ONLY ?1J>0 FEB YEAR IN ADVANCE The Franklin Times AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT BEINGS BESCLTS T A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. Subscription $1.50 Per Year VOLUME XIVIL LQFISBUBG, N. C., FKIDAY, MAT 10, 1918. M7 JIBE R 18 BARACA-PH1L ATHEA UNION HOLDS ENCOURAGING SESSION AT WHITE LEVEL. La r ire Elects Officers?White Level Class Wins IItin tier?Meet Next at Frank" Unton. White Level church and community have been the scene of many Unions, Conventions and commencements, each one bettdr than the last. On Satur-1 day afternoon and Sunday May 4th. i and 5th the climax was reached when | the Franklin county Baraca-Philathea I Union met with the classes of white j Level Sunday School. Saturday afternoon at three o'clock! . G. M. Duke addressed the audi ence using as a topic the Relation of Old and Young in Church Work. No comments are necessary. The people of our county know that this was elo quent and* Inspiring. Saturday evening at 8:00 o'clock services opened with devotional exer cises led by Miss Lettie Leonard. This was made a praise service and a fltlng introduction to what would follow. Miss Leonard had planned her exer cises well displaying unusual ability. Rev. W. 13. Morton came next on the program, his theme "Intelligent Prayer," was masterfully discussed. It was indeed a splendid discourse. Miss Beulali Stallings read a fine pa per, "What Each Member May Do to Make His or Her Class a Success." The social hour that followed closed the services for the evening. Sunday morning the program began with devotional exercises led by E. G. t rower. The subject of 'Service* was Mr. Brewer showed that he igiven thought to the subject se 1>\ g most appropriate scripture re:1": and hymns. Ai; especial attractive Idea develop ed next was the Finding of the Phlla tliea Song by the White Level Class, while representatives of the Sandy Creek Class, (the banner class of the Union) came forward bearing the ban ner. The meeting wan then called to a business session. The rot! called, re ports read, committee's appointed and other business finished. quartette from the White Level Baraca Class sang The Baraca Song. This was so much enoved that by requests from the audience it was repeated. At eleven o'clock the speaker for the hour being absent Mr. G. M. Beam, president of the convention rallied to the situation and gave a most excel lent address. His subject "And They Stood Every Man in His Place." The audience was delighted. Mr. Ream remarked that he had used this sub ject at a previous convention but those who had heard it were so much inter, ested in what was to follow they paid little attention to the remark. The morning session closed with a solo by Miss Che3sie Wheless, of Castalia. Dinner wa served on the grounds.' It was not a Hooverized dinner. How ever the good poopio did not moan to be disloyal. It was given as an evi dence of their loyalty to God's? cause. At one-thirty the audience reassem bled. Reports were given by the var ious committees. Mr. E. G. Brewer reported that the lnvitatiort> o?-,t_the Franklinton Methodist c lasses had been accepted. . Rev. W. B. Morton announced that the Judges on reports had decided that White Level Philathea class was enti tled to the banner for the coming six months. Mr. June Perry gave the following as the work of the nominating commit tee: Pres. H. D. Mitchell, Franklin ton; First Vice-Pres. G. B. West, Louisburg, R 2; Sec., Vlce-Pres. E. G. Brewer, Louisburg R 4; Third Vice Pres. Fred Perry, Wakefield R 1; Secretary-Treasurer Miss Beulah Stal lings, Bunn; Program Committee, Mr. H. D. Mitchell, Miss Beulah Stallings and Mrs. Shearon of Bunn; Extension Committee, Mr. H. D. Mitchell, chair man, wiCh assistants to be notified la ter. These reports were adopted. Upon suggestion from Mr. Beam It was moved and carried that should a class win the banner three times In succession It should then become the property of that class and the Union would purchase another. ThP ITrUnn 11 1 " """ JUUIIM as president, but he has heard his country's call and will Boon be in fcer servlco. The prayers of the Un ion go with him. The address of the afternoon was made by Mr. W. H. Yarborough, of Louisburg. This address cannot eas ily be described. It was a master piece for Patriotism. At the elose of this wonderfully arousing and thrill ing address the audience led 'by Rev. W. B, Morton rose as one and stood to show their appreciation of the mes sage. The audience Joined in the sing lng of America. This was the ninth meeting of the Union and best attend ed of any. The congregation was large, Interested and enthusiastic. The president made an appeal to the classes, through their representatives, to be moro prompt In giving reports at next convention. Any class wishing toAtake the ban ner from White Level Philathea Class will have to do some good work and ENJOYABLE EXERCISES AM) A SPLENDID PROGRAMME WELL RENDERED. At Mapeville Monday Night, Closing A Most Successful Term?Rev. G* >1. Duke Delivers Medals. A very interesting, miscellaneous program consisting of declamations, recitations, a short play, deliver^ of seventh grade diplomas, and presenta tion of service flag marked the close of a successful school year for Maple ville Academy Monday night, May 6th. Ou account of Interruptions due to measles the commencement program was considerably -less than what was first planned but the exercises of Mon day night were interesting "and very creditable, notwithstanding the diffi-1 culties under which the teachers la bored . In the recitation contest the follow ing young ladies participated: Misses Lucy Baker, Annie Bert Gupton and Alma Perry. A handsome gold me dal, made possible through the gener osity of Mr. John Henry Best, was awarded to Miss ^Annio Bert Gupton upon a unanimous decision of the judges. The following named young gentle men competed for a gold medal given by Mr. W. E. Uzzell. enterprising merchant and postmaster and public spirited cltzen of the community; viz: I Archibald Wilson. Heuben Strange, IWillie Bledsoe and Gordon Uzzell. The contest was especially close. Gor idon Uzzell receiving two votes fromthe j judges of the contest and Reuben :Strange one. All of the participants I of the contests acquitted themselves ably and gave evidence of promising j futures along these lines. Following the contest, a humorous ;play entitled "Jumbo Jim." was pre sented. The following assumed the I characters of the play: Ruth Perry, [Lucy Baker, Annie Bert Gupton. Reu Iben Strange, Willie Bledsoe. Arch Wil json. Gordon Uzzell, Elijah Fulghum. 'Eugenia Woodlief, Jas. Lancaster and I Sam Wilson. The play was excel lently rendered, Reuben Strange de serving especial praise, he having ta ken the place of one of the players who was taken sick a day or two be fore the play. Following the play seventh grade di plomas were presented by Prof. Cox to Gordon Uzzell, Ruth Perry. Mabel Sledge and Myrtle Terrell. This was followed by delivery of t lie medals by Rev. G. M. Duke to the succcs6ful contestants above mentioned. As a fitting cimax' to the program came the presentation of the Service Flag in honor of seventeen former studenfs of Mapleville school now in the service of their country. It was presented very effectively in a speech by Mr. Cox and accepted in behalf of the school by Rev. G. M. Duke, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, in a war speech of surpassing eloquence and charming simplicity of style, the men in the service being paid a de servjokreuloquim and words of cheer anef comtert being spoken to loved ones left behind. Benediction was then prtm^unced tfy Mr. Duke. _ Xo mpj?" enjoyable program has been rendered at Mapleville and the school is to be congratulated that the progrc.m for commencement was not eliminated altogether as the indica tions were at one time It would be. NEW CALL FOR 102 MEN TO BE ENTRAINED BETWEEN MAY 25TH ANI) 29TH. In Addition to Five Today, Two on May lflth and Two on May 17th?All White. Chairman W. H. Ruffin, of the Lo cal Board informs us he has received a call for one hundred and two white men to be entrained between May 25th and 29th. In addition to this number there will be five to leave here today for Fort Scrivens, Ga. Also two, Mes srs. Henry Grady Harris and Edward Morgan Harris"bf Bunn who will leave on May 16th for the A. & E. College, at Raleigh for special training; and two, Messrs. James Hackney Pearce and Edison Jones will leave on May 17th, for a destination as on. In ea'li_rp&?fctoBI^^Witnne last A0PWffFn9osecom posing it were vol unteers. This makes a total call, already re ceived of 111, which taken from 215 the number whites remaining in Class One, as given us by Mr. Ruffip, only leaves a remaining 104. In order to fill the present calls there is no question but that many who have been given deferred classification as farmers will be called to the colors. At Baptist Church. The Rev. Trella D. Collins, of CJrvj den,.N. J., will preach at the Baptist church Sunday morning and e^ning. The public is invitod to attend both servicos. report to the Convention at Franklin ton Methodist "Churcbi November 2nd and 3rd, 1918. ANNIf/M. WILDER. ' Former Sec. C. H. Mullen f Montgomery & White R. W. Montgomery Peyton Sykes Mrs. J. A. Sykes H. H. Mullen H. G. Harris Vance WThite William Jeffreys Wesley Crudup J. N.j Harris Bunn Drug Co. J. R. White A. E. Williams T. A. Jones ,R. L. Huffines J. L. Tant Howard Jones W. E. Beddingfield R. V. Harris Dr. B. C. Johnson S. B. Mullen J. J. Harris E. P. Carneal m ?lir II muII mini W. A. Mullen A. Perry Strickland J. W. Cheves W. A. Wheless J. W. WHieless Z. N. Culpepper P. B. Alford L. S. Baker J. W. Carter H. F. Perry N. B. Young N. R. May A. W. May J. A. Clayton S. W. Sykes C. R. Sandling J. P. Sandling . John W. Sandling Mrs. S. F. Cook? Mrs. p. B. Joyner C. F. Cutta. * T. P. Barrett E. J. Cheatham Mrs. J. O. Green, Jr. Miss Laura Sandling (Continued on Page Four) GLASS FOUND IN CHEESE REPORTED OX FRIDAY FROM WOOD. At Leonard Bros. Store?AH I'nrchas- ' ers Asked to Return Same and Coun ty Food Administrator InforgitMlJm | County Food Administrator J. C. >Jones. accompanied by Messrs. M. C. Pleasants and J. E. Thomas went to Wood Store on Friday afternoon of | last week in answer to information sent him by Messrs. Leonard Bros., of that place that they had found a lot of broken glass in a cheese they had put on sale. I'pon arriving there they learned that Mr. Leonard had al ready requested all who had purchased any of the cheese to return same and that he had discontinued the sale of it. The cheese was purchased through so we are informed, the Henderson Grocery Co.. of Henderson. N. C., and upon the box was stamped the name and address of Hately Bros., Chicago. We understand that the last named firm is not a manufacturer of chees, Bui: a big d'stributor. The matter was at once reported to the State Food Administrator at Ral eigh, from whom further investigations will very probably be made. Messrs. Hfeonard Bros, are to be fcongratulated upon their .Quick detec tion of the trouble Tnd~the immediate actions (hey took to save their custo mers all the trouble possible and to give the information to the govern ment. This is the first case of the kind that has bpen reported In Franklin county, but the fact that some maniac is re sort' ig to such methods of injuring the people especially the women and children is contemptible. TOBACCO WILD FIRE. Explained by I)r. F. A. Wolfs, of Agri cultural Department to Fpsnm Farmers. Quite a large crowd of interested farmers of Epsom community were present at Epsom Academy on Mon day night to hear Dr. F. A. Wolfs, State Plant Mythologlst! of the A.- & E. College, of Raleigh, tell of the "To bacco Wildfire," a disease in tobacco that is becoming a serious hindrance to the successful cultivation of this popular crop. He stated that in as much as this trouble had only been reported to him since June of last year he had not had sufficient time to learn of and experiment with it as much as he wished, but that he had learned enough to know that it was a germ disease, and in the same class among plants that Typhoid fever or small pox was among people. He stated that it was very contagious and destructive especially in damp windy weather. The life of the germs de pends upon dampness, which is the cause of the ravages of the disease, in this section being checked la?t year. From experiments he was convinced that the germs were killed in the pro cess of curing the tobacco and that they wpH' not hrmight in through the fertilizer and neither were they har bored and protected in the old stalks through tire winter, as they could not live without the tobacco for more than three weeks. Therefore he stated that unless they were brought In on seed he was at a loss to know where they came from. If, however, they were brought in that way, which they would learn later, it could easily be controll ed through raising our own seed. In explaining how to tell the wild fire from the other spotting diseasos no said, that the spot from the wild fire would be dark with a~?feroxn fim around it, becoming pale nearer the good portion of the leaf. The only | plan he could suggest at present to control the disease was to be espec ially careful and not set out any plants from a bed containing diseased plants. He suggested that t her" farm ers in that section get together and find out where a sufficient number of i plants can be gotten to do tho plant ing without using tho plants from dis-J eased beds. Dr. Wolfs was introduced by Mr. | Goodwyn, Demonstration Agent for Vance County. Mr. C. H. Stanton, ?mm1 ounty was also present and made a few remarks. Those present enjoyed the occasion and evidenced much interest in the discussion and in the examination of the several specimens exhibited by Dr. Wofs. >ot a Deserter. ContTary to the flrBt report received here by Chairman W. H. Ruffln, of tlie local Exemption Board, Phil Al rton, colored, did not dosert from the 1*bt quota sent from here while chang ing trains at Norllna. Mr. Ruffln re ceived a letter from the Leader of the quota, who sent the first mossage, sta tinc that instead of deserting Phil got on the wrong train, but met then in Richmond w.here he joined his com rades and proceeded on Ms w .y. The golf drive is near being driven out by the more prominent drives this season. The kaiser probably wants the Ha gue to hold a peace conference in. AUDITORS GIVEN . MORE TIME TO TRACE ERRORS AM) FILE SUP PLEMENTAL REPORT. cofflfflfHoo |(1 1^.1, i- ij. Home?( ha utre In List-taker for Harris Township?Sell Land at County Home. * ? ? The Board of County Commission ers met in regular session on Monday with all members present. After ap proving the minutes of the last meet ling business was disposed of as fol ' lows: I W. H. Ruff in and J. D. Alston were j appointed _a committee to seo the Judge at the next term of court and Ireuest him. that iu sentencing prison ers, if he may And some suitable, to ;eo sentence them that they miy be ; sent to the county home for farm work. | Otis Harris was relieved of paying I poll tax for the years 1917 and 1918. Report of J. J. Holden, Superinten dent of the County Home, was receiv ed and filed. He reports 12 white and 9 colored inmates. Upon order the list takfffS" were in structed to list the personal property as follows: Meal at 30 cents, peas at $2.50. cotton 30 cents, corn $10.00, fodder $1.50. Ordered that the report of Dr. J. E. Malone be received and filed. John W. Perry was appointed list ? taker in Harris township in place of ;W. W. Hart resigned. Robt. White was appointed Regis trar of* Vital Statistics in Dunns town ship in place of Dr. D. C. Johnson, resigned. Ordered, that the report of the com mittee to sell Mr. Merrltt a piece of land at $50 per acre be~received. The following resolution pertaining to the county audit was passed : "Pur suant to resolutions passed by this, j Board at their January meeting, wherein the audited report of Messrs. I Scott, Chaunly & Co, of Charlotte, 'dated December 15th, 1917. was duly [made and that some- of the ofFicers 'have stated that there are some errors in their respective accounts. Resolv ed that before accepting and publish ing said report the above audit com pany be requested to investigate these claims at once and if they And that I there are errors in any of the accounts | of the officers that said auditors pre ! pare a supplemental report and file I with this Board. Resolved further, j that the auditors shall be paid for their ? additional work the same per diem rate as heretofore." After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned to meet again on call. Board of Education* The Board of Education met in reg ular session on Monday with all mem bers present. After approving - the minutes of the previous meeting; bus iness as follows waa. disposed of: C. R. Sandling and E. L. Green were appointed a committee to inves tigate and make repnr* rwiiHnn bllity of moving the Popes school to a more central location that the Frank^_ lin county children may-att?hd-same instead of Mt.*~Carmel in Granville county. They will meet at Popes on the 18th and make their report here in June. Petitions for and against the consol idation of the Copeland Hill and Per ry's Seminary colored schools were presented to the Board. These peti tions were referred to the township and district committeemen, ami the Board deferred action until a recom mendation could be secured from them after investigation. S. C. Eaves, R. B. Roberts and J.. T. Wilson were appointed special- trus tees for Roberts School. W. H. Gupton, D. E. Aycock and G. B. West were appointed Trustees for Sandy Creek school. The resignation of J. R. White as Trustee of Bunn High School was ac cepted. The filling of tho vacancy will be taken up at a future meeting. J. P. Perry wasappointed list taker for Flat Rock district in placo of W. W. Hart resigned. After allowing a number of orders Jaifil 'illiniumit iiwii?? ti ular meeting. To Repeal Special Tax. We the Trustees of White Level School do hereby agree among our selves and promise the people of White Level School district that in the event the county-wide tax now p^hding in Franklin county carries in tho election of May 14th we will aban don the present special local taxes, and that the taxes In .our district will be no higher than they aTe at pres ent. L. L. GUPTON. A. D. MURPHY. J. C. Davis, Trustees. Ponltrjman Here. Mr. E. G. Warding of the Agricul tural Department at Raleigh, was in L?uisburg the past week, working with County Demonstration Agent Stantou, along the line of poultry raising. Mr. Ward in is especially interested in the Boys and Girls Poultry Clubs< and it is predicted that he will do much good In this county.