North Carolina Newspapers

A. F. 1e^?sn, Editor and Manager. v* THE COUNTY. THE <TATB, THB UNION. Subecription Ye*jf =L= TOLUME XXiTCL * ? LOUISBl'R?;, H. C., XAKCH 1? 1?1*. nuIiKIi 6 NEGRO SELECT MEN CALLED TO LEAVE FRANKLIN COUNTY mi nun nuux Will Go to Camp Grant? Illinois? Board Has Order? for Fifty Fire? ?"Will Be Taken In Order Number. Mr. W. H. Ruff In, Chairman of the Local Bxemptlon Board Informs us that the Board received '"orders on Wednesday to entrain fifty five color ed men for service In the National Army. These troops will go to Camp OraDt, Illinois and will leave April let. Mr. Ruffln informs us that the Board will call the men in strictly In the order of their liability num ber/ This is a portion of FTanklln's quota In the first call which almost completes that quota, leavliig about 26. The government having called for an army of 950,000 men. Franklin will probably be called on to furnish about 12 or 15 more besides the first quota making in al^ about 40 or more to go within the next few months, be ginning March 29th. IN HONOR OF THE WOVEN OF THE FACULTY OF LOUISBURG COL LEGE Honoring the faculty of Louisburg College, Mrs. R. *F. Yarborough was v*. home to them, her contemporaries rf the alumnae in town and Mrs. N. II. D. Wilson, Tuesday afternoon from live to seven thirty o'clock. Mi 3. W. P. Neal and Mrs. "Yarbor ough greeted the guests at the door. The reception room and the dining room thrown together, were made lovely with decoration of potted tu-? lips and baskets of jonquils, hyacinths and violets, the color scheme of pink and liivt'nflwr in pouoption room and yellow and lavender in dining room being used. A suffusion of candle and shaded electric light added softness and pret. tiness to the rooms where the guests were assembled. ?a dettgfttfnt o. Henry program wis "carried out, Mrs. J. A. Turner, read ing a charmingasketch of his life and and R. F. Yarborough, each reading ? one of his Springtime Btories, which met with laughter and merriment in appreciation of O. Henry's genuine wit. " Lovely selections on the vlctrola added to the enjoyment of the prog ram. - At the close of~the program, coffee sandwiches, mints, Neopolitan' cream and rnkr were served. A few evenings ago Mrs. W. P. Neal was the charming hostess to -the ter dies of the faculty of Louisburg Col lege." Miss Edfl1c~Maugum of^ihapel Hill, Mrs. R. F. Yarbotrough ffld Miss .Camilla _Yarborough' at a beautiful dinner party, The dining room-, where the elegant course djnnef was servpd* was dgeor. ated with ferns, while ;a niasfe of spring flowers with a gauze butterfly swaying above them on invisible wire,, formed the central decoration - of the prettily appointed table. ?Cuvers -were laid for sixteen. ;? ..After dlBfter^nnretr~sriarsongf laugh ter and merriment followed close up on the other until the hour of separ ation. The faculty is, made up of a splen did talent-and it is always a pleasure to the town people to entertain them 1IATS OFF TO PROF. MILLS Under his leadership the teachers and pupils of the Loulsburg Graded School had purchased up to Wednes day noon of this week $2,032.61 of War Covlny fW ti fi r n t nyyl TMfr Stamps as follows: Fifst Grqdo .., $65.75 Second ^rade 179.06 Third Grade .Y 208.50 Fourth Grade t43.25 Fifth Grade 312.7? Sixth Grade 343.50 Seventy Grade 1$0.50 High School 594.30 L|ST OF LETTERS The following is a list of letters re malntng in the Postoffice at Louls burg not called for March 15th 1918. Miss Lela Carver, Mr. F.A. Fitch, Miss Burden Fuller, Mr. Otha B lloy le, Mrs. NUtle M. Holye, Miss Mnttle Johnson, Miss Josephine Jones, L. L. Loyd, Mr. Frank McCloud, Mr J. C. Peele, Armlstead Smith, Mrs. .~ose phlne Strickland, Miss Bessie Strlck* land, Mr. 8. T. White. Persons ^aUing for any of the above letters will please state that they saw them advertised. R H. DAVIS, P. M. We forget the exact date of Villa's last death, but anyway it must be WAH ?Win;* CAMPAIGN .nthoBlasni I'euftnues?Limit Club Urbwi Rupldlj The sales ot War Saving Certifi cate. and Thrift Bi.mn. In th have mounted rapidly during the past few weeks?running from $1,000 to $4,000 per day. The Franklin Coun ty Limit Club composed of those who have bought and subscribed Tdf $1,000 of War Saving Certificates, the maxl. mum which wll| be sold to any on^ person, has thus far listed the Mr lowing members: Gov. T. W. Bickett, Mrs. M. C. Ploas anta,- J. M. All^n, S. C. Vann, G. W. Ford, D. F. McKlnne, Farmers and Merchants Bank, B. G. Mitchell, F. W. Wheless, P. A. Reavls, Lumpkin and Perry. I. W. Mitchell, Mrs. Lillle M. Perry, Mrs. B. H. Winston, Paul Win ston, W. H. Allen, A. T. Wilson, Mrs. A. T. Wilson, W. H. Pleasants, Harry L. Candler, Geo. A. Cralle, L. E Seoggin, First Nations Bank, Farm ers National Bank, Citizens .Bank of Frankllhton, A. H. Vann, W. M. Pel4 son, W. H:> Splvey, F. J. Beasley, Mrs. L. P. Hicks, Alex A. Clifton, O. Y. Yarboro, T. W. WatsSn, S. S. Strick land, Alex M. Pace. Mrs. Minnie Pace, Richard P. Pearce. John F. Mitchell, B. N. Dent. YOUNG WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SO ?IETY The Young Woman's Missionary So ciety met on Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Julia Barrow on North Main Street in a "Study Circle" meet ing. Iti spite of the prevailing weather a few members were present. The Devotional exercises were led by Mlia Louise Thomas, she* read' for thft g* Tn?ir mil Ifi III Ull j sence of the teacher of the book which I we are studying. Miss Louise Thom | as took charge of thO meeting and i had a general discussion among the j Society of the book. Each one express ed their idea about the book, how in teresting it had bqen, the good it had done ne. But the idea in the-book is mostly this one question, "How, then, stands the case of secular civiliza. tion? This being the last lesson iD the book, we had a general review ?or it air Those present at the meeting were: Mesdames J. M. Allen, _ Edward L. ??it, Osmond Y. Yarborough, and Misses 9u&-T.--Alston, Julia BafFow, LOUlsu Ttomcw. ? After_ the_JLeasfin was discussed a fPineapple Salad ^course was served j which was Tery delightful. The Society adjourned tu meet? Tuesday evening "March 19th 1918 at 7he home o^JVlrs. ^Bward^v Best on Mftin Street in a bi&iness meeting at seveh^forty five o'clock prompt. , iV RECORDING SECRETARY. PROSPECT ITEMS ?Rev. Wiiltgi?W. Clluium pfenrhert a fine sermon at Rock^^prings Sun. day -afternoon. His in%ny friends thero were sorry to learn that his next appointment there will bq the lasj, one. He has responded to the call from his home church at San?, ford. Mqssrs. A. T. Shearln and Tom Moon. Misses Mira Shearin and Dll soy Pearcc spent Sunday at Foregt ville. Messrs. W. O. Ball, J. D. May, and WHin^J^ay^were callers at Mr. M. C. Mjorc^r~5!i71 fl!1 J1 IIIUIII Mr. W. O. Ball went to preaching at Rock Springs Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Willie-Strickland, of Bunn, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ida Perry. Miss Kathlyn May spent Sunday af ternoon with Miss Lillie White. With best wishes tc^ the Times its readers and Editor. "SUGAR B." , RATING HOC; CHOLERA Drs. F. D. Owens and H. G. Sall ade, of the United States Bureau of Animal Instruction, of Raleigh, were in tho county several days the past week treating hogs for cholera. They gave several illustrated lecture? which were appreciated by our peo ple. to Vamp grei^ve charlotte Chairman W. H. RufTin of thd Lo cal Board Informs us that he sent Mr. Glover Scott Winstead to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. the past week His going*at this time, so we learn wm voluntary. DEMOCSUTIC EXECUTIVE COKMIt JEE TO MEET In Loutabarg on Sutnrdujr, March IB, 1918 at 11 o'clock to Perfect Plana fur rnmr' At a meeting of thp State Democrat^ ic Executive Committee held ia Ral eigh on March 5th it was ordered that meetings of Committees and Conven tions be held as follows: Preoinct Meetings?Saturday, March 30th. . County Conventions?Saturday April 6th. State Convention?Wednesday April 10th. - * * In pursuance of this arrangement Chairman E. H. Malone of the Franld lln County Democratic Executive Com mittee has called a meetings Hfc? ecutive Committee for Saturday *1^*4 16th 1918 at 11 o'clock to be held in the court house In Loulsburg, N. C. The call in full is as follows: March 11. 1918. Dear Sir: / At tl^e direction of the Ctialnnan of the State Executive Committee ana tne Cpunty Executive Com mittee of the tiioxocratlc Party, a meeting oj the Executive Committed of Franklin Counts la called to be held in Loulsburg, Q. on Saturday, Marc! 1 16, at 11 A. M. A full ^tendance the Executive Committee of the Countj Is earnestly requested, as plans fof organization and the holding of pre4 jcinct meetings for the County Com*? mittee will be made on this day. | If, for any reason, you will be un I able to attend this meeting, please see I ;hat some member of your Committee, Is present to represent your township at this meeting. -Youth truly. A. K Secretary. j WOMEN'S WAR SAVING SOCIETY Mrs. (larence Johnson nnd Mrs. J. R Chamberlain Speak. Mrs. F. B. McKinne Elected President Mrs Clarence Johnson, president ol the State Federation of Clubs, and Mrs I J. R. Chamberlain, Food Administra tor of "Wake County, both of Raleigh addressed a big mass-meeting of Louis burg.ladies, with a good sprinkling of the sterner sex Monday night in i the opera house. The meeting was Fin ihe interest "-of the War Savings I Stamp* campaign. Mrs. Johnson elicited much applause when she announced that Mrs. T. W Bickett had just bought $500 worth of Thrift Stamps "from the office ol Louisburg. her home town, adding that when the achievements of-the men and women of lir<rState nrn wrlttrn up it will be seen that, they will be about ttnual. but that one woman will stand out preeminent above the rest, and tli h I Will he i lit* flr.l 1 ,m! > Mrs. Bickett. Both ladies emphasised very'^lmigl,; ithe necessity for the ladies stripping i themselves of all superflcalltles and j superfluities and to spend their ener. gies on things that count and tha will on things that county and that will hrin gimmeediate results toward TTeTp 1ng~wTn the war. From her initial sentence to the close of her address Mrs. Chamber lain showed that she had no good blood for the kaiser. She Is a scrap per from away back, dating her belli, cose activities hack to the sinking of the I.usitania. She declared, in the l/rflguage of the Governor, that the Thrift Stamp movement will not swing clear of the ground unless the women help in a very Substantial way. At the conclusion of the address, Mr. E. H. Malone, who presided over flie meeting stated that the object of the gat tiering was the organizaion of a Central Woman's War Savings Society am^iboiit "Jifty 1''rX,iViiiw?* s of such society. | Election of officers was then gone in t ? and on motion of Mrs. G. A. Cralle. Mrs. F. B. McKinne an elected President, and on motion ?i Mrs. J. A. TNiftner, Mrs. J S. lTo-veV was unanimously elected S^cr^t r; A meeting of the Society '.Mil be h?k. this weeU and }?lans formed t > car' on the great work fie Sor'tv dertaken. BOUND OVER TO C01RT W. W. Pace and W. G. Staunton, of Hayesville Township, who were tried before squire A. W. Alston on Wednesday for the larceny of a bale of cotton and W. W. Pace for house ! brer.klng, were bound over to the next term court of Franklin 8uperior court under bonds an follows: Pace $1,500, Staunton $750. The defendants were apprehended and arrested- on Wed nesday by Sheriff Bell of Vance coun ty, and Constable J. R. Thomas, of LouisbOrg. Pace, who was arrested In Hepderson gave his bond for his appearance in Louisburg Wednesday and Staunton'was brought to Louis burg and held in custody by the offi cer? until the trial. MIL STEPJIKJfSOIT TO STEAK IN COUNTY Them. Everybody Invited The people of Franklin county are to have~ the privilege of hearing Mr Gilbert T. Stephenson, or Winston.. Salem, Director of Service of the State WarSavings Campaign at ^ the following places In Franklin Countj^ Hunn, Monday* March 18th# 8 p. m Dickens, Tuesday March 19th, 11:00 a. m. Ingleelde, Tuesday, March 19th, u p. m. Franklinton, Tuesday March 19th, I p m. Mr. Stephenson Is one of the State's best* orators. Is giving his entire time to spreading the gospel of Thrift fcnd saving throughout the length and breadth of North Carolina. He be lieves that saving and lending to the government now Is not only necessary as a ti 11 i.* n winning he war, but that thrift and^economy must be prac ery individual in order to meet tfc^ exigencies that are sure to follow af ter the war. Mr. Stephenson has a menage that never fails to. thrill the hearts of hla hearers. Speaking of the benefits to be de rived from saving and inventing in War flavin g Rtntifp^, Mr ???phan*r>n. says: "To the grown people it will mean the paying by of something to live on iif old age. 'Not one person in four has enough property at his death to require ?the services of an adminis trator. Over 97 per cent of our peo ple 60 years of age are dependent up on their children or char^tv for their living during the remaining years ot Ifteir lives. Grown people will find that today's prosperity will probably diminish after the war, and money in^ "qcH In Vfar SQVlnff*?-qi-ffTnp5~'"?in be of great benefit to them when the war is over. % "To the soldier fellinilllg fium the trenches at the end of tlie war, the War Saving _Stamp will be a means of enabling him to catch up the broken threads of life. What a fine thing it will be for a soldier when he comes to find nioncv ready to enable him to complete his education or go into business." ? _To_the children of our land War Savings will mean learning the habit -of Thrift. Saving money or spending Is almost-altogether a" habit, uncour. age the boy to save his pennies and nickels a*iid- htiy Thrift Stamps, and he will become a money.saver, and a money-saving child will grow into a thrifty. prosperous and patriotic citizen."~ ~ =? Af rare treat is in store for the peo ple oT this county on theso occasions and no one should miss hearing Mr. .Stephenson. His addresses are al ways full of power and patriotism, and he has th?Tability io transmit It to hi3 audience. STOP! LOOK! LISTKN! There will be a fiddlers conven. tion at White Level Friday night March 22 and the public is cordially invited to attend, especially all the mu sicians, but prizes will be given rtnly to the best fiddler and banjonmn. Ad mission 10 and 15 cents, proceeds to FLAT KOCK SCHOOL . ITEMS The farmers around here are get ting busy plowing and fixing for early spring planting. Miss Marvin Keith and Miss Rutli Conyers spent last Thursday night at Mr. W. R. Winston's. Miss Lola ('ash, of Oreedmoor, spent last week with relatives and friends near Youngsville. - Miss Bettie Prarztet and Miss Ida Perry visited Miss Lolja Cash last Thursday night. Messrs. Ervfn Cash ana Abne Hayes were pleasant callers at Mr. Daley Perrys last Monday. A Jolly crowd of young people tried to give Mr. F. WT. Wiggins a scare last Saturday night but guess they failed. V Mr W. E. Hall gave the young peo ple of Flat Rock neighborhood a sing ing partv and all reported a nl<$ time Mies Gladys Breedlove spent labt Wednesday night with ... Miss Lena Hat" go J ? - ? * Best wishes to the Tlm^s and Sn?* many readers. r ' MANY MTNDST. I THE MOVING PEOPLE Hany on Business, Many en Pleasure Others te be Going, But All Gelnf 01 UOUBK. Mr. kndrew Syme, of Raleigh, was a visitor to Louisburg yesterday. MrB. A1 Rufus Edwards visited herl people in Latta, S. C. the past week.' Mr. L. L. Allen, of Spartanburg, S. C. is on a Yislt to his people here. Mr. J. B. Yarborough^ who has been off on a vacation for several days re turned home the past week. Mrs. Frank Roth and litte daugh ter, Dorothy, returned Sunday from a.visit to her people at Philadelphia. Misses Vera Keller rind Elba Hen nhiger of the Louisburg College Fa culty spent the week end in Raleigh Misses Lonle and Susie Meadows re turned home the past week from Sa | vannah, Ga., where they have been visiting relatives. tyr. and Mrs. T. L. Hlggs and little have ilieir home bere for tlio nast few tuon*h.i l.ave moved o Green*, boro * Mis?.?* Mattie Hooker, Jessie Thom as, Tomiiiio WeBtbrook and . Bettle Bunn of Louisburg College attended the Students Volunteer* Convention at past week IN HONOR TO THE PRESIDENT 7 8. LOVE Mrs. M. S. Davis, Mrs. Ivey Allen, and the -members of the faculty who are also members of the Alumnae As. sociation, Misses Mary Underwood, Edna Watkins, Eleanor Yarborough and Mabel Davis, entijrta*iled the lo cal nlnmnno on Thursday ovoning In honor of Rev. F. S. Love, the -new President of Loulsburg College. The guests were received at the -door by -Mtb. G. M. Beam and Miss .Eleanor Yarborough. Mrs. R. F. Yar Tjorough presented them to the hon oree. Receiving with Mr. Love were also Mrs. J. E. Malone, Mrs. Eleanor Yarborough arid Mis. M. 0 Davlu, nior members of the Alumnae Asso ciation, whose presence loaned dig nft^aTrd-dispelled-formaiity. The pass ing perfunctory handsnake acquired a new "meaning on this occasion. Xo one looking in the faces of these wo ing graduate of the college, could fail to appreciate the light that glowed there. Such women arc cherished be. cause they are few. They are the ex ponents of the culture and ideals of an age that has passed. "In the hall othar loyal daughters of the Alma Mater dispensed iiospi tality an'd good cheer. Mrs. E. S. Ford and Mr?. J. L. Pa!r.ier presided at Hie " "| II 1 I Mra IYf*v ,'vllen and Mr.i. J A. T ;rner, with < bcrkcterlstic 66.' diality, showed the guests' to the punch bowl and thence to the parlors. ?tiiciml preliminary exercises Misses Leah Love aii<r Killlieiiuu ftr-v? an. students, gave Victrola selections. ' Dili- the e.vening ? was? notr -ttesigrrert" as a passing show. A program de signed to bring the new President and the alumnae into closer relations had each must speak from the heart. Mrs. Malone, as President pro tem of the Association presided. The following, program was carried out: Greetings by the President?Mrs. J. K. Malone. Etude in D Flat?Miss Williams, i Reading from As You Like It?-j Miss Camilla Yarborough. A May Morning?Mrs. Fleming From the Hearts of the Alumnae, a 1 Welcome?Mrs. R. F. Yarborough. I Greater Louishurg College?Rev. F. [ " ' The musical numbers and the read ing were requisite ren(Titions. per fect in detail, and the Alma Mater may be pardoned for the pride she hndou btedly feels in her talented daughters. Mrs Malone's greetings were warm and sincere. She made one feel that it were good to be there and that Louisburg women are happy in their inheritance. Her resume of the his tory of the college was both interest ing and instructive, and. it is to be hoped, w-ill be published later. Mrs. Yarborough welcomed fbe new Presi dent In a very graceful speech, assur- j ing him of the loyal support, and co. J operation of the alumnae. She spoke very beautifully of the late president, Matthew S. Davis, from whom she re roived her diploma, and very loving ly of the College as she knew it. then pledged the hearts of the alumnae to the administration. Mr. Love, in the chasto English, of which he is master, expressed his ap preciation of the welcome accorded him by the people of Loulsburg. He ?poke of the impressions he had re ceived of the College, flrst through n'on.resident alumnae* whom he had met in his travels through the State, and later through a moro intimate ac quaintance with the women of Louls burg. He paid a very beautiful tri bute to the old administration and his reference to Mrs. Ivey Allen was exceedingly beautiful. He unfolded his plans for Greater Louisburg Col GO TO WORK OR GO TO WAR GOVERNMENT GETTING BEHIND VAGBANCI IS klJiTEB Jts a Pity That It Takes War Condi tions to Force the Vagrant to Change His Occupation,-Brit the Change Will be Welcomed by the Public. It therk is anything In rumblings that come from, the direction of Ra leigh and Washington, labor slackers in Franklin county have a shock'com ing to them. The full utilization of all labor is Just as essential to the winning" of the war as the work of engineers and the fighting of the oth er branches of the army in France. This at least. Is the opinion the government officials are coming to. The rumblings from Raleigh are In .the* form of letters from State Food Administrator Henry A. Page to local authorities urging the rigid enforce ment of the law against vagrancy-. The i State Food Admlplstrator states that it Is highly desirable that labor In each communly should be utilized for the production of food in that rnmmn nity and that the local farmers are first entiled to the labor of able bod led men and boys who have not been regularly employed or who are filling positions which might Just as well be filled by women and-girls. Labor^ ls^needed, however, in ship yards, munltton plants and other In dustries and the pr^umption from the Food Administrator's letter is that ablH bullied men and boys wtto ao not secure employment upon' the farms and in the industries of the respective .communities are likely to be drafted fo# dhe more strenuous and more.dan germ?., services mentioned. >. * METHODfSr MISSION A BJl . STUDY ^BCLE Mrs'. D. F McKtejo entertained the Study Circle Muinlaj^;fteruuun at the home of her daught?-, Mrs. Frank McKlnne. " A large number of menra|[8 present and yery In teres fSug^pro gram ensued. At this meeting the Cir cle took up the new book "Sons of Italy,J' by Mangano. - ' ' Mrs. R. F. Yurborough, Jr., gave a [short- sketch of the autohr's life in New York. Mrs. D. F MiKlnnq told the story of little Tom Maso's voy age and landing at Ellis Island and Miss Mozelle continue^ discussion j)f parents discovery of him: Mrs. J. E. Malone, gave interesting account of _ t h ft Italian. Street Educa tion. Mr. N. H. D. Wilson told about the unkind treatment of the bosses, and Mrs. J. A. Turner the horrible life in Section Gang. - -Mrs.? Yaxborough concluded the lesson with the pathetib conclusion of the study by request, Mrs. Frank McKinne and Miss Mo zello gave most interesting accounts of the 'trip to Ellis Island, told some very amusing incidents and too gave .vary ppcoqraglng renort of present conditions. ~ . -?' RETURNS TO LOriSBURG nas, who hitve beeiri+ving'"Tiri,exing'ton for the past several months, where Mr. Thomaswas connected with the Lex ington Herald and aftorwards with th<? Lexington Dispach, have returned to Louisburg to make their future home Mr. Thomas will again be connected with the Franklin Times. ORPHANS A TLOriSBl RCi The concert to be given In locals* burg Opera House March 20 by a class of children from the Oxford Or. pharagp ? I t ti?, rrr ini-ti T pulr-jtiage of,ail :r p?o ple. On former visits thes'o children have shown themselves to he well behaved and well-trained, and the concert is always worthy c* patron age. ! lege, and ?$>oke with such confidence that some one asked. "Is it possible that such things shall come to pass In Louisburg?" Those plans include a Targe .expend!, turo of capital. A part' o'f "which he expects to receive from certain funds to be distributed by the Board of Edu catiofa of the Methodist church among Methodist Colleges in the South, part from private sources1 in the State and part through the united efforts of a loyal alumnae. Ills offer to raise $65,000 for an Art Building provided the Alumnae should raise the remain ing $10,000, Is a challenge to the met tle and good faith of the Association. That amount need not seem lmpos slbre. Thfc women of Red Springs have just closed a campaign to raise that sum fpr Flora MacDonald, reach, ing the high water mark of $11.650. ? At the close of Mj. Love'B address Miss Nellie Clapp. of the College fa culty, played a very beautiful Etuije, by Arensky. A , Coffee and sandwiches were served in the tea room. Misses Allen, Joyner, Keiler and Oalther, of tbe faculty, presiding there.