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IF THIS PAPER ISNT WORTH THREE CENTS AEEH, IT ISN'T WORTH PRINTING vol. xxn (TD323DAY WARBON TON, TUESDAY, APIUL 17TH, 1917 (FRIDAY) If K c: $1.50 A YEAR A SBaU-WEESLT NEWOFAPiat MYOTEB TO m i COUNTY Sc. A COPY THE STORY OF A COLOR- ED SCHOOL 111 AtHtK. There lives just over the line be Warren and Vance counties a Sored school teacher. He has the confidence and respect of all of his neighbors because he is a good citi a truthful, reliable citizen. He Is born in Warren county and is a land owner in both Warren and Vance counties. He has been teaching for . number of years twenty-five or -lore-and yet he is in the full vigor of life. One reason for this bodily vigor is the fact that he has never used whiskey nor tobacco. In fact he has never bought a drop of whis key for personal use. He spends his hours out of the school room in labor upon his farm. He was taught in youth to obey his parents to honor , and obey, and therefore while at Shaw University he had several flattering offers from President Meserve and other no thern friends to go North at fine wase3 and complete a course in Medicine or Theology. But he told these gentlemen that God's call to the Ministry must be clear before. he ans- wered, and that he had not heard the call. He also told them that his mother wanted him to be at home. He came home and taught the neighbor ing schools of Vance and .Warren counties, and always with success. His services as a teacher are eagerly sought by Superintendents and Com mitteemen. His salary has been in creased from time to time, and no citizen is more aenxious to have him teach than are the white citizens re- tiding near his school. There must be a reason for this, and I believe that the reason can be quiet ly found. We take it for granted that his moral character is good, for no teacher is permitted to teach the Youth of the land whose moral char acter is not good. Some times mis takes have been made but in respect to this teacher no mistake has been made. Therefore the searcher for a rtason for success as a teacher must So beyond this essential. The Com mandment handed down from Sina;, "Six days shalt thou labor" , is as es sentia! to complete success today as it was in the day of Moses. And just as essential to our .happiness and success is the injunction that the "Serenth day is the Sabbath day, in it thou shalt do no manner of work." In this connection I am reminded of an expsrience of two gentlemen who left this section for Alabama long years before the War between the States, carrying with them their families and their slaves. This was before the days of Railroads and the journey was made by wagon. One of these gentle men would halt and make camp when Saturday night arrived and rest all day on the Sabbath, allowing no wprk by man or beast. The other gentle man pushed on without regard to the Sabbath. The gentleman who rested on the Sabbath arrived at his desti nation several days ahead of the oth er with his slaves in fine condition and teams ready for work. The other ffwtleman arrived in bad condition in respect to his servants and teams. So this is a lesson in "keeping the Sabbath day holy." But we must tell the story of our colored teacher, and nly digressed to "point a moral and adorn a tale." This colored teacher is not con lat to eat the bread of idleness. The eioss of his school term docs not mean a vacation for him. , He follows tne Wo foremost activities, the two most eseential activities: teaching and till f e7Prept and example" hand in But this would not give him -uecess m teaching, for he might .be ustnous and prompt to keep his gagements, and yet not be Master tag school. These essentials would thL the respect of his riht- w2Jneighl,0rs' but the pupils' room " consider them in the school L b0 tha our colored teacher esnLrt1119 ability to mriand the wT 13 pupi!s nd the discipline j IZ'l0 CWt?o1 the re- W Lne community in that, de ?W;; T Ior community en- tolor. V "iscipime. - -m tms nf teaoher'of whom I am writing nded T "a!ities "e vpUy !' of w f his race and as a teach liffif race- Hlc PPi's do nr have 'i u Till II uji n n A. T I Jo th? -ui umer on ;ne way rfpectiv homes, nor do the7 each other on the way k... o lt)'e with white nnmla whnrr-. white pupils whom i ' -nance v. .t .1 , - , ,v o, t Z eet ,onS the high W h:s ""oaven's first school m Cl uas oraer in tre arrl ine PIfly grounds ar.d ' UUJS to the school i is a Foxr HOMES AND HEROES. Henry W. Grady The man who kindles the fire on the hearthstone of an honest and lighteons home burns the best" in cense to liberty. He does not love mankind less who loves his home the most. The germ of the best patriot ism is in the love a man has for the home he inhabits, for the soil he tills, for the trees that give him shade, and the hill3 that stand in his pathway. The 1 ove of home, deep-rooted and abiding; that blurs the eys of the dy ing soldier with the old homestead amid green fieldS and catering trees: -hat follows the busy man through the clamoring woild, persistent to put cares aside, and atJast draws his tired feet from the highway and leads him through the shady lanes and well-re membered paths, until, amid the scenes of his boyhood, he gathers up the broken threads of his life and owns the soil his conquer this this lodged in the heart of the citizen is the saving principle of our govern ment. THE GIRL SCOUTS The Girl Scouts and the Camp Fire firls deserve the encouragement of U:eople everywhere. Wherever the community understands their purposes hey ar: equally as fruitful in results as, the Boy Scout organizations. A letter . of the Bureau of Educa tion quotes the following from the re port of Mr. Montague Gammon, execu tive secretary of the Girl Scouts: The Girl Scout Program, presenting air of its activities in group work, preemi nently, fills a distinct need in the equipment of women for modern life. In its requirements for the three grades of scouting and for the pro ficiency badges the organization is emphasizing the home-making occu pations and virtues. Nursing and first-aid occupy a prominent place in the trailing. hunter with a number of valuable hounds that come to the play ground occasionally. But these colored pup ils do not" throw stones ; but' father throw bread. The consequence is that this ' neighbor does hot throw stones cither, but speaks with his pocket 1 ook to help the school whenever nec essary I. have spoken of the school teacher, now let me sneak of the fuimer. I asked him to give me a smwnaent of his work on the farm and he gave me the following memorandum: "J. Haywood Foster a Farmer and Teacher: "The year 1916 I jlante'd twenty acrs coti, zjni made sivien bales. "Sold fifteen bales in the seed which averaged me 1500 pounds to bale, at $8.50 per hundred, bringing me $1912. f0 "One bale in the lint weighing 511 pounds at 20 cents per pound, which "brought $102.20. I sold $48.00 worth of Watermelons; 416 dozen eggs at 25 cents per dozen, bringing $104.00 "Five barns of tobacco averaging "i 1 J V. 1 i six nunarea pounas ecu, brought an average of 17 cents per pound, making $810.00 "My school for five months paid me $200.00 , . Total market crop, "Cotton Watermelons Eggs from sixty hens Tobacco $2014.70 48.00 104.00 510.00 $2676.70 200.00 School five months $2876.70 Tn oriitinn tc the above I made eighty barrels of corn on ten acres and killed and put into the smoke house sixteen hunderd pounds of meat and have fodder and shuck: for Jry teams. 1 never have paid out but dixty cents for 'labor. I own 207 acres of land lyng in Warren anl Vance counties. I have ten living children (who attend school with me) I have never bought liquor for my own use, nor: have I ever used it for a beverage or medicine." I present this teacher to the teach ers cf the colored race as one whose life of usefulness should be held up as an example. Discipline in the school, industry on the farm, respect for himsolf and for the "opinion of i iici5uw - fruit and he .stands today witii the VI A rw VI rJ- W 1 s& W FT M A W w community back of him m theJauaa- Li. u v Ani-ntr fn educate by precept and example the youth of his race.. J. Haywood Foster a teacher in this co mty is doing good work. HOWARD F. JONEH, .,j3perinendent. BYLAWS OF PAIRVIEW CEMETERY. Sec. 1. The by-laws of the 4 Fair view Cemetery Company" shall be adopted or may be repealed or amend ed by a two-thirds vote of the Capi tal stock of the Company which is taken. Sec, II. The principal officers of the Company shall be a President, a Secretary and Treasurer, a Board of Directors of five, including-the Pres ident, who shall be one ex-officio If b. If! " ible to either of said offices. Sec. III. The annual meeting of the Stockholders shall be held at its of fice (or if it has no office, at some place in the town of Warrenton, N. C.; to be named by the Secretary in his notice) on the first Monday in April of each year, at which time the officers shall be elected. Meeting of stock-holders for special or general purposes oth er than the election of officers may be held upon the call of the President or upon written notice of fire days, sign ed by a majority of the Board of Di rectors. Sec. IV. The corporation shall be governed by the Board of Directors who, together with the other officers aboved named,- shall be elected for one year (or until their successors are elected and qualifiedi by the stock holders at their annual meeting in April of each year. At all meetings of the stock-holders, no stockholder shall be represented except in person or by proxy with written authority filed with Secretary; and each -stockholder so represented shall be entitled to cast one vote . for each share of stock held by him. A majorityjof en tire stock, taken shall constitute a quorum. Sec. .V. Any vacancy that may oc cur among the Board of Directors or other officers of the company by death or other-wise shall be filled for the unexpired term by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Regular meet ings of the Board of Directors shall be he!4 at the office of the company (or at some place to be named by the! Secretary and 'Treasurer-Kin the town of Warrenton, N. C, on the first Mon day in January, April, July and Oc tober of each year. Any special meet ing of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by a major ity of the Board by written notice to each Director. The President shall be eh airman of eath meeting held by the Directors and in his absence the Board shall elect a chairman, pro-tem, to preside over their meeting. Less than three shall not constitute a quorum to transact any business, except to ad journ and to appoint another day for meeting if they deem it advisible. Sec. VI. Every stock-holder shall receive from the company, a certifi cate of stock signed by the President and by the Secretary and Treasurer. All stock shall be voted by shares, and shall be transferable only by writ ten endorsement signed by the as signor, but no transfer of stock shall be operative or valid until entered on the books of the company. Sec. VII. The Stock-holders may at any annual or special meeting by a two-thirds vote of all the stock, thorize money to be borrowed by the I company for the purpose of-aiding the conduct of its business and shall pre scribe how much, and, how the same shall be borrowed and how secured. Sec. VIII. The Secretary and Treas urer shall receive and receipt for all money paid into the company and take receipts for all money paid out by him for the company. He shall keep a correct account of all money received and paid out in books provided for the purpose, which books and receipts and all other papers Belonging iw me pany shall at all times be subject to inspection by the Board of Directors. It shall be his duty to make a correct statement, in writing, of all the finian cial transactions and if the "condition of the company at each regular meet ing of the Board of Directors and whenever they may call for such a statement. The Secretary and Treas urer shall also keep accurate records of all proceedings of meetings of stock-holders and of the Board of Di rectors; attest certificates of stock and notify Directors of all meetings of the Board. He shall have charge of all general and special agents and employees of the company, direct their movements, appoint or remove thenr subject to the approval of the Board of Directors., It shall be his duty to exercise a general supervision overall business of the company not delegated to the other officers by the by-laws and shall give such bonds as the Board 'of Directors may direct. His salary BUSINESS MAN'S PRAYER , Teach me that sixty minutes make one hour,: sixteen ounces one pound, and five hundred sheets one ream. Ke"p me to liv so that I can lie down at night with clear conscience, with out a gmr under my pillow, and un haunted by the faces of those to whom 1 have brought pain Grant that I may earn my meal vjeket on the square, and that, in earn ing, it, I -may not stick the gaff in where it does not belong. Deafen me to the jingle of tainted money and the rustles of unholy skirts. Blind me to the faults of other fellows, but reveal to me mine own. - Guide me so that each night when I -look across the dinner, table at my wife, .who has been a blessing to me. I shall have nothing to conceal. Keep me young enough to laugh with- my children. . And when come the smell of flow ers, and the tread of soft steps, and the crunching of wheels out in front, make the ceremony short and the epitaph simple HERE LIES A MAN - Selected. AN INTERESTING LETTER Alice Texas, April 6, 1917. Mr. Howard F. Jones, Warrenton, N. C. Dear Sir: I noticed in your paper a few weeks ago that one-had to pass through mud all the way from War renton to Areola; and in the last is sue that the farmers were complain ing that they could not get into the fields for the rains. Just iamagine how a little mud would look to us down here, and a rain . sounds like something that I knew years ago. And you have plenty in Old Warren and to spare. How we would be delighted to see a rain. It rained here on the L'3rd Novem ber. 1914 anddid not rain again un til June 28 '19i6, then ft rainecTa flood. Now since Sept. 12, 1916 it has hot rained enough to lay the dust. How would you stand such weather as that? With all that, the cattle are doing well on the dry grass. Con ditions are so different here from there. I am sorry I did not see Co. "HM while in Texas. It is 700 miles from where I live to ' El Paso. I should have ;?one 1o fcan Antonio to see them if the boys had camped there or even passed through there. I appreciate t very copy . of your paper. Respectfully, PHIL P. PRICE. shall be fixed by the Board of Direc tors. Sec. IX. A Record shall be kept by the Secretary and Treasurer in a booK kept for that purpose, of burial lots sold, showing the number of the lot, date of sale and amount sold for; and a deed shall be duly executed accord- au-'ting to law and delivered to the pur chaser. But all lots sold shall be held and owned by the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, subject to "tne Dy-iaws, conditions and regulations of the com pany then in force or such as may thereafter be made. The Board of Directors shall prescribe the form of deed to be used for conveying burial lots. .. Sec. X. None except the bodies-of white persons shall be interred in the cemetery grounds, provided and kept jby said company and the fee for each interment shall be five dollars except where the interment is made by a lot owned by some individual and in that case the fee shall Joe two dollars and fifty cents. All fees must be paid to the Secretary and Treasurer and a written permit given by him before any interment is made. Sec. XI. The Secretary and Treas urer shall by virtue of his office be Superintendent of the cemetery grounds and it shall be his. duty to control and fdirect the laying off of lots, walk-ways, drive-ways, the lo cation of graves outside of lots own ed by individuals, the digging of all graves and in a general way to super intend the cemetery grounds, and rights of way and all work thereon, subject to the direction and approval of the Board of Directors. Sec. XII. No enclosures of any kind other than stone curbing dressed above ground to a height not to ex ceed eight-inches shall be placed around any of said lots. TO FARMERS, BANKERS, BUSINESS MEN. SAFETY. For nearly three years I have done my best to warn you 'to prepare for the present emergency. For years we have tried to encourage diversi fication in the South as a basis for greater safety, both agricultural and economic. Since .the war began in Europe we have urged SAFE FARM ING. When prices were low you did well and made great progress. ' When cotton went to eighteen cents and over you made large profits because of your progress in SAFE FARMING, but some were tempted to go back-to cotton. In common with many, other men, I have' tried to warn you of the danger. Cotton has not been high but has only increased in somewhat less proportion than food and feed. NOW THE CRISIS IS HERE! This great Nation must arouse herself for a mighty struggle for liberty! Peo ple without food and armies without rations are conquered before they begin to fight. Our greatest safety now lies in FOOD PRODUCTION and iin saving the waste products. If the South .is to beSTRONG she must have FOOD. If this country is to beSTRONG she must be well fed and have an abundance to sustain those friendly people who are even now fighting our battles for liberty and democracy. Transportation may be disturbed. Your own defense requires you to PRODUCE and CONSERVE your FOOD supply;, DON'T FAIL NOW! It is a National problem of defense as important as men and guns, ships and cannon. - BUSINESS MEN, if seed is short canvass -the situation like patriots and get the seed for farmers. Ar range the credits. Furnish farmers seed corn, soy beans, cowpeas, velvet beans, peanuts, sorghum, etc., at cost. See that all things" necessary to he p farmers are done. Of course, we must produce cotton, but with moderate I acraa.A,-and jl sjaad-aeasou - there-,-wili be enough. Do not sacrifice acres' of FOOD . to increase your acreage in cotton. LOOK AHEAD! Get the feed mills, shellers, cleaning stations, rereamaries, packing plants, etc., ready- You must do your share and co-operate with farmers. They must do their share and tend the crops faithfully. FARMERS, in your Unions, clubs and other organizations, resolve to USE THE BEST METHODS now. When the Nation faces a crisis we must have the best farming in its history. Labor is short, hence the best tools and all labor-saving devices must be used to make it possible for every farm laborer to cover as much ground as possible and do the most efficient work. Farm. women and girls have important work to do in the garden, in raising poultry, and espec ially in canning, preserving and con serving our food supply. Your County Agent and Home Dem-1 stration Agent becomes more officers now than ever before. Your State j ExtensipriDivision at the Agricultur- J - al College will have still more impor tant duties. Look to these for coun sel and advice in this new burden of extra work. ,The County Agent will, without doubt, have new duties and responsibilities in the near future. FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN, save the breed stock. Don't sell cowe, heifers, mares, sows, gilts, ewes or hens. Keep them for breeding. If the breeding stock is sold where, will you get the means to supply the meat of this contry ? LET US FORGET ALL PAST PIF FICUTURIES AND JOIN IN A MIGHTY EFFORT TO FEED THE SOUTH. WHAT CAN YOU DO IN THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS? Respectfully yours, BRADFORD KNAPP, - Chief. F. B. NEWELL, Co. Agt. for Warren Co. A somewhat rapid city man, ac cording to a story that is going the rounds, remarked to a farmer friend, "Thursday we autoed to the country club and golfed till dark, then trolley ed back to town and danced till morn ing." The farmer "got back" in this language: "I've been having some time myself. Wednesday I muled to the corn-field &nd gehawed till sun down. Then I suppered till dark and piped -till nine. Then I bedsteaded till five o'clock, then breakfasted till it was time to go to mulin' again.' 9$ THE TOWN'S CHOICE. The citizens of the town will meet in the Court House Friday night and select a Mayor and a Board of Town Commjissioners. That there will be some change in the personel of the board is admitted, as several mem bers of the present board will not be candidates. The following named gen tlemen have been spoken of most fre quently for members of the Board, which number includes the present board, to wit. W. H. BURROUGHS, W. G. ROGERS, V. F. WARD, C. R. RODWELL, J. G. ELLIS, E. C. PRICE, W. N. BOYD, FRANK SERLS, A. D. HARRIS, II. A. MOSLEY. The Candidate for Mayor are the resent incumbent, Mr. John W. Allen, and Mr. John B. Palmer. The selection of a Board of Town Commissioners is an important mat ter and we trust the citizens will turn out in full force. Mr. W. H. Riggan requests us to state that he is not a candidate. "PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE" Just as the German government could not understand why Great Britain should go to war for a little thing like a "scrap of paper"; why Belgium should fight because of a little matter "like being invaded; so now it cannot understand why the United States should go to war be cause of a little thing like having its flag fired upon, its ships sunk and its citizens drowned. The German government can never seemto understand why other nations are unwilling to give up their rights if it does not suit Germany's conven ience to observe them. But how would Germany feel if the case were reversed? What if -the United States had an nounced last summer that it would sink German mercharit ships at sight? What if American war-ships had then sunk the merchant submarine "Deut- schland'r as it approached our shores ? Would not Germany have considered that an act of war ? Yet in the month of February and March she sank our merchant ships at sight and drowned 8om of our people. And she wonders why we go to war about a little thing like that! If such assaults were d against Germany's own ships Germ any would answer only with cannon shot; yet never once -has it seemed to enter the German mind that other nations might feel about such out rage's exactly as Germany would feel. The old Rule, "Put yourself in his place," seems unknown to the Kaiser's government. - In determining the rights and wrongs of things that is a very useful rule, and Americans wish it might be learned in Germany Cur rent Events. NOTICE ! aij muse vno are interests j m a branch of the Red Cross Society in Warrenton are requested to meet at the home of Mrs. V. L. Pendleton Wed nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. All il 1 r 1 , Broader Work For Schools. We should not be satisfied until much more of the work which fit girls for practical duties of the home is in corporated in the work of the schools. But in the meantime while schools are experiencing difficulty in finding time and securing the necessary equip ment for cooking, sewing, nursing, and he like, such organization's as the Girl Scouts and the Campfire Girls, 'uoisnpo jo edit papaau-qonui pue which emphasize this very practical should have our hearty support. Many things in the schools today, sueh as medical inspection, organized play-ground, and many forms of vo cational education have been develop ed by outside agencies; and later, af ter they have demonstrated their worth, have been taken over by the public school system. The Girl Scouts and the Campfire Girls may or may not persist as they are now organized, but the work they are attempting to do is a very necessary work and is en titled to support and encouragement. MEASLES IN PORTO RICO There are hundreds of cases of measles in Porto Rico. More than $50,000 is to be spent to combat the epidemic.
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