are
inyited who are in any way interest
ed. You are not obliged 1o ay any
money or join any club. Mrs. Con
nell is ready to help you solve your
housekeeping problems. Come to the
meetings and work co-operatively, or
phone her and she will come to your
home and make suggestions. She
would also appreciate your hearty co
operation in the work she has under
taken.
I have
toes, etc., small grain, crimson clov
er, etc.
"In view of the scarcity of potash
I would recommend for sweet pota
toes between 600 and 1200 pounas
' F- jfarm crops harvested, in May and
Hicks I riday p m. . June, such as cabbage,. Irish pota-
j ivil. j . j. . a cm pie aim xaiiiiiy opcuu
a short while Monday a. m. with his
father Mr. J. A. Temple.
Miss Mamie Brack who visited her
raunt, Mrs. E. L. Paschall last week,
Mrs. Frances W. White, Greensboro, M d M w. H. Parker of of a fert.hzer analyzmg 8 to 10 per
Home, of Mrs. E. S. Allen. Jacksonviiie, Fla.. visited their f attr- ent Inone ae,r and 2 to 4
, .t. i rr j j j i rn J per cent of nitrogen. On very thm
Mrs, Carrie B. Church, Falls Church, er Sunday and Monday, leaving Tues , , T .
M. E. Church, Grand Patron of Va., ' day morning : for Pitt county where of n it and on better land
Falls Uhurcn, va., j mey wm viail, Ax. rF". lower per cent.
Home of Mrs. H. N. Walters. ' Mr. J. A. Temple, Mrs. M. F. Hicks
T tt , f QQl land Miss Indye Hicks are on thy sick Iours oncereiy, .
Mrs. W. H. Hancock, Winston-Salem, '.st week C. L. NEWMAN, M. S., .
Mrs. E. R. Messick, Winston-Salem, - . Professor of Agriculture.
is critically ill. DOLLY.
"And if I share mr"ust,
As common manhood must,
With one whose need is greater than
mine own,
Shall I not also give
His soul that it may live,
Of the abundant pleasure
known?
And so, if I have wrought,
Amassed or conceived aught
Of beauty, intelligence, or power,
It is not mind to hoard.
It stands there to afford
Its generous service simply as
flower."
GROVE HILL ITEMS
Home of Mrs. J. E. Rooker.
n . 1
Mrs. S. M. Clymer, ureeregDoro,
John J. Phoenix, Greensboro,
Mrs. 'Frank E. Fry, Hewitts,
Home of Mrs. Turner Allen.
Perhaps we have overlooked others
The Toll of the Liberty Bells as
they ring out upon the air girdling
the country with warning and appeal.
We are so much impressed wita
the force and strength of what Pro
fessor Newman says in tthe above
Ms
A ringing bark fell little sleds made' for the purpose!
. . CdrS, arvl 1 , . .
r him "ieie rignt in
ears fl ' . the great do,
And-by following the dog's example
aHa the trio in a few minutes
1fhim n?2 feliehtedly and the instead of taking almost an hour, and
1 using up both strength and patience.
ed for therA on a Hobson.
search his heart, and determine wheth
of our delightful guests; but If so er and in what measure he has met
. i -i .j" 2. ul'. n t.:. ".. i t
it was an error 01 tne neaa ana not me can oo. ms vuunvryi
Let every man within. their sound! letter to us, that for the purpose of
calling the attention of the country
at large to the enormous Increase in
of the heart. " . '
The above list was furnished us by
the Grand Chapter, and we believe
it contains the names of those here
during the week.
Serve your country! BuyaIiber
ty Loan Bond a good Investment.
What is personal profit against thy
country's need?
food products that may Ve had by
the heavily increased planting of
sweet potatoes, we have -decided to
What are riches without honor or publish this letter and distribute it,
Most of the people around here
have finished chopping cotton and are
ready to grass.
Mrs. H. D. Fulford and sister Miss
Bettie C. Harris returned to Norlina
Monday after spending five weeks
with relatives around here.
Miss Lillian Hardy is spending thi3
week with her grandmother near As
pen. Mr. Martin Lambert spent from
Saturday until Monday with his
mother. x
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. White and lit
tle son visjted in the home of Mr. W.
T. Hardy Sunday afternpon.
Messrs. T. A. and M. T. Harris
spent a few hours in Norlina Monday.
The crowd was small at Sunday
School Sunday. -We hope to have a
large attendance next time.
Miss Ruth Davis is spending a few
days with relatives near Inez.
Last Saturday afttrnoon the home
of Mr. M. T. Harris' was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground.
No one was in the house when it
was struck, but some of the neigh
bors reached there in time to save a
. few things. We sympathize with our
friends in their loss and feel sure
that they are comforted when they
life without liberty?
Consider this Epitaph upon the
tomb of one of Virginia's Great:
"He gave all for his country." v
Buy a Liberty Loan Bond.
maa's.
ROSEBUD.
trusting that it may aid in largely j-think it was God's work and not
increasing the planting of this, ona
of the very best and most easily
grown food products. ;.-
-Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Uncle Sam's your security
your dollars work' for Liberty.
-let
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