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VOL. XXII
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s WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH, 1917
(FRIDAY)
No. 84
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND W ARREN COUNTY
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HOUSEWIVES MUST DO
THEIR BIT SAYS HOOVER
Herbert C. Hoover has outlined his
s for enlisting the Nation's house-
1 members of the food admin-
-Jration, and appeals to them to join
' in the fight for conservation
Jies and the elimination of waste.
The women will be enrolled during a
od of registration from July 1 to
Ju'lv IS through the Council of Na-
U i lipfense and the state defend
tionai i--
councils He says:
"We ask every woman m the United
States engaged in the personal con
Ul of food to register for actual
membership in tne ioou aummisira
...j. Hvppt.lv into the Na.
t on einun' j
We snan later on asK.
various classes of men likewise en
oed in food preparation and distri
bution to also volunteer to the Na
tional service in their various bran-
C "The proper assurance of the food
to our allies will not only encourage
them but it will maintain them in
war. Without a larger margin from
our abundant food supply, only to be
secured by individual effort and vol
unteer sacrifice, the war will be pro
longed and thousands of lives, not
only of men but also of women and
children, needlessly lost. The guiding
hand of women in the home can alone
control this matter.
"In all of the arrangements which
we plan to make during the forth
coming: year for the supplyof our
allies, we will bear the first regard to
our own people, that they shall have
plenty.
' We not only want the names and
addresses but we want the number of
persons in the household, we want to
know whether the household employs
a cook, whether it has a garden, and
we want to know the occupation of
the bread winner.
"We have six general principles of
instruction:
First To save the wheat. If we
eat as usual from our harvest this
year, we will have little more than
enough for our own supply, but we
can divide with our allies if each in
dividual make some sacrifice; by eat
ing at least one wheatless meal a
day, substituting cornbread or other
cereals.
"Second We want to save the meat,
for our cattle and hogs are decreas
ing, and we must send to our allies,
so we wish every householder to buy
less, to serve smaller portions and to
allow no waste.
"Third We wish to save the fa&s.
We consume three times the fats that
are necessary for nutrition, and we
need them now for war. We wish no
butter used in cooking; we want less
butter served on the table; we want
less lard, bacon' and other prk pro
ducts used.
"Fourth Any deficiencies in food
supply, by economy along the above
1'nes, can be amply covered by in
creasing the use of fish, potatoes,
beans, peas, turnips, cabbage and veg
etables generally, corn, buckwheat,
rye and rice which we will have In
abundance this harvest.
'Fifth We want to save transpor
tation. Our railways are unable to
rocct the war pressure for munitions,
men and coal so that wo wish every
ne to consume products of local ori
Sn so far as possible, to buy from
foe local miller, the local packer, buy
and cat vegetables grown near home.
Sixth We preach and want every-
ne to preach 'the gospel of the -clean
P'ate;' to buy less foodstuffs, to serve
smaller portions and to see that noth-
1RS of value goes into the garbage
can. '
"Don't you find it hard these times
w meet expenses?"
"Hai-1? Man alive! I meet ex
penses at every turn." Boston Tran
script. t . LINCOLN'S WIT
ncoln Was far from being a mere
OCCS.Slfmci rnnl1 hvinor f-mm
'' a play on words; usually with a
&n m it.
tici l k firm' wnile ne was Prac
inc-'v in SPringfield, wrote ask-
cial T fr the facts as to the finan-
plied ing f a neignbor- He e
. , as commendingly as he could:
and aC(luainted with him
of allP'w his circumstances. - First
ou4t ?e has a wife and bal)y; they
man T worth $5000 to any
Wh l1!COndly' he has an office in
say there are three chairs worth,
of 'aJ and a table worth $1.50. Last
hole L.!re is in one corner a rat
' mch- is worth looking into.
'Respectfully,
"A. LINCOLN.
LITTLETON NEWS ITEMS
Mrs. M. B. Sheehan, of Essex, was
among friends in town the first of
the week.
Mrs. S. P. Collier and two children,
of Winston-Salem, are the guests of
Mrs. Collier's parents, Rev. and Mrs.
A. P. Tyer.
Mr. Joe Ransom, of Jackson, was
here this week to visit his brother,
Mr. M. W. Ransom.
Miss Helen House, of Thelma, was
shopping in town Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. C, Smith and
daughter and Miss "Annie Tucker
Moore have returned from a pleas
ant visit to Mr. Smith's parents at
their home in Union, S. C.
Mr. J. W. Northington, of Roanoke
Rapids, was in town on business Fri
day. Mrs. H. A. House, after a few days
visit among friends in town, left Fri
day for her home in Nashville, N. C.
Miss Maude Iles,of Aurelian Springs
visited .relatives in town last week.
Mrs. Harvard TBrowning and baby
have returned from a visit to Mrs.
Browning's sister, Mrs. Rom Parker,
at her home in Enfield.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Moore left Mon.
day for Annapolis, Md., where their
son, C. G. Moore, Jr., graduates this
week at the U. S. Naval Academy.
' Mr. Henry Whitehead, who has been
employed at Carney's Point, N. J., for
some time, is spending a few days
here with his brothers, Messrs.. E. H.
and C. M. Whitehead.
Mr. Roger Crawley visited friends
at Chapel Hill Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Thornton and
children and Mrs. Annie Haithcock
spent Sunday with friends at Halifax.
Misses Eleanor and Camilla Yar
borough, after a pleasant visit to Miss
Lucy Leach at her home on Mosby
Avenue, left Monday for their home
in Louisburg.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Millard and
children spent Sunday with friends at
Norlina, where Mr. Millard preached
Sunday morning and evening.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Rose and child
ren, of Henderson, were recent visi
tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Myrick.
Mr. and. Mrs. . II. E. Walker- and
daughters visited relatives at Norlina
Sunday.
Miss Carrie Helen Moore has re
turned from a visit at the home of
her brother, Mr. Gus Moore, at Roa
noke Rapids.
Mrs. Herbert Worthen, after spend,
ing a few days with relatives here,
, left Friday for her home in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bancom visited
friends at Norlina Sunday.
Mrs. W. C. Sawyer and children, of
Elizabeth City, after a pleasant visit
to Mrs. lawyer's parents, Rev. and
Mrs. A. P. Tyer, returned home- Sat
urday. j Mr. F. M. Taylor, of Heathsville,was
in town on business Tuesday.
! ( Mrs. Pattie Thornton, of Nashville,
I has been visiting friends in town this
week.
Mr. J. T. Delbridge, of Elams, was
in the city on business Tuesday.
The Burton Brothers, of Wilson,con
(ducted a land sale here Tuesday, and
' several valuable pieces of real estate
, changed owners.
j Mrs. Lucy Harris returned Sunday
from a visit to relatives at Vaughan.
Mrs. Alfred Miller and children, af
ter spending a few days with Misses
Mamie and Pearl Pegram, have re
turned to their home at Norlina.
Mr. Ed Miller, who was recently op.
erated upon for appendicitis at a Nor
folk Hospital, returned home Monday.
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ROOK CLUB ENTERTAINED
Mrs. J. C. Sessoms was hostess to
the Married Women's Rook Club Fri
day evening from 3:30 to 5:30.
Many enthusiastic games were play,
od, after which Miss Frances Sessoms
assisted in serving an ice course and
cake.
Invited guests were: Mesdames M.
Nelson, M. J. Grant, C. G. Moore, J.
R. Taylor, Charlie Dowtin, L. M. John
ston, B. H. Browning, J. P. Leach, J.
H. Newsom, W. H. Nicholson, William
Johnston, Walter Bobbitt, T. J. Miles
and Misses Rubie Vinson and Edna
Tyer. -
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MRS. T. J. MILES ENTERTAINS
Complimentary to her sister, Mrs.
Herbert Worthen, of Atlanta, Ga.,
Mrs. T. J. Miles entertained a number
of friends on Thursday evening.
Receiving in the hall were Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Miles and Mrs. Worthen.
Miss Mattie Jenkins invited the guests
into the dinning room, where delicious
punch was served. Throughout the
OLD TIMES
By Dr. T.
HAPPENINGS
I am in receipt of a letter from
Mr. Phil P. Price, of Alice, Texas,
containing some recollections, which I
think would interest the readers of
the Warren Record. Mr. Price was
Warrenton boy, and although many
years have passed away since he left
this community, he is still deeply in
terested in every thing connected with
the history, progress, and people of
the County of his birth.
Natives of other sections may be
weaned from the land that gave them
birth, but not so with Warrenton peo
ple. They never forget, and never
cease to love the land that they al
ways think of as dear, old Warren.
I saw a letter from Dr. Walter A,
Montgomery, of Richmond, today in
which he speaks of Warrenton and
Warrenton people and places as a
man always thinks of the first great
love of his life.
The following is a part of Mr.
Price's Tetter.
WAR- TIMES RECOLLECTIONS
"In these days of War's alarms, I
often find myself comparing things of
today with those of '61. Things move
slowly to what they did in those days,
and have less vinegar and pepper.
"In my earliest recollections I re
member there were two military com
panies in Warren County that parad
ed on 4th of July in Warrenton, and
the big bush arbors in front of the
Male Academy, where the speakers
would hold forth. The Infantry Com.
pany was commanded by Capt. Ben
Wade and the Cavalry by tall, hand
some Tom Jones.
"I can remember the burial of Lieu
tenant Vaughan of the Infantry Com
pany in the old burying ground.
"I can remember like i t wa ,,y e ster
day that the "people were saying: 'Bill
Alston and Jim Christmas have gone
to Charleston, South Carolina, to see
evening Miss Lucy Leach and Mrs. J.
P. Leach, Jr., delightfully presided at
the piano.. After a few hours spent
in general conversation Mrs. L. M.
Johnston, Mrs. J. M. Millard, Mrs. J.
C. Sessoms and Miss Mattie Jenkins
assisted the hostess in serving cream
and cake.
Mr. and Mr. Miles' guests were:
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Millard, Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. C.
G. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. B. II. Brown
ing, Mr. and Mrs. James Cree, Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. Grant, Mr. and Mrs.
S. G. Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. M. Nelson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sessoms, Mr. and
Mrs. John Tyer, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Leach, Mrs. W. H. Nicholson, Mrs. A.
M. Newsom; Misses Lula Jackson, Liz
zie Moore, Lucy Leach, Camilla and
Eleanor Yarborough, Edna Tyer, Mat
tie Jenkins, Urtie Harrison; Messrs.
W. B
Willis Alston
ENROLL FOR PRIZES
The farmers who are interested in
the premiums and medals offered by
a few fairs for the best kept and
most profitably operated farms shouxu
make application for entrance in the
contest as soon as possible, in order
that the committee on , judging may
have ample time to visit the places
and make awards in accord with the
score card prepared for the work.
In making the awards and placing
the medals and other premiums the
factors of size of farm, type of farm
ing, organization of the farm, soil and
crop management, efforts to improve
quantity and quality of crops and live
stock; the per cent of business the far
mer does on his capital and the profits
coming there from; the adequacy and
economy of equipment; attention' given
to making home supplies at home; the
general condition and appearance; and
the accounts or records kept, are
given due weight. In fact the object
is to treat the farm as an all around
home and business . unit and make
awards to those places really standing
the highest in the sum . total of the
factors entering in to such make up.
It cannot do any farmer any harm
to enter the contest and even though
he may not get a premium the fact
that his place has been subject .to
careful-analysis "as a home and busi
, ness unit and the result of that analy-
IN pVARREN
J. Taylor.
IN WARRENTON
Beauregaurd take Fort Sumter.' I
can see them now, after their return,
injfront of Brownlow's Hotel telling
how it all happened.
It was not long before Capt. Wade,
at the head of about 90 men, marched
to Warren Plains Depot on the way
to the Fair Ground in. Raleigh to mo
bilize. I knew every one of those 90
men. I can remember little incidents
distinctly about those times, but other
things I cannot. For instance, Isaac
Edwards was the Captain of our little
boy company; and I remember his
showing Plummer Green how to right
shoulder shift arms, there in front of
the old Eaton Place, as the company
marched up Main street.
"Jere Draper and George Bennett
worked with Mr. Mills right across
the street from our house in his cab
inet shop; and many of my days, when
a little fellow, were spent in that shop,
and I knew these two and big Jolly
Pitcher, the printer who worked with
Mr. Walsh, very much better than anv
of the others.
"Judge Montgomery is the only one
of those 90 men now living, so far as
I know, nor do I know how many of
these little boys, my size, that trooped
along there that day are living fifty
six years is a Ibng time.
9
"About the same time Capt., after
wards Colonel Jones, mobilized his
Cavalry Company near Ridgeway,
where! was soon formed a regiment.
I think Gen. Robert Ransom was the
First Colonel of this regiment. Col.
W. IL.Cheek was also in the regiment.
Nearly all of Capt. Wade's Company
were Warrenton boys, and Capt Jones'
Company were nearly all country boys.
I call them 'boys' but there were many
there older than the age limit now.
It seems to me that things happened
fastertheri,: - and the boys got into the
service quicker than now. The word
"slacker" had not then been coined."
More to follow. 1
sis given back to the farmer will help
him in planning for another years
work on a more profitable basis.
Those who have any thought of en
tering these contests should write the
various fair committees and Prof. W.
N. Hutt, of Raleigh or Mr. J. M. John
son, Office of Farm Management, West
Raleigh, N. C, for further particu
lars. HOOVER S EARLY LIFE
Back in 1895 Herbert Hoover was
office boy lor the Oregon Land Com
pany in Salem, Oregon, says a corres
pondent. His uncle, Dr. J. W. Min
thorn, was the head of the company.
Young Hoover thought he was worth
more money. Dr. Minthcrn didn't.
l Hoover left, wandering south into Cal
ifornia.
President Wilson has announced that
this same Herbert Hoover, ex-office
boy is to be "food administrator" of
a nation of more than a hundred mil
lion people.
But tS go back twenty-two years
in California Hoover entered Leland
Stanford University, taking an en
gineer's course. He worked his way
through school. An Arizona placer
mine couldn't get water to the prop
erty, and placer mines without water
are not' much good. The mine owners
sent to Stanford for a bright young
man to solve their problem. The un
iversity sent Hoover. Hoover master
ed their problem.
Later an Australian company heard
of Hoover and sent for him. He
straightened out another engineering
problem. Then England called him
and he worked there for some time.
In the meantime he put a brother and
sister through school.
Natives of Salem. Oregon, are re
calling the strapping youth of 1895
who did odd jobs around the Oregon
Land Company once at $35 a month.
A young man not particularly en
tertaining was monopolizing the at
tention of a pretty debutante with a
lot of uninteresting conversation.
"Now, my brother," he remarked in
the course of a dissertation on his
family, "is just the opposite of me in
every respect. Do you know my bro
ther?" . "'
"No" the debutante replied demure
lye, ."but I should like to." Ex.
HAPPENINGS IN WISE
Sunday, July 8th, will be children's
day at Sharon church. Everybody in
vited. .'
- The newly elected officers of the B.
Y. P. U. who "will serve for the six
months beginning July 1st are Presi
dent, Mr. R. M. Dunn, Vice-President
Miss Lalla Perkinson, Secretary-Treas
urer, Miss Lena White; Group Leaders
Mr. Cameron Michael, Miss Mary
Perkinson, Mr. Jimmie White and Mrs.
R. T. Perkinson.
Miss Lizzie White has returned
from a long visit to her sister Mrs.
Charles Fleming near Henderson.
Miss Walker and Miss Nash, of La.
Crosse, are guests of Miss Mamie Per
kinson this week.
Mrs. Pattie Perkinson spent several
days with her daughter Mrs. S. A.
Tudor of Norlina last week.
Mr. Lawrence Perkinson and little
daughter visited Mrs. P. H. Perkinsun
one day this week. -
Mr. W. R. Ball has a child who is
quite ill with typhoid fever.
The regular meeting of the Better
ment Association will be held at the
schoolhouse on Friday July the 6th at
3:30 p. m. Mrs. Connell will give a
demonstration in canning at this time.
All who are interested are invited.
There will be a meeting of the Mis
sionary Society after S. S. School next
Sunday morning.
Mrand Mrs. Charles Fleming and
child and Miss Mary Stewart were
uests at Mr. W. H. S. White's on
Sunday.
Mrs. Marvin Davis, of Meredith
ville, Va., spent several days renewing
old acquaintances in this vicinity last
week.
A USEFUL AUTO
" The recent reference in Farm and
Fireside to the use of automobiles for
doing farm .work leads me to give my
own experience with a belt power at
tachment. I bought it last fall and
put in. on my twenty-horsepower car.
We ground corn and oats with it,
and sawed wood. It worked finely.
-The: engine, had power to', waste. Fi
nally our new four-hole com sheller
arrived. We put it together, put on
the belt and lined it up.
- I said, "John, do you think it will
pull her?" Jolmfsaid, "I do not know
let us try." I said, "All right," and
so we started the engine going, slip
ped the belt on the pulley of the en
gine and the sheller speeded up right
away. We threw in a scoopful of coin
and to our surprise it was gone. We
threw in a hopperf ul, and in a few
minutes we had fifty bushels of con
shelled. This was just for a test; the
engine had power to ?pare.
Since the first of last December we
have shelled 40,000 bushels of corn,
besides doing some jobs of wood sav
ing; Farm and Fireside.
IF WE ONLY UNDERSTOOD
If we knew the cares and trials
Knew the efforts all in vain,
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain
Would the grim eternal roughness
Seem I wonder- just the same?
Should we help where now we hinder?
Should we pity where we blame?
Ah! we judge each other harshly,
Knowing not life's hidden force;
Knowing not the fount of action
Is less turbid at its source;
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good; '
And we'd love each other better
If we only understood.
Could we judge all deed by motives,
That surround each other's lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find it better,
Purer than we judge we should,
We should love each other better
If we only understood.
Rudyard Kipling.
Harry and James, brothers, were in
their playroom for a little recreation
after supper. Harry hit James with
a stick. An argument followed and in
the midst of it the nurse happened in
with the news that it was time for
them to retire. James was put to bed
first. The nurse said:
"You must forgive your brother be
fore y6u go to bed. You might die
in the night,"
After a few minutes elapsed, James
replied:
"Well I'll forgive him tonight but
if I don't die he'd better look out in
the morning. Charity and Children.
Everybody envies the ice-man now.
PECK MILL EMPLOYEES
DONATE TO ORPHANAGE
The employees of the Peck Manu
facturing Company with generous pur
pose have not failed to remember those
whom we first think, when we share
our blessings.
Under the leadership of those gen
erous gentlemen, Messrs. T. D. Peck
President of the Peck Manufacturing
Company, and Mr. George W. Harri
son, the employees of the Mill donated
one hundred and one dollars and fifty
cents ($101.50) to the Oxford Orphan
Asylum this week.
Mr. Peck, Mr. Harrison and twenty
five or thirty of the employees mo
tored over to Oxford and carried the
donation Friday.
To say that the generous donation
was appreciated is not necessary. To
say that it was a noble and generous
deed is but to proclaim. the truth. To
say that Superintendent Brown of
the Orphanage was deeply grateful
and appreciative is to tell to our read
ers a fact already told the gentlemen
concerned in the donation.
It is this spirit of helpful deeds
which makes the "whole world akin",
and draws us all nearer together. One
hundred and one dollars and fifty cents
given to the fatherless in this time of
high cost of living; this time when
money is doubly essential to those
who must purchase their daily bread
is lending the helping hand at a time
most needed.
The Peck Manufacturing Company
and its employees are to be congrat
ulated on the spirit which prompted
the donation and for the very credit
able amount donated. Bread cast
upon the waters will return again. We
believe that those who contributed to
this worthy cause will reap a just
reward certainly in the pleasure of
giving to such a worthy cause.
THE SPINNER
An old woman spins, and her wheel
that whirls
Babbles of joys that once were hers,
She's a child agaiif her eyelids close,
The humming wheel to" a plaything
grows,
Yellow the skin, but white is her hair,
The better to hear she bends from her
chair;
And as she leans, more slowly flies
lies.
The buzzing, babbling wheel that lies!
The deceitful wheel goes round and
round, f
It wilders her brain with its whirring
sound,
The gleaming thread with its tongue
of gold
Lures her back to the days of old;
Under the spell of its beautiful hue
Watching it glide she's beautiful, too;
The old head nods, and nods in a
trance,
Dancing again in a Maypole dance.
Slower the little wheel by and by;
Its humming now is as soft as a sigh,
And blent with the murmur sweet and
low
Her lover woes in the long ago.
The woof of the shining flax is spun,
The old hands grieve that their work
is done;
For when the wheel had turned its
last,
The spell was broken, the dream was
past.
Samuel Minturn Peck, in the Bir
mingham News.
PRICES IN EUROPE
Statistics compiled by a European
neutral show that since the beginning
of the war prices in general have
risen on the following basis: England,
34 per cent; France, 5 to 55 per cent;
Germany, 76 per cent. This rise in
Germany cuts the purchasing power
of a given amount of money almost
in half. The rise in prices in each
instance has been in spite of govern
ment regulation, which in some cases
is very stringent. Selected.
Pestered by the ever-advancing cost
of living, and determined to exercise
a protective vigilance in the future
even in small matters, the customer
picked up a knife from the counter
and handed it to the butcher with a
friendly smile. "I don't really want
it," he said, "but if you will cut it off
I will take it alongwith the rest."
"Cut what off?" demanded the but
cher in blank surprise. "Your hand"
was the gentle reply. "You weighed
it with the sausages, and I like to get
what I pay for." Atlanta Semi-Weekly
Constitution.