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ilM ,,_r, . i ONI/I $l.iU PEB YEAH IN ADVANCE A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION The Franklin Times AN ADTEKTISING MEDIC* THAT BBING8 BESULTS Subscription tU>0 Per Tear VOLUME XLYIII _ L0UI8BUBG, X. C., JPflDAY, APRIL 4,-1919. , ^i^ilMS(. COMMISSIONERS At Today is Meeting of Foreign Ministers of -Foiir Big Pow ers, and . One Jap, Plan Will Be Formulated. HUH FINANCIAL AGENTS AND COMMISSION Of THE ALLIES MEET THURSDAY Completed Draft of Convention Creat ing Permanent Body for Promotion Of Labor interests; International Labor Office Prorlded; Develop ments at Paris Monday; The ">ew Freedom" In Hangar? In Fall Swing Some Executed for Being "Too Com munistic in Their Ideas'*; Spolia tion and Seflzure of Property On at Budapest. Paris, March 31.?(By the Assocla? ted Press.)?The foreign ministers of the four great powers, with one of the Japanese delegates, will meet Tues day to discuss the procedure at Ver sailles, or wherever th'e allied commis sioners meet the German peace com mission. All the possibilities em braced In such a meeting will be con sidered by the allied representatives, ?uch as the question or a short or ? :ng session; whether an opportunity ? II be given the Germans to enter in uny discussion of the terms and v ..i iJier the Germans will be required to - a immediately or will be permit ted to return to Germany for further instructions. Meeting of Financial Commissions The first meeting between the finan cial commissions of the peace confer ence if!nl the German financial agents will take plc.ce Thursday at Compiegne where an indefinite session will be held to arrange the exchange of G^r securities for foodstuffs. After the Urst session it is probable no members of the allied - financial commission will remain in Compiegne, as the business to Le transacted will be of'such a nature that trained bank ers cau conduct. In addition to Compiegne. committee are also working at Cologne for the disposition of raw material, at Rot terdam on arrangement concerning shipments of food, and at Spa concer ning the details of taking over Ger man shipping. The committee at Rot ti?rdam is the one that looked after Belgian relief work before the armis tice was signed. For Promotion of Labor interests. London, March 31.?The completed draft of the convention creating a permanent organization for the promo tion of labor Interests and internartion al regulation of labor conditions con sists of forty-one articles. The first chapter deals with the general out consist of a general conference of rep i i i ?ntuti-vfca?ttmi ttit -HHtiMirtUon.il l i ? ~bor office. Meetings of the general conference will be held at least once yearly. The conference will include representativ es of the employers and workers. Each delegate may be accompanied by two advisers and when women's rights are involved, at least one of the advisers should be a woman. The conference will meet at the seat of the league of nations, where the in ternational labor office will be estab lished as part of the league organiza tion. Keport of Conditions at lindapest; l.">0 Executed. Budapest, via Vienna, March 30.? (By the Associated Press.)?The plunge of Budapest into anti-capital ism continues with feverish efforts to show that the reign of law and order is undisturbed. The city is outward ly quiet since the first few days in which there was much looting, espec ially of jewelry shoRs. As a result of the looting, it is reported, 150 persons were executed by the new regime, their communistic ideas apparently being too violent. The new freedom exists for those who arc willing to live as the govern ment dIstates. Two important news papers, the Pester Lloyd and the Azest Khat the censor permits Fore by telegraph If they wjri'te wna sired by the government. Czech troops who have been fight ing the communists in Southern Slo vakia have civptured the city of Kas chau, 140 miles northeast ofBudapest, and other points. The German colo nists in Western Hungary and Tran sylvania are hostile to the communists and are attempting to establish their independence. The French troops at Szegedln. southern Hungary and elsewhere It is said, nre permitting the communists to establish themselves in pontrol as they'wish, despite the fact that there were riots in small industrial centers where the communists held organized parades after the fashion set in Buda ^^tiose entering the country may' leave only by the personal permission of Bela Kiin, foreign minister. The minister has acknowledged In- an in terview that Hungary's comipfcne does not desire to make war on the entente at present, but asserts that Hungary wishes to live peacefully with all. He says: . "Our only object is to protect the common people and defend their soil and also the industries, which' are the property of the proletariat' Bela Kun makes no secret of the fact that he has merely used the last argument possible against the entente, saying: "While the other countries of the former empire have been threatening the entente with Bolshevism if their wishes were not consulted, we merely had the courage to take this final step." The Hungarians declare their action is guaranteed by President Wilson'* fourteen points and that their ideas of personal national liberty are embodied in the American Declaration of Inde pendence , ? Women are joining the red army. Bela Kun has installed h:s offices in the royah castle. House rents have been reduced twenty percent. The homes of the wealthy ar? being sear ched and paintings and works of art are being requisitioned for the purpose of establishing national galleries af ter the style at Moscow. Diplomata Return from Budapest. Paris, March 31.?The rTench, Brit ish and Serbian missions which were in Budapest when the Hungarian rev olution broke out have arrived at Bel grade. They were imprisoned in their living quarters but not sent to jail. 'Mr. F. J. Beasley With First >'atiouul Bank. Mr. Flslier J. Beasley, -?ciio was the I popular bookkeeper for tnc G. D j Taylor Tobacco. Co.. the past season, i has accepted the Assistant Cashiei - j ship of the First Kationa: Bank, and i entered upon his duties Tuesday Mr. | Beasley is one ot l rankun county 5 1 most popular av?d efficient young jien iiUJil is especiV.ly v? 11 fitted for this positioir travHi*^j>*r\* u as Cashier 1 r j the Farmers National Bank,. Qi tir.s ? place for a number of y?ars. Belffj i a local young r^au Mid being a lnem : oer oi one of :he county's best fam;l jies, he is known and liaec by a lar^e [acquaintance viu? win be glad to leurn of his Gecision to re-enter *he banking field ? "d remain :n Louis , burg. The Firn National Bank, is 'indeed fortumue in ^ecursng his sor ^ ices. 1 Marriage .Licenses. Register of Deeds Holden issued marriage licenses to t lie following couples during the month of March: ?K HI lit?J. S. I ill KM' alia?TTUTT i\arce. joo HtgWT ITTuI Bessie Lili ridge. M. F. Tharrington and Mabel Garner, Albert C. Car and Bettie L. Breedlove. S. F. Harris and Eugene Harris, Grover Wheeler and Florence j Pi-arce. Will Dayia ami Golie Garner. !j. C-. Fuller and Virgie Huff. i COLO ILK L)?Andrew Perdue iUliL 'Oiinii' AlMun. Turn Ji'ffivy." tnnl' Pink1 Teasley. John Jeffreys and Addle Heartsfield. Joe Medlin and Sallie L. Foster. Sam Davis and Lucy Gill, Jo nas Alston and Celia Yarnoro, Pleaze Stowe and Bessie May Green, Ernest Davis and Hattie P. Branch, Henry Sneed and Mary Lee, Richard Foster and Irene Solomon, Davia Taborn and Mary Shade. Ellis Wilder and Ernes tine Williams. Young Woinans Missionary Society. The Young Worn an 8 Missionary* So ciety met at the home of Miss Lonie Meadows Tuesday evening, April 1, 1919, in a social service meeting. The scripture lesson was taken from Cor. 12th chapter which was read by Mrs. L. C. lieach, followed by prayer by Mrs. M. C. Pleasants. First of our program?Making De mocracy Safe-?Mrs.- O. J."Hale. Making Democracy Safe Politically ? Mrs. J. M. Allen. Mexico As An Unsafe Democracy? j Miss Clara Young. Making Democracy Safo Politically ?Miss Lonie Meadows. Champion? of Democracy?Mrs. F. j O. Swindell. Making Democracy Safe?Miss Hod-? gle Alston. x 1 Europe's Supreme Need?Mrs. M. j C. Pleasants. Those present were. Mcsdame? F. | O. Swindell, M. C. Pleasants. O. J. | Miss es i;iai a > Meadows and Neva Rowland. Miss Meadows served a delicious salad course. The meeting mijburned to meet with Miss Clara Young, Tuesday evening, April 8, 1919. 8:30 o'clock in a study circle. Tractor Demonstration. Messrs. S. H. Pritchard and W. P. Parham, of Oxford, representing The Overland Oxford Co., were In Louis burg Monday arranging for a big Trac tor Demonstration when they exppct to show the good qualities of tho Cleveland Tractor at tho Fair grounds on next Monday. Read their adver-' tlsemcnt in another column. I "VE,*, AMONG THE VISITORS SOME YOU KNOW AM) SOME YOU DO NOT KNOW. Personal Itcins About Folks and Their Friends Who Travel Here And There. PERSONALS ..U1S Supt. W. R. Mills went to Wilson Saturday to get his new nuto. Mrs. Lee Battle, of Durham, was a visitor to Louisburg this week. Yr. Wil'iam ilickett, of Raleign was a visitor to Luu.shi.rys Sunday. Mr. John- B. Yarborough went to 0.?:jrd Wednesday on a business trip. Mr. Hal Perry was among the many soldier boys returning home the past jceek. ? ?Atftinn--y?H jtorlnvlrh nf elfth. Was a VlSlTfll1 tfl LflUlSPlirg WPfl nesday. Mrs. E. F. Thomas came over from Raleigh and spent Wednesday with her people. 0 Rev. G. F. Smith went to Littleton Tuesday to attend the funeral services of Mr. Eugene Johnspn. Supt. and Mrs. J. R. Collie and sons Jim and Will, of Raieigh were visitor.} tO Louisburg Sunday. Mrs. R.. G. Burroughs, of Hender son, visited her sister Mrs .J. L. Palmer the past week. 4 Messrs. William /Men and Narhan (')ark, who hate returned from France as mrmhers of the 113th Ai tlllery arrival home Saturday ni^ it. Mr. P. t" 74o:?gcr returned to Lis home at San for 1, F I.-.., the past w*rtc af'er having t-ccomoanleo ms wife on a ?isiti to ihe:v uoople near Louisourg. Vis. Monger will spemi some time kfi e. Mr. D. R. Sykes, son of Mr. J. M. Sykes, of Cypress Creek township, j passed through Louisburg Tuesday en ; route home from the Sandhill Farm Life School where he has %?een for sev- I eral months as a student. His many I Part of I19tli Lands nt Charleston To day. Fayetteville. April 1.?A wireless message from Major R.J. Lamb, third batalion, 119th Infantry, aent from the steamship Huron, was received here tonight by Major Lam'a s??ter. stating that the regiment will sand at Char leston tomorrow. It is understood from relatives in Loulsbnrg that Maj. H. a. Newell, and Uorps, are on this ship. It will be mustered out soon after arrival ami the boys will soon be home. HUNGARIANS TO BERLIN TO CONCLUDE TREATY AGAINST THE ENTENTE Budapest, March-31, via Geneva. ?(By TJie Associated Press)?The Hunjarajn. government has sent a to Berlin to conclude a i raaty of aH!ance against the v*Gei,mnn officers rived in Budapest to reorganize the Hungarian army along Ger-. man lines. The army now num bers one hundred thousand men. Methodist (liurclu I Sunday School 9:45 a. m. PraftMilny Tin n\ tiua Rnppptr I 8:30 p. in. A very interesting pro gram has been arranged. Special mu ! sic. Scripture Lesson and prayer. Reading: The World in the Mak ing. -?? Reading: ? Children the-Hope oX i World. ? SSHSKSSiS^SA ?55555555 1 uoi Mad anil'Cot Over *i. I Ep worth League 7:45 p. m. j Public cordially invited to attend all services. Backs intu Ditch. Mr. Wo. H. Ruff in came near hav ing aserious accident on Sunday night when- he backed his automobile into the deep ditch at the intersection of Franklin and Spring Streets. He was just starting off, however, and the car turned on one side lightly, doing injury to no one of the occupants. The car was removed the next morning and found that no injury was done to it. Senator Person to Address Colored People. The First Anniversary of the B. Y. P. U. of the First Baptist church, col ored, will be fittingly observed Sunday night. April 6th, beginning at eight o'clock. An excellent musical pro gram has been prepared, and the prin cipal address will be grven by Sena tor W. M. Person, of the local bar. who will discuss the "Necessity of So ciety." Col. Person is an eloquent and forceful speaker and a large audience will greet him, on this occasion. The public is cordially invited. Services at St. Paul\ Church Sunda) M glit. Right Rev. Jos. B. Cheshire, D. D.. na will make a regular viMiarff^***' St. Paul's parish Sunday night April fit h and administer t hi- rite of confir mation. Evening services and ser mon at 8:30. A cordial welcome to all will be given. Services at Leah's, We are requested to state that there will be regular services af T-eah's Cha pel on Sunday at 11 o'clock, a. m., at which service ail the members of the c hurch are espec ially urged to bo pro sent. Sunday school w;il be held at 10 o'clock. The public is invited to, attend both services. TO BE HEtt) OX SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH, 191?. In Sandy Creek, Gold MWe and Harris Townships?Prospects For Good Roads Bright In All Townships. One week tomorrow ana tliree town ships in Franklin County, Sandy Creek. Gold Mine and Harris will vote on the issuance of bonas for the pur pose of building good roads, and from all reports tho question will be car ried by good majorities ii> each town ship in favor of progress. In Sandy Creek township the roads have been built. The citizens of the township having carried a former bond issue providing for the sale of 5 per cent bonds. But as the war came on and 5 per cent paper coufd not be dis posed of except at a loss, the Trustees decided, in the interest of the taxpay ers, to wait and get authority for an election to sell 6 per cent bonds, which they have done and are now patting be fore their people. The only question before the people of Sandy Creek is to change tha bonds from 6 to 6 per cent, and we have every reason to believe the people will see the wis dom of the change and will make the vote unanimous, as a failure to carry the election will not effect the old bond issue, but force the Trustees to j sell the bonds at a sacrifice to pay for the roads already built. The conditions in Gold Mine are1 very similar to those in Sandy Creek, | except for the fact that no roads have | been built in Gold Mine. The people voted a 5 per cent bond issue about Iwo years ago, but as there was no de mand for 5 per cent paper no further action was taken. The real effect of their election is to change the bonds to 6 per cent so that they can be sold | to an advantage and that the township may take its place-among the pro gressive sections of the estate. The reports from the township are encour aging and we can't see how they could be otherwise if the citizens of the township would only consider just what benefit the good roaas really are. j In Harris township conditions are 1 somewhat different. Different because two years ago they votea on the same question and failed. Different be cause they have some of tho worst road6 in the State. Different be cause they have mail routes that the government has threatened to discon tinue unless troads wer? put in bet ter shape. Different because it is the missing length in a sratem of di rect good roads of unlimited talleage. A condition that the citizens cannot afford not to /ealize and remedy. The citizens of this township were prp gressive enough to get the first rural route from the couuty seat, surely they caunot be backward enough to lose this route. 1*he reports from the township show a fight to be made on wiy ?misHlmh-iK nui pulling lilt- roads whe/e everybody wants them or to work tho roads by everybody's place first, both of which are impossible, t'Ue gentle-1 men named to become road commis-1 sioners in this township are. among! the?comity's ?bpjrt? financial ftcarte j and have shown to be worfhv | peciallv level headed, and we are sure they can be depended upon to do i the right thing. But to satisfy some , of the critics the gentlemen who will beconic the commissioners upon the j passage of the issue, have made the following public and published state- ? ment: NOTICE We, the undesigned Ror.d Com missioners of Harris Township, hereby agree to work R. F. D. No. 1 from Louisburg, N. t\, before any other roads in said township are worked. This agreement does not hold good, only in case the Bond issue is carried for good roads in- Har ris township and so rar as our power as Road Commissioners may.,exist. P. W. JUSTICE. J. E. HARRIS J. L. BYRON. To ask such a statement of the men who will be elected to such a position looks to us to be preposterous and to say the least embarrassing and. un just. but thereis no getting around the fact that they have put it righ^ square up to the voter. From the facts wo could get it seems that the or>ly argu ment of tiie enemies to the measure was they Were afraid there would not be enough money to work all the roads and therefore wanted to be assured of the route first. They nave that as surance as strong as *anguage can nuske it. We understand, however, . . i there is onJy about 60 miles of bond issue of i.TT cure of it. The mileage will certain ly be reduced by the improved system of roads and will show funds suftic ient to build roads at a i-ost of an av erage of about $1,000.00 per mile, which should be enough to build all the roads but we understand there will also be some government aid, which makes the assurance greater. The people of Harris ,township have on many occasions Tihown that they stand in the front ranks of progress, I and we can't believe they will do oth er than- add strength to this position I Transport Powhatan Soiled From France Monday "For Port of Charleston. TARHEEL INFANTHY AND OTHEB X. C. UNITS ABOARD Field and Staff, ? Headquarters, Ma chine G on Company and Cos. A to D >amed. Washington, March 31.?Additional organizations of the 26tn (New Eng land) 30th (North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee; and 40th (Western troopB) natio?a! guard di- ? visions were reported today to have sailed for home. The transport Powhatan Is due at Charleston, S. C., April 10, with the 213th supply train, heaGquarters and sanitary detachment, Companies A to F, inclusive; sanitary squad 107th; the 105th field signal battal:on, headquar ters, medical and supply detachment, i Companies A. B and C; l2otli Infantry I (N. C.) field and staff, stinltary de tachment, headquarters, ndvance sup 1 ply depot and machine gun company I Companies A to D inclusive; the 60th | infantry brigade headquarters, the 30th division military police, a detach ment of the 128th infantry and 14 cas uals. With the exception of the 128th infantry detachment ana the casuals all of the troops belong to the 30th di vision. The transport Turrialba sailed Mar. 28 from St. Nazaire for New York with detachments of evacuation hospital No. 6, base hospital Nos. cr, 116, 202; detachments of hospital units and 5 casual officers. The transport Hisco is due at New York April 13 with a casual company for New York and ouw casual officer. The transport America is transport ing units of the 26tli division. The transport Julia Luckenbach. due at New York April 12, ha& the 157th infantry, complete of the 40th divis ion. Tribute to James A. Turner, Deceased. The following resolutions were pass ed In the Loulsl^rg Lotfge No. 413 A. F. & A. M., inT* respect to their de ceased member, Mr. James A. Turn er* ^ w The Supreme Architect of the Ual verBe. In hte all wi'ae/Providence has seen fit to call our brother, James A. Turner to the Celestial Lodge above. With reverence, we the members of iLouisburg Lodge, bow tn humble sub j mission to this act of Providence, and ! mourn the loss of our departed broth er. Brother Turner was an affable, cour Kl'UUti. eneerittt?ana consistent mem I Der 01 his fiaternity. and we tender to his bereaved wife and children our heartfelt sympathy, in ims the hour of their bereavement, and to ihem we of ] fer our services, collectively and indi vidually in any capacity, we are able^ ("to serve. ?? Let this loss Ko nn ..vnr pwcftnt ? that we too are traveling to that un discovered country, from which no traveler ever returns, and also, let us live and practice the tenets of our or der, towards all, while we are living, so that, when we are called to answer the summon?, we shall be ready, and receive that welcome plaudit, "Well done good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord." Resolved, that thfe proceeding be spread upon the minute^'of the Lodge, and that a copy be sent to the family of the deceased brother, and that a copy be delivered to the Editor of the Franklin Times with request to pub lish the same. March 14th. 1919. Louisburg Lodge Xo. 413 A. F. & A. M. By Committee. A #100 Box Party The evening of Friday, March 24th, was thoroughly ebjoyed by all those v. h # i-iua-cd the entertainment at tho J'i^tica High School. After a .-hoct I pi >Rr;iiii. pi:pred by Miss Brassvell. Ill'- fun leteti. The beautiful boxe*? I sixteen of them?were eagerly sought for and before the dust had lifted o round hundred was upon the table. Miss Clara Long, a former teacher. I had the distinction of contributing the j hundredth dolfar. Miss Denaize Mead :c?2!i'ied off the honors of the occasion. I her feast contributing a twenty spot to the school fund. In Memory of Soldier Boys. At the last meeting of the Jos. J. Davis Chapter U. I). C. it was decided fl^l^^^^DDroval of town commission - I ers t<^ ! Main Street f^^p H a lifax Stree^lo the Hotel in memory of the county boys who have been "orer there"'. If there are friends or parents who would like to contribute to this cause please send your donation (o Mrs. E. H. Malone, Treasurer Joseph J. Davis Chapter 1*. D. C., Loulsburg. N. C. by going out to the polls on April 12th and casting a big majority for pro gress and good roads.