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A. F.JOHNSON. EDITOR AND MAh
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LOUISBURC TOBACO
^ Quite a Nice Lot c
Visitors I
PRICES VERY GOOD?GE:
. Many Loads of the Golden Weed ~
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Brought in Yesterday, Not- n<
, withstanding: the Inclement 8<
Weather. A
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In keeping with the previous an- lj
nouncementg the formal opening of the P
Louisburg tobacco market was celebra- a'
ted yesterday. There waa a very good ^
sale at both houses, considering the
weather, and the crying of the auctioneer
and live bidding of the buyere made y
us feel that the busy fall months were 0,
approaching. The grades, which al- S<
though of the first primings, were much e'
better than was expected and the prices f
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were good. There was quite a number ju
of farmers present at these sales as vis- tl
itors and many that were selling all of It
whom expressed their satisfaction at d'
the opening sales. y
According to custom a draw for the m
first sale was made and the Farmers
Warehouse come out successful giving hi
the second to the Riverside. The sale <
began at 11:30 o'clock and the scene
was one of much interest to quite a
large number. d<
Regular sales will continue from now cc
on excluding Mondays in each week and ^
we are imurmeu mat me prospects ior
a strong market are exceedingly bright, si
Among the buyers on the market yes- ei
terdav were S. T. Wilder, for the
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American Tobacco Company, C. B.
Cheatham and J. B. Thomas, for the cc
Imperial, S.J. Parbam, 'independent oy
Mr. Bost, for the BritislvAmerican
is expected to arrive in a few days. 01
Among the out of town tobacco men
on the market were Messrs. T. M.
Thomason and G. O. Pitt, of Zebulon.
Considering that the weather for the
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past four or Ave days has been very un- y
favorable to the opening sales the C
amount of tobacco present and the m
prices paidwere very encouraging to
all concerned.
There were many visiting farmers
from adjoining counties present, but we M
were unable to get the names of all. a
We are informed that the buyers are w
well supplied with orders and that they a?
will buy largely this season.It
is now up to those who have tobacco
to sell to try the Louisburg market
if they want the best in everything. y.
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Delightfully Entertained. ei
At the home of Mr. R. Z. Egerton on It
V\ ednesday night, Miss Mary Stuart P'
Egerton delightfully entertained a di
number of young friends in honor" of
Miss Julia Parrott, of Kinston. There L
was quite.'a large number present and hi
all pronounced the occasion as one of F
great enjoyment. ? R
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Matthews-Foster. fl
The editor acknowledges the receipt B
ot the following announcement: hi
Mrs. Ernest Stapleton Foster an- ni
nounces the marriage of her daughter li<
Matilda Kearney to Mr. William Clar fc
ence Matthews, on Wednesday, the Si
thirtieth of August, nineteen hundred
and eleven, Kedron, Tennessee. B
Tailoring: Opening'.
Mr. McLeod will give a tailoring opening
at R. Z. Kgerton'p Big Little Store
on next Monday and Tuesday, No
doubt he has just the suit you want F
and his prices will suit your pocket, bi
Read their advertisement in another ni
column and call around and see their 0
samples. ai
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Going Across the Sea to Have M
Boy's Hair Cut- oi
The Salisbury Post tells that two w
families of Syrians, residents of Sails- vi
- bury, left last week on A trio to thq M
old country, and says: v
"The trip is made tdith^ old country hi
mainly to visit the sacred temple of t<
the Syrians te have the religious rite p
of cutting the hair of the little boy, ai
George, performed, the child'a hair not r<
having been cut since birth. Other re- w
ligious rites, it is presumed, will be ob- n
served, which it is not possible to ob- tl
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)_MARKET OPENS
if the Weed?Many
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NERAL SATISFACTION.
irve here, there being no?temples and
j bishops of the Syrian order in this
ration of the country."
The Poet eaye these Syrians came to
merica 13 years ago and first traved
as pack peddlers. They have
ved in Salisbury seven years and the
ost says tbey are industrious and lawaiding
citizens.
umbermen Urged to Help Senator
Simmons. (
There has been talk some weeks that
te lumber interests of the State were
ganizing for the purpose of aiding
snator Simmons in his fight for reaction
to the Senate. He has been
iticised for his attitude with-reierence
i the lumber tariff, and some of the
mber people are seeking to show
leir appreciation of the stand he took
?r them. To this end Mr. W. G. Unirwood,
vice president and secretary
' the Underwood Lumber Company,
>s sent out a circular letter to lumber
en throughout the State in the interit
of Senator Simmons but without
a knowlenge.?Kins ton Dispatch.
Mr. Wilder PromotedThe
many friends of Mr. S. T. Wil;r
throughout Franklin and adjoining
tunties will be glad to learn of his prootion
to buyer for the American Totcco
Company ?nd""that he will be lotted
on this market. Mr. Wilder will
tcceed Mr. Thos. D. Tyack, the form'
buyer for this company, who has
sen transferred to the Mt. Airy raarst.
He left Monday for Lake City, S.
, where he will buy tobacco for this
impany until the Mt. Airy market
tens.
During his stay here Mr. Tyack made
any friends who will learn with regret
his leaving.
Change at the Jail
On account of D. C. High accepting a
>sition on the good roads his resignaon
as jailor has b en given in and
liief of Police J. C. Tucker has been
ade jailor in his stead.
Banks to Close.
The banks will be closed on next
londay to observe Labor Day, it being
legal holiday. Those having business
itb these institutions will bear this
mind and make their arrangements
:cordingly.
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Goes to British-American.
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le Imperial Tobacco company as bookseper
and buyer, was yesterday assign1
to the Louisburg market as buyer
ir the British-American Tobacco comtny
and will go to that place in a few
lya.
He returned yesterday morning from
oris. South Carolina, where he has
sen buying ior the Imperial company,
rom here he went to his old home in
0 wan county and will return to Louisirg
next week, visiting hia family at
le country borne place eight miles
em Salisbury. The transfer to the
ritish American is a step up, giving
m a good commission market with a
srmal poundage of about three mi(jns.
The season opens there in a very
tw days and the crop promises well.?
ilisbury Post.
We take pleasure in welcoming Mr.
ost tctour town and our market.
t The Farmers & Merchants
Bank.
At a meeting of the directors, of the
armers * Merchants Bank, held in its
snking house on Wednesday after30O,
the resignation Of Mr. C. B.
heatham as president was received
id accepted, and Mr. F. N. Egerton,
ho was formerly Vice-President, was
ected President to fill the vacancy of
Ir. Cheatham. Mr. C. P. Harris, one
1 Franklin's most successful planters,
as elected Vice-President to fill the
icancy caused by the promotion of
ir. Egerton.
It will be remembered that Mr. Cheatam
is making his arrangement to enir
into a larger business at some other
Dint and not being able to Be present
id attend to his duties caused him to
?ign. He has a host of friends here
ho will not only regret to learn of his
ssignstion as President of this instituon
but also of hia leaving our midst.
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Still their beet wishes will go with him
and will hope that he will soon Hnd it
to his interests to return to Lquisburg.
In the selection of tne two new officers
above named it will be seen that
the Board of Directors'made a wise
choice, as each of them have wpn enviable
reputations as capable energetic
business men and we feel safe in saying
they will do credit to themselves and
their institution.
Broke Out of Electric Chair
When Oliver Locke, a negro wife
murderer, wss paying the penalty
for bis crime ?t tile penitentiary at
Eddy ville, Ky., . uesrlay, the condemned
man, through whose body
2,000 volts ot electricity were believed
to be couisitig, struggled for
28 minutes with superhuman strength
and tinallv broke the leather straps
that bound his arms and legs to the
death chair.
After breaking the Btraps the negro
toppled to the floor and apparently
succumbed, hut an examination
by the prison physician revealed
the fact that he wss slowly reviving.
His body was again strapped to the
chair and 2,500 volts of electrioity
turned on. Several minutes elapsed
before life was extinct.
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F. N. EGERTON
Who was elected' President of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank on Wednesday
to succeed Mr. C. B. Cheatham,
resigned.
THE. MOVING PEOPLE
their movements in and
out of town
Those Who Have Visited Loulsburg
the Past Week?Those
Who Have Gone Elsewhere
For Business or Pleasure.
C. F. frapp visited Nashville Sunday.
L>. (*, Pearce is visiting his sister at
Norfolk.
T. G. Boddie, of Kinstnn. was in
town Sunday.
Dr. D. T. Smithwiafaavisited Raleigh
tha past week. fj/m
J. W. Hollingsworth visited Oxford
the past week.
J. L. Palmer returned home Friday
for a few days.
W- M. Person is attending Nash
court this week:
R. L. Bernhardt and wife are visiting
her people in town.
J. A. Turner spent Monday in Raleigh
on business.
Judge C. M. Cooke left Monday for
Nashville to hold court.
Mrs. B. G. AI ford, of Nashville, is
visiting at T. P. Alfoids.
Miss Onnie Tucker returned Monday
from a visit to Durham.
Cary Hunter, Jr.. of Raleigh, is visiting
at J. P. Winston's.
Miss Lizzie Winston, of Selma, is visiting
at J. P. Winston's.
Mrs. J. S. Barrow and Mrs. W. E.
Uzzle spent Friday in Raleigh.
Dr. \V. H. Furman, of Weldon, is
visiting his people in town,
Mrs. Asa Parham, of Henderson,- is
visiting at Dr. J. E. Malone's.
W. B. Tucker left the past week to
spend several days at Ocean-View.
O. R. Smith, of Henderson, wan a
visitor to Louisburg the past week.
Percy B. Fleming, of Raleigh, was in
town one day this week on business.
T. D. Tvack left Monday for South
Carolina to look the tobacco crop oVer.
Dr. T. J. Dean and H. B. Cooley, of
Nashville, were in Louisburg Tuesday.
Perry W. Fuller, of Baltimore, arrived
Tuesday to visit his people here.
Mrs. E. 8. Ford and children retum
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DAY SEPTEMBER 1. 19)1.
ed Monday from a visit to her people at
Selma. ,'
Miss Julia Parrott, of Kinaton, is visiting
Miss Mary Stuart Egerton this
week.
E. H. Malone returned home Tuesday,
alter having taken a course in the
University.
W. H. Ruffinand little sons, returned
the past week from a visit to Ocean
View.
Mrs. F. W. Hicks and little daughter
are visiting her people in Nash county
this week.
Miss F.llice Alford. who has been visiting
her brother in Nashville, returned
home this week.
Mrs. R. H. Davis left Monday for
HiUsboro to attend the funeral of her
sister, Miss Lizzie Jones.
L. P. Hicks and wife, who have been
visiting friends in Nash county, re-1
turned heme one day this week.
Mrs. A. F. Johnson and children and
Miss Eleanor Thomas returned from a
visit to Rooky Mount Monday.
Mrs. Ben W. Brown and little daughter,
are spending a few days with her
mother, Mrs. C. V. Strickland. J
Misses Emma and Ina Underbill, who
have been visiting their sister, Mrs. B.
B. Benson, of Raleigh, returned home
Saturday.
Ira W. Williams, who is connected
with the Philadelphia Evening
Times, is visiting his people in and
near Louisburg.
P. F. Monger and wife, who have
been visiting their people in and near
Louisburg the past few weeks, returned
to their home in Satiford,Fla., yesterday.
Mrs. R. P Taylor, who has been at
St. Luke's hospital at Richmond for
acTciai **cci\ n xwf ireamiens,.returned
home the past weekT" Her many friends
will be glad to leam she is much improved,
Attorney-General T. W. Bickett
spent several days al home this week.
He leaves today for Nashville, Tenn., to
take evidence in the boundary case
now pending before the Uiiited States
Supreme Court, and will be gone for a
week.
How to Get a Fair Price for Cot
ton.This Year.
Present prospects are that there
will be a big cotton crop this year.
This big crop, if it comes, will be
due entirely to tbi work of the farmers
of the South. It is going to be
worth a big lot of money, to, and
will bring handsome profit to somebody.
It is, of course, unreasonable to
expect cotton to bring as much per
pound whefi there is a large crop as
when there is a small one; but it is
even more unreasonable for prices
to be hammered down when a good
crop is made so that a large crop
may actually bring loss money than
a small one. This has happened
L ? i ' ? ?
utiore now, ana it, will Happen
again unless the farmers take steps
to .prevent it. The men who buy
cotton are going to do all thev can
to force the price as low as possible.
What are the farmers going to do
ahout it?
This inquiry is likely to be met|
by another: What can they do
about it? And often this question
will be asked so as to imply that
they can do nothing.
This we do not belieye. There
are several things the individual
farmer can do, and others which
farmeis as a class can do.
(1) The individual can, first of all,
make provision right now for enough
feed for his live stock, so that he
will not have to sell cotton and buy
feed, fie still has time to make sure
of this; but he must at once act.
(*2) He can, if he will start, have
hogs enough to kill so that he will
net have to sell cotton and buy
meat.
(8) He can keep the garden gomg
and raise his own vegetables and
maybe a surplus.
(4) He can take care of the poul.
ti y and the cows and make them a
source of income.
There are other things lie can do
to make himself independent of his
cotton orop; and every man who is
able to hold his cotton and market
as be chooses can help to injure
profitable prices for the orop, while
every man who must sell is going to
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CONFEDERATE VET
Excellent Speech by
Henderc
DINNER SERVED IN 0
help depress the price.
Acting together, farmers cai
agree upon a plan of marketing am
| keep the whole crop from bein|
forced on the market at onoe. The;
an make arrangements with thei
local bankers for loans, if they oeei
ready money in the fall. In man
cases, the farmeis themselves oai
finance the cotton _ crop of thei
neighborhood, by helping out wit]
short time loans, eecured by th
cotton crop, those who would other
wise have to sell at onoe. They cai
keep negro tenants from rushing th
whole crop on the market as soon a
mads, and this they must do if the,
would keep prices. Every neigh
borhood which handles its crop in
business-like way will help to main
tain prices and will help to brin|
nearer the inuch-drea i.ed-of day o
scientific marketing.?Raleigh (N
C.) Progressive Farmer.
History Modernized.
The following unusual answer
were lately given at an examinatioi
for teachers in New York for th
purpose of testing the geueral know
ledge of the applicants:
Who built the ark? Theodor
Slionts.
Who introduced Pharaoh's drean
Eusapia Palladino.
Who received the ten command
raents? J. P. Morgan.
Who led the Israelites into th
promised land? Senator Gugget
helm.
Who slew the prophets of B a
Lyman Abbott.
Who preached in Athens the uc
known God? Charley Murphy.
Who wrote the book of Revels
tions? Thomas W. Lawson.
Who raised the siege of -Orleans
Andrew Jackson.
Presumably, some one of these, i
asked who was the hero ot the lion'
den, would have answered "Th
Colonel."
? Richmond Times-Dispatch
Alert ItemsAs
you haven't heard from u
lately I will send iu a few items ti
I let VOIl know thnt we ore etill rr It,.
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"Monntains."
The farmers around here woult
be very glad to see a good rain.
Dry weather is making cotton opei
very fast around this place.
The Children's day service wa
held at Mountain Grove church las
Saturday, s
S. L. Falkner, ot Henderson, i
spending this week with his mothe
at this place.
L. J. Pernell, of Eoutsburg, spen
last Sunday with his parents here
His wife is spending a few days wit
her mother here this week.
Misses Emma Hall, Lela Hale an
Martha Morton werejjleaBant caller
at A. M. Moscleye last Sunday after
noon.
It. C. Falkner and wife, of War
renton, were visitors near here las
Sunday.
Misses Susie and Ethel Wiliiamr
of Ingleside, made a short visit to C
F. Falkner's last Saturday evening
Mioses Clara, Alice and Julia Mos
ley with Messrs. S. L. Falkner, Bal
die Avscue and Hugh Mosley madi
a very pleasant visit to Joe Ball*
last Sunday night and reports a nic
time.
Misaes W'hie Ball and S^arthi
Morton, of near Franklinton, weri
visitors at Joe Balls last Saturda;
and Sunday.
With best wishes for the Trusa.
"FiHMEB Bot."
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NUMBER 2
ERANS HAVE PICNIC
Mr. J. C. Kittrcll, of
;on, N. C.
LD ACADEMY BUILDING
The Weather Liked Lots Being:
i Good But a Large Crowd Was
j Out Just the Same?Much
? Enjoyment For ally
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r Quite a large number ot the old sold
diers gathered in Louisburg yesterday
y where they had been invited to attend
n a basket picnic by the Daughters of the
r Confederacy of the Joseph J. Davis
h Chapter. There was also a number
e who were not old soldiers who were also
invited and were present and a most n
enjoyable occasion was had.
e This picnic was in celebration of the
s annual dinner usually given the old vety
erans by the Daughters and the occas
ion had been changed to a picnic at this
a ti^e in order that the occasion might
- be a sociable one.
Z The soldiers gathered at the court
f house at 11:30 o'clock and went from
[. there to the academy grove where they
were met by a number of committees.
First was a strong, patriotic
speech delivered by Mr. J. C. Kittrell,
8 of H nnfloenrvn i" *L- ?"
iii utc uruuba ocnool
a building. This was a splendid talk and
o was greatly enjoyed by all who heard
him. In his general ^delivery and his
language he showed that he was at
e home with his subject and handled it
i well. The committee is to be congratui?
j lated upon their selection of so good a
speaker for this occasion.
I- On account of the inclement weather
the participants of the picnic and the
? (old soldiers were invited over to the old
l- j academy building where large tables
had been arranged and spread to their
I? ] utmost capacity with every imaginable
thing good to eat, and were command'
ed to take hold and help themselves,
! which they did.
The entire occasion was one of great
j enjoyment to all who were present and
1 I the ladies deserve much credit for the
success they made, especially so under
, such unfavorable weather conditions.
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D. C. High Takes Charge^of
' i Chain Gang.
1 D. O. High, formerly Chief Of Police
of Louisburg, accepted a position with
8 ; the road trustees this week as Superin11
tendent of the convicts. He entered
9 J upon his duties Monday morning. We
I learn that the rn*H mnrtr Ja ?
?? ?-.n to ^lUK>COa|Hg
j more rapidly now since the teams and
| all have become broken in. We hope
| the none will be pushed forward with
I i rapidity that we may soon have some
| (food roads for our farmers to haul their
j products to market over.
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Bunn News Items.
gj Bunn High School begins its next
regular session on next Monday, Sep!
tember 5th. The prospects are good
I for a full attendance, and a number of
II boarding pupils are expected. The
, I state appropriation to the school has
k | been increased and the school is in the
best condition since its beginning.
The teachers for the ensuing Bession
d are: Principal, J. M. Broughton Jr;
Intermediate, Miss Maude Mitchell;
! Primary, Miss Tazzie Cheatham; Music,
1 Miss Eva Barbee. The board of trus]
tees has undergone some change owing
to the resignation of some of the older
lt | members. The following constitute the
] present board: 8. J. Alford, J. R.
< Wright, W. A. Mullin, Jr., C. C. Pipl,
pin, S. F. Fuller.
'. The Woman's Betterment Associa
_ \ tion continues to do excellent work for
the school jtnd the community. Regular
meetings have been held daring the
" summer and a live interest in school
9 \ works has been mentioned throughout
s the vacation period. At an entertainB'
ment given some weeks ago something
I like twenty-fivo dollars was raised for
school improvement. These ladies are
a doing an inestimable work in behalf of
9 the school anil their influence for good
y is widely felt.
The young men's reading room has
been keptpopen regularly this summer
and will be enlarged and continued dur