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VOL. XXII
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IMPORTANT TO
PROVIDE WOOD
r. R. Boyd, T. D. Peck'and V. P
Ward On Fuel Conservation
Com. of Warren County.
Mr. T. D. Peck has been appointed
chairman of the County Fuel Admin
istration and has selected as his as
e: Mnts in this all-important matter
McsSrs. xv. .. s . - -
These genuemeii ixC - i.v-cw m.
. n.ir.ir n,oU
fuei situatiun . .... "
Jofli (?(t reports tu liic oi-aic -uiiiims-
u- . I
-ion and to won- iu pioviuc a, uiumci-
ual wood yard, in oraer mat wooa may
be supplied to consumers at cost.
The instructions issued to them are
as follows:
We recommend as the first things to
be done, to report to us at once cases
of most urgent need, and to make sur
vey and report results.
Please make all reports to us in du
plicate.
All statements filed with your Com
mittee as to coal needs, prices, etc.,
should be sworn to by the party mak
before a Notary Public or Justice of
Peace
Do not accept estimates or unverifi
ed reports. The Government expects
accurate data, and desires that all
statements be checked or verified by
inspection as far as possible. The man
tnat is reasonauit; axiu iioiicau win ui
object to having his coal inspected and
checked up.
In making Coal Survey, please in
dicate the names of firms with whom
dealers or industries have contracts,
or from whom they have been obtain
ing previous supply.
The State Fuel Administration urges
through Fuel Committee that Towns
furnish fuel, the text of this appeal
to
Warren's committee, and through
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them to you is as follows:
""While the Presidents and Mr .-"Gar-
field are solving the coal supply proo-
lem, which they are going to do, even
if they have to take over the coal
mines and operate them, the cities and
towns of North Carolina can reduce
the demand for coal and can mater-
ially reduce the price of wood to the
consumer by going into the wood bus-
mess. I have taken counsel with some
of the safest,most thoughtful and best
business men in North Carolina, and
they all agree that the plan is not only
practical, but highly desirable. There
is an abundance of wood m North
tarohna, and there will never be a
time when the largest use of this a-
l i I
Dunaance can be made so advanta- nest to the latest are to be represent
geously as now. The plan is as fol- ej m these orchards. The following
lows: citizens are to have one of these or-
"Let each municipality (1) buy wood
by wholesale in large quantities for
delivery by wagon or railroad at - a
municipal wood yard, which should ue
located on a railroad siding if wood
is to be shipped in by rail; (2) equip
"ie yard with power-saws, etcs., util-
izing such available eauinment as the
municinalitv nlrenrlv Tac. 3 iiso r.nn n
vict labor, workhouse labor, or street
' to do the work; (4 "ie the
nicipal teams for delivery of wood
A
10 consumer, cut readv for consump-
10n, at actual cost; (5) put somebody
m charge of the work who is capable
of doing it successfully; (6) -do not
use coal cars for shipping in your sup
W of wood; (7) if wood cannot Lie
bouht in sufficient nnantit.ies to SUT)-
Ply the municipal yard, contract with
Owners for ht Ywivilexr a nf cut-
ng the wood under fnrp.sf. conserva
tion rp..;4.: .1 l . ,i i
gms
cf tl,:r;; ".?,ana mreCt CU" "f
uuu witn your own laoor; of
encourage consumers to substitute
f et iron wood stoves for their coal
urners, as the saving in price will
re tha Pay for the outlay.
:fn many sections of the state last
;6ar' W001 ready for burning cost the
nsumer from seven to eight dollars
cord and the retail market this wm-
on
r will
Ur.4. r'v"Jauiy oe nigner man iz was
idSt. TVi , . .
TM-r-v.-.U1 1 ! i - i
bva iumisning ot wood at cost
shin municiPality will work no hard-
the Pn the retail wood dealer for
sell i,nland wiU be such tha he can
rnu can suPPly at a reasonable.
an un an lf he undertakGs to make
Plain re.asonablf Profit, he cannot com-
fere -"""icipai competition inter
, - itn it
tt i
ue lost,
inere is no lime w
Let
Prow.- """"y or legality oi w.a
Position. We w i"i 'a-
prPerly
""a we
arp cot:-t a-, . .
- i-iaiiea tnat no court is
(TUESDAY)
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND
likely to interfere with the program of
emergency relief which will not only
help win the war but which will pre
vent suffering this winter on the part
oi tnose who can ill afford to buy
wooa at any price, and supply the pub
lie with a necessity at prices that will
not be burdensome.
"Let not any municipality treat this
suggestion lightly, deeming it unnec
essary. The facts of the fuel situa
tion speak for themselves as to the
seriousness of it, and we deceive our
selves if we do- not look them square
ly in the face. The city or town that
is wise and forehanded will, without
delay, make itself, as far as possible
inrlpTiAnrli-n-J- r-F paq! V.-- , i
wood business: and before the winter
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7 ... xxoc p ctnu can
the officials of that city or town bless
aJ j
u.
FARM AND OTHER
NEWS OF COUNTY
Mr. F. E. Newell Senior Agricul
tural Agent in State; Coun
ty To Have 12 Orchards.
The readers of this paper will re
member that the Bank of Warren
furnished the money to the Pig Club
members with which to buy the pigs
ordered the pigs for Warren boys, and
Tint thorn in h a ho iAa ' r-f Ttf-i. "C Tf
ll Q,.;,.H-oi
county, for distribution.
i41v- fe-3 . "uim-e A
won nrst, secona, and third prizes in
the pig clubs of the State, and sweep-
stakes for the btate at large are of
this stock, ip the Hank of Warren
credit must be given for placing the
pigs in Warren. Mr. F. B. Newell,
one of the best agricultural agents in
tne totate, neiped in placing tnese pigs
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ivir. ievreii is now senior agncuitur-
al agent in the State, being the only
-
man who hasheld his job fordeven
years. Mr. Newell record at Raleigh
and Washington is a good one, and
his length of time as agricultural
agent speaks for his merit. His work
bears the sanction of many Warren
officials, and of the people of the
county, and is a work the good In-
fluence of which does not die.
yr Newell will put in twelve Gov-
ernment orchards in Warren, county
this fall as models for the County. He
wjh care f or these orchards free oi
charge, and superintend the plantin
prUnning, spraying of these orchards
prof m n. Hutt, State Horticultur
jst made selection of these orchards
an(Lall kinds of fruits, from the ear
chards, the other orchards to be ap
portioned later. It is the purpose of
Mr. Newell and the agricultural de
partment to have them well scattered
over the county:
W. B. Fleming, Warrenton, Peter
Powell, Fishing Creek, Fletcher Bob
bitt. Judkins: Sam Davis, Creek: J.
Mewell. Warrenton: J. B. Davis,
Shocco; Bill Twitty, Shocco; Jeff Pal-
mer, Warrenton, and Howard Palmer-
Six Pound.
SON -OF, "MR. JOHN WIGtxlJNb
TO MARRY ON NOVEMBER 7TH
,iu lHAftivi vii iw.
The following invitation to the mar
riage of Mr. William Robert Wiggins
is of interest to Warren people. Mr.
Wiggins is a son of Mr. John Wig-
former citizen of Warrenton,
now living at Neuse:
Dr. and Mrs. Needham Price Boddie
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Ella Magaret
to
Mr. William. Robert Wiggins
Wednesday the seventh of Novem-
ber at four o'clock in the afternoon
Memorial Church
Durham, North Carolina.
Mr. J. L. AYCOCK GETS $417.95
FOR TWO HORSE LOAD COTTON
Mr. J.
T ,rrnnlr OT XLilOerun, a t
a TT1 1 l b r I
j-j- -n-j -v-,
farmer of Warren, sow
nrogressive
of seed cotton,
.-,. iwa horse loau
tmrr aK
ooic ,t 13c. brinermg nim
ht rnc was Dleased with his
, rt hTine
cnle and savs that he's going to bring
a UlUUBanu - ,
. -.or fnture. Jet s
1 -r,rttA rlnliaT" ioau "J- vvy"
Warrenton m w
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see.u.iw ui .
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 1917
DELEGATES TO R.
C. CONVENTION
Red Cross Chapters To Hold
Meeting in Raleigh Novem
ber First and Second.
A convention of Red Cross Chapters
Auxiliaries, .Branches, Units and work
S m I;orth Carolina has been called
' i 0 - w - i -w - rvi -- u. r
.v,xiSii, nuvemuer .st ana na.
Mrs. Harry Loeb and Mrs. Kate
Arnngton, ot the Warrenton chapter,
ana Mrs. Julius Banzet of the Ridge-
A
way Auxiliary nave been appointed as
representatives to attend the meeting,
The Red Cross organization is the
official institution for relief at home
and on the battlefields of this great
war. Its members will make the ban
dages with which, our wounded will De
treated, will knit the extra sweaters,
helmets, socks, etc. to protect them
from the cold, while its nurses will
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attend tne surtermg in the hospitals.
There are now in North Carolina
110 Red Cross Chapters, and about
500 auxiliary organizations. It is de-
sired that each of these will be repivj
sented in this convention by from
three to five delegates. But as there
are many communities not yet organ
ized, it is also desired that delegates
shall come, both men and women,from
every community in the State.
The object of the Convention is tvo
fold:
First, to prepare the way for set
tins: ud 2.000 active Red Cross orcan
izations in Worth (Jarolma. it vou
desire to have a part in this great
work come to this Convention ; and
hearn what is reauired to form a local
organization
Second, to encourage and instruct or
ganizations already formed in the
ereat tasks now at hand.
There will be practical demonsti -
- . I
tions and displays and technical in-
Ltruction; there will also be addresses
i
by Red Cross specialists of NationaT
reputation.
The Convention will open Thursday
morning, November 1st, and close Fri
day evening, November 2nd.
Every Mayor of a town in North
Carolina is authorized to appoint three
delegates to this Convention, but whe
ther appointed or not, everyone in
sympathy with the objects of the con-
vention will be heartily welcomed.
For the committee: J. W. Bailey.
chairman, Raleigh.
SEMI-MONTHLY
MEETING HELD
Mrs. V. L. Pendleton Entertains
Philathea Class; Program
Interesting and Helpful.
( Contributed)
TVia regular semi-monthly Literary
ociety of the Baptist Philathea Class
was held at the home of the teacher,
Mrs. V. L. Pendleton on Thursday
night October 25th
For several months past this Socie
ty has been studying the Nnm .of
the world, and from now untd the flrst
of January will take, as the subject of
of the United States,
' pn,hPr was -iven a nrogram
in booklet form, for this" period. These
-.n-T ..4-
programs were wc- iv ci t i
ton nn ann the covers were beautifully
Land painted, bearing a picture of
"Old Iron Sides" and represented the
work of Mrs. Pendleton.
The following program for the even
;n ws interestinerlv rendered:
"Wnt the World Owes Columbus",
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Mr T V Allen: "The Aborigones of
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4. TTnioH States". 1V11SS marv rtUS-
TSurrouerhs: "Jamestown, A Sketch
of John Smith", Miss Sue Burroughs; ings room at every camp, and fur
"Thc Landing of the Pilgrims at Ply- nishes free to every soldier the ma-
mnnh " Miss Grace Beasley: "Tha
y f Coloniai "Days," Miss Ethel
rVmnHler
The pmests were then invited mio 1
the dining room which was lighted by
nnv candles in silver candle sticks
and where the victrola played sweet
mi ! UrtMl4-iA-llKT A n I
mil Slf I TIG TaOie was UK:au.vxj.u.xxjf .--
corated in pink and yellow crysanthe -
miimq cut class bon bon dishes filled
..i i -nAiaa o-nA -FT-iiits At.
I I II llllll L1U .... w I
eacn enu ww. "
j 4? v,. fok a xaaa Q inro-P mit
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rlji!3 bowl of ice cream which was
served the guest by the hostess assist-
ed by Mr. E. S. Allen. '
Those present in addition to the
regular members were: Mrs. E. S. way possible. All sorts of tempta
Allen, Miss Louise Allen and Miss .tions are in his way. The government
Pellatier.
CITIZENS TO MEET
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PATH FINDERS
Town To Put Forth Organized
Effort To Secure Passage
of the Bankhead Route.
1 An. imDromntu meeting of interest..
edWarrenton citizens was held Mon
day afternoon in the office of Mr. Tas
i '
Ker JfolK for the mirnose of riecirhno-
upon a course of action in regard to
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the Bankhead highway through War
rentdn.
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, At the request of Mr. Nathan Pal
mer, who was instrumental in' calling
the meeting and who has manifested
much interest in this live question,
Mr. Polk acted as chairman. He re-
viewed the steps already taken, told
of .the advantages of having the route
through here, and then appointed the
following three gentlemen to confer
with the Henderson Chamber of Com
I -V
mefce in regard to the matter, and to
provide means for Warrenton citizens
to meet the Pathfinders at LaCrosse:
N.fM. Palmer. R. B ' Bovd. and T. D
Peck. Mr. Polk was also elected a
i ' r
member of this committee. ,
Messrs. W. G. Rogers, J. M. Gard
ner, J. D. Palmer, V. F. Ward, and
D. . L. Peck offered forthwith their
cars to the committee, to go wherever
they deemed necessary, whenever they
deemed necessary, and to stay as long
as they thought best. It is believed
that other, many, other Warrenton
ears will join the . party.
Dr. C. H. Peete, Messrs. Palmer
Scoggin,.J. J.Tarwater and C. N.
Williams are expected to - meet the
Pathfinders at the Jefferson Hotel in
Richmond tonight, and show to the
Bankhead party the directness and
advantages of -the route over Cannon's
Forrv and on to Warrenton. 'Hen Hnr-
son! Raleigh-
GREfTESTIELD
ASSET OF ARMY
Y. M. C. A. Does Great Work
With the Army; Funds Need
ed For Worthy Cause.
(By Prof. J. Edward Allen)
Last Friday, through the kindness ox
some of Warrenton's most influential
friends of the Y. M. C. A. and its work
I attended the conference in Charlotte
of the Y. M. C. A: War Fund Commit
tee. Never- did one see a more
throughly red-blooded, determined,
confident group of men than these,
who have just set out on the gigantic
undertaking of raising $35,000,000 for
the Y. M. C. A. work in the camps
and in the field overseas.
Every man of the group was cer-
tain of two things; first that this huge
sum must be raised; and second, that
it can be raised. That it is sorely
needed, no one doubts. And North
Carolina is asked to raise $400,000 of
"m ich the taskoi
12th is the ,tnne m which the teskof
it. The week . beginning November
raising this great fund is to be under
taken.
The Y. M. C. A. is doing a work
among the soldiers the greatness of
wTiinli nr rtnA fan overestimate. it
-;
sees two things clearly, before it; first,
that a clean soldier is the only good
soldier, and second, that a soldier who
remembers constantly that pure home
back yonder, from which he went and
for which he is fighting, is going ?o
nave tne oest cnance xo Keep ciean m
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mind and in morals.
-n 1 Z T "V HT C A Vinr.
veaii.iiiK Liii&, me
established reading rooms and writ
teials with which to write back home,
At all times of the day. these writing
rooms are nnea xo tneir capacii-y. xxie
j i-; ij.-. rm.
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Y. M. C. A. handles money oraers
for the soldiers; and more than eighty
five percent of these bear-tne same
family name for-the sender as for the
- Tr. T ATrniTT TITCITT TlACaihlO tflA SOI
pajree. J.11 jr i jr -"
dier iskept in touch with what is best
and purest; home ties are Kept as
;f - nn Qa rkossiWe. -for when these are
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"nhrown he wi 1 1 seiaom violate ins
i.
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most sacred memories,
But this is not all. It is absolutely
.eessary that purity of life should
be guaranteed to the somier in every
I controls everything m tne nve-mne
(FRIDAY)
WARREN COUNTY
zone; uuz just Deyona tnat, as m
Petersburg, for example, the soldier's
temptations are uncontrolled. The
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erperience of European armies before
the Y. M. C. A. came to the rescue,
was appalling. In the early months
of the war in England, for instance,
out of three million soldiers-in camps,
more than three hundred thousand
succumbed to such temptations and
became victims of the loathsome dis
eases resulting. They were not only
made unfit for duty as soldiers or as
citizens, but in addition became each
a burden, having to be cared for in
the hospitals; and in many hundreds
of cases transmitted their plague to
innocent ones who did not suspect the
real horrible facts. To die in battle
is awful enough, but Is glorious; to
fall a victim to such a loathsome thing
without ever going' into battle is
many times more horrible,- and is
moreover a disgrace to him who so
falls as well as to those who could
by their money and their help prevent
it; The Y. M. C. A. can do this, if
we who can will only help it.
!Can I prove that the -Y. M. C. A.
can prevent this awful plague and
menace to our young manhood? Of
course no power on earth can stamp
out all of it, but the facts seem to
show that this is very closely approach ed.
At Camp Greene, near Charlotte.
the medical men told me that among
all the forty thousand men there were,
in a given month, only five cases of
these disease contracted through, these
temptations. The Y. M. C. A. was on
the ground when the first soldier ar
rived, and .temptations were literally
driven away. In Petersburg, where
prophylayis was employed instead,
the result was not so successful; but
even there, and in every camp, in the
country, as well as in France where
temptations become more acute among
these vivacious southern Euronean
people, most iastoundingly successful
results are seen..
Reader, friend of our country and
of. our boys, what would you give to
keep one whom you love from thus
literally throwing his fine life away
t?.nd "possibly -that - of-Tsomeboray-f else
with it ? Dollars by the thousands, and
the hundreds of thousands would, not
pay for the loss if through this men
ace our armies should be defeated
if by it the. flower and. select of our
young manhood should be. grossly de
bauched. In a comparatively brief
time more than six- hundred of War
ren county's young men will have 'been
called to make for their country the
supreme sacrifice of their futures and
heir lives. Will you not for them sa
crifice enough to safeguard them from
this awful thing? -In my college days
and since I have been much with: red-
blooded young men; and I know how
great how compelling the tempta-
ions are. Every safeguard ithat we
can possibly give is imperatively need
ed. "7 ' -
Warren county is asked to raise ten
thousand dollars of the four hundred
thousand that is to come from the
whole state. Warren does not fall be
hind- cannot fall behind either in
this or in any other duty. Think what
an awful thing it would be if one Out
of every ten of our soldiers should ue
ruined forever without so much as
the glory of fighting for. his country
and then, let us all, during the week
beginning November twelfth raise our
share for those who have ; gone from
us to fight that we may have liberty
to die that we mayjive, if need be,
but to do all gloriously and nobly, if
we will only help them. L
Friend, what are you going , todo
for them? Help them: freely:or sel
fishly see them do ic all, without even
removing, this awful handicap ? Let's
raise the money!
WOOL ARRIVED
FOR KNITTERS
Chairman : Knitting Committee
Receives Wool But' Has No
Needles To Give Out.
The Wool' furnished to those desir
ing to knit for the soldiers, has reached
Mrs. Adele Jones and may be procured
from her.
, Mrs. Jones states that she has no
needles, but urges that those who have
knitting needles procure some of this
wool and commence work. Knitting
instructions will be given to those de
siring to knit. - -
Number 118
3c A COPY
VALUE OF SAVING
IS EMPHASIZE
Mr. W. G. Rogers Has Sent the
Following Letter to Warren
School Committeemen. -
Mr. W. G. Rogers, Fotd Adminis
trator for Warren, is this week mail
ing to school committeemen of the
county the following letter. .
The letter is from the United States
Food Administration, and its contents
should be carefully read, and its sug
gestions followed by Warren people:
Raleigh, Oct. 25, '17
To Members of School District Com-
mittees: : The whole, nation is
alive to the vital necessity of conserv
ing all foodstuffs and of substituting
for wheat, beef, pork, and sugar-
which are suitable for export to our
Allies other products that we have ,
in abundance. The Food Pledge Cam
paign, October 27th to November 4vn
is for the purpose of giving the house
wives of the country an opportunity
to say; whether or not they will ren
der at home this service.
The service and co-operation asked
hard to realize just how vital and im
portant it is. The service that may
be rendered by one particular house
wife is just as vital and necessary as
the . service that is rendered ' by one ;
individual soldier. ' 'L '
Boys have volunteered or have been
drafted from your community. The"
lives of some of those boys may be "
saved by providing our Allies with
the foodstuffs they require to keep
them in good fighting trim. But this
cannot be done if we continue to con
sume our accustomed quantities of the
products named.
You " are charged with the impor
tant duty of acquainting every-f am
ilv in vour school district- with tne
importance TJf "the service they may
render by following the suggestions
and advice of the Food . Administra- .
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nun. vvon t you see m-t not a iamiiy
is ignored in the Food Pledge Cam
paign ?
Won't you see that your community
as a whole does the square thing by
the boys who have gone from among
you to fight the battle for Liberty and
Humanity, and the. square thing by
our Allies, who are just as truly fight
ing our battles as if the enemy were,
on our own shores arid they were hete '
to. help us?
This campaign is going to be a
great success throughout the country.
Many counties in North Carolina are
preparing, to. secure pledges from 100
percent of their housewives.
Be sure your county and your dis
trict do not fall down! '
Let us make a record for North
Carolina that you and I will not be
ashamed of! '
Yours for service for America and
Humanity. . HENRY A. PAGE,
Food Administrator.
SHOWER IN HON-
OR MISS TAYLOR
Mrs. J. E. Rooker Hostess At
Miscellaneous Shower Giv
en to Miss Lula Taylor.
(Contributed)
On Wednesday evening October 24th
the Baptist Philathea Class met at the
home of Mrs. J. E. Rooker, where i
miscellaneous shower was ; given to
Miss -Lula Taylor whose marriage to
Mr. Roy Daniel took place on Thurs
day. , ;;. - -, :
Knitting and conversation had been
he amusement of the evening until
the door of the living room, was
thrown open ,and: little Master - John
Baird came in drawing an express
wagon filled with packages, which he
presented to Miss Taylor, who was
very much surprised as the Shower
had been kept a secret.
Upon opening the packages she
found towels, handkerchiefs, collars,
silk hose and many other nice and
useful gifts, as well as many good
wish for a long and happy wedded
ife. -
The house was beautifully decorat
ed in yellow chrysanthemums iand
potted plants. Instrumental music
was furnished by Misses Chandler and
Cate Gardner arid was a much enjoy
ed treat. '