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Of Thoughts
From Here
There, Yonder
cBy W. BRODIE JONES)
1 rQLUM:BXXfV
i A SEMi-WE
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER3l919
number 101
rs rv a varan wnwr m. . . . - - . ! - -- . - , - - - -
n JNKW-'S rAPEK DEVOTED TO THE IN'piq ESTS:QFARREKTO
take holiday.
The Warren Record will not greet
t3 readers again this year. vc
'ose the busiest year in the history
Cf the paper with one hundred and
ne editions mailed to our patrons
0 ying the news as we gathered it.
1 special edition, necessary to can
. i fnr tVio rplphratinn of
cel tne pina - --
TUiy 25th postponed on' account of
rain a twenty page Victory loan and
twelve page Red Cross edition and
y extra sheets in the regular edi
Tns" to carry advertising have kept
the office force busy, throughout the
year.
We extend our sincerest apprecia
te for this patronage and for the
many words which have buoyed
our efforts during the year just clos-
ed.
May the merriest of Christmases
Mid the most prosperous of New
years with peace, plenty and love
cement our actions for the permanent
welfare of our fellowman.
May especial joy be yours at this
Yuletide.
It takes a genius to see the obvious.
Make some other heart happy with
joy. :
Happiness is the reward of the
kind.
Doing is very largely a question of
trying.
Inefficiency is a by-prodfuct of pros
perity. '
Little ideas are usually expressed
in big words.
Nothing is a pleasure when it be
comes a habit.
Have you "Christmas in your
bones?" Get it!
"If you can't realize the ideal,, then
idealize the real." 7
A whole lot of people marry, but
they don't settle down. ;
"I'm oM and IVo hac? many troubles
-most of them never happened'
"The secret of success is to do what
the world wants done and to do it bet
ter than anyone else can do it."
" 'I used to like the. Christmas spir
it," said the Colonel, but now it's,. all
moonshine' at $12 a quart."
"Since prohibition has been effec
tive, the United States has become a
place of 'departed spirits' but it's not
dead by any means."
Natural Deduction
"Sir, your dog has just bitten ma
cn the ankle!" "
"Well, you wouldn't expect a little
dog like that to bite you on the neck,
would you?" Southern Progress
"In the whispering galleries t of St.
Paul's cathedral in London the faint
est sound is faithfully conveyed from
cne side to the other, but cannot e
neard at any intermediate point.'
A traveller came upon an old man
crying as if his heart would break.
"What's the matter?" he sympa
thetically asked.
"Pa whipped me," he sobbing re
Pd as the stranger iavoluntarily
isped. '
"Too bad, my man, but for what did
J our venerable father - treat you in
gny such manner."
"For throwing rocks at grandpa,"
leplied the old gentlmean as the
V'ould be sympathizer exclamed as he
teat a retreat:
"Ye go&s, Methuselah!"
WOLF, FOX, LYON, BAER,
ENLIST IN THE JVIARINES
Buffalo, N. Y Dec. 22. "Wolf, Fox,
Lyon," called the seigeant as he ush
ei'ed three recruits into the Marine
Corps Recruiting office here.
"It sounds like a menagerie," said
Jfc-e recruiting officer to the sergeant.
'Do you think we're signing up animal
Jets for a circus?"
"Nor, sir," replied the sergeant, "but
there is still one more to sign upcap
tain." "Bring him in."
"Baer!" shouted the Sergeant and
the fourth recruit entered.
The four recruits were James E.
of Gates, N. Y., James Baer, of
fjrie, Pa, George R. Wolf of Warren,
J1-, and Charles Lyon of Rochester.
l Y.
HAPPINESS MUST COME IN
GOOD DEEDS TO OTHERS
That As Ideal Toward Life Will
" Alone Guarantee Hnnninpcc Tn
, - M f'utvkW JLM.B .
uuuu urues ivir. ineo 11.
Price, of Commerce & Finance.
It is Christmas time again. The
angels who sung "Peace on Earth,
" 1 TTTIll -1 nr . .
vjuuu in 10 iuen- are supposed to be
hovering over this old earth and we
are all trying to be glad ana happy.
tBut I wonder if others are impressed
as I am with the lack of spontaneity
in our joyousness. The stores are ad
vertising their wares as usual. We
will make gifts and receive them as
I formerly.
We shall mail the customary Christ
mas cards and eat the customai
Christmas dinner, but underneath it
all there seems to be a feeling of dis
appointment that the. first year of
peace after nearly five years of waT
has brought, so little happiness to the
world. In Europe four hundred- and
fifty million people are in distress
more or less acute. The old order has
, been upset and the new one has not
jyet been established. The govern
ments to which the people were, ac
customed have been overturned and
the new systems thus far in being are
j functioning very imperfectly. Travel
is difficult and communication .slow.
The money in corculation is rapidly
becoming valueless and food is scarce.
J A spirit of unrest is .abroad. The
curse of v anarchy is upon Russia and
obscures her from our sight, while rev
olution threatens elsewhere. Surely
it must be a disappointing Christmas
cn.the other sidte of the Atlantic.
And here. The elation and excite
ment of war are gone and in then
place we have had a year; of almost
constant bickering and -struggle. Pol
iticians have been selfishly scheming
for advantage, wage earners are fight-
1 ing for more pay ana every one is
complaining-a nationiiabituallyex
travagant in being compelled to -adjust
I itself to the taxation, inflation and un
derproduction that, have always, fol
lowed in the wake of war.: Why, even
Christmas seasons of the war were
more satisfying than this, for thev
were lighted by the hope of victory
i and sublimated! by the spirit of self
sacrifice.
Is it not the lack of this spirit that
makes the present Christmas season
so disappointing? In 1917 and at
least until Christmas, 1918, we were
inspired, inflamed and uplifted by the
thought of what we could do and
were dome for others. The world was
,tc be m?d safe for democracy and to
; that end we were glad to pledge our
lives, our fortunes and our future.
We were looking out, not in, we were
tanking of others and not of ourselv
1 es, and we were happy in.spite of our
bereavements and losses. And then
the war ended in victory for the cause
we had espoused, and after a very
brief period of rejoicing we commenc
ed to look inward, we forgot about
others and! began to remember our
selves nationally and individually.
As a result we are today unhappy,
critical and complaining. The reason
is obvious. We are discontented be
cause we are coming almost uncon
sciously to realize that happiness is a
'product of helpfulness, that those who
jlive unto themselves alone can never
be entirely satisfied and that we can
'not know the joy that should be ours
' at Christmas jmless we have the
nwf r,nirit and remember that
we are celebrating the birthday of One
whose influence has survived the rise
and fall of unnumbered nations be
cause He loved the -world and was
glad to die that men might live. -
Clark-Alston
The following announcement is of
much interest to Warren friends:
Mrs. Carrie Howland Cark
announces the marriage
of her daughter
to
. Mr. Edward Thorne Alston-, Jr.
on Thursday, Decemoer the- eighteenth
nineteen hundiei and? nineteen
Clarkton, North Carolina
At Home
v,o first of January
Henderson, North Carolina.
Bless is he with a sense of humor,
and doubly blessed is he who - can
faugh at himself when there is
else around to laugh at. -
Schools Obser
ve R C. Day
Last Friday was observed by many
schools of the county as North Caro
lina Day. The program was devoted
to school improvement, arbor day and
the Aycock Memorial. . -A
purpose of the day was to receive
small donations from the school chil
tfreh to erect a monument to Charles
B Aycock. the Educational Oovemor.
and the following schools have report
ed to Supt. J. Edward Allen:
Elbern i r. ....... . $4.00
Warren Plains ................ 2.00
Manson .
Grove Hill
Afton . . .
Ridgeway
Pope ....
Vicksboro
1.00
1.00
1.57
1.5
2.01
1.50
1,05
1.00
.42
1.17.
1.40
1.10
2.60
.xtelle .........
Long School . (col.) .............
Warren Plains' (supplemental) . .
Elberon (col.) .....
Liberia (col.)
Mayflower ....
Wilson (col.) . .
Churchill school
An especially good program was
presented at Pope school ar.d at Vicks
toro where over $70.00 "has recently
teen raised for school improvement.
MILLIONS ARE SAVED
BY SMALL DEPOSITS
Banks of Country Have Twenty-Seven
Hundred Thousand Accounts F;g-5
ures Announced at Convention.
Show.
There are 27,000 000 savings banX
lepositors in the United States, ac-
wording to figures published at the
convention of the lAmerican Bankers
Association here." In compiling these
Igures due allowance was made for
iuplications. Investigation by the"
bankers has proved that these -eav-ng
bank depositors are, with few ex
ceptions, people of small means, but
hey are the people who absorbed in
arge measure the war issues of gov
ernment securities, Thrift and War
Savings Stamps, Savings Certificates
nd Liberty Bond's AND ARE "KEEP.6' vwortn with-the,Govern
INGTHE2fl
Not only did they buy and hold gov
ernment securities, but those invest
ments led to additional savings, con
solidated the habit of thrJft and in
creased bank deposits throughout the
entire nation. These 27,000,000 depos
itors how own $10,573,971,000 of sav
ings. This is the money which has built
up the railroads v municipalities,
homes and industries of the nation.
These savers financed the war suc
cessfully, and on their continuation
"f ' the production of new capital,
hrough savings, rests the solution
for financing reconstruction and for
the Increase of production' necessary
to 'check the high cost of living,"
bankers agree.
The government savings securities
and Liberty Bonds offer Ideal means I
for the production of this new capital.
They are adapted for investment of all
sums no matter now great or. small.
They are the safest security possible.
They are profitable and readily con
vertible into cash should necessity
arise.
CHARGE OF-THE STAMP BRIGADE.
Just a stamp, just a stamp.
Just a stamp onward;
Into the Valley of life
Oo.many hundred. .
Stormed at by costs and billi,
Boldly they faced their ills,
Bravely cut out all frills,
And bought a hundred. .
High cost to right of them, high cosf
to left of them,
High cost behind them volleyed and
- thundered,
But they kept saving on, just as they
had begun
Till they'd a hundred.
When will the high cost fade?
O, the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered. v
So let us fight the scamps
With more War Savings Stamps,
Stamps by the hundred.
The armistice cleared, the of U
boats but your financial craft can be
just as effectively sunk without trace
by foolish investment in wild-cat
stocks. Government securities, War
Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds ar
safe. .
Make up your mind to give mo
than you receive this Christmas as n
good Christmas resolution. -"N
MANYpSTs FORTUNE
YING TO GET HIGH
Hundreds vCught" Urider' StcKifeMi
ket Lfhd?lide But Those:- VsThoj
Invented in Ctoyarnmant --jSa-Vi
- ' ' V cultle::-Afe''8af
Whether-br not? man
this sectioa were "caught"; in the re
cent slump' of the New York market
probably wUi never be known, and
there is - no - way of estimating ; 7 the,
amount of moneyr lost iy. But it is! ilft
aitely knofn that many men and per
haps a "number of women ttci c badJy;
"stunEr'l and that their losses - ran far-;
Into the millions of dollars; ' '
It goes without saying', " of course,
that their losaes catue from th e mar;
ket coilapsBrlertMn:" securities 4: or
because tljej1 were unkblerto weather;
the storhiifia stbcki;whjc
bought, on iagmt5udden ry .depre
dated. In otlier words, much o! the
loss was because men. - and -'fwomen
lured by tlie promise of great profits
matched . ilif lr wits with the' thj.. wai
horses ot ti?e speculation game,, anu
u a result many , little fortunes were
utterly wiped out. . ' .
Many 'busines mn realized some
time ' ago l tb at. pertain market quota
tions In Wall Street were abnorniai
of course all of them realized -the
risk of speculating on vague promises
of proflt-and warning after warning
was issued" to the men and women of
moderate nieans not to endanger their
J money in any get rich-quick schsm
which, might be on'ered.
Those" persona who invested the'r
savings 'in-such standard securities as
Liberty Bonds and Victory Notes, or
Treasury Savings Certificates. 'or "-Var
Sarlngst Stamps intending to hold to
niaturiti1,'! were not caught in the land
slidej fr government ;curities arp
always cedeomed at i-ill face value
f upan maturity. They provide the best
prdVection in the world and the men
or woman wheas investments arj
represented -bysuch ; securities and
whib holds these sncufities is always
aKolutely safe:reg;ardless "of anything
that -may happen in the speculative
stock markets of the country. . ,
; Or course the" , immediate market
value of Liberty Bonds and Victory
-Notes fluctuates, but holders of these
se.euii.ties may rest absolutely easy
because theY changes in the market
prices ;of -ese government securities
are f?.r less than in other bonds .and
ment back? of 'them demands that on
maturity they will be paid for at Just
exactly one hundred cents on the dol-la-
"Better safe than sorry."
KING GETS THRIFT STAMP.
Somewhere in the personal effects
of King Albert of Belgium reposes a
thrift card with a United States Gov
ernment Thrift Stamp attached. The
king is that much ahead. There is a
kid in San Francisco who is that much
out. -'
As King Albert -tenped into his au
tomobile after the official reception In
San Francisco, Richard Siprelle. elev
en years old, leaped upon the running
board to sell the king a Thrift Stamn.
He thrust the card and stamp into the
king's hand. The king looked at him
and then said, smilingly; "Thank
you." Then the king's car lurched for
ward and the king was gone. '
The armistice was signed a year
ago, but there is still a line of
American sentries along the Rhine.
Keep a guard of War Savings StampB
on watch over your doTars.
atampc
MANSON ITEMS
Mr Robert Kimball, of Enfield, vis
ited in the home of his brother Mr.
L. N. Kimball this week.
Mr. J. B. Brack spent a day of this
week at Drewery shopping.
We are glad to know that Mr. M.
V. Fleming is improving. We hope
to see him at his place of business be
fore very long.
Mr. Earnest Hecht and family, of
Norlina, were pleasant guests in the
home of their friends Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Dill Sunday. "
Mr. Clyde Martin, of Oxford, is a
frequent guest in our town." .
Mrs. J. T. " Champion and Miss
Thelma Brack spent a day recently in
Henderson.
Mr. Albert Paschall spent Thurs
day at Drewery.
Messrs. R. L. W. Watkins and Ed
win Fleming, of Middleburg, were vis
itors in town Sunday.
Miss Mamie Brack returned Tues
i from a pleasant visit to Rich
mond. " -
Mr. S. J. Satterwhite motored rom
cur town" to Henderson last week.
Miss Bessie Lou Collins, of Middle
burg was the guest of Miss , Marie
Fleming the first of the week
Miss Etta Fleming closed her School
Friday for the Christmas holidays
if
ems
1 f
ise
mty
On Thursday evening, December
18th, at 7:30 o'clock-the music pupils
pf yviiss Arah atling gave a musi
cals.. The program showed that-the
pupils had made much improvemene
during- the last ; few months, and! was
enjoyed by those present.
The auditoi-ium was most tasteful
ly decorated with ., nolly and other
Christmas greens.; A small admis
sion fee was charged and the do r re-
ceipts together mtE the amount deriv
ed from' tHe sale of sandwiched 1 an
hot- chocolatei by he ladies of ; the-Betterment
Association, will . be used for
linisnmg ;ana peautitymg - the : .music
fe'St ; fM&f$& r'
a beautifully, decorated Chfistnias tf ee
were lighted and although ;fc :,vas' an
nounced that Santa Clausia had1ai;
tempted t 1 makehe rtrip;&an air
plane had met" with can acicent, and
could '. not be here, Prpf . Jpbe being
obliged to take his ;place, each mem
ber of the music -'class' received a gift.
The tree- also held a beautiful ivory
pock, the gift . of the music class to
their teacher.
On Friday morning the little folks
of Miss Worley's and Miss Kimball's
rooms had their Christmas tree. Al
J hough the day was stormy outside,
there were many glad little hearts
inside; who could hardly wait for the
tree to be lighted an the gifts taken
onV. Before this was. done, however,
exercises' appropriate to Christmas
and to School Improvement Day were
held and a collection taken for the
Aycock Memorial.
When the tree was lighted and! the
shades drawn, each child was present
ed with a little gift and seme apples
and oranges. - The children and teach
ers separated wishing each other a
bright and Merry Christmas. 7
Every day is School Improvement
Day at the Wise School, - Ten beauti-
jui. lectures nave peen oraerea ior tnt
walls of the various roomi and a
brand new four burner oil stove to be
used f or entertainments, ..deraonstrE
1 t iV ' ' -i j ir
tfons or ..to, warm Up cold lunches, has
just arrived. . -' 'Z
CMr; HatiHayes is t home ltom the
Wni verityso aiehollday.y;I;C
Miss Sally Perkmson and Miss Em
ma Dunn are at home from their
schools to spend Christmas.
Although there are no particular
festivities scheduled for the holidays.
everybody seems to be happy and full.
of the Christmas spirit.
MiCKIE SAYS
SOME FOUCS NAOME TUU&
tUtl OOH-t KECD UO NVORE
OOSt - BUT NNVSE.
SU?ptM' US JVTNfcIS
with a nice little entertainment.
Mr. Arthur Dill spent Saturday in
Henderson.
Mr. William James of Axtell, mov
ed to our town some days ago and is
living atthe place know as "Forest
Cottage." -
Messrs. Robert and Oliver Kimball
made a business trip to Henderson
this week.
Mrs. Rooker, of Townsville, was a
pleasant visitor to relatives here a
few days ago.
Mr. Carl Burdick, of Virginia, has
been relieving Mr. M. V. Fiem.ng a
the depot since he has been unable to
be out. -
Airs. Clark returned to her home in
Henderson' Sunday after spending sev
eral days In the home of Mr. Osbom
Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. PinneU andf their
little son Council, of Henderson, die-
lighted friends here by a visit recent-
ly.
Vici
Ktw Vow wam
li - M WawT-Ws7
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mum
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1 1 1
rn
: rHOUS AND TO HEIiP FIGHT
- campaign ; For Dry .World ; Or
gaiiier VMts arrenr Vrcf.
' ixraiiamra ubad Drive licf.
Mr. Jphn; Phillips. District- btgan
ker af or thePro
Campaign, was in town toaay in the
interest of -the'' drive to be launched in
ihe''-n4ar' future; ; It-19 :of iniprest. tt
now that Mr. John Graham 'wilii--
rect the campaign in Warren which
has as its purpose not only the -en
forcement of prohibition v; ifi . Amer
ica but is to send aid to other nation
:h the fightgainst alcohoL t;V; t -Mr,
Frank W. Davis, of this county,
made a recent liberal "donation to this
cause and Vs letter to State headqnar-
ters with their comments furnish an ,
teresting readying to " Mr. Davis's
many friends" and shed 'further light
upon there"whicV'willi engage tha
public attention later. -i;v. -.
y .Greensboro, N. C., December ; 18.
The World Prohibition. Movement re
ceived this morning an .unexpected
contribution .from a former ; North
Carolinian; Mr. Frank ; W.- Davis, a
native of Warren .County, who former
3 vcQ m .Wilson and Charlotte, and
who moved to Kentucky. hree years
ago, still remembering The Old North
State. , This , morning,'- State Director
(J. H, Mebane was surprised and grat
iiiec? by receiving the following letter
from Mr.. Davis: ; J . "-
Winchester, Ky., Dec. 16, 1919. Mr.
C. H. Mebane, Director,; World Prohi
bition i Movement, Greensboro, J$ C.
Dear Sir- -"I am glad to see the move-'
ment on for . IVprld Prohibition, and I
want to help. I want to help - too,:
through my native State. Therefore,
I enclose ;, yeu - my contribution, five
thousand dollarsr . "Today the news
comes through pur '.State , papers that
as soon as the- Supreme Court declar-'
ed the war-time prohibition act conr
situtional, ; the ' , Kentucky distillers I
rushed 't Irihet mx&Qen.'r'iot
stamps and permits to export their
thirty nine million gallons of liquor
to distillers there. What effect '. will
this have on the enlarged! activities of
the Church in such fields? I want to
help North Carolina raise her seven
hundred thousand to insure the suc
cess of the Churches' activities in
other lands." ' " . '
Yours truly,
F. W. DAVIS.
Local News
of Interest
Mr. Robert. Alston was' in town
tcday.
Mr. JLewis Allen was in town this
week.
'Mr. Berry Wright was in town Sat
urday. Mr. S. G. Wilson and son were in
town this week.
Mr. King Pinnell was a recent visi
tor to Warrenton.
Miss Annie Myrick, of Littleton,
was in town shopping Saturday.
. Miss Lottie Myrick, of Littleton,
was in town shopping Fri?ay.
The recent bond issue in Nutbush
went 62 to 53 for good roads it is in
teresting to know.
The collection taken last Friday
afternoon at Pope School, for Aycock
Memorial amounted to $1.50.
The patrons of the Warrenton color
ed school have bought a piano and
placed it in the school here.
Mr. Joe J ohn Allen, of Louisburg,
and Mr. J. W. Allen, of Tennessee,
one of the descendants of John Allen
who left, here one hundred years ago
for that State, were pleasant visitors
in Warrenton today.
A particularly fine evidence of good
work in the recent Red! Cross Roll,
call has come to light from the white
school of Roanoke township. 'Mrs. M.
A. Huckstep, teacher of the school, re
ports 11 members enrolled for the
Red Cross from an average attendance
of fifteen school children.
Meeting Postponed
The Literary Branch of the Woman's
Club will meet on January 8th. The
regular December meeting has been
postponed until then on account of
the Christmas holidays. -