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VOLUME XXIV
(Tuesday)
WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919
(Friday)
Number 60
'lOA YEAR
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTEgES OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
Mi
5c. THE COPY
OPENING OF THE PERSHING STlADIUIIN I FRA NCE
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Last Appeal Was
For the League
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw's last pub
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to DISTRIBUTE 341,000,000
POUNDS FOODSTUFF
Price List Of This Surplus Fooa
Stuffs Will Be Sent To Post
Masters and Rural Carriers
For Publicity.
WASHINTON, July 30. Through
the postmasters of the country, .the
War Department tomorrow will offer
direct to consumers its present avail
able supply of surplus foodstuffs,
amounting to approximately 341,000,
00o pounds. This surplus, consisting
of canned vegetables and meats, is ex
pected to be sold within a week at
prices representing the cost to the
government plus postage.
Arrangements For Sale Made.
Arrangements for the sale of the
foodstuffs, directed by a resolution
passed yesterday by the House, were
made today at a conference held by
Secretary Baker with 'Postoffice De
partment officials and Representative
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, author of the
resolution.
Price-List To Be Issued.
Secretary Baker, at the close of the
conference, said a price list covering
the entire available surplus would be
prepared at once by Assistant Secre
tary Crowell. This list, it was said,
at the Postoffice Department, would
be sent out to each of the 54,000 post
masters of the country and to every
rural route carrier.
How And of Whom to Buy
The postmasters and carriers under
arrangements made at the conference
will act as government salesman, in
forming interested consumers of the
prices and methods of sale and taking
orders for the foodstuffs. Payment
(fill be made by buyers at the time the
orders are given the postmasters and
carriers, who will issue receipts which
will be redeemable in cash in event of
inability to fill the orders through 'ex
haustion of the supply. , .
Delivered By Parcel Post. ,
In accordance with the House reso
lution the foodstuffs will be distribut
ed by parcel post, and the prices to be
quoted at each postoffice will repre
sent the original cost of the foodstuffs
to the government and the parcel post
transportation charges from the near
est War Deparment depot having the
foodstuffs in storage. The prices
quoted, officials said, would be consid
erably below the prevailing market
prices. . " J:;..
Hundred Million Dollars' Worth, And
Then Some.
While the amount of foodstuffs a
sach class has not been estimated,
hearing before a House War Investi
gating committee recently shoved the
value of the surplus available July 8
to be approximately as follows:
Canned vegetables, $23,000,000;
corned beef, $24,000,000; bacon, $23,
000,000; hashed corned beef, $10,000,
0; roast beef, $20,500,000, and fresh
frozen meats and poultry, $20,000,000.
WASHINGTON, July 30. Govern
"tent control of telegraph and tele
Phone property will end at midnight
tomorrow night. Orders for their re
turn to private ownerships were issued
today by Postmaster General Burle
Son as required under a resolution
adopted by Congress and signed by
Resident Wilson ten days ago., : f ,
Mr. Burleson, in a statement ac
companying his order, said sound pub
,1C opinion ultimately would deterni
tT "hw this trust has been met" and
. hat he was content to abide by the
Result. Beside this reply to criticism
'"f-, HIVl JLU A. VXXW W W WW
anies the postmaster general also
f00k a parting shot at the Postal Tel
aPh Company, most of the officers
0!1ths ago because of what he term
several months ago because of
g at he termed interference with
vernment management.
tio e Postmaster general did not men
thai "he- company by name, but said
with one notable exception,' the
I(-ason for r-U;t, j
by those who have kept inform-.
every wire company has give.
h
n
loyal
co-operation.
Pr,JerrinS to the advance in tele5
LT and telephone
charge's.
Mr.
the
"o Biatemeni sam
'e of these increases "was
v lilUl VUOVU -WW
v aiy less than the average of in-I
Left to right: Col. Waite C. Johnson, athletic director of the American expeditionary forces and chairman of the
interallied games committee; General Pershing, President Poincare of France, andlFrerich Minister of Marine Ly
, guey inspecting, the allied soldiers taking part in the opening day's ceremonies at Pershing stadium, Joinville, France,
near Paris. Every allied nation was "represented at the opening of the great athletic field, which Is intended to. be
a permanent monument to the American army In France.
creases of rates made during this
same period .for other public utility
service," and added that "but for
court injunctions in eighteen states,
instigated by State utility commis
sions, the ire system would have been
laturnea to their owners without any
obligation on the Federal Treasury
ocause of compensation contracts."
The amount of this obligation can
not be determined until accounts for
the present month are adjusted and
an agreement has been reached. as to
compensation for companies which so
far .have not been willing to accept
the government figures.
A Year And A Week.
Control of the wire companies was
taken over by Postmaster General as
a war measure on July 22, 1918, un
der a resolution of Congress and a
proclamation by the President." -A
wire Control board and an operating
board were established and various
onsolidations were made with a view
to affecting economy in operations.
PAYING OFF THAT
MORTGAGE
Theodore Roosevelt said: "Thrift is
merely the use of ard common-sense
in the spending of money." Paying
off the mortgage on the installment
plan by buying War Savings Stamps
is one of the uses of this hard com
mon sense. ' .
Not only does this plan offer a prac
tical way of saving small amounts of
money, but small amounts may be
earning interest as soon as they are
set aside toward the collecting of
the larger sum. This interest in turn
materially helps to reduce the 6 per
;ent interest rate commonly" charged
n mortgages.
When the1 mortgage comes due it
may either be paid off in whole, or m
part and renewed, the method 1 of
saving through War Savings Stamps
being employed until the principal is
liquidated. " I
"May the vast future not have to
:ament that you neglected it." Buy
Thrift Stamps and War Savings
5tamps. ; - ", "
VETRANS INVITED TO
ROCKY
MO UNI
The City of Rocky Amount and the
Bethel Heroes Chapter Cordially in
vite every Confederate Soldier to At
tend the 1919 Reunion of the Confed
erate Veterans to be held in this City,
August 5th to 7th. Ample accommo
dation for all Veterans; reduced rail
road fair, attractive program arrang
ed. Everything possible will be done
for their Comfort and Pleasure. Ex
ercises begin Wednesday, Augus't 6th,
at 10:00 ai m. Headquarters, Farm
ers Mqtual Warehouse, i J J '
Rocky Mount, N. C.
July 23, 1919. '
C. C. HORNE, Mayor
' MRS. H. E. BREWER, Pres.
Bethel Heroes Chapter.
xjail Is Weak, Mr, Commissioner
As we go to press, our attention is
again called to the condition of the
jail. It will be well for the Com
missioners to look into this matter
Monday. . ?-:
" Dont fuss about the .weacner you
cant change
it. Its business yourejnounce upoii uie quesuon oi gum, it
. will not -impose punishment. : ,
after.
SUCCESSFUL DOLLARS
ARE THOSE WORKING
Invested In War Savings Stamps They
Never Fail to Yield You Hand
some Profit.
It is the dollar that goes to work j
that is the successful dollar. The 1
b r t ml .
idle doitar is a lauure. xne success-
ful dollar brings back another dollar
with it. It makes itself a dollar and
something two dollars and some
thing a whole family of dollars.
But the, careless dollar goes off ,
somewhere and is never seen again.
A Texas man the other day lost a4
life-time's savings $786. His, dol
lars had gone off in the pockets .of
two fake stock promoters. He had
not taught his dollars to keep good
: Hundreds of years ago a men to
whom a handful of money had been
trusted buried it all in a napkin. He
got no Increase he did not even keep
what he had.'
The dollar that succeeds is ener
getic and careful. War Savings
Stamps do toore than save your dol
lars Tbey pyt thejBi to work at
compound interest. AtiJ they never
fail. Your government uarantgee
every on of them.
A man once bought .'Ml attan Isl
and for $24. He had tt $24, Buy
War Savings Stamps as 4. be ready.
Provide a silver lining for the com
ing cloud, War Savngs Stamps will
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Inmates of County
Enjoy Big Dinner
W. T. Powell wishes to thank some
of the colored people in the name of
the old people at the County . Home
for a very nice dinner of lightbread,
chicken, cakes, pies and custards, and
a plentiful supply of lemonade and ice
cream. The dinner was gotten up by
Silas and Hilliard Cheek and wives,
Will cheek and wife, McNight, Henry
Perry and wives. There was a large
crowd of them but they were very
quiet and orderly.
The dinner , was served under the
trees and ; all ' that were not able to
come out were, taken dinner by them.
There was not a voice raised loud
enough to be heard in the dwelling of
the Supt., except one hymn they sung
to the people. The Rev. Chas. Love
made a short talk on ministering to
the sick and aged people. Everything
was conducted in line order.
W. T. POWELL,
; , Supt. Co. Home.
To Fix Responsibility For War.
Berlin July 30. A State tribunal is
to inquire into and fix the responsibil
ity for the war. It will be composed
of the supreme court of the Empire,
whose president will be chairman. He
will be assisted by the president of
the military court and the judges of
the Prussian, Bavarian and Hansa
high courts. ; In addition, ten ! assist
ant judges will be elected, five by ithe I
National Assembly and five by a com
mittee of the German States. , , .
The sitting will be public. The. trib;
unal will be orily empowered to pro- 11
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REMEMBER THE ANT
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Save and have!
Remember the story of the
ant and the grasshopper ? The
J x ant worked and saved. The end
of feach day found him with a
" ttie more added to what he
ad, the day. before. The grass-
. ,er danced and
sang and
. y v,;, timi
fiddled his time away. Winter
came ; the ant had plenty. The
grasshopper had nothing; he
had f not saved. He went to the
ant land asked for help. Said
the ant: "While I worked, 'you
foolid your time . away. ... You
can ance now for all ; I care.
Ave tyou an. ant-person or a
' grasshopper - person? Some;'
ask fey -help and will aomeone
tell you to dance; or will you
be independent?
If you save now, you'll have
later on. Let the end of every
week find more Thrift Stamps
on your card. At the end of ev
ery month be able to show move
War Savings Stamps pastel on
your certificate. Lend your
money to, the gQYenmert at 4
pei? epnt interest, 3auipoundd
quarterly, and see it grow.
Take stock of yourself!
What are you worth? Will
next New Year's Day find you
worth mcrre or less? Which will
you bo; an ant or a grasshop
per? The big, up-to-date newspaper now
has a fiction editor. This is in ad
dition to the police reporter, --Pep.
About the time a newspaper begins
!to make money all the romance stops.
Friends are something like clothes
they last a long time if you save them
for Sunday, but if you USE them ev
ery day, you wear them out.
MICKIE SAYS
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USE39 DONA
lic utterance was an impassioned ap
peal for support for the League of
Nations. From it these paragraphs
are .taken:
rWhile ' Mr Wilson said we want
nothing material out of the var, but,
own heart, 'It may be that we want
nothing material out of he ' wr, but,
oh, we want the biggest thing out of
this war that has ever come to the
world. We want peace now and we
want peace forever.'
"The best thing that has been
given us in this League of Nations.
We have no other League of Nations.
We have only this one. We must
take this one or no one can tell what
will come. We have no midway point.
We have no urgatory. We have to
choose either heaven or hell. We
must take it or reject it.
"Oh, men, we women, the mothers
of the race, have given everything,
have suffered everything,, and we
come to-you now and say, 'The time
has comewhen we will no longer sit
quietly by and bear and rear our sons
to die at the will of a few men. We
will not endure' it. We will not en
dure it! We demand that either you
shall do something to prevent war or
that we shaH be permitted to try to
do something ourselves.'
"To you men we look for support.
We look for your support back of:
your Senators, and from this day un
til the day when the League of Na
tions is accepted and ratified by the
Senate of the United States it should
be the duty of every man and every
woman to se to it that the Senators
from their states know the will of the
people; that they know that the peo
ple will that something shall be done."
VALUE OF SAVINGS
BEWHlMrMRENT
Ono of Great "Lessons of War Is That
of National and Individual Thrift,
Now Rapidly Growing
now mat tne new German govern
ment has accepted the inevitable, and
has officially signed the peace terms
dictated by the allies and the coun
tries associated with them, the great
est and most disastrous war that ever
scourged the world rs ended. v
For nearly five years the iworld has
been topsy-turvy. The things that
were needed yesterday are no longer
required, and the activities of the
great war establishments , and muni
tion plants are being diverted to the
manufacture of implements of peace.
There must now be a readjustment
Governments that have thought in bil
lions and spent money with a lavish
hand, must retrench and think in mil
lions and even smaller amounts, and
must gain a new perspective.
Viewed in the retrospect the part
played by America in the great 'world
war Is one of the most glorious chap
ters in history. And in the making of
this brilliant history the plain Ameri
can citizen played a stellar role. The
mountains of munitions, the equip
ment for the millions of soldiers, the
great ships that carried the men
across the ocean, could not have been
provided had not the common people
of America provided the money. -
Much of this money was obtained
through the sale of Liberty Bonds
and War Savings and Thrift Stamps.
This great volume of money has not
been wasted. First it brought perma
nent:peace to the world, and now that
real peace is here, every cent that was
so invested will come back tothose
who aided their government, and it
will come back with interest.
This war that is now happily ended
has taught the people the value of sav
ing. They went into the saving
game as much through patriotism as
anything else. But how that they are
aaping the returns, and see that what
they did with a patriotic, motive is a
real foundation for' future fortune,
they have gained a new confidence in
their country, and they will .continue
to buy the securities the Treasury De
partment offers, and will make the
country many-fold more prosperous
than It would have been had not the
war Instilled the lesson that will provo
Invaluable in future years.
Advertising is of no more import
ance to a newspaper than gasoline is
to an automobile. Pep.
Estimated.
"Was she shy when you asked her
age
"Yes, I imagine about ten yeays."
Cadet.
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FOR THE NEEDY IN
SIBERIAN COUNTRY
Garments That Are Common In
This Country Are WhoUy Un
suited For The Climate In
Siberia.
The American Red Cross has been
having difficulty placing an order for
$230,000 worth of underwear for ship
ment to Siberia, the difficulty arising
out of the demand for underwear of
a Russian pattern. The underwear
instead -of being of heavy wool for
warmth in the cold Siberian winter
is of heavy unbleached muslin.
This large quantity of underwear
is needed in the anti-typhus campaign
of the comingwjnter. Without this
new underwear"all efforts to prevent
the spread of the plague would be
futile. The muslin is most desirable
from the medical viewpoint in that it
can be more easily sterilized ' and
laundried.
The garments demanded by the men
of this frozen country are two-piece
suits, with underdrawers raching to
the ankle having tape at the ankle,
and running tape fastenings at the
waist. The undershirts have sleeves
to the wrists and button at the neck.
The woven style of underwear com
mon in this country, especially in win
ter, is wholly unsuited to meet the
demands of the Siberians.
The order which has just been plac
ed calls for 200,000 garments for the
men, 150,000 for the children and
100,000 for women, with a wide va
riety of sizes of each. '
Best Thrift Essay
Raleigh, N. C, July 30. Following
a shot talk oh the value and import
ance of thrift instruction in schools,,
given by Miss Kate M. Herring, di
rector of War Savings Societies for
the Fifth Federal Reserve District, at
the summer school held at the Normal
and Industrial Institute at Ashcville,
he 400 teachers present enthusiastic
ally pledged their co-operation, agree
ing to organize Savings "Societies in
their schools on their opening this fall.
John E. Calfee, superintendent ol
the summer normal school, as a means
of further increasing the teacher's in-
interest in thrift work, offered a priza
of $10 to any ter.cher in attendance
writing the best essay on the subject
of how thrift can best be practiced by
a man or woman today. Mr. Calfee
has long been interested in the sub
ject of thrift, especially the teaching
of it in the rural schools, having writ
ten a book which present thrift in the
form of an arithmetic problems the
problems havigng to do with farm,
home and other business management,
cell not allowing thertrtrknltca had
LOVE
(Extract from the "Psychological
Philosophy of the Osculatory Pro
cess.")
In discussing such a question one
is somewhat puzzled as to where to
start, at the beginning, in the middle,
or at tne end. However, one must
tart some where.
As to a definition of love. The in
omprehensibility of each individual's
personal inclination precludes the pos
sibility of establishing rigid regula
tions for the government of human
conduct. Therefore, it would be an
expression of consummate assininity,
of senile indigency of intellect of com
prehensive necessity for mental equi
librium to attempt such a difficult if
not impossible task. (This is not an
advertisement for Funk and Wag-
nall's Dictionary, but merely the out
pouring of. an overloaded soul.)
Love may be divided into two parts,
hat existing before marriage and
that existing after marriage. Before
marriage kissing a girl is heavenly;
afterward, kissing the same girl mo
notanous. Before marriage a kisi is
a pleasure; afterward, a duty. Kiss
ing one's wife is like drinking Bevo
here is no kick in it. Cadet
Folks who would rahter lose a job
than an argument, general lose both.
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