OJTLT $IM PBK rEAB 15 ADYJJCK The WITCH LiMl M mi PAPEH? 8t*4 ~ B?(or? TiM' L r. JOHSSOS, Editor and Manager THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION ?LB9CiUP11U9 ?L* Par law yOLVMK? LIII. LOCISBCKG. V C- F HI DAY, JITY ii, l?i4 ? ? - - ? M'JIBEB ? S3 FRANKLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL One of The Most Modernly Convenient In The United States. THE GIFT OF MR. SAM C. VANN To The Children of Franklin ton Township ? Has Large Auditorium, Gymnasium, Rest Rooms, Hospital or Clinic Rooms, Community Room and Large Number Large, Well Lighted, Com modious Class Rooms ? A Building of Beauty, Repre senting The Ideal and De sires of a Big Hearted Citi zen. (By Supt. Hoy Taylor) The Franklinton public school build ing. uow almost complete, represents ::.i realization c! an ideal that has es i e . in the mind of Mr. S. C. Vann for i years. The significant thing t1.. is not that Mr. Vann is giving t ?i . .. .. it to the community more than $30u.i . -?) or about |500 for every white :.v-.;ol child in Franklinton town ship. but rather that through it he is finding a means of serving the com munity in the largest sort of way. The building is not to be looked Ut>on as a donation of so much wealth for a me morial. but rather as a useful, practi cal investment in which the community may flad the means of growth Into a larger life. It is the donation of an Idea, of the inspiration to achieve, not the mere gift of a sum of money. It 4s meant not to relieve the community of the responsibility of providing school facilities, but rather to make it possible to evolve a much better type of school than would otherwise be possible. In this respect the build ing represents a situation that is uni que. It places upon Franklinton a re sponsibility and lays the foundation for a development that must come through the years. Already there are resulting evidences of progress. A year ago Franklinton t iwnship voted a special school tax of 50 cents and the small schools were combined with the central school. This gives about 20 children who had for merly had the d'Badvavntage of i s.lx months, one-teacher seven-grade school the advantage of a nine-months, well-graded eleven-grade school. For next year uvtnsements have be^n mat, to teach vocational agriculture and have economics to the high BChool pu pils. These significant steps are but the beginning of the progress that may reasonably be expected as a result of this 'unusual gif{ to the community. To carry out the idea Mr. Vann had In view it was necessary for the build ing to be as nearly complete In every respect as It was possible to make It. In the first place. It had to be easily accessible not only to pupils but to the comunlty. Of ell the sites proposed, the one chosen fulfilled this re quirement. The city block on which the building stands Is the most acces sible location In town. It Is bounded on two sides by the two state highways that cross at one of its corners. The post office and business houses are Just across the street and two of the towns churches are close by on two opposite sides. Nobody who transacts business in town, or attends Its church es or eveu visits can fail to be re minded of the presence of the school. In the second place, the building to serve its purpose had to be archi tecturally correct. It had to conform n: only to the requirements for a school but It had also to conform to the pro per standards for building in general. The opinion of one architect, no mat ter how capable he might be, was not sufficient. A New York firm of wide reputation passed upon and approved I the exterior in every particular. The I building is about ISO feet across the I front and about 135 feet deep. The I auditorium Is In the center rear and is separated by open courts from the* f.'jtrldors tliat extend down the wia;j by the class rocms. The three story elevation, the long walls with simple lines, the limestone window sills, belt line, cornice and pilaster on the tront. are standing out ,on a background of brown tapestry I brick laid in black mortar with raked I joints; this whole combination makes !a picture that is satisfying in every | respect. Then too the grounds will be ! in keeping with the building. Concrete Iwalk9 will lead to the entrances and laround the building where necessary, land the space in front will be planted I in grass and shrubbery according to the plans of a landscape architect. It is of peculiar interest to know that the large willow ok Just In front of the building, the finest tree in town, was planted by Mr. Vann 45 years ago. The lot to the rear of the building, containing nearly two acres will be graded and surfaced and equipped for la playground. Throughout the building is well and substantially constructed. It is thoroughly fireproof from top to bot tom and from end to end., All the room floors are wood laid In reinforced concrete, TEe corridor floors are fin ished in concrete. The walls are of gypsum black and are no more con bustlble than asbestos. If a fire should he kindled In one room it could not pass to another. The greatest possible care was ex ercised in planning the interior ar rangements of the building, Mr. Vann, In company With others assisting, vis jlted all the newer schools in Central ? Nor:h Carolina, and finally the great Lincoln School In New York, the model school under the control of Teachers College. Every arrangement or device that made for service or convenience was noted. Th estate eDpartment of j Education was consulted for standards [for schol rooms and equipment, and all the available books and school ar chitecture were examined. Finally the | whole mass of Information and ideas ? was brought together and squared up j with conditions in Frankllnton and the j building as it now Ixists was elevated. I The two main floors contain twenty | regular class rooms, all of standard size,. with standard light and stand ard equipment. The rooms are all about 21 feet by 28 feet exclusive of cloak room space, and they are all lighted frdm the left side only. The glass space Is equivalent to about 20 per cent of the floor space and the windows extend to the calling guaran teeing a good distribution of light the full width of the room. The front and right walls of every room have a slate blackboard 40 Inches wide extending their full length. The wood panels above the boards will allow space for exhibiting pupils work. The cloak room screens at the rear also serve as bulletin boards. The calling and (Continued on Pag# Eight) MB. SAM C. VA XX The donor of the beautiful Frankllnton Public School, and whose genero sity, prompted, by his care and Appreciation of little 'children, has made It possible for the children of Krsnk^nton and community to recehe training second to none. It Is a wonderful spirit that ha< produced this wonderful gift to humanity and Franklin Cnnnty Is pioud of such a citizen. . ? ? MU. S. C. VASN THE PHILANTHRO PIST (By Rev. 0. W. Dcwd) Sometimes words pre inadequate to define a character and it is especially difficult to find one word that is big enough in moral and spiritual signi ficance to tell the whole glory of a great personality. And I do not mean [that my wurd philanthropist is conniv ing all I have in mind concerning Mr. S. C. Vann. But we believe the! tn him we find the universal good will; the lgver of the whole- human family; a heart that goes out to the man beside the road ? Yea, theone beside all roads so this is our true philanthropist ? the lover of all mankind. I kenw Mr. Vann long before I ever came to know h'.m personally. I knew of him through his good deeds. When 1 first learned of him it was through his generous magnificent gift to the M'ethodist Orphanage, later I heard of him through his good friend Joe who announced to the N. C. Conference in Raleigh that Mr. Vann had giveo Trinity College $10,000. Soon after I became his pastor I saw a sight I had never seen before-? it was this philan thropist on Xmas day giving hundreds of dollars to the children of Franklin ton and the country side. No condi tions were imposed, you only had to be a child to be a recipient of his be nevolence on that day. My fourth experience or introduc tion to this great personality and lov er of men. all Franklin County and the State of North Carolina know. Here we need another word ? the phil anthropist becomes a builder. I can not conceive of a man erecting a bet ter building for a town and rural com munity than thp imposing structure that adorns the school site In Frank lin ton. Here is a building ? a real building of character and the finest quality. Long years before It became a reality It was In process of building in the careful and prayerful thinking of fa ther and son. Both have lavished their time and energy, their best thlnk (Continued ?m Page Eight) FBIXKXINTON PUBLIC school One of the moat handsome, thoroughly modern and beat equipped public schools In the United Mates. It repr< - aenta the very lateat In achool architecture. Thla magnificent building was donated by Mr. Sam C. Tann. to the bova and girls of hla home community that tbeiy might have an equal advantage with the boy a and girls of any communis fn the United States. Mr. VaBn and hfa good wife both had a deep lore for little children m was evidenced by their many acts of kindness and rsmembranc*. It ?m Ula spirit developed Into the b?sn(lfnl gift above which will mean' a broader and fuller life far thahoyaiand girls of PraJUtlnton gad ooatnunlty for majuy generations to come and a monument Jo the memory of It* donor that will touch the responsive emotions of the whole public more deeply thsn anything elae. / T : - ? ^ The fcuilding Is equipped with tb? be?< lnrtestrnctlbl# steel fi'tme elslra and desks and was supplied by the 8oalb?*B School Supply Co., of Kaiglch, NjiCt '? A' f . ' ?i . iKi _ ?... ...... ? v??A? * - ?- ? MISS Li t V FOSTER DEAD. The announcement of the death of Miss Lucy K. Foster, which occurred at her home on lilm street on last Fri day carried sadness and sorrow to her many friends. Miss Lucy leaves be ' sides her mother, two sisters. Mrs. Dr. Matthews, ot Tennessee, and Miss Vir ginia Foster, of Louisburg. She had i been In bad health for some time, but j bore her sufferings with a wonderful .spirit. She v. as a consistent member joi the Louisburg Methodist church. "Uod touched her with His finger, and she slept." the poet wrote. So it {was with her ? "God touched her with His finger and she slept." but not un . til a beautiful life was lived, a noble 'example of patience, fidelity to truth and faith were given. Not until vis ions of a Heavenly life, had cheered jand illumined the valley of the shad ow. And now, that she sleeps, mem ory takes up the harp of life, and smlt ing the strings, finds that her virtues melt into music. The funeral services were held from the home on Saturday afternoon and were conducted by her pastor. Rev. O. W. Dowd, assisted by Rev. J, A. Mclver, and the interment was made in Oak lawn cemetery. Large numbers at tended both services and the finral tribute was beautiful. The pallbearers were E. B. Foster, P S. Foster. F. W. Htcks. D. F. Mc Kinne, P. tl Brown, T. Blacknail Cooke. The bereaved family has the sym pathy of the entire community. ? o TAKES TRIP TO CALIFORNIA Miss Jessie Taylor Harris left Tues day to Join the News and Observer party for a trip through California. Miss Harris was successful In win ning the trip on the News and Ob server" tranquil tour In a subscription contest. The trip is most wonderfully arranged taking in quite a large num ber ot places of public int^rist in the great Western States. Her many friends congratulate Miss Harris and are pleased that she Is one of the lucky party. The Mhlcs of the golf course allow playing through, but some golfers nev er get through playing. A CARD OF THANKS The l.onMiti'V Collw Oam palarn Committee takes this me thod of expressing to rtch ud every person who contributed to the saecess of the eampabrn for tldO/MO.OO, In labor, Influence and subscription* the deep irratl tnde of the Board of Trastaes. the FMalt; and Committee for , all the splendid eo-operatlon, aader most adverse elrrumstan ces, hjr so lar*e a inter at the people oi Franklin ('oaatf . The ronhlMd efforts of w ataaj mdde fills nimoment a wonder ful saeeeexs, and the people of tranjkla C'ogatjr hate reason to he prdad ol their aid. and aisls laitee, aad mutj he anaared that the rouJala* WWUMI wttl he <' rthN aatslde Me Cowaty uS Wonderiullj Lr.lhUNiastlr Meetinif? Keiruiar I.o?e Kea*t ? Additional I'wk irllinlots ? Mandlnir ?i T?im* ? Li lirary To Be Named A. W. Holm Li brary. The teara wcrkers in the Greater Louisburg ( olleire Campaign held their final report last Friday tight. July IS, and iimid great enthu-iaam brought in a large volume ot subscriptions which ran the total up to $150,335. The meeting was one of the most enthusi astic ever staged in Louisburg. As each team reported and the total climb ed a little nearer towards the $150, 000 goal the excitement grew. Most of the workers had not thought it pos sible that the full amount could be reported without extending the time of the Campaign. Chairman Kutfin extended his earn est felicitations to the workers for their persistence and cooperation in putting the Campaign over the top. Other speakers Deluding E. L. Best. Malcolm McKinne .Mayor L. L. Joyner, Dr. A. H. Fleming, Mrs. A. W. Mohn, Rev. O. W. Dowd, Dr. W. B. Morton, F. B. Mckinne and S. A. Newell, spoke feelingly of what the Campaign had meant to Franklin County. President jA. W. Mohn expressed his deep ap preciation to the workers for their activity. He said that while many of those present had expressed this or the other reason as being the cause of the success, that there are really 75 reasons, meaning the 75 different men and wi/nien who worked in the Campaign organization. All of the speakers spoke in a very complimentary way of Mr. ^Mohn, and what he has meant to Louisburg Col lege and Franklin County. On motion of Mr. E. H. Malone it was unanimous ly and enthusiastically voted to name the library, which is to be tn the new Franklin County Building, the A. W. j.Mohn Library. Thus memoralizingjthe. man who furnished the main inspira tion for the successful campaign. Division C. headed by Mrs. W. E. | White as Chairman led the three di visions. Mrs. White's division brought | in a total of $57,20S. Many expressions of appreciation were directed to Mrs. 1 White and the several teams of women I workers for their activity which was directed by all the speakers as the back1 bone of the Campaign. The additional subscribers since the last published report are as follows: Memorial Koom Subscriptions: J. A. Mitchiner $1,000. Mr. and Mrs. F B. McKinne $1,000. a Friend $5,000. Ano nymous $3,000. Diwnzp i unlet Subscriptions: J. S. Howell $500 C. S. Williams $500. John C. Winston $500. Ben T. Holden $500, Colonial Pine Company $500. Buok of Remembrance Subscrip tion* r~J. W. Alford $50. M. C. Alford $50. Mary Alford $5. J. M. Allen Jr. $10 Edward Bartholomew $5. A. C. Benton $100. Bettle Mae Bennet $250, J. B. Bullock $50. C. F. Bunn $25. J A. Bunn $5. J. B, Bunn $25. J. C. Bunn $10. Norman Chambles $100. Willard E. Cooper and wife $25, C. E. Debnam $25. D. W. Early $10. Linwood Edwards $5, Gray Egerton $10, Charles H. El more $10. Fred Frazier $50, Ernest Ferguson. Jr. $5. A. L. Gay $25. Wilson Gav $125. W. C. Green $50. W. O. Grif fin $25. W. T. Griffin $25. M. C. Gupton $50. Alice E Harris $25. R. L. Harris $25. Joe Hatton $5. Ben T. Holden, Jr. $5. Allen House $5. C. C. Hudson $100. Frank Hudson $5. Robert Johnson $5, Lonnle Jones $26, John W. King $10, B. W. Lewis $100. C. A. Long $25, A. F. May $100, D. E. May $100. H D. Medlin $25, Dick Mohn $10. B. R. Moore $25. J W. Morgan $25. L. O. Morgan $25. N M. Morgan $10, Mrs. Nannie R. Moore $10. John W Neal $25. W M. Pearce $5. Eddie Perry $5. W. V. Petry 110, F G. Poole $25. Arthur Rag land $10. George Ragland $10. Mr and Mrs B S Rice $10. H G Ruffln $25. J. W. Sanders $25. C. R Sandllng $2S. R M. Sanderford $25. Mary Saun- ! ners *10. A. T Shearln $100. J. D. Stalling* $25. W J. Stalllnus $25. C. A. Strickland $10. S. C. Sykes $25. Hoy Tayltjj $10. WinKate Underhlll $10. J. n. Weathersb y$25. W W Webb $250. Arthur Wilder $25. E. S. Wilder $50. S. T Wilder. Jr $10, J. B. Wilder $25. J A Wheless $50. Wiley H. Williams $10. S C. Alford $10. H. W. Allen $100, James \. Allen $10. P. S. Allen Jr $10 Anonymous $100. Anonymous $360, Johr P ill $5, W. B. Barrow $100. J. N. Bartholomew $50 N. K. Bartholo mew $75. Mrs. C. F. Best $250. Mrs. Fannie Rlrff" $25. Hubert Bonn $25. Mrs. Rachel Dunn $5. Tom Burnett $25. A. C. Cftrr $50. E. ft Chappell $100. J. R. Collins $50. W T. Dsrls $25, "W. H. Kdens $200 E. H. Evans $125. W H. Faulkner $25, Thoa. D. Parrer $25. Charlie Ford $50. Ernest foster IIS. Kate Punam $25. J. O. Green $200. Miss Slddle Oreen $10. 0. B. Ouptan $50, J S. Harris $5??C. Hatton $$2. J. S Hayes $50. R. 8. Headfcrson $$?. R. B Heiwl arson Jr. I8S..II. 8. Hsstsr $10. Frank E. Hicks $10. W. H. Iyer $10. I. H. Kearney $100, F. P... Knott ?*% J: 4"^ Moseltfjr $56. Oartanfl MrtseUy $1 Moors $50. O. B Moss $100, IfcO, MW-1 Its $M, U lt VUttt $$?, W. C. Murray 1 HELD UNDER $5,000 BOND For October Term Superior Court t. W.* Held For forcibly or iraudulentb kidnapping MIhh Ma bel Strickland, l>j Squire J. L. Pal mer WHncsdaj. C. W. Buswcll, of Freemont, was bounc over to the October term ot Franklin Superior Court under a $5, O'ju bona by Squire J- L. Palmer on Wednesday morning under a charge of forcibly or fraudulently kidnapping Miss Mable Strickland, IS year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Strick land. of near Hickory Rock. From the evidence of the state wit nesses it seems that Boawell went to the home of Mr. A. P. Strickland about June 15th. and employed Miss Mabel Strickland to keep books for him and represented himself as a contractor. It seems that she accepted the position and went with him for five, days. Re turning home, a correspondence was established and Miss Strickland con ducted an investigation of Bos-well which proved to be unfavorable in that he was a married man. This Boswell denied assuring the lady that It was all .false that he had been married but his wife was dead. According to the prosecuting witness Boswell in duced her to leave with hm again Sat urday night assuring her they would be married right -away At Rocky Mount she was told he could not get license at night. He objected to going to Louaburg to procure license and From Rocky Mount they went to Law renceville". Va., where they stopped at a boarding house on Sunday where they were found on Tuesday, by the girls brother, Mr. Cary Strickland and Mr. J. F Gupton. who had Boswell arrested and Sheriff H. A. Kearney notified, who accompanied by Deputy Sheriff D. E. Cone went for the pri soner. At Lawrenceville the girl was told license could not be procured without her father being present. and that* Baswell had a friend at Emporia who'-'could get them anyway, but he could hot leave then to attend to it. Sheriff Kearney testified that the pris oner stated to him that he was mar ried and had three children. The prosecution rested and after the defense had stated they would put fn no evidence at this time, asked that Boswell be bound over under a suffic ient bond, whereupon Judge Palmer ordered that he be held under a $5. 000.00 bond. Boswell was taken to Nashville pending the giving of bond. The prosecution was represented by Messrs. B. T. Holden and W. H. Yarborough. and the defense by Mr. Thomas W. Ruffin. Boswell was brought back to Louis burg Wednesday afternoon and given a hearing before L". S. Commissioner W. B. .Morton, who placed him under a $5,000 bond to appear in Federal Court and answer to a charge of violat ing the Mann White Slave Act. Fair women and fast horses once made states famous, but now they are rated by their millionaires. $100. Annie Perry Neal $10, B. J. Over ton $50, J. R. Parrlsh $26. Mrs. Asa Parbam $50. E. F. Par ham $250. D. U. Pearce $15. Mrs. D. C. P?arce $25. Eynus Pearce $10. M. C. Pearce $15. Klanor Perry $10, M. S. Perry $10. \V C. Perry $10. M. M. Person $125. W. S. Person $125. E. R. Richardson $25. J P. Rowland $50, John W. Sand ling $50. R N. Shearon *25. N. T Speed $250, Hubert Spencer $10, F. S. Sprulll Jr $5. Mrs. W. C. Stallings $25. R. L. Stokes $10, E. V. Stone $25. I. Supman $125. O. D. Taylor Jr. $10. J C. Taylor $10. Miss L>oalse Thomas $150. B. C. Underwood $25. G. R. Up church $25. W R. Ul>church $50. Anna Orav Watson $25. Mrs. Alice U. Wat son $25. V, N. Wilder $26. J. E. Wilder $25. W. H Williams. Sr. >15, B. F. Wood $100. B. M. Wood 1100. Mrs. B. M Wood $100. R. C. WoolridKc $20, B. F Person $25. The following Is a *tandl?* ?l Teams i $4,360.00 2.165.0O 3,935.00 ?,SS5.0O "? 050.00 1*885.00 tU.ns.oo Team No. 1 Team No. 2 Team No. 3 Team No. 4 Team No. 5 Team No. 6 Total Division A Team No. 7 Team No 8 Team No. 9 Team No. 10 Team No. 11 Team No 12 ToWl Division T?un No. 13 Team No. 14 Te