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CONFERENCE
APPOINTMENTS
Rev. G. F. Smith Returns to
Louisburg.
REV. J. C. WOOTEN?MADE PRESID
ING ELDER RALEIGH DISTRICT
Rev. J. E. Underwood, Formerty^re
nidluK Elder Raleigh Ittstrict Given,
Charge in Rockingham District? I
Revs. T. A. S Ikes and H. M. Jackson
Returned to Their Charges.
The 1919 session of the Methodist
Church held at Wilson the past week
came to a successful close on Monday
after a very encouraging session when
Bishop Darlington read the list of ap
pointments. We give below the ap
pointments for this district and the
charges adjoining:
Raleigh District.
Presiding Elder, J. C. Wooten.
Banks-Youngsviille Circuit, H. M.
Jackson.
Benson Circuit, E. M. Hall.
Dunn Circuit, E. R. Clegg.
Cary Circuit, V. A. Royal.
Clayton, O. I. Hinson.
Four Oaks Circuit, E. B. Craven.
Frankt.nton, T. A. Sikes.
Garner Circuit, J. G. Johnson.
Granville Circuit, B. H. Black.
Kenly Circuit, J. E. Holden.
j'.ouisburg, G. F. Smith.
!1 Brook Circuit, J. C. Williams.
? ?r'ord. R. C. Craven.
O* "wl Circuit. B. C. Thompson.
s Prir;:eton Circuit, W. o. Farrar.
Raleigh: Central, D. N. Caviness;
Edenton Street, W. W. Peele; J. O.
Guthrie, supcrannuary; Epworth, W.
G. McFarland; Jenkins Memonial, L.
B. Pattlshall.
Selma. C. K. Proctor.
Smith field, S. A. Cotton.
T:?.r River Circuit, G. B. Perry.
Zebulon Circuit, G. W. Fisher.
Superintendent Anti-Saloon League
R. L. Davis'.
Editor N. Cn Christian Advocate. L.
S. Massey.
Superintendent Methoclst Orphanage
A. S. Barnes.
Editor Christian Advocate, T. N.
Ivey.
President Louisburg College. F. S.
Love.
Nashville. L. B. Jones.
Rocky Mount: First Church. J. F.
E. Bates; ClaYk Street, B. B. Slaugh
ter.: South Rocky Mount, T. T. Poole.
Rocky Mount Circuit. N. B. Strick
land.
Spring Hope Circuit, TV. P. Consta
ble.
Clinton, E. H. Davis.
tfinri,fik'ici) 11 ifi
TMompson; Nortn and South Hender
son. W. I. Satterfleld.
Ii.ttleton, G. B. Starling; J. M.
Rhodes, superannuary.
Roanoke Circuit, J. W. Bailey.
Durham: Branson. J. A. Martin;
Calvary. S. E. Mercer; Carr, H. C.
Smith; Lakewood, R. N. Price; Me
morial, M. Bradshaw; Pearl Mill and
Eno W. L, Rollins; Tnlnity, A. D.
Wilcox; West Durham. W. C. Martin*!
Durham Circuit, J. C. Humble.
Conference "Mission Secretary. A. D. |
Wilcox. I
St. Johns and Gibson?J. E. Under-!
wood.
Rev. M. T. Plyler was made presid
ing elder of-the Durham District ar>d I
Rev, N. H. D. WMlson war* returned i
to the Washington District as preaid-1
ing elder.
Statistics for the Year.
The following statistics were report
ed as the achievements of the confer
ence during the past year:
Districts. 9; pastoral eharges, 210:
churches, 773; local preachers. 108;
members. 96.395; Sunday schools 729;
offieers and leaders. 6.281; scholars.
74.r?60; infants baptized. 755; adults.
?.428; number Epworth Leagues, 122;
number members, 4.710; number of
women's missionary societies. 256; num
ber of members, 8.463. Contributions
as follows were made; Foreign mis
sions. ${?4,000; home and conference,
$27.680; church extension. $12.845; ed
ucation. $20.457; conference claims and
Hupcr-annukte endownment. fund. $7,
7S4; American Blbfe Soolety. $208;
General conference expenses. $676;
"Woman's Missionary societies. $16.223;
contribujpd for the support of the bish
op. $6.084; presiding elders, $23,751:
P. C. S.. $286,724.
Grand total contributed for all pur
poses from all sources in this confer
\
ence year, $1,288,481.
Houses of worship. 765; value of
houses of worship. $3,707,960; Indebt
edness. $100,192.
Number of parsonages, 173; valife,
$673,100; indebtedness, $38,005.
Insurance carried on church proper
ty, $1,320,026; paid in premiums, $6,
894.
BR, MORROW AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Monday, December 1st, To DIhCUsb
World Wide Prohibition.
Dr. Geo. W. Morrow, of Michigan,
will deliver an address entitled "Am
ericas Opportunity at Home and Over
seas" In the interest of World Wide
Prohibition at the Baptist Church in
Louisburg on Monday night, December
1st, at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Morrow (Is a
strong and most entertaining speaker
and to hear him will be a treat.
In connection with this service will
be held what is called a flag contest
in the interest of a large audience and
will be conducted by the Graded School
Each person will be given a card to fill
out representing a ballot to be presen
ted at the church door on the night of
the meeting and the room receiving the
most number of votes will be present
ed a beautiful flag.
Everybody is invited to go out and
hear Dr. Morrow on one of the Uvest
subjects of the day.
FRANKLINTON NEWS.
The Pageant at the Baptist Church
oi* last Sunday night, demonstrating
the needs of the $75,000.000 Campaign,
was a most wonderful success. This
church has been asked to contribute
$10.000 and there is no doubt but that
it will go over the top in great style.
| The spirit of the Campaign was more
than well rendered by Miss Grace Wes
'ter. The entire programme ? was
I splendidly rendered and . in addition
I to those who took part Miss Mary Mor
, ris and Mrs. A. S. Joyn^f, who under
, too* the production deserve much cre
dit. Rev. O. L. Dowell, pastor, is
i well pleased with the prospects of the
] part his church will take !n the cam
! paign.
Miss Siddie Green returned this week
'from a visit to her nephews, Messrs.
lP. G. and M. G. Sm th. of Katesville.
Col. C. L. McGhee is taking an ac
. live part in the campaign for members
in the American Cotton Association.
I having gotten twelve in Just a few
!hours Saturday.
j An American Legion Post was or-1
i gani zed at Franklinto.n recently.. with
Col. C. L. McGhee, E. W. McGhee, j
H. A. McGhee, J. S. Joyncr, Lieut. |
Robt. R. Speed, J. R. Mitchiner, J. H.
Harris, Jr., W. W. Cooke. Capt. Geo.
mm! mini ri iiliiimj lini',,
Daniels, A. E. Henderson. R. J. Rose,
Earl Sikes. H. C. Kearney. D. B. Kear
ney, as charter members. The char
ter has arrived and a meeting will be
held at an early date to complete the
organization.
Work is progressing nicely on the
large storage house of Messrs. Shear*
in and^ficks just to" the rear of their
store and on the railroad.
Cotttjn sold for 37 1-2 cents a pound
Tuesday.
Col. and Mrs. C. L. McGhee and
Col. and Mrs. A. R. Winston visited
Lou'.sburg the past week.
The city officials are pressing the
work and arrangements along for city
water works.
Franklinton is showing evidence of j
a good business boom.
Attention Is called to the big two
page advertisement in this issue of the
McGhee-Joyner Co.
Mr. J. C. Jones. Superintendent of
Public Welfare, was 'n the city Tues
day in the interest of this Important
work.
Mr. Wilson Macon passed through
town Tuesday en route to his home
near Louisburg after a visit to Raleigh.
Rock and sand are being put on the
lot in front of Mr. A. B. Wester's for
the erection of the Franfcllnton Hos
iery Mills. At a meeting of the stock
holders held here Monday night it was
decided to capitalize the company at
Si00,000.00. Officers as follows were
elected: J. F. Mitchiner. President.
J. R. Mitchiner. Jr.. Secretary and
Treasurer. J. A. Ruth. Superintendent.
It is expected that the mill will be
ready to begin work in about three
irionths..
Tl&%^0J>gregntion of the Methodist
Church were greatly pleased to see
fh?t*Rev. T. A. Slkes had been re
turned to this charge. He has done a
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Information Concerning The
Health of the People of Frank
lin County, Worth Tour At
tention. s : s t
By DK. J. E. MALONE,
Health Officer.
d
The County Health Officer w<>^i4
like to find out how man? people m
Franklin County are suffering with
berculosla "Consumption". In a c
paign over the county in 1916 he
covered seventy-six cases, now in 19:
there are comparatively few ci
"Many of them have died some are
living <ln chronic .form. Thirteen
the 76 were apparently restored
health and are living today. This
ease is a great destroyer or ljf?.
Sumption lis a curable disease if tal
in time and properly handled and
ed for. Wake County Is building
Sanitorium to add to the capacity
the one at Sanatorium carried on by*
the State. Any man, woman or child,
white or colored, who has it or is sus
pected of having the disease if, they
Will report to the Health Officer of
Franklfrn County will almost certainly
be benefited or cured. We firmly be
lieve that the small number now In our
County is the result of the work done
along this line in 1916. Please report
to % Yours truly.
J. E. MALONE.
MRS. LUCY A. PERN ELL DEAD.
. .jr
It v/as with much sadness and sort
row that the many friends and neigh*
bors pa<:d their last sad tribute to th*
life of a true friend when they attend*
ed the funeral of Mrs. Lucy A. Per**
nell on Sunday."November 16th. Mrs.
Pernell died on Saturday in'her 72nd
year after a long and useful life. She
u^ls a consistent Christian and held
her membership \v?tli Trinity Jfiotho
dist church. She bad been in, ba^l
health for some -tlnoe. having beeiC an
invalid '<6r- practically 4wo years.^kof
always bore her sufferings wi'.th Chris
itian fortitude. The funeral was held
I from the homo and was conducted by
j Rev. G. F. Smith, pastor of the Louis,
j burg Methodist church, and the inter
nment was made at the family burying
? grounds nearby. Large mimbers of
fr onds attended both services. She
, leaves one son. Mr. F. W. Pernell, one
brother. Mr. J. E. Debnam and one
j sister. Mrs. J. R. Debnam. all of
j Franklin County.
I The bereaved family and friends have
| the sympathy of tho entire community.
? n
i Humphrey Mcdowell loses j
HOME BY FIRE.
I home of Humphrey McDowell, colored.
I located near the Mineral Spring on
I the Southwest side of town was des-;
Itroyed by Are. When ?!t "was discov
ered the fire was bursting through the
top of the house and was beyond con
trol before anyone could get there.
Tho fire alarm was sounded and the]
fire department answered promptly but |
tho building was too far gone when |
they arrtyed for them to be of any as-1
sistance. Besides the house right j
much of the contents were destroyed,
making a loss of something like $2.000
or $2,500. with $1,000 insurance.
SHIP SPEAKER IN A REFRIGERA
TOR CAR.
Ortonville. Minn.. Nov. 17.?Ernest
, Lundeen, former congressman from the
'fifth Minnesota district, who was to j
speak at a local thoater tonight against |
the league of nations, was taken fr un
the stage by members of the local p<>st
of tho American logion. escorted to the
railroad tracks and locked in a refrig
erator car.
The trfWn was just pulling out :ind
it is believed trainmen did not see Lui\
-deen put aboard.
Taken Out Next Station.
Appleton. Minn.. Nov. 17.?Er est
Lundeen. former* congressman f om
Minnesoto?-ttrho was locked In a refrig
erator car at. Ortonvillo. about 20 riiles
from horn tonight, arrived at Appl-ton
shortly before* 11 p. m. Member- of
the train crew heard his shouts, re
Jeased him from the car and porn*'tod
him to ride in the caboose to this city.
big work here and has made many
friends with our people. Throngh'his
efforts Franklinton was made a sta
tion.
AT METHODIST CHURCH.
Wrey Grove Placed With Loulsburg
j Church?Services There Sandfly
Afternoon.
r. O. F. Smith, pastor of the
st church who has been return -
to this charge by the Annual Con
|trence Just held at Wilson, to the de
of his congregation and many
In Louisburg will preach
l Services on next Sunday morning
[iW.
GrovB church has been placed
sburg church, and Rev. G. F.
rlU serve this church also. He
us to Btate that he will hold
B, there on next Sunday after
o'clock.
public is v'nvited to attend any
! these services.
SWEEPS 9TH DISTRICT PRI
KftBT TO SUCCEED WEBB
I Carried Only His Home County,
Hoey Received 600 Votes?
?/?Got Every Vote in Cleveland
' ' Except M.
?lotte, Nov. 24.?Clyde R. Hoey,
SBelby, Federal assistant district at
was nominated in the Demo
tic primary in the Ninth district to
for the seat in Congress vacated by
Y. Webb, recently appointed to the
leral bench.
? Mr. Hoey's majority, based upon in
complete returns, is estimated at 4,500
to 5,000. He carried every one of the
Ken counties in the district except Meek
enburg, home of his opponent, Johi>
Bon D. McCall, of Charlotte. Missing
Returns might Teduce Mr. Hoey's ma
jority but cannot change the result. The
nominee will be opposed in a special
election Decembr 16 by John M. More
head, capitalist and manufacturer of
Charlotte. Republican nominee.
Too Many Ballots in Box.
Gaston-ia, Nov. 24.?Returns from all
the twenty-four precincts in Gaston
| Gaston of over 800. Gastonia box
? number one. when counted, was found
to contain one hundred aiKl twenty-four
j morp tickets that the poll book showed
voters, and as a result, it is probable
I the box will be thrown out. There
j were seven hundred and ten tickets in
I the five hundred and eighty-six votes,
j McCall had a majority of forty-six ir.
! thl? box. Both the " her Gastonia box
es gave Hoey a small majority.
Xewell Not Candidate for Congress In
Ninth.
Charlotte. Nov. 24.?Jako Newell au
thorizes statement that he would not
under any circumstances accept Re
nublicar^>ominatioTWoi^M
supporter of John M. Morehead and
would not consider entering race again
st Mr. Morehead.
MISS HARDIN EXONERATED
By Magistrates Hearing For Brutally
Chastizing Pupil.
lr? a hearing before Esquire W. E.
Tucker in the Court House in Louls
burg on Saturday morning. Miss Hard
in, Principal of Ingleside Academy was
exonerate oi> a charge of brutally and
with malice whipping the twelve year
old son of Mr. Tom Edwards. From
the evidence presented by the prost?cu^
tion and drawn out by cross examina
tion it developed that the little boy to
gether with another little fellow named
Dement, had made a statement to two
little girls that were construed to be |
improper. The plaintiff claimed that1
they were only natural and had no
improper significance. The state
ments however w?-re admitted and the |
teacher felt It her duty in the interest j
of the little girls, the school and the
boys themselves to administer corpor-j
al punishment, which she did, glvin* '
them what might hr considered i r??t*v
severe floggings. The defense offcrc:!
no evidence to the Courf but asked for .
a motion of non-suit on the grounds
that the teacher had do?c only her
duty as she saw. tt and in accordance 1
with*the powers irrantcd her by law. I
The Magistrate alter expressing him- !
self that the child had had a pretty had
whipping, hut that it looked to him that j
he had been a participant in a very ug
SU1
Ty n
Ty mutter granted the motion of tlio
tWense and throw our the rase.
THE FHANK-LTN TIMES i
$1.50 Per Year in Advance. |
PERSONALS.
Mr. Wilson Macon returned Tuesday
from a visit to Raleigh.
Messrs. J. E. Thomas and R. K.
May visited RaleJgh Wednesday.
Mr. J.J. Barrow returned the past
week from a business trip to Baltimore, i
Supt. E. L. Best is attending the
Teacher's Assembly at Raleigh this I
week.
Lieut. Lawrence Bradshaw, of Rox
boro, is visiting hi3 aunt, Mrs. J. M.
Allen.
Mr. J. B. Gee and Sergt. J. B. Gee.
of Henderson, were visitors to Louis
burg Tuesday.
Seamen Jasper L. Harris, and J.
Lee Denton, of the United States Ship
Greer, who received their discharges
I recently at San Diego. Cal., returned
to their homes in this County Tuesday.
U. D. C.
We arc requested to atate that there |
will be a meeting of the Joseph J. Dav
is Chapter tJ. D. C. at the home of,
Mrs. J. L. Palmer on next Tuesday
December 2nd. All members are urged
to attend. All who can attend will
please notify the hostess in advance.
Mrs. J. L. Palmer, Pres.
Miss Lola Jackson, Sec'y.
BOX PARTY AT FLAT ROCK SCHOOL
On Tuesday evening. Dec. 2nd. there
will be a Box Party at the Flat Rock
school building. Boys, come and bring
a pocket full of money, for your best
girl will be there with a beautiful box
filled with good.things to rat. Help i
our school by buying her box. Pro-1
ceeds to be used for benefit of the
school. Don't forget the place and the
date. Everybody is cordially invited.
TfO WONDER BRITISH AND ESEcHCH
AMBASSADORS ARE RUNNING
AROUND IN CIRCLES.
The provision in the preamble of the
Lodge resolution of ratification, where
by ?ur associates in the war against I
Germany were required to accept the j
j reservations before the peace treaty
j could become effective, astonishes by
j the ingenuity with which it treads on
I every imaginable national corn. It
requires that Japan, for instance, ad- ?
mit in writing that the Shantung deal
was of questionable morals, to put it
mildly; it requires England formally
and publicly to "repudiate her pronf.se
to Canada. Australia, South Africa and
Ih^r^^^mtthevshould be represeut
ed in the TT-agiic of nations assembly
it requires Prance to repudiate her
word pledged to Japan when France
was in desperate need of help and
there seemed no possibility of inducing
the United States to enter the war.
But suppose every reservation was
exactly in line with the nattonal policy
of the other nations, was exactly what
they wished; there would still be a cer
tain degree of embarrassment for them
j in giving their formal assent, because
| that would be to take sides in a purely
domestic quarrel in the United States.
Foreign nations have no interest in our
political rows, any more than we have
in theirs. What difference does it.
make to the United States whether Mr.
Lloyd George or Mr. Asqulth is pre
mier of Great Britain, whether Mr.
Clemenceau or Mr. Briand is president
of the French council? If Lloyd George
falls out with the house of commons,
or Clemenceau \?:th the chamber of
deputies, what business have we to say
which is right? But now that the sen
ate and Mr. Wilson have hath a row,
the senate 4s trying to compel France
and England to sign a document which
is tantamount to a declaration that the
senate is right and the President is
wrong. So ponder the British and
r-.??ch ambassadors are running aro
' in circles.
Indications now are that the pream
ble to the resolution will be voted down
and our friends across the sea spared
the necessity of refusing to sign The
United States will losr> nothing by such
an act of courtesy, because even if the
reservations were adopted exactly as
tho senate foreign relations committee
wrote them, they would be simply a
statement of our views, and if they
really are our views they .will remain
our views, whether other nations agree
with them or not.?Grreensboro News.
30'DAYS FOR CON
TEMPT OF COURT
IN AJ>I>ITION TO A BOND OF ONB
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
John Dnnston, Colored, Pleads Guilty
To Assaulting a Teacher With a
Shotgun. jf.
On last Friday morning John Dun
ston, colored, was before 'Squire A.*
W. Alston, for assaulting a colored
teacher with intent to kill, to which
Dunston plead guilty. In hearing the
evidenco it appeared that Dunston
through jealousy or some other cause
shot L>?na Green, a colored woman
school teacher in Hayesville township,
with a shot gun from ambush. 'Squire
Alston required him to give a justifia
ble bond in the sum of $1,000.00 for hia
appearance at Court. Not having a*
with the powers granted her by law.
his room for one and while he waws out
some one overheard Dunston make a
remark substantially that "it didn't
make any difference if they put him un
der a roil lion dollar bond it wouldn't
keep hhn froiftskilling a person if he
ed to." WhelN^r. Alston return
ed Mr. Ben Holden/fcUouiey for the
teacher, asked for a peace warrant and
asked Dunston to make the above state
ment over for the benefit of the Court.
He failed to do so and Mr. Holden told
the Magistrate what it was when the
negro gave Mr. Holden the lie and Mr.
Holden knocked him in the face, where
upon the negro's father, Calvin Dun
ston entered the ring with a damn lie
for Mr. Holden and he too took a blow
in the face. About this time the offi
cers interceded and stopped the dis
turbance and 'Squire Alston ordered
John Dunston to Jail for thirty days
for contempt of Court and placed a fine
of $25 on his father for the same charge
It was the opinion of practically all
who saw it that the negroes were ex
ceedingly obstreperous, disrespectful
and insulting and deserved what they
^got at' the hands both of Mr. Holder
and the Magistrate.
A HM K C?I'M COON.
A dog gone blue gum roguish coon
Said he. could got a pint of moon
That he knew tow to work his bean
If I would just put up lhe green.
I thought T knew this Afrtcan
Though very UMieh more ape than man
Too, I was feeling bum and dry
So. met the price though very high.
I I had no long green .on my nip
And had to borrow using scrip
Then dodge until this scitp was paid
While the coon went ofr and stayed.
It was bad to lose the juice
But worst of all was an excuse
Why I should not class with loons
For trusting blue gum rogutsh coons.
This.blue gum coon has not returned
Therefore I am much concerned
I guess he's laughing up l?!s sleeve
'While T wait-and-parch grieve a nd
grieve.
*
When strangers come w i chin my gates
With blue gum and with kinky pates
And offers me the demon (drink)
I'll give myself more time to thinly.
ItJs not fashion to fmhtbo
A sin to trust the blue gum tribe
They would not ask a better chance
Than have my long green in advance.
I'm hating very much to lose
The boxing gloves that go with booze
I do not care so much for kick
For my old Liz performs tnts trick.
Three days gone and still I'm dry
And ani also three bones shy
And of course am feeling bum
Waiting for this coon to rome.
In future I'll investigate ?
All hlue gums within my gate
And if Dicks Hill will pass this up
I'll chew and smokr but shun the c.up
Life *s but a game of chance
Except when stnking in advance*
For in this gnmble for the Juice
Tie holds the ace?T hold the duee.
^ ?Village Blacksmith.
( OMINCi, TIT SH AY, DEC. 2ND.
Dr. S. Rapport will be at Ixuiisburg.
at the Hotel Tuesday. Dec. 2nd to ex
amine eyes and fit glasses. If you are
in need of glasses for the good of your
eyes don't fail to see him on that day.