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A Colyum .jt ' 1 jk s Sm- 0 , r V l 05 T 1 Of Thoughts From Here There, Yonder (By W. BRODIE JONES) "Don't put it off, put it over" is the message to the township heads in the icai" East Relief campaign under way jn Warren this week. Thousands of appealing eyes of bod ies emaciated and practically nude turn to America for that aid which ir.eans life. They must not look in vain. Martyrs to the christian faith, they must not perish because we are too busy to hear the call to our soul of comparative plenty. "Hunger knows no armistice!" The heart of the people of this coun ty is right. The campaign is upon the conscience of the canvassers. "Don't put it off put it over" and do it now. Another death has occurred p the ag-e of 101. If something isn't done soon we shall lose all our centenar ians. Passing Show. :or the nomination and that no one is Mr. Jones "Can't I ever induce you authorized to speak for him politi to stop wearing your hair over your Hy If the league of nations is maue ears?" Mrs. Jones "Oh, yes; by buying me imond earrings."- Judge. It does no good to argue with your wife that two-thirds of the people who drive cars can't afford them. They've frnt cars, and that's all vour wife is o ' interested in. Kansas City Star. Smith This is er hardly what I expected from your advertisement. Landlady Well, you ain't what I thought you was from your letter. London Opinion. As the camper was cleaning his gun i along came a woodsman. "Been hunting today?" he asked. "Yes." "Shot anything?" "I don't know yet. I'm waiting for the rest of the party to get into camp so we can call the roll." Transcript. Rastus had entered the recruiting office to join the army. "Which will you prefer, a mixed or an all-black outfit?" asked the officer "No matter in the least, boss', said the colored man, "jes' band." American Legion Weekly. r A preacher, raising his eyes from his desk in the midst of his sermon, was paralyzed with amazement to see his rude offspring in the gallery pelting the hearers in the pews be- , . the good man was preparing a frown . j of reproof, the young hopeful cried out: You 'tend to your preaching, daddy; I II keep 'em awake."-London Tit-Bits ,p, "T , . , me juage "tto you ciaim you roD- ; bed that store because you were star- vmg? Why didn't you take some- fKinrr 4 . 4 ." ,-. A J nC -.4-nn1it - oil i - cf """Constitutional guarantees for free the cash out of the register? h Qr free representation, who Cause I'm a proud man Judge atablfch control of the gov ? k v J J.16 t0 P r W? int for profit and privilege. I UaV replied the accusedLondon 1 a .f it were lg 1 ' : dominated by groups who hope for any The Prude I'm such a gentle little prude, I think that laughter loud is rude. No lady smokes a cigarette! And games are bad when people bet. I always go to church on time T stay at home would be a crime. Tl ' never tasted wine or oeer, Or anything that makes one queer. , m passing fair with eyes of gray ' VP nevpi fncfn ixri n o rtr ViAAr. t j , ' . " , uu not aance, nor mrt, nor piay . , unseemlv mrr fimpc Hvmns are best! I Wiii, n JL -IT t ui V 'ltn flll ThD tni4iiac tlTtl T MAST.. 'rth all the virtues am I blest. A perfect wife I think I'd be; et no one seems to marry me! Life. LOGIC Sometimes there is a surplus of shad ows Ald it's hard (devilish hard!) to find sun, But if we persist jn our efforts, txV a11 times the thing can be done! ere apt to surrender too easy, And whine of how badly we fare. but sun's what it takes to make shad ow So surely the sun jnust be there. And urs be the blame if we lose it enough oft we can't see it that way. t-he people who die in theirsinning Are the people too righteous to pray L?eWh0 must lose in the long run, Who's not enough courage to dare. or sun's what it takes to make shad ow So always the sun must be there! Joseph Andrew Galahad. TL. . VOLUMEXXV OUT HIS MEWS H,e Cannot Pledge Himself iMinaioided and Asks Where Party Managers Stand WILL STAND BY LEAGUE IF THAT BECOMES ISSUE Is Not A Candjrlate For Presi dency and Has No Organiza tion; Believes In Existence of The TVo Great Parties. New York, Feb. 8. Herbert Hoov er tonight issues a statement defining his atitude toward the Presidency. He announced that he is riot a candidate j8" lssue 111 tne election he says he i wlU vote for the Party that stands for i !the league. In response to requests! !that he declare allegiance to either one J i "lc r t e Sre&Z political 'pa?,ies' Mr" Hoover says he wait I tlX lt definitely appears what j r" 4- Vi - Ail-. A. - a a .7. r. " """"" jwiii "exercise a prerogative of Amer ican citizenship and decline to pledge jmy vote blindfolded." His statement follows: "In order to answer a large num ber of questions all at once. Let me emphasize that I have taken a day off jfrom the Industrial conference in ' Washington to come to New York j solely to attend pressing matters in j connection with the Childrens Reliet. I want to say again: I have not sought and am not seeking the Presidency. I am not a candidate. I have no or ganization. No one is authorized to speak for me politically. "As an American citizen in the pres ent critical situation, my sincere and tonly political desire is that one or both of the great political parties will approach the vital issues, which have growJL-.QUt. f-w-thewar -and are new, , , . , , . ,. so it's got a:,A . .aaxes capaDie 01 carryi g out rnis worK should be nominated. "If the treaty goes over to the prea l idential election (with any reserva tions necessary to the world's mind ;that there can be no infringement of jthe safeguards provided by our Con stitution and our Nation-old tradi- jtions) then I must vote for the pan , , W4.u ' that stands for the league. With ;.. . . . lit. Clid JO iiVC UUV VX Ji. vention of war, but also that we can safely economize in military policies. .g hope q return of confidence and the economic recon- i struction of the world. I could not vote with a party if it were dominated by groups who seek to set aside our ;frm of Socialism, whether it be nat jinalization of industry or other ob struction of individual initiative. Both ' these extremes, camouflaged or open, ;are active enough in the country to iday. Neither of these dominations ! would enable those constructive eco- nomic policies that will get us down m unsoand economic practices which of nec6ssity &rew out of the war -f Vir rrtcu) will inor would iiiey acuuto """ production in our farmers and worn ..... . A- l: .. ers or maintain tne initiative . j? business men. The issues iook iox- ward, not back. Hope of People Is Positive Stand "I do not believe in more than twu great parties. Otherwise, combina tions of groups could, as in Europe, create a danger of minority rule. 1 do believe in party organization to support great ideals and to carry great issues and consistent policies. Nor can any one man dictate the is sues of great parties. It appears co me that the hope of a great majority of our citizens in confronting this new period in American life is that the great parties will take positive stands on the many issue that confront us, and will select men whose character and associations will guarantee their pledges. . "I am being urged by people in both parties to declare my allegiance to either one or the other. Those who know me, know that I am able to make up my mind when a subject is clearly defmed. Consequently until it more definitly appears what the party (Continued On Fourth Page) A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TRYING TO 1 111 IMIMll.l Mill l millHlHHMMMIIIJ...j- 6,,MM,,tt'iM .... ... ....,.....,......,....r........... l - - , , .w?-- Senate and house conferees in session for joint consideration of- a railroad bill. Senator Cummins is in the left foreground. Back of him are, from left to right. Senators Poindexter, Pomerene and Keilora On the riirht. front to rear, are Representativefe Esch, Hamilton. Sims and Barkley. "- tne ngnt, rW o ffTta7ltri it iL AXw uVCillCaU Gov, Expense CBy J. E. Jones) WASHINGTON In the Senate re cently there was a sort of post mortem on the "Daylight Saving Law" and through statements that were intro duced into the Congressional Record it is plain that the commonly repeat ed charges against the "lighting in terests", that they were activly op posed to the daylight saving law, can not be sustained, Senator William M. Calder of New York, stated that he had investigated and found no evi dence to warrant the accusation that the gas companies of the country hau been spreading propaganda among taw farmers. More directly bearing upon the subject is the letter of Oscar H. Fogg to Senator Calder, in which he says that "the effect of the daylight saving law upon gas companies ha& Ibeen-so negligible- as to-be unworthy of consideration, and in several large situations which the writer personally examined, the difference in sale of gas, due to daylight saving, was so i small that it could not even be defi nitely established." Incident to this subject an electric light man at Denver has produced a classic that should be framed and hung in the office of every Mayor, on the walls of all City Council Cham- bers and everywhere about the operat ing establishments of public utilities, since the sentence in a few words de fines with absolute correctness the ideal relations that should exist in every locality. Says the Illuminating Bard of Denver: "An electric light company may lose a little temporary revenue, but the prosperity of any utlity corpora tion is dependent upon the prosperity and good will of the community it serves and it will benefit in the lon& run from any condition that helps the community." The Overhead Costs A new member has come into tne cified a dangerous fire peril in a loft President's Cabinet, and in assuming business involving daily waste of in his portfolio in the Agricultural De- flammable material, removel of same partment Mr. Edwin T. Meredith, the not being made once a month. Com Iowa farm paper editor, has expounu- plainant said he prevailed on city in ed some very good philosophy to the spector to investigate. He reported effect that "business men must look it a perfect fire tap, but stated he had to the operation of their establish- no authority to remedy it until he had ments, no matter in what line they may be engaged, and see that no use- less employe is retained to add to the at Raleigh. The irate neighbor mer cost of distributing what the farmer chant wrote to know why this report now produces". made a month ago had not been acted Mr. Meredith starts well, and if he on saying conditions got worse every continues he may prune down the use- less employes of the Department of Agriculture, of which he is the head. He is likely, if he investigates, to find that the common talk in Washington that there are 40,000 too many Gov ernment clerks in the Capital, is an entirely conservative estimate, and it would be strange if some of these were not loafing in his Department. Thousands of war workers nave be come mere parasites upon the Gov ernment, and attempts to get rid of them usually result in their transfer from one branch of the public business to another. The "political pdll" is working overtime. Overhead costs in distributing what the farmer now produces might likely be cut in the matter of transportation itself, since General W. W. Atterbury, who operated the American railroads in France nut his fmerer on one of the i sources of trouble in the Pennsylvania shops, when he told the employes that "prior to our entrance into the war WARRENTON, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920 THE INTER ESTS OF WARRENTON FIX UP A SATISFACTORY you were on a piece-work basis as well as working on a ten hour day. When the Government took over the railroads, piecework was stopped. The output per man per hour fell 25 per cent. The shops were put on an eight hour schedule. This cut the output an additional 15 per cent, so that the output? per man per hour in our shops is but'60 percent of what it was be fore the war." This'is a concrete case, and it seems to verify the statement that the rail roads with immensely increased num. bers of employes have not been car rying on a larger volume of business than under the days of privately con trolled! railroads. Mr. Meredith can do no better work in Washington than to help deflate things in the interests of the faimers. For he knows that the. men who till the soil, and who have stuck by their jobs while farm help has been flocking to the city, lured, as a farmer has put it to the Government by "the promise of short hours, high wages, and the promise of a good time," deserves every consideration tha thiilJnited States can-extend "to the basic industry which raises the .food for humanity Provisions For Fire Protection Raleigh, r eoruai-y 12th Despite 'the fact that provisions in both State and city fire prevention laws give de tailed requirements of duty for city fire inspectors, State Fire Marshal J. R. Young, says that hardly a day passes that some mailed complaint is not received of fire peril, which could not exist a day, if complaint was made to the Mayor or to an efficient Building and Fire Chief or Inspector. Com missioner Young placed a double em phasis on the word 'efficient'. Then he said that in some cases, investiga tion of complaints by the state de partment had shown that in two cities at least, this official was but a salaried figurehead. The latest complaint spe- reported on same to State Insurance Commissioner or Fire Marshal Young iday and he was feartul that not oniy his large department store but an en tire city block would be burned if something wasn't done. The merchant received a prompt reply saying no such report had ever come to the In surance Department for the law on the subject was plain enough for any m- spector to read, even when running from a fire. This is Section 4817 of the Fire Code which among other duties re quires the Chief of the Fire Depart ment or the Building and Fire Inspec tor "To seek out and have corrected all places and conditions dangerous to the safety of the city from fire," etc. If the matter isn't looked after in the next 24 hours the Commissioner said let it be known and he would send a special State Fire Inspector there at once. j Purebred livestock pays and this iyear farmers in 48 states are raising Imore purebreds than ever before. . ve AND WAR REN COUNTY RAILWAY BILL ome Garden A Big' Asset " j H , . , XT , !of these young men, their happiness Raleigh, N. C, Feb Z2-.Tlie well j nnd development, was as much a mat. planned home garden is the one that j ter of import now as it was then and produces the most food and its easier j that the effo- ts of the citizens of the to care for too." This is the opinion jtown should be exerted in their behalf of home gardeners who know from! in the organization nf nh experience that it pays to plan before Success with the home e-arden means more than is often realized even by the home gardener. Here are some of the things a home garden does. 1. Supplies cheaper food. 2. Furnishes fresher, better tast ing food. 3. Saves transportation. 4. Makes it possible to utilize spare moments. o. supplies food. greater variety of 6. Means more health for the fam-jthe town, ily, because the body heeds fresh" veg-T I have called' a meeting for Tues etables and fruit. iday night at eight dk in the office 7. Furnishes food on a moment a j0f Hon. Tasker Polk. All citizens of notice. town are invited to be present for 8. Makes it easier for thp h wife to prepare meals. ; Surely we are as mudr interested 9. Helps to educate the children, i ,n the welfare of the boys of this town and keep them interested at home. lRS we were for the men of America 10. Means better meals next win- during the war. Idleness and monot ter when the garden surplus is can- !ony breed corrupting influences lets ned at home. ; gve the town an organization which The well kept garden is said to be wjn afford wholesome amusement for the exception where the principal crop lits citizens. is cotton, and, even in sections where Yours sincerely, commercial vegetable production is ; THOMAS D. PECK, the main industry, there is a scarcity ; ' of fresh vegetables during a part of PROPOSE TABLETS TO MARK the year A well cared for home gar- jGR0UND WHERE MARINES FELL den yields larger returns than any area of the same size planted to the - usual farm crops, according to persons Washington, Feb. 12 The erecting who have studied home e-ardenine. Plans for the home garden that will make it more productive are con- I were killed in France is advocated by tained in two publications sent out!Maior- Gen- George Barnett, corn by. the Agricultural Extension Ser- Imandant of the Marine Corps, vice, Raleigh. Ask for Extension cir- j General Barnett thinks this work cular 43, or U. S. Farmers' Bulletin j should be done before many changes 934. They will be sent, postage free, jare made in that locality and suggests while the supply lasts. Warren Colored Boy Breaks Jail Warrenton's lone jailbird has "scrat ' ched" the coop and left town without an aaaress. xne colored youui wno broke in a house broke out of jail with bond already to be provided and freedom until Court granted on the very day he vamoosed. Clifton Davis, accused of house breaking at the last Court was turn ed over to the Juvenile court for trial as he . claimed to be under eighteen. When the Juvenile Court convened it found that he was over eighteen and the case without their jurisdiction. He was remanded to jail to await the next term of Court But with a sharp stone from the prison floor, Davis commenced a bur rowing process which brought him freedom very early Wednesday morn ing. Box Party and Spelling Bee at Vaughn The Vaughan Betterment Society will have a box party and spelling bee . - u.:u: o aX tne grade U scnoui uuimmg vii uit- ; urday night, Febraury 14th. All schools are cordially invited to come i Refreshments will be for sale and all , are urged to attend this social affair. Number 13 I WAN S LU: 3 FO CITIZENS Organization To Make Social Life More Pleasant And Generally Boost The Town COL. PECK BELIEVES WEL FARE A DUTY OF PEACE Thinks Club Wholesome Channel of Amusement; Meeting Call ed In Polk's Office Tuesday Night To Discuss Matter. Editor of the Warren Record, Warrenton, N. C. My dear Mr. Jones: The thought came to me as I noticed a number of young men in the drug stores here the other , night that Just a little over a year ago, we were jmuch interested in their welfare as they went forth to save their country and the people at home were glad to help toward their welfare through the United War Work campaign, the Red j Cross and other agencies. ! It appeared to me that the welfare i purpose would not only be amusement for these young men but a channel thru which the interests of the town could be forwarded by making it a live organization for boosting the town its membership to include the older jas well as the young men. This Club could provide wholesome ' amusement which is needed. It could j have a reading room with the current I publications, pool and billiard tables I for social games, foster athletics and ; nlaverround and ball diamond for the jtown, work for a swimming pool, and afford a beneficial organization for iot a memorial in the vicinity of tfel- leau Wood to the U. S. Marines who ithe erection of a number of tablets ', suitably inscribed as the quickest and most suitable manner of commemorat j ing the deeds of the U. S. Marines and .marking the ground on which they fought. ! This method of marking historic ground has been successfully carried The Secretary of the Navy has ap- iprQved the pan MARINE NAMES BABY FOR OR GANIZATIONGETS FURLOUGH San Francisco, Calif., Feb'y 11th Sergeant Oran B. Haverly, United States Marine Corps, and Mrs. Haver ly announce the birth of a daughter who will be christened "Marine Cot Haverly". In requesting a furlough and an iiDuncing the birth of the child to his commanding officer the Marine used the Biblical quotation, "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from :t". Serert. Haverly explained that ne 'wanted a boy, but as he could nor, hope evei to enist his child in thj j0iP3 he had done th best he could j to make a good Marine of her. i He ot his furlough. - Give the home orchard a good start after pruning, and before the buds swell,' spray for scale.
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