North Carolina Newspapers

rTt-' ''.'z ' v. 'it - " v $1.00 Per Year in Advance VOL XXXIV KUXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. Wednesday Evening August & AI Numberi32: A ' .X A . if I 4- I s I VLJ V I X; I J.l Vv-' I 1 V 1 1 Vj-l XI I - "X. i f X I I I i !!- r 5 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmamBmmmmmmmm 1 m Noell Bros., Proprietors ; Home First Abroad Next : " lt:-.;; , , , ,,. , ; ; i . Penalty For Those Who Fail Appear Before Board received the following notice ,n the exemption board with re .: to publish: he followinfr persons -have failed u'-.'Oi't before the local board for :.inttions. It is absolutely THE LIGHT BREAKING ON GERMANY Mr. Clarence W. Barron is publisher of The Boston News Bufea, an un doubtedly fine authority on financial matters and one whoNis considered "wise"' jto the war and matters con cerning the war. The Observer has HIGH PRICESPREDICTED FOR LANSING TELLS OF BRIGHT TOBACCO GERMAN PERIL TO U. S. AND WORLD -We are very glad to report that the prospects for high prices f of 2 the coming season is better than we have seen it in a long time. ; Our Mr. T. E. Hodges, who is - .at i- ji ,uy lor eacn one, regaraiess interview Mr. Barren h ci f ,,,upation or physical condition, in the direction of corroborotion 0f:fesent med in the warehouse ...port for physical examination ; the views it hag maintained in late ' siness m LakeClty, S. C, spent lure to do so makes one guilty ! weeks as to -th rnminp. ftT- tllo Saturday and Sunday at homeland j --" VliV lil V V lb Duplicity of German Crovrnment is Shown in Promises About Submar- ine Policy Promises to tl'. Were Net Made to Be Kept, But Was Only Play Fpr Time. huh treason which is jmrnishable aj,ie for Germany. te lmpnsionment or aeatn. string H( sums up a ! geve us a flattering report of prices Madison Barracks, N. Y., July 20 In a speech here tonight before I juG of tobacco down there. To grWyou members of the officers reserve corps a:e Serial Order Yellock 458 2 I Chambers 1093 4 ! v H. Warren 420 41 :.. Barnett 1236 5G ! y. 11. Bradsher 1103 65 j K !. Thorpe ' 9S2 100 j . Bullock 11-14 110 j ' a. Land is O'Bi-iant 218 . 112 j .. i!invn. 620 113 i .;; ;!-ert Foster 440 136 . v.. -c- 0. Stone 1054 ' 133 j ..v:- T. Smith 1141 148 I . :. Muiv.ock 1366 159 j V.:rt fierce 1057 - 19G i , C. Dixon P39 219 .. . Brooks 1234 ' 249 .. -.vw Sergeant 1360 250 J of events which 20 to show' ii n ! me uerman people are seeing they!. . . ' , ,, nft emphasizing the peril of German im- cannot win, and that they "will AeJJ: to the United States and eiine anoher winter of war." His ! " ' ZTZ f the world, declared his belief that the main contentions, in the light of his 7, Q " n . 9A German people would not set off the an idea 01 prices we publish his sales ... . . perialism to the United States and j FIGHTING fLESUMED BY BRITISH SUNDAY CANADIANS AFTER LENS Tha Pinchers With JVhich They Are Slowly Forcing Germans From -.the. Stronghold Again Has Benn Tight eiitd Slightly MEMBERS OF- SUBMARINE CREW DELIBERETELY KILL . c- tt nno rxr Yttttoxt '; CTITI Accordiiar -1 o ' Survivor; , Theyll Re 'S moved;, and Destroyed Life Boats, and Aen Left Thein on inkingr;5 Vessel 1 cents. UEEQUESTS FOR peace; the overturn of Russia eli minated all danger of friction over the mos t troublesome questions of the war -those which relate to the Bosporus, Constantinople, the south eastern states, the Bagdad Railroad and the Persian Gulf; that another year' of war means destruction of man power and maritime and indus tiial position of Germany, and that the big men of Germany see it; that German militarism has killed itself and can never be revived, and that the United States has the financial resouice to finance peace settle. ' x3.:i;,v ., . . : , .Laminar , yoke of autocracy "until physical The market will close in LakeXity, 1 might of the united democracies of 1 i ; the world has destroyed forever the evil ambitions of the military rulers about September 1st, after which time Mr. ITodp'Ps: will ratum Vinmp rt5 ,fn his old post, at the PLANTERS lnat' added" 'I e VA., where he wishes to meet f&ds01? Way to r8Sl0r8 tne peaCe 01 tne serve his friends. - ' .j' . . - . , , T-i 1 1 ' c x-' V ! vVere every people on earth able ta -brorn ihe information we gatker, . ... . , , , f r express their will, there would be no i i cm all sources, wher our SoutirBQS. r . ; "ti , , , . , r . wars .si aggression," he said, 'and if ujuij'v,! KtJ L i O VVU Will uc siscua ,. . v- i : t ' n T3r,.TTrri i there were no wars of aggression, with hign prices for all BRIGHT to, . , ,. i inerewouia oe no wars anu lasuiig , b3.cco. So we advise that you make Infantry fighting, although not on an extremely heavy scale, began again in Flanders on Sunday and in two engagerhents the Anglo French troops were victorious. The weather moderating, Crown Prince' Rupprecht, . after an alnight bombardment, sent his troops agajnt the British positoins at Hollebeke, on the YpresComines canal, . between Yrpes and Warneton and, charging forward "on both-, sodes of the. canal the Germans gained a footing in the vilage of Hollebeke. : The success was only momentary as the British threw out the Teutons by an imme elate counter-attack and took some prisoners. Other .'German attacks in tliis area also were checked. . Northwest of Bixschoote, which lies A British Port,- Aug. - ..3Thi eoght "members ' of the crew of 4 ; British 1 steamship Belgian , . Prince ,--y; A were drovvneof delibexateljrby the Ger.. man submarine which sank her, ac-'v ; , cording; to the account giyIX; survivors who hoye reachedvjpritisltM -;; shores. The chief ' engineer J; ..whoc iiiciiiy times aiici wic socdmc .wtw . , totpedoed was perilously near drowns , ing, gave the following narratiye of -V his; experience: - S-fii: uTh& submarine -approached . and '-i: small boats along side the submarinev, 1 : on the deck of the submarin. EXEfPTION lnents of the whole world or to fight I and Germany can take its choice. the. effort of your life to get all' the color you can and to keep-jthat color, until you market it. We are ', not enough with" the priming metljod to advise. it; but. we do-. know peace would come to the earth. The '. 1 :k Made For Federal Depart iiuni Employes. Washington, 'Aug. 3. A .ruling to - I-y the post office department will .,;.t- few requests for the exemp. . r; of postal employes from military arms of the United States in striking -. nice. Postmasters are instructed the final blow for peace." But, pro .--.or to ask for exemption for carries j fessing to see 'the end in sight," Mr. i; labors or for clerks in setond class Baron admonishes that the United vfrit.es below the $1,000 grode, clerys , Staes "mus not let down in its war in first class offices below the $1, i preparation, or taxation for financial 100 grade, or any above these grades program." On the other hand, unless they are qualified distributors redoubled energy. The position of only way that a people can ' express their will is through democratic insti tutions. Therefore, when the wortd-is made safe for democracy, when that ill i i , , , tiicao u.ni'.iun, intiaiw, tuiTAotAi Mr. Barron talks reluctantly of the n, - ? i 4. : peace will be an accomplished fact. coming of peace.- It is a dangerous' bai it , , Mr. Lansing sought to drive home! proposition to discuss, because if the' Wn ,nw,ta isu '1 ! to the stuasnt o3icers the "ghtequs- . . . , . . , vvr- ness of tnecause for wmch they have age that you have given us -in the past 1 . j . at?" 1 , , J fe . . V , volunteered to go to France and fight occorfinoc that Arnprii'n would win. ua liiciu a cuiiuuuaiictt 01 me same. to the north of Yrpes, the French are folawing up their successes of last week. InNan atack against the Ger- went about two miles and the ";The Germans removed, the ". life belts and the outer clothing of all-er '"v.-'.- cept eight of us, smashed th life-:: boats with axes, and then re-entered; J-,. the submarine and closed the hfitchesr-VV leaving us on deck. ine suDmarine; impression gets out that peace is in '-'C'"'! -1 u inifcHU v. CLJll Ul UCltl-V Lilt - ,1 U 4-'. J 'Jt"l J 5Tln hnnp TiTP coTOmoe -fan n oraft Kit Ve renew our promise tb give, you the best "and most cour teous attention we are capable of giving.. Wehave the same force that we had last season with the addition of Mr. J. C. Lewis. Again thanking you, we are, V Yours very truly, f ;; noages oi iewarneiie of mail. the United States in both war and The entire mail carrier force, num. peace "must be made plain toV the . This July 281917, South BiSVaJ bering thousands, of men of whom a people of the world." The word Mr. ' v r i ii- t"1 considerable jercentftge ijrre:ithin Barron gets'frpm inwd;:(lkaawto me uruii, ae unuts, ' - us ;CAi;iuueu a mav xuc men are responsioie ior JUliACCU 1IN BASKETS mans - lines ' Sunday they made fur ther gains. ' v . . . Th pinchers with wheh th& Cana dians are slowly forcing the Germans out of Lens, .again has been tightened slightly. In an advancein the Oite-du-Moulin the Canadians have pushed forward their line on a -front of 4, 000 yars to a depth of 250 yards. m-!' Vi 1! 3 J.1 "betause our cause is the cause of; ine anauians consuimaieu ine yu int.ipp nH nf r?trht. ar.H of hnmanitv" sition, whi hjs within 1,000 yards of The immediate cause of our war Lans- Southeast of Arras German with German th-e breaking of her raids against the British lines on promises as to indiscriminate submar- Sunday met with failure, ine warfare-has a far deeper mean- j German atacks on the Aishe front ing,.hesaid, meaning which hasjhave withstood . successfully by the been erowinff more evident as the war French. Against.-,, the, .Casemaes har progressed and which needed but1 PlatealJ the Germans made two atta this act of perfidy to bring it home to cks .which were repulsed. South of :thinkinr: Americans u AAn,anf scrons iorces aeainsr me rrencn . '.s "-.K-i'-v'. mergea. ... ' f i-jH o J i -Fa Ivi 1 1 IV do i-no Txa c art ior neip. i weni 10 mm ana, neia mm . daylight I saw the Belgian Prince" a float, I wfis nicked un after ! eleveft hours in the water by a patrol, boat,T." v;The second engineer also iwasra. - ' board the Bel Han Prince before she.. : ' blew; up. The Germans came. ' oil Doard anq looted ner, ne reporpa. rier ;- ; ; the sea and kent afloat on the lwreciX age. The only other survivor ts to4-7 ill 'in a hospital to tell his ''storyvO vSvB' from exemption unless physical reas ons er because they have depend ant families. Every portion of the country is reached by the ruling, as even the rural carries are included. The department's ruling in regard industrial Germany, and who must be looked to to rehabilitate the counry is laid bare before the world. We nes early Sunday- The French i - w r,.nnf :eJ were driven from a small element ts.HU VY iiu w ttiab mai guitinmtnk 10 but later ejected the Germans and TOWN COUNCIL IN SESSION Qf f0. fk ,- i : a o .oii w.f; msDired with ambitions wnicn means c.bx uit ai, aic IIUW UlillllUl 111 XUfj " vei luccwag ui iuc Luoatvu j - - . fVioiT lino iTf peace and are declaring that it is board of trade held in the rooms of I human liberty, and that to gain its- better to get peace now on the same1, the Wilson Chamber of Commerce on terms they would have to accept after Monday afternon, a resolution wasv to clerks leaves railway mail clerks defeat and save he lives of men so offered and unaminously adopted that within the exemption class, as they necessary in the rebuilding of Ger ! in the future the plan of selling to many.'" "There is no longer any hope bacco on baskets, instead of dump for "a victorious Germany," Mr. Bar. i ing piles on the warehouse floors as ron holds. "The United States' this ! heretofore, wil be adopted. The year puts the financial backbone into baskets will be placed in rows on the are highly specielized distributors. Announcement Party An engagement of much interest to friends throughout the state is that ir' r i ' "n il i i hi -viiss uertie rsraasner to ivir. ion- end it does not hesitate to brealc faith to violate the most sacred -rights, or to perpetrate intolerable acts of inhumanity. COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION MONDAY The Russian poitical situatioiPhas be ome. calmer. The Primer, Ker ensky has withdrawn his resignation and there are continued indications of thestregenthening of the morole of the Russian army on the southwes tern front. With all political parties behind Premier Kerensky in his ef fort to solify in the provisional gov I j t j iuit tu &uiiiy m uie piuviaiuutu guv- the Allies, and next year puts her j warehouse floors and sold m the same ; . The board of County Commissioners . ernment it will be possible f or him man power behind the guns of the Allies, which today on the western front outnumber the German guns 11 J M of V, -f,Vof tvi n.ofin o" ' "Vt 10 OUC. -MISS Merritt of Kinston announced iay afternoon by Misses Huldah ! Ruth He ( i . j. t. ,t n ason of the Idler's Ln ! ccoraing to ivir. miTons views pu J Germany faces hree defeats; possibly an hour most pleasantly rt with their embroidery the guest re received into the. dinning room. After manner of piles on the floor were previously sold. This is a labor saving plan as the wreed will not not have to be taken from the floor and placed cn the baskets, and will enable buyers to keep warehouse fioor clean and have a tendency to Oxford Led Th table was made beautiful with V'lace cards candles, and golden rod. At each guests place was found a little work bag filled with rice and in which was placed a card bearing "Gertie and Connor September." This was read with pleasant sur prise. All eyes were at once turned toward the lovely young bridetobe and wany happy wishes as well as rice were showed upon her. Miss Bradsher is a graduate of Louisburg College., She'' has won a host of frienbs in Concord community which section of the county she n;-is made Ker home for the last two ."ear. -Jii'. Merritt is a prominent young ! 1 --.-.mess man and has many friends j Person countv which he is a nrf-.i . (':--: of r ! four now stare her in the face. There is the defeat of arms, which is of the ': prevent "'block sales least consequence to Germany, b9!er- cause she has military strength 11111- ' enougn io noici ner own ior many! many months, even against superior; gun power. She has her bases well centered from a military point of I . J . J il J. J.V i T 11 T. A T71 view and her defenses are strong. 01 ine county max 1 naa ut. a. r . It may profitable to follow his argu Wolf, Pathologist for North Caro ment. He says the people who flg Hna State College with me Saturday TO THE TOBACCO GROWERS net in regular monthly session last ( to c arry out st ronffer measures for the ; Monday, with all members present. safoty of thg revolution. ' The new Mr. McLean of Aberdeen, District ( head of the crmies; General Korni , before the board and spoke upon the ; loff alg0 wilt be able to use stringent .work in this county being continued, ' means in kseping the Russian " sold . and asked the commissioners to ap ' jrs 0 their duty. ' propriate the same amount this year j In an 0ffensiVe operating near for this work as was -appropriated Baian eagt of Czernovitz the Rus ilast year. The commissioners later , siang ha e taken, more than 500 pris- i i i j .L j.1-: : ' m ne day agreea to appropriate mis. . oners and captured three machine amount, thereby assuring Person s Here the operatoins are vir- County farmers another year of dem. tually on Russian soii as is the fight- onstration work. I hp' hntivn at tnwn nlriprmnn wpre . . in icguiai muiiLuiy eaMUii - 4. ueau, j ; night. All , members prese"n&; I Mayor Mewton's resignation, whtph hns rvppn in thP hnnrist nfx th( alrlormin -fnr Ampf5mp was anpenk : ? V ed last night. Mr. Spencer,, Mayor . protem, will act as Mayor until -ihev5' licAi icuiai liiccrtiii. at which time , - v : . t - ' "i. Lllf? llllrll f 1 Will UIII1IIIIIL Ilia VIII U.B ' fill the unexpired time of Mr. New-lt ton's term. "':J:- -.:- . . . , It was ordered by the board thai,; T 1 i 1 1 1 ' -. upper Lamar street oe graaea, pros u nnrv rpnrnincir ae rar as mr: is.r, i3 Win stead's residence. The nronertv 4 1 wvviicio ajicciiig iu iuy xvi same. . fl r- tvi o t- Ti2rfcl??f v ''Wv - - - -n r TTT 1 TTT Ml. VV . u. warren, nrmirifl pTmtin. wViprp thp rpt.rpnt. I want to say to the tobacco growers the present Demonstrator, has given jjas halted measurably. In Buko- satisf action to the people ot , the ( wina between the Pruth and the county, and is doing exceptionally Bystritza however the Russians are good work. still fleeing before the Austro-.Ger- - w w. 1 1 1 1 I ! A TT T-l 1 J .1 "I J 1 ure on a long war are those who look to study in j new disease, a rot mat j Mr. a. m. r ox was eiectea county mans who have taken several more at the military strength of Germany, ' is ruining our tobacco. The disease ' Home Superintendent for the term of towns. but-this, today, is becoming a minor, is practically nwe, had only been work: one year at the salary of $25.00 per. mg in it about six weeks. It was month. first reported from jGranville but is Monday was the time for election factor. The greator factor is the loss rf man nnwpr German v's casualitia j. - - - - . - y are approaching 5,000,000, or more , now scatered through the tobacco sec of County Road Superintendent,.this j than '10 times the number of men she', tion of the state. It -first appeared office formorly being filled by the j put under arms to defeat France in in the seed beds in Granville and ( commissioners, but according to the .1871. The human losses in this Wake counties causing farmers to recent act of the legislature, it is OPENIING DATE OF MARKETS SET river of blood in Europe seem to be . plant the second time, but is different now in the hands of the Central High.: Representatives from every ware house in Oxford, Townsvile and Warrenton met with the warehouse- Fifty million Europeans, have been ! with us. It' can be found in the old t way Commission for Person County summoned into the armies of Europe seed beds now, but it seems 1 men of Henderson Wednesday and "It needed but the words- reported, . to have been uttered by the GermanT ,) i ii j lj xl ' - j : ciiaiictriiui lu cumyitLe uue pic tux c ui...i-. the character of his government when- v he announced that the only reasoa ' ;- wv flip infp-nsifip1 snhmarinp pam."-', paign was delayed in February last": was that sufficient submarines couldV ' not be built before that time-ta make:; ; the attacks on commerce more efficient - Tin trrkii toq1i'70 tViaf tVic -moo-no it , ifc"" J V W KJU. ILUUUl. U1UU bill fcJ UlwUilU A X. A T . ' means any things tha tthe promises to ; refrain from brutal submarine warA: ; fare which Germany had made to the -v. T United States, were, never intended to. I-p L-pnt tha tthpv worn atIv mnno in- '. orer to gain time in which to build ;J. more submarines, and that when the : ' ises were unhesitatingly torn to piece ' like other 'scraps of paper?' -:; . 'fWe had doubted, or at least many v; . the old wray Commission ior Person County..11"11 XJL" "v ' . , i'ATpripan-i UA ilnnbtpd ho pv?1 r , , . ,1 ao-rppH "tn nnpn the waYehouses in the Americans l'ad .douoted, the evil pur to anect missioners did not elect a man ior, " VT :3 ' o,; I poses of the rulers of German. Doubt'- ' lour marKtij. un xviouua, ocwmua . , ;4.v! LAND SALE Under and by virture of the powers contained in ai certain deed of trust executed on the 17th day ' of Feb. 1913, by Sam Blackwell and wife, Mary Blackwell, and duly recorded Jn the Register of Deeds office for Person county, bk No. 1, page 72, I will on Monday September 10th, 1917 at noon at the court house door in Roxboro, North Carlina, sell at public auctnoi for cash the following des cribed real estate lying in Person County, North Carolina, to.wit: Tact No. 1: Bounded on the north by lands of Joe Blackwell, on east by L T. Jones, on south by Oakley and on the west by Brooks & CarvB) containing Jjres more or less;" Tract 2: Bounded on the north by lands of Louis Peice, on east by lands of Buck Pointer and on the w6st fey lands of Luther Blackwell, con.- taining 2-2.9 acre, moreor less. 7 and ten million have been slain, but the oldest tobacco first. ; this position last Monday. They are the man power of the British Em pire has not yet been injured, and the man power of one' hundred million in the United States, is untouched. With five -million more casualities, system-' 3rd. . I Reports from local buyers on the remained no longer. In the light oif.' events we could read the past and see. The disease is caused by a germ considering changing this and spreads mucn worse m wet, ciouuy jomewnat. . - . ; v , . for a quarter of a century the absorb weather. If we can have hot clear, The usual routine of ordering and -th Carolina market were iracl to insr ambition of the military oligarchy ! weater like we have had for the past, paying accounts was next taken up by , warenoubeuiwi bwuiig -uiat wu , . . - high prices were still noiding up to i - . 0 . , , , , tr : i. . ,i Ti I empire was for world-domination. : ' few days you can anticipate very the commissioners, after which they for Germany, that Nation is counted j little more trouble as the germs can adjourned out in the financial and industrial , not live in the sun. The sun is the. that the impending peace proposals are forced, not by Germany's weaknes in arms, hut by the threatened de struction of Germany's man power in a fourth year of war and the loss of her'position in marine transpor tation and in manufacturing and her finance." race of the modern economic world. ! most powerful germ killer we have,' KITCHIN CRITICIZES SEN We are in agreement with this no germ can live in the bright sun ATE WAR REVENUE BILL Boston authority when he concludes long. He has not been able to tell . that the people pught to understand where the germ first came from, but Washington Aug. Chairman thinks it must have come fram the Uaud Kitchm ot tne nouse ways seed bed. 1ome have said it came and means committee, tonight de. from the guano. I have seen tobacco blared that the excess profits and in planted in every kind of fertilizer come tax amendements in the senate sold' in the county and if it came from revenue bill are-in the interest of the the , guano every fertilizer manuf ac -large , corporations' and wealthy in. tiirmff comnanv has it. The depart dividuals. He named Gary, Schwab, Four Hundred, and Ninety Called- power is they Observer.. ' i i these four factors, the loss in man will be able to help iw protect the uals who will le favored. He; decided next crop, but at the present nothing Jts makes an unaue aiscnminauon Farmers sow -plenty Clover , seed cheapest and best fertilizer; you can and; itwill , build ;your;. land . up. Plenty' iee-J " 12th, and in a great many instances the average had reached between twenty and thirty.fiv cents. One buxer who is on the bordehl VP the present time the Examining:, ' .- . i . i . . .... r r - markets just over tie line in this Board has -called for 490 appear; state wrote that the crop was not as before, the board.. .330 have been good asiie had first expeced it was, Uxapined, and approxiinately:90 jer but that hebelieved practically the: cenjb have claimed exemption. fhyr entire crop would be disposed of by sically the men have made; a fine' September 11. , That is two months' showing, ohly about ten per cent be from the opening. " South Carolina ingf- excused from i this cayse. zThe expects o marketeOO, pounds Oiairman 'tells us he thinks about of the weed this season, it is reported. v in five, or six will be drawn for Most of' the buyers who went from service, which makes it .more-thai this section to atend the South Caro.' probable that another call will have to, for'thia - - . m - m, - ' m m . a I iv t Canlvc vtrtll KA lkrk a 1? Kaa Aifrk a' f - . IT1 Uflf I If I llrK lilt Jlillllftl 1111 . can. be done, v I Iiave seen two men favor oi tne lortunate; persons or . V r ";;:.; : ; . inst the less fortunat tne-jopening ot tnemarket or soon pouniy is ui. ".J-S: , that said they had a little of it last corporationsr agams year, but did not report it I will and less prosperous persons or corpor- publish' the first news- Iiget as a cure :-atioh3. or a nreventative. V- - - : : 4 thereafter ' Tfie ; weed there it is V - said, is selling, in 'large. Quantities, : LCSTOn; Sunday Aug "5th beJ works an intolerable rinelmali-! and the farmers -are bringing, it in as -tween. ttoxDora ana wnwien-cauica W C WARRFN ' - ty,'lhe,said.: .Kxtak made ansfast as they. can cure it.and haul it .one. ord :Auto,tire. -riteturn to U'c analysis e.biilj;r:Vl -2 r