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VOL. XXIII.
(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918
(FRIDAY)
Number 10
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INTERETING AR
TICLE ON RACE
Farts Of His Nature; Classed
As Great Creation By Writer
In Commercial Appeal.
The following article comes to us
with a request for publication from
Mr. J. W. Mayfield, of Estill, S. C:
From early childhood I have been
a constant observer and an ardent ad
mirer of the wondrous works of God,
-avs, S. F. Davis, of Indianola, Miss.,
in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
In my early days birds, bees, bugs and
flowers were a never-ending source of
treasure to me; and when a lad ci
more mature years I have lain for
hours in the shade of some friendly
tree and played with a toad frog or a
June bug until the dinner horn blew,
when I was erroneously supposed U
have been diligently hoeing cotton, in
after years I have sat silently on tut
feashore and watched the tide ebb anc
low; I havec limbed lofty mountain
and stood on the banks of the world's
greatest rivers and matched the turb
ulent maters roll by; I have looked
above into the starry decked dome o
leaven and gazed upon the far-away
vlanets and comets performing their
stupedous and harmonious revolutions
and have seen written upon the fac-
of all nature the glory and wonder o?
the gveat Creator. But I have alway.
and do now, regard the negro as Ills
masterpiece. He stands alone in a
rlass by himself; and while the Yazoo
and Mississippi Delta is peculiarly
suited to his needs; yet he can adjus.
himself to any kinds of climatic con
ditions and live and dis happy under
the most trying conditions.
He can lie down beneath the scorch
ii:g rays of a noonday sun and sleei)
the sleep of the seven sleepers of oic'.
without suffering any evil effects from
it whatever, or he can weather th?
fiercest winter gale, clad only in
pair of cotton overalls and a blue jum
per. He can also wear an overcoa.
on a Fourth of July celebration, or a
pair of linen pants and an alpaca coa"
to a Christmas tree and be perfectly
comfortable. And, strange as it may
seem, anybody's clothes will fit him
and look nice on him. King Solomon,
in his declining years, when he had
become thoroughly disgusted with hig i
society and fast living, said there was
nothing new under the sun; that he
had gone all the gaits and had seen
the whole show from the free exhibi
tion to the grand concert, and tha
there was nothing to it, or words co
that effect. But it will be remembered
that he never had any negroes to deal
with, or we would have had a new
problem to solve every day of his ev
entful life. There is nothing else like
the negro under the sun. He sees a"";
things and has implicit faith In every
thing he sees or hears, and stance
ready at all times to step aboard oi
anything that comes along from a
young mule to a flying machine.
Wireless telegraph is nothing new
to him; he has used it for ages; every
negro's mouth is a transmitter an-i
every ear a receiver. If anything oi"
importance happens on a plantation
tonight every negro for forty miles
around will know it in the morning.
If you ever arrive in delta town on
the train on a Sunday and the whol"
colored population is not at the depot
to meet you do not get off the train,
Jer you may know that of a surety
some catastrophe has struck the town.
Saturday is his speiial day bycustom
and common consent, and if you have
any business to attend to in a delt
town on Saturday, attend tp it early
and get off the streets before you
set hurt. A negro cannot see you on
Saturday unless you owe him some
lh"ng, and if you get in his way he is
bable to step ony ou, sit down on you.
r back you up against a brick wall
and somether you to death. He does
not usually do these things or-any of
them, through any evil design, as
many sometimes suppose, but he sim
ply cannot help it if you get in his
v"ay, for he is busy and cannot look
' ut for you. Saturday is his "rations'
nd news exchange day, and in addi
n to having all those things on hi?
md, he has to shake hands with ev
f , y ther negro woman he meets. You
oJ better take out an accident policy
Y get off the streets Saturday.
. ihe standard "rations" for a negr
sup PeCk f Crn meal two pounds of
Pou' PUnd of coffe three
dark f Salt meat and one gallon of
molasses a week, but he can con- ,
sume all of this at one sitting if
necessary, or if he is working for yuu
and boarding himself, he can live a
week on three soda crackers, a box
of sardines and five cents worth of
cheese.
In other words his stomach is built
on the same general plan of an o.q
fashioned accordian, and either con
tracts or expands according to the
pressure brought to bear upon it. He
is also immune to nearly all kinds of
poison, and can swallow the most
deadly drugs with impunity. I remem
ber having a negro working for ma
one time who was having chills and
suffering with severe backaches. i
got him a bottle of chill tonic to take
and a bottle of liniment to rub hi.s
back with. The liniment was labelled
in box car letters, "Poison, For Exter
nal Use Only," and I cautioned him
about it, but for three days and nights
before I found it out, he had been rub
bing his back with the chill tonic and
taking a tablespoon of the liniment
three times a day before each meal
with excellent results. On another
occasion I was sick and had a negro
to wait on me and the doctor opened
a can of antiphiligistine to make a
plaster for my side, and left the car
on. the kitchen table, and when my
negro went in to get his supper, i u
mistook it for a can of peanut butter
and ate the whole of it without ev r
having discovered his mistake.
The negro does not lay up treasurer
on earth where moth and rust would
corrode them or where theives migm
break through and steal, but when he
-has money or other valuable thinF
he immediately puts it into circulati n,
and the things in which he usually in
vests are never of a permanent or
lasting nature. He spends much money
each year for legal and medical advice,
presumably for the purpose of finding
out what he ought to do, so that he
may do the opposite, for it is a weli
known fact that a negro was nevci
known to shuta gate or follow any
body's advice about anything. He is
also an ardent admirer of the work
turned out by the dental surgeon,anj
down deep in every negro's heart
there is a secret longing to some day
have a gold tooth in front, one on
plate so that he can take it out and
look at it and put it back at will.
He is likewise a great admirer u
art, and in nearly every negro's home
be it ever so humble, there hangs t;
life-size crayon portrait of himself on
the wall right opposite the door,where
you will be sure to see it as you come
in the door. The rest of the surplus
money he usually spends for enter
tainment, preferably an. excursion,b'ut
anything else in motion will do. I
have frequently stood on a street coi
ner on a cold, cloudy winter day anu
watched as many as fifty negroes, wh'.
would not average, fifty cents each, anj
none of whom had on clothes enough
to flag a hand car, clinging to a merry
go round as it went round and round,
grinding out that well-known and also
much beloved melody, "Oh, Bill Bailey
Why Don't- You Come Home," and
their front teeth shining like the keys,
on a "baby grand" piano, while hun
dreds of others, who did not have the
price of a ride, were standing in half
frozen mud shoe mouth deep, cheer
ing them as they came around.
All things are pleasing to him. A
circus or a funeral is equally enjoya
ble, but a protracted meeting followed
by a public baptising is his chief eo,
delight. The negro was once the white
man's slave, but that was only for a
short time, and was a part of the great
scheme which God had in mind to
better prepare him for the enjoyment
of the great things which He meant
to bestow upon him in the future. By
long and close association with the
white man, the negro learned all of his
ways, and can now size him up and
classify him just as accurately as a
cotton buyer does the different grades
of cotton, and can do it muh quicker.
He no longer is a slave to man or
Mammon, and verily that Scripture
which says: "The last shall be fir.
and the first shall be last" has already
come to pass and the negro now has
a reserve seat on the front row. If
any; good things are to be had he is
sure to get his share. One day a
negro asked me if I thought a negio
had a soul. I told him 1 most as
suredly did. And if he did not have
one iit was the only thing I had ever
heard of a white man having that a
negro did not get if he stayed with
him: long enough. The negro has no
great problems to solve. There is no
race question so far as he is concerned
He enjoys the society of all raced,
ages and nationalities, and will mingle
freelv with any of them. He enjoys
with equal pleasure the Companionship
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HELP IHE BOARD
TO LOCATE THEM
The Postal Authorities Have Not
Been Able To, but Per
haps You Can Do So.
The Local Board desires informa
tion as to the addresses of the men
listed below, in order that their Ques
tionnaires may be mailed them. If you
know of anyone below please notify
them to immediate under penalty for
further violation get in touch with
the Board:
Henry Alston, Inez.
James Rhodes, Goldsboro.
John Younger, Macon.
Silney Eaton, Newport News.
Gilbert Williams, Inez.
Charlie Hunter, Warrenton.
Sterlie Lee Holmes, Gold Vein, Va
Taz Hargrove, Farewell, Pa..
Daniel Dowton, Littleton.
Alsey Dunstan, Inez.
Tollie Thomas Perry, Henderson.
John Robert Bullock, Manson.
Oscar Bullock, Manson.
Henry Green, Littleton.
George Johnston, Littleton.
Plummer Williams, Inez.
Thomas Webb Salmon, Warrenton
Richard Drew, Warrenton.
Robert Milam, Baltimore, Md.
Richard Jones, Warrenton.
Thomas Alston, Varrenton.
Clarence Davis, Warrenton.
Jessie Powell, Warren County.
Frank Davis, Warrenton.
Robert Stevenson, Warrenton.
Stephen Henry Bowden, War'nton
Clyde Malcolm Goodman, War'ton
James Macon King, Macon.
John Snow, Littleton.
Murphy Brown, Littleton.
Frank Alston, Littleton.
Eddie Anderson, Littleton.
Ernest Richie, Norlina.
Claude James, Norlina.
George Cole, Macon. - ' ...
Joseph Edward King, Macon.
Horace Robinson, Norlina.
Henry Sanders, Norlina.
James Kearney, Norlina.
Jacob Williams, Warren County.
Henry Bracey, Warren County.
Robert Cornelius Elliott, Wise.
. Tom Reavis, Warrenton.
Howard Newell, Warren County.
Will Stewart, Littleton.
Willis Jones, Littleton.
James Cassell, Littleton.
Henry Davis, Littleton.
Charlie Hill, Merry Mount.
William Boyd, Warren Plains.
Luther William Pearce, Inez.
Robert Alston, Macon.
Sam Kearney, Littleton.
Willie Wyatt, Elberon.
Robert Haithcock, Afton.
Debid Selimon, Youngstown, Ohio
George Nelson, Merry Mount.
Joseph Jones, Merry Mount.
James Johnston, Norlina.
NORLINA TO HAVE
A LOCAL MUSICAL
On Friday Evening February l;
Promises To Be Intensely
Entertaining; Be There-
There will be a home talent musical
entertainment at the Norlina School
auditorium, Friday evening, February
1st. The entertainment is given un
der the .auspices of the School Better
ment Association, directed by Mrs. C.
L. Jennette, Chm. of The Ways and
Means Committee of the Association,
ment of this character, directed by
Mrs. Jennette, strongly commends
this one to the people of the comraun-
The merit of ap revious entertain
ity. '
Thep rogram consists of a variety
of chorus songs of pleasing charac
ter, solos, duets, quartetts, etc.; with
timely and lively patriotic 'numbers.
In addition to the musical program , a
patriotic pageant will be presented by
the girls of the Norlina High SchooL
The price of adimmion will be thirty-
five cents; school children If teen cents.
Seats on sale at the auditorium door
Friday evening February 1st.
"The true secret of success is thrift
and principally as applied to saving."
Sir Thomas Lipton. Start now!
Tft PROVIDEIHOGS
FOR THE PUBLIC
As Incentive To Big Increase In
Production In County This
Year Raise A Hog!
The hog shortage in the United
States is alarming: the War Board
has called the attention of the United
States Department of Agriculture that
unless farmers greatly increase their
hogs, there will be suffering for meat.
Warren county's part of the increase
production plan is 881 hogs.
Every farmer in Warren county
should take steps at once to increase
his production you can't have too
much pork. All boys who want a pig
and are willing to join the Pig Club
names to F. B. Newell, County Agent..
Warrenton, or to Mr. J. G. Ellis, the
Bank of Warren, Warrenton. Mr. El
lis will furnish the pigs to the boys
and will not require payment until the
fall. The Citizens Bank to meet this
shortage has agreed to let the farmers
have fifty hogs with time of payment
this fall. . :
as a, patriotic step will send their
Messrs. M. P. Burwell and R. B.
Boyd expressed the willingness to
purchase a carload of hogs and dis
tribute to the farmers at actual cost
Mr. Newell, however, seems to think
that with the aids of the two banks
here and of the Board of County Cora-
missioners that he can place all pig:
ordered, and the offer of these gentle
men wasn't accepted at this time. Mr
curweu, nevertneiess, said put me
down for one hundred dollars to be
used in the furtherance of this work
I am grateful to these gentleman for
showing such a willingness to help.
Messrs. Peter M. Stallings, chairman
Board County Commissioners, C. C
Hunter and J. M. Burroughs were call
ed on in regard to the County's action
in .tins-matter. Mr. John Powell and
J. J. Myrick were too far to reach", but
we all know they are men who will
stand for anything to help the county
The three first named commissioners
promised to use their influence have
the Board purchase hogs and distri
1 J il A At a " .
Dute tnem to tne iarmers at cost, we
have one of the best Boards of County
Commissioners in the United States
Men who stand to help the County ou
of any trouble in their power; men
who have the ability to act when the
County needs their attention.
The farmers who need hogs will
send me their names at once in ordei
that I may get a list within the next
thirty days of farmers who. are short,
and be in a position to buy a carload
at the lowest price.
The hogs will be vaccinated by the
State Vetinarian and the car disinfect
ed before shipment is made.
Yours for help,
F. B. NEWELL,
Agricultural Agent.
ATTENTION, MER
CHANTS, WARREN
People Having Over One Barrel
Of Flour Required To Re
turn It To Retailer.
County Food Administrator Walter
G. Rogers calls the attention of the
public to the following letter:
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of a letter from
State Food Administrator Henry A.
Page requesting:
(1) That I demand of each retailer
in my county a complete list of con
sumers who have purchased flour in
excess of one barrel during the past
three months.
(2) That I immediately notify the
purchasers whose names- are submit
ted or whose names I can secure that
they must return all flour in their pos
session in excess of one barrel to the
dealers from whom they purchased,
these dealers being required to take
it back at the price they received for
it.
(3) That I take every other means
within my command to remedy this
situation just as promptly as possible
(4) That I submit to Trim promptly
frvr indictment and nrosecution the
names of any merchants who withold ,
information and any consumer who.
retain in their possession more than
one barrel of flour-after they are given
an opportunity to return it to dealers.
Mr. Page demands immediate-ac
tion in this matter and it is necessary
that his instructions be followed im
mediately. I shall expect to hear
from you within three days, with the
list of people who have made large
purchases of flour from you during
the past three months. ;
You no doubt know that the pur
chasers of excessive amounts of any
foodstuffs are guilty of hoarding un
der the . Food Control Law passed by
Congress Aug. 10th, and are punish
able by fine of $5,000 or two years im
prisionment, or both, in addition tc
confiscation of the goods; and that
merchants making usch sales are like
wise guilty thru their action in aiding
and abbetting which in the commis
sion is an offense against the law.
As stated above there will be no
prosecution of either merchant or con
sumers who have violated this law if
information is given promptly.
Very truly yours,
WALTER G. ROGERS,
County Food Adminstrator.
EAT POTATOES NOW AND
SAVE OTHER FOODS
"Now that the country's bumper
potato crop is flowing into markets in
an ever increasing stream the wise
housewife will take advantage of this
cheap source of starchy food and wili
give the tubes a very important place
on the dinner table," says home-economics
specialists of the United State ;
Department of Agriculture.
It is well known that potatoes are
a nutritious and healthful food, of
which one mny eat freely without ill
effects. As a matter of fact, say the
department specialists, there is some
thing more vhich can be said for the
potato, for the liberal consumption
of them helps to supply the body with
alkaline salts which it needs for nor
mal health. Eat more potatoes, for
breakfast, lunch, dinner or supper,
therefore, while they are abundant
say the specialists, to the advantage
of both your health and your pocket
book. THOUGHT SNAKES A CURE
FOR THE LIQUOR HABIT.
U. S. Marine Training Camp, Jan
uary 28th That St. Patrick never saw
any snakes in Ireland, let alone drive
them out, is the claim of Patrick Mur
phy, native of Ireland and sergeant in
the Marine Corps here.
Snakes, declares Murphy, were un
known to the sons of Erin until one
Dr. Guithers in 1773 imported two
small reptiles, then considered a cu
riosity. "The first man to reallysee shakes'
in Ireland," says Sergeant Murphy
"was a friend of Dr. Guithers. This
occurred one night when the man, a
habitual drinker, awakened out of ?.
drunken sleep and saw the doctor's
pet crawling over the floor of hie
home. Dr. Guithers, after that, claim
ed snakes to be a positive cure for
drunkeness, but St. Patrick? wdiy ht
never saw one."
COLORED FARM
ERS TO MEET
At Court House On February
8th To Discuss Food Produc
tion and Conservation.
The colored farmers and their wives
and all other interested colored citi
zens of the County are notified of a
meeting to be held in the Court House
here on February 8th at 12 o'clock..
F. D. Wliarton, Local Emergency
Domonstration agent, will r.t this time
place before the farmers and their
wives and the public the value of food
production and conservation.
NOTICE MERCHANTS
The following telegram from Food
Administrator Henry A. Page ex
plains itself:
Raleigh, January 29th
Walter G. Rogers, Food Admr.,
Warrenton, North Carolina :
Notify all merchants thra
your local papers no exception can De
made to new "Food Administration
ruling forbidding sale of wheat flour
except in combination with equal
amount of other cereals, including
Corn meal, hominy, grits, oat meal,
rice, barley flour, edible wheat shorts
or middlings, corn flour, corn starch
or - soy bean Hour.
PAGE.
ALL ALIEN ENE
MIES TO REGISTER
On 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 Days of
February Before Their Near
est Postmaster The Law:
In pursuance of authority of the
Proclamation of the President of the
United States, dated" November 16,
1917, notice is hereby given that
1. All natives, citizens, denizens, or
subjects of the German Empire or c
the Imperial German Government, be
ing males of the ag of 14 years and
upward, who are within the United
States and are not actually naturaliz
ed as American citizens, are required
to register as alien enemies.
2. This registration shall extend and
apply to all land and water, continen
tal or insular, in any way within the
jurisdiction of the United States.
3JAn alien enemy required to reg
ister who fails to complete his regis
tration within the time fixed therefor
or who violates or attempts to viola-k
or of whom there is reasonable ground
to believe that he is about to violate
any regulation duly promulgated by
the President of the United States or
these Regulations, in addition to all
other penalties prescribed by law, us
liable to restraint, imprisonment, and
detention for the duration of the war,
or to give security, or to remove and
depart from the United States in the
manner prescribed by sections 4067,
4069, and 4070 of the United States
Revised Statues, and to all other pen
alties prescribed in the several proc
lamations of the President of the Unit
ed States and in the regulations duly
nrnmill 0"n rf Yixr ri nndor -f-Vio n n f Vi t-
ity of the President.
4. An alien enemy required to reg
ister who shall after the date fixea
tion card be found within the limits
of the United States, its Territories
cr possessions, without having this reg
istration card on his person, is liable
to thea foresaid penalties.
Time For Registration.
The Attorney General of the United
States has fixed the time for regis
tration of German Aliens Enemies as
the 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 days of Febru
ary. 1918, inclusive, from 6 a. m. t
8 p. m. on each of said days. All
German aliens are required, unde?
heavy penalties, to present themselves
for registration Jto . th registrars in
their localities, and to register them
selves in accordance with the require
ments of law.
Places of Registration.
1. In cities of 5,000 or more inhab itants
registration will be made be
fore the chief of police of such as he
may have designated as Assistant Reg
istrars.
2. In non-urban areas or in subur
ban districts not within the jurisdic
tion of the Chief of Police of a city
of 5,000 or more inhabitants, regis
tration mustb e made before the local
postmaster.
Method of Registration.
1. Registration shall be made by af
fidavit of the alien enemy required to
register, to be executed in triplicate,
accompanied by four unmounted photo
graphs of the registrant not larger
than 3x3 inches in size, on thin pa
per with a light background. Each
photograph must be signed by the
applicant across the face thereof so
as not to obscure the features, if the
applicant is able to write, which sig
nature must be made in the presence
of the registrar. Each Alien Enemy
required to register shall be required
to registr his finger prints.
2. A registration card will be is
sued by the registrar and delivered
to the registrant.
Information and instructions to reg
istrants will be given by the chiefs a
police or postmasters upon applica
tion. Registrants are required to again
present themselves before the regis
tration officer after ten, but befoie
fifteen days from the last day fixed
for registration, to obtain a registra
tion card upon which he must sign his
name or make his mark, and place hie
left thumb print in the presence of
the registration officer.
BART M. GATLING,
Chief Registrar in Non-Urban Area?
for Eastern District of North Carolina
"Economy makes happy homes and
sound nations. Instill it deep." G.
Washington. Buy a -Stamp today!
The War Savings Plan is an ideal
manner in which to save.