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VOLUME XXVIL
DK. GIBBS TO FILL
CLAYTON PULPIT
The Rev. H. B. Porter of Siler
City Comes To Warren- x
ton Circuit.
SELF AND DRAPER RETURN
Dr. J- T. Gibbs, pastor of the War
renton Circuit for the past four years,
received an appointment to Clayton
at the recent session of the Methodist
Conference, and the Rev. H. B. Por
ter of Siier City comes to Warren
Mon. Both the Rev. J. T. Draper of the
Warren Circuit and the Rev. M. Y.
Self of the Ridgeway Circuit were re
turned to their charges.
The Wei don District appointments
as announced on Monday follow:
Weldon District.
Presiding Elder S. E. Mercer.
Ahoskie Circuit M. F. Hodges.
Aulander Circuit To be suppli :i.
Battkboro and Whitaker J. C.
Humble.
Conway Circuit J. B. Thompson.
Enfield Circuit Rufus Bradley.
Garysburg Circuit William Towe.
Halifax Circuit Julian Midgett.
Henderson First Church, T. G.
Vickers; North and South Henderson,
G. G. Whitehurst.
Littleton G. F. Smith.
Middleburg Circuit E. D. Dodd.
Jlurfreesboro and Winton L. C.
Larkin.
Norlina Circuit Marvin Self.
Northampton Circuit B. P. Robin
son. Rich Square Circuit H. M. Eure.
Roanoke Rapids R. H. Broom.
Rosemary Circuit E. H. Harrison.
Scotland Neck E. L. Hillman.
Warren Circuit J. T. Draper.
Warrenton Circuit H. B. Porter.
Weldon L. D. Hayman.
Windsor Circuit B. F. Boone.
Williamson and Hamilton M. R.
Chambers.
Missionary to Japan J. W. Frank.
Poets of Civil War
Topic of Tuesday
Woman's Club Meet.
Mrs. J. A. Dameron and Mrs. Wal
ter Fleming were hostesses to the
Woman's Club on Tuesday afternoon,
in the home of Mrs. Fleming.
The topic for the day was "Poets
of the Civil War." The first subject
was Francis O. Ticknor and John R.
Thompson. This paper was in the
capable hands of Miss Julia Dameron.
After a brief sketch of the life of the
poet. Miss Dameron read the poem
to which Ticknor owes hi3 fame, "Lit
tle Giffen." Miss Dameron also gave
some interesting facts from the life
of Thompson. Among them, his edi
torship of The Southern Literary
Messenger, the same paper with which
Poe was connected. During the read
ing of Thompson's "Music in Camp."
the listeners felt as if they were real
'y "by Rappahannock's waters," and
could hear the boys in blue shout and
sing their "Yankee Doodle," as well
as our own boys in grey, when they
responded with the old Rebel yell and
their own beloved "Dixie." And all
Present felt the change from gay td
fave and from reckless to reverent
both armies joined in the song
Jeloved by both- North and South,
IIonie, Sweet Home."
Mrs. Crosbys paper, a biographi
sketch of the life of Henry Tim
rd was read by Miss Amma
graham, the writer not being present.
Ufa- Crosby's portrait of Timrod was ;
y ably drawn, as she told of the
p?etf suffering and the sad' events
2 his life. It was only a year af
r his marriage that Sherman de
stroyed Columbia, the home of Tim
rd and his family.
-Irs. W, x. Connell Jr. was also'ab
nt and her paper was read by Miss
p B' Dameron. William Gordon Mc
,abe Was Mrs. Connell's subject, and
told of his efforts as an educator,
ss Wel as a poet. McCabe made a
Pecialty 0f Latin translations and
;;ote several text books
He found-
Thi
wous McCabe school for boys.
fti v time was caneu iuc
4l 8by of America. Miss Dameron
so read from the life of Abram J.
era8"' the poet-Priest of hte Confed
xaTl' AmonS the interesting facts
entoned was the great sacrifice
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Fire Destsxs Gin
And 21 Ba les of Cot
ton at Inez Tuesday
Fire of unknown origin demolished
the gin of Messrs. J. T." and W. I.
Harris at Inez early Tuesday morn
ing and ruined twenty-one bales of
cotton, thirteen of which belonged to
Kearney Thompson. Most" of the
other cotton belonged to other cus
tomers and none of the staple was
insured. There was a small amount
of . insurance on the gin, Mr. Harris
said yesterday.
The gin was not in operation on
Monday. Fire was discovered about
1:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning by
Messrs. T. H. Cheek and George Har
ris, but the flames were beyond con
trol. The 21 bales of cottonon the gin
yard were Inirnt over and pos.vbly
two or three bales may be salvaged.
Mr. Harris said that it was tcb late
to rebuild this year, but that the gin
would be rebuilt to handle a mother
year's, crop.
Canadian Visitors At Skillman's.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Skillman had
the pleasure of having with them this
week Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Edgerton of
Cavendish, Alberta, Canada. Mr. and
Mrs. Edgerton were visiting their
daughters in Victoria, Virginia, and
came here to renew an acquaintance
with Mr. and Mrs. Skillman formed in
i Chenango County, New York State.
Mr. Skillman, remembering that the
editor in cheif of this paper, W. Brodie
Jones, had been on a tour by automo
bile through Alberta, brought his
guest to the office where they covered
in conversation much ground over
which both had traveled.
Co-ops To Observe Thanksgiving.
The Tobacco Growers Co-operative
Association's Warehouse at Norlina
will close Wednesday night, Nov. 29,
for the Thanksgiving holidays and
will reopen on Monday morning, Dec
cember 4. accordingly to Mr. C. H.
Hicks, Mansjer. - "
Dr. Gibbs To Preach Sunday.
Dr. J. T. Gibbswho leaves next
week for his new charge at Clayton
after four years here, will preach a
final sermon in the Methodist Church
on next Sunday morning, he announc
ed yesterday.
Form Hawtree Unit of
Sunday School Assn.
Electing W. King, President and
C. C. Perkinson, Secretary, a town
ship local of the Warren County Sun
day School Association was formed at
Wise on Sunday. Under direction of
President King a program had been
outlined on various phases of Sunday
School work and the speakers pre
sented views to a congregation as
sembled from over the township.
Among those speaking were J. M.
Overby, President of the County Sun
day School Association, Messrs. C.
W. Perkinson, Supt Grover B. Harris
of Norlina, R. S. Register of Norlina,
Prof. Smithdeal of the Wise High
School and W. Brodie Jones, Editor
of The Warren Record.
Sunday School reports were made
by G. C. Perkinson for Jerusalem;
John H. Fleming for Warren Plains
and C. W. Perkinson for Wise.
The meeting closed with bendiction
by John H. Fleming, Supt. of the War
ren Plains Sunday School.
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for Girl of 16
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Gen John j Pershing would have been quite a boy in the front line
trcr.che with a rifle--had he not been busy bossing our A. E. F. in
France, l ast week on the lower Mississippi "he went duck hunting
wi? !v Gov i ,;-kcr and Bernard Baruch, using a 10-gauge gun, dropping
his hrst v" triii birds wiihout a miss. Then he posed for this exclusive
Misses Ward and
Howard Represent
County in Contest
Spelling their way to victory over
a dozen contestants here on Friday,
Miss Sarah Howard Ward of Warren-
fco and MUs Mary Howard oi fiorima
won the right to represent Warren
County in the State spelling contest
to be held in Raleigh on next Wed
nesday. The contest, open to pupils from
the seventh grade, was held in the
Court House by Supt. of City Schools
R. B. Spencer and Miss Edna Allen,
under the direction of Supt. of Schools
for Warren, J. Edward Allen.
Miss Ward is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. V. F. Ward of this city.
Highway Enginners Run
Survey to The Lee Grave
State Highway engineers are sur
veying a three-quarter mile road in
Sandy Creek Township from the grave
of Anne Carter Lee, daughter of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, to the main road.
Authorization for the survey and
construction follows the recent ap
pearance of Mr. Howard F. Jones be
fore the State Highway Commission
with a' request that they build an ap
proach to the grave of General Lee's
daughter in order that Tarheels and
tourists might more easily visit a his
toric spot.
Co-ops Make Second Payment
The Board of Directors of the Tri
State Tobacco Association have today
ordered a second payment in the Cen
tral and Old Belt of North Carolina
fh BnVht Belt of Virginia, on the
tobaccos delivered to the Association!
by and including December 20, 1922;
The payment for the tobacco deliv-
ered by this time -will be made as
soon thereafter as the Treasurer can
make calculations and forward checks,
according to a letter received yester
day- .
The Warehouses will close for tne
Christmas holidays on December 20.
Flapper's Soliloquy.
('A la Shakespeare)
To bob or not to bob! that is the
question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to
suffer
By risingearlier each dawn to comb,
Or take up arms against this sea of
troubles
And with the scissors end them.. To
bob: to comb
NTn more: and with one cut abolish all
The puffs, the snarls, the combs and
thousand pins
That long hair needs; -'Tis a consum
mation
Devoutly to be wished. ,
N; C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
Goes And Gets ?em
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Local Unit of Teachers
Assembly Name Del
egates to Convention
From its 100 per cent enrollment
of the white teachers of the county,
the Warren unit of the North Caro-
delegates to the State meeting to be
held in Raleigh from Nov. 29 to
Dec. 1.
Delegates are Supt. J. Edward Al
len, G. B. Harris, B.v U. Rose, G. H.
Singleon, the Rev. Herbert M. Scholtz,
Misses Gladys Gordy, Kate M. Gainey
and Gladys Sledge. Alternates elect
ed include Misses Janie Futrelle, Ella
Doswell, Lucy Reeks, Fannie Lee, Mrs.
B. D. Scull, R. F. Marshburn ajid E.
O. Smithdeal.
Warrenton Wins In
First Basketball Game
Warrenton's first indoor basketball
contest was won from Norlina in the
armory here on Monday evening by a
score of 40 to 19 before a crowd
which applauded in appreciation of
the work of the Warrenton outfit,
coached by Manager R. M. Clark,
former manager of the town baseball
outfit.
The first half ended with the score
11 to 8 in favor of Warrenton, but in
the second the town team struck a
stride which rung basket after bas
ket andkept the ball constantly in
Warrenton territory. The accurate
tossing of Jeff Terrell and, the smash
ing cross court dribbling of Clark
featured this half.
Taking part in. the game for War-
renton were Jeflv Terrell, J oe Fleming,
Owen Robinson, Duke Jones, Bob
Clark, and Harold Skillman
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The stores in Warrenton will be
closed on Thanksgiving day
Mr. Frank Rose of Henderson was
in town on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Gardner were
in town on Thursday.
Misses Ella Grant and Fannie
Kingsland Alston -and Messrs. M. L.
Cole and M. J. Grant of Littleton
were in town on Wednesday after
noon. Mr, 'arid Mrs. W. E. Davis of Creek
were visitors in Warrenton on Thurs
day. "
Mr. W. H. Pridgen of Creek was
here this week.
Mr. D. W. Pegram of Macon was a
caller here yesterday.
Messrs. H. F., Roger Lee and W. G.
Munn and W. H. Hawks of Hawtree
Township were visitors in Stovall on
Sunday.
Miss Lula Allen was a visitor to
Louisburg and Raleigh on Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and. Mrs. Henry L. Falkener
hr.ve returned to Warrenton.
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24, ,1922
Children Join Junior
Red Cross; But Par
ents Slow to Answer
Children of Warren County are re
sponding to the call for membership
in the Junior Red Cross with more en
thusiasm than older persons are an
swering the annual roll call for mem
bership; according to figures and
funds coming into the office of Roll
Call Treasurer J. Edward Allen.
Speakers from Warrenton who vis
ited Norlina, Warren Plains, Wise,
Macon and Vaughan on last" Friday
did not as a-rule find many older people-
to greet them, but the children
heard the appeal for the unfortunate
waif ts of other lands and answered
with their pledge of membership.
Hon. Tasker Polkand Miss Gladys
Gordy spoke at Norlina, Mayor Frank
H. Gibbs at Warren Plains, William
T. Polk at Macon. Mr. Polk was ac
companied there by Dr. T. J. Taylor
and Mrs. Howard F. Jones. Mr. B.
B. Williams and Roll" Call Chairman
S. E. Burroughs spoke at Wise and
W. Brodie Jones was the speaker in
Vaughan. Mr. Jones also spdke that
evening at Areola to a good crowd.
The Roll Call is not over until
Thanksgiving Day, Chairman S. E.
Burroughs points out, and he express
ed the hope that many other would
enroll. More than $400 has come to
Treasurer Allen from the drive, but
the county is still far short of its
I, 000 adult membership quota.
Tobacco Market Observes Thanks
giving. The Warrenton tobacco 'market will
close after the next Wednesday sale
and remained closed until Monday,
December 4, for the Thanksgiving
holidays, according to a member of
the Tobacco Board of Trade.
Woodrow Parker on Honor Roll.
Woodrow Parker, sou of Mr and
student at the Warrenton Graded
School for the past month, but
through a a mistake in copy furnished
for publication the name was omitted
from the roll which was printed two
weeks ago.
Chautauqua Leader
Praises City Children
"I have never worked with more de
lightful children in all respects, and
unless some town exceeds them in ex
cellence before the season closes, I
shall say Warrenton claims reward,"
writes Miss Feme Truckenmiller,
Swarthmore Junior Chautauqua lead-
er who was here the past week, in a
letter to President Julia Dameron of
the Woman's Club.
This honor will be published, accord
ing to President Dameron, ' in the
Junior Chautauqua Quarterly which
circulates from Maine to Florida.
Both Miss Truckenmilerl and Miss
Hamilton expressed their apprecia
tion by mail this week for the cour
tesies extended thorn while in the city.
Macon Stores To Close. N
All the stores in Macon willclose
on Thanksgiving Day.
New Champion
Mickey Walker, 20 years old, of
Elizabeth, - N. J., unknown , three
years ago, is the new welterweight
champion of the world. He defeated
the veteran Jack Britton for the
title. Walker is a hard puncher.
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NUMBER 46
RUMOR LIVES THAT
NEGRO IS KILLED
Chief Green Receives Anony
mous Letter And Arrests
Follow.
NO SOLUTION OFFERED
Rumor, which four arrests and cross
examination by officers of the law
could not substantiate on Wednesday,
stm persists that a dead darkey is in
the Peck Mill Pond in north Warren
ton. For ten days whispers of a ghastly
crime have formed speculative con
versation as to the why and wherefore
of blood found last Tuesday in a tent
of the Simpson road construction
camp near the pond.
An anonymous letter to Chief E.
L. Green on Tuesday said that a negro
had been killed, his body thrown into
the pond, and that a negro woman in
town knew all about it. The letter
named the woman.
Working upon this lettter Justice
John W. Allen had warrants sworn
for Mary Kearney, Willie Barber and
wife and another negro man. Mr, Al
len said that he grilled all of these
negroes in the county jail on Wed
nesday but-could not get enough evi
dence upon which to send the case to
the grand jury. They were given
their freedom.
Deputy Sheriff W. C. Ellington,
Chief T. H. Robertson and Welfare
Officer Raymond Rodwell went on
Tuesday to the mill and with assist
ance from Mr. Simpson dragged the
pond, Mr. Allen said yesterday.
Neither these officers nor Chief E.
L. Green have been able to run the
rumor to anything definite, nor can
any one explain why the blood in the
tent and evidence of rough treatment.
Persons in . camp on the night of
the supoosed row said yesterday that
tney man z Knu -aoythiB awut it.
Ladies of North End
Will Furnish Inmates
Thanksgiving Dinner
The ladies of the northern end of
the town will furnish the usual
Thanksgiving dinner for the inmates
of the County Home, according to an
announcement given for publication
yesterday by Mrs. V. L. Pendleton and
Mrs. Henry Boyd of the Warrenton
Board of Charities.
Basket are to be left at the home
of Mrs. Pendleton before 1 o'clock
on Wednesday, Nov. 29. Mrs. Pendle
ton will take the dinner to the home.
"The Lord loveth a cheerful giver,"
the committees says in closing its ap
peal for the usual Thanksgiving of
fering. According to a custom prevailing
here for years, the citizens of the
northern Warrenton make the dona
tion at Thanksgiving while good
cheer is carried to the poor at Yule
tide by ladies of the southern end of
town.
Turkey Supper At Wise
The ladies of Jerusalem Churoh will
serve their second annual Thanks
giving supper on Thursday, Nov. 30,
in the xipper story of the brick store
at Wise, according to an announce
ment received late yesterday after
noon, r-
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Finish Louisburg-Warrenton Road
The Louisburg-Warrenton Road
has been completed and give3 travel
ers a short route to Louisburg, sav
ing several miles on a trip to Raleigh.
Mr. M. C. Winston has been constant
ly pushing the project built from
funds which he and other business
men of the town contributed.
Special Services At Brown's
On Sunday, Nov. 26, there will be
special missionary services at Brown's
Baptist Church. Dr. D. B. Bryan of
Wake Forest will speak at the morn
ing service at 11 o'lock. Dinner will
be served on the ground and the pas
tor will speak in the afternoon ser
vice. There will be special music and
an interesting and helpful day is as
sured. The members and friends cf
the church are cordially invited to
be present.
Sunday School will begin at 10
o'clock.
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