A Colyum
Of Thoughts
From Here .
There, Yonder
(By W. BRODIE JONES)
It appears from the records of the
offieo that Warrentonj3 entitled to a
Governr-ient postoffice. Tho building
edifice wouldn't cost the town any
thing. It would come m a gift from
Uncle Sam.
We urge that the people of the town
who are interested t in this write to
Congressman Kitchin. Your news
paper has already presented the town's
claim thru a personal letter.
A manifestation of interest on the
part of the citizens will cost little ef
fort and will bo the factor which will
determine the matter.
Every citizen behind the move for
a new postoffice building!
'Hunger knows no armstice."
The cessation of world hostilities
fails to clothe and feed those of the
Near East whose homes were laid
vvaste with deliberate cruelty.
Readjustment is not made in a year.
America, a big brother to the chris
tian nation of Armenia, is asked for
aid until the next harvest and until
nature, staggering- in the aftermath
of war, provides material with which
its people may work.
YTarren's quota is twenty-one lives.
"Hunger knows no armistice," but
the Heart of America has a cure.
Sense If Not Experience
Farmer So you've had some ex
perience, have you?
Youth Yes, sir.
Farmer Well, what side of cow
do you sit on to milk?
Youth The outside. Clipping.
"Do you guarantee results m your
nerve treatment?" asked the Caller.
"You bet I do," replied the Special
ist. "Why, last week a man came to
me for nerve treatment and when I
got through with him he tried to bor
row $500 from me." Cincinnatti In
quirer. Too Common Phenomenon.
A medical paper advances the theo
ry that "man is slightly taller in the
morning than he is in the evening."
We have never tested this, but we
have certainly noticed a tendercy to
becomes"short" toward, the end-of the.
month. "Books of To-day and To
morrow." A Family Affair
The school-teacher with the eagle
eye saw a little girl chewing gum.
"Mary.' she commanded, "put that
into tho wastebasket!" The child
looked as though she would like to
obey but couldn't. "Did you hear
me?" insisted the teacher. "Put that
it belongs to my mother." Selected
Rather Hard On Father
A New York lawyer, distinguished
in his profession, owns a delightful
SUlhrnov 1mm a in VvmcTif TTis nedfrh-
bors there tell this storv about his I
youngest child, a girl not more than
ten. After much coaxing she pre
vailed on her father to buy her a
donkey and cart. The first day of
the donkey's arrival he was permitted
to browse on the lawn. The child
followed the little animal about, and
thinking his countenance wore an un
commonly sad expression she cau
tiously approached and stroking his
Rose gently with her little, hands,
said: "Poor donkey! you feel lone
some, don't you? But never mind,
papa will be here tomorrow and then
you will have company." Ex.
CONCERNING SUGAR
Absolute knowledge have r-none,
But my aunt's washerwoman's son
Heard a policeman on his beat
to a laborer on the street "
That he had a letter just last week
Written in the finest Greek
a Chinese coolie in Timbucktoo
ho said the niggers in Cubaltnew '
Of a certain man in a Western town
no sot it straight from a circus
down
That a man in the Klondike had the
news '
From
a Sang of. South American jews,
Of
a certain man in Bamboo
Who
said his brother quite well knew
A swell
society female rake
wh
0se mother-in-law would undertake
To
Prove that her seventh husband's
gum into the wastebasket immediate- Mig3 stingon saya that ske knows from
ly!" "Please, teacher, I'd like to but her own experience3 that if the dead
I can't," was the quavering reply; "it j olllifir Wied in the fields of Flan-
siEtcr's niece
That? a Printed piGCe'
wh v a 60n who haS a f riend
0 k.nou's when the sugar shortage
13 going to end.
Selected.
VOLUME XXV
LET THEM STAY OER THERE
Ladies Who Spent Long Time
Over Seas Object To Mens'
Bodies Being Returned
BELIEVES HEROES WANT
TO LIE WHERE THEY FELL
Pays Tribute to The Beautiful
Manner In W7hich The Graves
Are Cared For And Deplores
Effort To Exhume Bodies.
(By J. E. Jones)
In Flanders field the remains of
American heroes lie. Their graves
are marked and every attention and
caro is exercised in making the rest
ing places fitting memorials to th
deeds of our boys who died for their
country. The mother or father whose
son lies in that hallowed spot has
every reason to feel that it is fitting
and proper that tho remains should
jrest forever with the comrades who
cuea witn tnem m battle. A littxe
reasoning, and an acquaintance with
the grewsome facts, ought to convince
any relative that it would be little
short of ghoulish to disturb those
graves in France. For the fact can
not be evaded that men who died in
battle wore often dismembered and
parts of their bodies were scattered,
and often entirely missing. The iden
tification tags served their valuable
purposes, and quite commonly a num-J
ber of bodies were placed in the same
grave. To exhume one body for ship
ment to the United States would mean
that it would be necessary to disturb
the remains of all t&ese. .
Miss Myrtle Stinson of Washington,
who spent eighteen months in volun
teer war service with tho Polish and
French, as well as the American
armies ( and who was wounded in ac
tion, and decorated for gallant ser
vice, throws light on this important
subject. She recalls her experiences
at a hosxital Jn the South jp - France.
where boys were sent to recuperate
after having worked among the graves
of their comrades, and in exhuming
tho bodies. Miss Stinson" talked with
a thousand of these boys who did the
work, and she says that in every one
of their countenances there lingered
expressions of horror, and their eyes
were windows of suffering of the an
guished souls. A great many of them
had lost their minds, while others were
prematui-ely aged by their experienc
CO.
vers could speak that they would cry
out against the attempt to have their
comrades dig up the remnant remains
:hat have been interred. She says that
if American parents could see, as she
has seen, the beautiful places where
these sons are- buried, .and where lov
ing care vies with the bright sun
shine of France in cheering the spots
where our heroes lie, they would not
want their sons to havo any other
final resting place.
The removal of bodies from the
graves in France cannot be accom
plished with any degree of absolute
certainty. The Army and the Gov
ernment has used every precaution to
nronerly mark the graves, and it is
certain that the remains of our heroes
are buried in the spots that are indi
cated. It is not certain, however, that
they could be exhumed and transport
ed overseas with any postive assurance
that thoTight remains would be deliv
ered. And then again, is claimed that
organized -propaganda for the removal
of these bodies has been instituted by
the undertakers of the United States,
and their trade journals are remind
ing the men in that profession of the
great volume of business that would
come to them if the bodies of the deau
soldiers were brought from overseas.
rfW nnd fathers who will allow
'the fullest sway to their sentimental
feelings, and who will at tne same
time view this momentous question in
its practical light, can hardly fail to
answer with a postive and emphatic
"no" when the question is asked 4ot
them as to whether they wish the re
mains of their loved ones brought from
overseas.
'Most any excuse is a poor excuse."
"
When we' speak of paying our
honest debts let's remember our debt
to our fellowman.
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO
News From "
Over County
CREEK ITEMS
There is very little to report front
this community. ,
Nearly every family seems to be af:
flicted with colds, but no "flu" yet am
glad to say.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pridgen have
located at Norlina and seem pleased
with their future home.
Miss Elenor Powell, of Inez, was a
short caller hei-e Sunday enroute to
her schoorat Middleburg after spend
ing the week-end with her parents.
Miss - Mary Brown returned home
Saturday from a two week's visit to
her aunt in Virginia.
Miss Mattie Clarke visited her sis
ter, Mrs. T. W. Harris, in Richmond,
Christmas; hwich was enjoyed by both
parties.
January has been remarkably good,
but thre has been very litle work done
so far.
Mr. B. J. Geoghegan called here a
few days ago and is looking well and
happy.
VICKSBORO NEWS
We are glad to say that Mrs. W. E.
Turner who has been quite ill, is rapid
ly improving.
Mr. Clyde Stainback, who spent the
holidays with his parents has return
ed to Windsor to resume his work
with his uncle.
Mr. Gid Alston, of Littleton was a
visitor at the home of Mr. C. J. Flem
ing last week.
The Middleburg students . spent the
week-end at their respective homes.
Mr. R. J. Crawley, of Littleton, was
a visitor in Vicksboro Sunday.
Misses Jennie Alston and Florence
Skillman, Messrs. William H. Stewart,
Jr., J. M. Stewart and Geern Parish
mofored to Rocky Mount for the wee.
end.
A party of young people from Hen
d3rson visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Stewart Sunday afternoon.
The Cokesburg and Vicksboro teach
ers and friends were entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stainback
last Thursday evening.
iss.jPe.arL Hicjs .-returned homeOldSashtt--.,
irom tne oarau Jbiizanetn nospuai yes
terday. Quite a crowd of young people
stormed the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
T. Alston Tuesday night.
Mr. Whit Watson the "Census Man"
spent Monday night' in the neighbor
hood. MANSON ITEMS
Mrs. Van Dortch and Miss Nena
Dorth of Drewery were in town last
week.
We are glad to say that three new
families have moved in our midst this
year: Mr. Gollis, Mr. James and Mr.
Mustian.
Miss Etta Fleming spent the week
end with her people at York.
Our hearty congratulations to Mr.
and Mrs. William Kimball on the ar
rival of a fine little daughter Thursday
of last week.
Mr. S. J. Satterwhite, of Henderson,
was in town a few days ago.
We are glad to see Mr. J. D. Cham
pion out again after a long spell of
grippe.
Mrs. Williams, of near Wise, is vis
iting in town.
Mr. L. O. Reavis returned a few
days ago from Richmond with a nice
car load of horses. .
Miss Mamie Brach with several
other young people made a pleasant
trip to Henderson a few evenings ago.
Mr. Fleming Watkins, of Drewe,
was in town this week.
Dr. Willis, of Middleburg, made a
professional visit hero not many days
ago.
Mr. Gerge Wyckoff, of Henderson,
visited friends in town some days ago.
Mrs. Orville Adams and Miss
Thelma Braei made a visit to' Rich
mond the first of last week.
' We are glad to learn that Mr. Lewis
Kimball is improving after quite a
long illness.
Miss Pannie Stegall, of Drewery,
spent a night .with friends here re
cently Mr. Robert James and sister Miss
Rosa spent Wednesday in Warrenton
shopping. .
Dr. D. Smith spent last week rn
Henderson doing professional work
w qva leased to see Mr.
Van
Tl c Jr
north at the store again
after a
week's illness. . '
We are sorry to say that Mr. J. J.
Seaman has been quite sick for the
past week
Mr. John Brack, of Raleigh, visited ,
his people here Sunday, . .
WARRENTON, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1920
THElNTJEi? ESTS OF WARRENTON
DEPICTS HOPE IN AMERICA
Armenian Children With Faith
- Turn Eyes To Great Demo
crasy For Its Human Aid
WARREN ASKED TO PRO
VIDE FOR 21 ORPHANS
In Campaign of American Relief;
Statements By President Wil
son and Herbert Hoover Tell
of Conditions There.
' Christmas Even in Armenia.
In the doorway of a hut, peering
through the daidaiess, down the road
which winds to the distance sea, a lit
tle girl in garments, sits and dreams,
and dreams, and dreams.
Around her, likewise dreaming, are
other little children. They know it is
Christmas Eve. They know what it
means. "Christ was born on the mor
row," they tell each other gravely.
For these are children of Armenia,
children of the faith, children of
Christ, who died that the world migia
be saved.
For their faith these little children
have, suffered, are suffering now. Some
have! seen their fathers, because of
faith, fall at the hands of the brutal
Turk . Others have know the terror
of that moment when their mothers
were dragged away, never to come
home again Sorrow has set its dark
ening cloud on thir childish faces.
And yet ther eyes are still alight
with hope and their little hearts beat
resolutely with the warm blood of
f aitlu
They have been told the story, the
never-dying story, of Jesus, born in
a manger, in Bethlehem not so many
miles away and of the Three 'Wise
Men who came out of the East, fol
lowing tho Star, and bearing gifts of
frankincense and myrrh. ,
Star of the East, whither wanderest
They gae into the heavens, and
there, even as it was two thousand
years before, the Star still is shining
a beacon of love and hope, unchanging
through the centuries.
And the children peer again down
the road toward the sea in the dark
nes, waiting, waiting.
Where, oh, where, tonight, are the
Three Wise "Men, bearing their prec
ious gifts and led by the shining Star?
The road from the sea is long, and
to him who journeys there, the way is
a weary one, and the road across the
sea, where travel the ships, is longer
still, and the way there, too, is a weary
one.
But, across that sea, at the other end
of that long, weary road, is a Coun
try and that Country is great and
big and warm of heart.
America! There, in this magic land,
dwell now the "Three Wise Men."
There, too, are other little children
happy children, thoughtful, kindly
children; '
And these little children of America
also know the story of the Star and
of the Babe. They know, :too, that
there, in that saddened, stricken land,
across the sea, peering down the road
through the darkness, the lonely little
children of Armenia are waiting.
And they shall not wait in vain.
From the Land of joy and plenty,
from great, generous America, bear
ing the gifts of the children, the Wise
Men, once more, as they did when
Christ was bom, follow the Star.
The banner they, hold aloft bears
the words, "Near East Relief." It is
f a banner of hope, a symbol of service,
to the suffering peoples of the Bible
Lands. Thek know its magic mes
sage.' It has saved them before; it
shall save them again. It shall more
than save them, by the help of the
men, women and children of America
it-shall build them up into a nation,
And the little children of Armenia,
the lonely little, hungry, shivering
orphans, wait hopefully, confidently.
They know that the "Three Wise
Men" will come.- They know that the
great and generous people of that
mighty mother-land, America, will be
true to them, will stand by them, even
as they themselves, through all the
black reign of terror and oppression,
have stood firm in the faith of Him,
k whose Star the Wise Men ever follow.
'Great populations are driven out
mm
AND WAR KEN COUNTY
upon a desert where there is no f ood
and can be none, and they are com
pelled to die. Then men, women and
children are thrown into a common
grave, so imperfectly covered up that
here and there is a pitiful arm stretch
ed out to heaven; is there no pity in
the .world? When shall we awake to
the moral responsibilities of this great
occasion? President Wilson, in ad
dress on Armenia, at Kansas City,
Sept. G, 1919.
"In my opinion, in the Near East
is the most desperate situation in the
world." Herbert Hoover, in a state
ment, Oct. 15, 1919. ' ,
TO THE MEN OF AMERICA
(Rose Trumbull, Scottsdale, Arizona
You talk of your breed of cattle,
And plan fr a higher strain,
You double the food of tho pasture,
You heap up the measure of grain;
You draw on the wits of the nation,
To better the barn and' the pen;
But what are you doing, my brothers,
To better the breed of men ?
You boast of your Morgans and Here
fords, Of the worth of a calf or a colt,
And scoff at the scrub and the mongrel
As worthy a fool or a dolt;
You mention the points of your roads
ter, With many a "wherefore" and
"when,"
But, ah, are you conning, my brothers,
" The worth of the children of men ? ,
And what of your boy? Have you
measured
His needs for a growing year?
Does your mark as his sire, in his
features,
Mean less than your brand on a
steer?
Thoroughbred that is your watch
word, For stable and pasture and pen ;
But what is your word for the home
stead ?
Answer, you breeders of men!
State Sanitary'
In
Mr. L. G. Whitley, State Sanitary
Inspector, district number two, has
been in the city this week and' will be
here thru Saturday morning in the
interest of the State Board of Health.
Inspector Whitley is here under the
act of the last Legislature condemn
ing open surface, privies and requir
ing protection of public health by de
stroying the insanitary breeding
places of flies. He states that the
great majority of our people are instrain for rewards by splitty fifty-
sympathy with the law and that the jflfty or something like that."
new privies constructed as a whole
meet the requirements. There are j IN MEMORY
still some open surface privies in.of my Grandmoher, Mrs.-Bettie Over
town within the prohibited three hun- j bj who jied, December 29th, 1919.
dred yard radius of another inhabited '
dwelling. No bills of indictment are
a. . - .ei-j '-li. u Ji? xT
lo oe meu upon una visit, uuc ix me
cause is not removed, a resort will be
made to law upon the next visit of an
inspector.
A license of forty cents upon each
privy is due according to section 10 of
the act and Mr. Whitley is collecting
this in every instance where the own
er can be found. A receipt is issued
and the funds are devoted to the en
forcement of the act.
The inspector complimented the
general condition as being better than
that of many towns he had visited
since October 1st.
j WILLIAM WALTER SQUIRE
PASSED TO HIS REWARD
Vaughan, N. C, Jan. 19. The Grim
Reaper has once more invaded our
community, and on January 1st Wil
liam Walter Squire passed into the
Great Beyond. He had been afflicted
all his life, being an Epileptic, and as
he grew older, it grew wprse until the
end came. He has been watched over
constantly for thirty years or more4
by his sister, Mrs. Anna Collins, and
no baby ever had better attention, he
was devoted to her and for a number
of years could hardly bear for her to
1 be out of his sight. - .
His great hobby in his latter years
was for making walking canes and
whip staffs of which he had quite a
collection, all of which were buried
with him. He was fifty years of age.
A FRIEND.
"Certainly a man shouldn't have
over one wife" argued, the orthodox
brother with his polygamist friend.
. "But, why, brother?"
"Simple, friend, there is a Biblical
reason 'no man can serve two mas
ters' "
Sept
Number 7
COIN WILL CUT-OFF SUPPLY
Noted Officer States That More
Pay For Capturing Stills
A Solution of Problem
AMPLE REWARD DUE FOR
ALL BOOTLEGGERS CAUGHT
Sheriff Stafford, of Greensboro,
States Views of Law Enforce
ment Upon Request of South
Carolina Officer.
. Greensboro, N. C, Jan. 14. Sheriff
D. B. Stafford of Guilford County, ia
recognized as one of the most efficient
officers anywhere, and ha3 been repeat
edly named by the head of the Federal :
Prohibition Department as a fine ex
ample of active and everlasting pur
suit of the moonshiner. Asked his
opinion of the proposal of Federals
Prohibition Director Gant of Georgia
that the state should provide a special
reward fund for catching not only
moonshiners, but bootleggers,; he had
this to say and .consents to its" pub
lication:
The present payment of twenty
dollars for a cut .up still alone, doe3
not pay the sheriff 's expenses. At least
my expense of keeping a regular raid
ing force, with automobiles, etc., trips
at night costs more than the income,
because many trips are made that re
sult in nothing except letting block
aders understand we aro always on
the job. We get not a cent, except
when a still is delivered for being cut
up." Now it must be next to impos-
ible for the sheriff of county having
a small town to go to this absolutely
necessary expense of having a raiding
force, besides every mve made by any
one of them is noted in the smaller;
places and operators informed. I
think a reward for. bottleggers would
be a capital improvement, for they can
be more, easily nabbed, if it were made
an inducement .for. them: t he conn-'
dentially" reported. "Cutting out the
moonshine is well, but the quickest
way to do it; is to put the middlemen
and bootleggers in front of the legal
firing line is my best judgement, and
the moonshiner will be starved out.
"Mi. Gant's suggestion would suit
me better if 'it also provided that
where a sheriff co-operated with the
Federal Force,' giving ffrst aid I
might say, the Federal Prohibition
Department ought to lessen the states
jwhen Old Age is snatched away,
!. . . . ..
By Death's resistless hand,
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay
Which pity demand.
After the light of a day on earth
Had fled from the western skies -Came
an angel to gather a lonely
flower;
Then away to its Saviour it fiies.
Thou. hast gone to a glorious clime,
With a faith that's lovely and sublime;
Gone to the home of peaceful rest
Where throughout eternity all aro
blest.
Bright as the morning dew,
Lovely as the sweetest flower,
So bloomed the human face divine
That we on earth called ours, .
Till Death spread his withering wintry
arm3;
And beauty smiles no more.
But hope looks beyond the bounds of
time
When what we now deplore
Shall rise in full immortal prime
And bloom to fade no more.
Grandmother! dear, we miss your
bright and cheerful smiles,
Your voice, too, that is now still.
But we know it is only for awhile
For soon we too shall obey His will. .
Saviour, while our hearts are bleed
ing O'er the spoils that death ha3 won,
While we are now filled with mourn-
Mercy still is on the throne;
By Thy hands the flower was given,
Thou hast taken but thine own
Ruler of Earth and Lord of Heaven,
Help us to say "Thy will be done."
A loving granddaughter, .
EDNA CLARK.
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