FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORY By REV. E. H. DAVIS Kev. Turner Myrick Jones, D. D., Methodist preacher, . experien ced teacher. College professor and College President for twen ty-five years, was one of Frank lin County's outstanding native born sons. He was born ljj!19 in tbe Sandy Creek section of the County, his parents, Rev. Amos Jones, also a Methodist local i preacher and Mary Aifn Myrick, | a devout Christian woman of( Puritan Stock. He was the sixth | son in ? family of eleven child- 1 ren An older brother, Amos, J also became a Methodist preach-j er and later President of a Fe male College in Jacltson, *Tenn. A younger brother. Col. Jordan F. Jones, was a pioneer in Cotton Milling in (his section of the State and achieved eminence and success in that business at his well know site, Laurel, in the eastern section of the conty ? not far from the spot v^here he and the others of this large grop first saw the light. His education be gan in a neighborhood school. During his stay there, one writ ing of him says, that for lack of proper instruction and other stimulus he memorized the whojp of Murray's English Grammar. He afterwards attended Midway Academy where subsequently he himself taught and then -st .requiring a many sided man. Few] 'men among us ever tilled it more] successfully "and tactfully and gracefully than did he. We give her.e an excerpt from an article appearing in a Raleigh paper- at the time of his death in 1890: "From somewhere in the fifties to somewhere in the eighties of the last century one of the great] men of MethociTsm in North Car- J olina was the Rev. Dr, Turner M.J Jones, the illustrious educator,! once President of Louisburg Col lege and long time President of Greensboro Female College. No man ever lived in our State who made a more blameless record. He was a master workman In ed ucation ? a first honor man in all the qualities that enter into true manhood. The image of his re fined personality lives in my me mory. And it lives again in the features of his son, Brother Gar land Jones, of our Capital City. I sat by him last Sunday at Eden ton Street Sunday School and t could but think of how the un spotted life and the fine person ality of the illustrious father are reproduced in his noble son. For among all our choice citizenship there is no man who. represents more of all that is true in char acter and gentle/in manner' than Garland ionewr This extract from an anonymous letter to^the same (periodical has real interest for many people here/and elsewhere: rilnisoense of An Old Academy Henderson, N. C., Aug. 27. "After a lapse of many years, while on our way to Laurel Cot ton Mills, we chanced to pass the site of Old Midway, once a noted institution of Franklin, aroufi'd which cluster many pleasant as- 1 sociations of early life. We atten- [ ded the Academy, and for three years received instructions from , one. who in all respects was a model teacher, and superb gen tleman. The late Rev. Turner M. j Jones, was hogored, beloved and i respected by all his students, not only for his ability and splendid j character, but for his deep piety and Godly walk. As we lingered | on the hallowed spot, viewing the surroundings, wrapped in medita tion, imagination depicted to us, in vivid colors, scenes and Inci dents that occurred in days long since passed. We looked for the old building, only the lone chim ney stood as a monument lo the past. We looked for the old play grounds, but fhey had been fur- j rowed by plow and enveloped in weeds. Again we looked for the old homestead, but only ashes re mained to tell of the devouring flame, lastly we looked for the i pious preceptor, so well fitted to ! adorn the high positions he occu pied in after life, but he too with ' scores of. boys were gone, all, all j was hashed in silence. The few of us who remain are scattered in adjoining counties and to dis tant States." (To be continued) ' Most njen will take /the first I thing offered, but no woman ever ! did. - y Agriculture 'E' W. Kerr Scott, Commissioner I of Agriculture, said yesterday that the boy on the farm who is assisting in the production of food for civilian, military and lend-lease demands is contri buting as much to the war ef fort as the man with the gun. "While we are about the' business of giving the Army ? -and Navy awards ft>r excellence to industry, let's give an E for excellent endeavor to agri culture and see that the farm boy gets the recognition he de serves," declared Commissioner Scott. "Although no glamour is attached to the farm lad's ef forts, without them oftr plans for victory could never prove successful." THE POCKETBOOK I of KNOWLEDGE ^ KAIN COATS* HAVE BEEN MAPE FOR AIRPLANES TOBEUSEP . . ONTHe WINGS TO fc PREVENT > ICE f FORMING IN WINTER Fl-YING 1 One Manufacturer ALONE SAVEP 6,000 TOMS OF STEEL By SUBSTITUTING 3-6 MILLION FEET OF POUGLAS FIR "THE AMA70H RtVER, IN BRAZIL. IS /60 MILES WIPE AT ITS MOUTH "THOUGH WE AIMMS associate -me. PINEAPPLE WITH . HAWAII, IT DIP NOT ORIS I NATE THERE ITS ORIGINAL HOM= WAS RI6HT Off "THE AMERICAN COAST, IN THE WBST INDIES -OiMCB LAU^CVMWS '^^^sTmPBUILOIrtS | | LlBERTy SH1f^AC orr -me HUMBBROF " 1 ""I73JW Fish Praises Cordell Hull Claims He Scored Great Victory Washington, Feb. 3. ? Repre sentative Hamilton Pish (R-NY) today credited Secretary of State Cordell Hull with a "great blood less victory" for his "diplomatic handling of the North African situation." ,'He deserves the highest com mendation for his policies with regard to Vichy, which enabled American soldiers to land in North Africa, and has brought the French African army to ourfS side," he said. ** Fish said he wanted to "pro-J test the criticism and sniping by foremost members of the Repub lican party." "It was the greatest military, naval, and diplomatic victory of the war," Fish said. U. D. C. ENTERTAINED On Tuesday afternoon, .Febru ary 2, 1943, MrST?W. J. Cooper entertained the Joseph J. Davis Chapter U. C. at her home on Kenmore Avejyue. The salute to the flags and the Ritual were used in opening. A business ses sion followed, during which a letter from the State president, Mre, iJohn S. Rowe, of Hickory, emphasized the rationing pro gram, transportation and war ac tivities. Also one from Mrs. T. L. Caudle honoring the memory of Sidney Lanier. the fammis poet and author and asked that it be carried out in programs at school, etc. Work through the Red Cross was reported and the purchase of War Bonds and Stamps. Sidney Lanier was the siibject for the afternoon. A selection, "Sidney Lanier," read by Mrs. Palmer and several of his lovely pogms were read. An invitation was extended by Mrs. Palmer to the chapter to meet with h.er in March. Dur ing the social hour the hostess! served delicious sandwiches cookies and tea. Sue T. Alston, Sec'y. Changeable weathei> durirtg the past few weeks has caused con siderable colds and penumonia in swine herds. / Iron sluK^, weighing 95 pounds each, shot into , a mountain side| near ^he Picatinny Arsenal, New r Jersey, in testing munitions ex- 1 plosives, are being dug out fori scrap. ? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ? Ete-Enlists Russell V, . Bailey, soli of Mr. ad Mrs. V. A. Bailey, of Louis urg, having bad previous Naval 'raining, re-enlisted in the Navy auiiary lath, and is at the pres nt stationed at Boston, Mass. lr. Bailey, who was formerly rom Louisburg, was up until the ime of his re-enlistment in the !avy, employed by the War De artment at New River, N. C.| Irs. Bailey, who was the formeri liss Eula Gray Spivey, of Louis- 1 urg, will continue to reside at [ew River, being secretary to the iscal Accountant in charge of ub-contracts. ? o ' The dies used by the Pullman tandard Car Manufacturing C0111 any of -Chicago in building the ation's first streamlined trains! re being scrapped for metal. n Inflation prices In Italy have! roi/ght the price of good farm and to around $2,000 an acre, nd poorer land Is proportionate C expensive. ADS ARE NEWS Printed In Big Type w* Only uncomfortable chairs be c o m e antiques; comfortable chairs are worn out by use in a single generation. SKIRTS Georgeous Plaids ! Rich Pastel and Bright Colors! Soft Shetlands and Flannels, Fine Tweeds and Gabardin es. New Skirts you'll rlive in the whole day in mixed and matched with our smart blouses and sweaters. $|.98 up THE ! FASHION | SHOPPE "A Smart Shop for Smart Women" Louisburg, N. C. lauitbura THEATRE . "THE LOl'ISBURG THEATRE HAS PLAYED OR WILL PLAY EVERY PICTURE OF IMPORTANCE" TIME OF SHOWS Saturdays continuous 1 to 11. Sundays at 2-4-9 Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs. and Friday, 3:80 - 7:30 - 9:15 LAST TIMES TODAY ? FRIDAY RANDOLPH SCOTT - JOHN WAYNE MARLENE DIETRICH PITTSBURGH ' ' 1 ? 0 ? ? - X? ? SATURDAY, FEB. 6 ? Double Feature Johnny Mack Brown and Tex Ritter CHEYENNE ROUNDUP' WARREN WILLIAM ONE DANGEROUS NIGHT' Also "KING OF THE MOUNTIES" SUNDAY - MONDAY, FEB. 7-8 ? ? t Monty Woolley and Ida Lupino LIFE BEGINS AT EIGHT-THIRTY Plus News and Dick Stabile and Band TUESDAY, FEB. 8 Family Day George Sanders an