4 ' f ' VOLUME XXIV Sept-2-19 Library 750A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 5c. THE COPY (Xliesda.v WADDrvfrnv tt r fHT ifiT a .t -TTx-r -t - - r ms Ml STATE MISS BIG BRITISH DIRIGIBLE R-34 MAKES TRIP IN 75 HOURS With Wind Behind It Big Blimp Makes Swift Trip To England; Congress Has Week of Large Business Before It. Pulham, Norfolk, England, July 13. Great Britain's mammoth trans-Atlantic pioneer, the dirigible R-34, ar rived here at 6:56 o'clock, Greenwich mean time, today, completing her round trip from the British Isles to the United States and return. The R-34 poked her nose out of the clouds northeast of the village and, after circling the flying field three tines, glided gently to the ground and ten minutes later was housed in the dirigible shed. Made It In 3 Days and 3 Hours. The voyage from Long Island was without particular incident and was completed in approximately 75 hours. Shouts from those on the field greet ed the first sight of the long gray body low on the horizon. As the R-34 approached the field, she dropped from a height of 5,000 feet to 2,000 feet. The men who were to aid the ahship in landing were ordered to their positions and waited silently as the ship circled the field, dropping lower and lower. The Landing Under Roof Again. When Major G. H. Scott, her com mander, had maneuvered the airship .to position for the landing the water ballast was released to steady her and a rope was thrown from the bow. The rope was grasped by eager hands and the giant ship moved across the field to the shed where the delicate opera tion of berthing her was completed quickly without accident. A military band stationed on the field played "The Call of Duty" as the airship began to settle and then changed to the strains of "See, the Conquering Hero Comes." As the ship was warped into the shed the band played "Keep the Home Fires Burning." The crowd was too intent in watching the ship to notice the music, while the whirr of the propel lers made in inaudible to the men in the R-34. Very Much Ready For Breakfast. The tired, unshaven, but smiling men who composed the crew climbed from the gondola and were greeted v;armly and with many slaps on the tack by the officers and soldiers gath ered on the field. "The voyage home has been with out incident," said Major Scott. "We want breakfast." Washington, July 13. Considera tion by the Senate of the peace treaty with its League of Nations covenant actually to open tomorrow with the Meeting 0f the Foreign Relation-? Committee transcends in interest anything expected to come before Congress this week. Both branches of Congress, how ler have a busy legislative week phead, with debate on prohibition en forcement legislation expected to con tinue in the House and with final dis position of the agricultural and sun jy civil appropriation bills, vetoed by the President, to be decided. A number of committees, both those en gaged in drafting legislation and 'ftOSe COT1fllirf itht i'nmfi'rrafinT1C! Will hold Meetings. For eign Relations Com. Meets Todav. The Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee to which the peace treaty was after it had been laid -before the Senate by President Wilson. Thurs- aJ will hold a special meeting to Jowed in considering the document. ough opponents of the League of tions covenant held a conference tod 'ay there was no 'indication that jny plan of action either in commit tee r on the floor of the Senate4 had een definitely agreed on. I were married," said the bach- fai,lnaid "l should certainly pin my )ar to y husband." "Well, that is Plied y a matter of Pin money " re" lv v6 married woman, significant News and Observer. unle actfuy man never gives advica vantSS he finds out just what kind is ed Clipping, . Boards Elect Welfare Man Raymond Rodwell, of Warrenton Choice For Newly Created County Welfare Work. The Board of County Commission ers and the assumed Board of Educa tion of Warren county met in joint session here yesterday for the elec tion of a Public Welfare and Proba tion Officer for Warren county. This position was created by the last Gen eral Assembly. Candidates for the position includ ed Rev. J P. Harris, of Macon; Mr, Joe Macon, formerly assistant Clerk of Court here and later with the Rain bow Division in' France; John L. Skin ner, late chairman of the Board of Education of the county and success ful farmer of Judkins, and Mr. Ray mond Rodwell, formerly of Axtell but a resident of Warrenton since the first of the year. Mr. Harris and" Mr. Macon were eliminated on the first and second bal lots. Messrs. Skinner and Rodwell t an a tie which was decided in favor of Mr. RDdwell by the chairman of the Bo:.rd of County Commissioners. The duties of the newly elected of ficer include a supervision and en forcement of the Compulsory Atten dance law and the general supervision of the public welfare of the county of Warren. Time To Cut Out Sob Stuff True American Grit Needed In All Line of Activity No 1 Time for Weak-kneedness (By J. E. Jones) Now that Germany has signed up r.nd the President has broken away from Paris, isn't it high time to cut a good deal of this over-indulgence of fear concerning unemployment, the high cost of living, Bolshevism, I. W. W.'s, and other terrors that try to camouflage their lawlesness and make this business of reconstruction hum? ; V There is no minimizing the worth cf the achievements in our national rffairs, and those of the world; but the human mind cannot forever dwen upon the tragedies that cost ten mil lion lives in battle, thirty million in jured, and thousands made blind or in sane and others made poor, and some made. rich. How about To-morrow, as well as Yesterday ? Industrial facts are worthy of, and must be considered: There are practically no business failures occuring in the country; the bank clearing are running about 17 per cent over last year's highest totals. Even if prices are high the cost of labor and the prices of food stuffs furnish a firm foundation for the condition. Cotton is no longer in the dumps, and it like wool, is in the active class. Steel slumped and suf fered a real bump after the war, but the human members of that industry, including the "men on the job," ought to be able to take protracted vaca tions for a time as the result of their era of prosperity. The railroads are lae-f?intr in making the purchases of steel, and the Director General is fol lowing the footpaths of his predeces sor in having arranged for two thirds of a billion dollars from Uncle Sam to take up the deficit, or slack of a year's operations, and to provide for essentials in betterments and re placements of properties. But some dav this muddlesome muddle occasion ed by Government operation will end; and it will be a gala day for the Na tion when private owners of railroads resume charge, and restore decrepit roadbeds and rolling stock, and get the great steel highways back to nor mal condition. But while the rail roads are down in low speed, the auto mobile business is on high, and tiie steel men are finding a pretty good output for their goods in that direcr tion. Even house-building is on the gain, and unemployment is not half as serious as some agencies would have one believe. Our conditions contrast ed with those that exist abroad, should produce optimism of the keenest kind. Raw materials and machinery are lacking in the war zone, and millions of men are idle in conseuence, while the discontent that rages is causing further industrial stagnation because (Continued On Page Four) FO. EVERY DAY Save c Features of August Meeting; Oats and Clover After Cotton COUNTY AGENT BASON IS URGING COVER CROPS August 27, 28, and(29th Dates Of Farmers and Farm Vom en's Raleigh Conference. EXTENSION WORKERS TO GIVE RURAL DRAMA West Raleigh, N. C, July 14. As a part' of the social entertainment To be provided visi.crs to the Farmers' and Farm Woman's Convention.-ta.be held at the State College" of Agricul ture cn August 27, 28, and 29, somj of the county men and women agents, together with other extension special ist, will endeavor to present a rural drama, "Kindling the Hearth Fire" by Estelle Cook of the University of Minnesota. This is a royalty play in three acts founded on the line "Keep a clean hearth and a clear fire for me" in Tennyson's "Enoch Arden.V- Prac tice will begin on this production shortly. A committee consisting of Mr. H. H. B. Mask, Assistant ' State Agent in Farm Demonstration work, Miss Laura Wingfield, District Agent in Home Demonstration work and Mrs. T. E. Browne have charge oi the presentation of the drama. Al ready enough copies for all those tak ing part have been bought and the right to present the play secured. Mr. W. F. Pate, Secretary of the Convention, states that this one at traction is enough to guarantee any one to make the trip to the Conven tion. However, he has provided many other attractions and is now prepar ing a lecture program for the day ses sions that will have a special appeal to the farmers and their wives. Sev eral noted men and women agricultur al workers from different sections of the country have been secured among whom are Dr. H. J. Waters, of the Kansas City Star, a noted livestock specialist; "Mr. Sam Jordan the noted county agent of Missouri, several Irpeakers from the FederaJ Depart ment of Agriculture, and leading farmers and specialist, from North Carolina. ' The County and Home Demonstra tion Agents want, every man, woman and child that can possibly do so, to attend this convention. The nature cf the convention this year makes it especially attractive. Besides , valu able lessons that cannot be learned elsewhere you are entertained by high class entertainments. Boys and girls are also urged to attend the club short course from August 19 to 22. Oats and Clover at last Cultivation of CoKton. The hay situation is one of the most serious problems the farmers of the county have to deal with. However, this should not be the case. If every farmer who is not making all the hay that is consumed on his farm would only look about for some means of producing hay, he could discover in a Acuta XM: very short while a crop or a combina tion of crops which would solve his problem. . , To produce hay at comparatively low cost there is, as far as I know, no bet ter crops than white blooming crim son clover and oats sown at the last cultivation of cotton. By following this plan you get your crop seeded without any cost whatever as to prep aration of the land, which is a great big advantage. This crop covers you' land during the winter and takes up the 3ant food hat would be bleached out duriner this neriod'of the vear. Tn addition the oats and clover can be grazed up until December, then again i in iiic owning, x lie van uc uaiv- ested in time to plant the land to corn which is a proper rotation. The winter variety of oats recom mended are the Red Rust proof type and winter Turf. Seed at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. Sow 10 pounds of clover seed. This is a hard combination to beta and I know no better means of. in creasing the hay crop than that given .bove. This is one means of getting your tenants to raise hay. You sow the seed and the tenant will put them in for you at the last, cultivation. I urge all farmers who have been in tho habit of using western grown timothy hay which analyzes 3.4 per cent, crude protein 42.4 per cent, car bolydrates 1.3 per cent fat, to grow their own oats and clover which ana lyzes 8. 3. crude protein 35.8 carbohy drates and 13 per cent. fat. The home grown hay contains more than twice as much crude protein, the sub stance th&t comes so high when we have to buy it, as does the timothy hay. ' Important Meeting Farmer's Union There will be a very important meeting of the Areola Farmer's Union Saturday at 3 p. m. MICKIE SAYS PRE-TTtf LOCKV FEB. NE DOitff .KNOW VJHAT CLkSS PRINTING- NE -TURN OUT W f HS SHOP , ER. VD RUMMIN TVAIS HERE JOB PRESS OA Ar4 NlGrH-r Laborer Shot Hollister Boss Following Discussion Over Time Report; Bloodhounds Give Chase Without Avail. A telephone message from Hollis ter last Friday afternoon for aid in securing the arrest of Richardson, young negro bad-man who had just shot a white foreman of the'Fosburg Lumber Company through the hip be cause of a discussion over a time re port, brought Chief John Bell and de puty sheriff W. C. Ellington and other exponents of law and order to ,im iti' diate action. Nichols' bloodhounds were -ordered from Raleigh and at ten o'clock reach ed Warrenton. They left at once for Hollister accompanied by several cit izens of the town in addition to Mes srs. Bell and Ellington. The dogs picked up the trail with little trouble and ran for three miles to a house which the negro had been known to frequent. The , trail was lost here because the fugitive had dri ven off in a wagon. Efforts made in the neighborhood to pick-up the trail were fruitless. The shooting produced much feel ing iii the Hollister neighborhood and over one hundred nien were, in the pesse. The negro assailant is of bad character having been a star party to many brawls in that section. The Warrenton gentlemen returned at five o'clock Saturday morning re- j porting that the shooting took place just over the line in Halifax county and that the foreman was not ser iously wounded. Miss Rankin Home Again Gains Inspiration And Valued Information From Trip To Anson .. and Work- There Miss Rankin has returned after a week spent in Anson County helping Mrs. Redfern, the Home Demonstra tion Agent with some special meec ings. She is very enthusiastic about the work done in the county and says in part; "Anson is considered one of the best organized counties in the state and it was a real opportunity to be able to spend a few days there to get on the inside of things. The first thing that impressed me was the condition the crops are in. Cotton and corn being the chief ones. It looks that they will have bumper crops. The second impression was the terraced lane. Every field that was the least rolling had splendid ter races all thru it, and all of them were cultivated. Then when I got to the meetings and found the enthusiasm and cooperation among the people I did not wonder at the reputation the county has. They are reallying do ing things and are doing them thru the organizations of community clubs. They are proud bf their efforts and well they should be. It simply shows what cooperation will do. The hospi tality was as sincere as can be found at any place. The picnic dinners that were brought out were monuments of the ability of the women as cooks. The one feature was the amount of light bread made by the women in each community. I have never seen better bread at a picnic and to be able to make good bread is an art that anv women should be proud of. I have many new ideas and. feel that I am in a position to help the people in War ren county to co-operate more fully than before having this opportunity." NEWS ITEMS FROM M ANSON VICINITY Mrs. J. T, Mills, of Middleburg, was a pleasant visitor among friends here Sunday. She also attended our Sun day :-chool. Mrs. Macon Rookar gladly wekon'! ed her husband home trom over seas a few days ago. Miss Hattie Sneed, of Cress, Va., is the guest of Miss Myrtle Hayes. Mr. E. L. Paschajl and family, of Oine, spent Sunday in our town. Mr. Arthur Holloway spent a few days in Richmond recently. Mr. G. F. P. Brown, of Vaughan, is remodling the store house formerly owned by the "Planters Store Co.", but is now the property of Mr. J. W. (Continued On Page Four)r Sillill FOUR WEEKS COURSE OF STUDY ENDED FRIDAY Teachers Receive Credits And Certificates; Resolutions Ex tend Thanks To Supt. Jones and Others of Warren. Prof. J. Edward Allen, director, has ceased his official capacity, Miss Young has returned to Henderson, Mrs. Boyer to Richmond, Miss Annie Lee Rankin to the duties of a live Home Demonstration Agent and Supt. Jones has taken another field to ex pound School law. The twenty odd teachers after four weeks of good work have returned to their various homes ready for increased pay and imbued with a greater teaching spirit resultant from the four week's spent in the Warren County Summer School. The school closed Friday. It was one of a very few in the State tried under the new educational measures adopted by the last General Assembly and can be regarded as a thorough success. During the course of study State speakers of various agencies of public welfare have spoken to the School among whom may be mention ed: Miss Mary Shotwell, on Thrift; Mrs. J. T. Alderman, Fire and Acci dent Prevention; Mr. Robert House, North Carolina's War Record; Prof. J. Henry Highsmith, State Board of Examiners, Local speakers included Dr. T. J. Taylor and Judge J. H. Kerr. The School adopted the following reolutions during the iast days of its session: "Whereas, the Warren Cour. ty Summer School was originated and obtained through the efforts of Sup erintendent Howard F. Jones, "Therefore, be it Resolved, That we the members thereof express our ap preciation of his interest in us and our approval of his., policies s& expand- ing the usefulness of our schools. Director and Students of Warren County Summer School." The second resolution adopted reads: "Whereas the members of the Warren County Summer School for teachers in session from June 16, to July 11, 1919, have been the recipients of many courtsies and kindnesses from the people and officials of the county of Warren and the town of Warrenton, , "Therefore, be it Resolved, That we hereby express our grateful acknowl-- , edg'ment of the many things that have been done for our pleasure, comfort and advancement. We wish especial ly to extend our thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Jones for the enjoy able reception given in their home on Friday afternoon, June 27th; to the county Board of Education for the Picnic dinner on July 4th, and to the gentlemen who gave us the delightful automobile ride which was made "sweeter" by the delicious candy con tributed by Mr. J. E. Allen. "Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the ed itors of the County papers and als. to the News and Observer Faculty and Students of 'Warren County Sum mer School." IN MEMORY OF MRS. CULLOM Oh the morning of July 5th, 1919 the death angel entered the home of Mr. A. N. Cullon, and took therefrom his loving and devoted wife in her 64th year. It was in 1879 that she became the- wife of Mr. A. N. Cullom, and in them was exemplified thac seripture "No man twain, but on flesh." Unto them was born eigh chil dren, seven of whom survive her. These with the stricken husband are left to mourn the loss of their best earthly friend. Early in life she sought and found the Saviour, and to the end of life's brief sojourn. She was one of his faithful fellowmen. She was baptized into fellowship of Reedy Creek church, with father and mother, sisters and brothers of bless ed memory and two sons Mr. M. T. and J. W. Duke survive her. Her funeral was conducted by Dr. J. M. Mercer at her home in Wilson. She was buried in Fayetteville by the side of the loved one who preceded her. May God comfort by His spirit the 'loved ones so sadly berif t and help each one to live that at last they may all meet in Heaven. Her former pastor, A, G. WILCOX,

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