THE FRANKLIN TIMES
A. r. J0HS80S. Editor ?4 Xaaager
?TAB DROPS?
? Cotton ?old for 16 cents a pound
li" l?umt)uig yuBtenlny.
WffcL <*50KE 'WILL- SELL YOC?A
Suit Clothes, iiMide to your measure
?at >i;n75(i a^d (80. CiTorur giva ynir~ir
pair Pants Free. 300 Sample? to
select from at these prices. ThlB
offer for 10 days only. 11-18-lt
PROP HESS AX1? l'BOSrEKJTi
Credited to Co-operative Marketing In
California?Jio K?d Tape, Easy as
A B. C.
The nvivmm.ni for cooperative mar
KutiiK uf Luttou and tobttimo ~giiTni
ing ground day by day. "rtie most
skeptical now realize we are at tbe be
ginning of a new day in the market
ing of farm crops.
Word has just come from Texas say
ing that tbe farmers are mghly pleas
ed with the llrst three months exper
ience of Cooperative Mariceiing Of cut
ton. "Some of us thought-tliere was
a lot of red tape and Inconvenience to
cooperative marketing but -it wdVkfl aB
easy as A. B. O.'s ana netB-tre^Tnorr
than the old method of peddling." ~~
Get Money as Cotton Is Delivered
All we do is deliver our cotton to the
station take the bill of lading to the
bank and draw $40 on each bale. As
soon as the cotton Is received by the
association it Is gnuled and stapled
??>?? .i.hlnh nn nriHIHnrml qlifn lip tn
$60.00 per bale, according Upgrade and
staple, can be drawn when me cotton
is Anally sold by the association we re
ceived from $5 to $z5TBrore than In the
old way of neddling."
Mr. E. B. Crow, Raleigh banker,
has just returned from California
where he saw for himself Cooperative
Marketing in operation. H4S nays cu
m?Lrlcallnp- la largely respon
sible for the wonderful progress and
I'lnwimrity -which everybody is enjoy
ing out there. The banKers out there
look upon cooperative marketing with
sreat favor and as one of the essential
factors to profitable farming.
In talking with Mr. Wlixlnson. a
banker of Charlotte, he says hs way
surprised to see a Ten -Million dollar
plant. In San Francisco owned and
controlled by the farmers. ThTs par- [
ticular plant Is used by the farmers to
urade, pack, store and distribute fruit.
Farmers in California have not felt tha
pinch ot-ffle depression which has cast
II MIIUIO?* Ul j,ll*HU?lilLl
Would you like to enjoy greater pros
perity and see your community, town,
county and state be more prosperous?
Then boost cooperative marketing
first by signing the contractu for cot
ton and tobacco, it you are eligible,
and talk it to your friends and neigh
bors until they realize that it means
the beginning of a new day?a pros
perity which we should iiaye enjoyed
long ago.
Franklin county should and will
measure up to what is expected of her
in this great movement. She is ex
pected to secure signatures of men to
the contracts, whp grew last year 4000
bales of cotton and 8 million pounds
Ttf-tn h-tern-.- -l^iwritUv# ..Larlceilng
cannot be done by a few?It requires
the action of the majority of the pro
ducers of a commodity. The cam
paign is now being waged in the coun
ty.?Don't, wait?come In the FRANK
LIN TIMES office and sign now.
BEASLEY-WAGSTAFK.
Roxboro, Nov. 14.?Characterized
by beauty, yet simple in Its appoint
ment was the marriage of Miss Eliza
beth Wagstaff to Joseph Benjamin
Beasley. of Loulsburg. which was sol
emnized in Concord Methodist church,
Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 3:30 o'clock.
Rev. B. C. Thompson, pastor of the!
biide officiating.
The church was beautifully decorat
ed with ferns, yellow chrysanthemums
and minature wedding bells, which
made a pretty setting for the betrothal
vows.
"If I Built A World For You" and
"Until", were sung by Miss I.uclle
Shore, with Miss Mary Shore accom
paning. The wedlng music waa ren
dtrod by Miss Huidah L. Hester.
Acting as ushers were Messrs. K.
C. Wngstaff, J. C. Wagstaff, C. E.
Winstead, Jr., and Fisher Beasley, of
Loulsburg.
The bride, who was given In mar
riage by her brother, Mr. L. T. Wag
stag, wore a travelling dress of brown
duvetyn, with accessories to match,
and carried a shower boquet of brides
roses and lilies-of-the-valley.
Miss Mary Wagstaff, maid of honor,
wore a handsome dress o,r canton crepe
with black picture hat, and carried
yellow chrysanthemums.
Master John Hester Wagstaff car
ried the ring In a white chrysanthe
mum. He was followed by the flow
er girls, Miriam Thompson nnd Helen
Wagstaff, who were daintily dressed
In pink crepe dechlrie, and carried
baskets of pink roses.
The groom entered with his brother,
Mr. J. Y. Beasley, of Loulsburg.
Mrs. Beasley Is the youngest daugh
ter of MrB. Bell Wagstaff. She Is a
graduate of ftreenvllle College, and
for several years has been successful
as a teacfifer. She la an attractive
and accomplished young lady and her
many friends will wish for her piuch
happiness. ,
Mr. Beasley Is a young man of ster
Ifng character and has a bright fu
tjire.
Mr. and Mrs. Beasley will visit the
Northern cities on their tour.
The visitors for the wedding were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Beasley, Mr. and
Mrs. Fisher Beasley and Misses Lil
lian and Cora Beasley, of Loulsburg;
Mr. R. A. Beasley, Apex; Miss Blanch
Falrbeau. Oxford; Miss Kdna Beasley,
Trinity College; Mr. J. Y. Beasley,
Loulsburg; Mrs. J. H. BTtfSfS &nd Mtm
Luclle and Mary Shore of Rocking- |
Bull-Dog
Drummond
Tlie Adventures of a,
Demobilized Officer Who
Found Pe?ce Dull
by CYRIL McNEILB
-SAPPEK
nxtirnLATioNs by
IRWIN MYERS
Co.
It ha J only bevn a tiny movemstit
more like the sadden creak of a piece
of furniture than anything else?but
It was not quite like it A genUt.
slithering Bound had preceded the
creak; the sound such as a man would
nis Iro?who,?with?Infinite?yrsrautlo?!
against making a noise, was moving
In a dark room; a stealthy, uncanny
livia*j, IIuKl, V?ryl ^1 lUlll lllji (In i t li^By
tenwly. After the first moment of
surprise his brain was quite cool. He
had looked under the bad, he had
hung his coat In the cupboard, and
save for those two obvious place? there
waa no cover for ? cat. And yet, with
the sort of sixth sense that four years
of war had given him, ha knew that
hwd b*cu ujdde by www bmn?r? '
agency. Human! The thought of the
cobra at The Elms flashed Into his
-mind, arfd his mouth set more grimly. |
What If Peterson had Introduced some
of his abominable menagerie Into the 1
room T . . . Then, once more, the thing
like _a fly sounded loud in his
Ami. wng it aig iimpnatiou. or hia ?
lie heard a faint sibilant hlaa Inst be
fore t
Suddenly it struck him that h? wu
at a terrible disadvantage. The thing,
whatever it was, knew, at any rath
approximately, his position: he had
not the slightest notion whers It was.
And a Mind man boxing a maa wti?
could see, would have felt just aboat
as safe. With Hugh, sufh a conela
'slun inenul IojuSHI action.?It Might
be dangerous on the floor; it Most
tainiy was fa* mor? so In b?4 Mm
felt for htg torch, and than, with om
conclusive bound, ha was stanCna bv
UK HOW, WW gM HUM M HM
light switch.
Then he paused and listened Intent
ly. Not a sound could he bear ; ths
-thing, whatever It was. had bacons
motionless at his sudden movement
For an appreciable time ho stood thsro,
his eye? searching the darkness-bat
even ne could see nothin*. *nd hn
cursed the American comprehensively
tinder his breath. He would hava given
anything for oven the falnteot groy
light, so that he could have soma idea
of what It was and where It was. Now
lie felt utterly helpless, while every
moment he imagined som? slimy,
crawling JEiute touching hia bare
^ctseeeppfg up on hlm.TTT Ri>"
puilsrt himself together sharply. Light
was essential, and nt once. But, If
he switched It on, there would lie a
moment when the tiling would see
him before he could see the thing?
nnd such moments are not helpful.
There only remained his torch; and
on the Ancre, on one occasion, he had
saved his life by Its Judicious use. The
man behind one of those useful Imple
ments Is in blackness far more Im
penetrable tlinn the blackest night, for
the man In front Is dazzled. He can
only shoot at the torch: wherefore
hold It to one side and In front of
you. . . .
The light flashed out, darting round
the room. Ping t Something hit the I
sleeve of his pajamas, but still he
could seo nothing. The bed, with the
clothes thrown back; the washstand;
the chair with his trousers nnd shirt?
everything was as it had been when he
turned in. And then he heard a sec
ond sound?distinct and clear. It came
from high up. near the celling, and
the beam caught the big cupboard and
traveled up. It reached the top, and
rested there, fixed and steady. Framed
In the middle of It, peering over the
edge, was a little hairless, brown face,
holding what looked like a lube In Its |
mouth. Hugh had one glimpse of a
dark, skinny hand putting something |
In the tube, and then he switched off
Ihe t oreh nnd ducked, Just as another
fly pinged over his head and hit the I
wall behind.
One thing, at any rate, was certain:
the other occupant of the room was
human, and with that realization all
his nerve returned. Thepe would be
time enough later on to find out how
he got there, and what those strange
pinging noises had been caused by.
Just at that moment only one thing
was on the program; and without a
sound he crept round the bed toward
the Clipboard, to put that one thin* In
to effect In his usual direct manner.
Twice did he hear the little whis
tling hiss from above, but nothing sang
past lilg Iiead. Evidently the man had
lost hlin, and was probably still aim
ing at the door. And then, with hands
that barely touched It, ho felt the out
lines of the cupboard.
It was standing an Inch or two from
the wall, nnd he slipped his fingers bo
hind the back on one side. He lis
tened for a moment, but no movement
jenme from abovej then, half facing the
I wall, he put one leg against It. There
was one quick, tremendous heave: a
.crash which sounded deafening: then
^silence. And once agalu lie switched
ion hit torch, . .
I Lying oq. (he floor, by th? window
was oue of the smallest men be had
erer ?eeK He win a native of aorta,
and Hugh turned him over with his
foot. He waa quite unconscious, and
the buiup oo his head, where It had
'hit the floor, was rapidly swelllug to
the sixe of" a large orange. In ~KIs
hund be still clutched the Utile tube,
and Hugh gingerly removed It. Placed
In position at one end was a long
splinter 5Y wood, with X sharpened
point: and by the light of his torch
Hugh saw that it was faintly dls
:?He was Mill "xa^^^U "witiTili-"
terest. when a thunderous knock rame
on the door. He strolled over and
switched on the electric light; then he
opened the door.
"?An EifitEd nigHT-parrer nwnwi in,
followed by two or three other people
In varying stages of undrew, and
?topped In araarement at the scene.
The heavy cupboard, with a great
arrack across the hwrk. Jay fare down-.
T-*Wra rtn tfi* 8WHM BftBTg Mill 18?
curled up and motionless.
I "One oCc^he hotel peta?" queried
Hugh pleasantly, lighting a cigarette.
~"1X It's all the saine to you, I wish
Mlf Ift All th? Sam? to You, I Wish
WW WW?11 mm."
i you'd reraov? him. He was?ah?find
ing it uncomfortable on the top of the
cupboard." *
: It appeared that the night-porter
'could ?peak English; It also appeared
that the lady occupying the room be
low- had rushed forth deinaudiug to
-be led to the basement. under the mis
apprehension that war had again been
declared and the Germans were bomb
ing Pari?. And then, to crown every
thing. while the uproar was at its
height, the native on the lloor, open
ing otio beady and somewhat dazed
eye, realized that things iooked un
healthy. Unnoticed.- fie lay "dog*
,for a while: then, like a rabbit which
?has almost beeu tro<ldeD on, he dodged
between the legs of the men lu the
room, and vanished through the oih-ii
jdoor. Taken by surprise, for a mo
'inent no'one moved: then, simultane
ously. they dashed Into the passage.
.1 i'i empty, and Hugh, glancing up.
> the American detective advancing
toward them along the corridor.
| "What's the trouble, captain?" he
asked as he joined the group,
t "A friend of the management elected
jto spend the night on the top of my
?cupboard, Mp. Green," answered I?rum
mond, "and got cramp half-way
i through."
| The American gazed at the wreck
age In silence. Then he looked at
I Hugh, and what he saw on that
'worthy's face apparently decided him
;to maintain that policy. In fact. It
? was not till the night-porter and his
attendant minions had at last, and
Ivery dubiously, withdrawn, that he
Jagain opened his mouth.
"Looks like a hectic night," he mur
I mured. "What happened?" Briefly
Hugh told him what had occurred and
the detective whistled softly.
| "Blowpipe and poisoned darts." he
said shortly, returning the tube to
jDrummond. "Narrow escape ? <1?d
narrow! Look at your pillow."
Hugh looked: embedded In the linen
were four pointed splinters similar to
the one he held In his hand: by the
door were three more, lying on the
floor.
"An engaging little bird," h*
laughed; "but nasty to look at."
He extracted the little pieces of
wood and carefully placed them in an
empty match-box: the tube he put In
to his cigarette-case.
"Might come In hataly: you never
know," he remarked casually.
"They might If you stand quite still,"
I said the American, with a sudden,
sharp command In his voice, "ixm't
I move."
j Hugh stood motionless, staring at
the speaker, who with eye* fixed on
his rlfM forearm, had stepal for
ward. From the loose nleeve of hla
pajama coat the detective genii* pulled
another dart and dropped It tnto th?
match-box.
"Not far off getting you that time,
captain," ha cried cheerfully. "No>w
you've got the whole blamed outfit"*
THREE
It was the Oomte de Guy who
hoarded the boat express at the Gate
du Nord the next day; It was Carl
Peterson who stepped off the boat ex
ai Boulogne. And.lt HM OQly
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from Nov. 11th to Dec. 1st
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FABRIC TIRES
30 x 3 $10.50
30 x 3 1-2 12.50
32 x 4 22.00
CORD TIRES *"?
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30 x 3 1-2 21.00
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30 x 3 1-2 1.89
??-> * i) 1-2 fr96
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All other sizes Reduced in same proportion.
Special Prices on Spark Plugs and Tire and Tuhe
Patchings ? ?
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Essex Plugs 69c Each
In I^ots of Ten 7..... 60e Each
7-8 Reg. Plugs 69c each
In Lots of Ten 60c each
Special Prices on
Motor Meters
Tire Covers
1-2 Price
MONKEY GRIP PATCHES
60c Sizes for 29c
CHAMPION X Spark Plpgs
For Fords for 51c
SIMMONS High Grade Plugs
For 29s each
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10.00 Robes 6.19
15.00 Robes 8.89
20.00 Robes 9.98
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One Five Passenger Oakland. One 7 Passenger Cadillac 8.
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L0UISBURG, : : ^forth Carolina
Urtimrabnffs
convinced the American that the two
characters were the su.iue man.
He was? leaning over th*? side of the
boat readi?g a Mwram when he first
f?\v Hugh ten minutes after the boat
had left the harbor; and if he had
hoped for a different result to the in
cident of the night before, no sign of
| It showed on hi* >?face. Instead he
waved a cheerful greeting to Drum
mond.
' "This is a pleasant surprise," he re
marked" affably. "Have you been to
Paris, too?"
For a moment Drum m on d looked at
hini narrowly. Was it a stupid bluff,
or was the jnan so sure of his power
of disguise that he assumed with cer^
tainty he had not been recognlxed?
And It suddenly struck Hugh that,
save for that one tell-tale habit?a
habit which, in nil probability. Peter
son himself was unconscious of?ho
would not have recognized him.
"Yes," he answered lightly. "1 came
over to see how you behaved your
self r
"What a pity I didn't know!" s?ld
Peterson, with a good-humored chuckle.
He seemed In excellent spirits, as he
carefully tore the telegram Into tiny
pieces and dropped them overboard.
"We might have had another of oar
homely little chats over some supper.
Where did you stay T*
"At the Hit*. And you r*
"I always stop at the Bristol," an
swered Peterson. "Quieter than the
Rita, I think."
FOUR
-Walk right In. Mr. Oreen" said
Hugh, as, three hour* later, they got
out of a taxi In Half Moon street.
"This la my 111 O* rabbit-hutch."
He followed the American op the
stain?, and produced hla latchkey. Bat
before he could even In? rt It In the
hole the door was flung open, and
Peter Darreil stood feeing hies with
evident relief In his face.
"TTsnlt the Lord you've come, old
son," he cried, with a brief look at
the detective. "There's something do
ing down at Oodalmlng 1 don't Ilka"
He followed Hugh Into the sitting
"At twelve o'clock todaj Toby rang
dp. He was talkine quite ordinarily?
you know the sort of rot he asaally
gets off hla chest?wh<n swWenlj he
stopped quite abort end aaid. 'My God I
What do you want T* I could tail he'd
looked up, because his voice waa naf
fled. Then there wss the aonnd of h
eculfle, I heard Toby corse, then noth
ing more. I rang and rang and
no answer J*
wi'h .t l. -r.T ;:j - h- n! which h*
hail :<ker. "! -..v.im-'; 'iw. w.if
rcr.-rr sr^strie. - ? ?-?
"AU'v hetv-. I!??
off to s?? ? hf o-ii'd find out whstt
m? wr\*I slipped L?-re io leil
YOU."
"Anything throesh from him?"
"N"t s There's foul play, or
ril est air hat."
But Hush did not answer. With a
look on his faiv which even Peter had
never seen before. h? was reailing the
letter. It was short and to the point,
hut he rvad it threo times More he
s[H?ke.
"When did this conn?*" he asked.
"An hour apo." answered the other.
"I very nearly opened It."
"Read It." said Hugh. He handed It
to Peter and went to the door.
?TO BE CONTINUED)
XIKFTINt.
The Young Woman's Auxiliary of
the Louisbors Paptist church mei with
Mrs. J. S. Howei!. Tuesday niitht.
November fifteenth Tne following
Ingram v^.? rendered:
Subject?Enlistment.
Sons?Url the Lower Lights Be j
Burning.
I Grayer?Sentence prayer by each
member.
The roll was called and tne minutes
of the last meeting read and approved.
A collection of dues and the Severi
ty-Bye Million pledges was taken.
Scripture Readings: Acts 1:1-9 by
Miss Pittman Job JS:l 7. 10-14 by
Mrs. Howell. Leke 19:1 10 bv Miss
Griffin.
The folk>wtn?>apers were given:
Enlistment of the World, by Mrs.
Howell.
Where Are the Two-thirds?, by Jose
phine Bryant.
The Heart of Enlistment, by Virgin
ia Perry
Enlistment Call of the Campaign, by
Itcalab Cooper
KiMbmI Pwrposes of the Home
Mission Board, by KtVe Taylor.
A Matchless Honor, by Mrs. Howell
Solo? Laad Me Oeatly Home, by
ftflsn Pittman .
Prayer?Hit. Howell.
Altar tka mul lag Mirto? rrfiwfc?
meats were asreed
The following were present:
J. S. Howell. Mrs. H. A. Kearney
M taxes Hew lab Cooper, lantba Pitt
man. Kfie Taylor. Uacy Baker. Joes
phine Bryant. Virginia Perry, Nannie
Hall Hale and Mtss Crifftn
We were delWhted to bare wtth us
two visitors. Mrs. in man am
Pd wards
I I PTO.M \ Ni. IN
Bwmm'iUL
Children >etd Plenty in' Red
t ??!!> in Blond.
When the young: body :s growing,
jchi.dreii frequently experience weak
ness. Girls ami boys sometimes play
too har-' and over-tax their systems,
j They become pale. Weak. and sickly.
? They lose their'appetites. become lan
? guid. ami are not able to make prog
jress in school work. "Growing too
'fast" is often true. It is most impor
tant to keep the blood of growing girls
aft?! boys in a healthy state.
Pepto-Mangan keeps the Mood pure.
I The red cells in the blood are increas
ed. They carry lifc-g:ving oxygen to
all parts of the body, and wholesome
youthfulness blooms again In clear
complexions, bright eyes and buoyant
saints. Sold both in liquid and tab
let form by druggists everywhere.
The name "Gude's Pepto-Mangan" is
en Cie package. Advertisement.
KIKTH1* VV PARTY.
Quite a number of young people en
joy ml a birthday party gtven at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Turner Harris
on November the 5th. 1921. In honor of
Miss Dorothy Johnson. Refreshments
were served and a contest given In
which Rev. N. F. Britt and Miss Sally
Lou Macon won the prise. They all
departed at 10:30 o'clock wishing her
many happy birthdays.
WANTED TO RENT?A Piano In a
private home. No Children. Can
move Piano, and will pay rsanonabls
rent. Apply P. O. Box 61, Louis
bur*. N. C. 11-18-lt
The portals of the Washington Con
ference ball should bear the Inscrip
tion. "F:nter without knocking."?Nor
folk Virginian-Pilot.
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