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ifffl 5 i L f VOLUMEXXIV (Taesday) WARRENTON, :N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1919 (Friday) "$L50A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTEUEST3 OP WARRENTON AND WAR REN COUNTY ' ' y1- ' Number 49 ' y-? 5c. THE COPY JZ : : II 11 M JA i hiJ fuJ mm ybwlliia GERMANY TO SIGN PEACE TERMS ON THURSDAY All Plans Made For . Ceremony ' Which Will Last About An Hour; Big Four Refuse To Make Further Concessions. Berlin, June 22 Germany will sign the peace treaty of the allied and as sociated powers. The National As sembly this afternoon by a vote of 237 to 138 decided to sign. The assembly also voted confidence in the new gov ernment of Herr Bauer 236 to 89 on which sixty-eight members abstained from voting. On the question of signing the treaty five members of the assembly abstain ed from voting. Before the vote of confidence was taken, Herr Bauer, the new premier, declared the government would sign the treaty, but without acknowleding the responsibility of the German peo ple for the war and without accepting the obligations contained in articles 227 to 230 in the treaty relating to the trial of the former Emperor and the extradition of other German per sonages. PAEIS, June 22 The council of four has definitely rejected the Ger man suggestion that further altera tions be made in the peace treaty. The council received four notes from the Germans, which are supposed to have been prepared in advance and were held to await advices from Wei mar on the result of the meeting of the assembly. President Wilson went at once to the residence of Premier Lloyd George, where the council took up consideration of the notes. One of these from the new Gerraaii government, declared .that Germany was ready to sign peace if the clauses makqe Germany responsibile for the war and calling for the trial of the former Emperor were eliminated. The council of four remained in ses sion until 8 o'clock in the eveningand then adjourned for dinner. The coun cil met again at 9 o'clock- and after brief further consideration took its de cision to refect the German request. jjs 3j ijC SfC The German government has ap pointed Dr. Haniel von Haimhauser, of the peace delegation, to conduct the peace arrangements at Versailles. It is understood that the allies insist on absolutely unconditional acceptance of the terms, failing which, the armies will begin to advance Monday evening. STAGE SET AT VERSAILLES FOR OFFICIAL TREATY SIGNING Versailles, June 22 Arrangements already have begun to shape at Ver sailles for the signing of the peace treaty. Orders have been given to have everything in readiness Tuesday although the ceremony, according to the Havas Agency, is not likely to oc cur before Thursday, at. the earliest. The famous gallery of mirrors has received its final furnishings. The carpets have been laid and the orna mental table with its 18th century gilt and bronze decorations has been plac ed in position on the dais, where the Plenipotentiaries will be seated. There will be room for four hundred "wited persons at the historic session. They will ba given places in the left wing of the hall of mirrors, while the right wing willbe occupied by about we same numberof press representa tives. Sixty seats have been allotted the French press. -The program of arrangements, as far as they have been settled, were sub mitted to Premier Clemenceau. today. e court of honor has been cleared of CaPtured guns. Three "regiments of "tfantry and five of calvary will be on at the time of the signing of the eaty. Republican guards in gala un vnm WiU render the honors. They J111 be stationed on the . grand, stair ase, by which the plenipotentiaries entr the hall. According to the Havas Agency, di notmtle relations with Germany will be resumed immediately on the its ln of the treaty but only after th rtlfi'cation. .This also applies to FrancemiSSin f German subjects into tJr(lnt?ne M-"Clemenceau's presiden- J1 chair will Via n , , 'UVVU d oiuaix ilM11 ch tne diplomatic instruments GERMANY "YIELDS TO SUPERIOR FORCE" m PARIS, J une 23--In declar mg its intention to accept and sign the peace terms,the gov ernment of the German re public ha3 snt the following note to M. Clemenceau, pres ident of the peace conference through Dr. Haniel von Haim hausen: . t 4 "It appears to the govern ment of the German republic, in consternation at the last communication of the allied and associated government that these governments have decided to wrest from Ger many by force acceptance of the peace conditions', even those which, without present ing any material significance aim at divesting the German people of their, honor. German "Honor" "No' act of violence can touch the honor of the Ger man people. The German people, after frightful suffer ing in these last years; have no means of defending them selves by external action. 1 "Yielding to superior force and without renouncing in the meantime its own view of the unheard of injustice of the peace conditions, the govern ment of the German republic declares that it is ready to accept and sign the peace con ditions imposed. "Please accept Mr. Presi dent, assurances of my high consideration, (Signed) "VON HANIEL." 1 XVXVVXXVVXVVVVVVNXVVVV1 will be laid. It will be to this table that each representative is called in alphabetical order to sign his name to the treaty and affix to it his govern ment seal. As there are 100 delegates the ceremony is expected to take at least ninety minutes. It is as yet uncertain whether M. Clemenceau will make a speech. It is considered as not unlikely that the Germans will raise a last protest at the moment of signing. The Chautauqua To Come Again Face to face with the alternative the Chautauqua or nonej fifty seven Warrenton and Warren county citizens signed the contract guarantee here on the last night of this five day attrac tion. Sentiment over town, though satis fied as a rule with the entertainment, wasdecidedly anti-chautauqua up to Saturday night, but after a stirring talk by circuit manager Powers and a hearty endorsement of the Chautau qua by Hon.' Tasker Polk, the Citizens signed readily. The audience was can vassed by local manager A. C. Metts. M. C. McGuire, W. Brodie Jones and the good word "sign" passed to all corners of the" tent. The Chautauqua this year was good and every night's performance brought over five hundred people to the tent. The children of the town enjoyed one week of great sport under the direc tion of Miss Katharine Herzog, play ground leader, culminating in a com munity pageant staged Saturday af ternoon. The children of the town en tered heartily into this and produced a creditable performance on the last afternoon. The conduct of the talent while in the city has the commendation of all and the local manager," Mr. A. C. Metts, here during the five days com plied with the wishes of the guaran tors and made friends by his willing ness to "put the thing across as we wanted it done." Warrenton and Warren are glad the chautauqua is coming next year.. WARREN COUNTY MANS RE TURNS AFTER 31 MONTHS Roscoe E. Lester has returned to the country from France after spend ing thirty one months thiere with the 54th regiments of the 6th Division U. S. regulars. Mr. Lester was at the Battle of Verdun in which his reg iment lost heavily, as well as two other big engagements of the great war. He returns in good healtK coming thru without a day of sickness or a wound. His friends are pleased to welcome his return. Mr. Lester will make his home at the Waiirentan Rol ler mill with his parents. Man is his own star and" that sou, 1 that can , . V Be honest is 'the only perfect man, John Fletcher. No cord nor cable s can sa' forcibly fast as love can do uiun V4 witti, a twined thread. Burtoii. SIS MRS. ALDERMAN TALKS TO TEACHERS' INSTITUTE Urges Close Go-Operation With State Insurance . Department In Fight Against Fire and Ac cidents Due To Carelessness. Mrs. J . T. Alderman, of Henderson, representing s the : North Carolina In surance Department in its campaign of "fire and accident prevention" was in Warrenton yesterday to address the Warren : County Teachers Institute in the second week of its session. Mrs. Alderman with a frank state ment that her talk was one of. busi ness with no effort at 'entertainment entered into her subject. She tol of the Department's plan to reach the State thru propaganda sowed broad cast in the schools and appealed for the teachers time to stress the im portance of this preventive doctrine. Mrs. Alderman pointed out that if it were blind chance or fate which caused the death of fifteen thousand people of America, three hundred and twelve of this own state, possibly we could bemoan cruel fate but when three-fourths of these deaths are pre ventable ignorance and carelessness are criminal. This human toll of life yearly in preventable fires must be stopped and in addition to the lives the property loss of the United States is 250 million and of the State over three 4 million. This tremendous loss is due to the carelessness and inadequate training of our people. The speaker emphasized this statement by the per capita fire loss of America and Eu rope America's per capita fire loss being $2.50 while Europe's is 33c. Mrs. Alderman scored the danger of gasoline telling of danger arising from leaving it uncorked and the air be coming charged with explosive gases, the danger of emptying hot ashes in discriminately, of the careless hand ling of kerosene which causes 26 per cent of all our fires. She told that fires originating from rubbish and trash were seven times more numer ous in North Carolina than h in other states which fact spoke in condemn ing terms of conditions around many North Carolina homes. The speaker touched on v Accident prevention brief ly by stressing the im portance of arousing- the children to the danger of nails in boards, broken glass, riding on : running boards, and seemingly harmless? small things which the spirit- of childhood thought lessly comes in contact. - Mrs. Alderjnan -distributed litera ture and stated that she would visit the schools this fall in the interest ol the work, and asked that the teachers co-operate with her by taking every opportunity to impress the importance of preventive measures and the civic duty that one person is largely re sponisble for the welfare of those with whom he comes in contact. " MICKIE SAYS wH&Ki vouvej scsrr oof tionTO Them At ava.; n Then Tnno" Three PANS U AtEd OU e&Grttsl LETTERS N TH CHECKS H AF-rs in 'eh iOW', uON V CHAKLit They are never-alone ;wha:-are" -accompanied with noble thought. Sir Phillip Sidney. , CAN'T HIT H. C. L. BIRD UN LESS YOU HIT HIGH WAGES But Great Future Is America's If There Is No Faltering and Waiting for Prices to Fall But Development Along All Lines It is significant that in the war per iod the money in circulation in the United States has increased from $35 per icapita to. $54.56. The explanation for this remarkable change in less than five years is found . in the fact that the United States received a bil lion dollars gold from Europe, while Federal Reserve notes against Liberty ' Bonds have been issued to the amount of more than another billion dollars;; and during this period the bank de posits have been increased more than three billion dollars by loans against Liberty Bonds. In view of these facts it is certain that there can be no reduction of wa ges hi the near future and most cer tainly not until the cost of living has subsided to- such a point that reduced payments for labor will give the work men as many of the necessities am comforts of life as he is receiving now for a larger money wage. The conclusion, even though it may be an unpleasant one to contemplate, indicates that higher price levels are here, to stay. In the face of this con dition we - find every public utility in the United States conducting its af fairs on the narrowest margin known in its history. Food, as has been shown in these -articles, is at least 75 per cent above what it was six years ago. Lighting companies and street railways have made the very smallest advances in their charges of any busi ness or industry; and local officials have heMp these; enterprisesnhier ground -that they were bound by fran chise arrangements, and that "after the war prices will come down." Nev-er-the-less the readjustment process:- show that the results will be other wise. It is very reasonable to presume that the railroads and the wire lines restored ' to private management, will go into the markets to make tremen dous purchases of material , needed to bring their enterprises up to their old normal standards. Higher Levels Are Permanent Professor Irving Fisher remarked some weeks ago that "readjustment waits because we keep on waiting for it we have not waited in vain for over six months." Secretary Redfield ob serves that little by little the indus tries of the country "are taking up the slack, and the country is settling down to the assurance that matters are get ting stabalized." His statement is s.' recent that it may be construed as the aflermath of the observations by; Pro fessor Fisher. The two viewpoints from eminent sources, emphatically up hold the! conclusion that the "higher levels" are here to ' stay. And whether we wish it or not prices of all commodities' railroad, street car fares, lighting, rent, clothing lux uries and necessities of all kinds, in cluding the moving pictures and thea tres, are bound to be stabalized at the world's apex of prices. i Another few years may bring ab,out economic, industrial and political chan ges that will lower the price levels Such a period ..was " realized several years after the Civil War But tho stern reality of the present might just as well be faced, because the facts are incontrovertible and there isn't a scintilla of reason to hope for any thing in the nature of lower costs of livings under the present existing con ditions. Trim your sails, accordingly! : The Shelves of the World Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jer sey propounds the pleasant philosophy that since we are all on the high price level together, there's nothing in the altitude to y hurt - us therefore ths thing to do' is to "start things mov ing." According to the New Jersey statesman V"the Government is stop ping, looking and listening, watching and waiting, when it ought to be lead ing." The best tip of the day, he says, is to increase.production and stimulate consumption "speed up the processes of exchange fill the shelves with Am erican made goods!" : r It is the mind that makes, the man, and our. vigor is' in our immortal soul Bird! ' r s AN INTERVIEW WITH ! I MUSICAL CELEBRITY "How do you like Warren ton and your audience?" I asked Miss Sansa Vera Carey the. fourth night of the Com munity Chautauqua as. she came from the stage after winning by grace and pleas ing charm a place in the hearts of all of a tremen dous crowd' -under the big tent. "A most appreciative audience, I have sunguntil I'm hoarse. The town,' oh I thought you had at least two thousand people here". I told her how much pleased War renton and her Warren au dience was with her selec tions . and especially "Poco hontas" and asked , that she give me a little story of her life y for her newly made friends Teweta, Cher ! okee for "sweet" was born" 21 summers ago at Nowata, Ok lahoma, educated at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., and afterwards studied in Chica go. Her father was. interpret ffil Al 4"Vrt Vinnrvlrni nnfinn 4- . Washington and she is a di- rect descendant of Sequoyah who invented the Cherokee alphabet. Her music is com posed by Thurlow Lieurance, who lived with the Indians 16 years, and "Pocohontas" was composed especially for her. .Her costume was a Kickapoo Squaw dress, made of buckskin, fringed with beads, her boots were Sioux leggings, beaded, and sewed with buffalo thong. Her se lections were "Wounded Fawn," "Spirit of Wonana," "By Waters of the Minneton ka", and "Pocohontas" May I ask what those words were in "Pocohontas" sounding as if they were higher, higher ? She laughed, "That is an In dian chant universally used ha ya, ha ya!" "Married?" "No, just a hard working girl who loves chautauqua and ly ceum work." Letter From War ren Man In Iowa. Editor of the Warren Record, Warrenton, North Garolina. Dear Sir: Thinking that it might be of interest to the readers of your paper I am taking the liberty to write you and request that you publish this note from a Warren county boy who is the first and only; boy from Warren coun ty to study Chiropractic at the. world's largest and only up-to-date college, of ChiroDractic. the Palmer School of Chiropractic at Davenport, Iowa. The school has students f rom far away Japan,. New Zealand, Russia and even Germany. Every state in the Union is well represented including 26 from North Carolina, 50 from Can ada, 27 from England, 40 from France and the Philippines eleven hundred and thirtv-one all told. I, entered the May class :w4th 350 other freshmen and enrolled for the three year course with special instruction in Spinogra phic work. , I am among the youngest students now enrolled,, after Septem ber first the age limit will be raised to 21 years. The school has eighty employed in the work of its many de partments and occupies one entire city block. y Chiropractic is only in its 24th year having been discovered . by Dr. D. D. Palmer, a physician of Davenport, la. Dr. B. G. Palmer, his only living son, is" owner and president of the school. There are twelve chiropractors in our State and 10,000 in the world. North Carolina is one of the twenty eight States that has a law governing the practice of- chiropractic. There are one thousand; patients .adjusted at the Free clinic here every month some of them have- come- from across the seas. ' Chiroprartic (ki-ro-prak-tik) a phi losophy, science and art of things nat ural and a system of adjusting the sublexated vertebrae of the spinal col umn by hand for the -restoration of health. R. O. 'BETTS, Macon. 732 Charlotte avenue, Davenport, Iowa. Let justice have its impartial course and the law free passage. ' Though to your loss, - protest no man against it for you are not above the law but the law above you. Live, therefore, the lives , you would have the people live, and then you have the right and bold ness to punish the transgressor. Keep upon, the square, for God sees, you: therefore,, do your duty and be sure you see with your, own eyes, and hear with your own ears. William Penn. I lilu,., lillLMiyiiiii BIG COUNTY PICNIC TO BE HELD HERE IN AUGUST Basket Dinner and Good Speech es To Make It A Gala Day; Home Agent Endorses Use of Fireless Cooker- The County Board of Agriculture met here in regular , session , last Sat urday. ! It was decided at this meeting to hold a county-wide . picnic at War renton the latter part of : August, the exact date will be given later. Thiss picnic is to be given under the auspices of the Board of Agriculture and is to be an annual affair, being held each year some time during the month; of August. An attractive pro gram is to be arrangeded. Demonstra tions of various kinds, will be given also a , number of prominent speakers are to appear on the program. A com plete program will be published in an early issue. The Universal Motor Company of Richmond, Va., is giving a two weeks course in Power Farming. This school is free to any boy wishing to take the course. If you are interested send your name in to the above address oi to the county agent. When we realize that sixty per cent, of your living should come from the garden I believe we will put forth a greater effort to have fall: and win ter vegetables. The garden should not be large and every inch of the space should be utilized. The vegetables that should be planted now . are car rots, sheets, parsnips, salsify, and bush isnaps and lima beans and :col lard eed. 1 oz. of seed will make 2000 plants. Late , tomatoes : should be transplanted also. The farmeis and farm women's convention which is Jield , annually at the A. & E. College, Raleigh will be held . August 27th-28th-29th. The program is being rapidly completed and many good things are being offer ed. It is hoped, that many of. the farm ers in the county will take their wives and avail themselves of this oppor tunity. The domitories will be used to accomodate the guests and meals vill be served ux, .the college dining hall for a reasonable sum. Do you have an oil stove and a fire less cooker? If not you are dreading the hot days in the kitchen.. I believe that the use of the oil stove and a fire less cooker will save a woman's ener gy, time and temper more than any thing else requiring the same expen diture of money. Many good oil stoves are on the market. A great saving can be had on the fireless cooker if you make it yourself. Use a lard tub for the outside container, put three inches of sawdust or cotto. seed hulls in the bottom. Wrap ay 25 pound lard can with paper asbes tos and use a piece of abestos under the bottom. Place on packing in cen ter of lard tub. .Fill space around can with , the same packing. Finisft with a coating of cement or plaster of paris. Make a cushion ? three inches deep to use on top of can. You will need a vessel with a tight lid to do your cooking in and a . soapstone to place in the lard can If-youneed any '. help in getting the necessary containers I shall be glad to . assist you. FDU CATION PAYS Statistics lately gathered show tha among i50C00 uneducated children only, one has a . chance of becoming -prominent. Giving a high school edu cation his chance is multiplied 87 times. Elementary chooling falls be tween these two, while college train ing increases his opportunity 800 times. Formerly farmers feared that edu cated children would feel they had out grown farm conditions and would look toward the city, but in these days when automobiles, modern household appliances, and especially the use of farm power machinery are, increasing in evry rural district, the farmer may well change this fear for the one that his children, unless well educated, can not hold a leading position in their own community. American Fruit Grower.