A.|F. JOHNSON. EDITOB AND HANAGBB "VOL. Xl.ll -? SUBSCRIPTION -?1 .00 PER YEAS LOU|?BOBG. N. C.. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9. 1912, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MET IN BfiGULAB SBSSION MOM DAY AMD TUESDAY W H. Alien Appointed to Fill Unexpired Term of the Late W. M. Boone, Sheriff? J. A. Turner Authorized to Collect Taxes. The Board of County Bommisaioners - mat In regular SMiioa on Monday.MAj; Tuesday, all members being present each day. After reading and approv ing the minutes of the previous meeting the following buslnees was transacted: It was ordered that the Clerk notify Mr. K. W. Edwards, of Henderson, to appear before the Board on the first Monday in March, 1912. Mr. J. A. Turner, 'representative of the Title Uuaranty A Security, Co. , se curity upon the bond of the late Sheriff W. M. -Boone, heauthorised toproaeod| with the collection of taxes for 1912 under the prorision of seotient 28 and | 68, of the revisal of 1906. E. M. Sykes was allowed sixteen feet pipe to fix bridge on Losisbuff- and Nashville read, provided he bnlMs a loclt wall at nerh wid of ?""? for pm J. A. Dean was released of special taxes in Cedar Roek school district on ?0 acres of land ? the hbpie track ? aad 90 aeres on the south aide pf Peach] Use week. Upon motion Mr. W. H. Allen was unanimously elected Sheriff to fill the unexpired term of Mr. W. M. Boone, deceased. Jesse Wheless was released of poll taxes for 1911 and 1912: Report of Dr. J. E M alone, Supirin tendent of Health, was received and _ ?being over age Mr. J. u. Wilson was appomted committee to investigate the Egerton hill in.regard to clearing the road. Johnnie Brewer was released of taxes paid in nil. ? Snsan Andrews was -allowed to go to the county home, ? William Allen, colored, was- -allowed to hire ml Sllll Cliailn | Kuffin, at 18:80 per month each, and Medical Depository, was received and ordered recorded. The bond of W. Hv Alien, newly elected Sheriff, was received itnd or. dered recorded. He then came before took the naual oath of Report of BTN. WiHiams, Superin tendent of County Home, was received and filed. He /e ports 12 white and .12 colored inmates. One death, Elijah Upchurch, colored, since last report. Can Allen waa allowed to go to County Home. Susan Pearce was placed on outaide pauper list. ? The report of the recent grand jury [ was received and ordered recorded. It was ordered that the Board con tinue to pay the Colored Corn Club of ' franklin county, *30 as prizes for 1912. T: Gr'ffltl wag uusuiinuuslT elected standard keeper. J. H. Uzzell, was appointed a com mittee to attencCte building chimney at jail. By order the contract for printing the annual statement "wap placed with the Fn AN KLIN Tihks. After allowing a qjtnber of accounts the Board adionrnedto meet again on the next first Monday.* Mrs- J. M. Allen Dead i A deep sadness was cast over Louis- 1 burg on Wednesday afternoon when' the information of the death of Mrs. J. i M Allen, whiah occurred at her home | on North Main street at 2:25 o'clock, was received by the many' friends, of tlie family. Mrs. Allei* had been sick only a short while and her death' was a severe shock to her many 'friends. I She was about 44 years of age and be- 1 sides her husband she leaves one sister, ^Jlrs. Katie Crenshaw, and* two bro It eraV-M^ssrs. R. M. Davis and H. L. Davis, aiilh^. host of relatives and friends She waS" tlie daughter of the late Judge Joseph J. Dtvia^and has upent her life among her people-jn Franklin county. She possessed a most lovable disposition and lived a mqst useful Christian life. She waa a mem ber of St. Paul's Episcopal church which, in her death, loaes one of ita moat faithful, Christian members. la i all of her acquaintances she had ad mirers as to know he* was to Jov* h*r. In her death ' Edaisburg and vicinity has truly loet'tiri* of its moat lovable and uaaful^woinen. - . - The funeral will be held at the home* thu (Friday) morning at 11:30 o'clock and the remains wtl) be interred in the nmily plot at tne cemetery. I The grief stricken husband and rela tive* have the deepest sympathy of the | entire community. Announcement. The farmers meeting win be held in Louisburg courthouse, Franklin county, on February the 17th. 1912v at 1:80 o'clock, for the purpoee of iigning pledges for planting .crop*. And also the stockholders of the Farmers' Union Warehouse will meet on same d?y at U.?,'cluck a. in ? All faiuieis sie w yecially invited to the masa-meeting at 1:90. Junior Bridge Club iffsa Bottle Bodtie entertained the Junior Bridge Club ou Wednesday _ af ternoew. After the usual interesting game' of bridge the guests were served with a delightful salad course. Those present were Misses Kearney Williams, o t Warren ton, Annie ureen, Agnes Mesdames 8. P. Boddie, J.- L. Palmer I ? ........ The evening was ons of mach enjoy ment to ail present Municipal Health Conditions, j The fnndameatal facta upon which the study off municipal health problems must be based are two, vis: ' The rela tive death rate and the cause of death. The Federal census of 1*10 has just made public the death rata in. Americas cities, but has " not _ yet tabulated and published the average annual ' death rate from Various diseases. The figures published show the aver age annual death rata in the cities of the United States to be 16.1 per 100,000 while the principal Cities of North Car olina the figures are : For Raleigh, 27.9; Wilmington, 20,8; Winston ,20.3. "Dur ham) 10.0; Asehvllle, 10 7; GrecnAflWc 10 0: and Charlotte. 17.7. Excepting tlT4 Apparently abiiofmil figures 1ST Kaielgh, there is a striking pa?*nel be tween the death rates of North Car olina cities and the precentage ef their negro population. The larger the negro population, the greater the death ? Though many of the whits people are not biainelsaa. that t he tosdanj or me negro population to disregard praticM and hygienic habits sapltarv surra v4? agwraet^ni tlin "? maintain^ ing satisfactory public health condi considenng the favorable natural con ditions which conduce to. a high stand ard of public health obtaining in North any of hSf Iaf> ^ Be it said to her credit, -however, that all are giviag more and more con sideration to public health problams, particularly in the prime factors of municipal sanitation, pure and whole some water supplies and adequate sewage removal. But the cheif defi ciency which applies to all alike is fail are to pay sufficient atteation to the important matter, of providing for the support of a properly sustained and effective health department as a (Unct ion of the municipal government < Immunity from disease .in .cinirr.un ity life is? more, to be expected as a matter of fact than that the burglar and the highwayman shall nj>t threaten the life and property or that the fire fiend shall not cause widespread de struction if left - uagarded and uncon trolled. * No thinking man capable of holding public office will seriously argue that the material asm i that In euimnrger liy the police and Aye departments of our ctties is of .greater civic value than the vital asset* of the human factor in city growth and development. Yet note the prevalent disregard of thb true relation ot civic assets in munici pal budgets in too many instances. Is this because city politics loves too veil a shining tight and that public health activities carry no limelight attachment. Modern knowledge, so plain ~.tjiat no intelligent observer can faH to see, demonstrates that the standard of health in community life is easily and directly controllable by* Intelligently directed means. No longer can igno. rancfe excuse neglect of public health considerations in municipal life. If the goyernmeqt of our cities Is to be con; ducted on a plane of modern intelligence thejjublic health must be recoenired and provided for as of first importance. The traditional sonoeption of govern mental functions, when Ignorance of ths( laws of health prevail must be abandoned, and sot up in its place the must bo a more rational co-ordination of official responsibilities with the first consideration given to the life and health of the people, to the conserva tion of the greatest of all natural re (itiretfe, the public health. ~**Htlrty ? Years ? of ? Southern ^~>SJpbuildlnfc." Oalv hv OOntTMtatgsil^EUnitk af lo daywith the South of thTrty--ya?ri ?go caifctie (el a viewpoint from whlclt-ia. itul| the progress that has been made MB, W H. ALLEN SHERIFF Mrs- Bost Entertain . Mrs. 11. A. Bost delightfully enter- 1 bridge oi^ Tussdaj afternoon. The highest score was made hy lfiss ?nni? I B. King, while the booty was won by h Mrs. S. P. Boddie. ) " "I At the ooacluslon of the game the J three course luncbeoa. Those enjoying Hrr. Boats hospitality were Mesdames Wm. Bailey. Perry Neal, T. W. Bickett B. B. PeTry,S. H. Boddie, M. S. Clif-. ton, L. E. Scoggln and Mi""* g??"igT Williams, of Warren ton, Fannie and | | ni? Foster. At Baptist Church Dr. 0. J. Thompson, of Durham, re cently paator-oftha Jackson Hill Bap tist Church, of Atlanta, Ga., one of the strongest in the south, will preach I flt the Louisburg Baptist Church Sun day night, 7:30. Dr. Thompson is a man of line ability and his message Snnday night will be worth while. The pastor will ? reach at 11 a. m. on "The False andTrue Philosophy of Life." Piculiarmterest is attached to the newly organized Baraca Class, which meets in connection with the Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Miss Edna Allen is Teacher, Mr. W. I> Jickson is Pres ident, Mis t>race Hall, Secretary, Mr. Luther Pitman, Vice-President, Mr. Clifford Hall. Treasurer." Automoblie Show. Atlanta,' Ga.. Feb. ".?One million dollars ! worth of automobiles is now on display under one roof in Atlanta. The ? Atlanta Automobile show, opening Saturday, Fehrury 10, to last until Feb rury 17th, is this exposition, and it i? housed in Atlanta's largest building, the auditorium armory. - v ' | Decorationir ani illumination worked j out by skilled hauds have made the hig "interior of the hnildlng a gcena qX great beauty^ The Kilties band, Canada's famous touring oigariTzatlon, rated among the six leading bands of the world, is here for two daily con certs at the show, each afternoon and evening. The displays show the best and latest in 1912 automobiles and ac cessories. The exposition is classed by experts as one of the best to be seen anywhere in the "country, tt will ' be seen by thousands from every quar ter of-the south and many from other parts of the country. APPOINTED MONDAY TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERM __ The Action of the Board of Com missioners Generally Consid ered a Wise One ? Enters Upon Duties The appointment of Mr. V."H.'*Allen to All the unexpired term of the late Sheriff Willis V. Boone, by the Board -of County Commissioners, which took place on Monday afternoon relieved a strained interest on the part of a large number of friends of all who were an ticipating the appointment. Mr, Allen is one of the county's most successful business men and is espec ially fitted to assume the duties and re^ sponsibilitlea of thij office, and will do much credit to the county and him self. He Is well known throughout the county and ha? a host of friends within its borders who will be glad to leaks that the honors have beenrtren to' him. " ' ' " , continue the ssrviees of the present em ployes of the office and that the bini | ne'ss will be Conducted without a break. j_ Togethte-with thts splendid corpse of I that he will mqke the county a most j popular official. ? - Boys Beef Market Mr. E. L. Egerton has purchased the fresh meat market of Mr, -T. G. Hill and will continue the buninnss on Nash street at (he same stand. has become one of the most popular in Louisburg and Mr.' Egerton- informs us he will do all in his power to furnish the people of the town and vicinity with the beat ser vice'possible. We feel sure our people Hi ? -thai* and to forecast the future. Marvelous thing* hay fc?n achieved. -8tUl more marvelous achievements will be made. Much has beep done, but there' are lim itless resources to be developed ; limit less opportunities to be atilited. The .cumulative power of the work for Southern upbuilding of the last third of a centary is beginning to have its full effect? The attention of the whole world ia now being centered on the South, as never be fere, capitalists, manufacturers, merchants, investors, 'farmers and health-seekers are study ing the South. ?> .. . \ - Without fully und?r.i.t>dln(rrh? mt of the past thirty years no otie can cor rectly measure the "possibilities of the future. Oae must know the progress made and the resources in soil, climate, minerals anUvJ |Pws vllffUVU P VPft V the very latest styles in furniture and fcousefurptahings and a complete stock Franklin Superior Court. The January term of Franklin Supe rior Court came to a"cloee on last Sat Civit docket was pica, .but no caaea involving questions of special public in terest. Judge Carter commended Deputy Sheriff Hudson apon his splendid ser vices to the court in a msst encourag ing manner. Before leaving after the trial or the Criminal docket Solicitor R. G. Alls brook made the following report which speaks well for cur efficient Clerk of the Court, J. J. Barrow: To Hon: Frank Carter, Judge Presiding an! holding this term of court. The undersigned Solicitor of the 4th JuaitHI DIBtHet, respectfully reports that he has examined with cate the office of the Clerk of the Court and finds same in irst rate condition; that he has inspected the rccords, dockets and in dexes therein that the law requires of him to keep and finds that the same are kept in an accurate, methodical and intelligent manner and that the duties of ths office, so far as lis c?n observe, . are satisfactorilj performed. He begs to report further .that the public records of the county (such as pertain to the office) have outgrown I their present housin capacity and en | iarged quarters for the safe preserva I tion of same are well-nigh impe ative. Respective Iv submitted, R. G. Allsiikook. Solicitor, j ?Approval: _ ' j ,. .Frank Carter, Judge. Old Rufl^n Homestead Burned. On Monday morning at about -nine o'clock fire was discovered in the gable of the old Ruffin home'about one and "ne-half miles from town by some one on the premises, and the report soon reaching town a nnmber of our people went out to lend assistance. This bnildihg was* now owned by Rev. Mark Stamps, who informs us that he saved pratically everything inside the burning building. The fire started Sp. the roof, caused by squirrels or rats, ?and was slow, in burning, but being without any equipment for fighting fire there was ne chance to s?ve tke building- The loss was estimated af about $6,000 with small insurance. It will be interesting ? o note that this house was petslbiy one of the ol8 eet in the county having beta built ia 1820 by Gol. Henry G. Kuffln, grandfa I ther to our townsman Mr. W. H. Ruffin I and It n. H. Stamps, the latter reeid injc there at the time of the fire, it having descended dswn through the generations and being still ia the family. The timbers ia this house were brought from Edgecombe and Wilton counties and being of the long leaf pine variety, and the brick were Philadelphia press brick, being hauled from Virginia seaports in carts. At this time there were no taw mills apd the timber was, gotten oat by hand and the huiMlnp- ?rn hnllt by .1.? ters, including the fancy hand carving, 5 which wat alwayt an interesting part of the building. We are informed that many of the tools used in the construct ion of this building are still, at the old homestead being packed in an eut house that was not burned. The nails were hand wrought and present an in teresting scene in th?, ruins of the building. This house was plastered with plaster pans and wat -fitted with skill had been used in its preparation and construction. The estimated cost of the building at the tirrfe it was put the timber and labor. The lost of this home brought sorrow to the family at it1' was highly prised sa an i?Hr loom. - ? *? 'THE TBK COMMANDMENTS OP, ^1_^AGBICDLTDRE." ' ? - Good Farming Doctrines Epito miasl by the Late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp for Whose Memo rial Funds Are Being Raised. (1) Prepare a deep and thoroughly pulverized seed-bed, well drained; break in the fall to a depth of 8, 10, or II -inches, acmmling to the soil, with im plements that will ratf hrlng tn? mirnh . of the subsoil to the surface. The for e geinfc depths should be reached grad wllx ustty. (2) Use seed of the best variety, in telligently selected and carefully stored. (S) In cultivated crops give the rows | and the plants in the rows a spate* ? uit | ed to the plant, the soil and the Cli' mate. (4) Use intensive tillage daring tbs mowing period ef the crops. (5) Secure a kigh content of- humus in ihe soil by Ihs use of Iggmnss, barn (6) Garry out a systematic crop ro tation with a winter cover crop. ? (7) Accomplish more work ia a day by using mors horse power and better implsmsntt (8) Increase the farm atock to the extent of utilising all the Waste pro ducts and idle lands of the farm. " (9) Produce all the food required for the men and animals on the farm '(10) Keep an'account of ea?h farm product* in order to know from which the gain or loss arises. Some Good Recipes Hot-Water Sponge 0 ake: Yolks of 6 eggs, whites of 3 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup hot water. 2} enps flour. 1 teas- . poon baking powder. 1 teaspoon salt.. Beat yolks of eggs untiflemoa Colored, add sugar gradually, then alternately hot wait- r and flour^ Into which baking ppwder and salt has been mixed and sifted; add flavoring, of lemon if desir ed: fu!J in whites of eggs last Use remaining 3 egg whites for icing. This mixty,r.' may be baked as a. layer cake or loaf, orin gem pahs. A p ain icing nay Bfl used far lining In layer cake, or chopped raisir-s and citron nr chopped^ nuts, added to icing. t Angel' Cake: Whites of 10'eggs. l teaspoon cream tarter, 1 ? cups sugar, 1 cup (lour, i teaspoon salt, J teaspoon vanilla. Beat whites of eggs until stiff, add sifted sugar 'gradually, fold I in flour mixed with salt and cream of tarter sifted 5 times, add vanilla. Bake 45 to 5:1 minutes in a paper-lined, un buffered pan. ? . . Pound Cake: One pound tout* er7 2 pound sugar, yolks 10 eggs, whites 10 eg ;s, 1 pound flour, 4 teaspoon ma'co (2 tablespoons brandy, if desired.) Cream butter, add s'ugar gradually, continue beatin": then add yoljes of eggs beatea until ? iff and dry, flour, mace, brandy. Beat vigorously 6 minutes. Bake 1 i hours in slow oven. For Fru't Cake the following nay be added to above cake recipe; 1 J pounds ajrrents, 1 i pounds laisins {pound cit rqg to make ay her mind to marry a man aa she do?a to make up his.