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PLUME XXIV
(Tuesday)
WAJRRENTONj N. C, TUESPAYAUGUST 26, 19T91
(Friday)
Number 67
AIWEEKly NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TOTHE INTERESTS OF W A RRENTON; AND WAR REN COUNTY
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WARM
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a KIND WORD, A PLEASANT
SMILE AND A BOOST
Requisites For Memership In A
Club Formed To Make Life
Happier; Thousands of People
Are Glad To Join.
(By Beatrice Fairfax)
Do you belong to the "Save-a-Life-Leaue?"
If yu don't happen to be
Iong to the regular organization you
miht even start a little rival guild of
vour own without qualifying as a pro
fessional Pollyanna, either.
For it is a truism dating back to the
tjme of Rameses II, and doubtless
earlier, that our own sorrows, ache less
jf we are not altogether unmindful of
the sorrows of others.
Perhaps most of us, rushed and
driven by countless demands, never
stop to consider that we go about the
world carrying in our hands life and
death sentences.
"A kind word, a pleasant smile
and a boost." Those seem to be the
chief qualifications for belonging to
the "Save-a-Lif e League," according to
Dr. Warren, its president. -
The league, it seems, was startea
owing to the appalling increase of
suicides in the United States. These
(says of adjustment after the great
war, are full of difficulties that to peo
ple of acute sensibilities often seem
beyond solution. These periods of de
pression are morbid and temporary,
though the victims fail to recognize
this at the time.
It is at such times that the league
with its cheering "Lend a hand" policy
does its sane and unostentatious mis
sionary work. It is right there with
the goods: "A kind word, a pleasant
smile and a boost."
Loneliness and melancholia are, the
causes ascribed for the buk of the sui
cidlas. Reaction from the great war,
the high cost of living and generally
unsettled conditions, have had their
effect. So if you happen to number a
smile, the gift of saying something"
agreeable, or a sense of humor among
your personal effects, now is the time
to make use of these highly valuable
assets.
I never heard of the "Save-a-Lif e
League" until a day or two ago, but I
hope it is going to increase and multi
ply all over this country and extend to
"over there."
The president of the league is Dr.
Harry M. Warren, and he has been
compiling some rather appalling fig
ures in regard to suicide in the United
States. It seems that within the past
six months 2,000 persons have com
mittee suicide in the principal sec
tion of this country. And it is be
lieved1 that twice that many have died
by their own hands in more remote
places from which no report has been
received.
Child Suicide on the Increase.
Men our attention was called to
the number of child suicides in Ger
many by Owen Wister in his "Pente
cost Calamny" at the beginning of the
war, we remarked: "With such a sys
tem, what could you expect?" We
never stopped to inquire how clean our
wn hands were in this respect. '. But
we had 173 children commit suicide in
this country within the past six
mnths. One of these was a boy of
Slx years, a highly precocious child,
who objected to a certain school his
Parents hac? selected for him.
Incidentally this is a warning to
Parents not to "shove their children
a,ng too fast, even when they have
Casual gifts. The bulk of the child
cides in Germany have been ascrib-
to this cause the unreasonable J
amount of study they were forced to
do to keep up with their classes.
And right here might. not be a bad
P'ace to put in a plea for less "home
0rk" on the part of our schools. If
a child is in the class room from 9 till
' cei-tainly he is entitled to something
;,0re inspiring for his evening's- work
lnan i , ., -,
aneaa 01 tnese same sud-
Jects.
While music, that eternal source
SU'oov. ...... - ,. .
-vao dim llgllL, Hits IliU IAJ UC
U1st entirely abandoned!
nme work" and ractising
CG1Patible.
because
are not
Children's flriof twkw t?wi
Trr
we
giown-ups are too apt to for-
s now real and searching were the
ros of our own childhood. How
unded pride hurt, and hurt" and hurt
ceyond iQ ' x
puwer oi coniessmg
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REQUIRING MAINTENANCE
OF SANITARY PRIVIES
Inspectors To Visit County Octo
ber First To See That Public
Health Is Safeguarded By The
Observance of The Law.
The General Assembly of North Car
olina do enact:
Sec. 1. The term "privy" as used
in this act shall be understood to in
clude any and all building's which are
not connected with a system of sew
erage, or with septic tanks of such
construction apd maintenance as ap
proved by the North Carolina State
Board! of Health, and which are used
for affording privacy in acts of urina
tion or defaction.
Sec. 2. No person shall maintain
or use a residence, located vithin
three hundred yards of another resi
dence, that is not provided with sew
erage, or with septic tanks approved
by the North Carolina State Board of
Health, or with a sanitary privy which
complies in construction and mainte
nance with the requirements of this
act.
Sec. 3. The North Carolina State
Board of Health, through its officers
and inspectors, shall fasten a license
form on all privies within three hun
dred yards of the residence of any per
son other than that of the owner or
tenant thereof during the last three
calender months of every year, when,
on inspection, the said privy- is ap
proved by the officer making the in
spection as constructed in a sanitary
manner and to be in good repair, in
accordance with reasonable rules and
regulations to be prescribed by the
North Carolina State Board of Health
for the sanitary construction and
maintenance of prives. The said
license shall apply to the calendar
year following its issuance except -ss
hereinafter provided!.
Sec. 4. Every privy located within
three hundred yards -of the residence
of any person other than that of the
owner or tenant thereof, shall De
maintained in a sanitary manner ana
lr.
accordance with reasonable rules
and regulations to be prescribed by
the North Carolina State Board of
Health and posted in suitable form in
side of the privy by an officer of the
said! Board.
Sec. 5. The head of a family or
household, the proprietor of a boarding-house,
hotel, restaurant, or store,
the principal or superintendent of a
school, the agent or station-master of
a railroad station or depot, or the per
son in charge of an office building, es
tablishment, or institution, shall be
responsible for the sanitary mainte
nance, as prescribed in section four of
this act, of such privy or prives as
may be used by his or her household,
guests, customers, pupils, passengers,
occupants, employees, workers or
other persons.
Sec. 6. The North Carolina State
Board of Health, through its officers
and inspectors, shall exercise such
supervision over , the sanitary con
struction and maintenance of privies
as may be necessary; to enforce the
provisions of this act.
Sec. 7. If an officer or an inspec
tor of the North Carolina State Board
of Health shall find a privy locatec?
within three hundred yards of the
residence of a person other than that
of the owner or tennat thereof which
is not constructed in accordance with
the provisions of section three of this
act, he shall securely fasten on the
said privy a notice reading, "Insani
tary; unlawful to use"; and if the in
spector or officer of the aforesaid
Board shall find, in the course of his
inspection, a privy not being main
tained in a sanitary manner and in
accordance with the reasoable rules
and regulations of the North Carolina
State Board of Healtn tor tne mainte
nance of privies, heshall remove the
license from the privy and securely
fasten on the privy a notice reading,
"Insanitary; unlawful to use."
Spc 8. No person shall remove or
deface a privy license or other official
tW.iVa fastened on or m a privy by an
officer of the North Carolina State
Board of Health.
: Sec. 9. Any person who violates
any-of the aforesaid provisions of this
act, and any person who is responsi
ble for the sanitary maintenance of
a privy, and who permits such privy
after an ojcial notice reading "Insan-
After finishing his job across the water Uncle Sam is now 'after the
profiteers and others who are responsible for the night cost of living. His
sword is keen and he is shielded with a strong device.
itary; unlawful to use," has been fas
tened on it, to be used, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and fined! not less
than five dollars nor more than fifty
dollars or imprisoned not exceeding
thirty days. -Sec.
10. The owner of each privy
shall pay to the officer or inspector of
the North Carolina State Board of ; square this morning, the trophy of a
Health at the time the privy is m- i chase by officers of the law, four hun
spected and approved for license, a li- 'dree! gallons of beer trickles to waste
cense fee of forty cents for which the jin the mud of a branch lowground, a
said officer or inspector shall issue a bag of shipstiiff is dedicated to a pur
receipt; and the said officer or inspec- ppse rnqre worthy and the peace of
tor ' shW pay 'tothV-.Treasorer ;ofr "the mind of the illicit "whiskey makers of
North Carolina State Board of Health
and! account for, all fees so received.
The officers and employees of the
North Carolina State Board of Health
authorized to receive license fees for
the inspection and licensing of privies
shall, before beginning their work, be
bound by a bond sufficient to insure the
State against the loss of funds which
may come into their hands under the
provisions of this act.
Sec. 11. For the faithful execution
of this act, the North Carolina State
Board of Health shall organize and
maintain a bureau of sanitary engi
neering and inspection which shall (1)
study .ascertain, and recommend for
installation suitable types of- prives
for the variety of geologic, sociologic,
and! economic condition found in the
State of North Carolina; (2) exercise
such .oversight over the construction
land maintenance of privies coming
within the meaning of this act as may
be necessary for the protection of
public health; (3) organize, supervise,
and direct a force of sanitary inspec
tors who shall (a) inspect, license, and
close privies in accordance with the
provisions of this act and the rules
and regulations of the North Carolina
(Continued On Second Page)
MICKIE SAYS
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Of ficers Nab
Mo'nshine Still
The still of some Warren county
moonshiners rests on the court house
i the territorv four miles below Odell.
near the Halifax line, suffers' a shock.
Deputy W. C. Ellington, Chief E. L.
Green, and Mr. W. C. Fagg, upon a
clue received last night, are the cause
j of this little tempest in the moonshine
business. These gentlemen left War-
renton at three o'clock this morning
and after getting in touch with a gen
tleman of that neighborhood were at
the still at sunrise. No one was pres
ent and the still had not been operated
during the night though it had upon
the day previous. The officers of the
law were warned that the moonshiners
were equipped with two high powered
rifles, knew they were coming, anc?
were prepared to fight. This informa
tion was groundless as no one was
seen near the location.
. The still was made from a Standard
oil barrel and was brought here to be
destroyed. The worm was not captur
ed. :
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A Second Visit of
Flue Is Expected
New York, Aug. 25. Dr. Royal S.
Copeland, Health Commissioner, issu
ed a warning yesterday to prepare for
a recurrence of influenza. The his
tory of epidemics shows, he said, a re
currence in the succeeding year, and
so Dr. Copeland looks for a return of
influenza some time early in October.
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Health warns all to guard their health
carefully,8 and those who are weak he
advises to build up their strength to
meet a possible influenza attack.
The influenza epidemic which swept
the country made its first appearance
in this city about September 15 of
last year. The Health Department
has received anxious letters of inquiry
from many parts of the country re
garding the reappearance of the dis
ease, and to those inquires he address
ed his warning yesterday. While
there is . uncertainty as to what age
group will be attacked this time the
Commissioner does not believe the
fatalities will be as great as on the
first attack, and this because those
who have had the disease will practi
cally be immune this time.
Dr. Copeland said there was no way
to tell the age group that would be
susceptible to influenza, Last year
those between 25 and 45. were the
worst sufferers. Fifty per cent of the
total deaths were in that group.
Twenty per cent of the deaths were in
(Continued On Fourth Page)
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FOOD ADMINISTRATOR RO
GERS HEADS CAMPAIGN
Leading Citizens of County On
Fair Price "Committee And Ev
ery Effort Directed To Cut Out
Unnecessary Profits.
The Government campaign against
the High Cost of Living as' directed
against profiteering in food and
clothing reached here yesterday when
the Fair Price Committee of Warren
county met for its first session, and
organized with full power to call a
halt to the price climb' ,
The campaign is under the general
direction of County Food Administra
tor W. G Rogers who has appointed
six representative Warren citizens
members of a Rair Price Committee.
The members of, this committee are
fromj" "different sections of the county
but in as much as the general outline
of the Attorney General's plan is for
quiet investigation, it is thought best
to leave members of the committee
unnamed at present.
The following letter to County Administrator-
Rogers and! its enclosed
telegram from the Attorney General
of the United States gives evidence
that Uncle Sam is on the warpath
against the- H. C. L.
Raleigh, N. L..,
August 22, 1919.
Mr. Walter G. Rogers,
County Food Administrator,
Warrenton, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Attorney General Palmer is asking
co-operation of State and County
Food Administrators in the movement
to eliminate profiteering in the nec
sities of life, food and clothing, as per
"telegram, copy herein enclosed. Your
splendid service to your countrv
through'ouf the war especially fits you
above all others to wisely select the
members of the Fair Price Committee
for your County. You will note that
the appointment and organization of
this committee is now the only ser
vice now asked of you. It is not con
templated to revive the many agencies
and bureaus of the" war-time , Foo?
Administration, but merely to set up a
committee which shall serve to secure
accurate information about charges
and profits in the distribution of ne
cessities in every county, and serve as
a .check on excessive profits.
The members of this Committee
should be the most patriotic and influ
ential men in your county. It is con
fidently expected that conditions will
improve immediately by reason of the
simple fact that such men as I have
described are conductihg investigation
and inquiry.
I believe that most dealers will be
found! amenable to reason and that
there will be small need for invoking
action" by the U. S. Department of
Justice. However, it is desired that
this Committee shall secure data,
covering cost' to dealer, selling price
and other pertinent evidence covering
exaction of excessive profits, for con
sideration of the U. S. Department of
Justice, in any and all cases where tne
committee itself is unable to correct
the evil. Kindly note the personel of
this committee as suggested by the
Attorney General:
1 Retailer of groceries,
1 Retailer of dry goods,
1 Representative of housewives,
2 Representatives of the purchasing
public,
1 Representative of wholesale groc
ers. Please understand this is suggestive
not mandatory. In many sections
the wholesaler and the representative
of organized labor cannot be had, or
they are such as cannot be wisely
used; use your own best judgement,
and above all appoint persons who will
get busy.
I hope you will immediately organ
ize this committee for me, hold a
meeting with them, and give them the
benefit of your experience and knowl
edge of the problem. Leave with them
the suggestions I enclose, andsend
me by early mail a, list of your Com
mittee, dtesignating a Chairman whom
I may address, and remember to give
post office addresses. With deepest
appreciation of your great service al
ready rendered, and with? confident
hope of your , further immediate co
operation, I remain
HENRY A. PAGE,
(Continued On Fourth Page)
WARRENTON TOBACCO MAR
KET EXPECTS BIG SEASON
Opening Delayed Because of Em
bargo On Tobacco On South
Carolina Markets; Prices For
Good Tobacco Are High.
, The Warrenton Tobacco market will
open September 16th announces the"
Tobacco Board of Trade today. This
is some time later than last year and
a week or more later, than at first
thought here.
The embargo on tobacco from the
South Carolina markets and the heavy
rains there are responsible for the de
lay. The date was decided af teir a
telegram from the president of the
Tobacco Association of the United
States advising that it would! be im
possible for the buyers to be present
earlier.
Reports from the South Carolina
markets are to the effect that good
tobacco is selling as high as last year
but that the cheap grades are not
bringing the prices of the 1918-1919
season. . '
Expectations here are for a big sea
son. All the leading firms will be
represented and the standard of the
market will be unquestionably high.
Business is looking forward to Sep
tember 16th, when the yellow weed
starts the golden coin rolling.
No Settlement
W age Demand
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. Post
ponement of the settlement of wage
demands until normal economic condi
tions are restored was , Announced
today' by President Wilson in the poli
cy which the administration will pur
sue in dealing with such questions,
particularly those affecting railroad
workers.
The President announced also that
it was neither wise nor feasable at this
time, when the most important ques
tion before the country is a return to
a normal price level, to attempt to in
crease freight rates to provide funds
for higher wages.
Declares for a Truce.
"We ought to postpone questions' of
this sort until we have the opportunity
for certain calculations as to the re
lation between wages and the cost of
living," the President declared in a
statement to the public explaining his
(decision as to wages. "It is the duty
of every citizen to insist upon a truce
in such contests until intelligent set-
ltlement ,ca b mae- ad made by
peace ad efrective common counsel. 1
appeal to my fellow citizens of every
employment to' co-operate in insisting
upon and maintaining such a truce."
Mr. Wilson's statement was issued in
connection with the decision of him
self and Director-General Hines on de
mands by railroad shopmen for a 25
per cent advance in wages but the
general policy as pronounced covers
also the wage demand's of other hun
dreds of thousands of railroad work
ers, which are pending before the Director-General
or about to be present
ed. . It is vto be . expected that other
unions trying to obtain more pay will
be asked, as the shopmen, to play their
part with other citizens in reducing the
cost of living by foregoing a tempor
ary advantage which would add to
transportation costs.
Fourth Punitive
Expediti'n Returns
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Marfa, Texas Aug. 25. The Amer
ican calvary border patrol tonight
rested in home stations between Pres
idio and Hester's ranch after six days
in Mexico in pursuit of the bandits who
kidnapped and held for ransom two
American aviators.
With the reported killing of Jesus
Renteria leader of the bandits, and
four other bandits, capture of nine by
Mexican troops, and arrest of six sus
pects by the Americans; Major J. P.
Yancey declared the fourth punitive
expedition into Mexico had accomplish
ed its object of clearing bandits from
ithe section- of Mexico just below the
. border from the Big Bend, Texas,
'region. , .
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