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(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1918
(FRIDAY)
Number 29
$1 50 A YEAR
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
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KENTUCKY BELLE
WINS APPROVAL
Are You Helping
PEOPLE WITH BUT
ONE MOTIVE
DEMOCRATIC CON
VENTION MEETS
Help Save Our
THE CHAUTAUQUA
To Feed Them?
Fighters Over There
PLANS OUTLINED
Wamrem
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N0RLINA LOCAL TALENT
SHOW WAS EXCELLENT
Won Plaudits Of Audience As
The Best Local Talent Play
Seen Anywhere This Year; O.
E. Star Get Half -Proceeds.
Well, folks, I'll tell you. we must
hand it over wholeheartedly, and we
jo, to that Norlina troupe for having
about the classest home-talent show
ever seen anywhere in these parts.
That paragraph orter tell the story
but somehow 'taint quite enough and
thus we elucidate:
"Kentucky Belle" at the Opera
House Friday night, a comedy in three
acts, was staged before a crowd of
wo hundred and twenty-five, and dur
ing its presentment amused and de
lighted. The characters were suited
well to their parts, and in stage man
ner were graceful and in conversa
tion as conventional as Sarah Bern
hardt, Maude Adams, or David Be
laseo. Particularly was the conversation
between Jack Cason, Henry Packard,
and Isabel Douglas, Mrs. W. H. Flem
in?, a clever piece of stage work; good
remarkably so, was Col. Wm McMillen
in his proposal to an empty chair and
upon all occasions of his stage ap
pearance. Mr. R O, Rodwell was
aliasing under McMillen colors. Then
there was Cindy, the Negro maid, and
Henry the Negro boy around the
louse, and Miss Bond and Prof Flem
ing amused and delighted the au
dience in these roles. As a maiden
den lady with aristocratic tendencies
Miss Maria Douglas was impersonat
ed with correctness to the nth degree
by Miss Pela Kimball, but , she ere
the story closes becomes quite happy,
as Mrs. Wm McMillen, and as Ken
tucky Belle, the race horse won, Isa
bel, for whose heart and hand Col.
McMillen has exerted every influence
loses and Isabel becomes the bride of
young Jack Cason, and in matrimony
all ends well.
During the first interlude Miss Crich
ton Thorne, by request, read "Ken
tucky Belle" in that natural ease of
manner which is hers; as an enchore
she feeling read "Your Flag and My
Flag."
Between the second and third acts
we had some regular Al G. Fields
stuff, with Lee Bizzell at the helm.
Well, with his red necktie afiapping
and the red section of his trousers
agleaming, he pulled off a few things
such as jokes, comic songs and etc.
Bizzell wasn't a novice at the art of
black-face merry making, and he
made laughs spring up like grass af
ter rain.
The Eastern Star, under whose aus
pices the entertainment was held, clear
ed twenty-five dollars for the Chap
ter, a like amount going to the Nor
Hna management. The Eastern Star
asks us to thank the Hunter Drug
Company for the use of their Graph
ar.ola. The show won the appreciation and
approval of its audience:
-W.S.S.
Meeting Warrenton
Ladies April 10 at 4
The Spring clean up week April 15
to 20 is to get under way here on
schedule time. A meeting of all the
town's women is called Wednesday af
ternoon at 4 p. m. in the Court House.
Throughout the State there is to be
a general clearing out of debris and
clearing from all premises germ-bearing
trash piles and fire-breeding ma
terials. The Insurance Commission
the State Health Department arc
directing the campaign.
Warrenton's meeting tomorrow af
ternoon is called under ; the auspices
of the City League, and the clean-up
Nv,eek campaign will be conducted as
was the case last year, with the ex
ception, that it will be more generally
Served.
W.S.S.
n its analysis if a man lives and
makes his money under the laws of
country, when that country is en-
ngered isn't he an ingrate unless t
he gets into the fight. : Buy Bonds,
HUNGER.
For three years America lias
fought starvation in Belgium
Will you Eat less "wheat,
meat fats and sugar
that wq may still send.
food in ship loads ?
UNITED STATU rCOQ A D MlNltTHATION
. -W.S.S.
JOINT SERVICES
SUNDAY NIGHT
DR. T. J. TAYLOR PREACHES
IN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. .
Delivers Strong Sermon On A
Church Member's Duty In Re
gard, to the Fresent Crisis;
Large Crowd Present.
Rev. T. J. Taylor filled the pulpit at
the Episcopal clfurch here Sunday
night and delivered a powerful, grip
ping and elective sermon on the duty
of the people of God in the light of
the World crisis.
Dr. Taylor spoke of the need of
the individual's of this Nation "to get
right with God;" to dedicate and con
secrate the soul of the Nation to His
will; to so govern our ways that He
would be on our side in this struggle
and to guide and keep the arm of
force striking for the righteousness
of mankind.
Dr. Taylor stated that he did not
under-estimate the material side;" he
spoke convincingly of the need for
this; but in tones vibrant with emo
tion he asked each one for a personal,
critical, analytical self-examination to
see if they had strayed from thic
closk touch which should be exitant
between God and each church member
and he plead that all during the week
that people everywhere would pray to
God for strength for our army and
navy and for wisdom under whose
guidance they should go forward and
serve.
Ornamented with word-pictured il
lustrations, deep from the heart of
this consecrated man of God, Dr. Tay
lor's sermon was a helpful discourse
to every one present, and the church
was crowded.
Rev. E. W. Baxter, Rector, conduct
ed the services, and welcomed ur
Taylor to his pulpit. The service
was helpful, inspiring, ennobling, and
the vision of everyone was broaden
ed.
W.S.S.
Brother of Mr. P. G.
Felts Dies in Calif.
Mr. Felts was a brother of Mr. P.
G. Felts, of Shocco, and had been a
way from the State for numbers of
years preceeding his summons to the
Great Beyond. This last tribute to
his memory will be of interest, how
ever, to friends of the family and rel
atives in the County:
Mr. William Henry Felts passed
away at his home on Commercial St.,
last Friday morning, March 15th, fol
lowing several weeks illness. He was
sixty-one years, five months and elev
en days of age at the time of his
death.
Mr." Felts was born in North Caro
lina October 26, 1856, where he spent
his younger days, but in his early
manhood, in company with Mr. Frank
Newsome, left his native state and lo
cated in Texas for a few years, com-ine-
from there to Los Angeles in
1 1887. He first secured a position in
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' a--m.. rimwuiili ini nn nil -ifni nil V
FOR THE QUICK PROSECU
TION OF THIS STRUGGLE
The Everlasting Team Work,
Of Every Blooming Soul" Nec
essary; Delay Costs America
Her Young Life.
Winston-Salem, April 8: ' "I am
more convinced every day," says Col
F. H. Fries, State Director of War
fcavings, that beiore we get any
where in winning the war or even in
laising the amount of money neces
sary to finance the war we must get
together as a people with but one mo
tive. No one man or a group of men
has ever -saved a Nation. Wherever
a country's fate has been in jeopardy.
it has taken the exertions of all the
people to save that country. Rudyard
Kipling gave us the secret of winning
wars and saving nations when he
said :
'It ain't the individual,
Nor the Army as a whole,
But the everlasting team work -
Of every bloomin' soul.'
"I cannot believe that we are yet
together," says Colonel Fries, "on
what the Government is asking of us
and what it considers necessary to
have to win the war. It is now call
ing not only for our money, that we
lend it and have it returned to us in
five years with interest but for our
services, lhe (jovernment s hrst call
to the people is to useful employment.
There is work for everybody, and not
until every idle man and woman be
comes engaged in the business of
winning the war, can we be sure that
we will win. Its second call is for
goods or materials. If our people
do not economize and do without the
things which the country must have
for war purposes, there is no oth-i
way but to conscript them.
"It is no longer a question of what
we individually can afford to spend,
or would like to have. The question
is, can the Nation agord to have us
spend. What Lord Kitchener said
to the people of England a few years
ago is a vital message to America
today. 'Either the civilian population
must go short of many things to
which it is accustomed in times of
peace or our armies must go short qi
munitions and other things indispen
sable to them,' and our own President
has requested: 'Let every man ana
every woman assume the duty of care
ful, provident use and expenditure as
a public duty, as a dictate of pa
triotism which no one can now ex
pect ever to be excused or forgiven
for ignoring '
lit is only when our people shall act
concertedly and make the winning of
the war their- business, shall we de
clare that America is safe. Delay is
costing us the lives of thousands of
T
our young men
-W.S.S.-
!
NOTICE TO THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUPT. JONES ASKS THAT
THEY GO ON RECORD.
Wants It Understood That -Tax
Will Not Be Doubled Up In
Special Tax Districts When 30
Cent Tax Is Voted.
In this issue of The Warren Record
is a "Notice to Tax Payers of War
ren County" in which as Committee
men . of Special Tax Districts make
official request of the Board of Com
missioners of said County to reduce
the special school taxes in your re
spective districts to conform to an
amount not to exceed the County-wide
Special tax of 30 cents on property
and 90 cents on poll, in the event that
the citizens voting approve said
County-wide- Special Tax. This no
tice to tax paye"rs will continue in the
Warren Record frohi this date to the
date of election in order that every
voter and every taxpayer who is not
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MEETING SATURDAY PASS
ED OFF VERY QUIETLY.
Any Democrat In Good Standing
In County Named Delegate to
State Convention; Body Com
pliments Judge Kerr.
The Democratic County Convention
was called to order Saturday at 12
M. by the Chairman of. the Demo
cratic Executive Committee, Judge
John H. Kerr. Judge Kerr then call
ed Mr. B. B. Williams to the Chair,
and Mr. Williams acted as chairman
pro tern. On motion Mr. J. K. Roa-
well was named as secretary. The
organization then being perfected the
roll was called and a quorum was
found present. On motion of JMr. J.
A. Dowtin, seconded by Mr. Howard
F. Jones, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
"Resolved, that any . democrat in
good standing in Warren County oe
and is hereby named a delegate to
the State convention to be held in
Raleigh, April 10th, 1918."
On motion the Tollowing resolution
was unanimously adopted:
"Whereas Hon. John H. Kerr of
Warren County is Superior Court
Judge from this Judicial District,and
whereas the citizens of Warren look
with pride upon his career upon the
Bench, and as a citizen of the State,
Therefore be it resolved, - "That we,
the democrats of Warren county, in
convention assembled most heartily.
endorse Judge Kerr, and commend him
to the citizens of this District asd of
the State as a just, learned and up
right J udge."
On motion the Convention adjourn
ed. J. R. RODWELL,
Secretary,,
- Hon. -B. B.-Williams and Judge J.
H. Kerr both made short talks dur
ing the Convention upon the need of
purchasing the securities of the Gov
ernment and upon the War situation
in general. Judge Kerr revealed the
fact that for the forty-three years
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-W.S.S.
WARREN'S COM.
FOR THIRD LOAN
MRS. ARRINGTON,
CHAIRMAN FOR
COUNTY
DRIVE.
A Worker Appointed In Each
Township For Personal Work;
S14,500 Sold Here Saturday:
County's Quota $70,000.
Warren is to raise $70,000 of the
Nation's third Liberty Loan of three
billion.
The Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee of tre County is headed by
Mrs. Kate Pendleton Arrington, who
Friday was busy appointing her as
sistants throughout Warren and in
urging by personal ' letter their in
terest and enthusiasm in the work.
Numerous tracks, posters of all sizes
and colors went with the letters, and
over Warren as within Warrenton a
Liberty poster appeals from numer
ous windows.
Mrs. Arrington's assistants are:
Nutbush Mrs. Ruth Morris Kimball.
Six Pound Mrs. J. P. Harris.
Sandy Creek Miss Eula Allen.
Shocco Mrs. King Pinnell.
Hawtree Mrs. Char. Story Perkinson
Roanoke Mrs. H. L: Wall.
River Mrs. J. M. Rhodes.
Smith Creek Mrs. T. Alex Baxter.
Fork Mrs. T. H. Cheek.
Fishing Creek Mrs. Henry Egerton.
Judkins Walter Vaughan.
Chm Finance Com Miss Nan Jones.
$14,500 was subscribed here Satur
day, and Warren should "go over the
top" with her pro rata share of the
Third Liberty Loan, and to the ac
complishment of this purpose every
member of the above committee and
every man and woman in general
will lend a hand to the boys "over
there." ,
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Victory is at
Question of Stamina
Send.-the Wheat
Meat Fats Sugar
the Fuel For Fighters
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
-W.S.S.-
YOU'RE URGED TO
BUY COAL NOW
COUNTY
CHAIRMAN PECK J
SAYS BUY FUEL EARLY
tion Is Urging Early Purchase
To Relieve Railway Congestion
and To Assure Delivery
All the Chairmen were requested to
have the following notice published
and the attention of all people care-
fully called to the necessity of fol-
lowing following suggestions.
T. D. PECK, Chmn.
iiixcracts irom aaaress oy Jj. a.
Snead, Assistant to the U. S. Fue
Administrator, at meeting Greens
boro, N. C, April 1, 1918, of the State
Fuel Administration, A. W. McAlis
ter, and he Chairmen of he Couni
and City Committees throughout
North Carolina.
It is absolutely necessary that do
mestic consumers of coal put in thei
supply during -the summer months
V ll.Jll l lL LUIiaUIllCLA Will Iirill LI1C I
. . . . .v -i i i
at the same time, nrovide themselves
with coal. They will help the Govern-
w if ,c.c. "oe
sist with their supply next winter
' '
when all the time and effort of the die Jnes' -sub-chairman; Miss Mar
Fuel Administration will be needed in iam Boyd' chm Junior Chautauqua
providing coal for war purposes; they
will help the transpotation companies
by reducing the number of cars to be
handled during a period when it is
most difficult to handle same. There
is no other way . in which the domestic
consumers, in so far as theh coal sit
uation is concerned, can as effectually
assist the Government in the success
ful prosecution of the war, and at the
same time provide themselves with
fuel, than by obtaining their normal
season's requirements during the
summer months.
If it "is necessary to enlarge the
bins so as to accomodate a normal
years supply, this should be done
If , the dealer is not willing to carry
the account, arrangements should be
made to handle the matter by mak
ing monthly payments.
if tnis is not done tnere will be a
, x a.i.1 jj j
due to the large increased demands
for war purposes and the inability of
the transportation companies to han
dle the enormous quanity of freight
necessary for war and other purposes.
I also desire to urge the great nec
essity for each consumer to limit his
requirements to less than normal
needs. There is great need for every
ton and eyery pound saved provides
that much additional coal fqr war re
quirements, not only for our Govern
ment but for : the Allies.
I would also request and urge the
substitution and use, to the fullest ex
tent possible, of wood for coal, by all
consumers.
Therefore, the message I want you
to take back to the people in your
several communities is to place orders
for the quanity of coal necessary for
their, years supply as early as possi
ble and to exercise the strictest econo
my in its use.
W.SJ3.
Buy Liberty Bonds, if you can?
If you can't, you can at least buy
War Stamps. Serve your government
by helping the fight at home.
AT MEETING MOND'Y NIGHT
IN MR. POLK'S OFFICE.
Mayor John B. Palmer Elected
Chautauqua President; Repre
sentative of Chautauqua Out
lined Program.
A number of Chautauqua guaran
tors met last night in the office of
Hon. Tasker Polk in conference with
Miss L. Jeanette Totten of the Com
munity Chautauqua of Whit Plains.
-Miss Totten was here as Advance
Agent for the Chautauqua which de
lighted Warrenton people last June,
and at the' meeting last night she out
lined a program which even surpass
es that of 1917. The Kilties Band of
Canada, the Weber Male Quartet, the
Hawaiian Singers and Players prom
ise excellent music; Cavency the Car
toonist, featuring the War in clay and
cartoons will also be a feature of the
five-day Chautauqua; as to speakers,
the Chautauqua has an especially pa
triotic speaking program in the per
son of Dr. Joseph Clare, who was in
Russia during the Revolution, and
I LiV A. ailU piCVllUO lVS 1A13 1VC V SJ1U 1iASX.l y Alt.
addition Wallace B. Amsbary will give
a lecture-recital upon Kipling and his
works and will relate war incidents.
A feature too will be the presenta
tion of one of the "Sam Jones Lec
tures", modernized in the light of
present day conditions, and given to
the public by that gifted platform ora
tor Denton C. Crowl. This is a brief
resume of the program which will be
presented here during the five days
beginning Friday June 7th and end
ing Tuesday night, June 11th.
As a body to contribute to the suc
cess of this five-day Chautauqua, the
following officers were designated by
an appointed committee 6f "WVG. Ro
gers, M. C. McGuire, E. W. Baxter,
G. H. Macon and Brodie Jones and
elected by the guarantors present:
John B. Palmer, president: H. A.
Moseley, 1st vice-president; . J. Ed
ward Allen, 2nd vice-presMent; W. N.
Boyd, secretary-treasurer; M. C. Mc-
Guire, chm. ticket committee, J. J.
Macon, sub-chairman; Tasker Polk.
chm- grounds committee, Leonard W:l
ker, sub-chairman; J. B. Massenburg,
; chrr advertising committee, W. Bro-
B0"5 omUovin: Pla-
ground assistant. The election of
members to the committees was left
io the appointive power of the chm
of each committee.
The question of a tent, the Opera
House; or the Graham Academy as
the place of holding the Chautauqua
was thoroughly discussed, and the
sense of the. meeting was: Not the
tent, because seating arrangements
would have to be provided, because
tent-poles would have to be procured,
and further because a good auditor
ium was at hand; Not the Opera
House, because of the difficulty of
hearing a speaker in the rear of the
building and because of the fee of
$50; but the Graham Auditorium be
cause Mr. Graham offered it to the
guarantors for expenses only, for the
reason of its seating capacity of over
six hundred, and because it was ad-
judged the best place in town
.
It was urged that the surrounding
towns be made acquainted with the
excellence of this Chautauqua and
that it be made five-days of patriotic
fervor and increased patriotism to tne
entire County.
-W.S.S.
Local News From
The Buffalo Section
Mrs. J. A. Cheek spent a few days
last week at Goode's Ferry, Va., vis
iting her daughter Mrs. Carl Newell.
Mrs. P. R. Davis visited her brother
Mr. Willie Buchanan, of Essex, last
week.
Mary Wilson, the little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Davis, has
been right sick for a few days. We
hope she will soon be well again.
Miss Margie Davis and her little
sister Lena spent Easter with friends
nere
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