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A. V. Jo ho sod', Editor and Villager.
VOLUMN XL VI
THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION.
LOUISBURG, N. C-, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1916
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SATURDAY, APRIL I5TH
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1ES.
County Corveiitloii Calkd for Safin-.
day, April 22nd? The Call? Y?>le<
Earh Township Is- Entitled To,
At a meeting of the State Democrat
ic Executive Committee held in the
..City of Raleigh on Wednesday. March
the 8th, 1916, pursuant to Section 10
of the plan or Organization, the fol
lowing business was transacted:
(1). The State Democratic Conven
tion was called to meet in Raleigh on
Thursday April 27th. 1916, for the
purpose of electing four delegate! at
large and four alternates to the Nat
ional Democratic Convention to be
held in St. Louis June the 14th, 1916.
and for the purpose of electing two
Presidential electors at large, and for
such other business as may come be
fore said election.
(2). At the State Convention on
April 27th, 1916, the delegates from
the different Congressional Districts
will elect two delegates and two al
ternates to the National Convention
from each district, and also elect a
Presidential elector from each dis
trict.
(3). A common day for Precinct
Meetings in the various Counties of
the State for selecting delegates to the
y County Convention was fi^ed for Sat
urday, April 15th, 1916s/
(4). A common day for County
Conventions in every county of the
State was fixed for Saturay, April 22.
1916, for the selection of delegates to
the State Convention, and such other
business as may come before saii
Convention.
This the 9th day of March. 1916.
T. D. WARREN. Chairman
State Democratic Executive
Committee.
J. R. COLLIE, Secretary.
State Democratic Executive
Committed.
rail for I'reeivtft Mettiag usd Touiy
Convention.
To the Township Chairmen and Pre
cinct Committeemen of Franklin
County.
Gentlemen
Please note carefully the action of
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee at their meeting held in Ral
eigh, N. C., on the 8th day of March,
1916. Therefore pursuant to th^ ac
tion of the State Committee, ft is or
dered, that you give due publicity 10
the date SATURDAY, APKIL 16th,
1916; and hold your precinct meeting
on that date, and at such meeting se
lect your delegates to the County Con
vention to be held in Louisburg at
about the hour of noon on SATLK
DAY, APRIL 22. 1916, and also select
delegates and alternates to the State
Convention to be held in Raleigh on
THURSDAY. APRIL 27, 1916 At
your precinct meeting be sure and se
lect your Precinct Committee (five) to
serve for the next two years, and cer
tify their names to the Chairman of
the County Executive Committee on
Saturday, April 22, 1916. For your
information and convenience in se
? lecting delegates. I beg leave to sub
mit the vote for the last Governor and
the rules as to how many your Pre
cinct is entitled to name.
The delegates to the State and Con
gressional Conventions are to be se
lected in accordance with the vote
cast in your precinct at the last Gu
bernatorial election. One delegate
and one alternate for each 160 votes
cast and one delegate and one alter
nate for each fraction of 150 votes
"cast if this fraction Is 76 or over.
This applies to delegates to the State
Convention. The Congressional dele
gates are selected one delegate and
one alternate for each 50 votes cast
and one delegate and one alternate
for each fracton of 50 if the fraction is
25 or over.
veto ia Franklin County for
Governor in 1912.
Township Delegates Delegates
to State to Congrea
Convention slonal
Convention
Dunns 174 1 3
Harris 127 1 .. 3
Youngsvllle 219 1 4
Pranklinton 347 2* 7
Hayesvllle 63 1 1
Sandy Creek 168 1 _ 3
Gold Mine 118 1 1
Godar -Rock 246? ? 2 ? - 5_
Cypress Creek 76 1 2
Louisburg 378 2 . . 7
1941 , 13
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4There has yet been no call for a
Congressional Convention, but it Is
necessary that you name Congression
al delegates as they will have to meet
ip Raleigh on April 27 to elect two
delegates and two alternates to the
National Convention and also elect "a"
Presidential elector from this, the 4th
Congressional District.
The County Board of Elections will
meet on Saturday, April 22nd, to ap
point Registrars arid Judges of Elec
tion. It is Important for the Demo
cratic Party that we get the best men
in each precinct to All these places
as they serve In the Primary and also
in the general election in November.
The registration books open April
27 and close May 20.
At any time you need copies of the
Primary Law or Election Law or in
formation about same write to the
Hon. Wilson G. Lamb, Chairman of
the State Board of Elections Raleigh,
N. C. and he will take pleasure in
f?uppyling your needs.
I trust you will exercise great care
in selecting delegates to the State and
Congressional conventions and be sure
to select men who will attend. Sen
ator Simmons has accepted an invita
tion to act as Temporary Chairman
and will deliver the key-note speech,
: so be sure and let us have a full dele
gation -from Franklin County.
J. R. COLLE, Chairman,
Franklin County Executive
Committee.
J. A. TURNER, Secretary.
Franklin County Executive
Committee.
GENERAL BICKETT FILES HIS PA
PERS.
IJuallLips As t'undldate for Governor
on Democratic Ticket.
Attorney-General Bickett, who lias
been the legal adviser of two state ad
ministrations, under Governors Kitch
en and Craig, Wednesday filed papers
qualifying as a trndidate for gover
nor, subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic voterK on June 3.
For several years friends of Gener
al Bickett have been insisting that he
make the race this time. It is their
contention that his long legal ser
vice for the state, in which he lius De
come familiar with the workings of
every department of government,
count strongly in his favor. Also,
they point out. tlje fact that he ha^
won lor North -C&rolina every coiit.en
tion the state made as a state, the
Tennessee boundary dispute standing
out as a big example. This dispute
was on for a number of years. Gen
eral Bickett took the matter up in an
aggressive manner and 'recently the
papers were filed, annexing to North
Carolina the disputed territory, by or
der of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States before which General "Bick
ett argued in North Carolina's behalf.
Late- last summer General Blckett's
townsmen, the citizens of Louisburg,
organized aclub in his behalf. Since
then the movement in his behalf has
spread to all parts of the State.
Although General Bickett tiled his
papers Wednesday h^has been a Can
didate for several months, with the
support of "his friends. The tiling tff
the papers was merely incidental, con
forming to the law requirng this
course.
Half and Half Cotton.
Editor of The Herald.
Some time ago the government is
sued a warning to the farmers in re
gard to planting what is known as
"Half and Half" cotton, and same
was copied by quite a large number
of southern papers and among them
was the Spartanburg Herald, and in
its editorial was a very stropg appeal
to the farmers against planting "Half
and Half."
As it is now planting time in this
section we wish to submit to the far
mers some data concerning this par
ticular character of cotton, and we do
so in order that we may discourage
any one who contemplates raising
such an inferior product. Naturally
we have been asked "Why is it the
mills cannot use 'Half and Half?' "
This can be answered very briefly:
"Half and Half," as we have observed
is shorter in length Uian our Carolina
Piedmont cotton; furthermore, has a
coarse, heavy fibre, kinky and irregu
lar staple. Wherefore the cotton
seems to be "strong bodied " yet the
length is not sufficient to meet the re
quirements of a large majority br-tfie
Piedmont Carolina mills, for as a
rule, the mlljs in this territory require
full one-inch staple, smooth piid even
running, and especially the mills on
print goods. As to the coarse gOOfis
mills, that can use shorter staple they
prefer full one-inch cotton , t\p tlieir
production is better and their product
superior. Should even p$rt of the far
mers raise "Half and Half," it would
T>ring about a hardship on the other
farmers, as the mill buyers and the
cotton merchants would be very criti
cal and exacting as to grade, staple
and character, and, too, it would be
only a very slTort.time until the* seed
would become mixed at the ginfler!^
which would cause a general con?4mi
natlonof the cotton In this territory;
consequently very few m|Ks in this
section would- buy yourxlotton at any
price. Those who are familiar' with
the Piedmont i^iUs'and tjieir require
ments know UxCt very few will; use
South Qeorpta cotton or even middle
and east/<5aroIina cotton, as thflj sta
ple is^o short for their work.
1 Now that the Piedmont section has
built up suph a splendid reputation
for its cotton, it would certainly be un
wise as well as unfortunate should
the farmers plant an inferior staple,
as the business interests of the south
have been for years putting 'forth
their strongest efforts and endeavors
to elevate farming to its highest, 3tato
of efficiency, and such a step oH the
part of the farmers would be subver
sive to the progress of agriculture.
If this character of cotton . is to be
planted. -let-H be. done so where short
cotton is raised and where the mlllB do
not require full one-inch staple. It
would be the height of foliy to ^raise
cotton in this territory that the mills
cannot use and which would force
them to go into- Other territories to
supply tlieir needs when their wants
can be well taken care of at home, and
too cotton brought in abundance at
their doors. '
W. C COOKE & CO., |NC.,
- Cotton Merchants
?
Do but* Between Loulsbarg and Bonn.
On Friday night of March 1^4 thlr
ty-flrst there wavqntte an* tator&frajr
debate between Loulsburg and Buna
given In the High School Auditorium
{ in Bunn. ?Tlie query for discussion
wa i resolved "That tl^e United States
Should Adopt the Policy of Greatly
Enlarging It's Navy." The subject
was defended on the affirmative side
by Messrs. Hinton and Moody of Bunn
and the negative by Messrs. Will Col
lie and Edwin Webb of Loulsburg.
Quite a large crowd assembled to hear
the debate. The subject was first dis
cussed by Mr, Aloneous Hinton of
Bunn. of the affirmative side, after ho
had delivered us an elegant speech
on the subject, Mr. Collie'of the nega
tive was heard from. He in turn gave
us a fine speech. Next came Mr. Clyde
Moody. He showed us very forcibly
why we should greatly enlarge our
Navy so as to' be prepared for any
enemy that might attack us. Last
but not least Mr. Webb very strongly
defended the negative. The rejoin
ders were equally as good as the de
bates. The climax of the occasion
then came when the Judges retired to
render their decision. They admit
ted that the defenders of the negative
side had given very interesting de
bates and had many good poinis. md
had reflected credit upon the institu
tion which they "represented, but the
affirmative had won, and there being
a tie between Hinton'lind Moody for
best uppech. The congregation wai
then <Jismissed after a most enjoyable
evening. ? * ?3.
Collier-Taylor.
Invitations as follows have been
mailed out to friends:
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Weaver re
quest the honor of your presence at
the marriage of their daughter, Mag
gie Ellen Taylor to Mr. William Ed
ward Collier, on Sunday morn in jr,
April the twenty-third, nineteen liun?
dred and sixteen at ten o'clock, at
the residence of Mr. W. C. Holmes,
Louisburg, N. C.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
J. W. Weaver before her last marriage
and is a? charming and accomplished
young lady.
The groom is a popular and desert- j
ing young man of Louisburg, and has
hQld a position of clerk in the post
office here for a number of years. This
popular young couple has many
friends who will extend congratula
tions and best wishes.
Kntertalnment at I,aurcL
We are requested to state that the
closing exercises of the Laurel school
will be given in the form of an enter
tainment at the 8chool on Friday
night, April 21st, at 7 o'clock prompt
ly.
IN AND ABOUT TOWN
Pergonal Items About, Folks and
Their Friends Who ^avel Here and
.Mr. W. C. Koddtmsh is on a visit to
New York. yS
C. C. Jjrffan and E. F. Thomas visi
ted Rjp^igh Tuesday.
M<v J. A. Turner returned the past
^M^eek from a trip to Fayetteville.
Mr. Walter Egerton of Warrenton,
is visiting his people near town.
? Mrs. Fred A. Riff left ? Wednesday
for Salisbury to visit her people.
Mr. R. G. Allen, of Raleigh, was a
visitor to Louisburg the past week.
Mr. T. T. Hicks, of Henderson, was
in Louisburg yesterday on business.
Dr.% L. G. Beall, of Greensboro, was
in Louisburg yesterday on business.
Mr# W. H. Yarborough, Jr., and w?fe
left Saturday for a visit to Richmond.
Mrs. B. F. Whiteside, of Wilson is
j visiting her brother, Mr. F. N. Eger
ton.
Mrs. C. R. Barnette. of Atlanta, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. B. B. Mas
senburg.
Mrs. A. W. Person left Wednesday
for Richmond, accompanied by Mis3
Mary Williams.
Mr. John Stallings, Postmaster at
Spring Hope, was in Louisburg the
past week on business.
Mrs. A. Mr Hall' and daughter, Miss
Lynn, are on the nortberp markets
purchasing spring goods.
Sheriff W. H. Allen and Mr. J. \ A.
Turner attended the Nash County
Commencement at Nashville Friday.
Supt. E. L. Best, Messrs. J. H. Best
and J. E. Thomas went to Nashville
Friday to attend the Nash County
Commencement.
Mr. F. C. Toepleman. General Man
ager of the Home Telephone and Tel
egraph Co., of Henderson, was in
Louisburg the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wheless return
ed Friday from Raleigh, where they
taken their son. James, for an
operation for adenoids, which was
successful.
Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Gilmore ure on
a visit to his people ne^r Sanford this
week, where his mother is right sick
His many friends here hope she will
soon re: v-r.
Henry Yarhorongta.
T*he subject of this sketch died in
j Louisburg a week or so ago, after a
i lingering illness. Having known him
since the Minitree-Furgurson days in
the coach business. I feel that 1 would
like to place a flower upon his grave,
and had I known it would have at
tended his burial. He was a coach
smith by trade a good concientious
mechanic, a christian gentleman that
would pnt the best of us to shame.
Whenever I needed work in his line I
went to his shop, it was a real pleas
ure to have him work for me. feeling
assured I was dealing with a genii?;
man. Always frail and never strong
yet lived to a good age. He was mod
est gentle in manners and behavior
and so impressed inr that I never lelt
his shop without feeling r.shamed of
myself for not being a better man. I
fear 1 shall not see his like again. I
??m sure he is at rest.
'j: O. GKEKX.
Easter at the Methodist Church.
Easter Sunday will be a great day
at the Louisburg Methodist Church.
At the morning service the 'pastor
will preach on the resurrection and
the choir will sing two or three of ta
greatest anthems. At the night ser
vice Presiding Elder J. E. Underwood
will preach and the choir will give
another great musical programme
On this day the offering for Foreign
and Domestic Missions will be take:).
It is expected that the entire year's
contribution will be made on this day
Special Easter Offering envelopes are
being dstributed among the member
ship and it is hoped every member
will be present with his offering.
Bickett Helps His Kellowman.
Frankllnton, N. C., R. F. D. No. 2.
April 9th. 1916."
May I say a few words to the public
concerning T. W. Bickett, the man
who we expect to be our next Gover
nor?
What I wish to say is this, not what
some one said, but a personal transac
tion. We, R. M., C. H., and W. A.
Bailey, several years ago decided to
buy us a home or homes, and this de
cision was reached .without money.
The next thing to do was to find a man
who would sell us land on easy "terms.
We found yiis man in the person of
T. W. Bickett. The terms were made
about equal to the annual rent. When
short crops would come we would tell
him that we could not make a full pay
ment. He would sirrtply say that it
was all right. When I asked him to
endorse my note to the bank he did
not grit his teeth, but simply smiled
and stuck Mb fist to the paper. Last
Fall we finished paying the last dollar
and received the deed.
He has done this same thing for a
I lot of other folks. When I spoke to
him aboiit being Governor he said he
intended to multiply that transaction
"By" fiver thousand: I tfTTnk he would
come as near doing that as any man
in the State of North - Carolina. J
think he would do more for the masses
of the people than any man I fever
knew.
R. M. BAILE7.
FARM DEMONSTRATION.
Now that April is here we would ad
vise the farmers to keep their smooth
ing harrows running. It Is hard tc
estimate the value of this implement,
if properly and wisely used. It is a
good plan to have the harrow out in
the field while the land is being brok
en, and occasionally unhitch froni the
plow and hitch to ..the harrow and
catch up with the plow. Especially Is
this advisable latei>on when the lan ]
i3 encllned to turn in clods.
The land should have at least twe
good, harrpwings before being plant
ed. Some times it is necessary to nar
row over the land several times, bul
never lessthan two harrowings should
be given the land, before the seed ar?
to be planted.
After the smoothing harrow has bee.'
run over the land the first time w<
would advise that this be repeated af
ter every rain. This will not onl)
pulverize the surface soil and make
available much plant food that other
wise would not hav?, become available
but will preserve the water supply b)
forming the dust mulch.
The disc harrow is another implc
? ment that should be brought Into ji4
at this season of the year. Like th<
smoothing harrow the disc is no
worth much early in the season.
, Rye and clover, and in fact al
-green crops, should be cut to pieces
with the disc harrow before being
turned. The Value of the green croy
i3 very often thrown away by not firs!
being cut to pieces with the disc liar
row. The land .seldom gets harr
wherk it has been gone over with ciic
disc, in most cases the disc harrow
should be used before the plow, in
stead of after as a good many farmer.^
are doing.
A number of farmers all over the
county have become very much inter
ested in the velvet bean. Much val
uable information has been derived
from the experiments carried on by
Dr. R. Y. Winters, of the Division of
Agronomy of the Station.
Dr. Winters recommends the plant
ing of one row of corn and one row ol
beans. In this way the beans hav-3
something to run on and make much
larger crops of beans than if allowed
to run on the ground.
In growing velvet beans, the farm
ers should keep in mind the fact that
they are being grown as a soil im
prover. One cannot optpeet a big crop
of corn and velvet be^ns the same
season. On the other mjrid. the bene
! fits from one crop of velvet beans may
be felt two or even three seasons fol
lowing the planting. Experiments
conducted at the Alabama Station
show that benefits have come from ifla
crop as long as three years after they
were planted. The most good will
come from velvet beans when they are
allowed to stand until after frost ant!
then pastured. ?
There are a number of varieties of
vefvet beans, but the best variety for
the farmer in this county is the 100
Day Speckle. We have samples of
beans on hand and will be glad to as
sist any farmer who wants to pur
chase.
At Sf9pleville Tonight.
Everything la ready for the Fiddlers'
Convention, at Mapleytlle tonight. A
splendid program has begn worked
out for those who love music, and also
for those who enjoy eating. The re
freshments after the contest will he
no small part of the program.
The contest tonight will be as live
as any ever held in the county. A
large number of fiddlers have signi
fied ther Intentions of getting in the
ring. Don't ittj^a the fun at Mapln
ville Academy tonight.
Rlpkott and Forsyth.
The time is here when Democrats
should begin to think seriously about
the candidate!-; for the various State
and county offices. Th6 primary i* in
June and June Is not far away. Es
pecially should all Democrats think
about their candidate for Governor.
The Journal believes that Attorney
General Blckett is the one man best fit
ted to lead the forces of Democracy iu
the next campaign. And this paper
has no doubt but that a great majority
of the Democrats of the State are of
the same opinion. Bickett's majority
in this county should be overwhelmi
ng. He ought to carry the county
practically unanimously. For not on
ly was he formerly a teacher among
i us, but in every campaign in the lSBt^ --
few years he has never failed to res
pond to the call for help and do val
! iant service on the stump in Forsyth.
? The Journal feels that for these rea
sons, if for no other, the Democrats of
this county are due Mr. Blckett a big
vote of appreciation. ? Winston -Salem
Journal. ,
For Blckett For Governor.
It is being talked that farmers
ought to vote for farmers for Gover
nor, but I think we ought to vote for
Mr. T< W. Bickett. Well do I remem
ber the days of low price cotton when
the Hon. C. C. Moore of Mecklenburg,
was President of the Cotton Grower."
Association, and how Mr. Bickett
came to the rescue of- the farmers
with his time, talents, and last but
not least Wittt tltS" cSSfi. *~I was in a
position to know what I am talking
about. Outride from all this Mr.
Blckett is worthy of our support, our
confidence, and the highest honor we
.can confer upon him. 1 am ejecting
great things from him when he gets
into the Mansion. In fact I heard
him say he intended giving the farm
ing interest much of his time and
thought if elected. I am willing t?
risk him believing he will make us a
ereat Governor.
> J. O. GREEN.
? ?H? .*?? Bn8in.e8S
Mr. "T. W. Watson is announcing 5a
another column of this issue, the pur
chase of tlie fire insurance business
formerly belonging to MessrB. Bailey
and Taylor, and to Mr. T. B. Wilder.
He has fitted up office rooms over tlte
First National Bank building where
he will conduct this line. Mr. Wat
aon is one of Franklin's best insur
ance men and the acquiring of thia
new business will add greatly to the
field. Look up his announcement.
>eithean Services.
Franklinton, April 14. ? Methodisr.
Church Services for April 16 ? Sunday
School 9:45 A. M._ E. J. Cheatham,
Superintendent.
Sermon 11 A. M by pastor Rev. J.
H. Buffaloe. Special musical pro
gram for morning service. Offering
for the poor. Sermon 8 P. M. by pan
tor. Wednesday evening Prnyer Meet
ing at 8 P.
Poller Memorial Service.
There will be memorial services ::t
the Methodist Church on Sunday nig! t
April 30th, in honor of Edwin W. Pul
ler, for which an excellent programnv
has been arranged. Several sele?> *
tions from his great poem "The An
gel in the Cloud" will be read. There
will also be a short biographical
sketch of the past, and special music
Will be rendered by the choir.
Methodist Church
There will be services at the Meth
odist Church Sunday at 11 A. M. and
7:45 P. M. The subject of the morn
ing sermon is "A Path to Power," ani.
of the evening sermon "A Challenge
to Real Men." Special music at both
services. ?
Services at- St. Pasl's Church.
Services will be held at St Paul's
church Sunday afternoon next at 3:30
P. M., Rev. Isaac W. Hugyes, of Hen
derson officiating. Evening Prayer
and Sermon. All cordially invited to
attend.
Loafgbnrg Baptist Church.
Regular services Sunday 11 A. M.
and 7.30 P. M., conducted by the pas
tor. Sunday School 9:45 A. M. Oth
er services during the week as uju&I.
?Little Miss Catherine Bobbitt was
the host of honor at an entertainment
given at her home on Wednesday
aight Several of her young friends
were present and a most enjoyablo
evening was had. Refreshments were
served.
Yep! We ard confirmed advocate
of preparedness ? for the Sunday din
ner. '