X ' vr-^- .?.' F A. F.JOHNSON, EDITOR AND M, VOL. XLI. FUTURE OF LQUISBURG ... " SHALL -WE REMAIN JUST WHERE WE ARE It is Time the Citizens of Louisburg: were Considering This Question Very Seriously? It's Time to Move, This is a very important and serious q matter for the property owners and citizens of Louisburg. We had just as t well face the facts in regard to this proposition, as it will in the near future bo a proposition of considerable proportions. What are some of the tacts? Louisburg is dependent altogether ' upon the agricultural interest for its support and maintenance. There are no local industries here which furnish sufficient material for local trade; and if this is so the trade will have to come from the adjacent country. This being the case what adjacent country can we draw from ? On the South of us is the village of Bunn about 11 miles from Louisburg, which has a standard gtrtige railroad from Spring Hope connecting with Rocky Mount and Wilmington on the Atlantic Coast Line, thereby giving great advantage to these points in freight rates against Louisburg and cutting the trade territory for drawing trade about one half. On the east a large part of the trade that should come hei is diverted to Spring Hope and Nashville. On the south, west and north is Franklinton, Kittrell and Henderson which is a ground for severe competition. On the Borlhwest, we understand that two lumber companies have already finished their road within 3 or 4 miles of Centreville which is 15 miles from Louisburg and it looks as if we will soon lose pari of this, as the railroad from Henderson to Castalia is an. assured fact. These being the facts, there is only left a circle of territory of a radius of 6 or 7 miles from Louisburg, from which to induce the trade to come here What is the remedy? Of course good roads, 0 or 7 miles from Louisburg will remedy the situation to a- large extent We do not think this will be questioned. Good roads out of Louisburg 6 or 7 miles each way, should bring farmers to market their produce at least 10 miles, where they are not near other incorporated towns. Another and most important feature 1 is to establish more indusdustrial enter-! prises such as over-all factories, knit-j ting mills, tobacco factories and other i things and not put all the monev that you have and can borrow in stores, as the mercantile business is over done; here as elsewhere. These are only a few suggestions for property owners to think about, for it does not much mat-1 ter with the laboring man as he can { gel work anywhere, if he cudll work, and the farmers can mark t~their crops ! and produce at other places. Good roads will bring them to Louisburg. we are stalling to ouna g<>oa roads. Let us all pull together and .see if we cannot do something to meet the propositions that are sure to conic before us. Rev. L. W. Swope Resigns Rev. L. W. Swope has resigned his pastorate here of the Baptist Church, to take effect Nov. 1st, .1911. Rev. Swope tendered his resignation on acmuni i*f i'l hrnhhi, Wn knew wfi vnirft . the sentiments of all ^yvho~ knew liim, when we say that it is with sincere regret that the town and community have to give him up. To say that be will be missed by all is expressing the matter in a small way. He was a man of extraordinary intellectual ability, fearless to do. say and act the rightr His influence for gfcod was not confined to his own congregation, but to all who knew him *>r came in contact with him. Jt will he hard to fill his place as pastor, citizen and leader in thought, and all moral movements His departure will be a source of genuine regret to Louisburg and vicinity We extend to him < our best wishes, and hope that before j his time to leave expires his health will he so improved that he will reconsider Trt* resignation and remain with ?s, who love and admire him for ni? sterling worth, fearless denunciation^ wrong, and his example in evi eryday life as ah upright, conscientious christian. Reported Rucus and Result. Walter Hawkins and Walter Snead were jailed on Sunday lasi as a result ol a reported "rucua" on the southside of the river. It seems from all the reports we can gather that the wife of Walter Snead had been living away from him for sometime and finding that she was in Henderson, on Saturday night phoned her to come to Louiaburg as he was in trouble and bad killed a . V * > : t* *'{ "V Raj> ONAGER man. The alert officer hearing ot the phone message, began to investigate j and the result was that Walter Snead was lodged in jail for the supposed mur- | der and Hawkins held as a witness. On Monday it was found that Snead | phoned the message thinking that his wife would come immediately the kill- [ ing being a hoax in order to get his wife to come. No dead man being | found and no witness to identify the murderer or who heaid the reported shot, both Hawkins and Snead were released from custody on Monday. Snead says that hereafter he will be careful what he Bays on the phone line. Mayor's Court. v Several new faces greeted the hall of tribulation last week. Jim Brady, for carrying concealed weapon, found guilty and bound over to Superior Court. Now in jail. Dock Winston and Hun Bridgets, boisterous jonahing finally led to swearing, etc. As result were adjudged to pay $4.90 each. Red Men Organized J. T. B. ifoover, Siaje Organizer of the Improved Order 01Red Men, sailed the applicants for tribal charter together at the Louisburg Hotel Friday evening at 3 o'clock. The object of the' meeting was to elect temporary officers for the Tribe. The following officers were elected: J. A. Turner,Temporary Sachem. J. S. Lancaster, Keeper of Wampum. S. C. Holden, Chief of Records. The institution of the Tribe will take place later. Death of a Good Man. The sudden death of Mr. W. G. Riddick, Cashier of the Bank of Youngs ville, was a great shock to friends and I relatives. Mr. Riddick died in Raleigh on Tuesday the 15th at the home of his son Dr. I. G. Riddick. He was a man of sterling character and uncompromising honesty. He never dreaded the "grim monster Death." His trust in God was absolute. His death was almost painless, and he quietly passed away. We extend our sympathy to the family, j relatives and friends. "" A Great Lecture Those who Mere present at the Baptist church om^kst Sunday morning, heard one of the gfeatest lectures ever deliver d to a Louisburg audience. Dr E. W. Sikes, of the Chair of History and Political Science at Wake Forest College lectured on the obligation and iufluence of the Sunday School. It was a masterly treatment of a great subject, and those who heard it will not. soon forget the bold truths presented. Our people were delighted with Dr. Sikes and we hope he will come again. He lectured at Corinth church on Saturday, preceding the day he lectured here. T? Your Questions AnsweredIf you would like to have answered any particular question each or any week fro u "The Suggestive Questions on the Sunday School Lesson" bv Rev. Dr. Linscott, send in your request to this office, giving the date of the lesson and the number of_ the questions you wish answered. You may se'ect any question except the one indicated that it may be answered in writing by members of the club. Dr. Linscott will answer the questions either in these columns or by maiT through this office. Don't forgot to state what benefit those "Suggestive Questions" are to you. Give your full name and address. Send your letters to The Question Editor of the Franki.rs Times, Louisburg, N- C. A CardTo the parents in Louisburg township: There is an order of the Hoard of Graded School Trustees requiring every school child who haB not had smallpox to show a scar of successful vaccination within the last two to five yearB (time conditioned by existence of smallpox in community) before they ean enter the public schools. I would suggest that parents send their children to their family physician or the Health officer to bo vaccinated before school opens?so that if they should have sore arms they will get well before time to enter school. This plan will save time, expedite and dispatch the work. To.The People of Louisburg: and Franfclln County Planks to the laws of Hygenie and Sanitation the county and town is in a comparatively hearty condition. In the application and execution of the laws pertaining to health there has been no friction ot unpleasantness except the hard work and work is always a' / r-.'W 'C ' - A-' . -t"'' AV^-J ?u., y> 'y.yp&h xwm?JWW?M; B 4KLI THE COUNTY, THE LOUISBURG. N. C.. I pleasure to perform when well done and appreciated. There has been no intentional violation or infringement of the laws, uo indictment, no tines. Now let us go to work and keep up this good and pleasant state of affairs and continue to have a healthy town and county. We would suggest to the good people to begin Monday the 21st day of August and clean up your cellars, back yards, pig pen and out houses for on the following Thursday the health department will come around and inspect conditions?if the same are not in good shape a written notice will be sent to ail heads of families and in 24 hours the nusiances are not removed?a fine will be imposed according to law for eyery day until they are removed. Tobacco Farmers Preparing to Fi?rht Tobacco Trust. On August 26-26 will be held in Greensboro an Inter-state Convention of the Farmers' Co-operative and Educational Union of North Carolina and Virginia, the object being to urge the farmers to pool their tobacco. It is expected that between 1,600 and 2,000 farmers .will be in attendance. The meeting promises to be one of the most important ever held by the farmers in this State. Owing to the poor crop of tobacco this year the farmers believe that they can get good prices for what tobacco they raise, if they will only hold it for these prices, forcing the tobacco trust to come to terms, as it were. It is Understood that the farmers are in hearty sympa wiy witu me proposed move an. . SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR NUMBER 2e and customers. Read their advertisement. The Dangerous Age The following article was taken from the August edition of Current Literature: "If men should suspect what was going on in us women as soon as we had reached the fortieth year, they would fly from us lite the pest or kill us like mad dogs." So exclaims one of the characters in a Danish novel that is now engaging the attention of all Europe. The book is entitled "The Dan- -?v, gerous Age," and is described by the eminent French critic'.Marcel Prevost as "the most- sincere, the most complete, the most humble and the most disquieting feminine confession that has perhaps ever been written." Its author, Madame Karin Michaelis, has been for some years attracting a constantly circle of readers. In Germany, the work has sold to the extent of 80,000 copies, enjoying a popularity greater than that of any other of the year's novels, native or imported, and arousing a storm of discussion that has by no means suDsided. Its title, with the opportunities it affords for piquaht opinions as to what is the dangerous age in woman, has brought it into the pages of Judge and sirnilar humorous ' papers, and furnished a basis for caricatures and cartoons. The work, how* over, is far from humorous; a certain desperate seriousness has forced all its reviewers to take it seriously. Madame Michaelis has already published in Germany the story of a child, "Little Poucet," and "Bachel," a humorous tale of Ghetto life. Tier "Bettv Rosa," the life-struggle of a girl's inherent longing for purity against the dark inheritance of her mother's career, showed preoccupation with feminine psychology, and "Past Understanding," a study of an all too fine spun and delicate woman, foreshadowed what the German critic Hans Franck called her "preference for exceptions." All , these tendencies appear in her bestknown work, which is the self-revelalation of Elsie Lindtner, a woman of forty-two, who, beset by what she thinks is a longing for solitude, amicably divorces her husband and retires to an isolated country house, attended only by two female servants. She has now time and undivided attention to give to her own case and those of four women of her acquaintance who have / met the same dangerous forties with / various resulting catastrophes. While / there is not an erotic incident, and the heroine has not only lived an irreproachable life, but declares that hacK she her life to relive it would besot the same character, yet her self-revelations, with their implied application to her sex in general, are always disquieting and sometimes startling.- The conclusion of the story is no less painful. Sick of solitude, Elsie Lindtner summons to her retreat a man much younger than herself, who she knows has loved her long and secretly, whom for years she has not seen. They both hope for a happy future, but at the first glance each realizes the truth: she is growing old anil he is a young [man! They part at once with no word of their dead dream. She writes to her husband, suggesting that they might possibly reunite their destinies He replies announcing his betrothal to. a young girl and with a parting letter that is every line a velvety scratch, Elsie leaves for indefinite foreign travel, the last refuge, as she says, of the hopeless. The keynote of the book Is struck in the words with which this article opens, the utterance of a friend of the heroine, who soon after kills herself while an inmate at an insane asylum. The author, however, does not take refuge in the irresponsibility of the speaker; she makes Elsie herself comment: "One could say that on the whole surface of the globe not one man understands a woman. No man ever understands any .woman Between man and woman, is the truth ever spoken? ,..i. There reigns between the sexes an irreducible enmity. It is dissimulated because life has to be lived, and it is lived more comfortably so, but the enmity is never disarmed, even in those supreme moments when the two sexes merge their destinies." She adds that any woman will admit this if asked separately, and that two women will admit it to each othfjJvbut "let a man suddenly enter the conversation, and they will unite to cruBh the truth under their feet like a venomous serpent." A woman, she says, always reserves something of herself, her secret self. To ceep this hidden from man is her ultimate modesty*- Yet she will deliver ier secret to a woman,?and that is vhy, while honest friendship between men can come to an end without rancor, i friendship between women, having something the nature of a masonic seContlnued on Fourth Page. vkr^j ' ' "' * ' ' '