AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT BRINGS RESULTS The Franklin Times ONLY $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. v H THE COU.WTY, THj^TATE, THE UNION. ^ Subscription $1.60 Per Year ,, -r ' " w VOLUMNXLVI. - . LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 25TH, 1917. - NUMBER 15 REV. S. F. LOVE NEW PRESIDENT Louisburg Female College to Succeed Mrs. Mary Davis Allen, Resigned. JUDGE W. K. WINSTON DELIVERS? COMMENCEMENT A ItDKESS. A Host Successful Term Comes to ? Close With Highly Interesting and Entertaining Exercises?Dr. E. L. Bain Delivers Baccalaureate Ser mon. Beginning Sunday and lasting through Tuesday night Loulsburg Col lege presented most interesting and instructive commencement exerciss, which marked the closing of one of the most successful sessions in the long and useful history of this well known institution. The baccalaureate sermon was pre ached on Sunday morning at the Meth odist church by Dr. E. L. Bain, pas tor of the West Market Street Metho dist church, of Greensboro. He us ed as his text Mark 15:21 "and thoy compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufust to bear his cross," from which he deduc ed his theme "Cross bearings and Its Compensations." Cross bearings" he declared, "means the Interference with cherished plans, often times; it means hard work to be done; shame to be borne; pride to be wounded. But in compensation the Christian gets the approval of his Lord, who helps him to carry the cross. His name al so will be written in the eternal book( because it is linked with the service of the Eternal One. And the cross becomes a channel of divine grace." The sermon was an excel lent one and was filled with much thought and logic, and was greatly enjoyed by the large number who heard it. The church was very tas tily decorated, and the special music by the choir for the occasion was of par excellence. Inhis sermon before the Young Wo men's Christian Association ' at t lie Methodist chuich on Sunday night Dr. Bain used for his text Prov. 3:6 "In All thy Ways Acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths," from which he delivered a most powerful sermon upon "Divine Guidance." At this service also special music was rendered and both the sermon and the music were much enjoyed. Art Exhibit. The Art exhibit was held in the College Chapel on Monday afternoon and was quite a delightful feature. Miss Burdette Joyner^ who has direc ted this department for several years, has developed much highly rated tal ent and ability among her pupils. There was a large number of exhibits and although all of it was fine, the work of Misses Helen Smlthwick. Myr tle Fuller, Lydia Inscoe and Mary House deserve more than passing men tion. Class Day Exercises. Immediately after the Art Exhibit the Class Day exercises were held on the college campus in front of th-3 main building, which was of an un usually interesting nature. A- very attractive feature was the procession al in which every young lady in cot lege, some clad in the apparel of hou sewives and loaded down with all man ner of vegetables, others as Red Cross nurses, others as firemenf others as cabmen, others as mail carriers, each one purporting to be doing her "bit," marched around the beautiful campus walksi the Senior class of eighteen bringing up the rear, and taking their poaltionon the steps of the building. The president of the Class of '17, Miss Mamie Ellerbe. delivered words of greetings; Miss Moselle C. White gave the class history; Miss Helen Smlthwick, the class po^m: Miss Ruth Gatllng, the class prophrcy; MIfca Mary House, the class will, and Miss Mabel I. Davis, Jr., delivered the val edictory. For many years It has been the cus tom of the outgoing class to present the college with some worthy gift toy which they would be n-inombered. This year the class presented, through Miss Mary A. Bradley, two handsome pillars, made of tapestry f brick and sandstone, at the main entraneo"tWve way into the college campus, just op posite the stately Confederate monu ment. Dr. L. S. Ma8sey, of Raleigh, president of the board of trustees, ac cepted this magnificent gift, In behalf of the college. Campus Plajv "EveryGlrl," a comedy morality play by William Ganson Rose, was given Monday night underneath the ahel terlng branches of the massive oakj on the campus, under the direction of MIbs Lillian Earle Fields, head of the department of expression in Louls burg College. This campus play Is always looked forward to as one of the crowning fea tures of commencement week, and the play this year easily ranks with the very best given In recent years. It attracted a very large orowd of out of-town guests as well as a good per centage of local patronage. The leading character? In the play were: Misses Ida Jackson, who rep' resented Every Girl, who was sorely pressed by Question Mark, Mary House, Doleful Dumps, Ruth Early, Exams,Ruth Gatllng Nothing, Mary Exum Burt, Wish, Elizabeth L. Allen, Slang, Jessie Thomas, the Clique. BessleKornegay, Mary Brown, Eliz abeth H. Allen. Jealousy, Beatrice Turner, Hate, Bettle Benn, School Bell, Mlnne Hornbuckle, the Little Dunces, Louise Allen, Bettle Hill Rea vls, Eleanor Yarborough, Mary Wyatt Yarborough; Chorus of Work, Pen, Fonnle Westbrook, Ink, Jessie Eason, Paper, Sallle King, Book, Nepplo House, Rule, Emily Wood Parker; Chorus of Schoolmates, the Popular Girl, Mary Turner, the Flirt, Ruth Ed wards, the Athletic Girl, Dorothy Kt lette, the Grind, Elizabeth Boyd. Over against the Influence of tills mighty bunch which was arrayed against Every Girl was Love; Mary Bradly, Loyalty. Eugenia DeFord, Al ma Mater, Moselle White, Laughter, Lucy Fuller whose harmony was so delightful that Every Girl was ulti mately won. Jndge Winston's Address. To a chapel well filled with citizens and visitors Judge WinBton delivered amost excellent address: "Judge Da vis used to tell of the Granville coun ty farmer who carried his son to the Male Academy at Loulsburg in the 60's. When the old farmer reached home he received a letter from the principal of the school telling him that he had failed to let him know what branches he wished his son to enter. To this the old farmer replied in a scrawling hand, that he did not cari a darn what branches lie went into just so he kept him out of Tar river." After reciting this incident by way of introduction and after speaking of the pleasure he 'experienced in com ing back to the home of his father's people. Judge Winston delivered an address upon the subject of "Some Lessons from the World's War." "The German people had devoted their time to manufacturing, to the army, to art and science. The Army was to Germany what football, base ball,and other sports are to us. The Great Frederick said that any war was a good war which added territory to the State, ermany had been so ab sorbed in war preparation that she required 700^000 Russians and. Aus trlans to house her crop each year. 1 Germany had become a fortified camp with manufacturing and a garden at tached. She became a nation in 1871. She then found tfie choicest spots of the world taken up by other countri es. She made up her mind to take pos session of as much of the world as she needed. To satisfy this ambition she took Schleswig-Holsteln, and was a party to the taking of Bosnl^ and I Herzegovina. Her dream was an em pire stretching from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. The present war is a direct result of this ambition and Serbia was to be the next victim. "The United States has gone into the fight without any selfish ambitions, her one purpose being to make the world safe for Democracy. "The World War teaches a useful lesson to the powerful nations of the Earth, they must, at all timesi be fair and just in dealing with smaller na tions. England today is compelled to keep one million men on guard be cause of her mistreatment of Ireland. (Continued on Fourth Page.) Registrars for Selective Draft Franklin County Board Makes Appoint ments For Every Township in _ The County. Registrars to take the names of all eligibles under the selective draft act on June 8th were named for all Townships in the County by the County Board of Registration consisting of Sheriff H. A. Kearney, Clerk of the Superior Court, J. J. Barrow, and County Hea&h Officer, Dr. J. E. Malone, Sunday and Monday. ^ v*' k ' . A*- * ? The law requires that every male citizen, white and colored, from 21 to 30 years of.age inclusive shall register on June 5th. Those Who are sidk ery male person in the United Sta:es between the ages of 21 and 31 would have to register on June 5th and would have to serve his country in a military capacity unless he was ex- \ cused upon his physical condition or under the dependant clause, and that the object of this meeting was to I show the young men the advantage of joining the home company and being with friends and neighbors Instead of being drafted and sent nobody knows where. He introduced Maj. J. J. Bernard, of Raleigh, Commander of the first battalion of the Third Reg? iment of which Co. D is ???part, who made a very enthusiastic and interest ing speech, paying a high tribute to the boys while on the border and in all the military experience he had had with them. He closed his speeca with an earnest appeal to the young men of Franklin County to enlist in Co. D, as they would have to go any way, and be with their friends and neighbors. Mr. Ruffln then introduced General Lawrence W. Young, who for over half an hour held the closest attention of the large number of hearers while he gave a detailed explanation of the many incidents leading up to the en try of the United States in the World War and the action of Congress in passing the selective draft bill, also the working and effect of the bill. He said that there would possibly be 40 per cent rejected on account of physi cal deflcencles and another 10 per cent for other causes but the remain ing fifty per cent had just as we'll make up their minds to tne fact that they would have to go to war. Ho paid a high tribute to the National Guard and the citizen soldiery show ing how it had worked Its way to the front against all kinds of hardships and in recognition of itB work it would be the only portion of the new forces that would bear individual de signation on the field. In conclusion he made a most earnest appeal to the young men in this vicinity to jo'.n their home company where they could go along with those whom they knew. His address was greatly enjoyed. Among the other gentlemen who res ponded to Invitations to speak on the subject were Sen. W. M. Person Mr. E. H. Malone, Dr. J. E. Malone. Rep. S. A. Newell and Mr. B. H. Meadows, all of which were full of pa triotism. Trinity Commencement. Invitations as follows announcing the 1917 nnual commencement exer cises for Trinity College has been re ceived: "The Senior Class of Trinity Col lege requests tile honer of your pres ence at the exercises of Commence ment Week, Jun third to sixth, nine teen hundred and seventeen, Durham, N. C." Following is tho programme for the exercises: Sunday. June 3, 8:30 P. M., Bac calaureate Address, President William Preston Few, L. L. D. Tuesday, June 6, 11 A. M., Bacca laureateSermon, The Reverend James Shera Montgomery, D. D.f Washing ton City. Tuesday, June 5, IP. M., Alumni Dinner, Address, John Franklin Cro well, Litt. D. New York City. Tuesday, June 5, 8:30 P. M., Grad uating Orations. Wednesday, June 6, 10:30 A. M. Commencement Address, Hamilton Holt, L. L. D, New York City. Conferring of Degrees. \ Postponed to October. Mr. O. O. Scott, of Charlotte, an i two associates, expert accountant?, were in Louisburg Tuesday conferring with chairman J. D. Alston, of tli9 Board of County Commissioners rela tive to auditing the County's books for a number of years past In accordance with an order of the Board some time back. It was decided that this work be postponed to October. USES SHRAPNEL SHELL A BASIS OF ADDRESS AT GRADED SCHOOL CLOSING. Dr. A. H. Patterson, of the Cnlver sltj, Speaker?Music Recital Thurs day night?Fire Graduate!). The twelfth annual session of the Loulsburg Graded School came u> a most successful and highly satisfac tory close on last Friday night when the literary address was delivered to the Graduating Class and a large and appreciative audience by Dr. A. H. Patterson| of the Chair of Physics, of the State University, His address waa unique and especially interesting as it was unlike the set commence ment address of the past, he using for his subject "The War" and taking the Shrapnel shell as a basis of his talk, explaining its manufacture, its modus operandi end its' deadly effects, weav ing them all Into a beautiful illustra tion of the importance of the educa tion of the pupils and the benefits to be derived from education. Dr. Pat terson is especially well Informed to speak on this subject, having lived in Germany for a time and having been engaged for some time m tbe manu facture of munitions. The address was especially appropriate at these times when the events of the great war are so vitally interesting to our people and was greatly appreciated by all who heard him. Following the address Supt. W. R. Mlllstafter expressing his thanks and gratitude to the people of this com munity for the hearty support and co operation they had given him in the management of the school during the past twelve years, delivered certifi cates of graduation from the gram mar school (seventh grade) to the following pupilsl all of wnom he er plalned had done good and faithful work: Geo. Ford, Kenneth Collier, Henry Ruffln, Cranford Beasley^ Davis Eg erton, Elizabeth Furgersonf Lucy Young. Pat tie Bailey, fcUtbexiixa, Bob blttt Louise Jones, Clara lRudadxif Ca therine Pleasants, Ruth Gattls, Lucy Allen. Mr. E. L. BeBt, County Superin tendent of Schools, and who for a number of years was principal of this school responded to request 10 deliv er the diplomas to the Ave members of the Graduating Class, in a most hearty and earnest manner, beseech ing each of them to make the most use possible of the training they had received. The Class was composed of Misses Ruth Webb, Bertha Fulghum, Messrs. Clyde Harris, Marshall Hud son and James Massenburg. During the exercises beautiful and patriotic music was furnished by Mrs W. E. Uzzell, director in music of the school and Miss Ethel Lovlnggood. The first of the exercises for the term were held on Thursday ntght of last week when Mrs.J^JS... Uzzell's music class gave its recital in the au ditorium of the school to a crowded house of appreciative citizens, at which time they were treated to a highly entertaining musical program me. Each pupil did well her part and reflected much care and prepar ation on the parr of both Mrs. Uzzell and the pupils. At the conclusion of the exercises Prof. E. B. Cox, of Mapleville Academy, delivered two medals for the most improvement and for very efficient work to Misses Vir ginia Perry and Ada Gattis. The class day exercises which were held on Friday afternoon were a most interesting and amusing part of the closing exercises as each paper was well prepared and was full of wit, humor and pathos, and each speaker or reader acquitted themselves with much credit. These exercises were presided over by the President of th?? Class, Miss Ruth Webb, who showed excellent parliamentary knowledge and the papers were called for and responded to as follows: Class his tory, Mr. Clyde Harris; Clasa poem. Miss Bertha Fulghum; Class prophecy, Miss Ruth Webb, the president of the Class; last will, and testament, Mr. Marshall Hudson, Valedictory address Mr. James Massenburg. A beauti ful musical programme Interspersed the exercises and all were greatly en joyed. After these exercises came those of the primary classes which consisted af A very enjoyable entertainment, In cluding two Mfty-pole dances on the campus. A large number of the (Continued on Eighth Page.) \