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VOL. XLIV.
LOUISBURG, N. 0., ? (FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 191* """" "NUMBER 17.
CITY FATHERS MEET
ALLOW DETECTIVE ACCOUNT 1?
WINDOW CASES.
Small Meeting Bat Good Beporti
Were Beeelpcd From Several Offi
cers?Signs te be Pnt Up. -???r
The Board of town Commissioners
met In regular session On last Friday
night with all members present ex
cept Newell. The Board ni called
to order by Mayor Turner, ahd after
reading, and approving the mlnntas of
the previous meeting the following
business was disposed of:
Report of E. 8. Ford, Treasurer,
-was received, and filed. He reports
a balance due town of (3,946.59.
Report of A. W. Alston, clerk, was
secelved. He reports: collections
as follows: water rents $245.96
light rents 1498.80, making
./* total of $744,76. None uncollected.
?t Report of A. W. Alston, tax ool
?Jected, was received and filed. He
reports as follows: Received for gen
eral purpose $443.64, for light fund
: ?110.36, for water fund -553.54, mak
* Report of J. C. Tucker, chief of
Police was received and filed. He
reports costs (44.55, fines (24.00, licen
ses $18.00, rent $5.35, making a total
?f $91.90.
A motion was- made to allow the
account of $105,00 tor the detective
work In the case of the braking of
the window glasses, which occurred
seteral months ago .'a roll call was
had and the vote stood. Aye?Allen,
"* Ford, Williamson. No?Hicks. Not
fotlng Wheless.
The account was allowed.
An ordlance offered by Commis
sioner Williamson looking to con
trol the section of the - town of bad
reputation failed to pass.
Chief of Police Tucker was In
structed to have made and pnt up on
the roads leading Into Loulsburg,
three signs warning automobile? as
?to speed >>mlt. * ,v
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned to Its
i:fxt regular meting
Woman's Missionary Societies.
The Womans Missionary Societies
of the Methodist ,and Baptist Shur
ciies met In a joint meeting on Tues
day afternoon, at the home of Mrs.
F. N. Egerton, guests of Mrs. Win
gate Underhill and Mrs. B. G. Hicks.
The meeting was called to order by
the presldent of the Methodist society,
Mrs. R. Z. Egerton and opened with
a scripture lesson and prayer by
.Mrs. P. G. Alston.
Mrs. Wingate Underhill then made
a talk on the origin, work and pro
gress of the Baptist Woman's Mis
sionary Society, and Mrs. M. C. Pleas
ants read a paper telling of the be
ginning growth and work of the
Methodist Woman's Missionary Soc
... leties. '
These papers were intensely lnter
?estlng, showing almost a miraculous
growth In the work, and showing also
that both branches of the great work
had practically the same difficulties
* to encounter in the early days of Its
organisation
Mrs. Emma Allen gave a very In
teresting talk on the purchase of
Loulsana and vividly brought out Its
relation to the religious Influences
of our country In the making of
nationalities, creeds and belief* and
its now great Importance in relation
to the Panama Canal.
Mrs. E. S. Foster read a paper on
the religious life of Mexico and Mrs.
F. B. McKinnle gave a graphia ac
count of the work now being done in
the various school? established and
maintained by the liMlMary Boards.
Mrs. Emma Allen then closed the
' literary program with prayer and
?K a social hour was greatly enloyed.
? Delicious refreshments wen served,
and the societies adjourned to meet
, in their respective societies two weeks
later. ,
?
i The Methodist Cfcarck. '
Services at 11:00 a. m. and at 8:15
p. m. iSJ^S^hodlstjhurch next
Swnday ooadtjoted Tjy tSe pastor.,
Subject of .(bp mon^ng sermon, the
Genloua >. at. Christianity. At the
evening hour the p?gtor will present
an illustrated lectors on the work of
?P Woman s Missionary Society in
Oriental Landau. 1 This addrees will
be Illustrated .with about 75 excellent
colored stereoptltpq*.
On Monday nl?ht an illustrated
lecture on the evil effeets of cigarette
smoking will be delivered to the young
" people of the town and choroh. The
admission la free and a general ta
\
vltatlon 1b extended to all ot tbe boys
and girls la town. 1
The subject of tbe Wednesday night
prayer meeting Is Religion and
Health. At this meeting an Illustra
ted lecture on the conquest ot tuber
culosis will be given. A generat-tn
vitatlon Is also given to this lecture.
Illustrated Lectures
Rev. Mr. Wilcox ia giving a series
of lectures on temperance and Mis
sionary work In place ot the regular
Sunday evening survlcq.
He gave tbe first of these lectures
ooblast Sunday evening. The lecture
was Illustrated by the stereoptlcon
views. The subject was cuba and
waa very Interesting and Instructive.
It Is hoped these lecture* will be
largely attended.
To Drill.
Captain J. A. Turner Informs us he
wlH have a drill of Company D. Louls
burg, rifles, eveW Monday night at
8:00 o'clock, during the month of
June. These drills aro being held to
prepare for encampment to be held
In July, and every member Is ordered,
to be present on each drill. The drill
dates will be 8th, 16th, 22nd andzaiu.
All members are expected to be pres
ent.
Installs Befriglrator.
Mr. L. P. Hicks, has recently in
stalled a large McCray refrlglrafor
with seven departments for refrlglra
tion, and an Ice capacity of six
hundred pounds.
This will be used in Oaring for and
preserving perishable goods, such
as vegltables, fruits, butter eggs,
cheese, etc. It is a pleasing design
and adds much to the lxtures of the
atot'e.
PLANTED BY A WATCHMAN.
Explosive Directly Under Secretary
Houston's Boob?Clerks Flee In
Panic When Kan, Wow Arrested,
Tells of His "Find**
Several hundred clerks and officials
fled-in fright from their offices in the
Department of Agriculture yesterday
when Daniel V, Jauch, a yatchman,
scurried through the corridors shout
ing that the buUding was about to bo
destroyed by dynamite. Led by Jau
ch, several of the cooler-headed de
partment officials ran to the basement,
where they found four sticks of dy
namite, on which the fuses had been
burned out Apparently an explosion
had been averted because the fuses
had been jamed bo tlglu into the de
tonation caps that the fire was ex
tinguished.
Say He Woald Be "Hero."
Then came a hurried sequel.
Jauch, who had suffered severe In
juries to bis head while serving as a
soldier in the Philippines several
years ago, was taken to a police stat
ion and subjected to rigid questioning.
Later the police announced he had
admitted that he hlmselt placed the
explosive. Department officials said
they believed the watchman intended
to "discover" the dynamite before it
could do barm, hoping thereby to win
promotion for heroism. ?
The dynamite had been placed dire
ctly beneath the office of Secretary
Houaton. The Secretary was out of
town, but Immediately across the cor
ridor from his office Assistant Secre
tary Galloway and several other offi
cials were working. That part of the
building wonld have been destroyed
had not the sltaling fuses burned out.
Fly Day.
We all know the danger menaced
In human death and human - life aa
conveyed by files. While we cant Mil
ill of them, yet we want to ask every,
family and individual In town and
county to fight files next Tneeday the
9th day ot June. Let us call this data
fly day and by all means manner and
weapons to kill all the tiles we can
that day. Let us all concentrate our
efforts against thefly with fly swat
ters tangle foot fly traps, and screen
doors. It will not be much trouble
tor all of us to especially try this
experiment this one day. ^
County Health Officer.
- - -
Y List ?? Letters.
.The following la a Ust of letters
remaining la the postoffloe at Louis
b?rg, N. C June 5, uncalled tor. ?
Mrs. Clara Drumer, Miss Carrf Far,
Miss Lula James, Leander McSwaln,
WUley Mumford, J. It Nowell, Mr*.
Virginia Thomas, Miss Minnie Wil
liams, Miss Cllaner Williams.
"Penans catling for any ot the above
will pleBfc say they saw then ad
vertised.
M. W. YARBOROUOH. P. M.
InternatlQaal Hunduj School Co?
rentlon.
As the date approaches, the Interest
la the treat triennial International
Sunday school Convention to be held
In Chlcayo, June 1S-30, Increase?. This
evidenced by the large number of peo
ple who have signified their Intui
tion of attending by sending their
names to the State school faead<qfar
ters In Greedsboro, requesting flre
dentlals. Already a sufficient num
ber have sent In their names to In
sure a special car and two will be
provided IT necessary.
A very attractive rate has been of
fered by the railroads. The round
trip fare from points In North' Caroli
na ranges from $24.00 to ftt.OO.
Twenty thousand people are ex
pected to attend the Convention al
though only live thousand regular
delegates will be aeated In the Mfdl
ach Temple where the main sedkiott
of the Convention will be held. AU
other meetings will be provided for th
ten other buildings that are being
arranged for this purpose.
The International Sunday Sshool
Conventions are by far thc greatest
Sunday School gathering held on the
American Continent, having at Issue
the fundemental things that have
made the modern Sunday School
movement a famous. The coming
Convention promises to surpass all
previous Conventions,, closing thi"ee
of the most, eventful years in the
history of Sunday School development
on the American Continent, and fol
lowing closely as it does the great
World's C invention held in Zurich,
Swltsland, last July, which was pro
nounced the most slgniflcent religious
gathering ever assembled.
The coming International Conven
tion will represent In lta constltuence
one-half of the Sunday School popula
lation of the world, having as Its
field the entire c?htlnent of North
America and the adjacent Islands,
with the Sunday Sshool membership
17.000.000.
Since the Association held Iti last
Convention in San Francisco, 60.000
helpful conferences. Conventions aqd
Institutes have been held under Its
auspices, reaching down through its
auxiliary associations 'to the local
schools, with a view to standardising
and vitalising them acrordny to the
plans of the respective denominations
to which they belong. In this way
the Association carries out In a very
practical and effective way. The ideas
of a great federation for mutual bene
fit with all affllatlon points carefully
worked out and proven to the satis
faction of the many denominations
participating.
Sunday schols would do well to en
conrge' some choice delegates to at
tend this history making Convention
by at least paying their railroad fare.
They could not spend money better as
the schools would be directly benefit
ting.
The late lamented N. B. Brouyhton
who for seventeen years was chair
man of the Executive committee of
North Carolina Sunday school As
sociation, as well as chairman of the
Baptist Sunday School tyard, was
often heard to say In h si speeches
that he had been able to I ntld up his
widely known school larg ily by con
tact with the recognised
Sunday Sshool work In tl b
lonal Convention. In faot .? ? ?
move was made after being elected
superintendent of his school, wss to
go to Chicago to confer wmh some of
the men who launched thli co-opera
tive movement, among thkm B. F.
Jacob, D. L. Moody. Blslugi Vincent
and Chas. Reynold?- j
Individuals in my Part oq the State
can volunteer aa delegates to the
Chlcagg. Convention. Th%y pill need
only' to write to the North; Carolina
Sunday 8chool Association, ar J. Wal
^Long, Greensboro, to secure the
pessary credentials, and , get in
touch with the party going. 1
The special paty from Norih Car
olina will probably select t?e route
by Aahevllle, the beantlful "Land of
the Sky,"' Hot Springs, Knoiviilo
through the Blue Grass region to Cin
cinnati, thence via Indianapolis to
Chicago. i . " -
leader of
Intern at
the first
T* Be With Hill Li?? S torti Co.
Mr. J. R. Conyers, at Ralalfh, an
expert dry g*od salesman, lis ac
cepted a position with the Hill Live
SStock Co., here. He wllj 1 have
oharge of the dry go6ds department.
Mr. Conyers Is experienced tn ; this
line, having. served two yesfs with
Boylan Pearce Co.. ft later two years
with Dobbln-Ferrall Co., of Raleigh,
ana tomes highly recommended aa a
man of sptaUM ability. Ws gladly
welcome htm to Loulsburg
Hon. Edward W. Pon Nominated bjr
Acclamation.
Edward Pou of Johnston conu
ty this afternoon received his eighth
nomination at the handa ' of
the democrats of the fourth congres
sional djstrlct, the nomination com
ing to him by acclamation! The
Ptankltn County (^legation was first
to take action, R. 'B. White making
the nominating speech, and John
ston county followed with the first
second. L. H. Allred making the
second. Then the other four coun
ties in the district did likewise. Mr.
Pou spoke briefly to the convention,
and told about the achievements Qf
the administration. The name of J.
E. Burroughs of Vanes county waa
not proposed. i
J. R. Young, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee, called the con
vention to order shortly after 12
o'clock Major H. A. London of
Pittsboro, waa elected temporary
chairman and L. J. Sears Of Wake
and Capt. J. A. Turner of Franklin
was elected secretaries. This or
ganization was then made perma
nent.
The convention was called to or
der. by James R. Young, chairman of
the executive committee, at 12:15 in
the city auditorium, and he called
Major H. A. London of Chatham to
the chair. L. J. Sears of Wake and
J. A. Turner of Franklin were ap
pointed as clerks.
Major London In a few words re
called the last time when he ^ had
presided over a district conven
tion, at the time when Major John
W. Graham of Orange was nominat
ed. This, he said, had come to Its
owh as the banner district. "Lets us
so act," he continued, "as to hold
our own."
The calling of the roll of counties
showed that the delegation from
Nash was not present There being
no contest, the committee on creden
ttels was dispensed with, and on mo
tion of R. H. Hayes of Chatham the
committee on platform and resolu
te ns vas also dispensed with, the
invention merely endorsing the na
tfonal and s tate-admin 1st rat lone.
The following vice-presidents were
named: Chatham, J. L. Orlffln;
Franklin, C. C. Winston;. Johnston,
W."A. Barnes; Vance J. S. Poythress;
Wake, L. J. Sears.
When the roll of counties was
called for nominations, Chatham
yielded to Franklin, and the nominat
ing speech was made by R Bruce
White, as follows: *
"Since we met here two years ago,
we have witnessed ? the making of
history. From' the lowest to the
highest we have felt the steadying
influence of responsibility and the
qalckerning sense of power within
our hands. Then it was a party with
a platfortn. Today It Is a party witH
a performance.
"Into that performance .has gone
faith and courage and insistent con
sideration of the welfare of all the
people In all the nation. Back of
and underneath that performance. I
believe, is the southern Ideal which
haa been ours through Inheritance
and the faith which we have kept In
violate through all the years of our
exile. ,
"As much as I believe In demo
cratic principles and the fundemental
tenets of our party. It seems to mo
that the highest service which can
be rendered and is being rendered
to the nation as a whole is an ex
perience of that honesty of convic
tion, purity of character, and high
conception of duty which we as
southerners unconsciously demand
and nearly always receive from qut
public men in the discharge of their
public duties. .
'Just a little more than.a year
ago the democratic party went Into
P<Vjer with southern men in
cwge entered upon the paths of re
sponsibility. That responsibility has
been met with such slnglemlnded
purpose and accurate result that the
whole nation has been forced to ap
plaud.
"Why we folks down here In
North Carolina could have told them
that tor forty years and more It
haa hasp the habit of southern dem
ocrats to do things Just that way.
"They used to talk of the ooheslve
power of public plunder. We hare
taught them something of the effi
cient lorce of public Ideals.
"Much has been accomplished in
this one year. There haa been writ
ten Into the statute books a tariff
law based upon the true spirit of
American life, "Bqual rights to all,
special privileges to none.' ,
"There has been enacted finan
cial legislation which promise^ a
monetary -?ti yn steady and fcMv
affairs distribution of credit (acui
ties throughout the land, and the'
taking of the tremendous power that
goes with the banking system from
out the hands at a fewmen with no
official responsibility and placing It
where it may be safeguarded for the
pu611c welfare. It Is a record nerer
equalled by any party at any time.
"Still to my< mind the finest
achievement of all the Impress
upon the national life and consequen
ce of a new attltnde toward public af
fairs, a new Judgment as to public
measures, and a new viewpoint as to
what is the public good.
"It Is my belief that history will
write it down that In the years of
the Wilson administration, our
statesmanship received a finer moral
impulse and our national conscience
was quickened Into a clearer concep
tion "of the real right of things.
"And so it is and will be, that de
mocracy means not only a fairer
commercial opportunity, a safer and
more equitable financial system, but
as well a truer and better moral at
titude.
"The fourth congressional dis
trict Is proud to send back to Wash
ington a man who has been a leader
in all these things, who, without
doubt or hesitation has stood In the
democratic line up which has
brought such sucoess, and who by
experience and by natural force and
ability has hastened the day of our
achievement.
"You know him and you know his
record. It is enough to say that
.he has bee faithful to duty true to
the faith, high In his standing and
influence, efficient In his service.
"It Is my privilege and pleasure to
present to you the name of the Hon
orable Edward W. P6u of Johnson
county.
The first seconding was by L. H.
Allred of Johnson, and then each
county present seconded, R. C. Mc
Cain speaking for Vance, Chas. U.
Harris for Wake, and R H. Hayes
tor Chatham. The nomination was
then made unanimous on motion of
Albert L. Cox of Wake, and Mr.
Young moved a committee to notify
Mr. Pou. The chair named Messrs.
White, Allred and Hayes.
While waiting for the committee
to return, J. C. Kittrell of Vance en
tertained the convention with a
speech which was greatly appre
ciated.
Mr. Pou to Convention.
Mr. Pou was presented by Mr.
Hayes and said that he could simply
say that he thanked the convention,
that he appreciated the nomination
more deeply than he could find words
to express and that he should en
deavor to prove his worthiness as
best he could.
Great things were taking place, he
said, an& he sometimes wondered as
be looked around the house of rep
representatlves if miracle had not
been accomplished, when he remem
bered that less than six years ago
the house had been dominated by
one man. Now np man had more in
fluence with any of,.the committees
than any one in hla audience armed
with the same arguments. Speaker
Clark himself had no more power
over the fate of legislation than any
one member of one of the big com
mittees. k So he considered that the
party hA redeemed Its pledge to re
store theapvemment to the hands
of the pe<\le. He considered that
Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood
had laid the foundation for the
work that had been accomplished.
"If there la anyone," said Mr.
Pou, "trying to \old back prosperity
he will not stecedd very long.''
Then he pointed the prices of cot
ton, wheat, corn, beef, and declared:
hopper Is in tt" And in the cities
he declared that the prices of the
necessaries of life were coming down,
surely if gradually. Nine pounds
more of sugar could be bought for
a dollar, and the wool grower was
getting more for his wool than ever
before, while *he manufacturer was
compelled to sell his products at less
than before. The people hardly rea
lized what had t^en place, but they
were beginning toVeall^ It.
An eminent Chlcfcgo professor had
said that the curreny law waa little
short of a miracle. V Roosevelt ahd
Taft had both tried it and failed.
The banker* had sald%iey would not
come In, but on Tuead* the aprnkjr
had asked the controlled how many
banka ha<f come ln> and waa told
that out of the 623 all but eleven
had come ifl. 1
Roosevelt had delivered a broad
side on the Wilson administration in
the coarse of which he had Mid that
(<WHnn?d m -"rj -% * r
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HAVE OWI SMALL MEETING
MONDAY.
Aliow aa Election la Dunn's Towa
shlp For flood Roads?Appoint
Committee to Look lato Business of
Depositor/.
Tho County Commissioners met In
regular session on Monday, with all
members present. After reading tho
minutes of the previous meeting tho
following was disposed of:
It was ordered that Needham Mlt
chlner, of Pranklinton township, was
relieved of graded school taxos
not being In said district.
A petition was received from
Dunn's township In proper form
asking for an election to issue bonds
to build roads.
The petition was granted and the
election was called for 11th day of
July.
J. H. Uizell and J. O. Wilson were
appointed a committee to Inspect the
books and business of the Medical
Depository.
Report of J. E. Malone, superinten
dent of Health, was received and
filed. ; "
Report of p. N. Williams, superin
tendent of county home, was received
and filed. He reports 7 white and 16
colored lmnates.
Report of F. R. Pleasant manager
of the Medical depository, was re
ceived and ordered filed. He reports
$919.80 dales during the month of
May.
A number of accounts were allowed
after'which the Board adjourned to
Its nept regular meeting.
June Dance.
The prettiest dance of. the season
was given by the young men of the
town In Hill Brother's Hall on Tues
day evening, May 3rd.
Quite a number of visiting guests
were present, the elaborate decora
tives, beautiful go\riis and charming
maidens made the scene one of splen
or and beauty. _ ? .<?
Falte's orchestra of Raleigh, fur
nished music and the dances were
participated In with much pleasure
and enthusiasm.
Those participated in the dances
wore Misses Annie and Alba Allen,
Elanor and Camilla Yarborought
Annie B. King, Mary Ernestine and
Suctine Hayes, and their guests
Misses Thomas and Preston.
Miss Lucy Terrell Allen, Louise
Allen, Elizabeth Furgurson, and
Missrs Weldon Egerton, E. F. Yar
borough, Graham Griffin, Jno Burt
Hill, 8am Ruffin, Thomas Ruffln, Mury
Cralle, Geo Ford Jr. Ned Ford Jr.
Stapleton Allen, James Allen and
Naper Williamson.
Out of town guests were Misses
Hattie and Fannie Cooper, Messrs
Perry Rose, William Cheatham and
Oliarlie Cooper of Henderson, Misses
Agnes and Francis Lacy and Johnson
Alford Harris and Mesdame Cross and
McAden Messrs Cross, McAden, Char
lie Earle, and Ivey Johnson, Williams
Hutchinson, White, Lane and Kimball
of Raleigh, Miss Leak from Wades
boro.
After the dance an elaborate lunch
eon was served and each guest voted
the evening one of the most pleas
ant ever spent.
Marriage Licenses.
Register of Deeds Yarborough Is
sued marriage licenses to the fol
lowing couples during the month of
May: ?" %'c *<
White?Luther 0. Wheeler and
Nellie M. Freeman, Jofcn E. Rouse
and Ira V. Harris, E. S. Fulghum and
Virginia I. Long, D. H. Taylor, Jr.
and Neta Harris, R. I. Bowden and
L. M. Smith.
Colored?Augustus Paschall and
Ethel Bumpassf Percy Perry ? and
Mary Rogers, Turner Stokes and
Nancy Sills, B. H. McKnlght and Irene
Williams, Richard Boothe and Ula
Harris, George Alston and Mattle
Brodie, Hal Coley and Florence Har
rison, Major Green and Myrtle Vict
oria^ Singleton, John Burt and Cora
jFQg0ri.vJU-?i,W. Fostpr and Louise
BroolHk Owjar Wheeler and Curtis M.
Harris, Qray Davljj and Mattle L Hill,
Henry Thomas and Annie Bell Joyner,
Sam Butler and. Mary J. ?oo#?r.
Big Sale.
Aa will he seen from h la page t ad
vertisement In thla Issue. Mr. R. Z.
Egerton will put on a big sale begin
In?. Friday, Juno U^h.
This sale WiU. he conducted by Mr.
Wood of Baltimore, and Ms i
and big days are promised, the ]
Read his advertlsenft, and attend
the Ml?. ...