-v-. mt - ii mm - MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME R.R. STRIKE CAUSES j Their Job To Keep Our Home Fires Burning FARMERS RALLY i P1 AInPiflM mOIAI Id IflilillUlN ..liMili Ik) ON DOCKET TODAY APPEAL TO PUBLIC HERE AND NORLINA VOLUME XXVII. v WARRENTON COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922 NUMBER 32 - - : President, Expected To Lay Sit uation Before Congress; Wal lace Talks To Farmers. 13TH CONFERENCE FAILS president Harding was expected to place the rail strike situation before Congress and before the country not later than Thursday, it was officially .... ITTl ?i Tt announced at the wnue nouse. The announcement came after the president conferred on the strike situation with his Cabinet and with leaders in Congress and after rail road labor organizations had made imblic their rejection of the resi dent's last settlement proposal to gether with the statement that chiefs of the non-striking unions planned to continue their efforts at mediation of the rail controversy. The admisistration spokesman who made known the President's purpose declared there was "no grounds for the executive to stand upon in ad vancing any "further proposition" for settlement of the railroad strike, oth r than those which have already been laid before the managements and representatives of the workmen now striking. The impression prevailed among the President's advisers that he would m his statement to Congress and though Congress to the country make no sug gestions as to legislation, but the ad ministration spokeman said that de pended on trie events that occur with in the brief time before he speaks. The President was said to feel that it is due to the country and to Con gress that the exact positions in the strike situation the coal -as well as the railroad difficulties should be pre sented as he has ascertained them during weeks of negotiation and con ference. He does not consider, it was said, that the step will interfere with any peace efforts which, may be continued in other than govermental quarters, and he hopes that the coal difficulty may have at least partially disappeared by the time he presents his message. The farmer "calls upon capital, and labor to cease their petty bickerings and resume production, trusting to American institutions and the Amer ican sense of fair play to see that justice is done to both of them," Sec retary Wallace, of the department of agriculture, declared in an address at Leesburg, Va., be fore the local farm bureau. Mr. Wallace presented compara tive figures to show that the purchas ing power of the farmer's dollar had decreased sharply since 1913, "while the wage of the workmen, and espe cially in organized industries, are considerably higher than they were before the war, whether measured in dollars and cents or in purchasing power." ' "The purchasing power of the wages of the railway employe in 1921," he continued, "was 51 per cent greater than in 1913. The purchas mg power of the wages of the coal miner in 1921 was 30 per cent great er than in 1913. Te -purchasing power of the farm hand who works for wages in 1921 was 4 per cent less an .in 1913, while the purchasing Power of the farmer himself was, n an average from 25 to 45 per cent Iess than in 1913." r - "In short," Mr. Wallace empha sized, "the farmers of the country, numbered almost one third of our Population, have borne altogether the heaviest burden of deflation and they ave not struck. They have kept on Producing and in the face of extra ordinary low prices have this year grown one of the largest crops in ur entire history. The farmer be eves m iaW and order. He believes government. He believes in fair Is between man and man. He be . es m working hard and produc es efficiency. ' . fiut there are too many people tW S?6m to be thinking only of pelves and how they can profit larjr 8Xpense of the community at of th especially at the expense and r mer' The farmer is sick He i f this sort of business, rinjr H- SgUSted with thes recur- bor J . betweeen capital and la specially as connected with the i nil wfjSfr? sZsH u- ; If If J jf & TZ the .me.n bo arc t essential industries. He sees no rea son why such disputes cannot and should not be settled in an orderly and lawful way and without the in terruptions of service which cost him so dearly." "If the various groups in this coun try are determined to prey upon one another and abandon law and order for strong arm methods, the farmer can take care of himself. He. can reduce his production to his own heeds. He can follow the example of some others and refuse to sell what he produced. But He does not believe in that sort of thing. He knows that such a policy would bring about in this great republic exactly the same sort of conditions that exist in Russia." i The 13th allied conference on Ger man reparations broke down Monday, agreeing to disagree" as the spokes men for toth France and Great Britain put it, there having been a complete lack of unanimity op the im portant -points discussed. From its commencement the con ference see med predestined to failure, according to the views expressed by close observers of the situation, and these observers are of the opinion hat the failure indicates utter in compatibility between the policies of Great Britain and France toward Ger many. Former Warrenton Man Heads New Enterprise In Capital of Virginia The following clipping from a Rich mond daily will be interesting to the fiends of Mr. George Gregory in Warren County. He was formerly in business here with Mr. C. E. Jack son. Mrs. Jackson is his sister and he has other relatives in Warrenton Editors.-; ' Geoge C. 'Gregory, vice-president of the American Trust Company, has resigned his postjefFective today and will organize the Guaranty Trust Company, of Richmond, with a capi- alization of $300,000. Mr. Gregory endered his resignation to President Oliver J. Sands nearly a month ago but his departure from the American Tnlst has been kept a secret. His successorhas not yet been appointed. Mr. Gregory is a native of North Carolina and an alumnus of the Uni versity of Virginia, where he grad uated with a law degree about fifteen years ago. He practiced law in Rich mond for about ten years and" came wth the American National bank about six years ago. He organized the trust department of the bank, which was very successful ana aoout a year and a half ago a separate cor poration known as the American Trust Company, was organized with a capital of $100,000. This was later increased to $1,000,000 and has a sur plus of $175,000. y Plans for the new trust company which Mr. Gregory will organize, have not been entirely 'completed. He will be the active president of the con cern, a charter for which will be ap- plied for. The personnel ot tne om- cial family vand directorate of the company will be announced in a few days. . ' . .. . Motor Sales o. Has Hup-Agency. The Motor Sales Co. has secured the agency, for the Hupmobile car, it was learned here this weeK. xur. T. I. Gillam announces the sale of a Hup to Mi:. W. J. Pinnell. ;.w a:ZXL. S I: ' ruent naramg. mese men each have full authority in their respec-H RUr P h n r r:gTni' aS Uy: B Aitchison Commissioner; John C. Roth, Director T S v L m ' t " ot- Jr Assistant Director; and F. C Smith, Chief Inspector. Second Row: " p'innMVn'ng 'Is3' Robertson, .Bluefield, w- Va.; C. C. Semple Huntington, W. Va.; C. S. rmtnd!w.y Priest, Louisville, Ky.; W. L. Barry, Norton Va,; and S. J. May hood, try to keep us aU supplied in coal this TO COMPLETE NEW SCHOOL ON NOV. 1 Term Begins In Graded Budd ing On Sept. 5 With Seven New Teachers ComingX TROUBLE FINDING ROOM Warrenton's new school buildiner will be completed by Nov. 1, accord ing to W. H. B. Riggan in charge of construction on the old academy lot. School will open here in the graded school building on September 5 with Superintendent R. B. Spencer of Dunn in charge. Miss Gladys Gordy, Miss Belle Dameron and Miss Mariam Boyd are the only teachers of the past year who will be members of the faculty for the coming term. Five of the other six teachers have accepted po sitions and the school board will con tract with a. seventh grade teacher at an early date. " ' " Supt. Spencer was in town this week seeking a home for his wife and family, but returned without being definitely settled. C. Gadsden Sayre, the school archi tect of Anderson, S. C, was also here this week on business relative to the building which Mr. Riggan says will be ready for occupancy by 'Nov. 1. Warrenton Loses To South Hill. Crippled by the absence of Polk, Booth, Jones, Powell and Langley, the Warrenton team lost in South Hill yesterday afternoon by a score of 8 to 2. Clark and Loyd scored the War renton runs with homers. D. Jones, W. and J." Moore, J. Fleming, J. Polk, Mitchell and Macon were in the War renton line-up. Sunday School Folk - Name New Officers At Meeting In Norlina Rain does not seem to dampen the ardor of the Sunday School workers of Warren County for they gathered at Norlina on Saturday and Sunday, August 12th and 13th from fifteen Sunday Schools. The occasion was the annual convention of the Warren County Sunday School Association. Notwithstanding the heavy rains about two hundred Sunday School workers assembled from different parts of the county. The "dinner on the grounds" ar rangement on Sunday was only slight ly interrupted "for boards were put across the backs of church seats and house full of people feasted while the rain poured in torrents. ' y According to the County President, J. L. Overby of Norlina, this was the best meeting " of its kind held in the county in recent years. Prof. J. Ed ward Allen of Warrenton started the se'ssion on Sunday afternoon with an address on "How the Sunday School and the Home Can Help Each Other." Rev. R. E. Nelson, pastor of the Bap tist Church of , Norlina gave a ring ing address at the Sunday morning session of the convention on "Evan gelism in the Sunday School." Mr. D. W. Sims and Miss Flora Davis of Raleigh who are employed by the North Carolina Sunday-School Association both spoke at Wch ses sion of the convention. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J. L. Overby, Norlina; Vice-President. W. Brodie Jones, War- winter. They are officers oft Coal renton; Secr'etar-Treasurer, Prof. J, Edward Allen, Warrenton. Township Presidents are: Fork, Edgar Williams; Haw Tree, C. W. King; Warrenton C. E. Skill man; River, E. C. Bobbitt; Nut Bush, J. B. Ellington; Judkins, Roy Shearin; Shocco, Mrs. Henry . Hunter; Six Pound, H. A. Nanney; Sandy Creek, S. E. Allen. The invitation of Sharon Churcji, 4 miles north of Norlina Tor the next County Convention was unanimously accepted. Littleton Wins From Norlina 3-2. A home run by Gay in the first half of the twelfth inning yesterday gave Littleton a 3 to 2 victory over the Norlina team in that town. xThe game was well attended and held in terest to the last out. NEW CITIZEN COMES TO TAKE POSITION WITH CITIZENS BANK. Recent purchase of the Hal T. Ma con Insurance Agency by the Citi zens Bank here brings Mr. . L. C. Witherspoon of Roanoke Rapids to Warrenton as manager of the insu ance department of that financial in stitution., : Mr. Witherspoon will be joined on Sunday by his wife. They will have an apartment in the home . of Mrs. Kate A. Williams. W. A. Burweli Hit By Automobile In Raleigh On Wednesday Night W. A. Burweli, formerly proprie tor of the Burweli Drug Co. here and now with a wholesale drug firm in Raleigh, was struck by an automobile driven by Jonathan Daniels in Ral eigh on Wednesday night and suffer ed a broken collar bone and a bruised legTHe was taken to Rex Hospital for the night but was out yesterday afternoon, according to McRobt. Booth who was in Raleigh with Dr. Booth. - Mr. Burweli, who ran out of ?as, stepped into the street to halt a c r. The driver did not see him in time and Mr. Burweli was hit by the ma chine. His injuries are not serious. Keep 'plugging away' its a long path that doesn't lead somewhere. Mrs. Holt A Hostess On Tuesday. Mrs. T. J. Holt entertained at Pro gressive Bridge on Tuesday after noon complimentary to Mrs. Rob Po well of Henderson, Mrs. W. A. Gra ham of Wilmington, Mrs. Finley Gayle of Richmond, and Mrs. Law rence Whitaker of Endfield. Others present were Mesdames Gordon Poindexter, B. B. Williams, Edmund White, Howard Alston, J. G. Ellis, T. D. , Peck, Gideon Macon, J. P. ScogghvR. i. Jones,' V. F. Ward, G. B. Gregory, Charles Tucker, W. H. Dameron, Henry Falkener, and Kath rine Arrington, and Misses Mariam Boyd, Nora King of Raleigh, Rowe Jones, Annie Burweli and Lucy Bur well. x - ; Mrs. Charles Tucker making the highest score was presented a pair of white silk hose, and to Mrs. Law rence Whitaker, making the second highest1 score, a deck of cards. '. Meeting Starts Next Sunday. An eight-day meeting will com mence in the Baptist Church here on Sunday morning, conducted by Dr. J. F. Black. The public is cordially in vited to attend,. Dr. Taylor said yes terday , morning. Cotton Producers Called To Meet In Court House On 26th At Coop House On 25th, TO HAVE BRUNSWICK STEW Cotton growers of Warren .County are called to meet in Warrenton on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 3:30 o'clock to complete the final membership cam paign in the county. U. B. Blalock, General Manager of them Cotton As sociation, is expected to be present and deliver an address. This will be the last meeting held in the county by the association be fore the cotton market opens,. Full information , will be given on methdd of operatiqns aa well as instructions as to handling for market. Friday, Big Co-op Day, At Norlina. A final drive for contracts for the cooperative marKeting of tobacco will be held at Norlina on Friday at the new warehouse at 11 a. m. Posters say that J. R. Blanks of Kentucky will deliver an address ojn cooperative marketing of tobacco as he has seen it in South Carolina and Kentucky. The town and farmers will give a brunswick stew to 3,000 folk. A baseball 4?ame at 4 and a dance at 9 o'clock in the new warehouse are social feature planned. MR. STALLINGS TAKES CHARGE OF CORLEY CO. BRANCH HERE. Due to the death of Mr. W L. Roy- ster, for years a representative of the Corley Co. here, Mr. A. C. Stallings arrived this week to.fce in charge of the local branch of the Richmond i " . r-w ii- v S musical concern. ,J.ur. diallings nas been in the music business for many years. His wife came with him to make their home in Warrenton. They have an apartment in the home of Mrs. Kate A. Williams near the Centre Warehouse. Mr. Stallings said yesterday in talking of Mr. Royster that he was one of the best and most faithful of he Richmond house's representatives and that he stood high in the esteem of those within the organization. Among T,he Travelers Here and There Miss Nora King of - Raleigh was the guest of Miss Mariam Boyd this week. Mrs. Lawrence Whitaker, nee Miss Pattie Boyd, has, been visiting Mrs. Henry Boyd and other relatives this week. - Mrs. Fitzgerald, after a visit to her daughter Mrs. G. B. Gregory, as returned to her home in Richmond. CoL Powell Host To Many Friends At An nual Co. Home Dinner Fed abundantly with chicken, cake, stew, pickles, ice cream, vegetables, barbecued pig and lamb more than two hundred persons from all sections of Warren left the County Home on Thursday' afternoon with thanks to Col. Scrap Powell and Mrs. Powell for an excellent dinner, well served beneath the friendly shade of oaks. Clerk of Court Newell, the full Board of County Commissioners, Reg ister "of Deeds J. A. Dowtin," Auditor P. M. Stallings, Superintendent of Schools J. Edward Allenere among county officials - present. Howard F. Jones and Simon M. Gardner, demo cratic nominees to the county official family, were there as well as County Solicitor S. G. Daniel, former Sheriff Patterson and N. W- Warren, a can didate for Sheriff of Halifax, from Littleton. , John L. Skinner, who lead the ticket for commissioner, was up from Judkins and many persons prom inent in the business life of the coun ty rallied for" tne outing. The meal had been prepared bjr- J. M. Riggan, Peter Felts, Mrs. Powell and her corps of assistants. It was a tribute to 'their ability, if the en joyment with which- the meal was rel relished was an indication. The meal was served at 2 o'clock after blessing by the Rev. Christopher Riggan. Numbers remained after dinner for an inspection of the coun ty property and to see the living con ditions of the persons over whom Col. Powell has control. J. A. Meeder Will Sit On Case To Be Held In Court House For Resisting Arrest. GOOD LEGAL TALENT HERE Buck Clayton, wounded in the rierht arm while resisting arrest at Norlina on Saturday morning and released from jail here on Tuesday under a $4,000 bond, will be placed on trial before J. A. Meeder in the Court House here, today. The arrest on Saturday morning by Seriff Davis and his deputies was a result of threats made the night, before by Clayton against the spe cial deputies guarding Seaboard pro perty at Norlina. Sheriff Davis went to Norlina on Saturday at the request of the special force there. Clayton, who had been up practi cally all night and who had been drinking, was eating a breakfast of raw eggs when Sheriff Davis told him he was wanted. As the Sheriff read the warrant, Clayton snatched it from his hards, ripped it to bits, and threw the pieces into the officer's face. Davis, with Clayton drawing his gun, walked to his deputies and turning told New man to leave the store. As Newman left, Clayton follow ed. The Sheriff and his men pur sued and fired twelve shot, before one pierced Clayton's forearm. He halt ed and carried his 38 skyward in sur render. After Dr. F. S. Packardad dress ed the wounds, Clayton slapped Will Carter policeman at Norlina, with his left arm. Sheriff brought the pris oner here where he rested in jail until bond in the sum of $4,000 was fur nished on Tuesday by A. E. White of Vance County. Many of the pronvnent citizens of Norlina and Warrenton interviewed by this paper the past week have ex pressed their regret over the inci dent: Able legal talent has been procur ed and the argument will be follow ed with interest today by many per sons of the county. Colored Fire Company Out of Town. The Colored Fire Company is at tending the Annual Tournament of the North Carolina Colored Fire men's Association at Tarboro this week. President John--S. Plummer and Secretary Peter Collins are in attend ance. - Mrs. Dameron Entertains Friends. Mrs. W. H. Dameron entertained on Wednesday afternoon at Bridge com plimentary to friends visiting town. Those present and playing were: Mrs. Rob Powell of Henderson, Mrs. Finley Gayle of Richmond, Mrs. H. D. Wood of New Bern, Mrs. W. A. Graham of Wilmington, Mrs. V. F. Ward. Mrs Gordon Poindexter, Mrs. Buxton B. Williams, Mrs. G. B. Gre gory, and Misses Nora King of Ral eigh, Mariam Boyd, Josie Dameron and Tempie Dameron. . Mrs. T. J. Holt Entertains. Mrs. T. Jj Holt entertained at two tables of bridge on Thursday after noon complimentary to Miss Eliza beth McCraw of Wilson. 1 Those present were: MLss McCraw, .Misses Byrd and Will Jones, Kate White Williams, Janice Fleming, Laura Boyd, Annie Burweli and the hostess. Tobacco Prices Range ' High' In Wilson Ai Market Opens For Fall WILSON, Aug. 15. It is estimated that fully 20,000 people are here today for the opening of tobacco sales for the season of 1922-1923 on the floors v. of Wilson's six mammoth warehouses that will operate this season, as usual, under the old auction plan. Triple sales started at 9 a. m., and quadruple sales went on at 9:30 a. m. It is estimated that the break is be tween 500,000 and 750,000 pounds. The average up to noon was estimat ed at between 25 and 26 cents a pound. Mrs. J. E. Jones of Henderson is the guest of Mrs. Will Lancaster.

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