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1 Jiiik -- - " . - ' - - NT: ' v VOL. XXIII. (TUESDAY) WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 1918 (FRIDAY) Number 4 $1.50 A YEAR A SEMI-WEEK L Y NEWS PAPER "DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 3c. A COPY DR. TAYLOR'S. OLD TIMES IN WARREN Warrenton Lady Contributes Poem Worthy of the Atten tion of All Our People. The following introduction and poets contributed by a Warren County lady who belonged to the "Old Times In Warren," can properly be placed in this department. She hides behind i nom de plume, and perhaps the reader ir ay not guess her name, at the first guess; but, it he does, ne wm sav the Piece is bright and piquant, just as I would expect her to write." The history and the hits will impress you. T. J. T. ; Recently a girl sent to her best scldier boy something which he did not recognize. After thanking her.ha added: "Is it a sock or is it a mit? And where in the world did you learn to knit?" Remembering the youth's embar rassment, an old lady in sending her Christmas reminder to an octogenar ian friend, an ex-College President, sent with it the following bit of in formation: Dear Doctor: It is not a sock, it is a mit And if you wish to know where learned to knit, 'Twas in the time of our Civil War When men fought men, not beastly Hun " Not with fire and gas, but with honest gun, 'Twas then that I learned to knit. We worked, talked, and read by the torchlight's glow And the old folks told of the long ago When their fathers had won a fight And taught mankind the lesson Right. We little maids were doing our bit As we sat and listened and learned to knit. Our dresses were of homespun, our cogee, parched wheat Without food administrators, seit denial was sweet When we sent to the boys our carpets so soft s Our blankets so white from bed rooms and loft, And thought only of filling for each one a kit, So we little ones lovingly learnt to knit. Our silent workers at home fought long With scissors and needles, a pray or and a song Nor ever dreamed they were called to quit To "pickett" along the pathway of life. No woman on stump, in jail or tx strife When I was learning to knit. You were one of the boys then, And I was a little maid of ten When Lee and Grant on that April day, Under Virginia skies did end th fray, Peace came, and we hoped it nevsr? would quit Our dear Dixie-land where I learn ed to knit. But Peace has fled from the Earth far away And our boys whose grandsires worn the Blue and the Grey Stand side by side a loyal band, Whether from Dixie pr from Yan kee land, New we must fill for each one a kit, And we old folks again must knit, knit, knit. Mother England, brave Italy and glor ious France Are calling them to come with peer less lance To drive from their homes that vandal tribe Jch little maid answers when she nits, knits, knits! -One of "the ?UtIe maids" of War den in the fO's. The Way It Goes Now. Little bits of bacon, Little grains of wheat, Give a soldier's body Energy and' heat. I NOTHING IN LIFE Nothing in life? Ah, say not so! On a thousand hills there are dreams aglow, In a thousand valleys the gold-mist lies 'Neath the ambient gleam of the au tumn skies; In a million cities the thunder beats Of life in the thronged and throbbing streets; ... There are homes to build and hearts to cheer, And a joy where the sweetheart lip- lean near! - Nothing in life? It's running over With hills of blossom and dales ol clover, With simple duties and noble toil Where the plowshares loosen the fal low soil, ... Where the spindles hum and the shut tles lly, And over us always the sweet blue sky With little gray songsters of God a-wing Where the world ...turns back to an April thing. Nothing in life? It is full and fine For the hearts that trust and the eys that shine With hope and courage and forthright zeal In the comrade spirit that all should feel; It is bright and bounding and brimmo with chance : ; - - For honest effort with song and daiic-. And rosy faces and lips of gleam, And the frugal board, and the-sweet- ; ered nothing -unnatural and of little heart dream! or no consequence to the Nation for so - ; many babies to die annually.. Appar Nothing in lifeo Oh, trust its care! jently there had been noticed no short The sun is shining for all somewhere, ; age of babies and if there had been; The clouds will lift and the shadows 'who cared? ,Were babies worth any- flee And the green wo?ld ring "with the song-bird's glee! Go on with courage; the clouds will clear, The green hills glow and the blooms j bend near, , ; A thousand valleys are fair and sweet j For one dull loom in a city street. Bentztown Bard. THE RED CROSS RPfPIVFl RflflK LvjLI JbvJ 1Lfl0 ' ' - . Seventy-Five Novels Donated By Miss Nora King; Chapter Desires Cloth Donation. i of parents a child has and the kind of ja home it is given have almost all to The Red Cross, through its chair- ! do whether it lives or not. For in man Miss Esther Jerman, acknowi stance, if the parents are illiterate the edges with thanks a gift of seventy- five novels from Miss Nora King. These novels will be forwarded in a few days to the boys of II. Company, and the Red Cross Chapter here asks that if you have any books which you can afford to spare that you send them to the Red Cross rooms over thtf Citizens Bank Building immediately in order that they may be included in this shipment. - As, all Red Cross bandages have to be packed in perfectly clean cloth, and since only new and expensive cloth is available at the Red Cross rooms, the Chapter urges Warren people to do nate, whenever possible, old pillow cases, sheets, and any linen for th; purpose. If you are busy on Thursday morn ing's then send your donation to thi Chapter rooms over the Citizens Bauk at 7:30 that night the rooms ar open at that time. RED CROSS ROOM t rmmivlf! rt 1 Tir IN r.l TlllNS KA WK 11 , va x . .v - 1 . Rooms Are Comfortably fcquip - ped and Kept Warm ; To Be Open Thursday Nights. Tn announcing the opening of thV Red Cross rcoms here at 30 on eaci- tm icrht in Tnpsdav tiaoer. we iUUiauaj' i'"" J- ' h,1(rh an error erave the place of Qfin hPiW in the DameroT! ,iuin tU RpH Cross work room is in tha :;c Rot hnilrtinfr. Is comfort- able steam heated, conveniently locat- ed and will be a popJlar meeting plai-e on Thursday night! of those deft fin- ".., v, ar riliru- rrianv articles to the boys "out here;-' A LARGE BABY DEATH RATE Ignorance and the Outside Work of Mothers Largely Respon sible Statistics Prove. The following able article from the North Carolina Health Bulletin was handed U3 Thursday with the request that it-be published: Poverty and illiteracy are killing more babies in this country today than all other causes put together. Enough American babies die every ten years to populate a city as large as Chicago a State the size of New Jersey, or to make up nearly the total populaion of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado. New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Neva da. And all these are babies under one year of. age. As a matter of fact, a baby's first year of existence is the most dangerous of his whole life. t man seventy years old stands a much better chance of reaching seventy-one j than a baby born today has of reach - ling its first anniversary. The main ! reason is the baby is born and forced ! to live its first days under conditions j wholly unsuited to its tender, life, j What the parents are and do, as well . as the kind of home the baby lives in; j affects the baby's life. I Not many, years ago, it was consid- thing except to their mothers who helplessly grieved when they loss them? Pigs were valuable. So weie trees. Pigs were not allowed to get sick, much less to die they meant money to the country and tres were studied and given the best protection lest hey suffer blight and grow up I stunted. Countries who did not regard I pigs and trees morehighly than tKey did their babies laughed at America and called lier "notoriously wasteful of j her most valuable resources" her hu : man beings. This made America think ' and take steps to redeem her unenvia- ble record- But t has taken war to drive home the lesson with such force that saving pigs and. trees is, now of j minor importance to saving babies and children. " Some of the efforts tnat have ri- ; cently been put forth for conserving j child-life have discovered that the kind ! baby will be almost twice as likely to j die before it i3 a year old than would j be the case if its parents could read, ! The death rate of babies belonging "to illiterate mothers is 214 per 1,000 against 148 for babies belonging to mothers who can read." Note the dif ference in the size of the tombstones. Another factor greatly influencing a baby's hold on life was the earning capacity of the father, and whether or not the mother was required to wonc to help to support the family. When the heads of families earn $521 or less a year, the infant mortality rate in their homes in 255 per 1,000; when they earn as much as$l,2000, or more, this rate becomes as low as 84. But babies have even a worst chance when their mothers have to work away from homes as bread-winners, in fac tories for instance. A study made recently of the employment of mothers in rntt.nn mills in Manchester. New i Hampshire,, by the Children's Bureau 1 at' Washington, shows that among i women working in the factories the !KoW Honh r-flte was 227. while for ! mothers in the same community who Idid not work in the mills, it was only 133 The aimple ig that babies rbbrn under.. conditions where mothers I toil day after day in the mills, who 1 . t their work s on after their children are born, and whose average earnings amount to only $250 a year, are denied the first rights of human kind a mother's care. Is it any won der that. they don't live when tney are - . . I held less cheap than spun cowon or sacrificed -for the mothers meager ; - - j weekly pay envelope? i The kind of a home a baby is born j in often determines his chance of liv linsr. Someone has said that the bath- ' tub is a safe barometer of infant mor tality. A recent study of how home 1 conditions affect babies' lives, made also by the Children's Bureau, found that houses having bath-tubs, had baby death rateof 72, -whereas house? - without these conveniences had a race; of164. Running water in the horn- was another factor. Fewer babies died in- homes where the water was- piped ! inthan in homes where' it was carried I in, by hand'. Babies born in crowdeo ! houses died much moi' rapidly than ' babies in homes less crowded. It was ; found that babies who slept in a room with their parents oniy were less likely to die than when they slept in a roora ( with more than two persons. Sleeping in their pwn separate beds lessened their struggles for existence alsoTh death rate for those who slept .alone was only 55 per cent while it jumped to 108 for those who slept in bedUvitli j Carolina school children within thro othr persons. - . years. - Cleanliness in therhome was another . Warren .was among the first to in- important factor. Almost twice Inaugurate the campaign, and literature many babies died : in damp, dirt j houses as in clean; dry, airy homes. It ! is a well known fact that , as housing. street paving and sewage facilities im prove in a town so steadily does tbo rate at which babies die decrease in tha town! v THE PRESIDENT STATES WAR AIMS Unexpectedly Appears Before Congress and Delivers Pow erful War Aims Address. President Wilson's address lays be " fore the German government and it:' allies, the unequivocal terms of air; peace with the United States, and lit pledged the Nation to fight to the end t5 accomplish the following program upon'which alone could be built a jut and stable peace: 1- Open covenants of peace withou;; private international understandings. 2 -Absolute freedom of the seas m peace or war except as they may be closed by international action. S rRemoval of all economic barrier-; and establishment of equality of trade conditions 'among .nations-'; consenting to -peace and associating themselves for its maintenance. 4 Guarantees for the reduction vi ational armaments to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety. 5- Impartial adjustment of all co lonial claims based upon the principle that the peoples concerned have equal weight -with the interest of the Gov eminent. 6 Evacuation of all Russian terri tory and opportunity for Russia's po litical development. 7 Evacuation of Belgium without any attempt to limit her sovereignty, j 8 All French territory to be freed i and restored, and reparation for the j the taking of Alsace-Lorraine. 9 Readjustment of Italy's frontier- along, clearly recognized . lines of na- ! tionality. 10 Freest opportunity for autono mous edvelopment of the peoples oe Austria-Hungary. 11 -Evacuation of Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro, with access to th: sea for Serbia, and international guar - antees of economic and political inde- pendence and territorial integrity c: the Balkan States. 12 Secure sovereignty for Turkey', portion of the Ottoman Empire, bur with other nationalities under -Turkish rule assured security of life and op portunity for autonomous development with the Dardanelles permanently opened to all nations. 13 Establishment of an indepen dent Polish state, including territories inhabiteoTby indisputably Polish pop ulation, with f ree access to the sea and political and economic indepen dence and territorial integrity guai - - . :. - - 14General association ot nations - under specific covenants for mutua guarantees of political independence "gnt "T', ""I"" B . . lithpir hanniness is the spontaneou-. and territorial integrity to large and .then happiness s y small states alike. 1 For such arrangements and cove -nants, said the President, "we a willing to fight and continue to fight until they are achieved; but only be cause we wish the right to prevail and -. - desire a just and stable .peace xne tone oi tne . uaiiy. f3 i the Message will hearten Russia an opens a way, for the Central Powei i to discuss peace on these terms. The heads of the Bolshevik are desirous of an early decision of peaee or war, and it is hoped that the President's message, following the able message, by Lord George, stating virtually th? same aims, may hearten Russia fo AlliH war cause and prevent a actual individual peace with the Cen tral Powers. " OIjIIUUJj LniLUlVlin BEING EXAMINED Medical Examination of Warren Children Under Way; Bad Cases To Health Officer. The last Legislature provided fo the Medical inspection of all North and blanks have been mailed the tea chers of the County schools by Wai - ; t en's Health Officer. 4 Each child is to be examined by th. .teacher. The statistics are to be re corded upon blanks furnished for th purpose. Those of the children wh are affected with any disease are U 'be examined by the Health Officer ad !le made on or before the -1st day of treatment commenced. j-March 1918. Heavy penalties are pre This policy wilL mean much to th : scribed for failure to comply with th;j country in the years to come, and r. j xequirements of the law. an evidence of the State's awakeni.i ; ; Any person desiring information or to the fact that to be efficient one mucv. j assistance in making these reports be healthy. Tests conducted by the i may obtain such information or assis State Board of Health and the exper- jtance-by corresponding with Mr. J. F. ience of teachers everywhere provt j Lifsey, of Norlina, N. C, who will be the high wisdom of the State's action. ! glad to render any assistance necea That Warren is among the first t-- j sary. This report is for 1917. place this plan in practical working j J. F. LIFSEY, D. C. operation is a step reflecting the ir j , terest of the school and health author i ities in the children of Warren, and j there willingness to connect' up with ; the State in its forward stride. News From Grove Hill And Section. Lot of Moving In The Neighbor hood; Local and Personal Mention; Other News. i The Christmas holidays are over a----'the weather is still very bad. Sav.1 millers as well as farmers are begir ! ning to wish for some good weather, j. There is a lot of moving in th neighborhood. We know they ate ha ; ing a rough time this cold weather. . Mr. O. C. Davis and family hav-: i moved to hrs mother's place near Ma -imaduke. They will be missed in ou'- neighborhood. Mrs. J. A. Harris and childen, who have been visiting their parents, and Mrs. T. A. Harris, returned their home at Ringwood Sunday. Miss W. T.. Hardy spent Sunday night with her mother near vspen. There have been xi lot of marriage , around, and the wedding beels a--; still ringing. Several of the ladies from this plar attended the Red Cross at Areola Sa.- ; urcjav ' M. . M s j Harris visited ;t,.t M nd Mrs. jonn O- their narents. Mr. j , - f Hnllister. Saturday night and ; oundav We wish the Warren Record an:t its many readers a happy New Yea.. ROSE BUD. DO YOUR DUTY, SMILE AND GET YOUR QUOTA OF FUN. We are doing part of our life woi when we are making a good time to somebody. The world has been a li- tle slow to realize the santity of whol? :;ome yaity, and too often has made , . !fun and duty rivals instead of fellow - i workers. Stevenson spoke of his 4 grea ; f,c .- nf Vmnniness as it that weie 2. ; - . . ,f rlnftr snfl he Was 111 thO p"--- ,.i,0w. "aiei.v ox a iin.it; vihiu, vi - -- - son's, secured through brave self-conquest, are benefactors of their kind. Someone has said that next to th virtues, the fun in the world is wha we can least spare. An earth peoplo-l with beings who never smiled, nev-jr laughed, and never frolicked would be - nrzuu oe t,-,,! r.r,d' handmaid as conscience. Exchange. MRS. TEMPLE THANKS NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. 5 to ?-..nk ru.. reighbors ail In'ends for their many kindne sses : shown me at the death of my husband -I- want to thank Dr. Peete for his kind service Mrs, MAMIE TEMPLE IE INCOME TAX LAW IN WARREN Single Man With $1,000 and Mar ried Man With $2,000 In come To Fill Blanks. I "desire to call attention of the cit izens of Warren County to the Income 'Tax Law. 1 .Every single person having a gross j income of one thousand dollars or (wore and every married person having j : gross income of two thousand dol ! lars or more are required, under th ' law to make return of their income j. whether liable for tax or not. ; Blanks for this purpose can be ob itained by writing to Mr. J. H. Bailey, Revenue Collector, Raleigh, N. C. The law requires that these return.; AN ODE TO THE FORTUNATELY HEALTHY "Health of itself makes life a pe.-r- petual joy. Nothing daunts, nothing overawes, nothing discourages and i nothing overpowers Hie man and wo j 'nan possessed of health. Healtn means n,ot only vigor and energy of I body, ut also clarity and strength of j mind; purity and beauty of soul. The i healthy person dominates life instead of allowing life to CTominate him. He scarecly thinks of his body as consist ing of parts or as, performing sepa rate functions. To him the body "is but one harmonious whole. He is a unit, a being, a man; complete, vig orous, perfect. To such a man work is a joy. He regards obstacles as but opportunities for testing his strength. He hardly knows what weariness is. He never experiences exhaustion. .Viereiy to grasp his hand is a pleas ire. To gaze into his eyes is a joy. Co hear his voice is to feel a thrill oriss over one. To peer into his mind serves as a stimulus to higher achieve ment. Health supplies the courage, rhe aggressiveness in life. Without . health one is bankrupt regardless of what his financial capital may be. Ha becomes a cipher in the world of real i men and women. If you have health, then, friends, cherish it, guard it, ani ; treasure it as you treasure ilfe, for : sut of it are the issues of life." MARY'S LITTLE COLD. Mary had a little cold, It started in her head. And everywhere that Mary went That cold was sure to . spread. It followed her to school one day, There wasn't any rule. It made the children cough and sneeze To he ye that cold in school. The teacher tried to drive it out. She tried hard, but kerchoo-oo! It did'nt do a bit of good For teacher caught it too. Lyda Allen DeVilbiss. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE HOME GUARD. All members of the Home Guard are ordered to report to the New Ar mory at 7:30 Friday night. At this time measurements will be taken for uniforms. C. R. RODWELL, First Sergeant. CAN YOU PLAY A "BAZOOKA," EH, WHAT? Port Royal, S. C.r Jan'y 9 U. S. Marines at this" station have a new invention. It's called a "bazooka." No, it isn't a cannon, nor a flying ma chine, nor a machine gun, but when in operation it will make you "shake your feet." The "bazooka" is a simple contrivance, consisting of but two pieces of gas pipe and a funnel, but its secret is in the playing. It is said that the Marine Corps Jazz Band if the only one in the world that beasts of a "bazooka."