A Colyueii .
Of Thoughts ;
From Here
There, Yonder
VOLUMlXXV
WARRENTON, WARRSNCOUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY, JULYr23TT92Q
Number 59
A SEMIWEEWLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTER ESTS OF WARRENTON ANlTWAR l;hN COUNTY
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(By BIGNALL JONES
Unjust criticism and fault-finding
nre things that all people are more or
es addicted to.
Yet it is the height of folly. Why
should I criticise my neighbor's action
when I know, if I only reason, that it
loses me friends, that no one loves a
fault-finder, and that it shrivels my
soul?' ' :
There is no justification it is only
showing our own weakness which is
fortunate and just.
But if some person's conduct do-3s
justify criticism and who ara we,' to
judge we will do well to remember
that its hard to handle a smutty pipe
without getting smutty.
We have time and again criticised
another's action; only to find when the
identical temptation was put before
us we, too, succumbed. .. '
Let's strive to overcome this fault
finding. For, in the language of
Kipling,
"If we knew the cares arid trials,
Knew the efforts all in vain,
And the bitter disappointments,
Understood the loss and gain;
Would the grim eternal roughness
Seem, I wonder, just the same;
Should we help where we hinder,
Should we pity where we blame?"
Howard: Are he and she in the
same class socially?
Jay: In his opinion or hers? Life.
Classified.
"What kind of golf does Grabber
play?"
"Worst I ever listened to." Life.
Jackson: How far along are you on
that new home y ou'rV, building ?
Treston: My wife and I have gotten
to the point where we dont speak.
Life.
The hostess (to the newcomers):
Is there anyone hers whom you would
particularly like to meet?
Fiddler: My wife says - she would
like to have an interview with your
cook. Life.
Plumber The job will cost you six
hundred dollars and , seventy-two
Lady But you haven't seen the
lestk yet!
Plumber That don't make no dif
ference. Judge
Obscure
"How did Jones come out with that
scheme of his to learn three new
words every day?"
"!t didn't work. He learned the
words all right, but when he used
them nobody knew what they meant."
-Life.
Shows Fine Samples
Mr. W. E. Twitty was in town Wed
'tfsr'ay afternoon with three beautiful
samnkr. of growing ctton It was
g'ten, well rooted and looked as if it
was in the best possible conditions for
& good crop. His samples were
'Ricks," with 45 squares on the
stalk; "Sugar Loaf," with 33, and the
"Perkinson" with 42. -
Most Accomodating
"o you want a lawyer to defend
you?" Punch represents a magistrate
s asking; of a prisoner arranged be
fie him.
"Not particularly, sir," said the
Prisoner. '
Well, what do you propose to do
a"out the case?"
well, Your Honor, I'm quite
Wlllmg to drop the whole matter, as
ar as I am concerned!"
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Cheering Him On
A- food-faddist was haranguing a
jwd on the marvelous benefits to be
schemf frm biS Particular diet
j "Friends," he cried, "two years ago
yas a miserable wreck. What do
u suppose brought this great
chage in me?"
word PaUS6d t0 See the effect of his
ssked Then ne of his listeners
kn 1 What change?" The Christ
ian Advocate.
No Free List
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A travel:-.
Sonant 5 enertainer, says the
a s?' ; 7lSZer .proud of Pssess'
so inf c an-aoivarius violin, and
. formed th
one of l- t0Vm in which he Save
t th ""ts. murine report
ftot rr.av, ine next morning did
and the Stradivarius violin,
ttleeditntainer stened to tell
"If olo0 his disappointment.
ertisinw n .r'ttllus expects any ad
feC tC j columns of this pa-
ten cento . 1 lcP"ea, "ne will pay
une for it."
rarao
COX 'AGREE
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PRESIDENT AND NOMINEE
IN COMPLETE ACCORD
On Great Issues. Party Is Unit
ed Says President Wilson.
Govern Cox and Franklin D.
Roosevelt Make Statements 1
Washington, July 18.--After their
conference today at the White House
on" the League of Nations and other
campaign issues Gov. James M. Cox
President Wilson and Franklin D.
Roosevelt issued the statements'
printed below: -
Governor Cox: !
"From every viewpoint the meeting
was delightful. The President was at
his best recalling any detail inquired
about as bearing upon the internat
ional situation and enlivening the
whole conference with a humorous.'
anecdote: now and then in his old-
time characteristic way. We are
agreed as to the meaning and suf
ficiency of the Democratic platform
and the duty of the party in the face
of threatened bad faith to the . world
in the name of America.
His thoughts is still of the war and
the pledges we gave to those who,
sacrificed. One easily sees that as the
leader of the Nation who asked for J
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uui sui:sana our resources upon a
distinct understanding and obligation
he is Ttsolved that the faith shall be
kept. To this his thought and life are
dedicated. Whdt he promised, I shall,
if elected, endeavor with all my
strength to give."
President Wilson:. y
"The interview was in "eyery re
spect most satisfactory and gratify-'
ing. I found what l indeed already
knew ar.d what Gov.' Cox has let the
T
whole world know -in his speeches,
thajtjbe, end-JUwerr-soft tely at ' orTe
with regard to the great issue pf the
League of Nations, and that he is
ready to be the champion in every re
spect of the honor of the Nation and
the secure peace of the world.
Gov. Cox will have the vigorous
support of an absolutely united party,
and, I am confident, also of an abso
lutely united Nation." .. ,
Franklin D. Roosevelt:
"I wish that every American could
have been a silent witness to the meet
ing between these two great men.
Their splendid accord and their high
purpose are an inspiration. I neeu
only add that my regret in leaving
my post under President Wilson is
softened by the knowledge that my
new Commander in Chief will be his
wholly worthy successor."
The Fault Does Not
Lie in Record Office
The question was propounded this
office this morning, and has been fre
quently asked .befre: "Why don't we
get our Tuesday's paper before
Thursday?" This subscriber gets his
mail Macon, R. F. D., other subscrib
ers getting their mail Warren Plains,
N. C.
We will, get our side of the ques-
tion and let Uncle Sam gives his The
paper as a rule is placed in the War
renton office before 7:30 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon and Tuesday afternoon.
It should leave this office at 8 o'clock
p. m. of the same date. It arrives in
Norlina in a few minutes, and we pre
sume the Post .Master distributes it
promptly. Why-it should fail to
reach Warren Plains and Macon
promptly the mrning after we place it
in the Post Office here is a question
we cannot answer. We can see some
excuse for the Warren Plains package
not being put off, because it is such a
short run from Norlina to Warren
Plains hat the Clerk on the Postal Car
does not have time to open up the
sacks taken on at Norlina and get
out the , Warren Plains bundle; but
there is no excuse for Macon not get
ting her bundle promptly if put on
the train at Norlina.
The paper leaves this office (with
rare exceptions) Tuesdays and Thurs
days, and we regret that ur subscrib
ers do not get it promptly.
"Success is like a coral island
built, by thousands of small sacrifices."
Merchants Journal and Commerce.
Success With Potatoes
Growing the Main Crop from Vine
Cuttings
In sweet potato regions south '; of
Virginia the" main crop is very often
grown from' vine cuttings. ;The
method or practice in these regions,
North Carolina included, does not
vary considerably. First, an area
equivalent to about one-sixth of the
land allotted to the crp is set to slips
or draws. When these plants begin
to "vine" or "run," cuttings 12 to 16
inches long are taken to set the re
mainder of the crop.
flome reputable growers heel-in
their cuttings for a few days before
planting in a trench, keeping them
sheltered and watered. This i en
courages the ro'ots to make a quick
growth and consequently the cuttings
start off more rapidly and vigorously
when planted in ' the field. However
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wilting, the planting mav be made
directly with little probability of fail
ure.1 v
Plant cuttings four to five inches
deep, leaving two joints out of- the
ground; firm the soil around the cut
tings to insurge good contact with the
soil particles and consequently quick
er absorption of soil moisture. I5e
gin cultivation at once.
The advantages from planting .vine
cuttings are:
1. Seed saving. Less seed need be
bedded than if the crop were planted
entirely from draws.
2. A disease-free eed stock for bed
ding the . following , season is practi
cally assured, provided: no cuttings
showing discoloration of the stem
when cut, or that may be suspected of
being unsound in any way, are plant
ed! . "
The . only disadvantage from this
pracice is that the yield, from draws
or slips, which are cut severely, to
supply vine cuttings for planting the
main crop, is very materially1 Jowered
VACATION- DAYS
Vacation time is here again; ,
It's time to plan our outing.
Where shall we go?
To Kokomo?
Or where the geyser's spouting?
The magazines and Sunday sheets
Are full of illustrations,
And tell you where
To catch a bear
At all obscure flag stations.
New England has some fine resorts,
But so has San Diego
Where on the beach -
The bare's a peach,
And that is where we may go.
We go and buy an Outdoor Life,
And Field and Stream and Outing,
And live the joys
Of all the boys
Whose favorite spots are trouting.
We take our books to Jackson Park
And lie down on the clover,
' And" read and wish
That we could fish
And our vacation's over.
Clippings.
Miss Sallie Boyce, of Littleton, was
in Warrenton yesterday.
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The Price of Liberty
(Dr. Frank Crane)
The price of liberty, as quoted, is
eternal vigilance. It is more; it is
universal vigilance. Nobody can be
free unless everybody is free.
'Which point I wish to sharpen and
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hammer in. .
The trouble with most people's no
tion about liberty is. that it is too in
dividual. When each person does as he
pleases, has no law but his own will,
tfiere results such a clash and confus
ion that in the end the only one who
gets any liberty is the strongest. In
carrying out his will he will reduce
the-others to slavery. .jifr ...
1Te6hly"possible way for the many
to get liberty is for them to unite so
as to compel the substitution of jus
tice and the general good, for the will
pf the strongest.
This explains why the whole world
became involved in a war with Ger
many, it was because berman iioei
ty means liberty for nobody else
Belgium, for instance.
It is also the reason why the United
States went intp the war. Some
simple-minded ones ask why we over
here could not go along minding our
own business and keep out of the Eu
ropean imbroglio. The answer is that
there would not be liberty . in this
country very long if there were liberty
nowhere else in the world.
German policy had already begun
to cause the sinking of our unarmed
ships upon the high seas.
It also explains conscription, why
Congress was justified in requiring
every male between tne ages ox
twenty -one and thirty-one to take up
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arms.
At first blush this seeme a wanton,
arbitrary interference with indivual
rights; compelling by force even ultra-
pacifiists and German sympathizers
and anarchists to be -soldiers , when
they thought soldiering in this in
stance or soldiering in general to be
wrong. But a little reflection will
convince one that if there's to be free
dom for all every one must co-operate
to secure it.
This also shows why democracy can
be successful only when every individ
ual in it discharges his public duties.
Any group of non-voting persons in
a democracy is a menace.
All iirnman eVirnil4 Vl nvo "full CIVIC
1 A T Wlllll - iJ.VUA "
'rights, because women being disfran
chised 'accept the protection yet avoid
the responsibilities of government.
Women should vpte, fibt because some
want to, but because all ought to.
Slavery is; a danger to any natibn,
because it makes a politically non-active
group of inhabitants.
Any group or class, for whatever
reason, that does not participate in
public responsibilities is dangerous
including slaves, women, the idle
rich, the highbrows who despise poli
tics, and the anarchists who don't be
iive in government.
And the 'same principle holds trua
of the worldJ The world will never,
be "safe for democracy" until the last
autocratic government is removed.
Liberty is a boat we're all in. A
leak anywhere will sink it.
"No person , ever loved another just
because they ought to.' Merchant's
Journal and Commerce.
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Vital Statistics of N.C:
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(Prepared by the Fayetteville Cham
ber of Commerce) 1 '
Winston-Salemn is the largest to
bacco and men's underwear manufac
turing city in the world.
The internal revenue collections at
the Winston-Salemn office for the fis
cal year ending July 1, 1920, aggre
gated $80,344.60, these figures break
ing all former records in the history
of the office, and nearly doubling the
amount collected the ear previous.
The custom receipts of the Winston
Salem office the past year were $3,
797,415.88. ' . '
Greensboro has the largest denim
mills in the world.
Durham has the largest hosiery
mills in the world, and is the second
largest tobacco manufacturing city, in
the world.
Wilson is the largest bright tobacco
market in the world.
Pinehurst is one of the South's
greatest and most famed winter re
sorts. ' ,
Badin has one of America's largest
aluminum plants.
High Point is the " world's second
greatest furniture city. '
Kannapolis is the worlds largest
towel manufacturing city ,;
Gastonia has the largest number of
cotton mills of any county in the
United States. . .
Asheville is one of the most famous
summer and winter restorts in the
United States, and has the finest hotel
in the world. . '
Wilmington is one of th leading
sea-ports in the United States.
Victory Medals Are h
Now Being Awarded
Sincethe21st of June 1920, the War
Department has -been busy accepting
applications for the Tssueofthe Vic
tory Medal which is being awarded to
all Veterans of the World War and
the first medals, to be received in
North Carolina are now in the hands
of the ex-soldiers who fought for the
Liberty of the World.
This beautiful medal which is a
masterpeice of art is made of bronze
one inch and a half in diameter on over the Eastern United States st
the face of which a representation of ! tended the opening sales to see "how
Winged Liberty stands in relief and
on the; reverse side the words: "The
Great War for Civilization' with an
apprpriate insigna of the United
States, are stamped together with the'
names of the countries which joined
forces to free the world o Imperal
ism: France, Great Britain, Belgium,
Serbia, Russia, Montenegro, Italy,
Greece, Brazil, Portugal, Roumania,
Japan and China." The ribbon to
which the medal is suspended is . one
inch, and a quarter in width and the
length varies accords , to' the Battle
Clasps awarded for active1 service in
the thirteen major operations and
ether Defensive Sectors, or for service
in France, England, vItaly, Russia and
biberia. Ihe color of the ribbon em
braces the seven hues of the rainbow,
dark blue, sky blue, violet, yellow,
orange, pink and red, properly blend
ed. As much as five battle Clasps
have been received by soldiers in
North Carolina and to those who were
not fortunate enough to go overseas
the Victory Medal without any clasps
have been awarded for their response
to the Call of their Country.
Applications for this medal have
been pouring in at" Headquarters of
the Recruiting District of North Car
olina at Greensboro where claims are
approved and forwarded and the ex
soldiers who have received their
medals are well pleased.
The different posts of the American
Legion have helped considerably with
this work and representatives from
these Headquarters are being sent to
make short talks to the members of
the Legion at their monthly meetings
but still there, are a great number of
ex-soldiers who, for one reason or
another, have failed to send in their
applications and who should do so at
once.
See Walter M. Gardner, Adjutant
Limer Post, American Legion, for ap
plication blanks.
"There are men who spend three
fourths of their time hesitating, and
the other one-fourth regretting that
they hesitated."
"When you are sorry for yourself,
you have a right to be." Merchant's f
Journal and Commerce.
T0IA600 IS
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'"WyylnlvlW Mh
PRICE OF GOLDEN WEED
GOOD IN S. C. AND GA.
Outlook Good For Highest Prices
Yet In Eastern Carolina. Car
olina Warehousemen and Buy
ers On Southern Markets
The following cliping from the
News and Observer will be of inter
est to. our North Carolina readers as
it forecastes the price of the. weed in
our section: ,
(By R. B. Hester)
Vidalia, Ga., July 20. Expectations
of higher prices for leaf tobacco this
season were realized today with the
opening of the tobacco markets of
Georgia, the golden weed selling over
$6 per hundred pounds higher than on
the initial day last year. The average
today was $27.30 per hundred pounds
against $21.00 the preceding season.
The quality of the offering is some
better than last year's crop, with
Trices varying from 5 centss to 60
cents per pound for the lowest to the
best grades.
Indications point to the crop being
about the same as last year. All the
big tobacco companies are represented
on the Georgia markets, together with
many independent buyers.
Farmers generally are well pleased
with the prices paid for the initial of
fering and prqspects are for a good
season.
The Georgia tobacco belt has come
into being during the past severa.
years, the golden weed being intro
duced extensively in sections where
boll weevil made cotton growing un
profitable.,. Each year has shown a
steady8yrowthin- .the acreage planted
and with farmers gradually learning
still further growth will occur. The
land is well suited for tobacco and the
quality compares favorably with that
n South Carolina and North Carolina.
'Ihe markets in South Carolina also
opened today, with an increase in
average price reported. As was the
case in Georgia, tobacco men from ail
it Was going, to sell." Among them
are many from North Carolina mar
ket?, especially from Rocky Mount,
Wilson, Kinston and Greenville. A
'arge number of the buyers on the
South Carolina and Georgia markets
are from the Tar Heel State, as the
length of the season gives them op
portunity to cover these markets aul
then get back to North Carolina' in
'ime for the opening of the jnarkats
in September. A considerable nurn
'ctr of the warehouses in Georgia an 1
South Carolina are operated by 'fur
Heel warehousemen
The prices in Georgia and South
Carolina cannot be compared with tha
prices expected on the Eastern North
Carolina markets, as the crop is mar
keted differently. The crop is sold "in
the rough," being neither graded nor
tied. Because of this, the average
price is North Carolina is somewhat
higher.
It can be taken for granted th.it
when the. North Carolina markets
open the average price will be higher
lhan last season, which established un
heard of records.
SUBTLE CRITICISM
Dr. W. N. Prottsman was a Metho
dist preacher in Missouri for sixty
years and in his prime vas known as
the Henry Ward Beecher of Missouri.
The clergyman used to tell the story
of his first sermon, which was preach-:
ined in a backwoods district in the
mountains of Virginia. He had pre
pared an elaborate discourse and de
livered it in what he thought was a
masterly way. After the sermon he
asked an old man in the congregation
what he thought of the effort.
"I'll tell you, pa'son," said the old
man. "We uns up here in this neck"
o' the wood, would ruther have a lump
o' sugar no biggir'n a hickory nut
than a hull bockefc o' sap." From
New 2ork Evening Post.
Resigned
"When are you going to have your
vacation?"
"Not going to have any."
"But I thought that you were go
ing to spend a month with your wife
and the children at the seashore."
'I am.'
Life.