OSLI MJH) PBB IEAB LS ADVAHCB The Franklin _ Times WATCH LABEL Ml TOCB | PAPEB? Scad In BrMwal Before Time Explrw. A. P. JOH5SON, Editor and Buiager THE COUNT?, THE j^TATE, THE UNION subscbiptiom ?lm r? t?? VOLUSTN LIL L0CI8BCBG, V. C? FBI DAY, ftECEMBEB 8J. 1WS. 5l*B*B 43 CO-OP DELIVERIES MAKE NEW RECORD Over 12 Million Pounds of To- j bacco Received In One Week ! (8. D. Frissall) A flood of deliveries that broke all records for the Tobacco Growers Co operative ABBOClatlon brought 12,819, 802 pounds of tobacco to the cooper ative warehouses In Virginia and the Carollnas last week. Deliveries of nearly nine million pounds of bright tobacco by the Old Belt co-ops taxed the capacity of the association ware houses to their limit In receiving the largest amount of tobacco yet deliv ered In a single week by the organ iz-d farmers of Virginia and Western Carolina. The Virginia dark-flred and sun cured tobacco growers brought Id more than two and three quarter mil lion pounds to the association housea. Eastern North Carolina delivered more than a million pounds, una members from the South Carolina belt Btlll continued small .deliveries at cooper ative receiving points. -The total receipts of the association for this season have now reached 115, 000.000 pounds and are expected to ?to beyond those last year's deliveries t> 'he time of the Christmas holidays c" with a much later season and l.i ites of opening for the associa tion rvehouses in all belts. The viyment of three million dol lars whiv'.i marks the third cash ad vance to members of the association ?who l^ya-tlelivered bright tobacco of the 1822 crop in Virginia and North Carolina will begin Friday, December 21st, at all cooperative receiving points of Eastern North Carolina. To bacco prices dropped from $30.72 for November 1922 to $23.24 for November 1923 on the auction floors of North Carolina according to last week's news from the crop reporting service of North Carolina. Meanwhile the members of the tobacco association are enjoying higher cash advances on all grades of tobacco delivered this year than was paid them on last year's crop. Several hundred new members joined the marketing association in December. All association warehouses will close for the holidays on Thursday, December 20th. Mr. N. H. Ayescue, R 1, Kl*trell, re ports taking up a lot of tobacco that had been sold on the auction floor at Henderson on Wednesday of last week for $55,92 gross, and delivered it to the Co-ops the same day and got a first advance of $64.74. He reports another lot handled the bame day in the same way that sold for $19.19 gross on the auction floor and he re ceived for his first advance at the Co-ops. $19.44. MAKES SECOND ADVANCE Raleigh, Dec. 18. ? In session Mon day, the Directory of the North Caro lina Cotton Growers' Cooperative As sociation authorized the Immediate payment pf a second advance to all members of the Association. This payment will amount to over $3,000, 000 and each member will receive a payment bringing the total advance on all cotton np to twenty cents a pound, basis middling. The account ing department Is mailing out the checks and every member will receive the check within the week. WILLIAM HARRIS SHOT By 6o? Ebron Wednesday Night ? Both Colored. Constable J. E. Thomas reports the capture and arrest of Qas Ebron, col ored, under a warrant alleging mur der, for the shooting to deatK of Wll-j llafn Harris, also colored, In fronTofj the home of Mr. Lit Westsr In Cedar Rock township, about 12 o'clock Wed nesday night. The hearing Is sched> uled for 2 o'clock Thursday before 'Squire A. W. Alston. Bbron claims so we understand, that the shooting was an accident, however the evdlence appears to Indicate another view. O Tom Tarheel says: That man W. W. Shap up at the State College seems to think that selling hogli Is Just as Masonable as growing corn or cotton. You can't Kroyr cotton In winter nei ther can you sell hogs profitably when the Corn Belt la selling, he says. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS RECITAL AT LOl'ISBUBt. COLLEGE Loulsburg College students gave the third recital of thlB semlster Friday evening, December 14th. Every num ber on the program was well render ed and gave conclusive evidence of gratifying progress in each depart ment represented. Special mention should be made of the ytolln and saxa phone number, "Off to the Front," played by Lawrence Cooper and Frank Wheless, Loulsburg boys who belong to the College orchestra. Other stu dents takys here showed tR*ti' exrollenry In hand ling the ball over luiyrhfng yet met here. Co. B -was there when It comes to rooting, but when the goods had to be produced they were lacking; the game was won by the clean playing of Armory team and support of the good citizens of Youngsvllln. FOR FIRST CLASS JOB PRINTINQ PHONE 288 8KB VICES AT METHODIST CHl'BCH JiEXT SlJiDAY Itev. M. T. Plyler, Presiding Elder of Halelgh District, will preach for ua at the eleven o'clock hour. We expect a large congregation to hear Dr. Plyler who was once the beloved pastor ot this church, and now their Presiding Elder. Mr. Plylejr is one ot the great preachers and leaders of his denomination. Next Sunday we are calling on the church for a free will offering of $250.00 for our Methodist Orphanage. This amount is the 10 per cent asked for by our conference. The Board of Stewards-have decided upon this plan of raising this amount. At the evening hour a special mus ical program ? a Christmas Cantata. "The Adoration" by Nevtn ? will be Rendered by our Choir. The public is cordially Invited. O. W. DOWD, Pastor. ST. PA IX CHUBCH Services for Christmas Day at St. Paul's church will be as follows: The Holy Communion 7:30 A. M. Morning Prayer, sermon and Holy Communion 11:00 A. M. Sermon sub ject: A Savior and a King- Special music has been prepared for the 11:00 A. M. service. Order of Music: "Oh Come All ye Faithful." Venite. Te Deum Laudamus ? Re?d. Service for the Holy Communion from Mozarts 12th Mass. Hark the Herald Angels Sing ? Mendelssohn.' Anthem: ? There Were Shepherds Abiding ? Birch. O Little Town of Bethlehem ? Redner. Miss Ruth Hall Organist and Choir Director. As this is, we believe the only ser vice on Christmas Day a cordial in vitation Is given to all to unite with us in celebrating the great Feast of the Nativity. Church School Christmas Exercises Thursday Evening, Dec. 27th, 7:30 P. M TO CLOSE FOR CHRISTMAS The Banks In Louisburg will be closed pn Tuesday and Wednesday of next week to observe the Christmas holidays. Business In general In Louisburg will be closed so *e are Informed on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week to observe the Christmas holidays. The J. S. Howell Cotton Storage Warehouse will close down Monday evening for the Christmas holidays and will remain closed until Saturday morning. McKlnne Brothers will close on Monday night to observe^ Christmas and will remain closed for inventory Thursday and Friday, opening again on Saturday morning. CONST. AYESCCE GETS STILL Constable H. C. Ayescue, of Harris township, reports the capture of a still south of Flat Rock church In Harris township on Sunday afternoon. He says he destroyed about 400 gal lons of beer. AEROPLANE VISITS LOUISBiJRG Mr. Ben Tharrlngton, of Inei, visit ed Louisburg Sunday and Monday In his aeroplane. While here he made many flights using as his landing place an open field north of Mr. J. P. Tlmberlake's. Large crowds were present to welcome him and watch j hla flights. RCKAI, CARRIERS TO OBSERVE CHRISTMAS Departing widely from the past ruling-* nf the Postofflee Depart ment, announcement has been nude, so we are Informed, that all Rural Kree DeUrery Mall Carrier* will he iflren Christmas Day as a regular holiday this rear, there fore will not make their regular trips as heretofore on Tuesday, December 25th. This Is possibly the first time In the history of the rural free dellr- 1 ery serTlce that the Carriers hare ' been allowed to take holiday on ' Christmas the Department taking ' the position that If there erer was ' a time requiring th? prompt de- ' 1 It ery of mull It was on Christmas. ' It Is a most reasonable ruling, ' and will be commended by the ' good people of onr land. ' A HAPPY NEW YEAR SIC MA DELTA TRET A SOHORITT HOLDS BANQUET On Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock the Sigma Delta Thcta Sorority of Loulsburg College with a number of Invited guests, held Its first banquet of the year at the Franklin Hotel . The dining room was beautifully dec orated with holly and mlcMeioe, while the decorations on the table followed the So?orlty colors, green and white, mistletoe and flowers being used In profusion. The favors were cand/e sticks In which vrere lighted green candles. The young ladles dressed In evening gowns of various designs and colors made the table a thing of beeu ty and a Joy forever. The menu was an elaborate one to which all the people present did am ple Justice. It consisted of Fruit Cocktail ? Rot Poulet Creme de pomme de terre Pols verta a la creme Celerl Conflre au vinalgre Petite pain Salade de combination Sale nolx deterre Pain a cacheter Creme glacce French pattees Monnale Cafe Following the conclusion of the ban quet a number of toasts were given. Miss Elizabeth Mills. President of the Sorority acted as toast mistress and introduced each speaker in a most happy and effective way. Miss Genevieve Peltz responded to the toast "To be or Not to be" deliver ing the toast in the nature of 'a pro phecy of what was to be or not to be in' the lives of each person present. Miss Winstead was next introduced rsponding to the toast "Before and Af jter" and made clear to all. not only I her feeling before and after the ban quest but before and after she had en ! tered college. Miss Betts, Dean of the College, was next Introduced and responded to the toast "What Is Worth While." Her talk was full of practical suggestions and splendid thoughts which _ the young ladles, no doubt, will profit by through the years to come. Miss Waters then responded tcy the toast "My First Impression of the Facutly," and greatly amused her au dience by the pictures she drew of some of the faculty members. Miss Newell was next Introduced responding to the toast "The Eternal Question." To her the eternal ques tion Is "How Boon will It be" al though for others the eternal ques tion Is "How soon do we eat?" ? Miss Ora Holden was next Introduc ed and responded to the toast "Loulsburg College Without Us." her prophecy being that while Louisburg might manage to exist. It certainly would not be the attractive place It now Is "without us." To all this the crowd agreed. Mr. Mohn waa~then Introduced and responded to the toast "What the So rority Should Mean to the College." He stressed the point that the Soror ity should strive to be a leader In the social, physical, mental and spiritual life of the college, strive to set an ex ample to all, worthy of imitation. Miss Eason followed with a toast I "What the Sorority Means to Me." and among other things, stated It taught her loyalty to her Sorority sisters, to the student body, and to her God. Miss Grant gave a very clear defini tion of what "Vacation Days" meant to her and to the student body. They are the d?ys that all the students look 'orward to from the flrst day they en t,- >.' ?iPge t0 the last. Xi't. Mohn was then railed upon and gave a toast to "My Girls." after a number of Informal toasts by var~ lous members of the Sorority, the ban queters adjourned at a late hour de claring It to be the climax of the so cial activities of the term. The SoTority members who were present are as follows: FYances Ba con. Stem; Kathleen Co*. Ayden; Lois Crawley. Littleton; Pauline Fa son Snow Hill; Seleta Felton, Conetoe; Ktta TWlo Grant, Hookerton; Battle Holden, YounRsvllle; Etta Hester, Roxboro; Lucille McDade, Hlllsboro; Sallle McCulfers, Garner; Ruth ff?w AMONG THE VISITORS SO*E IOC KJfOW AND 90MB TOD DO MOT KNOW. Personal Item* A boat Folk* Am4 Their Friends Who Trarel Ho* And There. Supt. E. L. Best rial ted Raleigh Wednesday. ? m Mr. C. F. Upperman la at home for the holidays. ? * Mr. W. W. Webb visited Blackstone. Va., thU week. ? ? Mr. J. D. Hlnes, of Henderson, was a visitor to Loulsburg Tuesday. m ? Const. J. E. Thomas left Tuesday for a business trip to Richmond. ? ? Mr. P. B. Qrlffln returned Tuesday form a visit to Richmond. ? ? Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Webb, of Colum bia, S. C., are visiting his parents this week. ? ? Ex-Judge E. W. Tlmberlake, of Waka Forest, was a visitor to Loulsburg Tuesday. ? ? Mr. A. W. Person and little children left this week to apend Christmas at Milllkin, La. * ? Miss Athleen Turnage left yester day for her home at Ayden to apend the holidays. ? ? Miss Ethlyn Roberson left yester day for her home at Forest City to spend the holidays. * * Mr. M. S. Clifton and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, attended the funeral Sat urday in Tarboro, of Mr. T. B. Jacocks brother-in-law of Mrs. Clifton. ? ? Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Wilder, Mr. and I Mrs. R. A. Bobbitt and Mr. and Mrs. | W. H. Allen attended the funeral ot jTom Wilder, Jr., at' Aberdeen, Mon ] day. ? ? | Misses Annie Willis Boddie and ; Emma Lawrence Joyner, who are at ? tending College at St. Mary's Ral eigh. have come homo to spend the holidays. ? ? Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Williams, of I Franklinton, Mrs. E. W. Furgurson j and Mr. W. B. Tucker left yesterday I for Wilson to attend the funeral of ! Mr. Lawrence Beasley. celebrates birthday Miss Josephine Perry celebrated her ninth birthday at the home of her parents, Supt. and Mrs. E. C. Perry on Majp Street, on Tuesday afternoon. A large number of hei' friends were invited" and many games enjoyedi MIbb Edith Harris won the prize for pining the bag on the back of Santa Clans, and Miss Melba Dean Roberson won the prize In the game of Marching to Jerusalem. After this the guests were Invited out of doors where other gam es were enjoyed on the lawn. De lightful refreshments were served. Among thoae pi*?aent were: Atha Iie Boone. Cleo Wheeler, Helen Allen, Prggy Ford, Dorothy Hicks, Melba Dean Roberson, Sophie Clifton, Edith Harris, Mary Harris Proem." n, Mary Fuller Beasley, Louts Wheless, John Tucker. O. C. Hill. Jr.. Edward Le!*h Best, Lucille Hudson, Temple Ya thor ough. Marguerite Rouse, Lucy Plnm mer Jones. The conduct of business is not ft proper governmental function; ft has been demonstrated time and tin* again that whenever this has bun at tempted. the service to the public has been Impaired and nntold wast* has been committed. ? Jesae 8. Phillips. General Manager. National Boreajp of Casualty and Surety TTnderwrttwa. ell. Scotland Neck; Thelma Taylor Lucille Taylor, Baehetar; Olennle Keith, Vass; Ola Dale Lewis, Grime* land: Mildred Waters, Hoi lister; M? sette Wlnstead, Roxboro; Elisabeth Mills, Mayesvllle; Mary Daly Hard. LaGrange; Elinor Edwards, Ayden; Ora Holden, Lotilsbvrg; Gene vie V* Pelts, Hacerstown, Hi; Mrs. A. W. Mohn, Loulsbnrg. , .V The rnests ware Ms* Betta, Mr. Mohn, Dean and President I mmlw P