A Only $U?APer Year In Advance * j. An Advertising Medium That Brings Results. A. F. Johnson, Editor uU Manager. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. VOLUMN XLV. 4= SOSCUPTIOH $1.00 FEB YEAH. LOUISBURG, N. O. TRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1915. NUMBER 31 FRANKLIN COUNTY BICKETT* (I. Hi. Organized With 600 Members Wednes day ? Officers Elected The Franklin county Blckett Club was organized la the courthouse on Wednesday at noon with a charter membership of about Ave hundred or more. The .object or the club as stated at the top of the list ot names was read, as follows : We the undersigned, enroll oursel ves as members o( the Franklin coun ty Blckett Club" wbose aim and pur pose Is the nomination by the Demo cratic party and the eWctlon by the people of North Carolina of Thomas Walter Blckett. as our next Gover nor. . The first business attended to was the election of officers which resulted as follows: President ? B. T. Green, of Franklln ton. Secretary ? J. R. Collie, Lo\ilsburg Executive Committee ? President, Secretary, F. B. McKSnne. A motion prevailed to the effect that the Executive Committee should con fer with the voters In each township and ascertain their choice for the Vice President and elect such vlce-Presl dent for each township. And that the ten vice-Prealdents shall constitute an advisory Board. This completed the organization and It was decided that adjournment should be taken until a meeting to be called by the President after the elec tion of the Vice-Presidents. A World of Grunters. The world to-day Is an aggregation of grunters. From youth to old age life is Just one big grunt afteranother. In Infancy we grunt from the colic, and in maturity we grunt from over eating or "bolting" our food, with Its consequent Indigestion, or from the pangs of hunger. If luck comes our way we grunt be cause there brnot more luck to double our holdings, .while If it passes us by we grunt at the Injustice of fate. If our 'family is in the swim of soc iety we grunt when we pay the Mils, and If they are not there we grunt be cause they are discriminated against. If we bold public office we grunt when our constituents insist upon our living up to our pledges, while If we are defeated at the polls we grunt be cause "the fools elected that maverick over the way." If the city dads vote funds for local Improvements we grunt because it was Dot In accordance with our desires, while if they heed our device we grunt because they were too stingy. We grunt at our school teachers be cause they insist upon obedience to the rules of the school In their efforts to Instill a little knowledge Into the heads of oar offspring, while if they fall , we grunt because they have not developed an educational wonder from a brain that is below par. We grunt at the preacher when he speaks out the truth, and we grunt at him if he don't. We grunt at .the. merchant, and the doctor, and Be not hasty In condemning the teacher for trivial things, but rather bear in mind that the child who comes home with complaints often voices Conditions which exist mainly in Its too vlvld imagination. Remember that the teacher has reached the age of discretion ? the child has not. The reasoning capaci ty of the one has been extended and broadened and developed to a degree, while with the other It Is just begin ning to bud. The future life of the children ot our community will be smoothed and sweetened by your loyalty to tlie teacher to-day, and In your own de cline of life will view with pride the results of wisdom properly applied. The High Spots of War. If this war has demonstrated any one thing more forcibly than another, It Is Ingenuity and ability displayed by the contestants in hitting the high spots In the campaign of death. Time was when the destruction of a regiment would command a conspicu ous position on the front page. Now It receives an inch- or two in an obscure corner. Once the capture of a thousand pris oners would have been &n event in a campaign. Now It Is but an Incident. In the days of our fathers the can non, the rifle and the saber were the principal Instruments of warfare. Now they are but toys compared with the powerful engines of destruction. In those days fighting ships ranged up side by side and blazed away.untll one hauled down its flag in surrender. Now the most powerful ot battleships are sent to the bottom by the tiny wasps of the seas. Where thousands fought before, mil lions are now struggling and wallow ing in the carnage of blood. ' In Sherman's time, war was hell. To day language faffs of its mission. Hotel to Open Soon. Hotel Franklin, under Its new management Mr. J. L. Harrison of Lit tleton, will be ready in a lew days to be opened to the-publlc. Mr. Harrison and Mr. S. L. Hubbard, of Reldsrllle, who will be the Clerk, arrived Sun day and have been busy this week Installing the new furnishings and getting everything In flno shape for the opening. The Hotel Is a great deal better ar ranged than ever before and contains about fifteen or twenty more rooms, al( of which have been equipped with city water and steam heat, end seVerai have private baths. Mr. Harrison's reputation as a botqilst is well known among the traveling public and we are Informed he will give Louisburg hotel accommodations it deserves and will be proud of. Here's to your success Mr. Harris on. May your greatest anticipations be realized. New Firm. The Times takes pleasure In direct ing the attention of its readers to the announcement of a new firm for Bunn, N. C., to be found in another column. -The new firm is composed of Messrs. R. W. Montgomery and J. M. White, and it will be operated under the name of Montgomery & White. Mr. Mont gomery is one of Franklin's most pro gressive and capable young business men and Mr. White la a fitting assoc iate as his business experience is broad and successful. They will con duct a general rrt?TOmtile business and will be located in one room of the Mullen Bros, building. Here's suc cess to the young men. Free Deliveries to Change Schedule. Postmaster R. H. Davis Informs us that the postoftce department has or dered a change In the Schedule of ttra rural carters leaving the" Louisburg postofflce. Beginning Monday c.11 car riers will leave the office here at 9:45 a. m. Instead of 7:30 a. m. and 6 p. m. at hereafter. This will give thQ pat rons the advantage of getting their early morning mail on the same day It arrives at Louisburg. It will no .doubt prove quite a popular change. n Am Exceptional Offer, In another column will be found an advertisement of the XT. S. Woolen Mills Co., announcing the fact that they have established a sales agency In Louisburg aid will conduct a sals hero on Friday and Saturday (to-day ?nff tomorrow, at which they are mak ing an exceptional offer. Look up their advertisement and call to see them. BIG PICNIC AT PEABCE'S Fine Singing? Big Speeches? Splen ?* did Dinner. < Friday was a big and enjoyable day -for the Pearce neighborhood as It was the occasion of the getting together of a large number of people to enjoy the social features and to hear a number of big speeches and enjoy a big din ner. The exercises were opened with an address from Rev. Wallace Hartsell, who made a most beautiful and Intel ligent talk on Sunday schools and Its works. This was followed by Supt, E. L. Best In a most excellent address on the Importance of co operation between the teacher and the parent. This Is the one feature that will do more for the advancement of education along practical lines than any thing else and he was fully equal to the occasion. None too soon for the many pres ent came the dinner hour which was next In order and to say it was a bountiful presentation of all the good things Imaginable, and only such as ?you would expect from a progressive community like Pearce's, does nothing like give expression to what it really deserves. Barbecue, ham, chicken, and all the good things In abundance and every Individual enjoyed at Jeast one square meal. Dinner over the order of exercises was again taken up and the audience were treated to a most excellent ad dress from Prof. Mospr, of the Wake Ion high school. This was followed by a program of Sunday school work tnat was both In teresting and valuable. . During the afternoon an Interesting ball game was played. A combination of choirs from three of four Sunday schools furnished musk; for the exer cises and it was a feature that added greatly to each portion of the days' programme as the music was of a high order and greatly enjoyed. The day as a whole was a grand suc cess and will long be remembered by all whose pleasure It was to be pres ent The Price of Knowledge. The subscription price of_this pa per is $1.00 per year. Therefore, it will cost you 11.00 a year ? To know what your neighbors are. doing. ?-?" To' let them know what you .and yours are doing. -.i .? To know what our public officials are doing, and how they arc perform ing the duties for which we pay them. To know what our schools are doing, and how our young people are being guided and trained in the ways of knowledge. To know what our farmers are doing, and what they are planting and harvesting, and what their annual labors produce. To know what the churches are doing, and how they are conserving the morals of the community, and ex tending the doctrine of righteous ness.. To know the state of health of the community, and of the weddings; and of the children who arerborn, and of the people who die and pass beyond. To know of the public improvements that are made, and of those that should be made, and of the general condition of civic affairs. To know of the Important events of the world, and of the nation and the state. - To know of the political affairs of Importance to the community and Its people. And to know of the thousand and one other things that find their way Into these columns In the run of a year. Power springs from knowledge, and much knowledge may be gained by the expenditure of that $1.00. Better send it in to-day, brother, lest tomorrow you miss something that would have been worth many times its cost to you. Loulsbnrg College Opens. The fall session of ^Louisburg Female College opened with appropriate exer cises In the ('hapel-yentorday morning. At present quite a large number of young girls'have come in, but others are coming dally. This promises to bo one of the best sessions In the history of the Col fige. Merry. Ho. Round. Messrs. T. G. and J. D. Hill have purchased and erected on Main street In front of.Jl.p. Hill's stables a merry go-round. It .waa operated last Satur -dny_ buJL nwing_ to some parts not be ing satisfactory It wts overhauled this week. Stw Cotton. The first bale of new cotton for this season wm brought in by Mr. J. S. Place on Wednesday and waa glnnod by the HU1 Live Stock Co. We under stand It weighed *50 pounds. ? H? lee Creu Sapper at Laurel On Saturday night Setpember 25th there VII 1 be an Ice cream supper at Laurel Academy for the purpose of raising money for the painting of Mt. Zlon church. Everybody- is Invited to come and help share the glory. A man's true character la indicated by the shots he shoots at hla nest door, neighbor. TOBACCO MABKET. Prices Advanced Nteadllj ? Xore Weed Being: Offered The past week has brought about more satisfactory conditions on the local tobacco market in the fact that the prices have shown a steady advance from day to day with an lncreaseed demand for the weed. The sale yesterday was especially pleasing to both warehousemen and farmers alike and brings encourage ment for the future. i Our warehousemen and tobacconists !are showing their desire to make Louisburg the best market and you ?will do well to visit our 'S&les and par 'take of the advantages. Loyalty Pays a Dividend. We read much Ijj the public press to-day of "loyalty to our country." ! It is well for if any man on earth I'has reason to feel loyal to his coun try for benefits conferred, that man ils the American citizen. But there Is another loyalty which ranks side by side with that of coun ftry and that Is "loyalty to home and rome people." We have a community here In which L~iy people might reel a Just pride, id we have- a people wholly on a lar with the community, though there ire times when we are neglectful of iur Interests and unmindful of the dis-' ntergrating consequences which In variably ensue. Loyalty always pays its dividends, Jut loyalty to home and home peo fle pays a doable dividend. Let us be loyal to country by all Sieans, but let us be doubly loyal to iur home people and our home insti tutions, for it is by this means only "iat we may thrive, and flourish, and row as a collective unit 111 the larts of the world. The Methodist Church, There will be services at? tW [ethodlst church next Sunday morn ig conducted by the pastor. The .^rmon will be appropriate to the be timring of the College year and In a' .lature of a welcome to the girls of the College. There will be special music by the choir, and probably a ?olo by MIsb Pearl Brlnson. At the eveniMjiour our congrega tion will unite with the Baptists In a revival meeting at their church.' Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Ep worth League at 7:30 p. m. Twins 77 Years Old. It was quite an interesting oircum stance in Louisburg on Thursday of last week when Messrs. Wiley Burt and Sidney Burt, twins and 77 years of age were in town at the same time. They are both in pretty good health and practically have the promise of many more years. They live on the northern edge of Franklin county and are actively engaged in farming. Both were members of the 1st North Carolina cavalry and served through the Civil war. I , As The Editor Sees It. Every town with any degree of pride Bhould support a band, or at least an excellent stringed orchestra. We ven ture the assertion that enough talent could be found In this town to equip a number of such musical organiza tions, and no one will attempt to ques tion the value they would be to the life of the community. The reason so few towns possess good musical or ganizations is this: Everybody is wil ling and anxious to see the free con certs or fijchestra, and take advantage of the free concerts and parades, but no one appears willing to do his mite toward its support. As a matter of fact, the municipal treasury should pay for the Instruments and uniforms and music, and should pay each per former a small or reasonable sum for each public appearance, whether it be on the street or in a hall, with, of course, the provision that the public be admitted free 'of charge. Music meanR more life to any community, and life that la not worth paying for is not worth having. Did you ever see your friend toss a newspaper down on the street? It in itself was a little thing and not 'of any great consequence. But when every body, or a great many bodies, do the same it Utters up the public places and gives slothfglness and decay whfeh operates as a detriment In the minds of all progressive people, especially when those people are from a distance. But instead of throwing down the pa pers, and kicking refuse fnto the street suppose each citizen should make a practice of keeping the town clean and bright, aHd attractive, wouldn't' it be good for the eye to see? It's easy to t the p?wing circle. The war la A year old, and the only thing it has accomplished is the ap palling destruction of life, property and honor, Sherman was right. ? ? ? A Boston physician advises the human race to go barefooted. That, we presume, includes everybody but the Boston physician. ? ? ? Our Mexican brothers should not make their raids across the border at meal times. It interferes with the American digestion. Did you ever ask a mail order house to sell you a bill of goods on credit? Try it once, and learn your true rat ing with him. When a millionaire theif is sent to Jail he immediately becomes a "finan cier under temporary restraint." Meeting Begins Sunday at Baptist Church. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. W. Hickerson, of Louisville Ky., will begin a series of evangelistic" meetings at the Baptist church of this city. Meetings daily at 3:30 and 7:45 p. m., during the week. Mr. Hickerson will be accompanicd by his wife, who is an accomplished musician and a successful personal worker. Mr. Hickerson, who Is a member of the Home Board staff of evangelists of Atlanta. Qa.. Is a preacher of salvation by grace, "blood before wafer, Christ before the church, and salvation beforeJ>aptism." He comes very highly recommended, having made an unusually fine record during the two years in which he has EVANGELIST J. W. HICKEKSON Louisville, Ky. been connected with the Home Board. Everybody in town and In the sur rounding county Is cordially Invited to co-operate In every possible way In these special efforts to promote the cause of spiritual religion in the life ot the individual ana me community. You are urged to help with your per sonal presence at the meetings, by inciting others , by prayer and by per sonal work. If you ran sing, ynn are Invited to Join the chorus choir, which will be an attractive feature ot the meeting. A Little Mixed Up. The readers of the Diamond from the Sky will notice that In the make up of this week's Installment the prin ter got his columns mixed... Ton can easily get the story straight, however following these Instructions. The fifteenth Chapter Is completed about four laches from the top of the int column 01 the second page, then skip -to the beginning of Chapter 16 and .read" on Che bottom of third col umn and then go hack to within ab out two Inches of the top of second column read down to Use Chapter H .when you will refer back to where yon stopped on flrst colons aa* com plete the story. AJtOKG THE VISITORS. Personal Items About Some You Iwr A nd Some You Do Not Know. Mrs. Mary Love; of South HilK-Va., tfl visiting Mrs. Dora Jackson. Mr: Edward C. Collier returned the past week- Irom a visit to Manteo. M essrs. J. B. Yarborough, J. A. Tur ner, J. L. Palmer went to Ralelghyea terday. Mr, J. C. Aycocko and family, of Sanford, Fla., Is on a visit to his sis ters here. Messrs. J. D. Hlnes and P. S. Allen returned Saturday from the northern markets. Mrs. E. S. Green, who has been at Richmond under treatment has re turned home. Mr. James Weldman? of Sanford, Fla., is visiting at the home of Miss Clara Aycocke. Mr. C. W. High left Wednesday for Now York where he will take a course In Stefrographlc work. Mr. John Burt Hill left Tuesday for Chapel Hill where he win attend school at the University. Mr. E. D. Aycock, wife and llttlo son, of Rocky Mount, are vtMtlng his father, Mr. G. L .Aycocke. Mr. K. P. Hill and wife, who have been on a vacation trip to HQMMkB boro to attend school at the State Normal College. to Messrs. U. A. Hicks and W. C. High, and Mr. Luther Williams, of'Wteren ton. spent Sunday In RaIefgti\"#t(WtB of Mr. Sam Ruffln. Mr. Ed. L. Beasley, of Apex arrived in LouUburg the past week and has taken position as auctioneer at the Riverside Warehouse. Deputy Sheriff W.~ *?'. Enller and Chief of Police D. C. High went to Ox ford Tuesday to bring back Jim Sat terwhlte an escaped convict Mayor L. L. Joyner and Mr. Mal colm McKinne went to Rodty\ Mount to see the game of ball ' ImiMn Rocky Mount and Portsmouth^Mondiy. Messrs. W. T. Slmms And ^,C. E. Blount, who came over rrot4.Wflsoii to accompany some young Iadles ^Tio en tered Loulsburg College Tneaday were the guests of Mr. F. N. Kgertoii.' Mr H. I. Candler and Miss Clara ?Aycock returned Monday from1 the northern markets, where thfef (Pur chased the fall stock for Caoffler Crowell Co. \ Miss Ruby L. Stev&rson, of Wilmington, Del., who has ac cepted a position as Milliner for P. S. & K. K. Allen; arrived Monday, She comes highly recommended as an ex pert in this line. Mr. C. C. Winston, wife and daugh ter, Miss Maude, Mrs. C. B. May and Mr. L. E. Winston passed through Loulsburg Monday on their way to their homes In Youngsvllle after a visit to Rocky Mount FOR Ell AX KLIN COUNTY'S FIRST FAIR. Work Has Been Resumed on Prepar ing Grounds ? Premium LIstJ Work has again been resumed on preparing the buildings and grounds for the first annual Fair for Frank lin county and it 4s being pushed for ward with all rapidity. Many at tractions have been secured and quite a number of exhibits have been pro mised. On the last page of this issue will be found a partial list of the premiums and the remainder will be published next week. Liook them over and dompete for* a prize. Sunday Se&ool Conference. Franklintdfl.'tf.C, Sopt. 19? TtM> Raleigh District M. E. Sunday school Conference will bo held nt Franklln ton Monday and Tuesday September 20th and 21st. We want a large attendance and do earnestly urge all , of the Sunday schools of this District to aoad dele gate* anff to gend In tliolr names at once to Mlaa Mattle Ballard, Chalr Wwkly Weather Forecast.