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VOLUME XXIII (Tuesday) WARRENTON, N. Q., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918 (Friday) Number 102 $1.50 A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 5c A COPY MY PASTORATE AT RIDGEWAY FROM REV. J. A. HORNADAY News Of That Charge Twenty Three Years Ago; Members of the Church; The Board of Stewarts In 1895. The North Carolina Annual Con ference of the Methodist Episcopal Ciiurch, South, convened in its fifty eighth session at Trinity" Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in the city of Durham, N. C, Wednesday morn ing, 9:30 o'clock, December 5th, 1894, with Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson in the chair. About one hundred and twenty-five clerical members of. the Conference answered to their names on first roll-call, more than half of whom have since that Conference gone to try the realities of the eternity about which they preached to their fellows. To this Conference this writer made an excellent report from the Ridgeway Circuit at the close of his third year as pastor, and was returned to the some very desirable charge for ano ther and final year. The first Quarterly Conference was held at the parsonage in Ridgeway, Li W. S. Black in the chair, February x9, 1895. The ground was covered with snow, sleet and ice, and still this mix ture continued to fall, so that it was next to impossible for any one to get about. W. B. Fleming, -of the Ridge way church, and R. F. Rose of Zion church were the only members of the Conference to join the presidiny elder ?nd pastor. But the business was at tended to and the machinery of the charge put in motion for the work of the year. The following composed the board of stewards for 1895: H. B. Huntti, W. B. Fleming, R. W. Kearney, R. T. Spain, C. M. White, R. F. Rose, J. H. Mayfield, J. L. Robinson, W. H. Bur well, J. L. Rideout, A. T, Smiley, W. M. Taylor, L. H. Read, C. B. Scoggin, E. F. Bobbkft, H. L. Coleman, T. J. Hicks, J. T. Myrick, C. W. Coie. The interests of any pastoral charge are as safe as human fidelity can make them in the hands of such men. More than half of the above named servants of the church have gone to take their places in the church triumphant, and are waiting to welcome the others as they go to join them. On the 6th of , March of this year a son was born to us, the fifth son and the seventh child. We named him Leslie Black, and on the 26th of Apr:.i, 1895, we had him dedicated to the Goa who gave him to us, by holy baptism, Rev. W. S. Black, D. D., for whom he was named, officiating in the sol emn and sacred service. This dear boy is now in France in the service of his country. During the year special evangelistic services were held in each of the six churches with srratifvinsr results. There were seenty-two accessions to the church; all financial claims were met, with a surplus on salary of pas tor, repairs were made on the par sonage and it was painted on the out side, a good fence was built around it, and everything loked good for ano ther year on the same charge. Among those who joined our church during 1895 I note the following: Dr. T. B. Williams, William A. Mabry, and William A. Graham. Dr. Williams was very kind to me and mine during our pastorate of that charge, and it was a pleasure to me to receive him into the church. Will Mabry was a splendid young man, and 1 was ve-y glad when he came forward to sur render himself to the Christ. He is now a useful steward in the church. Will Graham, now Major W. A. Gra ham, was quite a promising youth when I knew him in Ridgeway, and I am not surprised at his success in life. He is now in France doing a big parti n driving back the unspeaka ble Huns from invaded territory, and helping to make this world a fit place in which to live. Of course it would be pleasant to make mention of others coming into the church on the Ridge way Circuit at this time, but I must not do so now. The fourth Quarterly Conference for 1895 was held at Middleburg, Oc tober 19th, with twenty-six of the official members of the church pres et. Dr. Black, as Presiding Elder, had a custom of asking each official Present who was not present at the (Continued On Fourth Page) Schools To Remain Closed Some Longer Reports From Doctors Over The County Shows Prevalence Of Influenza; Stringent Rules Of Health Board Necessary. The Board of Health met in accui dance with adjournment at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, a quorum being present. The Chairman being absent, Howard F. Jones was requested to act as Chairman. The question before the Board was the opening of the schools. After conference, and after reading a letter from Dr. T. J. Holt, a member of the Board who could not be present, the Board decided unanimously to keep the schools closed until further notice. N The Board also passed the follow ing order. ( "That eery person afflicted with Spanish Influenza shall remain in his home for a period of, SEVEN DAYS after having been free of fever, ui until a time designated by the atten i ing Physician. "That each physician in Warren county be. and is hereby appointed quarantine officer for all Influenza cases under his care, and is hereby di rected to enforce the quarantine, v "In all cases where no physician is in attendance and where there is rea sonable cause to suppose influenza ex ists the head of the house shall re port same within twenty-four hours to the County Health Officer, who shall see that the above regulations are ob served. "That it shall be the duty of the physician in charge of Influenza cases to placard each house in which the disease is located, informing the pub lic that the disease is in said house. Placards to be furnished by the Coun ty Health Officer. "A violation of any of these rules will subject the offender to a fine not exceeding $50.00 for each and every offense, in the discretion of the Court" This November 14,1918." C. C. HUNTER, Chm., HOWARD F. JONES J. B. PALMER M. P. PERRY T. J. HOLT. Ordered, That the above order be published in the Warren Record two insertions in display type. There being no other business the Board adjourned. HOWARD F. JONES, Acting Chm. Attest: J. A. DOWTIN, Secretary. Letter From Dr. Holt Wise, November 14th, '18 Mr. H. F. Jones, Warrenton, N. C. Dear Sir: It is impossible for me to at tend the meeting today. The situa tion in the western part of the County is about the same, certainly not de cidedly better. Since the meeting of the 9th, four cases have developed in this village,' and one at Paschall and one at Oakville. I have no reason to change from my position of the 9th, and so far as the school here in Wise is concerned, fur ther postponement "is recommended. Yours truly, T. J. HOLT. . -W.S:S. MACON ROOKER ptiiisiiK Sen of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rooker of Norlina with H. Company of the fight ing 120th Infantry. He is a corporal in the Heme organization. He was married shortly before going across. His wife now lives at Manson. gpjp ill Order Everjr person afflicted with Spanish Influenza shall remain in his home for a period of seven days after having been free of fever, or until a time designated by the attending physician. . That each physician in Warren County be and is hereby appointed a quarantine officer for all cases under his care, and shall be required to enforce the quarantine. In all cases where no physician is in attendance and where there is reasonable cause to suppose In fluenza exists the head of the house shall report same within 24 hours to the County Health Officer, who shall see that above regulations are observed. That it shall be the duty of the physician in at-j tendance upon influenza cases to placard house so that public may know that disease exists there in. Placards to be furnished by County Health Of ficer upon application. Who's n SOackes List? A few persons in every community, not many but just a few Are well able to buy liberty bonds and war stamps, but so far have turn ed a deaf ear to the call of their coun try and the cause of humanity. Or have bought a small bond or two when they could have bought a dozen or more of large denominations have l . i i '.i j j n j mvesxea aimes msteaa 01 uoiiars, toua!ly they claim to be patriotic each get their names in the printed list of !.-' his w aft.r hi ow a patriots. Or have given not a penny or only v pin's fee to the Red Cross, the Red j Kes is the lie that a man tells to him Triangle, or any other war benelvo-1 self to silence his own soul the 'lie lrnce, j that sticketh in a man," in Bacon's interest bearing bonds and shut them tight against outright gifts to the wel fare ministry of the War Work Coun cil, Or have been cold and unresponsive or unfeeling and even insulting to the devoted war-workers soliciting subscriptions. There have been a few such persons j "So then because thou are lukewarm' everywhere not folks, mind you, but' and neither cold nor hot, I will spew persons! jthee out of my mouth." Some of them are wheezing, grasp-' An expression of ineffable scorn and W hcr-AA eirrs- withmithonA in this world or any other. Some are quite unconscious hypo- crites who grunt unctuously in the amen corner of our meeting houses; who cry, Lord, Lord, but have no cups of cold water and no bowels of com passion for the sick and wounded, dead and dying in this war stricken world; whose piety shines and stinks like a rotten mackerel in the moonlight. Some of them The Raleigh papers say are on the payrolls of thetate, and others look forward to a place in Person's Blue Book. Selah ! By Way of Contrast The Negroes buy and give in some communities, a few of them subscribe more than scores of their white neigh bors. The lepers cable their x war offering from Molokai. The Philippines buy war securities every time they are offered. The German prisoners at Camp Og lethorpe petition to buy the. liberty bonds of America. The boys in the war camp colleges buy liberty bonds $20,000 worth at Wake Forest, and $28,000 worth at the University the other day. Our soldiers at the front and in the cantonments buy bonds more than a million dollars worth of one issue at Camp Greene. Our soldier boys lay their lives and their pay envelopes side by side on the altar. But The little band of bomb-proof slack, ers in every community they buy nothing, they give nothing, they sur render nothing in the ame of liberty and humanity, neither treasure nor time nor effort nothing or disgrace fully near to nothing. They are few. Heaven be praised fbr that! But they are conspicuous as con spicuous as Cain and Judas, Benedict Arnold and Bolo Pasha. Their names are not in the papers, but they are on everybody's tongue. And the are making history re corded history. The Central authorities are calling for their names. - , And their names are being sent to the Federal Bureaus. What they want with these slacker lists, few people know and nobody cares unless it be the secret service agents and the income tax officers. Which reminds us that a half dozen national bank charters have already! oarM of Mealf been cancelled because their directors were found in the slacker lists. And applications for new national bariK charters have recently been denied for the same reason. And so on and on, later in various other chapters yet to be written. These cold-blooded, tight-fisted per sons in every community are juggling with conscience and self-respect. Us- ner of thinking. Forgetting that the deadliest of all thought provoking phrase. At best they are lukewarm patriots. And lukewarm patriots are as nau- seous to a community as the lukewarm church at Laodicea was to the angel in Revelation. "I know thy works, that thou art neither hot nor cold," said he, "I would ,thou wert cold or hot. ooc, t,0 Ml,io. 0n,,al0 it in the whole realm of literature, sa- Cred or profane! Still Another v Chance The fourth liberty bond issue is now a closed chapter closed in North Car olina by 118,000 patriotic purchasers. But there must be another bond is sue. And the voice of the War . Work Council is already heard in the land, soliciting gifts to the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army and other moving, melting causes. ' And the twenty Orphan Homes in North Carolina plead for a day's wage from everf man on Turkey Day as a thanksgiving to the God of the fath erless. There will be a way of escape for our lukewarm fellow citizens one way or another, if they are choice in their charities. But they'll have to start down the like far ahead of 80 million red-hot patriots and lovers of their kind in this land and country, if they nose ;nto the home strelch with any sort of credit to themselves. We shall see! The eyes of their neighbors are wide open. While the temp holds out to burn, the vilest sinnet may return. University News Letter. W.S.S. WARREN COUNTY, MEN IN C ASUALITY LIST WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 The army casuality list today shows: Lieutenant Archibald W. Limer, Af toh, N. C, killed in action. Sergeant Ernest E. Frazier, War ren Plains, N. C, killed in action. Corporal Leon L. Powell, Marma duke, N. C, killed in action. Private Luke Ham, Henderson, R6, died of disease. Private Horace Williams, Route 1', Littleton, died of disease. Total army casualties to date, in cluding the above list, show: Killed in action (including 397 at sea) 12,128 Died of wounds 4,719 Died of disease 4,739 Died of accident and other causes : . . . 1,423 Wounded in action .38,768 Missing in action (including prisoners) 6,) 74 Total to date 68,451 Emergency Hospital Closes At Cotton Mill Influenza Has Run Its Course At Peck Mm With Over Hundred Cases; Local Red Cross Gave Evidence of Splendid Work. The clouds are at last lifting from iNorxn warrenton. mere are no new cases of Spanish Influenza and the em ergency hospital has been closed. Only three patients still linger under the doctor's care. There are about two hundred people bonnected with the Peck Manufactur ing Company and of that number ont hudred ad five had Influenza, soma cases quite light, however. Of that number only three proved fatal, hav ing developed pneumonia. All who work in the mill are back on full time save about a dozen who are still a bit weak. Some of these make part time. Every precaution has been taken and the village is being renovated. The villagers have co-operated wonderful ly and have willingly lent a hand when ever needed. When called on all have been glad to do their part of nursing, furnishing supplies, running errands, doing laundry work or anything to help out. Mrs. Kerney, Misses Effie Loyd and Iona Bridges have been on duty as nurses from the very opening of the hospital. Many othfers have come in to help but these have stuck to it from the first to the last. Mrs. Kearney was relieved last week be cause she was needed in the mill and there were only four patients in the hospital. t As we look back over the past month there are many things for which we thank God. A special . service of praise will be held in the village chapel Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Nelson will both be present and there will be special music. The Peck Manufacturing Company and its employees desire to express their appreciation to all the good peo- jple; of; WarrentoriTwho have been so I 1 i xl J ; . j -i s"uu tueiu uurmg ine past montns epidemic of Spanish Influenza. Linen, food, 'flowers, and many other necessi ties found their way to the hospital and village. TheRed Cross is a wonderful or ganization. The Warrenton Chapter has the true spirit when she hears a cry in Belgium and responds gener ously while she lends a hand here at home. It was through this Chapter that needs were discovered and sup plied. Daily meals have been sent; beds and linen furnished as well as nursing 'service rencfered all through the Warren Red Cross. -W.S.S. TO KEEP PERMANENT HONOR ROLL OF UNITED CAMPAIGN The solicitors for the United War Work Campaign are taking the name and amount of each subscription fo the permanent Honor Roll upon which all subscriptions are entered and which will remain for inspection in the Court House here. To give further publicity to this es sential war work, the Warren Record will publish in its Christmas edition the Permanent Honor Roll. W.S.S. G. W. W ATKINS, JR. ,J 7v. Ac 7 xSTT X Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Watkins of Macon, who left through Local Board on May 29th for Camp Jack son. Assigned duty with eld National Guard Company he became soon a member of the Rainbow Division in France. Before going into the army was a farmer. II .- v ARMISTICE TERMS MEET COMPLIANCE TROOPS ENTER GERMANY British Fleet Goes To Constanti nople and Troops Take Over Forts Along Dardanelles;1 Plan Home-Coming-. PARIS, November 14th American troops crossed German line today, en tering Metz and Strasseburg. Mar shal Foch will enter those cities Sun day. PARIS, November 13th Officers of the American Expeditionary Forces are working out plans for return of American troops. Plan already work ed out in Washington that all troops below second Lieutenants will be clas sified according to their training in civil occupations and will be sent hom as need arises for their services in th occupations for which they are espe cially needed and fitted. LONDON, Nov. 13th Allied Fleet now at Constantinople, passing thru the Dardanelles Tuesday. British and Indian troops occupied the forts and paraded as war ships passed. WASHINGTON, November 13th- The casualty list of American force to November 12 shows a grand total of 71,390 men. All unpublished re ports, so Army men say, will not ex ceed an additional 30,000. Estimate fix the Marine casualties at 5000. LONDON, Nov. 13th Everything the Allies ever asked for can be had under President Wilson's fourteen points, says Bonar Law. WASHINGTON, Nov.. 13th Peoe will boom air mail service. Postoffie can use trained war fliers under tna new programme. PARIS," November 13 Several mem bers of the Chamber of Deputies to day proposed in the Chamber a reso lution requesting the (French) Gov ernment to enter into an agreement vith the other Allied Governments for the trial of all former rulers who were responsible for the great Euro pean war. Cotton declined this week about Zxz cents closed Thursday at 26 cents, about 60 points up from Wednesday' closing. i v Buy WSS TO APPOINT SUCCESSOR TO MR. FRANK B. NEWELL, To the Farmers of Warren county: You arc requested to meet in- the Court House in Warrenton on Monday, December 2, that being the first Monday, to discuss the resignation of Mr. F. B. Newell and to agree upon his successor. The Board of County Commission ers has to recommend a man, and as this is purely an office relative to the farming interests of Warren, let th tarmers come together and recommend a suitable man. This November 11th, 1918. W. T. HARDY -C. S. THARRINGTON '? W. A. THARRINGTON V W. T. ROBERTSON ; JOE KING J. O. HARDY S. R. DUKE W. H. THARRINGTON ' R. R. RADFORD M. T. DUKE - J. W DUKE and OTHERS. Buy WSS TELEGRAM FROM STATE CHM. WATTS URGES WORK The following telegram appeal t all of Warren's citizens: Durham, Nov. 12, 191S T. D. Peck, Chm United War Work Campaign, Warrenton. "Owing to peace more important than -ever you secure fifty percent in crease over your county quota. Hope you can do so. Let us anticipate th Thanksgiving spirit with liberality in response to the sacrifice of the boys. It will cost far more to serve our mil lions of soldiers, sailors and marine all the time than it has been costing to serve them during the time they are not fighting. "GEORGE W. WATTS, State Chm".