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VOLUME XL VIL L0UI8BUBG, N. C, FBIDAV, JULY 19th. 1?18.
MTMBEB 22
FIGHTING
TOGETHER
AMERICANS AND FRENCH
DROVE ENFMY
STEADILY BACK
GERMANS BROKE IN RETREAT UNDER
^pftKjr. AMFPIfAM ffll 1NTFP. ATTACK
FRENCH GENERAL C0?
MANDING GROUP OF
ARMIES
Sent Congratulatory Message
To American General Com
manding the Forces Which
Beat Back the Enemy; Ger
mans Re sumed Shelling La
ter On American Sector;
Heavy Fighting.
With the American Army on the
Marne, July 15.?A strong American
counter-attack south of the river bond
completely upset the Germans, who
broke in retreat. The American
troops drove the enemy back all the
way to the railway Bkirting the Marne
in the region southwest of Jaulgonne.
This position now is being held.
In the counter-attack many prison
ers were taken. They Included a ma
jor, two captains and 400 men, so far
counted.
The French general commanding the
rroup of armies on this sector sent a
r.gratulatory message this afternoon
U? lie American general commanding
the forces which beat back the enemy.
At r> o'clock thia-fivenlns .the Ger
mans were heavily shelling the Amer
ican forces, but were getting shell
for Bhell in return, and their fire seem
ed to be diminishing. The Vaux dis
trict is camparatively salm now.
On the American right heavy fight
ing is in progress. Ajnerican machine
gunners along the river assisted ma
terially in breaking up the early boche
plans, for they stuck to their posts
and poured deadly streams of bullets
into the enemy and only withdrew
when th^ir guns were so hot they could
not be fired. One group ef machine
gunners happened to be In a place
where 'the Germans were anxious to
erect a bridge, but tl\eir efforts were
fruitless. The American bullets pil
ed up the Gorman dead on the oppo
site side of the river every time the
enemy started to cross.
sed the Marne this morning on six
pontoon bridges hurriedly thrown ov
er the stream and masses of intsntry
swarmed forward. The artillery con
stantly haa me bridges?under?frhe
heaviest fire and at least two direct
hits were made, two of the bridges be
ing blown up.
After sharp artillery wdrk, German
troops advanced behind a great smoke
cloud, which'completely obscured them
for a time from vlecw. The iow^ visi
bility also aided the enemy in his op
erations.
The fighting continues with fierce
intensity in this district while the bat
tle rages with equal ferocity on the
right, where the French are reported
to have delivered a smashing blow
against the enemy. From this section
of the battle front it appears that the
German offensive at least ft Hit! UU!<!
being, has been badly shattered.
The Americans now command the
river front at the bend. At the left
of the bend, the famous German tenth
division has mado repeated attempts
all day to cross, but all assaults have
been smashed by the splendidly direc
ted fire of the American gunners, and
not a single German had succeeded
In getting over at this point up to
9 o'clock tonight.
THE DAY'S WAR STORY.
The existed renewal of the Grmans
offensive in France has begun,
Fierce battles are In progress on both
sides of the famous cathedral city of
Rheims, which since the last offensive
along the Marne has stood the apex of
a sharp salilnt into the German line.
West of Rheims the Germans with
the pressure of large numbers of
troops, the unleashing of which was
preceded by a veritable ball, of high
explosives find gas shells, have been
enabled to cross the Marne at several
places.
ON 65 MILE FRONT.
East of the city, however, they have
been held for thei smallest galas by
the tenacious resistance of the defen
ders of the line. Altogether the two
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AUTOMOBILE TURN'S OYER.
Nr. J. D. Hines Receives Painful In
juries?Not Considered Serious?Mr.
11. G. McBrayer Escapes Injury.
While returning to Louisburg on
Wednesday afternoon tho automobile
being driven by Mr. John D. Hines
turned over near the home of Mr. E.
A. Kemp's, inflicting painful injuries
upon Mr. Hines and doing much dam*
age to the car. "Mr. H. G. McBray
er, the other occupant, escaped with
injury.
Prom what we can learn they were
driving at a fair rate of speed on the
good roads and turned out to pass ottu
er cars, when the wheels of Mr. Hines
car struck the ditch and caused It to
turn over. Mr. Hines was resting
well yesterday and It is hopo by his
many friends that his Injuries are on
ly temporary.
PAUL WINSTON, AVIATOR HOME
TO RECUPERATE.
Franklinton, July 18.?Mr. Paul
Winston, one of Franklin's popular
young men, and who Is at the aviation
camp near Hampton, Va., Is at home
to recuperate from a fall of 2,500 feet
In an airplane recently. The engine
went dead on him at that dizzy height
and the machine made a "nose dive"
landing in the water. Mr. Winston
had several rib's broken, as was also
his oollar bone and was otherwise
bruised, but he says just as soon as he
Is able to go back that he Is going tc
fly some more.
CONSERVATION SCHOOL
HELD IS LOUISBURG COLLEGE.
Large Attendance?Mesdames Lillian
W. Capehart, of Oxford, and M.
Davis, of Raleigh, Assisting Miss
Panline Smith.
The uonservatlon school held, the
past week at Louisburg college by
Miss Pauline Smith, Home Demonstra
tion Agent of Franklin County, assist
ed by Mrs. Lillian Capebart, Home
Demonstration Agent for Granville
County and Mrs. M. M. Davis, Home
Demontratlon Agent for Raleigh. About
two hundred were in attendance both
including thirty club members and a
large number from town.
During this school lessons were giv
en in sealing tin cans; grading and
serving using syrup as a sugar substi*
tute; lessons in drying and brining;
cooking war breads and war cakes,
several of which are on the County
Fair Premium List for the coming
Fair.
Miss Sallle Thomas Williams and
Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Fleming enter
tained the school in" the college par?
lors Tuesday evening with a musical
program. The ladies of Louisburg
were most hospitable to the girls in
their homes. Rides, parties etc., were
arranged for their entertainment.
School \vas a great success. Those
present were taught many uses of
rye, corn meal and oat flours not
known before. In reality it was a
conservation school teaching flour,
meat, sugar and butter substitution.
One of the most important phases, was
the teaching of food value. The lec
ture by Mrs. Davis on "How to Feed
the Family" one of the most helpful
lessons.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR MEETESQ
IX LOUISBURG.
The Eastern North Carolina Chris
tian Conference opened its twenty
fourth annual Sunday School and
Christian Endeavor convention near
here Tuesday night at the Mount Gi
lead church. The first session Was
taken up chiefly with an address of
welcome by W. C. Wilder, a response
by J: E. Franks and a business ses
sion. About fifty schools registered
in the convention.
The feature of the Tuesday morn
ing meeting was the annual address
by President C. H. Stephenson. As
the title, "The War Call of_Jhe Age."
indicated/It was a stirring appeal to
the delegates present to stress the
work they are engaged in at this j^ar
tlcular time. "What will yotir Sun
day School and C. E. Society be af
ter the war?" the speaker nsked.
"You must consign it to the front lank
rear rank or oblivion. And nrJv of
all times the challenge is to profs on
In *the fisht for Christian service."
The afternoon session consisted in
reports from the various departments
of Sunday School and Christian En
leavor work. These reports were ta
ken up and diflcussed by the delegates
present.
Wednesday night will be given ot
;r to a musical program by the conven
tion orchestra and two addressee by
Rev. Charles D. Johnson, of Greens
boro, and W. H. 8tephenson, of Ral
iigh.
LOriSBLHO BAPTIST CHUBCH.
We are requested to state that there
will be Communion service at the 11
o'clock hour at the liaptist church on
of Remembrance."
At the night service at 9 p. m, the
pastor will discuss "Rowing Against
Wind and Tide." The public is cor
dialiy Invited to attend each of these
services.
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RECEIVE TAX LIST.
The Board of County Commissioners
met on Monday and received the tax
lists from the several lis-takers. They
also revised the jury list. The latter
was begun Monday afternoon, but was
not completed until Wednesday.
SQUIRE UZZELL
DISMISSES CASE
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AGAINST TOWN COJTMISSIONJtBS
BY HUDSON.
On Grounds that Town Charter Be
quires Treasurer to Make Statement,
I Therefore State Law Conflicts?Ap
peal.
The case which has been expected
to create quite a little interest1 to our
people was disposed of very quietly in
the court house on Tuesday When
Squire W. E. Uzzell called tha case
of Hudson vs. the Town Commlsslon
&FB--fo*~failure to publish an annual
?j$tement, for trial. A good ^zed
crowd had gathered to bear the nse.
There was only one witness put upon
the stand. The plaintiffs placed Mr.
C. C. Hudson upon the stand who, in
answer to direct examination stated
that the town had published no annual
statement since 1914. except the one
in the past few weeks published by
Mayor Joyner, which coveretf only
the street improvements, that he had
made investigations of same before
suit was brought. On cross examina
tion he admitted he had submitted in
a town case a few weeks ago. had no
malice, that his reasons for bringing
suit was that the town had levied priv
ilege licenses, in addition to rqcular
taxes, and he wanted to see what was
becoming of the money, that he had
known of this law since Joyner
brought suit several years ago and had
read the law twice since.
At this point a discussion came up
between the Attorneys when Yarbor
ough told the court that under the
town charter it was the duty of the
Treasurer to make the statement in
stead of the Commissioners, and that
in view of this fact the State law un
itojAMbitliii mil in in hmuttlftifltfi
not apply.
The court held that the town char
ter took precedence over the State law
and therefore dismissed the case. The
plaintiff gave notice of appeal.
In nil prnhnhlHtv the rasn wlll.nnmp
up for hearing at the next term of
Franklin Superior Court, which con
venes the last week in August. 1918.
THE Y0U1IG WOMAN'S MISSION
ARY SOCIETY.
The Young Woman's Missionary So
ciety met with iCllss Louise Thomas,
on. Church street, Tuesday evening,
July 16th, 1918, in a Missionary Meet
ing.
The subject for the evening was
Buddism.
The meeting was called to order and
led by Mrs. Osmond Y. Yarboro, she
had the following program arranged:
Scripture Lesson?Ruth. Chap I?
Mrs. O. Y. Yarboro.
Minutes?Miss Louise Thomas.
Oriental Religions in America?Mrs,
E. F. Thomas.
Pacific Coast Oriental Missions?
Miss Fannie Lillian Massenburg.
Buddhist Temples?Miss Lydla In
acoe.
Solo?Oh Eyes That Are Weary?
Miss Annie Belle King.
A Nickel that Saved a Life?Mrs.
O. J. Hale.
Quarterly Report by Treasurer?
Miss Sue Alston.
Those present at the meeting were
Mesdames 0. Y. Yarboro, O. J. Hale,
E. F. Thomas and Misses Sue Alston.
Hodgie Alston, Fannie Lillian Massem
burg, Lydla Inscoe, Louise Thomas.
We were glad to have with us as a
vilsltor Miss Annie Belle King, who so
beautifully sang for us. Oh Eyes That
are Weary.
The society adjourned to meet on
Tuesday evening. July 23rd, 1918 at
the home of Mrs. J. M. Allen, in a
Study Circle meeting promptly at 9
>'clock.
Recording Secretary.
rO FILL APPOINTMENTS AT KAT-1
ESYILLE.
We arc requested to state that Rev.
H. D. Wilson will fill regular ap
pointments at Katesville school house
>n the third Sunday in each month at
\ o'clock, new time. Sunday school
vill be held each Sunday at 3:30
?'clock. The public Is cordially invi
ed to attend these services.
TAG DAY BIG SUCCESS.
V o 11 ii k Ladles Very Appreciative of the
Support of the Public.
iui im uaj iui mi umium ui me
Belgian Babies held on Saturday by
the members of the Young Woman's
Missionary Society, was a most unex
pected success. The tags were put
on sale early by the young ladles and
it was soon learned that a second sup
ply of tags would have to be supplied.
The total sales during the day amoun
ted to about $115.00. The sales were
very evenly divided, practically every
body in town on that day was wearing
one or more tags. The young ladies
of the Society very greatly appreciate
the liberal patronage of the entire pub
lic in this most wprthy cause.
NOT OVER 60 CENTS
A. HUNDRED POUNDS
IS THE PBIQE OF ICE FOR LOCIS
BIKG THIS SEASON.
Committee Met on Friday Night and
Made Final Rnllngg?King Agreed
Saturday Morning.
V
The ice committee for Louisburg
met in Dr. A. H. Fleming's office on
last Friday night and again took up
the question of the price of ice with
Mr. King.
Mr. King stated that he had met the
requirements of the committee at its
former meeting for the two week's
trial and he had found that he could
not sell ice at 60 cents straight with
out a heavy loss, and submitted a
schedule of prices as follows: Single
blocks, $1.60; two blocks $3.00; 2000
pound book $13.50; 1000 pond book
$7.00: 500 pound book $3.50; 300
pound book $2.00; 200 pound book
$1.35; all retail ice from wagon and
ice house, without coupon books, 75
cents per hundred for all lots of 25
pounds or over, all other lots at 1 cent
a pound.
Mr. H. A. Page, of Raleigh, State
Food Administrator was present and
the committee took the matter of
wholesale price discrimination against
Louisburg up with him. Mr. Page
stated that he had faken the mattier lip
with Johnson & Johnson of Raleigh
and told them he did not think it right
to charge Louisburg $7.50 per ton for
ice and ship Jt to other towns for
15.00 per ton. that it was a discrimina
tion that would have to bo justified.
To this Johnson & Johnson filed with
him a sworn statement showing that
the ice plant had lost over $300.00 this
season and that they could not reduce
the pries of ice. and that they could
Mi
$5.00 on account of competition. They
also stated that if Mr. King would
step out of the ice business they would
take the deliveries over and deliver
ice anywhere in town for cash or tfek
at 00 tent.* a buildrt'fl.
During the discussions the commit
tee ascertained from Mr. King that hp
had not put on sale the 100 pound
books ordered at a former meeting,
also that he had sold some ice at $1.50
per block, and that he had made deliv
eries contrary to the requirements of
the committee.
Upon motion the committee rejected
Mr. King's schedule of prices.
Th& committee unanimously order
ed that Mr. King put on sale 100
pound ico tickets.
It was moved and carried that ice
shall sell fornot over 60 cents a hun
dred pounds, except that delivered
from the wagon for cash which may
be at the rate of 1 cent a pound.
To this Mr. King stated he could not
agree and insisted upon his schedule,
of prices.
Upon motion the committee gave Mr.
King until 10 oiclock Saturday morn
ing. July 13th to decide whether he
would accept or reject their terms.
Saturday morning the matter was
again taken up with Mr. King when
he submitted another schedule of pri
ces as follows: 100 pounds 60c; 50
pounds 35c; 40 pounds 30c: 25 ponds
20c; under this 1 cent a pound. These
prices to apply at ice house for cash.
The committee rejected these taking
the position thai the prices had been
settled at the former meeting and ask
ed for an answer to the proposition
offered him on the night before. To
this request Mr. King answered with
his Acceptance.
In the matter of establishing the Ice
prices for Louisburg the committee
has been in a very embarrassing posl- j
tion. They were of the opinion that
Ice ought to be sold hero for 50 cents
a hundred, tint did not think it could
be when Louisburg was forced to pay
$2.50 per ton more for tee at whole
sale than other towns. The commit
tee was open in its position with Mr.
King that if he wanted to and could
purchase Ice on other markets at even
an equal price at wholesale they would
endorse such actien since the local
manufacturers had shown no dispo
sition to assist them to adjust mat
ters in a fair and Just manner. The
committee looked on Johnson ? John
son's proposition to take the busi
ness over with much disfavor, feeling
THEY CAPTURED VILLAGE OF ST. AG
NAN, HILL 238, GAPELLE MONTDODLN
that It was everything but fair to "Mr.
King.
As the Ice situation now stands the
price of ice must not be over 60 cents
a hundred, except where a person goes
out to the wagon to buy for cash. It
can be anything less that Mr. King
wishes to make it. He is required to
make only ono delivery a day and to
| keep his ice house open from 8 to 11
I o'clock on Sunday mornings and that
| ice ticket books must be sold in de
nominations from 100 pounds up.
This arrangement is closed for the
season in the opinon of the committee.
LIGHTNING.SETS HOUSE AFIRE.
During a light electrical storm on
last Friday morning lightning struck
the house belonging to Mr. G. W. I
Ford and occupied by Mr. J. D. Win
free, on South Main Street near the
old colored cemetery, and set it afire.
The fire department responded Imme
diately and soon extinguished the
blaze. The damage was small, the
lightning knocking off*a part of the
chimney.
The striking of the house by the
lightning was seen by some of our
people who happened to be looking
that way.
MOTES TO LOUISBURG.
The many friends of Dr. J. O. Ne
well will be glad to learn that he has
moved his family to Louisburg. He
is occupying the residence of Dr. H. i
A. Newell on North Main street, and
has his offices located over Aycock j
Drug Co.'s store. i
AMONG THE VISITORS
SOME YOU K>'OW AND SOME YOU
DO NOT ENOW.
Personal Items About Folks and Their
Friends Who Travel Here and
There,
Miss Martha Leah Rose. oX Hender
son, is visiting Miss Eleanor Perry.
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Miss Mattio Parker, of Goldsboro,
is visiting Miss Louise Macon, near
town.
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Mr. F. B. McKlnne returned the
past week from a trip to Lake Juna
luski.
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Judge J. Crawford Biggs, of Ral
mw- ??
nesday. {
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Rose, of
Henderson, were visitors to Louisburg
Friday i
Mr. B. H. Saunders visited Raleigh
Tuesday. While there he traded au
tomobiles.
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Mr. E. L. Vaughan. of Nashville,
was in Loulsburg Tuesday,, ,on pro
fessional business.
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Chief and Mrs. D. C. High visited
their daughter. Mrs. G. R. McGrady,
in Raleigh Tuesday.
? ? ?
Mr. Gray R. King. Miss Laura Scott
and Mrs. Molile King, of Nashville,
were visitors to Louisburg Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Norman M. Lynn, of
New York City, are Loulsburg visitors,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. X:. H. Malone.
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Messrs. W. H. Allen and J. A.'
Turner left the past week for Nash
ville, Tenn., to be present at a big
land sale.
? ? ?
! Miss Annie Laurie Macon, who has
been taking treatment at a hospital In
Henderson, returned home Monday
j much improved.
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QU*sf Justice Walter Clark, of Ral
eigh. passed through Louisburg Wed
nesday returning home from his farm
in Halifax county.
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Mrs. D. T. Smithwlck and son, Ma
con, and Miss Laura Macon, are vis
iting friends and relatives in Mat
thews County, Ya.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. Kline and little
daughter find Miss Lynn Hall left Sun
day for the Northern Markets to pur
chase the fall stock for L. Kline & Co.
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Dr. A. H. Fleming. Sorretary Frank
fn County Fair Association, left yester
day for Baltimore and other points to
arrange for shows .for the fair this
fall.
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Mr. S. 8. Meadows was at home
Baturday from Olanta, S. C. He says
the tobacco sold for ten dollars a hun
dred higher on that maket at tha op
ening this year than last year.
GERMANS WITHDREW
THEIR FORCES THERE TO
CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE
Large Force of American
Troops Reported To Be IF
?gaged; German Statement
Practically Concedes That
"Violent Counter-Attacks"
1 of Allies Have Stayed The
I Progress of the Enemy;
I Day's War Story.
With the American Army on the
Marne, July 16.?French and Ameri
can forces fighting together have re
captured the village of St. Agnan, Hill
223, to the northwest, and La Chap
elle-Montbodon.
In co-operation with the French the
Americans launched a heavy counter
attack this morning between these two
villages, driving the enemy steadily
back.
On the American right the French
made rapid progress and all through
the section the Germans were fiercely
attacked by the Allies, with the result
that they have withdrawn for a con
siderable distance. Comparatively
large forces of Americans have been
engaged,- especially in the region of
Descrivec, where they were brought
up to support the attacking French.
Within a short period the Americans
were hotly engaged in the fighting.
DAY'S WAR STORY.
The Ge^ian offensive east and weft
of Rheims has had the brakes vigor
ously applied to it by the strong re
sistance of the American,.French and
Italian armies.
Nowhere has the enemy found it pos
sible, as in days gone by. to press for
ward and tear his way through oppos
ing positions to points of vantage cho
sen as earlyobjectives.
True some gains have been made by
the Germans but they are infinitesimal
when compared with those of other at
tacks. Instead of in miles they may
be reckoned almost in yards. And
from some of the positions captured
the enemy has been ejected
llvered by the American troops fight
ing alone as a unit and Americans
fighting shoulder to shoulder with
their French comrades in arms.
GERMANS CONCEDE IT.
Tacit admission that the enemy hor
des have been retarded in their as
saults, if not halted, seemingly is con
tained in the latest German official
communication, which, in dealing with
;the fighting of Tuesday asserts that the
Allied troops on the Marne front have
delivered "violent counter-attacks"
and that to the east of Rheims "the
situation is unchanged."
The claim made to any success by
the Germans is that there were "some
local successes to the southwest of
Rheims."
FRANCO-AMERICAN SUCCESSES.
The successes of the Americans and
the French give back to them points
of strategic value on the heights dom
inating the Marne valley. The Amer
leans alone recaptured Fossoy and
(Crezaney, east of Chateau Thierry and
i at one point near Fossoy drov? back
the enemy across the river and took
a number of prisoners. Aided by the
French, the recapture of St. Agnan,
Hill 223 and La Chapelle-Monthoden,
south of Dormans was accomplished.
HEAVY FIGHTING SOUTH MARNE.
Throughout tho region lying to the
west of Rheims. especially south of
the Marne, the Germans made desper
ate attempts on various sectors to in
crease their penetration of the Allied
front, but where they were able to gain
any advantage it was only a foot at a
time, the French meeting their on
slaughts with the greatest bravery and
making tho enemy pay dearly for ev
ery inch of ground he took.
Eastward from Rheims hard fight
ing is still going on almost to the wes
tern fringes of the Artfonne forest, but
apparently the enemy here also is
meeting with ill success. Attacks at*
tempted near Prunay and ?Sulppes
came to naught under the French fire,
while further east, near Crosoee and
Tehure, efforts to break the French
line^were repulRed with heavy losses.
PRISONERS BY BOTH SIDES.
The German official communication
in dealing with tho flghttng of Monday
says the Germans took 13,000 prison
ers. The French on their part are re
ported to have taken thousands of cap
tives and it is IcnQWn that the Ameri
cans have made prisoner between
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