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VOLUME XXVI.
WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C., FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1921
NUMBER 48
NAMED AS ONE OF
BEST U.S. WEEKLIES
pilAISE WARREN RECORD.
Pay Bainter Secretly Married;
Sh riners Hold Ball; Girls
Make War On Rats.
By JOSEPH A. FLEITZEK.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 Special to
The Record The seniors of Columbia
School of Journalism and members of
The Times staff welcomed with great
measure their former colleague.
"VIi. V Bvodie Jones, Editor of Th
Warren Record, who spent the
Thanksgiving holiday season in th?
metropolis. While in New York, Mr.
Jor.es received numerous congratula
tions on the make-up of The Warren
Record, which is considered by, the
students in the School of Journalsin,
coming from all parts of the world,
?s one of the best weekly papers in
.he country.
Rod fezzes mingled with many
hnec' gowns as six thousand happy
Shriners and friends made merry
at an entertainment and dance giver,
by the Mecca Temple of the Ancient
Accepted Order of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine at the 71 Regiment
Armory Thanksgiving 'Eve. The af
fair was sponsored by the Arab Pa
trol of Mecca Temple and the pro
ceeds went to the Order's benevolent
fund.
A sixty piece band playedfor the
thousand? who danced, while a variety
of entertainment was provided for
those who did not hearken to the ter
pischorean urge. A corp of twenty
four ballet dancers and thirty Arab
ian gymnasts were among the feat
ires which enlivened the evening.
The armory was fringed with booths
at which souvenirs were sold and auc
tioned The proceeds from the larg
est booth went to the Shriners' Hos
pital for Crippled Children. The sale
of handiwork done by Ladies of the
Easter Star added to the fund for
the crippled children. A feature of
the evening was the auctioning of a
portrait of the White House, bearing
the autograph of Mrs. Harding. The
elaborate souvenir program contain
ed photographs of Noble Wan-en G.
Harding and Noble John J. Pershinfe
Fay Bainter Secretly Married.
The secret marriage of Fay Bainter,
star in "East is West," which had a
long run in New York, to Lieut. Com
mander Reginald Venable, of the U.
S. S. Arizona of the Pacific Fleet, be
came known in Los Angeles recently.
-Irs. Reginald Venable, as Miss Bain
ter is now to be known in private life,
confessed to the romance at the" Am
bassador Hotel where she and her
husband are honeymooning.
Miss Bainter's romance began
three years ago when the Lieutenant
Commander first saw her on the stage
in New York. When Miss Bainter, was
returning from Europe on the liner
Olympic, August a year ago, Lieut.
Commander Venable met the steamer
about 175 miles out from Sandy Hook
in a destroyer. The first impression
of the ship's officers and the passen
ger was that the Navy Department
sent a destroyer as an honor to
the returning , Ambassador to Eng
Jand, John W. Davis, who was on
ioard.
To the amazement of the passen
gers, they learned that the naval of
ficer had come to greet his fiancee.
e later explained that he was cora
IRI down from Newport and happen
ed to know that the Olympic was go
m? to cross his track. He picked Miss
Samtev up by wireless and came on
10 New York, boarded the steamer
and met his fiancee-
Mice are learning that there is
danger in appearing in a mom occu
Pier by femininity. The feminine sex
s 110 longer willing to be pursued by
i-odents but is turning and ending
le existence of such mice as are
tolhardy enough to stick their heads
a,cund a dresser corner. ''
jn raising money for the $3,000,000
salary endownment fund, freshmen at
assar College, led by Miss Harriet
unhardt, their president, are killing
Jce at io cents a mouse. Other ways
which the girls are raising money
J renting fur coats for football
ame, renting alarm clocks at a cent
sJ rin8- which means that if the
' eeper j-ets with th first aiarm
snir.. ... . ... i-
money, and 'selling sweet
on the campus.
THIRTIETH TREE LIVES
DESPITE PLANTING PRANK.
"Those school days at Kidgt
way and Mr. John Graham will al
ways be in memory when I travel
South." v
The speaker was Norman H.
Johnson, former Associate Editor
of The Record, now Editor of
Merchants Journal and Commerce,
Richmond; Secretary of the South
ern Merchants Association, and
Chautauqua lecturer. With Cap
tain B. P. Terrell, member of the
Board of Education, we were talk
ing as the train thundred home
ward from the North.
"One day Mr. Graham told me
to plant thirty fruit trees," John
son continued. "I wanted to play
ball. Soon I saw him drive away
to Warrenton. I found an axe,
cut the roots off, sharpened the
butts and drove the trees down.
I finished in short order and went
to the ball field.
"Mr. Graham wanted to know
who helped me plant the trees in
such rapid order and apparently
in such efficient manner I had
piled several shovels of dirt
around each tree. I told him one
of the boys..
"I got away with that trick, too,
for school was about over. You
know twenty-nine of the trees
died but every time I pass Ridge
way I look out to see the thirtieth
flourishing." '
Holiday Spirit
Heightened At
Booster Meet
A highlight of the Thanksgiving
festivities in Warrenton is recalled
today in the special program of the
Booster Club .held in the Courthouse
Friday evening. The landing of the
Pilgrims and the interpretive tab
leaux of the first celebration linger
in memory of those present.
After commuity songs Miss Row
ena Wood opened the program with
a recitation. Messrs. Walter and
Jim Gardner as Miles Standish and
John Alden were characters in tht
first tableau; Miss Alice Rooker and
Mr. Jim Gardner interpreted Priscil
la and John Alden of the Pilgrim
days in the second.
A real holiday dinner with turkey,
cranberries, pumpkin pie, doughnuts
and! cookies was served. The table
had a centerpiece typical of 1621 with
pumpkins, corn, apples and grains.
After blessing by Elder Brewster in
the person of Rev. J. T. Draper, Mrs.
J. B. Williams as Mrs. Brewster; Mrs.
W. A. Burwell as Mrs. Bedford; Wal
ter Gardner as Miles Standish; Jim
Gardner as John Alden, Alice Rooker
as Mrs. Alde:a enjoyed the meal be
fore Indians and Pilgrim children in
a background! array of color.
The children sang "We are Little
Pilgrim Maidens" as the elders ate.
Miss Lois Draper as Squanto's Squaw
thrilled the audience with "In The
Land of the Sky Blue Water," with a
whimsical modern song as an encore.
Around the table were A. D. Har
ris Jr. as Squanto, Indian Interpreter;
Ray Weston as Samoset, Indian
friend; Miss Lois Draper as Squanto's
squaw; Miss Gayle Tarwater as Sam
oset's wigwam guardian.
The Pilgrim maidens numbered Eva
Pettway Williams, Margie Green,
Eloise Mullen, Carrie Wilson, Zenobia
Lancaster and Willie Hall Johnson
while the Indian children included
Armistead Boyd, William Martin, Mil
dred Allen and Lenora Taylor.
Interpretative literature was read by
Miss Julia "Dameron and the panto
mine carried through in the atmos
phere of the first Thanksgiving.
PEETE URGES HYGIENE
IN TALK TO COMPANY B.
Personal hygiene and its relation
to life held the attention of the local
Military Company Tuesday nightr in
an address by Dr. C. H. Peete.
Health as the first essential to fit
ness as emphasized and freedom from
excesses were urged in ""the talk to
Captain Burroughs' men.'
"Quacks may tell you that venereal
diseases may be easily ured. It is
false. Far wiser and better it is to
govern your lives than to wreck them
and) those of others by sowing to the
wind," Dr. Pec te said. -
NAVY WINS LEAD
IN FOOTBALL RACE
NOTABLES ATTEND GAME.
Rain Made Navy Day At Polo
Grounds For Annual Service
Football Classic There.
By JOSEPH A. FLEITZER.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Special
Correspondence Wading through
mud and battling in a drizzle of rain
which drenched the 45,000 spectators,
the Annapolis Midshipmen defeated
the West Point Cadets -by the score
of 7 to 0 in their annual football clas
sic at the Polo Grounds last Saturday.
This was the third successive victory
for the Navy and! broke the tie 'of
eleven games won by each team, pre
ceding Saturday's clash. .
- While the crowd was as big as any
that has ever seen a service game, the
rain prevented its being the most
colorful that ever watched the Cadets
battle with the Middies. Gold braid,
feminine plumage, fur coats, and the
variegated hats of feminine adherents
disappeared beneath raincoats, uii
brellas, newspaper and cravenette.
As the rain fell, only the mass of gray
in the Cadets' stand and the setting
of blue where the Middies sat, gave
color to what is usually the most col
orful event of the athletic year.
The Midshipmen were the first tc"
arrive at the Polo Grounds. Entering
through the eastern gate, the future
Admirals marched along the south
side and then circled in front of the
grandstand1, headed by the . Navy
Band playing a stirring march.
A moment later the Cadets came
through the same gate. They exc
cuted a column right which brought
them in front of the Middies. The
embryonic Generals then filed around
to the south side of the field. March
ing in columns of four in their uni
forms of gray, the Cadets were c.
spectacle which-brought the crowd to
its feet with lusty cheers.
Many Notables Attend.
The stands were crowded with nota
bles. In every row were men whose
names stand high in military and
naval circles, in diplomacy, in govern
ment, in finance and in educational
work.
' Secretary of War Weeks, envelop
ed in a fur coat, and Secretary of tht
Navy Denby were on their respective
sides of the field, rooting as vigorous
ly as the rawest of plebes. Vice
President Coolidge was there as the
official representative of the Govern
ment, in the .absence of President
Harding, whom the armament con
ference had detained in Washington.
The Vice President was neutral. He
sat on the Army side during the first
half and moved over to the Navy
stands for the second period of play.
The Navy was represented in the
stand's by sailors of all ranks from
admirals to plain gobs. Among them
were Admiral R- E. Coontz, Chief of
Naval Operations, and the highes
ranking naval officer at the game; Ad
miral H. B. Wilson, Superintendent
of the Naval Academy; Admiral
Jones, Commander of s the Atlantic
Fleet; Admiral W. E. Eberle, Com
mander of the Pacicie Fleet, and Ad
miral William S. Sims.
Cold Kept Pershing Away.
Although a slight cold deterred! Gen
eral Pershing from . attending the
game, the Army was present in full
regalia. Major General Harbord;
Deputy 3hief of Staff, came in Gen
eral Pershing's stead. With him were
other high officers of the land forces,
including Major General Robert L.
Bullard, Commander of the Depart
ment of the East. 6ther notables
soldiers urging the West Pointers to
"fight, fight, fight," were General Pey
ton C. March, former Chief of Staff;
General Coe, Chief of Coast Artillery;
General Snow, Chief of Field Artil
lery; General C. C. Williams, Chief
of Ordinance; General William Mit
chell, head of the Air Service, and
General Douglas MacArthur, Com
mander of the, United States Military
Academy.
Crowding the stands were Govern
ors, Senators, Congressmen, foreign
diplomats, playing truant from the
Washington conference to see the
football spectacle; financiers, and
leaders in many activities. Mayor
John F. Hylan, represented the City
of New York. The Governors of New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Connecticut and Maryland were scat-
tered through the stands. Ex-Go ver- j
nor Al Smith of New York was one
CROWD CHEERED WILSON
SHOOK HANDS WITH CARR.
"They cheered Woodrow Wil
son and shook hands with General
Carr," the-lines came to mind this
week when I met the affable Com
mander of the Southern Veterans
on the train Tuesday.
General Carr had been to Rich
mond to deliver an address to a
Bible class.
"I heard with a great deal of
pleasure that you had been the
first to greet the 'former Presi
dent during the demonstration at
his home on S Street after the
exercises attendant upon the bur
ial of the Unknown Soldier."
"Thank you, Jones. You know
thousands of persons that day
grasp my hand with feeling just
because I had shaken hands with
the former executive. The Wash
ington papers had he story
headlined the next day 'Crowd
cheered Wilson, Shook hands with
Carr.' "
of the noisiest enthusiasts at the
game.
In all, the spectecle, although lack
ing in its usual color, was enhanced
by the- presence of a vast array of
personalities.
Warren Couple Married Saturday.
Married: Miss Emma Smiley of
Six Pound township to Mr. William
Buck King on Saturday, Nov. 26,
Justice John W. Allen officiating.
Court Frees
Myrick; Davis
On Probation
Judgment was suspended against
Louis Davis, colored man of Shocco,
in Judge T. O. RodwelFs Court here
this week. Jim iMyrick, white man
arrested after & struggle at a liquor,
still early in November, was freed
because of physical and mental con
dition. Davis came to Warrenton Thanks
giving evening. Chief . Green later
found him drunk. He removed the
switch key from the colored man's
machine. Davis found another and
started for a drive, minus lights.
Chief chased and brought him to the
town lock-up. Mayor Gibbs sent the
colored man to the Recorder's Court.
Judgment was suspended . on the
charge of driving an automobile
while intoxicated, but Davis may be
called upon request of the Solicitor.
In State vs. Jim Myrick for manu
facturing liquor, Dr. W. D. Rodgers,
County Physician, testified that de
fendant was of unsound mind and
body. Judgment was suspended1 upon
payment of cost.
State vs. John Hall for giving al
ledged mortgage was discontinued
upon payment of cost.
' Married Thanksgiving.
Miss India Hawks and Mr. Herman
.Munn celebrated Thanksgiving Day
by matrimony. Justice of the Peace
lA. S. Webb married the couple at his
-nome in Hawtree Township Nov. 24.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Nov. 23. Julian Edward Rooker
Mary C. Fleming, colored. Thurston
Moore Wilson Bertha Bledsoe, white.
Whittie Hicks, Halifax Co., N. C
Agnes Hicks, colored.
N6v. 24. Herman J. Munn India
Hawks, white.
Nov. 26. Telie Alston Nellie J.
Alston, colored. Wm. Buck King
Emma Smiley, white.
Nov. 27. Sol .Jackson Margaret
Alston, colored.
Nov. 28. Emmett W. Smiley Mat
tie Oneal Woodttief, white. Frank
Branckle Caroline Seaman, white.
Nov. 29 John Henry Green El
vira Williams, colored.
CAR SMASH COST DRIVER
MORE THAN 100 DOLLARS.
An inexperienced driver hit Mr.
V. F. Ward's car Saturday evening
at a corner in South v Warrenton.
Chief jGreen was called and overtook
R. R. Reeves, the driver, and his
partner walking toward Henderson.
Both men were excited by the ac
cident. A puncture and a bent radius
rod had caused them to abandon the
machine at the edge of town.
They were tried before Mayor
Frank H. Gibbs. Reeves said that he
had not had the car long -and did not
know how to properly control it. The
Henderson man plead guilty, paid
cost a damage bill of more than $100
and left for home.
COUNTY DOCTORS QO NOT FAVOR
HEALTH NURSE UNDER PRESENT PLAN
NEEDJEOR PRACTICE NOT THEORY IN WORK, THEY SAY.
No Charge Against Former County Health Nurse Miss Lillian
Lowe, But Criticism Only Against Scope of The Work;
More Need For Actual Bedside Nursing Is Claim.
No Public Health Nurse for Warren under the former system,
says the Warren County Medical Society. It, however, endorses
a trained nurse to apply her profession when and where most
needed. The doctors think there is too much theory and not
enough practice in the work. There is no charge against Mis3
Lowe, former nurse, but rather a criticism of the scope of the
work.
- In an interview with a member of the Society he says "The
doctors believe a nurse who could be called upon for bedside care
in emergencies would be much more valuable.
AN OPEN LETTER ON
RED CROSS ROLL CALL.
MRS. CHARLOTTE S. PERKINSON.
I am and always have been an ar
dent worker for and supporter of the
Red1 Cross, and the present attitude
of indifference and sometimes antag
onism toward this great organization
on the part of some people whom it
seems to me ought to know better, ap
palls -me.
The peace-time program of the Red
Cross devoted to relief in times of
national distress and disaster and to
an educational program which has as
its objective the prevention of disesase
ought to be worthy of every intelli
gent person's support. In addition to
these objects the Red Cross is spend
ing ten million yearly toward the bet
terment of the condition of disabled
veterans of the World War.
The matter of public health is a
subject in which I am much interested,
knowing as I do from personal exper
ience that there are some diseases in
the cure of which health education
means everything, and medicine next
to nothing. It seems a pity that now
that a good beginning has been made
in the county, along the lines of public
health that the work cannot go on for
lack of funds.
It is a source of regret to me that
our County will not support many
worth-while educational ag.eiccies for
the public welfare, which our neigh
boring counties do support. The value
of which can only be counted in a
happier and more enlightened citizen
ship instead of in dollars and. cents.
One wonders where the cause may
be found. Is Warren too poor, too
ignorant, too ultra-conservative, or
shall I say too selfish and materialis
tic? Which does it put first, the
welfare of the race or love of luxury
and ease? "What shall it profit a
man if he gain the whole world and
lose his own soul ? " "When ye have
done it unto one of the lease of these,
my brethren, you have done it unto
me."
It is consoling, nevertheless, to
those who love the Red Cross and its
work to realize that this great nation
al organization cannot be greatly af-,
fected by the lack of support given it
in this county. It's work "in the ser
vice of those who suffer, will go on
just the same.
To turn one' back on the Red Cross
now also has something of the nature
of ingratitude in it. Sheer gratitude,
for the service rendered in war time
ought but to make us the more loyal
now.
CAR TOOK A FLIP AND
FELTS FELL HEIR TO STICK.
Mr. Dick Felts of South Warrenton
is walking with a stick as the result
of an auto accident.
He was driving Sunday morning on
the Norlina Road. Near the home of
Mr. W. D. Rodgers Felts turned to
let another car pass. A bent radius
rod caused his car to turn over. He
was thrown out and slightly injured.
Felts was alone at the time of the
accident.
COUSIN OF BURWELL-BOYD
FAMILIES DIED IN 60TH YEAR.
Mr. William H. Boyd, 60 years old,
died at his home in Mecklenburg
County, Va., Sunday night.
He was a son of Mr. Armistead
Boyd of Roanoke and was related to
the Bo yds and Burwells of this and
Vance County.
In early life he married and was the
father of a son and daughter,' both
unmarried. Mrs. .Boyd died several
years ago.
system the
nurse does an educational work. She
remains at a home only for a short
time, not until the crisis is passed.
"The instruction given to midwives
in the county was good and so was
the clinic work, but we think a prac
tical nurse rather than a theoretical
nurse would mean more."
"What have you to say to the criti
cism that action comes because the
midwives after instruction by the
nurse, are hurting the doctors busi
ness in labor cases?"
"I consider it an unjust criticism.
More than 60 per cent, of the children'
in the county are born without an at
tending physician anyway and the
doctors naturally are anxious that the
best care possible be given these chil
dren." The report of the secretary is given
below:
The regular meeting of The Warren
County Medical Society was held on
the evening of November 23rd in the
offices of Dr. W. D; Rodgers Jr., and
the attendance of the doctors of the
County- was very ; liberal. As' here
tofore agreed upon that each meeting
a scientific paper should be prepared
and read, Dr. T. J. Holt presented and
read a paper entitled "Landry's Para
lysis, with report of a case." This in
teresting paper was discussed by all
present.
A number of routine matters were
taken up, and questions of public wel
fare were considered. As many of
the doctors had been approached in
regard tot he employment of a nurse
by the County, this matter was dis
cussed, and the following minute was
made:
"The Warren County Medical So
ciety does not endorse the employment
of a Public Health nurse as hereto
fore engaged. It, howevdr, most em
phatically endorses the employment
of a trained nurse to apply her pro
fession in the County when and where
most needed."
The next regular meeting for 1921
will be held on Dec. 29, and Dr. G. If.
Macon will present a paper on some
appropriate topic.
Former Warren Man Died In Norfolk.
Earnest Morelle Goodwyn, who died
in Norfolk Nov. 24, was the husband
of the late Miss Willie Hunter, a
daughter of Henry B. Hunter, Esq., of
this county. Mr. Goodwyn was a son
of Eugenia L. and the late Captain
Junius A. Goodwyn. They formerly
lived at Elberon.
HAWTREE MAKES REPORT
ON ROLL CALL CANVASS.
Hawtree reported forty new mem
bers to the Red Cross yesterday
through its chairman Mrs. Charlotte
Story Perkinson. Chairman of the
Roll Call Newell said that this was
the best report with exception of that
made by Warrenton which enrolled
more than two hundred and fifty.
Mrs. John S. Nowell of Macon re
ported yesterday that she had secured
several members. "I intend to make
a house to house canvass in Macon
this week and submit a complete re
port soon." 1
Mrs. John Harrison of Littleton had
a notice inserted in The News Re
ported but has not let Chairman New
ell hear of results in that section of
River.
Mr. Newel1 said yesterday that no
other indication of progress had
come to his attention. "I expect to
write the workers another letter in
a few days and urge the necessity of
ending thecampaign as soon as their
districts can be covered."'
"Under the present