FOUR DROWN
LAST SUNDAY
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IN GREEK NEAR LOtllS
BURG
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Mole Runs Awa^ With Victims
In Wagon And Rons Into
Greek Is Story.
Quite aiittle exoltement was creat
ed lit LoUlsbferft on Monday morning
about 10 .o'clock when Bennla Perry,
colored, came In town and. told about
the accidental drowning of his family
the evening before at the Sand- Mill
creek. Great throngs gathered aronnd
him to hear his story as he related it
to the Sheriff and the TIMES man,
which was in substance as follows:
That off Sunday evening he had hitch
ed the mule to the wagon to go to
town and trade the jnule off tor a
horn tor a few days with his landlord;
the. owner of the male, and his wife,
her mother, and twx> -little children
were in the wagon. He went back In
the houBG with another little girl to
close up the house. The mule became
frightened and ran off down a path
through the woods and he and the lit
tle girl followed. On arriving at the
creek which was up an account of the
high water, he found the mule and
wagon and dw occupant* all oat hi th e
iu rescue them, when hd found the
ii.i.o girl thAt was with him had start
en i > the water after her mother. He
turn-., J to save her as the others went
down. In trying to Rave the mule he
was knocked down. .
Sheriff: Kearney' and Coroner N. B.
House went immediately to the scene
and with the assistance of quite a
r. umber tMe' bodies were located > and
brought- out. After a careful exami
nation of the' -bodies and the circum
stances th?-. Coroner decided there was
no naed of an investigation by a jury
as it was evidently an unavoidable ac
cident. . *
Those drowned were Delia Perry,
IS; Edna Brewer, 30; Bettie Brewer,
7; and George Brewer a baby. "The
accident occurred at the Bind Mill
creek about four- miles Southeast of
I.oulaburg about six o'clock Sunday
afternoon. -The Coroner ordered that
the bodies be burled at the expense
of the County, after ascertaining that
there were tto relatives to claim them
other than Bpnnie Perry, who was
without mean* ?
Sehool Nurse Beoort
The following Is a report of State
School Nurso lor week ending March
i7, 1M :
White schools visited? Frankliflton,
looto visited ? Phelps, Lit
tle -Zlop, Wilder, YoungsvlUe, Mitchell,
. Schooi s with oiled floors ? 1.
SchooH With Individual drinking fa
cilities? S.
Number children examined ? 879.
Defeats fautt& ' ^ ?
Vision? Hi'.-f .
TonsillB? 165. I
Nasal? 16.
Teeth? 248. ,
Other- defect*? Hearing, speech,
crossed eye. diseased, lids, nervouB,
goitre, orthopedli
Wt Worn Olub
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. Don't forget thatnext week la clean
op. week. All sorts ot trash aooumu
irtes about the premises daring the
long Winter raobths. Spring Is here.
Let's get busy and tidy up the place.
If erdry owner will do his share to
keep hi* yard clean that Is till "that
will be necessary.
The city beautiful committee wants
some canrva bafts to plant. M any
cnp has bulbs to spare this committee
'will appreciate It If you will notify
Mrs. T. W. Watson.
One hundred trees have been plant
ed on Main Street. The committee
will appreciate If. ft every one in front
of whose pliioe trees are planted #111
1 are an eye to tlieee trees ?ad see that
they, are not Injured by the children
playing around them, or by Stock, bit
ing or breaking them. Inspire the
children to look upon them aa their
trees, and they will be our beet alliee
In oaring for them. I
~,HM.-M.0r6?nDC?d
Mr. I. M. Qrwn, on* of Vance goun
ty'? fflMt aubetantlal and popular plan* I
' con and Bed Mu and hla funeral wma
with the hlsbMt honors at the two
orderi , He *M a member o? Liberty
Church from Which the funeral waa
held on Tueeday afternoon. Po*?lbly
the larceet crowd erer gathered at thle
beautiful Mttla church for raoh an
occasion was present to pay a laat ?ad
tribute to one that had been tried and
found true.
Mr. Qreao leare* nv? children.
MM. C. O. DanleU, of Oxford, tin.
C. B. Fuller, ot ifittrall, Mr.. W. O.
TWO HOBOES KILLED Of
WRECK AT HENDERSON
Derailment of Freight Cars
Ties Up Traffic On Seaboard
Several Honrs.
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Henderson, March 19. ? Two men
?old to have been hoboing were hart,
one of them seriously, when tea cara
on a southbound freight were derailed
ten miles baton Henderson about n)j*
o'clock this mornlag. /
fhe men fare their ovum and fd
dresses as Ed Smith of Atlanta,' ?nd
Jack. Qa y of Jacksonville, Fla. 1
They were riding on the cars wlach.
were derailed, in a cut. Gay lulleted
a broken ?rm and dislocated hip, wltle
Bmlth was injured about the face Sod
Ml \ V
The train was a southbound freight.
It wai stated- in railroad circles here
that a long arm Qt a derrick loaded
on onfe of the derail sd oars broke
loose from Its fastenings and swung
outward, making the car top-heavy and
toppling It over. "This started the de
railment and only six cars and the ca
boose remained on the track., .
All traffic was blocked and it was
said trains would not be abls to Da?s
probably before midnight.
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Orphans at Methodist Church
The Singing Class from the Oxford
Orphanage paid New- Bern a visit yes
terday and last night gave a most en
joyable concert at the Masonic Thea
ter, at which many were present, and
v-hlch was declared by every one to
be the. best ever rendered here by the
Class. '
The entire Class this season seems
t? be better trained* than . ever before
and their renditions were such as to
please the most critical.
?' While In the city the members of the
Class were the guests of local Masons
and thoroughly enjoyed' their eta^r
here.
To be In Loulsburg Thursday night,
-March 29th.
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Missionary Meeting at Mrs. W.
- jr. Alleira.
Monday afternoon the tour circled
of the Baptist W6?ian'a Missionary So
ciety held a Joint business and sociai
meeting afc the resldonce of Mrs. W. H.
Allen with the Fannie Heck Circle ps'
the hostesses. > v ,
The Weather was bad but the at
tendance was large, theie being twen
ty-eight present. .The Kenmore Circle
was the banner "circle .on this .occas
ion, having thirteen present, the jfreat?
est amount of personal service To re
port, and two new members, Mrs. Rog
ers and Mrs. Bledsoe.
MIm Roth Hall mi a delightful
hostess to the Younger Set Bridge Club
on the evening at March 9th.
?- There were four table* of unction and
thoie playing were the regular mem-,
ben with Misses Fannie Neal, Lliate
RleWart, Onnlo Tucker, Margaret Tur
ner and M?. K. K. Allen, a* her gueetn.
After th? regular progressions the
lights were turned oat and each table
was given an Incense burner and
every one WM naked to think Of torn*
thing Egyptian, In the wlerd iDenoe
that followed the door opened and a.
mummy case wis brought b on a
stretcher and was carried *nd present
After the devotional services. which
wera -conducted by Mrs. J.. O. Newell,
report* were received and business
dispatched under the leadership, ol
the vice-president, Mrs. - Upchurch.
Delightful refreshments were then
served by thS hostass clrcift. ' J
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College Notes
i?!(u "Go.iile MOTtlssette spent the
week-fend with her uncle, Mr." It- 11
Mlrriasette, of Oxford.
President Mohn attended the Fay
ettevllle District Conference which
met in Sanford last Wednesday.
The following students have been
elected as otTlcera of the Young Wo
man's Christian Association tor next
session:
Pauline Eason, Pres.; Lois Qnffy,
Skc'y. ; Ola Dale Lewis Treasurer.
The delegates who attended the Stu
dent . Volunteer Conference gate fall
and interesting reports of that meet
tog. ? <\
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Triangular Debate
Lou labor* will meet Oxford tn the
Court House here Friday evening,
March M, 8:00 P. M. The Qpery
"Resolve: That Congress should pro.
vide for enforcement in tha Decisions
Of the Radiroad Labor Board." Louis
burg is well represented, Mr. John
Mills and Mr. Dunham Tay.or, Jr. de
fending the Affirmative here, and Mies
| Petri Pearee and Mr. Will Yar bor
ough, Jr. going to Frankllnton.
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relict and Jewels,
inner of UU boob]
WILL
THE ADDRESS
Day, Friday, April
1923. . .
We are indebted to tiupt. E. I* Beet for the following article* concerning
the Franklin County ScNfeol Day:
The office iu gratified to recstye the following letter from Gore rn or Mor
rlson accepting the invitation to deliver the address at the Franklin County
School Day on April the ZOth: _
. "I have your invitation to make an address in Louisburg on the 20th
of April, at eleven-thirty o'clock, and appreciate it very Brack Indeed.
I will be glad to be with you on that occasion, and will, look forward
""?"?wtttljnuch pleasure to. seeing my many friends in that section again.
V?rx tritly yours,
Cameron morrison."
Tho program has all (Men arranged and the schools arc busy working on the
derails. _ Reports from many of the schools givo assurance that the day will be
A great success. The parade which will begin promptly at 10:30 will consist
Of attractive school floats, children marching in line and a brass band. This
feature of the program will be under the direction of Mr. E. C. Sexton of the
Justice Sc^ooL
"Much interest Is being taken In the exhibits. We are?oing to have a real
school exhibit and thereby show to the people of Franklin County some of the
things ttot yre are attempting, to do for tMbrhoyB and girls in the schools.
These exhibits will luclndd only those things that are done at school under
tha supervision of the teacher. One hlgh.school teacher in the county showed
me some specimens of theme work that she was saving as a part of her exhib
it, another teacher of the fourth and fifth grades will exhibit specimens of
writing' showing what tmprovemen- haa been made during the year. I have
given these illustrations to show that each school In the county can put on an
exhibit that Can represent some actual work that is done in each grade. Mr.
T. H. 81edgfe dt the Cedar Bock School 1* doing all in his power as director of
this department to make this the ir.ost important phase of the day.
Nettherhas the athletlo feature ti.cn neglected. Mr. J. 8. MasBenburg of the
Bunn School, informs ma that the ninutti^ will be swift, the Jumping high and
plenty of "Pep and.Oinger" will be In evidence for the entire 2 hours. There
4r<J events tor the boya and girln linger Jl" and tor the boys and girls from 12
tojn. Mr. Massenbarg-wllI be glad to give any aid that la possible to help In
the training for these events. Notify him as noon as you can giving the names
ot the boys and girls from your school that will enter the conteetsTI
Thero has never been a time in the Franklin County schools when more In
terest has been shown in spelling. One week before the final contest In Louis
burg each school will decide on Its representative. Mr. W. R. Mills the direc
tor of tfev spelling contest states that he is expecting each school In the county
to be r*prese6tMT ; - .
Miss Addle Bordeaux states that from QNE TO TWO o'clock, a spread will
be laid that will volt the taste of the m?M fastidious and one that will be moat
appropriate for. a feWt ot Kings.
.The old weather profits say that the Mth Of April is going to be FAIR AND
BALMY. Let no one dispute this prophjioy.?n# art pray that it will come true.
Straightens Foot
The following letter Jut received by
Bnpt, E. C, Perry, In addition to ex
plaining lUrtf, to the atronceet possi
ble endorsement of tbe Puhllo Welfare
Mfik. It bM kMn Milt after a weak
Satarday. 5RT ,
I heard from hois* today. I
lota of mall. I cot tk? ptokagn yon
*?nt ma Chrtatmaa. 1 go to school:
oot here aa I did whan I wara at horaad
I r??M I will Ut? to oloae. A a*,
thanking rou again lor getting ma In
, 2*3
GRACE HOWARDS, ^
N. a 0. Hoapltal,
(5a?tont?, N. <^j
JHM ? jj
Oaatonls, N. O., Mar. 12. 19M.
Dear Mr. Farry;
I hafe been thinking I woultl writ*
to xov (or Ik long time but 1 wan wait
in* tor Dr. Miller to maaaure me tor
Perry you should see my footj
sow. tt-ta so straight and when I com*
hp me I think t will b? walking with
oat orutches. You don't know ho?
muoh I thank you for getting ma In
bars. My brace has been sent after
and I am hoping It will soon com*
Recorder's Court
BUSINESS MEN TO
MEET
r. We are requested to state
that a meeting of the busi
ness men of Louisburg has
been called for Monday
night _at 8 o'clock ln the
xBoard of Education rooms
on Main Street. It is es
pecially requested that
every business man in
Louisbnrg who has the in
terest of the town at heart
be present.
Regular Services at the Baptist
Church Next Sunday
Sunday school begins promptly at
9:30. "We are having two hundred
and more In Sunday school. Suppose
you come next Sunday and help make
cur Sunday school a still greater suc
cess. There are between fifty and one
hundred fathers ahd mothers taking
p.n active part In our Sunday school.
We are so happy to be back home
with our little darling who was very
critically 111. It seems that everybody
In Loulsburg did everything possible
to lighten our burden. We- wish to
thank you for every kindness, eyery
letter, telegram, flower, phone mes
sage, visit to Raleigh, and most espec
ially your prayers. You have bound
cur hearts and lives to yours with ties
that time can never break.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mclver.
Confederate Veterans
We want every Veteran who wants
to attend the Reunion at New Orleans
to meet In Louisburg on Saturday the
31st day of March, that we may know
exactly how many expect to go. We
will take train at Franklinton on Sun
day the 8th day of April, at 2:30 p. m.
D. C. THARRINGTON, Comd'r.
Camp McKiuney No. 1527.
Special Music at Methodist
Church
Miss Louise Wardlaw, of the Graded
'School -faculty will sing "Les Rame
aux" (Palms) by Faure at the Metho
dist Church Sunday morning and the
choir will sing "Jerusalem" a Palm
Sunday anthem.
Justice To GiVe.Phty at Hick
i. ory Rock
Justice High School will give a
splendid play "My Irish Rose" at Hick
ory Rock on Friday _night, March 23.
i The public is cordially invited. The
price of admission will be 25 and 15
cents.
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White Man* Found Dead
A white man named Wllklns, residing
on the Miss Mary Timber lake place,
southwest of Loulsburg, was found
dead In his surry on Monday. The
Coroner and Sheriff were summoned
to the scene but before arriving there |
they met Dr. R. B. Henderson, who
had made an examination and, so we
are informed, determined that the de
ceased had In all probability corps to
his death from effects of too much
branch liquor.
The deceased leaves a wife And a
number of children.
Receives Promotion
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Mr. B. P. Connelly, who has been
serving as flagmaft on the Loulsburg
branch of the Seaboard, left Wednes
day for Raleigh, where he will take a
position with the spme joad as Con
ductor. This is quite a nice promotion
and his many friends here extend con
gratulations.
Franklin County Missionary
Union
The Franklin County Missionary
t'nlon met the second Saturday In
March with the church at Justice.
Mlsa LUlte Harper of Laurel presided
The devotional exercises, scripture
verses with comments on prayer, were
condiKt?*;l?jr lira. Wtngpte Underbill
of LouMnff|j ' ,
The minutes of the meeting ftelrt In
December at Wood were read by the
secretary, Mro. R. A. Bobbltt.
Little Hiss Brallne Morris sang as
% solo the Sunbeam soncuMlss Nan
ufi Fowler and Master Randolph Car
mev.i- gave a recitation. Mrs. Tommle
tttokes and Mlsa Meade each sang a
so kx
!. After the roll call of Meletied and
a report from each delegate preaent
the meeting ?d)o timed tor dinner. The
services were held In the high school
auditorium, and a bosatlful . *I??W
"as spread on the roetram. Every
?is enjoyed K feTj nauoh. rhe people
of Justk* are very hospitable ?*d
know fcoSr to ?rraa?s an appetising
spread. . '?te.'V- ? ?? .Jjh -
Mi
Pt-oached sn lMpbMKfc mMk, -
. nokJitLwnl '
There will be a
Laarel Da
Every one Is stoat
~Wfu
AMONG THE VISITORS
8031* TOP now Ain> SOU TO0
11(1 SOT KNOW.
Personal Items Akoit Feika- AM
Their Friends Who Travel Itn
And There.
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Mr. J. H. Best visited Raleigh Wed
nesday. r w %t
Mr. W. M. Person attended Court
In Raleigh Tuesday.
Mr? J. H. Southall, of Raielgh, was
In Louisburg Wednesday.
NJrs. M. C. Pleasants Is visiting her
people In Wilson this week.
Mr. W. M. Person left Wednesday
for Wflllamston to attend Court.
Mr. R. S. McColn of Henderson, was
a visitor to Louisburg Wednesday.
Mr. HI T. Beasley, of Apes, was a
visitor to Loulsburff the past week.
Mr. C. W. Edwards left yesterday
for a vlalt toRalelgh and other points.
Mrs. G. R McGrady and children,
of Raleigh, Is visiting her people here.
Constable J. E. Thomas returned
the past week from a trip to Balti
more.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. White, of Wash
ington, D. C., Is visiting his sister,
Mrs. W, D. Egerton.
Mr. N. M. Ballard, of Sherman, Tex
as, 'was a visitor to his brodier, Mr.
Frank Ballard, tills week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E .i?rlnce and Mrs.
W.TJ Tboma? of Raleigh, were among
the visitors to Louisburg last week.
Mr. J. G. Henry, of Nashville, was
In Louisburg yesterday, getting infor
mation preparatory to putting on an
auto bus line from Rocky Mount to
Raleigh by Louisburg.
Messrs. J. S. Lancaster and C. M.
Lynch, of Ruthertordton, were visitors
to Louisburg the past week Mr.
Lynch was with the 30th Division In
Prance along with our townsman,
llaj. S. .P. Boddle
Sacred ^Cantata
On Easter Sunday evening, at 8:00
o'clock the choir of the Methodist
Church will give Weasel's cantata,
"Calvary" (The seven last words of
Christ) .
This Is a very brilliant cantata, a
work remarkable for the independent
and clearly defined Individuality of
each number.
The dramatic and the meditative,
expressions! aspects of the music well
employ any degree of excellence in
the solo and choral forces available ?
though the vocal demands are always
reasonable, the accompaniment carry
ing a large share of the task of inter
pretation.
After the cantata the choir will, by
request sing "Hallelujah Chorus" from
"Messiah" by Handel.
The children of the Methodist church
under the direction of the Bright Jew
el leaders will give an Illustrated Eas
ter song lust before the Cantata Eas
ter Sunday evening.
Mrs. Cobb Entertains . ,
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On March 15. Mrs. O. W. Cobb
entertained, the Efrwin Puller club
and other guests. The meeting waa
called to order by the president, Mrs.
B. T. Holden.
After roll call and reading ot the
minutes of the previous meeting the
program forthe afternoon was ren
dered.
The subject ot the program was
Kuth Sawyer. The sketch ot the life
was omitted,, aa Miss Annie Oreen,
who was to have prepared a paper
on the subject, was out ot town.
One of Ruth Sawyer's, .stories "Sim
ple Slmoa", published In Everybody's
Magazine was read. This story was
both humorous and pathetic and port
rayed some ot the tntaost feelings ot
% person who on. account of six* had
always be?n a joke to his neighbor*.
He safe], "X&ey mak? a Joke- of the
amount o t doth It take* to make ma
a sui?; they laugh at my hartng to.
order specfel sizes in hat* &ad iKom;
and I am sure they will |?C|? omt
tlie sise ot my coffia When I nm to
be buried." But hia wedding was OM
tti in* which the town did take llilw
ty, "and they all - lhred happily ??r
afterwards."
Mrs. J. A. Hodges read aa carrent
topic a paper oa "Tha Prioa ot Qaao
liae, ft subject which n lBtareatiBe
to a^graat many people twj much