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VOLUME XXIV
(Tiiesday)
AY, JUNE 6, 191
(Friday)
Number 44 (
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTEC ESTS OP WARRENTON AND WAR REN COUNTY
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V14T0RS THANKED BY
PRES. WILSON IN PARIS
Susan B. Anthony Suffrage Am
endment Passes Senate By Big
Vote; Austrians Desirious of
Signing Peace Treaty.
The Hague, June A The Governor
General of the Kediri District of Java
Reports that 5,100 persons were killed
in the recent eruption of the volcano
atKalut. r
The Senate yesterday ratified the
Susan B. Anthony resolution by a vote
of 56 to 25. This resolution calls for
a submission to the "states the ques
tion of suffrage and thus by a two
third vote writing it into the Federal
constitution. Action is yet to come
from the house on this move.
Paris, France President .Wilson
received the Navy Curtiss command
ers of the 3, 1, and 4 seaplanes which
endeavored to cross the Atlantic by
way of the Azores Tuesday and con
gratulated them upon the scientific
venture. Though only one-plane the
JC 4 made the complete trip, all made
valuable contributions to trans-Atlantic
aviation knowledge. The com
wanders were Read, Bellinger and
Towers.
The German delegates are to re
main in Berlin until the Allied coun
cil notifies their readiness to nego
tiate. The German cabinet has not
yet taken any decision as to its at
titude in case the allies-refuse to ne
gotiate and demand that Germany
sign the terms of peace as presented
The Austrian people are anxious to
receive the peace terms and thjePjia.ee
Conference expects to be able to com
plete the missing clauses of the docu
ment before this time next week.
Closing 'Exercises
State High School
Closing exercises of the Warrenton
State High School will be held in the
Opera House toYiight beginning at
eight thirty, and the happy event to
wore than a hundred and twenty-five
school children will draw a large
crowd of Warren people, every indica
tion points.
Interest in school circles in center
ed on the debate query "Resolved,
That the; United States Government
should adopt a policy of requiring one
year of military training of all able
bodied men before they reach the age
of 21" which promises to be well con
tested. Misses Josephine Hudgin.
and Norma Connell are upholding the
affirmative while Sumner Watson and
James Y. Kerr are to fill their allotted,
time of the forty-five minutes debate
with arguments against military
training.
The Literary Address of Dr. C. E
Brewer, president of Meredith college,
will follow the debate. Dr. Brewer is.
a poeaker of ability.
The .Cletaoinsh(hrdlucmfwyp
Members of the graduating class in
clude: Jean vP. Booth, president, Will
Norwood Jones, prophet Flereno
fustian, poet, Cate Monroe . Gard
ner. Josephine Hudgins, Norma Con
r'eH, James Y. Kerr and Sumner Wat
sen. ' . " '
The marshals include James Y.
Kerr, chfef, Misses Ella Brodie, Jones,
Mary S. Burwell, and Tempie Boyd,
Messrs. John Allen Hilliard, James K.
Polkq, John Henderson and, Armstead
Dowtin.
The class exercises will be presided
over by President Jean P. Booth who
. ttill also deliver the president's address
aml call the poet and historian to the
floor. Presentation of certificates and
announcement of promotions will
hririg to a happy end the year's work.
ALICEH. boyce
MARRIED WEDNESDAY
Miss Alice H. Boyce, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boyce, of Littleton,
was happily . married, at the home of
her parents Wednesday in Littleton to
jjr- J. R. Pordin, of Boykins, Va.
Rev. J. Y. Joyner. of the Episcopal
chu,ch, officiating.
Frllowing the ceremony the couple,
amid rice and good wishes, took the
ram fr a wedding trip north. -
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1 View-of Ponta Delgada, Azores, --'wheuce the American navy plane NC-4 started on the last leg of its
transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon.-2 A few of the hundreds of New York scliool children who
held a demonstration against the war tax on soda water and ice cream. 3r-VThe Poi J as, second largest concrete
ship in the world, just before it was launched at Long Island City.
Graham Writes I
New Dictionayr
The following from the News and
Observer is interesting to many War- 1
ren friends of Mr. Graham who war.
once a teacher in the Graham High
School here: . "
Corporal George Graham, of Char
lotte, who served in France with Col.
Albert Cox's Artillery . Regiment,
113th, is a contributor and prize
winner in the current issue of
"Judge," one of the Nation's humor
ous magazines. Corporal Graham
has written a new dictionary of things
military after, this fashion:
Second Lieutenant the first sin oi
commission.!
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battervoricompanyrwhow'eara-iiwo
silver bars and a chip on his shoulder.
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on his sleeve. He can onlv be cussed
by the Major,-the; Colonel, the Lieut
Colonel and ether officers in ascend
ing power the honor ceasing with
the General. ?
Band Leader The bravest man in ;
a regiment, being the only man on the
battlefield, other than the enemy, who
has to face the music.
Regimental Musician A steam-fit
ter or boiler-maker in military garb.
Mess Hall The' place in which, j
three times a day, we live and move
and have our beans. ' .
Mess Call An atmospheric discord
blown by a "wind-jammer" to keea
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Mess Sergeant The survival of the
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iattesi. raincR neiujf . wuiuh i
held this job 30 days it was he who
exclaimed, "Peas, peas, men may try
peas, but there is no peas." Wasn't
it the prophetic tongue, of Daniel
Webster which said, "In times of war
prepare for peas?"
- First Call Five-thirty a. m., when
you cuss the bugler, who blew "it,'?
and then begin scrambling around in
the dark in an attempt to put on in the
morning what you put off atr night?
Pay Day The day on which the en
listed man ' feels Mike the SO cents
has drawn after his allotments, . in
surance, premium, canteen and Lib
erty Loan fees have been deducted.
He is proud of his 30 cents, but he
hates to be warned each "pay day by
the Chaplain not to .squander his
money on wine, women and song.
Band Rehersal The time of ,day
when the housewives in the neighbor
ing villages on the. outskirts of the
camp begin to lower their windows.
(Set Steam-Fitter and Boiler-Maker. V
Company Quartet A tipsy tenor, v
br.ir.dy bass, a boozie baritone, and a
cs scade contralto, who keep . y 6 i
avake tRe night after you walked
guard the night bef pre.
Fatigue Compulsory odd jobs pre
formed about the : camp - at rest
periods, during which time you are
sometimes thoroughly convinced that
"rolliug stones is not like gathering
mb?s" nor shoveling clay as "easy as
dirt." " -
FieM Shoe The army Drogan .u
the march,-accented on the "brogue."
Call Meeting LWoman4s Club .
There will be a call meeting of the
Woman's club next Saturday after
noon at 5 o'clock; in the Warrenton
High School building. All .members
are requested to be present. .
MISS JULIA DAMERON, Pres.
What's What In fjFork Citizen Is
Local Commnnityi
LITTLETON ITEMS.
' Dr. W. R. Putney and Chief Cullom
made a business trip to,' Richmond
! Mr. John- Swain was a. week-end
visiiorvin town. -m
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Misses Mary and Annie Lewis, o;a.Wi"""s d LULl Ui meis . conui
Enfield, were in town Sunday. Jjtioiv before the trial is to be held.
TVTiqq Fnnn?n TMpwsnmp is visiting iri Thls regretable occurence is the re-
. . sult of an argument over a Bee tree I
(areenville. - t j " i
Mr. J. H. Newsome made a business' IInd .a;Z- Patterson asserting that
trip to Raleigh and Henderson Mon- had bbfd f he had mar.c- j
i ed and previously killed a dog belong-J
Miss Sallie Kie is home fromiin to him Words. issued and Pat-'.
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Mr. H. A. Johnston and little daugh
ter. of fc Baltimore. are ivis
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nd relatives in town this week.
Miss Margie -Rightney spent the
- week - end in Vaughan
T.
Mr. Tom Capell, of Weldon, was in
town Sunday.
Mr. John Harrison returned Tues-
Miss Eva Glasgow, of Newport
: ma ir : i
iiews, va., is ncic u .visu.
Mr. and Mrs. "Spooner" Harrison
were visitors in town for the week
end.
Mr Konlth Kpnnpdav. nf Pnrtsnmnb.
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is visiting relatives in town.
Mr. Alex Whitley, of Baltimore, wa
in town Sunday. 1
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Thornton
ed in Wise Sunday. '
Mr. "Sterling Nicholson has return-
red from Trmity College.,
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Mr. William. Boyce, of
Stokes, is
visiting in town this week.
Mr. Casper Gregory, of Weldon,
was in town Sunday.
Miss Grace May spent the week-end
with her brother in Portsmouth, Va.
Miss Blanche Bryant, of Boykins,
Va., spent the week-end; with Mrs. H.
A. Boyd.
Miss VadaWynne left Saturday for
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CROOPvGAZf NG AT SKOVGAARpS VONDERgUlr;
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Hit By Hammer
Bob Daniel, white citizen , of Fori
is in a Tlocky Mount" hospital, badly
battered, from a llow delivered by
Clarence Patterson last Sunday morn-
at the Lhome " of
Mr. George P.
Moore. Patterson is in jail heic
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iterson struck JJamel on the .head with
j a. hammer. The victim was promptly
jiBroughttp Warrenton and examined -
by JJrs. Macon ana Kodgers and car-
ried to the hospital. His condition is
more promising than an first thought,
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LT. ERIC NORFLEET RE-
TURNS FROM OVER SEAS
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The many f rienas of Lieut. Eric
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member of H. Company and on the
Border and in France with that Unit
rbut later" assigned as commissioned or-
incer to -the 29th division are pleased
to welcome him to Warrenton.
i Lieut. iNorlleet le4t America in
Lieut. Norfleet left America
visit-"jMay, 1917, as top Sergt. with H.
Company. He was selected from the
ranks and sent to Langes,- France, to
an Officers Training School from
which place he was commissioned a
second lieutenant Oct. 1, 1918 and as
signed duty with the 29th Division,
the -Blue and Gray, composed of Vir-
ginia' and Maryland troops. He re-
turned to this cpuntry May 20 after
over a. ?ear across
ne was wounaea
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in av"V"-:
Lieut. Norfleet is on a fifteen day
leave buf expects to be demobolized
.upon return to Camp Lee.
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First Night of Commencement Is
Acclaimed Big Success By
Large Warren Audience
The pupils of Miss Lillie Belle
Cameron, of the Warrenton State
High School faculty, delighted an.au
'dience of Warren' friends last night
j at the Opera , House In presenting., a j
I musical program of rare beauty and
technique as the firstNiights perform
ance of the commencement exercises
of . the school. , -
The program, varied and , well bal-
1 ancedV and proved highly entertaining.
The pupils were well trained and the
entire program staged with skill. ' .The
numbers rendered were:
Piano Solo. . . .Gigue. . . . .M. Watson
Annie Joe Lancaster
Piano Solo
Dance of the' Faires ; . . Lillie Dameron
. Lucy, Boyd
Dance of the Wood-Nymphs . .
Katherine Pendleton
Piano Solo '
Drifting and , Dreaming . . . C. W. Kern
Katherine Taylor
Piano Solo. .Illusion Valse . . W. 'Rolf e
Elizabeth Johnson -Duet.
.You'd Better Ask Me. .H. Lohr
J Lucy Boyd and James Connell
Piano Solo
Jolly Playmates -. . . . . Lillie Dameron
Katherine Pendleton r
Piano Solo
A Merry Elf . .F. A. Williams
Doris Morin
Piano Solo
The Juggler . . . R. Pendleton
Leonora Taylor
Recitation - """
r . Xeonora Taylor (Dixon
Matrimonial Experiment.: . . .Thomas
- Josephine Hudgins
Piano Solo. ... .ArieL. .C. W. Kern
Helen Pipkin
j Piano Solo
1 Hunting. rSon
j Hilla JJrodie Jones.
;Song- ....... . Killarney ..... .Baefe
j Lucy Williams and Music
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j Piano Solo
Crystal Springs . . . ...... .C. W. Kern
. Josephine Hudgins
i Piano .Solo Polonaise. . . . .Chopin
Lucy Williams
Stars Brightly Shining (Ventian Carn
Chorus (ival) ..Bronte
W. H. S. Chorus
I Especially fine for its grace and
fantastic am
fantastic appeal Was the dance of the
Wood-Nymps by little. Miss Katharine
Pendleton. . The Duet "You'd Better
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ask me. i-ucy rsoya ana james oonA
nell, was rendered in winsome manner.
"Matrimonial Experiment," a recita
tion by Miss Josephine Hudgins, was
responsible for many smiles as her
subject told in. humorous vein some
of the experiments of that harmonious
period of bliss incased in the parson's
i word's "man and wife."
j Miss Lucy Williams und Class ren-
aerea "jvinarney in iascinaiing styie
and this exceptionally fine musicale
production of Baefe . received whole
some, applause.
The afternoon was concluded with a
Venetian Carnival chorus of Bronte
; sung with striking appeal by the en
tire high school chorus
MICKIE SAYS
OEST USSEH t NNWAT;
rtOEAa feXSITO'flT- CALL O
. OOlsif NiftiWT TO SEE
RGWT BEFORE rANteXES
EVERN -titAE PICK V)pi
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SKVGAARD,LEADING DAN
ISH VIOLINIST, TO APPEAR
He and Two Associates To Give
Entertainment, Opera- House,
r Monday Night Under Auspices
Woman's Club. '
Warrenton is fortunate in securing
the engagement of Alex Skovgaard,
the Danish violinist and his two gifted
musical associates for a concert at the
Warrenton Opera House Monday
night, June 9th. Mr. Slovgaard,-(pronounced
Scow-gar) produced " a pro
gram; of rare beauty last night," says
the Maiami Metropolis, Floria Daily,
which continues, "FJasily ranking with
Ysaye, Kubelik and other great violin
ist of today, he plays with authority..
fire and splendid technique the
violinist was generous with encore:.
playing Traumerei, the Suwanee River
a lovely little Danish song and at the
last the Star Spangle Banner. ......
Madame Alice McClung Skovgard
companied her husband with rare deli
cacy and sympathy and in her appear
ance alone was enchores with spirit..
..the vocal numbers of the evening
gave a perfect finish to .the program.
The singer Miss Blossom Wilcox, an
American woman whose voice is fresh
sweety and used with artistic freedom.
She is entirely free from mannerism
and has exceptionally good enuncia
tion." " - -
"The : Deland Times, of Florida en
thusiastically endorses the program
rendered in that city as, "art of the
highest quality was apparent and art
won. - They played in a way that car
ried their audience with them."
The Enquirer-Sun of Columbus, Ga.,
in; ccaTimejiting -favorably upon, the?
trios appearance in that hustling city
of Dixie says "The program was ren
dered vfas one of great variety, clas
sical in its nature yet intelligent and
musical to any lover of music."
The attraction comes to Warrenton
under the auspices . of the Woman'3
Club, : the town being particular for
tunate in securing the date because of
several of the larger frowns being
book during the coming Week for
chautauquas -Wilson and Kinston, ir
fact. ; . . .
The Manager of the Metropolitan
Company, of -New York, states "In
presenting Skovgaard, Denmark . 's
greatest violinist, and the New York
Metropolitan Company to the concert
going public of this country, I feci
confident that I am offering a most
attractive and remarkable attraction
of great variety. "
Tickets will be on sale immediately
under direction of Mrs. W. D. Rod
gers, Jr., and this attraction, every
indication now points, will play to a.
full house here Monday night.
J M. GARDNER RESIGNS
MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD
For ten. years as Chairman of the
Board' of Education and Superintends
ent of School; I have, been' associated
in my . official way with " Mr. J. M.
Gardner, Secretary of the School Committee-
of . Warrenton Special Tax
District, andi T desire-in this manner
to bear testimony, to - his- zeaL and. fiT
delit in the interest of the school
j ! children;' tnd: tax- payers of the. Dis
trict. t
The-Board regrets that Mr. Gard-
'nef has severed his official -connection
with -the -schools of .the District, but
are pleased that this action on his
part is nok for. lack of interest in the
schools,, but entirely, for pressing,
personal business reasons. May h'?
live to see the-school-nutured by him
from a one-teacher school to a Stat? v
High School of eight vin the faculty
continue to, grow into a Central Higji
School of nine months. , housed in a
sanitary, modern building, a credit to
the district, County and-State and
monument-to his faithful service nd
those associated with him.
HOWARD F. JONES,
- , Chm.. Board Education.
No Meeting Home Economics Dent.
" For "sufficient reasons- their will net.
be the. regular monthly meeting of the
Home Economics Department of the
Woman's Club during June. '
I MRS. W. A. UUJNJNJ.i-J-. unxn. .
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