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OSLI 11.50 PEK YEA11 IN ADVANCE The Franklin Times AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT BEINGS RESULTS A. V. Johnson, Editor and Manager. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION Subscription $1-0 Per tew VOLUME XLVIII LOUISBURG^N. C? FHIDAV. OCTOBER :l, 191!). NUMBER 38 We Gift of Fate By ALVAH JORDAN GARTH (Copyright, 1919. by the Woatorn N?*i paper Union.) ?'It's too bad!" said I^enu Dawes to her husband. "Everything looks so nice except the bare Hours." "Won't they be just the thing for the dancing features of our house warming?" questioned Norman Dawes. "You see, I've got a good deal of pride." added Leun, "and I want to i appear as cozy and comfy us possible, . with so man/ of my old school chums 1 coming." "Now, don't you get vrorrylng." 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 f 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, ? my pet." cried Norman fervently, and [ Li nn tried philosophically to subdue hs r v In longings. Their little new ho:. ? ? her Idol, and she wanted to ! have :t ms perfect as possible, durlfig j the cm ?'!"?: h<mse-warralng function. Fate .??? 'ied to enforce .a reminder of that ?1 ?voted parlor rug. It was about noon when footstep- sounded In the liall. and there stood a thin, black eyed man, dark-skinned and wearing a 1 fez and oi gaudy sash. He carried a J thick, folded fabric over his arm, and'i suggested the foreigner and traveling | peddler. "Omar Kluva It Is, lady," he said i Ip melodiously appealing accents. [ "Thej telljrou tfce Persia? consulate that whaFOmar says Is always true. Rugs immaculate, lady?only the. best. Perhaps high In price, but they last for generations, and for good, honest people like you. payments as you please. Your parlor? Wonderful lady, but my sample exuetly fits." "No. no!" demurred Lena, lifting a detaining hand as her visitor made a movement as If to unroll and display the rug he carried, but with a deft, ma gicianlike movement, he gave his bur den a twirling fling, and It settled down oyer tlv parlor floor without a wrinkle. "Oh, ilie beauty!" Irrepfessihly en- I thiised Lena, anil her sparkling eyes . rested with delight upon the marvel of : beadty. The exquisite Colors, the unique pat- I tern l*ien<iing.s the perfei t harmony of i iniii rr " iiji i'rinili' :sTmn seemed sudden ~ "decora f i on seemed suddenly to trans form the room Into a kingly apartment, j Omar Kluva was about to dilate upon : its excellencies' when, ^'hanclng to_j. glance oflt^Inlo the garcfen, through i the open window, he gave a vivid start and his eyes dilated. Lena suspected some play-act4?flr-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 ' jnyaelf, though I am overjoyed, bnt ] for my sick brother who, wearied and 111 In an unfriendly land, is pining for I something of his native country." The quivering finger Indicated a 1 high-flowering stalk, a rarity, indeed, which had grown from some seetfs glv- | ?n to Norman by a foreign traveling salesman, who had told him that It j was nn Asiatic novelty. The blossom* | were large as a sunflower and, grow ing In towerlike profusion, resembled | a cluster of rich red roses. The impetuous visitor hurried from the room into the garden. Somewhat puzzled, T.ena followed him. He reached the plant nnd regarded It with eyes of ecstasy, 4,Oh. lady!" he said, tremulously fondling one of the blooms. "It will bring home to poor Azif, nnd Its seeds will cure his distemper." "I will tret scissors, and you shall have ?11 the flowers you like," said free-hearted Lena. Hut when she re turned, Omar Kluva and one of the blooms bad vanished. Norman came home, to hear the strange story. TTe was lost In admiration of the rug. Then on a rnrd attached to Its undcr glde he traced the words. "Omar Ivluva and Brother, 22 River Rtreet." "We must hunt up this strange vis itor of our*?, Lena," he said, and after aupper tliry sought the living place of Omnr Kluva. He occupied two rooms In a large tenement building, nnd he ualaamed to the ground as Lena tip# pea red. * : "See," he snld. pointing to a couch on which m man. his prototype, Iny, holding In" his hand the sun ros? bloom, "fie sleeps peacefully and' with a smile on his ^f ace. A sight of the flower alone made him better." "You forgot to take away your rue?" began Lena, when Omar Kluva made a gesture of extravagant dis sent. "Ah. lady! Like In a fairy story, fate sent you the gift. It Is yours, with the love and gratitude, of Omar Kluva and his brother." Witchcraft in History. The idea of witchcraft Is world-old and appeared among primitive people*. In Europe woman was considered th* almost exclusive possessor of magical powers, but In India and Africa witch Craft had been known for yearft THIRD RED CROSS, ROLL CALL Novcmbtr 2 to 11, 1919 Time to Re-Join HIS WORD OF REAL WORTH World Would Be Bettsr If There Were Mor? Like This Omcha Busi ness Man. An Omaha newspaper man has a motor car, remarks the World Hertild of that city. Last spring he had It Pfjnted.. Not long ago the surface be gan to develop an amaslng series of cracks like the "crow's feet" about an old man's eyes. The man greeted the cracks with amazement rapidly becom ing disgust. Every time he looked at the car-Ire lost his appetite and his ! good temper. The other day the car was token to 1 the paint shop. Its owner was fnlfy i prepared to hear that he had used the wrong kind of polish, that he had let the car stand out in the sun. that any thing and everything had Apoiled the paint except that the paint Itself was at fault. I The painfer looked the cur over. "If you'll bring it in, I'll da it over." he said. '"!fhe varnish must Kave been had." It was all over in two minutes. The iraihttili.fil.Ulil i i: j \j\ \mm iniiirc iIimhwiI several hundrecL_per cent. The sky was clear; the whole world was set In rosy hue. Here whs a man who Uidn't-dodge responsibility; who tried no excuse, who backed his work with his -wor4 and made good his word. Isn't it a pretty good policy? ENDED WITH HONORS EVEN Rattlesnake and Pet Cat Staged Bat tle Which Caused Death of Both Combatants. William Less I g, gateman at the Erie railroad crossing east of Ramapo, N. | ?T.. tells a story of a battle he saw between a rattlesnake and a pet cat. 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 fine hold on the back of the rattler's head. But the snatye fought desperately and got In a stink which caused the cat to release its hold and crawl away. * In twenty minutes the cat's body was swoJlen olraosr twice its size and 1 the poison Hnnlly caused death. Thi? snake had been so severely I founded it was unable to And cover ! and when a crow discovered It lying ! In the fiold It was too wealc to | offer resistance and whs soon swing- i Ing in the nsir as the bird made off i with it. Loves His Melon. Watermelons have been high In prlre thin season, hut "Uncle Joe" | Cannon has gone right ahead eating them. It Is a habit acquired by him j whrn he was a small hoy in North i Carolina. I Consequently the elghty-three-yfcnr- I old statesman waits each? year for the arrival of Ihe watermelon season, and Just as soon ns the ripe ones begin to arrive TTncle'Joe may be seen sticking a btg chunk of something red into hJs mouth. Sometimes ho goes at* it "coon | fashion" and plays a soTo with his lips ' on a long, red jllce, throwing away such Implements as knives and forks, i Uncle Joe can tell when a water- | melon thumps right and knows by the color and general appearance whether the melon is sweet and Juicy or was pulled too green. Wis? Child. A miserly landlord was going round collecting his rents the other day. At one house hecwas greatly Interested In a little Rlrl who watched open-mouth ed and open-eyed the business of pay ing over the money and accepting the receipts. He patted her on the head and started to search his pockets, saying: "I must see what I have got for you." After searching his pockets for some time he at last brought out from a re mote corner a peppermint. As he handed It to the girl he said: "And now what will you do with that?" The little girl looked at It, then at him, and replied: "Wash It." English Women Buying Farms. Women in England are buying their own farms or their own truck and gar den spaces in rather conspicuous num bers. And this Is all an outcome of the tremendous work done by women on the land during the war. The gen eral feeling 1* that there will not be much room for the common female farm laborer as time advances, but for the woman who hils a little money and who looks upon farming as her pro fession and her life work, there is ex cellent opportunity In this direction. In the flrsp place, on -account of the compact location of the garden spaces and the cities In England transporta tion of foodstuffs is easy. Then gar den truck and flowers do grow abun dantly and profusely there, and always find ready markets. The Forgetful Parson. Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson telli an amusing story of an old West coun- i try parson who had to hold two serr- , Ices, one in his own church and one i In the church over the moor. On arriving at the latter church he got Into the pulpit j^Jd he was I awfdWy sofry. but he-'ttml -forgotten to bring n most admirable sermon which he had written. "Luolr'.iy." ho continued, "as I came i across i he .noor, I remembered a b?au ful aiorv. which I will tell you in I place of the sermon. Er-er-well, dash It, I've forgotten that, too?" The veritable mountain? of relief supplies turned out by the millions of chapter workers during the war made tho American Red Cross one of the biggest "manufacturing concerns" In tho worldj w.ith great warehouse space at scores of strategic points all around tho globe. One of the biggest distribution cen ters was at Salonlkl, Greece, and In this picture Bulgarian prisoners of war are seen there unloading a Red Cross cargo of 2,800 boxes from a French transport. At the right is seen one of the American Red Cross camions, fleets of which were used In rushing relief to points where the suf fering was greatest. Medical rfJtfettion in China. The China medical board of the Rockefeller foundation will soon iiave in operation In Poking a .-splendid in stitution for rflddical research and teaching?the Peking Union Medical college. A group of 15 hnildincrs Is in course of construction. On account of their green-tiled roofs the new build ings have already acquired the name of "the Green City." The college ylll open in the autumn of 1010. A pre paratory school was opened two years ago. It Is expected that the whole establishment, including a new hospi tal, vlll be running by the en^of 1020. The board plnns to open another medi cal Institution In Shmmhal.?Sclentlic American. Easy. Fastidious Country Hoarder?Oreat Scott! Can't you do something to keep the files ?uit of this dining room? Karine*?Wo I, yes, I could set the (able in the kitchen.?Boston Kvenlug Transcript. WILSON'S WORDS CLEAR UP DOUBT CALIFORNIA THROWS OVER iT3 LEADER, JOHNSON, AND RALLIES TC LEAGUE. WEST GIVESJIIM OVATION All Doubtful Features of Pact Are Explained Away By President, and Former Dorters Hasten to ?ive Him Their Support. (By Independent News' Bureau, form erly M t Clemens News Bureau.) Aboard President Wilson's Special Train?A continuous ovation along the Pacific coast and then on his eastward way back toward the capital was given , to President Wilson as he came toward the end of his month daylong speaking tour in behalf of the League | of Nations. California, particularly the delightful city of Los Angeles, went wild In its enthusiasm for him and his advocacy of the League, and it was in that state, perhaps, that he did his most successful missionary work. Hiram Johnson, California's former governor, now her United States sena tor, and considered by her as the most likely Republican candidate for the presidency in 1920, had before the ar rival of President Wilson, convinced V" great number of citizens that the League as at present formulated was not a iood thing. He had'told them that the United States, because of It, would be drawn into every petty European quarrel; he argued that we would lose our sovereignty by joining with the European nations. He had blamed the president for assenting to the possession by Japan of the Penln* aula of Shan, Tung in CtU$a. Biireiiu, which his been furnishing reports on President Wilson's tour in behalf of the League of Nations to 5,500 papers, has adopted a new name and will hereafter be known as The Independent News Bureau. But Mr. Wilson, with clear login ard ? vicompelling eloquence, answered to* the entire satisfaction of Califor-J nic-'s people every objection which] Senator Johnson had made to the 1 League. And thousands of the state's1 citizens deserted the Johnson stand ard immediately and rallied to the sup- j port of the president. More than that I they came forward and said. "We were against you. Mr. President, but, you have cleared everything up and: run aw HWi VIDI hgMMjMUttHk? Stil! more than that, they let Senatoi Johnson know that they were nc longer-with h4m an d-that they di?sp. j proved of the speaking tour which h? j himself was making in opposition tc i the League and. bo powerful was the volume of public opinion .which"reach ed him, that the "senator almost im mediately abandoned his tour. The Shan Tung question, because of th? I anti-Japanese feeling which undoubted- j ly exists along the Pacific coast wat the most serious which the president ] had to answer. He explained to the I people that he had been powerless tc ! prevent the rich peninsula from being j given to Japan. England and Prance ! through a secret treaty, had promised I it to Japan for entering the war and | remaining In it. That treaty had tc be carried out. Anyway it was not1 China that wan losing Shan Tung, bul1 Germany, which had seised the terri i tory from China in 1898 and held it1 ever since. Japan had promised, th? | president explained, to return Shan Tung as soon as the peace troaty was | ratified and it was only through the 1 ratification of the treaty with the | League of Nations inclusion, that j China could ever expect to get her | former property back^-And she surely' would get it back, ho declared, through ; the ratification of the League. There i fore, through the samo instrumentality I no other nation could again prey upon j the "Great, patient, diligent, but help j less kingdom." As to our being drawn into any European conflict. The pres ident pointed out that no direct action such as the sending of troops to any part of the world fo giaintain or re store order could be taken by the Council of the League without a unani mous vote of the council members, therefore our vote could at once nega-1 the a/iy such proposition as sending! our soldiers whore we did not want theoi sent. Resides, Mr. Wilson argued,, "If you have to quench a fire in Cali fornia you don't send for the fire de partment of Utah." But, ho argued, there probably never will be another war. if the League is established, for the members promise qj|her to arbi trate their difference and accept the decision of the arbitrator, lay the dif* ferences for discussion and publica tion. before the Council of the League ? for a period of six months, and then, j if possible, accept the council's advice. | yhat failing, they agree to refrain from war for a further period of three months and nine months of "cooling off," the president contended, would prevent any armed conflict. oiear explanations satisfied every rejusooAble hearer and destroyed the "Bugaboos" which Senator Johnson and others had raised against the League Through rugged Nevada into Utah, the* &t?2T~5f Mormons, the president 6"w??pt to find that fbose fine poopio vr?r* heartily with him for the Les^^e fcrcd a per manency of peace. Will \ou Be One OF A Million Workers To Secure Members for Tb ? American Red Cross M?lttnteer NowAt"Your Chapter Headquarters Third Red Cms Roll Call .. November 2-11 As far back as the first winter of the war. the Ued Cross sent to Serbia a sanitary commission that effective ly checked the scourge of typhus, but after the United States entered the conflict, the Rod Cross was able, in August, 1017, 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 t^ns of the war had fallen Is well portrayed by this photograph of a little Serbian girl wearing tho raga and expression nf hopeless dismay that were all she possessed when the Red Cross came. Tubs May Strike Next. Add to the strikes for higher wages that of negro washerwomen of Louis ville. . Aunt Kutie (last name not known evi ?; patrons) was asked the other d:iV ?' *!n? could do a washing the next day. "'Deed no, chile," was the reply^ "An' any more washings I do is goln' togost yuh ten cents moah," she added. Pressed for an explanation. Aunt Katie said that she and "seb'ral other washer Indies are goln* on a picnic to day and won't do no washin' for no bud rly." "Furdemoah. dls len cents moah g^es all the time now. T>e street car men Is gonna git moah dan dat fer strlkln', and so is ns," was her explanation.? Louisville t'uurier-.loiirna). In the City Square of Treves, Oer luany, headquarters of the allied mili tary forces, an ancient cross surmount-' ed monument marks the city's center of traffic. For this reason American Red Cross officials converted it, as shown by this picture, into a directory of all Red Cross activities in the d?y. CLINIC HAS PROVED WORTH Organization established by Boetoi) Firm-Will Worthy of Imitation by Other Employer?. A pioneer medical clinic, established 15 years ago to protect the health of 000 employee*, and gradually enlarged and expanded until It now cares for a *>tal of 2,700?that Is the record proud .. .?.. ur-- SB the clinic In the capacity of director and visiting nurse. Now the clinic Is In charge of ? practicing physician and surgeon, assisted by three full-time graduate nurses. During the influenzn epidemic of last winter, over 330 employees were treat ed per day, with only six deaths during 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 tendnnce, Immediate arrangements wen* made for medical en re. / l? Is the policy of the nUr&es in the clinic to advise all employees with whom they come in contact to be in sured. an activity which the firm.Itself handles through an employees' organ ization. The purpose of such advice linn I m Ml lir f If mil,mm ? ployees_jujordOi1 Hint tllfty may receive Its benefits after one week's illness. This arrangement does not place a premium upon the employees' beiug 111, and. at the same Vime the clinic co operates in the matter of insurance, r A dental clinic is_ In a formative state and, no doubt, will be established" In a short time. The plan and method of adminlstratlon-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 cora pany and merits the commendation and imitation of other mercantile and industrial establishments. SEEMINGLY NO AGE LIMIT Applicants for Divorce Are by Ne Means Alwaya in the Daya 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 Jrnm her husband, who is a callow stripling of seventy-one summers. This seems to he another case of too 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 ninety-four 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 coldJy informed her that she could leave the house. When the wife said that the home was her own and bought with her own money the husband- replied that might be so, but he had thought fully hnd the doed recorded In his own name. Now she has to appeal to the courts. It Is rather rough when a bride of eighty-two has to compete with a ninety-four-year-old motlier-in law for the affections of her husband*