ONLY HM FSB TIAB LN ADYANCB The Franklin Times ?' ? , WATCH LIBEL ON TOCB I PAFEB ? Sea4 ta Heacwal | Before Time Expire*. A. F. JOHNSON, Editor Mi Manager THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION YOLUMN LIL LOUISBUBG, N. C, FBIBAY, DECf.MBEB 14, IMS SUBSCRIPTION |LM Per Jam NUJfBEB O BE CORD RECEIPTS AT CO-OP HOUSES Deliveries to Association Increase 3 Million Dollar Melon To Be Cut By Members. (S. D. FrisseU) More tobacco of the 1923 crop reach ed the warehouses ot the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association last week than at any time this season. Steadily Increasing deliveries by the organized tobacco tarmerB brought the marketing association exactly 8, 948,973 pounds of tobacco last week, according to the reports of the ware house department. Members of the marketing associa tion in Eastern -North Carolina who will be the flrat to receive cash pay ments from the three million dollar distribution of the association which begins Its third advance on the 1922 crop next week, are Increasing their deliveries, the association having re ceived up to within one and a halt million pounds as much of the 1923 crop In the East as the total deliver ies of 1922 from that section. Old belt co-ops who will receive a third advance on their 1922 deliveries on January 10th, last week delivered close to six and a half million pounds of bright tobacco to the cooperative houses, this with a million and a quar ter pounds of dark-flred and sun-cur ed tobaccos delivered in Virginia brought the total of the Virginia and Western Carolina growers for last v.-eek to over 7,600,000 pounds. All bright markets of the assocla _f:<vi in North Carolina and Virginia "lose on December 20th and re the ? Delation for dark and sun cur ed t ' ? co will close December 20th and o. "ii January 2nd, according to the latest announcement from head quarters. Secretary. Henry A. Wallace, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, emphasized the import ance of cooperative marketing in his annual report to the President. Sec retary ^Wallace stated: "If farmers could control their production as does organized labor, unusual action by government might not be demanded so urgently. It is Just as well to keep in mind that both Industry and labor are beneficiaries of government ac tion, and that such action during the war and two years following has ad ded not a little to the farmer's diffi culties." Mr. E. L. Harris reports the sale of 896 pounds of tobacco of a tenant on the open floor at Warrenton on De cember 6th, that brought $112.41. He took this tobacco up and paid the ten ant and delivered It to the Co-ops in Louisburg on Tuesday and received for his first payment $100.72. Mr. S. H. Dickerson, of near Ingle side, reports the sale of 1,594 pounds of tobacco belonging to a tenant on the open floor at Henderson on Wed nesday, Nov. 28th, for $148.00 gross. He took it up and paid the tenant, and delivered It to the Co-ops at the same place and received for his flrat ad vance $170.32. He also reports an other transaction of the game kind a few days later wherein the open sale price was $182.00 and his first ad vance was $92.00. The Cooperative Warehouse at Louisburg will close for the Christ mas holidays after the sales on Thursday, December 20th, and open again to receive tobacco on Tuesday, January 8th, 1924. G. A. MEETING The Girls Auxiliary of the Louls burg Baptist church met on Monday at 7 o'clock in the home of Eugenia Perry. The following program was carried out: i Hymn ? O Zlon Haste. Prayer ? led by Nannie Perry. Bible Reading. 2 Tim. 2-.12-1&? read by Margaret Inscoe. Roll call and minutes ? by Secretary. Personal Service report ? by R'eport Study of G. A. Manual ? led by Pres ident. Piano Solo ? by Margaret Wilder, Vocal Solo ? by Helen L. Fleming. Dismissed by sentence prayers ? led by Ethelyn Young and closed by An nie B. Weaver. After the program was rendered de llclooa refreshments were served. The following members were present: Margaret Wilder, Ethelyn Young, Louise Gattls, Blanche Weaver, Mary Leigh Kearney, Maria Perry, Mamie Lancaster, Louise Cooper, Elsie Hud son, Kate Allen, Beulah Lancaster, Doza TJpchurch, Margaret Inacoe, Nan nie Perry, Loreen Upchurch and Eu genia Perry, as visitors Helen Leigh Fleming and Mrs. A. W. Perry. * " WRITE I,ETEI, ITEMS There will be a play at the school building Friday night. Mlas Odell Thompson. Miss Leah Coley, Mr. Frank Pearce visited Miss es Minnie and Ciandia Collins Satur day night Misses Minnie and Claudia Collins visited Hollister Sunday. MIm Pauline House visited Miss Hettle Davis Saturday night. Miss Mamie Gilliam visited Miss Minnie Cook* Saturday night. When It rains L. O. T. will call again. t,. Q. T. TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLCB Just after the blush of the flowers, before the fall of the snow, ther** comes a festive season wben Naturn seems to cling to the last Autumn sunshine, we call It Indian Summer ? and 'twas one of these dayi December borrowed on the 11th, when the Tues day Afternoon Book Club met with Mrs. J. L. Palmer at her home on Sun set Avenue. Just two week* 'til Chflstmas! Can It be possible? So warm and so sunny, 'twas hard to realize this until we entered Mrs. Palmer's home, decorated here, there and everywhere with Christmas holly, the little red berries seemed almost to ring out the Christmas chimes. Mrs. Palmer, the Ideal hostess, bh she anticipated her guest's every comfort, completed the sincere hos pitality always felt in her attractive home. The Club welcomed her, her many friends who were her guests, especially Mrs. Dowd, so recently coming into our midst. After the usual roll call, reading and approval of minutes, the program was taken up: ? the subject for the afternoon being "The Rhine River." The paper by Mrs. R. C. Beck was in teresting and beautiful. She gave so many facts new to us. and legends whose mysteries were sweet to us. A selected reading by Mrs. Alice J. Uz zell in which she gave more legends of the Rhine, closing with that old and much beloved poem, "Bengln on the Rhine," was a very enjoyable num ber. The Current Event by Mrs. S. P. Boddie was the "Meeting of the Sixty-eighth Congress" whose princi pal topics for discussion were the re duction of taxes and the compensa tion for the world war soldiers. ? The music for the afternoon ? wire given over entirely to Miss Williams, and as jilways, she played beautiful and pleasing selections, as only "Miss Sallie" can play. The smallest, but by no means the least contributor to our program, was Miss Anna Gray Watson, who gave a humorous reading by Ellis Parker Butler, which showed wonderful tal ent for one so young. She was en itertalnlng from start to finish, i After the program was completed, I Mrs. Palmer assisted by Anna Gray Watson and Mary Malone Best, serv I ed delicious refreshments In three j courses, the color scheme being green land red, carrying out the color of her j holly decorations. RECORDER'S COrRT | Judge G. M. Beam hell quite i ;ST.all court Monday. The following 'c-.j j were disposed of J.i Fecorder't Court : State vs Boat Jones, d m p, contic uo I to first Monday in February, 1 9 ''.4 State vs Zollle Williamson, adw n 't f,ulity. Slate vs Buck Perry, pdw, pleadi nolo contendere. 3months or. road3. State va Buck Perry, ccw, pleads nolo contendere 3 months on roada, tc begin at expiration of nbovo sentence leave to hire out. State vs Buck Perry, ccw, plead; nolo contendere, 3 months on road! to begin at expiration of above sen tence, leave to hire out. State vs Buck Perry, vpl, pleads nolo contendere, 3 months on roads to begin at expiration of above sen tence, leave to hire out. BBTAN PREFERS CHRISTIANITY TO STUDY OF ROCKS New York, Dec. 7. ? William Jen nings Bryan, thrice candidate for the presidency, today told Baptist funda mentalists he preferred Christianity to geology. "If," he said, "we have come to the stage at which we must decide be tween geology and Christianity, I think It Is better that we know 'The Rock of Ages' than the 'ages of rocks." Mr. Bryan said that he had rather hare his boy unable to read and write and honest, than an Inmate of peni tentiary and a scholar. "When I first opposed evolution," he continued, "I was told by a minis ter that a thinking man couldn't agree with me. I said to him that only two per cent of the population were col lege graduates and that there was 98 per cent who still had souls." Mr. Bryan attacked modernists who, he said, did not profess the beliefs of evangelical denominations, but still Insisted on going Into these churches and misrepresenting them. ? Virginian Pilot. CHANGE AT POST OFFICE Postmaster E. F. Yarborough has had the fixtures at the local post office rearranged the past week. The new arrangement will give the force much more room In which to handle the In coming and outgoing mall and shall Increase the efficiency of the office, while at the same time It reduces the lobby In size to no disadvantage to the public. Woman's Club To Meet The Woman's Club will hold Its reg ular meeting on Friday afternoon, December 14th at three o'clock. This meeting will he held In the Lunch Room at the Graded School and all of the members are requested to be present. Subscribe to Ths Franklin Time* BIG SALES THE PAST WEEK LOUISBURG TO BACCO MARKET GAINING IN POPU LARITY?TO CLOSE NEXT TUESDAY. Large quantities of tobacco j has been sold on the Louisburg Tobacco Market the past week with general satisfaction to the growers. Monday was one of the biggest sales of the sea son ? there being around one hundred and fifteen thousand pounds in town. Announcement lias been made that the Louisburg Mar ket will close on Tuesday, De cember 18tli for the Christmas holidays and open again on TILLEY- WILLIAMS | Invitations reading as follows have I been received: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Hynes Fleming Invite you to be present at the Baptist Church on Saturday afternoon, December 29 Nineteen hundred twenty-three at halt after two o'clock to witness the marriage of their sister Sallle Thomas Williams to Rev. George Vance Tilley Louisburg, N'. C. Enclosed are cards reading: "At home after January fifteenth, Hert ford, N. C." i The bride is one of Louisburg's most 1 charming and accomplished ladies be ling especially gifted in that beautiful ' art ? music, and enjoys a wide and I popular acquaintance who will be ! much Interested in the coming event. I The groom is a noted Baptist mln jister of Hertford, who enjoys the pop I ularity of a large congregation and i hosts of acquaintances. o AX AVEME OF DOGWOODS I The town of Statesville is going to ' have at least one street of marked i beauty. It is known as Davie Avenue land under the direction of Dr. E. C. Raynal, for the Citizens Association, has been lined with dogwood trees. The scheme Is carried out to within a third of a mile of the city limits. The Statesville people are prosecuting the ' ornamentation Idea further with the | Boulevard selected for adornment in I maples. But Davie Avenue Is destln I ed to become the pride of the town. I The Observer backs selection of the I dogwood. It Is properly claimed for this tree that it retains some particu lar point of beauty throughout the year. In the Spring It is in glorious flower ? the beauty of the dogwood tree in full blossom is matchless ? ; In the Summer its foliage is beauti fully shaded; In the Fall its leaves turn a bright red, and in the Winter the tree carries clusters of red ber ries. In Asheville they have talked of dogwood for years, but they have not done what Statesville has done ? they have created no dogwood Ave nue. ? Charlotte Observer. Statesville is not the only town in the State that has an avenue of dog wood trees. Before the above article was published Louisburg was enjoy ing this distinction, not knowing that any other town was contemplating such. Some time ago, the residents of NaBh Street caught a vision of the glories of the native dogwood, and, as sisted and encouraged by the Woman's Club, succeeded In planting these trees from Cedar Hill to the end of the sidewalk. Just beyond the resi dence of Mr. W. F. Beasley. It Is the purpose of the Woman's Club, ultimately to extend the plant ing of the dogwood trees to the end of the pavement on Nash road, beyond the Fox 8wamp bridge. When this avenue of dogwood trees shall have been completed and reach ed perfection. It will he not only the beauty spot of Louisburg, but one of the choicest drives of Eastern Caro I llna. ANNUAL ELECTION Mrs. J. W. Mann, Secretary of the American I<eglon Auxiliary, announ ces a meeting to he held at her home On Tuesday afternoon. December 18. at 3 o'clock. All members are urged to attend as the annual election of officers will be Hpld at this meeting CAPTUBES STILL Sheriff H. A. Kearney and Deputies D. E. Cone and H. C. Ayescue and Constable J. E. Thomas made a raid In Gold Mine township Monday even ing and captured a complete #0 gal Ian still outfit and destroyed about 1400 gallons of beer. Constable H. C. Ayescue of Harris township, reports the destruction of ?bout 800 gallons of beer on last Fri day afternoon on a spring branch near Nick Denton** In Harris town ship. Tuesday, January 8th. These dates however, apply only to the auction sale houses, as the Co-operative house will not close until after the sales on Thursday afternoon, December 20th, and will open again with the auction houses on Tuesday, January 8th, 1924. Louisburg's Tobacco Market is growing in popularity. Bring your tobacco to Louisburg and join in with the many who come here to sell their pro ducts. BOX PARTY AT GOLD-SAND We have been requested to announce that a box party will be given at the new Gold -Sand High School on Tues day Illght, December 18th, 1923. The proceeds will be used for the school and the public Is Invited to attend In Jarge numbers. BIG HOGS Big hogs killed II Franklin County the past week have been reported to us as fallows: ' J. E. Pearce, Harris township, two weighing 357, 330. J. Bw Cooper, Harris township, two weighing 265, 241. W. H. Cooper, Harris township, two weighing 306, 234. G. H. Cooper, Harris township, one weighing 340. J. C. Tucker. Louisburg, three weigh ing 316, 354, 365. J. W. Wlieless, Cedar Rock town ship, two weighit)? 335, 308. Arthur StrickTand, Cypress Creek township, four weighing SOS. J. E. Collins, Sandy Creek township two weighing 497. 398. Will Holmes, Louisburg township, six weighing 1900. 1?> YEARS OLD Stephen Gupton, colored, died Sat urday and was burled Sunday near Laurel. Stephen Is said to be 125 years old. COTTON REPORT The tabulation of the card reports shows that there were 20,014 bales of cofton, counting round as half bales ginned In Franklin County, from the crop of 192S prior to December 1, 1923, as compared with 13,145 bales ginned to December 1, 1922. GUARDSMEN' BEAT BUN'N YoungsvlHe. Dec. 11. ? Headquarters 1st Battalion, 117th F. A., N. C. N. Q., defeated Bunn in a fast and snappy game of basketball here tonight by score of 14 to 8. The National Guard boys excelled their opponents In every department of the game. The game was featured by the brilliant work of the entire artillery team. Referee. Bowling, of Durham, N. C. o BOX PARTY On Wednesday night, December 19, there will be a box party given at Rock Spring school. Other forms of entertainment will' be furnished. The receipts will be used for the benefit of the school. The public Is cordially Invited to attend. GOOD NEGRO GONE On Not. 28. 1923, Uncle Alex Dun ston. a colored man well known and much respected by both colored and white people In Louisburg passed away to his reward. Uncle Alex was one of the ante-bel lum negroes of whom so few are now left. He was about seventy-seven years old; was born and lived almost all of his life In Louisburg. In the civil war he was what they called In those days "Body servant" to Mr. W. F. Greene for a while, then to Dr. Clif ton. Later some officer took a fancy to him and requisitioned him from Dr Clifton. When he was a young man he mar ried Jo Maynard and they lived togeth er as man and wife for flfty-seven years. They had only one child. An nie. who la now married and living In Chicago. He was one among the earliest mem bers ot the colored Presbyterian church. For many years ho was an elder In the church, and as long as his health and strength lasted was an active worker In the church. In his last days his religion was his greatest hope and comfort. "One million pecan trees for eastern Carolina In the next four years may sound like an ambitious program but It Is worthy of fulfillment. A good start has been made by agricultural extension workers this fall. ?? ? ? What Does Your School Stand For in Your Community? Supt. J. S. Massenburg, of the Bunn High School sends In an examination paper which was selected by a com mute of four as the best from a group of thirty-one. The examination cov ers the district study group. I feel like there is Information which will be of Importance to the people In the county. The seven examination questions and their answers were as. follow?_j_ (1.) Q. What does your school stand for in your community? A. The school Is the eenter of most vital Interest In the community. It Is the axis around which all revolves. It stands for culture, enlightenment, religion and progress. It is the group center of the community and promotes social contact. It affords the place for gatherings to enjoy lectures, mus ical or other entertainments and rec reations. The school lays the foun dation for and is the producer of law abiding, progressive citizens. In short, the school stands essentially for education and education is the hope of the nation. (2). Q. If you were going to build a school building in your district, how would you go about getting the money, and how would you repay It. A. in order to build a Hfty thous and dollar school building, there are two methods. First, school bonds 10 that amount may be voted In the dis trict. Second, the amount may ne borrowed from the State Building Fund, In the form of a twent year loan at the rate of five (?) per cent Inter est; ? "l liu Hi at paymtmt ? met stml annually and the other nineteen pay ments are paid annually plus the five ( per cent interest. _ (3.) Q. What has been your great est problem in your school room this year? How did you solve it? A It seems almost imposailpe to say' what my greatest problem has been this year, for they have been and are very, very numerous. Each day brings Its new ones. One. however, the remedy of which was most vital to my pupils, as well as to myself I were I to have any success with my iegorts, was that of stimulating in the children, an interest in their work. Of course there were the usual number of bright, enthusiastic ones who need ed no stimulus, but I am speaking of i the others, familiar to all teachers. Very young children, in the second I grade, are very apt, during the long vacation to have forgotten a large part of what was so painstakingly taught them the year before. It :s almost like starting from the beginning and many are indolent, Inditterent or tim id and shrinking and need constant probing. Some of my youngsters were entirely lacking In interest and this, to state it very mildly, was very perplexing to me. I at once put into ! practice as many devices as possible to serve as stimulants, promoters or arousers ? if there be such a word. The "gold-star" plan works won derfully well in spellng. I placed on the wall a large card board bearing the name of each member of the class. Every child having a perfect spelling lesson each day in the week gets a star by his name on Friday. Of course a great spirit of rivalry is thus crea ted. Each child endeavoring to get the largest number of stars. In reading I also use stars. One is placed by each well read lesson. In arithmetic the class is divides In to teams. Each team has a captain whose business It Is to spur the slow ones on so his team may be in the lead. The standing of the teams is kept on the board In colored ihalk. Members of the class who read well spell correctly, tell stories Interest ingly and are quick In numbers , I "show off" constantly to the rest of the class. Not to an Irritating degree, but just enough to make John want to read as well as Mary or Sally want to add as quickly as Bill. (4.) Q- Of what value have these group meetings been to you? A. Before the fine teachors' meet ing. of which this paper Is a termina tion, the question. "Is the dividend In education commensurate with our In vestment r held little significance for me. I could not answer or even argue the question because I knew nothing about It. Though at present I am ashamed to admit It. I had never giv en it any thought or consideration, j Now. however. I could argue extensive ly and convincingly on the question. The State Equalling Fund Is no long er a foreign term to me. and I know the State doesn't pay for 150.000 or ?<>n0O0 school buildings. Too. I real ? ~?re my position and responsible | Itv ' ~ a teacher and ? the answer I would give to the above question Is, of course "Yes." Here's How Government Plans To Spend Money Washington. IVh*. 10.? Hare's how the government's dollars will come and go In the seal year p f 1925 as es timated by the experts of the bureau dollar: General functions of government including legislative, executive. Judi cial and general admlnlstraton, 3.28 cents . , Military functions (36.54 cents) In cluding: AMONG THE VISITORS SOME YOO K.10W AND 80M TOD DO NOT mow. Personal Item* About Fciks All Their Friends Wko Travel Har* And Tber*. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cobb vistt ed Raleigh Monday. ? * Mr. J. A. Hodges visited his people at Linden the past week. ? ? "MrB. A. W. Alston and son, Rob, visited Raleigh Wednesday. ? '? Supt. E. C. Perry left Wednesday tor Concord on a business trip. ? ? Mr. T. T. Hicks, of Henderson, was a visitor to Loulsburg Tuesday. ? ? Mr. H. C. Taylor and daughter. Miss Gladys, visited Raleigh Wednesday. ? ? Miss Mary Spencer and Master James Johnson visited Raleigh Fri day. ? ? Mr. R. P. Taylor went to Richmond the past week to undergo an opera tion. ? ? Mrs. R. H. Ogburn and daughters, Tom and Dick, left Tuesday for Rich mond. ? i - ?r ? Miss Sallie Williams and Mrs. Dr. A. H. Fleming went to Raleigh Wed nesday. ? ? ? Supt. E. L. Best spent Friday in Raleigh on business in connection with the schools. ? ? Mr. D. E. Best, Mr. J. H. Best, Miss Mary Best and Mrs. E. L. Best went to Raleigh Wednesday. ? ? Pres. A. W. Mohn. Mrs. J. L. Palm er and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Yarbor ough went to Raleigh Monday. m m Mrs. R. P. Taylor and daughter. Miss Sallie, Mrs. Georgia T. Boddie and Miss Eleanor Perry visited Oxford, t Sunday. * * ! Supt. and Mrs. E. C. Perry, Misa I Eleanor Perry, Miss Sallie Taylor jand Miss Leila Williamson went to I Raleigh Monday. ? ? ! Miss Florence Silver, who has been visiting her aunt. Miss Mary Spencer, at Oakhurst, returned to her home it Greensboro, Friday. ? ? I Miss Sallie Taylor returned Satur ! day from Richmond, where she ac 1 coffipanled her father, Mr. R. P. Tay lor, who underwent an operation. ! * * I Dr. Edgar D. Hinkle. of Miami, Fla. jand Pittsburg, Pa., who has been the j guest of Dr. A. H. Fleming on the (hunting camp at Wood, returned home Tuesday. ? ? Mr. J. S. Howell, who has been in a hospital in Raleigh suffering from a broken leg for several weeks, re turend home Sunday. His many friends were glad to see him looking so well. ? ? Messrs. G. A. Ricks and W. C. Wool dridge returned this week from a sporting trip to White's Game Pre serve at Currituck, N. C. They re port killing 71 duck, 1 goose and caught 35 pounds black base. and navy, 16.64 cents. Military pesions, retirement pay. annuities, World War allowances and life Insurance claims, 19.90 cents. Civil (unctions (12.59 cents) Includ ing: Promotion, regulation and operation of marine transportation, 1.48 cents. Public works, .inclrding rivers and of the budget. Each average dollar of the $3,693, 762,078 estimated receipts. It is expect ed, will come from the following sur ces in the proportions stated: Internal revenue, Including Income taxes, 73.84 cents. Customs duties, from Imports. 13.36 cents. Miscellaneous sources. Including In terest and discount, sale of govern ment property, public domain receipts, fees, fines, penalties and forfeitures, gifts and contributions, repayments of Investments, District of Colombia receipts, and trust fund receipts 11,81 cents. I Total, 100.00 cents. The estimated expenditures ot 13. 298.080.444 would be divided In the following proportion tor each average harbors, 5.05 cents, Other civil functions, 6.04 cents. Non-functional operations (47.59 cents) Including: Refunds and drawbacks, 3.39 cents. Fired debt charges (41.61 cents) in cluding : Public debt retirements froo ordi nary receipts, 14.62 cents. Interest on the public debt, M.M cents. Disbursement ot trust funds, I.4T cants. Investments.' Q.13 cent*. Total. 100.00 cants. The foregoing estimates U WW|)>? and expenditures do not I achate op eration ot the Foetal unMi tinagt rsraegclenty M PoeUT itTSSSifc

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