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t t ukSkV VOLUME XXIV (Tuesday) WARRENTON, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1919 (Friday) Number 61 YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 5c. THE COPY ODD W UST14T m si ALLY DAY Iff S MI CABINET MAKES WAR ON HIGH COST OF LIVING Confering With Experts On Rise Of Necessities of Life; Labor Conditions Threaten National Railroad Tie-Up. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. President Wilson was told today by B. M. Jewell, acting president of the Railway Divis ion of the American Federation of Labor, that all railroad employes were opposed to the proposal made to the President by Director General Hines that Congress constitute acommittee to pass on questions of wage increases for the men. He said this process would be too slow and because of the rising cost of living speedy relief was necessary. Mr. Jewell was accompanied to the White House by the heads of the six Lig railway shop crafts, who pointed cut to the President that thousands of shopmen were now on an unauthor ized strike and , that unless the de mands of these men for wage increas es approximating 25 per cent, pre sented last January, were granted promptly the situation would get be yond control of the union officials. Egorts now are being made by the union leaders to get the strikers to re turn to work, the President was told. If a strike should become necessary in order to enforce the demands of the shopmen, the President was informed, union officials felt it should be con ducted only after a vote by the unions' membership. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Recom mendations to President Wilson as to how the government should proceed in its eports to lower the cost of living ?re expected to result from the second meeting tomorrow of cabinet mem bers and other officials called into con- f erence by Attorney General Palmer. There still was no indication tonight of how the conference would view the problem. Director General of Rail roads Hines, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Leffingwell and Chair man Colver of the Federal Trade Commission, appointed a committee to present suggestions to the conference have been engaged in an exchange of memorandum, but it was said author itavely that they had reached no de cision as to what steps should be 1aken. President's Activities That President Wilson was taking a tieep interest in the situation was indi cated again late today when without announcement he called at the offices of the Federal Trade Commission and held a lengthy conference with Chair man Colver and Commissioner Mur dcck. Neither of the two commission members would discuss" the subjects brought up at the conference but ad mitted that it dealt with phases of the Jiving cost problem. Musicale Warren Plains Friday Night Will Lindsay, musicale expert, with "umbers of instruments, will give a Musicale at the Warren Plains School House Friday evening, August 8th, beginning at 8:30. Following his Ambers will come an ice cream sup- fer- Both are staged for benefit of! we Warren Plains Baseball team. A large crowd is expected and the evening is being looked forward to uout this community. Mr. Lind Say' a(lvance dopehas it figured, is an Pert and the good flavor of Warren ais cream is pleasantly remember -rom other events of similar nature this live section. V AND MRS. STRICKLAND ON EXTENDED AUTO TOUR M: r. and Mrs. W. R. Strickland are bil f.town on an extended automo K e trip to Roanoke, Va., Bristol and buxville, Tenn., Ashville and Salis- h& They are travelling in a Wil- ix driven by the faithful Kelly. W' ckand is making a test-run . a special make of tires and keep -sump? account of the gas and oil con- Dntj , vi,uus are received ana djiiliT i . - . i cf ,: 111 me Hunter Lrug jo. Progress. 8 1 colored man wounded In Chicago's race riots being escorted to safety by mounted policemen. 2 Amer lan color bearers marching at the head of the Yanks in the great Bastille-day parade in Paris. 3 Scene In Ght eajjo during tn street car strike when the people were forced to utilize all manner of conveyances. Thrifty House wives To Can (By Our County Agents) The price" of canned goods is stead ily advancing and it behooves the thrift housewife to let nothing waste around the home. The fruit crop is net so good and wo will need more canned -vegetables for our homes. Don't let a single jar remain empty this year. Soup mixture is one of our favorite because by the addition of other veg etables in the winter we cr.n vary it until we never tire. Soup mixture: 5 qts. tomatoes, qts. okra or lima beans, 2tbsps sugar, 2 tbsps. salt. Scald and peel toma- different varieies of millets, uponjM- Harris, s- L- Overby, L. D. Ham toes, cutting out green or .hard spots; corn, oats, and rye. In some sections jlet W5 H Burroughs, Jas. W. Steven chop and measure. Cut young and aifalfa and the clovers are attacked. ison W H- Paschall, J. N. Smiley, W. tender corn from cob. Slice okra in rings 1-2 inch thick. Place in open agate vessel and boil until thick. Use asbestos mat under vessel as it is j easily scorched. ' Pack in stirilized qt. jars and process 1 1-2 hours. Seal tightly. ; String Beans: Select young tender beans with few strings either snap.iarva or worm stage is by far the or can whole. Punge in boiling water for 5 minutes, then in cold water. This removes certain acid j and makes the flavor better. Pack ; gray with three white stripes on each tightly into sterilized quart jars; add'side an(j along the back of the worm. ... ' . r- I 1 tsp. salt and ml with-water, rro- cess 1 1-2 hours. Fill jars with boil- ing water ten minutes before remov-! ing from the fire. Seal tightly. It beans are not very small and tender boil one hour each for three days. Many vegetables contain bacteria which form spores and the heat in the . hot water is not sufficient to destroy hese spores, therefore the three day method is to be followed. Corn, okra, lima beans, peas, squash, spifioch, punkin, etc., come under this class. To Can Corn: Select young tender . il It 111 r.t-nrv.n ears just at tne mimy awge. Blanch 3 to 5 minutes. Cut from cob. Fill pint jar within one inch of top and add 1 tsp salt and 1- tsp sugar. Fill with water. Do not pack icorn. The starch in it will expand when cooked and burst your jar if you do. Process 1 1-2 hours for three succes- sive days. Do not let corn stand be- fore beginning cooking as it ferments very quickly. Much of the loss in nomine corn is started beiore tne corn is processed. To can okra: Select young pods. Cut off stem but do not cut into seed pod. Can okra whole. Blanche 3 minutes. Pack in jars, add ltsp. salt ad fill with water. Process qt. 1 1-2 hours for three days and pint 1 hour for three days. Field Peas and Lima Beans: Be sura VMllie i 1 1 t ws imiinw nnd fender. inai me ueaus i. I Blanche 5 minutes. Pack in sterilized jars, add 1 tsp. salt; fill with water and process 11-2 hours for three days. The army worm has made its ap pearance in different parts of the i county within the last week or ten days. Every farmer, should be,xnthfe look out for this pest for there is no way of telling just where an outbrea is going to occur. The proper thing to do is to guard your fields careful ly for the first signs of the insect. If their appearance is detected early they can be controlled to a large measure. If, however, they are spread broadcast before any control rcoasures are exerted it is :i hard sit uation to handle. The army worm feeds n Prefrence 2upon grasses, both wild and cultivat- eti up0n grass like grains, such as the if you have a millet natch truard it closely for it is here that the worm is most likely to occur. The army worm has four stages in its life history. First the Daren; moth, then the egg. The egg hatches into a worm or larva. Then the pupa or resisting stage of the insect. The most familiar. The worms are char- acterized by their green color in the the early stage, later turning to a Control measures are as follows: Watchfulness is probably the most important. Upon the discovery of the 'pest in its younger stages depends very largely the possibility, of stamp"- ing out the infection before serious injury hasloccured. Meadows, grass lots and millet fields should be exam- Jined frequently. If small areas of the field are found to be infested, the in fested area should be sprayed with Paris Green at the rate of 1 pound to 50 gallons of water. Precautions should be taken that stock does not have access to this poisoned grass or grain. Poisoned bait canalso be used in some cases. A good bait is made as follows: To 50 pounds of wheat bran, 1 pound of Paris green or 2 pounds of arsenate of lead; add the juice of 1-2 dozen oranges or lemon. Make into a paste by using a cheap grade of molases. This scattered about in the field will poison many of the .worms. In fi'elds where the worms have be come well established it is a good plan to plow a deep furrow around the en tire field, in attempting to go out of the field many of the worms will fall into this furrow and can be killed by dragging a log along the furrow and crushing them. Also, - after being trapped in this furrow, the different poisons mentioned can be used to kill them. . Jurors Chosen For Sept. Court Monday for September Term of Su perior Court: First Week: J. T. Delbridge, E. H. Pinnell, R. L. Salmon, M. T. Harris, R. Y. Davis, colored, Billy W. Harris, R. D. Paschall, W. E. Lloyd, W. W. Wilson, J. T. Haithcock, R. H. Wilson. W. H. Stewart, B. C. Hamlet, J. E. Paschall, Mack Capps, W. M. Haith cock, J. A. Buchanan, Thos. B. Wel- don, Henry Wilker, H. P. Reams, eter K' avis J- A. Pitchlord, C. S. Tharrington, Charles E. Harris, R. Li I Dnald, F- H. Neal, H. D, White, D. .c- Mabry, R. P. Burrow. I Secon Week: W. R. Wiggin, M. C. jDuke, E. B. Stallings, Jas. Slattings, . Jas- E- Wilson, L. L. Fuller, J. P ! Williams, Jas. E. Shaw, J. F. Cham- Pion W- T- Bobbitt, W. W. Pegram, John J. Seamon, W. J. Stevenson, L J. Harris, W. E. Mulchi, L. H. Steven son, W. P. King. Red Cross Active In World Of Need Pirot, Serbia Along one of the most- prominent throughfares in the municipality of Pirot today are post ed signboards which inform the trav eler that he is passing down "America Street." They also are eloquent of the Serbians' appreciation of tons of American flour and carloads of Red Cross relief supplies which arrive here to succor 60,000 refugees from Bul garian prison camps who were on the verge of starvation. Since this initial bit -of relief work, which won the enduring gratitude of the populace, the Americans have rationed 26,000-additional persons liv ing in more than 100 villages in the vicinity of Pirot. The desperate sit uation of these people was accetuated by the demolition of marauding Bul gars of all implements of the rug making industry for which his dis trict is famous. As the enemy car ried away all metals and portable tools, those who follow the mechanical trades also are without employment. Efforts are now being made to re establish these people in their old pur suits. ' The number of widowsand orphans hereabouts is distressing. It was among "these the most helpless folk left in the war's wake that suffering was most acute, but . American relief activities have greatly alleviated their (Continued On Fourth Page) ACADEMY TRUSTEES HOLD SCHOOL PROPERTY STILL Thought Best Not To Lease Or Deed Location; Plans Going Forward To Conduct School In Last Year's Building. The Board of Trustees of the War- The farmers, their wives, , children renton Academy at a meeting held and babies are to flock to Warrenton several days ago refused to act favor- on August the 14th, the coming ably upon the report of the commit- Thursday week, for a county Agn teo in reference to leasing the prop- cultural picnic. Starting at ten o'clock erty, to the County and the meeting the well arranged program runs thru closed with the school property still four that afternoon. The Picnic will under control of the self -perpetuating be held under the uspices of the Coun body. ty Board of Agriculture organized in In the meantime the local commit- the county early this spring. Town tee has been empowered to spend the ship representatives of this body are necessary funds for proper toilet fa- in charge of arrangements in their cilities in the old school building at respective localities and each section the foot of Fifth avenue, and make is expected to be well represented, necessary arrangements. Indications Detail arragements are being made are that the children of the town will by County Agents Miss Annie Lee troop to school on a barren hillside Rankin and J. W. Bason. A special while the ideal location at the acade- feature will be a demonstration of iry remains desolate. t three different makes of tractors at Rumors have floated to this offico ten o'clock. A basket picnic dinner that the power belonging to the pe- will be served and the day will be de pie to call for an election could be in- voted to better agricultural under voked and unquestionably carried for standing of the citizens of this coun the erection of the High School upon ty: any good location other than the The program follows: Academy. Sentiment is general that 10 a. m. Tractors Plowing in field the property, deeded for the purpose of public education, should not be held back waiting the action of another Legislature and the public funds nec essarily spent upon a building and in a location which is not, never has been nor will ever become the logical place for a State High School special tax district. for this Cotton Crop Less Than 76 Raleigh, N. C, August 2. The North Carolina cotton crop based on date of July 25th, showed a prospec tive condition of 76 per cent of a nor mal crop. This is seven per cent be low the condition of a month previou-, and one per cent below the average yearns condition of July 25th. The abandoned acreage is three per cent due to the ten-day period of rain, making fourteen per cent less acreage than last year. The crop forecasted for the State is 717,000 bales. The average condition of the entire cotton belt is 67.1 per cent of a normal crop compared with 70 last month, and 77 per cent for the average year at this time. The crop forecasted is 11,016,- 000 bales. the brethren of the craft and the vis- This information is today made iting friends together and after a few public by the Cooperative Crop Re fitting remarks, called on Mr. W. R. porting Service at Raleigh, N. C, Vaughan to introduce the distinguish through Frank Parker, State Field ed speaker of the . day, Hon. W. E. Agent, and is based on 529 valuable Daniel, of -Weldon, who made a splen reports from as many well-informed did speech. Mr. Vaughan then called cotton growers distributed through- on Mr. J. P. Pippen, who responded out the State and averaged with val- promptly in a few well chosen re lies by counties in proportion to their marks. cotton acreage. Besides the Masons and their f ami- Excessive Rainfall Caused Deteriora- lies quite a number of Railroad offic tion. ials were present to enjoy the occa- The continued and excessive rain- sion. fall caused widespread flooded areas, Lieut. Harold Smith has returned and lowered the condition seven per home after about one year's servioc cent, during the past month. The crop is from ten to fifteen days late with considerable shedding of squares and blooms in spotted areas. There were a few complaints of red spider. The plant root system is naturally damaged, and growth of weed has oc- cured at expense of fruiting. The crop is threatened with grass, and there will be some abandonment of the crop, primarily where drowned or excessive grassy. Reports were naturally pessimistic. about the outlook as they immediately followed the long rainy spell, and as some stated, a few days of sunshine, where not too hot, will improve the prospects. 1 The Costal Belt of the State showed an average of 75 .per cent condition, while the Piedmont or Clay Belt shows a condition of 80 per cent of a full crop. Fertilizers were to a large extent washed out of sandy soils. Ah, great it is to believe the dream As we stand in youth by the starry stream; But a greater thing is to fight life through, And say at the end, "The dream is true!" I AGRICULTURAL FORCES TO CELEBRATE WARRENTON Tractor Demonstration of Three Makes; Speech By Hon. Tas ker Polk and State Represen tatives; Interesting Program. near Warrenton. Cottage Cheese Demonstration--Court Room. 11 a. m. Lalley Lighting System In Court HomeCourt House Square Jelly Making Dem. Court Room 12 m. Demonstration on Selecting a Family Cow.-Court House Square l'p. m. Dinner. 2 p. m. . Address Mr. Tasker Polk 2:30 p. rh. Address Mr. T. D. Mc ; I; Leon," District Demonstration Agt. 3 ..p;ulU Address Mr. T.JLJJxoyn, Di rector Vocational Education. 3:30 p. m. Talk Mrs. Henley, District Home Demonstration Agent. 4 p. m. Talk Mr. Garnfctt, Assistant in Markets. 2-4 p. m. Story Telling and games for Children Mrs. T. E. Brown. Masons Have Bar becue At Panacea The Masons, of Royal. Hart Lodge, of Littleton, gave a barbecue at Pan- acea Springs Friday to the Masons of Littleton and neighboring lodges and also to the returned soldiers in this locality. Just before the fine dinner was served, Hon. S. G. Daniel called in France. Mrs. J. W. McGhee and daughter. of Raleigh, and Mrs. Tom Grant, of Ridgeway, are visiting Mrs. M. J. Grant. Mr. Ben Whiting, of Raleigh, was a visitor in town Sunday, Miss Roberson, of Robersonville, N. C, who has been visiting Miss Frances Sessoms, returned home Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Moore went to Richmond Friday. Friends of Mr. Bennette Latham are delighted to welcome him home from France. Miss Bertha Williams, of Raleigh, is visiting in town. McCoin In Race For Lieut.-Governor Hon.' R. S. McCoin, of Henderson, was in Littleton Friday. He is con- sidering getting in the race for Lieut. Governor. Diplomacy is essential, even in a country station-master. Witness a post card from the local station agent to a well-known prohibitionist: "Sir Please send without delay for the case of books directed to you which is lying-at this station and is badly leaking." Our Dumb Animals.