... X THOUGHT FOR WEEK Xo life can be pure in its purpose or strong in its strife nd all life not be purer and stronger thereby. a .i, i,. J,,, it" "T ft Ill u J' KVrrtX WEEKLY WEATHER Generally cloudy, unsettled weather until mid-week, with a cold wave predicted or Wednesday or Thurs V. mm 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

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