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VOLUME XXV
WARRENTON. N. C, TUESDAY, 1VIARCH 16, 1920
Number 22
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS PAPER. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OFWARRENTON WDWAR KEN COUNTY
( By W. BRODIE JONES)
The erection of a memorial build
in for the oldiers of the county and
to the memory of their comrades who
fell will be fitting, noble, and in every
sense practical.
The citizens of the county will not
fail to see the benefit of a serviceable
memorial, bearing upon bronze tab
ets the names of those who died
ever-present reminders of individual
sacrifice for the ideal of service ex
pressed in this building to their mem
0l.v nor will our citizens fail to give
loval. tangible support to make their
contributions to this memorial typical
of the appreciation in which they hold
the men in whose honor it is propos
ed and those others for whose service
it will stand.
No one who will reflect intelligent
ly can fail to give liberally.
The building will be the personifi
cation of intelligent appreciation of
their service and the medium of ex
pression for Their Supremo Purpose
"to make the world a better place in
which to live."
The people of Warren county will
support this movement. The recoi'd
of its soldiers will allow no other
course even should selfishness or in
gratitude attempt to make its ap
pearance in an undertaking as noble,
fitting, and pratical.
(Van Dyke)
"cur things a man must learn to do,
if he would make his calling time;
To think without confusion, clearly,
To love his fellow-man sincerely.
To act from honest motives purely,
To trust in God and Heaven securely.
No Chance.
Figures never lie.
No, not with the dresses the girls
are wearing nowadays.
Legal Light
Is he versed in the law?
Well, I don't know. He's reversed
pretty frequently. Clipping.
Ask Sir Olive.r
Their must be love-making in the
n3 t world. We often hear of ar
dent spirits. New York Worlds - -
Punishment Fits the Crime.
He "How some of these old songs
haunt me!"
She "Well, you've often murdered
them." London Opinion.
Rough Work
"Yes, I'm continually breaking into
sons."
"If you'd ever get the key, you
wouldn't have to break in." Life.
More Adulterated Water.
Another case occurs in Bristol of a
man fined for selling water with a
little milk in it. London Passing
Show.
Camouflage
Yonkers Subscriber "Do me n
favor, Central; make this connection
as poor as possible. I want my wife
to think I am in Tarrytown." The
Telephone Review.
Slight Correction.
There is a lot of wishy-washy talk
about the Bolsheviki, says a Lab r
paper. Wishy, perhaps, but from
what we see of their pictures in the
Papers, not washy. London Punch.
The Lie of the Land.
"In what direction does the vil
lage lie, my friend?"
"Well, sir, it'ss liable to lie in any
old direction that comes handy, but at
this time of the year it's mostly about
fish." London Blighty.
It's Getting "Worther and Worther"
"Is life worth living?"
"I think that question has been
answered for good and all. The cost
has been more than doubled and we
aH hang on." Louisville Courier
Journal. Odious.
Hill "McShorte has sold a poem to
Scribblers, entitled an 'Ode to a Fair
Lady.' "
Hulls Has he? Well, he is more
fomPetent to write verses entitled,
0v-ed to a Landlady.' "Tit-Bits.
Peace Hath Tt Victories
Times have changed," said the
4 What's the matter?"
Nothing. Life looks mighty good
0 e today. I've got three second
tenants taking orders from me
now."-Detroit Free Press. -
DELAY DUE
Lodge Willing For United States
To Accept Privileges But
Not Any Obligations
REFUSE TO SUPPORT PACT
BECAUSE WILSON FOR IT
Lodge Dodges Issues Presented
By Lowell In Joint Debate and
Fights League To Bitter End
For Political Reasons
(X. Y. World)
The Senate Republicans under the
leadership of Henry Cabot Lodge
never intended to ratify the Treaty
of Versailles. They have been en
gaged for the last eight months in
trying to make a treaty of their own.
They never intended to ratify the
covenant of the League of Nations.
They have been engaged in framing
a new covenant in which the United
States was to be a privileged partner
in the League, participating in the
benefits but recognizing no obliga
tions, no duties, no responsibilities.
They have never intended to agree
upon any reservation that would be
acceptable to President Wilson. Their
policy has been to mutilate the treaty
in order to compel the President to
reject it, and then throw the blame
upon him.
The campaign against the treaty
began jmore than a year ago when
thirty-ssven Republican Senators
signed a round robin declaring it to
be "the sense of the Senate" that the
"constitution of the League of ' Na
tions in the form now proposed to the
Peace Conference should not be ac
cepted by the United States." No
amendments were suggested by these
Senators and no constructive sugges
tion ever emanated from them.
A few days later, in the course of
the debate between Senator jLodge
and President Lowell of Harvard,
President Lowell submitted two ques
" tions to the Senator:
1. If the covenant were amended as
you wish, would you vote for it?
2. Will you formulate and send to
proper quarters the amendments you
wish made?
Senator Lodge dodged both ques
tions. In reply to the first he said:
"I hope we shall have a League in
proper form, properly prepared, free
from doubts, excluding that which
ought to be excluded. I hope it will
be done done somewhere before the
end is reached. In my belief it will
be done somewhere, and not in; Paris.
"Even a year ago Senator Lodge
was giving notice that nothing could
be done in Paris would be acceptable
to him. It was not acceptable, of
course, because Woodrow Wilson was
helping to do it.
In reply to the second question Sen
ator Lodge was equally evasive:
"President Lowell asked me why I
did not draw up amendments that I
thought necessary and send them to
Paris. , I happen to be a Senator of
the United States. I cannot speak
with authority of the Senate.
As a Senator he could sign a rouna
robin declaring that the covenant aj
proposed should not be ratified, but as
a Senator he could not say how it
ought to be amended.
When the Senate the Committee on
Foreigrf Relations was packed by Sen
ator Lodge to obtain an adverse re
port on the treaty, although the
treaty had not yet been framed.
Johnson, New and Moses were added
to the committee because they were
notoriously opposed to anything that
President Wilson did and were known
to be against a League of Nations.
The course of the Senate majority
since that time has been wholly con
sistent. Senators who profess to
favor the " treaty with reservations
that "Americanize" it have been work
ing hand in glove with Senators who
publicly advocate the rejection of the
treaty in its entirety. Senators who
pretend that their only interest is to
safeguard the United-States vote with
Senator like Mr. Borah, who is un
reservedly against the covenant and
who has publicly declared that he
would not support the League of Na
tions if it were presented "by the
Saviour of mankind.",
Even in his most obstinate and un
comprising moments, President Wil
son can be accused of nothing worse
than pleading for the acceptance of a
covenant of the League of Nations to
' which all the Governments associated
with the United States in war have
M1CKIE SAYS
PAN-1S PER WIS PA-PEQ
ECHNE-R ViHfcN ITS DUE
SO LON-M. V!V -f aue.
adhered and to which eleven of the
thirteen non-signatory nations invit
ed to become original members of the
League have given their consent.
The richest and most powerful
country in the world is the only one
thaWis holding out for special terms
and special privileges. The country
that turned the balance of the war
and made victory possible is still in
a state of war and is still blocking
the peace of the world because the
Republicans in the United States Sen
ate are playing politics with peace.
Those aie the plain facts of the sit
uation, and no amount of sophistry
can explain away the record.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thanks our neighbors
and friends for their many acts of
kindness during the recent sickness of
cur family and death of our son,
Irving Egerton. We wish also to
thank the faithful physicians and
nurse. . May God's richest blessings
rest upon each and every one of them.
MR. AND MRS. G. G. EGERTON
AND FAMILY.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the entire community for
the kindness shown us during the
illness in our family and the death of
Our two little children. Th kindness
of our friends will long be remem
bered. MR. AND MRS. W. J. JAMES
AND FAMILY.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method of extending
thanks to our neighbors and friends
for the many deeds of kindness shown
us during the illness and death of our
beloved wife and mother. We assure
you that they are appreciated.
T. B. OVERBY AND FAMILY.
Mr. Hight Loses Little Son
The sympathy of the community is
extended Mr and Mrs. T. W. Hight in
the loss of their little son Earl.
Death came Saturday morning at one
thirty after an attack of influenza
pneumonia and complications. The
child was three years old. Interment
was made in Fairview cemetery Sun
day afternoon.
Warren Plains Sunday School Adopts
Orphan
Thru the generous spirit of ' Mr.
John H. Fleming, who is responsible
for this manifestation by the Metho
dist Sunday School of Warren Plains,
sixty dollars has been pledged and five
dollars of it paid for the support of a
destitute child in Bible lands. The
Near East Relief acknowledges with
thanks this donation.
Conscious of Error.
A little girl was asked, upon her
return home, how she liked the sing
ing of the congregation in the church.
"I liked it very much indeed," she
said, "although the people said it was
bad."
"All the people said it was bad!
What do you mean, my dear?"
"Oh, it was so bad that I heard the
people praying, "Lord, have mercy
upon us miserable singers.' " Lon
don Tit-.Bits.
"Sometimes the good fish in the sea
get wise to the bait you use."
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Miss Schiffer Active In Work
In County; Stands Will
ing To Co-operate
HIGH COST LIVING DUE IN
SENSE POOR HOUSEKEEPFG
Every Country Boy and Girl
Should Have Equal Advan
tages With Town and City Chil
. dren and Should Accept Them.
On the first of March the work in
Home Economics was resumed in
Wan-en county by Miss Josephine
Schiffer, special field agent of the
Department of Agriculture and Home
Economics of North Carolina. Meet
ings have been held in several locali--iies,
the result of which has been the
formation of several classes, notably
in Wise, Warren Plains and Warren
ton, for study along the line of prop
er food preparation and the budget.
Our aim is to form such classes in
centers convenient to the greatest
number, where much along these lines
together with proper food combina
tion, sewing and textile work may be
done. As a result of these classes
and resulting discussions it is hoped
habits of thrift in its highest sense
may be developed, the conserving of
time, energy and money for purposes
not only of financial betterment but
also for intellectual and spiritrsl
growth.
We havexall heard of the benefits of
scientific management in connection
with the business life of the man but
it has occured to all too few people
that these same principles are appli
able to the home. Until there is such
application of these to home making
and housekeeping very little will be
possible in the line of reducing the
high cost of living; as it is much of
qur trouble is due rather to the cost
of high living resulting from the lack
of trained women in the home. rf -
It is just as much the duty of the
girl to be educated for home making
as for the boy to be trained to make
a living and present day demands call
for a more extensive as well as inten
sive along specialized lines, that is
only possible under specially fitted
teachers with a gi'eater number of
years devoted to this preparation.
Thus to the school has been transfer
red most of the training heretofore
gained in the home. Therefore if the
schools are properly to fulfill the de
mands incident to these transfeired
duties they must be properly equipped
both as to equipment and teachers.
This equipment of necessity falls
upon the respective communities and
should be accepted by them in no
grudging spirit.
If the communities are not alive 10
the present day needs in the trend of
events along scholastic lines, it means
that the young people of such com
munities start out in life not as well
prepared to meet the exegencies of
life and they will be outdistanced by
those more fotunately located as to
educational facilities.
The young people in the small town
and country are every whit as well
worth while as the young people in
cities and no one relize this fact more
than the parents and teachers but
judging from the facilities provided
for their growth and development we
would conclude the opposite to be the
fact. Let us take this matter ser
iously to heart and see to it that our
young people in the small town and
country have as least as good if not
better advantages than their city kin
folk. Monday evening at eight, meeting
of the Business Women's class in
cooking in County Commissipners'
room at Court House.
Wednesday at 2:30, meeting of
'school girls' class in same place.
Thursday, 18, meeting of club and
students of Wise at 2 p. m.
Friday 19, meeting of club and
students of Warren Plains, at 2 p. m.
Additional Funds For Near East
The committee acknowledges with
thanks the receipt of $232.50 from
Mrs. J. E. Redford, of Norlina, for" the
Armenian fund. This amount was
raised despite the flu which has been
general in that territory. Mrs.. Red
ford's efforts were ably abetted by
Rev. M. Y. Self and others. Thanks
are extended also to Miss Etta F.
Fleming, of Manson, for ,$12.10 rais
ed by her school.
ed Cross
Marks Graves
Washington, March 15. The Graves
Registration Service of the Army an
the American Red Cross have receiv
ed invaluable aid from German pris
oners detailed to help the searchers
in the task of locating the graves of
American soldiers who fell behind the
enemy lines. The Red Cross is photo
graphing for the families that graves
of all the American dead that can be
found.
Twelve bodies were recently found
through" the assistance of one of these
prisoners who recalled their burial.
The German remembered that after
a counter-attack, when the Germans
recaptured a village, several Ameri
cans had been buried in a certain spot
hurriedly, he recalled, for another on
slaught was momentarily expected.
He described how the bodies had been
placed inthree rows in a shell-made
grave, and led the American Red
Cross workers to the spot. The bodies
were found and after identificatior
were given a reburial in Romange
the largest cemetery in France.
. Of the 80,000 graves of Americar.
soldiers in France, only 3,000 have not
yet been photographed. The major
ity of the 3,000 are of men who fell
during the time wen the 27th and
30th Divisions were brigaded with
French and British troops in Somme
region, and their graves are scattered
through the Bar-le-Duc and St. Mene
hould sections. They will all be trans
ferred in the spring to Romagne cem
etery and photographed for the pur
pose of accurate and definite record.
News LettetQ
Wise Section
Although regularly meetings of the
Wise Betterment Association have
been interrupted to some extent on
account of bad weather and the epi
demic, there .were a good number
present on Thursday, March 11, at
the schoolhouse.
Miss Dunn presided in her usual
efficient manner. Members responded
to roll call with the name of their
favorite spring flower. Mrs. M. H.
Hayes read an article on "Woman's
Part in Fire Prevention."
The Association voted to bear the
expense of a quartet from Wake For
est College to sing at the church on
the day of the Commencement Ser
mon. Miss Josephine Schiffer was then
introduced.. Miss Schiffer held the at
tention of those present for several
minutes while she desci-ibed the aim
and purpose of her work in the Coun
ty. She offered to instruct our
women and girls in any branch of
Home Economics, whether it be the
distribution of the family income,
cooking, sewing, or home decoration.
Much interest was manifested and it
is certain that Miss Schiffer will have
the hearty co-operation of the women
of Wise. She will meet the high
school gii'ls on Thursday, March 18,
at two o'clock for the purpose of
forming Home Economics classes.
Sha will also give a demonstration at
this time in the making of cream
soups, an omelet, etc. The women of
the community who wish to attend arc
cordially invited.
Mother's Day Arpril 1st
We are planning a Mother's Day
for the first Thursday in April. All
the mothers or sisters or aunts ui
other interested relatives of the sch 1
children are invited to go to school
with the children on that day and to
put a lunch in the children's baskets.
The morning is to be spent visiting
the various school rooms. In the af
ternoon there will be music and
speaking and a general good time.
Plan to be at your school on this day
and help to make the occasion a suc
cess. SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
A special communication of Johnston-Caswell
Lodge No. 10. A. F. & A.
M. will be held in the Masonic Hall,
Warrenton, N. C, Friday night, March
19th, at 8 o'clock. Work in the Fel
lowcrafts degree. Members of sister
lodges and all transient brethren in
vited to be present.
AT R1ETI1
Three Committees Discuss Me
morial Building From
Number of Angles
MEMORIAL IDEA TO BE CON
VEYED IN PUBLIC BUILDPG
Rest Room, Library, and Assem
bly Room Main Features; Au
ditorium If It Can Be Made To
Come Within $40,000 Limit.
The committees representing the
Woman's Club, the American Legion
and the general public held a meet
ing in the home of Miss Amma D.
Graham last Friday night for dis
cussion of plans for the serviceable
memorial for Warren men.
Many plans were set forth and
much interested discussion engaged
attention. It was the opinion of the
citizens present that the building
should come within forty thousand
dollar bounds and that the plans
should be formed on this basis. The
vest room, library and community
features were regarded as the essen
tials in the building. Of course, over
and above all, was the memorial
feature which prompted the under
taking, to be stressed in the cam
paign, and represented nobly in the
building.
Maintenance of the structure, it
,vas pointed out would be guaranteed
by rental of one room to the Woman's
club, by nominal dues from the mei
chants and business men of the
town to support a rest room, by rent
from the club rooms paid by War
renton people and those adjacent to
the city who would most frequently
use this feature. The library, the
gymnasium, the showers, and the as
sembly room would be features of the
building serviceable to the entire
county.
, Much discussion was over .the,,
point whether to have a large audi
torium and banquet hall in the
building as a" place for large county
gatherings due to speaking appoint
ments, community fairs or a popular
entertainment. It was thought that
this would be wise if it could be pro
cured within the cost figure.
The proposed site for the building
is at the head of the Norwood House
street adjoining the home place ot
Mr. John Graham. The building pro
posed is tp be near the size of the
present Court House though differing
n architectural design. A commit
tee consisting of Miss. Amma
Graham, Mrs. M. C. McGuire and Mr.
S. E. Burroughs was named to make
arrangements for securing the site.
A portion of the ideal property for
the purpose has been offer by Prof.
Gaham and Miss Amma D. Graham.
Committees were named and in
structed to obtain plans from other
sources in reference to the type of
building being .erected and it was
agreed that a meeting would be called
as soon as this information was se
emed, and plans adopted for presen
tation to the mass meeting, of War
ren citizens which will be called to
inaugurate the campaign.
Dr. Hubert Poteat At Norlina
It is of interest to music lovers that
Dr. Hubert Poteat will gipve a recital
'at the Norlina High School Friday,
March 19th, at 8:30. Dr. Poteat has
the faculty of delightfully entertain
ing his audier-ces and the occasion
promises to b one of rare enjoyment.
CURVING THE YOUNG IDEA.
Kane, Pa. With school as a "dia
mond" the corners used for "bases"
and the teacher on the "mound" the
local public school here have adopted
the "baseball system" of spelling.
A pupil when called "at bat," ad
vances to the corner designated as the
"plate" and the teacher pronounces
three words. If all are correctly
spelled, the "player" moves to first
base, having made a "hit." Each suc
ceeding player on making a "safe
hit" advances the others and the runs
scored count for the side.
If a player fails to spell a word cor
rectly he is declared out and goes to
the "players' bench." The rules of
the national game are adhered to as
strictly as possible, there being three
outs a side and nine innings to a
game.
The teachers say it is the 'best
method of teaching spelling. N. Y.
World.