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VOL. XXIII
(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5;19l8
(FRIDAY)
Number 11
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THEnPfTT&Rl COUNTY
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SOLDIERS URGED
TO BUY INSURANCE
Governor Bickett Makes Plea;
People At Home Urged To
Insist On Boys Insuring.
A WORD ABOUT
YOUR FERTILIZERS
STARS, NOT SCARS
OUR HERITAGE
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HOLD TO THAT
LIBERTY BOND
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FLOURAND
To North Carolina Soldiers,
My dear Fi'iends:
Though you
are no longer under the authority of
the State of North Carolina, the State
has a deep and abiding interest in
your welfare, and in the happiness of
vour loved ones at home. As your
Governor I am earnestly desirous of
helping you and your people in all
possible ways while you are defend
ing the honor and safety of us all.
The Government has with benevolent
foresight provided that every may
take out insurance on his life in a'
sum of from one to ten thousand dol
lars at a rate miraculously low. Tins
is one of the very finest things the
Government has done for the protect
ion of your loved ones. I urge every
one of "you to take advantage, of thi s
one opportunity. Think of what it
means to your loved ones at home anu"
apply for this insurance at once. Do
not delay the matter. Delay will be
fatal. You can not obtain this insur
ance after the 12th. of February.
If you find it impossible to pay tho
small p.emium out of your wages ap
pl for the insurance at once any
-?.y: pay the first premium and then
v, vite to some member of your family
or to some friend to arrange to pay
this small premium for you. I am
morally certain that there is not a
North Corolina soldier who can not
-get some member of his family or
some friend to carry this insurant
for him if the soldier finds that it is
impossible for him to pay the prem
ium out of his own wages.
Sincerely your friend,
T. W. BICKETT,
. Governor...;?
What The Soiaier Thinks About It
Let's take a peep through the roof,
of one of the many Y. M. C. A. Build
ings hat have been built in almost
eveiy vuce our soldiers are to be
found. It is a dreary, cold unpleas
ant rtisht and around a huge fireplace
thai Ha::es cheerfully we see a grouo
of soldiers; some with, their chairs
tilted back are puffing contentedly on
the old jimmy pipe, others are paired
off with a checker board on their
knees In a corner a few more ar
running recosd after record on a phon
a graph. Scattered throughout - the
building are others reading papers and
magazines; then we look around the
sides of the building and we see many
a man with a busy scratching pen, his
head bent low over a sheet of paper.
Here and there the pen has trailed off
the sheet of paper and rests on the
table, this man's bent head rests in
the palm of one hand, his body is mo
tionless and his gaze is riveted on the I
blank wall in front of him.
"What has happened?" one might
ask.
He sat down to t write of the day's
happenings andg radualiy somethings
erowded aside what he intended to
write, his thoughts for the first time
that day took him over a long path
way, back through space to a little
homestead where around the fireplace
sat HIS loved ones the one place, he
is soon to find out, that is'Tield. more
dear than any other HOME. So
dear.i n fact that he, witn many,
many others, left all but the sacred
memory 0f it behind for a short
while in which to make sure that it
would be preserved for all time.
Thus it happens that very seldom
does mother, sister, wife, brother, or
sweetheart read a letter from "him 9
that he doesn't amply demonstrate his
affection.
The following letter from "Over
There" was sent by Lieut. D. C. Rop
er, Jr., in Foreign Service, to hi-s
mother.
"I received a certificate postal card
that my Inshrance Policy for" $10,000.
is now on file no regular policy
just the record at Headquarter.
Premiums are very low, some $6 a
month, which would break me up
n est pas? Thank our Great Secre
tary of the Treasury for me. It seemed
Jo me that while over here in danger
the least I could do would be to try
to repay you folks in an infinitesmal
-gree a part of what money you have
sPent on me. I can never hope to re
pay for the love and care that yoir
ave bestowed on me always. Appre
tlon fr that I shall carry with, me
District Agent Miilsaps Gives
Out Pointers Which May Be
of Value To Farmers.
The following information is given
to assist farmers in buying their ni
trate of soda: Acid phosphate has
been priced to me at $22.50 per ton,
the familiar 8-2-2 at $44 per ton, and
7 per cent cotton seed meal, the 7 per
cent be amonia (nitrogen 5.76), at
$57.00 per ton. Calculating on the
price basis of all these forms of ferti
lizer, phosphoric acid would cost
about 7 cents per pound, - nitrogen
about 38 cent per pound, and potash
about 44c per pound. At these prices
cotton seed meal would cost $60.00
ton.
The Government nitrate of - soda
costs the farmer at the port $75.50
per ton. Suppose he can lay it down
at his station for $2 per ton, then the
total cost will be $77.50 per ton. Ni
trate of soda carries about 15 1-2
pounds of nitrogen per hundred, or
about 310 pounds per ton. The ni
trate of soda carries only nitrogen,
then 310 pounds of nitrogen will cost
$77.50, or 25 cents per pound.
Suppose a farmer wanted to use
200 pounds acid phosphate and 50
pounds nitrate of soda, what would
the mixture cost him, and what would
be the analysis of his mixture? The
200 pounds acid phosphate would be
worth $2.24 at 7c. per pound for 32
pounds phosphoric acid, and the 50
pounds of nitrate of soda would be
worth $1.94, at 25c. per pound for 7.
75 -pounds nitrogen, and both would
cost him $4.18, and would anilyze 12.-
8 per cent phosphoric acid and 3.1 per
cent nitrogen.
Suppose a farmer wanted to make
as nearly as he could the same grade
of fertilizer using the 200 pounds of
acid phosphate, what- would the mix
ture be worth, and what would be the
analysis? The 200 pounds of acid
phosphate would cost the same, $2.24,
but to get 7.75 pounds of nitrogen in
cotton seed meal he would have to U3e
j 137 pounds . which would cost $4.08,
and bothf "would cost him $6.32, and
wiuld analyze 10.5 per cent phosphor
ic .acid and 2.3 per cent nitrogen. In
this mixture he would have 90c. worth
of potash, but on the whole he would
have a more expensive mixture and a
lower analysis.
"On this basis any mixture that may
be desired may be made out, but it
will be found that any mixture carry
ing nitrate of soda as the source of ni
trogen will be cheaper than perhaps
any other.
It is not desired to urge farmers to
purchase nitrats of soda, but it is de
sired that they understand what they
do buy and the cost of the same.
E. S. MILLSAPS,
District Agent.
"What Makes It Stop?"
The following communication has
been received by the Galveston News:
"Sparksville Gents: The gas en
gine you sent me stops when there's
nothing the matter with it that's the
trouble. It wouldn't be so bad if it
stopped for some reason and anybody
knows there's reason enough for it to
stop. I received the book that you
sent me which is named "What Makes
the Gasoline Engine Go." J ain't read
it yet, because what's the use reading
it when I don't care what makes the
gasoline go as long as it goes which
mine don't only occassionally.
"What I want to know is What
Makes the Gasoline Engine Stop. If
you got a book called that send m
one. I want to know what makes my
gasoline engine stop when everything
is OK and nothing is the matter ex
cept that it must be a rotten engine
Hiram Diggs."
in my heart throughout life and he
yond. In case I am killed or die in
service the insurance will be paid to
you. If I am totally disabled to me
If I come through unscratched, the
policy will be continued as a regular
life insurance policy in civilian life.
Everybody ought to take out one."
- (Signed)' "DAN."
If "vour" boy, in service- somewhere
has. not told you, he is insured .by the.
Government 4fc would be a ; good ideat
to write and tell5 him that February"
12th: is the last day.
The War Tests The Manhood Of
Our Country and The An
swer Rings Achievement.
(Herbert Kaufman in Cosmopolitan)
War is scraping the mines, shear
ing the flocks, exhausting the pad
docks, consuming the leather, butcher
ing the herds, emptying the granaries,
spending the chemicals, wasting the
genius, squandering the vitality To
morrow expected ot use. -
Hungry foundries whine for labor's
saving and orphan's , pence. We are
making cannon out of our daily breao.
starving knife and fork to feed the
guns.
Each new offensive is another tax
collector. The mounting toll of crip
ples and dependents pales philan
thropy, and the Recording Angei
shudders at coming trials of suddenly
resourceless women.
Progress has quit highway building
to captain battle. The dollar, the
hammer, the plow, and the test tube
are trench chums.
The most potent and enlightened
group of peoples Time knows have
pledged their prime men and the last
groats of national wealth to just
ideals.
Life and chattels were never before
so cheap principle never so dear.
Though half the universe be wreck
ed and half our kin be slain, Democra
cy shall persist. We, too, O Lacedae
mon, can perish in the pass. We, too
O Winkelried. have hearts to harvest
despots spears!
They lied who swore the ages had
rot our fiber and shrunk the measure
of a man. We have bred true to form
centuries have not dulled the splen
dor of ancient faiths; soft living has
not seduced the race. ? : -
Behold our millions march forth . to
serve Duty, and Hark to the huzzas as
they pass!
We could have ransomed all the
misery and lighted the last black -corners
of earth with the gold and zeal
now promoting woe.
Civilization might have made a sua-
ladder of the timbers in her crucifix.
And yet these things shall soon
come to pass because we found ii
sweeter to endure a space of grief and
desolation than suffer supreme
shames.
History will not count the present
as a loss. The world has so gained in
humaneness, in efficiency, in the reali
zation of community power that our
children shall inherit stars instead of
scars.
THE GIRLS KNIT
TING CLUB MEETS
On Monday Night of Last Week
With Miss Nan Rod well;
Large Time" Verdict.
O memory, the lack of which
Has placed many men in their grave
But we recall, and in recalling maki
amends:
For the unintentional- slip "memory
gave before.
With a hank in one hand, with knit
tings needles in the other, with hat
pins bristling above, and with willing
hearts beating within, the Girls Knit
ting Club assembled at the home of
Miss Nan Rodwell on Monday night
of last week, in regular session. .
After a course" of deft fingers and
willing hearts, and a discourse of no
evil intent, Miss Nan Rodwell, the en
tertaing hostess, daintily served a
salad course. Surmounting each sand
wich was a miniature Red Cross ex
pressive of the sentiment in which the
gathering was held.
After several hours of productive
work, undisturbed by the thundering
of masculine footsteps, the assem
blage cut loose from anchor and set
sail for home.
Every ' penny you save that you
would otherwise spend upon pleasure
is a direct help to every soldier and
sailor who is risking his life in this
conflict." ' " .
W. G. McAdoo. '
Food Administration Gives Out
Opionion That These Com
modies Will Be Cheaper.
Raleigh, N. C. Not withstanding
the; fact -that. -the Food Administra
tion has frankly - andr.-eadily. granted
a few- merchants permission to sell
flour pn hand at more-than $12.50 per
barrel' and 'sugar at more than 10c. a
pound where they have -shown that
the delivered cost of - the product has
approached the figures sent, a further
reduction in sugar is announced as a
certainty, -and a still further cut in, the
maxium price of flour is intimated as
a possibility.
As a result of complaints from mer
chants who have paid very nearly the
maxium retail price for their flour and
sugar the .Food Administration has
taken up with the Washington au
thorities the matter of prices charged
by a number flour mills outside ot
North Carolina and is also investigat
ing what appears to be unreasonable
charges for sugar by a number of
dealers7utside the State.
A Food Administration official stat
ed today that in only one instance
has a North Carolina jobber been
found ;who recently- charged m'oro
than the margin allowed on sugr.
In this instance the case was due to a
delay in the invoice and was altogeth
er excusable, especially as the - mer
chant very promptly refunded to re
tailers his profits in excess of the mar
gin allowed. In very few instances
fhave North Carolina jobbers been
found to have exceeded the margin of
50 cents a barrel allowed them for thf
handling of the flour.
JOIMOUlt COUN
TY PIG CLUB
What Others Say About It; A
Letter From Joe Fleming
Shows That He Likes It.
In a little article on "What. Pi?
Club Members Say About the Work '
in Extension Farm News, we were in
terested in seeing an extract from
a letter of Joe Fleming, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter B. Fleming, of Bridle
Creek, a boy who has made good with
results which have attracted state
wide attention.
At this time, pig club work should
be at its zenith : the meat supply or
the Nation is being called upon as
ne'er before, and Pig Club Work this
year is patriotic work in the greatest
degree. Let old Warren increase as
never previous its hog supply!
What the members say: Garneo.
Booker, of Greensboro: "I have four
choice sow pigs that are not yet wean
ed and have been offered $80 for them
at eight weeks old by, one of the oldest
and be3t Berkshire breeders in the
county. If they were scrubs the
breeder would not allow them on his
place. I have many calls for
pigs from Selwyn's Dairy 2nd, but am
retaining all choice pigs for my foun
dation stock. . As a pig club member,
I have learned that kind treatment
attentive and regular -feeding are the
keynotes to success in pig raising."
Joe Fleming, of Warrenton, says:
"I started out with my first pig in the
pig club to earn enough clear money
to pay my way through A. & E. Col
lege at Raleigh, when I am able to
enter there. I shall- try to be suc
cessful. I didn't know anything about
raising pigs though I have always loy
ed livestock. I dont know much now,
but believe me, I've got the balance
on the right side of the ledger.so far,
all right. I love the hog business
and am in it to stay." Joe sold from
his first litter, seven pigs for $70, and
still has three which he values at $50
each. They should be easily worth
that much for he made $22 on two of
them at the State Fair at Raleigh.
Joseph A. Morris Jr., of Oxford,
says: "l sow tne wo pigs ior $5z.dv
mueh more than the sow cost " me.
This with some premium money I won
on some other exhibits, I invested in
a Liberty Bond." .
Such boys as these are doing some
thing for themselves and ; their coun
try. He also serves who works at
home!
Company 99.5 Percent Insured ;
Regrets to Loose Gardner;
Sickness On Decline.
Life with Company H. for the past
month has been dull in the extreme
owing to the inclement weather and
with the soldiers here I am afraid the
south has lost its enviable reputation
as being "sunny" A real clear-fair
day is something that has been very
much of an exception with us as we
have had either a rain or a snow
every few days; we have had so much
bad weather the mud here has gained
nearly as much reputation as the dust
of Texas.
For some time the company nas been
waging quite a campaign in the in
terest of insurance' and even though
cur record is not as good as some, it
is yet quite enviable. Our percentage
in numbers insured is a little over
99.5, with an average of a little over
$7000.00 per mand and as we have
until February the 12th to work on it,
we have hopes of insuring every man
with the maximum amount of $10,
000.00. Our - record to - date shows
amount of policies subscribed for as
$1,615,000.00.
We regret very much loosing by
discharge Sergeant J. R. Gardner who
has been with us since enlisting dur
ing the summer of 1916. The best
wishes of the Company go with him.
Sickness in the Company has been
on the decline now for some time.
There are still a few cases of mumps
and measles which has necessitated
the quarantining of a few tents, but
as a whole there is not as much sick
ness as you would naturally expect
among two hundred men.
COUNTY WAR SAV
INGS COMMITTEE
Appointed by Chairman Graham
Meeting of Executive Com
1 To Be Called Soon. ,
County Chairman John Graham has
appointed the following citizens of
Warren members of the Executive
Committee on War Savings. This
body is to exert every effort within
their -power to urge others to invest
in Thrift and War Stamps and War
Saving Certificates, and is to work
the remaining days of this year and
sell over $445,000 of these stamps be
fore" January 1, 1919.
The members of Warren's commit
tee follows:
'Ex officio Howard F. Jones, Frank
B. Newell, Mrs. Kate Arrington.
River J. M. Rhodes, Elijah Perry,
M. J.Grant, H. F. Bonney, J. H. Har
rison, Rev. J. M. Millard.
Sixpound J. J. Nicholson, J. M.
Coleman, W. G. Egerton, John Nowell,
John Newell.
Hawtree R. H.-Rudd, R. B. New
man, Dr. T. J. Holt.
Smith Creek A. G. Hayes, Will
Mabry, M. E. Walker, Lucas H. Hawks
Nutbush N. H. Paschall, S. J. Sat
terwhite, M. J. Hawkins, J. D. Moss.
Sandy Creek Sam Allen, W. D.
Rose, S. J. Pritchard, J. K. Pinneli.
Shoccc James Montgomery, J. W.
Limer, J. B. Davis.
Fishing Creek Matthew Duke, Wei
don Davis, R. L. Capps.
Warrenton J. G. Ellis, R. T. Wat
son, J. Edward Allen, J. C. Hardy, n.
A. Mo'sely, J. E. Rooker, Roy Rod-
well, W. H. Fleming, Rev. T. J. Tay
lor, Rev. J. A. Hornaday, Rev. E. W.
Baxter. -
Fork R. E. Williams, W. H. Prid-
gen, L. F. Thompson.,
Roanoke H. L. Wall, Albert Del-
bridge.
Judkins J. P. Leach, D. L. Ryder,
C. N. Hardy, J. J. Harris.
A State representative of this work
was in town Tuesday afternoon. .-The
plan of raising Warren's quota will
be submitted more in .detail after the
Conference with Colonel Fries' repre
sentative '
This War Savings Plan is to. raise
two billion dollars in the Nation dur
ing the year.' To successfully reach
our quota of almost half a million, will
require the whole-hearted support of
every individual of this important
body.
Secretary of Treasury McAdoo
: Says Hold To The 3est In.
vestment In The World. .
. Will the banks and trust companies
in estment houses and the newsnaner
ph ase give the widest circulation pos-
sioie to the statement of Secreary
McAdoo under date of January 21st,
which we quote below? -Respectfully,
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
It has been brought to my atten
tion that a large number of patriotic -citizens
who suscribed to Liberty Loan
Bonds of both the first and second is
sue are being approached from time
to time by agents , who have, with too
frequent success,Induced them to sell
their Liberty Loan Bonds and take in
exchange securities which in a number
of cases have been of . questionable
value. .
"Through the intensive work car
ried on during the two Liberty Loan
campaigns, a patriotic army of over
ten million bond buyers in this coun
try has been created. It is of the ut
most importance that the investments
of this army of patriots should be
safeguarded in every possible way,
and that their action is lending their
money to their Government should not
be taken advantage of by irresponsi
ble people seeking solely a profit for
themselves.
"I therefore warn investors in Lib
erty Loan Bonds against exchange of
these evidences of their patriotism for
any securities of so-called securities.
While some of the securities, or so
called securities, offered in exchange
for : Government bonds are of sound
value, there is no doubt that a large
percentage of them are worthless. '
"I believe it is for the best, interests
of the people at large, as well as for
their best actual protection, that they
disregard all such offers, and, hold
fast to the best investment in the
world, that is, bonds of their Govern
ment. "Practically all of the substantial
and representative investment houses
of the country in co-operation vmh
the government and many other pa
triotic agencies, have participated in
a most unselfish way in both Liberty
Loan campaigns, sacrificing their own
interests in order to contribute their
share toward winning the war. It is
inconceivable that after the magnifi
cient work- of distributing Govern
ment bods thus accomplished in a
large measure by ivestment houses ,
some of the same people should at
tempt to substitute other securities
for the Government bonds which they "
have just helped in- placing. It seems
evident that a large majority of such
offers made to holders of Government
bonds must be made by the least re
sponsible of the security merchants,
and- that suspicion as to the character
of the bonds offered in exchange, is
fully justified. .
"It is my earnest hope that evex v .
purchaser of a Liberty bond will rea
lize, that the only genuine help ho
gives his Government is by keeping
his bond as an investment as long as it
is possible for him to do so. Where
because of misfortune or imperative
necessity, the holder of a Liberty bond
is forced to sell, there can, of course,
be no objection.
THE TWO SEEKERS
Two men went seeking happiness.
One walked the roadside way
And looked with all longing eyes
Within each garden gay.
Where'er he saw it growing
He tried to grasp its flower;
But always in his clutching hand;
- It died before an hour;
Till, angry and despairing,' '
In bitterness he cried:
"Others are given happiness,
To me it is denied.": .
The other one looked around him,
'Since happiness is .found
In the other people's gardens,
Why not within my ground?"
He "dug and plowed and planted,
And with careful toil -Where
it was rough and stony.
Enriched each inch of soil.
Until with crowded blossoms
The little plot o'erran
"How simple 'its," the owner cried,
"To be a happy man!"
Deaf Carolinian.