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?? - A. F. JOHNSON, EDITOR AND KANAGER COUNTY, THE &TATE, THE UNI0? * ' . ^ IISBORG, M. C.. FRHJAY, JUNE 20, 1918, SUBSCRIPTION 81.00 PER YBaF ' NUMBER 19 MRS. JOE PERSON DIES SUDDENLY Succumbs to Stroke of Apoplexy in Santa Fe, New Mexico, f bemarkablk woman Had Left Charlotte Last Satur day For Two Months Visit to California and Alaska. Mrs. Joe Person, inventor of "Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy," and one of Nortli Carolina's best-known and most reap 3c ted women, died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday In Santa Fe, New Mexico, while en route for a visit to California and Alaska. A telegram announcing this unexpec ted occurrence was received at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Person's son, Mr. RufuB M Person, who lives on his farm near this city. Mrs. Person left Charlotte last Satur day for this Western trip and w^g join ed at Hickory by her sister, Mrs. J. B. Beard, who was with her at the l^st and who sent the telegram announcing her death. The news of her pausing will come as ? shock to Mrs. Person's thousands of friends throughout the State. She would have been 73 years old on July ?, but had seemed to be in accustomed health, active, vigorous, interested m everything about her. Members of her family knew, however, that for three or four months her health had been some- | what precarious, and it was hoped that travel would prove beneficial. Evident ly it proved, however, too great a tax on her strength. Mrs. Person had made two previous tours of the West and was enthusiastic about its beauty and its climate. It was her custom from various points along the route to send postcards to The Ob server. giving her impressions of the country. On her return each time she brought hundreds of souvenirs for her friends in this State. She was espec ially delighted by the petrified forests. Mrs. Parson was a native of Peters burg, Va. Her maiden name was Miss Alice Morgan, daughter of Samuel ar d Esther Morgan. She was married at the early age o? 17 in 1857 to Joseph Arrlngton Person of Franklinton, Franklin County, this State. They went at once to Franklinton where they lived until the death of Mr. Person in 18S3. TNVESTfin rAMOUS remedy. Forty-seven years ago Mrs Person invented ' Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy" and from that time to this her name has been a household word in tens of thousands of families, her invention en joying a greater popularity than any other proprietary medicine ever mark eted in North Caohna. lhe business under the direct personal supervision of Mrs. Person, who represented it on the road, prospered marvelously and she accumulated a comfortable fortune. The plant was located in Charlotte 30 years ago and Col. Charles R. Jones was a partner. It was then moved to Tarhoro where it remained three or four years, and then was moved to Kittrell. Ten years ago she rttuned to Charlotte and had since resided here. Three years ago the buissness was sold to outsiders under the name, of the Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy CW "pany and the plant is now lojrfteA at Kittrell. / Mrs. Person was a gifted pianist "and once had the destincturfi of play ing Southern airs for/a ponograph company in the North/Years ago she published a volnroe entitled. "Old Time Melodies.'"/ Mrs. Peraoivis survived ' by her sis ter Mrs. Sard, a brother, Mr. Al bert Morgan t>f Murphy, and by the fol lowins/children: Mrs. W. H. Harris, of Wake Forest, Mr. Wiley M. Person, gfXoulsburg, Miss Josie Person, of /Hickory, Mr. R. M. Person, of vicinity and Mr. Willie M. Person,., of Corey, Ala. All of these are expected to at tend the funeral which will be held in ' this city. Several days will be requir ed for the trip froni New Mexico. STRON? TKRSONALITY. Mrs Person was an Episcopalian in faith though not affiliated with any Church. She was in some reBpectw one of the State's most remarkable women. In executive ability, in energy. In cour age in buoyancy of spitjj she had few equals. She *as a woman of broad \views and generous impulses and al ways a leader in good works. She was the first contributor in this State to the fund for the women's monument to the Titanic dead, a characteristic act. waa a woman of unusual versatility and the passing of the yean detracted no whit from her keen and llvely interest la public affairs. She thought for bsr ?elf and maintained bar opinlow and in any situation in which. ?ha win am cetnnl, her personality was a factor .to be reckoned with. For all these rea sons, the death of Mrs. Joe Person re moves from North Carolina a woman of peculiar force, whose like may not be seen again. ? Charlotte Observer, j Friday, June 13fh, 19X3. Stockholders Meeting. The Stockholders of the Farmers Co-operative Warehouse Co., of Loois burg met in a called meeting in the new warehouse building on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. There was more than a majority of the stock rep resented with about sixty stockholders present. . Mr. J. J. Barrow, who has so admir ably filled the responsible position of Chairman of the Building Committee, made his final report, which showed that the building had been erected at a cost of . $8, 148.97. This gives the Com pany not only one of the most econom ically built houses in the county, but one of the largest and best of its kind in this section of the state. The ware house is almost complete and will be put to use nithin a shore while. In fact the purchasing agent for the Coun ty is now using one of the floors. Upon the request of Mr. Barrow, an auditing committee was appointed to go over the entire business of the Com pany so far and audit all accounts. By a vote the following gentlemen were appointed the auditing committee: T. B. Wilder, J. O. Beasley, J. B. Smith. Upon motion Mr. Barrow was extended the thanks of the stockholders for his labors in their behalf, by a rising vote. Mr. Comer, who had addressed the farmers in the court bouse in the morn ing and who was present, responded to an invitation, and made many interest ing remarks about the start the . farm ers had in Franklin cointy and the splencid building. Many other good talks were made, among them being Mr. T. L. Gooch, J. B. Smith, T. -J. Harris, N. M. Perry, W. R. Rogers. After discussing some matters of Union importance and placing the dis position of the spare space in the build ing in the hands of the Board Of Direc tors the meeting adjourned to meet again upon call. Sunday School Room. A t a church conference at the Meth odist church on last Sunday morning immediately after the morning service; further action was taken in regard/ to the proposed Sunday School room/ The plans have already been prepared and accepted and the addition will be on Noble street immediately adjoining the church. It is expectejr the addition will cost about $8,<XXKuO and will be started at once. Ay this meeting $4, 139. CO wu subscrilaed and it seems there will be n 6 trouble to get the remainder l'hia addition/will add greatly to the church aujr that section of the town and wiuXe a credit to the Mathodist denomination and those who have ao strongly promoted the building. Hiss Morris Entertains. Miss Bessie Morris was hostess to a few of her friends last evening in honor j of her house guest. Miss Ruby Lancas- 1 ter, of Louisburg, N. C. Tables were ar- | ranged in the parlor which was beauti- j fully decorated with sweet peas and ' the guests enjoyed progressive games | until! a late hour, when the tables j were cleared and delicious refresh- 1 ments were served. Those present, beside the honor guest, were Miss 'Hazel Morns, Miss Lina Mundy, Miss !<? race Brown, Mr. Tandy Jones, Mr. Milton Williams, Mr Prank Ashmore, Mr. J. H. Mullinax, Mr. W. V. Wood , son and Mr. Paul Griffin? Grefenyille, 8. C. News. In Honor or Mr. and Mrs. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Allen entertianed quite a'laige number ot friends at a floating reception at the College on Wednesday evening from nine to eleven o'clock to meet Mr. and Mrs. M. S. DaVis. .Delicious refreshments were served and the occasion was muck en joyed by the many friends of the host and hostess and the guests of honor. _.. Mr. Comer Speaks* - According to the announcement made several days ago, Mr. P. M Comer, of Daaville, Va? made an ad dress to the tobacco growers, in par ticular and the farmers generally In the oourt house Wednesday morning. The (peaking began about 11:30 and for a king while the speaker kept hit ao* dlence fn good humor sod much intta ,eit. Tho object of his address was an appeal to the tobacco growers to adopt some plan whereby they could get a better price fur tbeirjiroiliicta and 'not be always .at the mercy or the Ameri can Tobacco Co. He told them how he and a number of farmers around his home had formed a company to ac complish this end. Tbey organized and operated what might be called a storage warehouse with a sales depart ment. Their plan of operation Is that a farmer could carrv his tobacco to this warehouse, receive a certificate for his load of tobacco at sixty per cent of the market price leaving a credit in his favor at the warehouse of forty per cent whlch is returned to him alter the tobacco is sold. The tobacco of all the farmers storing there is all graded and packed and offered direct to the main offices of the large tobacco com panies in bulk. By this means the op erations of the warehouses, buyers and handlers are all eliminated and he claimed that the farmers profited thereby. He also stated that it was an easy matter to realize money on the storage certificates issued and that at the end of the year the profits were pro rated among those who had sold their tobacco through this house. He stated that this plan had been a success in Danville and urged the tobacco growers in this section to help themselves and his people by organizing in some way to bring about similar results. ' Mr. Comer's address was listened to with interest by a large number of Franklin County's tobacco growers and will in all probability cause many of them to begin to give much thought to the ideas he expressed. The Planters Warehouse. As will be seen from their page ad vertisement on the last page of this is suo "The Planters Warehouse" will be the name of a new warehouse for the sale of leaf tobacco for Louisburg. This' house will be a large wooden structure at the south end of the river bridge along side of the colored Episcopal j Church. It wi.l be 100 feet front by 260 feet back making a floor Bpace much in excess of/anything in Louisburg of its kind: This house from what we can learn will be incor porated a stock company and the ob ject will be to place the stock largely among the farpaen. The promoters of the warehouse say they expect to put every effort forward to have the house ready ne^r the beginning of the season and wKl spare no efforts in working for the/interest of the tobacco growers in tine section. Among the men referred ' -To in the advertisement to give infor mation is some of Franklin's best and most substantial citizens whose asscia tion with anything will add strength and success. The operation of this warehouse is recognized by the public generally as a decided forward move for the Louis burg market. The lot was laid off preparatory to beginning the jvork Tuesday. A Few Town Laws. The following are a few of the town laws that by some people have been suggested as ones to be repealed owing to their lack of enforcement: Riding bicycles on sidewalks. Many of the sidewalks are almost used for race tracks by bicycle riders. Leaving horses or mules on streets untied. Making such eases unlawful and imposes a fine. Using the sidewalks for showing goods. This law. provides that only a reasonable time shall be allowed a person to remove goods from the Bide walks. and shall hot be kept there for display. . Another section prohibits stock run ning at lar.je in the town. This to our mind includes driving cows from pas tore without being roped, however it is almost an everyday occurrence to see horses and mules running about the streets entirely loose. Government's Emergency Re lief. Under the above heading the Fi nancial World of New York says in part: The announcement by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo that he will, if necessary, make immediately avail able tc those banks which hare joined currency associations, the full amount of the ? 300, 000,000 additional currency provided for by the Aldrioh-Vreeland Act, should in the long ran help to adjust Snancial situatloa which baa been rapidly becoming acute in the last fow weeks. There la no likelihood that the situation calls for aay such volume of relief as may be hastily construed by many aa necessary , bat the knewl- i edge that the relief to at band most 'ttfprc ' ? rtf'- '?>*/: ? :,*? "4 nocessarily be reassuring. At) tlie world must, by thi#-Urae, know too. ttull, that Wall etreecj -that muoli derided and despised financial Centre, long ago perceived what was ahead and it began to clear the decks by liquidating the overextended securi ties market*. Tlie shrinkage has, as we have before pointed out, been much more than the total volume of which Secretary McAdoo now purposes to, if need be, issue. But the balance of the oountry looked on and scoffed at Wall street 'b supposed fears of mere shadows as it liquidated its position. Now the shadow* have taken actual and kubstantisl shape; there are no phantoms, but actualities atTiand. It may he that Wall street has not gone far enough in its housecleaning, and that more is needed; time alone will tell that, but meanwhile there can be no mistaking the warnings which Mr. MoAdoo's action has sounded. It means that there must be further and drastic commodity liquidation; there must be a deflation of the real estate boom which has been going on in maily sections in the west and has tied up a great deal of capital needlessly; sails must be trimmed all along the line. . ' ; / The emergency curiency issue, if/1t comee, should aid in making this cleaning up a painless operation and 110 interest or single individual need suffer seriously, provided the necessity for shortening all lines is frankly recog nized. Here may be preliminary flur ries. bat they should not be mistaken for any evidence tWt a general col lapse is impending/ , ? . ? / . . . ? Unless we lead the signs of the times, a drastic scaling, down of the cost of living is coming all along the line as one of the chief results of this new ^Hgnment in the economic situa Bunn Items. The public is cordially invited to at tend our picnic at Bunn, on July 4th in honor of the elegant new school build ing which is in course of construction. There will be a few short speeches fr^m some of ihe best speakers of North Carolina, on the subject of Public school work including Supt. R. B. White, of Louisburg, and Hon. F- S. Spruill, of Rocky Mount, after which dinner will be served. Mr. R. L. Huffines has very gener ously promise* I an abundant supply of ' Barbecue, and -the people are expected to being a plenty of bread, cakes, bis cuits, ham and anything that they see ; fit to bring chat is good to eat We are trying to make it a pleasant day for all the visitors in many ways. Amoung the.ftttractions will be a "Ba zaar" exhibit by the Womtns Beter ment Association, they will have re freshments of every description as well as a nice line of hand work care fully prepared by the good women of this community. In the evening com mencing at 8 o'clock there will also be a play "A Box of monkeys" given by the Betterment Association tor benefit of the school. This is a -popu lar play and we feel that all who come will be benefited by it. Music will be furnished by the Justice string band. Our Sunday School is doing tine with j an average attendance of nearly one | hundred and fifty. Messrs Bennie and Elijah Wheless, i of Justice were visitors to our town; last Sunday. Messrs B. B. Syke$ and David May, of Spring Hope, were in town last | Sunday. Mr. Sykes.is a native of Bunn, j and we are always glad to have him 1 with us. ' We were all glad to have Mrs. liose- ! mond Ragsdale and her little daughter, . Rosalind, of Louisburg, with us last Sunday. Mrs. Ragsdale says that she will leave in a few days for a con- I tinued stay in Pittsburg, Pa. Miss Pear le Timber lake of Winston-, Salem, is visiting Miss Belle Wright. : We were glad to have Miss Ella | Pippin, who is a native of Bunn, visit us a few days ago, she is now on her ; way for a several months trip to Eu- j ? rope. She says that she will tour through Holy Land, while she is gone. Our town has been visited by quite a number of people from several of the surrounding counties the past week. Mr. Joseph Harris, of near Bunn, has returned from his work as a stud ent at the State University. ? ? The Btr&ca pienlc A very unique and interesting social ?vent was the "porch-pienie" given by the Baraea b5ys of the Baptist Church ?a the spacious front porch of the paa torium Tuesday evening. The original plan n> to take the par. ty in cars to the "Venn Farm " near Kianklinton, where the pic-nic lunch would be serves. Undaunted by the severe rain storm that came up at the time of departure from the city, the boys decided to serve the lunch on the veranda of the pastortUm, which proved" to be quite a novej and delightful oc casion. Rev. and Mrs. Gilmore turned the entire pastorium over to the young people for the evening, and everyone had a most enjoyable time, in spite of weather conditions. Later in thy even ing the entire party enjoyed a car ride to Youngsyllle and other planes through the courtesy of Messrs. C. T. Stokes, Malcolm McKinne, T. W. Watson, N. B. Allsbrook and Edgard Paul, of Rat elgh. Those in the party were: Miss Edna Allen, teacher; Grace Hall, sec retary; Sallie T. Williams, Pauline Smith, Lynn Hal), Ovie Altonl, Lula Bet Person, Priscilla Pitman, Ruth McUhee, Nannie Hall Hale, Katie Kur man, Pattie Ay cock, Helen Pleasants, Mabel Davis, Lonie and Susie Meadows, Messrs. Cleveland Foster, president; N. B. Allsbrook, William Winston, Bay-' mond Taylor, R. L. McGhee, Luther Wells, Clifford Hall, Malcolm MeKirne, Edward Paul, Raleigh, J. A. Gardner, Charlie Clarice, William T. Persons, Blair Tucker/ C.T. Stokes, S. M. Wash ington, J. E. . Williams, Osmond Hale, V. C. Willamp, G. D. Campbell, Buies Creek, J. K. Brewer, Master Walter M. Gilmore, Rev. W. M. Gilmore. Mrs. A. M. Hall and Mrs. Gilmore chaperoned the party. Horse Killed. Information reached this office this week to the effect that a nice dark bay horse. Weighing about 750 pounds, barefooted and with main clipped, was found dead on the plantation of Mr. T. C. Wester, about seven and one-half miles from town. The horse appeared to have been in good health and having been killed, as his skull was crushed. The only presumption at present ad* vanced is that the horse was evidently stolen and rode off by some one and reaching this place the horse either gave out or the rider felt that he had to get rid of him and drove him into the woods and knocked him in the head. The horse had evidently been dead for several days when found; The matter should be investigated by the officials and if it can be ascertained that the horse was really killed without just cause and the person who did the kill ing can be caught, he should be given t ie fullest extent of the law. The Storm. Quite a lot of damage has been re ported from the storm that passed this section Tuesday evening. In Louisburg there was right much "hail, some stones being as large as good sized marbles. With it was a good amount of wind and rain. Mr. R. A. Pearce near town suffered heavily. He informs us that he feels that his cotton crop is completely de stroyed, and that although his tobacco is badly damaged he thinks he can save a great deal of it. The reports s iy that the entire crop of Mr. Bud Murphy is completely de stroyed. The storm did considerable damage in the vicinity of Mapleyille and it is reported that the crop of Mr. H. H. Hobgood was almost demolished. Mr. J. C. Pearce. across the river from the above sections tells us the hail ruined him. Besides playing ha voc with his crop it beat through the top of a tenant house. It seems that the storm took rather a peculiar course; but did datttage wher ever it passed. It was yery unfortu nate with out planters m the fact that at the best the crops wsre not an av erage. This storm also visited Raleigh and save from effecting the telephone and electric s. stems no special damage has been reported. Mayors Court The following cases were disposed of in the Mayor's Court the past week: Fed Satterwhite, drunk and down, fined $5.00 and taxed with costs. John Williamsoh and Cornelius Whit ley, assault with deadly weapon ? Wil liamson using a baseball bat and Whit ley a pistol? were bound over to court under a $100 bond each. BaptiBt Church : Public worship Sunday 11 a. m. and 8:16 p. m. Sunday School 9:45, B. Y, P. U. Monday 8:15 p, m. The aastor will speak Sunday morning on "Remov ing Difficulties." Rev. R. L. Davis, of, Raleigh, will prench at night. _ The P*?(^>rwill preach at Ransdell's Chapel at S o^cWk Sunday afternoon. Rev. W. L. Walker, of Charlotte, and his singer, Prof. Wolslagle. are expect ed soon to begin a series of meetings in the Baptist church, possibly Sunday, June 29th. Definite annoancement will be Bade next week. THE fiflOVINC PEOPLE THEfR movements in and OUT 5p TOWN Those Who Have Visited Louls bhrg the Past Week? Those j Who Have Gone Elsewhere For Business or Pleasure. Maror J. A. Turner spent several hours in Raleigh Ttfesdav. Mr. O, S. Macon left Tuesday to visit hie Slater at Hicks' Warf. Va. ? ? Miss Helen Creech, of Goldsboro, is visiting Miss Maude Hicks. Misa Mollie Johnson, of Littleton, is visiting at Mr. G. L. Croypell'a. Mrs. Wells, of Wilson, 1b visiting her daughter, Mrs. Vt . R. Mills. Mrs. M. Fowler, of Raleigh, is visit ing her daughter, Mrs. W. E. White. Mrs. Dora Jackson left Wednesday for a visit to friends at South Hill, Va. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Holden returned from a visit to Raleigh the past week. Miss Janie Shotwell, of Vance coun ty. is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. H. Clay. Messrs. W. F. Beasley, J. E. Thomas . and Fenner Spivey visited Halifax Tuesday. Mr. M. S. Davis and bride returned Tuesday from a tour of Western North Carolina. Mesdames R. R. Harris, J. L. Pal mer, and R. G. Burroughs visited Ral eigh Tuesday. Editor F. II, May, of the Wake Times, 'was a visitor to his people in Louisburg Monday. Mrs. T. E. Wins-low and children, of Atlanta, Ga., are visiting her sister, LMrs. W. E. White. Mrs. Wingate Underbill and little son Wingate, left yesterday to visit relative at and near Selma. ? Mrs. J. Fuller Malone and little son, , of New Orleans, La., arrived Tuesday to visit Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Malone. Mayor and Mrs. J. A. Turner and ? children left Saturday for Panacea Springs. The tMayor returned home Monday and Mrs. Turner and little chil dren will remain for several days. Miss Sallie Pleasants, who recently successfully underwent an operation in a hospital in R&leigh, returned home Monday. She was accompanied home by her mothei who lias been with her during her illness. Her many friends here will be glad to know she is much , improved. Goes to Raleiarh Their many friends in Louisburg and Franklin "county will learn with much regret that Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Bailey and son William, left on last Saturday to make Raleigh their future home. Mr. Bailey has been a resident of Louisburg about fifteen years and during this period has been* yery prominently identified with' the business interests of the community. He served the towp as commissioner for a number of years and in other ways took great interest in public af fairs. During their stay in. Louisburg they have made many friends who will regret having to lose them from the business and social life of the town to which thay haye added so mvch. They were accompaaied by Mrs. Stith, Mrs. Builey's mother, who has made her home with them in Louis burg and by her genial disposition has made hosts of friends who will regret to give her u*>. ?Runaways. Louisburg experienced two runaways early yasterday morning. First a four mule team belonging to Mr. G. W. Ford ran away, but caused no damage. The second was the young horse of Mr. Singleton Tomlinson, which was tied In front of the Times office. He became frightened at a motorcycle aad ran in to tha Riverside Warehouse, breaking loose from the cart to which he waa hitched. Besides breaking up the har ness,-and cuttiag a few places on him self he only did a small damage to some buggies in the warehouse. Hart's Warehouse to be Run .?* A rumor was current Wednesday' to the effect that Mr. C. E. Johnson, Who has been connected with the Louisburg tobacco market for many years, had perfected arrangements and "would run the old Hart's warehouse this season making four warehouses for the a?le of leal tobacco tor Lodasburg this season, this report wo have boon unable so far to have confirmed. ? V V ' ;