ONI/S *IX? TEB YEAH IN ADVANCE The Franklin Times AN ADVfiBTISING MEDIUM THAT BB1NG8 BESCLT8 ' A. F. Johnson, Editor and JIanifcer. ~ THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION Snbscrlption $1.50 P.r Te?r TOLIIME V^YllI LOCISBCBG, N. FBIDAY, FEBBCABY ?8, 181?. \ NUMBER L i-' *' ..} 1-' ?' CBAS. C. AYSCUE | GM* NEW TRIAL U ALLOTTED ' GIYE 910,M&M " bom>. '? Will Dock?j Given 80 Tear? for Sec ond Defree?Nelson Foster Get?,.',*: Years tor Manslaughter. VJj* ' 'V,*4- ' Franklin Superior Court for the February 1&19 term came to a close on Saturday night after having complet ed the. trial of the Jail cases. No court was held this week as the Attor neys, feeling that It would take practi cally all of the term to try the Jail cases, did not set any calendar for civil cases, and no witnesses or inter ested parties had been summoned to attend. At the close of our report last week the Court was busy with the trial of Chas. C. Ayscue for the murder of Josh Kearney, colored. This case came to an abrupt end.when the Judge noticed that }he lawyers Tor the de fense had secured the services of a private stenographer, who was taking the evidence in the case, from which quite a wrangle took place.. For a few moments it seemed to be every body's tangle and wound up with a misunderstanding between the Solici tor and the Court. The solicitor feel ing that the Court was not extending the courtesy to him he was due, ex pressed himself in very emphatic lan guage, but seeing his error he offered his apologies to the Court and declin ed to take up another case that after noon. Tho Judge then decided that as the object of bond was to guaran tee the attendance upon Court of the defendant and seeing notnrng to cause -t l-j defendant in this case not to ap 1 >-.v placed his bond at $10,000.00 af t ? ordering a mistrial In the case and gr ."l.ng a new trial. , T'.'o next case taken up was that of State vs Will Dockery. lor the murder of Clias. Dunstott, botl^ colored, near the river bridge of the1 Montgomery Lumber Co. The evidence was cir cumstantial however, having traced his movements so completely - Bhowing a reasonable cause and purpose, the de fendant offered to submit to a verdict Ct murder in the second degree which was accepted by the State and his hop or imposed a sentence of 30 years in the penitentiary. Stat vs Nelson Foster, murder was begun Friday evening, and completed Saturday afternoon, wita a verdict of guilty of manslaughter and was given seven years. This case is where the defendant killed a colored woman at the Fair Grounds about Chrietms s. The grand Jwry completed Its work on Thursday but owing to tne fact that It was instructed only to pass on mat ters concerning Jail cases no report of any consequence was made. The Methodist Church. The pastor will preach Sunday mor nlng un Till' Investment uf Life, ami it will be followed by the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. At 7:30 p. m.. there will be a spec other interesting features. Scripturc lesson and prayer by the church leader, Edwin Malone. Solo by Mrs. F. S. Love. Thanksgiving Ann, by Miss Hen nlngfr. Solo by Miss Dodson. My Money Cro^d, bV Mrs. Love. Public cordially Invited. Mr. G. C? Parrlsh Dead. Mr. G. C. Phrrish. employed as salesman for MccKinne Bros. Co., died at^hls home on Nash Street yes terday morning about o o clock from an attack of influenza. He was twen ty-eight years old and leaves a wife and several little children. Mr. Par rish was formerly from ?an-dy Creek Township, confcwg to Loulsrmrg in the summer of 1918 and heia a position with Candler-Crowell Co., until the first of this year when he made a change. He was an industrious young man and had made many friends here. The funeral arrangements had not been made yesterday. S" Tuesday Afternoon Book Club. The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club had its meeting this week with Mrs. E. S. Forjl, and a most delightful meeting it'proved to be. The weath er was bleak and ralpy, but the good cheer of Mrs. Ford'.B hospitable home and the gracious cordiality of her ?welwnw dlapolled from the minds ot those present any thought of {.he disagreeable elements on the outside. After the roll call and reading of the minutes Miss Williams, in a manner all her own, gave a beautiful selection - on the piano. Current events were read by Mrs. S. P. Boddie. Mrs. i'llfton read a most instructive and interesting paper on Margaret Fuller, the friend of Great Men. "Copper Moin" a unique and pretty song was rendered by Mosdames Ford. Fleming, White ami'MisB Williams. Mrfc. Flora ing then sang two lovety little songs, "Spring Time" and "The SecreV As if wishing a part in the beauties of the selecting!* Mrs. P'orJVcnimrrbird thrilled the sweetest accompaniments to M" Fleming's sinking. A delic ious Wilad rmrrae. ice cream, coffee and mints were served. Mrfi. O. A. Hicks was a guost of the club. . run k In Center. Mr. Editor:?' ,v.v I trust tiyU you will be kind enough tr?-.allow me to segastlnate a little in h^our paper, as I am sure th*t you and il?>ft~(people of the county will be glad |lw>l?4r Ta'ues his life at auy tai 5? a l;Jvtcn h's country is head ing him. When he Is once over hare he then can realize the importance of No*I Hon?fUStry f?r hl8 PeoP'e to live In. know where any of our boys are from around home haven't seen Mnf u ?lnce rve been ov?r ek oept Howell Jones. I have seen him one time about two monthB ago I V no'dea ?h?? he is now. I "i !!* ,ays ago tbat h'? organi zation had sailed for the states how J?' '' wasn't official, tMaefore J gone whether or not "He- has wf8' r? ha*e Bomc ?ne horses over here, also twenty mules as rough as you ever saw. Therefore you can re? m??/:" Vbat 1 am having mj^fun Vo i matter.where we go -v. 's,1 r,aa.re,,eTed from color sergeant uiUrf' ?? my recurn to my bat hnT't, learneed that^our 1st Sergt I?" b'en reduced, and : was to.suc ceed him effective Dec. 1st. Gee> it ?? _my Boat' 1 had studied open war tn ,'h?Tery S,Pf.re m,m"e I had up un til the armistice was signed. Then ' whi^i!"" me actlng regular color Sgt., .?hlch required most all of my time When I was relieved of that I made up my mind to make It easy the rot of tailed ln Franco' however my plas I do not have to do aqy hard work r? ? aD<' if'*6 th? 8urvlv?rs of the llsh i T a chance to re-estab I n t h? goVernment and take a place t"y world of commerce and indus i Y1 J*ynor- '?r so many years tern of v al?X th0 Publlc 8cb?o1 sy mS, nf'7h.rU%Car0"na' State Chair man of this Campaign, and the appeal pe?ple comes direct ; '? 'he people whom he has served so faithfully all these years. know. T'"0? appeal. Dr. Joyner 11?IT . Dieds ?i the Near East ? feTl8 you th? not anv n l? r T?U mBy ^ wl" R? for clothe purpo8e than to feed and of nil*. 9 eller thl8 four millions iof.p'eadlng. starving people. i u w tu.: crnir now for you to make r?:.'111 - b-ad Auto Rons Into Ditch. While driving out Main Street on r?' ^, "LKht "I Inst week a Mr C?ne had the misfortune of running into the ditch at the end or the nave mem on South Main Street. The ear was pretty badly smashed, but no in juries were sustained by any of the occupants, so we learn. The car was removed Friday morning. edM^,e?g? &5^er8<" V'Sit WILSON BETPRN8. Arrlred in Boston Harbor Sunday | ET?njBg?-^Xo Fundamental Ob jections to League Flan. I Unless something unforeseen oc curs, President Wilson expects to re turn to France on the George Wash ington about March 5. President Wil son's ships arrived in Boston Harbor Sunday evening. After a short cere mony of welcome in Boston Monday, the party left for Wasnington where he will spend a busy ten days signing bills 'and discussing the league of na tions and the peace terms! Mr. Wilson has told friends and ad visors, that with the draft of the lea gue (institution on the table before the conference he considers the first he is not disturbed by the possibility that it undoubtedly will be worked over changed in many respects, and probably in the end be quite a differ ent document. Despite all this the President is known to feel that iti the end the underlying principles he has proposed will be accepted in tha con ference. The ratification of the docu ment in other countries, and in the United States the President considers as another step to be dealt with be fore the league of nation* plan 1b per fected. * While he has been following keenly the opposition and adverse criticism of the plan in Congress, the President told Representatives Helverlng, Nor ton and White, who made the return trip "with him that he was sure he could convince Congress leaders that there were no fundamental objections. President Wilson had a much rough er trip coming home than he did going over. Some of the days half the party was confined to cabins, but the Presi ..dent proved himself an excellent sail or and surrendered only once, when the waves and spray were dashing ov er the bridge and got a wetting while watching the destroyer escort bury it self plunging about in the heavy seas. There was a livtely epidemic of grippe and Spanish inuuenza on the ship, many of the attaches of the par ty being confined to their staterooms or the ship's hospital for the entire voyage. None of the principals, how ever, was affected. It is reported that fifteen members of the I. W. W., all Spaniards, were I arrested for having seditions litera ture in their possession s-nd on sus . picion of planning to attempt the lifo of President Wilson in Boston Monday. The prisoners are being closely guar ded. and secret service men are at work investigating the alleged plot. | Should Ufte County Home as Demon stration or Test Farm. Your paper has been having some thing to say from time to time recent ly about the disposition of the county home farm. My idea would be to conduct the county home tfnder the regular man age men t_as^ it is at present. Convert the county home farm Into a test farm under the direction ahd personal supervision of the county de monstration agent. Build a suitable ty demonstration agent that he may live there and be near his work.With the use of convict labor as suggested in another article in one of your pa pers hecould and sthould make of this a model farm for the farmers of our comuy 10 observe. By producing mo.* del crops of various products for ob servation the county agent could do far more good than in any other way. The actual demonstration of the crop with explanation and instruction as to how it was made would furnish a concrete example of what was to bo gained by following the suggested me thods. There are not many originators; most of us are followers and have to be shown before we will believe. The county has this valuable farm and while the greater portion of it has been lying dormant, or idle, for these years that is no reason why it should not now be developed into a useful and valuable property, producing a hand some income as well as furnishing a living example of what can-be done in real up-to-date farming. If it did no more than furnish the example it would be invaluable to our farmers. To carry out the aforementioned plans there should be levied, for this purpose, such a tax as would raise a sum sufficient each year to carry on the work of clearing, improving and cultivating the land. This tax should be planned tq cover a five yearperiod, if necessary. After that the farm would hn more than self-sustaining ami there would be no further need Of the tax for maintenancer In conclusion let us fnake of this a test farm, locate the County Agent at this farm use the convict labor to de velop it and levy a tax sufficient to cover the maintenance expense until the farm sufficiently developed to carry itself. If some such method as above sug gested is followed you will find/that the-county home will cease to he a burden to the county and will be self-sustaining in addition to the great benefit our farmers would derive from being able to obscure the demonstra tion work poing on there. J. O. NEWELL. Mr. L. Kline is on the Northern Markets making purchases for his store. BID WE WIN THE WAB1 Senator KJrby Says" He Is ,Wm?"t In.j Doubt When He Hears Partisan Lamentations. "V ' Washington, D. C.?"I am almost in doubt as to whether this country won the war or not," remarked Senator Kirby of Arkansas, after he hadTui tened to a long lamentation Republican side of the Senate.*" "How in God Almighty's id&xtti. did we win the war if we were guilty of the mistakes, stupidity and derelic tions that have been, chargfid_against the War Department?" We asked. "The Senator from New Jersey has accused the War Department of being responsible for the severe winter last year. He has held the War Depart ment responsible for the introduction of influenza into the United States Why is all this done, and where is there any foundation, in fact, for it? "It seems to me some Senator ought to stand by the XJo^ernjnent here af ter it has won the war i that someone ought to have am interest in the con duct of the soldiers on the battlefield being properly presented, and in the country getting a correct view and having a proper appreciation of all the great objects which have been ac complished. "It here and there a plan has failed or has miscarried, if here or there in convenience and delay have resulted because of something noi having been done as well as it now appears it might have been done, way should this be made a record as an everlasting monument to a single failure of the War Department, which, whatever else may be said, did win this war with the army that it organized and with the army that was sent abroad." Chickens and Gardens. The following letter was handed us the past week that we appreciate aiid hope the cause will receive some re sultful attention: Mr. Editor:? I for one, am thankful to see that you are taking some interest in the garden makers of this community. I trust that you will keep up the good work. I see that the Government is going to call on people again to make "War Gardens" and intends to set back the clocks as was done last year to give people more time for these gar dens. It seems to me to be equally important that our_City Fathers, grant some protection to these garden ma kers from their neighbors chickens and some Redress when the fruits of I their labors are destroyed by these 'chickens. ?A Lady Citizen. 11. W. W. Plot to Kill Wilson and Mc Ad oo. A recent press dlspatcn states that when Seccret Service men in Chicago learned of the arrest in Cleveland of Pietro Jierre, an anarchist, they dis closed the details of an I. W, W. plot to Tcin~PreHtdent Wilsom? There are 'said to have btmu twenty mm in the plot, and funds were raised and the I details of the conspirancy worked out ' iTitlflil iilllil w????! i i"? > Pierre, according to information In the hands of the Secret service, joined a band- of Nihilists wh>ie he was a prisom-r in Leavenworth penite?U*ry. All were to be released on the same day. They vowed that Pre/ldent Wil HH>n should bo killed, nud also wens' pledged to kill the chosen member of. thetr gang If he did not carry out the assassination. A short time before they were released last fall, they drew lots to decide which of them should kill the President, and Pierre drew the death ballot. The plot also included the murder of William G. McAdoo, former Secre tary of the Treasury, according to the Secrcet Service men, and It is said to have involved several anarchists. The loyalty of two Italian convicts serving sentences in the Federal pen itentiary at Leavenworth is said to j have revealed the plot. President Challenges Critics To Test People of America's Sentiment, Mechanics Hall, Boston, Feb. 24 ? President Wilson in hjs first speech here today on landing frOm France in vited the critics of the league of na tions plan to "test the sentiment of America." Men, he declared, who would have America fail the world In Its hopes, saw only beyond the nearest horizon. "They do not know the sentiment of America," he said. Speaking of hopes and aspirations of the peoplie of Europe for a lasting peace, which he said were pinned to the United States as the "rriend to mankind," the President said he had no more doubt, of "the verdict of Am rV-a in this matter than T have doubt the blood that Is In me." "The nations of the world have set their heads now to do a great thing and"they are not going to stop short of their purpose. I do not speak of the governments but of the peoples who will see that if their present gov ernments do not do their will some others will?and the secret Is out and the present governments know |t." Messrs. J. H. Best and C. B. Clark left Tuesday for Richmond, Va., where -fches! wll> purchase the tools and supplies for the Hines-Best Auto Sales Rooms. >& H, FJUXKLUr cocwrtr SOCIAjiojf. Organiiadon Effeected In Court Housa Wednesdv?OJOeerg Elected-Bog^ olatlons Endorsed. A^?ut ""y or more citizens of Frank lin County met In the Court House T^a?nnV^dne,8datT and or8anlzed the Franklin County Branch or the North Carolina Cotton Association, In ac nnr n!Ct ^th a request from Govor no ckett and the Central Commlt The meeting was called 10 order and explained by Mr. c. H. Stanton Franklin's Demonstration Agent who called for the election or a temporary Chairman. Mr. 8. A. fJewoll was pnajH?ous|y elected and called on A. F^Johnson to act as temporary Secre Mr. Newell, after announcing that was to' ma*ne8S bef0re tne ?ath?ri'? as to make a permanent organiza tion, stated that nominations were in o n A?n a permanent Chairman. Mr. of ?h? f!al1' 0f Youngsvllle, President of the County Farmers Union, was unanimously elected. Other officers were elected as follows: Vlce-Chalrman?C. P. Harris Secretary?A". F. Johnson. Treasurer?F. B. McKinne. * A telegram and the resolutions pas sed at the Raleigh meeting were read The resolutions were unanimously adopted by this association. t. r' F- N- Egerton, President of ^ . a,rmers & Merchants Bank ex plained the position of the bank In loaning money on cotton. He said ' at/lth the desire to take a mans word for his cotton, the Bank had tn require tho cotton to be stored in some warehouse and insured berore they could consider the loan. ^ J rl!Lhalrmfn called OD Messrs. W. J. Cooper and C. H. Stanton to give all present an opportunity to join the Association. They-, reported redely! Th? ,-^aatUre3 of "?'"y-two. ,, \~e <-Tialrman called on Mr F B McKinne to explain the Warehouse ^gisnia7urbee,0re th<> N?"h Upon motion the meeting unanl mously endorsed the Coopers State Warehouse bill now before the llets iature, and urged the members of the outndeaiay.SSembly t0 Pa3s same w,th" motion prevailed making the !r an' Vlce-Chairmaa, Secretarl and_ Treasurer, with Mr c H atnrf t0J\' an Executive Committee who in addition to the regular duties of such a n Were instI"Ucted to select a township committee of good m? township. and arrange for SbleewhTneifSg aS early a8 caoie, when lHe.se committees wnnM be elected, and a speaker be secSSS to address the body. Tne date of ih<* meeting when set, to t>e adverilsed. A loll (.'all showed?irtt?towiiaiiiim and Gold Mine. Jill U lull U1 IIULIUI IIUl iu m ' izi lcm>x?WttB faH^n amon,? those present and indi cations are that the farmers of Frank in County will join together this year for thtlr mutual benefit, a healthy ?racti'?n Wan 8h?Wn in the ,aot tb"t -practically all the farmers present had already decided to reduce their cotton acreage and require their ten ants to make more home supplies. Don't Let Cp >ow. U nrielMh,,reb- "?Because the war 'tl-a^ thi ?V,er- maI**, People think i 5y can et down on lhe high fnrm f ?' proflcicncy attained on the Thl? li yef ? nnd the year Preyious. This Is a mistake. Simply because things were "got going" last year Is th?? "I0" Why they should bo left to themselves this year. The present thntit i" of ,the cotton market and the vital need for planting other crops this year is a real problem that needs thOUSht- Th0 fact tha? I many otWr states are going Into the business of growing tobacco, and that tho trusts have on hand a bountiful mneh K War" farme? too much tobacco can be grown this year. or ?>e 5 8 for ,ood' howev er The farm family will need food all the year around. All the families in tho towns and cities, and In other countries, will need footi. If all the food used on the farm Is produced there, and ttho cotton and tobacco grown for surplus cash, then the far mers of North Carolina will not be 4'it so -hard this fall. North Carolina needs to use fertili zer more intelligently. Lands need more lime. Livestock in tho shape of pure bred pigs, blooded dairy cows pure bred beef cattle, sheep, awl draft horses can all be raised In North Car olina. There aro a number of prob lems that now require careful, earn est attention. Don't let up. but keen up the same spirit that helped to win the war and make a winning on the farm. Study the problems about tho farm. Call on the County Agent or the woman agent, as tha case may be. or write to the Agricultural Extension Service at Raleigh for aldMn the dif ferent perplexing problems which will arise on the farm this year ' <- F? Mf-E.F. Thomaaispent the weak end with his wife in Ralegh.