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VOL. XXIII.
(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY. 7, 1918
(FRIDAY)
Number 37
S1.50 A EAR
A i3 EMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO-THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
3c A COPY
COLORED MEN
NOW IN SERVICE
MRS. CONNELL
TALKS TEACHERS
NUMBER CITIZENS
BUY BONDS HERE
LATEST NEWS IN
BRIEF FROM FRONT
M7 A TO W
Ji HIE
MEN SENT TO CAMP WITHIN
LAST THREE WEEKS
ntl Also Men Inducted On Pre
vious Dates By Board On Spe
cial Call; Down Through Or
der Number 855.
The Local Board gives out the fol
lowing' :
April 27th Robert Williams, in
ducted by the Local Board of Home
-tead, Penn, and sent to Columbus
Barracks, Ohio; Joe Williams sent
from Philadelphia into service.
jtiiy 2 Richard Alexander Alston
inducted by Local Board at Washing,
ton, D. C, and sent to Camp Meade;
Talachai Prophet Jones inducted by
Local Board of Cleveland, Ohio, and
sent to Carrp Sherman, Ohio.
.-Vnril 30 Sont from Warrenton:
Johnnie Towns, Clifton Fain, Cos
well Burnett. Oliver Daily, Dark
Brown, Ballard Perry, Wiley Hawkins,
James Alexander, Ernest Story, Rob
rrt Milam Jenkins, James Worthan.,
Richard Games, Joseph Parker, Alex
Jones, Robert Lee Sledge, and Eaton
Williams was inducted for the Local
Board of Hackensack, N. J. A num
ber of these men went to Camp Jack
son: the others to Camp Grant.
jay 2 Colored men inducted, into
sow ice here and sent to Foi"t Wayne,
Michigan.
J.mes Evans, Tom Alston, Hardy
Perry, Rob Richardson, James Stewart
Wortham, Ben Jones, Willie Taylor,
Jesse Freeman Hudgins, Jacob Wil
liams, Wiley Williams, Kenry Alston.
.Luther Boone, Herman Shearin, Johu
Overby, James Marrow, June John
ton, Samuel Moore and Fred John
ston. On Special Call
March 30 Julius Caesar Green to
Caron Funston. . - . -..,.. . -
Am-jJ M Willie Arthur Ross to
Camp Grant.
April 10th Edward Aaron HendrieK
to Camp Funston.
-W.S.S.-
Advantage in Join
ing The U. S, Navy
There are over 100 ratings in the
Navy today which every enlisted and
enrolled man has an a chance of earn
ing and promotions are very rapid.
Officer'sTraining Schools are constant
ly in operation for those who are am
bitious and willing to study, and fur
thermore examinations are held from
time to time, whereby the names of
enrolled men whopass the examina
tion are placed on an eligibility list,
from which Assistant Paymasters
with the rank of Ensign are appointed .
Men are especially needed for t.ie
following rates in the Naval Reserve
Force:
Seamen, second class.
Fh'emen, all classes
Electricians, general and radio
Yeomen, male and female who are
qualified stenographers or typist
Hospital Apprentices, 1st and 2nd
class; Registered Druggist may be
enrolled as 1st Class.
Machinist's Mates ,
Carpenter's Mates
Cooks and Bakers ,
Mess Attendants.
There is being organized a construc
tion unit known as the "French Avia
tion Construction Unit" for construc
tion work in France. This station has
authority to enroll Carpenter's Mates.
Bricklayers, Boilermakers, and Bota
swain's Mates.
In addition to the class of men above
mentioned there are openings for men
in nearly every trade and calling to
civil life, and under the new draft
law, registered men can still join the
Navy and Naval Reserve Force after
securing a statement from their Local
Board to the effect that their class
and order number are so low that they
are not in the current quota of thei:
Board
Enlistments in the Navy are fcr"
the duration of the war but the term
cf enrollmrf in nr Msivni Reserve
Force is for 4 years; however, active
duty is only required in time of war
(Continued On Fourth Page)
GIVES DEMONSTRATION OF
FIRELESS COOKER AND
Distributes Literature On This
Method of Cooking; Teachers
1 y"
Enjoy The Demonstration Din
ner She Prepared.
Mrs. W. A. Connell, County Canning
Demonstrator, yesterday made a very
pleasant call upon the Teachers Insti
tute in session here. Mrs. Con
nell drove' up with her Ford "and in
a Fireless cooker brought a well bal
anced meal to the Institute.
The purpose of Mrs. ConneH's visit
was to acquaint the teachers with the
advantages of fireless cooking, ana
to show by example., what could be
accrmrjPsh'Ki. The dinner consisting
of snap beans, rice, dried corn, baken
hen and apples was served to the In
stitute in small picnic trays and was
an enjoyed treat.
Mrs. Connell then distributed some
fireless cooker pamphlets send out by
the Food Administration, and we pre
duce rart rf same below:
'You car't pffod to be without one
The fvreless cooker can save fuel m
winter and make your kitchen com
fortanle in summer. It will give you
better food. It will sa've you time
and labor for you can have your din
ner cooking while you attend to other
duties or go away from home. Make
one for yourself. It may cost lesr;
than a dollar and will pay for itself
in time and fuel saved. Or buy a
ready made one.
"How a Fireless Cooker Cooks.
First the food is made as hot as it can
be on the stove,, then it is put imme
diately into the cooker. Once there,
it stays hot and keeps on cooking. The
walls of the fireless cooker keep the
heat in just as the walls of a gooo
refrigerator keep the-heat, out. ...
Materials Needed For Fireless Cooker
"1. The outside container any good
sized box or bucket with a tight cover
a grocery box, a butter firkin, a
wooden candy bucket, a 100-potfhd lard
can, or a new garbage can. -
"2. Packing material soft hay, ex
eelsier, ground cork, sawdust, tightly
crumpled newspapers, or any other
good non-conducting material that can
be packed in closely. This packing
material forms a nest for the cookinr;
vessel.
"3. The nest lining a metal or en
amel bucket and sheet asbestos to
cover tW bucket. The bucket must
have straight sides and a lid. and mut
be of such a size as to allow at least
three inches of packing material be
tween it and the outside container, top
bottom and sides.
'4. The cooking vessel a vessel
with a tight lid to fit closely into he
nest lining and yet slip in and out
easily, or two or three of the small
ones especially made for the fireless.
The best kind is of enamel, granite
or aluminum." n '.
-W.S.S.-
lub Agent Adress
es Teachers Institute
Mr. W. K. Scott, Existant Emer
gency Boys Club ' Agent, of the Pig,
Corn, Wheat, Potato, and Rye Clubsv
of the State Department of Agricul
ture, was in town yesterday.
Mr. Scott was -here to address the
Teachers' Institute, and to stress tho.
importance ' of intense activity along
every line of productive endeavor.
"Greater interest than previous is
manifest over the State in this work
and is everywhere evident," said Scott
and "today North Carolina has 18,00(
boys and girls in different volunteer
department of Agricultural work.
Georgia leads the South with 23,000.
Buncombe county leads the State with
975."
The State Department of Agricul
ture is endeavoring to reach the peo
pie of the State through the teacher?
and it'was in line with this endeavor
that Mr. Scott on yesterday appeared
Mr. F. B.' Newell received for the
Pig Club members of the county a
shinment of nigrs through the Bank of
Warren today, and he reports the Clul
work a progressing patriotically in
'the County. . 4
M Call For An 'Addition-...
al Seventy-Eight 1?w3en
The Local Board of Warren County has just received orders
that 78 additional white men be entrained for Camp Jackson from
May 25th to 29th. .This is in addition to the two calls for white
men already in force for May 10th and 17th.
To fill these calls means that almost all of Class 1 A men will
have to leave, and it further means that the active farmers in
Class 1 A who have been temporarily deferred by the Local Board
will have to answer this call and go to camp.
. Additional information in regard to this will be given the
public as fast as the facts are made availableby the Local Board.
In this connection it is interesting to know that Warren Coun
ty has sent 100 white men and 122 colored men to the colors thru
the Exemption Board. ."
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES AT WISE
EXERCISES WILL'LAST UN
TIL FRIDAY MORNING.
Rev. J. A. Hornaday Preached
Commencement "Sermon Sun
day; Graduating Class of
Four This Year.
The commencement of the Wise High
School began Sunday at 11 a. m. with
an excellent sermon by Rev: J. A. Hor
naday, of Warrenton. The exercises
will continue through Friday morning
Wednesday, May 8th, at 8:30 the Pri
mary and Intermediate grades will pre
sent an entertainment of Vocal Solos
Dialogues, Songs, and Drills by the
pupils of these departments.
Thursday evening, "Claim Allowed"
will be presented by the school. The
cast of characters follow:
Mr. LaFohl. . . .Roy Perkinson
Manufacturer of Munitions.
Mrs. LaFohl His Wif eVZela Newman
Dabney LaFohl Everett Hicks
His Patriotic Son.
Ethel LaFohl Malissa Hicks
His Daughter.
Lillian Carmen Sadye Perkinson
Dabney's Fiance.
Tom Bradley George Lee Rose
. Ethel's Patriot.
Mr. Metz Silas Perkinson
An American German.
Mary Metz Lucie Tucker
His Granddaughter.
Mrs. Hohenzollern Bertha White
A Propagandist.
Heine Hohenzollern Rob White
Her Brother.
Mrs. Thompson Cliffie Williams
Of the Red CrosrS.
Little Scout Edward Leete
Doing His Bit. .
Neb Sterling Perkinson
A Black Bird.
On Friday morning at 10 a. m. the
Declamation and Recitation Contest
will be held. Dr. H. M. Poteat will
after these exercises, deliver a Liter
nry Address. Presentation of Prizes
and Diplomas and "a Report of School
will follow.
Those graduating this year are: Ida
St.Sing, Malissa Hicks, Everett Hicks,
Silas . Perkinson. The marshals are
Everett Hicks, chief, Agnes Paschall.
Zela Newman, Silas Perkinson, Roy
Perkinson, Gilbert Wiggins, Herbert
Coleman.
W.S.S.
"Claim Allowed," At
Opera House Friday
v
For benefit of the Red Cross the
local talent of the Wise High School
will present "Claim Allowed" at the
Warrenton Opesa House Friday night
at 8:30.
The son of a manufactures of Mu
nitions claims exemption behind a lie.
His claim is allowed. , The son is pa
triotic and volunteers and sees service
across. Around this is built the
story of patriotism and profits which
offers an exceedingly good fVeld fcr
amateur work.
Then, lest things might be too ser
ious, for seme, Neb, "a black bird"
will even bring a laugh out of a war
story. '
An interesting program is assured
on Friday night, and the people-of this
commonity are expected -to be in atten
dance.
PALMER-HOUSE
MARRIAGE SAT.
!mISS HATTIE PALMER AND
LIEUT. ROBERT HOlTsE
Happily Married at the Home o -the
Bride Saturday Afternoon
, By Rev. J. A. Hornaday; Num
ber Relatives Present,
On Saturday afternoon, May 4th, at
thi-ee o'clock, the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Palmer was the scene of
a beautiful wedding. - -
On this occasion Miss Hattie D.
Palmer, the charming and popular
niece of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Palmer
became the bride of Lieut. Robert B.
House. Rev. J. A. Hornaday per
formed the ring ceremony.
Arriving guests were greeted by
the "stars and stripes" waving from
the porch, and were received by Mrs.
James C. Moore, sister of the bride,
and . Miss Sarah Fitts, of Knoxville,
Tehn. " . -
The large parlor, beautifully decorat
ed with cut flowers, potted plants and
flags, was the scene of the ceremony.
Nuptial music was furnished by Miss
Sue House, who sang "At Dawning"
and Mrs. John Taylor, who played the
wedding march.
Mrs. J. A. Dameron, Jr., matron of
honor, was becomingly gowned in old
rose and silver, and carried a bouquet
of deep pink roses.
The bride's sister, Miss Sue H. Pal
mer, maid of honor, wore pink taffeta
and georgette crepe, and carried a
bouquet' of pink roses. Mr. Joseph
House, brother of the groom, was
best 'man.
The bride, lovely in a handsome
gewn of white satin with bridal veil
and orange blossoms, carried a show
er, bouquet of bride's roses, and en
itcrcd the parlor with t!i2 flower girl
j little Miss Lalla Fitts Palmer, strow
ing roses along her 'way. '
Following the ceremony Lieut, and
(Mrs. House left for Thalmr, the home
'of the groom's parents carrying with
them the good wishes of numbers of
friends.
Mrs. House is a lady of pleasant
personality and charm, and has num
bers of : friends in Warren. Lieut.
House is a gentlemen of broad outlook
and of numerous friends over the
State. He has recently returned home
fsom France where he caw service
for several months at the front. He is
now located at Camp Gordon, Georgia
: where lie and his bride will Veside.
The wedding was witnesses by rel
atives and friends of the family in
town, and the following out of town
; guests: Misses Mary and Sue House,
i Mrs. John Taylor, Messrs. John and
! Joseph House, and Mr. Howard Pal-
mer and iamily.
w.S.JS
Giving up wheat is a, little thing
compared to the death straggle which
our soldiers are splendidly sharing
with the Allies.
W.S.S.
Going without wheat adds directly
ito our forces in battle. Going with
cut wheat loosens the shipping tensioi-.
which limits our armed strength ...
W.S.S. ;
Red Cross Allottment For May
The Red Cross allottment of the
Wprreton Red Crcrs for the month
of May as given out today by Mrs
J. E. Rooker, chairman of the Supplies
committee, is:
6,000 gauze wipes; 1,500 triangular
bandages. K
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MRS. ARRINGTON AND MISS
BURROUGHS CANVASS.
Patriotically Work Saturdajr Af
; ternoon and Secure Number of
Subscribers to the Woodrow
Wilson Honor Roll.
Mrs. Kate P. Arrington, Woman's
Chairman of the County Liberty Loan
committee, ably assisted by Miss Sue
Burroughs Saturday afternoon sold
upOn Warrenton streets Liberty Bonds
to over 45 purchasers. .
Appealing to each" individual to joii.
the Woodrow Wilson Honor Roll by
buying a $50 bond if one had bought
before and urging everyone to avail
themselves of the final opportunity to
get on the Honor Roll of the Third
Liberty Loan by purchasing one bond
at least, these two Warrenton ladies
met with splendid results."
The following telegram sent our
from Raleigh May 1st, ; where it wa
received from Washington explains
this drive for Bond investors here: .
"President Wilson, who has already
purchased all of the Liberty Bonds
he can wesl afford to pay for, on being
informed that 10,000,000 American:
had purchased bonds of the third issue
but" that a great many who had sub
scribed could buy one more fifty dol
lar bond by paying for it on the in
stallment plan, said that he would go
in for anoth r fifty dollar bond pay
ing $5.00 down and $5.00 per month,
if one million Americans would match
him. He signed his appilication a
a theatre last week." '
The following of our people heard
the 'appeal to patriotism and through
the patriotic agency Of these two loyf-1
women forty-five citizens flipped tho
coin and showed their willingness to
match the President, and to help him
set the, match to- the Kaiser:
Edmund White. A. S. Bugg, Al
pheus Jones, Miss Lucy Jones, M?s
Thomas H. Peoples, Mrs. W. M. Baird
J. P. Scoggin, Gerrge Scoggin, Geomre
R. Frazier, Dr. Robert, Booth. Mrs. F.
S. Booth, Frank Serls, Miss Sue Bur
roughs, Miss Mary Russel Burroughs
H. A. IMoseley, Roger Dowtin, W. H.
Wesson, J. Ridley Powell, J. R. Fanel
ty, W. H. Burroughs, John B. Palmer,
Warrenton Department Store, John
William Baird, M. H. Hayes, C. C.
Hunter, W. A. Miles, Miss Emily Hil.
Hard, Mrs. M. E. Gillam, Miss Aram;.
Graham, Miss Sarah G. Macon, Dr. P.
J. Macon, Dr. W. D. Rodgers,"J. Allen
Hilliard, Arthur Petar, Miss Rowena
Wood, Mrs. Ella . Thorne, Mrs. Ed
mund White, Herbert Jones, J. Wilkc
White, Dick Crute, Miss Janet Hall,
'vlrs. J. P. Scoggin, Mrs. T. J. Tucker,
Citizen, and Mrs. Peter Arrington..
W.S.S. - 1
Food Administrator
To Prevent All Waste
Raleigh, May 6. The North Caro
linia office of the U. S. Food Adminis
ti ation is cooperating with the Thresh
ing Division 'of the Grain Corporation
in a movement which has for its pur
pose theh elimination of the waote,
through inefficient and careless thresh
ing methods and threshing by inef
ficient machines, variously estimated
at from 155,372 to 360,000 bushels of
wheat worth from $325,000 to $750,000
and capable of providing a bread ra
tion for from 25)00 to 100,000 "Sam
mies" in France for a period of one
year.
The County Food Administration in
all the wheat producing Counties have
been requested to form a grain thresh
ing committee consisting of the coun
ty ofod administration, county farm
demonstration agent and an experienc
ed thresherman. This committe will
be charged with "the names and ad
dresses of all threshing machine own
ers if? their counties and assisting in
sofar as possible in an inspection and
overhauling of-these machines.
mi tti J J j ii "T - I
xne r oou Auminisirauon nas .re
quested the assignment to North Caro
lina immediately- of two inspectors
who will devote their entire time to
the inspection of machines and the
assistance to threshing machine own
ers in putting their machines in shape
'Continued On Fourth Page)
LINES REMAIN VIRTUALLY
THE SAME AND GERMAN
Attempts To Again Break Thru
Fail; Artillery Duels Continue
In Intensity Forecasting Ano
ther Infantry Drive.
Sunday German attack repulsed,
leaving British lines intact s in Flan
ders sector. Artillery still ' active.
British position improved east of Am
iens and north of Albert and prisoners
captured!
On the French front no infantry
attacks. The French carried success
fullyminor attacks and captured pris
oners.
On Italian front 'increased activity
of hostile artillery." The Italian ar
tillery also has carred out intensive
bombardment. Italian and British air
planes downed eight enemy planes and
dropped many tons of bombs on the
enemy. Italian artillery obtained direct
rits and caused heavy explosions on
the left bank of the Piave Airplanes
have been especially active and dropp
ed nine tons of bombs on the hydro
electric works at Caridin. Bombing;
operations in a surprise attack drop
ped loads of bombs with good effect
on railway stations at Primolano and
Bolseano. ,
Americans troops with artillery
wipe German gargets off the map in
rear of their iine on the Luneville sec
tor chasing them from their front pos
tions beyond their second line..
Monday Germans continue fro shell
American troops using projectiles con
taining high explosives with poison
gas. Dispatches indicate that heavy
fighting is expected at any time.
Australian and Canadian troops are
in action no the British lines. The
Australians have struck the Germans
near Morlaucourt between the Ancre
and Somme rivers east of Amiens and
advanced their lines 3-4 of a mile on
a three mile front.
General News
President Wilson has ordered an in
vestigation of- airplane delays and
charges which have for some time been
discussed in Congress.
American ship yards are making re
cord time in turning out ships at a
greater speed. Sixteen launched and
twelve steel ships delivered during the
last week. Ten steel ships of 57,695
tons and 6 wooden ships of 21,000 tons
launched by American yards in week
ending May 5th. In twelve months at
that rate would total more than four
and a half million tons. .
The General Conference of the M.
E. Church, south, in session at Atlanta
where 6,000 ministers and delegates
are gathered. Majcr C. W. Gordon of
the Canadian Army, known to the lit
erary world at 'Ralph Connor', address
ed the Conference. His address was
greeted with an outburst of patriotism
which has never been equalized before.
Major Gordon stated- that the war
would be won when the United States
gets two million soldiers in the battle
line.
Majority Leader Claude Kitchen is
after the "slicker", the individual who
is uniformed in U.S. army clothes and
loafs in Government offices where cush
ioned - chairs are inviting. Drastic
legislation will likely catch some of
this style of slackers or "slickers."
The Liberty loan goes "over the top'
with a large margin. The Liberty
Bell sounds the note of true patriotism
to ring around the world again.
W.S.S
WHITE MEN TO
LEAVE ON FRIDAY
The following white men are called
lo report here Friday, May 10th, by
the Local Board:
Lester Roscoe, Warrenton. ,
Luke Ham, Henderson.
Thomas Perkinson, Littleton.
Leonidas Young Harris, Macon.
Malcolm Hill Harris, Macon.
Stephen Murphy Sadler, Richmond.
The first four men inducted willgo
to Fort Scravens, Georgia. The other
two to Camp Jaci: son.
Special Induction.
March 8 Frank Serls to Kelly Field
Texas.
March 2 Archie Alston to Camp
Lee, Petersburg.
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