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Of Batt
li Favr
Desperate Struggle Raging in Flanders-Greatest
Slaughter In
Oveir Three Yesirs.
London, April 17 The battle inreports. The statement follows:
Flanders is raging today with incred- "On the front between the Somme
ible intensity, telegraphs the corres- j and the Oisa there was great activity
pondent of Reuter's Limited . at the of the artillery on both sides.
British Army Headquarters in France. "The French carried out several
As far as the latest reports enaluie ! raids, especially southwest of Bute des
the correspondent to judge, the bat-;Mesnil, in the region of Tahure and
tie is going in favor of the British. north of Flirey. We took a number
Notwithstanding the desperate at- of prisoners. On the right bank of
tack of the Germans they have gained the Meuse a German attack east of
new eround since Tuesday morning, JSamogneux was repulsed. Otherwise
he says.
During his three years' experience
in the war zone, the correspondent
says he never has heard such terriffc
and unitermittent general fire as has
gone on since Tuesday afternoon, and
when he filed his dispatch this morn
ing. Among the numerous enemy attacks
Tuesday afternoon and evening on the
northern iront in rianuers, one in
great force in the Zillebekc sector was
disastrous for the Germans, whose
massed waves were shot down at close
ranire. They apparently were ordered
to retire and then the British gun-
, Til 1 '
ncrs
got on their flank, the corres-
pondent says, and the slaughtcr was are uniforrn in their praise of the
appalling. American soldiers, and of the fine
The British at dusk Tuesday, says , showing they have made in engage
another Reuter dispatch from the j ments where they took part.
British headquarters in France, were j "The big thing for America to do
advancing in the neighborhood of Wy- j is to support the war support it fi
tschaete, south of Ypres, and were j nancially and with firm belief. The
reported again to be holding the right arm .0f America is in France,
ground which they had lost there. jit is bared and ready to strike. The
French Front Sees Activity j rest of the body is here in the United
Paris, wpril 17 Heavy artillery j States, and it must support the arm.
fighting occurred last, night on the This support should include subsricp
1 principal battle front between the j-tions to Liberty Loari as well as mor
Somme and the Oise, the war office I al support of high confidence."
THE NECESSITY OF
PLANTING CROPS!
MEANS OP MORE PROFIT TO
tt,i o vo NEWH.I.T.
Live At Home This Year By Pro
during Food and Feed Crops
In Abundance Is What Patriot
ism Calls For.
To the Editor of the Warren Record:
Please allow me to call the atten
tion of the farmers in Warren County
to a few very important facts as fol
lows: First, a farmer can't get proiit
from any crop to such an extent as
to pay him when he has to buy corn
and meat, hay, lard, and etc. I want
to call upon every farmer in. Warren
County, and I do call now, to plant
peas, velvet beans, soybeans, potatoes,
and an all-round garden. Attend to
the milk cow a little better than you
are in the habit of doing.
The only way to have labor to work
your truck crops now is to plant the
crops in your corn field, run the corn
rows 5 or 6 feet apart. Plant peas
in between the corn rows in rows one
or two as space will permit; velvet
beans, soy beans and peas will uo
well, and will help the corn yield
"Now just a little science": the crops
gather nitrogen from the air and de
posit it in the ground, the corn roots
get, and feed the corn on the most
needed plant food element that could
be supplied.
As your Agricultural adviser for
Warren County, I want to impress
upon you the necessity of planting
a plenty of food crops. A half of a
crop of cotton will bring more money
than a whole crop on the markets of
the world, more to the farmer who
lives at home. The same rule ap
plies to tobacco.
Yours in sincerety,
F. B. NEWELL, Callaboratoi .
W.S.S.
"There is as much pleasure in read
ing a good bank-book as a novel."
(TUESDAY)
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS
. .
B:
the night passed in quiet."
BAKER CALLS UPON AMERICAN
PEOPLE TO SUPPORT ARMY.
Washington, April 17 Secretary ot
War Baker, back from a seven weeks'
trip to Europe, today called on the
American neoole for renewed suDDoit
for the war ffhe. Secretarv expected
to see President Wilson some time
I
during the day.
"The American soldier has maue
good in France," Secretary Baker to
day assured newspaper men who met
him at the War Department.
"Tbf -. French and British officers
A REPORT FROM
RED CROSS BODY
THREE BOXES SHIPPED ON
APRIL 12TH TO ATLANTA
Chapter Report Shows That Or
ganization Is Active; Mrs. B.
B. Williams, Mrs. Hal Macon,
Mrs. Rose, Miss Hunter Active
o
Interminable folds of gauze
For those whom we shall never see.
Remember when your fingers pause,
That every drop of blood to stain
This whiteness, falls for you and me
Part of the price that keeps us free
j To
serve our own, that keeps us
clean
From shame that other women know
Oh saviors we have never seen,
Forgive us that we are so slow!
God if that blood should cry in vain
And we have let our moment go!
Amelia Josephine Burr,
in Southern Woman's Magazine.
The Red Cross workers at the Cit
izens Bank building are enthusiasti
cally engaged in their war work.
tri4.'u.r.. Twrviin ic C.Y n irm an and
I IVllSS CifiUICI otijuu" -
I Mrs. J. E. Rooker, chairman of sup-
t
plies.
Report from March 1st to April 1:
Garments taken but, 63; workers al
headquarters, lbd.
Mrs. Hal Macon turned in more.
Hospital shirts; Mrs. B. B. Williams
and Mrs. Tom Rose more pajamas;
Miss Elizabeth Hunter made more tri
angular bandages.
April 12 three boxes were shipped
to Red Cross Headquarters at Atlan
ta, Georgia: ,
Box number 13 contained 176 sweat
ers and 60 pairs socks; Box number
14 contained 790 triangular bandages;
Box number 15 contained 15 pajama
suits and 50 hospital shirts.
-W.S.S.
Dress neatly, not lavishly, A .bank
pays a higher rate of interest than
your back.-r-Harry -Lauder.
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WARRENTON, N, C.; FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918
PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY lx ' S rATE
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TO CITIZENS OF
LITTLETON DIST.
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AN EXPLANATION OF SPE
CIAL 30c. SCHOOL TAX
Rumor That Halifax Will With
draw Her Apportionment s
Proven Untrue In Interview
With Superintendent Akers. 1
I have been informed on good au
thority that the rumor throughout
your district is that "Halifax county
will withdraw her apportionment to
Littleton schools if County-wide tax
in Warren is carried." Of course this
rumor could have been proven false
by an inspection df the School law
which requires all Boards of Educa
tion to maintain at least four months
school term in each district. 'Ihis is
all you now get from Halifax, and is
all you now get from Warren, but the
Halifax Board would not if it could,
nor could not if it would withhold its
annual appropriation from the Hali
fax side of your district. In proof
of the purpose of Halifax to continue
its appropriation to Littleton district,
I submit the following interview with
Superintendent Akers of Halifax:
"Mr. Akers, it is rumored in Lit
tleton district that in the event that
the County-wide tax is carried in War
ren county that the Board of Educa
tion of Halifax county will not make
an appropriation to Littleton district"
Mr. Akers "This is not true. Hal
ifax will make its appropriation to
Littleton district based upon its per
capita in the future as it has done in
the past."
"Mr. Akers, It is said that you may
grant the appropriation, but you will
build your own school house and
teach Halifax children on Halifax side
of the Littleton district."
Mr. Akers "Mr. Jones, that is ab
surd. We are not building more
school houses, but consolidating school
districts wherever we can. We would
much prefer- to put on a wagon and
haul more children to the Littleton
districts, if it could be -done."
"Mr, Akers, then I may quote you
as denying all rumors about the Board
of Education of Halifax refusing to
apportion funds, as heretofore, to the
Littleton district?"
Mr. Akers "Yes sir! We will ap
propriate to Littleton schools as here
tofore. We could not get to the Coun
ty-wide special tax this year in Hal
ifax, but hope to do so next year."
This interview with Mr. Akers is
presented to the citizens of Little
ton in order that there may be no
hesitancy on the part of Littleton. cit
izens in supporting the County-wide
tax.
If the taxpayers of Littleton dis
trict desire to have a school in keep
ing with their handsome building,and
to send their children to a school
taught by highly efficient and satis
factory teachers, they must realize
that they will have to pay for it. A
general fund tax of 27 cents will not
provide such a school in Warrenton.
nor will it do it in Littleton. Rural
districts in this County are so anxious
for the education of their children
that parents are going down in their
pockets and paying, thirty cents spe
cial tax in addition to this general
fund.
Suppose this county-wide special
tax should not carry in the County
are the patrons of Littleton school
satisfied with the present funds avail
able to maintain the school ? Suppose
the special tax carries in the County,
it' will be Littleton's opportunity to
build up a large patronage for her
school. There could be no objection
to the sons and daughters of your
neighbors in three miles of Littleton
in Warren county, yea four miles,
coming to your school if you had the
funds to employ the necessary teach
ers. Would the town of Littleton ob
ject to the sons and daughters of the
surrounding community being educat
ed in Littleton, if they preferred it?
Take Epworth's boys and girls who
have passed beyond the seventh grade
or the Johnston school boys or girls,
could there be objection on the part
of Littleton to . their getting higher
education in Littleton under a County
wide system?
Littleton, Norlina and Macon are
paying School house bonds. Norlina
and Macon are not content with te
building alone, and therefore Norlina
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AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR SKILLED MEN
THE NATION'S WANT AD VT
COLUMN OPPORTUNITY
For Men Within the Draft Age
To Be Conducted Into Skilled
Service; Promotion and Good
Pay If Good Worker.
There is a very definite need for
skilled men in the Army at this time.
Below is the list of occupations need
ed now:
The physical qualifications in every
instance are general. Unless other
wise specified white men only neea
apply:
Air-brake inspectors; angle - iron
smiths ; Auto mechanics and helpers
(general, engine, . magneto, or igni
tion) ; Bargemen . or boatmen; Black
smiths and helpers; Blacksmiths and
helpers, colored; Boatbuilders and
helpers; Boiler makers and helpers;
Brakemen, flagmen, or conductors
(railroad); Bricklayers; Bricklayers,
colored; Buglers; Buglers, colored;
Carpenters and helpers (ship, bridge,
house, general), joiners", or pattern
makers; Carpenters and helpers (ship
bridge, house, general), joiners, or
pattern makers, colored; Caulkers,
wood; Chauffeurs (auto, truck, or
tractor); Chauffeurs, (auto, truck, or
tractor) colored; Chemists; Clerks
(railroad or general); Clerks (rail
road or general), colored; Cobblers;
Commissary storekeepers; Concrete
foremen or workers; Cooks; Cooks,
colored; Cranemen, hoistmen, pile
drivers, or shovel operators; Crusher
operators; Dispatchers, engine ;Drafts
men (general, surveying, machine de
sign, or topographical); Engineers,
(civil, electrical, railroad, or comput
ing) ; Engineers and firemen (locomo
tive); Electricians (general, arma
ture winder, or wiremen) ; Floor hands
(shipyard); Foremen, construction
(bridge buiiinVrtnwork, ship, or
railroad); Foremen (gyratory or jaw
crusher) ; Gas-plant workers (acety
lene, hydrogen, oxygen, poison, illum
ination, or compressor) ; Gunsmiths or
operatives in gun factories; Hostlers,
locomotive; Inspectors, car (railroad);
Inspectors, locomotive; Instrument
makers and repairmen (engineering,
optical, or electrical); Linemen (tele
graph or telephone) ; Machinists and
helpers (general, bench, lathe, or rail
road); Mechanics, general; Meteorol
ogists or physicists; Mine or quarry
workers and helpers, drill runners,
foremen, powdermen, or pumpmen;
Motorcyclists; Molder; Painters; Pho
tographers; Plumbers or pipe fitters;
Rangers, forest; Repairmen, car; Rig
gers (bridge, building, or ship); Sad
dlers or harnessmakers; Sailmakers,
entmakers, or other canvas workers;
Section hands (railroad); Steersmen;
Sheet-iron workers and helpers, sol
derers, or tinsmiths; Stenographers;
Surveyors, levelmen, transitmen (to
pographic or railroad); Tailors; Team
sters; Telegraph operators; Telephone
operators; Telephone operators who
can speak German; Timber cruisers;
Wagonmakers; Welders (acetylene or
oxacetylene) ; Wireless operators; Yard
masters or switchmen.
Americans Within the Draft. Age
Present yourselves to your local
boards at the earliest possible mo
ment and list ydur names for this ser
vice. Those who secure induction in
the above branches of service will re
ceive material personal benefit, which
will aid them in advancement both in
their Army careerand in after life.
This opportunity is only open to men
within the draft age. Apply to your
local boards at the earliest possible
moment for full information. This
offer will expire on April 27.
Serve your Country with the skill
which is yours.
-w. s. s. .
COLORED PEOPLE OF EMBRO
ORGANIZE W. SAVING SOCIETY
The following is reported by Mrs.
N. J. Powell, the colored teacher of
Embro. school:
The colored i eople of Embro met
on Friday. March 29th at the school
house ahd r.rder the director of Rev.
William Bullock organized the War
Savings Society with a membership
of twenty three.
The following officers were elected:
J. H. Nicholson, president; Miss Jes
sie Bullock, secretary. Collection of
$13.32 was raised; 40 cents of which
amount came from the school children
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To Determine Whether We Will Pay
Our School Teachers Higher
Salaries Or Not
The question confronting you is onevj'our citizens in education is good for
ot taxation for education. We be
lieve that you will approve the plan
for a County-wide special school tax,
rather than present method of dis
trict tax when you examine the mat
ter. Before submitting to you this ques
tion of taxation, the Board of Educa
tion realized that our teachersshould
have an increase in salary. Board,
laundry, wearing apparel, books ; and
all living expenses have increased.
Living expenses for the, great major
ity of taxpayers have increased too,
but the labor and the products of the
labor of the taxpayers bring greatly
increased prices, but the labor of the
teacher brings no more in the market
than it has for the past three or four
years. This should not be. It is not
just, and we believe it is not in keep
ing with the wishes of our citizens.
Therefore, regarding your wishes and
our own and in keeping with the
trend of thought and of action gener
ally throughout the State we have
asked you to enable us to pay higher
salaries to the teachers of Warren, .
There Are Two Plans
1. A request of the Board of Com
missioners for the 'balance .of the
General Fund tax of eight cents. This
would mean that every tax payer in
the County would have eight cents
added to his general fund tax. The
Board does not prefer this plan, be
cause it makes all Special Tax dis
tricts pay their present general fund
of twenty-seven . cents . and also - their
present special fund, and the eight
cents additional. It places eight
cents additional burden upon those
who should not bear it.
2. A County-wide special tax. This
plan taxes uniformly all the proper
ty of the County corporate, real, and
personal. This fund is apportioned
to the County just as the General fund
is apportioned except the taxes of
the white citizens go to the white
children and the taxes of the coloreu
race to go the colored children. This
means that your schools will run
four months from the. present General
tax of 27 cents, and that your County
wide Special tax will enable you o
pay better salaries, and have better
school facilities. '
As proof of this the Board asks you
to investigate our schools in Special
districts. What is good for a few of
MEMBERS OF THE
COUNTY PIG CLUB
BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ARE
HELPING WIN THE WAR
By Providing Meat For Home
Use and Releasing Food For
The Men Who Are Fighting
Across the Seas.
Editor Warren Record,
Please publish for the good
of our County, the names of the boys
and girls who belong to the Pig Club,
and. the school they represent. If any
name sent in is overlooked the boy or
girl will please send same to me at
once, for it was not intentionally done.
If any more wjsh to join please send
in your name at once.
The Bank of Warren is furnishing
the pigs at just half what you could
order them for. , The Corn club mem
bers will be published later. Every;
boy and girl should belong, to one of
these Clubs as President Wilson has
said that it was the way to help win
the -war.
Warrenton High School, Postoffice
Warrenton James Limer, Joe Flem
ing,, Lewis Newell, Columbia Newell,
B. P. Terrell. -
Macon High School, Postoffice Ma
Number 32
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all of our citizens. If a special tax
of thirty cents means an educated
community at Norlina, why should
not a tax for education of thirty cents
b6 good for Areola, or Littleton, or
Inez, or Elams, or Odell, or Aspen?
Are their children less worthy of an
education, or their parents less ap
preciative of its vaftie:
If ourteachers deserve encourage-,
ment by increased salaries and our
children encouraged by efficient teach
ers what form of taxation best fits
our needs in Warren? Your answer
must be "a County-wide Special Tax."
If the citizens in Special tax dis
tricts along the railroad vote "against
special tax" tnd their vots should
defeat this just measure(the Board
believes that they will vote "for Spe
cial Tax") then Plan One must be
adopted. This would add eight cents
to their taxes which would go to the
General fund and be distributed thru
out the County, and add eight cents
to everybody's tax all over the Coun
ty. If they vote for County-wide tax
(at Norlina for instance) tnen Nor
lina's tax is not increased one penny,
nor is the general fund tax of any
other" citizen in the County increased
one penny. The only thing Norlina
gives up is part of the Railroad tax,
and she would get that back through
her high school. Wise district is ex
actly the same as is Norima.
A vote for County-wide tax is a
vote for only "one uniform' special tax
of thirty cents, with the railroad and
telegraph . tax., distributed to all the
! children. A vote against special tax
is a vote to deny to the children in
all parts of the County the privilege
of having equal opportunities.
Give, the children of Warren (the
men and women of the near future)
every advantage that is possible yto
give them, because it is our duty and
wTe believe your earnest determina
tion for the work of none of the pres
ent special tax istricts will be hurt,
but all the county will be benefitted.
"Vote for the County-wide special
tax and every dollar of it will to
the education of your children. Ex
pense of administering the school af
fairs come out of the general fund.
J. L. SKINNER,
T. ALEX BAXTER,
County Board of Education.
con Agnes Reeks, Gideon Overby,
Lawrence Overby, Garland Overby,
Clifford Overby, Mabel Overby, Emma
Daniel, Ben Whitemore,Caswell Drake
and Dennie Harris. . ;
Wise High School Herbert Cole
man, Merry Mount; -Wise, postoffice
of following: Richard T. Perkinson,
Rebecca Rose, Emma King, Lewis Per
kinson, Ida King, Glenn Perkinson,
Boyd King, Bradley King, Z. W. Per
kinson, Marvin S. White, Thomas A.
White, Nell Perkinson.
Oakville School, Macon Postoffice -
James Stewart, Lillian Hunter, and
Willie Bottoms.
Palmer Springs School -Tom Cur
tis, Norlina.
Areola School, Postoffice Areola
Daniel Price, Geo. D. Hunter, Richard
Conn, Robert Radford, Miss Lizzie
Davis.
Grove Hill School Ellis Ray Neal,
Grove Hill, N. C.
Marmaduke School E. C. Robert
son, - Marmaduke.
Churchill School Cecil Pope, Ma
con. Epworth School Robert Newsome,
and Jack King, Littleton.
Axtell School Harry James, Man
son, Creek School George Davis and
Percy Geohegan, Creek, N. C.
Embro School J. B. Harris and
Frank Bobbitt, Embro.
Ridgeway School, Postoffice Ridge
way Robert Grant, Percy H. Grant,
Alvis JRivers,. Charlie Collins.
Norlina. High School, Postoffice Nor
lina James Baswell, J. C. Fleming,
Waverly Hicks, John H. Cole, Wil
liam' APaschall, and Alton Paschall.
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