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) iLSCti The Franklin Times -J w -- THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. - subscription 11.00 fbb yeab. VOLUMN XLV. LOUISBURG, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1915. NUMBER 44. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREK Flaim Changed to Inclnde Members of City Sunday Schools Outside City Limit* ? Idea Becoming: Quite Popular. As the Christmas holld&ysbecome nearer the Interest In the community Christmas Tree grows stronger and broader. At this time there seems no doubt that the occasion will be a great d8SI larger than WU (ft first contem plated. These conditions are received with much appreciation by the ladles ot the Civic League who launched the plan. The Sunday schools of the town hare decided to not hare any Chrlst nja^Tree or its like and will Join the ladtali In making the Community Tree a more glorious success. In this ar rangement it has been decided to ex tend the privileges of the tree and the occasion to the entire membership of the Sunday Schools whether they Uve ln town or not but will not be extend-? ed to any others out ot town except members of the Sunday Schools of Loulsburg. Everybody in Loulsburg will be ex tended an Imitation to contribute to this fund and assist In making It one of the biggest events ever held In Loulsburg. . Baptist State CoBTentloB , _ The North Carolina Baptist State ^Convention met last Tuesday night In auditorium of the First Baptist ?' ~ urch of Charlotte In its elghty-flfUi annual session. Dr. Thoa. W. O Kelly, pastor of the First Bantlat church of Raleigh preached the awuM sermon from the text, "know ye not u?,y, W are of falth' the same are children of Abraham. Gal. 3-7 Immediately foll9wlng the sermon thi retiring president. Rev. C. H. Dur ham, of Wlnaton-SHiem, called the convention to order, and It proceeded to organize for this session. Mr. E F. Aydlette, of Elizabeth City a Prominent lawyer, and Judge John A. Oates, of Fayetteville, were noml f?r President of the convention. Judge Oates was elected and made a - K?P *Z2I"t President officer. Mr. - - fc. F. Aydlette was then made first vice-president; Capt.T. S. Franklin, of Charlotte second vice-president; Dr. ' of Aahevllle, third vlce I President. President Chas. E. Brewer, ' ? M"e^, h Collese Raleigh, and Wal ter M. Oilmore. of Louisburg, were made recording secretaries. Other officers were: Treasurer, Walter Dur ham. Raleigh; Auditor, F. H. Brlduer Raleigh; Trustees, W. N. Jones, D. P ShleW. Brld8er> L' R" Pruett- F There were nearly 600 messengers Fhf8|? I "Presenting every section of the State. The entertainment was on the^Harvard plan, that is. the Char otte people furnished the visitors with lodging and breakfast ?n(Tthey took dinner and supper at cafes and restaurants at their own expense. This Plan proved highly satisfactory to the Jim w enable<1 tlle convention to complete Its work a half day in ad vance of the schedule. The convention Will go to Elizabeth mJLh*.' y,ear' uwlth the Blackwell Memorial church, on the Harvard plan. Dr. Calvin B. Waller, of Ashvllle was appointed to preach the annual sermon or his alternate, Dr. John Jeter Hunt, of Durham. ! The outstanding feature of the con vention just closed was the election of a Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Missions to succeed Dr. Livingston Johnson, who for fifteen years has held that position with great success and who a few weeks ago resigned to take effect the first of 1? b<\come pa8tor of the First Baptist church of- Rocky Mount. Tlio matter of electing his successor was taken up early Wednesday morning T1he.r? wf? a difference of opinion as to how the election should be held Some wanted a large committee- that "?"'d.re.I>re30"t "11 the Associations appointed, and let the committee nominate a man for the place, while others favored eleoting the man in , open session on the floor of the con k~ The /oli T 'atter Vlew Prevailed, f be following nominations were made after a season of earnest prayer for divine guidance by Dr. H. A. Brown, of Winston-Salem, Rev. Walter N. John son, of Wake Forest; Rev Chas E Maddry, of Raleigh; 'Rev Chit H. Durham, of Winston-Salem; Rev. W C. Barrett, of Oastonla; Rev. Chas. L Greaves, of Lumberton ; Rev. R. A. Mc Farlsnd, of Scotland Neck; Rev W R Bradshaw, of Hickory. R Rev. Walter N. Johnson, of Wake Forest, was elected on the third ballot Mr ?fh^Ce 8 maJor,ty of 92 votes. p ," Wa8 " "dark h?rse," so to ??> m t0 b,s 8Peech on Bap tist Finance Tuesday afternoon before the pastor s conference very few had tb?rni hD?f hlm 10 conn?ctlon with1 * nl re But It Is now thought T)y a large majority of those Interested that ho Is preeminently the man. He has havin^I? al experience before, having been secretary of the 8tat? i n?? to l?aLou,?bur? Prior to - this com be pa?tor of the Wake Forest church seven years ago. ) At the conclusion of Dr. Livingston nnnSfnD " ,arewe'1 apeech as Corres ponding secretary, Dr. R T v?nn t? ed n/ ?i hB? ?r more ,rlend?. prese'nt wh^h Jobn"on hi" faithful wffo, J',1'.,*' m?ant ?o much to him. a beautiful chest of silver Tha BAAn. avVll?h!?Whd Ti* T8ry touchln?- Every available handkerchief in the church 1 - - " was brought Into' active use. This session of the convention was considered one of the very best In the long history of the convention. While there were differences of opinion often times, yet the spirit of unity and har mony that ran throughout the entire session was most remarkable. The State Board of Missions, which reported a debt of $5,000 last year and it was feared would be compelled to report a larger debt this year, was able to report no debt, with a balance of $5.75 to It* credit. More than $6,000 was expended more than ever before. _.<? Among the representative men from outside the State the following were present: Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta, representing the Home Mission Board ; Dr. J. F. Love, of Richmond, represent ing the Foreign Mission Board; Dr. A. T. Robertson, of Louisville, repre senting the Theological Seminary; Dr.' M. G. Eaves, of Chester, Jftu, representing . Crozer Seminary ; Prof. J. T. Henderson, of Bristol, v Tenn., representing the I.aymentB Movement. The pastor's conference, which held a day In advance of th?' regular convention, was considered one of the beBt features of the convention... All the addresses and sermons reaehed high water mark. Dr. W. R. Cullom, of Wake Forest, who has been the efficient president of this body since its organization nine years ago. refused to let his name be presented again for president Rev. J. Clyde Turner, of Greensboro was -elected president; Dr. W. R. L. Smith, of Chapel Hill, vice-president; Walter M. Gllmore of Loulsburg, Secretary and Treasurer. That substantial progress has been made by the demonstration In this State during the past year is seen from the following statistics presented by Sunday school and statistical secre tary E. L. Mlddleton, of Raleigh. There 1? now In the State 64 Associa tions composed of 2136 churches, with a membership of 268, 088. To this num ber should be added approximately 1. 000 other members from 19 churches not reporting their Associations. The past year has been a record breaker in the matter of baptisms, 17, 903 having been reported, a gain of J, 187 over the preceding year and 4, 639 over 1913. There were 573 churches reporting no baptisms. In the matter of contributions to the various object! fostered by the de nomination, secretary Mlddleton characterizes the 'contributing churches as "assets" while- the non contributing as "liabilities.- There are 307 churches In the State that be long to the latter class. v _ A large number of churches contri buted to State Missions than to any other object; next came the Thomas ville Orphanage. A total of $208,195. 94, a gain of $13,636.26 over last year, was contributed to all object!, Includ ing Stare, Home, Foreign and Sunday school Missions, Orphanage, Christian Education and Ministerial Relief. Tho Neuse-Atlantic, with 63 churches, leads all the other Associations In the num ber of churches, the Roanoke being a close second with 62 churches. The West Chowan has the largest member ship. 12,628, while the Chowan Assoc latlon has 10,842 members. Tho Pilot Mountain Association reports the largest number of baptisms this year, 7S0, and the Roanoke ta a close second with 765. In the matter of Sunday schools the West Chowan also leads the State In the largest number of schools, though the Mt. Ziori has the largest enrollment, 8,318. The West Chowan also leads all the Associations in total contributions for all objects $14,601.26, while the Roan oke comes next with $12,054.23. For all convention objects, the per capita contribution is 78 cents, a gain of two cents per member over last year. The following thirteen Associations have averaged over $1.00 per capita: Central, $2.03; Mecklenburg Cabar rus, $1.97; Piedmont, $1.70; Roanoke, $1.70; Pee Dee, $1.66; Neuse-Atlantie, $1.59; Raleigh, $1.44; Buncofcbe..JSl.? 34; Roberson, $1.33; Pilot Mountain, $1.24; West Chowan, $1.15; Mt. Zlon, $1.14; Flat River, $1.07. The 1.212 woman's societies, lnclud- | ing the Woman's Missionary Societies, j ??Young Woman's Auxiliaries, Sun Boam Bands, Royal Ambassador Chap ters, have given a good account of themselves, having contributed for all objects the past year $48,832,53. The West Chowan leads with $3,241.88, and the Mecklenburg-Cabarrus stands next with $2,790.49. There has been an unprecedented growth during the past year in tho Sunday school work. There are now approximately 220,000 pupils enrolled In the Baptist Sunday schools of the State, which means a gain of 13,785 members. In teacber training there are now 3,197 diplomas, 330 red seals, and 101 blue seals. A year ago there were only 102 organized classes: now there are 435 such classes with an en rollment of 13.881. In 694 churches the Sunday school enrollment is lar ger than the membership. The Baptist in the State now own three colleges and fourteen secondary schools valued at $1,604,765. Last year there were 196 teachers and officers in these Institutions, and 3,600 pupils. There are six other Baptist schoolB under private control. Mr. J. O. Milla, an expert accountant of Wake Forest, is in Loulsburg audit ing the books of the town. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS We Are in Need of Gash and Must Ask Yon To Pay Up Aside from the fact that this has been u tight year financialy with all of us, it is absolutely necessary for us to adopt some means of collecting our subscription ac counts at least every two years. There are a great number of our subscribers who ? take pleasure in keepiir^ their accounts paid up promptly, there are still other* whose circumstances force them to be come delinquent, but we have a large num ber who wait to be asked for their sub scriptions before they offer to pay. Those of the first class we have no reference to in this, only to thank them for their valued interest in our publication. To the second class we are going to say that we have been in a tight place financially this year and it has become absolutely necessary that we ask you to assist us, with at least a part of not all your arrears. To the others we must ask them to make a settle ment. To run a newspaper it takes 'a lot of cash, you can't pay labor with promises, and as there is no other source for us to look to except, the money we have let you have on subscription ?Jnd other account* we must insist that .you let us^iave what you owe. A newspaper man is often abused for continuing his publication after the paid in advance time was out and as all cases we have are where it was continued at the request of the subscriber, either directly or indirectly, we do not feel tliat> we will be entitled to anything of this kind. Our leniency has been an accommodation to you, now we want you to accommodate us.^ You might think that beqause your account amounts to only a few dollars, possibly not more than one, that it is" a small matter and win not amount to anything if we don't get it. It is not that. From our side it seems that anyone wovfM-niake it conven ient to pay a small amount to assist one who has accommodated them in the amount to get out of a financial strain. When you realize that we have a thousand or more just like you, you can see the benefits. Or don't you think a thousand dollars would assist our business? To do this we have had to get assistance as we have all the work we can attend to'"'- ? in the office. So when you are called on or receive a letter let your admittance come right along. If you feel that there is an error in your dates we will gladly investi gate and correct same should it be there, and the fact that we have a letter and a - bill sent you is, not intended for a dis courtesy, but to show to you that it is a necessity for us to raise some cash. We sincerely hope you will be as ready and anxious to assist us in the payment of the amount you owe as we have been to assist you in carrying your paper over | " time. r SCHOOl COLUMN 1. The School Column will not be published again before the Christmas Holidays. I hope each teacher In the county will spend a most pleasant | Christmas. , 2. Our teachers' meeting was held last Saturday with 71 teachers present. Most of the teachers who could not be here on that day have notified me that they are prepared for the examination and will take it In the near future. I can safely say that 95 per cent of {lie teachers in the cotinty have dojrfe the work of these meetings, which Is a great improvement over last year. ]u the general session, we completed our year's work In "Teachh.g The Common Branches." The teachers then dtvldod themselves Into three sections, each section concentrating Its time and study on two subjects, History and Arithmetic. We feel sure that much has been accomplished In these meet ings. The weather has been favorable and the roads which has been proven by the attendance. The work has been connected, something definite has been accomplished, and we haVe from three , to five months to put into practice ' what we have learned. I wish to ex I press to the teachers my appreciation for their hearty co-operation with me In this work. I believe that we have laid- In the past six weeks a founda tion for the best school year that Franklin county has ever known. S. The Township representatives will meet with me In the office next Saturday to make plans for the town ship meetings after Christmas. The teachers are urgently requested to send to your representative^ or to me any suggestions for these meetings. Do not hesitate to do this as we want the program to meet your needs. 4. When you notify a parent at the end of the week concerning the ab sence of a child, be sure to send your attendance officer a copy of the same. Do not forget the monthly report to the attendance officer and to the Coun ty Superintendent, for the attendance officer i3 dependent upon this report In notifying the parents to meet him at some designated place. The respon sibility is mostly with the teachers for any action the attendance offlcer"Th*r take will be largely Influenced by your recommendation. Let us all co-operate together to carry out this law, that the children in the county may have a chance to be In school. 6. Of what value are your trustees to : you In your school work? Get these people interested in what yo\i are doing by giving them some service to perform. How many teachers in the county have had a meeting of your trustees at the school building since | the opening of your school? I believe j it will be a great help to you in your j work to have your trustees to meet with you at least once every one or two months and at these times to talk over the school problems in your com- ; munity. Ask them to meet you an hour before school closes, let thorn ' Y see and familiarize themselves with your work ; after School keep them thirty minutes and go over with them different phases of the needs of the school. By bringing yourselves more closely together, you will be making for your school more earnest and sympathetic friends, ones that you can call upon In "Time of Trouble" with the assurance that they will decide with you and aUo share a part of your responsibility. In What ways have your trustees added to your failure or success? 8. What have you done to Increase the attractiveness of your school grounds? If a "Ground Inspector" were to come around how many points do you think you would score? If you have large boys you can get them interested In this work If not appoint a "School-Ground Beautifying Day" and get the people in your community to come to your aid. Many schools , in the country have already done much of this work which has impress ed me with its importance. 7. The schools will close Wednesday December 22t}d--a?d open the 3rd of January. 8. The teachers will please send In their reports on the moonlight schools as early as possible. 9. The County School CoatBMmce ment will be on the 24th, of March. 10. In the third grade the arithmetic should be placed In the hands of the pupil. When Ihe work of this grade I ii completed Uie child should be able to work any problem to page 156 in Mllnes Book I. The following work should be emphasized in this grade: (a) A revise of the work done in the | second grade. I . (b) multiplicative facts. It may take one or more recitations to learn I each fact, but be sure that the pupil not only knows but can use intelligent ly each one before a new fact is taken up. (c) Multipllng by units and tens. (d) Multipllng by three or more dg I ures. | ,(e) Short division. <f) Do not forget the daily, rapid, oral drill. (g) -Emphasize each fact learned with home problems that will be in teresting to the pupil3. 11 In your first, second and third grade history work much interest and valuable Instruction can be obtained by observing National and State holi days. fa) Thanksgiving Day, North Caro lina Day, Christmas Day, Lee's Birth day, Washington's Birthday and etc. This worlrcan be made interesting by such pictures as "The Pilgrims Going to Church," by construction work, having the children to draw the May flower, Log cabins and etc., and by telling the pupils interesting stories of the boyhood of our great men. 9 and 10 will be continued in our next column. '12. If the teachers will keep up with the assignment each .week ip.tj^e other Reading Circle Books'you will have uo trouble in completing this work*by the 17th, of March. 13. The following teachers passed a satisfactory examination last Satur day on the work of the Teachers' Meet ings and are therefore entitled to the certificate issued from this office: Annie Rowe, Luclle Ellis, Lucy Wiggs, Annie J. Perry, Rutfi Conyers, Rebecca Hollingsworth, Vannie Phil ips, Mattie P. Green, Luclle F. Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Doris Dickerson, Bessie Fleming, Chessie Wheless, Minda Green, Elizabeth Underwood, Mrs. H. R. Parrish, Sallie V. Hards, Lucy Bobbitt, 'Marvin Keith, Pearl Daniel, .Eugenia Boone, Beulah Stal . lings, Wr Sr-^Howell, Pauline Smith, Ava Crawford, J. G. Lee, G. M. Beam, J. C. Gardner, Mamie G. DickenS, K. A. Pittman, Annie Wilder, E. L. Ward, D. Loy, Olivia Johnson, R. B. Mc Bride, Li I lie Leonard, Val Alston, Sal lic Louise Macon, Ethel ?. Swendell, Lola Long, Oma White, T. H. Sledge, Carrie Wright. Clara Long, Ruby Har ris, Mary Mitchell, Daisey Dean, Ada Valintine,' Nan Hlnes, Emma Gay, Eva Duke, Mary Tharington, Belle Wright Lena Gill, Lillie Harper, Mabel Steph-_ , ens, Annie Scrugg3, Mrs. W. L. Beas ley, Ernestine Hayes, Edna Cobb,' and Clara Bobbitt. 14. I will be glad to publish any school news from any community. Let the other fellows see what you are doing. Loulsburg Baptist Church Public worship Sunday 11 a. m. and 7:46 p. m. conducted by the pastor. At the morning hour the theme of the sermon will be, "The Leaven That Was Hid in. Three Measures of Meal;" at night the last of Uie series on "The Four-Square" will ? be .given, 'The Jteung Man in Religion" ^ being the specific theme. jf Sunday school 9:45 a. m. B. Y. P. IJ. 7:16 p. m. You are cordially Invited to all of these services. Epsom Graded School On next Friday evening December 17th, at 7:30 o'clock, the Epsom Graded School will close for the hall days and will give a play entitled, The Old Country Store." This play will bo presented in the school Auditorium and trfe public is cordially Invited to come out. We promise to give you your moneys worth. The admlslon will be 16 25 and 35 cents. If you want to laugh for about one hour and a half you can't afford to miss it Good? morning again 1 C AMONG THE VISITORS. Personal Items About SorarYou Know And Some Too Di'^M Know* ? Mr. Ben T. Holden went'-to Raleigk Wednesday. jt Mrs. A. M. HaJ I returned the past week from a trip to Baltimore. Mr. T. B. Sugg, of Wilson, was a visitor to Loulsburg the past week. Mr. M. C. Yarboro, of Nash county, was a visitor to Loulsburg the past week. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Holt, of Wilsons Mills, visited relatives In Loulsburg yesterday. Mrs. D. F. McKlnne left Monday for St. Luke'*, hospital Richmond for treatment. Mrs. Q. L. Aycock leaves today for Norfolk to spend Xmas with her mother, Mrs. J. A. Goodwyn. Mr. S. C. Foster left Wednesday to be present {it tbe annual meeting of tbe Texas Oil Co., at Norfolk. Ingleslde Items. The Woman's Betterment Associa tion of the Ingleslde school got busy again, and gave us one of the best musical entertainments that we have ever attended, on Saturday evening of December 4th. We were expecting a young lady from Elon College to give us a humorous recital, but on wccount of sickness she was not able to fill tbe appointment. Yet the Association has n u. apology to render whatever for the program which was rendered In the form of an "Old time Fiddlers Conven tion." A two dollar and a half prize was given to the two men making the best music; this Inspired tile men to put forth their very best talent. After # hot battle for more than an hour w'lth the bows and strings, the judges rendered a decision In favor of the Holmes brothers, of Epsom, this tnet with a loud applause from the en tire audience, which packed the audi torium. After the musical, an oyster supper Fas given, which was very appropriate Just at that late hour because we were all hungry. We regret very much to note that Mr. W. C. Roberson, who has been liv ing In this school district for the past Ave years, expects to move near Ep loln this week, also Mr. A1 John. ion who has I>ee0 a patron of this school for th epast three years expects to move to Loilisburg soon. Our very best wishes follow these people to their new homes. Members of tbe Corinth and Trinity Sunday schools are practicing on a play to be given sometime soon, tlia time for the play has not yet been decided on at this time. This play is developing into one of unusual Inter est, and we feel sure that It will be a great success, and will reflect credit upon those who have It In charee, as well as upon the Sunday schools. Mr. Beck Resigns # , Mr. R.C. Beck, who Tor a number of years past has been Superintendent it the Light and Water Plant of Louis burg placed his resignation before the Board of Commtsioners at a special m??Ung held^on Monday night. The resignation was caused from an order of the Board1 of Commissioners on Friday night wherein he was instruct ed to remain at the Power house, in the day time and run the machinery and Mr. Beck feels that hl3 agree ment with the town was that he should SUpfitrtatend the plant and have charge of out3tde work. Not feeling that it was his duty to take up the position as engineer with his duties as Super intendent he offerefl his resignation to take effect the first of January, after completing the month of December as he begun the month's work. Mr. Beck 13 a first-class electrician I and in his resignation the town loses the services of a competent employe. He informs us, however that he will remain' in Louishurg and take persun -al charge pf the firm of Beck & Newell of which ne is a member and conduct their electrical and automobile supply business on a larger scale. They will conduct a department for all kinds of wiring for, houses in addition to their other business. Mrs. Songer Entertains On the 9th, of December Mrs. Songer delightfully entertained her many friends in her attractive home at Fair view. At ten o'clock the parlor doors were thrown open to her numerous frlneds. At 1:30 o'clock the delicious dinner was spread on a table on the lawn, the the dinner consisted of barbecue, chicken, ham, pickles, custards, cakes, potatoes. Mrs. S. A. Marshburn, of Spring Hope asked the blessing, then everyone ate very heartily. After din ner they assembled in the parlor. ? program had been prepared by a few of the guest3. Mrs. John Bryon read a very Instructive paper which was enjoyed by all, Miss Sadie Strickland and Mrs. S. A. Marshburne delightful ly rendered piano solos, tyiss Bernice Baker recited, "Our hfred girl," which was enjoyed by all. Mra. Clyde Brant ley of Zebulon, and Miss Mabel Moore furnished us with vocal music. Mrs. Songer is a charming hostess and has gained the lore of many peo ple in this community. She 1 sgolng to return former home in Pennsyl vania In s few weeks. We rsgrst very much to see her lea?*, i .?