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." Subscribe to The Franklin Times Only $1.60 per year In advance 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 Subscribe to The F>-anklin Timos Only $1.50 per year In advance 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.

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