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mas Greetings From Key West
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Mr. Editor: ' j ; ;
May I j take this.opportuni-;
ty of extending to you and all my
Warren friends the season's greetings.
I wish very, much that I was; there to
spend the holidays at least, but it is
probable that I will be home soon. V
Since leaving Warren . I have been
stationed at Charleston,; S. C; Pensa
cola, Fla.; Hampton Roads, Va.; and
now in Key West. Was on a foreign
draft but was sent here upon the sign
ing of, the armistice .. ''-''' ".
Not until I reached" Pensacola, did
1 realize just what the" Naval Aviation
was in its fullest sense, because I had
never seen a seaplane . nor .i a Hying
boat. There is notvery much differ--
ence between an army, plane and, a
seaplane only from a technical! view
The seaplane has-j a pontoon, of " boat
like structure, which enables it to
float on water, while the army plane
has wheels for landing gear. The sea
plane can do the various-stunts that
an armyplane can. " The flying boat
however, is 'a; huge "affair, and one
wonders how, they can be operated in
the air, but with-: the powerful Liberty
motor, the largest boats have two
250 H. P. liberty; ,motors: each,-' they
can attain a high jrate of speed and
are used chiefly as bombing planes and
for patrol duty. "-., v..'-:.. .
"How does it feel up in the air?", is
the question one is always asked by
those whoh,haves ot i bejagMu
say mair xne nrst trip is not very
pleasant, especially if the pilot finds
out that ou are a novice and your
first trip. When one becomes accus
tomed to it, then it is the most fasci
nating thing one can do. I wish I
was an artist that I might paint the
sunset as seen from an altitude of
8000 ft. from behind a cloud. It is
simply wonderful.
However, my duties as a quarter
master in the aviation are pertaining
to the assembly and the upkeeps of
the planes altho I go up a good deal.
We were given a nine week course
in the quartermaster school at Pensa
cola and Hampton Roads. In this
course we had mathematics, mechani
cal drawing, meteorology, theory of
flight and airplane construction. In
order to get all of this in that time
we were in school from 900 a. m. to
9:00 p. m. and busy all of the time.
An aeroplane is one of the most
wonderful constructions as to mechan
ical and scientific ingenuity that I
know about, and is a science within
itself to keep one in perfect flying con
dition. A few words about Christmas in the
farthest :o;nt. south one can go in
the United States. Key West is con
nected to the mainland by the Floyles
Railroad. Over this road we get our
supplies and water. The distance to
Cuba is only 90 miles, so in truth we
are in the sunny South. To prove
this, I was in swimming just a short
time ago and the water was fine. In
fact today reminds me of a July day
at home. We had a dinner toda fit
for a king and also a Christmas tree,
but even at that can't realize that it
is the yuletide season.
Tomorrow morning I expect to go
on a navigation "hop" with Foster
Finch of Spring Hope, N. C, former
ly a classmate of mine at Elon college.
We will go out to sea and come in by
use of compass. Andrew Crinkley,
another "Tar-Heel" and student avia
tor is also here and it is safe to say
that the old North State through
these representatives will go just as
high and as far as the rest of them.
Today the "Blings" or dirigible
me in from a forty hour trip, which
is the record. Imagine flying steadily
&nd without landing or that length of
time. When I go a "hop" in the Blings
nd also one on a submarine I think
1 ught to be-satisfied. I expect to
o both soon.
Key West is and island city located
cn the largest of the numerous keys
r Pr Co?al islands. There- are a few
cconut trees, but no citrus fruit on
CLIFTON HAYES '
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; Warren County boy of the Manson
section who gave up his life in de
fense of - Right upon, the fields. of
France. Killed in last days of lighting.
the island.- There is a submarine base,
the air station, Naval .Reserve Bar
racks, 43oldiers and Marine Barricks
also here, hence a large number of -listed
men. - - .
Our station vis as homelike as ss
place x of this kind can be. We live in
nice: large barracks, two story build
ings' with porches on both floors.
There are reading rooms where one
can read and write.
Through the Y. M. C. A. we are
"given the : best of books, games ana
movies. The Y. M.? C. A. is the soul
T . T. , a - i t mi
Lest I take up J;oo much space I will
stop. Again wishing you and all my
Warren friends a Merry Christmas
and a happy New Year.
Sincerely
G. B. HARRIS.
All White Teachers
Called Here On 11th
lent of Schools that all white teachers
of public schools of Warren County
be present at the graded school build
ing in Warrenton on Saturday, Jan
uary 2 1th at eleven o'clock for the
purpose of organizing the Reading
Circle work for the County. Prof.
John H. Highsmith, of the State
Board of Examiners, will be present
and organize the work. Prof. High
smith has been assigned to this Coun
ty, and it will be his pleasure to meet
the teachers and to assist them in
this very essential part of their work.
In fact it is not out of place for me
to call the attention of our teachers
to the necessity for their attendance
and study of the Professional work.
The future salary of the teacher will
depend largely upon the grade of Cer
tificate held, which certificate will be
based upon work done in our Reading
Circle as well as academic work.
North Carolina is going to pay our
teachers better salaries, but better
salaries will be dependent upon "the
efficiency of the Teachers, as Certified
to by the State Board of Examiners.
Prof. J. H. Highsmith is a member of
this Board and will take pleasure in
doing all in his power to aid our War
ren county teachers in reaching the
high standard set by the State Depart
ment of Education, and expected of
you by the State of North Carolina.
HOWARD F. JONES, Supt.
MRS. DORA VINSON PASSES
AWAY IN LITTLETON
After an ilness of several weeks the
sweet spirit of Mrs. Dora Garrett
Vinson passed into eternity on Satur
day night, December the 28th. She
was fifty-nine years of age and while
her health had been failing for some
time, loved ones hoped to the end for
her recovery. She was a woman of
tweet, amicable disposition, whom to
know was to love. The funeral ser
vice wa3 conducted Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock by 'Rev. Francis Joyner
in the Episcopal church, of which she
was a faithful, member, and the re
mains laid to rest in the town ceme-
tary. '
Mrs. Vinson is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Hinton Pritchard, of
Oxford; Mrs. Horace Palmer, of Hol
lister; and Misses Ruby and Sadie Vin
son, of Littleton; and one son, Mr.
Barnard Vinson,, of Thomasville; all
of whom were here to attend the fun
eral. The Warren Record joins with a
host of friends in tenderst sympathy
to the bereaved.
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REV. J. A. HORN AD AY EX
TENDS THANKS FOR 1
rreatment Accorded During Hii
Pastorate Here ; f Summarizes
the Work of the Year, and
Leaves Charge With Regret.
Editor of the Record :
When I sent
in my'last communication concerning
my pastorate of the Ridgeway Circuit,
I fully intended to follow it up with
other articles concerning many of the
noble and consecrated men and women
with whom I was associated as the
pastor of -that great charge. But oner;
thing or another got in the way, and)
it was not done. - j
Now I wish 'to have something to
say about the charge I' have had the"
honor of. serving the past Conference
year. Knowing many of the people
of the Warrenton Circuit as I did when;
T came to the charge a year ago,. Iq
was prepared for generous and hearty
co-operation on their part in the work
committed to our hands, and I was not
disappointed. At the first Quarterly
Conference for the year, held at
Macon February 9, the stewards ad-
vanced the salary two hundred and
fifty dollars, placing it at sixteen hun
dred dollars, and agreed to look after
all the financial obligations of the
.
charge, thus relieving the pastor of a
very unpleasant and unnecessary task.
Early in the spring the work of im
proving conditions about the parson
age was begun. The committee ap
pointed to make improvements first
came to an agreement as to the ex
tent of the improvements, and then
went to work in good earnest to ac
complish their purpose. When twen
tythree hundred dollars had been ex
pended on the building it took its plae
ti nd t7ifi-F&arifa "
the'COnfgfericer
My chief regret is that special evan
gelistic services were held in only two
of the four churches during the year.
At Hebron and Warren Plains very
successful meetings were held by the
pastor, assisted by that prince. among
laymen, Dr. D. B. Zollicoffer, of Wel
don. We had arranged for special
services to be held at Macon and War
renton, but just as we were to begin
at Macon the "Flu" epidemic became
so alarming that churches were closed,
and kept closed , until it was too late
for such services before the annual
conference. However the pastor re
ported forty-five accessions to the
church during the conference yen:.
The people of the four churches on
the Warrenton Circuit are as fine a
type of people as can be found in any
part of the best State of the Union.
During every day of the past year the
people, without exception, were kind
to me and mine, and many substantial
tokens of their appreciation and es
teem were given. Many nice things
might be said concerning each of the
four churches in the charge, but it
would require more space than I
could ask you for to say all that is my
heart. But I do feel like making men
tion of the Thanksgiving offering
made to our Raleigh Orphanage by
the church at Warren Plains.; This
church is composed of about one hun
dred members, and none of Jthem make
any claim to wealth, but the Thanks
giving offering of that church amount
ed to one hundred and five dollars.
. Twd'or three weeks before Confer
ence the chairman of the board oi
stewards for Wesley Memorial Church
came to me and said, "Some of the
members of this church have author
ized me to tell you to purchase a nice
suit of clothes for yourself, and send
the bill to me." Of course the in
structions of this beloved brother wefe
obeyed, and this writer felt, "dressed
up" at Conference. This writer very
sincerely" appreciates this splendid
gife, and just HAD to speak of.it.
You, Mr. Editor, have been very kind
to me during my stay in your, good
town, and I thank you for all your
courtesies to me. .. .
Sincerely
J. A. HORNADAY.
Russian and Austrian Losses
Russia's casualties in the war are
now estimated at 9,150,000 men, of
whom 1,700,000 were killed. Austria
Hungary's casualties are 1 slightly
over 4,000,000, including 18 Generals
killed. N V
WARM TRIBUTE TO GEORGE
I ; PETTIGREW OVERBY
Of Company F., 322 Infantry,
: 81st Division, Killed In Battle
I In "France A Few Days Be-
fore the Armistice.
; Mr. Editor: ,
' I desire that you give
me space in your valuable paper to
pay a slight tribute to one of - Warr en
County's bravest and best soldiers,
George, Pettigrew Overby, who was
tilled , in action in France on the 9th
day of November, A. D. 1918.
This splendid young gentleman was
the youngest son of Larkin White
Overby . and Elizabeth Landon Curl
Overby, . he , was born at his father's
home near Macon, in the County of
Warren, on the , 25th day of April,
1887, and , was just thirty-one years
of age when he sacrificed his life in
obediance to 'his-Country's"' call, in the
mad strife of the crudest war that
the world" ever looked upon. George
Overby 's father died some years ago
and leftrto his family and unsullied
heritage of honor and the highest es
teem of a great citizenship; his moth
er now survives him and has the un
stinted love of a large family and the
true affection of her community; his
brothers, Walter A. Overby, Howara
Overby and Herman T. Overby, and
his sisters, Mrs. Emma Overby Reams,
wife of Hugh P. Reams, Esq., Bettie
A. Overby and Susie J.N Overby are
numbered among the very best citizens
of our great County, and the life, and
character of each reflects the splendid
moral training of their honored father
and mother. .
e When J came, to Warrenton to live
twenty-three years ago, the . sincere
interest which Mr. Larkin Overby and
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everlasting iriendsnip, and I nave al
these years cherished with warm af
fection this friendship, and shall ever
prize it as a fortunate asset in the
sum total of my life's success; I feel
a deep personal loss in the death of
George Overby, and no sorrow can
ever befall his family in which I do
not share. I remember a few days
before he left home for the army
camps, I told him good-bye and told
him that- I hoped he would soon get
home; He replied that he was "going
and that he was going to do his best,"
and I looked at him and thought what
a superb specimen of manhood he was,
so strong and so clean, a gentleman,
possessing every attribute which goes
to make a hero. I know that George
Overby was the idol of his home, he
was always unselfish and thoughtful
and evinced a most wonderful affec
tion for his dear mother, his sisters
and his brothers; he never cared to
be away from them, and in all his life
he never spent but one night from the
shelter of his home. And just here I
may say without fear of contradiction,
that there was never a more hospita
ble home in this land than this home,
it has been for a generation a rende
vous for the assembling of friends,
and no friend ever entered its thres
hold and shared the warmth and glow
of its kindness and-love, but that, he
or she felt the gloroy of that eternal
brotherhood which is sometimes exem
plified in-thi& life.
George Overby went into the train
ing camps on the 25th of May, 1918,
he was stationed for a short while at
camps Jackson, Sevier and Upton, and
from the" latter camp went over sea
and becamei a part of the expedition
ary force of the American Army; , the
soldiers of this ; army fought for no
selfish ends, this'cannot be said of any
other Army ever marshalled on this
earth, it is distinction which only the
Americati'soldier in this Great World's
war can justly claim. The success of
a man's' life never depends upon the
length of his years, it can only be said
of some men that they lived a long
time.
"We should count time by heart
throbs.
He - most lives, who thinks most,
feels the noblest, and acts the
best." " . .
The value of a life depends entirely
upon the kind-of service that life ren
ders to the world, we either create
moral ; or immoral influences in the
years we live. What greater service
can a man render in life than to sac
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ROBERT LEE ALSTON
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Brother of Mrs. Walter Morecock,
of Littleton, who was killed in France
in the final days of the war. He was
killed by a bomb.
"WHAT HAS ENGLAND DONE?"
Strange, that in this great hour, when
Righteousness
Has won her war upon Hypocrisy,
That some there be who, lost in little
ness ;
And mindful of an ancient grudge.
?an s&k.
Now, wliut has England done to win
this war?"
We think we see her smile that
English smile,
And shtug a lazy shoulder and just
smile. -
It were so little worth her while to
pause
In her stupendous task to make replytakes made and no scandal upon the
What has she done! When with her
great, gray ships,
Lithe, lean destroyers, grim, invinci
ble, She swept the prowling Prussian from
the seas;
And, heedless of the slinking subma
rine, The hidden mine, the Hun-made
treacheries.
.tier transports pnea me waters cease-
lessly! -
You ask what' she "has done? Have
you forgot
That neath the burning suns of Pales
tine !
She fought and bled, nor wearied of
the fight
Till from that land where walked the
Nazarene ,
She drove the foul and pestilential
Turk? :
Ah, what has England done! No need
' to ask!
Upon the fields of Flanders . and of
France
A million crosses mark a million
graves;
Upon- each cross a well-loved English
name.
Ancf, ah, her women! On that peace
ful isle,
Where in the hawthorn hedges thrush-
es sang, . ;.
And , meadow-larks made gay tne
scented air, ,
Now Slackened -chimneys rear their
grimy heads,
Smoke-belching, and the frightened
birds have fled ,
Before the thunder of the whirring
wheels. .;
Behind unlovely walls, amid the din,
Seven times a million noble women
toil
With tender unaccustomed fingers toil
Nor dream that they have played a
hero's parS,
Great-hearted England, we have
. fought the fight -Togethernd
. bur mingled blood has
fiowedf - , .
Full well we -know that underneath
that mask
Of- cool indifference there beats a
' heart, - ; '''. "' v'
Grinv as your own gaunt ships when
"duty1 calls, J' , , , -Yet
warm "and gentle as your summer
, skies; . . - -.. :
A nations heart that beats through
l -out a land . - ; - 7
Where kings - may be - beloved, and
.'Monarchy
Can teach Republics how they may be
free. ' ; "' ;": " . 1 ' : '
Ah! What has England done? When
came the call, .. .. ... , ,
She counted . not the cost, -but gave her
: -all! - --.
VILDA SAUV AGE OWENS.
" Waited Long To Find It Out '
The Spanish ' Premier, Count R6
mariones, now says that Spain is pro
Ally. ' ' ' " '
EXECUTIVE
COML 'MEETS
HOLD SESSION HERE TUES
DAY MORNING, THE 3XST
County Body, With Nine Town
ships Represented, Endorses
Present County Regeme; -Re
quest As To Fees.
The Warren County Executive Gdm-
mittee met here Tuesday morning, De- ,
cember 31st, with every township ex
cept Roanoke, Sandy Creek and Jud
kins represented.
The concluding meeting of 1918 was .
featured by the following resolution.
There was no other business:
We, the, Democratic Executive Com
mittee of the county of Warren as
sembled in Warrenton, N. C, pursuant
to call, and for the purpose of discuss
ing matters relative to the adminis
tration of our county affairs and in
respect to legislation which may come f
before the next General Assembly of y
North Carolina, and after full dis
cussion and consideration Be it .re-
solved by said Committee, that we
commend the faithful services of our
several county officers and point' with
pride to the most remarkable fact
that for eighteen years and since the
Democratic party came into full con
trol of this county, that these officers
have been . so careful and zealous of
the trusts submitted te them by the
people that there has been no mis-
body politic of our splendid county.
Be it further resolved: that we hearti
ly approve our present county govern
ment and request that the several of
ficers of the county be unmolested in
the administration of their respective
duties, especially that those recently
created, the Auditor and Recorder, be
retained for that the services rendered
by them are most beneficial and of
the Wghest4mp5nce in the proper
a3rmnis1iration6f a'modern municipal"'
ity. We respectfully recommend that
our Representatives in the next Gen
eral Assembly use their best efforts
to revise the old obsolute fee bill in
this State to the end that the county .
officers may be paid or receive a salary
for their services commensurate with
the service rendered and the responsi
bility imposed upon them. .,
We recommend that the Register of
Deeds of the county be allowed an
additional fiVe hundred dollars so that,
his deputy shall receive not less than
Fifteen hundred dollars.
We realize that the Sheriff of the
county is inadequately paid and we
recommend that the law be so amend
ed that he shall receive for the ser
vices rendered in his office not less
than Three Thousand Dollars with the
power vested in the Board of County
Commissioners to allow him an of
fice Deputy arid fix the salary not to
exceed five hundred dollars.
This the 31st day of December, 1918.
T. O. RODWELL,
Sec'ty.
Letter of Thanks
From Chm. Graham
fc Warrenton, N. C.
Dec. 30th, 1918.
W. Brodie Jones, Esq.
Editor Warren Record.
My dear sir:
At the close of our
campaign for War Saving Stamps
and Certificates, permit me to extend
to you and through your columns to
my efficient Township Chairmen and
their assistants both white and color- .
ed, male and female, my thanks for
their patriotic assistance. I am also
imdfer obligation to the various post
masters and Bank officials; to Rev. E.
L. Baxter and Hon. John Palmer and
B. B. Williams, and especially to Hon.
Tasker Polk, who never failed to re-
spond to any call that I made upon
bim, night or day, in town or country,
for his help in the campaign not
withstanding his many speeches made
throughout the State, from Gatesville
to Madison, in behalf of the Red Cross
and Liberty Bonds always bearing his
own expenses.
Truly yours,
JOHN GRAHAM.
War Savings Stamps are, still . on
sale at the Postcffices. The 1919 cer-,
ies are in vogue.
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