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THURSDAY, SEPT. 4TH>
OPENING LOUSBrRU TOBACCO
MARKET.
Two Warehouses and Possibly Thre*
To Operate?Prices are Reported
Good.
The local warehouse Interests held
a conference Saturday ana decided to
set the opening date for the Louisburg
Market on Thursday, September 4th,
1919. The Planters Warehouse and
the Union Warehouse will run and if
plans that are being put forth are per
fected, the Riverside Warehouse will
also be run this year. Full announce
ments have not yet been made, but
for the first two houses there will be
only minor changes, If any.
The reports from other markets
show that tobacco is advancing on all
grades with the better grades exceed
ingly high.
ANDREW CARNEGIE IS
DEAD AT HIS MANSION
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Simple Service For Millionaire philan
thropist Will Be Held at the Horn??
Carnegie Had Gone to Berkshire
Hills for Quietude When Bodily In
firmity Overtook Him and With
Mind Saddened by War.
Tr.-*nox, Mass. . Aug. 11.?Andrew
( .,r:..?xie, ironmaster and jfhilanthro
pl-.t died Monday in his great mansion
ovei. r Icing a lake in the beautiful
Berkshire hills, where he sought se
clusiou when bodily infirmity overtook
him and his mind was sadiiened by the
entrance of his country into the world
war.
Although he had j)con in feeble health
for more than two4 years, his final ill
ness was brief?a jnatter of days. A
severe cold developed quickly Into
bronchial pneumonia, the aged patient
lapsed into unconsciousness and the
end came as though it were but Die
Login:'!::.; cf a deeper sleep.
Xo ostentation will mark tlie funeral
or the- . ia:.. \ \\ j, when he began IS
years r.go to give away his millions,
was repulsed to have the second larg
est private fortune'in America. A
simple service, attended only by mem
will be held at the home. Shadowbrook.
Tuesday or Wednesday. The time had
not been determined tonight. It is ex
pected that the body-will he taken lo
Pittsburgh, the city where he laid the
foundation for his wealth, for burial.
Mrs. Carnegie was at her husband's
bedside in the last hours of his life,
but he did not revive sufficiently to
permit of any sign of recognition.
Their daughter. Margaret, who last
April marriod Ensign Roswell Miller,
of New York, was notified that it was
apparent that the illness would be fa
tal. and she hurried from her home at
Millbrook. N. Y., arriving a few min
utes after her father had died.
The widow of the Laird of Skibo, al
though overcome with grief at the
comparatively sudden death of her
husband, bore the shock bravely. Her
physician said tonight that she had
Recovered sufficiently to make it possi
ble for her to go through the ordeal Of
the private funeral service.
When Mr. Carnegie returned to his
summer home la if spring it was evi
dent to hi? intimates that the once
great industrial leader was a broken
man and that any slight Tndlsposition
might have a fatal end. However, the
air of Berkshires and the seclusion af
forded in his beautiful estate appeared
to benefit him and he exhibited occas
- lonnl flwhew of the old emihernno- thot
had made him a cheerful compnnion
for so many years.
Mr. Carnegie proved an easy prey
to a cold contracted last Thursday and
after a futile attempt to shake it off he
took to his bed the following day.
In his last days whatever his
thoughts may have been, Mr. Carnegie
appeared as one far removed from the
affairs of the world In which he had
played so great a part for morr than
the average lifetime. To his physi
cian he spoke only of his health a nd
the mode of living best suited to It.
He always appeared cheerful.
So guards were needed to induce the
people of the countryside and the oc
cupants of the summer village to res
pect "the privacy which they instinct-1
Ively understood would bo desired by
Mrs. Carnegie and her daughter.
MR. E. H. MALONE
MADE CHAIRMAN
Of County Board uf Charities and Pub
lic Welfare?Organized.
Mrs. W. E. White. Capt. E. J.
Cheatham and Mr. E!~ H. Malone,
composing the membership of the
Franklin County Board of Charities
and Public Wlfare met in the office of
Mr. E. H. Malone on Tuesday after
noon and perfected their organization
by ?1 acting Mr. E. H. Malone. Chair
man. The office of Secretary is im
posed by law on the Superintendent.
Mr. Joseph C. Jones.
Various needs of the County and
plans for social and moral oetterment
were discussed.
Capt. Cheatham agreed to look in
to the matter of establishing a public
playground for Franklinton.
The Board decided to vistt the Coun
ty Home and jail in a body at some
convenient date.
Friday before the first Monday in
each month was selected for regular
meeting dates.
No other business of importance
coming before the Board adjournment
was taken to its next regular meeting.
CROP CONDITIONS
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
MTj. C. H. Staunton, County Demon
stration Agent, gives us the following
on thg crop Conditions, which will be
o{ interest to our radersf
I am unable to see how tfce average
crop condition for Franklin can be as
hiatTas Is reported.
rotton, when we consider the small
amount of fruit that is on most of it.
the widespread attacks of the red spi
der with the consequent rapid deterla
tion of the crop the extremely small
yellow growth in a good many sec
tions, I do not sec how it can bo more
than 53 to CO per cent at prsent.
Tobacco is about as poor as cotton.
There are some good fields. A lot of
it is very sorry, and with she recent
damage from rain will not produce ov
er 40 per cent of a crop. The average
for the county surely is not ov?t 60
per cent of a normal crop.
Corn might be a norma: crop if it all
were late and we had good season?
from now. But there are acres that
are past any help that will not make a
half crop.
Soy beans and peas, millet and gras
worm and clover worm keep up the
present pace. The sweet potato wee
vil will gut the potatoes. The frost
got the fruit. The heavy rains have
washed the fish away. There just
isn't any watermelons. - The prohibi
tionists won't let you make wine to
drown your troubles.
It seems the poor farmer is brwilded
by every known ami unknown- pest
from" the lowest in the'animal king
dom to Kingdom Come.
RARRECUF. 1HNNER.
On August 8th Mr. Preston T. Clif
ton celebrated his birthday by giving a
nice barbecue to his friends, neighbors
and near relatives.
The table was spread out under the
elm trees where chicken, cake custards
pickles, barbecue and all kinds of
bread were placed making a bountiful
dinner, about 75 people were there.
After dinner the children played games
. _whlle the older people talked.
Several boys were there just back
from France. One said he went four
days without anything to eat. I don't
think any of us can fully appreciate
the noble characters of those dear boys
.until we hear them te.T of the hard
ships they had.
Those present were Mr. J. R. Jones
"and WttHV. 6r Katesvllle,?MT. amT
Mrs. M. J. Dent, of Youngsville. Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. White. Haywood and
Iantha White, of Bunn. Mr. W. B.
Spivey. of Louisburg, Dr. R. P. Floyd
and family, and all his brothers, nis
ters awl neighbors, also President of
Punkin Center.
The hour come for parting all too
soon, each declaring as they left thev
had spent a very pleasant day and hop
ing Preston will have many more hap
py birthdays.
'.Uncle Beb." who in slavery time
belonged to Preston's grandfather,
cooked the cue and it was fine.
X. X.
Sudden riches spoil many a good
workman.
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FRANKLIN < OftTT FAIH. ' f
.. \ ? 4
To Be Held Second Week In October?
Beginning the 14th nnd Continuing
Through the Week- f
At a meeting of the Directors of th<
Franklin County Fair, which was
in the office of the Secretary, Mom
August 11th, plans were discus:
make the October Fair the biggest F?i:
that Franklitt County has ever "heldf
The Secretary has been m? work on thf
1919' Fair for some time, and his plAiu
were laid before the Directors,
.were approved. It will t>e the J)Ur<
pose of the management to make thl^
Fait* the greatest Agricultural Fai:
thai7will fee: held in North Caroling
thh*year. The Secretary has alrqadj
booked some of the latest type Traci
tors and Farm Machinery, wtilch wi\
give a most valuable exhibition of 1?
bor saving for the farmers. The*
will be several Home Light plants oi
exhibition, that will furnish, curren
for churns, pumps, washing m&chtafci
electrlc-iroi>s and everything that wU
be necessary to save labor In the conn
try homes. The Secretary Is in com
munication with several of the blftge*
Carnival Companys that will tour th
South this season, and he will make
trip north In a short time to look thesf
Company's over and declce which oni
he will select for the great Franklin
County Fair.
Miss Pauline Smith, the Home Defc
moilstration Agent, ami Mr. Stantom
the Farm Demonstration Agent, hav|
been doing some good work in thf
canning department, poultry and plft
clubs, and have also stimurated a great
interest in Community Fairs for th#
coming season.
Franklin County boasts or not only
having the best County Fair in the
State, but the beSt Community Fairs
held in rfnv County in North Carolina.
The interest all .over the County is
greater than in any preceding Fair,
and judging from this, and th" unus
ual amount of work that is being done
by the officers of the Association,
Franklin County is promised the best
and biggest Fair in it? history. *****
THE FLOOD IN JOHNSTON.
The following extracts were t.iken
from the Princeton di.-patch to the
Smithfleld HeVald of last week, which
will give our readers some idea of
what the heavy rains done at other
1'lai i
A good boat saved the lives of Mr.
Ike Martin and his wife and nine chil
dren in Xeuse islands when the flood
descended upon their house so f.i^t
they barely had time to get the chil
dren together. He paddled the bout
three miles to a hill, the flooded sec
tion being more than six miles wide.
Last Saturday the flooded ?ec.rfffTf
knouii as Xeuse river Islands, where
the water was six miles wide and
eight miles long in the immediate terri
tory. about 50 farm houses are entire
ly surrounded and mostoTThem are TIT
water up to tei> feet deep. Friday and
Saturday, when the water was rising
so fast, the farmers did not have-time
to catch the chickens and get the hoes
and pigs. All were carried away by
the terrible flood of mad rushing wa
ter. Sunday evening there were abou'
fifty famiiles camped on the hills and
many were at the homes of neighbors.
All school houses and churches in the
hill section had half a dozen families
with thirty to forty children, and the
mules and horses tied to the trees, a|
few scattering pieces of furndture i
which they had saved were around i
the school yard. Mr. Witt Thompson j
with two mules and wagon went to the I
pasture to try to save some of his hogs |
He caught 31 and had them In the wa-l
mud. Water was rising so fast it.was
then gettTng dangerous. To save* T: i s
mulps he had to abandon his wagon, get
mules loose and get out. He turne'll
the hogs all out into the swift rlslnc
water waist deep, and lost them all.
ENTERTAINS.
Mr. and Mrs. David F. McKinn.
gave a most enjoyable dinner at their
home on Sunset Ave. Thursday even
ing in honor of some of our returned
boys. The home was beautiful with
cut flowers everywhere.
Those accepting their hospitality
were Wilson Macon. Ttoss Karl. Blair
Tucker. Fostus Fuller. Joe nnd Lelloy
Nash.
Si.'enne is golden?and some remarks
>re very brassy.
A.IfNTAL DINNER.
At Count) Home?Big Crowd Present
?Big Dinner, Fine Cue.
Possibly one of the biggest and most
enjoyable occasions of Its kind ever
held in Franklin County was the an
nual barbecue dinner given at the
County home by Supt. Joseph J. Hol
den to the members of the Board of
County Commissioners and a number
of-invited guests on Thursday of last
week. The dinner, which might have
been equaled in the past somewhere,
but certainly not excelled, was enjoyed
by a large number who were unani
mous In their opinion that Supt. Hol
dcn and his good wife were most ex
cellent hosts.
It added much to the enjoyment of
all to see the pleasure the Inmates de
prived fromjhe occasion and we learn
I that they look forward to the next one
with childish delight.
It was also a treat to the visitors
to witness the crops that Supt. Holden
Is growing on the farm. Much has
been said of making the farm a demon
stration farm, and one would think
Supt. Holden had fallen in with the
idea to show what possibilities there
is In the fields around the home, and
his efforts have borne the fruit that en
titles many acres of his present crop
to be classed in the Demonstration
class. In fact they are the best crops
we have seen, and such that any citi
zen in the county would look upon
with pride.
The' day was a success in many
ways besides the eating of one of the
best dinners served, at least since the
last occasion. It brought many to the
home that had not visited it before in
years and has caused a renewed inter
es; on the part of all. It"/:s clear that
if Supt. Holden can receive the prop
er support and encouragement of the
public that ho will bring forfli good re
sults if they are possible to get under
this system.
NEGRO ASSAULTS
.. . ;. AGED WHITE I.A1>Y
Enters Hor Home Saturday Night, and
Crawls Into Her Bed "While She
Sleeps?Ne^ro I* Now In JjiII?Af
ter Preliminary Hearlnir Makes His
Escape?Posse Scorch .All Night and
Fugitive Is Captured In >lannlnurs
j Township.
Coopers townsWp was stirrod with
.'another sensation on Saturday night
whan it became known that a negro.
"Fess" Bowden. entered the .home of
Mrs. Joshua Lewis, an aged white wo
man of the Taylors X Roads section.!
and attempted criminal assault upon
Mrs. Lewis. Th?- Incident occurred
about 11:00 o'clock Saturday night
and whlle~Mrs. Lewis was sleeping in
her home, unprotected by any male
person. The negro entered her house
and_attacked her while she slept. A
struggle ensued and. despTTe'Mr?.""Lew
is' a*e about TO years, the negro was
driven off and made his escape. On
| Monday the negro was captured by
I Constable Frank Boone, of Coopers"
i township and a preliminary investi
gation held by 'Squire J. C. Tay
lor, who fixed Bowden*s bond at
$1.000 for his appearance at Nash
Criminal Court. Failingto give the
bond. 'Squire Taylor was preparing
a commitment to the county jail, when
Bowden made a break for lfoerty, suc
ceeded in making a getaway from Con
stable Boone and hitting for the tall
timbers. A posse soon rormed and
a general hum followed for the ne
gro, who had on a pair of handcuffs.
The search continued practically all
night on Monday. Sheriff X. C. Warren
And other deputies assisting in TRo
search.
On Tuesday morning Mr. N. M. Joy
ner, residing in the edge of Mannings
towr>shlp. saw the negro working In J
a field in the vicinity of White Oak |
church, and Mr. Joyner came to Nash-1
villa, and notified former deputy -sher-1
iff T. W. Bartholomew, now Chief Oi
police of Nashville, and within a few
minutes Chief Bartholomew and Mr
Joyner were close on the negro's trail,
effecting his capture near Vs'hite Oak
church and bringing Him to the Nash
county jail.?Xaslivilln Graphic.
Woman's Wit.
"Xexdore's wff.? has saved up some
W^y for a licst egg.*'
"Is that why you call her an old
??.on?"?Hoslon Kvenlfur Transcript.
STATE FOOD OFFICIALS
WILL ASSIST PALMER
Attorney General Wants Inspector* to
Help Fight Profiteer* and Hoarders
?New Hill For District.
Washington, Aug. 11?Attorney Gen
eral Palmer today received "enthusias
tic" assent from virtually all state
food administrators of whom he asked
co-operation In the govrnment's efTorts
to reduce the high cost of living. At
the same time he sent instructions to
all district attorneys to get in touch
with the food administrators and to
act at once on any evidence of law vio
lation which might come to light in the
work of the fair price committees to
be reconstituted In every county.
The attention of the district attor
neys also was called to the "unlimited
availability" of the secret service for
any investigative work necessary to
the punishment of hoarders and profi
teers.
A development of the day was the
request by Mr. Palmer of Secretary
Houston that Inspectors of packing
houses Le instructed to furnish to dis-1
I trie; attorneys upon request any in
formation they might have. It was
not indicated what was contemplated.
Lim .j problems continued to ab
sorb much of the attentio-a of Con
grcf*' ^ Federal supervision of the is
suance cC htoegs and cerftflcai**s '*as
proposed in t?*e senate. Coiu st .vase
r*julation suggested by President V- il^
con was ti?!<cn up by the n agri
culture t< i* i. iuee. Europ? t t/oorts
of food ir :i; -h?s country, ja: ? .U^'y
fhi't purchased with the '$l**0;0C0 000
fund which President Wilson said was
necessary to stop the westward spread
of bolshevism. drew the Are of Sena
tor Myers, who declared In a speech
that people abroad were buying Amer
ican products cheaper than they could
be purchased at home.
President Wilson's suggestion that
j Congress could show wnat can be
done to' coutrol mounting prices by
remedying the extortion which it has
been charged \Laa_xa#ip&xiL In Xhe Dis
trict of Columbia resulted in the draf
ting of a bill by the district commis
sioners. in conjunction with Chairman
Murdock, of the federal trade commis
sion. which would put under license
all dealers in food, fuel and wearing
!apparel, with the licenses revocable on
j proof of profiteering. ?
Retail food merchants are beginning
l^L-feeI__lbe__eff^_cts of the distribution
o^Ru^p!ul?foo(!st?lff?T5?-ffly^3l1^T^?!?
part men t. it was indicated today, when
the department announced officially
that prices on certain rood? were be
ing readjusted "to make them accord
with reductions which have occurred
(since August S> in the retail market
j on similar c<ynmodities of like grade."
LOSES HOI SE AND MONEY.
I Fire Destroys fjtfMHMMJ Together With
Residence Near LnuUhiinr.
The old home of Julia Littlojohtv,
colored, occupied hv Juno Liitlejohn.
colored, situated about two miles north
of town, was destroyed by fire on Fri
day. We understand that practically
all the household and kitchen effects
were saved, hut that June had $480.00
together with $120.00 belonging to a
visitor at his homo, hidden between the
ceiling and upstairs floor. -*1iich went
up in smoke^along with the Jiotise^
Outside the money the loss was some
thing like three or four hundred dol
lars.
CITY WATER.
The following report on the condi
tion of the City Water for Louisburg
has been handed us for publication:
Source?Tap.
Marked?City of Louisburg.
Collected?Aug. 6. 1913.
Received?Aug.
Reported?Aug. 11. 1919.
Srd imen t?heavy.
Color?Platinum-cobalt standard?
0.
Yarbidity?Silica standard?0.^
O lor. cold?0.
Alkalinity (in terms of Calcium car
bonate??3.T.
Colon bacilli in 1 c. o.?0.
Colon haeilli in 10 c. c.?0.
Total number of bacteria at. 20d C.
per c. c.?1800.
Total number of bacteria at 3Sd C.
por c. c.?900.
Totaf number of ncid-producing bac
teria?1.
C. A. SHORE. Director.
AMONG THE VISITORS
SOME TOU KNOW AND SOME YOU
DO NOT KNOW.
Personal Items About Folks and
Their Friends Who Travel Here
And There.
Mrs. J. J. Barrow left Monday .for
Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen spent
Tuesday in Raleigh.
Mr. E. B. Webb spent Monday In H
Raleigh on business.
Mrs. M. H. Aycocke is ^ieiting rel
atives at Warrenton this week.
Mr. Dick Vlck, of Nashville, was a
visitor to Louisburg Wednesday.
Superintendent J. R. Collie and son,
Will, were in Louisburg Tuesday.
Miss Lillian High is in Washington
City visiting Miss Jessica R. Smith.
Mr. J. M. Allen left Tuesday night
for Northern Cities on a business trip.
Mr. A. J. Jarman, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
was a visitor to Louisburg this week.
Governor Bickett su^ni a short while
in the city Monday afternoon on busi
ness.
Mr. P. F. Monger, of Sanford, Fla.r
visited relatives in and near Louisburg
this week.
Miss Aline Webb lelt Tuesday after
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. J. M. Allen.
Miss Mattic Allen returned home
Monday after quite an extended trip to
the western part of the State.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Person. Miss
Jessie Connalley, of Black.stone. Va.,
and Mr. Claude Collins j<pcnt Monday
in Raleigh.
Misses Lorine a M Elizabeth Turner,
of Granville Couwtv, left Saturday af
ter spending some time with ,jjicir
'aunt. Mrs. M. H. \yrocke.
j ?
Mrs. P. G. Sturgess and children,
who have been on a visit to tier sister,
Mrs. C. C. Hudson, left Tuesday for
her home at Portsmouth. Va.
Mr. C. M. Gattis and ^Irs. A. M.
j Hall left Sunda\f#?r the Northern Mar
jkets to purchase the fall stock of
?oo(ls"Tor^nT??^
Mr. M. G. Bogasse, of Raleigh,, a
linotype machinist, was in Louisburg
Monday night to induce the linotype in
rhe Times office to do its work^
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Tharrington
and Mr. and MVs. Jim Pleasants pass
ed Chrougn tow ft Sunday en route I o
Zebulon. where they spent the day.
Constable J. E. Thomas returned
Wednesday from Tarboro. where ho
went to arrest and bring back William
Tillman and Charlie Hedgepeth. char
ged with "false pretense."
Their many friends here were'de
lighted to see Messrs. Festus Fuller
and Joe Nash on the streets of Louis
burg again This week. They return
ed from their overseas duty just re
cently and arrived home Tuesday.
Mrs. C. C. Simms, Mr. and Mrs. L.
P._Jofcnson.JLHd children. MlsseaJKath
leen and Margaret, Miss Margaret
Johnson and Dr. V. Earl Johnson, of
Rocky Mount, visited Editor A. F.
Johnson and family at "Oakhurst"
Sunday.
UK. SWINDELL DEAD.
News was received in Louisburg Just
as our forms closed announcing the
death of Dr. F. O. Swindell, which
occurred at the hospital in Richmond
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
Mr. J. J. Barrow, father of Mrs.
Swindell, received the following tele
gram :
'End came ai 2 o'clock. Go to his
home. BKSSIE."
Dr. Swindell's home was at Bel ha
ven. but had been in the service of the
Government .is surgeon in ebe Nation
al Army for some time, having only a
short while ago returned from France
and received his dischcarge.
Before going to France he was hic.r
ried to Miss Julia Barrow, one of Lou
i*burg's popular young ladies, who ha?
the sympathy of a large number of
friends and relatives in- her sad be
reavement,