Let the Franklin Timtt
be a Regular Visitor
to your Home
t. f. JOHHSOK. EU1TOB and jluugkb. THE OOXJKTY, THE STATE, THE UNION.
ALLIED FORCES GATHERING
IN BELGIUM FOR BIG BATTLE
?s
Cermany is Penetrating Heart of Belgium
And the Time for Conflict is Near
WAR BULLETINS OF A iATE NA
TURE. ?
- T? ' f. ...
fltraiua Have Gained Victory Oyer
French at Mueihansen and Berila
Asserts That Every Frenchman
Has Been Driven Ont of Germany
The allied forces of Qreat Britain,
France, and Belgium are gatherhig
In Belgium and will attempt to atop
?onward advanoe of the Germans
one of the greatest battles of the
war seems? imminent when these
foreee meet.
The French have been defeated by
the Germana at Muelhausen, and It Is
stated from Berlin that every
frenchman has been driven out of
vGerman territory.
V The struggle at Liege continues,
-and If either side has gained the ad
vantage It'll? iwl, be?n given out.
Russia his malried the harbor at
Vladivostok.
"Servla invasion of Bosnia has be
srun. 'v
A German cruiser has put in at San
Francisco for coal.
It is reported from London that
w& between Great Britain and Aus
tria-Hungary will- probably be de
clared tonight.
Great Britain denies that'she has
Issued an order prevailing Americans
from landing on her shore.
The great ocean trade routes have
ljeen opened and wheat being dis
patched to Europe.
War Between Great Britain and Aus
tria-Hungary.
London, Via London. Aug. 12.?
12:25 p. m.?War between Great Brit
ain and Austria-Hungary, It is said in
London, will be declared tonight.
German Troops Defeated French.
Berlin, via London, Aug. 13.?
12:25 a. "in.?German troops at
MuelhauseA have captured ten
French o fleers1,' 800 men. four jjuns.
ten wagons and many riflee.
According to the report. German
territory has been cleared of French.
It Is stated, also, that at Lagarde,
German troop? took more than ljOOO
prisoners..but one-sixth of two de
feated French regiments.
Statement British. -War O Bee.
London August 12*05 p. m.?The
official press bureau of the British
war office says today:
"Of the twenty-six German army
corps the bulk has been located. <and
it is evident that the mass of German
troops is between Liege and Luxem
berg.
"The number of German troops
known to be pn the western side of
that country proves that the east
' em* theater of war the Rosso-Ger
man frontier so far m Germany Is
concerned, Is compartlvely lightly
guarded unless by reservists.
Hospital Ship Sails.
Vancouver, B. C. Aug. 12?Under
sealed orders the hospital ship Prin
ce George sailed early yesterday (ram
Esquimau. Neither the reason for
the departure nor her destination
was divulged She was sighted by the
Shideouoka Maru about 7S mUgp west
of Race Rodks last night, stedtmlngaF
full speed In the direction of Cape
Flatery where the Canadian cruiser
Rainbow last was seen. '
May Land la Great Britain.
Ixmdon, Aug. 12?Edward Bell
second secretary of the American em
bassy here. tn_fchajgfe of the working
of the alien set so far as it effects
Americans, add Stay:
-Bo far a* >p know, not a aldgle
) AmSttcan 'fta# **en prevented' from
Britain." (<?
State BrfaaV cabie
bassy hare was beat
Bryan of delayed
tan which
port steamer* sail to ?loat fort*. ,'jj
,'ast Mr. Ball already had arrange?
> the authorities to admit lapyM
4IBH to Bii^h porta on their inffdanc
ing the)if Amerioao" *"
tr. S. MiawaK; *
Hague
small parties of Americans by boat
every five days.
Wheat Steamer Sails.
Boston,, Aug. 12.?The British
steamer Sagamore of the Warren
line left today for Liverpool with si*
cabin pa^qengers and 168,000 bushels
of grain. Prior to sailing her captain
was notified officially that north At
lantic shipping was safe from attack
by German warshlpB.
Reports Fro? Paris.
Paris, via London. Aug. 12?12:41
p. m.?The French minister of war
explains that the engagements on the
French-German*' frontier eare mor
than outposts skirmishes.
"The best denial that can be given
to the report that the French lost
20,000 men In Alsace*." said the min
ister, "is that the total effective
French troops did not reach I that
number.
If further is explained that the ad
vance 6t French infantry on Meul
haussen was to cut the center of Ger
man communication, and It Is added
that this was successfully carried
out
The communication concludes:
"We are placing In upper Alsace a
considerable number of troops.
Oeraums Admit Losses.
London, Aug. 13.?2a. m.?A Ber
lin dispatch to the Dally Telegraph,
says the German staff admits heavy
losses on the Russian frontier.
(?erHans Take Mew Ronte.
Brussels. Aug. 12, via London 8:30
p. m.?The Germans appear to be
commencing a fresh phase of the war
Their atUck through central Bel
glum having failed, they are entren
(ching along their Maastricht Liege,
front and are employing a number of
peasants on the road south, through
the providences of Liege'and Luxem
burg. foreshadowing an attempt tp
force their way to the south of the
rtver Ourthe anl towards the upper
? Mueae in France.
Daalels F?r Statewide Primary.
Hon. Josephus Daniels had the fol
lowing article in Saturday's News and
Observer, In regard to the Statewide
primary:
"The next Legislature Is com
mitted to the Statewide primary. It
ought to go further and include the
counties. Nothing -short of an up
to-date Statewide primary law will
do. Anything else will put too
much power In the hands of a few
men, who make profession of
politics, and dominate their precincts
and counties. No boss ever desired
a primary. The people of "North
Carolina by a hard and long (Ught
finally compelled the Democratic
State Convention to adopt a plan for
a State and district primary^ The
tunik? can demand that they be In
claded; they can select primary men
for the Legislature. That Is what I
predict will be4one.
' "The ProftcsalTea?the Bull Moose
JlTOf. ? primary, or go
back'obi %verythlng they have said
sihce they came Into extstance. If
tber? -to any Republican counties
In the' Btate this year the men sent
to the Legislature should be primary
advocatea.
"No (Mate that is progressive lacks
a primary law. North Carolina Is
progressive, and should enact the Ieg
legtslatlon proposed.
"Mnoe timid Democrat? are uaeaay
about the primary, leat It hart the
Democratic party' in North Oaroilaa.
They have not studied what haa been
:, the pioneer pri
ia the Stat?. Before
conflicting Democratic
that county in an u>
fharging crimen against the
. >tot' the Dedtocrstlc majority
was aot large. That majority haa
_Bvery voter tber*
knows that his'vote counts for Just as
Wh ? any otter man's vote.. Tb^
poorest maa in the county ha? jp
much voice at the ,,ballM box as
Charles TJJlett or Frank Osborb. II
Ills candidate U not named' be know*
that.be lacked votes. '
"Look at Haywood and Buncombe.
Haywood was the first ot the moun
tain counties to adopt, and put In
operation - the primary. The Demo
cratic -majority there has grown'
Bunoombe used' to swing to'one party
or the other! now it Is Democratic.
Now^tg^e. Qjillford and FAT?Ith. an(i
compare them*. Guilford adopted the
primary, abd Forsyte afraid to
do It: Guilford strongly Democratic
and Forsyth __ Is often doubtful.
Had Forsyth discarded the old ayatem
and adopted the primary wben Guild
ford did, It would be safely Demo
cratic every election." ,
Alai __ , ....
vj "V '' " ^
Invitations reading as follows hare
been received by friends In Loulsburg/
Mr. and Mrs. John Graham /
invite you to be present
at the marriage of their daughter
? Virginia Williams
to
Mr. Philip G. Alston, Jr.
on Wednesday afternoon, August the
, nineteenth at three o'clock
Presbyterian Church
Warrenton, North Carolina
A card enclosed reads At home
after September the first Texarkana,
Texas.
Collier-Strickland.
We acknowledge receipt of the fol
lowing Invitation <-f(.
Mrs. Ida Hale
Invites you to be present
at the marriage of
Oda Strickland
to
? Mr. James L. Collier
* on Sunday morning, August the
sixteenth, nineteen hundred and
fourteen ft 10:45 o'clock
at Home
Kenmore Avenue, Loulsburg, N. C.
The bride to be is one of the popu
lar operator at the local telephone
exchange, who by her pleasanfaman
ner and amiable disposition hrflFniade
a number of friends in Louisburg.
Mr. Collier is one of. Louisburg's
most promising young men. :~For
the past several years he fas held a
responsible position with the Seaboard
Air Line Railway and by his sfHct at
tention to business .and courteous
manner has won many friends.
# " "ImueM."
Tlie Baraca and Phllathea classes
of New Bethel Sunday school at
Epsom, will present the play "Imo
gene" at Ingtoslde Academy Frldqjr
evening at 8:30 o'clock Aug. 14th. g*
Cast of Characters. ^
Mrs. ? Mansfield .. .. .-. ^.Miss.'l
Bartholomew. f i'
Imogene .. .. ... .. Lula Tharrfcg
Mathi1 w Mundy (the witch of dismal*
hollotf) Min. E. J. O'Brlan
Susie (Mrs Mansfield maid) Miss
Alnjaria Frazler
Snooks (a news boy) ..Jack
Brewer
Charles Mansfield Mr. Durward
Dickie.
Dee Harris Mr. Jamie
Dickie.
Deacon Austin Mrs. Mansfield uncle
Mr. Percy Duke.
James Reed (an Attorney) ... Mr.
Horace Stokes.
Demh O'Brlan (Mansfield valet) Mr.
E. J. O'Brlan
Waiter Mr. Joe Bartholomew
Sutgeon ,i ... ... .Mr. Pefcy Ay cock
The lawn to Have Big AU Star
Perfei i ta tke Opera House
Aagast tyi, X?14.
The Maeons ara Manias big prep
arations I
the Opera Hotie rriday Aug. 21st
The programme will be full of good
singing, clowns and dancing special
ties. . -
Negro quartetts will be very much
In evldepeetand a large crowd lb ex
pected. Reserved seats SOets, Gen
eral admission SGcts. Children 26cts.
Seats on sale a*; Aycock"s Monday
Aug. 17th.. Bay i/ovr seats early
you will be sure to get one.
List ?f Letter*.
The foHowtac Is a Hat' of letters
remaining In the Post Office at Urals
burg. N. C. uncalled lor August It.
1M4.' ; 5 . t, ?
Lucy Jane Davli^. Maggie Garner,
C. L. Moses r*. (Laurel) Donnle Mor
rison. Marlah Neal, Lillian Perry,
M?ry Qafcn. Mlnttte Young
'Persons eaMng for any of the
-above letters will please say they
saw than advertised.
5 " - ' R. H. Davis, P ^
War Summary.
T (By Associated PreaB.)
In and around Liege the situ
ation was unchanged today. The
Germans held the town Itself
but the forts were stUl fighting
strongly. The German main army
In the north w%* reported entrench
lng itself on the Ourthe,. while two
large divisions of calvary had got to
Tongres, north of Liege. It was ex
pected a general advance was in
preparation and ? battle imminent In
which the Germans would be con
fronted by the allied Belgium,
and British.
Reports came through of sharp en
counters along the Austro-Russlan
frontier. Austrian troops were said
to have taken Mlechow, In Russia Po
land. and official announcement was
made at St. Petersburg that the Rus
jan? had dislodged an Austrian force
at Naletche. in Austrian Gallcla.
The French at Muelhausen, Alsace,
mtet with opposition after their oc
cupation of that city. A superior
force of Germans caused them to
leave the place and take position out
side where an action was fought, de
tails of which have not been made
public. French reports are indefi
nite J>ijt give jthe Impression of a
French success. >
German spies were arrested today
In Belgium and a secret wireless ap
paratus was discovered in a German
store in Bru<?sells.
Fighting has evidently occurred on
the Kujso-German frontier, as sijc
carload b of German prisoners were
reported to have passed through
Vllna today on their way to the Rus
sian] Interior.
Ban Francisco reports that a Ger
man man-of-war with three Btacks
and two military masts was sighted
sixteen miles outside the Golden Gate
at 10 a. m. today. Taken In con
nection with the finding of the
wreckage her presence was believed
to be significant. The description
would agree with either the Leipzig
or the Nurberg.
Rusinns have concertrated a con
siderable army (a Finland, thus dis
posing of German reports of the
landing of a German army oorps
therer- K!
- Bulgaria apparently Is mobilizing
U1 her forces, as she announces, to
prevent violations of her neutrality.
United States diplomatic officials In
Europe have the further task since
Monday of looking after "French in
terests In France.
A state of war has been proclaim
ed in the southern" provinces In Hol
land. ? V ? g
k" Russia funds seized lp Berl?j
-'hanks by German amounted to *25,-:
?m.ow.i b;-:.
Jk The German cruisers Goeben at?
. faresiau are still at largo in
-iimeean, according to reports.
j|>. Germans are said )n Belgian , ofti
' trial reports to have lost 2,000-killed,
20,000 wounded and 9,700 prisoners
In the recent fighting in Belgium.
England is* said by the London
Times to-have between BOMOO and
600,000 men .under arms without the
reserves.
- Aviators are at work constantly on
the frontiers of France and Germany
endeavoring to observe the concen
tration of the respective armies.
An' official statement issued by the
war office at BruMells states that the
Germans hav^ dispatched some
force? in' a?weaternly direction from
,the north of the river of Meuse. The
rl< tachmenls, It Is said, did not ap
pear Very strong, and It was expect
ed the allied army would drive them
back. Some outpost today In which
the-furmana were repulsed.
At Shanghai a French cruiser was
gtsMad today accompanied by two
Oeraafcn merchant vessels which she
had captured. Japanese shipping'
interests have made complaints of
the disturbance of trade caused by
operations of the German fleet.
Riot* are reported among Chinese
residents In Hong Kong owing to the
high Rjlces of fogd and dangers of
faiBljjjfj^l
The Philadelphia maritime ex
change today received this dispatch:
"London. August 11.?German tank
steaMftr Led from Roterdam July 28
f<aro^pfc?ouge Into Bermuda"
Not a TOlng Austrian- soldier 1?
now on^?ervan soil, according to the
ServtApTegatlon In London An offl
<-J*l of the legation added t hat
seven attempts by tha Austrian?
different, points to Invade t
territory bad failed and tw
ana iMvnbandoned 0^.
were hurriedly entrenching on their]
own frontier. It was al?o officially |
announced that the, v Ityptenegrlnl
forces had joined t^ie Servian* and ?
that the latter had captured a num
ber of small places on Austrian ter
ritory.
England now holds aa prisoners
of war 800 German sailors taken off
captured ships. ?
The Time is Ripe,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Augus^ 12.?
Southern manufacturers and mer J
chants lose no time in taking advan
tage of the opportunity which the
war itf Europe has given them for
extending their trade with South
American countries, particularly
with Argentina and Uruguay on ac
count of the direct steamship service
to these countries through the port
of Mobile*, declare? Mr. Charles Lyon
Chandler* South American agent for
Southern Bajtar*?, Mobile and Ohio
Railroad. Qo^on and Cresent Route,
and affiliated lines.
These countries whfch have been
buying largely from Great Britain,
Germany, and Prance, must find a
new Bource of supply and Mr. Chand
ler says there 4s no reason why Sou
thern manufacturers should not ob
tain a large share ol| this trade, par
ticularly of machinery and metal ar
ticles of all kinds a? well as cot
ton goods. The recent establishment
of an American bank at Buenos Ay
res and Rilo Janerio will prove of
great advantage
Mr.' Chandler is prepared to fur
nish information of every character
in regard to South American mar-,
kets* his ? office fn this city having
been established for the purpose of
aldjng Southern business men to es
tablish trade with South America.
Inquires may be addressed to him!
directly or made of any representa
tive of the freight traffic department
of Southern Railway or affiliated
lines all of whom will be in touch
wltli Mr. Chandler. This information
or any help that Mr. Chandler may
be able to give will be without any
cost, being part of Southern Rall
- way's work for the development of
the South.
Buy Mare? Instead of Mules.
Occasionally I see articles in
papers advising people to put
their money into stallions? as the
most economical and speedy way to
raise horses of greater value, and
to raise colts from the mares we have
I do not wish to disagree with ot_
dissent from this recommendation.
The pure-bred sire is indispensable.
In my own limited experiences I have
found that colts are always very
natrqi; like their dams in conforma
jpfjilAction and disposition.
had 14 colts from 10 dif
mares, only one of - which is
^ Hftred; others, grade and nonde
**cMj|fcs. There are 10 different sires
jtrtpSEititQd; three German coach,
'tAriflrotandarda. two Percheon. and
tw? %hknown. About half of these
stallions were registered, others very
high grades.
Everyone of these colts without a
single exception has been almost ex
actly like their dams in form, action
and disposition. There has been
more variation in color than in any
other particular. A white dam and
bay sire produce a sorrel colt. A
pair of black mares bright bay
stallion raised dark bay colts. A colt
from a blind mare has good eyes at
18 years of age, another from a mare
with good eyes is blind at four years.
The offspring of the honest, true pull
ers. when harness is first put on
them and they are told to go. move
right off without trouble, tt\pse from
balkers never wjll press tne ^collar
The general conce&l^d susperiority
of the moj? qver^ thq.JMpvy seems to
suggest tt)i wuae thing.
It seems to r/n that?the^
thing to do to gat proper farm teams
Is to buy the best mares you can get
Instead of mules? I would rather
have a pair of Percheon or high
grade Percheon mares weighing
3,000 pounds pr^over, if sound and
all right for % tarm team, than any
pair of mule<rthat ewer Wore harness.
If you havESnares 'of that type,
whether you ijjriso horse* or mnleai'
when mated \p good fbre^ yM will
obtain"food 'renulu.?PJ-.fT.-Orfltey, W
The Progret^l Farmer? '
Helen Worst. ' ./SKrl
y have been trying to raise-einl*-'
lbupea here ror two years and sofrt<>'
Insect bores Into them on (ha aider
side of tke' melons
done to pre'
pound of lead Arsenate In
of water and spray the
jjH* as soon_aa Ibfl irttlt1,
'sets and repent it till thfe melons are
half grown, getting It well under __
melons.- " ? vi.*. . ' ?
MAKE* Bid H ACL.
Constable H. W. Hudaen Br rak s my
Blind Tiger.
Constable R. W. Hudson broke up 1
possible the biggest blind tiger that
bas been found by any officer In
Franklin County on last Monday
when he made a raid on the home at
John Canady colored, near Btbbttt'a
stores on the Henderson' and Louts
burg road. From the vessels and evi
dence found aa -well as the reputation
of the place It had been enjoying a
big business and was no doubt profi
table to John. Mr. Hudson brought
back with htm fourteen kegs rang,
lug In aiae from four to six gallon*
nine pints of booxe, some ot which
Indicated that he was dispensing It
by his own measure, and a bag ot
corks. He says he left twenty-three
empty Jugs on -the place, John
evidently got hold ot Information
that the officers was coming
skipped as he could not be found.
\
Uesolutton of Beepartft.
The foltb^)ng resolution^ of re
spect have befen^drawn up pffa}
mittee from the Joseph Davis Ch
ter of U. D. C.
Resolve first that fij the death of
Col. W. H. Yarborough, our town,
our county and our State have lost
one ot their best and< oldest citizens.
Second That we? the Daughters ot
the Confederacy, have lost a friend,
whose kind Interest ' ajid untiring
generosity nave been to us of upeotl
mable worth. Before our mother
State had officially taken her place In
the young confederacy he volunteer
ed in defense ot his native land, .and
loyally offered the strength and de
votion of his young manhood to its
serylce. Possessing 'rare military
genius and a doubtless bravery, his
worth wtis soon recognized and,
from the rahk of Lieutenant he arose
step by step toXbe full Colonel of his
Regiment, servingHhrough the whole
struggle of those btbqdy. years he
stood in the ranks Of the; Gray lino,
at Appomattoxt turned to^N^eet a
future unashamed apd unafraii
Through the dark days of recb
structlon he gave a loyal service tox
his country, and from then, until the
end. he. has stood unfalteringly for
the right. '.
For the example of'Aftls brave,
true life we are deeply grateful, and
we wUl ever sc&rcedly* oherisli , bis
memory. lyJt ?
Third That a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to hte family, and also
to the FrankHn Times for publica
tion. ''J, . ...
Mrs. M. S. Qfivte.
Mrs. W. E, tiell.
Mr. C. K. Cooke. .
Mrs. J. E. Malone.
ffasonlr Blxtrlrt Meeting.
, The following 'programme has been
arranged for the Masonic District
Meeting to be held to Loulsbug on
Wednesday and Thursday August 26th
and 27th, 1914.
Wednesday.
Lodge open at 11:00 ji. m.
Roll call of the Lodges of the DIs
trlct. ' *'
Hon. J. A. Turner Mayor will pres
ent Hon. T. W. Blckett Atty. Gen. Who
will welcome the visiting Masons in
behalf of the town.
Mr. S. P. Boddle, W. M. will pres
ent Hon. Benjamin. T. Holder for an
address of welcome in behalf of tAUSt
burg Lodge No. 413. t
Response by Mr. John T. Alderman
Grand Master. 1. v*
1:00 o'clock pp. m. barbecue dTnnet. r
2:00 o'clock p. m. smoker In Masonic
Hall.
I 3:00 o'clock p.- m. labor resumed
jad E. A. degree exempliawi by the
Pran kiln ton Lodge. -
Recess.
8:00 o'clock p. m. labor retalhed.
Master Mason's degree exempHtted by
the Johnson-Caawell I-odge of War
renton.
Thnridajr ?7tk.
10:00 o'clod^ a. m. labor 'resumed,
and the F. C- "degree exemplified by
the Henderadft Lodge.
The afternoon night of the 27tB,
WH be devote* la work liUhe Chapter -
which will be In chkrge of
Hp#l*fson Chapter.
v :?
'le Ca Takes Over Tpxa*
On a?6onnt of not having the^HMf
t to propel* look after tb6 btisfhess^Apt
and N$well doing few^MpMMrtke
account of the "iwfigu Co. '.Dm bus
(Mas ? token up
*ho' Wilt 'nandW ' products
to the future. ? #'