EVERYBODY BOOST [ LOPISBPRG The Franklin Times LOU1SBORG | NEEDS A WEEKLY PAY ROLL .A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION SUBSCRIPTION $1.30 Per Year ? VOLUMN LV. LOUISBURO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPT. 3RD, 1926 (12 Paget) NUMBER 28 TO H ? V S BOOSTER TRIP Favorable Report On Hester Road Br. W. H. Knight Among Speakers At Khn*b| He. urgnrson Makes Splendid Talk On Wholesale Busi ness The members ot Loutsburg Kiwanis Club were delighted with a splendid talk by Dr. W. H. Knight, at their usual Friday night luncheon lasi week. He spoke interestingly and with much conviction on the subject "relation between business . and re ligion." Mc. Furgursor made a most Inter esting and realistic talk upon tiie wholesale business of Loulsb'Jrg. Many of his remarks fit other busi nesses so well It crested a fellow f'.oling that gave exp-esslon In a strong apu'suFi-. Hugh Harris made Interesting talk on v c county agent work show ing that he is the agc.c.v through which in It ' mation le transmitted front the n-rioultural department end experiment stations to the farms.-s. H.- also it Id that Franklin coum> was eoni/lbuting around four thous and dollars annually to the agricul tural department of the State, of which It would receive co benefits except through a county agent. 3en Holden was chairman for the" r - -ting and presented a splegtUd pro grcm. . . 11. Harris made Do,. rg markets con that had decided to j; booster trip on the 15tl Septeii.i . to boat the - cotton market, and are being made for late Asher Johnson reporte. and Stuart Davis "visited the mem bers ot the road commission of Gran ville county Fridaf and learned they expected to begin work on the Hes. ter read Monday morning and they expected to complete It right away eo that the State could take It over. Arthur Fleming threw a few bou quets at some of the committees. The meeting was presided over by President Mohn and was an enjoy able occasion. AT KETHODISt CHUSCH Pastor O. W. Dowd has returned front his vacation and announces that he will preach at the usual Sun day morning service at 11 o'clock. There will be no services in. the Me thodist church on Sunday night as the revival services will be In pro gress at the Baptist church and the Methodist congregation is Invited and requested to worship wtth the Bap tists on that occasion. THE CIBCUS IS COMING Gentry Bros., Famous Shows, now on its 29th annual trans-continental tour will exhibit In Loulsburg Tuesday September 28. Hailed with delight by the Juvenile populace and thf "older" boys and girls, the coming, of this well known and honorably conducted circus Is always looked upon as an annual festive holiday. The Gentry Bros., Instead of operating two dis tinct shows as tn other seasons have combined their interests for 1926 Into one big, mammoth tented Institution. Features, novelties, curiosities and oddities gathered from all sections of the world form this season's program ?? for Gentry Bros. Foremost among the stellar artists will be Cottrell-Powell Troupe of English riders; the Tres bores family of Mexican equilibrists and aerlalltes; . Cadteux. a French somersaulting dancer on the tight Wire; the Zenaros, Belgian mid air gymnasts; Mons. White who stands on his head In a lofty trapese; Clark sonlan, European foot juggler together with more than two scores of artists tamed In the annals of the white tops. Gentry Bros., great herd of per forming elephants with Modoc, the * largest pachyderm in captivity with his new Chaleston dance novelty; the so-! Khorse show; the balloon doty horse show; the balloon pontes; scores of educated Shetland ponies, dogs and monkeys are again featured. It has boon the history of Gentry Bros., never to repeat its novelties and this year ah entire new program la of fered. ? glimpse of Gentry Bros., constant growth and Improvement will be seen la the immense and spectacular street parade to be teen on the downtown streets at noon. There will be trump eting bands, tooting calliopes, cumber some elephants and humping camels. Rumbling wagons of red and gold; allegorical floats and magnlflcsnt tab leau wagons will all be teen la the spectacular line of march. There will be two performances at 2 and 8 p. i The doors opening one bonr earlier. IiK CREAM SUFFER AT WHITE We are ..requested to csno that there will be an tad cream per at White Level' An ?PL _ _ ? ;M by the ?WSSpf5&ir._ ohuroh. Everybody Js, t^lj. - ? r BETTER MAIL SERVICE PROMISED! Mr. In P. Dawson, Postoffice Inspec-1 tor Spends Two Days In Pranklln | County Adjusting Mall Facilities Mr. Ira P. Dawson, Postofflce In spector of the U. S. Mail Service of Washington City, was in Louisburg Mopday and Tuesday to Investigate and rtcommend the readjustment of mall arrangements to give better ser vice to the numerous patrons here. His visit Is the result of several re quests to the Department at Washing ton. As a result of his visit it is very pfobable that through mail service between Louisburg and Hocky Mount passing Castalla and Nashville will be established. This will give Louis burg an Incoming mall at 8 o'clock in the morning and a dispatch at 6:20 in the afternoon. It will give Castalla an incoming mail at 7:30 a. m., which will allow the rural routes to make their full trips each day and give earlier service. It will aso give them a dispatch at 7 o'clock p. m., which is a decided improvement over the pre sent service. It would give like be nefits to rfashvllle and Rocky Mount This arrangement will give quick and better mail transit east and west, ! through this section, instead of having 1 to travel all around by Weldon or Serma. | In all probability buuu route one 'and Louisburg route one will be con solidated, moving Mr. Hobgood to Louisburg. The new route will prob 'ably take in the suggested new terri tory through the Leonard farm, and will make a route of about SO miles. By this arrangements mail can be de. livered to all the patrons o nthe Bunn route at least two hours earlier and .give them an eighteen hour earlier [dispatch. It will give them daily mail to and from their county seat. It Is highly probable that the use *~Wthe Louisburg train for carrying mail will be discontinued and star route wbrrice substituted between Ldblsburg and Frankltnton that will meet No. 12 northbound train and bring the mall to Louisburg by one o'clock p. m., and leave again at 2:20 p. m., to meet No. 11 southbound at Prankllnton, and return at 3:40. .Will be aa exceptionally, fine rangement as it will serve to distri bute the work In the local post of fice so that more time can be given the accommodation to the patrons at the same time It will give earlier mall i receipt and a three hour later south ' ern dispatch. It will also serve to improve the city mail delivery serv ice in that it will relieve much of the rush in handling and give about an hour earlier service in the after noon. Mr. Dawson also made an investi gation of the road from Cedar Rock church to Dickens Store, over which route 4 passes and will recommend that the route be changed and re trace from T. H. Sledge to Stallings Mill and go to Dickens by way of the Stallings road. He also measured end investigated the proposed ox tension of route 4 to take in the sug gested territory around by L. L. Cup tone. Tills will probably be added While here he made an Investlga. tion trip over route 3 and made a new measurement. Mr. Dawson Impressed our people as being a mat capable and efficient | official willing and anxious to give better service*to the patoms, but zealous of the interest of the treas ury at all times in holding the cost down to the post office department. While here he met many of our peo ple, Who rendered assistance la furn ishing him the necessary information. Mr. Dawson was accompanied by his wife who was raised In Missouri land this was her first visit to the 'rural sections of the cotton and to bacco producing country. She accom panied Mr. Dawson on several of his Investigating trips and was much In terested in the growing and handling of tobacco and cotton. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dawson learned with much in terest of many of the historical facts around Louisburg. They were espe cially interested In the tact that the chnrch -* England owns a piece of land near Louisburg and that on Mala street in Louisburg was the scpne of the raising of the >rst Con federate flag. Both were much Interested In and spoke very complimentary of the edu cational advantages offered by Frank Itn county. Exhibiting much Interest In our new consolidated school build. lngs and Louisburg College. FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT T%# regular term of Franklin Su. perlor Court for August, for the trial of civil cases oonvened on Monday morning with Hon. W. M. Bond, Judge presiding. No eases of publlo Importance has' yet and the attendance I la Franklin Judge Bond They recall his with much tlmt be is one of the bench la W aft at Judge Bond ah a dounty. REVIVAL GETS LARGE ATTENDANCE Dr. W. H. Knight Freschlag Fine and Forceful Sermons; Mpleudld X uslc; Xuch Interest The large crowds who have been attending the revival services now going on at the Baptist church are showing much interest. Dr. W. H. Knight, of Baton Rouge, La., who is doing the preaching, is delivering some fine and forceful sermons that are drawing large numbers and mak ing striking impressions. Hie serm ons are all practical and point to the only salvation of our people. The music which is conducted by Mr. Furman Betts of Raleigh, is a most attractive feature of the meet ing and is adding much to the serv ices. The meeting began on Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock and will continue through next Sunday and into the week. Everybody is invited to go out and take a part in this splendid meeting and receive some of the great bene fits being bestowed. ANNOUNCEMENTS The pastor of the Lonlsburg circuit will preach on the following subjects ' Sunday, September B. "The Fighting Christian," Leah's f Chapel, 11 a. m. "The Unseen Dangers," Bunn, 8 p. m. rhere will be no preaching at Pras pect Sunday afternoon due to the fact that the time of our third quarterly meeting at Shlloh has been changed from Saturday afternoon to Sunday ; afternoon 3 p. m? September Bth. We want a large representation from all the churches to meet with us at Shl loh 3 p. m. Sunday as there Is some * veryimportant matters to come up be fore the conference. VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE The Edward Best High School will add Vocational Agriculture to its pro gram of studies for the coming year. This feature in the educational pro gram of Franklin county Is compara tively new. Vocational agriculture is not the so. called "book farming" which will al ways be out of place. The boys will be taught the business of farming by actually doing those jobs which are done on the farm. In addition to the theorltical Instruction in class room each boy carries on home work under the supervision of the teacher of agri culture. This home work must be a fi nancial success in order to be con sidered successful. Each farming miter prise the boy undertakes must be con ducted along strictly business lines. Farm shop work will be taught in connection with the crop and animal studies. Wood work, metal work, lea ther work and repair and study of f-ir.r. lmpllments and machinery will be included in the shop work. In order to teach the work to the best advantage, each farm enterprise Is divided into jobs which are taught by the student actually doing that par - ticular piece of work. Some of the jobs taught are as follows: Selecting seed, cultivation of various crops, home mixing fertilisers, controlling various insects and diseases by spray ing and by other methods, pruning trees, planting trees, mixing rations for dairy cows, hogs, work animals and poultry, draining swamp land, building terraces and a large number of other farm problems In addition to being unusually In teresting the study of vocational ag riculture is profitable to the individual and to the school and to the com munity. COMMITS SUICIDE Mr. Bock Kins killed himself Mon day morning about sun-up at his home near Red Bud, by shooting him self through the head with a pistol. According to the Information received here he arose early and went out of the house and when found It ap peared that he had set down upon tip back steps of the house and com? nutted the rash act. The bullet took effect in the middle of the forehead. Coroner Earp waj notified and went it-uoef >ately to 'he n?ne and did t. John T. Lowe, Lexington, Elect ed Troident American Legion Auxiliary Department o( >orth Carolina The people of Hickory, N. C. know kpw to welcome and entertain a con vention. They were all on the job from the lowliest to the highest. The whole town was in gala attire and Mr. J. L. Murphy aaid in his ad dtess of welcome to a Joint meeting of the American Legion and Ameri can Legion Auxiliary, "I can't give you a key to our city because It is never locked, everything here Is yours 1 cannot let down the bars because the flood gates are open." It seemed that way through the whole meeting, from the time the delegates arrived and registered until they left. I will not attempt to give the minutes of the whole meeting here; that will be gone into before the meeting of this unit The American Legion's activities were very ably reported from day to day through the newspapers, but our own beloved little state secre tary, Mrs. Sam H. Lee, of Monroe, was very ill (brought on, no doubt trom her strenuous labors getting ready for the convention) and she was not able to report theAuxyijry's work for the papers. I am glad to re port to Auxiliary members that she was able to be out before the con vention was over. I wish I had space and time to give a copy of the program and some thing about each item on it. The reports from various commit tee chairmen the district committee women etc., were so interesting to anyone who has their heart In the work. This has been called member ship year and Mrs. Vass, of Winston. Salem, membership chairman, won a cup for her unit for securing more new members and won a cup for her self as being the Individual member of any unit to secure more new mem bers. Mis. Kennedy, rehabilitation chair man, of Pensylvania told us some thing of their work for disabled vet erans there and praised our work very much. , There are so many Penn sylvania men at Oteen, they are par ticularly interested in our work and I they want us to know they stand | back' -of us in any undertaking. If , all the people want to know about ; the work being done at Oteen and i by the nurse there who has been em ployed to look after the children of disabled men at Oteen please read ? An Ounce of Prevention," in the I American Legion monthly of August. 11926. This is Miss Gwaltney's and . Mrs. Norfleet's report together about this wonderful work and I would not attempt to give H here. Miss Lee, out president, wanted it to be pointed out very clearly to everyone that popples which are sold on Memorial Day are not made at tubercular hos pitals like Oteen but are made at mental hospitals and has been the means of restoring many mens minds. ; I thought' that fitting to bring that ! in right here. The Joint meetings were full of interest. The first day we heard Han ford McNlder, assistant secretary of war, whose address was full of hu I mor and very Interesting. He says i that every member of. the War De partment from the secretary down i are members of the American Legion. I Wa also heard Miss Hufty, the "sweet heartof the American Legion," sing. i On the second day at a joint meet i ing we heard Josephus Daniels speak. This was reported In the News and i Observer and other daily papers and II wont go into It here. At this time we saw Miss Murray, "Sweetheart ot the 30th Division" dance, and as Com mander Stevens said "the 30th Dlvl. sion showed good Judgement in pick ing a sweetheart." There were many pleasant social affairs for the delegates and visitors, among which was a barbecue . at [flowing Rock, a luncheon at the Ho tel Hickory and a dance' at the Hotel Hlckbby. All these things were car ried out in the best of form. The moat touching and most beau tiful part of our whole program was the memorial service conducted by Mrs. Mark Lasslter, chairman ot me morials. After a roll call of depart ment members who have passed away sine# organisation, while Mrs. Deal softly played "In Memorlam" some member from each unit who had lost ? member or members pieced s love ly white Illy In silver urn for each member. Taps were softly sounded at the conclusion of the service which was most Impressive et this time. I cannot go into detail about! the meeting but I must say here that oar own ualt succeeded in getting a cits tian. Ont of the sixty-one units in the State only fourteen recived citations sad oars was one ot those. We also received honorable mention for dlt fpceni phases of our work. One In particular, getting all ot our mam bcrrthip bUnka In. Mra. John T. Lowe, of Lexington, waa Slpcted our next president and Mra. Henry Vass of Wldston-Salsm | 1st vice-president. Mrs. Lowe will sp. petet her ewg secretary treasurer The Installation of oCtoons was a besMQful ceremony. Mrs. MoKhmick. '*conducted this southern pert of t -will have our the third "THE RAINMAKER" AT WINNER THEATRE "The Rainmaker," Paramount's .mighty love drama, is the feature I scheduled for showing next Wednes day. Clarence Badger directed the pic ture, which Hope Loring and Louis D. Ltghton adapted from the maga xine serial, "Heavenbent" by Gerald Beaumont. The cast is one of the pro ductions Important assets. Including as it does such screen favorites as Ernest Torrence, William Collier, Jr., and Georgia Hale, who had the femi nine lead opposite Charles Chaplin in "The Golti' Rush." "The Rainmaker" may be picture squely described aa the story of a jockey and a dance hall girl, runner's on life's race track, against whom the opening odds are heavy. Each over comes a bad start, runs fair and true | for a little while, then weakens and falls back into the ruck, 'i'heir final race is run in a little border town where the sky is the limit and any. thing ran happen and does happen. William Collier, Jr., potrays the jockey, whose usefulness as such ?comes to an abrupt end when he is severely injured in a thrilling race. I Georgia Hale is the ex-dance ha.l girl who nurses him back lo life. Tbj romance of these two -voru itself cut in a little Southwest border town where they meet again the boy now a race track hanger on, popularly konwn as "The Rainmaker" because of his apparent ability to call forth rain any time he pleases; the girl Lack at her old job as a dance hall entertainer. Torrenoe is the dance hall owner. What happens when the town Is stricken by a plague, and the spectac ular manner In which the Jockey jus j titles his title of "Hie Rainmaker' form the largest and most exciting part of the picture. Don't fail to see this picure at the Winner Theatre next Wednesday. TO OBSERVE LABOR DAT The banks in Louisburg have an nounced that they would observe La bor day Monday, September 6th, by closing. Those having business with 1 these institutions will bear this in ' mind. CONVICT SHOT DOWN TRYING TO ESCAPE Raleigh, August 31.'?His second break tor liberty in ten days ended tonight (or J. B. Vlckers, state con vict, in the hospital at the state pris on, where he lay battling (or his li(e | with a gaping bullet wound in his 'chest. The wound was indicted by a ! prison guard according to the story 'told a state official who investigated the shooting, when Vickers sought to 'seize the guard's pistol as the guard 1 was attempting to handcuff him cfter J cornering him in the yard ot R. T. Coburn, 308 South Boylan avenue. Vickers escaped (rom custody last week in Charlotte where he was sent (or a medical examination relative to war risk claims which he was press ing against the government. He was recaptured Saturdav in Spartanburg, S. C-. and had been brought to Raleigh by train and was being oarrid back to the State's prison by automobile, when his second ill fated escape took place. While the prison version ot the shooting was that a guard (ired to prevent Vickers seising his gun. Mrs. Coburn, in whose yard the shooting took place and who was a witness o( the shooting, and other civilian wit. nesses, stated that the guard oeeming ly fired at close ranga as Vickers was in the act ot surrender. "Good Lord, you've got me and I give up," Mrs. Coburn qugted Vickers as saying Just before he was shot. ROCKY MOUNT BOOSTERS VISIT LOUISBURG A party of about fifty business men of Rocky Mount, with a brass band . visited Loulsburg Tuesday afternoon ' spreading good will and boosting their city. They were met on the court | square where several speeches were | made with the finest kind of spirit [?minatlng and g'vtn more force with .excellent music. This baa become an annual affair .with these people and we are always glad to have them with us. ROCK SPRINGS REVIVAL MEETING The Rock Springs revival meeting will begin Sunday evening at 8 o'clock and continue on the following week in the afternoon at 2:30 and evening at 8. | Pastor D. M. Ciemmons will have as his helper one ot Wake Forest Col leges leading young Christian work ers. Mrs. Fred Womack. Everybody Is cordially Invited to attend these services. P.KC. The Joseph J. Davis Chapter U. D. !. will meet in the ladies parlor at he MsthPdirt Church on Tuesday.* eptember T. at 4 o'clock p. m. This I ah Important meeting and all mes ers are urged to be present t MRS. K W. FMRRT. Bao*y. b*C. th. U?. M>|) pl*C U. b* ??tat?r. pimm ait trr be prowat Md *?rt tha #w pMr rtgfct. . AMONG THE VISITORS SOME IOC SHOW AS 0 SOME I ON 1?0 NOT ENOW. Personal item* About Folks u? Their Friends Whs Travel Here And There. Farm Agent Hugh Harris vlsied Ka'.eigh Monday. ? ? Mrs. H. . Taylor visited Rocky Mount Wednesday. ? ? Mrs. P. B. Griffin, Jr., of Raleigh, is visiting Miss Louise Griffin. ? ? Mr. N. B. Josey, of Scotland Neck, was a visitor to Louisburg Wednes day. ? ? Mrs. C. E. Johnson, of Apex, in visiting friends in Louisburg ? ! * * Mrs. E. A. Jones, of Windsor, Va.. iis visiting friends in Louisburg. ? ? Miss Louise Griffin returned home I this week after visiting friends in I Faison. * ? | Messrs L. P. Hicks and William Joyner visited Raleigh Tuesday on business. * * Mrs. George A. Crawley, of Wash ington, D. C., is visiting friends in Louisburg. ? ? Mr. and Mrs. C. Hatton and sons returned Friday from a fishing trip to Oriental. ? ? Mr. George Griffin left Monday for Burgaw to take a position with a bank of that place. ? ? Mr. T. A. Person, of Greenville, visited his brother, Mr. A. W. Person, the past week. ? ? Messrs. L. S. Massey and Tollie Conn, of Zebulon, were visitors to Louisburg this week. ? ? | Mrs. Sprague Silver and little son Charles spent Tuesday with her cous in, Mrs. Robt. H. Oavis. ? ? Messrs. Ben Wood and Jno. C. Mat thews, of Spring Hope, Were visitors to Louisburg Wednesday. ? ? Messrs. C. E. Johnson, of Baltimore, and L. D. Jones, of Richmond, were visitors to Louisburg the past week. ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Ira P. Dawson, of the U. S. Department of Mails, were vis itors to Franklin county the past week. ? ? Mr. T. P. Williams left Tuesday for Rocky Mount to undergo an opera tion. His many friends here will be glad to know that he is recuperating nicely. ? ? Mrs. James B. King and Uttle daughter, Martha Grgy, left Friday tor Black Mountain to Join her slater from which place they will motor to Apalachtcola, Fla. m m Mrs. William Heller and two child ren, Anita and Herman, of Orlando, Fla., visited her sister, Mrs. Aaron Tonkel for a few days and left for New York to visit her mother. ? ? Misses Irene and Alice Strickland. Mr. Roger Viverette. of Nashville, and Mr. Torrence Ingold, of Greensboro, have returned home after attending the automobile races in Charlotte the past week. T ? Mrs F. J. Beastey. Mrs. E. C. Perry. Mrs. E. W. Furgurson, Mrs A. B. Perry and Mrs. B. N. Williamson left yes terday for Oxford to be present at the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Bragg I and Mr Winston Taylor. I Miss Eleanor Perry left Wednesday | for Henderson wbeije she will teach in the city school of that place. She was accompanied to Henderson by her father, Mr. E. C. Perry, Mr. E. C. Perry, Jr., and Mlsa Josephine Perry, e e Mrs. T. W. Watson, Miss Anna Gray Watson, Miss Annie Green, Miss Ha zel Alien and Mrs. A. M. Hall are on a trip to Nlagra Falls, PVIsiisI phis and New York. A card received from Miss Anna Gray said she was tn Canada, but "dry as a powder horn and sober as a judge." They are r*_ turning Sunday. NOTICE All pupils of lugleside school requested to be present at the building Friday p. m.. September at 3:30 o'clock to get a Ust of LITE'S MT8TEEY What doee Ufe hold In store for me? I'm sure I do not know. Perhaps so much sorrow and pain That It will break my heart In twain. Or again maybe pleasure and tan. (hope to Uve tn, ** , -a TV-' hope to live to a fkraa mot* maty 1 w EST.