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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