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DR. TAYLOR'S OLD
TIMES IN WARREN
Poem "How Did He Live" and
'A People Who Have Nev
er Gone to War."
So He died for his faith! That's fine!
Mere than most of us do.
But stay! Can you add to that
That he lived for it, too?
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In his death he bore witness at last
As a martyr of truths
Did his life do the same in the past
From the day of his youth?
It is easy to die. Men have died
For a wish or a whim;
From bravado, passon or pride.
Was it hard for him?
But to live every day; to live out
All the truth that he dreamt,
While his friends met his conduct with
doubt
And the world with contempt.
Was it thus that he plodded ahead,
Never turning aside?
Then we'll talk of the life that he liv
ed.
Never mind how he died.
Unknown.
(A. M. Barnes)
President Wilson's now famous ex
pression, "There is such a thing as
being too proud to fight," calls to mind
a people who have never gone to war
whom no force can drive into war, not
because of pride, but from principle.
These people are the Quakers, or bo
ciety of Friends, as they desire to te
called. "It is for beasts to fight, to
fly at each other's throats and rend'
say the Quakers, "not for man, created
in the image of God." Would that all
mankind had the view of the Quakers
and held to it! -, - - r.
George Fox, an -Englishmah-born
in 1624, was the founder of the sect
ksown as Quakers, though William
Penn and Robert Barclay were mora
largely instrumental in giving to the
Society its substantial prominence
Fox was the son of a poor sheperd,
and from childhood knew the hard ex
periences that come from poverty. He
had an intense desire for learning.
with little opportunity for gratifying
the desire. He taught himself the
most that he knew, which was not
much after all, While tending his fath
er's sheep.
He was what would be called in this
advanced aare "a flierhtv lad." He
early began, on his own testimony, to
dream queer dreams and to see strange
visions. In order to give him a more
settled frame of mind, his father ap
prenticed him to a shoemaker.. But
he did not stick long at his shoemak
er's bench. His greatest vision came
to him there. One day he suddenly
laid down his hammer and awl, declar
ing the call had come to him to preach;
that he must go forth proclaiming
certain teaching that were revealed to
him. Otherwise there would be no
happiness for him.
Thus at nineteen, he left not ony
his work, but his home and began to
wander over the country, clad only in
a leathern doublet of his own construc
tion and absorbed in reveries, con
sumed, too, by the ardent desire to
turn men from evil.,At this time his
efforts met with little success, because
f the lack of practical methods.
There was a conflict of opinion, too,
concerning him. Some believed that
his mind was affected, others were
staunch in the assertion that he was
"moved by the Spirit," and became his
followers. His father, distressed by
the life of hardship and erposure he
was leading, followed him, entreating
hl1 to return home. This he did for
a time, but, restless and unhappy,
started out again on his mission.
A strange perversity now seized
him. He set himself very bitterly
against all orthodox religious service,
fusing even to enter a church where
such was conducted. So violent be
Came his denunciations and so vigor
ous the efforts he put forth to win con
certs to his own faith, he was arrested
of K48 and imPrisioned on tne charge
But disturber of he Peace"
despite the accusations against
di? and the persecutions of those who
th ered frm him in religious beliefs,
s reCOrds show that he won tne
mjgsPathy of the court and was dis
the ff Tnere is also testimony to
est ect that so great was his earn
ess' so genuine his desire to turn
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND
men from evil to good, so winning his
manner, "the number of his followers
increased daily."
But his enemies remained active.
They pressed matters against him to
the extent that he was carried to Lon
don to be examined before Cromwell.
Cromwell, after close questioning, dis
missed him, declaring he saw nothing
in his views to excite apprehension;
that what he was striving to teach
was the best of principles; that if a
man lived up to them he would be do
ing his duty to God and to his fellow
men. Nevertheless, despite Crom
well's approval of his teachings, Fox
continued to be l ard pressed by h-f
Puritan antagonists, ut the number
of his adherents was incieasing all th.2
while.
'ihey wc-re now known as "Quakers"
by the: i enemies , Uxause one of Fox's
oft-repeated -Assert, ens to the affect
that "men should quake at thought A
the . wrath of Cod." jimong them
selves they were called "Friends."
They were noted for an extreme sim
plicity of life; for the eschewing of
everything bordering upon vanity, for
a daily rode of existence of such ab
stemiousness as to be fanatical.
Above all, they were pronounced in
their horror of war. Under no provo
cation would a Quaker dye his hands
in the blood of a fellow man. From
this high conception of the angelic
declaration of "peace and good will"
to man they have never swerved. The
Quakers are having a hard time in
England and elsewhere today, because
they will not be forced into war. Un
der no conditions will they take up
arms against their fellow men.
After establishing his sect in Eng
land, and winning quite a following,
Fox came to America. He spent two
years here, propagating his religious
views and with much success. He re
turned to London and died there m
1691.
In the meanwhile, despite unrelent
ing persecution the sect -known as
Friends were steadily growing strong
er in England. Rich and enfluential
men, too, had Jteen added to their
ranks. Prominent among these was
William Penn: As there seemed to be.
persecution of the Quakers in England
Penn determined to carry out a plan
he had for some time cherished, that
of seeking an asylum for his people
in America, where they could worship
God unmolested, as their conscience
dictated. 'He accordingly obtained
fromCharles II a large tract of land
on the west side of the Deleware,
agreeing to relinquish in consideration
of this grant, a claim of sixteen thous
and pounds due his father's estate.
William Markham was sent out with
the first emigrants as Deputy Govern
or. Among nis instructions tne most
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forceful one of all was to the effect
that war was hot to be waged with
Indians or whites, never mind how
provocative the circumstances. Peace
was to be maintained at any cost.
Penn also sent gifts and assurances
of friendship to the native chiefs.
Markham was told also to establish a
eague of friendship with the Indians.
When Penn himself came over the next
year he found that his deputy had
faithfully followed instructions. Penn
and the Indians met in friendly coun
cil under the branches of a huge elm.
Here the "pipe of peace" was smoked
and the" Indians honorably satisfied
r the transfer of their lands, a
treaty was made, "the only oath never
sworn to and never broken." During
a period of nearly seventy years,
while it was under QuaKer ruie, an
Indian war whoop was never heard
within the territory of Pennsylvania.
So much for the "peace at any price?
policy of the Quakers. The elm un
der which Fenn's treaty was maue
was blown down in 1810, but a mon
ument now marks the spot with the
inscription, "To a faith that was nev
er Broken." "
The Quakers suffered persecution
m America as wen o ""6'"-
no colony were they more severely
treated than in Massachusetts, a col
ony founded by Puritans, who had
hemselves faced the fires oi perse
cution in their mother country xux
their faith's sake. Here the Quakers
were subject, to every indignity and
to various iunu vxv..
were whipped; they were put in the
stocks; their ears were cropped; bu
bpm from
no sunenng ;tuum x -
heir steadfast belief that "war is oi
Satan, peace God-given.
We are reminded now ci .tne sect
nown as "The Free Quakers," whicn
had military existence for a number
T. but which ceased to be some
seventy-five or eighty years ago. This
was a branch of the Friends that be-
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WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 1917
FARMERS SHOULD
TARE ADVANTAGE
Farmers Urged To Rally Round
Flag and Buy Liberty Bonds
in Letter to Mr. Newell.
The following letter to Mr. F. B. Mr. Sandy Capps, of Areola, has
Newell, secretary-treasurer Newell sets a worthy example to all. Mon
Farm Loan Association from the Fed- day when his son Daniel reported for
eral Land Bank of Columbia is timely
in its advice and patriotic in its pur
pose:
Mr. F. B. Newell,
Sec'y-Treas. N. F. L. A.,
Warrenton, N. C.
Dear Sir:
The following is copy of a tel
egram just received by this Bank:
"Dalhart, Texas, 4:59 p. Oct 20th
ederal Land Bank, "
Columbia, S. C.
No class of our people are more
vitally concerned in- the successful
prosecution of the war with Germany
than the farmers because the value of
their product depends upon the main-
tenance.of America's right to the free-
dom of the seas, this right being one
of the chief things challenged by the
German Kaiser in this war. If our
commerce can be destroyed at the will
of any foreign power at any time that
it suits the purpose of that power, as
submission by the United States to
the German Kaiser's edict would bring
about, the farmers would be unable to
sell their surplus croos in the onen
markets of the world and the value
of our principal farm products would
decline below the cost of production.
America can never surrender this vi
tal right. We must vindicate it. We
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i;ui ihusucihv iinu secure nie saiciv
oi our aemocracv here and at the
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ueuicuracy ij. we to lorwara witn res-
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olution and courage and support our
f Tm , aireaay mtne
.n4- : i i
ntjiu. 10 qo im-tne iarmers-oi tne
umicu uiuica wen as tin ouiier
classes of our people must lend their,
T 1 j 1 tn j. -r i . -w-v 1 1 - 1 I
to get every iarmer to ouy some ot
these bonds. No matter how small
the amount. It -is not onlyxa ques
tion of saving the rights and prosper
ity of the farmers and of all the peo
ple of the United States, but of sup
porting our sons who have already
been called to the colors and through
whose valor and fighting ability we
shall soon re-establish a stable and
just peace in the world. It is the
highest duty of patriotism of the farm
ers and every other class of people to
support our gallant soldiers in the
war and uphold America's vital rights-
The least service any good citizen and
patriot can perform is to lend his
money to the Government on the saf
est security in the world. Set these
facts to all the farmers in your com
munity and urge them to do their part.
We earnestly request that you have
this given wide and immediate pub
licity in your community.
We also urge that in this time
of the nation's need that the farmers
who are getting the highest prices in
their history, meet this call to their
patriotism, especially when patriot
ism and good business are combined.
This same Government that is maic-
ing
this call established this Bank
and furnished the necessary capital
free of charge, so that the farmer
is securing his capital at the lowest
rate and most favorable terms of any
industry or business in this country.
We urge that every farmer buy a
bond and buy it now.
Get in touch with ome of the most
active memoers ux yuur uivu
i j? a 4-i i
and urge tneir immediate co-opera
tion. Yours truly,
Federal Land Bank of Columbia.
Per. Howard C. Arnold, Sec'ty.
W. G. MCADOO."
That pound of wheat flour you save
every week will weigh very heavily
on the Kaiser's mind.
unnea states LiDerty ionas, wnicn had its regUiar meeting in the school
bear four percent interest and are ex- auditorium immediately after school,
empt from almost all taxation, State Several of the members rendered in
local and Federal. Farmers' sons as teresting recitations and readings and
well as the sons of all other classes there was a debate als0 upon the fol.
of American citizens are now in the iowing question, "Resolved, That Coun
field. We cannot equip them with the try Life is More Beneficial than City
arms and ammunition which will give Life Walter Ball, Willie May Stal
them the best chance to save their own lings and Ben Harris argued for the
lives and to win the war quickly un- Affirmative against Eula Gillis, Lot
less the Government can sell Liberty tie Wagner and Regina Hardy. The
Bonds from time to time. I want the judges decided in favor of the affir
Farm Loan Bank to make a special mative.
effort from now until October twenty- As there was no other business" the
seventh, when the subscriptions clo&c, Society adjourned to meet again Fri-
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BEHIND U. S WITH
SON AND MONEY
Areola Man Gives Son to Ccun
try and Backs Him With
Several Liberty Bonds.
services to the local board he came
over with him, and after cheerfully
giving him to his country for the du
ration of the war, went and purchas
ed a number of liberty bonds and pre
sented them to his son.
No better spirit could have been
shown that this. It represented love
of country in both the cheerful giving
of his son and the spirit with which
he stands at home and sends his dol
lars, in the hands of Uncle Sam, along
with his boy.
Warren county and the nation al-
ways admires such a deed; upon this
same spirit was America founded,
and it is a pleasure to see it manif est-
ed in citizens of today, of which Mr.
Capps offers a striking example
LITERARY SOCIE-
t TY ORGANIZES
Fidelis Literary Society Organiz
ed at Embro and Held Reg
ular Meeting On Oct. 19
The Fidelis Literary Society was
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otn witn waiter saii as president:
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stallings, scribe; Ben Shearin, Libr
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committee. '
day, October 26th.
FARMERS UNION MEETING
CALLED FOR NOVEMBER 3RD
" TheWarren County Farmers' Union
will meet in the Court House, Satur-
day November 3rd, at 11 a. m., to elect
delegates to State meeting c.t Wins-
ton-Salemn Nov. 7th and 8th. Every
local please send delegates.
HERBERT SCOLZ,
H. E. RODWELL, Pres.
Secretary.
Interesting News
Letter From Wise
Lyceum Course Has First Enter-
tainment; Basketball Games
and Other Wise News.
A large and attentive audience
greeted Mrs. William Calvin Chilton
who cave a TnrmnHrmtic recital in
the high gchool auditorium on Thurs.
jflVOTPnn(,nrf,wiRth Mrs rfcil..
ton presented a splendid rendition of
the well-known and popular play,
Tolly of the Circus." All the parts
were well impersonated, but it" seemed
to many that Mrs. Chilton particula..--
lv excelled in the narts- of "Hastv"
" -1
and "Mandy", colored servants parts
anl in the part of "Deacon Elverson.
-The second number of the ryceum
course will be given oh the evening
! of November 22nd. Since this is a
musical number, and good music is
; so seldom to be heard in the country,
everybody will be anxious to hear the
Winona Entertainers. They include
Mr. Burrows Chaldwell, Impersona
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WARREN
COUNTY
tor; Miss Josephine Grelick, Soprano
ana iviiss Hiiizaoetn tjnaney, a young
violinist of much ability.
Both the girls and the boys basket
ball team of our high school played
the two teams of the Palmer Springs
School last JFriday afternoon, and we
regret to say were defeated in both
games. Last year our teams played
an excellent game, but they have haJ
but little practice so far this year,
and evidently attempted to test their
skill before they were quite prepared,
hince the defeat. And then, many of
our high school girls are feather
weights when compared to some of the
Palmer . Springs girls.
Miss Hodges is helping the students
to get up "The District School" to be
gives some time soon. Those who
have seen the play know that it is
excruciatingly funny.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thacer spent
several- days last week in Hopewell
as the guests ofMr. and Mrs. N. W.
Perkinson.
Miss Lalla and Mr. Sterlington Per
kinson, Mrs. C. C. Perkinson and
daughter, and Miss Mary Perkinson
attended the Raleigh, Fair last week.
Mrs. J. R. Paschall of Richmond
visited her many friends and relatives
in Wise for a few days last week.
Mr. Robert Dunn was called to the
colors this week and has gone to
Columbia for training. He will be
much missed, especially by the B. Y.
P. U. of which organization he wa
the esteemed president. Mr. Claude
Painter was another of our boys to
be called. Both . go with the best
wishes of the community.
r.ir. Kj. w. .rerKinson is driving a
new Overland.
Mr. Macon White was appointed
last Sunday to succeed Mr. Nathaniel
Hayes as librarian of the Sunday
School.
DEATH OF BEULAH GREEN NEW
MAN
On Sunday evening, October 14th
at the age of three months, Beulah
Green, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Newman passed into the
Great Beyond. "Suffer little children
to- come -unto- me, for of such isthe
kingdom of Heaven."
CANT GET COAL
THEN BUY WOOD
Shortage of Coal Gives No Indi
cation of Becoming Better
Wood Must Be Used.
W. B. Boyd and Co., C. E. Jaslson,
M. Burroughs and other Warrenton
coal dealers have been unable to get
coal for this winter and from W. B.
oyd and Co. we learn that prospects
for getting any coal are limited in
deed.
W. B. Boyd and Co. have written
to coal dealers over the country, and
have only been able to receive a prom
ise of delivery of 60 tons while last
year at this time they had sold 240
ons. They have no assurance as to
when this sixty tons can be expected.
The first breaths of winter are ra
pidly approaching and Warrenton peo
pie must make arrangements to buy
wood. The old family almanac does
not prophesy a Florida winter, and al
ready Jack Frost has sent his chilly
fingers down your collar. The situa
tion is thus placed before our people
and wood must be procured and that
quickly if suffering from cold is to be
prevented.
TEACHERS ASKED TO ORDER
FOLLOWING BOOKS THRU SUPT.
Read the following communication
from State Superintendent J. Y. Joy
ner and make application to me for
the manual in order that I may order
he requisite number at once.
HOWARD F. JONES, Supt.
"under contract with Row, Peterson
& Co., Publishers of the Free &
Treadwell Readers and the State Text
Book Commission, Row, Peterson &
Company agree to supply free a copy
of the primary manual on reading in
paper binding, through the olfice oi
he County Superintendents of Schools
to each class room where the primer,
first and second and third readers are
used; and also to supply free a copy
cf the advanced manual on reading
for the fourth, fifth and sixth readers
in paper binding, through the office of
the County Superintendents of schools
te each class room where the readers
covered by this manual are used."
Number 117
3c. A COPY
PIGS TAKE ALL
THE STATE PRIZES
Warren Boy Takes Sweepstakes
In Pigs At Great North
Carolina State Fair.
Hats off and all honor to Joe Flem
ing, champion pig raiser of the State
for the past two years.
Two pigs exhibited at the State
Fair took six premiums and . won a
cash prize of $22.00. These pigs are
two of a litter of eleven from the sow
with which Joe last year won the
State championship in the boys' pig
club.
Joe Fleming is a son of Mr. Walter
B. Fleming, of Bridle Creek, and the
care, attention and interest which
has produced such pigs show his
ability as a stock raiser, and reflects
credit upon himself and Warren. The
State is a great big place and many
stock raisers took off their hats at
the State Fair to these Warren pigs,
which took sweepstakes.
In this connection the following let
ter is of interest:
West Raleigh, Oct 19th, 17
Mr. Walter B. -Fleming, -
Warrenton, N. C.
Dear Mr. Fleming,
Joe's pigs arrived in good con
dition and have been having a swell
time this week at the fair. They
hardly know what defeat is like. They
took 1st and 2nd in the open class,
1st and 2nd in Pig Club class, 2nd in
Sweepstakes class, and 2nd in Spe
cial Duroc-Jersey Record Association
class. Thethinner one of the gilts
took 1st each time and had a place in
the Sweepstakes and Special class.
They won a total of $22.00. I will
ship them back to you by express
just as soon as I can get them out
cf the Fair Ground. I am expecting
it to be Saturday afternoon before
they leave here. I will notify you by
wire when to .- expect them.
. Very truly ' yours, v
. : J. E. MOSES,
Agent in Animal Husbandry In
. Charge N. C. Pig Clubs.
RECORD GOES TO
MAN IN FRANCE
Warren BOy With Expedition In
France Sends Money Order
for Subscription.
A Postal Money order from France
for subscription to this paper has
found its way through the war zone,
to New York, over the railroads to
Warrenton and to this office. Uncle
Sam's Postal Service is great. The
appreciation of a Warren citizen for
his County paper is attested, and
henceforth the Warren Record will
semi-weekly make its trips to France
as it has been doing to Alaska, Mis
c .uri, Arizona and other far away
sections where Warren people have
wandered and with whom the Warren
Record is just "like a letter from
home."
The letter follows:
On Active Service With the
American Expeditionary Force
September 28th, 1917.
Field Hospital No 12 "A. E. F."
via New York, N. Y.
The Warren Record,
Warrenton, N. C.
My- dear Sirs :
Please find enclosed a United
States Postal Money order for amount
of $1.00 for which send me your pa
per as long as this amount will pay
lor same. l am yours truly
Sam D. Myrick, F. H. 12.
The letter was written from Y. M.
C. A. quarters and o.k.'d by the Cen
sor. '
FIVE WARREN COUNTY MEN
LEAVE FOR CAMP JACKSON.
Five Warren county men left Mon
day for Camp Jackson,
These men were: Robert Maynad
Dunn, Luke Ham, Vivian G. Shearin
Claude. Foote Paynter and Daniel Is
ham Capps, and were in charge of
Mr. Robert Dunn.
The party were cheerful, and no
complaints were heard. These men
complete the number of white men
called in Warren's 132. Good luck!
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