AN ADVtHTISIHG
f'TttiT aBINGS
KCSBER M
ASK AUTHORITY TO
SELL COlfflTYKOME
KEQriBE BASK TO GIVE $5,000 Ofl
BOND.
Several Constable Bonds Received?
Accepts Reports?Arrange Meeting
For Good Roads Question.
The Board of Commissioners of
Franklin County met In regular ses
sion on Monday with all members pre
sent except Earl. After reading and
approving the minutes of the previous
meetihg business toas disposed of as
follows:
Sam Kelly was relieved of poll tax
to the amount of $3.80?Ron resident.
?W. H. Moseley was relieved of poll
tax on account of having lost one leg.
Mr. F. B. McKinne, Cashier First
National Bank, depository for the
School Fund, was before the Board
relative to the Bond for the Bank. It
was ordered, that (he Bank he requir
ed to give a bond for $5,000.00.
Jno. B. Smith, Constable for Hay
esville township, presented himself
before the Board and took the usual
oath of office.
Bridgett Malone was struck from
nauper ltst?being dead.
Bond of J. R. Parrish, Constable
for Sandy Creek township, was receiv
ed and filed.
Lee Wilkes was relieved of poll tax
in Harris township?being afflicted.
Report of J. J. Holden. Superinten
dent of County Home, -.vas received
and filed. He reports 10 white and
S colored inmates. Two deaths since
last report?Buck Conway and Baker
F.evelSi
.Report of Dr. J. E. Malone, Coun
ty Health Officer, was received and
He reports County Home in
good condition.
The delegates from Hayesville town
. ship asking for a road frcrn Lou Rx>dL
gers to P t C. Smith were instructed
to uost notices as the law directs.
The claim of Montgomery & White"
for return of excess taxes was reject
ed by the Board.
The Board allowed 2500 feet of tim
ber to build bridge near Wilder's in
Cypress Creek township.' .
Mr. Matthews, of the State Highway
Commission, appeared before the
Board to meet with them and the Road
??"Trustees of fmrno
tees being present it was deferred un
til the next meeting.
A resolution was passed asking Mr.
Wv H. Macon, Representative for
Franklin County to have the General
Assembly pass a bill as submitted to
him giving the Board authority to
6ell and remove the County Home.
After allowing a number of accounts
tte Board adtourneti to it? aexLx^gn^
?lar meeting. ^?,
Board of Education.
The Board of Education of Franklin
County mot In regular session on Mon
day with all members present except
Sundling. After reading and approv
ing the minutes of the previous meet
ing/he following business was trans
j&l
_LKjfcll
Mr. Herbert Boone's three children
were added to the Frantfiln County
list that arc allowed to attend School
at Castalla.
The Board agreed to pay one-half j
the cost'foTTepairs and for a well at'
Seven Paths. *
The appointment for 1918-19 was ap
proved and ordered filed.
A number of accounts were allowed
and the Board adjourned to its next
regular meeting.
Mrs. Sara J. Barrow Dead.
Another home was made sad when
on last Saturday morning at eleven
o'clock the soul of Mrs. Sara JT Bar
row took its flight from earth to heav
en. She was In her seventy-ninth
year, and had t?een a patient sufferer
from Brlght's disease for a good many
years which was the direct cause of
her death.
Mrs. Barrow was a Miss Pace, of
Montgomery, Texas, and was married
in 1854 to Mr. John L. Barrow of
Ijouisbnrg, N. C. After living here
about ten years returned to her old
home in Texas,, there she lived until
after his death, returning here several
years ago with Mr. Young and family.
While quite young she united with
the Methodist church, of which she was
a devoted advocate, always active in
church and missionary work at her old
home, never hapirtrr than when shQ,
could attend church regular or assist
in the work to be done for others.
And after returning here with health.;
failing she would try to attend servic-,
es as often as she co%rid, not seeming
to realize her condition, still wanted '
to work as of old, a devout Christian,'
and devoted mother, kind and thought
ful of others needs, nevec caring for
self.
Mrs. Barrow had made many friends
hero and would often mention the acts
of kindness they did for her. She
leaves an only daughter, Mrs. R.
Young, to mourn her loss. Her body
was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at
the city cemetery, there to await the
ressurrection morn.
"And from the throne of her redeemer,
A llKht fell with a softening beam
tfhat lighted her fcath through the val
ley,
Of death's dark and narrow stream."
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COBP. JESSE J. JOYJiEB
-Ir.othar home is left today
w'lth a, vacant chair;
>"'.ny h?arts are filled with pain
.'or one'who is not there.
.lother hero marched away
Never to return,
For he joined the ranks above.
And In memory we hold dear
The boy in kahki
Who knew not fear."
On September 29th, 19is, Corp. Jesse j
J. Joyner, age 26 years, made the su
preme sacrifice on the battlefield of
Europe.
He was a member of Company D and
left Camp Sevier for active service In
Corp. Jesse J. Joyner,
France in May, 1918. He was the son
of the late William Joyner, of near
Louisburg, N. C. and one of Franklin
County's best boys. He is survived by
a mother. Mrs. Lucy Joyner, a sister,
Mrs. Ernest Griffin ana three broth
TFTfc, ^Iessrs^ Robert. Karmilliaus and
John Lawrence Joyner. He has many
relatiyes ^nd friends to zuourn hi*
death and we sympathize with the be- I
reaved ones. ;
LETTER FROM GERMANY.
Jan. 4tb, 1919.
?? ? E Truck Co., <*th CoH>s ??
Artillery Park,
A. P. O. 776?A. E. F.
My dear Mother
Well mother every time I get a let
ter from home, it says, way don't you
write.
Listen, you know I write home most
every week, and it sure noes look like
you would get my letters. I don't
know what goes with all tne mall.
Most all llitf Ijut.i .iny lit"' Ifillr Hflfl
pie don't hear from them much too.
Well I guess its so far and the most
of the mail gets lost* dont you?
I guess the last letter you received
from me made you feel a little funny,
saying that I was in the hospital. I
have been in there for the last ten
dayB, but -I'm going bacE. to my com
paiiy tomorrow. ? I had an awfully!
bad oold and the.Dr. oent-me to thi.
hospital. I feel just fine now. I be
lieve I feel better than I ever did and
I'm just as fat as a pig. I think I will
weigh 170 pounds, that does very well !
for me. don't you think?
WeU you say Cade is liking Louis
burg all right. I am glad he does for
it Is so much better when anybody
likes their job. Tell him to write to
me some times and tell me all the
news around Loulsburg, and And me
a good looking girl around there.
Tell papa that 1 wrote. to him the
other day barret don't reckon he will
ever get it.
And tell Glenn I wrote to him too.
Mother you know he has "been ato
fully nice to me since I have btetl in
the army and I sure do tnank him for
it. I never will forget tile people who
have been so true and ? faithful.
Well, It seems that wc ar^ away
from everybody ovef-here.' ^But I am
glad to say that God is ove-r here with
us to watch and to take ?are of all we
boys. Those who love and put their
trust in him.
It is now most dinner time and
guess I had better stop for this time.
Well I've been in Germany a month
and I have been all over France. I'm
in town called Cologne txoar the Rhine
river, it is not a very large river.
The Germans look mighty mean, but
they treat .us real nice, so when I como
homr I will hare n tot to trt!. ? ?
I'm glad my little horse ts getting
on all right, so when I get nome I will
fbe the man that can drive her.
Tell Middle Lou I haven't seen any
of the boys around horn? yet. I think
that is something doni y?a?
I wish I could tell yo* when I can
come home but I ^cfbn't know I guess
it will be two or three months yet.
Well goodbye.
PRIVATE W. H. PARRIRH.
Pestilence Caused More Deaths Than
War.
New York, Feb. .6.?Pestilence cau
sed more deaths than war during the
year 1918. according to the nnnual re
port of the Now York Life Insurance
Company made public nero today.
While the death losses by the company
in 1918 exceeded those or tne previous
year by $5.000,000, 1J. was stated that
the acual number of deaths was five
per cent les$ than the expected mor
tality. ?
Franklin County Clnb.
Chapel Hill, Jan. 29, 1919.
The Franklin TlnJSS.
Loulsburg, N. C.
Dear Slr:
I am taking this opportunity to write
you concerning the students of Frank
lin County and what they are doing in
the way of keeping Frankltn on the.
map at Carolina. All the men from
Franklin County met the other evening
and organized Tiro^ Franklin County
Club, a club In which the men from the
county can get together and talk over
the problems that come up In the coun
ty and In which the club and the Uni
versity may be-eble to'help solve. At
this meeting the following officers
swore eleptM"; Wm. W. Neal, presi
dent; Mfcssenburg, secretary; F.
M. Crall?,-'trea^urer; w. H. Ruff in,
manager, i... -
our last meeting the Graham Me
__ -proposition was discussed and
jjjjctub decided to aid, with.all its
y the Graham Memorial
WtLlch Is going to be launch
f-uw'lDth of February] ?
_ "3[ti?.AIeliiorial Fund Is to be used in
Sua fraction of a buildftifc tn the mem
E. K. Graham, the former
pfeklftepi of the University. The plaa
building is as'^follows: It
Will be a Student Activity building in
n will be located the Y. M. G. A.,
Dl. and Phi. societies, the headquar
ters of all the college publications
which * are the Tar Heel, Magazine,
jfackety Yack, etc., a place where re
turning alumni may meet, a reception
room where the relatives of the stu
dents may gather and a regular place
where all the students may get togeth
er. There will also be located in this
building a place where the Athletic As
sociation can meet, and alBO the Dra
matic and Music Clubs. The building
will provide the university with an au
ditorium large enough to take care of
the great number of people who visit
here on many occasions. This is es'
pecially needed.. The growth of the
university in the past years has been
great and the buildings here, which
were erected when the student body
numbered only 400, are Inadequate for
a student body which now numbers
1200. The student body and itself in
a very cramped position and the pur
pose of this Memorial will be to give
to boys of Carolina a better, trigger and
brighter home in which" taey may trans
act their learning and research for the I
! higher thing* in-U#e.
The Franklin County Club is going
' to exert aH the influence and power to j
get Franklin county people interested
1 in this campaign in memory of one of
i^ greatest educators, Dr. E. K. Gra
I ham, a man wh# has done more for the
I up-t*jiilding of the university than any
man in the state. Not only do we want
(every alumnus to subscribe to this
fund, but even." man and woman in
Lthe county-. -We do not want to limit
i inrm-mTjrn u ..in.
erecting this building. Dr. Graham
was the people's t4kcher as well as
lthe alumni of the county. He did more
j for the widespread of education
throughout^ the whole state than any
^man in the'last 10 years and we are
-eatiing on the -whohr~of tnte people-to
| contribute to this great cause in which
| the whole, state beim;?buuuflued.
! This university is the people's and it is
they who pay taxes to Keep it going
and it is they, who from all parts of
the state and in all the counties, that
are called on to subscribe to this (
Fund, which will go in erecting a buil- I
ding which will be daily used through
out the whole year, both for the inter- i
est of the people nnd also for the large
student body which is Increasing each I
year. 1
* The amount which 18 going to be
raised is $150,000 ana tnis club is ask
ing you as the editor of the oounty pa
per to do all you can towards getting
the news to the people the county,
to write an article urging the people to
Support the campaign and to make
known to all the county that the Uni
versity is their Institution and that it
not only renders a great service to
our coijnty but to all the state. Let
the people also know that the Univer
sity is ready at all times to serve the
poople and the state.
I am going to count on you to pub
ltsti this news afid to do what you can
to get "pep" and keep that "pep" up
until "old Franklin" does her share in
the Graham Memorial Fund.
Very respectfully yours,
J. 8. MASSBNBURG.
Immediate Action Necessary.
?We are e^tuested ttrrnll the atten
tion of our readers to the fact that it
is urgently requested that al^ persons
who made pledges to the United War
Work campaign to pay same at once,
as the work of this organization Is
still going on and will be necessary to
continue until after all the boys have
returned home and all the war work
closed. The expressions from the
boys overseas will make it a pleasure
for all the subscribers to pny up their
pledges as the movements are doing
such a great amount of good for the
boys.
Those in charge want to make a
clean up of this campaign in the month
of February and ask you to see your
i township representative or tho Coun
ty Chairman and hand him the amount
| of your pledge at once that tho relief
of the boys may be properly attended
to.
Representative W. Henry Macon_
rame oVer from Raleigh aTTd sponr
Sunday at homfe.
tiOYE^XOR CALLS
COTTON CONFERENCE
Meeting Will be Held February 11th to
' ' DteeuBs Present Staple Condltlons
Others join Governor In Call For
HMtlat?Want to Seeare Cost of
Production and Seasonable Pro tit on
?< tftuold Old Crop.
Headed by the signature of Gov. T.
W. Blckett, a call is being sent out to
business men and farmers of North
Carolina to attend the meeting at Ral
eigh, Tuesday, February 11, to discuss
the present cotton situation. In addi
tion to the signature of Gov. Blckett,
thl*fc4ll alBo Is signed by Maj. Graham
Cotajmlisloner of Agriculture; Hon.
J is. A. Gray, president of the North
Carolina Bankers' Association, anil
Mr. W. G. Clark, presfilent of the
North Carolina Seaboard Time Mer
chants' Association.
Til? meeting will be held either ln
the Wake county courthouse, or In the
Stat? JCapItol building, and will have \
for ftS purpose the planning of a safe,
sane And patriotic meiixod of securing '
the cost of production, p:us a reason-'
able'profit, for the unsold portion of
the past crops, and the one which is
about to be planted.
' Only Interested Invited.
Only those thoroughly interested in
the cotton situation are asked to be
present, as the meeting will be held
for the purpose of planning a definite
program for meeting the present situ
ation, and there is no Idea of those In
charge to allow any unlimited oratory
over the matter.
It is expected that the members of
the General Assembly will attend this
meeting, as well as the county agents
of the Agricultural Extension Service,
who will be In conference on that
date, i
An effort will be made to secure the
co-op#ration of the banks In tiding the
farmers over their present difficulties,
with the understanding that the acre
age planted to cotton w:ii r>e material
ly reduced during the coming season.
The time merchants also will be ask
ed to >assist in this matter by urging
those farmers who buy supplies from
them that a reduction in cotton acre
age if absolutely essentia: to secure
? a J us I price for such cotton as is
grown under the existing high prices
for labor and fertilizer.
FrCHTTSG STRENGTH
AT PKAK.
Total of 3,7034273 Officers and Men t
Allied Superiority.
Washington. Feb. 5.?The total
strength of the United States army on
November 11.. when the armistice was
signed and when the American ef
fort was at its peak, was 3.703.273. _of
flrers anii mm fnclmling tile Marino
A *tatistica
i ana
'"&J
rop?.
totlny by the war department gives
these figur**.
Included in the table is a comparative
?*atemc-nt of the strength of allied and
Cninan loiees on the western fron
tiomhs, licpruiing ApriTi, 1918, sh<
ing that on July 1 for me first time
ii.u 1 rule itrengtli^-exceeded that?ef
t).e Germans.
In rifio *trcugth, whicn means men
?standing in ihe trenches ready to go
c-vrr the top with the bayonet."' the
nliieil total on July 1 was 1,556,000.
compaijtd with 1 412,000 for the Ger
<?!? Ni?ewler 1, when the enemy's
r<nerve* had b<vn exhausted and his I
front line ?-..i-ngth reduced by about
half, the n tL had rifle strength of
14S5.000, representing oddB of up
wards of two to one.
Krom July 1, as the Americans con
tinued to arrive, the all ten's u peri o rity
showed continued increase over the
Germans^ who had dropped on Novem
ber 1 to a strength of 866,000.
When the great German drive was
launched in the spring or i91tf the en
emy had a definite superiority of ap
pioximately twenty per cent, the flg
uies for April 1, showing an allied ri
fle strength of 1,245,000 and a German
total of 1,569,000. The Ocrmans rea
ched their maximum Juno 1, with 1,
639.000, while the allies reached their
maximum on September i, with 1,682,
000.
The meaning of the rifle strength
upon which the table iff- Dasrd is made
by the fact that an American division
with a total strength or approximate
ly 27.000 fighting men Is rated as 12,-,
?360 riftoM. ??
The department's table shows that
the rush ot American troops to Europe
when the German great drlvo was
launched not only succeeded in mak
ing good all alHed losses from a month
at the front, but steadily increased the !
strength of the allied armies actually
engaged. Figures on the hundred of
thousands of Americans who were in
training behind the lines are not giv
en.
The table prepared by General Per
shing's Btaff, showing the comparative
strength of the armies for the eight
months covered follows:
Month Allies German
April 1 1,245.000 1,569.000
Mav 1 1,343,000 . 1.600,000
June. 1 1.496.000 1,639.000
July- 1 1.556.000 1,412.000
August 1 1,672.000 1,395,000
September 1 1.672.000 1.339.000
October 1 1.594.000 1,223.000
November 1 ..-..1.485,000 866.000
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PRIVATE ARCHIE B. PEARCE.
Private Archie B. Pearce, ?on of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Pearce, of Youngsville'
Franklin county, N. C., who gave his4
life in France October 11, 1918.
Private Arch Pearce was born in
Franklin county near Youngsville, Oct.
14, 1893 and lived there with his par
ents jmtQ_he_wa?_callefl-to the colore.
ArcLiu was a man of unusual ambi
tion, he was industrious and a farmer
of great success for his age. He liv
ed a quiet, sober life and nis dally walk
was% that of a 'rue gentleman. He
was a useful man In his community.
He united with the church Sept. 6th,
1909 and there his hands found some
Prlrate Archie B. Peorce.
tiling to do. Whenever his church
needed him he was always ready to
perform any duty. And in July 1916
he was elected Superintendent of the
Sunday School and he bci'VcU his Sun
day School until Sept. 19, 1917, when
he had another call, that one to serve
his country?- And there ae was not
found wanting. He* nooiy answered
the call and went to Camp Jackson, S.
C. for training. After training there
he was transferred to camp Forest,
where he completed his training for
oversea duty and in April, 1918 he sail
ed for France where he went in regu
lar service. He was in several hard
battles, went over the top several times
was gassed one time.. He was a
brave soldier and he died on the bat
tle field in action Oct. II, 1918. His
death was a great loss to his home and
his country. He leaves a father and
j mother, five sisters, tarec brothers
and a host of friends to mourn their
loss.
All who knew him loved him and
feel he in new testing in that great and
unknown place of li'bt wntrg all who
?I|Y rf|' HIUL.UU
Vato Accident.
A head on collision between a Ford
five passenger car driven by Mr. Her
Kemp and a Republic truck driv
en hv wm Holland, cdaad, uMrh
^>eeurret^ at the intersection of Main
and Court Streets Friday afternoon
came near being serious. It seems
that Mr. Kemp was on his wr.y home
going down Court Strec*. while the
truck was going down Main Street on
its way to the G. D. Taylor Tobacco
Co.'s warehouse and as each made
the turn at the intersection the impact
came. From what we eould learn
neither party was observing the traf
fic rules of driving to the right. Aside
from bent fenders, lights'broken and
a radiator bursted no particular dam
age was done.
WAR SAYINGS CERTIFICATES PAY
ABLE ONLY TO FIRST OWNERS
Postmasters Directed Not to Pay War
Savings Stamps Except to Original
Owners. War Stamps Not
Transferable.
. That war savings certificates are
payable only to the first owners and
that stamps are not to t>e offered or
accepted in trade, is a recent notice
given by Secretary Glass of the Treas
ury Department. j
In pursuance of this notice, post-^
masters have been directed by the Post
Office Department not to cash war sav
ings certificates on which the names of
CHeL-Owners have not been, entered -ot.
have been erased or changed except |
in casa ofr-death or disability. Post
I masters have been further instructed
not to pay war savings certificates
presented by persons or firms known
to be buying or publicly offering to
l buy war-savings stamps from the ow
ner*. unless positive evidence is sub
mitted that ,the certificates were orig
inally issued to the person or firms
presenting^Xbem for payment. This
is in keeping with the law that makes
war savings stumps non-transferable.
The Treasury DeT^ntnient calls the
attention of the public to the law that
provides for the redemption of war s^v
ings certificates on giving a ten days'
written notice at the post office. This
provides against any loss that may be
met In trading war savings stamps
and, furthermore, avoids a violation of
the Jaw.
Mr. Marion Rich, of Columbia, S.
C., State Agent for tho Missouri Lifo
Insurance Co., was a visitor tQ Louis
burg the past week.
RUSSIA NOT TO BE '
forced into Action
MILITARY INTERVENTION ON A
LARGE SCALE UNTHINKABLE,
BALFOUR SAYS.
Peace Conference Is Getting Along
Well, the British Foreign Secretary
Thinks.
PARIS, Feb. 5.?Military intorven
tion In Russia on a large scale is not
to be thought of, declared Arthur J.
Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary
in closing an Interview which he
granted the newspaper correspond
ents here last night. The great pow
ers were doing everything they con
sidered could be done, he said, in deal
ing with what he characterized as "a
most disquieting situation."
As to fhe general work of the peace
conference, the foreign seoretary de
clared the peace making body was
making all possible haste to settle up
on peace terms. He was led to this
statement by a question from one of
the interviewers, who said:
"There is much talk in the peace
conference about various problems,
such as the society of nations. Do
you not think your real task is, before
everythin^^lse, to impose peace con
ditions upt^ Germany?"
After a nqngnt's reflection, Secre
tary Balfour ^plied:
"One can evidently criticize with
out limit the methods of work we have
[adopted, but rather than answer crit
icisms, I rather tell you tnat the fact
that the problem of the society of na
tions has been taken up before that of
peace, properly so-called, in no way
signifies that the settlement of our ac
counts with the enemy will only come
afterward. The mechanism of the
commissions we have instituted per
mits the concurrent study of several
questions.
'Let public opinion be reassured.
The delegates to the peace conference
have no intention of employing dila
tory methods. They are using all
their energy and skill to attain as soon
aB possible the just peace to which the
whole wbrld aspires. That is their
one aim, their sole ambition."
As the Interview was closing one
of the correspondents asked regard
ing the Rustian question: ?
MIt is a most disquieting situation,"
replied Mr. Balfour. "We are doing
all that can be done. As to military
intervention on a large scale, it Is not
Ito be thought of.'*
LIQl'OK FOUND IS I PSET AUTO
MOBILE.
Brlwr Uttit His Cat Into Telephone
Ml II IM? f'rnrti J i. mil nil ? ? I
Washington, N. C., Feb. 5.?Mil
lard Wright, a well-knownyoung man
who resides a short distance outside
of Washington, drove into town Tues
day morning in a Ford car. ran the
car accidentally into a lamp-pole and
caur.od the machine, tu?turn?mTUF!
Wright was hurled from. the car and
sustained severe injuries*-. He was
immediately removed to the hospital.
The police, happening to arrive at the
scene of the accident a rcw minutes
later, found three gallons of monkey
rum, the Jugs having been unbroken
when the car turned turtle. The Jugs
were taken to Jail and Wright probab
ly will have to make a little explana
tion when he is able to leave the hos
pital .
No evangelist who ever has been In
Washington has drawn larger crowds
than Rev. Baxter McLendon, who is
now conducting a revival here. ? "Cy
clone Mack," as he is generally known
is causing a big sensation. He began
his series of meetings last Sunday
and the chflrch was crowded. Mon
day night scores of persons had to be
turned away, there being no room for
them inside the edifice.
Mrs. Sarah M. Snoble died Monday
morning in the 76th year of her age.
She Iff surlved hy^ier husband. Jacob
Snoble. of Dayton, O.; four children,
George, Edward, and Samuel Snoble,
of Philadelphia, and Mrs. R. P. But
ler, of this city, eleven grandchildren,
jL) brothers, and two sisters. The
*Smeral services were held Tuesday
morning from the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Butler. Mrs. Snoble was
an honored and respected citizen of
"Washington and leaves many friends
to mourn their loss.
An unknown negro, aged about 40
years, was found dead by employees
of the Atlantic Coast Line Tuesday
morning on the railroad tracks near
Vandemere. A quart bottle, half fill
ed with moonslflne liquor, waB found
by his side. An inquest was l?eld at
Aurora and the coroner's Jury decid
ed that the man had drunk himself
into a stupor ahd had died as a. result
of the liquor and exposure.
The police, after having raided Lin
ey Johnson's house (colored) over a
sCore of times, without finding any li
quor, made another search Tuesday
morning and discovered a neatly dug
pit underneath the house In which ov
era gallon of monkey-rum was dis
covered. Liney Is now in jail await
ing trial.
Mrs. W. H. Macon returned the past
week from a trip to Linden, where she
attended the funer&l of h?rr grandson,
John Henry, son of Mr. E. J. Macon.