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Number 30
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BOYS CLIMB TO THE
TOP OF PIKE'S PEAR
F01TR IN A FORD" STILL
KNJOYIJNli- SIlxttT-SKEIINU
Young Journalists Marvel At
Wonders of Yellowstone Park.
W, Brodie Jones Describes Old
Faithful Geyser.
By W. BRODIE JONES
Days have been packed with events
since leaving St. John, Kan. The
Great West has unfolded its wonders
s5 we have traveled. The Pike's Peak
-limb, the massive wonder the' Roy
ul Cur-v, the destruction at Pueblo,
the waste of the Desert, the beauty
of Salt Lake City, the value of irriga
Hon, and the gushes of tha geysers
hi this greatest of all parks are
locked into memory.
After a three days tours of Estes
ami Allen Parks in Northern. Colo
rado springs. Tired from a long jog
and in need cf sleep we took the "n
i ti urban to Manitou-- the base of the
j;eak in the United States. A nine
mile walk failed to daunt us despite
the information that it was a stiff
pull.
With two sandwiches each we took
the cog railway bed as walking sur
face and turned into the mountains.
For thiee miles we headed ' along
Mt.aaiiy, resuug every xweniy or
thirty minutes. Two miles of less
than 15 per cent climb rested .us and
cheered us with the idea of progress.
Near 1 o'clock we struck the four
mile stretch of 25 per cent grade. :.
Rest periods were frequent and we
had to drive ourselves continuously.
Near 2 o'clock the timber line faded
slowly back and the chill of snow
crept into our marrow. The air fill
ed our lungs but seemed too light.
We would travel two hundred yards
and drop to the roadbed whose rails
umbed our bodies. Each turn awak
ened the hope that the peak was
around the corner. Time after time
we were disappointed. We kept on
because we could do nothing else.
The glow of another day made u;j
turn frequently at rest periods to ad
mire the silhouted mountain peaks.
Soon the faint crimson of the East
grew into scintillating brillance. Into
the bowl of night light rays floated
and half of the horizon reflected the
rainbow hues of a tomorrow's prom
ise. At a later resting period moun
tain slopes grew clear, later lakes
took form in the pocket of the hills,
and still later the spft haze melted,
from the valleys. The eyes were lost
in distance as we reached the top.
Near us mountain after mountain
fell away into ' valleys. Toward the
cities silver roads wended their wa
and factory smoke told of another-da
period in the hives of industry .
Farther away was the peace of soli
tude and more mountains until sky
and landscape blended into distance.
We were exhausted at 6 o'clock bm
exhiliarated "by this view and cheered
by the fact that 14,109 feet placed us
on top of America for a sunrise
breakfast. Many tourists had come
up by train or trail but we were four
cf the few footpads. The day started
cheery with snowball tossing among
the more friendly, and the admonit
ion to look this way as the cameras
clicked.
The foot trip one way was enough.
That afternoon the cog railway car
ried us lo Manitou, and we Vsoon
had the car. We drove through the
Garden of the Gods with its red sand
stone formations and balanced rocks
j'ist as the sun gave a new tinge of
gold to nature monuments amid trees
and grass.
The sandy Fountain River bed rest
ed four weary travellers that night,
anl Sunday morning we drove
through the semi desert to Pueblo.
Midges and washouts repared us for
tne destruction which visited that city J
June 4 and 5.
The business section of the town
laT stripped on this Sunday more
than a month after the flood.
The
lower stories which had held merchan
dise now had mud. The streets were
Uttered with, debris and here and
toere buildings had caved. The water
'narks were over two thirds of ; the
business section of this 40,000 . town.
Millions of dollars any many lives had
?me before the rushing Arkansas and
Fountain Rivers. ...
A letter from the school to the edi
tor of the Pueblo Chieftain introduc
ed us to an afiable gentlemen. Mr.
Wilder packed in with us and carried
Cs into the distroyed foreign residen
section. He told us that four or
fiv hundred of these persons - were
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unaccounted for and that the loss of
life would never be known. He prais
ed the work of the Red Cross and
said that there had been no suffering
among the rescued. He said that
Government engineers were studying
conditions and working to prevent the
recurrence of the disaster.
Sunday afternoon we drove to the
Royal Gorge and along the Arkansas
river to Salida, Col. the home of hair
nets, incidentally. Nothing we had
seen so impressed us as the Gorge.
From the edge we looked down 2000
feet of sheer stone. Across, perhaps
a mile, seemingly only a stone throw,
a companion wall 3000 feet formed
the canyon. A murmur of the dash
ing Arkansas River only reached us
as it crashed seaward Along the
banks the railway told an engineering
feat, "touching with the human a pic
ture of the divine. Eagles circled on
the far side.'v One could only gaze,
wonder and rummage into memory
for some words to express emotion r
and not find them marvelous, stu
pendous, gigantic do not tell the story.
The next day we crossed the Con
tinental Divide in Colorado. As far
as the eye could distinguish there
were nothing bt mountains with
some snow tipped to denote' their em
inence. It seemed, and the Rockies all
do, that in the cauldron of creation
and violent formations in which shape
it cooled. One does not see the long,
gentle, graceful swells which marks
the Eastern mountain slopes but
rather through, rugged, sturdy forma-;
tions.
After the divide the streams flow
ed westward and We Jbreezed along
them over the good mountain roads
into the Western Colorado and South
Eastern Uts.h desert For miles sage
brush, cactus, prairie dogs and dust
made a combinatibn unpleasant and
hot. We decided to drive at night to
escape the heat and found "the roads
awful the worst we had seen sine
leaving Tennessee.
All through this country water was
a premium. We were running with it
low in the car once or twice but were
not inconvenienced. Soon the next
morning we left the desert to strike
a sixty mile stretch of hard surfaced
road through the beautiful Salt Lake
valley.
Growing crps of wheat, grain, and
fruit rested the eyes after the barren
stretch of arid land. Irrigation had
changed waste into wonder land and
almost in a garden farm we slipped
through the mountain valley to the
home of the Mormons.
The party enjoyed the drive frem
Salt Lake Valley region gave every
evidence of prosperity. The field?
were verdant with the coming harvest,
golden with the fruits of last Eall's
planting, and spotted with orchards
nearer the farm homes. Irrigation
converted the desert into an oasis, and
everywhere the life-giving water
flowed in main ditches from the
pped mountains in the 'distance xo
ca
the farms and tnen m sma
nels over the fields.
Water coursing through ipany gut
ters and drinking fountains were ev
ery where. The city was wonderful
ly clean. In Denver we had found one
third of the population living in that
city, and in Salt Lake we
fourth of Utah's half milli6. It told
the story of untenable land and moun
tain wastes..
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PROTECT YOURSELF
AND THE CHILDREN
TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF FREE PPQRTIJNITIf
State Board An :Urgts:.Thit
All People Avail Themselves
of The Free Treatment To Be
Given in This, County.
Would it not appeal to the mothers
and fathers of Warren county if their
children between six months .and six
years of age could come to them and
say:
"Papa, we want you andT mamma to
save us from as much sickness as you
can because ;we tire young and don't
know how to prevent- diseases. ., We
want you and mama to keep yourself
well, too, for without you how -could
we get along ? We would . have no
clothes, or shoes, toys, or candy. We
would be little orphans.
"Protect our lives from diptheria,
protect yours from typhoid fever.''
The free dispensaries . which will,
begin in Warren county on August, !,
to continue for four weeks, are made
possible b. an arrangement between
the county commissioners and ..the
State Board of Health. As the pro
teetion against tnese. diseases , are
made available to every person in the
county, the. responsibility of sickness
or, death from them is put up to the
individual and to the fathers . and
mothers pf the children. Central
points have been ' selected in every
section,, so that each person, regard
less of age, race, sex or financial con
ditions will be alb to get what the
State and countyoffer to him with'
out direct cost.
Dr. W. D. Rogers, Jr., asks thi
paper to again emphasize the . fac
that each treatment is harmless,
causes no sores, and very little incon
venience, but will, prevent .sickness
and death from typhoid and diptheria.
Thus it may save you, not olny your
life, but also much money. In North.
Carolina in the past few years, more
than three million doses of typhoid
treatment have been administered
through co-operation with the North
Carolina State Board of Health and
no ill effects have been recorded.
While toxin-antitoxin, which is used
to prevent diphtheria, has not been
used so extensively because it was
the last General Assembly that made
it possible for the North Carolina
State Board of Health to offer toxin
antitoxin treatment on the same basiA
that it has been offering the typhoid
treatment.
Below is give a cr plete , list nf
the places, the days and the hours,
so that you may suit your conven
ience about which dsiensary points
you will attend.
T)r Rode-ers asks , 4 hat every -jOiie
carefully bear in mind these dates,
and that you make a personal men
tion of this work to your friends
Each" one who desires the treatment
should meet the doctors promptly and
make sure to come three out of the
four times.
MONDAYS
August 1, 8, 15, 22
Norlina, 9:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m.
Dr. Morton
Ridgeway, 10:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
Dr. Morton
Manson,2:00 p. m. to 3:00 p. m.
Dr. Morton
Drewery, J. E. Paschall's Store,
4:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m.
Dr. Morton
Buchanans' Store, 6 p. m. to T p. m.
Dr. Morton
Warren Plains, 2:30 to 3:30 p. m.
Drs. Macon and Rogers
Macon, 4 :00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m.
Drs. Macon and : Rogers
Vaughan, 5:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m.
TUESDAYS
August 2, 9, 16, 23
Oine, J. F. Hardens Store,
' ' 10:00 a. m. to 11:00 a, m.
Dr. Morton.
Embro, 2:00 p. m. to 3:00 p. m.
Drs. Macon and Rogers
Areola, 3 ;30 p. m. to 4:30 p. mT;
Drs. Macon and Rogers.
Grove Hill, 5 p. m. to 6 pin. -
Drs. Macon and Rogers
Marmaduke, 6:30 p. m. to 7:30 p, m.
Drs. Macon and Rogers-
WEDNESPAYS
August 3, 10, 17, 24
Creek, 2:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m.
Drs. Macon and Rogers
Inez, 4:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m.
Drs. Macon and Rogers
Tom Park's Store, 5-30 p. m. to 6:30.
Drs. Macon, and .Rogers ; . ..
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AN'"T avw vs -time -rtMr
SPACE.
. J THURSDAYS
: August 4, 11, 18, 25
Elberon, 2:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m.
- y Drs. Macon and Rogers
Aftbn, .4:0Q p. m. to 5:00 p. m.
. Drs. Putney and Justis
Axtfll, 5:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m.
. ' Drs. Putney and Justis
FRIDAYS
Church :HUi, 3 p, m, to 4 p. m.
V Dr. Holt .
Elarhs, 5:00 p. m. to G:00 p, m.
- "Tv Holt
'f - : SATURDAYS
) August , 13, 20. 27 '
Wis4; 4:00p. m. to 5:00 p. m.
, Dr. Holt
Oakvilie 5:30 p, m. to 6:30 p. m.
i? Dr. Holt
Warrenton, 2:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m.
"r Dr. Holt
LittJetonTS-Sef Pis. Putney &-Justice
. Court House . ;
rj 'TrstTPtnty and Jstis
Littleton, Saturday August 0, 13, 20,
27, 2 to 4 p. m.; Drs. Putney and
'-. Justis. ,
Home oetorg are. going -to - give
these - treatments.: t :You . know their
advice is good to follow.- Be sura to
be, on time.. If he is a little late, Wait.
Observe tha.se hours. Drs. Holt,
Macon; Rodgers, Morton, Putney and
Justire will give the treatment in
Warren County,
Come to any place you. wih. Be
on time. Tell everyone about this
campaign. v
DIPTHERIA PRESS ABTICLE
Diptheria ? caused . 273 deaths irj
North Carolina last year. About 200
of these were in children under six
years.; of age. This is why Warren
county and the State Board of Health
are advising every mother to give'
her children of this age toxin-anti-
;oxin.
Toxin-antitoxin prevents diphtheria
ike: the r typhoid treatment prevents
typhoid. .Thus toxin-antitoxin is what
we need,... ; .
This : treatment is given in three
doses a week apart. It causes no
sores, and tnere is very uttie bad
feeling from taking it, most always
none, ine tact tnat z,4uu cnuaren
under one week of age have been
given this treatment with no bad re
sults, proves it is harmless. Most
children younger than six months are
protected from diphtheria, by the
mother's blood, which they received
before being born, so don't heed the
treatment. : The protection . acquirer
lasts until the child gets to the age
when it is rare for one to have diph
theria.
Eveyjn other and father in Warren
county should protect their own lives
and their children above six from
typhoid and those i younger than six
from diphtheria.
Preventing, these -two diseases, the
State Board of Health says is no
longer a dream, but a reality.
MR. W. R. "HARVEY DEAD
Mr. W. R. Harvey for many years
Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners of Halifax county
and .more, recently treasurer of the
County died of acute indigestion at
his home in Littleton on last Sunday.
He was & fine official and generally
MVexA hv all with whom he came in
contact. He was .buried in Littleton
Monday. At the time of his death he
was about sixty - years..; old. :
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Route Five
News Items
The meeting started at Johnston
school house Sunday afternoon with
quite a lai-ge attendance.
Johnston ball team boys plays Au
relian Springs Saturday, the score be
ing 14 to 14 in the -tenth , inning.
Darkness prevented them from play
ing off the tie. Let us hope pur side
will, be -.the. winning side when it is
played off. -
" Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Wortham and
children and their mother of Hender
son were pleasant visitors in th
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Shearin
Sunday.
Mrs. John Powell and MissiVIargie
Davis of Grove Hill spent Sunday
with Mrs. John Wemyss. ;
Mr. Wallie Hardie and, daughter
were in Littleton shopping one day
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gaskil, who have
been visiting their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J, B. Pittard returned to 'their
home in Wilson, N. C. Saturday, ac
companied by Miss Bertie Pittard
who . will spend a few days in that
city. - ,,;
Miss Gladys Shearin. is visiting
Miss Lillian Hardie at Grove Hill
this week.
Mr. Robert Shearin of . Vaughan
called in our section Saturday night.
Miss Myrtle Wortham of Hender
son is spending some time with her
cousin Miss Lady Mae Shearin.
Mr. and Mrs. I. O, Heuay spent
Saturday and Sunday in Nashville.
Mr. and Mra, Goodman Shearin
visited her brother near iMacon last
week,
Messrs. Harold Skillman and Roy
Shearin of Warrenton were visitors
on this I'oute Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Harriss'of Grove
Hill spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. J. V. Shearin.
The Calvary boys paid our boys a
visit Saturday, beating our boys in
a- baseball game so bad that we are
ashamed to tell the score.
- Mi. Bryant Reed and Miss Maud
Newsome of Vaughan spent a short
while with Miss Lady Mae Shearin
Sunday afternoon.
Best wishes,
CRACKER-JACK.
ASPEN ITEMS
The farmers are now needing rain
again.
Mr. W. T. Pitchford and sister Mrs.
C. N. Hardy took a preasant trip to
Warren ton Saturday shopping.
Quite a nice crowd called to see the
Misses Norine and Edna Hardy Sun
day afternoon.
Misses Norine and Edna Hardy
were invited out to supper in the
home of their uncle Mr. 1 John W.
Pitchford Sunday.
Miss Robbie Harriss and brother
Arthur Hill called on Miss Novine
Hardy Sunday afternoon.
Miss Louise Pitchford spent Sun
day with her cousin Edna Hardy.
Mr. Twitty Cheek of Wood spent
Sunday with his parents Mrs. T.
Cheek. ,
Mr. Marion Parker of Wood was
a caller in our section Sunday after-
noon, as usual.
Mr. W. T. Pitchford of Raleigh
spent the week end with his parents
in this burg.
Mrs. F. H. Neal of Odell was a
pleasant caller on Mrs. C. N. Hardy
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Waite Pitchford of Warrenton
spent Sunday with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Pitchford.
Listen, for weefding bells to ring.
' - RAIN DROP.
TO HOLD BABY CLINIC
All mothers who are interested in
infant welfare are requested to. meet
at the armory club rooms in War
renton Monday, August 1st, at 9 a.
m. for a baby "health conference for
babies under J.5 mos. of age.
Dr. A. S. Root, pediatris, from
Raleigh will be present to give yo u
all necessary advice. -
There will also be a conference in
Norlina at 2 p. m., graded school
building.
Come and bring the. babies. , Let '3
"check-up" on them, especially those
who are not making the progress
they should. .
Mr. "Walter Smithwick of Sandy.
Creek was in town Tuesday. He is
looking as young as he did twenty
years ago
Littleton
NS FROM
CAMP.-.GLENK..
SOLDIERS ENJOY CAMP
LIFE AT MORE HEAD CITY
Company B. Returned Monday
After Fifteen Days In Camp.
Boys Make Good Showing On
Parade and Range.
, Warren County's Military Com
pany, B., returned Monday night
from Camp Glenn. After fifteen
days of intensive training and prepa
ration for any call that duty -may im
pose, our boys are home showing ef
fects of sun and physical training anc
fired with a greater patriotism and
love for service.
' The camp has not been all fun.
There has been a great deal of hard
work; that was expected. But the
boys had their fun, too. There was
sea bathing, boat riding, fishing, row
ing,, dancing, boxing, baseball and
othev sports thafe quickly passed the
hours of leisure. In all these sports
and amusements Company B. took
rart; in everything, from shaking a
wicked hoof with hie ladies to taking
the count on the boxing mat, Warren
county was represented..
Baseball was not participated in by
our company as much as other amuse
ments. Yet Company B. gave Com
pany A. from Burlington a good
trimmfng. They beat them so bad
that they quit at the third inning.
Beaufort secured the services of Buck
Lloyd for two of their games, and
very good games he pitched, showing
those .same pitching qualities that
makes him popular with local fans.
Makes Good Showing In Drill
The boys entered into drill with the
same enthusiam that they entered
sports and made a showing that plac
ed them well towards the head of all
companies. . On dress parade at the
beginning of the camp Company B.
gave the best exhibition of all com
panies present, excepting one com
pany that had. been jn camp before...
Go on Range
The firing on the range did not
show that the company had any
sharptshooters, but four of the boys
qualified for marksmen. These were
Corp. Will Allen Connell, Pvt. Wade.
Riggan, Pvt. Wm. Duke Jones and
Corp. Leon Mudge. Private Palmer
B. Fitts failed by only one point. All
ihe boys enjoyed range work. They
have not yet decided whether this
shooting was work or recreation. We
expect it was both.
The thanks of the company are due
the officers for lightening their load
and giving them advantages thajt ls3
zealous commanders would not have
secured.
The boys arrived Monday night on
the shoofly, hot and tired, but the host
of pretty girls and relatives that met
them at the train seemed to put new
Jife into them, and at the command
forward they swung in a long line
down the street with a step that
would credit a veteran company. At
the armory they were dismissed. The
fifteen days of camp, were over.
FORMER EDITOR HONORED
Mr. W. Brodie Jones, formerly of
the Record staff has been honored by
appointment as a delegate to the
Press Congress of the World which
convenes at Honolula, next October.
The following letter explains, itself ;
"Office of the President,
Press Congress of the World,
Columbia, Missouri July 23, 1921
Mr. W. Brodie Jones,
Warrenton, N. C.
Dear Mr. Jones:
I have the honor to inform you,
that upon nomination to the- Execu
tive Committee, you have been elect
ed to membership in the Press Con
gress of the World.
I am enclosing your membership
card and would be pleased to have
vou acknowledge its receipt and
thereby accept membership, in
Congress the object of wkich
Committee is confident you will
the
the
ap-
prove.
With fraternal regard,
Very sincerely,
WALTER WILLIAMS,
President.
Mr. Williams is Dean of the School
of Journalism-of Columbia Univer
sity, Columbia, Missouri, and Mr.
Jones was nominated to the Com
mittee by the President of the North
Carolina Press Association.
RETUR