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V VOLUME XXIV (Tuesday) WARRENTON, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919 (Friday) Number 62 $L50A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 5c. THE COPY ItWKiffl OLIVER W. HOWELL ESSGORflEST o CORP. CLAGK R. STEWART n RKS UNDOUBTEDLY S1I0C Qlil U W oMlJJ wku li Lb Inn ji (Tta STATE PRESS WO TRUE w LABOR UNION ADVOCATES TURNOVER OF ROADS gays They Can Run Thenv And Cut Down High Cost of Living Want Control and Intimate A Fight For It Upon Political Convention Floors; Propose To Divide Profits Between U. S-, Owners and Themselves. 14 Points In Peace Treaty. WASHINGTON, August 6. Organ ized labor's remedy for the high cost of living: a hill that would turn over the railroads to the public operating officials and labor was presented t j Congress today by men high in the council of the organization who declar ed with utmost frankness conditions were so desperate it might be neces sary to advocate a firing squad for profiteers. With equal frankness members of the House interstate commerce com mittee indicated during the examina tion of Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Railway Loco motive Engineers, and Frank Morri son, Secretary of the American fed eration of Labor, that the bill, em bodying what has come to be known as the Plumb plan, was too radical, and failed to strike at the high price evil against which people throughout the country are clamoring. For more than a month the. House committee has been considering all pLns for solution of the "problems confronting the roads with their re turn to private management, and the Plumb plan was offered with the as surance of labor leaders that it would cut down prices of commodities be cause of the reduction in rates which would follow the elimination of pri vate capital from the -railroad com panies. No "Intimidation of Congress." The two union officials for five hours stood up in defense of the bill and answered a whirlwind fire of questions from men who must re port it out or throw it away. During the long discussion attended by an at tentive audience, including many wo men, the labor leaders made strong denial of reports that they were at tempting to intimidate Congress by threats to strike or chop off the poli tical heads of members voting con trary to their desires. There was a Wad intimation that the public own ership plan if not enacted 1 into law Kould be taken to the convention of the two big parties next vear vith the hoPe of having its endorsement writ ten into the platform. Wage Increase Not a Cure. Both Mr. Stone and Mr. Morrison said that wage increases offered only temporarily relief, contending that 'ices of food and clothing must come dovn, after which the wage demand Pressure would be lessened. They de clared the pending bill would prove to be the first step toward forcing down Prices, by reducing freight rates, and Pressed thf hnliof thnt oanifn flirt burden of bond buying during the war, ne American people would produce lne funds necessnrv n tnlrp rnnds -from private control. WASHINGTON, August 6. Secre fry Lansing before the Senate for eign relations committee today ex Ped the opinion that the Shantung vision of the peace treaty did not square with President Wilson's enun- ?ated Principle of self-determination. but rnaintained that the treaty as a whol. "oie carried out "substantially" the & fourteen points. Declaring his unfamiliarity with ny details of the peace negoations f the treaty itself, the Secretary the committee he was unable t3 er many of its questions and re- toath enators n answering others he merely was expressing his own persnal views. "Ask The President. sail the President," the Secretary ' a; when pressed for details of the and League of Nations nego- r thre e of the points raised he ask- Perm ission to refresh his memory h and make a statement to the commit- a (jet ?r' and when he was asked for and re c.onstruction of he labor that lieparations clauses ne protester? e could not be expected to carry ".v'V.v' C, MM: s:s . :.v.sv.a SftS . v. v.- son of Mrs. Walter Howell, of Durham a memrjer or i. company Killed in action September 29th while bravely fighting-upon the fields of France. the minutes of an 80,000 word docu ment in his mind, and reminded the committee it was easier to "ask ques tions prepared before hand," than to answer them off-hand. Mrs. Alderman On Fire Prevention Mrs. J. T. Alderman, of Henderson, a, district worker of the North- Caro lina Insurance Department, was in Warrenton yesterday in the interest of the great campaign of fire and ac cident provision being launched thru the schools of the State. Mrs. Alderman addressed the Color ed Teachers' Institute upon this sub ject. Facts and figures disclosed showed that the State and Nation were wastefully destroying tru crim inal negligence the very life of the body politic by . carelessness with fire that the Nation's fire rate was greater than any other country's. Her appeal was addressed to . the large numBer 'of "colored teachers that they use their influence thru the school room to combat the careless use of fre and to endeavor upon all occasions to forcibly impress the value of pre ventive ensures and a compliance with 'safety first" instructions. The teachers were much pleased with the talk and the school children of the entire county will receive the message from them during the com ing term. A REUNION OF THE LATE .J J. EGERTON'S DESCENDENTS Some time ago Mr. A. G. Egerton wrote his siter Mrs. W. A. J. Pinnell to call together their "father's house, and let us have a family reunion." It being a known fact that Mrs. W. A. J. Pinnell was one of the big-hearted and ' fine-spirited children of the Eg erton family, it was unanimously thought best to have the re-union at her home. Wednesday, July 30, 1919, was the set time. The Egerton children living and present were : Mesc?ames Anna Wil iams, Inez, W. A. J. Pinnell, Afton, W. E. Davis, Creek, Jackson Walls, Spencer, N. C; Messrs. J. E. and A. G. Egerton, of N. Y. City, and F. O. B. Egerton, Norlina, N. C. These vnth their wives, husbands, children and gran children formed quite a gathering. Some of the broth ers and sisters had not seen each other forbears, and it did your heart good to see them meet. AJ1 of those black Egerton heads have changed their jet appearance to a silvery one. As Farther Time rolls by lots of changes take place. Some members of the family wore black, that always tells the sat?, sad story. You could see the father's eyes fill when he would speak of his boy that sleeps in "Flander's Field." Some of the fathers and mothers held precious new treasures in their arms. While J some of the changes had been sad, it was decided that the whole family was looking better; that it was in better health; more prosperous, and nau more to be thankful for than ever be fore. ' The day was an ideal one. Every body had a good time. As tq dinner Well we wish Mr. Hoover could have taken dinner with us, under those stately old oaks, and seen the good things that country folks have to eat Barbecue, fried chicken, cake, etc., cooked to the "queen's taste." May we have many more such pleasant reunions. A. W. xv. . I. Us: 1 I America. Land of Opportunity Today And This Is No Time To Turn Bus ; mess Over To Labor Unions Labor S Inefficient Under Gov'm't Control. (fiy Edwar? D. Jones.) ;Most of , the world fought to make that world safe for democracy. What is the very best definition of " that word Democracy "Government of the people, by the people, for the people," there is no class in that and! with- out class everybody has his chance, or his opportunity. This United States started its great adventure 143 years ago and became in the world the one land of opportunity. Blunder after blunder was made, as was inevitable, iency of labor. The world cries out but the principle of democracy was in a oui voice for maximum produc never lost sight of and when any set tion of everything, but for some reas of men assumed the right to invalidate ; on or other everybody seems to be urt that principle they were promptly and willing to" teach the lessons of effic severely rebukeJ. iency. There must be teachers to . Under that democracy everybody lrmg U about' Premiums for effic' had his chance or his opportunity. ie"7 are huge in monetary value. as Once in a while lightning of . luck jWe11 asjn other. ways' and here comes struck a man, but the successes were the men who WnrlfA1 nnH nnwharo olca were the rewards of hard work and educated intelligence greater than they have been here. Certain things were of the people and for the people and the very first was education. It is work to acquire an education. When you have it, there is more work to get benefit out of it. All the time ancJ everywhere it is a question of work. Everybody knows the names of men who started with little or nothing and achieved much. ; There has been no diminution in the number of oppor tunities, in fact that number has in creased every year of the 143, and t iere were never-more PPortumties than there are today, waiting for men to work them out. For more than one-half of the life of the nation we were agriculturists, farmers and perhaps 40 per cent of 110,000,000 of us are farmers and another 10 per cent of us are tired up with-farming interests. It was only after the Civil War that we did any thing worth mentioning iiTthe manu- facturing line and the opportunities there brought out those magnificient American traits of initiative anc? in- vention, and manufacturing interests grew, great by leaps and bounds. It was notjby luck or chance; it was the result of the hardest kind of hard work. Now the developments of the man ufacturing part of us required ade quate transportation facilities to bring the raiser of food in touch with the maker of goods, and the hard work of certain railroad geniuses, most of whom started with nothing, built up the greatest transportation system in the world! with the lowest' freigsa rates. The business developer was the railroad and rights here is the proper place to say tnat the railroad is like democracy of the people, for the people, and to be operated by tne people. The railroad is not the per sonal perquisite of the capitalist, nor a vehicle ior snippers to use at win and at costs fixed by them, nor is it the creation and property of any rail road labor brotherhood; it is most em phatically of and for the people. Anything that interrupts the ser vice of the railroads is a misfortune; anything that lessens its efficiency is a mistake to be rectified speedily; any thing that interferes with its every minute necessity to all the people for the benefit of any class of the people 1 is a crime and should be made such by statute. The railroad is of the people because it cannot be built without the consent of the people through charter. There is the inherent right of-the people to say what the railroad shall do. The right to profit by the use of public lands, rights of way, carries with it an obligation to perform designated service. The people gave something and for that something they are en t 'led to return and that return is the speedy shipment of what they eat ana what they make. The people will see to it that their servant, the railroad,' performs the duty assigned to him. No fraction of the population will be permitted to stop, or even to impede that duty. Because of abuses, arrogance mf m '' "mm - -m - mm power, owners or controllers oi raji- roads had to be disciplined, and the blunder was made in the punishing process of making rates so low that wages of railroad employes were too small. As costs of living rose with .the war, wages had to be raised, but like most experiments in Government operation, control of the railroads for ! the war period resulted! in marked de- terioation in the efficiency of labor. That is the" crux of all our real troubles at the moment, this inefiic- again the strongest point in American enterprise and success that the hard i WOrkef are the men who enjoyed th? . rewards. This does not mean ceaseless grind for weary hours. That is fallacy. A man's machinery wears out in that process rapidly. But it doesv .mean that ::n the reasonable hours, gener ally accepted as best for workers of every kinc?, there should be incentive to bst work and pride in the product turned out. Those establishments in this coun try which have succeeded in impress ing upon their workers the tremend ous value of pride in their product have been the most successful and not gate encouragement of that spirit of efficiency, and delight in the results of that efficiency. ' What is it that we Americans tak-i most pride in our achievements our efficiency our ability to meet anr? conquer every obstacle, and there were a host of those obstacles in the 143 years of our life. It is the individual efficiency that made those achievrs- ments possible and may make greater ones in the immediate future. I To return to the railroads, which are ; 0f and for the people. At least 75 per cent, of the population are sick of per Government control, perhaps 1 cent of the population known as rail road men, want Government control changed to Government ownership with labor unions in control of the op-. eration of those railroads. That is ar rogance never equalled by another class which thought for many years that because of its money it could uo what it pleased with.the railroadb and certain other industries of the United States. That arrogance was so re buked that humility took its place. Is it a reasonable supposition that 99 per cent of the people will tamely submit to the arrogance of 1 per cent in that vital matter of railroad ownership, MICKIE SAYS s s I n:-:-:-:-:-:.:-:-:x-x-: & 4 son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stewart. He was a member of Co. A 322nd Inf. Went to Camp Jackson, Sept. 19, 1917, then to Camp Sevier. From there he went to France summer of 19 18. Died Nov. 30th at Base Hospital 25 in France from wounds received Novem ber 10th. Age 23 .Spent life at home in Sixpound, was farmer, educated at Churchill High School, and a member of Hebron Methodist Episcopal Church control and operation, when those rail roads are of and for the people? With government control discipline among railroad workers disappeared. The boss was not on the job. With the disappearance of the disciplines came the inefficiency. Had the rail road brotherhoods realized their oppor tunity and been efficient they might have had some right to claim7 partici pation in railroad management and they would have had behind them a record! of tremendous force. Just the contrary happened. The American people are not children to be deluded by fairy stories or theories. Private ownership, and the discipline that goes with it, the boss on the job, with that ownership and management reasona bly regulated by the Government, and directorates of railroads including all the neonle interested, includiner labor. Lre the solutions of the present prob- lems and! the ways toward the railroad efficiency which is so badly needed. - There was a -eriod, not so long ago, when political turnovers made it ap pear that class rule in this country had come to stay, and that our Gov ernment of thev people, by the people r.nd for the people was outgrown. But that did not last long. Thje blunder was speedily corrected. Now it can be written down and written large that this people, having discarded and discredited and properly regulated one class which arrogated to itself gov ernmental powers, will not tolerate domination by another class, under the general name of "Labor Unions.' There are no favored classes in this country. Everybody has his charge to win his way M d the way he caa win is through his efficiency. The efficient men will lead the Government, just as they lead business, ant? the .inefficient, no matter what labor union he may belong to, will stay at the bottom with the rest of his inefficient fellows. It was unfettered individualism which made America grow. When in America there are no opportunities for the working out of individual des tinies and the gats of opportunity are in consequence closed, then it may be time to hand over to the labor unions, or labor brotherhoods, or brotherhoods of capital, the direction and control of American business. REVIVAL TO BE HELD AT THELMA FOURTH WEEK The revival meeting at the Thelma Baptist church will be held the fourth week in this month. Rev. E. R. Nel son, of Henderson, who is a grand singer as well as an excellent preach er will assist the Pastor, Brother Mar shall. Miss Sue House, who assists in the work of this church as music leader, promises to be present at this time.' Song practices are being held and preparations are being made in every way, that this meeting may be a success. We want everyone who feels ah in terest in their own soul or want to help lead others to church to come out and show it during this meeting. Whether you are connected with this church or some other, or perhaps none at all, we want you to. feel that your presence is an encouragment to both the preacher and the organist. Brother Marshall will s fill his ap pointment the 3rd Sunday morning at 11:00 and 9 p. m. The new gas lamps for the church have come. welcome to all. 4L 4 I BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB OF i COUNTY GIVEN FRED AID State Authorities Address Letter I To County Welfare Officer In I Effort To Locate Children; An Opportunity Every Family Is Expected To Accept; Co-oper-' ation With Welfare Officer R R. Rodwell Asked Of Public To Make Plan A Large Success. The following letter to County Wel fare Officer R. R. Rodwel is of inter est and we invite public attention xo its message. Editor. Dear Sir: The State provides for the educa tion of all white blind!, and all colored blind and deaf, children of sound mind iX the Institution here. As Superin tendent of this Institution, I am writ ing to ask that you will help me in finding all such children in your coun ty and secure their attendance at the opening of the session on September the -twenty-fifth. I am enclosing a few blanks for the blind and also for the deaf. A Kindly fill these in of any you may find and! send in promptly. If the parents are not able to pay rail road fare and for their clothing, I will send another blank to fill out, which will enable us to take care of these expenses. It is very important that these names be in as early as possible as we have to furnish a list of all the i names to the railroads in advance in order to secure reduced rates. Tius list is usually compleated the first week in September, but of course if you shoud find any later than thai: date; send in the blank and I will do tne best I -can for - them. 'While.it is the duty of County Sup erintendents to report all such child ren, yet a very large per cent of them never send in any report at all, and many who do, fail to secure the nam es of a number of children in their counties. I am sure you will' be glad to co- perate heartily in the effort to give the children an opportunity in the on ly school prepared for them in the State and one so well equipped and fitted to train them so that they ma by be able to take care of themselves and not be dependent on the State o County. Yours truly, J. E. LINSBERRY, Superintendent. IMPROPER FERTILIZER DAMAGES TOBBACO CROP West Raleigh, N. C, August 4 At this season, when tobacco is being harvested, growers in many sections are making inquiry as to the cause of spotting of the leaves which dam ages the quality of the crop. In a number of instances it is apparent that no specific organism is respon sible for this condition; says Dr. F. A. Wolf, Plant Pathologist of the Ex periment Station, but that an improp er balance or proportion of the essen tiar fertilizer elements has been used. Investigations have shown that the use oi too mucn nitrogen will make coarse, dark green tobacco, which, when it approaches maturity, has a tendency to becomespecked" or dis eased," as shown by the presence of reddish brown, dead spots. When an insufficient supply of potash has been applied, the leaf tissues between the veins become pale, and before the leaf has properly matured, are fry and dead. . - i It is realized that no general rule, applicable without the exercise of judgment by the grower, can be given to govern the best proportions and the proper amounts of the essential ele ments in a fertilizer for tobacco, since account must be taken of such factors as the character of the soil, its humus content and its' state of tilth. A re cent bulletin on "Tobacco Culture in North Carolina," by E. G. Moss, con tains certain facts, however, which will serve as a working basis for the grower in the solution of this ferti lizer problem. This bulletin, -Number 237, of the Experiment Station series, may be had on request. Money makes friends and keeps -Merchant's A hearty them as long as it last. ' Journal and Commerce.