& Colyuii
Of Thoughts
From Here
There, Yonder
(By W. BRODIE JONES)
- short-vision farming to raise
ponied crops to the extent that home
nvp neglected.
SUPPuco . ' j;4-?rt vicfo trnv
Yet thi very cuuuiuu j
Warren. What economy 'is there
m ning- tobacco and cotton, bring-
it to" market, and taking the re
llls'to invest in hay and corn.
xhe farmers of the county cannot
1 to se the folly involved, the du
r'city of effort, the added cost due to
friegit and hauling.
At the planting season the farmer
w? a construction program who
- x ! iho food crop for his farm.
Erst ---
' Pmoerity is not the glitter of m
pacing goM- Don,t labor under that 1
delusion longer rather live at home, J
produce less monied crop, and yet j
watch your bank account grow and j
vour value as a good citizen increase, j
a reason
Commerce chants Journal and Commerce.
Let Us Hope
When I get to the land of rest
Somehow I may be "wised" -To
how so many things are "best"
That I see advertised.
Farm Life.
Maybe So
O'd Man Peters "Ned, what do you
think of hanging."
Neddlers "Well, hanging was good
enougn ior my pa unu mi pa, aim, uy f QPWvnt fc,vW "hoA
1 ! 1 Li. 1 1 '
gosh, it s good enough for me."
Muffler Needed
a second last night." ' . - - - -nim. - -
Gargoyle. -
Ready To Oblige .
Mistress "Now, Ada, I want you to
show us what you eri do tonight. We
have a few very special friends com
ing for a musical evening."
Cook "Well, mum. I 'aven't done
any singin' to speak of for years, but
as you insists upon it you can put me
down for 'The Oly City,'!" London
ssing Show.
Maybe So
"Mother."
"Yes, daughter." . " ..
"The swamp blackbird, that sings
is the bobolink, isn't it ?" ,
"I think so, daughter.'
"Then is the bluebird, the Maeter
linck?" '
"Go right straight to -bed, daughter!
I You must have a temnerature."
'arm Life.
A lule's Epitaph
An army mule at one of the can
tonments "went vest." The nrivate
Vo had charge of the last rites had
t0 nil out the regulation form, and
came across the suggestion, Disposi
tion of carcass."
After a moment's thought Sammie
Rote on the hln nlr lino-
'Mean and deceitful." Dallas Hol
d's Magazine. '
Careless Swain
His fellow
Jtt when the news became public
Property, and extended congratula
tions. "But."
ii uiuu, x uuuciovaiiu
le srivl r-. , , . . .
ju engaged to is a twin;
nw do you toll fV, .
ween her and her sister?"
ft. ' lfcs a jolly "ice family," said
Plxr .
j luaii. ann rirtn'r mrT nav
Teacher's Symptons.
her e lond mother to
came nf eleven-yM old, "what be-
dme Of that little m T
it, Ire&t yesterday? Did you eat
1
mama," answered Jimmy,
WitVi
at scWi gave lt to my teacher
Th Ui stead."
of you r'' VGly nice and generous
ther." IT?7'" c6niPlimented his
ut? "u uiu your teacher eat
"n k so'" nswered Jim-
Lodon tAT at scool today."
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VUlUiUi A-vV
GElEBEffFE
ANNIVERSARY
Brf s Church Sunday Shrine
Where Great Throng Pay
y Respect To Dr. Taylor .
35TH ANNIVERSARY NOTA
BLE CELEBRATION DAY
uch !Dr-W- R Cullom Gives Account
or xeroses; Each Church
Represented; Great Basket
Dinner on Grounds.
On Sunday, March 11, the severa:
churches constituting the pastorate of
"The country is getting ouija bored" j1?1 T- J- Taylor of Warrenton met
x with the Brown's Baptist. Church to
Piptv i frequent in old age; there's ! celebrate the anniversary of the be-
Merchants Journal and , UA w pastorate tnirty-nve
j years ago. JThe original field was
j composed of the churches at Warren-
A man is educated when he learns lton' Brown's and Warren - Plains
-w he ought not to know. Mer- Later a Baptist church was oganized
1 at Macon and became a part of the
jsame field.
j The day was clear and beautiful,
jand the. folks came from Halifax
jFranklinr Var.ce and Warren Coun-
ties to honor themselves in doing hon
or to this .noble man of God. Super-
intendent Sam Bobbitt read and com
mented on the Sunday School lessen of
the. day, and Dr. R. T. Vann of Ral
eigh preached a great sermon in the
morning. A bountiful dinner wa&
served on the. grounds after the old-
; time manner. In the afternoon each
its say
; with reference to its pastor and his
: work amongst them. The pastor him- '
self gave reminiscences of his coming
Mother "I wish you wouldn't 1 this section and of his work among
stand on the steps so long with that jthis people through the years. It was
Junior when he brings you home." j beautilui to se tender response
She "Why I only stood there' for ln the countenances of all who heard
Mother "Is that all? I really n ; Appropriate and helpful talks were
tihoaght l heard a third and a-fourth."" "e " also by brethren Harwell
Scarborough, W. R. Cullom and W. B.
Morton.' A" beautiful and tender com
munication was read from Judge Wal
ter A. Montgomery of Raleigh, who
was a member of the Warrenton Bap
tist Church at the beginning of this
pastorate and who has been a close
and intimate friend of Dr. Taylor
through these years. In this commun
ication Judge Montgomery says,
among other things:
"Thirty-five years constitute a long
pastorate indeed. But they have been
years of devoted service on your part
land of hearty and grateful apprecia-
; tion on the part of the churches. May
the same cordial relations continue for
many years yet to come. I count it a
great joy. as well as a great benefit
and blessing, that for years I was un
der your ministerial charge and en
joyed your pastoral and social com
panionship; and I take my part and
share in the- benefits you have con
ferred on your fellow beings with
thanksgiving. You have endeared
yourself in the hearts of alljvho have
gathered around my hearth-stone, and
my good wife and each of my children
share freely, with me in my effection
ate regards for 'you and yours."
It was easy to see that a hearty ana
spontaneous amen to Judge Montgom
erysentiments came from every
heart, present. Nor were these feel
ings confined to those present, for, as
Dr. Morton, observed, Dr. Taylor has in
a very real sense been pastor of all
Warren -county. t '
The prophet Isaiah (32:2) says: "A
man shall be as a hiding place, from
the wind and a covert from the temp
est, as streams of water iha dry place,
as the shadow of a great rock in a
weary land." Dr. Taylor comes as
near filling the prophet's description
Lin this pastorate as any man that I
have known. In all the ups and down
that have come to .the people of War
ren county and of this section of
North Carolina, they have come to
feel more and more that they could
come to this faithful shepherd with
the assurance of receiving help, and
guidance that would really mean something-.
Truly has one of the Old
Testament prtJphets described the val
hepf such "a nan to any community by
speaking of him 'as the chariot and
horsemen ol? such community.
In these days of, restlessness, ' -chaos
and confusion, it is very wholesome to
see a man stick to oneN post through a
whole"' generation. It, was my privi
lege to be in the county when he came
there in 1885, and to share for a while
ministry. I
fcUniTto e touch with him
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Fill W-f
J H H
WARRENTON, N-
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A SEMI-WEEWLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED
and his work from that day to this.
To my certain knowledge there have
been a number of rough places along
the road, but with f aith, hope, love
patience, perseverance and hard work
he has pressed right on, in season -and
out of season, and has succeeded in
making for himself and especially for
his cause a place in the hearts of his
fellows enjoyed by but few men of
this generation.. Today he has passed
his three score and ten, butjris face
is ever toward thC&unrise, He finds
great joy in his friendships with the
young people of the congregation, and
they in turn find fully as much joy in
their fellowship with their pastor. He
reads the new books and is as intense
ly interested in present-day conditions
and movements as any of his younger
brothers. He is an appreciative
student of Southern literature and oc
casionally breaks forth into song him
self. He has also interested himself
greatly in local history. His histori
cal sketches under the-general cap
tion, "Old Times in. Warren," are rare
and beautiful descriptions of persons,
plaies, policies and movements in one
of the most interesting counties in our
state. His history of the Tar River
Baptist Association is nearing com
pletion and will be published in tht
near future.
Throughout his ministry Dr. Taylor
has been very gifted as a pastor
evangelist, and, has held many success-
tful revival meetings throughout North
Carolina and inV)ther states. His ac-
quaintance therefore, is wide and var- Brodie Jones, committee on member- j buying feeds to make the cotton crop j "According to reports - from more
ied and wherever he is known his;ship an finance. V 'of 1921; can anyone fail to see what !than two thousand farmers, the labor
friends rise up with the members j The meeting was enlivened by the the results will be to Southern agricul- suPP?y is.about thirteen per cent short
of his own congregations to call him wit o Hon; Tasker Polk, Rey. E. W. ture and Southern business prosperity! ! of last year and thirty less than the
blessed and to' wish for him man$r, Baxter, "frequent contributions from' If there ever was a time when those ! U3ual- The greatest deficiency is rc
many years of increasing usefulness th ladies and others making a gale! who give thought and study to agri- j VorteA f rom the central or Piedmont
land happiness among the good people
who have long since come to think oti
him in a very real sense as their own.
No account of the work of this pas-
torate would be complete without at
least a reference to two who have been
silent partners in all that has been
brought to pass. One of these, the
Ubeloved- wife, sleeps sweetly, in the
Warrenton cemetery. The other, a
much" loved "xuecewitfiifier sister, is;ciub and the idea prevalent at the
still filling in a most worthy manner
a place in this work which' none other
could fill and which beggars descrip
tion. When .the books are opened and
the contents of that Other Book which
is the Book, of Life, shall become
known, it will then be seen that as his
reward is that went forth to battle, so
shall be alsq that of those who stood
by the stuff. The value of such a
ministry and of such a home to any
community can never be valued in the
coin of earth.
W. R. CULLOM.
Program At
s. Watsons
Fifteen or more young people of the
Methodist church in session Tuesday
evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
R. T. Watson discussed with interest
a social service club for the church
and its sphere of helpful, optimistic
work. " - v v
The meeting was called to order by
W. Brodie Jones who after a few re
marks introduced Mrs. E. S. Allen,
secretary, under whose guidance the
work is to take form. Mrs. Allen ex
pressed the opinion that the young
people would be glad to perform the
different phases of the work as it was
grouped arid: entrusted to their care
and expected the co-operation of all in
this undertaking.
Upon call -of Mrs. Allen an interest
irrg program was rendered, .Mrs. R.
T. Watson read the poem "Others"
which was adopted as a motto for the
club; Mrs. Beck read in interesting
style an example of what "opening a
heart and lending a hand" by a simi
lar organization had meant to .an un
fortunate human derelict who was
brought from the door of doubt to the
crest of citizenship; Miss Mary Louise
Allen attractively read the poem, "Let
Me Live in The House By The Side of
the Road and Be a Friend to Man."; a
musical selection, "The Garden- of
Roses" was enjoyable rendered by Miss
Ethel Allen, accompanied on the piano
by Miss Lucy - BurweU; Miss Sue
Broom followed the musical treat with
an interesting paper, and the' program
was concluded by Miss Mariam Boyd
with an article upon the duty to the
foreigners in our midst.
An informal discussion and social
hour was enjoyed following the pro
gram and the meeting adjourned to
meet with Mrs. E. S. Allen upon call
lof the secretary
Me
rat
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C, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1920
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TO THE INTERESTS OF XV A RRENTON AND WAR'Rl-N COUNTY
y L d d3 Z'4 ll NJ 1 2 M
SHfpnnpp pi up
V;flllUilB?PuLUB
Committee Appointed To Select
Name For Warrenton's
Summer Diversion
FUNDS TO! BE SOLICITED
CANVASS THIS- AFTERNOON
Work vJ6 Commence At Early
Date 5 and Everything Made
Ready For Enjoyment- By
Town's.' Swimmers.
Despite the inhuman prank of he
weather man many interested people
met Wednesday afternoon at six in the
Court Room to make plans for the old
swimming hole this year.
The meeting was called to order by
W.'BroSie Jones and the following of-
ficers elected: W. N. Boyd, president;
Mrs. M.! C. McGuire, vice-president
jsident; S.
E. Burroughs, secretary-treasurer ; . E
E. Gillam, " M. C. McGuire, William
Boyd, 13. L. Green, W.' Brodie Jonto,
executive committee in charge of con
structidh; Mrs. M. C. McGuire, Mrs
Mary EJlearnor Grant and Miss Vir
ginia Gibbs. as committee to select
name for the organization; Rev. E". W.
Baxter,lMrs. M. C. McGuire, Miss
iLulie Pice. M. C: McGuire and W
of mirtK prevade' the atmosphere. The
general idea of the club was to better
facilitate the necessary labor and give
EOme basis upon which to work,
j it was decided that $2.00 should
j represent the dues and the additional
-funds needed would be raised by the
committee on membership and finance
people "of ;the entire town are solicited
bv this iunmittee as members of "the"
meeting was to make it a town affair
for the enjoyment of all its people.
The committee on membership is to
make a canvass for members and
I funds today and the work is to be
immediately 'pushed. The following
people presented at the meeting yes
terday affiliated with the summertime
joy splashers:
Lucy Williams, Edith Burwell, Dr.
Walters, Mrs. Walters, Dorothy Wal
ters, R. B. Green, E. W. Baxter, Mrs.
Baxter, W. -H. Burroughs, E. E. Gil
lam, Roy Gf Daniel, William Polk,
Howard Jones, Bignall Jones, W.
Brodie Jones, Byrd Jones, Will Jones,.
Virgina Gibbs, Mrs. M. E. Grant, M.
C. McGuire, Mrs. M. C. McGuire, Jas.
Polk, Mary Russell Burroughs, Tas
ker Pojk. Lulie Price, Fair Polk, S. E.
Burroughs. ,' ..'
"AND A LITTLE CHILD
SHALL LEAD THEM"
Little Jane was busy figuring,
when dad came in and told her she had
better move up closer to the light.
Mother, who was darning stockings,
looked up and moved her own chair to
make room for Jane and dad near J;he
lamp.
Dad looked at Jane and her papers
covered with figures, and said:
"What are you doing, girl? Not
arithmetic?."..
"Yes," replied Jane; "I've just been
figuring on, a problem teacher gave us
today," an4 she went on. carefully
making large wobbly figures with her
pencil.
" At last she stopped and sighed.
Dad was filling his pipe and looked up
with another question: "If you're
through figuring, tell me what it's all
about." ' , '
"Oh," said Jane, "I've just been fig-,
uring up how many steps mother
would save in a year if we had water
piped into the kitchen and she didn't
have to go out to the well every timt
she wanted a bucketfull."
"Well, how many steps would mother,
save?" asked dad. . -
"If she made only three trips a day
to the well she'd save 63,510 steps in a
year by having a tap in the kitchen,
said Jane. . . '
"Let's see your figures," said dad,
and after he'd seen them he beganto i
do some figuring himself, and his fig
ures were not about steps, but'about
pipe and tanks and dollars and cents ,
and .mother wilj not have to take the
63,510 steps this year. Extension
Farm News. , .
The friends of Mr. Hafry Williams
are pleased to . have him in town.
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v
IAIL TO GET STILL BUT
DESTROY FERMENTERS
Deputy sheriff W. C- Ellington and
Chief; E. L. Green made another raid
in the - Fork neighborhood Wednesday
afternoon and night in search of a
moonshine outfit. The quest was par
tially successful but the still could not
be located. It is presumed that this
was moved-upon report of vthe raid
reaching ,the5 operators before the of
ficers could make the trip.
Eight fermenters and three barrels
of beer were destroyed. The site in
dicated that extensive operations in
the lightning beverage trade had been
conducted. Everything which could be
of any possible service in the illicit
trade was destroyed by the officers be
fore their return here.
A BIG COTTON CROP IN 1920
MAY SPELL DISASTER
In the face of all the presenlr obsta-
cles to our export trade the Sguth is
(preparing to pitch the largest cotton
crop possible, with the least feed and
food supplies in her history. . ; reaing hogs decreased eight per
If Southern agriculture was ever in cent in nmber since one year ago.
a critical stage of its development it ! ExcePtin8: that tobacco will again bo
is this spring of 1920. With a large 'j considerably increased and grains de
cotton crop, it is absurd to state that ereased' thc tended total crop acre
we cannot produce and gather a large : wil1 bs about two Per cen less
cotton crop' Under favorable weathei :than last year- The condition of win
conditions, wjth high priced feeds to ter rain crb)9 is ood averaging
mvA ia nA n ci,4- A,-.
i tion of feed crons in 1920 "ncfteaaitAtino-
cultural questions should exert every
Effort toward inducingthe planting of
a" large acreage in feed and food crops,
it is in this year of 1920. In fact, it
is now much more important than even
during the war. The Progressive
Farmer. s
A STARTLING STATEMENT
tarecentV meetings of the AmerK
can PublicHealth Association in New
York Dr. Wl S. Rankin, the president,
made some startling statements with
reference to the physical and mental
health of the population of this coun
try. Of the 110,000,000 citizens of this
country, 45,000,000 are physically im
perfect; 15,000,000 die annually; 3,
000,000 are in bed all the time, 1,000
000 have tuberculosis, 2,500,000 con
tract venerable diseases each year, 2,
000,000 to 3,000,000 are cases of hook
worm and malaria. Only 37,500,000
are fairly healthy and 19,500,000 are
In full vigor. With all our vaunted
support of higher educational institu
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OPERA HOUSE NEXT WEEK
THE LYCEUM SINGERS.
Everybody likes to hear a good mal
quartette. There is a fascination about
their singing that Is found in no other
organization. We don't know what
that "something" is, but we .must all
admit thrit it does exist. .
In planning the organization of the
Lyceum -Singers two things wire kept
In mind. First, to secure four fine vo
calists, artists of experience who could
THE LYCEUM SINGERS
sing together,
mating their ensemble
nfimbers a real feature. Second, to
build a I'trogram that wouhl be essen
tially of a Lyceum character. Thaf
Is, it must have quality, and a good
measure of variety, so as to make It
appeal to all classes that make up the
average Lyceum audience. -
The voearipart of the program is em
phasized with the instrumental ea
tures in second plac and used to give
variety and novelty, though the mem
bers of the quartette excel in their in
strumental work. -
There will be lots of action, plenty of
f lui, and enough variety" . to suit, the
taste of the .musically educated and
the casual concert goer.
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Number 31
Inilj-U you II TOuvt
mIIIIIIUbVI Ibli-iyjy d
Indications TKat Tobacco Will
Represent As Much Acre
age As Past Year
COTTON CROP TO BE CUT '
ON ACCOUNT OF LABOR
Central Wheat Crop Good But
Western' Crop Poor; Rye Up
To Normal; Discussion Wage
On Farms.
"The shortage of ftirm labor in
North Carolina is the chief concern of
the farmers at this season. Farm
wages have advanced until they aver
age $47.78 per month without board.
Good cultivated lands average $91.34,
' and a11 farm lands, exclusive of im-
i movements, average ?55.37 per acre.
. T - - .a.
i eignty-eigni percent oi a
eignty-eignt percent oi a normal or
i "full crop.'
wrrnory wnere grain crops are grown
J .A ne snotage also extends to the emc
lency and working hours of labor
along with increase in the wages
paid. It is no idle dream that the
farmers are 'up against it' as they
cannot be expected o make a living
income from crops with no one but
themselves and children to produce
enough to feed . themselves and. the
other half of., the nonfood-producing:
world, under present conditions. There
is a distinct and growing undercurrent
of discontent and indifference that
should be taken as a warning, ' lest
the food production be further greatly
decreased, in the face of greater re
quirements. The tendency .is to pro
duce the": cash crops, such as tobacco
and cotton. Grains do not promise a
market value sufficient to make them
profitable crops.
"Some think that a monthly farm
wage of $48.00 is low, in comparison
with wages paid.in towns. Perhaps
so, but on the farms there are furn
ished additionally a house, wood, gar
den, . a team and implements to use
when needed. Much of their 'free'
food supplies also come from the or
chard and fields.- - --
"The present wheat crop shows the
best condition in the central Piedmont,
and the poorest . along the central
mountain counties. The condition of
the rye crop is about the same as that
of wheat.
."The high costs of feeds, housing
and labor makes it unprofitable to pro
duce pork at the recent market prices.
This has led to an estimated eight per
cent decrease in the breeding sows.
"The high prices of tobacco, sup-
i ported by the heavy demands for the
I North Carolina bright leaf, has had
its effect on our farmers. Plant beds
are in evidence everywhere. The in
crease, of fifteen per cent last year is
expected to be again equaled.
"Grain crops show decreases, on ac
count of the low yields and crop value
returns 'of the past few years.
"Cotton will occupy about the same
acreage as last - year., The labor sup
ply will hold down any increase.
"The cold' and wet conditions of
March further belated farm work.
Since the middle of the month condi
tions have been better, although inter
rupted by frequent min. The cold
wave on the sixth to eight of April
probably damaged the peach crop con-
i siderably, but apples were not enough
i advanced to be affected."
j Reported by the Director and Field
Agent." ' s
A STARTLING STATEMENT
Fire losses in the United -States for.
March, according to the- journal of
Commerce 'anjj, Financial Bulletin,
totaled $27,597,700 against $22,201,-.
900 00 in 1919 and $20,213,980.00 in
1918. The loss for the first three,
months is $91,241,950.00 for 1920; $78,
540,175.00 for 1919; $78,477,235 for
1918. The total annual -fires for the
latest statistical years are: - 1919,
$260,000,775.00; 1918, - $317,014,385.'
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