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VOL. XXII
.WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 1917.
(FRIDAY)
Number 107
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DR. TAYLOR'S OLD
TIMES IN WARREN
The lo.v and the Flag, By John
Clair Minot; A Lost Bible,
bv Wm. Lunsford,D. D.
know the story of it?
Do you
p0 you sense tiie "
With a pulsing rapture that thrills
you through and through?
When you see it gleaming there,
When you see it streaming there,
Do you grasp the meaning of those
Stars and Stripes to you ?
You can see the beauty there
Can you read your duty there
When you see it flutter against the
sky today?
Does it stir the soul of you
Does it fill the whole of you
The jag that flies above you and
half a world ,away?
Think of those who wrought for it!
Honor those who fought for it
Who gave their lives to save it in
the darksome days of old?
Xct a blot is staining there?
Every star remaining there?
All the hopes of millions its ripp'mg
stripes enfold
Shew yourself a man for it!
Do the most you can for it!
Remember that you owe it the best
you have to give!
Duty's voice may call to you, y
The Post of honor fall to you,
0 then to die beneath it were sweet
er than to live Youth Comp.
It was remarked by one: "If I have
been honored to do any . good in my
day; if I have been of any 'use to the
church, to my family and to my fel
low creatures; if I have enjoyed any
happiness in life and. I am happy to'
say, I have enjoyed a large share; if
I have any hope beyond the grave--and
that hope I would not' exchange
for a thousand worlds I owe all to
the Bible." About eighty years ago
a motion was made in the English
Parliament for raising and embodying
the militia, and, for the purpose of
saving time, to exercise them on the
Sabbath. When the motion was likely
to pass, an old gentleman stood up and
said, "Mr. Speaker, I have one objec
tion to this: I believe in an old book
called the Bible." A Bible that is
lost is of but little value to any com
munity. . ;
Away back in the day of the Old
Testament kings we find a statment
like this: "The high priest found a
book."
This Book was the Word of God as
written by Moses, and was the Bible
for those who lived in that far-back
day. It was incomplete and not like
our Bible of this day, but it was all the
Bible the people had, and was suffi
cient. How did this Bible get lost ?
Some eight hundred years after the
law as written by Moses was finished,
a bad king ascended the throne. His
name was Manasseh, and he was alto
gether bad. So far as we know, there
were just two copies of the book at
this time, one for the king, the other
fa the priest. Manasseh cared noth
mg for his copy, and seems to have
thrown it away, inasmuch as the same
"appeared and was never afterward
lound.
The copy belonging to the
Pst was also lost so far as its use
Was concerned for about fifty-seven
years,but afterwards was found where
sme minister had left it, perhaps
Jehoida or Isaiah. '
1- God never leaves himself with
out a witness. Though in every age
s vvord is antagonized, he always
copy of it hidden somewhere.
Adoni
iram Judsori went to Burman as
a missionary in 1812. During forty
!ears f missionary labor he managed
0 translate the whole Bible into Bur
mese and .i::
m that !anguage. As he was 1
-I w .iigua.gc iia ilk: w.sj
0ut finishing the New Testament,he
cast into prison. His wife took
the
PeClOUS TTUmnorinf Q-nrl linrio1 if
the ground. But if left there it
ecay, while to reveal its exis-
ten
Ce to ifij 11 i ;x J
Stn o wuum invite its ue-
of ' IT' She then Put in a ro11
Pillow
gave it to him as a
and nil v. u i j.-u
reSt f i, wunu khows( uie
W storyi suffice it to say, that
fruit of erward-the manuscript, the
the :.years of toil, was found withm
m,. Z. l complete and uniniured.
TVlo T-i -i
AJIDle IS as o-nrwl c And tuk
ns reject its author, who neg-
lect its contents or who disregard its
teacmngs.
The Bible was a lost book to Inger
soli. He said;to General Lew Wallace
one day, "If you want to have no
doubt as to the falseness of the Bible,
take it and read it with care." Gen
eral Wallace was not a Christian, but
acting upon this suggestion he dis so,
and was wonderfully converted to God
and gave to the world the book which
has .so' stirred the students of litera
ture of the day
2. God wants us to read the book
and then tell it to others.
"I have found the book."
"He that hath my word, let him
speak my word faithfully." (Jer 23:28)
A young girl lay ill unto death. A
friend came in, to whom the girl said
"I have been feeding on one verse all
the morning." "What is it?" said her
friend. "'Whom I shall see for my
self , and mine eyes shall behold and
not another.' And now," said she, turn
ing her eyes in the direction of her
friend, "what do you understand by
the expression, 'Not another'?" "It
means we shall see the Lord ourselves
not another shall see him for us."
"No," said the sick girl, "it doesn't
mean that. The meaning of 'another
is a 'stranger.' 'Whom I shall see for
myself, and mine eyes shall behold,
and not a stranger.' I am in the val
ley of the shadow of death, and
shall soon cross the dark river, but
he will be with me, and not a stranger
And when I open my eyes in another
world, I shall behold the Lord slesus,
and not a stranger." God wants my
testimony regarding the precious
truths of his book.
3. Read the book for yourself. Hil
kiah, the priest who found the book,
gave it to another who at once began
to read for himself. The eunuch was
once sitting in his chariot reading tor
himself Esaias the prophet, though he
afterward admitted that he did not
understand a word of it. Who 'does
not know the story of Lord Lyttleton
and Gilbert West, both men of ac
knowledged talent, who had accepted
the principles of infidelity, who set
out to read JJnk Bible for themselves.
Thev sat down -to their tasks 'full of
prejudice to expose the impostures of
the Bible. They were both converted
by reading the book for themselves,
and the first thing theyf. did was to
lament their former unbelief.
There is no better test of spiritual
ity than an ever-increasing disposition
to read the Scriptures for yourselves.
To turn constantly to the sacred page
with delight betokens a divinely awak
ened soul. To Wish nothing better
than a quiet hour in which to read the.
Bible reveals a powerful affinity for
God.
4. Circulate the book. That is what
the king did when the priest found the
book and brought it to him. "He
gathered all the people, great and
small, and he read in their ears all
the words of the book." Find me, a
nation without the Bible and I can
show you a history written in blood
and stained with crime. Find me a
land where the Bible is known and
read and honored, and you will find
peace, prosperity and intelligence
there. . '
Mexico is a land where God's Word
has not had free course and been glor
ified, and . no advantage of soil or
climate or race or prestige can coun
terbalance the loss resulting from a
famine of hearing the Word of the
Lord. Against Spain and Mexico,
with all their natural advantages, we
may set Scotland and Sweden and Ice
land, with their ice and snow, their
bleakness and barrenness. In these
lands education is practically univer-
sal, and the moral tone of the com
munities, so far as the influence of
the Bible is concerned, is far higher
than in the lands of inquisitions and
bull fights and "no quarter." No man
can any more afford to be without a
Bible read and studied than a ship
can be without a compass, watched
and noted. What captain would think
of going to sea without a compass,
for there are times when, neither sun
nor stars appear and steering must be
by thecompass alone. So every man
cfconld have comnass. The Bible is
the Christian mariner's compass, and
Uliv v v J.
by it he must steer, and the Bible is
lost to those who do not read and re-
Igard its contents.
Worthy Spirit Shown
The spirit of Uncle Charlie Shearin
an old negro who works for -Judge.
Rodwell, is to ' commended. Thursday
cr nnfle Charlie handed, Mrs.
Rodwell two dollars in cash for the
Red (Jross sajmg, -----
v,o 1nrfd fokes givin
' tobacco, anu
I'se going to help tne rveu v,i- "7,
with money as I ain't got no tobacco.
COURT RECORD OF
CRIMINAL CASES
Judgment of the Court in Crim
inal Docket Cases. Number,
of Cases Postponed.
The following Petit Jurors were
sworn: J. D. Stewart, Richard Madden,
L. P. Coleman, Sr., E. P. Fitts, F. R.
Ryden, J. T. Gupton, P. R. Davis, L.
E. Thompson, W. S. Terrell, Jr., W.
J. Perkinson, W. C. Robertson, W. C.
Curtis, J. T. Wemyss, J. F. Gregory,
J. L. Watson, colored, J. C. Pridgen.
State vs Peter Hendrick for cuelly
beating children. Jury returned ver
dict of guilty. Cuort rules that defen
dant be confined in the County ja'il for
a term of six months to be worked on
the roads of Warren county. Motion
for new trial overruled.
State vs. James Ransom, Jr., for
temporary larceny of automobile. The
Court declared defendant guilty. Judg
ment of Court that the defendant pay
a fine of. $50.00 and the costs, and
pay to W. W. Swygart $33.50 for
damage done car. !
State vs Jim Jeffress for House
breaking. Defendant pleads guilty as
charged -and is sentenced to State Pri
son for five years.
State vs Vest Bullock, indicted for
Rape. Jury finds that defendant is
guilty of an assault with an attempt
to commit rape, and the judgment of
the Court is that the defendant be
confined in the State's prison for five
years.
State vs John Walker for simple as
sault. Op recommendation of Solici
tor Midyette and J. P. Pippen, attor
ney for the State, the defendant is
allowed tcv plead guilty of simple as
sault, and judgment of the Court is
that defendant pay a fine of $25.00
and the costs.
State vs John Walker assault with
deadly weapon. Jury finds- him not
guilty.:-
State vs Johnny Williams, carrying
concealed weapon. Guilty upon his
own evidence. Six months on the
roads sentence of Court.
State vs Sol Alston, carrying con
cealed weapon. Defendant pleads guil
ty, and is sentenced to three months
on the roads.
All cases on Criminal Docket not
mentioned above were either continued
or dismissed by the Court.
REPORT OF THE
GRAND JURY.
Recommends New Fence Around
Jail; All Offices In Good Con
dition, Co. Home Also.
The following named citizens were
on the Grand Jury at this term of
Warren Superior Court:
J. H. Olsen, Sr., J. O. Walker, R. D,
Davis, W. D. Gooch, J. R. Riggan, Jr.,
S. Tharrington, Foreman, J. D.
Moss, Sam Stevenson, W. N. Boyd,
W. H. King, E. L. Pike, F. H. Twitty,
R. J. Jones, W. W Wilson, S. D Ham-
et, E. W. Conn, C. J. Fleming, and
D. Wright..
These gentleman through their fore
man, Mr. C. S. Tharrington, made the
bllowing report:
Warrenton, N. o.,
September 18th, 1917
Hon. H. W. Whedbee,
We, the Grand Jury of
September Term of Superior Court,
passed all bills coming before us, and
we have also visited tne County offices
in "the Court House and find them in
good shape, also have visited the Coun
ty Home and find same to be in a
sanitary and well kept condition, also
have visited the Convict camp and
find everything in good shape, except
curtains to the cage, and bedding for
the convicts. Sanitary conditions good.
Also the County jail, and find same
in fair condition, but think it could be
improved upon; we would suggest that
the porches to said jail be repaired,
also the f ences . around the jail, and
would also suggest the wood fences
be removed and iron fences placed in
their steady We would recommend
that the County build a modern brick
building, sufficiently large to accom
modate all under one. roof, and same
i00a r,Mv Court House.
w nTMnrrnxT
Foreman.
TO REBUILD THREE
CITIES IN FRANCE
Reconstruction Work To Be Com
menced In France As Ano
ther Red Cross Help.
The following cable from Major Gray
son M-P. Murphy, head- of the Red
Cross Commission to France, has been
received by the Red Cross War Coun
cil: "The Bureau of Reconstruction of
Civil Affairs of the American . Red
Cross in France has a new motto:
'Housing follows the Plow.'
"In view of the overshadowing im
portance of augmenting in every possi
ble way the food supply ,v the Red
Cross will carry on its first work of
reconstruction in those portions of the
devastated areas which are selected
by the Government as the best wheat
growing regions, and to which the
French Government sends its batter
ies of tractors for plowing by whole
sale. Representatives of three divis
ion; of the AmericanRed Cross in
France, Planning, Engineering, and
Civil Affairs returned recently from
a study of conditions in the devastated
areas, having selected three villages
in which provisional reconstruction
work will be begun.within a fortnight.
"Fifty, villages were visited. In
some, the destruction of buildings was
complete. In others, a portion of the
buildings can be repaired. Nearly all
the houses are without roofs, without
windows and door frames, and with
absolutely no furniture or utensils.
"The Red Cross plans to do provis
ional reconstruction of dwellings in
several of these villages, and, also, as
the refugees return to the villages, to
assist in their economic and social re
habilitation. In the light of exper
ience gained in these villages, it plans
to undertake provisional reconstruc
tion ton. a larger scale. , In these -particular
villages, the total population
before "the war was 3,387. Now it is
235.
"The villages first selected are those
in the best wheat growing area, and
the Government will plow the land
with tractors. The repair of the
houses will permit the return of the
refugees who can do much toward get
ting the land sown to wheat ' this au
tumn. In . order to encroach as little
as possible on the limited supply of
lumber, the Red Cross is selecting vil
lages in which the work will be large-'
ly that of provisional repair rather
than of new construction. It plans
to make on the spot its own brick and
mortar." -
VERY INTERESTING
NEWS BRIEFLETS.
Going and Comings of People
In and Around Wise As Re
ported by Correspondent.
Miss Sally Tanner, of Baltimore,
Maryland, who has been spending sev
eral weeks with her cousin Miss Mar
garet Tanner, returned home last Mon
day. ; '
Mrs. Martha Collins visited her son
Mr. John Collins, in Petersburg, last
week. .
Mr. Olin Evans, who attended our
high school last year, is a student at
the North Carolina College o Agri
culture and Engineering.
Mrs. Richard Wilson is- visiting her
brother Mr. R. H. Rudd.
Mrs. Gordon Poindexter-. and son, of
Richmond, have been visiting Mrs. T.
J. Holt for the past fortnight.
Mrs. C. O. King and children, of
Henderson, have been visiting rela
tives in Wise the past week. '
Miss Sally Evans, of Henderson, has
been a guest at Mr. C. R. Leete's for
a week. '
Miss Lellie Smith, of Petersburg,
has been visiting Miss Lalla Perkinson
recently. ;
Miss Helen House spent a day or
two with Mrs. Hayes last weekly
Miss Estelle Isles, of Thelma, is at
tending our high school here, and
boarding with her grandmother, Mrs.
B. T. Dunn. ' v .
Col. J R. Paschall, of Richmond,
was in Wise last Tuesday night.
Dr. Helen L. Story, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Richard
Perkinson for a few weeks, returned
to Boston Monday of this week.
The gin which is being erected by
the Farmer's Union Store is progress
ing rapidly. 1
It is reported here that the Quarry
is to be re-opened. We hope such a
report is true.
Duty is calling many of our boys to
the colors every day nqw. Let us try
to be worthy of the sacrifice theje
boys are making for us.
September 30th will be observed at
Sharon church as a State wide Baptist
Go-to-Sunday School Day. The teach
ers are at work on a special program.
Bring at least one new scholar with
you on that day.
Read the announcement in another
column of the Lyceum Entertainment
course to be given at the High School
during the coming season.
While we are waiting for the State
to see its duty in the matter of fur
nishing school books, it seems as tho.
one of our merchants or the school
committee or some other persons in
terested in our school might keep the
text books for sale. Few of the chil
dren have been able tojet all of their
books yet, and this is the second week
of the session.
It is not very convenient for all of
the parents to send to Warrenton or
Norlina for school books. Much un
necessary confusion and delay can be
avoided if they could be purchased in
Wise. -
TO HAVE LYCE
UM COURSES.
Wise Betterment Association Ar-
ranges High Class Enters
tainment for Community.
Under the auspices of the Better
ment Association of Wise, the Pied
mont Lyceum Association, of Char
lotte, will , present a . series of three
splendid entertainments during the
coming season.
The first number will be an even
ing's entertainment on October 18th
given by the best known and most
popular woman monodramatijst and
impersonator in the South; Mrs. Wil
liam Calvin Chilton.
Mrs. Chilton is a Southern woman
of great culture and refinement who
has traveled extensively in Europe.
She is an entertainer of rare ability
and those who have been so fortunate
as to have heard her are loud in their
praises of her work.
The second number of the series will
be given by the Winona Entertainment
Company, all top-notches in their re
spective lines. They are Miss Jose
phine Greilick, Reader and Soprano
soloist;. Mr. Burrows Chaldwell, Imper
sonator, and Miss Elizabeth Chaney,
violinist.
We . think in the series will be a
humorous lecture given by Mr. Paul
Sunshine Dietrick who will make you
ff . m , , , , ,
torget, tor an evening at least, the
crrim jirl3 nf tho txrci-i
Season tickets at $1.00 each, chil
dren half price, may be secured from
Prof. Craver, any of his assistant tea
chers, or from the school committee
or from any of the ladies of the Bet
terment Association.
USE FORMALIN TO
SAVE THE WHEAT.
Extension Service Gives Infor
mation About Treating For
Smut Before Planting.
Wheat -eontaiminated with the smut
disease not only yields much less, but
also is not very desirable as human
food. There is a way to eliminate
this disease from the wheat by treat
ing the seed before sewing. The
North Carolina Agricultural Exper
iment " Station advocates and urges
the use of a Formalin solution of
standard strength before the seed are
planted, as a means of overcoming the
disease. '
A good plan is to treat seed one day
and plant next. This is not absolute
ly necessary, as the seed will keep all
right, if properly dried, but it is ad
vocated as a good measure. A prac
tical method of treating the seed, is
(Continued On Last Page)
JACK SCOTT PIT
CHES JNBOSTON.
Well Known Throughout Warren
His Sucees Is a Source of
Pleasure to Many Friends.
We are reprintinsr the following
from the pen of the sporting writer
of one of the leading Boston Dailies.
Mr. Scott is well known here, being
a "Warren county boy, and a ball play
er of note in the county for a number
of years. His Debut is described by
the writer as the best thing of the
afternoon The game was between
the Philadelphia and Boston teams of
the National league. Mr. Scott is a
member of the Boston club. The ac
count follows:
Stallings's Young Curve Ball Pitcher
' Gives Promise of Greater Ability
In Brief Tryout After Hughes
Is Beaten By Phillies.
The Phils tipped the Braves a saucy
so-long for the year at the Wigwam
yesterday afternoon, Mayer piloting
the Moranmen to a 6 to 3 victory.
Accordingly, the 1917 story of Boston-Philadelphia
strife is the tale of
a draw, each club having won 11
By far the best thing about
the game from the Boston standpoint
was the debut of John William Scott,
right-hand, curve ball, pitching young
ster from Nashville of the Southern
Association. The Veteran Tom Hugh
es pitched for five frames,- in which
the Phils made all their runs. Tom
was wild, so wild that he was exceed
ingly vulnerable when he discarded his
stuff and made desperate attempts to
"just get it over."
Then in came Scott. He shut out
the Phils f or the remaining four
frames. He, has plenty of speed, but
what pleased more than anything else
was his nerve and the promise of a
grand fade-away ball, a delivery which
has been very much of a lost art since
the active afternoons of Christy Mat
thewson. He's a good promise, hasn't
any too clever a motion,-but is sweet
enough to rnake Stallings smile in the
face of defeat. , 1
The Phils played their best game,
but the 'Braves lacked aggressiveness.
Against the Giants today the Stalling
ses will unquestionably show a return
to fighting shape. . If Maranville and
his men hope to be party to anything
like a successful city series this fall,
it behooves them to step out of the
automation class and show a little pep
per and color. ;
Bancroft played a whale of a gaine
at second for th& f oe, if fans will par
don reference to yesterday's au revoir
of the Quakers. Cravath whacked the
ball mightily. Rawlings and Konet
chy made sun-tainted home runs. The
Big Inning of the Phils was the fifth,
when a triple, two doubles, a single, a
Maranville boot and two stolen bases
uncovered four runs. That was enuf
to win the ball game, bar all the other
i vj.av-' vu.il miii Asc.L au Vtl1
incidents which
is hereby done
t
The following are paragraphs on the
game from the sporting page:
The freemasonry of baseball is a
wonderful thing. Scott had been more
or less an outsider, like every new
comer, but the moment he got into the
game the Rabbit, RawHngs, Koney
and Red Smith began to "Scottie and
Big Fellow" him.
Chances against Scott walking Evers
when the first pitch was a ball were
slim indeed, but the kid got the vet
eran, baseball's best waiter, into a
hole and then Johnny hit a ball to
Powell on the fly.
Davey Bancroaft, crippled and all,
had a lovely time. When Scott, rook
ie, came to bat in the ninth Davey
watched the kid swing and then told
the world: "He's a high ball hitter?"
Then Scott got in the hole. There
were two out at the time and as Ma
yer pitched the ball Banny yelled: A
curve ball." It was the truth and
Scott pulled it toward right field Da
vey making a fine play for the finale
of the afternoon.
"Captain" White Kills Twenty
Captain J. Willie White, who of late
has been pestered with sparrows eat
ing up his chicken feed, loaded up his
gun one day this week and took a
shot at the sparrows. When the
smoke had cleared away and the flut
tering ceased, twenty dead sparrows
lay dead as result of one fire. We
wonder if it wouldn't be a patriotic
service to inform the Secretary of
War of Captain's shooting qualities.
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