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WARRENTON, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1917
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Number 120
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
Sc. A COPY
MR. R. G. CLARK
PASSES AWAY.
MR. NAT ALLEN
TREES IN
OUR fflSTORY.
A BIG CHRIST
MAS SEAL SALE.
A LIST OF MEN
AT COLUMBIA.
BEWARE OF ALL
SORE THROAT
DIES IN RALEIGH.
VOL. XXII
THE
A Number of Warren County
Friends Regret the Passing
of This Good Man.
The subject of this sketch was born
January 11th, 1870 and departed this
life the 12th of September 1917. He
was the oldest son of. Ransom Gray
Clarke and Indiana Clarke, who mov
ed from Vance to. Edgecombe County
several years ago, and settled near the
present town of Pinetops.
He left behind an aged mother to
whom he was devotedly attached,three
sisters Mrs. W. J. Clark and Mia.
M. A. Bacy, of Edgecombe county, and
Mrs. A. E. Edwards, of Vance county,
a half brother Mr. James Perdue, of
Southport, and a halfsister Mrs. B.
F. Best, of Edgecombe county, besides
a host of relatives and friends in liie.
gecombe, Vance and Warren counties.
Mr. Clarke was a great sufferer for
about two years, - and for several
months was confined to his bed. All
that skillful physicians and surgeons,
and kind friends and loving relatives
could do proved unavailing. He spent
several weeks in a hospital, where a
limb was amputated in a vain effort
to save his life, but the relief obtained
was only temporary, the Master had
called.
Mr. Clarke was not a member of
any church, and so far as the writer
knows never made any public profes
sion of faith in Christ, yet to those
who knew him best he gave abundant
evidence of a change of heart. He
bore his great sugerings with true
Christian fortitude. He loved his Bi
ble and kept it by his bedside, and
read it constantly. To a near relative
he said he found depths of meaning in
its teachings he never realized before.
A short while before his death, he
quoted the;If ollowihg tines from an "old
hymn: ' . . :
"Oh when shall I see Jesus,
And reign with him above;
And from the flowing fountain
Drink everlasting love?
When shall I be delivered
From this vile world of sin,
And with my blessed Jesus
Drink endless pleasures in?"
The writer had only known Mr.
Clarke for a few years and saw him
only occasionally, but in this brief ac
quaintance had learned to esteem the
man very highly for the many sterling
qualities he possessed.
Loving hands gently laid him to
rest in a grave near that of his father,
about five miles from Pinetops. May
the Lord comfort the hearts of his
loved ones. T. L. VERNON.
Hobgood, North Carolina.
PATRIOTIC MEET
ING IN LITTLETON
Food Conservation and the Indi
vidual's Duty Subject of Lit
tleton Mass Meeting.
A large number of people assembled
last Thursday evening in the M. E.
church in Littleton to considere the
most efficient way of conserving foods
which may be sent to the armies in
Europe.
The meeting was presided over by
Rev. A. p. Tyre, the Chairman of our
Conservation Committee. Strong and
instructive speeches were made by
Rev. A. P. Tyre, pastor of the M. E.
church and Rev. J. M. Milliard, pastor
of the Presbyterian church. Other
speeches were made by S. G. Daniel,
Esq- and Dr. L. J. Picot. -
Mr. Daniel's talk brought out the
act of how well we can live when
necessity demands, and called atten
tion to the scanty living during the
uvil War to sustain his point.
Mrs. T. J. Miles was appointed chm.
of a committee of ladies to prepare a
nienu for our people. We are begin
ning to realize the seriousness of .war.
. e noPe soon to see Prof. Hornaday
stalled in the newly erected Graded
School.
Warren Citizen and Ex-Confed
erate Soldier Passes Away
In Raleigh Hospital.
The gentleman whose name appears
above was born May 17, 1834, and de
parted this life at Rex Hospital in
Raleigh last Friday afternoon Novem
ber 2, 1917, in the eighty-fourth year
of his age. He was a son of Edmund
and Sallie Allen; and was born at their
home at Axtelle in this county.
He received his academic-education
at the Warrenton Male Academy un
der Mr. Robert Ezel. After the close
of his academic career, he taught
school near his home in Sandy Creek
township. Messrs. H. B. Hunter ani
Austin Allen are said to be the oniy
surviving members of that school.
He studied law under Judge Pear
son at Log Town, and was admitted
to the Bar. He contemplated practio
ing law in Tennessee, and for that
purpose visited his uncle John Allen
near Whiteville, Tennessee.The break
ing out of the War Between the Sta
tes prevented his carrying out this
purpose. He returned home, and t.
listed in Company D 24th North Caro
lina Regiment; and faithfully served
the Confederate government.
He served on the Stag of General
Robert Ransom as Staff Secretary.
He was a great, favorite with General
Ransom, and he greatly admired that
officer.
Later he served as Chief of Com
missary Department in Wilmington,
and just before the evacuation of Pe
tersburg, he returned to his regiment
and received two severe wounds in
battles just preceding'the evacuation.
He was captured and remained a pris
oner for some time after Lee's sur
render. Five of the sons of Edmund
and Sallie Allen served in the. Con
federate' , army. Robert, Nat, Peter,
Austin, and Luther rendered faithful
service, and all lived to return home.
Nat, Peter, and Austin were wounded
in battle.
Some time previous to the War Be
tween the States, Mr. Allen was unit
ed in marriage to Mary Powell, the
daughter of John and Mary Pryor
Powell of Halifax. After the death
of John Powell, his widow Mary Pry
or Powell, became the wife of John
Watson of Warren. She was well
known and highly esteemed by the
people of Warren.
To Nat and Mary Allen were born
three children: a daughter who died
in early childhood and Messrs. E. S.
Allen, of Warrenton and Ivey Allen,
of Louisburg. Mrs. Allen died soon
after the war, probably in 1865 or 66.
She was a good woman, and was sin
cerely loved by a large circle ui
friends.
In January 1868, Mr. Allen was mar
ried to Miss Mattie Harper, who sur
vives him. He was singularly fortu
nate in this marriage as he had also
been in the first. Mrs. Allen proved
a help-meet indeed; and for nearly
fifty years faithfully and lovingly car
ried out the marriage vow. To them
were born five, daughters. Iwo of
them, Lizzie . and Clara, died many
years ago of diphtheria. Misses Ida,
Ednah, and Sallie survive their father
to comfort and sustain their mother
intlie great trial through which she
is passing.
Mr. Allen devoted his life to farm
ing and teaching. He was especially
successful in cultivation of fruits and
vegetables. He also had an enviable
reputation as a teacher, and success
fully conducted schools- in Halifax and
Ridgeway, " North Carolina, and in
Kingstree, South Carolina. His last
school work was as Superintendent of
Schools for Warren County, which he
successfully conducted for several
years. . .
In early life, he made a profession
of religion, and united with Browns
Baptist Church. He was a devout,, in
telligent, progressive christian, and
was highly esteemed as a consisten
church member. At the time of his
death he was a member of Warrenton
Baptist church.
He was a good citizen, a sincere
friend, a high-toned gentleman, an
uo mnn. and has left to his wife
and children the priceless legacy of a
good name. T. J..taxhu.
i. .aiicpa manv fires 1
uareiessiie . -
remember: it "is better to be safe than
sorry.
Interesting Facts Gathered By
Warrenton Boy Billie La
nier, of Trees of History. 1
Trees have held an important part
in the history of our country. i
Elliot's Oak is the first that we will
mention for it was under its spread!
ing limbs that Rev. John Eliot taugh
the Indian about God.
Second we will mention Penn's Elm
so called because William Penn madi
a Treaty of peace with the Indians'
under this large tree.
At Cambridge Mass., is an elm tree
that is called Washington's Elm be
cause Washington took command of
the Continental army under its bran4
ches. Many years ago this tree was
struck by lighting and the upper
boughs torn off. It oas been cemenc-i
ed to pfeserve it, and has long wires
around it to protect its boughs.
The Tory Oak is quite famous in
history from the fact that Col. Ben
Cleveland hanged so many Tory ou.-.
laws on it during the Revolutionary;
war. it stands near the county court- a
house at Wilkesboro and is protected
by a granite curb. The heart of this
tree has decayed and has been filled
in with cement and everything i,s
done to protect it. ,
The Council Oak is more famous
it stood in Burke county at Quakers
Meadows. It was recently struck by
lightning and blown donw and made
into small souvenirs. Under the shade
of this tree October 1, 1780, Colonel
Shelby, Cleveland and the three Mc
Donalds held a council of war and
made plans for resisting Cornwallis
which turned the waning - fortune of
the revolutionary war into victory for
the Americans. A monument has,
been erected where this tree stood.
Next .we will" call attention ;sQ:bflkR
Cornwallis Oak which stood in Char
lotte. It was made famous because
a British General made a grand speech
under the shade of its boughs. This
has been cut and made into a ma
sonic Temple. The ground where this
tree stood is worth a great deal of
money today.
There is a tree called Flora McDon
ald in honor of a lady named Flora
McDonald who called the Scotch High
landers together and persuaded them
to fight for the English Crown. They
were defeated at Moore's Creek Bridge
The Croatan tree is famous because
the word" "Croatan" was carved on it
by the Lost Colony. The word was
never fully understood.
The last but most interesting in
history to children is the little cherry
tree that George Washington cut with
his little hatchet and told his father
the truth about it.
FOOD CAMPAIGN
LEAGUE SUCCESS.
About 250,000 North Carolina
Housewives Sign Food Ad
ministration Pledge Card.
Raleigh, November 6th It is esti
mated by the Food Administration
;hat nearly 250,000 housewives in the
State signed the Food pledge card dur
ing the campaign which was conduct
ed October 27th to November 4th.
While this is an excellent showing,
State Food Administrator Henry A.
aere thinks that North Carolina can
do much better and has written a let
ter to all County Food Administrators
the State requesting them to con
duct a "follow-up" campaign. It is
ue-s-ested that this "follow-up" cam-
ccj
paign can be conducted through the
teachers and pupils of the public
schools to excellent advantage, other
available agencies -being used also, of
course.
In a few North Carolina counties
where the schools had not opened the
bod Pledge Campaign was postponed
until the schools should open. In
others where the schools had opened
and the co-operation of schools and
school district committees was enthus
iastic, an enrollment of one hundred
percent of the houewives in some of
the school .districts has been reported.
North Carolina To Sell $40,000
of Nation's Three Million
Dollar Seal Sale.
To sell three times as many Red
Cross Christmas seals this year as last
year is the plan of the. American Red
Cross and the National Tuberculosis
Association in their efforts to meet
the increased demands that will be
made upon them as anti-tuberculosis
agencies. It is estimated from the ex
perience of France and other warring
nations that war more than trebles the
amount of tuberculosis unless adequate
provisions have been made against it.
It is this precaution and measures oi
prevention that these agencies are en
deavoring to take.
Three million dollars is the amount
expected from the sale of seals this
yean This requires that every agen
cy work to make results three times
as large as those lastyear. North
Carolina will be expected to raise near
$40,000 as her proportionate pax t.
Last year the value of the seals was
$12,063. The year before it was $8,
033. In the Red Cross Seal campaign this
year the mail sale plan will be largely
adopted. The three-cent postage rate
will not seriously affect the plan as
first-class letters mailed for local de
livery within the territory of the post
office ; where they are mailed will be
delivered by city and rural carriers for
two-cent postage. Arrangement can
be made to send letters in bulk to lo
cal representatives of various postof
fices to be mailed: The plan may re
quire more.agents working in the fight
against tuberculosis but so much great
er will be the returns in interest as
well as. in the amount of money rais
ed.".. "; V.
interested are requested to formulate
plans for the greatest sale they have
ever made.
FARMERS HELP
THE RED CROSS
List of Farmers Who Have Given
Tobacco To Soliciting Com
mit te of Red Cross.
The following farmers and business
men have helped the cause of the
Red Cross by donating tobacco:
Mr. Horace Robinson, Jr., Mrs. Z.
Rivers, Stevenson Brothers, William
Bullock, a dollar in cash, J. N. Smiley
Robert B. Robinson, Sam Mitchell,
George -Green, D. C. Williams, O. J.
Salmon, Williame Coleman, Jr., Cole
man and Hendrick, Ed Allen, Shearin
and T. R. Perkinson, Isaac" Wright,
Plummer Allen, Mr. Lof sey, A. .
Gooch, D. C. Williams, J. W. Adcock,
J. J. Harris, $2.00 cash, John R. Davis
W D7- Rodgers, $1.00 cash, J. L. P.
Davis, W. J. Pinnell, J. E. Frazier,
$5.00 in cash, and H. T. Overby.
FREE FROM MIL
ITARY SERVICE
Reasons for Exemption as Sworn
to by Each and Every Per
son Exempt from Servicer
List of persons exempted or dis
charged from the service of the United
States by local exemption board:
193 391 Claude Davis, Littleton,
Dependent wife and child.
157 183 Ollie A. Burnett, Rid'way.
Dependent wife.
259 - 705 Junius Harris, Littleton,
Widowed mother.
267 222 Ruf us Boyd, Elams,
Dependent wife and children.
3141091 Wm. L Pearce,Wake Forest
Dependent wife.
374 1439 Henry J. Thompson, R'way
Dependent widowed mother and sister.
Those of Warren's Citizens Who
Compose White - Quota In
First 132 Men Called.
Many Warren people doubtless are
not thoroughless acquainted with the
entire Warren quota at Columbia, and
we- are therefore printing the roster
of Warren boys at Camp Jackson.
They all are rendering a patriotic
service, and their names should be
kept before the public. The following
is a complete list as obtained from
Exemption -Board of Warren of men
who are in the service of the United
States: - '
Thomas Henry Williams, Walter M.
Gardner, Sidney M. Rogers, Willis F
Alston, Clinton ..W. Egerton, Johnnie
W. Adcock, William T. Polk, all of
whom reported here September 5th
and left for Camp Jackson on that day
WilliamDandrige Thornton, Willie J.
Paschall, Fritz A. Schuster, Horace
Neal, Clack Robinson Stewart, Clyde
N. Johnson, James Allen Salmon, Ma
jor Montgomery, John Harris, Jamos
Ruffin Smiley, Robert Mumford Als
ton, James Alexander Shaw, Charles
Anthony Harris, George Washington
Harris, Willie Ubert Nicholson, Eric
F. Glehn, Chas. William Powell, Rob
ert Davis Bolton, Amos Dorsey Gooch
Reported and left on September 19m.
John Henry O'Neal, Johnnie Abbott,
and Ernest Watkins reported and left
September 20th; Courtney Saddler,
William Fred Dill, Claude Edmund
Harris, Clarence Thomas Dryden, How
ard Franklin Munn and Thelma John
Fleming reported and left September
2lst; Robert Maynard "Dunn, Luke
Ham, Vivian Glenn Shearirt, Claude
Foote Paynter, Daniel Isham Capps
reported and left October 22nd; Thom
as Henry Riggan reported October 24
antneftforCai
pleting t Warren's quota of white men
in the first call.
DISEASES IN COUN
TY IN OCTOBER
Contagious Diseases In County
During October As Reported
to State Health Board.
The names and addresses of cases of
Transmissible disease reported to the
State Board of Health during the
month of October in the County of
Warren : ?
Baley Daniel, Macon and Albert
Perkinson, Wise, Diphtheria.
Baley Rivers, Ridgeway and Minnie
Hunt, Shocco, Scarlet Fever.
Mrs. E. V. Moore, Portia Jenkins,
and Ethel Jones, all .of Warrenton,
Typhoid Fever.
TO MEMBERS FAIRVIEW CEME
TERY IMPROVEMENT ASSO.
The secretary of Fairview Improve
ment Association requests that all
members pay their duties for upkeep
of the cemetery from J uly to J an
uary. .
CLAUDE ANDREWS DIES AS
RESULT OF INJURY AT NORLINA
Mr. Claude Andrews who was pain
fully injured at Norlina last week
died in a Raleigh hospital early Mon
day morning from an operation.
Mr. Andrews was a young man,
and his untimely death are deplored
by all.
MR. J. G. ELLIS LOCAL AGENT -OF
NATIONAL SURETY CO.
It is of interest to all to know that
Mr. John G. Ellis, cashier of -the Bank
of Warren, has accepted a Local Ag
ency of the National Surety Company
of New York. '
The appointment permits Mr. Ellis
with the authority of U. S. Govern
ment ratings to write single bonds up
to $809,000, this being the largest
which can be, executed by any one com
pany in the United States.
Tuesday" in meatless day, Wednes
day wheat less. A patriotic home Ob'
serve them as such.
State Board .of Health Warns
Against Delay In Case of
Diphtehria; Call Doctor.
Take no chances with a sore throat,
advises the State Board of Health.
Sore throat, regardless of how slight
the. soreness, should arouse supicion.
It may be and often is the beginning
of diphtheria. Don't dismiss it until
the doctor has proved it or not. Es
pecially is this important if diphtheria
is prevalent in the community. Re
member that if it is diphtheria, every
hour that the administration of anti
toxin is delayed, the possibility or a
fatal termination is increased.
Diphtheria is about one hundred per
cent curable, provided the treatment
is given soon enough. Oftentimes the
beginning of diphtheria, which is a
sore throat, is thought to be only a
cold or tonsilitis and the doctor is not
called and treatment given until it a
too late. After the third or fourth
day, treatment often fails and there id
no cure. The safest plan is when diph
theria is suspected, is give antitoxin
while waiting for the diagnosis of the
physician.
Diphtheria is due to a bacillus x that
is contracted usually through the
mouth and nose from some' other pa
tient or carrier. Even well persons
often carry diphtheria germs in their
saliva and nose secetions, and for this
reason, the common drinking cup, the
exchange of pencils, or any otiwr
means of exchanging saliva, is espe
cially dangerous as a spreader of diph
theria. Mouth and nose secretions
cannot be too carefully avoided.
GOOD ROAD IS
BUILT IN SHOCCO
Progressive Citizens Get Busy
and Voluntarily Aid In Build
ing Good Road in Shocco.
Shocco is tired of mud. It has
found that bad roads mean small loads
and numerous trips, and more expense
in hauling. The progressive men of
that, section gave their Tiands and
teams to Mi. Gilbert Egerton who
has build a good, well-soiled road thru
a section of the township.
It is a pleasure to travel that away
now, and the road is to be kept in
good condition by dragging after each
rain,. .This road is in the Pinnell,
Burroughs, Limer, Fuller, Aycock
neighborhood and makes more acces
sible this progressive farming section
of Warren.
SHOW YOUR COLORS.
By W. E. P. French, Major, U. S. A.
A. Q. M, Fort Myer, Va.
"He that is not with us is against us."
"No man can serve two masters.'
Show your colors; let all men see
Just where you, stand in loyalty;
Whether you're with or against your
land,
Whether you shirk or follow the band.
Show your colors; red, white and blue!
Patriot? Traitor? Which are you?
Seek you to stab at the nation's back?
Flaunt your treason in yellow and
black.
Over a heart that will do and dare,
For love of country, fight,work or give
That men on the fighting line may live
Show your colors; Old Glory wear
Show, your colors; our stripes and stars
Glorious France's three-hued bars;
Great England's banner athwart the
sea-
All flags of World League for Liberty!
Show your colors; get on the list,
Fighter or yellow-streaked pacifist;
Worker or shirker; slacker clear thru;
Or alien enemy? Which are you?
Show you colors or get your gun;
There is your foeman the war-mad
Hun,
Cruel, remoreless, with bloodlust blind
Treacherous foe of all humankind.
Show your colors; by God, you must!
Else bear foul stigma of distrust-
Foe in the household and hell's ally,
Recreant,plotter,or thrice-damned spy!
Show your colors; the music face;
Choose you for honor or black disgrace
You're Uncle Sam's or mad Kaiser's
man,"
j German or loyal American. Washing
ton Post.