?i-? ru nil a IDTUfCB The Franklin Times a. F. Johnson, Mtar tmi ?? ??!. TKE COUNTY, THK STATK, THK UNION TOLUU h?? ! " LOnurtG, H. C, FJMDAT, >?(VE*BER 18, Ittl 1921 FAIR BIO SUCCESS I A K JUSTICE BAT MOWS Bi? CROWDS Mum; w?n Ml? A LlIU Hi ?List of Prises ul Their 1 The closing of the 1911 Franklin I County Fair on last Saturday night. 1 ran down the curtain on tU? beat and | biggest fair th.t >... people in this section In th* history of | the Association. Armistice Day was I a frpRt ..h ?"-."pt.. ? of people to town and to the rair. there being fully eight thousand people In attendance. The parade was the beet that has been put on in the State and would be a creoit for a city of many thousands of population. In fact one -spectator who h*< w _E1U oa including th? at.t. r?i>- it I would take the prize over all of them. :~'atuiday was set apai t rm the Cul-I ored people and the parade by I them was a success and a oredH an " quite a large number were present* Dr. A. H. Fleming, the popular] -S?Erelarv. has h?en lltw?r?iiy in the success of this fair for the great I effort he has expended. The balloon th.t ?, ln? nw> w?a. nesday of last week had not been found en- Wednesday ? ? The list of prize winners were as follow: To the many who have complained it the unusual drouth wuich prevailed over the county during the grow< season this year the agricultural i , s_at the county fair were a aur ? and a revelation for the large va;\ ??? of products exhibited were of a 1U... ? beyond what they hart mp. - ould be grown under such ad ? rt-.- weather conditions. "Practical ly every article exhibited was of such a <iual:ty as one would look for in the l est years. The most* striktne fea i is* m ;hm wimiA fexMBu *-as the dts 1 i--y ?.f farm products grown and ex Mlited by Mr. Henry H. Mullen, of near Runn. His exhibit contained no !< >s than sixty different entries upon He W0I1 twenty-two Brst prizes iii 'l two second prizes. The next best exhibit was that of Mr. Geo. Purgur -JS! '?Ql near Fnmkllntnu. containing ; round forty different entries upon which he won a number of first and seoond premiums. Had there been r.o other exhibitors in the-agricultural ?Apartment these two exhibits alone for a visit to the fair, bur m to these there-were a large number of entries from various exhibitors each of which is deserving of special men tion had we space for It. The Howard-Hickory Nursery Com pany had on display a number of peach tree plantings showing the manner in which young trees should be pruned v hen planted, aside from exhibiting a healthy lot of plantings this exhibit v. as especially attractive In its educa tional value. While the number of entries in the livestock department was small there V ere a number of especially good hogs, cows and goats exhibited. * The following Is a list of the win ners of the products listed below: Best five pounds bright tobacco H. H. Mullen. Best five pounds mahogany tobacco? H. H. Mullen. Best five pounds bright cutters H. H. Mullen. Corn, Best exhibit any variety 1st frize?G. H. Purgurson. Corn. Best exhibit any variety 2nd prize?H. H. Mullen. Corn, Best exhibit any variety tor beys 1st prize?Robert Mullen. Corn. Best exhibit any variety tor boys 2nd prise?Elmer Mullen. Corn. Sweepstakes, tor the county 1st prize?Q. H. Purgurson. Com. Sweepstakes tor the county second prize?Robert Matren. Corn. Best ten ears Cocke's proline ?H. H. Mullen. Corn. Best single ear, one eared v? rlety?O. H. Purgurson. ? Best stalk cotto??H. H. Mullen. Best peck clay peas?H. H. Mullen. Best peck Whlppoorwlll peaa?H. H. Mullen. Best peck black-eye peaa?H. H. Mullen. Best peck any variety?H. H. Mallea Best peck mammoth yellow soy beans?H. H. Mullen. Best display Ave stalks soy beanri? ?G. H. Purgurson. Best bale cow pea hay?H. H. Mul len. Best bal?) soy bean hay?H. H. Mul len . I lost display vetch hay?G. H. Pur gurson. ItMi display m ting beans?H. T. Mitchell. Best display sweet potatoes, half . bushel?Mrs. J. M. Allen. Second best half buahel sweet po tatoes?G. H. Purgurson. nest half bushel early Irish potato? ?H. II. Mullen. Best half bushel Iste Irish potatoes II. It. Mullen. The following won trst premiums oa garden crops: Best turnips?O. H. Purgurson. nest stock beats?Mrs. J. M. Allen, nest celery?Al. J. M. Alton. nest display gourds?H. B. Mullen I Drsi rsbbags?Mrs. t. V. Alton, nest salsify?Q. H. Purgurson. Best squash?H. H. BUKCH WINS n?ftA\rr\ i ? ? |> 11 i < ??! ? BWJUBU VBEiilUl a trruiok corn n session THIS WEEK i Cm ed WW hr Wttk Hla Bmot Jade* W. M prwMtif Piuktli Superior Govt cob mrt n two CItU Chii. u4 lika most CTrll courts is piinn-lii| slowly, trat ta ooopM sam Tt|)> Brst cam taken up was thm ot W. A. Burck rs J. D. Bask * Co. wherein the plaintiffs administrators la seeking to reco-rer par for catting timber. This case was uied some thing o Ter a year ago and won by the plaintiff, the +ef?artsan took as 'ap peal and i new.trtil wak granted by the B?pr?n CMit. It wiPtiM orer found In favor of the plaintiff. other appeal was taken. The contempt proceedings against R. W. Budna was heard Tuesday af I1N.M and costs entered'against the defendant. The cane of J ?nillf" " insurance to.. seeking to recorer In waa burned, was adjusted^ by Counsel and Mr. Williams was glTeh Judgment for his claim, - ^ The case of J. R. Pace *s S. H. Scarborough, et ais. involving a small strip of land lying between an old abandoned road and a new road its decided in favor of Ute defendant. LiTTLi: ?HHH?r?ra The deepest sympathy goes oat to \Tr. and Mrs. George W. Oobb. in the death of their little twenty months old sou. Gtorw Wilder whW-h n.-rnrr^ ea at tneir home on Sunday morning. The tittle fellow had been sick only a short while and until a re* hoars before his death it was thought, he T'as improving. The funeral services were held from the home on Monday morning, conducted hy Ker. W. B Morton, as sisted bf R?t C. yr Dmith. ?hu spoke in wurd lat tendere&t sympathy and comfort, of deepest Christian hope and promise . The cnoir sung with peculiar beauty and sweetness, sever al appropriate selections. of a little mother has said. It is wonderful bow long a shadow a little pin can throw. This beautiful baby Ule was so pre cious. so trough! with blessings to his parents that he seemed a Bower of paradise permitted to Moon tor k brief season by their side, then recall ed to Its- nature, aHea, fearing the earth r ad for them lonely and dark indeed. And when the messenger ?me from the unseen lands to claim the dainty darling as his owaf He only trn?d his Uttle hands. He only looked more meek and fair. We parted back his silken hair. We wore the rones round his brow. White buds, the Summers drifted Wrapt him from bend to toot in And thus he went out of this world ot oars." The r?alu? were tenderly laid to rest in Oaklawn ceeaetery ta the pres ence of a large number ot friends ot the family who gathered to pay a last sad tribute, under a huge bank ot the ost beautiful Powers, The pallbearers ware Dr. 8. P. Burt. Mr. P. R. White. Mr. W. N. Puller. Mr. W. H. Yartorough. tub. I The poultry wMbMs thM time were robabty the beat that hai* beat mj fully the e?aal of aaty al tha i \ HIICHFS MRHm II V HMPOT? < ?T THF VERY START OF FIRST SESSION KOiMi 1-?. 'Sir' I ?n4 Ii ker *f Ftwwfil r?M>? Craft Tl? Jul n>i 5* Sew WmM Be Built Fer be *exi |? u.?A?lrift> T?1 ?nnMi?*e?the crux or the um conference?*u presented tod&y. by StcnUn H?(hM at lb* eery opening of the first iiriefty it ta u M)o?i: "(1) Tkat ?II r?fini ships building program, either actual or projected, "(1) Tkat further reductions should be made through the scrapping 6/ cer tain of the older ships. **(3) That in general.' regard should of the powers concerned. "?> That the capita] -ship tonnage should be used il??? at strengtfi far nines and a propor tionate aftorrance of auxiliary conbat ant craft prescribed. FOr the United States, the progran would scrap all capital ships under construction, fifteen in number end fifteen of the older battleships WmM Make Junk *t Ttm tiou on her lour new ships of t h? iy,u And scrap ali t? Hcoad and first line battleships up the Kiny ceorg* V claiw Japan would itaadoa p<ans for two bnttteshtps four lai;? cruisers not ret lan? tfc?wu ami m addition would scrap ihrt? capital ships and four battle cruisers tn process oTTvn~ STHH'lloo and all ten oT Qse pre war dreadnanghts and IxattlesUps of the second line. As a replacement program the Ar.l jcrican GoTgrmacnt proposed ilm "?-? JTOW ^Mps "be laid down lor the next i ten rears and that a maximum replace ! meet tonnage figure be fixed prorid Ht ?wt?llr for MMW Iwi hr Xr United States MMMJobs tot Grut Britian and SiJ?.*#* tons for Ji; \n | A proviso also would be ."Deluded i i rm;ttin< i eplace?ueats of capiud ships when ilej- were twtstr y >ars ^it? .?h rr.-,fc.r.i..r?(oa.m m Km?uf I ship buil : in replacement w^h a ton nage of mora than tons. The text of the proposal as in details con cern :ht> thret leading nam poarets as follows: 1'tM States "The United States Is now complet ing Us program of ISIS calttnr for ten [pew battleships and six ba;t<> cruis ers. One battleship ha: been com pleted. TV others are in v j ruma, stages of cxutnctui. <? fro? M to $4 per cent of the cinstnie tion has been done. Oi '1)? fifteen Ul'.tal ships BOW be*a$ built, ocer bare beea spent. Sti. 1 the United Stat*? is wiiSjj in the *n tciest of immediate Uait]t>w af ni val ai ??mints to sera? >U there ?s sels. "The United States pr>v*s?*- >f <*'* plan Is accepted: "11- To scrap all capital ships aow under coastrwctioa. This incudes six battle cruisers and rwi battle ship? oa the wars aad la the coarse of bedding. aad two battleships laun rt PUT i thus m M *tf*t>ped to HImii. total toonace of tli? new capital when completed would be <18, OM tons. _ ? "(2) To scrap all of the older battle ships up to. trat not including the Del aware and North Dakota. The num ber of then* old 'battleships to be iped la fifteen. Their total ton is 227.740 tons. "Thus the nnmhr nf ranltal shins to be scrapped by the tTnlted States It] this plan is accepted is thirty, with an ate tonnage itncludlng that of ahlpe in construction. If completed) of 84&.740 tons. "<ir?st Britain plan contemplates that Great Britain and Japan shall take action which is fairly commensurate with this art inn on-rte--pit of tlie United States. *' ?J "It is proposed that Great Britain? "(1) Shall stop further construction of the tour new Hoods, the new capi tal ships not laid down. bn? nppn which money has been spent. The four ships It completed, would hare a tonnage men t ot 172.000 tons. an. in addition, sex*p her pre dr?iltinunhts. second Hire battleship* and first line battleships, up to but not including the King George V class. "The total tonnage of ships thos to lie scraped by Great Britain (includ ing the tonnage ot the four hoods, completed) would b? SS3.J75 tons. 18, 11 *"It te proposed that "(1) Shall abandon he^projjram of ships Dot yet laid dowg/rise. the K 11. Owmr ^o, 7 and No. S. battleships ?a4 Nor-?tr. 6. 7 ami S battle t misers. "It &h >ulil be observed thai ihte does not invove the stopping oi construction aL& the .?>?!> struct ion of none of these "(1> Shall scrap three capital ships (the Mitsu. launched; the Tosa. the Kaico in course of building), and four battle cruisers (the Aagl and Akagi in LtiuiwV! 'mllding. ana tne Atoga ami Tafcao, tut vet laid down but tor which [certain material has been assembled." L_= I A ten-y^r naval holiday Tn naval jctmstmctlon. tnrotvttig a tremendous ?crapping of ships now on the ways, [or contemplated by the l-uKed States. Great Britain and Japan, was propos es IP the rnnffr,~ni-a nn Ih. t itnit.Hnt. ?~.f Armaments by Secretary Hushes at the opening session today as Ameri ca's proposals.' What It ??*n-y Briefly, the American proposal is; "That there immediately be destroy cd by the navies of the three great pow er* ?ixty-Mx capital Pghtlng ?ships afrii a total tonnage of 7.S7S.043 tons. \/ "Within three months after maping an agreement the navies would con sist of designated and agreed ' upon liips as follows: Unite? States 18; Great Britain 22. Japan 10. In tons this wt-uld be: United Slat es 500 650; Great Britain 604.450; Ja pan 299 .TOO. -Replacements would be limited by an agreed maximum of capital ship tonnage as follows: United States 500.009 tons; Great Hritain 500.000 tons; J*\pan 300.000 tons. < Subject to the ten-year holiday lim itation. capital rhips could be replaced when they are twenty years old. "No replacement ship would have a tennag? of more than S5.000." R *f n: m ns. r. r. STEEL*. TV* boMtUally ?wolw?< low of Mr. mm4 Mrs TilBaa Bigar WUM 9*t?nhr ?TCBiac. ?ta ?? doors im tkran o|iu to tki Urt* u of TW* rtul i ? door Mir. u4 Mrs D. P. I u< immM I* Ik* p*?k one to loiter there, and reik)w chrys anthemum? Rare the ralH room a *)o? of -welcome. But one felt rath er than ohaarred there details, for. like the Tmrkxas pieces In an orches tra they were after all onty parts of the symphony. The wholehearted cordiality of the host an4, hostess, the heaaty and wtnsomeneas ot the bride, the poise and dignity ot the tcroom. beautiful (owns, fair women. irallant men. thaaa, too. played their part In the si niphoay Mr and Mrs. Steel motored to Loatsbart from Waahlaxton. They were dinner gueats of Mr. and Mrs. F R McKIim on Friday erentnir. Others taisti were Mr. and Mrs. W. J K. Whit*. Mr. and Mrs. Dartd Mr Kinne and Miss Ida May Tow. O? BONOR BOLL. ' nek>w we (tre the names of paptla j on the boaor roll for MMrhlner school , for the first month: Ben lah Woodl.ef. Rahy Wood'ief Grace Woodllef. Belle Mttchiner. Mary Mitchiner. Bdwln Strickland. KIRK AT POWER BOI SE The are at the power hoase on Wed MwhT nUrht did very little danuure. the are kattei caaght Itom the ex haast pipa of the engine and was ?r?oo eitlnruished hy the Bra department which waa prompt In aaswartns the rail The Ura occarred at ahoat 1J SO o'clock M1XSTBEL SHOW We are raqnested ?? Mate that there will he a JUaMnl ahow aire? hy lo cal taleeit at Ochtoea School on Sat a r ky alffht. Nwssahn Kth. Ptnttadi io he seed for the school. AMONG THE VISITORS SOKE IOC xaow A5D SOKE TOC DO NOT K50W. Im T.tti AMI Hm Mr. W. W. Webb went to Raleigh Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Basa visited Enfleld Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Thomas visited -mackstout;. Va.. Sunday. Mr. F. B. McKinne Is tn attendance at Conference?at Newberae. Mr. ?. ?. Smith, of Raleigh, was in attendance upon Court this week. Hon. R. B. White, of Wake Forest, ft as in attendance upon Court Tues day. ; Mr. B. F. Wood, of Spring Hope, was a visitor to Louisburg Wednes day. Solicitor H. E. N'orrls. of Raleigh, *as in attendance upon Court this week. Mt. J. Q.?Mills, uf Wake?Fuiest. was In attendance upon Court here Wednesday. Mr. I. T. Valentine and Mr. J. C. I Matthews, of Spring Hope, were vis itors to Louisburg Wednesday. I lifcv-?QrT>-Smith anil Mrs. Smith ilcli Tuesday fnr Xe wherne. where he | will attend the Annual Conference. ' Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Steele, ot fsiaiesvttie. were the guests ot?MrT jaild. Mrs. W- E. White I1? woeli. ? Miss RebekahThomas. whcrhas been visiting at the home of Mr. G. M. Heain. returns! tn ht>r honv m XorfolW this week. | Mr. and Mrs. **Lou" Kearney. Miss ; Louise Thomas, and Mr. ?. ?. Wyau were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. t. t\ i nomas Friday. Mrs. M. J. Conualley. who has j been visiting her grand daughter. Mrs.. E. h\ TWrnas. returned ?o Tier borne -in Kteekstoft?, Va.. Sunday. i Mr. William Alien, oX FarnnUle. nnd Mr. Jinl Allen, of A. ic E. College i Raleigh, attended the funeral of little Wllilei C'ubb Muii ila? . ? Mr. L. P. Johnson, wile and child jren, Mrs. J. W. Davenport and daogh j ter, Louise, were guests of their broth ier. Mr. A. F. Johnson at Oukhurst. 'Sunday. ! Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cobb. Mr. and ;Mrs. S. R. Jenkins. Miss Zelota Cobb. ? Miss Catherine Cobb. Mr. J. R. Wal {slon, of Pinetops. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Bryan, of Farmville. Mr. and Mrs, j J. W. Cherry, of Elm city, attended | the funeral of little George Wilder j Cobb, Monday. LOHSBl'BM TOBACCO SA?KET Bht Sales at Hlgh,^ Price*?!?UsM (J rowers The L<ouisburg Tobacco Market has been making big sales the past week at exceptonaily high prices as com pared with neighboring markets. To bacco has been brought here from quite a distance and the growers have expressed the greatest satisfaction. Get your next load ready and come to Louisburg where a WARM WELCOME and high prices await you. FIUSSLISTOS SCHOOL XEBS As a reaction to "Better English Week" Nov. 7-11. the Engtlsh classes in Qrad? eleven Monday morning gave the new words for the day they had adopted as one of the dally ones they have pledged to familiarise themselves with every day until school ptoses. Supt. Taylor and Miss Poo)? attend |ed the ball game at Raleigh Nov. 11. | and saw Trinity con* out victorious. Mies Bessie Stacy, ot the chair ot NModem Language went to her borne in [Rockingham county Nov. 11. return ing Sunday afternoon. I Miss Lois Crawley, of Louisburg 'College, spent the weeK-end with Kiss iPigg. teacher ot English. The Sixth and SeventA grades, in | charge ot Miss Poole and Mrs. Joyner gave an Armistice Day Program in the: Auditorium. Not. 10. which was great-] V enjoyed by the school and a sprink- I 1 - T of interest town people. j Nov. 11. the Lanier Literary Society I gave an Armistice Day Program at' 11:3# A. M. The roll call of Frank-j l'nton'a boys was called by Margaret White and the audience did them the | honor ot a rising vote oft thanks. Then > all gave "The Flag Salute." .The re mainder of Armistice Day was cele brated by a holiday. The Literary Society Is preparing a play. "Uncle Ephralm's Summer Board | ers," which will be presented in the Globe Theatre. Nov. XX. 1?X1. The admission is X5 an'd S5c. Making the world aafe by reducing the other tallow's navy should work as well as cutting costs of living by reducing the other fellow-? prolt*.? Marlon Star. mHUc*. Armistice Day ms celebrated la Loulsburg on la&L-Erlday m moat elab orate Style. With, fully eight thou? and people In I fifteen hundred school chlldr rade which was one of the most touching ?nd ever attempted in Loutobnrg ? ed under the direction of H tilth W. Perry. The parade < ly a mile and a half long and many floats that were truly reproduc tions of Art It was an occasion marked by the personal interest each p?rfonner and spectator manifested, snowing the ./-..p ..Vi 1 ' the day possible and the apprecia tions .of the many sacrifices made by the "boys o*er there." Each tndtvtd uaLfeemed to accept the challenge of Joto! R. McRae in his In Flanders Fields" and were rally ing to the front with the torch that was so sacredly left to them to da Tend: In Flanders' fields, the popptes blow Bptwwn the crosses, row on row. ~ That mark our place, and tn the sky j The larks, still brarely singing fly. Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lited. feit daw a. uuw mnset tlw. Loved and were loved and now we lie In Flanders' fields. tTSlo? up our quarrel with the fo?: i^Fe-yotj. from failing hands, welhrow iThe torch. Be yours to lift !t high! If ve break faith with us who die ,We shall not sleep, though poppies Ililuw ? In Flanders' fields. The parade which was the greatest over seen in Louisburg. ?-as, formed v iriiiiTiil r..iurt,. nuare. ??u man hed to ? the College Campus around the cam pus and hack to the street where the ,units were disbanded. The school ~vh!!rtren glilil^rfed in front ofThe home .uf .Mr. F. N?Kgerton anct me Military i floats, etc. formed on Kenciore Ave ,nue. The line of march was made up Main street to the Court square, then up Court street, the school children joining at the Intersection of Main and [Court streets, thence around the 'square by Market and XaSB streets to 'Main street then up Main street In* thf following order: First came a number of lady and gentlemen riders preceeded by Capt. Hugh W\ Perry and Miss Sallie Taylor The Carnival Band: Jambes Post Boat j representing liberty in a most beau tiful setting; Woman's Auxiliary Amer j lean Legion float. Ex-service men. I white and then colored: Combat train of Youngsville. in charge of Lieut. Timberlake; Battery B... In charge of Capt. R. E. Underwood: Boat: the Red Cross float: The old Sol^iera float the United Daughters of the""Confed eracy float; Louisburg College float followed by a number of the College i pupils in regular march, members of j the Board of Education: School Ex tension float; Louisburg Graded School J Cedar Rock school followed with three [trucks the first being a Boat repre ; senting Cedar Rock by a Cedar trie , with a number of rocks placed abovt the base, which was awarded Jtha | prise. Next came the schools in tho j following order. Wilder* on trucks, i Pine Ridge on trucks. Bunn with Rad iCrotts. Moulton on wagons. Riley with a float and pupils marching. KatesvtHoi j Laurel. Ml. Grove. Popes. Seven I Bunn. Centervllle. New Hope. i Level. Wood, Royal. Following came the individual floats as follow?: j P. A. Roth Co.. County Commisatap jers. F. W. Wheless, W. E. White Far niture Co.. F. R. Pleasants. Youngs ville High School. Becks Garag?. Riv erside "Warehouse. Louisburg Motor Co . Cbrdson Tractor. Ffellow ing thee, came another corps of riders. After the parade had been disband ed the multitudes made a rush for tka Fair grounds and for hours the gate keepers were kept busy passing thai In. As a celebration or Armistice Day the occasion was a grand and glor ious success, the public havjng tak? ? he suggestion seriously that the giuwn folks and children too shonld alt come, take a day off and show to Iht boys and the world that the spark of patriotism in their breast was Still aglow. ??TICKS AT MrTBT mi KTI We are requested to state that than will be regwlar services at the Bap tist church on next Sunday and ntgtot. to which evecyVw'y la vited. IDFIWrM COLI.EMK MUU1K an Will present oa ttnd. at eight auditorium Twp oaa py Day", a

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