VOLUME XXIII
(Tuesday)
WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1918
(Friday)
Number 104
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Numbers of interested Warren peo- what he does makes so much fuss"
pie filled the Court House here Mon- That's the situation with the -man in
day evening to catch under the in- khaki, and with this bit of humor
spiration of words a higher consecra- ously interwoven local color Mrs.
tion to the great purpose still before Pickett made her appeal in heart to
Warren in the oversubscription of its heart manner.
United War Work quota. - j "In the old days, we use to have
To convey this essential enthusiasm big dinners some time at Thanksgiv
the audience was fortunate in having ing and at Christmas and upon Birth -Mrs.
Thomas W. Bickett, Major W. days and always when it was over
A. Graham, Lieut. Pelo and Lieut. N. a basket was fixed for those less f or
M. Palmer, all just back from across, tunate than we. It is in this vein, I
Chairman Peck called the meeting think of those Over There. Here we
to order and heard the report of J. Ed- have plenty and to spare and the
ward Allen, county treasurer, show- world is in need There. We must, as
ing Warren approximately $1300.00 of old, look to the welfare of those
below its ten thousand assessment, jwho can't comfort themselves."
Hon. Tasker Polk, at the request ! Mrs. Bickett spoke of her trip in
of Col. Peck, made an urgent personal this manner, "We went across on an
appeal for an oversubscription. The, old French boat. It was an awful
co-ordination of relief was as neces- boat, s;me!ly, full of rats, and bugs,
sary to success as was .he co-ordina- With me were representatives of all
tion of arms which has given the vie- j seven organizations allined in this
tory, he declared, campaign, and at night these repre-
Major Graham, next to speak told sentatives were looking to the wel
of the hard fight before the men Over fare of the people aboard. We were
There, that now was the time, more unable to stay- below deck and for
than all other, at which they thought 14 nights slept only beneath the stars,
of home. He urged that Warren not . In the forced silence the opaque dark
disappoint its men. who are looking ness we crept on. The air waves only
with faith to the folks back home, (from time to time conveying the faint
Major Graham introduced Lieut. ! whispering of a number of men gath
N. M. Palmer who saw service with ered around a Y-M or Salvation Army
the 4th Army at Chateau Thierry, at representative. ' From these groups
Verdun, in the Argonne and was a often personal testimony would come
member of Pershing's "shock division" as 'I'm a better man for that talk.'
Lieut. Palmer testified to the worth L "These organizations follow with
of all the organizations -whose one aim
is ministering to the-need of the sol
diers everywhere..
Amid applause Lieut. Palmer wa3
seated and Major Graham called upon
Lieut. Delo. Lieut. Delo, a friend of
Lieut. Palmer, hales from Washington
State. He saw service with the R. R.
Engineers and was a member of that
division which, to meet the acute sit
uation, had to hold a section of line
against the Germans at Cambrai.
These men, who were constructing
railroads behind the British advance
were caught unarmed in a counter at
tack and but for their heroic defense,
a bright page in history, the whole
line of defense would have suffered.
Though armed only with picks and
shovels and later with bayonets the
Americans held at the-cost of 60 per
cent of the forces engaged. Lieut.
Delo was gassed here and wears ano-
ther chevron for the wound which
brought him home. .
Lieut. Delo stated that he had seen
and been benefitted by the work of
these organizations. "They build mo
rale the difference in victory and
defeat. I don't think it is over yet
America must keep an army of occu
pation in Germany for some time to
come, and now is the time the fellows ,and to aid the overworKea xveu wu
need support," he declared. Contin- nurses we aided the doctors. One
uing, he said, "France is not the Unit- bright faced American lay upon one
ed States all the men are away from of the cots, shattered and torn, calm
home, liquor can be obtained and the ly awaiting his turn. At last, he
boys, if the people at home to whom 'was approached. "Take John, hes
they look do not look to their moral worse than I!" The doctor took John
welfare, and fail to evidence interest j because this was what the boy wanted,
by oversubscribing, the boys say, '0,!The next day, the news came that
what's the use; they don't care; why (the hero had paid the cost with his
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should we V " The answer will be .
the evidence of how much the folks
care and Lieut. Delo begged the sup
port by hard earned dollars for hard
fighting mt-n.
Chm. Peck, in the light of this
speech, pleaded for the cause. "To
be killed in action, or to become home
maimed, is an honor; to be a victim
of vice is disgrace, and I hope money
will come under the agency of these
organizations to protect the boys whe
have protected us" was the concluding
remark.
Beginning "kinfolks and friends"
the genial smile and bearing of Mrs.
T. W. Bickett won the heart of her
audience. Mrs. Bickett, who was in
troduced by Mr. Peck, has just return
ed from a resume of conditions at
the Front and of the work of the Re
lief Organizations in France. Refer
ring to Major Graham's, Lieut. Pal
mer's and Delo's talks she told of a
little boy at public speaking, exclaim-
Lieuten-Palmraer
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:love we cannot carry.
"Landing in France, we went right
up to the front and saw these organ
izations at ,work. The French women
are doing a heroic work in the muni
tion factories and here also the or
ganizations are 'performing a work of
love.'
"These women work; for hours, un
der all conditions, and when endur
ance calls a halt they find a home
like, christian atmosphere in the rest
rooms.
"Let me tell you of the French peo
ple. 'A worker in one of the factory
after toiling hours, was asked if she
wasnt tired and implored to rest,
what, me stop making shells to kill
jem Germans' another girl from the
streets of Paris, an employee, was
that if she didn't stop work the
acid would kill her, 'I'll stay, perhaps
God has eiven me a chance!'; a girl
jfrom a sheltered home came for em
ployment and was subject to tempta
tions, she told, 'I felt I must go, but
now I know I will be a good girl on
account of you (the Y. W. C. A.)'".
Mrs. Bickett was in twenty six hos
Ditals and tells us, "There had been
a hard days fighting at the front, the
wounded were piled in the corridors
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life.
"At a cemetery we can across x reuui
children praying for American sol
diers; we saw presents come to the
American wounded and in each pack
age cruelly scribbled "To our dear
American brothers from their little
French sisters!"'
; Not r one in . the audience but who
was moved by the still small voice,
"how can we break faith with these!"
Mrs. Bickett returned on ship with
326 wounded men, but all cheerful.
Following the speech, pledge cards
were distributed and every one ask
ed to perform the work nearest at
hand and answer the boys with the
good old money from home.
W.S.S.-
Services On Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving service will be Ml
at Sulphur Springs church at 2:30 p.
m The community cordially invited.
T. J. HARRIS; Pastor.
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Son of Mr. Stephen Duke, of Mar
maduke, who served four years with
Company H. before this body was
mobolized. Was called into service on
May 20th, went to Camp Jackson, then
to Camp Johnston, Fla., then to port
of debarkation. Now "somewhere in
France".
Conservation Of Tin
Foil and Puter Asked
Mr. W. N. Boyd, Chm.,
Red Cross Chapter, Warrenton.
My dear Sir :-
Your letter of November 14th
addressed to Mr. Andrews, has been
received. I beg to advise that it is
no longer necessary1 to collect fruit
stones and nutshells, as the Govern
ment has a sufficient supply for their
needs.
It is necessary, however, that you
continue the collection of tin foil and
pewter, as the Government needs five
thousand tons of tin a day to keep its
plants running.
From time to time you will be call
ed upon to conserve articles in connec
tion .with the -Labor Division 'of' th&
War Industry Board, who will have
a committee on General Salvage which
will watch out for the needs of this
country and will call upon the Red
Cross and other agencies to co-operate
in the conservation of waste mater
ials. With best wishes, I am
Very truly yours
EMERY D. PHILPS,
Assistant Director, Bureau
of Conservation.
Branches and Auxiliaries are re
quested to send their collection of tin
foil and pewter by the 28th of each
month to Mr. W. H. Dameron, Chair
man Conservation Committee.
A monthly report of this work should
be sent to him and a copy put on file
by each organization.
w.s .s.
Dr. J. N. Thomas An-
swers Last Summons
Warrenton learned with particular
regret of the death of Dr. J. N. Thom
as which occured in Norfolk Monday.
Dr. Thomas was a son of Dr. C. A.
Thomas and was to two years ago
engaged in the Drug business here.
Interment was made this afternoon
in Fairview from the home of his
sister Mrs. Kate A. Macon. Rev. E.
W. Baxter, of the Episcopal church,
officiating.
Dr. Thomas is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Kate A. Macon and Mrs.
H. N. Walters; by his mother, Mrs.
C. A. Thomas, by his wife and their
children: Sergt. George N. Thomas,
Mary Elsie Thomas, William Thomas
and Kate M. Thomas.
The sympathy of loving friends are
extended to the family in this hour oi
grief.
W.S.S.
ANOTHER SON OF WARREN
DIES FOR U.S. IN FRANCE
Many friends' learn with pain of
the death r of Mr. George P O verby ;
son of Mrs. Elizabeth' Overby, of War
ren Plains and brother of Mr. Walter
Overby, of Ridgeway, which occurred
in battle in France on November 9th.
Mr. Overby was thirty fears old and
almost escaped the draft. He was
killed just one day before hostilities
ceased.
The sincere sympathy of a host of
friends is extended to ; the bereaved
relatives.
REMENISIENCES OF HAPPY
DAY ON THIS CIRCUIT
Quarterly nd District Confer
ences; Deaths In the Church;
The Resolution; Other News
23 Years Ago.
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The North Carolina Annual Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, convened in its fifty -:
ninth session in the good town o f
Elizabeth City, N. C. Wednesday
morning December 11th, 1895, at 9:30
o'clock with Bishop A. W. Wilson in
the chair. An even one hundred of
the clerical members answered to the
first roll call. To this Conference the
fortunate pastor of the Ridgeway Cir
cuit made an excellent report, and at
this Conference this writer was re
turned to the same delightful charge
for another and final year.
The first Quarterly Conference was
held at Ridgeway February 22nd 1896,
with Dr. W. S. Black in the chair. As
stated in a former article, Dr. Black
had a habit of asking embarrassing
questions of officials who ; were absent
at the preceding Quarterly Conference
Dr. Black claimed that failure to at
tend the Quarterly Conferences was
just cause for complaint, so when the
question "Are there any complaints"
was asked in the Conference, he called
upon every one present who was ab
sent at the then last Conference to
state i what his excuse was. Some of
the good brethren did not especially
like such questioning, but it certainly
did, serve to greatly increase the at
tendance. At the first Quarterly Con
ference for 1896 twenty-six of the of
ficial members were present.
On the 2nd Sunday 5 in May, 1896,
Drr John C. Kilgo, then President of
Trjnity College, now a Bishop in pur I
great unurcn,jpreacneci at -rabernacle
at 11 o'clock in the morning, and at
7:30 in the evening ''at Ridgeway
Bishop Kilgo is ! one of the greatest
living preachers, but he probably nev
er surpassed the sermon ' he preacheu
at Tabernacle that Sunday, morning in
May. At that time the whole country
was greatly agitated over the "silver
question." "Sixteen to one" was the
slogan of the Democratic party, and
he who could not subscribe to it was
looked upon with suspicion. Well, Dr.
Kilgo was heterodox on that question
and some of us did not especially ap
preciate his views on that question,
but every one did recognize and ap
preciate his courage and eloquence.
Early in the year 1896 W. H. Brown
now a valuable member of the North
Carolina Confeience. transferred his
membership tj Bidp'eway, was recom
mended to the District Conference for
license to preach by the 2nd Quarterly
Conference for the Ridgeway Circuit,
held at Zion church. The license was
granted by the District Conference,
and Ridgeway Circuit should be proud
that he made his start from that
charge as a preacher of the gospel.
During the year 1896 an even dozen
valuable members of the church in that
charge were claimed by death, as fol
lows: Jennie Robinson, Louis D. Rose,
John H. Taylor, John E. Wright, Salu
da A. Kimball, Amelia Johnson, Mol
lie B. Gholson, John E. Rose, Mary
Tally, Parthenia J. Duke, Mary G.
Burwell, Silas Hicks. At the time of
their deaths John H. Taylor's name
headed the roll at Tabernacle, and
John E. Wright's name stood first on
the roll at Union Chapel.
Good revival meetings were held at
the different churches in the charge
during the year, and quite a number
united with the church. During the
four years 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896
there were two hundred and twenty
six accessions to the churches in the
charge . '
At the 4th Quarterly Conference for
1896, held at Union Chapel, ' October
3rd," twenty-nine official members were
present. Under the question Vis there
any miscellaneous business ? " this
writer arose and began reading a res -
omxion ne naa scnooiea on, caiung
t i i v i t 1 em rii
upon tne ; ueneral uonierence to so
change the law of the church that the
pastor of the Ridgeway Circuit migfit
remain as pastor after the expiration
of the fourth year. I still have vivid
ly mirrored in my mind the look of
surprise on the face of Dr. Black, and
many-of the brethren, as the resolu-
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Leslie Black Hornaday, son of Rev.
and Mrs. J. A. Hornaday, left Warren
ton early in June of this year for
Dunn, N. C, from which place he went
to Camp Jackson. From Camp Jack
son he was transferred to Camp Se
vier, and from that camp to Camp
Mills in New York, from which camp
he was sent across to France. A let
ter from him to his parents recently
informed them that he had been ap
pointed a Sergeant. His address now
is "Sgt. Leslie Black Hornaday, Head
quarters Department, 306 Supply
Train, U. S. A., P. O. 791, France."
was read. But before I could quite
complete the reading, the good doctor
and the brethren "caught on" to the
fact that it was meant to be humor
ous, and their looks of surprise were
swept away by broad smiles. Dr.
Black told me after the Conference
he thought I had gone crazy when I
began to read ther esolution.
So far as I could judge my fourth
year on the Ridgeway Circuit was the
best, certainly it was equal to either
of the other years, and it was with
genuine sadftess that we came to the
time of parting.
With your permission, Mr. Editor,
I shall have something more to say
about some of the good people of that
delightful charge at some future time
Sincerely, J. A. HORNADAY.
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Mrs. Adele Jones Ap
The Red Cross Chapter is glad to
announce that Mrs. Adele Jones, who
in such a successful, manner filled this
post last year, has accepted the chair
manship of the Knitting.
The allotment of knitting is at this
time small and it is expected that the
work will be done quickly.
Mrs. Jones announces that she will
be at the Red Cross room from 10 to
If o'clock Wednesday and Friday of
this week at which time patriotic knit
ters are asked to come forward. The
garments knitted must be returned
within four weeks. Instructions can
ue received at these gatherings.
-W.S.S.
PEACE
Our anxious, wearf , waiting hours
Are numbered with the past,
For Peace now calmlf sits enthroned
A Peace thats come to last.
The ruthless battle are ar eover
Which valiantly ; were fought
But we -know with deadly carnage
Each victory was bought.
E5en now when radiant Victory
Is perched on banners bright
Hearts are grieved for those who fell
Heroically for the right,
And with our songs triumphant
Are paens of deepest woe
Although the saddest heart is glad
We've crushed the cruel foe.
We're glad "our boys" did well their
part
To gain a righteous cause
And each sacrifice supreme was made
To bring surcease of wars.
To make the world, a "fit place"
fTn w. h fA afeW live.
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, And Peace reigning the world
Praises to God we'll give.
Glory to God in the highest,
To Him glad hearts well raise
To thank him for his mercies
To ascribe to Him all praise.
V. L. PENDLETON.
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Knitting
HRISTMAS BOXES CAN BE
SENT TO THIS DATE
abels Must Be Procured From
, BecL Cross Chapter; Net Over
One Box To Any Soldier ; In
structions to Sender.
American National Red Cross
Southern Division, Atlanta, Ga.
To All Chapter Chairman:
Confirming my day letter this morn
ing, the War and Postoffice Depart
ments have issued the following in
structions governing the handling of
Christmas parcels for American sol
diers overseas:
1. The mailing date has been extend
ed through November 30th.
2. The War Department has au
thorized the American Red Cross to
have printed sufficient additional la
bels, exactly similar to those received
from abroad, to be furnished on re
quest by Chapters to individuals who
have not receired labels from abroad,
or whose labels have been lost or de
stroyed. 3. Applicant for label is required to
make affidavit similar to that required
for parcels addressed to war relief or
ganization workers, and file it with
Chapte official issuing label.
4. This arrangement is effective No
vember 21 and thereafter. The rule
of one box to a man still holds good,
and Chapter officials are requested to
see that the spirit as well as the let
ter of the request of the War Depart
ment is obeyed.
A supply of labels which we deem
sufficient to meet your' needs will be
sent to' you within the next few days,
together; with printed forms of the
affidavit. If you need additional la
bels they will be supplied on request.
We urge your close cooperation and
urge Hhatr you' take every precaution
to see that two labels are not issued
for one soldier. Be sure that affida
vits are on file in your Chapter offices
for every label issued.
This arrangement has been effected
at the request of the War Department
to prevent disappointment to those
persons who have not previously re
ceived labels, and is intended that ev
ery soldier in the American Expedi
tionary Forces receives his bit of
Christmas cheer from home.
Cordially yours,
GUY E. SNAVELY,
. Assistant Manager.
The committee on Inspection and.
Wrapping of Christmas boxes will re
ceive the filled boxes on Friday No
vember 29th at the Warrenton Red
Cross work room.
W. N. BOYD, Chairman.
W.S.S.
Vast Scope of Red
Cross Work Increased
The coming of peace merely shifts
the Red Cross problems jnd doubles
the Red Cross burdens ; Red Cross
workers in every line of endeavor are
needed today even more than at any
time during the months of offensive
warfare. . Now the battle is defensive
and it means protection from want,
from- sneering, from disease and even
death itself. . Not only among our
own troops overseas and their families
on this side but among the nations
devastated by the awful ravages of
war, whose endurance in the early
days of the conflict insured the", victory-for
us today.
In proportion as Surgical Dressings
are reduced, Refugee Garments are
increased. The fact that Peace is
near, does not relieve the Red Cross
of its obligation to the war ridden
countries and much of the civilian
population is dependent on the Red
Cross for clothing. Do not let your
Chapter Members, Branches or Auxil
iaries lose interest or think their ser
vices are no longer needed. The work
is still urgent and we1 will have more
to do than we can possibly accomplish
unless f e continue to have the full co
operation of every Chapter.
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Cotton Ginned In Warren County
Nov. 14th, 1918 6112 bales.
Nov. 14th, 19175557 bales.
T. E. POWELL,
Special Agent Bureau of the Census.