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WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918
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Number 49
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IDLENESS GLASSED
AS MANSLAUGHTER
GOVERNOR'S WAR
S PROCLAMATION
CHAIRMAN GRAHAM
REVIEWS V;S. PLAN
WAR NEWS CULLED
FROM STATE PRESS
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-VOL. XXIII.
"JES3 w : " in
Sugar Rules Are Be
coming More Stringent
Quantities That May Be Sold To In
dividuals In Country And Town Are
Reduced Canning And Preserving
Is Encouraged.
Raleigh, June 16 Effective during
June 13th, State Food Administrator
Page announced a reduction of 50 per
cent and more in the maximum quant
ities of sugar that might be sold by
dealers to individual consumers and
require all dealers wholesale ; and re
tail, to keep an absolutely accurate
record of all sales of sugar to their
customers, the record to include name
of purchaser, date of sale, quantity
And nrice. Effective the same date,
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quantities of sugar that might be sold j
to lnurviauais WHO uesue me same
canning and preserving purposes, wc.s
reduced from fifty to twenty-fivo
pounds. Individuals who need a great
er quantity of sugar at one time can
purchase it up on approval of ; their j
County Food Administrator. -r
All commercial users of -ugaTfor
less essential products have already
been cut to 80 per cent of their last
year's consumpttion and in all prob
ability there will be a further cut af
ttcr July first. The curtailment In
the use of sugar for such, product?
and the more stringent restriction
governing use of sugar for such pro
ducts and the more stringent restric
tions governing sales ,of sugar have
leen devised in order to assure an an
pie supply of sugar far domestic con
sumption and for canning and pre
serving. The Food Administration ha.3
announced repeatedly that it desires
to encourage in every way the use of
svgar for canning and psesesving al
though it desires that care and econ
omy be ererciscd even in this use.
State Food Administrator Page has
invited manufacturers of beverage
ayrup and owners of bottling works
and soda fountains to join an honoi
roll of non users of sugar until the
present sitoation is relieved. A large
nomber of these establishments which
have been found to have erceeded
their allottment have been closed up
temporarily.
The Food Administration is pre
paring to put a number cf inspectors
in the field in North Carolina and
will be able to quirkly d3tert any vio
lations of rules and regulations gov-"-nng
the sale of sugar or any other
od product and the temper of the
Food Administration indicates that
willful violators and food "hogs" majr
erpect no mercy at the hands of the
Food Administration when they are
caught.
W.S.S.
ANOTHER INDIAN JOINS
SOLDIERS OF THE SEA
Boston, June 17.- Mohawkus Win
iisourm, a Passamaquoddy Indian of
Swokhean, Me., was equipped for
action when he applied here for en
'istment in the Marine Corps, de
spite the fact that he did not carry
a sas mask, rifle or trench knife.
Bostonains were startled as he
whooped along in native garb, mocca
sins, feathers and all. To the Ma
rines he displayed a business-looking
and well-honed tomahawk. He ex
pressed a desire to experiment in new
styles of hair cut for the Kaiser.
Mohawkus did not doubt, that the
scalping party would be a success for
tucked through his belt was a long
stemmed pipe which he intended to
offer the German people while peace
terms were discussed.
Further Saving of
Beef Is Required
Quantity To Hotels, Restaurants And
Boarding Houses Is Restricted Re
quest for, Wholesale Saving ; Of
Beef Is Made.
Raleigh, June 16. The hotels, res
taurants and boarding houses of
North Carolina were today practically
put n:beef ration-by. State Food Ad
ministrator Henry A. Page who ad
dressed a letter "to them requesting
ffid inquiring -that they restrict their
consumption of beef in accordance
with this program: boiled beef at not
more than twe meals weekly; beef
steak at not more than one meal
weekly; and roast beef at not more
than one meal weekly.
Households are requested under no
circumstances to use more than one
and one-fourth pounds of clear beef
weekly pr one ane one-half pounds in
cluding the bone for each person in
the household.
" In his Jfitter to the hotels, restau
rants and boarding houses, Mr. Page
states: "Your industry and the public
at large will realize that the changing
situation in shipping and therefore of
the markets available to the Allies,
and the increasing demands for our
growing Army, with the fluctuating
supply of local beef in France, all
combine to make it impossible to de
termine policies for long periods in
advance."
The co-operation of the American
public in the conservation program of
the Food Administration has been
such that Foood Administration of
ficials are convinced that the more ef
fective results can be secured through
frequent changes of conservation pol
icy to meet the needs of different sea
sens or diie rent conditions instead of
enforcing hard and fast rules without
flexibility. 1
W.S.S.
SUGAR. MUST BE
il
A tcaspoonfiil mens
0thinfJ,You say; Yet a,
lueapino tGaspocmM.
saved, each, meal fox
rZO days for eacK. of the.
100.000.003 persons
da ha. United Stales
maTsesapileaslnas-the
to supply the entire armed :
ibices of Hie -nation.
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REV. E. W. BAXTER WILL
SPEAK AT WISE FRIDAY
Friday, June 21, 8:30 o'clock, th3
Tjaople of Wise will gather at theb
school building to listen to n inspir
ing war address by Rev. E. W. Baxter,
i.nstor of the - Episcopal church, of
Wnrrenton.
- Mr. Baxter is a popular speaker,
and the crowd is assured an interest
ing address.
Ice cream will be sold upon this
occasion, benefit Red Cross. The
public are urged to be present.
w.S.S
War Speech at Inez Friday, 11 A. M.
There will be a rousing War ad
dress at Inez on Friday, June 21, at
11 o'clock.
The public is invited to attend.
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FOR ITS HINDERS ? THE IN
DUSTRIAL LIFE OF NATION
Which Is As Important and Nec-
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essary? As the Firing of Can
, non ; Every Idler in the State
to be Made to Help Win.
, I am profoundly convinced that the
people who do not work, or work ohly
half time, do not understand that
their idleness means death to. our sol
diers in the trenches, but that is ex
actly what it does mean..
I appeal to all good citizens to stop
talking sbout idleness and go straigt
to the man you know is an idler and
explain to him in a kindly spirit that
his failure to work means the pro
longation of the war, and this means
death to the men who fight. ,
To fail to supply our soldiers with
food and clothing, munittions and im
plements of war is both 'reason and
murder. Please go to the idle rich
as well as to the idle poor. Go to the
man who drives an eight cylinder as
vcll as the man who pushes a wheel
barrow. Neither wealth nor social po
sition - agords any excuses for man
slaughter, and in this hour of the na
tion's peril idleness is manslaughter.
. If the idler will not agree to take a
job and stay on it, then report that
idler by name to the County Council
of National Defense. The Count. -Council
is urged to summons all par
ties complained of before it and ex
plain to them just what idleness
means to the nation at this time. Let
the Council further explain that un
less an idler goes to work it will be
come the duty of the Council to send
his name an address to the Governor
of the State who in turn will forward
all such names to v the War Depart
ment at Washington. The name of
every idler will then be, on., file with
thte War Department, and this' list
will Tje used a the basis of an amend
ment to the Draft Law, empowering
the local exemption boards to put in
Class One all able-bodied men between
the ages of eighteen and fifty who re
fuse to do regular work. There is no
desire to conscript any man to work
for any private irdividual or corpora
tion but the people of this country
have made up their minds that if a
man won't work he must be made to
fight.
I have instructed all police officials
to rigidly enforce the vagrant laws.
All men, rich or poor, black or white,
who refuse to work for five days in
the week after having been given
notice by the County Council of Nat
ional Defense should be prosecuted for
vagrancy. -
In some- cases such parties will be
able to show that technically under
existing laws they are not legal va
grants, but are only, moral vagrants.
When the court finds this to be true.
then I urge tthe courts to enter u
judgement, and have it duly recorded
that the court finds the accused guilty
of moral vagrancy, but owning to the
limitations of the statue it is unable
to impose punishment. This will
reach the idle rich as well as the idle
poor. -
The defendants r.o convicted will
then have their names listed in Wjash
ingtcn as slackers and traitors to our
soldiers and cn the records of the
community where they live as moral
vagrants.
Again let me urge every citizen not
to indulge in wholesale charges about
idleness and vagrancy, but let? him go
to or point out the individual idler or
vagrant to the end that such idler or
vagrant may be persuaded to go to
wrk if possible, and if persuasion fails
ihat he may be sent to the frontline
trenches or to the county chain gang.
W.S.S.-
REMINDERS.
Our boys at the front can never hope
to defeat the Hun without the sup
port of those of us who stay at home.
German efficiency is powerful, we
must admit, but American .efficiency
is more powerful, if we but study it
and make use of it.
The Huns are utilizing every force
of nature; even the weeds of the field
1 re being used for food, and the most
intensive methods . of . cultivation are
being used. .
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HAPPINESS IS THE PRO
DUCT. OF THRIFT, HE SAYS
Urges-? War Savings As Means
of a Thrifty State in the Years
to Come; June 23-28 Active
W.S:S. Canvass Week.
Charles Diqken's mbst-famous say
ing is
"Annual income twenty pounds.
Annual expenditure nineteen six,
Result: hapr-inss. ;
Annual income twenty pounds, .
Annual expenditure twenty pounds
. - six,
Result: misery."
Four dollars and seventeen cents in
vested in a five dollar War-Saving -Certificate
will iakj car2 of this pivo
tal pound, and place it on the right
side of the family ledger. To the?
ninety and nine, Thrif i Stamps - and
War-Savings Certificates afford the
best opportunity, to serve and to save
themselves and the Nation.
If our people will invest fifty mil
lions of: dollars in these securities thev
will open for themselves a new door
of hope, ard for North Carolina a
new era of financial independence.
After the War there will be tre
mendous competition for business be
tween nations, communities and indi
viduals. North Carolina may not liope
to get its legitimate share of this
tr sines unless we shall store up tho
capital with which to carry it on. If
wo fail to do this North Carolina sol
diers will come home to a land with
out jobs, and will of necessity be
ar awn away irom us into more
thoughtful and provident communi.
ties. .
The issue is vital and plain.
The purchase of War-Savings Cer
tificates spells .industrial salvation.
The f allure to j?urchase War-Sav-
irigs Certificates -spells industrial sui
cide. '
Therefore, I, Thomas Walter Bick-
ett, Governor of North Carolina, do
hereby set apart the period beginninfo
Saturday, June 22nd, and ending Fri
day, June 28th, as War-Savings Week,
and during this week the people , "i
North Carolina are urged to pledge
themselves to purchase T'irift Snmos
and War-Savings Certificates of the
face value of $48,666,380, being $20
for every man,, woman and child in the.
Stats.
To this end -1 urge evsry individual
and every Organization religious, ed
ucational, social and industrialto de
vota their thoughts and energies to
this vital campaign during the period
named.
And especially do I urge, .
1. The mayors of r.ll towns and
cities to. issue War-Savings Proclama
tions;
2. All ministers of the Gospel and
superintendents of Sunday Schools to
talk to thDir pcopla on Sunday, Jun
23rd, on the salvation of Thrift. .
3. That from Monday, June 24th.
to Thursday, June 27th, inclusive, a
house-to-house canvass bu marie, and
every person in the State to be given
an opportunity to sign a War-Savingr,
Pledge. x
4. Thnt on Frldr.y, June 28th, at
6 p. m., which is Nationr.l War-Savings
Day, set cpart by the President
of the United States, every person go
to the schoolhouse in his district to
attend the great War-Savings Rally
to be held there, and to make sure that
the quota of that district, which Is
twenty dollars for every man, woman
and child in this district, is purchased
or pledged.
Dene v our city of Raleigh, this the
7th-day of June, in the year of our
. Lord, one thousand nine hundred
nnd eighteen, r.nd in the one hun
dred and forty-second year of our
American Independence."
T. W. BICXETT, Governor.
By the Governor:
SANTFORD MARTIN,
Private Secretary.
W.S.S.
Liberia Colored School Buys Stamps
Liberia Colored School through its
teacher Mrs. Mamie 0. Alston turn
ed over to Supt. Howard F. Jones $3.81
Saturday for the purchase of Thrift
Stamps. This -community has contri
buted to the prosecution of the war
by the purchase of stamps, and in
this work of high character, Will
Cheek, as president of the War Sav
"ng Society of the School has done and
will continue to r'o a nob?.e work.
URGES NECESSITY OF CAR
RYING CAMPAIGN OVER
Our Sacrifices Light When W
Compare With Boy In The
Trenches. Liberty. Must En
dure Whatever the Price
President Wilson has proclaimed
Friday, June 28th, as the day to be
observed throughout the United States
as War Savings day. Alf citizens are
txpected to meet that day in their
respective school I bouses -and celebrate
the completion of raising their quota
of War Savings Certificates. Pledges
are to be taken, payable at the most
convenient time during 1918. War
ren county's allotment on basis of
population is $445,852 $20.00 per
capita. Value of property listed for
taxation in our county is-$5,776,356
7 7-10 per cent on this property would
raise our quota.
is it not better to stint ourselves
Lif necessary, and loan our Government
our money (to be borrowed by us if
obtainable no other way) and receive
4 per cent interest,' compounded quar
terly, than to be taxed, and receive
tax receipts instead of interest bearing
bonds? If we fail to sustain our own
Government in this its hour of' need,
and the Kaiser 'should succeed in his
nefarious attempt of world conquest,
imagine, if you can, our own pitiable
condition. War with its unspeakable
horrors would be waged at our own
doors. If treated as Belgium and Ser-
via hnvf been treated, on resistance
on our 1.art our homes would be burn
ed, our men . and children murdered,
eur noble women wors than murder
ed. The contemplation of such a con
dition for free America is unindurable.
Our sons are pouring out thei;'
precious blood in behalf of Liberty.
Our - Government is sparing ' ho ex
pense to take care of . them on the
field of battle and in the hospital.
Their loved ones at home -are the na
tion's wards. God grant that those
of us . at home and in present saf et y
may realize the duty incumbent upon
us. . '
JOHN GRAHAM
County. Chmn. W. S. S. Com.
W.S.S.--
A MESSAGE
You hold 'em Buddy boy- We're with
you heart and hand
In this yere scrap to save the world
and freedom in our land.
We know just what you're up against,
'way ou there in France,
But hold 'em, hold 'em, Buddy boy,
till you git your finrd chance.
We've all chipped in our bit of cash
this glorious Red Cross day
To help you git what's what's yours
by right, if you hurt while you're"
away.
We're hustlin' here both day an' night
an' Sundays, too, you bet,
To git this plr.nt agoin'- an' we'll do
it, don't you fret!
The hammer's rattlin' cn the steel as
ths rivets are headed tight
Is our machine gun volley, in defense
of human right. ,
Each nail we drive, each concrete mix
,an' all
The rest of what we do is our answer
to the call.
We're coming strong, you Buddy bov,
we're comin' right as well;
We're fix' here to send you stuff to
give the Germans Hell!
It won't be long now, Buddy boy," till
you hear from us,
We are workin' quiet like an calm
with mighty little f uSs.
But hold 'em, Buddy, hold em, till our,
work here is done,
An' you git a chance to do right smart
agin the beastly Hun
For what this plant will send across
to the Flanders battle line
Is what you need to finish up the dirty
German swine,
"Ammonium Nitrate" is its name an'
it's all of that an' some
An' it's exactly what you need to put
the Kaiser on the bum-
So hold 'em, Buddy boy! We're with
you heart an' hand
In this yere scrap to save the world
and Freedom in our land!
CAPT. S. L. COLES, Ord, R. C,
Inspector of Construction, U. S. N. P.
No. 2, in Manufactures Record,
GERMAN OFFENSIVE HAS
LOST MOMENTUM IN WEST
Austrian Drive Against Italian
Front Found Lines Firm ( and
l)id Not Reach Objectives ;
Other News From Capital
Official Report of General Pershing.
Washington, June 17.- Aside from
patrol activity in ' Picardy, Lorraino
and the Vccges, no important devel
opments at points held by the Ameri
can troops in France were reported
in tonight's communique from Gen.
Pershing. In the Vosges a hostile
raid was broken up by the American
fire. The statement follows:
"There have been no important de
velopments at any of the points oc
cupied by our troops. In Picardy,
in the Chateau-Thieiyy region, and in
the Woevre, artillery fighting of
r.oderate .intensity has occurred. Pa
trols have been active in Picardy, in
tiorraine, and in the Vosges, where
a hostile raid was broken up by our
fire during the night."
Wasington's View Austrian Situation
Washington, June 17. With practi
cally all official and unofficial reports
today indicating that the Austrian
drive in Italy has. been sharply check
ed by the reorganized Italian army
end the British and French units sup
porting it officers here discussed th
situation with ari increasing air f
optimism.
In some quarters" it is believed these
operations may have a decided effecc
upon the situation on the western
front. There is a strong feeling that
if the Austrian drive breaks down
the Italians will launch a counter-of
fensive on a large scale. In that
event, officials are ..certain, that Jjer-
many wouia rusn divisions oi us
troops , to aid . .its ally because of the
effect , an Italian success - would have
upon the already, turbulent internal
situation in Austria.
House Passes Civil Sundry Bill
Washington, June 17. The sundry
civil bill carrying $1,761,701,000 for
the shipbuilding program, $50,000,
000 for the President's emergency wa.
fund and $1,250,000 for the committee
on public information was passed by
the House late today without a record
vote. It now goes to the Senate.
The measure carries a total of $2,-
915,000,000, of which more than $52,-
000,000 was added by the House, in
cluding the- funds for the President
and the information , committee and
$1,000,000 for Mississippi river flood
control. .
New Ships Turned Over to the Board
Washington, June 17. Deliveries of
steel ships to the Shipping Board in
the first two weeks of June numbered
16, with a total deadweight tonnage
of 89,162.
Five of the 16 were vessels built on
contract for the Shipping Board and
were one, third of the total contract
steel vessels built to date. Eleven ro
quistioned vessels had a tonnage of
55,622 and the five contract vessel :
33,500. ,
From Italian Theatre
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Amsterdam, June 17. Emperioi
Charles is with his troops on th j
Italian front, according to a Vienna
dispatch to the Nieuve'Roterdam Cou
rant. No German troops are partici
pating in the offensive the dispatch
ndds.
Official Italian Statement.
Rome, June 17. Italian troops in
conjunction with their French and
British allies yesterday began a coun
ter offensive against the Austro-Hun-garian
forces which had launched an
attack on the Italian mountain front.
The -Italian and allied troops, according-to
an - announcement made today ,,
by the war office, were able to ga i
partial successes and to rectify their
lines at several points along the from.
W.S.S. r-
STONE SQUARE LODGE MAKES
LIBERAL RED CROSS DONATION
Stone Square Lodge Number Ter.
of Warrenton, a patriotic body of col
ored masons donated at a recent
meeting the sum of $50.00 to the Red
Cross. '
The donation wfcs liberal and the
voluntary spirit in which it was made
'commendable.
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