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PARRISH J is wjSLKK Court Street * Louiflburg, H. a BUY A The world 'a moat economical and popular car. The car for aervice as well as pleasure. The price ia in line with low price cropa. Its appearance and per formance is in line with the highest price limousine. Our beat boosters are Ford owners. We now have one of the moat up-to-date garages in this section, expert mechanics and latest labor saving machinery. We can do your repair work at the lowest cost. ? .. Ladies are invited to use our Ladies Best Boom. Hodges-Green Motor Co., ^ . ? Ford Products VortL OoroUaa OUB RALBIHH LBTTBB Bj B. L. Skip man Raleigh. October 14?The stage. is set for the greatest State fair here during recent years. The central State committee, of which Col J, W Harrelson. director of the Department of Conserration and Development, is the moving spirit, and local commit tees all over North Carolina have completed details for week's program. Yesterday pulpits in churches through cist the State were occupied by na Tar Heel ministers who returned home on invitation of relatives, friends and former aesiclates. Last night the Home coming sermon was delivered in the City Auditorium here by Dr. George W. Truett. president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pas tor of the First Baptist church. Dal las. Texas. Tonight at the Sir Wal ter Hotel a formal dinner,-to which ruany of the State's prominent men and women have been invited, will be given complimentary to this distin guished son of North Carolina who has come to be acknowledged one of the world's greatest preachers. The State central committee is ad vised that counties all over the State have cooperated in launching their individual home-coming celebrations preceding the program which has al ready gotten under way here in the capital city. Picnics, addresses by returning relatives and natives, bar becues, and other entertaining fea tures have characterised the home events of the various counties. The big fair here starts off under most favorable auspices and in the usual way. the Governor "touching the but ton" which set the machinery in mo tion. Formal invitations were sent to 25.000 former Tar Heels and hundreds of them responding in person. It is gala week in. Raleigh and .North Caro linians are getting acqt*ainted with themselves 7777 Governor Gardner laid aside official worries long enough to attend the Tar Heel-Tech game in Atlanta Fri day afternoon, which resulted in a sweeping victory for Carolina, and was one of the principal speakers that night in a radio hook-up program for the University alumni which held a big banquet in Atlanta following the game'. During the week the Gov ernor was represented at the Golden Belt Fair. Henderson, delivered an address on Jhe ills of Eastern Caro tin farming at the Rocky Mount fair, spoke to the convention of State For esters in Asheville and followed close lj the steps that are being taken to wards the solution of labor controver sies in the western part of the State where Judges Barn bill and Harding are hearing the stories and weighing [he evidence'presehted hy~botH ^Tdea to "the unfortunate controversies which have so far resulted in the death of one officer and seven strik ing employees. Most of the folks one I mtrnts these days complain that, times are hard and getting closer; that money crops are sorry and prices lew. This has been the story since the deflation period started soon af ter the armstice cm signpd more than ten years ago. However, charts cf automobile registrations and rev erue therefrom for the ten year pe riod, 1919 to 1929. stow an increase in registrations irom 109.ulT to 4..t.-i 623 and an increase in revenue froml *22.230.23 to *18.730.60402. Of the latter rmeant *9.353.616.04 was rea- j lixed from the sale of plates and title fees and 59 3"6.987.98 Horn gas taxes. | tn 1919. fccoidlng to oetijiatea pre I sented by the Carolina Motor Club, th' inve.-tmerit in ca:s was around 1 *89 939.025 Ten ye'.ru Irter it w:i?1 estimated to be *390 738,975 License plates and gas taxes gii to the h'gh-1 way fund and for the ten year period! there Is said to have been expended for road construction the neat "little" | sum of *157,379,326.72 by county. State and federal authorities in North Car olina. The expenditure for malnten* ance Is placed at *21.917,436.57. Reports from district highway pa trolmen indicate that more than 17. 000 automobiles were stopped for traf-1 flc violations during September and I that around 460 violators paid fines I and costs aggregating *2.500. Prison sentences totalled twelve years and 1 ten months, it Is said. During the I period the patrolmen traveled about I 9,000 miles and found 264 automobiles, trucks or tratlors operating without I license, with one district yet to be I heard from. i Field Investigations by represents-1 ttves of the Department of Agricul-1 tore bring o? the disquieting news I that North Carolina's cotton-crop Isl I cut short on account of the activities I of the boll weevil, the number of bales I In sight on October 1 being 836,000. or I 213 pounds per acre, two pounds leas I I than last year. For the country at| I large the yield Is the same aa f r 19 123 and a total production of 14,916,-1 000 bales is predicted. During the I year ending July 31, 1929. the Btate I I produced 62. 359 linters, In ngmlngl I bales, and 303. 500- pound bales of 1 motes, grabbots, etc. 1 For the week ending October 6 dip-1 Itheria and scarlet fever headed the I list of contagions diseases reported I to the 8tate Board of Health and Doc Itor Laughlnghouse lays much of the I blame upon the neglect of parents to I teke advantage of preventive measures (afforded by State health authorities I Last week 229 -rases of dlptherta and 1122 of scarlet fever were reported. I There were 103 cases of whooplng 1 cough. 29 cases of typhoid fever, two lot smallpox and four of measles. Wake I reported more cases of dipthstia than lacy other coifptjrin the State. During the week ninety-four I North Caroline conntles *111 receive II the second Installment of the Stmts I Equalising Fund amounting to *1,214. 11100 an an aid in the operation of the i|public schools. This distribution foi ' I lowed one on September 6th aggrsga II ting in amount the sum of fl.lMJdO 11 mailed to cifttodlane of county school jl funds. making n total so lar of **. on page threat See GUS for the best in groceries feeds and school supplies. GUP is still with me^ Tours to serre, A. J. Jarman 103 W. Nash St. [>poslte P. O. Phone 111 "INSURE A1TD BE SURE" ? E SURE u< with T. W. WAT80B !4-tf INSURE" DANGER Warning to The Public! influenza is prevailing, parti illy 6n account of people wear ng damp or wet shoes, half des are not water proof, there sf water proof-full or whole ?anco Soles which we can gua nntee to keep your feet dry. rh-iee only a -fraction higher I. an half soles.' [jOUISBUEG rrpaie shop J. LEHJLUI. Proprietor. Next to Tar River Bridge DR. J. C. MANN lh? well known Eyesight Spec ialist and Optician will be at Parrtih Jewelry Store, Louie, bturs, N. a, ?T?or flnt end third Thursday. Office bonrn 11 an to 3 p. m. Orer twenty years dally experience In examining ?yea. His next visit will be Thurs day. November 7, 1929. FOR SALE! We hare listed for sale follow-' tag properties: Nice lot. N. Main St. near ooL. / lag*. S lota facing Graded School grounds. Lot N. Church Street 41 acres ffitn land Cypress Creek ownship III acres tana land, growing timber. Cedar Rock Township. II acres farm land Cedar Rook Township 1 nice dwelling town of Loels. Itarg. Franklin Insurance & Realty Co. ' W. Mil an Ma* ~ New Fall fashions It took us many months to gather our unusual display of New Fall Merchandise for your approval. It is truly a representative showing of all that is authentic in fashion fav ored modes for the new season. We are certain that you will find it well worth your while to spend some time here inspecting our latest offerings;?? -i We have suits to fit and please the Boys and shoes for the whole family. We are not runing any sale but our prices are prices are lower than is offered on sales. See for yourself. F. A. Roth Co. The Store That Satisfies or Your Money Back LOUISBURG, NORTH CAROLINA Ford Chevrolet Nash Dodge: and other makes of slightly Used Gars. Different Styles, Good Condition ALSO New Chryslers and Plymouths CASH or TERMS Fred's Filling Station F. B. LEONARD, Owner L0UI8BUK0, North OuoUn* ron tost CLAM xm ntamm
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