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VOIXME XXIV
Number 57
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTEB ESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
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(Tuesday) WARRENTON. N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1919 (Friday)
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roMINUED OPPOSITION TO
PEACE TREATY IN SENATE
Mexicans and Sailors Have Row
Government Investigating
And Making Demands For Par
, ticulars.
Washington,
July 20. Although
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, 4-c vaoMveA anv further infor-
pariireiii
mation today regarding the attack
and robbery on July 6, of a boatload
0f American sailors on the U. S. S.
Cheyenne in the Temesi river near
Tampico. Mexico, the incident con
tinued to eclipse all else in interest in
official circles. There was no attempt
to minimize the gravity of the situa
tion as expressed in official circles
when the first report reached the
State Department yesterday.
Additional information is expected
by both departments within a few
days, probably tomorrow. At the
Navy Department, it was said that
there had been nothing received to in
dicate whether the notes of inquiry
a'ddressed by Secretary Daniels late
yesterday to Commander Earl Peck
Finney of the cruiser Topeka at Tam
pico, mho reported the attack, had
been received by the officer.
Some delay in the receipt of answer
to the secretary's message of inquiry
was anticipated. Because of inability
to communicate direct by wireless
with the Topeka due to the existence
in the gulf of Mexico of what is
known by radio experts as a'static".
the message undoubtedly would have
to be transmitted over land wires
from Galveston, Texas, to Tampico,
and telegraphic communication over
Mexican wires is subject to consider
able delay.
Washington, July 20. Continued
contests on the peace treaty in the
Senate and on prohibition enforce
ment in the House are the outstand
ing features of this week's congres
sional program. A flood of speech-
making on the treaty and League of
Nations is to be loosed tomorrow in
the Senate. For every day but Sat
urday addresses have been announc-
and several extemporaneous
speeches are expected.
Conferences between Republican
senators and President Wilson will
be resumed tomorrow. The names of
e Senators who will go to the .White
House tomorrow have not been an
nounced, although it was learned to
day that invitations for conferences
tomorrow had been sent out presum
ably late yesterday before the Pres
ent left on a week-end cruise down
the Potomac.
The Senate Foreign Relations Com-
Mtee tomorrow will rptipw ifci sndv
of the treaty. Replies from the Pres
ent and State Department to resolu-
tions
questioning information on the
Shant
ung clause are expected
Ground lime stone is worth Sl.'io
jer ton bulk or $3.32 in 100 pound
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lav bull- i;w, i ,i i:
aenton. Farmers who intend us-
S lime str.no UmiA r,
-mr this fli'flpav.
kj ""vicm.c 1X1 Ul ItC ll.i
where if , .
, . iJussiDie to mane co-opera -
-merits it should be done.
. lhe fall
of tbo voo-r ic Vio nrnnp?
time to
aPPly any form of lime and
. i -in v l Willi ui nine anu
most nf u
"i the soils in the county would
L fitted by a liberal application
"Mil limn
stone.
Best results
amed by applying before seed-
Jfip J.
eW guminus crops as the various
for 'ifC0W peas' sy Deans and etc
fourths 3 an aPPlication of from
Neurit t0I1S are S t1G ProPer
three t FF otner croPs two to
ply b 0ns Per acre is sufficient. Ap-
hroken after the land has been
not rl harrow into the soil. Do
R . llrnestone into the soil.
rectig th SWeetin the soil by cor"
tion of taddity' lime favors the ac'
len "X the bacteria in tint soil, rt-
cal condvaSh and helps the mechani"
more ea ' ! !n of the soil so that it is
uy tilled.
The Parting
Of The Ways
Once We Followed Washington,
Once Lincoln and Now The
Call To Stand With Wilson
Twice already have we Americans
come to a parting of the ways, and in
each case we were led aright chiefly
by the strength and sanity of a sin
gle man inspired if you will, but cer
tainly and in any case forward-looking,
far-seeing and courageous be
yond his fellows and utterly devoted
to a definite progressive purpose.
Without Washington the United
states of America could hardly have
been born; and without Lincoln our
Nation's health, if not indeed its very
life, could hardy have been saved.
And now for the third time we have
come to a fork in the road. Whom
now should we follow? What man
among us has shown the greatest
range of vision? What man in these
recent wretched years has given most
strength and comfort to human minus
and hearts throughout all the earth?
Confidently we believe that a world
wide plebiscite would give to these
simple searching questions an answer
practically unanimous.'
Cannot we who are familiar with
the intimate history of our country,
recall how Washington was black
guarded and maligned by thoe about
him of tagnatant minds and hollow
hearts? Can we not recall the vic
ious criticism and contumely from
which Lincoln suffered how pur
blind snakes, posing as statesmen,
drove their fangs through to the
heart of that splendid, struggling, up
right man?
And recalling these things, can we
not accurately analyze the present ac
tivities of Lodge, playing the tawdry
acadamician and prostituting a learn
ed mind to petty partisan ends; of
Borah, the advocate rather of his own
ambition than his country's weal; of
Reed, shaken by the wind of personal
pipque; and of Gore, whose blindness
seems at last to have touched his
soul? Can we not sound the shal
lows -of these self -centered spirits,
and turning from them to a just and
calm contemplation of Woodrow Wil
son, can we not grasp his purity of
purpose can we not see a man shak
ing off the hackles of selfishness, fill
ing' his lungs with the fresh air of
altruism, and standing up to fight in
God's behalf and man's, for the prize
of his high calling, for that most
precious praise which prosperity
alone can justly give?
If we, the people, can but see things,
America, for the third time, will take
the path which leads in the. way of
God's patient plan; and this time
there is surely some reason for the
hope that a worn and weary world
will follow her to peace and civic
righteousness and rest. So truly, and
so only, shall we show ourselves the
sovereign citizens of "God's Country."
THOMPSON & MULLEN.
Sp
ecial Commit
tee Appointed.
Macon, Mrs. C. O. Phelps; Warren
ton, E. S.t Allen, J. M. Gardner; Af
ton, Hunter Pinnell; Oakyille, W. B.
Rodwell; Axtelle, S. E. Allen; Ep
worth, R. A. King; Norlina, H. M.
Terrell; Churchill, H. E. Rodwell; El
beron, J. K. Pinnell; Vaughan, Young
Bobbitt, W. R.. Vaughan (3 yrs.);
Oine, W. L. Paschall, Embro, J. B.
Harris; Warren Plains, G. W. Hester;
Vicksboro, W. E. Turner (3 yrs.),
Earnest Moseley; Ellington District,
J. Byrd Ellington (2yrs.), J. A. Wil
son (3yrs.); Nutbush, J. A. Kimball.
Township Committeemen
Warrenton, L. W. Haithcock; Nut
bush, N. H. Paschall; Judkins, C. N.
Hardy; Sandy Creek, 3. J. Pritchard;
Fishing Creek, W. T. Davis; Fork, W.
H. Pridgen; Shocco, W. C. Burroughs.
I shall meet all those interested in
consolidation of Elberon, Afton and
Burroughs School at Providence
church on Wednesday afternoon at
5 o'clock, government time. Come,
whether for or against. ( -
J. EDWARD ALLEN,
SUpi. pcnouis.
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MITTEE'
KE 25TH
GHAIRMAN POLK AND SEVERAL COMMITTEE'S
PERFECTING DETAILS; MAJOR GRAHAM IN
CHARGE PARADE; BURROUGHS IS MARSHAL.
ALL BESEECHING JUPITER
PLUVIUS TO ADJOURN
The Warren County Welcome Home
Celebration, dated for Friday of the
present week, is moving on a schedule
time toward mammoth completion
Jupiter Pluvius has tried to throw a
damper upon the occasion but opti
mism is persistent in the belief that
even this seemingly relentless Old Pal
of a week of close association will
adjourn his tearful tare.
The stores and places of business
have signed up to close up. The dec
oration committee, is requesting all
places of business to decorate their
store fronts and is centering its skill
upon the masterful completion of a
Victory Arch to grace the Citizens
Bank corner. The facade of the
Court House and the Old Academy
will also become resplendant from the
committee's labor. Welcome banners
are to cover telephone poles and trees
along main.
The fun of the day will commence
with a greasy pole climb upon the
Court Square under direction of Mr.
Wiley Coleman, of Churchill. 'At
eleven Mayor Palmer, of Warrenton,
will open competion for a watermelon
game all contestants attired in old
clothes of bathing suits.
Speeches will be delivered from tha
speakers platform in front of the
Court House beginning at eleven-thirty.
Judge J. S. Manning, Col. S. W.
Minor and others will be present
Judge Walter A. Montgomery, it is ex
pected, will deliver the address to the
veterans of 61-65. A special memor
ial service will take form in reading
the Honor Roll of Warren men as the
last number before the parade forma
tion to the Academy.
Major W. A. Graham, formerly in
command of H. Company and a mem
ber of the 30th Division but now sta
tioned at Camp Dix, will be in charge.
His assistants will be announced latti.
All , soldiers and sailors of the county
are expected to participate in the
short march to the academy. W. H.
Burroughs, as Chief marshal, assist
ted by twenty Warren men all mount
ed and with regalia, will keep the line
of march clear. Mr. Burroughs' as
sistants are: ;
T. H. Aycock, Elberon; J. B. Davis,
Alston; John Daniel, Warrenton; Will
Allen Connell, Warren Plains; M H.
Hayes, Wise; J. J. Nicholson, Church
ill; Sam Alston, Inez; A. G. Hayes,
Norlina; R. S. Register, Norlina; H.
H. Hawkes, Norlina; A. E. Paschall,
Manson; Wallace Cawthorne, Warren
Plains; Ben Tharrington, Inez; King
Pinnell, Afton; Walter Overby,
Macon; W. H. Fishel, Vaughan; W. N.
Boyd, Warrenton; R. L. Capps, Areola;
Sam Allen, Axtelle.
The late afternoon will be devoted
to a regular old-time square dance
with Spelling Joe John Allen, of
Louisburg, unless plans miscarry, at
the figure calling stand. Mrs. Adelo
Jones and committee, of this city, will
assist. The dance will be held in the
street and the occasion will cause
much real fun, it is thought.
A band concert will be given late
that afternoon as well and the latter
part of the night given over to a ball
in honor of the returned soldiers. The
ball will be held in the Damerou
armory. Music being furnished by
Garber'-Davis of Wilson.
It is to be confidently expected that
people from every section of old War
ren will come here upon this day.
Warren county has just right to feel
a pulsing pride in the achievement of
its sons and the 25th of July has been
designated as the time for expression
of a mighty welcome home:"
S WORKING TO
GREAT OCCASION
MRS. CONNELL'S ASSIS-.
TANTS FOR CELEBRATION
The following is the committee" se
lected for Welcome Home Day to col
lect material in the county:
Mrs. S. S. Satterwnite, Mrs. W. W.
Cawthorne, Mrs. Hope Williams, Mrs;
Edmund Russell, Mrs. Beaufort Scull',
Mrs. R. E. Williams, Mrs. Haymore,
Mrs. Redford, Mrs. Alex Baxter, Mrs.
Henry Puller, Messrs. J. S. Davis,
Nick Paschall, T. H. Aycock, Walter
Vaughan, Jim Burroughs; Miss Eula
Allen, Miss Mary Crinkley. Mr. Frank
Allen, town of Warrenton.
Each of these persons to appoint
two girls from their community to
wait on the soldier's table.
We decided it best not to have a
table for public but to let them have
their dinner in groups or eat in their
automobiles or anywhere they want
to. The barbecue and stew will be
served to the public after the soldiers
and veterans have been served.
The raw materiasl are to be sent to
the High School building Thursday
afternoon , ajf our - o'clock. Mrs. Ed.
Rooker, Mrs. E. S. Allen, Mrs. C. R.
Rodwell, Receiving Committee will
take care of the same. Me. W. H.
Dameron will take all material to
Hall's spring where it is to be cooked.
Mr. W. N. Boyd is chairman of the
committee to gets the pots to the
place and get same back to their own
ers. Mr. Ollie Shell is chief Cook, lie is
ably assisted by Mr. Peter Felts. Mr.
Shell will select any additional help
needed. Mr. A. B. Moseley to take
cooked food to tables. Mr. William.
Burroughs is to have the tables built.
Miss Arama Graham is to put cloths
on the tables. The Daughters of
Confederacy will serve the Veterans
The Red Cross will serve the soldiers.
The Red Cross ladies will wear white
dresses and Red Cross caps.
The following committes have been
appointed:
Committee for wood: King Pinnell,
Willis Pinnell, Jim Hicks, Will Twitty,
Eugene Wilson.
Committee for Lemonade John
Cawthorne, Will Allen Connell, Eu
gene Wilson, Jerman Walker, Wilton
Strickland.
Mr. W. A. Miles to rope off soldiers'
table.
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Fatal Shooting
This Morning
Colored Woman Shoots Husband
. With Shotgun Following
Lengthly Word War.
Ed. Russell, a colored employee of
the Warrenton Electric Light Co. en
gaged in the delivery of ice, was shot
thru the heart today at 12:45 at a win
dow of his home on main street while
endeavoring to climb thru to his wife
with whom he had been in dispute,
From evidence developing from the
testimony of Richard Williams and
John Harriss at the magistrate's trial
before Justice John W. Allen this af
ternoon, Ed. Russell stopped at his
home just prior to the tradegy and
addressed a colored woman who was
passing the house "Howdy, madam!"
Upon entering the house his wife ask
ed, "Why did you call her madam?"
Russell, so the. evidence runs, slapped
his wife down upon the bed and com
menced beating her. He treatened to
kill her and placed a shotgun against
her bosom. Richard Williams, who
was stopping by out of the rain at the
request of Russell's wife, askqed Rus
sell to deist beating her. Russell or
dered him out and placed the gun bacic
in the rack. s
He went out and his wife barred
the door against his admission and
placed the gun near her, warning him
not to come in. Russell made the at
tempt thru the window and was shot
thru the heart at a distance of eight
feet with number four shot from a sin
gle barrel gum Death was immediate.
The Court room was crowded to
hear the evidence and opinion is gen
eral that the Court acted wisely in
freeing Russell's wife upo a 'judge
ment of justifiable homicide.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
IN PRIZES TO N. C. FARMERS
At' the Fifty-Eighth, North Car
olina State Fair, to be held in Ral
eigh on October 20 to 25, the Fair As
sociation is planning to give away
over $1500 in prizes to farmers mak
ing the best display of field and gar
den crops. One thousand dollars of
this money will be awarded for county
exhijits made under the supervision
of the county agent of the Agricultur
al Extension Service, or someone elsr
who has been authorized by the Coun
ty Board of Commisisoners.
As it now stands, at least four
counties have signified their intentior
of competing for tnis prize money
The additional sum of $500 will be
distributed in premiums for the best
collected agricultural exhibit by any
individual farmer in North Carolina
In this case, all of the products ex
hibited must be grown on the exhibit
ors cwn farm.
Farmers who are interested in shar
ing in the prize money should com
munciate at once with Mr. J. E. Pogue
Secretary of the Fair Association, re
questing a catalog which will give all
of the necessary information.
The North Carolina Agricultural
Extension Service is co-operatinr
heartily with the officers of the as
sociation in an effort to secure credit
able exhibits this fall. Officials of the
State Department of Agriculture and
State College will be on hand at the
Fair continuously during the week in
iooking after the agricultural exhibit?
This in itself will add much to the ed
ucational value of the Fair.
In addition to the prize money, the
State Fair also has promised one of
the most wonderful exhibits ever
brought into North Carolina. This
exhibit will be put on by the Govern
ment, under the supervision of the De
partment of Agriculture, the Wat
Department and the Navy Depart
ment. Nothing wih a greater in
structive value could possibly be of
fered than this gigantic display, be
ing as it is a graphic illustration of
modern warfare and of improved
agricultural methods. This exjhibit
together with the large amount of
prize money, is making the State Fair
more interesting this, year than eve
before. The county winning first prize ir
its display will be awarded $300 v in
cash; the second premium is $200
the third $150; the fourth $100, and
the next five $50 each - ' ? ,
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BUSINESS ON JUMP OVER
NATION; FUTURE BRIGHT
Continued Activity In All Lines
Of Endeavor Promise Greater
Prosperity For Citizens of
America.
For months the United States Gov
ernment urged all business men to re
alize that thoy could "sell prosperity
to the country by big, bold advertis
ing. It urged everybody to advertise
heavily; if they were already adver
tising, to increase their expenditures
and broaden their publicity campaign;
and if theywere not advertising, to
begin an aggressive campaign.
Never was better business advice
given, never was it more fully ac
cepted, and never was there a greater
demonstrattion of the wisdom of such
advice. Business men everywhere
commenced to advertise more freely
and on broader lines. Many men who
had never done much advertising saw
a new light and began to advertise,
while old-time advertisers made larg
er appropriations and gave greater
heed to the almost limitless power of
publicity.
The result is everywhere in evi
dence. The confidence displayed by
heavy advertising begat confidence.
The optimism of advertisers created
optimism, and the pessimists slunk
bank into their holes and pulled the
holes in after them permanently
buried face downward," as is the just
desert of every man who becomes a
pessimist in America.
Many men who at first did not see
just how advertising could help their
individual business, nevertheless they,
too, if broad in vision and patrotic in
spirit, began to advertise, following
the Government's advice, and soon
they felt a pride in being numbered
among the business leaders who were
doing their part toward bringing pros
perity to the country and thus help
ing to destroy the seeds of Bolshev
ism, which fructify in poverty soils
and which die in soils where prosper
ity is flourishing.
Largely, as an outcome of this splen
did work, virgorously conducted by
the Secretary of Labor and to whom
great credit is due, everyone now
realizes that the country has taken
the right road at the forks, and in
stead of traveling toward the land of
poverty and anarchy, is headed
straight on the road to the land of
abounding national prosperity, and
this glorious change is largely due to
the power of advertising, which cre
ated an air of optimism, and as a na
tion thinketh in its heart, so is it. The
nation is now thinking in terms of
publicity-created prosperity, and it
realizes as never before that adver
tising is the great power which has
saved us from stagnation and unem
ployment, and that advertising, big.
broad and intelligent advertising, will
keep the nation traveling safely on
the road of prosperity.
Advertising is, therefore, as so
strongly presented by the Federal
Government, a work of patriotism as
well as of enlightened selfish business
interet. Manufacturers Record.
Kind of Hard to Change Status.
How a doughboy unwittingly be-
Ijcame a Marine and the difficulties he
experienced in getting away from
the Soldiers of the Sea has just re vealed
here.
Sergt. Friedman, Dental Corps, U.
S. A. after service in France, board
ed a transport home that was loaded
with Marines. On arrival in the U.
S. he went with the Marines to the i
camp at Quantico. There he found
himself a full-fledged gyrene with no
chance of getting back to the army.
No one at Quantico had authority to
transfer him and it looked like Fried
man was to remain a Marine.
Finally however he was allowed
liberty to go to Washington and pre
sent his case to army officers. Last
week he was transferred to the
j doughboy camp at Camp Meade, Md.