THE FRANKLIN TIMES A. h. JOIIJfUON, EdJtor ami Manager ?TAR DROPS ? ? Her many friends In Lonisburg | will learn with much pleasure that Mrjj. Fred A. Riff's conditiou is much | improved j?:id it is expccted that she j v- il 1 return home In a few weeks. | I ? His many fricud* in Louisburg v? i ) 1 ?ei:?et to lcarti of the death i?t Mr. W J. Allen, which occurred last Suu day at his home in Roanok? Vu. He held a position here for a i :i? lime with r. S. and K. K. Allen. LOST One Mack leather Hand Lag I11 J Louisburg, or between 2-ouisburg and Younrsvitte Wednesday morning. Con tents consult^ mainly of baby clothes^ A reward of $10.00 \\ili be paid tor its return to D. W. SPIVEY, 4-27-lt Youngsvillo. N. C. l.OST A ladies silver Card Can* 011 Col lege campus, Friday, April uOth. Fin der will return same lo FRANKLIN TIMES and receive reward. 4-27-1". FOR SALE ? E\tra fine, pure bred Duroe pigs, ready for delivery Saturday, at a price to injve them. J. A. MCNFORD. 4-27- St ? R 2, Louistnirg, N. C. AUCTION SALE On Monday. April 30th at Court House door {\t 12 o'clock, 1 S-horse power Watertown Steam F.neine and Doiler. Engine mounted on wheels. 4-27-lt J. LEHMAN. A Century-Old Effort to Free Europe of Dependence Upon the South for Cotton" More than seventy years ago Char les Dickens, atter enumerating many striking facts in regard to England's cotton trade, said: "Let any groat social- or physical convulsion visit the United States and England would feel the shock from Land's End to John O'Groats's. The lives of nearly two millions of our countrymen are dependent upon the cotton crops of America. Their des tiny may be said, without any kind of hyperbole, to hang upon a thread." Dickens was arguing at that time, as were many other EngUsh writers, statesmen and manufacturers, about the supreme importance to England of its cotton industry. In 1858 Lord Palmerston, in an ad dress ift Parliament, said: "I venture to say that you will find on the West coast of Africa a most valuable supply of cotton, so essential to the manufacturers of this country." At other times hi Parliament, in the reports of the British Board of Trade, and in the discussions of cotton man ufacturers in 'Lancanshire, emphasis was constantly laid upon the need of growing cotton in other parts of the world to lessen the dependence of great Britain upon Southern raised cotton. In those early days, even a century ago, much stress was placed upon the importance to England of low prices tor cotton. A report to the British Board of Trade urged that En glish manufacturers should do all in their power to hold down the price of cotton, and that report claimed that this -would be the way in which to force the South to raise a larger crop, since the planters would seek by a larger yield to secure more money than they could get from a smalt "yield a' high prices. These old discussions of 75 to 100 years ago, which have continued down to the present hour, are of much sig nificance to the South, and, indeed, to the whole cotton world. Without, knowledge of them no one can prop erly understand the present agitation In Europe for cotton production In oth | r r countries and the continued me thods adopted to break down the price of Amorlcan cotton. On August 16, 1921, Mr. Arno S. Pearce, General Secretary of the In- | ternational Federation of Master Cot ton Spinners and Manufacturers Asso ciations of Europe, in an address In Rio de Janeiro, made arter the visit of the International Cotton Mission to that country, referred to cotton grow ing in the United States and said: "The high wages ruling there make the growing of motion unremunerative, and we were told on the authority of the president of the Cotton Farmers Union that the AMERICAN COTTON farmer would no more con tinue TO ALLOW HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN TO WORK IN THE FIELDS. With such fantastic ideas It cannot be expected that there will be an Increase In the cotton acreage of the United States of America." This official representative of Euro pean cotton manufacturers regarded the desire of American cotton grow ers to keep their wives and children out of the cotton fields as "fantastic ideas." * In the Blue Book of Southern Pro gress, which will be Issued within a few weeks by the Manufacturers Re cord. the story of these efforts to break down the price of cotton and to In crease cotton production In other partB of the world will be told briefly, but with sufficient comprehensiveness to make It Invaluable to every man and woman In America seeking to know the facts. This history, bearing on the cotton trade, is however only one of the hundreds of equally interesting things relating to the welfare.of the South and of the country at large to be found In the Blue Book of Southern Progress. ? Manufacturers Record. o A Wisconsin factory worker who Inherited $3,000,000 thinks he will keep on working, but we don't. Man fell off the Brooklyn Bridge and was unhurt so he always will have something to talk about brocade Wraps Practically all of tfco summer evening wraps are of brocaded satins, heavily crusted with the de? sign. The patterns are larg8* con ventionalized flowers, scrclls and geometric figures. For daytime wear wraps are soberer. Usually crepe Is the material ? silk crepe Is popular la the grays or tnnq 0f ; spring. Stability of This Nation Rests With Rural Press The power and Importance of the rural press, the average country weekly, is emphasized by the manu facturer and Industrial News, one of the country's greatest publications, in the following estimate given by that publication, which says: "We believe the stability of this nation rests in the hands of the rural editors. Radical elements congre gate in the cities. The destructive and yellow prejs Is located in the metropolitan centerj. The home own er and the farmer who are the back bone of the uation read the rural pa pers and it Is these same every day Americans who must keep this coun try on an even keel. Destroy the pow er and Influence of the rural news paper in its great work of develop ment of rural communities and you have destroyed the greatest advocate cf hlshcat ideals and purest American ism. No-lnstitutlon can or does wield a more powerful Influence for good, yet how often Buch a potent factor in a community's progress and general uplift is not fully appreciated by those whoso every destiny lests in the hands of the rural press. Louisburg High School Defeats Wilton 9 to 3 The Louisburg Wildcats won the third game of the season on Wednes day 18. Louisburg made two errors in the first three Innings and allowed three men to cross the plate. Fuller started the game for Louisburg but was unable to hold the mound. Mur phy relieved Fuller In the third. He started off strong by striking out six men. Cooper the star pitcher for Louisburg relieved Murphy in the sixth. He allowed no hits and no runs. Wilton played good ball but was un able to hold down the Wildcats. Louis burg found the pitcher in the seventh Inning and made four runs. The heavy hitters for Louisburg were Earl Mur phy and Bud Taylor. Both got four hits out of five times at bat. Burmese girls cannot enter society without oar plugs. American boys enn't enter without spark plugs. Toomany bank cashiers are escaping after a spring cleaning. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF LA.VD By virture of the power of sale con tained In that certain deed of trust, mndc nn Feb. It. 1918, by O. H. Harris to T. W. RuKin, Trustee, and recorded In Book 224 page 17. Registry of Frank lln County, default having been mrfde In the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured, and demand for fore closure having been made on said trustee by holder of said Indebted ness, the und ersigned, will, on Mon da y,May 7, 1923, at or" about the hour of noon at the Court House Door In Louisburg, N. C. offer for sale at public auction to tho highest bidder lor cash, a certln part or parcel of land situate in Franklin County. LouIb burg Township, N'orf-, Cirtllna, and more particularly defined a? follows: Beginning at tho mouth of a small Jiranch In tho King Branch, Mrs. Pla ce's corner, thence N 80 W 70 poles 18 links to ;he Louisburg Railroad lino 40 feet from the center of the said railroad; thence along the rail road line 3 60 8-4 W 68 poles, thence continuing with the railroad line, a enrvo 21 poles to J. P. Timberlake'i line; thence 8 '8 E 84 poles 20 links to astake and pointers, J. P. Timber lake's corner on King Branch, thence down said branch as It meanders 97 poles to the beginning, containing 41 acres, more or less. It being the land oonveyod to thfc Franklin Land Co. by H. C. Kearney and wife by deed, i*corded In book 199 page 462, and by the *ald Franklin L*nd Co. con voyed to O. IW Harris on Feb 16, 1918, reference to which deeds is hereby made for further description of said land. This April 2, 1922.' 4-6-6t T. W. Ruffin, Trustee SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of the power ami ttu-hority contained lu that deed! >1 trust execute t{ by a. W. Perry. Jr. I and wife to lion T.* i (olden, Trustee, | duly registered in the oiTIc<5 of the kcgUter of Deeds :.?r Franklin coun ty in Book 211 page 5SG, default liar- j jiiig been made in tue payment of the j imlebtednebs thereby secured ind de- ! m nd having bi -.. upon ni" to! I foreclose, and xh- last and highest bidder at the sa'e made by me on Vi.rch 12, 1S23, having failed t) com- J ply with thy sa.d bid, 1 will o:i MONDAY. MAY 14, 1923 at 12 o clock .M, at the courthouse' door of Franklin county in Louisburg ' N. 0. sell at r.ublic auction to the , highest bidder for cash the following ! jreai estate sltuvte In Ccd.?r Rock: I tow :u bin, Fiunkiin county J North Car j jclina, being a one-half interest in and; I to ti e two following tract .; of land: First trn?:t. beginning in the cer- \ , tcr <>f ti:;- new Louisburs Road, a . rock on the nottli side. Cobbit am! Delbrldge corner ; thence by survey j of 1897 South 1 W 146 poles to a rock | on Little Cypress Creek, Delbrldge j corner; thence down said creek as: i> meanders 142 poles to black gum | corner in line of Reid place; thence N o W 73 poles 5 links to rock and ( holly, corner to twenty acrcs, called Lester land; thence S S6 1-2 E 9 poles I 5 links by a new survey to a rock, a j new made corner; thcnce N 3 1-2 E i (new survey) 186 poles 20 .link* to ! a rock; tnence N SO 1-2 W _9 poles 5' links to the center of the road 14 1 links N to a large white oak; thence I N 3 E (survey 1807) 19 poles to a ! stake ami hickory pointers on the ? North side of the Iyjuisburg road; j thcnce along said road N 60 E 29 ! poles; N 44 1-2 K 49 poles "10 links j to the beginning, containing 61 acres ! more or less. But it is expressly agre ed that from the land above bounded there ha9 been sold to R. L. Delbrldge eleven acres, and the same has been deeded to him, and this is exclude^ from this conveyance, making the number of acres hereby coueyed fif ty acreTT^ Second Tract. Also another tract cr parcel of land in -Cedar Rock Town chip, known as the "Cope Place" bought from G. W. Ford, and describ ed as follows: Beginning at a Black Gum on Cypress Creek, Dean's corn er; thence S 72 1-2 W 11 poles 9 links to a stake ftd sweet gum; thence N 19 1-2 W 24 poles to a rock; thence N 1 E 50 poles 18 links to the old | path, a large pine and sweet gum pointers, to Thos. H. Murray's cornet; thence N SI 1-2 E 6 poles to Cypress Creek; thence down said creek as it meanders 10 poles 22 links to the fork of the creek; thence up the East prong as it meandefs 112 1-2 poles tc a stake, formerly white oak: thence] E 4 poles to a large pine stump, Mary Ann Bobblts corner; thence S 71 E 40 1-2 poles to a stake, Bobbie's corner: thence S 7 W 15 poles 11 links to corner of no. 4 in Bobbit's line; thence S 1 1-2 W 45 poles to a rock sad pointers corner no. 3; thence N, 87 W 83 poles to a rock and poin&rs, Dean's line; thence N 57 W 42. jflfces to the beginning, containing dlglsty tight acres. The last and highest bidder will be re quired to deposit on day of sale 10 per cent of said bid r.s a guaran tee of good faith. This 24 day of April. 1923. <-27-3t BEN T .HOLDEN, Trustee. NOTICE OF LAND RE-SALE Pursuant to authority contained in that deed of trust from John Henry Smith. Sr. and wife Mariah Smith to S. C. H olden. Trustee, recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Frank Jin county in book 234 page 1; tie fault having been made in the pay ment of the notes secured thereby, and demand having been made upon me to sell the lands described therein | by the iiolder of said notes, and upon order from the Clerk of the Superior Court for a re-sale because of an up set bid, I will on MONDAY. MAY 14 1^23 at the courthouse door in Loulsburg, N. C. at about the hour of Noon, sell to the highest bidder at public auction for cash, the following describe'. lan< from to #l.tK). If Jou are going to fool with chickens get the best. Wjcort White Leghorns lay the larg est egg, and the chicks grow off faster Into good large birds. The eggs are white. Mjr supply of eggs Is limited. PLACE YOCR ORDER EARLY. J. A. Mitchiner R. F. D. 2 Franklinton, North Car. close on the 28th day of April. There Is no Dew registration, bu who hare become or ??e or othei qualified since the last election ?r quired to register. By order of the Board of Town ( misslonors. U L. JOYNER May A. W. ALSTON, Clark. 4 The farmer who doesn't worry csaaJj today la the one who has a me ';!?/ income check from chlokaaa. t boca and a big check wfc?* Mb C-i* crop I* sold. $ TOWN ELECTION In compliance with the Charter of the Town of Loulsburg and also of a special Statute of North Carolina pub ltc lawB, (he regular election for the election of a Mayor and six Commis sioners for the Town of Loulsburg will be held on Tuesday, May 8th, 1923 In the Court House In the town of Loulsburg. N. C. A. W. Alston has been appointed Registrar, and J. H Thomas and R. H. Darts have been appointed poll holders, to hold said election. The registration books are being held open according to law and will