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OLD TIMES IN WARREN
"BURWELL DAVIS"
(Continued.)
(lilt T.
J. TAYLOR, D .D.
v,t having had time to write a
'.I 0f Old Times in Warren for
V -sue of the Warren Record I
!t -n.tead give our readers a sketch
Toe of our country's great literary
Irren who in the long ago did first
i 1c llferarv work. The following
et- of Hannah Adams was written
"1 Words, by Alexander Val-
UCA'S FIRST LITERARY
WOMAN.
(Alexander Valliant.)
A
Hrnnah Adams, of Medfield, Massa
chusetts, v.as the daughter of a farm
er and storekeeper who became bank
rupt through the dishonesty of those
iL. u trusted. So she decided that
l u u
wnnld do something to neip sup-
.mm . 1 1 .
' v
nort .he family.
Var. what was she to do? At that
nnDortunities for women to earn !
ff0nov had not been created. She
looked over the limited field and tried
the weaving of lace with bobbins. For
a tine this work was profitable, cv.-lr.2r
to tho interruption to commerce cans-
i bv the War of the Revolution. Hew-
ever,
when peace was aeciarea me
sales fell off,
and she had to look
around for another source of income.
She tried in succession, spinning,
weaving and braiding straw, but re
sults were far from satisfactory.
She had trained her mind to an iin
usua: degree in that day, by the read
ing of books and by the study of Latin
and Logic and Greek, under the tui
tion of boarders in her father's house.
She began to wonder if she could not
turn to mental equippment. For
some time she had written essays and
other papers for her own improve
ment and amusement. Then the dar
ing thought came to her that she
wight write for money. She was not
deterred by the knowledge that a
woman writer would be a novelty in
America, but began at once to put
her p'an into execution.
Havirg become interested in state
ments rrade in Broughton's Dictionary
about the world's various religious de
nominations, she thought it would be
usful to write a book on the subject.
Accordingly she read . everything
available on the subject and wrote the
book, "View of Religions." Later she
explained that it was desperation, not
vanity, that induced her to publish the
book.
The manuscript, which was ready
for the press when she was twenty
eight yars old, was put in the hands
of an unscrupulous printer who cheat
ed her, so thrt the sole return from
her labor was fifty copies of the book.
In 1791, when she was thirty-five
years old, a second edition of the book
was called for. Learning by exper
ience, she refuse to contract with the
printer of the first edition, but arrang
ed for the publication with a Boston
an who treated her well. From her
stare cf the proceeds she paid her
debts and pat out a small sum at in
terest. Success encouraged Miss Adams to
prepare t "A Summary History of
Nw E. land." This book involved
toil far rreater than she anticipated,
but she was thorough, reading in li
braries and delving into state
archives wherever she had the oppor
tunity. The strain proved too great
for her eyes and for two years she lay
aside her pen. Yet the book was
completed in 1799 and was published
at her own expense. Returns were
Meager, and she was again impover
ished until a third edition of her first
book netted her five hundred dollars.
In 1804 she published "Concise View
of the Christian. Religion," which in
volved the study of innumeral books,
amce she was too poor to buy these
j was compelled to read them in
booksellers' shops in Boston. For the
Cojyright she received one hundred
liars' worth cf books.
Next came an abridgement of the
History of New England" for use in
schools. Whne she was at work on
.a similar book was published by
minister. To complete the disaster
f ?rmtQr failed before the book waa
JaWished. A second printer, who took
TT b0k' als0 f ailed
! ndlsrriayed the sturdy New Eng-
for f man began a book that called
ar greater research than any pre-
IR effrt' a history of the Jews.
Pre ?t0n 15braries in th library of
I?- Adams who was not a rela-
i
ft
an interested friend, and in
librj
anes of other friends she ae-
red boots, aXthouffh her health
was failing. "Several gentlemen of
high position," says one who has writ
ten of her life, "impressed by her zeal,
ability and character, favored her with
their counsels, and ladies of the high
est jccal standing took deep interest
in i?r work and welfare. Better
even than all this recognition of her
worth- was the fact that these ladies
and gentlemen secured her an annuity,
which relieved her of anxiety with re
spect to her future and left her with
freedom unembarrassed by care, to
devote herself :on her darling pur
suits." .
Light is thrown on her methods of
work by this further quotation:
"Miss Adams unconsciously betray
ed one secret of her working capacity
while gathering material for her
history of the Jews in the library of
President Adams. Struck with the
rapidity of her examinations of the
heavy folios containing the writing of
the fathers, he questioned her one day
as to their contents. Her ready re
plies surprised him. They showed
that, while rapidly glancing from page
to page, she had actually culled from
them all they contained apropos to
her proposed work. Quickness of per
ception, with a power of abstraction
(from -all but the work in hand, and a
; most tenacious memory made her a
. ;.iarvelou3 gatherer of facts and ideas,
In tho library of the Athenaeum, too,
J '-er abstraction was such that she was
; sometimes absolutely unconscious of
nvnat passed around her. When spend
ing a day in its alcoves, as she often
did, she took no note of time. When
the hour of noon struck, the librarian
on several occasions tried to notify
her in vain. Seeing her so absorbeu
in her book that nothing less than dis
courteous urgency could break her
reveries, lie would give up the attempt
and, lock the door of the building and
go home to his luncheon. On his re
turn he would find her in the same
spot, unaware that it was past noon
and that she had been the sole occu
pant of the library for the preceding
hour."
In 1812 she completed her work, af
ter conducting a correspondence with
learned men and women in Europe.
An edition was published in Boston
that year, while a London "edition was
issued in 1818.
But once more the eyes gave way to
the great strain put on them and she
was compelled to live in quiet near
Boston. There she lived until 1832,
always happy and a joy to her many
friends.
Miss Adams was not a great writer,
but her work commanded the respect
of some of the leading writers and
thinkers of the day.
Today the study of her career is of
special interest because she succeeded
in the face of great obstacles, as well
as because she was a pioneer in liter
ary work for women.
DAUGHTERS OF THE CON
FEDERACY The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet in their room over Allen &
Fleming's store Friday, April 6th.
The following is the April Program:
APRIL PROGRAM, 1917
Topics For April Papers: Events ot
1861
April 26 Memorial Day
Battle of Bull Run or First Manassas,
July 21:
Describe this important battle, giv
ing names of opposing comman
ders and result.
Remember it was in this battle J ack
son received his famous soubri
quet, "Stonewall"; who gave it
to him ?
Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August
1; Lexington, Missouri, Septem
ber 19: Ball's Bluff, Virgina,
October 21; brief account of
these.
Tell of the Trent Affair, November8.
Missouri passed Act of-Secession by
the Legislature at Neosho, Newton
County, Missouri, October 28, 1861;
Claiborne F. Jackson, Governor.
Kentucky passed Ordiance of Se
cession at convention held at Russell
ville, Kentucky, November 20, 1861;
George W. Johnson, Governor.
Tell of their admission as Con
federate States.
"Maryland, My Maryland"; tell of
her loyalty and relation to the Corn
federate Movement.
Round-Table Discussion
What was the effects of the block
ade at this time?
Summarize the conditions at close
of first year of the war, 1861. j
"The South in the Building oi me
Nation," Vols. 1, 2 and S.
"Confederate Military History,
Volume IX.
MISS LAURA'S MAGIC.
. "I do hope when I grow up I'll be
as pretty and sweet as Miss Laura,"
said Ethel, as she watched her lovely
neighbor go down the street.
Mother looked at Ethel gravely.
There had been a rather distressing
time, and mother wished Ethel was
sweeter right now. Ethel had baked
cakes for a doll party, and brother,
finding them set out on a small table,
had eaten them all. He was only two,
and couldn't be expected to know that
he was spoiling a doll party. So
Ethel had been Very cross about it,
and said brother was a horrid boy.
So mother was thinking that Ethel
had missed an opportunity to practice
being sweet, but Ethel was only watch
ing the young lady going down the
street.
"You are going over there this-afternoon,"
said mother. "I wonder if
by watching closely you could see what
kind of magic Miss Laura uses to grow
so sweet and make everyone love her."
"I'll see." said Ethel. "I'll watcn
very closely."
Ethel went to Miss Laura's at two'
o'clock, which was the hour for which
she had been invited.
"Miss Laura isn't here yet," said
the pleasant woman who came to the
door. "But she wanted you to wait if
you came' before she returned. Will
you sit here on the porch and IH bring
you some magazines to look at."
Ethel sat behind the screen of climb
ing roses and looked over the maga
zines. She became very much inter
ested in a story, though she - heard
voices of children just the other side
of the roses. But presently she heard
them shout, "Here comes Aunt
Laura!" Then she laid her maga
zines aside and went to the steps.
The little ones were coming up the
walk, clinging to Miss Laura's hand.
"We made a s'prise for you, auntie,"
they were saying. "Right here it is;
look! isn't it a lovely one?"
There right on the walk before the
porch steps, the little ones had car
ried sand and built a sand house anu
barn and fences. Ethel looked to see
a frown, gather?': bnMisi- - Laura'?
smooth brow, for it was a dreadful
mess. But Miss Laura kept right on
smiling. "It is beautiful dears," she
said. "You've taken great pains with
it. And is this a cow going into the
barn?"
"Yes," they shouted,- gleefully.
"Donald made it all himself."
Miss Laura bent over it, and found
more things to admire, so that she
had a word of praise for each child.
The children danced about and shout
ed with joy.
"But isn't it a pity," said Miss
Laura, at length, "that you made it on
the walk ? When it is dark some one
will be sure to step on it and spoil it.
Walks are made to -walk on, you
know."
The children's faces fell.
"I s'pose Annie '11 be cross because
we got the walk dirty," ventured one
child, uneasily.
"How would you like to move your
farm out under the pear tree ? No
one would disturb it there, and then
I will help you clean the walk. I think
you might make a chicken coop, too,
when you build it again."
"Oh, yes, lets!" The children were
all happy again, and set to work.
"Here is my little visitor," said
Miss Laura,"-coming up the steps.
"I've found out!" said Ethel in her
earnestness speaking her thoughts
right out.
"What have you found. out dear?"
"What makes you so sweet. It's
not getting cross over bothering
things."
..Miss Laura turned rosy red, and
looked lovelier than ever. ft
"Tell me about it," she suggested.
"Oh, yes!" said Ethel. "Mother
said I should watch very closely, and
see what it was that made you so
sweet. And I said I would. I thought
you would be cross to them for put
ting sand on the walk. And you never
made them fell bad at all, and yet you
had them take it away. I guess you
never get cross at vexing things.'
"It's better not to," said Miss Laura,
smiling. "It's better for the other
person if you don't make them feel
badly, and it's better for you, because
getting cross leaves ugly marks on
your face and heart, and it surely
keeps you from being sweet.
"I had a chance today, and I didn't
do it," confessed Ethel, gravely. "And
my little brother didn't know any bet
ter than these children that he was
doing wrong
But I called him a
horrid boy." -
t?v.t- mi ni have other chances.
That's the best thing about it; you re
sure to have lots of chances to be
sweet when things are vexing."
"I'll: take the next chance," said
Ethel, j in a determined voice.
, Then they played games and talked
until it was time for Ethel to go home.
"Etbel," said mother, meeting her
at the door. "I'm awfully sorry, but
brother has pulled the hair off the
pink doll. " He is such a mischief when
he is alone a minute."
"Why,'' said Ethel. Then she swal
lowed the words that were coming.
"Jt doesn't matter," she said. "I can
easily 7 paste it on again. He doesn't
know 'any better. And I'll let him
help me put it on, then perhaps he'll
learn it belongs there, and not pull
off again."
Mother's face was quite blank with
astonishment for a moment. Then
she looked so pleased and happy. "I
see you've found out,". she said, "what
a dear, helpful daughter you will be
now." ; ;
"Yes, I've found out," said - Ethel.
"But if I should forget sometimes you
must remind me." Christian Stand
ard. I
JUSTICES OF PEACE
J -o, .T ,
. Ps for Warren County ap-
pointed by the last Legis- !
lature, certified to' Clerk of;
Superior Court, and to qualify j
the ast April, 1917.
F
River Township
1 '
J. J. Myrick
T. P. King
II; L. Salmon
R: D. Fleming
4 Judkins Township
-
D. L. Ryder
J,. L. Skinner
C. N. Hardy
W. T. Fishel
Nutbush Township
N. H. Paschall .
Cole.. . ;:
Plummer Collins
Roanoke Township
W. W. Fiiney (dftad)
W. H. Kidd
Warrenton Township
F. B. Newell
J. D. Palmer
Edward Petar
Smith Creek Township
J. A. Meeder
A. G. Hayes
Shocco Township
G. G. Eertrn
J. W. Burroughs -
Fork Township
W. J. Marshal
J. T. Ascue"
S. W. Powell
"Sandy Creek Township
S. E. Allen
R. R. Rodwell
S. J. Pritchard
Fishing Creek Township
R. L. Capps .
J. F. King
Walter Hardy
J. C. Gupton
J. O. Hardy
.Hawtree Township
A. S. Webb
J. W. King
H. J. Ellis -
W. W. Cawthorne
Sixpound Township
C. H. Burrouws
George Robinson
C. W. Perkinson and R. M. Dunn
have been appointed in Hawtree by
the Governor, and S. G. Chapion of
Nutbush. These three have qualified
before the clerk.
One of the greatest lessons in life is
to learn to take people at their best,
not their worst; to lpok for the divine,
not the homan, in them; the beautiful,
not the ugly; the bright, not the dark;
the straight, not thecrooked side.
Selected.
MACON ITEMS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. --P.' Miliam, of Oak
ville, went to Raleigh last Saturday
to see their son, Henry Milam, who is
sick.
Mr. Horace Robinson, of Littleton,
was here Monday on his way back
from a visit to Mr. J. W. Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Tharrington, ac
companied by their two children went
to La Crosse last Saturday to visit
relatives.
Mr. Bob Bell und Miss Valeria Als
ton went to Henderson last Saturday
to visit Miss Alston's mother.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Coleman and Mr.
W. E. B. Harriss .and family went to
Raleigh last Thursday "to see their
boys who are enlisted in the third reg
iment. The road commissioners for Six
Pound, composed of Messrs. J. A.
Nicholson, H. E. Rodwell. and J. T.
Haithcock held a meeting nere last
Saturday morning.
Mr. Jim King, of Suffork, Va., was
here Monday trying to promote his
business interests.
Miss Nina Haithcock went to War
renton last Wednesday to visit her
friend, the dentist.
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AFTON ITEMS
Mrs. L. L. Jones and son William
Duke, of Durham, N. C, spent last
week with her father, Mr. H. B: Hunt
er. .
Mr. M. S. Dryden moved his saw
mill on the Williams place and we un
derstand he will be ready for sawing
in a few day.
Mr. and Mrs. King Pinnell attended
the burial of their aunt, Mrs, Lewis
Barnes, in Henderson last Thursday.
Mr. J. G. Ellis, of Warrenton was
here on business last Monday.
Mr. D. L. Newman was called to
Henderson Tuesday on account of the
death of his brother, Mr. John New
man, who was accidently killed while
unloading a car of lumber.
We are -glad to welcome home Mr.
Henry Montgomery home after being
absent some months with Company
"II." '
Mr. W. G. Wilson spent Wednes
day in Warrenton.
Mr. A. H. Frazier went to Warren
ton Wednesday.
Mr. L.- L. Fuller was in Warrenton
on business Monday.
Mrs. A. H. Frazier visited her
father, Mr. A. E. Fuller in Vance
County, last Saturday.
We are sorry to report Mrs. L. L.
Fuller on the sick list. We wish her
a speedy recovery.
Mr. H. B. Hunter spent Wednesday
in Warrenton.
While the rain continue and the
farmers cannot plow, they are not
idle as evidences of their labors we
see new barns, packhouses, fences and
large new grounds being cleared, in
and around Afton.
THE COMIN' O' THE SPRING.
Don't yer hear the birds a-singin'
In der medder an' the tree ?
Don't yer hear the flicker wingin'
Jest as gay as he kin be ?
Them's the signs that it's a-coming',
An' I fell like I could sing,
W'ile my ole hearts starts a-drummin'
Fer the comin' o' the spring.
W'en I walk down toward the thickets,
Whar the fences need repair,
I kin hear the chirp o' crickets
In the clear and luscious air;
An' I feel my heart a-swellin'
Like a tree-toad 'at is sick,
For my spirit's jest a-wellin'
Like a f reshit in the crick.
I kin see the chipmonk sneaking
Slyly 'long the bottom rail,
An' I hear the moffled squeakin'
o' the broodin' mother quail;
An' I fell so rale elated.
Frum the air an? ever'thing,
That 111 be rejuvenated ,
By the comin' o' the spring.
Uncle Remus Magazine.
"School gardens which serve as
nature study labratories where edu
cation and recreation go hand in hand
and increased knowledge is accom
panied by increased bodily efficiency,
is one of the coming events which
"Cast their shadows before us."
"Mark the perfect man and behold
the upright man, for the end ef that
man is peace.
MARMADUKE ITEMS
Most of the country people around
here are feeling a little blue owing to
the wet condition of the land and con
tinued rain thus preventing any op
portunities for garden or field work.
Mrs,. Tom White and little Iris
spent Thursday in last week with Mrs.
M. C. Davis. '
. Last Monday morning Mr. E. F.
Reavis and family moved in a homo
owned by Mr. S. R. Duke, near here.
Rev. Mr. Morris will fill the pulpit
recently vacated by Rev. Plybon, next
Sunday at 11 o'clock, a. m.
-Just aftr Services those interested
in Sunday School work here will re
main to transact business necessary
to the welfare and progress of the
Sunday School we hope to enjoy in
the future. We invite very earnestly
all to come prepared to remain a little
longer after service than usual if they
wish to be inlisted on our Sunday
School roll.
Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. J. C.
Pridgen and children, Misses Eleanor
Powell, Ruth Davis, Hope Powell and
Margie Davis spent the night and
Sunday in the home of Mrs. John
Powell.
Mr. E. D. Haithcock and children
spent Sunday with the family of Mr.
D. L. Robertson.
Miss Madge Hudgins was on the
sick list the first of the week but is
now up and teaching again.
MIZPAH.
DOK'T CALL IT CLEAN-UP
DAY
Make It a Campaign to Last As
There's Work to Do.
Don't call it clean-up day or clean
up week when you start out to really
do something, to make your town or
community a cleaner, safer, healthier
place in which to live, suggests the
State Board of Health. Or rather,
don't let it be the prevailing idea that
one day or one week is sufficient in
which to -clean up and get rid of all
nuisances and health dangers. And
what is still more important, don't
think that when you have cleaned off
a few vacant lots and alleys, set out
a few trees, and caited off the trasn
and papers from a few back ynidr,
that you have a successful clean-up
campaign. As a matter of fact, you
haven't touched the dirty dirt or re
moved any of the real dangers to
health and safety.
It is true that trash and rubbish
are unsightly and should be removed,
but in comparison to flies, and tho
feeding and breeding places of flies,
rubbish is not the filty filth that we
think it is. To some people flies may
not look as bad as trash, but it is only
to those who don't know where they
raise, what they eat, and the number
and kind of disease germs they carry
on their feet. It is this kind of filth
that a clean-up campaign should go
after and clean up.
A clean-up campaign should not
stop at a week, at a month or a sea
son unless the town or community has
in reality reached the point where it
can clean-up and keep clean. No
spasdomic effort at cleanliness gets
results. It does not only fail to get
a clean and attractive town, but it is
wor?e than nothing as a means of
safeguarding health. The clean-up
campaign that is worth while is that
which induce ' people to clean-up and
keep clean all the year round and
whieh goes after the dangerous fdth
flies, surface closets that admit flies
and breeding places for flies. Breed
ing places for mosquitoes might well
be added to the list.
PATRIOTIC WOMEN
New York, March 29 "Are women
more patriotic than men?" During
the past week two women to every
man have applied for enlistment in
the United States Marine Corps, ac
cording to Captain Frank E. Evans,
officer in charge of recruiting, here.
"One woman insisted upon being as
signed to duty on a battleship," said
Captain Evans. It was difficult to
convince her that women are not per
mitted to serve in any capacity on
warships."
A recent ruling of Serretary Daniels
provides for the enlistment of women
to fill clerical positions, only, in case
of war. This -has encouraged many
patriotic daughters of Ameriia, who
prefer machine guns to typewriters, to
offer their services as actual combat
ants. . . - ,. A