r i - rotate lbri V- (Tuesday) WARRENTON; N. C., FAJULY 18, 1919 (Friday) Kumber 56 - - - .. . - A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY 1.50 A 5c. THE COPY .i MmI I J il if lli f ft ' 4 - - dfeM.; 311'"" . . ; .t . ' v- v: ...v,.., . SftVSHEKEPT' aIjI 3it' s Jli 0 It ' I Ji ! ,i, Xn, ' I irW f (A life. H 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. . I ' " v ' - ' ''ArLl' . "Ukf , :52L..ll v. Wsten Newspaper Union Cjj' 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. 99 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 (Continued On Third Page) 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 (Continued On Third Page) MICKIE.SAYS &ECUZ. 'OVARi OHCE M LAKfs NS AS NNEVA. V VJkXfc MOO NOVjVL JS-C Cf I ON TUESe. TPS tA PASSIM OUT, .VT'U- -TCVKE A.U- Mr. Howard F. Jones Resigns As County Superintendent of Pub' lie Schools. Gives His Reasons For So Doing s E 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. (Continued On Fourth Page)

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