Of Thoughts
From Here
There, Yonder
VOLUME XXV
WARRENTON, N.'C TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1920
Number 32
A .SEMI-WEEWLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OFTRRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
(By BIGNxLL JONES)
One of the greatestand. the most
pathetic of human weaknesses is
that of attaching the worst possible
motivcs to the actions of others.
If there are two reasons for anoth
er's actions, a good and a bad one, nine
times out of ten we are weak enough
to fix the worst motive.
This is true; yet it should not be so.
Let each of us resolve that the next
time we start to speak ill of another,,
that we will stop and see if some
charitable reason cannot be fixed for
or her actions -
Remember the thought suggested to
us by a minister the other day, that:
"Hell must be when, with tender con
science in another world, we look into
the hearts of those we have misjudged
on earth."
Beauty may be skin-deep, but the
eligible bachelor must be pocket-deep.
Merchant.'s Journal and Commerce.
My lady's spring bonnet may be a
perfect dream" but it often gives hub
by a nightmare. Merchant's Journal
and Commerce.
"I am for the Salvation Army be
cause it helps the under dog," says
James H. Mourer, president of the
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor.
Chums
Post Butler and Brown are . chum
ming constantly of late.
Parker Yes, they discovered they
both used to drink the same sorl of
cocktail Life.
Abject Apology
"Did you ever hear such an abject
apology in your life?"
"The salesman realized that he was
at fault."
"How so?" f
"He tried to sell a bricklayer the
kind of shirts clerks., bookkeepers, au
ditors and college professors wear."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Mother Goose Up-to-Date
There was a man in our town ,
And he wag wondrous wise,
He put on overalls
To stop the clothing rise
And when he saw what he had done
He gave an awful roar,
Because the price of denim then '
At once began to soar.
He turned about at once again
With all his might and main,
Ke took off his overalls
And put his clothes on again.
4 James Dempsey Bullock.
Wilson, N. C. In News and Observer
Perfectly Safe
A well-dressed and charming young
lady ha.led a four-wheeler since there
was no taxi in eight. Just as she was
getting in she noticed that the horse
seemed inclined to be frisky. He was
jumping about and. svishing his tail
in a way that alarmed her she was a
timid little thing. So she addressed a
few words to the aged jehu.
"I hope," she said, smiling bravely,
"that you will not run away with me."
The cabman sighed mournfully.
"No, mum," he replied. "I have a
wife and seven kids at home already."
Youth's Companion.
Simplicity Itself
"Do you know," said Prof. Brown to
his bosom friend, "I cannot under
stand how people forget the ages of
their children. I have no trouble. For
example, I was born twenty-three hun
dred years after Socrates; my wife,
eighteen hundred years after the
death of Tiberius Caesar; my son,
John, two thousand years after Tiber
ius Sempronius Gracchus was chosen
tribune of the people; and our daugh
ter. Amanda, fifteen hundred years
after the beginning of the Folk Wan-
derinC. Tf ic nnvfontlir clmnlii iron
see!
ioutns companion.
They Look So Much Alike
One morning, says the Argonaut, an
d man was busy- in the back yard
NVlth a saw and hatchet, when the
next-door neighbor came to inquire
aer the health of his wife: The
it seems had taken a severe
cold.
''Good mornin', Mr. Smith!" said the
ghbox-. "How is Mrs. Smith this
Mornin'?"
'Just about the same." answered M
Jr- Smith. "She didn't sleep very
last night."
,'Poor dear!" said the neighbor
mPathetically. "I s'pOSe that's her
cugw,ain,tit? -
keen-0' h ain'fc her coffin " said Smith,
rn, u8 his eye on his work. "It's a
new henhouse."
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Interesting Interview of Miss
Lucie T. Webb By Mrs.
Charlotte S. Perkinson
MAKES MORE MONEY AS
FARMER THAN TEACHER
Realizes Over Two Thousand Dol
lars Past Year; To Devote Her
Time To Lighter Work Be
cause of Labor Shortage.
(The Breeder's Gazette)
"An income of between $2,000 and
3,000 as my share of the market
crop sounds more interesting than a
stipend of less than $400 for ' the
thankless and nerve-racking job of
teaching school, doesn't it?"
The speaker was Miss Lucy T. Webb
of Warren county, N. C, who is suc
ceeding in agriculture after seven
years as an efficient public school
teacher. With Miss Webb it was a
question of coming home to care for
her parents or.-jelse moving them,
which is always a cruel thing to do.
It would have been especially so in
'this case, for Miss Webb's mother in
herited the three hundred-icre farm
from-her colonial ancestors, and all of
the family are greatly attached to it. .
Since Miss Lucy : is the only single
daughter and the sons, were establish
ed in business, " seemed that she was
the one to come home. In this she was
true to family traditions. Her father
is a most interesting old gentleman
who takes pride in telling his friends
that he fought m sixteen battles of the
Civil War and never was Hit; that he
married the ordy sweetheart he ever
had, with whom he has lived for more
than fifty -three years; that seven chil
dren have blessed their home and that
there has never yet been a death in
the family.
"When I . first came home with the
idea of making my living on the old
farm." said Miss Lucy, "my stock in
trade consisted of one old gray horse,
with nothing to feed him, "Borne out-
of-date and worn-out farming imple
ments and $10 worth of woven wire
fence. The house needed paint badly,
the porches were rotted and the 'Out
buildings dilapidated. Since it takes
some capital to begin farming just as
it does any other business, for the first
year I taught in a school nearby, using
the money to start me on my farming
enterprise and to make the old home
more cheerful and livable. At first I
hired labor and grew .only enough feed
for my stock, getting my income from
the sale of chickens, eggs, pigs, calves,
vegetables and butter.
. "Now after six years of farming, by
putting the proceeds back into the
farm each year, I am in good condition
to make money. There are at present
five or six -miles of woven wire fence
on the place, which is fenced off in lots,
with every division having excess to
the barnlot. The house has been
painted inside and out, the walls ala
bastined, the porches rebuilt and all
outbuildings repaired. I have built
two new flue barns and a strip room,
remodelled two tenant houses and
built a stable with sheds on three
sides, not to mention hen houses ana
pig pens. I have sprayed and trim
med the trees in the orchard. I bor
rowed the money with which to buy a
span of good mules, and madethem
nav for themselves. I now have by
way of live stock the mule, one driv- j
ing horse, six cows, six registered
hogs, 21 purebred sheep, 100 hens and
chickens and five hives of bees. My
stock of implements includes a grain
drill, a mowing machine, a riding
plow, a weeder.' a two-horse plow, a
two-horse wagon, and a horse rake.
Of course I have other small tools.
The live stock and the farming im
plements have be'en bought with
money made on the farm.
"As I said at first 'I hirfa labor.
Two years ago I had one tenant. Last
year I had f qui tenants families, and
worked nVe horses. My share of the
cotton and tobacco crops $4,200, and
the value of the corn and feed, peas,
beans, potatoes, molasses, and meat
produced on the place would amount
to $1,500 mre."
Miss .Webb's income for last year
was $2,850. This year she has almost
doubled her cotton acreage, is work
ing seven horses, and expects her mar
ket crop to bring $6,000. It is her
intention to grow feed and supplies
enough to last her tenants and ner- ,
self for another year. In speaking I
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The TT. S. S. Wyoming . and -the U. S. S. New: Mexico are shown ber
p&sstBg through the Pedro Migxiel;locks the, Panaihi Canal.
The electric engines along "tlie " si'eof r the. locks : are called "Banlesn la
deference to tiielr four .-legged predecessor they have just hauled the battle
ship through the locks. If you are interested in mathematics you raijht
figure out how many oltl style mules if would take to do the Job.
The W'omins at the left, is:'moving put to the lower level, and as -soon
as the water in the ether lock is 'let out ih the correct level the New Mexico
will move ahead. ' . x . . "
This picture was taken irom a, U. S. Navy flying boat, during the recent
trig of the Pacific Fleet to the "West, Coast. They were royally receiTed at
all at the ports along the trip; ; . ",
of the future. Miss Webb says:
"Profiting by my six years' exper
ience as a farmer, and recognizing the
ever increasing scarcity of farni -labor;
I intend gradually to eliminate hogs
and cattle raising, and go in more in
tensively for raising sheep and poul
try and bees, for the reason that I can
look after these myself with little ex
pense for labor. Of course , I shall
continue to rent some land on shares."
Becoming enthusiastic over thepros
pects of sheep-raising, Miss Lucy add
ed quite emphatically: "I : believe,
thoroughly in registered stock;; . the
best that money can buy. When I
bought a registered ram and paid jf or
him what seemed to my neighbors a
fabulous sum, they thought I had gone
crazy, but when I. got $25 forniYUfirs
Iambs, while theirs broughtonly $7.50,
they saw the wisdom of it."
Miss Lucy is always busy, and can
do more different kinds of work well
than any woman I know. Just the
other day she told me she had made
a good sum out of her dahlias by- send
ing them to a florist in the nearest
city. She can operate a jlow or a
rake, build a fence, a hen house or a
pig pen, or patch a roof. She does
ail of these things when it is neces
sary, or when she can save a dollar
thereby.
Miss Webb is not an Amazon. She
is small, almost frail looking, and be
fore the sun played havoc with hei1
complexion she was very fair. Both
in appearance arvd in manner, she is
a gentlewoman. But with all o' that
she is a most successful farmer.
Announce
Engagement
Mecklenburg County, Va., April 15.
"Long Grass," the hospitable home
of Mrs. W. B. Tarry, was lovely in its
decorations of apple blossoms, sweet
peas and fern last evening at a delect
able dinner party announcing the ap
proaching marriage of her accomplishr
ed and popular daughter Miss Eliza
beth Tarry to Mr. Richaixl Blair Boyd,
Jr., successful young business man oi
Warrenton.
After cordial welcome, delightful
conversation and comminglement tfre
guests were invited into the dining
hall where a palatable seven course
meal was beautifully served with a
menu consisting of fruit cocktail,
consomme, spring chicken, cream po
tatoes, green peas, olives, pickles, hot
rolls, asparagus salad, neapolitan ice
cream, cheese balls, salted almonds
and demitasse.
The courses were interspered with
improptu toasts to Miss Tarry and
Misses Maria Alston and Fannie Bur
well, brides-to-be, to Mrs. Will Tarry,
bride of Mr. Will Tarry, and to Mrs.
W. B. Tarry, the charming hostess
upon this enjoyable occasion.
The zenith of delight came when
each guest drew minature cards be
decked with Cupid's art and bearing
the initials E. A. T. R. B. B., Jr.,
June 15, 1920, from' a lovely sweetpea
centerpiece, arid happy congratula
tions were extended from every" side
of the festive board, . -
An amusing contest "On How To
Manage A Husband" was much en
joy edK following dinner and many sug-
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gesjtions alive with possibilities were
offered.
Those present were: Misses Eliza
beth Tarry, Henrietta Alston, Fannie
Butwell, Maria Alston, Susie Alston,
Aileen Taylor, Judith Graham,- Mrs.
Charles Epps, of ' Townsville; Misses
Majy T. and Bessie Watkins, of Hen
derson; Mrs. Austin Boyd, of W. Va.;
and Misses Edith Burwell and Mamie
Williams, of Warrenton.
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STAG SUPPER AND LEAP
Y'AR SHOWER FOR MR BOYD
Twelve friend of Mr. Richard
Blair Boyd, Jr., gathered around the
festive board in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. P. Burwell last Friday even
ing okk &dieu -in aieli ghtf ulst;
his days of single blessedness and to
congratulate him upon winning the
heart and hand of the lovely Miss
Elizabeth Tarry, of Mecklenburg
county, whose . engagement was an
nounced last Thursday.
A delicious seven course dinner was
delightfully served by Misses Annie
Burwell, Mary Garland Allen, Mrs.
John G. Ellis and Mrs. M. C. McGuire
and the interlude between each course
enliven by toasts read by each guest
upon call of Mr. M. P. Burwell ass
toastmaster. At the conclusion of the
meal the guests arose as Mr. M. C.
McGuire read a toast to the bride-to-be.
. Following dinners numbers of ladies
with their escorts arrived for the Leap
Year shower. At nine thirty this was
brought in by Messrs. M. C. McGuire
and W. Brodie Jones and the accom
panied good advice and good wishes
of each gift read by Mr. Jones and
presented the groom-to-be, whose
countenance radiated 1 mingle- excite
ment, interest and wonder above a
lovely corsage of sweetpeas which had
been presented earlier in the evening.
During the presentation of the many
burlesque and the number of useful
presents the circle of friends were in
constant mirth and the evening rapid
ly waned under the spell of enjoyment.
Delicious refreshments were served
and the Leap Year, event given by
Misses Annie Burwell, Mary Garland
Allen and Mrs. John G. Ellis declared
by each departing guest a triumph of
enjoyment and hospitality.
The Salvation Army men and women
answered the call to arms in 1917.
They now ask the public to heed their
call to alms in 1920:
CHAPLIN DISGUISE TOO NAT
URAL FOR HUNS TO RESIST
An example o practical camou
flage is given by Charlie Chaplin in his
second million-dollar picture. "Shoul
der Arms," to be shown at. the War
renton Opera House on Friday x and
1 93-24th. when he'dis- i
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guises mmsell as a tree stump anu
starts on a spying trip into enemy ter
ritory, only to be met by a small party
of ' Huns, seeking - firewood, who
nvomntlvdecide to chop down then
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human "stump as an addition to the
load of wood they are about to take
backtbrtheir trenches. -
In Charlie's opinion, his attempt at
camouflage is entirely too ; successful,
and his resen.ment over the stupidity
of the Huns in mistaking him for a
genuine stump gets him into countless
difficulties, - .
d Worn
Chief E. L. Green and deputy sheriff
Ellington continued their activity
against the whiskey makers the lat
ter part of the week and again invaded
the Fork section determined; to break
up liquor outfits' reported as disturb
ing the best element of the citizenship.
of that ; section.
The officers after their raid of Wed
nesday went back Thursday afternoon
and destroyed four hundred gallons of
beer found at two locations each with
in three quarters of a mile" of the
other.
Thursday night upon call from Fish
ing . Creek Green and Ellington made
a raid below Areola neaK the old Beth
lehem church at two o'clock. The op
erators had just finished a run and
moved. The officers waited over until
next morning when they found and
destroyed fermenters.
During the morning they searched
the barn of Daniel Richardson and
found concealed in the hay a four gal
gallon jug three fourths full of pure
corn juice. Upon the officers approacn
Richardson, who was ploughing, took
to the woods by way of thehome of
Roger Richardson who evidently took
the advice offered for he .wasn't at
home when the officers later seized a
quart of corn which the family insisted
was for medicinal purposes.
During the past week the officers
destroyed four locations, beer-at three
of the four, twenty fermenters, some
at each still, captured and destroyed a
copper cap and worm.
Progress On Swimming Club
The response to the appeal of Rev.
E; W. Baxter, M. C McGuire, Mrs.
McGuire, Miss Lulie Price and W. Bro
die Jones, membership committee, has
been general and the greater portion '
of the necssary funds raised. Mc
Guire, E. E. Gillam,sW. H. Boyd, E. L.
Green, and W. Brodie Jones, executive
corame;
of Fate "Weaver and work has already
commenced at ; Taylor's. - The plans
will be completed by the time warm
weather comes, everything now points.
One hundred thousand little children
are wards of the Salvation Army in
this country. In Salvation Army ac
tivities and institutions they find al
most the only brightness in their lives.
The Salvation Army has been on the
job the past year. Here's part of the
record: 46.590 jobs found for men and
16,747 found for women; 5,000 mothers
and 25,000 tenement kqids taken for a
vacation in the country; 200,000
Christmas dinners given to the poor
in the United States last Dec. 25;
70,000 poor youngsters given Christ
mas toys at the same time.
IN HONOR OF
MISS HELEN GRANT
On Friday afternoon from four to
six o'clock Mrs. Edward Petar enter
tained at a kitchen shower in honor of
Miss Helen Grant, who on next Tues
day will become the bride of Mr. Pete
Stephenson, of Severn, N. C. The
house was beautifully decorated with
spring flowers and the bride to be
never looked prettier than she did
when the wheel barrow, covered in
white and green and laden with all
kinds of useful things was pushed in
front of her by Jittle Katharine Bax
ter. A delicious salad course, coffee
and mints were served-by Mrs. R'. L.
Hayes and Mrs. W. C. Mabry.
Mrs. Peters guests included: Mrs.
Jim Scott, Mrs. Charles Petar, Mrs.
Jack Scott, Mrs. I. P. Grant, Mrs. T.
B. Williams, Mrs. Alex Baxter, Mrs.
W. C' Mabry, Mrs. W. L.. Baxter, Mrs.
B. D. Moore, Mrs. W. A. Overby, Mrs.
Julius Banzet, Misses Helen Grant,
Grace Moore, Julia Williams, Esther
Jerman, Mary Fitts, . Lucy Collins,
Ann Collins and Mrs. R. L. Hayes of
Littleton, N. C
Mrs. Mabry and Mrs. Baxter Enter
tain Wednesday
Mrs. W. C. Mabry and Mrs. Alex
I Tairti pnt.ei-tained Wednesdav even-
T ; r-
ing: at tne nome im. ima. . uxakjiy
from eight till eleven, at a Rook
party complimentary to Miss Helen
Grant, bride-elect. After several
games were played the bride's cake
was cut; Miss Sarah Petar drawing
the ring, Miss Grace Moore the thim
ble, and Mr. Carl Watkins the batch
elor's button. Pink and white being
the color scheme for the evening it
was attractively carried out in the
refreshment which consisted of brick
ice-cream and cakes.
reWd HotJL
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Meetings During Week Show At-
tendance Of Over One Hun.
w dred And Fifty Each
WORK NOT CONFINED TO
FOOD PREPARATION ALONE
Agents Duty To Assist In Any
Department of Home Econom
ics and To Help Lighten In Ev
ery Way Burden of Housewife.
The . meeting at the various places
have been very well atttended as the
week's total shows. At no time has
total fallen below a hundred and fifty,
which is very good considering the de
mands incident to the spring of the
yea There has not been, however, a
great deal of neighborhood visiting,
but that feature will be developed by
Miss Drawer on her return. This
phase of the work is most helpful to
those thus reached, and there are cases
where it is impossible to be of service
in any other way, but it would be very
difficult to help the number we should
in this way, so I urge the largest pos
sible attendance upon the meetings for
central point, these centers usually be
ing school houses.
It is also well to remember that the
work of a home demonstration agent
is not confined to food preservation
and preparation. On the contrary she
is ready to give courses in any phase
of the work included under the term
Home Economics. She will suggest
and help in planning the wardrobe of
the various members of a family, as
well as assiting in planning and rea
lizing and managing a home. If there
is pne thing more than another that
distresses a well-equipped demonstra
tive it js to see the lack of thought dis
played in the arrangement of the av
erage home from the standpoint of
sence; of ; all modern equipment to
lighten the burdens of . the housewife.
In this day of opportunity for the
farmer thero is really little excuse for
the absence of any of those devices
that mean ro much in the household.
Add to this the almost entire absence
of art in relation to he exterior and in
terior of homes which accounts for
much of the migration from the rural
districts to large towns r.nd cities. In
all this the home demonstrator is
greatly interested and it would be well
for all concerned if a competitive
could be started between the various
counties to see which would develop
national possibilities most successfully
together with the interiors so there
would be a general harmony. It is
not necessary to have great wealth in
order to have artistic suroundings. It
is rather the development of thein
stinct for beauty latent in every' one
that makes for all around harmony.
Let us, therefore, get ourselves in
touch with the fundamental principles
of beauty and apply them to our every
day lives.
The work as planned for this week
subject to any change that may be
made on the return of Miss Brawuer is
Wednesday, Warrenton High School
class.
Thursday, Wise.
Friday, Warren Plains. -
MRS. J. W. STEVENSON
PASSES INTO GREAT BEYOND
On Wednesday evening, April 7th,
the death angel visited the home cf
Mr. J. W. Stevenson and claimed his
wife Polly. She was sick only one
week.
All that skilled physicans and loved
ones could do was done to stay the
hand of death, but such was not God's
will; he called her and she willingly
obeyed.
Mrs. Stevenson was loved by all who
knew her and always ready and will
ing to help those in need.
It looks hard for her to be taken
away from us, but God knows best.
She leaves to mourn their loss a
father, two sisters, four brothers and
four sons, one just one week old the
day of her death. She was laid to
rest in Macon cemetery. Masses or
lovely flowers bore silent testimony of
the love and esteem of her many
friends.
Gone, Sister, but not forgotten.
Oh! how sweet it will be in that beau-
v tiful land, ,
So free from all sorrow and pain,
With sogns on our lips and with harps
in our hand,
To meet our love ones again SISTER