- - v i w asm VOL. XXII (TUESDAY) " WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24TH, 1917 FRIDAY) .Number 99 $1.50 A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TELE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 3c A COPY f I ! 1 LITTLETOli HEWS Messrs. S. G. Daniel, J. P. Pippen, and John Picot attended Halifax Court this week.. Mr. Daniel says that Judge H W. Whedbee is making a good im pression on the people as well as the jawyers. He moves business along. The friends of Mrs. J. P. Pippin, are glad to see her riding out lifter a protracted illness. - - Dr. Kodgers and family v motored from Kaleigh to spend the week end at Panacea, and carried Miss Ella Gran- back with them. Miss Etta Belle Stevens is visiting her brother, Mrs. A. F. Stevens, of Greensboro. Messrs. J. M. Coleman, J. A. Meed er, JL L. Wall "and W. R. Vaughan wcr? in town a few days ago on busi ness. Mr. C. A. Riggan, of Vaughan, was in toTv-n a few days ago on business. The many friends of Mr. B. E. King are glad to' see him on tue streets after a short illness. Mr. John Harrison, from Roanoke Rapkls, was in town a few days ago visiting his relatives. Mr. Jack Johnson, one of the lar gest farmers in this section, says that prospects of an average crop this year are good, recent rains having greatly immoved the crops. " Messrs. Arthur and Allen Flythe, of Jackson, motored to Littleton last Thursday. These young men are school mates at Trinity College of Garland Daniel and John and Edward Harrison. Mr. Percy Ashby, who has' been building a road near Spray, was call ed home to report to the Exemption Board at Warrenton last Friday. Mr. J. A. Dowtin, of Warrenton, our popular Register of Deeds was in town Tuesday. Mrs. Ellen D. Leach and daughters, Miss Lucy Leach and Mrs. Morriss have returned from a trip to the wes tern part of the State. ' Messrs. Cleveland Stallings, Whit Johnston, W. R. Harvey, J. F. Cullom attended Court at Halifax Tuesday. Mr. B. H. Browning attended Court at Halifax last Tuesday. Dr. J. H. Harrison motored . to Roa noke Rapids Tuesday. Mr. John Yarborough and family motored to Littleton from Louisburg last Saturday. Mr. T. W. Thorne, of Airlie, de lightfully entertained his neices Mes dames Williams, of Hattisburg, Miss., Moss, of St. Louis, and Bragg, of Air lie, at a barbecue on the lawn- at his hcme"""place August 14th. Guests out of Airlie were Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Thorn o, Dr. J. H. Harrison and fam i': , Dr. Willis Alston, Mr. Willie Har ri:c:i, Master M. Nelson, of Littleton, I.. W. Thome, Jr., of Atlanta; S. T. Thorne, Jr, Charlotte; S. O. Thorns, cf New Orleans, A. S. Bussey, Cor deil, Ga; Master Frederick Fetter, of Raleigh, Mr. Able end daughter, of St. Louis, Mo. Rev. J. M. Millard has returned home after assisting in a revival meeting in Enfield. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Fetter and Miss Mary Fetter, of Raleigh, have return ed home after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson. Messrs. Lewis Harrison and Will Clark have returned home after spend ing a few days in Ocean View. A very successful Revival conducted by Rev. Mr. Johnson of the Baptist church has just closed at Enterprise. Mr. J. N. Shearin, of near Church ill, was cn our streets last Monday. Mr. J. H. Karris and W. H.Fishel were in town the first of the week. Mr. S. T. Wilson was in town -Sat-urday inspecting automobiles. Messrs. Sterling Nicholson -and John Harrison motored to Spray and hack last Thursday. Mr. R. A. King, of near Enterprise, Chirrch, had the misfortune to have one of his fine heifers injured by a passing automobile last week. Mr. W. H. Nicholson' and family have gone to Buffialo Lithia Springs to spend about two weeks. ' , ' . Mrs. Ed Williams and daughter, of Raleigh, and Marion Hill Northington, of Norfolk, are spending a few days here with Mrs. Marion Johnston. 1 be young men of the town gave a barbecue last Tuesday complimentary to the young ladies of the town. M Garland Daniel motored to Wil son last Wednesday. ' FLOWER FESTIVAL HAMLET jOWH ITEMS. - As no itmes from our little town have appeared in your columns lately, believe I'll send you a "few this week. Farms around here are looking fair ly well considering the heavy rain and then the dry spell we are now having.. We were indeed sorry to see an ac count of Mr. Wallace. Neals death. We sympathize with his people, so much, especially his gtod mothed. The beautiful Miss Emma Crawley, of Littleton, is on a two weeks visit u Mrs. B. C. Hamlet. The protracted meeting at Harris' Chapel closed last Wednesday. Bro. George Johnston, of Enfield assisted our good pastor. We had some of the finest preaching ever iistened to but didn't have any converts this time. Mr Ezra Harris has been a very frequent visitor in our town lately. Can't imagine what the attraction can be. (?) Both of the good preachers spent a night of the meeting" with Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hamlet. Some of the other visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hamlet during the protracted meeting were: Misses Thea Crawley, Ethel and Maritha Harris, Ida Shearin, of Rocky Mt.; and Lizzie Warren, Messrs. Ezra Har- riss, Sake Crawley, Talbot and Wil liam Crawley, Samuel and Henry Wal lett and Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Crawley and children. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hamlet motored to Enfield last Tuesday p. m. to take Bro. Johnston on some business, and on Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Hamlet took him to his home in En field. Quite a number of our people took in the picnic at Areola Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wood and her brother, Mr. Joe Davis, were in our town Saturday. Mr. J. A. Crawley was here Friday. Little Miss Mariam A. Hamlet re turned home with him to spend a few days. - Messrs S. dVs. W. and BrC. Ham let went to Warrenton last week. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Shearin visited in Areola last Thursday News is scarce this, time,; so I will not take up much room in yourpaper. "Eudora." QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES The Flower Festival under the di ction 'of Miss Edna Tyer was" given by twelve dainty little girls on the Parsonage lawn Thursday evening. Each little girl was daintily attired a colored costume to represent va rious flowers. Miss Bert Perry dress ed s a fairy sang "In Fairyland," A woman entered a Chicago savings bank and placed $50 in front of the teller. He pushed out the book for her signature and said, "Sign on this line." , "My whole name?" "Yes, ma'am." "Before I was married?" . "No, just as it is now." "An' my husband's name, too? Why, the man has been dead seven years!" r, " 'You should sign your name Mrs followed by your husband's name, or Mrs., Your Christian name and then your husband name, or Mrs., and your husband's full name, or you might simply sign your Christian name and your husband's surname. Write it as you are in the habit of signing it;" "I can't write." An li.nglish woman went into an egg store and asked for feh eTs. "Yes, mum, plenty," said th'? rhop man; "them with a hen on 'em are fresh" ; . "I don't see any with a hen on them," said the lady, looking, aroundf or a nest. . "The letter 'hen,' mum, not the bird. 'Hen' stands for noo-laid, mum.' Exchange. LIST OF MEN TO START TRAINING SEPT. 1ST. . . . . .. . " : - - LIST OF FIRST FIFTY PERSONS CALLED INTO THE SER VICE OF THE UNITED, STATES NOT EXEMPTED OR DISCHARGED " THESE PERSONS WILL HOLD THEMSELVES IN READINESS TO BE CALLED SEPTEMBER 1ST TO 5TH FOR ACTIVE SERVICE The following is a list of thenames and addresses of persons who have been duly and legally called for the military service of the United States, and who have not been exempted or discharged. and Miss Elizabeth Nicholson, repre senting a carnation, sang a song of welcome after which 'Miss Gl?dys Johnston, 1 representing Robin Red, welcomed all the fairy blossoms to a ball, introducing each one to the prince who in turn danced with every little flower. ." Master Ellis Farber and Miss, Fan nie Kingsland Alston dressed in goia were charmingly dressed" as Princess and Prince of Sunbeam Castle. The play closed by the blossoms d arcing the Virginia Reel, led by the Prince and Princess. - Ice cream and cake were sold for the benefit of Circle No. 6. The fol lowing little girls represented the dif ferent flowers: Misses Elizabeth Nich olson, -as carnation; Mary Louis Dow tin, as carnation; Elizabeth Smith and jMary Powell Pippin, as sweet pea; Elizabeth Burton r.nd Sallie Pippin, ,as violet; FUen Douglas Pippin, as i Tiger Lily; Evelyn Bonney, as holly- hoch; -Fannie K. Alston, as meadow daisy; Frances Burton, as rose, and Edna Burton as a rose. 1 258 3-1.1436 8 1117 9 1572 11 337 14 509 18 596 22 548 241237 27 107 291563 331266 42 437 "44 604 481066 54 433 551329 571045 58 1031 59 1331 60 487 61 1282 651536 67- 68-72- 432 18 739 771395 81 46 851636 S9 602 90 390 91 75 951419 -96 786 100 1292 101 9?2 105 868 106 332 112 552 115 298 116 675 117 1294 118 1148 124 726 125 15 1281531 130 452 131 355 1391334 1461570 George Burchette, Warren Plains, R. F. D. William Dantridge Thornton, Littleton. Warren Powell, Littleton, Stanley Williams, Elberon. Sam Holloway, Hanson. James Evans, Essex. , ' ' Willie Gregory, Littleton. ... - Herbert Fogg, Vaughan. Dennis Randolph, Af ton. Robert Arlington, Littleton. Ernest Milam, Macon. "' Green Thomas Reynolds, Inez. Richard Davis; Elberon. Ernest Jiggetts, Norlina; Willie James Paschal!, Manson, R. F. D. Manly Durham, Manson, Route 2. . Fritz A. Schuster, Norlina, Route 1. Will Newburn, Ridgeway. Horace Neal, Littleton, Route 5. Clack Robinson Stewart, Macon. Clinton Williams Egerton, Macon, RI F. D. William Russell, Wise. Thomas Henry Williams, Warrenton. William T. Davis, Elberon. Willis Faulcon Alston, Warrenton. Daniel Hargrove, Ridgeway. Samuel Stark, Elams. Sol Lindsay Alston, Inez. Robert Williams, Creek. Walter Jiggetts, Norlina, Route 1. Edward Drumgold, Vaughan. Collin Allen, Aft on. ' Ben Shearin, Warrenton. :: -. Clyde N. Johnson,. Littleton. James AllenSalmon, Merry Mount. Major Montgomery, Vaughan. John E.' Jones, Warren Plains. Raymond Camill, Manson. Clarence Conkling Fitts, Littleton. Thomas Walter Coppedge, Littleton. John Harris, Littleton, -Route 2. James Ruffin Smiley, Warren -Plains. Anthony Robert Perry, Inez. Charlie Harris, Essex. - Robert Mumford Alston, Littleton. . Ernest Watkins, Macon, Route 1. William Davis, Sirocco. George T. Dill, Manson. . . ' - James Alexander Shaw, Macon, Route 3. Whit Williams, Elberon. OUR COUNTRY. (Baxley News-Banner.) Our country is at war; The government of the United States of America is on trial for its life. It is for its people to determine whether it shall fail or whether it shall endure. What is the answer going to be? . Every nation must have a govern ing body, every government must have a "head. The governing body, the head of the American republic, the congress and the president of the United States. .On July 4, 1776, the thirteen Amer ican colonies of Great Britain declar ed their independence. War resulted. With the exception of a few Tories here and "there, the people fought as one man to maintain the independence which their delegates in " convention had declared. Victory resulted vic tory for freedom, for liberty, for democracy."-' . On April 6, 1917, the congress of the United States, f or reasons appear ing to it sufficient, declared .a state of war to exist between the government of Germany and the government of the United States. ' By that act our county became in volved in war not may become in volved, but is involved and is at war. The congress and the presiden must determine how the war shall be con ducted, what steps shall be taken. Here comes the test. V Undivided, unquestioned loyalty of every man to his country at war and to the measures taken by our duly constituted authorities for the con duct of the war, means that we shall have done our best ' fjx our country, have; done all within our power. ' Germany says that we will not tlo GYPSY TEA. Mr. and Mrs. C. E.' Jackson delight fully entertained at a Gypsy tea in honor. of Mrs. Jackson's nephew, Mr. Archie Lewis, of Stovall, on Tuesday afternoon and night. The crowd gathered at Mrs. Jack son's home at six, and then hiked out to the "Price Place," about two miles from town. - A delicious spread awaited the party here. Over two fires, built against a fallen oak, steaming, hot coffee and fish cooked to an appetizing crisp ness had been prepared. This with sandwiches, assorted pickles, loaf and corn bread made a "feed" which will be long remembered for its enjoyable ness., ' - Those in the party were: Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jackson, and Misses Jennie Jackson, Ida Jackson, of Stovall, Mar garet Hunter, of Portsmouth, Annie Burwell, Hiiah Tarwater, Mary Polk, Byrd Jones, Mary Russell and Sue Burroughs; Lieutenants Edward White and Archie Daniel, and Messrs. " Wil liam and Stephen Burroughs, William Polk, Edward Joyner, Jerman Boyd, Archie Lewis and Brodie Jones. RED J! ROSS WORK ABROAD- ; The American Red Cross Is sup porting, and will continue to support General Pjershing and - his troops in France to the limit of its power. "No need of our army which we can possibly foreseerwill be left .un covered," cables Major Grayson M.-P. Murphy, head of the Red Cross. Com missionin France. In order to facil itate his work, MajorMurphy, a West Point graduate who saw service in the Spanish-American War, has been appointed to General Pershing's staff, and the whole Red Cross campaign is being conducted with a view to the fullest co-operation with the wishes and policy of the American comman der. , ; The Red Cross hasN perfected plans to care for each contingent of troops as they land. On the route from the reception camp to the training camps, a; journey which sometimes takes 72 hours, owing to the congestion of the French railroads, there have been es tablished six"infirmaries and rest sta tions, each in charge of a trained nurse and , an -assistant, to care for soldiers who are ill on the way. When the men reach camp, the Red Cross will continue to act as a friend ly agency to supplement what the Army itself does ' to make the men comfortable-and to preserve their morale. Cigarettes to the number of a million and a half, 20,000 packages of smoking tobacco and 10,000 cuts of chewing tobacco have already been sent to France for their use. Red Cross chapters are now working up a million pounds of knitting-wool into garments for the use of both soldiers and sailors this winter, and -will keep the men supplied. - At the railroad stations where sol diers will be waiting for train con nections, as soon as the routine of al ternate trench duty, reserve duty and leave begins, the Red Cross- has arranged to provide canteens where they can rid themselves of the filth of the trenches and eat, sleep or amuse themselves in comfort. Before the first contingent sailed the men were given comfort kits, each containing "heavy socks, hand kerchiefs, wash-cloth and soap, pencil and writing- paper, a pipe and the makings, a mouth-organ or game, but tons, pins and other small articles. Further gifts will ba -sent., over in time for the Christmas celebration at the front. Fully organized base hospitals, pre pared for any emergency that the ex peditionary force may meet, are now in France. These units were recruit ed by the Red Cross. The surgeons were drawn from the cream of the medical profession of the United States; the nurses were specially se lected for. their fitness for this duty f rpm those who had been enrolled, in accordance with rigid requirements, by the Red Cross. Thirteen thous and thoroughly capable trained nurses are now enlisted for such service as may become necessary. Hospital supplies, drugs and instru ments have been sent to France, and additional consignments will be ship ped s they are called for ..by Major Murphy. Some of them will be made in France at workshops which the Red" ! Cross will maintain. Through tho Red Cross chapters and the Surgical t ; :i-4- 1 : J with the Red Cross, hospital garments and dressings are being made- contin ually in this country and will be for warded to France as needed. ' Dr. Edward T. Devine, director of the New York School of Philanthropy, has just sailed for France to study methods of restoring to self-support and usefulness men who 'have been crippled or blinded.. A' Red Cross In stitute, "f or which Jeremiah Milbank of New York has given $50,000K will be established in New York in accor dance with the results of his investi gations. If Americans are captured, there is a Red Cross Bureau already organized at Berne which will maintain commun ication between prisoners in Germany and their homes in the United States, and" will forward the supplies and foodstuffs which the men in the Ger man prison camps will need. WHAT WE HAVE DONE. this, says that we are a peace-loving, money-loving people, and that we will not flight; that we will not be loyal to our government, that we will- get' up dissensions amongourselves, that we will be like scattered sheep and .will amount to nothing in the hands of her trained armies. If Germany's predictions prove true, the government of .the United States of America crumbles to dust. v. The home of the brave and the tree and the land of the brave ceases to be. A kindly people, a jjeace-loving peo ple, devoted to the pursuits, of peace It is four months since we declared that' war existed between Germany and the United States. Let us consid er what we have accomplished during those months toward winning the war. We have recruited our standing army and our militia forces up to war strength; we have, therefore, about 700,000 soldiers already under arms; those who are not veterans are under going the final training that will pre pare them for the front. - We have registered all tle young men.in the third decade of their lives, and drawn nearly. 700,000 of them to form a new army, the training of which is to begin in a very few weeks. We. have built thirty-two great training camps for the use of our sol diers in as many different parts of the. country. We have given three months or more of special training to between 40,000 and 50,000 young men to fit them to become officers. We have already sent one division of regular troops to France and more are on the way. It is probable that ye shall have 150,000 men on the fight" ing line before snow falls and be tween 500,000 and 1,000,000 there by next spring. Our first detachment i3 already at the front. We have sent over, scores of hospit al units, with surgeons, nurses and supplies, and we have dispatched to France, to England and to Russia special corps of foresters, raisway workersNand engineers, who are help ing mightly in their own way behind the battle line. Wo have sent across the ocean squadron of destroyers that have done valuable" service in the campaign against the submarines, and v.e are building and have nearly completed some 500 additional craft that are es pecially designed for attacking sub marines. ' Our navs patrols the Atlantic and is ready for battle duty whenever it is called on. ' We have organized the work of building merchant ships ; raoi e than four hundred are already under way, and the number will increr.se fast as new facilities are provided. We have appropriated trio money for a f leefof 20,000 airships and have begun to train the men who are to be their pilots. We have established a National De fense, a Purchasing Board and a. Com missioner for .ther Control cf Food, all patriotic and experienced business men, who are introducing into all our military preparations and order liness and throughness such as never was known, in any of our previous wars. We have raised a lean of 5'2,000,-000,000- without difficulty and ara ready to absorb another. We have found the money for our own prepara tions and i lent money in considarable amounts to our allies, as they have needed it. " As a nation we have undertaken the support of the Belgians; we have sent a medical mission to France to help light tuberculoisis, which has become so terrible' a plague since the war be gan; we have sent aid, financial, in dustrial and political, to Russia. There is nothing of the glory and glamour of war about this summary of accomplishment. We have won no victories in the field, we have hard ly fired our first shot against the ene my. We have had all the foundations to lay, and we consider how mighty a task lies before us and how utterly unprepared-we were for it the labor of laying the foundation seems to us to'Have been done systematically, c?.re" fully and with reasonable speed. For tunately, we have had allies who could hold, the line wdiile we' made ready. But very soon now the period of prep aration will be over; America will stand forth, armed at last, and ready to bear its part in the fray. May that part be worthy of the history, the ideals and the might of our country! Youths' Companion with no thought, no preparation of var, when in the providence of God war does net come, we do not respond practically as one man with whole hearted devotion, with whole-hearted loyalty, with whole-hearted obedience t to our country and to its governing 1 authorities,, we become as naught. We may disagree, we may debate, we may consider until action is taken,and then as one man,, with closed lips, with" determined purpose, with brave hearts, it is for us to lay our all, on the altar of our country, glad of the opportunity to give our all, cf our fathers, our sons, our daughters, our husbands, our means, our lives, our last drop, of blood, in the defense of our God-given land of freedom and light. " Criticize the draft law or other laws passed for a proper conduct of the war? God pity us! Resist or talk about resisting any- action our gov ernment may deem best in our coun try's defense, whether to go to Eng land, or to France, or toRussia, or to Siberia, or to the uttermost end.i of the earth? May the great God have mercy upon us! May our people think, may our peo ple consider and may they not fall into the snares being laid for their feet and for their country's life.

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