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>AY, MARCH 24,
NUMBER I.
BOHItfi HOLD FOB *1462.00.
CoBHlaslonern Met ?siday to Bo
Bids ? Several Bid* Wtn
life
Ti e Board of County Commiaaiol
ers met on Vcuday, with all Members
trepent to receive bid* tor the SIM
090.00 bridge bondfc. Arter the meet
ing was ?1W to order the cler* read
t"je following bids
Tlllottaon & Wolcolt Co:, 1882.00.
Spitser Roick Co., Inc, *837.60.
Security Savings Bank A Trust
Co, *1,074.00.
Btaoey and Bran, ??00.00. "
The Provident Baring ft Trust Co.,
*911.00.
Tanners A Merchants Bank, of
Henderson. *387.00.
Tanners ft Merchants Bank, of
Henderson, *600.00. J
lister Clifford ft Co.. *1,362.00.
The Board of Wake County Com
missioners being proaent the matter
of the Boundary line between Frank
lin and Woke counties was taken up
After discussion the Board ordered
that the line be recorded aa ascertain
ed by the Commissioners and Surrey
ore reports from both counties.
The Board adjourned till Tuesday
to decide the Bond sale question and
promptly all met In the office of tbe
Register of Deeds and the following
resolution offered by J. W. Winston
was unanimously carried.
"That tbe bid of Blstor Clifford and
Company, of Chicago, I1L, to- wit : for
*20,000.00 of bridge bonds of the coun
ty par (100) and accrued In treat to
date of delivery and a premium of
Thirteen Hundred and Sixty-Two
<*1,362.00) and blank bonds to be fur
-alehed by purchaser free, be and the<
seme is hereby accopted. Said bonds
shall be signed by the Chairman of the
Board and attested with the corpor
ate seal by the Clerk to the Board,
and shall be delivered at some ban#
to Chicago, shall be dated April ls?'
1116 and shall mature April 1st, 1946,
nadiSin'be"Tri denomlnSttohS
$1,000.00 each, and shall bear five per
aentum per annum Interest payable
semi-annually, and principal and In
terest payable at a New York bank to
he mutually agreed upon."
Tfte Board then adjourned to ita
next regular meeting. ~~
Jfaplevllle Loses to TTale Forest.
The Maplevllle basket ball quint
flayed Its hardest (ought game last
Saturday night with the Wake Forest
fildoons on the latter's floor. Tlie
game was hard fought from beginning
to' end, botb sides being determined
to win. The MapleTllle boys kept the
ball under their goal most of the
time but were unable to make their
shots count. Wbenerer the ball "got
under the Wako Forest goal It was
almost a sure score. Few chances
were missed by the Wake Forest boys.
During the first half both teams were
playing on the defensive, and the
score ended 5 to 3 In favor of Wako
Forest. The second half was some
taster and the final score was 18 to
10.
A large number of Maplevllle boys
and girls accompanied their team to
Wake Forest and kept the Gymnasium
ringing with their yells. Although
their team lost, the crowd reports the
best trip of the season.
The stars of the game were Perry
for Maplevllle and Greasom for Wake
Forest. All of the players did their
part, but these two aianu oui tu the
stars.
The line np was as follows r ?
Maplevllle Position Wake Forest
Harris L. F. " Greasom
Ellington .. R. F. Thompson
Perry C. Powell
Williams R. O. Gill
Beasley L. O. Wllkerson
Field goals, Perry 2, Williams X,
Ellington 1, Greasom 3, Thompson 2,
Powell 2, Wllkerson 1. Referee, Alex
Hall of Wake Forest Varsity.
Mrs. Ida Ball Warren and her Alleged
Governor Locke Craig Monday com
muted to life Imprisonment the deatn
sentences Imposed upon Mrs. Ida Ball
.Warren and Samuel P. Chrifty, con
victed of the murder of George G.
Warren, husband of the convicted
woman, on August 18, 1914, at the
boarding house of Mrs. Warren In
Winston-Salem.
The action of Governor Craig brings j
to a close; as fir as the state Judicial
and executive departments are con- '
earned, a case which has attracted >
mora attention throughout the coun- j
try than any crlmlflal cose In the
courts In many years.
The Governor's Statement.
In .the formal pronouncement of
the granting of commutation. Gover
nor Craig said.
'.'Sentence commuted to life Impris
onment, March 21, 1916, the defend
ants, Ida Ball Warren and Samuel P.
Christy, will not suffer death accord
ing to the judgment of the court, but
Instead thereof will be confined In the
state's prison during the terms of
their natural lives, to be kept In strict
confinement and ct hard labor.
Carolina In their constitution declare,
"The Governor shall have power to
grant reprieves, commutations and
pardons after conviction for all of
fenses (except In cases of Impeach
ment) upon such conditions as he
ma Jr think proper subject to such reg
ulations as may be provided by law
relate, to t?e manner of applying
tor p^rtyis.' -^tie power to pardon
or %o pomauHe .jhju conferred upou
^ 9<>??n>OT: frM no limitation but
hl? own comp^imjuf duty. It Is the
highest and moat sacred trust vested
by law. It must be exercised In Just
and humane regard for the condemn
ed and for the rights and welfare of
society.
"When a petition for pardon or
commutation Is placed before the Gov
ernor he must act. He cannot avoid
the responsibility. His action Is in
the orderly process of the adminis
tration of Justice, provided In the con
stitution. His judgment is the final
decree of the people and the law prS
flounced by the ultimate tribunal. _
"There Is no escape from the con
clusion that -this woman, ? Ida -Ball
Warren, is guilty of murder, deliber
ate and premeditated, conceived and
executed in determined wickedness.
The verdict qt the Jury Is fully sus
tained by the evidence; the sentence
of the, court la fixed by the statute
ment that the 'majesty of the law de
mands that this woman shall be put
to death. I cannot contemplate with
-approval that this woman, unworthy
and blackened by sin though she be.
shall be shrouded In the cerements
of death, dragged along the fatal cor
ridor and bound in the chair of death.
The spy has in all countries been
punished with death. Germany exe
cuted the woman Bpy; England di'l
not. The action of the military gov
ernor of Belgium was condemned by
the conscience of the world. The kill
ing of this woman would send>a shiv
er through North Carolina.' Humtn
ltydoes not apply to woman the in-'
exorable law that it does man. This
may arise from misconceived 'senti
mentality; it may arise from the deep
instincts 'of the race.
"The participation of Christy in
this murder makes more difficult the
question presented to me. He, too,
is guilty. He bought the chloroform
with which she drugged her husband.
Either Christy or Stonentreet, !ier
son-in-law, twisted a cord tightly
around the husband's neck to maker
sure that he could never awake from
the deadly sleep. The body was
placed In a trunk, Christy and Stone
street hauled it away and threw it,
weighted with irons, in a deep hole ol
Muddy Creek. The woman conceived
the design and was the directing and
dominating personality of this tra go
to her Christy, too, must escape death.
"Tlila action' Is In accord with my
conception of the Jnst and humane ad
ministration M the law. It Is recom
mended by many of our strongest,
wisest and best people. Many good
men do not approve of any commuta
tion of the Judgment of the court The
responsibility of the decision rests
with me."
The Orphans.
The singing Class of the Oxford
Orphan's presented thetr concert to
quite a good sized and appreciative
^aufllencs at the College on Wedpps
#1 (\ ?y ill 1> a ? L / 1 ,] m _ , J1 J ?? i. 1 ] |
tray nism. l n? cntmron 1 oio woii
their parts and the occasion was much
enjoyed.
Miss Cooke Entertains.
On Thursday afternoon March the
sixteenth, Miss Eleanor Cooke enter
tained the Younger Set Book Clifb at
her hoAie on North Main street The
topic of study for the afternoon was
the Kti Klux Klan based on the his
tory written by Mrs. 8. E.'F. Rose, of
Mississippi. Those *ho took part in
the discussion ware MesdameB Oar
land Hicks, B. T. Holdsn, J. A. Hodg
es. and Kins Katie Furman, attar
which popular music of the "slxtieaff
wfM rendered by Misses Pearl Brlnaokjj;
and Annie Allen. Another reminder
of the olden days was the quantity at
butter cups used as a decoration. Af
ter the program was concluded Miss I
Cooke served a two course luncheon.
The Booster and the Killer.
Nearly Wtery town uas two class ?
of I IlliwiP lllli booeters and the kilt
ers. All the world lores aha former^
but even thedevll shuns the latter.
Be a booeteri ;
The town booster la known hjr every?
body, for he la always doing and
leg something to puBh hls.tov
Its people along. He Is the. man i
makes the town. The klllsr la
one who destroys It
Be a booeteri
The booster never loaee
by his boosting. He boeeta
people and other people Imoet
and through this combination of 1
lng great things are accomplished. It
is only the HUer who (alia of his ow t
weight, of his own words, of his ow*
deeds.
Be a booster!
The booster is like a ray of aun?
shine on a cloudy day. He brighten^
everything and everybody around hint.
His geniality, his cheerfulness, hi*
energy and- his good deeds hope 1*
the bosom of despair. His words and
his acta aid others and ennoble him
self. But the HUer only kills ? Inst
kills, kills, kills! ?
Be a booster! ? ?*. ?
This town has many boosters, and
you all know them, you admire themy
you respect them. And your respect
Is more precious to the genuine boos*
ter than is your gold. It Is .only th?
killer who stands alone, without
friends without hope for the future. >
Be a booster!
There may be a killer or
this town, but we hope not.
ling and go to boosting.
no honor or profit In killing, but there I
is much to be gained through boost- ]
lag.
Be a booster!
We need the booster ? we need
more boosters. But we cant exist
handsomely without the killer, for
the killer's principal diversion in life
Is to take a knock at the town, at its
people, at their ways, and at every
thing and everybody connected there
with ? except the killer.
Be a booster !
If there are any killers ^BT this
town let's convert them, so we can all
f"be booeters. The booster Is of value
to every legitimate thing with which
he comes in contact, while the killer
Is not even of value to himself.
Heaven loves a booster ? and hell is |
full of killers.
Everybody boost!
List of Letters.
The following 1b a list of letters re
maining In the Post Office at Louis
burg, N. C., not called for March 24,
1916
Mrs. S. E. Bailey, Mr. JameB A.
Jones, Mr. Henry C. McKnight, Mrs.
Maggie Neals, Miss Eula Neal, James
Perry, Miss Nlcle Ruffln, Miss Mary
Magorllne Ruffln, "(col.), Mrs. Rosa
belle Ruflln, Mr. C. A. . Small, Mr 3.
Minnie Strickland, MIbs Ida Wtlllani
ston. Miss Venle Wright. *
, Persona calling tor the above let
t?r? will please ,(?Uto that they saw
them advertised.
IL H. DAVIS, P.
Officer* Hake Bald.
OnSalurday officers D. C. High, R.
W. Hudson, and J. C. Pace, having re
ceived Information that John Canna
dy, colored, had stored some whiskey
at Rosa Malone's home on Mineral
Springs street, proceeded to make lr
vestlgatlons. They found six pints and
Rosa stated that John had1 left It there
to call for It later. The officers seiz
ed the whiskey and also the horse and
buggy belonging to John and brougnt
thorn nvprtnwn where th?T expected
rcCciTTO vittry
word" and skipped. The officers are
holding the booze and horse and bug
gy
? We -are^ requested to state that
the school at Hickory Rock will close
on March 31. There will be an en
tertainment at night to which the
parents of pupils will be admitted
free, others will pay admission.
the war correspondents can find lu
crative employment in digging pota
toes.
IJ ABD about town.
ferun&l It* mi About Felka and
t Tbelr Friend* Wk* Travel Hot* as-l
|Am
? Capt. S. P. Bod die went to lUch
ond Saturday. . * .
Ma.. Tames A. Turner spent Mon
ly in Washington, D.-C.
Rer. J. F. Mltchiner returned San
- from a trip to Baltimore.
Ir. J. P. Winston, of Wake ounty,
In Loulsburg Wednesday.
F. W. Wheleee returned Friday |
a business trip to Baltimore.
a visitor to Louisburg yesterday.
L. L Davenport and lllssee
Is. of Nashville, were in Louisburg
i-y on a short visit -
Ruth Webb Noye Aycocke
llessrs. W. T. Person and E. F.
spent Saturday In Raleigh.
W. M. Ollmore is on a visit to
Itimofe. He will return in time to
duct services at the Baptist church
'day
Florence Hay Underhlll, His*
1a Alien, Mrs F. W. Whelees, Mrs
S. Howell, and Mrs. M. Stamps
t Tuesday for Winston-Salem to at
id a meeting of the Missionary So
>ty as delegates from the chnrch at
lulsburg.
Mrs. John Andrews Entertains.
The ladies of the Woman's Mlsslon
7 Society of tbe Centervllle Baptist
[lurch held a special meeting at /the
?tome of Mrs. John Andrews ThOro
?Uy afternoon. V
Km The object of the meeting was. t?
nearer to Qod, closer in touch with
other, and to make pirns for the
s work. , ?
The meeting was opened with devo
inal ereclse. Song, Nearer My God
Thee W--8 rang. The one hundred
forty-sixth Psalm was read b7
s Lutle Thompson, followed with
pr by Mrs. J. T. NeaL
ir the ezerdae The Standard of
^ "" ? - tommy
Several subscription^ was tkken for
th6" Denominational Magazines, a sea
son df -prayer was planned to begin
Saturday before tbe fourth Sunday If)
March at the home of Mrs. Thomp
son. This we are looking forward to
with much pleasure and good results.
MIsb Hines, the Secretary of Frank
lin County Union, read an interesting
paper on the Training School.
Song, Helpers Are Needed, was
sung. And we trust each member re
solved to do more in the future to
help the cause of Christ. "The har
vest is great but the laborers are
few."
At the close of the meeting re
freshments were served by Miss Ber
tha Neal. Those present were Mrs.
T. H. Thompson, Mrs. Herbert Gup
ton, Mrs. John Andrews, Miss Lutie
Thompson, Misses Bertha and Annie
Neal, Miss Hines and Mrs. J. T. Neal.
Commencement at Justice.
The following Is the order of the
closing exercises of Justice High
School :
Friday night, March 24th, Exercises
by Primary Grades.
. .Sunday night, March 26th, Sermon,
By Rey. G. M. Duke.
Monday -night, March 27th, Exer
cises by Intermediate Grades.
?Tuesday night, March 28th,' Public
Debate. Query Resolved: "Thht we
should have Woman Suffrage In the
United States."
Wednesday March 29th, 10.00 A. M .
Declamation Contest, and Literary
Address, the address to be delivered
by Prof. J. P. Mull,- SupL of Spring
Hope -GrSSed School.
Wednesday night, March 29th, The
High School pupils will present the
play: "The Thread of' Destiny." This
play shows some of the scenes In the
South at the beginning and during the
"Civil War." The public Is cordially
baited to attend these exercises. Es
pecially do we invite you to see the
play. In it, one has the apportunity
of teeing scenes of sorrow, pathos,
love, faithfulness, devotion, daring,
mirth and joy. An kdmlssion of Sic
for grown people, and 15c for chil
dren, will be charged for seeing the
play. Pupils who have attended tli??
school this session will be admitted
free of charge. ? ? -
. . ' T. H. SLEDGE, Prin.
A FellowTftrd Ills Lodge.
Some people are lodge crazy and
loin everything In sight. They are
called "Jolneys." Others are pessi
mistic and can see no good In any
lodge.
But there la much good to be derl
. -? J . ' y
Ted from membership In any of tho
legitimate lodges that flourish every
where, provided the lodge habit la
not carried to exaees. %
It creates a spirit ot oomradship
among the members that is seldom
found elsewhere. If a member, is lu
distress or difficulty, his lodge
promptly comes to his relief and
tides him over the rough places and
into smoother waters. If he is sick,
they cheer him with their presence,
and watch at his bedside, and see
that his family-does not suffer dur
ing bis incapacity. And in many oth
-ej ? ways they are a distinct ? benetlt
one to another.
The lodge is the symbol ot the
brotherhood of man, and its tenets
are founded upon the Bible and ad
vocate the elevation of the human
race.
The fellow who Identifies himself
with some lodge and lives up to its
teachings will be a better man au<]
citizen for the few hours he devotes
to its meetings.
CM? !*?*???
The "Irish Tea" b*ld at the home of
Mra T w. Bickett, the seventeenth
of March by the CMc League. tn
every particular one ot the roost in
teresting affaire yet undertaken by
this organlxatlon. ?
The main reason of tts great inter
est was the enthusiastic way in wh oh
the club' united in giving belp to the
Irish babies whose fibers are at the
front serving 4helr country and wHos^
mothers are fighting to keep sickness
and guffernsr-n-cm " ^
The call to us for help came directly
from Lord and Lady Aberdeen, who
are now In tbie country in the interest
of Ireland's babies'. |
They are especially anxious to raise
enough funds to enable them to re
open the "Hospital for Tubercular
Babies", which has been closed since
the war began. A "give what you
please" offering was mkde dortng. the I
dollar* w??
llrs^Blckett was, as usual a charm- j
ing hostess. - .
The house Had been made even more
attractive by the use of greens; and
hundreds ot yellow spring blooms
lent a radiant glow of color to the
scene The meeting was led by Mrs
e white, chairman of the health
department, and a splendid program
* Mrs. Bickett opened the exercises
with a short talk on why we had met
and our interest in this noble cause
This was followed by a song on
the victrola from McCormack "A Lit
tle Bit of Heaven" (Shure They Call
It Ireland). Mrs. E. S. Ford's read
rt, on the "Emerald Isle" was beau
tiful; and as we heard Ireland s in
justices pictured we conld hardly keep
back the tears of regret, that sucn i a
people had known so much "nn?c<;s
sary suffering. "The Wearing of the
Green" was sung by McCormack.
Each Irish number was given an
added charm by Mrs. Bickett s inter
esting explanations of why the song
WMr.Wp^sants read an attractive
sketch ot the life of St. Patrick, Ire
land's patron saint, followed y
beautiful poem. "Tipperary ? U ?
Spring." Of course the next vict'0>M
number was "Tipperary.' and no
number was more enjoyed.
A paper on "The Irish Sonse of Hu
mor" was read by Mrs. Turner, and
while we laughed at tne ulW l|lul
crous sayings of "Pat and M e at
given In thlB paper, we knew that, as
Mrs. Turner said they laughed and
vantered not because they were too*,
but because a good laugh made hard
shiD less bitter.
At the conclusion of this fielightful
and instructive program, every known
variety of sandwiches, with tea and
mints was served in the dining-room;
which room, like the rest of the hotlse
was truly Irish, even to the portraits
on the wall. , .
We left after lingering long to en
joy more "Irish" numbers on the vlc
troI?, feeing as If our aftemoon had
indeed been worth while, and . with a
sincere hope that our offering ot
thought and money would belp
some sm?u way to make Irsland s
lot less bitter- _
SCHOOL COLUMN.
1.. The names of the Seventh Grade
Graduates will appear In the Column
next week. It will take me now an
other day to finish grading the pa
pers. .
2. The following teachers passed
the Reading Circle Examination lasi
Saturday, and will receive oerti*
Rate* from the State Department ?(
Education. A few of the teacherfc
taking the examination had not *?
ished reading all the books In the
course and will receive "tltelr certll
cates when this work Is completed.
X have heard from some of the teach
ers that could not he here last Sat
urday and they will talie the ezaaal
nation later. The Interest that has
been taken in this work is very (rat
ifying and proTM that a strong pro
fessional spirit exists OCT
teachers :
Bton, Anne McKaughan, Ethel Bwtn
dell, Mabel Stephens, Lucy Bobbltt
Pauline Smith, Eugenia Boonq, Hn
T. Duke, Ara Crawford, Ada Yallsa
tlne, Beulah Stalllngs, J. O. Lee, LU
lle Harper, Oma White. Maude Laa
caster, Edna Cobb, W. 8. Ho wall.
Olivia Johnson, E. L. Ward,
Scruggs, T. H. Sledge, Lode Jones, J.
R. Hobgood. Ora Alford, SalUe Louise
Macon, Doris Dlckerson, Llllie Leon
ard, Clara Bobbltt, Belle Wright. Rs
by Harris, Daisy Dean, Beatrice Yav
boro, Annie Wilder, Lucy Wlggs.
Clara Long, Mrs. B. R. Moore, Elisa
beth Jones, Ernistlne Hayes, Busts
Hayes, Mrs. W. L Beasley, Nan Hlnss.
Mrs. AA . Dement, Kiln Mae Nlxoa,
Mattie Belle Alston, Annie Rowe, Lm
cile Ellis, Carrie Wright
3. The Pilot people carried their
election last Tuesday without troa
ble. This will mean more efficiency
for the Pilot School next year.
4. Fill out carefully every blank
in your mm report. ?
6. If you wish to teach in the coun
ty next year We your application with
me before you leave tor your home.
If any teacher has decided that yos
will not teach I will be glad If yon
would send me your resignation as
I can then know definitely what va
cancies there will be In the county.
Yon may also send your application
to the Chairman of your Board k*t
order that (he Board and Supt oan
both be familiar with the applica
tions before they meet to eleet the
teachers. The election of teachers
will take place the latter partofMajr
or the first pf June. A notice will be
printed In the FRANKLIN TIMHS
concerning the definite dates. '
6. I am proud of the following re
port on the Moonlight School work
in the county. There were 98 enroll
ed an<l 75 of these learned to read and
write. The average age of the pupils
enrolled was 42. We made a goojl
beginning this year and this work
will be continued.
7. The following has come froas
the Pearce School In Gold Mine town
ship:
I # "The Pearce School opened the first
of November with 22 present The
enrollment has Increased to 42. The
girls and boys have taken much pride
in helping the teacher to clean up the
grounds and keep them in good or
der. Our Moonlight School began
the 15th of November and continued
for twelve nights. We enrolled sev
en, two of whom learned to read and
write. We had a Fiddler's Conven
tion December 11th and raised the
sum of $10.13 which was used In pur
chasing a table, chairs, blackboards,
floor oil, etc. The children work?*
faithfully over their lessons thinking
of the nice things that ''Old Santa"
mas came and gave the children It
days holiday. Our school gave a Box
Party January 11th and $ 23.56 was
raised. This amount was used is
helping to-tfay on our new organ. At
present our attendance is not so good
as a few of the children have toad te
work at home. We are hoping th?.t
we can have a two teacher school
next term. Our school closes the 29,
and in the morning there will be a
public speaking and a children* ex
ercise at night
May God's richest blessings rest
on this school.
MRS. H. R. PARRISH, ?
Teacher."
8. The following report has come
from Oak Ridge:
"The Woman's Betterment Aascct
.atlon at Oak Ridge was organised
February 10th, 1915, with 11 member*.
We have raised during the past year*
work $42.51. This with $17 that had
been previously raised we have bought
pupils' desks, teacher's desk, lamp,
bell and an axe. We also gave -to the
church $7.30 ooe-hajf of the amount
raised at a box part# Christmas.
LUCY WI0G9,