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Pinal Roster of Company "H" 120th states of Indiana, Illinois. Iowa, Min-
Infantry, camp . , nesoxa, lNortn uaKqota, JNorth Caro-
18th, . n Riire-Gss ,lina South Carolina and Tennessee.
1. Captain Milo D. "rg?w The division was duhhpd f1d TTiVV.
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Jst sgt. Montgomery, Henry C.ory "after the warrior and statesman
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eniv Se-t. Rose, Alvm it.
Mess Sgt. Ayscue, Percy T.
Sergeants.
Allison, Coleman W. .
Colemen, Dennis M.
Joyner, Edward G.
Lloyd, Eddie E.
Lifsey, William K.
Rhem, Curtis F.
Scott, Charles S.
Wood, Lloyd W.
Gorpls. (
Daniel, Rufus J.
nnurii. Willie W.
3' Egerton, Clinton W.
4 Fisher, James R.
Harrington, urover v.
Harrelson, Boyd
Mustian, Edward L.
King, Willie P.
King, Willie P.'
Morefield, Percy M.
Page, Haskqell E.
Roberson, Hubert C.
Sheffield, Lee P.
Turner, Robert W.
Mechics.
Heuay, Romie C.
Cooks
Pride, Enos P.
Price, Charlie P.
Vick, Ben S.
Buglers
Dennis, James W.
Moon, Everett L.
Pvts. 1st class
Ball, Luther D.
Bass, William M.
Bedsole, Charlie L.
Bell, William S.
Benton, Kennie
Bunting, Dennis E.
Carigan, Frank C.
Coburn, Frank
Daughtry, George T.
Ervin, Andrew H.
Furr, Arthur
Taylor, Lewis J.
Webster, George T.
Hardison, Joe H.
Hardy, Otto B.
Hazlewood, Harvey P. v
James, William J. -.
Lanier, Robert B.
Lloyd, William E.
Lyerly, Arnold D.
Moore, George E.
Nicholson, William E.
Riley, Enoch
Shelton, Jesse R.
Staples, Isaac.
Stubbs, Jesse C. " .
Pvts.
Anglin, John
Bray, George W.
Bankqs, Charles H. . '
Byrd, Percy M.
Burnett, Thomas T.
Brown, Paul W.
Clark, William V.
Cowan JfVhn
9. Coleman. Brown J.
10. Camp, Lawson
U. Dobbins. Hen rv 1 .
Day, Edward H.
Davis, Bun O.
Guin, Haywood
Harris, Ridley L.
Jordan, Lary
Johnson, Albert S.
Jernigan, George L.
Josey, Colt L.
Keech, Dallas W.
Keel, Walter
Long, Joseph R.
Modlin, Beecher.
Mason, Oliver C.
Pope, Henry G.
Potter, George F.
Powell, Earnest
Raines, Garland
Jose, Millard P.
Reid, Guy G.
gominger, Nathaniel
Roberson. T.lvnH T
SJ- Scott, Lenland O.
of?5 James W-
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4U- White, Harvey L.
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Andrew Jack:$on who was so closely
identified with the history of the'
states furnishing the major portion of
its personnel. V
the Old Hickory Division landsd at
the port of Calais, France, on the 24th
day of May,. 1918, and was billited in
the Eperlocquss Training Aera. While
in this aera the officers of the division
reconnoited the Terdeghen Swith Lin? ,
south of Cassel, and complete plans
were formulated for the occupation-of
this line by forced marches In case 01
emergency. . -
Before the completion of its train
ing period, the division was transfer
red to the li Brith Corps, Second
Army, in the Ypres sector to be in
close support in case of the expected
German offensive. This division, the
first American division to enter that
kingdom, marched into Belgium on
July 4th with Division Headquarters
at Watou, to he in close support of the
33rd and 49th British Divisions, and
was employed in completing the con
struction of the East and West Pdper
inghe Defense Systems immediately
in rear of thse two divisions, An
immense amount of trench and wire
construction was done, Complete
plans and orders were issued for the
occupation of-, the East and .West
Poperinghe Systems by the 30th Di
vision in the event oft a German at
tack and a forced withdrawal of the
British t Divisi ons in the front, The
Division received training- in the front
day. Hon. Tasker Polk as chairman
with the cooperation of a central
committee and a live number of pa
triotic workers in each township is to
carry the driye to a successful con
clusion before May 10.
Members of the central committee
will meet Saturday morning at 11
o'clock in the office of County Chair
man Tasker Polk to nerfect final
plans for the intensive drive begin
ning in -Warren County nextf Monday.
31rs. A. C. Bizell, of Norlina, i&
chairman of ' the Woman's committee
with representatives in each
ship and that maximum effort will be
exerted by her committees to assure
success, is confidently expected.
Two members of the central com
mittee, composed of business men of
the town, are assigned each township
to work with the committee therein
nominated. : Personal work will be the
keynote -of the drive, and returned
soldiers are expected ; to accompany
the solicitors in many instances.
: The 7 central committee will Vorie-
line with the 33rd ; and 49th Divisions; I e town and townshipas -well as:as-
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Mrs. A.; C. Bizzell, of Norlina, Chm.
Woman's Committee; Central
Committee To Produce Results.
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The Victory Liberty Loan campaign I Woman's Representative-
for $165,000 opened in Warren Mnn. becca Collins.
-Miss Re-
first as individuals, then by platoons,
and lastly by entire battalions.
On August 17th, 1918, the Division
took over the . entire sector occupied
by the 33rd British Division, 60th
Brigade being in the front line, 59th
as the Canal Sector and extended
from the southern outskirts of Ypres
sist those responsible for work in the
other- townships. -" The township "or
ganization follows with the expecta
tion that .each township body will
j work as near as possible as a unit.
Warrentbn Township
Central Committee V. F. Ward, J.
G. Ellis, B. B. Williams, W. G. Rogers,
to the vicinity of Voormezeele, a dis- j. b. Palmer, T. D. Peck, M. .P. Bur
tance of 2,400 metres. . ( well, J. M. Gardner, John Graham; C.
The First Offensive E. Jackson, H. A. Mosley, R. B. Boyd,
On August 31st and September 1st r. t. Watson, W. H. Burroughs,: W.
the division engaged in an offensive H. Dameron, W. H. Alston, H. L,
jm conjunction with the 14th British Falkener, C. R. Rodwell, W. N; Boyd,
; Division on the left and the 27th j. Ed. Rooker. ' ' :
American Division on the right. The Woman's Representative (town)
j 30th Division captured all its objec- Miss Sarah Macon, (township) Mrs.
Farm and the City of Voormezeele.
'advancing fifteen hundred yards, cap
jturing fifteen prisoners, tvo machine
'guns and thirty-five rifles: As a re
Isult of this advance the 236 Division,
fz Ilnwtree Township .
f f Township ; Committee Cbley Per-
kinson, MB:: Haes jW,-W. Caw
thprne." 'S?i . ' ' ---r ' ;; ,
" Central Committee Representatives
W. G. Rogers and H. L. Falkener.
Woman's .. Representative Mrs.
Fleming Hilliard.
yV - Nutbush Township .
. Township Committee W. W. Kim
ball, J. C.; Brauer, A. E. Paschall.
Central Committee Representatives
W. H. Burroughs and V. F. Ward.
Woman's;: Representative Mrs. C.
town- I oucnanan. - ... - v
V- Sandy" Creek-Township, f V '.
Township Committee Robert Stew
art, J. K. Pinnell and T. H. Aycock.
Central Committee Representatives
J. B. Palmer and T, D. Peck.
Woman's ; Representative Miss Eula
Allen. . 'Z ':'-:.'At
. j ; 1 3 Shocco Towhshipi :'-?-;.-.-
Township Committee F. F. Limer,
J. W. Burroughs. James ; Montgomery
rl'CentfialDibsim
r-C. Rr Itodweirand V.' FWard: .
Woman's Representative Mrs Hun
ter Pinneir ' - iU - ;-"-7. .'
Fork Township
Township Committee R. E. Wil
liams, L. A. Fowler, Stanley Powell.
Central Committee Representatives
-Howard Alston and W H. Dameroni
' Woman's Representative Miss Jen
nie Alston. ' " v V ; ; v is; ." . ..
Fishing Creek Township
The colored people of Warren . coun
ty were out in full force Monday in
largest celebration of any nature ever
held here. Every road was filled with
cars and .vehicles of other and all de
scrjptions in bringing happy loads of
colored people for . the big welcome
home day. - -,V:
The tone of the whole occasion Was
of the highest: character and in its
deeper significance was highly cora
plimintaypfjthe spirit of the race.
The . following article by our as
sociate editor, Supt. Howard F. Jones
c-.vers the celebration:
proud wearer; but' that the soldier
should not be too proud to work; nor
too proud to stand for the clean,, the
1 right, the lawful things f life. His
message was wholesome and uplif t
ing;jn its theme and its application.
Good singing by a! selected Choir
blended harmoniously with the exer
cises, addenfj to the pleasure of ths
occasion. Lieutenant Harrison Tay
lor, a Spanish War Veteran, was
Chief Marshal land in charge of the
Civic parade. Lieutenant'. Brevaid
Harris had charge of the soldiers.
Each of these officers' had able assist
ants, as was evidenced by the orderly
way. in which the entire parade was
handled. The colored Firemen were
in charge of Chief Stainback. Rev. J.
H. Hudson was Master of Ceremonies,
ORSERVATIONS; & REFLECTIONS
-.' As Superintendent of public schools
of the County, and Having . to direct
m'a measure at least, the education I Tf
of the colored race for, the past eight vocation. Mayor Palmer welcomed the
ears, it was a source of gratification 1 colored citizens on behalf of the Town,
tcr me to observe the demeanor and and John H. Wright, of Six Pound re.
the appearance of the colored citizens, sp0nded. The Committee of Arrange
their wives and children here on Mon- ! ments were, S. "M. Watson, Chin.;
day. It is stimated that at least sev- ' Percy Adams, Secretary; Ed. $. Bald
en thousand, possibly more, of our jwin, James K. Green, John Branch
colored population was here .Monday and w. W. Harris. To this Commit
to observe "Home-coming : Day" of ; tee much of the success of the day
the colored; soldiers, and to welcome was attributed.
Warren county's: colored citizens who As j said in the beginning it was
had left the county and were making a at ;dav in the history of the
Jtheir homes elsewhere. v,;cr.vir f tv, aA o. r,A Av
It was one of the forward stepping to which they can refer with pride,
stones in the history of the race, in- a well-dressed, well behaved orderly
so-far as this County is concerned, 'crowd, and as such Warrenton and. ths
One looking over the great crowd here ' County are glad that they contributed
and listening to. those who spoke, for to the pleasure you enjoyed. : i
them ; one seeing the well-dressed, or
derly assembly, from all partsof the
CountyarM coming automo
biles "bwrfed byern onbehind gopd 1 .
horses, need not fear; "Bolshevikism."
They demonstrated to all observers
that our colored " citizens know how to
observe law and order, and that they
will stand for law and order. Of the
seven or eight 'thousand present NOT
ONE was intoxicated, or if only one,
be had the good manners to go off andj
bide himself and sleep off its effects i
The Police report not one indecent
aWARBi FpNES, ; ?
County ISjipt, Public: Schools.
HIGHET?
Col c- vyiivc3 ium iixr. -
uu oidnev W. Mi
OmmanHov
i t Dn E' Scott 2nd in Command
"s. A. Leonard, .Command 1st
W. A. Ovdllow. O -l 1
att 'am, ommanaing zna
p, W' Jenkins, Commanding
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Sth M.
G. Bn.
Pierce, Comdg.
The d TraininS In France.
Aj- th Division is a distinctively
cent ? dlVlsin. More than 95 per
Sun!! personnel is of American
Ituted ,? lhe division is consti-
Korth r atlonal Guard troops ol
iWssfrlma' South Carolina, and
t nd8 of J wugmented by many thous
. Active draft troops from the
which was considered an average Ger
jman division, was identified. During
jthe six weeks previous , to this ad
vancemany attempts had been made
by the British and by our own troops
to identify this German Division.
On September 4th-5th the division
was withdrawn from the CanaLSector
'and placed in British. G. H. Q. reserve
with Division Headquarters "at Roelle-
' court, France While in this area the
; entire division was trained in attack
ing in conjunction with British Tanks.
j On September 17th the division was
again moved father south with Divis
ion Headquarters atHerissart, and on
September 22ni was moved to the
British Fourth Army with Division
Headquarters at Bois de Buire, near
ITincourt, taking over a front line sec
tor from the 1st Australian Division,
on the night of 23rd-24th.
Hind nburg Line (Bellicourt).
On September 29th this division
with the 27th American Division on
the left and -the 46th British Division
on the lights assaulted the Hindeh
burg Line.. The Hindenburg Line at
this poin? curves in. front of the Tun
i el of St. Quentin. This was consid
ered impragnable by the Germans for
the following reasons : The Hinden
burg Lini? curving west of the tunne
consisted of three main trench sys
tems protected by vast fields of heavy
barbed wire entanglements skillfully
placed; this wife was very heavy and
had been damaged very little by artil-
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lery -fire. The dominating grouna
enabled them to bring devastmg machine-gun
fire on all approaches. The
lines had been strengthened with con
crete machine-gun emplacements. It
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Town ofNorlina.:
Town's Representatives R. S. Reg
ister, J. L. Overby, H; "C. Fleming.
Woman's Representative-7-Mrs. H.
C. Fleming.
Smith Creek Township
Township Committee W. E. Mul
chi, R. M. White, A. G. Hayes.: " '
1 Central - Committee Representatives
B. B. Williams and J. G. Ellis
Township Committee W. T. Davis,
R. L. Capps, W. T.Hardy.
Central Committee Representatives
H. A. Mosley. J. M. Gardner.
Woman's ; RepresentativeMrs: Beau
fort Scull. . :
Judkins Township.
Township Committee D. L. Ryder,
W. H. Fishel, W. E. B. Harris.
Central, Committee Representatives
Edmund White and McGuire. .
Woman's Repre'sentive Mrs. Sharpe
Brown." - - : "'
River Township
Township Committee J. P Pippin,
R. D. Fleming, B A. Fishel.
Central, Committee Representatives
-R. B, Boyd and J. E. Rooker :
V.voniinuea un rage
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THO SE WHO M AD E TH I S ISSU E
The following individuals and rms have made this
Issue possible by their liberal patronage. We invite your
attention to the advt. and the spirit of those who have
advertised Uncle Sam's wares over their signatures :
W. R. STRICKLAND : - ;
R. I. HARRIS & CO., R. CAPPS; Wr-T.,DAVlS..
J. A. MEEDER, POPLAR MOUNT MERCANTILE
COMPANY, RIDGEWAY TRADING CO.
WARRENTON GROCERY COMPANY
, - BANK OF WARREN . , ..'.-;;:' -
CITIZENS BANK - "
J. H. FRAZIER, W. S. TERRELL, JOHN CAW
THORNE & SON
WARRENTON DEPARTMENT STORE CO.
BANK OF IMACON. . . -. '
J. E. MILES HARDWARE COMPANY
HUNTER DRUG COMPANY
C. W. PERKINSON, ) R. H. RUDD, COLEMAN-
WHITE, R. B. NEWMAN COMPANY
PECK MANUFACTURING COMPANY
: We ask the indulgence of our . readers in reading
these advts., however, for the dark: splotching was due
to. poor plates, and was a circumstance beyond our. con
trol. Study, the text matter and Buy Victory Bonds !
' act or word, and are glad to add their
testimony to that of our merchants
and business men that "It was the
most "orderly and best behaved cpwd
we 'ever saw.". Warrenton's Town
Commissioners and Warren County
Commissioners know the colored citi
zenship of this County. They meant
what they said when they gave them
a welcome" to the Town and donated
fix. I;.. -their respective funds to aid in
e fitting celebration. They trusted
the colored citizen to observe law and
order, and were glad to aid them in
their celebration; because the white
man of Warren county realizes that
the colored citizen was loyal to his
Government, 'both State and National.
The Police authorities had been in
structed to take no chances on intoxi
ca ted men; to -run in any man, it mat
tered not who he .was, who gave evi
dence qf intoxication; that not one
Is Jt not wise to spend lavishly r ta .
save in the end?- Is it not' best to
pour out money like water to ; save
human lives? Haste always makes
wastebut haste gets things done be
fore it is too late. 'When we needed
men and ammunition, we needed them:
at once.- A million blocking the Ger
man drive toward" Paris did more in
less time than two million probably
lould have done if the capital of
France had 'fallen
And so if any one thinks that th .
United States did not receive fuir
value for every dollar raised by its
Liberty Loans let him ask himself
why and then buy Victory Liberty,
bonds to his limit.
Take for. example this instance;
Your little girl is standing in front
of the parlor fire. Suddenly her
clothes blaze up. Will you run up to
the attic and hunt out an old quilt or '
carpet to smother the flames or will
you seize the first thing you. can
reach, perhaps the most beautiful
Oriental rug you posess, and wrap it
around the child ? In the first case
you would be saving the rug, but
running a large chance of losing ,
something infinitely more precious,
single memper ot me great crowa 01 - . -
colored -. meh present failed to keep
sober, straight and. orderly is a fact
that deserves: the widest publicity, and
the - heartiest ' commendation from
every man 'who stands for law. and
order. Could such a things even' witn
the best intentions, happened in Hhe
days of open Saloons, or Dispensary?
Are we not being educated to the fact
in daily observation that tne removal
of whiskey from our midst is a great
ine all the means available at the
cricial moment, you would save far
more. ,-
Haste always makes waste but
haste in this case would put out the
fire before anything besides the child's
dress was burned. x' v,-
Now the United States might, per
haps, have saved sixty-seven cents on
each keg of nails, or one dollar and
seventy-three cents on each rifie, had
haste been of no consideration. In
hloacino- allowing it.splf in decreased
crime, in happier homes, in smiling the aggregate a great deal of money
faces-of children and in- increased
prosperity ? Observation and reflec
tion will show this tif be true; statis
tics prove.1 itr and education has
brought it 'about. Lieutenant Brevaid
Harris, the-only Commissioned color
ed officer irom Warren county, speak
ing alotfg this line said that an edu
cated man could be told in two min
utes what he was expected to do, but
that it often took a half -day to in
struct an ignorant man in his duty.
He made a good practical, sensible
address. The Reverend C. C. Som
merville, Pastor , 6f a. large Church of
Norfolk, himself a native of Warren
spoke of the educational value in dis
cipline, in forbearance taught by the
lesson of the War to the man in Uni
form, and said that it should make a
better man, a better citizen of its
was spent rushing war preparations :
through ih the shortest possible time;
buttad the results which were achiev- j
ed in a few months been spread over !
a longer period the war would have ;
lasted perhaps a year longer. By the :
most conseratiye official reckoning
this; extra year of war would have ;
cost 400,000 American livesand $36,-
000,000,000. -
It was by pouring men across the '
ocean in a steadily increasing stream
and by quickly providing an enormous
quantity of all war : necessities that
our government saved not only an in-
calculable amount of suffering and
bloodshed for the whole world, but
actually twice as much in money for
this country alone, as the total of the
first, second, third and fourth Liberty
Loans.