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jr. J. T. GIBBS PREACHES FAREWELL
SERMON METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
pr J. T. Taylor Offers Resolu
tions of Appreciation;
Unanimously Adopted.
I LOVK YOU ALL," HE SAYS
jjepro?ont:itives from all churches
of the town and from other churches
of his chart:o on Sunday unanimously
endorsed resolutions of esteem and
t m 1 1 1
0ve for I'r- J- I- foos, wno ciosea
his four years as pastor of Wesley
Memorial Methodisl Church. These
Solutions we iv drawn by Dr. T. J.
Taylor of the Baptist Church,
ifi.v .1 sermon which has
since
been much praised by all as being
particularly strong and able, Dr. T.
J. Taylor of the Baptist Church gave
testimony of the fine fellowship which
had existed between Dr. Gibbs and
himself since the Methodist pastor
came here four years ago. Dr. Tay
lor dropped into reverie for a moment
to recall 5o years of active ministry.
"How long; have you been preach
ing, Doctor?" the Baptist preacher
asked Dr. Gibbs after this statement.
"Fifty-two years in active pstorial
work," he answered.
Then Dr. Taylor called upon Mr.
C. R. Rodwell to read the following
resolutions:
Whereas, Rev. J. T. Gibbs, D. D., is
this day closing a four years' pastor
ate of Wesley Memorial M. E. Church
in Warrenton, N. C, and whereas, the
various churches in the town have
closed their houses of worship that
they may expressing their loving es
teem of this distinguished preacher
by unitedly attending his last service
as a pastor in our midst, and, where
as, the entire community desires to
do him reverence; therefore, be it re
solved, First, that Dr. J. T. Gibbs by his
godly life in our midst, by bis able
and eloquent sermons, by his great
friendliness, by his deep and efficient
interest in all that concerns us, by
his earnest work as a soul .winner,
and by his able and successful work
in kingdom building has won an abid
ing place in the loving esteem of the
entire community;
Second, that we sincerely regret to
lose from our midst this able minis
ter of Christ and high-toned Christian
gentleman, and we shall remember
his life among us with peculiar pleas
ure and we shall follow him in his
future career with loving sympathy
and earnest prayers; and we heartily
commend him to the people among
whom his lot may be cast;
Third, that a copy of these reso
lutions be given to Dr. Gibbs, they
be spread upon the Records of Wes
ley Memorial Church and that they
be published in The Warren Record
and The North Carolina Christian Ad
vocate. After there adoption, Dr. Gibbs,
moved by this expression ef whole
hearted esteem, thanked his congre
gation and also told of the spirit of
regard which he held for Dr. '"Taylor.
The congregation, drawn from . all
thurch.es since the ministers of other
denominations had closed their doors
in token of respect to Dr. Gibbs, were
moved by the sentiment voiced by
these two ministers and here and
there over the house handkerchiefs
could be seen, telling that something
deep in the spiritual being had been
touched to bring tears.
The text of the Sunday morning-
sermon follows:
'Hows:
And the God that answereth by fire, i
let Vi m k rj 1 tr: taOA
The days of idol worship have been j " simply a lord, and there
gone so long that we find it hard, to j word? means si P y e ipaportant
'a we what an idol was. We think ere many heathen natl0ns. that
01 it as a nippp of WrtftH nr stone. or.cll d " Y? Trapl worshipped
" " .
i '"'amuKL Willi iiaiio,
number of brick, cemented with mor
tar and covered with small squares of
fciate. But the church is more than
ve material of which it is composed.
or does its shape alone set it apart
!? other buildings. The one thing
"rat makes it a church rather than a
warehouse is the purpose of its build-IS-
Uhen the trustees or deacons
JPPear before the chancel" and declare
Jjft it shall be God's house, they
JP't with its true character. And
thin decIaration is as important a
;,.g a? ti-,e Government's stamp on a
tl " Ui iver tnat manes it a aonai.
"e congregation may have worship
hcL a-s faihf ully and with as. much
& in that building before its
onli tlon as afterwards, but that
ej l,nieas that they have anticipat
Gwr? foimal act of declaring it
ter f nouse set apart by the minis
u f0r' ali unhallowed or common
I J the worship of Almighty God.
1S irom the first a building apart,
KG' Possibly, of gold. And so!-Jthat lord among the
iL Pile,of Iheven'y powers that was supposed
DR. J. T. GIBBS
. ill i&m&pgNaK
Resolutions were unanimously
adopted following the farewell ser
mon on Sunday expressing the love
and esteem for Di Gibbs, who has
been in active ministerial work for
more than 52 years.
but it is such because it is given from
the first to the worship of God. It
1 V 4 i 1 1 1
devines character ironi i tne laitn ana
piety of the people who compose its
congregation. ; wartnmore onautauqua which open-
Now consider what an idol was. The j ed its three day program at the War
word is Greek, meaning something renton Opera House on Wednesday,
that can be seen. And the Greeks I T,niv 'v.,t u u i
made beautiful images of their gods,jThere have been chautauqua ticket
placing them in temples where burnt j campaigns in Warrenton for many
offerings were made. They believed jsesaons and it has been a steady rule
that, these gods themselves lived onithat the gUarantors had to make good
Mount Olymphus, the highest moun- j.
tain in their country. This wr.s thejat the end of the entertainments.
Greek heavens, and was not considered j The Woman's Club in a house to
a part of the earth where mortals house canvass sold more than its
dwell. Tennyson, in a beautiful poem, . f . k d hag h
gives a striking picture of Greek bei -j A tL
lief. He represents a band of sail-j to meet bills incident to the attrac
ors lost in an unfamiliar se-a, and castjtion, according to President' Julia
upon a pleasant island- They are'Dameron
disgusted with the seemingly endless F , AU chairman of
effort to find the way home, and say: Mrs- rank Allen was cnanman or
"Let us swear an oath, and kesp it; the successful sales committee. She
with an equal mind, In the hollow jwas assisted by President Dameron,
Lotus-land to live and lie reclined, ! hTj t r aii t? t Trnio-f
On the hills like gods together, care- !
less of mankind, For they lie beside
their nectar, and the bolts are hurled,
Far below them in the valleys, and
-a . 1 I I T" 1
the clouds are iigntiy evoiea uouna; Gardner, Alice Rooker, Lilile
their golden houses, whirled with the . c '
gleaming world: Where they smile in Belle Dameron, Gladys Gordy, Delia
secret, looking over wasted lands, i Wicker and Beulah Dempster.
Blight and famine, plague and earth-! A mpmber Gf the ticket committee
r t: ad yesterday that the aviation
and sinking ships and praying hands, 'of that committee was extended Mrs.
But they smile, they find a musio ceil-! Charlotte Story Perkinson of Wise,
fi-ori in n rlnlpfnl soner. Streaming upi-, xr. ,- n r wr-
a lamentation and an ancient tale ot
wrong, Like a tale ot mue meaning j
tho' the words are strong; chanted by ;
an ill-used rare of men that cleave j
the soil, sow the seed, and reap the;
harvest with enduring toil." I
But these Greeks Jbelieved tna- inese
ds did take an interest in mankind;
when it suited them, and thr litera ¬
ture is-full of the doing ol ine:i gou ,
lpd the lame mar. at.
Lystra, the people "lifted up their The Woman's Club has been invited
5'rtginiiMSBrf men!by Dr. Paul Pearson, Director of the
And they called Barnabas Jupiter; Swarthmore Chautauqua which will
and Paul Mercurius, because he wasbe in Warrenton next week, and Pres
the chief speaker Then the p riest oi j International Lyceum and
fUtPoU?h'e Ur'antdonl Chautauqua Association, to select one
sacrifice with the people." But when representative to attend the Lectur-
the apostles saw the preparauonsmu
r j iTri-iot Vif nponle were about;
to do, they ran about among them,
saying, "Sirs, why do ye thesfe things ?
We also are men of like passions with
VV g aloU aic ihv,aj j.-
you, and preach unto you that ye
should turn from these vanities unto
thp livine God wnicn maue um'
me living . Vlirlo.a thnt
and earth tne sea anu cm i general aim nauuuai v. .
are therein." Now these people oU e Men of world-wide reputation
S3 aagSg;mKa!iwill present the discussion, Dr.
those which represented Jiewuiy.
They had doubtless worshipped these
idols. But they knew ..perfectly well
Sath?cVdk
9t Sod, SMSfl
visiuie ,
7e' Sgces Sof prayer and praise
crea.as pi.e. v j n0 Thp
onrrnnnneu anwicuv - 11.
heavenly puwci . , ' "ifv There
to favor that particular city, fnere
were baalsf streams ana wu -.
fields, which merely rTtreams,
belief ot tne w Hiffprent
hills and plains oeiuiiu . .
fffVSl"W -rBhipped by
the - parucumi h baal
, it is npiieveu m"
King Maoai p-reatest
" " "j ,-rin. one ot tne greaiw,.
, j.4-
caTtfa't 'AhX f.so'woSped or
nf two sons f of Atabtad what we Mr. william T. Polk of Warrenton
would call christian nam and lWas appointed by Mrs. Arrington to
would caii .x -v - names,
mean Dy n? .wv-- that
u,- vot I ninie ik" "
?al bible ; rentS'
ffi antr reme -s of their
mean that any god holds anu ,
Continued On Page 3
WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN,
Woman's Club Signs
Chautauqua Contract
For Another Season
Assuming a straight liability con
tract for $525, with the privilege of
all receipts, the Warrenton Woman's
Club signed with the Swarthmore
Chautauqua last night in the Opera
House for a series of six entertain
ments to be given during three days
joi next jraii. The contract this year
guaranteed $375 from the Woman's
j Club and all the door receipts. 1
j The four entertainments already
.given have been well patronized, es
pecially at night. Last evening mem
jbers of the Woman's Club were seek
ing chairs for the audience, and some
of those late to arrive were sent' to
the balcony.
The lectures and musical programs
have received favorable comment from
j many wno attended. The program
j closes today with the junior pageant
this atternoon and the "Cappy Ricks"
play of the evening.
Woman'sjClub Sells
Over Its Quota
Of Season Tickets
Overscribing its guarantor's liabili
ty, the Warrenton Woman's Club
made history here this week in putting
acroM a season ticket sale f th
. , . .
,. . , , '
Pryor 'Allen, J. Edward Allen, Walter
Fleming, John Dameron, H. F. Jesses,
George Scoggin, Roy Davis; Misses
- wQn. r.t.hrnfi of
i" .
Warren Plains' for their sales.
nUa "
V. T. Polk Choice Ot
Woman's Club As
Delegate to Conference
, Conference on Public Opinion and
. TTr.:
World .Peace, to be held in Washing
ton Dec. 7, 8, 9, 1922. During the
..1-. tJioro will hf rli emission of
uiixi cuvt n'' v "
economic problems underlying
QJf, s.pnt:fi, the
wvh -
i j ;oi oran nf-wnrlH
Pp.arson in closing his letter says
"President -Harding wiirwelcome the
speakers, Clemenceau will speak for
France, and many other notable per
sons, will make such a program as has
not before been presented in Ameri
ca.. I shall be there, of course, and
shall be happy to welcome your repre
sentative." The "Woman's Club wishes our com
munity to be represented by one of
. ,,v, tv.o r.lnh fppls that a man
uu
fe b&ck tQ Qur communlty a
meMaBe on this all impojt-
i AA the Club at it:
ant question. And so the Club a its
meeting at Mrs. R. B. Boyd's appnvt
ed Mrs. Katharine Arringtpn a com
mittee to see if she cannot get one of
.
t consent to represent our
community at this conference.
represent the Woman's Club. Mr.
4- WnTYion's I, llh. IVir.
Pn t said this week that he wanted
;to
Times Leader.
N. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17,
OVER 300 JOIN RED
CROSS IN CANVASS
Klu; KIux Kfctn Opens Cam
paign With Contribution
In Church.
$75.00 FOR WAR REFUGEES
More than 300 Warrenton persons
enrolled in the Red Cross here on Sun
day afternoon during an intensive
canvass of the city by committees.
Around $75 was given for relief of
suftering m Greece over and above
the $1 membership fees.
With the church bells of the town
tolling, the members of the commit
tees appointed by Mrs. Katherin2 P.
Arrington, town roll call chairman
and head of the county JRed Cross
Chapter, to canvass the city, moved
to the Episcopal Church at 2 o'clock
where prayer was offered for the suc
cess of the drive by Dr. T. J. Tayldr
and short talks upon the purposes of
the campaign made by Supt. of
Schools J. Edward Allen, Editor of
The Warren Record W. Brodie Jones,
and Mrs. Arrington.
Four white robed figures, with the
insignia of the Invisible Empire of
the Klu Klux Klan, walked- quietly
into the church just as the bells stop
ped ringing and before the exercises
of the afternoon opened to leave $10
for the drive to specificially enroll ten
members of the Red Cross who were
not otherwise able to join.
The canvassers left the church with
enthusiasm after hearing the outline
of the canvass and worked throughout
the afternoon. The report was made
on Sunday evening in the home - of
Mrs. Arrington. Half of the pro
ceeds of the membership funds, un
der the announced plan of the cam
paign, will go for playground equip
ment of the Warrenton High and
Graded School while the ..remainder
will go to the Red. Cross for its re
lief program conducted among refu
gees -from the Turk. .. . ,
Those canvassing on Sunday includ
ed Mrs. Katherine P. Arrington, Miss
Sue Williams, Mrs. Howard F. Jones,
Mrs. M. C. McGuire, Miss Gladys
Gordy, Miss Amma D. Graham, Miss
Julia Dameron, Mrs. Ella A. Thorne;
Messrs. M. C. McGuire, V. F. Ward,
R B. Boyd, H. A. Moseley, J. J. Tar
water, Frank H. 'Gibbs, William T.
Polk and W. N. Boyd.
The Roll Call books do not close un
til Thanksgiving, Mrs. Arrington
pointed out yesterday, "and we ex
pect to have many more persons, from
among those who were away from
home last Sunday, to enroll here."
Attention of the town was rivetted
upon the canvass of Sunday by a Red
Cross program presented under the
direction of Miss Gladys Gordy at tie
Opera House on Saturday evening and
by a word ol endorsement read by Dr.
Gibbs before the congregation in the
Methodist Church on Sunday morn
ing. With a Red Cross tableau as a back
griSnnd the short program of Satur
day evening was put on without a
hitch. The school children sang well
together and the Opera House thun
dered with applause, when Theo and
Lucy Crosby finished a duet and again
at a solo by Theo Crosby.
Pres. Norwood Denies
Prophecy That Tobac
co Assn. Will Fail
President George A. Norwood has
be'en misquoted in reference to the co
operative sale of tobacco, according to
a letter received by Mr. John H. Flem
ing of Norlina from Mr. Norwood.
"As it was being told over the coun-
;ty that Mr. G. A- Norwood, President
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Asso
ciation, said, that either the auction
or co-operative system of selling to
bacco would have to fail and that the
auction system seemed to be strongr
est and he believed this system would
win, I wrote to Mr. Norwood in re
gard to' the matter," Mr. Fleming
said. ,
"He said that it was entirely un
true another lie out of whole cloth.
He said that he believed cooperative
marketing of tobacco WOULD and
OUGHT to SUCCEED."
The milk of human kindness is a
fine antidote ofr trouble.
1922
Coop. And Extension
Forces To Hold Com
munity Meeting Here
'Joint meetings by the N. C. Cotton
Growers Association and the Home
Extension Service of the State De
partment of Agriculture will be held
at the places and on the dites men
tioned below, J. C. Jones, co-operative
ragent for cotton, said yesterday.
"These meeting are gqing to be of
unusual interest to both the farmers
and their wives and also to the busi
ness men and women who care to at
tend. Information of importance con
cerning the Cotton Association will be
given out at these meetings and Mrs.
R. W. Wells of the Home Extension
Service will have something of pe
culiar importance for the women," he
said.
-Mr. Jones urged that every man and
woman convenient to these places at
tend and bring their friends.
The following are the dates and
places:
Oakville Monday night, Nov. 20th,
at 7:30.
Areola Tuesday night, Nov. 21, at
7:30.
Churchill Wednesday night, Nov.
22, at 7:30. '
Inez Thursday night, Nov. 23, at
7:30.
Norlina Friday night, Nov. 24 at
7:30.
Good Crowd Attends
County S. S. Union
At Zion on Sunday
Sunday School superintendents.
teachers and interested workers met
at Zion M. E. Church last Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock for a township
institute of the North Carolina Sun
day School Association and were in
session until mid afternoon discuss
ing various phases of the work.
After Sunday School at 10 o'clock,
the Rev. M. Y. Self filled his regular
appointment. A basket dinner was
served on the grounds following the
morning service.
President -J. L. Overbyopened the
afternoon session with scripture read
ing and prayer. Supt. John H. Flens
ing of the Warren Plains School spoke
upon the ways of increasing attend
ance and Editor J. C. Hardy of Nor
lina talked upon the advantage of the
graded lesson and how they were
used. The Rev. Horace Read, former
pastor, spoke upon the "Child Moses."
Stressing the importance of the
Sunday School in the life of the child
and the value of religious instruc
tion in the home, Supt. o.f Schools J.
Edward Allen developed his theme,
"The Home and the Sunday School
and How They Help Each Other."
Supt. Allen held that both home and
Sunday School had a sacred trust in
preparing the child to withstand man
ifold temptations of the hour and
that with the increased educational
advantages through the grammar and
high schools also came ,an obligation
on the part of parents to see that the
religious tiaining was followed.
Short talks were made by W. Brodie
JonesR. M. White and C. W. Perkin
son and the meeting brought to a close
with President Overy's announced
plan of A Sunday School Institute in
each township during the next year.
Dr. Gibbs Delivers
Conference Address
Di J. T. Gibbs is attending the
Methodist Conference at Raleigh this
week. Dr. " Gibbs spoke on Wednes
day evening upon "Thirty Years As
A Presiding Elder."-
The News & Observer which car
ried the full text of the address the
following morning, said editorially:
"Dr. Gibbs gave an intimate arid il
luminating discussion of the duties
of a presiding elder, an office of im
portance and power peculiar to the
Methodist polity. His tribute to the
loyalty and unselfish consecration of
the circuit riders and the devotion of
their wives, often living on inadequate
salaries, was a fitting conclusion to
an address that was heard with pleas
ure and wilkbe read with interest by
the membership of that large com
munion. In his own life, dedicated
wholly to his call, Dr. Gibbs ilustrat
es the virtues he prptrayed in his ad
dress." Miss Ro we" Wiggins of Wilmington
is visiting in the home of Mrs. Adele Sunday School rally when words en
Jones. Continued On Page 8
NUMBER 45
SPEAKERS TO TALK
ON THE ROLL CALL
Junior Red Cross Work To Be
Placed Before Ten County
Communities.
REFUGEES ARE STARVING
To appeal for the Greatest Mother
in the World, Red Cross Roll Call
speakers from Warrenton travel to
ten consolidated schools this after
noon and evening for addresses at the
community gatherings of county per
sons. Both the purpose of the roll
call and the' work of the Junior Red
Cross will be outlined.
Letters to the Sunday School Sup
erintendents and ministers of the
county and especial appeal to the
heads of the ten consolidated schools
to help make the day a success argues
well for good attendance at the
schools.
Half the funds donated remain in
each school zone for playground equip
ment while the other half is to help
releave those refugees from the
Greeco-Turkish wa,r whos"e plight is
desperate.
Junior Roll Call A Success Here.
Every child except five of the War
renton High School had been enrolled
in the Red Cross last night. The
membership fee in the junior order is
10c which each child is supposed to
earn. Miss Gladys Gordy, county
chairman for the juniors, has outlin
ed a program for the work and will
be glad to render any assistance to
other schools in the campaign.
Speaking appointments today in
clude: Norlina Hon. Tasker Polk, Miss
Gladys Gordy.
Wise B. B. Williams, Stephen Bur
roughs. Macon William T. Polk, Mrs. H.
F. Jones.
Vaughan W. Brodie Jones.
Warren J?lains F. H. Gibbs, Mrs.
J. E. Rooker.
Areola W. Brodie Jones.
Nutbush J. Edward Allen. v
Vicksboro Rev. J. C. Crosby, Miss
Amma D. fcraham.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Amid
the beauty of their ancient temples,
thousands of Smyrna refugees are
starving on the Greek mainland and
on the islands of the Aegean, cower
ing before the approach of Winter.
This picture of the emergent need
of the Near East populations driven
from Asia Minor by the Turks is con
tained in a cablegram pust received
at National Headquarters of the
American Red Cross from Vice Chair
man A. Ross Hill, in charge of for
eign operations, who is in Athens.
The message reads:
"Six weeks after the catastrophe
at Smyrna the situation of refugees
in Greece and the islands of the
Aegean grpws daily more tragic. A
personal inspection just made among
the islands of the Cyclades reveals
scores of thousands of shivering re
fugees, naked and starving. On Milos
refugees are dying at the rate of two
daily.
"On Naxos many refugees have no
roofs overhead. On other islands,
where .Greek gods were born and
epic deeds achieved, numberless wo
men, children and old men lie exposed
to the wind which flaps their scanty
rags. Epidemic scarlet fever has
started on the island of Canea.
"Refugees on the mainland of
Greece outnumber those on the is
lands and are living in such conges
tion that health and life are menaced.
One camp on the outskirts of Athens
is filthy beyond description and may
cause epidemic among normal popu
lation. The helping hand of humanity
must stretch out' to these people or
Greece and her islands will become a
burying ground for scores of thou
sands." Negro Shoots Another
After Church Meeting
Returning from a Sunday School
festival, 'Grant Russell, colored, 40,
who was full of moonshine, shot Law
yer Mayfield on Sunday afternoon
about 4 o'clock near the German
Church in Smith Creek Township.
A truck filled with darkeys was re-
Iturnmg from the exercises at the