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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.
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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 tak<ng part In the entertainment
of the evening were: Misses Mary
Malone Best, Kittle Boddle, Bettle
Mohn, Elizabeth Newell, Margaret
Holden, Mary Lee Kearney, Belvln
Finch, Ora Htolden, Bettle Holdeu.
Loulsburg; Mary Leila Honlker, Pots
dam, N. Y.; Kate Richardson, Ral
eigh; Mildred Barrow, Farmvllle;
Mary Lee Starling, Garner; Muzetie
Wlnstead, Roxboro; Sallle MCCullers.
Garner; Julia Daniels, Elm City; Eli
nor Edwards, Ayden; Mildred Waters,
Holllster, Lois Sandford, Vass; Susie
Crowell, Thonfasvllle; Vera Camp
bell, Slier City.
THOMAS B. WILDER, Jit-, DEAD
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The many friends of the family In
Lonlsburg and Franklin County will
regret to learn of the death of Thomas
B. Wlldejr'Jf., son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
B. Wilder, formerly of Loulsburg, but
now of Aberdeen, which occurred at
their home on Saturday night at about
8 o'clock from Tetanus, caused from
blood poisoa from a cut on the flnger
he received ?t school just a few days
previous.
No apprehension was felt for the
boy until Thursday morning. The
cut' on his hand showed extreme Irri
tation, and he complained of discom
fort In hlB face, but the prevalence of
[mumps In the community disarmed
I suspicion of anything of a more ser
ious nature. Tetanus definitely de
veloped Thursday.
The lad was 16 years of age and
was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs
Wilder. He was exceedingly popular
throughout the Sandhill section, and
a leader In the activities of the high
school. His death comes as a severe
shock to the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilder have many
friends in this community who extend
their deepest sympathy in this sad
bereavement.
BIO HOGS
Big Hoga killed In Franklin County
the paBt week have been reported to
the TIMES as follows:
Harry Smith, Dunns township, one
weighing 830.
E. O. Pearce, Dunns township, one
weighing 600.
Tomrote Williams, Dunns township,
Ave weighing 1,960.
Tom Perry, Dunns township, one
weighing 620.
W. H. Horton, Bunn, one weighing
400. ' v
Squire W. H. Williams, of Dunns
township, follows In the procession
with five averaging 60.
J. 8. Finch, Sandy Creek township,
two weighing 570, 290.
Buck Fogg, of near Maplevllle, two
weighing 476, 440.
A. W. Wilson, of near Loulsburg,
ten weighing 890, 870, 864, 880, 284,
266, 264, 260, 266. 240.
J. C. McKnlght, Hayesvtlle town
ship, two weighing 302, 316,
John Htalllngs, Loulsburg township
one weighing 400.
AjMurn Allen, Oold Mine township,
JM o weighing 299, 26 .
Speck Allen, Oold Mine township,
one weighing 329.
Dewltt Gupton, Oold Mine township,
one weighing 276.
W. C. Burnette, Sandy Creek town
ship, one weighing 265.
W. H. Joyner, Gold Mine township,
one weighing 176.
Under our prvent system of per
mitting the Issuance of tax-exempt
bonds, coupled with heavy Income tax,
both the government and Industry lose.
THE FRANKLIN TIMES
$1.60 Par Year In Advance
ASSURES BETTER SERVICE
In answer to a petition from the
Business Men's Association of Louts
burg for better telephone service Mr.
H. B. Barrow, Assistant General Man
ager tor the Home Telephone and
Telegraph Company, of Henderson,
was In Louisburg Tuesday and con
ferred with President M. 8. Davis, of
the Business Men's Association, dur
ing which he stated that the Company
he s transferred Mr. B. F. WllUe from
Greenville to take charge of the Louls
burg exchange and also had trans
ferred the head operator from Rocky
Mount to Instruct the operators, that
the Company was arranging a new
directory that would be out In a few
days. He stated that every step pos
sible was being taken to give the best
of service to the subscribers and hop
ed the subscribers would bear with
them until new directories could be
gotten out, after which calls could be
made by numbers and insure great
deal quicker service.
RECORDER'S COURT
Judge G. M. Beam disposed of the
| following cases in Franklin Record
er's Court on Monday:
State vs Jesse Lassiter, adw, con
j tlnued to Monday, Dec. 24th.
State vb Oliver Lassiter, assault,
continued to Monday, Dec. 24th.
State vs David Collins, adw, guilty.
Judgment suspended upon payment
of costs.
State vs Thad Williams, adw, guil
ty, fined $25 and costs.
State vs Lucy Williamson, larceny,
enters plea nolo contendere, judg
| ment suspended upon payment of
! costs.
1 State vs Lucy Williamson, ccw, en
ters plea of nolo contendere, 30 days
in jail to be hired out upon payment
of costs.
State vs Nathaniel Perry, ccw, not
guilty. ?
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OFFICERS TURN' OCT BEER
' Sheriff H. A. Kearney, Chief of Po
I lice B. H. Meadows and Constable J.
iE. Thomas report turning out about
1400 gallons of beer near Bunn on
I Sunday afternoon.
| Sheriff H. A. Kearney, so we are in
j formed, destroyed about 500 gallons
, of beer in Sandy Creek township Sun
] day morning.
"THE CHARM SCHOOL"
Possibly the best play that has been
presented at Louisburg College this
year was the one on Monday evening
presented by the Dramatic Club of
the College, "The Charm School", a
three act play by Alice Duer Miller
and Robert Milton. A large crowd
was present and enjoyed the evening.
The cast of characters was as follows:
Austin Bevans, an automobile sales
man with Ideas ? Bettie Holden.
David MacKenzie, a law student ?
Helen Dawson.
George Boyd, an expert accountant
? Ruth Hopkins.
Jim Slmpkins, Tim Simpkins, the
twins who toll not ? Elizabeth Sander
ford and Frances Bacon.
Homer the guardian of Ellse
? Myra Edwards.
Ellse Benedoth, the president of the
Benlor class ? Louise Taylor.
Miss Hays, principal of Fafrvlew
School? Ella Zena Cartwrlght.
Miss Curtis, the school secretary ?
Hattle Mae Parker.
Sally Boyd, Muriel Doughty, All*
Mercler, Lillian Stafford, Ethel Spel
vln, Members of the Senior class ?
Lots Sandford. Sarah Johnson. Estelle
Williams, Jay Williams, Saily McCu
I lers.
YOOTCOSVILLE BOYS WALK AWAY
FROM WARRESTOJf TEAM
Youngsvllle, Dec. 18. ? Headquarters
1st Batalllon. 117th Flold Artillery, N
C. N. O.. had a clean walk away with
Co. D. 120th Infantry of Warrenton
with V score of 25 to 10 In the first
series of ?a score of basketball games/
The clean Maying of the Artillery JW>ys
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.
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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.
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Mr. C. F. Upperman la at home for
the holidays.
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Mr. W. W. Webb visited Blackstone.
Va., thU week.
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Mr. J. D. Hlnes, of Henderson, was
a visitor to Loulsburg Tuesday.
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Const. J. E. Thomas left Tuesday
for a business trip to Richmond.
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Mr. P. B. Qrlffln returned Tuesday
form a visit to Richmond.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Webb, of Colum
bia, S. C., are visiting his parents this
week.
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Ex-Judge E. W. Tlmberlake, of Waka
Forest, was a visitor to Loulsburg
Tuesday.
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Mr. A. W. Person and little children
left this week to apend Christmas at
Milllkin, La.
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Miss Athleen Turnage left yester
day for her home at Ayden to apend
the holidays.
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Miss Ethlyn Roberson left yester
day for her home at Forest City to
spend the holidays.
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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.
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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.
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| 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.
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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
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