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JUST FOR FUN J otLtCJ SEED
Removed! """ K ffj) M l M jiFPT.
Mu-.il mv dear, I've just had my
, ,v,..i for five thousand dollars.
1 !nv, how sweet of you! Now
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sha'n't have
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Legion Weekly.
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American
Why It Took Time
tHpv were looking down into the
Aanth, of the Grand Canyon.
Do you know," asked the guide, "it
took millions and millions of years
this o-reat abyss to be carved out?'
"Well well!" ejaculated the travel
I never knew this was a gov
ernment job." Southwestern
phone News.
Ileal Chivalry.
Tele-
At a place somewhere east of Suez"
nn intoxicated gentleman, after being
ejected from a moving-picture thea
tre, was discovered seated on the door
step of the back entrance, with a large
bouquet in his arms. A policeman ar
rested him.
"Did he g-ive any reason for his ex
traordinary behavior?" asked the
magistrate.
"His speeh was a little indistinct,
your Honor," answered the police
man, "but from what I could gather
he was waiting to see Mary Pickford
home." Boston Transcript.
Waiting for It to Move.
An old Cornish woman who had
never before traveled by rail went to
a country station to catch a train.
She sat herself down on a seat in the
station, and after sitting there for
about two hours, the station-master
came up to her and asked where she
was going;. On her telling him, he
said:
"Why, my good woman, the train
has just gone, and there isn't another
for a long time!"
"Why, lor'!" says the old lady, "I
thought the whole consarn moved!"
'Humours of a Parish" (John Lane).
She Saw Right Through
It
Fair Shopper Let me see the
thinnest thing you have in a waist.
Tired Clerk Sorry, maam, she
just went out to lunch. Widow.
"Girls since the world began
Have always sought the ideal man,
But when they captured their ideal
They found him more ideal than real.
Local Items From
Inez and Vicinity
Nearly all of the people around
and near Inez have been curing to-
lliaeco: most nP tVQv, w;n fiioi
this week.
Miss Marinia Williams has just re
ined from a visit tn -FnViey in
battleboro.
We are ha vino- si nictnro cVinw in
;lle city run by Mr. Keel, lartre crowds
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Miss Sue Thnmncnn ;0 -ir;cu;nr Uaro
juus week.
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1 "irs. rattie D. Alston, of Shocco
f 1 , Wednesday afternoon with her
laughter Mrs. J. C. Powell. '
Jlr- and M
rs. Garland Alston and
ittle
SOI! Georr.( anrl Mv Will TViwn
i u uttle daughters Elizabeth ana
ra visited Mrs. G. W. Alston Sun-
Hay,
I We are all , 1 , r '
Uw. &iau inat iVir 1
chool
in Raleigh this week.
- win leave 1 ut-
Mr.
M , s. S. H. Dillard this week.
Vhe r&iG Bens0n is on a visit
eekr erandmother in Durham this
UeT8, Vila and Arline Geoghegan
Miss
Miss
P-W Lroweu V1Slte1 Mrs'Pand
Jinpson Thursday afternoon.
BROWN EYES.
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NOW IS THE PROPER TIME
JO SELECT YOUR SEED
County Agent Tells Why Corn
Should be Selected From the
Stalk and Manner of Selecting,
And Care
Warrenton, Sept. 6th The proper
time to select seed corn is during the
month of September, as soon after
the corn ripons as possible. Farm
ers should remember that "Like pro
duces like" in plant as well as in ani
mals. It is very important that the
farmer know what sot of stalk a cer
tain ear of corn will produce, and this
is impossible unless he selects his
seed corn in the field. Unless there
be a corn breeder in the community,
it is best that each farmer selects his
own seed corn, and selects it in the
field. It does not usually pay to buy
seed corn from outside the commm
lty in which it is to be grown. Good
seed corn must be well adapted to the
seasonal and soil conditions where it
is to be planted. Good seed corn
must also be grown on a productive
plant of a productive variety. In or
der to know whether or not the seed
comes from a productive stalk it is
necessary to select the seed before it
has been removed from the stalk, and
the best time to do this is while the
stalk is standing in the field. Seed
should be selected from stalks that
have no undue advantages of enviro
nment such as greater distances be
tween hills or grown on unusually
ricn spots in tne neia What is
wanted is corn that will do well under
average conditions.
The following extract on this sub
ject was taken from Farmers' Bui e
tin 415 of the U. S. Dept. of Agricul
ture:
"Selection of Seed Corn
"Seed Corn Should Be Selected from
Stalks Standing Where They Grew
Because Only Then with Certainty
Can Seed Be Obtained From Stalks
that have an inherent tendency to
yield well s shown by their superior
ity over surrounding plants that grev
under the same conditions. (Such
seed inherit high producing power).
"Stalks without suckers. (Such
seed produce fewer suckers than seed
from sucker bearing stalks).
"Storm-proof stalks with ears at a
desirable height
"Seed Corn Should Be Selected As
Soon As It Matures Because
"Desirable stalks, especiablly early
maturing stalks with hanging ears
are then most easily found.
"Freezing weather injures the seeu
before it becomes dry.
"Warm, wet weather may cause
the seed to germinate before drying.
"If the selection is delayed in the
South the ears may become infested
with weevils, grain moths, and their
eggs.
"It is as easy, more satisfactory,
and much more profitable than select
ing from cribs in the spring.
"Care of Seed Corn
"Where corn grew wild there was
a dry season in place of our winter.
Each kernel cntains a tender living
corn plant. Upon the treatment given
this plants depends the size and num
ber of ears it will produce.
"Many tests of two lots of seed
alike when gathered, one promptly
dried and kept dz-y during winter, the
other cribbed, have proved that well
preserved seed will yield from a few
up to 18 bushels an acre more than
crib seed. In case of the 18 bushels
increase, both lots germinated equal
ly well. The increase yield was due
entirely to prompt drying and better
care during winter.
Good care means early gathering,
nromnt drying immediately after
gathering, and keeping constantly dry
free from rats mice and insects
Value Of Seed Corn.
Seed corn that comes up but pro
duces an unprofitable crop is worth
less than seed that will not grow at
all, because a greater amount of laboi
and the use of the land are lost, ine
seed corn that produces the best crop
is the cheapest.
"Begrudge not your neighbor a
good price for properly selected and
dried seed of a variety which has
ma4e good in the neighborhood, but
avoid paying the stranger a fancy
price for seed said to give fabulous
PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
The Old Resldenter likes to Tell of
the Days when the Town had only 79
People and there was a Cornfield
where the First National Bank now
stands. Then there was no High Cost
of Living and the Butcher threw In a
Chunk of Liver with a Dime's Worth
of Ste?ik. Them wuz The Days!
yields."
I wish to urge upon the farmers of
Warren County that they give this
matter their attention during the
present season, as I am certain that
they will be well repaid for their
trouble by an increased yield of corn
next year. Any farmers desiring
further information or assistance in
selecting and caring for seed corn
should make his wants known to the
County Agent, who is in position to
assist the farmers along this line.
Respectfully submitted,
J. E. TREVATHAN,
County Agent.
$30.00 In Prizes to
Be Given Away
In order to arouse intei'est in War
ren's Fair- this year the Warren
Recprd offers the following prize for
the best article written on "Warren
County's Fair," telling advantages of
the Fair, how and why it deserves the
support of the public:
First Prize ....... $10.00
Second Prize 5.00
Conditions Open to all except
professional writers and those con
nected with this firm. All our county
correspondents, however, are free to
and urged to compete for these
prizes. All articles must reach this
office before October 1st; preferably
at once. Must be at least zoO words
and not more than 1000 words.
The Judges will be Mrs. W. A. Con-
nell, Supt. J. Edward Allen and Miss
Amma D. Graham.
Mrs. W. A. Connell offers to War
ren County High School pupils the
following prize for the subject given
above:
First Prize... $10.00
Second Prize 5.00
The students of the four high
schools will hand in their articles to
their teachers who will grade them.
The best one from each school will b?
sent in to us published and turned
over to the judges. Prizes will be
awarded the first day of the Fair.
Articles most worthy will be publ
ished in the Warren Record.
Try for these prizes; you stand a
chance to win.
First Lady At the Polls
To Mrs. Mariam Jones Boyce of
this city belongs the distinction of be
ing the first woman in Warren county
to cast a ballot. Today the citizens
of Warrenton are voting on a bond
issue of $75,000 to complete the hotel.
This morning Mrs. Boyce went to the
polls and cast the first ballot to be
cast by a woman in the history 01
Warren County. Most of the other
adies registered have since voted and
it is now certain that the hotel bond
issue carried by a lare majority. The
official vote will be given in Friday's
issue.
Official Vote on Hotel Bond Issue
For bonds .
133
Against Bonds..............
Total Registration .187
Since those who registered and
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didn't vote count against me vote
stands
For Bonds '. I3'3
Against Bonds 187 133 54
Local and Personal
Mention in the City
Mr.; Jean Booth left yesterday for
Davidson College.
Mrs. Bain, of Chapel Hill; is visiting
Mrs. Tasker Polk.
Mr. Carter Williams, of Richmond,
was in town Monday.
Mr. M. J. Davis has accepted a po
sition in Wilmington.
Mr. R. O. Rodwell, of Henderson,
was in town yesterday. ' m .
Mrs. Peter Allen has returned from
a Philadelphia hospital.
Mr. T. P. Heath, Jr., of Petersburg,
is a visitor in Warrenton.
Mr. J. H. Brewer, of Nutbush town
ship was in town Tuesday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. A, Tucker
a son--Charles A. Tucker, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. William Limer
were in town . shopping Tuesday.
Miss Helen and Virgia Duke spent
a few 'days in Henderson last week.
Mr. Jonas Williams left here today
for Morganton where he will attend
school.-'
Master William Duke spent a few
days with his aunt in the Marmaduke
section last week.
Mr. ; and Mrs. A. L. Matthews and
children, of Petersburg, are visiting
Mrs. Nat Weldon in Norlina.
Miss Sallie J. Williams- left Satur
day ta begin work, as one of the
Primary teacher in Louisburg.
Mr. .Laurie Beddo brother of Mrs,
E. W.Baxter, has returned from the
South r Carolina tobacco market.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Tatum and
daughter, Mary, of Richmond were
pleasant visitors here last week.
Mr.-Alfred Ellington has returned
to his home after being on the S. C.
tobacco market for several weeks.
Mr. Robert Hunter after a visit to
his father Mr. Henry Hui.ter, of Al
ton, passed through Warrenton Mon
day en route to his home in Norfolk,
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Mr. Will Barham Davis left today
for Columbia, S. C. where he has ac
cepted the position of "principle of the
city grammar school at a very hand
some salary.
Mr.-Ldward.Tarwater, who was -re
cently injured in an automobile ac
cident, returned home Saturday from
a Richmond hospital. He is now get
ting on fine and little the worse for
his experience.
Mrs. Nat Weldon, of Norlina, and
her neice Mrs. Peter Louis and Mr.
A. L. Matthews and son Were in town
today and paid our office a plSasant
call. Mrs. Louis will be remembered
by some of our older readers as Miss
Adelia Hubbard who was raised in
Warren county near Warrenton. Mrs.
Louis has never lost her love of the
county and says nothing gives her
greater pleasure than to come back
to good old Warren county.
First Woman to Register in Warren
Last Saturday 23 Warrenton ladies
registered in order to vote on the
hotel bond issue today, and Mrs. John
G. Tarwater headed the list and goes
down in history as the first woman to
register in Warren county.
From best information in the
hands of the Judges of Election for
the bond issue for the hotel it will
carry by at least five or six to one.
MICKIE SAYS:
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Sanger's Show Y
Exhibit Here S 14
Hooray! The red wagons are com
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Sanger's ' Greater European Shows
Combined will exhibit in Warrenton,
Tuesday Sept. 14.
This announcement is hailed with
delight by the juvenile element, while
some o tfhe "older boys" are already
looking about for their stray .nephews
and nieces. They -are saying, they
will probably have to go and carry
the children to see the animals. But
deep down in their hearts they know
they would not miss' the big show if
there were not a small boy within a
thousand miles of Warrenton on show
day,
Many new and novel features will
be seen in this year's program of the
Great Sanger Show. Foremost among
these will be the Flying Jordans, dar
ing and intrepid areialists; the Silver
ton Trio, dancers, on a lofty double
wire; the Alpine Sisters, dainty and
marvelous equilibrists; the peerless
Potters, gymnastists; the Nelson
family acrobats and two-score Shet
land pones, monkeys and dogs. The
clown congress is a large one and is
headed by Arthur Berry, Andy Rice,
Sam Lewis and Valdo. In the me
nagerie will be seen Tom Tom the
largest elephant in captivity. The
big show travels aboard its - own
special train of railroad cars.
There will be two performance, at
2 and 8 p. m., the doors opening an
hour earlier to permit a concert of
popular and operatic music by Prof.
Fred. Melvin and his military band.
A series of free exhibitions will be
given on the show grounds at 1 ana
7 p. m., in addition to a band concert
on the downtown streets at noon.
The town and surrounding country is
heavily billed for the appearance of
the big show and local merchants an
ticipate the largest crowd in town on
show day, in years.
Makes Better Homes
And Better Living
The following article was sent to
us last week but through error did not
appear in Friday's issue:
(A word about women's work in
County Fair. While the good .farm
ers are showing the people what they
are producing. I hope and feel. sure
that the ladies will have their domes
tic wares, canned goods, products of
their gardens, fancy work, etc., on
exhibition and help to make the. War
ren County Fair one of the best in the
State, and better still encourage those
who are lacking interest in these im
portant things which make better liv
ing, better and happier homes.
It is the duty of every citizen to be
interested and make the Fair a uc-
cess.
(Mrs.) C. O. PHELPS,
Macon, N. C.
PROPOSES ANOTHER ROUTE
Littleton, Sept. 3. I am told there
is a movement on foot to build a road
from Warrenton through Areola then
on through Hollister in Halifax coun
ty, then on to Halifax and be a Nat
ional Highway? If this is true it
seems to me a more direct route
would be to complete the road from
Warrenton to Embro then East on
same road to the Halifax-County line
near the steel bridge across Little
Fishing Creek at the old Alston place
and connect with the road from the
bridge to Airley via. S. T..Thorne's on
to Halifax. All of the line of road
through Warren County has been
graded save about seven miles and the
remainder has been partly soiled.
The cost to complete this road
would be less than half th cost of
the other route.
D. L. RYDER,
Macon Club To Hold First Meeting
The Macon Community Club will
hold the first meeting of the club
year on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in the school building. All the ladies
of the community are urged to be
present.
Fresh. You are a queer girl. I
don't know how to take you ?
She In your arms, of course Ex.
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GOOD PASTURE HELPS
THE FARMER THROUGH
Should Be A Good, Rich Piece of
Land; Not the Poorest Acre
age on the Farm, nor Wooded
Lot.
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Sept. 4. What is a
Warrenton,
pasture? Many answers are
given ll
to this question. Some people have i 1 'f-5
piece of woods fenced in and call it a 1 r
pasture, others take the most barren l
fi'eld on the farm,- fence it in and call T1",
that a pasture. A real pasture should
be a piece of ground with an abund- l-tV;
ance of grass growing on it. A good
pasture is a great asset to. any farm. ) :'
Experience has proven that better re- -
suits can be had from pastures seeded '
to some 01 the more desirable mix
tures of grasses than from a natural
growth in the pasture. Every farm
should have an acre or more of pas
ture in which the vaiious kinds of
livestock on the farm can graze. i
September is the best month to seed J
land to permanent pasture mixtures.!
Farmers should get busy now andl
prepare their land for pasture as soonf
as possible. The land should first b-3
! thoroughly pulverized. A disc harrow !
is a splendid implement for this put 4
pose. For the benefit of the clovers;
to be recommended in the pasture
about two tons of ground limestone
should be applied to each acre and
harrowed in. For best results the!
pasture should receive a liberal t
application of a high grade fertilizer.!
All wet spots should be amply draln-f
ed before seeding to grass. !
For upland soils the following)
mixture is recommended to be applied
at the rate of 30 lbs. per acre: Orch-
ard grass 7 lbs., white clover 4 lbs.,
red top 5 lbs., red clover 5 lbs., Ky.
Blue grass 4 lbs., fall oat grass 51bs.
For creek bottoms and other lowlands
the following mixture is recommend--ed:
Red top 6 lbs., Meadow Fescue 6
lbs., Orchard grass 5 lbs., Alsikef
clover 3 lbs., Timothy 5 lbs. Satis
factory mixtures may be bought
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For further iformation on this
subject, write your County Agent.
J. E. TREVATHAN.
FORK BEGINS BUILDING GOOD
ROAD
The road contractors have moved
in, pitched camp near Shocco creek in
Fork Township and will this week be
gin building 20 miles of good road in
Fork Township and Nash county.
The County Board of Commission
ers have not yet signed the contract,
but Chairmen Hunter was instructed
by the Board to sign said contract as
soon as it reached him from Raleigh.
Therefore, there now remains nothing
for the contractors to do but to go to
work and complete the road as soon
as possible and this will turn the
travel that has been going in other
directions to Eastern Carolina thru
Warrenton and Fork Townshrp.
Chandler and Ragland of Virginia
have the contract and we understand
that they have eighty mules on the
job. We hear that the road builders
will work in two sections, one squad
will work from Inez to Liberia, the
other squad from Inez to a point in
Nash county where the road will con
nect up with the good roads of Nash.
WARRENTON TO HAVE
FERTILIZER FACTORY
We are pleased to announce to our
farmer friends that Messrs. M. C.
Winston and Son will establish a Fer-j
tilizer factory Jhere at once. The;
ground has been purchased and the
brick are being delivered and work
will commence at once.
The factory will be located to the
left of the public road to Macon just
opposite old Cemetery. A spur track
will be put in, and every needed con
venience for the cheap and quick
handling of chemicals in bulk.
We congratulate the town upon
this enterprise, for we believe it will
be a good investment for owners and
a convenience to our farmers.
Our farmers can have their own
brands mixed to suit their own lands,
and get any analysis desired right on
the spot.
The town is showing every indica
tion of healthy growth and Messrs.
M. C. Winston and Son are doing their
full share towards this desired end.
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