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SUPERVISOR J. 8. MYIS, Of
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Matters of Only Small Impor
tance Come Before the Board
' ?Several Reports Received.
The Board of County Oxmxpiasiooers
net on Monday wad Tueeday of this
week with all member* present. The
business ?u moetly regular routine
which wu disposed of a* follows after
the minutes of the previoA meeting
had been disposed of:
It was ordered that the oldest child
of W. P. Wilson be stricken from out
side pauper list. -
It was ordered that the road laid off
by the special commissioners from
Lou is burg road near the Nash place to"
the Melford road be declared a public1
road and that the Road Supervisors ap
point an overseer.
The Committee appointed to look af
ter the road near Joe Strickland's re
ports no change. ?
The report of Dr. J. E. Molone, Sup
? erintendent of Health, was received
and ordered filed. , j J
T. P. Dean was allowed eight joints
of 18 inch piping to place across road
?ear his home.
It was ordered that Med Davis be in
structed to carry his horse to Wood's
Store on October 10th so that Chairman
I. S. Collie can see the horse and assess
the proper damages for falling through
bridge.
Candier-Crowell Co., was allowed a
refund of taxes on $1800 ? an error in
listing taxes.
G. B. H. S tailings was allowed twen
ty feet 'of 20 inch piping to go across
the road near his home.
The Seaboard Air Line railway was
refunded $52.16? the amount- overpaid
in 1911.
Pearce Bros., was relieved of taxes
on $500.00 for 1912 ? a correction in the
assessing of pro(*erty.
Mr. J. S. Davis, Road Supervisor, of
Warren County, was before the Board
in the interest of a bridge across Shocco
Creek and also a road near Fishing
Creek. The matter was referred to
Chairman Collie as a .^ committee with
instructions no meet Mr. Davit* at
Wood's store on Friday to consider the
matter.
The report of F. R. Pleasants, Man
ager Medical Depository, was received
and filed.
Report of E. N. Williams, Superin
toudent County Home, was received
" and filed. He reports seven white and
sixteen colored inmates.
The allowance d! Richard Young, an
<mUide pauper, ' to#* increased ? from
$1.50 to $2.00 pfir fbfettu
t\ it was ordered. t?at the Health Offi
cer's salary be increased from $300.00
tl> $560.00 per year.
The reoort of W. H. Allan, Sh<&rWP,
. ? was received and ordered recorded.
J By order the tax books for 1913 yrete
t turned over to the. Sheriff.
Susan Laws and child were allowed
to bo placed on outside pauper list at
per month. ' . . /
After allowing a number of acconnta
the Board adjourned to its next regular
meeting.
?eath of Mr*. Bart F- Wilder
At the home of her son, Mr. Melvin
Wilder, who lives six miles eaat of
this plice, Mrs. Burt F. Wilder depart
ed this life last Friday in the 78th year
of her age.
Mrs. Wilder had been in poor health
lor several months, but only recently
was she considererftfritically ill.
She was for manv years a devout and
useful member of the Rock Springs
Baptist Church, and will be greatly
missed from her church and com
munity.
Her husband and six children servive
her, Mrs. I". B. UrifHn and Mrs. W. N.
Fuller, Miss Sophia Wilder. Messrs.
.John, Melvin and'Bernard F. Wilder.
Her remains were brought to town
Saturday atterr.oon, and entered In the
Oaklawn cemetery in the presence of a
large concourse of loved ones and
friends.
Her pastor, Rev. Mack Stamps, as
sisted by Rev. W. M. (iilmore, con
ducted the funeral at the residence.
The floral offering was large and
beautiful.
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Knoekaft Senseless. '
What came near being a very aerioul
occurrence was the runaway on fcondty
*Vening of a pair if mules hitclped to a
' wagon and throwing Mr. U. ft. Perry,
who was driving them, from thto wagon
with such force that it stunned him so
much that it was four or Ave hours be
: fore he completely recovered, although
#??Wiiur very sore all or?r fr'C) not
jftggfegU t? b?re bis wagon
th^mlUjthe steam
ing tlfiat he could stop them remained
in the wagon and used tyl&ffores to
tljpt end, but the bit on tti'wllder mule
bt^&aiid rendered hl? eSbHa useless.
Before he &B1 ttaie tb d ?S<*S what to
& the team turned the of Ken
more Avenue and Cheathtttt Street and
threw him out wrthtertflfc' force, Mft
head going up to hi* should ew in a sur
face ditch which wa* lined with terra'
eotta piping. ' Mr. Perry 'sbfcthar, who
witnessed the entlHS performance, ran
to his rescue and with the assistance of
others took him to the oftce of the oil
mill and a doctor was summoned. He
was taken home and never fully re
gained consciousuess until about ten
o'clock that night. *He was on the
streets sgain Tuesday Afternoon, but
was complaining of* belhf, very sore.
The males were stepped only a short
distance from the trouble,
A Sketota of Florence Night
ingale.
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t. At a "Social Service" meeting of the
W. U. S? of the Methodist Church last
week, the following interesting sketch
was read :
In the one flawless character, that
has been given to the^world, we find, as
its keynote, service* ~Thfe Son of Man
came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister,', and it would be an assertion
by no means too sweeping to eay that
every life, no matter how brilliant its
equipment or grand its achievements, is
a failure unless it has rendered some
help to humanity, collectively tojr indi
vidually. We may not all be known to
fame, but God's approval is opt limited
to great and heroic deeds, "file' "cu;.
of cold water" may be given in His
name, and even the menial task$ of our
daily lives. If done in the right ^spirit,
may exalt us into kinship w4?h the
Eternal, ','who sweeps a rooty, *s ioi
Hi* sake; makes that and the^action
fine."
My first acquaintance with the name
of Florence Nightingale came about
when I was a mere child. I remember
seeing an anagram made frorr the let
ters of her name, "Flit on cheering
angel," and I thought it beautiful when
I understood the mission of her life.
She was bdrn during the fi?st quarter
of the nineteenth centurv in one of the
ancestral homes of England. She pos
sessed a tender, sympathetic heart, an
unselfish disposition, a brave, heroic
spirit, and an intellect strong and capa
ble.
I<J06 day, daring her childhood, while
riding with some minieMtJ over her
father's estate, she passed'*' shepherd
and his fiock and noted tbefcbeence of a
favorite dog. On being told that "Cap"
bad'broken his'lgtf, she Bp ring from her
horse and going to the wourted inimal
cateued Mia moat tenderlj/?' The min
?t?r suggested that a warm' compress
might relieve therein, so dje called to
the spepberd's boy, bad art re kindled
and, for several hours beside
the poor creature, applytifcr not cloths
to the injured leg. It found that
the bens was not broketr after all, and
?uder her Ueatineirt Cap got well
again. This little inciditit, though
simple, gives an" insight to her charac
ter?even as a child she was wilhftg to
lay aside her own pleasure, and accept
the irksome and disagreeable if, by so
doing, she could minister to the cota
fort of a crippled dog.] r* ,
As the mother visited aqwng the sick
and destitute of her tenantry, Florence
was often her companion, and always,
where there was need for her services,
she was ready. 4s she grew oilier her
quick sympathy and real skill in nursing
won (or her the deep lov^and gratitude
of her dependents. Her fither's wealth
gave her the advantages of a most
thorough education, but tMrough all her
work there ran the desire of helping
others, and she at last decided to study
nursing as a profession. It was about
this period she met Elizabeth Fry and
was impressed with the beauty of her
work in the prisons of England. (Those
who have read Adam Bude will remem
ber the Quakeress who visited th?h
prison in which poor, pretty Hetty So i
rell awaited death, -and spent with her
the night before the expected execu
tion. The prayer she offered for the
despairing girl is little Short of inspira
tion. It is said that George Eliot found
jn Elisabeth Fry the original for this
beautiful portraiture.]
After studying for monUyl in Gar
many, and working in hospitals and in
the ragged schools of London, Miss
?nightingale was at last ojdW to the
f scenes which gaye her - ?|gpld-wide
1 fSme--the terrible scenes of Mood-shed
' in the 'Crimsan war. The accounts of
.1 ? r f Ajk
the suffering* M tha Ufek and WorihSed
soldiers, that bar oointry* had sent to a
distant land, war* harrowing, and tha
situation m moat appalling, bat toach
ed. by tha appeal o t hair friend aftd
neighbor. Dr. Hubert, wsithen
Secretary of War, bar brave spirit
made ready reapooae, and abe had aoon
organized a band of thirty-eight none*,
who were willing to go with heron her
errand of mercy. They reached the
great barrack hoepital ok 8culari the
.day before tha bloody battle of "inker
man. This Taat hospital, with its
thousands of patients, was one of eight
that needed the care of these noble
woman, and the conditions were snch aa
to sicken the hearts and crush the spir
its Of any less determined than them
selvee, but under the leadership of
Florence Nightingale they rose to tha
l&caslon, and did a work that shall, for
all time, compel the admiration of the
world. With fine executive ability she
managed ter forces and gave her orders
with such tact, as well as firmness, as.
to accomplish much that seemed im
possible. With noiseless step the
"Lady with the Lamp," as Longfellow
called her, wound her way amid those
scenes of suffering, touching with ten
der hand the feyered brow, binding with
gentlest skill the wounded limb, and
brek thing words of hope and courage to
despairing hearts. One said of her,
"She could not spaak to us all, you
know, but we could kiss her shadow as
it fell, and lay our heads on the pillow
again content."
At last Miss Nightingale was forced
by failing health to return home for
rest. Here she found a grateful coun
try anxious to lay honors at her feet,
but she (irmly declined all public dem
onstration. From her sick room letters
of encouragement and help were sent
forth, and even books on hospital man
agement?for her 4ieart was in her
work. She spent fifty years of retire
ment from public service, but those
years were- still full of he pto those who
needed help. She died in 1910, leaving
the profession of trained nursing a liv
ing memorial to her womanly tender
ness and dauntless heroism.
better babies contest.
State-wide Campaign for Better
Babies at the State Fair? Val
uable Prizes.
-Final plans and arrangements have
just been made for a State-wide Better
Babies Health Contest to be held at the
State Fair at Raleigh, October 20th to
25th. This health contest will be under
the management of the State Board of
Health. There will be none of the old
time beauty show of voting contest con
nected with It. The babies, will he
given a mental test, then weighed and
measured and given a thorough physi
cal examination by a corps of the best
specialties on ohildren in the State. At
every examination the child will be
graded or scored, the total score for a
perfect baby being 1,000.
While the State Fair Association, the
I Woman's Clube, the Woman's! Home
Companion and others have contributed
somewhere between $400 and 1509 for
prizes for the best babied, it is pointed
out that by far th? greater value of the
contest will be in having the experts
poiat out to the mothers any defects
tbey may find W the babies, and tell
them how to remedy them.
There Is no entry fee or charge what
soever connected with the contest. It
is open to any white child in the State
bet wee ? the ages of 6 months and 36
months. Careful arrangements have
been made to have everything provided
for the care, protection and comfort of
the mothers and babies. Test tents
with cots will be provided for the
sleepy babies and tired mothers, and
one or more trained nurses will be in
charge at all times.
Anyone wishing enter the contest
should write the State Board of Health
at once, being sure to state the dav
they will be at the fair, so a time can
be named for judging the baby.
Meeting of 0- B-C- :
At a meeting of thp U. IX , G. held at
the residence of ttm t>r. il. E. M%tori?
on Wednesday afHfrnoon. we afa; In
?formed tha dt?*eilid(f-o# the <jonfeS|ate
Monument wax' t>ostpon-d until Memor
ial Day, May lOtb, 1914. Tlie postpone
ment was due to tha fact that they were
advised that it wontd be wise on ac
oount of tha weathar conditions and we
are Informed .the contractor* were hav
ing trouble In getth* the proper mater
ial for Its manufacture. No doubt tha
data -Will be more agreeable to all '
-It is said eliglon will make a
man love his enemy. But an upstat^
country paper spoils the affect of the
Statement by'dfcclanngit baa seen whis
key do th? same thing. . ?
TOWr COMMISSIONERS
IN REGULAR SESSION
FRIDAY MIGHT.
Only fmall Meeting? Several
Reports Malting Gooa Show
In* Was Recevted.
^..ird of Town Commissioners
.1 regular session on last Friday
? with all members present. The
>f the previous meeting was
approved, after which busi
disposed of as follows:
fort of Chief of Police, J. C.
Tucker, was received and or^red Died.
He TCfffts coats $27.95; rents $85.34;
Iicco?i $58.50: flnes >9.00.
The report of A. W. Alston, Clerk,
waa. neaped and ordered filed. He re
ports collection from lights and water
for AqpMt of 9614.68, an increase of
911L4HL over the same month last year.
He ate reports a collection of old water
and light rents of 1216.19.
A motion prevailed that the College
and all other parties be allowed a rate
of IS) cents per k. w. for lights up to
199, and 200 k. w. for $20.00, and all
over 200 k. w. to be at a rate of 6 cents
per k. w. net.
A motion prevailed to allow the ex
pense Mil of $7.40 for bringing Burke
Pace to Louisburg from Weldon.
A matter that proved of much inter
est was informally given to the Board
by Cleric Alston in the figures that- the
collections for September for water and
lighta would be $708.08, or $232.51
above the month of September. 1912.
The Board adjourned to its next reg
ular meeting aftef allowing a number
of accounts.
Live Stock.
Atlanta. Ga. , October 3. ? As a> part
of its work for the upbuilding of the
live stock industry in the Southeast,
the Live i Stock department of the
Southern Railway periodically issues a
bulletin, telling of stock for sale or ex
changaMd ot stotfc duiireA ie-be-pur
chased. The bulletin is compiled from
information tarnished by stock owners
and cnpies are mailed to over 15,000
farmers and dealers. -* '
Through this bulletin a large number
of sales have been made and many far
mers have been enabled to get stock of
just the type they desired. Instead of
sending good sires to the slaughter
house after serving their allotted time
with one herd, many owners have
through this bulletin been enabled to
effect an exchange whereby each added
years of usefulness to the life of a good
animal.
Th?'aattre expense of issuing the bul
letin is borne by the Southern Railway
Co. P; L. Ward, Live Stock Agent,
Atlanta, Ga., will be glad to siend
copies to any farmer or to include io
the bulletin information in regard to
stock for sale or exchange.
SIMMONS.
Some ot the Characteristics of
a Man Looming: to the Front
To the Sditor ot The ?bservez: ? An
huuiblrfkNatlh Carolinian, prood of her
history aid traditions, proud of her dis
tinguished sons who have enriched the
annals of the Nation, as well as those
of the State of their birth and love, al
low me, through the columns-of your
paper to congratulate Senator Simmons
on his masterful management of the
tariff bill. With faultless fidelity and
unflinching loyalty to the platform of
his party, he was, in the beginning of
his great fight, confronted with a di
vided sentiment in his own party, and
a splendidly organized opposition. Not
only well organized, but with practical
ly the same voting strength, and yet lie
won out, and with votes to spate. This
triumph has won for him an imperish
able niche in the pantheon of fame.
No man in public life has so develop
ed in statesmanship, in broadness of
intellectual vision, in grasp of public
affairs. Those of as who hold to a dif
ferent polttfttal faitfc regarded him as
olnly a wirepuller, *ho would never ex- I
crslse Iiittdtf ipflWpce in the national
councils of his party. How woetuHy
we ware deceived, how little we knew
of his mental strength, his correspond
ent power over men, his aptitude for
great work in great emergencies. A
born fltfMerv of dauntless courage, of
sublime faith In the principle* ot his
party, be does not know the meaning
of the woWT surrender. As Chairman
ot the gnat Finance Committer, a less
able.a lew ' trained, a leas diplomatic
statesman, confronting the obstacles in ,
the way of the ? passage of the taiiff
bill, wsvtt have flagged, Altered and
' finally failed. But be. with patient
persistence, with ? mastery of details,
with forceful logic and earnest persua
sion, won a victory whleh will enshrine
his name in every Democratic heart.
No splendor of oratory, no brilliancy of
repartee, no caustic invective, no spec
tacular display could have accomplish
ed his achievement. What will be the
real result of the victory to the great
mass of the people no man can tall,
yet I abide the bope that it will prove
a wholesome, prolific, fruit-bearing
tree.
That waa a specially handsome com
pliment that Senator Galllnger, the
leader of the Republicans in the Senate,
paid to Senator Simmons* on the pit
sage of the bill. As a Republican I am
proud of Gallinger, as a North Crftofm
ian I am proud of Simmons. ' Time,
nor chance can efface the memory of
his 'valiant victory. He stands on a
level with the most distinguished sons
of Korth Carolina, and in "the after
years" whenner great bead roll-blessed
of the Muses, is numbered, the name
of F. M. Simmons will stand among
the first. Another of his virtues is loy
alty to a friend. If he promises to
support you, though cautious fn the
premise, he will stand by you to a fin
ish. He has big backbone, and no man
is great or manly without it. -
Lake Kanuga, Sept. 16.
About Animals.
We are beginning to receive reports
of some diseases that spread over the en
tire state last fall. Mycotic Stomatitis,
or sore mouth and feet of cattle. This
is a diaease caused by cattle eating
food containing irritating fungi, which
causes an inflammatory condition of the
mouth, tongue, nostrils, udder and
teats.
T|tE Cause? The disease is the re
sult of cattle eating food containing ir
ritating fungi, the fungi is usually
found on the grasses during an unus
ually hot, wet season, immediately ~af'
ter heat and moisture being conducive
to its growth.
Symitoms? The tirst symptom us
ually noticed a diipping of saliva
from the mouth; inability to graze,
sluggishness of the cattle, a slight
stiffness of gale and inclination to lie
down most of the time. Upon making
a careful examination, the mucous
membrane would be fcund inflamed
and red, or, if the disease has pro
gressed far enough, small ulcers may
be found. The first portion usually af
fected is the dental pad, which takes
the place of the front teeth in the up
per jaw; this becomes inflamed and
raw, consequently, the cattle are una
ble to graze, not being able to cut the
grass blades, but could eat feed already
cut. From this point, if' not properly
treated, the iuflamation will spread un
til the entire mouth and tongue are in
volved, becoming raw, making it im
possible for the catlie to eat anything.
In some cases the outer portion of the
lipa and nostrils are involved.
In milch cattle, there is a great de
crease in the milch flow, heavy 'milkers
may completely dry up In a few days.
Small red spots may be seen in the ud
der and teats. A. temperature of lOSd
F. to 197d F. is frequently seen. If
the feet are examined carefully small
red spots or ulcers may be seen at the
t>p of the hoof or between the toes.
TKEATHWrrt? If the affected animals
are on pasture they should be moved
to some place where they can be prop
erly treated and fed -on bran, bran
mashes, or other easily masticated
food and given plenty of fresh water.
In each gallon of water puisne tea
spoonful of chlorate of potash. The
mouth should be well washed two or
thre; times a day with a three per
cent water solution of carbolic aeid, or
creolin or some other reliable antisep
tic. The cattle should be kept in a dry,
clean place, in order to keep the feet as
free from dirt 4s possible. The feet
should also be washed several times a
day with an antiseptic solution. One
of the most important things Is to see
that the cattle get something that they
can eat. If constipated, give a pound
of Epsom salts dissolved in one quart
of warm water. If properly treated,
the lops should not exceed one or two
County Meeting.
The Franklin County Farmers Union
met on first Thursday in October. The
President, Hro. T. .1. Ha As, called the
; Union to order and Bro. J, B. FulgfitSW
led in prayer. , r, ?
?? The delegation present was small on
'Sceaont At its being such a busy season
with the farmers.
The lhain topio for discussion at this
meeting was "The Ways and Means by
! Which to Rural Telephone System May
Be Established in Franklin County."
Jt Committee consisting of Brethren 1.
B. Fulghura, H. D. ' Egerton and J. 0.
F. M
a ledge bad been appointed to nuke in
veetlgations. Their report was encour
aging and hopeful, and we believe it ii
only a short period of time before we
?hall have a (rood telephone syatem
throughout the county. ?
By invitation, Mr. R. B. White,
County Superintendent of School*, c^me
before the Union and made an excel
irnt address along educational iihes.
Mr. White relerred to some things the
Union has accomplished, and pointed
out some things which he bMWved
would be well for the Union to over
take. 'His address was interesting, in
straettve, and inspiring. The . Ujpioti
hopes to have the pleasure ot hearing
Mr; White often. .
It was moved and carried t^at we
change our time of meeting ftlBm the
first Thursday in each montb ty the
first Saturday in each month, and meet
promptly at 1:00 p. m. The At^hren
will please make note of the change,
and send a food delegation to the next
county meeting on first Saturday in
November. JjJjl
T. H. Slid
Co. Sec.-l
; sV In ttfcmorlam.
Comparatively for a short time Mrs.
S. D. Bartholomew was' permitted by
our loving, heavenfr* father* to All her
stations in life; a beautiful 'maiden, a
devoted and loving wife and mother, an
affectionate daughter, and granddaugh
ter, and. when summoned to yield her
spirit to God who gave it, calmly and
peacefully fell "asleep in Jesus/.' May
God in His Infinite mercy and compass
ion pour the balm of consolation into
the hearts of the bereaved ones, who
mourn her loss so deeply !
During her lingering illness {he ef
forts of physicians, the ministrations of
loved ones around her bedside, did not
avail to change the decision of the
Great "I Am," who is "too wise to err,
and too good to be unkind, '<
Mrs. Bartholomew's name "#as en
rolled at Fishing Creek Church (Bap
tist denomination) at an early age. as a
member ot same, and ever after she
was willing to identify herself as one
who wishes to be a Christian.
On her death bed she prayed earnest
ly that God would show her plainly that
she would be taken to heaven after
death. Soon after, she exclaimed, that
in a vision, or perhaps it was a dream,
she viewed the gate of heaven, opened
for her entrance.
Mrs. Bartholomew was born April
13th, 1S87, and was the mother of
three children? Essie Gray, Bettie Will
and Grady Sykes (nearly 3 years of
age).
The burial services, conducted bv
her pastor. Rev. Walter Bobbitt, were
peculiarly solemn and impressive.
Most exquisitely beautiful flowers
were placed on her grave, thus showing
the tender love of those relatives, so
devoted to their dear "Geneva."
Lord! she was thine, and not our own,
Thou bast not done' us wrong?
We truly thank Thee for the loan
Afforded us so long.
Written by
One op Heb Loving Fbiends.
Real EsUte Deals.
During the past week "we have gath
ered the following changes in owner
ship of Louisburg real estate:
J. D. Hill has purchased the R. H.
Strickland store on Nash street.
J. R. Bunn has purchased t^e resi
dence on Kenmoor Avenue belonging to
W. F. Beaslev.
T. <i. Hill has purchased the F. 8.
Spruill building on the corner of Court
and Market streets. .yu, \
Miss Cora Cooke and otherahaipe pur
chased the residence on M aiu..iitree t ,
now occupied by them from Igra, Mary
H. Jones, of Raleigh.
Mr. W. H. Perdue has pWchased
the residence on the corner of i&nmoor
Avenue and Tarboro street, Ian Mr.
J. S. Howell. .
Mr. R. H. Strickland has ppt'Chased
the J. S. Howell residence on the cor
ner of Main and Tarboro streets now.
occupied bv Mr. J. R. Buna. ^
Demonstration.
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The interest around the popular es
tablishment of L. P. Hicks,, on the
corner of Main and Nash Streets, has
been gTeatly increased the M*t week
by the Demonstration of the South
Bend feange, which lias beeq oqndncted
by -Mr. William Moas, ot Henderson.
This is recognised as a splendid range,
and tfc* demonstration has bean greatly
admired by many. Nice delicacies were
seVved, products of the steY*** capaci
ty, that were also greafflf.. enjoyed.
Quite a large number ot tlx ladies have
? taken in the occasion and dsetare it m
| great success. . ,\.J ?