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ft it.h "i-m mtuM B Jug VOL. XXII (TUESDAY) WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 1917 (FRIDAY) Number 110 A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 3c A COPY $1.50 A YEAR PURPOSE OF SEC OND LIBERTY LOAN Secretary McAdoo Opens Second Liberty Loan Campaign on Monday. October 1st. (By V. G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury.) For the purpose of - equipping: with arms, clothing and focd our allant soldiers who have been calk d to the field; maintaining our Navy and our val iant tars upon the high seas; providing the necessary means to pay the wages of our soldiers and sai lors and, if the bill now pending in tu Congress passes, the monthly al lowances for the support of their de pendent families and to supply them vith life insurance; ,. constructing a great fleet of mer chant vessels to maintain the line of communication with our brave troops in France, and to keep our commerce afloat upon the high Seas in defiance of the German Kaiser and his sub marines; creating a great fleet of aeroplanes, which will give complete supremacy in the air to the United States and the brave nations fighting with us against the German military menace; and for other necessary war ppur- poses, The Congress of the United States has authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to sell to the American peo ple bonds of the United States bearing four per cent interest, with valuable tax exemptions, and convertible under certain conditions into other issues of United States bonds that may be au thorized by the Congress. The offi cial circular of the Treasury Depart merit gives full details. There is now offered to the Ameri can people a new issue of 3,000,000, COO of bonds to be known as the Se cond Liberty Loan. They will be is sdfcd in such denominations" and upon such terms that every patriotic citi zen will have an opportunity to assist the Government by lending his money upon the security of a United States Government bond. It is essential to the success of the war and to the support of our gallant troops that these loans shall not only be subscribed, but over-subscribed. No one is asked to donat or to give his money to the Government; but everyone is asked to lend his money to the Government. The loans will be repaid in full with interest at the rate of four per cent per annum. A Government bond is the safest invest ment in the world; it is as good as currency and yet better, because the Government bond bears interest and currency does not. No other invest ment compares with it for safety, ready convertibility into cash, and un questioned availability as collateral security for loans in any bank in the United States. People by thousands ask the Treas ury constantly how they can help the' Government in this war. Through tne Purchase of Liberty Bonds ' every one can help. No more patriotic duty can be performed by those who cannot ac tually fight upon the field of battle than to furnish the Government with the necessary money to enable it to give our brave soldiers and sailors all that they require to make them strong for the fight and capable of winning a swift victory over . our enemies. .We fight, first of all, for America's vital rights, the right to the unmo lested and unobstructed use of the J'gh seas, so that the surplus pro mts of our farms, our mines and our factories may be carried into the har bors of every friendly nation in the Woild. Our welfare" and prosperity as a People depend upon our right of Peaceful intercourse with all the na "ons of the earth. To abandon these nhts by withdrawing our ships and commerce from the seas upon the or- ot a military despot in Europe a destroy prosperity and bring faster and humiliation upon the Am eran people. a We fight to protect our citizens gainst assination and murder upon ere high seas while in the. peaceful ex- infSe f thSe rihts demanded by r?atSonal law and every instinct dictate of humanity. insft fi-Slltl t0 preserve our democratic natio . and Ur sovereign as a erfiT against tne menace of a pow- h "u ruthless military autocracy amK-I- y the German Kaiser, whose "in 10n IS to dominate wm1d fight also for the noble ideal of universal democracy and liberty, the right of the smallest and weakest na tions equally with the most powerful to live and to govern themselves ac cording to the will of their own peo ple. ' ' We fight for peace, for that just and lasting peace which agonized and tor tured humanity craves and which not the sword nor the bayonet of a mili tary despot but the supremacy of vindicated right alone can restore to a distracted world. ' To secure these ends I appeal to ev ery man and woman who resides upon the soil of free America, and enjoys the blessings of her priceless institu tions to join the League of Patriots by purchasing a Liberty Bond. H. N. WATLERSIS ELECTED PREST. Of Seaboard Dental Society at its Meeting in Henderson on Friday, September 28th At the regular mid-annual session of the Seaboard Dental Society held in Henderson in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce on last Friday, Dr, H. N. Walters was unanimously elected president of the Association. Two sessions, including a business meeting and clinics, were held and a barbecue dinner tendered the visitors at Rowland's mill four miles from Hen derson. The other officers elected were Dr. G. T. Smithwick, of Louisburg, vice president, and Dr. L. V. Henderson, of Henderson, secretary treasurer. The counties of Granville, Vance, Franklin, and Warren compose the Association,- and the people here are glad that Warrenton in the person of Dr. H. N. Walters has the presidency of this body. Those attending included Dr. George M. Carr, Dr. I. N. Carr and Dr. D. E. tockhart. of " Durham : 'Dr. J. Martin Fleming, of Raleigh; Dr. R. H. Squires and Dr. J. A. Yarborough, of Wake Forest; Dr. A. P. Beadles, of Norfolk, Dr. Buf ord Hancock, of Atlanta, Dr. H. N. Walters, of Warrenton, and the dentists of Henderson. Giving Part of Pro ceeds to Red Cross. List of Those Selling Tobacco in Warrenton Monday Who.Do nated to the Red Cross. The largest "break" of , the season was on our warehouse floors here yes terday. The yellow weed was of fair quality, the prices high, and the far mers satisfied. The ladies who solicited for the Red Cross were very successful in their efforts, and besides getting over two hundreds pounds of tobacco received several dollars in cash from those in terested in the work of lov?, service, and mercy for which the world-wide organization stands. The following donated tobacco Mon day: J. W. Russell, W. P. Tally, Ed R. Green. Patrick Thomas,0 Prosper Pavlor, Jas. A. Johnson, Noble Rus W F. B. Harris. W. G. Coleman, C. W. Perkinson, J. H. Thompson, R. a T?oo-i.tATv Ruck Stevenson, Robert Morton, H. H. Falkener, Sam J. Nich olson, George Robinson, H. A. Nichol son. Soloman Bullock, Theo Shaw, Wil Hon, rvnssin. Whittemore & Collins, " . Horace Jones, Isaac German, C M. Aycock, Nick Hunt, J. R- Thompson, w tp. . , Tbn'mnson. James Hendrick, Leete & Barnes, George Shearin, L R. Coleman. Joseph Shearin, J. L. Bol- ten G. R. Connell, Fletcher Bobbitt, Howard Powell, P. Stevenson, A Tarter. Dowtin & Falkener, A. C. W. Smithwick, Z. R. Rivers, George Green N. B. Baskerville, Lemon Cobb, L. A. Sanson. F. R. Perkinson & Foote, S V- 7 Hilliard & Hendrick. Union Meeting at Littleton. Rev, O. G. Jones, D. D., Synod s Evangelist for the State, will conduct a union meeting at Littleton from the first Sunday through the 2nd. Owing to this there will be no ser of hp Presbvterian church Sun tv. fvn wr pcation at day morning, j-hc --?-Warrenton are cordially invited to at tend these services. :) HOLD YOUR COT- TON FOR 25 CENTS Four Reasons For Twenty-Five Cents Cotton Are Outlined in the Following Article. The Progressive Farmer, waging a campaign in behalf of 25 cents f orthis year's cottbn crop, presents the fol lowing notable reasons for its posi tion in its issue of September 29: When the Cotton and Cotton Oil News of Dallas says cotton should bring 25 cents, it expresses an opin ion abundantly fortified by the facts. There are four reasons which make such an opinion absolutely inescapa ble: 1. The crop is 2,000,000 million bales short of what the world needs. We are now producing at the rate of 12,000,000 bales a year and spinning at the rate of 14,000,000 bales a year, as indisputable official figures show. The latest Government estimate indi cates an American crop of only 12,499, 000 bales, whereas the New Orleans" Cotton Exchange reports that the ac tual consumption of American cotton in the fiscal year ending August 1, 1917, was 14,046,000 bale's and in the fiscal year ending. August 1, 1916, 14, 812,000 bales. And on top of this we face the fact that a million more Am erican spindles are now running than were running a year ago 33,430,016 against 32,292,103 'as the United States Census Bureau officially re ports. Moreover, not only are we short 2, 000,000 bales on the American crop for the coming year, but we have al ready run practically '2,000,000 bales short on world supply during the past year as the Census Bureau interested in nothing but the facts, also reports. Here are its official, impartial, and un assailable figures: ' "The world's production of commer cial cotton, exclusive of linters, grown, in 1916, was approximately 18,365, 000 bales of 500 pounds net, while the consumption of cotton (exclusive of linters in the United States) for the year ending July 31, 1917, was ap proximately 20,180,000 bales of 500 pounds net." World's production for past year, 18,365,000 bales; consumption 20,180 000 bales. In other words, the world for a year past has already been eat ing up the cotton surplus at the rate of nearly 2,000,000 bales a year, and now must face the fact that the new American crop is short another 2,000 000 bales. 2. Cotton at 25 cents will then have advanced only in proportion to other products. Since August 1, 1914, as the Atlanta Constitution shows, corn has gone from 76 cents a bushel to $2.08; wheat from 91 cents to a Government-fixed price of $2.20; and oats have advanced from 37 cents to 60; whereas cotton was then 13 cents and is now only 20. In other words, wheat is worth 1-3 times what it was before the war, corn 2 3-4 times as much, and oats nearly twice as much, while at 25 cents a nound cotton would not even have doubled in value. 3. Cotton mills could pay 30 cents and still make big profits. Only this week a stockholder in a cotton mill said to a friend of ours, "Our mill made 100 percent profit last year, but I know two other mills which made 150 per cent." While this condition may be exceptional, it is also exeep tional to find a mill "that is not mak ing big profits. 4. While all these considerations should assure at least 25 cents in war times, peace would boost prices even higher.. . Among the millions and mil lions of people that the war has pre vented if rom getting American cotton, there is bound to be by now an actual cotton .famine, and as soon as peace comes, there will thunder to every hoi der of spots a hurry-call not merely for a normal supply of "cotton for the coming yeai; but for an utterly ab normal supply, limited- by the ability of mills to use lit by 24-hour-a-day consumption.. How much actual peace will boost cotton prices is faintly in dicated by the fact that even the mer est glimmer of hope'in that direction the news of Pope Benedict's sugges tion for a diseussion of -terms-r-imme diately sent up prices. 78 points a pound in the "New York Exchange and 86 points in New Orleans. Do your patriotic duty, help win; the war bv buying a Liberty Loan Bond. THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH. A Timely Article From One of Warren County's Daughters Upon Educating Children. The following very instructive and helpful article written by our towns- woman; Jyiiss Julia JJameron has come under our eye, and we are publishing it because of its high value. The ar ticle comes from the editorial columns of .the Alumnae News, the quarterly publication of the State Normal and Industrial College, Greensboro. At this time, when our nation has entered the great world warfare, there is danger lest we forget the higher things of life in our struggle after the material. It is true that it is necessary for each one to do his part in producing and conserving .agricul tural products. In this way opportu nity is giveh to every boy and girl in our country to help bring freedom and liberty to all of Europe, but the greatest . task in this big undertaking is not a physical one it is hot the task, of furnishing food and supplies to the warring nations, great though that task is. A more difficult task lies in keeping alive in our hearts and in the hearts of all nations hope and love and tenderness. When this war closes, nay, even before it shall close, despair will broaad over many a home; love will be turned, we fear, into bit ter hatred, and sympathy will with difficulty find an abiding place in the hardened heart of man. What then is the best way in which to prepare our young people for the problem before them? They should be given severe disciplinary training to develop sound judgment and clear reasoning faculty which are necessary for the solving of this projblem. They should be given much of the, great literature of the "world, much of the purely, cultural in order that they, may. develop within themselves" beauty and hope, tenderness and love. In other words, they need Greek, Dante, Shake speare, Goethe and other great mas ters. They should be given as much' of the idealistic, of the heroic, of the aesthetic as they can absorb. Indeed, there may be danger in this nation, which is considered the most mater ialistic nation on earth, that we pay too much attention to vocational and neglect cultural studies. Do not let the youth feel that their greatest ser vice to their country lies in the phy sical, in the material -wo Id. This kind of service is great and honorable, but far greater and more honorable is the service of one who gives ideals, who helps restore peace and harmony, who brings to the tired, , distracted world wise ' counsel and an understanding sympathy. So let us say again that never in the history of the world has there been greater need than now of love and hope and tenderness. May we not fail to develop these character istics in the education of our youth! SAVE THE SEED FOR NEXT YEAR. October l-6th Seed Saving Week in State. Careful Selection and Storing Important. Raleigh. Oct. 1 The first week in October will be a verv important week on the farms of North Carolina. Dur ing that time farmers are called on to give attention to the matter of sav ing plenty of good seed for next sea son's planting. Every farmer in the State probably has seed of some kind that it would be alvisable to save. This does not mean simply to put aside some seed of unknown or scrub varieties, but it means an intelligent selection of seed while still in the field, orchard or garden. The first selection should be made here, because it is very important to know whether the seed selected , are from prolific stalks, vines, etc. It is also impor tant to- know if the variety is a de-! known of the varieties are adapted to j conditions where they are to be grown. As.far as possible, the varieties should be vigorous, with a desirable matur ing date, as resistant as practicable to diseases, inseet pests, and other troubles. Of course, all seed should !be thoroughly mature. Not only; should good seed be saved from proper varieties, but they should be properly cared for afterwards. This means, they should be free from damp ness or mold, and stored in a dry place where there is circulation of air. Any seeds that are infested with weevils or other insects should at once be treat ed before storing, .and stored with something that is repellent to insects. Under present conditions, it is more important than heretofore for farmers to have on hand the right kind of seed when planting time arrives. It often happens that farmers fail to plant some crop simply because they do not have the seed on hand at plant ing time, or Tjfecause it may be incon venient to purchase them, or because the price on the market is high. Far mers can grow, select and save good seed for less than it will cost to pur chase them after they have passed through the hands of several dealers. Farm Demonstration Agents will be busy during the week urging farmers to give attention to this important matter. All farmers who have ten ants, renters, or croppers should see that they select an adequate supply of seed for the various crops that will be needed for next season's planting. All over the State, in fact, every one who is interested in this matter should give it proper attention. v Chapters Overtbe Country are Active Red Cross Renders Great, Ser- vice By Feeding Troops As They Are Shifted About.1 Red Cross chapters in many cities have completed their preparations .o serve light refreshments and emer gency rations to the troops of the Na tional Army, as the travel to and from mobilization points. The Red Cross will cooperate in ev ery way possible with the War De- partment, "both in caring for'tKe com fort of troops at mobilization points and at stations where the troop trains are scheduled to stop, and in supple menting the service of the railroads by having reserves of food ready for use in case of any accident or delay which disarranges vtheplans for feed ing the men en route. In many places the chapters have actually been doing this for some time Their machinery was in good ruuning order when the 200,000 men were mov ed to mobilization points on Septem ber 5th, and they have rendered great service. The Philadelphia chapter wired Fos ter Rockwell, Director of Canteen Ser vice, as follows: "Chapter prepared to feed in Phil adelphia 1500 troops a day as long as you wish." This was the sort of spirit manifested and still kept alive by the Red Cross. In Boston such food supplies as could be stored have been purchased by the local chapter and kept in re serve for nearly a week. All over the country, chapters of the Red Cross, which now number 2400, have mar shalled their resources under the di rection of the thirteen Division Mana m "m . -a 1 gers and have enlisted worKers in their resources under the direction of the thirteen Division Managers and haTre enlisted workers in their refresh ment units. While general plans for the handl ing of emergencies, in co-operation with the War Department, have been made at Eed Cross National and Di vision Headq arters, the local chap ters are charged with the responsibil ity of discovering just what needs of the troops they can help to meet and of taking appropriate action at once. The War Department has authorized railroad officials to give accredited re presentatives of the chapters the nec essary information as to prospective movements of troop trains in their districts at intervals of twenty-four hours. Cnurch of Good Shepherd, Rfclgeway On Sunday October 7th at 8 p. m. the Rt. Rev Joseph B. Cheshire will hold confirmation service. All are in vited to attend. This will not inter fere with the regular service at 4 p.m. Emmanuel Church, Warrenton. On account of Bishop Cheshire hold ing Confirmation in Ridgeway on Sun day next at 8 p. m., I shall be obliged to postpone preaching in the Baptist church until the first Sunday in November. CONSERVATION TO BE ORGANIZED. Week of October 21-28 Selected as the Time to Complete En rollment for Conservation. Raleigh, October 1st The first note in a big drive to enlist every American household in a definite organization o win the war by the saving and the substitution of foodstuffs was sounded today by Federal Food Administrator, Herbert Hoover, who made formal an- ' nouncement of a food pledge enroll ment campaign which will be conduct ed in every State and Territory in the Union the week of October 21-28th. r Mr. Hoover's statement follows: "The week of October 21-28 has been selected for a nation-wide cam paign to complete the enrollment of our forces, in the conservation of our food supply. ) i "The harvest is now in hand and we can measure the world's resources. The available supplies from this har vest are less than the last harvest of which we exported more than we could readily afford. We can only meet the call upon us next year by savings and by substitutions of commodities which cannot be transported- . "The Allies are our first line of de fense they must be fed.. .Food will win the war. All Europe is on rations' or restricted supplies only in our own' country is each one permitted to judge for himself the duty he owes his coun try in food consumption, although the world depends upon us to guard and provide its food supply. "This is a duty of necessity, human- ity and honor. As a free people wo have elected to, discharge this duty not under autocratic decree but without other restraint than the guidance of individual conscience. "On the success of this unprecedent ed adventure in Democracy will large ly3take,&CIssue are asking every householder, every hotel, restaurant" and dealer in food stuffs in the Nation to become a mem ber of the Food Administration for. conservation and to pledge themselves to follow insofar as circumstances per mit the suggestions that would be of fered from time to time as to meas- ures of food savings. "For us, there is no threat of priva tion. We wish only that our people should eat plenty but wisely and with out waste. Wisdom in eating is to make possible much adjustments in our food consumption, shipping and war necessities as will allow us to ful fill our duty in exports to our Aliies. By elimination of waste we serve our selves economically and' morally. "I, therefore, appeal to the Churches and to the schools for their assistance in this crusade,to all the organizations for defense, local and national, to all the agencies, commercial, social and civic, that they join the administration in this work for the fundamental safe ty of the Nation." Nearly 2,000,000 housewives have alrtady taken the pledge to furnish the food that our Allies and over-seas armies require, and already their ef forts are visibly increasing the availa ble supply. The small amounts which each individual is asked to save thru substitution and avoidance of waste when multiplied by . millions . become an effective total. The whole problem will be solved if the American people will eat less of the foods, which because of their con centrated nutritive value must be send abroad and more of other foods of which there is an abundance. The foods that must be saved are wheat, pork, dairy products and sugar. Those that should be used generously are fish, poultry, vegetables and all cereals except wheat. 1 j Federal Food Administrator,Henry A. Page has practically perfected plans for the campaign in North Car olina,during which the pledge of every housewife in the State, " more . than 300,000 in number, wilV be secured to support the suggestions of the Food Administration. Details of the cam paign in North Carolina will be an nounced within a few days. Carey Price To Marry October, 27th. The many friends of Mr. Carey Price, son of Captain E. C, Price, in Warrenton and -the county are inter ested in the announcement of his mar riage which is to take place on Octo ber. 27th in Rogersville, Tennessee. Mr. Price is to wed Miss Elsie Clay Kerner of that town ' , i
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