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VOLUMN XLV.
THE COUNT*, THE STATE, THE UNION.
LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917.
Subscription $1.5?T Per Year
iER 50
NAVAL ENCOUNTEB ON MOND.tr
. NIGHT IN THE JiOKTH SEA "S
Destroyer Sunk and Three Officers
And 44 of Her Crew, Lost; German
Craft Were Attempting to Get Away
From Zeebrugg to Avoid Ice, Which
Was Very Thick.
London, Jan. 23.?In an engage*
ment between British light naval for
ces and German torpedo boat destroy
ers in the North Sea last night a Ger
man destroyer was sunk and the oth
er torpedo craft scattered, It was of
ficially announced today. The sink
ing of a British torpedo boat destroy
er in another engagement with Ger
man torpedo boat destroyers in 'the
vicinity of Schouwen Bank last night,
?with the loss of three officers and 44
of the crew, also was announced.
The official announcement says:
"Last night, while 'our light forces
were patrolling the North Sea not far
from the Dutch coaat, they met a di
vision of enemy torpedo boat destroy
ers. A short engagement took place,
during which one of the enemy tor
pedo boat destroyers was sunk and
the rest scattered? having suffered
considerable punishment. Darkness
prevented the full results -of the ac
tion from being observed.
"During last night there was also
a short, sharp engagement betw.en
enemy torpedo destroyers and our
own destroyers In the vicinity of Scho
v.wen Bank. During this engagxr.en".
ne of our torpedo boat destroyer?
v as struck by * torpedo, the explo
> :<v.i killing three officers and 44 of the
ere?-. She subsequently was sunk
by </"r own ships. Relatives of the
victims have been informed. Our?
ships suffered no other casualties"
Attempted to Leave Zeebrugge.
London, Jan. 23.?Reports from
Ymuiden received by Reuters Telc
t'nat German torpedo boats last ulght"
attempted to leaeo Zeebrugge to ivoid
the Ice; which was very thick. They
were immedlate'y attacked by a 1 irge
British squadron. The action open
ed at short rang?, and early In the
fight the brldgc t i the German d"S
1 "oyer, V-69, was swept away by a
direct hit.^the commander and two
<v. her officers being killed.
The V-69 fired one torpedo and was
then hit by another British shell,
which knocked th" funnel flat on ths
deck. Still 'another shell put a hole
in the forepart of the vessel. Her
guns appear not to have been dam
aged. ,
The crew <jf the V-69 numbered
about sixty. It would -appear from
the statements of the men that se' -n
other German vessels were sunk. The
V-69 belonged to the home fleet.
According to a Reuter despatch
from Ymuiden it was officially state!
that four men were killed aboard the
?-69, including >'i commander, Lieu
tenant Boehm, and the commandcr of
the flotilla. Captain ^chlutz.
German officers refuse informatiotj.
about the engagement, the scendof
action or the strengh of the flotilla.
Two Reported Snnk,
London, Jan. 13. ?According to it
Hague report to the Exchange Tele
graph Company two German fliipo
were sunk and three otherB badly,
damaged in the North Sea Tight.
Mrs High Entertains P. I>. (T.
On January the 18th, the Joseph J.
Davis Chapter of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, observed the
birthday of the Immortal heroes, Ixje
and Jacjtson, at the beautiful home of
- .Mr.T5. C. High. Mrs. High, a most
-* gracious hostess, was assisted by her
daughters, Miss Kate and Lillian High
In receiving their guests.
ConfedeAte colors were amongst
beautiful palms, fernB and flowers.
The open fires were emblematic of the
warm welcome extended to the no
ble women gathered together to honor
the memory of the Confederate Sold
iers.
Mrs. Wj E. White, the President of
the Chapter, presided with her usual
grace and dignity. While Mrs. K. Pi
Hill was 111 the Chair, Mrs. White
read a strong and Inspiring Now
Year's letter -from our State Prest
?dent, Mrs. Jacksie Daniel Thrash.
This was followed by papers of Lee
.?.ajfa Jackson, read by Mesdames J. A
Turner, J. E. Malone, 8. J. ParhAm
an<J J. L>. Palmer.
After the Inspiring and Intellectual
feast, the guaat* war? regaled with a
tnaterlal one, dainty and refreshing
? fried oysters, green peas in timbaU
were served with pickles and hot tils
' cults; a salad course and hot choco
While enjoying these delicacies, pret
ty little Miss Margaret Cooke brought
In a basket festooned with smllax, fill
ed with cards, tied with red and white
ribbon and smllax, containing quota
tions from celebrated authors about
the two Great Confederate Command
ers. These cards were handed to the
Daughters and read by them while en
joying the refreshments.
This delightful evening will be long
remembered by the Joseph J. Davis
Chapter and the Invited guests, Mr>.
Fisher Beasley, Mrs. W. N. Fuller,
Misses Sue Alston, Mary Underwood,
Elizabeth Allen and Annie Wilkinson.
Farmers' Institutes.
Farmers' Institutes will be held un
der the auspices of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, The A. & M.
College, and the Extension Service In
co-operatlon with the Farmers' Insti
tute Committee of Franklin cbunty, at
Frankllnton, Friday, Feb. 9; Royal
Cross Roads, Monday, Feb. 12; Jus
tice, Tuesday, Feb. 13. The Institu
tes will open at 10:30 o'clock.
There will be discussions on Farm
Operatons, Marketing, Crops, Dive
Stock, Insect Pests,,etc., by represen
tatives of the State Department of
Agriculture, the Experiment Station
and Extension Service, The County
Demonstrator and others. Special
Emphasis .will be given to Soil Impro
vement Diversification of Crops, Insect
Pests, etc.
There will be held at the same time
and place a Woman's Institute, con
ducted under the supervision of Mrs.
Jane S. McKimmon, in charge of
Home Demonstration Agents, au'l
representatives if the State Insurance
Department, to which women sre In
vlted to come and join in the discus
sion of subjects pertaining to houso
hold economics, home conveniences.
health In the home, the education of
our children, fire prevention, and oth
ertoplcs of Interest to .mothers and
home-makers.
Everyone invited to bring lunch
and come prepared to spend the day,
and help to make this the Best Farm
ers' Institute ever held In the County.
Bring a notebook and pencil so a3 to
write down any particular Information
In regard to questions In which you
ate particularly Interested. A qucs
ton box will be opened and the ques
tions answered in a round table dis
cussion in the afternoon.
Organize Farm Loan Association.
Quite a 'good crowd of Fp&nklin
County farmers met in the court hoys?,
on Tuesday and organized a farm loan
association. The meeting was call
ed to order by Mr. T.J. Harris. Pres.
ident of the Franklin County Farmers
Union and a general discussion was
had of the system and Its working
Mr. E. H. Malone read much infor
mation on the subject and discussed
the system clearly. Among the oth
ers discussing the.subject were Pres
ident T. J. Harris and Secretary J.
C. Jones, of the Farmers Union, who
had gained much information in cou<
nection therewith. A motion to oi
gar.i/r was jpade and names and
amounts" subscribed to the amount of
$35,000.00. An interesting feature
being that the loans averaged any
where from $250 to $5,000.00, $1,000,
00 being the prevailing amounts. This
being completed an organizatl6n was
perfected by the election of the fol
lowing directors: Messrs'. E. H.
Malone, T. J. Harris, J. C. Jones,. J.
M. Sykes, E. B. Moore, A. F. John
son, W. h. Bledsoe, E. L. Harris,
O. B. Egerton. The directory met
at once and elected officers as follows:
T. J. Harris. President; A. F. John
son, Vice-President; J. C. Jones, Sec
retary and Treasurer; E. H. Malone.
J. 1?. Sykes, E. L. Harris, appraisers
or Ix>an Board. '
T(ie Secretary-treasurer was In
structed to prepare the papers at
once and send application for charter.
As soon as the charter can be secur
ed tl>e officers will arrange to hold
special meetings for the purpose of
completing all necessary arrange
ments for transacting the business
and be of the most service to,the en
tire public.
The name adopted for this Associa
tlon waB the Franklin Farm Land
Association and its territory Is Frank
lin County.'1
little, son returned from Richmond
Wednesday. Their many friends will
be glad to learn that their little boy
who underwent an operation. Is get
ting along nlc?ly.
PROSPEROUS YEAH
Stockholder? of 'Farmers & Merchants
Bank Have Interesting Meeting
The twenty-second annual stock
holders meeting of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of Loulsburg, was
held In its Banking house here on
Thursday of last week. The reports
from the several officers - were read
and showed an especially prosperous
year's business, and the bank In ex
cellent shape. They declared a cash
dividend of 8 per cent after placing
$1,000.00 to the credit of undivided
profits and paying all taxes. The
stockholders elected the following
gentemen directors for the coming
year: Gov. T. W. Blckett, Messrs
Ivy Allen, J. M. Allen, C. P. Harrlj,
F. N. Egerton, J. W. King, L. L.
Joyner, O. S. Macon, J. B. Thomas,
J. O. Wilson, and F. W. Wheless.
After the stockholders meeting aa<
journed the Board of Directors met
and elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: F. N. Egerton,
President; C. P. Harris, Vlee-PresU
dent; M. S. .Clifton, Cashier; James
B. King, ASslstant Cashier. Mr. W.
E. Uzzeli, who has renderd this bank
valuable service for the past several
years as Assistant Cashier,'offered his
resignation to take effect at once on
account of his failing health. This
was accepted with regret, and Mr.
King was elected to fill J he vacancy.
Messrs. White & Malone were elected
Attorneys for the ensuing year.
This is . the oldest banking Institu
tion in the County and Its history has
been one continuous, but conservative,
period of increase both in volume .of
business and good will of the public.
Senator Person's Red Vest.
Seizing the opportunity Friday
tor Cougli, of Robeson, proceeded to
get off a good one on Senator Person;
and -no one in the Senate appeared to
enjoy the joke more than the Senator
from Franklin. *
AH- waB attention when the Senator
from Robeson announced m a serious
voice that he had an Important bill
that he desired to introduce. All wafc
attention as the clerk read: "A btil
to amend the attire of the Senator
from Franklin.
"Section 1. That from and after
the ratification of this act it shall be
a misdemeanor for Senator W. M.
Person, of Franklin county, to appear
either in the Senate Chamber or
abroad in the capital of this State un.
less the said Senator Person has on
his red vest.
Sec. 2. That violation of this act 1
shail be punishable by making the j
said Senator Person the host of the ,
entire Senate at such time as the ma
jority shall designate.
"Sec. 3. That all claws and claus
es of claws In conflict herewith are
here'jy appealed and annulled.
"Sec. ,4. That this act shall bo hi |
force from and after its ratification."
Senator Brenlzer offered an oral
amendment which provided that to
case the act was violated the Senator |
should be designated a mollycoddle.
Senator Person smilingly rose to ills
defense quoted a poem by Kipling ami
was about to put his opponents hors
de combat when a messenger from the
House arrived with the Dewey resolu
tion.
Hnnt Jobs For The Guardsmen
Washington, Jan. 23.?A nation-I
wide hunt for jobs for jobless soldiers |
soon to be mustered out of border ser
vice, was begun today by the employ
ment bureju of the department of la
bor. Secretary Wilson's experts sent
out Instructions to all subordinate of
ficers in the country to keep a sharp
watch out for available places for the
returning Kuardsmeif and to help also
in finding places for relatives of
guardsmen who remain on border du,
ty. -
YonngDTllle Pflfsonals.
. Mi?s Helen Harper, of Meredith Col
lege, spent the week-eqd with Mids
Lillian Winston.
Miss Willie Massey, who is teaching
at Uranu, spent Sunday at home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Massey.
Miss Lillian Winston left Tuesday
for Norfolk, V.., where she will spend
some time visiting friends.
Misses Mae McMillan and Dodd, of
with Miss Zeula Mitchell.
nr. W. B. Morton attended a meet
ing of optometrists in Raleigh' Tues
day* ? : ;
OETTIXG READY TO BRIXG
TROOPS OUT OF M?X:<;O
Preliminary Movements Being Carried
Out at Southern Extremity of Line.
'Washington, Jan. 23.?Troop move
ments preliminary? to withdrawal of
the American expedition from Mexico
are being carried out at the southern
extremity of the American line under
War Department orders, and as soon
as they are complete the main body
of the expedition probably will start
North.
For the first time officials admitte-'.
today that the withdrawal of putposU
from El Valle and other points about
Colonlt Dublan had more than a local
significance and was being carried out
on orders from Washington. rhey
made no announcement as to the pro
bable time when the general north
ern movement would begin, and would
not even admit that withdrawal of
Pershing's troops'* after ten months
In Mexico, was at hand. Officials are
Interested, but apparently little con
cerned, over growing evidences thatall
of the territory evacuated by PersU.
ing may be In progress soon between
Carranza troops and revolutionists.
Today's official despatches said that
Villa and Zapata, the two most con
scious revolutionary leaders, had al
lied themselves for operations against
the de facto armies, and that 8,000
men had been concentrated near Chi
huahua for a Villa campaign In the
)?ah
norths Since Carranza declined to
accept the Atlantic City protocol, or
ficlals here have Indicated that such
problems as the one developing about
Chihuahua not only would be left tc
the first chief for settement, but that
he would be held responsible by tl:e
United States government for the'r
settlement In such a way as to pro
tect American Interest?.
Meantime, raising of the embargo
on arms to Mexico and the despatch
of Ambassador Fletcher to Mexico
remain In abeyance, possibly be
cause of two developments construed
in some quarters as a renewal of
practices of the Carranza government
against which the United States r?
peatedly has protested. Officials are
surprised and perplexed over tho
drastic measures taken by the first
chief against two banks whose metal
lic reserve recently was seized and by
what some contend Is a revival of
prosecution of the Roman Catholic
clergy.
A Religious Census for Loulsbmx
A committee of twenty from the
Methodist and Baptist churches, ten
from each, will take a religious cen
sua of the town of Louisburg and its
suburbs on next Sunday afternoon be
tween the hours of two and four
o'clock.
The committee will be divided into
tongroups, each group being compos
ed of a member of the two chttrchas
taking the census, and the town will
be divided into districts which will bo
easy for the committees to cover la
the time allotted.
The purposo of this census Is to a
certain as far as possible the church
Sunday school affiliations of every
man, woman and child in this city and
surrounding country with a view to
assisting the pastors and Sunday
school workers and other Christian
workers in enlisting all the unenlis*.
ed in the churches and Sunday schools
of this place.
The churches and Sunday schools of
t Iris community are exceedingly anx
ious that all the people within their
reach be brought into vital relation
ship with their organizations, mutual
ly sharing in their blessing and in
their work.
Everybody is asked to kindly co
operate with this committee next
Sunday by giving the information de
sired, which will be: Name, address
age (If under sixteen; member of
what church or Sunday school; If not.
church and Sunday school preference
It is earnestly requested that aomo
member In each family group, who
can give the desired information, will
remain at home Sunday afternoon un
til the census takers come sometime
between the hours of two and four.
Certain Materials Should Not be Used
Mb Hftif.MlTPrt Fartlllrarn
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 24.?"Some
fariuenj will fiot attempt the home
mixing of fertilizers because they do
not kmar tvhat materials to use to
make a suitable combination. Almost
any combination Is practicable if It is
to be applied immediately after mix
ing," says S. 8. Walker, Assistant
C hernia t to the University of Florida
Experiment Station but If the appli
cation to the soil is to be delayed af
ter mixing, some special care must be
exercised. , -
'Such materials as nitrate of soda,
muriate of potash, and other crude
potash salts tend to aHeorb - moisluro
and to form -hftM-cfoes or lumps.
ThlB is especially true when they are
mixed with caqftlc lime or any ma
terial containing caustic lime, such
as ashes or basic slag. The trouble
can be prevented to a great extent by
adding to the mixture a considerable
amount of muck as a drier.
'Those mixtures which will causc
a loss of deterioration of plant food
through chemical action should also
be avoided. When Sulphate of Am
monia or easily decomposed organic
ammonlates such as animal manures,
blood, tankag?, fish scrap, etc., are
mixed with materials containing lime
there is danger of losing gaseous am
monia. The commonest lime-con
taining materials are ground lime
stone, caustic and hydrated I'm?,
wood ashes, basic slag, and catoium
cyanamid.
"Reversion of phosphoric acid is
brought about also by mixing ac'rt
phosphate with lime, magnesia, iron,
or aluminum compounds.
"From these statements the belief
might arise that lime is a very unde
sirable material to use. The expla
nation is that Ume should be appllei.
to the land separately?NOT BEING
MIXED WITH THE FERTILIZERS
BEFORE APPLYING."
Those farmers of North Carol na
who desire information in regard to
the subject of fertilizers should jyrita
at once to Mr. C..B. Williams, Chief
of the Division of Agronomy of the
North Carolina Department of Agri
culture and Experiment Station or to
Mr. B. W. Kilgore, Director and
State Chemist.?N. C. Extension Ser
vice.
Adopts Resolutions.
At a meeting of the Farmers Union
for Franklin County held in the court
house in Louisburg, on Tuesday, Jan
uary 23rd, the following resolution*
were adopted:
FlttST. That we favor the imme
diate repeal of the crop lien law. Any
inconvenience which may result from
its repeal will be only temporary and
not to be^'compared with the abuses
fostered by a system of oppression on
the one hand and improvidence on the
ether for which it is directly respon
sible.
SECOND. That we stand for the
election of the County Board of Eilu?
cation and County Superintendent 01
Public Instruction by the direct vote
of the people. The people whose
children are to be educated and whtse
taxes maintain the schools have the
right and should have the privilege of
choosing those who control the
schools and, the expenditure of those
taxes.
THIRD. That we favor a gradua
ted land tax. Such a taxxwi!l In our
judgment do more than any other
measure yet suggested towards tlic*
realization of our Governor's desire
to see tenants-converted into land
lords. " ~
FOURTH.- That we favor a ta\
upon dogs. Keeping a dog, in town
or country, lb a privilege usually en
joyed at the expense of others, and
the owner of the dog should be taxea
for it as for other privileges.
FIFTH. That we thoroughly agree
with and endorse the recommendation
of our Governor In reference to limit
ing the number of terms of office for
both State and County officers, only
that we favor one term only of four
years for each, thereby doing away
with so many elections. ?
SIXTH. That a copy of these res
olutions be sent, to our Senator and
Representative in the General Asseu^
bly with the request that they lend
their support to legislation In harmo
ny with the same.
Empties Boose Into River.
Quite a large crowd of spectators
were attracted to the Tar River brldgo
in Louisburg on Saturday afternoon
at about 5 o'clock when Constable R.
W. Hudson in compliance with an
oidei hum llie Supeilui Cuuit
tied a large quantity of whiskey Into
the stream. The whiskey was that
taken from an ^utomoblleon the south
side of the river here about four
or five months ago.
Mr. T. T. Terrell left Tuesday for
Richmond to purchase, a lot. of horses
mMBolea. :?~ ~ ?
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PBESIDENT WlCllPS ADDBES3
ELECTBIFlCL ENGLAND.
But Discussion In Parliament Is Cer
tain to Besult, Is General Belief;
Public Men Refer to American Ex
ecutive Courteously But End In
Supporting Britain's Measures.
London, Jan. 23.?President Wil
son's address to the United States
Senate has furnished the British gov
ernment and puhlic with a surprise as
electrifying as his mediatory note 1o
the belligerents. With the exception
of the Manchester Guardian and the
Dally News, which are the only paper*
In Great Britain that can be classified
as pacificatory In policy, the press
gives the President's utterances an un
friendly reception and engages in
much speculation over the meaning?
which, it is considered, may be con
cealed behind certain passages.
Public men Interviewed begin with
courteous tributes to the President'?
good intentions, and end by support
ing Great Britain's measures. While
the government cannot make any di
rect reply to a commission from tile
President to the United States Senat;,
there Is certain o be discussions in
Parliament. .
It Is already foreshadowed by mem
bers of the Commons that a discus
sion will be insisted upon when Par
liament re-assembles, and speeches
from members of the present and late
cabinet are expected. Possible ac
tlon by the American Congress on
committing the nation to membership
in an international league lor peacr,
is awaited with greatest interest
Both David Lloyd George, in his h|g^
toric maiden speech as Prime Minis
ter and Viscount Grey, while Minister
of Sbrelgn Affairs, stated strongly
that membership in such a league,
without obligations' to force Its de
crees by arms, would be useless.
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ZAPATA.TILLA CONFERENCES
I Reports Indicate That Two Rebel Lea
I ders will Join Their Forces?Persh
ing en Move?President Contempla
tes the Lifting of the Embargo ou
All Arms.
Washington , Jan. 23.?Radical
changes in the Mexican situation be
came nprarent today with the with
drawal of the Pershing punitive ex
pedition from Mexican territory al
ready under way. Authoritative re
porta from Mexican sources said that
the antl-Carranza bands under Villa
and Zapata have joined forces for the
overthrow of Curranza. Agents of
Villa and Zapata, It was stated, con
ferred at length at San Andreas, near
Juarez and came to a complete agree
ment. A joint plan of consideration
designed to effectually dispose of the
Carranza military forces was agreed
It was admitted unofficially, after
today's cabinet meeting, which dis
cussed the Mexican situation that the
Pershing forces had withdrawn its
outposts, and that the permanent sup
ply bases had been dismantled. Sup
ply trains already are moving slow v
back to the border it was stated. For
mal "orders" for the withdrawal of
the Pershing column were withheld at
I the war department. All of the pre
j Ilminary motions for the actual move
I ment of the Pershing forces have been
made.
Sources close to the-Mexican sm
j basSy declared that the Carranza gov
1 erriment is prepared to follow up the
withdrawal of Pershing with the dls
position of a sufficient military force
to Insure the safety of all American*
within the zone of its former protec
tion . 1 I
The embargo on arms now opera
tive against all factions In Mexico.
Including even the do facto govern
ment may shortly be raised. It Is
understood that the president has this
action in contemplation but that ho
will receive satisfactory assurance
that the bandits of the northern range
of mountains will not be permitted to
break through them.
Arms for the .VUlalstas, It Is as
serted, are being shipped In from Ha
vana. ?
Just how these shipments reach tho
Villa forces is not explained. Besid
es any possible outside source of sup
ply Villa Is known to hare enormous V
"caches" of rifles, cartridges an^ evek
Held gun ammunition and sifcapnel ?t
various points in the region frequent
ed by his following.
? -V . ' y,;
Mr% e. W. High came over from
Raleigh and spent Sunday with his
?aront?- A,
Mr J. T. flPpt. of HVndaraoo. wa?