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' uL i J & That Brings ?* ..??It. j ? ? ? w. _ ??? t - ft? A. (. JehMOB, Editor and llUfW, THE COUNTY, 1 VOLUMN XLV. LOUISBURO, N. C., January 28, 1916. UNION. FRANKLIN SUPERIOR _ COURT H- W. HUDSON FOUND MOT UUU.TT Milliard Harris . Acquitted on the Charge of Murder? Adjourned On Saturday Night? Reports. The regular January term of Franklin Superior court for the trial of criminal cages came to a close on Saturday night. The business transacted since our lost report is as follows : State vs. Qovan Cheek.' abanment guilty, 2 years on roads, notice of ap peal. 8tate vs. Elijah Stokes, larceny, pleads guilty. 12 months on roads. State vs. William Stallings. false pretense and perjury, continued for hill. State vb. Alex and Olona Kearney, | 1. and r., continued. State vs. R. W. Hudson, a. d. not guilty. _ ? V State vs. Hllllard Harris, murder,] not guilty. , State vs. Hllllard Harris, c. c. w.',| pleads guilty, six months on roads, leave to hire out. State vs. D. H. ? Price, malicious Injury to person, defendant called and failed, judgment ni si cl fa and capals State -vs. O. W. Pearce, cruelty to animals, called and failed, jntoaeat nl si cl. fa and capias. State vs. Jlmmte Mitchell, .larceny, not guilty. State vs. Herbert Yarborough and David Mann, a, d. w? called and failed, judgment nl si cl. fa. and. capias State' vs. W. C. Ransdale, c. c. w. | nol pros. 8tate vs. W. C. Ransdales, a. d. w? | continued. State vs. W. C. and W. G. Ransdale, | continued. - ^tate vs. John Mitchell, unlawful ] State ts. J. R. continued. State vs. A. R. Edwards!! disposing | of mortgaged property, continued. The Grand Jury completed its work on Thursday and presented the fol lowing report after Which -they Were discharged with thV thanks of the court: To the Honorable George W. Connor I Judge Presiding at the January term) ,of Franklin Superior court 1916. We the Grand Jury for said term I respectfully beg to make the follow- 1 ing report: We have passed on all bills which have been given us in charge and have given due- attention' _to' all matters which .have come to our knowledge. We have visited the County jail in a body and find same well "kept and prisoners comfortable and satisfied, but we recommend that the ground floor be made new and new sleepers put In same. We have visited . several of the County offices and find the same in good condition and kept well. We recommend that the court-room * be cleaned thoroughly and repainted. The committee appointed by our body has visited the County Home for the Aged and Infirm and find the same clean and the inmates well cared for and satisfied. -We have visited the convict camp, and find the Bamc comfortable and the convict* well clothed and fed end otherwise well provided for. ^ It has been necessary for us to hire an automobile to visit the various camps and for which we agreed to piy $5 and we respectfully ask that your Honor pass an order for the County Commissioners to pa ythe same to John S. Howell. , Respectfully submitted. P. W. JUSTICE, Forman Grand Jury. Solicitor Norris filed his report on the Clerk's office which Is as follows. Tit-Hih Him. Oao. W. Oennor Prcs indtag: The -undersigned Solicitor of the Purchases Plumbing and Vulcanizing Business Mr. F. H. Howell, formerly of Ral .Sigh, but now located In our city has purchased the business of the Auto Tire Repair Co., and the plumbing business of C. A. Conway and will continue the business at the old stand formerly occupied by C. A. Conway He r* will carry on a general plumbing and .steam fitting bulsness and also a gon oral vulcanizing business. 7ih JiwdlclBl District respectfully re ports to the court that he has exam ined at this term of said court into the condition of the office of J. J. Barro* the Clerk of the Superior court o( said count)-, that said clerK keeps in his office all the books re quired by law, properly indexed for spoidy and convenient reference. Hejurtlier reports to the court that so far as he can ascertain the ac counts of the said clerk, both as clerk of this court, and as receiver, are re gular and correct. Respectfully submitted. j H. E. N ORRIS, Solicitor 7th Judicial Wistrint. PEBSOJTALS Mr. Pelt Mann spent Sunday in Rocky Mount. Mr. J. G. Mills, of Wake Forest, is In LftttUMrg on business. . HesarS. J.'X. Turner and J. W. Mann v^#S?'t RAlelgh festerday. ' VCta'. d?o. Win stead Is on a visit to her near Rocky Mount. MT. CS'^'C. Hudson left yesterday for a business trip to Baltimore. Mr. R. H, Patterson 6t Wilson, was a visitor to Louisburg yesterday. r Mr. W. Hall Mann, returned Satur day from a trip to Washington, D.^ Mr. J. P. Winston, of Wake county, was a visitor to Loulsborg Tues day. ' I - Mr. W. S. Reid, of Spring Hope, was a visitor to Louisburg the pas^ week. Miss Maude Henley, of Ralelgli, visited Mrs. D. F. McKinne the past week. ' ' " Miss Mary Forte, of Oxford, visited Miss Sallle Taylor the past week, . MessrB. George Wlnsteod and J,. Harrison visited Rocky Mount WC* nesday. y Oxford. ?Messrs. J. R. Williams, C. E. Gupt on, H. C. Williams and J. H. Eaves left yesterday for a hunting trip in Florida. _ > Mr. W. R. Young returned Wed nesday from an extended trip to Florida. ~~~ ; ? Dr. E. M. Perry accompanied Mrs. W. J. Cooper to .Raleigh Tuesday where she will enter a hospital for treatment. -Mrs. W. W. BOddle returned Satur day from a visit to her people at Kingston, S. C. Miss Ruth Taylor, came over from Meredith College. Raleigh end spent the week end with Mrs. W. M. till more. Mrs. H. D. Egerton, who haB been visiting her son, H. W. Egerton, at Jacksonville, Fla., returned to her home at Laurel Saturday. Mr. R. W, E. Davis, Traveling Traffic Manager for the Home Telephone and Telegraph Co., of Henderson, was a visitor to Louisburg the past wee"k. 0. W. Ford and Son. * The above is the style of another new firm for Louisburg for J.he com ing year and will be located on South Nash street,-- It is composed of Messrs. G. W. Ford and *E. S. Ford, -why* business, ability has been dem onstrated times again in this section, and whose personalities associated with any firm will insure success. They wlH carry a full and complete line of everything necessary to make up "a "modern and up-to-date general supply business, and will be in posi tion to furnish their customers every thing necessary for the home or the farm. They inform jio they expect to spare no energy in making their place of business onfe of the best in the county. Watch these columns for a more complete announcement. "WW <-ONTINlJIS H?m On Local' Tobacco Market With Fairly Good Salps The prices on all grades of tobac co on the Louisburg market continues high and strong demand holds good. During the past week the sales have been especially good con sidering the time of the yer.r and the pr.trons of the market have express ed the beat of satisfaction at the aver ages made. Those who still have tobacco to sell will do well to bring It along now. ? s : ? - . A ? r . - ?? , rn : ' - c Farmers' Institute Farmers' Institutes will be held un der the auspices of the State Depart ment of Agriculture in co-operation with the Farmers Institute com mittee. of Franklin county, at Inglo stde, Saturday. February 12; Justice, Monday, February 14. Institutes will open 10 o'clock. Discussion on farm operations crop*' live stock, iqsectSa pests, etc., by' Franklin Sherman, S(ate Entomolo gist; Dan T. Gray, Chief of Division, otj Animal Husbandry, N. C. Experiments station; the County demonstrator* and others. Special emphasis will be given to Diversification of crppe, live stock, etc. r There will be held at the same time and place a Woman's Institute con ducted by Miss Minnie C. Jamison, Assistant in Home Demonstration work, and county agencies, to whlioh. women are Invited to come and Join Ih the discussion of subjects of Hou<M hold Economics. Home Convenience, health in the home, the education . <Sf our children, and other topics of in terest to mothers and home-maker*. Every one Invited to bring lunch ahd come prepared to spend the day, and 'help to make this the best Farmer#* -Institute ever held in the oountjr. notebook and pencil so mJ to vfate down any particular informal* tion -in regard to questions in which you*?re- particularly interested. A question box will be opened and the questions answered in a round table discussion in tbe afternoon. it ? Lonlsburg Baptist thurch Public worship Sunday 11 a. in. and 7:15 p. m. "The Christian's strong Defense" anj "Pride in the Light* of the life-of the lowly Nazarene" will be Jhe themes of the morning and even ing sermons respectively. Rev. Wal ter N. Johnson, the newly eleCled Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Missions, wtjl malfc an address at the Baptist church here Monday night to which all are cordially invited. Ho will also speak here Tuesday ni^lit. Mr. Johnson is considered one of the strongest men and most forcible I speakers in the Southern Baptist Convention. He wns elected a^Jhe recent Baptist State Convention to his high and most responsible position in open session by a large majority. This will be his J\rst appearance in thi3 section since his election. ? , ? ?, Young Woman's MIsionary Society ( On last Tuesday evening the Young Woman '8 Missionary Society held their regular meeting at the home.- of Miss Mary Stuart E^erton. Tho meeting Wail led by Mrs. G. B. Rico. Misses Margaret Hicks and Kato High gave their report from the con ference and papers were read by Misses Ollie Floyd, Mary Stuart Egerton and Eleanor Thomas, after some business was discussed, delight ful refreshments were served, and ttvey adjourned to meet next ? rrniay evening with Miss Eleanor Thoma* The Franklin Union < The Franklin county Baptist Union will meet Saturday and Sunday with the Cypress Chapel church near Seven Paths school house. All day I sessions with intermission for dinner will be held both days. A very Interesting program which was published in a recent Issue v. ill be ^carried out. Dr. J. E. Malone left Tuesday f>r a business trip ta Richmbnd, Va. JUDGE GEORGE W. CONNOH Who held his first court Ui Franklin county^last week and w.on the admira tion X>f our people. - Ifr ' : ? ' ' - N An Appreciation of Mr. Mill* II We do not believe In waiting until a nuardon dies to send them .flowers. ?Wither do we believe in waiting until a person dies to say nice things about them. It will do them no good to say. 'after they are gone, that they did a rrfderful work, but it might possib make them lite longer, and It would lurely make them much happier it iome one would go to them and tell hem that they were doing a wondcr ui work. You, who have never been to the ^ouisburg graded school and who have never thought very much about U*. ?4ve no Idea what a man we have in Iv. Hills. He came to take charge ot :Ws school when It was a school In e only. There had never been a ed school here, and qult? a num of people thought that there never ukl be one. These few did erery ng in their power to keep this un "tax increases" from being tallowed to keep galng, He had to put httnself up as a target to -receive and rao to ward off from the school, the tlclsms, Jeers and sneers of those people. Had he not been as strong as Is, he would have fallen under the mrden and ae a result there, would .re been no Loulsburg graded school high school. 'tie began work here with only seven :es. Under his management this tltatlon has crown wonderfully, we have eleven grades and. our 1 has such a good reputation that 8 from here are recognised by dlleg* In the State. To wuom owe this pragraaj? JVC say and beU?ve that all of jroii who have ght about it- wW.'jtMM 'with . in, we owe It to theperionility', great and. good' t:haracter of Mr ?< ' ' : ! jjin ? . -'.j. loves this school more than yon He^Sejtr, tow**L'tt r?. u.e? e worthy of the befetf itwit: -h!ipr,^e has a perocnal and fatherly elch one, and when one goes wroag he feels' a deep hurtr He has a jway of getting next to boys and girl3 arid making them ^anr, to do the best that .they cati. All of us respect him. Even thbne who say. "1 hate Mr. Mills, ^ deep down In their, hearts they know that they do not. They know that he ls"a better man than they and that he can control them. They feel that they must say something about him and as it will not be in keeping with their dignity to say that they like him; they say that they hate him. ; We have been in this school ilnder him, long enough to know thaj. he is by no means perfect, but we believe that his faults are greatly outnumber ed by his good deeds. If we have a high ideal, Mr. Mills gave it j to as, and if we go any dis tance up the ladder towardl our ideal Mr. Mills will be the one that has helped us on. We are not speaking for ourselves alone, but we know that we are expressing the feelings of all our school mates. We are glad and proud that we began school when we did, and that we have been allowml to study under #and to come under the influence of Mr. Mills. We are sure that our association with him. has meant^and will mean much to us. We believe that all through life we will remember with pleasure and proOt, that we received the foundation for [.our lives un<^er him. All of us would ilke to say about him what Antoheu's said about Caesar "His life is gentle; and the elements ?o mixed In him, that nature might stand up and 9ay to all the world this is a man." CLASS OP 1916. Installs New Refrigerator The Hicks Grocery Co., lias Just In stalled a new lind U|)-Lu-dati' rcfri);r'. - ator counter In their place of business and it adds much to the already at tractiveness of the popular place. It Is of the McCray make and the ice box is located in thfe center with each end nicely enclosed In glass (nuk ing a neat case for the display of different articles and at the same time keeping them'In a fine state ?! pres ervation. Baptist Pastors! Conference Here Tuesday * A meeting of all the pastors In the Tar River Association has been called to meet In the ladies parlor of the Baptist church of this place next Tuesday, 10 a. in , February 1. More than a score of pilntsters are expected to be present. They will be given most cordial hospitality by our Louis burg: people. .' ?, * Among the vial problems to be dis cussed will be one touching the hid ing of a simultaneous exangellsUc cam pp-lgn In this Association during the summer under the dlrecUpQtt of the Home Board evangelistic force. Jt .9 heped that such a campaign, which has -proven quite successful fn other .sections, may be .held here. The Conference has been called at the suggestion of Rev. Walter N. Johnson, the new Corresponding Sec retary of the State Board of He Is anxtour to get in close touch with all the pastors of the State at once and to Have a heart to heart con ference with them. The Cantjwtqse will last through (fee day. ..JMte F?m W??Mbi News reached Ixere Tuesday to 'the Mfect that on Suadp.y a/tornoon 13 year-old son of Mr. Forney Boone, of Cedar Rock township, was accident ?ly. Bhot frith a pistol, the ball taklofe effect in the region of Vie heart from which he died on Monday morning in a hospital in Rocky Mount where he was taken immediately for attention. From what we can learn the accldeit occurred at the home of Mrs. Chaplin, and her son of about the same age, with the Boone boy were playing with a pistol. During the handling the gtbi went off shooting a hole through tlve hand of the Chaplin boy and infect ing the wound that resulted in the death of young Boone. His remains were brought to his home Tuesday, and were interred in tile family grave yard at the home of lir. R._D. Bowden's that' afternoon . "The bereaved parents have the dep-1 Maplevllle News There has been a great deal of mov ing in.Mapleville since the new year came in. Among these who have moved into the city are: Rev. and Mrs. G. M. Duke, Mr. ah4 Mrs. Walter Strange, Mr. and Mrs. John Strauge, Mr? and Mrs. Jim Perry .Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Woodlief, Mr. and $Irs. Driver. This added greatly to oyr population, as only three families moved out of the neighborhood. Rev. O. M. Duke has returned from his annual trip to Florida and reports quite a pleasant trip, though he says ^it was much colder than usual. Mr. Duke was acompanied by Mr. W. J. Dennis. ... Our basketball team had quite a pleasant trip to Franklinton laat-Prf day, even if they did- come back with the small end of the score. We are counting on our boys to practice up and represent Map||ville well in thu remaining games which are on their schedule. A (?ood Record Mr. T. L. Gooch, of Epsom, was in to see us Tuesday and informs us he has sold practically all of his crop of tobacco, six acres on the Louis buVg market and received $1,08'.). 00 of gunnno on cr.me. Mr. GoocU is one clear check and used only two tons of guano on same. Mr. Gooch is one of Franklin's best and most prosperous, farmers a? the above will show. He' not only makes splendid tobacco but "HveB at'h'ome and boards at the 3aine place" with his smoke house and corn crib in his yard. He spoke very highly of the local corps of buyers and the treatment he received from all connected with the warehouse business. . At Maplevllle Tonight MIsb Bessie May frudley. of Rich mond, Va., wilL^lve an humoroua en tertalnment at Maplevllle Academy to night Miss Dudley pleases her au diences wherever she goes and the lurge crowd that will hear her tonight will be well paid for their time and money. The- program will begin promptly at 7:30. Be sure to be on time. Admislson 25 and 15c. Fflfrmers Union Meeting We are requested to state that ther* will be a regular meeting of the Franklin county Farmers* Union in the courthouse in Louisburg on Thursday. February 3rd, nt.ll o'clock. All locals are request^, to send representatives. Franklin Jfintjr should Mot Ml Behind I $'*J Form af EdiaUioa In a r? issue of the Times men- ~ tioned W k blade of the proposition before o^&County Commissioners of maklnf?^P appropriation in support of the ?s?!> nlng Club work . In this counts'. To an Impartial observer this seems to be a very meritorious form of education and should be encouraged The whole trend of modern education is looking toward practical life, bat from lack of proper equipment and sufficient teaching force, the schools can not furnish this sort of training. It requires expert supervision to carry ,$n this tort of work successfully, but it >4oea not require the constant at tention ?( the Instructor. In this .county for the past two or three years this work has been very successful, but to stop now would, in my opinion, be a very serious mistake. In thtfr- time of constantly rising prices, the cost of home supplies be comes a heavier tax on the family parse. If our girls can be trained to al4 in the production and conserva tion of a considerable part of the rfnlta and vegetables formerly bought from stores a genuine service will be rendered. All over North Carolina in the past two or three years girls have demonstrated their abUlty ^tojdo this work, anf In none of the commas more successfully than in Franklin. ,, Besides contributing to th%, family support. It is found here that girls are able to earn for themselves*., And this is worthy of consideration, Stop of tea the- girls ill the home af?{iffrren no opportunity to earn any money tor themselves, and are compelled to de pend on their parents for every penny Thjii Ik not very comforting to the girl. Give hit a chance to' contribute her share in supplying the table with fruits and vegetables and let her sell ihe surplus to her neighbors. Let her be a bit independent financially. . aaw tjae splendid ex to the ? xrcllfiit work that lias been'*" done in out county under the leader ship of Miss Pauline Smith. The small outlay of money that has-iygn put into this work " is bringing large returns and I trust our Commissioners nay see their way clear to continue it. Let us not take a backward step in any direction. Respectfully yours, W. R. MILLS. Long-Hayes On last Wednesday afternoon, Jan nary 19, 1916 3 o'clock, we had an * opportunity to witness a lovely niar riage when Mies Stella Rae HayeB, of Justice and Mr. Calvin A. Long, of Cedar Rock, were happily united in the holy bonds of wedlock* at the home of. the bride in the presence of fi number of friends and relatives.' Mr. W. M. Gilmore officiating.. The room in which they were united was beauti fully decorated to suit the occasion. Then at the first sound of the violin struck by the deft fingers, of Mr. Willis Creekmore, Miss Clara Long and Mr. J. C. Bowden entered, then came the bride and groom, Rev. Mr. Gilmoro speaking the words which made two hearts beat as one. Miss Hayetf is the daughter of Mr. R. L. Hayes, one of Justice's most prosperous farmers, Mr. Long is the son of Mr. 'W. P. Long, one of Cedar Rock's most prosperous farmers. Immediately after tfite 'ceremony the bridge and groom left for Louisburg, where a sumptuous wedding supper was given in honor of the bride and groom at the home of Dr. E. M. Per ry. - We all wish the Tjride and groom a long and happy life and may love be the guiding star in their home. Tho, we miss the good work of the bride In Justice, may she serve her new com munity as well. Old Fiddlers Convention There will be an "Old Fiddlers Convention at the Red Bud school house on Saturday February 12th. Admission 10 and 20 cents. Pro ceeds to be used In securing a school library. Everybody, especially musi cians Invited. Services at St Pasl's Regular services at St. Paul's church next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 Evening prayer and seftnon by "'Rev. Isaac W. Hughes, of Henderson. All cordially invited. A