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VOL. XXII
S1.50 A YEAR
COUNTY HISTORY
BY MR. J. J. ALLEN
Interesting Tales About Some of
Warren County's Wonders
s Told By Mr. Allen. ,
gome facts in letter written by
Joseph John Allen, "Spelling
feJohn" as he is known throughout
he gtate, are very interesting to War
ren people. . '
nM North Carolina the grand old
state that holds her head as far above
ther states as the tall cypress holds
itself over tlle dwarf shrubbery. What
I have said of her applies to the whole
state, with some exceptional merits
accorded to dear old Warren county,
the first of which is the crossing of
Roanoke by Abigail Sugan and set
tling in what is now Warren county
ancfraising a posterity that have made
themselves honored the world over,and
whose ramifications extend into al
most every family on the northern
borders of North Carolina.
As to her statesmen, Nathaniel Ma
con is considered the wisest and :pro
foundest ever produced in the United
States. She has produced three of our
ablest governors, the generalissimo of
the Southern Confederacy, and two
brigadier generals.
For wealth and culture prior to the
tfar Between the States, Warren
stood foremost making more wheat
and tobacco than any other County.
Frank Thornton was the largest
grower of tobacco in the world. The
largest stalk of cotton ever produced
grew in Warren and was twenty one
feet tall and contained over a thous
and bolls of cotton. The largest hog
ever produced on earth was by the
late 0. P. Shell, said hog weighing
over 1600 lbs on foot. The largest
cymbling ever prodoced was by War
ren Duty and weighed 102 lbs. The
largest gourd ever grown was grown
by Ransom Harris and held two and
a half bushels. The designer of the
Confederate flag was the late Orren
Randolph Smith, of Warren county. v
The man who received the greatest
number of wounds received by any one
on either side during our civil conflict
was Major Robert Alston, of. the fa
mous 12th N. C. Regiment, having re
ceived sixteen wounds and knocked
down five times by shells and three
horses killed under him. The most
punctual man on earth is living today
near Manson and in all his life has
never owed anyone a copper, nor has
ever bought that much on a credit,
nor has he ever been recreant to a
promise or trust no matter how tri
vial. Said man goes by the name of
Oliver Smith. ,
Warren county under efficient man
agement can be made to produce won
ders in almost all agricultural pro
ducts. The late Mr. William Duke
Jones, when owner of the farm at
White Sulphur Springs, made a sin
gle crop of wheat of 5,000 bushels and
that same land is there to repeat what
it has done in bygone days.
You ask me to help out Dr. Taylor
some in regard to the Allen family.
Well, all I know is that they are a
mighty stubborn .set and, when once
offended, never forgive. There is o.e
thing in their favor, however, that I
can say and that is that there has
never been a traitor in the blood of
the entire family, as their motto has
ever been "Resistance to Tyranny is
Obedience to God." Major Charles
Allen was one of the emigrants from
Virginia to North Carolina during the
days of religious persecution in that
state and settled in Bute county, now
barren. He married Nancy Vincent
and of them were born William, Char
les, Vincent, George, James, Rebec
ca, Nancy, and Mary. Major Allen
Was a Revolutionary soldier from be
ginning to end, volunteering the se
cond time after having been discharg
- ed at fifty years of age. His son Vin
cent married Mary Bowden and of
them were born John, Edmond, Jos
ePh, Turner, Tabitha, Susan, Agnes
and Nancy. Of this family of child
ren John, Tabitha, and Nancy emi
grated to Tennessee where they brougt
up large families of children. Vin
?ent A11en accumulated a large estate
i lands and slaves and was the foun
der of Brown's church of which he
as a consistent member. He was,
ring the Revolutionary War, one of
ashington's commissaries and had
arge of the:stores of the army dur
ng the raid of Cornwallis from Wil
!JoPetersburg, and to avoid
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(TUESDAY)
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND
TAR RIVER ASSO
CIATION CONVENES
At Gardner's Church Four Miles
North of Macon; On Octo
ber 10th and 11th, 1917.
, The next session the Tar River As
sociation will tie held with the Church
at Gardners about four miles north of
Macon in Warren county, October 10
and 11th, 1917. Rev. Wallace Hart-
sell will preach the introductory ser
mon at 11 o'clock Wednesday, the!
first day
I am writing this requesting each
Church to send a full delegation and
that the delegates will please be pres
ent on the morning of the first day
as we have oidy two days and come
prepared to stay the two days thru.
Those who have been appointed to
write reports on the different subjects
are urged to be present if possible
with their reports prepared and if
they cannot be present in person
please write to me at once, at Maple
ville, N. C.
As I am writing the report on As
sociated Missions, and cannot do so
intelligently without reports from the
fields, I earnestly request each Mis
sionary to send me his report not la
ter" than the first day of tho session.
Now Bretheren, we are living, I
think, in the most critical period in
the world's history. Great things have
taken place and are now taking place
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What the future holds, none of us can
tell. It looks as if the map of the j
world will be changed. JNever be
fore, has the world needed the plain
simple Gospel of Jesus as now. The
Church of the Christ must be up and
doing. The needs are great, the calls
are many. Therefore let us, as a
great Association come to this Ses
sion with praying hearts believing
that our God reigns Supreme and that
we must, relying upon His grace at
tempt great things for Him as nev
er before.
We have Associated Mission pretty
well in hand, but we must stress State,
Home and Foreign Mission. Our sol
dier boys are all about us, in Franco
and on the seas. They are crying
to us for the word of the Lord.
May the Lord, give us a great ses
sion and may God's blessing rest upon
you all. G. M. DUKE,
Moderator.
THE JUNIOR RED
CROSS POPULAR
President Wilson In Letter
President of Vassar Endors
es Junior Red Cross.
to
Organization of the Junior Red Cross Agriculture has through its various
among public school children through- divisions and field workers emphasized
out the United States has been warm- the importance of saving all food pos
ly approved by President Wilson in a ' sible in order that households them
letter to Dr. H. N. MacCracken, the selves may have a cheap and plentiful
t;a VoOCo r.niu. in charge supply of food. There has never been
of the organization of the new Junior
Membership Bureau.
"My dear Dr. MacCracken,
' .
"I am very much interested food .n Qrder the Qutput of gtaple
to learn that you have taken up the focd products from the chief produc
work of organizing a junior member-- regions be available for use by
ship of the Red Cross for work among armies of this country and of our
the school children, and I write to ex- aUies .
press my very deep interest in the ' ,
movement Some f amilies state that, they heard
m " . T TTn that all canned materials over 100 qts.
"If you have an opportunity wdl you a
not bid the young people, whom you .
are assembling m this organization a f q thig ig absur(L The
very warm welcome .roi me &
them a message of the heartiest good
Ppr as thev enroll themselves among
Uhe servants of the nation and of the
people everywhere who need help and
comfort and encouragement?
"I think they will all look back
upon this work they are undertaking
as a happy circumstance of their
school days.
Very sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON."
Effective plans are now under way
in co-operation with the boards of ed
ucation of various states for launch
ing junior membership campaigns.
Schools are to be recruited as units
with membership fees of 25c. for each
pupil. In addition, to stimulate and
educate children in the Red Cross,
plans are being made to utilize the
youthful members in the making of
the simpler articles and supplies need
ed in the hospitals abroad.
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1917
COMPANY H. AT
GREENVILLE, S. C.
Warren People Visit Boys in i
Camp; Pay Day Still One
Day Ahead; Other News.
Mrs. W. A. Graham arrived in
Greenville Saturday afternoon to be
with her husband Major W. A. Gra
ham of the 120th Infantry. She was
accompanied by Mr. William S. Price
who visited his brother Captain E. C.
Price, Jr. They made the trip thru
the country in Major Graham's car
Miss Mattie Harris, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. B. Harris and Mr. Raymond Har
ris, of Macon, and Miss Bessie M
.Satterwhite, of Henderson, were vis
itors to Camp Sevier Sunday and Mon
day, the guests of Corporal Macey D.
Harris. The party were on their way
to Asheville and other places of inter
est in Western North Carolina.
Uncle Sam believes that man can
live by bread alone, the Bible not
withstanding. That long looked for
pay day has been hanging just one
day in front of us for ten days, but as
yet we have been unable to catch it.
Tomorrow it is promised!
Lieutenants Limer and McCullen,
Sergeant Horne, and Corporal Allison
made a pleasure trip to Hendersonvile
and Asheville Sunday by auto from
Camp Sevier.
Rumor has it that Company H. will
be filled to war strength within the
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next few days from the drafted men
Gf Warren and Halifax counties.
FOODSTUFFS ARE
NOT TO BE SEIZED
Rumor That The National Gov
ernment Is To Seize Individ
ual Food Supplies False.
Raleigh," September 4th Denying
a rumor circulating generally that it
is the purpose of the National Gov
ernment to Seize food supplies belong
ing to individual families, Director B.
W. Kilgore, of the Agricultural Ex
tension Service, calls emphatic atten
tion to a recent statement received by
him from' Washington that the Gov
ernment does not intend to seize any
home food supplies. Many variations
of this rumor have been deliberately
circulated and many families have
been prevented from conserving foods
thereby. Mr. Kilgore states that this
rumor has probably been circulated by
our enemies for the purpose of pre
venting our people from canning, dry
ing and otherwise conserving their
food products.
The Extension Service of the Col
lege of Agriculture and Department of
; any intention of the Federal Govern-
ment to seize any of this. Rather, it
! would be more likely to further en
rnnra?e the conservation of still more
State and National Agricultural A
gencies wish to do all in their power
to aid in the helping to combat the
high cost of living and for this rea
son have furnished men and women
to instruct the people how to can, pre
serve and dry perishable food products
properly.
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Director jvugore appeals iu an iuy-
all citizens to aid in dispelling any
mistaken idea that may exist in. re
gard to food seizure and to further
encourage the efforts of producers to
save all available food materials pos
sible. Large Stalk of Corn.
Mr. W. O. Hester, of Warrenton,
brought to our office Saturday a stalk
of corn fourteen feet in height and
holding two large, well developed ears
of corn. He says he has more just
like it.
THE BOY SCOUTS
CAMP AT POWELL'S
Week End Camping Party at
Powell's Mill Enjoyed By
Boy Scouts and Others.
The Boy Scouts of the Cotton 'Mill
enjoyed a camping party at Powell's
Mill from Saturday until Monday.
Mr. Peck through an acquaintance
with Mr. Weaver, Scout Executive of
Richmond, secured Mr. C. B. Poole,
Scoutmaster of Troop No. 4 of that
city, who accompanied the Warrenton
troop on their outing. Mr. Poole, who
is connected with the American Audit
Company of New York City and who
gives all his spare time to the scout
movement, was instructor in Camp,
and popular with the boys. He was
accompanied by Scout Frank Thacker
a Life and Eagle Scout of Richmond,
who gave the boys an excellent idea
of what a scout should he, and who
added materially to the pleasure of
all by his presence in camp.
Mr. T. D. Peck was "one of the
boys" on the camping party, remain
ing but the entire time with Mr. Poole,
Scout Thacker and the Mill Troop.
Each boy contributed as far as he
was able, and some very liberally, to
the camp's food supply. The rest of
the provisions were supplied by the
friends of the troop.
The Boy Scout program is one con
ducive to right .life, proper " conduct
and christian development, and the be
havior of the troop was in line with
these principles. A helpful, enjoyable
time was had by every member of
the party.
Good, Warren Coun
ty Among the First
Thirty Four Counties Will Have
Medical School Inspection.
Warren County Included.
Thirty four counties are to have
medical inspection of schools during
the year 1917 under the, new State law
that provides for the physical exami
nation of the school children of the
State at regular intervals.
The physicians of the counties are
to be the inspectors and the teachers
are to be "forerunners" of the inspec
tors as they make preliminary exam
inations as a guide to the physician.
Work in the counties contracting for
medical school inspection will begin
tlio firat. wppIt in November.
The counties that have accepted this
work this year, and the physicians
who have been appointed as medical
inspectors for their respective coun
ties, are: Alamance, inspector to be
named; Buncombe, Dr. D. E. Sevier;
Camden, Dr. W. L. Stevens; Currituck
Dr. W. T. Griggs; Caldwell, Dr. L. H.
Coffey; Catawba, Dr. Geo. W. Shipp;
Davie, Dr. J. W. Rodwell; Davidson,
Dr. E. F. Long; Edgecombe, Dr. K. E.
Miller; Franklin, Dr. J. E. Malone;
Forsyth, Dr. A. C. Bulla; Guilford,
Dr. Wm. M. Jones; Gaston, Dr. L. N.
Glenn; Haywood, Dr. J. R. McCrack
en; Hertford, Dr. R. H. Gary; John
ston, Drs. Thel Hook and George D.
Vick; Lenoir, Dr. J. S. Mitchener;
Martin, Dr. W. E. Warren; Macon,
Dr. H. T- Horsley; Montgomery, Dr.
Charles Daligriy; Madison, Dr J. N.
Moore; Mecklenburg, Dr. C. S. Mc
Laughlin; Nash, Dr. J. A. Speight;
Northampton, Dr. F. M. Register;
Polk. Dr. Earle Gradv: Pitt. Dr. M
T. Edgerton; Pasquotank, Dr. Zenas
TTor.;. fiwi'n nr J T,. Revest
Transylvania, to' be named; Wake, Dr.
Z. M. Caviness and Miss Nora Pratt;
Warren, Dr. Chas. H. Peete; Watau
ga, Dr. J. W. Jones; Wilson, Dr. J. C.
Braswell, Jr; Yancey, Dr. J. B. Gibbs.
The inspectors of the different coun
ties and towns will meet in Raleigh,
October 111;h, to attend a conference
of medical school inspectors. Dr.
Talliaf erro Clark, of Washington, D.
C, will preside at the meeting. Drs.
John B. Wright of Raleigh and J. G.
Murphy of Wilmington will, instruct
the inspectors on the subject of the
eyes, ears, nose and throat. Dr. R.
M. Squires, of Wake Forest, President
of the State Dental Society, will ad
dress the conference on oral hygiene.
The school teachers of these counties
are requested to have their examina
tions made and their reports ready for
the inspectors thh first week in , November.
(FRIDAY)
WARREN COUNTY
CHURCH TO RAISE
$250,000.00 FUND
Rev. Frances M. Osborne Out
lines the Needs of St. Mary's
At Episcopal Church.
The Rev. Frances M. Osborne was
in Warrenton on Sunday the 23rd and
preached on the needs of St. Mary's
School, Raleigh. , !
' A committee was appointed to take
care of Warrenton's share of the fund.
Their names are: Messrs: W. G. Ro
gers, chairman, J. J. Tarwater, C. E,.
Jackson, Mrs. Del Peoples, Mrs. How
ard F. Jones and Miss Mary Polk.
The following clipping taken from
the Winston-Salem Journal shows the
popularity of the movement and the
appreciation of St. Mary's School as
a medium for accomplishing God's
work:
St. Mary's, A State Asset.
The- general interest of the people
of Winstion-Salem in the canvass now
being conducted here in the interest
of the $250,000 fund for St. Mary's
School indicates that our people re- j
gard this institution as ari asset of
the State and not as the private pos
session of the Episcopalians. It is
true the Episcopalians own the prop
erty and administer the policy of the
school, but for seventy-five years the
entire State and this section of the
country has been the beneficiary of
the educational advantages of this
school. Like Salem College this school
has been a pioneer in the Christian
education of women, and thousands of
homes have been blessed by the gra
cious influence of women who" have
come from these doors trained in mind
and character. When you properly
educate a woman, you can not limit
the advantage of her life and presence
jto the denomination which owns her
Alma Mater. Far in advance of pri
vate endowment and the appropriation
of public funds by the State, the&e
Christian schools have been open to
wometa from all communions, and' to
day we are told more than fifty girls
of non-Episcopal families; are in at'-
! tendance at St. Mary's.
The people of Winston-Salem are
keenly alive to everything that con
cerns our local progress and in the
eyes of the State we are not unnoticed.
Patriotism of a State-wide variety and
a broad-minded interest in all that
concerns our State and section should
also distinguish the people of our city.
The present campaign offers an oppor
tunity. We are interested in every in
stitution that enriches and elevates the
intellectual life and the character of
our women and tangible evidence of
interest may be expected in the sub-
I scriptions of our people
LITERARY CLUB
OFFICERS ELECTED
Maccn Literary Club Re-Organ-j
ized for Coming Season at
Mrs. P. A. Agelasto's.
Mrs. Peter Agelasto, of Norfolk, en
tertained the Maids and Matrons on
Wednesday from four until six at her
summer home, "The Bungalow.
Mrs. J. M. Coleman was elected
president, Miss Lucy Byers, vice-president
and Miss Annie Gregory, sec
retary. A most interesting programme was
followed by refreshments. Those in
attendance were: Mesdames J. M.
Coleman, John S. Nowell, M. P. Perry,
Edwin Russell, Marvin Drake, Arthur
Nicholson, Herbert Scholz, and Mrs.
Cora .Fneips; Misses F lorence irerry,
Lucy Byers, Annie 'Gregory, Miss
Brown and Miss Southerland.
Doll Hat Sale Success
The Doll Hat sale conducted Fri
day and Saturday by Misses Olivia
Burwell and Dorothy Walters proved
a large success. Many hats were sold
and about $11.00 was cleared for the
Red Cross by these young ladies, who
have worked so faithfully and ear
nestly to do their part for the chapter
here.
Entertainment To Be Held at Oakville.
"Mrs. Briggs of the Poultry Yard",
a play of many laughs, will be pre
sented at Oakville School building at !
7:30 o'clock Friday September 28th,
for benefit of Hebron church.
Number 108
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THE CHILDREN
TO BE EXAMINED
Inspection As to Health of the
County's School Children To
JJe Held During the Fall.
The folowing from the Health Bul
letin is timely. Dr. Charles H. Peete ,
has been selected to pass upon the de
fects of the school children, and we
hope to have these defects remedied,
as far as and as soon as possible so
that the body may be a comfortable
dwelling place for the Mind.
I hope to have the teachers here
some time during the middle of Octo
ber in order that Dr. Peete and a
representative of the Board of Health
may instruct the teachers as to the
best plan for making an inspection of
the children of their respective schools.
These physicians will explain the law
and the plan under which they will
work, and then the inspection will be
made and cards sent in to me and
be turned over, by me to Dr. Peete.
He will then select the children for
treatment. But more of the plan will
be given to the parents of the child
ren later.
The Teacher's Part in Medical In
spection of schools.
Sometime ago when a physician was
explaining the few simple but impor
tant items which relate to the teach
er's part in the medical inspection of
schools under the law enacted by the
General Assembly of 1917, a teacher
was overheard to remark in a loud
whisper, "Who is going to pay the
teacher for this?" That teacher has
been teaching for twenty-two years,
and bar, never taught more than five
months in any one year, and her high
est salary at any time has been forty
dollars per month. She has probably
been paid entirely too much for the
serv.ce rendered, if that spirit has
been her guiding star. It is good lur
North Carolina that she is m a tiny
minority. The great majority of tea
chers are overworked and underpaid;
but one seldom ever hears a complaint.
It ;'is the "third 'time this particular
physician has ever lieard"" such" an ex
pression from a teacher in regard to
doing anything for the correction of
physical defects found in the little
ones under her care, many of them
from homes of poverty and neglect.
On the other hand, in many years ex
perience, he has nearly always found
the teachers ready and even anxious
to help or make any sacrifice necessary
to remove any handicap against the
progress of their pupils. One big
hearted teacher in 1916 took five dol
lars of his own money and had a boy's
eyes treated. The happiness of the
child and the rapid advance made in
his class, that teacher said, amply re
paid the cost.
"There are numbers of instances
where children have been punished at
home and at school for lack of pro
gress or for apparent disobedience,
when the discovery has been made
later that the sole trouble was due to
inability to see with distinctness or to
hear sufficiently to understand what
was desired of them.
"The teachers in the public schools
of North Carolina have now an op
portunity, never presented before, to
get every seriously ' defective child
treated. The State and county will
provide a fund to j help the parents
get the special medical ( or dental
treatment needed for every child
! whose parents are not well able to do
this.
"It need not take one minute more
of the teacher's time to do the little
the law requires for each individual
child. "And it may mean the differ
ence between success or failure in
life for the child. It is suggested that
the hour' set aside each day for teach
ing hygiene, which the school law has
long required, be set aside for the ex
amination of a certain number of chil
dren. Take the last hour in each af
ternoon and send all the children home
but those to be examined. Notify the
mothers of each of the children to be
examined two or three days ahead,
so they can be present. Examine, at
the same time, all the children of a
family in the school so that only a
very few mothers will be present and
no outsiders. Examine each child in
private with no one present except the
child's mother. In this manner every
child under the average teacher's care
may be examined in four or five days;
no extra time will be required, and
little time will be lost from actual and
regular school duties. The responsi-
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