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VOL. XIX
WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY MARCH 20 1914,
NO. 5l
$1.00
A YEAR
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Warrenton and Warren County.
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Educational press
service.
woman rural school super
ior to supplement the work of
th
county supermienueni oi
e instruction is the latest
p in lui i cuutauuii in
v -
tho state.
Such a supervisor is !
join-: a most successful work in I
) well county, developing a
demonstration schools to
r,v what kind of work can be
V-,no in elimentary schools hav
efficient supervision, five
Vther councies now have women
r-iral school supervisors assist
ing the county superintendent
in"a similar way. The plan was
nrst projected and worked out
bv L. C. Brogden, state super
yisr of rural elementary
schools, in conjunction with the
Southern Education Board and
in the State Departument of
Education. Its adoption in Mc
Dowell was secured and it is
working s wall there that it is
vjopcd that little difficulty will
be experienced in having other
L-;;.;:i:ies adopt it.
L.sceid of scattering her et- Secretary McAdoo and Miss
over the entire county, xhe j Eleanor Randolph Wilson,
MD:well supervisor this year is youngest daughter of the Presi
ded bg her lime to ten schoals, dent and Mrs. Wilson, were en
suing to mike them demon -1 gaged, the marriage to take
sriurion schools, to show ho wj place in June. There was no
the country schools can be made ' announcement from the White
t3t:a n for practical rural liv- ( House, and when the attention
r.x when they have proper; of officials was drawn to the re
tehing and prupei 'supervision. ; port they refrained from making
U .d r her direction and wTith the any comment or denial.
u;uii kjl .aic icauicia in;
th?ie schools and the county
; ; ; ii'ir.tendciit, approximatel v
;;v) nundred boys have been
;n::ying practical agriculture,
v...'. j one hundred giils have
L . . : doing dehnite and
D-ac"
: : -.vzsrk m sewing, l ms
i .: work has been done;
.:.. i. the high schools, but !
i; i - ii a w ihiut; for the elemen-!
::.: y sjruols.
giving the children an
rx-.epiionally efficient element-:
riaiaing, this plan is hav-j Washington society has observ
an effect on the com- ed the couple at many a dance
munity. Tne people of Ash-
:ord? one of the commuities inj
Thich this plan has worked;
well, have petitioned to raise
the bcal tax from 20 to 30
cer.t?, in order to add a room
to their two teacher school, !
making it an erhcient school
of the three teacher type.
Thev also intend to build a
Permanent home for their male
principal, so as to secure his
services for the community for
the entire year, instead of for
only six or seven months.
More than this, the plan is
having a striking effect on the
rural teachers. Made to realize
their deficiencies by the skilled
supervision which they have
had, many of them, now that
the rural school term is over,
are taking practical teacher
training courses of six weeks
at the Nebo State High School.
Here they study methods and
Practice of teaching under the
skilled teachers of the high
school and under the supervisor,
not only receiving instruction
in the most advanced primary
Methods, but observing the
tt'erk in the high school class
rooms.
Tne supervisor uses one of
tne rooms in the hign school
building as a model to show the
student teachers how to make
thejlittle one room country school
attractive, comfortable, and
more homelike. The lectures
and class room observations are
followed by carefully planned
conferences in which the stu
dent teachers are .questioned on
the most vital things observed
n the recitation.
It is a part of the plan of the
State Department of Education
to establish in connection with
the best state rural hisrh school
or farm life school in each
county similar short teacher
training courses, to teach these
teachers how to make the aver
age rural elementary school
more practical and efficient
BEST FAMILY LAXATIVE.
Beware of constipation. Use
Dr. Kind's New Life Pills and
keep well. Mrs- Charles E.
Smith, of West Franklin, Me.,
calls them Our family laxa
tive.'' Nothing better for adults
or aged. Get them today 25c.
All Druggists for by mail. H.
E Bucklen & Co., PhiJadelphi
nd St. Louis
Prospects of Another
White House Wedding.
Prospects of another White
House wedding became more
definite todav with the persis
tent renewal of the report that
Seci etarv M cAdoo hims2 It said
it would be indelicate for him
to comment on the subject.
Nevertheless official Washing
ton is taking it as a definite
fact that another wedding: at
the White House will be solemn
ized in June, after the adjourn
ment f Congress. Many ner
soi: .vho know Secretary Mc
Adoo were not surprised at the
report because he has been
a frequent social visitor at the
White House during the year.
;as well
Mr. McAdoo is fifty years old,
while Miss Wilson is twenty
four. He is a widower and hs
six children, one son and one
daughter being married. Re
cently a grandson was born to
his eldest daughter in Arizona.
Mr. McAdoo knew the Wilson
family before his entry into the
Cabinet and has been an inti
mate friend of the President
early in the pre-convention cam
paign. ' Miss Wilson was educat
ed in the private schools at
Princton, N. J., and during the
Jat few years has been making
frequent trips to Philadelphia
to an art school, whee she has
studied painting Exchange.
SPRING BLOOD AND SYSTEM
CLEANSER.
During the winter months im
purities accumulate, your blood
becomes impure and thick, vour
kidneys, liver and bowels fai
to work , causing so-called
4 Spring , Fever." You feel
tired, weak and lazy. Electric
Bitters the spring tonic and
system cleanser is what you
need; they stimulate the kid
neys, liver and bowels to healthy
action, expel blood impurities
and restore your health, etrength
and ambition. Electric Bitters
makes you feel like .new. Start
a four weeks treatment it will
put you in fine shape for your
spring work. Guaranteed. All
Druggists. 50c and $1.00. H.
E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia
or St. Louis.
THE M ORDECA I SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
The Celebrated Mordecai School For
Girls in Warrenton From Eighteen
ten to Kighteen-twenty
(By Rev. B. S. Bronson )
The world is the home of the left the School to take up their
Jew and vet in his texture the
home qualities of endearment
between man and wife, parent
and child, fit safely and snugly.
Mr. Jacob Mordecai, born in
Philadelphia in 1762 and having
married his cousin, Judith
Myers, of New York a lovely
and most loveable woman, in
1785, after, several moves Fettl
ed in Warenton in 1795 to en
gage in Mercantile business.
Apparently lacking the rare
commercial instinct of his Race,
about 1808 he was overtaken by
such serious financial reverses as
to throw him from an easy com
petence to an absolute poverty;
making the maintenance of a
laige family a very alarming
concern. At first he became a
Steward of the Academy, tak
ing a house without rent for the
boarding of pupils. But finding
the reward inadequate, then
came the decision of the jues -
r-p t.- o tot -
Qjrj
j
It seemed a very hazardous
experiment. Though he and'
mentally refined, yet they -vere
! the only family of the Jewish
i Faith in a large art a of countr
! . . . . -
i exposed to ail the prejudices
'otten cneris.iea against mem-
bers of
that Faith,
him, he had
It
; pilv
for
a grown
daughter, Rachel, richly
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en"
f ' ( 1 VT I '. VI' 1 ! 1 4- I r- ! 1 I I i I 1 l 1 1:1 (J 7 ; I M
mental
jand moral qualities clearness
; oi vision and steadiness or pur- i
pose, and at his side an English !
I gentleman, Mr. Miller, of
I complishments, and at his early
command Messrs. Archille
Runket and La Taste, French
men ;refugees from San Domin
go, as teachers of French and
Music, and his son Solomon,
who had been educated by the
noted teacher, Mr. Marcus
George. He and his daughter,
Rachel decided to open a school,
renting ther old home and tak
ing their Store house as a School
session, begun in 1810 deter
mined the future of the School.
Soon their School reached the
maximum of eighty pupils, be
yond which, though often so
licited. hey would not let their
number go. In the meantime
they had taken an unfinished
building, near the site of the
Methodist Church, and fitted it
up for the accomodation of their
School. In its third year the
teachers having moved, as usu
al, from the rooms the Candle
sticks to secure an early retire
ment of the inmates, a girl ad
justed a candle to the Wainscoat
ing of her room to do some
sewing, and falling asleep, the
building was set jsl fire and de
stroyed; but fortunately the
eighty inmates, were rescued
At once action was taken for
their removal to another build
ing, which afterwards, through
some changes, became the pres
ent Mordecai Building of the
Warrenton Academy. The
School was continued with un
broken success to the year 1820.
drawing patronage from Vir
ginia as well as North Caro
lina and educating hundreds
of girls, when the Mordecai es
residence in Richmond, Va.
Mr. Runket, who had mai
ded their daughter Caroline,
continued the School for a
time.
The writer knows no more
touching indication of the de
votion of the pupils, especially
to its Lady Princ;pal, Mrs.
Mordecai, than is illustrated in
the action of the wife of Hon.
John Y. Mason, of Virginia.
He had been Secretary of the
Navy of the U. S., .Attorney
Gmeral of the U. S. and was
about to,; leave the United
States to fill the roiticn of
Embassador (?) to France.
His wife called upon Mrs.
Mordecai, now a silver haired
ell h.dy. to ask her Blessing.
Kneeling down by her side,
with tears flowing down her
cheeks, the old lady, with
!IW"us upon ner nsau, it-
1 cited the Pricstiy Beaediciion :
The Lord bless Thee and keep
Thee;. the -Lord make His Face
to shine upon Thee and bo
flpim7SS 1lntn TJ. tVm T r-1
j rj;hee
!
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(Was
this to b:
a preparation
for her
i-ii
on bv trie
death
1859,
jofIr Ma;orl in Pa, rx
I befof-he close of his Embassy
flnon-o vVjiVi Tis Tsnhl
! Mordecai could weild over oth-
,
j Mi;s Maria
Jgwcrth, thy
popular Eng'ish Novelist of her
dav. Miss Edge worth had
peciallv obnoxious to Miss Rach
el. She protested in a letter to
Miss Edge worth of the wrong
done her Race by the portrayal.
Miss Edge worth, in her re
sponse, apologized for her a
tion. A correspondence thus
begun was continued bv repres
entatives of both families for
more than ninety years, and is
still maintained. Miss Rachel
S married, in 1819, Mr. Lazarus,
j ui J liiiiiiti lull, uctainc c vxAi.xo-
tian woman and died in 1838
the same vear her father died.
I append some extracts from
the advertisements of theSchooi.
as well as a Certificate of Merit,
kindlv furnished me by Mrs.
W. A. Montgomery, of Raleigh,
formal and statev in language.
Did the Girls in their educa
tional training reflect the type?
"The course of instruction to
be pursuedwill be adapted to the
varied dispositions and genius
of my pupils; not loosing sight
of systematic arrangement and
progression; my object not
merely to impart words and
exhibit things, but chiefly to
lorm the mind to the labor of
thinking upon and under stand
ing vhat is taught' ' "Terms:
For Board. Washing, Tuition
and Lodging, one hundred and
five dollars per annum."
"Miss P. closes her studies
with credit, and is assured by
her Preceptors that the obliging
disposition which she ever
evinced has not passed unnotic
ed, but obtains for her a well
merited place in their regard."
The Mordecai family Srepre
seted vry marked mental en-
dowments. The oldest son,
Moses, became a distinguished
lawyer and settled in Raleigh.
As sharer in his abilities hi?e as this was a central point
grandson is now the distinguish
ed Professor of Law at Trinitv
College, Durham. Another son,
George W. Mordecai. long an
eminent Banker in Raleigh and
extensively knovn through the
State for his high virtues.
Another son, a graduate of
West Point in 1823 at the head
of his Class, was appointed by
the Government, m Company
with others, to inspect Foreign
armies. The son of another
son married the daughter of
Rev. Mr. Norwood, Rector of
Episcopal Church in Warrenton,
and afterward as Rector of St.
Paul's Church, Richmond, Va.
Another son of erreat promi se
was killed in a duel in defence
of a woman's fair name, by Page
McCarthy, of Richmond. The
Mordecai iamily lived for
twenty five years in Warrenton,
and few families, if any have
lett a brighter Record in her
History.
Nash Elects.
At a recent meeting of the
Nash County Board of Health
Dr. B. E. (Washburn of Kuther
fordton was unanimously elect
ed Whole Time County Health
Officer.
Dr. Washburn was selected
from a list of twelve or fifteen
applicants for the position and
is considered unusually qualifjed
lor such work.
Dr. Washburn hjld? the de
grees of A. B., A. M. and M. D.
being a graduate of the Uni
versities of North Caioiina and
Virginia. 'or several years he
was
librarian at' both univergi-
jtier. Alter graduation m meai-
ine at The University of Virginia
he spent one year in hospital
practice end later, a year in
private practice at his horn e
town. This he gave up to accept
a position with The Rockefeller
Sanitary Commission as field
director, in which capacity he
has been empljyed for the past
year.
Nash Co-inty is fortunate in
securing the services of. this
particularly qualified young phy
sician who will devote his eutire
time to preventing sickness and
reducing the death rate in that
county. Nash County is co be
congratulated for taking this
vvise and progressive step.
It is unfortunate that more of
our counties do not do likewise.
STUBBORN ANNOYING
COUGH CURED.
"My husband had a cough for
fifteen years and son for eight
years. Dr. King's New Dis
covery completely cured them,
for which I am most thankful
writes Mrs. David Moor, Sagi
naw, Ala. What Dr. King's
New Discovery did for these
men, it will do for vou. Dr
King's New Discovery should
be in every home. Stops hack
ing coughs, relieves la grippe
and all throat and lungailments.
Money back if it fails. All
druggists. Price 50c and $1.00.
H. E. Bucklen & Co. Phila del
phia or St. Louis.
Mass Meeting of Citizens
A mass meeting of the citi
zens of the County was held in
the Court House on Monday to
take steps to organize a Co-operative
business, under the aus
pices of the Farmers Union.
Quite an enthusiastic meeting
was held, and quite a number of
shares of stock were subscribed
.on citizens. It was
to have Headquarters
art
nd the County Seat. A char
ter was applied for.
The business will be conducted
upon a purely mutual plan.
Goods will be sold for cash, and
profits returned purchaser at
end of the fiscal year. We wel
come this Co-operative enter
prise to our midst, as it will
mean much to this community.
As we understand the purpose
of the stockholders, it is to sell
at market price; but in so selling'
he purchaser gets his goods at
cost, plus the cost of doing busi
ness. It will hold out to the
cash buyer an inducement to
trade where he will stand the
chance of getting back in divi
dends his profits.
NOTICE.
State of North Carxlina,
In T!ie Superior Court.
Wsrren Coun y
Ben Fishel, Plaintiff,
vs.
W. K. Wright, Defendant.
Whereas, on the 3rd. day ot
February 1914 Ben Fishel, the
Plaintiff in the above entitled
action, applied to the Superior
Court of said Warren County
for an attachment against the
property of W. H. Wright the
above named Defendant, on the
grounds that s iH Defendant
was indebted to saidPlaintiff in
the sum of One Tnousand and
Seventy-three and 44-100 Dollars
($1073.44), and trial said De
fendant is a non-resident ot' the
State of North Carolina; and
whereas the Simmons issued in
-aid Action was by th Sheriff'
of said Warren County, on said
3rd. day of February, 1914, re
turned With the following en
dorsement: "W. H. Wright, the
Defendant within rnn d, can
not after due dilligence be found
in Warren County:" and where
as affidavit was mad ; by said
Plaintiff to obtain service by
:!i-;i .'cation : and v,rhere-i an at
tachment, on said 3rd. day of
February 1914 was duly sued
out and levied upon all the right
titla and interest and Defendant
W. H. Wright in certain Real
Estate situated in the County of
Warren, State of North Carolina;
and whereas on said 3rd. day of
February 1914 sn order was
made by said Superior Court
that notice of this Action be
published for four successive
weeks in The Record, a news
paper published in sa'd Warren
Countv, setting forth the title
of this Action, the issueine of
the attachment, and requiring
the said Defendant, W. H.
Wright, to appear at th. June
Term 1914 of the Warren Super
ior Court to answer or demur to
the Complaint of thePlaintiff in
said Action,
Now, Therefore, notice is
hereoy giv.m to W. H. Wright,
the Defendant in the above ac
tion, that an action has been
commenced by Ben Fishel a
giinst said W. H. Wright for
the recovery of the sum of
$1073.44; that a warrantof at
tachment, returnable to June
Term 1914, of Wan en Superior
Court, has been issued and
levied against his interest in
certain Real Estate in the
County of Warren, and the said
W. H. Wright. is hereby further
notified that he is required to ap
pear before the Superior Court
of said Warren County at the
Court House in Warrenton, N.
C. on the 15th. Monday after
the 1st. Monday in March, 1914, .
and answer or demur to the
Complant in said action, or the
relief demanded in ?a:d Com
plaint will be granted. This
the 25th. dav of February, 1914.
J. R. RODWELL,
Clerk Superior Court,
feb 27 4t
Ctiattle Mortgage Blanks
For Sale at Record
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