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NUMBER ae.
THREE CONFESS TO
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Cntcs, Kolrhlnen ?lid Grtenstein Iden
tified as Hold-up Men >'ear
FranklintoiL.
GRAHAM SOLDIER PLACES
BLAME ON MAX KILLED
Says Hendricks Forced Kolclilnes, One
of Companions, To Stop Auto Con
taining J. C. Conyers and Rowland
N'asli; Frankllnton Men Robied of
Eighteen Dollars.
W. C. Cates, of Graham, Benjamin
Kolchines and Jacob Greenstein, of
New York, held in connection with the
shooting near Cary yesterday confess
ed to holding up twij_autoists last Tu
esday night near Franklinton after
Rowland Nash and J. C. Conyers
men robbed, had identified the three
prisoners as the robbers. The Frank
linton citizens caipc here yesterday in
response to a message from Sheriff
Sears who suspected that the prison
ers were connected with the robbery.
Messrs. Nash and Conyers were held
up and robbed on the highway about
half a mile north of Franklinton. A
boy dressed in citizens clothes, with
drawn revolver, stepped In front of the
auto and ordered the driver to stop.
'As the car stopped three others, wear
ing uniforms, joined the boy. The four
then took $18 from Messrs. Conyers
j .id Nash.
Cates Tells Story,
'?:ter the identification, Cates told
i >=?ory of the robbery. He stated,
act i ' ling to Sheriff Sears, that Hen
drlcki was the cause of the hold-up.
1'end ricks was the-soldier killed by
Spec ial Deputy King near Cary Wed
ntsdav night. Hendricks, according
to Caie's story forced Kolchines to
hold up the auto after threatening to 1
shoot ih boy. After the machine)
Mopped, the prisoner said. he. Hei>- j
dricks anjd Greenstein approached the |
auto and sc.n'cbed the occupants.
Want Prisoners In Franklinton.
Officers accompanied Messrs. Con
yers and Xash to Raleigh and wanted ,
to take the three prisoners to Frank
lini? r. tor trial in Franklin bounty |
on a charge of highway robbery. |
vrtnrg hfttt'fttfiif t\n? ^- j
l.ast- them. They are being held pen- I
?line the outcome of Officer King's .
wounds.
Sheriff Sears'was notified yesterday
Oj.it relatives of Hendricks will ar-i
riw in Raleigh today to claim the body
of the dead soldier.
Deputy King Hording Own.
Deputy King's condition showed no
llipill Ft!'HUM!.
ing his own. His wound in the stom
ach is very serious. Greenstein. the
wounded prisoner, is getting along
nicely.?News-Observer.
<\ W. Cates. Jacob Greenstein and
llenjamin Kolchines, were turned ov
er to the Franklinton authorities by
the Raleigh officers and were given a
hearing before Esquire S. C. Ford on
Wednesday. Probable cause was
found and they were bound over to the
next term of Franklin Criminal Court
under SI.000 bond each. Upon fail
ing to give bond they v.-rre brought to
Louisburg and placed In Jail by Chief
of Police J. E. Winston and Mr. G.
\V. Rarrow. .J
WdJ understand they admitted the
robbery and that one of them and the
one that was killed were deserters
from the United States Army and had
been stationed at Panama.
After ?he robbery about the old
Chrir factory at Franklinton and
while the officers were in search for
them, we understand they claim they
wenr on down the railroad towards
Franklinton, caught a freight train
and escaped.
VHANKUVrON TO HAVE
IMPROVE^ WATER WORKS
Contracts Awarded For Beginning Im
provements Costing- Many Thous
and*.
Franklinton, Oct. 24.?For thirty
ilavs bids had been pouring into the j
i f?'|ro of the town clerk tn Answer to :
nn advertisement fof proposals to in
11 pn up-to-date water and sewer i
. - -s -/m for Franklinton. and more than J
Ivi-Titv concerns submitted prices and
n ",vf?l for the contract. Yesterday
Ihw Id'ls were opened and the contract
L.jv. p to the firms submitting the low
est bids. The aggregate cost to the j
town for a turn key job will be $88,000.
Work Is to begin within thirty days
after the com rac t ts signed. It is ex
pected that all the preliminaries will
be completed within thirty days and
that work will be started not later than
the middle of December, and the con
tracts will call for completion within
six months from the time work is be
gun.
The deep well will probably be dug
Just north of the town limits on. the
property of Mr. William Joyner and
the tank erected Just back of the resi
dence of Mr. Leonard Henderson.
Mr. Gilbert C. White, of Durhant. is
the consulting engineer and Vill rep
resent the town in the installation of
the water and sewer system.
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
SUNDAY?
On Sunday, Nov. 2nd. the services
at St. Paul's Church will be Morning
Prayer and sermon and administration
of the Holy Communion at 11 A. M.,
Rev. N. Collin Hughes, rector, offic
iating.
On Sunday aftcrnoorv at 4 P. M. at
the church, Mr. R. G. Kittrell and
Mrs. Henry Perry, of Henderson, will
address the congregation on the Na
tion-wide r'ampaign. All members of.
the congregation are urged to attend
the afternoon service particularly.
A cordial Invitation to all to these
services is extended.
On Friday night at S P. M. the
whole congregation will meet in a so
cial gathering at the rectory for the
purpose of learning more of and tak
ing part in the Nation-Wide Campaign.
Short addresses by different members
will be made during the evening.
LOriSBl R<; BAPTIST CHURCH.
In the morning at 11 A. M. the ser
mon topic will be "Ownership and
Possession."
In the evening at 7 o'clock "Ox Carts
And Aeroplanes.**
Sunday School at 9:45.
Last Sunday we had the house full
at both, services, ana the pastor is
very anxious that especially all the
nv rubers shall hear what he has to
say Sunday.
PRESIDENTS SENSE OF
HI HOH rfljflXft OVFINF 1
C'rark^ a Joke With Secretary Tumul
ty and Incidentally Make? Sly Die at j
t lie Treaty Opposition.
Washington. OM. 2R.? Alt ancedote
concerning the visiting Klnc"flrtWort of
Belgium became known today apropos |
OTTTls formal enll at the White House,
riprifiiiirv Tir -'ijir v. V -iivr i'ii- T'n-i
ident >e lerdav, ?2 i? rr. kv'ini g him,
"I am going now to meet the king of
Belgium."
"NC," the President replied. " you
mean the king of the Belgians."
"I accept your amendment." Tumul
ty replied.
"It is not an amendment," the Pres
ident said quickly, "it's an interpreta
tion.1'
STEEL STRIKE IS LOST
STRIKE LEADER SAYS
Chicago, Oct. 28.?Following a state
ment to the effect that the steel work
ers had lost the strike, made to mili
tary leaders in Gary by L. E. Titus,
a member of the steel workers' coun
cil there. John Fitzpatrick. chairman
of the national committee directing
the strike, said: *
"The strike is won, no matter what
the outcome may be."
' There is no use pretending.!! Titus
had said to Cbl.. W. S. Ma pes com
manding the regular troops. " "The
men are going back to work. The
strike is lost and the army is respon
sible."
In explaining his statement. Mr.
Fitzpatrick said:
"The strike may be won ev<?n though
it is lost. This struggle Is only lay
ing the ground work for future bat
tles." ?
PRESIDENT SPEND A QI'IET
DAY: NO ITALIC IHS1NESS
Washington. Oct. 28.?Showing no
ill rffccts from his recent, activities. (
President Wilson spent today quietly-!
md continued his rec ?nt i?rogr ?s? to-r
vfards ltvoveiy. Xo ?.r*t*five In ?-1
mI>k was .vMght to i.'- Preside?: s!
ill .-rit'?.'.! On rg the dir. < fflcials ?p 1
The wUo man blows the other
low's horn. The fool toots his
her li l
is own.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
information Concerning The
Health of the People of Frank
lin County, Worth Your At
tention. : i i i
11) DR. J. E. MALONE,
Health Officer.
Remember that in order for tho
County Quarantine Officer to do the
most good In protecting your schools
and the public you must according to
the Health Laws, make prompt re
ports of all suspected cases of con
tagious diseases. When you do this,
necessary stops will be taKen for con
trolling the spread of the diseases be
fore an epidemic develops. Quaran
tining your house is not so much for
protecting your family as it is for pro
tecting your friends and the community
Don't think when the yellow quaran
tine paper or placard is sent to you to
tack up on the front of your house that
the Health OfTicer or the Doctor Is do
ing it to injure you and yours for it Is
a great khidness for him to do It, for it
saves half the trouble and expense for
you and him too. It is a good law for
all and we all as good citizens ought
to do all we can to hefp the Health of
ficer and all the people to stop the
spread of death dealing diseases.
THE SKY PILOT.
In times past we have been accus
tomed to refer to the preacher as "a
sky pilot." The name stuck, whether
it pleased the preacher or not.
But it remained for a preacher him
self to Justify in fact ?he appellation
applied in Jes..
Lieutenant Mavnard. n chaplain in
[the United States Army, carried of!
the honors in a cross country distance
flight, in which ten aviators lost their
lives.
j . As a sky pilot he is a pronounced
1 success, for his feat required nerve
and judgment of an exceptionally high
,order.
I Now if he can preach as well as h'c
> can fly he should be able In time tc
tell the truth to the average congrega
tion and got away with it.
Score one for the sky pilot.
GOTHAM AM) CUBA
New York. Oct. 25#?The Inaugura
tion of an aerial freight service b*
twi-en New York and Cuba took place
today when a seaplane carrying $100.
000 won h of fountain pens, left Bath
Beach. Brooklyn, for Havana. SIQpi
will bo majle enroute n.t Atlantic City.
v r- ??
ton. S. C.. Savannah. Oa. Jackson
ville. Miami and Key West. Fla.
At each of these cities a gold foun
tain pen will be present 3d* lo the m*?
or and a silver one to tr.e president
of the l',cal Rotary Ctub. The sea
n'.vie var piloted by Jame^Farnham
and Robert Hewitt, fornrer military]
aviators, and carried ijtrce passengers.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
We are requested to state that Civil
Service examinations will be held?at j
Raleigh on November 19 and- Deceo j
ber 10. to secure for appointments in.!
the Census work to be begun in Jan
uary. These jobs pay $900 to $960 per ?
year with the possible Increase of $2"i
a month. If you want to take the ex
amination make application at once
for Form No. 304 stating the title of
the examination wanted to the Civil'
Service Commission. Washington. D. C.:
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CENSI'S ENUMERATORS.
Mr. O. B. Moss, of Spring Hope,
was in Louisburg Wednesday looking
after securing a number of Census enu- j
merator? for Franklin County. He'
says this job pays from $70 to $100 for
two weeks work, and in his desire to
make this district show-up as well ?<
possible Jie wants a lot of good men
to assist him In the work.
I. 1?. C.
The Joseph J. Davis Chapter of I'.1
D. C. will meet with Mrs. D. T
SrnitAwick on Tuesday afternoon. No
vember 4th. at 3 o'clock. This is a
very important meeting and the Pres
ident urges that every member In1
present if possible, and each one
reoucsted to notify the hostess if sin*
fan attend.
Lola Jackson. Secretary, j
Mrs. J. I.. Palmer. President,
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NO LIMITATIONS
ON THi: PRICKS FOR TOBACCO.
On the Louisburg Market?Good Sales
And Hitrli Prices?Growers Well
Pleased*
One of our warehousemen ta spe?' Ic
ing to a customer the past week said
that "we advised you last week that
we thought the prices had about reach
ed the limit, but we were very much
mistaken, as all grades have advanced
ami seem to be going higher each day."
This is just about a fair statement of
the conditions of the Market. There
seems to be no trouble ror growers to
get anywhere from eighty cents to
$1.10 a pound for tobacco, and many
are going as high as $1.25. About the
only thlDg considered now is thA abil
lty to get the weed, The growers are
coming In good numbers and express
the greatest satisfaction at the prices
paid.
Get your tobacco in good shape and I
bring it to Louisburg.
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SAFETY FIRST.
Messrs. W. & Vaughan, of Warren
ton. and A. A. Talley, of Petersburg,
were in Louisburg Monday -tn the in
terest of the Railroad Administration's
Campaign for the removal of causes
calculated to cause accidents. The
movement is a departure from the us
ual practices of the railroads and their
findings and reports should be given
close and important consideration.
There is i>o doubt but that the idea is
one of the most important that has
ever been established by the roads in
so far "S the public is concerned, and
should have good honest cooperation
on the part of the people.
MAKIMt PRK PA KATION.
Hah igh. Oct. 30.?Campaign Direc
tor S. G. Hubinow. who has charge of
the membership campaign for the Am
erican Cotton Assoc iation in this state
is urging nil county organizations to
secure Immediately the teams of can
vassers who will make the rounds of
'lie farmer?* ami business men in every
county during the six days following
November 10. when the teams are ask
ea to oegin me"actual canvass. Two
men. or women for that n>att< r. for
the ladles have shown a very great in
terest In the cot:on association work,
will work on each team, and a team
will be sent into every section of every
cotton county. Il> addition there vil 1
be workers for the cities in thocotton
? territory.
TII.'SO lea ms vili ??,k mainlv for
jjiorfcgular memberships, though cnarT
: t^r and sustaining members will not
| be turned down. The canvassers,
however, will have as their object, se
c uring every man and every business in
his particular community for the reg
ular membership in the cotton asso
ciation, on the basis or twenty-five
rents the bale of the 1017 production,
and for business men. twenty-five
cents for every thousand dollars In
vested. Professional men who are not
willing to take out a charter or sus
taining memberships-will be asked to
pay a minimum dues of three dollars
a year. Every class of citizens will
have the opportunity of joining this
association for the betterment of the
condition of the whole South during
the six days campaign in November.
Literature about? Hit? Association has
Iwen sent out to every c ?ton growing
county, but if more is needed this will
be furnished upon application to the
state headquarters at Raleigh. This
literature is being distributed by the
county organizations to the farmers
and other prospective members in the
outlying districts. Counties which are
?hort on this kind of literature can se
cure more from RaleigYi.
Sometime during the ne*r week or
moro the quotas will he worked out ]
for the various cotton counties. The I
Association is looking to North Caro-|
Una to produce about lOp.OOO nv ?nV^.!
and thht. number is not impose' !r
the folks beebme really Interested.
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SENATOR MARTIN PASSES
\N0TIIKR WKSTLFNS DAY i
Charlottesville. V?? Oct. 2S.?United j
prates Senator Martin, of Virginia.,
confined to hi? home here, passe.I an-.
!?rher disturbed day. although his ap
p.rito remained ?<?od. his physician I
reported late toc'ny.
The doctor restricted hT?? company ?
one vibiior.
GOVERNMENT IH KRIES TO
DEAL WITH COAL STRIKE
ORDERED FOR SATURDAY
Washington, Oct. 29.?The govern
ment moved swiftly tonight to meet the
nation-wide coal strike ordered for
Saturday.
Refusal of the miners' organization
at Indianapolis to withdraw the order
calling out half a million men brought
instant announcement that drastic" ac
tion would be taken to keep the mines
in operation.
As to those miners who go on strike
and thereby curtail production the food
and fuel control law with its recently
added criminal penalties of fine and
Imprisonment will b"& enforced without
regard to persons. This attitude of
the government. Attorney General Pal
mer made clear, does not affect the
right of workers to strike for redress
of grievances in other cases where no
violation of the law is Involved.
Every resource of the government,
lin the words of Attorney General Pal
Imer. will be used to prevent the "na
I tjonal disaster" certain to follow the
I stoppage of work. When the govern
ments plans were announced it was
not known here that the operators, as
indicated in dispatches from St. Louis,
contemplated closing the mines in the
event of a strike.
Adequate police protection,
troops as a last resort. If necessary,
will be given those men desiring t^re
main at work. Reports from g&rern
mont agents show that a big part of
the miners ordered to quit work want
to stay on the Job. 1
Rights of the public will be protect
ed through revival of price control reg
ulations suspended when the fuel ad
ministration- went out of existence
February 1. This means an early
drop in the price of soft coal and gives
assurance against profiteering.
TIN LIZZIE.
11 number with unlucky guy?.
. j My life is not all sunny .skies.
' Su. * ) cn 1 let my temper rue.
j I think it should not cau33 surprise.
11 charge this worry up to liz.
I She's indispose?! to stic k to biz.
| N\j*v and then she'll steam pnd-sizz
[gtfP wml ali.1 <??- ?
When I kneel to try the e-ease
My Sunday pants will lose their civase
| And from my shir; I tear a piece
Or. feel my pa 11 uses release.
In this fix out in tlie sun
-1 .g_y to t?iink what tat: be (lone
j I crank until I hear her sptt
! Hut only one of four will nit
Then Ret smeared with grease and g^[t
Looking for a wrench to fit.
When at last I make her go
I have to si up ur go in low
To give myself a chance to blow
Or cuss about a line or. so.
Her magnets will not mate the Juice
She bums up oil by the sluice
The floor boards "are of pine or spruce^
And are always split and loose.
She can do most anything
With ease can dance the highland fling
Skid and do the buck and wing
Explode and make fhe welkin ring.
Her tires are forever flat
She'll shy and make me lose my hat
And when I try to make her bat
I lose my teeth or break a slat.
She is hateful in a rain
If I go without the chatn
For it takes more grit than brain
To hoof it home down broad or main.
I can always make her spin
Hut this grinds her deeper ?i>
Till all is gone but top and tin
Then my account is.charged with siif.
ruined all my Sunday duds
: . ye.l for rains instead of floods
Chewed up all the rage and cuds
Classing her with little spurts.
Lizzie taught me bow to curse
All?! she has so robbed my purse
Mv pay check will not reimburse
I gue-s I'll fcnve to try ih?? hearse.
She w<ll haunt me when I'm gone
With the discords oT li4r born
Fcp as sure as you are born
AMONG THE VISITORS
SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME TOD
DO JiOT KNOW.
Personal Items About Folks and
Their Friends Who Travel Here
And There.
Mr. R. W. Hudson visited Danville,
Va., this week.
ilr. K. P. HiH, of Raleigh *as on
our streets Tuesday.
Mr. W. S. Beddingfield spent Tues
day in Wake Forest.
Mr. J. J. Barrow returned Monday
from a business trip to Baltimore.
Mrs. D. T. Beisch left Saturday to
visit her people at North Wilkesboro.
Mr. C. C. Hudson left Tuesday
night tor a business trip to Baltimore.
Mr. R. B. White, of Wake Forest,
was a visitor to Louisburg Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Collie, of Ral
eigh, were visitors to Louisburg Sun
day.
Mr. J. P. Hill and Mr. J. H.
Soutball, of Raleigh, visited Louis
burg this week.
Miss Mary Spencer ami Master Jam
es Johnson visited friends and rela
tives in Greensboro this week.
The many friends of Mr. F. j.
Beasley are glad to see him at his post
again looking so well. He returned
home the past week.
TOO MITII STANDING PAT.
The policy of "standing pat" may be
an admirable one at times, but in the
presen^. Industrial" upheaval it is ap
parently being carried to extremes,
j The steel ?trike is a fair Illustration.
I Judg Gary in the beginning assum
jed a sphinxlike attitude,, refused to
I meet the labor people for a Conference,
i and has sine?- been standing pat.
I The strike leaders are in a defiant
'mood and are also standing pat.
Ttir iiiitil it- is lioidiua the bag and is
wondering if a time will ever come
when it can let loose.
The strikers may be right in tying
up the great steel industry of th?? Uni
ted States, or thcv may not?as you
.see it.
Judge Gary may bi- Justified in his
i silent defiance, or he may not?that.
also, according toyour views.
-
| the two elements a ?reat International
1 Industry hr at a standstill""and it will
require a long-time to recover the
ground that is being lost.
Judge Gary should come down from
his lofty perch and talk with his work
men, If he is too proud to meet them
-fncp-to face he might delegate the task
to one of his officials who is more dem
ocratic in his tastes and in his views.
The steel trust is powerful, we con
cede. But r.n aroused public opinion
is even more. powcrfjlJ>
?Throw out the rnfljcals and bring the
more conservative* trains of the two
contending forces ..together and some
thing tangible and satisfactory will re
sult. ? s
Standing_pnt in this instance is be
coming a public calamity, and is breed
ing bolshevifcm and national peril.
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ALLEN THOMAS, COL., DEAD.
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In the death of Uncle Allen Thomas.
Dunir township has lost om? of its most
trustworthy and respected colored cit
izens. He died at St. Agnes hospital,
Raleigh, on October 26th. after only a
short illness. He was religious and
honest and had many friends among
both races.
ONE \DVANTAGE
His Wife?Don't swear so, dear. It
might he worse if you had to get. out
and fix an airplane.
The Man Under the Car?Well,
thenfd be more headroom, anyway.
She'll be lien* resurrection jr.fwi.
She knows she cannot go aloof
Hut may try asbestus hoof
All the rest is fire proof
Except the windshield and t be roof.
??VILLAGE BLACfWffTH,
Youngsville, X. C.