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PLUME XXIV
(Tuesday)
WARRENTON, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919
(Friday)
Number 84
lUOA YEAR
A SEMI WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
5c. THE COPY
rOVERNiMENT GUARAN
TEES QUICK ACTION NOW
Soldiers, Sailors or Marines Who
Are Entitled To vocational
Training Are Urged To Imme
diately Accept Opportunity.
Former soldiers, sailors and marines
who have incurred disabilities in line
of duty which have necessitated major
amputations, such as the loss of a
hand or foot, both hands or both feet,
nr loss of sight of one or both eyes,
and who are desirous of taking voca
tional training, can have their appli
cations acted on within 24 hours, ac
cording to a bulletin issued today by
the Office of the Assistant to the Sec
retary of War; Service and Informa
tional Branch. The bulletin is as fol
lows: "Under a new policy just put in
effect by the Federal Board for Voca
tional Education, men who have be
come disabled in the service of the
Army or Navy, no matter what tne
extent or nature of such disability,
are enable to have their applications
for training acted on much more
quickqly than formerly. Heretofore
all applications for training were re
ferred from the District Vocational
Office to the Federal Board at Wash
ington for action, thereby entailing
much delay and wording needless
hardships on the men makqing the ap
plications. Under the new system all
these applications are acted on by
traveling field representatives who
have been sent out from Washington.
These representatives cover the entire
country and visit each vocational
board at least once every two weeks,
at which time all cases ready in the
District office are cleared up. The
only cases which such traveling repre
sentatives must refer to Washington
are those involving courses for a per-,
iod longer than two years. On these
the Washington "office will give a de
cision within ten days.
"Men who have major amputations,
such as the loss of a hand or foot, or
both hands or both feet, or loss of
sight of one or both eyes, come under
a special class. Their applications
will be acted on by the District Voca
tional Officer, who has authority to
approve courses up to and including
four years in length without referring
them to Washington. Cases of this
character should be cleared up within
24 hours.
"The Federal Board of Vocational
Education has also adopted a definite
policy regarding tuberculosis cases.
Any arrested case of tuberculosis will
be considered as 25 per cent disabled
for a period of two years from date of
arrest, and the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance has agreed that they will
considered arrested cases as 25 per
cent disabled for the first six months
and 10 per cent for the following
eighteen. This decision enables the
giving of the necessary hospital and
medical treatment to men in this
class."
This bulletin has. been issued in ac
cordance with advices received by the
War Department from the Federal
Board.
$7,000 Of Funds
Will Come Here
In connection with the nation-wide
campaign the Rev. Louis N. Taylor
will speak in Emmanuel church on
Wednesday, Oct. 29th at 8 p. m. All
Episcopalions near and far are urged
to attend this meeting. Emmanuel
church expects to receive $7000.00
from the campaign to help build the
new church and on top of this a small
attendance would represent the basest
gratitude and lack of interest. We
expect to receive but what do we in
tend to give? Any gift which stops
sort of ourselves is only half a gift
with the most important part left out.
Jkgin now to give yourselves. At
tend church, Sunday school. Bible
class and the weekly study and pray
er circles, in this way .you will learn
nat next to do.
Kemeber our slogan:
1 will do what I can
With what I have,
ere I am,
Now." t
E. W. BAXTER
N. B. Set clock back on Saturday
ht and come to church on time.
Schedule Meetings
of Womans' Club
Business meeting 1st Tuesday at
4'oclock in High . School Bldg.
Home Economics Dep't 2nd Tuesday
at 4 o'clock in Miss Rankin's office
. in Cqurt House. .
Civic Dep't -3rd. Tuesday at 4 o'clock
in Miss Rankin's Office.
Educational Dep't. 4th Tuesday at
4 o'clock in High School Bldg.
Literary Dep't. Thursday after 1st
and 3rd Sundays at 4 o'clock at
Mrs. Pendleton's residence.
The Educational Department meets
next Tuesday. It needs every woman
in our community if Warrenton is to
have a first class school, there must
be a more imtimate knowledge of
present conditions and a stronger de
mand for her responsibilities in im
proving the educational conditions in
Warrenton. Every one,whether she is
a member of the club or not, is invited
to attend any meeting of the club at
any time.
JULIA DAMERON, Pres.
There is always danger of over
doing a good thing as is evidenced by
Mark Twain's "Sermon to Salesmen"
"The pastor was the most eloquent
orator I ever listened to," said Mark.
"He painted the benighted condition
of the heathen so clearly that my
deepest compassion was aroused and
I resolved to break a life-long habit
and contribute a dollar to teach the
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Gospel. As the speaker : proceeded I
decided to give five dollars and then
tenf Finally I knew it would be my
duty to give all the cash I had with
me $20. The pleading of the orator
wrought upon me still further and I
decided to borrow $20 from my friend
in the next pew and give that also.
"That was the time to take up the
collection.
"However, the speaker proceeded
and I gradually lost interest and
dropped off into a sweet slumber.
When the usher woke me up by prod
ding me in the ribs with the collection
plate, I not only refused to contribute,
but a.m ashamed to state I stole 15c.
from the plate.""" " : ;
Report on Crops
During September
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 11. That there
is still a big tobacco yield in North
Carolina, notwithstanding the great
shortage in condition of the crop, is
evident from the leaf tobacco ware
house sales reports which showed
79,220,071 pounds were reported sold
by 164 warehouses. The 20 that did
not report are estimated to have sold
8,285,000 pounds, making a toal of
87,505,071 pounds of first-hand or pro
ducers' sales. This is much the same
as the reports showed for last year,
according to a report- just issued by
the Cooperative Crop Reporting Ser
vice, which handles the agricultural
statistics for the State and Federal
Departments of Agriculture.
The total first-hand sales actually
eported for the season, including
July, August, , and September, are 95,-
813,569 pounds. In addition there
were estimated to be 10,125,000
pounds sold that were not properly re
ported by warehouses, these cover
more than 30 monthly reports.
The average price of the September
sales was approximately 41 cents per
poind, and 38 per cent of the tobacco
was marketed outside of the counties
where produced. The final estimated
. '. . . no
condition - of. the State s crop was oo
par cent of a full crop as recently es
timated by the Crop Reporting Ser
vice which forecasts the crop at 285,
000,000 pounds. This represents an
acreage of 15 per cent more than last
year's crop, but a yield of 33,000,000
po inds less than last season's sales
amounted to.
The tobacco crop for the United
States showed a condition of 73.6 per
cent based on October 1st govern
ment reports, with a forecasted pro
duction of 1,278,012,000 pounds, which
is 62,000,000 pounds less than last
year's crop. ,
With this summarized information
was also realized a report showing the
sales by counties and markets, in
cluding the number of warehouses re
porting for September on their first
hand sales, re-sales, average -prices,
and the per cent of the crop grown m
the county where sold for each month.
Reported by,
FRANK PARKER,
Director and Field Agt., Co-operative
Crop Reporting Service.
OUND THE
'HE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
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Hunger, disease and exposure were not ail that Belgian children were
subjected to, for enemy shells constantly droppd into what little of their
country the invader did not hold. In this picture Red Cross nurses are-seen
taking some of the fifty babies from the American Red Cross nursery at
La Panne into a .bomb-proof structure as the Germans opened fire from the sea.
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ed By Price
" -time. The American Cotton Associa-
Raleigh, Oct. 23. "Don't let the tion is ih best means of getting the
present price of motton fool you into organization for cotton warehouses,
false sense of security," is the warn- for through the Association the cot
ing cotton Association officials attend- ton farmer secures the aid and co
ing the big mass meeting in Raleigh operation of the best business and
TnPsHav spnd out to the cotton farm-
ers of the state. "The prsent good If this Program is carried out, we will
prices offered for cotton are the' di- see f orty cent cotton before another
rect result of the efforts of the Cot- croP is harvested, says President J. S.
ton Association, and should there be a Wannamaker of the cotton associa
relaxation of the efforts of the cotton1011-
planters and others interested in get-,
ting a fair price for cotton, the price ! Speaking of wisdom out of the
wiri nr, wnrf than it has in niouth of babies, did you ever wonder
many years past."
As further proof that the Associa-
Hon work fs beine reflected in a irood
price for cotton, the officials point out
that the price began to increase soon
after the work of the old reduction
campaign last spring was well under
v Tt hn hPhl ?t.padlv all through
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the, until recently when Presidenx,
Wanamaker announced that the cot
ton planters did not intend to increase
the acreage unless they were assured
that a fair price would be paid for the
stanle. This announcement was made
o tv,o Maw Orleans World Cotton
Conferenc, and for the first time thisjlar daughter of Mr. John A. Dowtin,
this rniintv. Tuesdav afternoon at
vear cotton cnmDeu ovr ns
mark.
This is the first time in history
that the cotton farmer has held the
whip hand, and he is holding this
through the efforts of the organiza
tion of cotton farmers, merchants and j
bankers. Should he relax his efforts
and fail to carry forward the splendid
workq already done by the associa
tion, the cotton planter will fall back
into the old ways of having to send his
cotton to market and taking anything
the buyers want to offer him. And
the prices offered are based on Wall
OUND THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
Recreation m Hospitals.
The American Red Cross conducts its recreational work in hospitals
through trained men and women, introducing, a multitude Of recreations suited
to the handicaps of the men. The accompanying view . of a hospital ward
shows in operation a moving picture projecting machine, developed by a Red
.r-. .', MMo!Anni:iHmu.tni.1 csriph throws the nictures on the wall so that
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the men do not have to stir from their
WOULD WITH
M
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Belgium.
Street prices, fixed by men who, in
most instances, have never seen a bale
jof cotton.
! Organization and warehouses will
solve the problem once and for all
Poiessionai Drams 01 nis community.
when you wer a child why people had
? anv flowers in their front-room
-carpets ana no real nowers growing
iout in the backyards?
'Good salesmanship consists in be-
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I. he should not use a thing as to tell
inim wny ne snouia.
Quiet Marriage
Solemnized 21st
I Miss Annie Virginia Dowtin, popu-
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two o'clockq became the bride of Mr.
Sam Davis as the impressive words of
the ring ceremony were spoken by
Rev. J. M. Millard.
The home was decorated in honey
suckle, zinnias and candles and hal
lowed with an atmosphere of possess
ing beauty. The bride was attired in
a darkq blue travelling' suit with acces
siries to match.
Following the ceremony the couple
left for a trip to Washington City.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis will reside in ForK
township upon their return to Warren.
WORLD WITH
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cots. J
Extravagance
To Conceit 3s Said
The man who said conceit was at
the bottom - of every extravagance
knew a good deal about human na
ture. Few men would pay $4 for u
tie that did not look as if it costs $4
and the factory girls in Connecticut
who are buying $300 fur coats on in
stallments out of a salary of $15 a
week would care little for such a coat
if the only place they could wear n
were an asylum for the blind.
- A modern philbspher says, "I con
clude that dissatisfaction is a common
human ailment and that I might as
well be unhappy with what I have as
unhappy with that I can't afford.
Thousands of Americans are dissi
pating, their savings in extravagant
purchases purely through' conceit.
And it is a blind; conceit which de
ceives no one but the extravaerant
themselves. When a man goes into
a store to buy a $6 hat which he can
afford and comes out with a $16 hat
which has forced him to break 1 his
savings, he does not impress the clerk
who sells it or his friends who see him
wear it. But he has injured them all
and himself also. He has aided to di
vert production from -necessities to
non-necessities, he has helped keep up
prices, and has withdrawn potential
capital from possible use in increas
ing industry. For himself, he has
weakened his defenses against old
age, sickness and loss of employment
and depleted his offensives in the bat
tle for success.
Failure to save is too high a price
to pay for the pampering of conceit.
The only safety against extravagence
lies in thrift and saving. Liberty
Bonds, War Savings Stamps and
Treasury Savings Certificates may
not make a flashy show but they are
more impressive than any extrava
gant possession money can buy. They
afford protection . to savings, future
and character and are sure roads to
possession of the things really needed
and desired.
Nothing to Do
With Assessment
Washington, October ll."That the
facts and figures gathered by tfie
enumerators, supervisors and special
agents of the Fourteenth Decennial
Decennial Census will have absolutely
nothing to do with valuation of prop
erty for taxation purpose is a point I
desire to emphasize with all possible
vigor," said Director of the Census
Sam. L. Rogers today in speaking of
the forthcoming 1920 enumeration.
"Some difficulty has been experienc
ed in the past," continued Mr. Rogers,
"in geeting absolutely accurate values
of land and other property because of
a certain amount of confusion over
this point. Many people were erron
eously inclined to connect the Census
with taxation. We hope to avoid any
such confusion this time."
The act of Congress' which, under
the Constitution, provides for the tak
ing of the Fouteenth Decennial Cen
sus makes it unlawful for any enum
erator, special agent, supervisor or
other employee of the Census Bureau
to divulge any information whatso
ever concerning the census returns. A
heavy fine and possible imprisonment,
or both, is the penalty prescribed for
violation of this provision of the law.
The proper tabulated figures of the
Census are given out nowhere but
here in Washington and then only
upon the express authority of the Di
rector of the Census Bureau.
Actual work by the enumerators in
the various census districts will begin
on, January 2, 1920. It is expected
that the population statistics of all
cities and towns will be gathered in
approximately two weeks. Final fig
ures for rural districts however, can
hardly be gathered 'fn ' less than a
month.
Raleigh, October. 23. The Annual
Convention of North Carolina Bap
tists will be held in Raleigh beginning
November 11. The changes of place
was the direct result of a wide spread
opinion that, because of the Baptist
75 Million Campaign, the Convention
should be held i na central point. The
Convention will be held on the "pay
plan" all messengers paying their
own expenses. Arrangements are be
ing made to care for several thousand
visitors.
The basis of efficiency is health.
A Boss is one who gets things done.
FARMERS CAN HOLD WHIP
HAND IN C. ASSOCIATION
Can By Organization and Mini
mum Amount of Effort Obtain
Greater Monied Return For
Crop and Obtain Independence.
Raleigh, Oct. 23. The American
Cotton Association is in receipt of a
letter from one of the leading editors
in the South, president of the largest
agricultural papers in Louisana and
Missississippi. He gives a true de
scription of the cotton situation and
tells it in a way that it interesting to
even those who claim to "know it all."
Also he praises the American Cot
ton Association and compliments it
upon its rapid progress. Here is
what he wrote. Read it and tell it
to others: '
"The American Cotton Association
was formed less than a year ago, but
it already is becoming the guiding
star of the cotton grower. It is
showing him that he produces the
fibre that clothes all the civilized
world, a produce that all mankind
must have and must take on what
ever terms he names if he is prepared
to enforce them. It is seeking to
liberate his wife from the -slavery of
the cotton field, that she may make
her home a happier abode for her hus
band and children.
"It is convincing him that the never-ending
toil of his children in the
cotton fields without even the' hope of
compensation beyond a bare living
should cease, and that the one-rooai
school running only five months must
give way to a better education pur
pose, and the boys and girls - on the
cotton farm are entitled to as good
technical and professional training
at a given age as are the sons and
daughters of men engaged in any
other walk of life.
"The cotton farmers are now or
ganizing for the mutual protection of
their interests ' and- the co-operative
marketing of their product. They
have the financial backing and hearty
support of the business men in their
several communities and they are go
ing to succeed. There is such a deep
interesting human side to the cotton
growing industry, which fs ' among
the aims of the Association."
Concluding this editor said: "If the
organization of cotton : growers does
nothing more 4han to take the inno
cent children of the south from the
cotton fields where they' have toiled
without hope of adequate reward and
place them in school where they can
at least secure an elementary educa
tion, it will be well worth all it will
cost in mcney and sacrifice a thousand
timer 4 er." .
Death of Mr. Matt
W. Ransom Oct. 8
The following extracts from an ar
ticle by Mr. Walter Daniel in the
Northampton Progress of Friday, Oc
tober 17th, is of interest : to former
acquaintances in Warren:
"Mr. Matt W. Ransom, Jr., died on
the afternoon of October 8th, 1919, at
Tucker Sanatorium in Richmond, Va.,
after a lingering illness tat extended
over more than three years. He was
the oldest son of the late Senator Matt
W.! Ransom and Mrs. Pattie Ransom,
his wife, and was bom in Warrenton,
N. C, on the 20th day of June, 1854.
He was laid to rest in the presence of
a" large concourse of relatives and
friends in the cemetery at Littleton
on Thursday afternoon the 9th inst.,
just before sunset.
"Mr. Ransom was most happily
married to Miss Nettie O. Johnson,
the youngest daughter of the late Mr.
Sterling Johnson, of Littleton, N. C,
on the 15th day of August, 1906, and
she together -with a daughter who
bears the name of her grandmother,
Martha Exum Ransom, is left to
mourn their irreparable loss.
"Mr. Ransom made his home from
his early childhood in Northampton
county until his marriage, after
which event he resided in Littleton on
the Warren side of the town.
"Mr. Ransom. had splendid business
capacity, was a faithful friend and in
the counties of Northampton, Halifax
and Warren, the scenes of his activi
ties had bound himself to hosts of
friends."