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BUT H/VD A CLOSE COMPETITOR!
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Only Two More Weeks For the
Ladies to Work, So it is Now
Time For Them to be at It.
Sweetk to the sweet! This week that
popular Aoncern, the Aycock Draft Co.
?' o offering an 80c. pound box of Swis
seas' (hqtolates to the young lady making
the tyrgest report this next week.
Aycock jkas just received a big assortment
of chocolates and bon bons. These
candies lank with Huyler's in quality.
Beside Jiving the candy, they will also
give s sihrer Bpoon with a gold-plated
bowl. Ladies, this is a mighty nice offer.
and you have Mr. Aycock to thank
lor it, Mr. Aycock keepe a full line of
drups and medicines and also toilet articles,
etc. Go to Ayeock's when you
_ get your; next box of face powder.
The big bonus offers last week were
woo by Missee Williams, Kearney,
Collins and Dean, reepectively.
Hiss Williams and Miss Kearney
bad a very close light for
the Srsthonora. Several of the other
contestants made splendid reports.
As we stated last week, there will be
n . nwe'bonus votes for the largest reports,
but the offer of 25,000 votes for
every $5.00 subscription holds good for
this week.
There; are just two- weeks more,
ladies, you want to get out and hustle
new. J is,
The standing of the contestants in the
districts-remains almost the same this
week, but you can't tell how it will
x- -change qext week. If you are ahead in
your district it is up to you whether
you stay; there or not. Remember,
only two weeks more.
We announce the judges next week.
^ p. r. Thompson,
Contest Manager.
STANDING OP CONTESTANTS. s
W 'TE-following is the standing of the
-contestants according to the districts.
The one with the largest number of
votes in each district being named
first: jt
DISTRICT NUMBER 1.
Miss Mary Williams.
Miss Annie Dorsey.
Miss Una May Hayes.
Miss Ruby Lancaster.
district number 2.
1 Miss Margie Speed.
Miss Louise Thomas.
Miss Nellie Whitfield.
DISTRICT NUMBER' 3.
"? Miss Irma Dean.
Miss Lizzie Alford.
Miss Roxie Harris.
Miss Lossie Sykes. - Miss
Beatrice Yarboro.
DISTRICT NUMBER 4.
Miss Madeline Kearney.
Miss Ruby-Collins.
Miss Irene Sledge.
Miss Nellie Sledge.
PROTEST AGAINST A. T. CO.
The following is the protest submitted
by the Attorneys-General of Vir- 1
ginia, North and'South Carolina to the 1
circuit, court of the United States of 1
, the s'at? New York, against the
proposed plan of desintegration of the 1
A merican Tobacco Co. " . 1
"In the Circuit Court ot the United 1
states, for the Southern District of (
New Vork:
United States of America vs. The 1
American Tobacco Company, et al?Ob- 1
Jections. \
Now comes Sanpiel W. Williams, 1
Attorney. General of the Common wealth
of Virginia, T. W. Bickett Attorney- 1
tieneral of the State of North Carolina,
and i- h'rayaer Lyon, Attorney-General 1
c[ the State of 8outb Carolina, and
?-first acknowledging the courtesy of '
Court in permitting these petitioners to '
Jje heard, respectfully show:
That the State represented by your 1
. .petitioners' are among the largest to- I
banco growing States in ths Union, 1
North Carolina ranking second and I
"Virginia third In the production of to- I
bacon, and in the State of South Caro- 1
Jina the growth of tobacco a large <
and important induatry. Jn those I
States hundreds of thousands of peo- <
plo cultivate tobacco as their chief If I
not '.heir only means of support, and <
these people directly, and all the oth- I
eT people of the States named inof. I
dentally *" vltal'7 interested and I
deep') concerned ki the dissolution i
Af the-American Tobacee Company I
in accordaaee with the judgement ef |
the supiwae Court of the United
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Wins The First
)ffer. -i
States rendered in this cause.
II. < < .
That for a number of years the men
who grow tobacco, by reason of the
fact that The American Tobacco Company
has been practically the only
purchaser of their tobaccos and has
arbitrarily fixed the price of the same,
have felt that they were in a state
of financial servitude to the said Tobacco
Company, and this feeling has
engendered much of bitterness and
discontent. Your petitioners earnestly
insist that in the dissolution of The
American Tobacco Company the rights
and interests of the tobacco growers
should receive the first considerations.
To the consumer tobacco is a luxury to
the grower it is a living. The stoc$
holders and bondholders invested tjieir
funds in the securities of this company
as a matter of choice. The tobacco
grower cultivates tobacco as a matter
of necessity. His land is ill-adapted to
the growth of other crops, and having
spent his life in learning how to cultivate
tobacco, he knows how to do little
else. The independent manufacturers
may possibly be able to maintain a
more or less compact defensive organization
and secure for themselves a certain
measure of protection, but the
tobacco growers by reason of their
great number, and by reason of their
being scattered over such a wide extent
of territory,"and unable to permanently
maintain an/effect d fensivo organization.
It is the high mission of government
co protect tne defenseless and the utter
helplessness of the tobacco grower
makes a ^trong appeal to the government
to secure (or him the largest
measure of protection possible under
the law of the land.
" III.
The findings of this Court sustained
and emphasised "by the Supreme Court
of the Uuited States that The American
Tobacco Company is a combination
in restraint of trade and has designedly
monopolized the tobacco business
of the country and the consequent
mandate of the Supreme Court requiring
a dissolution of the combination
and a destruction of the monopoly inspired
the tobacco farmers with a faith
that the days of their servitude were
at an end ahd that hereafter they
would realize the reasonable value of
the product of their toil.
IV.
That the plan submitted to this
Court by The American Tobacco Company
does not haye the merit of even
looking like a dissolution of the combination
or a destruction of the monopoly.
We earnestly protest that sai<#
plan is in no sense a compliance with
the judgment of the Supreme Court of
the United States, but tested by the
rule of reason which the Supreme
Court invoked in the interpretation of
the law, it is plain that the plan is a
bold attempt to nullify the judgment
of the Court. The one purpose of the
diii in equuy mea in tms cause and the
one purpose of the decree obtained in
answer to its prayer was to restore tne
competition that has been destroyed,
the plan of The American Tobacco
Company contributes nothing to this
end. It turns loose no assets^-and no
agency by which it now maintains its
absolute dominion over the tobacco
trade. Its avarice for power and its
otter unwillingness to loosen its grip
on the tobaccot business is strikingly
Illustrated In its refusal to give up one
of its least subsidiary companies, R.
P. Richardson, Jr.. & Company, Inc.,
although that company has from the
inception of this suit, petitioned to be
allowed to do an independent business.
The division of the company into four
or fourteen working organisations,each
and every of them dominated and controlled
by the present common stockholders
of The Americart Tobacco
Company, will effect a change in the
methods of bookkeeping and nothing
more. Oneness of ownership necestarily
means oneness of control, and
the plan -submitted contains the same
kind of dismemberment that takes
place when the hand divides into the
Sogers. We submit that if the evidence
taken in this cause had disclosed
the precise conditlon'which The Tobacx>
Company proposes now to create,
the findings of the Court would have
heen in no way different. Thn combination
would have been as inal!?cUve,the
monopoly as complete, and the violation
of Oa law as clear as under a sinlie
organisation,
It U axiomatic that business move*
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along line* of self interest, and there |
can be no real competition between
persons or corporations unless their interests
are antagonistic. The plan proposed
by the Tobacco Company, maintains
a community of interests between
all the companiesJ}i proposed t
to create, and this makes competition
between them impossible. In its patent
failure to separate into independent
entities, in the utter absence of a
serious effort . to restore the competition
which has ^>een destroyed, the
plan submitted by The American Tobacco
Company.. falls far short of the
primary and imperative requirement of
the Court "that complete and efficacious
effect shall WgtVqn to the prohibitions
of the statute a condition
created which shall be honestly in
harmory with and not repugnant to
law." Weynaintain Jif The American
Tobacco Company shall be allowed to s
break up into 'a number of parts and
the present stockholders 'shall receive
stock, in each and every of the new com
panies in proportion to their holdings
in the original company, the decision of
the Supreme Court will not be a thing
of value. Diversity of ownerehip is
absolutely necessary to secure diversity
of control. To reject the plan as
fundamentally def < ctivc on this account
is far from holding that an individual
may not hold stock in competing corporations.
We are not dealing with
abstract propositions, but with aggregations
of men and corporations that
have been found guilty of violating the
law and have been ordered to restore
the competition they have destroyed.
To require these violators of the law to
disband and to forbid them by oneneas
of ownership to perpetuate the monopoly
they have created, will cause no
alarm to stockholders in corporations
that are doine n ieo-i ,,,n 'VfttnahMfca
This is the crucial question to be settled
by this court, and the answer to this
question will determine whether under
existing law "relief can be awarded
coterminous with the ultimate redress
of the wrongs which are found to
exist.' A fundamental error in the
plan projiosed by The American Tobacco
Company is that in determining
where the ultimate control of the several
companies wi'l reside, it distinguishes
between the common stock
held by the twenty-nine individual defendants
and that held by other individuals
not named as I arties in this
cause. Th s distinction is wholy arbitrary.
The Court firtds "that the combination
as a whole involving all its cooperating
or associated parts in whatever
form clothed, constitutes a restraint
of trade within the'first section
and an attempt to monopolize or a monopolization
within the second section
of the anti-trust act." This finding
reaches every common stockholder and
taints every share of the common stock
with the vice of illegality- If the twenty-nine
individual defendants are to
bear the sins of the whole company
they should be put into a class and
company allato themselves and the other
companies should be Bet free from unwholesome
influence.
V.
We furthermore submit that there are
no insurmountable difficulties in the
way of an actual division of the assets
of The American Tobacco Company and
?ie lormat ion ol new corporations having
no connection with each other either
in ownershiD or control The genius
that could triumph over bitter rivalries,
over international pftdeand prejudices,
and reduce a thousand warring
elements to a compact harmonious unit,
would find it easy to accomplish an
equitable partition if jt would concentrate
its energies upon that task. Vast
estates, kingdoms have been and are
constantly partitioned. The principles
of owelty of partition and, in some instances
of sales for division, could be
justly invoked in a serious effort to comply
with the mandate of the Court.
The difficulty of.an equitable partition
lies not so much in the inability as in
the unwillingness to make one. In its
petition tiled herein the Tobacco Com
pany says, upon oath, that the assets of
the company can be fairly distributed
among fourteen companies. This is a
complete answer to the suggestion that
an actual equitable partition is impracticable.
Give to the fourteen companies
proposed the elements of complete
independence; forbid ths stockholders
in any one of these companies from
owning stock in any of the others and
perpetually enjoin them from acquiring
such stock, and a condition will be created
in compliance with the judgment
of the Court. If A holds fourteen shares
of common stock of The American Tobacco
Company, what is the necessity
for alloting to him a single share to
fourteen different corporations? Why
mot give him his entire holdings in a
ingle company? Possibly he'would
then have some incentive to give some I
attention to, the management of Ms
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STATE, THE UNION.
(DAY NOVEMBER 10,4.911.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
MET ON MONDAY AND TUBS
DAY OF THIS WEEK.
Election of Cotton Weigher
?Several Corrections Mad
to Taxes ? Several Report
Received.
The Board of County Commissions
met in regular session on Monday i
this week with all members presen
After reading and approving .the mil
utes of the previous meeting the folio
ing business was transacted on othe
wise disposed of:
It was ordered that the road aski
for by A- F. Vick be granted as pi
petition before the October meetii
with no expense to the county.
\S. G. Griffin was re-imbursed wil
$1.52 taxes in Seven Paths School Di
trlct, Cypress Creek township, sa
amount to be paid out of said Bcho
district. Griffin is not in said distriy
The request of Susau Andrews for I
increase|of allowance as outside paup
was deferred.
H B. Pretty, of Youngsyille tow
ship was relieved of poll tax?he ni
having but one arm.
The order granting Jesse Whelei
relief of poll tax was received,
Mrs. W. P. Neal was reimbursi
with $5.79 taxes on land?the san
having been paid by W. P; Neal, c<
ored, "in Cypress Creek township.
Lucy Chavis was stricken from ou
side pauper list?being dead.
J. W. Ayescue was relieved and r
imbursed of poll taxes?he being e
empi.
The bond of Dr. W. P. Simpson, Co
oner, was received and recorded aft
which he came forward and took tl
official bath of office before Chairmi
T. S. Collie.
The Hoard then took up the electi<
of cotton weighers for the next t?
years.
O- H. Harris was unanimously elec
ed cotton weigher for Louisburg.
W. T. Blanks was unanimously elec
ed cotton weigher for Youngsville.
B. A. White was unanimously elect
cotton weighpr for Franklinton.
E. B. Clegg was unanimously elect
cotton seed weigher for Franklinton.
Report of W. M. Boone, Sheriff, w
received and recorded.
Report of F. R. Pleasants, Manag
Medical Depository, was received and 1
corded.
Report of Dr. J. E. Malone, Superi
tendent of Health, was received ai
filed.
C. C. Winston was allowed ft force
fin for Cain Upchuroh.
An order was allowed for holding i
election in Franklinton township to a
thorize the Road Trustees to borrc
$10,000 to be used on the road wor
The election will be held on Decemb
12th. B. A. White was appointed re
istrar, and B. F. Bullock and E. 1
Moore, pollholders.
The Board then took recess unl
Tuesdav morning, when the followii
was transacted:
P. B. Griffin, Treasurer, was ins true
ed to collect the interest on the sinkir
funds, loaned out to different partie
by December 1st.
Report af |E. N. Williams, Superi
tendent of County Home, was reoeivi
and filed. He reports 10 white and
colored inmates.
J. ?. Harris was allowed $2.50 f<
one-half expenses for building butaiei
at Cedar creek, Harris township
The matter of putting Dr. J. E. Mi
lone, County Superintendent of Healt
on a salary basis, was deferred until fin
Monday in December, 1911.
J. H. Uzzle was authorized to ha'
railing put on the Sycamsre Cree
bridge.
After allowing a number of account
the Board Sojourned to its next reguli
meeting.
Bond Placed at $10,000 '
In the trial of J. Hackney Pearce
the habeas corpus proceeding befoi
Judge R. B. Peebles at Raleigh (
Tuesday Pearce was allowed to gire
justified bond In the sum of $10,00
Pierce was represented by Spruill
Holden and W. H. Yarborough, Jr
and the Btate by Solicitor Norria ai
W. M. Person.
Up until yesterday evening Pieri
had not given bond.
. Fuller-SherwoodInvitations
which reads as follov
have be in received by friends here:
Mr. ai d Mrs. John Roberts Sherwot
request tbe honor of your presence i
the marriage of their daughter Anil
to Mr. Perry Wade Puller on Wedne
day eveaing, the twenty-second of H<
ember, one thousand nine hundrc
and eleven, at SSTSB o'clock, Salt
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S Mark's on the Hitl; Pikesrille, Mary- 1
land.
With, the invitationa are cards reading
as follows- 1
'At home after the drat of January;.
Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore.
S Mr Puller is a Franklin county boy 1
0 and resided in Louisburg until a few
years ago, when he went to Baltimore,
18 where he fills sto important position
with the R. M. Sutton Co. He-is a descendant
of one of Frahklin county's
oldest and most honored families and .
. is the son of Mr. R. F. Fuller, one of
Louisburg's most successful horse deal'*
ers. Mr. Fuller is a young rtlan of ?
w splendid business ability and made many
r" friends while associated with the firm v
of F. N. & R. Z. Egerton, of this place
He has many friends here who will ex- a
tend the warmest congratulations to
181 himself and his bride. ^
* A Good Yield.
id A friend of ours who recently paid a 6
?] visit to Mash county reports the follow- ,
ing item to us;
m Willie Gaylor a colored man living on s
er the land of J. T. Winstead, of Nash t
county, made on five acrqa^f land with
n one horse 81,840.00 worth* of tobacco, I
eleven bales of cotton and 35 barrels of ]
corn. This is a record that will be hard
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Seriously Hurt.
16 The youngest son of Mr W.S. Pernell '
of Alert, and a brother to Mr.L. J. Per- o
nell of this place, while working at a
i4* gin near his home had the misfortune <j
of getting caught in the saws and cut e
e~ up very badly. Reports received here c
x~ Wednesday wera._to the effect that the
young man was in a serious condition, g
r" Upon the receipt of the message here r
er Tuesday Mr. L. J. Pernell left imme- j
16 j;-4?l.- ?fit- ?V O " r> ' - ?
uiavcij witn i'io. o. sr. nun ana K. If". J j.
in Yarborough for the scene of the acci- |
dent where all that was possible was
>n done for the snfferer.
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it- Cotton t
The receipts on the loca 1 cotton mar I
ket has been much smaller this week t
than usual, possibly on account of the t
p<* weather. The conditions of the mar'
ket seem to be improving some as the
e<* prevailing price here yesterday was
nine cents Tbere 'is no question but
as that the price on this market is always '
as good as adjoining market* and our *
et town offers, exceptionally good trading (
e" advantages to the farmer." f
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nd Teachers' Association.
if. The teachers of Franklin county inet ,
in regular session last Saturday. The
an special feature of the day's sessions
u. were practice classes in the first and
iw second grades, the children being bork.
rowed from the Louisburg Graded ,
er School. Miss Arri.gton, with these .
g. classes, shotfed methods in phonics,
number work and other things.
In addition to obserration of practice
til class, Miss Arrington diacus&ed, for ben- g
ig efit of the teachers, methods and materials
for use in primary work,
it- Other matters brought up were care
ig of school libraries, use of register, and
s, new book adoption.
Quite a good number of the teachers
n- have joined the Teachers' Reading.Cir- ^
d cie ana reports will be made at each a
14 meeting of work done. r
Among the visitors present were So- ?
or perintendent J. A. McLean, of Frankot
linton, and Superintendent W. R. Mills, o
of Louisburg. t
i- Money raised fpr improvement ot 1
h, school buildings and grounds by individ- c
at ual schools was reported as follows: a
p.mw. School, No 1, Dunn's. $44.00 '
re Pilot " No. 4. " 48.00 1
!k Bonn " No. S. " 50.00 1
The next meeting will be held on Sat8'
urday, Deeember 9th. -i.
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Last Sermon. '
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Rev. L. W. Swope preached his last (
sermon to the Baptist congregatioa ,
re hear on last Sunday. There was an ,
)n exceedingly large number present to ^
s here his laist discourse and they were (
0 well paid as it was one of the ablest ^
& sermons that has been delivered in ,
Louisbilrg in many years. In his ex.
planations he stated that he could not t
preach what was generally known as a
;e farewell sermon, but would substitute s
another, so therefore it was rid of ?
bringing to bear the feeling that j
always exist upon the loss of a true c
friend and a good citizen. Mr. Swope ,
rg has filled the position as pastor of the
Baptist church here for a number of j
^ years and has endeared himself not (
lt to his own congregation but the entire |
la citizenship of Louisburg. He is a man
of strong convictions and is open in his y
j. duty to his calling. Louifburg has been. ,
benefitted by his residence here and ]
lt loses much in his'leaving. V {
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NUMBER 87
THE MOVING -PEOPLE
HEIR MOVEMENTS IN ANR
OUT OF TOWN
'hose Who Have Visited Louisburg
the Past Week?Those
Who Have Gone Elsewhere
For Business or Pleasure.
C.JC. Cooke is in New York on bosicsh.
v,
H. L. Candler left Tuesday for esvral
days, ylsit in Elizabeth City.
R. H. Burma, of Henderson, was a
isitor to Louisburg the past weekMis.
6. L. Crowell is visiting friend
ind relatives in Princeton this week.
Dr. Joel D. Wliitaker. nl Raleigh,
vaa a visitor to Louiaburg Monday.
His many friends here were gladte
ee H. C. Bovrden in our town the past
veek.
Hon. F. S. Spruill, of Rocky Mount,.
vaa a visitor to Louiaburg the past
veek.
Mrs. Lee H. Battle and little son, ef
. ittleton, spent Sunday and Monday ia
Louiaburg. k .
J.M.Person and family returned fro*
i wit to her people in Nash scanty
he past week. * . .
Miss Maude Hicks left Saturday for
Elizabeth City to' attend the maryiage
if Miss Annie Woodley. *
W. H. Yarborough, Jr.. B. T. Hel
[en and W. M. Person went to Ral
igh Tuesday to appear in the habeas
orpus case ef Hackney Pearce,
Sheriff W. M.- Boone and Deputy
Sheriff R. ,W. Hudson left Tuesday
nomine 'or Raleigh, tat ing Hackney
'earce before Judge Peebles in the haleas
corpus proceedings.
Miss Sallie Barrow DeadThe
remains of Miss Sallie Borrow,
ister of Mr. J 8.* Barrow, of Louis*
>urg, who died at the State Hospital ia
laleigh Wednesday night, was brought
o Louisbunr yesterday evening far inerment.
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Tobacco.
The conditions on the tobacco market,
f possible,'are improving. The sales
ire increasing, a.id it seems to be the *
jpinion of the tobacco m.n that al
trades between ten and thirty cents
>er pound are higher than they have
*cen in years. This sounds good in the
ace of such low priced cotton Again, *
re remind you, tha Louisburg iB the
jlace to sell your tibacco.
At the Methodist Church.
In the absence of Rev. J. H. Hall,
Presiding Elder of this District, Rev.
L,. W. Swope delivered a strong and
nuch appreciated sermon to the Metkidist
congregation at the Methodist
ihureh Sunday night. He handled bis
lubject in his usual easy manner and
nade an able address.
Ice Cream Supper. ^
The Ice Cream Supper at Pearces'
Academy, Friday evening; was quite a
uccess. considering the weather. A
teat sum was realized, which wilt be
ised in improving the school building.
One of the most interesting features ,
if the entertainment was the voting oa
he most beautiful young lady present.
<iss Maggie Pearce, of Privett, reeived
the largest number of votes, by
i large majority. Miss Pearce shouleel
very much hoaorod, as she was
ecently crowned Queen of Beauty, at
>ilot. also.
Chafing; Dish Club.
The very best Chafing Dish party we
laye had yet was with Mrs. A. R. Win
Iton Tuesday night. Messrs. E. J.
Cheatham and A. H. Vann took the
nembers'of the club in their machines
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a the place of meeting. There MrsWinston
threw her home open to the
irowd and from that time the most la'ornial
"good time" began, which lastid
through the evening.
Nothing affords such an informal good
;ime as a Chafing Dish party.
After the refreshments were served,
lereral games were played, the most
injovakle one, "Midway at the Fair."
5aper dusters, feathers. Whips, showirs
of confetti?and the real spirit of
he Fair?for an hour! >
Then seyerar"close harmonies" beore
the party said "good night" to
beir charming hostess, declaring this
he best party of all.
Those preseat were Misses Qraee
Yard, Nellie Conway. Fraacss Win- .
ton, Msttie and Kate Ballard. Messrs.
S. J. Cheatham, A. H. Vann. B.
fohnea D. WaU,
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