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mm if mm ft mtmm VOLUME XXVI. State LAbrary Number 41 A WEEKLY news paper devoted to the interests 01? warrentonnd-warre WAKE TO PUT ROAD IN SHAPE NATHANIEL MACON AND J. RANDOLPH. HOW TO KEEP SWEET POTATOES Home Town Paper Week, November 7-12 j WARRENTON, WARREN COUNTY, N. C FRIDAYrCTOIRT4riWr i ii v TO FOLLOW OLD STAGE ROUTE TO RALEIGH Vt arren County's Road by Jones' Spring to Join Franklin Coun ty Road to Louisburg. Wake Working Rest of Road. I'vr-r-klin Times. The following letter addressed to Mr. M- C. Winston of .Warrenton ana M:. J. J. Barrow of Louisburg from Hc.ii. James H. Pou of Raleigh, rela tive to the road from Warrenton by U'liisburg- to Raleigh, via Rolesville, wili be read with much interest by many of our people as it brings the o-ood tidings that Wake county is put tin , her end in good shape. The let ter follows: I enclose clipping from the Louis ivjvo Times sent me by Hon. J. J. Banow, which shows that the remain ing gap in the road between Raleigh end Warrenton will be let out to con tract on the 17th of October; and Mr. Banow advises me that it is the pur Dose to complete the road by the end of the year. The road will then be open and in fine condition from Ral eigh to the bridge over the Roanoke River by way of Louisburg and War renton. "Mr. Miller, Superintendent of Roads in Wake county, is now engag ed in widening and improving the road between Raleigh and the Wake Franklin line. About 8 miles of the road was finished last Sunday. drove out to the Neuse River bridge, and the first 8 or 9 miles of the road was finished and compares very fav orably with the Franklin county roaa, and that is about as good a dirt road ss you will find anywhere. 'I am informed that Mr. Miller will continue this work of widening and improving the hroad until he reaches the Franklin County line. A committee of citizens from Raleigu and Rolesville will - go before our Commissioners next Tuesday to thank them for the work that has been done, and urging them to let the balance be finished before Christmas. We will then have signboards put up at the forks of the road, giving tht distances to Rolesville, Louisburg, Warrenton and the Roanoke bridge. I would like for you to give me the distances between Warrenton and the Roanoke Bridge, which I believe, is ay Good's Ferry; and the distance be tween Louisburg and Warrenton by the new road. I know the distance from Raleigh to Louisburg, and I will have put up a. large sign on the forks of the roads just north of Raleigh, giving- the distances to Rolesville, Louisburg, Warrenton and the Roa noke River Bridge. Please also give me the name of the new bridge over the Roanoke. I suppose it has some particular name. ' One advantage of this new road is it is a safe road, and with a little work can be put above the highest water m Crabtree Creek. This creek some times cuts off travel on the Wake forest and Milburnie Road: but if there is a fill made of about. 100 yards wng Crabtree Creek could be crossed over the Louisburg Road at the high est point and would always consti a safe entrance from the North and East in the City and could be travelled when the other roads are under water. "As soon as the road is finished, we put sign boards up. The Vick Chemical Company of Greensboro is anxious to put mile posts along the entire distance as soon as the road is open. "South of Raleigh, the correspond In6' road is being finished to Fayette 7lle through Fuquay Springs, Lil "ngton, Linden and on to Fayetteville an Camp Bragg. Road is finished in Cumberland, and is under contract the ntire way through Harnett, the con tactor being at work since June and the ad is good from Raleigh to Fu quay Springs and possibly from Fu q,T Springs to the Harnett line. . 'We will see that this gap is filled m and the road will then be contin Uou good and almost perfectly slight from Warrenton to Fayette and will be a re-establishment , the old Fayetteville-Raeigh--oinsburg-Warrenton stage road. I Tf- t will make us all better ac- , !lnted with each other and more sociable." vlitakes just two words to make a 1" TCan' J' 0ne man says' " ; ft other, "I can' Can HlUO illU VJEU I EE OAT AE OETflWG A HD.IPlWff' HEAR AfCUT THAT r I'ICl'l PL.! Vll'l P0RROW, WELL WHERE PO ALL YOUR I EE E itf 1R0Uft.IL A6AJH IHFORMATlOH tfiqrriglr)jrr ijSfe u HONOR ROLL Warrenton Graded School Month of September The honor roll means that these pupils have made not less than ninety on every subject. Perfect attendance neither tardy nor absence: First Grade George Burwell, Roy Haithcock, Gordon Haithcock, Nor man Haithcock, Catherine Hicks, Nel lie Huggins, Leah Terrell, Thomas Welch, Billy Martin, Ray Loyd, Edgar Robinson, Iris BurrowT, Elizabeth Duke, Alvis Kidd, Jack Kidd, Mabel Whittemore, Billy .Rook. , Second Grade Raymond Whitte more, John Liles, Woodrow Parker, Shell Knight, Ethel Lee Felts, Daisy Felts, Mary Robert Wood, Elizabeth Rodwell. Third Grade Walker Burwell, Georgie Hicks, Leon Wood Hoffler, John Welch. Fourth Grade Myrtle Prescott, Barker Williams, Romeo Williams, Maywood Modlin. Fifth Grade? Gladys Haithcock, William Taylor. Sixth Grade Sarah Howard Ward. Seventh G ade Willie Hall John- w -ft 1 1 T . TTT '11 son, naoise r.iunen, juewis vv imams, Pettway Boyd. Eighth Grade -Gladys TVlodlin, Car- rie Haithcock. Ninth Grade Mildred Allen, Cleary; Haithcock, Elizabeth Rooker, Leonora Taylor, Katharine Taylor. Tenth Grade none. Eleventh Grade Dorothy Walters. CRUSADERS NEEDED (Clarence Poe) The greatest work to be done m North Carolina is not o a political nature; it is the upbuilding of our, agriculture and the development of j t.pr rural civilization. More than a long three-year gubernatorial j campaign we need a ired-hot ten-year campaign to bring up our average farm earning $500 a. year to the northern farm averag;e; to establish a system of rural co-operation such as has revolutionized Denmark and Ireland; to lengthen our school term, strengthen' compulsory attendance, and add what is now our most griev ous educational lack a practical sys tem of rural instruction with text books and teachers adapted to farm life; and then better roads, social centers, farm women's clubs, more white farmers from the north and west, and a wholesome and satisfy ing social life for the farmer's wife and family. This is the work in the state which needs crusaders now. CONGRESSMAN KITCHEN IM PROVING. The people of the State, and espec ially of the Second Congressional Dis in ar. nleased thiat Congressman Claude Kitchin is rapidly regaining his health. A simple operation upon the bones n nftRfi has eiven great relief and removes the dizzy f eeling heretofore suffered by him. HAME Y8UW OVER to ion- (&APULATE T&tf, VET? THEy HAVE THAT NEW To ME A HEW PAV6HTE& If) OUR. HOMETOWf) PAPER WISE BETTERMENT MEETS. There were twenty-four present at the regular meeting of the Better ment Association held at the school building on Thursday, October 6th. The following officers were elected: President, Miss Carrie B. Dunn; Vice-President, Mrs. L. M. King; Sec-Treas., Mrs. Charlotte Story Perkinson; Members of Executive Committees, Mrs. M. H. Hayes and Mrs. Evans Coleman. It was voted to have a Hallow'een party and to use the proceeds in pro viding the balance needed for ttK purchase of a curtain for the stage. A committee to look after purchas ing Lhe cuxtain was appointed. It was voted to give a picture or other prize not to exceed the value of five dollars to the school room which is most successful in getting the oth ers out to Betterment meetings dur ing the session. School Notes. Work on the new High School Buiiu ing has been commenced. The enroll ment in the High School is at present over fortv-five and as soon as suffic ient rooms are provided another teacher will be employed. That the enrollment will continue to increase is an assured fact. ' ' The sum of forty-one dollars has been raised and used since the open ing of school for athletic equipment. Material for both the boys' and the girls' basket ball teams has been pur chased, also some baseball supplies. The school truck brings between twenty-five and thirty pupils from the I Paschal! neighborhood and an equal ! number from the Smith Creek vicin I ity. YOUR HOME PAPER (Southland Farmer) Don't make fun of your local paper. It has possibilities of being as good as any m tne country anu lemsmuci that it reflects the community in which it is pulished, and it is the one prod uct that goes to far places bearing the town trade mark. It deserves the best you an give of active support and sympathetic understanding. Give the editor news, whether it benefits you or not. Don't ask him to print it on the front page and just the "exact way you handed it in. Don't worry lest the editor makes too much money. If he's prosperous, hell be foolish enough to give his community a better paper; that's an editor's ambition that's why he en gages in the publicity business. Tell him when he has a good paper. You. are willing to congratulate your preacher on a good sermon, and your merchant on an attractive window dis play. The editor is no less grateful for a word of pra:e. Make it a point to visit the print shop and learn of its difficulties and complexities. At least that will give you a more charitable attitude. The paper should not be the product of the editor solely but of all those who are interested in it as friends, contribu tors, readers or advertisers. ihat m a VjHEN PIP 1RAT J0HNSOK5' POT Ofl IHWEPIT MARSHALL FOCH AT i REUNION OF 30TH Marshal Ferdinand Foch, chief of all the allied armies in the great final drive to victory, will be in Nashville November 4, to attend the opening day of the third annual reunion of the Old Hickory Association, veterans of the Thirtieth Division. The reception committee of the American Legion, in charge of the Marshal's American itinerary, has in cluded the reunion at Nashville. This will be his only visit to the South. It is , also probable that Admira' David B"eatty, hero of the Battle of Jutland and the chief of the British Navy, will-attend the reunion. Defi nite acceptance has not been received from Admiral Beatty, however. Besides these distinguished visitors and General Pershing, eight of the twelve Congressional Medal of Honor men of the Thirtieth Division will also be guests of the Old Hickory Associa tion. Four other Medal of Hono" men of the Division fell on the field of battle. There were but seventy-eight Con- gressional Medals of Honor awarded during the World War. To win one of them a soldier must be more than a brave and gallant fighter. Con spicuous bravery in action is reward ed with the Distinguished Service Cross, of which there were some five thousand awarded during the war. To fwin the Medal of Honor, however, re quires "conspicuous gallantry and in trepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action." The medal is never awarded except after the most searching investigation by representatives of the Commander in Chief. That nearly one-sixth of all the Medals of Honor given in the whole army should have been bestow ed on members of the Thirties Divis ion is itself the finest tribute that could be paid to the Division which first smashed its way through the de fenses of the Hindenburg system at Bellicourt. The four Congressional Medal of Honor men of the Division who gave their lives in battle are: Robert L. Blackwell, North Carolina, and 1st Sergt. Milo Lemert, Tennessee, of the 119th Infantry; Corp. James D. Heriot and Sergt. Thomas Lee Hall, both of South Carolina and of the 118th In fantry. The eight living holders of the Medal, who are expected at the Divis ion reunion, are Calvin J. Ward, Mor ristown, Tenn., Sergt. James E. Karn es, Knoxville, Tenn., and Sergt. Ed ward R. Talley, Russelleville, Tenn., all of the 117th Infantry; Sergt. Rich mond H. Hilton, Westville, S. C, Lieut. John H. Dozier, Rock Hill, S. C, Sergt. Garey Evans Foster, In man, S. C.,,and Corp. John C. Ville pigue, Camden,' S. C, all of the 118th Infantry; and Sergt. Joseph B. Adkin son, Atoka, Tenn., 119th Infantry. Reduced railroad rates of one and one-half fare for the round trip to Nashville have been offered to mem bers of the Old Hickory Association. Tickets will be sold on the certificate plan. f Y6V WANT TO I 1 A VEAJ" The Charlotte Observer of Tuesday -norning June 25, 1901, carried a very nteresting article under the caption "The Father of the House." This was called to our attention by Mr. A. S. Webb who has recently made a visit to Alamance county and found in the old homstead many old letters and records of interest as far as the Revolution. Mr. Webb's grandfather, Hon. Rich ard Stanford, had the honor to be called "The Father of the House," as also was Nathaniel Macon. This article throws a side-Iigiu upon the relations of Mr. Randolph and Mr. Macon unknown to many peo ple who have always believed that their relations were always cordial. Certain it is that Mr. Macon felt no ill will against Mr. Randolph as will be shown by his letter below. And Mr. Macon's Will shows that at his death that feeling remained. "The high esteem in which Ran dolph held Stanford continued until the latter's death, and it was the only life-long friendship between the ec centric statesman and, any of his col leagues, for as highly as he regarded Macon, who appointed him chairman of the committee of Ways and Means while Speaker, he Randolph be came estranged from Macon and roundly denounced him on several oc casions. A 'combination was formed to beat Randolph in his district which was successful, but during his tempo rary retirement from Congress he wrote regularly to Stanford, but not to any other member. Macon felt keenly the loss of Ran dolph's friendship, as extracts from he following letter will show. It was written by Macon to Nicholson, for merly a Member of Congress from Maryland, February 1st. 1815, and is found in Henry Adam's biography of Randolph: "Jonathan did not love David more than I have Randolph, and I still have hat same feeling towards him, but somehow or other I am constraned rrom saying-anything abut .it ta him, mless now and then to defend him igainst false accusations, or what I Relieve to be such. There is hardly my evil that afflicts me more than he loss of a friend, especially' vhen not conscious of having given any nuse for it. I cannot account for the oldness with which you say he treat id you, or his not staying at your 'louse while in Baltimore. Stanford now and then comes to where I sit n the House, arid shows me a letter om R to him, which is all I see from iim. He has not wrote to me since he left Congress, nor I but once to him." BE LOYAL. Durand (111.) Gazette. Don't go abroad to buy something when you have a few dollars to spend and then ask your home merchants to sell to you on time when you are broke. If you have bills with your merchant who has given you credit and an extension of time and accept ed small payments, and take your cash to the city to spend with a stranger, who has no interest in your town, nine times out of ten he will "do" you be cause he never expects to see you again. The home merchant will save you money with reliable goods, which he guarantees with his reputation. A town that is large enough and good enough for a man to earn his living in is good enough for him to buy his provisions in. If he does not think so, both he and the town would be better off if his tent were pitcher1 on other praries. Has Safe Trip The friends of Mr. Brodie Jones will be pleased to know that he had a safe trip from San Francisco by ship through the canal to New York, and that after a few weeks in New York on the Times he hopes to return to Warrenton. Mrs. Mary Beckette of Petersburg is guest of her sister Mrs. Hannah Arrington. Mr. and Mrs. Barker Dameron and children of Nashville are visiting their mother Mrs. J. A. Dameron this week. Capt. E. C. Price and Mr. Gene Gay spent Thursday in Raleigh. Mr. Joe Fleming was in Raleigh yesterday. Mr. J. R. Porter, General Manager of Home Telephone Company was in Warrenton this veek. SHOULD BE CAREFUL IN THE HARVESTING State Bureau of Agriculture Of fers Suggestions to Farmers Concerning Harvesting and Protection of Potatoes. Successful storage of sweet pota toes depends to a large extent on harvesting the crop at the right t'me, careful handling, properly cur ng the potatoes in the storage house, and intelligent house manage ment, says the N. C. Division of Hor ticulture, which gives the following directions for harvesting: It is advisable to harvest the crop slightly immature rather than to risk the injurious effects of frost or cold weather. A frosted potato or a cold injuried potato will not keep.' "While frosted vines are not al ways fatal to the crop, it is safer to dig the potatoes before the first frost. If the-vines have been touched with frost, cut them away and harvest the potatoes as soon as possible. Write to the Weather Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, for the average date for the first frost in your section, and plan to har vest the crop before that date. Dig early and save the crop. It is desir able to harvest the potatoes when tha weather is bright and the soil dry. "The importance of careful harvest ing and handling in determning the keeping quality of sweet potatoes can not be over emphasized. Proba bly more potatoes are lost to the grower as the result of careless handling than from any other cause. The smallest bruise or break in the skin of a potato furnishes an oppor tunity for the entrance of rot dis eases. , "The vines should be cut and rak ed off an area than can be harvested and stored the same day. Turn out potatoes with a large turning plow, plowing deeply in order to avoid cut .ing and bruising the roots, t The p tatoes should then be carefully rakea free from the soil. Sweet potatoes may remain on the ground for a few hours on mild, clear days ,but if harv ested on a hot day they should be placed in the shade as soon as they dry off. It is desirable to grade in .he field into the crates in which they are to be stored. Always avoid rough handling. The cut and bruised po tatoes should be stored separately from the main crop, for immediate use at home." Complete direction for curing sweet potatoes can be obtained by writing the Division of Horticulture, Raleigh, N. C. NASHVILLE-LIBERIA ROAD Messrs. Ragland and Chandler tho contractors for Project 93 have com pleted the contract, and with the ex ception of a bridge between Creek and Inez (which small bridge has a tem porary bridge nearby) the road is open from Warrenton to Rocky Mount and Wilson. This gives a through route from these cities through Warrenton to Richmond, Petersburg and the North. The completion of this Warrenton Centerville, Castalia, Nashville, Rocky Mount, Wilson route materially short ens the distance from these towns to Warrenton, and is an appreciated addition to the many advantages of Warrenton. BEST SHOT IN FOUR ARMIES Edtior of The Record: Believing that the relatives and friends of- Captain Willian Randolph Watson of Compan C. 50th Infantry, of American Forces in Germany would be greatly interested, I write to say that I have learned with great pide of his record as a marksman in the service, a shot who has won the championship in four armies. Capt. Watson is a nephew of Mr. R. T. Watson of our town, a grand son of the late Louis N. Watson, a graduate of 1917 of the University of North Carolina, a son of Mr. Wil liam R. Watson. Recently he made the highest score for the best shot in lh3 United States army, receiving a .old medal for his skill. He also took the prize for the best marksman in the French, British and Belgian arm ies and was given prizes by these countries. His shooting is said to be marvelous. Yours truly, B. B. WILLIAMS.
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