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Couhty Politics Are Now Warming
Up; Each Office To Be Contested
II Present Rumors Are A?y Imdleatioa
?The Judicial Offlees Are Also Fmr
nlshtog Some Interesting Slscuasson
Although the primaries for the se
lection of officers for Franklin coun
ty and the State generally Is now four
months off, Interest In the local
affah-s and also of the seventh Judi
cial district are taking on good pro
portions In the general discussions on
eur streets and to the county. This
year everyone of the county offices
are to be filled and both the Judicial
offices and If madam rumor Is any In
dication everyone of them will be. in
much demand as It will range from a
double contest to one of many sides.
The only relief we have in sight Is
the fact that this year Franklin will
not name a senator, It being her
year.
From present Indications HoftE. W.
Fou will have no opposition In the
coming primary to sucked himself,
which Is no doubt m<5re due tp the
conditions Burroundlng the fact that"
this country is at war than it Is that
the people of/Franklin are satisfied
with him ire tttetr representative.
The jtfalclal race promises much ln
tirosr and will in a measure absorb
rch that would otherwise result
the purely local campaigns.
' It ? '"111 be remembered that
Franklin and Wake counties are to a
district together and under agree
ment that neither county shall hold
both offices a.t one time.. There -are
To'TW 'mu 'uimjujj OHWJ tnxhto
this year, ono for'Judge and one for
Solicitor. Already there are about
six or seven named for the-Judgeshlp.
Sen. W. M. Person is already a can
didate, as also is considered, Judge T.
H. Calvert, Governor Bickett's ap
appointee to succeed Judge Cox who
was appointed to succeed Judge Cook,
and which appointment the people
of Franklin feel has thoroughly viola
ted the agreement they had with "Wake
in that It deprived Franklin of the
remainder of "the term to an office
that it had a right "to claim Its "own
besides resulting In Wake's holding
both offices for two years. Besides the
?t wo candidates - narood above-tor the
Judeshlp it IS possible that Franklin
will offer Hon. Ben T. Holden, a most
a Me of rmnocsr Tiar, anil we
learn that WaA county will offer
Messrs. W. B. Snow, W. C, Harris, R.
N Slmms, Percy J. Olive and Senator
Wllmur 6udd. Out of this combination
there is much room for quite a little
fun in the running. The solicitorship
does nut seem to be quite so popular,
but we learn that Hon. H. E. Norris,
"who has been solicitor of. this district
' since its formation will stand for re.
nomination,'and that there is a prob
ability of h\b being opposed by Repre
sentative A t wood Newell, Of Louis
effect that ifHon. lien JL #ol4en-Tl0e"?~
not run for t^e Judgeship ho will be
a possible opponent to Mr. Norris for
the Solicitorship. ..
At present, except to those directly
interested in tbeTrohibitlon campaign
the representative fronf this county
hwj^tcausingan^tartlin^alarn^We
"ffaveTrcJrT^onTJTNe^pame^^f^Tessff?1
?E. H. Malone and J. A. burner, men
tioned in this connection. Mr. Malone
Ik one of Loulshurg's leading young
lawyers and is Chairman of tho De
mocratic Executive Committee of this ;
county. Mr. Turner, well everybody !
knows "Jim,* a Jolly whol'esouled fel
Icy, who him held aevert^ public of
fices In Franklin among which was
Hcpresentatlve In the General As
sembly of the State.
The next In Interest amotig our peo.
pie seems to be that of Sheriff. Th$
present Incumbent, who Ts serving his
first term and Is making ?n accept
able ahd efficient officer, will make
Another fight for the nomination this
summer and from what we can learn
from Mh friends, will make an Inter
esting.one tor any opponent., We un
derstand bo^avef, he will be opposed
by former sheriff William H. Allen, j
whom he succeed?! two years ago.*
Mr. Allen's friends are %guftlly con
fident <Jf hi* success.
Mr. J. B. Y?.r bo rough the present in- !
cumbej^Sl the Register of Deeds t>f
0c'.v4o?? not M>fet seem to b? trou
We qndermUnd thft Mr. Puller,
who ran against him In the last pri
mary, - will Sot enter politics again
so3h on account of hI? business con.
nectlon In othe^ Upm.' However, we
hare heard It suggested that he would
be opposed by Mr. J. W, Winston, o?
Youngs vllle, but Mr. Winston wlll Hot
verify this. idea. Mr. Yarboroufh Is
not taking chances but la getting
thing* in shape as he recognizes that
It Is not too late for t ho development
of opposition. ^ / ,
The .Clerk of Courts office Is
one that eeemg to be quite popular u
we understand Mr. J. J. Barrow, who
has beeo the efficient clerk here for
slxtee* or more years, will have ac
tlvsrjopposltlon should he decide to
n. in the persons of Mr. C. C. Win
a ton Mayor of YoungsvUl^1 and Mr. 8.
C. Holden, of this place, both of
whom are actively engaged, so w*
learn on their campaign. It is also
rumored that since the death of Ma].
H. A. London, Mr. Henry London, his
son, who holds the position of Chief
Clerk to Mr. Jospeh W. Bailey in the
Internal Revenue department at Ra
leigh Is? contemplating resigning that
position and that Mr. Barrow will be
named to succeed him. This,"we were
toll}, was confirmed on a recent visit
to Washington City by Mr. Barrow and
3everal of his friends. Should th(s
result It IS understood that Mr. S. C.
Holden will be put forward for the
appointment as Clerk of the Court
hero. In this latter case it would re
fer the clerkship certainly in the pri
mary if not in the appointment, in no
less a person \that Mr. J. L. Palmer
the present efficient Deputy Clerk, of
the Court.
!co'.:3 like the membership
of the Board of County" Commissioners
will be an every man's fight as from
reports we get everybody who is not
running for one of the other offices
will attempt to take one of theoe. It!
is generally assumed that all the old
-Board wlH_jjtand tor reelection, but'
we are informed that Messrs. J. W.
Winston and J. H. Ballentine will not
serve again. This we-are'not in posi
-tiun tu Klvo~^ttlLflUTnnrTfr HnwpV(f
We have heard the names of Messrs. I
E. Oykuu~CrWrj
Roberts, C. H. Mullen and J. A. "JJft-1
chiner mentioned aB probable' candi.' I
dates and the suggestions of possibly
half a nthprw Ti'hnii^nnmrvi Wfr
hpp" """?'Ip?-40 WllHtllt!! ;
thpre will bo any direct organized
fight agatTiSt TlTfe old board or wheth
-er it will be just a scramble for the
two possible vacancies we don't know,
The general public seems to be pret
ty well satisfied with the actions of
the preseht board, as we have heard
of no special criticisms.
This leaves only two elective offi
fln thr rnunty Mrkrt tflat Ts~not in
popular demand. That- of. Surveyor
and Coronoj\ ^ jpasmuch" * as it has I
been Impossible to get a Surveyor to
qualify for many years and that the j
Coroner finds that the honor"fEat goes
with his ofTice is a very costly oflo I
and almost always inconvenient and
hardly any hopes of stirrinf^ipTHVHP
enthusiasm in either of those as it is
pretty well said that "Misery Ix>ves
Company" and each of these will he
apt to ex&aim "0ome on in boys, the
water's fine" and then slip out to see
the other fellow catch his luck.
Yen, the indications are that we will
hare much inteiest til pulfllcH Tiers
this spring. And we don't know but
"that it will be healthy If no personal
feelings are injected. Whatever may
be the results lets be able to meet each
other both principals and parties af
ter the election with hearty hand
shakes. smiles and good feelings.
Dr. NEWELL TO &OYE TO LOCIS
BITRG
The many friends here of Dr. J. 01
lie Newell who fa now locatod at Kp
Bpm, wll be glad to learn that he will
piove to Loulsburg and practice his
profession from here. Drr^ Newell
practiced In Lbuisburg a number. of
years ago during which time he won*
much popularity. He expect to ititivH
bis family In the next few -M?> unrt*
will begin hi* work frtn) he r ?r t, ic<
BISHOP CHESHIRE TO VISIT ?.
^FACI/S PARISH X
Right Rev. Jos. Blount/(2hesM*?,.
Bishop ol the Diocese of North Caro
lina, will make \an Episcopal rlslta
tlon to St. Paul's parish, Loulsburg,
on Sunday and Monday, February J4r
and 25th, holding services at 8t. Pauls
church Simday night at T:S0 and St.
Matthias church Monday B%ht at
Thfr rlte-of* confirmation 'will- tre-JdP
ministered at both service?. A cor
dial Invitation to all Is extended to
both services. ~ ' , ? -
SAFE FABMING FOB Hp.
Will the farmery of the South
the grant triumph from t iiuine
standpoint of the past two Tears
returning to an all cotton or all to
bacco system of farming T Aa swat*
as they do return to srpeh ?
It *111 mean the Importation of
priced foodstuffs and CseAstuSl
wtll_resutt In an Impoverished
population. Thirty cent cotti
not alone responsible forth? I
counts that southern farmers
hate. The dlvtrqilled terming
has patriotically been forced
the south Is the main cause. Evely
with coton and tobacco at the prices
they were last fall, If the south had
hot raised the food and feeds that ah*
did, today would And her no bette?
off than 1st 1916. ,And if aha
goes back to the old system a yoai*
fronT now the south with allher opS
portunltles for financial Independence
and patriotic service will in, all pro?
bablllty be a wreck financially' and
disgrace to the rest of the nation. ' ;
A safe farming system for " -1918'
would be. ?? /
1. The training cmfwyp olmfeigj
- The growing by eacficommunity
of all fhe food and feed crops so tur
ns practicable. V. *
2. 'file production of non-perlsh
able staple food crops_ beyond local
n?eds.
3. The production of perishable
food crops only to tffe ? extent that"
they can be Consumed or conserved
in some way.
4. After this, growing of all cot
ton tobacco and other cash crops.
? 6. The inereased production.- of
meat, eggs and milk.
6. The saving of atl waste on the
farm?economize 4a-tlme and labor.
No longer should the south be cal- i
led the "FulblLT~- .stnru*>i> gn.iih ^
held down ?by- the- e?>p Hen. Tha
goHetr opportunity la here to pay off.
debts and start anew. Wg^a-111 never!
be a - really prosperous agricultural
country till the farmers can finance
their own operations. Put vnnr mo
ney in Liberty Bonds and War Sav
ing Stumps, and you will find that"
you have become independent.
If you haven't one get a copy of
It will probably save you a dollar this
year. If .you don't need them, Un
cle Sam does.
THE WAR Y. >V. C^A.AX WORK
Duft- pressing neWa of the
Red Cross activities very little effort
has been made to raise aify jnoney
for the war work 6f the Y. W. C. A.,
which cause Mrs. Bickett our State
Chairman so earnestly and eloquent
ly presented to the women of Louis
burg in Decejmber.
This week the women have raised
$66.00 but are not satisfied that this
nmnunt
Mrs. Bickett^rfie^aVnpaign wifl con
tinue another.^ week
It 1? difTicultto reach the rural dis
tricts and townships in the county, ex
cept bv phono, so if those contribut
ing will send amount? to Mrs. J. A
Turner or Mrs. W. P. Neal or Mrs. R.
F, Ynrhoreugh, Jr.. if will be
appreciated. "" ? ? |
The War Work Council of the Young 1
Women's Christian Association has i
sroted to raise $4.000,000 for work a-!
?nong the girls and women in com-1
munlties adjoining the cantonments,
n mobilization centers. In munition I
factories, and in foreign countries af- |
!ected by the war. It is our problem
o safeguard our girl*.
What will be your bit?
FRANKI,IN XUPtnrOR COI7RT
Tt? regular. February form of Prank
lln vSupeflor Co'rjt co v^nerf Monday
with hI? Honor W P C?**?cy. Judfieprc
??iJH* ^ho ?> vory favora
Mo ?TrT>-f*<?ton- c court. fooV
rp T^ti~ ?*??-- A '*
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vn "fH '* %v ? ' * _.n"lv tfr
D. 8. TROOPS Dr FRANCE IN
j . BATTLE OX THBEE 8ECT0BS
Everywhere They Are Proving Them
selves Fighters of the Highest
. Calibre
t~_ '
ptfll No Indication ol Near Approach
?I Expected Big Offensive; Satur
day Night's Attempted Air Bald on
' London Proved a Failure; Ruman
ia to Mak? Peace.
American troops in France now are
in battle on three sectors?on their
own itn* east of St. Mlhiel and with
the French In Champagne and on one
trf thu most famous battle fronth in
the world, where rained Tillages and
the devastated country generally tell
tha tal? of hard fonght battles when
iha Germans pushed forward their
Une and ultimately were driven back
by the French.
"AMI everywhere the Americans are
previa# themselves lighters of the
highest calibre, winning enconiuxns I
from high French officers for their
bn*foe?B-1(ke methods of warfare and
tmllj their skill in the use of ar
UUer Already the men are vet^r
er.t. Cor nothing the Germans hare m
stock remains to be shown them ex- ;
eept a great mass attack. Thus far
everything that has been tried by the I
<|nemy against them has been discount!
ed, and in some Instances doubly dis
counted..*. "
.1 Stories from the front by the As
sociated Press tell of the Interpldlty
of the men In trench raiding opera
tions, of their coolness under fire
and in returning fire, the -accuracy
of aim of the gunners and the Intense
jfatchfulness of observation posts to
fceHhtit the enemy, .obtains no undue
[advantage In a surprise attack.
' Dispatches- from Pctro^rad indi
cate that German soldiers have de
clined to obey their commanders to
move to the French front and even
have given battle to brokers in arms
C'ho endeavored to force them to do
o. In Petrogr'ad,/CLt last accounts,!
marked disorder* were still prevali
li tiiere being indiscriminate shoot
ing and looting.
An Amsterdam dispatch says that_
Rumania-Intends under certain condi
tions to enter into peace negotiations
with the Central Powers.
Thje only criticism thus far heard
.regarding flip Americans-is-thelr-de?
Hire to be up and at the enemyTTJke^
tirelr brothers In the north?the Ca
nadians?they are hard to hold in re
straint. As one distinguished French
officer expressed it. "they are too
anxious to get at grips with the_ ene
Cut Off By Live Wires
Aside from their daily lack of 4?roc.
king down the German trenches and
dugouts with their g una the latest ex
perience of the Americans and a
thrilling one, was a night patrol raid
during-which the Germans, after the
Americans had passed their first line
of _wlrB- -ftaiangtemen t^TTi e a v i 1 y charg
er! th^ wire behind the patroT with
electricity, coolly, the American? lay
down until the danger was passed
and returned to tli&hr trenches, no
body being injured.
is no indication of the near
approach of the expected big offensive
by the Germans-, along the line in
France and Belgium. The operations
constat almost entirely of mutual
+*iiiit)Brrifments and minor4 attacks by
raiding parties. The roar of the big
puns is greatest In the Champagne ro
pi? n on several sectors, particular?
ly near Tahure where one unit oflhe
Americans is fighting shoulder to
sl> ulder with thq French.
./ikewise, All along the Italian
frtii.t, from Laka .Garda in the middle
of the Plave river artillery engage-*
mcnts are in progress.
Saturday night's attempted air raid
on London proved a failure, only one
German airplane of the six that carrte
ncroBa the water reaching tiic capi
tal through the heavy barrage sent up
by the British anti-tfircraft batteries.
Ore of the en#?my planes is reported
to have been forced down into the se;
a?- a insult of a fight In the air wit]
Rritlsh aviators.
?
"10 armistice between the Germans
?r 1 Russians has endftd. according
t n official communication isvued In
r* in^ Jn givine notce of the. ter.
r" itlon Of" the nereement to cease
'Htfoo, this communication coti
th?i groove statement that Ger
/ h^orvt s p inevery.'
*K>\ 1Vhetfi**r forming
Honorable T. W. BicKett To
Speak Here Next Monday
OTH Kit FOOD BULLSG8 ? '
Last week the Food Administration
issued a ruling permitting a fahner
customer to purchase 1-8 barrel of
flour wthout the accompanying cereal
substitute provided the farmer would
give the merchant a cettlflgge statins
that he had and was using *h'equal
amount ot corn meal or other cereals
with the flour.
Thla week Mr. Page Issued ? new
ruling allowing farmers to purchase
48 pounds of flour Instead of 24 lbs.
without the accompanylHj; cereal sub.
stltute, but when making such pur
chase the farmer is required to sign
the following certificate.
Form of Certificate
I hereby certify that I have produc
ed and am consuming upon my table
Wheat flour substitute at the rate of
not less than one pound of such sub
stitute fcr every pound of wheat flour
I use. ?
I rurtlier certify that I have on hand
or under contraot not more than
pounds of wheat flour.
Signed
The merchants should carefully
preserve^ the certificate to balance a
galnst the next purchasae of flour
from Jobbers or mills.
Not more than 48 pounds must be
sold to any person under this ruling.
Under a recent ruling mixed flour
may be sold without the accompany
ing substltut s which must be Bold
with wheat Hour Some confusion has
resulted* from the JSublicatldn "of the
[Food Administrations order that no
licensee would be allowed to handle
live or freshly killed hens or pullets
until April.
This order applies principally to
cold storage concerns and the large
dealers and no merchant in Franklin
county will be affected by It.
f.though the Food Administration
Is extremely desirous of discouraging
by every means possiblo th'e killing
of hens and pullets during the next
few .weeks which is the heaviest egg
producing season of the year, and is
also the-principle laying season.
JOSEPH C. -TONES
County?Food Administrator.?
PINE ItflH.E ITEMS
MIsb Bertha Cone spent last week
end at Mr. Needham Beddingflcld's.
The farmer^ were especially glad
to see the pretty weather last week
ad^have mado much-pregfeaa; burn
ing ?plant beds and other work:
We are gTatTto know our 'sick crrros
are all Improving.
?Four o? five feting m?n--hftve re
cently purchased new horses,
"Since the days are longer and wea
ther more pleasant our school-attend^
-ante Ills greauy increased ana the
work is progressing nicely.
The young girls of this community
gave a valentine-p^rfy at the academy
on Thursday evening and it was thor
oughly enjoyed by all the young peo
ple in the community. As they came
they were welcomed by Misses Lilly
Beddingfleld and^fcaura House, then
after all were assembled games were
commenced,
displeased to get the crowd well ar
ranged, then several other games fol
lowed and wore" much enjoyed. Then
came the drawing after which came
?refreshments, oranges, apples and
guni mingled with Jokes, which caused
j>n uproar of laughter through the
whole room. Next came the saddest
time of all, when, time came to go
home,-yet all left doolaring thf>mwe!
ves to hava spent the most pleasant
evening of their lives.
After two attempts -to- have a fid
dler's convention here both ending in
a failure on accent of the weather
;4?;aln another effort is being made
for next Friday evening the 22nd..
lWf alt hope tljat ^t may end with
much success thl? time.
" W.
ijate ail Immediate attack on the Rus
sians has not developed, bnt undoubt
edly ^iere g tense feeling between
the German military officials an* the
Bolshevik! officials and the Bolshe
vik! by reason of the fa<;t that Leon
Trotzky, the Bolfhevlki foreign rain'
ister, has not met the desires of Ger
many to frame a separate peace trea
ty wiS^hat country. .
flovernor of North Carolina, Will Ad
j dress the People of Franklin
County On
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25th.
At Loulsburg, on' the SBKAT Wl?
and why we are In It And how we
c?a win It. Every Intelligent Mm
and Woman who wants to understand
why the whole cfvilized worldianow'
engaged In desperate and bloody w?t_
'a? and how every- Individual Is g*.
lng to be affected for good or bad br
Its results should be present and hear
the Governor, you may never h*ve
another opportunity tis hear this all im
portant subject discussed and explain
ed by one of. the Nation's greatest
tninKers and orators.
I
OVEB 82,000 WOMEN PLEDGED M
WOBK ON WASSitTlKOS
CASPMdfi
Over 22,000 organized 'women ia
North Carolina pledged to make the
War Savings Campaign of this State
go over the top" before thq> end of
this year was the feature of the last
meeting of the War Savings Insti
tute held in Raleigh on Wednesday of
this week. Fourteen thousand of these
women were organized farm women,
who were pledged by Mrs. Jane S
McKimmon. State home demonstra
tion agent. The. remaining 8,000 were
the club women of the State whose
pledge was given by Mrs. ClarenooAf
JohnsOh, president of the State Fed
eration of Women's Club.
Speaking for the women of the
country Mrs. McKimmon said that the
country women are patriotic, and that
many of them were learning to save,
but what they needed most was to
know how to invest safely their sav
ings. Therefore, Mrs. McKimmon
said, the war Savings Stamps plan dt
saving and investing was a most wel
come opportunity and a. work the coun
try people would enter-heartily into
She believed that the 250,000 or more
other rural women affiliated with the
eaunlug and other1 club work in the
country could be counted o-n to take
"practically every person in the co!m
try. _ _ -
Mrs. Johnson said she considered
this call ofthe. Government to the club
women ot the stato at thte tftne a test
of their, efflciegqy^li^ eight years
_ ey have been organized for civtc "
eoScIBOTTTi^-rnid-the^expeiilfiiuyj ,n_
particularly qualify them tor ""this
work that fihp club women of tho
Stjte will not fall at ihte supreme
llbur wa? ??lrs. Jofrnan^'u?as.suiUrf"
"dPS^age.
-Thg work of organizing War Sav
ings Societies particularly the plan
of converting existing organizatons
Into War Savings Societies. w a s endor
sed by both groups ofwomen and this
will-be tho first work that all organ
ized womeh in^the State will take up.
The next sixty dsiys will be a cam
paign to get every citizen of tho State
lffat^>fsaving, investing and getting
others to save lias been adopted by
Stato and National authorities as the
foundation and purpose of the War
Savings Campafgn.
.TUSTICK IH /FC/
Mr. IV F. Whelc38 has gone '.o join
Ibe Na*y.
Mr .Grady Bunn froia Camp Sevier
vUitocl Juntioc on IiIh imnit furiftUfeh.
Mr. Albert Medlln has been badly
cut about tbo face.
MIhb Bruce the home demonstration
apent visited the high school Monday.
Delighted, call again.
Supt. E. L. Dent will stjeak at Jus
tice Feb. 22 at 7:30 p. m. Come and
enjoy the patriotic program.
Mr. Joe Wheleaf* was a pleasant
caller Saturday,And Sunday.
Some of the men hare deserted the
fruitsntid lumber club. Such are the
evil effects of spring.
MRS. F. H. ALLEN IMPROVING j
J ' * \
The many friends ol Mrs. F. H. Al
len -will be pleased to leai-n that ah?
? - 1,. A.' ? t
has successfully undergone .an opera
tion In Baltimore and- la aow Itnprov- ,
lug nicely. *, ?