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XLV. LOUISBURQ,?. C? EEIPAY, MARCH26,1915. % \ "? NUMBER 6
ANOTHER BLIND TIGER "COOPED"
i
L Spire Bound Over to Court Under
$1000 Bond (or Retailing In Two
Cases and one of. Having too Much
Boom.
What has been recognized as one ot
the biggest and most prosperous
blind tigers In Loulsburg wac caught
and caused to give answer to two
cases ot sales and" one ot having more
whiskey than the law allows. On
Saturday Deputy Sheriff W. M: Puller,
Jr., and J. C. Pace .saalstod by officer
B. H Meadows brought lntq Squire
J. L. Palmer's court I. Spire together
with five quarts and ten pints ot
booze. The evidence of sale had been
gotten several days beforehand and
warrants had been taken out by
Sheriff W. H. Allen before Squire A.
W. Alston, but when the arrests were
made. Spire had the trial Justice
changed and the trial was held before
Mr. J. L. Palmer, J. P. The evidence
showed that he sold a pint to Messrs.
C M. Vaughan and J. B. Harris on
Monday night March 15th, ?for 75
cents each. The evidence of the
cers showed he had his place of
bnslness especially well prepared for
the business, one of the most unique
arrangements being the flour table,
which had a false top built just above
the bottom of the side boards that
would accommodate a number of
packages of booze. The search lasted
for something like an hour, tha.quart
packages being found soon after the
arrival of the officers but the pint
packages seamed to be more securely
secreted and was harder to find. After
hearing all tin evidence Squire Pal
mer stajgd that he would place the
defendant Under a bond of flOOO for
hlfe appearance at the next criminal
court in the three cases tried before
him' which were two for retailing and
one for having too much booze. After
the disposition of this case Squire
Alston placed the bond for Spire's ap
pearance In two more cases of retail
ing at $200 each till Monday.
.In default of bond Spire was com
mitted to jail.
Honor Roll.
The following Ust of pupils made
the honor roll In the Third and Fourth
Grade B for the past week: Miss
Mamie Jones teacher: Anls Moaeley.
William Webty Vfrglnnla Waddell.
Pearle Pearce, Emma Lawrenc? Joy
ner, "Annie Willis, Joe Boddle, Ivey
Allen, Clarence MiKlnne, Margaret
Inscoe. Matthew Beasley. Louleet Grif
fin. Speed Williams, Ethel Lovlngood.
Bettie Burt HBl, Gordon Uczell.
Honor roll for Fourth and Fifth B
Grades: Miss Eliza Moore teacher:
Eleanor Perry, Ellis Parham, Maurice
Clifton, Eflle Taylor, Webb Loy, Eliza
beth Matthews, Paul Grlffln, Virginia
Perry, Ruffln Stamps, VlllCorrf Cooper,
Willllam Cooke, Frank Shearln, George
Ford, Louise Jones, Katherlne Bobbltt,
Elizabeth Furguson, Annom Wilcox,
Henry Ruffln, Spencer Matthew?.
Honor roll for Sixth and Fifth *A
Grades, Miss Loulla Jorman teacher.
Lulene Allen, Garland Allen, Ejllte
Bailey, Otto Guntber, Mamie Hayes,
Noma Hollingsworth, Emily Inscoe,
Lutle Inscoe, Irene Markhazn, Maurice
Murphy, Garnet1 Myers. Qua Reavls,
Annie Williams Waddell, Clyde White,
Lucy Allan, Margaret Cooke, Kenneth
Collier, George Houck, Clara Hudson,
Ruth Gattls, Altee Harris, Katherlne
Pleasants.
On Saturday afternoon the Louls
burg Graded school assembled In the
school auditorium for a contest
between the grades as to who should
represent the school in a declamation
and recitation contest at the County
Commencement, soon to be held.
The exercises were begun with dec
lamation from four boys from Miss
Jarman'8 room, These declamations
were delivered In a splendid manner
from Masters, Garland Allen, Davis
Egerton, James Allen Hill, and Ken
neth Collier. ? v?
Next followed the boys from the
Seventh grade. Miss Jennie Mecum
teacher. There were only two con
testants from this grade, Masters
Jones^ Parham and Hill Yarborough,
These young men. did credit to their
grade and training and delivered dec
lamations that any one could have en
joyed.
Then followed Master Aanom Wil
cox from the Fifth grade, Miss Eliza
Moore teacher.
The judges then retired to decldo
which one of these creditable deccla
mers should have the honor of
representing the school at the County
Commencement
The audience was entertained dur
ing the absence of the Judges by songs.
and other recitations from the several'
grades.
After what seemed to bf a long tlms
to the eager waiters this judges re
turned and announoed that Master'
Davis Egerton had been selected as
the one most suited to .represent his
school.
The girls recitation contest was then
the day and the judges again retired
to decide the winning candidate.
The audience was again entertained
with songs and recitations, one . of
especial merit being sung by Misses
Mamie Hayes, Alice Harris, Margaret
Cooke and Masters Qua Reavls, James
Allen HU1 and George Houefc.
On the return of the Judges it was
found that Marlon HolUngsworth and
Eleanor Perry were selected as the
winning ones, and these young ladles
will compete with the Mapleville
school durflng the week.
The Judges were Mrs. W. El Uitell,
Mrs. pen Holden, and Mlso Alma Hob
good; _
Mrs. Uiiell Entertains.
Mrs. W. E. Uiiell delightfully en
tertained a few of her college friends
?t a dinner party Saturday nl'ght The
occasion being the "sixteenth" birth
day of her brother Mr. W. D. Jack
son. The guests assembled In Mrs.
Uxsell's parlor aboat 7:80 In the
evening. After congratulations had
been extended' to Mr. Jackson, the
guests were ushered Into the beauti
ful. dfnlng room, where an?lnvlUng
four course dinner was served, after
which the party was entertained by
Mr. Jackson's violin, Mrs. Ussell ac
companying on the piano.
After voting Mrs. Ussell a charming
hpstees, the guests departed.
Those enjoying: Mr. and Mrs.
Usaell's hospitality were: Misses
Zola O age, Marie Long, Belle Foscue,
Lottie Kerr and Gladys Jerome, mem
bers of the Senior class, at Loulsburg
College, and Messrs. W. D. Jackson,
W. B. Tucker, J. E. Nash, Oordon and
William Uzzell.
City Water.
We give below a report of the coh
dltlon of the city water for Loulsburg
for March 12th, which shows a pretty
good analysis:
Collected March 5, 19X9. Received
March 6, 1915. Reported March 12th,
1916.
Sediment Slight
Color?Platinum-cobalt standard.. 25
Turbidity?sllca standard .. .. Slight
Odor, cold O
Alkalinity (In terenB of Calcium car
bonate) , 3.7
Alum .. .. .: ..Present as hydrae
Chlorine ?? .. .... '
Total number of bacteria at ?0 per>
cent per c. c. .. .." .. .. ... .. 50
To^al number of bacteria at 88 per
cent per c. c 25
Total number of acid-producing bac
teria \ . ;.. O
C. A. Shore, Director.
Delivers Address at Oak Rldfee Behoel.
Supt. E. L. Best left Wednesday ten
deliver an address at the closing ex
ercises of Oak Ridge school in
Cypress Creek township. This Bchool.
we learn, has had a most pleBlng ses
sion and has been quite a credit to the
principal, Miss Lucy Wiggs, who has
done a splendid work In this dis
trict.
Supt E. L. Best informs us he will
go to Mountain school in Sandy Creek
township today to deliver an address
at the closing of that school. Misses
Eugenia Boon, principal, and Lfena
Oill, assistant, are to be congratulated
upon the splendi'd work they have
done In this section.
Getting the Habit.
Farmers and townspeople all over
the country are rapidly adopting the
new policy of using writing paper
and' en Telo pes with their names and
addresses neatly printed thereon.
'It has many advantages. K prevents
tM~numerous errors In the spelling ot
names,'insures correctness of address,
and guarantees the prompt return ot
your letter In the event of non
delivery.
It is more expensive than the buy
ing of stationary in small lots in the
old way, and adds a distinctive air of
respectability and refinement to every
home.
It is a good thing, and has come to
stay?and grow.
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Henry C.
Henry C. Barnett, a prominent mill
man livlm* about eight mltes south ot
this city, died last Thursday at It
o'clock in the morning, after a months
(llness of typhoid. The intermeht was
made Friday afUrnoon at the Old
Freeman burying'ground. Rev. W. M.
Ollmore, of the Baptist church, con
ducting the service In the presence ot
a large company of friends and rela
tives.
Mr. Barnett was 37 years of age, and
leaves a wife and live children, betides
fits father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
John Barnett, two sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Hall, Mrs. W. R Lafater, and four
brothers, Wade, John. Jasper and Joe,
Barnett, all of this county.
LoutfttnayTOefeat* Frankliston
On last Wednesday afternoon the
boys from Frankllnton cam? down asd
crossed bata with the boys here and
were defeated by 4 score of 7 to 1
Allen for LouUbur* pitched rfSdood
game, allowing only two hits. This
was the first fajqe of the saaaoa here
It looks aa though Louisbufg could
have some base-ball this summer, it
the boys would get oat and practice,
there Is plenty of material here to
have a bail team, so leta get together
boys and have something tor amuse
ment this summer.
Play Postponed.
We are requested to' state that on
account ot sickness In the community
lay announced to tak* place at
has
GOOD PIECE OF LEGISLATION .
Au Act Creating Training School far
' It arses at Sanltorlnm.
"One of the beat pieces of legislation
of this Oenefai Assembly," said a pro
minent man of the State recently, "la
that regarding the StateSanltOrlum for
the Treatment of Tuberculosis,
especially the act creating a training
school for nurses. This Is going after
tuberculosis right," he continued, "for
If we have nurses trained In tuber
culosis work to- go out among the peo
ple and teach them how to live to avoid
tuberculosia as well as the way \o get
cured, then well be gettfng down close
to the problem and we wont be long
solving it"
Whether the above prophecy- U
true or not, there's no doubt about
the efficiency of the plan. The act
referred to reads thus: "Power and
authority is hereby expressly given
the State Sanitorium to organise and
conduct a training school for nursns.
The superintendent shall be the ex
offlclo dean of training school for
nurses and shall have power and au
thority to appoint such faculty,
prescribe such course or courses or
lectures, study and clinical work and
award such diplomas, certificatea and
other evidences of the completeneas
of such course or courses as ha may
think wise and proper, and perform
such other functions and do other acta
aa he may think necessary In the con
ducting of such training school."
Trained nuraes have been one of
the strongest forces ever sent out
agafnst the White Plague. They meet
the enemy on the enemy's ground and
there fight to conquer. They enlist
patient and household, and when given
this support the victory la theirs. They
don't step at telling how a thing Is
done, but how It is done, why It Is done
and the results to be expected. These
health educators are valuable assets
to any State, and North Carolina is to
be congratulated on this move she
has taken toward stamping out tuber
culosis!.
Odd Bite of New?.
Swoyeravllle, Pa Justice of the
Peace Henry Miller, of this place, was
so angry at the defiant and unrepen
tant attitude of a wife beater on trial
before him that he peeled His coat and
safled into the defendant When court
adjourned the wife beater was so
battered tlfat hi? best friend would
not recofenize him. Also he was
humble iLnd repentant
Fifleld, Wis.?Kept alive for two
days by ag<ocli\$?pn with two bear
cube and their-mother, Baby BaH. the
two-year-old-son of a settler north of
here, was found late at night recently,
asleep In the underbrush and, though
starring, was not suffering from ex
posure. The searchers saw the signs
of bears near where the child was
found, and old woodmen declared that
the babe was Kept alive by sleeping
with cubs and their mother. All that
the child can say fs: "Big diggie play;
baby hungry."
Cincinnati, O. ?. The Methodist
Ministers' Assn has formed a secret
body of 100 men, who will report to
parents and employers the names of
all young persons attending dances,
theatre*, etc., though to be improper.
The Investigators are volunteers. They
will report, also, all other law viola
tions they discover.
Fort Smith, Arlc.?Thig Sate's brand
new prohibition law Is already a dead
lettei hire. Because the saloonlsta
have secured Federal, State and coun
ty licenses, but under the new prohi
bition law can not -be granted city
licenses, it was agreed at a con
ference that they shall be fined
by the city }4 a day, payable every
ten days. The new prohibition law
forbids the granting of any more
saloon licenses. Before it waa signed
Fort Smith saloonist had secured all
their licenses save those from the
city. Mayor Read, In police court, told
the saloonlsts that although he lg a
prohibitionist be did not believe the
city had a moral right to close the
saloons unde^ existing conditions.
. . . Millinery Openings.
The millinery openings in Looiakurg
have been quite a success the past two
weeks only they were vlstted by very
unsatisfactory weather conditions.
Candler-Crowell Co's was held on
Tuesday of last week, when the heavy
cloud passed over and P. 8. & K. K.
Allen's was held on Monday evening
and Tuesday when on Monday we had
a heavy snow storm notwithstanding
these facts the displays were especial
ly pretty and attractive and did not
bear any marka of war times.
Unitary Mews.
Company D Loulsburg Rifles held
quite an Interesting boosting meeting
la Urn ai uipry on Jut Tuesday night.
Adjutant-General Young of Raleigh,
waa present and made a moat excel
lent talk to the members and spec
tators, which was greatly appreciated
and enjoyed. Mayor Turner was also
present and took much interest la the
meeting. The officer*, and men were
much encouraged and the meetlnjfwlll
no doubt mean much for Co. D. ~ ?
Series of Meetings.
Tbenserles of makings now i
at tta* Methodist church are at?.
good crowds and much Interest
Ing shown. Rev.. Mr. Wile
preaching some strong and fofMM
sermons and they ?re being heard by
air appreciative congregation. The
siagln* of Mr. 8ten* is especially fine
and to adding much-to tH? meeting.
Tke meeting will in all probability
last through nest week.
CHEAT HU88IAN Y1CT0RY.
Strongly Fortified Austrian Cltr of
I'rzeiuysl Succumbs After Lobs
Klf([P.
London, March 23; 10:25 p. m.?The
?Ire of the garrison at Przemysl and
the number of men who surrendered to
the Russians greatly exceed all esti
mates. According to Petrograd dis
patches, the defenders originally num
bered 170,000 men, of whom 40,000
were killed. Nearly 120,000 laid down
their arms when the fortress capitula
ted.
A blizzard which has Interfered witn
the telegraph service, prevents details
of the surrender from coming through
but Lemberg reports that for seven
days prior to the fall of the fortress
the people of the town had nothing to
eat and the Russians, who took In
supplies of provisions, were welcomed
as liberators.
Dispatches from Lemberg also say
that 15,000 persons were found suf
fering typhus or cholera and that the
work of disinfecting the place is be
ing undertaken energetically. The
Interior forts. It is said, were found
intact, with a good deal of ammunition
fkthem.
Everywhere In Europe, both belli
gerent and neutral countries, the
greatest credit is given the Austrlans
for their long and stubborn resistance
which has delayed and Interfered with
the Russian campaign, In other direc
tions.
Big Army is Released.
Now that the Russians, whose num
bers, like those of the Austrlans, must
have been greater than estimated, no
linger are compelled to Invest this
f&rtress. a big movement either
tealsst Cracow or In the Carpathians
dqubtless will be started. With their
northern lines protected by the morass
fnto Which the greater part of Po
la id is converted during the spring
m inths, the Russians are expected to
tt row all their strength against the
Aastrlans and attempt finally to crush
them.
Cracow Within t Month.
One British military critic stakes his
reputation on the prophesy that Cra
cow will fall within a month and that
??hen it doesfi or before, Austria will
endeavor to conclude a separate
peace. He Is more optimistic than
most military critics here, who be
lieve the Anstrlans and OermanB will
make a great 'effort In the southern
fl^Jd and attempt to prevent the Rus
sian* from crossing the .Carpathians
or reach Cracow.
In the~weat there have been a few
attacks and counter attacks, but noth
ing that in this war of big battles
caused more than passing comment.
Bad weather continues to cause a
lull In the Dardanelles. The allies are
taking advantage of this to effect re
pafrs on vessels which suffered In the
last bombardment.
Guns Placed on Rails.
Reports as to the effect of the big
gun fire on the forts are contradictory
but one explanation of the fact that
firing was continued from the land,
after the forts wet? presumably des
troyed, la that the Germans had
brought down howitzers. which
moved from place to place on rails.
The Turks again have attacked the
Canal. The guns of the forts
opened fire Monday on a small force
which crossed Sinai from Bir El Sa
ha. The Turks, who numbered 1,000
and were accompanied by three Ger
man officers, retired from about eight
miles, where they were attacked to
day by a force under General Young
husband and, according to British of
ficial accounts, were routed.
Starving Men Ate Moss.
Renter's correspondent at Kiev, Rus
sia, says that 4,000 prisoners, mostly
from Przepiysi, have arrived there.
"They give a pitiable description of
the starving condition of the garrison
before the fall of the fortress," he
continues. "Numbers of the men,
they say were dropped from exhaus
tfon, while otheTs had not sufficient
strength to leave at the straps of
their equipment to keep themselves
alive."
The Lonlsbarg Baptist Church
"The Day of our Opportunity" will
be the theme of the sermon Sunday at
11 a. m. There will be no services
Sunday night on account of the serle3
of meetings In progress at the Method
ist ehifch.
The Sunday school will have exer
cises Sunday morning at which time
the different classes will make their
annual offering to Home an4 Foreign
Missions. Quite a healthy spirit of
rlvaWy has sprung up among the dif
ferent classes. The school will
semble at 9:45 a. m.
Pastor Qilmore will fill his regular
appointment at Ransdell's Chapel Sun'
day aftefnooo at S o' clock.
Demonstration Letter. ,
Kdttor Pran kiln Times:
Will you klWdly allow me space In
your paper to ?ay to the farmers'
whom I have a*t been able to see yet,
that I will be-around to see them at
tt?? earliest poslble date, I am sorry
that I counld not have gotten around
to see them before now. I did want
to see them all *rly before they be
gan their sprint planting, but could
no* do so. I trust that none of them
hwre gotten in too big a hurry and
the mistake of breaking their
i they were dry enough,
srs' make this mistake
and seriously lnjore
not only for Jthe prn.icnt
. for many yearn to come. It
will fay weitl to wait a tow days, or
?TSB a taw weeks longer, and let the
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land have time to dry out.
We have acre after acre of land that
had been plowed wet until It was
almost Impossible to break It without
breaking It while it was wet, when
land gets In that condition, It Is going
to take a good many ^ears to get it
back to producing the crops it would
have produced, had It never been
plowed while wet. _?
A good seed land Is one of the moat
Important factors to be considered in
making large yields, but remember. It
Is Impossible to make an Ideal seed
bed. when the land has been broken
while wet. It just can't be done, be
cause when the land has been broken
while wet, the mechanical condition
of the soil has been seriously Injured,
and It takes years to restore It. be
sides. the, solil cultivate very bady.
Owing to the lumpy clody condition
of the surface of the soil, caused by
the wet plowing.
We were also deslrtous of seeing the
farmers' earlier In the year, because
we wanted to see them spray their or
chards. It is now too late in the
season to apply, the lime sulphur
solution, but we have yet, plenty of
time to do the most Important spray
ing. If the farmers' cannot spray but
once I certainly would advise him to
spray immediately after the blooms
fall. I would be glad to furnish any
farmer the formula for this spraying,
that Is interested. I can send hint
.formula directions for making and ap
plying, in case I do not get around to
their farms before time to do this
spraying.
I expect to arrange to have an office
In the Court House at Loulaburg, and
will be there every Saturday, and
will be glad for any one to come In
while In town. We expect to keep on
hand a supply of farm bulletins to give
out to the farmers, while In the talk
over their work. We ahMI be glad
to talk with the farmers' In regard to
the work they ars doing, or work they
contemplate doing. We trust that the
farmers' will feel free at any and all
time? to ask questions in regard to
their farm work. We do1 not know
that we shall be able to answer these
questions. If we can, it will give us
pleasure to do so, If we cannot we will
be honest enough to tell you so.
We ayes very much interested in
anytttfng pertaining to better agri
culture, and If at any time we can "do
anything or say anything that will In
any way go to help rural conditions,
It will give us keen pleasure to do
so. When we In any way help rural
condftlons we are helping to Improve
city and town conditions, because,
when the farmer Is helped the busi
ness man la helped also. So we loose
nothing by helping each other. ?
Just a word now concerning the
Boys Qorn Club, we want to see
a greater interest taken In this work.
Heretofore Franklin County h^s made
rather a poor showing In the number
of boys to join the Boys Corn Club,
compared with some 6f the other
counties.
?We can see-ho reason for this in
fact there is no good reason why
Franklin county should not have a
large number of boys to join this club.
It has been our pleasure to talk with
a good number of boys about joining
the corn club, and can say that most
of them are ready to join. But of
course their joining depends upon
their fathers, and we want to -urge the
fathers to encourage their sons to
Join this' club, because it will go a
long ways towards keeping the boys
on the farms, dive the boy an acre
of his own, and let him plan and work
it all himself. In this way he becomes
Interested and begins to think that
there la Teally something to farming
after all.
We would be glad for any boy who
wishes to join the Boys Corn Club to
send us his name and we will send
It to the Raileigh office and have Mr.
Brofen, who is in charge of thl8 work
to send them enrollment cards, to
gether with all necessary Information,
the boys may send their names direct
to Mr. T. El Brown, West Raleigh, N.
C? at any rate send your names in at
once to either Mr. Brown, or myself,
and go to work determined to make
as much corn on your acre as any
other boy makes.
I will be around to see you as often
as I can, and will help you all I/san.
Franklin county has a good soil.
It Is true the soil is not as fertile as
It might be, but when weflll our-soil
full of vegetable mattera, we are
going to grow big crops. I do not
believe there is a county in the State
that has a better or easier soil to Im
prove than Franklin, and when it is
improved there la no county in the
State thatc an .produce larger yieidB
of corn or other crops.
In connection jrlth the Boyii Corn
dub work we might mention the fact
that there are prises given to the
boys that make the beat yields We
ar^ also going to try to have some
county -prima to offer the boys, but
w? do not want to place too much Im
portance on the prise?. We want the
boy to (eel like he had been well paid
Jpr his' work from the amount of
Knowledge he derived from the work,
whether he wins a prise or not.
J. A. Boone,
Franki In ton, N. C.
SO Days onfeoad*.
Odle Sykes, colored, wto b
Leulsburg and placed on the
SO days by order of
8jrke?, of Cypress Creel
Monday for disorderly
public highway and at
arrest was made on Sunday 'by
stable h. O. Turnage.
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THE CONFEDERATE
VETERANS REUNION
North Carolina Division Called to Set
Read) For Assemblage In Richmond.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 63.
Headquarters North Carolina Division
United Confederate Veterans.
Durham, .N. C. March IS, 1916.
Paragraph 1. The Twenty-fifth An-1
nual Reunion of the United Confed
erate Veterans will be held In Rich
mond, Vs., June 1st, 2nd and 3rd,
1916, the last named date being the
anniversary of the birth of President
Jefferson Davie, and It Is hoped that
there will be a large attendance of
the comrades of this division. This
will probably be the last opportunity
that the veterana,-from this state will
have to attend a reunion so near
to them and thq cost of attendance be
so small.
Paragraph 2. The toll of Virginia Is
made sacred to all Southerns by the
blood- and bones of many thousand
Confederate heroes, and a visit to tfiat
State will be a pious pilgrimage to dq_^
them reverence. North Carolina sent
her thousand* to defend Richmond
from hostile armies and, among all
I of those brave defenders, none did
more valliant service or suffered more
than the gallant Tar Heels, and It Is
hoped many of their survivors will
In go to Richmond and meet with
.old comrades. The patrWUc and
.-punic spirted citizens of Richmond
are preparing for the comfort and
1 pleasure of the veterans In every way
poslble, and a warm welcome awaits
all who attend. All veterans who de
sire free entertainment must write to
D. A. Brown. Jr., Chairman, at Rich
mond, who will sscure quarters for
them. V
Paragraph 8. AH camps of thla di
vision ara earnestly urged to remit at'
once, If they have not already done so,
their annual dues to Gen. W. E.
Mlckle, 824 Common street. New Or
leans. No. Comp that la In arrears
for Its annual dues Is allowed a To to
or voice In the members at our an
nual reunion. Of the 61 camps In
this dhrlslon only 39 had paid their
does and were entitled to represnta
tlon at the reunion laat year at Jack
sonville, and It Is hoped that there
will be a fuller representation at Rich
mond. So pay your dues without de
lay and let our State have a large
attendance this ?ear.
Paragraph 4. The railroad compa
nies will give the usual low Tate of
one cent a mile to all persons attend
ing the reunion, whether veterans or
visitors, and the exact fare from ant
station tan be ascertained from the
local agent
MAJ. GEN. J; S. CARR.
H. A. LONDON, Adjutant-General
and Chief of Staff.
Ship Tarda Are Booming. *
The most remarkable change since
the time of the Napoleonic wars has
come suddenly In the American ship
building Industry. The last day of
December, 1914; closed one of the
poorest years the American ship yards
have had In * decade. Today every
ship-building concern from Bath, He.,/
down to Newport News, In Virginia, is
working to its fullest capacity, says
the New Republic.
One of the .largest companies has
orders sufficient to keep 6,000 men em
ployed full time for two to three years.
Contracts have been closed for forty
eight voeean Teasels, and negotiation?
are pending for sixty loore. Prices
have been advanced 16 per -cent,
although that fact is not significant.
A British company has placed an or
der for the building of two Bhlps in an
American yard, a thing never heard
before, and Is likely to order two more.
Apparently the American merchant
marine has entered upqn another
period of expansion. The ships ordered
and those for which marine architects
are now drawing plans embrace not
only passenger vessels for the coast
wise trade, but freighters for the
Pacific and South American ?ei fhie.
big cargo carriers for the trana-?tlan
tic business and ell tankers to go
anywhere and everywhere.
Naplevllle Book Clnb.
On March 4th, the Maplevttle Book
Club met In the beautiful home of
Rev. a. M. Duke. A sketch was read
by Mrs. Yarborough.
A beautiful duet was played by
Misses Jackson and Brown.
The contest was unusually interest
ing and really every member was able
to work out the names of Carlyle's
books.
Mrs. Strange played a beautiful
solo.
Delicious refreshments were served
and the members went away inwardly
wishing that the Book Club would be
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