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WARRENTQN, N. C TUE SDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1919
Number 12
A SEMI WEEKLY NEWS PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTEB ESTSOFWARRENTON ANDWAR KEN COUNTY
(By W. BRODIE JONES)
The practical evidence of one's good
ncss is the willingness to help others.
Witness the Bible story of the Good
Samaritan!
Hallelujahs whose only sincerety is
voiced in a volume of sound fall short
in the Gospel of Action.
The mantle of happiness, Heaven's
heritage, rests upon the brow of those
who labor that others may live and
love and laugh.
To that Great Unselfishness which
is the pure gold of character comes
an appeal this week for the Armen
ians the orphaned children of men
who dic-d in defense of the Allied
cause.
The answer of Warren in this call
for human sympathy will be a tribute
to its citizenship.
Last time, it was the war and the
flue now its just the flue."
Lincoln's Reply To a Credit Agency
''In reply to your inquiry concern
ing the worldly possessions of one oi
my neighbors, I will say he has a good
raotner, a loving wiie ana a precious t
baby worth a king's ransom. As foi
himself, he works when the rheuma- , . Vii m jweive montn
tism will let him, lives in a small ca- Jy inf alImets; the other for a con-
and a dog." Exchange.
What Is a Peptomist?
A peptomist is an optomist in ac
tion he has speed and "pep"; he ra
diates enthusiasm and encouragement;
he has faith and the punch to make
his dreams come true: he hope anc
smiles and puts it over.
Sam's girl is tall and slender,
My girl is short and low
Sam's girl wears silks and satin,
My girl wears calico
Sam's girl is fast and speedy
My girl is pure and good
Do you think I would change my gfr
for Sam's girl?
You know d-m well I would. Ex.
"Waiter!" cried the diner, "there':
a fly in this ice cream!"
"Serves him right, sir," replied the
waiter, "let him stay there ahef freeze
to death. He was in another gentle
man's soup yesterday. I'll be down
right glad to get rid of him." Amer-
ican Legion Weekly.
The Claytons had recently amassed
En immense fortune and Mrs. Claytor
intended to spare no effort nor ex
pense to break into society.
"I think," said she to her husbanc
one morning while she was engagec
m arranging a musical program, "tha.
we will have a mezzo-soprano."
"All right, all right," replied Mi
Clayton, nervously, "go ahead and see
an architect, but don't bother me
about it."
The physician to whom the Irishman
had applied for relief from a stom
fich ailment, asked on the occasion of
his last visit:
"Have you been drinking the verj
hot water an hour before each meal
as I directed ? If so, how do you fee
now ? "
"Doc," said the Celt, "I tried hard
to do it, but I had to quit. I dranl
for thiry-five minutes and it made
me feel like a baloon!" Exchange.
Just A Twenty Century Girl
She is "wild about" mushrooms
on
toast,
She is "mad about" muffins and tea;
She "adores" nesselrode and pie a-la-mode,
And is "rnvishPrlM with fromaee-da-
brie!
She's "devoted" to coffee frappe,
And "jus4- crazy" about a souffle,
She vows she "could dieV eating truf
fles oh, my I
She's a "regular girl" I should say!
Helen Rowland.
In some sections of Indiana the
toothbrush is said to be rather a
scarce commodity as witness the ex
perience of a boarder out there once
uPon a time.
The master and his wife had accept
d the boarder at four dollars a week.
Just before his first meal the visitor
overheard this scrap of conversation
between the couple:
"I'm afraid we ain't goin? to make
tth outa this fella at four dollars",
toe mistress sighed.
"I allowed that wuz purty good
pay", replied the host.
."Well, it would be, ordinarily," the
distress admitted, "but Tommy jest
Wpnf . ......
siarrs to tell him dinner wuz
ady, an' found him shurpenin' his
UMDE?WflY
Township Workers To Canvas:
In Behalf of Twenty One
Orphans Assigned County
MINISTERS LEND ENDOR
SEMENT TO RELIEF WORK
County Organization To Secure
Pledge Cards and Cash This
Week Wherever Possible; En
thuiastic Dinner Conference.
The drive for relief in the Near
East engages the attention of the puo
lie this week. The organization fp.
a canvass is perfected and the mora,
force of the churches of the count
aligned in this humanitarian move
for the welfare of suffering humanity
The canvassers are circulating twe
classe of pledge cards. One for the
- P"fn at sixty aoi-
... , , , ,
ward the support of an orphan, pay
able one fourth down, a fourth May
1, October 1, December 1 or at an
time which will suit the convenience
of the subscriber. No pledge cards
will be signed for the cash donations
The campaign launched in the coun
ty at a very optimistic dinner con
ference here last Friday is every,
where making an appeal and the. work
of the canvassers will bring good re
ults eveiy indication points.
In addition to the ministers of the
County the organization is composed
of the folowing workers: J. Edward
Allen, treasurer, Miss Julia Dameron,
woman's chairman and W. Brodie
ones county chairman. The workers
i.i charge in each township are:
Warrenton R. B. Boyd, Mrs. J. E.
Rooker.
Fork R. E. Williams, Jr., Mrs. John
Clay Powell.
J' Ashing: Greek Weldon TVDavis, Miss
Eva Duke.
Judkins C. N. Hardy, Mrs. Sharpe .
Brown.
F.iver R. D. Fleming, Mrs. John H.
Harrison.
IjL'awtree Coley Perkinson, Mrs. Char
! otte storv Perkinson.
Smith Creek Robert White, Mrs. J.
E. Redford.
&andy Creek J. K. Pinnell, Miss Jen
nie C. Alston.
Roanoke H. L. Wall, Mrs. Emma
Huckstep.
ix Pound J. J. Nicholson, Mrs. J. S.
Nowell.
Shocco J. Boyd Davis, Mrs. R. L.
Pinnell.
Nutbush A. E. Paschall, Mrs. Sam
Satterwhite.
The appeal of the drive strikes a
responsive chord in the heart of all
of the entire personnel of the ap
pointed organization not one has noti
fied the county chairman that they
could not act. With this corps of
workers and the people of Warren to
. ppeal to in behalf of the conuty quota
of twenty one orphans, an answer
vhich will do crecfit to the county is
expected during the coming week.
Mr. JFno. Serls
Passes Away
Mr. John Serls, father of Mr. Frank
Serfs of this city, passed away at the
home of his son Friday morning at
three o'clock in' the eighty eighth
year of his age.
Mr. Serls was born in Canada but
came to Warren in 1878. He was
a farmer and lived at the Robinson
place, four miles from Warrenton,
where he followed his business dili
gently until several years ago.
Until a few years ago one could
see him often industriously engaged
around the garden and home of his
son but Time gradually dimished his
energies until-eternal rest came Fri
day morning.
Mr Serls was a kind and consider
ate gentlemen. Interment was made
Saturday afternoon at 3:30 in the old
cemetery, Dr. J. T'. Gibbs, : pastor of
the Methodist church of which Mr.
Serls was a member, officiating.
The deceased is survived by Mr.
Frank Serls, of this city; Mr. Stanly
Serls, of Washington, D. C;-Mr. Geo.
Rprls. of Winnipeg, Manitobia; Mr.
Wilson Serls, of Florida, and Mrs. Mi
netta Noxen, of Canada.
OPENING
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A scene in Bourbon palace, taken at the opening of the French chamber of deputies for the session of 1919
1923. M. Biegfried, the oldest French deputy, may be seen reading the opening speech, with Panl Dschnel
the president, presiding.
Mog Cholera
In the County
Office of Demonstration Agent, War
ren county, February 10th There
have been several outbreaks of hog
cholera in various parts of Warren
county. As this disease spreads very
rapidly, the farmers should be careful
about passing from one hog lot to ano-
jther as the farmers themselves may
carry upon their shoes the germs of
infection from an infected pen to hogs
not infected with the cholera. Buz
zards and dogs should be kept out of
the hog pastures as far as possible as
the germs may be carried on the feet
of these and other animals.
All farmers living within a few
miles of infected herds should be es
pecially watchful for symptoms of
cholera among their hogs. When a
jhog begins to show signs of weakness
f becomes: feverish,
it should be separated from the re
mainder of the herd and the entire
i herd should be innoculated with anti-
hog cholera serum. The anti-hog
cnoiera serum can uu ouiameu lroin
1 t i j
the Department of Agriculture, Ral-
lelgh, N. C. All outbreaks of hog
cholera should be reported at once to
the County Agent at Warrenton.
I have entered upon the duties of
my office as county demonstrator andr
every way possible. Let me know
your wants, and I will endeavor to
help you. J. E. TREVATHAN.
onng on Sol
dier Insurance
Raleigh, N. C, February 9th The
War Risk Insurance Bureau Division
of the U. S. Treasury Dept. is ear
nestly trying to relieve any confusion
that may exist in the minds of former
service men relative to lapsed war
term insurance. The special provis-
ion which authorized reinstatement up ' '
to December 31, regardless of date ot SEABOARD OFFERS USE OF
ciseharge, Director Jones of the war j ITS TRAVELLING LIBRARY
risk Insurance Bureau, announces in The Seaboard Air Line Free Trav
a circular leter of January 15 still eling Libraries which sustained a ser.
holds good, provided the lapsed or can ious loss in the death cf the former
celled insurance is renewed within 18 Superintendent, Mrs. Eugene B. Heard
months from; date of discharge upon are still operating under charge of
payment of two months premiums on Mrs. J. Y. Swift,, daughter of the late
the amount of insurance to be rein- Superintendent, at the former heau-
vr r-ein mmrters 'Rose Hill Plantation, Mid-
statement must be in good health as
at the date of his discharge or expira
tion o fthe grace period and must so
tate in his application. .
The provisions for reinstatement do
not protect a man until he actually
reinstates. If he waits he may net
be in as good health as he was at the
time of discharge and consequently
may not be able to scure reinstate
ment. Director Jones further says that
statements that Government insur
ance will cease at the end of five years
and will be turned over to private may be made through any station
companies, "are absolutely false," for agent.
'government life insurance for veter- The Libraries have recently been
ars of the great war is ; a permanent the recipient of a gift of a considera
.roposition and this, permanent insur- ble number of books of the highest
ance does not increase in premium cost grade from the American Library As-
as the insured grows older." Discuss
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mg inese reinsiuieiueui, cunuiutuib.
North Carolina Insurance Commis
sioner Young .today said the govei,,
ment is offering unusually liberal
terms for soldiers and sailors to re
instate their- insurance. - He strongly
OF FRENCH CHAMBER
oA s s.
advises all the service men of the
State to keep their insurance and
iwhen it has lapsed to renew the same
at I once. He declares they cannot uo
better and may lose out entirely.
MARINES' AiNT-BEAR PINES IN
THE ZOO AT CINCINATTI, OHIO
Cincinatti, February 9th "Jimmy"
the Mexican ant-bear, which served
throughout the World War as mascot
of the Marine Brigade in France and
was wounded in action, may soon be
lost in the Cincinatti Zoo. Marines
who served in France, and who will
form the nucleus of a new expedition
ary force to be stationed at Quantico,
! Va, want to get "Jimmy" back again.
JLike all sea-faring men they are
superstitious, and fear that they will
have bad luck in any future ventures
if they allow their mascot to remain
in a zoo.
Jimmy was picked up by the Ma
rines in Vera Cruz in 1914. He did
a tour of . duty aboard a battleship,
and then whtoFrahce' with ' the
Marine Brigade. He was the first ant
bear the French had ever seen, and
children half to death. He has a long
llovihlo nnco iHaq ri tha nvnlrtnfinTi
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JX Aid. I A. 1HJ v jcaixx v.aixo.
"AS TO KEMA1N ON INACTIVE
LIST OF HUSBAND'S RESERVE
1
"When Bill was in the Army I ai-
worry about mm but now tnat ne s
discharged I can't keep track of him.
at all. Come and get him for your
old Army again". So wrote a Dau
phin county wife to Colonel Kemper,
the recruiting officer here.
A recruit's a recruit and recruiting
is the colonel's business but he just
couldn't find a place for Bill in the
new, democratic, peace-time Army, it
isn't that kind ,of an Army these
days.
So, William Henry Harris, the most
interested party, who wasn't consult
ed at all by either wife or recruiting
Officer, will have to remain on the in-
1i3f vF fVin TTnshnTids' Reserve i
'Corps.
dleton, Georgia.
A reference branch is also being
started at the S A. L. R. R. Y. M. C.
A at Hamlet, in charge of the Gen
eral Secretary Mr. D. W. Glover,
where employees of the line may have
access to a considerable collection of
books for their own use and the use
of their familes.
It is part of the plan of the Sea
board Air Line Free Travelling Lib
raries that its facilities be made avail
able to any employee desiring them
and application for the use of books
scciation from the collections remam-
i 1 ' .P T iVvvo vr Wor
ing when the work of the Library War
Service at the camps and cantonments
was formally taken over by the War
Department, and is accordingly in a
better position than previously to
serve the Seaboard territory.
OF DEPUTIES
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ealth Officer
Gives Warning
Much sickness from grippe and in
fluenza is reported from many sec
tions of the county. The schools at
Norlina, Wise and Warren Plains
have been forced to close for several
days on account of the epidemic.
Though the situation is not grave
enough to demand a meeting of the
County Board of Health, Dr. C. H.
Peete, county health and quarantine
officer, reaffirms the following which
is a reprint from the Warren Record,
October 8, 1918, at the time of the
flu epidemic over the Nation:
"Influenza is due to spit swapping.
Spit is swapped or exchanged in the
following ways: (a) By coughing or
sneezing into the air instead of into
a hadkerchief. In open coughing and
sneezing,- an infectuous and invisible
spray is thrown several yards into
the air and floats for thirty to sixty
minutes. The greater the spraying
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gatherings, the denser and more po-
ten the infectious atmosphere; (b) by
soiling the hands with spit (very
small, invisible amounts) and trans
ferring the snit to the hands nf nnn-
ther person in handclasps, or by hand-
or
some article from which a second per
son gets the minutest amount of spit;
(c) by using the common roller towel
contaminating and being contaminated
(d) by using common drinking dippers
common drinking cups, and common
spit-infected water from a common
bucket
Note and Heed These Rules
Avoid crowds; influenza is a crowd
disease. Don't associate with the im
polite and careless who spray the air
by coughing and spitting germs.
Smother your coughs and sneezes
with your handkerchief and do not spit
your friends do not want your
i
! germs.
Keep at least four feet, away from
any person who has a cold.
Don't use public drinking cups or
dippers, and don't use a roller towel.
Breathe through your nose, not thru
your mouth, and when you cough cov
er your mouth with your handker
chief. Wash your hands before you eat;
don't put your hands on your mouth.
Do not breathe any, and avoid all,
dust.
Cleanse your mouth several times
a day with a good antiseptic.
All persons ill with a cold should
remain at home and not endanger their
friends and the public with their dis
ease: be selfish and keep it to yourself.
Stay at home: do not visit.
Don't use any article, napkin, towel
spoon, fork, glass or cup, or plate
used by any person, especially one
sick with a cold.
Keep your mouth clean; keep your
skin clean; keep your clothing clean.
"If you get the grippe: Go to bed
and stay there until you ar well, until
your temperature has been normal
for at least two days. If you are past
fifty, or if you are not strong, stay m
bed for four days after normal tem
perature. Remember, the danger of
grippe is pneumonia. Pneumonia is
the penalty for disrespect to the grip
pe that gets out of bed too soon.
In conclusin, public fficiak can do
little to protect you. You can do a
great deal to protect yourself.
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Two Colored Boy Out Hunting
Find Body Of yhite Youth
On Island At Head of Pond
MISSING FROM COUNTY ,
H'ME SINCE CHRIS'MAS-EVE
Presumed That Death Was Re
sult of Exposure While Under
An Attack of Epilepsy; Bur
ied At County Home.
Wherever two or more gathered
here Monday afternoon and night the
discussion of the story brought to the
city by Uncle "Cotton" Robinson's
boy was discussed interestingly.
This colored youth and his compan
ion were duck hunting at the head of
Fleming's pond when a flock of buz
zard's atracted their attention. The
boys went over an island near the old
swimming hole at the rocks and found
the body of a white man badly de
composed. The news was immediately brought
to the county authorities but a coro
ner's inquest could not be held until
this morning. Last night the town
generally conceded that it was the
body of Robert Thomas Webb, white
youth who had been missing from
he County Home since Christmas Eve
when he supposedly had left for bis
home below Macon.
, This morning Coroner Ed Petar and
a jury composed of W. C. Fagg, B. T.
Alston, H. H. Grant, Ben Powell, John
Hudgins and Ed Lines rendered the
verdict that it was Webb and that
death was due to unknown cause, pos
ibly exposure. Body was identified
by clothing and the absence of two
teeth.
Webb was about twenty five years
Id and a chronic sufferer from epi
epsy. It , had been his custom to go
home from time to time and his re
quest on Christmas eve was granted
by Supt. W. T. Powell of the County
Home. , When he failed to retrun a
search was instituted thru the terri
tory lying between the County Home
nd the home of his parents but with
out avail. The first intimation of his
untimely end came with the discov
ery of the body.
There is no supposition of foul play.
General opinion is that Webb wander
d to some point along Fishing Creek
nd died from exposure during an at
ack of epilepsy and that his 'body was
brought to the island by the heavy
highwater current.
Interment will be made in the bury
ng ground at the County Home.
U. B. C. Have
Good Meeting
The U .D. C. held a most interesting
meeting in the Court House, Friday
February 6th, with Mrs. S. D. Twit
ty, our president, presiding.
After the usual short responsive
prayer Mrs. Twitty read several im
ortant letters. One of great inter
est from Mrs. Harvey, State Presi
dent of the U. D. C, asking that the
chapter send war records of Warren
county boys who were killed in the
World war. A committee of Mrs. Liz
zie Tarwater, chm, Mrs. Henry A.
Boyd and Miss Amma D. Graham
were appointed to obtain this infor
mation.
A letter from the State Tuberculo
is Hospital with an appeal for money
to place a bed in the hospital, was re
sponded to by a $25 donation from
the chapter.
A request from Areola that the U.
D. C. help a poor needy family there.
an old Confederate soldier. Tho
etter was written by Mrs. B. D Scull
to Mrs. Peter Arrington asking that
the Red Cross would also help the
cause. Mrs. Rooker, treasurer, send
a check of $15 for this cause.
Mrs. V. L. Pendleton gave a delight
ful talk about Jefferson Davis and
Mrs. Frank Allen read a most inter
esting article on the grand and noble
statesman.
The meeting adjourned to meet the
first Friday in March.
Secretary of U. D. C.
She "Do you know why I refused
your'
He -'I can't think."
She "You guessed it."
American Legion Weekly.
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