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VOLUME XXVI.
A WEEKLY NEWS APER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTSIO'F WARRENTON ND rwARfcfcNOTUNTY
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NEW YORK, April 5 "America
may change its Presidents but never
its principles" said the Times Mon
day. The editorial vigorously com
mended the Administration for its
h'rm note to Germany demanding
oayn:ent of the reparation demands.
merica will not desert the allies
nor &?nounce the common ideals
which brought the armistice.
The -n 400 foot jump in establish- ldent of this county who has won
inc a world's record for parachuting honors in another State:
duHn- the latter part of March was There is a town in North Carolina
madefrom a plane piloted by Lieut. Warrenton by name which owns and
VVeddMi-ton. the same flyer who j operates practically all its public util
rhvilled Vavren people on the Wei- ! ities waterworks, electric ight plan;,
' Hftrnji Dnv. October 1. 1910. I steam railroad and an "opera
The record was made at the Rantoul, !
'Illinois, flying field.
More diamonds are being bought j
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'Ih,the history of the country reports j
Massachusetts and Rhode Island omy Iour m"es ionZ ns irom wai
lewlerers. The sale of silverware is renton to a . connection with a trunk
only a third of what it was fifteen l road and is the only railway into
ears ago tne cty- The presumption is the
J ' ' trunk road which left Warrenton off
New York proposes a $50,000 re
ward for any information in Regard
to the Wall Street' explosion of last
September. A special commission of
investigation is recommended and
added efforts urged to solve the mys
tery. The Dutch Government has grant
ed the request of the former German
Grown Prince that he be exempt
from taxation. '
Five hundred car loads of anti
tobacco literature have been shipped
to different parts of the country for
the campaign against the use of the
weed. The organization behind the
move urges that each State pass
laws making it illegal to raise, im
port, or use tobacco in any torm.
Japan has invited Major General
Leonard Wood to come there after
his tour of inspection of the?-Phillip-pines
for the Harding Administra
tion. General Wood has been au
thorized to accept the invitation.
A bullet was removed from the
brain of a convict at Sing Sing last
week. The operation cured spells of
insanity from which the prisoner had
suffered.
The American Legion of Illinois
has potested against the release of
Eugene V." Debs and other prisoners
confined for pro-Geman activity dur
ing the war.
Al. G. Fields, pioneer American
minstrel, died at his home in Colum
bus Sunday. He had been contin
uously o n the road with his shows
sinie 1884. He was at one time
a banker and business man of Pitts
borgh. The Yanks and Giants are moving
homeward from Southern training
quarters. Baseball season opens
next week.
BEWARE OF FEVER BLISTER
PARIS, April 3. Beware of that
fever blister.
This is the slogan of Paws doctors
following the discovery by Professor
Roux, of the Pasteur Institute, that
the virus contained in a fever blister
is blood-brother to the microbe of
encephalitis lethargica or sleeping
sickness.
Virus taken from a human fever
blister was injected in the veins of a
rabbit, who promptly died from en-cephalitis.-Richmond
Times .Dispatch
Mr. M. T. Duke Has Old Coffe Mill
Mr. M. T. Duke was in town Mon
day and related the following: "1
have a coffee mill ia my family and
USl-ng it now for grinding spices that
was bought in 1862; I was notified by
n-y wife a few days ago that I must,
ft't't a new sowing machine as the one
we have been using since inNl72 had
just given out. I have oats that
headed out in March of this year
something I never saw as early as
this." The moral of the coffee mill
and Sewing Machine was that 'Tak
ing care of things' was what counted'
even to the Pennies. For if you
take caae of the Pennies the Dollars
will take care of themselves.
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Hon. J. M. Coleman was in town
Monday.
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Texas Newspaper Cites War
renton As Town That Owns
Itself and Asks What Keeps
Town From Growing
The following article from the San
Antonia (Texas) Express was sent us
by Judge Dan T. Price, a former res-
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hotel to cost $140,000, also to be own
ed and operated by the municipality.
This latest enterprise, like he others,
is to be paid for by a bond issue. The
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munieiapally-owned railroad, which is
its line also refused o connect with it
by running out a spur or branch. As
no one else seemed disposed to do so,
the municipality took the bull by the
horns and built and equipped the
short line vith "its own" money. Thai
proved sufficient to keepf the town on
the map to prevent its "removal" to
the railway station at the nearest
point.
It appears, too, that private enter
prise was laggard in the matter of
supplying oher needs, including an
"opera house," and the town went
down into its own pockets for the
means to provide them. One might
suppose from all this that Warrenton
is a city of considerable population
and wealth, with a considerable pop
ulation and wealth, with a remarkably
enterprising and public-spirited citi
zenship. Yet, although it is one of
the oldest towns in the State, and has
the distincion of being the marriage
place of Horace Greeley, it has a pop
ulation' of less . than" lOOfl T Here :Vis
a subject for contemplation. Such a
bustling, enterprising community
should have burst its narrow bounds
by all the "laws" of cause and ef
fect even though the surroundings
were not so productive of trade and
commerce as to stimulate great ex
pansion. Municipal ownership has been a
result of just such circumstances, ,
rather than of design. A member of
the Warrenton board of aldermen said
in a recent interview; "We have
made a profit on all our municipally
owned enterprises, except our opera
house, and we hafe not lost much on
that." But where is the growth of
industrial activities and the growth"
of population? One of the oldest
towris in the State; apparently one
of the most "enterprising" and the
county seat-nd yet no larger, per
haps, than it was when Horace Gree
ley was married there in 1836! What
has been the condition which has kept
Warrenton practically at a stand-still
while less self-assertive and self -promoting
communities have gone far
ahead of it in population and in
wgalth-producing ai'tivities?
The matter of "public" ownership
and operation of public otilties is
much debated, and concerning it there
is; much diversity of opinion among
"municipal experts." Some commun
ities have tried and abandonecf ven
tures in that line as unsatisfactory,
fnancially and in service. Some have
peen forced by necessity to do as
Warrenton has done, or go without
the conveniences. Nearly every city
of consequence in the Union has a
municipal building,' either builded or
projected, which on occasion might
serve the purpose of an "opera house"
the name given to the structure
varying in different places. These
are quite as essential to the well
rounded city as the public parks and
playgrounds; but the idea of a municipally-owned
hotel is something out
of the usual. .
But why hasn't Warrenton' econo
mic and popular growth kept pace
with her civic enterprise,? If munic
ipal ownership has proved so "prot
able" there, why such a poverty of the
results that might make its virtue
plain to everyone ?
Miss Mary Chauncey spent the week
end with Mrs. Elliott in Elizabeth
City.
Mr. J. W.; Clements, of Shoccqwas
in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles Jones
Dies in Richmond
Mrs. Charles J. Jones, nee Miss
Mary Alice Tannahill, passed from
earth to the Spirit World on Sunday
morning, April 3rd, 1&21, in the city
of Richmond at the ripe age of 87
years, having reachedUthis advanced
age the day before her death.
Mrs. Jones, a sister of Miss Liza
Tannahill of this town, was a lady -of
r efinement and of culture. In early
life she married Mr. Charles J. Jones,
a son of William Green Jones, and
"was the mother of the following, chil
dren: Edward, Mary, Lila Alice, and
Susie", who died young. Of these
children Miss Lila, who married Hon.
Tasker Polk, is the only survivor.
Mrs. Jones spent her widowhood in
Warrenton , and raised her family
amidst ideal home sorroundings.
Through her husband she was related
to the Old Families of , the County.
The infirmaties of old age caused
her to be under the care of Physicians
in Richmond for the past several
months where she was surrounded
with every care anf given every at
tention. ' .
The body was brought to Warren
ton Monday. The funeral services
were . held from the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Tasker, Polk, and the
interment was made in Fairview Cem
etery Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Jones was a member of the
Presbyterian church and the services
were conducted by Reverend Mr. Mil
lard of that church, assisted by Rev
erend E. W. Baxter, Rector of the
Episcopal church of this town.
The numerous and beautiful ' floral
tributes attested the love and esteem
in which Mrs. Jones was held by those
who knew her.
LITTLETON, ROUTE 5 ITEMS
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We are delighted to have such nice
warm weather again. Hope the cold
spell didn't kill the fruit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Shearin and
children visited Mrs. Kate Madden
Sunday morning. .
Mr. Earl Shearin called on Mr.
Jack' Shearin Sunday.
Misses lady Mae Shearin and Eth
lyn Hardie called on the Misses Pit
tards last wreek,
Mr. and Mrs. John Shearin and son
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Harper, of Nashville, N. C, visited
relatives and friends on Route 5 Sat
urday. ,
Mrs. J. S. Shearin and Mrs. Wallie
Hardie were in Littleton shopping
Saturday.
Messrs. Ray and Earle Shearin and
Normon and Bernard Pittard attend
ed the base ball game at Vaughan
Saturday afternoon and report a jol
ly time.
Mr. J. S. Sheaf in made a business
trip to Warrenton Monday. .
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pekinson and
Mrs. Claude Perkinson visited in
Vaughan Sunday.
Misses Lady Mae Shearin and Eth
lyn Hardie and Mr. Harold Skillman
visited in Warrenton Sunday after
noon and repo'rt a fine time.
.Sunday School was reorganized at
Johnston School house and will begin
Sunday at 3 :30.
Misses Lady Mae Shearin and Ma
mie Pittard and Martha Newman
spentst Thursday afternoon in
Vaughans. ,
Mr. Bryant Reid called on Miss
Lady Mae Shearin Sunday night.
Mr. Manning, of Vaughan, visited
in this neighborhood Sunday. We
wonder whom he called on?
We hope these items will escape the
waste baskets, and if so, we will
come again.
"CRACKER-JACK."
THINKING ESSENTIAL TO
SUCCESS
If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you
don't.
If you'd like to win, but you think
you can't
It's almost a cinch you won't. s
If you think you'll lose, you've lost,
For out of the world we find
Suscess begins with a fellow's will,
It's all in the state of ind.
If you think you're outclassed, you
,are; ",
We've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure, of yourself be
fore You can ever win a prize.
Life's battle don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins.
Is the man who thinks he can.
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JONES-GARDNER
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Boston, .Texas, announces the mar
k'iage of her daughter Valeria Virgin
ia to Mr. James Herbert Gardner,
Tuesday March 29, 1921, Texarkana,
Texas.
This will be of interest to many as
the; young couple have a host of
friends and relatives throughout the
county and State. The Bride, while
reared in Texas, is practically a Tar
Heel, having visited here and being a
J grand-daughter of Dr. R. E. Williams
of Fork community and a great grand
daughter' of Mr. "Billy" Kearney, of
near Shocco Springs whose home was
noted for his eleven pretty daughters
and his unbounded hospitality. Her
father, James Wesley Jones, was
reared in Franklin county and was
nephew of Dr. Turner Jones who was
at one time president of Warrenton
Female College.
The groom is the youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Gardner, of
the Churchill community near Macon
and is a yodtig man of sterling worth.
After April 6 they are with their
parents Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gardner
where they are at home to their mam
friends
SAYS ""EAT ONIONS" IS
SOUND MEDICAL ADVICE
WASHINGTON, April 3. " Eat
onions' is a sound medical advice.'
This strong assertion is made in a
statement issued by the Department
of Agriculture.
The department insists that it is
"sound advice follow it and you can
be found in the dark."
Onions are cheap, says the depart
ment, costing only 2 cents a pound
including the aroma. In other words,
the aroma ' is nothing extra. And in
the producing districts they cost only
one-four't,h of that amount, but don't
breathe it to a. soul.
Onion holdings on March 25, it is
stated, totaled 2,500 cars. The total
number of individual onions is not es
timated. A vast number, but .not
enough to take your breath away.
Government departments are show
ing commendable co-operation under
the new administration. The wagde
partment has advertised 1,500,000
surlj.sr gas -masks. f or, sale . . ol
A WARNING ADVERTISEMENT
There couldbe no better warning
of the danger of drinking so-called
whiskey than that conveyed in the
exhibit ! of the steel barrel, tin cap
and iron worm exhibited on the Court
Square this week. A steel barrel was
the boiler; a tin cooler was the cap
and an iron pipe was the worm. It
follows of course that a chemical
mixture in this outfit was brewing
poison.
This outfit was captured by Offic
ers Green and Carter.
Don Reavis Breaks Arm
Don Reavis, the four years-old
ichild of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Reavis
had the misfortune to break his arm
near the shoulder when he rolled off
the steps of his home. A .beautiful
X Ray has been taken by the Hospit
al ' in Henderson, showing the exact
condition of the bones, and we trust
the young man will soo have the
normal use of his--arm. ,
Miss Lqla Allen and Miss Mildred
Allen left for Raleigh Wednesday to
attend the Gluck-Zimbilist concert.
TOM THUMB WEDDING TONIGHT
Miss Norma Dulaney, from Kan
sas City, Mo., arrived in town Wed
nesday and has perfected all the de
tails of the Tom' Thumb wedding
which is top be shown in the High
School auditorium "tonight at 8:30.
This entertained promises to be
very entertaining and especially so
when one sees the east of characters,
as follows:
Bride and Groom Willie B. Lan
caster, George Burwell.
Maid of Honor and Best- Man
Ah is Kidd and Billy Martin.
Old maids, bachoprs, cousins and
invited guests will be in attendance.
The proceeds are for. benefit of the
school. The admission is 20c. and
40. The time is 8:30. " .
EXPRESSION OF THANKS
For the sympathy and kind deeds
shown to our beloved father and us
during his recent illness and death,
we heartily extend to our good neigh
bors and friends everywhere our sin
cere appreciation, and most especial
ly to Messrs. D. L. Robertson and W.
T. Powell, whose untiring efforts of
service and lovwill never be forgot
ten.
Mrs. John Powell and Children
Time to Organize
Is Getting Short
: The following letter explains itself.
Chairmen in different counties will
be appointed. Mr. Vanstqry has been
asked to state the route of highway
as regards Warren county:
Greensboro, Mch. 24, 1921
Mr. Peck -
Warrenton, N. C.
Dear Mr. Peck:
Time is getting short to organize
each county in North Carolina for
our big Good Roads Convention to be
held in Greensboro, N. C, April 18
23, and we must have your county
to show up as the banner county in
the 'state, if not for all tire states.
We should get at least a thousand
members in your county, at $1.00 per
memben The basis of representa
tion is one delegate for each ten-paid
members.
At a meeting of the officers of the
Bankhead National Highway Asso
ciation for North Carolina, I was del
egated to appoint a Membershfp
Committee in each county in North
Carolina through which the Highway
traverses, and they are to organize
the campaign for membership, by ap
pointing three or more good men in
each township in their respective
counties. We have appointed the
Membership Committee for your
county as follows:
Mr. T? D. Peck, Chm.; Mr. Palmer,
Hon. Tasker Polk.
You are requested to call a meet
ing of your committee and proceea
to organize at once. As Chairman
of the State Membership Committee,
I will furnish you all the blanks,
membership cards, and any assist
ance possible. Any information thai
you desire further address me and I
shall take pleasure in furnishing the
same. A copy of this letter is mail
ed to each one of your committee. '
Please forward the names and ad
dresses of the members together with
their membership fee to me. Make
your check payable to the Bankheaa
National Highway Association, Inc.
Yours very truly,
iu 0--M.-VANSTORYv--'.
Director for N. C.,Chm. Member
" ship Com., Bankhead National
Highway Association.
And That Reminds Us
Dr. Corwin: "What passage of
Scripture-forbids a vman's having
more than one ah wife?"
Chorus: "No man can serve two
masters." Clipping
Laugh
Build yourself a strong box,
Fashion each part with care.
When it's strong as your heart can
make it,
Put all 'your troubles in there;
Hide in it all thoughts and failures,
And pach filter cup that you quaff,
Lock all your heartaches within it
Then sit on the lid and laugh.
Tell no one else its contents,
Never its secrets share;
Drop In your cares and all worry,
Keep them forever there;
Hide them from sight so completely
That the world will never dream half;
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Then sit on the lid and laugh.
Anonymous.
JOHN POWELL DIES
The County loses aNvalued cicizen
in the passing fom earthof Mr. John
Powell of Marmaduke. He was gen
erally known as ' "Marmaduke John,
to distiguish him from the other John
Powells of the County.
He was at the time of his death a
member of the Board of County Com
missioners and while in health gave
his strict attention to" the duties of
that position. It was generally con
ceded that 'John Powell' made a good
Commissioner, economical with the
County's funds., and yet broad enough
to spend where spending woula bene
fit the County. . "
He was a great, sufferer just before
his death from an incurable malady,
and doubtless death came as a relief
to him.
He was about sixty years -of age.
He married Miss Davis, ' sister o
Messrs. John S. and R. B. Davis.
The funeral services were held
f rom the grave at the ' old Egerton
place on last Satuday, and many
friends and County officials gathered
to pay a last tribute of respect.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rodwell after
spending the winter at .their town
residence here have returned to their
country home at Oakville.
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Warren. County School Folk
Are Looking Forward to A
Great Day Here Next Friday,
The 15th Day of April
The County Commencement of the
Warren County schools will take,
place on Friday, April 15th. Pupils,
parents and friends are invited to be
present. The commencement consists
of the following features:
The presentation of diplomas of ad
mission to High School, to those who
passed the seventh-grade examin
tions throughout the county.
. The exhibits from the Various
schools, of work from he year.
Trie primary grades' entertainment
at the Academy Auditorium
Parade of pupils
Recitation-declamation contest
Athletic events, at the Academy
grounds. '
The parade will begin promptly at
ten-thirty o'clock, and will be from
places assigned near the courthouse
to the Academy and back. Approxi
mately one hundred and twenty-five
boys and girls will be present to re
ceive their seventh-grade certificates.
Almost every school in the county will
have a part in the exhibit, which will
be. under the direction of the commit
tee composed of Miss Lucie Webb,
Chairman, Mrs. Beaufort D. Scull,
Miss Mariam Boyd, Miss Maud Tickle
and. Miss Jimmie Clark. All exhibits
must be in place before 9:30 a. m. on
Frday.
The committee on Athletics is com
posed of Mr. Grover B. Harris, Chair
man, Mr. G, 0. Mudge and Mr. H. A.
Nanney. The athletic events will
take place at 2 ;30 p. m. The program
of events has been printed.
Parents are invited to attend either
the declamation-recitation contest at
the courthouse, at eleven o'clock,, or
the primary program at the Academy
auditorium at the same hour. The
committee on primary program is
composed of Miss Mary Chauncey,
chairman, Mrs. H. V. Scarbourough,
Miss Eva C. Davis, Miss Pela Kim
ball and Miss Carrj B. Dunn.
Closelv connected ,v-ta the declama-tion-recitation
cr est, and following
immediately after"it at the courthouse
comes the presentation of seventh
grade diplomas.
No one-who is in town on the com
mencement day should fail to see the
school exhibits. Both the parents,
the pupils and tlje schools lose when
the work the schools are doing is not
known.
Other committees are as follows:
' Program for gr ammar grade ex
ercises: Mr. H. A. Nanney. Mis Etta
Fleming, Miss Claudia Thomas.
Paade: Mr. L. H. Jobe, Mr. H. V.
Scarborough, Rev. H. Scholz, Miss
Emily Milam
Recitation-Declamation Contest: Mr.
G. O. Mudge, Miss Jennie C Alston,
Miss Myrtle Caviness.
J. EDWARD ALLEN, Co. Sup't.
to all Ex-service men
The United Stakes Public Health
Service is anxious to render dental
treatment at Government expense to
every ex-service person, and the De
partment has instructed me to use
every legitimate effort in bringing
this fact to the attention of all 'ex
service persons. I have been advis
ed to secure the co-operation of the
American Legion and Red Cross in
disseminating .this information and
have been further instructed to se
cure the co-operation of the County
News Papers.
Therefore all ex-service persons
who would like to take advantage of
dental treatment at Government ex
pense will write to the following ad
dress : - ,
Supervisor of 5th District, United
States Public Health Service, 82 '
Edgewood Ave., Atlanta, Ga. .Atten
tion Dental Section.
And request a copy of form 526.
Or else such persons may apply to me
for necessary instructions.
Respectfully,
H. N. WALTERS, D. D. S.
Dental Examiner for United States
s Public ,Health Serice.
Miss Agnes "Henderson has return
ed home after an absence- several
months in school.
Mr. Lee Williams, of Inez, was in
town Saturday. He says this is his
iL'st visit here in three months.
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