A. F.JOHNSON, EDITOR AND MANAGES THE GOUrfTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. LOUISBURG. N. C.. FRIDAY OCTOBER 11, 1912. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS | "w . ? "? - , 1 ? . 1 MET IN REGULAR SESSION | MONDAY. Ti.e U. D. C. Win Allowed to Select the Looatloa for tfco MgnaM?Bt and Retain the Donation ? Board Adjourned to Heet Next Tuesday. The Boar* ?f County Commissioners net in regular session on lsst Monday *'ith all members present. After read ing and approving the minutes of the previous meeting the following business was transacted: / Ruffin Perry was relieved of fl.07 taxes; in Franklinton graded school dis trict?not being in said district. The County tax assessor was ordered to list the property of the Montgomery Lumber Go.', in DunnB and Cypress Creek township as required by law ? the same having been overlooked for several years. ~ . Sheriff W. H. Allen was appointed tax collector for Franklin county for the present term and gaye bond and took oath. It was ordered that $20.00 be furnish ed Mrs. Fannie Allen, for burial ex penses? she being on pension roll. It was ordered that Dr. W. P. Simp eon. Coroner, complete the papers in the inquest of Guss Moore, in Younga ville township, and file same with the clerk according to law. t Willie Massenburg was allowed to go t?' the county home. It was ordered that the allowance of Clora Massenbnrg be increased from on<- to two dollars per month. It" was ordered that the county appro priate $200.00 for the extension of the good roaes to Ingleside. The Hoard appropriated 9250. CO for tlv* use in establishing hookworm dis pensaries at five points in the county, f?>r the, treatment of hookworm disease. Report of Dr. 1. E. Malone. Superin tendent of Health, was received and filed. 'I Mr. J. H. UzzeM was appointed a committee to execute a deed .to Mr. J. D. Hill for the 50 feet of Jand at the rear of Griflin & Beasley's stables re cently purchased by him. A committee of ladiea of the United Daughters .of the Confederacy went be fore th ? Hoard in the interest of having th" sf tact ion of the location of the Con- I federate Monument left to them and at the s-ame time retain the donation by the C mmissioners. Tlieir request was granted. Ti e Hoard adjourned to meet again at o'clock Tuesday morning, October I I.-.th, 1912. At St. Pauls Episcopal Church. lit Rev. Joseph Blount Chesire, Bis hop ; . the dioce*e of North Carolina ! will n^j?ke hi? annual visitation to St. Pa ? s J'arish Sunday a. m. Oct. 13, at I 1 !:???. The publio is cordially invited. E. LucisN Malone, Itector. St. Paul's Church. tidies Rast Booms ? _ irmers National' Bank has in a new feature, and one which much appreciated by th^ women f?i: . . i Tianklin county. It is a rest ;hc rear of the bank, supplied ,let room, lavatory, mirrors, ap, water, comb and brushes. The ?? n are invited to make use of this r when in town. Envelopes Lliose who may desire to write. T tro> r? plenty of ohairs, and the 'la?li ,v ni-'e invited to make the Farmers Bank if ? ir headquarters when in town. I -1 HBBBB? WBESS . Marriage Licenses. Tli^ following is .a list of couples who fecure'i marriage licenses of Register 0f |i, . Is Y s Thorough during the month of September: White -B. C. Ray and Eva Wil liams ' ' orge Catlett and Urvis Cash, Dave Aycscue and Myrtle Woodlief, jjd ]varce and Pattie Driver, Cleve land lvsvcc and Dora Minga, C. D. Ha(tw""' and Mattie V. Book, Ed Per ry and Martha Tant. Coi/.iiEO? Elbert Hilliardjand Serena Strickland, Eddie Williams and Essie F?rr< II. Ha"? Alston and Znol* Person, John Williamson and Rosette Fisher, Harris1" Jones and Minnie Spivey, Sid Brichirand J?""0 Jeffreys, Pleasant YarW. and Lfllie (Supton, Sim Kear ney and Nannio Bell Smith, Eunich Nicholson and Elmore Branch, Roland Jones ?n ' Tempi* Ollftan. Flr? Proration. Vi Wednesday, the #th, of Oetofear, was I -the ds 1 ?t apart bT tha state inauv , apartment ud stmtefiremans1 j jstienUrth# obeeryan.e throofrh the state of the means required by the stato laws fer the prevention ef tire, aad the Louisburg Are department ob served the day by Meeting ia a body Basking an inapectioa of the fire district aad visiting the reaideat portions of town, making observation and taking note of the location and condition of the buildings pipe lines, hydrants otc. and drilling so that they might render ?ere efieient service. It was the pur -poee of this departaient to asake the pnhlication of this, and aak the cooper ation of the people in its observance, bat, owing to the illness ef the editor of thcTiMss and the illness ia his fam ily, the articles offered torr publication were omitted in toe laat issue of the paper, and we must now begin after rather than on that day. ? It la the firm conviction of the writ ; ?r that there is no more efficient fire department in the state thaa Louis - burg's two volunteer companies. There is not a shirker in the organization now and to a man are ready to turn out at any and all times and under every ooaditioa to proteot your property, and I take this occasion to publicly ex press my pride in the department. But, willing and effieieafaa this de partment is to protect your proper^ and lives you can do more yourselves to prevent fires than all the nre depart ments in the country can accomplish in extinguishing them, and this depart ment asks your hearty cooperation in such care of your premises as will tend to prevent fires. The state has adopted certain simpl e rules in respect to the same whi<*h aro in the statues of the states and I call attention to some of the most impor tant ones. In the tirst place no building caa be substantially altered or built without first obtaining the written premit of the building inspector, which office in Louisburg is filled by the cheif of the fire departmont. This statue law has unitormly been disregarded in Louisburg and ]Lhe result is that people take risks through the ignorance or carelessness of the builders of which they arc not themselves aware in the improper er ection of Hues and etc, and some wil fully violate this law. to the risk of the adjacent owners, leaving themselves open to indictment and penalties which if enforced, would be ruinous. The fire limit lawarsf the state as applied to Louisburg have unifoiTnly and openly been disregarded and at times even over thepfotejts of the lire cheif. This depart ment give? notice now that hereafter thse fire limit laws will be enforced to the letter. This is not onJy a thankless task to the department, allymembers of it from the cheif down serving as they always havo without pay, but it invol ves time and labor and besides a lia bility to indictment or neglect of such duties. The electric wires of the town are in places in bad and dangerous condition. The citizens pay full price for these conveniences and their property ought not to be subjected to the risk by these nr?ans. No stove pipn shall pass through the roof, window or weather boarding of any building, and in no place shall stoves or stove'pipes bo within twelver ir:ches of wood, unless properly pro tected bv metal sheild in which case .it shall not be less than six inches dis tant. No steam pipe shall be placed within two inches of wood, unless protected by nn-tal sheild or tube of one inch clear space, The electric wiring must con fotm to regulations of the National board of fire underwriters. And all buildiiur wired must first be inspected by a competent inspector. No wire ever, if well insulated shall be allowed to touch wood or metal or cross any other jyire. AKircsr shall be removed in metal vessels and stowed in brick, stone or metal receptacles not less than 15 ft. from any wooden fence or building. Oily rags and waste shall be kept in c osart metal vessels. UnsIakrH llms shall not be left exposed to weather in or near a building. Stoves and ranges shnH-mJt be nearer than two feet to un protected woodwork, and the floors und'-r them shall be protected l%v metal mat or sand box. \Vasto paper and in 'flainable trash sha I not be allow*. 1 to acr more of the fires would be prevented. The writer of this article lias resolved to have none but safety matches on any premises controlled by him and earnest ly request all holders to adopt the same plan. Such matches are but little if any more expensive than the friction match which is in conlmon use, and the slight inconvenience of having to strike on the prepared surface only is offset a thousand times in the decrease of risk by using them. The state insurance department has been finding fault with this department for not reporting fires this year, but the fact is that every fire has beep prompt ly reported, and we haye been so for tunate as to have had no fires since the disastrous ones of Jan. 3rd. and Feb. 12. except two very slight ones which did no damage at all. Let every *bne winter season when fires are always more prrryaient, aad observe the above precautions required by our state laws, and this department stands read/ to do ita part aad co-operate with you. Wm. H. Ruffin ? Chief of Fire Department PRICES R?ACH 66 CENT8 ? ? ON LOCAL MARKET THE PAST WEEK. Other Averages Reach 68 and 46 cents? Biddng Seems to Be Lively and Farmers Well Pleased. The prices on the loc^l tobacco mar ket reached the high water mark the past week when a pile brought 66 centa. These prices are not so much an excep-a tien as might be imagined as other ayerages ran up to 46 and 58 cents for lots as high as from 350 to 800 pounds. Many averages reached around 35 aad 40 cents. Quite a large number of vis iting farmers have been here the past week and all seem especially well pleas ed with the results of the sales. The tendency at present seems to be on the advance and those who have tobacco to sell seem to be in good spirits. Louis burg ta making an envious reputation aj a tobacco market, and many people are coming here because of the fact that the advantages in othpr lines of business are so great. Come to see us, we want you and your business. Epoch Makina: Speech By Hon.. T. W. Blckett (Continued From Lfcst Week) PAYS RESPECTS TO TWO FACTION'S. Passing a discussion of national is sues, Mr. Bickett said; "I wou'd not for a moment tall any Republican the names* 1i*ey have called each other. I have more respect for them than they seem to hove for each other." Here he read a number of "pet" names that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft have "been using in refrence to each other, fn the list were, hypocrite, theif, liar, re ceiver of stolen goods, traitor and many other synonyms of these, all of which he clipped from the public utter ances of the ex-President and the | President during the past year. ATE EACH OTHER IT. Mr. Bickett brought great laughter and applause when he recited efective ly Eugene Feilds' humorous poem on "the calico dog and the ginpham cat,'* who eat each other up in a fierce con flict. To those he compared the con flicting factions of the Republican party at the Chicago convention. As a result o^his factional fight among the Republicans he declared that the rank* and file of the people-the ninety and nine-had found out the Republicans and would give the party such a rebuke in November as no party in the nation had ever received before. He predict ed .that 40 of the 4S states would be carried by Woodrow Wilson. The great victory that awa'ts Democracy, he said, "'only goet to show tlifc truth of Solomon's gseat unpublished pro verb, when theives fall out the Demo cratic party gets its dues.": TARIFF has busied republican party. Mr. Bickett attributed the undoing of the- Republican party? its death ? to the record it has made on. the teriff, which has enriched the few at the ex pense of the many and lias enabled some to pile up enormously until v e ciill them "swollen fortunes." He recog .nixed that when a few are *normouslv ' rich there may be a Jdegree of pros: perity among the masses, whom the j enormously rich will at times try to ! juctfy by allowing them to accumulate*] a portion of the world's gojis suHi cierit for their famlies to subsist upon, \ This, he declared to be Republican idea of how to obtain prosperity. But he | held that it is un-American. "The ! American citizen." he said, may be as ! poor as Lazarus, but he scorns to fat-j t^n ou the crumbs that fall from the rich man's table." He held that the swollen fortunes represent the difference beeween what the people have put and what they have taken out. And here he quoted from the great undelivered address of the late Charles B. Aycock, which he declared to be the greatest political ut terance ever delivered in North Caro lina. <3. O. P. BLEEDINO THE HEO**LE Then he compared the Republican party to the old-fashioned doctors who used td bleed their patients for nearly all diseases and showed that ander the disguise of an iniquitous tariff the goyernment under Republican rule is bleediag the people of their money, while most of the bleod goes into th? showM that annaully th. government collects {115,000,000 tariff on sugar while 60,000,000 [Ma into the gerem ment treasury and $65,000,000 into the treasury of the sngar trust This tax, he uid, eould not liy* a single day if it didiiot t?ayel in dkguiss. The oalr 7: way to raise It U to hide it It has to wear a false face to live, and a law that haa to wear a false face to live de sj rvee to die. Then he brought the argument to the concrete iu this oonvineing manner: A woman buys 14 pounds ef sugar for 80c. The grocer requires her to purchase 21c In stomps telling her at the same time that 9c goes to the govrnment and 12s to the trast A young man bays a suit of cloths for ?12 but the merchant requires him to pay S9.60 for a govern ment tag which the merchant is re quired by law to stick on every suit of clothes he sell. This is the way the tariff would work if the tax were col lected directly by the government from the people, instead of indirectly as nn der the .present system, which amounts to the Bame. people waking up/ ' For a long time, he said, the people were apparent? blind to the system of robbery being perpetrated upon them by Republican misrule. He showed that the great awakening had come in the west, when the insurgent move ment began with Senators Dq'liver, Cummins and LaFollette in the lead! And he was convinced that Joe Bannon was right when he said to hjs collea gues of the house, "Be not deceived. That insurgeht movement out yonder is Democracy." Mr. Bickett showed that the spirit of rebellion within the ranks of the Re publican party began years age with the late Senator Dolliver; to whom he referred as the greatest man the G. O. P. had produced sio?e Lincoln. The result was that two years ago 50 Repub lican Congressman and 14 Republican L'nited .States Senators went down to a dusty death, with the result that Con gress was inade Democratic. Then he recited the good laws proposed by the Democratic Mouse, such as the far mers free list bill, for the benefit of the masses. He also showed that these laws had been defeated only bv the President's veto, NO CRY OP PAXJC NOW. . ' "Anil now," he declared, the busi ness world knows exactly what the Democratic-party will do when it gets in power, anl the business world knows that w^pill go tnto power, yet we hear no cry of panic abrond in the laud, in Ihct, since the Roosevelt panic in 1907 you cant prize the word panic out of a Republican's mouth with a crowbar. He showed that the country generally now has confidence in its leaders of the Democratic party and its ability to carry out the policies outlined by the Baltimore platform. THE TOREK CAXliIDATES fn e losing Mr.Bickett held up before his hearers the three prcsidental can dinates, Taft, Roosevelt and Wilson. He showed what each stands for and the kind of man each was and left it to the v;oters to chooso between the three. taft. . He said but little about President Taft, as he had been taught by his mothes in his eorly life to say nothing unless he csuld speak well, of the dead. He let it suffice to giye a defnition of J Mr. Taft as he was defined by Senator I "President Taft is a large dody sur rounded bv a lot of gentlemen who know exactly what thev what.'' And said .Mr. Bickett, "Let these words, spok.n in charity be his epitaph." ROOSEVELT. M r. ffflckett paid his respeots to Mr. l!oo> i ve't at some, length and Compar ed the Republicans who had gone on Laflur In m the yirn.lip-ql ...n efin t blame you from quitting the Reeuhli I can party, but we plead with you when vou leave to Come upstairs. Helield that Roosevelt was not a progressive, but a disgrunted disciple of the G. O. P. We can make the best deterime, he said, why Roosevelt quit the Republican party by determin ing w hen he quit. He did not quit the 1 parte until the party quit him. Then | the question is, has he a dislike for Re publican grapes, because tbey are sour, or because he can't reach them? ROOSEVELT'S RECORD. Mr. Bickett went extensivly into Cononel Roosevelt's record while he was President and showed that during all the seven years he was in office he bad not lified a hand against the bosses he now condemns, but let them have their way he acqaiesed In all they did. He pr start house here on the Bight of Oct. 8. As the audience filed out at the var ious exits members of the Democratic Club were present to take tirtt names of those who desired to join the club. A large number of new members were secured in this way. Torchlight Procession The torchlight procession was a bril liant success. Led by the mounted po lice, following whom were Mr. Bickett, President Womble and Mr. Hush Chat ham and Hon. C. B Watson in a car riage, the band playing stirring airs immediately behind the carriage, mounted marshalls to the side, and hun dreds of bright terchlights in the hands of young men and old marching proud ly?all made an inspiring wene. .The number of people who thronged the streets to watch the parade could not be estimated with any degree of accu racy. The parade traversed the princi ple streets of the city and marched in- ' to the courthouse just at 8 o'clock. Immediately after President Womble called the meeting in the court house to order, Secretary Phillip Williams read the list of committees appointed siuce the initial meeting of the club. The list included the vice-presidents and committeemen from several of the country precincts and city wards. Poll Holders The following is a list of pollholders appointed at a meeting of the Demo cratic Executive Committee in Louis burg on last Monday, to hold the Sen sorial preferential pritfiary, which will be held on November 5th, 1912. The mimes in each township were selected by the Managers for each Candidate I and are published in the orqer of Sim J moris first, Kitchin second, Clarke last. The lists follows: I Dunns? S. B. Mullin, Alpheus Strick : land, S. J. Aiford. Harris township? J. N. Bariis, W. P. Morris, .1. B. Harris. Xoungsville? J. T. Wilson, W. R. Winston, J. B. Allen. Frank inton? U. L. Whitfield, T. W. Whedbee, E. L. Moore. Hayesville? W. M'. Hayes, R. I. Fra zier, James Evans. Sandy Creek ? \V. D., Fuller, Geo. >1. Manning, Ballard Egerton. Gold Mine? W: D. Upchurth, C- G. Wood, Peter Collins! ? Cedar Rock? It. F. May, S. H. Boone, E. Harrison. Cypress Creek? W. W. Hines, E. S. Wilder, J. ti. Creekroore. Louisburg? W. P. Boddie, W. II. Macon, W. A. Jones. [ We are requested to state that the j above appointments were made strictly I in accordance with the requests made, J by the managers for the several candi dates, copies of which are jon rec >rd ' in ] thelSpcretiry's office. Tar Rtaer Association The eighty-second annual session of j this body met with the Red Bud church i 15 miles, east o"f\Loujsburg, Tuesday, f Wednesday and Thursday of this week, j Rev. Geo. -M. Duke, the moderator, preached the introductory sermon Tues 1 day morning, it was great. Rev. A. 1 G. Wilcox was r&HccUdettrie thc.As i sociation fwr the '14 th time. The - at ; tendance was iarfje, especially on Wvd 1 nesday, Red Bud being near the ^jeO ! (graphical center " f the association. \ The messen?>*r? representing the i LtfuiM'Urc ehurch were .Judge C. M. Cooke, hey Allen, D. T. Smitliwick, J Sheriff W. H. Alien, IJ. B. Griffin and ? pastor W. M. ' ill more. j T!if. ib^rn.^iiins an the various oiijeCtS | were of a hi^h order. Prof, ^ykes, of i Wake Forest College, delivered a mas ? teriy address on Education on Thursday. Mr. Arch Johnson, editor of Charity 'and Children, made a fine talk 011 the I work of the Thouiasville orphanage. The next se>sion will be held at War xentorrjind Bev. W. O. Jiosser, of Sprinpf Hope, will preach the annual sermon. ? JMI L XI Colored Episcopal Church. A mission meeting is being couducted in St. Matthias Episcopal church (col ored) for the purpose of bringing souls to Christ and awakoning deeper Inter est in the christian work. The mission work is being conducted by the Rev. Henry B. \ Delany I). D. Archdeacon of colored in the Diocese of N. C. And James K. Sattcrwhite of Winston Salem and Rev. Robert J, Johnson of Durham. Sunday service and celebration of the Holy communion by the Archdeacon assisted by Rev. James K. Satterwhite. Morning pray er ai.d sermrm at i lovea o'clock by the Archdeacon. Address to the Sunday School. children half past three by the Rev. J ft Mrs K. Satterwhite and Bev. Robert J. Johnson. Kvening prayer and sermon at 8 o'clock by the B?v. Joseph Mount Cheshire. D. D. Bishop of the Dioaess of N, C. QBorqb C. Pollard Missionary in charge f -is*. i,