A Colyum
Of Thoughts
From Here -There,
Yonder
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VOLUME XXV
TVARRENTON, 'WARREN COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAYrjUNE:T892Q"'
Number 19
A SEM1-WEEWLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTER ESTS OF WARRENTON AND AVARIHTnWuNTY
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(By W. BRODIE JONES)
If you are happy, let the world
k"W 'lt' u' i.1 i. i
The great human brotherhood is
more loveable under the sunshine of
mile. It opens avenues to one's
Metier self in the fragrance 01 wmcn j
mav catch the spirit of living op-
one may ca t
Happiness isn't a crime uui.a vir
tue. Hide it not as a vice, rather
oive expression to its spirit.
Chief makes itself known. A kid
who cuts his finger advertises his lung
power, sorrow has its language of
sobs.
Give Happiness an outlet. It de
serves a language and its .message
makes the world akin.
A smile creates another smile "its
worth a thousand groans in any mar
ket." You are giving the world a bad deal
when you frown. You are not play
IUU IC nut pijf - I
!
ins square
You are not apprecia-
tive.
Try the tonic of cheerfulness. Its
sunshine comes back to you.
Puetry is the clinking of a. couple
of unexpected coins in the .shabby
pocket of life. New York Evening
Sun.
Next in Order
Kind Old Lady (who has just
o-iven Ted some candy): And now
what do you say my dear little man?
"(Jot any more?" Life.- -
Looking Forward
They had just become engaged.
"I shall love," she cooed, "to share
all your griefs and troubles."
-But, darling," he purred, "I have
none" . "
"No," she agreed; "but I mean
when we are married." Dallas News.
Secrecy Recommended.
Postwar Sportsman (at a hunt
meeting, concluding .a passage-at-nms
with a member of the ring.)
'I'm not one of those toffs that you
think you can impose upon me. I'm
v self-made man, I am." -
Bookmaker "Well, I wouldn't talk
so loud about it. It's a nasty bit,o'
" " --r 7 f "
work." London Punch. "
Recently, says the Forecast, Aunt
Mary Wells, who is one of the fe6
"befo'-dewah" negroes who are left
in a little Kentucky town, was dis
cussing the merry-go-round with her
employer.
"Nawsuh, Mr. Malcolm," she said,
"nawsuh, I don' 'ride on none o' dem
things. Why, Mr. Malcolm, Pse seen
some o' dese hyah fool niggers git on
that thing and ride as much as a dol
lar's worth, and get off at de very
same place dey gits on at; and I sez
tc 'em, "Now yo' spent yo' money,
child, whar yo'been?" Youth's Com
panion. The Colonel's Lady's Maid
A young Hying officer met a pretty
girl er informally at Coney Island
one afternoon. She was dressed aw
fully swell, and when they separated
she gave him a very fashionable New
York address; so the next time he was
in town he wired her to meet him at
the Ritz for dinner.
She turned up, looking smarter than
ever, and after dinner they did a
theatre. A brother officer sat in a
box, and the young airman waved to
him, but got a rather quizzical i-e-xponse.
"What ails Topper?" he thought
and at the end of the act his question
was answered.
"Hello, there!" Topper said, coming
up to him in the lobby. "I don't mind
you taking out my wife's maid, old
ttan, but I wish ;to goodness you'd
ask her to wear heV own frocks."
Los Angeles Times.
Not Deceived
Becoming unmanageable from' some
unknown cause, a Ford car turned
the corner at Eighth Street and Grand
Avenue, ran westward and onto, the
viaduct for some distance, then swerv
es suddenly and -plunged over into
the leap its driver jumped or was
Aung out, but managed to catch -on
the broken railing., He hung for a
horrid moment on the brink of death;
and then scrambled back to safety.
"Merciful powers!" ejaculated a pe
destrian below. "What a narrow es
cape!" "Shucks!" returned the gent from
Jimpson Junction, who was on hand.
That wasn't ho escape; it was just a
trick of some kind. They' can't fool
e!" Kansas City Sar.
Mr. L. E. Scoggin is spending some
t5ne in the city.
TA
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flit! bHo
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Friends Crowd Church To Wit-
- v lar Young Couple
BIG RECEPTION AT TARRY
HOME FOLLOWS CEREMONY
Confetti, Old Shoes, Rice Form
Shower Bouquets; To White
Sulphur Springs On Honeymoon-
Will Live Here.
St. Luke's Episcopal church in
Mecklenburg county, Va., was the goal
toward which many friends turned
their steps last Tuesday evening to
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WlttlOoc f Vl mn r mi'A i.1 I i
v"c ui uie popular,
veisame ana attractive Miss tllizu
beth Anderson Tarry, of Mecklenburg
county, Va., to' Mr. Richard Blair
Boyd, Jr., of Warrenton.
'Ere the hour of the ceremonv the
church, lovely in its decoration of ivy,
fern -and Oxeyed daisies, was filled
with a coterie of friends. As the in
terested friends gathered Mrs. Will
Tarry, gowned in white satin, with
picture hat trimmed in pink ostrich
feathers and carrying a bouquet of
lovely pink roses, rendered a prelude
"Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes"
and as the last strains faded and the
hour of nine arrived, the wedding
march from Mendelsshon brought
the bridal party into the soft light of
myriads of candles which shed their
glow over the church.
Down the aisles fringed with friends
came Messrs. Milton C. McGuire and
M. P. Burwell, Jr., Misses Edith Bur'
well and Laura Boyd. Messrs. W?i
liam A. Burwell and William II.
Boyd, Misses Mary T. Watkin-. or
Hendeison, and Miss Marie Tarry of
Townsviile. As the groomsmen and
bridesmaids took th ir places before
the altar, Miss Lucy, Bryson. ma;d of
honor, in pink satin with siiver trim
mings, a pink picture hat with os
trich plume and with a corsage a:, i
shower of lavender sweetpeas, jo'ned
the bridesmids, lovely in white net
wjth pink sashes. The bride, lovely
in a creation of white satin trimmed
in dutchess lace and pearls and carry
ing a bouquet of bride's roses and HI
lies of the valley, entered up6n the
arm of her brother Mr. W. B. Tarry
and was met at the altar by the groom
accompanied by his brother Mr. A.
J. Boyd as best man.
The impressive ring ceremony was
performed by Rev. Louis N. Taylor,
of Roanoke Rapids, and the vows sol
emnly taken which made them man
and wife.
Following the ceremony numbers of
friends motored to "Long jGrass," the
ancestral and hospitable home of the
bride, where an informal reception
was enjoyed. In the home the pink
and white color motif of the church
accentuated by Dorothy Perkins roses
and fern was artistically and beauti
fully carried out. The guests were
greeted at the door by Miss Lucy Bur
well and then-introduced to the re-
ceiving line which included Mrs. Mary
R. Tarry, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Boyd,
Sr., and the bridal party.
Delicious punch was served thruout
the evening, by Mrs. James Horner, of
Oxford. Later the guests' were re
ceived in the fining room by Mrs. R.
T. Watkins, of Henderson, and neapol
itan cream and bride's cake heartily
enjoyed. Amid laughter and accom
panying sallies of sunshine and wit
the bride's cake reyealed the follow
ing secrets Miss Edith Burwell is to
have the wealth of Croesus; Miss
Henrietta Alston is to be the next,
bride, vand Miss Mamie - Williams,
Dame Chance made a miscue here, is
to be a ladv of single blessedneses.
The numbers of friends present
registered., in the Bride Book under
the capable management ofj Miss
Mamie Williams and expressed their
good wishes for happiness.
Of course there were cdwbells, con
fetti, old shoes, and there is a story
of the gates being locked and an effort
to delay a perfectly lovely honeymoon,
but despite it all the hride and groom
made their escape, motored to Ral
eigh and left the' next morning for
White Sulphur Springs
The bride is well known in Warren
tion and over the State and is a lady
of rare charm and grace to whom it
is a genuine pleasure tov extend a rear
ty welcome to the city. Mr. Boyd is
T-rvo-T-ftssive voune' business man of
UW nmintv who has many friends. To
.both Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blair Boyd,
'Jr., is extended the sincere good
wishes of ihese friends and the earn
est desire that the future may be
bright, lovely and prosperous.
The gifts were numerous and at
tested' the popularity of this young
couple. ; -
People who attended the marriage
from Warrenton included: Mr. and
Mrs. Edmund White, Mr. and Mrs. W."
N. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Burwell,
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ellis, Dr. and
Mrs, G. H. Peete, Mrs. H. A. Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon ,Poindexter, Mr.
and Mrs. H: L. Falkener, Mrs. George
Allen, Misses Marvr Garland and Lucy
Allen, of New YoVk, Mr. R. B. Mul
len, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. McGuir
Messrs. J. J. Tar water and T. I. Cil
lam, Misses Mamie Williams, 'Annie
Burwell, Tempe and Laura Boyd,
Olivia Bui well, Edith and I ucy Bur
well, Mary Burwell,' Mr. and Mrs R.
B. Boyd, Messrs. Jerman, William
and Graham Boyd, Pet Burwell and
William A. Burwell.
TOO MANY AND TWO FEW; TOO
MUCH AND TOO LITTLE
The cause of the high cost of, living
arid unrest of today, is because we
have too many of some things and too
few of others. We have
Too many sleeping porches and too
few alarm cloeks.
Too many billiard cues and too few
hoe handles.
Too many apartment houses and
too few homes.
Too many silk socks and too few
gray mixed ones.
Too many, sill: shirts and too few
blue-work ones.
Too many baseball rooters and too
few farm hands.
Too many Fords and too few hogs
(except the road kind) .
t To many high heel shoes and too
few commonsense ones.
Too many movie stars, too few
cooks.
' To many wild-cat stock certificate?
and too few Liberty Bonds.
Too many striking and too few
working.
Too many cussing and too few
praying. ,
Too many consuming . and too'4,MrJRichaird Ryiiesitonjof ..Newpprfei
producing.
Too many wrist watches and too
few time cards. ,
Too many goeorgtte waists and too
few bungalow aprons.
Too much envy and too little confi
dence. Too much class hatred and too little
brotherly love.
Too many bridge parties and toe
few sewing circles.
Too many laws and ' too little en
forcement. Too much gasoline and too little
elbow grease. '
Too much movie going and too lit
tle church going.
Too many politicians and too few
statesmen. ,
Too much preaching and too little
practicing.
I am guilty myself and darned if 1
don't like K C
JAMES DEMPSEY BU1LOCK.
Wilson, NY C. "
Uncle Josiah is too generous. He
will do an hour's work for you and
refuse to take pay 'for it even when
he is needing money so badly that, he
will borrow five dollars, from you an
hour later. Kansis City Star.
MICKIE SAYS
rOlD NOTICE 1
IS ALVSANS KMVKIH SO Tt Q-TWERj
STONE AGE CRACK. SOCH AS
" AUTOS AlN CONTkC "TO
STAN iHti R.t Jt5 i
PASSt' FACT "
Shooting the lines.
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A Wi Ass-
The U. S. Min Sweeping Detach
ment has just returned from its work
In the North Seas. The ever present'
danger of floating mines was counter
acted by the sharp eyesight of the
men who were behind the guns. Their
job was to pick off the mine as they
appeared and eiplode them by direct
hits. (The lres of the , otner men
aboard and the safety of the ship de
pended on their keenness.
A large proportion of the 55,000
mines laid In the North Seas by the
U. 8. Nary was destroyed in this way.
This ia just one of the jobs that
comes la the career of a U. S. sailor;
one tit cfie experiences that glres hitn
a grip mn himself and makes blm a
regular fallow.
HUNTER-WESSON
AT HOME JUNE 16
On Wednesday afternoon, June
Kth at 6:30, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Hunter, was quietly married to
-ews, Virginia, ine nome ot - tne
bride had been skillfully and beauti
fully decorated in roses, sweetpeas
and daises: the witnesses were the
family connections and a few intimate
friends.
At the appointed hour, Mrs. Benja
min Collins, of Ridgeway, began the
Bridal March frqm "Lohengrin," to
which there entered first Mrs. T. Alex
Baxter, cousin of the bride,, in white
georgette, hand embroidered, carrying
pink sweet peas. Following her came
Mrs. Hunter, mother of the bride,
beautiful in a gown of white crepe de
chine, with an arm boquet of lavender
sweet peas. After her came dainty
little Anne Scoggin, attractive daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Scoggin, in
batiste with lace iind ruffles. The
bride, wearing a beautiful and . taste
ful gown of white georgette, with
pink picture hat, and carrying a show
er of white sweet peas, entered on the
aim of her father, Mr. C. X2. Hunter.
She was met before the improvised
altar of ferns and palms, lighted with
many candles, by- the groom attended
by' Mr. Frank Patterson Hunter,
brother f the bride. The Rev. Mr.
Baxter officiated. -
Immediately after the ceremony, the
couple left for an extended trip, after
which they will be at home 'in War
renton. The bride wore her grandmother's
diamonds. Numerous gifts attest the
1 popularity of the happy couple.
j PEACE ' : -,
I see around me in my home my
smiling aunts and neices; so I embalm
it in a pome my humble shack where
peace is. No wrangling voices here
ar heard, ncT sister roasts her brother,
but each one has a kindly word to
pass on to the "gther. Dissension here
stirs up no crimes, or causes ie un
holy and so we have most , joyous
times, and age comes on is slowly.
My uncles and my cousin siff serene
ly at their spinriin'; my seven grand
mas darn and knit, and chew no use
less linen. They say the world is all
uptorn with grief and tribulations,
and many countries whoop and mourn
and sling recriminations. There is no
peace, though war is done, and woe is
just as busy as ' when we chased, the
howling Hun and made the Kaiser
dizzy. Oh men are mad in eyery
;dome are bats in numbers ample; but
we are- setting in our home an excel
lent example. And if you all would
try our scheme, give it a. fair rehersal,
grief soon would be a bygone dream,
and peace be universal. Uncle Walt
Mason.
URGES INTEREST
IN FOREIGN TRADE
Secretary Meredith sent the follow
ing telegram to the Seventh National
Foreign Trade CnVention which met
in San Francisco May. 12-.15:
"I regret keenly i.hat ' previous " en
gagements prevent my attending the
Seventh National Foreign Trade Con
vention. Please accep: my best wish
es for a suecj3s.i!ul conference. 1
think. itN is highly desirable that the
farmer should understand the im
portance of fore'gft macketing. He
losos sight of his products when they
pass out of his hands into those of the
local dealer. It- "s therefore not
brought home to him, in the ordinary
course of business, that if the foreign,
ouelet were blocked there would be
left in: this country frequently sur
pluses that would exert disastrous ef
fects on the prices he receives. In
1919 the export business in agricul
tural products- constituted approxi
mately 55 per, cent of all export bus
iness. . Agricultural products export
ed were worth about $4,250,000,000,
while all other products exported
were worth ?3 500,000,000. The De-"
partment of Agricultural is prepared
to furnish information regarding for
eign markets. The Bureau of Mar-'
kets, through its foreign mrketing
service, makes .available information
on foreign supplies, assists in estabi-,
ishing standard grades not only toim
prove the quality of American prod
ucts but to facilitate 'trade, and inves
tigate shipping and storage problems
to aid in placing American products
on foreign markets in good condition.
A -representative stationed in London
is devoting his time to putting Amer
ican producers in touch with British,
markets. Plans for placing addition
al representatives at other strategic
point abroad are under consideration.
Agricultural trade commissioners ar
sent to foreign countries when oppor
tunities to open up new markets ap
pear promising. Summaries of for
eign tirade information re published
vveeklyin the Market Reporter of the
Department. The TDepaAment ' seeks
and -desire the co-pperation of all in
terested individuals , and agencies in
its efforts .to promote foreign trade
in agricultural products."
Pity 'Tis 'Tis True
Prosperity, both national and local,
depends upon three things: business,
labor, and agriculture. Business and
labor usually have their day in court,,
their column of type whenver the oc
casion demands it. Agriculture, the
one without which the othr two could
not exist, 'is not Iways given the con
sideration it deserves.
If a bill is pending in the - Legisla
ture, for instance, that is inimical to
agriculture, it should have the spot
light of publicity turned on it just
as a vicious franchise-bill would havt.
If the farmers are making an effort to
secure some legislation that they
need, it shouid be discussed in the
daily press, just as a meritious public-service
measure would be. Your
newspaper ought to see that these
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NAVY ELECTRICAL SCHOOL
if
Vis
1
Taking machines apart to see what
makes them tick is just as interesting
as making them go after they're put
together. '( x.
In- the Navy gas engine school
shown above, some .of our futore avia
tors are investigating the Ignition
deyices on an, airplane engin.'
The sailors get .a thorough" training
In the gas engine and have lots of op
"portimities to perfecf themselves in
this specialty during a four years en
listment. - They ai-e " paid during the
entire course, and when they finish
their enlistment period' they can either
continue in the service or 'go back to
civil life, well qualified to do higa
class garage work. -' '
HP
World Punishes Those Behind
and Those In Advance
In Game, of Life
PROGRESS-RESULTS FROM
THpSE WHO BUCK GAIME
The Path of Least Resistance
Though Easy Leads, To No
Road of Worth; A Plea For
The Golden Mean.
(Dr. Frank Crane)
When Jesus Christ was crucifies
there was a'thief hung upon each side
of him. Somewhere I remember to
have read that this is a good sample
of what the world is always doing, to
wit: killing two kinds of person
those who are ahead and. those who
are behind in the moral procession.
Two varieties of people go' to jail
John Bunyan and Jesse James. We
note two sorts of disturbers Owen
Lovejoy and the chicken thief.
A man commits a crime, say mur
der, or theft, or iorgery, or burglary.
That means he away behind the mora:
status of society. So we Jock him up
or take ite life.
Another man is ahead of our com
mon position. We call him a radical,
dangerous, loose, a disturber, a crank
or a fool, and problably he is.
The truth is, if you want to belong
you must keep step, moraHy speaking.
Society, your fellowman, does not ask
that you be right, buts'ust as right as
they are. If yout are below the level
of prevalent morality, you go to the
calaboose; if you are above it, you go
"to the social cold storge room.
Great political leaders do not 'fol
low their personal convictions, but
their class convictions. Those who
have a reputation for great sanctity
are those who have been able to make
their own personal feelings gear with
the feelings of the religious world of
their-time - and -place. - - -
Generally speaking, I agree with
the common runof parsons and poli
ticians, to wit: that, as most of us
have not sense enough and strength
enough to stand alone, it is better to
come in, accept the standards and
ideas of those about us, and be com
fortable, and get elected. It's safer,
and its much more profitable. Your
organization will look after you, in
this life and in the next.
But here's my hand to the lonesome
who simply cannot conform. The
main-traveled road is sunny, and
there's lots of company, but they can
not resist the lure of the Lone Trail.
So they ''kiss their love good-by."
God knows what will become of them,
ynether they will be tramps or Tol
stoys, whether more akin to Him on
the middle cross or to them on the
side crosses.
Yet, somehow, oh. most respectable
fellow members, the hope of the world
as its danger, lies amng . those we
blackball. Outside the gates, between
the thieves, among the lepers, is the
Savior.
Colored Dentist To
Examine Col'd Child
( Macon, N. C.
,' June 17, 1920
Mr. R. Rodwell
Supt. Public Welfare,
Warrenton, N. C.
Dear Mr. Rodwell:
I have just received a letter from
Dr. Cooper, saying he will send The
colored dentist to Warren County
next Monday. I will appreciate it if
you will see some of the leading color
ed people around Warrenton. .and
have them to announce that he will
be -there to begin work Tuesday or
Wednesday.
I will have him report to you on
arrival.
I would suggest that you have the
colored preachers announce this Sun
day. I think it best for him to work
Warrenton first.
Hope you will do all you can to get
a good crowd rout for him to work for
next week.
" -With best wishes, I am
Yours sincerely,
S. L. BOBBITT,
Sut of State Board Dental Work
of school children in Warren.
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