North Carolina Newspapers

A Colyum Of Thoughts From Here There, Yonder VOLUME XXV" WARRENTON, WARREN COUNTY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 192T Number 70 A SEMI-WEEWLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRWlWAWWARkhN COUNTY ,rfc -hesitation Willie After a mu - ! pieie, father, may I have the S"u- marked 'Cannot be beaten " Watchman-Examiner. Heredity Whit is heredity?" .Something a father believes in un til his sou begins acting like a born fool "The American Legion Weekly. Spank-Proof ,.ntow Willie," said the generous father as he and his little son were gazing into a tailor's shop window, I am i?oing to buy .you a new pair of trousers, and I want you to choose them. Which pair do you want?" "The Daily Round." The taxi driver turned at the end of the .second hour and eyed his client suspiciously. "Are you taking me by the hour or by the day?" he asked. By the year," responded the hag onivl "uassenger: "I'm looking for a a- home ! -Pearson's Magazine. She Would Watch the Weather A salesman, says the Argonaut was showing an elderly lady the virtues of the car he sells. He made a number ef turns and at the proper times ex tended his arm as a turning signal. The old lady watched the proceedings for some time. Then she craned her neck and looked at the sky. "Mister," she said sternly, tapping him on the shoulder, "you just tend to your driving! It don't look like rain, but if it should I'll let you know." Inexperienced He Do you play golf? She Oh, dear, no! I don't even know how to hold the caddie. Boston Transcript. Finance Explained Freddy Pa, this paper writes, about directors "watering stock." What doees it mean? Pa The directors water the stock to soak the investors, sonny. London Blighty. Ear Hath Not Heard He had been dining well, but not too wisely, and as he was staggering homewards a friend met him and suggested that perhaps it would be better if he were to sit quietly in a picture show for a time, TJiey ac cording; went in together, but in a lit tle while the friend found the inebri ate one sobbing quietly to himself, altho the'picture then flickering across the screen was certainly not a pathetic one. "What's the matter?" he hiss ed. "Why can't you sit quiet and look at the picture?" " 'Sno good, ol' man," sobbed the other. "I've gone stone deaf. I can't hear a single word they are saying." Reedy's Mir ror. ''Abandon prejudice: why have a -Youth's har always at Companion. your ear?"- England and America Mr. E. V. Lucas, the English novel is, was recently interviewed by the New York World, uttered these quips m contrasting life in America and England: "In England they say 'yes and in America they gulp. "In England the railway cars are divided up for first, second and third "ass passengers. In America ie first class people travel. only In England if you ask a man how e ls he gives you an accoun-t of his more recent maladies and the mora l's temperature. In America he says 'Pine!' "In England a series of comic pic- . s wuld have to culminate in a Point. 'In England the waiter brings you something at once to go on with. In America he brings the meal altogetK"- ' JUst as yu are beginning to swoon Irm hunger. but?1 America the cows give not only J er but cream. In England they that S1VG bUtter' and very little of are'1" u11:land on the Day of Rest we itur abi8 t0 see some of the furn" i e.ln our sitting rooms. In Amer ica l 1S covered by the Sunday edit- Jt f the Papers. nes,n Af erica yu are fond of busi WW !?r0Ud f being Dusiness men, inem m fngland we are bored of bus" to 0L. Would Prefer to be thought I d ;am our money in other ways. w lay wMch is rieht and which is Vnnx " '-"'am 01 mis mai W' antitUde Provis much more IJlfl TO DEATH. MAN SHOT SATURDAY NIGHT FOUND MONDAY Earnest Richardson As Result of Moonshine Engages In Pitched Shot Gun Battle. Is Killed in Self-defense Earnest Richardson, a clored man of the Areola section, was found deaa at a branch near Henry T. Richard son's home Monday morning with gunshot wounds in the neck and shoulder. Coroner Ed Petar, of Ridgeway, brought this version of the affair here yesterday afternoon upon his return from the inquest: Earnest Richardson, under the in. fluence of corn booze went to the home of Henry Richardson Saturda, evening about sunset to an ice cream supper. On account of his condition he was told he had better go home He left only to return a few minutes later with a shot gun. A small battle then ensured until eleven o'clock that night between Richardson "and those within the house. Fifteen or twenty shots were fired before eleven when things quieted down and Raymond Richardson left the house to get some water. He carried his gun with him. He was fired upon by Earnest Rich ardson and returned the shot. Nothing more was heard of Earnest Richardson until yesterday morning when his body was found. The coro ner's jury of R. L. Capps, W. T. Davis, M. T. Harris, J. O. Hardy, J. F. King and J. C. Gupton found that "'Earnest Richardson came to his death from wounds received from a jun in the hands of Raymond Rich ardson, who fired in self-defense." None of the crowd within the house were hurt. The deceased was not re lated to the other Richardson's figur ing in this. story and was regarde&as a bad character in his neighborhood. Some of the Meth ods in Profiteering Raising the prices of goods on ac count of "the "increased freight rates is a process that doesn't hold water. According to the statement of one of the big railroad companies, flour ship ped in carload lots from Minneapolis to Philadelphia on which the forty per cent increase is paid, will amount to 33 cents a barrel of 200 pounds. Oft a 24-pound sack of flour this will be just a 'little less than four cents. The increased freight on a pair of shoes shipped from Boston to Philadelphia would amount to six mills; on a crate of thirty dozen eggs from Chicago to Philadelphia, twenty cents, or three- fourths of a cent per dozen; on a bush el of potatoes from Exmore, Virginia, to Philadelphia 5.5 cents. These rep resentative instances indicate that the dealers who attempt to raise prices on "account of the increased freight" are pretty apt to be found doing an inar tistic piece of profiteerings A HOPI MAID'S COURTING The women of no race possess more freedom to chose husbands than the Hopi Indian women of Arizona. A maiden does not simply wooe the man of her choice, says a bulletin of the National Geographic Society, but sim. ply and forcibly states her proposition to his mother without any encourage ment on his part. Her only preliminary proceeding is to iJa her hair in two gigantic whorls, one over each ear. This is her an nouncement that she is going court ing. These peculiar knots are intend ed to represent the blossoms of a squash vine, symbol of virginity, but to those untutored in their meaning they represent huge door knobs set at a rather violent angle. After this aggressive young lady has selected her victim, and his moth er has agreed that he shall be sacri ficed, she serves in the house of her future mother-in-law for thirty days grinding meal, very much after the fashion of Jacob served fourteen years for Rachel , .- ... The poor youth in the meanwhile A rmt sit idly by, but weaves her wedding garments. -Youth's Compan- Change in School Sys tem Peck M'fg. Co. Last year number of our workers ' sent their children to the city instead of the mill school: the result was so -. satisfactory that all parents have de- cided to send their children to the ! Warrenton school this year. This gives the mill management an oppor tunity to establish a kinder garden system at the mill. This change, which saves" a teacher and administration expenses to' the School board, has been approved an,!' endorsed by the county superintendent of schools. Miss Dora Beck will have charge of the kindergarden work, the community activities and the . moon light school. Miss Beck, who has been signally successful in work of this nature, is very enthusiastic over the plans and it is expected that good results will be forthcoming. The mill church, known as the north Warrenton Baptist church, is thinking of erecting a "building at the mill and the outlook is good for a year of advancement along education al and religious lines. iss Chambers is a Clever Hunter Miss Chambers, of Buffalo, N. Y., who has been on a visit to Mrs. How ard Palmer at "Millbrook" left for her home Friday, going by way of Washinton where she will spend a few days with friends. "Lady Bernardine" thoroughly en joyed ehr favorite sport Fox Hunting while here and was in at the death on two consecutive days which were long hard runs and those not skilled in cross country running were left fax afield. Some of our best riders tried to set her Ladyship a pace that she could not hold, but Lady Bernardine only smiled and rode away with the brush at the finish. Her Ladyyhip was tremendously J liked by alt that were fortunate enough to meet her and one young gal lant from the county went so far as to hint that he had sold his hounds in hopes of securing a wife. Lady Ber nardine advised him to purchase another pack of fox hounds. Many hearts are saddened at her Ladyship's departure and even the fox hounds seem to have lost some of their former lust for the chase. THE GREAT COST OF AUTO'S Careful estimates reveal the fact that the public is spending over $6, 000,000,000 a year, or $280 per family, for operating and riding in automo biles, 87 per cent of which are passen ger cars. With the road-building and maintenance cost added to the above, automobiling will likely foot us as great a sum total to the American public as the operation of the rail roads. "How hard you Swing the Racket matters not, Unless you also rightly Place Shot." the MICKIE SAYS: r1ttV$ QOON& TttS ucec oeF3 COS? BkOOCM M "TV 3 4 GNTOSfeOCW IS AU OUT Of UUXAO. rTAUUS 2MC33 tX $W W3DD4 UO A500T ! PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN i The Candidate Is around; Mittlng the Voter, who is Receiving Gobs of At tention, for a Change. After Election - lie Will Tell the Voter Go Take a Gal lop for Himself, but Right Now the Candidate will Promise Anything. We'd Htte to be a Candidate and Promise Things'' We Couldn't Deliver. Will Vote on Bond Issue September 7 School boys and girls in this state will re-organize their savings clubs immediately after the opening of schools here, according to definite an nouncement just issued by the educa tion division of the district War Loan Organization. Plans have been made to Continue the work through the com ing school year. More than eleven thousand savings clubs have been formed in the school rooms of the fifth federal reserve district since the be ginning of the work in 1918, and thru these clubs, the records show, many youngsters who neyer saved a penny in- theirlives have acquired the saving habit and have developed a lively inter est in making money ,pf - their, .own. Members of savings 'societies pledge themselves to earn and save money regularly, no matter how small the amounts, and to invest part of their savings in Thrift Stamps. Said His Band Didn't Have Any Superior We published an interesting article some years ago . about old Frank Johnston's Band which was written by Mr. Woodson of the Times-Dispatch, of Richmond. Mr. Woodson lived in Warrenton for many years and knew Frank Johston and heard him play often at Jones' and at Shocco Springs, and in Warrenton. He said that his Band had no superior. At a visit to our old home on last Sabbath we had occasion to call at one of the cabins and saw an old man on the porch with a negro baby in his arms. We talked with him and found him to be named Dunston and that he was a member of the celebrated Frank Johnston Band. He appeared to be about eighty or more years of age. He recalled the many times he had played at Shocco, Jones and later at Kitrell's Springs. He said he play ed the violin HEROISM (Dr. Frank Crane) Heroism is the salt that keeps hu manity from rotting Not the spectacular kind that makes the commons gape; but the unknown, unseen kind, done for itself alone, for the eye of God and the satisfaction of a noble self-respect. Think of the unnoted and unnumber ed acts of "heroism on the part of mothers! These alone would save the world, as ten good men would have saved Sodom. , Look (and if you seek you shall find) at the numberless deeds of self-sacrifice among the poor, the self-renunciation of the rich, the helpfulness of the fellow-workmen, the splendid courage of men and women that they often conceal with a sense of shame! True, friend pessimist, humanity may be just mud, dirt, earth; but all through it sparkles the pure and price less gold of heroism. Mr. W. A. Newell of Palmers Springs was in town today. Mr. C. S. Newell, of Palmer Springs, Va., was in town today. News Letter From The Manson Section - Mrs. J. W King, of Littleton, was a pleasant guest in the home of Mrs. L. N. Kimball last week. Mr, A. T. Edwards and family, of Raleigh, delighted their people here by a visit recently. Mrs,. W. A. Connell, of Warren Plains was a pleasant visitor in our midst last week. , , Mrs. Sue Allen, who was visiting relatives here, has1 returned to her home at St. Louis, Mo. Miss Marie Fleming spent a day recently in Raleigh. - Mrs. William Kimball and little daughter returned from a pleasant visit to Enfield a few days ago. Mrs. S. G. Champion spent Monday in Henderson Miss Mamie Brack spent Saturday in Henderson. Mr. Maurace Kimball made a trip to Enfield Saturday and returned Sun day. We are glad to learn that Mrs. Martha Fleming who is in a hospital at Baltimore for treatment is some what imrroved. Misses Velma, Nora Patt and Myr turnedtle Newman, of Richmond have been visiting in our midst recently. Mr. Samuel Miller, wife and little son S. B. Jr., of Raleigh, were in town last week. . . . Mr. Oliren Kimball motored to Vir ginia Sunday.. ' Misses Annie Lee, May and Evelyn Wilson, of Henderson, spent last week with friends in town. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Kimball and Mr. B. R.. Kimball, of Enfield, spent Sun day in the home- of Mr. L. N. Kimball. Mr. Albert Paschall made a busi ness trip to Baltimore recently. Mr. J. C. Powell and family, of Nor folk, Va., visited friends here recently. Mr. C. L. Hayes spent Wednesday morning in Warrenton.. , Miss Esther Paschall of Henderson was in town Monday. Miss Carrie Saemann, of Baltimore, who has-been -visiting-" her parents here for the past several weeks will return to Baltimore soon. Mr. Harvel Kimball, of Buffalo, N. Y., was a pleasant visitor in the home of his parents some days ago. A deep shadow still lingers over our entire community on account of the sad and tragic death of Mr. John Brack, son of Capt. Brack of this place. He was well known and be loved by all who knew himr Many friends and relatives from a distance attended his funeral which was con ducted Thursday afternoon of last week by Rev. E. R. Nelson of Hender son. Many and beautiful were the floral offerings. Our deepest sym pathy goes out to the bereaved family. Mrs. Holland Enter tains Young Folks Mrs. H. G. Holland entertained a few boys in honor of her son Kemp's thirteenth birthday. The colo scheme was yellow and green. Golden rod be ing Kemp's state flower. The even ing was spent in music and games, af ter which ice cream and cake was served, and a live party at the picture show finished a very happy evening enjoyed by Lewis Williams, John Davis, Jarvis Maddre, Francis and Edwin Marks, Harold Forest, Paul Bell, of Raleigh, N. C. Gaines Vaugh an of Greenville, S. C. and as a guest Miss Ruth Vaughan. Mrs. R. L. Cook and Mrs. Mitchel' Forest assisted in helping entertain the boys. 'At ten o'clock the party ended, wishing Kemp many, more hap py birth-days. Mr. Oscar Williams, of the Fork, was in town today. Master Whitney Davis is visiting in the home of Mrs. Laura Daniel. Mr. John B. Palmer, who has been at Chapel Hll Summer school is at home for a few days. Mr. Kearney Williams, of Grand Rapids, Micli., is visitin g his mother Mrs. Henry Williams here. Mr. Alston Twitty, of Buffalo, N. Y., is visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Palmer in Sixpound. Mrs. Jamie Primrose, Miss Mary Primrose and Mr. Oliver Palmer, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, who have been on a visit to Mrs. Howard Palmer re turned to her home yesterday. PI n 13) ic 3 TED nil HIGH HONOR COMES TO WARRENTON SCHOOL Warrenton Citizens Should Take Great Pride in New Rating Which School Authorities Af ter Long Struggle Secure Sup't. J. E. Allen has received a letter from Prof. J. Henry Highsmith, State Inspector of High Schools, ad vising him that the Warrenton High School has been placed on the accred ited list of High Schools. The school authorities have been striving for thjs goal for a long time, and the people of Warrenton should take pride in the standing of their school. This means that the school must have not fewer than three teachers doing High School" work exclusively; that each recitation in High School is not less than 40 minutes long, net; that there is a library available; that the school term is more than 160 working days; that the school has equipment for the work in science; that the teachers all have proper certification. Under this accredited relation, any student graduating from the Warren ton High School is given an Elemen tary Teacher's certificate without ex amination, or admitted to other priv ileges. This is the first public school in the county to win a place on tn accredited list. There are about 125 altogether in the state. Two others are striving to obtain accredited re lations at once. The Warrenton school will open Monday, September 6, announces. Supt. Allen.' Prof. G. O. Mudge will be in charge, and almost the entire faculty of last year. It is degired that every pupil be present on the opening day. Parents of children en tering the first grade are invited es pecially " to "come with their children; and friends of the school are invited to be present for the opening. PREPARING STANDARDS FOR RAT PROOF HOUSES Washington, D. C. Plans for radi cal changes in" the construction of bus iness buildings, dwellings and wharves are being drawn up by the United States' Public Health Service as part of a nation-wide campaign for rat ex termination, it was announced today. Health officers from various states and the larger cities, at a conference in Galveston and Beaumont, Texas, to study bubonic plague and rat exter mination, recommend to Surgeon Gen eral Hugh S. Cuming that standard specifications for rat proof buildings be drawn up by the Public Health Service. These are to be furnished to the different states and cities in order that they may be incorporated in the building codes throughout the country. "While bubonic plague is under con trol in this country, there will always be scattered infection until the rat can be exterminated," said Surgeon General Cumming. "The most effec tive measure is permanent rat proof ing of all buildings. Plans for this may easily be inocrporated in any rfew construction. While the Public Health Service can concern itself directly only with the problem of plague prevention, there is an important economic prob lem that enters into this situation, due to e fact that at the present time, according to authoritative estimates, there, is one rat for every person in the United States. To maintain this huge number of rats costs the people of this country approximately one cent per person every day for rat food, and intoleratble and unnecessary burden for the people to carry." THORP-MERCER The following announcement will be of much interest to the friends of Miss Mercer, a niece of the editor of this Paper, who has visited Warrenton of ten: - "Mrs. William Parker Mercer an nounces the engagement of her daugh ter Routh Speed ,to Mr. Louis Sumner Thorp. The wedding will take place the last of October." Rev. D. A. Fishel the young old man was in town today shaking th hands of his many friends. Current Opinion. i i ion.