Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, LOUISBURG, N. C., HOTEL BURNS TO THE GROUND Louisburg, N. C. —Fire early today completely destroyed the Franklin Ho tel here, the loss being $25,000, with no insurance. More than a dozen guests were barely able to escape the INSURANCE! It insures EXPRESS SERVICE in the true meaning of the word, k insures prompt and proper handling, all on through bills of lading. Eloss or damage to shipment up to $50.00, free. w rate and personal attention while en route. Jr afety, seaaity, service and satisfaction. s a receipt for delivery at de&mation. j|i arcs perfod satefadion to shippers. Jr l m/J Great Reduction Sale of MEN’S CLOTHING To stimulate trade, I have decided to give 25 per cent off on all Men's Suits and Overcoats, for a limited time. Call and make your selection while you can save money on your purchases In my line. Every garment fully war ranted. No cheap or out-of date styles, but a big stock erf the newest and swellest goods in the market. $30.00 Suits and Overcoats, during this sale $22.50 $26.00 Suits and Overcoats, during this sale $18.75 $20.00 Suits and Overcoats, during this sale $15.00 $16.00 Suits and Overcoats, during this sale $11.25 10 per cent off on all other goods in stock, SI.OO Carhartts Overalls excepted. Ratnooatfl, all waterproof, and fiilly guaranteed. Stetson Hats. Lkm and Columbia Shirts, etc. Now Is the time to buy your winter suit, or Overcoat, while these prices can be had— a big f ivinn to every wearer of okrfhea la Augusta and «xr rounding section. Don’t watt until the stock Is picked over. Goto* while you can get your sine <and style. The above, reduced prices are in force from this date. F. G. MERTINS BROAD STREET The Men's Furnisher, Tailor and Haberdasher. flames and most of them left their baggage and olothing in the ruins. The postoffice, also located in the build ing, was damaged about SI,OOO. This is the third fire in this hotel in the past few years. The origin of the blaze is supposed to have been in the kitchen. The building was of brick and during the morning the walls fell, in juring several persons, among them J(. D. Winfree, seriously. MORE ACTIVE COTTON GOODS. New York —An auction sale of 125,- 000 bales of carpets, it was announced today, wlii begin October 26th. Cotton goods markets were more active. Yarns were quiet. Silks were dull. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. GEORGIA GIIIS RAS INCREASED 768,095 Bales Ginned to Sept. 25th 4 in State---Last Year Figures Were 491,511 Bales. Washington.—The amount of cot ton ginned by counties In Georgia for the crops of 1914 and 1913 Is shown In a special report Issued today by the department of agriculture. The report shows that Georgia has ginned 768,095 bales thus far this season—to September 25th-—against 491,611 bales during the corresponding period last year, or an increase of 276,684 bales over those of the previous season. Crop Crop County. 19H 1913 Appling 8,699 1,86 a Baker 5,212 2,926 Baldwin 6,054 2,919 Banks 926 443 Bartow 3,040 4,187 Ben Hill 6,732 3,836 Berrien 6,691 4,130 Bibb 4,678 2,022 Bleokley 5,407 3,623 Brooks 9,118 6,Soi Bryan 943 962 Bulloch 14,680 11,936 Burke 22,270 14,825 Butts 4,441 1,683 Calhoun 9,412 7,608 Campbell 2,759 1,346 Carroll 3,350 8,291 Chattahoochee 2,046 811 Chattooga 1,099 1,987 Cherokee 722 864 Clarke 2,168 943 Clay 6,363 5,103 Clayton 2,738 439 Cobb 2,268 2,065 Coffee 9,622 5,526 Colquitt 12,570 9,719 Coweta 8,886 2,340 Crawford 2,139 1,128 Crisp 1 12,903 10,100 Decatur 7,006 6,688 DeKalb 2,993 481 Dodge ....14,538 12,545 Dooly 19,538 13,726 Dougherty 9,839 6,629 Douglas 994 1,070 F.arly 12,403 7,332 Effingham 1,770 1,188 Elbert 3,704 2,488 Emanuel 15,213 9,266 Fayette 3,233 474 Floyd 2,685 3,498 Forsyth 476 146 Franklin 2,120 1,218 Fulton 306 58 Glascock 685 665 Gordon 846 2,431 Grady 4,177 2,760 Greene 4,474 2,748 Gwinnett 3,677 1,097 Hall 1,230 283 Hancock 6,655 3,784 Haralson 645 891 Harris 7,504 2,211 Hart 3,|82 1,638 Heard 2,605 1,180 Henry 6,455 1,668 Houston 10,236 4,678 Irwin 8,994 6478 Jackson 5,946 2,146 Jasper 7,071 3,49 s Jeff Davis 1,904 1,196 Jefferson 11,024 7,223 Jenkins 8,563 6,784 Johnson 8,515 6,731 Jones 4,771 2,149 Laurens 17,617 14,204 Bee 7,498 14,204 Lincoln 2,030 880 Lowndes 4,269 2,611 Bumpkin McDuffie 3,422 1,834 Macon 8,748 4,660 Madison 3,870 1,790 Marlon 3,556 2,153 Meriwether 10,140 2,751 Miller 2,937 2,285 Milton 755 .431 Mitchell 18,388 16,710 Monroe 8,562 8,171 Montgomery .. 6,379 4,407 Morgan 7,675 2,702 Murray 178 587 Muscogee 3,547 1,072 Newton 6,984 2,973 Oconee 4,733 2,057 Oglethorpe 4,054 1,725 Paulding . 1,473 1,770 Pickens 5* 67 Pierce 1,710 874 Pike 7,791 1,973 Polk 2,011 2,487 Pulaski 8,600 5,893 Putnam .. 3,711 2,127 Quitman 1,817 1,428 Randolph 11,850 11,043 Richmond 4,341 3,384 Rockdale 2,244 903 Schley 2,560 1,292 Screven ~.13,667 9,818 Spalding 4,786 756 Stephens 469 169 Stewart 6,168 2,770 Sumter 17,115 11,165 Talbot 3,755 1,207 Taliaferro 2,705 1,479 Tattnall 6,7*7 6,178 Taylor 4,918 3,051 Telfair 7,153 4,575 Terrell 16,802 14,476 Thomas 13,974 10,620 Tift 10,585 6,828 Toombs 4,030 3,104 Troup 9,135 3,629 Turner 12,221 8,329 Twiggs 4,164 2,955 Upson 4,190 1,329 Walker .. 892 798 Walton 10,526 5,663 Ware 412 247 Warren 8,420 2,283 Washington 10,758 6,875 Wayne 1,724 1,081 Webster 2,043 998 Wheeler 2.2.77 2,542 Whitfield 93 722 Wilcox 14,521 10,465 Wilkes 6,792 2,554 Wilkinson 2,843 1,868 Worth 14,855 11,987 All others 256 291 Totals ~ 766.095 481,611 UNDER WHITE FLAG. Peking—According to advices resch Ing here from Tslng-Tau, arrange ments havs been made for removal from the city of W. R Peck, the Am erican consul, and ten other non-com batants. The transfer of these to the Japanese will be made tomorrow un der a white flag. It Is understood that the bombardment of Tslng-Tau by the Japanese will begin Saturday, Oct, 17. or COURSE "It was ■ pity to let the maid over hear us quarrel." "I have rectified that by discharging her." "That was a mistake. Hhe Is smart enough to take the whole story to some hod i In oitr set arid get a good Job on 1 the strength of If GRAY HAIR? Look Old? Feel Ashamed? Want Dark, Lustrous Hair? Thousands of men and wo ! men who had gray, faded or streaked with gray hair have been made happy with dark, thick, beautiful hair by using 1 Q-Ban Huir Color Restorer. It i is a clean liquid, harmless, not sticky or messy. Simply apply jit to hair and scalp like a ! shampoo. The gray disap pears, darkening the hair so evenly and completely that no one will suspect you use Q- Ban. Easy to apply, produces a delightful sensation of clean liness to hair and scalp. Also stops itching scalp and dan druff and always makes the hair dark, lustrous, fluffy, thick, soft and abundant. The hair then becomes fascinating and attractive and makes you look young and vigorous. Big 7-oz. bottle only 60c. Mon ey back if It doesn't darken gray hair. Frost Pharmacy, 602 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Out-of-town people supplied by mail. FOR SWOLLEN ANKLES OR EYELIDS TRY BUCHU Mixed With Juniper, Best For Kidney or Back Pains and Swelling. Swollen eyelids or ankles, twinges or back pains In the region of kid neys, spots before the eyes, yellow skin, shortness of breath are sure signs of weak kidneys. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The moment you experience any of the above symptoms get from any reliable drug gist a bottle of Stuart's Buchu and Juniper. Take a tablespoonful after each meal. Drink plenty of water. Stop eating sugar or sweets. In a day or so yr r kidneys and bladder will act fine. The symptoms disappear like magic, for Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound acts quickly on the kidneys and bladder, strengthens these organs and drains all impurities from the kidneys. You then quickly regain you r buoyancy and ambition Tbe skin taking on the red hue of pure, rich blood. All swellings In an kles or eyelids pass away. Back pains and shortness of breath cease to worry you. Stuart’s Buchu and Juni per 1b old folks’ recipe Tor kidney trouble and la properly compounded for kidney trouble.—(Advt.) Window Display Week is a Move for Better Business 11 1 HEN “Good Time#” begins making in- quiries at the dealers counter the whole world gets busy. As goods move from the shelves the wheels of production take on new activity. Newspaper Window Display Week is designed to link the dealer’s counter with the greatest business building force of today— Newspaper Advertising. Every manufacturer who advertises in this neswpaper is making business for the dealers who carry his product. He is sending customers to their stores. National advertising in local newspapers means direct sales for locai merchants. It is to the interest of local merchants that newspapers carry more national advertis ing. It is to the Interest of retailers to push the goods advertised in their home newspapers. As an object lesson the week of October 19-24th has been set aside by leading news papers of the United States and Canada as Na tional Newspaper Window Display Week. During Next Week Merchant* are Re quested to Display in Their Windows, Standard Products of .National Distribution Advertised in This Newspaper. Join the Movement—Help Start the Factory Wheels Going. Our “Sweetheart” Is Yours Thursday's issue of the Herald will contain the free Sweetheart Toilet Soap Coupon Cut it out and hand it to your Gro cer, or Druggist, and receive a full size cake of the world’s greatest Toilet Soap Absolutely Free Bright Bargains in Wants FIVE