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WAjgRENTON, ..WARREN COUNTY, N.LTT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBERT23TI921
Number 38
A WEEKLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TOTHEntNTEISTS7JF' WARREN
WRITES OF THE
GRAND CANYON
MRS. EDMUMD
WHITE ENERTAINS
THOSE WHO
COME AND GO
ALBERMABLE
PRESBYTERY
ENJOYABLE
FAMILY PICNIC
CASES IN THE
SUPERIOR COURT
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0m leadris will recell the fact that
;-j J Fleitzer of the Columbia
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lane aiul vvhile here wrote a sketch
" f W'i-ton for The Warren Record
-ntitled "The Town That Owns It-
sell. '
Messrs. Shammel and
Mr. Jones, a
s our readers know from
I nf ir. jones aruuies 111 ine
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ReCOid have Deeu travelling uiiuugu
The Vvvst. They reached San Fran
their car and separated.
CISCO: J'11
Mei Joms and Fleitzer remain-:-o
hi San Francisco for a few weeks.
Recently they left San Francisco for
Yo.li; Mr Fleitzer by train and
Mr.'jor.es by ship through the Canal.
It is Mr. Fleitzer's description of
the Grand Canyon of Arizona which
v reproduce.
Ey JOSEPH FLEITZER
-I believe you were interested in
Biodie's descriptions of the natural
wondei 5 we saw. As he is not here
to write you, I shall try to take his
place and convey to you a little oi
my impressions of the Grand Can
xen of Arizona.
i should have come here before
having seen Colorado, Yellowstone
and Lake Louise. As it is my scenic
appetite seems to have become satiat
ed. My basis for comparison is too
ereat and I am unable to appreciate
the giandeur of the Grand Canyon as
I should.
We have seen three great examples
of stream erosion: the Yellowstone
Canyon, the Grand Canyon of Ari
zona, and the Royal Gorge of Colo
rado. To me they typify Life, Death
and the hereafter.
"As I look at the Yellowstone Can
jon, about me I felt Life, joyous,
singing, exuberant, glorious. The
many-hued rocks along its sides, the
churning Yellowstone River in all its
clear blue beauty rushing between
that exhilarating spectacle of coloi ,
the crystal-white waterfalls with
their rainbow reflections, all sang of
Life and the joy of living. One want
ed to sing; one felt that Life is in
deed wonderful.
The abyss of the Royal Gorge with
its black walls and the Arkansas
river creeping through the narrow
chasm far beneath awed one. Here
was the impenetrable, the over-powering;
still life after death.
"But the Grand Canyon of Arizona
is Death itself. It awes with its im
mensity, its mystery. One stands on
the rim and gazes across a chasm of
chaos to the opposite rim thirteen
miles distant. Chaotic Life has
broken the back of Nature. It is s
gigantic gash in the earth's crusv.,
more than two hundred miles long
and in places more than a mile deep.
The Colorado River has chiseled out
the inner granite gorge, which is flank
ed on each side by tier upon tier of
immense architectural forms each
m Uself a mountain piled one upon
another. They project into the Can
yon in huge iape-like forms, eaih con
tributing toward the immensity of
the primeval void, hemmed in every
where, except skyward, by the solid
framework of rocks and rocks and
rcks, millions of years old.
At noon the walls seem flat and
lifeless. Then shadows begin to
form: gradually they creep on: the
capes begin to stand out. On one
Si(ie sunlight; on the other shadow.
Dath vieirig with Life.
"1 watched the sunset from Hope
Point yesterday. From there one
ts an excellent panorama of the
Canyon. As the sun gradually sank
tovard the plateao in the West, the
shadows crep over the Canyon, chang-
ir'g its red coloring in nurnle and
lilen blue. To my left was darkness;
to my right sunlight. But the shad
es crept ever on. It was Death
cping on Life. And then in a ball
c toe the sun sank beneath the
jeateau anc tne Canyon was motion
's, it was as the stillness following
e Pas?ing of a human soul. There
-V uug m my neart; only regret.
"Hooked at the Canyon last night.
was then that I was most impress
it 1 ShW not tne strata rock I"
1 - darkness the canes were invisible.
aw only a dark void with the op
posite r
jm manv miles distant faint-
b in the light of a half-moon.
Th
ere
w&s stillness, immensity. It
Ms the grandeur of' Death."
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund
White was a scene of loveliness Mon
day evening when .Mr. and Mrs.
White entertained in honor of Mrs
George Allen of New York, sister of
Mrs. White. Mrs. Edmund White
and Mrs. Norwood Boyd graciously
met the guests. Seven tables of pro- i
gressive bridge engaged the attention
of her guests from eight to eleven
o'clock, after which delicious refresh
ments of ice cream, angel cake ant
nuts were served.
Those pesent and playing were:
Mrs. George Allen, guest of honor,
Mesdames W. R. Baskerville of Red
Lawn, Va., Henry Boyd, R. J. Jones,
Gordon Poindexter, John Kerr, John
G. Ellis, Howard F. Jones, J. Palmer
Scoggin, Gideon H. Macon, Howard
Alston, William H. Dameron, V. F.
Ward, A. A. Williams; Misses Lucy
and Edith Burwell and Mariam Boyd;
Messrs. Howard Alston, John G. El
lis, W. H. Dameron, V. F. Ward, J. J.
Tarwater, R. B. Boyd,, Jr., Thos. D.
Peck, Buxton B. Williams, Van D.
Alston, Alfred A. Williams and Dr.
Charles H. Peete.
REV. BOOTH ASSISTING
PASTOR SHEPHERD
Rev. J. H. Booth of Rockingham,
N. C, is assisting Pastor N. H.
Shepherd at the North Warrenton
Baptist church this week. The meet
ings will continue through Sunday
evening. Services at 7:30 p. m. A
service for .persons who work at
night will be held at 8 a. m. Come
and hear some strong sermons.
WHITMEL KEARNEY WILLIAMS
Mr. Whitmel Kearney Williams,
son of the late Dr. Robert Edgar Wil
liams and his wife Miss Kearney,
passed away at his residence in Fork
township last Sunday in the 73 year
of his age.
Mr. Williams was a gentleman ,of
refined habits and of lovable disposi
tion, a descendant of two of the old
families of Warren the Williamse:?
and Kearneys.
He was a planter by choice ami
lived happily with his family on his
ancestral acres.
Mr. Williams was married to Miss
Lucy Davis, daughter of Mr. Archi
bald Davis, and leaves Mrs. Davis an d
two sons Messrs. Oscar and Sydneham
who with their mother mourn the
passing to the spirit world of a kind
husband and father.
He was buried Monday at the old
family cemetery in the presence of his
friends and neighbors who held his
memory in deep affection.
TOBACCO MARKET.
The tobacco market opened Tues
day with very flattering prospects
for good prices. The farmers with
whom the Record's representative
talked said that some of the grades
were better than of last year, and
that the prices as a whole were bet
ter than expected. In fact the
average, good roor and indifferent, on
this market was nearly eighteen dol
lars per hundred. All the companies
are represented and the general tone
of the market is firm.
Warrenton is prepared to give the
top price for all tobacco brought here,
and the warehousemen will see that
it brings its full market value.
COMMUNITY MEETING
Community meeting will be held
at the court house Friday evening
September 30 at eight o'clock. There
will be singing, j?arnes and other
forms of entertainment. Everyone
is invited to come and to come on
time. Theprogram begins promptly
at . eight.
MISS JULIA DAMERON.
Cotton is selling here today: lint,
19 l-4c; seed 7 1-2 to 8c.
Flatbush "Why do they have
those glass cases with the axes,
crowbars, and ether implements in
'em in the railroad passenger-cars, do
you suppose?"
Bensonhurst 'Oh, they are put
there" to use in case some one wants
to' open a window-." Yonkers States
man. "Have a cigar?"
"No don't smoke now.
"Sworn off?"
"Nope; stopped entirely." The
Miss Clara Pennington of Broad
nax, Va., has returned to her home
after a pleasant visit to her cousins
the Miss Burroughs.
The farmers sign-up campaign was
in full swing Tuesday and nruch in
terest was shown in signing the
pledge.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Boyce returned
Wednesday from their bridal trip and
are making their home at Mrs. W. A.
Burwell's.
Mr. N. M. Thornton was in town
this week.
Mr. Walter Myrick of Littleton was
in town this week.
Sheriff House of Halifax county
was in town Tuesday.
Mr. John H. Taylor, attorney, was
in town this week.
Mr. W. C. Mabry was in town
Thursday.
Mr. A. S. Webb was in town this
week.
Mr. Henry Wilson was in town this
week.
Mr. Clem Overby was in town
Thursday.
Mr. George Hester was in town
this. week.
Mr. John B. Davis was in town thia
week.
iMr. A. E. Paschall was in town thi.5
week.
Mr. E. G. Hecht of Norlina was in
town this week.
Mr. R. D. Paschall was in town
yesterday.
Miss Mary Garland Allen left yes
terday for a visit to friendi in Vir
ginia. Mr. M. J. Grant was in town this
week.
Mr. W. D. Daniel of Littleton was
in town this week.
Mr. Jos. B. Pritchard was in town
this week.
Mr. H. F. Bonney of Littleton was
in town Tuesday.
Mr. Ed Petar was in town thi
week.
Mr. Walter Vaughan was in town
this week.
Mr. M. T. Duke was in town thii
week.
Mr. E. A. Perry of Littleton was in
town this week.
Dr. John H. Harrison of Littleton
was in town Tuesday.
Mr. H. H. Grant of Ridgeway was
in town this week.
Mr. T. E. Powell was in town this
week.
Mr. J. J. Stallings of Embro was in
town this week.
Mr. R. E. Williams of Fork was in
town Wednesday.
Mr. Anderson Brame was in town
Tuesday.
Mr. Garland Daniels of Littleton
was in town this week.
Mr. T. N. Harrison of Littleton was
in town this week. .
Attorney W. E. Daniel of Weldon
was in town this week.
Mayor McFurgerson of Littleton
was in town this week.
Mr. W. T. Duke was in town Mon
day. Mr. H. B. Hunter of Af ton was an
interested spectator of court proceed
ings this week.
Attorney William B. Harvey of
Littleton was here this week.
Mr. Thos. M. Pittman of Henderson
was in town this week.
Hon. T. T. Hicks of Henderson was
in town this week.
Dr. L. J. Picot of Littleton was in
town Tuesday.
Mr. Joseph P. Pippin of the Little
ton Bar was in town this week.
Mr. Nathaniel Macon of Henderson
was here on business this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Myers and
son of Brookneal, Va., are in Warren
ton. Mr. Myers will buy tobacco on
this market.
As the Moisture Evaporates.
Many Americans who made a point
of laying up something for a rainy
day now wish they had laid up soniv
thing for a dry one. London Opinion.
Not in the Business
"I'm not quite sure about your
washing-machine. Will you demon
strate it again?"
"No, madam. We only do one
week's washing." Louisville Courier-Journal.
'
"What is it that keeps the moon in
place and prevents it from falling?'
asked Jim.
"I suppose it's the beams," replied
his brother. Boy's Life.
The Albermarle Presbytery has
been in session here this week with
fifty or sixty ministers and elders
present. A most delightful session
was held and the citizens of Warren
ton who came in contact with the per
sonal are loud in their praise.
The big question before the Pres
bytery was, "Shall Albermarle Pres
bytery be divided?" This query
arose because of the fact that the
presbytery has grown to such an ex
tent that a division seems necessary.
The question was of so much im
portance, however, that the matter
was deferred.
Rev. Mr. Phillips wo has been con
ducting a meeting here through last
veek was elected moderator.
The citizens of Warrenton extend
an invitation to the Albermarle Pres
bytery to again meet in Warrenton.
IMPORTANT HEALTH WEEK
Among the busy people in Warren
this week there are none busier than
the specialist from the State Board
of Health who has been sent here, at
the request of Miss Lowe the health
nurse in Warren county, to make
chest examinations free for any citi
zen who desires to avail himself of
the privilege. Dr. Spruill will be at
the graded school building every da
from 9 to 12 and 2 to 5. So as to
save time and confusion pl?ase get in
touch with Miss Lowe for appoint
ments. Rember that ninety-nine cases
our of every hundred of chest dis
eases are curable if taken in the
early stages.
Miss Marion Manning, a nurse
from the State Board is assisting
with this work.
OFFER PRIZES
The Boyds' warehouse has offered
1st prize, Centre warehouse 2nd
prize, Citizens Bank 3rd prize, and
Bank of Warren has offered 4th prize
for winners in the better baby con
test to be held here September 30th.
Now its uji tji you -to khut youv
baby is registered in time to enter,
so hurry up.
Dr. Nicholas White, Mr. Ashland
White and Mr. and Mrs. Morton have
been guests of Mrs. Nannie Moore
during the meeting of Albermarle
Presbytery.
CHURCH SERVICES BEIN AT 7:30
Beginning with the 1st day of Oc
tober night services in all churces of
tho town will commence at 7:30
o'clock. This will be the order until
the first of next April.
Mr. Shearin Good Cotton Picker
We have been informed that Mr.
C. H. Shearin of Warren Plains is not
only famous for opossum hunting
and a lover of baseball, but that he
also has a hobbie for picking cotton.
The other day his picking tipped the
scales at 346 pounds.
AN EXPLANATION AND AN
APOLOGY
Due to the fact that our printer
has been absent the entire week
we are only issuing Four Pages
this week. Under the Circum-
stances we trust our readers will
parden the crowded condition of
this paper and also any news
that we may have omitted by an
over-sight.
Why He Came.
Joan "Mummy, was baby sent
down from heaven?"
Mother "Yes, dear."
Joan-"They do like . to have it
quiet up tfhere, don't hey?" The
Passing Show (London).
Not Guilty.
Traveller "Your son just threw a
stone at me."
Irishman "Did he hit you?"
Traveler "No."
Irishman "Well, then he wasn't
my boy." Mugwump.
All Explained.
Officer in Charge of Riiie-range
"Don't you-know any better than to
point an empty gun at me?"
Raw Rookie "But it isn't empty,
I sir: it's loaded." The Mirror.
The children and grand children of
Mr. William Henry Burwell enjoyed a
delightful picnic and reuinon at the
Largo fishing, premises on the Largo
plantation.' After spending' a short
while at the artificial lake in enjoy
ment of fishing and boating the fam
ily enjoyed a. picnic lunch.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
M. P. Burwell, Misses Annie, Mary
and Alice Littlepage Burwell, Mr.
Pettway Burwell, Jr., Mrs. John G.
Ellis and daughter Nancy; Mrs. Geo.
Allen of New York and two daugh
ters, Misses Mary Garland and Lucy;
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund White-;' Mr. and
Mrs. James Horner; Mr. and Mrs.
W. N. Boyd and Misses' Lucy, Eliza
beth and Mariam Boyd; Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Boyd,
Jr.; Misses Laura and Tempe Boya
and Messrs. Graham and Pettway
Boyd; Miss Lucy Baskerville; Mr. ana
Mrs. John C. Burwell and children
John, Walker and George; Mrs. Wil
liam A. Burwell and daughter Miss
Olivia; Mrs. Rob Powell and. Miss
Lucy Powell; and Misses Lucy and
Edith Burwell.
THERE'S NO ROSE WITHOUT A
THORN
By MARY P. WRIGHT
Would we bansh the fragrant rose
because its thorn gives pain ? -Ah,
no, beause our heart would yearn
for its fragrance once again.
So, if upon the selfsame stalk the
rose and thorn must grow,
The rose we'll keep, though pain
must come from hidden thorns
below.
Would we wish the sun to shine with
.ne'er a 'drop of rain ?
Ah, no, because the sun alone the
fields could grow no grain.
So, if the sunshine and the shower
side by side must go,
We'll take them both and not com
plain, for God has willed it so.
W6Ufdwewish to possess a love that
knows no sad heartache?
Ah, no, because the heart that love
must suffer for love's sake.
So, if through love we suffer pain, or
if through pain we love,
However it be, we know full well,
God rules it so above.
Would we wish to worship a God who
knows not man's weak frame?
Ah, no, because we know Him not,
but through His dear Son's
name.
So, if He'd touch our lives below and
we reach Him above,
'Twill only come through Calvary's
Cross and Christ's redeeming
love.
Young People.
ANNOUNCES MARRIAGE
The following announcement will
be of much interest to our readers:
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Banister Mitchell
announce the marriage of their
daughter Estell to Mr. William Rufus
Boyce on Wednesday, September the
fourteenth, , one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-one, Littleton, North
Carolina.
At Home after September the
tweltieth, Warrenton, North Carolina.
Taking a Chance.
Junior was the habit of coming to
the table with a dirty face and, of
course, had to be sent away to wash.
One time his mother, nearly losing
patience, said: "Junior, why do you
persist in coming to the table 'with
out washing? You know I always
send you away."
"Well," said Junior, meekly, "once
you forgot." Chicago Tribune.
Verbal Barrage
"Shall I go over the top?" asked
the talkative barber, poising his
shears.
"Yes, as soon as your gas-attack i3
over," answered the weary customer.
The American Legion Weekly.
Political Hint.
He "I suppose when all women
vote the party managers will have to
put handsome, men on their tickets
for candidates."
She "What makes you think
women will demand handsome men to
vote for when you look at the kind
the most of them marry?" Balti
more American.
Court convened Monday morning at
10 o'clock with Judge Thos. H. Cal
vert presiding. Solicitor Mldyettf
was. on hand and prosecuted on behaii
of the State.
Every man drawn as a juror was
on hand promptly a remarkable in
cident, for experience has shown that
there is almost always one or more
sick or cannot be found; but at thh
court thirty-six men were present.
The Grand Jury was drawn and
sworn and Judge Calvert delivered an
instructive and interesting charge.
Mr. H. L. Coleman, Sr., was ap
pointed Foreman, and Mr. R. L. Bell
was sworn as officer of the Grand
Jury.
' The following cases have been dis -posed
of:
State vs. William Jackson and John
Henry Brinkley; guilty a fine oi
$15.00 each. '
State vs. Gene Hud3nn and Macor
Myrick. Solicitor agress to a plea oi
forcible trespass as to Gene Hudson
and prayer for judgment continued
upon payment of cost. Capias and
continued as to Macon Myrick.
State vs. Royal Mosley slandei.
A nol pros, with leave entered b
State.
State vs. William Watkins. The
jury brought in a verdict of guilty,
but says that Watkins was insane s.t
the time of the assault. Judgment:
that he be confined m the department
for criminal insane at Raleigh.
State vs. Burwell Davis and Major
Ingram. Both guilty. Ingram sent
to the roads 15 months; Davis con
fined in jail six months with leave to
be hired out by Commissioners at pre
vailing wages to pay cost, and re
mainder to go to school fund.
State vs. Gillis Games, Jr.: cruelty
to animals. Defendant admitted -the
killing, but said it was unintention
ally done. Jury brought in a verdic'.
of guilty. The judgment was a fiAfc
of ten cents and cost.
State vs. Boddie Perry. By agree
ment with the State and with consent
of the court the plea in No. 25 wa-.
changed from hat of resisting an" of
ficer to that of simple assault, and
defendant plead guilty. Judgment,
was suspended upon payment of cost
In the second case against Boddie
Perry for resisting an officer the Stat 2
takes a nol pros.
In the case of State vs. Woodfern.
police officer of Littleton for assauk
the State takes a nol pros.
State vs. Mordecai Shearin selling
cider. Verdict, not guilty.
As we go to press the State vs.
Early Carroll is being tried.
Subscribe to the Oaths
Monday morning Mr. William W.
Sledge of Halifax in open court sub
scribed to the oaths required of licens
ed attorneys.
Tuesday afternoon Mr. William T.
Polk and Mr. Forrest G. Miles in open
court subscribed to te oaths require!
of licensed attorneys.
NO IMPROVEMENT SHOWN
IN 1921 COTTON CROP
Washington, Sept. 21. With weev
ils still active and damaging in many
localities and dry weather prevailing,
cotton, in general, showed no improve
ment and further deteriaration wa;
reported in many sections of the belt
during the week just closed, said the
National Weather and Crop Bulletin
issued today.
Weevils were reported in North
Carolina as far north as Mecklenburg,
Cumberland and Jonescounties. Bolh
were opening rapidly and premature
ly in much of the belt, especially in
the eastern sections, with "very little
indication of a top crop" the bulletin
said. Picking and ginning under fav
orable weather conditions progressed
rapidly, South Carolina reporting thi-;
work practically finished. A larg-.
portion of the crop also has been
gathered in Georgia and Southern
Alabama.
Cotton was "fair to good" in north
ern and western Oklahoma but "poo
to failure" in the south central and
southern sections oS the State. It was
"generally very poor in Texas, al
though above the average in some
sections." The crop in Arkansas
ranged from "very poor to poor" in
the south to "poor or fair" in the
north.
Lack of moisture unfavorably af
fected late corn in the Gulf and lower
Atlantic States, according to the bul
letin. Early corn, however, made good
progress, harvesting being nearly
completed."'-News - and Observer.