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VOLUMN XLV.
THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION.
LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY DECEMBER 3, 1915.
SUBSCRIPTION 11.00 FEB YE Alt.
NUMBER 42.
NORTH CAROLINA CONFEFBENCE
OPENS WEDNESDAY
Methodist To Gather Id AnnnalSesslon
In Grace Church, Wilmington
Representing 197 pastorlal charges
J05 clerical members, not Including
undergraduates In the conference, and
a total church membership ot $85,Z24,
Uw-Morth Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
will convene In Grace church, Wil
mington, oh Wednesday morning, in
the 79th annual session.
Thte presiding officer of this seslon
of the conference will be Bishop John
C. Kllgo. who was a member ot the
conference and president Ot Trinity
College, when he was elected to the
Episcopacy at the general conference
of the church, held at Aahevllle In
1810. This will be the first time Blshcp
Kllgo has presided over this confer
ence and this fact will add special In
terest to the session.
Only 19 of the preachers In this con
ference will have completed four years
on their present charges el this ses
sion of the conference and receive new
appointments as the result of the
"time limit" of the pastorate and the
"time limit" will apply to only one of
the nine presiding^ elders, Rev. J. E.
Underwood, presiding elder of the
New Bern district being the only one
who has been for four years consecu
tively presiding elder of the district
now in his charge. The fact that so
few changes in appointments of ilie
preachers will be made necessary as
the result of the time limit of the
pastorate^ in Southern Methodist does
not mean however that only 19
change^ will be made in the appoint
ments by Hbe presiding Bishop and
the presiding elders, the latter con
stituting hls-cabinerofsdvisers In this
work. It happens' not infrequently
that the required change of one pastor
in the conference as the result of the
time limit or from other cause,, will
render -necessary the making of as
many as a dozen or more changes in
the list of appointments In order that
as nearly as posible the right man be
appointed to the right place. In the
economy of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South no pastor 1b appointed
to any charge for a longer period of
time than one year as he may be re
appointed to the same charge only
four years succeBlvely.
The latest figures available show
that last year In the North Carolina
conference 849 infants and 2,826 adults
were baptized, 4252 members were
added to the church on profession of
faith, .and 3,752 members were added
by certificates. The number of mem
bers removed by certificate and other
wise was 4,733, hence the net gain in
membership was~?,277, or an averago
of a fraction more than sixteen mem
bers, net gain to each pastorlal charge.
The amount the North arollna Con
ference- contributed to foreign mis
sions the last year was $17,404; to
home and conference missions $19,897 ;
to education, $11,964; to ministerial
education loan fund, $561; to the Me
thodist Orphanage; $15,192; to salary
of presiding elders $18,901; to salary
pastor $184,81*; to support ot
bishops, $3,153; to support df confer
ence claimants, $8,471 to "other objects
$23,643; making a total for all pur
poses contributed during the year
$603,797. '
The number of Sunday Bchools In th
The number of Sunday schools In
the conference is 698; officers and
teachers In the Sunday schools, 6,148;
scholars enrolled 67,497.
The conference will continue in ses
sion from Wednesday until the fol
lowing Monday. In addition to the
regular minute business to be trans
acted, there will be addresses by the
representatives of the general inter
ests of the churcJ^ ___
When the cohTirt&ce meets In Wil
mington this week, this will be the
seventh time it has met In this city;
the last session held here was In 1902,
and the sessions previous to that time
held there were in 1885, 1887, 1875,
1884, and 1891
In addition to the clerical members
ot the conference, there Is a lay .mem
bership of thirty-stx, four laymen
from each district constituting this
membership ? News and Observer.
onto Conference
When Rev. A. 1). Wilcox, pastor of
the local Methodlat church, and Mr. F.
B. McKlone, a lay delegate, left for
Wilmington Tuesday morning to at
tend the session of the Eastern
North Carolina Methodist Conference,
they carried with them perhaps the
best report the Loulsburg Methodist
Church haB ever made before.
During Rev. Mr. Wilcox's three
years pastorate here there has been a
net gain added to the church of 95
members, and the annual contribu
tions of the church have been increas
ed more than $2,000. During the p*3t
year the church has ralBed for all pur
poses $7,689.51, an average of $22.50
per member. Of this amount
$2,626.26 was spent in improving the
church plant More than $2,000 of it
was contributed for objects ouslde of
Loulsburg.
Mr. Wilcox has done a most re
markable work here both In connec
tion with liis pastorate and as finan
cial agent of Loulsburg College. Dur
ing his administration a handsome
$15,000 annex has been added to the
college, and a thorough equipped up
to-date Sunday school annex has
added to the church property,
congregation Is corfldently expecting
his return here another year.
Thanksgiving Party
Miss Maude Winston entertained the
younger set of Youngsvllle on Thurs
day evening at the home ot her grand
mother, Mrs. J. S. Tlmberlake from
7:30 to 11. Miss Maude, assisted by
Miss Mary Tlmberlake, met her
friends and showed them to the cloak
room. The parlor was beautifully
lighted and decorated where the even
ing was deightfully spent Id playing,
progressive games and working puz
zles. Miss Katherine Burrows and
Mr. Claude Cheatham having received
the greatest count for working puz
zles were awarded a delicious box ot
candy while Mr. Aubrey Winston, be
ing winner of the booby, was present
ed with a small broom. The element
courses of delicious candles and am
brosia, served by Mesdames J. S. and
J. H. Tlmberlake, during the rendi
tion -of several favorite piano solos
by Miss Mary Tlmhberlake, were much
enjoyed by all.
On Wednesday evening the Berean
class ot the Baptist Sunday school
very delightfully entertained the
Phldells class. Things were arranged
according to men's style In the audi
torium of the graded school and being
assisted by Mesdames G. C. Patterson
and J. H. Tlmberlake elegant courses
ot chicken salad and olives and cream
and cake were served carrying out
the colors of the Berean class In the
cream. Many delightful games were
played for amusement
Several good speeches were enjoyed
by members of both classes.
Youngsvllle Items
Dr. J. W. Vernon who Is a physic
ian of the Broad Oakes Sanitorlum,
Morganton wad In town Monday
greeting his many friends here. Dr.
Vernon practiced medlclnc here before
going to Marganton.
Misses Alice Boyd and Mary Shen
hard Ellis of Henderson spent Thanks
giving and the week end In Youngs
ville with Mrs. G. C. Patterson.
Mrs. D. H. Mangum and son of Ral
eigh spent Thanksgiving day with Mrs.
C. C. Winston.
Miss Lucy Edwards, of Elm City
was the guest of Miss Maude Wlnilon
on Thanksgiving.
Miss Zula Mitchell who is teaching
at Whltakers spent her Thanksgiving
holidays at home near Youngsvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Winston were
the guest of Mist Mary Tlmberlake
Sunday.
Miss Dora Allred, of Oxford was the
guest of her many friends in Youngs
vllle last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Holden, of Wake
Forest visited MrB. Holden's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jeffreys Thurs
day.
Miss Ruth Strickland accompanied
by Miss Lucy Cobb, of Pine Top,
teaches in the Sun Rise school spent
the week end at the home of Miss
Strickland.
Mrs. James Miles, of Norllna
visited her parents here several days
last week and was accompanied home
by her mother who will spend a week
with Mrs. W"es
Mr. P. R. Mitchell who underwent
an operation for appendecltis In the.
Rex Hospital In Raleigh two weeks
ago la able to be on the Btreet again.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. May and Mr.
Hackney May were called to Rocky
Mount last Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mr. Ashley May a well
known druggist of that town and a
brother of Mr. Chas. May, of Youngs
vine.
The Ladles Aid Society of Youngs
vllle will hold Its annual bazaar on
Friday and Saturday of this week.
Rev. W. G. Clements preached a
special and very Instructive sermon to
the members of the Junior Order of
Youngsville Sunday.
A Pleasant Thanksgiving
Mr. Editor:
If you will kindly allow us a small
space in your paper we will give you
an account of one of the most en
Jobyable Thanksgiving days ever spent
at good old Cedar Rock.
At XI a. m. we had the pleasure
of listening to an excellent sermon
by the beloved pastor of the church
Rev. G. M. Duke. In the beginning
we felt some little disappointed as to
the size of the congregation, but the
cnjwd continued to Increase in num
ber until our Brother Duke congratu
lated us on the fact that this was the
largest congregation to whom he had
ever spoken on a similar occasion.
At the close of the service we had
a collection for the benefit of the
Thomasville Orphanage. During this
time Miss Mildred Yarborougli, of
Spring Hope, sister of our Miss Yar
borougb favored us with one of her
Efwcet" vocal solos.
We realized quite a nice little
amount for the orphans.
We had one regret Brother Duke
-had to hurry on to All another ap
pointment and so could not remain
with us and partake of the barbecue
which the "Betterment Ladles" served
for the benefit of the school building
fund.
In the left wing of the Academy,
under the deft touch of some of those
seme "Betterment Ladles," quite an
attractive bazaar had been arranged,
which proved a thing both of beauty
and profit
At 7 : 30 in the evening a large crowd
from this and adjoining communities
were delighted by a most Interesting
and amusing play, "Under the Blue
Skies." Each part was so perfectly
rendered it would be difficult to say
who acted best; but we cannot close
this little article without expressing
our sympathy for the sleepy-head
grandson who sat down on a sheet of
sticky fly-paper, and suggesting that
the "Betterment Ladles "appropriate
a sufficient sum to purchase him a
pair of trousers.
We had the satisfaction of adding
(50 to our bank account and we are
hoping and expecting to see our new
Academy going up in the near future.
We are fortunate in having four
wide-awake, progressive and com
petent teWliPrs, who as a visitor from
a neighboring town remarked, know
how to "do things."
Goodbye for this time. Hope we
have not taxed your patience and
space.
Cedar Rock.
Marriaire license
Register of Deeds Yarborough
Issued marriage licenses to the follow
ing couples during the month of
.November:
White ? Zollie Alfoifll and Eliza
beth Win8tead, Arthur T. Howell and
Jenora Wilder, Johnnie Edwards and
Nannie Clifton, W. B Barrow and
Mamie Jones, J. S. Wiggins and Ethel
Holmes.
Colore# ? Luther Giles and Ella
Fleming. Jack M. Young and Annie
E. Qreen, Ed. Bridges and Llllie Col
lins, Willie Blacknall and Clara Per
ry, Haywood Thomas and Lucy
Branch, Thomas Parrlsh and Nerva
Cobb, Thomas Solomon and Louisa
Brodle, Joe Leavlster, Mattle Wilder,
Wiley Brodle and CalTTe Gill, Lon
nle Hlggs and Battle Lou White.
Lonlsbnrff Baptist Church
Public worship Sunday 11 a. m. and
7: IB p. m., conducted by the pastor.
Sunday school J: 46 p. m. B. Y. P. U.
1p.m. ?"
The theme of the morning sermon
will be '"An Unfortunate Marriage
at night the sermon will be the tec
ond In the series on "The Man Four
Square," th theme being "The Young
Man In Society."
A cordial invitation la extended to
all.
It la noble to be silent If you are an
gry enough' to quarrell. ? .
AMONG THE VISITOBS.
Personal Items About Some Yon Know
And Some Yon Do Not Know.
Mr. K. P. Hill spent Monday and
Tuesday In Raleigh.
|41ss Mary Taylor, of . Oxford, is
?tajjting Miss SalUe Taylor.
Qns Gouvas returned the past
week from a trt? to Raleigh.
Mr. G. G. Brlclcell, of AshevlUo,
spent Thanksgiving with his sister,
Mrs. R. C. Beck.
Miss Elizabeth Nicholson, of Salis
bury, spent Thanksgiving with Miss
Hodgie Williams.
Mr. W. E. Egerton, of Warrentpn
spent Thanksgiving with hlB sister,
Mrs. Mattie Williams.
Mr. Frank Ballard returned. Sat
urday from Waynesvllle where be has
been spending the summer.
Prof. J. Edward Allen, of Warrenton
spent the week end In Loulsburg,
guest at the home of Mrs. Mattie
Williams.
? Messrs Graham B. Egerton and John
Burt Hill came over from the Univer
sity and spent Thanksgiving with .their
parents.
Messrs. Chas. Cooke and Lawrence
Egerton came over from A. & M. Col
lege to spend Thanksgiving with their
people.
Mi*, and Mrs. S. W. Wheeler who
have been visiting her people near
Loulsburg returned to their home to
Italeigli yesterday.
Mrs. G. B. Rice left Saturday to.
vlBlt her people at Wlnston-Salcm."
She was accompanied as far as Ral
eigh by Mr. Rice.
Mr. F. B. McKlnne and Rev. A. D.
Witcox left Tuesday for Wilmington
to attend the annual Methodist Con
ference for Eastern North Carolina.
Mrs. 13. F. Whiteside, Mrs. Gertie
Mcl#?n, son Charles anil .^daughter,
Sarah, of Wilson spent Thanksgiving
and the week end with Mr. F. N.
Egerton and Mrs. B. G. Hicks.
Mr. J. W. Holllngsworth who has
been on an extended trip to Tampa
and St. Petersburg, Fla., in the Inter
est of a big railroad construction deal,
returned home Sunday. He reports a
most successful trip and prospects for
the construction favorable.
Misses Marguerite Jenkins, of Sl'.er
City, and Flossie Noble's, of Rocky
Mount, who are attending school with
Miss Lonnie Meadows at. Oxford Col
lege, were the guest of Miss Meadows
during her visit home to spend
Thanksgiving.
Mr. ,C. D. Egerton Supervisor of
Agencies of the Missouri State Life
Insurance Cq., of the Marlon Rich
Agency of Columbia, S. C., Bpen?
several days in town thlsjreefc He
hos the honor of leading all agents
of his division in producing busi
ness for the past month, of which his
many friends here will be glad to
lfpri;.
Barrow -Jones
A beautiful and rather romantic
wedding was solemnized Monday at
the home of the bride's mother, Mrs.
James R. Jones, five miles south of
this city, when Mr. William Ballard
Barrow and Miss Mamie Elizabeth
Jones were joined in the holy bonds
of wedlock, Rev. Walter M. Gllmore,
of the Louisburg Bafftist Church, per
forming the cermony.
While Mr. W. J. Borrow, of Wake
Forest, uncle of the groom played
Mendelssohn's wedding march on his
| violin the bride, wearing an exquisite
taylored blue cloth going-away suit,
leaning on tbe arm oT the groom en
tered the parlor, presenting them
selves before the minister, who stood
in front of a bank of ferns and other
hot-house plants which was Illumin
ated with numerous candles. While
the ring ceremony was being said Mr.
Barrow played softly on the violin
Humereske.
Thefe were no attendants. Only
members of the immediate families
and a few special friends were pres
ent Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Barrow left by automo
bile for Frankllnton where they caught
a south -bound Seaboard Air Line tralj^
for San Francisco, Cah, from whenop
December 7, they will sail for Pago
Pago, Tutuila, in the Samoan Island*,
where Mr. Barrow has accepted a
lucrative government position for two
years; Tlrey expect to arrive at their
far away homo some 9j,0(H^ miles or
more, sometime the first, of tjie year.
Mr. Barrow is the son o t Mr. J. J.
Barrow of this place, and for some
time has been assistant to hla father os
clerk of the Superior court of Frank
lin county. He Is an unusually capable
and promising young man and will
have abundant opportunity in bis new
position of developing hla splendid
gifts.
Mrs. Barrow for the past Ave years
has taught in the graded school of
this city, and has greatly endeared
herself not only to her pupils, but
to this entire community. She U one
of Franklin county's finest and most
popular young women. Both young
people have prominent family con
nections and a host of friends who
will wish them both a happy voyage.
Honor Koll
Honor roll for Hlckocy Rock school
for the month of November:
First Grade, Euzeilla Joyner, Annie
Dennis, Myrtle Tharrington, Rupert
Qupton, Clinton Swanson, Greenwood
Wilder, Annie Pearl Southall, Clellan
Southall, Clarence Ball.
Second Grade, Geneva Wider Annie
Dennis Irene Strickland.
Third Grade, Myrtle Swanson, John
Dennis.
? Fourth Grade, Bennie Wester, New
Swanson, Mable Strickland.
Fifth Grade, Lucy WeBter Ida "Mae
Gupton, Alma Wester, Vallle Gupton,
Daisy Tharrington, Zementa Hedge
peth and Hiawatha IfedKepeth.
Sixth Grade, Susie Lee Tharring
ton, Willie Mae Hedgepeth, Mary
Dennis.
Seventh Grade, Lillian Wood Zena
Lobbitt.
TOBACCO MARKET
Sales Light in Quantity Bat Holding
? ? . Good In Prices
The Bales on the Loulsburg maket
the past week have been rather light
as compared with previous weck3 but
the prices seem to be holding on good.
The several farmers who sold her*
have expressed their satisfaction and
the buyers are taking all the light
grades at pretty fair prices. The
dark grades are not as much in de
mand now as the others.
Get your tobacco on the floor early
and avoid the rush just before the
holidays. ?
The Warehousemen are exerting
every effort to conserve your interest
and it will be profitable to yon to visit
the Loui8burg market
Red Cross Christmas Seals SaTes
Lives
Every seal you buy is a bullet in
the flgljt against tuberculosis, li
helps protect your country, your
Tleighbor, your family and yourself
from the disease and its cost
Tuberculosis i3 our most destructive
disease. One person out of every four
in America who die between the ages
of fifteen and fifty die from tubercul
oid It Is a chief cause of poverty.
But it is preventable and conquer
able. This war, man against disease,
Is a winning war ? not a wasting war,
man against man. It is The War That
Pays ? It Brings Prosperity.
Will you not enlist in this campaign
byTnirchasing Christmas Seals? Sold
at all Drug Stores.
Maplevllle Jitney Clrcn sand Box
Party
Once more your attention Is called
to the fact that there will be a Jitney
Circus and Box Party at Mapleville
Academy on Friday night December
3rd.
?The Circus will. begin at 4 o'clock
and last until 11. Oysters will be
served, so there will bo no need to go
back home for your grub.
Eighteen or twenty girls will bring
boxes. This means that each boy can
get a girl to enjoy the circns with
him. Be sure to attend.
At Inglealde Academy
There will be given under the auspi
cies of the Womens' Betterment
Association of the Ingleslde Acadomy
a humorous recital accompanied by
string music. After this an oyster
^supper will be given.
\ The public is cordially invited- The
proceeds will be used for the better
ment of the school building.
Don't forget th^timerapd the place.
Saturday eveninf^_D?egmber 4, at 8
o'clock. Admission l&^aara 20 cent?w
^Ta-The Old Fiddlers of Franklin
. County
The^ will be a Fiddlers convention
at Sandy Creek Acadomy December
10th, 191?, cash prizes will be givea
to the beat player and the second beat
also the me on banjo and others.
The proceeds will go (or the beneflt
ot the Academy. Refreshments wiH
be served and to all musicians. Com*
everybody you are welcome. Admis
sion 10 and 20 cents.
Cow Ob Wine Spree Uim Spiked
Milk
Wilson Not. 2$. ? Mr. Ben T. Thorny
son tails the following as occurring te
Cooper's township, Nash county:
"Mr. Simeon Williams has a valu
able cow that is noted (or the quanity
and quality of the milk she yields. la
the early fall Mr. Williams made a
barrel of scuppernong wine and placed
it in his smokehouse which has noth
ing but an earthen floor. His chick
ens had been in the habit of going tm
the smokehouse and had wallowed
holes in the ground where they
dusted. One day last week the cow
wandered In the house and in nosing
around overturned the wine barrel
and the bung came out. Soon several
ot the holes w^re? filled with the
sparkling fluid. The cow drank ot tba
wine and for two days was as drunk
as a lord. She went about the neigh
borhood bellowing and pawing up
dirt with her head to the ground and
tall elevated she chased everything in
sight. Since she sobered up her milk
has the bouquet of scuppernong wine
of the purest vintage."
Trainmen Indicted Injured Improve
Salisbury, Nov. 29. ? Indictments
were drawn here today, charging man
slaughter against A. Tankersley, engi
neer, Arthur Kelly, a negro fireman, of
the Southern Railway's New York-New
Orleans limited train, and Clyde H.
Wilson, flagman on the excursion trala
which were in colision laBt Wednes
day night, resulting in the death ot
two persons and the Injury of twenty
two others.
The ldlctments were handed up by
the grand jury of Rowan county after
consideration of the evidence given at
the coroner's inquest into Utv destfc
of H. C. Severs and C. E. Hall, tba
two -victims of the wreck. ?
The condition ot O. Mai Gardner, of
Shelby, and Henry Talley, of Charlotte
the two passengers who were most
seriously Injured in the wreck, was
reported favorable this afternoon froa
the local hospital where they are coif
fined.
Commaalty Christmas
The Ladies of the Civic League of
Louisburg will hold a community
Christmas tree on the courthousa
square one day during the Christmsk
holidays, the exact date to be an
nounced later Is the Information glvea
the Times man Wednesday. Thi3 Is
quite an advance step_ for Louisburg
but one to he appreciated and en
couraged by every citizen of the towa
and community. They request all who
wish to make donations of any kind
to leafe them with Mr. L. E. Scoggla
at Scoggln-Egerton Drug Store. Tliei*
donations may consist of any present
for any friend or presents to be dis
tributed by the ladies or cash for pur
chases, and everybody is invited to
take hold and help make it a grand
success. If one tree can't be found
large enough then two or more trees
will be used. Ther# will be plenty
room.
Biff Hogs
The following hog killing with their
result* have been reported to- us this
week :
W. K. Murphy, Loulsburg, At*
weighing 188, 21R, 235, 248, 256.
C. H. Holmes, Loulsburg township
killed two weighing, 398, 384.
W. H. Holmes, Ix>ulsburg township,
killed two weighing, 505, 400.
J. C. Joyner, Cypress Creek town
ship, one weighing 440.
Frankliatoa N. C. December I
Under the aospecles of the Young
Woman's Mosslonary Society a vesper
service will be held at the Methodist
church Sunday night.
A special musical program has boem
arranged. Collection will be takes
(or the missionary work.
Services will begin at 7:30 o'clock.
? Quite an enjoyable dance was
given la the armory on Wednesday
night by the young men. It waa as
Informal occasion and was greatly en
Joyed. About ten couples were K*
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