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VOLUME XXVI.
HURRYING CITY
PAUSES IN RESPECT
HONORS "UNKNOWN DEAD"
Ceaseless Activity Stilled N For
Two Minutes ; Huge Crowds
Hear Burial Ceremonies.
By JOSEPH A. FLEITZER
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. The city
hushed its din for once. For two min
utes. rushing, scrambling, jostling,
rnnf usedly orderly, " money-mad . and
pleasure-crazed New York was still
It. was the third anniversary of the
armistice and the moment of the
burial in Arlington of the Unknown
Soldier. At the stroke of noon all
bent their heads and stilled their rest
less feet in prayer for the dead of the
last war and the prevention of the
next. All New York was hushed in
tribute to those who did not come
back. Christian, Jew and pagan, alike,
paused in meditation. For two min
utes men halted their occupation. And
with him the small gods of the dyn
amo and the turbine, the rumbling
giants of the subway, the clanging
Thors of the surface cars, and the
whirring demons .of the elevated anc
the taxicabs halted in their rush. And
even the German and the Austrian
and the Turk in New York bowed his
head. For he, too, mourned his lost.
Church Bells Toll.
For fifteen minutes previously tho
church bells had rung in union. As,
the minute hand joined the hour hand
at the top of the dial, subway, elevat
ed and surface car stopped where the
throw of a switch in the-power plants
caught them; the signals dropped
against both east-west and north
south traffic; newspaper presses hush
ed their roar; no telephone bell rang;
ferries and railroad trains halted; no
person nor motor car moved needless
ly. New York worshiped.' And as in
New York so throughout the nation.
As the one hundred and ten mil
lions of America lifted their heads at
the end of two minutes, the voice of
President Harding, multiplied infinite
ly by the work of man, was heard,
resounding through huge amplifiers in
Madison Square Garden, in Minne
apolis and in San Francisco alike, aa
he delivered his oration in Arlington
cemetery on the Virginia shore across
from Washington.
Garden Like a Cathedral.
Madison Square Garden was like a
cathedral. From tfte frenzies of po
litical meetings to the splash of div
ing girls, from the pugilistic knock
outs to the annual horse show, Madi
son Square Garden has entertained a
variety of activities in its time, but
never before was there anything like
the Armistice Day observation held
there under the auspices of the Amer
ican Legion and other patriotic and
civic organizations.
The speakers platform was the or
dinary prize ring, with its four posts
wrapped in dark bunting. 20,000 per
sons sat around this platform here
and literally saw the Soldier buried in
Arlington. The drab surroundings of
the Garden dissolved and the dullest
auditor became a spectator as amplifi
er horns brought the sounds from the
Potomac to the crowd in New, York.
Each person within the Garden felt
that he was an actual witness of the
ceremonies beside the Potomac. He
eard and saw not, and yet he saw.
Science Eliminated Space.
Each person, sitting there, heard
the words of the President. Each one
distinctly heard the prayers, singing,
cannon and the haunting, soaring bu
gle notes of the warrior's requiescat.
And as he sat there, it was easy for
tne auditor to visualize the entire
ene in Arlington. The gold star
Mothers, the returned veterans 'and all
e others in the Garden felt that
ey were actual' witnesses of the
monies at the final resting place
c America's soldier.
And thus has the science -of man
"iffiinated space. The sounds from
Arlington came over the wire and
we electrically magnified. Not a
sVUable was lost or blurred. The
trds, in fact, were louder and clear
er here th And
mere
VllVily fcJ w
persons hear! them here. The
fhitheatre at Arlington holds only
Madison Square Garden on
1?a&itice Day was packed with ah
inflow crowd estimated at 20,000.
t, ad amplifier horns on the outside of
Xm arden threw the sounds from Ar
Sto to 12,000 persons in Madison
Park.
Tne penetrating notes of the Marine
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TOBACCO MARKET AND
STOKES TO CLOSE NOV. 24.
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No -'tobacco -will be sold an the
Warrenton market Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of next week,
the Tobacco Board of Trade said
yesterday. -
The Thanksgiving holidays will
find the buyers attending the Virginia-Carolina
football game at
Chapel Hill or hunting in either
Virginia, or Franklin and Vance
Cuuntics.
Stores of the town will be closed
Thursday only.
Tobacco sales will be resumed
Monday, Nov. 28. '
Band and the bugle reached across
the square and were distinctly heard
in the Flatiron Building at Twenty-
third Street and Broadway; the
sounds carrying from the amplifiers
affixed to Madison Square Garden -a
distance -about equal to that from the
Record Printing office to the Post
Office.
And meanwhile, San Francisco,
coupled with Arlington just as New
York was, listened to the ceremony on
the Potomac. For one hour time
andr space . were eliminated and the
country fom Atlantic to Pacific, from
Lakes to Gulf, was as one, united in
worship about the bier of America's
Unknown Soldier as he was being laid
to rest on the banks of the Potomac.
America, homogeneous in tribute.
had honored its dead.
Cotton Ginned in Warren County.
Nov. 1, 19216,047 bales.
Nov: 1, 1920 3,269 bales.
T. E. POWELL, Agent
Census Bureau.
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Siiil . Smashed
Cool, blue eyes of Green leveled
along a pistol barrel only stopped J.
H. Myrick's rush toward him with an
upraised axe Saturday morning in a
liquor raid a mile and a half below
Macon. Night Policeman T. H. Rob
ertson, Fate Weaver and L. W. Hof
fler assisted in bringing Myrick to
Warrenton where he was placed in
jail under 400 bond.
Chief Green had made several trips
to the IVlyrick home in search of his
son who stole goods from the War
renton Railroad early in the Fall. The j
elder Myrick, a white farmer and a
man of more than sixty years of agej
had warned against coming thert
again. I
In the face of threats the party left
Saturday morning. They found a
complete illicit outfit in a tobacco
barn with 100 gallons of mash ready
for the kettle. The still, with a cop
per worm and cap, was cold. No
whiskey was found.
Leaving the house the party sought
Myrick in the woods nearby. Rais
ing his axe from the logs he was
splitting, hs plunged toward Green
and the party. Weapons were whip
ped into position and Myrick still
cursing and with axe upraised, halted.
Green's pistol and a healthy looking
gun in the hands of Fate Weaver
covered him in time.
A struggle, was necessary to make
Myrick drop the axe. As the group
approached the barn the prisoner do
nied knowledge of a key. A family
axe split the door. Officers kept an
eye on a young Myrick whose movea
were suspected. The prisoner wanted
to go in the bam but the officers de
tained him. A wicked looking pitch
fork stood guard at the door.
After the still was disconnected,
the mashed destroyed the party came
to Warrenton. Myrick made no effort
to give bond.
Chief Green returned Sunday to see
the younger Myrick, He asked the
boy where the other kettle was buri
ed. The boy fell fo the bluff and
answered "near the branch."
"Go dig it up!" Pick and shovel
unearthed a farm pot lost by W. E.
B. Harris. Green had been searching
for it around the county. The pot
had been ruined by a hole drilled m
the bottom and other arrangements
necessary for a whiskey kettle.. The
son was not arrested. .
Through a legal technicality, whicn
does not penalize for the first of
fense, as heavily as for the second,
Myrick's bail was reduced Tuesday.
He is out on bond today
WARRENTON COUNT V OF WARREN,
COUNTY STANDS
FOR DISARMAMENT
IN ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS.
Honor Roll Read By Gibbs; Miss
Dameron Lauded Wilson;
Children On Program.
Resolutions praying for disarma
ment, the roll call of service men, ex
cerpts from the North Carolina Schoo
ay program closed the Armisti
Day celebration in Warrenton. Other
events of the evening were a story by
iurs. jonn uameron and the purpose
of the present Red Cross Roll Call,
outlined by W. Brodie Jones,
The crowd unanimously favored the
resolutions submitted by, its commit
tee:
Whereas, Warren County men wei
&7, OI Ine American forces;
uereas, citizens of this county
?iTv wieir wnoienearted support to
w uovernmenr in its hour of war;
Therefore, Be it resolved by citi
zens of Warren County assembled
in Warrenton to honor its men on this
armistice uay, 1921,
First, That this meeting ask the
government to use all its power to
reauce woria armament; to lessen the
resultant burden of taxation, and fo
bring nations in closer harmony that
tne woria may progress toward last
ing peace;
Resolved Second, That Hon. Claude
Kitchin, and Senators Overman and
Simmons be asked to use their influ
ence for success of the conference con
vening in Washington tomorrow;
Resolved Third, That these resolu
tions be sent to our representatives at
Washington and published in The
News & Observer and the County
papers.
W. BRODIE JONES,
MRS. W. A. CONNELL,
B. B. WILLIAMS,
Committee.
After America, a prayer by Rev. J.
T. Draper opened the exercises.
Miss Julia Dameron, who presided,
recalled the days of war, reviewed
couuiuuiis since anu ioiu uj. trie - im-'
portance of the Disarmament Confer-
ence now in session at Washington.
She paid tribute to "Woodrow Wilson
as a world leader and a soldier wound
ed in spirit by carrying on for the
cause which he held just."
With Gilmer Green as color bearer,
group of school children gave the
Flag Salute as the crowd stood. The
audience, still standing, repeated
America's Creed.
School children, under direction of
Miss Mariam Boyd, followed with ap
propriate readings :
T-r Cinrtlnwo T71 1 A Tnltn It MIT 1 1
All r lanuciD J. v .uuittwii.
America's Answer Carrie Wilson.
Robert Lester Blackwell Helen
Duke.
Our Dead Overseas Olivia Bur
well. -
A Doughboy Story Charles Ray
Rodwell. 0
Kiffin Yates Rockwell Dorothy
Walters. .
Peace With VictoryMable Buchan
an. A fairy story of the formation of
the American Flag was effectively
told by Mrs. Dameron. There was the
white of purity, the red of bravery,
the blue of trueness, and the stars of
eternity. . '
Mayor Gibbs, Commander of the
Limer Post of the American Legion,
read the list of Warren men. The
War's toll of the county's own:
White Soldier Dead.
Robert T. Adams, Dave Adcock,
Beverly M. Allen, Robert Lee Alston,
Godwin Bracey, Alonzo K. Breece, Al
bert L. Coleman, William Richard
Coleman, Edward L. Davis, Earnest E.
Frazier, Louis Freeman, Simon S.
Griffith, Luke Ham, Jerry Harris,
John D. S. Harris, Macey D. Harris,
Clifton Hayes, Oliver W. Howell, Ar
chibald W. Limer, Lawrence McCullen,
Hester C. McGowan, Fletcher W.
Merrift, Herbert M. Miles, John D.
Mizell, James H"M6bley, Willie Ubert
Nicholson, George Pettigrew Overby,
Charlie P. Pendergrass, Leon L.
Powell, Benjamin C. Robertson Vance
Hornaday SaintSing, William T. Sav
age, Willie Seaman, James Alexander
Shaw, Eddie Kendrick Smiley, Louis
Stallings, sClark R. Stewart, Pryor
Tucker, John H. Watkins, . Frank
Weaver, Sol Williams White, Horace
Williams, James Hornaday Williams.
Colored Soldier Dead.
Frank Alston, John B. Arringtoa,
Andrew J. Brown, Mark Brown, Henry
Davis, Tommy Harrison, Joseph A.
Hudgins, Jesse Hudgins, John H.
Pope, Charles Williams, Douglas Wil
liams, David T. Carroll, Henry Chavis.
Commander Gibbs asked that he be
notified if the list was incorrect or
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N. C., FRIDAY, NOV 18, 1921
SIXTY MILES ASVD MORE ON
TWO GALLONS START TALK.
"Yes, sir," said Shearin, with
emphasis, "we drove to Wilson 01.
two gallons of gas."
The crowded, smoke laden cafe
was silent.
Dr. Shearin felt that the quiet
was doubting.
"Didn't we, Mr. Polk?"
"We sure did," said the former
Senator.
' : And that started the line of
stories.
"I drove to Raleigh from Macon '
in an hour and fifty-eight nun
utes," said Hunt Macon.
. A. D. Harris had driven a party
L-of friends to the capitul under two
hours from Warrenton.
Big Bill Davis, who had been in
the automobile business in Ken
tucky and later a citizen of Cali
fornia where good roads encourage
speed, came out with the record
twenty miles in twenty-two min
utes." And then Vaiden halted in a
march on steak to say, "Glad I
won't with you!"
; In general comment " as we
reached the door Captain Polk
ventured "Enough gas has been
spent here to take a car to Europe
and back."
Shearin was still sticking to his
story of 63 miles on two gallons.
incomplete. The roster came from
the Norfh Carolina Historical Com
mission." "It is the desire of th-3
American Legion," Gibbs said, "to
have the list correct. Any co-operation
to that end will be appreciated.
"The Fifth Roll Call Will not be
a house to house canvass over War
ren" W. Brodie Jones said for the
Executive Committee. "It is import.
ant,l however, and the success of the
campaign will, tell whether Warren
fwants 't continue the Public Health
Nurse work." Mr. Jones brief iy
sketched Miss Lowe's activities here
and told that half of the funds raised
in the campaign ending with Thanks
giving would go for a County Nurse.
The other half would be used for sol
dier relief and national disaster.
Selections of patriotic sons wer
sung as the Armistice Day progra
of 1921 closed.
Ulfiso Honors
Dead; Success
For Book Week
Impressive patriotic exercises were
held at the Wise High School on
Armistice Day. ;
The morning program which began
at ten o'clock was as follows:
Song "America."
Invocation Mr. Hudson.
Greetings from State Supt. read
by Principal.
Recitation, "The American "Flag"
by three girls.
Song, "Star Spangled Banner."
Recitation, "In Flanders Field"
Olaf Mustian.
Recitation, "America's 'Reply" by
Willie Collins.
Reading, "Our Record in the World
War" Edward Leete.
Reading, "How We Helped the
Government" Emma King.
Song, "Long, Long Trail" School.
"Welfare Work at Home ant
Abroad" Mamie Perkinson.
"Makers of the Flag" Wright Bol
ton. Reading "Some Stories of Service''
by Leon Perkinson, Willie King.
Bettie Coleman Jones Pitts, Freddie
Hicks.
Reading, "The Story of President
Lincoln" Vernon Nash.
"Blue Stars and .Gold Stars Lucy
Harris.
Song, "Pack Up Your Troubles"
School.
Recitation, "Our Dead Overseas"
Florence' Hicks.
Reading, "Our, County's Honor Roll"
Miss Carrie B. Dunn.
In addition to the above program.
Principal I. B. Hudson added much
by talking interestingly of his war
experience. He was dressed in uni
form for this occasion and drew his
comments from experience with the
42nd Rainbow Division with vwhich
he served through the war. He did
not speakSof the Unpleasant things
which the soldiers are glad to forget,
hut of the especial pleasure of know
ing the Scotch people, which was hisl
ft
TwaCCO PRICES TEN CENTS HIGHER
THAN ON LOCAL MARKET LAST YEAR
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MORE THAN HALF MILLION POUNDS AVERAGED $29.04.
Crop Reporting Service Shows In Tabular Form That Market
Is Firm And Steady With Increase Over September
Prices; Advance Continues On November Sales.
With an increase of more than ten cents over tobacco prices
on this market last year, the State Crop reporting service in its
report available yesterday places Warrenton in the forefront of
North Carolina markets. Producers sales for the month of Oct.
were 564,820 pounds with a total for the month of 575,678 includ
ing resales. The 1920 price was $18.13 while the average return
for the weed on the local market this year was $29.04. The toal
season sales to October 31 were 639..920 pounds.
Warrenton led surrounding markets according to figures
furnished the State by the warehousemen. Rocky Mount
privilege while a soldier student at
the University of Edinburg.
Mr. Fleming Hilliard, a member of
the 81st Division, was also present
and made a few remarks. ,
Pupils of the school formed a line at
12 o'clock and laden with many beau
tiful flowers, marched to the ceme
tery where an impressive service was
held at the grave of Vance St. Sing,
our noble school boy who,-made the
supreme sacrifice for his country.
The exercises, at the grave consisted
in the reading of the account of the)
ceremonies held in Washington in
honor of the "Unknown Hero" who
was buried in Arlington on Armistice
Day, and the singing of the "Battle
Hymn of the Republic." Then the
members of the school placed their
flowers on the grave of their- fellow
student, completely covering it. A
representative of the Red Cross put
a fresh flag amid the flowers.
After dinner tne program consisted
of an address by County Superintend
ent Aiiehwho said, ros. things
Sfbriae ' to v the ur-j. He streiW
the importance of good "books - hi the
home and in the school" as one means
of "carrying on" and making the
world a better place to live in, to the
end that our boys whose sacrifices
we were commemorating . shall not
have died in vain.
Friends ' of the school and commun-1
ity are delighted with : the results so
far pbtained during "Book Week'
Already about forty books have been
presented to the school, in addition
to a good sum of money. A full list
of contributors and contributions will
be published next week.
The mostf appreciated feature of
the week has been the Moving pic
tures sent by the State Board of
Education. On Monday night the pic
ture presented was - Robert Louis
Stevenson's "Kidnapped," followed
with a 'Mutt and Jeff." On Tuesday
night we had "Rip Van Winkle".
On Wednesday night we had a won- -
derful program, probably the most
liked of all: 'The story of "The Lost
Colony," told by Mrs. C. S. Thomas
of the North Carolina State Board of
Education; two pictures,' the first an
adaption of Tennyson's poem "Enoch
Arderi;" the other "The Story of
Plymouth Rock," then two reels of
comedy.
The auditorium was well filled ev
ery night and judging by the good
community singing everybody was
happy and glad to help the school
carry out its project.
Next Wednesday evening the High
School pupils will present "Kentucky!
Belle." This play has been staged
by Miss Redfern and Miss Sledge
and the. public is sure to get a good
evening's entertainment. .
Thanksgiving. Day the ladies of
Jerusalem Methodist Church will
serve supper over Coleman-White
Co's. Store for the benefit of the
church. They will have turkey and
all that goes to make a real Thanks
giving feast. Public co-operation in
making this a success is requested by
the committee in charge.
That Hawtree is still loyal to the
"Greatest' Mother in the World" is
being made manifest this week by
the enrollment of members. Mrs.
Perkinson has appointed the follow
ing committee, who have gone to work
with" a will and good results are ex
pected. , .
The Committee: Mr. I. B. Hud
son, Miss Redfern, Miss Sledge, Mis
Alston, Mrs. J. P. Hicks Jr.; Mrs. W.
E. Loyd, Miss Parker, -Mr. Macon
King, Mr. C. W. .King, Miss Lena
White. ' ' '
NUMBER 46
y averaged $28.67, Enfield $28.45, Hen
derson $24.94 and Oxford $27.02.
Total sales for the State to date
amounted to 106,041,014 pounds at an
average of $24.98. Fuquay Springs
led the . State in October with an aver
age of $40.73. The State averaged
$30.87 on tobacco sold in October.
A general summary of the State
condition as reflected by the ware
house reports follows :
Prices received for tobacco sold on
North Carolina markets during Octo
ber averaged 6.5c. per pound higher
than October sales last year, and 9c.
higher than the average paid the pre
ceeding month of September. The
quality of-the offerings has been very
good, on an average, better than Sep
tember. Good grades have sold well
with but little demand for the poorer
grades. The following are remarks
which accompanied sales reports from,
northern piedmont markets:
"Sales very light and offerings for
the month about average;" "Medium
breaks;" "Quality fairly good, some
thin tobacco no body;" "The sales
aib better for the, month as a whole,
Good obacco -high, common low."
The larger markets reported pro
ducers sales as follows: Wilson 7,082,
463 pounds at $32.63, Greenville 5,
125,492 pounds at $33.61, Winston
Salem $4,725,589 pounds at $32.53,
and Kinston 3,775,785 pounds at
$24.47.
Since November 1 big breaks have
crowded local floors. Prices have
averaged around 30 "cents with ad-
vances on good grades.
The first modern battleship to cost
over $5,000,000 was the British ship
Inflexible, launched in 1881.
HOTEL WORK PROGRESSES
EACH DAY, SAYS WILLIAMS.
Warrenton's new hotel nears com
pletion every day.t Contractor H. R.
Williams said yesterday, "The town
is to have every reason for pride in
its hotel. As soon as the plumbing
is completed we are to employ more
men and push the building to rapid
completion."
Plumbing by Brown of Durham i
being installed each day. The wiring
is complete except for extensions to
the porches.
"A modern hotel, such as the town
is having erected," Williams said,
"will place Warrenton further to the
front among the progressive smaller
towns of the country. The hotel will
be completed near March. 1."
CANVASS OF HOMES TO
INCREASE R. C. MEMBERS
Red Cross workers in the two drug
stores here Saturday- received more
than 150 new members. A canvass
of the town will be made under di
rection of Mrs. J. E. Rooker, acting
chairman, and Miss Julia Dameron,
chairman for Warrenton township,
today and tomorrow. -
County Chairman John D. Newell
has written Roll Call representatives
in each township. Buttons have been
distributed and ' posters mailed. A
report from Wise indicates that Haw
tree will be in he forefront with re
turns; .
Chairman Newell said yesterday
"I urged the importance of the cam
paign in my letters. I am expecting
returns after the close of the drive
Thanksgiving.
Membership buttons were sold for
a $1 Saturday by Misses Estelle
Davis, Lucy Williams, Janice Flem
ing, Virginia Gibbs, Undine Draper
and Sally Davis. The canvass today
and tomorrow gives many opportuni
ty to sign for 1922.