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mr IUO FEB I?AH ?f ADYA5CS - Times WATCH LABEL OH YOUk.1 PAJ*EU ? S?nd la Kracwal ] Before Time Expires. A- F. JOHNSON, Editor and UuMffer YOLl'JTV LIL THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION LOUISBDKG, N. C, J? HI I>A V, JUJU H 2, 1943 SUBSCRIPTION par iw NUHBEB 1 $55.00 PER ACRE PRICE SET BY Jl'BY FOB COUNTY BOMB LAM) In tJie Suit o t Wilson und others Vs. Franklin County ? Emma Allen Los es Mult against Buffln. The case of A. T. Wilson et als vs Franklin county et als, a suit to have a deed to tho county home land sold to Mr. J. F. Parrlsli by the old Board cf Commissioners at $25 i er acre, and which has caused quite a lot ot tee.lng lu the county set aside, was completed on Wednesday when an agreement was reached to the effect that the transaction was valid except for the price and that the Jury should set what they considered a fair price for tl'e property, whereupon 'the Jury de cided upon $55.00 per acre. Mr. Par rish, under the terms of the agree ment and the decision of the Jury will have to pay this amount or surrender the deed to the county. In the case of Emma Allen, vs W. H. Ruffln, Trustee where the plain tiff was attempting to stop the sale of property under ^foreclosure pro ceedure, to save her dower, a verdict was given In . favor of the Trustee. This brings the Febru try term of Franklin Superior Court near an end, with quite a little business transacted. MRS. E. B. THOMAS, 91 YEABS OLD PASSES AT HOME OF B. F. COOKE Mrs. E. B. Thomas, wife of the late E. B. Thomas, formerly of Raleigh, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs I: r. Cooke, on last Thursday after noon at 2:45 o'clock after an Illness o? three weeks. Mrs. Thomas re cer.'v celebrated her 91at birthday. .She "leaves two daughters and one sen; Mrs. B. P. Cooke, of this place; Mrs. N. W. Hatch, of Mlllbrook, and John C. Moore of California. Funeral services were held in Oak wood cemetery at Raleigh on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev. O. W. Dowd, of Franklinton, and the Rev. W. W. Peele, of Raleigh. Those attending from here were: Mrs. S. C. Vann, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Allen, Miss Edith Sherrod, Mrs. F. G I'.anks, Mrs L. S. Ethredge, Miss Kate ?Whitfield, Mrs. B. A. .White, Mrs. F. M. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Georgo L. Cooke, Miss Oza Cooke, W. W. Cooke and Clarence Cooke. The pall-bearers were Messrs. I. H. Kearney, J. W. Daniel, H. E. Pe&r&>, A, TT Vann, G. L. Whitfield, and A. S. Joyner of Franklinton. The floral offerings weru beautiful expressing the love and esteem in v.hlch Mrs. Thomas was held. ? Frank linton News. DEPUTY COLLECTOR There will be a U. S. Deupty Collec tor of Internal Revenue at the places and on tho dates below given for the lurpose of assisting taxpayers file their ipcome tiix returns for ihe calen dar year 1922. This assistance Is furnished without cost to you and will be to your Interest to take advantage of same. March 1, 2, 3 ? Loulsburg. March 5, 6, 7? Southern Pines. March 8, 9, 10 ? Henderson. March 12 ? Oxford. March 13, 14, 16 ? Henderson. There will al3<r ho a U. S. Revenue Agent at the places and on the dates below given for the purpose of ' as sisting Corporations, Partnerships and Individuals file Income tax returns for the calendar year 1922. Raleigh, 1 to 8 and 13, J4, 15. Henderson, 9 and 10. Sanford, 12. o REPORT STATE SCHOOL Ji 'BSE The following is a report of State School Nurse for week ending Feb. 24, 1923: Schools visited ? Pope's, Klnches Col., Mitchlner, Balance Rock, Ccxn? cord Col., Copeland, Perry Col., Lib er^ Col., Flat Rock, Ccntervlllo, Ce d(!T Rock. Schopla with oiled floors ? 2. Schools with Individual drliklns facilities ? 5. Number children examined? 556. Defects found ? Vision ? 44. Tonsils ? 266,. Nasal ? 60. Teeth? 369 ? - w |-yj Other defects ? visual apparatus, or thopedic, nutrition, etc. CASTALIA DEFEATS CEDAR ROCK In a fast, clean and interesting gf.me of basket ball on February 21st, the Castallans defeated the Cedar Rock aggregation by the overwhelm ing score of 19 to 9. The features of the game were the clean playing of both teems, and the brilliant offensive work of the Castalla forwards. Castalta (19) Cedar Rock (9) Batchelor R F B Sykes McCauley L F Daniels R. Hunt C. " M. Hunt Glasgow R G E. Sykes Boone L G Stokes Fields goals: - Batchelor 6; Mc Cauley 8; R, Hunt 1; B. Sykes 1; E. Sykes 1; Stokes 1; Daniels 1. Foul goals: Boone 1; Daniels 1. Referee: Lancaster of Castalla. The sun has begnn to' rise earlier each day. Old timers say that Is a sure sign of spring. JUDGE CRASHES AT METHODIST CIlUJtl'H The congregation at the Methodist church on last Sunday i^lght, was greeted with, a very in te testing unit encouraging talk by. Judge E. H. Cranraer, who is holding Court in Louisburg this week. Judge Cran mer, after explaining that he was no preacher and expressing hi$ delight at being in Louisburg, proceeded to give his hearers some deep and im portant questions to think about. He (iid not lead off into a fancy and elo quent sermon, but told the truths contained in the old time religion that lives with one so Hong as they travel the wuy of life Jf they have been properly instilled in the home. His talk was eloquent because if its fclmplicity and its true enunciation or the doctrine of Jesus ChrlBt and was a challenge to his hearehs to give to the young men and women the pro per training by precept and example that they may be better and enjoy a fuller life. His talk was greatly enjoyed by all and was a great inspiration. TOBACCO CO-OPS SOON PAID AGAfrf Over 860 Business Men of Eastern Carolina Endorse Co-ops. | Further payments to members of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative As sociation will be made in the near future in Eastern North Carolina and in the Dark Beit of Virginia accord ing to announcement by the Directors of the tobacco cooperatives At their last meeting in Raleigh. In addition to more than $21,000. 1 000 which the organized growers have received to date from their ussoclation the cooperative planters of Eastern Carolina will soon receive another payment on all tobacco delivered to their association Bince December 1st. The dark tobacco farmers of Virginia j will receive their second cash dis%. bursement on all tobacco delivered up to February 18th, in the near future. I Treasurer Jas. H. Craig of the as sociaton announced that both these payments would be made as soon as the Checks for the members could be calculated, filled out and mailed out | to the thousands of growers affected. I More than 360 merchants, bankers in all. the tobacco and cotton growing | counties of Eastern Carolina have re cently pledged their aid to the mark jeting associations during the coming ! year. / Our dealings wlUi these as jsociations were entirely satisfactory ;for 1922," say the dozens of paid ad vertisements inserted by. friends of 1 the marketing associations in most of I the papers of the Eastern Belt. "We are taking thjs position now in order that the members may work with the assurance that they can do buisness with us and still deliver their tobacco ^nd ? cotton- to their respective asso ciations say those who have recently I added their names to the business I men and bankers who are support ing cooperative marketing from North ern Virginia to the Georgia line. I The satisfaction of grower members | in the continued payments of the to bacco association is evidenced by let ters like the following received by J. P. Meadows, Manager of the associa tion warehouse at Durham, from R. P. Kerley, a member. ? Mr. J. P. Meadows, [Durham, N. C. Dear Sir: On the 20th day of September, 1922, my tenant (Mr. J. N. Gates delivered in Durham 666 lbs. of tobacco tor sale. He, as well as myself are members of the "Co-ops." Mr. Cates* thinking the .# Planters Warehouse was the Banner, placed this tobacco on the floors of that ware 'house (an independent house) for sale. The tobacco was sold and Mr. Cates never realized his mistake until his check was handed him. Seeing Plan ters Warehouse written on the check he began to get busy to correct hi3 mistake. This tobacco was sold at auction for $96.63. He then got his tobacco together and carried it to the Co-ops. where it should have been sol(]. Our first advance on that date was $68.22. On the 22nd day or Janaury of this year we received $".8 32 as second advance. So yon may readily see that should we never get a third payment, Mr. Cates and myself are already $20.81' better than we would have been should this tobacco have gone on the Independent floor. Should the third payment equal the former onee, we would stand then nearly double that of tho auction floors, to-wit: counting third pay ment at same as first and second, and surely It will be no less, this would sum up Independent house $95.68, co-ops $174,66, a differsnco of $79.03 on one load of tobacco. BRKAKS ARM CBA^KnG FORD Mr. Joseph Rcarce, son of Mr. D. O. I'enroo of /A ear town had tha misfor tune of breaking hli right arm on Wodnoaday morning while cranking a Ford automobile In front of the post office. Hs was taken to the office Of Dr. H. H. Johnson, where necessary 'medical attention was given. n Extension workers recomend only three yarletles of cotton for best yields under weevil conditions In North Caro ltna. These are Cleveland Big Boll, Mexican Big Boll and Edgecombe Cook. FRAJiKLIJi COISTY SCHOOL DAT Sshool Day for Franklin County will be held In Loulsburg Friday, April the 20th. The committee selected to ,make plans for the day met fn Louis burg Saturday, February the 10th and worked out In detail the following prpgram. We are expecting to have 5,000 school children here that day and every possible preparation will be tnado to make the day a success Dear Teacher:? The following pro gram for our School Day to be held the 20th ot April was agreed upon by the committee Saturday, February the 17th. We are expecting your co op eration in making this the biggest day in Franklin County's history. Cordially yours, E. L. BEST, Supt. Program? Fnlr Grounds 10:30 ? Parade. 11 30 ? Address. 1 : 00 ? Picnic- Dinner . 2:00 ? Spelling Contest. 3:00 ? Athletic Events.'? -"i Parade ? E. C. Sexton, fhnirman. ? 1. The line of parade vflll form on Church Street and march to the Failr Grounds promptly at 10:30. 2? A prize of $5.00 will be given the school having the best float. ?? A prize of S5.00 will be given the school making the best appear ance in line. Picnic Dinner? Addle E. Bordeaux, Chairman 1. Each school will furnish dinner for Its own school. 2. A committee will be on hand to take care of alt baskets. Spelling Contest? W. R. Mills, Chair man 1. All children below the eighth grade are eligible. 2. The contest will be held in the Floral Hhll. 3. Each school may have one rep resentative. 4. The first 30 minutes the words will he taken from the Mastery of Words Book II. the second 30 minutes f-om any source. 5. A prize will be given to the best speller and one to the second best. AChletlc Events '5 l>. m. at Fair Grounds J. S. Massenhursr, Chairman 1. Boys' Events, under 12 years of age? (a) 100 yd dash; (b) 22P yd dash ; <c> 140 yd- run; (d) - 1-2 rnilo relay; (e) Running high jump; (f) Standing broad Jump; <g) Running hroad jump. 2. Boys' Events, 12 to 21 years of age? fa) 100 yd dash; (b) 200 yd dash (c) 440 yd race; (d) 1 mile race; (f) 1 milo relay race; (g) Running broad jump; (h) Standing broad jump; (i) Running high jump. 3. Girls' Events? (a) 50 yd dash;, lb) 100 yd dash; (c) 440 relay race; (d) Running broad jump; (e) Stand ing broad jump. 4. All contestants must be on the field (Fair Grounds) by a:45 p. m. 5. All contestants must be ready to answer call when event is called Each event will have three calls. 6. Contestants in one event may enter other events i fwhcn the events are being called at the same time, then he may have his selection or If pos-. sible take part in each. No school may enter more than two contestants In a single event. 7. The chairman of the Athletics will be Judge of the events. He will choose his assistants. 8. A medal will be given for each first place won. 9. A medal will be given the stu dent winning the most points. 10. The school winning the Meet will be awarded a banner, with school home, County Championship, etc. School Exhibits, T. H. Sledge, Chair man 1. There will be sufficient room In the Floral Hall for each school to have a booth. 2. Any specimen of school work may be put on gxhibit. No sewing cooking, carpentry of any kind shall be Included in the exhibit, except It be done at school under the supervision ot the teacher. 3. All the exhibits should bo plac? ed In the Floral Hall Wednesday, April the 18th. 4. A committee will be on hand to help In arranging the exhibits. 5. Each school will be responsi ble for Its own exhibit. 6. Prizes will bo given to the schools having the best exhibit, as fol lows: a. Best exhibit from a one or two teacher school. b. From a three or a four teacher school . c. From a five or more teacher school . MR. UPCHURCH HIT ?V AUTO Mr. W. D. Upchurch waa the victim ot an unavoidable automchlle acci dent Tuesday morning when he wan hit by *n automobile driven by br. H. O. Perry who was com ing down tho street as Mr. Upchurch was crossing In front of the Farmer# end Merchants Bank. The accideni was unavoidable. Luckily Mr. Up church received no serious Injuries. He waa sent to the hospital at Rocky Mount by Dr. Perry for an X-Ray ex amination. GRATEFUL APPRECIATIONS Through Supt. E. C. Perry, the Wel fare Department of Franklin Count* extends Its most grateful apprecia tions to the ladles of the Woman's Club of liOulsburg for the large quan tity of clothing recently received from them for a needy family near town ITALIAN SONG RECITAL Amid beautiful floral decorations, with soft, rhaded lights, and In native Italian costume, Mios Frances Russo, | Soprano, made a very pretty picture as she appeared In a recital In Louls tiurg College auditorium, on the evening of Feb. 26th, for the benefit of the Senior "lass of that Institution. She wag greeted with a large and enthus iastic audience. Endowed with a beautiful voice of wonderful range and volume, her varied programme, which attested her power of endurance, and her pleasing and attractive person ality, charmed her hearers. , Miss Russo has teen the recipient of many invitations to sing at club meeting In town and quite crowned herself with glory in a recent musical production. Miss Cherry Blossom" given at. the Star Theatre ,in which she was Heading lady. Several arias, sung in Italian, other exf?rpts from operas, as well as some lighter ballads, were exceedingly well render-id and reflected much credit oh her teacher Mrs. A. W. Mohn, Musical Director of Louisburg College. All's Russo Is an Italian by birth, but came to America when quite a young child, so has spent most of her life here. Sh> comes to us from "Way Down South" - - Loulsana Miss Russo's friends bespeak for her a brillant future In the musical world, with growing experience and develop ment. Surely another Galli-Curci has appeared in the horizon. Miss Ruth Hall of th3_Ccllege Fa culty was the efficient aBB sympa thetic accompanist, giving excellent buppert to the singer. She rendered several piano solos with ? remarkable technique and beauty. Program L'Ardita ? (Magnetic W?.ltr) ? Arditl. Can I Forget Thee, Love? ? Sesmlt Doda . Stars Brightly Shining ? Bronte. Woman Is Fickle ? "RIgoletto" ? Ver dl? Aria ? Ah! Che La Morte Ognora? "11 Trovatore" ? Verdi. ?O Sole Mio! (My Bright Sun!)? Di Capua. Non e Ver ('Tis Not True') ? Mat tel. Santa Lucia ? (Rondo de Concert) ? Braga. ? Aria ? Ave MaFia! (CavRlterla Rns tic&na* ? M:rscagni. A Venetian Song? Tostl Good Bye! (Addio) ? Tostl. Cculd I' t(Vorrei) ? Torti. The Last 3?ng (L'ultima Coczone) ? Tostl. ? I 1 Baclo (The Kiss) ? Ardlti. By | lequest. IliE WOMAN'S AI XILIAHT OF ST. PALL'S CHUB II The Woman's Auxiliary o' St. Paula ' church met with Mrs. John B. Yar. borough Wednesday afternoon," with the largest attendance of ihe year, sev enteen ladies being present. j There was a general expression o' j pieasure In the well attended meet j ing and an earnest request from the j President that all attend the meet-, ings faithfully during Lent. Mrs. Clifton opened the meeting \.-ltli Creed nod Prayer. Slie then brought be^ ft re the Auxiliary the Dk>3cean meet ing of Woman's Auxiliary to te held in Raleigh 9th. 10th, 11th of April and urged as many members as possible to go. The business of tie Circle was concluded in the unanimous yotu to send a contribution to the Blue Ridge conference. Mrs. R'. F. Yarborough then took up the study for the afternoon, glring a brief summary of the concluding part of the last lesson and beginning tbe days lesson with sketch of Ed ward VPs short and momentous reign. Mrs. L. E. Scoggln continued the dis cussion by giving in detail at) ac count of the horrible pillage and Plunder of the King's relr.n. Miss Spencer then told the Story of Uueen Mary'B reign, "a reign begun so Joyfully but ended in the pro foundest gloom." Subject to Papal Influence of Rome, she made the name a horror and detestitlon, and the Pap^ ac* forever disregarded In England. The reign of Queen Elizabeth follow ing the Church of England recovered greatly from the terrible ordeals It liad suffered. Mrs. Clifton recited the hnrrass. r??ats of the church from Nome with out and the Purltaus within. Mrs. Yarborough concluded the les son with the reign of James I, an age of scholarship In the church. Chief product of tbe reign was the noble "Authorised Version of th*> Bible" the greatest literary monument of the En~ Clish language. With the conclusion of the lesson end prayer the Auxiliary adjourned to meet again with Mrs. J. B. Yarbor ough Friday afternoon at t:30 lu_ a short Lenten Service. ? 1 I.EISTF.X SERVICES Tho women of St. Paul*B church are observing I^enten sol-vices' three days of the week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Short services IP 111 be held Wednesdays and Fri day*. On Monday, tho regular pros j gram of th? Study Circle will b? used. All tho meetings will be hold at the home' of a member of the Auxiliary, the plaVe of meeting given out trom time to Hire. a? ... "Exchanged two carloads of cotton seed for guano and received about $4.60 per ton more than tbe fathers were offered locally" reports County Agent of Washington County. NTOBAtXO WEEVIL Tobacco ii rowers Are to be Troubled Like Cotton Growers. | As will be seen from the following letter to Mr. G. C. Harris from Mr. A. R. Breedlove, an Association official. | it will be seen that a Tobacco Weevil has been found that is destroying to bacco. The difference between him and the boll weevil is ho does his | damage after the tobacco has been housed while the boll weevil destroys itbe cotton In the field. At present | little is known about this pest, so all (growers had better seek all informa tion possible aiid follow the sugges i lions of those who have come in con* tact with the weevil. The letter fol 1? vsm | Richmond, Va. February 26, 1923. I Mr. <y. C. Harris, I Loulsburg. N. C. IDear Sir: I There has been, for che last two ! years, quite an item of damage done i to redried tobaccos by . what is known 'as the tobacco weevil. This weevil is, jin its original state, a fly that lays 'an egg in the tobacco from which the ! grub is hatched, and it can do an enormous amount of damage by eating i'P the tobacco. The whole trade is very much stirred up over it and is doing everything they can do eradicate it by cleaning .out the warehouses and factories of | all dust, trash tobacco and !n fact, re fuse of any descripiion that origina ted with tobacco, as it has been found | that these grubs raise in piles of trash 'that have tobacco scrap in tbem when left around factories. It has been sugested that a good ideal of this trouble originates in the 'farmers* barns by stalk tobacco, trash and scrap being left over from one fceason to another. We would thank you to give-as much publicity to this as you possibly can, requesting farmers to clean out their barns as soon as they have marketed their tobacco instead of waiting until the fall of the year to do it. We believe that the farmers are as vitally interested in destroying this pest as any other branch of the trade. All warehouses and barns should be kept open as much as possible du lling cold? wen t h o r, as this helps to (freeze out the eggs. Yours very truly. * A. R. BREEDLOVE. Jl'MOR-SEMOK UECFl'TION I The Junior Class of Louisburg Col lege chose St. Valentine's Day jn I which to entertain at a reception in : honor of the Senior class of 1023. A charming bevy of girls bedecked ! in the red and white of St. Valentine met the Seniors and their friends un , der an arbor of hearts and led them to the receiving line. J The Juniors' costumes were shep 'herdess design, while their sister class ! the Freshmen, wore the empire. v.ach adorned by her cne large it-d heart. I The parlors were gay w.'th red lamps many hearts, long leaf pine and red ?carnations. The refreshments -/ere r.lso from St. Valentine's 5hop. Hearts of "ice", cakes decorated with hearts, 1 ai:d mints of red and white completed the schem*.*. { Rich red lights played fancifully up on the gay costumes of the young hos tesses and their guests, each Senior ,a veritable target for the arrows of .St Valentine's r^essenger. I The Yarborough orchestra from Italeigh contributed largely to the j pleasure of the evening. A reading, i"A Corner on Williams." by Fannie jRilbourne, by Miss Lois Sanford, In the receiving line were the Jun | lor and Senior Class officers. Misses Eiiabeth Mills. Genevieve Peltz, Qra iHolden, Charlotte Pittman. Etta Beale .Grant and Katherine Melvtn. with ' tl elr class teachers, \Tisses Hl::zell. Joyner, Wilson and Padwick. K STOCK HOLDERS MEET \ The Farmers and Merchants Bank I held Its annual stockholders meeting j Monday night,. Feb. 26th, there being I present in person or by proxy practl cully a 100 per cent meeting. The .Cashier's report was read and order led recorded. Hto report showed a j most successful year. Dividend of 8 per cent for 1921 and 1922 was paid. I The Bank's growth from a small In stitution of less than $4,000.00 on the date of Its flrst opening, In 1895, to I Its present size over $500, O H) . 00 in re, i sources, was a matter of interest to all present. This financial Institu tion, now entering upon its 29th year of successful operation, has been one of the mainstays responsible for the Improvements In the farming and oth business interests of this section. TV^ c ashler's report showed a most I healthful condition, with (-very reason to assure a continuous operation for the beet interests of the county and [town. At this meeting the following were elected Directors: C. P. Harris, L. U Joyner. J. W. King. J P. Tlm berlake, J. B. Thomas, F. W. Wheless, jj. O. Wilson, W. R. Young and M. 9 Clifton, while the officers elected by ;the Directors are as follows: Presi dent,. C. P. Harris: Vice-President, J. P. Tlmberlake; Cashier, M. S. Cllf Kn; Assistant Cashiers. Jas. B. Kins and Wm. D. Jackson; Stenographer, Visa Lola Jackson. A Catawba County club boy made over$600 With a small flock of sheep In three years. The money and the theeep are his own. AMONG THE VISITORS SOME VOL' KNOW ANIt SOME IOC DO NOT KNOW. i | Personal Items About Folks Aid I Their Friends Who- Travel Here | And There. Supt. E. L. Best visited Raleigh Tuesday. | Messrs. Malcolm McKInne and J. I L Palmer visited Raleigh Tuesday. Mrs. A. - T. Beddingfleld,"' of Clay ton, visited Mrs. W. J. Shearin this week. Supt. W. R. Mills is attending & mectin? of the National Education As cc elation at Cleveland, Ohio. COLLEGE NOTES Mrs J. A. Boone of Frauklin'on was (the guest of Miss Joyner Wednesday 'and Wednesday night </ j President Mohn is attending an edu cational conference in Memphis, Tenn., I this week. ! The ball game played by the Bunn atid the Louisburg boys li'st Wednes day afternoon was gr.eatly enjoyed by the college girls. i Miss Eugenia Plttman of Trinity 'College, accompanied by Miss Rhyman and Messers. Dixon and McCutcheon, j visited Miss Charlotte Plttmai last Sunday. Miss Mable Hux had as her guesta Sunday afternoon her sister Miss Ber tha Lee Hux, and her cousin. Miss | Eugenia Warren of HaliCax. I Miss Petty, who recently went to her home in Virginia on account of (l.lness, finds upon returning to the j college that she is not yet able to re sume her duties as a member of the I faculty. The entire school and her many friends in Louisbutg regret very keenly that Miss Petty will not I he with us during the remainder of the semester. Stndents' Recital Pupils of Mrs. Mohn, Miss Padwick land Miss Hall gave a most enjoyable recital Tuesday evening. Feb. 27th In ? the college auditorium. i The program opened with an in strumental trio. Festival Polonaise, by Wolff, played by Misses Susie jCrowell, Julia Daniels and Etta Beale I Grant. Following this Miss Pauline . Eason, of Snow Hill rendered with lease and grace Paderewski'3 "Minuet". Miss Louise Taylor gave a humor : rus monologue "Learning to Drive.? .Her rendition was very realistic and received prolonged applause. I "Le Carillon" by Rraguet was skil fully rendered by Misses Lois Craw I ley of Littleton, and Louise Maye of Youngsville. I The first vocal number on the pro gram, Warner's "Flowers, Awake!" I was sung with great ability by Miss ! Ora Holden of Louisburg. Misses Ida Bross and rxi'.s Crawley 'executed in rather burlesoue style 'Engleman's "Concert Polonaise." | Their parformance ,*as perhaps more I suitable for an Extravaganza or Hu moresque than for Engleman's more stately compositions, but took well with the audience and was vigorous ly applauded and encored. Little Miss Anna Gray Watson's reading of "Noah and the Ark" from Helen's Babies, was well dene and re ceived by the audience with apprecia tion. ?0 also was Miss Lois San ford's reading of Senee's "Cicely and the Bears." Her Imitation of the town crier with his bell was especially gcod. Instrumental solos from Grieg and Schiltt were capably performed by Misses Susie Crowell and Etta Beale Grant, resp9Ctlvely. Miss Josephine Bandy of Four Oaks, sang "La Serenata" from Tostl. She has a very powerful voice and this se lection was especially suited to hejr style. Mtsa Sarah Johnson gave one of Mrs. Caudle's ever popular curtain lectures "Mr. Caudle Lenda the Um brella." The popularity of the read ing and the reader were attested by the applause with which it was re ceived. The entertainment closed with the "Overture" to Zampa by Herold play ed as a duet by Misses Julia Daniels and Susie Crowell. The performance was quite a treet to the music lovers and Loulsbarg Is fortunate in its opportunity to enjoy these recitals every now and then. The next one will be given March 1J. The public is cordially Invited. FRANKLIN' COUNT V UNION Missionary Union of Franklin coun meet with Justice Society. March 10th. Rer. J. A. Mclrer will preach *t two p. m. for tlia Union. All societies are urged to send dele gates. , Mrs. Robt. A. BofeWM, See. PURCHASES STOCK J. M. * W. H. AJ.LKN AmoiiJ the business changes tor tha year we learn that Mr. M. 8. Clifton and others hare bought the Mock of Messrs. J. M and W. H. Allen to tta Farmers and Merchant* Bank.