American o idiots J L JUL J L J Sr Oivmg Th Lend BotilairB? (TUESDAY) WAPT)prfrnv xt mTTTnVr,. . i -l vivivuii a wiii. li. i . i i s n:i 1 1 a v a wi. ii i inio . ' - - Mt' J. , ifiiliiVll I4l( 13iO AR VOL. XXIII (FRIDAY) NOT SLACKEN BUT INCREASE BUDGET Writes Dr. Edward K. Graham Upon Necessity of School Support In War Time. Educationally the decade that fol w3 war will be, I believe, the richest rd most fruitful in the Nation's his Here in the South, and in North Carolina especially, we need to keep heroically foremost in our public pol . the determination n t to slacken, but rather to quicken our educational and France under war burdens im comparably Sweater than ours have doubled their educational budgets. Iz is clearly the inevitable policy of wis dom. Our handling of our educational af fairs in the next few years will furn ish once more a test of our statesman ship and give unce more a clear rev elation of what relative place we give education in the things worth while in commonwealth building. The nec essity of war economics will show what we value in terms of what wc nourish and of what we sacrifice. If schools are the first public-service in stitutions closed for lack of fuel; il their terms are shortened as first steps in economy; if we cease building them and yet build other things; ii they cannot compete with business foi the services of the few good men and women they need-we shall know in concrete terms that in time of storn we feel that they are still the first to be cast overboad, and not, as we have claimel to believe, the basis of the de mocracy for which we are fighting. Xo Sacrifice Too Great No sacrifice is too great to make f o the schools, and no patriotism is mor genuinely productive than the patriot ism whose faith in the schools is s deeply rooted that no public distrac tion or disaster is permitted to blighc them as the source of all of our recon structive power. My great confidence in the futurd of the University is based on the ex traordinary need for its present and future service, and on the spirit of in telligent sympathy and co-operatio-: that have been shown by the peopk-; in the State at large and by the fac ulty, alumni and students. The days ahead of us grow out of the. days tha are gone; but in every phase of human activity that a University touches they are new days with a new and broader horizon. They will test the capacity of the University for leadership, not only in terms, of energy, efficiency, learning, and scholarship, but In terin of renewed vison, sympathy, and high devotion. Out of this new opportunity to serve in a great and difficult way, and aid ed, as it wonderfully has been, by th i understanding of the State, whose highest aspiration it seeks to express, I believe that this institution will come into a new and especial greatness. Report to the Trustees, Jan. 22, 191h. THE FUNERAL ORATION OF ROBT. G. ENGERSOLL Hons. Ebon C. and Robert G. En ffersoll made a solemn compact that which ever died first, the other would Preach his funeral, , Hon. Ebon C. En gersoll, a member of Congress, died first, and the following funeral ora tion by his brother is considered one of the prettiest bits of English in the world: "I am now about to do for the dead nat in life he often promised to do me. Loved and loving brother, he "Parted this life before his sun had reached its meridian. Becoming weary or a while he lay down by the road side and using his burden for a pillow !el1 mto that dreamless sleep which 8ses down his eyelids still. If ev- ryone for whom he did some loving fulness would but- place a blossom Pon his grave, he would sleep tonight takath a lderness of flowers. Mis tang the approach of death for the rn of life he whispered with his ate st breatfc, 'I'm better now!' " Let tear? m Spite of Dubt's dogmas, are t fearS that these dear word that f a11 the countless dead and Ca they are 'better now!' Words tW 0ntain our love- There- is, Was no nohHpv ' Mouv ma ". And v ' in aor the sPeaker broke down A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS PAPERDEVOTEp TO THE INTE RESTS OF WARRENTON ANDARREN rnnNT? Number 21 Sc. A COPY WAR NEWS HERE AND "QVFRTHERE" American Soldiers Assert Initia tive; To Seize Non- Resident German Property in U.S. American initiative has asserted it self on the Lorraine front in France. Three savage . raids on. the German lines have been made by J;he Ameri cans, who succeeded in reaching the second line of , enemy trenches before being ordered to return. During their stay in German-held territory they destroyed carefully built defenses and picked up much war material. American artillery ably assisted tun infantry, in the operation. The resignatiin of Leon Trotzky,the Bolsheviki Foreign Minister is explain ed by a report that he acted after a quarrel with Nikolai Lenine, the Pre mier, who insisted that the Russian people agree to the disastrous peace of Brest-Litovsk, while Trotzky protested against submitting without a struggle. The only fighting reported m Russia is in the neighborhood of Kiev. The general situation of the country re mains the same. On Thursday the Soviets are to hold a Congress in Moe cow, Russia, to pass judgment as to whether they will accept the peace of the Bolsheviki made with the Germans at Brest-Litovsk. President Wilson has sent a message of sympathy to the Russian people through the Congress with a pledge that the United States will avail itself of every opportunity to aid them in driving out autocracy and restoring Russia to her place in the world with complete sovereignty and independence. v SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER NOW IN EUROPEAN WAR ZONE Dispatches in yesterday's dailies car ried the information that Secretary of War Newton D. Baker had safely landed in the European War zone. He goes to confer with General Pershing as to army needs and to gain military knowledge for the Administration. He was accompanied by several military men of rank. CONGRESS FORECLOSES ON ALL GERMAN PROPERTY IN U.S Washington, March 11: Legislation authorizing the sale of all enemy prop erty in this country, requested, by the alien property custodian to permanent 1 uproot German commercial influence was approved today by the Senate and added to the urgent deficiency appro priation bill. An amendment empowing the Presi dent to acquire title to the German steamship company's docks and wharv es at Hoboken, N. J., also was accepted .The vote on the provision for the sale of enemy , property was unanimous 64 to 0, and came after several hours' scathini denounciation of German kul tur and intrigues for world dominion. Enemy property within the meaning of the law is property owned by resi dents in an enemy country and official assurances have, been given that there is no intention to interfere with the property or money of Germans or Aus trians; living in this country. The pur pose is to sever forever the hold of Germans in Germany upon vast com mercial and industrial enterprises in he United States, which have been closely connected with the Kaiser's gov eminent, serving as outposts of the Teutonic movement for world dominion IN RECORDER'S COURT MONDAY MORNING. Quite a spirited case was before Recorder T. O. Bo'dwell, yesterday morning, Yard Master W. E. Clyaton of Norlina, was charged with two as saults and carrying a concealed wea pon. . Clayton alleging that Flagman Har ris anKonductor Baldwin, of the Sebaoard, had been slamming cars against his caboose and disturbing him in this manner, goes into the engine cab and assaults these men, knocking one over with the butt of his pistol and slapping the other down. The men were not seriously hurt, but were painfully bruised. In the two cases of assaults Clayton was fmed $10 for one and $25 for the other; in the pistol case he was fined $50. Hon. Tasker Polk appeared for Clayton, and Hon. T. T. Hicks, of Hea der son assisted Recorder's Court SoLc itor Daniels in the prosecution. RED CROSS AND j DON'T GET THAT BE I FERMENT NEWS! LAZY FEELING Report of the Secretary of the Wise Auxiliary; Betterment Report Shows Progress. In order that all who are inteiested in our local Red Cross may know just what has been done a report of the Secretary follows: The Wise Auxiliary to the Warrenton Chapter, American Red Cross was or ganized November 2, 1917. There are now enrolled 118 members. Total re ceipts from all sources to March 1st $205.59; total expenditures, $174.94, balance on hand $30.65. Report of work done up to March I : 38 sweaters, 20 mufflers, 18 pair wrist lets, 42 pair socks, 620 gauze com presses 4 1 2 x 4 12, 280 gauze com presses,9 x9, 25 T. bandages, 80 tri angular bandages, 20 abdominal band ages, 25 pillows, 26 bed shirts, 15 four tailed bandages, 5 many tailed ban dages. CHARLOTTE S. PERKINSON,' Secretary. A most interesting and profitabre meeting of the Betterment Association was held at the Schoolhouse on Friday afternoon March 1st at 3:30. Several new members were added to the roll, and Mr. C. W. Perkinson and Dr. Holt were made honorary members. The program consisted of a talk on Food Conservation by Miss Justice, a few remarks by. the President, Miss Dui?n on the work of the Wake coun ty Betterment Association, and a talk en Thrift and War Savings Stamps by Mrs. Perkinson. Several war com mittees were appointed. Miss Margaret Tanner and Miss Mary Perkinson were asked to super intend the work to be done in the school house yard, and to make sug gestions. A committee to visit the school was appointed and a committee on attendance was asked to try an bring the attendance bck to normal, as the epidemic of measles had nearly subsided. The teachers are sweeping their own ooms, thereby saving the janitor's fee. They are to buy War Savings Stamps for the school with the money thu5 saved. CAPT. PRICE AND MISS HERBERT WED Ceremony Performed In Christ Church, Greenville, S. C, Sat urday Afternoon at 3:45 Captain Edward C. Price, of H. Cow pany 120th North Carolina Infantry, a son of 'Capt.' and Mrs. E. C. Price of this city was happily . married last Saturday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock in Christ's church, Greenville, S. C, to Miss Leone Herbert, of Morehead City. The telegram announcing the mar riage came as a distinct surprise ; to the family and the friends of Captain Price here; the. romance which culmi nated last Saturday afternoon in the presence of officers of the Regiment at Camp Sevier was one begun at Morehead City some time ago wher H. Company was stationed there. Top-Sergeant Eric Norflett, of : H Company, was ... the -, best man, . and among the bride's maids , were Miss Lulie Price, sister of the groom and Miss Lilian Stainback of Weldon. Miss Herbert, is an attractive and popular young lady and was up to the time of her marriage teaching school in Greenville. Captain Price has num bers of friends here who are interested in his happy marriage and join with this paper in wishing years of the happiest of married life to this couple. After the ceremony Captain and Mrs E. C. Price, Jr., left for a short bridal trip to Hendersonville, N. C, and are now at home in Greenville, South Car olina, where his command is stationed HONOR ROLL FOR VAUGHAN SCHOOL FOR FIFTH MONTH. Third grade: Myrtise Harris and Carrie Myrick. Sixth grade: Mary Harris. Seventh .grade : Nettie Myrick. Tenth grade: Rosalyn Harris. , , Eleventh gradeV Bettie CreeTucker. Regulate Your Diet and Your Clpthing To Keep Healthy and Efficient Says Board. Ground hog day, spring fever days and 'dog days! What a trio! Of course the State Board of : Health has no intention of questioning the ground hog's sovereignty as a weather maker. Nor "is it the proper time , of year to assail' the old idea that dogs "go mad" only.during dog days. . Spring fever epidemics however, are perennial. Who has hot been a victim? Fortunately it never proves fatal. How discon sertihg to be told that spring fever is a myth. Disheartening as it may seem of tHe hundreds of diseases to which human flesh is heir, . medical science distains to even recognizeor mention "spring fever." In other words, "thero ain't no sech thing." The real rea son many of us feel -so tired, lazy, stupid, sleepy, dull and "generally no count" these days is because we have failed to change our diet, our clothing and our habits of living, to conform to the season. We have been continuing a heavy winter diet of meats, fats and other heat and energy producing con stipating foods, instead of cutting down the whole intake and including more greens, fruits, vegetables, rough ness and even water. The trouble in many cases is that our winter store oi last summer's canned fruits and vege tables has about given out and the new supply has not yet arrived. Spring tonics, purgatives and . a course of medicine? No, nothing of that. kind. Such things are no more necessary than a periodic aebauch, spree or wife-beating contest. One is about as sensible as the other. The whole secret is to regulate the diet, clothing, and living habits to . suit the season, to eat less, especially of heavy constipating foods, " and use more "greens," and salads, to dress lightei' and live rationally. DOT LET YOR LIB ERTY BOND GO. News of Interest Frop Areola Section Bright Jewels. Active; .Invest Your Missionary Nickel ; Locals and Personals. Miss Alma Scull is visiting in Rocky Mount. Mr. Lewis Capps has returned from a business trip to Richmond. Mr. Garland Capps is visiting rela tives here before leaving to serve his country in the Navy. Mrs. John W. Gupton visited her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Capps, and Mr. Linnie Gupton last week. - We are glad to report Mrs. Lewis Shearin convalescent. - v Misses Maude and Ethel King and Emma Duke spent Wednesday night pleasantly with Miss Ethel Lapps. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Davis, Mr?. Beaufort Scull and Miss Hattie King were callers in Brinkleyville Friday night. Misses Vinson, McFay, -Pritchard and others were pleasant guests at "Dalkieth", the home of Mr. Joe Hun ter, Thursday. Mrs. Linnie Gupton, Misses Hattie King and Myrtle Duke were shopping in Warrenton Friday afternoon. Our teachers attended the Teachers' meeting in Warrenton Saturday. Six boys from this section are now serving our country in the Army and Navy. Be sure to enjoy the program at tiie school building Thursday, night, Mai. i 14. Admission 10c. The Bright Jewels held an interest ing meeting Friday afternoon. This organization now has twenty-three members with Miss Agnes Hunter as President, and at last meeting an at tendance of twenty two. ' , Fifteen persons took .nickels last Sunday at Sunday School which will be invested in .various .things from now until the fall; at that time the nickels with amount made by wise investment will be turned in to be used for mis sions. Last year about $25.00 was made with about eighteen nickels in this wayr -Some of the fruit trees are in full bloom. ' Secretary of Treasury McAdoo Urges Holders To Keep the Best Investment In Hand. One who subscribes for a Liberty Bond and , gets credit as a patriot for doing so is not acting, patriotically if he .immediately . sells that bond, that is, unless he imperatively needs the money, says Secretary Mc Adoo. It is not the mere subscription that helpa the Government, it is the actual loan; shifting the bond to someone else doeu not help. The same objection lies to exchang ing Liberty Loan Bonds in trade. Mer chants offering to take Liberty Loan Bonds in exchange for" merchandise are doubtlessly actuated by' patriotic motives, but such transactions tend to defeat a primary object of the bond sale, the encouraging of thrift and the discouraging of expenditures. Bonds so exchanged are in most cases im mediately sold on the open market which tend to depress the market price and affects adversely the sales o future issues. Secretary McAdoo expressly states that there is no desire on the part of the Government to prevent or inter fere with legitimate trading, in. good faith, in Liberty Bonds. It is one of the great objects of tlit Treasury Department to have thesa bonds held as . permanent investments by the people and paid for out of sav ings, thus at once providing funds for the Government and conserving labor and material. There are the soundest reasons for holding Liberty Bonds. Their quota tions under par on the stock exchange means a loss only to those who sell. The financial history of the United States shows that in tifes of peace ail of its bonds have gone above par,some as high as 139. The" tremendous growth of our "resources and of ou1 trade, our domestic trade alone hav ing increased from $30,000,000,000 to $64,000,000,000 in the last four years, warrants the belief that our Govern ment bonds are the soundest invest ments in the world and with the res toration of peace conditions will com mand a handsome premium in tne market. IN MEMORY OF W. R. COLEMAN SINGING GLASS AT NORLINA MOND AY Orphange Singing Class To Ren Render Highly Patriotic Pro gram School Auditorium. On next Monday night the Oxford Orphanage Singing Class will appear in the Norlina School auditorium to render a concert- to the people of this community. The class of 14 girls and boys have been chosen, from 375 children of that splendid . Institution which is today doing so much for the childhood of the State. It is not necessary, though it may be opportune, to commend the Oxford Orphanage Singing Class to a Warren county audience. On pre vious occasions, they have appeared before packed houses in Warrenton and the merit of their performances have always pleased. The program is of a patriotic trend and every citizen will Jbe Intellectually benefitted by attendance. May every seat be taken at the presentation of this program for such a noble purpose. There has beeif no arrangements made for the Class coming here, and indications are that numbers of our citizens will attend the Concert at Norlina. - COLORED PEOPLE OF LIBERIA ORGANIZE WAR SAV. SOCIE1 t. The-following, is reported by Mis. Mamie Alston, the colored school tea cher, of Liberia: The colored people ; of Liberia met Friday, March 8th, at the schoolhouse and under the auspices of Rev. J. K. Ramsey organized the War Savings Society, with a membership of twelve. The- following officers were elected: Mr. Will Cheek. President:Mrs. Mamie Alston, Secretary. Collection of $5.00 of which $2.00 was raised by the school j children. The First Warren County Man To Die In France ; Leaves Heritage of Good Name. The meaning of war was most forci bly brought home to us in the sad death of William Richard Coleman, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Coleman, of Wise, who died in France on the twenty seventh of February of pneumonia at the age of thirty oe years. Mr. Coleman did not wait to be drafted, but fearful lest he might fail in his duty to his country, he volunteered, and . sailed for France January 17th, a member of Company B, 23rd Regiment, Engineers. Mr. Coleman had been in business in Rocky Mount for several years, where he made a great many friends, who have endeavored in many ways to show their respect and love for him, and to sympathize with the grief stric ken family. Nevertheless "Dick" as he was ia miliarly known among his earlyas sociates was never too absorbed in his business nor in anything else to forget to pay a frequent visit to his hom folks here. His singular devotion to his mother and sisters and his ever present desire to make them happy 13 indicative of the kind of young man he was. His was a clean record, his habits the best, and his disposition most genial. He was a thirty-third degree Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member of the Baptist Church. besides the father and mother, and grandmother, three sisters and three brothers survive: Mr. D. P. Coleman, of Beaufort, S. C, James Coleman, of Norfolk; Rodney, who is also in the service of his country and in camp at Chattanooga, Tenn; Miss Lucy : Cole- man, of Atlanta, Ga ; Mrs. E. E. Lloyd of Greenville, S. C, and Miss Malissa Coleman of Wise. The death of one of our own deaiiy beloved boys, who gave his all for his country, ought to make us ashamed of the little we can do and are doing to help win the war. This mother has given her oldest son, and many of us. are unwilling to make even the small est sacrifice. Let us not forget to pray for the boys who are fighting for us, and to ask our Heavenly Fath er to comfort the mothers whose hearts are broken and bleeding, even though they are proud to have had sons willing to die if need be, on the far away fields of France in order that government by the people for the people and of the people shall not perish from the eartn. God bless them! C. S. P. THE WAY LIFE SEEMS TO A PESSIMIST! DON'T BE ONE Man that is born of his parents 13 of few days and full of microbes. He goeth to school when a youngster and gets the seat of his pants paddled for something he didn't do until he is sick at heart. He groweth up like a weed in the back yard and soon reaches the age when he is composed largely of feet, freckles and an appetite for pie. About the time he gets too long for short trousers and not long enough for long ones he goeth away to col lege, learneth how to monkey with a three-dollar mandolin and play whis key poker. He cometh home a bigger fool than ever and marrieth a sweet young thing whose pa is supposed to be wealthy, but whom he subsequently ascertaineth, couldn't buy the prize rooster at a county fair. He worrieth along from year to year, gradually acj" quiring offsprings, until his house re sembles a Sunday school class just be fore Christmas. He fretteth through the day and lieth awake nights trying to figure how to keep himself and his dependent population out of the poor house. Efforts are rewarded by his daughters who run off and get mar ried and bring him;. home a nice son in-law every few days to feast at his board. His sons grow up and call him governor and set him back a five-spot every day or two. About the time he has acquired enough lucre, to make x worth" while for his heirs, to quarrel over, he contracts a cold and is hur ried away before he.has time to have a talk with his family. His sons .blow in his estate. and his wife puts the finishing touches to his career by mar rying the hired man.

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