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GOD"S LESSON.
ETERNAL TRUTH.
"It matters not what men
assume to be,
v Or good or bad,, they are
. . but what they are."
HSXt the firmament
SJeth His handiwork.
VOLUME XXVII.
WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. FRIDAY, MARCH 31-
NUMBER 12
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4 POWER TREATY
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Shoals; Strike Spreads.
Vo SMOKING, BILL SAYS.
Four-Power Pacific Treaty,
The
,4otPi1 Lilt: ICLCllL uu-
,p in Washington, was ratified
l..ya United States Senate on Fri-
lay.
Tpe VOte was o -m lavuiu
" pj Twelve Democratic Sena-
ppo
voted for ratification, and four
i.i;.,nj stood out against it.
ors
vcr . . r r rt j. ctrr -
The final vote 01 o i .10 repre
ontin a bargain of four over the
Lessary two-thirds majority, was
Worded after the opponents of rati
fication had more than twenty unsuc
cessful attempts to quality Senate ac
tion by reservations or amendments
distasteful to the administration. The
I'irr'econcibles" opposed the measure
on the ground that it establishes an
-lliance between the United States,
beat Britain, Japan, and France.
One of the supplements, itseii m
. j j ,1 v..
the form 01 a Liectty, ucmics cue gcu-
-anhical scope of the four-power
Cact so as not to include the Japanese
homeland. The other, attached to the
iirst in form of a ''reservation," stipu
lates that issues which are purely of
a domestic character can not be
brought before the four-power "con
ferences." f As soon as the vote had been com
peted Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts, the Republican leader, called up
ihe naval limitation treaty establish
ing a 5-5-3 capital ship ratio for the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan. Debate on it began on Tues
day and the administration managers
pected to see it ratified by an al
most unanimous vote by the end of
the week.
According to government records of
freight car movements during the
tenth week of the first quarter , of
1922 there was a decided gain in the
od of 1921. These statistics show
that 129,000 more cars were in use
during that week than during the cor
responding week a year ago. This
has led many people to believe that
business in general is beginning to
pick up with the arrival of Spring. It
indicates a greater volume of buying
on the part of retailers over the coun
try. Jobbers are ordering by car
load lots and manufacturers are pro
curing their raw material.
Lumber shipments were about 5,
000 cars better per week than last
year and all other building material
showed a corresponding gain. This is
due to the increased building now go
ing on. Building contracts totaled
$177,365,000 in the States to the
north during February, and advance
of $11,000,000 over January.
Through an error made by a clerk
the New York City clerk's office, a
hill prohibiting women from smoking
n public, introduced before the Board
(,f Aldermen of the city, but not pass
ed, was handed to police officials for
enforcement with some recently made
ordinances. Much commotion was
caused in the metropolis on Monday
mght when police officers attempted
jo enforce the "ordinance." The fol
lowing dav.
discovered and the ban lifted, much
the relief of Lady Nicotine's femi
mne devotees.
Til
ne strike which began in some of
16 New England cotton mills with
e announcement of a 20 per cent.
Tiro r A
&e cut, has been spreading from
1U1 to mill. The latest addition to
e Protesting workers is the force
eirpioyed at the various mills in Law-
lence, Mass.
t, Was estimated early this week
at fuUy three-f niirtVie rf t.hf total
0l"Kln force employed in Lawrence
ton niiUs was absent in protest
jamst the reduction. . A total of
ut 9,000 workers were out accord-
to early estimates of the number
ected. Several mills lost so many
rkers that they have been forced
10 close.
Members of the Senate Agricultural
Af niittee and of the House Military
gae T -Cmmittee are at Present en"
oN 6 ln inspecting the government
Alaif nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals,
ferarf' which Henry Ford has of
ea to purchase.
j.
reef1SS Annie Noran is visiting hher
C0Ug1On' and call to the attention of
m Miss Janice Fleming.
BOTH W. H. S. TEAMS
WIN IN DEBATES
Taking the decision over Littleton
here and over Roanoke Rapids there
on Frdiay evening the high school de
bating teams won the right to com
pete with other High Schools at
Chapel Hill in the State-wide triangu
lar debate for the Aycock Memorial
Cup. The Norlina High School by
its double victory over Seaboard ; will
also be a further contender for this
prize at the University.
Miss Margaret . Mullen and John
Burwell upheld the affirmative, "Re
solved, That the United States Should
Enter the League of Nations," pre
sented clear and concise arguments
which caused the judges to give them
the award over Messrs. Jack Cassidy
and Leslie Crawley of the Littleton
High School. Judges in the debate
here were Supt. H. A. Nanney, Supt.
H. V. Scarborough and Supt. N. E.
Coltraine of Roanoke Rapids.
The Warrenton negative team com
posed of Misses Rowena Wood and
Lela Clark won from Roanoke Rapids
by the weight of their arguments and
the manner in which they presented
their points.
Both Norlina and Warrenton will
send the teams of their school to
Chapel Hill during April for further
competition in the oratorical race.
FLYERS TAKE MANY
AIR RIDERS SUNDAY
Several persons rode the breezes
skyward with Lieut. William H. Fill
more on Sunday. F. E. Young, edi
tor of the Aerogram, and member of
the staff of the Liberty Flyers, work
ed among the crowd at donnelFs field
near Warren Plains and as Lieut.
Fillmore finished one ' air; trip, Mr.
Young had another candidate 'in wait
ing for a whirl.
The day was ideal for flying. Among
those who took a hop were Mr. and
Mrs." John Powell, JVIiss Rosebud
Green, Gilmore Green, Jimmie Robin
son, Eugene Gay, R. B. Green M. C.
McGuire, W. Keppel Falkener, James
B. BoycB.L Jr.,-WLlton-Strickland-and
others.
Lieut. Fillmore and Mr. Young will
drop advertising matter over the city
on Saturday morning and will im
mediately leave for Franklinton where
they are to distribute posters adver
tising the dollar' day sale there. .
O. E. S. RE-ELECTS
MRS. JONES W. M.
Mrs. Howard F. Jones was . uani-
mouslv re-elected Worthy Matron of
the Warren Chapter O. E. S. at their
reeriilar annual session , Monday
night. Other officers elected were
Patron, J. Edward Allen; Associate
Matron, Mrs. W. D. Rodgers Jr..; Con
ductress, Miss Mary Harris; Asso
ciate Conductress. Miss Edith Bur-
well; Treasurer, Miss Mary R. Bur
roughs; Secretary, Mr. Fred Moseiey.
The appointive officers are Mrs. J.
D. Palmer, Mrs. Edward Allen, Mrs.
J A. Pinkin and Misses Louise Allen
and Emma Hall; Warder, Mrs. Mary
Burwell; Sentinel, Mr. Walter Gard
ner. The Chapter desires to thank those
who contributed to the success ot the
"Camouflage Party", on Thursday
evening of last week. The Chapter
was therebv enabled to send fiity. del
lars to the Hospital fund of the Ma
sonic Lodge, Oxford..
NEW BRIDGE NEAR CREEK.
TTMHnr Warren Hecord.
A " '
Aq manv neottle ask about our new
concrete bridge over Fishing Creek
near Creek, I will tell them some
V TY-i rv aVinnf. it.
tllllig
The bridge is now completed and
ready for traific, but considerable
work will have to be done to build
1 -f- crfc nc: to 2Tet to it.
George Davis has the contract to do
this work and it will be several
weeks before one can drive across it.
It is a thing of beauty and a joy tor-
,i i zi.- .-.11 Va Vioro in
ever. Une xniriKs iu wi
good order when Gabriel blows his
trumphet, or the Germans wmp
Uncle Sam. It required forty thous
and feet of lumber to build it though
there is not a foot of lumber in it.
Tf tnnir fnrtv-sieven thousand pounds
,of steel (one car) though you cant
see a piece of steel about it. luu
four cars or two thousand, four hun
dred bags of cement; twelve cars
gravel; seven cars sand, and is
thirty-four feet from the floor to bot
tom of base. Two-fifths of it is be
low the "ground or water.
Creek, N. C. W. E. DAVIS.
S
SENATE
HI IK XT lift
No New Candidates For County
Offices Announce Them
selves During Week.
MR. JONES INTERVIEWED.
Warrenton, N. C, March 28, 1942.
Mr. Howard F. Jones,
Editor The Warren Record, ,; ''" ' .
Warrenton, N. C.
Dear Sir:- ' .
I am one of many citizens whom I
believe would be pleased to have you
represent this District in the State
Senate, session of 1922-23." t
"Your views as to matters of taxa
tion are known to our people general
ly, and I am sure that the people of
this District believe you can be of
service to the State and to the
County.
"I trust that you will announce
your candidacy in order that the cit
izens of the County may have the
privilege of casting theii; votes for
you in the June Primary.
"Very truly yours,
(Signed) "WALTER P. RODW'ELL."
"Mr. Walter P. Rodwell,
"Warrenton, N. C.
"Dear Mr. Rodwell:
"I thank you for the compliment
implied and expressed in your letter
of the 28th. -
"It would be an honor to represent
the citizens of this District in the
State Senate; PROVIDED I could be
of real service to them.
"Of course, you know that the
honor would lie in being of service to
the taxpayers of the District and
State, and not in the mere title of
Senator, without such service.
"I believe that I can be of some
service to those who need the burdens
of taxation lightened, and I believe
you know ' me well enough, and that
my record in this county has been
such, that in giving my best efforts
along this line that I would at least
be consistent.- . , , !y : ...
"The .'teaders-'-jfThe - Warren
Record know my views in respect to
this matter, and if the people of the
County think that I can be of service
in the Senate I would consider it an
honor to be permitted to serve them.
"Very respectfully,
"HOWARD -F. JONES."
.Upon being interviewed yesterday
Mr. Jones said he appreciated the
many assurances of friends given in
the past few weeks that they would
be pleased to have him represent the
county and district in the Senate;
that his sole purpose in absenting
himself from his duties as a member
of The Warren Record, staff was that
he believed that he could be of some
service to those who feel so keenly
the burdens of taxation.
He said he felt that he could at
least give his best efforts in that di
rection, and call to the attention of
the State some of the unnecessary
and unjust hardships imposed upon
the producing class of our citizenship
the men who work for a livelihood.
Mr. Jones believes that there are
grave inequalities in the taxing sys
tem and favors are bestowed where
they least belong; that the cost of
government is out of all proportion
to the earnings f the massesthose
least able to bear it.
He said in conclusion that he be
lieved it of the greatest ' importance
that the friends of those who make
the wealth of the State the farmers
-should have men who are not only
sound in theory, but who vote as they
talk, to represent them in the Legis
lature the law-making branch of our
State government.
All of the present county officials
will be candidates to succeed them
selves, and it is presumed that they
will make due announcement of that
fact through the columns of the
county press.
The official list o.f candidates to be
voted for follows: Sheriff, Register of
Deeds, Clerk of the Court, Member
Board of Education, Auditor, Record
er, Board of County Commissioners,
Coroner, Surveyor, and the township
Constables. In addition to ttiis list
the County elects a member of the
House of Representatives and nomi
nates a Senator for the district com
posed of Warren and Vance Counties.
Warren County, under the custom of
former years, having the Senator
every alternate term of the Legisla
ture. Time will develop the situation, and
as usual the campaign will find many
who, like Barkis, "Is willin'."
UGGESTS
NE
TOWN TO HAVE A
NEW GROC'Y STORE
A new grocery store will be in op
eration in Warrenton by May" 15, ac
cording to the announced plans of W.
Keppel : Falkener and Walter M.
Gardner. The new firm will occupy
a store adjoining Boyce Drug Co. on
main street. The Motor Sales Com
pany will have - a stock room and . of
fice in -the second of the two stores
being built by Reid '& Brother for
Mrs. John G. Tar water.
Contractor Raid said yesterday that
he expected to have the stores com
pleted 'by May 1, unless material is
delayed. The old storage building
between Boyce Drug Co. and the
Motor, Sales Co. has been torn down
this Week and work on the two new
stores to replace it will be pushed,
Mr. Reid said. ;
Guilty of Trespassing. :
The Recorder's Docket shows only
one case last Monday. Walter Alston
of Fork township was indicted v f or
larceny, but it was changed to simple
trespass before trial. He was found
guilty and paid the cost.
150 COMING HERE :
M. E. CONFERENCE
More than 150 persons will attend
the District Conference at ,the Metho
dist Church on April 12 to 14 accord
ing to information in hand by the
church officials. The conference opens
on Wednesday evening with a sermon
and will close on Friday afternoon.
The delegates are to be entertained
in the homes of the town. "We expect
about 25 preachers and 125 lay dele
gates," a member of the Methodist
Church said. "
TAYLOR PREACHES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
"Is your soul keeping abreast , of
your mental and physical" growth,"
Rev. Louis N. Taylor of Hoanoke
Rapids asked the congregation of the
Episcopal- Church here on Wednesday
evening" in an - interesting sermon.
"Nature cares for the bodjs
growth and conditions force the mind
to develop, but the soul is only made
to progress through an application-of
the Bible teachings," the visiting Rec
tor said.
Mr. Taylor would not commit him
self yesterday as to acceptance of the
call issued by Emmanuel Church.
The pulpit will be filled on next
Wednesday by Rev. Berthram E.
Brown of Tarboro. Mr. Baxter said
yesterday . that Rev. Brown was an
original preacher whose sermons
were always interesting.
Services At Marmaduke.
There will be services at Marma
duke Baptist church on Sunday, April
2nd, at 3:00 p. m., conducted by Rev.
A. L. Goodrich of Wake Forest. The
public is invited to attend.
Recreation Club at Macon.
The Recreation Club of Macon met
with Mrs. H. A. Nanney on Wednes
day. The name of the club will not
be changed as previously announced.
The meeting on Wednesday was en
joyed by those present.
1ST AND 2ND GRADE
TO GIVE PROGRAM
A special program by the first and
second grades of the Warrenton High
School will feature the community
meeting at the Court House on Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock.
The program follows:
By first and second grades.
1. Song "Spring is Coming."
2. Rec "Signs of Spring,"
Nellie Hudgins.
3. Rec "Origin of Violets,"
by
By
Lizzie Mangum.
-4. Song "The Little Birds," by two
little girls.
5. Rec "The Mistake," by George
Burwell.
6. Story and dramatization of "The
Good Little Rabbit."
7. Rec "The Farmer Boy," by
Shell Knight.
8.
Song "A Little Boy Went
walking,
9. Rec "What I Found," by Leah
Terrell.
10. Dialogue "Arbor Day," by two
little boys.
11. Rec "Spoiled Children," by
Mary Robert Wood. .
12. Dialogue "What Makes a
Flower," by eight little girls.
13. Grade Questions, by five
children.
14. Song "March Wind."
STAT
im
ENDS M0RE.THAN HUNDRED
MILLION AWAY FOR FOOD PRODUCTS
That Diversification of Crops With the Safe Program of Living
At Home Promises Better Condition For Agriculture Is
Bel jef of Departments in ' Charge Program.
By W. BRODIE JONES - By J. EDWARD ALLEN
With the instruction to urge the j The live-at-home campaign, now
Live At Home campaign sent to the j
teaching force of Warren this week,
further direct publicity is given Gov- j
ernor Morrison's . Live At Home cam
paign. The press of the State is giv
ing space to the drive and several
farmers have said to a representative
of this paper that they heartily en
dorsed the move. ;
"I don't have to sell my produce,"
one said this week in commenting
upon the effort to bring the hog and
hominy doctrine into actual applica
tion, "for I rase my food and feed on
the farm. I am in apposition to wait
for ' the upward trend of the market
and I am waiting. I haven't bought
but one bale of hay in 15 years."
The farmer was happy as he talked,
and there was the jingle of coin
in his pocket.
Another producer interviewed, la
mented the hard times, the low price
of cotton and the general inability to
make expenses. -:y ' '- ;
Fresh from the interview, with the
happy producer, I asked the dissatis
fied farmer: - :
"Did you buy any feed last year?"
"Yes." '. '.
. "Did you buy any meat?" 1 V.'.
"Yes." - 'i-'
"Did you sell any chickens, eggs or
butter?" .
"No. I had to give all my time to
cotton and tobacco." " '. .
. There was a difference in the state
of mind of the two men. . Life held
more for the first because he could
pay his debts and because, being able
to pay; promptly, he had that spirit
of independence which makes one a
man instead of a slave to poor busi
ness methods. V ; y
. A third farnaer, interviewed. was -an
enthusiastfor co-operative marketing.
He thought rthejnew system of : mar
keting crops would bring better exjridt-1
tions.-
"That is true," I answered, " but I
think over-cropping would place ; a
tremendous burden upon a great
movement and place that burden upon
the movement when it is in its
infancy in the cotton and tobacco
belts. I believe it would be wise to
fall in line with the Governor's
proclamation and Live at Home."
"Yes," the farmer replied, "I feel
that way. I know that the man who
produces from the soil the actual
needs of his household and farm will
not long be in poverty even though
world economic conditions clot the
channels of trade. If we live at home
we are independent and with our soil
adapted to its many uses there is no
reason why Warren County farmers
should send thousands of dollars away
for the essentials which could come
from our own soil if we would only
mix a few brains with our dirt."
The Live at Home campaign strikes
at the base of farm conditions. The
wise application of its purposes, it
seems to me, would mean a richer
State. Unless we do "mix brains
with our dirt," the era of progress of
the Old. North State will become a
dark age of despair.
We cannot have progress without
means of paying for good churches,
good schools, good roads. We must
keep our money at home by raising
the foods for which we have been
sending it away.
Hard Surface Road To Norlina.
The" State Highway Commission let
the contract yesterday for a hard
surfaced road from Warrenton to
Norlina 3:88 miles. The contract for
the Warrenton-Liberia road has been
closed and work will commence in the
near future.
Colored Farmers To Meet.
John J. Green, President of the
Warren County Colored Farmers As
sociation, announces an interesting
program for next Monday at 12
o'clock.
Prof. Jl D. Ray, State Agricultural
Agent for negroes, will be present and
advise with the colored farmers on
the best methods in agriculture and
especially how to fight the , boll
weevil.
Named Wrongs Man.
Clyde R. Haithcock's name appear
ed last week in the list of new men
of Company H. as Clyde R. Adcock.
being conducted by the various State
departments, touches every phase of
our life. North Carolina," with a
start of 100 years over Iowa, has just
one tenth of the wealth per capita of
Iowa. Iowa has $4,000 per capita;
North Carolina has $400.
Are our people less intelligent than
the Iowans? We refuse to think it.
Are we lazy? It is not true. Are
we . inherently improvident and
spendthrift? Ours are the finest
Anglo-Saxon people of the Western
hemisphere." Then what is the
trouble ? :
Simply this : We spend in other
States each year for food products
alone, $100,000,000, most of which we
could raise at home. These are stag
gering figures. And we have been
doing this year after year, and we
are going to keep on doing it ad in
finitum, unless we deliberately turn
about, and begin to raise what " we
need, just as far as it is economically
possible for us to do it. We must
LIVE AT HOME. --
Raising , more at home and spend
ing less, we shall pocket the differ
ence in cash."' Hence, a greater in
dependence. This is the economic
reason. 7
Keeping-cows and chickens, raising
our own hog-meat, having a really
useful vegetable garden, we can and
will have less undernourishment and
pellagra, greater health and produc
ing power, v This is the hygienic
reason:
: Existence, .subsistence, reasonable
comforts -these all , come closer home
to a man or woman than what we
commonly call uplifting and what is
called community progress. ' Unless
we- people ; can make our year's work
net to us . enough to get us out of debt
and provide simple comforts, it is
useless' ta think, of better efficiency in
schools, paying taxes to build all
year . dependable roads, modern
churches and Sunday School equip
ment, recreation and entertainment.
Necessities come first; improvement
and progress later. Now progress is
as necessary as sunshine. We've got
to progress or else we go backward
and lose our desire to progress our
ambition. Woe to that people whose
ambition is lost! This is the educa
tional" reason for LIVING AT
HOME.
Be it understood that this writer
his not a farmer. He is not attempt
ing to tell a farmer how to farm.
Neither is the Governor of North
Carolina, so far -as we know, although
Governor Morrison has launched the
"Live At Home" campaign, and has
requested the County Superintendents
to push it in the several counties. But
Governor Morrison, and the rest of
us, are agreed that the present sys
tem is all wrong. A farmer works
hard all the year and at the end has
not enough money to pay debts for
the gear's work. His cotton and to
bacco sold at a price away below the
war levels; his fertilizer cost him
high; his bread and meat were high;
his family, not having a well-balanced
diet the year around, necessitated
a doctor's services and these were
high; other necessities were high. In
a word; what he sold was low
and what he paid for was high.
Common sense is all we are after
in this "Live-At-Home" ' campaign.
Common sense tells us that this far
mer must cut down the things he has
to buy high, and cut down the things
he must sell low, and, in a few words,
Kve at home. The man who knows
how to raise cotton successfully,
ought to raise cotton; the man who
raises high grade tobacco ought to
raise fine tobacco. But each and ev
ery one of these ought also, so far
as common sense tells him he can do
so, to LIVE AT HOME.
Kentucky Preacher Coming.
Dr. J. T. Gibbs announces that Dr.
George W. Young of Kentucky will
arrive" in Warrenton on Friday of
next week and will address the cit
izen of Warrenton at the Methodist
church at 8 o'clock, P. M. Dr. Young
brings ar message that should be
heard by our citizens, and being a
strong, forceful speaker will present
his subject interestingly. Members of
all churches are cordially invited to
hear him. -
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