A Colyui
Of Thoughts
From Here
There, Yonder
VOLUME" "XXV"
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920
Number 14
A SEMF-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INT EB ESTS OF WARRENTON AND WAR KEN COUNTY
HI
(By W. BRODIE. JONES)
Prosperity without benevolence is a
doubtful blessing.
prosperity with benevolence is that
charity which covers a multitude of
sins.
A christian people cry unto Amer
ica for life. Martyrs to the faith,
vhich Turkish cruelty could not
crush, they died, after, fiendish perse
cution, for their belief.
Their orphans are the heritage com
mended to the conscience of the! DURING FIVE YEAR RE-AD-humane,
sympathetic, christian people I JUSTMENT PLAN OF DEP'i
of this country. j x
What power is there in the human j0nly Manner In Which Boll Wee
mind which coldly grasps units of j vli Vlnv T?A Pmtim..lv
-i.,fi dollars a k.orf
soul, a destiny are in the scale?
Most assuredly in our plenty no one
will exercise this selnshness.. This. State is not going to ault
"Hunger knows no armistice" nojgrowing cotton because of the boil
cellishness any nobility. ! weevil, and where individual farmers
May our prosperity not add to:or groUps abandon cotton, it will be
character, greed. ' .. for some other crop or activity which,
3.i ay our gwu iuicuuc iiul jugram ,
he
lflshness in our dispositions!
MAN-MAKING
We are all blind until we see
That, in the human plan,
Nothing is worth the making if
It does not make the man.
Why build those cities glorious
Ii man unbuLded goes?
In vain we buiid the world unless
; "r-6 : . . State Entomologist for North Caro
Edw.n Markham m Jan. Natuilus. . . & .A J.. . A,
: hna, in surveying the situation m the
.. . -light of known facts about damage
There are times when nothing exas-:, t . . .
, , . .from boll weevil. Disclaiming that
cerates so much as perfectly reason- . .
x j - i he is either an economist or fitted to
able argument. London Impressions, I . .
& : advise on cropping methods, Mr.
- I Sherman, as an entomologist, out-
His Notion v .
A, , j x- -i ! lines a program for the southern
"I reckon that here domestic silence ; . . . . . . . . - i
-j . counties that were invaded in the fall
course for women is a fme idy," m- . ,ftift , ,
' rr iQlQ arH cove thot rho c?oma ot
dorsed the gaunt Missourian. Coun-:
try Gentleman.
Preserving His Dignity.
Doughter (having just received a
beautiful set of mink skins from her
father "What I don't see is how
such wonderful furs can come from
Father-"! don't ask- for thanks,
dear, but I really insist on respect." ;
The American Legion Weekly.
In No Hurry
"All the little boys and girls who
wish to go to heaven," said a Sunday
school superintendent, "will please
r.se." Whereupon all, with the ex
caption of Sammy Scruggs, rose.
' v.d doesn't this little boy want to
trn tri Vionron ?" oalrorl f Vi a cunovintpnrl-
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ent, in surprise. "Not yet," said
Sammy. Progressive Farmer. !
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A Cheerful Awakening
lin . , A &, ,
Cou.d you change de tune o' one o j
dem cuckoo clocks?" asked Rastus.
"What's the idea?"
"I wants an alarm clock. I don't
take to dese hasty an' excited alarm ;
wiwks. ii vou couia train one o uese ;
tn 1, ,m , . i x ,j i
to cackle like a chicken, I could wake
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UP snrv an' hnnpfnl pwrv time!"
JP spry an' hopeful every time!
Country Gentleman.
. . A duced acreage, the farm will still be
Sam Darktown-"Da ; turkey we had ,self.supportin and if the weevL
dmnah was hatched by an mcuba- ( hould be 4t may make
th all right Mose." J fi ot j on the other
Mose Yellerby "How does yo'jf ' ,
know, J ; things, but on cotton also.
q . A . . . "(1922) No matter how profitable
tam Darktown No turkey dat , . 1A , 1ft0i a.
eh i- , A ,, his cotton may be m 1921, (the first
eoah knowed a mother's care would 'a' , . 0-n ftlaf fv,
tnrj i i ,, 'year that can give a lull test; tne
1Z Ut aS vUgh a8 dat ne ! farmer wolud do well not to increase
Progressive Farmer. !hig coUon the oM acreage in 1922.
A salesman was traveling a coun- I If has done well on the reduced
try road when suddenly he saw a
house burning. Running up, he
Pounded on the door lustily till an old
woman opened it
"Madam, your house is on fire!" he
Maimed.
"Eh?"
"1 say your house is on fire!"
She put her hand to her ear and
kaned toward him. "What?"
"Your house is burning up!" he
x
roared.
Is that all?"
"That's all I can think of just now,
"laaan:," he gasped. The American
Le
gion Weekly.
Taking No Risks
After being in the family for a num
er of years, Mary Jane announced
; approaching marriage.
1 hope," gaid her mistress, "that
have given the matter serious
consideration."
. Indeed I havp mQQ! eirl the
J Mill
j to two iortune wi-
1 Vo hn i. i m j J 1
of th f his hair' and been to one
IieSe nof 1 , tt
2?' 'Go ahead.
I ain't one to marry
Youth's Com-
BOLt WEEVIL
To Be Met By Intelligent Farm
ing: Methods By Farmers
of The Cotton Belt
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inated and Cotton Crop Guar
anteed after thev 1f hw will h oiu,
inrofitahle nr ovpn nrAt,kin
" w . V JX VilVMvlv
ithan cotton.
t
i The coming of the boll weevil means
a test of the skill and resources ot
jthe farmer, and those who can pro
jduce cotton so econoically as to offset
jthe loss from the weevil, can continue
: to produce cotton in spte of tne
i weevil.
These statements sum up some oi
jthe conclusions of Franklin Sherman,
, ' ,
eral advice will hold for each section
as they are invaded in the future.
"Farmers may feel free to plant
(this year, 1920) their usual acreage
of cotton, cf usual yarietils, and raise
i by usual methods. But they should
already be studying the matter of
earlier maturing varieties, and
mods.' ftihzmg and cultivating
which will hasten maturity, and they
3hould be laying their final pians for
'more hogs (or other livestock) and of
other crops in the years to follow.
"In 1921 the farmers in this area
', shuld plan to reduce their cotton
acreage about 10 per cent. That is
! to say the man who has been grow
ing 10 acres of cotton should plan
about 9 acres in 1921, the man who
:has been planting 100 acres should
plant 80 to 90 acres in 1921.
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"This slightly reduced acreage
should be of the selected varieties and
should be fertilized and cultivated to
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hasten maturity. In that same yea.
1001 , . 0umia
ibe balanced, more than balanced u
I labor will permit, by increased at
tention to corn, other crops and live-
The farm should be fully self-
'sustaining in the matter of meat,
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! grain and forage, with a surplus to
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sell, if possible. . Then, if the weevil
:i3 very destructive on the slightly re-
; acreage m 1921, he naa oetter noia xo
j that same acreage for 1922. If the
i weevil were disasterous to his reduced
.cotton acreage in 1921, he may reduce
J another" 10 per cent in 1922, especially
if he can again replace the Cotton
with other tilings.
"Thus, experience from year to
year will guide him through the
neriod of three to five years of re-
adjustment."
A Financial Diagnosis
In a confidential little talk to a
g -p of medical students an eminent
physician took up the extremely im
portant matter of correct diagnosis of
the maximum fee.
"The best rewards," he said, "come,
rP. to the established specialist.
;eanPA. I charge twenty-five dol-
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cmIotp then a voice from the
back of the theatre, slightly thickened
vious
nnMlrn'
"Doc," it asked, "how much do you
charge a fellow for passing yuu
the street?" Chicago Journal.
lars a call at the residence, ten aoi- j au went wen unui me waiter
lars for an of,ice consultation, and five brought himra napkin. The eyes of
dollars for a telephone consulation." the backswoodsman flamed and, pull
There was an appreciative and en- ing a six-shooter from his hip-pocket,
Notice To 11
Scli'l Workers
I shall be in attendance upon the N.
E. A. Superintendents' meetings dur
ing the entire week of February 22-29,
and therefore request that as far as
possible all business in the Superin
tendent's office- be brought to me on
or before Saturday if attention is
needed before March second. An cor
respondence will receive prompt at
tention next week, however, because
the officers of the Warren County
Teachers' Association have very kind
ly consented to assist during my ab
sence. The Board of Health has not order
ed any schools closed. All matter
pertaining to the cosing of schools
are therefore left to the judgment oi
the local committeemen. If the ruies
for exclusion of sick children aie ob
served carefully, children are as safe
in school as at large. Where the ma
jority of the pupils are in attendance
the schools will remain open except in
cases of great emergency.
J. EDWARD ALLEN, Supt.
THE GAMBLER'S LAST WORDS
(By Request)
Let me tell you of a poor young man
Who gambled night and day,
Then he was taking very sick,
He tried but could not pray,
His friends all left him one by one,
And he began to cry,
Boys; oh, boys, don't leave me now
When I am going to die.
Tell me where is that gambling man,
Where is he gone,
Where is that gambling man "
Pray tell me where is he gone.
Boys you always stood by me
In every kind of game,
And if you go and leave me now,
You ought to be ashamed;
A friend he turned and looked at him
Then he said, oh, well
I believe that you are going to die,
I am sure you are going to hell.
a v - -- v- - ' r- '.- : "
Then he began to grow soweak
His friends began to shake.
He said to the man that ran the game
I now see my mistake,
I have always thought I was a fool,
My conscience has told me so
While I were trying to beat someone
The devil has won my soul.
His mother heard that he was dylnj
In a gambling den;
She went to where he was in haste,
No assistance could she lend;
The tears were streaming from her
eyes
And he began to groan,
Saying mother, mother, on, mothei"
dear,
I have made hell my home.
His mother heard his dying words,
She said Lord let me go,
My son has wrecked my heart and
home
And fell dead on the floor,
He said look here, go call the boys
And tell them all to come here,
I can hear the gamblers away down
in hell,
Saying, gamblers don't come here.
Don't take my body to the church, j
Saying nothing over my remains;
Somebody might hope that I am safe,
In. hell I -will be in chains.
For my cards and dice are burning
my hands
I feel and know it well,
And gambling :: friends if you don't
change,
You will loose your soul in hell.
Now friends
these are my dyin
words,
I want you all to know
That death has laid his hands on me;
1 am not prepared to go,
Yes that little black train
And angels are standing by my. side;
Ar.d fcell is the very first station,
Oh, my Lord what a miserable ride.
Common New York Incident.
A man from the backwoods of Wes
tern America visited New York for the
first time one Christmas, and went
into a restaurant to have his Christ-
mas dinner
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he told that waiter his mind.
"You take that blamed thing away
at once." he said, evenly. "I reckon
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1 Know wiicx w uac a iiiiiun.cxcxiiej.,
h them darned hints
thrown out!" London Tit-Bits.
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Almost Two Million Dollars Ex
pended For veed On Three
: Warehouse Floors Here
GREATEST YEAR IN HIS
TORY OF LOCAL MARKET
Farmers Pleased With Prices
Vvhich Were Best In History;
$1 Pound Tobacco No Novelty
Average 'Over $55.
The Warrenton Tobacco market
c'osed last Friday after a most sue
cessful year. The farmers who patron
ized the Warehouses here were satis
fied for tobacco has truly been King
cf farm produce this season.
Close to two million dollars was ex
pended for the weed on the floors here
and the great bulk of this was for .the
product of Warren county soil and
went into the pockets of the citizens
The prices reached a peak late in th
fall which was practically equalled al
ter the holidays and at no time was
the market off to- any great extent.
Dollar a pound tobacco ceased to be r
novelty during the past season and
the product was verily the "golden
weed."
In 1918 the market sold 3,893,84?
pounds of tobacco for $1,354,998.90 or
an average of $34.79. " This year the
market sold 3,45,076 pounds for $1,.
93,845.C3 or an avrage of $55.69. It
was a-year of light weight tobacco
and this is responsible mainly ;for the
decrease of 439,773 in volume of sales.
This condition was effected by the
heavy rains of early summer which
seriously threatened the crop.
Thejseason may be classed as the
most successful from all standpoints
for the warehousemen, producer and
general public.
N"LOVTNtr MEMORY " r
. Pearl Mumphord Haithccck, daugh
ter of Mr. Earlie D. Haithcock was
bom May 21, 1907, and died February
1, 1920. She had been ill only a short
while with pneumonia. Though she
was never very well she seldom com
plained and was always sweet and
gentle in her disposition. Since her
mother's death she had, in a way,
borne the responsibilities of caring
for her sister and two brothers, which
she did lovingly and wdl.ngly.
Last summer she made a profession
of faith in Christ Jesus, but being s.
young and in feeble health the bapt
sm was deferred. She attended Sun
day school whenever she could and al
ways knew her lessons well.
The interment took place Monday
afternoon at her father's home.
' You are gone but not forgotten,
Never will your memory fade,
Loving thoughts will ever linger,
Round the grave where you are lam.
'Forget you, no, we never will,
We loved you then, we love you still,
Your memory is as fresh today
As in the hour you passed away.
"Gpne in her age of beauty,
Gone in her fairest bloom, y
Gone from us forever,
In the deep and silent tomb."
On February 2, 1920, God in iHs
infinite wisdom, saw fife to take from
us our dear friend, Percy Geoghegan.
He was born August 10, 1901 near
Marmaduke, N. C., living there and
near Inez mtil last Christmas when
he went to Akfon, Ohio, to be with
his brother, and where he was em
ployed in the auto tire factory.
Percy was sick for only a short
while with pneumonia. He knowing
that death was near, was ready and
willing to go.
"Blessed are those who die in,. the
Lord."
Percy was a good kind boy and was
loved by all who knew him. -
He was ever faithful to his church
and Sunday School, giving his life to
Christ several years ago and was
united with Inez Baptist church.
Percy was brought home last
Thursday and laid to rest in the
family burying ground near his home
He leaves a heart-stricken mother,
father, two sisters, two brothers, and
a host of friends who will sadly mourn
his loss. . .
.Weep not, dear mother, f or God
doth all things well.
Silently one by one in the infinite
meadows of Heaven blossoms the
, Al r?
oeaUtllUl Stars, XiiC iUii5Vfc-:-vi.o
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A FRIEND.
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Letter From -Rev
C A-Jones
During the two years we lived in
Warrenton and served the Warren
Circuit, there were more than a few
endeared themselves tn nnr ViofiH-s
live. Besides being one of the health
iest locations in the State, the people
there are of a very fine type. Tht
Warrenton people from the beginning
made us feel at home. Those bus:
men would meet me on the street anc
say we want you to know that we art
glad to welcome you to our town j
Some one might say there is not much !
to a statement like the above, but lei 1
me say, to the itinerant, it mean, i
much. . .
On the Warren Circuit can easil.
be found some of the salt of the eartl
at each church on the charge. The
are too numerous to mention. Wt
spent two successful years there. All
financial obligations were met. Ii
two years, the salary advanced f ron
$1250.00 to $1850.00 and last yea
paid $2000.00. During the two year
one hundred and thirty were adde(
tD the membership of the Church.
I have not forgotten the re:
friends to the cause, on the Warrei
Circuit. May I ask that each one o.
the charge work with and pray ft
brother Draper. He will do you be.
t?r service with your prayers and co
operation than any other way.
For seventeen years I have waited
and now I have it. Have what? yoi
say. I answer, the Jones Circuit
The Parsonage is located by side .pi
the Methodist churcn in Trenton the
county town of Jones county. We
have a fine people here. There hat
scarcely been a week since we arrived
but that we have been remembered ii
a substantial way.
February 6th was our first Quarter
y Conference occasion. The Steward:
unanimously made the preacher's
salary $2,500.00, which places the
Jones Circuit, ojr .record with the 'fiVs :
circuits of the "North Carolina ' Con
ference. Rev. F. M. Shamburger, P.
E., preached two excellent sermons
and is perfectly at home in the Elder's
chair. Our people are very fond oi
him. Our ccngregati6ns are fine anc'
the best prayer-meeting I have at
tended in years. There .is plenty
work to do here, but it is much more
compact than some of the larger cir
cuits.Twelve . mile3 is my longest
drive, nine and three. I preach three
times a month in Trenton and holt
prayer meeting each Wednesda:
evening.
Best wishes to all the people in the
Warrenton section. Be good to m
good friend Dr. Gibbs. Success
the Record,
CHAS. A. JONES,
Trenton, N. C.
'AMERICA, AMERICA, ...
OH! OH! AMERICA
Jimmy Arroll, who was field direc-
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tor m Russian Armenia, said recently: ;
"I want to bring you a picture be- j
fore I leave. It took me from July tc
November to get home. As I stooc
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on the platform of the crude tram
and saw nearly 300 line up at the
track side, I look down into the face
jof Tommican, the Armenian poet. He
knew how to srfy only a few words in
our language "Hello" and "God
bless you" and I know a few word?
only of his language, but we had man
aged to make ourselves understood tc
each other. I looked down into the
eyes of the man who used to take care
m
opening
Tjread.'
my
office door and saying
He was
there with these
others, and as the train pulled out a.
cry went up trom these suu mroats
of my horse, and further down the T a-7 -n fii v n
1 , . u A . c fits associate editor will fight any man
hne stood the man who had been one ( undertake to
of the leading bankers of Eastern j. -f the vot a3
Turkey, yet who for months had been, sre
words that are ever with me vejoL. CUNNINGHAjM PAYS
wordS and 1 give tnem to you, xo dc :
yours as they are mine 'America, j
America; Oh! Oh! America!"'
A Humble Veteran
In an Irish courthouse an old man
was called into the witness box, and,
A;nn 7-ftnfnspH and somewhat near- !
sighted, he went up the stairs that ed j
to the bench instead of those that led ;
to the box.
The judge good-humoredly said, "Is
it a judge you want to be, my good
,a9
"AVi cnrA. ver worshiD." was the re-
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tOtt Tm n old man now. and meDDe :
it's all I'm fit for." Youth' Compan-
'ion
WMiuilE luck
REFERBEn 101
mm mmmm M U M U Id twain U
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Howard r. Jones Asks
Head-
To Name Man To
Whom Editorial Refers
IN WHICH STATEMENT OF
POLITICAL FRAME-UP MADE
Editorial Reprinted And Replied
io By Mr. Jones; Charges
That Candidate Picked To In
crease Salaries.
Under the caption of "County Poli
tics," the following -editorial appears
in the HEADLIGHT of the 13th inst.
As it is "news" to the folks we will
give.it general circulation:
"COUNTY POLITICS"
"This is county politics year we can
Iready hear mumble of what is going
to be done. There has been somewhat
of a get-together meeting of the pres
ent county officers and a few of their
henchmen, and they agreed they want
office again and they have gone a lit
tle further and selected their candi
date for the legislature, knowing -"ull
well if he is elected their salaries will
be, in most cases doubled, and that
our county schools will again bo
thrown back into politics. But those
who are doing the planning and tha
scheming care nothing for the schools
just let me stay in office by hook or
crook and draw a larger salary.
"WILL THE PLAN SUCCEED?"
Not a single county officer is left
out they and some of their "hench-
jmen" (the men who support them)
have held a meeting, according to th
Headlight, and "all agreed that they
want office again," and (here is tha
milk in the coconut) have selected
jtheir candidate for the Legislature,
who is to "double their salaries in
most - cases" and "throw the school3
in politics."
That is a terrible dose for tho pa
triot and tax-payer to look forward to
Klouble salaries and throw the
schools in politics. The only trouble
about this scheme that the editor of
the Headlight has unearthed, is that
he has his crowd mixed. It was
another set of schemers who got to
gether on the first Sunday of Feb
ruary in the tovn of Norlina, and not
"our present county officers."
Another little matter he skipped
over blithely: the folks have been
given a dose of doxible salary and new
office and raise in salary already, and
(dont tell it) by the very members of
c jthe Legislature editor Hardy helped to
j send on this errand. We don't say a
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thing and then not give our authority:
So here goes: County Welfare Officer
$1500 and expenses; Sheriff chang
ed from salary of $2000.00 to Fea
j basis amounting to approximately
;more than double salary. Superin
tendent of Schools raised ten per cent
or siou.uu aaainonai.
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And some more, but that will "point
a moral and adorn a tele for th
ipr 1 .,. ,
i Name your men, Mr. Headlight, and
J t i
ture who is going to do so much worse
than his predecessors. Do this and
we can get down to the guilty schem
ers,. for seriously no candidate for tho
Legislature will ever get the support
of the folks of Warren who would do
even one half as bad as you say the
"County Officers! 'candidate' " will do
we would not vote for him our-
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nuwAKu r. juio,
Associate Editor.
WARRENTON A VISIT
Col. John S. Cunningham, Federal
Prohibition Inspector, visited Warren
ton this week and consulted town and
county officials in regard to the en
forcement of "the Federal Prohibition
Law.
Col. Cunningham states that ho
finds "the people are in favor of the
, enforcement oi the Law, ana tne oi-
ficials are active in breaking, up stills
;and tfie illicit sale of spirits.
i "Our judges are placing heavy fines,
and heavy penalties on xnose wno vio
, . a l i AH 9 V. - vwwvnto
iate ve ivYB. 4vi"
. U t u
'should realize that the Law must b
obeyed."