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fflsc'i'iostfwo J** PAGES 9 TO 18 -- / - , 1 THE COUNTY, THE 8TATE, THE UITCOH LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY, DBOEMBUR 5, 1918 JOHNSON. EDITOR AND MANAGER SUBSCRIPTION fl.00 PER YEAR XL1II 'tgWN COMMISSIONERS y ' ,!? ?W INBKWrLAH 8B88I01* fWDAT MfiHT. , : . k .* ? pi* mild Report* BecelfM? Only . Small Amounts ? (Business ? I* <??? In Water and Lights BtlU. * '? " - - -f . . ' ' ' ' ' . The Board of Town Commissioners met In regular session on last Friday night with Commissioners Hlclu, Al len and Wlielcss present. The mayor presided and alter rending and ap proving tt\e minutes of the previous meetings the following business was disposed of ? The report of J..C. Tucker, Chief of Police, was received and ordered filed. He reports costs $19.10, rents 116.00 license $40.00, . ?s Report of A. W. Aliton both for water and- lights and taxes, was re ceived an <3 ordered filed. He reports as follows : Old taxes collected $306. 76;. current taxes $667.36; Lights and Water rents $857.36; uncollected $3.36.. ' The water and lights rents show an increase over the same month In 192 of $204.05. After allowing a number of accounts the Board adjourned to its next regu lar meeting. Tlie Baptist Church. ,Thc pastor will conduct public wor ship Sunday 11 a. m. There will be no services at the Baptist church Sun day night. Messengers from . this church who expect to attend the Bap tist State Convention, which meets in Shelby next week, beginning Monday night, are Messrs. Thos. B. Wilder, Ivey Allen, and Waltor M. Gilmore. They will return the latter part of next week. , Rev. I.. ?W. Swope, former pastor in this city, but now pastor of the First Baptist church of Shelby, will be the host of the convention. Town Taxes. Town Clerk A. W. Alston, furnishes us with the following information from the town tax books showln the amount of taxes due thetown for the year 1913: Total valuation of real es tate $5^4,135.00 Total valuation of personal property 677,774.00 Total tax valuation 41,141.909.00 Property tax? $1 on the " $100 $11,419.09 306 polls at $3.00 9J5.00 Total taxes y> ? $12,334.09 -* Bazaar. . i,The ladles of the Episcopal church htjld a delightful andprofitable bazaar *?;ihe home of Mrs. T. W. Bickett on T^dnesday afternon. The bazaar v.'as o^fncd at 10:30 and seldom Is such a display of fine hand made articles ever i ?een. ^IjjTlie articles were many useful and hdhdsonir. By the middle of the even- | in* everything had been sold and it \fais found their net receipts amounted to $110.00. Corirlght Metal Shingle Rooting, Wc hope our readers^llaw^een no ticing the advertising of the Cort rlght Metal Roofing Company, which has appeared in our columns regularly since early this year, and that any of those interested In high grade, sub stantial roofing have gotteh in touch with the Compaq's local agent, Mr. M. Frank Houck. Cortright Metal Shingles have been in use for more than a quarter of a century and are giving splendid satis faction everywhere. ? Reception at College. On Wednesday night, November 26. a reception was given by the Wesley Bible Class to the students and facul ty of the I.ouisbirg Collge. All enjoyed the Thanksgiving feast of fruits, nuts and candles. There ?was also music, fun and frolic In plen ty. On the following morning the girls and faculty were highly pleased at receiving a fifteen pound bo* of Huyler's Bon-Uons, but upon the op ening of the box, much merriment was caused on beholding a beautiful array of- many colored "stick can dle*/' However, the girls say it was "awfully good" and a few b^xes of "Morrises" made Up for all momentary feeling* of disappointment Circle Meets With Mis* Cook. The Study Circle Club of the Young Woman's Missionary Society met In Joint session with the Phltathea Class of t^e Methodist church on Tuesday evening with Miss Eleanor Cook. The topic of discussion was the first chapter of "Aliens or Americans." The discussion was led by Miss Sue Al ston, followed by an open discus sion by UA. other .members of these societies. - Mis* Julia Barow delighted the rue?ta irtllL ' jMp-, warioi and Misses Cook imd Mecam pleasantly rendered several duM& and solos after which chocolates and wafers were served, and the circle adjourned to meet a month later with Miss Virginia Fos ter. V. . Weldon-Jones. We acknowledge the receipt of the following invitation . ? , ' Mr. W. A. Jones requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of his daughter , May '' 7 to Mr Oilie Jones Weldon 6n Thursday evening, December twenty-fifth at eight-thirty o'clock >' Piney Grove Church Franklin County, North Carolina The bride to be Is a daughter of our esteemed countyman, Mr. W. A. Jones, and is a young lady of splendid at tainments. She Is deservingly popular among a host of friends whose good wishes will be heartily extended. The groom is one of Franklin's pop ular and' successful young planters and has numbers of friends among whom he is Justly popular. House Warming. There was a reception and house warming at the Louisburg College oh Thanksgiving afternoon. The new furnace was In excellent order and every one was warm and happy. This occasion was taken by the friendh and patrons of the college to send tfn donations to help in the furnishing of the new portion of the College. The guests were met in the hall by Miss Mabel Davis and ushered into the parlor where delightful fruit punch was served by Miss Mildred Yarbor ough and Mr. Weldon Egerton. From there the guests went Into the audi toruim where many beautiful and val uable presents were displayed. Then the college as a .whole was turned over to the guests for inspection. The annex is large and beautiful. The in firmary especially deserves mention. It is well equipped and in charge of a competent trained nurse. ? After the long tour of liails and many stairs the guests entered the dining room and were refreshed by a steaming cup ofcoffee, wafers and cakes daintily served by Misses Eu gene Deford and Lena Macon. Justly Done. A Mr. Boyd, of Norfolk, was fined >10 and costs by Squire J. L Palmer on Tuesday for insulting the lady op erator in the local central here. The Insult so we are informed was in the shape of profanity. It Is no doubt true that at times telephones are ex ceedingly vexing, still we feel that any man should be able to control ills temper and remain a gentleman to th? ladies M. W. A. Meets. The local camp of the Modern Wood men of America met In a special meet ing onlast Wednesday night In Cand ler-Crowell Co.'s store and elected the folowlng officers: Council ? J. W. Holltngswortli. Adviser Lieutenant ? 8. C. Holden Banker ? E. W. Furgurson. Clerk? J. W. King. ? Escort ? R. W. Hudson. 8entry ? E. J. Macon. Physician ? Dr. J. E. Malone. Managers ? P. S. Allen, F. W. Hicks I and W. J. Shearln. Xcw Cotton Weigher. Mr. W. Hal Mann, who was elected cotton weigher for IxMiinburg, entered upon his duties on Monday afternoon. As Mr. C. T. Stokes has taken his platform over for his own use, Mr. Mann has fitted up a place on the va cant lot on the west side of Maln street In front of Cheatham's Stemmery. The new location although-tr little Incon venient to the buyer, is more satis factory to the seller as It eliminate the lifting the cotton upon the platform M heretofore. * . Cotton. Although a little commotion was In evidence the past week on the cotton market no noticeable change has been made In Loulsburg. The prices yester day for good cotton reached 13 5-16 cents per pound. Several balestfgte sold. ? The p^-tce of cotton seed remains steady. ' ? - ' v- "< ; COTTON BUYERS WITHDRAW FROM LOCAL MARKET But Only Has Small Effect on the Prices or Demand for the Staple TROUBLE OVEB COTTO* WEIORKR ConditlonH Soon Became >orm?l and With the Exception of Discussion No Material Difference Was DIs cernable. * ? * * ? ? * * Loulsburg, N. C. Nov. 29-'13 ? * To the Honorable Board of Com- ? * missloners of Franklin County ? * Loulsburg, N. C.,. ? * Gentlemen v ? ' * ? * We the- undersigned cotton ? * buyers in th,e town of Loulsburg* ? * N.. C. respectfully ask that your ? * Honorable Board do not confirm ? * the election of Mr. W. Hal Mann * * as cotton weigher for the ? !? the town of Loulsburg, N. C. * * That the vote by" which he was * * elected be reconsidered. ? * And that some other man be elec ? * ted instead.' ? * We make this request because * j * we know that Mr. Mann's service ? * as cotton weigher will not be * * satisfactory to us; and we feel * * confident that liig services will * * not be satisfactory to tho$e who * * sell cotton on the Loulsburg * * market. ? * The office of cotton weigher * * being a public one, it is of great * * importance that it be. filled by ? * some miin who will work in har- * * mony with both buyer and seller. * Respectfully, * McKINNE BROS. CO. ?. * *By D. F. McKinne) * * A. W. PERSON, ? * C. T. gTOKES. * Quite a little stir among the gener al pablic was in evidence on Wednes day morning when it became general ly known that the former cotton buy ers on the local market had decided to withdraw their purchasing activities. The rumor had been passed around the night before to the effect that they would purchase no more cotton un til their petition to the Board of Coun ty Commissioners, which Is given above, was granted, but no one had. really given much credit to the report until their absence was noted on the following morning.lt was only a short while; however, after the wagons load ed with the fleecy staple had begun to roll in when Mr. R. G. Allen of the Farmers Xational Bank was display ing a commendable public spirit and 'Within a short while had succeeded In getting two firms on the market and the business began to move along smoothly again. The new buyers are Turner & Beaslcy, composed of Mayor j J. A. Turner and Mr.W. F. Beasley, and Mr. K. P. Hill for the Hill Live Stock Co. It is reported that other buyers will enter the market within a lew" days it the former buyers continue in their attitude. | The trouble which has brought about these results began the first of [November la the election of Mr. W Hal Mann as cotton weigher for Louis burg, from a number of applicants. No objection was raised against him | before his election. The next day however, objections were made. The Commissioners passed the mutter up to the December meeting when the peti tion above was placed before them. After going into the matter very thorough', finding no one willing to prefer formal charges against bis hon esty and considering that he had not been tried and found incapable they were not willing to grant the request of the petitioners and proceeded to accept the bond of Mr. Mann and ad minister the oath of office, stating that at any time he failed to perform his duties in accordance with the laws they would entertain formal charges against him. Following this action of the Board the relaxation of the activ ities of the buyers was noticed. K In the face of the fact that the Commissioners had been informed that the Louisburg market ha* suffered greatly in the past few years and that an effort had been made to hare the cotton weighers law repealed the Commissioners were exercising an ef fort to bring about better conditions, and in doing so didlnot feel It neces sary to reflect upo* the Integrity of onft. whom they had fatjatocted to of '8ee Uy reconsidering their Vote, when such expiu CoiTiidence had been ex pressed by disinterested parties and further without giving him a trial. Wf are informed that Mr. Mann says he Intends following the Instructions of the law and in no case will he make any deductions, except in the presence of both buyer and seller and (hey agree ing thereto. Messrs. O. W. Ford and J. Lehman were on the market yesterday. Delightful Entertainment At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phi Tomlinson near Loulsburg an oyster supper was given Friday evening, No vember 28, in honor of Misses Mayme and Maude Hocutt, of Garner, by Mes srs. H. S. Yates ai^d N. S. Tomlinson. From 7 to 11 oclock merriment and fun were ripe. At 9 o'clock the guests were invited into the dining room where steaming oysters were served. The table was beautifully decorated with flowers and fruit. Every one present enjoyed the oc casion thoroughly, and wished the hosts would entertain often. Those present were: Misses May me Hocutt, Maude Hocutt/ Eva Allen. Belle Mitchiner, Addie Mitchiner, Mary Sherod, Oliva Mitchiner, Laura Mitch iner, Lela Beves. Messrs. Willie Macon, Joe Nash, Blair Tucker, Festus Ful ler, S. C. Foster, W. T. Person, T. Kemp, F. Spivey, It. H. 'Jones, H. G. Jones, C. N. Sherrod, M. Neal, H. B. Mitchiner, H. S. Yates and N. S. Tom [linson. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Pierce, Mrs. A. S. Sherrod, Mrs. R. S. Mitchi ner, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Tomlinson. j Immediately after the supper the guests retired to the ? sitting room where games of all kinds were played. But the hour of departure came all to soon. But each and every' one departed declaring Mr. and Mrs. Tom linson -lSiost charming hosts. Tlie Southerns New President. New York, December 1. ? Fairfax Harrison, formerly vice president for the Southern Railway Company and to the last three years president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company, of which the South Jem is part owner, was today elected ? president of the Southern Railway to succeed the late William Wilson Flnley.a special meeting of the boawl^of directors being held for the purpose of filling the vacancy caused by Mr. Finleys death. Mr. Harrison is a Virginian, his home being at Belvior, Virginia. He is peculiarly identified with the South, as his father was private secretary to Jefferson Davis while president of the Confederate States, and all his rail road experience has .been with the Southern and Its associated lines. Mr. Harrison was born in 1860, and was graduated from Yale with the A. B. degree in 1890, from Columbia with the A. M. degree in 1891. He was ad mitted to the bar in New York in 1892 and continued the practice, of law in this city until 1896, when he entered the* service of the Southern Railway in the legal department as solicitor. Tn 1903, lie >fas made assistant to the pros ident, and in 1906 became vice presi dent. which position lie held until 1910 when he resigned on being elected president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville. He however, contin ued as a director of the Southern Railway so that his service with the parent company has been uninterrupt ed. Mr. Harrison was one of Mr.- Finley's closest and most trusted advisors and Is thoroughly in sympathy with the policies which made Mr. Finley's ad ministration So successful both for the Southern Railway Company and the territory served by Its lines. Though Mr. Harrison entered the service of the Southern in the legal department, his experience has not been confined to that branch of the service. He has given much study to financial, traffic and operating problems and is inti mately acquainted with conditions on the Southern Railway and throughout the section which it traverses. As president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville, be was actively in charge of the operation" of the rail way, so that he comes to the South ern Railway prepared by practical experience as well as the Bfost detail ed lcnowlqgce of the details of Its af fairs to laka ?p thai duties of . chief Executive. Mr. Harrison today ? Was. also elected president of the Alabama Great Southern BaUroad, the Mobile ?nd Ohio lteilro>4, an* Virginia and Southwestern Itallwgy Resolution* deploring lit* death of Mr. Pin ley and paring a high tribute for hla work (or the railway! he head ed and the territory they tarred were adopted by the board o( dlrctom of the Southern RallwayrTfie Mobile and Ohio Railroad, the Alabama Oreat Southern Railroad and the Virginia and Southwestern Railway. These res olutions will be printed throughout the South. Immediately following his eteo tlon, President Harrison gave oat the following statement: "I am In ntlre accord and sympathy with the policies of my lamented friend Mr. Finley, under whom I have worked for seventeen years. I hope to con tinue to build the Southern as Jie built it by promoting and enhancing its use fulness to and its cordial relation with the people of the South. I count on the support of the entire present work ing organization of the Southern, rank arid file. Having grown up In the ser vice with most of them. I know how to value them and I am proud to be lieve tha^ they are my friends.". Federal* Kaee for Refuge in United States. Juarez, Defc. 3. ? Confident that the several federal generals who evacuated Chihuahua City with their troops Intend to seek refuge In the United States and thus be beyond the danger of being taken prisoners by rebels General Francisco Villa today sent more^ troops In an attempt to in tercept them. The generals led by General Salva dore Mercado, whose desertion of Chi huahua, and whose statements that he had no money to pay his troops, are I regarded as a virtual breakdown of the Huerta dictatorship so far as the north is concerned, are headed for OJinago on the border. It is thought they will cross the Rio Grande to Pre sldo, Texas. At Presido they are ex peoted to be arrested by the United States military authorities, taken to Marfa and thence to San Antonio. With the generals arc many sub ordinate officers and about 2,00 fed : eral soldiers with more than 1,000 ' persons of the waltheir class of Chi j hudhua who took flight rather than face an attack by the rebels. TampicoMade Capital. Mexico, City, Mexico, Dec. 3. ? The seaport city of Tampico today was officially declared the temporary cap ital of Tamualipas. General Rebago, the military governor who was forced | to abandon Victoria and who errone ously had been reported to have killed himself, has gone to Tampico under orders of the federal government to re-establish his governorship. News Scare. The war department announced that General Arizmndl and other federal officers, who fled from Victoria to Cer ritos, have been ordered to reorganize their forces and march again on Vic toria. Reliable news as to military operations in the various parts of the republic is very meagre in the federal j capital, and what ^ittle there is does not favor the government. Women Forced Into Army. Extraordinary methods are being employed to secure recruits for the federal" army. Servant girls display marked caution when they appear on f*Re streets, as they are aware that scores of their fellow servants have been drafted into the army as female soldiers. A Good Joke. One trick utilized by the recruiting officers netted the federal army 65 conscripts in a single haul yesterday Bills posted outside a moving picture show announced that the exhibition was for "men only." The little room was crowded quickly, and a series of religious pictures were thrown on the ! screen. The crowd greeted these good naturedly, but when it was fol lowed by other religidlis pictures the men started an uproar. This resulted in a raid by the police, who marched the majority of the men to the bar racks, where they were placed at once jin the ranks of the army. I Bujs Mnttress Factory 11 u n d in pr. Air. J. W. Holllngsworth has pur chased the mattress factory property oil the south side of the railroad and will conduct his wholesale storage business therefrom. List of Letters. Remaining In the postofllce at Louis burg December 5th.: Nathan Bagwell (2), Mary B. Brim, Maron Burnos, R. C. Clifton, R. C. Edwards. Etta Foster, R. D. Griffin, Ch&rli? C. Hill, J. D. Lyeh, D. B. Mc Donald. Sedron McKnlght, Cellle Mc Knlght, Sallie Qverby (2) Miss Bill WilllamB, Mrs. Joe Young. Persona calling for any of the a&ovfe lettem will please say they saw thein advertised. M. W. YARBOROUQH, P. M. - THE MOVING PEOPLE THEIR MOVEMENTS IN AMD OUT OF TOWN Those Who Have Visited Louls burg the Past Week? Those Who Have Gone Elsewhere, " For Business or Pleasure. ' Dr. J. 0. Newell, of Nashville, was in town yesterday. , . Rev, A. D. Wilcox left for Confer ence Monday. Sheriff W. H. Allen went to Nash ville yesterday. Mr. W. B. Barrow, of Star, visited his people here the past week. Mr. T. T. Terrell returned the past week from a visit to Rutherfordton. Mr. F. B. McKlnne attended the Methodist Conference at Oxford this week. Mr. E. S, Ford went to Richnfpnd the past week to purchase a lot of horses. Miss Bettie St&llings, of Rocky ? _ Mount, visited friends' in town te past wfiek. Mrs. T. W. Webb visited her people . in Mecklenburg county, Virginia the past week. Misses Kstelie Paschall and Ruth Sauls, of Wilson, Visited friends la Louisburg the past wek. Mesdames C. M Wilson and J. T. Holt, of WilsonMills,. arc visiting Mrs. Delia Williamson. Capt. R. I. Cheatham, of Norfolk, Va? was a pleasant visitor to Louis burg the past week. Mrs. Li. E. McKinne. of Princeton, is visiting her sons, Messrs. D. F. F. B. and Malcolm McKlnne. Dr. D. P. Smlthwick, who is attend ing school at Atlanta, has returned home for the holidays. Mrs. D. F. McKinne left the past week, to visit her mother at Statea ville, who is quite ill. Mr. M. M. Critcher and family, of Sumter, S. C.r visited his sisteer, Mrs. Emma C. ..Allen, the past week. Mi* J. R. Collie Chief Clerk of the House Claims Committee, left the past week for Washington City. Misses Eleanor Davis, Belle Davis, Janie Harris and Lizzie Cooper, of Henderson, visited friends in Louis burg the past week.' Mr. W. W. Holmes left Tuesday for Oxford, as a delegate rrom the district conference to attend the annual con ference of the Methodists. Mr. Wm. H. Rulfin left Tuesday for Ellzabethtowji, Bladen county,'' where he is engaged in preparing the papers in a big timber deal. This work will necessitate his being out of his of fice several weeks, he will retuilfhome for the holidays. Miss Urtie Harrison was one of I^ouisburg's Thanksgiving guests, and was a visitor at the home of Mrs. R. C. Beck. Miss Harison taught in Louisburg for several years and the people were glad to have her among them again. ? Closes for Christmas. At a meeting of the Tobacco Board of Trade it was decided to close mar ket for Christmas December 19, and open again on Thursday, January 8, 1914. To the Franklin Times. Program for Teachers meeting Sat urday, December 6th. ^trt)ject ? How should the Teachers correct the Bad Habits of the Pupils in the use of English. 1 ? Correction in High School ? Miss Annie Wilder, Prof. W. H. .Johnson. 2 ? Correction in the Intermediate Department ? Miss Ella Pippin, Miss Florle Kittrell. 3? Correction in the Primary Depart ment ? Miss Ruby Harris, Miss Chessie Wheless. Public Debate at Bunn. TheVe will be a public debate on Friday eveneing, December 12 at Bunn High School. The query la ae follows : ?Resolved, that the new compulsory school law should be amended to in clude all children, between the ages of ?ight andelghteen for a period of six continuous month* instead of fovr. This la a question before the pub lic mind at praseqt and la being much discussed. ' ? _ The public is cordially invited. *Vtiq ladies of the Betterment Association ^ will sell refreshments.