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ONLY *1.50 PEK YEAH IS ADVANCE The Franklin Times AN ADTERTISrSG MEDICM THAT BKIMiS . ? RESULTS A. V. Jolinson, Editor and Manager. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION BaoaaeO*! LOUISBUHG, Jf. C,'f JUDAT, Jl >E IS, 1919. BfTHKBEJi 16 HOY SCOUT WEEK. Closes on Saturday, June 14th, 1919? , Ever/^Man In tlie County Imlted to', Join?Presidents Proclamation. The proclamation of the President, j setting aside this week. June 8th to . June 14th, as National Boy Scout week ! 1s produced below. The object of this proclamation, and the campaign inau . gurated this week by the National Or- t ganization of the Boy Scouts, is to en- I list the active interest of ttie "Grown j Ups" to become Associate Members of j Boy Scout Organization. The asso ciate membership fee is oalv $1.00 and< while the number of associate mem bers called for by Franklin County's ^quota is only 49, there should be at least 500 men in Franklin County who will be glad to invest a dollar in one of tte finest organizations for boy train ing fn existence and thereby have a definite part in this work. * Mr. E. H. Malone, of Louisburg. has been appointed chairman of the Citi zen's committee for Franklin County by Hon. Wm. G. McAdoo. who is Na tional Chairman of the campaign and it has been arranged for the Boy Scouts of the local camps to call on the peo ple during this week, soliciting appli cations for Associate membership. This is a splendid organization and the boys deserve our encouragement so just give that Boy Scout, who calls on you, your name and $1.00. He will turn in your name and the dollar to the County chairman who reports same to the National Organization and your certificate of associate membership will be mailed to you. If you can not see a Boy Scout send your name and the $1.00 to Mr. E. H. Malone. Chair man, Louisburg, N. C. A PROCLAMATION The Boy Scouts of America have ren ilirred notable service to the Nation i..ir:r.z the world war. They have tu n: effective work in the Liberty Loat> ai. -''ur Savings campaigns, in dis covt: a g and reporting upon the black walnu: stipply, in cooperating with the Red Cross and oilier war work agencies, in acting as cespatch bear ers for tfcd Committee on Public Infor mation. and in other important fields. The Boy Scouts have not only demon strated their worth to the Nation, but have i-.l?o materially contributeJ to a deeper appreciation by ine American people o t til** higher conception of patriotism and good citizenship*. The Boy Scout Movement should not only be preserved, but strengthened. It Reserves the support of all public spirited citizens. The available means for the Boy Scout movement nave thus far sufficed for the organization and training of only a small proportion of the boys of the country. There are approximately 10,000,000 boys in the United States between the r.ges of twelve and twenty-one. Of these on ly 375.000 are enrolled as members of the Boy Scouts of America. America cannot acquit herself com . nmv, fluence in the great period now facing her and theworld unless the boys of America are given better opportuni ties than heretofore to prepare them selves for the responsibilities of citi zenship . Every nation depends for its future upon the proper training and develop ment of its youth. The American boy _umi havejiie best training and disci pline our great democracy can provfaa if American isr to maintain her ideals, -her standajaR_aiiiL.ber Influence in the world. The plan, therefore, for c Boy Scout week during which a universal appeal will be made to all Americans to sup ply the means to put the Boy Scouts of America in a position to carry forward effectively and continuously the splen did work they are doing for the youth of America, should have the unreserved support of the Nation. Therefore, I Woodrow Wilson, Pres ident of the United State9 of America, do hereby recommend t".:at the period beginning Sunday, Juhe 8th, to Flag Day. June 14th, be observed as Boy Scout Week through the United States for the purpose of strengthening the work of the Boy Scouts Of America. I earnestly recommend that, in ev ery community, a Citizens- Committee under the leadership of a National Cit izens' Committee, be organized to co operate in carrying out a program for -a definite recognition of the effective services rendered by the Boy Scout of America; for a survey of the facts relating to the boyhood of each com munity. fn order that with the coop eration of churches, schools and other organizations definitely engaged in work for boys, adequate provision-may services rendered by?tire Boy Scouts program to a larger proportion of Am erican boyhood. The Boy Scout movement offers un usual opportunity for volunteer ser . vice. It needs men to act as commit It emen and as leaders of groups of boys. I hope that all who can will enlist for such personal service, enroll as associate members atid give all pos sible financial assistance to this wor thy organization of American boyhood. Anything that is done to increase the eftcctiveness of the Boy Scouts of Am- I erica will be a genuine contribution to the welfare of the Nation. In wiuu??i whereof 1 hare hereunto, set my hand and caused the seal of the I nited States to be fixed. Done this first day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the inde pendence of the United States of Am erica, the one hundred and fortv-third. (Signed! WOODROW WILSON". By the President: Robert Lansing. Secretary of State. MXOHDER'S COl'BT. I am greatly interested in Franklin county's having a recorders court, for i I think it one of the best' most pro-1 gressive and the most necessary steps . that we, as a county, can take. I have 1 often wondered if there was not some i quicker and better way of disposing of many of the cases that cpme before . WJ "?v o?U" IHCUIWU I |pursued by our Superior Courts; and: | since reading the bill giving! the counties the privilege of deciding] 'whether they should have a recorders court I am thoroughly convinced that j i is the surest, the most eiricient and ; 1 the quickest way of disposing of a j ] great majority of the casts tha^ have j | now to be settled by our Superior^ Court. All cases under felony may be j ?settled in the recorders court and that, very probably, within a week affer the | crime is committed, that very fact, I I believe, will be' a great deterrent to I crime for few people wduld care to {attempt a violation of the law if they knew that a sure punishment would be inflicted upon them possibly the same day the crime was committed, certain ly within a week.' The next term of our Superior Court for criminal cases convenes during next OctOber. Now ! suppose a man should be arrested this j week- for an assault, or other petty i crime he would probably be tried in a | magistrate's court and bound over to the next term of the Superior Court under bond, but if he should be unable j to give bond, as frequently happens, I he would have to be confined in jail I and fed at the county's expense for sjpireral months until trie next term of 1 criminal court. Then at the term of j court all who were witnesses or in I any way connected with the case would I have to attend court every cay until !the case is disposed of: and then there ! is a possibility of the case having to be {continued until another term, as often j happens, with the result that the coun : ty again has to board the prisoner for several months while the witnesses etc. j will have lost much valuable time from 'their farms, or other business, useless I ly, and will have to attend the next i term of court. A case similar to this ? occurred at the May term of our Su-. perior court here in .LouJsourg .when ;a friend of mine was compelled to at tend court every day during the week it was in session with several of his j tenants and. then the case was contin ued until the next term with the result j that my friend, who is a rai nier, and his tenants, lost awhole week during ] the busy tobacco setting, cotton and [corn planting season and will still have to attend the next term of court. This same case could have been settled i in a recorder court within a week, and i perhaps, with only one days attendance at court; ; 1 have heard it said that a recorders .court would be an added expense to the county but I cannot see it that way. In fact, my information is all *1??toni i ii i ur i 'Hill ir til ! experience of those counties now hav\ jing recorder's courts is that as a gen I eral rule the recorders courts pay in ! to the county more than the expense t of operating them, besides the great saving of time through the more speedy dispatch of business4 I was in Warrenton a few days ago, . where they have a recorders court. 4-and^while-there I asked one of the bus iness men what no thought of Ihelr 'recorders court and he replied that | they Hked_it ami weuld^no? w-without it, he also said that tEey seldom had i a criminal case in their Superior Court, (practically all of them being settled in (the recorders court. 1 said "suppose j your recorder's court should be abol j ished, would the people vote it back ! again?" He replied instantly "yes j sir, we like it." He also said the coun | ty saves a great deal of moqey through i this court. I told him that there was i some opposition to it ;n Franklin I county, he appeared much surprised and asked me on what grounds this opposition was based. From the in formation 1 man get it appears to me greatly to the interest of all the people and especially the farmers that Frank jlin county have a recorders court for the time that it saves in attending court, the dispatch with which a case is settled after the crime has been com mitted (this alone I think sufficient to warrant a recorders court), and the de creased cost of court proceedings. I sincerely hope that all will inves tigate this matter thoroughly .and then vote so that Franklin County may have a recorders court. JOSEPH C. JONES. NEW PHARMACIST AT AYCOCK i DRUG < 0. Mr. M. E. Dizor, of Zebulon. a registered pharmacist has taken a po sition with Aycock Drug Co. He en tered upon- his duties Friday. ?? Mr. Dizor comes well recommended as an expert in his profession painstaking and careful .and a young man of ability? (HF.EKSLKIMa:. The following announcements h^ve been received: "Mrs. Emma Sledge announces tho marriage of her daughter Clara Belt to Mr. Thomas Irvin Cheek, on June 7th. 11:45 A. M. at the hom?- of the. bride, Louisburg. North Carolina." j EP WORTH LEAGUE ASSEMBLY. The North Carolina Epworth League Assembly meeting in Louishurg next week Is attracting a range of talent rarely seen in a young peoples meet ing. In addition to the following pro- |; gram. Reid and Stapleton. pianist and j singers will be in attendance. These meetings will be held in the J College auditorium from Monday until i Saturday and the public is invited. The program follows: Monday. June 16?8:30?Registra-1 tioi> and Social. \ j Tuesday. June 17?Daily Schedule? . 7:30?Flag Raising. 12:00?Addresa^l The Mount of Decision. Rev. Walter Patten. S:30?Inspirational: Rev. W. A. Stanbury. Wednesday. June 18?Dally Schedule ?12:00?Address: Rev. H. M. North. 18:30?Inspirational: "Americanism," Rev. E. K. McLarty. L Thursday. June 11#?Dally Schedule I?12:00?Address: The Stewardship of 'Life, Rev. A. D. Wilcox. S:30?In ? spirationul: Rev. E. K. McLarty. Frtd?5h? June 20?Daily Scnedule? ? 12:00?Address: Africa for Christ, Rev. ;R. S. Stewart. 8:30?Consecration Servico: Rev. Arthur Moore. Saturday, June 21?Disbanding. Conference Theme: "Ourselves and Our Possessions for God." j Conference Leaders: Bible Study: J Old Testament. Rev. W. A. Stanbury; j New Testament, Rev. Walter Patten. Mission Study: Home. Rev. W. A. iCade; Foreign,. Rev. R. S. Stewart; Stewardship. Rev. H. M. North, i Junior: Institutes: Garfield Evans and Superintendents of Departments. I Morning Prayer: Rev. J. M. Ormond. ?Vespers: Rev. Arthur Moore. | Dally Schedule?7:60 Morning Pray er; 8:00 Breakfast; 9:00-9:45 Bible Study: 10:00-10:45 Mission Study; 111:00-11:45 Institute: 12:00-12:45 Plat I form Hour; 1:00 Dinner; 2:00-2:15 (Cabinet Meeting; 2:15-2:45 Business, ?remainder of afternoon open ror recre ation; 7:00 Supper; 8:00 Vespers; 8:30 ? Inspirational. CHLL K-SLElMiL WEDDING. j A quiet but most beautiful home wed ding was solemnized at the home of the brides mother Mrs. Emma Sledge Saturday at 11:45 A. M. when her daughter. Clara, became the bride of -Mr. Thomas Irvin Cheek, of Akron, Ohio, formerly of Warrenton. N. C. The parlor had been tastefully deco ,rated in green and white making a, simple but lovely scene for the occas ion. Just at the appointed fcour the words ("Because 1 love You" were softly and ; sweetly sung and the cords of Mendel s- j sohns wedding march were so beauti-! fully rendered by Miss ?alile T. Will- , lams of Louisburg. Then entering the , ring bearers nephews of the bride Masters Sherrod and William Sledge : carrying the ring in a sweet pea bas . ket on a silver waiter, scattering the ! 'brides pathway with roses. met be Jneath a beautiful candle lighted floral 1 arch where the officiating minister. Rev. W. B. Morton, (of Louisburg | rtftg ? Tmmu nnwii n Uy 5 groom accompanied by Mr. Stal Strickland. Now approached the ? ter where he was joined by the lovely ' bride robed in white beaded georgette 1 carrying a bouquet of pink and sweet j peas entered gracefully on the arms | of her mother. The ring ceremony' with the aid of "Melody of Love" soft-1 ly played was then performed in a | ' most -tender ?and impressive manner joy nev. w. a. morion. ! Immediately aftpr fhp rprpmnny rh,> both inmidnight with accessories to blend motored to the home of the grooms parents near" Warrenton. where a bountious recep tion was given, after which they left for a tour of northern cities after June 15th will be at home in Akron. Ohio. This most popular couple has the sincere wishes of their friends for their supreme happiness crowned with glor ious success for the future. .MRS. Z. W. PARRISH. HEALTH DEPARTMENT information Concerning The Health of the People of Frank lin County. Worth Your At. tentlon. : : : : By DK. J. E. MAI,ONE, Health Officer. While we are not trying to scare any one, yet I do suggest and beg the people to vaccinate against typhoid fe ver. This is the season for this terri ble disease and the people should not put off protecting themselves and fam ilies. It is almost certain to protect one from the disease. Think of the time lost in tke. long drawn out fever, the distress of lovedones. the expense and perhaps death. Any physican in the county will vaccinate you. with fr? sh anti-typhoid treatment. There are at present sewral cases of typhoid fever in the town and county. Think of this my friends and act at once. APPOINTS! K NTS. Supt. E. L. Best requests us to state that he will fill appointments at Pros pect on Saturday at 6 o'clock and at Mt. Zion on Sunday at 4 o'clock, to discuss school problems for the com ing school year. o THE FRANKLIN TIMES $1.50 Per Year In Advance. LULISBI RG AMI METHODISM. The meeting of the Epwortn League Conference in Loulsburg next week atirs memories of other conferences beld in and near Loulsburg in the ear ly days of Methodism. Thefe may be Methodists here who <so not know that there have been half adozen an- j nual conferences held in tnis vicinity. The town enjoys the distinction of hav ing entertained the first conference of the Methodist Episcopal churth held in America. Though, as a matter of fact, it was held at the home of the Rev. Green Hill, qne ana a half miles south of town. That Green Hill was given to hospitality is attested by the fact that lie was host to the Conference on four different occasions; three times while living near Louisburg and once after moving to Tennessee. The first Conference met on April ll'th, 17&o.> The following item from Bishop Coke's Journal is taken from an olu number of the Armlnian Maga zine; "Tuesday, April 19th, we came to Brother Gfreen' Hill's, where we held our Conference. There were twenty preachers, or mor?, in one house, and by flaking.beds on the floor we had rooi? for all." a long time after my father bouf lit the' old "Green Hill" place he was perplexed to reconcile the date of this'conference with tne.. later date which may be seen near the top of one of the chimneys. Knowing that Green Hill also lived at one time on another plantation now in possesion of Mr. J. J. Allen, he was inclined to discredit any claim to the honor. But the seem ing discrepancy was cleared up by the testimony of the late Fayette William* (colored), who though ignorant of the! point under discussion, referring to the date,?1824?said "f^elped build that chimney from that line to the top w hen It was taken down that far in or der to include a fire-place In the upper room." Williams was only a boy at the time, but carried the mortar etc. to the brick layers fini remembered the minutest details jconnfcted art(fc the incident. This was some yepff after Green Hill moved to TennegJ^ 'and the property had passed intolhe"hands of Joel King a nepbew of CHMen Hill's wife. No one vtho'exaMfnes the chimney will question thetfrerity of his claim. The line & which the chimney was torn down Is still very plain. Hjlstyop As bury presided over that i first conference. It is probable that jBlsUch Coke ai>d the Reverends John ^RIMf%iid Jesse Lee were also among | the twenty preachers present. The Rev. John King a doctor of medicine as j well as a minister of the Gospel, was graduated from Oxford. England.. Just , what the bounds of his circuit were, at this time, it is difficult to determine, but it evidently included Baltimore, for it is recorded that he rode from that I city on horseback to attend this Con ference. He was evidently favorably impressed with this section for he af terward settled, in Wake County and died there. The Kings or tuis place I are all descended from him. i il^iinifr?n iiLn i ? r.w iti t ii I ftii. ? 1.1-1. iv. i pontl and third conferences held at Creeii Hill's house. My mother's grand mother, who was a daughter of .the Rev. John King, once tooK my mother, then a child, to the site of the old house on the Allen place in which she said she attended conference in com pany with her father. That was pro bably after King settled ;n Wake coun ty. The next conierence ofwnicii I Have definite information was held in the ttW Mettaadtsf church ~wrrtcli~sToOcr~OTr the lot now vacant, facing the residence of Mr. D. C. frligfi, on Xash street. That was^n 1842, two years before the church was divided into Northern and Southern Methodists. Bishop Waugh presided. Ten years later conference met again in Louisburg, this time in a new brick church which stood on the site of the present cutffce. Bishop Capers presided. In 1860 conference met once more in Louisburg. and Bish op Andrews presided. * From tha^ time until 1895 no Methodist Bishop; again set "foot in Louisburg. That year Bishop Wilson came to preside over the District Conference. He also conducted a love-feast at Green Hill in i the old upper chamber, where one-hun dred and ten years before che first' Conference was held. Since then Bishops Duncan, Candler and Kilgo 1 have each preached in Louisburg and t visited the "upper room" at Green Hill. But the growth of the town has not kept pace with Methodism, and the ! newer and larger towns now enjoy the J honors that were so frequently hers in the early days. Those early confer-? ences must have been wonderfully uplifting experiences to tne communi- | ty when preachers and churches were : few and far apart. MABEL I. DAVIS. A ( ARU OF THANKS. Wo wifth to express our slr.cer. i hanks ami appreciations to aH i ho>. who rendered us lairli kindness dur iiiK i lie illness and death of our fath er. J. W. Sledge. Tin- Family. , o .Mr M. K. HoucJc. wife and son. Clifton, returned Monday fronva visit to his mother near Winstfln-Saleni - They''were accompanied on their return by his slater. Mrs. Webb Thomas, of i TVliwtnn-Salrtn. who will visit them. I Mr. T. H. Sledge, wife and little daughter, and Mr. Clifford Syk?e and Mrs. W. J. Taylor, of Red Oak. were visitors to Louisburg Tuesday. The following article was handed the.TIMES this week by a friend of the Recorder's Court, with tae explanation that Mr. J. J. Barrow had had to go to Baltimore for treatment and had requested him to make up these facts and submit them to the people through the courtesy of the TIMES: " There having been a great deal of discussion-for and against a recorders court for 'Franklin county, Mr. J. J. Barrow, Clerk of the Superior Court took it upon himself to write to the | officers of various recorders courts in j nearby ami adjoining counties to as certain how the rocorde-S: courts were working in those counties and we are giving you excerps from these various letters sent In answer to his Inquiries. it having become 'necessary for Mr Barrow to go to Baltimore for treat ment at this time. The following letter and excerps will speak for themselves: Warrenton, N. C.. June 6. 1919. Mr. J. J. Barrow, RECORDER'S COI'RT. Statement* From Official* in Other Couutle* Favorable. i L.ouisDurg, K. C. Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the 5th. will say that our Recorder's Court was estab lished by the Legislature of 1915. Our people are well pleased with It for tha reason it saves the county in Jail fees around a thousand dollars per year We have never had a Jury trial, al though every defendant has a right to one. Very few cases ar?i Appealed. I suppose not more than a half dozen since its establishment, and in every case, the Recorder has been sustained so far. Since the establishment of this court our grand juries usually finish their work in a day. We try all cases be low the degree of felony. Civil juris diction up to $500. i Recorder's salary $600 per yoar and the Clerk, who is also Clerk of Super ior Court, salary $300 I think. We meet every Monday morning aod clean out the jail, consequently the county never feeds them more than a day or so. I think it a good Couri for any county and any one herejWho has the counties interest in view will agree j | with jne. Yours very truly, TV (X RODWELL. W. S. Stevens, C. S. C., Johnson .County writes: j "I believe the recorders court is gen erally satisfactory in this county." ' "As to Appeals.". "Criminal cases tried from June 191S to June 1919, 229, appealed 7, civ il cases tried from June 191S, to June 1919, 115 appealed. 5.'k | J. M. Whitley, Clerk to Recorder's 'Court at Zebulon. writes:' S "Our recorders court was granted to us by act of the Legislature of 1915, ,and said act provided that $25.00 be i paid by the board of County Commis ! sioners of Wake County, each month ? to aid in defraying the cost of main jtaining the said court. But we have | self-sustaining, with the excep^ffil of I the first four months; which \we ?TlfTU* j an extra cost attached by the way of I stationery and proper law books. It 'is generally satisfactory with the peo ple as we are twenty- miles from the court house, and saves our people lots of time and expense." j J. X. Sills. C. S. C.. of Nashville, writon: "The said court nas proven Very sat isfactory to the people T>f this county and if it was lert to a vote of tile p?cr-~ pie. would, in my opinion, be contin ued by a good majority. "It also keeps a defendant who can not give bond from lying in jail for a long period of time, waiting for the Superior Court to convene, and if he is convicted and sentenced lo the roads he begins his sentence immediately after his arrest. "Not over 5 per cent of the criminal cases, in my opinion, are appealed to the Superior Court." He also writes that as to civil case3 the rc6rilers court is not so satisfactory very few civil cases being tried in it and most of these being appealed. "Taken as a whole. I think, as I said above. that the recorders court has proven very satisfactory, although, as to the clerk, it keeps him busy with court work all the time." "The Clerk of the Superior Court i a ex-officio Clerk of the Recorder's Court and does not receive any addi tional salary." "Thr prosecuting* attorney receives his fees from the defctakints as do so licitors in the Superior courts and is. therefore, no expense to the county." All the letters above referred to and quoted from are on file in the office of J. J. Harrow, C. S. C. and may be read in full'by any one il?skni%, tc *ee them. The above letters would have been published in full for the informa ;ion ot' the public, but such publication ?lid be quffce lengthy and we have ??'d all the essential parts of each acon. Geraldlne Smith, daughter of Rev. G. F. Smith graduated last week in the Rockingham High School. She was president of her class and receiv ed the Mathematics medal. She made the highest grade in the eleventh grade. She .comes to Loulsburg this w??ek. Messrs. F H. Allen. P. R. White. Henry Ruffle, and George Ford, are on a vistt to Washington. D. C. AMONG THE VISITORS SOME YOC KSOW AMD SOME YOU l>0 KOT KNOW. Personal Item? About Folks and Their Friends Who Travel Here And There. Supt. E. L. Beat went to Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. J. E. Thomas went to Raleigh yesterday. ' - Miss Crelchton Pearce is visiting relatives in Raleigh. ? ? Mrs. A. M. Hall is on a visit to Bal timore and New York. Messrs. W. B. Cooke and O. C. Hill visited Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. K. P. Hill, of Raleigb, was a visitor to Louisburg Monday, t Mesdames J. M. Allen and George Cobb visited Raleigh Tuesday. .Mr. J. C. Mitchell, of Raleigh, vis ited his people in town Sunday. Mr. T. Vf. Ruff In returned Monday from a business trip to New York. Mr. J. M. Allen returned Wednes day from a trip to Baltimore, Md. Pres. P. S. Love, of Louisburg Col lege, visited Northampton County this week. Mr. Harold Abbott, of Abbott, W. Va: is visiting his sister, Mrs. Dr. H. G. Perry. Miss Louise Thomas, of Raleigh, vis ited relatives In and ?ear "Louisburg Sunday. Mrs. M. H. Aycock returned last week from a visit to relatives in Bur lington. Mr. Dwight L. Culpepper, of the News-Observer force, was In Louisburg Tuesday. Mr. J. H. Southall and family, of Raleigh,' visited relatives near Louis-" burg Sunday. Private F. L. Edens, of the 81st Di vision. recently returned from France, arrived home Friday. Mr. C. K. Cooke, of the Internal Revenue Department. Raleigh, spent the week-end at home. Miss Beatrice Turner left the past wefk for Aberdeen, where she will vis it Miss Mary Page Wilder. Mr. Pergy B. Fleming and bride, of Norfolk, Va., visited his brother, Dr. Mr. Waverly Webb and wife, of Blackstone. Va.. visited his brother, Mr. W. W. Webb on Kentnore Ave. this week. Miss Julia Silver, of Greensboro, who has beot> visiting her aunt, Miss Mary Spencer, returned to her home Thursday. ?? ? Mrs. F. A. Riff, who recently suc cessfully' uUerwent an operntiui*tir Richmond, returned home the past week much Improved. Mr. Weldory D. Egerton, who has been connected with the war Insurance department of the United States Navy, and stationed at New York "-arrived home Monday after having received his discharge. AIRPLANE VISITS LOTISBI'RG. Lieut. Brandt and Sergt. Berkshire made a flight from Langley Field to Louisburg, arriving Saturday after noon. This plane was sent by the War Department to stimulate interest in the American Air Scrvice and it was( certainly a fine exhibition of the art of flying. The heavy rain and hail prevented a flight on Sunday afternoon hut the flight Monday was a success in every detail. The plane landed in the Fair Ground Saturday where the Secretary of the Franklin County Fair had drawn a big white plane on the ground to marl* the spot where to land. After circling the town several times the plane made a landing and in a short time hundreds of people were in the Fair Ground to see it. Lieut. Brandt is-gn expert pilot and gave a beautiful exhibition of the art and made a mo*t favorable impression on the people of the town- and coun ty. The Government has done well in sending the plane out on such a mission as it has created a fine im pression of the Air Service. Lieut. Brandt left Louisburg Monday for Durham via Frankllnton where he carried a letter from Mayor Joyner to Mayor For?!. In this letter the Town of I,ouisburg wished the Town of Franklinton success in the. water works election ami expressed best, wishes for all its citizens. A number of youtig men are already talking about entering tne Air Service of the Government and it is expected that several will reppTt at Lungley Field soon. * # .