The Franklin Times
b P. JOHSNOX, Editor and 1in|)[
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TAR DROPS
' ? A good crowd was in Louisburg
Monday .
? The floor .to the new bridge has
been started and the laBt pillow pour
ed. ?
? Quite a lot of' nlcc work has been
done on the streets the past few
weeks.
-^-Messrs. P. J. Brown and ? . ? ?
Ellington went back to Camp Glenn
Monday.
? The Baptist Sunday School will
picnic today in the beautiful grove of
Rev. M. Stamps, near town.
, ? Prom Frankllnton ? Miss Eliza
beth AlBton, of Louisburg. is on a vis
it to her aunt, Miss Sue Cheatham.
? Quite a lot of improvement hss
been made to the Baptist Church lawn
by putting up a nice concrete curb
ing and turfing the Bides in an artistic
manner.
? The many friendB of Mr. G. C.
Harris were glad to see him on our
streets again the past week after hav
ing been laid up with a bad foot for
several weeks.
? Mr. -L. J. Pernell presented the
Editor with one of the finest tomatoes
this week we have seen this season
It weighed 21 ounces and was a line
specimen. We extend to him our
thanks. ? ^ *
? The Seaboard Air Line is an*
nouncing its annual Conductor's ex
cursion to Portsmouth-Norfolk Ou
Tuesday, August 22. 1916. The fare
from Louisburg is $3.00, and excur
sionlsts will leave here at 8:15. Rc_
turning will leave Portsmouth at 10
A. M. Thursday, August 24.
Mush Meeting ait Wliite Level School
Bnlldlng.
On Saturday afternoon, Augubt 19,
*1916. there will bo a mass mcetihg
held at White Level School Building,
at which time Attorney G. M. Beam,
of Louisburg, will address t*.o meeting
at 3:00 o'clock. Every man, womai
and child in reach of the building arc
cordially invited . We want your pres
ence and we need your help. .
Fttrni Women's Convention.
Miss Pauline Smith, Home Demon
stration Agent, calls particular att^n
tien to the notice and tlr* progress of
the J?nrui -Women's* f'onv.Miilon at A.
& M. rolSr-v \\'~* !l?*efgh. X. <\
Auk---;!-"'.. "?1. li'lC. wii'-cli \y i 1 1 rip
pear in our nox! i sun. |
Fr. nkli?i f -v ". beo'i ' pinirly
repiv cut m'. :* y.rr vloi'.* nuctin: ? It
is a convention ? {_v.il 1 bo r.elpful to
both rural and city housewives, ? and I
here's hoping that Frankltri County'
may send the largest delegation of any
county to the Convention.
Why Women Live J/enirer Than Jl^n.
Do you know that the average
length of life for white males is 50. ii
years, for .Vcgro maiea u4 . 1 years, for
white females 53 . G years, mil for Ne
gro females 37.7 years? The reason
lor this is believed to be twofold, first,
that nearly all the suicides, murders
and accidental deaths are men, and,
next, that men indulge to excess in
alcohol, tobacco, over-eating and va
rious forms of vice more than wo
men.
Doctor Albert Uurr. in speaking, of
the use of tobacco, says: "There are
volumes of (jvidence in support of the
statement that smoking is responsible
for much of the premature senility of
men. Nearly twice as, many women
as men live to be a hundred."
It is exceedingly important that we I
women keep our healtn and strength
and mlada clear to care for the com
ing generation. How important it is,~|
then, that we use every influence pos
sible to keep our young girls from
contracting the snuff habit. Almost |
every woman who uses snuff will say.
was taught it when I was a child, |
. I Vish I had never learned if."
osrj^io^know what a filthy thing
ff la would not put it in their
utli?IMJ>$ the habit were fasten
verj^flfcgpjjix^on them. ? The Pro
nfe.
th^?lllow
letter from Alfc ET N . \ffltiams,
that if more publicity. ^ouldlV ?iven
the public a. better umleTtsisinp
would prevail:
To the Editor of The Times -
Will you pleaBe allow me apace |
enough in your paper for an explana
tlon concerning the County Home?
Since the primary (Ju?e 3) thore
has been a great deal of comment
about how It ahould be run* and aa to
whether the present administration
was doing ita full duty. Now aa 1
am at liberty fqr the first time, I
would like to make a full ezplanatloa
of the same.
Ftrst It Is charged that the cost ef I
maintenance^oF"the home la too much.
Second that the farm is not properly
hanrilari nnri pnuatlily nriiqr
thingB that I am hot aware of.
From my standpoint the expenses
could not have been leis.6Q6d without,
what I would consider inhumane
ireaunen( ;l6 1AU&16I of We ? Inatltu
tion, which 1 %asr manager, certainly
would not stand for. There has al
ways been some ihmates of the County
Home who were e^ual in charactcr
and deportment of myself and family
or any other superintendent that may
hereafter be in charge, aad from that
down to the lowest depths of human
ity. And according to my views they
all have the same claims upon the au
thorities in the'.r afflictions, being all
of the human family and as helpless
charges on the good office or the tax
payers of Fnyiklin county; and to
that end I have endeavored to work,
and I feel that some have been greatly
benefitted and exceedinly grateful
Some have been the basest of ingrates,
and of thU class I and my family have
made our special efforts to comfort
and help. I still feel there has not
been one penny too much spent for
them and the work and help render
ed them day or night by me and my
family has been a source of gratifica
tion to us, that we can look back on
through all the criticisms that haa
been or may hereafter be laid to our
charge with a clear conscience that
at least we have been of some help to
those whom we are commanded should
receive our first care.
Second; As to the farm, I will ad
mit that I am not a crack farmer I
certainly wish I was . But tne Coun
ty Farm and th& 'proceeds of the same
stand as an evidence of whether the
farm lias improved or decreased un
der my management. That is a ques
tion not to be answered by me, bat by
the best farmers of this community
who have had a life's knowledge of
the same and 1 am perfectly willing to
abide by their decision.
Just one word about the new man
agement. [ never met Mr. Hoiden, the
newly elected Superintndent antil the
day of his election, and thor>e who ivre
not acquainted with him need no bet
ter recommendation for his fitness for
capping for the helpless inmates and
inunagement of the institution and
farm than that extended him by ti e
Board of Commissioners, who after
due deliberation and investigation
four of the five founJ! him *.o be the
best man u fill the place.
And as ror myself ,1 really believe
that those erentlemen all of whom I
am person tily equaiiui with, '..ore
thoroughly satisfied wit Pi out any .po
litical* or selfish motive, have elected
the man they thought best fitted for
the place, aftd let us all hope that he
will bo an Improvement over any su
perintendent that has heretofore been
here, and that he and his good wife
will so lend their energies and good
feelings that tl"jy inayrtnake the help
less ones more comfortable in their'
afflictions, and that he may manago
the farm connected with tne homo in
a way that will be satisfactory to even
the wont critics.
E. N. WILLIAMS.
Happiness.
"There is an instinct in the heart
of man which makes him fear a clou:!-/
less happiness. It seems 10 him than
he owes to misfortune a tithe of his
life and that which lie does not pay
bears intere^l^-H^am^sseG and largely
swells a debt which sooner or later
he must acquit."
Only on the Outside.
"Why, Ethel, you don't mean to tell
me you want to marry that baldhoacl
ed Professor Wiseman?"
"It is true he is bald," said Ethel,
"but think how many young men of
today are bald- on the inside of their
?henda . "
Its Rlflk.
"A kiss may often have deeper
meaning than appears." *
L "Perlfaps, but it is a tnlng you have
totake on its face value."? Baltimore
American.
More Noticeable.
The more rare a man's qualities are
the more he will be found fault with
Dust on a diamond is always more no
ticeable than dust on a briek. ? Josh
Billings.
. Client and Leg.
First Fresh ? My father has a fine
cedar chest.
r|j^cond Fresh ? 'Snothlng, my father
'is a veteran and has a hickory leg. ?
Dartmouth Jack-o'- Lantern. ?
Nigerian Coal Deposits.
Nigeria has bean added to the lands
in which rateable 'ftepQgtta of joal
have been discolored in raoent years .
Make Opportunities.
A great man -#111 make great op
portunities, even out of the common
est and meanest situations. ?
Religion's in the keart. not in t he
.knse. ? ~ -
KNOW ARE PRMION
Officers of Fire Companies
Must Not Only Be Good
Fire Fighters.
Mint Lay Out Thslr Work to That
Whole District it Covered and
Apply Themselves Intelligently.
Besides being an expert tire-fighter,
the officer In charge of a company
should be a fire prevention expert and
be able to select suitable men and
train them to become good inspeotora.
He should lay out their work In such
a way that his whole district would
be properly covered, I know captains
who can go Into a building like a
grain elevator, for Instance, cheok up
the whole sprinkler system from top
to bottom and give an intelligent re
port on Its condition throughout; who
can test out the fire pump In amy
plant In conformity with Undsrw ris
ers' rjjuixejgente, figure fat the rated
oa parity, the actual work performed
and with the assistance o i the earf
a*er In charge tell very nearly what
the trouble is It It does not deliver
Ms full capacity under the reqmired
lure. They could not de this ?
years ago. and It shows what a
" " " ittoe edll do. By
ta the sesoe in
to other branches of
they beoome competent
instructors tn their respective iMk
parties and compel the respect o(
everyone wttft whom they come in
oontact. Men of that caliber are val
uable to the department and abaeld
be compensated oommensurate wsta
their worth. ? Olaf Job neon.
ACCIDENT INSURANCE
73,000 Persons Are Accidental
ly Killed Each Year in
the United States.
A
Ar\d Yet, Some Men Think That Acci
dent Insurance is Useless "and an
Unnecessary Expense.
During the year 1915 there were
7.S36 citizens of this country drowned;
1.G41 persons lest their lives because
of fires; 1.231 were killed by cyclones
and wind storms, and 4*J6 killed by ex
plosions. Electricity killed 242. while
172 were killed by lightning. Asphyx
iation caused 22G deaths and 89 Were
killed in elevator accidents. Automo
| biles were .responsible for the deaths
of 2.224 persons ar.d the injuring: of
| 10,032. Raili'f.iids tilled 6,^07 and in
jured 70,516. not including those kiljed
| or injured while trespassing upon rail
road property.
The official estimate at Washington
is that 75,000 persons are accidentally
killed in the United St sites every year.
^Compare this with the four years of
| the Civil War, in which 87,058 Unien
soldiers were killed in battle. It is
further officially estimated that not
less than two million people are aoci
dcntnlTs injured in the 'United States
each year.
And yet, there are men calling
themselves good business men who
seem to think acrident insurance is
useless and an unnecessary expense.
? Preferred Pilot. . o ?
PERSONAL RESPONSIBIL
ITY FOR FIRES.
The growing sentiment in favor ol
penalizing careless acts causing fired
Is taking definite form in legislation.
The city council of Cleveland, Ohto)
ordained that In addition to the reg?
lar penalties "in case of fire resulting
directly or indirectly from any
?Ion or neglect to properly com#tf
with the written order of the fire war
den, . the .person er perse??
culpable^or negligent In respect thh^
- to shall oe liable in a civil action tor
the payment o t all costs and expoiM
of the fire department incurred In
about the use of employes, apparigu
sji4 materials in the extingulshftMft
of any flre^resulting from such caufl%
the amount of such costs and expense
to be fixed by the Direotor of Publlq
Batoty, and when collected to be paid
into tfe* general fund of the city o4
Cleveland." Pennsylvania, acting in
1916, is the first State to enact a law
of almikar purport. ? W. E. Lmgtar.
Indiana Fire MarahaQ.
CHIEF OF FIRB DEPAB*.
ME NT.
A eompatent executive officer oan
his wate? In real dollars and
cents wIMi overy setting at the MB.
He caa Bake the hose iut laa(??,
||kMf th? apparatus from the icrap
*?ap, maintain the health of hi*
hy proper aanitary rule# and prevent
accldeahi ?ad loss of JM?. It la ?
maa'e Jo* and It take* a Han to (111 ?*,
k?t tfcere are a whole lot o I real mea
In th. frro MrriM We want to \*pM
the* to darelap their ahllttle* m thai
when their epportunitles c??*e tfcey
m*y he aMe W take a&viatMm ft
fum. M*| a real interwft ft the
%ortr. hevtaw ahrayi In miad that W
c ?n 4a hatter It w try; strlot itt?
ttn to duty and a Irttle time devoted
METHOD IN FINANCE
The approve method of handling business finances is to bank all receipts
promptly, drawing out enough cash to take care of ordinary daily require
ment and paying all bills of any size on separate checks.
Mady individuals follow this method in their personal with profit and
satisfaction.
?et us explain the advantages of the pay by check plain.
Make Our Bank Your Bank
Safest for Saving
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Louisburg, N. C.
F. N. Egerton, President C. P. Harris, Vice-President
M. S. Clifton, Cashier W. E. Pziell, Cashier
LET US SELL YOU
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The Best Oil For Ford Cars.
Tires, Electric Horns, Stewart Hand Horns, Batteries,
Head Lights, Spark Plugs,
Tire Pumps, Ford Piston Rings, Fan Belts, Metal Polish.
Champion X Spjark Plugs 50c
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On The Corner
Up From the Line
It is a mistake to entertain the idea that a good bank
seeks only the accounts of those who can, immediately, do
the bank a lot of good. '
The First National Bank persists in' its view that it ser
ves its own interests and the common business interests
when it encourages the accounts of those whom the Bank
can do good. The question of profit can often well await
the successful outcome of the efforts of those who are work
ing up from the line.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
LOUISBURG, N.C.
The Biggest and Best Bank in This Section
Solicits your business whether large or small. We pay 4 per cent
compounded quarterly on savings accounts. All drafts and checks
collected for depositors without charge.
Wm. H. RUFFIN, Pres. F. B. McKINNE, Cashier