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MASS MEETING WEU. ATTENDED.
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Many Discussions Bringing rateable
Points and Presenting Pretty Com
nutty Spirit? Committee Named.
Tfie mass meeting In the court fiouse
on last Friday night vat largely at
tended and many Interesting talks
.made by numbers at 6uf leading citi
zens In the Interest oro better tobacco
.and cotton market! The object of the'
.meeting was to devise some means of
.boosting these markets In particular
and the Ujwn generally and It was
<clearly shown In the many, addresses
i that we really had something worth
-while to boost. Among those who
addressed the occasion ware Messrs.
C. C. Hudson, F. N. Egerton, R. P.
Taylor, S. S. Meadows, 8. T. Peace,
?of th<| Raleigh Dally Times staff, W.
H. Jenkins, ? . ? '. Lee, and ot course
the presiding officer, Mr. -8. A. New
ell. In the course ot these discus
sions tt was clearly shown thai Louts
burg a tobacco market was pdying
lust as good, It not better, prices for
tobacco as ainy market and that ItB
accommodations and advantages will
easily compare with any. While as
*to the cotton market .It was ShO mi |
that the Loulsburg prices are - almost
always from a quarter to a half a cent
per pound higher than Raleigh and
adjoining markets. .
It was brought out in the discussion
that some of our adjoining markets la
an effort to cripple the Loutsburg mar
ket had entered Into an agreement
among themselves to buy all the to.
bacco possible In Franklin and Nash
counties, but not In Vance. Our'far
mers should bear In mind that they
need a market In Loulsburg and it
they flay Into the hands of these other
markets. In ttlls way they, may have
-cause to regret It.
After having threshed out several
ideas among yhlch were automobile
tours, barbecue dinners, prize sales,
MMMi
number of automobiles that would
take part In the movement and map
-out routes. Mr. Newell appointed
Dr. A. H. Fleming, Messrs. 8. S.
Meadows and W. D. Egerton on this
committee. The committee being in
structed to call a meeting of the citi
zens upon completion of their plans.
It was a very congenial and enthus
iastic meeting and no doubt much
good will be the result.
Celebrates 67th Birthday.
On lust Saturday in the beautiful
grove at big home About three miles
from town Mr . 'John R . Wiggins ga vj
a delightful barbecue to many of his
friends and relatives in memory of his
flfty-seventh birthday. About 10
o'clock the guests begun to arrive and
most taerry party enjoyed the pleas
ant moments that passed beneath
those stately oaks. At the proper
"time dinner was announced and the
guests were Invited to assemble around
a huge table that hod been prepared
far the occasion In the grove, which
wag fairly groaning under the weight
of the cued pig and other good things
that go to make auch a dinner a suc
cess. After spending more time
the pleasant and congenial gathering
the crowd began to disperse each ex
pressing the time of their life and
wlshfeig the return of many more such
. happy occasions to the host and hos
tess. Those present were Mr. and
?Mrs. 0. W. Winston, of K^etgti, Mr.
and Mrs. Young, of Youngstille, KTr.
and Mrs. Joe Wiggins, of Raleigh,
Mr. and Mrs. Sid jVlgglns. and lir. l
Coayers, of Zebulon, Mrs. Ids Hal?
and daughters, Misses Bessie and Lll
lle, and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hale, of
Leulsburg. Mr. and Mrs. ?. P. Tim
keriake, Mlas Pauline Banders, of
Four Oaks, and many of their neigh
bors.
' CAIX FOR KXECOTIVE COMMIT
TEH
AH Deateeratlc Nominees IstK*J"T? j
Attamd Meeting.
Oh airman J. R. Collie has issued |
the following call to the Demeenal
Bxecutive Committee of Franklin I
' Sounty to meat la Lonlshurg on Man
day, Baytambat 4th, at 1 o'clock.
TTMH?l?g Of the County teeeatt
Committee It hereby oUled to meat in
the town oflxralibarg on Moadajr,
September 4th,' at about the hour of
1 P. M. As a metnber of the Commlt
?ee yoa are earnestly requested to at
tend nnriBtetttf, vrtt clniuiaslaaees
are such that yoa cannM, give yonr
proxy t<Paome other member of the!
Committee front your tojpuhlp.
The object of this meeting Is to
come to tome understanding that will
be mutual as to our County campaign ;
to this end we are Inviting alt County
candidates to meet with us. We will
also have to consider the advisability
of naming Cndldates to complete the
County ticket a* In the primary In
June there was no nomination (or
either Surveyor or Coroner, and tor
the consideration ot any other busi
ness tUat may come befdre us concern
ing the interest of the Party In the
comtftg election.
He Is alao mailing letters as follows
to all the Democratic nominees re
questing them to be present at the
above meeting. This letter follows:
"A meeting ot the County Executive
Committee has been oalled to meet In
Loulsbnrg on Monday, September 4 til,
ct about the hour of If. M., the ob
ject of which Is to come to -some un
derstanding that will be mutual as to
our County campaign . As one ot the
nominees of the party you are "invited'
and earnestly requested to attend thts;
meeting . "
tVHPVr- , ? H
The Graded School Opens Tuesday
The Loulsburg Graded Schools wlli
open next Tuesday with a full corps
of teachers and begin a new year's
work with quite a departure from the
old system. This year Sttpt. Mills
Informs us that he will spring a new
one on our people in reversing the
ends of the school year by navfng bib
school commencement at the first of
the session, where U belongs, Instead
of at the end of the term. Dr. J. T.
Joyner is -billed to deliver an address
on that occasion at 11 o'clock and
everybody In Loulsburg, whether a
patron of the school or not. Is Invited
to'-attend. A splendid program has
been arranged and a most enjoyable
and profitable hour will be in store
for all 'Who attend.
Rally.
rery patron nrflffiTw Xouls
burg Graded School is invited to" be
present at the opening on Tuesday
We erpect to have with us Dr. J. Y.
Joyner, State Superintendent, to speaic
tor us. Dr. Joyner is the greatest
educational leader In the south anil
we want to give him a good hearing.
Take an hour trom your business and
meet us at the graded school at elev
en o'clock. You owe It to your chil
dren to Show this interest In their
work. . _
Short talks will be made by local
speakers ? a sort of .round-table dls?:
cussion.
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Picnic at Jnstlce.
There will be a picnic at Justice on
September the 8th. There will b?
speaking in the mcrnlng by Mr. U.
B. White and W. H. Yasborough-, of
Loulsburg, and Rev. G. W. May, of
Castalla.
_ Dinner will be served on the ground
In the1 eieuiug there will be a gamo
of ball between our team and NeT
Hope . ' v
At night there, will be an old time
fiddlers convention. There will be
best fiddler, and one and one-half fot
the second best, also one and one-half
for the best banjo and guitar players
All musicians are Invited to take part
and everybody Is invited to attend.
Tells Wktn to <3et Data 01 Land |
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Washington, Aug. 28. ? Represents
ttve Small wishes lb give publicity to
the fact'that circulars Kos . . 1 and 2
have been Issued by the Federal Farm
Loan act. There is a general desire
among farmers to secure Information
regarding the werklng of this lmpor
tant law in securing farm loans. ?.
copy of these two circulars may be
obtained by any farmer who will ad
dress his representative or senator.
Car* Partr.t
- ; Mrs.. J. B. Yarborough delightfully
?utertalned a number of friends at
the home of Mrs. J. R. Collie at 0
last week eompllmentary to Misses
Laurlnda Hooks, of Ooldsboro, and
Annie Laurie Lawrence, of Tarnoro.
and enjoyed the party'
After the games were over delicious |
refreshments were served.
For Mosqalte
llsfcs A. ? |?# ? laaastfinn f,.l I
91RKC it Bomuoci oi one WMpooniui I
of tincture of wild rosenary to one<
half tumbler of water and apply it as |
a lotion to the bltee.
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FHAKKin* SUFEBldB COU^T.
Convened In L*UH?rg Moatey Att*r
?oon With Hfs Honor, Judge Bond
The regular August term of Frank
lin Superior Court "was convened In
the court {Loose "here BbmdAy atter
noon at' 2.J*T Q^dlock by His Honor
Judge W. M. Bond, of Bdenton, who
la presiding at' his first term In pur
county. Judge Bond explained lils
absence In 'the morning fine to the de
parture of his son tor Colorado, and
paid quite a pretty tribute to Frank
lin cdunty'expresftlng hCs ' great pleas
ure In being with us. In I)l? opening
remarks wherein he said In Bubstance
thit he wanted every man entering,
hla court to come In with His head up
and feeling like a man and not to be'
afraid of b&ng embarrassed from the
Improper use of authority as ' has In
many cases been used, greatly Im
pressed oiir people with him as a Jur
ist and a man. Before enterlnglntjc
trial doeket Judge Bond s^okeabeau
ttlul tribute to onr esteemed and hon
ored Judge Cooke, as" follows:
"This is the first time I have had
the pleasure of being In. . FTiHtkU?
County. I h?ve. a few .warm personal
friends In this County, acquaintances
whom I. have known many years, and
for whom I feel a deep-seated regard,
I am riry glad to be here . This Is a
great County, and It has a history of
which every citizen should be proud.
"I will not let this occasion pass,
without paying a little tribute to my
friend. Judge Chas. M. Cooke who
lives here, and who some years ago,
stood practically the. unchallenged
"monarch of all he surveyed," In tlite
section of the State as a lawyer. We
all realize the fact that. the. old gentle
man Is now being to some extent ham
mered down by the weight of years.
Those famlllr with his record know
that he has met life's storms In an he
cesses and some reverses, and all
present will unite With me. in ex
pressing the hope, that the old gen
tleman, who is still marching on with
the same Intrepid step, that markod
his career as he went over the Con
federate battlefields, may enjoy good
health, and yet live many years to add
to the splendor of the record, which
will be in his trail, when Tie shall have
finally ended the drama, and crossed
over the River. He has contributed
largely to the history of this County
and this section; his career has been
marked by a magnificent display of
Christian fortitude and generous char
ity, and in his home town I pay him
this little tribute, to show the high ap
preciation which I have for him, and
my tender regard to his increasing
years."
The jurors were* then called and the
docket taken upin order.
This being only a civil term there
are only a few cases of any public in
terest, although we have an extra
large docket. Several cases were conti
nued oil account of parties on one side
or the other were out of townfor dif
ferent causes, or for other valid- ex
cuses. The case Of Holllngs worth
and Weathers vs Arrlngton, Blssatte
Co., of Nashville, was decided In favor
of the plain tiffs.
Tftla Is a two weexs term and
full docket for both week's have been'
set.
C*Pt Kearney Beerirea WttIko Wfl.
4ai. ?
The many friends of Capt. I. H
Kearney, of Co. V, N. C. N. Q., will
be glad to learn that he hu last re
'celved from Col. Oeo. L. Peterson.
Assistant Adjutant-Oenerat, a beauti
ful and magnificent gold service med
al upon the recant completion of
twenty-flye years In the military ser
?lea of the State. Capt. Kearney
wait deserves thla recognition aa he Is
no doubt one of the moat popular Cap
tains in the State'* aerrlcwand always
has both the Interest of * e service
and the man at heart. Here's good
wtahea for Capt. Keartiey and con
gratulations for the recognition.
Brandon .
Invitations reading aa follows bare
been receVred by Meads In this conn- I
tr;
"Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brando* an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Winifred, to Mr. Bdwla IfcKoy
Hlghamlth, on Saturday, August the
sixteen, Nashville, Tennessee."
"At Home, after September tweuty
thlrd, Saa Maraos, Texas."
DESTROYS CROPS.
#|N Make* Complete Circle Arm*
'Eftklsbiirg With DlnHtrom BMnltsT
WW heaviest hall storm experienced
Sery In possibly eighteen rears Tlslt
?d" Be Louisburg section on Sunday
iftjvnoon about 3:30. From the ro
wp received on Monday It almost
Cycled the town doing exceedingly
IWT damrge to ail kinds of crops in
Its ^>ath . From what- we could gatli
sMpom the reports it seems that the
itbi began Its destruction at or near
NM M. Stamps about, two miles
of town crossed through. Mr.
?H Wilson's fields went on ortr to
dflriver and crossing same 'Bear
NB's creek from whence It tOfk a
tfHae through Dr; Burt's land down
MHfr. J. A. Mumford's and Mr. S.
IMKeadows, over through the Haw
tijB place and across to the Stockade
fBre It again found the river. Mr.
^Kon lost some tobacco and sustaln
??considerable damage to corn and
j^Bon, and either at his home or ad
fllDg plantation a large pack house
^Htaining a lot of cured tobacco was
lifted fourteen feet from its founda
?B. There were Beveral others, *41
jHlIng Jeff Cooiey, colored, who suf
fAd much damage before the storm
<S:hed the river tmd also after cross
S the river before It reached Dr.
4Bt's property where a frame house
-9l completely wrecked and at Mr.
lAmford's where his entire crop was
pMctically destroyed. Crossing the
LHisburg and Henderson road here
tH. S. S . Meadows' fields of cot
tA and corn were practically
rued. The storm crossed on
pnr to the Hawkins place, which
A being tended by Mrs. Tom
flnre, and ruining practically all of
ba crops. From here to the river no
^Kt|^ilar damage has been reported
Slept Mr. W. F. Beasley, who suf
ojkd a heavy damage to his cotton in
jflEwultelnson field., Mr. W. D.
glllHMWI ?' ? tH'Mll lllj
loss. The storm seemed to be about
bait a mile wide and we have traced
a distance of possibly five miles. In
some places it skipped but the dam
age was almost total where it fell.
There was also much wind and ral'i
with kf whlch added to the destructive
forces. Limbs of tree$ were found
lying here and there all around town
and one extra large limb falling
across the lead lines of the town's
electric current supply made It neces
sary to shut off the current until the
damage was repaired' which only took
few hours. At this writing it is
impossible to say Just what the a
mount of the damage Is, but it is
known to reach way into the thous
ann
Tar XmI Serrlce Han Shown Some
Sprinter.
Washington, Aug. 28. ? John Perry,
of Loulsburg, special police secret ier
vloe man at the Oapltol, had a ran this
afternoon. He was assigned to the
pleasant duty of escorting President
Wilson to the conference room of the
steering committee In the Senate office
building. Mr, Perry stood at the
Southwest entrance to the building,
but instead of hind entering there the
President went In at the Northeast
door a whole block way. Mr. Perry
ran the entire distance between him
self aqd the President In two seconds,
and lost hip b/eath and TOlce In the
acT. Therefore, when the procession'
cam* down the long hall to the com
mittee HSMb the escort was ont of
breath and speechless but otherwise In
fln4 Shape, and keeping step with the
Pr?Meot.
? Froai Camp Oleaa.
We take pleasure in publishing the
Following letter from Lieut.. IS. M.
Edwatds, of Co F\ which la now In
canip at Camp Glenn:
Camp Olenn, N. O.,
_ Aug, 26th, 1816.
uea? Aahdf:
thought each week since I've
been here I would write yon bat really
I harerot had the time. X will try ana
explain what I will hare to say
thofceh and if my letter should find Its
war Into print I silt not, as my broth
er ofBcer^-Capt. Boddie did, Iffare your
readers in doubt about the nature of
drills and inspections." My subject
for this time will be the hike. The
Record battalion under Maj. 9. C.
Chambers, of Darham, composed ef
tied to be called the Hiking battalion
"f N. C. The hike 'Wednesday wa*
the fourth this month an} I will tell
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you about this one In particular . We
left Camp Glean In heavy marching
order at 4 a. m. Wednesday, reached
Newport for a 30 minute rest at 7:0 J
o'clock, a distance of about 9 miles,
we then proceeded to Camp Bryan,
near Ellis Lake, through, at tome
parts, swamps, the blackest mud you
ever law over shoe deep. Mosquitoes
were fierce all along the route. We
reached Camp Bryan about 2 p. m.
and oooked dinner, we then pltchel
camp using the small dog tents. Now
If you have never seen a "dog tent"
1 want to explain that It Is a small
tent just large enough for two men to
sleep in by spreading one blanket on
the ground and covering wttn the oth
er. After undressing I did not knew
whether I had the ?smalt pox or meas
les . * In five minutes I was bitten by
about 5000 mosquitoes. So after a
-rigorous battle In which Lieut. Whit
field and myself (we bunked together)
had su'cceeeded In clearing the tent of
mosquitoes. Then, Oh, then the boys
got to. chasing snakes. I think they
killed four running around our. sma'l
tents, I am sure Chief of Police A.
B. Cooke, ofFrankllnton, would Itfcve
enjoyed this trip. Of course there was
no sleep for anyone as the ones who
were brave enough to face the mosqui
toes and snakes and sleep could not
"for the shouts, of the others. I did
manage to get a short nap when I was
awakened about 11 o'clock by a fellow
who had discovered a real live bear.
I don't know which one run fastest.
About day rain began to fall and we
broke camp and "shook the dust or
mud of Camp Bryan" off our feet' at
7 o'clock a. m. in the rain . We rea
ched Camp Qlenn about S p. m. cov
ering 53 miles In less than two days.
The battalllon loosing only about half
dozen men. Our ewn Company F,
none. Now how is that for a record?
I walked every step of the way and
am none the worse. Mr. Smlthers of
the News-Observer hiked with us all
? the wlfr. . HI WWW qr ?? gaiae-i
The boys say that they will neVeV need
an auto, they can make better . time
hiking. Arriving in camp Thursday
evening we were met by the band who
escorted us over the parade ground
into our camp through the throng of
cheering soldiers who were left be
hind. Does any one know of more
miles covered In two days by soldiers
In this state since the war between
the states? The battalllon wont
through an Inspection of the brigade
yesterday and made as good show as
any other In the brigade not withstan
ding the hike. Long will the 23rd
and 24th days of August 1916 be re
membered by Co. P, 3rd Inf ty . and
especially Private P. C. High. When
our Major takes the 100 mile one will
tell you about it.
? r. Yours truly,
B. M< EDWARDS,
2nd Lieut. Co. V. 3rd Infty.
Justice Baraca Entertains PhllatheaM.
Never since our classes have been
organized have we had Buch a treat as
that to which we Phllatheas were In
vited to attend on Friday evening,
Aug. the 18th.
At an early hour most of the mem
bers of both classes met In the audi
torium of the school building. Here
the tun began.
First, we were served fruit punch
In the music room. Then the "gams
of hearta"- prevailed uattl we were In
vited to go aown stairs where eacft
one expected to find barbecue, .bat to
our surprise It turned out to be watery
melon Instead, OlFtrar return at the
Stairs we were served lemonade.
When everybody was talking to the
one they most wanted to and the boys
were all but the most Important ques
tion, all were again asked to go down
stair*. This time It was barbecuo,
oon bread and oraekers. Just tlu
beat "ev*r."
Ascending the stairs we were again
skived lemonade, after which several
beaatiful old hymns were sang, clos
ing one of the most delightful even
ings spent together.
? There were twentytwo Baraaa"s and
fourteen PhUathea* present. r
Visitors present were Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. Bowden, of Ealelgli, Mr. frank
Culpepper and Miss Annie Culpepper,
from near Spring Rope; Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin A. Long, from near 6a
plevllle, and Mr. and Mr*. Hubert
Moore, of Justice.
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Mr. W. a. White fttRjiy re- 1
turned Taesday from a vtsltto his
people at Greensboro.
I!* AXI> AIIOTTD T*WJT.
*??T Biultni, Ku; ? Fhtni%
Otlicri to fee Gdlagj Bat All doing n
Coatag.
Mr. Malcolm McKlnna visited Prin
ceton Hie past week.
Dr. A. H. Fleming visited Raleigh
on business this week.
Mr. H. Q. Mitchell,, of Star, la on a
visit to his people here.
. Mr. P. B. Allen returnad from Hot
Springs, Ark., Friday.
Messrs. W. D. and G. B. Egerton
spent Sunday In Raleigh.
Miss Louise Vandergrlft left Toes
day for Washington City. '
Mr. Harry Nfrwberry-, of Dunn, ia
visiting Master Walter Qllmore.
Miss Helen Pleaaanta Is attending
a house party at Ocean View, Va.
Mrs. J. R. Bunn and son Wllmot ot
Apex, spent Sunday In Loulsburg. J
Ex-Judge J. S. Manning, of Ral
eigh, was In Loulsburg yesterday.
Miss Mavis. Qrllfln, of Rocky Mount,
Is visiting Miss Jessie Taylor Harris
Mlae Htlaa Moore, of Greenville, Is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Barrow.
Miss Pau)lne Sanders, of Four Oaks,
la visiting Misses Llllle and Bessie
Hale.
Misses Minnie and Margaret Taylor,
of Dunn, are visiting Mrs. W. M. Xlil
more.
Mr. R. F. Fuller left Tuesday fot
Richmond to purchase a lot of hprsea
and mules.
Judge C. M. Cooke left Saturday for
Windsor, where ho Is holding court
this weak.
Mr. A. C. Zolllcotfer, of Hender
son. was a visitor to Loulsburg the
past week.
Mrs. K. K. Allen left Tuesday for'
Richmond, where she will have her
eyes treated. ?
Editor M. W. Lincke, of the Nasn
vllle Graphic, jvaa a visitor to LouU
barg Tuesday.
Mr. B. J, Macon and son. E. J.
' Sf.rerLfnMn. are TO>rmrTMT)?JJJIV
hare this week.
Mr. D. F. McKlnne 16ft the past
week for Baltimore, where he will
enter a hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Plummer Jones and Miss
Louise Williams, of Wake Forest, are
visiting at Judge C. M. Cooke's.
Attorney L. L. Davenport and Mr.
Geo. N. Blssette, of Nashville, were
In attendance at court this week.
carries
Mrs. W. T. Clifton and children,
Margaret and gillie T., of Waco, Tex
as, are visitors at Mr. M. S. Clif
ton's.
Misses Moselle McManaway, of
Charlotte, and Bertie Yancey, of ? hase
City, Va., are ylsitors at Mrs. H, C.
Taylors . i
Messrs. P. S. Allen and J. D. Hin
es left this week for Baltimore to
purchase the fall stock for P. S, and
K. K. Allen.
Mrs. Kate Beckwlth, of Greenville,
and Miss Oladys Beckwttn, of Miami,
Fla., are visitors at Louiaburg Fe
male College . . ....
Attorneys T. T. Hicks, A. 3. P.,
Harris and B. H. Perry, ot Render-^
son, were In attendance upon Court
here this week.
Miss Annie Williams Waddell, who
has been spending the summer wltb
relatives in Sumpter, 8, C., returned
home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Cobb, spent
Tuesday with her father, Bherlff W..
H. Allen, and left for Durham Wed
nesday, wlieie liiey will makg tlUlT
fature home.
Attorney* General T, W. Blckett
went to Nashville Monday where ha
delivered oae of his Strang addresees
to quite a large audlenoe.
? The following local has bedta re
cofeed from Frankllntoa . "Mrs. N
T. Speed and little da* Alter, ElHtaa,
who have been visiting her mbther at
Loutsburg, has returned home." \...
Mr, J. P. Timberlake left Tuesday
for Norfolk, In answer to a telegram,*
to bto wltb his daqghter who la In a
hospital for treatment at that place.
Mfss' Vlrglnii Kefa.olWIMlua^a
lem, and Mrs. fid wis
children, of Mt.
the week at the hMae <
and. aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
on Mash Street. ,