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GEORCH VISITS"
WITH LAW BODY
Members of Assembly Like
Most Married Couples;
Argument Likely
WORRIED OVER BUDGET
By CARL GOERCH
The legislature has been having
a rather Interesting week. Most of
its time is being taken up in discussing
money matters. In that
respect, senators and representatives
are like the average married couple;
there is little chance of reaching
an agreement but there is always
a mighty fine chance of starting
an argument.
I interviewed about fifty representatives
and about twenty senators
this week. Every last one of !
them said he was in favor of reducing
taxes on real estate. That's
what you might call perfect agreement.
It was when I began making
Inquiries about their plan for bringing
about a reduction in taxes that
I began to find evidences of almost
perfect disagreement. The result
probably will be that they'll spend
so much time arguing that they
won't have any time to actually reduce
taxes.
The State budget for 1931-33
was issued this week. It shows appropriations
of $100,000 for this,
$200,000 for that, and $300,000 for
something else. What's worrying me (
is where all this money is coming
from. Making out a budget is one
thing; collecting the money is some- j
thing entirely different. My wife
makes out a budget which includes
about five new dresses every year,
but she doesn't get 'em.
There's going to be a big hole in
the State's revenue this year. There
are 40,000 fewer automobiles on our
reads than there were this time last
year. That makes close to a million
dollars loss in revenue through the
sale of license plates and gasoline
tax. There are more folks who will
be unable to pay their greater loss
in revenue. And when we see the
pitiful returns that we're going to
get out of our income tax returns- J
?well, unless we begin to take steps
right now to bring about a rigid
rule of economy, it looks to me like
things will just about go bust in six
months or so. A number of counties
are already defaulting in their bond
interest payment, and a lot of
others are right on the ragged edge.
I visited the State Prison Monday j
and had George Ross Pou take me ^
over the institution. Few people (
really know what is going on out j
there. One of these days I want to j
write it up. Their biennial report (
has just been issued. It's a mighty
interesting document. You ought to ^
get hold of a copy and read it I was
looking over one of them a couple j
of days ago. Out of 1,015 prisoners
who were church members, 618 said
they had been affiliated with the 1
Baptist church before they went to V
prison. Think of that! I'm a Baptist (
myself, so I don't mind writing 1
about my own crowd. Over 60 per
cent of all our church member pris- i
oners are Baptists. The State Pri- 1
son is or e of our big problems. I'll
bet that 90 per cent of the members ]
r\f laariclafiiro cjrA RanHsts 1
U1 UilV tvgiuiuviuv v? V j
They're bound to be, because the ;
legislature is a much bigger problem
to our people than the State i
Prison. i
Talking about the prison; pour- (
ing money into that old rat-trap for {
maintenance is like pouring water
into a sieve. The old pile of bricks <
is just about ready to crumble and :
fall to pieces. <
College professors claim that an
injustice is being done them in the i
proposal to reduce salaries ten per
cent. The merchant, the manfac- <
turer, the clerk, the laboring man ]
and the farmer have all had to take <
their cut in revenue and I don't see
why the intellectuals should be ab- t
solved from their obligation. Just ]
because a man knows how to tran- i
slate a Latin sentence or how to ]
pronounce hors d'oeuvres is no reason
why he shouldn't get down on ,
a level with us common folks when
it comes to taking a cut in wages. <
Especially when we're the ones who ?
are paying him.
Senator Powell, of Columbus '
county, has introduced a crazy bill. '
He wants to discharge all married
women who are holding State or
county jobs and whose husbands ,
are receiving salaries of mere than
$100 a month. If that bill should be
adopted, it will mean that a whole
gang of married men will have to
go back to worn: again.
Governor Gardner says it cost him
$9,600 more to live in the mansion 1
than he received in salary from the
State as Governor. It would seem
that being Governor of North Caro- 1
lina is almost as expensive a proposition
as being a tenant-farmer 1
in North Carolina. 1
Everybody is howling about money. (
We're blaming every possible agency
for the predicament in which we
are now finding ourselves. As a
matter of fact, if we hadn't all been
so everlastingly extravagant during i
the last ten years, all of us would 1
have had plenty of money with
which to meet the present emer- i
gency. And we wouldn't be howling i
about taxes either, because we'd be
able to pay our taxes.
There's one thing I've noticed
during the last couple of weeks in
Warren ton, North Carolina
f
Vocational Agi
By R. H.
Teacher of Agriculture John O:
PLANT A GARDEN NOW
The garden is the most essential
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part 01 tne iarming piugiam. ??vare
located in Zone C and it is
possible to grow vegetables in this
zone throughout the year.
I will give the vegetables and the
months in which they may be
transplanted and grown.
During the month of January
the hot bed should be prepared and
the following vegetables planted in
the hotbed: Tomato, eggplant,
pepper, lettuce, and cabbage.
The cold frame can now be put
into operation and the following
vegetables planted: Cauliflower
and cabbage to be transplanted
later in the season.
In the open you may plant the
following: radish, carrots, kale and
rape.
Now we will move on and get
ready for February gardening.
Prepare your garden throughly and
see that the soil is pulverized, because
this will hasten the growing
of your vegetables. Continue to
use your hctbed and sow the following
vegetables: Cabbage, cauliflower,
kohl-rabi, and any other
vegetable the family likes.
In the open you can plant or
transplant with safety from frost
the vegetables listed below: Aspargus
roots, carrots, kale, horseradish,
parsley, smooth peas, Irish
potatoes, lettuce, onions, onion sets,
mustard, rape, radish, spinach, and
Spring turnips.
March is the gardners busy
month and should be one of the
most profitable months because of
the years program started in this
month. This is the month to plant
several vegetables in the open and
here they are: Carrots, kale, mustard,
turnips, beams, smooth and
rambling over the State. The
i
legislature may oe unauic lu ucwuc
our weighty problems for us, but
the crowds that hang around hotel
lobbies and drug stores don't seem
to find any trouble in doing it.
School Children Are
Future Citizens
The American Legion requests
that we impress upon the school
people, that the school children are
he future citizens who will control
he destiny of the Nation, for which
he Legion served in the war. The
Legion desires that these children
be of the best character, because
the character of the individual man
Dr woman, is the character of the
Nation, to help in forming this
jood character and making of good
citizens.
The State chairman of Americanism,
urges that papers be written
by the High School children in
every school in Warren Co. on the
following subjects.
1st Scholarship?scholastic attainment,
evidence of industry, application
in studies.
2nd Honor?Stability of character,
seen sense of what is right, adherence
to truth-devotion to duty,
md practice of clean speech.
3rd Service?Kindleness, unselfshness,
protection of the weak, pronotion
of the interest and welfare
)f others without hope of personal
jain.
4th Courage?Bravery in the face
>f opposition and danger, great to
stand u"> for the right and do ones
iuty.
5th Leadership?Ability to lead
md to accomplish by group action.
6th Americanism?Know the Flag
Dod,e, know the Star Spangled Banier,
write a creditable Patriotic
jssay.
Suggested chat the "History of
he American Legion and American
Region Auxiliary of North Carolina"
3e a suitable prize for the best paoer
written on the above subject.
Mrs. N. M. Palmer, Chairman of
Americanism, Local Unit.
Mrs. Palmer suggests that each
chool keep this paper in order to
jive the program to the pupils.
MRS. R. W.TAYLOR
(Continued from Page 1)
friends, old or ycung, and a little
letter of friendship and love was
sent on its way to "Let you know
I am thinking of you on this day."]
The outstanding characteristic cf
ber life was Duty. Duty to God and
h'is church, duty to her loved ones;
duty and devotion to her parents,
fn the twenty-seven years of her
pilgrimage she never gave her par
ents anything but joy. |
If I should write upon the tablet
that will mark her last resting place
in beautiful Elmwocd cemetery,
Oxford, N. C., I should write:
"She was all that a daughter and
wife should be."
"I am the resurrection and the
life. He that believeth on Me shall
never die," and so her friends and
loved ones with faith and hope and
love look forward to a happy reunion
in our Father's House, where
r.il is joy and peace and love. |
"Sweet daughter of Mendosa!"
We have nothing but sweet memories
of thee!
HOWARD F. JONES.
A
TH1
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ricultural News
BRIGHT
raham High School, Warren ton
>
wrinkled, peas, Irish potatoes, ]
beets, radish, parsnip, salsify, and (
carrots.
Transplant: Cabbage, cauliflow- (
er, kohl-rabi, and lettuce. I (
April is a very important month | ]
and should be a very busy one
from the standpoint of gardening.
The open is the place to plant, '
sow, and transplant a long list of 1
vegetables and here are the im- 1
portant ones: Snap and lima *
beans, carrots, sweet corn, cucum- 3
bers, endive, kale, kohl-rabi, let- 3
tuce, cantaloupe, watermelon, okra,
squash, swiss chard, and New
Zealand Spinach. <
Plan and have vegetables all i
summer from your plantings now. i
I will be in a position to clean <
and treat tobacco seed when this i
is printed and will be glad to care ]
i or seea.
Please send your seed or bring
them to the John Graham high
school. The seed should be properly
labelled and packed.
Flea Beetles are very destructive
to tobacco plants once the bed
becomes infested and the only sure
method of control is to build a trap
bed around the main bed.
The logs or boards used around
the main bed must be tight to prevent
beetles from entering the
main bed. Around the edge of the
bed is constructed an open bed
about one yard in width; this part
of the bed may be covered with
old canvass and crudely constructed.
? 11 ? _
I wnen oeeues atwtuk. uk uuuhuc
bed they can be easily poisoned by
dusting the plants with arsenate
of lead. This poison can be applied
in sufficient quantities to
kill the beetles even tho the plants
are slightly bumed.
Terracing Great Help
Rolling Farm Land
The construction of a good terrace
system on all rolling or steep lands
to be cultivated this year is one
good farming practice that may be
adopted without the aid of supply
merchants, bankers or other sources
of credit supply.
"We are finding that terraces are
necessary on all rolling lands
whether planted to cash crops or
to food and feed crops," says A. T.
Holman, agricultural engineer at
State College. "Contrary to popular
belief, the greatest amount of
erosion does not occur in winter
but during the summer when rains
wash away the lightly cultivated
top soil and carry with it thousands
of dollars worth of purchased fertility."
A person can build a good terrace
by learning five definite facts, says
Mr. Holman. These are: location of
the first terrace; selection of good
outlets; proper spacing of the ter- ,
races; proper grade to give the ter- '
race line and the proper size for the .
terraces to be built.
I
Considering these five points, Mr. .
Holman says the first terrace ,
should be located near the top of j
the hill usually about 2 1-2 to 4
feet below the highest point. Good
terrace outlets are timberlands,
streams, and natural draws. If none
of these outlets are available, satisfactory
ones can be made at fence '
or property lines.
Another explanation of things is
that the average man votes for the
candidate nearest like himself. ;
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I The HUN1
A Newspaper Wit
VOL. Ill Januar
A. Jones, Editor
Buck: "Can you give
me a definition of an A Com
orator?"
Private: "Sure. He's Cen
the fellow who's always
ready to lay -^e want
down your life for ' . , .
his country!" Ple t0 1
? our store
"Pat, what in the munity C
world is the mat- friendly
"i just got out of which to r
the hospital where I friends,
was operated on for
appendicitis." Of COUrs
"What's that got to you need ?
d0 wl?t!:t..lump ?? or toilet a
your head?" "
"Plenty. They ran are riff^t 1
out of ether." with qua
? vice and
Wesley: "Have you :
ever been pinched Die Pricesfor
going too fast?"
| Leroy: "No; but I've mm^m
often been slapped." tlUNItn
First Hunter: "And
how can you detect Pfllir
an elephant?" (|UI?ll
Second: "You smell
a faint odor of pea- Home ?
nuts on his breath." Western
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E WARREN RECOR
Few People Know
Of Revolutionary
Unknown Soldier
Pew people outside the Immediate
ficinlty of Alexandria. Virginia,
snow of the existence of the tomb
Jf the unknown Revolutionary War
3oldier, in the burial ground of the
)la Presbyterian Church of that
3ity, or of the Interesting story connected
with it.
'~rn~ ~ ^ ~ nr?f,Vi}?orfAn
A lie ureurge *?aoiiuib?v? -?v?
nennial Commission is disseminating
information concerning this
Historic shrine in connection with
the coming celebration of the Two
hundredth Anniversary of the
3irth of George Washington.
Found 100 Years Ago
The story of the Unknown Revclutionary
War soldier reads like
iction. More than one hundred years
igo the St. Mary's Catholic Church
3f Alexandria purchased some land
which ran to the outskirts of the
Presbyterian burial grounds. In excavating,
to lay a foundation for a
Catholic edifice, the workmen unwittingly,
extended the line of excavation
beyond the boundary line,
to include a narrow strip of the
Presbyterian burial ground. While
Jigging to find a sure foundation,
;he workmen struck something
which obviously was not a rock,
rheir curiosity aroused, they hur
-iedly cleared the earth from the
>bject and examined It. This examination
showed that they had
unearthed a wooden ammunition
jox about the size of a coffin. This
was certainly a unique discovery,
they thought and preceeded to
force open the box.
When the box was finally opened,
the workmen to their great astonshment
saw within, the body of a
soldier, dressed in the uniform of
the Continental Army. The authorities
were notified, but they were
|ust as perplexed as were the work,
.lien. Who was this soldier? Where
iid he come from and how did he
jet there? The church records were
searched, but no trace of such a
surial could be found. The rem.lants
of his clothing revealed not
,he slightest clue as to his Identity
;xcept that he was a patriotic folower
of George Washington during
the Revolutionary War. It was cer;ain
that he died wearing the uniform
of the Revolutionary War
forces.
Here was an Unknown Soldier
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/I Hie Aiiicnuau ixcvuiuuun, vuocovered
in 1828, after having been
interred for some fifty years.
Although the actual facts of the
Incident are unknown, historians
save explained the situation in this
way: the city of Alexandria was a
Hospitalization center during the
Revolutionary War. The wounded
patriots were brought there either
to recover or to die. This soldier
apparently had been wounded on
the battlefield and sent to Alexandria
for treatment where he succumbed.
Times were severe in those days.
People had to accept the horron of
war stoically. There was no time
for making entries in church records,
there was no time for identifying
the dead. New wounded men
were being brought to the hospital
in large numbers, and the dead men
* - ? i St?
raa to De Dunea nurneuiy wj ui?&c
room. This haste Is shown by the
fact that an ammunition box was
used in place of a coffin. If the
hospital authorities were not pressed
for time they certainly would
have waited until a coffin could
have been procured before burying
this soldier.
After the discovery the Unknown
Soldier was reverently reinterred by
rERGRAM
hin A Newspaper
y 23, 1931 No. 28
Walter White, Adv. Mgr.
# "In giving a startmunity
ling performance, a I
magician spread a
iter blanket over a news- I
paper and proceeded
ii,? to read the paper
the peo- through the heavy
eel that woolen cloth. All the
is a COm- tadies at the show
enter, a *?J?up and Ka,ked
place in ?
rieet your It is reported cf
Will Rogers that
while tending a corn
e when crop Texas' a
e, wnen neighbor said ..will
iny drugs your corn looks yelrticle
we low "
4-^ "Yes" Will, "I
here, too, planted the yellow
lity ser- kind."
reasona- Becoming angry, the
vi qi nrV? not/1 ' ' V mi
ii?iguuv/i oaiu, i
are not far from a
fool, are you?"
nnilA "No'" answered Will,
DRUG &*"e "*
|l IIV He?"I'd like to proHHI
pose a little toast."
She?"Nothin' djoin'
>f the kid, I want a regu- I
Union lar meal."
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the officals of the Presbyteriar
Church near the spot from which
his body had been exhumed and ar
entry marking the exact location
was made in the records of the
church. Thereafter, it became tht
custom of the young people of th?
community to decorate the grave
from time to time. The citizens of
Alexandria adopted the Unknown
Soldier for their own, but very few
people outside the city know of this
sentimental treasure.
For one hundred years after the
discovery of the body nothing was
done to make a permanent landmark
at the grave. Then, under the
leadership of Mrs. Josiah A. Var
1 OrcLsel, President of the Nationa!
/Society of the Children of the
American Revolution undertook t<
raise funds to erect a premaneni
monument over the grave of thb
unknown follower of George Wash'
1 ington. The children of America
entered into this project with much
enthusiasm. Small contributions
I from these kiddies came pouring in
II frnm ovenr nitv nf t.ho TTnlnn Tr
April of 1929 the simple monumenl
was completed and the late James
W. Good, then Secretary of War,
delivered the dedicatory address.
Thus, 150 years after this soldier's
death and 101 years after the discovery
of his body, the grave-and
memory of the Unknown Soldier ol
the American Revolution were appropriately
honored.
C. E. Bell of the Oak Level community
in Nash County is selling
his surplus Bonanza and White
Stem Orinoco tobacco seed at a
good profit under the certification
of the North Carolina Crop Improvement
Association.
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Not SO
advis<
Anotl
with the a<
right, but t
to "spend }
Spending \
money for
condition o
the same ti
have actua'
By purcha
greatest va
longest ser
purchase.
Thrift is a
The advert
guide as to
value for y
Advertisini
sound inves
You buy a<
sciously or
You buy bj
advertised
past, and v
The p;
the ad
chants
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rArret ton, North Carolina FR
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; JOHN GRAHAM
; SCHOOL NEWS
(By Catherine Mooeley and
Helen Gibbs)
Debate On Friday Night
A debate of both town and count;
, interest will be held in the auditor
ium of the John Graham Higl
School on Friday night at 8:0
! o'clock, the query of which is Re
SOlvea; .mat co-operative ma.iR.cL
ing of Cotton and Tobacco woul<
be beneficial to Warren Count;
1 Farmers". Those participating ii
1 this affair are Miss Jane Parker
i and Messrs. John Baird, Hinto:
} Wesson and Manley Martin. Mis
k Parker and Mr. Martin will repre
5 sent the affimative Messrs. Bairi
" and Wesson the negative. The de
1 bate is a triangular affair, thos<
1 schools engaged being Warrenton
1 Littleton and Norlina. The Littletoi
1 negative speakers will debate tin
1 Warrenton affirmative side her<
; Friday night. The public is invte<
1 to be present.
Mr. J. B. Miller Speaks In Chape
During the Chapel Period or
Wednesday morning, Mr. J. B. Mil[
ler principal' of the Macon High
' School delivered a most interesting
and beneficial talk on Student
Government in the High School.
Mr. Miller has had many years experience
in this work and we feel
that his talk will prove very helpful
to the new student organization
in our school.
These Romantic Seniors
Members of the Senior class wen
'bJNL
and
/E MOr"1
long ago a famous
3d the American public
ler equally noted m;
ivice "save." Perhaps
he better policy would
wisely in order to save
viseiy simpiy means i<
those things that you ]
f your purse may warr
me, to buy only those j
lly proved their quality
sing merchandise tha
,lue for the money, yoi
vice and so save the p
virtue, but so is wise
;ising in this paper is
where and when to ge
our money.
? is a safe and trustwor
stment. It has proved it
dvertised wares every
unconsciously.
r name, because you kr
article has served you
rill continue to do so ii
ages of this newspape:
vertisements of reliab!
i. Read them?take
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Warren R
in *s Most Forceful Sa
IDAY, JANUARY 23, 193J
quite surprized when they ret^J
to school after the holidays t0 J
that one of their classmates 9
preferred the state of matrix*
rather than that of single bl^?
ness. Miss Henrietta Hamlet*
Holllster who has attended ^ J
here for several years was maJ
to Mr. King of Hollister at EWjjS
Va. We wish them much haorwB
MARRIAGE LICENSES
1 White?Raymond Gerodd
0 to Ada Johnelle Shearin im*
- Warrenton; O. B. Curtis to pj J
- Robinson both cf Macon,
1 Colored?Buck Burchette to J
Y lena Durham both of Manson S
i vaster Hunt tn o?
( cf Macon; Andrew Brown toVJ
j Boyd both of Macon. 45B
- WARRENTON DRY CLEAiJ
i announces that beginning 9
uary 17th, plain dresses and q9
* suits, cash and carry, 50c, <9
for and delivered, 75c,
?p?pp??i
; EXECUTOR'S SALE
; By virtue of that Deed of i9
j executed by Lucy Long and her 9
band, Sandy Long, on Marchj9
1926, to Walter Egerton, tvi,9
recorded in Warren County*
1 Book 124, default having been <9
i and being requested by the c?9
. of the debt I will sell for cash*
i February 20, 1931, in front offl
, Post Office at Macon, N. c, fl
following Real Estate; One
' ing lot with dwelling, situated 9
Macon, bounded on the East bf9
land of Will Garnes, on West*
C. S. Green, on South and N'S
by W. G. Egerton land and hfl
; as the lands of the late Fu?
Garnes.
W. DOUGLAS EGERTC?
Executor of Walter Ejefl
IVAO^UIi, Vi. l>,
S Jan. 20, 1931. J23-4 J
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personage I
"to spend."
an retorted
3 both were
seem to be
t)
0 use your
need, as the
ant?and at
articles that
r and worth.
,t gives the
1 secure the
rice of a reinvestment,
a reliable H
t the utmost
thy guide to
s reliability. H,
day?con- H^
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low that the H^
well in the H^
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