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VOL. XXII
(TUESDAY)
" WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24TH, 1917
FRIDAY)
.Number 99
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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.