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XLV. * LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1915. . NUMBER 16.
L0U1SBURG FEMALE COLLEGE CLOSES
Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered By Rev. R. H. Wil
Jis, of Littleton Sunday Morning.
REV. M. T. PLYLER TO DELIVER
LITERARY ADDRESS.
The Play "The Lund of Night,9* Tues
day Night Attended by Large Num
ber?The Week u Merry One For
The Young Folks.
The past week marked the closing
of another successful session of
Loulsburg Female College. This year
lias been one of especial credit to the
efficient and painstaking faculty and
the high grade of work accomplished
must of necessity be a source of much
pleasure to its untiring president,
Mrs. lvey Allen, whose work at the
head of this well known institution
speaks in forceful terms and com
mendation of her ability and zeal,
liacculaureate Sermon.
The bacpalauxeate sermon was de
livered Sunday morning at the
Methodist church T)y Rev. R. H. Willis,
pastor of the Methodist church of
Littleton, and was a powerful
" presentation of a most practical and
serious text. His subject was "Re
deeming the Time" and his text was
taken from Paurs epistle to the
Ephesians 5th Chapter and 16th verse
"Redeeming thfr Time, because the
days are evil." To more forcibly im
press the idea of his theme he held
that to redeem the time one would
have to make use of their opportuni
ties in life, and that opportunities
were not presented to all alike, but
in keeping wttk^heir ability to per
form "There a"fe two kinds of op
portunities" he said. "One is the op
portunity... to. .accummulate wealth or
position for one's self, and-the other
is the opportunity to do service for
another." While the first may be all
right in a sense and is in keeping with
the time honored injunction that "self
preservation i3 the first law of nature"
still to do a kindly service for another
was the highest and most commenda
ble in the sight of the Almighty. It
was a beautiful theme and especially
well presented and all enjoyed it to
the fullest. His closing exhortation to |
the young ladies of the graduating
class was to "redeem your time by
making use of your- opportunities to
da good service to others in your
Master's cause." During the ser
vice special music was rendered by
the choir, which added greatly to the
occasion and was much enjoyed, es
pecially the voluntary by Miss Sallic
Williams and the solo by Miss Brln
scn. At this service the graduating
class, beautiful in their prescribed
robes and caps, occupied the front
seats in the ceater section and the
"students took positions just to their
rear.
Eight o'clock Sunday evening was
the hour for the sermon before the
Young Women's Christian Association
and was delivered by the Rev. Willis.
On this occasion he took for his text
"that in all things he might have pre
eminence." from the 18th verse l3t
Chapter Colossians. During his dis
cussion of the subject which he diu in
a masterful ease lie pictured four
phases gf life in which Christ should
have pre-eminence. First wayin our
pulpit; second in the workaro benevo
lence; third in nil our work of cul
ture, and last in our social^Hfe. His
illustrations and presentations in each
of these branches were interesting
and especially Instructive. To make
Christ pre-eminent in all things was
the injunction which was ascribed bv
the speaker to be of the utmost im
portance in the work of the young
ladles of the Young Women's Chris
tian Assoclatiort in the performance of
their many duties in every walk of
life. To make Christ pre-eminent in
all things will result In your selec
tions of what Is right In life meet
ing with His approval and will
add courage that will be of a great
assistance in performing these tasks.
It was a most Interesting and In
structive sermon filled with good
logic and sound reasoning. At this
service also special music had been
prepared and assisted In making the
service more complete.
Ahimnae Banquet.
The one outstanding social event of
the year In thfs city was the alumnae
banquet of Loulsburg College given In
the spacious dining hall of the college
Monday night. Eight covers wero
laid, and an elegant six course
luncheon was served by fnembers of
the junior class to the alumnae
representing three generations.
Beautiful flowers were in evidence on
every hand.
A unique feature was an impro.-.
vised gate-way in the hall decorated
with green vines and guarded by Mrs.
M. S. Davis and Mrs. R. F. Yarbor
ough, distinguished grandmothers of
the college, through which the eleven
seniors passed to their table in the
center of the hall amid the cheers of
the merry banqueters.
The general theme of the evening
was, "the Spirit of 1915." Miss Edna
Earle Allen, who was the charming
toast mistress of the occasion, sounded
a high note in her introductory re
marks, giving in broad outline some of
the elements that are entering into
the makeup of this perhaps the most
momentous year of all history. The
toasts that followed were in perfect
accord with the note she sounded, all
being of an unusually high character.
The dominant-note sounded was a
serious on^T" There was a feeling
that world issuesare now trembling In
the balances that are fought with
momentous results to the human
race.
The following program as rendered:
"Our Chief Executive"?Mrs. Jas. L.
Palmer.
"The Present War?Its EfTects"?rMrs.
M. S. Clifton.
"The Suffragette As She Will Be"?
Miss Kate Furman.
"The Brotherhood of Anti-Social Ser
vice"?Miss Annie Jerome.
"The Americans Who Die White"?
Mrs. S. J. Parham.
"The Spirit of Louisburg College?Its
Influence and Effects'?Mrs. E. J.
Macon.
"The Spirit of the Class of 1915"?
Miss Eleanor Yarborough.
At this juncture a beautiful and ap
propriate thing was done, which was
not on the printed program. The
senior class arose, and after a few
tender and "heart felt words of ap
preciation in behalf of the class by
Miss Gladys Jerome, they drank pure
water to the health of Miss Mabel
Davis, their teacher and friend, wno
has lieen their constant adviser and
iiiSplratfoa^Uirough tlio years.
Mr. W. H^YmUjprough, Rev. W. M.
Gllmore and Rev. ^-?3^ Wilcox, were
called on to deliver Impromptu toasts
in keeping with the occasion. X.
Art Exhibit
At 4 p. m.. on Monday, the College
doors were thrown open to the pub
lic for the exhibits of the Art classc3
and field day exercises.
Well may the College be proud of
its Art classes and well may-Louis
burg be proud that its daughters aro
given such privileges in instruction.
The Chapel had been transformed
into*a veritable picture gallery and
the parlors were given exclusively
to the work of the graduate, Miss
Irene Hardison.
As one went through the rooms and
saw the number of beautiful pictures,
both large . and small, woodland
scenes, water scenes,"children, young
maids, old ladles, and many, many
others, they exclaimed, "How hard
Miss Hardison and her teacher must
have worked to have gotten all this
done in one year," and then when one
went over to the Chapel and saw the
other pictures the wonder had no
bounds.
Miss Hardison's work was really
wonderful, and her pictures "The close
of Day" "Eternal Youth," "Hagar and
Ishmael," "Love Divine Gift," "A Wes
tern Sun"- (done on leather), and a
very large tapestry. "The Water
Carrier", and a very beautiful screen,
were the work of a true artist,
In the Chapel where the work cf
the entire Art class was exhibited, one
was almost amazed at the number and
excellence of the pictures. It would
be Impossible to express full apprecia
tion of the work done here, but Miss
Daisy Utley, Miss Alice Taylor, Miss
Lola Thompson, Miss Katherlne Pleas
ants. Miss Dorcas McKlnne, Miss Lot
tie Johnson, Miss Lydle Inscoe, Miss
Jewel High, Miss Pattie Gee Hill,
STRUCK BY TORPEDO
ANOTHER AMERICAN SHIP THE
VICTIM.
Not Sunk However?No LlVes Lost
Carried No Passengers?Nebraskun
The Ship.
London, May 26.?12:00 noon.?The
American steamer Nebraskan Captain
Greene, from Liverpool, May 24 for
Delaware Breakwater, was torpedoed
Tuesday by a submarine at ? point 40
miles south-west of Fastnet, olT the
coast of-iraUmd.
The sea was calm at the time. ?' e
?rew at once took to the boats aad
stood by the steamer. It was soon
ascertained that the Nebraskan was
not seriously damaged. She had been
struck forward and her forehole was
full of water.
The crew returned on board ami
got the vessel under way. No lives
were lost among the crew. The Neb
raskan did not carry any passengers.
The foregoing information was re
ceived today by the British admlrity
in London, and it was at once com
municated to the American embassy.
Immediately she was struck the
Nebraskan began calling for help t)y
v/ireless. Browhead received the wir -
less communication at 9 a. m. Tues
day from Crookhaven.
The Nebraskan, Captain Greene, is
owned by the American-Hawaiian
Steamship Company of New York^ and
is of 2,824 tons net register.
On her last eastward trip she left
New York-May 7 for Liverpool.
Since our last Issue Italy has en
tered the conflict on the side of the
Allies and against her former friends.
The parcel post business to for
eign countries has been - affected by
the war and is supposed to be mainly
by Italy's actions. '
Fighting continues on both fron
tiers but of stteh a geneVa 1 nature that
the details are^of no particular in
terest.
Miss Naoma Crews, Miss Catherine
Bobbitt, and Miss Exum Burt seem
especially gifted as landscape pain
ters; while Misses Jesse Thomas,
Jewell High, Mary House, Myrtle Ful
ler, Clara Barrett, Mary Exum Burt,
Elizabeth L. Allen, Helen Smithwlck
excelled in water scenes; Misses Lucy
T. Allen, Frances Smithwick, Dorcas
McKinne, Ethel Roebuck were espec
ially go6d on faces and animals.
From the Chapel the guests were
ushered into the sewing room of the
Domestic Arts, where specimens of
needlework were exhibited. This ex
hibit was a worthy rival of the artistic
arts. and was really just as beautiful.
Almost everything dainty and beauti
ful Chat could be made by hand was
here in profusion. From here th?
gucats were "shown into the room of
culinary arts and felt that their days
of childhood, with its dreams of trees
of gingerbread, lakes. of custards. I
frozen streams "of ice cream, seas of
jelly, walls of cake, and mountains cf
other good things not yeY known or
tasted had returned. Each guest left
this hall with a ravenous appetite and I
a feeling of thankfulness that the tea
house was now at hand.
. The Domestic Art depart
ment which is only two years
old in Louisburg College, has
b^en under the most efficient direction
of Miss Gladys Yelverto:., of Goldu-,
boro, during the present year.
Miss Yelverton holds a diploma
from Salem Fjmale College and the I
very cxccllent display of boautiiu1.
needlework, the well made note books
reflected great credit upon the twenty
three young ladles composing til*
class and attested the very successful
management of this department by
Miss Yelverton.
Class Day Exercises.
The class day exercises of 1915 were
unusually beautiful and attractive.
Held as they were on the beautiful
campus Just at" sunset gave a charm
and enjoyment scarcely to be estima
ted.
To know the real beauty of the
scene as the classes wound and cross
ed each other in the mazes of the path
ways leading about the groundfe had
to be seen to be appreciated. At the
close of the drill the classes assem
bled On, and around the steps of the
Main building of the College where
the class day exercises were held.
Miss .Eleanor Yarborough amused
IAd charmed her audience with her
wit and brilliancy in her "History of
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AMONG THE VISITORS
80ME YOU KNOW AND ROME YOU
1)0 NOT KNOW.
Personal Items About Folks add
Their Friends Who Travel Here
And There.
Mr. H. E. Hight returned Mond&y
from a trip to Durham.
Miss Kmma Hall, of Goldsboro, is
visiting Mrs. A. M. Hall.
Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Newell, of Epsom,
visited/ Louisbursr Monday.
Mr. J. J. Harrow paid Richmond rt
business visit the past week.
Miss Mabel Adams, of Fayetteville,
is visiting Mrs. Jones Macon.
Miss Florence Duke, of Epsom, was
a visitor to Louisburg Monday.
Mrs. R. Z. Egerton returned this
week from a trip to Richmond
Mrs. E. L. Hart, of Wilmington, is
visiting Mrs. Frank B. McKinne.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Hicks left Sun
day for a business trip to Baltimore.
Mr. Henry Paschall, of Wilsou,
spent Sunday with Mr. T. W. Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams, of Four
Oaks, are visitors at the College this
week.
Miss Florence Jones, of Creedmore,
is visiting Misses Eleanor and Louise
Thomas.
Uev. A. J. Parker, of Wilmington,
at.ended the College commencement
this *eck.
Presiding Elder M. T. Plyler, a>.
tended the College commencement
1 tiis feek,
Mr. Geo. A. Whieless. of Spring
Hope, was a.visitor to Louisburg the
past week.
Misses Lissie Woodard and Agnes
Ma8sey, of Princeton, are visiting Miss
Sallie Taylor.
Mr. Alex Crowell. of Ashevllle,
visited his brother, Mr. G. L. Crow
ell, the past week.
Mr. Walter A. Watson and daugh
ter, from Axtell, are visiting Mr. an.l
Mrs. T. W. Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. A. Tucker, of
Washington, N. C.. visited their, peo
ple here tlte past week.
Rev. ?. ?. Bradley, of Moravian
Springs, visited at the home of Mr. P
A. Newell the past week.
Miss Sophie Wilder, of Raleigh,
spent Sunday visiting friends and
relatives in Louisburg.
?Mr. C. K. Cooke. vJr.. who has been
attending school at A. & M.. Raleigh,
returned home the past week.
Mr. A. K. Roberts, assistant in the
Corn Club work, of West Raleigh, was
a visitor to Louisburg Saturday.
Miss Annie Belle King, a member of
the graduating class at St. Mary'*
College has returned to our city.
Mr. Raymond Taylor came home
from Chapel Hill to attend the Col
lege commencement this week.
Mrs. G. E. Crowell and little chil
dren, John and Susie, of Thomasville,
are vlsUfnjr at the home of Mr. G. L?.
Crowell.
Mr and Mrs. J no. W. King went to
Raleigh Tuesday morning to attend
the graduating exercises at St. Mary's
College.
Mr. T. A. Vick, the clever repre
sentative of the Atlantic Coast Realty
Co.. was a visitor to Louisburg the
past week.
Rev. L. S. Massey. editor of the
Raleigh Christian Advocate, was in
attendance at the College commence
ment this week.
Mr. J. S. Millikin. of Millikin. L*., is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. A. W.
Person. He is on his way to attend
the Confederate Veterans Reunion at
Richmond next week.
Associate Justice W. R. Allen, of
the N'orU)~?a?0li?a~ Supreme court,
wife and daughter. Miss Dorothy, of
Goldsboro. are visitors at the home
of Mayor J. A. Turner. #
Misses Rebecca Green, of Tarboro;
Bessie Congleton, Carrie Banks, Lot
tie Turner, Auburn; Bessie Draper,
of Naah county are among the visitors
al ITio College this weeK.
Misses Helen Edwards, of Spring
Hope. Elizabeth Jones, of Oxford.
Alma Adams, of Four Oaks, and Dai?**
and Eula Dean are visitors at the
home of Mr. W. E. Uzzell's during
commencement week.
Commissioner of Public Safety O. U.
King, Chief Farmer and Mr. Charlie
Payne, Southern representative of
the American Fire Hose Co., all of
LOlllSBURG SHOULD HAVE COTTON MILL
Also Opportunity For Developing The Rocky Mount
and Louisburg Railway.
Raleigh were visitors to Louisburg
Wednesday. ^
Mrs. E. L. Webb, of Thomasville, is
visiting Mrs. J. M. Alirui.
Mr. Edward Watkins, of Henderson,
was a visitor to Louisburg Wednesday.
Miss Bettie IJ. Timberlake, of Day
lurk, Ark., is visiting Miss Lillie Hai-3.
Mrs. B. F. Whiteside, of Wilson, ia
visiting her brother, Mr. F. N. Ege
ton.
Miss Emma Rideout, of Warrenton,
is visiting her sister. Mrs. J. B. Ful
glium.
Lieut. Jos. B. Thorp, C oast Artillery,
of Greensboro, was a visitor to Louis
burg yesterday.
Mr. A. 0. Dickens returned the past
week from. Wake Forest where he
attended the commencement exercise?.
'Mrs. Ida Hale. Mr. end Mrs. C.. T.
Perry, Mrs. W. S. Hale and Mrs. Bet
tie *B. Timberlake spent^ Sunday in
Raleigh. i
Miss Kathleen Egerton. who graduar^
ted at the Conservatory of Music in
Durham the past weeK .returned home
Wednesday.
\ Messrs^.Jir^T. Holden, E. S. Ford,
S. T^Wflder, P. S. Allen. Norwood
^Tucker and C. B. Clark attended a ball
game in Durham Friday.
Mr. F. C. Toepleman. of Henderson
General manager for the Home Tele
phone and Telegraph Company was a
welcome visitbr to our town Satur
day.
Misses Mary Gray Thompson, of
Burlington. Edna Moore, of Maccles
field, Lucy Moore, of Farmville, and
jviessrs. Paul Hartsell, of Charlotte,
and L. S. Jones, of Wake Forest, are
visiting at the home of Mr. Wf. A
Jones, near town.
The following guest* were regis
tered at the Louisburg Hotel the pas*
week: Guy I. Buell and E. B. Reill?\
of Spring Hope; H. G. Scarborough
and Mr. Weathers, of Wendell; J. H
Peoples, of Henderson. G. E .Heal. T.
G. Bunting and- J. H. Daughtry. cf
jlocky Mount.
Among the visitors to the com
mencement tills week we note the fol
lowing: Misses Annie Parker, of Wil
mington: Annie Jeroi&e, of Poplar
Branch; Mary and Lucile Shore, of
Dunn; Nellie Martin, of Wake Fores-.;
Helen House, of Thelma; Bessie Avery
of Garner; Lucile Roebuck, of Stoke?.:
Nola Wagstaff. of Roxboro; Misses
Gage and Suther and Supt. E. LeiT
Wagoner, of Goldsboro; Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Taylor, of Stova\? Mr. and Mrs.
X. G. Crews, of Dabney; Mrs. J. C.
Long, of Morehead City; Rev. L. H.
Joyner, of Merry Oaks; Rev. J. C.
Wooten, of Raleigh, and Mrs. Webb, of
Stovall.
Receives B. A. Degree.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Inscoe and Mr.
and Mrs. T. H. Sledge, of Cedar Rock
township were among those from this
county who attended the commence
ment exercises at Wake Forest the
past week.
Mr. L. S. Inscoe. son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Inscoe. and one of Frank
lin's most promising voung men com
pleted his course and received the 13.
A. Degree at Wake Forest at this timo.
We understand he has accepted* a
position to teach German. English and
History in the State High Bchool at
Red Oak next season which position
iT quite a compliment to his ability.
He has many friends in this county
who wish for him much success in
his vocation.
Lltyle Uirl Kun Oyer by Bicycle.
Ruth Blaxu^ie Carroll, the little six
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. E...Carroll, who live on South
Main street was run over by a negro
boy named Blount who was riding r
6 o'clock. As a result the little girl
has a broken shoulder and a brlused
head from being knocked into a ditch
From what we can learn it wae acci
dental, but would possibly been avoided
had ttye negro been more careful in
his riding. The little girl was in the
act of crossing the street and had
almost crossed when Bhe was struck.
At this writing she is getting along
nicely.
TIME FOR LOUISBUR(* CITIZENS
TO ACT.
The Prospects Seem Pleasing to
Jlany?A Committee Should Get to
Work at Once and SeCWhat Plans
( ?n be SuKKOfrled. to Induce Their
Successful Establishment.
Although the war Ihlb been occupy
ing much of the attention of the pub
lic and business has suffered because
of it, our efficient Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce has been alert
to his duties in this Important posi
tion and has been conducting corres
pondence with an eye to improving
conditions for Louisburg and Franklin
county. On Thursday of last week ,
he received a letter which we publish
below, as, one in a continued corres
pondence which goes ta Show that op
portunities for tpwtfs to do themselves
good is always at hand and in special
reference to Louisburg is '.'knocking
at our door." From the letter it can
easily be seen that the means for
floattng any or many kinds of proposi
tions with a public feature or 6t a
good security are within reach and
only await the proper attitude and
spirjt from the' local people. That
Louisburg is an ideal location for a
cotton mill is not disputed. Its
natural resources are equal to any
afid with the addition of the Louis
burg to Rocky Mount Railway, which
would open up one of the best sectioas
in the State and would unite the
eastern and western portions of the
State in a nearer and more practical
route, they would be made better.
To us it now looks as if it is
squarely up to the people of Louisburg
to get together and do something.
The business men of Louisburg should
get together in a meeting to draft
some definite plans that will meet tin?
approval of this gentleman who has
the cash to put through tlie project.
No delay should be made in your
action* lest you be too late. Secretary
Si A. Newell has expressed his wi'.ing
ness to meet with any number at any
time, and any where to discuss and
try to formulate a plan_of action with
the end in view of securing these en
terprises. He has offered the use of
his office for such a meeting. This
matter has already .been brought to
the attention of many of Louisburg'3
business men who seem especially en
thusiastic and who feel confident that
the necessary conditions can be met.
Gentlemen, the _tim&_to-act is now.
Get together in a meeting and do
something that will not only be a
means of profit to yourself in the fut
ure, but one of ine best things for
your town that you could de.
Don't let it be said that "opportuni
ty knocked at the door of Louisburg
but its citizens were too Indifferent to
take heed."
The letter received by Mr. Newell
follows:
S. A. Newell, Esq.
Louisburg, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Your valued favor of the 14th is at
hand anfc will say that the writer is
mostly interested in the development,
investigation, engineering financing
and construction of public utilities
and railroads, railroads preferred,
although I might be able to handle the
majority of the financing of your cot
ton mill deal, but before I could pass
on any enterprise as to its merit,
safety of investment features, profit^
to accrue, ctc., I would have to mako
a careful investigation of the whole
proposition. In your case, both the
railroad and the cotton mill projects
could be handled at the same time,
subject to my examination. I sug
gest you Write me fully on both of
these enterprises proposed, local in
terest in them, natural resources and
conditions surrounding them, your
own ideas and plans, the amount of
capital to be required on your cotton
mill deal and how much of this total
would want to be raised outside of
N. C. by asortgage bond Issue sale,
Also give me the fullest details as to
railroad project, what the construc
tion of the line would mean for thnt
country, development, increase in
values, etc.
I am Interested in any really gilt
' (Continued on page seven)