VOL. XXII
(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 1917
(FRIDAY)
Number 112
jl.50 A YEAR
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
3c. A COPY
AN APPEAL FROM
G0VEN0R BICKETT
Governor Bickett Make An Ap
peal to Farmers to Observe
Nov. as Thrift Month.
In order to give greater publicity to
Governor Bickett's wise and timely
suiruestion I am having the Warren
Record produces his letter to county
superintendents and also to print in
full his Appeal. HOWAD F. JONES,
Superintendent.
Supt. Howard F. Jones,
Warrenton, N. C.
My dear Sir:
I am sending you under separate
cover copies of an appeal to the far
mers of the State to observe the month
of November as Thrift Month. I
earnestly request you to get these,
copies at once into the hands of every
teacher in rural or small village
schools. Ask the teachers to read
these appeals to the children and re
quest the children to call the matter
to the attention of their parents. Ask
the teachers also to post one of these
appeals upon the door of every school
room, or in some conspicuous place
where it can be read. Later on
plan will be devised for taking a cen
sus in each school district showing
how many farmers in the district have
heeded this appeal.
I will greatly appreciate your kind
ly cooperation in making Thrift Month
a notable success.
With much respect, I beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
T. W. BICKETT, Governor.
The Appeal to the1 farmers of the
State follows:
''Opportunity has hair in front.
Behind she is bald. If you seize her
by the forelock you may hold her, but
once permitted to pass, not Jupiter
himself can catch her again."
So runs an ancient aphorism. This
year Opportunity" stands . before the
farmers of North Carolina with a fore
lock that reaches to the ground. You
have with superb common sense in
creased your food and feed crops. You
have with splendid foresight canned
and dried your surplus fruits and veg
etables. For you the high cost of
living holds few terrors. Empyrean
prices are being paid for the products
of your toil. Never before in this
generation, and possibly never again
will rhere come to the average farmer
fo larg-e an opportunity to lift him
self and family to a higher level of
hop.;ness and hope. Temptations to
fritter away the proceeds of your
crops will crowd thick upon you. Im
providence will lure to sleep, and pleas
ure and prodigality will call to you
with many voices. The "blue sky" ar
tists are already on your trail. They
have heard that you are fat, and have
marked you for their own. Ail kinds
of get-rich-quick schemes will be
dangled before you, and the voice of
the agent will be heard in the land.
Smooth and wordy vendors of lightn
ing rods, and ranges, and organs, and
pianolas, and sewing machines, and
churns, and washing machines, and
Patent medicines, and county rights,
and crayon portraits, and shares in
excessively capitalized stallions will
spring up around you as countless as
the frogs that came up on the land of
Egypt, and seek to enter into the re
Ward of your labors.
In my Inaugural Address and in a
series of bills submitted to the Gen
eral Assembly, I endeavored to make
Plain a purpose to make life on the
farm just as profitable and just as at
tractive as life in town. The inten
Slty of that purpose has deepened with
the passing months, and I now call
uPon the farmers to make a supreme
effort in this direction, and to capi
talize the opportunity of the hour. To
this end I earnestly beseech the far
mers of the State to set apart the
mnth of November as Thrift Month,
and urge every farmer to do some
Jhign definite and substantial during
that month that will indure to the
permanent betterment of his condition
m life. I suggest the following spe
c accomplishments and appeal to
ery farmer to do one or more of
these things:
shi If 1)6 be a tenant to uy if pos"
filble, a small farm and to make tne
rst Payment on the purchase price.
To pay off all debts, and go on
gash basis next year.
" To start a savings account in
T Tank or credit union-
sow Uy a mcn cow or hrood
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5. To install home waterworks and
lights.
6. To paint his house.
7. To set out an orchard.
The Agricultural Department, the
Joint Committee on Agricultural Work
and the State Department of Educa
tion will generously co-operate with
the farmers in making Thrift Month
a notable month in the agricultural
life of the State. I call upon the tea
chers in the rural schools to read this
appeal to the children. Complete
plans for taking a census during the
hrst week in December will be ar
ranged, to the end that we may know
at the end of the month just how
many farmers have redeemed the
great opportunity that now confronts
them and have preserved for their
wives and children some portion of
the blessings of this unparalleled year
T. W. BICKETT, Governor
RED CROSS PLAY
HERE OCT. 12TH
Interesting Program of Play to
Be Given at Graham High
School Auditorium.
The play to be given Friday night,
October 12th in the Graham High
school auditorium for benefit of Red
Cross promises from the following pro
gram to be one of interest.
Miss Ethel Chandler, of the War
renton High School Facuty, will be
musical directress, and aid in the pro
duction of the play. The program
follows :
"America, Here's My Boy."
Crichton Thorne and Jas. McKay.
The Spring Dance . . . Crichton Thorne
"Oh Johnny" and "Your Great Big
Baby Smile" James McKay
Two Interesting Scenes Henry Com
mits Suicide Henry Cunning
ham and Sumner Watson; "The
Telephone Booth". . . .H. Cunningham,-
S. Watson, Will Jones, Sally
Davis and James McKay.
Using a Telephone. .. .James McKay
Two of a Kind James McKay
and Oscar Williams.
Quartet "The Old Oaken Bucket,"
"There's a Quaker Down in Quak
er Town" and "The Animal Fair"
N. Cunningham, S. Watson, 0.
Williams and J. McKay.
"Ketchin the Chicken"
Crichton Thorne
Honky Tonky James McKay
"Go to Sleep My Baby"
Agnes Henderson
"Just One Day" Agnes Hender
son and James McKay.
The Cabaret "Tell Me Pretty Maid
en," The Spanish Dancer, "Amer
ica Here's My Boy," and the "Star
Spangled Banner". . . .Agnes Hen
derson and James McKay, Oscar
Williams and Janice Watson, Sum
ner Watson and Sally Davis, Will
Jones and Henry Cunningham;
Spanish Dancer, Crichton Thorne.
LIST OF FARMERS
WHO HAVE HELPED
List of Farmers Donating To
bacco Here During Past
Week for Red Cross.
The following farmers who sold to-
hacco here during the past week do
nated to the Red Cross fund:
n J Salmon. Tom Warwick, Man-
gum Massenburg, T. P. Young, Wal
ter Powell, W. C. Curtis, W. L. Smi
lev J. W. Hunt, R. B. Jenkins, H. M.
T?niw Marv Robinson, Jonn any,
Robert A. Carroll, Mrs G. W. Hawks,
picrH Palmer. W. H. Wilson ana
rnnndl Fne-ene Wilson, G. H. Fra-
zier Jerry Russell, Edward Hunter,
L L. Edwards, W. T, Williams, r.
W. Hester, C. P- Haithcock, Eddie
Williams, Robert Harris, L. F. Jones,
t. nnnnfill. Riereran ana uiue, uoe
o-LiiL T. J. Kiner. Austin Alston,
Jr., J. V. Smiley, W. M. Strickland,
Tw,i H. M. Avscue, Jim vayi,
Douglas Williams, L. G, Hinton, J.
W. Ellis and Jones, W. v. rwugo,
H Cole, Tull Davis, J. m. yco,
P. Reams, T. B. Boyd, Robinson
and Knight.
Buy a Liberty Loan Bond. "Shall
A -v J -v TTT1 tW mir dollars
MOTHERS ORGAN
IZE HELP HOOVER
Mothers Who Have Sons at War
to Help in Urging Food Con
servation and Control.
Washington, D. C, October 5th
"War Mothers" are organizing in ev
ery State of the Union to assist dur
ing the week of October 20-28th in
the house to house canvass to obtain
signatures to the pledge of the United
States Food Administration. The
plan contemplates enlisting the ser
vices of every voman who has a son
in the army, navy or marine corps, or
a son enrolled under the selective ser
vice law and subject to future call.
The "War Mothers" were formally
welcomed into the ranks of Food Ad
ministration workers in a statement
issued today by Herbert Hoover, the
Food Administrator.
"It is peculiariy fitting" said Mr.
Hoover, "that the mothers of the men
who are to fight the nation's battles
should enlist in this vitally essential
service. They are sending their sons
forth to endure the supreme test of
citizenship. They want their sons to
return to them as soon as the peace
of victory may be achieved. They will
hasten the coming of that peace by
the work they have undertaken.
"In no war in which the Nation has
engaged has the loyalty, devotion and
self-sacrifice of American women ever
failed. In no war have they had a
greater opportunity for service than
is offered in the movement for con
servation of the Nation's food sup
plies.
"Not only does this Food Adminis
tration cordially welcome the "War
Mothers" into the ranks of its volun
teer workers, but an equal welcome
will be extended to the wives and sis
ters of our soldiers and all other loyal
women who will enlist for a service
which President Wilspn has said is
more essentia than any other which
American women can render.
"The Liberty Loan must be sub
scribed and will be subscribed. But
it would be useless to gather this
money or prosecute the war if we
failed to make sure of the food which
will win the war, and the lack of
which will surely loose the war."
...
Raeigh, October 5th Food Admin
istrator Henry A. Page enthusiasti
cally welcomed today the announce
ment of the organization of the "War
Mothers", for service at home in car
rying out the program of the Food
Administration. "I desire to suggest
through the press that every War
Mother of this State attach herself as
a volunteer to the school district com
mittee which will have charge in her
district of the food pledge campaign
October 20-28th. No one will be bale
to resist their appeal, and the work
that will be done during that cam
paign will mean the bringing back of
thousands of their boys who might
otherwise find their last resting place
under the green sod of France."
N. C. State Depart
ment Experts Here
During Week of October First
Two of Government's Ex
perts Were in Warren. -
To the editor of the Warren Record,
Please publish as follows:
On October the 1st the Government
sent two of the best trained men in
the State to our County to spend the
week to teach our farmers how to save
their sweet potatoes..
Prof. Hutt, of Raleigh, says we loose
50 percent each year from our not
knowing how to cure them and carry
them through the winter.
Prof. Hill and R. G. Griffith, who
were in the County last week, are
graduates of Cornell University and
trained by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture to teach farmers
how to keep potatoes.
Warren County has been in the lead
in Agriculture for ten years consider
ing the size of the County, and State
Agricultural officers always send men
to Warren County first because of this
leadership. Yours truly,
F. B. NEWELL,
County Agent.
SUBSTITUTE FISH
FOR MEAT DIET
Realizing the Need of Foodstuffs
the State Fisheries Remove
Restriction on Food Fish.
Raleigh, October 8th Several mil
lion pounds of good North Carolina
fish will become available as a result
of the action which has just been tak
en by the State Fisheries Commission
in removing temporarily the restric
tions upon the catching of food fish.
This action was taken at the solici
tation of the Food Administration, it
being recognized that the public in
terest demanded a larger supply of
fish for substitution for beef, pork and
mutton which must be exported to
Europe for the maintenance of our
armies and the armies and civilian
population of our Allies.
The fisheries of eastern North Car
olina are among the most important
on the Atlantic coast and the removal
of the restrictions on Tar Hell fisher
men means not only that the people
of this State will be more largely sup
plied with fresh and salt fish at much
lower prices than has prevailed re
cently, but that hundreds of thousands
of pounds of fish will be shipped to
other states.
Food Administrator Henry A. Page
believes that with this larger supply
of fish available; with the season for
rabbits, squirrels and other game open
ing; with the increased use of poul
try and eggs; with a vastly increased
supply of home-grown pork in the
State, North Carolina will be able to
release for . export to Europe practi
cally all of the millions of dollars
worth of pork and beef which has been
imported into this State each year
heretofore.
The program of the Food Adminis
tration calls for the substitution in
hotels, cafes and homes, of fish, poul
try, game and other meat products
f or -"beef "and pork; the" substitution of
other cereals and vegetables for wheat
products; and rigid economy in the
use of fats and sugar, the need for
which is desperate with all of our
Allies.
A PLEA TO THE
HOUSKEEPERS.
Save Meat, Wheat, Fat, and Su
gar is Plea of Mrs. Jane S.
McKimmon, State Agt. .
I am thrilled when I think of the
part the housewife can play in our
country's plans for winning this war.
She has suddenly been elevated to the
position where she holds in her hand
the power to Mncrease or dimish at
will the distributing power of the
country's food supply. There is not
a doubt that housewives understand
well what a serious thing the short
age of wheat, meat, fats, and sweets
is to our Allies on the other side, but
it is hard for any woman to believe
that the small economies and denials
she might practice in her own home
would in the aggregate make an enor
mous difference in what this country
would be able to ship to a suffering
people.
One year ago the English citizen
was restricted to three-fourths of a
pound of sugar per week; in this coun
try the amount of sugar used per per
son for the same length of time was
1 3-4 pounds. If the Englishman did
not suffer in health with his limited
amount of sweets, is it not possible
for us, the housewives of America, to
try cutting off at least three-fourths
of a pound of sugar per person from
our families' weekly supply? Much
of our 1 3-4 pounds of sugar goes off
the table in the bottom of the tea
cups undissolved or is put in an over
sweetened dessert. While the need
for sharing with our brothers across
the waters is so great, could we not
make 1 1-2 teaspoonfuls do where 2
were required before, by using a little
extra effort in stirring to. dissolve it.
or in giving up favorite desserts, and
using instead our own sweet potatpes
and fruits, canned or fresh, which
need so little additional sugar?
With meat our problem is going to
be harder. We are so accustomed to
its delicious flavors, and our families
are so dependent on what they call the
main dish of the meal, that much in-
genuity in selection of substitutes and
careful methods ; of preparation are
going to be necessary. It is the study
of how to prepare appetizing substi
tutes for meat and wheat flour that
all of us need if we expect to keep a
satisfied household. We can do it,
women, and for our own satisfaction
it will be interesting to keep accounts
of just how much we have saved by
our efforts.
The South has already done much in
substituting corn meal for wheat flour
but we can substitute still farther,
since substitution has become such a
vital question. We may add cotton
seed and soybean meal to our wheat
bread, and by so doing add also to our
supply of meat substitutes, a,s these
products contain in different form the
protein so valued in meat.
If the garbage pail is to be reduced
until it will hold only the coffee
grounds and the egg shells, we wom
en can see that it is kept small by
having our families consume every
particle that is taken upon the plate,
and "the gospel of the clean plate"
will spread the country over.
The United States Food Commission
has called upon all women who have
charge of a household to sign a food
pledge card. This card asks that the
housewife pledge herself to save par
ticularly the things I have mentioned:
meats, sweets, fats, and wheat. Per
haps many of us aready have signed
a similar card, but in spite of that
fact we are asked to go again on Sat
urday, the 20th of October, to the
nearest schoolhouse, hear an explana
tion of what Mr. Hoover is asking all
of us to pledge ourselves to do for
our country, and to place our names
on a card, that he may keep a file of
those of us who are willing to do our
very best to assist him in this great
food conservation movement. To you
women who did so much in the sum
mer in planting a garden and in sav
ing the products of that garden by can
ning and drying, I make a special ap
peal, Come to the schoolhouse on
registration day and bring every house
wife whom you can with you.
North Carolina wishes to stand in
the very front of the list; of States
when -the patriotic women of the coun
try are registered, and you can do
much in placing her there. The Gover
nor is to issue a proclamation calling
on all housewives to register for the
conservation of food on the 20th of
October. Let us respond as patriot
ically as did our sons and brothers
when they were called to register for
military service.
Infectious Diseases
To Be Reported
State Law Requires Physicians
and Householders To Re
port to Dr. C. H. Peete.
The State Board of Health requests
publication, calling attention that the
County must fight infectious diseases
and that all. cases must be reported to
County Quarantine Officer C. H. Peete
at once.
To reduce the number of infectious
diseases in the county and thereby
prevent numbers of deaths, and save
thousands of dollars, is the task that
has recently been set before the peo
ple of this county. The new State
Quai-antine law imposes this task, but
with it, it does not impose any hard
ship or impossibility. It requires only
that every citizen shall do his duty
in reference to any contagious disease
in his household or community. It
presupposes that every citizen wants
to see his county rid of disease as far
as possible and will do all in his power
to brfng this about.
The State quarantine law, which
went into effect August 1, requires
that every case of certain infectious
diseases in any home shall be reported
within twenty-four hours by either
the physician in charge or, in case no
physician is called in, by the house
holder, to the County Quarantine Offi
cer. The diseases to be reported are
whooping cough, measles, diphtheria,
scarlet fever, smallpox, infantile par
alysis, typhoid fever and cerebro
spinal meningitis. Any home having
a case of any of these diseases, when
it has been reported, will have placed
on the front of it a large yellow pla
card bearing the name of the disease.
If there is no yellow card on the
front of the house and if there is a
rase of any of the above diseases in
the house, either the physician or the
(Continued On Second Page)
TO THE FARMERS
WARREN COUNTY
Mr. F. B. Newell Urges Farmers
to Plant Wheat. Endorses
Meeting Here Saturday.
To the farmers of Warren County:
Our County Commissioners have
called you to meet at the Court House
on October the 13th for the purpose
of discussing the neccessity for plant
ing and arranging to plant more
wheat than ever before.
Mr. John G. Ellis, of the Bank of
Warren, informed me Monday that he
would order a car load of wheat for
the farmers of Warren county as soon
as enough farmers gave their order to
him to make-out a car and that he
would be. glad to let the farmers
have the wheat at cost. I want
all the farmers in Warren county to
send in their order to Mr. Ellis at the
Bank of Warren at once so that they
may get their wheat in time.
The elevation from the sea at War
renton makes October the 15-28th the
ideal time for sowing wheat. Every
farmer in Warren county should turn
out on Saturday October the 13th to
meet with the farmers of the County
and for making plans for a successful
fall sowing of wheat.
The Government is doing more for
farmers now than ever before in the
history of the United States.
Come one and all to Warrenton Sat
urday, October 13th and show to your
County that you are patriotic to home
County, State and our National Gov
ernment. Respectfully
F. B. NEWELL,
Agricultural Agt. for Warren Co.
TOBACCO FARMERS
ARE ACCOMMODATED
Train Arranged to Bring Tobacco
Here Daily From Weldon and
Intermediate Stations.
The Warrenton Railroad has made
arrangements to have the local freight
leaving Weldon daily with a through
car for Warrenton bringt tobacco here.
Tobacco may be shipped from all
points between Weldon and Warren
Plains any evening for Warrenton and
will reach Warrenton in this through
car without transfer and in time for
morning sale.
This train will prove of service to
tobacco growers along the route and
will make it much easier for the far
mers to market here.
Tobacco is selling high here, and a
farmer was overheard to remark tne
other day right after a pile of his to
bacco had been sold, "That's more
than I have been getting for the same
grade." Whereupon a buyer turned
and said, "Well, you must not have
been selling here." The farmer's re
ply showed the reason, "No sir, I
haven't."
With this mode of transportation
furnished it is believed that much more
tobacco will come to Warrenton from
that section than heretofore.
Meeting Of The
Farm Loan Board
At Court House Here Friday Oc
tober 12th at 10 a. m. Offers
Chance to all Farmers.
To the editor of the Warren Record,
Please publish in your splendid pa
per, as follows:
On Friday, October the 12th at 10
o'clock the Farm Loan Association will
meetin in the Court House in the office
of F. B. Newell, Sec-Treas.
All the young men who want to
buy land in Warren have an excellent
chance, and now is the time for action.
The Government will help you be a
landlord instead of a tenant. We will
pay you out of debt on your land and
give you thirty-six years to pay it
back. Yours for help,
F. B. NEWELL,
Sec-Treas. for the Newell Farm Loan
Association for Warren County.
I i
we be more lenuw
than with the lives of our sons.
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