OLD CARS ... olden days
A few weeks ago, James Polki
recalled days when cars now
old wers the joy of the town's
inhabitants in an article that
justly won much favorable
comment. This week Polk con
tinues his comments in a sequel
that should also win equally
favorable comment.
One of the first automobiles
in Warrenton was Mr. C. E.
Jackson's Hupmobile Runabout.
One pretty Sunday afternoon
he asked Joe Macon to go for a
ride. The road was unfolding
and Joe was thoroughly enjoy
ing the ride as they passed
through Ridgeway, Manson and
then Middleburg as Mr. Jack
son firmly gripped the wheel.
Finally, nearing Henderson,
Joe inquired "By the way, Mr.
Jackson, how far are we go
ing?" Mr. Jackson, undaunted,
and with a quick side look,
replied "I don't know?I've for
gotten how to stop this thing."
Joe's father. Dr. P. J. Macon
had a chain driven car with
motor under the seat and a
crank on the side and horizont
al pistons working back and
forth like a child's foot test
ing new ice on a pond. Every
car in those days longed to
pull Hudgin's Hill?aryl so did
the Metz. So Joe came by
and asked my father to go
with him on the test run,
starting from scratch at the
bridge. Papa agreed to go,
and the little Metz clicked
along like a metronome until
it chug-chugged to a standstill
near the top of the hill and
started backward ten times as
fast as it came up. Papa jump
ed out of the car as it lunged
for the ditch, but the Captain
of the ship showed great valor
and would not abandon the
craft?until a second later
when the unruly Metz 4urned
over on its 'tack like a Sum
mer front porch bug, all four
legs kicking. The next day,
Joe, Phoenix-like, came by and
asked Papa to go for a ride,
but Papa remembered another
appointment?and a sore back.
Pigs Gain Faster On
Finely Ground Feed
The old adage that finel,
ground feed is untasty an
hard for pigs to eat got
comeuppance in an experimen
at the North Carolina Stat
College.
Researchers E. R. Barriei
and A. J. Clawson found tha
pigs gain faster on less fee
if it's finely ground.
Dr. Barrick and Dr. Claw
son divided 176 pigs?eight t
nine weeks old?into eight lot!
Four 22-pig groups were fe
in confinement and four 01
pasture lots. Finely groum
feed rations went to two group
under each system, and coarse
ly ground feed to the othe
two groups. ,
Half and quarter kernels o
corn were easily seen in thi
coarse ration, while the finel;
ground feed was nearly pulvel
ized but still granular.
In the mixture was com
soybean meal, defluorinate<
phosphate, high zinc traci
mineral salt and a vitamii
antibiotic supplement. Proteii
content at the start was 15.!
per cent, and when the pig
averaged 120 pounds it was cu
to 11.5 per cent.
Dr. Barrick and Dr. Clawsoi
found that, in three of th<
four comparisons, pigs on thi
fine ration made faster gain
although they ate a bit mort
feed. Pigs on the coarse fee<
ate about seven per cent mon
feed per pound of gain ? ii
Over at Wiae, Dr. T. J. Holt
had a Maxwell 2-cylinder Run
about. When Mrs. Holt would
drive to Warrenton, she would
have someone crank up the
car in Wise. Then after a visit
in Warrenton, someone would
crank it up again for the re-1
turn journey to Wise. In 1912
there were many Ford^ Road-1
sters, and the T-Model was soon
to multiply as people began to
tie the horse back of the stable
and renovate the building for
the pride of the family.
We were window shopping
at Carter's ? not Cartier's?it;
was Ed Carter's junk yard, and
| there on top of the heap was ]
I the most attractive and fasci
nating car you ever saw. It
[ was propelled by disc-friction J
I and a lever which put differ
J ent sized discs into play?de
fending on speed desired. The
hood opened like an old fash
I ioned valise or suitcase?with
clamps in the middle. It was
a most unique package ? a
Jewel in a junk yard?an auto
mobile that two schoolboys ad
mired and wanted. It would
carry a Cartier's price tag to
day?and we wish Allen Mil
liard had bought it. We might
ride up Hudgin's Hill before
we slipped a disc. The name of
the car?it was a Lambert, the
only one we ever saw, and if
anybody ever sees one today,
please let us know. We will
pay Carter's price for it.
Then there was the 1918
Oakland Roadster that we
bought from John Davis for
33 dollars. It had rested in his
yard for 10 years or so, but it
had good lines and it looked
quite sporty. When the motor
wouldn't start, we looked un
der the hood and found a nest
of squirrels. John, a very fine
automobile salesman, said "I'll
tell you what?I'm not going to
charge_you anything extra."
The spare tire had a boasting
slogan, "Power beyond Need."
| Friends who helped us push
this car remember this woe
| fully. On the level, though, it
was good for long trips, and
' we made a round trip to LI
each comparison.
mL ?
The pigs in confinement gain
tar. a" ,hose on P^
ture. But pigs on good pas
ted "Id Sb0Ut five per ?mt
less -i-ed per pound of gain
hougn it took them a week
longer to reach market weight.
Tells Value Of
4-H Club Work
Robert J. Bender believi
that every child should belor
to a 4-H Club. In an articl
prepared as a part of the N,
4-H Club Week obser
ance last week, Robert tel
why. His article follows
By ROBERT J. BENDER
Norllna Junior 4-H Club
_ .?MVS X-U UIUD
I Does your child belong to a
4-H Club? If not, he should!
The 4-H club is an educational
club as well as interesting.
Your child learns how to co
operate and work with others.
It also teaches responsibility,
how to keep records, honor
| loyalty, the foundation for an
occupation.
During my three years as a
I member of this organization, I
1 have profited much. One of
my greatest accomplishments
is the privilege of having my
Entomology Project on display
1 last week during National 4-H
Club Week at the Post Office
j in .Ridgeway.
I Turned unwanted items into
2**, US1"S The Warren
Record Classifed Advts.
beria, returned the same after
noon.
There were many other cars
seen on the streets of Warren
ton?the big LaSalle, the Tem
plar, the Stephens-Duryea, the
Stephens Salient Six, the Ab
bott, the Jefferson, the Flint
and Marquette. And the
Marion, a pretty car, almost
forgotten, and the ingenious
Premier with electric push-but
ton gear-shift?a generation
ahead of its time. The big
Rambler with its billowing top
and big headlights, and an in
struction book on "How to
drive," a booklet frequently
reached for by ladies on their
first day out, while their guests
reached for a door handle?
any door handle!
In 1913 several families here
owned the big 7-passenger
Studebaker. Mr. R. B. Boyd
I had one of these cars when
| they lived in the big white
: house just north of town. Wo
used to take a honey-suckled
| footpath to the house, after
; walking under the tunnel at
1 the depot and up the hill to
the white picket fence, where
| we would stop to crack a few
hickory nuts under the big
tree on the sloping lawn. One
day Mr. Boyd wanted to go
downtown in the Studebaker.
! Mrs. Frank Gibbs, then a young
< girl visiting the Boyds, said
I "I'll be glad to take you,
| Cousin Dick." She had never
i driven a car, but started it
j somehow, and backed it into
I a tree. She then turned the
I wheel and backed into anoth
er tree. Mr. Boyd, being fond
I of trees and Studebakers, said
"Never mind, Mary, I'll call
Jerman to come for me."
Sparks, Sponsors And Spielers
The Overland was a popular
car here by 1917. John Tar
water had a sporty Overland
"90" Country Club, with orange
colored wire wheels?and bump
ers. W. R. Strickland was the
Oakland dealer here and didn't
miss a chance for publicity
for his car. When the wonder
ful old Sparks Circus played
at the Depot Grounds, Mr.
Strickland made a deal with
the circus spieler to drape an
elephant in the parade with a
huge white blanket with bold
letters that advised the crowd
"Don't Dodge or Ford the
stream, Go OVERLAND." As
for Sparks Circus, the Big
Show is gone, but the sparks
remain in your memory along
the parade route and under
the Big Top where the clowns
were funnier and the Cracker
Jack boxes had the biggest
prizes, and the trapeze girls
were the prettiest?but would
nver fall in your lap up there
1 on the top seat, not so far
away. And the Dare-Devil-De
mon who was shot out of a
' cannon into space. An old man
sitting next to us, said "What
I want to know is, when he
gets out of space, how in the
world is he ever going to get
back into space." And while
Sparks Circus is in orbit, we
are waiting for its triumphal
return down Main Street with
its Brass Bands, and clowns
and Steam Piano, dapper
ponies tightly bridled with
gayly-colored plumes, a bare
back rider on a big white
horse, the Ring Master with
top hat, white tie and whip,
and our pretty trapeze girl in
pink tights, grounded, and rid
ing an elegant elephant?and
almost waving as we joined
the parade.
It wasn't too long before
Warrenton had a real sports
car as Mr. Moses Winston
streaked through town in his
yellow Stutz Bearcat. His son,
Avera, had a more sedate car,
a big blue Packard, but Mr.
Winston drove the Bearcat, a
car with gear levers and steer
ing wheel on the right hand
side, the gear levers being on
the running board and seem
ing very intricate and mysti
fying to the man on the side
walk who watched this manip
ulation with amazement?and a
little Stutz gleam in his eye.
Maybe someday we would own
a Stutz-Bearcat, but then?
they may be out of business.
But you can find them today??
little plastic models in boxes
with cement and instructions.
' Accompanying the 1918 Over
land on a drive through town
or a whiz on the Norlina road
was a Greyhound dog owned
by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Strick
land. He was brought here
from Wyoming by Mrs. Strick
land's brother and was a fa
miliar sight, running alongside
the car, as your admiration
grew in leaps and bounds as
he would pass the car at great
speed. Everyone knew Reuben,
slim, angular, graceful as a
white oak leaf in a school
girl's note book. When Reuben
needed exercise, he would trot
along by the car at speeds up
to 40 and 45 miles per hour.
After this light work-out, he
would hop back on the run
ning board for the slow trip
back to town. Later the Over,
land Company named one of
its cars. The Whippet, per
haps inspired by Reuben, and
anyone remembering the race
between Reuben and the Over
land, just knew Reuben would
win because he really hadn't
stretched out and the Over
j land wasn't a jack rabbit or a
j coyote.
Wheeling along with this
discussion of self-propelled ve
hicles, a friend recalls this para
graph published about 1920,
which was headed: Automobiles:
"On one Cole and Willys
Knight, two Americans, Dort
Maxwell and Durant Chalmers
set out in a Buick to find the
Holmes of Mitchell Patterson
and Bijour Davis and locate
where Chevrolet . . Perhaps
someone can remember the re
maining lines of this fantasy
of early motordom when cars
were colorful, exciting, adven
tures.
Yellowed Clippings
A yellowed clipping of an
"Essay on Nothing," and a fad
ed clipping about "Flowers
That Quarrel" reached our desk
this week from Miss Bessie
Taylor of Warrenton. UnforflT
nately the bottom of the clip
ping about the flowers was
torn away, forcing the omis
sion of the credit line and the
last sentence or two of the
article. But, with that omission,
the two articles are reproduced
as follows:
FLOWERS THAT QUARREL
Flowers, like human beings,
seem to have special dislikes
in the way of associates, writes
S. Leonard Bastin, in St. Nick
olas. Just why this is so it is
, not easy to explain, but many
people must have had the ex
perience of arranging freshly
cut flowers in vases, only to
find after a few hours that
they have dropped badly for
no apparent reason. A floral
expert has recently stated that,
in nearly all such cases, the
trouble is due to the fact that
the blossoms do not agree. If
they were human beings we
should say they quarreled.
Here are a few floral dis
likes that have been noticed:
Hardly any kind of blooms are
happy in the same vase with
mignonette. Many flowers will
I droop in an hour if t^iey are
brought into contact with the
sweet-smelling plant. All kinds
of poppies cause trouble if
they are mixed with other
flowers. Not only so, but the
poppies generally end up by
drooping badly themselves, as
if they were exhausted by the
quarrel. Sweet-peas are such
aristocrats that they do not
like being associated with any
other kind of blossoms. Lillies
of-the-valley will fade quickly
when placed with almost any
other flowers. One could think
that roses of all kind would
associate well, but this is not
the case. The writer has two
tea-roses in his garden, one
yellow and the other pink. Cut
blooms from these can never
be put together in a vase with
out causing the yellow flowers
to fade quickly. Yet the yel
low rose keeps well if alone
in a vase ....
AN ESSAY ON NOTHING
What is the most important
subject in the minds of the
people today? Nothing! There
fore, nothing is worth an es
say.
Literally thousands of people
have been saving it up for
their old age, all this year and
for several years past.
Perhaps half a million writ
ers in America are writing
about it. The monthly maga
zines are full of stories about
it.
Many newspapers publish
cleverly written editorials on
it every day.
Down at Newport, Southamp
ton and hundreds of lesser re
sorts society smart-set are talk
ing about it, and talking about
it constantly.
Diplomats gather from all
corners of the world and hold
conferences and accomplish it.
They have done so time and
time again.
In Tin Pan alley hundreds
of songwriters are writing songs
about it and selling them.
Grand opera stars arc paid
huge salaries for getting up in
the opera house and singing
about it.
Young ladies and gents sit
in the park and talk about it
for hours at a time.
It is an important subject?
nothing. ?De Vaux Thompson
on m
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Howell H. Steed of Warrenton, N. C., ia now
associated with our Ladies Shoe Dept. on Satur
days. We are pleased to have Mr. Steed back
with us part time. He joins us in inviting all
of you to come shop with him at Roth-Stewart
Co. in Henderson, N. C.
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He invites all of his friends from Warren Coun
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By BILL CONNELL
On Thursday night, March ft,
the Emergency Wagon and
about 15 firemen were called
to Areola at the request of
Chief Elmer Harris of Areola
Auxiliary Fire Department.
Upon arrival at Areola the
local firemen found that two
neighborhood children has been
lost in woods back of the home
of Amos Capps.
Fireman Walker Burwcll
rushed the search light unit to
the scene where 50 men had
gathered to join the search. |
After about two hours of walk-i
ing through the brush, across
ditches and honeysuckle thick
ets, the children were found
safe and unharmed and ready
to go home. The siren in the
Areola truck sounded three
times which signalled the end
of the search. This is just
another service of your Rural
Fire Company. One unit and
15 mens for two hours.
The people of Warren Coun
ty are to be congratulated for
their wholehearted support of
the Broom Sale which was held
last week. Chairman A. A.
Wood reports that the sale was
an overwhelming success, with
around 1440 brooms, 240 whisk
brooms and 180 kitchen sets
being sold. Sorry, if for any
reason, any families were not
called on, but the weather
played a big part Monday,
Tuesday and Friday nights.
Again, let us thank you for
the help you have given, are
giving and will give your
Rural Fire Department.
YOUR FIREMEN
YOUR RURAL FIREMAN
He is your neighbor, your
friend, and the fellow up the
street. He has all the virtues
and failings you have. He is
supporting a family, pays taxes,
goes to church, sends his chil
dren to school, takes part in
civic affairs and votes; a ma
jority are buying or already]
own their homes. In fact, he
is just an average citizens?
that is, until the horn blows?
from then on he is on his way
j to help you, whether it is ?
I fire, an accident, or an emer
; gency, knowing that he may
| have an accident, may be in
jured, while helping his neigh
I bor, and that he will receive
no. pay for what he does, but
is motivated only by his desire
to help.
He is an active fireman. He is
a trained fireman. He must at
tend fire drills regularly where
he is taught the latest methods
of fire fighting. He must know
how to fight the different
kinds of fires, how to drive a
fire truck, how to operate the
pumps, and the many other de
tails necessary in fighting
fires.
"SERVICE" IS OUR
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One food industry worker
puts 33 per cent more food
into your store today than he
did in 1947-49.
America's food bill would
be $13 billion higher per year
?an average of nearly $290
per family?if workers in the
food industry used the same
methods they did in 1940.
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