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WARRENTON, N. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1919
(Friday)
Number 69
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WAR REN COUNTY
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To Head parade In New York;
piels Keviews iw racmc
FJeet At San Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 1. San
.-.rkAav naval law rnia,Th
PnnflSCO is uimci fe
yill remani su i wn.. ins
Pacific fleet entered San Francisco
I to&y, Passed in review before
of tne rsavy jaiiieis aim
of the city. San
Secretary
-v nossession
f;.nci5Co hoisted every available
and said: "The City is yours."
The arrival of the fleet was greeted
y hundreds of thousands ot persons.
jarly in tne aa wugm mc vn-
toJpoints of beach and hill and wait
ed for the armada.
Mien the INew Mexico, nagsnip 01
T- 1 Jl
Admiral Hugn itoaman, passeu
through tne uuit.cn uoic k ic "au
f fortv-two fighting ships ot various
tmes. it f"nd a bay dotted with
small craft, a snore line DiacK witn
spectators and the sky blurred with
airplanes.
Daniels on the b amous uregon
The old battleship Oregon, small in
comparison to Admiral Rodman's
dread-naughts, but once probably the
most famous battleship in the world,
had the place of honor in the naval
pageant. From the uregon, secre
tary Daniels reviewed the fleet. -
As each ship passed the "bull dog"
Oregon and saluted the Secretary with j ,
nineieen gUIlS, lilt; uicgun a uanu pidjr-
ed a bar of the National anthem in
return.
After the review Admiral Rodman
ad other officers of the fleet boarded
the Oregon to pay their respects to
Secretary Daniels.
Bile only forty-two ships were re- j
wired, ten more took part in the
day's events.
Home Agent Tells
How To Fight Flu
V -
We have been warned that another
epidemic of influenza would visit us
this fall and it seems that it is right
with us again. 'The best way to com
bat it is to keep the body strong so it
will be able to resist the germs when
exposed. The second best way is to
keep the germs Jrorn the body. This
can be done to a great extent by being
careful about the washing of dishes
Investigations in the camps last fall
proved that the method of washing
dishes was th cause of the spread of
the disease to a great extent. The
washing of the dishes in warm water
and then wiping with a cloth (often
not too clean) will not kill the germs.
The proper way is to wash , the dishes
in warm soapy water and then place
them in boiling water and let them
stand at least three minutes. When
'dishes are removed from hot water of
this kind they do not need to be dried
if they are turned on edge to drain.
This is much better than to use a
cloth to wipe them with which is not
absolutely clean. It takes less time
too.
If a person is sick in the home, no
matter what the disease the dishes
should not be place'd with those of the
family. They should be washed sep
arately and sterilized for 15 minutes.
Some will say that this is too much
trouble and not do it. It is a safe and
economical proposition which pays in
the long run. No work of the home
needs more care than that of washing
the dishes and yet none is so neglect
ed. If every family in the county would
use all precautions in the dish wash
ing we would not only lessen the num
ber of cases of influenza but of all con-
iseases. If. you do not al
ready sterilize your dishes do so from
now on and be on the safe side.
A Boaim
Hoffpoir
ANTITODE FOR SOY BEANS
WHICH ARE SUFFERING
Worms Start On Rampage Agin
Crop Over State and Dept. and
County Agent Prepare Article
Telling How To Fight Pest.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. General
'erhing will head the parades in New
York and Washington of the first di
vision, it was formally announced to
day by Major General James W. Mcr
An&ew, former chief of staff of the
American expeditionary forces, who
was detailed by Secretary Baker and
General March, chief of staff, to ar
range all military matters in connec
tion with welcome to be accorded to
the American oversea nnmrnanHpr.
General Pershing, who sailed today
horn Brest on the transport Levia
than, is expected to reach New York
m morning of September 8, Gen
eral McAndrews said, and will stay in
that city three or four days before
toming to Washington to report' f orm
a to the War Department. After
to first division parade hre, it is ex
Wec1 that General Pershing will vis
!t js old home in Missouri, after
ich he will return to Washington to
Jsent his views as to the permanent
military policy of the nation before
Sessional comrrittPP
, Geieral McAndrews, who now is
n& of the
"HI SO t.ft Tm V 1 1
-icw xuxk wnnin a iew aays
eoraplete the militarv arrangements
ortll-e welcome there.
REUNION OLD VETRANS
The Southern Re-union of old
Vetrans at Atlanta, Ga., October 7-8-9
and 10. Arrangements are being
made to make it the best ever held
since the Civil war.. The County Com
missioners passed order Monday Sept.
1, 1919, to give those who go from
Warren county their tickets there and
back one cent each way per mile tick
ets good until October 31, 1918. All
old! Vets who are going notify me at
Warrenton within the next 2 weeks.
JOHN W. ALLEN, Commander,
Atlanta, 1 t-.-u
in the city of Atlanta will be
grated for the twenty-ninth annual
I mon of the United Confederate
ns, October 7, 8, 9 and 10.
"e decora firm ov.v,
w fSts of workmen will soon begin
thor principal aowntown
eRibin
ares into bowers of bunting
tlle Star;
The
mg the Stars and Stripes with
s and Bars.
flis. UIdUon it is said, will De
net
Spectacular Atlanta Vine pvpr
an.Jmt, ,.
M a- excepting tne wonaer-
i Pays
inaugurated for the
?s' international convention
Gfai """-mduonai convention sev-
$tw , ag0- They will cover every
tioi,.. ing from the railroad st-
Para(j seet along wnicn tne
seats 10.000
held- 7 ot the convention will be
CaPital grounds o the JState
tfcri, ' where the veterans will have
Co,
encampments.
ion Meeting Here Saturday
mers Union will meet in the
0..
UUr4 Tt
presifUSe here Saturday announces
f t!Q i . ' Paschall. Members
local
unions are reuested to be
enr Mr...
i-e to v, iatters of vital importance
uder consideration.
TO MEET CHINA CHUMS
OLD MARINES RE-INLIST
New York, August 28. Just to meet
once more the "buddies" with whom
they sreved four years ago in China,
John C. Smith of Corey, Mich., and
Kinzie McGrew re-inlisted today in
the Marine Corps.
Smith and McGrew wandered into
the 23rc! street recruiting station be
cause they were lonesome and "wanted
to chew the fat" with a few old
timers. After a long talk about old
times in the Far East and in France,
McGrew said, "I didn't come here to
do it but I'd ship over right now if I
could be with the old Pekin crowd
again." "Me too," said Smith. X
"Those men are all in San Domin
go," relpied the recruiting sergeant.
So both men re-enlistec? to be with
the chums they met on the other side
of the Pacific.
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Raleigh, N. C Sept. 1. Another
generation of soy bean worms, the ar
rival of which was predicted by the
entomologists of the Experiment Sta
tion, has now put in its appearance in
the Belhaveh section of the state re
ports Mr. R. W. Leiby, Assistant En
tomologist of the Agricultural Exper
iment Station who is located in a nek"
i station on Broad Acre Ranch near
Terra Ceia where he is closely study
ing the worm situation. The soy bean
worm it will be remembered has done
injury in this state from Hot Springs,
in the west, to the coast. It has been
reported as injurious from Massa
chusetts southward.
The vast majority of the moths
have now hatched from their cocoons
in the ground. Thjey may be seen by
the millions in most any soy bean field,
where they readily fly upon being dis
turbed. These moths are now laying
eggs which should hatch within a
week. The eggs are green in color
and smaller than the head1 of a pin.
They are laid on the under side of tha
leaves or on the stems among the
hairs. The young worms are about an
eight of an inch long when hatched.
This brood of worms will be doing
doing damage which is first seen by
the farmer only after they are about
half grown. Farmers are urged to be
prepared to meet the attack as sooii
as they detect the young worms. A
shaking of the plant will reveal their
presence and the farmers are advised
to examine their beans every few
days for the presence of the worms.
This brood, can be exterminated ,in
some fields and no serious injury will
result if the beans are sprayed or
dusted in time. Most of the real in
jury is done by worms which are half
grown or older and the careful farm
er who is interested in saving his
beans will be on the watchout for the
first sign of worms.
Mr. Leiby believes that this brood
will be heavy enough to completely de
foliate beans within a shorter period
of time than the last brood and that
the beans will suffer more, because
most varieties will not be putting out
new foliage as they die? following the
attack of the last brood. Beans
which are unable to maintain their
foliage will die before the seed is ma
ture. This has been demonstrated by
the past brood of worms on such early
maturing varieties as Black Eyebrow,
Ito San and Virginia.
The Remedy For The Worms.
Spray where practicable with arse
nate of lead and water, two pounds of
the powder form of the arsenate to 50
gallons of water. This is a sure kill
within twenty-four hours. Paris
Green is apt to burn beans and do
more damage than good. One thor
ough application should be sufficient
to kill nearly all the worms on plants
properly sprayed. You can afford to
use less poison per 50 gallons if the
worms are yet small. Use the potato
sprayer or hand sprayer.
If spraying can not be done, dust
with arsenate of lead and lime in the
proportions of one to eight. " Use a
hand duster, or if not available shake
on with a sack. Pure poison is costly
and may injure the foliage. Better
dilute it with lime. Dust to whiten
the foliage, particularly the tops,
when the dew is on the plants. Arse
nate of lead or calcium arsenate can
be procured from various firms. A
good hand duster may be procured
from Leggett and Brother, 301 Pearl
St., New York City, when not avail
able locally.
Practically no danger is encountered
in feeding hay which has been spray
ed, to cattle and hogs after a period
of about three weeks following treat
ment. Ordinarily the first heavy rain
following the treatment of beans with
poison reduces the effectiveness of the
poison, so that a small worm is killed
with difficulty by eating poisoned foli
age. Farmers are again cautioned to be
prepared to combat the coming brood
of worms. The natural insect enemies
of the soy bean worm, although pres
ent, are not believed to be numerous
(Continued Ov Fourth Page)
WhBrs
Air
FAILURE OF SENATE TO
RATIFY TREATY CAUSES
Big Business To Wonder Where
We Are and Prevents Develop
ment of Sound Economics Says
Noted Authority.
In discussing some arrangements
supposed to be pending that would
stabilize the market for foreiern ex
change and permit American export
ers to resume their interrupted busi-
ness, the New York Times of August
zi says: nut tne opinion was virtual
ly unanimous that no decisive steps
will be taken until the Peace Treaty is
ratified. This, it is said, applies to all
of the European countries."
In a recently published article upon
American commerce with Scandinavia,
M. S. Hare, of Lee, Higginson & Co.,
says: lrade between the United
States and Scandinavia has assumed
proportions indicative of what will
follow when peace is fully established
through ratification everywhere." In
his address to the House of Commons
on the 18th of August, Lloyd George
declared that "The nation's wealtli
must continue to be poured out for the
r.rmies in the field until real peace con
ditions exist." "This, he. said, "could
mot be brought about until the United
States made some decision about ac
cepting a share of the burden of pro-
1
itcctir.g the weaker nations."
In his statement at the opening of
the White House Conference with the
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela
tions, President Wilson made it clear
"that practically the whole task of
bringing the country back to normal
conditions of life and industry waits
upon the decision of the Senate with
regard to the terms of peace," for, said
he, "There are large areas of Europe
whose future will lie uncertain and
questionable until their people know
the final settlements of peace and the
forces which are to administer and
sustain it. Without determinate mar
kets our production cannot proceed
with intelligence or confidence. There
can be no stabilization of wages be
cause there can be no settled condition
of employment. There can be no easy
or normal industrial credits because
there can be no confident or permanent
revival of business."
And as the country waits while the
Senate dallies, what is happening?
Sterling exchange has declined until
it touched $4.12 1-4 last Thursday, on
which day it was also possible to buy
8.22 francs or 9.57 lire for $1.
These are the lowest figures ever
recorded." Our exports for the month
of July were valued at only $570,000,
000, or $350,000,000 less than in June,
and our imports were worth $345,000,
00, as against $293,000,000. in the
month previous. At this rate it will
not be long until our balance of trade
will disappear. Our surplus produc
tion will become unsalable and will be
left on our hands to depress our home
markets and absorb our landable bank
resources.
If what we had hoped was unthink
able, but now seems possible, should
happen and the Treaty of Peace is not
ratified, revolution and financial panic
will nrobably engulf the world, for the
j governments of Europe will attempt
to resume the competition m defensive
armament, their people will rebel at
the taxation necessary and the huge
mass of public obligations upon the
maintenance of whose value the sol
vency of nearly every foreign bank
depends will become so depreciated
that confidence will be destroyed and
credit will be unobtainable.
We cannot yet bring ourselves to
believe that certain Senators will con
tinue their political fiddling while
Rome burns, but we feel that it is our
duty to make American business men
understand what will happen if the
do. The inverted pryamid of credit
that overshadows and makes possible
the world's commerce today is an enor
mous one. It stands upon a perilously
small, base. If' it should fall it would
crush us all and wreck, the very foun
dations of economic civilization. Its
stability depends absolutely and en
tirely upon the action of the United
States Senate. If that body ratifies
the Treaty of Peace and ratifies it
promptly, unexampled prosperity
awaits us in the reconstructive activ
ity that will follow. If not the de
luge. Theo. H. Price,' Editor Com
merce And Finance.
1
News Items From
Over Warren Co.
WISE NEWS
The regular meeting of the Better
ment Association for September will
be held at Mrs. C. W. Perkinson's on
Friday afternoon, September 5th, at
4 o'clock.
School will open "on Monday morn
ing Sept. 8th, with Mr. L. H. Job as
Principal. He will be assisted by Miss
Elizabeth Crawford, of Raleigh, Miss
Mamie Kimball of Townsville, Miss
Carrie Dunn, of Wise and Miss Bessie
Worley of Kinston. The music depart
ment will be in charge of Miss Gatlin
of Raeford.
Seven members of the Betterment
Association assisted . and encouraged
by a member of the school committee
went to the schoolhouse last Wednes
day and spent the day working with
all their strength and enthusiasm to
make the school house clean and at
tractive.
The school committee earnestly re
quests that every person in the com
munnity interested in the school and
especially the patrons make an effort
to be present on the opening morning.
Our County Superintendent has
promised to be present and there will
be addresses by others who are whole
heartedly interested in making our
school the best in the county.
MARMADUKE ITEMS
The mail carrier that carries the
mail from here to Warrenton wishe3
that I should call the attention of the
public to. the condition of the road he
has to travel between Liberia and
town, around by Baltimore. The road
between the school for white children
and the Black branch is almost impas
sible, and unless something is done
the mail carrier says he can't make it
around by Powell's Mill, and he will
be blameless if he doesn't.
Most of the protracted meetings are
over, and it seems that an early fall is
near by.
Mr. C. A. Haithcock treated his
family to a player piano this week.
Mr. James A. Davis, wife and three
children- have returned to their home
in Buffalo, N. Y., having spent ten
days in this county visiting friends
and relatives.
Miss Hazel Robertson, of Richmond,
is out here visiting her uncle's family
for quite a' period.
The Baptist people here have engag
ed Mr. Jim Cheek as their Sunday
School superintendent.
Mrs. Stewart Crinkley, of Raleigh,
and Baby, also Miss Lillie Crinkley
are with Mrs. M. T Duke and Mrs.
John Crinkley for a couple of weeks.
Mr." Jim Clark has treated himself
to a car since my last items. He and
Mr. G. V. Duke have used it quite
liberally up near Warrenton and other
places.
Mr. J. D. Riggan and family with
Mrs. C A. Haithcock and Mrs. Rig-
gan's sisters spent Sunday with their
sister, Mrs. J. C. Pridgen.
Mrs. Stanley Powell and family
visited Mrs. John Powell, of this place
Sunday. Misses Powell and Geoghe
gan accompanied them.
Mr. Alsy Pridgen spent one night
recently in the home of Mr. C. A.
Haithcock.
MANSON ITEMS
Mr. John Allen, of Louisburg, was
in town a few days ago visiting in the
home of Mr. L. N. Kimball.
The arrival of Mr. John Brack from
over seas a few days ago was a great
delight to his people and many friends.
Mr. Earnest Hetcht and family, oi
Norlina, who recently returned from
an extended trip to Black Mountain
visited in the home of their parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Dill Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Moore, of Norlina, was
here a few days ago the pleasant
guest of Miss Mamie Brack.
Mrs. S. G. Champion returned some
days ago from a visit to her son in
Greensboro and her nieces in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Duke, of 'Middle
burg, visited in the home of Mr. J. T.
Champion last week.
Mr. Macon Rooker, of Townsville,
spent Sunday in the home of Mr. J.
B. Brack. '
Mrs. L. N. Kimball is now on a pro
tracted visit -to her sister Mrs. Allen
in Missouri and her brother Dr. C. D.
Smith in Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F, Williams spent
Saturday in Henderson.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Osborn Clark on the arrival of a little
son, Thursday the 28th.
Mr. Wharton Kimball and family of
(Continued On Fourth Page)
HOME AGENT GIVES EXCEL
LENT RECIPES ON GRAPES
Methods of Preparing and Selec
tion Given In Detail To County
Housewives; Further Recipes
Follow In Friday's Paper-
Since we are fortunate enough in
Warren county to have quite a few
Muscadine and Scuppernong grapes
I hope they will all be used in delicious
home products. If you have a vine of
the Thomas variety you are even more
fortunate as it is considered the best
of the standard varieties for culinary
purposes. Jellies, grape juices, cann
ed grapes, catsups and preserves are
the most desirable products made from
these grapes. The preserves are not,
so good as those made from grapes re
quiring less sugar. The grape sirup
is made without the addition of sugar.
It is not only a good sirup but is use
ful as a substitute for sugar in cooking.
The grape juice is the cheapest
product and most easily made. The
Thomas makes first and the Scupper
nong makes second of all of the va
rieties tested. One bushel of grapes
will yield 3 gallons juice.
The jelly is a delightful, product.
Two essentials are necessary: avoid
the crystal formation in the jelly and
add enough pectin to make a jelly ith
sufficient body.
Cold-press method. Secure souna,
clean, fully ripe fruit; crush the fruit
by hand or, better, with a home macro
crusher. If a cider mill is available,
it is well adapted for both crushing
and pressing. After the berries are
crushed the juice should be pressed
fronv the fruit immediately. Small
quantities of fruit can be pressed in a-
clean, cloth sack by hand, but if as
much as a bushel of grapes is being .
handled a cider mill or. an inexpensive
homemade press like those illustrated
in Farmers' Bulletins 644 and 758
should be used. Having secured the
fresh grape juice, strain it through
flannel and then place it in bottles or
fruit jars. While bottles are suitable
if preferred, the quart clamp-top or
lightning seal type of fruit jar is rec
ommended as the best container for
grape juice for home use. Such jar3 ,
ordinarily are more conveniently and
sucessfully used, are more generally
available, and can be used also as con
tainers for other products in succeed
ing years. Having placed the juice in
bottles or jars, put these in a water
bath and sterilize by heating until the
juice has reached a temperature near
but not quite up to the boiling point.
If a thermometer is available, the tem
perature can be tested. As soon as
the juice has reached a temperature
of 190 to 200 degrees F. (95 to 98 C.)
remove it from the sterilizer. If no
thermometer is available, remove the
juice as soon as it shows the first sign
of simmering preliminary to boiling.
A good home water bath or sterilizer
can be provided by placing a false bot
tom of wire gauze (4 meshes to the
square inch) or a thin board in which
numerous holes have been bored in the
bottom of a wash boiler or large, cov
ered preserving pot filled with water
enough to surround but not cover the
bottle or jars of grape juice. The false
bottom enables water to get under the
juice containers and the cover of the'
water bath confines the steam, which
sterilizes the upper part of the con
tainers. Just as soon as the temper
ature of the juice has reached the
point at which sterilization has been as
sured, remove the bottles containing
juice from the water bath, seal at once,
and store in a dark, cool place until
desird fer use. In sealing the fruit
jars, before clamping them dip the .
lids and rubbers for a moment in the
hot water of the water bath, so that
they will also be sterilized. If bottles
are -used cork them with new corks
that have just been soaked for about
30 minutes in water at a temperature
of not. less than 140 degress F. Use
a cork a little wider than the mouth of
the bottle, and after inserting this as
far as possible cut off the rest of the
cork even with the mouth. Dry the
mouth of the bottle thoroughly and
dip in a melted mixture of equal parts
of beeswax and rosin or in melted par
affin. Other recepits will be given in Fri
day's issue.