'A M AT NET OF MERCY DRAWN THROUGH AN
OF UNSPEAKABLE PAIN THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
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VOL. XXIII.
(TUESDAY)
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1918
(FRIDAY)
Number 39
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Must Hold Themselves
Ready For Entrapment
Whether Farmers Or
Not, May25tb.
The Local ! Board desires to
take this method of notifying
T T tflntn mnvi in
ther farmers or not, to hold
themselves in readiness for en
trainment on May 25th., or any
day thereafter.
The Government has not yet
sent to the Local Board the
Railway schedules 4 giving the
exact date of entrainment) there
lore the notice to each man has
been delayed. The notices,how
ever, will be mailed promptly as
soon as the date of entrainment
is given to the Board.
Very probably the men may
not have but a few days notifi
cation before the date of entrain
ment. therefore hold yourselves
in readiness.
CHM. GRAHAM UR
GES WAR SAVINGS
WANTS TO SEE THE COUN
TY MEET ITS QUOTA
Urges Organization.' of War. Sav'-j
ins Societies As Means Of
Thrift Inculcation; Asks That
Verbal Pledges Be Converted
Into Written Agreements.
Warrenton, N. C,
May 11, 1918
Mr. Editor,
The campaign for the 3rd Lib
erty Bond Sale is over. This time
Wan-en nearly reached the Top and
if we count Warren contributions in
other counties she "went over the Top.
We are a long way from the Top in
buying War Savings Certificates, but
we have the balance of the year to
c limb upwards. Our stand 'in sales is
respectable. The first of May cash
sale?, amounted to a little ovsr $50,
000. We have several thousand dol
!ars worth of written and verbal
pledges. It is earnestly desired that
plelr.es be redeemed as soon as poss
hie. Those who have made verbal
pledges are requested to convert them
into written pledges, and those who
have made payment on their pledges
should demand credit for the same.
At the request of the Teachers of
the Institute the contest for the $1."
prize for the sale of Thrift Stamps
md Certificates is continued in the
one and two teacher schools, white
and colored. No arrangement has
been made as yet with the two groups
of Public High Schools. No report
from any High school except Vau
fthans. Cooperation of the Red Cross So
cieties with Prof. W. H. Fleming of
Norlina, in the formation of War Sa
ng Societies would be of inestimable
help.
Our loved ones are now in France
offering their lives in behalf of Lib
frty can we refrain from doing all
that we can, by consecrating ourselves
and our means, by labor and self
lonial, to win the War and establish
;i lasting and honorable peace.
Patriotic women throughout the
County are asked to organize War
Saving Societies. We have, only four
m Warren some counties have over
a hundred.
The length of the war and the lives
t our loved ones depend upon the
Consecration of us people at Home.
Man's first duty is to his God, his
econd to his Country, and his third
to his family. ' Yours truly,
JOHN GRAHAM.
Chm. W. S.' Certificates Committee.
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useful life, alleviate a hundred nights of pain,' you would
grant him the money. You would ndt feel that you had
lost, but- gained. .
This, is what the Red Cross says to you: " Give of your
safe and secure substance and I will sooth pain. I will gather
up men, heroes who have been shot to the earth, and housing
them I will nurse them back to life. For myself I ask no
recompense. My reward is my conscience. My applause is
restoring man to his family."
Hearing these words and fee lino that they are true,
would you hesitate to open youi purse, whose contents were
gathered in times ot peace ?
The Red Cross appeals to you personally. To you it
opens its merciful heart and begs you for assistance. The
cutting down of one luxury a day would mean a soothing
tenderness on the red fields of France.
George WaMimgton
Was Not - Mentioned
Youthful French Orator Seemed to Think Lafayette Was
, Really the Father
By DR. ESTHER LOVEJOY.
What Is the attitude of the French
people toward the -Americans? The
French are" & very polftVpeople, and,
no matter what their inmost thoughts
may be, they are not likely to express
an opinion to an American other than
complimentary. But the children of
air the world are guileless. They can
be depended upon to express in public
the private opinions of their parents.
The children of France are crazy about
Americans la uniform, so we guess
wfeat their parents feel for us.
On one occasion t was passing a pub
lic school with another Red Cross wo
man physician in upiform and a
French visiting nurse. The school had
Just ' been dismissed, and a group of
young boys came trooping out. In
stantly we were surrounded, and after
a second's parley a young Mirabeau of
about twelve years, the spokesman of
the group, stepped forward, bowed
formally and delivered an address on
Lafayette and -America, which ., was
punctuated by the applause of his ad
miring compatriots. The American
Eaglet could not possibly have scream
ed louder in the United States on the
Fourth of July than it did on that back
Btre.et of a munition town in France.
Washington Not Mentioned. .
There seems to be some difference
of . opinion on the relative importance
of certain historic characters connect
ed with the American Revolution.
AVIOUR
By ANGELA MORGAN
Yours is the daring skill to tread
The waters of a world at war; ,
Yours is the miracle to shed
Where rocking seas, of hatred are, ,y
Courage and comfort, like a star.
You cry unto an earth dismayed,
And God is thrilling in your tone I ,
"Brothers, the ship is not alone ;
Be not afraid!"
Ye are the Christs of this black hour, x
The Great Physician come again,
Within your sacred hands the power
To heal the race of men.
Ye hold the hurt world to your breast;
Ye bind her bruised and broken soul;
The sick, the maimed and the oppressed
Yours is the gift to make them whole.
And where the stricken miles unroll
Yft souncLthe resurrection morn ;
Above the bier where Justice lies,
With visions of an age new born,
Ye bid the dead arise !
O World, that walkest now in tears
Where Truth again is crucified
After the thousand, thousand years
See yet that Christ is not denied!
There is no greater heroism than the
heroism of mercy. There is no truer
bravery than the bravery of tenderness.
Out of the crash of nation against nation
arises a Christ-like sympathy, and the
insignia of its tenderness is the cross of
red. It is the Only remaining glow of a
Christian hope. It is religion under
shell fire. It is a sigh set to the music
of sympathetic action. If a man who
speaks truth should say to you, With
the use of five dollars you can save a
of This Country.
Lafayete is inseparately associated In
the mind of young France with the
United States and all it stands for.
George Washington wasn't mentioned.
According to the juvenile French
version, Lafayette saved America.
This was the most glorious achieve
ment in the history of the world. Sin
gle handed and alone Lafayette sowed
the seeds of liberty In the United
States that has spread from the At
lantic to the Pacific and fired the souls
of a Jaundred million people. When the
'American colonies were In a death
struggle with the Hanoverian monster
on the throne i of England the Hohen
zollerns and Hessians and Hindenburg
ers and all the H's representing Hell
on Earth in that day and generation
Lafayette crossed the ocean on a slow
sailing ship so slow, so slow for so
swift a soul and saved America. v And
now, after 140 years, the hosts of
'America, a million strong, are return
ing that historic visit for the purpose
of repaying the debt of gratitude.
To say that the audience followed,
the speaker would be understating the
case. They all seemed familiar, with,
the speech, and their applause fre
quently anticipated its climaxes. Good
feeling was rampant. We shook hands
with all the youngsters within reach,
and as we turned the corner we looked
back, and they gave us a final "Vive
l'Amerique !'
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Warren To Raise fp5,000 Jks
undred liiion Fund For
A Speaker Of National Note To Address County Citizenship On Jed Cross
Work At Court House Square Sunday Afternoon At 3:30, And Ev
ery Preacher In The County Asked To Preach A Red Cross
Sermon On That Day. People To Be lade Conver
sant With The Great WoVk.
What Red Cross Is
And What It's Doing
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The origin of the Red Cross and
a brief sketch of its work is given as
obtained from the pamphlet "The Am
erican Red Crosi
issued to bette:
acquaint the 22,000,000 adult mem
1 ers in the United-Sta.ts:
What is the Red Cross?
It is the world's international ideal oi
mercy. It knows no bound of racial,
religious or political separation. Wher
ever and whenever war, pestilence,
storm, flood, or disaster has wrought
suffering, want or distress, there it
hns gone and brought relief, and the
ready .hands of unselfish aid.
Who first organized reiief for those
wounded, sick or neglected on the
I field of battle?
The Knights Hospitallers during the
crusades. This organization, which
Tiad its birth in the hospital of St.
John at Jerusalem, although driven
out of the Holy Land by the Moslems,
re-established itself at Malta and is
still in existence.
Who first conceived such service on an
international basis?
Henri Durant, a Swiss physician,on
the battlefield of Solferino, Italy, in
1859, organized a group of volunteers
tcThelp him minister , to the wounded.
At that'time -great confusion and con
sequent inefficiency prevailed because
of the multiplicity of relief flags. Dr
Dunant formulated the first proposals
lor an international organization, to
care for the sick and wounded in time
of war, and suggested two years later
a single and uniform hospital flag for
all nations.
When was the Red Cross organized?
In 1864 an International Conference
of f our" eon nati'.ns was' held in Gene
va, Switzerland, the outcome of which
was the Treaty of Geneva, known as
thti Red Cross Treaty.
What, in brief, does 'the Red Cros-3
provide? ,
That hospital formations and their
personnel should be treated as neu
trals.
That each nation' signing the Treaty
should have an association of volun
teers to assist and supplement the me l'
ical services of its army.
That the emblem of service common
to all nations should be a cross of red
on a field of white. s
In what country was organized volun
tary relief for armies in the fiell
'first recognized?
In the United States during the Civil
War, the United States Sanitary Com
mission was organized to assist the
Army Medical Bureau in preserving
and -restoring the health and securing
che general comfort of the soldiers.
What is the relation of' the American
Red Cross to the United States Gt-v
ernment?
The American Red Cross is not a Gov
einmentf Department; it is a relief or
gi.nization with government sanction?
and, as such, assists the army and
navy whenever called upon to help
care for the wounded and suffering.
All Red Cross accounts are audited by
the War Department and an annual
report is made to Congress by the Sec
retary of War.
How are the activities of the Red
Cross financed.'
(a) All overhe&d expen&.es,includirg
salaries, of the entire Red Cross or
ganization, (national- headquarters, di
vision headquarters, local chapters,
branches and auxiliaries) :ai-e met by
membership dues.
(b) War Relief is paid for out of the
Redr Cross War Fund. vNo expense
of administration in the United States
are paid out of the War Fund. "Every
dollar contributed for relief goes for
relief. ,
What is the Red Cross War Fund?
This is a fund raised for war reliei
by voluntary contributions of the peo .
pie. The first war fund was raised
Work Of The Red
Cross Chapter Here
What has our Chapter, done since j Several township . chairmen pursu
last June when we organized and the ant to a call by Mrs. Kate P. Arring
Red Cross became a living symbol ' tori, chairman Rell Cross War Fund,
in our midst?
Just listen and then think of almost jterday.
a year's work of many faithful heart ! The conference was called to dis
and skilled hands: jcuss plans of organization for the
Muslin Bandages.... 4,450: Second Red Cross War Fund, which
Gauge Dressings 19,668 during the week May 20-27 is to raise
Garments .277 5,000 m Warren county.
Christmas Packets ....150; The fact that one fourth of the Red
Comfort Pillows V. .130 - Cross War fund raised remained with
Knitting it-he Local Chapter was impressed upon
Sweaters , .422 these gentlemen, and - through them
Mufflers "1152 ! the public, and that this would enable
Wristlets, pairs.... ...14?! your chapter to go ahead during the
Socks, pairs .270 year without additional funds.
Surprised you, didn't it? ! It was also impressed upon the gen
-r, " , ' itlemen that they see every individual
Remember that one fourth of all : , j i j , ,
, , is , J: is interviewed. The colored people to
the money donated for the Red Cross iK ij 1, " u- x,
onorx. x . be ..organized under the township chair
during Week May 20 27th goes to the
Chapter here in order that this nec
essary work may not be hindered
The remainder goes to Service
f(
OUX
there" where Disaster, though distant
is real, is plucking at the Heart of
humanity, and where men, some of
our flesh and blood, are giving 'till
they "died for you and me.
It took a mighty leetle room to say,.
above, what ourhapter Jias dbyj
pause 4iiu iiiiiifi. now maiiv btii-eiit;
have been taken by our Chapter for
the cause of ministering unto others.
Our Chapter is doing whatever is
assigned them, shall the citizentry of
the County fail to do as much?
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n June, 1917, and amounted to a little
more than $100,000,000. The date of
the second War Fund Campaign, also
for $100,000,000, has been set for May
1918.
How is the distribution of the Ameri
can Red Cross made in Uurope in
connection with the war?
Special commissions have been sent to
France, Italy, England, Belgium, Ssr
bia. Roumania, and -Russia to inves
tigate the neettSof the military and
civil populations "-f these countries and
to establish working organizations
through which these needs may be
supli-d. These ' oraign organizations
ivport the needs abroad to the organ
izaticn in America; the organization
in America in turn furnishes person
nel, supplies and funds to meet these
requirements. .
What is the relation of our Red Cross
to-the American Army in France?
The American Red Cross recognizes
thai our first duty for humanity in
thi war is the protection of our sol
diers in France. It recognizes also
that this duty lies with the United
Stales government and that the gov
ernmentis xesponsible for it. As a
supplementary relief 01 ganization the
Red Crors stands ready to .'0 operate
with the governmest in this work,and
to put its organization, money and
supplies into service at the call of
the American Army whenever and
wherever they can be of use. Fully
realizing the disadvantages that are
always met in a foreign country,ard
with the view of keeping our soldiers
in touch with things American' the
Reel Cross begins at the port of land
ing in France by establishing rest
stations. These, rest stations extend
inland toarwd-the camps and are Io
cated in a series of junction points
and railroad stations where the sol
diers are required to wait for train
connections.
What is meant by a Rest Station?
Rest Stations are each " made up 0?
from two to four barracks, 40 to 160
feet long. They include infirmaries
fully equipped; dispensaries; rest and
reading rooms; dormitories holding
from 40 to 200 beds, with shower
baths and disinfectors; and restau
rants capable m some cases of giving
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Its iiota Of oa
ric ? iiierey
Township Chairmen
Met Here Monday
met in the Red Cross rooms here ves-
r
, men as are the white. Literature and
! posters were distributed, War Fund
i buttons e-iven out. and th r)prps4rv
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' stressed
: uj. cdtii Luvvn&iiip- iw -warning mis worh.
I During this week some member
Of
I the Campaign Flying Squadron con
.isisting of Mrs. Kate P. Arrington, J.
M. Gardner, R. B. Bovd. Mrs. Tom
Peoniea,;-.w,- -r: Bovd. St.my,Pn B, v
j Mrs; W.-A. Graham, .JX
Peck, Mrs. W. A. ConnelL and W.
Brodie Jones will' visit each township
and distribute matter pertinant to the
success of this work and confer with
the Township chairman.
As a further important move the
point was again driven home with ut
most emphasis that each, township
chairman perfect his organization at
once, and do his utmost, with the co
operation of his fellow citizens, to
place his township on th right hand
side of the ledger. Each township
has been assigned a task consistent
with its strength.
The. gentlemen present were shown
by Mrs. J'. E. RookerAhe work of
their Chapter, and the fact that every
(foliar donated for the Red Cross
means $1.02 for actual war relief was
given out as an irdeiiee of the per
feet organization of the greatest body
of Mercy which ever ministered unto
a world drenched in pain.
Every chairman present was inter
ested in this work, and with the active
cooperation of its citizentry Warren
will during the week May 20 27 ren
der a noble contribution for the cause
which . today has the devotion of the
soldiery and the approbation of ever
clear thinking, man, woman, and child .
of this great America democrasy.
W.S.S.
Red Cross Campaign
Instructions Follow
Any preacher or speaker desiring
material for a Red Cross sermon or
address is asked to communicate with
Mr. John B. Palmer, Chairman Speak
ers Bureau. Any community desiring
a speaker on this subject is asked to
notify Mr.-'Palmer with the assuraco
that every community so asking will
be visited.
The twelve township chairmen, R.
B. Boyd, Warrenton; J. Byrd Elling
ton, Nutbush; R. L. Capps, Fishing
Creek; J B. Davis, Shocco; 'A. G.
Hayes, .Smith Creek; Dr. T. J. Holt,
Hawtree; J. J. Nicholson,. "Six Pound;
John Picot, River; W. R. Vaughan,
Judkins; R. E. Williams, Fork; Hay
wood Ayccck, Sandy Creek; H. L.
Wall, Roanoke are asked to telephone
results of the campaign to Mrs. Ar
rington Monday night, Wednesday -night,
Saturday, night and Monday
night again -of the progress in their
districts. N
Anyone desiring further inform?.-
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