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the franklin timm i A. F. JOHSSOH. Editor and JUnagtr ? ... fl.M Onf Year Eight Month* - ^ 8h Months " jj lour Months J ?wjagar FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH. 191? VOLl'ME FOHTY-EIGHT. n 1, again our pleasure to record rrLsrSu&'r? begin onTur fmy^lghth volume. For forty-eight years this paper? tions a fair and Impartial presenta tion to our readers and used our ev ery^ effort to give our one of the best advertising medium?^1? this section. From the many com pllments given us from outside tater estTwe feel we have heen In a meas ure successful. necessary Two years ago It retain? for us to increase our subscription ice whlch our readers have accept ed to * most -operative manner showing that they are Willi g others may live brougtt The past year, nowevei. . about more changes. The increased colt of production necessitated cost for advertising, an increase rate ior We want to extend opur thanks.and appreciations to all. those of our ad visers who have shown their de sire for fair play making change so agreeable. The effects of the war hau its de moralizing effect on the . | Himtrv the same as on all other ^sl thls caTe being to a measure re lieved we feel that we can better serve our readers in the future. One ven- radical change was mad in the practices of newspapers the paBt year whe- the Government or dered all newspapers to cut oB and discontinue mailing papers to sub fibers who were not paid In advance. This has caused us to be unable to ex-1 tend our usual courtesy to our sub- ( bribers, and on account of the Influ enza epidemics we have not had_ the pleasure of placing all of them back on our mailing list yet. but hope to do so in the near future. The new, system is unquestionably better ^ both publisher and subscriber. We Sincerely hope the war is al. over for good now and with the con tinued co-operation and -Support of the people and business of FTanklin County we hope to serve you to a bet ter advantage to both of us thU year. Outside the dog law, which is not r-B.,.v I.w yW. the North Carolina ' legislature doesn't seem to have done anything yet. President Wilson says "the whole ?world trusts America, oar motives are suspected by none." Quite a fine po sltlon to occupy. Judge Alien last week certainly gave card* a black eye when he said that, even if for no other reason just the as sociation of cards should be enough to keep them out'of any man's parlor. Two years agd the movement to de crease the salaries of the Coujuy offi cers was defeated in the legislative j Committee hearing upon the basis that the salaries were fixed by a vote of the people and that any change should be referred to them for their approval or disapproval. Will Franklin's repre sentative do less than this? About the least thing a representa tive or Senator ran do for his people when a bill is to be considered effect ing them alone, is to consult the Exec utive Committee of the party-to which ho belongs. These committees are made up of representative people from all parts of the counties ami can give a fair idea of the position the peo ple take on any question. If the statement of one of the Com - ^nissloners is true that the pre'.iont salaries of the County officers practl-, cally exhausts the Balary funds that is made up of the fees of all the offi ces, then with a change will have to; come more taxes to meet the increase. In a question of this kind the people are entitled to have a chance to say if they want to be taxed or not. Information received here Wednes day stated that the bill Introduced by Macon of Franklin relative to the.sal aries of Franklin County officers, pro Tided that each officer should be paid the sum of his salary and that of an Assistant, as the bill now provides. From a practical st^ndfroint this will hardly make any difference. But It Is .merer healthy to interfere with the C 0%DS He^d or chest? aBfc best treated "Externally" with will of the people. Wp notico that Representative Ma con from Franklin has Introduced a bill amending the 1015 act relating to Franklin County Salaries. This, no doubt is the bill discussed some time ago that provides for the raising of the salaries. The pepple will be in terested to know whetker he has re cognized their right to have a say-so in what they shall pay anyone or not. in referring the question to a vote. The salary bill was imposed by a vote of the peo'ple and any change should be made in the same way. There is no question but that it would be to the financial interests of the town for the Commissioners to have the street put in a safe condition at the end of the pavement on South Main Street. The pavement bucts off on the left with about three feet ex posed to a ditch about three or four feet deep. There has already been two automobiles badly damaged there recently, but luckily no serious per sonal damage. Unless something is done the town is liable to face a damage suit and some one possibly lose their life. I . LETS ACT X0YT. From the best information the Times can get after having talked with representative peopie from al most every section of the county it would not meet the approval of the public for^the Commissioners to sell the Count^Home farm and move the home. It has been expressed by many that even though the Board should de cide to build a hospital in Loulsburg, which is a badly needed institution, the county farm should still be held and worked under modern agricultur al methods. However the general sen timent seems to be in favor of retain ing the present property and cleaning about two hundred more acres, tearing down the old houses now constituting the couiHy liome and build a modern home of commodious and conveniently arranged buildings, equipped with heat light and water and make Itfe pleasant and attractive to tliose whose misfor tune compels them to be there. Also to erect a nice dwelling for the Farm Demonstration-Agent and place the farm in his charge requiring him to make a model test or demonstration ? farm of it. furnishing him all the nec essary improved machinery and fer tilizing materials to improve the land ?P a beginning of a five year improve ment period. The idea of the use of convict labor an the farm has met with general approval, and will in all j probability work.out to ah advantage. [There Is hardly any question but that enough could be gotten at all times, i Some are so strong in the idea aj (above net out that they think the com imssioners should levy a tax for five years to provide the necessary funds i to put the work on in the proper way jto be fair with the work and with the uumiugw stand as it is, or be open fof discission i for a week or two longer, with no ac tion, time will pass so that it will be two years before anything can be done if it is necessary to get legislative au thority. The commissioners will meet again Monday. We would suggest to them to have a bill drawn and sent to Franklin's representative with a re quest for its passage, giving them the authority, if it is necessary, to make the changes to meet the wishes of the people. By this action we could possi bly begin the change by the first of the year 1920. With a modern County Home, well kept, in the midst of an up-to-date de monstration farm properly run and seen to. will be an inducement and source of pride that will cuuse many of the citizens of Franklin county to visit there and be glad they went. Build Your Country Into Safety. ?he best insurance against a growth of Socialism and Bolshevism is the employment in profitable work of our entire population. *> The world is in flux. In this cru cial hour?this plastic stage of civili zation?rwe can mould America into a solid and enduring-permanency of trile character; or we can let it be misshap en and distorted until like some great evil full of ugliness it becomes "set" and adamantine for wrong. If in this hour of world changes, of false teachings, of hell-directed activ ities. we leave idle bodies and brains we shall find the devil making full use of them as his workshop. We must be busy making all men busy. We must expand our railroads, build a vast system of highways. Improve the small cross-roads, pave our streets build dwellings by the hundreds of thousands, that for every family there shall be the opportunity for a dwell ing with modern conveniences. Bal timore, for instance, has not for many years permitted a single dwelling to be built without a bath room and its sanitary advantages. Other cities and towns must do the same. Farm houses. even of the poorest tenants, must be made sanitary and comfort able. Waterworks and-sewerage sys tems must be built wherever possible and existing plants extended wherev er necessary. There must be in all sections great development work of this kind, and it should be put under way without a day's unnecessary delay. Work, work of every possible char acter. construction activities of every variety , the building of dwellings, large and small, of cnurches, schools and municipal structures, must be stimulated as quickly and as broadly i as possible. ? 4 Patriotism, common sense, and even selfish interest, all combine to demand that every man shall do his utmost to ward bringing about hnmediatoly such wide-sweeping activities as to create work for every man and woman will ing to work. \ ON. WITH YOUR WORK! DO IT NOW! ? Manufacture KeMM. Paint is a necessity ?not a- luxury kf'.er your house needs painting, every year ju wait it will require more paint an<fr" ire labor to put it in good condition. AVid every year you wait your house i9 wirth less. Good-paint money is good pamt insurance. And it's pretty eood insur ance on the value of your property, too. T?^v | 1T r/*^ 1 ' \ The Guaranteed UlV vJCj l^ead and Zinc Paint i Feiver Gallons?Wears Longer If ycnir house needs painting, come in ann let us tell you what it will cost ybu to use Devoe. We ?y "Devoe" because it's absolutely pure. That's Why Devoe takes fewer gallons, \ %vears longer?and costs less by job or by the year. And that's why we guarantee Devoe without reserve. ? i Ask us for helpful illustrated book let?"Keep Appearances Up and Expenses Down." McKINNE BROTHERS COMPANY, Inc. HARDWARE. LIVE STOCK. VEHICLES. FERTILIZERS LOUISBURG. NORTH CAROLINA "Y" ENTERTAINERS > NEEDED IN FRANCE TOille certain branches of the work the National War Work Council of the T. M. C. A has been doing for some in serrtce la being called upon for moro oo-operation than ? over before. Al though for ?owe time there have been approximately 400 to 500 entertainers In France, many dlfflcultie? have su:* rounded this type of serrloe and the thousands of shows which have been given In France have only been put over In spite of almost superhuman difficulties. Now, however, with the period of demobilisation forcing upon the Army new problems has a real spirit of oo-operatlon been shown by the Army authorities. Therefore, Gen eral Pershing has detailed Colonel Kelly, from his own StafT, to act a?? entertainment officer for the A E. F.. which position places him as t4e Uni son officer between the Army and the **Y" Entertainment Bureau In Paris. Theatres sad large buildings are be ing taken over, mechanics supplied by the Army sre putting them into opers tlon and the "Y" Is producing shows, given by soldier talent alone, and also d rama ti o and vaudeville performances and miscellaneous musical prorrrama, the personnel of all of which must be recruited from this country. Owing to the large number of men In the Array with entertainment abil ity, no effort Is being made to send men from this side Women, however, are wanted for these positions in large numbers. 126 must be sent out from this country every month, wlfich alii rwjolre %* co-opera*on of evory re onsltlag a#ency throughout the coun try. All ectortainers are supplied with uniforms. Life, Aocfdeut and Health [nsuranoe, transportation, and allow IliO.OO per month for living expanses In France. The-women should be preferably be tween the ages of tS and 80, neat and attractive and possessed of a pro aounced ability in their particular Dnc. l*be field for entertainment now reaches from the coast towns In VYanoe right ap and Into Germany, for while the "Y" oannot do mueh with Che Army of Oocupatlon In the way of Bunteen. it oaf supply entertainment asd is doing so on an Increasingly large scale. Information may be ob tained from W. C. King, Peters Build ing. Atlanta. Oa. DOUGHBOYS INVADE HISTORIC RESORTS Haunts of Napoleon Are Horn t to A. E. F. lYoops Through Ef forts of Y. M. C. A. Forces to Better "Leave" Facilities. Paris.?*Where? Napoleon- 411 and King Edward VII of England spent many leisure?hours the American en listed men are now at play. The fam ous yacht club at Cannes, founded an<f patronised by King "Edward, and 8t Bauveur. where the third Napoleon "wai wont to go with his court, Indicate th? variety of attractions offered by the Y M. C. A. In the leave area system oper ated In ?o-operation with the militarj | BWOIWW! yiuin the Alps tu (lie Pji- | ennes ana froiri^the BHttany cuabt tc ' the Riviera, there are seven "Y" leave | areas in which 50,000 soldiers cap b< are now under way to increase thes? much-appreciated facilities to doubl? their present capacity. | Representatives of the army and ol . the Y. M. C. A. are now traveling from" one end of Franoe to the other seek I ing new spots in which to set up leavt I areas. The experiment at Aix les-Baini j has been successful from the start as America now knows pretty wel! from first-hand information carried home by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. who organized the woman's canteen work at Aix. "Aches and Pains" was an Ideal spot for the experiment, but six others have been found and put in operation, aacfc equally satisfactory as the original model. Consequently it Is with .optl mlsm that the army and the "Y" seek to increase the centres where sure cures have been found for homesick doughboys. Location, climate, hotel accommoda tions, opportunities for entertainment and sight-seeing and the moral and physical cleanliness of the area are all-important in the selection of a leave resort. As soon as a sit? is selected the largest available Is ob tained by the Y. M. C. A as its main center of operations, men and women are assigned to service and negoti ations are begun to secure reduced prices from such entertainment en terprises as cannot be duplicated by the Y. M. C. A. and every effort is made to give as much service as pos sible. The army provide? transpor tation and pays the hotel bills, thereby enabling the soldier to enjoy all the attractions formerly restricted to kings and emperors and malefactor* of great wealth. The J?tty Oa?*no at Nlee and tht Municipal Casino at Cannes are the centres of attraction tn the Riviera for the 8,tOO ine? who can be accom modated 1b this area. Many offtoers favor this Mediterranean section and there la a T* alab f*r them ?very thfng except the gambling that was stopped by the government at the be ginning of the war to at the disposal of the American? Golf and tenaia and other athletic sports, bathing, boating and tbe campaoSeosbftp of the k>ea) population are (ftp meat poptftar at AllSmok/jrj^7obaccos Knows . 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