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,?Cotton was worth 9 cents
a poUnd in Louisburg yesterday.
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-r->The September term of
Franklin Superior Court tame to
a cWse Friday.
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-?The seveVfcl new buildings
under construction are progress
ing nicely.
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? Franklin Criminal Court will
convene on Monday, October 16th
with,1 Hon. J. Paul Frizzell, presid
ing.
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? 'The first of the paving coats
of Tar and griivel on Route 59
to Raleigh was completed on Fri
day night of last wee. The finish
day night of last week. The finish
ing Coat was expected to be be^un
yesterday morning.
IXWJ8BURG METHODISTS AND
DISTRICT TRA1NGING SCHOOli
Dfefinite announcement of
coarse and instructors (or the
"Leadership Training Week" to
be held by the Methodist of the
Raleigh District at Edenton
Street Church in Raleigh October
1-6 was made Thursday night at
a Booster meeting held at Louis
burg in preparation (or the week.
A splendid array o( courses is be
ing offered and a number of out
standing leaders will be in Ral
eigh to lead them. All Metho
dist Churches in this area are ex
pected to have representatives to
attend the school.
Miss Alma Cade, Director of
Children's Work in the North
Carolina Conference, will teach a
course on "Teaching Children,"
designed for workers with Nur
sery and Beginner children. "Ma
terials for Primary Children" and
"Materials for Junior Children"
will be taught by Miss Marie Mc
Donald and Mrs. Goods, respec
tively, both of them specialists in
their Held. These three courses
will cover the entire field of chil
dren's work in the church. v In
the young people's field, Mrs.
Earl W. Brian o( Raleigh, a for
mer director of Young People's
Work in the con(erence, will
teach "Personal Religion," a
course for young people only
(15-23 years). A new course in
the young adult field, "Reaching
Young Adults,' will be taught by
Rev. Floyd Patterson, the Con- !
ference Director of Adult Work.
In addition to these specializa
tion courses, there will be four
courses of general interest- to all
workers in the church school.
Rev. R. W. Bradshaw, .the Con
ference Secretary of Christian
Education and well known to all
of North Carolina, will teach a
course on "Christian Education
in the Local Church." "Evan
gelism ? Methodism's Perennial
Task" will be taught by Rev. J.
H. Barnhardt, District Superin
tendent of the Raleigh District,
and will be a course of interest
to all young people and adults.
A course of great appeal to any
one will be "'The Teachings of
Jesus," which will be given by
Dr. H. E. Spence of the Duke
School of Religion. Every person
interested in the whole recrea
tional program of the church and
community is looking forward to
the coming of Mr. E. O. Harbin,
member of the Young People's
Division Staff of the whole
church in Nashville, Tenn., and a
well known expert in the recrea
tional field; his course will be
"Recreational Leadership."
SATURDAY LAST DATE IN
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
Raleigh. Sept. 20. ? A larger
membership in the Raleigh Civic
Music Association than ever be
fore is in prospect for this fall
and winter, as the annual mem
bership campaign, now under
way, draws to a close this week,
Mrs. Barrett D. Wilson, sceretary
of the association said today.
The deadline for membership
In the Civic Music Association this
season is midnight Saturday
night, September 23. The mem
bership cards are $5 for the en
tire series of five concerts, in
which internationally known mu
sicians will T>e presented. Mail
orders for membership cards will
be accepted if sent in before mid
night Saturday night. Telephone
orders will also be filled. The
telephone number is 5891, Ral
eigh. No single tickets will be
?old, as admission will be by
membership card only.
The fact that the list of artists
and attractions for this season's
concert series has already been
announced, is helping to enlarge
the membership list. The attrac
-tlons which will be presented this
fall and winter are: Kirsten
Flagstad, noted Norwegian so
praro of the Metropolitan Opera.
New York; Efrem Zimbalist,
world-noted violinist, the Ballet
Russe de Monte Carlo, which com
bines both music and the rythmic
beauty of the dance as interpreted
by" beautiful ballerinas; Mlscha
Levitski, regarded as one of the
most outstanding concert pianists
In the musical world today and
John Charles, Thomas, considered
by many the greatest of all Amer
ican baritones.
Press Pate, Wilton Cox, Jasper
Tyson, and E. B. Chase, Jr., 4-H
Club members of Greene County,
are feeding out their beef calves
for entry In the Rocky Mount Fat
Stock Show bext January.
1 Ruth ? I too, had an ideal once.
?, Virginia? How did. you come
?o lose him?
t Ruth ? I married It.
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Mr. S. C. Mattox visited ClSfrr- ]
lotte this week.
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Miss Louise Gill, of Burlington,]
is guest of relatives near Louis- i
burg.
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Capt. E. F. Griffin was a visi
tor to Nashville on business Wed
nesday.
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Mr. George Griffin, of Raleigh,
was a visitor to Louisburg Wed
nesday.
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Mrs. Herman Spencer and Mrs.
George Selby spent Wednesday in
Raleigh.
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Mrs. James Davis, of Hender
son, was guest of relatives in Lou
i isburg Sunday.
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? "Patrofman O. J. Mitchell, of
Nashville, was a visitor to Louis
burg; this week.
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M|ss Carolyn Myers, of Weldon,
was puesf of friends in Louisburg
the past week-end.
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Mr, and Mrs. F.>A. Read and
Mrs. A. H. Perry were visitors
I to Raleigh Tuesday.
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Mr. John C. Matthews, of
Spring Hope, was a visitor to
Louisburg Wednesday. *
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ellis, of
Henderson, were guests of friends
in Louisburg Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ira Eaton, of
Raleigh, were guests of her moth- |
er in Louisburg Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Welch were I
guests of relatives in Elizabeth |
City the past week-end.
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Mrs. Eleanor White, of Tarboro
was guest of relatives and friends
in and neat Louisburg Sunday.
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Miss Fannie Wells, of Wilson,
was guest of relatives and friends
in LoulsburA the past week-end.
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Mr. and Mr\ Crudup Perry, of
Raleigh, were visitors to relatives
and friends in Louisburg Sunday.
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Miss Julia Shadrack, of near
Statesville, spent the past week
end with her people In Louisburg.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Howard
spent Tuesday and Wednesday in
Danville, Va., with Mr. Howard's
sister.
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Cadet Jimmie Finch left Tues
day to resilnie bis scholastic
work at P. A A., Fork Union,
Va.
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. 'Mr, and Mrs. Webb Loy and
Miildr?n, of Eustia, Fla., are
itfueste ofv Mrs. Jim Allen this
w?elf.
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??- Messrs. C. T. Hudson and V. C.
Williams, are attending the
World's Fair at New York'thta
week, " .
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Miss Mamie Davis Beam, of
the Red Oak Faculty in Nasb
County, spent the week-end at
home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wilson B. Morton,
of Raleigh, were guests of rela-r
tives and friends in Louisburg
Sunday.
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Miss Lucy Perry Burt, of Ral
eigh, was guest of her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Burt the past
week-end.
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Mrs. A. W. Fleichman and
daughter, Jean, of Greenville,
were guests of friends in Louis
burg Sunday.
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Mrs. 1. E. Fulghum, Mrs. E. F.
Griffin, Mrs. Floyd Griffin and
Mrs. Hamilton Hobgood spent
yesterday in Richmond.
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Mrs. J. P. Boyd and Miss
Jeanautte McQueen, of Wadesboro
have been visiting Dr. D. T.
Smithwick the past week.
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Mrs. J. R. Gardner and little
daughter, Gloria Lee, were week
end guests of Mrs. Gardner's
mother, Mrs. W. W. Webb.
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Coroner and Mrs. R. A. Bobbitt
returned Monday from Lumber
ton where ^ they visited their
daughter, Mrs. W. O. Lee.
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Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Johnson,
of Mount Gilead, were guests of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Foster the past week-end.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wilder and
children, Mr. Raymond Wilder
and Miss Cora Mary Dean visited
friends in Williamston Sunday.
it:
Mrs. J. K. Dorsett and daugh
ter, Miss Sarah Dorsett, of Salis
bury and Charlotte, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Beam last
week. Mr. Dorsett was here for
the week-end.
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Mr. Will A. Hinton, of Nor
folk, Va., who is visiting his
brother, Mr. B. P. Hinton, "of i
Spring Hope, visited Louisburg
Saturday. He was a former ,
Franklin County boy and notices
quite a lot of improvement in
Louisburg since he left in 1891.
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FOX'S
DEPARTMENT STORE
WE WILL REMAIN
CLOSED
SATURDAY
UNTIL 5 P.M.
On Account of Holiday
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WAIT AND SAVE!
IN OUR SATURDAY NITE
SALE
SUPER VALUES
FOR THIS NIGHT
FOX'S
DEPARTMENT-STORE
WAR IN EUROPE
(Continued from Page One)
cols Darlarffcchlef of the French
navy. r)
Robert Coulonflre former
French ambassadof to Berlin and
now foreign office chief of cabi
net, was summoned into the con
sultations by Hofe-Relisha, Dala
dler and Gamelin.as were Cham
Ribes, under-Secretary
of Forign Affairs, %nd Andre Le
ger, permanent Under-Secretary
of the Foreign Office. '*
Plan Offensive
There were reports that the
war council had decided on an of
fensive of major proportions on
tfce Western Front, which, re
mained generally quiet Wjffjiy
All Allied offensive acticfn "has
been at a virtual standstill for
three dayi.
However, resumption of the
Allied pressure may be revived at
any moment, HOW that jfrtfth Ger
mans and French hav& moved
fresh troops into' their lines and
removed tired troops to the rear.
British "Tommies" were re
ported to be arriving hourly In
the Maginot Line, taking up po
sitions alongside and behind the 1
French.
British planes and artillery also
continued to arrive at the front
in large numbers.
Tokyo, Sept. 20. ? Foreign ob
servers saw in developments to
| day evidence that a Japanese
campaign was under way to lessen
iihe holdings and influence of
Britain and France in China
while they are preoccupied by the
European Far. vs.
Indications of this trend was
seen in a resolution adopted by
the Japan Bar Association declar
ing that the presence in China of
Mroops and warships of the EuTo^
Man beligerants was illegal.
i'wBweet potato starch, jiow ad
vancing out of the experimental
stage, is rated better than the im
ported root starches which Amer
icans have been using at the rate
400,000,000 pounds a year.
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Breath Betrays!
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E::d breath, biliousness, headaches!
"These are symptoms which often
; point to constipation. Don't neg
lect these signs. It may lead to
more of constipation's discomforts:
tour stomach, no appetite or ener
[* sy. Just take some spicy all vege
table BLACK-DRAUGHT by sim
ple direct ions tonight and it will
c '.car.se your bowels gently, thor
tu; lily. Tone is imparted to lazy
bovel r.v.iscles by BLACK
Dr.AUGJii. Try it.
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WANTED
To Store 800 or 900 Bales of
Cotton at The
Franklin Bonded Warehouse
We will store all the Cotton for the N. C. Cot
ton Association in Louisburg this year.
R. B. Mitchell, Mgr.
(See me at the Franklin Farmers Exchange)
OI K SI'KCI AI.S AltK VKKY
ATTRACTIVK THIS YVKKk
? PRICKS AltK SVlUKCT
TO rHA\(iK WITHOUT
NOTICK.
Fresh Lot 1 Ac
FIG BARS, lb. . . I"
No. 1 Fancy IKc
WHITE POTATOES, 10 Lbs M
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Fancy York '
APPLES, Pk.
Green Hard 1 Ac
CABBAGE, 4 lbs.
CARROTS, 2 bunches 15c
"Red Tokay" or
"Seedless" 2 Lbs.
Grapes, 15c
Green and White
BUTTER BEANS, No. 2 Can
10c
P-NUT BUTTER, 2 lb. jar 23c
"Swifts Premium"
Corned
BEEF, IQc
No. 1 can ~
v" Armours" ICc
BRAINS, 12 oz. can AU
Fancy Red 1 Ac
CHERRIES, 5 oz. bot 1"
"Phillips'* ' 5C
PORK & B E A N S, 16 oz. can v
2- 10c Cutter Rolls 1 f*c
WAX PAPER 1U
2-No. 2 cans
"Fresh Green" ^Cc
Mixed Vegetables,
46 oz. can IQc
P-APPLE JUICE
6-1000 Sheet Rolls
Toilet ^Cc
TISSUE, ....
?SEED GRAIN
WHEAT - BARLEY -
RYE OATS -
VETCH - CLOVER
ITALIAN
RYE GRASS
WE CARRY A FULL
LINE OF
FRESH AND CURED
MEATS OF THE
FINEST QUALITY
AT ALL TIMES
G. MURPHY AND SON
Louisburg, N. C.
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GROCERIES
THERE ARE A GREAT
MANY ITEMS IN GROCER
IES ON WHICH WE HAVE
NOT ADVANCED OUR
PRICES, AND WILL NOT
ADVANCE UNTIL WE SELL
WHAT WE HAVE ON HAND.
U WILL PAY YOU TO
COME IN AND
LOOK AROUND !
HARDWARE
FLORENCE
POT TYPE r
FUEL OIL
HEATERS
ALL THAT CAN BE
DESIRED.
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6 fob
25*1
One Good Second Hand
McCORMICK - DEERING
MOWER - $25.00
SEABOARD
STORE CO., INC.
WHOLESALE - RETAIL
Pay Cash and Pay Leu
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