Irw^ar - ???. ? ?ti- ""- . -??' |j?1'? ? ? A?.??? A? > > ;^v ?? ? ir" fiTdfg: " ???" :? V 5 ?*21- *<* .???? - ~. -I'ai ::?1 r * A. F. JoUeaoe, Editor and Manager.' \ "?S ?? THE ?OU3NTY, .JHll STATE, THE UNION ?/ *> ?' ; ''??T' '?? . SulxcrlpHon ?1JM) Per Yeu :' ,-?? ?. ? ^ .-t-~ ? - V ?' ? v . ' ? ?? , .V^ ? ?: = YOLUMB XLVII. ' * ^ ^ ^ 'i ^ '* ? *-" . ff. (VPljlPjit, DEO. 8, ltl5?' ?*? *? J ^ _?^^ NUMBER 41 1 P. TIMBERLAKE ELECTED CHAIRMAN NEW BOAR?"T!Stff.RtfI> Cpd* "f?' v TllBS Officer? Give BonfltT Ad are Sworn In -^UeC'K HoUe* Elected Attorney? Retain? Far)p*?4 Home Djwnonstra tlon vV>^ The o.IdJdpajN^of County Comjitffloiqp ere met on Monday.^lth akf- m^mb -vrs present After approving the-"minutes ojj previous ^eelln^ birfTfness was dls- , posed ofafltoDowa: lopMi * order Mrs. Barbara Kelly ' oju Youngs vllle township, was allowed $2fa0 per month a3 outside pauper. Ordered that report of Committee to make settlement with P. B. Griffin, ex-treasurer, be received, filed and re corded, and. that such committee be discharged, and that Scott, Charnley & Co., certified public accountants, be employed to return and reconcile these differencefe With the ex-Treasurer. Ordered that the report on the sel< tlement with 8herlff H. A. Kearney on Insolvnt list be rocelved and. thai' the whole of his settlement be recelv. ei and recorded. Ordered that R. G. Ayescue be Re lieved of tax on $1000 money oiyh&nd. but on samo day Inves./ed in War Sav ings Stamp?. Ordered that Sheriff Kearney be re? fmbursc.l for money paid fo.r Indigent j-uplls, marriage licenses and excess t 'mmtssions on State taxes. Upon motion n rising vote of itanks 1 ?' his untiring and willing services v extended Mr. W. H. Ratlin. Coun ty ttorney. each of the Commissioners had given expression to ilieir pleasant ex periences and pleasure in their many dfrt*-ngs with each other and the sev eral county officers the Board adjourn ed Sine die. The new Board composed of Messrs J. D. Alston. J. E. Earle, J. P,-Timber lake, J. M. Sykes, W. D. Fuller, met at 2:45 Monday afc^ernoon and were sworn In by J. J. Barrow, Clerk of the Court. ^J. D. Alston was selected as tempor ary chairman and the election of a permanent chairman was'anndtmced In order. A ballot was taken which re sulted J. P. Timberlake, 3; J. D. Al ston. 1; W. D. Filler, 1; whereupon J. P. Timberlake was declared elected as Chairman .of the Board for the eu ing year. Chairman Timberlake took the chair and proceeded with the or ganization and business as follows: The bond of S. C.' Holden. for Regis ter of Deeds, was examined approved and accepted aiil ordered recorded Mr. Holden topk the on?h Nf office and Deeds. Upon motion the Board went in Jo election of Attorney. J. M. Syke* plaLHil tli? name or tien T. Holden in ?nomination, whiph was seconded by J. R. Earle. The vote was unanimous. Mr. .Holden -Sa4s?-tbrwarded and AO ??>eSp(te!d In a few well choscn remarks. '* The bonds of H. A, Kearney, Sheriff, of Franklin Couniy, having been ex amined and approved, it was ordered -?receded.?He was "preterit and was adm}uiatered the oath of office. Board waa addressed by Missc? "and Smith anrl Sup". T7!. i.. e Interesi' of the Home Dem ion work of Franklin County, after dteci^psion'tt was on motion , v ordered thai' the Home Demonstration .. work be continued for the following year and the sum of $500.00 was ap propriated {or that purpose. On motion It was ordered thai' the Farm Demonstration Afjent be ret'ain eo (.it* tliui I couldn't ret out m, ?^fffPmfffixacWi^tna^^ier^jre lots of beam'iful Mademoiselles over here, however, I haven't seen ono yet ?I would IIX? tu tak? liueK to America with me, even If I could. Really I en Joy trying to (Parley. Voo) Aeir lingo, but seems like I make poor outs a^it SBme time. It is raining here now as usual The sunshiny days are but few and far be I'weeiv. X know Sig is some proud of his boy. It was quite a surprise to me. I hadn't dreamed of such a thing. How ever, I'm glad it "was a boy, he wanted one so bad. Know Helen is some cute wish I was there it) fret her a little, as like it so well. In regard to having my letters pub lished, it doesn't make the least bk' of difference with me, but I don't im agine anybody cares to read what 1K< tle junk I write. Don t have time to write much, what I do wrUwever, their ways of living are quite different from ours. We seldom ^tpr see a residence built beside the road, as we often used to see ih &e T) . S. Instead,- several of the farmer-) build their homes together which make* a small village, These you will Ind every Vhree pr four k|lome-r.w>s. vICh a churCfy In eviry one but riry ew schools. | Most every farmer has a rock fence &round his farm for grazing his cat ;le. It is very little of Ae land they :111, of course that is planted in wheat ind oavto. Horses are very scarce over here therefore the people have to work cows; lots of them work their milch cows all day then milk them at nighl? lust the same. w ? The French are very religious, at least they are faithful to what Aey call religion. They are all Catholics, and as I just told you they have a large uice church in each ;:ttle village, which has a large clock on every side of the steeple, and a large bell inside. This is what the people worfc by. They ring bell three times a day, morn ing, noon and night.- That is unless L'here is a death or a birth in the vil lage, when either-of these occur they ring it all day and night too. There is no use to tell you about .lie girls over here, because you know al ready that most of them are very at tractive. I see lots of them I think I could like fine, but when I begin trying to (Parley Voo) her lingo I de cide I haven't got but a little while o s^ty. Therefore you need not worry ab vt having a French daughter-in law I must stop. I hear Sgt. Lame call ing me. Think he has some boys In the room he wants me to help give them a little "Blac]{--Annie." With many good wlsffes and^Ots of love I am Lovingly, JAKB. October 24. 1913. Dearest Mother: ? ? I wonder first how you all arc get ting on. and what you are doing these days. The weather here now is- about like the last of November there. .They say \t usually s^rts to snowing here the third week in this month, and stays on the ground until spring. We should worry about thav*. We have all been issued hip rubber boots, and wool socks. 1 also have a nice room, with a big feather bed, gee! I don't hardly know there is a war going on. We are getting our over sea training now, we go to the front about tliree times a week. We have been making a good record too. Think we wl]l soon be able to give the' Boche their last roundup. .? ? I of Jen wish you could bo a short while Just to see the i and people. Everything is so different from ours. Wherever you see a home it is large enough for the family, stock, cattle, hogs, and chickens. Ordinarily the family occupies one end of the house, the cows and horses the other. These people I'm rooming with have their cook room opposite their cow stalls, all they have to do is open one door, iiftlio cook room and walk right in-the cow stalls to milk the cows. not at all. You would br^Tlrprised to h?re for iSkattir, Know how nice they do keep * h^ir homes, untiling nmvs in nnr nf thoir rooms thaw' isn't absolutely clean. There are four of us Sgts. rooming here together, they exchange our bed cloches- twice each week. I know we don't soil them because we ba.'he. also change underwear twice a weeM. Now you can imagine about how nice they are over here. There is one other tiling seems rath er queer to us boys. Tbao is working milch cows. They have quite a num ber of cows here and they work all of them. I have seen them work their best milch ooWs to a large plow all day, bring them in ai' night and milk them just like they had been grazing all day:-, I often think what would people think at home if v'jiey were to see someone plowing a cow that was giving milk. I could write yon lot? mnro on dif ferent things, but I'm gevting sleepy so I guess I had better stop. Kiss Helen for me. tell Kate I'll write vO her in a few days. I This leaves me aH O. K. write me as often as you can. I remain as ever J Your devoted son, JAKE. Somewhere over here in a good old French home. October 30, 1918. My dearest Mamma: I reckon you will laugh when you see the kind of paper I am using buc' It 1s the very best I can do this time We are where we can't get paper. Our T. M. C. A. supply gave out last night', I got this by bowing and making signs to a good old French man. He has taken four of us In his home and made a good light (or us, so I'm sitting In a chair writing on a table, with a gas light hanging in the center of the room? L tell you we'have been pushing old Jerry rfgirt along for the last month; It' took us three dfcyv* Vs hike from where we started to where we stayed*. We had them going so fast they had but Utile time to shell the towns, so when we did get relieved up near the front for a few days rest we Just dropped back in one of (he towns Aey had evacuated. Belfeve me we fared good with beds to sleep on and stoves to have fires. In one place we found just lots of apples; believe me Aey did taste good. I suppose you have been reading what the 30th Division has been dotng. Well, I have been over the top eleven Oimes and haven't had a scratch ret, but on my way out the other night a shell fell in about fifty yards of the I licard a piece or shrapnel tha. like it was coming my way. eked my head ji^t in time to on my steel hat and save mj' r, k probably .would have hurt \ badly for it made a dent In my : ge enough to put an egg In, it I aggered me for a second, or j ___ I am a dodging man, myself. We ?lean to keep the Germans going unill they say they have had enough. Sometimes when we are in battle I think about the veterans thai fough*' in ?tie Civil war and keep going. Mamma sometimes I think it is luck &iat lias brought me safely through all these battles but when I stop and think seriously about it I know It is v/he work of Ood. I feel Just like he ] is Ioing with me all the way through ovefr here and deliver me safely to my ! loved ones at home. I've nea^y read my Testament through- I started at the flmt and am now reading he 3rd chapter of Thesis. I received the letitr from Grandma last Jreek, she told me all the new* The &*xt time you write send me a copy of the Franklin Times, I haven't seen but one or two copies since I've been oyer here. I've also heard from Mrs. John Uzzell she surely writes a good lOvter. Had a letter from Wilson last night, said he was getting on just fine, hoped to be back with the Co., In a few days and I hope he will for I have been so lonesotee since he has been gone. If it wasn't for Cheatham don't know what I would do. Though I like every man In the Co., there Is no one that ; I can go to and talk like I can to ."Bursh." and "Coz." i Cheatham and I had for our supper last night a can of California peaches and some X. C. cake, believe me it was good. Tell Dad I saw while in Liverpool a hogshead of tobacco made near home because it was shipped from Rocky Mount. The sun never sets on old N" C. products. Lots and lots of love to every one of you. Your son. ALEX W. WILSON. (?allant Americans. During the past'three weeks the 27th and 30th Divisions of the II Ar my Corps, American, bperating with the Fourth British Army, have taken part with great gallantry and success in three *maJoT offensive operations, Ew?ites toeUi-: engage in a number of ' leBsef attacks. -Having fought with the utmost dash and bravery in the great attack of September 29th, in which the Hinden burfc Line was broken, and having on this occasion capAired the villages of Hellicourt and Nauroy with a large number of prisoners, on October 5t".i troops cf the II American Corps again attacked in the neighborhood of Mont ecchain. vs of successful ncmi Jlf I?1! l'ffl miles, from Monterehaln to St. Souplet. overcoming HptftmifnPii nwUtun^ and rupturing?covoral?strongly?defemlud villages and woods. Fighting their way forward from St. Souplet to the high ground west of the Sambre canal, they have broken down the enemy's resistance at all points, beating off many, counter, at tacks, and realizing a further advance of nearly five (S) iniles. Over 5000 prisoners and many guns have been taken by the II American Corps in these several operations.'f?Extraci from Lloyd's Sunday News. October 20. 1918. Bazaar. The ladies of the Methodist church will open their bazaar in tho buggy room adjoining McKiune Bros, store on tlie evening of the ninth of Decem ber, at 7 o'clock. On Tuesday tho 10th dinner will be ?erred from 12 to S P. M. The public is cordially invited. A splendid opportunity to purchase fancy work and other useful articles at reasonable prices. Board of Education. The Board of Education met in reg ular session Monday wltn all members present except J. C. Winston and C. R. handling. The minutes of the pre vious meeting were approved and bus iness transacted as follows: The Board instructed the Secretary to write the Trustees of Bunn High fcchool recommending the closing of bald school until after iiie Christmas holidays on account of the prevalence of lnfluensa In the district. It was or tltired that vhe compulsory attendance period for Franklin County should be gin after the CHristmas holidays, De cember 30th, instead of December 1st, as heretofore. The Wynn School building in Hays ville Township was ordered sold x> E M. Newman for $65.00 After allowing a number of orders toe Board adjourned to its next reg ular meeting. Ahr*Mp* Pass Over County. Fire aeroplanes from Norfolk an route to Colombia, S. C., passing the Eastern portion of Franklin County on Wednesday oflast week caused righ>: much Interest and excitement among our people In the viofnity of ttae route of the planes. Thtose plane? were ar my machines and stopped over in Ral eigh on Wednesday night where they remained on account of the weather, until Saturday. While at Camp .Polk they attracted much attention from the many who went out to see them. His Paramount I>uty to Attend Peace i Conference. Following Is the t?xt of the latter part of tlie President's address to Con- . gross which relates to the visit of Mr. Wilson to Um> Peaoe Conference: "I welcome this occasion to announ ce to the Congress my purpose to join j in Paris the representatives of the gov "*) ernments with which we have been as sociated In the war against vhe Cen tral Powers for the purpose of dis cussing with them the main features of the treaty of peace. I realize the great inconveniences that will attend my leaving the country, particularly at tills time, but the conclusion that it was my paramount duty to go has bean forced upon me .by considera tions which I hope will seem as con clusive to yot| as tjjfty have seemed to me. \ c* % The.allied governments hay^ accep j ted Ch&^basis 6f peace which I outlined to Ah^pongress on the eighth of Jan ua$? last, as the Central Empires a]so have, and very reasonably desire my personal counsel in their interpreua and application, and it is highly de sirable that I should give it in order that the sincere desire of our govern- i ment' to contribute, without selfish purpose of any kind to settlements that will be of common benefit to all the nations concerned may be made fully manifest'. OF TRANSCENDENT IMPORTANCE The peace settlements which are ?oyt to be agreed upon are of transcendent Importance both to us and to "lie rest of the world, and I know of no busi ness or interest which should take precedence of them. The galtant jn?n of our armed forces on land and sea have consciously fought for the ideals which they kn?v- to be the ideals of their coun'Ty; I have sought to ex press those idenjs* they have accep ted my statement? of t)ioni-.as the sub stance of their own thought ar.d pur pose as the assorted governments Jiave acccpted then". * ? . ON THE SPOT I owe it to them to see to it. so f:?r ; as in me lies, that no false or mista ken interpretation is put upon them, and no possible effort omitted to real ize them. It is now my duty to play my full part in making good what they offered their life's blood to obta*n I can think of no call to service which coujd transcend this. NO CENSOR9HIP I shall be in close touch with you ' and with affairs on tills side the water, and you will know all that I do. At my request, the French and English governments have absolutely removed the censorship of cable news which unti] within a fortnight tney had main tained and there is now no censorship whatever existing at this end except upon attempted trade communication with enemy countries. It has been necessary to keep ivn open wire con s lan 11,v tet'voen -France nnd tlie department of War. In order that thte might be (loin With t hp least posalhly avr temporarily taken over the con trol of both cables in order that they mor be used as a single system. IMG NEWS NEXT FEW MONTHS I did so at the advice of the most experienced cable officials, and T liop<\ that the results wjlL justiry my. hnpo? that 'ftp-flews of the next,few mont'i* may pass with the utmost freedom an! with the leas? possible delay from *ach ride of the sea to the other. May I not hope. Centiemen of tivs Congress, that in the delicate ta^k* I shall have to perform on the others side of the sea in my efforts truly ajvd faithfully to interpret' the principles and purposes of the country ye love I may have t ho encouragement and the added strength of your united support? I realize thf? ma?aiuule .and -difficulty of the duty I am" undertaking; I am poignantly aware of Its grave respon sibilities. I am the servant of the na tion. I can haveno private thought or purpose of my own in performing such an errand. I go to give the best that ? is ln me to common settlements which I must now assist in arriving at' in con ference with the other working heads of the associated governments. I shall count DPQQ your friendly c my neighbors and friends for their kindnees during the sickness of my toncily and death of my husband. Sincerely, MRS. ANNIE SWANSON. ?Cotton sold for 25% cents a pound in Loulsburg yesterday. ?If is reported that Mr. "W. A. Ar nold lost somthlng over $100.00 in Loutsburg Tuor,duy night The par ticulars have not been gotten by the officers yet, but Instead of depositing his money from his tobacco sa|e in the bank he had it in his-poslratr ROBBEI) STOR r.S WEDNESDAY XIGHT Allen Bros. Co* and Hawkln's Drink Sfnnd Places Entered?Apnacenilg . Only Small Amoiitif of Stan Taken. It was wivh much surprise that th3. clerks entered Allen Bros. Co.'b store on Thursday morning and found that the store had beeip robbed th night before. Just how the robners entered had not been determined yesterday, hut the door between the store and Ili? drug store was found open. An exam aminatlon of itie stock revealed the frc?. that a nice pistol, a suit of clothe? some shoes and about $6.00*In cash were missing. At tills writing there ia no clew, as to who "did the Job." The drink stand of O. H. A. Haw kins, colored, on Main street, in the BurV building was also entered the satne night. At this place the door is locked by he use of a hasp and staples. The robbers pul]ed the staple and entered the front door. Here Chey got between $2 and $3 In cash and a lot of cigars, cigarettes and a knife. Americans Moving: Toward the Rhine. American Army of Occupation, Mon day, Dec. 2.?-After their first night's sleep in Germany, the American army of occupation was ready at dawn to day to resume tlie march toward the Rhine. In advancing toward Coblenz, the American forces are. moving ahead astride tlie Moselle, traveling in a northeasterly direction. - Across the Rhine the American army wl|l take up a line a little over scribe an arc of a circle having Co blenz as a center and with a radius eighteen and six-tenths miles in length. This circle' pivoting iipon Coblenz is the bridgehead which the Germans conceded in vlie armistice. The line leaves the Rhine at a point northwest of Coblenz swings eastward through Ilahms and Oberllahr and turns to ;1ie south Just beyond Ross bach. It continues through V/oel ferllngen .Molsberg. Dlex, Shor.'jron. Katzenelnbogenzand Welteroth. and reaches the Rhine again at* Caub. Along the Rhine again the Americana ?will occupy a line about 43 miles in length. The front will extend a few miles beyond either end of the semi circle described above this overlap ping in places the lines of the British on the left, and the Frenph on the right. J During the odvance toward C!ob]enz. the American lines extend about 21 miles on each Bide of the Moselle. The Americans expect to travel from seven to nine miles each marching day Willi a da v cr two of rest at intervals. Mr. and Mrs. X. B. Tucker, of Greens boro. are_vislilng his brother. Mr. J. C. Tucker. Mr C. C\ Hudson left Tuesday for a bi!3lress visit to Richmond r '? ii ? i * ^ . / Messrs W. H. Yarborough and Ben T. Holden were in Raleigh oil business Friday. ? * . X Mr. J. d. rr.or.ias visited Rateigh Fri da>*- " 4 Sheriff H. A. Kearney, Coroner A. P. Johnson. W M. person, James Tucker. .1 V.'iggW^?. ? Harris, were in Raleigh Rflday attending a habeas corpus trial before Judge Thos. H. Calvert. / Mr. J. J. Hfckey. with the Imperial Tobacco Cpff of Richmond, was a vis itor to I/fuisburg Wednesday. Sheriff H. A. Kearney and Mr. J. S. Wiggins went' to Rrleigh yesterday to/(ake Perry Cooke to the State pris on to begin his sentence. Mr. H. C. Taylor left Wednesday for Richmond to accompany his little daughter. Gladys, to the hospital for treatment. Mr. T. B. Wilder, of Aberdeen, was a visitor to Loulsburg t'he past i^eek. THE RETIRING BOARD U-ith the retiring of the old Botird of Commissioners on Monday morring Fiai kiii^ County gives up the 9?*rv!c*s or its en st Bince?M a? d loyal oi rlajs Tiie gentlemen comyoMng 1 inrd Messrs J. D. Alston, J. R. Karle, J. W. Winston. J. H. Ballentine and R. L. Stakes, have given valuable time and service to the people in an unsejflsh way which should be much apprecia ted. Its true they have erred, thai* on ly human. Who of us would not. They lave been sincere and did a good work. Some of these gentlemen have been on the Board for many years and leave a record that will be a sojice of pleasure. In Ihetr retiring they liave he test wishes for a iong and pros psrous ]ife from an appreciative public* THE NEW BOARD The new Board of County Commis sioners for Franklin County who were sworn In and assumed their duties on Monday is composed of some of the be?*t Business ability the County pos sesses. M- T P. Timberlake, who was elector! Oaj^inan, is easily one of'the County's m .h successful and substan tial business men and farmers, and his associate*, Messrs J. D. Alston, J. R. Earle, w: D. "Fuller, and J. M sykes represents* the best and most prog/oss * ive business and farming interes:* In the County, and give promise of slvltij co tfr? peopleybf the County a most con a^rvatlve, progressive and business like administration. T^ese gentlemen aro not MtlsflM to drag along in the same old way with ?lieii own busines?-. rnu H may be expect ai to see some, changes In administration of the' County affairs t&afc iflJD prolttM? and desirable. .VV