VOLUME XXIV
(Tuesday)
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1919
(Friday)
Number 59
A YEAR
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
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The Moi&eyBrira?
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Limestone For
Seeding Crops
County Agent Bason Tells How
and When To Use Limestone
For Best Crop Results
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WITNESS DECLARES MEX
!CO ENEMY TO PEOPLE
Carranza Government Strongly
Criticized Before Congression
al Committee; French - Aid
Treaty Before Senate Today
WASHINGTON, July 28 Caranza
rule of Mexico is "not a government
but a band of outlaws, both technically
und practically, and today it is utter
ly impossible an enemy of its own
people first and America second,"
William Gates, of Baltimore, an ar
chaeologist, told the House Rules Com
mittee today in its hearing- of the
Gould resolution proposing a congres
sional inquiry into Mexican affairs.
Although asserting that President
Wilson was misled in making his de
cision to recognize Carranza, "believing
the Mexican to be a "people's cham
pion," Gates declared in favor of leav
ing the solution of the Mexican prob
lem with the President. The Presi
dent, he said, had been not fully in
ferred of conditions in the southern
republic.
Gates said his opinions were based
on a first-hand study of the Mexican
condition for about a year, beginning
in July, 1917, during which time he
visited parts of the country usually
rot seen by a traveler, including the
states of Yucatan, Vera Cruz, Pueblo,
Morales, and Oaxaca. For twenty
years he had been building up a libra
ry of Mexican antiquities and litera
ture, and his trip was to obtain more
material and to "find out what was
going on behind the veil of our cen
sorship and the Carranza censorship"
Carranza's control includes the main
ports and railroads, with adjoining
territory for a- mile on either side the
transportation lines, Gates asserted.
This control, he said, was that "of a
body of soldiers who are ready to
shoot at a moment's notice in a coun
try where nobody else has any guns.
WASHINGTON, July 28 The spe
cial defensive treaty with France,
which Republican Senators have de
clared President Wilson is withholding
from the Senate in violation of its own
terms, probably will be submitted for
ratification within a few days.
To a group of Democratic Senators
with whom he talked at the Capitol to
day the President indicated that the
treaty, which promises American aid
to France in case of an unprovoked at
tack from Germany, would be laid be
fore the Senate possibly tomorrow and
certainly before Mr. Wilson begins his
country-wide speaking tour. It was
said he probably would not present it
m person but would send with it a
written message urging its ratifica
tion. Renewal of Criticism.
The development followed a renewal
f Senate criticism of the President's
de'ay and headed off a plan discussed
among Republican laders to drop con
aeration of the treaty of Versailles
until the French treaty had been sub
bed. A provision of the latter as
ade public stipulated that it must be
aid before the Senate "at the same
time" as the Versailles treaty which
Was submitted more than two weeks
ago.
Bond Issue Carries
In Fork By 45To l
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The citizens of Fork township car
ed the Bond issue for the road from
upper edge of their township thru
0 we Franklin county line by a ma
! of forty-five to one at the elec
tl0l Saturday.
road will be built upon the Fed
Vc and State aid plan and will be sur
ged by a State engineer at an early
lin connect with the Frank
an,C0Unty good road near Centerville
a th give the PePle of tliis section
Rock rad to Nashville Castalia and
I Mount. The progressive step
the voters of Fork will be of im-
Peo ?rable and lasting benefit to the
re f south eastern part of War
to tr? 7dl aS of great incidental worth
e Raveling public of all sections.
isy machine is like a man who
es at his work both are near- )
School Funds
In Good Shape
Mr. Howard F. Jones Makes A
Statement To The Taxpay
ers of Warren . County
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I have prepared for publication as
directed by law, an itemized state
ment of receipts and disbursements of
School Funds. You can see who paid
the funds, and who paid into the
treasury the funds. I presume the
greatest interest will be in the expen
diture of the Board for Administra
tive purposes. Of this amount you
can clearly see that the Superintend
ent of Schools spent $53.22 out of the
$125.00 expense money allowed him
the balance remaining in the treasury.
$36,298.62 was actually paid teachers.
Administration of School Affairs omy
cost $3,145.23. Of this amount the
Superintendent's salary, expense and
office expense aggregate $1,891.37. So
the whole machinery of administering
upon a fund of $61,660.46 cost around
five per cent. That is to say, that the
per diem of board, mileage, Commit
teemen, expense of Supt., Salary of
Supt'., office expense, expense of Board,
and "all other" (which amounts to
$551.98 and is for holding elections,
Reading Circle books (refunded), Au
ditorium expense Macon &c.) amounts
to $3,145.23.
There is another feature of this re
port gratifying to the Superintendent
of Schools. Ten years ago when he
came on the Board as Chairman he
found the Board Seventeen hundred
dollars in debt. As he retires from
school affairs in 1919, he leaves a bal
ance of Eight thousand, one hundred
and forty one dollars and six cents in
the School Treasury. This has been
done in spite of charges of extrava
gences, which when examined into
were found untrue. There has been
no extravagance: in fact, I believe
more money spent in Supervisory
work would have paid handsomely. A
full, open itemized statement of ex
penditures and receipts discourages
extravagance, and for that reason the
law directs such Statement published
at the close of each school year. We
suggest that the Committeemen of the
Special Tax Districts cout out of this
paper their respective statements and
post in conspicious places, in order
that the public may be informed.
Trust the folks to know WHAT you
are doing, and they will trust YOU to
do it. In the language of Grover
Cleveland, "Public office is a public
trust," and I have always felt its re
sponsibilities. To the citizens of the
County I respectfully submit this Re
port, and return to their hands the
trust committed to my keeping.
HOWARD F. JONES.
COAST GUARD STATION
We are pleased to publish the fol
lowing poem from the Morehead City
Coaster by John T. Waring, Jr., Mr.
Waring is a Warren county man, well
known in the Mountain View and
Grove Hill sections.
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Said the wireless spark to the atmos-
rmere:-
"I am the coast guard's listening ear.
I hear the call of the sinking ship
And the silver horn, at the Triton's
lip.
And the aerial voices faint and far,
And the siren's sounding beyond the
bar,
And the coming storm, with its rush
and roar;
And breakers' pounding a rocky
shore."
II
Said the huge sea-plane, sailing high:
"T am the coast guards watchful eye
I scan the shimmering deep below
For floating menace or stealthy foe.
I glimpse the wrecks, on the crystal
tide,
And the smoother seas, where the
reefs abide.
The devil fish in its cranny dark;
And the moving fin of the hungry
shark."
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Said the life-saving boats :-Behold in
me Q
The power and pride of the S. O. S.
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I am the coast guards arm of might
To rescue the shipwrecked, day or
night;
i save their lives, on the rolling wave
I guard the ship, of the free and brave.
I am always ready its foes to flail
T never miss and fI never fail." v ;
in ifie road "Sfc 1
Government. ofTic'-ils at W&i'JUB
ron are watching with no littlo inter
est the growth cf a series of societies
springing up all over the United
States. They hare already attained a
membership that reaches well up into
the millions4.
Treasury department officials are
particularly interested in this move
ment, and It is fostered by that dc
p&rtment. As soon as a society is
formed the names of the president,
secretary and each individual mem
ber are placed 'in the treasury depart-,
tent archives.
These societies are War Savings
Societies, and the motive of each so
ciety is Thrift. :' The government, in
favoring these organizations, has not
snly in view the replenishing of the
United States treasury through the
sale of Thrift 'and War Savings
Stamps, hut the Big idea i to cause
each individual member to learn the
value to himself of being thrifty.
The government is not seeking t
divert capital from legitimate com
mercial enterprises. It does not want
to tie up vast sums. It i3 the person
who has never saved systematically
that it is the most anxious to reach.
This "person can put asida tho small
amounts that he has been accustomed
to eper.d. and this, drawins four per
oent compound interest, will in an in
credibly short time grow into a large
enough sum to make tho first pay
ment on a home, or to provide a sum
with which one may ma&e a perma
ment investment.
"Nothing is finsrt!" said N;ipo:on
after the battle of Jena. It diy? of
prosperity insure against emergencies,
uy financial safe- with War Sar
tnffu Stamps.
'It's "a
-By the same token that the best way
tc have anything is do it yourself, .the
bast way to get ahead in the world
save regularly and invest wisely.
children may be buying Thrift
. mps but the nickels and dimes and
quartets tbey are able to save won't
jy a new automobile or a home, or a.
, ultivator. The money to do. that will
not be saved unless you save it.
It's easy enough to save if you do
it the W. S. S. way. Quarters planted
in Thrift Stamps grow into War Sav
ings Btamps and the interest makes
thffmerow nikolritn.oeu" a summer
flower. Save for that happy opportu
nity. If you're not . in a War Savings
Society get in one, Be with the
crowd.
Did You Ever, Say:
"IP I HAD THE MONEY V
Then consider
REGULAR SAVINGbe mod
erate about It it gives you the
power of
SELECTIVE BU YING, which
saves you still more money, be
sides getting you just what you
want and proviso fnncl3 for
SB CURE INVESTMENTS,
which pile, up money without
help from you while you're get
ting some more.
It's SURE and it's EASY. Is
anything better than that?
Start NOW with
7 WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS.
They bear interest. Your
nearest post office op bang his
thyv.
Cinch
Farmers who intend seeding alfalfa
or clovers this fall should begin no-w
o make arrangements for their lime
stone. It is hardly adviseable to seed
alfalfa at all without first making an
application of ground lime stone or
marL On most soils one application
of lime before seeding to clover will
be found beneficial. For alfalfa an
application of 4 to 5 tons of ground
limestone is the proper amount, two
tons is sufficient for the clovers.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
can furnish ground limestone in bulk
for .$1.75 per ton or in 100 pound bags
for $382 per ton. This makes ground
limestone delivered at Warrenton in
bulk worirh $4.45 per ton, the freight
to Warrenton being $2.70 per ton. De
livered in bags it is worth about $6
per ton. Farmers should consider
these differences in price and where
it is possible they should co-operate
and buy their lime in bulk. However
some disadvantages in bulk shipment
should be mentioned unless the lime
stone can be hauled from the car di
rect to the field it might be adviseable
to order in bags. Limestone is har
der to handle in bulk. It is also dif
ficult, to divide t cooperative bulk ship
ments unless facilities for weighing
are accessible.
Limestone should be applied broad
cast and harrowed into the soil it
should never be plowed in Lime is
best applied in the fall before seeding
legumious crops. However, forms as
ground limestone may be applied in
the spring.
Some of the functions of lime are
modification of soil structure;
2 -Neutradization of. acids and in
jurious substances;
: S Meeting -the silicate v require
ments; - -' "
4 Effect-upon the availability of
minerals;
5 Increases the rate of decay of
vegetable matter;
6 increases the efficiency of ferti
izers and manures;
7 Supplies needed lime to plants.
STUMPING DEMONSTRATION
Stumping Demonstrations will be
held as follows: August 5, J. F. Hun
ter, Areola; August 6, A. B. Fowler,
Inez; August 7th, Ben Tharrington,
Inez. These demonstrations will be
in charge of Mr. J. L. Dunn, repre
senting the Du Pont Powder Company.
If you have stumps try and see one
of these demonstrations.
MRS. SMILEY ENTERTAINS
Mrs. J. H. Smiley entertained
number of young people Friday night
at her home near Warrenton in honor
of Misses Ella and Dolly Wood and
Mr. Laymon Stephens, of Roanoke
Rapids.
Games of all description furnished
joy in abundance. The porch and
lawn were liglited by Rayo lamps. Dc
licious ice cream and cake was served.
A large number were present and
the evening was an event of joy.
M1CKIE SAYS
VMONOE WUV TV IS TUKt ftX
STOP. WUCM UE a kiln u&&Tft.
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COLORED SUMMER SCHOOL
OPENED HERE MONDAY
Four Week Session To Be Held
At Graded School Building;
Over Fifty Enrolled and Inter
est Keen In Course of Study.
To fit themselves for the responsi
bilities of the new educational era
dawning over North Carolina and un
der the assumption of responsibility
receive more pay for their work, over
fifty colored teachers of this county
aie in attendance upon the Colored
Teachers Training School which open
ed here Monday for a four weeks ses
sion. Dr. G. E. Davis, Dean of Biddle Uni-
versity of Charlotte, is in charge. His
assistants are: Mrs. M. G. Davis, of
Charlotte, intermediate work; Miss L.
A- Royster, of Bullock, primary work,
and Colored Home Demonstration
Agent Belle Games, domestic science.
Work is commenced each morning
at nine, recess from twelve to one. The
chool closes each afternoon at three -thirty.
Just before recess devotional
exercises are held and the roll called.
Tbs school is following the textbooks
Wised by State Director N. C. Newbold's
department and with the competent in
struction to be given a broad interpre
ation of their message in the greater
educational tomorrow is expected to
redound to the teachers present.
The work is divided principally in
tk"ee divisions normal, grammar and
primary. There is some limited in
struction, however, being given in the
High School department. The teach
ers express themselves as being satis
fied with the interest and enthusiasm
attendant upon the opening and are
looking to good results.
The school is receiving the attention
cf Supt. Allen who yesterday made a
short and splendid . address to tho
teachers upon the "Ideals of Educa
tion" and who is assisting in shaping
the general trend of the four-week
training course.
Dr. Davis invites the white and color
ed friends f the teachers to attend
the devotional exercises at noon where
short talks will be made. He, with his
corps of teachers, are striving to make
the Summer school be of genuine ser
vice to the teachers and of 4asting ben
efit., tc the children who will this year
be committed to their, charge withia
the school rooms of the Old Norui
State.
Bridges Resigns
Supt. Peck Mill
Mr. I. W. Bridges has resigned as
Superintendent of the Peck Manufac
turing Company of this city and wiil
move at an early date to the Western
pait of the State. He will be suc
ceeded by Mr. R. B. Mullen, formerly
superintendent here, but of late with
a Mill in Edenton.
Mr. Bridges has been a good super
intendent, was popular at the Mill and
general regret is expressed at his de
parture. The following resolutions
are an evidence of the esteem in which
he is held:
Whereas, the Peck Manufacturing
Company is accepting the resignation
cf Mr. I. W. Bridges, Superintendent
of said mill,
Therefore, be it resolved, that we,
the operatives of the mill, express our
appreciation of the invaluable service
rendered; the interest he has taken
in the community, and that we look
on his departure with regret; v
Resolved further, that a copy of this
Resolution be given to the publisher of
the Warren Record and to the family
of Mr. Bridges.
Miss DORA BECK
C. H. KEITH
Miss MOZELLE POWERS
M. q. FLOWERS, Committee
NOTICE
There will be ah ice cream supper
at Johnson's school house Saturday
night August 2nd, 1919 for benefit of
Sunday School. Everybody invited to
come and bring their best girl and
don't forget your bocket book.
We've got to wash the breakfast
dishes if we want clean china for din
lng the
unk pile.
f John T. Waring, Jr.
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