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A VOL. XXIII. $1.50 A YEAR NEWSPAPER A THE FRONT published Somewhere "Over There" Is of Interest To Us All: News With the Boys. We are indebted to Mr. W. E. Davis, of Fork, who has a son with the 17th U. S. Engineers in France, for a copy of the Thanksgiving Number of the "Oo La La" Times. The paper, a four column quarto, is well gotten up. It is a mirror of the actions of the Regiment, and shows that the ''boys over there" are full" of fun as can be. The tone of the news paper is entirely optomistic. The "Headquarter's Scrap Pile" containing personal mention is brim ming full of good humor: i. e. " Would like to get a strangle hold on that fruit cake, friend Todd got from h .ma the other day"; "We are informed that Sergt. Spooner is out working"; "Sergt. Hart is to be seen quite often pondering over a French letter too bid Lee you have to let some one elsj read them"; "Kenrich Cassidy is fol lowing in the foot steps of his famous countryman, John McCormack. Some warbler and he can get up to- all let ters of the alphabet. Why not? He's Irish and admits it.";"Horticulture is now the popular pastime, the principle being moustaches of all kinds and va rieties ranging from Charley Chaplain ticklers to the spread Eagle variety'; 'If Sergt. Blount isn't a ladies man, why is he cultivating a pompadour?": "Speaking of LaFollette who stole the bread?" Another section shows that the 17th has a Football team to be proud o; and chronicles two exciting games - with plenty of "pep" Basketball, it! reports, is under way, and plans aro under way to have company teams from which the Regimental team is fc. ba picked by-a process of elimination Still another column cairies infor- rr.ation about the War Y. M. C. A. Can j teen, announcing the successful close j of the $35,000,000 drive in this coun- j try and the general progressive trend of the work. The seriousness of the war and our jtrrpcr- to see it through to the es tablishment of freedom of thought and fiction by the peoples of all Nations comes out strikingly in The Times: Sunday, November 19th, the first American Cemetery in France was ded '"The Ceremony was attended by a Urge number of the people of this icy as well as American and Frencl C'-l 1 Tho bit of ground, a gift of the Fre?v Republic, was officially present ei by Sous Prefect ( ) by ai address which touched the hearts of all who heard." "The Speech of acceptance and ded ication was made by Colonel J. S. Se "rell of our own Regiment and for tha benefit of those who were not present appears below: "It is cur duty and our privilege here to dedicate this plot of ground as the last resting place for some of us who have come ot France, and some who will come to France, to return no mor i to our native land. "This is not an ordinary occasion: It is customary for a people to providt decent resting places for their dead, but what we do here to-day is more than that, it is the part of a pledge f a great people to a great cause. "Had one the ability to paraphrase the speech of President Lincoln at ' Gettysburg the present occasion would justify it. "At Gettysburg President Lincoln dedicated the country to the prosecu tion of a war to preserve free and lib eral government from destruction by inward dissensions. That dedication occurred after the decisive battle of a great war, but before its finish. Here, by our act, our country consecrates herself and us, and all of her sons to the protection of free and liberal gov . eminent and decent international deal g3 against the most brutal and ar- j !'ogant government and the most in decent nation that has ever evisted. ere a-so the act of dedication occurs ater the decisive battle of this war, f oj it has really been won by the sons f France, at the Marne, and at Ver dun. 'Hut much remains to do; while wa - ad not the privilege of sharing in nnat kas gone before, we know, as e stand here tndv Wm rmmtrv and we, her sons, are pledged to our I share in what is yet to come. ' FR (TUESDAY) SEAH-WEEKLYi NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON The motives of men and nations are never entirely simple, but always there is one that dominates the others without which all the others, are in adequate. In the complex of motives Which is evidenced by our presence here today, what is the dominant-one, the one without which we would not be here? Undoubtedly it is the firm conviction of the people of the United States that the real issue in thi war is the whole question of the right of peoples to live under conditions that make life worth while; that the ruling classes of Germany have made of them selves and their nation a horrible Frankenstein. A soul less monster. dedicated to the worship of brute force devoid of all sense of justice and de cency in international relations, cot miting the basest and most infamous acts in the name of national necessity and justifying these acts by blasphe mous use of teh name of the Most High. . "Our people feel that here is an in ternational thug grown powerful thru devious ways running amuck among he decent nations of the world, and at tempting nothing less than to strangle them all. "Under such conditions we cannot stand aside. As a good citizen of the community of nations we must do our part to reduce this malefactor to o. der. ,-It matters not tha tby doing our part now, we possibly may save our selves from greater exertions in the future. The dominant motive that has caused our country to send us here is the conviction that she and we must not shrink from the duty that lies be fore us, and that duty is first to the. whole community or decent peoples and only secondarily to ourselves. "In full knowledge of the high pur pose that sends us here, as a token that we stand ready to pay the price that our duty may demand, we here dedicate this plot of ground to those who must and will make the supreme sacrifice. It is a solemn and serious duty, but not one to make the heart heavy nor the soul bitter. Rather do we rejoice that, in such a cause we are privileged to risk ourselves and ail that we are. ... "And this plot of ground itself: It is part of a historic soil; on it men have lived and died, fought, struggled, succeeded and failed, since the begin- ning of authentic-history and before. Could the soil of France tell its whole story, it would be othing ; less than that of the struggle of the human race from its humble beginnings up to the point where a great nation carl stand forth and show to the "world, as France has done in this war, that a nation has a spirit and a soul; and can stand for right and justice first. "For those of us who may pay th V supreme sacrilce istherefore provided here a lnal abode worthy of the cause in which we are engaged. "To a soldier fighting in a just cause: no worthier fate can come than to be gathered with her sons to the bosom of France France to whom the world owes so much; and who has repeated ly shown to the ' world that a nation and a people willing to die for a cause can nevcjr really die." The paper contains many other in teresting sections, as everything is which relates to the boys who are serving Uncle Sam and protecting the honor and integrity of the-Nation. TO DO RED GROSS WORK AT NIGHT (will bear in mind the absolute necessi ROOIIIS Over Dameron BnUding ty of treating them as to preserve To Be Opened Each Thurs day Night at 7:30. The" Red- Cross Rooms-over Dam eron building are to be kept open each Thursday night. The doors will open at 7:30', and the work will be under the supervision of Mrs. J. A. Rooker. ;. w It is the purpose of the local Kei Cross Chapter to - provide" a place ' of general Red Cross activity for those who are unable1 to attend the "meetings t in the day.. It is to be distinctly understood,- Red j Cross authorities give out, that each' j worker though coming in the morning j is also heartily welcome at night--j "the cause is great, and the need fo; j individual work is imperative' j r.cim5iff show the Government! Printing Office will use 100,000,000 lbs of paper, costing about $4,000,000 this year. WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY JANUARY 8TH, 19i8 WHAT OUR NA TION IS DOING Itejiis From Government Head quarters Giving Light On U.S. War Activities. ' The following weekly war news di gest from Washington is interesting: Test Plan to Deliver Army rrucks Army trucks for use in France are being delivered to the Atlantic sea board from interior storage depots un der their own power. If the plan is successful, the de livery of the 30,000 war trucks under construction under their own power will release 15,000 freight cars which would be required to transport them by rail. It will also provide adequate opportunity for the training of an ef fective corps of transport drivers and officers, who will reach France with fa minimum of training to be required Wear and tear on the trucks will be slight compared with the benefits de rived from their use. Registered Men May Enlist In Air Fliers and balloonists, although sub ject to the selective service law, may enlist as heretofore upon passing the examination at the nearest aviation examining board. Nonflying officers under 31 years of age are not now being accepted, except a limited num ber of graduates of recognized, engi neering colleges or others who can qualify as ekpert engineers. Aerial observers are not now being accepted. 3-Acre; Naval Aircraft Factory The recently completed naval air craft factory covers 3 acres, the build ings being 400 by 400 feet. The keel of the first flying boat was laid 90 days after building work was begun. The plant, with equipment, cost about $1,000,000. ' There is opportunity for emplo ment at the aircraft factory for 2,000 skilled workmen "from almost every trade. Women can sew covers on the wings and perform some of the lighter Wood-working operations, and it is ex pected that several hundred women will be employed. 109 German Ships Now In US Service Sailing under American names in the service of the United States are 109 German ships damaged by their crews prior to their seizure by the Govern ment, when war was declared. They add more than 500,000 gross tonnage to the transport and cargo fleets in war service for the United States. I There is evidence that a German central authority gave orders for dam age to these ships, so that none could be operated in 18 months, and docu mentary proof that the enemy believ ed much of the damage to be irrepara ble. In : less than eight months all the ships were in service.' The former German liners, sailing under distinctly American names, are now fitted as troop and cargo ships. Each is convertible to a completely e quipped hospital ship for return-voyage service. Cordial Relation : Between Officers-Men The following paragraph of Army j Regulations is : the only rule now ex isting regarding the relationship be tween officers and enlisted men: "Superiors are forbidden to injure those" under their authority by tyran nical or .capricious conduct or by ab sive language. Whiie maintaining dis cipline and the thorough and prompt performance of military duty; all of ficers, in dealing with enlisted men, 1 their self-respect. Officers will keep iin as" close touch as possible with the men under their command, will strive to build upilsuch relations of confidence and ' sympathy as will insure the free approach: -of their inert to them for counsels and - assistance This rela- ' tionship may be gained and maintain ed without relaxation of the bonds of discipline and with great benefit to the service "as a whole." MISS ELIZA HAYES, OF HENDERSON, MARRIED. The following announcement will i.e of interes t to Warrenton people : Mr. and Mrs. John Willis Hayes announce the maraage of their daughter Eliza Tannahill to Mr. Jesse Mitchell Baity Sergeant United 'States Ambulance Company 317 on Sunday, uecemoer ne twen.ynmru -v 1 il.- . A Al-iJ nineteen hundred and seventeen Henderson, North Carolina. AND TO WM. HENRY BURVELL Will Be Of Interest To A Large Number of Relatives and Friends of This Good Man- The following tribute to Mr. Wil liam Henry Burwell, born December 4th,) 1835 and who died September 25tif, 1917., we reproduce as it speaks in time terms of a great man : "He thought of his ancestors and oi I his posterity" . Te county papers of Warren, Vance Franklin, Granville arid Mecklenburg, Virginia, publish that William Henry Bur-Well lived eighty-one years, was married three times, reared thirteen children to manhood and womanhood, settled them in life, kept open house f or "two generataions, and had perhaps the argest -funeral ever seen in this part; of the country. A great deal in a few words. And yet here is more that may be said. The deceased was born on December 4, 1835, "and reared under ideal condi tions of the "Old South." Graduating from the University of North Carolina in 156 he returned home to assist his father in the management of the plan tation as was the custom in those daysj The changed conditions brought about by the close of the Civil War made farming more difficult and less profitable, and many of the young men left the country to try their for tunes in the towns and cities. Thru a sense of duty to his parents, he be ing the only child, and a fondness for country life, he stayed on at the old place. He; was successful in farming, able ta get good tenants, and a splendid manager of the negro labor used on. ths place. He was greatly loved by the negroes and some of them never left khis. employment,- after -the war, and" their -sons were rendering him good and faithful service at the time of his death. He made a good living, paid his debts and kept his promises. He was not a trader or a speculator, but he made money and retained it, in excess of what was required to pay his expenses and to well educate his children. His home, "Berry Hill" on the Roanoke River, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, was one of the lar gest farms in this section occupied I by its owner. He was satisfied there. From it his j life and influence radiated. In his I home and among those about him he stood not upon lordly pretentions, but depended for his force and power upon a plain and open manhood, without af fectation or ostentation. When you saw and talked with William Henry Burwell, if" you had sense enough, you saw and understood all there was of him. In all his long career, beginning in the administration of Andrew Jack son, when there was only one short railroad in North Carolina and no friction matches or sewing machines, or telegraph, or telephones, or electric lights, or automobiles; when his tobac co had to be rolled in hogheads to tne Petersburg market a hundred miles away, or any other of the many de vices and inventions that have blessed our age and time, he lived a quiet, honorable, upright life in the neigh borhood where he was born, in tue full enjoyment of the blessings of life and the respect and confidence of his fellows. This well illustrates the truth that "Fair and Softly goes far:" A man of fine education ancTexten sive reading, -a soldier in the war, ft supporter of the church, with a poise and judgment that could rear success fully so large a family and not be come bankrupt in advancing them in life, he retained his physical and men tal faculties and business capacity to bevond four-score years with little yielding to the. burdens of sorrow j TRIBUTE which crush so many men. It is nocjwere absent without leave during the one man's opinion, it is the opinion . holidays. This showing gives us tho of all who knew him, that without regard to his noble antecedents, or tha splendid, retinue of his posterity, Wil liam Henry Burwell did greatly in this life From every angle and pont of vi. vjthe Regimental Commanders have ta- ... - yy . . f tt;w, fce4 his life was a success all the way. It is a fine example of patient and per sistent effort, without bluster, whose rewards will inspire all observers of it to admire and aspire to the best j and happiest journey over this little j ! time between the two eternities. 'Early Tuesday, September 25, 1917, i (FRIDAY) WARREN COUNTY he left us, and e joined the choir invisible Of those immortals dead who live again, In minds made better by their presence In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end in self." Such he was and is. Suen are we by his life encouraged to strive to be. So may we "Join the choir invisible"' Whose music is the gladness of the world. A. Friend. LITTLE HERBIE HOOVER Little Herbie Hoover's come to our home to stay, To mane us scrape the dishes clean, an' keep the crumbs away, An' learn us to make war bread, an' save up all the grease, For "the less we eat of butter, the sooner we'll have peace An' all of us other chil'ren, when our - scanty meal is done, . . We gather up around the fire an' ha3 the motest fun A-listeniri to the proteins that Herbio tells about, An' the Calories that "git you Ef , . you ' don't watch out! An' little Herbie Hoover says, when the fire burns low, An' the vitamines are creepin' from the shadows, sof ah' slov You better eat the things the Food Folks says they's plenty of, An' cheat the garbage pail, an' give all butchers' meat the shove, An' gather up the corn pone an' veg - etables an' fish, An' don't get fresh a-talkin' of what you won't do without, Or- the Caloriesll git you Ef " you don't . - watch Sophie Kerr, in Lite. NEWS FROM THE BOYS OF CO. H Number of Men Who Have Been Home; Company Makes Good Record In Liberty Bonds. . ! democratic peace and if the German : government attacks the Russians v: The following new items from oux disy itself to its own people in correspondent with Company H. aiejjg light." of especial interest: .u & - t Company H. has kept its full quota of five percent of its enlisted strength, out on leave since about the 20th of December. The following officers and enlisted men have enjoyed furloughs with their people and friends at home: Captain Edward C. Price, Jr, Lieuten- ant Archibald W. Limer Lieutenant mamn Z' uy' ouppioet8,V,'ii3 resolved resolutely to combat th Eric Norfleet Sergeants rn5t 1 misuse of the right of self -determine FTie R' Gf.ner' Jn ? tion for the purpose of disguising En roll, William K. Lifsey, Charles fc. J nexations. Scott, C. Thayer Kinyon; Corporals . " Miles, Powell, Mustian, Rooker, Ni- j Another American steamship, the cholson, Day, Britton, Cooks, Ayscue, Pride, Rose, Vick, and Privates Bur- . -mr. i, t t t rrT rrru ason, Rose,M. P., Hardy, O. B. an 1 several of our selective draftsmen. In spite of extreme care in quaran tining all men in a tent in which a case of Mumps develops Company If jhas been unable to keep its quota o? Mumps patients within the allowed five percent limit. We have sent ten men to the Hospitals for this epidemic within the last ten days! Notwith standing the rouble with Measles and Mumps we have lost only two men, both of whom were sent to us from Camp Jackson, bringing their germs j with them. Of the two hundred and four men enlisted in H Company only five men best record in the entire Thirtieth Di vision. The extreme cold and snow of the past ten days have about put drill and school details out of style. However ken quite a fancy to Hikes as substi tutes for the regular training. In the second Liberty Loan Cam- jpaign Company H. led the Regiment. The twine used in tieing bundles in the Postomce department in one year will reach 8 times around the earth, Number 3 3c A COPY A FORECAST OF SOME BIG BATTLES Heavy Artillery Fire On All War ring Fronts; Draft Law Is Declared Constitutional. Although the infantry operations in the major war theatres are of a minor character signs are not wanting that big battles are in the process of making in Flanders, France and Italy. At various points in these three war zones intensive artillery duels are going on day and night. They are particularly severe in the region of Ypres and the Cambrai sector where the British are facing the Germans along the Aisne, on the Verdune sec tor and along the Noselle river, where the forces of the German Crown Prince arid Grand Duke Albrecht of Wurttemberg are opposing the Fren ch, and in the Italian highlands from the region of Lake Garda eastward to the Piave river, where the Austrc German troops are aligned against the Italians, French and British. Southwest of Ypres, in Flanders the Germans have made an attempt to enter British positions but met with repulse . and heavy losses under the ifire of the British infantry and ma- j chine guns. Likewise the attempted jraid against the French positions on j the historic Hill 304 in the Verdun j sector was stopped with sanguinary j losses to the Germans. These two j maneuvers constitute the only activ- jity by infanry forces at any point, j except that small British ' patrols at j several places forced crossings of the Piave river against the Teutonic Al lies. I The situation arising in the disa igreement between the .Teutonic Allies and the Bolsheviki leaders in Russia 1 still remains clouded owing to lack of defi nite--inf ormation concerning tli o f trend the negotiations are taking or j whether they have entirely ceased. lAn unofficial dispatch from PetrograJ j quotes M. Radek, one of the Bolshviki delegates who has been treating with the Austrians and Germans in Petro grad, as declaring that the Bolsheviki is definitely strengthening the fight ing front, but that the Russians wi'l accept no help from the Entente A I- !lies are forced to fight again, as the Russians are lighting for ar 'ideal and not for conquest. The Boi i sheviHi, like the German working classes, added M. Radek, stand for a cratic party has come out strongly against the German plans of annexa- tion as set forth at the Brest-Litovak conference and in a resolution has de clared that a lasting peace is possibly only if the demoiratic principle of self determinaton is honestly carried out. resolution the part J , . ' , . j v wtti inxtLUb iiiciuuciB ui cm; crew of the steamer are reported miss ing. Earl Reading , who has been ap- umtcu uiiusu Align vyviimiioaivuci in the United States, in addition to bein an able jurist, is one of Great Brit ain's best known financiers. The daily press gives out the in formation today that the Supreme Court holds the Draft Law constitu tional. THOMPSON-RIVERS MAR RIAGE AT WARREN PLAINS Mr. David E. Thompson, of Norfolk and Miss Herman T. Rivers, of War ren Plains, was married Sunday Dec ember 23rd by Justice John Allen, of Warrenton". Mr. Thompson was formerly of Le- noir' ; ' ' b " ?lda a rCSponsi ble position m Norfolk. . Miss Rivers is the charming daugn ter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. R. Rivers, of Warren Plains. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Thompson left for Norfolk where they will make their future 'home.
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