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AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT BRINGS RESULTS ? ONLY $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ? A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. ? Subscription $1.50 Per Year VOLUMN XLVI. ... .? LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 6TH, 1917. NUMBER 8 AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDITION FRANKLIN COUNTY OFFERS BIG OPPORTUNITIES Its Climate and Soil Conditions Es pecially Suitable for All Crops? Good Roads, Good Churches auJ Good Schools. (By J. C. Jones, Secretary Farmer a Union ) It has been said of North Carolina tliat she possesses a climate similar, in many respects, to nearly every por tion of the United States. From the cool of the mountains to the heat of the coastal plains there is a change in temperature almost as great as it is from the Atlantic to the Paclfllc. And in the variety of farming done there is almost as much diversity as there is between the two cceans. From the orchard of the mountains to the truck farms of the coast there is grown, to a greater or less extent, practically every kind of crop grown in the"United States. . It can vie with Texas In growing' cotton, and revel Kentucky and Vir ginia In the production of tobacco. Can compete with Ohio In raising corn r.nd surpass Washington and Oregon in growing apples and small fruits. "? truck farms are equal to those or ...:lda. And Its possibilities for rai lg live stock, hogs,'cows, sheep and ?.orses, is not surpassed by ury state. Franklin County, situated near the center of the State and on. the edgf* of t'.ie Piedmont section, possesses to a rema:'.cable extent all the charac teristic of soil and climate that have made North Carolina famous. While it is typically a coiton county orl produces a staple that is equal in val ue to any grown in the lower South, as i$ evidenced by the large quantities of cottonseed shipped south every year for seed, it yet produces a grade cf tobacco that is as eagerly sought af ter by the manufacturers as any gro wers in Kentucky or any other tobac co state. The improved farms of the county will produce as much corn per acre as will Ohio or Illinois, states famous for their-yields of corn. An Ohio editor once remarked that the South could grow more corn per acre than can be grown per acre la the corn belt. In wheat, oats and other small grain the soils of Franklin seem especially well adapted. Many farmers in the county find it profitable to grow smalt grain in quantities sufficient not on!? for their own use but for markets. It Is being demonstrated every year that truck farming in the county is a paying occupation, many farmers spending their entire time in growing vegetables and get handsome return?. The opportunities for the horticul turist are excellent, the apples, peach es. pears, plums and grapes of Frank lin have all the luscious sweetness of the fruits grown on the Pacific cdafct, a section justly famous for its fine faults. While from the quality and quauti- | ty of its products Franklin would seem a county suitable on^y for tin production of corn, cotton and tobac co. it is yet in its possibilities for the live stock farmers that the ^county of fers its biggest opportunities. All of the most valuable grasses and legumes grown for both hay and pas turage or seen growing on the farm; and in the pastures pf the countv. Alfalfa, the greatest of all the legum es, has been and is successfully growa. Crimson, Red. White and Burr clover is grown every' year on an ever In creasing acreage. Lespedeza, or Japan clover, one of the important pasture clovers grows wild as does the Rabbits foot clover. All the princi pal hay and pasture grasses including Kentucy Blue Grass is grown. Su dan, the valuable new hay grass, has been grown to the height of eight feet, producing three to four cuttings of the finest hay. Velvet beans, that prince of summer legumes, and gen erally supposed to be grown only in the lower South has been grown in Franklin with the greatest success. Its renk growth reminds one of the warmer climate of Florida, while its tremendous yield of beans furnishes pasturage of the best quality for hogs and cattle through the winter months. Bermuda one of toe most valuable pas ture grasses, grows so rankly as to be regarded by many farmers a? a pest. The vetches grow with the greatest luxuriance, and when planted with wheat or oats it completely covers the entire field, hiding the wheat or oats from view. When in bloom the fields seem a maSs of purple blossoms. The Soy bean, which is beginning tq compete with cottonseed in the production of oil and meal, and which is one of 'h* staple legumes grown for hay ant.1, pasturage is grown in Fra.ik lin the soil and-climate seeming es pecially suited tor the maximum pro duction of beans. This is only an in* dication of the great variety of crops that can be and are grown with the greatest success in Franklin County. T'lere seem? to be embodied la both the soil and the climate the elementu necessary for the aucce_saful produc tion of practically all the varioui (: ops grown in the United States. The land is Tolling possessing a natural drainage. The entire county is abundantly wa tered by numberless creeks and small stream?, while the course of the Tar River for many miles runs through the county. There are few sections of the country offering such a wide range of possibilities for the farmers The cotton farmers find the climate as suitable to the needs of his crop as the horticulturist, and the tobacco farmer finds the soils adapted to his needs as well as the truckers, while the opportunities for the live stock farmers are surpassed by none. The marketing facilities for the far mers are excellent, there being many miles of well kept sand-clay roads. Several of the more progressive town ships have issued bonds to provide money for improving the roads, and it is only a matter of a few years when the entire county will have a system of good roads equal to the besi in the South. The best farmers of the county would eagerly welcome farmers of the better class from the North and West, and. offer them every Inducement to make their homes with us. ( Diplomacy Mrs. Green?Your cook told mine that your husband is getting a very small alary. Mrs. Wyse?Wo just tell her that to keep her from demanding a large one. Explained "My daughter, don't use powder on your face so much. It Is so loud." "But, pa, this is noiseless powder." She?Why have you never marrlod? He?I am opposed to entangling al liances. METHODIST CHUBIH, LOCISBUBG, S. C. HOX* L. L. JOY NEB. Loyhfcii|U?Efficient?4Mi4?I'opwlw Vayor. The best Interests of the people ol a municipality, and the duty of main* trinlng the safety and promoting 'he general welfare of that municipality demands that their officials shall bo men selected for executive ability, -ind sound Judgment on matters that come within their office, and the strictest : personal integrity?Louisburg may consider itself fortunate by having m | L. L. Joyner, its efficient Mayor, a j man wlro possesses these virtues in a j rare degree. Mayor Joyner was born in North ampton county. North Carolina for-1 employees. T'vo years ago the good people of Louisburg were desirous of -ctecUng una tu lH^lieatl uf their city government, who would be efficient, and .'/ho would administer justice to all the people, as well as otfe'rcise vig ilance in preventing vioU?tijiio of tt e laws of the community. They imme dia*<?iv clected Mr Joyner lor they , kne.v his record in the past to be one of fairness, flrmriCss, ability and tiie strlc est Integrity. That he has ful filled 4hi* cxpectr.tionB of the people wh?j elected him, is amply proven by Ma} f r Jovner, who is conceded to bo the iiK?3t popular and efficient Mayor that J.ouisburg has had. He admin isters the duties of hH oifi??e fair and , impartial':*, and Ur tlio bov. inte?*?sta | of the v - pie, ti?d hi) l-rogres??*/.? ty years ago. and after attending the public schools of that county, later it the age of fifteen, become ccnnecied with the Seaboard Air Line Railwnv. For a quarter of a century he htu served that same Railroad, in vnrlcu? ; responsible positions, among them lav ! ing in the Transportation and Audit ing Departments at Atlanta. Norfolk and Charlotte. Fifteen years ? ??????. I tliey appointed him to fco Agent at | Loulsburg, giving him ccmpk-tc* I charge of all passenger and frciclit ; business here.-and la to/lay recop:r> | ed not only by the company, b::; ly | the people of this entire section, as j one of the most efficient and valuta . measures !cr tho town w?! soon be a realization of a fact?which will be one of the greatest forward moves for the town of Loui'curg, and for the mu tual benefit ot ull the people V>f this community. Mayor Joyner is an able, public spirited, progressive citizen in whom the people have absolute confidence, end whose second term as Mayor of Louiaburg, would prove or material benefit to t??o people.' It Is to such men r.s Mayor Joyner that Louisburg le Us forward to for a "Greater Louisbnrg" and we may congratulate.1 up.iu having the "R ght Alan In the Right Place." DR. ARTHUR HYSES FLEMING? Surgeon Dentist. In the wonderful advancement of . medical science there is 110 branch of V he profession that lias made mor.3 (progress than the scientific treatment LOUISBIRG HAS VAST POSSIBILITIES TO OFFER used by dental surgeons in caring for and treating the teeth. Modern methods in this field of en- ( deavor have reached such a state of | perfection that one is almost Inclined to believe that the qualified dentist o( today improves on nature in her gen erous endowment of our welfare. That the practice of dentistry em braces1 within its professional fold ? men of the highest professional skill, and a thorough conception .of the art, is demonstrated by the excellent stan ding of the profession in this State. Thissection of our country has many in this cla?s to be justly proud of, but none stands higher in the profes sion, and no one enjoys .the confidence of the entire people of Franklin coun ty in a greater degree than Dr. Arthur Hynes Fleming, the well known Sur geon Dentist of oulsburg, with a suite of rooms located in the Ford Build ing. Dr. Fleming is a graduate of the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and upon leaving that famous institution he Immediately lo cated in this his home county for the practice of Dentistry. During his fifteen years of active practice in this most important profession he has made discoveries\in the scientific principles of modern dental surgery that places him in the rank as one of the leading Surgeon Dentists of not only thjs secion, but the entire State. He has efficiently served as President of the North Carolina Dental Asso ciation, and its present Secretary, with the additional fact of his prominence in Fraternal circles, make of Dr. Ar thur Hynes Fleming a citizen of whom Louisburg and Franklin county In proud. Thoroughly broad-gauged. Dr. Fleming is not only classed a* a leading citizen, but one who ."is pro gressive, and who exhibits a public spirited interest in any movement for the material progress and prosperi ty of the town, and the entire section of the country. He is the inventor of the Centrifu gal Gold Casting Machine, a machine that is now used by not only the lead ing dentists of the State but by more than ninety per cent of the entire profession. This machine was inven (Continued to Fourth Page) the advantages which Louisburg has ; to offer. In this way we could get in touch with some of those seekjng in vestment and, in time, offer sufficient ly inviting propositions to secure the investment. "In unity there is strength." Let us put forth a united effort and see Louisburg grow. We have information that the new incorporates of the Henderson and Wilson Railroad will, at an early date, begin the organization and pro mulgation of the road, and that Louis burg will be offered an opportunity to have 'this road pass through it. There are now two charters covering this territory the old Turner char ter (renewed) and the new charier granted by the last Legislature. TI13 survey of the old Turner right-of-way went off to the East of Louisburg by Cobb's Cross Roads. The promulga tors of the new charter say they would prefer^to come through Louisburg. We should give this matter serious consideration as another railroad would give us more accommodation* and competition in freight rates. A depot site oould be selected near the business section and make a great saving in the matter of hauling freight etc. Put Tour Shoulders Together An-1 GIre One United Push For The Industrial Progress of Louls burg. (By S. A. Newell, Secreary Chambi r . ^ of Commerce.)' Louisburg has made wonderful pro gress within the last score of years. But It is still an agriculturally depen dent town. A11 of its citizens want to see Louisburg grow. We all have a town pride. We would all be de lighted to see our little burg grow in to a city. But so long as we all re main "Doubting Thomases" and *ait for the other fellow to make the move just so long wiU we be at a standstill. N Louisburg has vast possibilities. It is well located for a number of en terprises, suclr as cotton mills, knit ting mills, paper pulp mills, furni ture factories, etc. At present there is more money in our Country seeking investment than has ever been known in its history. The north and northwest is flooded with money. The war prices on food and ammunition products have been unprecedented. Fortunes have bee ac cumulated and these moneys are seed ing investment. We have the raw materials at fiand?why not locate the factory at the material and save freight? The cotton manufacturing interest have long since learned that the South is th^ logical location for their factories and North Carolina is fast becoming the leading cotton man ufacturing state in the Union. Louis burg and the immediately adjoining community can furnish sufficient cot ton to' supply a considerable 'mill at a merely nominal freight. Thexom=? munity around Louisburg lias abun dant Oalc, Hickory and other hard woods to supply one or more furni ture factories.' North Carolina, is be coming the leading furniture manu facturing state. Why should Louis burg not have its share? The pric-3 of paper is soaring to heights un known on account of the shortage of wood fibre from which to make the paper. There is enough material go ing to waste in the vicinity of Louis burg to manufacture large quanti ties of wood pulp or paper fibre. The writer has been told that the tops and limbs of the pine' Jrees left by saw mills make good material for wood pulp. Thousands of acres of this material are going to waste in tills community each year, while money Is somewhere lying ictye that would glad ly be Invested in its manufacture. The moral I am driving at is that if the business men of Louisburg would organize and make a united ef fort the possibilities for accomplish ment are almost beyond comprehen sion. The few things enumerated above are simply in illustration of a few of the possibilities. The fact that Louisburg has never successfully operated a Chamber of Commerce does not mean that she cannot have a useful Chamber. W3 have a great deal, of confidence in the ? good that can be accomplished by an active Chamber of Commerce. We hope that a few of our business men will organize, hold regular meetings and plan for the lndwutrial uplift of the town. We would suggest that the Chamber organize, raise a smahi advertising fund to be used to insert "ads" in several of the leading com mercial journals letting forth some of BAPTIST CHCBt'JI, L0UI8BUB6, N. C.
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