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WARRENTON, WARREN COUNTYj O, FRIDAY, MARCH 11; 1921
Number 10
A WEEKLY"NEWS APER DEVOTED TO THE-INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
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By W. BRODIE JONES
NEW YORK, March 10 One mil
lion, eight hundred thousand dollars
was spent for the removal) of snow
from the streets of the city during the
Winter. Last year the1 bill was more
than six million. ' Eight hundred thou
sand of this year's amount went to
emergency elP' Paid 'sixty-five cents
an hour. The remainder was paid to
the Water and Fire departments for
assistance and to street cleaners fo
over time.
News representatives .: are ' v disap
pointed at the attitude of Secretary oi
-w-i TT 1. . 1 A 1.J
State Charles j. tiug;nes ana ai tor
Mr- John B. Davis Urges. , Cotton
and Tobacco Farmers to Con
sider Important Question of
How Much Fertilizer.
tEfoset Five
Pi (sew Hr
The South has a great problem to
work out, so great that even in this
advance age, with steam harnessed,
electricity commanded, the air used
as a common carrier, wireless teleg
raphy, the telephone, the automombile
and- numerous other marvels of the
International Cartoon Co n. v.
fier General Daughtery who ordererd twentieth century; still the seeming
that certain inf ormatibn only be given simple question of using fertilize,
out upon their instruction. It was profitable to the Farmer has not yet
thought that the administration wouta been satisfactorily answered. From
he particularly favorable to reporters the manufacturers stand-point, and as
TN-oaiHpnt Hardincr is a newspaper it effects him. it is easy to under-
jta " i
man. His conduct ha3 won the press 1 stand,' because the more he can per-
rpmesentatives in WashiELgtoriy- but suade the farmer to. use the greater
th(v say that the same courtesy his business and hence the greater his
should be extended by cabinet mem- profits.
up-c j Of course, the manufacturer makes
-. I more clear profit on the second 1Q,-
000 tons he sells than he does on the
George Christian, private secretary on ftird thm Qn
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to President tiarmng, was one tune second as it es practically the
candidate upon the Democratic ticket! office f same machinery,
of his county. He was later secretary same salesman etc for a 10,000 ton
to the Democratic State Committee of busi it does for a 30000 ton
Ohio. He has oeen aiuea wiwi business. The greater the volume of
uarauigxui bvisiniss the smaller cost per ton bale crop? j am sure not. It will
being his secretary is a ciose P- hence the gter profit. But when bring three times as much per pound.
al menu. you come to tbe farmer's side you But just to be liberal, we will just as
. m m I have a much harder proposition to I sume that it will bring twice Us much
France rejoices over tne decision zo anaiyze. it would require many sheets per pound. Now we figured the other
use force to bring Germany to pay jjke tnis to discuss the points that at 4 cents per pound for the seed cot
the reparations demanded ny tne ai- bear upon this question, so I wiOonly ton so we figure this at 8 cents
l&es. Many of the young men oi age menton a few of them briefly. per pound for the seed cotton. This
since the Armistice, left for the Ger- . , dea of thoUffht will eive us $32 for this acre of 400
man front this week with pride, eager- the fertiiizer business. Farming I pounds and no fertilizer bill to pa,
ly looking forward to adventure. Par- . flilTt from anv other business Lo fertilizer to haul and handle, and
ents, who had felt the pangs of anx- because, first, you can't farm on pap- no extra 400 pounds cotton to pick and
iety from 1914-18 bid them go with er & lead It is said that handle and we wfll get in cool cash
sorrow. France, according to leading fi ures never lie, but they become ui. the difference between $17 and $32
organs of public opinion leeis tnai thful when it comes to farming, which is $15 in favor of the acre with
Germany can pay tne indemnity auu lWh the cbemist wou'd say, "just no fertilizer.
that a show of force will bring tne i. field nnalvzed and see The fertilizer man is ready to say
Empire to terms. The invasion Tues- what plant food you have there then that this isn't fair and that the farmer
day followed, the unsuccessful confer- .iltaile.uiremen
ence m London between tne Ainea ana 1 1 plant or corn plant and supply the good demand for and that a feweir
German delegations. I nlant food that is deficient." But acres well-fertilized will .yield the
have you thought of it, the cliass of amount more economically. Well, this
inpllip-ont and in r.iio-ht. hp. true in a iieasure, but the
WAS
VERY - FORTOMfST VX"V,X
( VOO trASTESO Of
.VZ. i re- UP it bOrnt I i .
of North
Farmers Warned of Danger of
Large Tobacco Crop This Year
and Are Urged to Cut Crop at
Least in Half .
The Bellamy law reads :
"The General Assembly
Carolina do enact: '
"Section 1. : No license to marry
shall be issued by the register of deeds
of any county to a male applicant
therefor except upon the presentation
b v the said male applicant of a cer- ?
tificate executed within seven days Sounding a solemn warning to to
from the time of the presentation of bacco growers in the bright belt 6f
said certificate to the register of deeds JNOrtn Carolina, bankers, warenouse-
as hereinafter provided showing the men members of tobacco associations
non-existence of any venereal disease, am epresentatives ot many ot tne
the nonexistence of tuberculosis jn the Marest buyin interests of the coun-
infeditious states, and that the ap- have jined in a resolution urging
Dlicant has? "not been adinHo-pH hv n farmers-in the States of Virginia,
court of competent iurisdictlon. an North and South Carolina and Geor-
idiot, imbecilie. or of unsound mind. ia to Plant not more than one-half
No license shall be issued to f anv fe- the crop this year if they do not want
male applicant who shall not! present to face certain disaster through price
a certificate showine the non-existence enngs that will paralyze tneir
of tuberculosis in the infectious stact-. credits and bring great distress into
and that she has not been adjudged comunities. At the Richmond meet-
by a court or competent iurisdiction wnere tne resolutions were aaopv-
to be of unsound mind. ed were F- F- agan and E. L. Suiter,
"Section 2. Such certificate to be ex- of the First National and National
ecuted by any reputable physician li- Bank of Rocky Mount; Jas. L. Littl'e,
censed to practice medicine and sur- G National uanK ot oreenviue;
gery in the state and who shall re- J- - Cobb of the First National Banh
side in the state and who shall reside ?f Durham; W. A. Hunt, Citizens Bank
within the county in which said license and Trust Company, Henderson, and
to marry shall be applied for, by certi- W. E. Allen, of Greensboro, represent
fi'cate of the county health officer of S associated banks in North Car-
such county, whose duty it shall be to olina together witn a large numoer oi
;cr n,rlPr AYnre-ses it. has tfvre.s.ted enough to do thjs is just one average farmer figures inat the more
become the chief indoor sport for ac- out of a hundred; now what about the he makes, the more he will get. When
. i l : 9 I i c a travs rnp reverse wneu iij
assei is 1 " iune-y iuuc ; i u j -
mnlpte without s T Ann't think of the calculations of- comes to cotton -and tobacco and tak
f prel to induce farmers to usd f erti- ing the crop as a whole the smaller tne
lizer, and to use- it abundantly, art crop the more net money the farmer
correct. They claim that all things gets.
hpine- eaual the proper use of ferti- Now manufactured fertilizer is cer
' cr a -
.
K,as!- w verv materially increase
the yield. -
I agree that this far is correct, and
but let's go fur-
as an
tresses. The articles
Jady's wardrobe is complet
dice.
Babe Ruth walloped ten homers over
the fence at Shreveport in practice
this week. The big Yankee center
fielder is out to break his world rec
ord of more than half -hundred circuit
. BALLAD
One night I met a lady,
Veoy, very ;fair.
Tears were in her blue eyes,
Golden was her hair.
"L have lost my way, sir.
Can you lead me home?
I was very foolish
When I came to roam."
f And who may you be, ma'am 1 "
(I was very shy.)
"I am Lady Moon," she saM,
i Wandering from the sky."
I .was yry happy, '
As I led My Lady Moon ' 1
Up the mountain side.
I was very happy,
-. I was very proud,
When I put My Lady Moon ;
On a passing elbud.
JOHN R. C. PEYTON.
examine such applicants A and issue
warehousemen and others keenly in-
a A toon Tt. has been no one dispute w
uwuw, mv".6 . :- , . ;ncfnrl
estimated that the total distance ot ner." ib -
than They claim tnat an acre ui-wnu
will of . itself produce 400 pounds ot
seed cotton, by the use of 400 pounds
r 5i-a?5 will produce 800 pounds of
. . . t A I VA- " " " X -
"The Caterpilir Crawl" is tne lat- geed cotton Now they willl say that
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Rnch cprtifiratps without pharP-P. terestea in tne prosperity oi me
"Section 3: Anv register of deeds bacco growing sections of the State.
who issues a license to marrv with- K developed that there is already a
out the presentation of the certificate surplus of tobacco approaching one
Uin n m-nvirlprf for. nr r.nr.trarv hundred and iifty million pounds, and
tn thP -nvicm nf tho art. ? shall be Khat the goveraments concerned in the
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon world war yet have immense stores of
conviction shall be fined not less than tobacco in a raw and manufactured
$200 or imprisoned 30 days, in the dis- state that is subject to go on ne mar-
Iket at anv time. Under no circunv
ri'M on in i riH I'll ii l. i
"SPTt.ion 4. Provided further that stances do the tobacco interests see
a nhvsician who shall knowincly any hope of an improvement In prices
a ,;imrii movn o,r cQo. unless there is a drastic cut m acreage
mo-nf Z-n Vl r OQl4ififo Vl OrOlTI SlKrkV TYrO- I tnrOUgnJU.U UlC
sAnA ci,oii t,o ,iifv nf a rnlsiHp- I co growing territory. If the crop thi
meanor, and upon conviction,' shall be year approximates the 600,000 000
goA iocc ft nr ininriaoned pounds poduced last year disaster stai
for-notmore than ix-monthsr - es the tobacco growers of this , State in
' eM k k liw nnw"in the" face, and nohmg can save them
relating to the issuance of licenses to from a market so low as to spell
rlarry shdll be repealed or abridged aster and very seriously imperil their
by this act, except as may be in con- "r"1"" J 1
flfct herewith. ' , The banks of North Carolma, V.r-
: "Section 6. All laws and clauses of Bmia and South Carolma have been
laws in conflict with this act are here: thoroughly advised of the danger of
hv renealed extending literal credits on the crop
"Section'?. This act shall be in of 1921. They are closely co-operat-
force from and after its ratification. ng w.m xne lou "r"""-"": -'
In the general assembly read three the tarmer s organ
his home runs last year was more
four miles.
est dance novelty promised the pub
lie. The dance will be introduced
the 400 pounds of . cotton produced
tho ii aft of fertilizer, at 4
American Legion posts in the city
are loud in denouncing Mayor Hylan
for allowing the Horrors on the Rhine
Committee to bold their meeting in
Madison Square Garden last week.
They point out that we are technical
ly in a state of war with Germany and
that such a meeting breathed disloyal
ty and contempt... Wilson was repeat
edly hissed and Brainbridge Colby, ex
Secretary of State, was called a liar.
No statement has come from Mayor
Hylan nor from Gov. MiUert.whowat..
petitioned to impeach him. ' .
during the week of March' 20th when pound wouid bring $16. That
the Winter Garden ceieprates its g00 poun(js at 4 cents per pound
tenth' anniverstary- will be $32: deduct $10. for the fer
tilizer and you will have $22 against
Eene Viviani. former Premier of $16 for he acre without fertilizer
France and called the leading orator leaving a net balfance in favor of the
of the world leaves Paris on the 19th acrQ with fertilizer of $6.
of March for WAshington. He " is a dont n&ure the hauling, hand-
special envoy from the French Gov- linr SOwing the fertilizer, nor do
ernment to the Harding admimstr a- they figure picking the 4UU pounas
tion. He comes to make stronger the f extra cotton and handling that, nor
ties which bind France to America, difference rn the price oi a xg
and to protest asrainst a separate L-.nn Qf cotton. and a small crop.
lid fi'criire it this way. Ad-
mitting that the 400 pounds of fer
tilizer woulL double the , yield or pro
duce 400 pounds more of seed. cotton,
I don't admit that when you double the
rrvrn it will sell for the same price
nnf hv anv means. If the 800 pounds
of seed cotton per acre with the 40o
pounds of fertilizer represents about
th normal cron of about 12,000,000
bales, the 4 cents per pound is about
a fair price for it and the $32 is just
it briner. Now for
thP 400 pounds 8-3-3 fertilizer at $10
nbv: handling at $1, and picking
and handling the extra 400 pounds
prtftnn. $4-this gives us $15 expense
on -court of the fertilizer, this from
$3:2 leaves us $17
Now what about no fertilizer and
400 pounds seed cotton to the acre:
T .tc pft how we star' on this well,
liTlate on the same basis. If the
800 pounds per acre gave us a 12,000,-
i nf course 400
l-,inrl ner acre will give us a 6fi00
, i j,,
nnn hlo crop. JNow aoes auywuj
think that a 6,000,000 . bale crop will
tairity one thing that increases tho
crops of cotton, and tobacco tin tht
South and with the increase it brings
all of the woes that come to he aver
age farmer wih the so-called over pro
duction. Now I firmly belive that if
the South had not used a single bag of
fertilizer last year that the yield of
the crop would have been so material-
v cut that we would have had gooo
nrires for both cotton and tobacco.
The farmers would have been able to
have paid their debts and had money
to spend. The factories would never
have stopped humming and all woura
have been well. .
To sum it all up I believe the best j
"Heavens, No!" '
This littlie maid with eyes immense
Personified sweet innocence,
A haughty little way had she
That registered tranquility.
But tell me, did this missy know
That as she sat she made a show
Of hosiery that would make glad
The painter of a, stocking "ad"?,. j think that a CM 0 000
: Walter H. Haydock. ' sell for the same price as a 12,000,000
A Correction
In publishing last week's High
School Honor Roll we published the 1 and ratified this the 5th day of campaigning for a fifty per cent cut
name Kaymona moann wnen suUU. farch, 1921.
have oeen -rcaynjoriu uuwen.
Marlicnn Williams was thru er-
ror omitted. We take pleasure c m imi fcn f AWC I atT&T
making this correction.
In acreage, for they realize that ruin-
pus prices that are liable to prevail
this fall if a normal crop is proaucea
will seriously impair the general pros
perity of the towns aid country trom
which these banks draw their strength.
tThere is but one safe step to be
Rov T T IprOmP to Teach I rrri ij; nf 4-Un "!.T ann-n flnmmunitv
- A me iduics wj. wii- I a- , . n. l.
of the Sunday scnooi isoara ox uie Afwv - - one-half the acrea-e
North Carolina Conference will preach er" meeting held oninursaay fc nfin year. The yield for
in Weslev Memorial church; on Sun- noon, March the rd mthe High that went in last year. y
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School Auditorium at o ciuc
day 21st March.
.The week following he will conduct
classes in Teacher Training.
Supts. ad Teachers are cordially in
vited to attend, and othe members ot
our churches who desire to be pres
thin for farmers to do about guano, ent will be warmly welcomed.
now that the prices are high tor guano
and low for the crops it produces, is to
try to save all of the home made ma
nure he possibly can, huy some acia
and kanit to mix with it and exchange
some of his cotton-seed for cotton:
seed meal. By this means he can get
together enough plantf ood for a small
market. crop, cotton or tooacco or
snme of both, and then for all ot tne
oats, corn peas, pigs, milk and butter,
and a good garden and the smallest
possible guano bill, avoiding any ac-
count ior supplies "a
operative Selling Contract, think for
yourselves, and fall in with Mr. Poe's
slogan,
"We have got to do it ourselves.
J. B. DAVIS,' President,
Tobacco Growers Association
Warren County, N. C.
We are informed that the concert
that is being given this year by the
Singing Class of the Oxford Orphan
n erf is. in some respects, different
from any that has ever before been ,
offered to the public. The program
this year includes several patriotic
numbers that are calculated to inspire
and ennoble to create a deeper and
more abiding love of country and its
institutions. Do not fail to hear this
concert; tell youre friends aboute it;
come and help to give these children
a. rousing. reception.- -
There is no charge for this service,
as all expenses are paid by the Sun
day School Board.
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The program consisted of ai address
by the Hon. B. B. Williams of War
renton, which was "most instructive,
constructive and alogether delightful.
Mr. Williams stressed the need for an
ideal as well as the strictly practical
in matters pertaining to government
and civic life. Addoessing himself earn
estly to the boys and girls of the
school who were present, he spoke of
Jthe prevailing condition of lawlessness
and crime existing all over the country
as an aftermath of war, and urged
that they se before them now early in
their lives the ideal of good Christian
citizenship.
Miss Lowe, our Public Health nurse
was also present and asked for the co
operation of the Women's, Clubs in her
work. She then intrduced.Miss Myers,
representiong the Statep Board of
Health and the Red Cross who hap
npned to be in the county at this ime
looking after matters pertaining to
w work. Miss Myers made a splen
did talk explaining what the State and
the Red Cross is trying to ao aion
lines of Public Healh.
Mi Sadve Perkinson gave a read
ing from "Les Miserables," and the
Tvmciral part of the program was ren
u,r fi,o TTio-h school, Chorus,
ueieu -jr vv- cr
Tvnao T. ne v Perkinson and others.
Refreshments of chicken sandwiches,
vv1pr and hot chocolate with whipped
were served by the refreshment
committee, Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Cole,
assisted by High School girls.
The remainder of the afternoon was
spent in exchanging ideas and getting
acquainted. All . of ' these present
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the State may not be more than one-
half of 1920, but the monetary returns
will be approximately as large as ior
last year's bumper crop. In no other
way can it be done.
One thing we must . remember m
this district: If we grow no tobacco
at all, the world will continue to chew
and smoke. There is ample surplus
chokine the warehouses of the coun
try, at home and abroad, to supply the
world demand until the lvzz crop is
marketed. If we persist in disobeying
all the laws of supply and demand, and
if we refuse to pay heed to the advice
of the best minds of the country who
are seriously concerned over anything
that threatens the prosperity of every
large area, we must pay for such fel
ly-
And payment means depreciated
credits, depreciated values in farm
lands and untottl personal hardships.
Let's cut cut to the bone.
Be sure to 'hear the patriotic pro
gram of the Orphan's Class from Ox
ford Orphanage. It is inspiring.
" A WOMAN-LESS WEDDING
This hilarious Farce will be pre
sented by local talent at the Opsr
House on Tuesday night, March w
under the auspices of the Order cf
the Eastern Star, Warren Chapter.
Hold yourslf ine readiness for nu:h
merriment, for this presentation by
local talent will be rich indeed.
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Every citizen of this town should t
sure o hear the concert of the Oxfc::
Orphanage Singing Class. It will
make you love your country better.