THE RECORD
VOL. XXI
WARRENTON, N. O, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1915
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Ibbie house an appreciation.
A paper read before the Jos
J. Davis Chapter of the U.
j? c of Louisburg, May 1915
bv Elizabeth Person Cooke (Mrs.
r M. Cooke) .
It seems to be a fact proven by
the experience of the ages, that
Saracters are developed by the
times in which they live. An
cient history both sacret and
nrofane brings outs its especially
pouipped heroes, daring and do
4 often times wonderful deeds
demanded by surrounding cir
cumstances. In every crisis of
the w orld's history we find exalt
ed and heroic figures towering
above their contemporaries, like
sublime and isolated mountain
pLet me pictjure to you the
voung king of Israel, Saul a Ben
amite (the smallest of the tribes
of Israel) youthful and untried
when the messengers were seek
ing him to annoint that proud
Ind ill starred head with the
Iphets sacred oil. Th shep
herd boy David, watching his
flocks on Judia's hills, dreaming
the dreams of innocence and of
v0Uth And called from his lone
lv place to sit upon the hallowed
throne of Israel and to wield the
scepter over God's chosen people.
joan of Arc, a peasant girl of
the middle ages, a dreamer oi
beholder of visions
tending her geese in the rreer ;
fields of the native province, ct
destined by fate to raise alott
in victory the royal Lilhes of
fair France, and in the end to
shed her stainless blood for a
weak king and an ungratef ul peo
pie Mally Pitcher, too. of gun
ning fame in those trying days
of the American Revolution, saw
the vision and heard the call.
That call which comes clear and
ptrw from the throne of God
Himself, like unto the vision of
the Holy Grail to Sir Gallahad,
which he beheld the clear sil
ver lieht, a"d heard the voice
saying. "Oh Gallahad, follow
me" just so, my pople, God has
sent calls throughout all the
F v.- p, unmistakable,
calls to lay aside self and to
lead or minister to, His people,
or His cause. And in most in
stances, it has been like those I
have just cited, the poor, the
humble, the weak who have re
ceived this sacred baptism of
service for truly "He hath chos
en the weak things of this world
to confound the wise."
I believe such a call came to
AhhiP HnnciA in VifVT humble COt-
tarp m hp red hills of Franklin
county in the spring ot lobi. a
call which was followed faith
full v as ever a mailed knight of
Arthur's courtly ring lived up
to his deathless" bow. Followed
through four long years of suf
fering and want, and followed
to the never fading glory of this
lonely heroine.
The subject of this sketch was
born somewhere about 1810.
She owned a small farm near
Pranklinton, N. C., on which her
little house still stands, very
touch in appearance as it was
W her day. She died in Ral
eigh m the early eighties,havmg
heen nprKinnprl lw spveral na-
miotic citizens of that place, in
appreciation of her devotion to
the Southern couse-
At the outbreak of the war,
Jer intense loyalty caused her
jo make a study of ministering
to the needs of the soldiers. Was
thprCk f T7 11 i. U-r
. rt r raiiKiin county vvy
g. Aunt Abbie would go to
le front to nnrse him. Did a
family or sweetheart have a pre j
Pi Aim 1 a , , -m -n. t I
7U5 package tor a "Johny Keo'
At Abblie could be depended
on to ft through the lines and
' safely deliver the cherished
J obtains: a furlough, old Abbie
would leave home for the field
of battle, travelling in any way,
enduring any hardships or ex
posure for a soldier of "Mause
Bob's", as she always called Gen.
Lee.
The many tender ministrations
she shower ed on the discouradg-
ed, the sick and the dying sol
! ier boys will never be known un
til that great book is opened and
the record of Abigail House is
revealed to the listening ears of
an astonished world! She was
no child oi luxury. Her inspi
ration came from a life spent in
honest toil among the denizens
of the forest and field. Her chat
was obtained from nature and
nature's God. Knowing nothing
of the conventions of life, its
requirements and elegancies,she
was a noble woman. She heard
the call of the soldier, and march
ed under the Stars and Bars
across the weary mountain
trails, upon the fiery heights of
Gettysburg and through the Val
ley to Appromattox.
The roll call of Southern he
roes is short. The line of Con
federate gray is fast fading, but
there are many living today who
can tell countless anecdotes both
humorous and pathetic connect
ed with the life of this brave
woman, searching for the slain,
demanding free transportation
of the Railroad conductor; com
ing out victorous in verbal en
counter with the witty Senator
Ransom; riding on the cannon;
nursing the sick and wounded
and burying with her own hands
by midnight torches the precious
body of the Southern soldier.
There are many illustrious
names to adorn our monuments
to the Confederate women, and
I am proud to have it so. But
if the privates were asked to call
a name des.r to their hearts, a
name that stands for service and
sacrifice, it would be the name
of the humble and unheralded
Abbie House. A name that con
fures up visions of a homely old
woman in a faded black sun bon
net a sun burnt hand strong
and steady, and fashioned for the
tenderest administrations to all
who "Wore the Gray". This pa
thetic figure, without grace, ac
tual or acquired, reared in pov
ertv. born as lowly as the bless
ed Son of God, without the name
or fame seemed to be led by an
unseen hand to serve in places
where the work of a woman was
most needed, and most appre
ciated. Sweetly gently and he
roically she set about her self
appointed task, bravely doing
her best in the station of life in
which it had pleased God to can
her. In the language of anoth
er, her cause might be chanted
"as the prologue to the most
imperial theme of modern times" ,
"Woman's Place."
"Why are we forever speaking
Of the warriors of old
Women are living all around us
Full as noble, full as bold.
Decorations do not tempt them
Diamond Stars that laugh to
scorn
These will wear a cross of Glory
In the resurrection morn."
MACON.
Mr. James Watkins had the
misfortune to lose a barn of to
bacco by fire last Saturday morn
ing, the estimated loss being two
hundred dollars.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Morrison
and children, of Wilson, are visit
ing Mrs. Morrison's parents, Dr.
and Mrs. M. P. Perry.
Mrs. R. L. Austin and son, of
Littleton, are visiting Mr. John
T. Kenyon this week.
Miss Rosa Perry, a teacher in
the Henderson public schools
spent last Sunday with her pa
rents. Mrs. T. B. Slade and Miss Mat
thews returned to Hamilton last
Saturday in their big touring car
driven by Mr. Douglas Egerton.
Miss Ethel Boyd, of Bracey,
Va., is a welcome guest in the
home of Mrs. M. B. Russell.
Quite a number of our young
ladies left last week to attend
their respective colleges, where
they will again burn the mid
night oil-
Mr. Clinton Egerton, of Aus
tin, N. C, has accepted a posi
tion as salesman in the store of
Mr. W. G. Egerton.
Mr. W. E. Rod well, an efficient
telegrapher of Richmond, is visit
ing his parents Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Rodwell.
Miss Jessie White returned to
Wendell last week, after a pleas
ant visit to relatives in town.
Mr- Howard Palmer, of Six
Pound, was shaking hands with
friends here last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Russell
with several friends paid a visit
to Mr. J. H. Russell, of Bracy,
Va., making the trip in his auto
mobile last Tuesday.
Macon High School has enroll
ed one hundred and ten up-to-date.
Dr. D. H- Hill. President of
the A. & M. College, will be the
principal speaker at the Macon
Community Fair, the 28th of Oc
tober. Miss Estelle Perry left last
Monday for Pitt county where
she takes up the delightful past
time of teaching again.
Protracted services began in
Baptist church last Tuesday and
will continue daily through the
week.
Misses Mary Rodwell, Virgie
Rodwell, Core Hill Shaw, Janet
Harriss and Urtie Harris, all left
last Wednesday for the State.
Normal at Greensboro.
Judging from the numerous
odors that float upon the evening
breezes one is forced to the con
clusion that cleaning-up of pig
pens, stables, and other odori
ferous edifiices would add much
to the sanitary condition of Ma
con, and also relieve the pres
sure on a fellow's olfactories.
SOME SMOKE.
KNOW YOUR COUNTY TAX
LIST.
Know your home-county is a
Four Hundred Million Cigarettes tamiliar phrase at the Universi
for Allies. ty- Among other things it
means, know your home county
The allies have signed a con- tax list,
tract with a large American j And so for several weeks, Mr.
manufacturing firm for 400,000,- J. Clyde Ray, a member of the
000 "coffin nails." They are Orange County Club at the Uni
not metal nails to tack up coffins j versity, has been studying the
with, however, but are the good 1 recently finished Tax List of the
old "coffin nails" of the text county ;comparing the townships
books on physiology, the same j with one another and noting the
old "coffin nails" dear Aunt Ma- 1 changes in total, average, and
ia warns small Billy about. per capita values since 1913.
The 400,000,000 cigarettes are He is blazing the wav for a sim
THE TAR RIVER ASSOCIATION.
to be delivered to the allies on or
before Sept. 31. The order will
keep the factory handling it busy
night and day, it is stated, m
order to get the "smokes" com
pleted on time the factory will
have to turn out cigarettes at
the rate of 10,000,000 a day, or
about 7,000 for every minute of
the day, which is "go'in some",
every man who "rolls his own"
will admit.
If the allies smoke the cigar
ette at the rate of manufacture,
a cloud of smoke forty feet high
would engulf the German empire payers everywhere would have
statisticians figure out. ; less and less to complain about.
Four hundred million cigar- It is good to know what is on
ettes would form a tobacco brid- your tax list ! What changes
ge covering the Bug river from have been made and why !
bank to bank from source to It is volume of facts varied by
mouth. The papers" used interesting romance.
would carpet Europe with a pall mm
of white. If laid end to end
those 400.000,000 cigarettes ' REAL OLD-TIME CLOWNS,
would stretch from Paris to Ber Will Be Seen in Henderson With
iliar simple analysis and compar
ative study of the tax digests
of other counties in the State.
It is direct discipline in impor
tant makers of citizenship.
The Bible alone excepted,there
is no more important book in
any county than the tax book;
and no other book that the peo
ple in general know so little
about in detail.
If its contents from year to
year were familiarly known to
the general public its unfairness
would speedily disappear and tax
Hn and from Berlin to Paris nine
teen times.
Exchange.
Robinson's Famous Shows.
In the days of the old one-ring
circus the ciown was the princi
pal figure. Beyond doubt he was
the most popular idol of the a-musement-loving
public.
When the three, four and five
ring shows came into vogue, the
THE LORELEI.
;uld start at once for head- j
friers and mvaribly return
jrth some one or perhaps sev
aj paje and raeere(j convales-
r, to be ni-irsed back to health
roin this she grew to know
ICll pATYinv,J a 1 .
. "wmutsr anu as ner
Sn!iervice expanded, until the
wuhern soldier of every State
Wflrun ner estimation, a hero
m7 of her best service. She
I know not whence it rises,
This thousrht so full of woe
But a tale or! the time departed
Haunts me and will not go.
The air is cool, and it darkens,
And calmly flows the Rhine;
The mountain peaks are sparkl
ing In the sunny evening-Shine.
And vonder sits a maiden,
The fairest of the fair.
With g-old in her garments glit
tering, And she combs her golden
hair.
With a golden comb she combs
it,
And a wild song singeth she,
That melts the heart with a
wondrous
And powerful melody.
The boatman feels fiis bosom
With a nameless longing move
He sees not the jrulf before him,
His gaze is fixed above.
Till over boat and boatman
The Rhine's deep waters run ;
And this with her magic singing
The Lorelei has done !
From the German of
Heinrich Heine.
T T HP HPT 17 XIV A T?T V IVfTXIl?
Little Heart of mine, I love so I
much,
How soothing, thrilling is the
touch
Of vour lips at the end of day
When trials and cares cloud my
way!
What joy is mine when in thine
eyes
I behold the beauty of God's
skies
The hope when age its hand shall
lay
On my brow 'neath the locks of
gray!
Dear little heart, would thou
couldst know
The ways that I would have thee
go
Some day life's throttle thou
must hold,
Little one, with wisdom choose j
thy goal !
W. Frank Booker.
Apex, N- C.
MORE THAN 1000 STUDENTS
During the first week of the
University year 1051 students
were registered at the Universi
t yof North Carolina. The num
ber is 32 more than the entire
registration of last year.
The Freshman class numbered
325 or 40 more than in 1914-15.
It looks like 1250 University
students this year.
This number taxes to the limit
the dormitories and the mess
hall, along with the boarding
house facilities of the village.
More dormitories are necessary.
MARMADUKE ITEMS.
A large number of friends
gathered to witness the burial
of Mr S 7? Dnto'o onti Pnrror
t' av'pm'nfr ,vf otv,. decadence of the clown began.
Although so young, he was not Hls audience was so far away,he
afraid to die, and longed to ro was such an insignificant figure
home to meet his sainted mother in the vast canopy, that his voca
The family have our greatest was gone, and he became
sympathy but a Pantomme, with no oppor-
Doctors'sioane and Moore are nit disPlay the genius of
doing good work in this vicinity 1 tne old das
to prevent typhoid, and we feel ! The Robinson's Famous Shows
proud to have the good thing have revived the real clown of
passing within reach of all. the days when he was in his
Miss Maude Duke is spendinsr glory. There is just as much ta
a couple of days with her uncle lent, just as much genius, given
in Areola. j the chance to display it, as there
Miss Jimmie Clark will teach ever was, and the genuine come
the school here this term. dians who don the white and har
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Clark with lequin yith the Robinson's Fa
Miss Sallie Powell spent one dav ! mous Shows are given full play,
last week with Mrs- Jim Cheek and never fail to create roars of
at Inez. If all reports are tme i merriment that convulsed our
we will have this family CMr. i forefathers in the days of the
Cheek's liviner near by us next 'old wagon shows. .
vpor. We give them a hearty j Billy Lightfoot, the most droll
welcome. ! irresistible genius that ever am-
This writer thinks the wedding j bled about a circus ring, heads a
bells will ring in this town be- j bunch of twenty careful iTr select
fore many moons. ed fun-makers, who will make
Misses Alice, Laura and Vir- every moment one of uproarious
eie Duke visited their sister at fun during the entire perf orman
Elberon Saturday and Sunday, ces.
Messrs, M. T-, S. R., M. C,
and Miss Maude Duke made a
flying trip to Henderson through
the country on the car owned by
Mr. M. T. Duke last week.
Miss Mabel Robertson will OUR TROUBLE WITH
teach the Hamlet school near
Esex soon.
Quite a crowd gathered at Mr.
Don't miss this great exhibi
tion at Henderson, N. C, on Tu
esday, September 28th, 1915.
MEXICO.
Arrangments are under way
iv. uaiKs ounuay i ed States and the A B C nations,
en.ioy some delightful music suit with Gen Carranza the confer:
Mr. W. H. Quails and family
were up to see their family Sun
day. MIZPAH.
RESOLUTION OF THANKS.
Whereas the Forsburg R. R.
Co. hs provided us vith cari3
ence not to be held on Mexican
soil.
Great Britain and France are
again making inquires Of our
State Department as to what the
United States intend to do in
Mexico.
Our troops are having hard
and accommodations, taken the ! work to prevent or suppress
officers and delegates over their j Mexican outbreaks along the Rio
road free -oi charge, saving no
small expenses to Reedy Creek
Missionary Baptist Association
and whereas there has been no
disaster or trouble between us,
that is common between other
races
Be it resolved, that the Reedy
Grande. A number of U. S. sol
diers have been killed.
Current Events.
A PRAYER.
"Backward, turn backward,Oh
Time in thy flight, give us a girl
whose skirts are not tight; give
Crpek Missionarv Rantist Asso- j us a girl whose charms, many
ciation extend our heartfelt j or few, are not exposed by too
much peekaboo; give us a girl
no matter what age, who won't
use the street for a vaudeville
stage; give us a girl not too
shapely in view; dress in skirts
that the sun can't shine thru."
Selected.
thanks both to the Forsburg R.
R. Co. and the white people of
our State, for their indulging
kindness to us, and our youth.
We recommend that Pastors and
teachers instruct the youths to
be polite and courteous to all.
Rev. J. D. LILES,
Rev. L. J. ALEXANDER,
Rev. B. HARPER,
Committee.
There are many races and
tongues of men, but the sobs of
mothers speak but one language."
To Meet With The Louisburg
Baptist Church Tuesday, Wed
nesday, Thursday, October 5
7, 1915.
The following is the order of
business that will be followed.
Tuesday Morning Session
11:00 Introductory sermon by
Rev. S. L. Morgan, of
Henderson.
Organization, Appointment of
Committees.
12:30 Adjourn for dinner.
Tuesday Afternoon Session.
1:30 Report on Periodicals by
T. Hi Sledge.
2:00 Report on Orphanage by
Ivey Allen.
2 :30 Report on Aged Ministers
by W. B. Morton.
3:00 Report on Colportage by
J. J. Marshall.
3 :30 Report on Woman's Work
by A. P. Mustian.
3 :45 Adjournment.
Tuesday Night Session
7:45 Address or sermon to be
provided for.
Wednesday Morning Session.
9 :00 Devotional meeting.
9 :30 Report on Sunday Schools
bv R. S. Register.
10 :00 Report on State Missions
by A. B. Harrell.
10:45 Report on Associational
Missions by G. M. Duke
12:00 Adjourn for dinner.
Wednesday Afternoon Session
j 1 :30 Report on Systematic Ben
eficence.
2:15 Report on Home Missions
by W. M. Gilmore.
3:00 Report on Foreign Mis
sions by T. J. Taylor.
4 :00 Adjournment.
Wednesday Night Session.
7:45 Addres or sermon to be
provided for.
Thursday Morning Session.
9 :00 Devotional meeting.
9 :30 Report on Temperance by
T. B- Weldon.
9:45 Report on Education by
G. M. Ream.
10 :45 Miscellaneous business.
11 :30 Adjournment.
At the request of the Rock
Sprinp- church, with which the
Association was to have met at
this session, and by the author
iter of th Moderto.C M. Dnke,
the meeting place has been
changed to the Louisburg Bap
tist church.
The Franklin Times.
OTHER DIPLOMATS SENT
HOME.
Dr. Dumba is the ninth for
eign diplomat to be sent home
by the United States since our
Government was formed. Three
were British, two French, two
Spanish and one Turk. Citizen
Genet of France was the first.
He was sent back by President
Washington for being too zeal
ous to encourage Americans to
fit our privateers to prev upon
British commerce. In 1809 the
the British Minister, F- J. JacK
son, became "persona non grata"
by charging the United States
with bad faith. Forty years
later the French Minister, Pous
sin, was dismissed for using im
pertinent language to our Secre
tary of State. In 1855 the Brit
ish Minister was sent back be
cause he was concerned in a plan
to raise recruits for the Crimean
War, although the actual enlist
ment was to take place in Can
ada. Lord Sackville-West was
sent home by President Cleve
land in 1888 because, in answer
to a request from an American
citizen of British birth, he had
written to that citizen and ad
vised him to vote for Mr. Cleve
land. 1898 the Spanish Minis
ter, De Lome, received his pass
ports for writing a letter disre
spectful to President McKinley.
A few months ago the Turkish
Ambassador, A. Rustem Bey, de
parted suddenly on the plea of
needing a rest, after our Govern
ment had decided to ask for his
recall. When our Government
inquired about the alleged mas
sacre of Christians in Turkish
Armenia, he publicly replied that
the United States had better look
to its own "atrocities", mention
ing lynchings in the South and
the "water cure" in the Philip
pines. Current Events.