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Sept State V (Tuesday) WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1919 (Friday) Number 34 A SEMI-WEEKLY, NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTEBESTS OP WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 5c. THE COPY f I 111 nfra PIL J. 1 o Wlfi) WI,ATST A- p; . 4 ahi f in m Bill! II H li II fiiiil VI WJ 1 1 shiD for Victor I Xk" v - . Ill FRMON DEtlVERED ON CIRCUIT REPRODUCED; Discourse Reveals Man's Duty To Creator and the Obligation To Use Worldly ttooas or tne Extension of His Kingdom. nf lnfurpsfml hprrs At the requcoi, ... ------ - a nf Dr. Wilcox particularly, and f bearing upon the Methodist gySBrive, May 18-25th we are Sins the following excellent ser 1 f ? . J. T. Gibbs, pastor of War Son Circuit-Editor. Will a man rob God ? Yet ye have nhhed me. But ye say, wherein have Je robbed thee? In tithes and oger- ; Maiacnai o.o. Tt is said in me mi Rid e that uou inauc ic emu the' earth. We are told there, also, hat God made Adam and Eve, and that all human beings derive their ex istence from tms nrsi, pan. hc, uiexi, are the works of God's hands. But this is not all. The same mighty Be ing who made us made also all that we have. The cattle upon a thous and hills, the corn i and wheat, and the rich ore deep down in the earth are all jus handiwork. I It is said that the highest title to 'property is that of him who made it. jlf a man in need of an axe helve go (lawfully into the woods and cut a tree, pen season the wood and fashion it finto the desired shape with his own hands, there will be none to dispute his title. The implement is undoubt edly his property. A man may own a fforest or a mine or a field. But this jkind of ownership means no more than that society the organized body of all Jthe people find it convenient to give the exclusive use and possession 01 certain parts of the earth to individ uals. The Indians and other savage people knew nothing of such owner ship. The land, among them, belong ed to the tribe that is to all the peo ple who made it their home and one has as fair as another to make such pe of it as circumstance- permitted; Mmong our own forefathers, there was a fresh division of land every spring, Ifor a farmer must hold the fields that fgrows his crops. As 'orchards came to be planted and other improvements made, the land became property, for in no other way could the husbandman plly enjoy the fruit of his labor. There is among us at this day the custom of renting the land. A f arm pi having larger fields than he can plow goes into a kind of partnership with another who has no land of his own. He furnishes his tenants-land which has been made fit for cultiva tion. Generally he furnishes also animals and imnlements to work the land and artificial fertilizers to in crease the yield. When the crop is harvested he jrets a nart from his tenant. Now God not rmlv owns na nnd Jill that we have because He made us and ours. hnt. TTo ;e T4- lis His land we farm. He furnishes, in addition to the land, the means of us ing it. Wp i - . j v, v w VliV UVVU U11U V. fne plow, but God alone can give the increase. It is His power that bursts tne seed and sends thp frrpem shoot gpward to the light and the white root tfrJ mt the soil. It is His wisdom jtnat fashions the tender blade, the ftalk and the full corn in the ear.- He ves the sunshine and the rain. "Our gners are all God's share croppers. But we are not all farmers. - What es God do to help the Merchant's siness? The Almighty furnishes !fg!s in which he deals. God had lii?, to everything in the store. ; helped the farmer produce the jv material of which those goods !ne' If he deals in hardware, hod s iron and God gave heat to ftu &re. that smeltered it, and directed 5L ,? Process of manufacture, f w could the f oundryman have made tt ,r.otUiK II the iron hnd rpmn tipH nd Whpn ha v. 3 - i- 4.1. "was: How pahU v..-.-, cen temnovc j n V,n j i r w lldU Lue metai reiuseu I Harden? Tt is r.Arl'c m,r0r nr,f if .1 inat carries on the processes iner ;S' ,e merchants pays the ha: riu 'rename through the usual Uinels Of trnrlo T lf d has no claim. fThev Z i 01 tne doctor and lawyer? vLake nothing to' sell onlv. the kiff6 and skm acquired by their , ,u tabors. Woe rj Today Canvass of Warrenton town ship for Victory loan by ap pointed committee, Mosley, Rodwell, Polk, Palmer, Boyd, J ones, Peck, Rooker. . Sunday Speeches on Loan at Norlina by McCoin and Polk at three o'clock sichool building. . First Monday' Meeting Boards Education and Coxhmissioners. Meeting new County Road Commission. Meeting Cotton Association at 2 o'clock, new program and settlements. IT .l"eir God put anything business? He surelv has. H nZPl? tyPewriter does nothing he buv? l thougnts on paper. Yet autornrvK-r "iacnine. The doctor's rut; "?DUe only takes him to his fservW yet he des not expect the m hnre-e- ,The mid that directs k."?y 1 the nath of health nr the lf usiness around the pitfalls : le law IS a for. l.,lfl SteerHi i 11 uie Path ot health or Hinp ti ls. fflr more valuable ma obile. r inev typewriter or auto- oi only made it, out A moment's withdraw- retain u a il ia Ui His tlle end S Ustaining power would be L7.e are HSvT1 fL-- r VtVuS. OnvT T property ia fils aid i!abors are fruitful only by ISsfold VS,.Almignty's claim is PutV,n Will a man.rnh find?" Fe, of st God given us freely of ake ,fcrty and of all things to pay ? Our parents, likewise, when we were helpless, gave us freely of Till things needful did we owe them no duty ? Can we not all remember with what pride we did the first little tasks of childhood ?. Could the mind of man conceive a higher honor than to be permitted to give as well as take in partnership with Gods? But is this idea that the Most High God needs something of ours more than the vainest of fancies ? Millions of angels do His bidding. By a word, He made the earth, sun, moon and stars. How can we know that our of ferings are not impertinent? Simply by His om word. Our Heavenly Father has always , directed His chil dren to offer Him their best. It is His gracious pleasure, repeated all through His holy book, that His crea tures should render, service to their Maker. - One method of renderine God His own is tithing. The prophet, speaking in tne name ot uod, says tnat not pay ing the tithes is robbing God. It is not a question of giving but of paying. T-"W 1 1 11 11 1 1 i 1 M now ooiaiy oaa must De tnat neart which 'will rob the One Eternal wield er of all power in Heaven and earth? Would a man be careless of wronging the judge before whom he knows that he must appear with a plea of guilty? The tithe is-, now considered by many a strictly "Jewish institution. According to them when the veil of the temple was rent and every man permitted iro -approach God's ' mercy seat, it became unnecessary to pay a tenth of the income to support the priesthood. And it is. certainly true that the form of worship changed. We have no Levites set apart from birth to the priesthood. The ceremonial of tabernacle and temple has passed away, and men devise their own order of worshiping God. God's grace is not withdrawn from the world. He still permits His people to serve Him, and houses are still dedicated to worship. It is till found best for certain men to withdraw themselves from ordinary business affairs and devote themselves entirely to leadership in religious ser vice. The. great commission of our God has enlarged the activities of the church. The chosen people were a race apart. Their incense and burnt offerings ascended in atonement for their own sins and in acknowledge ment of their peculiar blessings. But we are responsible for the salvation of the world. We are commanded . to preach the gospel to every creature. And we are told to-day that the very continuance of the civilization of the world is dependent upon our doing this. We may well believe that the recent great war with all its horrors was Heaven's rebuke of the selfishness of the charch on earth. " It is our duty and blessed privilege to cross seas and deserts, nd to pierce the wilderness with the glad tiding of salvation. The Jews gave a tenth of their income to ennnnvf Yia ivrifst.lv order and main- tain the temple worship in expecta tion of the great day tnat we nave coon AhrtVfi and bevond this they brought their thank offerings and their-free-will offerings, onaii we.uu less or more ? - , w Put ht" o vo a practical neonle. we know that God is entitled to our ser vice, but must calculate the cost; oi iw. service. We want to know if the tenth is still needed? Let us look at our preachers making the best oricK they can without straw. Let us look at the slums of our cities and at the great stretches of country without churches. Can we say that we have met the needs at home ? Let us con- foreie'n lands to SlUcI " c , whom the gospel has not been preach ed. For two thousand years we nave failed to accomplish the mission given us. Can we say that our efforts have tbeeir too great? ' -. . - - . The fielcls- are now wmte xut w liafvest. Man has conquered nature. Ships sail every sea. The most ad vanced peoples earry their trade to the remotest corners of the earth. The heathens use our. goods and know our merchants. They know our claim that we have received revelations from on High denied to them. What example shall we s at them. Shall the. selfish ness of trade be unrelieved by the gos pel story? If so, our message to them will not be one of hope for the life to ccme, but of a heartless grab bing for advantages in the goods of this work Shall we tell themby our acts that we mean to keep for . our selves the salvation freely offered by our blessed Master to all who will drink of the water of life? Nor is oir task at home a light one. (Continwd In Column 5, This Page) (Mm il!fe wise fern 1 W) flegs ? Aren't his two legs and those of thousands like him as well as the sacrifice of 65,000 lives, worth a $165,000 investment in the Liberty Loan by Citizens of Warren ? STATEMENT MR. AMERICAN CITIZEN TO UNCLE SAM, PR. To service connected with winning your war: 2,053,347 soldiers to be returned from France at $200 each ........... .......,,.,$. 410,66900 Maintaining-eur army in Europefdm-Jvember ly.-Z.i.-..:-until embarkation for home (average cost of $529.15 a man) 1,086,528,565 1,655,000 soldiers in training camps in America to be returned home at $12.25 each 20,273,750 Maintaining from Nov. 11 to demobilization 1,655,000 soldiers in American training camps (average cost of $317.50 a man) . . . 525,462,500 93,000 wounded now receiving hospital'treatment (av erage cost of $725 a man)................... 67,425,000 Loans to our Allies to enable them to help us finish the job 1,500,000,000 To help feed Europe till the next harvest 100,000,000 Completion of shipping program 500,000,000 Extra pay for army and navy at $60 a man. ....... 228,065,200 This statement does not include the following items: cost of maintaining navy from: November 11 until demobilized to peace basis; cost of war material in final course of preparation Novem ber 11; cost of finding jobs for 2,000,000 soldiers through U. S. Employment Bureau; cost of industrial education of tens of thous ands of disabled soldiers. These items will total some billions of dollars in addition to the above. We pay interest on all money advanced by you as a loan toward payment on this account. . -Remarks: PLEASE REMIT WE ARE GOING OUT OF THE WAR BUSINESS AND WANT TO SETTLE UP. UNCLE SAM. What Shall The Answer Be? (Manufacturers Record, Baltimore) The world is divided into two classes: the burden bearers and the burden shirkers. To which class do you belong? , - The nation sks you to range yourself 6n one side or the other and to stand with the burden bearers or: the burden shirkers, and yet it does not ask you to assume any burden in doing this. On the contrary, it offers you the most gilt-edged security in the world for every dollar it asks you to invest in Victory Bonds. . It "gives you the opportunity of becoming a bond holder in the mightiest na tion of earth, and in doing so to have the satisfaction of knowing that you have done your duty to your country. This is your nation and your Government. . Its honor is your honor; its debts are your debts, and its achievements are your achievements, to the extent that you do your part. This nation is made up of one hundred million individuals. It has no power except as each individual does his part. Every man who fails to do his part is a burden shirker, and is making some one else carry his burden. The call for subscriptions to Victory Bonds has gone forth throughout the land. The; glamor and tragedy of a mighty war, which stirred the nation's patriotism to its utmost depths, are. to some extent lacking, because the actual fighting has apparently ceased. But the army is still in the field; the great fighting ma chine cannot be "abandoned; its expenses to some extent must still go on. Because the glamor has for the moment passes, there is all the more reason why every patriot should work with redoubled energy to make the Victory Loan a greater success than were any of the Liberty loans. This is the nation's call to the manhood and womanhood of the country. What shall the-answer be ? Liberty. Loan Meet ing Norlina Sunday Hon. R. S. McCoin, of Henderson, and Hon. Tasker Polk, chairman of the Liberty Loan for Warren, will speak. Sunday afternoon at three o'clock in the school auditorium in Norlina upon the Victory loan. The people of the entire county arc invited and a large crowd is expected to greet the speakers and gain inspira tion to carry on and over the patriotic appeal which now engages public at tention. Speeches of strength and eloquence are to be expected, and a huge gather ing is predicted for this patriotic meeting. TO mm liV m CENTRAL COMMITTEE URG ED TO PROMPT ACTION Si TITHING (Continued From Col. 2.) The results of the great war have not taken final shape. There may yet be hard -fighting before Europe returns to the paths of peace. The neoDles of Christendom are still quarreling and haggling. They have not set their house in order. Shall we work out the problems of reconstruction in the light of experience alone, or shall we commit our ways in larger measure to the Lord in the stadfast faith that He will direct our paths. In our own America, untroubled by- the tread of marching hosts, we have lived too iar from God. We have depended too much on human wisdom. Our churches have been too cold and selfish and too many of our people have remained without the fold. Shall we continue to gather but a fraction of the people i . i. . to our services ana to see mucn ot our national life uninfluenced by the teach ings of the Master ? The great war has set men every where to thinking. Mankinds had ad vanced m the arts and sciences and ac cumulated wealth beyond the dreams of our fathers. The former wars of our day had been comparatively small affairs. Many persons thoueht that the 5 great nations would never again ny at each others throats. Then came the great catastrophe like lighting from a clear sky. New implements of destruction of the most amazing inge nuity and effectiveness were used in the most brutal and lawless fashion. Every resource of science and indus try was called upon to add to the hor rors of war. Money . was lavished jipon the conflict-in. amounts never be fore thoughttpossibleto raise; land wen gave thefee lives by the milllion, cities were utterly destroyed and wide territories brought to desolation. It was only natural that millions should ask how the God of Love could permit such untold, suffering and such colos sal crime. I have already intimated the answer: God was rebuking the un faithfulness of His people. In war-torn Europe,' the multitudes flocked to the churches, seeking con solation for bereavement and ruin, and strength' to endure what was yet to come. The armies advanced and retreated destroying as they went, and calling always for fresh levies of men to die in the roar of the guns. Earth had no care or solace for the terrors that gripped the soul. We of America escaped much of the horror of war, but true, too, praters were offered for the success of our cause, and the safe return of our loved ones in khaki. The four years so recently passed was a time of agonizing pray er. It was a time too of sacrifice a time when women as well as men fac ed death for the good they might do. It was a time when fabulous sums were given such benevolences as the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. It was a time-when men borrowed money to in vest in government bonds at a lower interest rate than they were making in their business. It was a time when personal service was offered and glad ly rendered without charge or hope of reward. - ' Now we owe God a higher loyalty than is due the nation. He made us and sustains us hour by hour. The property we handle is His, and no bus iness or profession could be carried on without His aid. Will the people that rendered billions to the Ceasar of Na tionality refuse Millions to God? Nor . . i ! is either ownersnip or partnersnip God's highest claim to our . reources. He gave us His best without stint or limit. When we trod the hopeless road of sin to certain and eternal doom, there was no angel in Heaven good enough to undertake our rescue. The depth of our dispair was answer er by the height of Heaven's power, our blindness by supreme wisdom, and our indifference by love without meas ure. While we were yet sinners Christ died for us. The Son of the Most High God deliberately stepped from the erlories of His Heavenly Throne to the rough manger of Beth lehem's stable, and trod without mur mur or complaint the stony road to Gethsemame and UQlgotha. lhat is God's highest claim on us. ShalL we, snatched as brands from the bunng, be content that others perish? Have we truly seen that love which passeth understanding unless we have received some of that love into t o r m - z our own nearts : uur rawer m Heaven and His Only - Begotten Son have made the supreme sacrifice. And the Son is to-day pleading before the Great White Throne for every crea- hture on this earth. Shall we be so un worthy of our race as to count too great the cost of telling men their op portunities? j Shall we rend against the heart of 6ur Saviour by refusing a few paltry dollars to carry on the work He began -on Earth and now pursues in Heaven ?- To Place Shoulders To Wheel For Oversubscriptions In Each Township By Wholesale Co operation With Local Workers With the apportionment made for each township, with neighbors already over-the-top, with the women's com mittee representatives out for Victory, with the Nation marching on to the triumph of an oversubscription, duty devolves upon the men . of Warren county, entrusted with raising the loan in their townships, to meet the task. Members of the central committee are expected to visit the townships as signed and aid in every manner pos sible the committee selected; to carry enthusiasm, pep and determination to every township convincing that what ever the standing therein that the path of duty must be trod to an oversub scription. Chairman Polk urges this work be immediately launched and that every committee representative will forward the work with unabated interest. The "following organization is in charge: ' Warrenton Township Quota $65,000 Central Committee V. F. Ward, J. G. Ellis, B. B. Williams, W: G. Rogexa, J. B. Palmer, T. D. Peck, Mr P. Bur well, J. M. Gardner, John Graham, C. E. Jackson, H. A. Mosley, R. B. Boyd, R. T. Watson, W. H. Burroughs, W. H. Dameron, W. H Alston, H. L. Falkener, C. R. Rodwell, W. N. Boyd, J. Ed. Rooker, Milton McGuire. Woman's Representative (town) Miss Sarah Macon, (township) Mrs. W. S. Terrell. , 's ;r Town, of NorUna-Qttota $10,000 Town's Representatives R. S. Reg ister, J. L. Overby,.H.,C. Fleming. Woman's Representative Mrs. H. C. Fleming. Smith Creek Township Quota $8,000, Township Committee W. E. Mul- chi, R. M. White, A. G. Hayes. Central Committee Representatives B. B. Williams and J. G. Ellis. , Woman's Representative Miss Re becca Collins. Hawtree Township Quota $15,000 Township Committee Coley Per- kinson, M. H. Hayes, W. W. Caw- thorne. Central Committee Representatives W. G. Rogers and H. L. Falkener. Woman's Representative Mrs. Fleming Hilliard. Nutbush Township Quota $9,000 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. H. Buchanan. Sandy Creek Township Quota $7,000 Township Committee Robert Stew art, J. K; Pinnell and T. H. Aycock. Central Committee Representatives B. Palmer and T. D. Peck. Woman's RepresentativeMiss Eula Allen. Shocco Township Quota $3,000 Township Committee F. F. Limer, J. W. Burroughs, James Montgomery. Central Committee Representatives -C. R. Rodwell and V. F. Ward. . Woman's Representative Mrs. Hun ter Pinnell. Fork Township Quota $4,000 Township Committee R. E. Wil- Hams, Li. a. t owier, Stanley .roweii. Central Committee Representatives Howard Alston and W. H Dameron. Woman's Representative Miss Jen nie Alston. . Fishing Creek Township Quota $8000 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 Quota $8000 Township Committee D. L. Ryder. W. H..Fishel, W. E.B. Harris. Central Committee -Representatives -fidmund White and M. C. McGuire., Woman's Repre'sentiveMrs. Sharpe Brown. River Township Quota $17,000 Township Committee J. P. Pippin. R. D. Fleming, D. A. Fishel. Central Committee Representatives R. B. Boyd and J. E. Rooker. Woman's Represen'tive Mrs John (Continued On Fourth Page) -nappy? should we
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