0 SLY ?1.30 FEB YEAR IN ADVANCE The Franklin Times AS ADVERTISING MEDIO! THAT BRINGS RESULTS Y A. K.Jolingon, Editor and Manager. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION . Subscription 11.50 P.r Te?r VOLUME XLVIII * LOUISBUBG, N. C? FRIDAY, OITIIBEr/^Si?T == NUMBER 88 ? Gift of Fate By ALVAH JORDAN GARTH ivopyright, 191?. by t h* W??t?rn N*w? paper Union.) "It's too bad!*' ?aid Lena Dawes to lier husband. "Everything looks so nice except the bare floors." "Won't they be just the thing for the dancing features of- our house wanning?" questioned Nornntn Dawes. "You see, I've got a good deal of pride." h tided Lena, "and 1 want to appear as cozy and comfy as "possible; with so many of my old school chums coming." "Now, don't you get worrying,** con soled Norman. "If any remarks are made, just bluntly Inform the critics that the high cost of living wouldn't permit new furniture and rugs at the same time.** "Well, we two are happy and con tented. anyway, so what does It mat ter if some Ill-natured critic like Mrs. Parmly inspects our belongings with a magnifying glass, and says mean things about our being threadbare and shoddy, and all that? She called me that once. Norman?but I'm not shod dy. am I, dear?" "You? Why, you're solid pure gold, fry pet." cried Norman fervently, and I.'**. j tried philosophically to subdue I. " v In longings. Their little new h- ? *m her Idol, and she wanted to have is perfect as possible during the house-warming function. Fa:?' >? t ied to enforce a reminder of that ivetod parlor rug. It was i about noii!) when footsteps sounded In | the hall, an ! there stood a thin, black eyed man, dar c-sklnned and wearing a 1 fez ond a gaudy sash. He carried a thick, folded fabric over his arm, and suggested the foreigner and traveling i peddler. MOr\ir Kluva It Is. i.'dy," he said In Melodiously appealing accents. ??They tell you at the Persian consulate thai w!yt Oinur says is always true. Rugs irn:. " ulate, lady?only the best. Perhaps high In price, but they last for gem rations, and for good, honest' people tike you,, payments as yon please. Your parlor? Wonderful lady, but my sample exactly fits." "No. no!" demurred Lena, lifting a de" Urne hand as her visitor made a movement as If to unroll and display th<- ruu' l.e carried, but with a deft, ma glclriiilike movement, he trave his bur den a rwrling lUng. and it settled d??v. \ over the parlor floor without a wrinkle. "Oli. she beauty!" Irrepresslbly en thused I. na. and her sparkling eyes rested with delight upon the marvel of The exquisite colors, the unique pat tern bh-ndings, the perfect harmony of the roMiiy rug With draperies and wall decoration seemed suddenly to trans fun,; ... r..-? :l".% :i liinflv ...pp., f Oninr KiuVa was an out to anare upon Its ox vitalities when. chancing to glance out Into the garden, through the open window, ho gave a vivid start and his eye? dilated. Lena suspected some play-acting, but with an earnest ness that was positively agitated, Omar Kluva gasped out: "Lady, the flower! The sacred sun rose of Lathay! Here, so far from home, In nn alien soil! Oh. lady, can I see nearer? Can I purchase one of the blooms at any price? It Is not for myself, though I am overjoyed, but for ray sick brother who, wearied and ill in an unfriendly land, is pining for something of his native country." The quivering finger indicated a high-flowering stalk, a rarity. Indeed, which had grown from some seeds glv ?n to Norman by a foreign traveling salesman, who had told him that It was an Asiatic novelty. The blossoms were largfc as a sunflower and, grow ing In towerlike profusion, resembled a cluster of rich ren roses. The Impetuous visitor hurried from the room into the garden. Somewhat puzzled, Lena followed him. He re^h?'?l the plant and regarded it with eyes of ecstasy. "Oh. lady!" he said, tremulously fondling one of the blooms, "it will bring home to poor Azlf, and Its seeds will cure hK distemper." "I will get scissors, and yon shall have all the flowers ? you like," said free-hearted I.ena. Rut when she re turned. omar Kluva and one of the bloom* had vanished. Normnn enme home, to hear the strange story. He was lost In ad mi ration of the rug. Then on a csrd attached to Its under side he traced the words. "Omar Kluva and J'rot her. '22 River Street." "We must hunt up thfS strange vis itor of our{?, Lena," he said, and after supper they sought the living place of Omar Kluva. lie occupied two rooms In a large tenement building, nnd he salaamed to the ground as Lena pp penred. "See." he said, pointing to a courh on which a inan. his prototype, [ay, holding in his hand the sun rose bloom. *TIe sleeps peacefully and' with a Rinile on his face. A sight of the flower alone made him better." "You forgot to take a way your ms?" began Lena, when Omar Kluva made a gesture of extravagant dis sent. "All. lady! Like In a fairy story, fate sent you the gift. It 1? yours, with the love and gratitude of Omar Kluva und his brother." Witchcraft In History. The Idea of witchcraft i? world-old and appeared among primitive peoples. In Europe woman was considered the almost exclusive possessor of magical powers, hut In India and Africa witch craft fcud been known for yearf. THIRD RED CROSS ROLL CALL November 2 to 111 1919 Time to Re-Join HIS WORD OF REAL WORTH World Would Be Bettar If There Wert More Like This Omsha Busi ness Man. An Omaha newspaper nnn has a motor ear, remarks the World Hertild of that city. Last spring he had It painted. ITot long ago the surface be gan to develop an amazing series of cracks like fhe "crow's feet" about an 1 old man's eyes? The man greeted the cfncks with amazement rapidly hecom :ng disgust. Every time he looked at the car hc^lost his appetite and his good temper. The other day the car was taken to the paint shop. l;s owner was fully prepared to hear that he had usod the wrong kind of polish, that he had let the car stand out in the sun. that any- , thing and everything had spoiled the : paint except that the paint itself was at fault. The painter locK"d the car over. "If you'll bring it in,'I'll do it over," he said. "The varnish -must have been bad." R' was all over in two minutes. The man's faith in human nature jtmiped : several hundred per cent. The sky was clear: the whole world was set in royirai.1'? Here was a man who didn't dodge responsibility, who tried no ' excuse, who backed his work with his word and made good his word. Isn't it a pretty good policy? ENDED WITH HONOR'S~tVEN Rattlesnake and Pet Cat Staged Bat tle Which Caused Death of Both Combatants. William Lessig, guteman at the Erie railroad crossing east of Ramapo, N. ?T.. tells n story of a battle he saw I between a rattlesnake and a pet cat. j It ended fatally for Both. Mr. Lessig saw a rattler about four feet long going toward the river. He picked up a club and was about to start for It when, he declares, a cat leaped out ahead of him and set upon the snake. The cat got a flue hold on the back of the rattler's head. But the snake fought desperately and got in a sting which caused the cat to release Its hold and crawl away. In twenty minutes the cat's body whs swollen almosr twice its size and the poison Anally caused death. The snake had been so severely founded it was unable to And. cover i and when a crow discovered It lying in the open field it was too weak to offer resistance and was soon swing ing in the a little girl looked at It, then at him, and replied: "Wash it." English Women Buying Farm?. Women in England are buying their own farms or their own truck and gar* den spaces in rather conspicuous num bers. And this is nil nn outcome of the tremendous worlc done by women on the land during the war. The gen eral feeling Is that there will not be much room for the common female farm laborer as time advances, but for I the woman who has a little money and i who looks upon farming as her pro- I fesslon and her life work there is ex- j cellent opportunity In this direction. In the first place, on account of the compact location of the garden spaces j and the cities In England transporta- i t Ion of foodstuff? Is easy. Then gar- 1 den truck and ;.?vers do grow abun- j dantly and profusely there, and always find reedy : . .rla-ts. The ForgetfulParson. | Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson tell? an amusing story of an old West coun- i try parson who had to hold two serv ices, one In his own church and one In *he church over the iiijor.. Oti arriving at the latter church he got into the pulpit and said he was awfully sorry, hut he had forcotten to bring a mo*t admirable sermon which he had* written. "Luckily."* he eontinued, "as I came across the moor, I remembered a beau ful stoiT, which I will tell you in pl:\rkers lo Secure Members for The American Red Gross Volunteer NowAtYmr Chapter Headquarters Third Red Cross Roll Call November 2-11 As far back as the first winter of the war, the Itod Cross sent to Serbia a'sanitary commission that ? effective ly checked the scourge of typhus, but after the United States entered the conflict, the Red Cross was able, in August, 1917, to send a full commis sion that carried on extensive relief operations among the suffering ref ugees of the tortured nation. Hospi tals were established, "the refugees fed, clothed and given medical attention, the army supplied with, much needed dental treatment, farm machinery, and seeds provided to help the Serbs re deem their land to productivity, and, not least, .measures undertaken for the succor of the children. The terrible condition into which these helpless vic tims of the war had fallen is well portrayed by this photograph of a little Serbian girl wearing tho rags and expression of hopeless dismay that were all she possessed when the Red Cross came. Tub? May Strike Next. Add to the strikes for higher wages that of negro washerwomen of Louis ville. Aunt Katie (last name not known ,?via Matrons) was asked the other dn\ i'' ? V could do a washing the next day* " 'Deed- no, chile/' was the reply. "An' any more washings I do is goln' to?cost yuh ten cents moah." she added. Pressed for an explanation, Aunt Knfio said that sh<**ftnd "seb'ral other washer ladies are goln' on a picnic to day and won't do no w a shin' for no buddy.** "Furdemoah, dls ten cents moah goes all the time now. T>e street car men Is gonnn git moah dan dat fer strlkin', and so Is us," wmS her explanation.? T.ouisvll'e Courier-Journal. In the City Square of Treves, Ger many, headquarters of the allied mili tary forces, an ancient cross surmount ed monument marks the city's center of trudlc. For tills reason American Red Cross officials converted It, as shown by this picture, Into a directory of all Red Cross activities In the city. CLINIC HAS PROVED WORTH Organization Established by Boston t Firm Well Worthy of Imitation ?/ by Other Employers. A pioneer medical clinic, established 15 year? ago to protect the health of GOO employees, and gradually enlarged and expanded until It now cares for a lutal of 2.700?that Is the record proud ly held today by a well-known Boston firm. At the time of Its organization the medical director was in charge of the clinic in the capacity of director and vl>itlng auise. Now the clinic is In charge of'"a practicing physician and surgeon, assisted by three full-time graduate nurses. During the Influenza epidemic of last winter, over 350 employees were treat ed per day, With only six deaths durlpg the entire course of the dreaded dis ease. All cases were given careful Individual attention and, in instances where. no ? family doctor, was: in at tendance, immedltuo arrangement? weri/ marie for medical ?'are. v* " If Is i he polity of the. nurse? in the clinic to. advise all employees with whom they coiiie In contact to be in sured*- ap activity, which the firm itself handles through, an employees' organ ization. The "purpose of such "advice ?Is to- secure" insurance for all em ployees fri order* that they may receive niiijjiniriihi iiiiirr mj in i iiVi Ulnm This arrangement does not place a premium upon the employees' being ill, and at the same Ume the clinic co operates in the matter of insurance; A di'iitiri clinic Is In a formative state *pnd, no doubt, will be established In a short time. The plan and method of admfnlstrntlon and organization Is simply in the making, but it is safe to say'that the dental clinic will be as effi cient as the medical clinic. The Modern Hospital, In describing the'clinic, says that it has fully proved its value in protecting the health of the employees of this particular com pany and merits the commendation and. imitation of other mercantile and industrial establishments. SEEMINGLY NO AGE LIMIT Applicants for Divorce Are by N? Means Always in the Days of Their Callow Youth. There Is no age limit to divorce. In Oregon a woman at the age of eighty two years is suing for a decree from her husband, who is a callow stripling <4>f 'Seyeitty-one summers. This seems to be another ease of to6 much mother in-law, as the wife asserts that her husband's love has been alienated and undermined through the work of his mother, who Is now nlnety-fdur years old and who never did like her, any how. They have been married some ten years now, and the wife said that when the husband took her money to buy an auto for his mother and wouldn't let his wife ride in it, she knew that his love was dead. When she remonstrated'the husband colcHy Informed her that she could leave the house. When wife said that the home was her own and bought with her own money the husband replied that might, be so, but.be had tftought fully had the deed recorde^in his own name. Now she'has to appeal to the courts. It Is rather* rough when a bride of eighty-two"1 has to compete with a nlnef.f-fonr-yeftr-oltf mother-in law for the affections of her husband.