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VOLUME XXVI.
FIRST THANKSGIVING IN PAGEANT
OF COMMUNITY CLUB FRIDAY NIGHT
UECITATIONS, SONGS AND GAMES TO ENTHUSE ALL.
Special Program Assures Crowd At Court House For Bi-Monthly
Meeting of Town Folk; Mrs. V. L. Pendleton nd Miss
Sue Williams Sponsoring Entertainment.
A Thanksgiving of the Pilgrim Fathers is to be eiven in
pantomine at the Courthouse tonight at 7:30 o'clock. The spirit of I
yesterday witn us turKey and
imparts added fervor in the replica of the first Thanksgiving din
ner and impersonation of those
program is under the auspices of
tion.
Community singing and games are to draw the entire assem
blage into the atmosphere of a true thanksgiving, it was said ye
terday. The tableaux of Miles
Prcilia and John Alden are receiv-?
insr the attention of Mrs. Pendleton
and Miss Sue Williams who are in
charge of the entertainment.
A recitation "Landing of the Pil
irrim Fathers" opens the special pro
gram. The two tableaux follow. v
Around the festive board is to gath
er a distinguish company for the first
Thanksgiving dinner. There will be
present Gov. and Mrs. Bradford; El
der and Mrs. Brewster; Mr. and Mrs.
John Alden; Squanto, the Indian In
terpreter; Somerset, Indian friend;
Miles Standish, Warren, Hopkins,
Winslow and others.
Selected poetry is to be read by
Miss Julia Dameron to complete the
atmosphere of the occasion.
"The community boosters are anx
ious." an enthusiast said yestere?ay,
for every one to attend these bi
monthly meetings.
The folk can get '
topether, and enjoy the occasion. I
am certain that the Thanksgivingcel -
ebvation Friday night is to be worthy
the attendance of all."
NATURALISTIC DRAMA
DISCUSSED BY CLUB HERE.
Naturalistic drama in Germany wa
discussed Tuesday afternoon at a
meeting of the Literary department
of the Woman's Club in the home of
Mrs. C. R. Rodwell.
The first paper on Hauptmam as a
Naturalistic Dramatist was well-presented
by Mrs. Edmund White. Sh'i
discussed the methods and aims o
the naturalistic artist in Germany
and outlined briefly Hauptmann's
treatment of his dramas.
Miss Mariam Boyd followed! with a
clear, interesting discussion of Haupt
mann's masterpiece, "The Weaver."
In this play the dramatist shows the
opposing parties, Capital and Labor,
and the faults of each, without tak
ing definite sides.
The program was closed by a pape
on Sudermann as a Popular Drama
tist. This interesting paper was read1
by Miss Julia Dameron. It was pre
pared by Mrs. Lizzie Tarwater who
vas unavoidably absent.
In addition to regular members pres
ent Mrs. Rodwell had as her guest
Urs. J. M. Gardner, Mrs. H. A. Mose-J
ley. Mrs. V. F. Ward and Mrs. W. D.
dodgers Jr.
The next meeting will be with Miss
Mjtriam Boyd, Dec. 6, at 3:30. -
FRIEND PAYS TRIBUTE
MEMORY OF HILLIARD.
Mr. John Hilliard, 89 year old
Confederate Veteran, died Nov. 8,
1921
at the hnmp nf Vii crn W. A.
v
""Hard, near Norlina
He was born
"APril 17, 1833.
In early he confessed Christ and
united with the Christian church
nere he remained a member until
death.
He
served four years in 4 the War
ween the States and was faithful
Jnd true to the Star and Bars until
Jey fell at Appomattox. He was
r'?n&d once. At another time he
nad half of his cap shot off.
In young manhood, he married Miss'
Cath
'-uie, daughter of Daniel ana
rine Cole, of Warren County. To
union were hnrn spvam children.
this
l; of Whm ae living: Mr. B. C. Hiw
p Warrenton; Mr. W. A. Hilliard,
of UHllliard' and Mrs. John Cole, all
Hilj. rllna- One sister, Miss Sallie
"frd, survives h. Hig wife died
grand i,.e?rS ag' He haS fifteen
son 1(Ven and one great grand-
dev
W husband, fond father and
good
Cltizen has passed from labor to
y a Friend.
cranberries, its plenty and thanks,
present at the Pilgrim feast. The
the community booster associa
Standish and John Alden and of
BURIAL."
The word "burial" is applied to the
prevailing method among ail civilized
nations of disposing of the dead by
hiding them in the earth. The usual
method of mankind has been to burv
thedead out of sight of the living;
and various have been the methods of
accomplishing this purpose. These
methods of burying the dtead may be
put into three great classifications.
The closing up of the body in wood,
stone or metal,
The burning of the body and pre
serving the ashes by putting them in
a tomb, and -
The embalming of the body.
The first of these methods seems to
be the earliest form of which we have
any record and it is the form most
commonly used by the civilized world
tod'ay. It is the method referred to
I in the earliest Scriptures; and all are
ffamiliar with the touching scene in
which Abraham buried Sarah in the
I cave of Machpelah in the land of Ca-
naan which belonged to Ephron, but
was later secured by Abraham as a
place to bury all. of his dead. The
first account of getting a burial per
mit is the permit given Abraham for
burying Sarah by Ephron the Hittue.
There are frequent allusions in th3
Scriptures to embalming the -body.
Bury is spoken of eighteen times in
the Bible.
Probably the Egyptians knew more
about the art of embalming than any
people before or since their day.
There are today Egyptian mummiet
thousands of years old in numbers 01
museums throughout the world. TheseN
corpses of Egyptians are as inoffen
sive as any article of wood1 or stone
and are as well preserved as they
were the day they were embalmed.
Some of the grandest buildings in
the world have been tombs such as
the pyramids of Egypt, the Castle of
St. Angelo, the Mausoleum at Hali
carnassus, Westminister Abbey, and
many temples scattered throughout
the world.
Now that the World War is over
innumerable beautiful buildings will
be dedicated to dead heroes.
Thus the respect paid by the living
to the dead has preserved and will
preserve for the world many magnifi
cent fruits of architectural gems and
labor. In 1913. North Carolina made
a great stride forward in preserving
the memory of the dead by enacting
the Vital Statistics Law. The ; law-
does not stop at preserving the mem
ory of the dtead no matter how rich
or poor, whether of high-or low es
tate, the memory of the deceased is
preserved, and more than this the
cause of death i& recorded so that
health authorities may be able to
know the number of deaths from cer
tain diseases that are known to be
preventable. They are thereby enabl
ed to concentrate their efforts on cer
tain diseases in certain localities.
Because this information is so val
uable the law makers in their wisdom
put a severe penalty on burying the
dead without making out a certifi
cate of dteath, giving all particulars
of family history over the signature
of some one familiar with this per
sonal history, and cause of death over
the signature of the attending physi
cian, and filing same with local regis
trar and obtaining in exchange a per
mit to bury the deceased. F. M, R.,
in The Health Bulletin.
Where the Trouble Was.
First Doughboy "Did- you -have
trouble with your French while in
Paris ? "
Second Ditto "No, but the Paris
ians did!" Western Christian Advo
cate (Cincinnati).
WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C, FRIDAY, NOV. 25, 1921
THANKSGIVING, BECAUSE
OFFICERS RECOVERED RIG.
A colored farmer gives thanks
today that he has title to a horse -and
buggy.
Chief E. L. Green and Night
Policeman T. H. Robertson kept
this from being a dismal Thanks
giving for Uncle George Shearin,
a tenant "of Mr. Edmund White.
"I saw somebody driving your
horse and buggy" a friend told
Uncle George Saturday night as
they met on the street in Warren
ton. "Which way was he going?"
the colored man asked as he start
ed for the officers.
Green's car headed toward Em
bro in pursuit. Chief put a heavy
foot on the accelerator and the
big car rolled over the roads. Rob
ertson was loaded for a horse
thief.
In the focus of the lights a
horse and buggy loomed. "That's
it!" said Uncle George with relief.
The thief had taken to the woods.
With his horse in a sweat and
three spokes smashed by the flight
the thankful old man drove home.
ALL METHODIST MINISTERS
RETURNED TO THE COUNTY
All Methodist ministers wrere re
turnee! to Warren County by the
North Carolina Conference. . Rev. R.
H. Broom, former pastor of the .War-
renton Circuit, was moved from
Hookerton to Roanoke Rapids Station.
-Dr. J. T. Gibbs was returned to the
Warrenton Circuit for is fourth yeai.
Rev. M. Y. Self returned to Nor
lina for a third year and Rev. J. T.
Draper was given the Warren charge
for the third time.
Ministers attending report a most
interesting conference.
MARRIAGE 'LICENSE ISSUED.
Licenses ' issued until Wet?nesdav
night were:
Nov. 18 Horace Richardson and
Florence D. Richardson, colored.
Nov. 19 John Wallace Watson and
Bernice Taylor, white.
Nov. 21 Worth Johnson and Effie
Davis, colored!.
Son Escapes?
Mother Does
Not Fire Shot
Seeking to defend a blockading sod,
a mother holding a half-concealed pis
tol questioned officers in a Friday af
ternoon liquid raid in -River Township.
The son had escaped with the fathei"
through the woods and the officers
only had in custody, a sixty-five, gallon
complete copper outfit. The weapon
was not drawn.
Guns of the distilllers were a part
of the spoils collected by Chief. Wood
fin of Littleton, Chief Green and Mr.
Robertson of Warrenton. No answer
came to the twenty or more bullets
sent in pursuit of the men. One ham
mer and one double-barreled shotgun
were brought from the still. One of
the guns was loaded with number
four shot.
The officers came to the still at
dusk. A run had been made and the
whiskey carried! away. Whiskey of
another run was almost ready to com
mence trickling from the worm when
a colored man peered into Green's
face. The flight started then.
- There werctwo white men at the
still with the colored person. All es
caped. The still was over a brick
furnace. The copper worm had been
reinforced, a trowl and soddering
irons showed that the blockader was
efficient.
The mother, hearing the shots,
awaited! at the door of a nearby home.
She made no effort to stop the copper
outfit on its way to .Warrenton wKen
she failed to find her son in the cus
tody of offices.
Miss Stevens "Albert, will
you
please run up that curtain?".
Albert I'm not in very good train
ing, but I'll try." Warwick Life.
"I have just heard of a woman who
went to a hotel unaccompanied and
discovered that the acoustic proper
ties of her room were such' that
every time she spoke aloud there was
an echo. She then made a bold at
tempt to get in a last word, and in
so doing talked herself ...to death."
Portland Express and Advertiser.
FOCH HONORED BY
FIFTEEN COLLEGES
COLUMBIA GIVES DEGREE.
Winter Drives Unemployed From
City; Salome Played By
Strauss At Oaera.
By JOSEPH A. FLEITZER.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Special.
Twenty thousand persons cheered
last Saturday as a short, firm-stepping
man, clad in the blue of the
French military, strode briskly
between erect rank of American army
officers and capped and begowned
faculty, to accept with a few words
of -thanks the degree of Doctor of
Laws from Nicholas Murray Butler,
President of Columbia University. .
The short, uniformed1 man, with
shoulders held firmly erect, was Ferd
inand Foch, Marshal of France and
Supreme, Commander of the Allied
Armies. Though his step was brisk,
his eyes were tired for he had
spent a busy month in America. Since
arriving in this country, the French
soldier has been feted from the At
lantic to the Mississippi. From early
in the morning until late at night, an
admiring nation has thrust honors
upon this seventy-year-old soldier',
who has hat! un?er his command more
men than ever were sent into battle
by any General in the world's history1".
And as one looks toward the disarma
ment conference in Washington, one
wonders if any General ever again
will command such a host as marched
under Foch in France.
The day after the ceremonies at
Columbia, Fordham University also
conferred te degree of Doctor of Laws
on the Marshal. This was the fifteen
th time that he has been made a Doc
tor of Laws by American . Universi
ties. More than any other man in the
world, Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of
France, todav is entitled to c-lLJiiipe
self, "Dr. Foch." ;"-
Professional Tramps Leave.
The city is witnessing an exodus
of the unemployed. With the pros
pect of a cold Winter before them and
confronted by a police ultimatum thac
they must go to work, leave the city
or accept such workhouse sentences as
are meted out to them as vagrant
thousands of professional tramps who
lushed here to accept the charity en
gendered by the unemployment situa
tion, have disappeared1 from the city's
parks. Today, there are fewer left
to beg from charitable New Yorkers.
Prettiest Feet In City.
The prettiest feet in New York
have been found. They do not belong
to a Follies girl nor to an artiste
model but to a woman thirty-nine
years of age. Mrs. Lottie Jean Dona
van, who has a son fifteen years ola,
was awarded the first prize at the
Health Exhibit in .Grand Central
Palace for having the most perfect
feet in the city.
And the first award for the most
perfect instep and prettiest and pink
est toenails in. the city went, strange
as it may seem, to a man. He is
Earle Richards, a young man who
poses for illustrations in various
studios, including that of f Charles
Dana Gibson. The physicians who
acted as judges, also said that the
young model's hands were exquisite.
Audience Applauds Salome.
Richard Strauss, the Bavarian com
poser, scored another musical victory
last week when he conducted another
Strauss concert with the Philadelphia
Orchestra, this time at the Metropoli
tan Opera . House. And with his vic
tory came a vindication for his
operatic composition, "Salome."
Strauss has a sense of humor. One
hears him, at times, laughing even in
his music. Before a capacity audfience
of 3,500 he had his jokeon the Meti
politan directors by playing the
Dance from "Salome." This opera
was cast out of the Metropolitan in
1904, partly because of that Dance.
There was no objection to the music
itself, at the time, but the accompany
ing scene was somewhat of a moral
shock to the " more , sensitive. And
now, after seventeen years of banish
ment, the "Salome" Dance was en
ored vociferously as its composer,
smilingly, with a happy gleam of
triumph in his eyes . accepted the
plaudits of an enthusiastic audience.
One could almost hear him chuckle as
'he turned to the orchestra and lifted
his baton on a second playing of the
Dance. " '
NO HUNTING BEFORE .
DEC. 1, ACCORDING TO LAW.
Section 1. That chapter
Public-Local Laws, 1919 be
169,
and
the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlaw
ful for any person to hunt, shoof
kill, capture. or destroy any quail,
partridge, pheasant, wild turkey,
woodcock, rabbit or squirrel in the
county of Warren except between
the first day of December and the
first day of March in each year.
Sec. 3. That any person found
off his own premises with gun or
dog during' the closed season shall
be prima facie evidence of such
person hunting.
Sec. 4. That any person found
guilty of any of the provisions of
this act shall be fined not more
than ten dollars nor imprisoned
not -more than thirty days.
Sec. 5. That all laws and clauses
of laws in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed. -
Sec. 7. That this act shall be
in force from and after its ratifi
cation. Ratified March 7, 1921.
RUMMAGE SALE AT COL
ORED SCHOOL HERE, DEC. 2.
Old clothes, hats, shoes, furniture,
rugs, matting, pictures and any other
articles that may be used for per
sonal wear or household furnishing
will be sold at the colored school
Dec. 2.- Sale is under the direction
of the -Woman's Club.
Burwell Thornton and other teach
ers of the, school for colored will be
in charge of the sale at their school
house. Ten per cent, of the proceeds
will be used to help pay for a piano
in the school for the colored. The
remainder will be invested in a play
ground for the white children.
"Any one interested in these wortnv
causes," said! the Woman'". Club yes,
'te fdy,"RhctfId place' - a;r contribution
on the front porch Thursday morning
Dec. 1, at 10 o'clock, when the pack
ages will be collected and carried to
the vacant store in Dameron block,
c."d there price marked.
"If packages" should be overlooke 1
please take them to the store or tel
ephone Mrs. J. Edward Allen."
Three Negroes
Fined For - Af
fray, Vaughan
With neck gashed and hands cut
in an effort to protect "himself from a
knife of Ed Drumgold, Willie Lett
was defendant with Drumgold' before
Judge T. O. Rodwell Monday morning.
Other cases on the docket were con
tinued. Trouble started between the two col
ored tenants of Sol B. Fishel of
Vaughan because of an argument
over disposition of feed,' Lett testi
fied that he told Drumgold! when he
drove" to his home with a load of feed
not to put the feed in the wood houe
but put it, in the lot. Drumgold
thought that Lett was assuming au
thority, jerked a knife from his pock
et and jumped on him. Lett bit
Drumgold's finger but hurt him in
no other manner.
Noise brought the wife of Lett to
the door. She saw her husband in
trouble and went back for the gun.
Drumgold and an accomplice Branch
Richardson left on the run. Richard
son was found guilty of assault and
fined $10 and cost.
Judge Rodwell held that both Lett
and Drumgold were guilty, Drura-gold-was
fined $25 and cost. Ten
dollars of this amount was given Lett
to pay a doctor's bill. Lett paid a
fine of $10 and cost.
State vs. William Boyd for disposal
of mortgaged property was continued
until Nov. 28. He is under $50 bond.
Myrick case for manufacturing
liquor was continued until Nov. 28.
Defendant is under $200 bond.
j Civil Docket Cases.
The docket included Southern Gro
cery Co. against J. C. Hudson. The
case -was continued until Nov. 28.
J. F. Brown vs. David Boyd, claim
anc? delivery papers. Brown was
given a judgment in the sum of $15
and cost.
More Brains- at piano recital
What is that charming thing, he is.
playing?" - .
Less Brains "A piano, y' dub."
Wisconsin Octopus:
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NUMBER 47
PLAY TURKEY DAY
VA-CAROLINA GAME
COMMITTEE OVER-RULED.
Alderman Orders Virginia To
Take Field At Chapel Hill
Thanksgiving Day. -
Virginia and1 Carolina will meet on
the gridiron at Chapel Hill Thursday
a telegram received from James K.
Polk, son of Hon. Tasker Polk and a
student, at the University, announced
late Wednesday afternoon, -
Football fans who were making
other arrangements for Thanksgiving,
following announcement of Wedne3
day morning that there would be no
game, in happy mood renewed their
hopes of seeing the football classic.
President Ald?erman- of Virginia
over-ruled the special committee sent
from Virginia to Chapel Hill after
they had refused to let Virginia play
and ordered the Charlottesville team
to take the field against their ancient
rivals.
The Virginia-Carolina football gam2
had. been cancelled Tuesd'ay because
the University of North Carolina re
fused to disqualify Wilfred1 I. John
son, a star halfback. The Virginia
representatives claimed that Johnson
was ineligible because he violated a
rule of the Southern Athletic Asso
ciation which required an athlete to
attend school a year before taking
part in varsity athletics, and forbids
playing on two different teams in as
many years. The . University con
tended that Johnson had been playing
with other Southern ' Association
teams all Fall and! that there had
been no protest, and further that the
rule had never been ratified.
General satisfaction was expressed
here Wednesday evening at the action
of President Alderman.
Many county, football enthusiasts
saiji they would attend the game.
FORMER PRES. TWITTY
WRITES TO DAUGHTERS.
Being physically unable to phone or
write to each daughter making a per
sonal appeal, I take this means of do
ing so.
I was elected president of your
chapter in 1916 and accepted the of
fice as an honor. For five years I
have served! to the best of my ability
and have enjoyed the support of the
entire membership. It is needless to
say that my physical inability, alone,
forces me to retire.
Your chapter is without officers as
the term, expired in. November.
There were so few present at the
meeting it was decided, by motion,
to hold the election Friday, Decem
ber 2nd, at 3:30 at the home of Mrs.
John Tarwater Mrs. Flrank Allien
has kindly consented to preside and
despatch all business as rapidly as
possible.
That you attend this meeting is a
special request of each daughter who
reads this by
Yours faithfully,
MRS. S. D. TWITTY,
Former President Warren County
Chapter U. D. C.
"My time," said the magnate.
"is
worth $100 a minute."
"Well," answered his friend casual
ly, "let's go out this afternoon and
play $10,000 or $15,000 worth of golf."
Boston Transcript.
Suitable.
A permanent blush can now be
supplied by the beauty specialist.
Just the thing to wear with some of
the evening gowns we have seea
3ately. London Opinion.
To Avoid Cof usion.
There is a talk of a building strike
in the near future. Bricklayers
would have to . wear red rosettes or
something to indicate that they were
net working. London Opinion.
Leak Somewhere.
Editor "We can't accept this poem.
It isn't verse at all; merely an es
cape of gas."
Aspiring Poet "Ah! I see; some
thing wrong with' the meter." The
Medley (New York).
Real Joy Ride.
"What sort of a time is your
friend having on his motor tour?"
' "Great! I've had only two letters
from him, one from a police-station
and! the other from a hospital." The
Bulletin (Sydney).
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