AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT BRINGS RESULTS The Franklin Times ONLY $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. Subscription $1.50 Per Year COLUMN JLLYI. LOUI8BUBG, JC- C., M:I1>AY, SEPTE.MBEB 21, 1917. NTMBtU 82 ALL TOBACCO ADVANCES TOBACCO ADVANCES .. ....18 PT <iOOJ> SALES AT ALL THE WARE 110 USES Much Satisfaction Expressed by (he Grower*?Buyer* Eugar fur the X) eed. With the substantial Increase in prices of tobacco on the local markt the past week comes additional satis faction on the part of the growers. All warehouses have had fairly good sales this week and indications are that the quantity of the weed will In crease considerably in the future.' The buyers all seem anxious for all grades and therefore the bidding la lively. Look into the advantages or the Louisburg market before you sell ycur crop. "Franklin County ofmmittee The Franklin County Committee of the Wo man's committee of tho National Council of Defence was organized in Louisburg the 13th of September with about twenty representative women from Frankln county in attendance. This committee hopes to enroll every club, society, and association in the county in dcfence work of some kind. Officers, township chairmen and de partment chairman were elcctcd, and a cvmpletc list will be published In an early issue of the Franklin#Times. No special funds have yet been ap I?i< ;riated by the State or county for co: ?:ucting the work, and as no organ znt'ch can move forward without bome financial assistance, a motion \tr- made and carried to ask every in dividual in the county for a contribu tion. No personal appeal will be niLtie, but we shall tru3t to the gener osity of the citizenship of FranKlift" county to ! elp us bear the cxpeuse of this patriotic service which the women in our county aro so cheerfully under taking a^? their part to help win the war A list of the names of everyone who contributes as much as one dollar will be published each week In this paper As soon as you rood this will you sit down at once anl sond one dollar or n ore to Mrs. W. E. Uzzle, Secretary Franklin County Committee, Maple viile. This appeal is to you, not your neighbor! We hopo to have as many a.-; one hundred names to pubish next week. Presents More Bags The second draft of nineteen of our county boys mobilized at Louisburg Wednesday morning and left on the 8.15 train for Camp Jackson. Through tlio efforts of the ladles of the Red Cress the comfort br.ga were provided for the boys and presented to them the morning they left. It is a big undertaking to present rumfort bags to all the drafted men from tlio county. With the exception of FranTslinton township, where a Red Cross Chapter Qt ardently at work for Its own boy.; offcer townships of tlio county are co operating with Louisburg to furnb.. tl ese bags for tlio boys from tlio coun ty. Wo wish to thank Mr. Caleb Allen Cedar Rock for securing the first township donation outside of Louis.I , 1 ur? township. If the other-town sh.ps will lake up this matter, we feel fiat we Mn continue to present the bags as t ho drafted men leave the community. The bags are rrrn^ r?guT;?tion size and the Tied Cros^ Society hwo has secured ai'tlclcs for fitting them at S'i!\er Thimble* Help England Win War 'I he following story taken from the September Woman's Home Companion cftered a suggestion to tlio ladles of tlie Red Cross Society and so they are asking a donation of not only worn out thimbles, but all odds and ends of broken trinkets in silver and gold to well the war fund which will aid our country in this great vnr. "One day an English woman who must understand her own sex very well had a beautiful, thrilling Inspi ration. Perhaps ln l1Qr strenuous sew. ing for the soldiers she had to discard a punctured silver thimble for one of brass or composition. Perhaps she just stumbled upon a battered, for gotten thimble which had served an ether generation of nimble finger^. At \ any rate, she decided that probably every homo in her town-could boast a thimble In or out of service. Now, if all these silver thimbles were gath ered up, sent to a silversmith, melt ed and refined, they would come forth from tho process?money! Money with which to buy ambulances and equip hospital^: "She began by collecting thimbles from friends and neighbors. Thim bles came rolling in from every di rection The richest and the hum blest^ sent them Then there were women, hundreds of them, who had no silver timbles?and were sorry for it. They wrote, asking whether they might send other "bits of silver and gold?an old silver spoon or two. ji napkin ring, /1 cuff link, a watch charm?old-fashioned, even bent or broken, but wrought from the preci ous metal "The answer to such queries was always the same: 'Nothing too large. Nothlug too small.' "The heaps of discarded thimbles and trinkets grew. The Mint melted them and then returned them, ingots of silver and gold. In a year, 'The Silver Thimble Fund' was able to dispense the following splendid char ities: "Seven motor ambulances. "Five motor, howltal boats for Mesopotamia. % * "One disinfector. c "Two thousand pounds to navy Employment Agency for Disabled Sailors. "Two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds to the Star and Garter Fund. "Ten thousand pounds for disabled so!Uiers and sailors. "Two hundred and twenty-two pounds in small grants to hospitals 'and supply bureaus. "Fifteen thousand pounds sterling, or seventy-five thousand dollars, had bf.en raiped by gifts from those who tl ought they had nothing worth sell, ing." The Matthew Davis Literary Society of the Loulsburp High School Meets The first meeting of the Matthew Davis Literary Society of the session vasheld Thursday afternoon, Sept. 13. This being the initial meeting of the year nothing but business was trans acted. * ? : The following officers were elected: i President, Leslie Perry; Vice-Pres., Joseph Harris; Recording Secretary, , P Illy Williams; Treasurer, Willie F. ! Gnrtis; Marshal, Arch Perry and Cor responding Secretary, Clifford Smith I'pon the suggestion of Prof. Mc Ailanis, a marshal was elected. His duties were to receive visitors, carry icessages back and forth from the boys and girls societies. Mr. Arch Perry was elected to this office. A motion that the offices of secretary and treasu/er be united into ono office ^\as defeated on the grounds,that it was against the constitution of the society as the secretary is elected ev ery month while the treasurer ?s only elected each year. Clifford Smith was appointed a committee of one to get our constitution from Prof. E. L. Best; wlilch had been given to him for revis ion. Following a mot 105 that a cor responding secretary l?o appointed, v'.iose business wan chiefly to put pro jntdingg of each meeting in The I -ranklin Times. Clifford Smith was elected after the president had ap I :*or,rtd John 9ra';"ni daclaSxnor. J X.ipier WilliamsDn and Pete'* Augua j Kor.vis, Jr. were appointed a committee of two to get i.p the i ?'oprani and subjects for dcbr.tcs. The society adjourned to meet again Thursday, Sept. 27, 1^17. The date of meeting was changed from Saturday to Thursday upon the suggestion of Prof. Mills and Prof. Mr Adams. Clifford Smith Cor. Secy. Leslie Perry, President. Ininkin County Union Meeting The Franklin County Union meet ing will be held with the Pearce-Ami F.aptist church, threo miles south of I?iinn, beginning Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, Sept. 29, and continuing through Sunday. Tho following'is the suggested pro gram : Devotonal exercises. ? "What should bo ddre with th: young convert?"?Rev. John Bunn, J. U. Toague. /'The urgency of our State Mission w- rk in the present Crisis."? R*iv. G. M. Duke, E. 13. Co*. ?Recess for dlnuer.? "Our part ill the present world-con flfct. considered from a material an J from a religious viewpoint."?Rev. \V. B. Morton, W. M. iiilmore. Sunday bunday School man meeting. Sermon?Rev. W. K. Hartsell. Letter From Boys of Co. A to Bed Cross Society? We received our "Comfy" bags today. Wo were very glad to get them and we appreciate them as much as possi ble for us to do. It reminded us of when . we were children, looking in our stockings Chrlstmag marning. Gacb article brought added comfort to us. We don't see how you ladies could havo made a more choice selec tion U?an you did, as each and every article 13 anecessary and useful one. The bags are highly appreciated, but we realize that the noble thought which prompted you to send them to us i3 what we appreciate most. We ard well fed hero and havo com fortable quarters. If it wasn't for I petting home-sick the army wouldn't | be a bad place after all. Again thanl^ng the Red Cross ladies | tor their kindness, we are, Very rccpectfully, W. G. Macon W. II. Strother ?22ndRegiment, Camp JacKson, Columbia, S. C. Sept. 13, 1917. The Young People's Missionary Society The Young People's Missionary So. ciety met at the home of Miss Sallic Taylor in a "Social Service Meeting," on Tuesday evening, Sept. 18tli, 1!>17. A program was planned by tli??j chairman of the "Social Service. Mrs. O. J. Hale, and was as follows: Minimum Wages?Miss Hodgie Al ston, Hours?Miss Lonie Meadyys, Health an'I Safety?Mrs. E. S. Swin dell, Social Insurance?Kathleen Lger ton Administration?Miss Sue Alston, Protection for Wage Earners?Miss Sallie Taylor, What Women Can Do? Miss Julia Barrow. Those present at the meeting were: Mesdamea E. S. Swindell, O. J. Hale, | Misses Sue Alston, Hodgie Alston, Kathleen Egerton, Lonie Meadows, Julia Barrow, Minnie Brlckell, Sal lie Taylor and Louise Thomas, Miss Minnie Brlckell was welcomed into our society as a new member. Let's each member make a resolution to 1 practice the slogan of our society "each member try to secure another." In behalf of the society I (Secy.) \\hut to express my deep regrets of | the great loss we are to have, as member going out'from our midst, we | ail regret to see Miss Addie Young de part from us. She has been a faith- | ful church member, a faithful Sun day school attender, and had made a | splendid President in our society. As there was no business tc !e (lis- | cussed at this meeting the sc " y ad journed to meet at the lion*- uV Miss: Lonie Meadows on Tuesday ? oning; Sept. 25th, 1017, in a businc meet ing. Every member isurged - ;id re. quested to be present as new | president has to be elected. "Recording S<? r**ary" Ust of Letters The following is a list of I-.-'.'.t* re-. ir.'innp in the Post Oftlce a* Louis X. C. not called ror 21,1 1017: Mr. \\\ A. Alien (Col.) Mrs. K lna Conyers. Mr. Lrnk Daniel?. KubankaT> and 10c. store Mr. Paul Green Mr. IT. II. Leonard. Mr. W\ G. Pearee. Mrs. H. L. Richards. Oscar Suwitter. Ml ssTTla Williams. The following returned from the deul letter office: Bennett Bland. Persons calling for any of the abovo letters will please stato that t..ey saw them advertised ^ H. H. Davis.PostmrtsJR'. fednr Rock Commnnlty Fair There will be a community foir held at Cedar Rock Academy, Friday. Cct. 5. J. O. Sledge will hi*vo charge of the live stock, Mr3. John Karle the needle work, Mrs. S. R. Boone the cooking and canning department and Mrs. W. B, Coppcd&e the flowers. THE MOVING PEOPLE. SOME YOU KNOW, SOME YOC DO JiOT KNOW. Many on Business, Many on Pleasure. Others to be Going, But All <>olng 01 Coming. Mr. W. M. Person visited Raleigh the past week. "Mrs. Julia"P. Scott returned the past week from the north. Messrs. W. H. Allen and J. A. Tur ner^ spent Monday in kaielgh. , Mr. T. W. Itullin returned the past week from a visit to ChapelHlll. Chief of Police D. C. High and daughter. Miss Lillian, and Mr. J. A. Turner visited Raleigh Tuesday. Mrs. N. H. Wilson returned the past week from Chapel Hill, where she had been vsiting friends and relatives. Mesdames E. H. Malone. J. E. Ma lone, E. L. Best, anu little Miss Mary Malone Best spent lest Thursday in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. E. F*. Thomas, and Miss Louise Thomas spent one day in Raleigh the past week. , hisses Louiso Mills and Jesse Ma of Middleburg, visited friends and relatives in and erounu Louisburg the past week. Mrs. W. P. Xeal and son, Mr. John Xeal, who have beet visiting Gov. and Mrs. Bickettat the Mansion, returned home the past week. Messrs. W. H. RufUn, Jr. and Maury Crallo left the past wwk for Chapel Hill, where they will attend school at the University. Miss Addie Younjy left fh'.irst'ay for Dunn, where she goe-i to accept a position with Johnson Bros. Her muny friends ropret to see her leave am wislVJtior much success. Mij, John Wells of Wilson passed t.iroijgh Louisburg Sunday and spent the day with his sisters here, Mes d'.mes M. C. Eleasants and W. R. Mills. Mrs. John A. Tucker visited friends and relatives in and near Louisburg the past week. She is on her way to New Bern, where she takes charge of the hotel for the coming winter Mr. Tucker will join her later. The Little Things It is hard to realize the important J H tie things, but when wo learn of the vast amount of good that has been accomplished through the means of the Treasure and Trinket fund wo must feel that the merest tiifle has some value of its own. This is to appeal to any one in our county who may find somewhere a brokefr^rinket, or bit of silver that ling been considered useless. If you will give any little things of this kind to our Kcd Ctofs fund we will be most grateful. Mrs. J. A. Turner will be glad to receive the articles, will take charge 01 them and #00 that they are ap propriated to i!ie gre.it cause for v.Iiieh we bhr-ul:? labor with wV.ole l:rart?! zeal. Mrs. McKlnne to Filter! aiu Woman's Home Minion Society. On next Monday afternoon in the Sunday School room of the' M. F.. Church at .*1:30 o'c'o* k. Mesdames F. L-. and D. K. McKtnne will bo joint I.e.-tesses i-.t the Woman's Missionary Society. Tills will bo a meeting of unusual interesi ;i* Mhs Vary Pre^r-ud, Rx ?!slftionary to llrazil. Miss Vera He* ting and Mi?*.? >"e-{5? Alton are ex pected to be with the Society. Harh of them are < Xpert .Missionary work ers and will i ?a do?;W Insure us an Interesting r.riv. rcu f ?r the after roan. Not only to t'.* r<*i;ular members of tho Missionary .Society,- hut to ev ery member of*t!io church. I? rr * cordial invitr.t'on extended to bo i?r sent at that time. Lucio K. Foster. Iter. Soc. I)o Wo Appreciate Our Hoys T Mr. Editor. Do we realize what wo are up . against in thiswar? Do wo realize what this war means to each of us? We go about our daily work and in tho rush of business we forget and in our desire to make money, do we not forget the boys who have left their hemes, their loved ones, their all, ready to grive their young lives in de fence of the hQnor of the flag wo all love so dearly, and for your protec Do we think of them. are making. I fear we do not realize that we are in the greatest war of all times the world has ever seen, that tnese boys are going to a foreign land to offer their lives on the alter of lib erty. do we realize and appreciate it? Those of us who have boys in the army realize it to the fullest extent. The mothers of Franklin county re alize what it means, when they gave tile last kiss to the boy she did not know whether she would ever see him again. She and she alone ? realized v hat it meant to her and that boy. Bravely she kept back ine tears while iier heart was breaking, so that the hoy might be bravo too. But do th3 people as a whole relaize the situa tion? Do we show it, have we shown it. It hurt? my heart to think that ll.e boys of Company D had to go to an adjoining town to be entertained when their own town failed to do so: (May the God who rules ali thing j bless the people of Frankiinton for their treatment of our boys) I talk ed to men of cur Company, men who ctme from far away from Louigburg and those who lived Here and they felt the hurt that no more attention was given them while in. camp here. Our people are as hospitable and kind as any in the world and I think that it vos not intentional neglect but sim ply thoughtlessness. Think how few of us went to that camp and cheered the boys by a kind word? How many lis * e written them a line since* they have been a way,a word from home is deur to them, even if written by a man. Girls write them a card, write tc scmo boy that you think may not 1 ave people here to write to them, it wont hurt you and will help them. I think every boy who has gone from Franklin county should be honored, si ould be looked upon as men who de Lcrvc the highest appreciation that we ??m give to them. When they give t tir lives on a foreign ?oil it will be loo late to say I wish I had ireateJ *itai differently. When the time comes for them to prove their worth on the battlefield, it will be said of our Franklin county boys, as General Lee said "God bless old Xorth Carolina," taen we will honor them, don't wait honor them now. The men whose forefathers followed Lee and Jackson for four long years on the bloody bat tlerleids of Virginia will never be found wanting when the test comes, they will be true to their heritage Give to them now what they deserve, youi love, your appreciation, your loyalty, show to them that the people of Louisburg and Franklin Ccunty. have not forgotten to honor tho man hood of its young men. All : r.nor to our soldier boys. I for one believe in them, I trust them, I honor them, a ; J I love them, your boy nnit mine. Sincerely hoping that every man, woman and child in Franklin county will make up his or her mir.cl to do something to brighten the lives of these boys while they are gone, I ?m. Very truly, A Father. Bnnii 11 lirli School \oten Amongt'uo newcomers tor the High I Sicl ool this week avo have Mi*a Trie? i Mitchell .of Mitchell's Cross Roads, ; 1 *ubert Cono. Edd Acre. Prescott j Strickland. of old Valley School and ' lioper Hatrrvood of New Hope School. { Our looms arc rather crowded hut ] v ^haven't our ilfty yet. Boost for | ?. ti. s. ^ 1 Plan;: arc going on f^r the Comma- J ri';.* Krtir to be hclu nt t?5?> ntjooij building Octohcr 5. ?.Iany lmud>oiue ? jr>os ?^avo been offered by the stores j l" the cash pri'/c- offered by ihs | si;.te. Don't forgot the tlate and place?Pur.n High Sclpol, Octohcr 5. If yon have anything for exhibit, > ."n<r it en. Lev folks know v l at you rv> doing. ? ':? account of the weathfer Rev. G. Duke was unable to deliver the L-ciure at the school kuildl'ig last Friday nlglit. Prof. N. E. Wright load out the different commltttees and prizes for Community Fair, after wards the "Philatheas" * sold cream i'nti candy. Quite a. nice sum was made. Although we began with B. H. S. notes, -this column will not bo re stricted to school notes. Mrs. H. G. Cates, of Wendell, is visiting her father, Mr. J. B. Harris. Miss Eugenia Seymour spent the week-end with. Bernice Baker, of near Rock Spring. RevfW. H. Hartsell lias mowed Into tn? house recently^ vacated by Mr. G P. Alford. Mr. Sid Mullin has a new "Pull mun." The death angel visited the com munity of Popular Springs Sunday and claimed Mr. Dan Perry, Our hearts go out in sympathy to his wife and loved ones. Messrs. H. F. Wiggs, C. S. Win stead, P. B. Alford, and W. S. Gay have been called by Uncle Sam. From Co ,F. Greenville, S. C., Sept. 17; Dear Asher:_ Well-we have gotten right down to work. The idea seems_to be first, to harden the man and put, him in shape physically. To do this we are having, four periods of physical in struction daily which has up to the present succeeded in making the men so sore itis almost torture to move. Second, they try t omake us as blood thirsty as possible. We have bayonet erill two periods and only a little close and xtended order. It is al ways the bayonet, one would think the bayonet was the whole show. They tell us this is the Germans weak point, and that the Canadians and JJritish have grown so confident that it is ulmost impossible to hold them in the trenches. They tell us that the German, though the best fighting force on earth, have failed to adopt latest bayonet manouvers.that the bay cuet they use is 6 inches longer than oars and that they depend entirely on their first attack,which if not success ful seems to put all fight out of him. We are taught to parry his first thrust, then take him at close quar ters, which we are more successful at on account of the shortness of our bayonet. Our division Is designated the 30th,our brigade the 60th, and our regiment the 120th U. S. X. G. (3rd. X. (.'. Inf.) The Second and Third ! X .C. Inf's. will be held intact and be j fired with recruits. In this we seem to be the "lucky guys" as nearly every other regiment in our division is to be broken up. The First N. C. Inf. is to be separated. About 2000 con scripts will begin coming in now as as fast as they can be equipped. Co. D has quite a bit of fun out of their new l ieutenant, who is from WeeHawkin. X". J. and consequently speaka a I brogue which can't easily be under stood by southerners when giving aommands. When he gives "Squads P.ight" they think he 13 reproving tnom for something they have been doing wrong. The ne\y formatoin which we will adopt in the next few days gives each Co. one Captain, 3 First Lieutenants and 2 Second Lieu tenants. The "grub" continues to be very good and every one seems to be ? ntented. We have had a little cold snap but it is warming up again ay I writ o tliis. The probability is that we will go to France about Dec. 1st. Of ccur ? v this is guess wory but ? present program of instruction ends here Nov. i:.j. Wo may go else where in the U. S. f::r other training. 'I his has been written l:.:rriedly for it is about drill period and I must close. Yours, etc., 13. M. Edwards. yo losi: legs One* Jit a sawmill \car Town, the Other on tlu* Railroad In Town .? >o Jones, a colored hey about 14 yi :.r.4 oi age-Inst .hi < loft lc? Tuesday us the resu!'. of being on the ruHiond track while t!ie train was dnirtliiK. so wo aro Informed, it was nr putu'ed ju.Jt he Sow tlio i?nee. Meddio Smith, eolored got his Toot so badly mungied 11 the sawmill of V ".Graham Person, near town, on v% c:ncsiiay morning that his left len had 10 be amputated at tiic jankle. Lotilshurg Boy Fnfertafned Mr?. Blckett entertained at an in formal dance at the Mansion on la?t Friday evening complimentm-y to her house guest, Mr. John Neal, of An napolis, Md. Those dancing ivere: Misses Julia Jerman, Mary Francis Oowen, Agnes Cotten Timberlake. Luta Belle Spann. Josephine White, and Miss Rand. Messrs. John Neal, Touto Riddlck, Jerome Stockard, McKinnon, and George Willie. Mr. Yarboroagh to Speak Mr. W. Hi Yarborougli will make an address at Cedar Rock, Oct. 5th, at 11:00 o'clock. ?? Hr

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