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VOLUMN XLVI. LOUISBURG, N. C., FRID AY, APRIL 27TH, 1917. NUMBER 11
A REAL BATTLE
IN LOUiSBURG
OM FRIDAY SIGHT, BIT NOT GER
MANS. *?'
Only Officer* After Supposed Blind
Timers or Whiskey Transporters?
About Twenty Shots Exchanged.
The Inhabitants of Loulaburg In
the vicinity of Strickland's store on
the South Bide of the river y/ere quite
excitedly aroused on last Friday night
Just after midnight, when Chief High
and a number of officers attempted to
halt an automobile supposed to lw
transporting whiskey, and were tired
on by the parties and the officers re
turning the fire.
From Information furnlsned us, it
seems that during the evening' Chief
High had a message from Chief Cooko
that some parties had boarded a train
at Frankllnton for sotrie northern
points for the purpose or bringing
hack some liquor and were expectcd
hack that night and to look out for
them. He at once got together a
posse composed of Constable R. W.
Hudson and Messrs. B. H. Meadow3.'
Ellis Ramey, J. E. Thomas, F. M. I
Fuller and Clyde Collier and at the I
proper time took cars and went out
the Frankllnton road to Mr. O. II. j
Harris farm to await the arrival of
the parties under suspicion. While
waiting there the party saw the re
l'cctlon from a car on the river r >ad
alnut a mile across from whera^they
were aiy| supposing this to be tne on?
they wanted the posse returned to
Loulsbufg to take the other road
Upon coming down Main street just
after passing Strickland's store they
met a car and recognized two parties
wanted, Haywood Foster ana Seth
Mitchell, whereupon the officers de
manded them to halt, but Instead they
put on more speed and began firing
at tile officers, which of course the
officer j returned. However the shot*
did npt serve to stop the car but tt
kept going and before the officers
could turn their cars around
and give them chase they had gotten
away. The officers .then began a
search for information to assist them !
and learned that the car Belonged to '
a colored school teacher named Wm.
Allen, near Frankllnton who stated |
he had rented his car that night to )
Seth Mitchell and that he had re- j
peatedly done so for the purpose of 1
hauling whiskey, as he believed al -1
though ho had never seen or tasted
the whiskey himself. While seeking
this information the officers overtook
Hence- Mitchell en route rrom Frank
llnton to Louisburg with a suit case
full of empty pint bottles.
Seth and Haywood were given a'
hearing before 'Squire A. W. Al
ston on Monday and as a result were
bound over to court under a $500 b'<nd
each.,, Seth gave bond and Haywpod
is in jail awaiting court.
Hence Mitchell was also tried by
'Squire Alston for vagMincy and giv
en 30 days on the roads. An appeal
was taken from tills cecision where
upon he was placed under a $100 bond
which lie gave.
There were about twenty shots Sr
ed in the meeting near Strickland's
store and the fifflcers saw three oth
ers in the car, which they have after
wards learned to be Jack Hayes and
two women. It was a most remark
able happening that In ait tne shoot
ing ho one was Injure^ as has been
ascertained at tills writing.
Wake Forest Actors Appear-at I.oo's
??urgr.
The Dramatic Club of Wake Forest
College^ nrosented here Monday night,
under the auspices of the Woman's
Club "The Prtvaie Secretary" a far
cical coviody In three acts, to a capac
, lty l ouse The play was woll ren
dered throughout, showlqg that Mrs.
Caratarphen, who has trained the club
has not overlooked the slightest de
tail, Dr. and Mrs. Carstarphen ac
companied the aggregation, consisting
of fourteen or fifteen young people,
over here.
Why Not President Blckett!
April 17, 1917.
Deaf Mr. Editor:
Many people were heard to give ex
pression to regrets for the absence of
North Carolina's great Governor, at
the preparedness celebration here In
Raleigh last week. Everybody kne.v
that his address of welcome would
have been a literary Gem of the rarest
quality and one to stimulate the wild
est enthusiasm. Bickett the master
orator, wguld have been more than a
match for Tate, the brilliant Tennefe
Beean.
No one questions the wisdom of the
North Carolina Democrats these day??,
in the selection they made for Gover
nor of the State. Before tne close of
his administration as Governor, Jt is
freely predicted?that Norjh Carolina
will be b#tter and more favorably
known, than any other State in the
Union ?
Bickett overwhelms his Auditors
wherever he goes, and it is with pe
culiar pride that his fellow statesmen
absorb, the glowing and enthusiastic
reports of his successes in other stat
es and city's visited.
Every man in North Carolina, wants
to see a North Carolinian heading the
procession in eyery interpris^in which
they participate, hence their pride iu
Bickett's charm and ability. People
may compare other men to Bickett,
but no one who knows him will ever
compare him to any other man as he
1b pre-eminent in his particular field.
Bickett's administration will be long
remembered as "The Era of Good Peel
ing," in North Carolina. He is being
freely mentioned as the logical suc
cessor of Woodrow Wilson, four years
from now. Wilson won his spurs, po
litically speaking b&* his success in
passing- what was known, as The Sev
en Sisters, Anti-trust Laws. Bick
ett went to the Legislative Bat Six
teen times and scored a Home Ruu^
every time. This is a feat ttfat evea
Bryan never accomplished. Bickett
has made many friends by his exer
cise of the Pardoning Power. Never
before has a Governor shown as much
interest in pardoning those who were
without friends or influence. While
he has been liberal in the granting of
clemency, he has done so wlthou^ any
of the flambuyant effort of some " of
his predecessors to advertise tlleifMel
ves. No Governor is in danger of
loosing strength and influence by free
ly using the Pardoning Power that has
been so^wisely placed in his hands, by
the constitution.
Mercy is a God given attribute and
people love a big hearted merciful
Governor.
After Governor Bickett why not
President Bickett? "He that hath an
ear to hear let him hear."
* Very truly,
JAMES H. HOLLOWAY,
No. 721 N. Blood worth, St..
Raleigh, N. C.
Men Who Married Since War Was De
clared Upon Germany Must (<o
Same as Single Men.
Washington, April 19.?Men of mil
itary age who have married since a
state of war against Germany was de
clared will not escape military ser
vice, under a War Department policy
formally announced today. The state
ment says:
"The War Department announces
that all men married since the out
break of war will be treated upon the
same basis as unmarried men in so
far as their military obligations are
concerned. It is desired that the ut
most publicity be given by the press
to this announcement."
The Department was moved to take
this action In order that all men
should understand exactly what la
contemplated in the organization of
an army to flglit Germany. It was
desired that there should arise no
question of slackers upon the scora
of marriages contracted since the out
break of war, with the possible con
struction that the marriage In r.ny
case was hastened in order that mili
tary duty might be evaded. ?
Plant Something Contest.
The Sterling Store Co., of Frank
linton has inaugurated a Plant Some
thing Contest, which will no doubt
result In much gooi to that section.
Their offer is as follows:
"If 25 white beys In FranWlnton
township from 10 to 18 years of age
will enter the contest, we will glvo.
$25.00 in prizes for the best acres in
corn as follows: $10.00 for the best
Sere, $5.00 each for the two second
best acres, and $1.00 each for the Ave
third best acres.
We will do the same thing for 25
colored boys of the seme age in Frank
linton township.
Mrs. M. C. Pleasants returned thfl
past week from Baltimore and left im
mediately for Wllsqn to be with her
mother who Is quite 111.
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MILITARY SCHOOL.
T? Train Citizens for' Coin missioned
Officers, To Be Held at Fort Oglo
tliorpe, Georgia, From May 8th to
August 8th. 1917. _ ^
A Training School tor the purpose
ot preparing American Citizens tor
service as commissioned officers dur
ing the period ot the present War will
be held as above Indicated.
Those who satisfactorily complete
the preparatory work will be commis
sioned as officers in the U. S. Army.
It is not necessary that applicants
should have any previous military
training. The purpose of the sctuwj
is to make officers out of citizens.
The United States Is now entering
[the greatest War in its history and
has on its hands the job of raising an
army of TWELVE HUNDRED.THOU
SAND MEN, with no other officer*
than those of the regular army and
National Guard to start with. The
immediate and Imperative need is for
additional officers who can train and
handle men, and for this we shall ro
quire In the next four of five months
approximately forty thousand officers
In all branches of the service.
North Carolina is called upon to fur
nish ONE THOUSAND of these, aud
all that is necessary to start with Is
a sound body, a clear thinking mind,
and the desire for patriotic service.
Surely this great State will not fall
to furnish her full quota.
Men between the ages of twenty
years nine months and forty-four who
desire to enter, communicate at once
with R. W. OLENN, DIVISION SEC
RETARY, GREENSBORO, N. C.
Maplevllle Commencement.
Maplevllle commencement corner
the t^hird/and fourth of May. On
Thursday night, there will be exer
cises by the lower grades, followed by
a recitation contest between the fol
lowing girls, Mary Wilson, Fannie Ma
con?Nannie Duke, Annie Bert Gupton,
Annfe^lHarris, Mabel -Sledge, Myrtle
Terrell and Alma Perry. These gfrls
will compete for a handsome gold me
dal made possible through the gener
osity of Mr. H. L. Candler, of Louis
burg.
On Friday morning at 10:30, Dr. I/.
M. Poteat, Professor of Latin at Wake
Forest College will deliver the com
?mencement addsess, followed by din
ner on the-grounds. At 1:30 a. m.,
there will be a declamation contest
for a gold medal between the follow
ing boys: Albert Wheless, Staley
Strickland, Mortimer Harris, Reuben
Strange, Royal Strange. Clarence
Sledge, John Yarborough, Willie Bled
soe, Elijah Fulghum and Lee WhMei*.
At 8:00 p. m., a delightful and liu
nftrous play, "Just Plain DoVWll'
be given by fourteen of the children.
An admission charge of twenty-five
cents for adults' and fifteen cents for
children will be charged for this pity
There will t>e no charge to the pat
rons and children of the school. An
invitation is cordially extended to tho
public to be present during all the ex-1
ercises.
Little Martha Ferry*"Dead.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Perry was made sad on Monday after
noon when death claimed their little
six year old daughter, Martha Rosn.
She had been sick only a few day?
when her illness developed into Mlnin
gitif* which resulted in her death.
She was a sweet little girl who haa
won a place of love not only among
her own household but among her
playmates and acquaintances. Be
sides her parent* she leaves, one bro
ther and six sisters.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday- at Maple Springs, conducted
by Rev. G. M. Duke an? tne Inter
ment was made in the beautiful lit
tle cemetery adlolning the church.
Quite a large number of friends and
relatives were present to witness the
aervices. The floral tribute was pro
fuse and beautiful.
The bereaved parents have the deep
est sympathy of the entire public.
Approves $54,000 OO^Loans.
? The* Directors of the Louisburg Farm
Loan Association met In Louisburg on
Thursday of last week and approved
applications for loans to an amount
in excess of $54,000.00. These pa
pers have been forwarded to the Dis
trict land bank for their approval, fic
tion upon which is expected to bep'n
at once. %
Dr. S. Burt* Returned'home Sat
urday from a trip to Richmond.
GEBJIa.VS hendek bodies
DEAD THOOFS FOB OIL
AM) FEBTILIZEB.
Story of Awful Efficiency Verified by
Pdblliiitiini In Berlin Newspaper -
Pope Hurrlfied at the Beports?
Factory Hidden In Bemote Forest.
Rome, April 21. Pope Benedict has
been "horrified" and haa expressed
deep indignation over the reports of
Germany's system of rendering fats
and fertilizers from the oodles of ssl
dter dead, according to an artijls
printed today by the newspaper In
tormazione.
London, April 21.?(Cable dispatch
to. the New York Sun.)?That the
tiannans are systematically collect
ing the corpses of their dead and
shipp.ng them ?o rendering plants
WMff 'hey are BU're'.tcd to a proces?
for YV I'verlng tli? o i and fats 'Ct o-e
as fertilizers seems incontestable
borne out by the.latest information.
When such stories were first -pub
lished they were generally disbeliev
ed. American consuls formerly !n
Germany who arrived here arter their
recall said the Germans were distill
ing nitroglycerine from the corpses
and bo obtaining the essentials of ex
plosives . %
Boast of Efficiency.
It now develops that the German
censors are allowing the German pi
pe re to print accounts or and even to
boast about the efficiency which al
lows Loth ing to be wastea. The Bel
gian newspaper L'Independence Belgo
of April \0, prints an account of th*
industry, in which it says:
"We have long known that the Ger
mans stripped .their dead behind the
firing line, fastened them into ban
dies of three or four bodies with iron
wire and then dispatched these bun
dles to the rear. Until recently
trains laden with the dead were 3ent I
to a tb*n near e and a point near
LJfigt
ch^Au
Brussels. Much^fturprise was cruis
ed by the fact that of late this traf
fic has proceeded in the dlrecUetv. cf
Gerolstein, and that on each wagon
was written D. A. V. G.
"German science is responsible for
the idea of the formation of tne Deut
sche Abfalle VerwerttmgsgesellschaCt.
or German Offal Utilization Company.
Ltd., a dividend earning company,
with a capital of $240,000. The chief
factory has been constructed 1.000
yards from the railway connecting St.
Vitli, near the Belgian rrontier, with
Gerolstein, in the lonely and little fre
quented Eifel district southwest of
Coblentz.
Guarded by Live Wires.
"The factory deals especially with
'the dead from the western front. If
the resultB are as good as the com
pany hopes, another will he estab
lished on the eastern front. The
factory is Invisible from the railway
and is deep in the forest country.
Electrically charged wires surround
it. A special double track leads lo
it. The works are about 700 feet
long. 110 feet broad and the railway
runs completely around them.
"The trains arrive full of bodies
which are unloaded by workers who
live at the works. The men wear oil
skin overalls and masks with mica
eyepieces and are equipped with long
hooked poles. They push the bun
dles of bodies to aq endless chain
which picks them up by means ol
hooks at intervals of two feet. The
bodies are transported on an end'.ess
chain into a lon.g, narrow compurt
ment where they pass through a bath
which disinfects them. They go
through a drying chamber and are au
tomatically carried to a great cauld
ron into which they are dropped by an
apparatus which detaches them from
the ohaln.
Employes Held Like Prisoners.
"They remain six to eight hours in
the cauldron, where they are treated
by steam, which J^ean them up
while they are slowly stito^edjjy ma
chinery. The fats aVe broken into
stearlne, a form of tallow and oils
which require to be redistilled before
they can be used. Distillation is car
ried out by boiling the oil with car
bonate of soda, and some part of the
by-products resulting is used by the
soapmakers. The refined oil Is sent
out In small casks like those used for
petroleum and is yellowish, brown.
"There is a laboratory, and in
c harge of the works is a chief chem
ist, with two assistants and 78 men.
There Is a sanatorium near the works,
and under no pretext is any man per
mitted to leave. They are guarded as
prisoners at this appalling work*."
Story In German 1'uper. .
The London Times reproduced the |
foregoing account Monday, but it was
so horrible that it seemed unbeliev- j
ahle. The Time* today presents t<U
dence to prove its truth, printing pho
tographs, facsimiles of a news arti
cle in the Berlin Lokalanzelger of
April 10, which referred to the
"corpse exploitation establishment
(kadaverv^rwertungsanstail). It Bays;
"The fats here are turned Into lu
bricating oils and everything else is
ground in the mill, the bones into
powder which is used for mixing with
pigs food and as manure. Nothing
can be permitted to go to waste."
The case seems completely estab
lished by American, Belgian, Dutch
and Anally by German testimony.
The London and Paris newspapers ajl
accept the .story after careful investi
gation an<f print editorials on it.
PRESIDENTS POWER IN WAR.
He Is Commander-in-chief of the Ar
my and Navjr and His Power Is
Sweeping.
(Washington Special)
Members of Congress who have
been uncertain as to how much power
the President has in war time have,
after a thorough investigation of the
law in the case, discovered that the
power is practically unlimited.
Without authorization by Congress
to conduct war the President can do
nothing, but once the power has been
granted, as it has now been granted
to Mr. Wilson, the President's power
is sweeping.
By the constitution the President is
made commander-lu-chier of the mil
itary and naval forces of the country.
No other department of the govern
ment, no other official of the govern
ment can exercise this power or as
sume command of either branch of the
fighting forces unless designated by
the President trt*do 80.
Congress npy legislate in regard
to the number of the army and navy,
the compensation of tne officers and
men and the term of tneir service,
but the command of the army ami
navy is vested solely witn the Presi
dent and Congress can neither exer
cise tljis power nor take it away from
the President.
President In Absolute Command.
The President may dispose of the
component parts of the army or the
navy at his pleasure. He does thi:i
in practice, through the army and
navy departments, but their action
is his action. The division of pow
er of Congress to provide and power
of the Preident to command after pro
vision is made has been defined in
the decision by the United States Su
preme court.
The President has the power to di
rect the movemenis of the military for
ces in the most effective way. even
to the extent of invading an enemy
territory and establishing govermen
tal authority over it.
AMERICA* STEAMER
IS CHASED BY RAIDER
German "Seeadler" Gave U. S. Siilj>
Close Call; Didn't Fire.
steamship was chased five miles by
the German sea raider Seeadler oft
the coast of Brazil, April 12, accord
ing to the captain of the vessel, which
reached this port today. The Seead
ler, previously reported by the victims
of her raids on their arrival at Rio
Janeiro, was formerly the American
bark Pass of Balmaha, into which the
Germans had fitted gasoline motors.
The captain of the steamship which
is engaged in the South American
trade, said the raider was sighted at
6 o'clock in the morning bearing, down
on him at a point thirty-nine mile*
north of the Equator, and between 200
and 300 miles off the coast. The pur
suer, he said, put on all speed mak
ing about 13 knots an hour.- As this
was slightly less than his own vessel's
speed, he was able to throw her off
after a desperate chase.
Although within range, the raider
did not attempt to fire on him. She
had Norwegian flags painted on her
sides, he said, and mounted two guns,
apparently' of eight-inch calibre.
This is the first report of the opera- .
tions of the Seeadler since crews from
shlpsshe sank reached Rio Janeiro
March 31.
American Ship Sinks Submarine.
London, April 25.?Captain Rice of
I the American steamship Mongolia
which has arrived at a British port
told the Associated Press today that
the Mongolia had fired the first gun of
the war for the United States and
sunk a German submarine.
The naval gunners on board made a
clean hit at 1,000 yards. The peris
cope was seen to be battered.
| The submarine, Captain Rice said.
I was ?bouL.k> attack the great liner (ii
i British waters on April 19/ He de
clared there was absolutely no doubt
that the U-boat was hit, and that there
-was every-reason to believe It waa rtc?
stroyed.
Even more pertinent a fact, as re
gards the ultimate fate of the subma
rine, was that the shell disappeared
immediately after the hit was made.
The captain stated that a Bhell always
ricochets in the water and can be
j seen again unless it finds its mark.
| Oil also was seen on the water after
the submarine disappeared.
The Mongolia was going at full
speed and was a long distance away
when the spray and foam subsided, but
from the bridge the officers observed
the spot through their glasses and
they are confident the submarine was
sunk.
The periscope was sighted dead
ahead on the last afternoon of the
voyage. The captain gave the ordor
for full speed ahead with the inten
tion of ramming the submarine.
The periscope disappeared and a
few minutes later reappeared in the
ship's broadside. The gunners fired,
hitting the periscope squarely and
throwing up a mountain of water.
New York, April 25.?The American
steamship Mongolia, a vessel of 13,
638 tons, owned by the International
Mercantile Marine Company left an
American port for England on April
7, on her second trip since Germauy s
submarine declaration of February 1.
French Mission Beaches Capi" ?1
Sometime Today.
WASHINGTON, April 25.?The
French war commission to the United
States, headed by Rene Vlvlani. vice
premier and minister of Justice, and
General Joffre, was speeding up the
Potomac today aboard the presiden
tial yacht Mayflower bound for Wash
ington,
The party was due to reach hero
shortly after noon. Foreign Minister
Balfour, head of the British war com
mission, was among those who ar
ranged to greet the French party hero.
The arrival of the French leaders
permits the beginning of formal con
ferences between the represntatlve* of
the allied nations and American offic
ials over ~the part'the United States
may play In the war against Germany
Lawyers In the Legislature.
"Subscriber" asks how many law
yers there were In the last General
Assembly, 'fhere were 65 lawyers,Itj
the General Asaejirbly?39 In the
House and 26 In the Senate.?News
Observer .
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Inpleslde Commencement.
The commencement exercises at ln
glesidc Academy will begin Tuesday.
May 1st. at eight P. M.
Wednesday May 2nd. at eleven A.
M# Dr. Cullom of the faculty of WakJ
Forest College, will make the com
mencement address. We are very
fortunate in securing the service of
Dr. Cullom. He is well known in
this community because or hia pas
torje in the Corinth Baptist cnurch.
The exercises Wednesday night be
ginning at eight o'clock, will conclude
the commencement exefcises. At this
time a small door fee of fifteen and
twenty-flve cents will be charged, the
proceeds of which are to go for the
benefit of the school.
Come everybody to each of these
exercises, you ate welcomed.
? Seed Sweet Potatoes.
It Is advisable to plant SEED
SWEET POTATOES extensively. In
dications are that there will not be
anythinglike enough Irish Potatoes to
plant for late crop for winter use.
Seed sweet potatoes can be obtained
at the present time without and dif
Acuity, and as they make an admir
able winter food cr^p and are likely
to be very profitable, farmers should
put in as large an acreage as possi
ble. Sweet potatoes are also one of
the surest crops .the soutl^rn farmer
can grow.?Wood's Crop Special.
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Mr. and Mf?. Georze Lewis return
ed Frld^^from their bridal trip.
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