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OLD TIMES IN YARREN
(By-
T. J. Taylor, D. D.)
NATIONAL CHARACTERS
Ov-m to conditions I am not able
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renders
various
Crnsoes by Edison 'larrisee,
in Kind Words. - ' n
CBUSOSS. VOLUNTARY
AND OTHERWISE.
Central Kamchatka. Lebe-
lived alone six months, but in Jan-
urary, 1901, being unable to withstand
the cold, then at its worst, he aban
doned the attempt. -After incurring
terrible hardships he succeeded .n
reaching Nikolaievski, at the mouth
of the Amur River. Sooner than
t T I 1 -w . V -WW AAA X. Ill
brities this weeK. instead x give th ftwf ul darknegs &nd
?T1T1P" ST V fIL -r-. .'t . . . . .
itea island, he paid his opponent the
sum of money he had wagered.
In the '80 's an Englishman named
Chandler lived alone on an islet of
the Ladrone group, in the Pacific for
a year and a half. Chandler, an avow
ed manhater, threatened to shott the
man who should invade his domain.
For sixteen months this miserable
man lived on the fruits and herbs
grown upon the islet. Then he went
mad. The master of the America .
trading bark "Louisa," when six miles
west of the island, observed Chandler
through a glass capering anddancing
in an insane way. He took the exile
on board and landed him it Manilia.
When Chandler recovered he insisted
on returning to his islet.
He left San Francisco in 1884 and
was never heard of afterwards.
An island in the Sea of Aral, at the
outh of the Oxus, was the strange
T.Iace of refuge selected by one Zing
rf a Berlin fur trader, of consider
able wctb, who, to use his own
"suffered x from civilization
(Edwin Tarrisse.) --e..e
have been female Crusoes who
i l!r-e Tnlacc in the niche of fame
( -Cih the celebrated Robinson. The. Isie
'V Demons, off the coast of Newfound
,0i the scene of a romance as
thrilling and a tragedy as real as any
told in fiction. i
bovt thfi vear 1540 one Marguen e
de Robervala niece of the French vi
ceroy, fell in love with a young cava
lier and promised him her heart and
hand. Ker uncle, the Viceroy, con
sidered the youth "unworthy of his
niece's prcud position and, angered by
her refusal to give up her lover, pass
ed a sentence of exile upon both of
them. A vessel carried the couple to
fi,a uu of Damons !c?v;r then, th.ee
liiv, 7 i
t 11 T I I
with an old nurse wno naa attenaen words,
Lady lUarg
uerite from her childhocd;
and wh vished to share her exile.
At fr - 'ho bmifhment did not seem
so dre'-'m a thing J the young man's
strength trtoed between his wife 'and
suffering, and for two years all went
will. A cv:id T.v.'? born and the par
ents h ? -;o plan for the establish
ment - rony which might thrive
in this it. and heme. Then came
trouble r:"'t r.d terrible. Disease
fell u i 'hf: little family and the
young w i "o ".1'1 other siw her hus
band, child and faithful nurse all sic--.-
?. Tr?fh hev own hands she
,., -rir, anfj Juried au that
- i orif then began life
?re in which the mere ques
:i v : ice became" a problem,
-1 f a f --nil woman to solve.
en aiv
dug t1
was u ;
alone ;
tion of .
hard i'ld-.T
husband's
with ferd
?lie kept herself provided-
lid si:ins tor ner ciouuug.
For two vey' she lived a Robinson
ickness." In 1895 Zingler repaired
to the island in the Sea of Aral and
gave to it the name of "Eternity," as
it was part of his doctrine that only
by self, communnion could - man attain
to perfection, fitting himself for m..
mortal life.
In 1905 Signor Cortesi, a highly es
teemed merchant of Milan, announced
that he had found a modern Garden of
Eden somewhere in the Adriatic, and
EMBRITEMS.
We have had a nice rain which was
very much needed among the farmer
around here. - .
The people are very much discour
aged about their cotton not coming up
and lots cf them are planting oyer
again. : "' '
Many of our people attended ser
vices at Reedy Creek Sunday, . where
two able sermons were delivered by
Rev. G. M. Duke.
?4iss A Hie May Clagon who ha3 been
visiting hei parents here, returned to
her home - at Plymouth, N. C, last
J hursday. .
Mr. Clarence Gooch, sister and cous
in, visited Miss Myrtle Stallings Tues
day night. '. . ..
Miss .Regina Hardee spent Sunday
night very pleasantly' in the home of
llr V. T. Hardee, of Grove Hill.
Mr Ollie Rainey, Miss Myrtle Stal
lings, and rother Tasker, visited Miss
Allie May Clagon Monday night.
We are sorry to report Mrs. Sue
Smith on the sick list this week. We
hope she will soon be well again.
L We are delighted to see the new
road system in this TownshiD.
Mr. Earnest Watkins visited in thel
home of Mr. T. J. Stallings Sunday.
Mr. Henry Bennett is often seen near
Aspen; wonder what the attraction?
Best wishes to the Warren Record
a'idJts many readers.
" ROSE BUD.
FOR YOUR GUIDAISCE
tion before the men of Warren count v
proposed, in the company of his wifewho are between 21 and 31 years old.
Crusoe hfc
a boat fill
the shoie,
fierce as: oc
fbi.- er tlv bred girl. Once
d with Indians came near
but the painted faces and
t o? the sivages frightened
We are publishing rules, directions
and suggestions, and also a copy of
the Registration card. We have'gone
to some 'expense to get this informa-
her, so that rho hid instead of hailing
them. She spot wTeeks ' of labor in
making- a crude canoe, but her hands;
were unskilled, and when she launched
her craft it would only tip over. Ae
last she was rescued by some fisher
men who ventured on the island, half
frightened at first by what they
thought was an evil apparition. Mar
guerite was sent to France, but her
unnatural uncle discovered her where
abouts and continued to persecute her.
ilie finaly found refuge in a small
French town, where she hid until the
Viceroy's death. After that she camf
into the world once more and lived tc.
a g-ood eld age.
There have been men who have be
come voluntary Crusoe s. One su(h
was a young American, Lack, who, in
1873, purchased an island in the Car to
group, in the Azores, there to live, a
hermit's life. - f
A Spaniard named Rodiguez settled,,
in 18S4, on an islet off the southwest
coast of Cuba, taking a vow that there
be would remain until his death. He
kept his vow for two years, and but
for a cyclone, accompanied by a tidal
wave, which destroyed his tent and en
tire stock of provisions, he would un
doubtedly have remained until his
death. He was at the paint of starva
tion when rescued, and lie was, against
Ids will, removed from his islet.
One of the rnof t intovesting: at
tempts at self exile of which" there Is
any record was tb- made by one Mc
Intosh, a religious fanatic, but, an ex
ceptionally energetic, man, whose
headstrong condrct had brought him
into the authorises cf Sydney, Aus
tralia. He disappeared from that 'city -and
was found a year later on an un
inhabited i3iand of the Marquesas
group. How he got here was unknown,
he had made gcd use? of his time,
ir he had cultivated a small tract of
land, erected a neat cabin and main
tained a score ot pigs. He resolutely
lesed to quit his little island king-aom-
declaring that he preferred to bo
a n,ler than one of the ruled.
5 v"ag;r was the cause of the vol-
vnc ui a- uma J-jeDeaierr, an
the Czar's Guards, who left
1 in 1S00 for Rock Island, in
i. Bav' in thp coo ri. x.i
v.f ' ur i2rto to remain a whole
1 ' Jifliculty m winning the
er lay in the f rightful climate of
island, whhh b in the same lati-
officer
Peti-c.o-.,,
to establish himself there permanent
ly. Accordingly he completed ar
rangements to take up his Crusoe ex
istence, and, so far as is known, is
still there. '
An island inhabited solely by wom
en and children, was the curious geo-
existed off the coast of .Norway ihis
was the island of Aarlud. pos?essed
no distinction ab6ve those of other is
lands. The peculiar condition of af
fairs mentioned was thr result of an
at cident.
To the island of Aaarlud thevt came
a man from the mainland. It was
spring, and he had come to the island
to participate in the spring egg gath
ering. While testing his ropes on a
cliff preparatory to making a descent,
he took an unluck step, f?ll to the
rocks i.elow ai.o was mstuntly killed,
i he occurrence made a deep impres
siorj" upon the inhabitants. For elev
en ears it was said, there had not
been a death among the thirty fam
ilies that made up the population of
tKe place, and the people were de
t4mned to do all in thei. power to
show respectful sympathy for the
family of the unfortunate man.
The men decided to attend the fun
eral in a body, and accordingly went
on board a herring smac.s and crossed
over to Haugesund on the mainlanu.
It was in the gloom and storm that,
the body of their late comrade was
laid to rest, for during the burial ser
vice a tremendous gale arose. The
wind blew from' the east and soon
lashed up a terrible sea. When tie
men returned to their smack the
storm was at its height and they were
tronelv urged to postpone their
homeward journey until the wind had
abated. ' Thoughts of their wives and
children, however, made the thirty
men unwilling to follow this advice.
Thp women were alone and would be
anxious. It was necessary to go bacK.
the men waited only to provide
certain household necessaries that the
a women at home had urgently ae-
iird to have, and then committed
themselves to the will of the waves.
The boat was heavily laden when all
the goods were aboard, and some of
tbe older seafaring men on shore
shook their heads as they saw how
she labored in the gale. Many watch
ed her as she made . headway toward
the island, and when she" was about
a mile and a half from the mrfand
she-ws seen to be in distress. Effoi t
were at once . made to go to her as
sistance, but the heavy ,eat.b
every beat that was punched. A few
minutes later the watchers saw the
smack plunge forward into the trough
of the sea. She was never seen again.
- xl-: 4-.r . rrMiTants
Evejy one ot tne imw VXav.
were drowned and the island of Aar
lud became an island of widows.
It will be well for you to read and. re
read these direction; in order that you
may be able to give th correct answ- J
ers.
MApiADUKE ITEMS.
Mr. Jim Clark, of Richmond, visited
his fathers family here Saturday and
Sunday. J.
Mrs. J. D. Riggan visited her kins
people in this and Halifax counties
from Sunday till Thursday of last
week. ' " .
Rev. Geo. NM. Duke and son spent
Saturday ? in the home of his brother,
Mr. M. T. Duke.
A few;, from this neighborhood at
tended May Day at Reedy Creek Sun
day. The crowd there was said to
have been the largest that has con
gregated ! there in several yeans.
Miss Sallie Powell and Mrs. J. D.
Riggan accompanied their sister and
family, home one Sunday recently, re
turning home Wed morning with two
of their ; little nieces, Sadie May and
Mary Davis Alston, who are greatly
pleased to visit their grandparents
here for an indefinite time.
Mr. Jesse C. Pridigen and family
spent Sunday with his wife's parents
here. ' ;"
HQW CHAUTAUQUA WILL
DO ITS "BIT"
Arrangements Made For a Pa
triotic Day With Special Music
ISSUES WILL BE DISCUSSED.
New York, May 31 While Napoleon
was idolized by hn soldiers as th
"little corporal."" tiny Robert Bonner,
of this city, is the dapper "little ser
geant'Vof the United Strte.; Marines,
and he proudly wears his sergeants
chevrons, and" sharp-shooters medai
with all: the dignity of a giown-up
sea-soldier.
"Bob'-; has been chummy with the
soldiers of the Sea'' all his life, a:id
was never fully satisfied until attired
in full regulation uniform-red stripes,
yellow chevrons, medal, brassbuttons
and all-costume that he is unwill
ing to take off, even to go to bed. He
tells his mother that regular soldiers
never take of their clothes,', state
ment that is not far from the truth,
in France, at least. "
Fred Bonner, 5 Bonner Place, theh
father fi the undisputed "youngest
Marine?, is proud of the fact that the
regular enlisted Marines have accept
ed his son as a comrade.
" REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE.
CTATVMWT rm-si niannwwjRFmO. STREET COMMITTEE
191G. V Receipts -v-'
Nov. 20. To C. Net proceeds of note discounted at
Citizens Bank. f
Dec. 12. To county order for curbing around iourt
House .
To cash Town order. ... . . .
Dec 12.
1917.
Jan. 2.
Jan. 2.
1916.
Nov. 20.
Nov. 20.
Nov. 22.
Nov. 22.'
To cash Town order
To cash Town order...
Disbursements
By ck. sent R. J. Lassiter Co. on contract.
By ck. sent R. G. Lassiter Co. on contract.
By ck. sent R. G. Lassiter Co. on contract.
By Balance due
$1,848.25
319.00
2,832.75
5,638,25
5,000.00
. $10,000.00
5,000.00
' 5,000.00
5,638.25
H. A. MOSLEY,
$25,638.25 $25,638.25
Respectfully submitted
W. N. BOYD, C. R. ROD WELL, Committee.
REPORT OF C. R. RODWIELL, SECT Y. TO WATER COMMITTE, SHOW
ING RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS ruK vai
AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM
1915. Keceipts
Oct. 12. To cash ' from ; net sale or $ou,uuu.vv ounu
Issue to SpitzerCo. . . .
$47,594.03
1916.
June
June 5.
1917.
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
Apr. '30.
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
Aor. 30,
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30. ,
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
1917.
Apr. 30
5. To cash" from Citizens Band and Bank of
Warren, 4 per cent Int. on Deposits until
checked out-
To cash from R. J. Jones, Secty. and Treas.
from General Fund. . . .
disbursements.
By cash paid for advertising Election,
Bonds and bids for Construction. ........
By New York attys. for passing on validity
of Bonds, ect..
T. Polk, Atty. Legal Services of all kinds
from Oct-1915 to date.
By cash paid R. J. Jones for extra work and
Expense as Secretary
By cash paid W. G. Rogers for site for
Tower and Tank
By W. A. Plumme, cleaning off grounds
for deep well site,
By cash paid E. Light Co pole, line and
equipment from Main St. to pump house. .
By Tapping machine, meters, meter boxes
pipe, special ect., for making water and
sewer connections . . .
By damages paid on sewer outfall for crops
and property.
By cash paid Virginia Machine and Well
Co. for 391 1-2 foot well.
By cash paid Sydnor Pump & Well Co for
pump installed
By cash paid Wm. Wilkes Co. for complete
ed water and sewer system and pump house
By cash paid Wm. Wilkeh Co. for 1-2 con
tract price of tower and tank. . . . . . .
By cash paid Gilbert C. White, Engineer,
commission on total cost of W. & S. system
By Balance ... . ..... .... .
507.31
7,000.00
$ 295.44
100.00
The Whole Program Will Ring With
Patriotism Why it a3 Named
"The greatest Thing in America" by
Theodore Roosevelt.
"How can we do our bit?" i the
question millions of Americans are
asking, each other in these war times.
The Chautauqua committee has been
wondering how the Chautauqua couM
do its bit in thip great national emer
gency, and from -Chauta'.iiui head
quarters in New York city there comes
the interesting information that the
Chautauqua will do quite a big bit in
taking advantage of its wonderful op
portunity in . getting right down to
plain faefs with the people on some
of the big problems that we are going
to find ourselves staring in the face
before the end of another year.
It was about ten years ago that The
odore Rposevelt came out with the
statement when he was in the White
House that the Chautauqua was the
"most American thing in America."
The statement was flashed across the
country, and those who knew of the
work of the Chautauqua ' knew what
he meant.- Some didn't know. Some
are still guessing.
Simon Pure Americans.
v What he meant was that, this being
a country given to intimate and close
study of all great issues on the part of
the people, they had the best opportu
nity in the world to look squarely at
big issues in the Chautauqua. There
fore the Chautauqua afforded them the
best possible chance to be simon pure
Americans.
Announcement comes from New York
that this will be Patriotic year in the
Chautauqua. . The spirit of patriotism
will ring in the music on each of the
five days, and it will be sounded time
and again iiijthe lectures to be given,
and Americanism will bethe Tceynbte
of the week. Why not? It's "the
most " American thing in America."'
If present plans are carried out the
stage decorations will be in keeping
with the air jof patriotism that will
sound in the program. Red, white, -and
blue muslins and pennants will adorn ,
the platform and the American flag
will be promenently displayed.
Says Loring J. Whiteside, general
manager of the Community Chautau
quas, Inc., in New York:
Country Not Awake.
"Our Chautauqua will come in di
rect touch with several hundred thou
sand people this summer. We are at
war. We , don't know how long we
will be at war. The plain facts are
that hte country is. not awake to the
seriousness of conditions they may be
facing.
"The Chautauqua's duty is to bring
the issues home to the people as noth
ing else can do. Think what it would
.have meant to England and France if
! 6,000 Chautauquas had been in full
blast in -the summer of 1914 when the
governments of these countries and
ater the people found they were really
at war. It took these countries months
to bestir themselves. They had no
means of going direct to the people,
and the facts had to sift through grad
ually and slowly.
SUMMER SCHOOL BUT
TWO WEEKS OFF.
(By W. T. Bos'.)
Raleigh,, May 29 Twenty-five seniors
of the 85 who would have attended the
commencement exercises of the State
College of Agriculture and Engineer
ing, went out today and with tuj
st dent body of the institution iurntd
the college ovei to the sunn er school
whiVh is but two weeks off.
The college has furnished more than
60 men to tbe army service of the
country ani todnv "hen Ambassador
Henry Morgenthau lately returned
from Turkey, made the final address
to the graduating class he left no
dou't of the need for all men who have
gone from the college and even less
doubt of the demand for those who
are left at home.
Discussing the plans of the College
for the surnmtr today mernb. rs. of the
faculty ;ndicated that its purposes tc
meet, with the course offered, the im
mediate needs of the country have
gained intensely by the commence
ment "messages. The summer school
is to give special preparation ,f or the
teachers who must both by teacher's x
knowledge and by their understanding
of the great world demands, carry the
peaceful side of the war to the masses
The school has ten courses in agri
culture and five in home economics
which fit admirably into the great nat
ional scheme of economic prepared-
ness. The peculiar needs of state and
nation therefore call for special prep
aration and the institution which geta
its accent on engineering and agri
culture will the acute emphasis upon
agriculture in the seven weeks that
will be gone over between June 1
and July 27 of this year.
The faculty has put the school with
in such easy reach as to make the first
visit of scores to Raleigh a happy com-
fbinatibn of work and recreation. The
college dormitories, dining rooms, Y.
M. C. A., gymnasium, swimming pool
and the college " physician are the
student's on call. The dormitories
and dining room are hotel, the Y. M.
CJL.JJie church and religious life, the
gymnasium the perfect physical re
laxation, the swimming pool the sub
stitute for the surf and the doctor the -man
6n the spot if needed. This fiine
equipment for a summer trip is laid
down in the beautiful capital city at a
rate hot dreamed-in a day like this. -And
every teacher gets his credit for
work done here.
125.00
50.00
126.75
7.50
207.89
2,045.62
98.30
1,955.83
1,949.00
41,898.59
1,695.00
2,980:47
1,565.95
$55,101.34 55,101.34
Mr. Walter Allen was
Thursday afternoon.
in town
To Balance on hand Citz. Bk, $690.17
Bank of Warren $875.78 . i . . ..... .V . . $ 1,565.95
- x Respectfully submitted
H. A, MOSLEY, W. N. BOYD, C. R. RODWLL, C
The Musical Numbers.
"The musical numbers stan out par
ticularly strong. They include the
Hawaian Singers and Players; the
Royal Blue Hussars Band, with Sig
nor Louis Castelucci director and Irv
ing Joy, lyric tenor; the Tschaikow
sky Quartet, headed by Leon Welt-
man, famous Russian violinist; the
Boston Musical Entertainers, with Mr.
and Mrs. Harry R. Pierce of the Pierce
school in Boston, and the Mendels
sohn Sextette.
"James S. Knox of Cleveland, the
leading lecturer to business men's or
ganizations in the country, is coming
to discuss wartime efficiency, commu
nity progress and business and com
munity problems generally. Dr. E. L.
Williams of Chicago, known the coun
try over as Chicago's 'Fighting Par
son,' will tell of his work infighting
vice in Chicagoe, and John Kendrick
Bangs will present his great platform
masterpiece, "Salubrities one of the
most famous lectures ever heard on
The Chautauqua's "Bit,"
"We are going to make Chautauqua jthe American lecture platform
a great rallying plaee of patriotism in j
every community. That will, be the J Entertainment Also.
Chautauqua's "bit." We want, anJ I
we must have, the unstinted co-opera
tion .of every local influence that is
going to be effective in bringing the
people to the Chautauqua.
"As to the program, it is a stronger
program than we have ever attempted.
I know, because I planned it myself,
and I know what it cost.
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"The big feauture will be the patriot
ic program on the first night. We are
bringing as the principal speaker for
this program ex-Governor A. C. Shl
lenberger of Nebraska; and I don't be
lieve we could have found a stronger
man in the country to make this pa
triotic address. He is a member of
the military affairs committee in con
gress, a magnificient ora.tor and a sea
seasoned Chautauqua speaker. He has
addressed hundreds of Chautauqua au
diences -throughout the east and mid
dle west. He will speak on the first
night 6n "The True Patriotism Mu
sic for this day, both afternoon and
vning: will W trmsly patriotic.
"Then there are entertainment num
bers' which I t:an only touch upon.
These include Josephine Chilton, the
southern reader, who will give in arr
ernoon of southern stories, and the
Pierce Community Players, who will
appear in "The House of Happiness
a most delightful New England comedy.
"The Junior Chautauqua will be a
big feauture for boys and girls and de
serves a whole story in itself.
"I am sure that our friends will agree
that it is a big lot for the money. 11
every one will get behind and boost
for a great patriotic, Chautauqua it
will be one of the really big events of
the community that youH look back
to in years to come.
"The season tickets bring the cost
down to a few cents a number. They
may be procured from the business
men backing the Chautauqua. I miht
add that one-half the single admis
sions for the first day will be given to
ta local Rd Cross."
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