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VOLUMN XL VI
NUMB HE 7.
CARRIES ROAD ELECTION
MAJORITY OF 1} ABOVE NKCE8
SAET YOTB.
\?d a Majority o( 41 Against the En
tire Registration ? Thin Kills The
Missing Link?Nashville Houd Ex
pected to be First Worked.
It In with a great deal of pleasure
that we can record the fact that on
Thursday of last week Cedar Rock
township carried a special road bond
election with a good safe majority
which means that this progressive
township will soon hare good roads.
The election resulted as follows: For
Road Bonds, 176 Against Rood Bond.},
7?, total registration 317. In order
te sarry the election It was necessary
w east a majority of the registered
votes for the road bonds, which was
1M, therefore they had a majority
above the necessary figure of 17, or 41
majority over the entire registration.
The promoters of this election are
bow busy trying to ascertain as near
ly aa possible who the majority pi the
poople want for the road commission
ex*, but will use their Influence to
get the best men In the township ap
pointed by the Board of County Com
missioners. It Is expected that work
will be begun Just as early as the
necessary preliminary arrangements
nan be made and as the Nashville and
lx>uisburg road 1s one of the most
travel It Is suggested that will be the
frret/ro^Lto receive attention. ! ~
Tnol%|WlUi whom we have talked,
who are Interested In the outcome of
tbe movement express themselves as
tavortng the most common sense
saethods of building good roada rather
than too much scientific ideals. Tills
is surely the proper way as there are
numbers and numbers of places that
l>y the proper application of common
sense principles the road can be built
at a much less cost The people of
Oariar Boch. opanrtunUar .afc.
profiting by the experience gained
from Liouisburg, Frankllnton and
Youngsvllle townships, and Castalia
township in Nash county. From these
they should be able to gather -much
information that will be of much ben
efit to them. - r
There Is no doubt in our minds
but that Cedar Rock township will set
an example that will make It more
probable of other townships taking
the venture In the progressive field of
good roads.
Insanity More Easily Prevented than
Cured.
Dr. A. 8. Pendleton of the stall of
the 8tate Hospital at Raleigh will be
In Loulsburg on Friday March 31, to
give a plain nontechnical talk to the
General Public on "The Cause of Men
tal Disease and How Many of Them
May Be Eliminated." The time: 8.1D
P. M. The place: Oraded School audi
torium.
The subject matter should be of vi
tal Interest to every eltlxen of the
County and it is hoped, that every- !
one who can will attend. The Doo- j
tors of the County and the School
Teachers are not only especially in
vited, but are urged to be present, if
possible. -*2 on them largely falls tire
burden of carrying out preventive
measures. Parents will be given
pointers on increasing the men?ul
health of their children.
The State Departments of Health
and Education and the Federation 3f
Women's Clubs are cooperating ta.j
this campaign.
While in Louisburg the doctor will
be glad rib see all probated patients
and the relatives and friends of pa
tients now under treatment at the hos
pital.
MAJOR GENERAL SCOTT
Cfctaf of start of tba United States
for the. pursuit of Villa.
Slnglsfr Class at Buon.
The Masonic Fraternity of Bunn re
Quests us to express their . pleasure
in having secured a date for the ap
pearance of the Singing Class of the .
Oxford Orphanage in their communi
ty. They will" give this entertain
ment In- the Auditorium of the Bunn
High School on Friday night, April
7th. Besides the fact that the enter
tainment is well worth mtmy times
the price of admission, it affords the
community an opportunity of witness
ing the great work that is being done
by this lnsttution and at the same
time allowing them to contribute
whatever taey wish to the further
ance of this good work. Go out and
enjoy the entertainment, and make
the many little hearts flad by show
ing your interest in their welfare.
?Don't lets have a bad looking
place in Lotflsburg after next week ?
from a standpoint of cleaning lip.
BURNING BODIES OF VILLA'S RAIDERS
AT COLUMflUS, NEW MEXICO.
The picture shows the' burning of the bodies of 21 Mexicans who were
KITIed In Ihe rtld. U til* foreground Is the galvanised coping of the Central
hotel, all that remslned of the building after It bad been burned. -y
AMERICAN CAVALRY ON THE MEXICAN BOUNDARY
-general Funston, indicated b#r the 4
U tiie figure stepping into the automobile
OEBKAHS FAIL IS VIOLENT AT
TACK.
Bat All. AiHUlt Pot Down bj Curtain
of Fire of French Vona and Fire o I
French Infantry ; French string
Hermans Ho Best Id The Aigoua
Another determined attempt by the
Germans to break through the French
lines northwest of Verdun has re
sultedgta. failure and with heaTfTbsa.
es to tne Germans.
After dais at ?. lnleoae artillery
HI
-on the six mtles intervening bo
tween them and the Paris-Verdun
railway and the nine miles still be
tween them and Verdun, the Germans
launched a great Infantry attack on
the Haucourt-Bethlncourt sector. In
successive waves the Germans were
thrown into the fray, but all of their
attempts were put down by the cur
tain of Are of the French guns and
fire of the French infantry.
There is still an intermittent bom
bardment northeast of Verdun, and iu
the. Woevre region the French have
been- shelling German positions. In
the Argonne they are giving the Ger
man lines no rest, while in the. Vosges
the artillery action has been marked
on both sides. ? ;
on the British front, In the St. Eloi
sector, the Germans opened a heavy
artillery fire on the British forces
holding the ground gained by them
Monday. The British artillery repliod
effectively and, according to the Brit
ish official statement, these position^
are still in the hands of the' British.
In the Postavy region of the Russian
front Berlin reports that .the on
slaughts of the Russians against the
German lines have been withstood
and that the attacking forces have suf
fered heavy casualties. A semi-offic
ial dispatch, from Berlin says, the
Russians have attacked in their new
offensive with Bixty divisions over a
front of 10 kilometers and that their
losses have been not less than 80,000
men. ** ? 4 :
Heavy Italian bombardments of
Austrian positions on the Doberdo
Heights -and along the Ssonzo contin
ue.
A German uir squadron has dropped
bombs on the harbor works at Salon
lkl and the entente allied encamp
ment north of Saloniki. .
A German torpedo boat destroyer
was rammed and sank by the British
light cruiser Cleopatra, in the recent
engagement off the German coast
There were no German survivors.
The American government through
it# ambassador at Berlin, has asked
the German government if its subma
rines were responsible for. the dam-^
age sustained by the tross-channel
steamer Sussex and the sinking of the
British steamer Englishman.
Two additional steamers have boed
*ent to the bottom, the Eagfo Point, a
British vessel, presumtbly by a tor
pedo, and tRe Harriet, a' Danish ves?|
sel, by a mine. The crews of botii
vessels -were saved. ? I
Of course, mother, you^jjffi't w?ftt
your own dear boy to be a soldier.
Bend your neighbor's brat, Instead.
F^KgJfllfG ALREADY HAS D8EI>
ROADS.
Bilk-red Thai He Did Mot Um LIboh
Without Comment of Those Immedi
ately In Ctutrge Home of Adraaeed
Detaehaeats Troops Acknowledged
f t To Be !? -Danger. ~
,-fian Antonia, Tex., March 28. ? Con
firmation that General Pershing al
y has been using a portion of the
western Railroad for the trans
.?
This information included a report
on the overturning of two cars and
the injuring of ten troopers of the
Three of the men were reported se
riously injured.
The accident occurred while the cars
were being taken oyer a temporary
track built around Cumbre tunnel,
south Casas Grandes. One ? of the
rails gave way and the cars rolled
down an embankment.
It was not believed here that Gen
eral Pershing's use of the railroad
prior to receipt of permission irom
the Carraiiza government would en
NlMiger negotiations being condUctel
by the State Department, because it
wls assumed he h.id gained^ permission
of those in charge ofoperations of
that section of tl^e^line.
No reports ytiom General Pershing
were received today, but this caused
no uneasiness, the chief concern con
tinuing to be the problem of getting
supplies into Mexico without a rail
road.
Advices that the State Department
had prepared a memorandum aryiig
Carranza to decide the question of
using the railroad without waiting
for the ratification of the protocol re
vived the hope that perhaps by Thur?
day the stores held at El Paso may be
forwarded to some field depot more
accessible, to the troops now opera
ting almost 300 miles from the bouu
dary line.
Exactly frhere Colonel Dodd's cava*
ry is now or into how many detain
ments it has been divided was not
known by General Funston.
Full realisation of the danger io
which some of the advanced detain
ments must be moving was ackncw
frank expressions of fear among army
officers that he may catch some of the
American troops in a mountain trap.
an early capture of Villa now is fre
quently heard and there appeared no
reason today why the chase should
cease until Villa had led the Ameri
cans through twisting mountain trails
and over waterless wastes fdr anoth
er 300 miles and more.
"Heart* and DlamoBdH."
The above is the title of a play that
will be given at the Auditorium of the
Bunn High School on Tuesday night,
April 4th, for the benefit of the light
ing funds for the Schpol. It will be
given under the auspices of the Ladies
Betterment Association and a small
admission fee will be charged. Ewryiv.
body is invited to go out and efifjoy"
the evening and assist* in raising a
fund for lifting the school building.
LoulNborg Baptist ( harc-k.
"A Manly Appeal to a Manly Mo
tive for Consecration and Service"
will be the pastor's- tneme Sunday 11
A. M. Af night the subject will be
"The Touch of Faith." All are cor
dially invited.
USING THE FIELD TELEPHONE
' I
v Trooper# on post along the Mexican border using the field telephone to
seep In touch with bead quarters.
HO*. ?. tr. BICKETT 8PKAK8.
At Sudj Creek Sehsol Clou lag ?a
0n< Crowd u< Iftm
Octwln.
Wednesday van the cloning day
for the Sandy Creek Schoel.
which has been very creditably ooa
ducted the past aecclon by Hiss Lata
Long, Principal, and Miss Maggie
Johnson assistant and a neat progran
me was arranged. The exercises were
begun with a chorus by the ochao)
Hon. T. W. Blckett, Attorney -Oeacral,
one of Franklins honored and belov
ed sons whom we all will tx_ke pleas
ure In electing Governor this fall a*
the Speaker of the Day. General
Blckett in his happy and enthusiastic
manner as la usual with him when
speaking to bis fellow, countrymaa,
and also when in the act of standing
by the great educational movement,
mode one of the beet a4dreasee heavd
in this section in many a day. Be
took for his subject "Cribs and Cra
dles" and from it drew^the moat ean
vinclng word pictures of what is beiag
done by educational advancement.
"To have the crib full of corn" he
said "means to have a pocket fall of
money." He explained by statistics
what the Agricultural education had
done, and is doing, for Che state. Me
then took up tho Responsibility of the
parents in rer.rlng of the their chil
dren, showing that one qf their great
est duties to tlA^ ohydW to give it *
education. The ciwlre address was
filled with the greatMfe-fogic and most
amusing wit and humor and wa*
greatly enjoyed by till wbo beard It.
Mr. G. B. West then made the aa
announcements for the afternoon mai
evening exercises and the morning
hour came to a close.
Oak Ridge School.
Oak Ridge School In Cypress Creek
township held Its closing exercises tm
the supervision of Miss Lucy H.
Wings the past session and has macta
a wonderful Improvement. 9upt- B.
L. Best delivered en address on the
"Efficient School" which was both en
tertaining and instructive. Rev. Mr.
Sawyer, of Spring Hope, also deliver
ed an address, after which the exer
cises by the children were held. The
entire occaston was most enjoyable.
?ethoilst Church.
There will -be services at tbe Meth
odist church next Sunday at 11 A. M.
and 7.45 P. M., conducted by the pas
tor. The subject of the morning ter
fnon is "The Unity of the Church."
This will be a discussion of the prob
lem of the reunion of all the protest
tant churches of the world. There
. will be special music at both services.
Sunday School p.t 9 : 30 A. M. and ?p
worth League at 7 P. M. All are in
vited to attend these services.
Starts Work on Jfew Bridge.
Mr. Geo. F. Syme, a civil engineer.
Of the State Highway Department of
North Carolina, arrived in Louisburg
the past, week and has begun the work
of surveying and taking measurements
for the new concrete bridge. He in
forms us the Commissioners have de
cided to raise the new bridge three
feet, over the old one. It is expected
that work will get well under way in
a tew weeks.
Family Reanlo*.
Mrs. Georgia T. Boddie, Mr. and
Mrs. S. P. Boddie, Mr. and Mrs. \T.
W. Boddie, Mr. and Mrs. 3 W Mann
and Miss Lucy Perry, of Lonlaburg,
and Mr. and Mrs. S. G.Boddte, of Hen
derson, wer? guests of Hn D. W.
Spivey on Tueiday at a faintly reunion
Quite an enjoyable occasion wu the
remit.
Here* In the Couatry.
The Ricks Grocery Co. In#., bare
moved their (took of groeerlee to the
store en the Nashville road near Mr.
R. A. Pearce's, about two miles from
town. They will close up their Mar
ket street store and only run the one
in the eountry.
Services at St. Paul's Church Sun
day 11 A. M? April 2nd. Rev. N. Colin
Hughes, of Raleigh, officiating. Morn
ing Prayer sermon and administra
tion of the Holy Communion. All ai*
cordially Invited to attend.
We eall attention te the ?h?ng?
of advertisement of the I. J. Delti <Jo?
In this Issue. They hare many new
articles they are offering cheap.