J.LW J PLf
Sr-
VOL. XXII
(TUESDAY)
lABUV --
NO. 43
WARRENTON, X. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1917
(FRIDAY)
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OLD TIMES IN WARREN
BvT. J. TAYLOR, D. D.
TRUE GLADNESS
Be glad when the flowers have shaded ?
Be glad when the trees are bare?
When the fog lies thick on the field
and moors,
And the frost is in the air?
When all around is a desert, -
And the clouds obscure the light?
When there are no songs for the dark
est days,
Xo stars for the longest night?
AK ves, for the truest gladness
Is not in ease or mirth;
It has its home in the heart of God'-
Xot in the loves of the earth.
God's love is the same forever,
If the skies are bright or dim,
And the joy of the morning lasts all
day .
When the heart is glad with him.
"LANG SYNE"
Just before the commencement of
the war between the States old War
ren was passing through a most "de
lightful period of its history; a large
part of its population enjoyed the ad
vantage of wealth and culture. For
the rriost part those who were not
wealthy were in comfortable circum
stances, and even the poorer class of
people were good, livers, and regard
ed themselves as good as the best, and
generally enjoyed the confidence and
esteem of their neighbors. Compara
tively there were very few very poor
people in the county. This section was
remarkable free from that class call
ed, in Georgia, "Crackers, and by the
negroes of lower South Carolina,
'Toor Buckras."
There was a degree of refinement
and self-respect among even the poor
er classes of Warren county, not often
found among a similar class of peo
ple in States south of this.
The culture and refinement among
all classes of Warren Co, people was
due, perhaps, to several things, a
large .. part -.of the original settlers
were from the stock of English enva
lier's and Virginia, gentle-folks. These
people brought with them not only, the
in heritance of good blood but the ad
vantages of the refining and elevating
influence of a cultivated and polite
ancestry. People like these who
brought with them traditions and
training of high order naturally
.sought to provide for the education
of their children, therefore schools
were established in various sections,
and while the curriculum of these
schools was not very extensive, the
standard of excellence was high. The
local schools led to the establishing in
some cummunities of academies - in
which the students were instructed in
English and foreign classics and po
lite literature as well - as the three
"R's" and the higher mathematics.
This work went on until the old War
renton academy and various schools
for the education of young women
were established in Warrenton. These
institutions of Jearning had a refining
and elevating influence on the people
of the County. Even .those who did
not attend the schools for higher edu
cation were benefited and elevated by
association and absorption.
There was another thing that con
tributed to the refinement of all class
es of Warren county people. The
popular resorts at Jones' white Sur
phur Spring, and Shocco Spring drew
to the county hundreds and some
times thousands, of wealthy, cultured
and refined ppeople. They came from
various sections of the country and
were here for rest, health, recreation,
and pleasure. The best people of our
county came into intimate relations
with them and all the people of our
county felt the influence of their pres
ence among them.
All these influences and others that
I hs
iave not time to mention aided in
putting Warren county in the fore
front of the counties of this State so
far as culture and refinement were
concerned. This work had been so
throughly done that even the demoral
izing influences of a great war and of
Reconstruction and of crushing pover
ty could not destroy it.
I have, not mentioned it but I will
i.o so nv because of its importance.
The negro slaves through association
with their master's family felt the
elevating effect-of the influences that
worked in Warren county which were
uplifting the whole population. There
fre the negroes of this section as a
whole were a higher type of colored
people than I have' met with in any
other part of the country, and they
were as proud of their family name
and of their county as .were the white
people among whom "they dwelt.
Many years ago when there was
quite an exodus of negroes from this
and other sections. ' f "said to -one," Are.
you going away ? " . He replied, "No,
sir, I'm not gwine." This is my coun
ty, I love it, I have a right, to it and
I intend to stay here just as " long as
I live." r . .r ,
The real Warren man with the true
Warren spirit is so proud cfhis coun
ty and so well satisfied that this is the
very best place in the whole world
that he doesn't even cast a longing
glance across the State" line,' on our
North and wish that he were an oia
Virginian. In describing hilTpTace oi
residence he. does not say, "I live in
North Carolina" right close to the Vir
ginia line,'.' but proudly announces, "I
live in Warren county," and having
said, that leaves the fact to take care
of itself, perfectly satisfied that noth
ing more be said.
YES, WOMEN SHALL VOTE
i. (Contributed)
Mr. Roberts bill is a very mild suf
frage measure, one it seems that al
most no one could , reasonably object
to. From his bill to the Susan B.
Anthony amendment, which some ar
dent, suffragists -are trying to have
adopted by more or less militant
methods it is a far cry. It is better
to start with municipal suff age and
work up to national suffrage than it
is to thrust the full rights of citizen
ship upon all the women of all the
states without regard to 'whether they
are ready for" it or not. For, it must
be remembered that equal suffrage is
in a lar;e measure a matter of edu
cation, and what is . most needed is
that the suffragist pay more atten
tion to educating and convincing the it.
own sex that the vote will materially
and effectually, better woman's con
dition. When women once get to
thinking deeply and seriously, their
thinking can bring them to but one
conclusion: that this is a woman's
world aswell as a men's world; that
millions of women are breadwinners,
even to the point of supporting the
family; that vast "numbers are tax
payers; that . the 'so-caU . ptoteQicd.
vvmsniftttn but a
small per cent of all the women, and
that ths.t protection., may be with
drawn at any moment by deatn; th
if the mother in the home is perform
ing the highest duty to the state in
the rearing of strong, bright children,
that that state owes her recognition
yn. the making of its laws,, for the
breaking of which she has to suffer
to the same extent as does a man.
And las but not least, that the en
franchisment of women stands for
two things which every true full
blooded American loves and has
fought to preserve. The enfranch
isment of women stand for liberty and
it stands for justice.
CREEK ITEMS
Rev. Mr. Strawd preached an ex
cellent sermon at Shady Grove last
Sunday and remained in the neigh
borhood Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bavis, of
Areola, spent last Sunday with Mr. W.
E. Davis. -
Such a quanity of rain is interfering
seriously with our tobacco farmers, as
they' have not yet been able to burn
piant beds. . -
A party of hunters passed through
here one day last week on their way
down in the Fork, but we did not learn
that they found much game.
Uncle Sol Davis, who was the oldest
and one of the most respected colored
men in this neighborhood, died last
Friday and was buried at Mr. W. E.
Davis' where he had lived ever since
the Civil War with the exception of
one year.
Mr. B. J. Geoghegan went to Mid
dleburg last Friday to vsit his sister
arid returned home Saturday.
Miss Gertrude Overby and brother
visited their grandfather, Mr. S. J .
Clarke last Sunday.
The bad condition of the roads has
cut out passing from this community
to town except those whom it is very
necessary to go. Hope it will soon be
different. " -
"ROU1H"
NOTICE TEACHERS
The regular monthly meeting of
the Warren County Teachers Asso
ciation will convene at the Jraded
School building at eleven o'clock sharp
Saturday, February 3rd. A program
has bee:i arranged and a full attend
ance is expected.
HOWARD F. JONES,
Supt.
THE FARM LOAN PRIMER
(Continued from Tuesday's Edition)
Q. Then, I am given to understand
mat. the racst important u:nl of this
entire banking: svstcjr !'-- n -
banking system
operative association, t rj? ? -; r.
or more farmers? -
A. Yes; it 4s w
which the farmer borrow c.;
to the benefits of the vst?:r-
5 ut-
it
the co-operative agency which gives
the machinery for borrowing and in
vesting.
for votiag, and for protect-
tion against loss. It is the foundation
stone of the whole system. .
Q. Then, to efc 'the full' benefit of
this system, ;H is to be the interest of
the farmers to Oiganlze into these
groups as quickly as possible? ..
A. Yes; they should organize' at
once, so they will be ready to get their
charters as soon as the Federal lanu
banks are located.
Q. May any but farmers join tue
national farm loan associations? .
A. Yes; prospective farmers who
are about to purchase land for their
own use may also join. They must
indicate in their applications what
land they expect to come into posses
sion of.
Q. What is the maximum and min
imum amount of loans?
A. No one farmer may borrow
more than $10,000 nor- less than $100.
No national farm loan association may
start with 'less than $20,000 in loans.
Q. What is the object of limiting
the size of the loans?
A. The Government wants to ben
efit the actual farmer, not the specu
lator. Limiting the size of the loans
to .$10,000 prevents the use of this act
for the purpose of land speculation.
and monopoly. -
Q. Who passes on the value of the
land offered as security? .
A. The local national farm - loan
arscclation has a loan committee of";
three members for this purpose, -who
must agree uponthe valuations. Then,
after the report of the loan commit-
te3 has beensent witji the applica-
tion ror loans to tne r eaerai lana
bank, the value of the security.; will
be examined into by the appraiser of
the Federal iaTyibnk, ;.;:'k
what" percentage of the value
of the security may be borrowed ?
A. Up to 50 per cent of the ap
praised value of the land and 20 per
cent of the appraised value of the per
manent insured improvements. That
is, if your land is" appraised at $15,
000, you would be entitled to borrow
$7,500;-and. if your improvements are
worth $5,000, you could borrow $1,000
more, or $8,500 in all.
Q. May be the money borrowed be
expended for any purpose?
A. No. The money may be spent
only to discharge "indebtness incurred
for the purchase of land, for the pay
ment of a mortgage or debt already
existing, for purposes specified in the
law, for the purchase of live stock, or
for any kind of productive improve
ments, such as fertilizer, needed build
ings, drainage, etc.
Q. What is the object of these
limitations?
A. It is the policy of the, law to
benefit only the actual farmer, and es
pecially the farmer of small or medium-sized
operations, who is in need
of credit facilities. .
Q. Will it cost anything to have
titles examined? .
A. No. -
O. Will the borrower pay for ab-"
stracts of title? f
A. Yes. . : ' '-
Q. Could the local asspVtion em
ploy a man to provide a (infracts and
thus perhaps save expenses?
-A. Yes. That is one of the ad
vantages of co-operation. . .
O. What is meant by "amortiza-
jton?
A. Amortization is the term ap
plied to the process of reducing an in-
debtness by installment payments of
a fixed maount, which includes inter
est and a part of the -principal,
throughout a period of years.
Q. Are all the loans under the Fed
eral farm-loan system made on this
plan? .
A. " Yes. - ; .. . " '
Q. : How long may these loans run?
A. Anywhere from 5 to 40 years,
at the option of the borrower. -
Q. And at what rate cf interest?
A. The rate of interest charged
on loans will be determined by the rate
of interest paid on the bonds or deben
tures of the Federal land bank. To
illustrate : If the bonds carry 4 pur
cent interest, the rate of interest on
money loaned to farmers can not be
more than-5 per cent, because the law
provides that there shall be a margin
of not: more than 1 per cent between
the rate of interest charged on the
money loaned. This margin is to pay
! AMULFf WITH A TALE
We are going to tell you a remark-
able "story;, we are going to show vou
rthat; the ; old adage that "Necessity is
I Via ' mnflipr -:nf 'TTvcwvtfnTi" Tiae'li ?
implication right - here in Warrenton.
oy ertha story : ,
':. Mr. v-A." Hudgins is the ownerrot
I
i iv 'Ziiovzf :-ra ; -?d three year-old mule,
S Oue o?ihi-; week -when Mr. Hudsrins
vent to'lm. stable to feed at break O'
C ;y -he -'ihd the stable' door open and
hisj cuU'cne.-' He searched high and
(h h..vUdnt search . Iow)-all
about lyrz the absent mule. He thought
it possible i-f ir thelmule to have been
stolervlnd just about that time the
rnula a;jii He-aw," He-aw He-aw ! ! ,
?nd yKcre do you guess he was?
Uownjin a pit dug by Mr. Hudgii .
for hi-ensilage! This pit ..was ten
o twelve r feet deep. The question
vas, . "How shall I get him out ?" A
yope t..:d tackle was thought of, but
teii.,. .gjfi? tying the mule's, feet and
putting fppe around his body and
drawm him, to terra firma, he HAD
tiO." BF- UNTIED and thereby hung
a tail! " Discarding that plan dis
cretijjtr being the , better part of valor
-a plan was thought of. and
that'pan was the piocluct of necessity
tli2 jriother of Invention. Sending
to the school house after his boys and
getting all "the pitchforks needed Tie
proceeded to - haul pine straw and
dum,it in on the mule, and as the
pife gtraw increased in depth the,
ret rose nearer the surface, until
at U&i dinner hourrthe mule quietly
walked off the pile of pine straw on
to ')ph ground level. Can it be possi
ble, th at the mule needed bedding in
hir. ?:tail, and planned to get a lot of
ithituled to the house for use-know-iniu
Ilis master was a wise" man and
WQjiId -think, of the pine-strawt plan,
and vloiowihg; too, from the repnta-tk-6
ofjall mulesthat his master would
no. -trying the tying of the hind legs.
This! is quite a mule tale; because you
laiow the mule really had a tail !
CABIN BRANCH ITEMS
Priday" is- ground "hiogay, let's all
h j 3 . tsldh'-wiil; -gBt ilr$v?ried -Friday
before the ,sun ris'eT"!--''
IIiss Eliza Paschall spent the week
end .with her sister, Mrs. P. N. Ed
wards in Vance county.
We are sorry that Mr. E. F. Hicks
is on the . sick list. Hope he will be
all right soon.
Little Rosa May Hilliard, of Nop
lina, spent Saturday and Sunday with
her Aunt Miss Alma Paschall.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Temple, Mr. arid
Mrs. W. E. Hicks attended services at
Ridgeway Sunday afternoon.'
Mrs. Stainback of Norlina spent
the expenses of the bank, but in no
event will the interest rate to farmers
be more than 6 per cent. .
Q. Will the rate of interest charg
ed be the same in every land-bank dis
trict? "
A. -Probably about .the same.
Q. How can this be true when each
j Federal land bank issues its bonds
(Continued in Tuesday edition)
MR. GROUND HOG
This is your Day! What are you
going to do? If it is fair you return
to mother earth and remain forty
days, for you KNOW the weather
will be bad. If it is cloudy, and you
cannot see your shadow, you remain
above ground and we have early
Spring. Mr. Ground Hog -what are
you going to do?
COLD WAVE PREDICTED
Notwithstanding the warm
weather of this afternoon (Thurs
day) a severe and prolonged cold
wave is predicted for Friday and
several days following.
Mr. Billie Twitty was in town this
week.' ;
3VIr. and -Mrs. Will J.: Boyd were in
i town, this week.
Mr. Horace Robinson was in town
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Powell were
in town Thursday. -
Mr. Van. K. Davis, of Shocco, was
in town this week.
Dr. Gid H. Macon has returned
from a very pleasant visit to South
Carolina?
Mrs. V. L. Pendleton returned from
near Greenville Thursday. She was
called several days ago to the bed
side of her sister, who died soon af
terwards. "We are always pleased to
have Mrs Pendleton in Warrenton.
She is a benediction a blessing to
those -with whom she comes in con-tact
! i!aughter - M - 3 -
Mr. Marlvin Rose, of Norlilna, made
his usual trip to our burg Sunday af
ternoon.
. Mr. Edwin Hicks of . Warrenton.
was at home last week on account of
sickness. V .
Mrs., Mortis Hicks and daughter,
Miss Indye, are visiting her daughter
Mrs. W. A. Hayes at Oine.
A gentleman of a near by neighbor
hood called in this neighborhood re
cently to see his lady friend, who he
expected to be here on a visit, but was
very much disappointed when inform
ed that she had not arrived, so drove
way back well we guess to findher.
"DOLLY"
YORK ITEMS
There is no path in this desert waste.
For the winds of the shifting sands,
The trail is blind where the . storms
have raced,
And a stranger, I, in these farsome
lands, .
But I journey on with a lightsome
tread;
I do not falter, nor turn aside,
For I see His figure just ahead
He knows the way My Guide.
There is no path, in this trackless sea,
No map is lined on the. restless waves;
There the unseen wind in its fury
raves. . -
But it matters naught; my sails are
set,
and my - swift prow toss the sea
aside,
For changeless stars are steadfast.
yet,
And I sail by His star-blazed trail
My Guide.
Woman........
LAST AT THE CROSS
Now there stood by the - cross of
Jesus his mother, and' his mother's
sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas,
and Mary Magdalene. John 19 :25
AND FIRST AT THE GRAVE. .
But Mary stood without at the
sephulchre weeping; and as she wept,
she stooped down and looked into , the
sepulchre. : John 20:11. ' ;
Sti down and write out the deeds you
have done in 1917. How many can
you name? ,
An Exchange states that "Billy Sun
day's" answer to why many churches
are so cold is that-"You cannot scald
a hog in ice water." . - .
"The greatness of God in a man's
life depends upon how much the man
will let GQed use him.
Everybody in our little village
seems to be getting along nicely.
We have had right much rain for
the past week, and some of our farm
ers are a little late in burning their
plant beds. However, they seem to
awake every morning with courage,
feeling that every day is a new begin
nign, every morning is a world made
new. .
Mr. R. D. Paschall, from near Ridge
way, was a business visitor in our
town Friday.
Mr. B. W. Mitchell and son, Wylie,
spent last weeK-ena wren relatives
near Middleburg.
Mr. Edwin B. Watkins, of Wise,
was a business visitor on our streets
recently. " .
Mr. Frank Harriss, of Keats, Va.,
was on our streets Friday.
Mr. David Spain, from near Goia
Leaf , Va., visited in the home of his
uncle, Mr. George M. Spain, Sunday.
Mr. P. C. Arrington visited rela
tives and friends near Townsville re
cently. . y
Misses Annie Mae and Grace Pas
chall, from near Newmans, were the
guest of Miss Susie Spain one day
last week. - ,
Mr. F. F. Fleming wife and little
daughter visited relatives in Keats
Sunday last.
Mr. B. W. Mitchell made a business
trip to Henderson one day last week.
We were glad to have Mr. John
Cawthorne, of Warren r Plains, as a
visitor in our midst Sunday. ;
Mr. Hunter Watkins, of Newman's,
passed through Thursday enroute to
Henderson.
Miss Susie Alfort, from near Gold
Leaf, Va., visited in the home of Mr.
G. M. Spain Sunday.
Mr. Frank Spain and wife, of Mid
dleburg, were pleasant visitors in the
home of her mother Mrs. Emma .Wat
kins Sunday last.
Mr. Mulchi, from near Oine pass
ed through one day last week with
"two big loads'' of tobacco enroute
to Townsville. '
Miss Lizzie Capps has closed her
school at Popular Creek on account
! MR. CONNELL FAVORS
FARM-LIFE SCHOOL
Permanent Agriculture is the only
form of agriculture which will en-
rich any nation, State or county.
In applying the word permanent we
mean a form" of agriculture which
never deterateV , but is at all
times increasing. In order . to have
such it is necessary to not only main
tain the fertility of our soil; but to
constantly add to it more plant-food,
also to gain more knowledge of plant
and animal life. This is an impos
sibility without a scientific knowledge
of the agencies with which wo are at
work, to grow and improve.
The time has been in our county
when our forest were of no real value
under these conditions when a
field was deprived of its plant food,
and would not bring forth a profit
able crop it was simply turned aloose
to again grow to timber or in other
words given over to nature to be sub
soiled, by the deep root growth of the
pine which brought up the plant food
from the depths we had not reached,
and stored it into their bodies which
made shade, and supplied humus or
vegetable matter by discarding an
nually their foliage and through this
method this worn out soil is once
more brought back to its state of f er
tility. But alas our forest have been cut
away and our population has grown
to the point that even firewood is be
ginning to be an item to" be reckoned
with. -
The next generation will have a
problem which is unavoidable arid can
truthfully be classed with the "Sins
of the fathers."
This problem is to restore and im
prove the very soil their fore-fathers
depleted.
In order to do this work at the least
possible cost to them, it is at least up
to us to provide a means for them by
which they can equip themselves for
the work they have to do. The only
rational means we can provide for
them is a practical knowledge of the
work. - Which knowledge cajv only be
supplied " to the masses through
'County Farm Life School" for Wa, -ren
County..
This knowledge would create a bet
ter citizenship and a higher effiency.
The farm life would be improved-nen
phases of agriculture would be adopt
ed. This means not only profit to the
individual but would add wealth to
our county and State.
. W. A. CONNELL.
of measles and-" is spending, several
days in our midst" with relatives and
friends. We are glad tp welcome her
back in our village.
Mr. Abb I. Fleming made a. bus
iness trip to Warrenton Tuesday.
Mr. T. J. Haskins, from near New
man's, was a welcome visitor on our
streets Saturday.
Miss Etta F. Fleming and her niece
Louise, of Manson spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Wilson.
Mr. Jack F. Gregory, spent a couple
of days this week in Ridgeway.
Mr. C. H. Buchanan made a busi
ness trip to Henderson Tuesday.
Mr. James L. Harriss, of Keats, Va.,
was a visitor in York one day last
week.
Mr. Ollie Fleming, fr om Middle
burg, was a visitor on our streets
Sunday.
Miss Mamie L. Kimball has closed
ed her school at Bona-Vista on ac
count of measles, and is now honoring
our little town by a pleasant visit to
relatives and friends. We are always
glad to have her with us, and feel
richer for her visits, and poorer for
her leaving. -
Mrs. Austin Spain returned to her
home in,Norlina this week after being
most delightfully entertained in the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
Y. Spain.
Miss Helen L. Read "and niece, Mary
Burge Kimball, spent Saturday and a
part of Sunday with relatives in Palmers-Springs,
Va., some time ago.
Mr. Bob Wilson, of Keats, Va., was
on or streets since our last writing.
Mr. Moody, from near Woodworth
was the guest of Mr. George Spain
Sunday.
Mr. L. D. Paschall, from near New
mans, was in:our midst a day of last
week looking after business.
Miss Susie Spain and brother Allen,
visited relatives and friends near
Gold-Leaf Sunday.
The Farmers' Union of this plic
met last Saturday evening to re-elect
officers, and etc. There was a large
crowd present, and we hope to have
a "bigger and better" Union.
- "Best wishes,"
"AUNT BETSY"