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or - Goc? Rolsiti s--jr&Wou :m ;;4 wLjvfjrd'a- -oir ftiff0 wmiMB xcinniw i - , - ' mm m m m m m w u - it - fcr &y y 5 - ' : 4 fO BE A CHRIS AS WE TURN AND SURVEY THE PAST DON'T FORGET THE BOYS IN CAMP. NEW RULING OF ADMINISTRATION WHAT THE RED DR TAYLOR'S OLD TIMES INi WARREN TIAN IS TO SAVE CROSS IS DOING f he -Iri tiger -KX1"' (TUESDAY) WARRENTON.N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918 - (FRIDAY Nmrhor 1,; 8151AjEAR A SISMIWEYNEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARBEJiTANDwlRREN COUNTY Sc. A COPT .pr0. German In the Eyes of the World; Pro-Satan In God's ; Eyes ', To Fail to Save. The following article is an extract, from a sermon of Rev. E. W. Baxter deliverd Wednesday in Emmanuel church. The extract is of much in terest: "Moreover wnen ye fast be not of a sad countenance." Matt 6:16. I have preached to you for two Lents on the subject of fasting and now I am entering upon my third Lent in Warrenton that, in itself, will keep me from being of a sad countenance. Fasting! I am to urge you to fast What I want to know is how you can possibly help fasting. Hoover makes it clear that a person must fast and it is every day becoming more and more obvious that the only man or woman who will not fast is either pro German, or pro-Satan, or both. Ycu are not pro-German, you are not pro Satan, and therefore you will fast. Picture yourself, no don't do that you are not artist enough to picture yourself picture the person sitting next to you, taking an elevator down to the palace of Beelzebub and ringing at the door. Picture the person sit ting next to you, on being admitted (I understand church members are sometimes admitted) asking for a money box and dropping into twenty good hard round silver dollars. Pic ture the smile on old Nick's face he is not of a sad countenance while there are people willing to donate so freely to him! But imagine how the smne will expand into laughter, when just as the ring of falling money has died on his ears, he sees a retinue of ser vantsyour friend's servants stag gering into his presence, one bearing a barrel of flour, another one bearing lard, another pork, sugar, coaTt hats, gowns, etc. Of course he has' no use for a hat and the gown won't fit him because of his tail; coal he. has in abundance, but the person sitting next to you begs with tears in the eyes that he will accept them "Your Satanic Majesty, I don't need this hat please take it; and this gown, I beg of you, and the coal." The laughter dies down to a faint gurgle and the gentleman with horns and hoofs makes reply. "I am facinated by your loyalty, he says, "It is an indirect compliment to my personal charms that you should throw these invaluable gifts at my feet, but I cannot use them all so .1 will pass them on. to my co-workers whom I admire so strongly, the Ger mans." The person sitting next to you shud ders. "But I don't want the Ger mans to have anything." Beelzebub straightens up "Then you are no friend of mine," he replys. A pause "but perhaps you misunderstand how matters are: the German leaders have obeyed my voice exclusively since July, 1914 and are now at this moment extending my Kingdom on Earth. In many ways I admit, they have sur passed me: I taught men to crucify, hut the Germans have improved on my old-fashioned methods. They find they can cause more pain to a mother by killing her baby before her eye:- and transporting that mother and forcing her to manufacture explosives which will be used to kill her husband. When they kill prisioners they make them first dig their own graves and tien stand within while a shovel is raised above their heads and brought down with sickening force upon their skulls." The person next to you faints. He brings her to with a pass of the hand and as she staggers to the door shfv dimly hears his apolgetic accents joying he is "sorry anyone could ever ve misunderstood matters, he fought everything was so clear on tne subject." Friends, is it clear! The only man ho is blind to the truth that there !s a devil and that he is the animat es spnit in Germany today, is th3 th-Vvho does not read who can not whi h Wh Wil1 not believe f acts 1Cn have been proved over and wm again" And the only one wh: clotv,-10 as m 0' unnecessary .s llng and luxuries is the man who whiTnSlble t0 the bleeding horrors constitute modern history. S0 U WiU buy your sPrmS hat- Be sure you do buy spring Interesting Article From the Pen of Miss Mary E. Chauncey Comes Under Our Eye. We came across in the Training School Quarterly, the following excel lent article by Miss Mary E. Chaun cey, Secretary of the County Teach er's Association and a teacher in the Warrenton State High School, and we take the liberty of reproducing it: Another leaf has been turned again, the silent wheels of time have driven the annual around. Some how we can not say "Happy New Year" with th?s dark war clouds hovering over our fair land; with mothers, wives, sis ters .nd sweethearts sending away their dearest and best. And as tha dawn of this New Year approaches, we wonder what it will mean to us as individuals and as a nation. As we look over the past year we can see many happy gatherings.mai y bright spots, many new friends, so many things for which we niay take courage and be glad, but the past has not been all sunshine. There have been disappointments, mistakes and clouds which seemed to have no silver lin ing. God has called some of our lov ed ones to Himself and many of our dear one have gone to serve the.r country. In looking back and reading of the terrible struggle between the different countries we can but exclaim when will it end? and despite the uncertainty ask what the coming year may bring Victory, we hope; victory we pray. Yes, we know victory at last be the conflict long or short for Old Glory that has ever stood for right and freedom, with its white of purity, crimson bloodshed for huma i ity, and true blue stands today strong er and more firm than ever before. How gloriously our American wom n are coming to the --front, doing "their bit" and a great deal more, and as they send their loved ones at the call, their sorrow is not unmixed with joy. Joy in the strength of ou; splendid American manhood, proud that they have passed the test, fo our country wants only the best phy sically, mentally and morally. Let us be glad for this great opportunity to serve mankind, and let us not falter for a moment or leave any task un done which will make our men the stronger and help win the world for Peace. Let us take up the threads of the New Year looms and weave cheerfully and prayerfully the issues as they come; put our shoulder to the wheel and work and pray ,more earnestly than ever before, for upon the women of America depends to a great extent the winning of this war. In this New Year 1918 may w all find happiness in carrying sunshine to those who are sad and lonely, and in so doing we will find that comfort which comes to all who minister to others, and in so doing Turn the dark clouds inside out, 'Till the Boys come home! "hats." Lint must be kept togethei with the entire period of the War us, a fast. Do not be so foolish as to turn a necessary fast into a suicidal farce. "When ye fast be not as the hypo- crites of a sad countenance," says ou L ly Lord.. With an object placed so clear- before our eyes how can we be sad r No man can say fasting is a aeaa form when it is animated by a living purpose, and our purpose is beautiiui, object surpreme, our motive di- our So we will carry our share oi vine. the burdens of the war cheerfully and smile. The Government says we must in crease our savings twenty dollars per head and lend it to Uncle Sam God Bless " him through the profitable medium of War Savings Stamps, or Thrift Stamps. The man who refuses to try is pro German in the eyes of the country-r and pro-satin in the eyes of God. A stamp is symbolical of anger, a War Stamp is symbolical of righteous an ger. Get mad. How Long "The Kaiser says Germans must have hte will to endure." "Well, they certainly have the Wil liam to endure." N. Y. Sun. Pnsta o-e stamns now cost three cents land taste worse than ever. Judge. Friends and Relatives Are Urg ed to Sent Soldiers County Papers, Write Letters. The Editor: From every nook and corner in the State our young men have gone to the camps to learn the soldier's life. Shortly they will represent us on tho firing line, and others will be called to service in their place. Wh 'e they are training what can the home folks do to help them? These men are ocering their lives for us. All that we can do for them will not equal the sacrifices they are mak ing After talking with hundreds of them in the camps, I want to ocer three practical suggestions to the people at home as to what they can do. Every person who reads this state ment can easily, and should, gladly, do all of them. First, send your home paper to at least one soldier att he camp. Pick out one man you know and subscribe for the. home paper and send it to him,'. Any member of his family will give you his correct address. Write him a letter and tell him that you axe sending it. The cost will be trifling. The thought will be appreciated. It is not of charity, but an act of patriot-' ic service. Second, at least once a week make it a point to write him a letter or card to some soldier at the camp. Send him a magazine or a good book occas sionally. Third, keep yur trooubles at home. The soldier has enough of his own. Be strong and unselfish enough to cut out the trouble parts of your letters. There are plenty of good things to write about. The soldier has a man's size job, and besides, he can't help you. Why worry him when you have a better opportunity to look after your troubles than he has to help you. Following these practically sugges gestions and you will render a ser vice worth while. W. S. WILSON, Secretary North Carolina Council of Defense. DEATH OF MR. PETER F. KING Old Confederate Soldier and Fai mer Passes Away At His Home Wednesday Night. Mr. Peter F. King, an old Confed erate soldier of Hawtree, died Wed nesday afternoon at the age of 72 years at his home near Oakville. For three years prior to his death Mr. King had suffered from paraly sis, but his energetic nature fought the Grim Reaper Death off until Wed nesday""hight. Mr. King was one of Hawtree's most successful farmers, yea more, one of Warren's best. He was a tobacco farmer of great merit, and has sold thousand upon thousands of the best tobacco produced in this section on Warrenton warehouse floors. It is said that -he had the first flue-curing barn in Warren. Mr. King was twice married. Of his union with Miss Hicks of Haw tree soon after the war, the followinir children survive: Dr. Marion King, of Texas, Dr. Vance King, of Petersburg, Frank King, a merchant of Towns ville, John Wesley King, a farmer of Hawtree, Mrs. Ira Ellis and Mrs. Cora Donnell, of Durham. Of his seeond marriage to Miss Laura Ellis, the following children survive: L. J. King; of Wise, Mrs. Blanche Dowell, of Washington, Miss Lottie King and Messrs. J. B. and Claude King, of Hawtree. Burial services will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Hornaday this after noon at two o'clock. Interment wil! be made in the old family burying ground near Scotts. Red Cross Thanks Mr. T. D. Peck The Warrtnton Chapter American Red Cross wishes to express its thanks to Mr. Thomas D. Peck for his dona tion of cotton for the comfort pillows. Farmers Who Have Own Meal Need Not Purchase Meal In Order To Buy Flour. County Food Administrator W. G. Rogers has received the following let ter and calls the attention of the pub lic to its substance: To all County Food Administrators: Gentlemen: As a result of pressure brought to bear upon the Food Admin istration at Washington by the Food Administrators of other Southern states Mr. Hoover has granted an ex ception to the recent combination sales order of the Food Administration for the benefit of the farmer who has his own cereal substitutes and is' using them Without discussing the wisdom of this ruling we have to announce that in order to pursue a uniform policy throughout the Southern States 'the same exception will be granted f or the benefit of North Carolina farm ers who produce and are using then own cereal substitutes. In order to keep this exception from destroying the effectiveness of the order of the Food Administration tie ifollowing formal ruling is announced: "Retail merchants are hereby au thorized to sell flour alone in quant jties not exceeding 24 pounds to farm er customers who sign a formal cer tificate stating that they have pro duced and are using corn meal, grits, hominy or other cereal substitute? contained in the list included in thi recent order of the Food Administra tion to the same extent they use f loui Wholesalers, jobbers, millers and brokers are hereby authorized to sil to retailers flour alone in such quan tities as said retailers have sold to farmers under the ruling above stated, balancings against such sale of flour the certificate received by the retailer from the farmer. These certificates in turn may be used by the wholesaler or other dealer to balance against purchases of flour from the mills. "We also desire to call your atten tion to the fact that, as announced by the Food Administration yeserday, re tail feed dealers doing a business of less than $100,000 are not subject to license Feb. 15th when such license becomes effective for all manufacture and jobbers and for those retailers who do a business of $100,000 per year." Very truly yours, HENRY A. PAGE, Food Administrator. COLORED PEOPLE TO HAVE MEETING For Red Cross Purposes In the Court House Next Monday Night At 7:30 O'clock. The Central Red Cross Auxiliary of Warrenton has arranged to render a Literary Program on Monday the 18th at 7:30 p. m. in the Court House. The purpose of the gathering is to raise furkls for the Red Cross work. Mayor John B. Palmer has accepted an invitation to address us on this oc casion. Other distinguished gentlemen will speak also. The entire citizenship is invited to be present and give their hearty co operation by contributing of their means and helping enlarge the mem bership of this Auxiliary. C. H. WILLIAMSON, ALICE PIENDR1CKS, MARY E. GREEN, Committee. DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM PENDERGRASS. Rapidly Death reaps from the ranks of , the old Confederacy. Another of Lee's followers has answered the last bugle call. Mr. William Pendergrass at the ripe old age of eighty years died last Saturday night at the home of his granddaughter in Sandy Creek township. Mr. Pendergrass led a quiet life, fought the good fight, and has gone to realms beyond for his reward. May peace be with his. ashes 1 Shipment Recently Made Gives Insight To Work of Warren County Organization. A glance at the work accomplisn ed by the Warrenton Chapter and its Auxiliaries at Norlina, Wise, Ridge -way, Macon, and Areola shows that the Chapter here has been active. Th following articles have recently bee a shipped to the Southern Division, At lanta, Georgia: 3421 Gauze Compresses, 236 Sweat ers, 182 pair Socks; 146 Mufflers, 144 pair Wristlets, 130 Comfort Pillows, 30 "T" Bandage, 235 Triangular Bandages, 45 Abdominal Bandages. 42 Hospital Bed Shirts. The value of this shipment exceeds nine hundred dollars and is only ont of several shipments made by thi? County organization. These are the facts as they come from Mrs. J. E. Rboker, of this city, chairman of the Supplies Committee. It is a splendid report. Such work i eflects credit upon the organization. NEWS LETTER FROM WARREN PLAINS Local and Personal Mention Of The Travelling Public Of , Warren Plains Section. Mr. C. J. Weaver was in Warrenton Monday afternoon. Mr. Henry Frazier was in Warren ton onb usiness Monday. Mr. H. C. Tucker was in Warren ton Thursday. : Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Thompson and sister, Miss Sallie Rivers, were pleas ant visitors in Warrenton Monday af ternoon. Miss Bertie Overby and Mr. Buck King, from near Wise, were happly married last Thursday night. Their many friends- wish them a long aii. happy life. Miss Lucy Tucker and Master Maurace were in Warrenton this week. Mr. Gurthire Rivers was in War renton Saturday. Mr. L. H. Hawkes and little daugh ters Kate and Bettie, from .Norlin-., visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H C. Tucker Sunday. We are sorry to report that Mist Mary Cawthorne continues on the sick list. . Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crutchfield were pleasant visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rivers Sunday after -ioon. Mr. D. E. Thompson came Sunday from Norfolk to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs JT R. Rivers. Mrs.' E. C. Overby was in Warren ton Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Willie White and Miss Minnie Weldon were happily married Sun day. We wish them the best that this life holds. SUNSHINE. Interesting News From Grove Hill Rejoicing At The Good Weather Local and Personal Mention of Those Who Travel- We are having some good weather now and hope it will continue to he good. Miss Margie Davis and sister, Miss Selma, spent the week-end in the home of Mrs. A. S". Bugg. Mr. R. G. Harris and sister, Miss Gertrude spent Saturday and Sunday with their brother Mr. Jessie Harris. Mrs. R. D. Harris and sister Mrs. W. T. Hardy visited in the home ot their mother Mrs. Ida JWimpss Sun day. ' Mrs. J. B. Hardy and Mrs. J. T Powell spent Sunday with Mrs. M. C. Davis hear Marmaduke. Miss Ruth Davis and brother, Wil ber, went to Warrenton last Saturday. Master Stephen Harris spent Sun day night with his friend Master Alvin Reid. ROSE BUD The Guards and Rifles Of The Days of '65; Their First ! Time Under Yankee Fire. When the Guards and the Rifles ed away from Warrenton Saturday morning April 20th, 1861, they had but little idea of the years of hardship fighting and danger that lay. before them. These companies were largely com posed of men from the country. About one third of the Guards were from Warrenton; and all of the officers. The Rifles- except four or five men, was composed of men from the coun try; and all of the officers were from the country. These two companies, during the first two years of the war, were encamped near Norfolk. 1 u only fighting, that they , saw during this time was the famous battle; . be tween the Merrimac and Monitor which was fought in Hampton Roads. The men perhaps often felt that the drilling and camp duty were hard.but many a time in the following years of war and hardship they would have been glad to have spent a few days at the old camp near Norfolk. These companies at first formed a part of the Second North Carolina Volunteers, which afterwards became the Twelfth North Carolina : Stat Troops. When Norfolk fell into . th hands of the enemy, the Twelfth Reg iment joined the army of Northern Virginia, and was attached to Branch's Brigade. When the Regiment left Norfolk it was first taken to Rich mond, and then to Gordensville where it went into camp for about two weeks. It was held here until the War Department could decide whether it should be placed under . Jackson, wao was being hard pressed in the valley; or ; under General Joe Johnson com -manding the army in Northern Vir ginia, who was being forced back from the Peninsula, upon Richmond by General McClellan. Conditions wers serious and the War Department hes itated as to which of the two armies they would send unattached troops. The regiment finally started back to ward Richmond, and at Hanover Court House was detrained and attached to Branch's Brigade which was near that place, awaiting the advance of the enemy. The battle took place on the 29th of May 1862. The fighting was sharp and the Confederate Troops were fore -ed from the field. The casualties of the Twelfth Regiment were not large, and its baggage cars were captured. So far as I have been able to learn, there was only one person killed in the Guards and Rifles in this engage ment. This was William Wright, col ored, a cook connected with one of these companies. He was killed when the baggage car was captured. He was about twenty-one years old, of good moral character, of robust fraiitt, and was an intelligent and useful man. He was not a slave. Allen Wright, his father was a cook in the Guards during almost the whole war. He was a man of good moral character, sober, industrious, honest, and respect ed in the community. The Wrights lived in their own home, which was west of the road, leading from War renton to Warren Plains. Our Warren boys doubtless thought the battle of Hanover Court House a hot engagement, and it was; but sub sequent experiences doubtless made many of them think of this affair as little more than a skirmish. It wai however their baptism of fire and wa part of the experience that prepared them for such hard fought battles as Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Second Ma nassas, Fredricksburg, Chancellors ville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania : and on through terribla strife and carnage, to that sad day in April '65 when they -furled their ban ner on the fatal field of Appomattox. : But few now live to tell the story of those stirring years? but from the minds of the. few. survivors even the present terrible world-wide war can not blot the - memory . of what they saw, did and experienced as Confed erate Soldiers. We Aren't The Only Ones Germany too is suffering from rail road congestion. Railroad men there explain that they can't get -the cars to , -move either freight - or transport troops.