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CAPTURES FIVE STfl-LS
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During^the past week Sheriff H. A.
Kearney*and Constable J. E. Thomas,
local officers and the Revenue officers
hare iade many raids In Franklin
County and besides destroying a large
number of canons of beer and cutting
up live stills, they got five men tor be
ing oonnected with some ot the stills
and had them bound over to Federal
Court. Among the captures were the
following: > \
On Thursday evening ot last week
on the old May place about three mil
es south of Loulsburg a thirty gallon
still was captured, Ernest Mitchell, ar
rested at the still, and three barrels of
beer destroyed. Mitchell was placed
under bond of $1,000.00 which he gave
A sixty gallonstlll was found near
Mr. G. W. Styles on the same after
noon, and about one thousand gallons
of beer destroyed.?
A seventy gallon still was found ab
out a mile east ot the Four Bridges on
Thursday afternoon. At this site
there was twenty-two empty molaeses
barrels. >. -
The house of Josh Branch was sear
cLod and about a gallon of unstamped
! Iskey was found. Josh was plac
i - ":ider a 11,000 bood, which he gave.
I'/.lis Mann was placcj under a $500
boail for having unstamped whiskey
in bis automobile.
Sheriff Kearney and Constable Tho
maa on Monday found a one hundred
.railon 8till about two hundred yards
from the old Bobbitt place in Harris
lowushjp. The outfit was hidden in
i!?e bushes but ct the site was ten bar
rels containing about Ave hundred gal
lons of beer and about one-half gallon
g' molasses.
Tuesday the Revenue ofTicers cap- j
tnred a still back of Leah's church,!
r.nd destroyed about eight hundred ;
Ions of molasses. The officers traced
n path and other evidenco to Herman
('ebbs house where he was arrested
i'.iul in- the meantime Handy Merritt ap
peared at the t till site with a shot gun
t?:id he was arresed by the officers !
waiting there. The men were given a I
hut/Ing before U. S. Commissioner
\Y. R. Moi toj> where they were re-'
quired to give bond*" as follows: Han
Merritt $1.000, and Herman Cobb
$.100. Failing to give the bonds they
?vere placed in jail.
GRIFFITH AM? OOJWASt
i ? HI! Hill ID VUifcU
V 'vlnpr-Plctnre Outfit Reported As Ar
riving In Port Late Sunday?Plenty
^."Action* Reported.
Miami, Dec. 15.?The Miami Herald
12:05 this morning received a wire- j
_?i-ss tlfe.'sage from Hotel Lucerne, i
Nassau, saying the Grey Duck arrived 1
i:i Xussua late yesterday, December ]
14. "and that all the part*' on board are i
safe, but have be ?> without food for I
three days. Two of the party were'
swept from the deck but were rescued. {
The boat nearly capsized in the nor- ?
t'uvest channel. The pilot was injur-'
eci and othors on board were forced to
Vrtfr ? their turn at the wheel when the I
helpless craft wallowed in the seas.
The wireless message
gave no further details.
(OLD WAVE WARNING GIVEN
THROUGHOFT SUNNY SOUTH
Washington, Dec. 14?Cold wave
? minings have been issued for north
?H central Florida and storm warn
v-s displayed on the Atlantic coast
; ( Hid between Jacksonville and Bos
i,,a. Mass., the weather bureau annou- :
, (l tonight.
f'old weather is predicted during the j
(]. x* 48 hours over the eastern half of j
t'., country. Temperatures are now
;,<l"W normal over all parts of tho
, ?r.ntry except southern Florida and
during today freezing temperatures oc
iried throughout-the gulf states.
The disturbance that covered the
\il;int!c states yesterday has passed
. fward to the Atlantic ocean.
Suggestive Name
. There's a waiter in our restaurant
t,;inied 'Scales.' " "Ah! Expects ev
eryone to tip him. I suppose."
TO O0B ADVERTISERS
W? ask the co-operation of all
our advertisers and-readers In
our *f*rts to publish our Christ*
mas tssac a little early tils
year. We expect to nail the pa-'
pen on Tuesday night, Dei. 28,
ai*l will appreciate e?px for ads
or news earlier than moaL
TOTE TO CONTWUB THE
STRIKE OF STEEL KEN
Cancellation ol Huge Foreign Order*
Declared By Ktrlk?r? To Be Bncear
?*lng.
Washington, Dec. II?Continuation
of the nation-wide ateel workers' strike
was voted today by the conference her?
of the 24 presidents of unions connect
ed with the Bteel industry . It was
eald there were only two (Ustenting
votes, most of the union l??4w? main
taining that victory In tha controversy |
was In sight.
Members of the strike committee,
commeHlDg on the vote, declared that
the recent cancellation by the United
States Steel corporation of the huge
foreign contracts was one of the most
favorable auguries of the eveotulal sue
ccss of the T
It was also asserted that while
many steel plants had resumed opera
tion, production had been far below
bormal with the overhead charges of
the company remaining the same as
during noripal production.
; Steel Companies Declare The Strike
A "Dead Issue."
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 14.?When in
formed tonight of the action taken at
Washington by the 24 union presidents
who voted to continue the nation-wide
steel strike, representatives of Pitts
burgh district steel companies declar
ed that as far as they were concerned
the strike was a "dead issue."
j ? ALLSBROOK-HIfiH. ..'v.
A simple but lovely marriage was
solemnized Tuesday at high noon .when
".'?Uss Lillian Louise High of Lou'sburg,
'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dockery
Clayton High hrcatne the bride of Mr.
Noah Benjamin Allsbrook, also of Lou
isburg. Rev. G. Frank Smjtli, pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal church,
officiating.
The home was artistically decorated
in long leaf pine, potted plants, ami
pointetias. an improvised altar of. ped
estals of pine and candelabra being
used. The music was. rendered by
Mr3. J. A. Hodges.
The bride was Riven In marriage by
her father. She wore a mfdnight blue
suit of . heavily braided trlcotine with
cape of brown- combined with nutria
fur.-hat and.muff to ?natch.- She car
ried a large bouquet of Parma violets i
and sunset roses.
The groom was attended by his best I
man, Mr. G. It. McGrady. of Raleigh.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.'
and Mrs. Allsbrook left by motor for
a trip to RchmoiKi. Washington, Bal
timore and other points North
Both of the contracting partiei are
among Louisburg's g most popular
young people, which was attested by j
largo display of beautiful and costly,
presents received, expressing the most i
pleasant congratulations for a long |
and happy life.
FILLER-ROWLAND.
Invitations as follows Lave been Is
sued :
"Mr. an/ Mrs. Hubert Lee Rowland
request the honour of your presence at
the marriage of their daughter. Neva
Jenkins, to Mr. Fcstus McDrffy Ful
ler. on Saturday the twenty-seventh of
December, at twelve o'clock noon.
Plank Chapel Methodist Episcopal
church. Kittroll. North Carolina.
Announcements enclosed reading:
At home after January the flfth. Louis
burg. North Carolina."
Miss Rowland has lived In Louisburg
with her sister for a number of years
and held an important positorv with
Candler-Crowell Co.. In which she has
become very popular among a large
number of friends. She possesses a
pleasing personality and exception
al abll'ty. Through lier accomplish
ments she has become a favorite nm
ong her many friends.
Mr. Fuller is the youngest son of Mr
R. F. Fuller, Franklin cou:*ty's veteran
horse dealer, and i-* a young ni/n. of
Ktnr
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In a lllro '
broad ability and acquaintance i
whom he Is quite populat. He haa <
ly a few months ago returned fro
overseas where he served la t>? I
world war.
U PBISOHBBS FOB
ATLANTA PRI SOW
?Blockader?' Hp?elal" Expected T? Cars
rj Federal ITInootrs Thursday AK
ternoon.
With the end of the Fall tem
eral court expected today. tl? "Block
ade?' Special." carrying prisoners ?en
te|ced by Judge Connor to the Atlanta
prison, la scheduled to leave Raleigh
Thursday afternoon. As a result of
the long term and heavy docket <5
I prisoners whose terms aggregate M
year? And 22 days' Imprisonment, ar?
now awaiting transfer to the Federal
prison.
It Is expected that three car? win V?
required to transport the block? W?
and their guards to Atlanta.
before In the history 61 the
court, old officials say, &?>? the
bo many prisoners selSttoied In a like
period. The largest ?Umber ever j
transported at a single tbne was 27 and
that was many years ago.
Among the 36 block&ders to leave
here are Twltt Bobbins, Will Driver,
Will Tharrlngton and Wasti Davlrf, four
of the most notorious illicit distillers
I ever cornered by the revenuers. These
blockadcrs were caught In Franklin
county In a section where Government
raiders destroyed more than 40 stills
within the past year. ~ Thomas Price,
the aged burglar, will rgturn to the
Atlanta prison after an absence of
about two months. He will do time
for Ave years for robbing postoftlces In
North Carolina.
During the three weeks of the term,
not ?eluding the two day's work of
this week, 134 defendants were con
victed and judgments totalled 70 yeato,
11 months and.21 days Imprisonment
in prison and jail and fines of $14,940.^
Last week. District Attorney Warrew
^e9Ji/ed.52_^gpj,?tpas, wbilo-11 defoli
ants were acquitted ? Eleven defends
ants were sentenced for 34 venrs and
! three dqvs in prison and flnotl
Included in the fines was on? of $2..500
i against five Dunn men convicted ii>
I connection with cigarette robberies,
i Although but on\j judgment was inv
j posrd yesterday by Judge Connor, six
defendants were convicted of illicit dis
trilling and aiding ami abetting In block
, ading. B. B. Pearce "was rtned $100
j and cosjp. The other convicted men
j art- Jasper an-d Will Perry, of Wake
.county; W. M. Lambeth. Spring Hock
adav, and Andrew Tant. Rufe Hollo-'
: way and L. F. Blanton were fouml not
' guilty.?News-Observer.
WILL THAMRINCJTON HKLEASEl).
? guilty for blockading by the Federalj
Court in Raleigh last week and sen-1
tenced to one year and a day ir nrison, i
was released and returned home this !
week, after further consideration of j
his case^was given.
MOItEHFAI) CONCEDES IT TO
HOKY BY C00l> MAJORITY-!
Charlotte, Dec. 16.?Clyde R. Hoey, j
i Democrat., of Shelby, was chosen in
; the special election in the, Ninth Dfs
trict today to the seat in Congress va
cated by ?. Yates Webb, who was re
cently appointed to the Federal bench,
defeating John M. Monkead, of Clrir
I lotte. Republican. On the face of the I
| incomplete returns from all the larger '
count,'es. the Democratic majority ran
I ges between 1.500 and 2.000.
j Mr. Hoey said late tonight over long
i distance telephone that Tie estimated
j his majority at. 2,000 at least. Mr.
j Morcttead said reports at Republican
headquarters here indicated a majori
ty of 1,300 to 1.400 for Hoey.
In the 1918 regular election. Mr.
Webb received a majority of 4,152 of
his Republican oppom nt. Charles A.
Jonas, of Lincolnton.
The League of Nations was one of
the chief issues in t ho campaign. Hoey
berng ar. ncvocate of the plan while
Morrhead is an opponent.
Mecklenburg county. Including Char
lotte. snve Hoey 2.163 majority against
a majority ?of 3.193 for Webb last year. J
Hooy'n' home county, Cleveland gav,v |
h.ni l.ftir majority acainst a majority
of 1.272 for Webb 4n 1018. Gaston
cona|y. wlvlcli gave Webb about 1.000
ni:. *'?? yy last.ytur, gave Hoey only 20r?
niaJi?riJy today. Other Hoey majori
ti. ?; by counties are Lincoln, 167 and
8, while b!s majority In Yancey
ed at 200. Official returns
ehead 777 majority in Avery
!.and estimates give him 1,000
' in Madison, and SSO In Mitch
only turn-over ..'n the district
, Burke county which, acording
official returns, gavo Hoey 78
r against a Republican m&jori
. last year.
! OFFERS ITS SERVICES
TO AMERICA AS MEDIATOR
Attitude of United States To
Wlthjbtld F?r Present,
City, Dec. 18.?Gabriel Ter
Uruguayan Minister of Foreign
has offered the serrlces of
|oatry as mediator In the dlfflcul
eea Mexico and the United
I, according to advice received by
Kte&n Foreign Relations depart
here today from Mexican Charge
Enrlquei at Montevideo,
from Santiago, Chile, on No
ti, reported the newspapers
, as saying It had learned from
rmed diplomatic circles that
M' possibility of mediation by
rnments of the A. B. C. gro
enfc'na, Brazil and Chile) with
ct of composing the difficulties
the United States and Mexico
case of Consul Jenkins.
rton Knows Nothing of Effort
To Mediate.
fehlngton, Dec. 10.?No Int'.ma
at an offer of mediation between
sited States and Mexico was
bmtng from the government of
ay had reached the State Depart
Jtoni^ht officials said. Pending
notice of the Mexico City ad
bommcnt as to the probable atti
s the Washington government to
^uch a proposal from Uruguay,
other Latin-Aroerlcan govcrn
tfas withheld'. The Uruguayan
l also was without Information
; CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT
THE METHODIST CHURCH
The Methodist Sunday School has
planned a very attractive program for
Sunday night 21. It is designed to
call attention to the fact that the real
; significance of Chrismas Is giving, not
] exchanging.
The Armenian Relief Committee has
j called on all of the Sunday Schools of
America for a Christmas offering to re
lieve or alleviate the sufferings of the
j homeless Christian children orphaned
1 by the cruelty of the Turks, among
whom their parents lived. The need
L's a very urgent one and every mem
ber of the Sunday School will be given
i an opportunity to contribute to the
t Dni, nr ?ifiiiinyitii iiiniviii,
|opcs will be distributed among the
j members and classes of the Sunday
| School in which the gift is to be placed.
"The White Gift" Christmas has
come to be a very popular celebration
fn Sunday Schools. It was-m?gg?*?t*4
bv The Legend of Cathay. The king
of this far away country required his
subjects to show their allegiance to
him by bringing him a white gift on his
birthday. The rich brought pearls,
white chargers, carvings of ivory or
silk fabrics, the poor a whit?* dove, or
a handful of rice. I3ut all were equal
ly acceptable for the King regarded
not one gift above ^nother so long as
all were white. The idea seems appro
prlate for the season and white as ap
plied to the birthday of the "K.ng of
Kings" simply means a real gift which
can never be returned in kind. Oniy
by making such a gift ?tiny one bop^
to keep the Kinps birthday. The pub
lic is invited.
MFTIIOTUST CHCRCH
Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
The pastor will preach at 11 A. M.,
a sormon appropriate to the season.
A Chrstmas program has bee* pre
pared for the n!pht service at 7 o'c'{?( ':.
Rev. G F. Smith will preach at Pi
ney Grove at 3 o'clock P. M.
The public is cordially Invited to at
tend all these services.
TOBACCO >Y A11K HOI'S KN < LOSKO.
The tobacco waivhouses on the
Isouisburg market closed for the Christ
mas holidays on Wednesday afternoon
of this week. They w II open again
on Thursday. January 8th, ?1920 to
compete the sale of the present crop j
of tobacco.
FilANKiiINTON YOUNG PEOPLE .
SURPRISE THEltt FKLEND8
Franki in ton," Dec. 15.?MIbb Minnie
Ransdale, a pretty and popular young
womao, of this place, and Mr. Herbert
Blackley, a prosperous young farfcer,
of lower Granville county, sprang ?
surprise on tbeir many friends by
'announcing tKat they were married in
Virginia on the 18th day of last July
The young couple had guarded their
secret well and their moet Intimate
friends were not aware of what had
happened until last Friday night when
the fdcret was made known.
The^bride is the oldest daughter of
Mr. Charles Racedale and has mnny
friends herd. . Until the last few weeks
she was the chief operator dn the tel
ephone office here.
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DID YOU GET YOUB PAY.
And Clothing When Yon Were Dlsebar- j
g*4 Fro* Tlu Army Service J
Hon. Edward W. Pou, Congress-1
man from this District wants any en
listed man who failed to get hie allow
ance for travel or his allottment of
clothing to communicate with him.
Read his letter which follows:
To the Editor,
Dear Sir:
It has come to my knowledge that
quite a number of ex-service men fail
ed to receive all of the articles they
were entitled to receive at the time of
their discharge. It is likwise true
that some of our soldiers and sailors
only received travel allowance of three
and half cents per mile at the time of
discharge, whereas, they were entitled
to five cents a mile, if they were dis
charged since November 11, 1918. By
reading the following memorandum,
ex-service roen can determine whether
they received all they were allowed at
the time of discharge.
Clothing
Any enlisted man who served in the
United States army during the war.
and who was honorable discharged or
furloughed to the reserve, since- April
6th, 1917, and to whom the following
articles were never issued, may make
application for the same. To-wit:
1 oversea cap (for all enlisted men
who have had service overseas) or 1
hat and 1 hat cord for all other enlist
ed men. 1 olive drab shirt. 1 ervlce
coat and ornnments. 1 pair breeches, 1
pair shoes. 1 pair leggins. 1 waist belt.
1 poncho. 1 overcoat. I pair gloves, 2
suits underwear. 4 pa'r stockings, 1
tras mask s>nd -Imet (if issued over
seas), 1 barrack bap. H scarlet chev
rons.
Travel Pay
Any en'lsted n>ai> honorably disehar
ged fron: the Army. Xavv or Marine
ve nve certspf^unc
of h t
home or place morl^
under a recent act of Congreis. is on
titled to rece've five cents_p '
from the place
artual bonnflde
inal muster into the service, at his op
tion.
It is entirely possible that some of
the service men, residing in the Fourth
District, may not have received all of
the articles to which they were enti
tled, and it may be true that somo of
then) did not receive the five cents per
mile. T shall be very glad to hear
from any ex-service man who failed to
receive what he was entitled to re
ceive, and shall be glad to *ake -o the
matter with the War Department to
the end. that he may receive all that
he Is entitled to under the law. ~
Respectfully yours,
EDWAlffcl V. POU.
SCARK I P A SMII.E.
The world Is dark and gloomy, and
times are foreboding, we know.
Rut what of i'*>
Brooding will not euro it. but cheer
fulness may help.
ftcare up a smile?dig up a laugh
hand out a word or two of good cheer,
ristmas will soon be here, and all
world should rejoice in the mere
fa ft that we are living.
No matter how much we may desire
to forget lt'n\ old man Car'*"r>zn just
keeps rich* on shakily his hiskers
in our faros and asking us what we
are going to do about it. One of his
latest stunts was to st.'r up and foment
the bolshevistic activities in this coun
try, with"a view to the overthrow of
the government. If old Oarranza ev
er find his way into hell the devil
will surely take to his heels.
AMONG THE VISITORS
SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU
DO NOT KNOW.
Personal Items Abon't Folk? And
Their Friend!) Who Travel Here
And There.
Supt, J. R. Collie, of Italelgh, was
in Loulsburg Monday.
Rer. G. F. Smith visited relatives
in Davidson County last week.
Mr. R. W Hudson and daughter.
Miss Clara, left Tuesday for a Visit to
Richmond..
Mr. W. Ellas Beasley hae returned
from Oak Ridge to Bpend the Christ
mas holidays.
Mr. W. B. Harris returned from
Blalrstown, N. J., the past week to
spend the holidays at home.
SEBVICES AT ST. PAUL'S CHUBCH.
The usual MofBtng Prayer service
and sermon by Rev. N. Collin Hugh
es, Rector, -will be held Sunday morn
tog at 11 A. M. A cordial Invitation
always given to all.
BANKS TO CLOSE.
We are requested to state that the
banks in Louisburg will .close Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday to observe
the Christmas holidays. In arriving
at this decision the officials felt that
they could better serve their customers
to close these three days and remain
opei> New Years day and at the same
time give to their forces a much de
served rest. Therefore all having
business with these institutions will
bear this in mind and make their ar
rangements accordngly.
WHEN OI R EVES A HE OPENED.
Collectively speaking, the American
j-ey#-l9 slowly clos-up "to~tfie path of"
honor, and right, and justice.
To the one of gr*""' it ?> ?"if
magnet which seeks to draw every
thing of value within, its grasping
|folds.
The insane desire to get rich quick
ly has (leadened the pulse of the na
tion, until c\v% and commercial vir
tue possess about the potency of a long
dead jellyfish.
This is especially true since the
j country plunged headlong into a sea
of wild spoculatng and profiteering
i following our entry into the world war.
I Time &0Lis when we acknowledged
i that all men had rights which were to
be considered and respected.
| But today most men acvurd them on
.Iv "T1' :l* -
own selfish ends.
" Tile craving for gold and it3 result
power is destroying the refined
| sy siftilitics of mankind until the
r^hole country is becoming debauched
by the ctrr^e of the yellow metal.
I But some day our eyes will be op
I eaed? suddenly, rudely arid relentless
ly
We will face internal conditions the
j like of which no loyal American has
; vet dreamed.
If the trend continues downward,
the soul of American manhood will be
wallowing in a mire of insatiate greed
and debauchery from which only the
most courageous will ever emerge In
any semblance of honor and purity in
this life.
Our government will face the task
of restoring law and order !n the midst
of bedlam and a wholesale disregard
of human rights.
The editors of the country prers.
whose convictions are never smoth
ered under the muzzle of corporate
greed, have long warned Washington
of the ever increasing tide whiefi flows
only toward destruction, and they are
sounding a fresh warning todvy.
Shall this warning be heeded?
Or will the government ami the con
gress just pussyfoot along until the
proud head of the American eagle is
lowered to the putrid one of the buz
zard?
Today this warning may sound pes
simistic.
Tomorrow it will bo prophetic.
Safety First.
A prominent manufacturer sa il, the
other day, to one of his workmen:
"I^earn to keep your temper, my friend
Relieve me, nobody else wants it."?
Ladies' Home Journal.