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WARRENTON, N. C TUESDAY, MAY 27,1919
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Number 41.
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STUlflSS
uKRY HAWKER AND NAV
IGATOR GRIEVE SAVED
To Build Bridge Over Roanoke;
Cotton On Jump; Peace Dele
gates Non-Commital; Cente
nary Drive Big Success.
Harry Hawker, intrepid airman,
and his Navigator Makenzie Grieve,
ttho attempted a flight across the At
lantic in a Sopwith plane Sunday, tae
Igth, and who were given up for lost,
Were heard from, yesterday. The
plane made about eleven hundred
miles of the journey when it was forc
ed to descend by over-heating of the
engine due to poor water-circulation.
Landing near a steamer they were
picked up after an hour and a half in
the water, but the outside world was
not informed of their good fortune for
the boat did not carry wireless. The
good news Monday electrified the en
tire world who could but help admire
the daring of the birdsmen. A ' tre
mendous celebration was accordea
them upon reaching . Scotland yester
day and a purse of $25,000, half of the
prize offered by the Daily Mail for a
non-stop flight across, was awarded
them.
Lieut. Commander Read almost
across the Atlantic, with Navy Cur
tiss plane No. 4., is awaiting favor
able weather conditions in the Azores
before making the final hop off on "the
last leg of the journey undertaken as
a scientific venture by the American
ravy. Daily reports are expected
showing that he has completed the
last eight hundred miles leap to Lis
bon, Portugal.
With practically every church over
in Warren,- and-, all'charge exceeding
their quota, the big Methodist cente
nary drive in Warren has been a suc
cess. In the southern church, driving
for thirty-five million, forty eight
have been pledged, is the information
coming from Nashville.
Washington, May 26. Reconnisan-
ces in cotton prices were attributed
to the raising of restrictions upon
cotton exports to German-Austria and
.Jugo-Slavia by Senator Smith, of
Georgia, in a statement issued late to
day. "While cotton is still on the embargo
Hst," Senator Smith said, "the War
Trade Board under powers vested in
it by the president, has practically re
Heved cotton from being on the em
bargo list. The principal cotton mills
f Austria were in German-Austria
and Jugo-Slavia and all of this terri
tory is now open to cotton shipments
without restrictions. The quantity
restrictions of shipments to Switzer
land, Holland, Denmark, Norway and
Sweden have also been removed.
These broadening markets justify the
recent rise in cotton prices and with
raising of the blockade into Ger
many all of our markets will again be
opened."
As the day for signing the Peace
l;eaty approaches, there is no indica
tion that the delegates are mover f av
orably inclined than last week, but it
ems to be the only course left. Von
Hindenburg has" notified the Reich
staf that resistance is out of the ques-
Jn- There will be no moderation of
tne terms as submitted, is the general
ehef. The Austrian and Bulgarian
jace and have appealed to Chairman
Clem
lenceau for action by the Peace
Confer
'ence. plmminc that. t.liA Hplav
15 fusing a regretable financial strain
,n tlle countrys.
e South kill-Henderson Bridge
Cor
Ration is the name of a firm
which
to bridge the Roanoke at
s Ferry with Mr. J. E. Boyd.
Goode
"l inis citv
ooutn Hill.
-r vimci xy j uuu liuvv va.
, as President. -Directors
ewer, of Henderson . The plans
ii Z the bridSe wiU be built
away and that a toll of fifty
ts will be charged for cars and all
cent fS' 10c' for orses and five
s for pedestrians. This will great-
ncrten the distance to Richmond.
and IT J the World the best yu have
he best will come back to you."
For Whole Time
.Nurse in Warren
Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughan met with
the Executive committee of the Wt.
ren county Red Cross chapter here
Friday morning in reference to em
ploying a whole time nurse for War
ren, j :
The need for such worker was -emphasized
by the facts given out by
Mrs. Vaughan that , in 1917 56 babies
died in Warren from preventable dis
eases, twelve of them during the first
week and thaF fifty people died of
tuberculoid in this county, during the
same period. She was confident that
many lives could be saved this sum
mer by a nurse arid that the further
duty would be hers to make prepara
tions to guard against the ravages of
Flu which the medical profession
states will make its appearance this
fall. ,v
The idea of Home Service and
Nursing are so linked up in spirit, it
was thought that the worker could,
with a small amount of volunteer
help, perform distinct service in both
lines of progressive endeavor.
The Executive committee were fav
orably inclined by Mrs. Vaughan's
statement of facts and were willing
to devote $2000 of the Red Cross
funds for the employment of a whola
time public health nurse. The ques
tion of a car in which the public work
er could travel was partially solved
by Mr. Walter B. Boyd who offered t-,
give half the cost of a car if the coun
ty commissioners would make a like
appropriation, Final action was held
up awaiting a session of the 1 Board
here next Monday. ,
General opinion is to the effect that
the nurse will be employed and that
the Red Cross funds, over and above!
the war-time requirements, will be
spent in the county, from which de
rived to improve the health and, hap
piness of its citizenship. .
GROVE HILL ITEMS.
Miss H ope Powell visited friends
here a .short he Friday? r--
Miss Hattie and Katy Warren and
brothW Mr. Claude Warren, of Lit
tleton, visited at the home of Mrs. R.
W. Pittman last week.
Miss Bettie Egerton visited friends
here several days last week.
Mrs. P. R. Davis, of Buffalo, was
here for a short while last Thursday.
The cream supper at this place last
Friday night was enjoyed fine, espec
ially by the young people.
.Mr. Fred Devis went to Petersburg
today on business.
School closed here last Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Dickens, the school teaca
er, went back to her home at Norlina
Thursday. She has made man
friends since being here and will be
missed very much.
Mr. Conrade King, of Inez, visited
at this place Sunday.
Mr. Robert Pittman went to War
renton last week on business.
Mr. and Mrs J. O, Hardy visited at
the home of Mr. H. T. Egerton one
day last week. ,
Mr. Raymond Riggan, of Vaughan,
was at this place a short while Sun
day. Miss Laura Clayon, of Plymouth,
visited at the home of Mrs. W. T.
Hardy one day last week.
Mr. Clinton Egerton was here for a
short while last Tuesday.
MICKIh SAYS
nou mustn't Think
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ERROR IN TVAE, PA.PER OWCE
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THE BILUOK4S OF CHANCES
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NAVr. hAOVSLE ERRORS
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s of Treaty (iive f 29,000 Square
Mies of Territory As Well As Coal
Fields of Silesia and Saar Bason.
(Commerce and Finance)
"Der Tag for Germany arrived on j copper . production, . turning out far
May 7, the fourth anniversary of the more zinc than the rest of the conti
torpedoing of the Lusitania, an act . nent put together, as well as quanti
of which no "civilized power was
deemed capable until it was actually
committed. On that day the repre-
sentatives of Germany, who had . with which she once thought to gain
grown great, while she was content j a strangle - hold on the world. De
to be of service to mankind, only to j spite her", losses in territory, in popu-
"fall like Lucifer" when she essayed
mastership, met the representatives
of the Alliedand Associated nations
at Versailles and received from their
spokesman, Premier Clemenceau, the,
terms of the peace to which they arj
to subscribe. -
The words of M. Clemenceau wei
few and stern. The reply by Count
von Brockdoff-Rantzau was a plea in
confession and avoidance and was
characterized by a spirit which will
.... .
not help him in any attempt to soi -
ten the terms. It is passing strange
that he should have adopted this tone
in view of his keen appreciation and
open acknowledgement of the magni
tude of Germany's defeat. His claim
that the war grew out of the "imper
ialism of all the European states
(which) has chronically poisoned the
intenational situation" may be ad
mitted without in any way affecting
the stubborn fact that France, Great
Britain, Italy and even the arch-imperialistic
Russia did all that was
humanly possible, almost abasing
themselves, to avert the war, only to
be blocked at every turn by Germany
and Austria. Though the record o
Hie "Etttente nations may' bevas scarlet;
that of Germany is black, for it lay
in her power to prevent the war and
she would not.
The disintergration of Germany is
two-fold physical and moral. She
loses the coal fields of Upper Silesia
to Poland and thos of the Saar
basin to France, about one-third of
her total coal resources. The latter
may be .returned to her in fifteen
years?the inhabitants of that section
willing. Its output is about 17,000
000 tons annually, about one-twelfth
of Germany's whole production. Her
loss of iron in Lorraine is far more
serious. Some 21 million tons of pig
iron came from there in 1913. The
nearness of these mines to the Saa-
coal fields accentuates the seriousness
of their loss, her other iron mines
being far from coal. She is trans
formed from an iron and steel'export
ing nation to an importing one.
The voice of the press Ms disinte
grated. Vorwaerts, Socialist, is ex
ceedingly wrathy, condemning Presi
dent Wilson in unmeasured terms,
using the same arguments used by
his opponents here, and says the war
is still on at Versailles, urges resist
ance even to forcing the Allies to oc
cupy the whole of Germany, citing
Belgium as an example of what may
be done by a resolute nation under
foreign occupation. "Max Harden in
Die Zurkunft says the terms are the hostility engendered by the con
about what he expected, as Germany fHct will weaken and the spirit of co-
has given no guarantee
larantee that the revo-
lution has changed hex system. '
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v wnaxever jnay nave ueeii tiesmcu'.
Wilson's one-time opinion as to "peae
without victory,", none who read the
peace terms need be in any doubt as
to who won and who lost the war.
Those who have proclaimed and com
plained that a "soft peace" was to be
imposed on Germany find themselves
covered with confusion.
Yet one will look in vain for evi
dence of vae victis in the terms sub-
mitted. Comparison with those pro- j iow n the fulness of time. The adop
posed by German leaders at various ' tion of the covenant of the League "s
times during the war reveals extreme an undertaking to promote justice and
moderation .on the part of the Allies
Though Germany may consider the
terms harsh, the way is smoothed as
far as possible for her to meet them.
She is not to be subjected to the
"economic boycott" that was so much ; to establish international law as the
talked of. She is to operate under a)ruie of conduct between governments.
tariff of her . own making, the pre
war tariff, with its "most, favored na
tion" clauses open to all nations with
out discrimination. She remains in a
favorable position 'as compared with
other European nations in the produc
tion of metals generally, leading in
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ties of lead, nickel, silver, manganese
and iron pyrites, and she retains the
greater part of her potash deposits,
lation, '. in colonies and in resourc
she still has "a place in the sun,' and
by. again becoming the Germany of
! ideals that her truest friends. are even
yet hoping to behold, she may rise to
a position of honor among the nations
she has so greviously offended and
Injured. " '
The worst feature of Germany's dis
integration, however, lies precisely
here- she appears to see only the m-i-
terial aspects of what she aspired to
' J i,rUi4- A. T 1 J- 1 1 '
ja."u yvilrtl' BI1C Ims lust ailu Iier- ni"i
serious loss she seems not to be aware
of Nations have been shattered, in
their political and economic -: struc
tures before without losing hope, and
have 'Vome back," but thjs .an k?o":s
not to be , the case with Germany, f
With the smashing of her ambitions
her strength seems broken, and her
faith in herself as a nation of super
men is gone. It is a disintegration
of morale. I
So strong is the impression made
on Austria by the terms imposed on
Germany that she relinquishes aii
hope of joining that country, and
Chancellor Renner, addressing tha
Austrian Parliment, sorrowfully says :
""The' people of."-Austria must? suffer
for the misdeeds of, their rulers. We
never' wanted the war and we were
not guilty of bringing it about. I
will do the best I can to secure bet
ter terms for ourselves." And if he
and Austria' continue in that temper
such easier terms may quite possibly
be secured. Austria's economic re
sources are not great, however, aim
in the low state of economic knowl
edge in- Central Europe her future is
not over bright at best. "The great
reckoning" of which Count Berchtola
warned the Czar in 1914 has recoiled.
on Austria-Hungary
effect.
with crushing
Integrated Europe is a more pleas
ing picture. Though, differences have
arisen among the Allies, the con
sciousness of a community of inter
est among- them has survived the war.
Though still entertaining' hostile feel
ings toward the common enemy (and
human if they did not), their feelings
toward one another is one of friendly
co-operation in rebuilding their re
spective countries. As the work of
rhabilitation goes on the advantage
of this co-operative spirit over tlu
spirit of conflict in which the world's
commerce has been conducted wnl
become more and more obvious, and
is likely to become permanent. A
a new generation arises in Europe
which had no part in the Great War,
operation will extend until it em-
ope:
braces the continent. As in thi
country the civil war now excites only
)vri academic interest, so in time a
longer time because of the magnitude
and savagery of the conflict will the
Great War recede in the shadow of
history and the United States of Eu
rope become -'a possibility, with na-
, tional boundaries become as ummpor
tant as are our State boundaries,
The birth of the League of Nations
is an assurance that all this is, to fol-
preserve the peace of the world by
internationalobligations not to re
sort to war, but to deal openly justly
and honorably with one another, to
' maintain the sanctityx of treaties and
and co-operation in matters of com
mon concern: - - v . - i.
J Neither the League nor its consti
tution is perfect! There are many
questions on which the nations are
(Continued, On Fourth. Page) .
EOPLE
Free Tuition To
Returned , Soldiers
At the request of the United States
Bureau of Education, the State Col
lege Summer School at Raleigh is ar
ranging courses in Farm Practice for
returned soldiers. This instruction
will be given these soldiers without
any tuition charges. More than
40,000 returned soldiers have applied
to date 'to the Secretary of the In
terior concerning the possibility of
becoming farm owners, according to
a statement by Commissioner of Ed
ucation P. P. Claxton. In order to
reach all classes of these men, this
agricultural instruction is to be given
in two divisions. One, for those
soldiers who have had no Farm ex
perience, and who constitute 25 per
cent of those mentioned above, which
will be very elementary; and one 'for
those who have had some Farm ex
perience. These ex-soldiers students
in Agriculture will be allowed to take,
free of tuition charges, any addition
al courses offered in the ; Summer
School which they may desire to take.
In addition to this work the Sum
mer School will offer courses in Agri
culture ' and Mechanic Arts for Re
habilitation Soldiers under the gener
al direction of the Federal Board for
Vocational Education.
The Summer School further offers
exceptionally strong courses in Edu
cation for the benefit of the Teachers
of the State whip desire to obtain or
renew Teacher's Certificates. The
catalogue contains very full informa
tion as to the procedure necessary to
do these things and may be had upon
application to W. A. Withers, Direc
tor In addition to courses in Agricul
ture and Education, courses in Home
Economics, History, Literature, Man
ual Training, French and Spanish are
offered and opportunity is given for
pupils now in High School- to obtain
additional units for College Entrance,
and for College men to obtain Col
lege Credit in their Freshman -work.
Reservations "-have been coming in
rapidly and a large ' arid successful
school in anticipated by .the authori
ties. ' . G. F. MILLER.
To Have Colored
Summer School.
I was called to Oxford last Wed
nesday for a conference with Super
intendents Rollins, of Vance, Webb,
of Granville, and Dr. J. H. Highsmith
of State Board of ' Examiners in ref
erence to holding a joint Summer
School at the "Mary Potter" school
for colored teachers. Upon the plea
that the majority of the ' colored
teachers of Warren county would riot
be able to attend for four consecu
tive weeks a Summer School that dis
tance from home, I prevailed upon
the authorities to allow our Summer
School to be held here. Therefore,
take notice:
1st That you must make arrange
ments to attend continuously the Sum
mer School to be held here, and
2nd That the State . and County
expect continuous and diligent wOrk.
3rd That increase of salaries wih
be based upon fitness, or at least an
earnest effort on your part to prepare
yourself to do better work.
L Ihave confidence that you will make
every egort m . your power to meet
the expectations of the State Depart
ment and the School Authorities of
this County.
4th The exact date of your Sum
mer School will be announced later
it depending upon the ability of tho
I Department to procure competent
teachers to instruct you who are not
engaged in smilar work elsewhere.
HOWARD F. JONES, Supt.
SPECIAL MEETING OF BETTER
MENT ASSOCIATION AT WISE
There will be a special meeting of
the Betterment Association on Thurs
day, May 29, at 3 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. .Charlotte S. Perkinson in
Wise. Miss ' Rankin, Home Demon
stration, Agent will make and demon
strate the use of a fireles cooKer. All
who are interested are invited wheth
er members of the Betterment or not.
Come and get acquainted with Miss
Rankin.
The Boys and Girls' Agricultural
Clubs will also meet at Mrs. Perkin
sons on the same afternoon, at 3:00
and go on . a picnic. . .
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HOME AGENT URGES THAT
WARREN HAVE EXHIBIT
List of Awards At State Fair
Submitted Below; To Hold
Meeting This Week At Ar
eola, Oine and Wise.
I am very anxious that this county
make a good showing at the State
Fair this fall. The jars that will be
used for exhibit purposes can be ob
tained from Allen & Fleming Com
pany, ' Warrenton, or E, G. Davis'
Store, Henderson.
The list of jars to enter in this ex
hibit follows:
Commercial Pack String Beans or
Baby Beets in squart qt. 1st $3.00
Commercial Pack English Peas, Lima
Beaijis, or Corn, in No 5042 jar
1st. 2.00
Commercial Pack Okra or Asparagus
in square- quart jar. 1st 3.00
Commercial Pack Sweet Potatoes in
square quart jar 1st 2.00
Commercial Pack Canned Cherries,
Peaches, or Berries, in. square qt.
jar 1st 3.00
Commercial Pack Pimentoes in No.
- 5042 jar ' 1st 2.00
Commercial Pack Cucumber Pickle,
not to be over 2 1-2 inches in length
in square quart jars. 2d 1.00
Commercial Pack Onion Pickle, no
to be over 1-2 inch in diameter, in
square quart jar 1st $3.00 2d 1.00
Commercial Pack Watermelon Rind
. Syeet Pickle, in No. 5042 jar
1st $3.00 2d. 1.00
Commercial ; Pack Cherry or Straw
berry Preserves in square quart jar
1st. $3.00 2d. 1.00
Commercial Pack Fig or Watermelon
Rind Preserves in square quart jar
1st-$3.00 - 2d 1.00
Commercial Pack Peach, Fig, or . Pear
Preserves, in square quart jar
1st $3.00 2d 1.00
Display of Pickles in No. 5042 jar3,
to include 4 jars selected from the
following: Cucumber, sliced tomato,
or onion pickle, peach or water
melon rind sweet pickle, sliced cu
cumber or watermelon rind sweet
pickle. 1st $5.00 2d 3.00
Display of Preserves in No. 5042 jar,
to include 4 jars selected from the
following: Fig, peach, pear, straw
berry, cherry, orange marmalade
ginger pears. 1st -$5.00 2d 3.00
Display of Jams in No. 5042 jars, to
include 4 jars selected from the fol
lowing: Blackberry, strawberry, fig,
dewberry, raspberry, peach, damson
plum, apple 1st $3.00 2d 2.00
County Exhibit of 19 squart jars anr
No. 5042 jars, selected from pro
ducts listed in classes No. 413 and
No. 428 1st $10.00 2d 5.u
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There will be a. community meet
ing at Oine School house Wednesday
night at 8:30 to discuss local condit
ions. Thursday afternoon the Boys and
Girls of Wise will meet at Mrs. Char
lotte Perkinson home at two o'clock:
put their chicken in the fireless cook
er, and go fishing. When, supper
time, comes they will open the cooker
and have hot chicken for supper.
The ladies of Wise will meet at the
same home and have a demonstration
in building a fireless cooker.
Friday, May 30th, at 3:30 p. m., a
meeting will be held at Areola school
iwise. The object of this meeting is
to discuss and organize a credit unioi'.
Mr. William Garnett, from the Divis
ion of markets will be on hand to out
line the organization and answer any
questions that may come up. All
persons interested in short time credit
at reasonable interest rates should oe
prtsent at this meeting.
A, similar meeting will be held at
Warier Plains . school house at 7?S0
p. w.
The initial meeting was held at tae
above mentioned places Saturday Mav
17th. with fair attendance at both
places. At the meeting next Friday
it is proposed to go into the details ot
organization and operation of credit
unions. It is the least you can do tj
come-out and. hear the matter discuss
ed. -
. "When one smiles at our criticism
of another it is not always at the
one criticized."