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A. P. JOHNSON, EDITOR AND MANAGER VOL. XLIIl . THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. LOUISBURG. H. C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1913 SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YBAR NUMBER a 1 . COMPULSORY ATTO'NGE AN ACT TO MAKE SCHOOL AT TENDANCE COMPULSORY ' All Children Required tp At tend School, A*e 8 to 12, Term Four Months. Thb Genekal assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That fr >m and after the tint day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, every parent, guardian, or other person in the State of North Carolina baring charge or control of a child or children between ? the aires of eight and twelve yean, ?hall cause such child or children to attend the local public school in the district, town or city in which he re sides, continuously for four months of the school term of each year, exepet hereinafter provided. This period of compulsory attendance shall commence at the begininsr of the compulsory per iod of the school term nearest to the eight birthday of such child or children, and shall cover the compulsory per iod of four consecutive school years thereafter. This period of compulsory attendance for each public school shall commence at the beginning of the school term ef said school unless other wise ordered by the county board of education or, in case of town or oities of two thousand or more inhabitants, by the board of trustees of the public schools of said towns or cities. Con tinuous 'attendance upon some other publio school or upon any private or church school taught by competent teaching may be accepted in lieu- of at tendance upon the local public schools: Provided, that said period of continuous attendance upon such other school shall be for at least four months of each year: Provided, futher, that anv pritate or church scltool receiving instruction pupils between the ages of eight and twelve years shall be required to keep such records of attendance of said children and to render reports of same as are hereinafter required of public school*. And attend >nce upon such _ schools refusing or neglecting to keep such records and to render su li reports shall not be accepted in lieu of atten , dance upon the local public school of ' the district, town or city which the child shall he entitled to attend: Pro vided, the period of compulsory atten dance shall be in force and apply be tween the ages of eight and fifteen years in Mitchell County. EXKMPTIONS. Section 2. This act shall not apply in any case in which the child's physical or mental condition, as attested by any legally qualified physician before any court having jurisdiction under thia act, renders his attendance impractica ble or inexpedient; or in any ca*e in which the child resides two and one-, half miles or more by the nearest traveled route fion\ the schoolhouse; or in which, because extreme porerty the services of sirch child are necessary for his own supDort or the support of parents, as attested by the affidavit of said parents and of. such witnesses as the attendance officer may require; or in any case in which said parent, guardian or other person having charge or control of the child shall show before any magistrate by affidavit- of himself and of such witnesses as the attendance officer may require, that the child is without necessary books and clothing for attending school, and that he is unable to provide the neces sary hooks and clothes: Provided, that when books and clothing shall have been provided, through charity or by other means, the child shall no longer ] be exempt from attendance under this provision. PARKNTS SIIAl.r. CAUSE CHlLDUfCN TO ATTEND SCHOOL. Section 3. Every parent, fcuardian, or other person in the State of North Carolina having charge or control of a child or children between the a^es of eight and twelve years shall cause said child to attend school as aforesaid: Provide'l, that occasional absence from such attendance by such child iamount inpf to not more than two unexcuaed absences in four consecutive weeksshall ?ot be unlawful: Provided, further, that the superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of any school may excuse any child for a temporary ab sence because of unusual storm or bad weather, sickness or death in the child's family, unforseert or unavoidable acci dents, and such excuse and reason there for shall be recorded by said superin tendent, principal, or teacher in charge of school and reported to the attend ance offieer as hereinafter provided: Piovided. further, that in case of pro tracted Illness ef Any child who** at tendance is required under this act, or in cue of quarantine of the home in which the child reside*, upon report of the health officer or upon satisfactory evidence to this effect, the attendance officer shall excuse from attendance such child until he is fully restored to health or until the time required bv law that he sliall >tav out of school after quarantine has been raised. I'B.VALTV rOK VIOLATION OF LAW. Section 4, Anv parent,- guardian or other person violating the provisions of this act ahallsbe guilty of a misde meanor, and ilpon conviction shall be liable te a line of not less than five dollars and nor more than twenty-five dollars, and upon failure or refusal to pay such fines said parent, guardian, or other person shall be imprisoned not to excoed thirty days In the county jail: Provided, that the fine for any first offence may, upqn payment of costs, be suspended and not collected until ^lie same party is convicted of a second offense: Provided, futher, that after the expiration of three days from the service of the notice by the atten dance officer each and every day.j*k parent, guardian, or other person shall' willfully and unlawfully keep suck child or children from school, or allow him to remain out of school, shall constitute a separate offense and shall subject said person to penalties herein prescribed. ATTENDANCE OFFICERS. DUT1BS. COM PENSATION ETC. Section 5. The county board of ed ucation in each county shall appoint and remove at will an attendance offi cer for each townahip to enforce the provisions of thiB act who shall serve also as taker of the school census, performing all ' the duties heretofore required of the school committee as to the census under section four thous and one hundred and forty-eight of The Revisal of one thousand nine hun dred and five of Norttf~~t>arolina, and as keeper of the attendance records, for which service he shall be allowed three cents per child of scht?ol age each school year. It shall be his duty to take an annual census and to furnish each superintendent, principal, or teacher in charge of school with an ac curate school census of the district at the opening of the school each year, and also to furinish a copy of the school census of each district to the county superintendent of punlic in struction. The attendance , officer shall serve written or printed, or partly written and partly printed notices upon every parent" guardian, or other person violating the provisions of this act. and prompt compliance on the part of such parents, guardian, or other person shall be required. For serving such notice the attendance officer shall be allowed a fee of twenty-five cents in case^T conviction, same to b? taxed in bill of cost; and if any parent, guardian, or other person upon whom such notice is served fails to comply with the Jaw within three days, then it shall be the duty of said attendance officer to prosecute such person. Prose cution under this act shall be brought in the name of the State of North Carolina before any justice of the peace, or police justice, or recorder of any county, town or township in which ths person prosecuted resides. The attendance officer shall have the right to visit and enter any office or factory ori business house employing children, for the purpose of enforcing the provis ions of this act; when doubt exists as to the age of a child, he may require a I properly attested birth certificate or affidavit stating such child's age; he 1 shall keep an accurate record of all no* tices served, all cases prosecuted, and | all other services performed, and shall make an annual report of same to the county board of education. In the dis cretion of the county board of educa tion, the attendance officer may be al lowed reasonable additional compensa tion from the county school fund for such services as are required of him under this act, compensation for which is not specifically provided for herein: Provided, that in case the county board of education shall appoint a school com mitteeman or township constable as at tendance officer, the duties of such of ficer herein prescribed are hereby de clared to be a part cf his duties ex of ficio: Provided, further, that the school CDmmittee or board of trustees of any schoal iu any town or city of five thous and or more inhabitants, operating its schools under special charter,' is. herc b) Authorized and empowered, if in their judgment such action is ,,wise. to appoint an attendance officer- for the schools under the r direction, fix his compensation, and pay the same out of the special tax school funds of said to>m or city, arid assign to him other duties in addition to those enumerated above. > ? ? ? " " . ? i TBtCHBRS MUST C.O-OPKRATK, r?N A I.TT OR NON COMPLIANCE. Section 6. " it shall he the duly of all (Continued on-Ith page.) THE TOBACCO MARKET INCREASED SALES AMD IN CREASED PRICES. The Warehousemen^Actlve and The Patron* of jKhe Market Pleased? Brighter JV inspects. As the season advances the sales tobacco increases and the prices have a rising tendency also. During the past week many planters have sold tobacco on the floors of the local Warehouses for splendid prices and in practically every case they have been heard to ex press a deep satisfaction for the prices received. There is still a good strong demand here for .the weed and Louis burg is making and will continue to make inducement that will make it to the interest tJ all tobacco growers to sell here. The warehousemen say they expect to see the prices tor tobacco continue a steady increase for *ome ftime yet. Come to Louisburg, the whole town wants to welcorae'ydfur visit. Thomas ^^Perdue. In the sixty-fifth year of his age, Mr. Thos. Y. Perdue died at tLe residence of his son, Mr. C. H. Perdue, who liyes near this city, Saturday morning, and his body was buried in the family bury ing ground near here Sunday after noon. . Just seven weeks ago Saturday, Mr. Perdue found bis wife dead in bed on j his return from town. He has been in I ill health for several months, hut only recently was he confined to his room. Mr. Perdue was a native of Warren county, but for many years he has made thia county his home. He was a good, honest, upright, useful citizen, a devout member of Piney Grove Meth odist-church, and he will be greatly missed in this community. The following children survive him: Mrs. G. W.- Murphy, of Louisburg: Mrs. John Jackson, of Middlesburg; j Miss Katr Perdue, of thp institution for j the blind, Raleigh: Messrs. C. H.. L. C., J. W-., and L P. Perdue, of this county. ? Mr- Wilson, Proud of Tariff. Hopes For Currency Reform. "A fight for the people and for fret business which has lasted a long gen eration through, has at last been won, handsomely and completely. A leader shib and a steadfastness in counsel has been shown in both houses, of which the Democratic party has reason to be very proud. There has been no weak ness or confusion or drawing back, but a statesmanlike directness and com- 1 mand of circumstances. I am happy to | hare been connected with the govern ment of the nation at a time when such things could happen, and to have work ed iii association with men who could do them. There is every reason to be lieve that currency reform will be car ried through with equal energy, direct ness, and loyalty to the general inter est. When this is done, this first ses sion of the sixty-third Congress will have passed into history with an un rivaled distinction. I want to express mv special admiration for the devoted, intelligent, and untiring work of Mr. Underwood and Mr. Simmons, and the committees associated with them.** When the President was asked to comment on the votes of Senator La Follette anil Senator Poindexter he ex pressed very warm admiration for their conscientious independence and cour age. ? Woodrow Wilson. ^ ? Did" Not Get Billet !< We were in error in our accouut of the shooting the horse thief at Frank i linton last week in stating that he got the billet away from Chief Cooke. In getting the facts there was some con fusion and instead of getting the billet the negro caught the hand of Chief ! Cooke containing the weapon. The ne gro is getting on all rijfht now and will soon entirely recover from the wound. The MaDleville and Cedar Rock Revival Not in many years has thie MapleviUe community been swept by such a tidal wave of religious interest as it was re-* cently dunne the annual protracted meeting of the Maple Springs Baptist thureh. , Rev. R. G. .Kendrick, pastor of the Forrest Avenue Church, of Greensboro, came to assist th< pastor. Rev. Geo. M | Duke, on **aturday before the fourth I Sunday in August, continuing through fcfie tiftl*$uniiav. As a partial result, j the pastor baptised tweQty-three new members into the fellowship of the ' church in. Harris' mill pond on Tuesday. following. The other members were received by letter, and the religious life of the entire community w*s'gr*at ly toned hp. Immediately following this meeting the one at Cedar Flock began. The pa? tor was assisted by Rer. Walter M Gilmore, of the Louiaburg Baptist Church, in this meeting, which closed Friday* afternoon with good results. The storm on Wednesday cot the meet in two, but there was a marked revival of interest on the day following and as a* result the pastor baptized sixteen new members Sunday afternoon in Sledge's pond. Both of these churches are strong vigorous bodies of Christians, who have been served by Rev. Mr. Duke as pas tor for a generation or more, who is deeply entrenched in his affections. One of the most tender and effective features of these meetings was the an nual reunion. on Thursdav at Maple Springs, and on Friday at Cedar Rock, at which a larue part of the member ship of each ohurch was gotten togeth er. The dinner on the ground and the social houf that followed will long be remembered. ' - ? I An Oyster Dinner. We are requested to state that the ladies of the Episcopal church will give an oyster dinner in Louisburg during the court week in November ? the exact time and place will be named later. The proceeds pf this dinner will be for the benefit of the church. Tbe public will be invited to take dinner with tliem. Fall Opening. ? * From their page advertisement on the last pttre of this issue it will be seen that P. s. & K. K. Allen will have their fatt opening of ladies dress goods and roi lifter v on nex? Monday and Tuexdav. | Your attention is also called to the mafy thing? of interest mention ed in theirj advertisement. ~v Cotton The LoVrUbur*' Cotton Market is be ginning to tak* on proportions as witti in the pas' week the .staple has ad vanced ftifly one cent a pound. The prevailing price now is from 12 Jc. to 12 |e. per' pound. Only a few bales liav? been received thus far CooperS' Uo-Operati?e Warehouse On another pave in this issue will be founds a advertisement of the Coopers' Warehouse at Henderssn, for the sale of leaf tobacco. This house is well managed and amply capable of handling 'the buMuess of the farmers. They , spare no efforts in making things con I venient and attractive, and when op portunity pi el# wt s itself ?i will be to I your interest to call to see them.. Head I .their advertisement. The First Bale. The first bale of new cotton was brought to Louisburg Tuesday by Mr. C. H. Mullen, o i Mullen Bros., of Bunn. The bale was ginned by them, and was raised by Mr. H. H. Mullen. It weighed 41& pounds, and not being able to get the price wanted, the cotton was returned to Bunn where it had pre viouslv been bought by Mullen Bros, for 12J cents per pound. The Orphan Concert. A class composed of fourteen orphans from the Odd Fellows Ornhanage at Goldsboro gave a concert in the Opera House here on last Tuesday night. The ch'Wftien did well and reflected much crcdit upon their tutors and the in&li^ tution from which .they came. Toe performance was witnessed by a large number ?ot'Louisburg's people and the little ones realized I5H from the enter tainment. ? . I Farmers of this Section. Beware of purchasing unguaranteed seed oats or "feed oats that are good enough for 'seed." Sometimes such se'd will germinate but we frequently find a lot in which not one seed in a pound will come up and not infrequent ly, every seed is dead. (Jet a written guarantee that the oats ! are al! right for seed and are sold for seeding purposes, other* iNe pav only I the price of feed oats an i ei\e them to j your mule. J Send uj? a sample of your seed <?at* | anil seed wheat right awa* and ^ let us 1 germinate it for you for nothing and ! tell you before you sow it just how ? mu< it will come up so you can telS | beforehand how much to sow lor a g??od ; stand. There, is too little profit in the growing of small grain irv,this State to | take any risk of getting a poor stand. When you Bend your sample of wheat or j oats address ''The North Carolina Seed laboratories,'* Kaleigh, X. C. , J. L. Buaotss, I Agronomist. THE MOVING PEOPLE ?/>... their movements in and OUT OF TOWN Those Who Have Visited Louis burg: the Past Week? Those Who Have Gone Elsewhere Mr. K. P. Hill visited Raleigh Mon day W. F. Davis went Raleigh Mon day. Capt. P. G. Alston went to .Raleigh Tuesday. . r Mr. U. R. Underbill went to P?oIeigh Tuesday. Mr. J. R. Collie visited^ Henderson Tuesday. * Mr. 1$. M. Person, of Charlotte, is s visitor to Louisburg. Judge C. M. Cooke is holding court in Raleigh this week. Mr. Claude Bernard, of Raleigh, wai in Louisburg Saturday. Mr. J. D. Harper returned Monday from Newport News, Va. Miss Mary McCullen, of Rockingham, is visiting at the College. Mr. J. H. Hunn and brother, Rodney^ went to Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. H. L. Candler returned from the Northern Markets Saturday. Miss Lucy Coppedge, of Greensboro, is visiting at Dr. H..A. Newell's. Dr. J. QT_Newell and family, of Nash ville, are visiting his people here. .Mr. J. J. Allen returned from a visit to his brother at Manson Tuesday. Mr. J. J, llickey, of Richmond, was a visitor to Louisburg. the past week. Mr. F. A. Ctill, of Norfolk, visited his people near Cedar Rock the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Willie .Matthews, of Morganlon. are visiting his brother near town. Miss Inez Rackley, of Greensboro, is visiting her sinter." Mrs. F. R. Pleas ants. Mr. and Mrs. W U. Pleasant^ re-l turned from a triplet Baltimore. 6atur-j ?lav. prot K. .1. Newell left Wednesday for. Harvaid University at Cambridge. Mass. Mr. .Joseph N. Ramev returned the past week from a trip to the northern | markets. Prof. .J "College, Visited "Prof. K. .1. Newel! tne? past week. Mr. MalcoUn McKi nne returned Wed nesday from a visit to Princeton and i ?oldsboro. Mr. W. F. Washington, of oxford, is in Louisburg and has fitted up a gallery at his old place. Mr. J. W. Pearce, of Wake Forest, was a pleasant caller at the Time* of fice Wednesday. Mrs. W. A. King who has been visit ing M.S. J. W. Mustian, has returned to her home at Cary. Mrs Malcolm "McKinne and little child ha* returned from a visit to her people at Chicago, III. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wilson, of Wil son's Mills, visited at Mrs. Leila Will iamson's the past week. Mrs. Annie Loy. of Baltimore, has returned to Louisburg to be milliner for P. S. & K. K. Allen. I Prof. ? ? ? . McCutheon, of the Uni-j versity of Minnesota! visited Prof. K. J. Newell the Dast week. Miss Catherine Pleasant*. wlm has i been visiting her grand-parents at Greensboro, has returned home. Mrs. R. H. Young and children, of Navasoto, Texas, is visiting Mr. Young's mother, Mrs. J. W. Mustain. Miss Ruth Taylor, who has been vis iting relatives in town the past two, weeks, left for her home at Dunn Mon-| day. ' Mrs. J. W.. Mustian, who has been] visiting friends and relatives in Vance f and Warren counties has returned j home Miss Mary Hamiet, oi' Oxford, w.lioj has been visiting -ie* grand-father. Mr. I r>. K. Gilliam, near town returned home! last week Mrs. A. M Hail and daughters. Miss es Grace and Lynn, and Mrs. Julia Scott left Monday for the northern ! markets to purchase the fall stock of ?ood8 for the Racket Store Messrs. Joseph Hale. Charles Cooke. Raymond Taylor, T. W. Rutfin, B. Egerton and Raymond Hobgood left the past week for Chapel Hill, where they will ejiter the University of North On lina. Building- Notes. Mr. M. F. Houck, who - is erecting the lai-ge brick buffding on Nash street for the Hill Live Stock Co., in forms us that work is being pushed on the construction of this building and the building when completed will con tain 20,100 square feet of floor space. It Will be a two story structure and will be . fitted up with electric lights, electric fans, water, etc.. on each floor. The second story will be placed over the front of the Mam street store and' lie a part of the rear building. Mr. Houck also informs us he is put ting up a 40 x 81 two story storage house for Mr. P. A.' Reavis on the south side of the river near the railroad. The work on the residence of Mrs. 8. T. Wilder is about completed. Mr. M. C. Pleasants' residence on ( Nash street is about completed. The new building presents quite a hand some appearance. # 1 The large addition to the Hill Livo Stock Co., cotton platform side of the gin on Nash street is about completed. This is, so we learn, the only cotton ; storage platform in the county built in connection with a gin wherein a farmers i cotton can be stored indefinitely with out being open to rain. It will now give , accommodations for something over a thousand bales. Work is being continued on the store building side of F. W. Wheless store. Mr. J. P. Winston has sufficiently ' completed his residence on Middle street to move his household effects thereto, however, we learn he will not occupy same until the work is com-, pleted. Allen Bros Co., is building a lame cotton platform side of their river gin house. The work on this was begun the past week. t . The Hardware Store is having the front of their store treated with a new coat of paint. ^ *The Hill Live Stock Co., will have the front of their court street store I painted red,%so we are informed. Mr. L. F. Herndon, of Apex, who . ! has been with Mr. M. FJ Houck as Superintendent of Masonry at Wendell for some time, arrived in Lou.sburg Monday and will have charge ot the brick work for the large brick stove of tie Hill Live Stock Co. Services Sunday \V",? are requested to state tha*. Rev. A. D. Wilcox will preach at both ser vices at the . Methodist church here Sunday. He wilt return Saturday ar'l the regular morning and night services will be held. A .Pretty Addition. Mr. B. G. Hicks has juat receive J aii?l installed two ten-foot sections of counter show cases or bins. They are pretty pieces of furniture and besides being a line medium for displaying dif ferent lin?*s of goods, will be of great value to the proper keeping of same. They add much to the already neat ap pearance of his store. Missionary Union The Woman's Missionary Union of the Tar Kiver Association will meet with Sharon Baptist Church at Wise, r?n the 25th and 26th of Septemoer. The committee on hospitality consists of Mrs. M. II. Hayes and Misses Carrie ; Dunn and Lena White. Delegates who expect t?> attend this meeting will please send their names to one of these ladies, stating when they will be there. It is earnestly desired that each Sq ' cietv in the Union shall be well repre sented. Mrs. L. W. Baoi.ky, Association President. Card of thanks On the part of the family and myself I wish to extend thfe deepest thanks and appreciations to all those who so kindly 1 rendered us. assistance in the recent death of our *on, brother and uncle. Your many kin?l deeds and expressions will Ions i?e remembered by each of a<. M. Luther Pittman. Death of Lena Williams on the 23 day of August thF-- death visiteil the Home of Mr. ani Mrs 'R i >. Williams, and took fjom them their oldest daughter Lena. Her health lied be*n bad for a pood whilo a*id fhe sulTered much but she took it easy. It is all over now t?? god knows best in all things. Jast before death claimed its own she said, "All is well " She was laid to rest at Flat Rock Church her funeral l.eing ? conducted by her pastor Rev. Mr. - Mitchiner. ? LcB' - "Ba calni and wait another day. His strong hands h"Ids the reins of tire, Whatever ia, is by hi* will, l To keep ?ou'.h in the narrow way.'' a Fmnro. ' ' iSifl