An Advertising Medium That Brings Results. A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. Only 51.00 Per Year In Advance ?..?? . THE COUNTY, , THE STATE, THE UNION. Subscription $1.00 Per Year. VOLUMN XLV. LOUISBURG, N. C., r, DECEMBER 1, 1916. NUMBER 42 BUCHAREST IS IN DAJiGEB V~0F DBIVE BY TEUTON AB MIES. Are Putting Up a Game Fight And Are Still Holding the Invaders at Bay In Some Sections | Bad Weath er Prevails In The Macedonian The ater, Checking Fighting. With armies of the Teut&nlc allies advancing toward it both from the west and the southwest, Bucharest, the capital ot Rumania, apparently Is In peril . Field Marshal Von Mackensen's troops have crossed the Danube from Bulgarian territory to Zlmnlta and are in touch near Alexandria, 47 mil es southwest of Bucharest, with the forces of General Von Falkeflhayn's army from Craiova. . AH along the front on the Walltchian plains -east of; the Alt river the Rumanians are in flight, burning towns behind them, says Berlin. To the north, on the heights of Cnrtea-Dearges, in the region of Dragoslavele northeast ot Campbul ing and in western Moldavia near Oituz the Rumanians are offering strong resistance to the southward advance of the Teutons . On all .these sectors attempts by the Austro-Ger tnans to advance have been held baok by the Rumanians. As yet there has been no Indication ~t the arrtval of Russian reinforce ments to aid the Rumanians on the lnchiau plains but the Russlo-Ru i. laa troops in Dabrudja are active I ijjrBjly in anendeavor t? push back * '"ft invaders to tlie'Echernavoiia-Con "j:. railway line. Sofia reports t~tt t;:is rcinforded army intended a ,-rai ;:,-ek along the entire front l.ut iiss " en compelled to confine It sc u la r-...'.^l attacks. . , I:*. ti.i Jl'jce'onfan theatre bad waAtiiir ?* -nd. thye ban )nwn no ftffintry tsc>X * '-t-ept on the loft wing of the cntc.i'.c ai'.:3d line, iyheF5 the Italians have made further pro gress toward Trenova near ,the Mona-j tir-Presba Lake, road, according to Paris. Tills statement, as regards the gain, Is contradicted by the Sofia war office, which says an Italian at tack here was repulsed and that the attackers lost a large quantity of war materials. Sofia also denies a recem. French report that the French had captured the town of Dobromlr, say ing the Bulgarians are fully in con trol there. The French front al90 Is experienc ing another spell of Inclement weath er and except for small attacks at va rious points, little activity has been displayed by either side. There has been considerable artil lery fighting along the eastern front at various places from the Riga reg ion to the Carpathians with the Ger mans the aggressors and also on the Austro-Itallan front, with the Austrl ans on the Initiative. PUBLIC SCHOOL NOW A Weekly Column Devoted to the In terests of the PubllcJSchool System of Franklin County Contributed by Supt. E. L. Best 1. The compulsory attendance period will begin next Monday, Do cember the 4th. This law require? that all children between the ages of 8 and 12' shall ettend school for four consecutive school months. Copies of tlilg law Have tienu scut to the at tendance officers In t:;c county. On account of tlia Teachers' Assembly In R-'Icigh there will be no teachers' meeting next Saturday; the regular meeting will be held Saturday December the 11th. 3. Remain on the school grounds with children at recess; many ques tions of discipline will be solved. 4. Can you Improve the appear*, ance of your school room ? Instead of a sand box filled with trash under the stove would a neat piece of tin look better? Would this be more sanitary? Would the stove and pipe have a bet ter appearance with a new coat of polish? Would it add to the appear ance and sanitary condition of your room to have the floors oiled? The county will pay for half of this work. Could you secure more attractive and appropriate pictures for your walls? Would It look better to have" your desks screwed to the floor with the Pro Iter space between? Would this add to the cbmfortableness of the pu pils and the life of the desks ? Do you lull a basket for the waate paper and a neat bdx for the wood? ? Do the children ever think of picking up scrap paper on the floor or 'do they carve their names on their delks? Do the teachers ever examine the pupils' desks to see how they are kept? Is the teacher's desk or table a model for the pupils to go by? Do you en courage the children to bring flowers for the school room? Do you keep bottles of kerosene oil near the stove or on trash piles where the rats might get to during the hours out of school? What would the Insurance Companies think of this? Is the way you keep your school room a fair sample of .your housekeeping at home? Are these questions worth thinking about? In my visits to some school rooms 1 have been greatly Impressed with the neatness and orderly arrangement . 5. What have the school commit teeman done towards seeing that suf ficient fuel has been kept on (he school grounds? This is an impoi tant duty of every committee ; by do ing this one thing you can add much to the efficiency of your school. Your teachers and pupils must be comfort able In order to do their best work. There is an amount Included in tlie apportionment for each school that may be used by the committeemen for such expenses; If this fund is not us ed for buying wood and other supplies It may be used In securing othei school equipment or for Increasing your school term. Try to get the people In the community to furnish the wood and use the apportlonmeut for other purposes but- If this cannot be done It Is the duty ot the uommn teemen to buy the wood. 6. For our last teachers' meeting the last chapter in Kendall and Ml rick's book will be taken up. Th* teachers will also come prepared to stand a written test on the work that teacherslrassing this wo'rfc^wltt ^he given a certificate from this office. 7. The following comes from Moul ton: "There will be given at the Moulton School Wednesday night, December 6th, a box party. "The bet terment association will provide a musement and serve refreshments. The public is cordially invited. The proceeds will go for the benefit of the school." The Mexican Convention. Quaretaro, Mexico, Nov. 25. ? Via Galveston Nov. 26 (Delayed). ? A cre dential revising commission compos ed of fifteen members, including six Congressmen, known as "renovador es," was appointed at the second ses sion of the Constitutional Assembly held this (Saturday) morning. There was considerable debate over the political responsibilities of the "renovadores" because they had con tinued in the Huerta Congress after the death of Madero. They were fi nally accepted, however, when a mes sage was read from General Carrau sa stating the six men nad remained to the Huerta Congress upon his (Car ranza's) instructions, issued through Ellzeo Arredondo. Their purpose was, the message stated, to obstruct the work of Huerta body, preventing if possible the securing of 'a foreign loan, and to bring about the com plete dissolution of the Congress. This was received with applause. At Klur-iftcrnoon session seventeen credentials were approved and one rejected, after a spirited discussion, to general good humor prevailed among the delegates. Ugnerai I'atno Gonzales, wnos'e preRnce was unnoticed, was among the audience and listened to the pro ceedings with much Interest. Franklin County Baptist Womans' Missionary Union. The Missionary Union of Franklin County will be held at Centrevllle in the school building, Dec. 9th, 19 1G. (Saturday. The program proves that thla Is going to be the best meet ing the Union has ever had and It is hoped that every society in the county can be there. All societies that can not be represented please send their report to Mrs. Wlngate Underbill, president, before that date. NAN HINE8, Secretary. Atlanta Coast Bealty Co In Lonlsbnri? - For Week of Pec 4th-9th. The*Atlantic Coast Realty Co., of Greenville, N. C., and Petersburg, Va., well and favorably known In Franklin County and In Loulsburg, for the, purpose of 'conducting some more land salea. They have conduc ted several successful land auction sales in and around Loulsburg. On December 4th they -return to Louli burg (or a aeries of sales In tuts couq-j Loulsburg being the most central]^ located place, the company has six, advertising men working out f rami here, ajfto three engineers at work! subdividing the properties which they are going to sell. Mr. W. M. Knott who recently ad vertised the biggest sale the company ever held, namely the den. W. ltfj Cox Farm near Rocky Mount, whtcft sold for $110,205.90, was In town to day making arrangements tor a sal* which the company shall hold on Thursday, Dec. 7th, at Woods SUrfe. Mr. T. A. Vlck Is here again shak ing hands with his old friends and busily engaged In advertising the Jo* Fuller and W. II. 1'ioai-ants farm. Mr. Vlck Is In many ways Ilea to* old woman who lived In the shoo, In as much as he has so many friends ia Loulsburg he doani'l know wlmt 10 do. Loulsburg however, always en? Joys one of T . Arq >'s advertising cam paigns because Mif J Charlie Chaplin he mixes fun with work. - ; Mr. O. W. Cuf.'lp. ia advertising the Ben Carroll, San Person and Pot Webster farms to be sold on Friday; Dec. 8tb, at 10: j > A. M. Mr. W. C: Strother Is advertising the Harris Leavlster and Bunk Wood farms. This sale takes place on Saturday, December 9th. Mr. Jarvis Suggs is In Bunn adver tising the Cullen Satterwhlte farm sale. This sale takes place the 5th of December. * ? Mr. G. M. Carver fs in Loulsburg advertising the sale of the Jim Neat and Pearce tracts at Seven Paths. This sale takes place Monday, Decem ber 4 th. Messf^. D. C. James and Herman iob and thesu f WV/?uaUrm?T?HTe tint ting the property in Bhape ' for the saleB and making the surveys. We are carrying advertisements In this issue announcing the time, place and dates of these sales. The At lantic Coast Realty Co. will bring their own All Star Band to these sal es and they promise the best that can be had. The boys have been playing for the Realty Company for four or five years and are perhaps the best In the business for the number of pieces. The company is advertising free dinners on their farm sales and cash prizes on the lot sales and their past record Justifies us in making the statement that they do what-they say they will do . We Invite you to read these ads, at tend the sales and show tne wido awake and hustling people that Louls burg and Franklin County people ap. predate their fair and buslness-liko methods. Delightful Entertainment. On Friday evening, Nov. 17, Misses Camilla Yarborough and Sallte Will iams treated the people ot Cedar Rock to_an entertainment highly delightful, and at the same time very Instructive . Miss Yarborough, a graduate ot the Louisburg College, Schoot oT Expres sion, was equally at ease In any rola 8he:chose,and brought down the houEe repeatedly . Miss Williams' beautiful voice was a treat to her hearers, and In lrer plane numbers, her technique and ex pression held her audience spell bound. Her rendering of the last number, J. Raff's Ipsllantl, opened the TsySs of me music pupna or tha school, and showed them what wonders can be accomplished by skilful work. We are deeply grateful to both the young ladles, and desire to return our thanks to them, hoping that we may have the pleasure of hearing them again. To Take Up Cuban-North Carolina Bond 8