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A- P. JOHNSON, IDITOR AMD MANAGER OL.JU4H, . . si. 00 PER YBa LOUISBDBO; N. C . ? .?!! .... ; . Jas. A. TurncniHccted Mayor Over Former |Wayor B. T. Holden InJA {Majority 1 Of 29 Votes 211 VOTBS OUT Or A REGIS J, TRATION 01^216 0A8T Aatde From the Contest For Mayor Mo Speolal Interest Was BaBlfctt? Three Old and Throe Mew Members or the ' B<?ard. ^ . .. ' The regular AfefoHon - tot Louisburg was held on Tuesday and with the ex ception of the contest tor Mayor very Httle interest ,^ag io sight. As the in terest centered on the opposing candi dates. Meeaen J. A. Turner and B T. Holder, for Mayor, there many friends were busy all through the day and from what could be learned at the polls it was nip and took all along. Each one continued to claim the victory until the last and therefore the work of their ^Apporters never ceased uatil the last Stmiinute of time was gone. After the' polls were closed and the Votes counted It was found that Mr. Turner had been victorious in a majority of 29? the votes being Turner 120, Holden 91" The count out ic the commissioners box re sulted as follows: G. W. Ford 197, B. C. Hicks 197, J. M. Allen 187, Dr. H. A. Newell 192, F. W. Wheless 197,. B. N. Williamson 170, H. O. Taylor 70. The last named was the only opponent to the regular combined ticket and re ceived quite a complimentary vote. In speaking of the policy of his ad ministration the next morning after the election Mr. Turber said it would work in harmony with the ladies Bet terment League and all ether tilings that tend to give good and efficient government. Mayor B. P. Holden retired with the good will of scores of people and with the satisfaction that he has given the town good service. He has made a good official and has ho <Joubt set the foundation for a change to better con ditions in the prosperity of the city on the tar. A meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners was bad yesterday jest before l' o'clock and the business of the town turned over to the new officers. The oaths of offic* was administered to all except Dr. H.JA. NeateiL commis sioner who was (out of iown. The Board after calling the mee'ting-to or der, and determining that there was ao business to cope before ait, then ad journed to Meet again tohight at 3:00 o'clock at which time the' business of reorganising the government of the town will probably be #?? up. The Graded Sohool The closing exercises of the" Louis burg graded school will be held in the auditorium beginning with the essays of the senior class on Thursday after noon, May 15th, at 4 o'clock. On Fri day morning the literary addressjwill be delivered in the auditorium by Dr. S. K Graham, of the University at Chapel Hill, who is recognized one of the leading educators-of the State. At this time the diplomas and certificates will be delivered. The recital of Mrs. Barrows music class will be given Fridav evening at the Opera House at 8 o'clock. To the lattor a small admission wi|l be charged which will be donated to the Confeder ate monument fund. The entire public is invited to all the above occasions and it is especially de sired that a large number attend the Friday morning exercises, at which* time they will be fully repaid in the literary treat. * \ Two Fire Alarms Duriag tho put week oar people have been called upon to answer two lire alarms. On Tuesday afternoon about 10 o'clock the alarm Was turned in and the information was that the Louitburg Wagon Co , was on fire, hut it was soon found out there was no fire i,fg)d everything drifted baok to the in terest of the election. The cause of the alarm Wednesday morning about 12 o'clock looked to be quite a serious Ore as< it ?ras first thought to be the Bobbitt Hotel on the corner of Main and Franklin streets; but was found to be the stable* of Mr. J. R. Collie, just in the rear of his res idence on Main street The building was so near pone when the fire was discovered that it was Impossible to pat it out and all that remained waa much of the framing, and that was all burn ed .and charred ? beinit worthless. In the a table waa a bone belonging to r- apt. P. ?. Alston value^at ?>?? 00 and a hone belonging to Mr. Taylor 'Boone, of near Cedar Bock, yatoed at WNKflO. Mr. Boone ud his mother cum to Louisburg Wednesday morning and left their bona in this stable until they could return from RaMgfc that evening' The. staolee were occupied by Capt Alston. No inauranee. Tbe fire is supposed to bare been eanaed from a spark from a pile of traah that was burning near-by. ' In each-instance the ire departments were quick to answer the calls and on acoount of having ao long a line of hose to stretch on Wednesday morning the wagon had to return to the fire hooae for more as the hose on the reel cot|M not be used. However the boys did noble work in short order when -the pressure was turned on add soon got control *f the situation. W Baseball Tbe High School boll team went over to Franklinton again last Friday and defeated the Franklinton. school team by the Wore of 6 to 2. Tbe ieat urea of the game were a three base hit 'by Hobgood of the Louisburg team and the all around playing.of both teams. Louisburg 0001*30 2 0-U Franklinton lOOlltOOO 1?2 Batteries for Louisburg, Alien and Alston; for Franklinton, WilUama and High. Thesp two teams have played /our games, each talcing two, the next Will be played in Louisburg at an* early date and a very good game is ex pected The High School boys were defeated here Monday by the Youngsville High School team in a beautiful ten innmg gamo by the score of 7 to 5. Allin for tbe home team pitched a fine game but errors liehind him cost him the game. ?latteries for Louisburg, Allen and Alston; for Youngsville, Winston A, Winston B. atid Underwood. ' ' . t Entertained Bev. and lira A. D. Wilcox enter tained a large number of young people at' the methodiat parsonage last night. After the guests had shjoyed them selves for quite a while with games de licious refreshments were served. One object of tbe occasion was to organise a s >ci?ty of young people for the bet terment of social and religious condij tions in Louisburg. Home Burned On last Friday morning at about^JO o'clock, the large and beautiful of Mrs M. J. Lancaster, in the Red Bad neighborhood was totally destroy ed by fire. The fire orginated in the kitchen which was located about thirty or forty feet from the residence and burned so quick that the flames reached the residence, which in the absense of any fire protection waa also , consumed. Quite a number of me people of the neighborhood gathered but were pow erless to do anv thing except , to savo tbe contents of the first floor of the residence, which they did. The fire was caused by a stick falling out of a stove while MrB Lancaster wss out for a moment. The loss is estimated at about |2,000 with no insuranse. The family is now occupying the large store room near by and will rebuild their residence in the near future. Moves Offlloa The Eastern Reality and Trust Co. , kaa moved Its office from the hotel building to the corner room in the Burt building on the corner of Main and Court itreets. They have fitted up a neat and convenient room, aad other wise improved their business capacity. peoital at College The recital of the certificate pupil* in the department of maalc and express ion at Louisburg College on last Mon day evening at 8:80 o'clock by Misses Annie Clyde Parker, voice and piano, May Rebecca Green, expression, and Molly James Johnson, piano, wall large ly attended and mnch enjoyed Sf our people. The yooqg ladles acquitted themselves well aad did much crtSIt to this Inattention. The programme was wall selected, each piece with its splen* | did Rendition being a p?rt of special ipttreatj. .y. ___ '-...i'&J Miss l'arker is the gifted daughter of Key. A. J. Parker, member of the fa mous Conference quartette, and her voice which is well trained, is remark able for its volume and its iweetneae. Sue showed great skill alio at the piano.. Him Green one of the favoritej at the college, who is from the Odd Fal lows Orphanage at Goldsboro, complete ly captivated bar auuience with her well chosen and charinlngly rendered saleatiouB. ?Bat Johnson proved herself- an ar tist of rare grace and ability at the piano forte, and elicited . much %p ? Tl?e plaifuim ut like college audito rium was beautifully decorated with American beauty1 rosea and carna-. tions, splendid trophiea attesting the .popularity of the young ladies taking part in the recital. This occasion marked the second at the several divisions of the" closing the exercises of the college of which { gi*e especial pleasure and contain much ' interest for oar people. Loulsbupfc Baptist Cburcb. Public worship Sunday 11 a.'m. and 7:46 p. m. Sundky school 9:40 a. m. -B. T. P. U. Monday 7:45 p. m. The pas tor will apeak Sunday morning on "The Socond Mile Christian;" at night, on 'Hypocricy Unmasked." The Sunday s&hool reached the high- ] eat number, perhaps in its history last | Sunday. * An Agoga Class was organ- j ized among the boys between the ages I of 9 and IS, with the pastor as teacher. I The meaning of the word and afm of the ctpss' is training for leadership. Orman Par ham was made president: Willie Floyd Gattts, vice-president; James Allen. Secretary; Leon Moseley, i treasurer; Paul Heasley, entertainer; ; Jesse Clay, visitor; Milton Clay, libra- : rian; and Fred Junes, reporter. Each officer has an assistant. Lcuisbur<> College Alumnae All students, of Lnuisburg College prior to 1900, who wish to join with the alumnae in their re-union and banquet at the college on May 19th, .1918, may do to fey 'sendinjr one dollar to Miss Cora D. liagky, Louislnirg, N. C., on or before May. 15th. A Card. I Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holmes," Jr. wishes to thank the people of their community for their kindnesses to tfaera during the sickness artd death of their liptie son. Merlin. Bntertalned Daughters Mrs. James A. Turner delightfully entertained the Daughters of the U. D. C. at their regular meeting on- list Wednesday evening at 4 o'clock at her bbautifal home on Main street. -The meeting was a most interesting one and the delicious refreshments, which were served after the business session was oyer, were especially enjoyed. The occasion will long be remembered by those present as a most enjoyable and profitable meeting. COMMISSIONERS ? BT IN REGUIAK SESSION MONDAY The Work of The Board Was Only a Matter of Regular Boatlnt-Townshlp .Line Bb tablUh'1. The Board of County Commissioners met in regular stasion on 'Monday with ?11 maabent present. After reading and fyfrgvipg minutes of previous meetiugs the fol'owing business waa jane Morgan ?u allowed to go to county home. Mr. B. 8. Egerton wax authorized to establish a line between Louisburg and Hays VI le and bandy Crcen townships Duncan Mann waa releived of poll tax in Cypress Creek township ? being oyer age. Messrs W. H. Williams, W. D. Up church, A. W. Perry, were present and took the oath as list takers. J. H. Dougliton was releired of 5 12.08 taxes, being an error Kartsen & Merchants Bank was re leived of tax ou-fcl~000 being an over charge on Qui dini?.~" It was ordered that Charles Broddie's wife was allowed S1.50 for taking rare of child. _ It was ordered that Neant Loam be releived of poll-tax for 1012. Beport of Or. J. E. Malouu Superin tindent of Health was received ' and filed J. E. Winston, Cbeif of Police, of YoungsTilie, was allow, d $5.00 for ex penses in Cius Moore's case. Clara Jeffries was allowed an increase as outside pauper/from SI. 60 to 32.00 per month. W. H. Allen, sheriff, was reimburse*! of $23.06 on Home Telephone Co., taxes whit' 1 1 was an overcharge. | Report of E. N. Williams, Superin I tendent of County Home, was received | and filed. He reports 7 white and 13 colored inmates. After allowing a number of accounts the Board adjourned to meet again on Monday, May 12 1913. . "CiiHiht Him In the Act A farmer .carrying: an express Hack age from a Northen mail-order house was accosted by a local merchant. "Why diden't you buy that bifl of eoods Irom me? 1 could have saved Tou the express, anil besides you would have been patronizing a home store, which J>?lp pay the taxes and build up thia locality." The farmer looked vp at the merchant a moment and then said.-; "Why don't you patro nue your home paper and adrertiaeT I read it and didn't know that yon had the stuff I had here. ' ... Mrs. J. D. Ricks. Great sorrow has come to the home of Mr. J. D. Ricks, of this county, on account of the death of his belored wife Thursday, May 1, in the 62nd year of her life, after a brief illness with pneu monia. The interment was at Sandy Who waa awoni la aa Maroi of Loaiabunt y' ^<rdar attrr' havtn* been elacted Tuesday bv a Mbatantiai majority - ' ? -V ? . * , Creek Baptist church, of which ?he had been a- devoted member for more thai* thirty veara, Friday afternoon, Rey. Walter M. Gilmore, pastor o( the Louis burp Baptist church officiating, her pas ter, Rev. <J. M. Duke being tick. Ilesides her husbands, two sons, Rob crt*arid Thomas, and three daughters, Mrs. Geome Joyher, Mrs. William Shearin an<l Miss Dellie Ricks, survivf her, Mrs. T. l\ Aiford, of this city is her only juryiyThjt sister. Mrs. Rick's : life was full of Rood deeds to others and She was greatly loved by all who knew her, and her death tus brought gloom ' to the en tire wjmraurUty. ;? i' ? Dr. IwilKl^ An Awr?W*tiw> ? ~ Entered into rent, Sunday, April 13, 1018, at his home, Myrtlewood, Dr. Joel George King, for over forty years honored citiseo, and Delayed physical* of lYarrenton. J His wife and three children. Dr. Mar ion King of Durham, Mrs George Als ton, of Texarkana, and Miss Norah King, of Warrenton, two brothers, Dr. Kobert King, of Port Norfolk, and Dt, Williams King, and a devoted sister, Miaa Mary TunstaU King, of Louis burg. are left to mourn his loss. Bern in Louisburg, Franklin county, December 12, 1841, the second son of Dr.. William Richmond Hill and Tempe William Tunstal, and the grandson of Dr. John King, a graduate of Oxford, England, he came of a long line of honored and talented ancestors and his own life and character was an honor to his fore-bears. His boyhood was spent in the little "village on the Tar" and from the schools there he entered the Univer sity ot the state, leaving however in the middle of hft second year to volun teer in the service of his beloved south land. He was in the -hospital at Richmond tor some time, and in 1862 graduated from the Medic.il College of Virginia, serving from then till the end of the war, as a faithful Jrod efficient surgeon in the confederate nayjr. Soon after his return home he was married to Miss Elizabeth Massenburg, of Franklin, shortly thereafter remov ing to Warrentou, where for forty years he ministered to the sick and suffering of Warren county. Myrtlewoods for so many years the home of Dr. King has ever been noted for Its genuine hospitality, and all who entered there felt they were surround ed by an atmosphere of other days, the exquisite oordiahty, the heartfelt . wel come, the beautiful thoughtfulness of the host and hostess making of each visit a happy memory. For three years before his death Dr. King knew that the end was in sight, but like the soldier he was, waited bravely, patiently, just marking time, until the summons came to "Pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Gifted in an unusal degree Dr. King was, yet of a most unassuming na ture doing the thing that seemed right at any cost, and yet shrinking from anything like display* He was iden tified with every progressive movement in a vestry-man for many years of the Episcopal church, and at all times on the side of right and jus tice. He was ever open to conviction, claiming the righteousness of chang ing with new lights thrown on old facts and new facts discovered, keeping at all times inviolate the white shield of his professional integrity, a man whose word was his bond, and of whom it can truthfully be said, * . "He was a man. take him for all in all. I shall not look upoq his like again." But it wn's to those who knew him best, that the true beauty of his nature was revealed? to his own|family, to dear friends, to thejsick, the sufferinjr ? and to little children. His keen sense of humor made of him a rare companion, and his unfail ing sympathy, cheerful face, and rare thoughtfalness endeared him to the many of all classes to whom he minis Ured. Endowed wlth%a peculiarly strong love of the beautiful in all things, he brought to many a "shut in," a breath of the woods, the picture of a sunset, the beauty of a flower, stop ping often by the waysida to pluck a >hmm for some humble sufferer, or Uttle ehild. He was never too busy to stop for children, and from some of theae little oaes came flowers picked by their own little hands for him to take with him. Truly he still Uvea in the hearts of the many he haa blessed, and comforted. Through the door that opens but to oue, the door that ban us out yet from the mysteries of the "Beyond," an blber Beloved "Country Practitioner" haa passed? followed by the prayers the tears of haodiwds? fea/tng behind sorrow in that- they "shall see his face i here ao mere,'? but Joy that for) him all gfiaf. and pain have passed away and be ia with Him who said, "I was sick and ye rlaited me." [TH? ^moving people their .movembnts in and OUT OF TOWN Thoae Who Have Visited Louis burg the Past Week? Those Who Have Gone Elsewhere For Business or Pleasure. Mr. J. H. Hollowly was in town Tuesnay. Mr. K. A. Pitt m an visited Hender? > MH t "? pyf vrrlr ? ~~~ Mr. E. M. Hale, of the Times force, visited Raleigh Saturday. Mr. P. Britten, of New York, was a ?witor to Lou is burg the pkst week. Mrs. E. A. Ballard, of Greensboro, ia? visiting at Mr. ?. J. Barrow's. Messrs. J. M. Allen, JT. R. Collie, J. A. Turner visited Raleigh Wednesday. Messrs. K. P. Hill and W. H. Yar borough, Jr., went to Raleigh yester day. Rev. A. D. Wilcox returned from Ayden. where he has been holding a protracted meeting Friday. Mr. J. R. Collie, chief clerk to the House Claims Committee, is at home on a vi^it. Mr. M. T. Howell left Wednesday f?r Durham to attend the state meeting of the Undertaders Asaociation. Messrs C. W, Lasslter and W H. Abemathy, of Spring Hope, were visi tors to Louisburg Monday. Messrs. W. A. Self. W. C. Feimster and W. T. Sledge, of Hickory, were visitors to Louisburg Friday. Mrs David Llles, of Rock Ilill S. C., and little daughter. Eugenia, is visiting her brother. Mr. 8. B. Nasb. Rev. Josiah Crudup, of Timmons ville, S. C. is Visiting his people in and ^ear Louisburg this week. Mr. C. C. Hudson left Wednesday for Durham to attend a meeting ot the Stat* Undertaker's Association. Mr. D. P. Smithwick, who has been attending tht/ScKitharn; Dental College at Alanta; has returapd home for the summer. ^0 Mr. W. E. White left Wednesday to actend the meeting of the Stafc Under takers Association which is in swsion at Durham. . r Aaron Deitz returned Friday from'ia trip to Baltimore where he informs lA, he purchased a large lot of the season's * best goods. ? v Mr. H. M. Stovall and Lawrenca Cooper are In Raleigh taking the pas te ur treatment ? having been bitten by a dog thought to be mad. Messrs. Bennie Sumner. E. F.' Thomas. J, H. Dougbton, W. T. Per- ' } son, E. J. Macon, Festus Fuller and ? . ? . Gardner visited Rocky Mount Sun day. ^ Mesdames S. T. Wilder, P. G. Al ston, W. M. Gilmore, Willie Boone, E. C. Allen and Messrs. Taylor Boone and C. T. Stokes went to Raleigh Wednes day. Mrs E. F. Early went to Raleigh yes terday to visit her sister. Miss Sallle Pleasants, who has recently undergone an operation. Miss Sallie's many friends in Louisburg will be glad to i know that she is much improved. Piney Grove Items Dear Editor: ? We will just drop you a few lines to let you and the people of the county know that vre are at the same old stand. And to ask "Punkin Center" to inform us about a few "Punkin knots" (boys.) There visit to our community ceased so e?3 denly that we fear they are in tough luck. Mrs. Mollie Cottrell is' on an exten ed visit to Creedmoore and Durham. We are glad to say that Miss May Jones is expected home, from the hospital, this week. Mrs. Gill our oldest citizen is in very feeble health. Rev. Canine spent a part of last week With us. Amoung the people from a distance to attend the funeral of Merlin Holme* were: Mr. J. Holmes and family from Ypungsvllle, Mrs. Matthew Champion from Clayton and Mr. L. Hicks and family from Mspleville. Miss Ora Lee Jones and Mrs. J. K. Spencer spent a part of last week in Raleigh. Dont forget the quarterly meeting at Piqey Urove May 17 and 18. All day service* on^ Saturday come oat and hear R?r. Mr. Hall. Church members dont forget oar Sunday ? School. It noed you and you It. Mr. Sidney Holme* has a new son. Wishing the Editor and Readers a pleasant summer. * Farmer Gmu
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