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WARRENTON, WARREN COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921
Number 40
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THeIKTER ESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
COTTON REPORT
FOR OCTOBER 1.
NT. C. STATISTICIAN
ISSUES STATEMENT
Shorlest Cotton Crop in History.
Compares Value of Crop This
Year With Value of Last
Year's Crop.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 4: The cotton
crop has experienced record conditions
this year in drought, heat, reduced
ten? a
boll weevil damage, decreas
vsage of fertilizer, early maturity
ami shortage late and top crop.
Although conditions were favorable
for the early harvesting: of the crop
iherc has resulted the shortest yield
and lowest production in history.
Grades should be good however. This
followed the largest carry over, of
cotton stocks perhaps ever known.
The crop report released on the 3rd,
covering North Carolina, shows a
total production of 489,000 bales fore
casted from a 54 per cent condition
based on 1, 186,000 acres at 192
pounds per acre. If the price aver
ages 21 cents, and it should average
more for this crop, the total value will
be 49,100,000 as against last year's
crop reckoned at 16.2c. per pound,
amounting to $70,800,000 value. Even
at the increased value per pound, the
$41.50 per acre value, this year, is
leas than last year's and only 40 per
cent of two years ago.
The acreage is found to be about
70 per cent of last year, the condi
tion 79 per cent in cormparison; the
yield 70 per cent; production 53 per
cent and total apparent value of the
crop 70 per cent, compared with las.,
crop. The decline in condition of cot
ion within the past month was 8 per
cent and 14 per cent in the past two
ironths. Last year there was an in
ciease condition of 5 per cent in the
same period.
In 1920, the yield per acre of lint
was 275 pounds, and this year 192
pounds. The late reports show that
there is perhaps 5 per cent less acre-,
ag-e than the earlier or preliminary
reports showed, which means that
there is almost a third reduction from
last year's harvesting area.--
The latest reports indicate 61 per
cent of the crop is picked, with per
haps 95 per cent of the bolls open to
date. The average picking wages of
eed cotton is 76 cents per hundred
pounds. Reports show 13.4 per cent
of last year's crop still in the hands
of the farmers.
The United States report shows
Virginia with 53 per cent, condition
and 10,000 bales forecasted crop;
South Carolina 40 per cent and 644,
000 bales; Georgia 33 per cent con
dition and 720,000 bales; Texas 38
per cent, and 1,863,000 bales; with the
national average 42.2 per cent fore
casting 6,537,000 bales as compared
with a final condition last year of
59.1 per cent forecasting 13,439,000
hales crop.
The Sandhill section of Moore and
Montgomery and the area to Gaston
counties have conditions about 65 per
rent, of normal-, as have the northern
coastal connties. This locates where
the best conditions are found. The
low condition areas are in Brunswick
and northern Piedmont counties
v;here the average is below 40 per
cent, The reporters' estimates to the
North Carolina Co-operative Crop Re
porting Service for October 1st are
leased on reported observations of
over 19,000 farms.
FRANK PARKER,
State Agricultural Statistician.
GIRLS, CAN YOU QUALIFY
An educated Arab, at present in
London, explained the Moslem ideas
femine beauty. He said:
"Among us we say that the perfect
woman must possess four attributes
that are black hair, eyebrows, eye
lashes and pupils; four that are white
"-skin, hands, teeth and the white of
Jhe eye; four that are red cheeks,
'ps, tongue and gums; four that are
IonK -back, arms, fingers and legs;
4our that are round head, throat,
wrists and elbows; four that are
small eyebrows, nose, lips and fin
gers. ''Here you have the femine form
nivine as Allah fashioned it." Lon
don Express.
-vr. William Boyce, Mrs. Mamie
Jtarwell and Miss Olivia Burwell mo
01'ed to Littleton last night. , Mrs.
-oyce who has been visiting her peo
p'e turned with them.
C. THAYER KENYON
C. Thayer Kenyon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Thayer Kenyon, was born
n FrarJcllti, Va., on the 5th day of
December in the year 1896, and when
he was one year old the family mov
ed to Macon, N. C.., which was after
wards continuously his home. He is
said from infancy to have been very
bright. He was a good boy, fond of
Sunday School and became at an early
age a devoted member of the Metho
dist church. When ten years of age
he had pneumonia in so severe a form
that his-life was despaired of, and it
is believed he was cured in answer to
prayer.
At nineteen years of age he entered
the army, went to France, fought
bravely in the 30th Division and was
severely wounded in battle. He was
in several hospitals, was brought
back to the United States and died in
the hospital at Kenniworth, North
Carolina.
He leaves three brothers and three1
sisters, three aunts and other loved
ones. To them his death naturally
seems an untimely one. He died so
young! Yet, so far as he had op
potunity he made his life count and
if his days were few it may be that
he accomplished more than some have
done in a long life.v He served God
and his country, and death was but an
incident in his unending life. Beyontf
this vale of tears, there is a larger
sphere.
If it be true that "It is sweet to die
for ones country," it must be doubly
true in the case of those who died not
only for country, but that all the
world might be free. In such a cause
this young man gave his life. A
grateful country and a grateful world
will hold his memory dear. His loved
ones may well be proud of his heroic
sacrifice. He did his duty, won the
plaudit of his fellows, and we humbly
believe that God will say of his life
work, "Well done!"
J. T. GIBBS.
IF
If you can keep your head When all
about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on
you;
If you can trust yourself when all men
doubt you,
But ms;ke allowances for then:
doubting, too;
II you can wait and not be tired by
waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in
lies,
Or being hated don't give way to
hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor
talk too wise.
If you can dream and not make
dreams your master;
If you can think and not make
thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and
Disaster
And treat those two impostors just
the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth
you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap
for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your
life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with
worn-out tools.
If you can make one heap of all your
winnings s
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your be
ginnings And never breathe a word about
your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve
and sinew
To serve your turn longr after they
are gone,
lAnd so hold on when there is nothing
in you
Except the Will which says to them:
"Hold On!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep
your virtue,
Or walk with Kings nor lose the
common touch.
If neither foes nor loving friends can
hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none
too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
with sixty
Seconds' worth of distance run.
Yours is the Earth and everything
that's in it,
Andwhich is more you'll be a
Man, my son!
Initiative may cause a man to take
chances, but all business abounds m
chances and the man who never
takes any chance, never gets to the
top.
WORK ON NEW
HOTEL RESUMED
BONDS BEING SOLD TO
LOCAL BUSINESS MEN
After Long Period of Idleness
, Work is Resumed. Hotel Be
ing Wired; Installing Laundry
and Keating Plant.
The name Hotel Bute is suggested
by the Record for our handsome new
notel which is being completed. It
should be good news to the citizens of
this town and to the travelling public
to know that in a few months War
ren ton will have one of the modern
-and comfortable hotels in the State,
and situated right on the line of travel
between the North and South, East
and West. The bonds have been sold
to citizens of the town and work is
under way. The wiring is being done,
and the heating plant and laundry be
ing brought into shape.
Let us forget the things that are be
hind, and push forward not stoppinfe
until the hotel is complete from base
ment to roof, and completed in the
most modern way including furnish
ings. Then put a good hotel man in charge
and let him run it right and the money
invested will pay the town, and furn
ish comfort to those" who seek to
come amongst us.
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For the information of the young
folks who have not yet studied North
Carolina history, we will say that
this county was formerly part of Bute
county the old court house being
near Elberon.
MISS GALE TARWATER ENTER
TAINS Miss Gale Tarwater entertained
last Friday afternoon from four to
six o'clock.
After the guests assembled tele
gram blank forms were distributed
and each guest was requested, to
write a message using each letter in
the word Matrimony in this order in
making a sentence. Miss Mary Polk
filed the best telegram. Then a tele
gram arrived in the hands of Miss
Sue Williams which announced that
Mr. Peter Seaman and Miss '"Jan4ctrf
Watson were to be married on October
19th.
This announcement was greeted
with much pleasure and the bride-to-be
was offered many good wishes oi
a happy wedded life. .
A delicious salad course was served.
Those present were: Misses Janice
Watson, Mary Alston Watson, Kate
Riggan, Cate Macon, Janice Fleming,
Gladys Gordy, Will Jones, Byrd
Jones, Ella B. Jones, Virginia Gibbs,
Nell Davis, Mary Polk, Agnes Hen
derson, Lucy Williams, Miss Sue Wil
liams and Mrs. William Boyce.
12 RULES FOR. TEACHERS
1. Every child is an individual.
Study him.
2. You are teaching children first
and subjects second.
3. You' must know the child you
teach.
4. You must know the subject you
teach him.
5. All childhood follows general
laws in its development. Know them.
6. Let the language you use be
simple and clear.
7. Be sure your illustration illus
trate.
8. Realing teaching is done through
association of ideas.
9. Choose good questions.
"10. Know the value of time.
11. Realize the aim of all teaching.
12. Make impressions which shall
lead to expression.
PUT
Your whole mind into the preparation
Your whole soul into the presentation
Your whole life into the illustration
of what you teach.
Success will then be yours.
GEESE.
The following is a composition on
geese, written by a schoolboy in St.
Louis:
Geese is a heavy-set bird with a
head on one side and a tail on the
other. His feet is set so far back
on his running gear that they nearly
miss his body.
Some geese is ganders and has a
curl in his tail. Ganders don't lay or
set. They just eat, loaf and go a
swimming. If I had to be a geese, I
would rather be a gander.
Geese do not give milk, but give
Ki,t -PAY- tyio crivp me lihertv or
i Cgg, J--' T "
give me death.
HOLDS BETTER
BABIES CONTEST
WORK OF WOMAN'C CLUB
WTAS VERY SUCCESSFUL
All Babies Entered Make Good
Showi Winners Named and
Prizes Given. Contest Staged
FridaylAf ternoon.
The ; better Babies Contest conduct
ed, by the Woman's Club of Warren
ton, .was held in the Military Club
Rooms on September 30th. Twenty
three babies were examined by Doc
tors Macon and Peete. The four
prize winners were:
First . Prize Raymond Harris, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond f?anis,
Macon, N. C.
Second Prize Charles Rochelle,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
RochelV Wise, N. C.
Third Prize William Ward, son of
Mr. and 'Mrs. V. F.Ward, Warrenton.
Fourth Prize iMary Stackhoust
Macon daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
H. Macon.
The - prizes offered above were
given by Boyd's Warehouse, 1st
Prize; Rogers & Hunter, 2nd prize;
Citizens Bank 3rd; and Bank of War
ren 4th.
It was a very close contest, all of
the babies proving that they are truly
Better Babies.
The; Committee wishes to thank
the parents and friends for their in
terest and splendid co-operation; the
Military Company for the use of the
Club Rooms; and Dr. Peete and Dr.
Macon for their services.
We trust that this Contest will be
of real benefit to the county! and that
next year we will have "Best Babies"
instead of "Better Babies."
COMMITTEE.
"HANDSOME IS THAT HANDSOME
DOES"
By Philip Burroughs Strong.
Beautiful hands are hands that do
Highest or lowest service true.
Beautiful lips are the lips that speak
jWords to encourage the worn , apd
" I weak. - . ; : -
Beautiful eyes are the eyes whose
light
Lessens the gloom of some mourner'.-,
night.
Beautiful dress is the dress indeed
Worn by the one who responds to
need.
Beautiful truly the intent
Ever on good and for others spent.
Baptist Boys and Girls.
We were pleased to see Mr. Sam
Young of Grand Rapids, Mich., in
town yesterday. Mr. Young is a
member of the firm composing the
Grand Rapids Furniture Company, and
has with his associates been highly
successful in marketing their products.
PADEREWSKI, THE RANCHER
Ignace Jan Padcrewski, one of the
greatest pianists te world has ever
known, has become a rancher in Cali
fornia. He is a Pole by birth and
was one of the most famous musicians
in the world when the war broke out.
Later he became premier of war-torn
Poland and tried to restore peace and
happiness to his unhappy native coun
try. Now he has settled among the
almond groves of California and ex
presses a desire never to leave the
country of his adoption. Surely it
must be a great happiness to a man
who has lived so stormy a life to have
the peace and happiness of such an
ideally lovely and quiet life. Yet what
memories must be his! School and
Home.
Mrs. John Mitchell ' of Oxford is
spending a few days in Warrenton.
Messrs. J. C. Gardner and G. B.
Pregory motored to Henderson yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Wynn and children of South
Carolina are visiting Mrs. Wynn's sis
ter Mrs. G. H. Macon.
Mr. James Brodie of Henderson was
in town yesterday.
Mr. Ray of Oxford was in Warren
ton yesterday. - . '
More to the Point
"An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure," quoted the Parlor
Philosopher.
"And what is more to the point, it
posts less," amended the Mere Man.
The Country Gentleman.
THE DRINKING HEALTH CUSTOM
One has to go back to the year of
978 to discover the origin of the cus
tom of banquets to "drink to the
health" of the guest. Edward, King
of England, was stabbed in the back
as he lifted a cup of wine, by orders
of his stepmother, Elfrida. He man
aged to put spurs to his horse, but
soon fell- from weakness, and was
dragged to death. Thereafter it bo
came the custom when friends met at
a table, to pass a great cup that re
quired both hands to raise. This ex
posed the body to an enemy's dagges,
and was indicative of the drinker's
faith in his fellow banqueters.
As each man rose to drink he gave
the health of some one else at the
table, and his next neighbor rose with
his sword in hand as a pledge to
guard him against assassins. In time
the need of a sword passed, but the
habit of giving the health of various
diners as a toast was persisted in,
and from one drinking at a time, and
a single cup serving all, the custom
changed to individual cups, and the
universal pledge of all there when a
name was called.
LAST LAY OF THE GOOSE.
The following was sent by a Mis
souri boy in a foreign country to his
mother over here:
It was midnight on the ocean;
Not a street car was in sight,
The sun was shining brightly,
For it rained all day that night.
It was a summer night in' winter,
The snow was raining fast;
A barefoot boy with shoes on,
Stood sitting bn the grass.
The organ pealed potatoes,
Lard was rendered by the choir,
The sexton rang the dish rag,
When some one hollered fire.
"Holy Smoke," the parson shouted,
And in the mad rush lost his hair.
Now his head resembles heaven,
For there is no parting there.
WITTY A?ND WISE
From Merchants Journal & Commerce.
A good deal is heard about the
"Rough diamond" but that kind of
chap generally forgets that the diam
ond is value in spite of its roughness,
not because of it.
Every faul you allow to creep into
your habits - now. will show , more . and
trouble you more every year as you
grow older. Get on the right track
while you can do it easily.
You take out endowment insurance
with a view to future comfort and
protection. Will you neglect to plan
your work and yoi.r study with a view
to future 'success ?
The time to take it easy and loaf is
when you are. on a vacation or tempor
arily off duty. When on the job,
keep up your pep.
Big failures are made up of little
failures. If you do each individual
part of your work right the whole
job will be a success.
A man who will not look after his
own inteests should never be intrusted
with your own.
Some men are like home-knit socks
get hold of the right end, and you
can unravel their whole system. "
Elimination of competition, you
think, might make things easy for
you. It migght make you take things
easy. That would be all.
Her Quaintness
"My aunt hetty hooper was a re
markable woman," related Grout P.
Smith. "When she was worried about
anything, instead of tryng to get all
the rest of us to worrying because
she was worrying, she would go up
stairs and shut herself in her room and
stay there till she got through worry
ing. She said it worried her to have
other folks dip in and worry about
what she was worrying about." The
Country Gentlemen.
A Ruling Passion
"Why in the world did she marry
him? He has lost one leg, his hair
is gone, one eye is out and he hasn't
any teeth!"
"He was her final, grand success.
That woman has always had a mad
passion for remnants." The Country
Gentleman.
Messrs. James Polk, John Hender
son, James Y. Kerr and Frank P.
Hunter left this week for the Univer
sity of North Carolina where they will
attend school this winter.
AN APPEAL FOR
THE ORPHANS
STATE COMMITTEE ASKS
FOR LIBERAL DONATION
Letter To Editor Requests Pub
licity for Appeal for The Or
phans of North Carolina. Send
Money to Your Orphanage.
The following letter from the North
Carolina Orphan Association - Public
ity Committee, of Raleigh, N. C, un
der date October 4, 1921, addressed
to the Editor and dealing with the
subject: Assisting the Orphan, is pre
sented to our readers:
Dear Sir: At a recent meeting of
the North Carolina Orphan Associa
tion a' resolution was unanimously
adopted expressing to the newspapers
of the State the grateful appreciation
of the organization "for their liberal
ity in presenting the needs of tht
fatherless ones to the public." This
was hot simply a formality, but ex
pressive of the actual feeling of the
Association.
Another Thanksgiving season is ap
proaching, and the Association earn
estly desires that it shall be a fruitful
period for every child-caring institu
tion in the State. The Association
expressed the wish that the usual
campaign for voluntary contributions
be conducted, and designated the un
dersigned as members of the Publicity
Committee.
You are doubtless familiar with the
plans hitherto employed in the con
duct of this movement, the success of
which must be measured largely by
the extent of the cooperation shown
by the daily and weekly newspapers
of the State. The Committee appre
ciates the fact that the editors of our
papers are frequently imposed upon
with propaganda for various and sun
dry objects, but feels that they will
not object to again uniting in the
effort to safeguard the interests of
the State's orphaned children through
the approaching winter.
The Committee is asking for one
day's income from every citizen of the
State on or near Thanksgiving Da.
The income of one day out ot 365 is
reasonable, and not one person in a
hundred is' unable to contribute of
their income to- that extent and ail
can aid in bringing the matter to the
attention of the people. Those who
respond are asked to forward the
amount direct to the orphanage of his
or her choice. Or this may be done
through church, Sunday school, com
munity organization, or fraternal or
der. The Publicity Committee handl
es no funds. Its labor is "a labor of
love."
The Publicity Committee makes its
first appeal to the newspapers, for it
is through their columns it must
reach the people, if they are to be
reached at all. The Committee will
appreciate an occasional kindly men
tion of the movement in your paper.
The call is urgent, and it is our hope
that few, if any, will this year hear
it in vain. Thousands of big-hearted
North Carolinians have been gener
ously responding to the call. We be
lieve they will again do so at the ap
pointed time.
Please carry this message to your
readers at the earliest convenience.
By so doing you will render a service
to society and aids a class of little
folks who are unable to take care of
themselves. $k 1
Very respectfully,
M. L. SHIPMAN, Chairman
STAGEY W. WADE
W. F. EVANS
J. D. BERRY
ANNIE TRAVIS
LIVINGSTON JOHNSON
DAISY BENSON
It All Depends
"Forty years ago," declared the
self-made man, "I got my real begin
ning. I started out in New York with
one hundred dollars. What do you
think of that?"
"Well," returned the New Yorker,
"it all depends on where you were go
ing." The Country Gentleman.
His Wail
"My nephew, who lately gaduated
from the state university," a trifie
ruefully confessed Farmer Bentover,
"complains that I am so ill bred that
a gentleman can hardly live off from
me without losin' his self-respect."
The Country Gentleman.
Mr. A. S. Webb of Warren Plains
was in town yesterday.