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LITTLETON NEWS ITEMS
Burnett Bunn, of Nash-
vr;5 Lucy
' - r x T T-
ville.
the guest 01 miss J-iucy Lacn.
Mr.
spent last Thursday with
Enfield
..;oiils in
town and at .Panacea.
nd iVlrS. 1j. m. iiumisiua txnu.
, T TV T Tl, -t- 3
Mr.
daughter
Durham,
returned last week from
where they attended the
of Mrs. Johnston's brother.
T 1 1-
marriage
n Marv b etter, 01 xvaieign, spent
an enjoyed day with relatives here last
week.
Mr. N. - Shearin, of Weldor, was
in the city on business last Thursday.
Miss Etta Belle Stevens returned
j.t week from a visit of several weeks
to relatives at Winston-Salem and
Greensboro and friends at Albemarle.
Mrs. George Leach, of High Point,
has been the guest of Mrs. Ellen
Leach at her home on Mosby Avenue
for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Snow and baby,
after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Snow's
sister, Mrs. H. F. Bonney left Friday
'for their home in Norfolk.
Misses Eleanor and Camilla Yarbor
oueh, of Louisburg, after concluding a
pleasant visit to Mrs. T. W. Bickett
at the Governor's Mansion, came Sat
urday to spend a few days with Miss
Lucy Leach at her home on Mosby
Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jackson, of Roa
noke Rapids, were here last Thursday
night to attend the Red Cross En
tertainment; a sole by Mr. Jackson,
a very attractive number on the pro
gram. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hardy and baby,
of Weldon, visited relatives here last
Friday.
Mrs. C. L. Hudgins, after spending
sometime here with her mother, Mrs.
J. H. Harvey, returned to her home
in Norfolk Sunday.
Rev P. A. Fish el, of Vaughan, was
amony the visitors in town last Fri
day. Mis? Hattie Spruill is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. Mitchell, at
Irving'ton, Va.
Mr. Eugene Tucker, who has byn
in Richmond for sometime, has return
ed to resume his work in the Tele
graph office.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Fetter and Mas
ter Frederick Fitter ?ptnt the week
er.d with relate es here.
Mrs. C. Phillips and daughter came
from Sanford last Friday to join Mr.
Phillies, who has recently accepted
a position with The IittMrn Feed and
Grocery Co. We are glad to welcome
them as residents of the town.
Miss Sarah X'eivy, of Richmond, is
visiting in the ron-e of her brother,
Dr. E. A. Perry.
Mrs. T. E. lies and daughter. Miss
Maude lies, of Aurelian Springs, were
.'hopping in town Saturday.
Rev. aria Mr ,1. M. Millard and
children spent Sunday with friends in
Warrenton, and Mr. Millard filled his
usual arpointmcne there as pastor of
the Presbyterian chui oh.
Miss Hattie Tayior and brother,Mr.
J''lm Tavlor, of Aurelian Springs,were
among the visitors in town Saturday.
T. J. Miles has returned from
a few day
.Ts visit to her sister, Mrs. J. I
Alken at her home at Elm Citv
Mr. D. E. lies and son, of Thelma,
among the visitors in town Sat
urday. Miss Georgie Squire came home
!'om Raleigh to spend the week end
n her mother, Mrs. C. D. Squire.
. e as accompanied by her friend,
if.S Emm Perkins, of Raleigh.
Mrs. Fannie Bryant, of Boykins, Va.,
visiting her daughters, Mesdames
W - and H-.E.-Boyd at their
h0s on R0anoke Avenue.
chn , aml Mrs' w- N- Thornton and
nudren spent Sunday with friends
-n ash county.
terMrI;-J0Seph R- Mansfield and daugh
week f L0lHe MansfieM, left this
rylanrd.their hme at St' Michaels
4,11 William P,ovpo ne n :n
ST
, vji ecu v uic,
Pent the week end here with
-"""oiks and f .;,i
Little U;C t...
Jlon . A,ernice uixon, of Wei-
PPersmith1.' MrS' W' '
Mr. N AT ti
Miss Pv" Har"son and daughter,
v(we;en?S-.Harris0n' of Brinkley
Mr a J at " in town Mnday.
ville ' h IL A' House' of Nash
amoJio. 6 ,been Peasant visitors
-
"s fiends ho-
i e this week.
havi- ..: Ayer nas the pleasure of
T'er, of tt i hlS son' Mr- John J.
Tyer has "els,nSf ors, Finland. Mr.
den and reer; llvi"ff in Norway, Swe
years an nd for the last eight
been to th i" that time had not
is ,accom-
attractiVe W k yer' a farming and
son. natlye of Sweden, and lit.t.l
tUve of Sweden, and little !Was furnished by a splendid Orches-
Mrs. tt r,
Ga-. aft- vvrthen, of Atlanta, crowded until midnififhtth 'hour fr
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER; DEVOTED TO THE
; CHEER UP!
Easy thing to get downhearted; easy
to submerge in gloom
And to fancy that ttie. nation is ca
reering toward its doom;
There was little cause for smiling in
the days of Valley Forge,
But the boys that nearly starved there
were the boys that licked King
George. ' - I
And remember, when you :fancy things
are black as they can Le,
There's another old -corge Dewey
somewhere yonder '.n the sea.
a
Keep your jaw set; o'er;- be worried
by the rumors thit yt u hear,
Don't start flirting with the notion
that the end is hivorm near.
Uncle iam has seen re u trouble, he
has-ad his trial by fire
Ard come forth with aspirations that
were holier and higher.
Don't forget that in. 1he trenches,
wh -our banner there we plant,
Will be found the dauntless spirit or
smother General Grant. -
f.et the pessimists and croakers wring
their hands and tear their hair,
Do your work and keepjour courage
while they voice their bleak de
spnir. Thee has never been a crisis when
this country of the free
Didn't nobly rise to meet it; and
there's never going to oe!
This is nQt a Summer picnic that we've
happened to get in,
It's a war, and it's a big one, but we
know we're going to win!
- New York American.
Pasted on the window of the book
publisher's store was the sign, "Porter
Wanted," and in the window itself on
a pile of books the placard, "Dickens
Works All This Week for .$4." The
able-looking Irishman read first the
sign and then the placard. He blurt
ed out:
"Dickens can work all the week for
four dollars if he want to, but I'll not
touch it. You had better kape Dick
ens." Watchman Examiner.
her sister, Mrs. T. J. Miles, left Wed
nesday to visit Mrs. J. B.' Aiken at
her home at Elm City.
Mr. M. W Cooper has been at Kin
ston this week oji business.
Mr. J. T. Moseley, after spending a
few days here with his son, Mr. Nor
man Moseley, left the first of the
week for Charleston, S. C.
RED CROSS ENTERTAINMENT
The most attractive, pleasing and
enjoyable musical concert that a Lit
tleton audience has had the pleasure
of attending for quite a while was
given by Home Talent in the Opera
House on Thursday evening, June the
14th, for the benefit of the Red Cross
Fund.
In spite of a very rainy afternoon,
a large and appreciative audience was?
eagerly awaiting the rise of the cur
tain. Pretty, graceful girls and hand
some voung men in evening dress en-
tertained with catchy choruses, caba-
ret scenes and dancing, each number
followed by encore after encore.
Three songs by the children deserve
especial mention, and the recitations
by Misses Eugenia MacRae and Fran
ces Burton were unusually fine.
Miss Lula Thorne, of Airlie; Mrs.
Cargill, of Littleton and Mr. J. Mur
phy Jackson of Roanoke Rapids, ren
dered solos that were especially pleas
ing and repeatedly encored.
The people of the town and mem
bers of the Red Cross Auxiliary are
enthusiastic in their praise of the per
formance, and extended a vote of
thanks to Mrs. V. F. Harrison, who
had entire charge of the program, and
to Miss Lollie Mansfield, who so ably
assisted wfth the Music.
The amount realized for the Red
Cross Fund was $100.25, and the
management hopes to add to this
amount by rendering this splendid en
tertainment in some of the nearby
towns at an early date.
OPENING DANCE AT PANACEA
The beautiful and historic Panacea
Hotel, under the efficient management
of Mr. J. L. Harrison, was opened
on last Friday, the 15th, for the re
ception of guests, and on Saturday
evening the largest crowd ever assem
bled at this picturesque health resort
was there to attend the opening dance.
Every room had been engaged, and
the pleasant, genial manager saw that
everything was done for the pleasure
on1 .ft-fnrt nf his fUeStS. MUSIC
tra, and the spacious ballroom was
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OED TIMES
By Dr. T.
THE STORY OF
I will be absent from home this
week; and, therefore, cannot write a
historical sketch. The following se-
lection, however, ought to interest ey-
ery one; for it not only illustrates the
power of the gospel to save, but shows
that even now there are christians
who would die rather than renounce
their faith in Jesus. T. J. T.
THE STORY OF BLIND CHANG.
Here is a splendid story I have just
found in a missionary book that is i
full of good things "Thirty Years in
Moukden," Dugald Christie (London).
Dr. Christie is one of the missionary
heroes of the world, who led the fight light, but unfortunately he trusted
against the pneumonia plague. His himself to a native doctor, who prom
story of Medical Missions in Man- ised to cure him by piercing the eye
churia is of absorbing interest as the with needles, with the not unnatural
following sample will show. H. B. M. j result of complete blindness. Some
In a small hamlet in the remote
valley of Peace there livedmany yeais
ago a man by the name of Chang, well
known in the neighborhood as a gam
bler and bad character, and also as a
member of an earnest Buddhist sect
.distinguished by their keen search for
truth. Blindness having come upon
him, he heard with interest of a for
eign doctor in Moukden who could
restore sight. Chang was an excep
tional man, of great strength oi char
acter, and in spite of the fears, warn
ings, and mockery of the neighbors,
he sold his belonging, tied up his
money in a cloth, and started on his
quest. But the road was long and
dangerous, and when still several days
from his goal, robbers fell upon him,
and took from him his treasured hoard.
Still he struggled on, but illness at
tacked him,- and he reached our Mouk
den gate at last, a pitiable wreck.
Our small tumble-down hospital was
already overcrowded, and there was
not a corner for him, so he was given
medicine and told to go to an inn
until there was room. With pathetic
vehemence he pleaded his cause, the
120 weary miles he had walked, how
ill he was, how his money was all
gone. At last the hospital preacher
offered to give Mm his bed, and so
Blind Chang was received.
His eyes were incurable, only a lit
tle glimmer of light being restored,
but this seemed of small import to
him, for during the month he was
with us a flood of light illumined his
inner vision. From the first day he
listened with absorbed interest to
what-was told him of Him in. whose j
name the hospital was opened.
"This is just what I have been see- i
ing for years," he exclaimed, as he
drank in with avidity all that was
said: It seemed as if his mind had
been ready waiting for it, and before
many days he began to preach elo -
quently to the other patients. "
Six months later, after Chaner's re-'
tion to his home. Rev. James Webster !
took his journey to the north,and from
a town on the main road set out to
look for the Valley of Peace. It was
difficult to find, and the road was bad.
"We came to a place," writes Mr.
Webster, "where it seemed impossible
for the cart to cross. The carter talk
ed of giving it up, so I dismounted
and proceeded on foot, well assured
that the cart would follow me some
how. When at last I reached the vil
lage, I was led with much ceremony
into the house of Mr. Li, the village
schoolmaster. We drank a cup of
tea, he telling me the while tidings
which made me forget all hunger and
weariness, to the effect that when
Blind Chang came home from Mouk
den, he began to tell the people about
this religion of Jesus, going from vil
lage to village, and into as many
houses as received him, and in the
evenings preaching sometimes to hun
dreds under the shade of the willow
trees; how at first everybody laughed
at him, or" thought him crazed, and
pitied him; how when he still went
on preaching and giving practical
proofs of having undergone a change,
people got divided abcut him. Some
were for him, some against him; some
blessed him, some cursed him; in short
the whole countryside was in an up
roar. Week after week passed.Chang
praying daily his prayer for help from
on high and singing his one hymn
learned in Moukden, and then sally
ing forth, groping his darkened way
with his staff, to tell of Jesus the Son
of God. 'And the upshot of all this
is,' said Mr. Li, thatthere is a Jarffer
number of people earnestly-inquiring
INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND
. ; -s
IN WARREN
J. Taylor.
BLIND CHANG
about the doctrine and several are
thoroughly convinced, and heartily be-
lieve and desire to become members
of the the religion of Jesus
"But where was the blind N
the while?
He had gone to visit one
of the innuirrs anA l "hA mioonri
"-'J "UU illiOOVU -..111 i
on the way. Mr. Li left his school; n' while jar on jar she's pilin'
and accompanied me. At last we met, An' the necks of 'em she's wirin'
and T accosted Chang. He stood stock ! 1 am sittin' ,-here an' dreamin'
still for, a moment, and then his face!0f,the kets hat are steamin'
became perfectly radiant with joy, j An' 1't- cares that haye been troublin'
and great tears dropped from his eyes Ail have Yanished in the bubblin'
as he said in a voice ouiverin- with !An' rm happy that I'm here
emotion: 'Oh. castor! vou m-omisprf
and L always said you would come!'. .
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At this time Chang was able to see
time later arrangements were . made
for him to join the School for the
Blind at Pekin, under Mr. Murray.
Here' he spent three months learning
to read and write, and then returned
to his valley with his books in emboss
ed type. Crowds gathered round .him
to see the marvel of a blind man read
ing with the tips of his fingers, and
what he read he explained and enforc-
J 1A.- a 1 -ri- . ,
eu wim nuent eloquence. ie nad a
marvelous memory, and as the years
went on he laid aside his cumbrous
volumes and recited the Scriptures by
heart. He knew the entire New Test
ament, chapter and verse by number,
and a good deal of the Old. . . .
One of his wanderings was to a
remote valley, one hundred miles from
the Valley of Peace, among the moun
tains in the far east which had form
ed the Imperial Hunting Grounds.
These ; were open to settlers, one of
whom was a relation of Chang's. To
seek him out the blind man took this
long journey. Here again her gather
ed a group of converts, and the -his
tory of the Valley of Peace was re
peated. In answer to his summons
two missionaries traveled for davs
across a sparsely populated region
where the name of Christ was quite
unknown, and found in the distant
"Valley of Victory" a little group of
believers asking for baptism. Some
time later, blind Chang went again to
this valley and was asked to remain
there. He received no salary, and was
under no one's orders?, but moved
about from house to house, receiving
his food wherever he happened to be,
an the women provided his clothes.
v two years no foreigners could
visit or communicate with the valley,
owing to the Chino-Japanese war, bri-
gandage and other causes. At the end
of that time there were in the district
for distinct meeting-places where wor
hin was held regularlv, and a Chris-
. tian school. One of the earliest of
jthe Vallev of Victory believers is now
sn wrtamec! nastor over a congrega
tion in a neighboring vallev, which
sunports him entirely, and there are ,
several other self-supporting congi -
gations in the district. . v . ' i
It was the summer of the fateful
1900,'fourteen years from that evening
when a blind, sick, and penniless man
moved our compassion at the Mouk
den Hospital gate. Chang was again
m the Valley of Victory when the
Boxer storm broke. It is a moun
tainous region where the concealment
of individuals is not difficult, and he
being a marked man was hidden away
"n the recesses of the hills, the faith-
fui people sending him food. .The band
of Boxers, exasperated at losing their
most conspicuous prey, threatened not
only to kill the Christians, but to lay
waste the whole valley with fire and
sword. At last someone told Chang, j
and at once he came forth from his
hiding-place and let- himself be taken I
prisoner. He was brought to a neigh
boring town whose headmen were al
lied with the Boxers, and in a temple
was ordered to worship the idols or j
die. !
"I can worship only the one living
and true God."
"But we will kill you.
"That 4s of-no importance, I shall
rise again.
"Will you not repent of your wick
edness in following the foreigner?" j place of his ashes, for they are scat
"I have repented for all my sins." jtered afar fit emblems of the gospel
"Then you will believe in Buddha? ".he loved to preach. Indeed, he and
"No, I believe in my Lord Jesus the other martyrs have already "risen
Christ," and he began to preach to j again1 in the many churches and lit-
them.
Afraid to kill him themselves, his
captors .sent some distance for same
Boxers, and for three days Chang lay
WARREN
COUNTY
CANNING TIME
j There's a wondrous smell of spices
In the kitchen,
Most bewitchin';
T
I
There are fruits cut into slices,
: That just set the palate itchin'.
fTh ore's the sound of spoon on platter,
i An' i rattle an' a clatter;
! a o11116!1 of kids are hastin"
To the 'splendid iov of tastin'.
it's the fragrant time of year
' An' the canning days are here '
j ,
There's a good wife gaily smilin?
I
An perspirin'
i borne, an tirin'.
Ai the inning time of year.
Lord, I'm sorry for the feller,
That is missin'
All the hissin'
Of the juices, red an' yeller,
An' can never sit an' listen
To the rattle an' the clatter
Of the sound of spoon on platter
I am s-.orry for the single.
For they miss the thrill an' tingl
Of thj splendid time of year
When the canning days are here.
Selected.
"Aunty; did you marry an Indian?"
said Freddy.
"Why do you ask such silly ques
tions, Freddy?" 'J
"Well, I saw some scalps on your
dressing table."
THE FARMER'S CALENDAR
If the rains have put the stubble
land in shape, get a second crop start
ed on it at once. Food and feed are
too high-priced to let any land loaf.
If you haven't milk cows .enough
to insure an ample milk supply the
year round, there's no better time
than right now to get them. Milk is
one of the cheapest and best of all
foods.
Make- large nlantings -of cowpeas
and soy beans in order that the cows
mair v.o Qccnrd on amnio ennniir nf
rough feed next winter and spring.
Keep up the planting of cowpeas,
soy beans, neannts and sweet potatoes .ere were omy 44D puDiic neaun
for the. hogs. Two-dollar corn is too i nurses in this country in 1905, where-e-ood
for a hor. Pxcent to finish him ' a& in 1916 there were 5,155. There
off.
Have a bie- supply of oat. wheat and
rve seed threshed. and carefully sack-! In North Carolina the number of
ed for planting next fall. Seed prom- ! Public health nurses has doubled in
ises to be "out of sight" in price. !the last year. Whereas only 25 nurses
Swat the boll weevil and weeds and ,were engaged in public health work
wve moisture bv rapid cultivation. !a year ago, the "number this year is
Save men and teams by driving j50- Durham is enrolled with the high
hard early and late, but resting dur- ,est number of -nurses, having 8,, Win
ing the heat of mid-day. Seven things j ston-Salem with 6, Greensboro with 5
4- a 1,.,
i iw i.ii in vv r i rv t. iiii i it.v . - iiiiiia i.iiv, i
Progressive Farmer.
in prison. Then he was bound and
taken through the town in an open
cart; the Christians following behind
and marveling, at his fortitude as he
joyfully sang the old. hymn learned
in the Moukden Hospital: "Jesus loves
me, this I know." Outside the town,
in front of the temple, he was made
to kneel down. "Heavenly Father, re
ceive my spirit," he prayed." But still
the sword tarried.' A. second anda
third time he prayed, saying the same
words. Then "they nashed on him
with their teeth, and cried out with 9
loud voice, and ran upon him with one
accord," attacking him from behind
with their swords, and cutting him to
pieces
When the deed was done, the super-
stitious fears of the murderers began
to work. He was a blind man, and
therefore specially under the protec-
tion of .spirits and demons. And what
did he man ? by "rising again?" To -
prevent such a possibility they burned
his body and scattered the ashes on
the mountain stream. Still their fears
were not laid. He was a good' man
so much so that he might become a
god. His ghost was said to be haunt
ing the place, and the Boxers depart
J IJ..1 1 I J. 1 : i-Z
eu precipitately, leaving ine villl5LiaiiS
of that district unharmed.
Some years later the government
'erected a monument to Chang's mem
ory in the county town of that dis
trict, but none marks the resting-
tie Christian gatherings which have
sprung up all over Manchuria since
that terrible Boxer Summer. Thawgh
dead he yet speaketh. Missions.
3c. A COPY
MEN MAY VOLUNTEER
.
The Registration on June 5th is no
bar to enlistment prior to date set for
Draft.
- Young men may still volunteer for
military service in the National Guard.
! As authority for this the following
telegram from the Chief of the Militia
Bureau to the Adjutant General of
North Carolina is quoted: "Men who
are required to register on June 5th
undeA the selective service bill will
be allowed to enlist in the National
Guard after that date until the draft
is actually made."
The commanding officer of tlje 3rd
N. C. Infantry in a letter to all com
pany commanders gives a report of
strength on June 10th. This report
shows that of the twelve lettered
companies in the 3rd Infantry six hav
a greater enlisted strength and five
have a smaller enlisted strength than
Company. H. The following para
graph from this letter is quoted:
"The War Department is urgently
requesting that all National Guard
Organizations be brought to maximum
strength at the earliest possible date.
You are hereby directed to use every
possible effort to bring your organiza
tion to maximum strength not later
than July 15th, 1917. The call for
men under the draft is liable to come
at any date and after that we can do
no more recruiting."
The National Guard offers the fol
lowing advantages to young men who
face the necessity of service:
Service with friends and acquain
tances; .
Service under officers who are like
wise friends and acquaintances;
Better chance for promotion;
Se'rvice with troops that bear the .
State name;
Enlistment is "For the War"
Recruiting Headquarters, Hunter
Drug Co., Warrenton, N. C. Recruit
ing party sent on call to any point.
PULBLIC HEALTH NURSES
The big gains made in member-
: sniP Dy tne PUDUC neaitn nurse, v,
rather new profession, indicate to
jwhat extent this body of workers has
becojme an indispensable force not only
;in Public health work but in all forms
of social betterment work as well.
According to a bulletin recently is
sued by the State Board of Health,
are this year 1,036 nurses, an increase
:of 881 over the number of last year.
ana Kaieisrn ana w liminorton wren 4
each. North Carolina is one of the
first States in the Union to work but
and put into operation a public health
j nursing service. This work that is
' now a statewide organization has its
; headquarters at the State Sanatorium
with Dr. L. B. McBrayer as director.
According to Dr. McBrayer, the de
mand for public health nurses in tne
State is now greater than the service
is able to meet. There is not a suf
ficient number of qualified nurses for
the towns and communities that are
rrw ready to employ such nurses.
School nurses are much in demand,
as are registered nurses who are able
no only to do visiting nursing but to
supervise and correlate the nursing
service of a city or town.
TALKS AT WARREN PLIANS
'
j At the close of the Warren Plain
.Methodist Sunday school next Sunday,
June 24th, 1917, Captain W. A. Gra-
ham will address the new Epworth
League of that church.
It is hoped that the whole communi
ty may hear him.
A good suggestion for all woman
kind and mankind, teqor tnat mat
ter is contained in this story told by
the Boston Globe: Two little girrs
(.rxA -U...,.;n r, 4-
v,,r;iC uuning iu acnuui icanui umi,
they were not going to reach there
until after the last bell had rung.
One of them said:
"Let's kneel right down and pray
that -we won't be tardy."
VOh, no!" said the other. "Let's
hike on to school, an' pray while we're
hikin.'"
Swat and swat-
And bye and bye
The. Summer breeze
. "Will bring no fly
To spread disease.
sPending a few days with closing.