North Carolina Newspapers

The Franklin Times v - i! Vlttl A. r. JOBBSOn, Editor ui 11U(U THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION ? ? YOLCMK LI. LOPISBDKG, H. C, JTBIDAT, MAUCH ?1, II CALLS COUNTY nnvv-rvTTQN por APRIL 15TH PRECINCT MEETINGS TO BE HELD 8ATCKDAY, Al'RIL 8TH To Elect Township Executive Commit tees and Delegates to County Con vention, Execntlre Commltte Action Saturday. A most harmonious and enthuslas TTr -mgulli,B ,.f IK^JTLdTr.^fr.H/- Bgon. utive Committee for Franklin County was held In the Court House Saturday -ai-the- eatt? or CEalrmah K. H. Ma lone, who stated that the meeting was being held at the instance ot the State Executive Committee to arrange for -and set In motion the machinery (or holding the Precinct meetings and the County Convention and to select dele^ gates fo* the State and various other conventions. All the townships ex cept Youngavllle, Cedar Rock and Cy press Creek were represented and the political prospects for Democracy for 1922 waa widely discussed. The most encouraging of the re ports that were brought In from the last campaign was the general satis faction that resulted from the chahge ot the voting places In the townships to the school houses. It was the order of the Executive Committee to hold the Precinct meet ings on Saturday, April 8th, as sug i-^s'.ed by the State Committee. And ovj ,ng to the fact that this date is the -.i.;t apart .by the Home Demonstra tion .apartment for the big Rally Day to be i.eld In Loulsburg, it was re quested that all Precinct meetings be held at 9:20 o'clock in the morning so that all who wish to do so can come on to Liouisburg to attend the Big Rally Day celebration. The date for the County Convention was set for the 15th of April ? Satur day following the Precinct meetings ? also in keeping with the dates set by the State. The Secretary was requested to pre pare the following table showing the list at delegates each township was entitled to elect to tt|: County Con vention : Township Vote for Gov. Del Dunns ? 299 12 Harris 160 6 Youngsville 309 12 Franklinton _i. 451 18 Hayesville 72 3 Gold" Mine ... 181 7 Cedar Rock 329 13 Cypress Creek 88 4 Louisburg 674 < 27 Total ? 2785 111 The Chairman urged tnat the town ship Chairmen insist on delegates be ing elected that will attend the Con vention . Chairman Malone expressed the opinion ttt&t l? would be wjse for each township to elect one or more ladles on the township committees, ill view of the fact that the ladles are entitled to vote and Jt may soon become abso lutely necessary that they cast their vote. 'y . In addition to electing the delegates each township should elect five per sons to membership on the Township Executive Commltte, and they are ex pected to meet Immediately thereafter and elect one of theiir members Chair man, and another Secretary. This being done they are requested to fur nish A. F. Johnson, Secretary of the County Executive Commltte a list of the Committee at once showing who is Chairmfcll!. and who is Secretary. Chairman Malone emphasised the Im portance ot electing the best persons available for ibis Committee. and per sons who would attend and take an In terest In the party affairs. This completing the business for whir* the Committee was called ad journment wastaken. FRANKLIN COUNTY ELECTION BOARD. Sundays NewB-Observer carried a lint of appointments for the one hun dred election Board* of the State as given out by the State Board of Elec tions, from which we take Franklin as follow*: A. P. Johnson, Loulsburg, B. W. Ballard, Frankllnton, R. L. Rogers, Klttrell. , The first two are the Democratic members and the last one the Repub lican member. JUSTICE DEFEATS TOlTNOSylLLE. Youngsrllle, N. C. ? A one sided Kame was staged here Friday, Mhrch the seventeenth between Justice and Youngsvllle, resulting In a score of 20-13. Edwards piled up ten points of the score and R. Perry eJght. The line-up was as follows: Justice Youngs vlllo Rice L.G. C. Winston R. Perry R.O. H. Winston Hay 6s O. R. Winston Edwards L.F1. , Pearce Z. Perry R.F. Underwood Justice seorlng: Field goals, Ed wards 6, R. Perry 4, Rice 8, Hayes 2. Foul goals: Hayes 1. Youngsrllle scoring. Weld goals. Underwood 3, R. Winston 2, H. Win ston 1. Foul goals, Psarce 1. ABE THE CROP YIELDS OF FRANK LI* COUNTY PROFITABLE I By David D. Long, Soil Specialist Soil Improvement Committer, Atlanta, Ga. In this time of stress when all far mars are trying to work out of a de pression, It Is essential that t-j.-n'.ng as a business should be looked upon from a business basis. It !? necessary to diversify, for di versification always has been a pay ins proposition even before the boll weevil came and especially so in re lation to the production of home sup plies. Diversification, however. Is not the whole solution unless the yields of the crops are profitable. It cannot be expected "that a farm operator can just diversify and expect to work out of this serious situation. It requires more than that. It requires that the yields shall be sufficiently high to pay cost* of production^ and leave a pro fit. Low yields are very often the cause of complaint that prices do not pay costs of pcoduction. Gost surveys as conducted by {he United States Department ot-Agrlcill-i ture as well as the North Carolina College of Agriculture show that with increased yields the cost of production per bushel, or pound of a product de creases and that the profits per acre increase. It is necessary 'therefore to look well to your yields to deter mine whether or not they are profita ble. Taking for a basis the average costs of production per acre of the leading crops of the state for 1922, as esjmat ed by Dean C. B. Williams of the North Carolina State College of Agri culture and the average yields of the county as given by the census of 1920, a fair approximation can be made as to whether or not the yields are pro fitable. The average cost of production as determined by Dean Williams include rent of land', fertilizers, man and horse labor for preparing ground, cul tivating, harvesting and marketing or storing the crop*. Fertilizer allowances were as fol lows: Corn and oats. 300 lbs of a 7-3-1 1-2 Cotton, 500 lbs of an 8-3-3 Tobacco, 800 lbs of an 8-3-3 ..Peanuts, 400 lbs of land plaster. Deduotions for by-products were made from the total costs. Such de ductions included fodder from corn, cotton seed, oats straw, and peanut hay. After these deductions Were made the Average net costg of production fof the various crops per acre aro as follows: Cotton $32.15; Corn 119.16; Oats $14.20; Peanuts $30.79; Tobacco $73.06. \ Cotton The average acreage cost of $32.15 for cotton production requires for ex penses a yield of 218 lbs of lint with the seed* if cotton sells for 15c a pound and cotton seed at $10 a ton. The average yield of Franklin county for 1919 was 261 lbs of lint according to the United States census of 1920. Com The census reports an average of 13.3 bushels of corn for Franklin county. At the average production coBt of -19.16 per acre, the cost per bushel for the county w6uld be $1.44. This cost of production, p^r1 bushel should be reduced by all methods of increasing the average yield per acre. Oats The average yield of oats for Frank lin county was 9.2 bushel per acre ac cording to the 1020 census. With the average acreage cost of production at $14.20, the cost per bushel would be $1.54 a bushel. - Tobacco , The "Census of 1920 reports an av erage yield of 587 lbs of tobacco per acre for Franklin county. With the cost of production as determined by Dean Williams at $73.06 per acre, the cost per pound would be 12.9 cents as against 10.6 cents for the state aver age. It is well, understood, however, that tobacco da a crop of quality rath er than one of yield. Sweet Potatoes The average yield of sweet potatoes for Franklin county In 1919 as shown by the census report of 1920 was 104 bushels per acre. The analysis of ?cost of production by the Government In Brooks county Georgia shows that the costs of production per bushel rapidly decreases as the yield Increas ed. The profits also Increased with increased yields. Onder 1914 condi tions an average yield of 70 bushels per acre, cost per bushel to produce 36 cents and gave a profit of $14.18: per acre. With a yield of 100 bush els per acre the cost was reduced to 28 cents per bushel and the profit In creased to $27.27 per acre. But when the average yield was 162 bushels, the cost per bushel was 22 cents"and the profit per acre Increas ed to $65.01. From the above figures It appears urgent that the acreage yield of all crops be Increased to a profitable point. The farmer well knows what it takes to make higher yields per acre. He knows the value of good seed, building up the soil with organic matter, the intelligent use of fertili sers, cultivation, etc. and now Is a good time to practice these measures to put the farm on a profitable yield baals. Some reader has In his mind the I question of markets. All marketing TO THE PEOPLE OF L0UISBCB6 ASD FKASfKlIN COCHTY. As your Health Officer I earn estly advlBe all who have not been, to be vaccinated against smallpax. There are at feast 75 cases of this disease near Louisburg and the people from families, with the dis ease come to town to trad^ and mix with us every day. Be vac cinated. The colored people won't be vaccinated, but they wfll have x It and get through wit hit before cold weather. If the white peo pie will be vaccinated we will do away with the disease entirely. J. K. MALONE, Health Officer. (XHKEST LITERATIBE CLUB. 4 ' - ' * ? -Current *L.ttcrature Club held Its regular meeting with Mr?. M. 8. Davis Jr. The topic for study was ' 'Recg nt lloman t lc Drama, Maeterlinck andK?stand." Mrs. E."~C. Allen had the first num ber on the program, "Maeterlinck, My* tic and Symbolist." This was follow ed by a piano solo, Shubert's "Im promptu" played by Miss Sarah Tows. Mrs. R. Z. Egerton then conducted an Interesting discussion of the ploy P"PelIeas and Melisande." Miss Khoda> Winstead gave a reading which every one enjoyed very much. Miss Rentz ^closed the program with a discussion of "Chanticleer." The club at tlvto meeting voted to adopt one of the soldiers from Ward N-2 at Oteen. A salad course and coffee were served . CLIB ELECTS OFFICERS. The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club met in business session last Saturday afternoon, March 25, with Mrs. S. J. Par ham. ?*' '?? At this meeting plans for 1922-23 were discussed, and it was decided the club would follow the course of Btudy planned by the University Extension Division, Chapel Hill. The following officers .were elected for the new year: \ Mrs. W. E. White, President. Mrs. E. S. Ford, 1st V.- Pres. Miss Sallie Williams, 2nd Mrs. L. E. Scoggin. Secretary. Mrs. D. F. McKlnne, Treasurer. The first meeting after the L>ent6&' iSeason will be with Mrs. W. R. Milla.. TBIANGULAB DEBATE. Quite a large crowd assembled la the Court House Friday night to hear the high school pupils debate on the League of Nations. Mr. Maurice Clif ton, Jr. and Miss Pearl Pearce upheld -the jiffirmaUyo against Miss Elizabeth Purnell and A1 Joyner, of Franklinton. who represented the negative. The decision of the Judges was In favor of the negative. Miss Temple Williams and Mr. Will iam Webb went to Oxford where they took the negative against Herbert Rountree and Fred,Brummltt for the affirmative. The team who went to Oxford was accompanied by Lawrence Cooper, yme-keepej", Mr. Carpenter and Miss I Mattie Allen of the faculty; and Gor-| don Uzzell, Misses Eleanor Perry, Jose! phi no Bryant, EfTle Taylor, Dick Og burn and Myrtle Drake. The Louis burg team was victorious in Oxford . ? The Frankllnton team having won from LouJsburg at Loulsburg and .from Oxford at Frankllnton will send its representatives to Chapel Hill to con test for the Aycock Memorial Cup. MBS. RICKS RESIGNS. At the last business meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary the Com mandant, Mrs. O. A. Ricks handed in her resignation. Until another Com mandant has been dttlp?!e4t*<} and in stalled Mrs. A. W. Alston, Vice-Com mandant, will be {hi charge. In order to make the business meet ing* more interesting and secure a larger attendance of the members it wns decided to appoint five of the mem berri, taken In alphabetical order, as hostesses of the meeting and have them prepare some Vight refreshments and arrange for a short program. U. D. c. The Joseph J. Davis Chapter of U. D. C. will meet with Mrs. Edwin Ma lone, Tuesday, April 4th, at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. C. K. Cooke, Pres. Mlxs Loulla Jartnan, Sec. MB. AND MUM. BOBBITT KflTKR TAIN. On Wednesday evening, March 2J. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bobbltt were ho?t and hostess at. a dinner party K von In honor of the bride ana groem, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leonard. Others pre* ent were Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hag land and Mr. C. W. Kilwariln, I associations well managed will cer \ talnly heljj In the blatter of distribu tion and prices. However, no mar keting association will be nblo to turn high coats per bushel or pound on account of low acreage yields Into a profit. Marketing Is no substitute for low acre' yields and high <-<>st?, j nor Is It a substitute for good need, good fertilizers or good farming I But above all, consider carefully If yonr average yields are profitable! If not, plan to make them profitable. If they are, plan to keep them profitable or to Increase the profits per acre, | THE Y. W. A. MEETI1U;. ? Thp Ynnng Wnmin'i inTllliry Ap the Louisbur* JSapiist chnr^h met in the Sund-ty l^hool of H?e cb*i;ch on Tuesday n'^bt. March i4. I $12 Vhis week beiojs iqm week of prayer for the W. M. U.. we had the W. M. U. to have their Tuesday night meeting with the Y. W. A. in a joint meeting. The following program was render ed: Song ? Let the LoVer Lights Be Burning. Prayer ? by Mrs. J. S. Howell. A review of the Southern Baptist Mission work was given by Mrs. J. 0. Newell. Special reading ? -Mission Work on m firm thorn PlintalUii," lif MUfTTn tha Pittman. Special reading ? "Work and the Indiana," by Miss ?izzte Stuart. Paper ? "Mountain Schools."* by !, Miss Pauline Smith. j Paper? "Settlement Work in Louis- j ?llle," by Miss Virginia Perry. " j Duet ? "Abide With Me." by Miss Sallie Williams and Mrs. L. L. Whit aker. Address on Southern Baptist Mls wbo has a daughter. Miss Laura Coup land. now working as missionary in China. Prayer ? by Mrs. J. O. Newell. The following were present: Mrs. J. S. Howell. Mrs. R. A. Bobbitt. Mrs. Stamps, Mrs. Newell. Mrs. H. A. Kearney. Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Whit aker. Mrs. J. W. Perry; Mioses Liz zie Stuart, Virginia Perry. Pauline I Smith, Sallie Williams. Iantha Pitt man. Annie Green and visitors, Mrs. [B. C. Barnes and Mrs. Coup land. JUSTICE NOTES. , The people of Justice were given a l yery pleasant surprise last week. Ber- I Hard Stalling*. who is taking a spec- I lal course in penmanship at Buies Creek, came home for the week-end He has established an enviable^ repu tation in both penmanship and basket ball since being there. j Paul Beasley was in Justice Friday night* : Albert Wheless and Xan Hines. of Ingle^lde, were here Siinday for a lit tle while. P. N. dlive of the High School fac llty^rent to Wake Forest last Friday ?io jry to get the Glee Club to give an tUmOm ill at thft.acfcool- The ap plication was too late, however, as i their schedule was already completed I E. C. Sexton. P. N". Olive. Beulah House and Denaize Meade motored *c j Nashville Saturday. I Messrs. Roach and Parker. Sopho mores at Wake forest College spent tEe week-end with Carlton McGregor, a classmate at home. | Willard Cooper, of Louisburg was I a visitor here Sunday. Clara Hayes, who is teaching near Apex, spent Sunday at home. Lee fiunn and Mattie Taft, of Mar garet, were here Sunday. Dr. E. M. Ferry and family, of Rocky Mount, and 1*. W. Bowden And family, of Raleigh, were visitors here Sunday. . Elisabeth Moore spent the week-end with Beulah House at her home nenr Nashville. Sunday night at prayer meeting a special music program was rendered. The performance was excellent and the attendance good. A number of people from outside the community were present. Allss Rimer, trained nurse, who has been nursing Ruby Wheless. left Wed nesday. We are glad to know that Ruby is rapidly recovering. Miss Pauline Smith was here Wed nesday to judge the entries into the bread contest. R. L- W. PEVRCE SOTKS. I Pearce school is doing One work I thin Ifrm. with lire teachers . They jail seem to love their work tonslder ing the bad weather they are baring. We kitchen boys are still having oar kitchen fun. Mr. Heath Carter, our kitchen manager has been having much trouble with a sore hand and arm, caused by a Ford kick some time ago. Mrs. Berry C. Johnson, of Pearcsa, spent the past week with friends and relatives in and around Creedmoor, North Carolina, while Mr. Johnson and his Kay-man kept bouse for them selves. Miss Edna Taylor, of Wakelon Dora ltory, spent the week end with Misses Mary and Thettie Ucil? Pearce. Mr. and Mm. Roy Petrce motored to Raleigh Sunday afternoon to see Mr. Pearce's father who la In Re* ? hospital . | Minn Annie Prlvett spent Saturday night with Miss Bruce Pearce. They 'motored to Joyner's Chapel to hear i Rot. A. A. Pippin preach. I Mra. Rella Prlvett. of Zebulon. was | a visitor in the home of Mr. J. B. ! Prlvett Sunday, she also attended our I Sunday school. I Miss Luna and Annie Prlvett and Mr. Ervin Prlvett went to Raleigh last Friday evening and reported a fine dance in the auditorium. Miss Annie Prlvett went to Pilot Sunday afternoon Intending to cross the bridges, but her heart failed. ? Mr. Berry Phillips, whose home la In Los Angeles. California, spent last week with his niece. Mrs. J. B. Prl vett. We maAcslI sgaJn when Uie March winds ceau to blow. I^RRY 8PRINOF1KLD. coilfge s<vr*s Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ledbetter and Mr. and Mrs. Masse y from Princeton, were visitors at the college last week. havlnK come to attend the recital of Miss Frances Ledbetter. Louisburg College will present In graduating recital Miss Beetle Ho I den hi Voice and Miss Oma Bliss Lewis nr Piano. April 5th In the college audi torium . The recital will begin prompt ly at 8:30 o'clock. In spite of the rival claims of Char lie Chaplin and the Louisburg-Frank linton High school debate quite a large audience assembled Friday^ ereoi^g. March in "the College auditorium to hear the p"rarin*Hn?f rx-.jti] ? ML? Fi auitu* Ltd better. Reader, assisted by Miss Maude Ashley. Mezao- soprano. Miss Margaret Ledbetter was chief marshal, assisted by Misses Ellis Cre ole. Sara Towe. Susie Benton and Katherine Melvin. This recital was of a different or der from those which have been pre viously given by the expression grad uates . Instead of a miscellaneous pro gram Miss Ledbetter presented a con temporaneous comedy in three aces appropriately impersonating all the characters. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, a plumbing contractor and his wife; Diana and Sam Dawson, their daugh ter and son. Bettie Howe, a friend; Peter Rowe, a reporter on the Times and Oliver Hardman an art critic. The play introduced with many amusing passages the modern wife wanting a career and the modern daughter wanting to do her own court ing and other problems of the pnwent day. Between the first and second ac? Miss Ashley, ably accompanied on i piano by Miss Lucille Hoiden. sur I -Dost Thou Know that Pair Land" I from Mignon. Between the , s-acoad 'and third acts she sang Cowan's ""Ehe Mission of a Rose'" followed by Lohir s i light encere "You'd better ask n?.* I The performance of ail ilre ycani ! ladies was of'tim high onler iisaai :o i the graduates presented by Lotiis'iars [ College . ASSAfLT WITH kMFL | Justice. ? Reuben Scuth ^ no* ic I jail in I^ouisbui g pending trtal on 1 charge of assault with a knife oa 1 Johnnie Faulk here Sunday . Both 'Smith and Faulk had km workiac 'for the Montgomery Lumber Co. bet! the former received his dsctarre Sat u relay . For some reason he accostd j Faulk of causing his discharge aad [was arguing with him about it Sma ck y. Without provocation spp*reuilT Smith hjt Faulk in the mouth catting j both lips and a part of the den. F1?lk I was rushed to Louisburfc tor medical j attention. At a preliminary hettriag ; Smith's bond was fixed at *5*0 which ! has not been raised. A CORRKCTIO*. In the advertisement of Mr. L. W. I Parrish. one of I>oais burg's pop?iir Jewelers, in our last issue the printer inadrertently mistook the vord *p ! to-<late for replated and caused ^mk? | an error^in meaning to appear aad at ! was overlooked in the proof. We | hasten to make this correction tt> re j lieve the unfortunate situation and can safely say that no better lie of ! high grade jewelry than is earned by Mr. Parrish can be found in the scat*. ?CIEAS HANDS AND Pt M WIITV Pastor G. F. Smith of the Metho dist church announces that tike ser mon on next Sunday morning at the Methodist church will be for took people in particular and the nb>xt will be "Clean Hands and Pare Hmts* Re*. J. C. Wooten. Presiding El der of this District will pnark at night at 7:M o'clock. Crer7bo4y Is InTltad to attend ?ack of these serrices. "A njpirrn belle. Ttw ibon play will be prw at Ce dar Rock school kow oa rn*w DiKht April Tth at T:M o'clock kr lo ci 1 talent from Moaltoo- Haym school The procwd? will be n?4 br both schools. Rrerybody is inntH to at tend . r*?? or niits. W? wish to sxtsad oar moat rianr* thanks Md ippnciaUim to o?r M%k bors and rriends for their Buy hi>d nnmi and sympathy in tk? ????i B1 nrufi and dfath of oar little hah) They will loax be rtMihwH. Mr. and Sirs. K. E. Joywr. ?om WU. Tho fnllowta* la the honor r>U Sandy Creek school 1st Grade ? Kartells Cask. Rroaas I nette. Bill West . 2nd Grado? Nona BarMtt*. Srd Grader- Melrta Joy 4th r.r^le/- Rachel Alloa. nette. 5th Gr?d?- Mary L*m Sth West. 7th 8th Raleigh. tor a among the visitors Miss Esther AUrm Ui goae tm Rjcim^ood for tTMtswM tor eitis. I Mr* D C ? ram* fc* duilttn it Riloigt *?d MfIiim tUi ?f*k . ? _i Mrs. W. H. Hirris. of ftr e?. is xhiiii; her brother. Mr. W. M. P*r*? of . spent xiie ?cefc-end * ith iter brother. Mr. K. F. Thomas. Miss Mahle Dbtcs has retaraed froas a lengthy Tisit to h?- sisters is War rentoe aad Orford. Mr. J. R. Gaatt is oc i tis to F.xi-oci antiiu; his <rru?<Mn to bow his faaxiljr to L>?sk(rf. Miss )Ursv? Cocke, of Petec* txirx. V*.. is spea&sg her ncaucn ? r.ik frb??is tail ivkirns is Lo?a ttorg. Mr. acd Mrs. Iwr Alie*. )Dss Be nrs Mrs. Stearsts. Miss "Rung* ud' Miss Bossut. of PtWl spest SusSl' wit* Mrs. R. 2. Eg?rtoo. 4? Mrs. F. W iTheleK iis joee t? CtarloQe to meed t&? state otena v ;oc of tie Baptist Woois i Ifcssioe ary Caiee of North CinXiai. bikth t> n f irrr. LicUe Miss }fcir*ir** Hoiiiee .feUgtt. tally eatercaizwd * uob?f ct b<r Bi ll* treads OB ha Unadiy ufkL A* oaaiia bast Wr tlatk btrr Way . ? ,'o'doA. mad iftcr ffcjlafc a ???lir ?r fi!r?s tm* iartei iato tV io?x( mn ?i?* placets W imag ed tor tec. The cibl? ^ecomiaKS TO* WT aa?01V Of Ik XVZSI3K. a kxrjrf ? iine (vrt!sA*x cake Sm "mT. aiae caadles toraiag r?* J. i = ;a.:;? *VJ^ "V"^ **4" room. A lirw-coirs# coilataoo. racaoiic of fnjw trail coefcni' . ckxtca nia4. staffed trietr. >ij?eato olires. *icU?. sIxW toaaatoM. ?aK i tiM asd hot rolls- Mion4 by i ? ?? n 'lev aad ait okr. ns ?tm4 St tk> lick kostee' mother usimii Vy In. K. F. TVbu. | After sapper (ie ?k?ll wk* i ed wtth rarioas g^.gfo* aaul a boar w*ea tiwiw departed feoaae 4trtaro( tfeey kal fead a enjoyable orcasaoa. Those eajoyias Hole )*? ajldea '? WsprtilKT were: Little IEssk Lata Xw TiaberUke. Aaa* Taylor. Km jabet* Xewefl. Kate AQea. pMrx -a Ho idea. Geraade HoMta. ' ? JJ KImsM^ Webb aad Kirs* GrtKa XvweU.