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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.
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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<must register through an
agent, aad those who are away from home must register
through the Clerk of the Court of the County in which he may
be in, In time for the regisjafttfton blanks to reach his home
county by June 5th. Jn reference to the ages, parties who
become 21 on the dafltt registration, either white or black,
will have to register. Also those whose 31st birthday does
not come until after June 5th^ill likewise have to register.
The Board of Registration tamed the following registrars
for each township: .y *? *
Dunns?J. A. Tant, J. H. feathers and J. S. Williams.
Harris?M. 1*4 Fowler and J. B. King.
Youngsville?G. M. Perry and J. H. Timberlake.
Franklinton?W. L. McOhee, Joseph D. Joyner, J. D.
Speed and W. W. Cooke.
Hayesville?H. L. Stokes and R. G. Winn.
t
Sandy Creek?J. R. Parrish and J. B. Jones.
Gold Mine?Robert C. Gugton and J. H. Wood.
Cedar Rock?G. B. H. Sellings and T. W. Stokes.
Cypress Creek?J. M. Sy&bt and John A. Boone.
Louisburg?W. H. Ruffln, A. *W. Alston, Rev. N. H.
D. Wilson and E. L. Best.
The registrars above named will be at the voting places
in each township ready for making ..registrations .on .the
morning of June 5th, 1917, at 7 o'clock A. M. and wiLf
remain there for service until 9 o'clock that night.
The law provides a heavy penalty for all those who fail
to present themselves for registration between these ages.
Each person registering will be given a registration certificate
showing that he is properly registered. Every person
receiving one of these certificates are cautioned to take good
care of it and keep it with him in, order to save some possible
inconvenience or embarrassment, as under the law all officers
in the United States are supposed and instructed to see that
all citizens between these ages hold such certificates.
It is not the business nor the official duty of the Registrar
or Registration Board to go after those or notify anyone who
are required to Register, but it is up to the man himself td
attend the Voting Precinct in each Township on June bth
and present himself for Registration.
OLD GLOBI TAKES A FALL.
But Not Due to a German Air Kalil.
, It was not due to a German raid of
aeroplanes that caused old Glory to
fall from the top of a stove flue over
Aycock Drug Co., and scatter brick
bats all over the sidewalk and a good
portion of the streets striking and
Injuring several bystanders on Tues
day morning, although such an attacx
could have created more excite
ment or surprise for the few seconds
it was In progress, The flag polo
had been put down the flue to sup
port the flag severc.1 WMkj ago tnd
was considered perfectly safe, but
the heavy wind on Tuesday morning
proved too much for the flue and
causedlt to give way. Several of
the brick struck Mr. B. H. Meadows,
Manager of the Are house, In a glan
cing blow down the right side of lila
chest and abdomen causing right
much of a bruise and some skinueri
places, with much pain resulting, but
it Is not thought his injuries are an
rlous. He was carried Into Dr. Fer
ry'B office where he was examined and
treated by Dr. J. E. Malone, and af
terwards taken home. Messrs. D.
G. Peanjo and B. H. Perry were also
slightly Injured by the falling brick.
Mr. W. M. Person paid Balelgli a
business visit Tuesday.
('apt. H. A. Newell Promoted.
I The many friends of Capt. H. A.
Jewell -will learn, with much pleasure,
ol his promotion to Major, which he
MMived the past week. Maj, Newell
uS^?pn in the National Guard ser
vl^ttr eight years, and was with the
Guard while on duty on the border.
During this time he has made a spec
ial study of the work and on the sev
eral examinations while on the border
i lie made the highest marks of his as
I soclatee. And this promotion is a
i just and fitting recognition of the ex
| cellent service he has rendered hi)
S tata and Nation. This promotion
placeshlm at the head of the Medical
department of the National Guard in
North Carolina and he will have charge
of the Medical Corpse Department of
the State Administrative Staff, which
position he is fully capable and espec
ially well equipped to fill with much
credit to himself county and the State*.
He received Instructions this week to
organise his corpse whfen will be
composed of two Sergeants, Ave pr1
vates first class, and one private. Thin
will be made up of volunteers.
Pour of these will go in for imme
diate training while the other four
will not be called out until the Na
tional Guard is called. ?
We Join the many frlencs of Mr\J
Xewell In extending hearty congratu
lations.
ENLIST IN HOME COMPANY.
The Object of a Meeting in the Court
House Monday?Several Patriotic
Speeches Made.
Quite a large crowd representing
citizens from almost all parts of the
County and both races gathered in
the courthouse Monday afternoon to
hear the explanations of the opera
tion of the new selective draft law
that will be put into effect beginning
June 5th. The meeting was called
to order by Capt. S. P. Bddle who
appointed Mr. Wm. H. Ruffln, Chair
man. Mr.. Ruffln gave a very inter
esting talk upon the objeci of tha
meeting and the seleotive draft, stat
ing that under the selective draft e>
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
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