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VOL. XXII (TUESDAY) WARRENTON, N c., FRIDAY, WoVEMBER 2ND, 1917 (FRIDAY) ( ; ' : Number 119
$1.50 A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 3c A COPY
DR. TAYLOR'S OLD
TIMES WWARREN
"Stonewall" Jackson As a Poet
His Poetry Breathes of the
Character of the Author.
Old Times in Warren have become
rather extensive as to the territory
they cover. One reason for this is the
apparent indifference of Warren peo
ple to our old time history. If the
descendants of those who made our
county famous in the long ago would
o-ive me traditions and stories of the
old life that have come down to them,
I could make this department very in
teresting and instructive; but without
this help I cannot do it.
While I am waiting for stories of
our own past, I will give yqu a poem
attributed to Stonewall Jackson, and
the reasons for ascribing it to him.
The clipping was handed me by my
friend Mr. Chalmer's and is worthy of
preservation.
"Mr. Abner Greenleaf, 64 years old,
216 West Lanvale Street, President of
the Ottmar Merganthaler Company,
while looking over a collection of rel
ics gathered many years ago by his
father, the late Abner Greenleaf,
found in an old book a beautiful poem
attributed to Stonewall Jackson, tne
title of which is To My Departed
Father
"The poem appeared in one of the
Washington papers about February 4,
18S6. Mr. Greenleaf 's father was born
in New Hampshire, andat one time
defeated Daniel Webster for the State
Senate in a close and hard campaign.
He spent the greater part of his life
in Washington. He died in this city.
"The poem and the criticism ofj&e.
editor of the paper in which it appear
ed follow: '
"The following beautiful verses were
written by the celebrated 'Stonewall'
Jackson. They breathe the" very es-
sence of poetry.-,-r No person "of : taste
can read theni without being moved by
the genuine filial affection, so tendei-
expressed by the highly gifted author
while the heart is touched with sym
pathy by the mournful strain." The
smooth diction and the charming
melody of the stanzas fall like melting
music on the ear, while the imagina
tion is stirred by the striking and im
pressive imagery of the poem, the
commencement of which is so weird
like that it fills the mind with awe and
admiration. How truthful and strik
ing are the two last lines of the second
stanza! Mark how tenderly the poet
refers to his bereaved mother:
'Torn like the vine whose tendrils
curled
More closely round the falling tree.'
"There is not in the whole range of
practical literature a more beautiful
couplet than this. How sublime are
the closing lines. Had the great war
rior writte but this poem alone it
would have stamped him as a genuine
poet, and proved to the world that men
of the finest sensibilities are capable
of great personal bravery, and can
wield as sublimer influence on the bat
tle field than those who are prompted
to action by mere animal courage."
TO MY DEPARTED FATHER. ,
As die the embers on the hearth
And o'er the floor the shadows fall,
And creeps the chirping criket forth,
And ticks the deathwatch on the
wall,
1 see a form in yonder chair,
That grows beneath the waning
light,
There are the wan, sad features
there
The palid brow, and locks of white.
father! when they laid thee down
And heap'd the clay upon thy breast,
And left thee sleeping all alone,
uPon they narrow couch of rest;
T1
mow not why I could not weep,
The soothing drops refused to roll,
wh! that grief is wild and deep
Which settles tearless on the soul.
fit when I saw thy vacant chair,
ihine idle hat upon the wall, ,
e book the pencil'd passage there
Aaine eye had rested last of all;
tree beneath whose friendly shade
hJ trembling feet had wander'd
Th
e very prints those feet had made
n '-ast they feebly trod the earth.
fought while countless ages fled
y vacant chair would vacant
stand,
Unworn they hat, thy book unread,1 .
Effaced , thy footsteps from the
sand;
And widow'd in this churless world
The heart that gave its love to thee,
Torn like the vine whose tendrils curl
ed More closely round the falling tree.
O father! then for her and thee,
Gush'd madily forth the scalding
tears,
And oft, and long, and bitterly,
Those tears have gush'd in later
years;
For as the world grows cold around,
And things assume their own real
hue,
'Tis sad to find that love is found
Alone above the stars with ytm.
VIOLET JONES, FAITHFUL COL
ORED WOMAN, PASSES AWAY.
"Because thou hast been faithful
over a few things I now make thee
ruler over, many."
The subject of this sketch was a
young colored woman who served the
writer's family faithfully for many
years as a cook. In all that time she
was faithful far beyond the general
acceptance of that term. She was
obliging, good tempered and compe
tent. Her passing away is regretted
by all of those who had occasion to
employ her. She leaves two children,
to whom she was devotedly attached
and to whom she was a good mother.
Unselfish, faithful devotion to duty
brings its reward on earth, and with
faith in Christ its crown in the great
beyond. She died Tuesday at noon and
the funeral services were held from
the second Baptist church, Rev. J. K
Ramsey, pastor, on Wednesday after
noon. Many flowers attested the es
teem in which she was held by white
arid colored. HOWARD F. JONES.
ANOTHER WAR
REN BOr WINS.
George Hunter, Son of J. F, Hun
ter Also Wins Prizes At Fair
Letter of Interest.
George Hunter, son of Mr. J. F.
Hunter, Areola, N. C. sent a register
ed Berkshire to the Fair at Raleigh
and won $12.50 in prizes.
This makes two- Warren boys who
have had signal success in pig rais
ing, and the county has cause to feel
proud of their achievement.
To inculcate the idea of stock rais
ing and to show its advantages is a
wise step, and the pig clubs of the
State and of the county, the progres
sive policy of the Bank of Warren in
ctnclf in the COUntV
placing x cgio " r
have set this work apace with other
of Warren's progressive policies, and
ro nil shall see the county become
more and more a stock-producing unit
in the State. The success of Joe
Fleming and George Hunter are wor
thy example of individual hard work
and enterprise. May their success be
greater next year!
The following letter trom ivir. mute
is of interest:
"Mr. J. F. Hunter,
Areola, N. C.
Dear Sir:
T om verv elad to inform
m w Gnome's erilt done so well at
the fair last week. She took second
in open class, first in Pig Cluo ciass,
Snecial Berkshire Record
Association Class, winning in all $12.-
50. There were suite a numoer ux
ti-vt-oc: shown and I think I am
UCittl""' ... .1
thA eomnetition in the
classes' in which this gilt was shown
was steeper than any other in tne
show. There was a number of excel
lent Berkshires on exhibit and I am
proud to say your gut was nKu l
among the top.
t i v. or- nver for breeding
l am Kecuife - T
i . Vi i Tim'r cr her back to you.
have made arrangements to have nei
cared for while I am away aim
as she has been bred will immediately
ship her back. .
I am enclosing herewith your regis
tration papers and also you.ribbons.
(Signed j -J. - iy-
Agent in Animal Husbandry, In
Charge N. C. Pig Clubs."
Save-You may thus help win the
immp and serve
war. .;YouC8nwy-T: t,f it.
do it! This is pur war nxp
IMPORTANT FOR
YOU TO SAVl
Sign the Following Food Pledge
Card; Others Are Thus Back
ing Their Government.
Raleigh, Nov. 2 Food Pledge Cam
paign week in North Carolina was
ushered in under most favorable cir
cumstances Saturday, the first , day
being observed as Food Information
and Registration Day. Reports from
many counties of the State show that
enthusiastic meetings were held at thk
school houses and that thousands of
housewives took the first opportunity
offered to pledge their co-operation
for service at home to win the war.
The State has been throughly or
ganized for this campaign and those
who are acquainted with the extent
of Food Administrator Henry A.
Page's organization and preparations
declare that not only will the result
of the campaign be far-reaching insoT
far as the saving and substitution, oi
foodstuffs are concerned, but that a
more intimate sympathy upon the
part of the people generally will be es
tablished, each individual being shown
by facts and figures that the services
that may be rendered by them at home
are just as important as the services
that will be rendered by the soldiers
in the front ranks.
"The services asked of the people
at home is so simple and so easy,"
stated Mr. Page to your correspond
ent, "that our people have been slow
to realize just how vital and necessary
it is. The cooperation we ask of the
housewive and the consumer of food
will help to win the war and to win
it quicker and with smaller loss of life.
Surely our government, our sodiers,
and the mothers of these soldiers have
a right to demand and expect the full
est and most cheerful co-operation,
especially when one remembers that
the course we ask all housewivesta
pursue is the wise course "from the
standpoint of economy and health."
The pledge card which each house
wife in the State is asked to sign this
week is simple, impesing no onerous
or impossible obligation upon the sign
er. It reads as follows:
"TO THE FOOD ADMINISTRA
TORS r
"I am glad to join you in the ser
vice of food conservation for our na
tion and I hereby accept membership
in the United States Food Adminis
tration, pledging myself to carry out
the directions and advice of the Food
Administration in my home, in so far
as my circumstances permit.
"Namou . .
"Street or E. F. D. No.......
"City. State
"There are no fees or dues to be
paid. The Food Administration wishes
to have as many members all of those
actually handling food in the home. '
' The home instruction card, which
contains in a nut-shell the suggestions
and advice of the Food Administra
tion, with a clear and succint explana
tion of the "wherefore" will be pre
sented to every housewife, even to
those who do not sign the pledge
cards. Those who do sign the pledge
cards will be entitled to receive also
a membership-' card in the Food Ad
ministration.
RABBIT HUNTING BY AUTO.
NEW SIX POUND SPORT.
Mr. Howard Palmer takes the cake
or rather took the rabbit. The other
dav- while returning home from .War-
renton "brer rabbit" realizing that this
nras conservation week and that his
life would help the Food Administra
tion jumped in front of Mr. Palmer's
par. received his knockout blow and
fell over between the hood and the
fender. When Mr. Maimer reacnea
home, unconscious of Mr. Rabbit's sa
crifice, he found his meat for a good
breakfast.
SMALL EAR OF POP CORN
GROWS FROM SAME TASSEL.
Mr. Lou Brown paid our office a
nleasant call this morning. She had
with her quite a curiosity in two ears
nf noDCorn. Each ear of this corn
had a jsecond and smaller ear on the
ond of a second tasfeel protruding
ahmit three inches from the end of
each well developed ear on this se
cond ear were a number of well de-
eloped grains. '''
STOP ALL WASTE
AND CONSERVE
Gov. Bickett Makes Appeal To
Housewives to Save and Ec
onomise at This Time.
Raleigh, ; November 1 A ringing
appeal has been addressed by Gov.
T. W. Bickett to the women of North
Carolina to enlist in Home Service for
the' winning of the war by signing
the food pledge cards during this week
and following the suggestions and ad
vice given by the Food Administra
tion to the housewives of the country.
Not only does Gov. Bickett, in his
striking manner, make an appeal for
the cooperation of the women as" war
service but he emphasizes conserva
tion and thrift as a necessary and
wise policy itb, be, followed during and
after the ;var.' "I register my faith
that every 'woman in North Carolina
will cheerfully sign the Pledge Card"
declares the Governor. '
-Governor Bickett's appeal follows:
"Saturnalia of Extravagance."
."Before the breaking out of tne
World War a saturnalia of extrava
gance threatened to undermine ths
foundations of the character of our
people. Economy was a lost art, and
frugality a forgotten virtue. Indol
ence led to waste, and pride to prodi
gality. Men mortgaged their home3
for automobiles, and women bought
diamonds on the installment plan.
"A valuable by-product o the war
is that we have been forced to return
to habits of industry and self-denial,
without which no man and no nation
can achieve enduring power. Thous
ands of people are daily learning how
vital are the processes of elimiation
to; bodily comfort and efficiency, and
that every ounce of surplus food taken
into the body means excess baggage
for blood and brain. Every consider
ation of health and wealth urges ;
program of simplicity and frugality,
Baik'the arguniertf ?'cOmeswith the
force of a command when we contem
plate the results of our personal in
dulgence upon our own armies and
the armies of our allies in the field.
The battle line halts until the bread
advances. Shall we jeopardize the
whole world's birthright for a mess of
pottage?
"Practice self-denial."
"In order that self-denial on the
table may be universally practiced,
and in ways that will accomplish the
largest good, the National Food Ad
ministration is calling upon every
woman who is at the head of a home
or pubiic eating house to give , her
written pledge that she will observe
certain rules and regulations for the
conservation of food. Our State Food
Administration joins in this appeal
and gives to the regulations prescrib
ed by the National Administration h1"-.'
emphatic approval. I therefore earn
estly request every woman in the
State to sign the Food Pledge Card,
and thus dedicate herself and her
family to this high service. Our
women are patriotic to the core, and
unselfish to the last degree. I regis
ter my faith that every woman u
North Carolina to whom -3 the Food
Card is presented will cheerfully sig
it, and in this way secure our ultimate
triumph, and hasten the end of the
war."
FUND FOR COM
PANY H. RAISED.
Phonograph Fund Complete and
Machine to Be Purchased
and Shipped Saturday.
H. Company Fund is declared closed,
and here's hoping that ere this time
next week H. Co's fun may have com
menced. Misses Gracie Bell and Ka
tie Riggan early this week began so
liciting for the fund -and found the
people willing, anxious to provide any
such amusement for the boys. By
Wednesday night, the fund was com
plete. Mr. B, P. Robertson, of Ar
eola, collected $2.25 for' the fund in
a few minutes Wednesday afternoon,
and sent it to this office by Mr. Arthur
Wood. Thursday Miss Estelle Davis,
of Warrenton, send to this office by
Miss Gracie Bell twelve records for the
boys, and Rev. E. W. Baxter gave I
several more. . ' -
The phonograph will be bought Sat
urday morning, the records selected,
and the shipment made. To Misses
Gracie Bell and Katie Riggan this
paper and the boys at camp owe num
erous and hearty thanks for the suc
cess of their efforts, as well as to Mr.
B. P. Robertson, an ex-Cpnf ederate
soldier, who solicited at Marmaduke.
The thanks of each of us go'to each
and every giver, and the Fund is clos
ed in a satisfactory manner -Mr.
Robertson reported the following:
L. W. Gupton. .... ... .......... .25
J. W. Gupton. 25
E. W. Conn. V . .25
W. T. Davis................... .25
Mrs. R. L. Capps. . 25
Ezra T. Harris.;... ........... .25
R. L. Capps. .25
S. T. King. ............... .25
A. A.Wood .. . .25
Misses Katie Riggan and Gracie Bell
reported the following:
J. B. Davis.. .25
W. L. Royster 50
S.W. Powell...... .25
R. E. Davis.. 1.00
Joe Macon. 25
Dr. P. J. Macon. 50
Herbert Alston. .25
J. Willie White .50
H. A: Mosely . .50
S. J. Williams... 1.00
Friend . 50
Friend . . . ... ... J ........... . .25
Friend .......... ....... .24
Mrs. S. D. Twitty . . . . . . ........ .25
Miss Eliza Tannerhill .50
Mrs. J, E. Rooker. .25
Mr. J; E. Rooker, Jr .25
Will T. Price. .25
Mrs. W. T. Johnson .25
Mrs. Thomas D. Peck 1.00
Mrs. V. L, Pendleton . . . . . . 1.00
Mrs. Peter Arrington. . ..... 2.00
J. M. Burroughs 25
Alvin Whitemore. .50
Mrs. R. J. Jones v. . 1.00
Miss Sue Broom. ....".' .25
W. B. Boyd .50
Scott Harper. .25
J. E. Rooker. .50
W. N. Boyd .50
B. R. Palmer.. ................ .25
T. H. Robertson.;. .... 1 25
Jerome Miles . . ......... .25
J.' A". Pipkin? r.":-: . v zVi .50
Rev; Baxter:. .v.iv. . . . . . -30
Joe Powell. . , . .25
J. A. Daniel.:........,....:.. 1.00
Miss Bessie Taylor '. . . .25
Miss Effie Ellington .50
Homer Rose .25
Miss Sarah Macon .25
W. R. Strickland 1.00
Mr. Swagart.V. 1.00
Mrs. Humplett .25
R. B. Boyd 1.00
Walter Haithcock. . .25
Dr. Rogers. .... ... ............ .25
William Burwell. . .25
E. L. Green ' .25
Dr. King... .50
E. C. Price. ............ . . . . . . . .25
Johrr Reavis.. .50
Miss Mary Burroughs.. 25
William Burroughs. t0
Mrs. M. Perrnah: -25
John Rogers. .50
Earnest Hudgins .25
Dr. Gid Macon .25
Warrenton Dept. Store. . . ...... 1.00
Frank Serls .' .50
Henry Falkner .25
C. R. Rodwell. . .50
S. M. Gardner.. ....... .25
R. D. Scojt.........: .25
Cash. I................... .25
N. M. Palmer .25
B. C. Hilliard 25
E. L. Harriss.... . .25
F. R. Hight.', .......... ... -25
Mrs. P. Friedenburg .50
W. H: Wesson .10
Cash .25
Cash. .., -10
S. E. Burroughs 50
John Palmer 25
B. B. Williams .25
W. H. Riggan 50
L. Joblin .25
Cash . . . . ......... .35
W. W. Kidd . . .25
S. J. Burrow. .......... .... .25
The following reported direct to this
office:
Record Printing Co. ...... . ... .$1.00.
E. B. Kenyon, Macon.... 1.00
Supt. Howard F. Jones. .... 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Robertson . . 1.00
'Son" Grant. .25
Mrs. Mary E. Grant. . . . 1.00
Mr. & Mrs.'T. H. Aycock, Elberon 1.00
Cash .25
EMMANUEL CHURCH SUN-
DAL NOVEMBER FOURTH.
Holy communion at eleven a. m. and
shortened evening prayer at 7:30 p. m.
- The ReV. E W Baxter regrets that
his throat, is net yet strong enough to
pormib preaching, on this Sunday.
BANKHEAD PARTY
MISSES COUNTY
Party of Five Warrenton Citi
zens Meet Bankhead Party
In Oxford Wednesday.
Messrs. Thomas D. Peck, Nathan
M. Palmer, William H. Burroughs,
Mayor John B. Palmer and W. Brodie
Jones motored to Oxford Wednesdav
afternoon to meet the Bankhead Path
finders The party did not come through
here as hoped, but through the in
fluence of Col. Cameron, of State
Highway Commission, was carried up
the river to Clarksville, then to Ox
ford, Franklinton, Raleigh.
There were eleven cars and about
forty people in the v crowd. Senator
Pankhead, the father of the highway,
made a short talk in the Court House
upon the movement and the good roads
idea. Ex-congressman Plowman, of
Alarama, president of the Associa
tion, secretary Roundree, of Birming
ham, the executive secretary of the
American automob le association, one
of the leading road engineers jf the
United States were among the digni
taries of the party. Mr. Vanstory,
of Greensboro, was piloting the body
through the state.
It was stated to the Warrenton gen
tlemen by two or more of the execu
tive committee of the party one the
chief engineer that the highway was
to be as direct from Petersburg to
Raleigh as could be built, considering
the amount of people to be served by
such a road. This sounds good to
Warren people, for it is remembered
here that the old stage route from
Washington to New Orleans used to
past directly through Warrenton, and
in directness this route is over forty
miles shorter than that by Clarks
ville. "
This road from Washington to At
lanta, , as jwas learned, from the head
engineer of fhe party would repre
sent an expenditure of 150,000,000 dol
lars in its course from Washington to
Los Angeles. He stated that the Gov
ernment was to provide 75,000,000,
dollars, build and locate the road, and
that the States through which it pass
ed were to pay the remainder. Mem
bers of the party stated before the
Oxford audience that the road would
be worth more to a town than any
two railroads which could be built.
The road,' stated the head engineer
to us, is to be a 20 foot road, free of
all toll gates, straight as possible, and
good enough for heavy and continuous
traffic every day in the year. The lo
cation of the road also depends, he
contmued, upon what inducements in
the way of soil, and of upkeep the
counties along the route will offer.
On this trip south the party is tak
ing the eastern route, on the return
trip they go by Lynchburg and the
western route. The choice between
these two routes rests with an execu
tive committee travelling with the parr
ty. If the eastern route is chosen, as
indications point considering its many
advantages in directness, grade and
soil, then it is believed that by show
ing the directness of the route thru
Warrenton, along this old stage coach
line, that the engineers seeing its di
rectness may bring it through War
renton or through Warren.
To the energies of Mr. Peck and
through the generosity of Mr. Wil
liam Burroughs the trip is largely
due, and the public spirit of these
arwell as the other gentlemen of tho
party was attested.
HONOR ROLL OF WARREN
PLAINS GRADED SCHOOL.
Follows the honor roll of the-Warren
Plains Graded School fdr the first
month. -
First grade Annie May Medlin.
Second grade Elizabeth Felts.
Third grade Lorena Hayes, Willie
Frazier, and Cornelia Frazier.
Fourth grade Drewsie Wilker.
Sixth grade Lucie Weldon.
Seventh grade Christine Felts.
Ninth grade Lillie Felts. -
CRAWLIE ROBERTSON VOLUN
TEEREDWAS NOT DRAFTED.
Crawlie Robertson was not drafted
as stated in . last week's Areola items
but volunteered for service' with H,
Company on July 25th. MOTHER.
We take pleasure in correcting this
mistake of our Areola correspondent,
and assura.,Mrs. Robertson that it was
an error of the head, not of the heart
by our informant. Editor.