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"s rjfjji* The FfeANMLiN Times i ""s? A. F. Johnson, Edltw a?d Jmftr ? THE COUNTY, TSpt JpATB, THE UNION 5ub;*xlptf<,T ilM~F.r~T?r * ' - ? '-".V . 1 . ? "tii'v y. VOMBt?Sn?m.r-, - , . L0CI9BTOMI, F, ACCOMPLISHED BY THE NC-4 OF THt UNITED STATES NAVY SEAPLANE GREETED BY CHEERS OF BIO CROWD AS IT REACHES LISBON Plane Raced Through Air at the Rate of 80 Miles An Hour. ?0 TO PLYMOUTH TODAY Engines Worked Splendidly and Apparently There Was No Untoward Incident. BUT FEW DETAILS GIVEN The 800 Miles from Ponta Delgada to Lisbon In >'Ine Hours and 43 Min utes?Plane Was Sever Off Iti Course. Washington, May 27.?Blazing tho way of the first air trail from the wes tern to the eastern hemisphere, the United States navy seaplane NC-4, un der Lieut.-Commander Albert Cushing Read, swept into the harbor at Lisbon, , Portugal, today, the first airship of I ; ~y kind to have crossed the Atlantic . >*an under its own power and thru :*.* natural element. TV.iing the air at Ponta Delgada. Az;re3. at 6:18 a. m., Washington time, on the last leg of the transocea nic portion of the voyage from Rock away Leach, Long Island, to Plymouth Eng'.and, the NC.4 covered the 800 miles in nine hours and 43 minutes, maintaining an average speed of bet ter than SO knots an hour. The total elapsed flying time from Newfound land to Lisbon was 26 hours and 41 minutes. At the first opportunity the big plane wall continue to Plymouth, 775 nautical jnij<is to thenorth., .Possibly Commander* Head can star: tomorrow. To the navy department, however, it ma-kes little-difference when he com pletes the journey. The great objec* of all the effort lavished on the under taking. navigation of a seaplane a cross the Atlantic through the air. has been accomplished. Twentieth cen tury transportation has reached a new pinnacle and the United States navy has led the way. Navy officials emphasized that the long delay at the Azores was due to the weather and to no weakness of th * machine or its daring crew, nor to any ^t^^e^f^jij^carefuHy laid plans o! J from orparirupni ? Urination. The 14 destroyers strung 'from Ponta Delgada to Lisrjon report ed _>vith machine-like precision toda/ was never off its course, and there was no moment when officials in Wash ineton did not know within a few mil es where it was in the air. To maintain adequate communica n'fin fr>r fill? stage nf the ?ourneV.~ the destroyers stuck to their posts after the flying boat had passed, relaying back to Ponta Delgada reports from ships farther eastward. The chain was not broken until after the plane was safely moored for the night near the cruiser Rochester at Lisbon. For the next few hundred miles of his epoch making journey Comman der Read and his cre^ will be within sight of the Portuguese or Spanish coasts in the sweep nortnward. Skirt ing the coasts of Cape Flnisterre. they will head out across the bay of Biscay to sight Brest, the most westerly point of Prance. Thence direct to Plymouth ,The destroyers that win guide them across the bay were ready tn position tonight provided with the flares and bombs that have made the trip safe thus far except for the fog That forced the other two machines of the seaplane division the NC-1 and NC-3, out of the flight after they had Barely negotiated virtually ther entire distance from New foundland to the Azores. , Commander Read had with him on the light to Lisbon the same crew a4 t hp. t which left Newfoundland on -lie NC-4 on May 16. Lieut?. K. F. Stone^ of the coast guard, and W, K. Hlnton, were the pilots, with Ensign R. C. Rodd as radio operator, and Chief Ma chinist Mate E. S. Rhodes as reserve pilot engineer. The crew was met at Lisbon by members of the crews of the NC-1 and NC-3, who had preceded them on a destroyer. The chart of the flight, as shotfn by the reports of the station ship destroy ers on the NC-4's progress today shows how the winds helped her along. At times Commander Read's ship appar ently was whirling through the air at I a HO-knot clip; again her speed fell off | to less than 60, only to pick up again I as she reached the zone of Influence of other breezes. Probably the ma chine overtook ami passed winds that had stirred the waters about Ponta Delgnda the day before, preventing an earlier start. Official -word of the arrival of the plane at Lisbon reached the navy de partment first through a dispatch from Brest, France, sent by Rear Admiral Halstead, commander of the American naval forces in French waters. Tho message wa9 received at the Otter Cliffs, Maine, station, and relayed to Washington. Immediately Secretary Daniels ca bled the congratulations of the de partment to Commander Read. The secretary also sent a cable to Presl dent Wilson at Paris, tailing fclm that American naval aviators had been the first to cross the Atlantic. r The message to Commander Read follows: "Lieut. Com. Albert C. Read, Com manding NC-4 Seaplane, Care Rear Admiral Plunkett, U. S. 8. Roches ter, Lisbon, Portugal: "The entire navy congratulates you and your fellow aviators on your epo chal flight. The ocean has been span ned through the air and to the Ameri can navy goes the honor of making .the first transatlantic flight. It has I been accomplished without mishap to I anyone of the daring aviators who left 'shores on the first air journey to Eu rope. To all of them, and to you. all honor is due. "JOSEPHUS DANIELS." The cablegram from the secretary to President Wilson said: "Know you will be delighted to learn naval aviators first to cross At lantic." LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS. The tremendous - etfemjf the for ward looking legislation enacted by the last session of the General Assem bly is being more and more realized. The provision for a full six-months' school in every district in the State and the compulsory atteml?.nce act spell twenty:flve years ordinary progress as we have heretofore been accustomed to measure progress in North Carolina. Not only are the schools to be run but the lawmakers went further and made wise urovlslon for seeing that ^hVClitlftren aftcnd. *?h"e ."new com pulsory law requires children from eight to fourteen y.ears_of age to be in school for the full term. Also, in the person of the County Superintendent of Public Welfare, required by law in every county, an official is provided whose dvy.it is to see that the law is carried out and that the attendance of the children is secured. As an exam ple of the way the new law is being received the act of the officials of Co lumbus County may be cited. The Whiteville News-Reporter says:^ The Board of Education and/B{;ard of County Commissioners heidva joint ? Minim tin* mpto; agreed to emptov a Coui>ty Superin tendent of Public Welfare, at a salary of $1,500 a year. The two boards greed to funnr.lv said bounty Snpar. intendent of Public Welfare with a Ford roadster, and to pay ali expenses for the up-kecp of said car. Thv? County Superintendent of Public Wcl fare is to act as probation officer to llie muni) Juvenile-court??In ifeitr capacity ne must be in touch with an the neglected, dependent, 01* delin quent children, and under the direc tion of the court investigate their sur roundings and seek means of protect ing them in their own homes or on probation, or of getting them into suitable home? or institutions. He is also to act as chief scnoo! attend ance offcer of the county, to whom will be reported by the school offic ials all children in their respective districts who are not attending scfioil; as provided by law. In all these re lations he is the next friend of the child and must work always In his be half. He must find ouUwhy parents are not sending their children to 1 school and seek to remedy the cause. "REYEM'ERS* IN AIRPLANES TO HI NT THE ELUSIVE STILLERS. Washington. May 21.?Moonshiners may soon have revenue agents in air planes on their trail. Beset with dif ficulties of finding illicit whiskey stills in mountain fastness of the South, rovenue agents developed the idea of spying upon the hidden liquor makers from the sky. So Revenue Commis sioner Roper asked the War Depart ment for the loan of several airplanes which it was proposed to equip with telephotographlc apparatus to take pictures of moonshine stills while fly ing low, the pictures to be used as ev idence when the moonshiners were naught and brought into court. The War Department Is considering the request, but meanwhile army cam oflouers suggested that nriils might easily be concealed beneath trees. . So now the revenue agents arc pondering this new difficulty, and continuing to hunt moonshiners afoot. Mrs. A. W. Person and little child-;2 *en. Lydia and James, are visiting herjl people at Millikin. Louisiana. ] AIRSHIP TO VISIT LOriSBUBG. Mayor Jojner Xotlfled to Look Oat For Its Arrival An) Day. Within the next few days Loulsburg will have the honor of a visit from an aeroplane from Langley Field. Hamp ton, Va., as will be seen rrom the fol lowing letter received by Mayor L. L Joyner from Robert W. Ramsey, offi cer In charge. The letter follows: ' Air Service Flying School, Langley Field, Hampton, Va. May 24, 1919. Mayor, Loulsburg, North Carolina. Dear Sir: Within the next few days, the Lang ley Field "Black Cat" piloted by Lieu tenant Augustus Leazar will make n tour of North Carolina. Your city is to be one of the first landing places. The exact date that the plane will reach Loulsburg is not known and cannot be definitely set as weather conditions will have much to do with the schedule. The primary object of the trip is to j stimulate tnterest la tlje Air Service! and to get before the young men of the j State the wonderful opportunities that it offers to them. -Lieutenant Leazar and his mechanic. Sergeant 1st Class Berkshire may be in Loulsburg as long as four days. Any courtesies extend ed to them will be greatly appreciated by this office. Pilots landing in strange territory are conrronted with many difficulties and it is highly pro bable that you can be of some assist ance in this case. The landing field and weather con ditions "will have much to do with whether any exhibitions are given. Lieutenant Leazar has permission to make exhibition flights lr te desires and the weather permits, if the peo ple of your city desire that such a flight be made, you can take the mat ter up with Lieutenant leazar when he arrives, as it would be Impossible now to make definite arrangements as so many important details cannot be foreseen. If you could give any publicity to the newspapers of your city In this re gard, it will be greatly appreciated. By order of the Officer in Charge of liting. ROBERT W. RAMSEY, 2nd Lieut. R. M. A.. A. S. A. Officer in Charge Publicity. A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE ACT TO ESTABLISH RECORDER'S COITRT. Under an act of the General Assem bly of 1919. entitled "An Act to estab lish a uniform system of Recorder's Courts for municipalities and counties j in the State of North Carolina." the j County Commissioners were- author ized to submit .the question of a Re corder's Court for Franklin County *o 'z. vote of the people of the county. ! A majority of the vote cast will es tablish the court. I The said,c?urt shall be a court of ihi iMn*' >) i **?) ?' ; recorder. There shall also be a clerk ;to the said c*6urt and a prosecuting attorney. The bill provides, in the , ra.se ~gf i he rountv recorder's -cour*..^ fthat the clerk of the superior court j shall be ex-officio_ci^Pk,I^5 the record-1 .er's court. The other officers must ? be appointed by tht- Board [sioners until the next regular elec ?Uonr-a&er which they will be elected. me Board or commissioners nxes the compensation of the officers, which shall be in addiUftfiHEo any fee? or salary now paid such officers. The said court shall be open for the trial of cases at least onr day in each | week. The said court shall have jurisdic- i tion over ajl petty misdemeanors and I all crimes under felonies are declared | "Petty misdemeanors." In civil matters it has concurrent jurisdiction with that of Justice of the Peace within the County, and jurisdic tion concurrent with the superior court in actions founced .on contract where the amount does not exceed $1.000.00; and in-actions not founded on contract where the amount does not exceed $?00.00. Processes may be issued by the re corder. clerk or a justice of the peace and made returnable before the recor der. The processes may be served by the sheriff, constable, or any other lawful officer. eln all matters within the jurisdiction of the recorder, justices of the peace shall bind the defendant over to the recorder's court. The fees chargeable in a bill of cosf are practically the same as the fe**s? how charged by justices of the peace and the superior court.. ? The recorder's court does not nec essarily take from the Justice of the peace any of his jurisdiction and should not in any way effect the bus iness now being done by tne justices of the peace, except in flu- fact thai J any case may be begun in the Record - i er's Court. Upon demand a jury may be had in the recorder's court similar to the plan now in practice in courts of the ju*- J' lice of the peace. * 1 o U Miss Minnie Foster, of Bridgepor'. Conn., and Miss Helen Dunbrr, of Stratford. Conn., are vfsltors at the Florae of Dr. D. T. Smith wick, cm S'orth Main Street. BEMAI>' r?i LOriSBUBG. jw. B. Mills Arranges to ConUn lat Head of Loulsbur; Schools. fill be good news to tfce citizens ?Loulsburg Graded School Dis ' to learn that the Board of School is has succeedec In getting W. B. Mills to remain at the of the schools la LouisDurg and lupt. Mills has succeeded In get his release from the position In Count;. Quite a little effort ?n used Id bringing about this |t and the Board o?. Trustees feel they hare done a good "work for* ihool district. Supt. Mills work has been all favorable to him and lany friends will be glad to know the will remain at tne bead of the ?cbojol. which position he has filled slnc^ the establishment ot the lnstltu about fifteen year3 ago. : WINGS ITS WAT ACROSS TEE ATLANTIC. nta Delgada, May 27.??'The arri >f the NC-4 at Lisbon marks the letion of the first transatlantic light in history with the coveted going to a machine designed bull and manned by Americans. Commander Wortmann, at P.<Ma Delgada, has received a raldo m?B*age relayed from the plane say In*? "We are safely on the other side of the pond." titer messages reported the crew >Uy)ji and gave brief details of the arrival In Portugal. The engines worktd splendidly and apparently there was no untoward incident of any kind. The NC-4 was greeted by the cheers ot. great crowds on the water-front. th? shrieking of whistles and the ring ing Jof bells. The plane covered the distance at a speed of more than SO an hour. At soon as the news was received here* Admiral Jackson ordered all the war 'craft in the harbor to blow their whistles and sirens. This was kept up for five minutes, the eallors and officers meanwhile cheering the great American triumph. Commander Read, according to in formation here plans to remain at Lis bon overnight and continue to Ply mouth tomorrow, weather permitting. notjth toi S Atf"FATtMTKS i MTU ('HANTS BANK. I During the past week the Farmers iMerchants Bank has added to its I force another assistant bookkeeper, j Mr. Sterling G. Brickell. who has Just i returned from France and whose bus iness ability is well knoun by the peo 'ple of Louisburg ami surrounding tor ritory has been secured to fill this new j position. He is a-young man. whose gonial disposition and strict attention 1 to business will make him popular ot his new post. - Miss Nettie Gaither. who has been m uiiiiniii.iinpiiunnjuui land assistant bookkeeper for some 'time, has severed bri* connections with the Bank and has taken a position as fTTenograhur fur A. S. May & Co.. cot ton brokers of Spring Hope. Miss Gaither tas many friemis ?n both the business and social circles of Louis burg who will regret to see ner leave. Miss Lola Jackson, one of Franklins ^ limine pfTcTTrtn n_ dies, has been sccured to fill the vacan cy caused by the resignation of Miss Gaither. Miss Jackson is well known throughout the county, having a wide family connection and ner services will be a great addition to the banks already popular force. Bri>I>lL KITFIN KILLED. Buddie Ruff in was shot in the ab domen and killed Sunday night by John Williams, both colored, at Will iams' home near the colored graded school. The first report stated that Ruffin broke into the house while Wil liams was on his bed and after order ing him out Williams shot him. Oth er information seems to indicate the fact that a woman and wnlskey were mixed in the matter. Ruffin. however was shot while in Williams house and died a short while afterwards. A dou ble barrel shot gun was uaed. Will iams has not been apprehended by the officers yet. r. i>. c. The Joseph J. Davis Chapter U. D. L\ will meet with Miss Lil High, on Tuesday afternoon. June 3.'at 4:30. ?\11 members are cordially invited to be present and will kindly 'phone th ? hostess if they can attend. Mrs. J. L. Palmer. Preside*:'. Miss Lola Jackson. Secretary. TO MKKT AT WOOD. The Franklin County Woman's Mis-lj ionary Union will meet with f taptist church Saturday. June/^. at |j ?leven A. M. Glad to have^telecates rom all churches that IxTong to the iuoi>. Visitors cordjavfiy invited. Mrs. R. A. Babbitt. Secretary. ? ?o Mr. B. T. Bailey, of Spring Hope, ras a victor to Leuisburp \V*ednesdfly. bonds sell WELL. All Three Townships Make Hood Sales ?Sidney Spltier & Co., Successful Bidders. The bond sales advertised (or Mon day of last Week Were all held with vety gratifying results. In every case a bid was offered that was acceptable and Sidney Spitier & Co., of Toledo, Ohio, were the successful bidders. In addition to the free issue of bonds and the accrued Interest on the bonds from the date of issue till the time of pay ment the Issues for the separate town ships together witlr the premiums paid were as follows: Gold Mine, 140,000.00 , premium ?475.00. Sandy Creek, $50,000.00, premiums *627.00. Harris *50,000.00, premium f1,553.00 We understand that the oiain rea son for the difference m the premium paid each township Is the township tax assessed value of property, as the bonding companies look on a bond Is sue In excess of ten per cent of the I assessed value of property with much 'dislike. The sales were all made and no doubt but that the money will be In the hands of the trasurers of each township within the next few days and the work will then be pressed to completion. THE ECONOMY HOME. Rev. J. H. Spalding. General Man ager of the Economy Home, of King's Creek, S. C.. a home for motherless Ichildren, gives the following informa tion concerning the home to the pub lic: Dear Editor: Please sra^t me space in your paper to teli . ;-.r read ers of the progress in our *. ?rit. The "Flu" hit us hard. We had only one teacher and she has not been able to work any since she had the 'flu'. Her place was hard to fill while other schools were running. But now vfe have an experienced teacher. Miss Nettie Willis of Ruther fordton, X. C., and we are getting in fine shape. Four new children came in last week and others are coming soon. We expect to be full in a few weeks. j We hope to open our Infant College about the first of June. Our first iToggenburg goats arrived last week. TMiC~M. M. McColT^of ~5IcPoIl. S C., writes us that he had been asking the | Lord where to send these goats when : he received our letter asking him (o donate one goat to the first Baby Home in the Carolinas. So he sent jus two. We are looking for mor? 'milk goats soon. I spoke to the Travelers Protective Association at Chester, S. C., the 8th 'of this month. After I had told about 'our work and the great need of it I .reminded these gentlemen of the fact that, although they might insure i their lives, that of their wives arid I i-hildren. home, and everything else ? t h iiiVi ? iii?t jiihrfi n w In i .V.i I ,i to, ,m,r Toe able To get a guarantee written on the face of any of these policies that their children should have a good Christian lady to care for and traiu them in case tneir Jilother died 1 Just at that juncture gentleman in the rear of the audience ?rose with .110 in his hand walked {q the front. talking as he came. Others followed until thev were broke up my speech. Thetjo traveling men know liow to do things and they did it then, in cash and in pledges; pledging themselves to stand by the Home. All of this without any. asking. ,\ow. I want to thank these good men for both past and future favors. Thank you of the T. P. A. SERVICES AT ST. TAI L'S CHURCH. Beginning Sunday. June 1st.. Rev. N. Colin Hughes. of Raleigh, will give regular services to St. Paul's Church on the first and third Sundays, morn ing and evening in eacn month. Mr Hughes is one of the ablest ministers in the Diocese, ami hating recently resigned his work as Chaplain of the State Farm, has consented to visit St. Paul's and other parishes until the va cant parishes can secure resident min isters. Mr. Hughes will reside in Ral eigh, where he owns a Tioine. ami vis it Louisburg on the occasions of his . ministrations only. \ Visitors are always cordially we I- J corned at all services ana the rector will be pleased to meet all and becomc acquainted with the people of the com munity. KINS OVER I.ITTI.E CHILI). While driving the ice wagon on Win ston Aljey Friday 'morning Clifford H wkins, colored, ran over Thadia a little two year old colored boy. inflicting injuries that caused death 1 a few hptfrs later. The accident oc-1 rurrorf^while Hawkins was looking to rvptf side talking to some ojic else. A i Coroner's inquest was held and the | jury deciding iliat through Hawkin's negligence ttie child lost its life, de cided it proper io hold him for Court I inder a $2"?0 bond. The bond wa?. I riven. < Dr. R. F. Varboroutfh. of Raleigh. 11 vas a welcomed visitor to Louisbiwg i short while yesterday. AMONG THE VISITORS SOME YOl- K>OW AXB SOME YOU DO NO? KNOW. tj Personal Items About Folks and Their Friends Who Travel Here And There. Mr. J. E. Thomas visited Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. B. T. Holden visited Raleigh the past week. Miss Lucy Smithwick returned Sat urday from a visit to Henderson. Miss Marion Hollingsworth, of New ton, Is visiting relatives in Louisburg; Messrs. W. H. Yarborough and W. M. Person visited Ralelgn the past week. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Monger, of San ford, Fla., are visiting relatives In Franklin county. i Miss Julia Silver, of Greensboro, j is visiting her aunt, Miss Mary Spen !cer, at Oakhurst. j Mr. A. C. Hall, who has been with the National Army for the past year, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Saunders and little daughter spent Sunday with his people in Nash County. Mr. Emory Green, a member St the Marine reserve, Is on a visit to rela tives in Loulsburg. ? ?<? Messrs. E. F. Dement, Wilson Ma con and Cheatham Alston returned Tuesday from a visit to Durham. ! Ilr. 11. A. Newell left Wednesday |for N.-w York, where he will take a .special course tn the treatment of dls I easel iu the eye, ear. nose and thrafct. DEATH OF MR. JOHN WHEELER. In the death of Mr. -John Wheeler which occurred February 21, 1919, his community lost one of Its most belov ed and highly esteemed citizens, and Flat Rock church lost one of Its mon zealous-members. . ? Mr. Wheeler was born In Wake county, Dec. 4, 1854. At the age of twenty he moved to' Franklin county and located in the Flat itock commu I nlty where he made his nome the re Inialnder of his life. 1 He was conwrted when a young ! man ami joined Oak Grove Baptist church being a member there two [years. Then he moved his member ship to Flat Rock Baptist church. On Feb. 6, 1879, he was married tn | Miss Mary Ella Wheeler, who now survives him. Besides nls wife ho leaVjee four children, four ijrotliers land two sisters to mourn their loss. |Johnnie Wheeler. The brothers and |sisters are: Messrs. W. W., N. H., W. S. and F. T. Wheeler, and Mrs. Mrs. A. W. Styles of Raleigh. There |are five grandchildren. Mr. Wheeler was a faithful husband, a kind and loving fathei: r. mend ami .neighbor to all; and he will be sadly hy knpw him His pastor. Rev. 3. B. Oavis, con t ducted the funeral services at Flat [Rock church, then the remains were j taken to the family burying ground 'for interment. The pallbearers were j I.. C. Newton. J. A. Holmes. Alvin Nowell, J. H. Cash. J. C. Nowell and Wyatt 'Conyers. J The floral tribute was large and beautiful. 'the fivme question HAS BEEN" SETTLED. Paris. May 28.?The question of Flume and the southern territorial boundaries of Austria has been set*' tied by the allied council, according to the best information here this ev ening. An agreement also has been reach ed. it is stated, on the general Adri atic questions, except regarding econ omic arrangements. This and all ter ritorial questions will be presented to the Austrinns Friday in the proposed terms. The matter of reparations will come-up for consideration later. PLENARY SESSION OF CON F E K K X C E THI RS l)A Y. Paris May US.?Aplenary session of the peace conference will be held to morrow afternoon in the foreign of fice. The terms of the Austrian treaty will then be communicated to the representatives of the countries which broke relations with Austria. FAIOIEKS I N ION There will be a meeting of tho Franklin County Farmers Union in the court house in Louishurg Thurs Jay. June ~?th, at 10 o'clock n. m. All locals are. requested to be rep resented. ? G. D. ALLEN. President J C JONES, Secretary.
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