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VOLUMN XLVI. e LOUISBURG, N. C., FRID AY, MAY 4TH, 1917. ? NUMBER 12
LETS PAVING CONTRACT
B. G. LASSITEK & CO , LOWEST
OF EIGHT BIDDERS.
To Cost til 82 und $1 Go Per Square
Yard lor Sheet Asphalt and Topeka
Respectively? Commissioners .Au
thorized a Bond Issue ol flio.DUU 00
For Work.
At a special meeting of the Board :>f
Town Commissioner? oa last -Friday
night It was unanimously decided to
Dave the streets ot the Town by the
members ot the Board, all being pres
ent except Newell.
Out of a number of eight bidders R.
O. Lasslter & Co., of Oxford, being the
lowest was awarded the contract at
$1.82 per square yard for the Sheet
Asphalt and 11.65 per square yard for
Topeka. It is planned to use the
* sheet asphalt on the streets In the
business centre of town where the
traffic Is heavy and the Topeka, which
1b a second (rade of the sheet asphalt
and a little lighter material on the
residential streets. The Commission
ers authorized a bond issue not to ex
ceed 1125,000.00 for this work and it
is expected that the work will begin
In a few weeks, or as soon as the le
gal features of the contract can be
properly arranged and the material
secured. Arrangements, ,8o we un
derstand, has already been made for
selling the bonds.
It Is estimated that It will cost about
S85.000.00 to pave the first section,
which Includes Main Street from Coop
er'.-. sin to Halifax road and Nash
street from Church street to Morton's
hill, Court and Market streets. The
remainder ot the bond Issue Is to mak?
it possible to pave Kenmora Avenue,
Church and and other streets that may
apply. It Is to be remembered, how
^fcgver that although the town has to ts
bonds for the entire amount, It Is
really only to bear about two-thirds
ot the cost, the property owners hav
ing to pay the other' portion. TLe
basis Is the town pays' one-half, and
the abutting propertyj>n each side of
the street paved pays oM-fourt each,
making up the other one-half. But as
the town has to pay all the cost at
Street Crossings it can readily be
seen that the town's portion will bo
something over one-half the cost.
We are Informed that these prices do
not Include grading the streets, but
some ot those In close touch with the
work say that this will be a very
small item as there will hardly be as
much as one thousand cubic feet of
dirt to be moved.
There has been much sa'id about the
L Increase in the taxes made necessary
by the bond issue for paving, aud
while we have not worked it out our
selves, we have been told by those in
authority that it will hardly, exceed
fifty cents on the one hundred dollcrs
worth ot property, and that by the
savings the Board expects to make ot
ter the work is completed It Is expect
ed to reduce this amount a good deal.
This Is an action that our citizens
should welcome and feel proud of.
Its true It may seem large and look
scary, however It Is a well known fact
that a town never amounts to mucn
until it gets the necessary convenien
ces to attract both business and citi
zens. When the streets are completed
Loulsburg will be equal to almost any
city In the south in this respect and
the cost to the citizens will be ndtni
nal. Lets everyone encourage the au
thorities In the good work and" then
pull for a bigger town and reduce the
cost by a longer division.
Memorial Services.
The j lamias of Loulsburg are anxious
for all who will to Join them In tho
observance of Memorial rfay services
on May 10th, and that all who can
bring wreaths of flowers to be placed
upon the graves. The ladles will
leave from the court house and go to
the cemetery where an appropriate
programme will be carried out.
Hiss LUllan Fields Gives Recital In
Expression.
The high standard of college reci
tals already set this session at Lou la
burg College was fully maintained
Thursday evening In the college chap,
el when Miss Lillian E. Fields pre
sented the last of her pupils for this
session, Miss Ruth Amanda Oatllng, in
her graduating recital in expression
Miss Gatllng's ease and "grace of
manner, as well as her fine selection
and forceful rendition of her program
easily won her way to the hearts of
her audience. "Merchant of Venice"
(Act I. Scene II), "The Wljch's Dau
ghter," "The Lion and the House,"
and a comedy monologue, "Cupid and
a Cadillac," were the attractive read
ings she gave.
Miss Gatltnfe was ably assisted in
her recital by Miss Cynthia ftai De
Ford, who gave a violin solo, "Salut
d'Amour," Miss Eugenia Robert Dc
Kord, who sang, "Sunset," and by Mi3s
Lucy T. Fuller, who also rendered a
vocal solo "The Spring is Calling."
The marshals of the evening were
Misses Mattie Townsend, JIaggle Tay.
lor and Myrtle Fuller.
College Gossip.
A special meeting of the resident
Alumnae Tias been called for Saturday
afternoon, May 5th, at S o'clock, at
the College, at which time plans for
the approaching Alumnae Banquet
will be discussed. It is expected thai
in response to the Nation's call to cut
down expenses the Association will
probably devise some means to re
duce the cost ot the banquet this year.
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Misses Allen and Brlnson of the
faculty, as guests of Mrs. J. M. Al
len, attended the Federation of Wo
man's Clubs in Durham on Wednes
day, remaining over to the/concert at
Eight, In which many of the State's
most gifted Ibusicians took part. Miss
Brlnson sang a Wo on that occasion.
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A large audience heard Dr. Sledd
in the College auditorium on Friday
evening of last week. His theme was
The South's Contribution to Litera
ture, which he handled with charac
teristic ease and eloquence. He
pointed out Tlmrod as representing
the Old South and Lanier the New.
His selections, The "Cottoh-boll," and
"Corn," from these representative
poets, awakened a new ana deeper ap
preciation for Southern poetry.
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Her friends will be glad to know
that Miss Edna Allen's father is con
valescing . , He lias been critically ill
for several weeks, but Is so much im
proved in health that Miss Allen is ex
pected to return in the near future.
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Miss Loo Sung Woo spent the week
end at Middlesex, guest-of Miss Stelli
Ward, a former school-mate. She
went to take part in a Missionary pro
gram in a joint service between the
Baptist and Methodist Sunday Schools
of that place. At the close of her
talk when some one asked if it were
true that Chinese "gentlemen" really
smoke opium?, she reluctantly admit
ted that some of them do, but added,
"Chinese ladies have never used snutf."
Invitations reading:
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Allen
at home
Friday evening, May Fourth,
from. 8:30 to 11
In honor of the Class of 1917
have been Issued. The class, includ
ing specials, numbers eighteen. The
following is the class roll: .Elizabeth
Alston, Mary Bradley, Sallie Braswell,
Luclle Clarke, Mabel Davis, Florence
Egerton, Mamie Ellerbe, Myrtle Ful
ler, Ruth Gatling, Olivia Hobgooil,
Mary House, Elizabeth Howell, Lyilia
Inscoe, May Perry, Helen Smithwick,
Maggie Taylor, Beatrice Turner, Mo
selle White.
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Three more weeks and all will lie
quiet at the College. The last les
sons for the year 1916-17 will have
been said, the last exams, passed or
wept over, the last farewell said and.
unless somebody gets stranded, the
last girl gone. Such reflections in
cline one to retrospection. Much has
been left undone that we Intended do
ing; much has been done very imper
fectly and much done perhaps, that
were better left undone. But forget
ting the things that are behind us we
resolutely turn to the future, so preg
nant with opportunities, and, like the
great Apostle, resolve to press for
ward to the goal. 8o, when the sum
mer with its reaction and recreations
shall have passed, we shall be In our
places again, ready for our marching
orders.
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A beautiful pageant, '?True to the Col
ors," or "Paying the Cost," will be
given on the campus at 6 o'clock on
Monday afternoon, May 14th, under
the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. The
episodes are taken from Biblical or'
historical surces or arq typical of
modern life. Beginning with The
Trial of Paul before Agrlppa and In
cluding a Scene at the Court of Nero,
The Landing of the Pilgrims, The Sol
diers Farewell, etc. they are all In
spiring. A small tee of ten cents will
be charged^ The public ia Invited.
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MR. VAN B. MOORE KILLED B?
OWN CAB.
Well Known Business Man of the City
Meets Deuth in Automobile Acci
dent.
Mr. Van B. Moore, one of the boat
knuwn business men of KaleigS,"~wa8~
fatally injured when run over by his
own automobile about nine o'clock la*r
night on the Loulsburg road near
Wake Forest. ?'
Mr. Moore had gotten out of his car
to try to be of assistance to kome one
whose machine had stalled. He neg
lected to put on his brakes and hI?,
car starting moving soon after he left
i^. It seems that neither he nor any
one else saw the danger in time to
warn him, and he was run down by
the car, which gained In speed rapid
ly. He died in about an hour aftor
the accident.
Mr. Moore was vice-president of the
Raleigh Cotton Mills and ' formerly
was president and treasurer of- the
Melrosq Knitting Mills. He lives at
227 North Wilmington Btreet. He Is
survived by his wife and several chil
dren.?News-0bser^er.
Mr. Moore was originally from this
County, a? d ,was a brotner to Mr.
Ben. M. Moore, formerly of near
Youngsvile.
An Increasing Demand lor Soybeans
(or Food.
With the present great demand tor
soybeans for canning purposes, tliere
Is danger of some farmers selling
their soybeans too closely, says Mr..
Williams, Chief of the Division ot
Agronomy. It matters not what prlca
Is offered, the farmer can hardly af
ford to dispose of beans that mlgh*. ba
used for planting purposes this year I
This Is one year In which a special
effort should be made to plant as
large an acreage of soybeans, cowpeas
and other food products as may bo
properly cared for.
In this connection It may be of
Interest to know that In Baltimore,
alone, there are at least four canners
who are packing all the soybeans they
can secure. In a recent letter re
ceived by Mr. Williams one of the
packers states, "We have been packing
a great quantity of soybeans and
have been very successful In tnarket
ing the same; in fact, the orders are
coming in faster than we can pack
the cans."
A large acreage should be planted
this year to supply the tremendous de
mand that will develop next year for
soybeans for human consumption and
for supplying the oil mills of the
State. Of course. If a surplus Is avail
able It would be a good plan, at the
present price, to dispose of them; but
In disposing of the beans. It would
probably be a better plan, so far as
practicable, to let the neighbors have
them for seed.
Dr. B. F. Sledd Lectures at Louls
burg College.
One of the most delightful occasions
of the present session of Louisburg
College was the lecture Friday night
given under the auspices of the Neith
ean and Sea Gift .Literary Societies
by Dr. Benjamin Frankllii Sledd, of
Wake Forest College. This was Dr.
Sledd's second visit to the college in
recent months, having greatly charm
ed his audiences on both occasions.
H^a address Friday night was on
"The Literature of the Old and the
New South," giving as a notable Illus
tration of tlie former Henry Tim rod,
and of the latter Sydney Lanier.
Commencement at New Hope.
At the closing exercises of Hie New
Hope school, twelve miles south of
this place, Friday, Rev. Walter M.
Gllmore of Loulsburg delivered an ad
dress In the morning on "Some Les
sons from the Great World War."
Among the lessons emphasized was
the secret of Germany's power is her
culture and, as a natural result, her
efficiency. Germany can be Bubdued
only by a nation who Is more effic
ient.
In the afternoon Supt. E. L. Best
delivered an. Illuminating address on
"The Men Who Win"?those with well
trained bodies, minds and souls.
-Delightful Dance.
Tlte young men of Loulsburg gave
a most delightful dance on Wednes
day,night complimentary to the young
ladles of the town at the Armory of
Co. D. About twenty-live couples
participated ad music was furnlshel
by the panacea Orchestra. The oc
casion was much enjoyed by all pres
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A IXETl'KX TO THE SIMPLE LIFE.
Movement Adopted for High Cost of
Living Proves Road to Good Health.
"To return to the simple life is a
proposition that will be welcomed by
everybody that is interested in good
health," says the State" "Board of~
Health. Continuing it sermonizes
thus: "Too long have we been living
on, the 'fat of the land' and feasting
out of the 'flesh pots' with indigestion,
constipation and other stomach trou
bles as the consequence, and if it tak
es war or the high prices of food to
break us away from these things and
restore us to the things that are right
and good for us, then these are not
unmitigated evllB."
The movement to return to nature
and simple life is the solution offered
to the high cost of living problem but
health experts and enthusiasts have
found it to be the only way of right
living or healthful living known to
day. They have adopted It as a safe
road to health. They say tnat return
to nature means good digestion, sound
sleep, a clear head, a placid mtnd, con
tentment and joy to be alive.
But first they say it means getting
close to nature-living out of doors as
much as possible by working, playing
and resting in the open air and above
all by sleeping in the open air. "Out
door sleeping is the best life preser
ver known." It means also going to
the garden and orchard for your bill
of fare?tomatoes, lettuce, celery, spin -
ach, turnips, beans, corn, peas, mel
ons, berries, apples, peaches, plums,
and all other fruits and green stuffs
untouched by fire.
The real value of adopting the sim
ple life according to the Health ex
perts, lies in the pleasure we find in
living it. To do it grudgingly or with
out knowing and appreciating its
benefits, we botch lt-apd fail, but to
love health more than appetite and
seek it, is to have health, comfort, ef
ficiency and a long life. "Start the*
simple life?begin it today," is the
motto of this health movement.
Our Patriotic Scoots.
TheBoy Scouts of Louisburg are a
patriotic band, alert to do each his bit
for the cftuntry. On Tuesday night
they held a large and enthusiastic
meeting at the Methodist church at
which the urgent need of the country
for increased food production was
carefully considered. The Scout Slo
gan which has set a very army of
boys throughout the land at work.
"Every scout to feed a soldier," creat
ed jgreat enthusiasm among the young
patriots.
Many plans were suggested and it
was decided to plant a scout gardeu
on the Harris farm, near Louisburg,
which the troop will cultivate in com
mon. The net proceeds from this
scout garden will be used for troop
purposes.
It was suggested that some of the
householders of the town were unable
to make gardens because of the scar
city of labor. It was decided that if
any one wished to have their gardens
worked by the scouts, they would un
dertake it under the leadership of their
patrol leaders. The following plan
was adopted. If any one desires
workers for their gardens, they will
phone Rev. N. H. D. "Wilson, who
will notify the patrol leader and he
will see that willing workers are fur
nished. A leader will be assigned tc
each task, and when it is completed
he will collect a reasonable fee for
the work done. This money will be
divided weekly among the scouts.
The "plan does not demand that the
scouts work for nothing or give what
they make to any public cause. It is
a movement to help cure the danger
ous food shortage. If these plans can
be carried out it will be one of the
best things which has come to Louis
burg. It will mean industrious boys,
abundant food supplies hero at home,
and our part done to help feed the
nations and win the war.
If you want your gardens worked
then, phone to Mr. Wilson and he will
pass the word to the scouts and they
will do the rest. The object of the
scout movement is to help the commu
nity, help the country and help the
boy. The scouts are ready to lend a
hand.
Mr. J. T. Gattis Dead.
Mr. J. T. Gattis, father of Mr. C.
M. Gattis, of thi3 city, died at the
home of his son on Nash street early
Friday morning from an attack of
heart disease. When he retired the
night bqfore about 10 o'clock he was
in apparently as good health as usual,
but when he failed to arise at his us
ual time on Friday morning some of
the family went to see about him find
ing him dead in his bed. Apparently
death came without a. struggle. Mr.
Gattls had not been in good health for
beveral months. He was in his 74th
year and leaves one son, Mr. C. M.
Gattis, of Louisburg, and two daugh
ters, Mrs. A. S. Floyd, of Norfolk,
Va.? and Mrs. H. G. Ruth, of Warren -
ton. His remains were taken from
here to Raleigh on Saturday, whero
they were interred in Oaklawir cem
etery. The services were conducted
by Revs. W. M. Gimore and Dr.
Weston Bruner, pastor of the Baptist
Tabernacle church, of Raleigh, of
which Mr. Gattis was a faithful mem
J>er.
Quite a large number of friends of
the family accompanied the remains
to Raleigh. The pall bearers were
Messrs. O. Y. Yarboro, G. W. Mur
phy, W. B. Cooke, C. B. Clarke, Eu
gene Edens, P. B. Griffin. u
Mr. Gattis was a man of a fine dis
position which won for him many
warm personal friends. He served
his country with much credit during
the Civil war and was loved for his
genuine neighborllness and gentle
consideration of his fellow man.
The bereaved family has the deep
est sympathy of the entire commun
ity.
Harden Warns His People of the Out
look.
Copenhagen, April 30.?Mlxlmilian
Harden. Germany's firebrand, writ
ing In his Weekly Die Zuekfunt, warns
the German people against under ra
ting the effect which America's en
trance into the war may have. He
deals fit length with the "shame pre
tense and mistakes." of the German
government, particularly of the for-1
eign office in Its policy towards the |
United States.
Herr Harden makes the flat charge j
that Germany's peace proposals lest
December were not sincere, but were
made merely to find, in their rejec
tion, an excuse for unrestricted U-boat
warfare. Harden indulges In glowing
praiae_Iatfi'resldent Wilson and bit
terly criticises Foreign Secretary
Zimmermann. He exempts ex-am
bassador von Bernstorff from the at
tacks on Germany's diplomacy and
continues:
"What is now needed is not long
whimpers for pcace, not the insane
peace amissions of Scheldman, Erzber
ger and other amateur diplomats, but
a bold attempt to recognize again the
plain truths of the situation and res
tore worthy freedom."
\ash Street Defeats Main.
On Friday May 1st, Naah Street de
feated Main In a slow and almost un
interesting game, of base ball, by the
score of 21 to 14. The game was fca
tursd throus^out by heavy hitting on
both sides. Williams, with two nomo
runs in six time3 at bat featured for
Main. Smith for Nash got six hits out
of seven times at bat, three cf iheso
being triples. Ia an effort to stop
the strong hitting cf Nash street, Al
len, former pitcher for Main was .j-jnt
in to relieve Williams. Ho allo-.vei
only 1 hit, this a triple by Smith.
Score by innings: R II
MAIN 10005401 3?14 7
NASH 30005408 1?21 IB
Summary: Hits of Williams IS In
8 innings; of Allen 1 in 1 Inning.
Struck out by Williams 9, by Allen 1,
by Smith 6. Runs, King 4, William
son 4, Wllliams3, Turner 1, J. Allen 2,
Nash 4. Smith 4. HarriB 4, Wilson 2%
Griffin 3. R. Alston 2, Murphy 1, ft.r
ITouck 1. Base^tn balls of Wllllanip
2, of Smith 1.
To Beautify Court Square.
We are-requested to ask all ladles In
Loulsbure (Interested In beautifying
Court Square to meet at tli? Court
House on Saturday morning at 11
o'clock and bring with them all the
extra flower plants they may have that
would add to beautifying the square,
such as canna bulbs, Scarlet Sage
plants and other pretty varieties. Tho
presence of everybody .is especially
desired as their help In (the arrange
ments will be of esfteelal Advantage.
Members Alumni To Meet.
Resident members ot^the Alumnae
Association are requested to meet at
the College to discuss Commencement
plans on Saturday afternoon at five
o'clock. It is Important that all mem -
bers be present.
The man who never tried has no
sympathy for the -one who tried and
failed. \
INCREASE THE ACREAGE OF
SWEET POTATOES IN
THE SOUTH.
Cost Less to Plant?Produce Moro
Food Per Acre Than Irish Pota
toes .
Washington, D. C., May 1st, 1917?'
Seed to plant an acre of Irish pota
toes cost about $40 this spring. Seed
sweet potatoes wiTf'nqt cost more than
$4 per acre where vm#~cuttings tak
en from early-set plants are used.
The yield of sweet potatoes per acre
Is usually greater than that of IrlsU
potatoes and as a food they are aa
nutritious. Sweet potatoes may . be
grown throughout the Southern States
and, of course, in certain other sec
tions. Specialists in the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture are urging
an Increased acreage of this crop
wherever it can be easily grown.
Sweet potatoes, it is pointed out, are
the South's chief instrument for a
quick and effective increase ot the
food supply. Seed is plentiful; last
year's crop was the second largest
overproduced. By means of vine cut
tings it is possible to plant almost un
limited areas of this crop and at tho
same time conserve the present sup
ply. That is, a farmer who wishes
to plant 10 acres will bed seed enough
say 8 to 10 bushels?to get slips for
one acre. Vine cuttings from this
acre wo|ild plant many more acres,
plantings being possible until the first
of August in the lower South. This
system, now widely used In the South,
enables the utilization of land from
which larly potatoes, cabbage, and
other truck crops have been taken.
Sweet potatoes are not expensive to
grow. The niajn limiting factor to
the production of vast quantities by
this plan is labor. Yields from fields
set with vine Cuttings are as large as
from plants grown from slips. This
method has the further advantage of
preventing the transfer of diseases
which are carried^n the tubers.
The South doesn't need to learn
how to grow sweet potatoes, the spec
ialists point out. Farmers know how
to produce large yields of this crop.
But the farmer must be impressed
with the necessity of increasing his
acreage of tliljj crop, and then, when
harvest comes, to prevent the enor
mous loss from improper handling and
storing. The best way to keep sweet
potatoes is to store them in well-ven
tilated storage houses, not "dugout*."
Storage houses should be made ready
as soon as possible. In Farmers'
Bulletin 548', "Storing and Marketing
Sweet Potatoes." instruction for build
ing such houses and for converting old
and unoccupied buildings are given.
List of Letters.
The following Is a list of letters re
maining in the Post Office at Louls
burg, N'. C., not called for May 4th,
1917:
Mr. J. R. Carroll, ReV;, G. W.
Cheek, Mrs. Klla Davis, Mrs. S. P.
Harris, Mrs. Robert Kaze, J. Ellis
Jaynes (2), Miss Beatrice Perry, Mr.
Handy Perry, Mr. Willie Woodley.
Persons calling for any of the above
letters will please state that they saw
them advertised.
R. H. DAVIS, P. M.
Senate Totes for Using Interned En
emy Ships.
Washington, April 30.?The Senate
tonight, by a unanimous vote, passed
a resolution providing for the transfer
of title and possession of enemy ships
in American ports and their use in
commerce under direction of the Ship
ping Board.
Old Soldiers at Justice.
The old soldiers of Franklin and ad
joining counties are Invited to Jus
tice to observe Memorial Day on May
10th, 1917, at 2 o'clock. There will
be a lot of good speaking and a nice
programme will be rendered. The
public Is lnvit'ed to attend. '
Confederate Hero Dead.
Kinston, April 30.?Capt. Joe Dar
den, a noted Confederate veteran and
survivor of the Immortal six hundred
of the Confederacy, died At his home
a few miles from here today.
To Deliver MeaMlal Address.
Hon. William H. Yarborough, Jr.,
has accepted an Invitation fr9m the
ladles of Raleigh to deliver the Memo
rial Address In that city on Thurs
day. May 10th.
"X made the hit of my life. They
printed articles about me as one great
statesman who could be depended on
not to filibuster."
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