A TJtKBUTB TO DYfliiHT Pi BKIHH,
V His only At tin* and proper that wv
jtbould pay (ribate to ov I>eioved friend
*md brother. When on die Ziih. af.
JlBiury ifii the Iff? of Dwlght Par
riab Was suddenly snatched away, the
mealage wu flashed over the wires to
us. At first It seemed Inconceivable.
Then as the realisation of what it
meant came, words were too weak to
express our sorrow. Hundreds gath-?
ered at the "home that they might na*
ona lasi tribute to him, snentlvvfney
stood about, reading in eaoVo^i-rTs
laces the grief that well?>* up from
?within. Finally, no longed able to con
tain themselves, twth ^eu and wumeu
"wept, unashamed, because of the loss
of their friend. /
Well mighj>they weep. For his
smiling fay? aud cheery voice no long
er welcpmes his friends here. It was
this smile, prompted by inward feel
?4ny; th^t made his presence pleasant.
Jt was his sinc^^y and singleness of
purpose that wWy our admiration. It
^^rfnrlfl i lip'h11""^ fl"d steadfaetneSS
that caused .us to depend upon him. li
was his desire to serve, his desire to
help, and his interest in and sympathy
for aTl that made- us-loveJiim,
In years he had not yet reached^ma
turity. But in thought and action ne
. There were in, him all
the elements* "tlhrt-po to make up man
hood.- Unselfish, his thoughts were
continually upon other*. Considera
tion of others was characteristic of
him. Brave to stand ror what he con
sidered right;.ambitious for his own
development and for the advancement
of tboBe about him; loyal to his cher
ished ideals; steadfast in his purpose,
?these are only some or the things
outstanding in his life.
As co-oworkers with him we can tes
tify to his loyalty to his Savior. As a
good soldier of Jeeus Christ he stood
in his place, defending the principtea
ithat had been committed into his care
and letting his light shine out to those
?About him. His willingness to serve
i s showrTTjy^-hi^-falthful attendance at
the church services and his active wofl"
in the B. Y. P. U. But it cannot be
limited to this. His every-day life is
a shining example of christian charac
?ur,?Tha mnst fitting trihmp eTer j&idL
him was this,?"Dwighi has toH me
many a time that I ought to live a bet
ter life." What more can we say of
him? Ah?his wish, could he speak
to us now, would be that we should up
hold those ideals for which he stood,
love the country" which he loved, and
serve the Savior jvhich he served.
H? 1S-IK? ???iilly
burial ground. The spirit, pet free,
has hastened on to the Master's bos
om: A monument may some day be
erected in his memory. His name
shall live in our hearts.
(Signed) W. R. WALLACE.
A. N. CORPENLNG.
ALERT ITEMS.
It has been quite a time since we
saw anything from Alert, but we wish
to announce that we are all alive yet,
and that all of our sick folks, (which
we are sorry to say have been many
this winter) seem to he Improving.
Mrs. Herbert Mosiev has Quite a.
*d case of poison-oak, her face being
swol len to such an extent that she has
been unable to see for several days.
We hope she will soon he sreTT;
The snow and other bad weather has
been quite a set-back to our Sunday
School and B. Y. P. U. We were
glad to have almost an average attend
ance at Sunday Bchool on last Sunday,
also at the B. Y. P .U. Sunday night.
We wonder why the other two school
teachers don't attend? What a differ
ence there is In peopio onywiy.
On account of bad weather there has
been very little visiting around here
stoee the snow fell, of course some
"boys" will go, and it seems that a few
of that kind live at Alert.
Miss Mattie Burnette, of near Epsom
is spending several weeks id our town
.with her aunt, Mrs. J. J. Pernell. She
will return home some time this week.
We hope she will soon comjc again.
Mr. J. J. Falkner or this place vis
ited "somewhere" in the Schloss com
munity last Sunday afternoon, he re
ports a very time.
Mr. P<U**rof Ingleside, was
a visitor In our community last SuJF"
day, we are sorry he had tire trouble,
although we feel that he had lots of
sympathy from some of our girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Ollle Falkner, of Hen
derson, visited their parents here last
Sunday. ,
Messrs. Leslie Tharrlngton and
Mark Ball visited at Mr. J. J. Pernells
last Friday night.
Mr. Dave Hunt visited at Mr. Rob
ert Tharringtons last Sunday
Misses Pattie Lamm and Mattie Bur
nette visited Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Per
nell on Monday night of this week.
Mr. W. M. Pernell, of Schloss, vis
ited his parents here last Sunday.
Some of our boys have received Val
entines and they say they haven't sent
any. Wonder If some people think it
Is leap year?
We are having so much rain the far
mers can't sow any plant beds, well
fellows don't worry about the rain. Just
think how much you wanted It torain
Inst summer.
TO riLE INCOME TAX RETURN.
Numerous Inquiries nave been re
ceived regarding the prodor interpre
tation of Section 223 of the Revenue
Act of 1921, which provides that each
Individual whose gross income for
1921 was $5,000 or over shall file a re
turn regardless of his or her net n
com*.
Gross Income means statutory gross
inoome, defined by the Revenue Act to
lactate "gains, profits and income de
rived from salaries, wages, or com pen
?allot) for personal service ? ? ? of
whatever kind and In whatever form
paid, or from professions, vocations,
trades, business, commerce or sales on
1 dealings In property, whether real <r
personal, growing out of the owner
ship or use of or Interest In such prop
er; also from Interest, renl. <li\i
dsndt. securities or the transaction of
ssy business carried on fpr gain or
JproOt or gains or profits and Income
dsmsd from any source whatever."
Gross 1 ncome doss not noc?*ssrlly
, mesa gross receipts. A mordant,
> .. >..
HOW TO DEVELOP
THE BOX PLANTS
Trwxtfantmg and Nursing, the
K?y to Suooess in the Art
of Growing Things.
HEAT m SUNSHINE NEEDEC
Tandar Scoots Require Careful At
tentien From TWn? They Com?
T*reu?h Ground Until Planted
in the Open.
It la an art to produce fruui Ike
fflPftH vegetable or low?- seed aitroux
rto* u\viirr\vUT
be proud of when they ure set out
in th*? opea.
It la intouaely Interesting to doUj
Mb* quick response ptaats wlli maka
to a 'little atte&llikB auj uuiilui.- ?
Tomato, cabbage, popper and other
vegetable?plants, aa well as any of
tke numerous kinds of flower* that
T K? Barry Bex Piani?.
are first planted la lata In U?e base
ment or placed la an upper floor win
rrrost hsr? attention. Next to warmth
*d<1 sunlight In importunes Is saffl
H?nt ?eisture to urge growth.
When the plaau bara r?uiche4 an
age whe<i they i* re large enough to be
removed from the flat?without Injury
to the roots. they should be trans
planted to small pots or berry baskets
?anything that will hold the soil and
a little moisture. Cartons serve this
purpose very well.
Another transfer of the plant Is
advisable as the roots became matted
?an Indication that the basket -or pot
It not large enough. It will be noted
-Brar -a- larger -container wlU soon
be found too small, and that an ad
ditional repotting will be advanta
geous. if a larger and healthier plant if
desired. Many careful gardeners make
at least three transplanting before
the plant is set out In the open. By
that time it is strong enongh to battle
the elements with the possible ex
ception of frost.
In setting the plant In the open, by
tfeis careful and interesting mothod of
transplanting, tpe roots Intact with
the mass of soil clinging, may be
transferred In a manner that not tha
slightest Injury is done to the tender
roots and soon the plant has taken
hold In Its new home in a manner
that will astonish the Inexperienced
cottage gardenep?In fact It is not un
common for plants In the more ad
vanced stage of development to be
In blossom or bearing small fruit.
Flaats such as tomatoes transplanted
la the open In thla manner should he
staked at once^-BeRer still, have
vior In the ground before the
patches may be seen on the roots and
sometimes on the lower part of the
" stena.
for Instance, In computing statutory
gross Income, should deduct there
from tfce coat of goods sold. For ex
ample, a merchant may Hare gross re
ceipts amounting to $10,000, but the
cost of goods sold amounts to $7,000.
He has no other income. The statu
tory gross income would be $3,000.
In case the other deductions allowed
him for business expenses, taxes, In
terest, bad debts, etc., amount to $2,
500, his net Income would be $5.000.
No return of Income is required in this
case.
A lawyer who Is married and liv
ing with his wife has gmnit receipts
In the form of fees amounting to $6,
000 and his necessary business expen
ses amount to $4.200. leaving a net In
come of only $1,800. A return will
be required In this case, as taxpayer's
gross Income as well as gross receipts
is $?,000.
WATKR REPORT.
The following Is the report of the
Glty water of Louisburg:
Received?Feb. 9. 1922.
Reported?Feb. 13, 1922.
Sediment?v. al.
Color?Plalnum-cobait standard?10
Turbidity?Silica standard?T.tl.
Odor, cold?0.
Odor, hot?0.
Alkalinity (in term? of Calcium car
bonate)?Ada.
Alum?present.
Chlorine?c 6.
Nitrogen as Nitrite*?0.
Colon bacilli In 1 c.c.?0. *
Colon bacilli In 10 c.c.?0.
Total number of bacteria it 28d C.
per c.c.?19.
| Total number of acld-prodoclng bac
teria?0.
J. W. K., Director.
Bull-Dog?
Drummond
The Adventure* of a
Demobilired Officer Who
Found Peace Dull-:
by CYRIL McNEILE
-&APPB*
V
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
IRWIN MYEHS
Cae/ntffct by I?**- S- ?>?*?? Co.
CHAPTER XTi;
In Which the Lart Round Take? Plaoe.
ONE.
It was during the next hour or two
that the full value of Mr. Jerome K.
Green as an acquisition to the party
became apparent. Certain 6ther prep
-aratloas in h?.tpor of Peterson's arrival
were duly carried out, and then arose
the question of the safe In which the
all-important ledger was kept.
"There It Is," ?aid Drummond, point
ing to a heavy steel door flush with the
Wall, on the opposite side of the room
to the big one containing Leklngton's
Ill-gotten treasure. "And It doesn't
seem to me that you're going to opea
that one by pressing any buttons In
the. wall."
"Than, Captain," drawled the Amer
ican, "I guess we'll open It otherwise.
IfB sure plumb easy. I've been get
ting gay with some of the household
effects, and this bar of soap sort of
caught my eye."
From his pocket he produced some
"ordinary' yellow soup, mid 1 Uw uUiBrs
glamced at him curiously.
'TU Just give you a Uttle demonstra
tion," he continued, "of how our swell
cracksmen over the water open safes
when the owners have been so tactless
as to remove the keys."
Dexterously he proceeded to se&Lup
every crack in The safe door with Umi
soap, learffig a Small gap at the top
unsealed. Then round that gap he
built what was to all Intents and par
poses a soap dam.
"If any of you boys," he remarked
to the Intent group around hlm^ "think
of taking this up as a means of liveli
hood, be careful of this stuff." From
another packet he produced an India
rubber bottle. "Don't drop It on the
floor unless you want to be measured
for your coffin. There'll Just be a boot
and some bits to bury."
The group faded away, and the
-American laughed.
"Might I ask what it Is?" murmured
Hugh politely from the neighborhood
of the door.
"Sure thing. Captain," returned th^
detective, carefully pouring some of
the liquid into the soap dam. "That U
what I told you Td got?gelignite; or,
as the boys call It, the oil. It runs
right round the cracks of the door In
side the soap." Be added a little mor?,
and carefully replaced the stopper.
"Now, a detonator and a bit of fuse,
and I guess we'll leave the room."
"It reminds one of those dreadful
barbarians, the sappers, trying to blow
up things," remarked Toby, stepping
with" some agility Into the garden; and
a moment or two later the American
Joined them.
"It may be necessary to do It again,"
he announced, and as he spoke the
sound of a dull explosion came from
inside the house. "On the other hand,"
he continued, going back into the room
and quietly pulling the safe door opeu.
"It may not. There's your book. Cap
tain."
He calmly relit his cigar, as if safe
opening was the most normal under
taking. and Drummond lifted out tha
heavy ledger and placed it on the ta
ble. *
"Go out in relays, boy?," he said ta
tha group of men by tha dpor, "and
get your breakfasts. I'm going to ba
busy for a bit."
He sat down at the table and l>egan
to turn the pages. The American wng
amusing himself with the faked Chi
nese cabinet; Toby and Peter sprawled
In two chairs, unashamedly snoring.
And after a wfille the detective put
down the cabinet and, coming over,
sat at Drummond's side.
Every page contained an entry?
sometimes half a dozen?of the same
type, and as the Immensity of tha
project dswned on the two men their
face* grew serlona.
"I told you he was a big man, 'lap
tain," remarked the American, leaning
back In his chair and looking at the
open book through half-closed eyes.
"One can only hope to Heaven that
we're In time," ?eturtied Hugh. "D?n
It, man," he exploded, "surely the po
lice must know at this I"
The American doiM Ml (jm ntlttJ
more.
"Tour Kngllsh police know most
things," drawled, "but you've sort
of got Dome peculiar laws In your
country. With us, If we don't like a
man?something happens. He kln4 o'
ceases to sit up and take nourishment.
But aver here, the more scurrilous he
la, the more he tntka bloodshed nnd
riot, the more constable* does he get to
guard him from catching cold.
The soldier frowned.
Took at this entry here," he grnnted.
"Thst hllghter Is s member of parlia
ment .What's.he retting four payments
of a thousand poundSTfor?""
"Why, surely to buy some nice warm
underclothes with," grinned the detec
tive. Then he leaned forward"imd
glanced at the name. "But Isn't he
some pot In one of yonr big trade
unions?"
"Heaven knows," grunted Hugh. "I
only saw the blighter once, and then
his ghlrt was dirty." He turned over
a few more pages thoughtfully. "Why,
if these are the sums of money Peter
son has blown, the man must have
spent a fortune. Two thousand^pounds
to Ivolsky. Incidentally, that's the
bloke who had words with thfe whatnot
on the stairs."
In silence they continued their study
of the book. The whole of England
and Scotland had been split up Into
p"
"Whf i? M? dotting FoUr Payment* of
TtMUMUid Round* For?"
district?, regulated by population
rather than area, and each district ap
peared to be In charge of one director.
A. varying number of sab-districts In
every main division bad each their sub
dlractoi^and staff, and at some of the
name? Drummond rubbed h la eyes In
amassment. Briefly, the duties of every,
man were outnn^l; the locality In
which hi* work lay, his exMt responsi
bilities, so that overlapping was re
doted to a minimum. In each ;aae the
staff was small, the work largely that
I at organisation. Bat la each district
there appeared fen or ? down panes
or merTWho were" euphemistically de
scribed as lecturers; while at the end
of the book there appeared nearly fifty
names?both of men and women?who
were proudly denoted as first-class lec
turers. And If Dmmmond had rubbed
his eyes at some of the names on the
organizing staffs, the first-class general
lecturers deprived him of speech.
"Why," he splattered after a mo
ment, "a lot of these people's names
are absolutely honsewold words Id the
country. They may be swine?they
probably are. Thank God 1 I've very
rarely met anyj but they ain't crimi
nals."
"No more Is Peterson," grinned the
American; "at least not on that book.
8ee here. Captain, It's pretty clear
whafs happening. In any country to
day you've got all sorts and conditions
of people with more wind than brain.
They Just can't stop talking, and as yet
It's not a criminal offense. Some of
'em believe what they say, like Spin
dle-shanks upstairs; some of 'cm don't
And If they don't, it makes 'em worse;
they start writing as well. You've got
clever men?intellectual men?look at
some of those guys In the first-class
general lecturers?and they're the
worst of the lot. Then you've got an
other class?the men with the business
brain, who think they're getting the
?tlcky end of It, and use the talkers
to pull the chestnuts out of the fire f6r
them. And the chestnut?, who are the
poor blained decent worklngmen, are
promptly dropped In the ashpit to keep
'am quiet. They all want something for
nothing, and I guess tt can't be done.
Tliey all think they're fooling one an
other, and what's renlly going at the
moment Is that Peterson Is tooling the
whole bunch. He wants all the strings
In his hands, and it looks to me as If
he'd got 'em there. He's got the money
?and we know where he got It from;
he's got the organization?all either
red-hot revolutionaries; or. Intellectual
windstorms, or calculating knaves.
He's amalgamated 'em, Captain; and
the whole blamed lot, whatever they
?Hay think, are rehlly working for
hlffl/'
(TO BE CONTINUED)
? HEALTH DEPART**ITT
? ?
? Information Concerning TIM ?
? HealUi ef the People efFranklln ?
? Coanty, Worth Ion Attention. ?
? ?
* Dr. J. B. Malone, Health 0fleer. ?
? ? ????????
The Town and County Commission
ers insist that we mutt have a clean
and sanitary condition In our town and
county. It Is my duty to tee that these
conditions obtain. Therefore we want
?very cititen to go work at one*
and dead up their yards and back
premises. Hog pens, steWes, cow
stalls, privies and back yards mutt bs
, ' - ' /v ?
looked after and cleaned up by the 15th
of March-. The Health Inspector
wilt come around and see that the w&rk
has been done. This Is a notice and
fair warning, to all/ The Town of
Loulsburg has the appearance of be
ing a very filthy town to strangers and
it Is a shame to us to hear people who
visit our town make the remark "this
fs the dirtiest town in the state." It
Is dirty there Is no doubt about It, and
if I have any authority and I have, this
state of things shall be enanged. We
are going to work with the help the
Commissioners give us and see that
Loulsburg Is clean and sanitary and
the citizens should arouse .themselves
and come to my aid. Health Is worth
more to us than anything else, and It
is a reflection on our Intelligence and
patriotic pride to let our Town be the
back of such remarks as we hear dally
ffom strangers and homefolks. That
Loulsburg is a filthy Town. We did
not have but very little Typhoid Fever
last year but If we do not go to work
and make our Town more sanitary, we
will inoUt ccJtMnlrhave It In full abuu
dance the present year. Now In ,order
to prevent this condition of things I
want our people to come enthusiasti
cally to my aid and have a Town whose
sanitary condition vre era be proud of
and at the same time destroy all chance
of an outbreak of this destructfve dis
ease. We are going to try to get the
Commissioners to give me a good man
as Health Police to help me put this
work of having a sanitary town thru
and we are going to do it If the citizens
will help us and It is greatly to the
benefit of their health and lives to do
their best. Now my fellow citizens
come on and let us do this work In the
right spirit. Mans life time is longer
now than it was 26 years ago, he lives
longer and more ^comfortably than ev
er before. Now, why not make this
life time still longer and more comfort
able than ever by projecting his health
In keeping clean and sanitary. I am
with you In this work. Are you with
me. Say yea and lets go to work.
Franklin Ins. & Realty Co, can
supply Franklin County with
money with the proper Ool
latteral, Real Estate, First
Mortgage, Long Time, Large
Amounts preferred
2-24-12t
In charging an Illegal conspiracy
against three big tobacoo firms, the
Federal Trade Commission probably
proceeds on the theory that where
there's so much smoke, etc.?Nash
ville Southern Lumberman.
The horrors of another such pea o?
as this one should be an that Is Acces
sary to deter the world from another
war.?Columbia Record.
It's getting harder to railroad legla?
lstlort through Congrats now that they
havs installed the blfc system,?Naak
villa Souther? Lumberman.
SPRING GOODS
ARRIVING
We are glad to announce to the ladies
- of Franklin County that our Spring Stock
of Coat Suits,Millinery and Oxfords have
arrived and are being put on display. In
this big line we have the season's latest
styles and fads at prices that will astonish
you in tht>ir cheapness. Come in and
look over our line.
Watch for our announcement of our for
mal Spring opening.
F. A. ROTH COMPANY
THE STORE THAT ALWAYS SELLS THE CHEAPEST
LODISBURG, - ? - NORTH CAROLINA