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Every Farmer in Warren Cou iisty.; Should be at me .Court House Tomorrow. 'Sfltfwifenr . C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1920 A SEMI-WEEWLi ISiSWSPAPEK DEVOTEPTlO THE INTERESTS OF WARREN TON AND WARftfcNOTTNW Number 77 JUST FOR FUN fo) nn fi31 nn ItT A TftTlri'kVm ' - - ' . a. m.rmmuu LP MM rr JV 3 N 2 yj u m r mm Wife- But, my dear, youVe rgot- tpn again that to-aay is my uiruiuay. Husband: Er listen, love. I know I forgot it, but there isn't a , thing about you to remind me that you are a day older than you were a year ago. London Opinion. The Pace That Kills Spurr, the keeper of the livery stable, would never allow a horse out nf his sight without giving the hirer strict injunctions not to drive fast. One day a caller asked for a horse to attend a funeral. tunerai. "Certainly," sam ouu, . t 1J l.i.. r.vl I - I forgetting m V X. which his customer wanted the horse he added, as usual, "Don't drive fast! "Look here, old man," was the re niv "I would like you to understand that I shall keep up with the proces sion if it kills the horse!" Tit-Bits. A Graceful Winner Will Irwin, in an address in Green wich Village, on birth control, told a story of a chap named Higgins, who eot home one night to learn that his wife had given birth to triplets- three healthy, bouncing boys. Higgins, overjoyed, went to the boss's office next morning and recount- ed the rare and wonderful thing which had befallen him. The boss f e- liciated him heartily, and the next day Higgins was sent for. He hurried to the office again, to find the entire firm assembled there, A handsome silver cup stood on tne mantel, and this trophy, in an eloquent - ' . -a I speech, the boss presented to him m recognition of the triple blessing which he had bestowed upon his coun- try. Higgins took the cup. in his hand, bowed respectfully and said: y "Excuse me, sir, but is this cup mine now, or do I have to win it three years in succession ? "Boston Globe. SOME COMPLIMENT Some may not approve of publish ing a compliment paid us. But this is the exception, and that is just what we are doing, because a certain well know citizen of this com- munity has and is persistently recog- nizing the value of this paper as a reliable disseminator of local news, and has paid us this compliment in a manner which speaks volumes for his knowledge of the good things of life. He is not destitute of this world s goods, but he possesses the rare fac- ulty of holding onto that which he gets, lest the pangs of poverty over- take him in his declining years. He possesses a wide knowledge oi local affairs, because he is a con- stant reader of this paper, and the knowledge extracted therefrom is turned to good account in his own be- half, If any important event is soon to in occur, he knows of it in advance, be- cause he has seen it in this paper. K there is a bargain to be had any- where in the community he is prompt- y apprised of the fact, because of that, too, he has read in this paper. And if an acquaintance is sick, It member of the family, or the stork has paid a visit to the residence of some friend, he is among the, first to extend his condolences or congratula tions because of these, also, he has red in this paper. He is a man of wisdom, a pillar of strength-with a brain which absorbs 10 the utmost of the essence of life. . Few things escape his notice, for he ever on the alert. But one thing which he never ovei t00ks is this paper, and there in lies e compliment which we take unto selves. It gives us a feeling that e ae something more than a mere orm in j,,, i xv , 1. .iMAiiaii snape, mat we may whole cog in the community PapeU!l iS n0t a subscriber t0 the 0 er"kis $1.50 never reaches this same Ut he reads the paper 3ust the Pav!r-hiS nei2nbor is a subscriber and he j m, advance, and in his generosity stwt6 paper to th "piUar of gch by request. " time J V not always be so. In 6 have hPes that the "pillar" femat? US suPer"comPliment of cUr siine US to ad kis own name to of coursSeCriPti0n Hst paid in advance vmetimes works wonders, AndneWspaperfi'eld- 6 have hopes, strong hopes. II COUNTY CITIZENS MEET AT FAIR FOR COMPARISON Seeing What Tfieir Neighbors Are Doing They Are Stirred to Greater Effort And AH Profit Thereby (Prize Contest Article) Macon, Sept. 17. From time to time we have International TCvnnsi- X ti th . , . jr ir w M w ia xxxti together from all parts of the world thingg of aU kinds the different JNations that participate. Large sums of money are spnfc in presenting the various exhibits. Each Nation strives to out-do the other in what it is able to show. All is done in friendly com- petition, ine Denents derived are not of a money nature but in the fact that the world exists to-day on what it learned yesterday. To do some thing just a little better than we hav been able to do before, or than some- 0ne else does, is the incentive that keeps the wheel of progress in motion. just as it is with Nations so it is with smaller communities. The communi ty that has the spirit of progress must have in the make-up of its peo pie that which prompts them to wish to do some one thing better than be fore and fust a little better than hi neighbor. To grow a better crop of corn, or a better crop of tobacco or cotton or fruit or anything else must be our desire. To" wish to outdo our former efforts and the efforts of our neigh; bor must be at the bottom ot our heart and this makes for the big things this world. The world in would not be today what it is were it not for this something that pushes us on and on. This something starts in the family circle and from there it expands to where the most progres sive .Nations of the world are em braced. To gauge the value of our effort we must 'resort to comparison. If I can grow a bale of cotton to the acre an(j someone else can grow two bales to the acre mv efforts have fallen short and I am not satisfied. If my neighbor can make better bread or pUt up better preserves than I, I am not satisfied. So in order to know what we are really doing and to meas ure our efforts we must compare what we can do best with what our neigh- j bor can do. The purpose of the Fair is to bringtogether in convenient J access to all, the very best that each member of the community can put forth in his or her best endeavor. In friendly competition we are challeng- ing our neighbor to do some one or more things better than we can. There is nothing, to my mind, that ran. accomnlish the best of all of this I a better way than a Community Fair. I I must say that from the woman's . point of view, home conveniences for the women of the household are among the big things, that in some way should be presented at the fan. may be that our enterprising mer- chants will . be able to display such MICKIE SAYS: ( oum oovo-r nou uDoeesj op Ava l uoo:a vjp uws -cue zock.ow totlu? i JiRX ' te-w.i&& jCjL joas s -f. J l 1 ml m i The "Greatest Mother' concept which was visualized In the famous art poster used by the American Red Cross in Ite second war fund campaign has had its symbolism' adapted to the Red 'Cross works of the post-war era and will illuminate the main poster to be used in the Fourth Roll Call Novem ber 11-25. This adaptation will bear the title "Still the Greatest Mother In the World." Everyone is familiar wltn tne original 'The Greatest Mother in the World, the effectiveness of which has been shown in part by the fact that it has furnished a synonym for Red Cross that has come to almost a household term. More than any other symbol, except the red cross Itself, the public has made it the trademark of the American Red Cross. things as plumbing fixtures, gas range, kerosene water heater, steam cooker, tireless cooker, cream separa- xor, ana in iacs anytnmg ana every thing that will lighten the work of the women of the home. Let all of us participate in this Fair and by entering into its friendly spirit show our interest in our community and in each other. MRS. P. A. AGELASTO. News From Our Co. Correspondets GROVE HILL NEWS After so long I will come in again between Dewdrops. Our f rmers are about through sav ins fodder and thev still wear a broad smile in regards to a good crib of corn. Some are picking cotton, some grading tobacco. We are sorry to say Mr. Bill Tuck- er does not improve any. But he has good neighbors as some of the men have saved his fodder crop for him. On last Tuesday Misses Belle and Florine Harris. Miss Gladvs Fleminsr and Mrs. Albert Hardee went and picked his cotton for him. Mrs. Lelia L. Fleming and daugh ter Miss Eve J. Fleming visited Mrs. B. P. Robertson Sunday. Mr. Robert- son says some one was kind enough to hunt squirrel in a few yards of his house about two weeks ago; he think ing it was some of the family did not J w lin n attempt to learn at the time who itrPo lp was, but have since learned it was not a member of the family. Anyway, he says no matter who it was it was a sorry trick, as he has not allowed any squirrel to be killed near his home in years; only in case of some one being sick and then it was ho trouble to step out and kill one. Mr. Robertson is old and feeble and we think it very mean in any well man to kill his pets, as he feeds his squirrels all winter and they are. almost gentle. Miss Ruth Davis is at 'home 'on. a visit and is looking better than ever: which is saying right much. Mr. P. Edgar Robertson, who has been in bed with Typhoid fever for three weeks, is improving nicely. We are sorry to say Mr. Dillard Odom, of near Areola, is very sick from a hatchet cut on the. knee. We are hoping to have Miss Florine Harris to teach our Grove Hill school as we believe she will fully discharge her duty. Our farmers made good cures of tobacco and are hoping for good prices. We are needing rain right much now so as to plant turnips and clover. We are expecting to hear the mar riage bells soon, so listen. Miss Belle Harris has returned to take charge of her school near Tar FOURTH ' U red Cross ss River. Miss Gertrude Harris and brother Raymond are attending school at Macon. Good luck to one and all. ' SOAP STICK. NEWS FROM GROVE HILL The farmers around here .are very busy pulling fodder, and getting ready to pick cotton. - Mr? W. F. Davis went .to Hollister on a business trip Wednesday after noon. Mr. J. F. Davis left this afternoon for Richmond to have hiseg treat ed. Hoping he will succeed in straightening it. Miss Ruth E. Davis is spending her vacation with relatives here. Mrs. J. C. Pridgen spent the week end with friends here. Miss Marie Davis left for Dayton, Va., where she will attend school. Miss Ruth Davis spent a few days in Norlina last week. Miss Lena Davis attended the circus in Warrenton last Tuesday. Mrs. J. D. Riggan stopped here a few minutes last Sunday afternoon. Many people from here attended the Mason Stock company last week. Miss Watie Warren is spending this week with her sister Mrs. R. W. Pitt man here. We are glad to say that the baby Nina Marie Powell has recovered from three spasms which she was very sick with last Saturday. Miss Francis Hardy spent Tuesday with her grandmother Mrs. N. C. Mrs. Major P. Powell is spending quite a while with relatives here. Best wishes to the Warren Record. PANSY. BUFFALO NEWS Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Davis, their son Richard, little girl Mary Wilson, and baby Rbbert Macon, spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. Fagg, of War renton. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Newell and chil dren, Mrs. W. A. Benson and family with Estell Cheek, Miss Valena Peel and Lillian Benson spent Sunday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cheek Sunday. " Mr. and Mrs. T. E. White spent Sunday with her parents . Mr. an Mrs. Harton, of Norlina. Miss Agnes Cheek left last Sunday to attend school again at Palmer Springs. Mr. Parry Harton spent Saturday night with his sister Mrs. T. E. White and took Miss Fannie Fern Davis to Norlina Sunday. Mr. Robbie Cheek made a short visit in Inez' Saturday evening. Mr. T. W. Davis is not enjoying good health. We do truly hope he will feel like himself again. Come again JBrown Eyes of Inez. VIOLET. flfl nmh More Than 1000 Farmers, Repressnt ing Practically Every Tobacco Pro ducing County, Gathered in Raleigli Wednesday and Pledged Themselves to Market Crop Slowly. The Tobacco growers of -Warren county are called to meet in the Court House here Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m., for the perfection of a permanent tobacco grower's ' associa -tion. This meeting is called as the result of; the State meeting in Raleigh Monday. Not only are farmers' asked to be present but business men as well. That each one may have some idea of the purpose of this meeting and in order that they may give it careful thought :- before hand, we are publishing an account of the meeting in Raleigh as carried in the News and Observer of September 23rd. The ac count follows: More than 1,000 tobacco growers, representing practically every large tobacco growing county in" the Stat, in meeting here yesterday pledged themselves not to plant any more tobacco until they had sold this year's crop at a profit, organized , a perma nent Tobacco Growers Association, elected Judge Stephen C. Bragaw, of Washington, president, and passed strong resolutions calling upon the farmers to organize, and the) Fefleral Reserve Banks to explain why the marketing of the crop cannot be fi nanced. . . As was the case of the meeting of the cotton growers here a week ago, the tobacco farmers were determined yesterday seriously intent upon find ing out why the tobacco market is de moralized, -and -if there- be waya to bring some sort of order . out of the chaotic state in which they have fal len. The meeting was held in the City Auditorium, whether it adjourn ed' after the crowd had grown too large to be accomodated in the Hall of Representatives. , Judge Bragaw was named permanent chairman of the session. The Association formed yesterday is destined to become a part of a National Growers Association, now in progress of formation by tobacco growers everywhere alike concerned over the conditions that prevail in the industry. Representatives, were here from Kentucky and Virginia,' bringing greetings from similar organizations that have been newly formed there, and assurances that those States will stand by North Carolina in whatever steps they may take toward perma nent association. ' Meeting 5 Hours Long. The meeting dragged somewhat through its five hours of session. Com mittees were named first thing to go out and work out some plans for pro- PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN The Volunteer Proof Reader, alias the Printshop Pest, Loafs 'Round the Office, Entertains the Printers, Pies Type and Soaks Up all the News In advance by Reading Proofs and the Copy on the Hook. He's as Welcome around this office as a Bolshevist at an American Legion convention and any body who Gets Peeved at this Recog nizes the Description. fj3 livi cedure, and they took a long time with their task. It was 5:30 before the last of them came back with re ports that were adopted with unani mous votes, except for the fact that Judge Bragaw demurred from the re port of the nominating committee that made him president. Meanwhile the meeting indulged in tnuch speech making, most of which was lost in tho vast reaches of the Auditorium. The crowd was not big enough to arrest sounds and much went to waste thru the open doors and windows. The first committee to come back from its deliberations was that named to report on the advisabilty of cur tailing te acreage next year. The r port declared in favor of a 40 per cent reduction with special provision for . small farmer who would not be re quired to plant less than three acres The report was voted down, and in ita stead a resolution pledging the farm ers not to plant any tobacco whatso ever until they had sold what they had raised this year, and at profitable prices. Determined Curtailment Later John J. Barker was chairman of th& curtailment committee. In making the report he declared that many farmers had advocated planting not a hill of tobacco, and many others want ed to cut the crop in half. There was vociferous cheering when he said that some wanted to not plant any. Op position developed to "the plan of say ing definitely how much the acreage ought to be reduced, it being pointed out that it was too early to speak sen sibly about it, and that it hould not be done until it was definitely ascer tained whether there is, or will be, a tobacco shortage in the world. Several speakers pointed out the fact that any curtailment now; would be an indirect admission by the grow ers that they had raised too much this year. The general opinion ex pressed was that there is not too much tobacco, but too much organization of those who buy it. "Sell the tobacco you have now, and not until you get a profit for it, and then decide if you ought to plant any next year, and how much," was the sentiment that decid curtailment committee. Whatever curtailment that is made in the crop next year will come thru local -organizations to be formed next Saturday in every tobacco growing county. Through these local organi zations, farmers will be asked to sign pledges to stand by the majority opin ion as to curtailment next year. The general call for these local meetings will be sent out by the secretary im mediately. R. D. Johnson, of Warsaw, evoked the most vigorous applause of the con vention when he made a ringing speech in support of the committee report, amended so as to provide in a general way for curtailment leaving it to the committee to say after an in vestigation how much. "Let the word go out until it sounds down Wall Street that the farmers of North Car olina are organized to a man," he ex claimed, and the crowd shouted it ap proval. "The trusts and tobacco com panies are listening out for what you say," he continued. "You have the power in your hands. Here and now I charge you to stand like the boys on the Hindenburg line and at Ypres say ing to the tobacco trust you shall not pass." Debate Was Difficult. The crowd was too widely scattered through the building to take part in debate, and only one or two speakers had voices big enough to reach every body at one time. About a third of the delegate were grouped in the left j dress circle, another third on the right and another third on the great stago and on the floor in front. The chairs had been moved from the arena, and those who occupied that space stood. (Continued On Third Page) kJ7 J OwLI
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