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WARRENTON; N. C., FAJULY 18, 1919
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Will Record One of the Greatest Days
in Warren's History-Every Effort
Will be Made to Give Our Return
ed Heroes a Sincere Welcome.
The Welcome Home Committee met Monday afternoon ta
shape the details of Warren's Big Welcome Home Celebration of
July 25th. Interest was keen among those in charge and evidence
is abun Jant that zest and enthusiasm will work hand in hand to
make this the greatest day in the history of the County. ,
The Academy grounds, it was finally decided Monday, will be
headquarters for the dinner. The Court House will be speaking
headquarters. Every Store or place of business is asked to close
and decorate their store fittingly for the Celebration day.
Mrs. W. A- Connell ably assisted by Miss Annie Lee Rankin
and wih the co-operation of the committee they will appoint will be
in charge of feeding the estimated crowd of five thousand which
will gather here upon this eventful day. Barbecue and brunswiek
stew are to be distributed and this with the frugal basket dinner
brought by the housewives of Warren is expected to provide i
menu appetising and abundant. Therecents "vets" and the boys
'61-65 will eat at specially prepared tables.
The heart of childhood is to be made glad and the. thirst of
youth and old age quenched delightfully by barrels of free lemon
ade stationed in different parts of the town. .
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PROF. J. EDWARD ALLEN
SUCCEEDfMR. JONES
; 1 Women managers of the government dormitories for war workers in Washington, left to right: Misses Mary B.
Rust, Doris Burchard, Mary Lindsley, Harlean James and Olive Davis. 2 Men of Admiral Kolchak's Siberian army
I repairing telegraph lines torn down by bolsheviki. 3 Admiral Sims and his aid, Lieutenant Commander William Ed-
j wards, at Yale,. where the admiral had been awarded the degree of LL. D.
The entertainment feature will begin the day at ten-thirty.
Each event is given over to one man to make this a "go" from start
to finish. A Sack Race in charge of R. S. Register is the first on
the program, and a Fat and Lean Race under direction of Col. T
D. Peck comes next. ,
Eleven o'clock will see a greasy pole climb on the Court Square
the top of the pole bearing a reward for the first who reaches it.
This feature has been assigned Wiley Coleman, of Churchill.
At eleven-tfiirty watermelon contest conducted by placing a
melon containing some coin in the midst of the street and sta
tioning the Warrentdn Fire Company as guard over it with a water
hose to fight off enterprising youngsters, wilUfcrovide laughter
galore. This is a bathing suit game and will be, in charge- of Mayor
J. B. Palmer.
As this closes, the speakers of the day will take the rostrum
erected in front of the Court House. Col. S- W. Minor, of the 30th ;
Judge J. S. Manning, of Raleigh; Major Clyde Tilghnian, of the
80th will be present and make short addresses- Gov, Bickett,,it is
expected, will be here and either present a certificate to the family
of the boys who made the supreme sacrifice or read the Honor Roll.
At two o'clock the steps of the crowd will be directed to the ft,
Academy grounds where the dinner will be served.
After dinner an automobile parade will be held. ; Every sol
dier will be taken for the parade and a short spin. Automobiles
ere to be decorated and it is in the tentative program to , have a
float, built upon a truck, lead the procession.
At nine o'clock that night pictures will be shown free of charge
upon the Court House square- It is expected that; people, of all
sections who are called home following the afternoon parade will
return in time for this feature.
At ten o'clock a ball will be held in the Dameron building in
honor of th rfiirnpri cnirlWs. Snecial invitations are beinsr is-
sued to those other than soldiers of this county, and. every energy
Greeted to make this a glorious finale of the tremendous celebra
tion.
Upon arrival in Warrenton every soldier is expected to regis-
ter at an Arch of Triumph to be erected across Main street near
the Court House. This" and the decorative art which will make
resplendant the facade of the Court House will be the creation of
Mrs. Kate P. Arrington in charge of the Decorating Committee.
oration of the places of business, will be left to the store owners
but a prize will be offered for the best decorated store front in
arrenton. Automobiles - are to be - decorated by the ; owners'. ' It
Purged that plans and material for decorating be procured at
once. ' " . '
Chairman Tasker Polk is making final arrangements as to
takers; Mr. W. H. Burroughs is looking after the banquet tables
rostrum; Mrs- Connell and Miss. Rankin are in tp.see that the.
dinner is the last word in excellence ; Mr. V. F. Ward is music boos
terand picture show man; Mrs. Peter Arrington is seeing that
everything is done to please the eye ; Mr. R- B. Boyd is raising the
Pessary dough; Register, Palmer, Coleman and Peck are working
P the entertainment features and Brodie Jones is issuing invito-.
lons and trying to tell every man, woman and child in War-
county that Warrenton will welcome them on this day. The
hle committee is the central committee of arrangements appeal -
ng to the leading men and women of each township to throw their,
.fluence behind this celebration day and make every effort to give
arren's returned soldiers, heroes all, a sincere and,, impressive
elcme back to the Old Home County. . y
To "Mr. Aver
age Citizen.
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My dear Mr. Average Citizen:
An intimate acquaintance with you,
extending over a number of years,
leads me to write you this intensely
personal letter. I know that you love
the truth, that you despise injustice,
that ycu are a robust champion of. the
quare deal. The possession by you
of the cardinal virtues makes North
Carolina a truly great State.
- The . most : vital: pocer ;of 4h Sftate
is the power to tax, and you believe
that this vital power should be exer
cised with a full knowledge of the
truth. You believe that from this full
knowledge of the truth there will flow
perfect equality in taxation.
For the first time in the history of
the State you, Mr. Average Citizen,
have it in your power to write the full
truth and perfect equality in the tax
books of the State. You have never
been called upon to do this before;
indeed, you have never been permitted
to do this before. But now the Gen
eral Assembly has enacted a law that
laces the. matter entirely in your
andsJ The new tax, law is written
on correct principles. ; The machinery
for its enforcement is? adequate and
appropriate, r .The law . is so written
that it will be, easy for the citizen to
do right and hard for him to dowrong.
But on you, Mr. Average Citizen, rests
the - responsibility of determining
whether or nqt ;the wise and just pur
pose-, of the law. shall -be carried out.
Now, Mr. Ayerage Citizen, you will
receive a questionnaire ana win De
called upon ?to swear before God and
to all. your feJlQW-citizens' what is the
fair, market value of r your property.
When you ;ome ,to:;.takie this solemn
oath , it will ) be. helpful to you to put
to. your own-conscience this question:
'If If did, not own this property, but
wanted-to buy' it, what would I be
justified in paying for it?" and, again:
"If I wanted to sell this property, not
at a forced sale, but in the way and on
the terms that property of this class
is generally sold in this community,
what,, do. I. really believe I could, get
for it?" The answer to these ques
tions, will, point with, reasonable . ac
curacy ' to the fair market value of.
your -property. This- fair market value
you must write down in your ques
tionnaire; else you will cease to be
Mr. Average Citizen and become Mr.
Undesirable Citizen.
When you, Mr. Average Citizen, tell
the truth about your property, it will
do-no good if or your,; -neighbor,. ; Mr
Undesirable Citizen, to tell a lie about
his property, because when the books
show truly what the property, of Mr.
Average. , Citizen is wortn, this evi
dence will clearly and , conclusively
show what the property of Mr. Un
desirable Citizen is worth.' The local
and district, .assessors, , when they
come to; fix the value, of your proper
ty, will be governed by; the sworn testimony-
of -Mr Average Citizen. f -
President Gets
Big Welcome
(By J. E. Jones)
It is doubtful whether the National
Capital' has ever, in all history, given
to any one, so generous and spontan
eous a welcome as that which was ex
tended to President Wilson upon his
return to this country. For once the
"folks just went down to the train and
waited" and.it was a long wait, for
the l)Telated"train dia riot puir in'fo-the
train shed until midnight. Finally
the President and Mrs. Wilson arriv
ed, and as usual, they were whisked
through the crowds, with the usual
amount of cheering, and the Presi
dent bowing to right and left from, his
swiftly moving automobile. Down
the Avenue, with more crowds, and
more cheering and then through the
gates to the White House Home
again!
To the unitiated the event might
have seen like a very ordinary form
of greeting to the head of the Nation.
But those who have been in Wahing
ton long years know that no Presi
dent ever received such a welcome
from the Capital. The reasons are,
two-fold, and prosaically stated, the
party of the first part is the "public'
which rubs elbows daily with the
great and the near-great, and : comes
to the inevitable conclusion .that a'l
men and women are made of - the
same kind of clay, and possessed of
the same foibles and virtues as all the,
other people. With , this sort- of a
pessimistic outlook on life the . Presi
dent is not apt to become as. "famous"
in Washington . as the average Con
gressman back home, where his iden
tity is impressed upon the,.; masses
once or twice a year.
President Wilson, , as party of the
second part, has not been a popular
"hero" ; in Washington .He never
has . "mixed," as did Mr. Taf t auu
Colonel Roosevelt. Likely, had Wash
ing., been ; an enfranchised part of the
United States in the last election,
Mr. Hughes would have had a land
slide. When the armistice was ar
ranged, the apposition to Mr. Wilson
was terrific
It maybe a large task to interpret
the feelings and sentiments of a
crowd, especially in heterogeneous
Washington, but it seemed that here
was an instance where men and
women from all over the country
gathered to quietly express their ap
proval ; of the efforts made for the
highest ideals of civilization. In
their minds "politics was adjourned."
Critical Washington did not mean
to say that it unreservedly approved
the work of the Peace Conference, and
the plan of the League of Nations.
But what this great welcome home ex
pressed emphatically, was. the confi
dence of the people, and immeasurable
respect for the way . in which; . the
President - has handled the biggest
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An Interpre
tation of Law
(News and Observer)
; To the Editor: The controversy over
the Board of Education of Warren
county is one of interpretation of law.
With due resDect for the opinion of
mankind, including the Attorney Gen
eral, I ask for space in "which to set
forth the views of the oBard of Edu
cation of Warren county and a hose
of its friends. We believe that all of
cu ofiicial acts have been legafc -They
have certainly -- been orderly. The
changes of the personnel of the board
since 1917 were outgoing and incom
ing friends of the Superintendent of
Schools. The entire personnel of the
"old" board are loyal to the present
Superintendent. The superintendence
was not an issue in the last campaign,
but whenever made the issue he has
won. The Superintendent of Schoo &
voted for Senator Hawkins and was
instrumental in keeping down oppo
sition ever after he was nominated by
the primary.
The questions of law are:
1st. Did the General Assembly of
1919 repeal Chapter 74, Acts of 1917?
Our contention has been that it did
not. It amended it and incorporated
it in the Act of 1919. The amendment
was by striking out the following
words, "wherein the county board of
education has heretofore been appoint
ed by the General Assembly under
provision of Section 4119 of the Re
visal of 1905 and acts amendatory
thereof." The words immediately
preceding "In all counties" not being
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MICKIE.SAYS
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Mr. Howard F. Jones Resigns As
County Superintendent of Pub'
lie Schools. Gives His Reasons
For So Doing
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To the people of Warren County:
A wis example should be fol
lowed, and I have in mindjthe example
of the mother before; King, Solomon.
Another woman, claimed her baby anu
insisted upop - being the true mother.
Solomon conceived the wise expedient
of sending for; his sword bearer and
ordering the child cleaved and divided
between the two women. The false
mother readily agreed the true moth
er with love for, her child burning in
her heart fell on. her knees and begged
King Soloman to give the baby to the
other, woman, feeling, as a true moth
er would, that she had rather the baby
should live as the child of another,'
than for it to die. King Solomon in
all his wisdom recognized instantiy
the true mother and ordered the. chi.ct
restored to her.
I feel this morning, somewhat as
must have felt the mother of the
child: I had rather surrender my claim
to those who have no legal right, than
to contend and see the child destroy
ed. And so this morning, I address
the people of this County as the "King
Solomon" of this occasion and say
"O! King," let them have the child,
for I believe the injustice done me will
be righted by you.
And so. it. is with the, school affa.rs
of this County, I . believe it will ne
best for,, the .. interest, of the public
schools of the County that we no lonr
ger prolong t'ncitlnti Qfwha'.
shall r peorm- 'the
duties; and I had rather ,, forego my
legal rights than have the4 school af
fairs held up pending a decision. The
gentleman who is to succeed me has
been my friend in all the years of con
troversy. I have repeatedly told him
that I would.be pleased to see him as
Superintendent. He is worthy and
well qualified, and he is a native of
this County. He should jmake a good
Superintendent. He is my personal
and political friend. I, therefore, not
unmindful of the many evidences of
loyal support given me by, the people
of the County, and of the State Board
of Education, including those connect
ed with the Department of Education, r
respectfully tender to the, people who
placed me here my office of Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction for War
ren county. It is not necessary for
me to say that my administration has
been CLEAN. You knowt about this,
your Grand Juries have made investi
gations and approved; the State
Board has unanimously approved on
repeated occasions; the members of
the Board have approved; ; I have a
Certificate ; from the State Board of
Examiners Certifying that J am com
petent to "hold the office, so I turn back
to you, my fellow citizens, the office in
which you placed me and with it my
deep appreciation of your support.
The step I have taken is for no lack
of confidence in you, nor of any fear
of the final outcome of aj decision in
my favor by the Courts, nor is this the
advice of friends; but from a sense of
duty to the school folks, .who should
know who is to administer the great
and important duty of Superintendent
of Schools.
The time is short in which you must
act. Should I go into the Courts the
matter may drag along for months,
and though I should win (which I
confidently believe) the damage done
the educational interests will not com
pensate you, by my winning the fight.
The ten years in which I have won
over as strong a combination as could
be gotten together has not "run to my
head," and in defeat I caiv say as one
did on the 9th of April, '65: "Men, I
have done the best I could for you."
It is my nature to trust my,iellow man
and not to bear malice, and I trusted
neither wisely nor well but I trusted
under a "gentleman's agreement." I
"kept the Faith" and I wouldn't take
a cool millon dollars for having done
so.
"Blessed is. he that sweareth to his
own hurt, and changeth not."
HOWARD P. JONES.
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