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WARRENTON, N. C TU ES0AY, APRIL 22, 1919
(Friday)
Number 31
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Hard Stages ux ncaujuat-
ment and Bringing The Boys j
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Them Betore ua.
Fighting is done, but the war is
not over, not yet won" Major Gen
ii Leonard Wood said recently.
The hard stages of readjustment af
ter the fighting, the bringing the boys
ome and putting them in their .civil
ian jobs has yet to be accomplished.
ThP croveniiueiii-
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funds at this time.
Every American should give his ut
most financial support that the war
may be speedily concluded."
Yes the fighting is over. Nights
n lon'eer chill to the "zero hour"- as
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when Amei'lCaS Uiiiveoii iiignnj' vuu
over the top. SKies smne aown over
a war-torn but already recuperating
France, and the peasant, blue uniform
changed to smock, again goes to the
plow.
"....But the war is not over, not
yet WOn" here shines the people's
opportunity. The boys have done
their part; now it is up to America as
a whole to do the rest. You say it
will be a hard job. Perhaps it will
so was that of the boys, but had they
hesitated when they were told that it
was going to be, had they flinched for
a moment when it was steel to steel
with Prussia's best, we would not now
be asked for a "Victory'.' loan it
would be only a fifth war loan, with
the fighting still going on.
They did not hesitate, but fought
with great heroism and efficiency that
they brought Germany to her knees
at least ayear before the time count
ed on by military experts.
- And now is the time for the victory
the real winning of the war, or as
Major General Wood puts it, the time
for "the hard stages of readjustment,
the bringing of the boys home and
putting them in their civilian jobs."
This can only be accomplished if we
all pull together. We cannot afford
to, nor will we, let this opportunity
for the final victory go by. To every
one belongs a share. Buy your Vic
tory Liberty Loan bond and be in at
the finish.
News Items From
Grove Hill Section
Mr. J. T. Powell went to Warren
ton one day last veek.
Mr. John D. Newell, of Warrenton,
was a visitor at this place Sunday
morning.
Mrs. J. T. Powell entertained a
number of friends Saturday evening
a a card party. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
Miss Jessie Dickens attended the
Teacher's meeting at Warrenton
Saturday.
Miss Katie Warren and Miss Nettie
Keid, of Littleton, visited in the home
of Miss Margie Davis Sunday.
Mr. J. F. Davis went to Warrenton
e day last week on business. , .
Mr. H. T. Egerton, of Alston, was
a recent visitor here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Bugg and son
rt Davis visited friends at this
I'ce Sunday.
Mrs. J t
Lowell
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visited in the home of Mrs. J.
1 ITT
fvympss near Vaughan Sunday. ,
Mr. Bill Tucker, of Areola, attend-
Q serv1CeS at Reedy Creek Saturday.
ur. Dillard Odam, of Areola, was
our town one day last wee.
hom Margie Davis visited in the
Rnfff Miss Fannie Fern Davis at
Wtao Sunday afternoon.
Da, !? Beaufort Skull, of Areola,
M T rough this Place one day last
eek
e route to Warrenton.
Mr.
of'i 0nrade King and Mr. Dillard,
T J?ez; Vlsited in the home of Mr. W.
Xlai-Htr Cl. i
in
ounaav.
Phia r avis, oi tne fnnadei-
, lciai nospital is ext)ected
vacatiQmetime son on a two weeks
numbe Eunice Hardy entertained a
SociabL Jriends Friday night at a
time h Everybody had a good
me' both young, and old. .
Continued On Fourth Page)
The combination of sense and senti-
ment in Secretary , Glass's rebuke to
pessimists about the victory of the
I Victory Loan is convincing and in
spiring. If he can 'send his own
.it dQWn th h th & , f .
assistants, and th twenty or thirty
minions who have learned the merits
of national bonds, there will remain
Only formalities before caVnlnfino-
-
country is better, able to take the last
loan than it was to take the first one.
The series of loans have rather en
riched than straightened the national
resources. By as much as the Treas
ury is debtor the bondholders .are
creditor on the bond account, with
great trade credits to be added. The
interest burden on the Treasury is
distributed throughout the ; land as
surely as the taxes" are collected. The
thirty billions the war has cost both
stimulated war trade and left great
increase of capacity of production in
peace. It .is true that the cost of
Government in taxes' has been trebl-
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to tnghten citizens, pi this billion-
dollar country. Great as our finan
cial burdens are they are the smallest
but one among the Allies. In propor
tion to wealth the "debt of Japan alone
is less than ours, about in the propor
tion of 4 per cent to 8, whereas the
other Allies' debts run to half their
national wealth, more or less, in the
various cases. Comparing our con
dition with that whenVast we were
engaged in a great war, there is
everything in favor of the present.
The civil war cost about four billions,
less than one-seventh the amount we
have spent in one-third the time of
the civil war. But our. growth in
population and wealth is tenfold at
least.
Instead of thinking of the great
ness of our burdens it is better to
think of their comparative lightness.
For instance, jf we had contributed
men in the proportion of England our
armiesr should haver, numbered" terr
millions, and the money, burden would
have risen correspondingly. Eng
land's soldiers and sailors totaled five
millions, more than' double ours for
less than half out population. The
money burden is no -more favorable to
England, and yet is faced stout-heartedly.
The reason for making this
comparison is to bring out the fact
that the war has strengthened us as
much as it has weakened England.
As Secretary Glass remarks, our bank
reserves have ri3e.n with our war ex
penses and are now over 51 per cent.
They are the greatest in the world
and are backed by almost too much
gold. At the time of the world's
greatest need for credit, and the in
capacity of the world's previously
greatest bankers, we possess both the
greatest stores of credit and the
greatest productive capacity. We
are not crippled by loss of foreign
lendiners. like France. We have not
been turned from a creditor nation
into a debtor nation, like England.
The case is reversed. England for
a time cannot" lend abroad as she used
to, and therefore cannot sell abroad
ir, -iprostnmed volume. The world
will suffer unless we use our produc
tive capacity in that work of succor
and profit. These considerations
show more than our ability to float
the - Victory Loan. They, show the
approximate certainty of profit by
taking it, and of a premium where
now there is a discount for temporary
reasons without relation to the worth
of the Liberty issues.
The country is strong enough lor
anything, even for a prosperity rival
ing that from which once we .almost
prayed to be delivered, we must
show a financial morale. If our mil
lions of bond-holders follow Secretary
Glass's inspiriting appeal as our boys
followed their leaders, the Victory
Loan will go "over the top" as irre
sistibly as they. The Treasury is
bound to make a fair ocer, but the
Secretary truly says that other con
ditions than the terms of the bonds
account for ths discount on the earl
ier issues. If he were to offer terms
which should produce a premature
premium he would as much overbid
his market as Senator Calder says the
present market is oversold. The
Treasury's previous appeals have
been to patriotism: There still . re
mains an apptjal to duty. The coun
try is not threitend as other countries
are, but its bills must be paid. A
stronger present appeal is self-interest.
The bonds are the best reserves
for banks and traders alike. They
are the surest help in time of need
for the taxpayer, and an unfailinc
reliance for any emergency for any- j
body. Hardly-any family can be.!
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nappy wiwioui us snare. .
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Yorkq Times, April 3rd, 1919.)
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How The Propo-
x xitr ' -i ness, announces Mr. S.'E. Allen, sec-
SltlOn IS WOrked retary protem.
The sale here Friday was well at
- . - tended by gentlemen from all sections
The saying has come up from the . of the County. The prices were in the
dark ages that the way to make main good. The cash sales amounted
money is to buy cheap and sell dear, to $947.45, not including the two con
!As the government of Canada and vict cages, which sold for $750.00.
Great Britain are pointing out to' '" 1
their citizens, one way to do this is to ' What All the Chewing Did
buy standard securities, whose cost " ;
does not vary, when general prices ' The manufacturer of a much ad
are high and hold them f or redemp- ' vertised chewing gum has bought an
tion until general prices are lower.
Canadian W. S. S. posters ursre in
vestors to use the present "low power"
dollar to buy government securities
and to receive in redemption at a
later period "high power" dollars.
Here is how it works.
Before the war you earned, say, $3
a day. Now you earn, say, $5 a day
for the same work. But you can't
buy any more with your five dollars
than you could with your three dol
lars other prices have gone, up in
proportion to the price pf your laboi.
Today you pay about $83 for 20
War Savings' Stamps, with a par
lvalue of $100 at maturity. What you
actually give for this security is about
16 1-2 days' labor.k "
If, some years after the war is
over, prices and wages , decrease some
what, you may, for example be' earn
ing $4 a daystill for the same work.
Your War Savings Stamps become
due . and the Government gives you
back $83, or the equivalent of nearly
21 days labor at the rate of pay you
are then receiving, his of course,
your $17 interest.
In terms of days' labpr the Govern
ment is giving back over four days'
more than it received from you be
sides your interest. This changing
value of the dollar has made many
persons richer and others poorer
without their knowing exactly how it
happened. Now is the chance to join
the class of those who are going to
be made richer, and one safe way to
join is byjbuying the convenient gov
ernment security the War Savings'
Stamp. -
Genuine patriotism is patriotism of
neace as well as patriotism of war.
A true patriotr-wiUo his best during
the Victory Liberty Loan campaign,
MEETING OF TOWNSHIP ROAD
CHAIRMAN FIRST MONDAY
Tle township chairmen of the road
supervisors in each township, except
Warrenton, will meet here the first
IMoayafc. 11 o'clock for the election
uiv-a permanent cnairman apa geci
'tary and the disposal of the funds re-
ceived from sale of Road equipment
'here Friday, April 18th Nas well as
conduct a final settlement of out
standing Highway Commission busi-
ing $40,000,000 for it.; The purchase
includes hotels, steamboats and ten
thousand sheep.
M1CKIE SAYS
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There was no lagging by the Amer
ican soldier in any of the drives in
France that egected victory, and there
should be no lagging ,by the people at
home in the Victory? Liberty Loan
drive that is to effect payment for vie
tory. ; . t. - k t : vT . . t
. Some farmers are having trouble
with the flea bugs on their tobacco
beds. This is the same little bug
that attacks the young plants ' at
transplanting time and just before
harvest. It is generally believed that
the damage is done by flies,, but these
fhes that, come from the plants when
the cover is raised x - are all manure
flies which breed in the stable manure
that is. generally used in fertilizing
the tobacco beds. v
'These flies do not injure the plants.
The damage is done by the flea bugs
which live over the winter under fel
len -leaves, around the edges of the
tobacco fields, or in the woods where
tobacco beds are generally placed.
These overwintering flea bugs nearly
all gather on the tobacco beds in the
early spring, thus affording a good
opportunity to distroy a great number
of these insects, and avoid losses later
on in the year. .
As a means of control Prof. Z. P.
Metcalf, of the North Carolina Ex
periment Station,' recommends that
plants be sprayed with arsenate of
lead (paste) at the rate of 1 lb to 10
gallons of water, or if the powdered
arsenate is used 1 pound to 20 gal
lons of water. If a spray pump is
not available the plants may be dust
ed with a mixture of ashes and arse
nate of lead at the rate of 1 pound of
the poison to four pounds of ashes.
Either of these methods are effec
tive. However, if the dust is used
care should be exercised in mixing so
that the poison will be evenly distri
buted through the ashes. It will be
necessary tp use judgement as to how
many times the plants should be
sprayed. If frequent rains occur it
will be necessary to spray more often
than otherwise. - . - -
The Land of Real
Genuine Freedou
; Howard Chandler Christy's poster,1
"Americans All," holds a great deal of
interest that is not generally knpwn.
The fourteen names on the honor roli
were selected from actual American
casualty lists, and each man was born
in the land of his nationality.
Du Bois French
Smith English
O'Brian Irish
Ceja Bohemian
Hauche , German
Pappandrikopolous . Greek
Andrasci Hungarian
illotte Italian
Levy Jew
Turovich s Jugeslav
Kowalsky Polish
Chriozanevicz ' Russian
Krutzon Scandinavian
Gonzales Spanish
But they are Americans all, who,
fighting for democracy's sake, gave
up their lives that freedom might
to begin with, at the end side by side
to find death in . the service of their
common country, the United States.
Jugoslav, Hungarian, Bohemian,
Pole and Jew each one of the five in
a true sense a man without a country
until, as Americans all, they found the
land of real freedom, equality and
fraternity. America, "the land of the
free and the home of the brave," a
country worth dying for a country
worth living for" and building up to
the height of supremacy that it de
serves. Americans all;" you natural born or
naturalized citizens, your country
calls not fr yu to give up your
lives for her as those brave men on
the honor roll have done, but for you
to live for her, to see this big job
through to the Victorious end.
The fighting is done. The bill must
be paid. Lend your money to your
government in this last war loan, the
Victory Liberty Loan.
Kings Out of a Job
The aged King Ludwig of Bavaria
has been found living at a cheap In,
eating with the peasants who frequent
it. He is quoted as saying, "In my
old age I have not where to lay my
head." A petty German prince whoi
has somehow escaped the general de
thronement . has invited the former
king to share his home, and the offer
has been accepted. The condition of
Ludwig is shared, in greater or less
degree, by. all the former reigning
sovereigns, pf .Germany and Austria. ;
mam
IN THE PRESENT
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
Two Issues Irrevocably Bound
Together, United States Peace
Delegates Cable. Ideals For
Which We Fought.
Consumation of the ideals for which
America fought is the appeal on
which United States delegates at the -peace
conference, headed by Robert
Lansing, secretary of state urge upoV
all loyal individuals, unstinted sup
port of the Victory Liberty Loan.
In a cable sent from the very seat
of the war, there the horrors of the
conflict are realistically vizualized the
American representatives, including
Secretary of State Lansing, Henry
White, , Col. E. M. House and General
Tasker N. Bliss sent the following ,
message to the American people:
"We have had the opportunity here
in France to see and realize the mag
nitude of the accomplishment of our
country in this war and the magnifi
cent spirit with which this great task
has been carried through to a tri
umphant issue.
"What has been done and what re
mains to be done before nomral con
ditions are restored demand your con
tinued and united support with the
same spirit of self sacrifice and of
determination as that which was man
ifested by the nations while the Ger
man armies faced our men at the
Marne, and in the Champagne, at
St. Mihiel and in the Argonne. We
must not relax our efforts until every
soldier, of the republic is landed on.
the soil of America. -"To
vnish this mighty task imposed
upon tiie government of the United
States a great financial task, the -Vic
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nation is willing to leave its task un
finished. "' !
"To secure the ideals for whieh
America fought and died, this great
demand on national patriotism and
united effort should meet a generous
and universal response. Let us all do
our duty to the end."
ROBERT LANSING
HENRY WHITE
E. M. HOUSE
T. N. BLISS.
N ews Items From
The Creek Section
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Overby and
Mrs. Donald Scott, of Ridgeway, were
visitors in the home of Mr. Macy
Pridgen last Wednesday.
There will be a club meeting at the
school house here Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Bason and ' Miss Rankin are ex
pected to be present as welV as all the .
neighbors.
Miss Pearl Harris passed, through
here Sunday on her way to Weldon
to spend the night with Miss Annie
Branch, and she will go from there to
take up her hospital work in Norfolk
Misses Sam Thompson and Ellenor
Powell with several others were pleas
ant visitors here last Sunday after
noon.
Mr. Earnest Davis who has return
ed home from France is looking fine,
and has a lot of experiences to tell.
Mrs. Macy Pridgen and Miss Susie
Pridgen were in Warrenton shopping
one day recently.
Gardens and young chickens are
coming on all right this nice weather.
RUTH.
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN
Thousands of men who entered the
fight perfect physically are now crip
ples for life. These men will be
taught a method of earning their liv
ing by the government. They must
begin all over again. The government
merely asks you to lend your money
at a fair rate of interest to help pay
the expense. Will you hesitate to
subscribe liberally to the Victory
Liberty Loan?
Work of the army is done. The
navy must bring, the army home. You
must help the navy finish its work by
shing yours with a liberal sub
scription to the Victory Liberty Lean.