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VOL XLIV. - LOUISBURG, |TTy.7TRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,-1914. NUMBER 32.
LOUISBURG TOBACCO
MARKET
Vl'AJiTITY ASI) PRH
lots of Vyrftor* to Market Who Kx
prespstM Opinion That The LouIk
: Market 1h Higher.
sales at the Warehouses the ,
past week have Increased In quantity
over the week before and there seems
to be a gradual Increase In the price
of tobacco, especially for the better
trades. The sales have been especial
ly satisfactory and many complimen
tary remarks passed towards the
Louisburg market. Thar? has
has been a frrge number/ Of
visitors to the market the past
week and It seemed to be the
opinion of those that-the prices were
higher than on other markets.
ijjhe Warehousemen are making
(Jpogs lively on the sales each day* and
ch Interest 1s being shown. That the
ners can get a good price for their
ceo in Loulsborg is a fact that la
Oven by the large number of Viattors
eh day; Come here with your load.
'Services at jUie Methodist Church.
Tii'Tc will be service? at the MwtHfr?
dlst church at 41:09 jb'm. and 7:30 p.
Hfc-next Sunday. The pastor will
pfreaeli at the morning service; the
Rev. J. H. Hall, Presiding Elder of
the district will preach at' the night |
service. Tills Is. Mr. Hail's last ser- !
vice in Louisburg; as this is his fourth j
year as Presiding Elder of this <Hs- j
trfct. The pastor cordially Invites all
Methodists and all of Brother Hall's j
frier.(is who desire to hear his last j
sermon to attend this evening ser
vice. ' >
Auto Collision near Middleburg.
Sunday afternoon Dr. A. H. Fleming
of Louisburg, and Mr. Bob Powell, of
Henderson, had somewhat of a head
on collslon near Mlddleburg. which'I
came very near being a serious acci- 1
dent. The cars were rounding a )
curve In the road at about fifteen j
miles an hour when tfie" collision oc- |
curred. Dr. Fleming was . accom
panied by Mr. Albett Fleming, of j
Raleigh, while Mr. Powell, who was j
driving .a Ave passenger Buick, was i
in company with, his family. It seems ;
that Dr. Fleming' had steered clear !
the front part of his car. Mr. Powell i
having ran Into the rear part, demol-1
ishing the hind wheels and body of |
Dr. Fleming's car.
When the oars collided Dr. Fleming i
was thrown from his car, sustaining'
a sprained knee and a bruised ankle.
'There was no' one seriously hurt In
Mr. Powell's car. The children re
ceived a few scratches and bruises."
Both cars were damaged considera
bly
The Lmilaimrg Baptlnt Church.
At li:00 a. m. the pastor will use
asr his theme, "Fidelity or Infidelity,
Which?" The night service will be in
charge of the young people.
- The subject is an exceedingly inter
esting and practical one, "The State
Mission Board and Its Place in our
Missionary efforts
? The following isthe programme:
Scripture reading, Horn. 10, by two
good readers.
. ."How Sate Mission Work is carried
on," by Miss Margaret Thomas. State
Mission Work the nearest to use, and
the most real?Cleveland Poster.
"State Missions the. foundation
work"?Miss Priselila Plttman.
"Enlisment work"?Miss Llllie Hay
. Aycock?. ,t(.rr' i'A
1 ? "Some of the thing? that can be beat
itone by the State MtWon Board"
, ;i. Help Wa#* Churcttes?MMshall
.feud^an.
? 2 Put Missionaries in Destitute
txicalllies?Miss Bertha Fnlgbttm.
'V'S. Sunday school and B, Y. P. V.
Work->0#? N?nnI*JU? Hal?.
' 4. Do Srog?*e1lsttc and C?1 port age
Work?W. ^Washington.
Mb. Name 8t?le Mission Secre
? tiry and tail something h? 1? dot?*?
'Minn Marion HrtUnjwwoHh
. .J\. , ?i?JL,?_
jio Bleet 1? ThW
^ {QterMt in, National Quart
. tki? wrttew cwtttered takti* i
4* a a t
fill Vm4?o1M dsuised bf the <
of C01. J. N. Craig, of RoHstllle,
jBander o t the Third Regiment.
?f^Bant-Colon? ?: W: Ml
Wn. has no opposition for
,MTer. three ,'
for lleUjtetiant-coloiiel?-Maj?. R_ M. Al
bright and J. J. Bernard, Raleigh, and
C. L. McGhee, Frankllnton. For ma
jor there are tflso three candidate??
J. C. Freeman and W. L. Moody, Ral
? elgh. and S. C. Chambers, Durham. It
la thought that Colonel Minor will call
tke meeting (or Raleigh, as this would
be more convenient to a majority of
the officers of the Third Regiment.
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"Bkjr-A-Bale" of Cotton,
? The' followng la a list of Loulsburg
people who hare agreed to buy a bale
of cotton at ifi cents a pound to assist
in holding the price to a satisfactory
basis. The petition ^as circulated by
Mr/R. a. Allen and Mayor J. A. Turn
er, who are entitled to the credit of
taktni; tlie initiative In- (he movement
?t Loplsburg. The petition and Ust
follows.
Louisborg, N. C.. Sept. 12. 1?14 ?
We, the underalgneed, each and every
one of us, hereby agree to buy one
bale of lint cotton at 10 cents a pound,
ahd hold ontll the cotton Is advanced
to a satisfactory price:
P. J. Boas ley, k. K. Allen, T. T. Ter
rell. The Hardware Co., W. D. Fuller,
lO bales; W. B. Cook, L,. P. Hicks, W.
H. Pleasants,Jr., M. S. Chfton, Alex A.
CHrton, F. N. Egerton, R .H. Davis, E.
H. Malone, R. F. Yarborough, M. D-.
Vf. H. Yarborough, T. W. Blckett, R.
O- Allen, A. H. Fleming, W. D. Eger
ton, R. O. Blssett, J. P. Hill, T. G. Hill,
D. T. Smithwick, Wm. H Ruffin, W.
R. Mills. J. J. Barrow, J. B. Yarbor
ough..J W. rfolltngsworth, A. F. John
son, C. T. Stokes, J. A. Turner, W. Mr
Person, G. L. Crowell, H. L. Candle*,'
F. W Wheleas, H. A. Newell, S. a.
Newell, Aycock Drug Co, D. F. McK>n
ne, McKlnne Bros, Co., R. P. Taylor,
Loulsburg Coal and Ice Co.. P. A.'
Reavts.
? "Come-to-Snnday-Scbool-Sunday.*
Frankllnton Is to hare a "Come-to
Sunday-School-Sunday" October 4th,
Erery church and Sunday school,
white and colored, will ring their bells
together at nine o'clock sharp and
each school is working to hare every
member, those who hare been mem
bers, the parents, the Home depart
ment, the visitors and eren the babies
of the Cradle Roll are on,the program
and will be present from 10:40 to
10:50 a. m. The bell taps at 10:30 to
wake them and gire them ten minutes
to make the trip.
The President of the United States
has proclaimed Sunday Oct. 4th a day
of prayer for'the nations now at war.
This will be obserred at the Sunday
School services. I '
* Graduating Exercises.
?* The editor of the Times acknowled
ges with pleasure the receipt of the
following Invitation:
The Graduating Class
The Graduating Class ,>
of
St. Luke's Hospital Training School
for nurses . .
requests the honor of your
presence at the
Commencement Exercleees Thursday
evening. OctOber the first nineteen
hundred and fourteen, at half-after
eight o'clock.
The Jefferson Auditorium ?
Richmond, Virginia. *
It will be Interesting to Loulsburgs
people to know that Miss Mary Wil
liams. one of Loiilsbugs popular young
ladies, is among the graduates.
hool
To Erect Sunday School Room.
Fire Chief 8. P. Boddle informs he
Issued a permit 'yesterday to the
Methodist church to' erect A building
for Sunday achopl purposes on the
lot adjoining the church " on
the corner of Main and Noble
streets. The building Is to be
of brick. with gtdno trltfilngs and
ntetal roof and projections as per.
plant and specifications prepared by
Mri 'M. S. Davis. The building 1* es
timated to cost" about $7,000
We understand the work will begin
at once and Is expected to have" the
building ready for use In a short
whtle
The "81ns of the Father."
"SISs -Of the Father" showed to a
Opera House here ^Mnesday
and was a most excellent per
il!??. The show was a
on? and the acting splendid.
large crowd thoroughly enjoyed the
perform an oe. v ~
. It Was announced that "Beverly of;
. Oraustark," would be played
?next month.
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BOTH AMUR AGAIN
? MOVING IN BIG FIGHT
BEPOBTED ATTACkS BV GERMANS
REPELLED WITH ?BEAT LOSS
TO BOTH HIDES.
" ' ' ? ? '? ) * ' ,
HMT7 Fighting la Progress Southeast
Ami??? Upon Which Depend! Co?
tlned Occupation of Preach
by German Armies?Battle of En
trenched Armies la France Agata
PMfresaiag Bat Wlthont Decisive
- mb 8? Pari Trala? Blown lip.
London, Sept. 23.?The Mall's cor
respondent says two trains of badly
needed German reinforcements ware
blown up betweoa Ppround and St.
Quentln through the teat of a French
gunner, who tapped a telephone wiaat
connecting two German stations?
placed guns to command the line and
by a qalck attack was able tosmbush
the trains. Qr J
The correspondent also says that
the entire general staff of one Oermtui
division were brought as.prisoners t,o
Amiens. ,' * w
London, Sept. t8,10 a. m.-r-The bat
tle of the entrenched nrmle?>ln France
Is progressing with great fosses but
apparently without any decisive stroke
by. either side. .
The question military men here are
discussing today Is whether the Ger
mans have definitely assumed the de
fenelve on their west or whether the
Gorman general st^ff regards retire
ment from Paris as a temporary re
verse to be followed by an attempt at
retrieving the lost ground between
Peronne and St. Quentln. Forcees un
der General Von Kluck;' commander of
the German right, evacuated Peronne
Friday, since then desperate 'fighting
has taken" place for the possession of
the town. \
The British are reporteed as repell
Ing repeateed German attacks with
great cost to both sides. There has
been no changes In the past two or
three days in the battle lines alon,?
the main front.
On the allies right between the
[ Argonne and Meu, the Germans have
| delivered an attack over sloping
ground in ap attempt to crush the
fort of Tryon, south of Verdun, and
thus break the chain of forts between
Verdun and Toul.
Epidemic In Austria Feared.
Only mearge reports havee been
received bere of the Russo-Austrian
campaign In GaJlcla. Jarosiau, sixty
miles west of Lemberg, has fallen Into j
the Russians hands, occording to dls- j
patches from Petrograd. with little
fighting and the railroad leading to
Prezemysy are controlleed by the Rus ;
8tans Many thousand Austrian i
wounded are being brought into t
Vienna and according to dispatches
from Rome an epidemic of- typhoid j
and other diseases incidental to war j
conditions is fearedin Austria.
The Belgians made another sortie i
frotn Antwerp yesterday in pursuance
of their policy of harassing the Ger
man Invaders.
London. Sept. 83.?The Amiens cor
respondent of tile Times telegraphs
that heavy fighting is in progress not [
many miles southeai& of Amiens,
"It Is the be&liinlng of a decisive
phase of the battle of the Aisne."
"Upon the Issue of this fighting de
pends the continued occupation of
French soil by the German invaders
or their retreat to strongly entrenched
positions which have been prepared
for them on the Sambre.
"Since the Germans evacuated
Amiens & week ago' the town has ,
become an important center for j
French military operations. Though
the Amiens district Is well served
with railways, it Is the highways
that count now, as the railway
bridges have tor the l&rat^jjar^been
blown up and nut? ywt'^iialnHl. On
Thursday last French reinforcements
under General D'Ampde entered
Amiens from th*. ,*aaf .'fui after a
short stay rarabM I$6lr'1n&rch, this
Uma proceeding along on# of tbe
eastern roada to ? destination which,
can bh
if: Doual yes.'l
-wised the rall
on the line
Valenclennesj
appears thefote tt^at the Oer
mans are ajtve to the necessity of
protecting their, line of ' communloa
Moans . where I hear headquar
a?-??
I
German Line Extended.
* T(us the German line has been
-School to the Mapleville (People and
they are very anxious .to locate this
extended north from Cambral. whlcrf
has been occupied In force.
"On Saturday and Sunday there
Was great military activity In
Anttens. The nervous tension was
extraordinary In expectation of some
Important development along the
Setting lines. When we awake this
morning the streets were strangely
aitoot and empty, and very few- sol
dier? were left in the town, toe-ma
Jorlty having hurried >W to their
??rt to the southeast. We learned
tkat a great battle had begun in that
direction and ft wak rumored that
the Gorman troop* bad advanced aa
far as Montd Idler. Every road out
of Amiens was barred 1 y pickets, no
lee being allowed to pass wlth
inllitary authority."
Nlsh. Servia, Sept. 23?The fol
lowing official statement has been
given out: ' *
"After a nine days' struggle the
'Austrian*, whose wings - both have
been beaten completely, are in full
ratreai along the whole front from
Uubovia to Losnttza. The Servians
are pursuing them vigorously. Ser
vian columns from Vlshergrad and
Baina Dashta continue their progress
into the Interior of Bosnia."
Still Falling Back.
.London (5:05 a. m.), Sept. 23?
A Petrograd special to Reuters says:
the railways leading to Przemysl are
in the hands of the Russians and that
the Austrians are falling back behind
the "rzemysl forts. The dispatch tde
ciart.s that Intercepted reports show
Priemysl Is not prepared for a siege.
In Eastern Prussia, according to
the same dispatch, the Russian
troops art falling back In perfect or
der. taking with them all their stores
and wounded. What they are un
able to take they are burning.
Ti e Russian' government has de
cided te proBt by the presence of the
enormous number of prisoners to put
into execution several large plans tor
canal construction and other public
works.
Ne? Maple t lile Academy dedicated.
The morning of the sixteenth of
September, the day on which the new
building was dedicated, came to us
with a clouded sky and threatening
rain wich made the people of the com
munity, who had looked forward to this
day with such sweet anticipation of
pleasure and enjoyment, feel gloomy
and disappointed notwithstanding
this fact the people came, a goodly
number of them, so that we had as tru
ly a representative crowd as we have
had at any time before.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. G. M. Duke, after
which Prof. Beam in a very delightful
andohappy manner introduced the
speaker of the day* Prof. J. H. High
smith, of Wake Forest. As the speak
er arose he was hearty applauded by
the audience. Prof. Hlghsmith Is a
man well known in the state as a
speaker and on this occasion announ
ced as his theme. "Making the country
School a Center for Re-directed Edu
cation and Community building.,, The
speaker first addressed the children,
afterwards the entire- audience. -*For
at least forty-five minutes he held his
hearers spellbound. In this able ad
dress he not only pleased the imagina
tion, held the attention, but taught us
many things we had never heard be
fore, and impressed upon our minds
more, deeply the things we had heard.
The address was worthy of the man
and the college from which he came
The latch string of Maplevllle Acad
my will always hang on the outside
for Prof. Hlghsmith.
Immediately following the address
Prof. Beam, In a very nice speech,
presented to Mrs. H. Hr Hobgood a
present for her faithful and untiring
work In the Betterment Association,
Then followed dinner, 'fNough sed'\
Words fell to describe a Maplevllle
dinner, and this time the ladles sur
passed themselves.
The Betterment Ladles sold Ice
Cream and grapes from which the neat
sum o(?13 was raised. This goel to
pay for the painting of the'ftcw.Acad
After dinner the building was for
ming!, tendered to Suplt. Best by Her.
O. a Duke. Mr. Duke Is a natural
orator kind on this occasion excelled
himself. Supt. Best accepted the
huumng In a rery neat and forceful
manner.
The closing speech was made by
' ?
He*. J. A. Beam. County Supt.. of Per
son, the father of our beloved prin
cipal. Hla address was both amuBlng
and Instructive.
Supt. iWt explained the Farm Life
school here and will do their utm
to secure It. ? U
This closed one of the best days '
the history of Maplevllle Acadei
and we sincerely thank all who conti
buted In any way to Its success.
?the Woman's Missionary Union No '
Ik Snilra Here.
The Woman's Missionary Union < (
the Tar Aver Association, which helj |
Its Initial service hero In the Baptls.
ehurch yesterday afternoon, Is well
attended and a most Inspiring session
Is contemplated. Our forms close too
early to dve a detailed account of the
meeting this week.
The following Is a Hit of the dele
gates and their hostesses:
Mrs. W. W. Parker. Mrs. Cooper at
Mrs. E. C. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Harrell. Miss Kelly,
Miss Elmore at Mrs. Walter Gllmore.
Mrs. Horner, Mrs. Coleman at Mrs.
Frank Wheeleas.
Miss Woodllef, Miss Abbott at Mrs.
R. W. Hudson.
Mrs. Moss, Miss Puckett at Mrs. W.
H. Allen. -w .
Misses Alford, Bunn, at Mrs. H. C.
Taylor.
Mrs. P. R. Davis, Miss Clark, at Mrs.
Wlngate Underbill. ?
Mrs. Phelps, Misses ?hearin, Gard
ner, at Mrs. S. T. Wilder.
Two Sunbeahis, at Mrs. Paul Griffin.
Mrs. Young, Miss Huff, at MrsPJ.
W. Holllngsworth. "7 ?
Miss Culpepper, One Sunbeam, at
Mrs. Pittman.
Rev. T. J. Taylor, at Mrs. W. B.
Morton
Mrs. Llmer. Mrs. Ward at Mrs. Hob
Bobbitt.
Miss Iola Finch, Mrs. J. T. Joyner
at Mrs. W. N. Fuller
Miss Carrie Bowers at Miss Edna
Allen
Mrs. J. M. Gardner at Mrs. A. H.
Fleming.
Mrs. Andrews at Mrs. George Coop
er.
Mrs. Thoroughgood at Mrs. J. B.
Thomas.
Mrs. Waddeli, MisS Sophie Lan
rieau at Mrs; T. B. Wilder.
Mrs. Weathers, Mrs. Pippin, Mrs.
Duke at Mrs. Sam Nash.
Miss Nichols at Mrs. Dora Jackson.
?MIsb Rosa Coleman, Miss Mary
Perkinson at Mrs. Wiley Perry.
Mrs. Parrlsh, Miss Wood at Mrs.
Will Cooper.
Mrs. Harper Mrs. Nelms at Mrs.
Cyrus.
Mrs Rice', MtSs Lena White, at Mrs.
W. E. White.
Chamber of Commerce,
At a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce held in the Court House
on Thursday evening of last week,
called for the purpose of using its in
fluence towards assisting the cotton
situation, a resolutfon was unanimous-*
ly passed asking that each merchant
write their wholesale friends and in
terest them if possible, in^?lyjk.jaovt
Tnent of buying distressed cotton in
order to helpjthe cotton conditions.
The resolution was complied with
and many letters have been already
mailed, and will possibly result in
some assistance from the concerns,
who appreciate the large wholesale
trade they enjoy in Ibis section.
Prohibition In Virginia bj ST.,000.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 23.?Returns
from remote precincts coming in slow
ly are increeaslng little by little the
30,384 majority for statewide prohibi
tion conceded-last night by the local
Self-Government league The "dry"
majority, Anti-Saloon League -workers
think may go to 35,000.
"Wet" Virginia newspapers, after
expressing astonishment at the "dry"
landslide, are calling upon 9II citizens
loyally to accept the decision and are
urging the legislative tax commission
to provide promptly for the prospec
tive loss of revenue.
Bound Over For Retailing.
,Bob Yarboro, and wife were tried
b^ore Justice J. L. Palmer yesterday
fell' retailing -whiskey' and bodnid
over to Court. It was quite a unique
little gsae played by Constable R. W.
Hudson, that efeused them to fall Into
the hands of the law and they "tesaed
u|T to the practice that they had been
carrying oa. f
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FARMERS COT
. TON MEETING
HEL1
? S >
>JhT^
EL1> IJf COIJKT HOUSE TUB8DAT
MOB.MNO.
-Mu/^
Jnlte n Large Crowd Prnat-l
OoW Talks-Jlede?CoaalltM
ports?Other Committee Appointed.
i' The meeting of the cotton turner?
t Franklin, and adjoining counties
tiled tor Tuesday was held
Jj i the Court House with quite ?larga*
g imber present. Mr. W. H. Ruffln
tiled the meeting to order Is the i
sence of Mr. T. J. Harris,
of the Farmers Union ot the <
and oaHed for the election ot I
man. Mr. Thos. B. Wilder waa i
moualy elected to fill thla position I
the business was taken up.
Mr. W. H. Ruffln made the rep
for the special committee relative
storage Warehouse plan. Ha I
that the committee finds that
8,000 bales can be stored la 1
In Warehouras already built. M a coat\
of .l& ronts a month. They alao Had '
that the farmers Union owns a vacant
lot upon which additional Warehouses
can be erected If needed. The com
mittee recommends ther' organisation
and chartering of a Warehouse Co., tor *
the storing of cotton. - . ?
Following the report of the com
mittee a general discussion of the cot- "
ton question was Indulged in by
Messrs F. N. Bgerton, W. H. Ruflta,
D. F. McKinne. J. O. Sledge, F. B. Mc
Klnne, D. T. Fuller. J. A. Turner, Mr.
Sykea and others during which many
good suggestions were made and a
great deal ot real Information was
gained. The borrowing of money on
receipts was fully explained and found
to be Inadequate for the present
needs. * -
It was finally, decided that the most
practical plan now available was to
use every Influence to further the"buy
a bale" movement, and to get all cot
ton held off the market possible.
Mr. D. F. McKinne stated that Mc
Klnne Bros. Co., would hoT3 TJtt at
j least a thousand bales and Mr. K. P.
Hill tor the Hill Live Stock Co., Bald
his firm would do the same.
Upon this point Mr<~D. F. McKinne
made a motion that a committee be ap
pointed by the Chairman from each
township to see every merchant and
every farmer and ascertain how many
bales of cotton they will hold off the
market until after the opice reaches
10 cents a pound. The^ motion was
unanimously carried, and Uie Chair
man appointed the following >gentle
men on the committee:
(names will be furnished later)N
After deciding to call another meet-N
lng when the above committee Is ready
to report a motion to adjourn pre
vailed.
Mr. H. L. Davi* Dead.
_ Mr. Hugh L. Davis passed away at
the Rex Hospital in Raleigh on last
Saturday, after a short Illness. His
'remains?were brought to Louiaburg,
on Sunday and interred in the Oak
lawn cemetery amid a large con
c'otirse of relatives and friends.
Mr. Davis was a son of the late
Judge Joseph J. Davis, and leaves
a sister. Mrs. Katie Crenshaw, and a
brother, Mr. R. H. Davis, both of thjto
place, besides a host of friends and
relatives. He was 53 years of age
and had led an active life until a. few
years ago when his health began*?o ?
fall. The funeral was held from 8t
Paul's Episcopal church at 4:00
o'clock Sunday afternoon and was
conducted by Rev. S. 8. Boat, of Dur
ham.
The floral tribute was exceedigly
beautiful, and profuse.
Mr. K. L. Moore Dead.
News was received here W&dndsday
of the death of Mr. E. L. Moore, dep
uty sheriff of FYankllnton township.
Mr. Moore's death was the result of
an accident that happened to him on
last Friday when his horse fell upon
him while he was attempting to get
the animal untangled from the harness
or gome wire.
He was one of Franklin county's
most substantial citliena and enjoyed
the high sat respect and <
his Btmy friends and ne
leases a family and several';
who hare the sympathy of the entire
community.
The funeral services were I
terday afternoon from
church and the body '
In the cemetery.