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VOLUME XXVII
WARRENTON, CQUNTY OF WARREN, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1922
. G. ALLEN, NATIVE SON, SUGGESTS
PLAN FOR SETTLING ALLIED WAR DEBT
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NUMBER 44
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the Past Sunday.
WOULD PAV NO INTEREST
f the earth
The New York Times.
1 Rf li -r
J ,.,'!'' -Jtauvs of exhaustion as
result of physical and financial
f, onir;inua durmtr Liie war. xne
obligations incurred to finance the war
seem to have so engulfed some of
them as to produce a state of mind
0f utter hopelessness, while other in
an honest effort to meet their obliga
tions are literally staggering under
the load of destructive and oppresive
taxation.
The question of the huge internat
ional debts is the one most puzzling,
and until some fair and workable for
mula is applied the World conditions
will go from bad to worse. Not until
then will there be even incentive for
peoples of the various countries to
again put forth their best endeavors.
There has been a great deal of dis-
cussion in the press of the United
States and of foreign countries in ref- j
erence to the proper menth of handl-
mg these international debts. Certain
suggestions have been made as to al
locating these debts along various
lines, but no concrete suggestion has
yet been put forth which, in any meas-
lire, offers a solution of the problem.
Perhaps the one sugestion which
has most often been made is the out-and-out
cancellation on the part of- the
Allies and the United States of Amer
ica of all war debts, but for political
and practical reasons this suggestion
has met with no popular approval in
the United States. The United States
is a large creditor nation. If, as has
been suggested, the United States
should propose to cancel all debts
wired by the Allies, or should-the Unit
ed States accept such a proposal from
any of the Allies, our war expendi
tures would be so far in excess of
those of the Allies that the acceptance
of such a proposal would result in a
charitable contribution by the United
States. As a matter of self-respect,
if for no other reason, the responsible
allied nations, regardless of their pres
ent financial condition, are neither
asking nor are they willing to accept
charity from the United States. In,
all probability such a suggestion made
by the United States would not be
kindly received by the leading allied
nations, because thev regard
GEORGE GARLAND ALLEN
A son of Mrs. Peter Allen of this
city. Mr. AJlen has been strikingly
successful in big business and owns
one of the handsomest homes in beau
tiful Westchester County, New fork.
He is prominently connected in War
ren County. The New York Times
which . printed the accompanying- ar
ticle in its Sunday edition says:
The author is an American business
man of broad experience. He is Pres
ident of the Garland Steamship Cor
poration and Vice-President of the
British-American Tobacco Company.
Mr. Allen's proposal is of especial in
terest in view of the fact that Presi
dent Harding has offered a prize for
any practical, concrete suggestion for
the collection of the foreign debt to
the United--States.
prise. We will not purchase your
Government bonds.
"3. Organize an American holding
corporation for the purpose of holding
securities so purchased and issued and
sell the stock of such holding corpora
tion to the public.
"4. Cancel all past and future in
terest charges on your debt."
By this process the British Govern
ment Would be relieved of the neces
sity of sending any large sums of
money out of the country in payment
of her debt to us. We would eventu
ally get back the principal of the debt,
but without interest. This loss of in
terest, however, would be compensated
for in a measure commensurate with
the, prosperity of the British enter
prises in which the American cor
poration had invested the proceeds of
these the payments from the britisn
Woman's Club Asks
Public To Buy the
Season Tickets Now
, - t
Beginning oh Wednesday afternoon,
the Swarthmore chautauqua will be
held twice daily in the Opera" House
here for three days according to rep
resentatives of the Woman's Club
which civic body is sponsoring the en
tertainments. The sales of season tickets has not
at this hour been what the guarantors
had hoped, President Julia Dameron
said. She pointed out that unless the
persons' of the town bought the sea
son tickets that the Woman's Club
did not get a penny of the door re
ceipts. The single admission for each
of the six performances will be 75c;
a season ticket, good, for every attrac
tion, is being offered by representa
tives of the Woman's Club in a" can
vas of the city for $1.50.
The program of the chautauqua fol
lows: -
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15.
Afternoon.
Series Lecture Chautauqua Sup
erintendent. Concert Fara Groves Musical Sex
tet. Junior Chautauqua.
Night.
Concert Fara Groves Musical
Sextet.
Lecture "Toward the Goal"
George H. Turner.
THURSDAY, NOV. 16
Secies Lecture Chautauqua Super
intendent. '
Concert The Rowles-Robertson Co.
Junior Chautauqua.
Night.
Concert The Rowles-Robertson Co.
Lecture "World Building" Frank
B. Pearson.
FRIDAY, NOV. 17
Afternoon.
Junior Chautauqua Stunt Party.
Entertainment ''Cappy Ricks" Co.
Night.
Comedy Drama '"Cappy Ricks'
RAILROAD SLASHES L-s. Than Half
ITATkff f I T . Si u"B-w -w T"- svrm 1
UKL NA SVM V IK In General Election
Five, Principal Trains Ordered
Not to Stop For Pas
sengers And IVlail.
CANVASS FOR RED
CROSS ON SUNDAY
EFFECTIVE NEXT SUNDAY
Rather Hunt Duck
Than Tour the World
Pitcher Scott Says
debts as binding obligations, incurred Government.
ii good faith.
Human welfare demands that there
k no great delay in discovering and
Putting into effect some workable
Plan to solve this international Ques
tion,
We might even go so lar as to say
that we would be willing to invest a
percentage of these receipts in new
developments of a public nature where
ninety per cent of the capital for
such new developments was
raised
I do, however, believe that ne
gotiations should be opened to the in England.
nd that an arrangement may be made I England could work out a similar
which will restore goodwill among the j scheme with France, France with
nations, relieve the credit situation ! Italy, and so on
Drifting as unobtrusively into
town as if he had just come from his
farm at Ridgeway instead of the pop
ular hero of the recent World Series
anda member of the Baseball Hall of
Fame, Jack Scott of the New York
Giants was greeting friends here this
week.
Scott said that he had been on a
barnstorming tour in the North and
Canada with Rosey Ryan and Short
stop Bancroft of the Giants. He told
of having an opportunity of taking a
world tour with a baseball club dur
ing the Winter but "I had rather hunt
duck down home," he concluded.
Five trains vvhich have been stop
ping regularly at Norlina .roll North
and South after next Sunday without
a halt at town, according to railroad
officials inteiviewed there this week.
Trains 2, 3, 6, 5, and 1 are subject
to this order by the Seaboard, given
in order to save the time of the usual
ten minutes stops at Norlina. This
wholesale curtailment of passenger
and mail service will leave' onljt one
train, No. 13, in the course of 24
hours from Richmond and points
North. Number 4 is the only train
going North, except the local 14,
which will take passengers at Norlina.
The citizens of that town and those
here who have become cognizant of
what such a reduction in service
means express themselves strongly
against such action, and there will be
within the next, week a meeting to pro
test this course by the railroad, acr
cording to opinions freely given.
B. & L. Campaign
Goes Beyond Quota;
Losers Pay For Dinner
A dozen of the fifteen directors of
the Warrenton Building & Loan As
sociation enjoyed a banquet at Hotel
Warren on Tuesday night, given by
the 'men of the losing team in the
drive for stock on the past Friday
and Saturday.
In that campaign Messrs. M. .C
McGuire, E. E. Gillam, Fred Moseley,
C. R. Rodwell, Weldon Hall, G. B.
I Gregoryand S E. Burroughs swamp- i
e inir opposition oi uie oouui jiiu
Canvass Committee by selling about
three shares to their one. The losers
were Messrs. W. N. Boyd, W. R.
Strickland, Edmund White, Walter
M. Gardner, W. Brodie Jones, Gordon
Poindexter and James B. Boyce Jr.
The total stock sale was well beyond
the 1200 share mark, passing the goal
by more than 200 shares sold.
A formal application for a loan was
made by Mr. James B. Boyce Jr. at
a directors meeting following the
Tuesday "passed quietly in all sec
tions of Warren with less than half of
the vote of the primary cast in the
general election. The constitutional
amendment to increase the pay of.
representatives in the General Assem
bly was defeated by a vote' of 2 to 1.
The general summary follows:
, For Cangress, Claude .Kitchin 978.
For Solicitor, Garland E. Midyette
1029.
For Senator, Howard F. Jones
996 votes. '
X
For Member House, W. R. Vaughan
994 votes.
For Clerk Superior Court, J.' D. !
Newell 986.
For Register of Deeds, S. M. Gard
ner 980.
For Auditor, Peter M. Stallings
1006- votes.
For Coroner, S. P. Fleming 1005.
For Sheriff, R. E. Davis 901.
For Recorder, T. O. Rodwell 1009.
For Commissioner:
C. C. Hunter 990.
B. C. Hamlet 991.
J. W. King 998.
J. J. Myrick 1047. '
J. L. Skinner 1017.
For Increase pay members General
Assembly r299.
Against Increase pay members
General Assembly 594.
There was no Republican ticket in
the field for the above offices and
therefore no vote cast. In those in
stances on the State ballot where
there was a Republican ticket the elec
tion showed 19 Republican votes cast
for Judge Timberlake, he receiving
the highest vote.
Booster Program Will Be Held
At tlfe Opera House To
morrow Night.
COUNTY QUOTA OVER 1,000
Attend Madri Gras Celebration.
Miss Annie Burwell and Mrs. Kath
erine P. Arrington attended t'he Mardi
Gras celebration in Raleigh this
week.
And Mr. Fersaf Wed
In Methodist Church
and
mus open once again the avenues '
f commerce. - j
The suggestion which I offer in this !
artide is made with the hope that it
may be a foundation upon which we
Can Work out such a settlement for the
actual benefit of all parties concern
e If this plan is worked out in a
'Pint of fairness and made sufficient-
y flexible so as to be applicable to
needs of each nation involved it
. 1 Justify an honest effort to allev
'ate the deplorable conditions which
nw exist.
1 offer the following as a basis for
Hussion:
J i!lustrate the idea I have in
tomd' take the case of England's debt
YUS; we should say to England:
..,VWe us between $4,000,000,000
$5,000,000,000. We know that
jj Cognize this debt, but -we be-
ll6Ve that ur.rl.v u '
com tKe major Prtion of was
houHCted U nly fair that WG
wi share a part of the burden
'tn vmi
us i T you Wl11 asree to pay to
qual cn dually an amount
ann to a cei'tain percentage of your
not reve:'ue from all sources, but
JinftAr!Lt.kan a sPecifi amount, say
In the case of Germany, the nations
entitled to reparations under the Ver
sailles Treaty should say to her: "You
make payments inv gold for 25 per
cent, of your indebtedness; the re
maining 75 per cent, shall be paid to
us in the manner hereinabove set
forth, to be reinvested in German en-
terises." ,
If such a scheme as herein out
lined should be adopted, I would sug
gest that the members of the Federal
Reserve Board should have sale dis
cretion in the purchase, be the
custodians of the securities pur
chased in the various -foreign coun
tries, and that the members of said
board be the officers and directors of
the American holding company. This
step would reduce the 'political con
trol of the holding company to a
minimum.
Without going into minute uco,
I have endeavored to set forth in -a
1 1 XT r t-1 o n
general way an outline- ui
which I believe to be fair, thoroughly
workable and one which will in a
practical way meet the most crying
need of the world today.
Teachers Give Honor
lloli For City School
of
Tiio fnllnwinp- is the honor roll
Warrenton High School.
Ninth Grade Gladys Modlin, Wal
ter Bovd Massenbeurg, Charles Davis,
Jeff Terrell (4 studies).
Walter Boyd Massenburg's name
should have appeared on the Septem
ber Honor Roll. By mistake is was
omitted.
Sixth Grade John Lewis Modlin.
-l?ifth Grade Walker Burwell.
Fourth Grade Caroline Ward.
Third Grade Shell Knight, Eliza
beth Rodwell. Mary Simpson, Edwin
Marks.
meal. The board accepted the appli
cation, the first made, and the chair
appointed a committee to look into the
title and value of the property. '
Present for the dinner were Presi
dent W. N. Boyd, Secretary L. C.
Witherspoon, M. C. McGuire, Weldon
Hall, E. E. Gillam, C. F. Moseley, Wal
ter M. Gardner, W. R. Strickland,
Gordon Poindexter, W. Brodie Jones,
James . B. Boyce Jr. and Vice Presi
dent G. B. Gregory.
foil,
),000,
"1.
''mS things
we will agree to do the
Apply
'our payments upon the
1 V' Vi your debt,
in J se the entire sum so received
ish e)LPUrchase of securities, in Brit
d Per erprises not to exceed' a limit
cenage in any particular enter
RECORDER'S-COURT.
Joseph Kersey and Fred ttnry
were indicted in Recorder's Court for
fighting and disturbing the solemni
ties of a burial. Kersey was found
guilty and fined $1.00 and ost. Tarry,
who was fifteen years cid, was trans
ferred to the Juvenille Court.
The Warren As Good
As Best Hotels In
State, A Guest Says
Morris A. Beaje, State Director of
the North Carolina Division of the
Near East Relief, was here thisjveek
on business.
Mr Beale left this message typed
for publication:'
"The Hotel Warren is the best in
the State, barring none. I have been
to them all the Selwyn in Charlotte,
the Battery Park in Asheville, and the
Robert E. Lee in -Winston-Salem and
for service, grub and accomodations
none of them has anything on the
Warren."
Miss Virginia Gibbs, daughter of
andMrs. J. T. Gibbs of this city.
Mr. Jere Pearsall of Dunn were
married in the Methodist Church
here on Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock
by Dr. J. T. Gibbs, fatheV of the bride.
A wealth of potted plants, white
and yellow chrysanthemums and can-
idles created a scene of loveliness at
the altar when the bridal party com
pleted the picture. As the friends of
the couple moved into the church un
der the direction of Messrs. Laurie
Beddoe. John Clifford of Dunn and
Paul Ezzell of .Raleigh, the ushers,
Mrs. John C. Burwell softly played
until immediately preceding the cere
mony when the choir fromthe various
churches of the town sang several se
lections. During the ceremony Mrs.
Burwell played "To A Wild Rose"
'from McDowell.
Miss Eunice Adams of Goldsboro
m
as maid of honor wore a Spanish silv
er lace gown over gray satin, a gray
Home of Mrs, Boy d duvetine hat hrocaded silver slippers
ana carried a Douquet oi goiuen cmy
santhemums. The bride followed her to the altar
with Mayor Frank Gibbs, her brother.
Miss Gibbs wore a navy blue duvey
tine suit with squirrel collar, a blue
and silver hat, with accessories and
carried a shower bouquet of bride's
roses and valley lillies. The groom
entered with Mr. Robert Pearsall of
Raleigh, and using the ring ceremony
Di Gibbs pronounced Mr. and Mrs.
Pearsall man and wife.
TVTicc riiKhc ic tViA nnnnlar vnunfi'
ux a u.v,v itiuov x. .r . daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Gibbs
The limit of time demanded that the
Stimulating interest in the Red
Cross Roll Call of Sunday and the
campaign of the junior Red Cross in
the schools of the county, a booster
program will be held in the Opera
House on Saturday evening between
the first and second shows, it was an
nounced today by Miss Gladys Gordy,
Chairman of the Junior Campaign for
Warren.
The Program includes:
Tableau Red Cross.
March Co. B.
Song Hail! Hail! the Juniors.
Yell "Co. B. Boys."
Song Theo and Lucy Crosby.
Chorus Red Cross Everywhere.
Quartet and Chorus.
Red Cross Song.
The campaign for roll call member
ship and playground equipment will
be made here on Sunday afternoon be
tween the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock
under the - general direction of Mrs.
Katherine P. ArringTon, Roll Call
Chairman for Warrenton. The per
sons of the town are requested to re
main in their homes until interviewed
by one of the sixteen canvassers.
The campaign in the schools of the
county will occur on next Friday af
ternoon, according to the announced
program of S. E. Burroughs, Chair
man of the Roll Call in Warren Coun
ty. The school force, is expected, Mr.
Burroughs said," to throw its influence
behind the drive on that date and help
make the schools community centers.
Red Cross speakers will be sent to
these centers when desired to out
line the plan.
The county executive committee of
the Red Cross is endeavoring to car
ry the -roll call campaign beyond the
Tota -1,000 in two
days of canvas.
Half of the membership fund will
be devoted to playground equipment
and the other half will go to Atlanta
headquarters lor use in national emer
gencies and to help to relieve the suf
fering of thousands of children made
destitute by famine and pestilence.
Other Churches Cancel
Sunday Services In
Honor Dr. J. T. Gibbs
Literary Department
Entertained In The
Mrs. R. B. Boyc Miss Laura Boyd
and Miss Lucy Webb were hostesses
to the literary department of- the
woman's club on Tuesday afternoon.
The department was glad to welcome
Mrs. Crosby.
Mrs. , A. A. Williams opened the
club by reading the collect of the club
women of American, a beautiful pray
er. The program consisted of a dis
cussion of three orators of the South.
The South has furnished a majority
and for the past four years has made
jher home here. She has many
discussion be restricted to three, one
V
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represeiitaLivc ox cue ivcvwuuuimij' . , c, , tv.
F. , " A. .. r . , I friends here and over the State. The
period, one of the Civil War period, j w n
and one of recent years.
Miss Alice Rooker delivered in at
pleasing manner a most enjoyable!
paper -on rauic. xxcjixj. n t ,r. yi mat a r Tl fi;
was so vivid that Patick Henry seem-. . ... anA
could al-s , , ' - tit-
Mrs. J. T. Adams oi ooiasDoro; ivxiss
! bride attended school at G. W.
Greensboro.
Out of town guests for the cere
mony included Mr. James Pearsall,
Church people of all denominations
will attend the final service of Dr. J.
T. Gibbs at the Methodist Church on
next Sunday . morning at 11 o'clock,
every indication points today. As an
expression of the high regard in
which Dr. Gibbs is held, the other
ministers of the town will not hold
any morning services but are urging
their congregations to attend the ser
vices at the Methodist Church.
Branch of Henderson
Signs With Philadelphia
William Branch of Henderson who
flashed on the paths with Warrenton
Baseball Club in several games last
Summer starring behind the plate,
at shortstop and with the bat, has
been signed by the Philadelphia team
of the American League.
Branch was signed for the Ameri
can League Club by Bob Clark, who
managed the Warrenton outfit dur
ing the past Summer.
ed to be among us, and we
most hear him say, "Is life so dear or ;
Sarah Ellen Lightfoot of Fayetteville;
When -you tell a man something,
it goes in one ear and out the other;
when you tell a woman something, it
goes in both ears and out of her
mouth Michigan Gargoyle.
S. Smith
Madaline
peace o awcet as iu 1"" ""uMice F.linoth Mv nnd R
the price of chains and slavery? For-j juinm. Mi
to . -. v i ri joviv v ,.m. f --'--'-'-'
bid it, Almighty Uod!-l know not gtrlckland of Nashvile; Messrs. Paul
what course others may take; but as Robert peargaU of Raleigh.
for me, give me UDerty or give me
death
After a bridal tour North Mr. and
AlVe Ponrcnll will liv in Hunn where
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I T t ' he is engaged in business.
a; n n T tl 1 1 I Omar i
Lamar was a brave, intelligent, fair- j
Continued On Page 8
Puppy of Silas Cheek
Fox Pack Outpoints
100 Others, State Meet
Outpointing a field of more than
100 dogs on endurance, nose and
speed, Cleo of the fox pack trained
by Uncle Silas Cheek took firsts prizt
at the recent N. C. Fox Hunters' As
sociation at Fayetetville. The 2-year
old 'puppy is the property of Sheriff
Allen of Louisburg but runs with the
paCK, Uitro Ui which is uwiicu .
Macon Thornton of Macon.
He: "May I
: "iviay
: "I'm
I -
i greediness doesn't pay."
calH" .
She: "I'm sorry. I'm married."
He: "That's, all right. I'm married
and just as sorry."
Charlotte Observer.