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VOL. XXII
(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1917
(FRIDAY)
Number 106
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CALLS HAULT ON
NATIONAL RED
CROSS EXPENSES.
FOREST FIRES IN
CO. LAST YEAR.
HARD WORK BE
FORE FOOD COM.
NEWS FROM TnE
CAUSES OF OUR
BEING AT WAR.
COUNTY QUARRELS
BOYS IN CAMP.
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Supt. Jones Again Makes A Plea j
to the People of the County
For Peace and Progress
o-ain I make this appeal to the
citizens of Warren. Let us have
Peace! ' " ' .
Life is too short, the education of
oUr children too important, and the
conflict of the World in arms too
stupendous and heart-rending for the
citizens of Warren to spend their time
in bickering andfault finding over
who shall direct the public schools of
the County, or for that matter, who
shall be Sheriff, Register h of Deeds,
Clerk of the Court, Auditor, or County
Commissioners. The men in office
are discharging their respective du
ties. I know that I am doing my best
to discharge my duty .That that best is
satisfactory to the School officials of
the County and to a large majority
of the tax payers and the mothers of
the children of the County is evidenc
ed by the result of the recent -ordeal
through which I have had to pass.
The most gratifying event of my re
cent trial before the County Board,
was the fact that out of eighty-four
committeemen and one hundred and
twenty eight teachers not one single
man or woman .of the two hundred
and twelve would volunteer his or her
services in the. effort to remove me
as head of public education in War
ren county.
It is especially gratifying to me
that Governor Bickett, Attorney-General
Manning, Treasurer Lacy, Col.
Wood, State Auditor; Colonel Grimes,
Secretary of State and Dr. J. Y. Joy
ner, State Superintendent of Public
Instruction composing the State
Board of Education unanimously en
dorsed the action of the County Board
in its findings that: "After hearing
the evidence and investigating th3
facts in this matter it is adjudged that
the charges are not sufficient to dis
miss Superintendent Jones from office
as Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion of Warren, County, and that the
charges be dismissed."
Thus the matter of the charges is
ended, and so, far as I am concerned
ended, "with malice toward none, ana
charity for all." Let us have peac,eT.'
HOWARD F. JONES,
Superintendent.
WORDS OF PRAISE
FITLY SPOKEN.
An Appreciation of the High
Worth and Great Character
of Dr. T. J. Taylor.
Why shouldn't the "oil of praise be
saved to anoint the dead with"? why
not tell the living that we love and
appreciate them?
I have often thought that when Dr.
Taylor dies that the papers are going
to be full of accounts of him; every
body is going to have something , nice
to say about him because everybody
loves him. Why not say some of
those nice things now, while he 4s
aMe to appreciate them ? And . why
wait until his warm, responsive heart
beats no more. A smile or kind word
while we are living will do us, more
good than all" of the tears arid flowers
will after we; .are dead. i
Therefore, Mr. Taylor, we want you
to know now, while you are living,
that all of us love and appreciate you,
for the noble, uplifting life you have
Jived among .us. Many a time, we
have been to church when the cares
of life were pressing hard, when the
sun in our horizon was low, and you
have lifted us on a higher plane or
tiyiag and pointed us to the "Son of
Righteousness" that will, shine thru
eternity.
alone can estimate the good
you have done among us, and when
your "outgrown shell is left by life's
resting sea," may you be able to
Wt'ap the drapery of your couch
doout you as one who lies down to
Pleasant dreams." In the Home of
Father, may you be reunited with
all of
your loved ones.
But
FOr lYlnniT j .-i -i a
y jfcais io come tne longest
6Pan of life seems too short for sme.
A METHODIST.
National Headquarters Gives Out
Statement About Expendi
ture of Maintenance Fund
Henry P. Davidson, Chairman of the
Red Cross War Council, authorizes the
f ollowing:
It is the plan of the War Council of
the. Red Cross, to publish monthly a
statement concerning its finance and
administration, and every detail which
may be found to be of interest to the
public will be made known. The fol
lowing facts concerning salaries paid
by the Red Cross may prove of inter
est to the public.
One year ago, on a peace basis, with
only about 200 Chapters and a little
over 200,000 members, with annual
funds of only a few hundred thousand
dollars, the Red Cross employed at
its headquarters in Washington 75
paid officers and employes, of whom
29 received salaries of from $2,000 to
$7,500. . ..
At the present time, with the Red
Cross on a war footing, with 2,600
Chapters to administer, 3,621,011 mem
bers and a war fund of $100,000,000
pledged, Red Cross National Head
quarters employs 624 paid officers ana
employes, of whom 46 are paid sal
aries of $2,000 a year or more..
In other words, since war was de
clared, 559 paid officers and employes
have been added to Red Cross Head
quarters' staff, and of that number
17 receive salaries of from $2,00.0 to
$6,000 a year. The highest salary ad
ded since war was declared is $6,000.
The highest paid official in the Na
tional . organization received $7,500,
and he was on the staff on. a peace
basis. .- ' '" v
Of those receiving less than $2,000
a year, 49 now receive salaries of over
a hundred dollars a month. There are
38 clerks being paid one hundred dol
lars, while clerks and messengers re
ceiving less than $100, number 491.
In addition to paid officers and em
ployes in National Headquarters,' the
number of full time volunteers now
contributing their services to the Red
Cross "is 77. Practically all the im
portant administrative positions creat
ed since war was declared are filled
by volunteers.
During the last month, although the
number of Red Cross members has
increased from 2,547,412 to 3,621,011
and, the administrative work at Na
tional Headquarters has increased
substantially, the number of paid em
ployes has decreased from 707 to 624.
This is partly to be accounted for by
the decentralization of the work
among thirteen territorial divisions
under a new plan of organization
adopted by the War Council.
Farmers Donate to
The Red Cross Fund
A List of Farmers Who Helped
the Red Cross By Donating
' Tobacco Last Week.
Miss Sue Burroughs and Mrs. M.
Q. McGuire Were actively engaged last
week in soliciting1 tobacco from the
farmers at the warehouses here for
the Red Cross.
They were at the warehouses three
days the past week, and found the
farmers willing to ; give when once
they understood what they were giv
ing for. About $60.00 was realized
for the Red Cross in this manner.
Those giving tobacco the past week
were: Robert Jiggetts, J. M. Russell,
A. W. Hall, Sidney Jiggetts, George
Carroll, Peter Allen, Lewis Bullock,
John Burchett, Brame and Collins,
Peter Tucker, Rose Algood, Wood &
Frazier, J. K. Pinnell, W: J. Pinnell,
Charlie Young, Buck Carter, Tom
Powell, Burwell & Petaway, R. B. Rob
inson, J. H. Jeffress, Emmett Durham,
Emmett Jefferson, Bristo Alston, Ay
cock and Fields, J.' H. Harris, Albert
Davis, Emma Dunston, , Will Harris,
W G. Bobbitt, Willie Ham, W. S.
Green, L E. Thompson, R. J. Alexan
der, William Green, Early Allen, Geo.
Burchett, King and Talley, J. W. Ar
thur, E. R. Walker, W.A. Quincey,
Tom Billups, John Green, Perkinson
and Kittrell, S. G. Griggs and son
Mary. Robinson, John - Lewister, and
Walter Alston.
Warren. County People Can Not
Afford to be Indifferent to ;
Destructive For'st Fires
The reports on forest fires during
1916 by the various townships of
Warren County have been received
and compiled by the State Forester.
Twelve correspondents replied from
6 townships, who reported 68 fires
which burned over 2,100 acres. It is
estimated that 217,000 feet of mer
chantable timber were destroyed, val
ued at $2,170; and that 1,100 acres of
young growth were burned over, val
ued at $6,700. Other products and
improvements destroyed by these fires
such as cordwood, lumber, etc., am
ounted to $10,835; and it is estimated
that $205 was spent in an effort to various activities whose coopeiation
extinguish t these fires. This makes will be effective, in carrying out the
a total estimated loss of $20,910 from ! programme of the Food Administra
these fires. - -J. tor. The, executive committee consists
A study of the causes of these fires of the following named: Dr. B. W.
shows that 29 were caused by burning Kilgore, Dr.' J. Y Joyner, Dr D H
brush, 1 was set by hunters, 1 by Hill, Major W. A. Graham,, Dr. Clar-
campers, 5 by railroads, 7 from lum
bering camps, 2 were incendiary, 18
of unknown origin, arid , 5 not speci
fied. ' Xi : w .
The people of Warren County can
not be indifferent to such losses, es
pecially when those best informed
upon the matter claim that most of
these fires, could have been prevented
by proper measures.
When it is realiized that one of
the State's chief assets in her forests
and that many of her principal indus
tries are dependent upon the products
of these forests, the jeopardizing not
only of our present timber supply but
also of our future supplies becomes n
very serious matter. The establish
ment of an eective system of forest
fire patrol by the State would do much
toward eliminating the waste, and in
view . of the fact that .fires do -not
recognize state or county lines, such
a system should be under State super,
vision. It is hoped that the people of
Warren County will " become aroused
to the situation and see to it that
their representatives in the next Leg
islature are alive to the importance
of this question.
STATE SUSTAINS CO.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Charges Preferred Against Supt
Jones Dismissed Friday By
State Board Education.
Raleigh, N. C,
' September 15th, 1917
Mr. Howard F. Jones,
Secretary. County Board Education,
Warrenton, North Carolina.
Dear Sir:
I beg to notify you, and
through you, the County Board of Ed
ucation, that on September 14th the
case on appeal from the action of the
County Board of Education of Warren
County in re the charges against How
ard F. Jones, County Superintendent,
for removal from office under section
4126 of the Public School Law, was
heard by the State Board of Education
and after consideration the case and
of the argument of the attorneys for
both sides, the following motion was
unanimously passed:
"Moved that the State Board of
Education finds no sufficient grounds
for disturbing the findings and con
clusions of the County Board of Edu
cation of Warren County, and they are
therefore, affirmed."
You can file this letter with the
record of the case in your office. -Very
truly yours,
(Signed) J. Y. JOYNER, .
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Jewish Holidays in the Army.
There are now so many Jewish sol
diers in the U. S. Army that Jewish
holidays have to be recognized. Fur
loughs were given from noon Sept 16
to the morning of Sept. 19th, to ob
serve the Jewish New Year and the
Day of Atonement.
U.S. Loans to Italy
The United States Government has
lent Italy $55,000,000 more, making
$255,000,000 up to September 15th.
North Carolina Food Adminis
tran Outlines The Work of
: The People at Home, i
Raleigh, September 18th The" ma
chinery forx the mobilization and util
ization of the nonmiltary forcesj of
North Carolina for home service; in
the World War is being rapidly per
fected by State Food Administrator,
Henry A. Page. '
Mr. Page has called to the executive
secretaryship of his organization, Mr.
John Paul Lucas, of Charlotte, who
directed the effective campaign of the
North Carolina , Food Conservation
Commission during the summer. He
has appointed an executive committee
consisting principally of the heads of
ence Poe, Mrs. Jane S McKimmon,
Mr. W. C. Crosby and Mr. James H.
Poll. . !
Mr- Page's work is the organization
of North Carolina into shape to do its
part toward feeding the United States
anjl . the Allies so long as the war
shall last. This must be done by
sending the Allies wheat, beef, pork,
dairy products and sugar. The solu
tion individually is to eat less of these
and more of other foods, eliminating
waite always. Te enjoins upon all
families the salvage of bread and ce
reals by having one wheatless meal a
day. . Corn, rye, and mixed cereal for
muffins and breads in place of wheat
bread are suggested as substitutes.
These work no hardship in a country
which has so many substitutes for
wheat bread.
ttr'Page- 'ia-xirngr--the"greater,use
of poultry, fish and rabbits as substi
tutes for the beef, mutton and pork
which must go to the Allies in great
er quantities. He asks the freer use
of soups and beans which have sub
stantially the nutritive value of meats.
Mr. Page does not minimize the
work ahead of him. Convincing a
commonwealth accustomed to eating
as it pleases and wasting without a
Caesar to whom it must pay the tri
bute of economy, is big busines's,.3rVBut;
Mr. Page and 47 other food aminis,4
trators must organize against a'coun
try which has not allowed an individ
ual to own for his own ,use a particle
of food since August .1914. The Ger
man government even superintends
the planting and working of private
acres. Everywhere Mr. Page goes and
in all that he writes for, his people he
urges the people to behold how Auto
cracy has armed itself to overcome
Democracy.
So the Aberdeen farmer and busi
ness man is now ready to organize the
State into lesser machines' for the
work. There will be county food ad
ministrators and under them minor
organizations that go to every home
in North Carolina. Nothing like it
has ever been done in this country but
it has been ordered and the enforce
ment of the act will be in the hands
of Mr. Page and his several hundred
co-workers.
Very early he is putting put the
word that the boys between 21 "and -31
are not to be the only conscripts.
Standing before his home audience a
few days ago he declared that those
who sit in snug complacency and lay
the burden of battle on the soldiers
alone will find that every person in
the. country will be a conscript of some
kind if the war continues another year
The Government will not penalize the
youths of the country solely. It will
take every man and every woman able
to render it service and place them in
some work vital to success.
MARINES SAVE MONEY.
That the average U. S. Marine does
not squander ' his money recklessly, is
shown by the fact that more than
1800 money, orders were purchased
during August by U. S. Marines in
training at Port Royal, S. C. "Send
money home" seems to be a sort of
slogan amongst the "sea-soldiers"
who, officials report, purchased $60,
000 worth of money orders at the
Government post office at Port Royal,
immediately after Sept pay" day.
What Our Boys Are Doing And
H. Company News From
Camp Sevier, Greenville
Privates Coleman, Albert L, Nichol
son, William E. Jr., Haskell E. Page,
Henry G. Pope, Alvin R. Rose. Charles
, Scott have been promoted to first
class privates.'
Captain E. C. Price, Jr., Sergeant
Eric Norfleet, and Corporal J. Rodwell
Gardner attended a Red Cross dance
in Greenville Friday night They re
port a big time.
Lieut. Lindsay, formerly of the
Richmond Blues; but recently com
missioned from Fort Myer has been
attached to Company H. to assist the
omcers m the instruction of modern
warfare, especially in the bayonet ex
ercise used by the European armies
in the trenches. He is accompanied
and assisted by Lieut. Byrd, who is
also a Fort Meyer officer.
Sergeants Hardy, Loyd, Merritt and
White; Corporal Allison, and Scott
made a pleasure trip to Asheville and
other points of interest in Western
North Carolina Sunday. They report
such a wonderful time that many of
the men have already expressed their
intention, of taking a similar jaura
next Sunday.
Private Joseph L. Hardison was call
ed home Friday by a telegram an
nouncing the death of his mother. -
A large number of Tennessee troops
reached camp yesterday. Sunday the
9th. It is generally suDDOsed that
there are about fifteen or eigtheen
thousand men in camp at present.
Lieut. Adjutant Cook was called
home Saturday on account of his f ath.
er's illness.
The fifteen round boxing bout be
tween Jack Miles of H. Company and
Paul Ward, of Headquarters Company
scheduled for the coming week is nee
essarily canceled because of the trans
fer of Mr. Ward to the Aviation school
at Fort Sills, Oklahoma.
E. G. JOYNER,
H. Co. 3rd N. C. Infantry,
Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C.
THE MONTHLY R.
CROSS MEMBERS.
Resulting From the Vigorous Ef
forts of the Membership
Committee Many Join.
' As a result of the activities of the
Red Cross Membership Committee and
because of the .great work of the Red
Cross ancf its popularity with the
American people since the beginning
of the war, the following people have
joined since the first of September:
Mrs. H. A. Boyd, Mr. J. E. Boyd,
South Hill, Va, Mrs. S. W. Baxter,
Mr. J. L. Aycock, Mrs. W. J. Davis,
Mr. J. J. Falkner, Mrs. Joblin, Mr. M.
C. Miles, Mr. W. C. Pridgen, Mrs.
John Powell, Miss Ann Powell, Mrs.
W. C. Ellington Mr. Everett Hicks,
Miss Lula Taylor, Mrs. T. . W. Rose,
Mrs. Ellis Green, Mrs. Lucy Williams,
Mrs. J. B. Williams, Mrs. A. A. Wood.
Mr. J. K. Pinnell, Af ton, Mrs W. D.
Rodgers, Miss Mary Harris,Miss Janet
Hall, Mrs. Patilld, Miss Dorothy WaL
ters, Mr. E. S. Flemftjg, Warren
Plains.
DOLL HAT DISPLAY
Friday and Saturday of this week,
Septermber 21st and 22nd will be mo.
mentuous days in the doll baby world.
On these two days, two first class
milliners are giving , to doll owner's
a chance to purchase high class mil
linery, the kind which will make dol
lie roll her eyes in wonderment, and
clap her hands for joy. And the great
part of it, people of Warren, it that
when;. ' you buy these hats you do
a work of mercy not that dollie needs
a hat that bad, oh, no! but the pro
ceeds from the sale of these hats go
to the Red Cross and through them
perform a work of love and service.
Therefore, ladies remember the doll
hat display when you buy your milli
nery this week, and co-operate with
Misses Dorothy Walters and Olivia
iBuxwell in. their efforts for the worthy
cause' of the Red Cross.
Historical Commission Offers A
Good Opportunity For An
Essay On This Question
For the best" essays on "Why the
United States is at War," written by
public school teachers of North Car
olina, prizes aggregating $300 are
offered . by the National Board for
Historical Service To elementary tea
chers, five prizes ranging from $10
to $75 each, and to high school tea
chers seven prizes ranging from $10
to $75 each, are offered. Essays must
be submitted by January 1, 1918.
bimilar contests are being conduct
ed in fourteen other states. The win
ning essays in each state will be en
tered in a national competition in
which additional prizes of $75 each
will be awarded. !
Full information, including the con
ditions of the contests and references
to material, may be obtained from
R. D. W. Connor, Secretary of the
North Carolina Historical Commission
Raleigh, N. C.
MAKING THE TRIP
MUCH SHORTER.
Canteens Conducted Bv the Red
Cross Proving Means of
Comfort to Soldiers.
Canteen service of the Red Cross
for members of the National Army
and National Guard as they travel to
the cantonments is being enthusiasti
cally welcomed . by the troops assem
bling at mobilization points and at
jutions and wait-overs. Reports re
ceived by Foster Rockwell, Director
of Canteen Service, from many chap
ters which have been serving light
refreshments to the detachments pass
ing through their towns, show the ap
j preciation and enthusiasm of the
i troops.
At Washington, D. C, where the
local chapter has been serving as
high as 20,000 cups of coffee in a day
to the troops passing through, the
soldiers leaned dat of the car window
when they saw the Red Cross uni
forms and gave an extemporized but
spirited Red Cross cheer. From all
parts of the country comes the same
story the soldiers fully understand
the meaning of this patriotic service
of the women of the Red Cross.
Oiily a small proportion of the Na
tional Army has as yet gone into the
cantonments, and the heavier work of
the Red Cross canteen service is still
ahead. But most of the chapters have
the work fully organized, and feel
themselves equipped to meet whatever
emergency may develop.
The Red Cross canteen service hopes
to keep the Red Cross uniform con
spicuous in railroad buffets and res
taurants all over the country while
the troops are moving. The canteen
service uniform for women consists of
a white apron and bib, with a Red
Cross on the front of the bib, and a
Red Cross cap. The male workers
wear a lapel badge of white ribbon
with a Red Cross and the legend "Can
teen Service." ,
Railroad officials are authorized
thru the war department to daily in
form Red Cross chapter heads of the
local movement of troops.
Besides supplying refreshments to
the soldiers going through, canteen
service workers perform many other
little services for their convenience,
such as mailing letters or postcards.
The interest which the women of the
country have thus been able to show
directly, through the canteen service,
has made a profound impression, arid
has given the soldiers new heart and
t fresh spirit, because they realize that
the women of the whole nation are
personally sponsors for their comfort
and welfare.
Relatively simple as this activity of
the Red Cross canteen service may
seem to be, it typifies at this moment,
as no other thing does, the national
spirit that is back of the Red Cross.
Dry Gain in Lone Star State
: Dallas County, the most populous
County is the State of Texas, has
voted 'dry".