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L *. JOHNSON, EDITOR AND KANAUEB. j " ' r.i; COftyrT, THE 8TATE, THX UKXOII.' ? ~~ ?' :' - -. f SPBBCBIfTiOM tt*? FEB T?A?!
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Glorious Success Was the
- 'County C
Tf> THOUSAND PEOPLE witness
SPECTACUI/A? PABADE.
?<*'??? fclitht??w ?-"J-H fhllrtnia in
Line ? The Declalmers Content.
Athletic Events anil eirln* Uameg.
Well, they came * ali " rlghtT~from
granddaddy down to .the little man.
Just the, biggest, happiest, best loolc
, iag- m?8t tnterbsUne and Interested
?crowd that ever got Ifato Louisburg
Nobody knows Ji<|w many there
were. Guesses raftgfc from ?,000 up
to the enthusiastic Imagination of the
young fellow whp told' his father
when he got home that there were
20,000. J A
Anyhow, thefejwlre 1,801 by actual
tount In that im which stretched
from the gradeAfcAool gate to the
courthouse and Vaofelagaln. ?
And as the chtMiU marched going
down the street^lth?eband playing
in front andschool Iv school passed
alongHlll Ijr'geemed as unending pr?
<*Wslon, -why, a felloV didn't know
exactly/"whether lie wAted to holler
or to cry or Just to st&d up and be
proud of ourselves. ?
There . were plenty metalls, the
speaking, the dinner, tn contests,
and all that, but when oft 'thIBks of
the day, he Is not conscwis of de
tails. There Is just the Ibnse of a
tremendous impression. IfjL follows'
it up, he will find back of It all that
long line of little chlldrep Ijrudglng
.down the street under the"'waving
-school banners. ' ' V\
One man who has reached Ma three
score and ten gazed upon l*">Vor a
long time without a word. Tht? he
turned and pointing, said, "In' *11, "l
drilled right out there In the first
company that went from- FranMJn
Cour.ty. J have thought that waEfte
greatest day in' our history. Maybe
/.I has been, but It will not be any'
more, for this Is."
It was such a 'genuinely human
crowd. The children were a band
?of sympathy that bri/ognt all together.
On the march back up the hill,
some of the very little fellows were
growing tired, but It only one
love them all the more."' ?' '
Everything passed off In the hap
1 ples t way. Late In the afternoon
the buggies and wagonB with their
loads of precious human freight start
ed homeward. ?
They left behind an abiding Impres
sion, a band of union which unites the
county as a whole in a way we have
? never had before/
Friday was a big day for Loulsburg.
Possibly the biggest since the Cen
tennial In 1575, and without a doubt
y the biggest ever of Its kind. The dem
onstration of the Interest In the pub
lic schools throughout the county was
evident on every hand, and so strong
even the pessimist could hot doubt
the great revelations that had been
and now are taking place In the public
school work all over the county. Tho
day had bean well advertised and our
people were all eager to see that it
was a great success and showed their
Interest by their presence and par
ticipation In the exercises. The day
was beautiful and all that could be
asked for, Providence having added
her approval of the occasion In the
lovely day. It was neither too cool
or too warm and the sun dodging in
an4 out between the clouds as If to
add smiles to the occasion and record
Its gratifications at the work that
Is being done.
Early- In the morning the crowds
began lo gather and long before the
hour for the exercises the entire of
Main Street from the bridge to the
College Hill yaa.Hke onto.a big me
tropolis, ausilAHag at least six
thousand. The "Hne^ol march wta'
formed at the graded school building
~ headed by tho J. T. Bailey-Concert
Band of Rocky Jftwit, and guided by
Chief of police J. C. Tucker and Itr.
1. W. Mann, mantling down
Street around tli? dowthooae square
and back to tho grot*. The lino was
composed of paplls of the several
I) schools in the county; k doable file,
,1 and was wadset In length to reach
from the oollege grove down the
^ street Ave blooks and back and con
tained eighteen hondred and one.* A
more beautiful and Impressive sight
cannot be imagined than those Uttle
' Childreq/tanglng In age from about
- <re yeah up. lu this lin? ?t
demonstrating to the older people the
niM of the ?ubile Softool to them.
.It was such a forcible presentation
.of the question of public school we
don't believe any man or woman living
In this age will' ever allow them
selves to criticise anything that wlil
In any way add to the perfection of
the system. It was a great day, dot
so much for the real exercises, but
for the Interest manifested by so.
many little folks. The procession
lasted for at least an hour and. after
the line bof1all arrived the
were invited around the JJraded-School !
building to the' front in the "historic
Id academy building wlik'h, with Its
glorious record of usefulness and.
superiority In the .Aayg of our esteem
ed and beloved MtfttheW S. Davis, had
been moved to on<) side to make room
tor the more modern and commodious
graded school building where a ros
trum, had been provided of the front
porch and many seatiB made for the
little folks where the exercises began.
The exercises ware opened with gray
er by Rev. G. M. Duke, one of Frank
lin County's most honored citizens,
and a great friend to^educatlon. Alter
prayer the audit^cev>' joined in'
singing that beautifm and aoul-ln
spirlng hymn, "America," which was
masterly led by Mir. I. N. -Price, of
Chattanooga, Tenn'.
The song was' followed by one of
the best addresses we have ever
heard. Supt. White has an enviable
reputation as a speaker but In this
if possible, he excelled his possibili
ties. However, we might not have
oxpected less as It was about a work
beloved, one tbat he, had given a large
part of his life and fortune to. and
one that he has t6e' credit of having
lifted up front * mere trifle to a
strong organlzatoh, doing a great
work and not be^ng lead by any other
counties in NortjfCarolina.
We herewith produce his speech in
full that those failed to hear
liim may read, hjjttfow, its value can
Mot be meapuredrij| print, It takes his
^peaking when he'iff- tall of the life
he has lived wltht^e schools and the
system. His speech follows:
Speech of Supt. R. B. White, Dellrer
ing Diplomas to the County
Graduates.
Wis .have gathered here to celebrate
our County Commencement. To join
in it have come the children from our
eohools, and whlla it will always be
impossible at any one time to get all
of them together, still I know that
enough were present in the line that
marched along the street just now to
give you older ones a new perception
of the pressing importance'of 'the work
that is being attempted in the schools
of our county.
There- Is no tomorrow for childhood.
What Is not done today may not be
done hereafter. The water that passes
the dam may not -return, and the
days of youth will never come back
to' the call of age.
The chief agency which through all
time has kept alive the spark of edu
cational Interest fas been the moth-<
er's heart which saw her child in the
flesh and in the spirit and through
that sight saw life In its true per
spective. ?i;
And knowing as - I do the hearts
of the people o t this county, I have
felt that, if you oould once see spread
out before you this panorama of pos
sibility, then you lyoiAd begin to un
derstand with ralttd and heart and
strength the peculiar need and value
of the public t&iool over an<T
beyodd any other Jp or activity of
oar government, ~ ~~~
For you men and ?men of Frank
lin County who areiet hare have,
this day. seen the vaij glory of our
kingdom and the grefiness of our
hope. Before you have passed in
battle array the beginning and end
and purpose of .ay life. %
To the emotion of thafc moment,
when you heard the tramp, tramp,
tramp of eighteen hundre
children and saw their yoj
lifted to the land of knowledge, I can
hr words add nothing. If there were
not brought to you a new throb of
jrour heart and a new prayer from
[tout soul, nothing that 1 might say,
1 would reach your understanding.
They to themselves are (he future.'
They shall conquer where Ve have
striven, they shall know where we*
have walked to doubt, and through
them and to them-shall we live again
and ?g?i?i. :
To me just now, as the line swung
round the old courthouse, came the
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?"l|F | Miuuy,
red school
ro&g faces
HON. R. BKl' fK WHITE
Superintendent of Public Inntroetkf^lor Franklin County, who bas done
innch to adTance Hie caone of education.
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picture of 53 years ago when on that
same spot stood the young men of the
I'Vanklln Rifles In their smart new
suits of grey, and before them flashed
out upon the air in all Its beauty a
flag till then unknown, the "Stars and
Bars."
It was history for us. I wonder if
these, the Junior Guards of our civili
zation, may not mean for us growth
into even higher achievement.
In the old days, thqre was a man
who looked upon a little child?the
Christ friend' of little babies ever
since. He took the child up in his
arms and the fullness of all vision
came upon him and out of the great
ness of it he cried:
"Mine eyes have seen thy salva
tion, which thou hast prepared before
the face of all people; alight to ligh
ten the Gentiles and the glory of thy
people Israel."
Somehow, in this hour, I feel that
you too have-caught the fullness of
vision which will never Be wholly,
lost, that unto you has been given the1
courage of faith and the faith of cour
age, and that "henceforth come what
may of storm and stress and change,
you will be content to follow where
a little child ahail lead.
And if that,.or even part of that be
true, then, I too, am content, and to
all who have contributed to the suc
cess of this day I give my heart felt
thanks.
And now, to you, young ladles and
gentlemen, the first accredited gradu
ates of the public school system of
Franklin County, I am to give these
sixty-five diplomas. This marks as
distinct a steff irf the life of the county
^jtit does In your life. It gives to the
vjpQfepf our public schools a definite
aim/and we trust, a deflnlteness of
purpose. It Is a public declaration
of .what should be true?that ih her
PWC schools, the county oilers to
every child an established course in
the 'essentials of knowledge which
will get him ready to take and adapt
to his own use the higher edu&tlon
of the working world.
' We neither claim nor wish to claim'
that this course prepares anyone for
any profession, but we do claim that,
honestly completed. It will enable one
to use the knowledge that comes from
work and qontaot with other folks,
to acquire knowledge, and to apply
that knowledge to the needs of hI?
own situation.
So this diploma Is both a Goal and
Oat?. Nor i? H any mean goal.
Less than one-tenth of the white
children of N6rfh Carolina ever
. reafch it., ..v
^~It is the first goal that every parent
should set for his child and , ?very
child resolva to reach. To 49 thi*
I know full welt, self-denial on the
part of somebody. But never yet has
there been the sincere denial of self
but soon or late it bore a beautiful
flower.
Also, it Is a gate cpcn and passible
to every child in Franklin County.
There is no home so poor but it due
place be given to the imperative .need
of knowledge, the child in that home
some day may not take one of these
for his own. Let no one'set his stan
dard lower than' this.
Then, when you have reached this
far, you will find that it is not only
a goal won and well worth the win
ning, 6ut that also it is a gate, and
that will be best of all.
For, haying attained this much, you
will(flnd a latch there and you will
have gained the strength to 1ft it and
the gate will swing open before .you
and your young eyes will look into
another promised land. And then I
shall envy you with all my heart. For
you will see new worlds waiting for
your feet. It may be a path of further
study, of living with and thinking
again the great thoughts of men who
have striven and overcome. Or It
may be the path of the everyday,
workaday wofld, with it wonder of
things toJbe done and friends to he
made and life to f>e lived.
But, whatever it be, walk in It, with
your head held high, your heart kept
.clean and your faith fresh as a little
childs. 1
And as you pass along the way, I
shall be wishing for you joy and
achievement and all the peace of right
thinking and rlghtdolng.
After Mr. White had finished he an
nounced that Mr. Frank B. McKlnnet
president of the Louisburg Chamber
of Commerce, in behalf of that body,
would present the prizes offered. The
presentation, which was done in a
very nice and witty manner by this
efficient officer were as follows:
First prize, 125.00 in gold, to
Pearce's school In Louisbufg Town
ship, which had a percentage of 100
in the parade.
Second prize, $15.00 in gold, to
Moulton school, It having a per
centage In the parade of 95.
Third prize, 110.00 In gold, to Bunn
school, tt having 88 1-2 per cent, in
parade.'^. ?
At this point President McKinne
stated that there being another school
present with such a splendid showing
he would take the responsibility of
awarding a fourth prize of $10.00, on
the part of Chamber of Commerce and
would award this to the Pewrce
school in Dunns Township, which had
'5?ss&ru??,v..b..,
and .Mr. Price, the audience sweetly
sang that always welcome anthem,
"The North State.".
At this point! Bupt. White
presenting- Ut* dtptomaa mademany
strong and beautiful remarks point
ing tha honor in bsing the possessor
v >
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Young Mens' Chrisjjan
Association for Louisburg
of one of these certlflcates. This was
the first year diplomas had been Is
sued And to be successful in attaining
one represented both study and ln
terest.^A the paart of the pupil. The
audience being so dense he only read
oat the names at this point and pre
sented the diplomas In the graded
school auditorium. Those who were
successful In completing tli? work In.
the seventh^rades.'satisfactorily and
-vwre entitled to the diplomas' wtre as
follows: ' _ .
Wilde*.?Robert Layton, Erma Wii
dj^Tr'* ?? _? J,
Mitchiner.?Allle Pruitt.
~ Wood.?Lena Hamlet.
Pine- Ridge.?Bernlce Beddlngfield,
Jilclu>ry_ Rock?Fannie Macon, Ar
thur Inscoe.
Blat Rock.?Robert Wiggins, John
Giil. ,
Pilot.?Ora Bunn, Dollle Massey.
Prospect.?Bessie Lee Beal, John D.
May. 1
Popes.?Loomis Suit, Numa Suit.
Mapleville.?Clyde Harris, Jr., Mag
gie Macon. ,, __ j.
* Seven Paths.?Annie Strickland,
Minnie Gay, Sallie Wilder.
Justice.?Langdon Stalllngs, Stella
Hays, Ollie Harris.
Cedar' Rock.?Eula Dean, Eleanor
Uzzell, Mary R. Stalllngs, Myrtle Par
rish.
Ingleslde.?Herbert R. Johnson, An
nie J. Johnson, Bessie Smith, Lillian
Beasley.
Pearce (Dunns).?James Ray, Luth
er Perry, Addison Pearce, Rosa Lee
Pearce. ?
Laurel.?Billle Williams.
Pearce, Kenneth Tharrlngton, Eula
May Massey, Maud Winston.
Frankjlnton Graded School.?Minnie
?lansdeH, Bessie Whitaker, Ruth
Whitfield, Lallie White. Mildred Frye,
Lizzie Wilder, Marguerite Davis, Elea
nor Winston, Louis Rose, Fred Mor
ris, Norma Moore, Zelma Wester, Felix
Joyner. , ?'
Lonlsburg.?William White, Edwin
Alston, Arch Perry, Florence Jone?,
Samuel Pernell, Phillip Wilson,
L'culali Cooper, WlUie Tharrlngton,,
Lojtise Cooke, Wllmat Brown, Leslie
Ptfry, Ruby Spencer,
Although the time had gone rapidly
by the crowds wfere deeply Interested
and showed no signs ol tiring as each
part of the program bore Its relative
part and none seemed complete trlth
uot the other. Therefore, the an
nouncement of the next number, the
declamation contest was received with
enthusiasm. With Supt. White-acting
as master of ceremonies and the
judges, Mrs. John O. Wilson, Mrs.
G. B. H. Stallings, Mrs. Ora Winston,
Rev. J. F- Mltchlner, G. B. West,
being In place he announced the de
claimers and their subjects lii the
order below as each ones time ar
rived. . .
Miss B,essie Smith, of Sandy Creek
Township, "A Child's Dream of a
Star." ;
, Miss Irene Mitchell, of Youngsvllle
Township, "Asleep at the Switch."
Miss Thessle Bell Pearce, of Dunns
Township, "Naughty Zeli." s"
Miss Puttie Lamb, of Cypress Greek
Township, "Betsy Hawkins Goes to
the City*
Miss Maude duptpn^of Gold Mine
Township, "The Curfew Must Not
Ring Out;" .
Mr. Cecil Sykes, of Cedar Rock
Townslrip, "Southern Chivalry.'"
Miss Louise Cooke, q? Louisburg
Township, "Billy Brad and rthe Big
Lie."
Miss Burnlce Baker, of Harris
Township, "High Culture in Dixie."
To do justice In crltlclsng these de
clamatons In particular Is too much
of a task for us. They were all fine.
They Were more than well prepared
and the .several teachers of each of
these young ladles and gentlemen
must necessarily feel proud of th%m.
Their ease of speaking and graceful
manner enhanced by ttie pretty faces
and figures of the young ladles, was
evidence of a training that is only,
attained through many hours of toll
both upon the part of the teacher anil
pupil. However, we feel thmt the op
portunity should not be allowed to
pass without making some special
mention of the declamations ot tho
successful prize winners. Mir.' Sykes.
the only .young man In the class, was
?Warded tho first ft?! not mew
because ot th<v fact that abnM^oi-the
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MOVEMENT SOW ON FOOT TO E8
TABLISH ONE.
Committees Appointed From All Um
' fbnreh???Central Committee Or
ganised?Banquet Friday, April 17.
State Secretary Invited.
A brighter day for Loulsburg la
about to dawn from tbe deep interest
.the people of thia town have shown
fin the revival meting that lias be^n
in progress at tlie Methodist: Churdh
for tbe past two weeks or-more; ali d
the movement now on foot to estab
lish a Young Men's Christian Associa
tion. There has been a spiritual awak
ening; an "arousing of the conscience
of the masses of the people; a realiza
tion of the responsibility resting upon
those' who are supposed to exert' an
elevating and ennobling Influence,
heretofore unknown. That the culmi
nation of this quickening df conclence
and spiritual awakening should be
crowned with the estatyishment ot.ft
Y. M. C. A. is most fitting. There is
no finer field for such an Institution
than here In our midst. Nowhere are
there any finer specimen of' young
manhood than In this community, and
the business men and the people aa
a whole could make no better, no
-finer and no wiser investment than to
put their money into an institution
that would throw around the young
men and boys of this town an4 in
fluence that would protect them from
temptations that lure and ensnare;'
that would inspire them to nobler and
cleaner living. It has been said that
once the people have become interest
_ed and aroused to a situation that
the conditions could be met, and in
the words of the President of this
nation, "Back of all reform lies the '
means of getting it." It is true, and
Loulsburg is not going to prove an
exception to the rule.
Follpwing the prayer meeting In
the Methodist Church Sunday after
noon a meeting was called for the
purpose of discussing the establish
ment of a Young.Men's Christian As
sociation, many inspiring talks were
made, and were' received with warm
interest. At the close of the discussion
the following committees were ap
pointed and the movement was
launched for a Y. M. C. A. for Louls
burg. ?; ;*.?#.
Methodist Church.?G. W. Ford,
Malcolm McKinne, Jas. A. Turner.
Baptist Church.?W. H. Allen, Dr.
A. H. Fleming, T. W. Watson.
Episcopal Church.?W. H. Yar
borough, Jr . Wm. H. Ruffin, M. 9.
Clifton. ' '
All of tlie above committees met
In the office of W. H. Yarborough, Jr.,
Tuesday and organized as the Y. M.
C. A. committee of Louisburg, electing
Wm. H. Ruffln chairman and W. Wat
son secretary. _
After thoroughly going over the de
tails of the matter and looking over a
number of buildings for suitable quar
ters, it was practically decided to
erect a building especially planned
and designed-tor the home of the As
sociation. A' committee composed of
Messrs. G. W. Ford, M. S. Clifton and
W. H. Yarborough, Jr., was appointed
to report on^ the matter of location
and probable cost of building.
It was decided at the meeting of the
central committee to have a banquet
on next Friday_,:%ight, the 17th of
April, and Invite the State secretary
to be present on that occasion. Mr.
W. H. Yarborough, Jr., was requested
to ^elegraph the invitation to the
St4le secretary. There will be sev
eral good speakers oil hand for the
banquet and an. interesting time Is
. promised.
Thus the campaign for a Y. M. C,
A. for Loulsburg has begun and It is
to the interest of each and every citi
zen to give it his greatest support,
morally and financially, and not let
this greatest of all opportunities for
making oar town a better place to
live, pass nnheeded.
At HapieTtlle Toaiffkt
The biggest event Maplevllle has
had this year will take place tonight
in the new building at 8 o'clock. A?
large number of old fiddlers are going
to give the crowd ? temple of what
music really la. Ton will miss the
tlhme of your life If yon fall to hear
these fiddler?.
; The Ice creaffl supper will also add
j much V> the evening. B* mir? to oom*
and bring all your