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LOUISBURO, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, HMD
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NUMBER 81
HALF MILLION
POUNDS
OFFERED ON LOUIS
BURG OPENING
Prices Very Satisfactory
Considering Conditions
On Louisburg Tobacco
Market Monday Through
Wednesday; Market Clos
ed Indefinite
Possibly (he largest opening
sale ever witnessed in Louisburg |
bait a million pounds of the golden |
weed was offered by farmers
from many counties.
The absence of the British
American buyers was noticed but
the sale was held in order to sell
t)he tobacco that had been put up
on the floor before closing the
Market indefinitely in acordance
with an agreement reached on
Saturday by the Tobacco Associa
tion which is trying to bring
abouti a better price for the 1939
crop.
Altihough the prices were low,
brought about by the large crop
and the war, they were very gen
erally satisfactory with the farm
ers, under the existing circum
stances.
On Monday 'the Union sold
practically all and the Sout/hside
only a portion. Tuesday the
Planters sold out its floor and the
Southside was completed, leaving
only a few odd lots for the final
on Wednesday.
The cry of the auctioneer was
a happy song to business as well 1
as growers, except* for the low
figures he was forced to use.
Although no time has bee? set )
for re-opening, Louisburg is con- >
fident it can and will sell tobacco
just as high and our Merchants
and business men will offer as
great bargains and as much ac
commodations as any market this,
year and therefore invites all
growers t>o come to Louisburg
and sell their tobacco and do |
their trading at the Friendly
Market.
European
Summary
London. ? Chamberlain ex
presses British-French determina
tion to make war "unMl menace !
of Hitlerism" is removed; tells
Parliament French troops have
begun advance successfully and |
German shipping has been swept
from seas; admits "somewhat
severe" "British merchantship
losses; Duke of Windsor takes |
war appointment.
Washington. ? President Hoos
velt calls Congress to special ses
sion September 21 on neutrality
legislation; Ambassador Biddle
reports German bombs fell within !
300 yard of embassy in unpro
tected Polish village.
Berlin. ? German high com- i
mand says Warsaw is surrounded
and Polish resistance wiped out |
on one of three capital fronts.
London. ? Government believes
Germany might try to establish
ea and air bases in South Amerl- I
ca; British bombing will depend
on what Retch does with planes
- against unfortified Polish cities.
Paris. ? Daladier forms new
war cabinet, communique says
French advanced on Western
front.
Budapest. ? Polish officials in
cluding vice premier and finance
minister reported" to have fled in
to Rumania.
Geneva. ? Britain, France and
Australia tell League of Nations
World Court arbitration clause no
longer valid as regards their war
with Germany.
Rome. ? Italy will make her
own decision on war role and will
define it gradually, says authori
tative commentator.
Shanghai. ? Japan reported In
creasing pressure on British and
French to withdraw armed forces
from China.
V. O. Taylor and W. O. Abbitt,
Martin County farmers, will seed
several handred acres of land to
permannet pasture this fall and
buy foundation stock for beef cab
tie herds.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Sept. 16th:
Saturday ? .Double Feature ?
Roy Rogers in ("In Old Callente"
and Ralph ByrA, In "8.O.S. Tidal
Ware." Also Chapter No. 8
"Daredevils of Red Circle".
No shows Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The grand opening of Mie New
Loulsburg' Theatre will take place
on Thursday, Sept. 21st with a
World Premiere showing, Wal
lace Beery, Chester Morris and
Virginia Bruce In "Thunder
Afloat."
Friday ? dinger Rogers and Da
1 vid Nlven In "Bachelor Mother."
Miss Lancaster
Is Elected
VICE PRESIDENT STATE
Y. D. C. AT CHARLOTTE
Forrest A. Pollard, of Dur-:
ham Elected President;
Endorse State and Na
tional Administrations
Charlotte, Sept. 9. ? The State
convention of Young Democrats
pledged "Militant support" to
President Roosevelt here today
and endorsed his cash-and-carry
lutions that avoided t<he third term
issue.
The outwardly unruffled con
vention closed after election of
officers at which only one contest
developed. Forrest A. Pollard of
Durham, lawyer and legislator,
won the presidency by acclama
tion.
After hearing t'heir own leaders
and office-holders appeal for peace i
in the ranks, an adjournment of |
factionalism during the war crisis
and eloquent recitals of Democra
tic service, North Carolina's Young
Democracy proclaimed and endors
ed their New Deal chieftain as
"that peerless humanitarian, un
faltering friend of mankind, t<hat
genius of Americanism and Dem
ocracy, Franklin Delano Roose
velt."
At the first mention of Roose
velt. district leaders burst into I
tumultuous cheering and marched
across the convention halls carry
ing Ohe banners of all eleven Con
gressional districts as a united
front for the President.
Likewise, "highest appreciation
and utmost loyalty" was declared
for Governor Clyde R. Hoey and
for Mrs. Hoey.
Kint Hip of Discord
First visible sign of discord ap
peared when the vice presidency
pitted Miss Elizabeth Terry of
Raleigh and Lexington against j
Miss Beulah Lancaster of Louis- j
burg. Delegates barked at one an
other and called points of order
as the balloting took place. Many
delegations were split, and Bun
combe and Mecklenburg divided
their votes equally between the
pair.
However, as the balloting piled
up a majority unofficially given
as 285 1-2 to 119 1-2 for Miss Lan
caster, the Lexington candidate
withdrew and requested the Lou
isburg candidate's election by ac
clamation.
Other officers, unopposed, were
elected as follows: William Med
ford of Haywood County, secre
tary; A. Myles Haynes of Ruther
ford. treasurer; John McLaughlin
of Iredell, national committee
man; and Mary Graham Croom of
,Wake, national committeewoman.
Louisburg College
Opens
Louisburg College began its
one hundred and sixtieth session
on Monday, September 11, with
a capacity enrollment. The orien
tation program (or the incoming
freshmen began on Tuesday and
lasted thrbugh Thursday morning
when the students met at the
Methodist Church (or convoca
tion. The annual faculty recep
tion was. given Tuesday evening
in the (acuity parlors.
The (acuity (or the 1939-40
session will be Dr. Walter Patten,
President; E. V. Peele. Dean o(
Men and Head o( English Depart
ment; Miss Lula Mae Stipe, Dean
of Women and instructor in re
ligious education; Mrs. Margaret
Boyden Kllby, registrar and
Head o( Qetnmenial Department;
Mrs. Oenevi^Ve P. Perry, treasur
er; Elsa Craig, librarian; Lydia
Deyton, dietician; Mrs. Stella H.
Culpepper, nurse; Thomas C.
Amick, mathematics; James E.
Byerly, piano and band; John L.
Cameron, athletics for men; V. R.
Kilby, history; Mrs. Nellie T.
Moon, home economics; I. D.
Moon, voice and psychology;
George M. Oliver, natural science;
Mrs. George M. Oliver, commer
cial subjects; Elizabeth Oeraldlne
Parker, commercial subjects;
James T. Patrick, industriararts;
Virginia Peyatt, dramatic art and
spoken English; James O. Phil
lips, religious education; Preston
B. Ralford, engineering mathe
matics and manager of college
(arm; Ruth Rogers, Director of
Physical Education for Women;
L. R. Taft, English and social
sciences; John B. Woodall, for
eign languages.
! CATCHES ALLIGATOR
.
Mr. H. J. Medlfn was displaying
a small alligator on Ohe streets of
Loulsburg recently. He said he
caught him at Jackson's pond and
| killed him in catching him. He
[told the TIMES man he had seen
another one near the same spot.
| This one would measure fifteen to
'eighteen Inches In length.
Reporter ? Do your men get up
j bright and early?
Coach ? Just) early.
I
NO DAMAGE
GRANTED
IN MURPHY ALIENA-I
TION SUIT
Charlie Spivey Lost in His
Land Suit Against C. V.
Floyd, et als; Judge Friz
zell Holding Court
The suit of Gerge W. White
against James W. Murphy, for
$20,000 damages that was in pro
cess of trial as our report closed .
lasti week was decided in favor of
the defendant ? the jury granting
no damages against Murphy.
Following this case the case of ,
Charlie Spivey, et als vs. C. -V.
. Floyd, et als was taken up and
was continued from Friday to
Monday. The case was finally
disposed of by the jury finding a
verdict) against Spivey who was
seeking bo secure possession of
some land held by Floyd.
On Tuesday the case of Sam
Radford, et als vs Brantley, Wood
& Co., of Spring Hope, was taken
up. The question's involved in
this case were connected with the
foreclosure of a crop lean and
deed of trust, and the verdict was
rendered in favor of plaintiff Rad
ford.
A case involving the question
of employing a principal for the ;
Dabney School in Vance County t
was heard by Judge Frizzell on
Wednesday night, with the result
of a consent judgement was sign
ed upon the agreement of counsel
that the school will remain closed
until the case now before the
Supreme Court is decided.
Yesterday Judge Frizzell heard
argument in the case of Kugenia
C. Davis vsr' Federal Land Bank. ;
The ease was still pending as our
report closed.
Because a case that had been
begun was continued from the
first week into the second week
for completion, an exchange of
Courts was perfected and Judge
Frizzell returned to hold the sec
ond week of Franklin Superior
Court. zi7
Like most all civil courts pro- j
gress was slow and of little in- i
terest except the parties directly
involved in the case, and this
term was no exception, only in
the fact that Judge Frizzell made
use of his usual good business
judgment and practice in keeping 1
the "wheels of Justice" mdving i
as smoothly, fairly and contlnu- 1
ously as possible.
The Court will no doubt con- '
tinue for the remainder of the ,
term.
Mills School
Fine Opening
Mills School made a fine open
ing on Thursday and Friday of
last week and work has goMen
under way with the least degree
of confusion.
Principal Strowd reports the
attendance as follows:
First Grade. 57.
Second Grade. 53.
Third Grade. 69.
Fourth Grade, 48.
Fifth Grade. 81.
Sixth Grade. 58.
Seventh Grade, 62.
Eighth Grade, 45.
Nlnt'h Grade, 45.
Tenth Grade, 35,
Eleventh Grade, 40.
These figures give a total of
|428 in the elementary depart
ment and 165 in the high school,
with a general total of 5D3.
Dedication
The dedication of the new
school building at Epsom High
School will take place on Friday
morning, September 16th (today),
at 10:30 o'cock, according to an
nouncement made by Mrs. W. E.
White, Jr., in charge of Ohe N.Y.A.
activities In Franklin County, and
Mr. W. R. Mills, Superintendent
of the Schools of Franklin County.
This building was built by the
members of the National Youth
Administration during t'his year,
being completed now for use at
the beginning of this fall term of
school. All members of the
Board of Education and Board of
County Commissioners of Frank
lin County, and the County Sup
erintendent of all adjoining coun
ties are expected to be present to
Inspect the nice Job and work
done by the boys of the N.V.A. In
the erection of this building.
Mr. John A. Lang, of Raleigh, j
State Youth Administrator of the
North Carolina N.Y.A. organiza
tion, will be present! to deliver the
address.
A cordial Invitation to all citi
zens who are'interested in schools
and the development of otir youth
to attend this occasion.
Where soybeans were Inoculat
ed before planting on the farm of
J. A. Bre^dlove. demonstration
farmer of Swain County, the
growth Is almost twice as much
as where beans not inoculated
were planted.
Request To
Change Parking
To Suppress Gambling and
Sex Shows at Fair And im
Louisburg; Assessment
Rolls Adopted
* ?
The Board of Town Commis
sioners met in regular session, 1
Sept'. 8th. 1939, with all mem
bers present.
The minutes of previous meet- :
ings were read and approved by
the Board.
Mr. S. C. Foster asked permis- I
siou to widen the driveways on ,
South Main Street at the Stand
ard Service Statlou-U)-iea x twen- i
ty feet on each side of the present i
driveways. A motion was pass- i
ed granting Mr. Poster's request. J
Mr. W. F. McAulay represent
ing the Pittsburgh Equitable Me
tier Co., solicited the Board for I
an order for water meters. The
Board purchased tweuty-tive wa
ter meters from the Pittsburgh
Equitable Meter Co., under the
terms of a contract offered.
Mr. Frank Edwards asked t'he
Board to furnish him with tile
necessary materials with which !
to make some needed repairs to !
the residence on Kenmore Ave
nue that he occupies, and which
is owned by the Town of Louis
burg and thd, County of Franklin.
Mr. Edwards was allowed a small
amount of materials in accord
ance wit>h his request.
A request was received from
the Louisburg Chamber of Com
merce to change the method of
parking parallell-to parking at a
45 degree angle on certain streets
and to designate Church, Spring
and Cedar Streets as through
streets. This request was referred
to the Street Committee for study
iind recommendation to the Board.
The present system of parking
was strongly requested by the !
Sfate Highway Commission.
The Board allowed Floyd Wes
ter a vacation of one Week with
oav.
The Light and Water Commit
tee was authorized to purchase
such line supplies as are- needed
for contemplated line repairs and
improvements.
The Hoard instructed Mie Chair
man of the Street Committee to
secure prices oo a new dump truck
chassis and cab.
The following resolution was
unanmiously adopted by the j
Board:
?BE IT RESOLVED that the I
Mayor is hereby authorized to as
sess $1.00 costs for violations of
Traffic Ordinances, in lieu of the |
regular court Costs, in the dis
cretion of the Court."
Messrs. J. G. Phillips and A.
Paul Bagtry petitioned the Board I
to suppress gambling and inde
cent sex shows ati the Franklin
County Fair and within the town
limits of -Louisburg at all times.
The Board unaniomusly agreed
that such evils should be sup
pressed and passed the following
motion: "That all violations of
Statie Laws and Town Ordinances
be prosecuted according to Law.
and that especially those Laws
and Town Ordinances pertaining
to gambling and indecent sex
show be strictly enforced."
The Board adopted the follow
ing Resolution:
"It' appearing to the Board of
Commissioners of the Town of
Louisburg that Street Improve
ment Assessments rolls for por
tions of Cedar Street, Franklin
Street, and Spring Street, in tihe
Town of Louisburg, N. C., were
duly died with said Board and
deposited in the office of the
Clerk to said Board on the 22nd
day of August. 1939, and due no
tice thereof published; .
And it furt'her appearing and
being found- by this Board that
all things required to be done in
connection therewith have been
properly and regularly done, and
that said assessments, as set out
in said rolls, are fair, just and
equitable: ?*?
Now, therefore, the said assess
ments rolls are hereby In all res- |
pects confirmed as of 8:50 o'clock
P. M. on the 8th day of Septem- j
her, 1939, and the amounts asr
sesse,d therein are hereby declar
ed to be liens against the respec
tive property upon which tibe
same are assessed. It Is ordered
that said rolls be delivered to the
Tax Collector.
The monthly reports of the
Town Clerk. Tax Collector and
Chief of Police were read and ap
proved.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned.
P. T. A. TO MEET
Mills P. T. A. will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting in Mills
Auditorium. Thursday, Sept. 21,
at 3:30. Please everybody come.
Mrs. Earl Murphy, Pres.,
of Mills P. T. A.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Y. W. A. of the Louisburg
Baptist Church will meet Monday
evening at 7:30 In the basement
of the church All members are
urged to be tihere to help give the
Baptist college girls a welcome to
this meeting.
Formal Opening
Friday-Saturday
Economy Auto Supply,
Located Next to Moving
Picture Show on Nash
Street; Owned by G. C.
Mitchiner and Sons and
Managed by Lee Johnson
The Economy Auto Supply
will hold its grand opening on
Friday and Saturday, September
15th and 16th, according to their
large announcement' 011 another
page, to which your attention is
directed. This new store is lo
cated on Nash Street next to the
Louisburg Theatre.
Mr. Lee Johnson, Manager,
states this store is No, 4 of a
chain owned by G. C. Mitchiner
and his three sons, E. C. Mitchi
ner, Manager of Store No. 1 at
Henderson: W. A. Mitchiner,
Manager of Store No. 2 at Ox
ford. and J. T. Mitchiner, Mana
ger of Store No. 3 at Warrentou.
G. C. Mitchiner of near Franklin
ton is a silent partner in the four
stores.
This store will carry a full line
of Goodrich tires, well known ra
dios, batteries, bicycles and stand
ard lines of original equipment
and replacement parts.
Due to its tremendous buying
power, the stores are able to give
t'he public a lower price on mer
chandise, said Mr. Johnson, Man
ager, who alBo said, "Our policy
is never to be undersold on mer
chandise of equal quality."
Free souvenirs will be given to
all car owners visiting this new
store during the opening days ?
Friday and Saturday. Manager
Johnson is cordially inviting the
public to visit Louisburg's new
est store.
W. N. SHEARIN
JAILED
To Answer Charge of As
sault With Intent to Com
mit Rape on His Daughter
W. N Shearin. one of Louis
bui'K Route 1 most successful far
mers was arrested 011 Monday
evening by Deputy Fred Frazler
under a warrant sworn out by
Miss Ola Gray Shearin, his daugh
ter. charging assault upon her
with intent to commit rape. The
warrant was issued by 'Esquire
W. C. Webb. Shearin was placed
in jail tp await a preliminary
hearing, which has been tentative
ly set for Saturday afternoon. No
bond has been llxed.
BASE-BALL
Kpsom and Greystone are now
playing ? off the championship
games of the Tri-County League.
The next games to be played will
he Saturday at Greystone. Sunday
at' Kpsom. Tuesday at Greystone.
and Wednesday at Kpsom. The
games are called each evening at
3:30 o'clock. Oppie Pace pitches
for Kpsom Saturday.
The world is expected to have
a slightly smaller supply of cotton
this season than last, says a report
of the U. S. Bureau of Agricultur
al Economics.
CLEANING
FOR FAIR
Millions of weeds are being
murdered with the mowing ma
chine on the midway of the
\ Franklin County Fair this week,
i The entire grounds are being put
| in " .condition for the annual
! Franklin County Fair which will
be held October 2 to 7 inclusive.
A large corps of carpenters and
laborers are at work replacing
| the fence and building new eat
ing stands, which will be larger
and bettef than ever before.
Unusual interest is being man
| ifest for all parts of the county J
1 and already a number of entries
have been made. The premium
i list for this year's Fair appears
in this issue of the FRANKLIN |
TIMES and in addition to this
large circulation in the county,
every box holder in the county
land many in adjoining counties
are going to receive this list.
Hundreds of dollars will be of- ;
fered in premiums and some one
, is going to be lucky enough to
| win this money, and it just as
well be you.
The midway is going to be
more adequate and will be played
by the Bantley Shows, who prev
iously played in northern lots,
and in Canada. Franklin County
Fair will be the first to have this
show in the South. The Show is
highly recommended and will be
1 seen on many midways this year.
Special exhibits will lie arrang
ed by the Vocational Teachers
and a booth will be filed with ex
hibits by the colored people of
the county and it is directed by
the colored Farm Agent, Tuck.
The exhibits in every department
promise to be excellent*. An un
usual crowd Is expected every
night. The gates will open every;
iday at 4:00 P. M. except Wed
nesday and Saturday which will |
' be school days. Wednesday for
(he white school children and!
Saturday for the colored children. |
There will be no school parades |
for either white or colored child- >
ren but they will be admitted free
i on the days named from ? A. M.
to 2 P. M.
It is hoped that every one will
| read the premium list carefully I
land bring something of real edu- 1
rational value to put on dispay at
I our fair.
Calls Special
Session Congress
Washington. Sept' 13. ? Pres
ident Roosevelt called a special
session of Congress for September
21 today and thereby gave the
signal for a tense and bitter strug
gle over his proposal that the
present embargo on arms ship
ments to Kurope's belligerents be
abolished.
Simultaneously, the Chief Ex
ecutive Invited the leaders of both
parties to an extraordinary con
ference at the White House on
September 20. This invitation ap
parently was in line with his an
nounced effort to obtain "nation
al unity" in the situation result
ing from Europe's war .
A short time after the special
session call went out. James A.
Farley conferred w i Ml the I'resi- 1
dent and then, in talking to re
I porters, supported the Chief Kxe
cutive'sf plea that politics be ad
journed.
Business is on the decline large
ly because all the forces that sur
round it seek to reduce its profits
and increase its expenses.
TOBACCO REFERENDUM SET;
DRASTIC CROP CUT LIKELY
Washington Conference Results in Calling of Election
For Date Between Sept. 30 and Oct. 7; Warehouses
Will Not Reopen Until Crop Control
Referendum Is Held
Washington, Sept. 13. ? A defi
nite program was mapped here
today to meet the present crisis
in the. flue-cured tobacco belt, the
keystone of which will be a refer
endum among growers sometime
between September 30 and Octo
ber 7 on invoking production
quotas for 1940.
A half hundred tobacco farm
ers, warehousemen and business
men met with Department of Ag
riculture officials in an all-day
session and the flue-cured tiobac
co situation, made acute by a bil
lon pound crop and large British
buyers withdrawing from the
market, was expected from every
angle.
Appeal to Britain
In addition to agreeing on a
time for a referendum, which the
department Immediately adopted,
the exact date to be announced
later, the flue-cured group recom
mended that the AAA use every
resource of the government in
meeting the tobacco price situa
tion brought about bythe cessa
tion of British purchases; that
the government request the Brit
ish government to encourage its
nationals to resume purchase o f
tobacco in tihe United States; that
the growers vote to adopt a 1940
production control program; that
the market reopen on the same
day. and that such opening be
| held as soon as possible but nob
before the referendum is held.
Urge Kmbargo Repeal
With J. B. Hutson, head of tho
AAA southern region, presiding,
the group lost little time in get
ting down to buslnesa. Not only
did the flue-cured conference
adopt resolutions dealing with
the particular problem at hand,
but one resolution dealt with the
international situation. Iti urged
, repeal of the arms embargo and
! voice approval of President ,
' Roosevelt's neutrality program.
The Department met the con
ference's action with actiion. Be
fore the group adjourned this at- j
tnrnoon it had announced a ref
erendum would be called and the
; State Department also had been
! contacted with the view of mak
ing representations to the British
government through diplomatic
circles for resuming tobacco pur
chases.
WAR IN
EUROPE
Paris, Thursday, Sept. 14. ?
The Polish general staff announc
ed early today by radio that its
armies had "decisively defeated"
two German divisions in a fierce
battle and had repulsed all enefny
attacks on besieged Warsaw and
bhe southern city of Lwow.
The general staff announce
ment admitted, however, that the
GA^mans were drawing a steel
ring around Warsaw to the east.
It appeared that only a narrow
lane of escape was left for tihe
defenders of Warsaw ? along the
road to Lublin and Lwow to the
southeast.
One Escape Route ^
(The German high command
announced that this road to the
southeast had been cub between
Lublin and Lwow at Tomaszow
and Rawa Ruska, about 50 miles
north of [,wow. This would in
dicate that the only escape from
Warsaw lay along the road to
Lublin and then eastward toward
tihe Soviet Russian border).
General staff communique No.
13, announced by the Warsaw
radio, said that the two German
divisions ? between 25,000 and
30,000 troops ? were defeated in
the Kutno-Lowicz sector 60 miles
west of Warsaw.
The Warsaw radio had an
nounced earlier thao the Germans
had been thrown "far back from
Warsaw" and were being driven
in retreat before a series of swift
counter-blows west and southwest
of the capital.
The Poles reported that t-hey
had taken the initiative. 12 days
after the Nazi invasion began and
after 250,000 of their troops broke
the jaws of a German trap west*
of the Vistula to turn the tables
on the invaders.
Take Nazi Prisoners
Today's radio communique said
that in the "fierce fighting" in
the Kutwo-Lowicz sector north of
Lodz where the trap was broken
1,000 German prisoners were tak
en, as Well as 12 guns and stores
of ammunition.
Just outside Warsaw to the
northwest, the communique said,
"A strong enemy aUack on the
Modiin-Zegrze sector has been re
pulsed."
7
Paris, Sept. ip.? Several hun
dred thousand British troops have
landed in France unhampered
either hy submarine or aerial at
tack. it was announced tonight.
Announcement' of the achieve
ment was made in authorized
quarters shortly after Premier
Daladler had reformed his cabi
net for "win the war" purposes,
with himself as premier, minis
ter of foreign affairs and minis
ter of war and national defense.
It also followed an official com
munique stating thati French
troops fighting their way forward
in the Saarbruecken area of Ger
many again had bettered their
positions after having previously
gained a mile.
British sources in Paris report
ed tonight> that British "Tom
mies" had taken part in their
first battle on the Western front,
hut no details were given.
The semi-official newspaper Le
Temps said that the first' detach
ments of British expeditionary
forces reached French soil "with
out the slightest difficulty" and
without interference from Ger
man submarines or planes.
German* Thrown Back
The PeWt Parisien. whose an
alysis of actions of the Western
front Is regarded as bearing of
ficial approval admitted today
that the Germans had aucceeded
in seizing "a few hundred met
ers" of French territory in a
counter-offensive Tuegday. but
said alt t'he ground had been re
captured by the French.
Berlin, Sept. 13. ? A German
Army report tonight said thati
Warsaw was completely encircled.
A dispatch from the German
Army in the field tonight stated
German troops had surrounded
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YARBOROUGH CRAIG
Mra. Oscar P. Craig, of Chapel
Hill, announces the engagement
of her daughter, Elsa Snowden
Craig, of Lonlsburg and Chapel
Hill, to Richard F. Yarborough,
of Loulsburg, the wedding to
take place in December.
HOSTESS TO CLl'B
Mrs. Hill Yarborough was hos
tess to her Contract club Satur
day. Club members present were:
Mrs. F. W. Wheless. Jr., Mrs. J.
M. Allen II. Miss Elizabeth Tlm
berlake. Mrs. H. J. Lewis, and Mrs.
P. S Allen. Visitors: Mrs. W N.
Fuller. Jr.. Mrs. Clfford Hall. Mrs.
H. C. Taylor, Jr., Mra. Frank
Rose. Mrs. W. L. Lumpkin, Mrs.
Ale* Wilson and Mrs. Webb Loy.
of Eustls. Fla., house guest of
Mrs. J. M. Allen.
Mrs. E. F. Griffin assisted tha
hostiess in serving.
Mrs. F. W. Wheless. Jr .? was
recipient of high acor? prise for
club members, and Mr*. H. O.
Taylor, Jr., scored Mgh for guwta,
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