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The VOLUME XXIII (Tuesday) WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918 (Friday) Number 50 $1.50 A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 5c A COPY SCHOOL HOUSE MEETINGS JURGED F0R FRIDAY, JUNE 28, NA TIONAL WAR SAVING DAY ' All Citizens To Meet in School Houses at Six O'clock With Township Chairmen and Wind Up Campaign Successfully. In view of the schoolhouse meetings over the State on June 28th in the War Savings Drive, the following let ter has come to Supt. Jones from Supt. Joyner: "I am proud of the response of Su perintendents, teachers, and other school officials ot every call of our country for service in promoting the patriotic home activities for helping to win the war. Of all these activi ties the war-savings certificates and thrift stamps seem to me the hnost democratic because within the reach of the poorest as well as the richest, of the youngest as well as the oldest, the most educational, because of the opportunity offered to all especially to children for :contnuous patriotic service and self denial and for the cultivation of the valuable virtue of thrift. For these reasons this war savings campaign should appeal most strongly to all engaged in educational work. "I know from your past record that I need only to remind you that, at the request of President Wilson and of all in charge of the war-savings work, the final drive for completing in pur chases and pledges North Carolina's allottment of $48,000,000 will be made June 23-28 fittingly concluding with a gathering in every public school house of the state on the last day, to insure your most active and hearty co-operation. "Get in touch at once with those having in charge this drive for your county. Rally all your teachers and school committeemen to enthusiastic activity. Let the whole educational organization in each county and city be thrown whole-heartedly into this patriotic educational work. North Car clina must do her part in this as in other patriotic activities. "The educational forces must help to put this most educational of all these activities over the top June 23 to 28th." In accord with the patriotic purpose of President Wilson, Governor, Col. Fries, Supt. Joyner and the men and women of this County who are giving their time and money to the great purpose of winning this War" for free dom and the pursuit of happiness,-1 urge the attendance of every person at their respective ' school houses in this County on Friday, June 28th at 6 o'clock p. m. The Government asks you to do this, and expects you to do it. It asks you to loan your money on good security and at good interest; rather than take it from you by taxation. The money is to be used to equip and main tain our Army and Navy in overwhelm ning strength in order that this bat tle for truth and right may be brought to a victorious close within the short est time, and with the least possible loss of life of the young and patriotic manhood now valiantly battling against men and a system of militar ism repugnant to our ideals and to the purpose for which this Govern ment was founded. ' . "Overwhelming numbers and re sources" will win this War, and let it not be said that the men who followed the immortal Lee and their children failed in ANY patriotic duty. HOWARD F. JONES, County Supt. Public Schools. W. S. S. FIRST TRAINING UNIT OF NURSES ASSIGNED Washington, June 19. The first training unit of 25 or 30 student nur ses accepted by the army school of nursing recently established by the Surgeon General under the. Army Medical Department, will be assigned to Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., it was announced tonight. Other training units, enrolled for the purpose of re leasing graduate nurses for oversea service, will be sent to Camp Wads worth, Sourth Carolina, and Camp Wheeler, Georgia. PEACE WITH GER MANY CAN'T BE. UNTIL VICTORIOUS ARMY MARCHES TO BERLIN All Thought of Peace Should Be Foreign To Every Patriotic American Until Then Writes Editor Manufacturer's Record" Until the Alminghty makes peace with Satan and invites him to be a co-woker and co-ruler of the universe, and Until Heaven and Hell are synony mous terms America should not make peace with an unconquered, unrepent- and Germany. Unless American men are degen erated sons of noble sires: Unless American women are not of the stuff which gave strength to the men of Revolutionary days, and un less, too, they have less womanhood than the splendid, heroic women of the South and North alike who be tween 1S61 and 1865 laid their all upon the altar of their country, and never faltered amid the sorrows of that fearful four years of Civil War, tht . there will be no word or thought cl I-eace with unbeaten Germany on the part of any honest-hearted man or ?,ny woman loving womanhood more than life. What is life that we should count it of more value than honor and duty ? Shall we save life that we may lose it and honor, too, or shall we give freely that we may gain a larger, sweeter, broader, holier life for our selves and all the generations to come ? The Son of God might have saved His life, but he cose to die that mil lions might be saved. Judson and Livingston and hundreds of other missionaries have gladly en dured hardships unto death that oth ers, might live. , r v f. Would Mary have called her Son from the Cross? Would the mothers of all the heroes who have died like Judson and Livingston for others, have called them from the sacrifice and saved their lives at the expense of others? To ask this question answers it. Our loved ones are offering their lives that others may livp; that wom anhood may be saved; that children may be kept from the power of the unhung brutes; that civilization and liberty may not perish from the earth. Would we call them back from such superb heroism, such Christlike sacri fice made, that others may be saved? The question answers itself a thousand times, No. The service flag is the noblest em blem ever given to the breezes, at. the Stars and Stripes is the noblest flag which has ever floated over a free nation. And yet that is almost too much to say of our flag as we stand- with uncovered heads before the flags of heroic, sublimely heroic, Belgium and Britain and France and Italy and Serbia. Their flags float ever nations who preferred: .'death to dishonor, over nations whose men and women have matched and surpassed in wonderful heroism and sublime sacrifice all that fabled stories tell us of Greece and other nations of olden days. .' ' M bless the flags of these Allies of our, as they float over heroic men and women who have made human history through unnumbered centuries to come the more glorious because they hi ve lived and sufferedf.and diol foi God and humanity! Germany, the embodiment of all that is false and vile in -humanity; Germany, whose people have reverted to the type of their progenitors of old, who in their wild carousals drank from the skulls of their war victims; Germany, which definitely planned for half a century, taught it in its schools, preached it in its homes, and thus molded its people of all classes to begin a war for world domination, has but followed out its own long-proclaimed plans of frightfulness in order to deter other nations from risking its vengeance. False to God's greatest gift to man, except that of His own Son, woman hood and babyhood, wifehood and motherhood, false to all human liberty for all time to come is even a thought of peace with an unwhipped Germany. Then put away from the innermost thought of every soul any suggestion tffiER ONCE -MHAX. xxx TVHEAXLESS flONDAY ALLr4EAI5 &xx VHTATTiTOS GKEJMEAL WHEATXESS ALL WHEAXXESS Little Americans Do your bit. HEME Eat Gorn meal musk Oatmeal - Corn, flakes -Hominy and rice with mill. Eat no wheat cereals. Leave nothing on. your plate) UNITED STATES FOOD New Draft Meets War Dept. Approval Washington, June 18 Should Con gress decide that it is necessary at this time to extend the draft age limit either below 21 or above 31, or both, no opposition will be offered by ths War Department. In authorizing this statement today Secretary Baker said the department could see no immediate need for such action, although the date already is in sight when it will become necessary to replenish the class one reservoir. A bill by Senator France, of Main land, to extend the draft to men from 18 to 45 is now before the Senate Mil itary Committee and at a hearing on it last Saturday Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder stated that extension of the draft ages would be necessary. He told the committee that 3,000,000 men would be .under , arms by next August 1 and that class one would be exhausted by the first of next year The present tentative schedule of the War Department is said to con template the arming of 4,000,000 men by next January 1. That would mean the calling of 1,000,000 men between July and January and the absorbing of not only the men remaining in class one, from the first registration, but those placed in that class under the recent regulation as well as some 200,000 expected to be put in that class as the result of the reclassifica tion recently ordered. All previous estimates of the de partment relating to man-power have been based solely upon the men in class one, General Crowder stating specifically .in his report on the first draft that it would be the policy of his department to refrain from touch ing the other classes. The present emergency, however, with its resul tant demands for the speedy organi zation of forces far in excess of the number contemplated have upset these decisions. Officials here have always declared that the difference between members of class one and class two, from the viewpoint of eligibility for service, was too minute to be serious ly considered. The invasion of this class, it is said, would not affect the economic machinery of the nation to any disastrous degree. -W.S.S. Help the soldier "over there", buy War Savings Stamps and Certificates to the limit next week. of, peace, any jdesirefor peace except that peace which can come only over the unconditional surrender of Ger many and her allies, over the dead bodies of their leaders and over all the vileness that has made Germany a stench for all time to come in the nostrils of God and man. Germany will seek peace whenever its rulers think that the awakened fury of an outraged world endangers their power and their individual lives. But until Germany has within its own confines seen and felt the power of the armies of civilization, until down the streets of Berlin and Vienna the allied forces have marched mil lions strong, until every male of the whole Hohenzollern and Hapsburg families and their accursed military leaders have been hung or shot before the eyes of the assembled people of Berlin and Vienna, he who in Ameri ca talks peace will be false to all civilization. ONE .MEAL ADMINISTRATION Big War Savings Drive June 23-28 Warren county's allottment in tho War Savings Drive is given below by townships: Fishing Creek $33,154.00 Fork 29,810.00 Hawtree 43,956.0 Judkins 41,030.00 Nutbush 31,966.00 River 43,384.00 Roanoke . , 8,910.00 Sandy' Creek 32,186.0 ) Six Pound. 36,894.00 Smith Creek .A .......... . 34,936.00 Shoecoj 27,478.00 Warrenton 82,148.00 The county has invested to the ex tend of $55,000 in these securities, or about $2.75 per capita. The allott ment is for twenty dollars per capita and,tattitiiK.t3ua of June 23-28 has been inaugurated. In active charge of this work are the following township chairmen who have; appointed representative men and women as their assistants : Fishing Creek. .Matthew Duke Fork R. E. Williams Hawtree Coley Perkinson Judkins Walter Vaughar, Nutbush Jake KimbaL River. Rev. J. M. Milliard Roanoke ...H. L. Wall Sandy Creek R. J. Stewart Six Pound Reb Coleman Smith Creek T. Alex Baxter Shocco Frances Limer Warrenton.... W. N. Boyd In this drive the colored people of the County have been organized under Rev. J. K. Ramsay as County Chair man for his race. The township chair men named by Ramsay are: Rev. A. Burgess, Fishing Creek; Rev Henry Nickles, Littleton; J. E. Har ris, Hawtree; Caswell P. Curtis, Smith Creek; Sandy Richardson,Sandy Creek Rev. Joe Davis, Shocco; Matthew Ri- Adam Harrison, Roanoke; J. H. j Wright, Six Pound; Rev. W. B. Hen j derson, Nutbush. J These colored chairmen are urged I to keep in close touch with their ' white township chairman and to per fect similar organizations for their race. As a final step in the campaign school house meetings will be held in every township at six o'clock on Friday, June 28th. On this National War Savings Day reports of the success in each township will be made by the township chairman, who presides, and efforts will be made, if the township's quota hasn't been reached, to carry it over the top then and there. These meetings are to be township wide and every man, wo,man and child is urged as a War duty to be present, and to lend their influence to the success of this campaign. -W.S.S.- EXAMINATION FOR ESSEX PJVI. TO BE HELD AT MACON, N. C Mr. L. E. Williams having gone into service at Camp Jackson, the office of Postmaster is vacant at Essex, N. C. There will be a Civil Service Ex amination held in Macon, July 13th to fill this vacansy. Detailed information can be secured from the Civil Service Commission at Washington, D. C. ' M0 Nv 'lisp : 1 French 0 ustrian onciitions aid! i4 GERMANS MEET DEADLY REPULSE AT RHEIMS Food Situation and Economic Conditions In, Austria Are Drawing Pessimistic Comments WAR SITUATION IS BETTER German Attacks Lack Do Or-Die .Spirit; Austrian Drive In Italy Checked; American Patrol Is Successful In Raid; Submarine Harbor of Zeebrugge Effec tively Blocked. With the French Army in France, June 19th Large units of German shock troops which had been concen trated on the western side of Rheims, between Vringy and Ornes, and which went over to assault last night were met with such an awful fire from the French defense that they were unable to make the slightest progress. They suffered such losses after trying time after time to reach the French posi tions that only a few of the attackers were able to return to their own lines. When the Germans launched their attack in full force on Rheims their intention was to deal a heavy counter blow to compensate for their failure to capture Compiegne. Forty thous and troops participated in the assault along the front extending from Vrig ny plateau to Sillery, with orders to carry the city t all costs. They met with dismal defeat. Matters Serious In Austria Amersterdam, June 19 Matters, in Austria are rapidly approaching the breaking point. The . Vienna. Arbeiter Zeitung which was received here to night says that representatives of tho government-owned mines, printing works, mint, telegraph and posts se cured an audience with the Premier, Dr. Von Seydler and the Finance Min ister, Dr. Von Wimmer, on Friday. Deputy Gloeckel, acting as spokes man for the men, said that the lower ing of the workers' efficiency was at tributed, not to ill will, but entirely to under feeding, and that the state employes needed an increase in wages of fifty per cent to live at all. Dr. Von Wimmer replied that the utmost limit of expense had already been reached and that the state could not possibly bear a heavier burden. All he could promise was "further discussion" next fall. . t The Arbeiter Zeitung, in a heavily censored article, speaks of dire dis tress utside of Vienna and in places where .war industries have been es tablished. In many communes, it says the people have had no potatoes for going to school hungry. In one place near. Vienna bread supplies sufficient for two days are supposed, to last for a whole week. Condition Causes Pessimism Washington, June 19. Austria's gsave food situation coupled with the apparent failure of the new offensive against Italy is exciting pessimistic comment in the Vienna press. An official dispatcn today from Zuricn quotes the Arbieter Zeitung, of Vienra as saying: "The situation will be still more serious in Vienna when the sanguinary defeat of the imperial forces on the Italian front becomes known." General Outlook More Favoraole , The Teutonic allies apparently have lost their spirit of do-or-die. Their at tacks everywhere lately have lacked the tenaciousness of days gone by. Instead of ploughing through allied lines with stubborn indifference to cas ualities sol ong as an objective was gained, they now waver and then halt in the : face of the artillery and rifle fire of the men barring their way,and with the points they were trying to gain still farther beyond their reach. Ambitious attempts by the troops of the central powers in the past fe weeks have proven this. The opening of a gateway to Paris through the western front, running down from Montdidier to theMarne, failed1 com pletely; the offensive on the Italian battle line launched by the Austrians seemingly has failed miserably in the mountain regions and apparently has almost been stopped along the Piave. lock TFutonss Awhile a stroke started bv the Ger mans against Rheims broke down in its inception without the enemy tak ing a yard of territory. Raid on Zeebrugge Successful The success of the recent naval at tack by the British on the German submarine base at Zeebrugge seeming ly was more successful than anticipat ed. Twenty-one destroyers, a larg9 number of submarines and numerous auxiliary craft are blocked in the canal by the ships of the Allies sunk across the waterway. U. S. Patrol Meets With Success With the American Army in France, June 19 Two American patrols cross ed the Marne east of Chateau Thierry early this morning. They established contact with the hostile forces, killed a considerable number of the enemy and brought back prisoners. The prisoners brought back were from Landwehr units, which is taken as an indication that no hostile at tacks are intended at this point in the immediate future. Late this afternoon American ma chine gunners discovered a hostile par ty in considerable numbers apparently making ready to attempt to cross the river. But after these guns were turned loose for a few minutes, the enemy abandoned whatever plans iis had. The American artillery east and west of Chateau Thierry for several hours late last night and this morn ing deluged the enemy with shells. The projectiles burst along the roads and billets. . The enemy retaliated today with numerous long range batteries but all were ineffective. W.S.S. War Saving Repre sentatives Meet Sat. Every township chairman, white and colored; every township solicitor, and all members of the War Savings or ganization are to meet in the Court House Saturday morning at 11 o'clock At this meeting final instructions will be given as regards the drive which starts on June 23rd. A com plete report of the organization ir. each township in the County is ex pected to be made, and any questions arising in connection with the work will by answered by County Chair man John Graham. This drive is unquestionably the largest war duty our people have had to meet, and it will require a perfected organization to reach every man, wo man and child in Warren County and secure pledges to purchase stamps to the extent of their ability during 1918. To perfect such an organization the township chairmen and patriot co workers are called to be here at 11 o'clock. W.S.S. Number Of Colored Men Leave Today The Local Board of Warren County orders the following men to appear here Friday, Jone 21st, for entrain ment. All of these colored men go to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky: Cephas Watson, Eddie Valentine. Horace Robinson, Ernest Alston, Wal ter Warwick, James Miller RansoKt, Henderson Walter Williams, Thomas Somerville, Raymond Perry Wright, Eugene Burgess, Hinton John Jones, Willie Davis, Reginal Williams, Lan don Robinson, Burrell Bush, Joseph Davis, St. Lawrence Davis, Herman Kearney, John Longs, Hanson Wil liams, Jr., Robert Milam, Johnson Higgs, Frank Davis, Richard Drew, Joseph Anderson Hudgins, Mansfield Thornton Somerville, Frank Johnson This list makes the total number of colored men sent from Warren al most touch one hundred and fifty. W.S.S. Jap Intervention Held Back By U. S. Tokio, Saturday, June 15 The As sociated Press is informed that Japa nese intervention in Russia is ex tremely improbable at the present time unless it is completely supported by the United States. Japan reserves the right to act alone in case Jpanese interests are directly menaced.
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