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SUBSCRIPTION St. 00 PBB YBAB ? i ? ' NUMBER 4? VOL. XII LOUISBURG. N. C.. FRIDAY JANUARY 19. 1018 BED MOW EXCtUDED > . : ? - _ __ OPBRATIOMS IH THB MEXICAN HBVOLUTION. Ha? No Rttfhti la Civil War. Pathetic IlteRflal Use In China ?Subject of Interest at Next Conference. When tks framers of the Treaty ef I Oensva, which provides for the protec. | Hon ol agsats of the Red Cross war, had completed their task th?y had omitted all mention of one important question which has recently been a cause of uncertainty and some embar rassment. This question relates to the function of the Red Cross In civil war. The treaty, in fhct, doss not provide any met^pd by which the Red Cross msy helprto . ameliorate the horrera of _ civil war. When two governments are at war with each other, if both a signatories to the treaty, both a bound to protect the agents of the Red Cross and respect the Red Crass flag. If *Vmly one of the warring yovem ernments has-signed the treaty, neithei is required to respect the Red Cross flag or agents. In such a case, the two countries by special agreement may blud themselves to observe the rules of the treaty and thus_avail themselves of the humane administration' of the Red Gross. - - nnr or rsTomtion ary movements, however, the revolu tionaries are not only not aignets of the treafy of Geneva. but as they have no recognized governmental status, they are held to be incapable of entering into a responsible agreement concerning the Red Cross with the government which they are trying to crverthroWr Thus no way is left open by/which the Ked Cross may legally and safely give jts kindly services in time of civil war. - During Um prum?ss of the r revolatlon In Meriso. the Amerisan Ked Cross .offered its services to the -Mexican government, but its offer could not be accepted. As a result, tna Anglican iSd Ciuss confined its - Activities to the boundary lino between the United States and Mexico, earing lor sick and wounded soldiers >nd dea titute refugees who were" brought across the border or taking the risk sf venturing .over the Hue, wilhuul ufliciff the demands -of inanity* were imperative, as_j(aa^ " case at Juarer, /TogaleiTTfunna and) elsewhere. The importance of rigid _goyern men tal j ?control of the use of thef Jitad Cross is j tlon In China where no offlslal super vision of such use exftE Many dtflef- * ent unauthorized organizations are us ing the emblem in the hope of protect ing the lives and property of .their members. Since no restrictions on this are enforced, the result is that the emblem has lost its saered character in a farcioal and pathetic scramble for a protection which it cannot give. The following extract from a private letter "from Wuchang, China, bears directly upon this point: "AH sorts of people are- using the flag and the badge jirho have no right to'do so and many seem to think that subscription entitles them to full im munity ?nd pretectiop Iha Ked Cross is so badly abused by misuse through people bringing their valuables to be stored under its aegis, that presently it Is feared the whole population will hoist the sign at the lsst extremity as a last resort.'.' . At the Ninth International Red Cross CiJiifeience, to be h<H ia Washington next May, this ouiision of the Treaty of Geneva to provide ? for Red Cross op erations in civil war ?will1' probably-be one of the important topics for discus sion. Representatives of forty or more countries will participate in this con-| ference. PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION Prevention Easy If Each Indi vidual Dees His Part. Consumption is a preventable disease. Then why not prevent it? Every case (^contracted by means of (terms from aonft other consumptive. If you get consumption, you may consider it a monument to some other consumptive's ignorance, carelessness, or negligence. If you give, or make othera liable to consumption, you are guilty ot crimi nal negligence and deaerve to be pan llhed. _ Consumption would fit ilUHt IITItfT than five years K all consumptives w<wld exercise the proper precaution. This my mean yoa. Thousands of people in our State have consumption and do not know it. Many ef them ie about spitting, coughing, and sneeajng in a carelsea manner, making Menc* and aseociatas moat liable !? Km da the at?aUK) >W *qutlly guilty of slich filthy habits. Does this mean you? Don't spit I . Ob, yoirsay, that is an old saw. So it is, bat it is the ounce ol preveutmu which any on* can easily supply. Ninety -Are per cent ol the spitting; is unnecessary. This Is an in sanitary practice confined largely to the men. To be snre, it is filthy and dan gerous to swallow mucus and phlegm coughed up. It ia tar better to rid the system of this secretion than to allow any part of it to enter the stomach. be done in such a manner as to reduce the danger to a minimum. At home, sptt only in the fire or in a spittoon. Keep water in the spittoon. Empty it daily and Bcald it dttf^with boiling water. An excellent precaution is too add a half tablet of mereuric bichloride to the water in the spittoon jrrben it is returned tor use. Carbolic acid or cal cium hypochlorite are - also good, but they emit slight odors. ? Disinfectants injure brass spittoons. In public, never spit on the sidewalk or where it may come in contact with the ikirta or cloths of others, or be come dried and stirred upas duaL Spit in the water in the gutters or In sewer Inlets. Spit in the sunlight, as brig'ht sunlight will kill the germs of censump tion before they can become dry and float off as dust. Sneese, oough, or spit in a handkerchief, or, better still, - use a paper napkin and burn after lUMf ? * ? Whenever you see a careless spitter, obnsider him aa a man dangerous to so ciety and an enemy to mankind. Avoid him, and beware that others cannot so -regard you. . Mrs D. F. McKlnn<T~Entertaln8 On the afternoon of the 16th inst., "The Tusaday Afternoon Book Club" was entertained at the home of Mrs. j nsvtii r. MeKiim aim sii'iigt? grant flowers delighted the gueets as they were ushered in. while the cordial greeting of the hostess was an added "imrmf ? _ Following tlm discussion of current events, were, readings by. Mesdames -Turner and Ford, the aubjeet being "Old To was in North Carolina," Eden torj faml Bath, each so enwrapped in de* Tfri'tfyl ffittorifl event", and echoed of the long agd. A special reading by Mis. Seoggin descriptive of the "Eden ton Tea Party," was muoh enjoyed. After a short time spent with these colonial dames, refreshments were served consisting ot The afternoon was altogether enjoy able, a bright link in the proposed chain of entertainments for 1912, and in the heart of eaeh .departing guest was a sincere wish for many similiar returns' of this pleasant gathering. The Coldest Yet The put ten days has been about the eoldeet spell that hes been experienced in Louisburg, possibly, since the big snow in 1889. The thermometers, it 4eems, hare all been vieing with each other to see, which one .could : each sero. They hare been registering all around 7,8, 10 and 12 degress for the p*?t week; ? Sunday morning was the coldest we hare any record on at which time the mereurv dropped to 7. ?The water pipes' have all been frozen up for several days and hare caused much trouble. ? The young people have been enjoying skating on the river the past weet, -which spert has been denied them for many years en account of the river not having froze over with sufficient thick ness to hold up the weight Even at the pumping statien pipes that haye never been known to freeze hefore "laid down on the job" on ac count of the extreme weather. "How I Did It." ?? Under the above heading Ur. Lewis J. Cameron,- in the Kinstoii Free Press, tells the methods he employed in the preparation and cultivation of his acre of cptb last year. On January 2 1 hauled 15 loads of barnyard manure onto the acre and scattered?it- the next day. Then, on the 6th, ' I broke land 12 inches deep with a two-horse plow. On the 7th, I ran a disc harrow over the acre three different times; then ran a smoothing harrow over it, thua. leaving the acre level and well pulverized. PKTTAmTnim ur Ami tum ffjunrtwu. On March 17 I ran rows four feet apart Then on the 29th, I ran in row* again, ver j deep; then used 400 pounds of U-? potash fertiliser in the drill and lifted tags very small. -On the SOU I ita ready for planting, the variety of corn I need was Bigg's preiite. J used a Cole* eorn-planter fo?- planting my ar corn w*? -plan ted fraTTnebea M5T the aqrface of the ground. THE METHOD OF CUMITATION.? I ran a weeder over ' this' acre oii April 11, croaawlae; again on the '22nd, lengthwise It looked like, after I bad run the weeder over it the laat time, I had. ruined my acre of corn, but six days later found that I bad uaed the correct method. ? On- May 2 I harrowed it witlv a 14 tooth borrow. This was the beet thing yet, aa it killed all the young grass. On the 9th I sided TfOTtt * cottw plow, Jvery deep. On the 17th I eido dressed the corn, using 400 pounds of 11-5 potash fertilizer, aided it and ran out middies. Then, on the 26th. I sided again June 2, and again on the 6th, and ran out middlea. .plowing very shallow. < On June 10 1 laid-by the corn with a cotton plow, leaving it level possible. The Ipnd on which this corn was |_grqwn waa a dark gray aoil, with a clay foundation. This year waa a bad. one for our Soya' corn club contest, aa there waa no rain until July and but very lit tle then^ Mv crop^wss cut off about ene | lure to prodace, but then. 1 saved 800 pounds of fodder and gathered 106 bushels of corn. ? ' ; Tetal c?st of fertiliaera rrr. $41.00 Total cost of notfC..* ;.. 18.95 | Tntil ii- , jfijBl Value of com at <1 per bu.. . . ? $100.00 Value of corn less expenses. . 59.95 Net profit $45.05 Cost per bushel $0 67 Prollt per .bushel ' .43 Net aroflt realized.;. $53.05 Inspection We notice from the Raleigh Evening I Times that the Military Companies of | specfceVl on March 0th and 7th-reepect- 1 iyely. There is no doubt but that the> Cympanies will make splended sJ)SWings"| as usual, ? ' Stockholders Meet The stockholders of the Farmers Warehouse met In the Court house yes terday and took definite action whereby a charter wilt bp gotten and the work on the warenouse proposition liegun immediately. . Louitburg Baptist Church ? Public worship will be conducted Snndav at n * ^ T p ^ 1>y th. PMU>r, Walter M. Gilmere. The sub ject at the morning hour wilt be "Busi ness in Religion," at the evsning ser vice, "The Unsaarchable Riches." Sunday School at 9;45 a. m., Ivy Allen Superintendent. " Blj? White Sale Upon the eighth-page will-be found the announcement of the Candler Crowell Co's. big annual white aale. Theke sales are becoming "very popular and attract much ^tten tia?ir~ It will be seen that these wide awake young men are de tar mined that no effort shall be spared on (heir part and say, they are going to- make this the biggest Oiihg of its kind yet put on in Leuisburg. Read their advertise ment and see some of the many bar gains they have for you. Mayor's Court Mayor Ben. T. Holden had before him on Tuesday morning West Whit-, aker, Ed. Cawthorne, Hence Hazlewood and Sterling Freeman umfer a Charge of retailing whiskey. - Cawthorne was tried under two warrants for the same crime. The evidence presented to the mayor was sufficient 'for him to bind them all over to the next term of Franklin Superior Court under a bond *100.n') each, which wa^ given. Cawthorne was bouud oyer, in-both cases. ? - . _ The Lights. In conTersation with Superintend!' lit R. C Beck, ^of the Water and Light plants, he informs us that the recent trouble with the lights was due mostly to the extreme bad weather. That the sleet has a tendency to ground the wires which makes it Impossible to give ? bright, clear light He also says that a portion of the trouble is due to the cendltion of the wlrss and poles on the streets, which Is'now under consid eration and wHl be repaired and put in first das* order as soon as the town can make sufficient collections to under take same. He also asks us to state that theareh lights are not lighted at night ofl ac count of tin scarcity of Ibe fnel sup ply. wfiish Is vsiry loir.' , * . * 'i THE MOVING PEOPLE their movements in and OUT OF TOWN Those Who Have Visited fcouls Jjurg the Past Week? Those ' Who Have Gone Elsewhere ' For Business or Pleasure. . Supt R. C. Beck visited Raleigh the put week. V, & Prlt visit to Scotland Neck. P. W. Hicks returned the past week from a visit in Nash county. Attorney-General Biekett spent sev eral days at home thfs week. Mrs Loyd Llles, and little child of Chailotte, (s visiting her people here. W. M. Person spent Wednesday in Wake Forest on professional busiest. Dr. -O f. Coppedge, of Keenansville, was a visitor to Louisburg the pajt week. E. F. Thomas, who has been attend ing school near Ruthi-rfordton, returned Kowa lunday. ^ ? f. ? - . ? Mr. John Dean, Jr., of" ?t Pfui, Minn., a prominent attorney, is visiting j.w.Hmimgiwgfnr ? ? - Mr, and Mw. G. L. Ciowell returned home the past week after having visit ed her people In Tennessee. lawyer of Durham, spent Wa*JneBdsy In | town on professional business. E. M. Bale left Wednesday for | Greenville where he will take a posl tio t with the Independent, a news Mr. W. E. White, of the.W^T White Furniture Co , returnesKffe past week from a trip to thejtfrniture mar kets~nrthe western, part of the state. F. W. Whet^ss left yesterday 'for ior?-Wf SBlWer to a telegram tn I to his hrother, Alford'a conili Son, who wss operated? oo__Saturday. Dr. J. L. Spruiii, 01 Columbia, w. ( V, prominent mason and active churcli worker, visited the family of Rev. -W. B. Morton the past u^ek. Mr. H. L. Candler, of the Candler Crowell Co., returned Tuesday from a trip to the northern markets where he spring and summer goods for his Arm, Dr. H. A. Newell relumed Monday from Boston where he had been to be present at the operation made upon his brother, Eugene, whose large nnm glad to learn is doing nicety. Champion-Holmes Mr. Matthew Champion, of Clayton and Miss Kwioie Holmes, of Youngs* vi!le, were ^married on last Susday evening at 4 o'clock at the home of Mr. J. M. Joyner, of Louisburg. They left for Clayton on Monday morning where trfi>y will make their future home. Leaves Louisbur?. _1 llr. J. If. Johtraon, who has been in the watchmaking and jewelry business in Louisburg for the past fifteen months left yesterday. He informs us that he Is. not- fully decided yet just where he will locate but very probably Charlotte or W inston-Salein. Mr. John son is a very clever gentleman and has J enjoyed a splendid business in Lou- j isburg. Since making Louisburg his | Home he .and his good wife have made a number at friends who wiil regret very much to Team of their^eqision to "cast their lot in some other town, how ever, extend their best wishes for a successful future wherever they may I locate. ? ??.. . I WE SHOULD GROW MORE PECANS. An Orchard Once Started Will Be a Source of Income for Many Years, it has been claimed by some that any soil is valuable for^pecan growing, but this is erroneous. It would 1>e a waste of time and money.io plant pecan trees on poor, phallow, rocky land in some ?actions. It is -generally known that they thrive best on deep, rich soil. Hands along the oreeks and valleys which are subject to overflows occas tonally and which are underlaid with a permanent water supply are the most ideal-tor pecan growing. It has ' been 1 claimed by some that it was necessary for the tap-root to reach water when the tree came into bearing^bot this it also erroneous, for the majority ef pe- j can trees now in existence do a?t have their tap-roots to sltuatad. This tree is a deep rooting one, and the rainfall in neuIjLftl' parta of the Sooth is auffl cient to mature the ndta. So, li decid ing the matter about the aoii, most any soil that haa fertility enough to grow a' fair crop of com or cotton will grow pecana. Transplant the trees, between the flrst of November and the last of Feb ruary. Tho earlier, perhaps the better, on account of the trees having time for" the dirt to becom# settled around them by the winter rains, and thla is impor tant. Give your pecan trees plenty of room, remembering, however, 'Bat the Improved budded sorts do not require quite as mueb apace as the wild ones. Geneiallr, on average soil, thirty feet each way will be a very safe distance to set the trees.? The Progressive Far mer. Waiting: for the Bgar- * Mrs. Johnson, the wife ol the new minister in a New England town, asked a neighboring farmer's boy to bring her a dozen eggs and a roasting chicken when he brought the vegetables the next day. The boy appeared promptly, but in his basket were only 11 'eggs. "Ua says she will send over the other egg after a while," he explained: Johnwon anltprt. ? "That 3nes not seem to b? here, either. ' ' "She wiir send tnat. too," was the" answer. ? B"But,'' complained Mrs. Johnjoii^' ?-"I wani' to cooV llie ililtaeu Trer: Why didn't too trlMrlfover this time?" *"Because. " rgpHSd the boy, "the hen isn't killed^et You see, ma's waitin' till st^lays the other egg."? Lippin Newspaper Defined Thft editor of .the Irving (Ohio) Times I has found a definition for the word | newspaper. Here it is:. ~~ A nawipipartta thing that avcry" neraon in town known hnw tn" mn ov cept the -editor. It is what should be open for roacte on ? everybody except yourself and a few of your fiienda, for whom it slwuhl be a jwnBl-KCBnuar bequest of praise. It is ^hat you want to see the editor -keep your name out of as soon as you have settled with the police justice the morning after. It is what is just too lnquisUitti aiulliorriil: whan-Tftg^refffn club, and is a mean old sheet that, never gets things right when your name is omitted from among those present. It is what no one forgets to : condemn for itt miwtakes, hut- never Fenaasjtera to praUe for the good it ac complishes. ? ? - - - MEMORIAL TO DR. KNAPK Committee Appointed to Secure | Fnrrfte for Memorial to Great - ? Southern Farm Leader. - ".A sixty day campaign has been in augurated to secure funds for a suita ble memorial to that great friend of our Soathern farmers, Dr. Seaman, A. Knapp, organizer and director of the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration Work of the United States Department of Agriculture. No other man in the history of the South probably eyer did as much as Dr. Knapp to Interest farmers In better metheds of farming and diversification of crops and to get them out of their ^slayery to cotton. TheJ Jdeinoifc stration work and the com club work, developed under his fostering care, for ?the first time brought our people to see that the South is itself in the Corn Belt and that there is no reason in nature why our farmer^ should be dependent upon'a single crop, . t We are glad to know that the can paign for raising funds in tiiis county | has now begun. A special committee has been appointed - ami several local T collectors are now at work, a hand ! soniely engraved picture of Dr. Knapp I and some of his- sayihgs being given ' each contributor, evon if the amount i be only a ttune. I Every farmer -ill the county should I give something to perpetuate U e , memory of this great man. BIbt Army to Hawaii hollowing close upon the statement made Friday by Maj. Gen. William H. Carter before the Houae committee on military affairs, that 35,000 efficient Japanese soldiers are now in Uawaii, ready to wrest those islands from the U sited States, War Department offl I cia)s yesterday admitted that . definite plans are now completato eqaip ami . nrth an entire division of troops, re cruited to war strength to tho*e islaoaa I for permanent service : | It was decided to send fire ?efim?nt? of infantry, each pf the twelve ?emp? aM^wndtad ta 1(0 man; one refimeot - > r V ??. V3 *.\ ;? cavalry, ewrf Iwep at fql) fighting strength; on* full regiment Of field Ub ' tillery; eight companies cf coast artil lery, to b? separated from the mobil* army; on* company of engineers, an# one company ef th* signal corp*. All are to be accompanied by the mcm sirv sanitary force, and under com mand of a major general. ?> Itwas further learned yesterday that not coatent with sending a fall divis ion of soldiers to Hawaii, the govern ment l^aBcs<nt the Pacific squadron of armored cruteein as w*U.? Sun^ayfa WashTngton Poat. Monday's Post carried a long edito rial explaining that the above was only to have weight upon a bill pending tyr better coast defense. Teacher s Association. On account ot the bad weather the teachers meeting which was to be heM Saturday, January 20th, has been post poned t* Saturday, February 10th. ? , ^ ? R. B. Whit?, ? ? County Superintendent. Mr. Lee Conyers, who haineen vis iting hfo parents for?g<reral days, re turned to his home in Chester, Va. , ' i "* Mrs^.--gen May, who has been ia ^fpehle health tor some time, we regret to note, is not much improve^. ? m>. wm tin ?? ii ? jrifiri mi# moved back to TIE K. it Holmes, where they will make their future home. The J>ad weather of last week has al most given the peeple ot this section the blues. ? This? has been n ipjoa mest f ecliojf this y cat. There has been 12,6HJ pounds killed within one mile of' Pope's this wihter. (i. H. P. Pointed Paragraphs. ~1*)ugt before ? Moat girls cannot even get ntear m,usio out of a piano. ; There's a little wolf and ft Utile elieep in every man. A lunky tnjn always attihutes it to bis snperiorjudgment. " ? . As , a man grows older fie sees The cup that cheers today U al ways responsible for the morning^ after. beginn. If there was adzed price on sat vation some tightwads would want a discount. It ia difficult for some men to keep a secret ? if the other fellow has Mis ~ price. . ? / - The average wife harbors the de lation that most of the men she knows envy her husbaud. After a girl haa been a bride gi*: - weeks she once moje begins to re? ogniza her former acquaintances. After meeting a nice young man for the first time a girl remains awake half the night wondering it she made an impression. Anyway a bass drum dj owns a lot of bad inusio. Some men run fcr office and others win in a walk. It doesn't take a fast yount! rnaa | long to nin through n fortuno. ? L Itortunala? ia the woman > who her husband like a check ? - book. ? ^ The cuat may not make the man, but a lawsuit may nnihake him. I'in yonr faith to some people'and they'll use the pin to stiok you. It's easy for a man to go wrong if. h? tas no pariioular aim in life. If a man couM only live rich he would have no objection to dying poor. You need not worry about giving his Satonio majesty his due; he'll The good things of the world have a habit at gektoag into the haa is ef had paapla. " Hard Work. Seadds (proudly polntibg to hi* an palatial mansion): 'There it ia. And jou must remember I got i'k^U by bald Bhaddst 8eaddat "Very hard."' - "Who did it!" " -January Up?lssetr? 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