ONLY tl.&0 FEB YEAB IN ADVANCE The Franklin Times AN ADYEBTISrue MEDIUM THAT BSING8 BESULT9 - A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manner THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION SUBSCBIFTION ?1.50 Per Te? VOLUMN XLVLX L0UI8BURG, N. C, FBIDAJ, JCXE 4, 1920. NUMBER 15 THK POWER OF LOVE. (Contributed) Dr. Johnson says In Raa&alaa that there are so many passions or facul ties that live in mam, all essential in the make up or man Is reason, will power, hate, iov temper and malice, reason and will power the greatest of ?them all. reason greater than will power, and when a man is governed not any more a man, and that "indes cribable one called love seems to be the most obstinate of them all, often refusing to be governed by will power or guided by reason and is often the mother of some of the darkest deeds the worlk ever knew. The man Beat ty tha? called his friends and relatlv es together and before the Almighty God vowed to love and care for her in sickness and health, for better ?>r worse, and after having a child born to them to love and care for. then un der the pretense of taking a pleasure ride while the moon was performing its duty and the little stars wus twin kling in the sky, and when he reached the place where he deemed the for est grew the thickest and man was aptest not to be, without the fear f God in his heart,^he shot and killed I . the woman that he promised to love and defend, a deed that mode the mojt powerful minds wonder whence came the power that enabled him to do the crime, a crime so dark and inhumane' that the mighty forest trees that he claimed that hid the man that shot the gun, that had been standing there for years as signals, watching, wat ching, bowed their lofty heads in sub _ mission to their makers will ?ndblu ?shed in shame, yes love you were the mother of the crime. And love I have known you to enter homes where mo thers had tried with all their might to teach their boys that they live besi ? hen most to their maker they give i r.d grew to be men of great minds sympathetic hearts to make them love the black the nigger with no po. wer to prevent it, and not any to ex pell, you and when they learned that you would not be governed by will power or guided by reason, they sou ght relief where it was never found in the cup of dissipation, and ?the grave. ill?-I " . And lava 1 h a v P ? k n 0 YT 11 _y glLlg.lilhi. wonjfn, beautifur "women and center their love on men only little above the "bruteT~and"There confine it untir \htt that once sparkled with in idled,-glared. .Jfcith insanity and the Voices that was once as soothing a? the morning breeze yelled ^v^th^proj have known you to take old men and ?girls rind?ley- -<4*?ir?tumispni en t -the v. would nurse it until the old mans hopes would' grow hi?h and higher until they would bathe them amidst ?the vapors of the thimdbis. 'houwa and then tired of the amusement would let them drop as gently, as the dew drop steals on the petal of the lily. And love I have known when you were controlled by your legitimate ru lers. reason and will power, to carry peace and happiness to mnny many homes. I care not how humble they - might be though their jesh were swept by the cold Winter winds, you carried peace and happiness there to live and dwell. And loVe you beKsm your work in the infancy of the world _in the garden of Eden and no ono knew your power better than Satan% for he lived in Heaven w4th God and was familiar with the makings of man, and God said h$ would make him and place him somewhere in mid air, and call him man, and from some disagreement Satan v/as expelled from heaven, and Satan said for re venge that he would go and look for man and he did go and he found him but he did not say a word to Adam for he knew the weakness of Adam and the power of love, and when the Angel Gabriel came he found Satan couched as a toad wisplng in Eves ear while she was quietly sleeping ami he told her that if she would eat of the three of knowledge that she wou ld be wise and great like God was great the maker of worlds and the ruler of men, and it was in the morn ing when Eve related her dream to Adam, the herd was feeding on-tht hill top and the birds were singing their songs and natures choicest fru its were ripening and Springs fairest flowers were blooming and the dew drop was dancing on the petal of the Illy, \>efore the rays of the morning ?un beam, and the myrtle was grpjfc ing ln- ifa frfld ?*' 1 ??i??nppTTp 1 h IT ill1 tHW iflory, and Adam beheld the garden in all of its beauty and loveliness, and said go. go and turn and read in the language of Eves ey ~~~es that it was love that was true and pure that would make him wise and great like God was great and he did partake of the forbddden fruit and if there lives a man In all the world with so little forgiveness in his heart as to blame Adam for yielding to a temp tation so great whence no power had ever been given hdm sufficient to re sist it. I for one ask the almighty God to curse him until the earth will de ny him a home, the dust a grave and the last but not least heaven her Gon And you cause the thistles and the thorns to grow and you necessitated the coming of Jesus Christ into the world to make atonement for the slnr ot man and you are the mother of the crime that nailed him to the cross, and Love in conclusion I have this to say to you, you can boast of being th* chief of all the passions that live in man, bat you are as destitute of principle as hell is of glory. ? FOOD DANGERS AHEAD. In Washington some people have' been suggesting that, In order to re duce the cost of foodstuffs, an embar go be placed on exportation of grain and meat?. Do these people not real ize that the moment the price of farm product? la driven down below the cost ol production tEe farmer will steadily decrease his cultivated acre age and hasten the day when a food famine, greater than the public hap any conception of, will be upom usj It It absolutely certain that this year's food products will be very short. TM winter wheat crop is 33 per cent short of last year's yield, and the rye crop shows, by present indi cations, about the same decline. Oth er crops will be short, for the labor is not available for the cultivation of as much land as was formerly glv en to food products. We have ignored the farmer's needs We have yielded to the demands of Industrial workers for an eight-hour day and given them steadily advanc ing wages, and we have told the farm laborer that by quitting his job and coming to the city he can cut his hours of labor almost in half and at least double the amount of wages re celved. ^ Does anybody suppose that the farm laborer under these circumstan ces is going to stay on the farm? Can anyone imagine that the farm er boy will continue to work with the drudgery of farm life from daybreak to dark when, by leaving the farm, he can get twice as much pay for half the hours of work, and then have all the allurements of city life, which ap peal so mightily to the young? And then, when one talks about an embargo on shipments of foodstuffs, does he realize that the farmer will have something to say on that subject and will demand his rights so that no embargo shall be placed on his pro duct unless an embargo also be plac ed on cotton and iron and steel and lumber and everything that we arc now exporting. What is sauce for ths goose will be equaliy as good sauce for the gander. He who talks.about an embargo on the shipment of farm products inor flnc liusi uf fuudsmij;; for the American people is only argu ing .in favor of a famine of food which would stagger the nation. Let us face -the facts squarely and honestly. ? Fot many years, due 4e the trend of the population from the farm to th? -city, the? hiis been in evidence a de cline in the per capita production of food, and the end is not yet in siyht \\\i are lacing a very dangerous food "situation, and the~bes1 Uralns of Uic nation should be concentrated upon the development of agriculture that it mny he math' as pni.spftinus as mer chandising and manufacturing in the city, so that the farm laborer may get as high wages as the city laborer relative to the cost of living or oth erwise we soon will reach a point when we shall have to. search the worjd for food to add to our own scanty production. And yet we have a soil which In extent and fertility ought to be able to feed five times our present population, but it will not feed our existing population unless the country soon comes to a realization of "Hie wliole situation and cease? to fight a profitable price for the farm er, and, on the contrary, does all In its power to make farming profitable, to lesser* the burden of farm life, to add to the comforts of the farm, and in that way help to turn the tide back from the city to the country. In that Is our only safety.?Manufacturers Record. Pew people ever reach the goal cf their ambition. There la always something higher that they want. MICKIE SAYS C t NN 60TTA nttW4D M4UO > vs-rb, uvj?s utRt, ^\vsrr ncv?. vtk oontt >M?.rr6 V tum *tt\SViO M OP-rtM M MOU / ^UOO\_?, OO VM. -TWC.VA S ww*f NA. OOCMTK tx> t? TO coka? Vi oaoto. -tvO c?J MOkKS -TtlVJM 9MHR <3tVVT tO ?b* wvorVivo.. -ruw \jj\v\_ a This if I A Crobd "You U>11 tor AMONG THE VISITORS SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU DO NOT KNOW. Personal Items About Folks Aid _ Their Friends Who Travel Hew And There: Mr. Clayton High, of Raleigh, spent Sunday with hlB father and mother. Edwin Williams and Clyde White have returned from Oak Ridge. I Miss Minnie Staley paid a visit to her sister. Mrs. B. T. Holden this jreek. Miss Emma Wilder, of Aberdeen; Is visiting friends and relatives In' town. Miss Mildred Scott is at home for' vacation from Greensboro College for Women. W. W. Webb and daughter, Elizabeth, are visiting relatives In South Hill, Va. Mr. Raymond Taylor and his fam ily are spending a part of his vacation with his father. Mrs. F. W. Hicks and children are spending several wrecks with her fa ther in Nash County. Miss Mary Exum Burt has return ed from Salem where she has been 1? college for the past session. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Person anil Mesdames W. T. Person and E. Thomas visited Raleigh yesterday. Miss Lillie May Aycock has return ed from Meredith where she gradu ated with honor this past commence ment. ? Mr. and Mrs. N.. B. Allsbrook, and Mra. G.- R. McGrady, of Raleigh are I taking an automobile trip to Rich mond, Baltimore and other places of Interest. 'Rev. G. F. Smith will preach ,t rmey Grove next SuntJay" at 3 oclock In the afternoon. MKS. J. >V. I? .. ? - - ~ - The local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Mann. As dune the third is.the_ tw-_ niversary of Pres. Jeft' Duvis'^ birth day the literary program was chospn with a view to celebrating the occas ion in a fitting' manner. Mrs. J. E. Malone read extracts fmm varlnu pources on "Davis as a Man and a Sol Idier". Another paper on "Davis, ' President of the Confederacy," was read by Mrs. Parham;.Mrs. White read a selection on th# unfinished monument called "The Great Obelisk que"; and Mrs. Morton closed the pro gram with a poem, "The Great Flag." Several items of interest to the pen. eral public came up in the business of the meeting. Ono was that the Dis trict meeting for this district will b* held with the Louisburg chapter, the > last v. eek in Jarre. Mrs. H. M. Lon-! don of Pittsboro, who is the leader for this district will be nere and ma ny other guests. It wdfcs decided to devote the .May and November meet ing every year to the Improvement of the cemeteryr At the clohe of the meeting refresh ments were served. THE GOOD AND THE BAD. If we remember the good things of life existence will be the sweeter for us and for those around us. We are too prone to forget the goo<l and dwell upon the seamy side of hu manity. It diverts our thoughts from the uplift and plunges us into a gloom that is enhanced by our dis content. In our own restricted community there Is much that ip good?there are people whose acts serve ns an in spiration to all who would see the brighter side of*tffe. They are unobtrusive, but their in fluence is beneficial to all with whom they come in contact. .They see the sordid side of our ex - They see the brightness of the fu ture, and,they make it a part of their dally lives. They radiate happiness and coptent ment wherever they go. And because they see the bettor side of all people and all tnmgs, the sweetness ot their own lives is seen I by us. * It is good to remember that those who think well of the world invariu bly find that the world thinks well of them. The sun shines brightly in the lives of all who give it an opportunity* to enter. -fllfpillse sometimes leads a person astray, but It Is better to act upon it than to hesitate until too late. Clothes often attract attention to p man, but it'? the ?cantlnens of them that puts a woman in the spotlight. Opportunity, they say. knocks at every man's door, but some people wait for It to walk in. ROOK PARTY. Friday afternoon. May 28. Miss Ka therine Bobbitt gave a Rook party in honor of her guest. Miss Emma Wil- ! der, of Aberdeen. The hall and par lor were very tastefully decorated ii> crimson ramblers. There were five tables of Rook and every one enjoyed the games. After playing severa*' sets the hostess served ice-cream and cakfe _ Invited guests were Misses Lucn Allen. Emma Lawrence Joyncr, or, Louise Allen. Mamie Hayes. Lucy Andrews, Elizabeth Morton. Lucretia Dean, Annie Harris, Mary and Neppie W41son. Eflie Taylor. Elizabeth Fur gurson, Dorcas McKinne, Fannie Neal and Pearl Pearce. B1KTHDAY PARTY. May 31, W. H. Yarborough Jr.. cel ebrated his twelfth birthday by giv ing a party to about forty-three of his boy and girl friends. He receiv-'| ed ?any nice tokens of remembrance raoftng from a gift of fifty dollars froti his father to two tiny chocolate dolls from one of the boys. "The chil-1 dren played hide and'seek. ball. Oul Ja Board, Rook and other games. Io^ cream and cake were served. This children left wishing that Will could have a birthday every month In the year. NO PARKING ON SOUTH COURT STREET. Our of the wisest actions the town authorities have taken In many weeks was the decision on Wednesday to allow no more parking on the South side or Court Street Automobile owners will be allowed to park on the, side next to the Court Square provid ed thev park to the right. This is a most desirable ruling as it has been almost impossible for traffic to pass or get by on this street when many car?, were in towm* *-? We understand thev is a fine of $10 for the violation of this ruling, but the town prefers the observance of it to the money it might get. BIG BARBECUE. boys ty gave a big barbecue to M&j/SV Boddiw at Clifton's Mill on WaUnas. day. Quite a large crowd was in at. tendance and several good speeches were *uade. ^ The cue was- fine and firpjrly enjnynl hy all prrsent ?? ERROR nr"EXPENSES OF ( INI)! DATES. On account of .corrections made .o the first item in the expenses us file'7 Uy- Sheriff H. A. Kearney In hlfnsiF Ptfnse account as published, in our last Issue the urnount should have $127^0, Instead vt $122.80 In pik place and $12S.80 In another. Frci^ the same cause an error occurred 1#? tli?' amount of expense of Mr. E. C Punish, candidate for Sheriff. One of the ciphers failing to fall caused <he-amount to read $10.00 when !t shohld have been $100.00. METHODIST CHl'KCH. Sunday School 9:45 A. M.% Preaching 11 A. M. and 8 P. jT* Public cordtally invited. RESPONSIBILITY WHOLLY WITH (i. 0. P. SENATORS Senator Hitchcock Cites Record to Show Who Killed Effort to Make Peace. Washington D. C.?Repeated state- j lnenta made by Republican members of the Senate that the President has refused to accept any change in the I.eague of Nations covenant are dis proved by .the record itself, asserts Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, who led the Democrats in the treaty fight. Senator Hitchcock said that he him j self offered five compromise reserva 'tions to the peace treaty, and that they were approved by the President. Partisan claims that the President has demanded the adoption of the tre aty without the dotting of an "I" or the crossing of a "TSenator Hitch cock declares, constitute an example of the campaign of .misrepresentation indulged by treaty opponents. ? The Presidents recent letter," said Senator Hitchcock, referring to his m? n> the League of Nations and denoun ced the Lodge reservations. That Is all it did. I denounce them. I will never consent to them, and many oth er Senators never would, and millions I r?t people never would. I But those Lodge reservations were j matched by reservations on the Dem |<x ratlc side of the chamber. I had the honor to ofTer five reservations, and they were endorsed by the Pres ident, and they were a tender of cor . I promise. On Article X. <1 offered a reservation which was a comprorise. There was some doubt as to whether ,the President would accept that, but we on this side of the aisle were will ing to stand for it. You did not ac cept It. Ye^ that reservation was drawn by a former Republican Pres ident of the United States (William If. Taft), but you refused to accept it We offered all the compromises; the }lepublican side offered -nene. You f refused all." ?v Don't >*rorry over the passing of i he soap box orator. We still have the box. ^ MRS. KICKS ENTERTAI58. The Edwin Fu!'-*- Literary Club met Thursday afternoon. May 27. wltl: Mrs. O. A. Ricks. The Preiident Mrs. B. T. Holder* presided. The report of the program committee was received and accepted. The club will take up the .course of study gotten out by the University Extension. "Studies in Citizenship for Womenu" This course promises to be both interest ing and Instructive. The ceofeJllittee recommended that the program for the year be varied by asklitg some of our prominent towns men to lecture to the club on topics coming in their especial line such as "The Public School System!" "Wel fare Work In Franklin County!" and others. The subject of the program for the afternoon was "Bolshevism in Amer ica." MIsb Annie Green had a paper on "What the Russian Situation mea ns to America!" and Mrs. O. Y.- Yar boro one on "America the Bolsheviks Paradise." Miss Mary Best read as the current topic a splendid paper on "What Suffrage Should Mean to Wo men." The hostess served a salad course, .cream and cake and coffee. Those present were Misses Annie Green, Mary Best. Lynne Hall, Min nie Staley. Mesdames G. M. Beam, E. L. Best, T. D. Collins, Frank Hayes of RfUeigh, C. J. Howard, of Danville. VtL.1 Ti Holden, E. H. Malone, H. McBrayer. J. W. Mann, S. A. Newell, W. IjMerhill, O. Y. Yarboro. Geor gia P* Boddle. FOB TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS. Mr. W. S. Beddingfleld, local Man cger of tho Telephone Company In Louishurg, requests us to ask ?he s lb scrlbers on rural or party lines not to answer the phone unless it ring* their number of ring3. There is be ing a great deal of complaint made at the local office by subscribers on these lines that they cannot either get a message or send a message without some oiie or more listening in on it, and in many .lases some subscribers have a way of answering calls for others before they can answer them selves. An investigation atthe lociJ officer we are inforpigd.lme -proves the-cor-rectuess of many of tliese-conv pi aim and the Company prefers not to have to tftke the matter up with the subscribers personally * and hopes' t hey may abide by their contract no: to do such any more? HOUSE IWRTY AT TnTTmaT. Kittrol! May 30.?Misses Dorothy i Baum. of Maryland Fielding Douthai^ ' Danville. Vfa.. Jeai> Gales, of Mount Vernon7~X. Y.,"Je??le vary, or Savan nah. Ga., and Alice Brown, of Wil-* ittitogU-n. left St. Mary's the 18th to DlacknaH's ut KUlrell The weeli | was a succession of gaities for them j in Kittrell and Henderson. They. | with Mrs. BlacRfwll. and Misses Fran I ces Barrow and Fannie Keal, of Lou-1 isburg, were guests of Mrs. R. F. Yarborough. It., in "Louisburg on Fri day. After tea the party motored to FranklinUm to participate in the ] dance there. The girl? from St.*Mary's left, M.'3. Blackmail's Saturday for - Wilmington, where they will spend a few-w days with Miss Allca Browi> berorf return ing to. their homes. MISSION STIDV CIRCLE. Mrs. D. E. McKinne entertained (he Mission Study Circle of the Methodist Missionary Society Monday after noon. Mrs. Dave McKinne taught the lesson from the book oi> mission ary conditions ln^the Far East. Af ter the |esson "refreshments were served. The attendance was good and the meeting a very successful one. MICKIE SAYS a. Tin rt ?. Utv. Tvuua, A tOT OF -turn TbsttUiR AM A. kA\4HT* B\0 ABOONO 1V?\s ums vte\u?p?kpia ocvtcc 1 AUft nt J?ST 1W YAVAV SMA-i XVW A. Two DOUAtt 6vu.\ \ / ?*t\ \ A VM\4Wf \WE > KKO tt* NJvtW iwO DOUMt MUA M VHt MkMt lA. -nvt*'. OWft<k8-4 \* ITEMS FROM NEW HOPE. Dear Editor and friends we would like to call on you this morning for a friendly little chat There was a large crowd at New Hope Saturday afternoon to witness the ball game. Unfortunately the game was broken up during the most Interesting moments. Those of you who fail to ?o to Clif ton's pond on Sunday afternoons, are certainly missing a good part of your lives. We have a large crowd every Sunday afternoon from three o'olook till sun set. Come and enjoy the fun. Miss Frances Chamblee spent last week at Bunn with her cousin, Miss Itee Harris. We understand that a crowd of you ng people from Bunn went to Webbs' mill Sunday afternoon. Ht>pe they had a nice time. Just let me say to the President that I prefer to keep my old name. I have always heard that it was hard luck to chAnge names And 1 think the President must believe in this. For I notice he didn't ooject to my name till I made a "slip up" and he guessed that I was older than he at first thought. Now he wants me to change. Maybe he thinks I will di<j and he will be rid of me. But let me tell the President he will have a hard time getting away from Blue Bell. So the President thinks flour bread and butter too expensive to eat. It may bo, but it seems to me that the future mistress of the white house might afford it. But maybe the Pres ident wants me to be carcful what I eat so I won't be so much expense to him after a while. But nothing do ing. I know a nun is noted for de ceiving girls, but the President can't fool me that easy. The Presideat just ought to have been at that "all day dinner." I intended tuts for a hint to let him know how well 1 could cook, but I see* he failed to take it. '.Anyway we had a perfectly splendid time. So the President thinks Captr Thomas will be elected. Maybe lie will. But President let me tell you a little secret. We women have been [deprived of our rights si? long that_ {when we get to^ voting, we are going have one of our votes equal to five of I the ones votetLhy- men. So if ?you wiinit"Capt. Thomas etectea, you had 1 better get Ivy work tor it is going to Irt a-clpn* r,,n ?sr. H BLUE AEbL. . HOC K SPUING ITEMS. Wa J ear we will -fee missed if we fctay away longer, so here we come begging for a little space !n your pa per. A good many people of this com munity *atter>ded the meeting at nnnn M. "E. Chuah the past week. Mr. Horner Strickland spent las!. Saturday night at Mr. B. P. Strick land?. A . ? Mr. Rmfus Place was a caller at Mr. J. B. Wilder? last Saturday. "Misses Edna Byron- and Win^e Cheaves spent last Saturday night with Miss Hazel Wilder. Miss Marilda Strickland and Mes ! rs. Clarence Dickerr,oi>. Johnnie Den ton r.rid Homer Strickland were tli4 guest of iliss Verna Wilder Sunday afternoon Miss.pennie Cafc4 spent last Saturn day night With Miss Laura Lynn Har ris. Mr. aiwi .Mrs. Sid wilder spent last Sunday with their daughter, Mru. Bryant Strickland. MessrS: Johnnie Denton awl Clar ence DtokerPon wer* callers Mt-. B. P. Strlcklands Sunday night. Mrs. Chamblee and her son Grls f.om. spent last Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Strickland. Miss Emma Place spent .last Satur day'night with Miss Verna Wilder. , , Mr. Jim Clifton was a pleasant cail er at Mr. B. P, Strlcklands Saturday. MisB Mae Strickland spent last Fri- . day afternoon with Miss r Marilda Strickland. Mr. H. J. Strickland has returned lo his home in La Junta, Colorado, af ter spending Several weeks with his relatives. If this escapes the waste basket I will come again. From jiist "SMILES." (Mr. B. P. Strickland informed the Editor recently that he thougfet every body should take The Frantfdin Times that the kock Springs Items alone were worth the money besides the ffilillirffiTii?VlnT man^_ojter. toHaMS. ?H. J0H.\SO\ GRADUATES. The friends of Dr. Yj, Earl Johnson, a former Louisburg boy. vfho gradu ates in Medicine at Jefferson Medicit College, Philadelphia, have? received invitations as follows: The Faculty and Senior Class of Jefferson Medical College airaounce their Commencement Exercises Saturday. June the fifth nineteen hundred twenty at twelve o'clock Academy of Music Philadelphia. SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. N. Collin Hughes Rector, will hold service at St. Paul's Church Sunday at 11 a. m. Morning Prayer, -sermon and administration of the Holy Communion.. Visitors cordially welcome?* to all services.

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