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WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1919
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Number 48.
UllOA YEAR
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTEB ESTS OF WARRENTON AND WAR REN COUNTY
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STATE PRESS
READY TO ENFORCE EM
BARGO IF GERMANY FAILS
To Sign Peace Treaty; To Return
To Sun Time; Republican Sen
ator Favors League of Nations
In Address In U. S. Senate-
Washington, June 18. The League
of Nations was supported in the Sen
ate today by Senator McCumber of
North Dakota, a Republican member
of the Foreign Relations Committee,
who argued in a three-hour speech
that the league covenant offered a just
and practicable plan for the preserva
tion of world peace.
The North Dakota Senator replied
to arguments of Senator Knox, of
Pennsylvania, and other Republican
leaders, and declared he could not be
influenced against the league plan by
party considerations.
"Partisan that I am," he asserts, "I
hope I shall never be so hidebound or
so blinded by party exigency as to op
pose a just position taken or a truth
declared by a member of any oppo
sition party. I could not cast my vote
against any reasonable plan for the
preservation of world peace without
a conviction that would follow me to
the grave that I had committeed an
unpardonable offense against all fu
ture generations."
READY TO ENFORCE EMBARGO
IF GERMANY REFUSES TO SIGN
Washington, June 18. War Trade
Board is ready to enforce embargo
measures against Germany as soon
as word is received from the Inter
Allied Blockade Council that the
blockade of that country is again in
force in the event that Germany re
fuses to sign the peace treaty.
Acting Chairman" Woolley said "to
day that a skelton of the war-time
machinery of the board had been kept
intact and the board could again put
into effect immediately its war-time
restrictions.
Weapons That Would Be Used.
In this event the board's principal
weapons to make the blockade effec
tive probably would be rigid prohi
bition against neutrals trading with
Germany, the adoption of a new ene
my trading list, absolute prohibition
of anything going to Germany direct,
and recourse to the rationing plan ap
plied to neutrals during the war to
prevent the possibility of surplus sup
plies being obtained by the neutrals
which could be exchanged for Ger
man goods.
SENATE STANDS BY
BEER PROHIBITION
Washington, June 18. Certain de
feat for efforts to have Congress ex
empt beer and wine from operation of
the war-time prohibition law was seen
ip an overwhelming vote of 55 to 11
in the Senate late today against any
exemption proposal. . ,
By that margin, the Senate tabled
8 motion by Senator Phelan, Democrat
of California, to add a rieder to the
agricultural bill for application of the
war-time prohibition law to distilled
spirits alone. The sentiment of the
Senate thus expressed in the first test
vte of this Congress" was taken gen
ially to sound the death knell for
Measures designed to permit use of
beer and wines under the war-time
legislation.
SUN TIME WILL BE
RESTORED OCT. 26
Washington, June 18. Doom of the
flight saving, inaugurated as a war
jjeasure, was pronounced today by
ngress, both Senate and House
opting by overwhelming measures
J terminate operations of the law
en tne period of summer time ends
next October 26.
,The House, folowing three hour's de
aate by a vote of 233 to 132, passed
Su t0 repeal the law on the last
nay in next October, but rejected
amendment to' make the repeal ef
fectlve at once.
tJhe .Senate, by a vote of 56 to 6, af-
the 3 -16f discussion added a rider to
vidjture appropriation bill pro-
ure repeal of the daylight meas-
sTbiii16 Same date fiXed by the
Th "
ence 6Jvu ate measure goes to conf er
' Wlth the agriculture bill and the
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1 View -of Susak, a section of Flume that is wholly Slavic and is separated from the Italian part of the
city by a canal. 2 Company of German frontier "troops in action near Riga. 1 3 Senator P. C. Knox, who pre
sented in the senate a resolution designed to force; the separation of the league of nations covenant and the
peace-treaty.
House bill is to be sent to the Senate.
It is considered likely that Senate
amendment will be finally substituted
for the House measure. Action of
Congress, threfore, means continua
tion of the present clock, time this
summer and early fall with return to
sun time October 26, ending two years'
operation of the daylight saving plan.
Macon Party On
A Camping Trip.
Packed in between suitcases, look
ing glasses, red-bug preventive, cloth
ed in straw hats,' tennis, shoes with a
sprinkling of -fine millinery,, but al
together outfitted in picnic garb a
Lcrowd of twenty-five or more happy
Macon people stopped -Wednesday
morning in town en-route to South
erland's pond for a ten day outing.
Not ' only was the crowd adorned
outwardly but the supply department
has seen to it that the inner-man is to
be satisfied, even the keen edge of
campers , appetites is to fail before a
good supply of chicken, roast pig,
canned goods and fruits. The ladies
along have bid adieu to household af
fairs, the men to chopping wood and
bringing water: Silas Cheek, the re
nowed fox hunter and Mary Green,
queen of the kitchin empire, are look
ing after these details.
Those along include: Mr. S. W. Neal
and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Rus
sell, Messrs. N. M. and C. P. Thorn
ton, J. E. Rpdwell, Miss Alice B. Rod
well, Misses Minnie and Sallie Rod
well, Annie Gregory, of Stoveall; Miss
Bertha Morris, of Franklinton; Mrs.
P. A. Agelasto and son, of Norfolk;
Messrs. H. K. Kenyon, Brown Cole
man, Dewey Hamill, Misses Rosa
Farrar, Miss Helen Sholtz, Mr. Claude
Haithcock, of Churchill, Messrs J. M.
Coleman and J. S. Nowell.
- Splash! The party goes swimming
and thus the days will be crowded
with fun, fishing, sunshine, supper,
laughter and loving. The nights, oh
well there are enough ladies along to
make congenial atmosphere in the
frigid zone, and all may be certain
that the party's stay will prove ten
days of real camp sport.
News Brevities
Secretary Baker's estimate of the
cost of maintaining the Army for the
year beginning July 1 has been cut
$400,000,000 by the congressional com
mittee. The larger bill, $1,200,000,
000, passed the House at thejast ses
sion. It was not acted upon by the
Senate, and therefore died March 4,
with the last Congress.
To save leather, which is . still a
scarce article, the National Council of
Shoe and Leather Trades urges peo
ple to wear low shoes as much as pos
sible, and use high ones only when bad
weather makes it necessary.
The Muich Bolshevist leader, Nis
sen, has been executed. He was one
of those in authority while the Com
munist Soviet reigned. The Bavarian
Cabinet refused to commute his sen-
tence. y
The Supreme Court of Maine de
clared Jamaica ginger-to be an intox
icant. Specimens contained from 28
to 95 per cent, of alcohol.
Chile is in violent revolution, ac
cording to dispatches from Argentina.
Can Raise Geese
With Good Prof it
West Raleigh, N. C, June 18.th
There is profit in geese' properly han
dled and cared for, yet, the flocks of
these birds are far less numerous on
the farms of the State than formerly.
Form some reason it seems that farm
ers in this section do not like them.
A recent trip down thru Johnston and
Wayne counties revealed the fact,
however, that there was quite a num
ber of farms which seem to be hanui
ing good flocks. In most cases, the
geese were out in the cotton and to
bacco fields . busy cleaning out the
grass, bugs and worms.
The poultry specialists of the Agri
cultural Extension Service- finds that
where there is low, rough pasture land
with a creek or pond near, the geese
do well. They can be raised without
water, but where there is no water and
wast land, chickens dos much better.
Geese are hardy and are not troubled
by insect pests, having a great advan
tage over turkeys in this respect, and
the only shelter needed is an
open shed, rather than a more expen
sive house. '
The young goslings are handled in
about the same way as chickens, need
ing no food for the first day or two,
then being fed skimmilk, chopped boil
ed egg, oatmeal or bread crumbs, and
later getting most of their food from
the pasture. They make quick, eco
nomical gains in flesh. . It costs only
about ten cents to make a pound gain
while fat geese are now selling on the
market at about 22 cents per pound.
In France the goose is a staple ar
ticle of food, some of the Toulouse
breed growing quite large and some
times reaching a weight of from 25 tc
30 pounds. In America some people
think that roast goose is very fine
meat, but many object" to it on account
of the great amount of fat. In. any
MICKIE SAYS
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OESK. tE S-fOOO PER.
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No matter how good he is at geom
etry, a rounder has a hard time squar
ing himself when he gets -home, at ,3
a. m. a ' - i adet.
N' 'I'lliJinfi iftiliiUiJ
case, the birds are well suited for any
farm having low, rough land, and
and they aid greatly in keeping down
grass and insects in the nearby fields.
A f good bulletin on "Goose Raising"
may be had by ".applying to the United
States Department of Agriculture at
Washington, D. C, for Farmers Bul
letin Number 767.
An Appreciation
of George Overby
St. Marcean, France.
Sunday, May 11th, 1919.
' From Private J. S. Jones
Co. F. 322 Inf.
A. P. O. 791.
Myiiear MrsOverby :
Most of the men in the army over
here who are fortunate enough rto
have mothers are writing to them to
day (Mother's Day) and are trying in
their feeble way to express their grat
itude for what their mothers have
done for them. There is nothing on
earth to a boy like "Mother's love'
and we all appreciate her more than
ever when we are separated from her
If the one who loved you so dearly
was here now I am sure he would have
written you today for he was devoted
to you and use to talk to me so much
about you. We were together all the
time from the day we left Warrenton
'til the date of his death, ancl. when
ever he spoke of you it was always in
the most affectionate manner and I am
sure if you could have seen how he
conducted himself under fire and know
how much the men in his company
thought of George you would be even
more proud of him.
We went into the battle early Sat
urday morning and all during the day
were under heavy fire but George
never hesitated a moment but kept
fighting 'til night when the heaviest
fire stopped. Next morning the at
tack was renewed and about mid-da'
Sunday a big shell dropped close: by
him and he was killed by a piece of.
shrapnel. I was near him at the time,
but there was nothing that could be
done for him as he died inestantly. It
will be a comfort for you to know that
he did not have to lay and suffer. He
did not realize what had happened as
it was so . quick.
I know, your heart is heavy and my
keenest sympathy is with you. I hope
that you will be as brave in your
troubles as George was on the battle
field. George was buried in an Amer
ican cemetery with : military honors
and the grave will be kept up by the
Government. If possible for me to do
so I will get a picture of this cemetery
and bring it to you when I come home,
which I think will be in Tune. These
pictures are hard to get as so few men
had kodaks on the battlefield; but it
may be so that I can get one. If L
succeed I will bring "it to you and in
the meantime allow me to thank you
for the teachings you installed in your
son's heart that caused him to be liked
by all and among his host of friends
who miss him next to his own people
is,
Yours Very sincerely, ;
JOSEPH S. JONES.
Teacher What.'s an alibi?
Bright Boy Being somewhere you
n't. -Cadet.
ain
Shoots Serum
T 0 FolksHerse
Little Girl of Four Goes Away
- Smiling: The Vaccine Inno
culation Almost Painless
Dr. Peacock was here Wednesday in
the Court House and equipped with an
iodine mop, a syringe and the typhoid
germ killer the' vaccine innoculated
a number of our citizens. His schedule
calls for three more afternoons here,
Wednesday, June 25, July 2nd and
9th. i ' . ,
Only three. treatments are necessary
to immunize and any citizens who fail
ed to take advantage of . the opportun
ity Wednesday will have the chance
for protection by taking the treatment
the remaining three appointments.
Each person innoculated is given a
card which is to bear name, address
and date of vaccination. This card is
to be kept and presented upon the
second application for treatment and
turned in at the third to form a record
of those taking the vaccine. Of
course, if one should lose the card this
does not qualify but it is asked that
these cards be carefully kept.
From, a quiet but determined little
girl of -four who went away smiling
to a citizen of over sixty summers
the treatment was the source of -smiles
and the exclamation "Is that all, I
didn't even feel it."
It is expected that many more 01
the town's white and colored citizens
will take the treatment upon the re
maining three Wednesdays arid that
all those "shot" Wednesday will be
back again, with sleeves rolled up,
ready to say to Peacock, "Shoot it to
me I can stand the pressure."
GERMAN CAJBINET HAS
NOT MADE DECISION YET
Weimar, June 18. The cabinet to
day debated the peace terms of the
allied - and associated powers. It was
ofiicmlly jinr cvmced that-110 decision
had "been" arrived at." The cabinet
probably is awaiting the. result of a
conference of the south German pre
miers with the government. There
will be no further cr.bineKsiting until
Thursday. v
The original French text of the en
tente answer, including the covering
note, was finished this morning by the
printers and will be distributed this
afternoon.
The government today announced
Premier Clemenceau's apoligy for the
stoning of members of the German
peace delegation at ersailles.
Nothing official has yet become
known as to what action the German
government will take regarding the
peace treaty. At Weimar the docu
ment is being carefully studied by the
National Assembly's peace commis
sion. Unofficial reports are that there is
great dissatisfaction on the part of the
German Cabinet members and high
German officials . over what are con
sidered the extremely hard terms. It
is said a large majority of the cabinet
members are opposed to signing the
treaty, but are fearful of a reign of
Bolshevism and consequently chaos in
the country should they decline.
"German newspapers take 'a dark
view of the doctrine, whether Ger
many signs or not. The newspapers
which oppose signing let their pessi
mism run to the extent of expecting
a resumption of hostilities by the Al
lies Monday if the armistice is permit
ted automatically to end.
GERMANS MUST HAVE KNOWN
HE WAS SOME ' SCRAPPER
; Washington, . June . 18.-Lieutenant
Arthur C. Prine of the U. S. Marine
Corps, is a perfectly healthy two
fisted" fighter but every time there is
a war it seems to pass him by on the
other. side of the -street.- Prine is a
man whom fighting simply goes out
of its way to avoid, as witness his at
tempts to tget to France and mix it
with the Huns: '
"He enlisted'in the-Marine Corps in
June, 1917, but instead of being sent
to France was directed to Santo
Domingo to quell a native uprising.
When he got there it was 'over. Af
ter he returned to the Marines' camp
at Quantico, Va., the uprising broke
out anew. Prine was striken with in
fluenza as he was about to sail for
France. He recovered and was board
ing another transport when the armis-
tice came. :
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JjIH dteJa
GOVERNOR TO DELIVER AD
DRESS AT SCHOOL CLOSING
Big Basket Picnic and Closing:
Exercises of Inez School Will
Draw Many People To This
Community Next Wednesday.
Gov. T. W. Bickett will deliver an
address at the old Henry Williams
place, the home of Mr. J. E. T. Ayscue,
near; Inez next Wednesday morning at
12 o'clock (11 old time).
The occasion is the closing pf the
Inez school under Mrs. Mattie E.
Williams. The day is to be featured
by a basket picnic to which all peo
ple of the county are invited by the
school committee, the patrons and the
teacher. ' "
Gov. Bickett will spend the night in
Louisburg and motor to Inez Wednes
day morning. In addition to the
Governor's speech, the closing- exer
cises of the school will he given.
The people of the community ar;
urging our citizens to be present, en
joy the day and hear an able address
by the State executive.
Children's Day at Providence.
An interesting children's day pro
gram is to be presented at Providence
church Sunday at nine o'clock. The
public generally is invited.
Community Wel
fare Life Progress
Now that the world has been made
tafe for peace and democracy the next
big job will be to make every, individ
ual community in the country safe
and wholesome ; as a place for whole
some and iiappy living. Community
development is the next great step in
American life."" Each community will
have problems of its own to solve.
Certain it is that no community in
North Carolina will fail to take stock
and plan for better things. Realiz
ing this fact, the last Legislature pro
vided a plan whereby communities
might organize effectively for com
munity development along wholesale
social lines.
Three public-spirited citizens, one
woman and two men, are to be ap
pointed in each county as a county
board of public welfare. These citi
zens will advise with the local author
ities on community problems, and will
especially aid the county superintend
ent of public welfare to carry out the
duties of his office. The members
serve without pay.
The county superintendent of pub
lic welfare is to be elected by the
county commissioners and the county
board of education in each county in
the State not later than July 15th. He
should be elected as soon as possible.
He is to .be paid jointly by the two
boards. A complete compulsory
school attendance law goes into effect
July first, and the county superintend
ent of public welfare is to be the chief
attendance officer. He is also to be
the chief probation officer of the coun
ty attending upon the juvenile court.
It is highly important that he be a
man of tact, energy and usefulness.
Thus each county will be provided
with a county board of public welfare
and a county superintendent, whose
duties will be to look after the unfor
tunate in every way, and especially
the sick, the neglected, the wayward
or truant children, and to aid families
in solving the problems relating to
such conditions; in short, to be a social
worker and leader wherever his serv- .
ices are needed. In addition to this,
the county board will aid and lead in
planning community programs of va
rious kinds, amusements, recreations,
and community projects generally, and
assist in correcting and uniting the
forces already in existence. Thus each
community has the means of going
ahead with its own plans of social de
velopment and progress. w
Brown (on fishing trip) Boys, the
boat is sinking. Is there anyone here
who knows how to pray ?
fortes (eagerly) I do.
Brown All right, you pray and the
rest of us will put on life belts.
They're one shy.
' Cadet.
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