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. . . 1 ,- f II , j . 1 bo WARRENTON, WARREN COUNTY, N. CTFmDAycTCTOBER 29, 1920 "Number 87 A SEMI-WEEWLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON ANDWARkfcN COUNTY 111 III I I rrC iiit PRESIDENT ASKS THAT VOTER SUPPORT LEAQUE tjr. W ilson Makes First Speech I gjnce Long Illness; Request I ni. mi . a That reopie oiamp xneir Ap proval of League of Nations.' Washington, Oct. 27. President Wil son, in ms rst sPeecn since he was en ill more than a year ago, called on his "fellow countrymen" today to endorse the League of Nations, and SUl"niuI - and the completion of the great peace poral achievement" on their part, ffhich he said the world war repre sented. Speaking from his wheel chair to a delegation of pro-league Republicans and independents, who called at the White House, the President declared that "the great moral influence" of the United States would be "absolute ly thrown away" if the nation did "not complete the task which our soldiers and sailors so seriously undertook to execute." ; ' Imperialism Not Dead The American people, Mr. Wilson said, "should not be deceived into sup posing that imperialistic schemes ended with the defeat of Germany. He declared there were other nations which were likely to be powerfully moved or were already moved "by commercial jealousy, by the desire to dominate and to have their own way in politics and in enterprise," and that it was "necessary to appraise them that the world would be united against them as it was against Ger many, if they attempt any similar thing." The President read his address from a manuscript. His visitors declared in a formal statement after leaving the White House that ;t was evident lie was "voicing the prof oundest emo tions of his heart" and that more than once "his voice choked," especially ; when he refereed "to the soldier boys and the mothers of those who had fal len in battle." Solemn Occasion. "The whole occasion was inexpress ibly solemn and tender," said the stat ment, adding that the deputation felt that it was 'nothing less than tragic that the President had been brought 'to such a stricken physical condition as the result of his indefatigueable labors for his country and for human ity." "They felt," concluded the state Kent, "that this might be the Presi dent's final appeal to the conscience of his countrymen in the supreme moral decision that they were called upon to make." Mr. Wilson received his visitors, fif teen in all, including two women, in a small room off his study near the en hance to the White House.; In His Wheel Chair. He remained in his wheel chair T-i o TooTififtTi wTiirVh lasted forty minutes. Afterwards Rear Ad- ffilral Grayson, his physician, indicat ed that he hail aliftwn na rjhvsical ill effects, saying he had cpme. through u exceptionally fine form." After t.Tio rJoIoroinn wae erected bv the TV- TTrvilf-vri TTrtlt. nf New York, its spokesman, delivered a wief address, declaring that the League of NVrHrvTiH transcended narty Politics and was "the greatest moral sue that has confronted the Ameri ca Deonlo in He f ui wu jaaw. Jdded that the delegation represented 4 vast number of other Republicans throughout the United States who are readv n nat-rintism above farty in the present critical hour," we end that "oior boys whose blood JaHows the fields of France will not4 have died in vain." Wants Covenant Broadcast", k his reply, the President appealed .thf orln" - J nnUl;Tlns vf'tTlA try to publish the full text of the tenant n-p v t f "Wairms. SO P the people might Better s inform pelves of the issue involved. discussing Article Ten, the President 0CPns?rvT enn A-ltnt- Vi a 'cnnfll- J Americanism which , we hear so Qch prating about now is spurious invented for party purposes only." CIsTo ti . . . f 'J , is -lo see justcie aone iixiu nanity protected vindicated' tating that this was the purpose of Atticle Ten. Article' Ten Pledges , Describing Article Ten as, the "spe cific redemption of the pledges which the free governments of the world gave to their people when they enter ed the war," the President declared "we have now to choose whether we will make good or quit." "We have joined issues," he con tinued, "and the issue is between the spirit and purpose of the United States and the spirit and purpose of imperialism. "This choice is the -supreme choice of the present campaign. . I suggesv that the candidacy of every candidate, for whatever office, be tested by this question, shall we or shall we not re deem the great moral obligation of the United States?" The- delegation of Pro-League Re publicans, which arrived at the White House at 11 o'clock included: Those In Delegation. - Hamilton Holt, editor of the Inde pendent, who acted as spokesman for the delegation; Theodore Marburg, of Baltimore; Edwin F. Gay, President of the New York Evening Post; John F. Moore, chairman of the League of Nations Club of Massachusetts; Mrs. John F. Moors, treasury of the Pro League Republican quotas; Mrs. Schuyler N. Warren, of New York, di rector of the League for Political Edu cation; F. N. Warren, Jr.; Mrs. Mal colm Forbes, president of the Women Voter's As vocation - of Massachusetts; Joseph M. Price, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York City Club; Dr. John Bates Clark, pro fessor of Economics, Columbia Uni versity; Dr. John Spences Basset, pro fessor of history, Smith College; D. G. Rowe, New York; Col. Samuel P. Watherill, head Jof the Pro-League Republican movement of Philadelphia; Rev. Arthur J. Brown, New York, hon orary vice-president of the League to Enforce Peace, and Geo. K. Hunton, New York. Text of the Address. President Wilson's address in full follows : ' "My fellow countrymen: "It is to be eared that the supreme issue presented for your consideration in the present campaign is growing more obscure rather than clearer by reason of the many arbitrary turns the discussion of it has taken. The edi tors and publishers of the country wbuld render a great service if they would publish the full text of the cov enant of the League of Nations, be cause having read that text, you would be able to judge for yourselves a great many things in which you are now in danger of being misled. I hope sin cerely that it will be very widely and generally published entire. It is with a desire to clarify the issue and to as sist your judgment that I take the liberty of stating the case submitted to you, in as simple terms as possible. "Three years ago it was my duty to summon you to the concert of war, to join the free nations of the world in meeting and ending the most sinster peril that had ever been developed in the irresponsible politics of the Old World. Your response to that call really settled the fortunes of war. You will remember the morale of the German people broke down long before the strength of the German armies was broken. That was obviously be cause they felt that a great moral force had come into the contest, and that thenceforth all their professions of right were discredited . and they were unable to pretend that their con tinuation of the war was not the sup port of a government that had violat ed every principal of right and every conideration of humanity. Summons To Peace. "It is my privilege to summons you now to the concert of peace and the completion of the great moral achieve ment on your part which the war rep resented and in the presence of which the world found a reassurance and a recovery of force which it could have experienced in no other way. We en tered the war, as you remember, not merely to beat Germany, but to end the possibility of the renewal of such iniquitous schemes as Germany enter tained. The war will have been fought in vain .nd our immense sacrifices thrown away unless we complete the work we then began, and I ask you to assure the world of peace; that is by making it so dangerous to break the peace that no other nation will have the audacity to attempt it. We should not to be deceived in supposing that imperialistic schemes ended with the defeat of Germany, or that Germany is the only nation that entertained such schemes or was moved by sin ter ambitions anoMong standing jeal ousies to attack the yey structure oi civilization. There are other;natipns PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN Behold the Classy Loafer with a Fu migating Fag pasted to his Lower Lip, waiting for a Good Job to Turn Up, when he Is going to Blow this Hick Town. As he Nonchalantly Poses against the Cigar Case, trying te Look like Clarence X. Marsbmallow but re sembling Charlie Chaplin more, he' one reason for the H. C. of L. which are likely to be powerfully mov ed or are already moved by commerc ial jealousy, by the desire to dominate and to have their own way in politics and in enterprise, and it is necessary to check them and to apprise them that the world will be united against them as it was against Germany if they attempt any similar thing. Duty to the Mothers "The mothers and wives of the coun try know the sacrifice of war. They will feel that we have misled them ana compelled them to make an entirely unnecessary sacrifice of their beloved ones if we do not make it as certain as it can be that no similar sacrifice will be demanded of mother and sis ters and wives . in the future. This duty is so plain that it seems to me to constitute a primar demand upon the conscience 'of every one of, us. It is conceilvable to most of us that any ,man should have been so false or so heartless as to declare that the women ipf the country would again have to suffer the intolerable burden and pri vation of war if the League of Na tions were adopted. The League of Nations is the well-considered effort of the whole group of nations who were opposed to Germany to secure themselves and the rest of mankind against a repetition of war. It will have back of it the watchfulness and material force of all these nations, and is such a guarantee of a peaceful future as no well informed man can question who does not doubt the whole spirit with which the war was conduct ed against Germany. The great moral influence of the United States will be absolutely thrown away if we do not complete the task which our soldiers and sailors so heroically undertook to execute. As To Article Ten. One thing ought to be said, and said, very clarly, about Article X of the covenant of the League of Nations. It is the specific pledge of the mem bers of the League that they will unite te resist exactly the things which Germany would have committed if it could. Gemany violated the territor ial integrity of her neighbors and flouted their political independence in order to aggrandize herself, and al most every war of history has origi nated in such designs. It is signifi cant that the nations of the world should have at least combined to de fin the general cause of war and to exercise such concert as may be nec essary to prevent such methods. Article X, therefore, is the specific redemption of the pledge which the free governments of the world gave to their people when they entered the war. They promised their people not only that Germany would be prevented from carrying out her plot, but that the world would be safeguarded in' the future from similar, designs. We have now to choose whether we will make good or quit. We have joined issut, and the issue is between the spirit and purpose of ihe United States and the spirit and purpose of imperialism, no matter where it shows itself. The spirit of imperialism is absolutely op posed' free governments, to the safe life of free nations, to the development of peaceful industry, and to the com pletetioh of the righteous processes of civilization. It seems to me, and I think it will seem to you, that it is our duty to show the indomitable wiU fcnd irresistible majesty of the high purpose of the-United States, sothat the part we played in the war as sol diers and sailors may be crowned with the achievement, of lasting peace. No one who opposes the ratification of the treaty of ersaillies and the adop tion of the covenant of the League of Nations has proposed any other ade quate means iof , bringing about settled peace.. ThereVis no, other available possible means, and' this means is ready to hand;.: They have, on the con tray, tried to persuade you that the very pledge Contained in Article X, which is the5; essential, pledge of the whole plan of ." security, is itself a threat of war. ' . t .-' - ....... "It is, on the contrary, an assurance of the concert of all the free peoples of the world in, the future, as in the recent past to ee. justice done and humanity, protected and vindicated. This the true, the real Americanism. This is the - role of leadership and championship? of the right which the leaders of the public intended that it should playl The so-called Americaism which we hear so much prating about now is spurious and invented for party purposes only.: : Issues of. Campaign "This choice is the. supreme choice of the present campaign. It is regret table that this choice should be asso ciated with a party contest. As com pared with the choice of a course of action that now underlies every other, he fate of parties is a matter of in difference. Parties are significant now in this contest only because the voters must make, up their minds which of the two parties is most likely to se cure the indispensable result. The na tion was never called upon to make a more solemn determination than it must now make. The whole future moral force; of right in the world de pends upon the United States rather than upon any other nation, and 1. would be pitiful indeed if, after so many free people have entered the great league, we should hold aloof. I suggest tha$ the candidacy of every candidate for whatever office be tested by this question, shall we or shall we not redeem the great moral obligations of the United, States?" The President's address was deliver ed after Dr. Hamilton Holt, who head ed the delegation, had made the fol lowing address: "Mr. President, we are a group of men and women, who although ge usu ally out ourselves Republicans, hold steadfastly to the convictions that the League of Nations transcends party politics and is the greatest moral issue that has confronted the American peo ple in this generation. "We have reason to- know that we represent a vast number of other Re publicans throughout the United Stat es who are ready to put patriotism above party in the present critical hour. "As your term of office is drawing to its close, and as the people are now about to express themselves on the League of Nations which your states manship has largely made possible, we feel it both a duty and a privilege to tall upon you at this time iii order to assure you that there are many Re publicans who are proud to acknowl edge your great service in the realm of international justice, and who fully and deeply appreciate the. personal sacrifices you have " been forced to make for the cause nearest your heart. (Continued on Second Page) MISS MACON WEDS MRJONES Mr. J. C. Jones, of Louisburg and Miss Philena Macon of Warrenton were happily married at the Bap; t church at Noon Tuesday by Rev. T. J. Taylor, the Pastor of the bride. The Church was beautifully decorated for the occasion with Autjim -leaves and flowers. Among those present from out-of town were Mr. and Mrs. William Bar row, of Louisburg; Mr. I. J. Mitchner, of Franklinton; Mr. James King, of Louisburg, Miss Virginia Jones, sister of the groom, and Mr. Jeffreys, of Franklinton. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal couple motored to Henderson and left from that place on Number Four for Washington and other places of interest. A STATED COMMUNICATION A Stated Communication of Johns ton Caswell Lodge, No 10 A. F. & A. M., -vfill be held in the Masonic Hall, Warrenton, N. C, Monday Evening, November 1st at 8 o'clock. Work in the Entered Apprentice Degree. Mem bers of Sister Lodges and all transi ent brethren fraternally invited to at tend. S. E. BURROUGHS, Master. W. M. GARDNER, Secty. WHAT WILL TUES DAY'S VERDICT BE The results of next Tuesday's ' bal loting will show whether the men and women of our community realize the need of a better .building. "Wide awake" people don't stop to ask wheth er they have the money to buy a bar rel of flour or shoes for the children. They figure that such things must be had and the hustle around and get the money. Mighty few essential things are beyond the power of energetic people, and particularly of energetic people in a section of the world that is favored by nature like North Caro lina. More money is needed for education. .That ought to be all that is necessary to say and will be after the people have time to think it over a little. I don't believe that any man or woman in Warrenton who knows the real condition of the Academy can willingly vote against an appropria tion for a new. building, especially since under the new valuation of prop erty only 15 cents on $100 worth of property will be needed. Present day methods and well trained teachers de mand modem, well equipped buildings. Building which were acceptable fifty or a hundred years ago do not meet the demands of today. Years ago men and women of culture took long jour neys on horseback or in buggies, but today intelligent people go in auto mobiles or on trains. Shall we send our children on their long educational journey in an oxcart or in an auto mobile? Let the people decide next Tuesday. JULIA DAMERON. WARRENTON BOY TO WED The. following account of the an nouncement of Mr., P. K. Miles, a successful young business man of Dan ville, Va., is of interest to friends. Mr. Miles is a former Warrenton boy,- a son of Mrs. Mattie Miles, and has many friends here who offer him their congratulations. ' Danville, Va.- A beuatif ul dinner was given at the; Country Club last night by Mrs Bernes Rucker Penn, announcing, the engagement and ap proaching marriage of Miss Edith Madison' Williamson to Mr. Percy King Miles, the wedding to take place in December. The club house was ef fectively decorated in greens and au tumn foliage. In. the dining room the color scheme of green and white was carried out in all details. The place cards were wedding bells garlanded in valley lilies on which were hand-paint ed minature grooms. At each place was a card on which ,was written a clever rhyme in which the name of the groom-to be was introduced. They were read aloud and caused much fun. Covers were laid for twelve, all of whom 'were the most intimate friends of the bride-elect. Five courses were served. The ices were white heart shapes with a cupid in relief. On the cakes were sprays of prange blossoms. THE PHILATHEAS ENTERTAIN The Philathea Class of the Baptist church entertained in honor of their fellow-member and the bride to be Miss Philena Macon on last Saturday night at the hospitable home of Mrs. Lizzie Tarwater. The evening was delightfully spent and all good wishes of the Class was assured Miss Macon. MISS DOWTIN ENTERTAINS Miss Louise Dowtin entertained Tuesday evening of this week at a mis cellaneous Shower in honor of Miss Philena Macon, Warrenton's fair bride. The decorations were in Hallowe'en effect with Cats, Pumpkins, Witches galore. A "Bat" contest was entered into with zest and the prize was won by Miss Alice Rooker, who presented it to Miss Macon. Delicious refresh ments were much enjoyed. Those present spent a delightful evening and assured Miss Macon of their best wishes for a long happy wedded life BRIDGE CLUB MEETS : The Bridge Club met at the home of ; Mrs. John H. Kerr last week to formulate plans for the winter. The club starts off this fall with the fol lowing members:' Mesdames H. L. Falkener, A. E. Jones, J. H. Kerr, J. P. Scoggin, C. C. Hunter, Ray Wes ton, R. B. Boyd, Jr., G. H. Macon, T. D. Peck, Peter Arrington, R.w J. Jones, Van Alston, Howard Alston, Milton McGuireH. F. Jones, Al Willams, V. Fl Ward,'W. H. Dameron, H. A. Boyd, Edmund White. - . The club decided to meet every Thursday, Mesdames C. C. Hunter and Ray Weston will entertain the club next Thursday. Bill' ''i lnlEOi-&UliylJo The following article by Supt. Allen has our highest endorsement Ed. The voters of the Warrenton School District are asked to decide on next Tuesday three very definite questions, the answer to which will be expressed by their ballots; and one who does not vote is in exactly the same place as the one who votes "Against." Hero are the three questions: First, do We need better fchool fa- , cilities? I think every sane person knows that we do. Second, are we willing to vote bonds for this purpose? Bonds are more just and fair for schools than for any other purpose. It is for the next generation that they are issued, and it is the next genera tion that will get the benefit and will help pay them. The trustees in the proposed War renton school district management have promised that the bonded debt will be kept just as low as it is hu manly possible to, keep it. These fourteen people are some of our most reliable and. respected citizens Their word will remain unbroken. They say they expect to spend $50,000 for tha school. The bill could have been so drawn as to call for a lower figure if , it had been drawn today, than the maximum it calls for; but on August first, not one living person knew how prices were going to turn. I am glad building is less expensive. Third, are we willing to trust ths management of the school enterprise to these fourteen men? In their care . is the old Academy property. They represent as much taxes as any other fourteen men in the entire school district. Hhere they are: E. S. Allen, R. B. Boyd, H. A, Boyd, M. P. BurwelL Miss Julia Dam eron, H. L. Falkener, J, A. Hudgins, J. H. Kerr, Dr." P. J. Macon, T. D. Peck, Tasker Polk, W. G. Rogers, G R. Scoggin, V. F. Ward. It is a truly . representative list. There is not thei slightest possibilty 'that these men will expend money that is not needed: they give us their promise to that ef- v feet. It is well known that they ex pect ; to designate a subcommittee to do the actual selection of teachers; and they are capable of enrih for that, too.- V I hear the school bill criticised oil the ground that there is too much latitude in the tax limit, and that this can be used for maintenance as well as for bonds. In reply to this I beg to state that every tax-ieving body that has anything to do with schools, has authority to levy enough tax to run the schools in its charge economically; and not to give them that discretion would be fatally parsimonious. For them not to use that discretion 'l isely, would be more fatal to them than to you and . to me. Therefore, if they are trustworthy, they ought to have that discretion; and if they are not trustworthy, they ought never to have any authority of any sort. The vast majority of us believe these men are trustworthy, most especially when they are given in charge their vital interests, and these are the same as yours and mine. I hear another rumor; namely, that the colored people are going to vote ; against the school tax because the taxes they will pay will be used to builii and operate a white school. This is absurd on its face. The spec ial tax paid by the colored people must be used for themselves. The colored people in this district need better school, work far more than the white people do, and need more money for it far more than the white people need it. For these colored people to block such a tax would be, the most backward step they ever took. An opportunity is before the people of the Warrenton district such a3 they cannot afford to vote down. The town and the district cannot afford to let it past; it will be well for us if every citizen will do his or her level best to see that the election carries. The bill has been passed upon by the State's Attorney General, and its advertisement is declared "the best possible"; considering all the circum stances; I believe the bill itself is about the same. If a registered voter cannot be present in person, the county super intendent has been furnished, through . the courtesy of Mr. Frank Gibbs, with necessary blanks for absentee voting, 1 J. EDWARD ALLEN.