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A WEEKLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTER ESTS OF WARRENTON AND "WAR REN COUNTY
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I CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
Greensboro. Thieves smashed the
plate glass front door of the Pomona
Mercantile company's store here and
removed goods valued at $2,000.
Winston-Salem. In default of two
bonds, aggregating $1,500, Fred Dob
bins, a negro, is in jail awaiting trial
oa the charge of stealing two cars in
this city.
New Bern. An effort is being made
la New Bern, fostered by the chamber
of commerce, the RotaTy dub and the
Woman's club, to substitute the city
aaanager form of government for the
present aTdermanie system.
Charlotte. Telegrams to Mrs. John
C. Kilgo state that Bishop Kilgo was
operated on at the Union Memorial
Hospital at Baltimore by Dr. John M.
T. Finney, and Chat his condition was
good following the operation.
Red Sprngs. The British embassy
at Washington has notified President
rardeli of Flora Maodonald college,
that the ambassador, Sir Auckland
Geddes, will reach Fayetteville, ac
companied by his private sevretary.
Concord. The body ot a young
white man was found beside the rail
way tracks in this city. Papers faund
in his pockets -bore the name of J. B.
Taylor, of Arlington, Ga., and he also
carried a Woodman of the World re
ceipt from the Winnsboro, S. C, camp.
Kinston. Operatives in the Kins
ton Cotton mills, Orion Knitting mills
and the latter's branches here and at
Beaufort have started! working tour
days a week, it was announced, this
being an increase of one day over the
schedules of the last few months.
Burlington. With reports from sev
eral of the large tobacco markets of
this state in the office of the Burling
ton chamber of commerce, that organ
ization has . given, out the fact .that
the Burlington market for the weed
soared high above the average report
ed in other markets. The average
here ranged around ?24 to $26.
Raleigh. Retiring Governor Thom
as Walter Bickett, takes up the prac
tice of law in Raleigh, and has accept
ed employment as attorney for Con
gressman r. x. Doughton, of the
Eighth North Carolina district, in the
contest started by Dr. Ike Campbell,
for the seat in congress to which Mr.
Doughton was declared elected.
Greensboro. A twc-story frame
building, used by the Sanitary Mat
tress company as a storeroom, was
completely destroyed by fire.
Wilson. Elder Thomas Felton, one
of the oldst and most substantial citi
zens of this county dried at his home
aear Saratoga in his 81st year.
Ralsigh. D. J. Ward, sixty year old
man under sentence of death from
Columbus county for murder in the
fit degree will not die in the elec
tric cftair, his sentence having been
commuted to thirty years imprison
ment by Governor Bickett.
Charlotte. The Charlotte internal
venue tax division has absorbed the
SUtesviUe division, with P. G. Kiser,
hief division deputy of the Charlotte
4iviakm, in charge of the enlarged
jjf. district, according to instructions re
rfvi by Mr. Kiser.
Aahevilie. Death has claimed Ar
Jfeur Raymond Luetchford well-known
Uul3Cpe artist, who came to Ashe
tile two years ago from Havana, Cu
te, seeking health. Prior to his trip
to this city he was engaged in work
tpoa the famous public parks of the
OiTban city.
Durham Charging that they set
fir k and destroyed a house several
wles west of this city in order that
he could mot move into it on the fol
lowing day, Gilliam Riley had a war
rant issued against Frank Kurtz,
white,, and Sam Green, colored, charg
ing them with arson.
Charlotte. John F. Ort, for 50 years
with the First National Bank, has re
signed as cashier, Robert C. Johnson
succeeding him. Mr. Orr was teller,
then cashier, beginning service under
the first president, R. 55 Mc Aden.
Huntersville. At the annual meet
to of the stockholders of the Bank of
Huntersville here it was decided to
increase the capital stock of the cap
Hal stock of the institution from $10.
000 to $20,000. It was also decided
to increase the number" bf directors
from nine to 17.
The Grand Jury Make
Their Report
Hon. John H. Kerr,
Judge Presiding January Term,
Superior Court for Warren County.
Sir:
We have completed the duties as
signed us by law and our respective
oaths, and beg- leave to report the
same and ask for a discharge.
We have passed upon all bills sent
to us the Grand Jury and also brought
to our attention by Hon Garland E.
Midyette, solicitor of this Judicial dis
trict. We have examined through a Com
mittee of this Body the Home for Age
and Infirm. We find the home in good
condition, and all inmates well kept
and suitably provided for.
We visited the Jail in a Body and
found-the same in Sanitary condition
and inmatus comfortable.
We visited the offices of the County
Officials and find them in good condi
tion and well kept, and the officials
very courteous.
We also find that the present system
of paying salaries instead of fees a
saving to the taxpayers of the County .
Recommendations
We receommend for the considera
tion of the Board of County Commis
sioners: 1st. A satisfactory Heating Plant for
the Court House, believing it will be
both economical and much more sat
isfactory and efficient than the present
method of heating each office and the
Court Room by individual stoves,
with their attendant mess and inef
ficiency. 2nd A sanitary drinking fountain in
the Corrid of the Court House, in place
of the present poor and unsanitary
system.
Respectfully submitted,
Foreman.
High School Notes.
Enrollment reached 197 during the
first week after the holidays. This is
two less than the maximum enroll
ment of the fall session. The prompt
returns of so large a number is very
gratifying and counts well for the
work of the year.
The following pupils made a per
fect attendanhe record, and a satis
factory class record for the month
ending December 22:
Frist Grade John Liles, Loretta
Lavell, Ethell Wright, Earl Connell,
John Mustian, Alois Mullen.
Second Grade William Dameron,
Raymond Bowen, Leon Hoffier, Madi
son Williams, Beulah May Deal, Edith
Terrell.
Third Grade Maywood Modlin,
Myrtle Prescott, Ercelle Williams,
William Hester, Levy Hicks, Edwrard
Knight.
Fourth Grade Mattie Dameron,
Belle Mullen, Norman Lovell, William
Taylor.
Fifth Grade Thurmutis Loyd, John
Dowtin.
Sixth Grades Willie Hall Johnson,
Mary Frances Rodwell, Helen Rod
gers, Virginia Shell, Douglas Mustian.
Seventh Grader-Lucy Marshall
Johnson, Raymond Loyd, Walter Boyd
Massenburg.
Eigth Grade Cora Green, Leonora
Taylor, Lucy Scoggin, Elizabeth Rook
er, Hugh Holt.
Ninth Grade Clifford Robertson',
Elizabeth Johnson.
Eleventh Grade John Henderson,
Allen Hilliard.
Warrenton High School will partic
ipate in the coming Triangular Debate.
Just what schools will be pitted
against us is not know at this time,
but nofication of th arrangement is
expected from Chapel Hill in the next
few days. Olivia Burwell, Dorothy
Walters, Emily Hilliard, and Hattie
Connell will represent Warrenton
school.
HIGHWAY PROGRESSING
We are informed that the Contrac
tors for the Warren-Franklin High
way through Fork township will move
their Camp to Inez in the next few
days and will work both ways from
Inez. We understand that the Con
tractors are building a splendid road.
The Commissioners of Warrenton
Township should see that the Road
from Warr nton to the Fork line is
put in permanent condition to make
an unbroken chain, of good road from
Centerville to Warrenton.
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The Court Room was comfortably
filled Saturday to listen to addresses
by several citizens of the County who
are interested in aiding the Farmers
in their present "Valley of Trouble.
Mr. B. B. Williams had as his topic
"Why he Farmer Should Organize."
Mr. Frank H. Gibbs addressed the
farmers along the line that "It is to
the interest of all oher business to
aid the farmer except the Speculator."
Mr. Palmer insisted that the farm
ers are paying more than their share
of tax.
Judge Kerr spoke of the economic
development of our people showing
what we had done in the past few
years. He spoke of the rapid stride
the State had made in the value of
its crops, reaching fifth place, even
under the low prices now prevailing.
Mr. Swain, the Secretary of the
North Carolina Cotton Association
next addressed the audience. He said
in part:
"Let us begin to have some pride.
Let us loook upon farming as a nec
essary business. We haven't regard
ed our business with any degree of
respect. We are engaged in an in
dustry absolutely necessary to the
prosperity and happiness of the world.
Agriculture is the bed-rock, the foun
dation upon which all stand.
There are some things the world
cannot do with out. One of these is
cotton. The man who produces the
white, fleecy locks of cotton is bring
ing into the world an essential pro
duct. It is both food and clothing.
"Yet with all of its importance how
have we treated it? As soon as we
put it in a package wc handle it as if
we were afraid that somebody would
refuse to buy it. In coming from Mr.
Palmer's house this morning I saw
,at least 200 bales of cotton lying ex
posed to the weather some of it
squarely on the ground. You treat it
with the greatest respect while you
are growing it, you gather the seed
cotton carefully and store it away,
and I venture to say that if someone
stole five pounds you would have him
before Judge Kerr for larceny. But
as soon as you put it in a marketable
package, as soon as you bale it you
loose respect for it, and begin to won
der what price somebody will give.
Not what shall I ask, but what will
somebody say it weighs and what will
somebody give me for it after he has
said what he thinks it weighs. He
spoke along this line at some length
very interestingly, and of tne neces
sity for a change. He told his farm
er auditors that a change had to
come, or thir condition would be
come worse, instead of better.
He spoke of the necessity for or
ganization; of the fact that previous
organizations had been spoken of as
failures, but that they were not; that
they were but stepping stones to ind
the best way out of the difficulty which
had always beset the farmer. That
light was ahead and that it woud be
come raidant sunshine should the
farmer but organize.
As one of the great things; one of
the necessary things which would fol
low organization he spoke of the
Storage Warehouses. He pointed to
the fact that the cotton stored in these
warehouses would be graded by a gov
ernment, grader and weighed by a
government weigher, and that the
certificate issued by the Warehouse
would be received by the banks as col
lateral or would be taken by. the Mills
at its full market value.
The fact was brought out that the
proper grading of cotton would alone
pay the cost of a Warehouse in War
ren county in two years; that the
properly stored cotton would be en
hanced in value enough in the crop
of the South to pay for all the Ware
houses in a year.
The American Cotton Association
is, n the opinion of the speaker the
most potential influence for the up
building of the Southern farmer that
has been offerd him n a life-time. It
means that the buyer will have to
come to the. seller, and nstead of ask
ng, "Mr. Buyer what will you give me,
"the buyer will say "Mr. Seller what
wilH you take.' Instead of cotton
being thrown on the market in three
months, it will be sold monthly for
twelve months. And the farmer will
know from his own Warehouses of the
South when he begins to plant his
cotton exactly how much is already on
hand, and his contract which he must
sign will control the acreage. ''Or
ganization is absolutely essential. We
must know that you mean business."
The success of . the organization will
favorably effect every other business.
"I ask that the merchant, the doctox.
the lawyer, : the banker put their in
fluence behind this great movement
for the aid of the potton grower and
the emancipation of the South." We
have a right to expect your aid.
"We ar coming to you on the 31st
of January and ask your aid. Be
fore April 1st Tve want a legal, bina
ing contract with every cotton grower
to turn over: your cotton to your or
ganization to handle for you. We al
ready have 32 warehouseo in North
Carolina; 69 in South Carolina; Texas
a great many; the other cotton states
are rapidly falling into line. Lets
stick together.- You ought to have the
manhood, the backbone to get into this
this thing. It means your financial
independence. Already in Cumberland
county 2,000 fasmers have signed this
contract; Mecklenburg has done
splendidly.
At the close of Mr. Swain's address,
of which the above is a mere synopsis,
Judge Kerr arose and said, "I have
heard Mr. Swaiwo most instructive
speech with great pleasure, and I
move that this audience show its ap
preciation by a rising vote." The au
dience arose .unanimously.
Mr. Gale-way, of the American
Products Export and Import Corpora
tion, with authorized capital of Ten
million dollars, was given an attentive
hearing. '
This Corporation is receiving a
warm welcome throughout the South
from farmers, bankers, business men
and all professions except the specu
lators. Its purpose is to export the
South's cotton to European countries
and finance the deal; providing mar
nets where none now exist for lack of
money: and having no money because
L.he mills cannot get the raw cotton
o manufacture and turn the money.
This organization proposes to furnish
the cotton on . splendid collateral ana
wait for a year or even fifteen months
for the countries importing to man
ufacture the 'cotton and sell the cloth
to their own people This cotton is
hedged about with . financial safe
guards until it is manufactured and
paid for.
It is estimated that that Corpora
tion will pay the farmer-stockholders
8 per cent, from the beginning, and
the farmer who sells his cotton thro
ugh the organization half of the prof
its above 8 per cent. So that as a
farmer you may ship your cotton of
any grade and get better than the
market price in America, and then
one-half of excess profits. Millions of
spindles are idle for lack of arrange
ments by which they can get the cot
ton, and millions are wearing paper
clothes because they can't get the cot
ton. x
In 1912 we exported to Germany
3,393,000 bales; in 1919 we exported
to Germany 55,000 bales.
In 1912 we exported to 9ngland 4,
343,000 bales; in 1919 we exported to
England 2,494,000 bales.
This Export and Import Corpora
tion wiU mean that the South will be
financially independent of Wall Street
and of the Liverpool market.
Ship your cotton with the tag we
furnish you to our warehouses in
Greensboro or Charlotte and we will
issue you its value in stock and guar
antee 8 per cent, dividends, and on
top of that one-half of all profits
above that amount. 1
Mr. Gallaway had many convincing
proofs and endorsements of the Amer
ican Export and Import Corporation,
including that of Secretary McAdoo,
the South's friend. We will have more
in a later edition to say of this plan,
but space forbids mo-e details of sta
tistical naure. . Mr. Galloway's ad
dress was convincing and a feeling ot
optimism pervaded his hearers.
President John B. Davis in an earn
est appeal to the farmers closed the
meeting.
He spoke of his attendance upon the
meeting, in Raleigh of the Cotton and
Tobacco Associations. He said he had
been asked about the number present.
He didn't know; but he did know thai
the Newspapers said 3000 farmers
were in attendance, and if it was a lie
it was a "Newspaper lie." But he did
know that they stuck to the meeting
and signed the pledge to a man. They
came from business and they transact
ed business. They say that the farm
er won't stick. I thank God, that the
farmer is a movable foundation, and
if you don't move from' now to the
day of - Judgment you don't deserve
any better than you have had. "Gen
tlemen, you have worked harder, you
have worked harder, you have worked
more days in the year and got less for
it than any set of men on God's green j
earth. You have not only worked
yourselves, but you have worked your
wives and children. You have made
millions and. yet are as poor as the
devil. You have brains and you should
use them. You have no right to work
your wife in the field in order to make
a living. She ought to be in the home.
How can you look into the face of
the woman yoo led to the altar, the
bride with sparkling eyes and blush
ing cheeks; how can you look into her
face and know these things and not
remedy them? How can you?
"I ask that every man under the
sound of my voice resolve that henct
forth he will be a man, and organize
and work out his own sal vation.
"Gentlemen, you will meet with all
kinds of opposition. They will tell
you it can't be done. It is a hard
fight, but if you stick to this plan it
will work out your salvation."
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
There were only two or three mat
ters of Special interest the general
public in the Superior Court.
One of these was the suit brought
against the Boatd of County Commis
sioners by Mr. J. Davis and others to
break up the Special School district
voted into existence last year and
composed o part of Fork and of Shoc
co townships. This matter was by
consent of Counsel on both sides refer
red to Hon. John H. Kerr as to finding
of Fact.
The matter was heard on Thursday
morning, and after going thoroughly
into the matter, checking the tax list
it was found as a matter of fact that
the petition asking the privilege of vot
ing for and against the district was
not signed by one-fourth of the Free
holders. Of course this nulifies the
district, and no tax can be levied.
The other case was that of State vs.
Henry Falkener.
Court adjourned Thursday after
noon. WISE ITEMS
The body of Vance H. St Sing, who
died in France in-tha . service of his
country has been returned to his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. St. Sing, and
tenderly buried by his any friends and
associates of the Wise community.
Funeral services were held at
Sharon Church on Sunday January
9th, and in spite of the extremely bad
weather, the church was well filled.
Some of the boys who also wore the
khaki "over there" acted as pall bear
ers. An appropriate sermon was
preached by Rev: Mr. Britt, pastor
of the church, of which Vance was an
esteemed member, having been
Secretary of the Young Men's Bible
Class at the time of entering the
Army.
A very successful meeting of the
Betterment Association was held av
the school building at Wise on the af
ternoon of January 5th. . There were
twenty-two present, this fact being
largely due to the efforts of Miss
Harrison and Miss Kimball in adver
tising the meeting.
The program consisted of talks and
readings bearing upon the present
educatoinal status of North Carolina,
and a resolution was passed urging
our representatives to support meas
ures looking toward the improvement
of our entire school system.
Refreshments were served, and a
few minutes of sociability ensured
before adojurnment was in order.
Meeting Wise Betterment
Merry Mount
The Merrv Mount Betterment As
sociation met on Friday Jan. 6th at
the school house. There were twelve
present. The teacher of the school
talked to the children about the care
of the teeth and distributed samples
of tooth paste.
After, school was dismissed the
women present discussed ways and
means of improving their school en
vironment, and a committee was ap
pointed to prepare a program for the
next meeting.
REPORT OF SOLICITOR
Warren County ,
Superior Court, January Term, 19J1
In Re Clerk's Office
To Honorable John H. Kerr, Judge
Presiding.
I have examined the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of this
County and I find it supplied with nec
essary books, papers and -records, and
to be. in good condition.
G. E. MIDYETTE
Ordered recorded:
JOHN H. Kerr, .
Judge Presiding. , 1
NOTE TO jftPHO A1
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IET ; UDPUBUS
POSITION OF WASHINGTON AS
TO KILLING OF AMERICAN
OFFICER PROBLEMATIC
TO REOPEN THORNY QUESTD
Uneasiness is Felt in Many Japanese
Cities Regarding Relations With
the United States.
Tokio---Governanent officials htv
not as yet made public the text o!
the American note protesting against
the shooting of Naval Lieutenant W.
H. Langdon, by a Japanese sentry at
Vladivistok. Publicists, however, ex
press the belief that Washington iha
not only asked reparation, with guar
antees removing a probability of sim
ilar incidents in .future but also hai
again pointed out to Japan th wis
dom of reducing if not withdrawing
altogether, her troops from Siberia.
This would open the old thorny
question which Japan, herself has
been finding difficulty in settling. A
division of opinion exists in govern
ment circles as to the Siberian prot
Hem, it is reported.
i The correspondent of The Associat
ed Press, w,h has just returned to
Tokio from a visit to many of the larg
er cities of the far east, found earna
uneasiness everywhere regarding re
lations between Japan and the United
States. In well informed circles these
misgivings appeared to be based more
upon what was described as "Japan's
resentment to any American policy
calculated to curb Japanese expansion
4n Asia," than upon the California
question. The latter problem, while
touching Japan's national prestige and
the interests of Japanese in America,
is apparently not regarded with the
same seriousness as are some other
problems which materially affect the
interests of Nippon at or nearer home.
r Harding Declines Invitation. "
Washington. President-elect crj
Mrs. Harding have declined an invita
tion to attend a charity ball to bo neU
here March 4 as a substitute for t&e
discarded inaugural ball. The cosa
mittee in ct&rg announced that Mr.
Harding had replied that he could not
with propriety attend a ball of aay
sort at the time, in view of opinions he
had already expressed against hoi dins
an inaugural ball.
! 100 Throvwi Into Bay.
Rio Janeiro. At least three por&ana
were drowned and 17 injured when
approximately 100 patssengers were
thrown into the bay here by the col
lapse of a gangplank being used by
passengers boarding steamship Tras
Os-Montes. It is believed many more
lost their lives.
Special Session April 4.
Washington. President-elect Hard
ing practically has decided to call a
special session of the new congress
on April 4, members of the house and
ways and means committee were in
formed by Chairman Fordney, who
has just returned from a coniorenc
witn Mr. Harding at Marion.
Refused to Review.
Washington. The (supreme court
fused to review a judgment of the su
preme court of California holding ttzt
the United States railroad adminis
tration was not immpne from damage
suits, arising from the operation of
common carrier In that state.
To Meet January 25,
Paris. Premiera Lloyd George asd
Briand will moot for a conference on
German disarmament and other rcu.t
ters now. awaiting settlement on Jan
uary 25, it was announced here. The
date for this conference was at first
Cor January 19.
Tobacco Sales Again Beoun.
Lexington, Ky. Selling of the 1920
crop of burley or cigarette tobacco in
central Kentucky, Indiana and O&io.
was resumed after a deiay of 13 days
due to efforts ot persons interested la
the growing of the crop to force prices
to a higher level.
irwfttinatina Ballon Flifiht.
Pnw:,v sr. Y. The naval board
of inquiry appointed by Secretary of
the Navy LKunais met nere uu
its investigation of the balbxm flict
of Lieutenant Kloox, -arreir x-
ton.
Georgians Pledge Reduction.
Maoon, Ga. Committees of business
men are at work in practically all nl
iw, uat in Georgia, it becams
AX IIU v.kirvvw
known, obtaining signatures to pleCjo
cards to reduce poca crcr em