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VOL. XXIII.
(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1918
(FRIDAY)
Number 34
$1.50 A I1 EAR
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
3c A COPY
EAT POTATOES AS
PATRIOTIC DUTY
LIEUT. NATHAN M. PALMER
AN EXPLANATION
TO THE VOTERS
GERMANS RESUME
OFFENSIVE MOVE
TOP-SERGT. ERIC NORFLEET
LIBERTY LOAN
AN OPPORTUNITY
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CAMPAIGN BY FOOD ADMIN
1STKATION URGES THIS
The Immense Food Value And
Appetizing Manner of Cooking
Recommends Irish Potato As
Popular Food.
County Food Administrator W. G.
Reivers has received the following
from the State Food. Administrator,
Mid Mr. Rogers urges the merchants
of the County to fall in line with this
potato consumption, wheat saving,
plan over the State:
"Tremendously important you or
nize and push potato campaign im
mediately. I urge you to secure the
fullest co-operation of wholesalers and
ietailers within your county. Very
important that they agree to accept
lowest possible margin of profit on
potatoes during this campaign as pa
triotic duty. Secure also active co
operation of your newspapers, schools
and every other agency possible. Mo.hj
than twenty-five thousand bushels of
North Carolina grown potatoes avail
able through Bureau of Markets, West
f Raleigh, at approximately two sixty
five per bag. This campaign urged
not only to save flour through sub
stitution of potatoes but especially to
take care of laree surplus of pota
toes to prevent waste and to encour
age producers to plant large acreage
during: commg season. Kindly report
1 1 ogress your campaign daily by let-
ter.'
In connection with this potato cam
paign we publish below a leaflet cf
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
showing the value of the potato as
a food and giving recipes of some of
he most appetizing ways of prepar-it-
PLENTY OF POTATOES
They arc a splend d fooc'- Excellent
for youv body; Delicious when well
cooked.
What They Do For Your Body
They are good fuel. They 'furnish
starch which burns in your muscles to
I let you work, much -as the - gasoline
bums in an automombile engine to
f ' make the car jo
One medium-sized potato gives you
as Tiuh starch as two slices of bread
When you have potatoes for a meal
you need less bread. Potatoes can
save wheat.
They give you salts like other veg
etables. You need the salts to build
and renew all the parts of your body
and to keep it in order.
Potatoes At Their Be t
An old king is ; said to have tested
each cook before hiring him by ask
ing him to boil a potato. Even the
hest potato can be spoiled by a poor
cook.
To boil them so that . they will be
' fit for a king." drop the unpeeled po
tatoes into boiling salt water and
took 20 to 30 minutes. Drain the wa
ter off at once. If they are cooked
too strong or alloWed to stand in trie
water they get soggy.
If you peel the potatoes, before cook
-ng them you will waste time and
potatoes boch. You .may throw away
a sixth or even a quarter of the good
Part of the potato with the skins.
Also, if the potatoes aren't covered
UP by the skins while cooking, some
the valuable material will soak out
mto the water. Even very small po
tatoes can be economically used,' if
they are boiled in their skins.
For Best Mashed Potatoes
Peel the boiled -potatoes mash, anu
heat until very light, adding salt, but
ter or oleomargarine and hot milk,, c
half cup of milk to six potatoes. If
fjinner is not ready to serve, pile
Lg'htly in a pan and set in the. oven
to brown.
Potatoes Are Good In Breads
Get Farmers' Bulletin No. 807,"Bread
and Bread Making in the Home," from
the Department of Agriculture, Wash
lrgton, D. C, to learn how to make
Potato yeast bread.
Potato Corn-Meal 1 Muffins
2 tablespoons fat; 1 tablespoon su
ffar; i egg,. well beaten; 1 cup milk;
CuP mashed potatoes; 1 cup corn
eal; 4 teaspoons baking powder; 1
teaspoon salt.
Mix in order given. Bake 40 min
Jte in hot oven. This makes 12 muf-ltls-
They are delicious.
Potatoes Are Good In Cake
Th
ey are often used in this way
A Warrenton boy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. N. M. Palmer, who won a com
mission at the 2nd Oglethorpe Camp.
Enlisted with H. Co. in 1912, serving
three years. Re-enlisted July 1, 1916;
was made Corporal Oct. 16 on Bor
der; promoted to sergeant on July
26, 1917 after being called into ser
vice. Went from H. Co. on detached
service to Fort Oglethorpe on Aug.
26, and commissioned on Nov. 26. At
present serving Uncle Sam with G.
Co., 58th U. S. Regulars at Camp
Greene. A good fellow and a hard
working soldier.
to keep the cake from drying out
quickly. Mash the potatoes and beat
up with milk until very light. You
can use your usual cake recipe, sub
stituting one cup of mashed potatoes
for one-half cup of milk and one-half
cup of flour.
Potatoes For Your Main Dish
Potatoes, left over or fresh, may
be combined with cheese or nuts or
meat or other material, often to
make the main dish of a meal. .
.Potato Sausages
1 cup mashed potatoes; 1 cup ground
nuts, fish or meat; 1 egg, well beaten;
1 1-2 teaspoons salt; 1-8 teaspoon pep
per; Salt pork, bacon or other fat.
Mix the mashed potatoes ana sea
sonings with the", ground nuts, fish
or meat. Add beaten egg. Form into
little cakes or sausages, roll in flour
and place in greased pan with a small
piece of fat or salt pork on each
sausage. JBake in a fairly hot oven
until brown.
Scalloped Potatoes and Cheese
Arrange a layer of sliced raw or
boiled potatoes in greased baking disn
and sprinkle with grated cheese and
a little flour. Repeat until dish is
nearly full. Pour milk over the whole,
about one-half cup to every three po
tatoes. Skim milk is good. .Bake in
a moderate oven until done. Tme leng
th of time required depends upon
whether the potatoes are raw or boil
ed and whether the baking dish used
is deep or shallow. Boiled potatoes
baked in a shallow dish will take
only 20 minutes. Raw potatoes in a
deep dish may take as much as 1 1-z
hours.
A Shepherd's Pie
: -Grease a baking dish; cover the bot
torn with mashed potatoes. Add a
layer of cooked minced meat or fish,
seasoned well and mixed with meat
stock or gravy. Cover with: mashed
potatoes. Bake long enough to heat
through 20 to 30 minutes.
. .United States Food Leaflets
Have you received the- leaflets that
have gone before this one? They
will help you give your, family the
right sort of food for the least money,
The; other leaflets are called:
.1; Start the Day Right With a Good
Breakfast.
2. Do You Know Corn Meal.
3. A Whole Dinner in One Dish.
. 4. Choose Your Food Wisely.
5.. .Make A Litte Meat Go A Long
Way. '
6. Do You Know Oatmeal?
7. Food For. Your-Children.
8. Instead of Meat.
9. Vegetables for Winter.
Send for these leaflletsr fell, your
neighbors about them.
Practice food economy and use the
recipes for potatoes given in the above
article?
W.S.S.
NOTICE OF LODGING PLACE
FOR WARREN TEACHERS.
I learn from ; good authority that
the rooms over Miss Effie Ellington's
store may be procurred by teachers
desiring to do light house keeping and
be in Warrenton during the two weeks
of the Teachers Institute.
There are four furnished rooms
above her store, and teachers may
procure same fdr a nominal fee.
HOWARD F. JONES, Supt.
OF FORK, SHOCCO, FISHING
CREEK, ROANOKE AND
Parts of Sandy Creek, Nutbush,
7 Smith Creek, and Warrenton
Townships From County Su
perintendent Jones.
I have no purpose in advocating an
increase in your taxes for schools
other than the one purpose of enabl
ing you to give your children equal
opportunity with the children who
have the best opportunity for obtain
ing an education.
You have tried the present method
for a long number of years; you have
seen your children . pass through the
seventh grade of . your one-teacher
school, and in a large majority of in
staces go forth in life to struggle with
better educated boys and girls for
the necessities of life. In some in-,
stances your neighbor has been able
to send his son or daughter to a.
High school and on to College; but
this is expensive.
Examine your tax receipt for War
ren schools, and double it, and ask
yourselves the question, "Can I edu
cate my children at as little cost in
any other way?" Is there anything
so dear to you as the education of
your child? Is there any method ex
cept through the public schools for
him to obtain that education? Are
you to deny him that education (and
especially your daujhter), becau.o
you do not want to deny yourself.
You must bear in mind that the Spe
cial tax of thh'ty cents goes to you?,
school all of it for better salary to
your teacher, and for better opportu
nities for your children.
It seems to me that the only ques
tion to be considered is, "Am I will
ing to pay for a better school than I
now have: am I as able to pay as the
citizen who -resides in a special dis
trict?" If you .are willing and if
you are able, you will surely give
your child every opportunity to grow
into a useful and esteemed citizen of
his community, his county and his
State. HOWARD F. JONES, Supt.
CITIZENS WHO
SUBSCRIBED LIMIT
TWENTY-NINE MEMBERS OF
LIMIT CLUB IN WARREN
County Chairman Graham Re
ports Payments On Pledges As
Good. Urges Orgnization i Of
War Savings Societies.
s
County Chairman of War Savings
John Graham reports the following
Limit Club members of the County:
Alfred A. Williams,
Van 'Alston,
Herbert Alston,
Mrs. Lizzie Tarwater
Mrs. Bettie Johnson,
Aaron Hendricks,
J. Willie White,
Anthony Harris,
M. Perman,
John Graham, ,
James M, Gardner,
E. S. Allen, ,
R. B. Boyd,
Citizens Bank,
Bank of Warren,
Game Commission,
Tasker Polk,
Mrs.". Kate. Arlington,
Stewart Wortham, .
Walter Rogers,
Peter Stallings,
Dr. T. B. Williams,
Anderson Brame,
MissL. Perkinson,
Walter. Rodwell, ' '
Fletcher Bobbitt,
People's Bank,
M. Nelson,
P. Friedenberg.
A, large percent? of the members
have paid in full their subscription.
Our noble and ; patriotic. women are
earnestly urged to organize. .War Sav
ing Socities and notify Mr; W H.
Fleming, .of Norlina, who is head of
this branch of the organization.
Principals and teachers in all of
our schools should push the sale of
Thrift Stamps.
DRIVING AGAIN TO BREAK
THROUGk AT AMIENS
Allied Lines Holding Well, And
Are Prepared For The Attack;
British Block German Subma
rine Port.
The drive on Amiens, for which the
Germans plunged desperately, but fail
ed to reach, in their great offensive
last month was resumed today.
In the effort to push toward this
important junction point, renewed af
ter a two weeks' interval, in which
the main German effort was transfer
red to Flanders, the enemy this morn
ing launched a heavy attack on a
front of approximately, twenty miles
The line at which the German in
fantry is again being thrown extends
from the district north of Albert to
the Avre southeast of the city. Nearly
all this front is held by the British,
whose line links up with the French
at the river Luce about three miles
north of the Avre. .
It is regarded as almost inevitable
that the , Germans would again stritce
here, as the advance in the Amiens
region was stopped short of the Brit
ish resistance at Albert. A further
driving in of the wedge south of A
miens was virtually impossible unless
the line to the north could also be ad
vanced. The attack here, furthermore, rep
resents a continuation of the persis
tent German effort to push in between
the French, and British by striking
heavy blows near this point of junc
tion. The comparatively narrow field in
which the enemy could attack with
reasonable expectations of profit to
himself has thus given the Allies
warning, largely eliminating the ele
ment of srjrPrise .which.. was so. strong
a factor in the earlier German effort,
and has doubtless led to the massing
of strong British and French reserves
in that sector.
The Germans have been working up
a strong artillery fi're along virtually
the whole southern British front for
several days following the easing of
their egort on the Flanders front,but
the preliminary bombardment was of
comparatively . short 'duration
What was apparently intended as 'a
surprise blow without notable artil
lery preparation was launched by the
Germans at dusk last evening north
west of Albert. The . British were on
the alert, however, and met , the. au
vance with a hail of rifie and machine
gun fire, driving. back the enemy.
Meanwhile the . enemy .has kept a
tremendous pressure on the . Flanders
front to keep the British concentra
tions held there.
BRITISH FLEET BLOCKS SUB
MARINE BASE, REPORTS SAY
London,' April 24 Not only, was
th i mouth cf thp canal at Zeebrug;:e
blocked, but the British sailors and
raaiines who pa!tipated in the raid
n the Germ submarine base bo
l:;ve the destroyed every gun on
the Mole, deiciished the sheds thru"'
its pntire lcsy-th and blev. u; lartre
sines of munitions contained in the
shfids, acjaruinjj to stories of survi-'
vcj s give ? o a correspondent of iiie
I;aily Chronicle at a Kent port.
Until they were within half a mile
of the shore, no ships in the party nad
picked, up the light on the Mole. The
attacking ship which started for the
Mole, followed by muttered calls of
"good luck" from the ship's compa
nies of escorting fleet outside the har
bor had scarcely got in sight of the
light when it was discovered by the
Germans. .
Star shells instantly pierced the
thick haze,, and lighted up the place
so that eyery movement could be seen
very clearly.
In one second it seemed as if ev
ery battery in the neighborhood had
concentrated its fire on the cruiser.
How she was able to get ahead none
of those watching her understood.
Great seven inch shells and others of
smaller calibre flew around her like
hail. She was apparently hit by some
of the smaller ones, but she plugged
ahead and was seen to turn the cor
ner of the Mole and gained the inside
of the place. Disregarding all that
had happened the cruiser went up to
the Mole and landed a large part of
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Behold a man who would be wear
ing leather leggings and sporting a
swagger stick if he were 21. He is
now Top-Seargt. of H. Company. Eric
hails from Roxabel, N. C, and join
ed H. Company from Warrenton High
School in fall of 1914. He was with
the Company during the nine months
they fought mosquitoes, sand storms,
and rattlers oh the Border, and kept
their guns ready for' any Mexican
trouble that might have arisen. He
is popular with the Company, and
with numerous acquaintances, who are
friends, in Warrenton. !
the bluejackets and marines. The en
emy guns were destroyed one by one
while others in the landing party dealt
with munition stores and flame throw-
... I
ers.
Apparently, under cover of .this op
eration, continues the account sent by
the Daily Chronicle's correspondent
the concrete laden cruisers with which
it was intended toblockade the chan
nel, made-their way through the har
bor accompanied, so far as it can be
ascertained by only one submarine.
As they approached the entrance they
anchored, swung around on' the sa
bles, and, according to the testimony
of one of the observers, were sunk
within 23 .minutes. y' -
One of the destroyers or subma
rines exploded a charge at the gates
of the locks to the Brugees canal and
they are ' believed to have been de
stroyed. When the attacking ship and its
landing party had completed their
work, the sailors were taken aboard
again despite the damaged cruiser,
which then, though damaged, made its
way from the harbor and behind its
protective line of cruisers.
W.S.S.
Report All Suspic
ious Disloyal Acts
Charleston, S. C., It has come to
the notice of this office that many
people fail to report suspicious and
disloyal acts or manifestations of sym
pathy for the enemy, because of un
certainty as to the proper official to
approach.
It is very important that the Gov
ernment should have the assistance of
all citizens in detecting enemy prop
aganda or suspicious activities of in
dividuals, and you will do a service in
notifying your friends that any com
munication addressed to "Intelligence
Officer, Headquarters Southeastern Dc
partment, Charleston, S. C." will re
ceive attention and be transmitted to
the proper official of the Government
for investigation. The names of in
formants will not .be divulged and
there need be no fear, on the part of
anybody, of getting into tr uble in
case suspicions prove to be unfound
ed. Informants should indicate the na
ture and souree of their information,
as well as the time and plaee.
-W.S.S.
Fredericks Concert
At Norlina School
Aage Fredericks with Misses Sp .
cer and Ake compose the Frederick's
Concert Company which wilt be the
attraction at the Norlina School au
ditorium on Monday night, April 29th.
j Mr. Fredericks has toured Denmark.
Belgium, England, France, Russia,
Austria and Germany, and made his
f.Vst American tour in 1913 under tne
direction of the late ' Col. Thompson:
the well known manager of Artist
(Continued On Fourth Page)
THE GOVERNMENT CAN AND
WILL GET ALL MONEY
Needed To Prosecute This War,
But Gives The American Peo
ple An Opportunity To Sup
port Cause With Bonds.
Speaking of the Third Liberty Loan
the Philadelphia Public Ledger has
summed up the situation as follows:
"Of course the United States will
get both the men and the money need
ed to go on. It took your son by
conscription it will take your money
in the same way, if necessary. But
if there should be public hesitation
about volunteering the money to suca
an extent as to damage our prestige
as a fighting nation, then the Govern
ment will be compelled to take many
more sons and much more money to
put the war through than will other
wise be required. There never was a
clearer" case of the doctrine that who
soever will save his money shall lose
it. -
"It is not a question of interest,
though the interest will undoubtedly
be good. v
"It is not a question of secure in
vestment, though the security is tne
best.
"It is not bond buying in the ordi
nary sense.
"It is an opportunity for every man
and woman in the Republic to show
that they appreciate Liberty, to prove
their - patriotism, and go "over the
top," by subscribing to Liberty Bonds
until it hurts. They are not asked
to lay down their lives as the soldiers
are; but they are asked to cut into
their lives for the 'silver bullets' to
back the soldiers. No man is too poor
to help. No dollar is too hard earned
to lend. It is. the pay envelope which
Lmust-float thia-loan. The check Book
cannot ' do it. The check "book is con
spicuous, and the Government will
and should see that it does all it can.
But the nation that fights only with
its check books is beaten. Wages are
the real wealth of the nation; and
wages and wage earners - must win
this war."
Warren County's share is $110,000.
Warren County's subscription to date
is around $50,000.
-W.S.S.
The Patriotic Spirit
Of Colored Race High
The following letter shows to what
degree the fine spirit of patriotism is
existant in the colored people of our
country:
Philadelphia, Pen.i.
Rev. Aaron W. Jones,
Warrenton, N. C.
My dear Uncle:
I have your favor of a few
days ago and I was mighty glad to
hear from you and yours; I am sorry
to say that it found me confined to
my room and unable to work. I am
glad to say that I am much better now
and am trying now to regain my lost
strength.
You asked me about the boys; they
are all in some branch of the Nation's
service. Schofield and Fitz are at
Camp Meade, Maryland; Joe is at
Camp Dix, New Jersey; Everett is at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Preston is Time
clerk at League Island for the Navy
Department. They are all well. Dan
iel,' Mary's son, is at Camp Hill, New
port News, Va. Thus you see we
are all doing our bit to aid in the
Nation's conflict . a .
The honor of the Nation and the
success of the great questions involv
ed is our chief desire and for that
we are all determined to do our best
for. War is horrible and we all dread
it, but we are satisfied and will do
cur share to bring our Nation and the
prosecution of the war to a successful
conclusion. We are continually look
ing to God .for guidance and for light
in this dark hour of peril and we be
lieve that victory will be ours.
Love and kisses to Aunt Millie and
the children from all of us.
Your nephew,
WILLIE T. M. JOHNSTON.
The facts in this letter will be of
interest to the many friends of these
boys, who are from this County. Ed.