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VOL. XXIII.
(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JMAY 3, 1918
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Number 36
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LATEST NEWS IN
BRIEF FROM FRONT
LLIES REPULSE GERMANS
IX BIG OFFENSIVE MOVE
Fish ting This Week Very Favor
able To Allied Arms; German
Dead Cover Battlefield; Allied
Counter Attack May Develop
At Early Date.
Wednesday's news from the front
in France was very encouraging. The
Allies, after the bitterest fight of tne
campaign, repulsed enemy attacks
with heavy losses to the Huns.
After severe bombardment along a
line of 12 miles, the German high
comamnd threw great numbers of
German troops against Allied posi
tions between Lunmebeke ' Lake and
Biulleul with the hills east of Mount.
Kenvnel the ultimate object. The ut
most efforts of the German hordes
was fruitless all along the line, and
in front of the Allied lines the gray
clad bodies of German dead' litterally
covered the earth. The enemy paid a
great price and gained virtually noth
ing. From lines gained, swift and
decisive counter attacks by the Allies
drove them out. The allied front is
strong as the close of the last few
days attack of the enemy.
The bloody repulse of the Germans
WILLIAM PRYOR DOWTIN
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Dow
tin, of Warrenton, who today is with
the colors at Angel Island, Hawaiia.
Along way from home, but .serving
ith that fidelity and cheerfulness ex
istant in every American who loves
his nnthe land and is true to the
ideals of home. He has been away
from Warrenton, working throughout
the West one or two years, since 1915
He volunteered "from Washington
State in May 1917, and is a member
of Co. I 32 Infantry. "Pryor," as we
hne'v him, has many frieiids here, and
possesses the happy faculty of making
more wherever he hangs his hat.
in their great lunge will mean much
in further operations on, that sectc
of the battle front. On the entne
attacked front French. English, Bel
gians and our boys repulsed the Hun
attacks.
On the 27th two enemy plana
were brought down. On the same day 1
ts? V :V
; ur bombing planes droped 6000 kilos
f projectiles on establishments in the
enemy zone. V
American troops are now taking an
important part in the trenches at
Amiens. It is' officially announced
that the Americans are in .the thick
of the fight and are in considerayle
lumbers. The American, artillery is
also in force and is making its pres
ence felt. . .
It is said a million nen are to b
added to the one. and a. half 'million
already with the colors and the 800,
(7 scheduled to be mobolized this
.ybar. It is not stated in what local
ly all the cne and a half million men
with the colors are at this time, but
it i? presumed at the rate they have
;een going to France that the U.S. is
aow being well represented.
Later reports from italy assert that
Bohemian troops are joining the Ital
;ans and that detachments are already
the front fighting in Italian unii
form. Since .Tuesday's description of
tne teintic onslaught "and: defeat of
the German attacks there has been
comparative quiet On most of the
front.
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An Explanation Of The Special
Warren, And
Next Tuesday at Sunset the
the women and children of this great County, will say whether
Warren county shall give to each, child within its borders an op
portunity to have a. good school within his or her reach. " They
will say by their votes if the teachers of this County shall have a
decent salary. They will say what they think of the argument
that the strong district should be selfish,' and therefore, not be
willing to help the weaker districts.
Take Warrenton -township,' as an illustration. Warrenton
township pays nearly one fourth of the General Fund taxes of the
County. The County IS THE UNIT for County General Fund and
for State Funds. The Board of Education under direction of the
School Law apportions the General Fund to all the Districts Spe
cial Tax Districts included. It gives no more of the General Fund
per teacher to Warrenton than it does to Norlina, Wise, Macon, etc.
and yet Warrenton pays approximately one-fourth of the tax.
Suppose Warrenton should be permitted to concentrate its General
Fund upon its own school not one penny of Special tax would be
necessarj'. Looking at it the other way; how could the weak dis
tricts maintain their schools without greatly increasing . their
taxes. One-fourth of the money belongs to Warrenton ; three
fourths would have to stretch over eleven townships.
If we look at it from a selfish standpoint Warrenton would be opposed
to the County-wide tax. " It would argue (and truthfully) that we pay
for one fourth of the education of the children out of the General Fund, why
ask us to pay for one-fourth of the total Special tax of the County ?
BECAUSE THE STRONG SHOULD HELP THE WEAK
Warrenton is net selfish about the education of . the . children of the farmers
cf this County, We have no Seaboard Airline Railroad with its million
dollar valuation, but the largest taxpayers here desire to help every child
in the County. We pay a fourth of the General tax, and we are going
to pay. a fourth of the Special taxes of the County if 'the' County-wide tax
carries.
Are you men on the Seaboard Airline Railroad going to act selfishly?
-Is Korlina going to" say to the territory that trades in her town"we have
the Seaboard Railroad, we are going to vote to keep that tax in our district?
Are you going to say to the farmer who helps your town by his trade and
who helps the Railroad by his patronage that he cannot share in your pros
perity in its support of all the schools jointly with all the property of the
County, because he resides just outside of your district? Are you afraid to
trust the men who will administer the affairs of the schools ? Isn't the Past
a criterion by which you may judge the Future? Will Hal Terrell, J. B.
Overby, J. H. Fleming, your committee, or W. H. Fleming, your former
principal, intimate or say that the County Board of Education has failed in
any respect to do all that was possible for it to do for your school? Has
there been a recent term of your school when your local taxes and the Board's
appropriation of the General fund (equal to Wise or Warrenton, Macon or
Littleton, per teacher) would maintain your school? Judging the Future
by the Past will your local special taxes maintain your school? It. has not
done it heretofore. The strong has had to help the weak.
Suppose Warrenton Township should carry the County-wide tax, and
no other township should carry, would not all the property of Warrenton
township belong to the township? Could she help with her special tax any
district outside of her border? By making the County the unit she could
help weak districts everywhere. I believe the County Board of Education
will maintain just as efficient school at Norlina, providel your committee will
secure a principal as efficient as your former principal, Prof. Fleming, as
you have today. Why shouldn't the
best? It will Norlina, 1 am sure.
I have used Norlina district as an illustration because your citizens
seem to be against the tax. I believe they will vote for the tax if they un
derstood that it would not injure your school. T rely uppn the testimony
of your teachers and your principal, your trustees to substantiate the state
ment that the Board of Education has never refused to aid Norlina in every
way possible. The Board WILL NOT LESSEN THE EFFICIENCY of
any school, but with the taxes from approximately two million dollars not
now paying any special tax it will be in a position to give to each school
equal or better facilities than they now Have, and in those districts with now
no special tax will. double the efficiency of their schools.
It Has Been Said
It has been said that there was no method by which the County-wide
tnx could be reduced. That is not true. You are voting for a tax "not
to exceed" 30 cents. Look at the school law "not to exceed 30 cents" -it
reads If 20 cents will provide decent salaries for your teachers and
equipment for your schools, the Board will not ask for a levy in excess of the
actual needs If you desired to. keep your special taxes, then the Board
could ask for a lower general tax rate as low as twenty cents.
It Has Been Said
It has been said that a township voting for this 30 cents rate and the
County failing to carry for. 30 cents, that the township rate would have to
remain at thirty cents. This is not true. It is entirely with your com
mittee and Jhe Board, representing the sentiment of the township, to keep
your present rate or red.uco it if the schools in that township should not
buffer 1 This could not be done if the County carried, because underlie
County plan every tax payer must pay the same tax, and the strong must help
the weak- but where one or more townships carried and the voters in thost
townships, were not a majority of those voting in the County, then the County
would not carry, but those townships would, and could regulate their tax
rate for the interest of their schools" alone.
It Has Been Said
It has been said that districts now -having a special tax will have the
County-wide tax added to their present local taxes and that both taxes would
. u ;a This is not so. See the official notice of the Commis
sioners in 'the Warren Record a complete assurance that no double special
I taxes will be levied.
Of!
dren
Of
Ill
noes Heritage
The County
men of Warren, who speak for
Board encourage every school to do its j
1 tie loiity Tie
An
School Tax, And The Reasons
-Wide Justice Of It Explained
It Has Been Said
-It has been said that this Special tax will go to "pay Howard Jones more
salary. This is not true. The law says this special tax must go to pay
teachers better salaries, lengthen the term and secure better equipment.
Thousands of dollars of special tax has been collected in the districts of this
County since I have been Superintendent and not one penny has been used
in payment of my salary. See abstracts- on fije in my office. Commit
teemen pay out every dollar, of this special tax. Ask your friend if he has
ever paid one penny towards my salary out of special local taxes.
It Has Been Said
It has been said that, "It is not right for me to vote for a tax on another
man's property. I'll vote for it in my district, but I will not vote to 'put
it on' another man who don't want it." How long has it been since thou
'put it on' thy neighbor in thine own district, who didn't want it? Was
your vote f or bonds for a school house, or for your special district unanimous ?
If not; you voted to put the tax on all the property in the district, yours as
well as your neighbors, who didn't want it. A vote for the County-wide
tax is a vote to place your property under a Countywide tax in order that
the County may have a uniform system of taxation, by which each commu
nity will do its best for its children in conformity with every other commu
nity. , You are not "putting it on" anybody. You are voting as one of
the electors of the County for , a County-wide tax, and you must vote for or
against that proposition. You can't say I. favor a special tax of thirty
cents, but I don't vote for it, because, it "puts it on" somebody who disagrees
with you. If you are against the tax vote against it; but don't say "I
favor a -special, school tax," but'.let the other fellow establish a district and
then I'll vote for it. . Help him now. Let the strong help the weak es
pecially when it does not lessen the opportunities of your own household.
It Has Not Been Said
It has not been said by a single opponent of the Cottnty-wide tax that
the young women who are giving their time and talents to the training of
your children are paid too much for their services. It is admitted that it
is expecting too muclj from our teachers to pay board, laundry, buy books f or
professional improvement, attend two weeks Institute on an average . salary
for white teachers of approximately $35.00 per month, and colored teachers
less than that'?'1 Z w-...-,-i:-.-.J.l
Offer No
Those who are opposing this tax offer no remedy. Some few havo
suggested that "the salary of the Superintendent be cut." Suppose the
entire salary paid the Superintendent was given to the teachers and the
office was abolished, then it would only mean that each teacher would 'have
two dollars per month added to her salary. The Superintendent handles
of general and special taxes approximately $35,000.00 some times as much
as $50,000.00 ' when we have Bond issues. Every penny (except his own
salary) has to be passed upon and countersigned by him, and each account
kept separately. The outside work of the office to be looked after as best
he can; the teachers to be waited upon and kept supplied with such things
as are needful as far as possible for the proper instruction of the pupils under
their charge: I have in my possession in the office of the Board every
warrant paid, which shows, where the 'money, went and for what. I do
the work of the office, handle $35,000.00 for a salary of $1,800. and yet there
are a few. who say (and I believe they haven't thought over the matter)
"cut the Suprintendent's salary." To do this would not meet the situation.
You must find some other remedy. s
What Is A Just Remedy ?
A just remedy is to "feed
5sroon". Let him who is rich
him who is poor pay 30 cents school tax; let the property of all
the people (the Railroads) pay taxes for all the people. Let the
strong communities help the weak. Let Warrenton with its
$1,604,000 of valuation- a valuation made possible by the" patro
nage of all the people help educate all the people. This it does
now with its General fund, and should do with its Special fund.
It cannot do it under a district plan. 1 It can under a County plan
The failure of Shocco, Sandy Creek, Smith Creek, Judkins, Fishing
Creek, River to vote to help themselves hot only defeats a measure
for their own phildren's benefit, but keeps Warrenton, Littleton,
Wise, Norlina and other stronger centers from helping. .
Under a County system your special taxes maybe kept at the
thirty cents rate and your general fund lowered. Under a dis
trict system your General Fund must be high enough to protect
your weak districts, and, therefore cannot be lowered. A high
general fund tax places an unjust burden upon those who are
progressive without a remedy. If it takes 35 cents generai
fund, to take care of the weak districts, it cannot be lowered ho
matter how much surplus special tax other districts may have
because we are working under a district and not aCounty system.
To illustrate : If the County tax fails Norlina and all districts now
paying 30 cents special tax will have to pay eight cents more Gen
eral tax in order to maintain the schools four months in weak dis
tricts. If the County tax carries everybody pays only 30 cents
Special and 27 cents General.
Now For Proof of Above Statements
The figures of the valuation of property in the County multiplied by the
rate (30 cents) will give the total of County-wide Special tax. The valuation
is $6,990,' 580 at 30 cents will give a tax of $20,971.74. This amount is to
be divided among all the schools of the County. The Special tax districts
now 'pay in $12,605.04; so that if they keep what they now have it would
leave $8,366.70 for the balance of the County in Special taxes.
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Miicatio:
For Its Passage In
hy Supt. Jones.
Remedy
every tax payer out ox the same
pay 30 cents special school tax; let
UNCLE SAM'S EV
ER WATCHFUL EYE
HAS GUARDED EVERY CITI
ZEN SINCE THEIR BIRTH
Now Asks Your Aid In the Pur
chase of Liberty Bonds In Or
der That the Freedom We
Have Shall Not Perish.
(Frederick J. Haskin)
When the United States govern
ment was founded there was grave
doubts, as to its success.
The older nations called it "the
great American experiment."
But the 142 yearsthat have elapsed
since this nation' vas established have
been the most wonderful years ever
known by any government.
The three million people then are
a hundred and five million now.
The original thirteen states are now
f ortyeight and many of them are
more rich and powerful than most of
the European kingdoms.
This government, the product of
five generations of Americans, is un
doubtedly the richest inheritance ever
handed down to any people.
Do you think you really appreciate
how much your government means to
you?
Have you ever stopped to think
STEPHEN H. BOWDEN
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Bowden.
of near Warrenton. A Warren Coun
ty boy on the fields - of France repay
ing the debt of gratitude to Lafeyctte
and Rochambeau, and fighting for the
ideals of right. Enlisted from Phil
adelphia , in the Marine Corp and on
Nov. 15 reported for duty 'at Paris
Island: transfered to Qi?antico, Va.
on February 1, and sailed for France
on April 11th. He is 22 years old.
and won a medal for Markmanship in
the Corps. Before enlistment, he
worked at Axtelle and then at a Mu
nition plant in Pennsylvania. ' His re
cord in the service will be a good one.
that during every moment of your
life, waking or sleeping, the vigilant
eve of Uncle Sam is always watching
overyou? .
He has more might and majesty
than all the kingdoms of history-
and all this might and majesty are
yours.
He is your faithful guardian, your
tireless servitor.
He makes safe the ocean lanes for
the way of the mariner.
He safeguards the perilous task or
the miner.
He smites the rock and the dead
waste of the desert teems with life.
He makes two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before.
He measures the heat of the stars.
He is the conqueror of disease.
He fixes the standards of weight and
measure.
He is teacher and law-giver and
judge.
And now he has turned warrior.
For your protection he has grappled
with the power-, that has transgressed
the right of man kind and upset the
peace of the world.
He wants to borrow your money,
and yoi should lend it to him.
Your duty to your country is as
fixed as your obligation to your family
' If you do not maintain the integrity
of your government your wife is no
longer secure in your home nor your
children safe in their school.
Every penny you can afford to ad-
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