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WARRENTON WARREN COUNTY, N. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1920
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A SEMi:WEEVl7YNEWS PAPER DEVOTEDTcTtHE INTERESTS 6f7vRRENTONAND WARUhN COUNTY
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THE BOY WANTED
We recently read a little story in
Everybody's Magazine, of a business
man who advertised for an office boy.
The next morning there were about
50 boys lined up in the manager's of
fice, all wanting the position. He was
about to commence Jexamining the
jys when his stenogrpher handed
him a card on which was scribbled the
following: 'Don't do anything until
you ee me. I am the last kid in the
line, but I'm telling you I am there
-.nth the goods." Boys, do you have
3ny doubt whatever as to which of the
50 boys got the position? Of course
the boy who sent the note got it, be
cause the manager was looking for the
boy with the initiative, the hustle and
the pep, and when he read that note
he knew that he had found his bo
The fact of his overcoming or attempt
ed to overcome the disadvatage of
having forty-nine other boys ahead of
him showed that the boy did have the
c,'Oods, and he thereby proved it to the
man who was looking for the Tight
kind of boy. There is a very great
lesson in this for the boy of today.
Let it teach you, boys, that the fellow
who goes after things in dead earnest
seldom fails to get what he goes after.
Learn now that if .you are to succeed
you must want to succeed, your desire
must be so strong that you will cre
ate ways and means whereby you can,
with honor land what you want. Ex
change. MURDER BY AUTOMOBILE
Charlotte Observer.
At Spartanburg a pint bottle of
whiskey was found on the ground at
the scene of an automobile overturn
ing "accident," in which on man was
killed. His companions are being held
in jail for trial. At Durham, an auto
mobile was overturned, one of his pas
sengers being killed and another ser
iously hurt. He is being held for man
slaughter. After awhile the recklessly
disposed drivers may be made to re
alize that they cannot kill andmaim
their passengers and escape the pen
alty of the law, while those who are
in the habit of driving with the assist
ance of a pint bottle may be broken
of the habit. The officers of the law
in this part of the country are at last
coming into realization of the fact
that it is just as much murder to kill
with the automobile as with a shotgun.
AYS CUE-KING
Mr. Bailey Ayscue, of Inez, and
Miss Hattie King, of Areola were
quietly married in the town of War
ren ton Friday afternoon, December
3rd, by Rev. J. T. Draper.
TOBACCO GROWERS TO MEET
The Smith Creek Tobacco Growers
Association will meet at Norlina nex!
Saturday night at 7:30 o' clock. Come
and bring your r.e?ghbor.
JOHN H. FLEMING, Pres.
TOBACCO MARKET CLObJ&S 17TK
The Warrenton Tobacco Market will
close for the Christmas Holidays De
cember 17 and will re-open on the 4th
day of January, announced The To
bacco Board of Trade today.
RECOVER AUTOMOBILE
Mr. Hecht of Norlina and Chief
Green went to Emporia Sunday and
returned yesterday with an automobile
stolen from Dr. Packard, of Norlina,
several days ago. They found the car
about seven miles from Emporia with
the front spring broken. Dr. Packard's
medicine case was recovered with the
stolen car.
PLOWSHARES
When a boy joins an agricultural
club he's joing the future leaders of
agricultural progress in N. C.
It pays to plant disease-free pota
toes, as many can testify who planted
uncertified seed last season.
A good landlord keeps in touch with
his tenants throughout the year oth
ers see their tenants' only tov touch
them for the rent.
"First to start may be last to finish
tick eradication" that's fhat they say
about North Carolina csrith 10,087
squares miles still infested.
It is estimated that farm machinery
well cared for will last three to five
years longer than machinery left
standing outdoors all year.
Miss Ria Parker is visiting relatives
hi town.
Miss Fair Polk, is visiting her sis
ter, Miss Mary Polk, in New York
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Home and
daughter, Miss Margaret, of Rocky
Mount, were visitors in the home of
Mr, John Graham Sunday afternoon
CO-OPERATION BY I W. C. JL
HELPS SAVINGS MOVEMENT
Interesting Rural Activities Being
Planned to Promote Study of
Wise Use of Money,.
Rural activities of the Young Wom
en's Christian Association this winter
will be featured by education in sav
ings, investment, co-operative move
ments, budgets, training in purchas
ing, fhjou.sehold budgets and keeping of
accounts, according to a formal an
nouncement just made. The work
will be undertaken by the General
Education Bureau of the Y. W. C, A.
co-operating with the United States
Treasury Department. An extensive
program is now being developed by
the two organizations in every one of
the eleven fields into which the Y. W.
C. A. is divided, covering the entire
country.
Field thrift chairmen of the Y. W.
C. A. will act in conjunction with the
government savings organizations in
each federal reserve district, it is an
nounced, in promoting the study and
practice of thrift. Directors of the
women's divisions of these organiza
tions will work in connection with th
field thrift committees appointed by
the association. ' ' '
Classes already arranged in cook
ing, dressmaking, -millinery and other
domestic arts will be utilized as far as
possible for the giving of thrift in
struction through the Y. W. C A
Opportunity for investment in Thrift
Stamps and other government savings
securities at regular times will also be
offered their membership by local as
sociations. Priiis Lilliputian Weekly
What is perhaps one of the smallest
newspapers in the world, printed es
pecially for children in the primary
-rades. is issued weekly to boys and
?irls who are investing their pennies
in Thrift and Savings Stamps. The
paper is called "Tfie School Thrifto
gram." It originated "last winter, with
the tale of a. dark blue camel whose
thrifty ways induced him to save up
water in his hump.
This habit of his made him worthy
of an introduction to youngsters whose
saving ways were leading them to
store up money, not in humps, but in
stamps, and opened the way for a se
ries of tales, pink, and yellow, and
green, and brown, and gray, and
orange, all on colored Thriftogram
paper printed for the purpose.
Besides these stories, the little paper
contains news of the doings of school
savings clubs, and or" the interesting
and novel ways in which their mem
bers are earning money. The Thirfto
gram is published by the educational
division of the War Loan Organiza
tion for this district, and is mailed
free of charge to any child who wants
it, although it is designed primarily
for the members of school savings
clubs. Requests for the paper should
be sent to the War Loan Organization,
S09 East Main Strtet. Richmond, Va.
THE SINGER
Hanks Hobson is a little man who
. cannot sing a note,
But when the whistle blows at eve, and
he picks up his coat
And starts for home, he makes a
sound that is a sort of rune,
So full of honest happiness it almost
seems a tune.
As he goes swinging down the streets
folks' watch him pass along,
And envy him the joyousness that's in
his rasping son;
And when his kids ciitch sight of
him they make the echoes ring
They're just as glad as he is when
their daddy tries to sing.
Tennyson J. Daft, in The Country
Gentleman.
There is no hah.t that so surely
leads to success a.-; tho habit of sav
ing; no power so great as the power
of thrift.
Tfiink first and spend" afterwards.
Then you will sa more. Put aside
regularly a certain sum to be saved
Sncnd the rest wisely as needed.
The amount, you save fs of less im
portance than the fact that you really
do save. Those who regularly put
asida a part of their earnings are
those who succeed. Savings Stamps
point the way to success. '
The prosperity of the country rests
on tb-3 irrosperfty of individuals. Save
tyatems.tically and buy wisely and be
come a prosperous citizen.
ENDURANCE
Get Your Liberty Bonds out of The
Vault and Make Them Earn Bigger
Dividens
Reprinted from The Literary Digest
of December 4:
More than two million persons will
read this issue of the Literary Digest
substantial men and women of in
fluence in the community, leaders in
every worth-while activity, mothers
and fathers of families, workers in
every profession and trade.
Startling facts are confronting us.
We would be false to every instinct
of humanity, to every sense of the
solemn duty pressing upon us, if we
did not urge every one of our raders
at once to consider these facts and say
quickly what is to be done.
The several million readers of the
Literary Digest, it is a fair assump
tion, own more than $2,300;000,000
worth of Liberty and Victory bonds.
Think of it! One hundred times $23,,
000,000!
In the naked lands of central and
southeastern Europe three and a half
million innocent children are to-day
threatened with death from starvation,
cold, and disease. They are the ones
among the greater multitude of hun
gry and cold victims of the cruel war
who have reached the end of their en
durance, whose little bodies are wasted
and consumed to the point, where
there is nothing of vitality left in re
serve, and if tey are not rescued NOW
their plaintive cries ill soon be stilled
and their struggle for a little child's
right to live will be over.
Herbert Hoover, whose organization
has fought successfully for the past
six years against the Grim Reaper,
has written to The Literary Digest
saying that the resources of his or
ganization will be exhausted in Jan
uary, and that $23,000,000 must be
provided without delay if these three
and a half million little children are
to be snatched back from the brink of
death.
The precious lives of these little
ones have been offered to you, readers
of The Digest. They have been laid
on your hands and your hearts to save
and cherish you, who can do, it so
well. You have been highly honored
in being given the opportunity to do
this splendid thing. To be the friend
and savior of one little child what a
glad privilege! To save the lives of
ten, of a hundred, of a thousand!
How can we measure the holy joy of
such a thing a joy that will last
through all eternity.
Fifteen thousand of our readers
have come to the rescue of the chil
dren but a million nine hundred and
eighty-five thousand more Digest read
ers have not yet answered the beseech
ing cry of the starving. Seventy-five
thousands of these perishing innocents
have been saved by the loving gifts
thus far received, but three million
four hundred and twenty-five thous
and little boys and girls are waiting
for the live-saving gifts not yet re
ceived. Those who have already given
to the point of sacrifice are watching,
as we are watching with eager, anx-
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What "mens j
ious hearts the progress toward the
necessary $23,000,000, and they are
saying, with us, that the progress is
too slow. Surely, you who "have the,
love of children in your hearts and
the God-given ability to do great
things your hand is not shortened
that it can not save," when children
are starving, nor is your "ear heavy
that it canndt hear" their plaitive cries
for help.
There is need to make haste and dc
a great thing. Where are your Liber
ty Bonds ? Are they locked in a vault ?
Are they safely stored away in a
strong box? It was an act of patriot
ism to buy these bonds. It gave you
a thrill of fervent joy and satisfaction
to feel that youwe(re helping America
in its time of national need. Now
these bonds, that service rendered, are
waiting, perhaps, a still moreglorious
service, a far safer place of invest
ment. They are, perchance, waiting
for you tp dposit them in the bank of
heaven, "where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt and where thieves do not
break through and steal."
A fifty dollar bond will ransom the
lives of five children; a hundred-dollar
bowd will buy ten precious lives of
these innocent sufferers; a thousand
dollar bond will rescue a hundred lit
tle ones from death. Can you think of
any more glorious joy that life and
opportunity could offer you than would
be yours if you could save you per
sonally could save the lives of a thous
and of God's little children and give
them warmth and happiness in place
of cold and hunger and waisting. dis
ease ? Every Liberty Bond or Victory
Bond you consecrate to this blessed
use will be making heaven on earth
and storing up priceless treasure in
heaven above. Will you give one, or
five, or ten of your bonds NOW?
What are they earning for you, in
their strong box, those Liberty Bonds ?
A few oupons clipt off every six
months a few extra dollars of spend
ing money. Think of the differ ene in
the dividends they will earn when you
bank them as treasure in heaven.
Every bond given to "The Literary
Digest Child-Feeding Fund" will be
the price you "have paid for the lives of
a group of little children. Every div
idend earned for you will be the laugM
ing faces and shining eyes of the lit
tle children whom you have fed, and
clothed, and saved from death. Are
these worth 4 3-4 per cent on your in
vestment? If this is not enough how
much more will it be worth to hear a
Voice of wondrous sweetness saying to
you, "O ye blessed of My Father, I
was hungry and ye gave Me meat, I
was naked and ye clothed Me."
Do not for a moment misunderstand
this appeal to the large generosity and
the deep sense of duty and tenderness
of our readers. Every gift is needed;
every gift is welcome, small as well as
large. A veritable flood ' of "single
unit" gifts from all who can not do
more would sweep away much of the
suffering that now cries to heaven.
But the children can not wait for lag
ging help. Their hope of life hangs
upon the quick response of a - far
larger number than have heard and
answered them thus far, and upon a
great-hearted generosity of many who
can do a large thing.
How many will send at once one
bond two five te,n a hundred?
Here is a letter we wish every man
and woman in the comfortable homes
of America could read:
"Enclosed please find U. S. P. O,
for 25 dollars to be used for feeding
destitute children of Europe, I am a
shiftless old bachelor, will be sixty
nine four months from to-day and have
been skimping and saving a little at
a time for months to get a new suit,
but to-day when I saw your intense
and humane appeal in a Cedar Rapids
daily I said good night new- clothes,
the old threadbare ones will last a
while yet, and I can still do quite a
bit of labor. With the case presented
sa your editorial presents it I certain
ly would feel like a thief if not a cold
blooded murderer if I should neglect to
do what I could to succor those mil
lions of innocent helpless creatures.
I have been wondering if everybody,
especially influential ones,had forgot
ten the conditions in the horrible war
zone? So, I feel a little easier now
that I have the bit of money-order,
ready to leave on the first mail-train,
and to the firsF friend who throws me
over for wearing the old threadbare
duds I will say "good riddance of bad
rubbish." W. D. McK., Iowa.
How much more can you do than
that poor "shiftless old bachelor?"
Contributions, up to fifteen per cent
of the taxable income for the year,
(Continued on Fourth Page)
MU OF CORN CROP WiL
GIVE MILLIONS TO FARMER
Whether Or Not He Wilt Retain His
Profit Depends Upon How Wisely
He invests the Money.
The greatest corn crop in history la
being harvested In America this year.
The present promise of 3,216,192,000
bushels of corn is over 90,000,000
bushels In excess of any crop ever
grown and nearly 300,000,000 bushels
more than produced last year. The
condition of the crop as predicted by
the Crop Reporting Board of the De
partment of Agriculture is 24.3 points
higher than the average and the high
est since 1906. There, will be ajbout
200,000,000 bushels of oats more than
last year, the crop approximating
1,444,362,000 bushels.
Those figures, announced by the De
partment of Agriculture. Mean that
hundreds of millions of dollars will go
into the hands of the farmers of
America. How many of those mil
lions remain in those hands and how
many are allowed to slip through
those hands depends upon the indi
vidual farmers themselves.
Not all, by any nvsans, will be profit,
it is not how much the farmer gets for
his crop but what he is able to keep
that counts. If he is led into unsafe
investment, .he will have no profits
even if he sold his crop for far more
than it cost. If he wastes the money
oix what he does not need or really
want he will have no profits. Even
if the farmer keeps the money he gets
fpr ihis crops, he may miss a good
part of his annual profits unless he In
vests it wisely.
But the farmers of America can put
their crop dollars to work. They can
consolidate and hold their profits and
increase them if they will. Liberty
Bonds at present prices rfer an op
portunity to do both. These securi
ties notionly pay a satisfactory inter
est, but they. are sure to advance to
par at' maturity. The money Invested
in them is safe, because it is backed
not only by the great crop itself but by
the prospect of all future crops and
the total wealth vd taxing power of
the greatest government in the world.
The money so invested is available
for use almost as. if it were cash, for
Diberty Bonds are a recognized prime
security for any loan the farmer is
likely to need. V
What is the farmer going to do
with his crop money? Is he going to
waste it or invest it in speculative or
insecure stocks, or is he going to put
it into the securities of the govern
ment in the management of which he
lhas an active part? Is he going to
wind up the year without a profit in
spite of the great crops or is he go
in to hold on to his profits and mak
them work for him? It is up to the
farmer.
THE
TEACHER'S
TUNITY.
OPPOR-
By William Mather Lewis, Di
rector Savings Division,
Treasury Department.
The strength of the United , States
depends upon the practical patriotism
and sound economic thought of her
future citizens. These Characteristics-
must be developed in the daily
life of the- school. Economists agree
(that the universal adoption of habits
of intelligent saving will strengthen
our nation tremendously. When ev
ery wage earner has a reserve fund of
money the country will be sound eco
nomically, socially and. politically.
The teacher who encourages pupils
to earn money and to invest in
Thrift Stamps and Savings Stamps is
doing much for their economic
Strength and practical patriotism.
Each child who buys stamps feels a
partnership in the government; he
becomes familiar in a practical way
with compound interest; and a 3 he
sticks stamp after stamp upon the
card, he has a. visual demonstration
of how savings grow.
Faith without works is dead. Thrift
without safe investment, such as gov
ernment savings securities, is robbed
of its benefits. Its 'virtue lies not only
(n its principles but in the actual prac
tice of investment. Each year thou
sands of boys and girls in the United
States are deprived of a college edii
cation because they lack money. You
can remedy this situation among your
pupili( by starting them on the road
to saVing early in life and encourage
them to safeguard these savings ia
government securities.
Read the advertisements.
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Married at Warrenton, N. C, De
cember 3rd, 1920, by A. S. Webb, J.
P., Mr. Zack R. Rivers of Warren
Plains to Mrs. Susan A. Brown, of
Henderson.
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All the world before lonj? will bo
canning American style, if the present
rate of progress keeps up. Last year
f ranee asked the loan of some can
ning specialists from the United
States Department of Agriculture to
teach them the purely American art
of home canning. The results were so
gartifying that the same frroun were
asked to return this year to give
further instruction. They went, and
their work everywhere in France was
attended with gratifying results.
The Director General of' Agricul
ture in the little Duchy of Luxemburg,
hearing of the methods of preserving
fruits and vegetables being taught the
French, asked if the American can
ning experts coold be lent to Luxem
burg when they were through in
France. This was arranged, and the
first two weeks in September found
burg how to can and dry garden prod
the Americans teaching in Luxem
ucts ant how to' can meat and. fish.'
From Luxemburg the .demonstrators
went to Holland, where at Amster
dam and other places a serious of lec
tures were given. At the request of
the British Department of Agriculture,
the canning specialists then went to
England and gave demonstrations be
fore the English Institute workers.
One of the group is now in Denmark
and another in Egypt. Wherever
American canning m thods are taught
the response and appreciation is most
gratifying.
FARM LABOR TREND SHOWN
There was a net decrease of 60,000
n the number of men and boys over
L5 years of age working on ' Oho
farms for the year ending in June this
ear, according to a survey made by
he agricultural statistician for the
3ureau' of Crop "Estimates, Uniteu
states Department of Agriculture, and
he State Bureau of Agricultural Sta
tistics. The surveys covers from 100
o 300 farms in every county in the
Itate, selected at random. The re
ort further shows that for every man
ho returned to farm life during the
ear seven left the farm for other em
ployment. WE AGREE WITH THE "POST'
The Boston Post of recent dato had
his editorial:
"Amongst the more vital news dis
ltches we note one that has a moral
t least. It tells of the arrest of a
New Yorker on charge of stealing a
log, a white shepherd show animal,
alued with his accoutrements, at
5,000.
"It seems that this dog had a cou
le of gold teeth in front and sported
belt, on which were three gold
zatches, and a collar decorated with
me hundred fancy stones. And now
all have vanished.
"The only comment necessary to this
anecdote is that anybody who was sil
y enough to rig a dog up in that ri
liculous style deserves to lose the
complete outfit." Our Dumb Animals.
SHIRLEY MASONS PLEASED
Boy's Role in "Treasure Island"
Suits Her Fine ,
Shirley Mason recently realized a
life-long ambition. She has always
wanted to be a boy so she could "go
barefoot." When Maurice Tourneur
offered her the role of Jim Hawkins
in his big screen version of "Treas
ure Island," which is to be shown at
the Warrenton Opera House Friday
and Saturday, Miss Mason jumped at
the opportunity.
"What sort of a ostume do I wear?"
she asked.
"Well," said the famous producer,
"if we follow Stevenson literally, you
really ought to go around barefoot,
but"
"Wonderful!" exclaimed the actress.
"When do I start?"
Only one little thing troubled Miss
Mason she was afraid playing a boy's
But Mr. Tourneur soon reassured her
part would mean cutting off her hair,
that boys and men too in Jinv Haw
kin's day wore it long.
He who has conferred a kindness
; should be silent; he who has received
fone should speak of it. Seneca. v
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