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VOL.XXIIL - (TUESDAY) WARRENTON, N. C TOES DA Yl ARCH 19TH7T918 (FRIDAY) Nubir23
$1.50 A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTEDrO THE INTE Re1tOF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 3c. A COPY
HON. GILBERT T. STEPHEN
SON TO ADDRESS PEOPLE
Noted State Speaker To Deliver
An Address On War Savings
Stamps At ourt House Here
Thursday Morning At 11.
Every man, woman and child who
can possibly be present should be
one of many to crowd to overflowing
the Court House here next Thursday
at 11 a. m. to hear Hon. Gilbert T.
Stephenson upon the War Savings
Plan.
The address from one of the State's
best speakers will delight any audience
and the citizens of the county are
indeed fortunate to have this opportu
nity to hear Mr. Stephenson. His
interest in the War Savings campaign,
his desire to see every man, woman
and child in the State aroused to
the enormity of the war task, and his
yearning to see others aid in the great
conflict for civilization fill the utter
ances of Mr. Stephenson with some
thing more than the "sound of words.
His patriotism, his thorough knowl
edge of his subject, will cause every
hearer to leave the Court Room next
Thursday morning with a clearer con
ception of one's duty, and hence with
an increased value as a citizen.
Mr. Stephenson will also give some
facts in regard to the war; his speech
will be interesting and worthy of the
presence of everyone.
Other speaking appointments in the
county are at Norlina Friday morning
at 11 and at Littleton, Thursday night
at 8.
THE ADVANTAGES OF LIV
ING THE SIMPLE LIFE
The simple life which many with
more or less intelligence and success
are trying to live now as never be
fore has its advantages as well as
its deprivations. For one thing it
saves from the worry of wealth. Un
easy lies the head that must plan how
to run the mill, or fill the pay-roll. A
very rich man once remarked : "I
worked like a slave till I was forty
to make a fortune, and I've been wat
ching it like a detective ever since for
my lodging, food, and clothes." Ano
ther well-off man said, when asked his
business, "I happen to have a little
money and my business is to see that
nobody gets it away from me!" Are
such men really "well off?" "Riches
brings cares" is an old proverb. It
states only half the case, for riches
also bring many delights, and effect
many deliverances. Yet a man who is
rich simply because he has for years
dodged every contribution box, denied
every charitable appeal, or meanly
taken advantage of his less able fel
lows, does not deserve to have a goou
time, and whatever else he may take
pleasure in, cannot enjoy himself. The
simple life does not demand that a
man be either rich or poor, for it is
a thing of the spirit rather than of
bank accounts; but in order to live it
one must have himself in hand, and
make his great need to be he presence
and favor of God. Zion's Herald.
Party of Five Go
To Toledo For Cars
Local Overland dealer W. R. Strick
land left Saturday noon for Greens
boro where he joined a party of Over
land dealers who left Saturday night
at eleven o'clock for the Overland fac
tory in Toledo, Ohio.
Mr. Strickland was accompanied by
Messrs. M. S. Dryden and R. B. Mul
lin and Ed Hendrick and Kelly Somer
ville. The entire Overland party
of one hundred will drive Overland
cars to this State.
Five of these machines will come
to Warrenton and Mr. Strickland will
have the latest models on display
here early next week. The party
is expected home Saturday night.
In order to expedite deliveries the
State's Overland party was formed,
and thus the cars will come to the
State under their own power.
The Food Administration rules that
all cheese now in storage must be
marketed before June 15th.
ELEVEN WHITE MEN TO
LEAVE ON WEDNESDAY
Completes White Men In War
ren's First Quota ; Men Leave
On Mid-day Train For Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S. C.
The following of Warren County's
citizens, completing the white men of
the County's first quota of 132, leave
tomorrow for Camp Jackson:
J. R. Rodwell, Jr., Warrenton.
J. D. White, Wise.
H. S. Ryder, Littleton.
Thomas Jackson Grey, Emporia.
R. L. Mustian, Wise.
Robert Lee Spain, Norlina.
Sidney Williams Odam, Areola.
Ben Cook Powell, Warrenton.
Walter Stallings, Macon.
Robert Leslie Myrick, Macon.
Joe Radford, Wood.
WHY ?
(By Grace Buckley)
We are indebted to one of Warren
ton ladies for the following beautiful
little poem:
"Buy why can't we have it?" the chil
dren will say
When something they long for is tak
en away;
And we tell them when they are olaer
they will know
The reason for that which now puz
zles them so,
And see it was best. Then we stop
with a sigh,
For we who are older still want to
know why.
When come the dark days that" must
sure come to each,
And something we long for is just out
of reach,
Or the one that we loved so and toiled
for is gone,
And left us to finish life's journey
alone
Then we in our trouble and loneliness
cry,
And say like the children, "I cannot
see why."
Then sweet are the words, "Weary
heart be at rest,
Thy Father who loves thee, He knows
what is best."
And it may be some day in that fair
land of light
He will show us the why and we'll
see it was, right,
He'll never forsake us, but always
stand by;
We must trust in his love, though we
cannot see why.
BIG DEMAND FOR
GAS IS SATISFIED
BUT AROUND FIVE THOUS
AND GALLONS BOUGHT
Cars Stand In Line Waiting An
Opportunity To Buy; People
Come With Barrels, Cans and
Buckets For Fluid.
Saturday and Sunday six thousand
gallons of gas lay idle at the railway
station here because six and three
fourths cents in Revenue stamps were
lacking.
Local Texaco dealer Thompson was
besieged with eager car owners and
springled with money, but held out
and no gas was sold until yesterday
morning when the stamps arrived.
Over three thousand gallons of the
fluid was sold here yesterday. As
soon as one car received its allotted
five gallons, up crowded another and
at one time yesterday over one hun
dred cars were waiting in line.
Car owners from Louisburg, Hender
son. and all throughout the County
were in town for their share, and the
garages did nothing else from ten
until five Dut sell gas.
Today the demand has been heavy
but not nearly so as was yesterday
the case.
I More than 1,600 tons of anthracite
jcoal were condemned in Pennsylvania
j markets by representatives of the Fuel
! Administi-ation recently in the cam
paign to compel the delivery of clean
coal.
Supt. Jones Pleas For Better
School Facilities
The County Board of Education gave
public notice to all committeemen and
other taxpayers to be present on first
Monday in March to discuss matters
of erious import tothe public in re
spect to the children in our public
schools. A large number of repre
sentative citizens were pesent. The
question of increased salaries for our
public school teachers and plans for
meeting that need was fully discuss
ed. Without a dissenting vote it was
admitted that the salaries ' now paid
our teachers were inadequate to the
present demands upon them and that
it would be an injustice to ask them
to continue their services at present
salaries, nor could we expect them to
do so.
This is admitted by everybody ev
erywhere. Teachers are passing the
civil servce examinations all over the
state, ami our brightest teachers are
being given positions by the Govern
ment, by the State and by corpora
tions for twelve months and at much
greater salaries than now received as
teacher.
We must meet the situation. The
Board s not "putting an extra tax"
upon anybody. It is simply giving
the citizens of Warren county an op
portunity to provide for their own
children. The Board gave an itemiz
ed statement of expenditures 'and re
ceipts and showed how the money was
spent. It showed that the "over-head
expense" was less than the average
of the State. Not one cent, of "over
1 ead" expense will come out of any
special tax. Norlina's special tax and
Littleton's special tax has never been
charged with any over-head expense,
which includes salary of Superinten
dent, expense of County Board, com
mitteemen, census, fuel, and etc. If
there is any way to "cut overhead ex
pense" and conduct the biggest public
niisiness in the County efficiently the
Board I am sure, will be pleased to
be show the method. The tax ab
stract on file in my office for the year
L1S shows that the districts paying
special tax turn into the School funa
Si 3,979.57. Not one cent of this money
is used for "over-head" expense. Yet
hese districts have school committee
men, attendance officers, census, and
supervision; they require separate ac
counts kept and employ the time of
the Board and of the Superintendent
and of the Financial agent, and pay
not one penny of the cost of Board,
Superitendent or Financial agent from
their special tax. All expense of ad
ministration and supervision is paid
from general school fund even the
cost of district elections. The law re
quires :
1. "Determine first of all what the
total school fund is, including the
County's per capita apportionment
from the State appropriation of $250,
000. -
2. "Next reserve the contingent
fund to pay the salary and expenses
of the County Superintendent, and the
mileage, per diem and expenses of
the County Board, and expenses au
thorized in this section.
3. "Reserve, if necessary, what may,
be needed for building, observing that
the amount for this purpose is limit
ed according to the amount of the
total fund." and the remainder goes
to teachers. So that it is evident that
"over-head charges" shall be deducted
from general fund and not from any
part of special district tax.
A counyt-wide special tax simply
enables the Board to return to t he
schools all of the special tax. None
of it for any purpose whatsoever pays
any part of general expense. This
special tax will add not one penny to
the tax of any citizen now paying
thirty cents special tax, and the only
citizen who Will place one penny ad
ditiona tax upon himself is that citi
zen who does not now pay as much as
thirty cents. He will be asked to join
every other citizen in the County and
pay a uniform tax of thirty cents.
We have shown you that you get
every penny back for your children;
that the Superintendent's salary, nor
the County Board, nor committeemen,
nor Census taker, nor any other gen-
, eral expense of administration comes
; out of your money. Your children get
i it all in better school facilities, better
opportunities at your own school.
The Headlight says, "there is some
thing else behind this move." If
there is the Board of Education does
not know it, nor does4;he Superinten
dent of Schools.
The tax when collected will be ap-poi-tioned
to the districts and admin
istered by school committeemen, as
now: for the law says every warrant
for teacher's salary or for any other
purpose of school expense must be
signed by at least two school commit
teemen before it is in shape for the
Superintendent's approval, and if we
have two committeemen it will neces
sitate three, as now. Thus the sug
gestion of centralization of the fund
in the hands of one man, as suggested
by the News Reporter is contrary to
law. Insofar as Littleton district is
concerned she will be asked to vote
this thirty cents for her splendid peo
ple to use in their magnificent school
building. In Littleton district this
will give her (if all collected) $1,675".
13 for employment of teachers, in ad
dition to the present apportionment
from general fund. Her bond tax of
thirty cents can be reduced one-half,
and in addition she can ask our Sena
tor and Representative to get a spe
cial act applying to towns situted as
Littleton is, allowing the establish
ment of a High School and appropria
tions therefor from State and County.
This will give her in her splendid
building, a corps of splendid teachers,
headed by a State-aided high school.
If Halifax county does not have a spe
cial tax, or if in Littleton district on
Halifax side the citizens do not vote
thirty cents, then the Warren children
will have the privilegt of attending
the full term of school without money
and without price; and the Halifax
j children with consent of committee
can attend as pay students, after the
general fund term is over.
The suggestion I will make to Lit
tleton district is to ask the citizens
on Halifax side of the district to peta
tion for a special election for thirty
cents tax to be voted at same date as
the Warren election is held, and in
addition to ask the County Commis
sioners to reduce the present levy for
bonds from thirty cents to fifteen
cents. This will give you your present
school building paid for, and a splen
did school for only fifteen cents more
than you now pay. No matter what
Warren citizens may do in respect to
special taxes, it will not disturb the
appropriation from Halifax nor from
Warren of the general fund.
Let us aid in carrying this election,
gentlemen of the Press, by giving the
folks the facts and the needs of the
situation, and they will take care of
their children.
HOWARD F. JONES, Supt.
Local Board Moves
Into New Quarters
Because of the overcrowded condi
tions the Locar Board has moved its
office from the Polk Building to the
offices heretofore used by J. M. Gard
ner & Co.
The public interested will find them
at the new office.
Registrants whose Order number is
above 550 will not be called for the
First Quota.
The teachers was trying to explain
to her class the effects of heat and
cold, says Pearson's Weekley. She
told her little charges that an iron
bridge would expand Several inches in
hot weather, and contract a liko
amount in cold weather.
She then asked a little girl for ano
ther instance of the expansion and
contraction caused by heat and cold.
The -child hesitated for a moment or
two and then replied:
"In hot weather the days are long;
in cold weather they are much shorter.
SEVENTEEN CITIZENS TO
GO THE LIMIT IN W.S.S.
Seventeen of Warrenton's Citi
zen's Have Pledged $1,000.00;
This Week Drive On For $500
People of County.
Seventeen citizens of Warrenton
have subscribed for $17,000 War Sav
ings Certificates. This is a good be
ginning. This week shall work for
$500.00 subscribers. The Collectors
will please make their reports by the
23rd inst.
It is up to our people whether they
prefer bonds bearing 4 percent com
pound interest, or tax receipts and
aid to the Germans. Pledge cards fur
nished on application to Hon. John B.
Palmer. Truly yours,
JOHN GRAHAM,
Chairman War Savings Com.
J. CAESAR, ROAD BUILDER
(Town Report, Stockbridge, Mass)
Mr. A. G. Elliott, of Warrenton,
gave us the following poem, and our
readers are indebted to him for it:
When Caesar took an eastward ride
and grabbed the Gauls of Rome,
What was the fiVst thing that he dm
to make them feel at home ?
Did he increase the people's loads and
liberty forbid ?
No; he dug in and built good roads
that's what old Caesar did.
Did Caesar put the iron heel upon
the foeman's breast
Or did he try to make them feel that
Roman rule was best?
What did he do to make them glad
he came their lands amid?
He built good roads in pace of bad
that's what old Caesar did.
He built good roads from hill feo hill,
good roads from vale to vale;
He ran a good roads movement till old
Rome got all the kale.
He told the folks to buy a home, build
roads their ruts to rid,
Until all roads led up to Rome that's
what old Caesar did.
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If any town would make itself the
center of the map,
Where folks will come and settle down
and live in Plenty's lap,
If any town its own abodes of poverty
would rid,
Let it go and build good roads just
as old Caesar did.
5433 R.C. ARTICLES
MADE IN FEBRITY
WORK OF RED CROSS AND
AUXILIARIES IN COUNTY
Warren County's Unit Is Whole
heartedly Doing Its All. For
the Boys Wearing Uncle Sam's
Uniform.
The Warrenton Chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross and its auxiliaries
completed 5433 articles during the
month of February were facts disclos
ed by Mrs. J. E. Rooker, after compil
ing the month's work.
To go more in detail the Chapter
completed during this 28-day month:
20 Hospital bed shirts, 10 pairs paja
mas, 95 haml bandages, 450 triangular
bandages, 130 "T" bandages, 385 ab
dominal bandages, 80 comfort pillows,
4263 gauze compresses.
This report shows that the ladies
of the Red Cross have been busy with
knitting needles and sewing machines,
and that this body is exhibiting pa
triotism in its practical side.
BRITISH VICTORIOUS IN
NUMBER OF AIR BATTLES
London, Mar 18. British naval air
planes from Dunkirk destroyed five
German machines in the period from
Thursday to Sunday, it was officially
announced this afternoon. Five other
machines were brought down and two
enemy observers were killed. All trie
British machines returned safely.
Your government needs your use
lessly' spent nickels and dimes. Save
and buy thrift stamps! -
AMERICA SOLDIERS USE
INDIAN i CTICS IN ZONE
Uncle Sam's Boys Doing Them
selves Proud In Patrol Work;
Government Takes Over Dutch
Shipping" In U.S.
With the American Army in France
March 18 Using Indian fighting tac
tics the U.S. troops in raids outfight
Huns. The heavy guns of the Ger
mans are battering the American Sec
tors but are being successfully replied
to. The allied troops on West front
still maintain control, while artillery
fi're grows more intense and raids on
the enemy increase. Spirited Action
on part of Allies all along the line
is reported. The French making an
advance of four hundred yards along
a half mile front. The Belgian army
fter reorganization is in good fighting
shape.
One of the most encouraging fea
tures of the war news may be found
in the fact that the Belgian army, re
organized and ready for 7 attle, has
taken over the important coast sector
in Flanders. This part of the western
front has heretofore been held by the
French, although British troops have
made their appearance there at var
ious periods. That the Belgian army
which is said to be excellent in mo
rale, has freed the French and British
forces for action elsewhere on the
front demonstrates that the past win
ter has been one of constructive work
on the part of the Belgian and allied
army staffs.
Heavy guns are battering the Amer
ican sectors along the front, and many
shells of large calibre have fallen.
Here, however, the American guns
have replied with good effect and ex
cellent weather of the past few days
has given American airmen an oppor
tunity to take 'pictures of the terrain
back of the German" trenches. Appa
ratus installed preparatory to another
gas raid on the Americans has been
destroyed by American artillery fire.
In spite of the fact that the all-Ru.;-sian
congress of Soviets has ratified
the treatyof peace forced by the Ger
mans at Brest-Litovsk, the advance of.
the Teutons, especially in Southern
P.ussia continues. In Southern Ukrain
the capture of the important city of
Nikolayev, where vast stores of gram
were reported to have been piled up,
has been officially announced by the
Germans, who have also followed up
their aggressive tactics in the provin
ces of Tchernij v and Orel, in the sou
thern central i t .-.ions of Russia.
Action by Japan in Siberia is still
held in abeyance, and there is no indi
cation of what may be done there. Re
ports from Siberia continue to be
grave. Liberated German prisoners of
war are said to be co-operating witn
the Bolshevik leaders and on March
16 captured in a battle with the forces
led by General Semenog, the non Bol
shevik leader.
Washington, March 18 Preparation
for taking over Dutch merchant ships
in American ports were completed to
night, while the government expects
momentarily to receive from London
the Dutch reply to the British-American
shipping ultimatum.
Today was the last day given for the
Dutch government to make reply. Al
lowing for cable delays, the United
States will wait until tomorrow and
then will proceed to requisition the ton
nage in accordance with the demand
made several days ago.
The Navy Department will take con
trol of the ships, with which provided
with armed naval guards and manned
with civilians and naval reserve crews
to supplement the Dutch crews or re
place such of the foreign sailors as
desire to leave the boats. The boats
will be used mainly to transport food.
It was learned today that there are
68 Dutch ships in continental America
and a tonnage of about 130,000 are
held in the island possessions of this
country. All of the vessels are in first
class condition and include some of the
best merchant ships ever built, at
least ten of them being among the
fastest cargo carriers afloat.-
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CLOCKS TO BE TURNED BACK
AN HOUR TO GIVE MORE DAY
Congress has passed an act that on
March 31st all clocks and watches will
be turned back one hour. This step
has been taken in the warring coun
tries and it is believed it will mean
much to industrial America.