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LO0I8BUBG, N. C? FBIDAY, JAM'ABY 12, l?Z{
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VE.NKKABtirnUSKLIN MAN
GIVES SECBET OF HIS YOl'TH {
Winner of Spelling; Championship of
The World Would Kelnstute Whip
ping Post i'o Punish Crinxj and Stu
dy of the Classics To Umw Better
.Men. ,
(By JONATHAN DANIELS, In News
Observer.)
Quoting the classics *nd with the
honest mud of Franklin county on his
heels. Captain Joseph John Allen, sol
dier, farmer and scholar, can rise to
laugh In the faces of the new Intellec
tuals and put to rout the oooster who
sings no golden past but only adver
tises the prosperous present.
Captaltr AlIen is sovetity-Btx -years
old and has lived tor seventy years In
the same house on the same farm in
Franklin but no mind n more alive to
the needs of the world or less cramped
by the pettinesses or provincialism.
He stands a virile man for all his
spare six laps hi the race of life.
Cicero wrote of old age and its ad
vantages and Ponce de Leon endeav
ored to put It astde. The captain pos
sesses all the virtues Cicero saw and
his eyes would tell you he had drunk
from the spring the Spaniard sought.
There Is a secret to his youth, happily
an open one, and the Franklin sage
will tall ynn the story of it..
"In Germany once," says he, "a fa
mous physician died ana left among
bis effects a sealed envelope bearing
(he legend, 'The Secret or Health.'
The secret was sold at auction and a
very wealthy man paid a tremendous
price for its possession. When he
c?-ened the packet, he found written
cn c. sheet of paper these three things:
1. keep your head coot.
2. Keep your feet warm.
3. Keep your bowels open."
Captain Allen declares this to be the
VI hole .doctrine- of health and has al
ways adhered to -it himself. Now In
the peace of a splendid old age he Is
contented, Healthy, and optimistic. He
owes no man. He seeks diversion In
reading and re-reading tne classics.
With the days -of strenuous -activity
behind him, he goes early to bed each
night with his conscience clear.
Historic Spelling Match
The venerable citizen of Franklin
rose to fame in Raleigh tm December
1, 1892, when he won the greatest spell
ing match held in the courthouse here.
Prof. Hugh Morson gave out the
words and J. E. Moses was umpire
and the best spellers gathered from
the wldeside to determine the spell
ing championship of the world. Allen
came as an outlander to the match. It
was generally conceded that all the
best spellers came from Wake but the
Frankllnder - beat them all. He stood
at the head of'the long row of compet
itors bound to receive the first wprd
and send it back In separate letters
or to. sink Into Immediate oblivion.
"Omelette," cried Mr. Morson and
Allen sang it back to him, "o.m-e
1-e-t-t-e." "It seemed to me," the
captain said, "that they gave me fell
the hardest words but whenever they
came to one In the old Blueback I
knew Just where it was In the book."
Want? Whipping tost
He helievee In a more rigid enforce
ment ol law. "Poena absteret a pec
cando," he cried! "Punish the crimi
nals and ?h#JWl quit their meanness.
What we need' Is the old Whipple?
post . I was raised In the days of the
whipping post and there is nothing
like It for keeping down ertme. The
Bible authorise* it and it'll stop wrong
doiry? qulokejvthan anything else.
"Folks thin -Bte&l ought to be whip
ped then thev'-d- know better than to
do- It again . . ; Wtfe beaters ought to be
thrashed tai>< Down in Franklin the
Ku KIux toek ?Ut a wife beater and
gave him a%oo4 dose of the old whip.
plag post SJHM bslieTe its a good thing.
J think the ltu'Klul Is a great organi
zation, the greatest In the whole coun
try."
Concerning stricter prohibition en
forcement the captain said, "I^m as
m Mjy man but I believe
with the Bible, 'A little wine for the
stomach's sake'. A dirlnk for me Is
a teaspoonfui. Whole trouble is in
people makin' hogs of themselves . "
Captain Allen laments the fact that
lio longer are the classics being stress
ed by the schools and colleges. "I
never made a dollar out of my, study
of the classic*." he declared, "but all
ray life U Has been the greatest source
of satisfaction to me. Without a
knowledge of classic literature we
miss all the beauties o? language and
forget the 'glory that was Greece and
the grandeur that was Rome.' I went
up to Washington and Lee," the old
man said with a chuckle, "and I said
to them 'You fellows dont know what
you're missing. Why I bet I'm the
only one here who can recite the
Lord's praydr In Greek and," he chuck
led again, "I was."
Comes of Scholarly Line
Captain Joseph John Allen comes
of a long line of scholars. His father
taught in LOulsburg in the forties and
under his tutelage many of the great
mep of that day grew Into cultured
manhood.- Captain Allen himself
taught school in Missouri and later in
Louisburg at the old Male Aoademy.
He served In the Confederate army
In the 71st North Carottna regiment.
He first saw skrvlce with Poe's guard
at Weldon and was later assigned to
Johnson's army. He surrendered with
)>!? regiment at Greensboro.
The oaptA In, with his heavy mane of
grey hair and with young eyes shining
p-Ota hi* weather beaten flee, la old
TWO BIO C0.0P8 COX1J1ME FORCES
?tute Extension Dltlslnns To Aid (>
Ops With Production Problem*.
Officials of the North Carolina In
tension Divisions and theTobacco and
Mttou Cooperatives of three states
completed a- three-day conference at
Raleigh last week, wmcii promises a
program of marketing, and productlou
among organized tobacco and cotton
farmers that will prove a practical
benefit and profit to sprne 26,000 grow
,ers of these leading staple crops, in
North Carolina alone.
Dr. B. W. Kllgore, Director of Ex
tension for Ttorth Carolina at this
meeting of the cooperatives and Ex
tension workers emphasized the great
, value of local organizations and coun
ty associations of the cooperatives
and said: "The agricultural work on
which so much time and money has
been spent In Rie past should go^for
ward now by leaps and bounds be.
cause of these associations."
The plan adopted by leaders o? the
Extension Division ana cooperative
marketing associations provides that
the community locals composed of
members of both cotton and tobacco
associations are to be organized In
each rural school "district wherever
these two cropB are gro*n together
In North Carolina, The officers and
other delegates from the local com
munity organizations wjmpoBe the
county councils, which are to meet at
the court house of each tobacco and
cotton-growing county every month.
In the local meetings which are now
held every week by many community
organizations of the cotton and tobac
co cooperatives, a combined program
Is planned for the future, with the ob
ject of securing more of the crops
lalsed In their district to the coopera
tive associations and to gain more ef
I flclent farm production and a richer
community life.
According to the presont plan the
county agents and the field leaders
of the associations will meet with
these county councils in their monthly
conferences, will aid in solving local
problems In cooperative marketing
r.ia profitable production of cotton
and tobacco.
Experts of the North Carolina Ex
tension Service will assist the organ
ized tobacco and cotton farmers In se.
lection of seed, improvemert of var
ieties, combatting of wild-fire, boll
weevil and plant diseases and in oth
i.r immediate problems >.-nlch can ba
more effectively overcome by local or
ganization than by Individual effort.
The local meetings of the coopera
tives will frequently be open to all
cotton and tobacco farmers both with
in and without the association who de
sire '.he benefit of advice on economi
cal production and better marketing.
More than 1500 local units of the
Tobacco Growers Cooperative ^ssocla
tlcn are now active In North Carolina,
Virginia and South Carolina. F. V.
Shelton, in charge of field work In
Virginia, and W. E. Lea, directing the
organization of tobacco locals in South
Carolina, emphasized the importance
of-the locals in their states in Increas.
Ing membership and Improving me
thods of producton.
New members are signing up with
the cooperatives In loasiern North
Carolina, according to the reports of
Held workers at Raleigh last week.
Bankers and business mfen are highly
pleased with the circulation of money
from the second payments to tobacco
and cotton farmers and many banks
which were formerly neutral are now
enthusiastically supporting the coop
eratives. ? / .
A much larger membership and
better delivery are predicted for the
lf>23 crop of tobacco throughout the
three states by the field service rep
resentatives ol the tobacoo coopera
tive.
AST II I CAN LE6I01T AUXJLLIAKY
TO MEET
The American Lesion Aaxlllary will
hold lta regular monthly meeting at
the home or Mrs. R. C. Bock on Tues
day evening, January Rj ST" "7:80
o'clock. Officers will be elected and
other Important matters attended to
at this meeting. All members are
urged to be present.
MATTIE W. ALLEN, Adjutant.
RET. J. C. WOOTEN TO PREACH
Rev. L. E. Thompson, yastdr of
the Methodist church announces that
Dr. J. C. Woo ton, Presiding Elder
will preach at the Methodist church
on Sunday evening at T o'clock. The
tastor will preach at the morning
hour .
Dr. Wooten will hold the regular
Quarterly Conference while In the
city.
BOX PARTI
There will be a box party at Rock
Springs School on Friday night, Jan
uary 12, 1923 for the benefit of pur
chasing desk* for the i school. The
public is cordially Invited, and the
girls are asked to bring boxes.
enough to be wise with experience
and young emtigh to feel and appre
ciate new Ideas and tenoencles. Qrown
vigorously and gracefully old hi looks
on life with faith In God and man.
"Everything's comln' along fine down
In Franklin. A lot or folks lost In
the slump year before last but I think
they'll pay off most of tnelr debts this
year. Everything looks mighty good
down In Frankllfi." ? , |
RECORDER'S COCKT
The following cases were disposed
of by Judge G. M. Beam In Record
ers Court Monday:
State vs Troy Raines, forgery, trans
ferred to Superior Court.
State vs Wash Evans, highway rob
bery, continued.
State vs John Closs, operalllng still,
continued to January 22nd.
State vs Furney Strother, Buck
Strother and Otfio Denton, gambling,
continued as t? Furney Strother to
January 22nd, trial Jury as to "Buck
Strother and Otho Denton, guilty,
prayer for judgment continued upon
payment of costs,.
State vs John Stone, P. L. Snow
snd C. D. Snow, operating still, con.
tlnued as to P. L. Snow and C. D.
Snow until Jan. 22nd. Stone pleads
bullty, prayer for Judgment continued
upon payment of costs.
State vs John Stone, ccw, trial guil
ty, fined $50 and costs?
State vs Joe Green, A and B distill
ing, continued to Jan. send.
State vs Hubert Jeffreys, adw, guil
ty, $25 and costs. ? (
State vs "Hubert Jeffreys and Joha=
nle Jeffreys, 1 and r. guilty, Judgment
suspended upon payment of costs.
State vs Percy Mltcnell, abandon
ment, continued to January 22nd.
BLl'E CtAD-TROOPS OF
BHINE INTO GERMANY
Berlin, Jan. 9 -?Thirty-eight trains
Carrying French troops left Mayence
yesterday with Essen as the destina
tion of the forces, says an Essen tele
gram today. The arrival of heavy
artillery and sappers (engineer's
troops) Is reported from the neighbor
hood of Neuss (three and one-half
miles southwest of Dusseldorf) .
The staff of several French regi
ments arrived at Duisberg last even
ing and this morning una the troops
themselves were expected to reach
ithere today.
Advanced Column Arrives
Etsen, Germany, Jan. 9. ? Advance
troops of the French army, largely
with technical equipment, nave already
reached the neighboring town of Kett.
wig (seven miles southwest of Essen)
and the section between Duesseldorf
and Essen is half covered wlrh French
military forces, according to private
advices reaching here today.
Chauffeurs traveling Between the
two places are said to have Seen stop-,
ped and directed to maxs-n detour.
1 In order to avoid Xriction as much
as possible the railway autuorltles at
Essen kept the freight nonses cleared
after midnight In preparation tor the
expected arrival of the French.
To Take Over Big Hotel
The municipal administration last
night notified the city's largest hotel
that the building might be requlredftt,
short notice for the French and the
management advised^ the guests that
they might be requested to leave in
the course of night.
Otherwise Essen Is calm. The
weather is rainy and the wet streets
were virtually. deserted last night.
Essen posseses no large quarters for
troops. The barracks at the large
aerial landing place Is still occupied
by the green-clad police.
Brussels, Ja^. 9.? Premier Theunls
formally announced to the Chamber
of Deputies today the government's
determination to "stand beside France"
in the occupation of the Knhr district.
They regretted that the allies were
moving without England, but said that
neither "anger nor vengeance" actua
ted Belgium.
IJt MEJfOBY OF WILEY J. 1T1AZIF.R
[ On November 6th, 1922 the death an
gel visited Mary Elisabeth Hospital
ana took from theri a patient so full
of sunshine. In our home It seemed
he was a flower, the brightest bud that
ever bloomed on earth. Not as a
flower that only blooms a short while
then cloaea and fades away, but he
bloomed from birth U1I deafh.
Wiley only lived a short time go
young to leave this world ot sin and
sorrow but so happy to enter the
great beyond. He only lived twentv
oeven years to serve his Lord.
The brightest day of his life was
the day before him. He never lived
for the future, nor the past, but wan
always willing at present to do the
best he knew.
It seemed there appeared a heaven
to him on earth and caused him to
look up to the beautiful world above
and want to go home with Jcbus.
Wiley was not content on earth so
busy from morning till night prepar
ing to leave this world and building a
mansion In which to live forevermore.
He leaves to mourn a wife, two child
ren, a father, mother, seven sisters
and three brothers. He leaves the
hsppleBt home any father ever^ had.
But our heavenly Father never makes)
mlstakos.
It seemed hard dear brother to give
ycu up, but It ma|tea us all rejoice to
bear you singing with the angels In
Heaven. We know you are not dead
but only sleeping. Just a few days
and rffealn we all shall meet. Not
r sleep to sleep forever, but only trans
planted from this home to a home not
made with hands.
Your place Is vacant brother, your
chair has ceased to rock, the face that
rmce was filled with amlles Is now at
sleep to rest a while, the hard old
pains that came to you no longer will
ritsturb your rest.
? One who loved him.
DK. YON. US AT JIKTHOIMST
C'HIKt'H .
Dr. Isaac Yonan of New York; re
cently returned from Armaria and the
Bible lands whore Turks are nuking '
the world git aghast at their horrible
cineltles, will be In Loulsburg Monday
night. January 16th. ana will address
a meeting of Near East Relief work
ers and sympathizers In. the Methodist
Churth at 7;30 p. m.
Mr*. Mortimer C. Pleasants, chalr
m*)i tor Franklin county, lias made
arrangements with Col. George H.
Bellamy, state chairman, to Bend Dr.
Yonan to Franklin coonty on this
?date. It is also likely that* he wili.
speak in Frankllnton in the afternoon .
Dr. Tonan will be ln Raleigh Sunday,
the 14th. to aid In tUe campaign in the
capital city.
Dr. Yonan was educated in thia
country and is a graduate of Lonls.
vJJle seminary. He Is an ordained
Presbyterian minister and is said to
bC-one of the ablest speakers In the
MRiitry. He Is now engaged In cry
stallizing public sentiment toward aid
lng his stricken people. He was a
-college professor In his native land
before the Turks drove him and his
family from it. . During the war he
was Commissary General of the Ar
menian army. .
" Dr. Yonan will tell of what he saw
In Armenia this summer and early j?u
tnmn. ? He has spoken in Greensboro,
Wilkesbojo, Richmond. Columbia, and
other cities in the South and Mrs.
Pleasants Is elated at having him
come to Loulsburg. He has a grip
ping stery to tell. *
Mrs. Pleasants is preparing for her
Near East Relief campaign this year
?which Is for $2,280 to take care of the
38 little children assigned to Franklin
county for support. Every dollar
raised over and above this amount
will be used to feed those refugees
frcm'the horrible massacre at Smyrna
who have crossed over into Thrace
and have no means of making a liveli
hood or ofjralsing food.
A special invitation la extended
every person in Franklin county to
Qome and learn from one who has
been over there Just what the real
conditions are.
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN !
Have yr-u renewed your member
ship to The American Legion for 1923?
U out ..o it now. Membership (ees
to *2.00.
'M&ke It '"Bnappy/
S. P. BODDIE, Adjt
Jambes Post. Xo. 105.
GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM
OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION
Duplication of 1921 appropria
tion of J6, 700, 000 for extension of
State Institutions .
Additional $15,000,000 t>ond Is
sue for State highways.
Constitutional limitation of
8tate's power to contract debt to
five per cent of assessed value of
property, and establishment of
sinking fund to retire outstanding
bonds.
Rehabilitation of dsn and oyster
Industry, with annual planting of
3,000,000 buBhels of oysters open
ing of Inlets to admit salt water
and establishment or flsn hatch
eries on inland streams.
Establishment of State Banking
lent of a State Com
mission of Commerce and Indus
try.
Establishment of Water Trans
portation Commission and estab
lishment of State steamship lines,
with an appropriation of J2.000,
000.
Additional appropriations for
State educational and health work.
REPRESENTATIVE C00PER8'
; COMMITTEES
In addition to being glvaa the Chair
manship of the Committee Oh Private
and Public' Local Laws, Representa
tive Geo. H. Cooper has been given
the following Important Committee as
signments: Salaries and Fees, Insti
tutions for Blind, Justices of the Peace,
Insurance. , j
SENATOR II A.KKIS' COMMITTEES
The many frlendn of Senator C. P.
Harris will be Interested to know that
hu has been given gome Important
committee assignments.. In addition
tc bering made Chairman of th e Im
migration comlttee he has been ap
pointed to membership on the follow
ing committees: Agricultural, Cas
well Training School, Claims, Corpor.
ation Commission, Qame Laws, Insti
tutions for the Deaf, Internal Improve
raents. Public Health.
KIN8T0N WOMEN PCt
SCHOOL BONO ELECTION
OVER BY BIG MAJORITY
Klnston, Jan. 9. ? Women carried a
bond election here today. Hundreds
joined In balloting for a $300,000 Issue
tor', school Improvements, The reg
istration was less than 1,700. The
majority of the bond adherents over
both the active and "silent" vote of
the "antis" was overwnermtng.
It was the^fourth propmmfon of the
school authorities. Two never reach
ed the polls. The third was Toted
down, "pros" aiding In Its defeat be
cause of the smallnesa of the Issue.
The $800,000 voted today will alleviate
congestion in the schools.
MR. WILLIAMS WRITES I ROM
FLORIDA
The following letter has been receiv
ed by Mr. W. F. Beasley from Mr.
J. K. Williams, who is wintering in
Florida. Wo aj\a.js.ure the letter will
be read with much Interest by our
Hiany readers:
My dear old Friend: ? I received
your letter a few days ago and was
very glad Indeed to hear from you and
get the news about Louieburg for I
love Loulsburg and its people, and if
we had the Indian River where the
old Tar River is I never wsuld leave
Loulaburg again.
s We fish hero every day, Sunday and
all, In the Indian River. It la only
two miles wide here - It h^s a wood
en Toll bridge that we Ash on, which
lost $150,000 to build. It belongs
to one man . Across this bridge Is Mel
bourne Beach, only a narrow strip of
land between the river and the At
lantic ocean. The river Is full of fish
Just rearing to bite and I can't hardly
take time to write. Anyway I have
about Redded that we can't catch
them all but we are Just slaylfig them.
We went out yesterday afternoon and
caught 5 big Sea Boss ? Henry and I
and Jim. Henry got the biggest one,
weighing 14 pounds. Tne 5 weighed
45 pounds. They buck and rear Uk?
^ young mule when he finds he Is
hooked and It takes the best of tackle |
to hoM . We haveM?ade quite a
reputation here. We three catch |
more fish every day than the 50 other |
petfpTe on the bridge catch. They j
worry us asking questions and they
think that we uae some kind of flsti
lure or magnetism to make them bite.
Well I will clorfe as the Buys are wait,
ing for me and we are losing valuable
time ntrw'.
You may writo me a^ain at this
place as business keeps picking up
and I don't know when Te will ever
leave here.
THE NEW STATION
The finishing touches were given to
Louisburg's new railway station , the
past week and Capt. Joyuer moved
his equipment into the nt* structure.
It presents quite a handsome appear- |
ance, and is conveniently arranged i
and nicely finished, it contains the
necessary conveniences for the ac
commodations of the patrons.
The freight department Is quite an
Improvement over the old depot and
jflll be much more convenient.
The patrons as well as the local of
ficials are glad that they can get Into
the new station.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Mr. R. C. Wooldridge was acciden
tally shot in the leg with bird shot on
Wednesday afternoon by Mr. J. W.
Mann, while they were out hunting.
It seems that a bird flew close to Mr.
Mann and he struck at It with his gun
and through some nnknow means the
gun fired. Mr. Wooldridge Is not
seriously Injured.
EDWIN FILLER CLUB
Mrs. David Splvey of Youngsvl! le.
was hostess of the Edwin Fuller Club,
Thursday afternoon, Jan. 4, at the
home of her sister. Mrs. J: W. Mann.
Owing to Bickness in the home of
many members the attendaace was
not so large as usual. The president
Mrs. B. T. Holden presided. The
minutes of the previous meeting were
read and epproved.
The program for the day was car
ried out as follows. The subject of
the discussion was Georgia tJllot. Mrs.
Underhill read a sketcn of her life.
Mrs. Mann read for Miss Annie Grew
a selection from' "The Mill on the
Floss." Mrs. Holden reas as current
topic for Mrs. William Barrow "The
Outlook for 1823."
Letters were read from Olefin Snfl
the Greensboro Children's Home In
acknowledgement of the Christmas
boxes sent them.
Fried oyster*, green peas, creamed
potatoes and accessories were served;
alsoa 4*Mrt course of cream and cako
followed by the conventional after
dinner coffee.
The Club then adjourned to meet
next with Mrs . K. K. Allen.
BRING IN SCRAP
Manager Q. C. Harris Informs ub
that the Tobacco Growers Associa
tion haa issued a call for afT scrap to
be brought la at once. This scrap
must be sound and free from sticks,
strings and all foreign matter.
He also states that the market will
close on Ftlday, February ind. and
all members are urged to get their
tobacco ready and bring It In on or
Lefcre that date.
There has been no ante set as yet
tor the second payment In this belt,
but It Is expected that the checks will
be distributed sometime about the
20th to 25th.
A REMARKABLE CITIZEN
Franklin county claims a remark
able clttsen In the person of Mr.
George Carter, a Confederate reteran
who is now I? years of ?(*
He is a regular attendant of church
jwid Sunday school, walking three mil
es to get there.
Not long ago he walked from Youngs
ville to Prlyett's store, a distance of
fifteen miles, to Tislt a sister, Mrs.
Qulllle Baker, who is 141 years old..
Subscribe to Th? FtukUi Time*
AMONG THE VISITORS
SOME YOC HOW AND SOME IOC
DO 50T KNOW.
Personal Item* A boat Folks Ab4
Their Friends Who Travel Her*
And There.
Mr. E. H. Malone spent Monday in
Raleigh.
Mr. W. M. Person visited Nashville
Tuesday. ?
Mr. W. W. Webb visited Raleigh
Tuesday.
Mrs. Leo Heartt, o? Raleigh, is visit
ing relatives in town.
Mrs. Courtney Egerton, of Tarboro.
is visiting Mrs. R. Z. Egerton.
Mr. J. Cade Hayes, of High Point,
was a visitor to Ixmisburg this week.
Mr. J. H. Southall, of Raleigh, was
il visitor to Louisburg the'ipast week.
Misses Margaret and Elizabeth
Cooke spent a few days this week with
Mrs. D. C. High.
Mrs. B. H. Meadows, who has been
receiving treatment at a hospital In
Rocky Mount returned home Wednes
day;
Miss Florence Silver and lktle Kath
leen Bremner, of Henderson, visited
her aunt. Miss Mary Spencer, at Oak
liurst this week.
Supt. E. C. Perry left yesterday for
Gastonia, to accompany Bessie Lan
caster, who has been receiving treat
ment there, home .
Miss Womble is a new member of
the graded school faculty who has
come In since Christmas. She ia
boarding at Colonial Heights Inn.
Mrs. Julia Swindell returns to
Rocky Mount this week after a visit
home for the holidays, a visit which
was prolonged beyond the Christmas
season by an attack of "Flu."
Mrs. W. D. Egerton returned Wed.
nesday from a visit-to her mother, Mrs.
J. E. White of Washington City. Mrs.
White was called to Fayetteville by
the death, of her sister, Miss Martha
Williams.
Mr. Mc. JI. Furgurson, who bought
jout Reavia's Warehouse and is run
nng a wholesale mercantile business
there, and his wife, of Littleton, are
staying at present at Mrs. S. T. Wil
der's.
Mr. H. M. Stovall returned the
past week from a visit to his wife -who
has recently undergone a complicated
operation. Their many friends will
be glad to loarn that Mrs . Storall is
much Improved.
SPEED-MORRIS
Franklinton. Jan. 4. ? The home of
Mr. and Mrs, J. S. Morrisi of this
place was the scene of a beautiful
wedding Tuesday morning when thedr
daughter, Bertha Caroline, became the
bride of Mr. J. D. Speed.
The living room and imulc room
were artistically decorated with long
leaf pine and cathedral candles.
| Just before the ceremony Miss Claire
Kearney, cousin of tho bride oang "Oh
Promise Me" with Miss Janle Pearce
presiding at the piano. Then as Miss
i Pearce played the wedding march the
groom entered the living room with
bis brother, Mr. R. R. Speed as best
man. He met the bride accompanied
by her maid of honor, Miss Mary Raid
Daniel at the beautiful Improvised al
tar and they wero united In marriage
by the bride's pastor. Rev. C. L.
Dowell, of the First Baptist chureh.
After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs.
Speed motored to Henderson, where
they took the train for Washington.
After January 6th they will be at
home in Scotland Neclc, where the.
fev&Cm has a prominent position with
the Pender Company. . .
Mrs. Speed is the attraeUve aad ac
complished daughter ot Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Morris. She has 4*4 musical
training at Meredith Collage and is
talented In those lines. ?
Mr. Speed is the third son of tho
late Mr. John D. Speed aid la hqw
a promising young business otan of
Scotland Neck. He received hfe edu
cation at Oak Ridge Institute.
Doth Mr . and Mrs Speed have many
friends throughout the state who wfsh
for them much happiness.
TO B? BATTALION SPONSOB
It was announced at Stat* CoU?r?
today that Mtsa Mary Speed Stewart,
ot Henderson, N. C.. would be Spon
sor tor the 2nd Battalion, N. C. State
College, R. 0. T. C. Regiment. Mr.
T. L. S tailings, ot Louiabnrg; R. 4.
a senior la Clrll Engineering, aa Cadet
Major ot the 2nd Battalion. Mia*
Stewart la the beautiful pnu daagh
ter ot Mr. and Mra. ft. Ji lUinrt.
tltonderson, N. C.
U. D. C.
The Joseph J. (hih Chapter V. D.
C. will meet tm Tueadar afternoon.
Jan.' nth, at S o'clock wttk Mrs. W.
E. White. All members are Wfd t a
be present.
MM. c. K. Oooka, Pril.
Mtsa Loull* Jannaa, Beo>. j