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VOLUME XXV
WARRENTON, WARREN COUNTY, N- C. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1920
Number 96
A SEMI-WEEWLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARUENTOM AND WARUiN COUNTY
I'ved A. Olds, in Orphans Friend:
Warrenton has 927 folks: about as
many as it had a hundred years ago,
iut it hangs up a record for owning
itself which many a far greater place
mav well envy- The sssessed value of
its' property is $1,800,000. For 35
vears it has owned a railway three
miles long-, connecting it with War
ren Plains, on the Seaboard Air
Line, and this little road gives a net
profit to the town, on an average, of
;5,000 a year which is applied to all
purposes.
The town is excellently paved and
side-walked, and owns a water plant
and sewerage system, costing $112,
000. It owns an ice plant with a ca
pacity of 40 tons daily, with a refri
oeiating section. It owns a power and
l-ht plant which cost $40,000 and
operates 24 hours a daj'. It is build
ing a hotel to cost $120,000, with 35
bedrooms, each with a bath, the hotel
having a laundry, bakery and refri
geration plant. By an overwhelming
vote the town has just ordered the is
sue of $100,000 in bonds for a public
school building to replace an old one.
The women voters will now take steps
to bring about a town-owned laun
dry and this will be, together with the
school, the new feature of the beau
tiful little place in 1921.
The county of Warren used to be
part of the county Bute, which ended
its existence with the success of the
Revolution. Old Bute court house was
seven miles from Warrenton, and at
it was a farajous race-course in pre
Revolutionary days. The county and
town were named for General Joseph
Warren of the Revolutionary army,
both being created in 1779. When
Bute was broken up, the other county
being formed out of it was Franklin.
Warrenton academy began its life in
1785 and was built and equipped by
the aid of a lottery, for in those days
ail sorts of buildings, including the
capitol of the state, was so provided
for, the latter at Fayetteville.
For many years the school was
conducted by John Graham and won a
remarkable reputation in the prepara
tion of students for colleges and uni
versities. Mr. Graham has now re
tired after 50 years of service. His
son, Major William A- Graham, who
served in the 120th Infantry, 80th Di
vision, is now superintendent of
Wilmington's public schools.
Warrenton has also a very old
.Masonic lodge, No. 10, in the long
list of lodges in the State, its name
being Johnston-Caswell, and it was
first established at old Bute court
house and moved to Warrenton.
The town is extremely picturesque
and with beautiful' homes, and its man
ners and hospitality are those of the
days "before the war," to use a dear
old southern phrase. In the Episco
pal church Horace Greely, the famous
editor of the New York Tribune, was
married to a lady of the county. Na
thaniel Macon was one of the famous
men of the county and died in Au
gust 1833. His will contains this pro
vision, directed to his executor: "You
may give the people who may come
to the funeral sermon preached on
me dinner, dram or grog or not, as
you may please, "this being added
as a codicil." It is said that 3,000
People, black and white, admirers of
Macon, partook of this last hospital
ity. Governor Bell, a native of the.
town, won that title as tne first gov
ernor of the republic of Texas. In
his inaugural address he said, allud
ing to the rise of Texas from Mexi
can oppression to full liberty, that
he would quote from the Bible and
then made the following quotation:
"Xow is the winter of our discontent
made glorious summer," etc.
As the writer was leaving Raleigh
to make this pilgrimage to Warren
ton he recalled meeting in Texas 15
years ago a North Carolinian, who
had been in the "Lone Star State"
over 50 years and who said, with ten
derness in his voice, "When I die I
hope I'll go to Warrenton. The
writer met a Raleigh man who said
that on a recent visit to Warrenton
he found the hotel did not serve meals,
so he went to a cafe for breakfast.
There the splendid cook who is the
Proprietor set before him a royal
dish of fried chicken and toast, but
he could not eat it. "What," said
the writer, "You couldn't eat fried
thicken?" "I cannot; really I can
not," he replied. "In the name of
goodness, why?" was the furthei
question, to which he answered: "Well,
I lived over 4 years at Mt. Airy.
There they give you fried chicken at
breakfost, dinner and supper and put
a plate of it on your bureau so you
can eat before you go to bed. That's
why I can't eat fried chicken."
The writer said, "North Carolina
certainly has three great curiosities
the Flying Parson, the Dancing Par
son, who cut such a figure at the Con
federate reunion at Fayetteville last
June, and you, the only man on earth
who can't eat fried chicken."
Thank goodness, the writer can eat
it, so he went to that very restaurant
of which this unfortunate man spoke
and got a royal dish of it. Only the
bones were left when the meal was
finished.
HERBERT HOOVER SAYS:
No one shrinks from asking for
charitable support more than I do,
yet my chief occupation for five
awful years has been begging at
the feet of the civilized world.
I cannot promise never to beg
again, but I can pray with the
rest of you for such rapid im-
provement in world conditions
that I shall never again find it
necessary. There are thousands
of American families, both native
and foreign-born, who out of their
prosperity can afford to help the
helpless children of Europe to
live through this winter of their
distress. The head office of the
American Relief Administration
is 42 Broadway, New York.
,, . Perfect Peace
"Anything doing around here elec
tion day?" asked the tourist.
"Not a dern thing," answered the
native of Howling Gulch disgustedly.
"They called out the militia before the
fight hardly got started." American
Legion Weekly.
Clairvoyance
' "Do you ever trust to your wife's
intuitions?" asked Mr. Jiggs.
"Indeed I do," i-eplied Mr. Meekly.
"Whenever Maria says she feels it
won't be safe for me to be out after
ten, I always manage to get heme
about nine-thirty." Selected.
Insurmountable Objection
"Mamma," cried little Willie. "Do
you think I'll ever grow any bigger?"
"Yes, duckie, of course."
"Well, I'm hanged if I see how," re
torted the bringht infant. "My head's
inthe way." Selected.
A CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Powell wish to
thank all who contributed to the abun
dant and excellent dinner brought to
the County Home for the unfortunate
inmates and I do assure them it was
a pleasure to us to see how each one
enjoyed it.
"He that giveth to the poor lend
eth to the Lord."
Thanks again, Ladies, in the name
of each one of the inmates at .the
County Home.
MR. AND MRS. W. T. POWELL.
Give Second Lyceum Number
The second number of the Lyceum
3ntertainments, secured here by the
Woman's Club, was presented last
Wednesday night to a very good
crowd, especially good when the bad
weather is considered. Miss Buckley,
Reader, in a manner both charming
and interesting gave the play "Mr.
Antonio," in four acts, which were
much enjoyed by all present.
The next lyceum number will be
during Christmas week.
Sound the Tocsin
"What's your name, my good
woman?" hautily inquired Mrs. Nuvo
Reesh of the applicant for the maid's
position.
"Miss Murphy."
"Surely you don't expect to be call
ed Miss Murphy."
"I don't believe it will be necessary,
ma'am, if you have an alarm clock
in my room." American Legion
Weekly.
The Irreducible Minimum
"What is a skeleton?" asked Teach
er of the pupils of the fourth grade.
TheTre was a period of painful con
centration, following which a little
girl rplied triumphantly:
"A skelton is what you have left of
a man after you've taken his outsides
off and his insides out." Selected.
Generl Principles Agreed on by North
Carolina, Virginia and Georgia
Growers.
Progressive Farmer.
At the recent meeting of Virginia,
North Carolina, and Georgia tobacco
growers held in Raleigh, general prin
ciples for the conduct of our tobac
co organizations were agreed on. In
terested persons can get full infor
mation, state by-laws and suggested
county by-laws by writing Secretary,
Interstate Tobacco Growers' Associa
tion, Ralegh, N. C.
Meanwhile, we believe our tobacco
growing readers everywhre will be
glad to get the following official state
ment of policies:
Concerning eligibility sto member
ship, it was decided that membership
in the association shall be limited to
persons interested in the growing of
tobacco either (1) as landowning
growers, (2) tenant or lessee grower,
or (3) landlord receiving a share of
the tobacco crop, provided (4) persons
having official connection with the
state or national departments . of
agriculture, but not growing tobacco
may become members by paying an
nual membrship fees of $1.
Following are the .additional rules
suggested :
Annual Dues
Section 1. Each member of this as
sociation shall pay to the county or
ganization 25 cents' an acre for each
acre of tobacco planted in the year
1920 as membership dues.
The annual dues shall then be on
the same basis from year to year so
long as this association exists unless
otherwise specified and changed by
the association.
Division of Dues
Section 2. Sixty per cent of the an
nual and membership dues shall be re
tained by the county and township or
ganization to defray any and all ex
penses incurred and passed on by the
respective executive committees.
Forty per cent of these annual and
membership dues shall be forwarded to
the treasurer of the state executive
committee. These funds to be sent in
at the end of each month.
Reduction of Acreage
Section 3. The acreage shall be de
termined from year to year by the
representatives from the counties and
the executive committee of this as
sociation; assembled at a state meet
ing to be called by the president of
the executive committee.
Acreage for 1921
Section 4. The first step toward in
dividual independence is ' the produc
tion of food and feed for home con
sumption. We therefore recommend
most earnestly, as the thing of first
importance, that each member of our
tobacco organization so lay out his
plan of farming for next year as to
secure an adequate supply of the ne
cessities. We further believe that
there is no more effective method of
curtailing the 1921 crop.
As a specific program for curtail
ing acreage and also producing ade
quate food and feed on the acreage
released from tobacco,, we declare for
the following definite plan:
Each grower joining the association
shall report what was the acreage per
year planted by him in 1919 and 1920,
and reduce his acreage 33 1-3 per cent
below his yearly average for these
two years; Provided, that no man cul
tivating less than three and a half
acres shall be required to reduce his
acreage.
Section 5. The tobacco farmer who
plants less than three and one-half
acres as stated in Section 4 is expected
to join the association, pay the same
pro-rata dues, be entitled to all the
privileges and benefits derived from
this association, and abide by all the
rules and regulations of this associa
tion. Duty of Landlord
Section 6. The landlord should sign
the pledges covering the tobacco acre
age of his respective farms, and in
turn have the tenants on his land sign
such pledges, and the 25 cents per
acre fee will be divided between land
lord and tenant in proportion to the
part of the crop that each receives.
It shall be the duty of the said land
lord to see that his tenants abide by
and put into effect all the rules and
regulations of this association, and
should he be unable to do this, then
he shall report same to his township
committee.
The Spirit and Purpose of the Assso
ciation Section 7. It is not the intention of
this association to work any hardship
on any individual member or mem
bers, but on the other hand to bring
about a general curtailment of pro
duction of tobacco during the year
1921, and to produce as nearly as pos
sible each year hereafter only such
surplus tobeco as the trade demands
and is willing to pay for at cost plus
a reasonable profit. Therefore it is
necessary that a certai amount of in
dividualism of the tobacco grower
must be subject to the rules and reg
ulations of the association, each and
every member working for the ulti
mate good of the association, and the
accomplishment of the best results.
Unfaithful Members to be Reported
and Dealt With
Section 8. If any member of this
association fails to obey its rules and
regulations or in any way takes ad
vantage of his neighbors by violating
or evading said rules and regulations,
it shall become the duty of every mem
ber of this association who has knowl
edge of the facts to report him at
once to the township executive com
mittee. It shall be. the duty of this
committee to investigate and adjust
these complaints.
If for any reason the committee
should fail to adjust this matter or
deem it proper, appeal may be had to
the county executive committee, who
shall have full authority to determine
such complaints after giving said
farmer sufficient notice both in writ
ing and in person.
To Publish List of Tobacco Farmers
Joining or Refusing to Join
Section 9. It shall be the duty of
the secretary of the county tobacco
growers' association to compile a list
of all growers of tobacco in the coun-
j ty, and he shall also post at the court
house door and publish in the county
papers a list of all members of the
association, and also a list of those
tobacco growers who have not joined
the association.
News Items From
Marmaduke Section
Right many people from this neigh
borhood attended the Box party at
Embro Thanksgiving and had a very
nice time.
Mrs. J. D. Riggan, of Hollister,
spent last week with her sister Mrs.
W. J. James.
Miss Fannie Fern Davis spent Sun
day night with Miss Ruby Clark.
Mrs. Tom White and children were
pleasant visitors in this neighborhood
one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pridgen, of Nor
lina, spent Sunday with Mrs. Prid
gen 's parents of this place.
Miss Ruby Clark spent one night
recently with Miss Fannie Fern Davis
Miss Carrie Haithcock spent Satur
day night with Miss Bessie Powell.
Mrs. M. C. Duke visited in the home
of her parents one day last week.
Best wishes to the Warren Record
and its many readers.
A crippled workman is a belt off
the industrial machine.
"The pay envelope is shrunk by
every careless fire."
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Looking Back On
Thanksgiving
America has observed less than half
as many Fourths of July as she has
Thanksgiving Days. The man from
Mars, given no other information
than this, might wrongly deduce that
we care twice as much for our spirit
ual welfare as we do for our political
independence which was not even
true of the originators of Thanksgiv
ing. But if the man from Mars
slbuld pause here long enough to
view the observance of both holiday
he might reasonably report back that
the Fourth of July vas consecrated to
double headers and Thanksgiving to
a prehibernation dinner of enormous
and usually debilitating proportions.
One Thanksgiving Eve a newspaper
sent out a reporter s inquire" offhand
of a dozen chance persons what they
had to be thankful for. A part from
the fact that one young woman to
whom he put the question threatened
to have him arrested as a masher, his
expedition was without incident. Nor
was it especially fruitful in informa
tion. Most of his subjects replied in
sterotype generalities, much as though
they were taking leave of a hostess
whose dinner they had not enjoyed,
but which formal courtesy compellecf
them to proclaim they had.
So it probably is vith most of the
hundred and five million of us. Hav
ing a day to ourselves, in itself no
mean bdjon if we take a job for the
other five, we may devote part of it
to taking stock of he things for which
we ought to be grateful. Finding, as
with most spiritual inventories, that
we are not getting much of anywher
we are glad to have our ruminations
interrupted by the sound of the dinner
bell. For the bird on the board is not
oly worth two in the coop. Sizzling
in his own fragrant juice, he possesses
the customary advantage of a condi
tion over a theory. American Legion
Weekly.
Distance Lends Enchantment
Rif: "What is it, do you suppose,
that will make a man go so far for a
drink of liquor?"
Raff: "Because he can't get it any
nearer, of course." Selected.
Kill Red Fox
George, Claude and John Fleming,
sons of Mr. John H. Fleming, of Nor
lina, went rabbit hunting Thanksgiv
ing. The dogs jumped a red fox and
ran it forty minutes, at the end of
which time George Fleming succeeded
in shooting it. Red foxes are very
uncommon in this section. A few
nights before this they caught a ten
pound o'possum.
NOTICE OMITTED
Last week we received from Mr.
John H. Fleming, Secretary of the
Tobacco Growers Association, calling
a meeting for last Saturday. On ac
count of the rush and late issues of
fast week this was omitted through
error. We publish this that none of
our readers may hold Mr. Fleming
responsible for the omission.
Mrs. J. S. Jones, of Louisburg, is
visiting her people here.
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Progressive Farmer.
With the price of cotton much be
low the present cost of production,
the growing of other crops and live
stock is certain to receive much more
attention. In the Southeastern states
the boll weevil is giving an additional
reason for attention to other crops
than cotton.
In practically all cotton growing
sctions there is likely to be much cast
ing about for other crops and other
lines of farming to occupy a part of
the acreage recently planted to cot
ton. The general inclination and at
titude of mind will be to seek a sub
stitute for cotton instead of a supple
ment to that crop. No greater mis
take could be made than an attempt
to make a radical c hange in our farm
ing in one year. Sncn radical changes
or revolutions, nearly always spell
disaster. Surely we should have
learned by this time that we cannot
jump from one crop into another, or
from one system or line of farming
to another, from one season to the
next, to meet fluctations in prices.
The man who attempts this sort of
thing is nearly always one or two
years behind the game and finds that
instead of meeting the best prices
with the largest production he hits,
the lowest prices when he has most
to market.
The cotton acreage must be reduced.
Even if disastrously low prices for
cotton had not come this year, they
were sure to come before long if the
tendency to put every possible acre
into cotton had been continued. We
have been putting too large a propor
tion of our cultivated lands into cot
ton on too many farms. Decreasing
soil fertility and a lack of feed and
food crops were bound to cause de
creased returns from cotton even it
the price had not fallen below present
cost of production.
A reduction in the cotton acreage
would, therefore, be advisable, even
if prices were now satisfactory. But
with the double reason for reducing
the cotton acreage for 1921, thous
ands will be asking the question,
"What crops should be grown on these
released cotton lands?"
First, let us answer that if these
lands are devoted to crops, or to line
of farming with which the- farmer is
not ntirely familiar it should be done
only on a small scale for the first
year or two. In other words, if a rad
ical change in crops is to be made, or
if a large acreage formerly planted
to cotton is to be put into other crops,
which should probably be done on
some farms, these crops should only
be those with which we are entirely
familiar.
Corn is a crop with which we are
more or less familiar and the acreage
now planted is large. Shall we plan?;
the released cotton lands to corn?
Thre can be no reason for not plant
ing enough land to corn to supply all
the possible feed and food needs of the
farm for corn. It is perhaps safe to
plant even more than this, if there is
likely to be a fairly good local demand
or an extra lot of hogs to feed, under
conditions which give a fair chance
for profit. But poor lands should not
be planted to corn, for there is nor
disguising the fact that corn is not a
good money crop 'in the South. Our
lands are too poor and the Negro ten
ant, even if closely supervised, can
not make a living for himself and the
landlord growing com, so long as our
average yields are twenty bushels to
the acre or less. But we can safely
put enough of the cotton lands into
corn to supply the needs of the farm,
which we have not done in the past on
the farms where the proportion of the
land planted to cotton has been larg
est. In every section there is some hay
crop which does reasonably well, but
there are few sections in the South
where hay is produced in sufficient
quantities to supply local demands,
and still less where hay is produced
as a money crop.
Certainly hay can be safely produc
ed to supply the needs of the farm
and such other local demands as gen
erally exist; but the man who has not
produced hay as a sales crop should
go slowly into the business, until he
has canvassed carefully the cost of
the machinery equipment, his trans
portation facilities, his markets and
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