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A Coiyui
Of Thoughts
From. Here
There, Yonder
(By W. BRODIE JONES)
you have an engagement Wadnes
d.y morning at eleven o'clock.
It is a matter in which you as a good
tiaen are necessarily interested. You
Ly have other duties pressing upon
our time for attention but this duty
is 'indeed paramount
You, a Ir- Public Citizen, and
Madame of the household, are links in
ths chain of public opinion. Factors
.. the democracy whose rights we en
0r The engagement of Wednesday
is to assume some the duties incum
bent open you.
Surely you will be present to help
n the undertaking. JN either is it
portmanlike or even decent to always
enjoy privileges wunuut assuuung
share of the burden. Thats why you
are called to the Court House .next
Wednesday.
Will you keep the engagement made
upon the faith of your citizenship?
Warren county needs a chrystalized
force fighting agamst the lax enforce
ment of the prohibition law. The call
to ra.iy on me t ih is issued. Your
presence is expected.
Work not wish is the purchase
price of accomplishment.
It is no sign that a fellow isn't keep
ing his eyes open when he keeps his
mouth shut.
Lets go during the New Year! War
rcnton is a good town. Let's make it
a hustling city.
0, wad some power ths giftie give us,
To see oursel's as ithers see us;
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion. Burns
NEWSPAPER OK HEMP? We have
not heard much of the Kaiser lately.
It is time he had a head-line all to
himself.
London "Opinion."
" Twas so cold this morning" said
a local celebrity, "that when I milked
the ccw at home I didn't use a pail but
wrapped the milk around my arm and
brought it to the house where it thaw
ed out."
COMPANIONS IN CRIME, Custom
er: "Do you make any reduction for
those in the same line of business?"
Waiter: "Yes; are you a restaurant
keeper?"
Customer: "No I'm a robber.
"Le Rire," Paris.
With a million and a quarter on the
tax books we can have the coin for the
extension of the bithulithic street and
for similar pavement around the Court
House, anc? the Cross streets. Talk
this now and let's have action when the
weather will permit.
A GOOD EXTRACTOR. Willie had
swallowed a penny, and his mother
was in a state of alarm.
"Heren," she called to her sister in
the next room, "send for a doctor;
Millie has swallowec? a penny i
The terrified and frightened boy
looked up lmplcringlj.
'No, mama. he interposed, "send
for ihe nimt-'tr "
'he mini iter" ' a?ke.d his mother,
incredulously. "Why the minister?"
"Because papa say? he can get
oney out of anybody."
London "Tit-Bits."
iillMiss rS& iHhJSafy
posing of Bale iu the Prluc,PMl street of to
. tarsar, 8reat number of army horses, thus etfmli
-- witii aaiujaj t aid In the reconstruct len,
VOLUME "XXV
TtfiiE LIT
HE MESSAGE OF THE SER
VICE MAN BENEATH IT
Vriter Gives Voice To Beautiful
Thought Reference Men Who
Made Supreme Sacrifice And
Whose Memory We Revere.
(By Ryley Cooper)
I am a Little White Cross in France.
A year ago, armed men marched
past me, shouting and! singing some
J shopped a moment to stand grim bo
Sside me.
I cou.d not speak to them.
I could only stand before them, stal
wart and erect like they, I who would
remain behind when they were gone.
.but couid I have spoken, I woma
not have .said words of sorrow.
I would not have uttered sentences
to cut into the hearts of those who
chequed and laughed and sang.
A year ago has gone since then.
'Still I stand at my post of duty, over a
little mound in France. The men who
marched past me a year ago have
traveled tha seven seas to home. To
day, they laugh and cheer. And day
they may think of me, and for a mo
ment stand sad. But still my mes
sage, could I but speak, would be the
same, the message of my Marine Mas
ter who sleeps beneath:
1 "Laugh cn be joyous! Let not my
crossed arms stay the smile or , still
the gladness. I am gone you will
not forget. You will not cease to r
memoer that i still am in France
where you marched, and where wa
fought, side by side that the day of
happiness, the day of gladness might
come. Every joy must have its price,
every smile its tear; every cloud its
sunshine to foLow, every storm its
rainbow. Life is only life -death is
Ete.mty, and death is reward. And I
have gone to it.
Yes, I am a Little White Cross in
France. I stand stalwart and true to
my Master who s-eeps beneath. I
stand4 proud and straight, for it was
thru him, the glad prodigality With
which he gave his All that today you
laugh and sing, today you celebrate,
n gladness he went, in faith he fell.
Should you weep for the Cioss in
France ?
Memory? Yes. Sweet, tender rec
ollection. Pride a world of it. Honor
I stand in Honor's Field. For 1 am
what gave you today the joy, the hap
less, the gladness of Peace
A Little White Cross in France.
Warren County Farmers' Union
There will be a meeting of the Coun
ty Onion, January 10, 1920, to hear
the report of the delegates to the
State meeting, and to elect officers for
the year. This is a very important
, meeting let every local be well repre
1 sented.
H. E. RODWELL,
Secty. Warren County Union.
Literary Department To Meet
The Literary department of the
Woman's club will meet at the" home
of Mrs. Kate P. Arrington Thursday
evening at 3:30.
FRENCH ARMY SELLS HORSES TO
..rhpni France.
horses, thus ellmlnHtfnK t of
A SEMI-WEEKLY" NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO
Court -dDpens
Next Monday
Court will convene Monday morning
at ten o'clock with Judge Devan, of
Oxford, presiding. Jurors have been
named as follows:
J. Van King, W. E. Duke, N. M.
Thornton, W. H. Hunt J. D. Limer,
J A. Ridout, T. H. Cheek, J. P. Har
ton, C. L. Walker, R. M. Marks, G.
E. White, L. M. Miliam, W. T. Pitch
ford, W. J. Paschall, J. E. Moseley, G
L. Rooker, W. E. Darnell, B. D. Moore,
T. D. Kimball, O. L. Kimball, W. C
Robertson, W. H. Alston, W. G. Fitts,
T. Bobbitt, J. A. Meeder, J. E. Rooker
J. B. Collins, R. H. Pike, J. W. Neal
J. L. Capps, C. H. Capps, W. H. St
Sing, E. J. Hicks, R. J. Riggan, E. P.
Allen, J. T. Myrick.
Second Week
Adam Saemann, W. L. Perkinson
T. B. Fleming, W. R. Harris, C. L.
Wilburn, J. A. Nicholson, J. F. J
Milain, G. H. Jones, W. H. Martin, R
A. Williams, C D. King, T P. Grant
W. G. Thacker, Marion Stainsburg, E.
3. Allen, W. A. Connell, J. O. Turner,
John B. Powell.
The outlook is that the business oi
he first Court of the year will be
imposed of within the first four days
f the week. The docket is large'j
vveri over to civil cas.es.
NEW HOME DEMONSTRATION
AGENT ARRIVES IN COUNT
We are pleased to welcome Miss
Brawner, Home Demonstration Agent.
. ' o our county.
Miss Brawner takes the place made
vacant by the resignution of Miss
"nie Lee Rankin.
We bespeak for Miss Brawner thf
heartily co-operation of the women of
Warren, and have no doubt that hei
ces will be at their disposal at a
imes. MiS3 brawner can be found in
the office formerly occupied! by Miss
Rankin.
( The columns of the Warren Recorc
are open at all timea for the further
ance of her work.
EX-SERVICE MEN ENTITLED
TO FREE GOV. TREATMENT
Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and! Marines
who are suffering from disease,
wounds or injury received, contracted
or agiivated while in the service are
entitled to free treatment by the Pub
Lc Health Service of the United States
under an act of March 3, 1919.
Officers of the U. S. Public Health
Serv.ce are located at the following
places in North Carolina:
Beauford, Elizabeth City. Washing
ton, Edenton, Newbern and Wilming
ton. MAUD MULLER MOTORING
Maud Muller on a summer's day
Was driving rather fast, they say.
The constable, who had a grudge,
Took her before the country judge.
The country judge, in surly tones.
Fined pretty Maud eleven bones.
She paid it with a haughty stare,
There wasn't any romance there.
Kansas City "Journal.'
THE FARMERS
1 ? r
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The Freufii
vim. LiVtmcii sjovemuieni
nsa anJ flt tn?
same time providing tne
n iwnrt
WARRENTON, N. C4 TUESD A Y.JANUARY
THE INT?I ESTS ()FWARRENTON
BIS ARS1Y OF WOMEN
BATTLES WITH H C L
lA4l Parts of Distp ct Thsy ArNow Imperatively Neressary If Fi
Forcing the Fight
leduoe Costs.
'Budget P.;
pular.
Nearly one thosSrd wcien in the
Fifth - Federal Rorre Dlstr'ct ara
today acting as chairmen of club3
and grcups of women who are plan
ning to fight to a finish the H. C. I
All over the states of Virginia. North
and South Carolina, Maryland and
the District of Columb'a, women's or
ganizations are up In arms against
high prices, and are working on defi
nite programs for saving In house
hold and living expenditures. In p reac
tlcally : every instance the war-tima
slogan of "Buv O ly What You Need"
has beien adopted by these women, as
Is shown by reports and letters piling
up at "J" headquarters of the Woman's
Division of th War Loan Organixa
tion at Richmond. Va.
Savings programs that are popular
among these organizations Include
dscussons of thf leaflets issued by
the-Woman's Dr's'on. a. series . of
sheets giving suggestions for saving
materials and money by special clean
ing, taking care of clothing, thrift In
the use of fuel and others. The dhrt
slon lias also distributed a model
budTt for regulating household ex
penditures that has excited a great
deal of interest.
"I thourht at first that I could never
oersuade my husband to try the
budget system." one womau reported
recently at headquarters, "but I show
ed him how thoroughly business ft
forked, and row he is a more ardent
budgeteer. evn. than T am. Iistad of
merely putting the amounts allotted
for food
in each column. h insists.01 zu,vuu.uu nomes or America,
on tabulating th tf'flwt kindi of
food w 'ovr" to ii r to be
-lie's as much In
were a baseball
1 as if it
Tho Woman's Division has aa
rouncod that It w'll be frld to send
rhrift literature" to any clubs or indi
viduals desiring it. .
h High Places
By Walt Mason.
I have bought a grand piano and
i sumptuous sedan, and a lot of
' ther doodads, on the monthly pay
ment plan. On each thing I paid
a dollar, and I'll pay a monthly
bone, till I'm laid away and sleep
ing underneath a sagging stone
(t i3 true. I didn't ned them, and
I haven't coin to burn, but I see
my neighbors blowing every ko
peck that they earn, and if they
can have pianos and fine motors
and such stuff. I will go as far as
they do though it makes the sled
ding tough. Every month I'll pay
a dollar on the junk I do not need
ill I limp around on crutches and
ny whiskers go to seed; and when
t have crossed the river to the
hlning golden shore. I w:ll st'll
e owing money to, the Jinx Install
nent Store. And I fear the recol
'ection will destroy my peice of
of mind, when I have a harp be
fore me and a pair of wings be
hind. But my neighbors, thy
-eep blowing every rouble, evry
-d, and Td be a sort of piker . If I
,at them get ahead; so I'm buying
ircus wagons, and I'm buy:ng cost
y gems, and my wife Is weariirfe
sables and diamond diadems, and I
bought the whole caboodle on the
monthly payment plan, and I'm rid
ng to the poorhouse la a supsr
ight sedan.
(Copyright 1S1. By speelM per--nlsslon
t the Savtrss Division,
rreaaury ,lpartnnt.)
so armistice with extnv:
ice. Keep a buying War Savings
mps and 'the w rl J's choicest se
itles. Liberty Bonds.
; l The Ruling Passion
CARD OF THANKS I IVe just had some g00(j new8,"
We ' cannot express in words our said Bearnstean, upon meeting his
gratitude to the community for the f riend Mr. Abrahams. "My son Solly
id4 and kindness rendered us during has got a commission in the Army."
the sad death of our dear Brother, "Go on," replied Abrahams,' rub
Herbert Pearce. bing his hands; "how much?" Tit-
( Signed) lilliuj ruAKUn; hiuks,
CLEVELAND V. HICKS,
MAGGIE PEARCE.
CARD OF THANKS
"MV qtiH Mrs TT "R. Daniel and
family desire to express their sincere
a: i. ii, Manila nA
appreciation iubu insuua
reighbors for the many kindness
shown them coring the sickness and
death of ther dear mother. May G6d's
richest blessings abide with each of
ycu.
Advertisment is the magnet of
business; it draws tht trade,
1
1 1 or TT
6, 1919
A. iL WAR UTcTnjNTY
CAN REDUCE COST BY
WORKING AND SAYING
tion Is to be Steered From Shoals
of Hardship.
"Perhaps at no other time in this
nation's historv is the appeal 'Work
md Save' so necessary as at present.
Manufacturers financiers, economists
and many others, including the conser
vative labor leaders,' realize that un
less we work and work hard, and save
and save hard, we are headed for a
period of unprecedented hardship.
"This is not the mere mouthing ot
a jingo or professional pessimist. It
is a fact, and is supported by lnnu-
I merable signs everywhere. Every
hour wasted and every dollar spent
needlessly is like a dagger thrust at
the heart of this country. Enough of
these dagger thrusts will finally
reach the heart itself.
"The fact that we are extraordinar
ily rich furnishes no immunity from
ultimate disaster if we waste these
riches The thing to do is for each
and every one of us to pull in the
same direction, .towards national
economy. Without it we are lost.
With It we can assure our national
future." OdJ Lot Review.
Tremendous Food Waste
The National Association of Waste
Material Dealers estimates that Amer
icans throw aw4y $700,000,000 worth
of food each yrar. If only one ounce
of food 's wasted or spoiled in each
he total , loss is 1.300.000 pounds
a
day. As much coal is wasted an
nually as all the mines of the coun
try could produce In two weeks.
Thrift and saving are needed not
only In materials but In labor and
money. Each added individual effort
will tend toward the Increase of pro
duction and consequent fall in price
of necessities, but physical idleness
's no less an obstacle to the reduction
of living costs than financial Idleness.
There are millions of dollars Idle In
he United States through lack of
nroper investment which should be
working for the common good. These
sums If nut to work-would -const '.tut'
he new "apital so urgently needed to
tide over the period of reconstruction
GHOSTS OF LOST FORTUNES .
IN SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
If-th safety deposit boxes of the
U"itd States could give up their
dead stores of fake securit:e3 enough
, wasted money would be disclosed to
stagger the Imagination. If a man
jrxpet his financial barrel to fill up
he must stop the leaks in It.
Untold numbers of fake scheme
promoters and regiments of Invest
ment sharks, because of this popu
lar ipnorance, are pointing cut "shor
"oads" to big fortunes to thoss whose
Vberty Bonds and War Saving.--Stamps
they hop- to secure In ex
cLange for beautifully embossed but
absolutely worthless stock certifi
cate:. These fakers know the value
of government securities. 2ey are
anxious -to get them, for they fig
ure that they, wjll soon be selling ct
-ar and above. But their victims do
not know these facts, and so they
trade the best securities In the world
tor some wild-cat proposition that
nromlses a high rate of Interest, but
rarely pays.
In the year since the armistice was
signed the Treasury Department has
retired nearly a billion dollars worth
of Liberty Bonds. Buy mere now.
while prices are favorable-? at any
banking institution.
S'gn no armistice with waste. High
priced clothes and food are higher
wheu vaste cuts their use is half.
Get your money's worth and put youf
savings into War Savings Stamps.
Bits.
What He Wanted To Pass
On an American transport two days
out from New York:
First Sambo (who is really enjoying
the -sea, : to his dark companion, who
VtAs cone below) "Nigger! Come on
o -(
up! We're passing a ship!
Voice from Below--"I don t want to
see no ship. You jes call me when
we're passing a tree! Tit-Bits.
"Recent census figures show that in
N. Y. City there are z,ouu more wu.
than msn.
Sept.
restate ...
Number 2
NOTED NATIONAL ORATOH
TO DELIVER ADDRESS
People From All Over Warren
Expected To Rally Support To
Cause of Law Enforcement In
Forthcoming Campaign.
People from all over the county are
urged to be present in the Court
House Wednesday morning at ekvett
o'clock to hear Dr. H. F. .Laughbaura
in a presentation of the campaign for
Prohibits n Law Enforcement which is
to be launched at an early date in tfcjj
country.
The speaker is a national orator who
has covered many States in a platform
i fe of a number of years. For a nun-
! ber of years he has been president ")f
the Oklahoma Ant:-Saloon. League and
is a speaker quaiiried to interestingly
present the subject which brings, him
to Warren.
Prof. John Graham who heads tha
campaign ha the county has called'
rpon the. preachers from all sections
tne men of tne recent war and ait
good citizens generally to rally at
this meeting on the 7th. It has been
pointed out that an unenforced law
was a menace to the legislative sys
tem of our government and that the
duty was incumbent upon all citizens
to unequivocally stand by the Laws
made thru the expression of public
will. Such is the prohibition' law and
it is for its support that the drive him
an especid. message for Warren coun
ty people, Prof. Graham pointed out
:a a communication to this paper last
ThuistJay.
It is believed that the public senti
ment of Warren is ripe for strong
chrystalization against the liquor
traffic which has been a menace to the
lest life of the cpunty for years. In
dications whch have been forthcom
ing from ran sections disclose that
the citizenship of this county is tiring
cf the moonshine element.
It is fe't that the national movement
has a distinct message for. the comity.
and the public is expected to lend its
support and encouragement to the
campaign cf law enforcement upon
which Dr. Laughbaum will lecture at
the Court House Wednesday morning
at eleven.
Happy Me'tiog
r. Cheek's
At the home of Mr. Jas. A. Cheek
on the 29th of December was one of
the happ.es t and most enjoyable oc
casions eve held in Warren county, in
honor of his aged and sainted mother,
Mrs. Lizzie J. Cheek. After the early
hours of the morning had worn away
the guest began to arrive, who were
her children, grand children, great-grand-children,
nephews, great neph
ews, nieces and great-nieces, great-great-nephews
and great-great nieces,
making an assemblage pf relatives
numbering seventy-five, all of whoa
had come to bring "Aunt Lizzie" a
Christmas gift and to pay every de
gree of homage due to one so aged,
and sanctified.
She comes of some of Warren Coun
ty's best stock, being a great-grand
daughter of Matt Davis who was in
the battle cf Guildford Court House
and who has ever been remembered
one of the heroes of the Revolutionary
War.
As the crowd had fully gathered
and showered down, their presents,
cLnner was announced and truly was it
nteous feast that words cannot
describe, and soon all found them
selves, "Too full for utterance."
The visitors found much in Aunt
Lizzie that is of interest to all stu
dents of Warren county history, as she
still has a perfect mind and memory
at this nonagenarian period of life.
The afternoon hours fled with light
ning speed, after which we found our
selves homeward bound, feeiing bet
ter. f or having so lovely a reception,
and the companionship of dear Aunt
Lizzie.
May she live many years to come
and Heaven's brightest blessings he
hers.
VISITOR.
"Dyer Is Dr. Deum well up in his
profession?"
"TJttdt. Wlinf Via rlnAsn't know nbont
X.W jr w JL " " w
1 medicine would fill a cemetery."
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