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VOL. XXII
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WARRENTON, N- C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 1917
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FOUR THINGS 111 A FOUR
MINUTE TALK
Four-Minute Men" organiza
is bringing into the services of tne
tl0tvnment many able speakers at
etures houses of the
iVg niu"'& r I
These speakers talk upon
country
connected with the position and
topics
s of the United States in the
1 -v
r with Germany, each talk of four
the moving picture houses
owners and managers cooperating in
the work.
Under the direction of the Saleigh
.four-Minute Men" Committee: R. S.
Rrsbee, chairman; George J. Ramsey
e71a Willis C. Smith, many Raleigh j
men are speaking eacn weeK at tne
moving picture houses here, being in
troduced by announcement slides. On
Friday night at the Superba the four
minute talk of Hon. R. M. Simms pre
sented most aptly some most import
ant points, being' heard with great in-
terest. Mr. simms saia:
In the four minutes time allotted
to me, there are four things I wish to
say:
First: We should recognize that this
occasion has been arranged for us by
our best friend. The best earthly
friend that every citizen of the; United
States has is the Government of tne
United States of America. We ought
to he gfod that we have a government
great enough, brave ' enough, wise
enough, and strong enough, not only
to care for us in time of peace but to
protect us in time -of war. It contin
ually preserves to us our life, our
liberty, and our pursuit of happiness.
We ought continually to feel in our
hearts a Hurrah for Uncle Sam!
Second: Loyalty to our Government !
demands that we shall no longer de
bate whether or not we ought to have
entered the war. There was a time
when such debate was proper but that
time passed the instant that our Giv
ernment declared that we were at
war with Germany. Such debate now
is close akin to treason. Away with
such traitorous talk!
Third: Good sense demands that we
do not waste time discussing how we
happen to get into the war but father
that we busy ourselves to win the war.
The study of history is an interesting
thing, but this is no time to study his- i
This is the time to make his-
tory. It is no time to philosophize
It is time to fight. The man who
wastes his time speculating as to
these matters is as foolish as one stop
ping in front of a house afire and re
fusing to lift his hand to help until it
is explained to him how the fire hap
pened to start. It was said that a cer
tain highly intelligent professor could
not learn to ride a bycycle because he
would sit on the thing and work his
mind when he ought to be vorking his
legs.
Fourth: Our duty demands that we
keep a brave heart about our soldier
toys. A gentleman in this State, when
invited to speak asked what they
Wanted him to talk about, and they
said: "For Heaven's sake come down
aa satisfy these people that all the
en wno are drafted will not be killed.
They are talking about them as if they
"ere already dead men." jnow tnere
are several things to consider in re
gard to this.
One is that the men may never go
to the fields of France, though we
would like to see them hit the battle
line of Europe hard for the sake of a
better settlement. It is quite possible
tRat the Pope's proposal will start in
Progress discussions which will result
111 a council of peace. Then begins the
Parliament of man and the federation j
Uhe world.
Bjt if the boys go to the fields of '
France they will not all be killed. The
te of mortality in this war among
tne Allies is 60 men out of 1000, which
6 ou of 300, or only one out of six
en Men of the same age in times
Peace die at the rate of 8 in 1000.
e War statistics cover nearly three
J'ears of mortality combined. The
Pace rate of mortality is for only one,
o that the mortality is really not
three times as great in the war
"i peace. The best statisticians
vie that in the heavy artillery ser
ameo the rate of mortality is as low as
serv?8 ra51roacl emPloyees in freight
a ti!06' ere arc only two men in
ousand that lose a limb in this
and' 6 are only 150 in a thous"
of TV1WUnded and because of the skill
. modem surgery and the good nus
alj f ofJ!e by the Red Cross practically
So . men return to the service.
Bent.'! m,en who 2 to France are not
8ent,eced to death.
bnti, v ' 1X ls to be remembered
of duf -them and by "s that the place
wjA13 the Pce of safety a thing
hicfc t l iace 01 safety a thing
nce heard Governor Aycock
GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION
North Carolina is about to send
twenty-five thousand men into battle.
These men are making the supreme
sacrifice that forever hereafter the
wisdom of the many shall determine
fthe decrees of nations. TWv o-A tr
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xxiciivc wrtj. uxi wax. nmy jjo to destroy
with the sword the government that
maintains that the sword is, and of
right out to be, the final arbiter of a
nation's rights.
When the government that defies
war shall perish in war then war will
come no more upon the earth.
It is fit that these guarantors of the
world's peace should be sustained by
the love and prayers of all good men:
Now, Therefore, I, Thomas Walter
Bickett, Governor of North Carolina,
do request the people of the State:
First, to assemble on Saturday, the
first day of September, in township
and school district meetings, and hold
patriotic exercises in honor of the men
we are sending to the front;
Second, on Sunday, September 2nd,
let special religious services-be held
in all the churches in the State, and
let all good men pray for the safety
and success of the men who are going
into battle that lasting peace may
come upon the land;
Third, That on Labor Day, Septem
ber 3rd, appropriate patriotic exercis
es be held in every county seat in the
State and let the men who have been
drafted into the public service be the
guests of honor at these exercises.
Done at our city of Raleigh this the
twenty-fifth day of August,in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and seventeen, and in the one hundred
and forty-second year of our Ameri
can Independence.
T. W. BICKETT,
Governor.
By the Governor: .
Santford Martin,
Private Secretary.
CONTRIBUTIONS
The following is the Children's Day
Report for Warrenton Circuit:
1914 1915 1916 1917
$37.50 $33.50 $38.21 $51.25
For 1917 by churches is as follows:
Hebron $11.50
Macon 13.00
j Warren Plains 11.10
Warranton . .. . 15.65
Total , $51.25
MEETING AT HEBRON
Hebron is the only exclusively coun
try church on the Warrenton Circuit,
and has a membership of nearly two
hundred. The protracted meeting held
there last week was the fourth one
conducted by the present pastor, and
ws one of the best of the four meet
ings. The daily order was one ser
vice at 3:30 in the afternoon. The
attendance was very encouraging thru.
out. Many were received, and . nine
new members were received on pro
fession of faith. ' v
Other meetings to begin: Warren
Plains Sept. 20th, 1917; Macon, Oct.
g p m. Warrenton, October 14th
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There possibly will be some flying
trips to Washington from this State t
secure that aviation field which the
Government is likely to extablish in
North Carolina. Ex.
declare, and which is a fundamental
proposition of life. The men who are
drafted, and we folks at home, should
feel that the man whose duty is in the
trenches is safer on the war-swept
fields of France than he would be in
a cornfield of America.
The boys will come back home. They
will not all be killed; and they will not
all marry French women, either. My
what men they will be when they do
return! They will be "F. F. V.'s" of
the finest kind. "
Favored men. Stronger physically
than ever before. Stronger mentally
than ever before. Stronger morally,
let's hope, than when.they-went away,
having safely met and resisted power
ful temptations. Stronger win tney
be in the public favor than any other
class of our citizenship.
Famous men. Men who have fought
in the greatest of all wars. Other
wars have settled the destiny of a sec
tion, this war settles the destiny of
the world.
Victorious men. Surely they will
return as victors. They fight for noth-
mg less tnan me nueii
they fight for the right and they are
bound to win. . So, let us keep a brave
heart about our soldier boys. Robert
N. Simms, of Raleigh, in News & Ob-
server.
MARMADUKE ITEMS
Mrs. Rob Davis with her married
daughter and her two children are vis-
'iting Mrs. S. K. Clark this week.
They are from Newport News.
Miss Sallie Powell and sister Eva
spent Thursday and Friday with their
sister, Mrs. J. C. Pridgen.
Mr, E. F. Reavis and family were
called to the bedside of his sick moth
er last week. We are glad to report
that she is better.
Mr. W. H. Quails, wife and baby,
J. Howard Crawley and wife brought
Miss Ruby Clark home from Essex
Sunday, where she has been visiting
relatives the past fortnight.
Owing to the small attendance there
was no Sunday School held here Sun
day afternoon. Let's do better next
time.
Mrs. R. P. Davis is on the sick list
at this writing.
Mr. M. C. Duke and family spent
Sunday afternoon with her people.
Mrs. M. T. Duke is on the sick list.
NORLINA CANNING CLUB
"Where are you going to my pretty
maid?"
I'm going to the Canning Club, sir,
she said."
This was the slogan, heard by the
passers by, early Monday morning,
August 13th, as a bevy of pretty mai
dens and dignified matrons wended
their way to "Roslyn Place," the beau
tiful country home of Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen W. Rose, where extensive
preparations had been made for an
all day canning demonstration under
the skillful direction of Mrs. Will Con
nell, of Warren Plains, County Dem
onstrator. It was a veritable treat to see the
large amount of vegetables and fruits
which were unloaded from the differ
ent automobiles at the Spring, where
the canning was being done by the
different members, looking fresh and
clean at their work, with an expres
sion of satisfaction that comes with
the knowledge of a task well done,
for had not Uncle Sam said: "Let no
fruit nor vegetables be wasted this
year!" -.- '- . -, -r ":
Thus here they wereturning "Waste
into wealth."
No more beautiful day could have
been asked of our Southern clime and
as the hands on the dial pointed to 12
o'clock, we were greeted by -tempting
odors of steaming hot coffee and many
other good things cooked to a turn by
"Steve" the head cook. Tables were
cleared, boxes and baskets opened and
soon all were partaking of a sumptu
ous repast. As we viewed the work
of our hands at the close of the day,
we felt we need not be afraid to place
our cans side by side with the best
goods sold under leading brands and
invite comparison.
Let us venture a prediction: The day
is near at hand when the farmers and
their families will be doing the can
ning . business for the entire world.
"R. P."
GET SCHOOL HOUSE READY
The State Board of Health is urging
that school house be put in order now,
that all repairs be made before school
starts, and particularly that the san
itation of the school and grounds be
looked after. Some of the things nec
essary to be done are suggested in the
following questions which every school
board must answer:
Is the water supply of your school
clean and safe? Does it contain sur
face drainage ?
Have you sanitary means for the
disposal of sewage ? Would the State
Board of Health approve of your me
thods ? Have you two closets, one for
either sex?
Is the school yard well drained and
a safe place for children to play :
Is the school building well lighted
and well ventilated so that your chil
dren will not injure their, eyes or suf
fer for fresh air?
Are the windows made so that thfcy
will raise from the bottom or lower
from the top? Are panes in all the
frames? Are there deflectors for the
windows which admit fresh air without
creating a draft ?
Are there comfortable desks for all
the children ? Is there sufficient black
board space ?
What are the arrangements for heat
ing the school?
. These questions should be answered
satisfactorily by every member of the
board before school starts. The health
of school children is more important
today than it ever was. " Too many
boys are denied the honor of serving
their country when it needs them -be
cause of defects and .disease that were
probably encountered in school. Any
way they were not remedied there.
GROVE HILL ITEMS
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Right many from around here at
tended service at Areola Sunday af teri
noon.
Miss Lillian Hardy is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. R. T.' Harris this week.
Miss Eunice and Addie Hardy spent
from Friday until Sunday with their
grandmother, of near Aspen.
Misses Emma and Essie Ayscue, of
near Woodland, spent from Sunday un
til Wednesday with relatives around
Grove Hill.
Miss Myrtle Stallings spent from
Friday until Sunday with relatives at
this place. ,
Mr. Joe and little son, Ollie Stal
lings, spent a few hours in the home
of Mr. W. T. Hardy Wednesday. ;
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Harris and R.
T. Hardy spent Sunday with rela
tives around this place.
Mrs. John Odom, of Hollister, spent
a part of this week visiting relatives
around Grove Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Skillman visit
ed in the home of Mrs. Jessie Shear
in of near Vaughan Sunday.
Miss Essie and Mr. Martin Lam
bert spent Thursday night in the home
of Mr. T. J. Stallings of near Embro.
Mr. Horace Neal, of Aspen, and W.
B. Hardy, of Grove Hill, spent Satur
day night and Sunday in Rosemary.
They report a lively time.
We are glad to say that we had a
large attendance at our Sunday school
Sunday. I Come again.
Best wishes to the Warren Record.
' : DEW DROP.
DO YOU RAISE HOGS?
Raleigh, Aug. 27th With $19.00
hogs a reality and $20 hogs being talk"
ed in the large markets and with four
packing houses under way or assured
in the State, North Carolina farmers
ere preparing to help supply the coun
try's demand for pork and share in
the large profits that will be incident
to the operation. '
Governor T. W. Bickett, "he Agri
cultural Extension Service and th
State Food Conservation Commission
since spring-' haye been urging the
saving anJUbreeding of all sows as one
means of meeting the food situation.
Even before that agricultural and
livestock leaders had emphasized the
practicability of largely increasing the
number of hogs as a profitable branch
of farm activity in the State. The
farmers have been awake to their op
portunity and a tremendous- increase
in the hog population in the State is
resulting. ' . -
Mr. T. B. Parker, head of Farmers' ,
Institute Work in North Carolina, has
estimated that North Carolina s hog'. , ,. , -n
, . . .mg duplication. Such auxiliaries will
crop during the coming season will not i . . i -j xi. t j
, , o eAA nnn ,.,.,, retain, their name and idenity, the Red
hogs. When it is remembered that
the total number of hogs in North
Carolina January 1 was 1,550,000, it
can be seen that the percentage of in
crease is great, being nearly 66 2-3
per cent. This crop of hogs at pres
ent will be worth more than $85,000,
000. If the price of hogs passes the
$20 mark, the hog crop, as is estimat
ed by Mr. Parker would be worth ap
proximately $100,000,000.
The possibilities of the hog raising
industry are almost unlimited. If
pastures and feed were available it
would be very easy to quadruple the
number of hogs in the State within a
year. Hogs quickly mature and are
prolific, ten to twelve pigs a year be
ing a conservative estimate for each
brood sow kept. Moreover, they are
easily raised since pasture crops may
be provided which will keep them
growing during practically every
month of the year. Another very de
cided advantage in hog raising is the
ease with which the farmer with limit
ed means can get a start, the amount
of capital required for breeding stock
being negligible when compared with
even one year's results.
One thing that is absolutely neces
sary for the farmer who expects to
make good profits on ho.gs is careful
planning of pasture crops. In our
open climate, hogs may be pastured'
practically twelve months in the year.
Nc section of the, globe has a larger
variety of crops" suitable for pastur
ing hogs. It is easy to provide crops
for all seasons but this is a matter
that demands the right sort of at
tention at the right time. Probably
no Southern State has a swine expert
who can hold a candle to Dan Gray of
the North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion, and the services of Mr. Gray and
his assistants are available to North
Carolina farmers at all times. Bul
letins and circulars prepared by Mr.
Gray and under his supervision may
be secured for the asking.
The scattering opposition to the
draft has about blown over. Clipping.
RED CROSS HEWS COLUMN
The Red Cross News letters are
received frequently from Washington.
They contain interesting informa
tion about the splendid work being
done by the American Red Cross.
These letters will be printed regu
larly, and it is sincerely hoped that
all readers of the Warren Record will
enjoy these interesting letters.
Washington, August 1917 The Am
erican Red Cross, through its General
Manager Harvey D. Gibson, today is
sued a statement to the 2,300 Red
Cross Chapters throughout the United
States, setting forth the procedure the
Red Cross will follow in relation to
other war relief societies. "
The Red Cross will, from time to
time, supply its Chapters and Soci
eties of which it may have 1 record,
the following information:
1. Names of particular classes of
articles most needed and the total
amount required. -
2. Amount of each class of article
which the different chapters or the
different societies will be asked to
produce. .
3. The time in which it is desired
such articles shall be made and de
livered to the Red -Cross.
Present needs are especially for
knitted articles, surgical dressings,
hospital garments and comfort bags,
in the order named.
After expert study and consultation
with physicians, surgeons and other
relief societies, complete standarized
directions for making the articles men
tioned have been prepared. Stand
ard patterns have been adopted for all
hospital garments required, and all
pattern companies will issue identical
patterns, which will be known as "Red
Cross Patterns." Any garments made
according to these patterns will be ac
ceptable to the Red Cross.
Until these new directions and pat
terns are in the hands of Red Cross
Chapters, any of the above articles
made by other societies will be accept
ed by Red Cross Chapters, if offered
to them, handled on the same basis as
Red Cross articles, and without ex
pense to, such contributing society de
livered to the nearest Red Cross "sup-""
ply station.
The general policy of the Red Cross
on this subject is set forth by Henry
P. Davidson, Chairman of the War
Council, in the following statement:
"The Red Cross seeks to encourage
the. efforts of all relief organizations.
It is hoped that all such organizations,
which are manufacturing materials for
hospitals or other relief work among
our allies in Europe, may become aux-
Cross will assist them in making their
work effective, and with such affiilia
tion the' Red Cross will transport their
materials to Europe free of charge,
and see to it that such materials are
properly distributed.
. "Many war relief organizations have
solicited contributions in kind. Some
of the articles solicited have been nec
essary; others, while given in a spirit
of fine generosity, have not necessar
ily been of great benefit. Yet other
articles have been sent to Europe
which were not needed at all.
- "Pressure upon shipping space has
become very intense, and it is abso
lutely necessary that for the present
nothing be shipped abroad which is
not imperatively needed. Ocean ship
ping difficulties become greater each
day the submarine warfare is contin
ued. The Red Cross cannot provide
shipping arrangements, for articles
other than those which its investiga
tions in Europe show to be required
there.
"It is the hope that organizations
which have devoted themselves mere
ly to collecting funds will, after hav
ing used their present funds according
to the designation of the donors, di
vert their efforts to soliciting funds
which may be utilized along lines for
which experience acquired abroad
shows a paramount need to exist.
"The Red Cross has assumed ad
ministration of the War Relief Clear
ing House in France, and will con
tinue its functions. By reason of the
great pressure on the French rail
ways, it will be impossible for the
War Relief Clearing House to ar
range free transportation after Sep
tember 1 for articles other than those
which may be designated as essential
in the present emergency.
"In the meantime, the American
Red Cross has been co-operating suc
cessfully with the War Relief Clear
ing House in the United States in as
sisting the various relief organizations
to obtain the utmost possible space for
shipping to Europe from American
ports. Everything offered thus far has
been shipped abroad. V
BOARD WRITES ABOUT
WATER SUPPLY
The following letter in connection
with our water supply shows how ac
tive the State Board of Health is, and
endorses the position taken by this
paper of the need of a resevoir or a
more adequate water supply for an
emergency:
Mr. John Palmer, Mayor,
Warrenton, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Report has just reached
this office that the operation of your
waterworks lias been seriously inter
f erred with by the breakdown of some
piece of machinery or equipment con
nected with your well or pump.
So far as we can learn, it appears
that you have but one well and one
pump in .connection with your water
works. I am writing to ask if ar
rangements cannot be made whereby
you can have this equipment in dupli
cate so that you Can arrange to use
one well while the other is being re
pared and also so that you may use
both wells during a fire. You will
readily appreciate that it is highly
dangerous to have a public water
supply in a town, then after the peo
ple have started to use the public sup
ply generally and have abandoned the
use of private wells serious damage
may result from the return to the use
of these private wells in emergencies
of this kind.
While we learn that you are con
templating using a well at an ice
plant, we have no assurance of the
purity of this well, and while it is pos
sible to urge the people to boil all
water used for drinking and domestic
purposes, we can hardly expect that
everybody will follow out these sug
gestions, hence the danger of the sit
uation. I shall thank you to advise me fully
in regard to the equipment at your
waterworks, and also whether or not
there is any sentiment or any move
ment on foot in your town' to install
duplicate well, duplicate pumping sys
tems and an adequate reservoir which
might enable you to be carried across
similar merg'eneiesnv the -future or
help out materially in the case of a
fire. j .
Thanking you for the courtesy of this
information,
I am,
Yours very truly,
WARREN. H. BOOKER,
Chief of Bureau.
Augst 25, 1917.
Uncle Sam is not only supply wheat
to the Allies, but he is furnishing them
with the "dough" and the Baker.
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"It should be understood, however,
that the situation as to relief organizations-
which prevails now as com
pared with that before the declaration
of war by the United States, is wholly
different. Prior to that time the Am
erican Red Cross had to be neutral,
whereas the . various relief organiza
tions were under no such obligation.
With our entry into the war, the Red
Cross became free to exert itself in
any way which, within the scope of
its general activities, might aid our
allies and allied peoples.
"We earnestly hope that no one will
feel that the Red Cross desires to do
anything but help. The Red Cross is
an American institution, chartered by
the United States Government, and
the President of the United States is
its President. The organization be
longs to the American people, and it
seeks in this great world emergency
to do nothing more and nothing less
than to co-ordinate the generosity and
the effort of our people; toward a
chieving a supreme aim."
COMFORT BAGS
All who are making Comfort Bags
for the men in Company H. are re
quested to leave them at Miss Effie
Ellington's store, by Thursday, Au
gust 30th.
The Red Cross is anxious that not
one man be overlooked'. Aren't there
others who want to fill a Comfort
Bag ? If so, see Miss Macon at Miss
Ellington's store.
NEW MEMBERS
The following new members have
just been added to the Red Cross Ron:
Miss Lucy Ford,
Miss Kate Macon,
Mrs. Leon Banzet, , j
Miss Maria D. Graham,
Miss Laura Daniel,
Miss Estelle Davis, ; v-
Mrs. J. W. Chalmers,
Miss Sallie Allen,
Mrs. A. C. Blalock.
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