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AOLUMJi XLVI. SECTION TWO LOUISBUKU, K. C., FK1DAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917 PAGES 9 TO IB MKBEB :CI
GOOD SAt?S PAST WEEK
AT LOUISBIKG TOBACCO WAKE.
HOUSES
l'rices Seem Higher ami the Better
Grades are Selling Well?Much
Satisfaction.
It in generally conceded that on
Friday a decided advance was no
ticeable in the prices (or tobacco on
t lie local warehouse floors, especially
for the better grades. Many growers
l'r.ve been on the market the past
week and made sales which proved
espt daily satisfactory. The sales
have In each case been spirited and
lull of interest, the buyers showing
a desire for all grades, and are not
afraid to make their bids.
Come to Loulsburg with your to
bacco and be among those who are
so well pleased.
Bunn High School Notes
Our number is increasing.
We have John Chamblee In high
school and several other new ones in
the grammar grades.
Rumors have been heard of a third
l:;gh school teacher.
Misses Sallia Wilder, Annie Lee
S?ymore and Messrs. Scott Winstead
aad Frank Jones patd liTiss Elizabeth
Tinibarlake a flying visit Wednesday
afternoon. A grape vine being the
thief attraction.
One of our boys, Sherrod Gay, has
gone to call on Uncle Sam.
Miss Annie Lee Seymore and Mr. J.
R. Ballentine attended the wedding of
Mr. Willie Ballentine and Miss Xeni
ria Edwards on Thursday of last
week.
Mr. C. L. Weathers, who is in school
at Wake Forest, was home to spend
the week-end with his parents.
Miss Lonle Horton, one of our old
girls, left Tuesday morning for Green
vij'e, N. C., where she will attend Eas
tern Training School this year.
~ Misses Lillian and Gladys Ballen
tine, of Middlesex, and Mr. Eugene
Ballentine, of Rocky Mount, spent
Siturday and Sunday with Mr. Joe
Ballentine.
We are going to have a series of
meetings in our new Baptist church
the last week in October. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend. Our
pastor will be assisted by Rev. Ar
rette.
Do not forget our Fair! Only two
wore weeks, the 5th of Ocloljer, 1917.
This Fair promises to be one of the
best Community Fairs m Franklin
county. Our people are all very on.
tliuslastlc over It, all are doing their
lilt towarda its success. The day will
bo full of eventful things?the morn
ing of the 5th at 10 o'clock the amuse
ments begin. Our committee on ar
rangements have not made their a
nouncemcntg yet, but they promise
something good. At llo'clock Hon.
R. Bruce White will deliver the ec.
ture for us. Following the lecture the
Woman's Betterment Association will
serve Barbecue and other appetizing
eatables. Our aim is to make this a
day of profit as well as pleasure. Wo
want our people to become more a
v.ake to tlie present opportunities of
fered them. There are more than
f.lty dollars offered in valuable prizes
besides the cash prizes offered by the
Agricultural Department of North
Carolina. A. and E. College will fur
nish expert judges and they will tell
each contestant why his product la
the best, or why It was not the bes*.
Don't fall to come. Be sure to bring
t lie other fellow too.
The Young People's Missionary
Society
The Young People's Missionary So
ciety met on Tuesday evening, Sept
26th, at the home of Mrs. M. C. Pleas
a.its.
There was no program arranged for
the evening, but every one present en
joyed the meeting Immensely. One
of our former Presidents was present
(Mrs. O. R. McOrady, of Raleigh) and
led the devotional exercises, she read
the 13th Chapter of 1st Corinthians.
Following the devotional exercises
Mils Mary Pescud. of Raleigh, made
a very Interesting talk Indeed. Miss
Peicud is home on a furlough from
Braill where she has been a Mission
ary (or eighteen year*. She talked
lo us on Brazil, the rules and cus
toms of Brazil. The prettiest feat
ure of her whole talk was when she
quoted the 23rd Psalm in the Portu
guese language. In behalf of the So
ciety and also the welcomed visitors
tnat were present, I want to express
my appreciation of being able to have
pi ch a lovable woman, with us as
Mies Pescud. I, for one, certainly had
the intense feeling of being a Mis
sionary after hearing Miss Pescud's
talk.
Those present at the meeting were:
Mesdames E. H. Malone, O. J. Hale,
M. C. Pleasants, and Misses Lonlo
Meadows,Julia Barrow,Elizabeth Mas
senburg, Fannie Lillian Massenburg,
Sue Alston, Hodgle Alston, Kathleen
Egerton, Louise Thomas. The ones
above are members of the Society and
the following are visitors that were
present: Mesdames F. B. McKinnte,
G. R. McGrady, and Misses Mary Pes
cud. of Raleigh, Mamie Brown, and
Francis Egerton.
No business to be brought before
the Society they adjourned to meet
with "somebody" on Tuesday Oct. 2.
Franklin County l*nion
The Franklin County Union meet
ing. wjiich will be held with the
Pearce.Ami Baptist church Saturday
rnd Sunday, gives promise of betfng
one of the best held in recent months.
First Hale of New Cotton
The first bale of new cotton was
sold on the local market Wednesday
by Mr. J. M. Joyner, who lives about
three miles west of Loulsburg. It
was ginned by Allen Bros, water gin
and was bought by Mr. C. T. Stokes
at 23 1-2 cents a pound.The bale
u e'ghed 401 pounds.
RamleU's Chapel Revival.
Rev. C.T.Plybon, of Roxboro, wLll
Qi.flst the pastor. W. M. Gilmore in a
bur'es of meetings at Ransdell's Chap
el. beginning Sunday. 3 P. M.
Meetings during the week daily at
2. and 7:30 P.
Rev. Plybon is an unusually strong
pi eacher.
A Big Carnival.
There will be a big carnival at
Hickory Rock on Saturday night,
October the 6th. Come and bring
your friends, and your money for
there will be plenty of amusement,
an? ice cream to sell. Bo here at
seven-thirty, and take it all in. We
will keep you laughing.
Bridge Finished.
The street forces,who were given the
contract to put a new floor on the
bridge across Tar River here have
finished the work and now the drive
way looks fine. They are now at
v ork on the street at the south end
of the bridge and will, after com
pleting the street to the depot hHl.
begin laying the asphalt on Main
| street from the intersection of Main
and Nash to the bridge. They say
| they expect to complete Main street!
to the College before the time for
the Franklin County Fair.
List of Letters
The following is a list of letters
remaining in the Postofflce at Louls
,burg, N. C., not called for Sept. 28,
1**17.
,i W. Clements
Mr. Alexander Dunston
Mrs. Ludia Patterson
Mr. Joseph Spivey
Mrs. Carrie Willoughby
Miss Jessie Yarborough A
Persons calling for any.of the above
letters will please state that they
saw them advertised.
R. H. DAVIS, Postmaster.
Mr. Henry Page, Food Administra
tor of North Carolina will have an In
teresting and Instructive exhibit. A
new building has been erected for
the display of Woman's Work. The
Canning Clubs of the State will have
a cooperative exhibit. Also there will
be exhibits of Home Economics work
showing a modern country kitchen,
modern city kitchen, demonstrations
of making cottage cream and cheeses
of all kinds, demonstrations of perfect
laundry work and weaving, basketry
booth, modern child's nursery, home
sewing booth, home conveniences
booth, etc. ? The Red Cross will be
given a prominent place in this build
ing, exhibiting patriotic activities of
the women of the State.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS
Office of the District Board for Eastern District of N. C.
September 21, 1917.
The following men, called for military service by the Local
Hoard for Franklin County have been duly passed upon by the
proper Local and District Board and are hereby certified as selected
for military service and are not' exempted or discharged: ^
White
19 337?Chas. Andrew Clifton, Route 1, Mapleville, N. C.
27 596? Tolly Faulkner, Alert, N. C.
81 1847?Jas. Ivey White, Route 2, Youngsville, N. C.
172 1334?Solly Bennett Pridgen,, Louisburg, X. C.
60 43?Albert Green Ayscue, Alert, X. C.
252 1543?Morton Alfonso Rudd, Route 3, Louisburg, K. C.
129 983?Vannie Bill Jeans, Routs 2, Wakefield, X. C.
62 1548?George Washington Renn .Mapl^ville, N. C.
105 513?Robert Henry Evans, Route 2, Louisburg, N. C.
158 905?Grover Harrison, Franklinton, N. C.
122 1419?Walter Haywood Parrish. Wakefield, N. C.
171 620?David L. Foster, Route 6, Henderson, N. C.
221 623?Jonk K. Foster, Route 6, Henderson, N. C.
$46 622?Henry P. Finch, Louisburg, X. C.
228 335?Clyde Franklin Collier, Louisburg, X. C.
112 223?Peyton James Brown, Louisburg, X. C.
382 822?John Wesley Holloway, Route 1, Franklinton, N. C.
430 212?John Taylor Barnette, Route 1, Louisburg, X. C.
428 336?Preston Troy Clifton, Route 3, Louisburg, N. C.
83 140?Sidney Burnette, Route 1, Alert, N. C.
101 1395?Jarvis Wesley Perry, Route 1, Wakefield, N. C.
237 1764?Kinchen Tant, Route 1, Louisburg, N. C,
29 536?Elliott L. Egerton, Louisburg, N. C.
Colored
116 390?Friday Davis, Jr., Route 1, Mapleville, N. C.
73 1045?Frank Kelly, Route 2, Louisburg, N. C.
95 739?Owen Hayes, Route 2, Franklinton, N. C.
213 741?Junius Henderson, Franklinton, N. C.
137 194?Percy Hammond Blount,, Louisburg, X. C.
74 1031?Elmas Vann Kearney, Franklinton, N. C.
447 585?James Foster, Kearney, N. C.
110 1955?Moody Williams, Louisburg, X. C.
155 982?John Johnson, Route 4. Louisburg. X. C.
258 112?Arthur Blacknall, Route 3, Franklinton, X. C.
332 642?Robert Gilliam, Route 1, Louisburg, N. C.
289 1102?Charlie Lanford, Route 3, Franklinton, X. C.
C52 974?Baldy Johnson, Route 4, Louisburg, X. C.
254 ?20?Ezekiel Clemmons, Route 1, Wakefield, X. C.
The District Board for Eastern District of Xorth Carolina
By John D. Lanston, Chairman.
By E. R. Pace, Secretary
Date of posting this notice at office of this Local Board, Sept. 24,1917
Date of posting verified and certified correct.
Wm. H. Ruffin, Chairman
A. S. Joyner, Secretary
HINTS TO REDUCE MOTION PICTURE HAZARD
Material reduction of the fire haz-,
ard in the motion picture industry
is expected to result from the publl- j
cation of bulletins under the direc-1
tlon of the Committee on Fire Pre-1
ventlon Regulations and Insurance ot
the National Association of the Mo
tion Picture Industry, Inc. Bulletin {
Number 1, which has just been issued. I
points out that insurance rates on1
films and buildings where film is used
are regulated by the losses and the
hazardous conditions now common to
the industry, it then sets forth, un-1
der the attractive heading "Ten
Kinds of Fire Insurance That Won't
Cost a Cent of Premiums" the follow
ing suggestions for prevention:
1. Keep plenty of water handy,
(a) In an automatic sprinkler system
suitable to your conditions; (b) In
convenient buckets; (c) In faucets
with an inch and a quarter hose and
nozzle attached, (d) Have fire ex
tinguishers, which everybody is shown
how te use; (e) Keep sand palls hsn*
dy. Sand will stop a small film fire
quickly and will not damage the
stock.
2. Keep film In containers when
not actually In use. The time loss In
replaeing it is nothing. Naked film
fs the one condition that guarantees
that a little fire will get beyond con
trol In a few seconds.
8. Throw film scraps into self
closing metal cans, never Into open
waste baskets.
4. Keep the cutting rooms, etc.,
well swept. The tiny pieces of film
that fly about make the dust as dan*
gerous as so much gunpowder.
The Better Babies Contest will be
held in the beautiful new annex built
especially for the comfort of the chil
dren and the convenience of the doc
tors and nuraes examining them.
There will be educational exhibits
by the State Board of Health. State
Departmnet of Agriculture, State
Highway Commission, The State A.
and E. College, Animal Husbandry Di
lslon of the United States Agricultur
al Department, the North Carolina
Experiment Station, etc.
The new Woman's Building will be
5. Have a professional electrician
do all your wiring, In accordance with
every city ordinance, no matter how
"unreasonable" it seems. Have the
light globes caged?a broken glob?
may make only one spark, but that
can Ignite $1,000 worth of film. Han
dle no film by any artificial light but
elea^iclty.
6. Box your radiators and steam
pipes. The film that touches a hot
pipe and crinkles up might Just as
easily have burst into flame.
7. Enforce the "no smoking" rule.
Give the boys a smoking room If they
need It, and make the boss and his
guests who are looking over the place
leave their cigars, cigarettes and
pipes outside, as they would if they
stepped Into a theater for a glimpse
of the picture.
8. Banish the "strike anywhere!'
match. Furnish boxes of safety
matches free, if necessary. But don't
have anything that will light except
when It Is Intended to,
9. Keep only enough cement, gas
oline and collodion on hand for the
day's work. They are all highly In
flammable. and should be stored where
they can do no harm.
10. Appoint one man or woman as
flre monitor, and let him know It is
all his Job Is ?worth to fall to call down
the boss, the cu(ror, or the office boy
for any carelessness.
The bulletin Is being distributed to
all the affected Interests In the busi
ness. The committee Is composed of
).<^e L. Lasky, Charles M. Biscay an j
H. Elliott.
dedicattitt on Wednesday with appro
priate exercises. Miss Jaenette Ran
kin, the only woman member of Con
gress will address the people at the
Fair Grounds, Immediately after the
dedication of the Woman's Building.
A great string of fast horses will
he on the race track and the free at
tractions will be new, novel and en
tertaining. The Fair will have the
finest Midway ever shown in North
Carolina. This will be strictly high
class with no gambling of any sort
nor any Immoral shows. Over one
thousand feet of space on the Midway j
has already, been sold to one company.
The Fair is the best place in vthe
vorld for instruction and entertahi
rncnt.
I'p-to-Date
Trospctive Guest?This is a very
pretty town and I think I'll stay sev
eral days. What's the death rate
here?
Hotel Clerk?We dont take any
dead ones here. Try the morgue.
Go to friends for advice;
To womsn for pity;
To strangers for charity;
To relatives for nothing.
^ ?Spanish Proverb
y ,
"I don't see how our candidate can
bo defeated."
"Why so optimistic?"
"He has idealists to write his
v-t ? J -
speeches for him pnd practical poli
ticians to direct his campaign."
Wife , (at breakfast-) "Could I have
a little money for shopping today,
dear."
Husband. "Certainly. Would you
rather have an old five or a new one?
Wife. "A new one of course."
Husband. "Here's the new one?
r.nd I'm four dollars to the good!"
CLOSE MARGIN OF PROFIT
IN OPERATION OF RAILWAY
Larti Amount Of Capital Risked For
Very Small Returns
OF VITAL INTER EST TO PUBLIC
Investors Will Not Provide Money for
Improvements Unless They Are
Assured a Reasonable Profit
on Their Investment
Atlaiita, G a.?(Special.)?The close
margin of profit for a railroad under
| present conditions is strikingly shown
by figures submitted by President Har
rison in the annual report of South*
era Railway Company for the fiscal
year ended June 30th, 1916. In the
most prosperous year of the Compa
ny's history the net operating income
($21,004,005.09,) represented only 5.31
per cent on the investment ($395,722,
785.06) in the railroad and equipment
which produced it.
"It may perhaps be said," said Mr.
Harrison, "that there is no Industry ex
cept a railroad in which so large a
capital is risked for such a return in
Its most successful year."
At a time when the newspapers dal
are printing articles in regard to
increasing railroad gross earnings, as
indicating a rising tide of general
prosperity, it is well to bear in mind
the very small return on money in
vested in railrot^} property.
Many persons are misled Into believ
ing that the railroads are fabulously
prosperous by the mere size of the fig
ures in which the earnings of large
railroads are expressed, but it should
be remembered that an enormous sum
of money was required to construct
and equip their plants and thai the
return on each dollar Invested is rela
tively small.
It Is manifestly in the interest of
the employees of a ral.road and of
the public served that ihe railroad
secure new capital for additions and
improvements to Its plant so that it
may give better service and ofTer en- i
larged employment. However, ,thl*
can be accomplished only by allying I
the railroad to earn an amount on i
the capital already invested sufficient
to promise a return on the additional
capital desired.
Governmental agencies may depress
rates and enact restrictive legislation
which will deprive the man who has
already Invested in railroads of a fair
return on hlB investment, but no plan
has been devised for forcing the man
with money, in the bank to put it
into railroad construction, or improve
ment. Unlesa the investment appears
a;tractive to him and offers a fair
return he ijll put his money in some
enterprise fl^.t cannot be affected by
governmental agencies. t
Every employee of the Southern
Railway and every shipper served by
it who recognizes his true interest will
do what he can to insure such a re
turn on the capital now invested in
the Southern Railway as will make the
securities of the Company more at
tractive to investors, so the Company
will be able to secure the additional
capital needed to carry on a consist
ently constructive program which will
mean increased prosperity for every
interest in the territory served by It
Southern News Bulletin.
THE MOVING PEOPLE.
SOME YOU KNOW, SOME YOU DO
KOT KNOW/
Muny/on Business, Many on Pleasure,
Others to be Going, But All Going 01
Coming.
Col. Henry Perry and Supt E. M.
Rollins, of Henderson, were visitors
to Louisburg, Wednesday.
Mrs. Jesse A. Jones ,of Raleigh,
has returned to her home after spend
ing a week at the home of Miss Cooke,
Lou is burg, N. C.
Mr. Jesse Vaughan ,of Scotland
Neck, arrived in Louisburg Wednes
day and will have charge of the Sin
ger Sewing Machine Co. business.
Mr. and Mrs. Carydon S. Jones have
returned to their home in Raleigli,
after spending the week with Mrs.
Jones mother, Mrs. Giles Underhill,
near Louisburg.
Maplevllle Community Fair.
There will be a Community Fair
, h??lc? at Maplevllle Academy, Thurs
day, Oct. 4. The Fair will begin at
1.30 P. M .and continue through the
| evening. Various amusements are
l being planned. Mrs. C. P. Harris
| v ill have charge of the needle and
fancy work, Miss Anna Wheles, the
Ibbtry and kitchen department, Miss
Rcxle Harris, the flowers,Mr. J. O.
Wilson and Mrs. W.E. Uzzell, amuse
ments. A cordial invitation is ex*
tended to the public.
Red Cross
The ladies of the Red Cross have ?
been attending the tobacco sales the
fast week, soliciting a bundle or
more of tobacco from ekch farmer
rtu* selling same to add to their
funds. They have found the farmers
ready and wiling, to assist In this
Rood work and from the several sales
1 a 'C raised quite a neat sum to assist
in their work.
Louisburg Sells Bonds.
At a special meeting of the Board
of Town Commissioners held on
Wednesday the $135,000.00 worth of
bonds were sold. The highest bid,
wMch was accepted ,was par with
interest. Considering the present
unf ettled condition of the money mar
ket this Is regarded as a pretty good
sale.
Meeting U. D. C.
The Jos. J. Davis Chapter U. D. C.
will meet at the home of Mrs. J. E.
Mnlone, Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 2nd,
at 3 o'clock. Members are requested
to notify the hostess if they will at
tend.
Mrs. W. E. White, Pres.
??!rs. J. L. Palmer. Secy.
William Rowe
On Aligust 17, the Death Angel
r une into our midst and claimed the
life of our friend and neighbor, Wil
liam Rowe.
William Rowe, Jr. was born Oct.
3, 1846 and died Aug. 17, 1917, having
reached the ripe eld age of seventy
years. He was married to Priselila
Tn&rrlngton Dec. 1872 and to them
were born 9 children. Ho leaves a
devoted wife, and five children, viz;
W. E. Rowe, of Louisbug; N. H. Rowe
^ioulton? S. C.; C. S. Rowe, Mrs. J.
W. Ayscue, of Alert; Mrs. R. J. Tur
ner of Henderson, who have our
deepest sympathy.
_ The interment was made In the
beautiful little cemetery at Corinth
l'.aptist church, where he had been a
r.cmber for fifteen years.
Our brother had been a Bufferer
for 16 months, but bore his suffer
ings with Christian fortitude, and
I d<cd trusting in his Qod.
"How firm a foundation, ye saints
of the Lord! Is laid for your faith
ir. His excellent word! What more,
can he say, than to you he hath said,
to yuo who for refuge to Jesus hath
ed':M " A. F. P.
"When do you tlnk it will stop
raining?"
"If I answer that question you'll
vrnt me to tell you when the war la
going to end."
"Are you going to carry a picture of
your sweetheart with you when yon
go to the frontf"
"Yes Indeed, Seven pictures,
Df a different fir!/*