' Let the Franklin Times be a Regular Visitor to your Home ??fe~ *? Fighting of the past few dara, which took the form ot hearj aCea atre operations, Ikaa not Changed to amt marked mtot the pealtloaa at Ike opposing anniea In northern France. Sane hard Mow* have keen ?track by each aide, tat the armies ranain practically where they were when the Qermans stopped their re ttrment and commenced to intrench themselves. The lengthy official communication issued today by the French general staff makes this plain. _ ? ,' r. In the west, the wing* jire In very' close touch, the Germans - holding Lassigny, which lies between Ribe-1 court and Royee,, which &re~Mn pos session of the French and^afeb Chau- 1 lnes, which is In an almost direct line j _ between Royee and Albert. ?' . It is here that the allies have been attempting a wide turning movement, to prevent which, the Germans have appaiently sent out strong opposing < torrid. (?prawns Again Jit-pulsed. The French announcement says the Germanii have continued their day and sight attacks, only to be repulsed, but It is evident they are showing plenty of fight and are making a supreme effort to prevent the allies from working around their right. , To the north of the Alsne two well ""entrenched armies still face each other, neither being able to make much headway, while in the center the artilery duel continues in the dis trict between the Argonne and the Meuse. | ? The French claim slight progress an indication that they are making heavy attacks to compel the OetUian? to withdraw from St. MieMel where they might bead, if they did not break, ? the French. tsM. * \ . -The Freosfc also report that they captured a umber of prisoners, bat . d? not SW Where thiff captor? waa greeted. . fr We?H?g Work for Treops. ' ?JflBoth' Mtoa prtrfoas to be well aatis Ai with the position which most, however, prova, very wearing.on the tjoopa. Naturally fresh troops are being brought op continually, but it is dangerous for either aide to with draw many men from the fighting line even to giver them a short respite. The Germana already have strengthened their light at the exifsfa ae of the rest afdhetr line, and many morem en to assist them will have to be sent from Germany or Belgium. Tip take troops from Belgium, with the active Belgian jrmy ready to take the* offensive at the first sfgn'ot wnak Jfcjnlng, would is a hafittan a)?*sr tailing. _ . ? . ?! v The allies, as (a known to all the Arid are eapecttag reinforcements of well trained tibops from Iadfc, bat Ahen they are ?Ae his not been dis posed. they mat arrive m Ume to t*rh /0?e/balMK># lit favor ':of thety" ?-'?r. A further aoeotiaot Of CM. operations is France to five days ago ?aa Is sued by the Official press borben' today It pays hlqh tribute to the work of the airmen who, since the ootbreaH of the war, have suooeeded In keeping the ?pedal staffs on both sldea Informed of the movement* of the opposing forces. ' I? Ms review of the situation of tSe battle In Northern France the Paris rorrespsadent of the Times says: French left oontinnee to maM> progress On the other hand th* Oer i have attained no appreciable ad , from their aacoess ^oo the tt the Meuse. The breaflh they made la too narrow to per mlt of the paaaage of the Meuse by forces In sufficient numbers, ? * "Nothing decisive has yet occurred 'S?E ? too Ju? but the aoahty sews available la cer tainly to the advantage of the allies rather than to the enemy. II a "Soldier?' Battle." "The furious battle of the Alane la a soldiers' battle. In the sense that ground la won and the final victory must be attained by the courage and tenacity of the infaatry. On no [mint along the gigantic line baa the Anglo French wall been pierced. "The German center still hold? strongly, 'in tact, it seems clear, as pointed ont by Col. Rousse, the nlll lltary critic of the Llberte, that the Germans hare received orders to kroek through the French line? where and air any coet .roller has come i longer disregarded, and-it German general so cooes must be H* In the qf vmr In order that < able to torn its attention with I sense aaanrance to the vlctorloua a|t vance of (be Russians In the i^tiliii war theater. Lost Ground Bewon. ",Th3 enemy continue? UTtfgbt with great fury at oertaln points* of thei line, through the action la-generally lesp intense along the Immense bat tle front. ,A narrow strip of terri tory which thejr succeeded in gaining as the result "Of violent attacks was Immediately rewon by- the allies, who captured_^gnnons. prisoners, and flags." 4L ' " "Wear Cotton." ' Greensboro," N. C.1' Sept. 30.-?-"Woar Cotton' has been adopted by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce as a slogan for those who are willing to join a movement looking to the crea tion qf sentiment for the increased wearing of cotton goods. The adopt ion of this slogan was the outcome of a )etter from Mr. A. W. McAllster, manager qf the "Original Four" Fire Insurance Companies, suggesting that an organized movement be star ted for popularizing wearing of cotton goods during' at least six months of each year. ? A committee was appointed to des fgn an appropriate lapel button, and to t adopt resolutions suggesting the movement to the cotton manufactur er's association of both New England [ and the South Mr.. McAllster's letter reads In part | as follows. "I believe as much encouragement U possible should be given-the "buy ?'bale" plan, but this Van should be Bupplcmentott by an organized move ?ment for the maeof cotton as wearing apparel, and the Chamber of Com merce might father suclra movement In such a way that It might ultima tely extend over the entire country. " "U such a thing Is undertaken, It should be launched now in order that it may be worked out and extended to its utmost possibilities, and the necessary preparation made by manu facturers and dealers for the spring and summer trade of 191G. "In many States for at least six months In the year, cotton goods qan be worn comfortably and can fulfill entirely the requirements of the wardrobe. Suits, dreeees, underwear, sboes hats can all be made of cotton In attractive designs and can be worn with much more comfort and greater economy than many things which we ar? accustomed to wear made of other tteWlais. MM only would the people OMOfbrtably and more lnex . than eTer before, at the samo time con to the prosperity oi and cotton, manu ?*o of the most_ important and wouTd -thereby add very materially to the wealth of the Sottfcera States and' to a very considerable extent would con ?ume, themselves the surplus of cot* ton which the European war has left Without a market" ? Re-elected. Mayor James A. Turner, we are in formed has been re-elected Vic? "President of the Anico Club, of the ^American National Life Insurance t then may z vait :a favorable time for forwarding Uj^crbf'Io'flnal desti nations. The exiKi 'e of tile ship-' ments and warehtnu ug has been fix ed at a minimum. The Regulations. Following are the commission'a regulations, which the railways are authorized to put Into effect im mediate upon filing of the necessary tariffs. "1. Cotton shipped for ware housing and reshlpment moat be cottf signed to the warehousing point and freight thereto paid on . basis of the full local rate, upon which the deliv ering agent will give paid freight re ceipts. which the holder of the cot ton should retain for the purpose of securing reahipping privileges. '"2 Upon reshipplng from the warehousing point, the shipper will be required to surrender to' the agent of the line bringing the eotton into the warehousing point the paid freight bill covering that lndentlcal cotton. The number of bales, marks and weights -of cotton, as forwarded from the warehousing point must conform to the paid freight hill, and in addition the shipper will bo re quired to certify on the back of the paid freight bill that the cotton ten dered is the lndentlcal cotton receiv ed' thereunder. The shipper will aSafy be required to surrender to the rail way agent at tho time of aliment the bill of lading covering tfve move ment of the cotton Into the ware housing point, unless the bill of lad ing for^such shipment shall have been previously strfrendered to tin? railway. ? "3. Thereupon the %gent will issue a through bur of lading to the far ther final destination at the through rate from the point of orgln M sucli further final destination in effect at the time of the orgtaal shipment late the warehousing point, . plqs thfee cente per hundred poundijl .provided such further final destination la a point to which there fcre,'lMbtf>llRhe