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VOLUME XXV
WARRENTQN, N. q., FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920
"Number 39
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A SEMMVEEWLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTQN AND WAR ft teN COUNTY"
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For ynu-z the work of the Salvation
irrnv has meritea the cndorsement of
people and in innumerable in
stant coin has been freely dropped
' tht- Jft'Jral public into the tam
. of the Salvation lassies as
tbev made their appeals.
With the war and the splendid ser
vice of the Doughnut organization
came a new era of broader service for
the Army and it discontinued its can
ass and left its future, usefulness
upon the heart of the people of this
country in the belief that they know
0f their labors would stand to in the
hour of finanical need.
They will not look in vain for the
people of these United States know
from personal testimony the noble ser
vice rendered and in this new era of
humai! brotherhood, ushered in by the
war, realize that they must help car
rv on the work of organization whicn
states its creed in the slogan "a man
may be down but he's never out!"v
Warren county, its appreciative peo
ple and they are many, will answer
this yearly appeal during the month.
The soul of true goodness is" the
willingness to aid those less fortunate.
The Salvation, Army is the messen
ger of this creed.
It merits support. We can expect
that the people of this county will ex
tend it. .
Coach Have you taken a shower?
Fresh No; is one missing?
Voodoo.
To avoid the Rush
''Last evening, sir, I distinctly saw
my daughter sitting in your lap. What
explanation have you to make?"
"I got here early, sir before the
others.' Judge.
Vanity Case, Please
"All is not gold that glitters, Henry
dear." "
"And yet, darling, to me that little
nose of yours is mighty precious."
JacW-Lantern.
Scornful she Marry you ? . You're
far too hasty, sir. -
Determined he Right now I have
enough money to marry you on, but if
I have to court you, I wn't be able to
make the giade. Jack-o-Lantern.
Stude Sir, I want permission to be
away three days after the end of va
cation. Dean Ah, you want three more days
of grace ?
Stude No; three more days of Ger
trudeRecord. Few women paint themselves
as
others see them. Selected.
Mary Oh, Jack, why did you join
the aviation? It is so dangerous.
Jack Well, it's this way. Mother
thought I was an angel, and father
thought I was a bird, so I just had to
learn to fly. Tar Baby.
Iride
Excited Fresh (to surrounding throng
of admirers) Yes sir, the varsity full
hack spoke to me, going down to the
train.
Skeptic What did he say?
Fresh Get the hell out of the way,
will ypu ? Burr.
'"She has - fatal beauty."
My boy, you were never more
wrong, why, I know six men who are
llving for her alone." Jaek-o'Lantern
Son Well, father, how are you?
Father As fine as silk, son.
Son Then you'll, be soft to touch.
Purple Cow.
The following is from the ending of
the burlesque obiturary published in
Jhe Carolina Tar Baby, concerning one
paries Ezekiel Pratt, who was killed
a circular saw: - -
ere lies what's left of Ezekiel Pratt;
0 Was a good man jtnd married, at
that,
It-
Sing, t)f course, was a little bit
raw
For the teeth of the saw was all that
ho saw"
I Wonder Why
As I
j Q. "'w me ueep Dlue i
ten sat and wondered why
gazed into the deep blue sky,
Thev Were made-
With aiiT SUh SWeet and Pretfcy things,
1 their Jewels and other things,
Xhu; Fo1' which men paid. ,
Until Cymcany 1 use to think,
,a grl so sweet and pink, '
Now T uame int my life' '
Work 110 time to muse'
Jy i or clothes and shoes,
She is my wife!
-Widow.
M.DRIVE
UNDER WAY
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Salvation Army Appeals To Coun
try For Ten Millions To
Carry On Program
DOES GREAT WORK IN
BEHALF OF DOWNCAST
Its Record In France A History
of Glory and Its Actions Here
A Tribute To Its Name; Drive
In Warren This Month.
Atlanta; Ga., May lLJThroughout
the United States the 'work of rais
ing $10,000,000, needed by the Salva
tion Army to carry out its plans next
year for aiding the poor and unfor
tunate was started Monday.
The organization has laid its budget
before the people, who are asked to
provide the required funds within the
next ten days. Franklin D. Lane,
former secretary of the interior in
President Wilson. 's Cabinet, is nat
ional chairman of the second .home
service fund appeal of the Salvation
Army and the volunteer , workers and
Salvationists throughout the country
have gone cut to carry the appeal of
the great rganizatio'n they serve to
the hearts and homes of the Ameri
can people. -
Salvation Army offffcials hope not
only to continue all their present hu
manitarian activities, but to widen the
scope of many of them. If the ans
wer falls short the plans for expan
sion and extension must be abandon
ed, and the present work perhaps cur
tailed. .
Only a small portion of the work
is self-sunpporting. The rescue homes
for unfortunate women; the hospitals,
including the maternity hospitals
which care for thousands of mothers
of the poorer classes; the slum settle
ment demand .constant financial aid.
The fresh air camps, the prison, work J
ana lounanng nomes are supporiea
wholly from the home service fund.
The evangelical work, the bureaus
which. yearly give away great quanti
ties of food, clothing and other sup
plies to those in dire need, as vell as
many other activities and. institutions,
derive their support from the saraee
source. .
The amount sought was not determ
ined arbitrarily, but by compiling the
estimated financial needs of the va
rious districts and corps. These in
dividual amounts are required to car
ry on the work in the diffeent locali
ties. Tlve effort of each community,
therefore, will be to raise the" suni
named in its own -budget, and prac
tically all the money raised in a
given section will be spent- there.
The Salvation Army lassie has ask
ed: Will my work go on?
Between May 10 and 20 America
gives her answer.
The lassies know where real need
and suffering exist and they know
the means of reaching it. j
"The Salvation Army campaign is j
practically on and will last but a few
days, consequently it behooves every
body to do their duty as soon as possi
ble in order that the people of this
State may show their appreciation for
the worthy work of a band of people
who risked their lives for the comfort
of our boys in France, and who are
now preparing for an extension of its
work in times of peace.
"The Salvation Army did nothing
new in th e great World War. Its
army of workers only.,, transferred
their activities to a field of battle be
tween men, fo it ha- been fighting a
battle of vice, poverty, sin and misery
in our own fair land for fifty years
and has won many a battle in its work
of relieving "suffering. It reclaims
yearly thousands of girls who hay
gone astray. There is hardly a couif-'
ty in the southern states that -.does
not send men and women but intothe
world too weak to fight the battle of
existence and who sooner or later are
helped Joy the Salvatin Army, y
."It makes very little fuss about its
charitable work, but it is constantly
at it and hundreds of thosuand of peo
pie can testify to its worth in the
cause of humanity. People of this
state are greatly appreciative of the
wonderful sacrifice that the Salvation
Army workers are constantly making
in order to help suffering mankind, and
while we may he ever so tired of giv
ing and serving we cannot afford to
turn, a deaf ear to this annual appeal
of the Salvation Army for funds with
which to carry on its worthy work
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for another twelve months. This is
the cause to which every man, woman
and, child in this state should proudly
contribtue something. - '
The Salvation Army has given out
its recipe for doughnuts. This is the
formula from which all the crullers
for the men of the A. E. F. were
made., There is something magic in
it., for it worked wonders. Here it is:
5 cups flour 2 eggs
v2 cups sugar 3-4 cup milk
5 teaspoonfus baking powder
1 tablespoonful lard
1 Saltspoonful salt
Knead and cut and drop into boil
ing lard. The lassies who made these
doughnuts in France say that a hap
py smile, added to the doughnuts at
the time of serving makes1 them even
more delightful. ,
NEICE PAYS TRIBUTE TO
MEMORY SIMON P. HAITHCOCK
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JVtrJSimonPetar. Haitheock-Wtts i30Tii4.Tetrtcyi11TS'repof1;ed favorably, a "Bill to
July SO, 1875 an died April 29, 1920.
His last illness lasted about twenty
hours. Loving ones did everything
possible to relieve his suffering, but
he heard the Father calling him to
come home and be at rest, and he obey
ed. Most of his life was spent in War
ren county. For ax long time he was
in the mercantile business with his
brother, but during the past few years
he had purchased a home and had been
very sucessfully farming.
About five years ago he united v?ith
Marmaduke Baptist Church whre he
remained a faithful member until his
death.
In 1916 he was married to Miss An
nie Belle Harris of Graham.
He was a good neighbor, and a kind
loving husband and father. He will be
missed by everyone who knew Jiim for
he was a favorite with all.
On April 30th he was tenderly laid
away in the family cemetery at the
old home.
He is survived by his wife and two
children, Irwin Williard and Bradford
Wilker, mother, two sisters and five
brothers.
May God comfot the bereaved ones.
A NIECE.
STATED COMMUNICATION
A Stated Communication of Jsohns-ten-Caswell
Lodge No. 10 A. F. & A.
M. will be held in the Mascnit Hal.
Warrenton, N. C, Monday Evening,
May 17th at 8:30 o'clock. Work in
the Fellow Crafts Degree.
Members of Sister Lodges ard all
transient brethren fraternally invited
to attend.
STEPHEN E7 BURROUGHS, W. M.
W. BRODIE JONES, Secretary.
"Whyxdo you say he is financially
embarrassed?" '
"He's so shy in his paymejntss."
Cornell Widow.
"What do you call a man who- plays
asaxaphone?"
'It depends on how rotten he.' is."
The Yale Record. . ,
Born A Daughter
Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. Df Faucette
of Raleigh, oh May 5th, a gi r Mary
Elizabeth. - -
Make North Carolina the Perfect Si.
MONEY STATIONS;
NAVY USING OIL
When Frank Munsey put out two
"old scvap book" magazines for a quar
ter, in the days-while magazines were
cheap, he explained that he had dis
covered that "there are stations in
money." He enumerated these as the
nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar and
dollar. Really what Mr. Munsey must
have meant was that these coins were
the. express stops ancl that all othei
coins stood for way-stations and the
like. It was a pretty distinction, but
we haven't seen the "old scrap books"
for a long long time; and it must be
that the reading public has changed
its stations. One of the late prophe
sies is that new minor coins that are
proposed t in Congress may drive the
penny and nickel to' the' museums. The
Senate Committee on Banking and Cur
coin two:cent pieces, and another meas
Jure by Senator Freylinghuysen provi
des for the coinage of seven and eight
fcent pieces. Washington street rail-
ways have' joined, the customs of other
cities in the use of "tokens" for fares.
In effect these are eight cent pieces or
a fraction less, since that represents
the fare. Since the nickel has be
come a sort of flag-stop in the com
mercial world it is quite probable that
the two cent piece will soon have the
seven and eight cent pieces for com
pany and that new money stations
will be recognized by the public at
large. . ) '
Demand Exceeding The "Supply
The Navy Has gone to sea in oil
burning ships, and the steamship com
panies of America and England have
substituted oil tanks for coal bunkers
on all the new ships. American rail-,
roads are now consuming about fiffy
million barrels of fuel oil a yeai The
demand for fuel oil is increasing. And
fuel oil is a product of petroleum, just
as is kerosene, gasoline, etc. The
race between consumption and pro-
million barrels ahead of production in
. .. . , a r
duction lound consumption twenty nve
1918, and,-the score was practically
even inl919, with a total production
of 375,000,000 barrels, all of which
was used. The prospectors haven't
with all their activity in the Mexican
and United States fields been able to
keep up with the increased demand,
and ir consequence we have higher
prices for gasoline and manufacturing
difficulties that have arisen out of
greater expenses attached to the fuel
and lubricating accounts. -
MORE SYSTEM'IN WAR RISK
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
Announcement is made by director
K. G. Cholmeley-Jones that, througn
the adoption of improved methods . and
equipment, a plan to achieve an annual
saving of approximately $8,500,000.00
in the administration of the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance has .been inaugu
rated and, by June 30 of the present
year will have become an established
regime.. The Bureau not only has now
reached' a current basis in its work,
but the improved methods which have
been installed liave made possible at
the same time" a- reduction of the per
sonnel from 15,000 as of last July, to
approximately 9,000 as of date, with a
schedule of further reduction ahead
which, carried into effect, will reduce
the personnel to approximately 7,500
by June 30, thus virtually cutting in
half the Bureau's basic payroll in the
course of the jircal year.
EXERCISES TONITE
AND TUESDAY NITE
The Primary Department of the
Warrenton State High School will hold
their commencement in the auditorium
tonight at eight o'clock. The program
numbers will be rendered by children
of the first four grades. .
The execises'will commence prompt
ly in order to give the public an op
portunity to witness the program and
then attend the second show at the
Opera House at nine forty, five. There
will be no admission charge at" the
academy. The program follows:
Chorus
The Birds Nest. . Riley and Gaynor
Recitations-2 Greetings
Earle. Connell, First Grade
Song Dolly Stop Weeping. . . .Guptell
Elizabeth Boyd, First Grade
Story Elves and Shoemaker
Margaret Kidd, Second Grade
Inst. Solo: Little Jack Frost Dameron
Bettie Powell . "
Lalla Fitts Palmer
Recitation Tending to Baby
John Lewis Modlin, 3rd Grade
Song The Quarrel. . Webb
Margaret KiddT
Romeo Williams " - .
Drill March of finks x
Third and Fourth Grade Girls
Recitation A Secret
Maywood Modlyin, 2nd Grade
Song Trials of aBoy;. . . ... . .Alston
Romeo Williams," 2nd Grade
Dialogue The Latest Thing in Hats
Eight Little Girls, 1st and 2nd
, Grades Dameron
Inst. Solo. The Jolly Playmates
Louise Davis, Bettie Powell
Song The Rhumatiz,. . Alston
Anna Williams, Luck Basker
ville, Rachel Mullen, Martin
and Stewart Wilson, Wood-
row Parker. , .
PROGRAM OF MUSICALE GIVEN
BY MISS DAMERON'S PUPILS
$ext.Xuesday.. , evening at 8-00
the" pupils of Miss Lillie Belle Dame
ron will give a musicale in the War
renton High School auditorium. The
pupils have worked hard and the pro
gram promises to be of interest. Miss
Dameron requests that thdse attend-,
ing will not talk during a number, as
nothing is more encouring to a' pupils
best efforts than a sympathetic au
dience. ;
The program follows:
Piano Solo
Fairy Fountain. ... C. W. Kern
- Ethel Pinhell
Piano Solo
Merry Makers F.' P. Atherton
Elizabeth Johnson '
Piano Duet
Mirthful Moments. . .L. B. Dameron
Georgie Tarwater ,i
Margie Davis
Piano Solo
The Jolly Hunter L. Renk
Doris Morin
Piano Solo
The Happy Wanderer. .. .A. Jensen
Kate Macon "
Piano Solo
A Hieland Laddie. . .-. .F. L. Morey
Lucy Boyd
Recitation Hans and Gretchel
-Anon
Lucy Tucker
Piano Solo . ' -
East Indian riancing Girl. . . . Smith
Katherine Taylor
Piano Solo :
Heralds of Spring G. D. Martin
Martha Reynolds Price
Piano' Solo In Clover C. W.lCern
Katherine Arrington
Piano Solo -
Sparkling Brooklet C. Mater
- Drewry Wilker
Piano Duet .
Woodland Dance. . . .L. B. Dameron
Leonora Taylor
Piano Solo Dreams. .J. F. Fry singer
; Lucy Tucker
Piano Solo Pastorella. . . .Theo Lack
JEula Wifaon
Piano Solo '
Morning Serenade.". . . . .C. W. Kern
Olivia BurwellT
Spirit of the Forest Dutton
Dance-
Katherine Arrington
Piano Solo A
Minuet a L'Antique Paderewski
Annie Joe Lancaster
Piano Solo ,
Simple Confession. . . ... . .F. Thome
Ella Brodie Jones
Heard At the Commons
"Well," said the waiter to the stu
dent, who had just had his coffe cup
refilled f or the seventh tim, "you
must be very fond .of coffe."
:" "Yes, indeed," answered the student,
"or I wouldn't ' be drinking so much
water to get a little."-Burr. ' .
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Wheat Crop Thirty Percent Less
.Than Normal In The'
United States
PLANTING LATE IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE STATE
Rye Crop Not Up To Average
.But Hay Crop Good; Labor Sit
nation Bad On Farms of North
Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C, May 12. "Our
primary bread crop is threatened with
the t-emendous reduction of thirty
four per cent fomlast year," announ
ces the North Carolina Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service. "The winter
wheat acreage to be harvested in the
United States, is more than thirty per
cent less than last year. The May 1st
forecasts are for only 484,647,000
bushels on 34,165,000 'acres compared
with a final estimate of 731,636,000
bushels produced last year at an aver
age yield of 14.7 bushels per acre.
The abandonment to May 1st of acre
age sown is practically twelve per
cent , with a condition of but 79 per
cent of a full crop.
"The North Carolina crop shows
about two per cent abandonment with
a condition of 88 per cent, on an acre
age of 12 per cent less than that of
last year and 90 per cent of the usual.
Rye Off
"As with wheat the acreage of the
United States is greatly reduced, but
the 85 per cent condition shows a fair
outlook. The North Carolina acreage
is eleven per cent less than last year
and has a condition of 91 per cent of
normal, for the rye crop.
Hays Same
"The United States present acreage
of hay crops estimated to be the same
and reports show 10.5 per cent of last .
years crop now remaining on farms.
The North Carolina estimates indicate
a six per cent reduction in the acreage
of hay, with a 90 per cent condition
of the present growing crops. Six
teen per cent of our last year's hay
was reported on May 1st as remain
ing on farms.
' Planting Late
Three-fourths of the plowing has
been finished with but half of the en
tire planting work done in this state.
It is not wise to mention to -farmers
just now anything about the eight
hour day.
Livestock' Good ,
"The condition of all livestock, both
for North Carolina and the United
States, is reported as beinjg very good
at this date. No particular epidemics
are reported excepting a few sporadic
cases of hog cholera. Even this seem3
to be less pronounced than usual. Re
ports indicate .that about two per cent
of horses, cattle, and sheep died last
year from diseases and about the
same percentage f rom exposure and
neglect. Swine show a mortality from
disease of abdut five per cent. These
figures are also fairly representative
of conditions for the entire United
Statse except that lambs have a
greater death rate in other states.
Labor Bad
"The farmers' strenous and long
hours of work are helping to overcome
the shortage and indifference of the
labor remaining on farms which is
thirty per cent short of usual.
"The weather conditions for April
were generally adverse for the best
progress of farm work, as the soil was
too cold and wet for the best prepara
tion for or growth of seeds that were
planted.
Reportedly Frank Parker, Director.
OLD SOUTHERN DARKY
MAKES LOVE TO MAMMY
A quaint touch of humor is added to
the picture, "In Old Kentucky," feat
uring Anita Stewart, which will be
shown SLp the Warrenton Opera House
tonight and tomorrow night, by an
elderly colored couple spooning on the
lawn.-
- It is the night of the great ball in
celebration of the winning of the Ken
tucky Handicap. Their service in the
house over, the old couple slip out
while the white folks are dancing, for
their own amdsemerit.
The' couple 'who play the part are
typical Southern darkies and carry out
their little side play with the natural-
ness and simplicity of real life. Their
! sincerity in their ove making, the old
'negro's good natured grin, and the
J shyness of the old negress, stir the
I risibilities of all. "
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