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LOriSBlTKG, K. CV FBI/) AT, Ot TOKEK 6th, 1918.
BICKETT TH BILLS GBEAT AU
DIEJiCE.
Bases Speech on National Issuees and
Dismisses State Affairs With Few
Words; America at Peace Be Calls
Great Achleremnt For President;
Praises Baulilng Law. ?
Wake PoreBt, Sept. 28. ? For over
two hours tonight Hon. T. W. Bickett,
Democratic gubernatorial nominee,
delighted an audience that taxed Wln
. gate Hall to Its capacity, with one ot
the moat forceful and most logical
speeches 'ever delivered tn Wake For
est. He sent ripple after ripple ot
laughter through his attentive audi
ence, but he never allowed his humor
to wash away the points which he sco
red with telling effect, pointing out
the glorious achievements j>f the Dem
ocratic party.. He dismissed State po
litical questions with a few words,
Haying as regard^ the opposition that
It was against the principles taught
him In youth ever to say anything un
kind About the dead. He directed his
?entire speech to a defense of the prin
ciples which President Wilson has
stood for, showing first the dreadfql
tragedy of war that he has averted,
next that there was an epidemic ot
prosperity in this country, and in his
last point he laid great Btress upon
legislative reforms enacted for the
benefit of the farmer, declaring that
the most Important piece of legisla
tion enacted tn the past fifty yoara
was the Federal reserve act.
After championing the Democratic
administration tor two hours, and an
swering Hugheg charges against Wil
son for hiB alleged weak and vacillat
ing course, he closed with a glowing
tribute to President Wilson and pre
dicted that on November 7th the mass
of voters would see in the Democratic
party the call of humanity and name
Woodrow Wilson to lead the party tor
a second time'.
In his introductory remarks Mr.
Bickett stated that he was glad of the
opportunity to talk to the boys, the
boys ol the same college from which
he was graduated twenty-six years
ago. "While but few of you -cast a
ballot," said the speaker, "I realize
the lmpoftance of my talk, -for I know
that twenty years from today the men
before me tonight will mould the des
tiny of North Carolina. Forget to
. night all party prejudices and Demo
cratic or Republican inherltancos, and
remember that you are an American
oitfxen and will be called upon to
/ shape the destiny of the greatest na
j tion in the world."
-! Mr. Bickett then mentioned the
first glorious achievement of the party
S/ now in power, vividly contrasting the
cJ scene In America where peace is relga
' tng with the battlefields of Europe.
"Life is sweet to the young. But why
is the young man safe and spared in
'America to us while others are falling
, , eh. the European battlefields? Why
, may American mothers clasp their
dear ones, while in other countries
mothers weep and refuse comfort?
Because, and I say it in-all reverence,
a divine sense of justice rules in
Washington . Because there is a man
In Washington who bellevea with all
his soul that the commandment, "That
shalt not kill,' is as binding on a na
tion as on an individual. Otherwise
" tonfght thousands of American sons
and fatherg would be Jilllng soldiers'
graves -In Mejtico or in France . "
Mr. Bickett showed how there had
been constant conspiracy abroad to
force Wilson into war. and then read
an article denouncing, him for his
whltellvered policy? "But Go# grant
that Wilson's liver grows whiter still
and his obstinacy increase if we can
keep out of war," said the speaker-.
He attacked the foreign-owned news
papers that are trying to force war on
America by playing on public opin
ion. Answering the charge that Am
erican diplomacy is the laughing
stock of the world, he said : "Abroad
they are prayibg that the leaders of
the great conflict may be baptized with
the spirit of Woodrow Wilson."
Beplles to Hughe* Charges.
He replied to Hughes' charge for
sot recognizing Huerta by stating tbat
Wilson believed that nations as well
M Individuals are their brother's keep
er*. He described Huerta's treacher
ous Seta and declared that our Presi
dent, would not recognise any govern
treachery and assassination.
To the charge of Wilson's weak and
vacillating course, he told an anecdote
of the man beset op all four sides by
veritable MjamlUea and brought the
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house down with laughter when lie
said that a man In such a predicament
has got to make lightning changes or
else he will have no position to change
"But whether he hag sinned or not,
this one thing we tonight know, that
while hall of the universe Is quiver
ing In the world's greatest tragedy
there Is a peace In America that sur
passes all understanding."
Prosperity Abounds.
Not only does peace prevail but
prosperity abounds. He convulsed liis
audience with laughter at this point,
remarking: ? "Cotton is roosting in
the tree tops; tobacco is climbing the
mountain peaks pawing at the man in
the moon; wheat lg tangoing among
the stars, and farmers are renting
safety deposit boxes to keep their cot
ton-seed In over night."
The speaker then launched Into a
bitter attack against the banvlng ay a
tem which held sway under Republi
can rule, laylhg especial stress upon
the word "panic" ? for to the Repub
licans that word was an asset, he de
clared. He contrasted the conditions
caused by Republican rule through
money panics with the present epi
demic of prosperity, affirming that the
present day prosperity was due to
Democratic legislation and courage of
Deemocratic officials.
Larger Financial Freeoom.
"The Federal reserve act, signed by
Woodrow Wtlsohxln December, 1913.
has brought to the average business
man a larger freedom than Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclmatloit brought to
praised McAdoo for his leaness legis
lation In passing the measure against
the threats of the financial kings when
the European war was fast looming on
the horizon . He pointed out the evils
of the old system which was replaced
by the Federal reserve act. The first
defect wag the rigidity of the system;
second, It' made no provision to use
what money was In the treasury;
third, the old system was absolutely
under the control Of a few Individuals
and in the last place it made no pro
vision for the fariper whatsoeveer.
In the simplest mgnner possible ne
made clear the workings of the Feder
al Reserve Act. He showed how rig
idity, as exemplified in the old system,
was replaced by elasticity In the new.
He used concrete examples to show
how elastic the system really Is, and
clearly showed how the present day
prosperity wag due to such a great
extent to the passage of this act.
Provided For Fanner.
Mr. Blckett then devoted a large
part of his time In enumerating how
the Democratic party had taken care
and provided for the farmer.
?the-negro race," he
Board of Education Xeetts.
The Board of Education met In reg
ular session on Monday with all mem
bers present. After approving the
minutes of previous meeting the fol
lowing business was disposed of:
The report of the committee on the
new school districts in Harris and
Youngsvllle townships was received.
This committee reported that it did not
think It advisable to form a new dis
trict.
W. R. Rogers was appointed a
school committeeman in the place of
J. B. King in Harris township. ?
It was ordered that all schools then
In Besslon should be given holiday
-'Thursday ? and Friday during the
Franklin County Fair.
-kr- Wv P?rry, J. N. Harris and At
torney R. B. White, -were* appointed a
committee to confer with Trasurer P.
B. Griffin, concerning the school fund.
' A petition from the Shlloh church'
community, asking for a special tax
election jas postponed until the first
Monday In November .
After allowing a number of accounts
the Board adjourned to Its next reg
ular meeting.
Millinery Opening.
The millinery opening of Mrs. Ju
lia Pleasants Scott's Millinery Shop
on last week was pronounced one of
the best display's yet seen in head
wear. Mamy people both from far
and near were present and enjoyed
the treat prepared for them.
The Methodist Church.
Services next Sunday at 11 A. M.
and 7:30 P. M. Subject of the even
ing sermon "The Menace of the Mov
ies." Special music at botn aarvlca*.
Sunday School at 9. SO A. M.
The continuous liberal use of alco
hollcbeveragof lowers efficiency and
menaoe* longe vity J
We pulled Into Atlanta about 8
o'clock P. M. Wednesday and spent
2 hours there. The officers took cars
and visited allxplaces of Interest.
Guess I went about 15 tnlle8 saw some
of the most beautiful homes In the
south among them being J|r. Candler
of Coco Cola fame. We went over the
road Sherman entered Atlanta by In
his famous march through Qa.. and
saw the Pencil factory where Mary
Phagon was killed. We then moved
our watches back one hour and pulled
put. Our next stop of Interest was
Memphis, Tenn. We reached Mem
phis about 12 o'clock) noon Thursday
We marched to the Y. M. C. . A build
ing where the boys were given the
use of hat and cold shower baths,
swimming pools, gymnasium, etc.
Then we were given lunches and fiult
'by the Memphis ladies. Memphis is
the home of the "Blues" but we failed
to see any symptoms in anybody .while
here. Long will Memphis be remem
bered by Co. F. We left about 3
o'clock P. M. after giving three
cheers for the. ladies of Memphis. We
crossed the Mississippi River and
were in Arkansas this making the 6th
Btate we had traveled in . Most of us i
were disappointed in the Mississippi
river, expectelng to see a rfver like we
have in our own state near New Bern
Our next-Slop s&s "Wynne" ? Ark.
Wynne is all rlpht. The people were
expecting us and the ladles were out
in full force. "Hard Tack" on which
boys had written their names were
freely distributed among the ladies as
souvenirs, they in turn wrote their
name9 on scraps of paper handing
them to the boys. It was amusing to
see the boys when reporting at the
station in Memphig to again board the
cars. Under the arm of every one
who could muster a nickel was care
fully tucked away a loaf of bread. Up
to this time they had been eatlni
hard tack. We stop In Dallas,
Texas Saturday for two hours and will
probably reach E^ Paso by Monday. I
would like very much to see 't'ie
"Times" at least one time while I'm
(n El Paso, Mall one some timet.
Every one is well and happy declaring
they would not have missed the trip
anyway. The two we left In Raleigh
joined us again In Memphis so we are
all together again.
Yours.
E. M. BUJ WARDS.
P. S. ? I forgot to say that In Mem
phis, in connection with the "Hand
Out", Capt. Kearney was especially
handed a lemon by a lady. (They all
received lemons with other fruit).
We saw J. A. Vann there also, broth
er of S. C. Vann.
Closed Saturday.
We are requested to announce that
the store of L. Kline and Co. will be
oloeed Saturday, October 7th, until 8
P. M. observing Jewish Holiday.,
CO. F HAD FINE TBIP
Letter From Lieut. Edwards Tell* of
Trip to El Paso.
Below we publish a letter (rent
Lieut. E. "M. Edwards of Co. F 3rd
N. C. N. 6. written eh route on tUelr
trip to El Paso, which will, no doubt
be of interest to many ot pur readers'.
Dear Asher:
Below I shall attempt to give you an
account of the most Interesting evwnU
of Co. F 3rd N. C. Infantry's trip to
El Paso, Texas. Tuesday morning we
began to pack up and load. By dark
Tuesday night Camp Qlenn was a
thing of the past. We slept In dog
tents Tuesday night and boarded the
train Wednesday a. m. at 9 o'clock,
leaving one hour ahead ot time. In
Raleigh we thought we were In Frank
lin ton again, we were met by so many
of Frankllnton's people who added to
the pleasure ot the occasion by bring
ing something a soldier Is always glad
to see chicken, cake, etc.
We left Raleigh about 6:30 Wed
nesday afternoon. The next stop ot
interest was Athens, Qa. The boys
were exercised by trotting around the
town here. We enlisted a new recruit
In Athens, who caused quite a lot of
amusement by jumping through a win
dow and taking- to the woods Just as
the train pulled Into Atlanta. The
train was stopped and Co. F's "blood
hounds" turned loose. We had about
given up all hope of seeing him again
when "Old Reliable" (Ted Ray) was
sighted up the track, "arming" him
In. Of course his reception was warm
and when the boys of all four com
nnnies finished with him, I'm sure he
ihed he had not run.
Bl'NX HIGH SCHOOL.
Betterment Cotton Picking? Other
School News.
The Bunn High School is getting
down to actual work. Nearly every
day we have new students, boarding
students continue to come In . Mon
day Miss Rhea. A vent and Mr . Luther
Parry entered the High School depart
mat.
The literary society was organized
the second week of school, and ren
dered their first program last Friday
afternoon. They have prospects of a
good year', work.
Wb are practicing on & play, which
will be given soon. "Mrs. Briggs of
the -Poultry Yard." The play 1b one
fall of fun, so begin making your plans
now to attend,
Monday afternoon Oct. 2. our live
Betterment extended an Invitation to
Faculty and Students to attend their
cotton picking. Every teacher and
student formed a line at 2:40 and
marched to the cotton field, there the
grades entered a race, each grade be
ing given a space to cover . The cot
ton was picked with a vim, and the
old time plantation scenes, except for
jcolor, were In evidence.
: Several followed the staple to the
g i, Watched it ginned, baled, and itill
w ire not satisfied ; so they boarded the
ti o-horse wagon, with the cotton, and
r< de to market, yet they did not stop
tl ey Went to the bank and deposited
their big fat check. This all was
done in less than three hours. Can
'I any betterment in Franklin county
beat that? "
The students are looking forward to
county fair, a large number of them
have planned to attend.
List of Jurors.
The following Is a list of Jurors
dwrwn for the November term of
?ourt:
First Week.
Dunns; S. B. Mullln.
Harris;A. W. H. Arnold.
Youngsville; R. N. Mitchell, J. W.
Wiggins .
Franlcllnton; J. F. Tomlluson.
Hayesvllle ; L. M. Orlasom . **
Sandy Creek; R.'C. Burnett, L. T.
Inscoe.
Gold Mine; C. E. Denton.
Cedar Rock; W. F. Parrlsli, J. 0.
Sledge, T. H. Dickens.
-Ixralsburg; M. S. Davis, J. L.
Spencer, J. H. Best, B. B. Perry, J.
R. Terrell, J. W. King, Dallas Blount,
<co}.)
Second Week.
Dunns; N. C. Green.
Harris; W. G. Prldgei*.
Youngsville; J. T. Wilson, W. E.
Jackson, E. B. Preddy.
Franklinton; W. A. Faulkner.
Hayesvllle; J. H. Finch.
Sandy Creek; J. H. Hunt, G. B.
Egerton, K. 8. Leonard, W. M. Mos
ley.
Gold Mine; W. P. Leonard
Cedar Rock; H. L." Murphy.
Cypress Creek; W. J. House, Joel
Wilder;
Loutsburg; F. B. iucKTnne, A. B.
Perry, E. S. Ford.
Moarlgc Licensed.
Register of Deeds Yarborough issu
ed marriage licenses to the following
couples during the month of Septem
WHITE ? Melvin Iftoberson and Bet
tie Uziell, Troy ? Bunn and Mamie
Pearce, Lewis Smith and r?aale Mur
phy, J. E. Peoples and Lula Pearce,
Alphonso Hayes and Bessie House,
Roy Mc Duke and Jodie Pauline Pleas
ants, Jackson Collins and Bertha Mc
Ghee, William Emry Denton and Maud
Gupton.
COLORED ? ZolIIo Alston and Rosa
Carpenter, Vassar \lston and Bula Al
len, William Perry and Emma Egcr
ton, Cornelius Chavis and Anna Kear
ney, Stephen Jones and Bettie Rod
well, Lee Daris and Lessle Cooper,
General W. Lawrence and Nettle Pet
tlford, Joe High and Hettie Yarbor
ough, Emmltt Leonard and Mary F.
Williams' J. Smith and Lonle Perry,
Colonel Spivey and Miegrlel Perry,
Jessie Hayes and Evle Bell Hlggi,
Peyton Harris and Stylla Man, Drel
Uon Person and HeneWAnn Catlett.
County Commissioners.
The board of county commissioners
rant In regul?r pension on Monday. All.
members except Wilson were present.
After reading and approving minutes
of preceding meetings Business was
dippMed of as follows? \
Or. R. P. Fleyd was allowed is
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?id'
feet of 12 Inch piping (or road In
Harris township, and was allowed
some of the old plank from the Louls
burg bridge to floor bridge near Polly
Solomon place.
By order. M.. H. Moye was relieved
of poll tax in Harris township until
further notice.
W. H. Layton wa? allowed 16 feet
of 24 loch piping for road In Cedar
Rock township.
Zollle Kearney, of YouftgsvlUe town
ship, was relieved of poll tax on ac
count of loss of hand ? until further
notice . <
C. M. Vaughan was allowed to
place a marble face plate on Louis
burg bridge, _
Manerya May, colored, was placed
on outside pauper list at $1.50 per
month, from Dunng township,
J. W. Winston was appointed a
member of the finance committee.
Report of E. N. Williams, Superin
tendent of "County Home, was receiv
eed and filed. He reports 9 white,
and 15 colored Inmates.
Ordered that $1,125.00 be allowed
tor building Dlckerson's bridge, and
citizens to raise $375.00.
The Board together wltli the Sher
iff drew a Jury for November term of
Court, which will be found In another
column.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned to meet
again Friday, October 6th .
Engagement Announceed.
Xt a party given Friday afternoon
by Mrs. James R. Collie at her home
on Main street the unusually interest
ing announcement was made that Miss
Eleanor B. Cooke nnd Mr. Edwin n.
Malone would be married In the Meth
odist church of thlB city, Wednesday
evening, at 8.S0,Nov. 1.
The very high esteem In which this
popular couple Is held throughout this
section and lit the State makes this an
nouncement an intensely interesting
one. Miss Cooke is the highly accom
plished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
K. Cooke, of this city and a grand
daughter of ex-Shei^fr H. C. Kearney,
who served Franklin county for thirty
five years. Mr. Malone Is a young
attorney of pronounced ability, being
the jwiior partner of the law firm of
Blckett, White and Malone of this city,
and is the son of our esteemed towns
man and popular County Health Offi
cer, Dr. J. E. Malone. Mr. Malone
rendered very effective service in the
recent gubernatorial campaign which
his senior partner was nominated by
his party for Governor.
An Interesting Demonstration to be
At The Franklin County Fair.
Among the many Interesting things
to be seen at the Franklin County
Pair this year will be a practical de
monstration of a Fireless Cooker on
Wednesday, which will be given in the
Pantry Supplies -Department by Mrs
F. W. Wheless. Mrs. Wheless is the
wife of Mr. F. W. Wheless, one of
Louisburg's foremost clothiers, and
she Is numbered r.mong the hent hnn
sekeepers anywhere in the County.
Her work with the Fireless Cooker is
unusually fine and she win demon,
strate at the Fair how beef and chick
en may be roasted in a tireless cook
er and how much time, trouble, atid
expense is saved by this process The
best part of the demonstration is that
she expects to Bhow the beautiful
work of this Fireless Cooker and then
give the spectators the benefit of sam
pling her delicacies when cooked this
way. Her demonstration will be on
Wednesday and will be one of the
many things ?>iat are well worth see
ing.
Beaslej- Fuller.
The marriage of Mr. Fisher Jones
Beasley and Miss Rllla Puller wai
solemnized at the pretty little Corinth
Baptist Church on Wednesday morn
ing of thlB week in the presence of a
large number of relatives and friends
Immediately after the ceremony Mr
and Mrs. Beasley-left for a bridal tour
to Washington and New York. As
we are expecting a complete write-up
of the occasion for our riext issue we
will not attempt to give It ourselves
this week-. _
Lmilsburg Baptist Church.
Dr._ C. J. Thompson, of Raleigh,
will preach Sunday 11 A. M. The
will be, "Our Temptations." Sunday
School 9.45 A. M.
The pastor will fill hlg regular ap -
pointment at Hock Spring Sunday 7
1 . . . . , i ? ? ? - i '.,.J j frii',
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In hts opening remarks Mr. Mur
phy stated that ho was not address
ing them as partisans but was going
to make an appeal to them as Ameri
can citizens. He discussed the re
cord of President Wilson from the
high standard of Americanism and
presented one that all j? should feel
proud of. The speakers explanation
of the Federal reserve system, tbe Ru
ral credits blH, the Farm Land Banks,
and the Federal Warehouse bill were
clear and forceful, showing tnat un
der the republican administration on
ly whiskey could be stored tn govern
ment warehouses and used as collat
eral. And to contrast this he pointed
Out that now any farmer could store
his cotton or tobacco or other crops
in such warehouses. Another thing
that the Democrats have done for the
farmers is the passing of the bill ap
| proprlatlng $76,000,000 to build good
ItEHOCRATIC CAMPAIGN OPENED.
s '' I
Hon. Walter Murphj, of Salisbury,
H peaks to an Appreciative Audience
J At Bunn on Wednesday.
The campaign tor the Democratic
party In Franklin County was opened
at Bunn on Wednesday when Hod.
Wrvlter Murphy, of Salisbury, dell.er
ed an able address to an appreciative
audience In the BChool building. Al
though the day was very unlikely
quite a nice crowd was present to hear
the lssues discussed.
roads. To accomplish these benefits
for the Interest of the farmers Wilson
has held Congress In almost continu
ous session and as a result the pres
ent administration has not only ful
filled Its pledges, but has ?gacted into
laws more progressive legislation ta
the Interest of the masses than has
been done 'In the history of the union
all told heretofore. He declared that
Hughes only represented the old line
s|and pat republicans who believe In
no legislation except tor th^ classes,
monopoly and the rich. Wilson
stands for peace, prosperity juid a fair
deal to the masses of the people" said
the speaker, "While Hughes, rrota lils
speeches, Is crying sectionalism, char
ging that unless Wilson is defeated
the South would run away with the
government."
t~!n his references to the States ad
ministration he clearly- pointed out
that the Democrats had been faithful
to their trust and had made records
that were envied by all sections. "The
republicans have only been in power
twice in a decade and in neither case
have they a record they are pleased to
boaBt of" said Mr. Murphy, "and in
1896 their election was brought about
by a fusion with the Populists. Now
since it has been learned that the
principles of the republican party Is
antagonistic to the principles of the
Populist party and the principles oftlie
Democratic party are consistent with
their own it is time for thyn to re
turn to their flrst^cholce and take T
hand In their government" His was
an able and instructive address and
greatly enjoyed . The speaker was
Introduced by Mr. ? 9~. ? ? Newell,
nominee for the House ot-Representa
tives and many of the candidates were
present.
Yesterday the candidates went to
Gupton where a big barbecue dinner
was served and* Hon . Walter Murphy
made another fine speech, as also did
several of the county candidates.
Tobacco Market.
Prices and conditions on the local ~
tobacco market the past week have
shown signs of improvement and nice
sales have been made daily. The
better grades have been coming In and
higher prices hav been tn result.
Many farmers' from far and near are
beginning to realize that the Louis
burg market is the market for them
and they are coning here. Get up a
big load for next week and compete
for one or more of the prizes offered
by the Fair Association. Special ar
rangements are being made to handle
a big quantity here during the fair
and a fine display of the weed la ex-~
pected .
Cotton and Cotton Seed.
The price of cotton Qn the loual !
market has experienced a steady rta*
since our laat Issue until yesterday
when It reached 16 1-2 cents which M
the hlgheat price paid on this mark*
la rnaay years. ' y- .
This week brings the opening of th?
cotton seed maret In LouUborg with
the prevailing price on the streets at ,
"10 cents a bushel. And a strong de
mand.
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