THIS PAPER iSfi't WORTH THREl'cfeNTS A WfiEKiiT ISNT WORTH PRINTING
iilHIE
iT STATE XllT
- NO. 77
VOL. XXII
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(FRIDAY)
L SEMI-. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTEPniE HRESTS O F trARENTON AND WARREN
COUNTY
3c A COPY
THE LIBERTY LOAN
k.Twe is not a single selfish ele-
the cause we are fighting for
f?V The supreme test of the Na-
come. We must all speak,
,nd erve together." Woodrow
on. Present of the United
States.
Th-v also serve their country
Who buy a Liberty Loan Bond.
THE FRENCH BOND BUYERS
The French people are the greatest
s in Government bonds in the
investor
At the close of the Franco-
V.'OT
Id.
V:ir in 1870 Germany de-
Prussian
nnA collected from France $1,-
000,000,000 indemnity. The French
people, who were as loyal then in re
sponding to their country's need as
their soldiers are to-day, hastened to
loan this tremendous sum to their
country.
Their patriotism turned a great mis
fortune into a great benefit. Their
thrift in thus saving their money and
investing it in Government bonds not
only brought great prosperity to
France but the bends rose in value all
ovCr the world and made the French
national credit good wherever civili
zation existed. Ten years after the
bonds were issued they commanded a
premium of 25 per cent.
What the American Nation is call
ed upon t"! do in lending the American
Government .$5,000,000,000 and tak
ing its berths therefor is little com
pared with the loan of $1,000,000,000
to France after the Franco-Prussian
War bv ti e French people. Called
upon to do much less than their pres
ent alllc-;, iho French, the American
people v.'H1. demonstrate that they are
second i i.o people in the world in
patriotic support of their Government.
THE TERMS OF THE LIBERTY
LOAN.
The ac. authorizing the Liberty
Loan B .id; f 10T7 was passed April
24, 1917. It provides for the issuance
of $5,000,000,000 of 3 1-2 per cent
bonds, tl o interest payable semian
nually c n December 15 and June 15 of
each ye v.. The principal is repayable
on or after the loth 'day of June,
at the option of the government, and
if this option is not exercised the
bonds will run full 30 years and be
come dre June 15, 1S47.
The bonds are exempt both as to
principal and interest from all taxa
tion, nat'onal, State, county, or munic
ipal, except the inheritance tax, which
is really not a tax on the property, but
on the transfer by will or inheritance.
The bonds are to be sold at par;
that is, dollar for dollar, no premium
and no discount. They are to De sold
by the Treasurer of the United States
and by all Federal Reserve banks. But
all banks, National and State, post of
fices, and express companies have
been designated as agents .of the Gov,,
ernment to receive applications for
these bonds. It is almost as easy to
purchase one of these bonds as to get
a post-office money order.
It is not necessary to pay cash m
full for a bond. One can pay down
2 per cent of the purchase price on .ap
plicationthat is, SI for a $50 bond,
52 for a $100 bond, etc. 18 per cent
n July 25, 1917; 20 per cent July. 30,
1917; 30 per cent August 15, 1917;
and the balance, 30 per cent, August
30,1917.
WHAT A GOVERNMENT BOND IS.
The Government of the United
states has two methods of raising
mney. One is bv taxation. The oth
er is by the sale of bonds, which is a
method of borrowing money.
The Government bond is the printed
Promise of the Government to pay
ack the borrowed sum of money at a
.ln time and to pay back interest
n it at regular intervals until it is re
Paid. The Government borrows money in
the' -m! nly aft6r it haS- been given
e right to do so by act of Congress
?ermVei by the President, and the
act the l0an are set out n the
tnefCVf the promise of the Govern
ment 1S tbe hnor of the Govern"
Reali itS taxin resources.
v stand u Avhole wealth of the' Nation
the r ind this solen promise of
government tQ pay
ernmo i. -mtea states u
tv nt.bond the safest investment
a. umtea states uov-
Statnc0 t' If the bond of the United
m
Proper . nment is not safe, iTo
If thp TVn the Ute States is safe.
bonds' it Zd States can not its
W able t 1S ly Probable that it will
the . Kpr0teCt the citizens in their
llr .
The Liberty Loan Bonds of 1917
are especially attractive investments.
Not only have they this absolute safe
ty characteristic of all United States ' After eighteen weary months of sur
bonds but they are tax free not only feringf Miss1' Mary Augusta McCraw
from all existing taxes but from war passed into the great beyond,
taxes that may subsequently be levied, j A good many years ago she was at
No State, city, nor county may tax tacked with a sfefibtis ' heart trouble
them. The inheritance tax of the from which she never wholly Tecover
United States and of some States ed but which did not prevent her from
may affect them, or rather, affect their devoting herself to every effort in
transfer after death of the owner by
will or by inheritance
Another advantage these Liberty
Loan Bonds possess is that if the Gov
ernment issues bonds later on during
the war at a higher rate of interest
the holders of Liberty Loan Bonds will
be allowed to exchange at par their
bonds for bonds bearing the higher
rate of interest.
WAR LOANS.
Great Britain's estimated wealth is
$85,000,C 00,000; she has made three
great loans since the commencement
of the war, aggregating $10,000,000,
000. Her last loan was for $4,870,
000,000 which was the greatest single
loan ever floated in the history of the
world. It was taken up in 30 days,
5,289,000 individuals subscribing to
'he loan. One person in every 11 in
habitants of the United Kingdom sub
scribed to this loan, and the average
subicilLlou was 950, though a great
many subscribers took only 1, or
about $5. The great number of sub
scribers to this loan is pointed out as
evidence of the patriotism of the Brit
ish people.
Germany's wealth is estimated at
$80,000,000,000. Germany has put out
five loans since the commencement ox
the war, aggregating $11,750,000,000.
In Germany's latest loan 1 person in
13 of the population is reported to
have, subscribed, and the average
amount taken by each subscriber was
$700.
Taking into consideration these
figures, the $5,000,000,000, loan of the
United States with an estimated
wealth of $220,000,000,000 and a pop
ulation of over $100,000,000 seems al
most small. With a wealth nearly
three times as great as that of Great
Britan is trying to borrow less than
one-half of what Great Britan has
borrowed. With a population one and
one-half times as large as that ef Ger
many our loan ismuch,lss Jthan hulf
of the amount that Germany hasbor
rowed. " "
America's Liberty Loan is less than
one-sixth of the bank deposits in our
country. An ordinary borrower does
not think he is ruining himself when
he borrows "40 'percent of the value of
his property. The United States is
borrowing' less than "8 "per cent of its
wealth.
THRIFT
AND LIBERTY
BONDS
LOAN
There is a great campaign for thrift
being conducted all over the United
States thrift in production by the
farmer and other producers, thrift in
economy in use ' and consumption by
all persons, and thrift in saving. This
thrift campaign is "nation-wide. Not
only have business, manufacturing,
agricultural, and other associations
and individuals taken up this cam
paign'; hut it has been carried into uni
versities, colleges, and schools.
In connection with the last aspect
of tills thrift campaign, that of sav
ing, thd Liberty Loan Bonds of 1917
offer an ideal investment of saving for
small investors. No other small in
vestment, or large one either for that
matter, has5 quite the advantages that
the Liberty" Loan Bond has. Savings
invested in a Liberty Loan Bond are
just as safe as it is possible to make
them and will constantly draw inter
est. While"the"inferest is only 3 1-2
per cent, the bonds being nontaxable
makes the investment the equivalent
of a 5 or 6 per cent interest drawing
investment in ordinary securities.
Not only is the investment abso
lutely safe but it is practically as
readily converted into money as a
United States Treasury note." To dis
pose of one of these Liberty Loan
Bonds may require the owner to go to
a bank instead of passing it. over any
counter. Yet this is all advantage.
The trouble and time required to con
vert the bond in cash will give the
owner time for thought and reconsid
eration, and it is not improbable that
in many instances the result will be
that the savings invested in a Liberty
Loan Bond will be preserved intact
where savings in money would be
spent, in part if not in whole.
There is one other incident to be
considered in regard to the purchase
of a Liberty Loan Bond. The invest
ment has a nature which should ap-
paal to every Jonii
eien. It is'
IN MEMORIUM
various lines of work.
She was a successful teacher as
many young men and women in the
Axtell neighborhood and in and around
Warrenton gladly btr witness. She
was also devoted to domestic life, and
delighted in giving her personal at
tention to the duties of her household.
The death of her father and mother
came as a prostrating blow to her
from which she never recovered, and
when she was attacked with her
death sickness she had no strength
to successfully resist the inroads of
disease. She made a heroic fight for
life; for she "did not want to die (who
does?) but -not" withstanding she had
the care of skinful physicians, and the
most faithful and loving nursing
death got the victory, and at one
o'clock, Saturday the twenty-sixth of
May, 1917, she fell on sleep. A few
minutes before the end came an at
tendant said: "You'll soon be better
Mollie." To which she replied: "There
is no rest for me, but Heaven."
She was the second daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCraw, who
preceded her into the spiritual world.
She leaves to mourn their loss two
brothers and two sisters, several
nephews and nieces, and a goodly num
ber of friends who were devotedly at
tached to her.
T. J. TAYLOR.
Minds are improved by contact with
wiser minds; and the wiser you are
the more people you will find that in
some points know more than you do.
Amos R. Wells.
backing our Government, helping the
winning of a victory for America in
war. This has no money value, but
it has a value not to be measured in
dollars and cents.
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS rPATRI
OTIC AND SAFE.
-The patriotic nature . of aifHayest
ment in the Liberty . Loan Bonds of
1917 is something that all Americans
will consider. The fact that in pur
chasing such a bond the investor is
lending his money to his Government
to his country to prosecute a great
war, gives the investment a dignity
lhat the ordinary investment does not
possess. The uses to which the money
is to be put, the noble purposes -to
which it is to "'' be devoted, all are
things which appeal more or less to
the American heart.
But let no one be led by these con
siderations to look on buying a Liberty
Loan Bond as a peice of benevolence
or merely a contribution to a worthy
cause. The Liberty Loan Bond is as
good an investment as an American
citizen can well make. The rate of
interest it bears may seem small, tut
when its absolutely safety is consider
ed and the fact that it is nontaxable,
and the further fact that it is to be
immune from any taxes which later on
may be levied by reason of this war,
still another fact that in case the
United States Government should
late during this war have to borrow
more money and pay a higher rate vi
interest, that the holders of the-
bonds can secure bonds bearing that
higher rate when all these things are
considered, an investment in Liberty
Loan Bonds possesses advantages that
no other investment in the world pos
sesses. "
There is another point which wise
and thoughtful people will give du
consideration to and that is an invest
ment in Liberty Loan Bonds is an in
vestment in the defense and preserva
tion of all their other property and
all they hold dear the preservation
of their liberties." "We would be in
danger, if all our citizens refused to
lend their money to the Government,
of losing all that' we have property,
our ilberties, and our national honor
It has come to this, that we must fight
for these things, and to wage war in
this day and time requires not only
men and arms but great sums of
money.
Subscribers to the Liberty Loan
Bonds are charter members of a so
ciety to maintain American honor and
to maintain democracy here and in
other parts of the world. Honor and
interest, patriotism and business judg-
'Hient all argua the wisdom" of "a ia-
vestment in Liberty Loan Bowls,
v CHAUTAUQUA
The White Plains, New York, Com
munity Chautauqua begins today at
the Academy a five day entertain
ment. . 4 .
These entertainments are to be held
afternoon and evening, beginning Tu
esday. Governor Shallenberger,ex-governor
of Nebraska, an orator of note, will
deliver the opening address this af
ternoon. His theme will be "Patriot
ism." Another orator of ability and wide
reputatioii is to appear later in the
week in the- personage of Mr. John
Kendricks Bangs, who in his lecture
on "Salubrities" will cause trouble to
be forgotten and will cause worry to
give away - to smiles.
Music, light opera, slight of hand,
amusement for young and old, boys
and girls are promised by the management.
THE CALL TO THE COLORS.
BY ARTHUR GUITERMAN.
"Are you ready, O Virginia,
Alabama, Tennessee ?
People of the Southland, answer!
For the 'land hath need of ye."
"Here!" from sandy Rio Grande
"Where the Texan horsemen ride.
"Here!" the hunters of Kentucky
Hail from Chatterwha's side.
Every toiler in the cotton,
Every rugged mountaineer,
Velvet-voiced and iron-handed,
Lifts his head to answer: "Here!"
Some remain who charged with Pick
ett, Some survive who follow Lee;
They shall lead their sons to battle
For the Flag if need there be.
"Are you ready, Californa,
Arizona, Idaho ?
'Come, oh come unto the colors!'
Heard ye not the bugle blow?"
Falls a hush in San Francisco
In the humming hives of trade;
In the vineyards of Sonoma
Fall the pruning knife and spade;
In the mines of Colarodo
' Pick and drill the flung aside;
Idly in Seattle Harbor
Swing the merchants to the tide,
And a million mighty voices
Throb responsive like adrum
Rolling from the rough Sierras:
You .have callel us, and we come."
O'er Missouri sounds the challenge,
O'er the Great Lakes and the plain:
"Are you readyf-Minnesota ?
Are you ready, men of Maine
From the woods of Ontonagon,
" From the farms of Illinois,
From the looms of Massachiistetts :
"We are ready man, and boy."
Axmen free of Androscoggin,
Clerks who trudge the cities paves,
Gloucester men who drag their plun
der :
From the gray and hungry waves,
Big-boned Swede and large-limbed
Northman,
Celt and Saxon swell the cry,
And the Adriondacks echo:
"We are ready. Do or die!"
A
Truce to fued and peace to faction!
Stilled in every party brawl
When the warships clear for action,
When the battle bugles call.
Kings may boast of standing armies
Serfs who blidnly fight by trade; .
We have twenty million . soldiers
And a soul guides every blade.
Laborers with arm and mattock,
Laborers with brain and pen,
Railroad prince and railroad brake
man Build our line of fighting men.
Flag of righteous wars! close muster-
ed
Gleam the bayonets, row on row,
ir r1u stored
TYUdV? ovio -J. J j
With their daggers toward the foe!
WHAT CAN I DO?
At this time when so many people
are being called upon to give service !
to the country in arms and in the af-
fairs at home, the uppermost question
in the minds of a majorty of people
is, "What can I do?" There isn't a
citizen of North Carolina who isn't
ready and willing today to "do his bit"
for his country. All cannot shoulder
a gun and go into the army service.
Many a man can be of greater service
to his country by attending to his work
at home than by shouldering a rifle
and going to the front.
The greatest need at the present
moment is the conservation of f ooa
supplies. Insurance commissioners in
the great grain States of the Middle
West are calling vigorously for every
fire prevent tiom resource to be used ia
and warehouses. There are none of
these in North Carolina. Yet the pro
tection of grocery stores is just as im
portant to this State as the protection
of grain warehouses in Minnesota. A
great many people, in the State depend
upon grocers almost entirely for their
food. The average grocery store con
taining as it does stocks of kerosine
and other inbamile merchandise is a
special instance of fire hazard. This
is shown by the large number of such
places annually destroyed by fire.
Each grocery fire subtracts just that
much from the food -supply of your
neighbor and - yourself.
Meat supplies are directly affected
by the large number of livestock burn
ed in barns, stables, and slaughter
houses. The great duty of the citi
zens, the women and the children who
must remain at home when the sol
diers are sent away is to use every
precaution and set in motion every
available piece of machinery for the
prevention of fire, especially where
foodstuffs might be, consumed.
HERBERT QUICK'S WARN
ING. A recent article in the Saturday
Evening Post by Herbert Quick, a
member of the Federal Land Bank
Board, sounds a solemn warning in the
ears of city dwellers in this country.
It ought to catch the eye of robust
thinkers in our city business centers,
and stir them to activity along con
structive lines.
As Mr. Quick says, it is moral
strange that cities spend millions to
control their water supply . and give
neither time nor money to the control
of their food supply.
Every city must now be the center
of a well developed food producing
:cgion. In sheer self-defense, it
must organize to solve the problems
)f markets for locally produced food
md feed supplies.
The farmers in the trade territoij
of every southern city are amply able
to produce the. standard farm crops
that are necessary for home consump
tion the meat and milk, the butter
m'd eggs, the grains, hay and forage,
the fruits, vegetables, and flowers,
but they are never Jikely to do it un
til they can turn these food products
"nto instant, ready cash in the nearby
town at a fair price and 'profit.
The Critical Problem -
Our cities will be foolish to side
step the problem. of local markets for
home-raised food supplies. There is
no better way of cutting out useless
middlemen than by lessening the dis
tance between producers and consum
ers. Bringing consumers and pro
ducers together for mutual advantage
is, in a word, the problem of local
markets.
This subject has been treated in de
tail in the booklets issued by the
Winstori-Salem Board of Trade, and
the Union National Bank, Charlotte.
In our opinion, keeping open the
channels of trade in local territories is
more effective than fixing minimum
and maximum prices by law.
Of course, conspiracies in restraint
of trade, particularly in food and fuel,
is a matter that ought to be covered
by very definite law and very effective
legal machinery. Meanwhile in this
important matter Congress treats us
to a spectacle of double-shuffling and
delay.
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
The second Quarterly Conference
for the Warrenton Circuit will be Teld
at Warren Plains next Monday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. L. E.
Thompson, Presiding Elder, presiding.'
He will preach in Warren Plains Meth
odist church next Sunday evening at
8:15. It is hoped that all the churches
will be well represented officially.
KING-HARRIS
In the Methodist parsonage on
Ridgeway street last Sunday 'evening
Mr. Arthur King and Miss' Pauline
Harris,, of Warren county, were hap
pily married, their pastor, Rev. R. H.
Broom, officiating. Their many friends
wish for them a long life of usefulness
and happiness.
The onion differs
From the peach;
Few peqple of
The onion screech
In rime or song.
But fortune "always
Makes amends,
And those who are
The onion's friends
Are for it strong.. .. .
RECORDER'S COURT
A case of unusual interest was be
fore the Court Monday morning in
State vs. Peter Hendrick.
Thej defendant was, charged with
severely whipping an adopted child of
five years, and of punishing in an in-
human manner the other adopted child
of four years. The greater part of the
morning was taken up in the trial of
this case. It developed by evidence
that these children had been beaten
and ill-treated by Hendrick, his wife
and even by their own children; that
the skin was broken upon ttie little
boy's back; that he was now in bed as
a result of cruel treatment. The lit
tle girl, a victim of Palagra, bore
marks other than those caused by the
disease. Dr. G. SH. Macon testified as
to the severety of the wounds of both
the children, but was unable to say at
present time whether any permanent
injury would result.
Recorder's Court Solicitor Daniel
gave way to Mr. Tasker Polk who vol
untarily prosecuted the case. Mr. B.
B. Williams was the defendants lawy
er. Judge Rodwell not only imposed a
sentence of six months upon the public
roads of Warren county but severely
rebuked the defendant and expressed
the wish that the statues allowed more
punishment for such treatment as was
revealed by the evidence submitted.
An appeal was taken to the Superior
Court, defendant being placed under
a $300.00 bond to guarantee his pres
ence at the September term.
MISS MARGARET ODOM.
This venerable saint finished her
earthly career last Saturday night,
June the second, at the residence of
her nephew, Mr. Alexander Walker,
where she has made her home for the
past seventeen years.
Shi was the oldest daughter of the
late Hudson Odom and his first wife.
She was born at Ridgeway in 1829,and
at the time of her death was about
eighty-eight years of age.
In nearly life she made a profession
of religion and united with the Bap
tist ' church, presumably at Rock
Spring in Franklin county. For the
past seventeen years she has been
a member of the Baptist church at
Warren Plains.
During her long life she was emi
nently useful and delighted to be of
service wherever help was needed. In
the sick room,in the house of mourn
ing and wherever kind and sympa
thetic ministrations were needed, she
moved as a ministering angel. Sr.e
loved young people and little children,
and was loved by then in turn.
Shte was a good woman and highly
esteemed by a large circle of friends
and relatives; and having lived long
and well she is doubtless reaping the
reward of the faithful.
T. J. TAYLOR.
thIs original
jack horner.
"Little Jack Horner," the familiar
our midst.
nursery rhyme, has its origin, it is
said, in a real tragedy. ,
During the Reformation the head
of Glastonbury Abbey in the west of
England, resolved to make his peace
with Henry VIII, and, in token there
of, sent certain title-deeds of abbey
property to the king at Whitehall. For
security's sake the abbott placed the
documents ' in a pie dish, and covered
them with crust. The dish he gave o
a rustic named Jack Horner, and he
told him to carry it by the highroad
to the king, in London.
On the road' Jack Horner became
hungry, and came to the conclusion
that it would be foolish to starve
while he had a pie in his hands.. So
he broketh e crust, put his in thumb,
and pulled out a roll of parchament.
The disgusted and disappointed fel
low threw both pie and parchment
into a nearby brook.
When the deeds did not appear, the
king charged the abbot with con
turrfacy, and commanded that the un
fortunate cleric should be hanged.
Surfday-school Advocate.
M. E. CHURCH
The days for preaching at the
Methodist church here are the 2nd and
4th Sundays at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m.
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. Prayer
Meeting every Wednesday evening at
8:30. Gospel preaching. Good music.
! Se&s ' free.' All welcome. "I was
gtjfd when they v said unto me, Let us
ge"iatTth'hoMSe of the Lord." Psa,
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