mit* m Agigag Wtfi uitv,:wiS. )b Uvm Vyyxj piif ]o -Oll.r j!) WHHKM tXOJJ. WOT rMT H* lies to climb up a little at a time. The sales so far have been light but the best of satisfaction has been expressed by those, selling. Bring- your next load to Loulsbnrg I anil become one of the many who ar^ | so w?ll pleased. 8 1 1 ? New Barber Shop. Mr. Sid Ramey, the proprietor o# the new, Sanltax Barber shop in the Hotel building has opened for business and will be assisted by two white barkers. The 6 ctures are aii new and handsoin<3 ant ,tl e shop il a credit to a much l*r town than Louisbiirg. Ket I Elected Chief Marshall. Mr. George L. Cooke, of Franklin ton hai ifeen sleeted Chief Marshall for the B%ir. He will appoint four as sistants from each township in the coBQty to help him with' this work. This Marshalls parade is always one of the best features of ? Fair and Mr. Copl^i being an expert horseman and a lit rider will no doubt mak* a shl^. ride this parade ul?o Yw > numberoftlreni Vtll dolibtless be seen In the Marshall's parade. i ^ MISS 8ALL1F. HARRIS PAKKE ? j it J y *31*. ,\T HOSPITAL. e,la". i Death Follows Illness el But a lew Days ? Her Funeral Will Be H?l? Today. Following an Illness ot bat a fe? days, Miss Sallle Harris died yester day afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Mis sion hospital to which institute she waa taken during the past week io undergo an operation. Stricken with out warning a tew days ago, Miss Harris wad rushed to the hospital for treatment and her condition was re garded as favorable Saturday morn ing. In the afternoon, however, she took a-change for'the worse and Sat urday night attending physicians ex pressed grave fears as to the outcome of her illness,, _ Mibs Harris came to Ashevtlle a number of years ago from Loulsburir, N. C., and had lived at Beaumont lodge with her sister, Miss Tempo Harris. The latter was in the eastern part of the SlSte"at~lhe time Ufat' the deceased became ill, but was sent for immediately. Besides Miss Tempe Harris, the de ceased-Is survived by another sister. Miss Mattle Harris. She was a mem ber of the First Baptist church. --The funeral will be conducted this afternoon at 3:30 o'kclock at Beau mont lodge and interment will fol low at Riverside cemetery. ? Ashe ville Citizen. Honor Boll. Tie. following honor roll tor the graded school has been received Second grade honor roll. Miss Hod gle Williams teacher ? Myrtle McGhee, Mabel McGhee, Minnie Ay cock, Blan che Clay, Annlebelle Joyner, Ida Hbl jnes Beulah Lancaster, William Spen cer, Charles Ellington, Wade Myers, Ivey Hall, Hepwell Stovall, Gladys Taylor, Katherine Murphy, Charlotte Holmes, Margaret Turner, Bess Young Luclle Boddle, Louise Joyner, Third and Fourth grades, Mamie Jones teacher ? Bettie Burt HHF, Her man Murphy, Margaret Inscoe, Leon Spencer, Lugenia Matthews, Flora Mc Laurin, Tom Debnam, Ned Ford, Jolip King, MaryWhite Nash, Louise Rea vis, Frank Wheless, Tempe Williams, Myrtle Lee Harris, William Pleas ants, Joseph HarriB, Stapleton Allen, Walter Gilmore. Revival at Baptist Church. The special meetings at the Baptist church have continued this week with unabated interest. The attendance, especially at the night services, has been large, many people from the sur rounding country coming in for these meetings. The meetings will xiios^ Sunday night Evengelist Hickerson and bis wife leave early Monday morning for Norfolk, where he goes for another evangelistic campaign. "Unveiling the Devil" will be the theme of the sermon Sunday after noon when Mr. Hickerson will ad jlress a mass meeting of both sexes and all ages at the Baptist church. The morning service at 11 o'clock, afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, night at 7:45 o'clock. All are cordially Invited If the weather permits, another uer ?vice will be held on the court-house square Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Civic League. The Civic League will meet at the home of Mrs. J. A. Turner, Fridax. af ternoon October the 8th, at ^4 o'clock, for tlre~ regular ~ raanthly Business meeting. Let every member, and every body In Loulsburg who feela an inter est In this work attend this meetlhg. Several committees to work up cer tain departments of the Franklin County Fair will be appointed at this time and other business of importance -will ao?e before the Club. Let evry one remember the date and attend U, possible. ft ttf'i Messrs. E.-F. Yarbo rough, F. W. Hicks, W. E. Collier and J. E. Thomas went to Raleigh Wednesday night to see the "Red Rose" and report a very enjoyable trip. QBL GOES HIGHE| [EADT ADVANCE FOB TEN DA OB MOBE. WirWro In Loalsburg Wednesday for 11 S-? Cents and Yesterday (or 11 S-8 Cents ? No Weakness Shoni ? be glad new" 10 the cottofc firinerir of Franklin county to learn that for the paat two weeks or more .the. price of aotton has undergone a steady advance and Indications no# point to a strong market at fairly good prices all the fall, with {he pott atbte reaching of a h|gh record mark In the opinion of some. However tha price on the Ixnilnbiirg market Wedr nesday was U 3-4 oenu -and yesteiE day H B-S Centff. SO far the marked lng has been slow end only a few baieg hare been marketed. The weather has been Ideal for the gathering o 1 Vila crop and rcfortji come In thf? there will hardly1 be a three-quarter crop made In this section. "A Bit of News Fyom Schloss Town." We've beep silent so long, hope Uie readers of the Times will not fail to recognize an old friend. Mr. E. T. Alston, Jr., who Is atten ding Bunn High school, spent the week end with his parents. Miss Emma Tharrlngton left Mon day for Eastern Carolina Training School, Greenville, N. C. Miss Annie Lou Alston left Thurs day for Blackstone Female -College Blackstone, Va. " * We will miss these young- folks from our midst but wish them much 6UCC688. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Alston accom panied their daughter Miss Annie Lou as far as Henderson,' and spent several days very pleasantly *fith friends in and near there. Mr. Vann Davis spent Sunday even ing Jnour city. Mr. Julian Alston spent Sunday with Mr. H. J. Hayes, near Louisburg. He reports a delightful time. Miss Tempe D. Williams and Mr. R. M. Williams were pleasant visitors at Mrs. R. W. Alston's Sunday night. Miss Jennie C. Alston is visiting Misses Mary -and .Mattie -Belle Als ton. We are always glad to have her In our midst. ^ Mr.and Mrs. W. K. Williams visited friends here last week. Miss Dora Alston will leave Mon day for her school In, Warren. We 'hear Mr. Dave Ayscue, one of our old neighbors will move to Hen derson soon and open up a c^fe there. We wish for Mr. Ayscue much suc cess. Mr. Joe Jones, of Warrenton, passed through here last Thursday. The many friends of Miss Wyrta Alston are glad to know that she is' pleased with her position in Raleigh. Mr. Warren, of Nashville, was' here one day last week. Misses Mattle Hayes, of Henderson, and Emma Alston, of Epsom, spent Monday at Mr. E. T. Alston's. Mr. J. H. Harper filled his regular appointment at the schoolhouse Sun day afternoon. Our Sunday school Is progressing nicely. We find Mr. J. J. Murray to ne a wide-awake superintendent. Mrs. Ed Jones, of Norfolk, and .Mrs. Henry Speed and" her attractive boyc, James and Thomas, of Laurel were iu Schloss Thursday. With the best of wishes for the Times and its readers. < "Sans Soucie." County Fair Exhibits Some of the people In the county have gotten a wrong idea In regard to entering produce, handy-work, canned fruits, cattle, etc. The Idea seems, to have gone out that a feel would be charged to enter these things for, exhibit This Is not true. Dr. FIMfiag tells us that there Is no chajge what ever tor (gntarlng these things for exhibit. The competition for the premiums Is open to every one In the county free of cost and a large exhibit is Invited. - - '-j Fall Opening. The formal Ml and wlater dis play at J. J Diet* Co, on Thursday. Friday and Saturday of last weeli created much ljifiiirest, especially am ong the ladles. The many pretty fab tics and novel design together with the reasonableness of the prices wero the subject ot much comment. |>?j W* NwSi- v. if. BULGARIA ENTERS WAR PLANS OF CAMPAIGN, NO ATTACK OS GKEECE CONTEMPLATED 8000, imhi Teutons Now Marching To-'j . ward Serbia; Brit Mi and Fnaeli Claim Surce?H on Western Front, Bat Thene Are Contradicted By Ber lin j Cernian'a Third Line Now Be ing Attacked Bj Anglo-French Ad vance; Fierce Battles Sap ifl East. . i -'i. (By Associated Press) Paris, Sept. 29. ? "Bulgaria and the central powers hare concluded a preoise agreement according to au thoritalve information, saya the cor respondent at Saloniki, Greece, of the Temps. Under this agreement Bul garia will enter the war on October 16." . . - Plans (or the campaign are now be ing drawn up by the Bulgarian general staff, the correspondent says with tl\e assistance of numerous German of ficers, who have arrived in Sofia. Bulgarian officers say no attack will be made on Greece. To Attack Serbia in Fifteen Days. Paris, Sept. 2?.? The Athens corres pondent of the Havas News Agency says it is now expected that Bulga ria will begin an attack on Serbia within fifteen days.' 800,000 Teutons Move on Serbia. London, Sept. 29. ? "Three hundred thousand Austrian and German troops have ?egun an advance on the Serbian frontier in the direction of Orsora," says the Athens correspondent of tlie Exchange Telegraph Company. Allied Troops Also Are Landed 'Berlin, Sept. 29.? (By wireless to Sayville)? British and French troops Intended for service in Serbia have bean landed at Port Kathrin near Sal oniki, Greece, according to reports from Buda Pest received by the Frank furter Zeltung, the Overseas News Agency announces today. On ljve of Important Operation of Big War. Athens, Sept 29. via t'arls.? "I bc iiev^nre are on the >eve ot the moat important operation of the war, ?amely, $be landing of troops in Macedonia to begin the march not so much on 'Constantinople as on Berlin," says an officer attached to the gea eral staff of the British army on tlie Galllpoll Peninsula, who has come to Athena from the Dardanelles front. "The two offensive forces are grad ually closing in. The Mesopotamia expedition is approaching nearer to Bagdad, and from the Suvia Bay Gaua Tepe line an attack on Constantinople may begin at any moment." The officer who gave expression to these ideas is compton Mackenzie, who is attached to the intelligence de partment of the general staff at the Dardanelles. He reached Athens yes terday from the front. Commenting on the situation fur ther, particularly . in the Balkans, Capt. Mackenaie said: "It is my opinions that the co operation of Greece with the allies will begin the last chapter ot the war. One more gap in the Iron ring around Austria and Germany is being closed: The final victory will be fought out on the plains of Hungary. Tha-?-ay to Berlin lies through Budapest and Breslau." British Transport and Crew Sunt. _ .Say Turks. Berlin, Sept. 39- ? By wireless to Say ville ? The sinking of a British transport with the loss of all but a few members ot the crew Is reported In a dispatch frop* Constantinople to the Overseas News Agency. "A fecial despatch" from Constanti nople give reports about Mohamme dan troubles in India," says the news agency. "It aaya that a British trans port was sunk by a Mohammedan en gineer, who died with the troops. Only a few members of the crew escaped.' The smalt sections ot the front In the western tone are the central points around which the battles be tween the allied French and British and the Germans continue to rage. These He between Souche* and vlmy; in the regions of I^oos and La Bassee canal, and around Mesntl and Mas slges on the southern bend of the " . v : Further cast In the forests of Apre mont and Le Petre violent artillery duels are In progress. ? "We have maintained all the new positions conquered." says the French report In dealing with the fighting be tween Souchez and Vimy, in the ArtoU region, wherK" artillery and in fantry battling Is in progress hi thi btla. The British a re driving hard against the German third line of the east of Loos, while the ' French in the Champagne district, are directing their efforts towards gaining control of the railroad, constituting the chief line of communication of the German army on that front. Against the claims of the British and French, the German official state ment describes the repulse of attacks by strong counter strokes. Advances on the eastern line In Rus sia near Dvlnska, in the section east of Vllna and in the southeastern zone near Kormin and Putilowka are claimed by Berlin. The British have attained a great success against the Turks in Mesopo tamia, where the Ottoman forces arc said to be in full retreat toward Bag dad. Their losses are described as very severe. An Athens dispatch to a Paris news paper says Bulgaria has. concluded an agrement with the teutonic allies and will enter the war -October 15. Berlin reports that a large number cf Bulgarian troops have left the Ger man capital for their homes. A Ger man newspaper is authority for the report that British and French troops for service in Serbia have landed at Port Kathrin, near Saloniki, Greece, while there is a rumor that 300,000 Austro-German troops have begun advance on Serbia. MISS BALLARD HOSTESS Womans' Book Club Entertained Fri day Afternoon.* Miss Mattle Balard entertained the Womans' Club Friday afternoon from 4:30 to' 6:30 in honor of her guests Miss Fant,, of McCall, S. C. The rooms were attractively decorated with cut flowers and potted plants, and six tables were arranged in the parlors and hall for progressive rook. Mrs. Leonard Henderson, Miss Su sie WcGhee and Mrs. G. P. Harrill won the highest score, and Mrs. Hender son presented the prize to the guest of honor. Refreshments consisted of an Ice course which was served by Mrs. W. F. Joyner and Miss Kate Ballard. The visiting guests were: Mrs. G. F. Harill, Mrs. E. M. Speed, Miss Fant, of McCall, S. C., and Miss Tull, of Klnston. Tar River Association Here Next Week. Much Interest Is being manifesto -I in the coming of the Tar River Asso ciation to this city next wejk, begin ning Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock with the annual sermon by Rev. S. L. Morgan, of Henderson. * The people generally have opened -their homes to the visitors and a most royal welcome awaits them. It has been twenty-three years since the Baptist church has had the honor of being host to this body. The meetings during the day will be taken up lh" the discussion of the re ports of the different departments of the work of the Association, while the night meetings will be more of an in spirational nature. All the meetings will be open to the public, and every body la cordially invited to attend.' Some distinguished speakers will be present. The Methodist Church. Services at the M. E. Church next Sunday at 11 a. m. conducted by the pastor. The sacrement of the Lord's S\ipper will be administered and every member of the church is urged to be present. No services at night on ac count of the revival in the Baptist church. Epworth League meets at 7:30 p. m. for a half hour's service. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.. Les son for Business Men's Bible Class is 8th Chapter of second Corinthians. Hotel Opens. Hotel Franklin threw its doors op ville Monday night. Messrs. D. F. McKlnne atid S. C'. Holden went to Raleigh Friday. Mr. W. G. Thomas and sons Willie and John, ot Raleigh, were visitors to Loulsburg Sunday. Mr. Frank , West passed through town Tuesday en route to Atlanta, Ga., to take a course in Dentistry. Messrs. George and Page DoughWn. ot Guilford College, visited their bro ther, Mr. J. H. Doughton, the past week. Mrs. Asa Parham and Mr. J. F. Mal one, came over, from Henderson Wed nesday to visit Dr. J. E. Malone's family. Mr. F1. N. Egerton left the past week for Princeton, N. J. to resume his duties as dean at Princeton Unl-' versity. -Mr. B. G. Hicks acompanled by his wife and Dr. S. P. Burt left Sunday for New York. Mrs. W. G. Thomas, who has bqpn on a visit to friends and relatives' In L