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 -<Veut to
Randolph Macon- College, then
just over the Virginia line from
which Institution he received his
diploma and an A. M. degree. He
taught for a while at Edward Al
ston's in Warren County?then
in 1847 at Midway in 1850 he
was elected Principal of the Male
Academy in Louisburg. remain
ing until 1853 when he was njftde
Professor of Mathematics and
Ancient Langauges at Greensboro
Female College? Dr. Chas". ,F.
Deems, afterwards Pastor of
Church of the Strangers, New
York City, where he was Pastor to
Cornelius Vanderbilt I ? being
the President. He succeeded Dr.1
Deems as President in 1854. and
continued there as such until his
death in 1890 barring the time
the college was suspended by
reason of the burning of the main
building during which years was
President of a Female College in
Louisburg, Kittrells Springs and
Warrenton, His stay in each of
these plates was short being con
ditioned as it was understood br
the rebuilding of the structure at
Greensboro. Dr. Jones by every
tokan was eminently successful
%s a teacher of girls and young
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iLOUISBURG'S BEST DEFOTORE
Mirlwsy Invests in Victory
MIDWAY J.M.*JpD.-3ver 523, OM worth of V.'ar Bo^ds were
sold to Naval xv _-i cn fc'i.'s o;:tpoct is.'iUh dn'ring ti!3 first ten days ol j
a sales campaign still in progress. Cfhta'n Harold M. Martin,'
(left) Comsnanfiant of the U. S. Nr.val Opsratjiis Base, is shown |
1 above as he buys the first Bond from ene of his officers.
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ladies. ^He was scholarly, be!
was tactful, he was gentle, easy:
or approach, magnetic and gifted
with a marvelous memory bothj
for names and faces. There are|
numerous instances on rejord,
where girls who had been his pu
pils come back years_ afterwards
with their daughters to whom he
needed no second introduction.
A College President in his day
in North Carolina at least had no j
easy berth. There were no en
dowments. no conference or other
appropriations and gifts except
such as were well night inlnitesi
mal, the support of faculty and
President being entirely depend
ent on student support which was
variable and uncertain in more
ways than one. The burden of
this matter rested on the Presi
dent who was not thereby excus
ed from actual presence and. ser
vice in the class and lecture
room. It was an exacting i*>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) '
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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