SUBSCRIPTION SI. 00 PER YfeAR
lUISBURG. N. C.. FRIDAY PEBRUARY 16
NUMBER 52
LOUiSBURG HOTEL BURNS
THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN
THIRD STORY
Members of Local Fire Depart
ment Did Excellent Work and
. , Deserve Much Credit? Loas
Only Partly Covered by In
surance
On Monday morning at about 8 o'clock
the fire alarms keftn to sound the call
for the members ol the fire department
and to briag out the population of Louis
borg. It was soon learned that the
Louisburg Hotel was on fire and al
though the rrouad was covered with
snow and ice, and the thermometer reg
istering fire above sero the gallant boys
of the fire department with the assis
tance of a few citizens marehedmto the
task with almost all odds against them."
On occouit of the hour and the cold
weather the fire had gotten pretty good
headway before the water could be
turned on but the boys stood to their
taaka. covered with ice and continued
their fighting with the determination
that always and especially in this case,
... wiiia.;A'ys''caeodediaVs*tfajrsuf
?ficient water on-the floor of the tMird
story to keep the tire from going down
and atopped the flames before they had
entirely demolished the roof, although
at several timet it looked impossible to
save the building. The fire originated
in the south-west corner of room No.
32 on the third floor and although it was
small when first discovered it had good
hold and developed fast. The caase of
the fire is yet unknown. The loss to
the building is eatiasated at about 85000
from fire and water, with no Insurance.
The loes to furniture and fixtures was
? about $1500 with ySOO insurance Dr.
? A. M. Fleming had 1ns dental ~ol!lier
wTilah WM In the hllllrilng harilg
net definitely known, but had $?00 i
surance. i -
The office of the Eastern Realty A !
Trust Co., was also in this building
the ? lower
store room in the building and suffered
from the water but from What we ean
the next morning no special damage
was stutsioed. They began the service
of delivering vail again about 2 o'clock
however, never loet a single outgoing
mall. " ~ ^
The fire taking place in ?i# ftonl of
the building there were several fooafe oa
tb< T?sr that were not damaged, in this
?j&iber was the dinit* roem. sad break
fast was served en time the next aaerning.
The burning lasted for an hoar er more
during whieh tiaae the members of the
local fire department did work that ex
celled earthing ever done here before
and' trom the expression of many trav
eling men who have seen the wotfciage
of paid departments "it was hardly ex
celled elsewhere" We have heard it
talked, and read about the firemen fight
irig fir* maw lluillai uuudittuus, but it
- was ear first experience in seeing them
covered with lee and still fceldfag to
thair work. They deserve the" onani
mous and andirlded praiae and support
of ear entire ts wa sno eommgniu far
the sacrifioes made upon this occasion.
Mr. Lanaeeter has been successful
in arranging for the comfort and con
venience of the traveling public since
the fire and his business has' been car
ried on without an apparent break.
The alarm waa given In time for all
the guests to get out and with the ex
yppiinn of Fireman J. J. Lancaster who
was thrown down bv a hose and suffered
a ugly gash on his left cheek, no onewss
hurt. Mr. Lancaster, however 'is get
ting on nicely at present.
Before twelve o'clock Monday Mr.
Ford had begun the eleaning up neces
sary to replacing the burnt section,
whieh was began immediately there
after. The work is being pusked at
rapidly as poasible and it is expected
will be completed in a few da^s.
Mr- A. W. Wilson Dead- 1 ,
The announcement ef the death of
Mr. A. W. Wilson, Sr., which occurred
at his home about four miiea from here
on Tuesday morning was received with
much regret and sorrow by the many
friends of the family in and around
Louistiujrg. Mr. Wilson was '88 yews
old and Waa the first of a large f easily
to die. He had been sick on y a short
while and although it was recognised
that his condition was serious, his
'vfrlends were not prepared to receive the
report of his death. Mr. Wilson was
truly a christian gentleman la every
sense and his life was sueh as spresd
sunshine wherever he west. He leaves
a wife and a large family of children,
and a multitude of friends whs have
the sincerest sympathy of tbe entire
community in their sad berearment. In
hi( death Franklin county and Ingle
side section loses one of its most honor
ed and useful citizens, whose ? place in
life will be hard to fill. The funeral
was conducted at Trinity church by
Rev. G. B. Starling , hi* pa?tor, assisted
by Rev. A. L. Ormond, a former pastor,
of Durham, and the interment was made
in the pretty church eotaetery. There
was an immense crowd present to bear
a lost loving tribute to the deceased
and the floral designs were many and
beautiful speaking more than words
could possibly do of the high esteem in
which the^ec eased was held.
Wa join the entire community in ex
tending sincere sympathy to. the family
and loved ones in this their sad hour of
bereavement.
Adds Plumbing.
~ The Jackson Tri -State Motor Car Co.,
has added a plumbing department to
their business on east Fash street and
informs us they will keep a full and
complete line of the best of tbeee goods.
column it will be seen that they are
now ready to attend to your ' busted"
pipes or install a plant.
Peculiar Freak.
On last Monday morning while fight
ing the fire one of the hoee became
bursted^n a small place and caused a
fine a pray, of water te aaeond np in the
air a considerable distance. The weath
er wae so cold that this water frote and
fell back to the ground in the shape of
snow. As a result there is a pile
this snow near the hotel about ten feet
square and about ten or twelve inches
deep.
Florence Crlttanton Home
l'iuld Swretary, i? in Ojwu this week in
the lu lei eat of flu Plursnes Cnmntwi
Home at Ctiarlulfc. She speaks very
encouragingly of the past year's work
and says they have plans for this year
that will add freatly to the efficiency
ani convenience of the ? home; 8he
speaks ia niee terms ef the help receiv
ed from the people of kotrtsburg in tSe
past and will solicit farther aid on thia
trip. ^L==
new rirxur iton.
A minor has been afloat the past
week to the effect that Mr. T. G. Hilt
and others would open a new drug busi
ness in the store, room of Mr. C. T.
Stokeaon Main street in a few daya,
Upon investigation we were authorised
ia state that there was foundation to
the rumor but as the minor details have
sot yet been arranged no complete re
port eeald be getten. It is understood,
however, they will put in a Ml and com
plete line of drags and draggists sun
dries and will arrange an up-to-date es
tablishment. Mr. Stokes, we are in
formed, will psdve his stock of goods to
the Strickland building on N?sh street
where he will continue, and replenish
his stoek.
Twentj-Seeond Apnlyersiry
We acknowledge reeeipt of the fol
lowing invitation:
.The Sea Gift and Neithean Societies
of Lonlibnrg College daaire ron to be
n resent at - the- celebration of their
Twenty-second Anniversary Thursday
evening. February the tweaty-second
nineteen hundred and twelve at eight
The above occasion is looked forward
too each rear with much pleasure by
both the young ladies of th? .College and
-the many whose pleasure it Is to attend
the exercises. The invitation is accom
panied with a list of tbe officeis of each
society which we publish as follows:
Sea Gift? Julia Wetheriagton, Presi
dent; Dolly Edwards. Vice-President;
Rilla Fuller, Critic; Pearl Keene, Sec
retary; Leigh Aycocke, Treasurer; Mar
garet Hicks, Marshal; Jaynie McWhor
ter. Assistant.
Ndtbean ? Laurane Joyner, Presi
dent; Gertrude Selby, Vice-President;
Bessie Draper, Critic; Rena Hooker,
Secretary; Mary Haves, Treasurer; Lot
tie Kerr, Marshal; Belle Foscue, Assis
tant.
Wtnn-Mslone
Chocowinity, Feb. 10.? The follow
ing snnouncessent has been Made:
Rev. Charles D'. Malone announces the
marriage of his daughter, Mary Ethel
to Mr. Joseph Earnest Winn, on Thurs
day afternoon February 15, 1912, at
8 o'clock, at Trinity Church, Choco
winity, N. O .
The bride-to-be Is well known in
Beaufort and Franlslin_ eon ntiss, being
tbe aeloe of 0r7 . J. E. Malone, - ef
Louisburg, Rev. N. Joyner, of Lenior;
R*v. Francis Joyner, a t Littleton, Rev.
Jrto. B. Joyner, of Balfewpre, Md.Rev.
Jamas Joyner, of (lien Alpine, Mr.
Andrew Joyner, of Greensboro, and
the late Dr. R. -W. Joyaer of Wood
bad. " ?
She is a lady of the rarest loveliness
of character and her many friendi wiah
ber eyery happiness in. her future life.
Mr. Vtm n l?a prominent young man |
of Franklin county. - '? ?
The ceremony will be performed by
the bride's brother, Rev. E. Lucien
Malone, of at. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Loulsburg, and the bride will be given
away by her father.
Died Monday Night
Mr. John Wfllfams, an old Confeder
ate veteran who had been living near
J. P. Timberlake'a tor many yean and
waa supposed to be about 104 years old,
/lied at his home on Monday night He
was s good old man and had many
friends throughout the neighborhood.
His remains were lsid to rest near his
heme on Tuesday ovoning. _
The Cade Machine Coming
on his return from Philadelphia nnd
the Chronicle picked him iip at once
for infornstlon about his type-setting
machine, long- promised tfie srintlng"
world. The factory has set February
IB as the time when the machine will
be fuming out type. He says it has
been deiAg some expermental work
and is giving satisfaction? that It is
all in readiness now except the mats.
The confidence of Mr. Cade in his in'
vention is stronger than ever. Some
Muw the Chronicle has been sharing
ftmS-confidence with him. There is no
telling but what hs is going to bring
out a great thing fqr the printing busi
ness. The test and Vie decision can
be delayed but a few days longer. ?
(Charlotte Chronicle: "Z3
St. Valentine.
The St. Valentine who suffered mar
tyrdom on the 14th of February was
one of fifty-two saints ot that name but
nothing has ever been found in his life
-in the lives of any ?f them, that
weuld give oceasion.for the singular ob
sensotea of the ? It has been
maintained that was aa ancient cus
tom among the Romans during the Lu
^ehnisr'y, rftETKn hnysand ftimi "nrtrig:
the names ef their future wives in hon
or of their geddees, Februate Juno, and
that the Christian clergy finding it ab
solutely impossible to abolish this hea
then practice phanged it to a religious
CTiemuny by writing ou the sllpaut pa
j per instead of the names of women
those ef particular saints whs* they
were to follow and imitate during the
year. ^
A Tribute
When it wa? known that the pure
spirit of Mary Helen, beloved wife of
James M. Allen has passed from earth
many hearts were filled with sadness,
and while the mqsic bf hsr life is echo
ing its melody atid ita sweet breath
lingering around us, memory combines
UlB Hll IIIUHI whim made hsr chsrac
ter one of lovlinesa-anl strength.
She was the youngest daughter of
the late Judge Joseph J. Davis and
jjtatherine Shaw, whose wholesome in
fluence developed in her ? nature ot ex
quisite delicacy and refinement, which
enwrapped the more sterling qualities
of ttScerety 7an<T tru^h. Physically
delicaberand nhrinking in .her nature,
she eared not to be * uociety queen;
but, as some modeet (lower whose fra
granc; lures the paiser, she was sought
and over the heart of those who knew
-he?r strongly swayed a sceptre of love.
Her keen sense of justice was a po
tent charm, and eave weight to all she
said and did, and charity ever found
n her, a ready response to its appeals,
while those who ssrved her knew in
this gentle mistress, a sympathetic
friend .,
In January 18J1 she was married to
Barnes M. Allen, whose devoted love en
deavored to pluck every thorn from
her pathway, and whose stroiig man
hood proved a compliment to her cling
ing nature.
From the lives of those who loved
her has gone much of joy, sweetness and
light for she never wbugfled, but ever
sought to heal.
With the rod and staff of the 9?ntle
Shepherd, she entered the gates of
Paradise, ani^in green pastures, beside
Still watere she will rest evermore in
the light of his love.
Sleep on, dear one, no, earthly strife
Can touch thee now the higher life
Thou hast attained. So, shall we
weep.
Or wish to 'rquse thee from such
sleep? r "
For angel bands a watch are keeping
'O'er thee we love, while thoa art
sleeping. _
Feb.' 10th 1912. Jl. T. K..
THE MOVING PEOPLE
THEIB MOVEMENTS IN ANO|
\ OOT OF TOWN
Those Who Have Visited Lonls
burgr the Past Week? Those
Who Have Gone Elsewhere
For Business or Pleasure.
Mr. E. L. Egerton yisited Raleigh
Friday. . j. '
Mir Wb. Bally i^entTuesday in
Raleigh. . ' 1 ? .
Mr. -W. M. Person returned Tuesday
from Nashville.
Aaron Deitz visited Zebulon the
put week.
W. F. Beasley left yesterday for |
Wendell, on bnsiness.
W. D. Mortis visited bis people i^
Goldsboro the past week.
Mr. D. T. Williams and bride, of
Apex, - are visiting Ins people ueie.
Rev. Lueien Malone left Wednesday
for Chocowinity to visit his poople.
? Mr. A. J. Cooke, of Litt)ebon, was
visitor to Leuisburg the past wsek.
Mr^R^J. Lewie, of Littleton, was
visitor to LoMnburg the past week.
?y
in Raleigh on professional business
Miss Maude Hicks left Saturday for
Smith/laid, Where she visited Miss
Lusy Hooi.'V = -r~'r~'~i
_* Mr. R. L. Berndardt,\of Salisbury, |
attended the funeral of Mrs. J. Ml
Allen, Friday.
Mrs. G. T. Goodwin, of Martinsbnrg,
W. Va., visited her sister Mrs. I*. L.
Aycocke this week.
Miss Francis Wells, of Wilson, is vis
iting her siatere, Mrs. M; C. Pleasants
and Mrs. W. R. Mills.
George n older, of the Times force,
I visited friends and relatives in Kaleigh
and Smithfiald the past week.
Mr. W. M. Shaw, of Petersburg, Va.,
came in Thursday of last week te be
present at the funeral of Mrs. J. M.
Allen. ? ? ? ?
Mrs. Katie Crenshaw, wlie has been
viniting bar daughter In Salisbury, came
home present at the funeral of
herfstster, Mrs. J. M. Allen.
Mr. W. A. Bcott, ef the State Insnr
enee Department. was ia JL-onitborg
yesterday inspecting the several build
ings in the Interest of fire prsventlen.
Mr. C. E. D. Egerton, of Raleigh,
arid who has been sick at Hex Hospital
for tome tone, cage over Friday to vis
it his people. ? Ilis many fi lends here
are glad te see him improving so rap
idly. ~ r ~ *
Mr. D. V. McKiaae returned this
week from Riehmcnd, where hs had
been te visit his wife who is in the hos
pital there- Their many friends will be
glad to learn that Mrs. MeKinne is im
proving very fast.
Lieut. W7W. Boddie, U. S. A., who
has been stationed at Fort Bayard,
New Mexieo, and whe last week was
given a leave of absence for four
.months, arrived in Louisbnrg on Wed
Boddie has been in the aimjtaervice al
most fotlr years during which time he
has not visited his hbme, and he has
many friends here who vera glad to see
him looking ao well and to have the
pleasure of shaking his hands.
Funeral of Mrs J- M- Allen _
The. tQnerai services of Mrs. ?L MT
Allen were conducted from the home
on last Friday morning at '11:30 o'eToclT
by Rev. B. Lucien Malona, Rector of
St. Paul's church. The selections read
byliev. Mi. Maloae, he/ pastor, were
pretty and contained beautiful thought
and were especially/ Appropriate to one
whose life was so exceptionally christ
like as was that of the deceased. Dur
ing th's service he read the songs
[?"Abide With Me" and "Nearer, Mr
; God to Thear'
j ? After tljo service at the home was
I completed the remains were gently
: borne to the cemetery where they were
laid, to rest by loving hands in the pres
ence of a large number of relatives and
friends who were come together to pay
'( thoir last sad tribute to one whom they
had learned to love for her true worth.
The pall bearers were Messrs. W. H.
Allen, F. H. Allen, P. S. Allen, R. G.
Allen, P. R. White, R. L.u Bernhardt,
R. H. Davis, and.T. T. Terrell.
The funeral procession wasone of the
longest seen here in many years and
the floral tribute was very large
and most beautiiul. At \tbe
service at the home an immense
number had gathered both of
which spoke la forcible terms of the
extreme friendship existing between
^he deceased and her acquaintances.
Louiaburg and all of the organisa
tions to which, she belonged, recognised
that in her death they have lost much
as her presence was an inspiration to
aD. '
Be Neighborly.
Do yon like neighbors, er would vou
rather liye and make your family live
the livea oT rectus eg aad hermits?
Would you prefer Uviag absolately to
yourselves with no oac to lend a help
ing hand in ease of emergency.
Wouldn't you rather pay a little more
for a fkrm, er a residence in a good
neighborhood than for ene having no
neighborhood? , X: .
\"fe?? and yes again, we know you
would. Sometimes it is a little incon
venient to have neighbors aad you feel
that these very same bothers are the
added price ' you pay jn order to have'
the greater benefits accruing from hav
ing neighbors. How would at! your
townspeople aad you farmers like to get
alone without our neighborly little
town of Louisburg? Not- one of yoii^
then why not qait this pretended penuy
strongly fhe men who keep up the town
which adds value to your farm and
property. Just figure that the amount
you might save; if any; is the extra
which yoa ought to pay your neighbor
for what he is dping in keeping -up tbw
town for, as the town improves, so do
yonr laud valeee and your pleasursa
The possible extra that you pay comes
back to you in a greater ratio than by
direct saving. Cut out the mail ordt
be a neighbor and pull altogether fej/*
bigger, better and more sociable row*"
and neighborhood. . ^ yv
Demonstration Work.
Secretary Wilson has received the
following report on Demonstration
^ ork of the Department in North
Carolina.
Demonstration Work is only four
| years old in North Carolina, ret it has
become a power there tor progressive
Tieultan And, througn this, tar the
If-""' "p'ir* ~r <??? >?>"-'?'? ??*T
farmer.
Many farmers, advanced in
age, deplore "the fact that demon
stration work did not begin several de
cades ago ?o that thsv might live long
enough to enjoy the fruits of its teach
ing!.1 thereby reaping the benefits of1
[..more bountiful erope produced at a
minimum cost of cash and labor.
farmers they are only an* year. old. -
Tha work Is based upon Bound, well
tried and essential principles, suclT as
a deep sefl, plenty of hutnua, improved
seed, inteasive cultivation, rotation of
J crops, et*. That Wis work is accom
plishing the purpose for which it was
dseign*4< is shewn i? a number of
ways. Fer instants the average yeild
of eorm in North Carolina, for the peat
forty yeara has been a little lees thaa
fifteen bushels per acre. The yeilds
nnder demonstration methods were aa
follows: In 1908,' 37 bushels per acre:,
in WW, 40 bushels pe'r acre, aad in
1910 (4,161 acres) 43 bushels per acre.
The reeorda for 1911 are not eomplete
yet, but will probably be greater thaa
for lilt, aotwithstaading the (act that
a severe drought cut off the yeild
through the central part of the state"
The demontsration work stands for
the growing on the farm every-thing
needed there w the way of home tup
plies. The careful records kept in the
work show that these can be grown for
very mmch less than market prices.
The matter, therefore, i3 an economic
one. " . * r
The organisation in . North Carolina
at present, consists of a State Agents
two district agents, fifty-one local aad
over three thousand farmers conduct
ing demonstration plats averaging,
three acrea each. The two largest
demonstrations the past season were
one of forty acres of corn that produc
ed fifty bushels per acre and one of a
hundred acres of sotton that grew a
8 bale andt quarer of eotton per acre.
The demonstrators are supervised by
the local agents who in turn are in
structed by district and state agents.
The demonstration work has hoarty
cooperation >with the A. M. College,
the Farmers Union and other progresi
ive organizatioas. The State Depart
ment ef Agriculture is now cooperat
iag financially and otherwise. Local
aid for the work for the present ?ea
son amounts to $15,000.00. This >liows
that the people are interested in the
work.
Taken as a whole the outlook is very
bright for reaching aud influencing in
a pratical way the mass of farmers in
the state.
Sheriff Willis Moore Boone
Dead. ; *
The announcement of the above was
the cause of profound sorrow through
out . Franklin county. For nearly a
year Mr. Boone's he^Jth haa been fail
ing, and for some wseka . he had been
ia a Richmond hospital, the place h*
died White friendly were uneasy and
a serious malady was (eared yet no
immediate dancer waa apprehended.
When he entered the hospital the phy. ?
sicians assured his -loved enes that his
health could be restored, bnt about two
weeks before the summons calling him
from earth to heaven, he grew sudden
ly and rapidly werae. The touch of
loving hands and the physicians skill
Were of no avail, the God who gave it -
demanded the soul into his own keeping.
Tuesday morning Jan. 90, 1?1? he re
alised the sleep from which there Is
ne waking. Seldom does the icy hand
of death cease the throb ft a nobler
heart than his. During his stay is
Richmond he made many friends, and s
was a favorite in the hospital, his
happy disposition drew people to him.
Mrs. Beone accompanied by her bre
ther-in-law, 'Haywood S tailings went .
to Richmond some days before Mr.
Boone's dsath and of coarse were with
him at the time. WEle talking to his wife
? short tiMA beforeTrfs death, he re
marked that his condition waa sad but
epuld be worse for he wad not afraid te
die
When the end came he went to sleep
as quietly as an infant. It seems hard,
te associate death with -him, always
so Jally, with * ?
'budy. Willis Moure Boone was the" son.. _.
of Kicks Boone and Cornelia Edwards
Boene of Franklin county, born Nov.
16, 1866. He was married Jan. 14, 1894
^toAtiee I. Uzzell of Mapleville. Seven '
children were born to them, four dying
in infancy^ He was a kind indulgent
husband and father and was ene of the
meat hospitable men I ever knew. I
think it fitting to mention his devotion
to his wife's aged and invalid mother _
who lived with him. I never saw an
own son more tender and patient with,
a mother than he was with her, and
Mrs. Ussell says she loved him as lf|he
had been her own son. Mr. Boene
was ?o?d to everybody. ? One of? bis ?
buried, "Tl-at it wasn't the policy of
the public that made him so big heart
ed and polite, for he was the same way
before he ever had political -aspira
tions." ? The public, legs id fur bun lius
been shown by the number of times he
was elected to public office of - Register
of Deeds and kept the plaee eight years.
In 1910 he was elected sheriff of Frank -
~He~v
an efficient officer and certainly ope of
the most useful and popular men the
eeunty aver produced.
The remains were brought te Louis
burg on Wednesday morning and taken
to Maple Springs church five miles east
J sf town where the interment tookpiaca
at noon, an appropriate hour, for the
life of th?f deceased ended in the noon
tide of its usefulness. The lady waa
met ia Headersen by a committee from
Louisbnrg Chaptet No. ZS R. A. M. oi
which he was a member, and at the
depot here by a large number of frienda
' services were conducted by Rev. G. H.
Duke his pastor, his remarks regarding
Mr. Boones life were beautiful and ap
propriate. Tke choir rendered ihe fol
Inwint ? dnryig tht services.
"BeautifulTsle of Somewhere, " "Some
day we'll Understand," and "Asleep i*
Jesus." From the ehureh the body waa
takes by the members of the Cedar
Rock Lodge, of which he was a mem
ber, assisted by many visiting masons,
while the beautiful Masonic cervmony
was given, during which the choir sang
"Jeans Lover, of my ? After the ?
Masons completed their ceremony, a
committer of Odd Fellows from Frank -
linton to which he belonged, in their
impressive ceremony deposited a col
umn. The pall bearers were as follows,
Honorary?J. Az Turner, P. B. Griffin,
F. W. Wheless, J. S. Lancaster, S. P.
Boddie, E. S. Ford. Acting? W. B.
Coppedge, T. W. Stokes, A. L. Daniel,
J. T. Inspoe, J. S. Bachelor, J. R. Col
lins. This was said by some of the old
est citizen, the largest crowd ever gath
ered to pay tribute at "Maple Springs
church, many coming from the adjoin
ing counties, and neighboring towns.
The floral offering was beautiful and
profuse, some designs came the day af
ter the funeral. Judge Carter adjourn
ed court on Wednesday in honor of the
memory of the deceased. As a m?Fk
of respect the Court House was draped
in mourning; While so much was done
to show him honor, not one thing - toe
much was dope, he deserved it all. Mr.
Boone leaves hi^ wife, three daughters,
Aileeni florsifee and Gertrude, his aged
mother, a brother Mr. Penny Boone, a
sister Mrs. Arthur Colllet a large num
ber of relatives and friends to miss him
and mourn his loss. The entire county
and many out side unite in extending
sympathy to those bereaved. May Go4
deal tenderly with all whose hearta an
i Bad, and grant that theira may be a?
unbroken family in heaven.
A TSIBTTE FROM A FU1MD.