OHLI Hit Pll IIAX DC ADVAHCB WATCH LABEL OB HHJB PAPEB?S?d4 la Baftre Time KxpTlM. A. F. J0HH80N, EAltar ut Haaagar THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION x 8UBSCKIPTI0H SLM Par Taaa TOLUJTN LIV. LOUI8BUH6, H. C, 1BIDAT, MAIU'H 20, 1#25 (12 PACES THIS WEEK) Sl'MBER 5 L0U1SBURG FINANCES . > 1HSCIS8EU AT KIWANI8 FRIDAY NIGHT Road Questions Debated and Com mittees Named To Handle Both (State and County Road Matte's? Stunts and Mnsle Add to Enjoy ment Town finances waa tlie subject al lotted tor last Friday night at the Kiwants meeting, and many tacts were given by Mayor L. L. Joyner and Supt. O. C. Hill of the City light and water department that caused the closest attention and Interest and in dicated that a fuller knowledge of the city's condition would bring about a better understanding and apprecia tion. Mayor Joyner gave an interesting talk on the condition of the town's fi nances showing that the total amount of bonds issued by the town was $1178,700.00 and assets amounting to $496,950.00. He said tLouisburg has practically everything that a big city lias, and while our tax rate appears to be high our property values are very low. He suggested as a slogan "we have something to show for what we owe." He called attention to our streefs and contrasted them with the streets twenty years ago and made several striking comparisons of the city's progress within the past quar t: r century. Or tavius C. Hill, Superintendent of l:: Water and Light department, fur xi!.- e! the club with some interest ing i cis and figures connected with the llf .t and water plant. After re viewint' the plant as it stood when he came to Louisburg and telling of the up-to-date machinery and equipment now installed. Speaking further Ki wanian Hill said: "You had at that time in operation for your filter equipment a Pittsburg Filter of a wooden basin, capacity of filter to function at its best results was eighty-five thousand gallons per 21 hours. Your chemical solutions of mixtures was of wooden tubs, no way of determining your dosage for your water for a proper filtering, your consumption of water was as per S5 thousand gallons per 24 hours, Alum doses werb 150 pounds per 24 hours, Soda doses were 100 pounds per 24 hours, Chloride lime were 10 pounds per 24 hours. In order to keep bacteria from the water due to the fact that your water.consumption grew from 85 thousand to 250 thous and gallons per 24 hours, which made it necessary for operating the old fil ter plant wide open with no ' filter bed. In order to get the amount of water through for consumer and fire protection it was necessary to oper ate this filter 24 hours continuously In order to keep up the water supply, and also apply overdoses of chemi cals to make it safe for people to drink and keep out bacterial B coll, saying nothing of the mud that waa going through the filter, dne to the fact of no coagulation, together with over-capacity of filtered rating. You all are well aware that the Filtering plant was installed approx imately twenty-one years ago when I.oulsburg was only a small town. At the time when I assumed control you had 186 water users and today it has doubled its capacity and we now have an enrollment of MS. You can judge for yourselves the necessity of installing the new Filter ing plant which Is now functioning and which our town boasts jot its pure crystal water. The construction of this magnificent plant, as modern and up-to-date as ?any In the state 4* as follows; dupli cate units, equipped with motor drlv on centrifugal pumps, automatic con trollers, dry feeding machines, has two filters of one-half million gal lons capacity each, two coagulating basins, constructed with bathel walls and hoppers, giving the water prop er chemical mixtures and coagula tion before reaching your filter, your filter Is of a glass tube under drain ing system, your wash water Is of a gravity pressure so as not to ufoet your filter bed In your filter wash. This plant was so Installed In the event the old mill dam ever goes out It would not Interfere with your wa ter supply. I wish to impress upon your minds that the plant has suffic ient capacity for a population of fif teen thousand. It la so constructed with concrete and re-lnXoroed steel, and nothing to wear except your valve equipment. Since Installing the wa ter meters on the new filtering plant v/e have curtailed the oonsnmptton of water from ISO thousand gallons to 140' thousand, we have curtailed the chemical cost from ISO pounds of Alum to 40 pounds, soda ooat from 100 pounds to nothing, chloride from 10 pounds to 5 on noes ? The revenue of the light- and water plant after assuming control of ft approximately $786.00 per month, to day It is approximately $1400,00 perl month. X wish also to oaO your at tention to tba electric light plant We beve one of the most modsrn and up aasrs: s?"irvs2 udTwSw rmrmSw mtd'fhnJsh? lng you ftri protecPof. Is oonclg CO-OPS ABE PAID IN THREE STATES Sam of SI,$90,000 Distributed In Set dement of Two Crop* To Organized Farmers. (S. D. Fries ell) Tobacco farmers In three states shared in the payments of 11,890,000 made from the warehouses of the To bacco Orowers Cooperative Associa tion Monday of this week. The tobacco association has now paid for the last pound of bright to bacco delivered by its members in 1j22. It has completed final settle ment with all of its members in South Carolina and Eastern North Carolina for their deliveries of the 1923 crop and has paid the Virginia and North Carolina members of the old bright tobacco belt in full for 35 grades of the 1923 crop, before all of its ware houses have closed for receiving to bacco of the crop of 1924. This week's payments by the tobac co association which extended all the way from central Virginia into South Carolina attracted crowds in all three states and brought satisfactory re ports from markets in all three states. Every member of the tobacco asso ciation who received a check this week was also handed a full state ment of his account with the associa tion which showed the amount of mon ey which he has invested in ware house stock and in the reserve fund of the association, in addition to the cash received from his crop. These statements show that the prices re ceived by the organized farmers for their tobacco Compare very favorably, grade by grade, with those of the auction floors and the payment of cash " to the cooperative /turners at this season is a feature winch is now proving very helpful to the members. According to the present plan of fi nancing the payment for the associa tion warehouses, the members will hold all the stock in properties which are valued at over three million dol lars, by the end -of their present five year contract. The association has received . 445 million pounds of tobacco since its warehouses first opened in August, 1922. In reply to the question "Does ni trate of soda kill land?" a prominent Cedar Rock farmer said, "Duraed If I don't wish I could kill every bit of my land with soda." slon I take great pleasure In extend ing to every member of this club and the citixens of this town an Invita tion to visit your plant and help me to make this the beauty spot In get ting a new enclosure around your clear water basin." Malcolm McKinne, who presided as chairman for the evening, turned the meeting over to William Jackson, who was In charge of the Stunts. Fisher Beasley and Qalther Beam were selectd as Captains who select ed teams and competed In a pillow race the object was to see who could take the pillow out of the esse and put it back the ijtiickest, pan'ig it along down the line. Fisher Leas ley's team was declared the winner and Junes Massenbnrg presented the prise which was a neat bag of mar bles. ' The meeting was presided over by President Arthur Mohn and before the regular program was taken up a discussion of the City delivery result ed in the appointment of Galther Beam, Mc. Furguraon and Edwin Ma lone, a committee to take the matter up with the town commissioners again and Insist that they place the names of the streets at the corners and number the houses at once that the town can be In position to get the service. The question of Franklin County's part In the State Highway was brought np by Chester Basgland and resulted in the appointment oi the same Committee as served in Septem ber last, which la composed of Edwin H. Malone, chairman, W. H. Ruff In, T. W. Watson, M. S Davis, W. D. Eg oism, W. D. Fuller, C. A. Ragland, M. Mc. Furgursan, J. & Massenbnrg; A. F. Johnson with Instructions to press Franklin County's claims upon Commissioner Hill vigorously. The same committee for the coun ty road project composed of Arthur Fleming, Karl Allen, Edwin Malone, Stuart DSvis and Ben Holden, was continued and instructed to make a plan of campaign for the election. Mr. Jim Anderson, a visitor, made an Interesting talk on the proper form of use of the United States flag la decorating. Chairman Cole Savage, of the Ag ricultural Committee reported the se lection of Maurice Clifton, Edwin Malone, Arthur Fleming and Aaher Johnson as his Committee, and the committee was instructed to make suggestive plans at the next meeting. Harry Johnson's Klwwntan Kuar tette, composed of Bruoe Berkeley. William Jackson. Blair Tucker g himself delighted the meeting with exoelieat vecal sols Miens Mrs. and Harry for March M lg st OlrpstoK WUIIam Mil* JM& \ <5a; ifndpf ? R. M. GANTT SPEAKS TO LABGE ( BOWI) AT YOl'N'GH YILLE Tuesday Night at Dedication of School Building?Dr. C. E. Brewer And Snpt E. L. Best Also Speak? Youngsville Junior Order presents Bible and Flag. The dedication ceremonies of the Youngsville Graded School were im pressively and interestingly held at the beautiful new high school build ing on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock under the auspices of Youngsville Council No. 273 Junior Order of Uni ted American Mechanics. An exceptionally well arranged program was most interestingly pre sented and directed by Mr. Connor Jeffreys, blaster of Ceremonies, who presided in his usual easy and happy manner. America, eang by the audience, was the first number on the program and was followed by the welcome address by Mr. Jeffreys, who made all pres ent not only feel at home but glad that they were present. The pupils of the school presented a chorus after which Dr. C. E. Brew er, of Meredith College, introduced in a most fitting and humorous man ner the speaker for the evening, State Councillor R. M. Gantt, of Durham. . The speaker after expressing his delight at the opportunity to speak to such a representative crowd in such a magnificent school building, told in strong and forceful logic the necessity for secret orders stating that they were necessary for the pro tection of our social and national life. He pointed out that they fill a place in a man's life that;the church does not and how they safeguard our lib erties and perpetuate our institutions. They are non partisan and are co-re ligious. He paid a beautiful tribute to George Washington and said he wished his Farewell address could be required in the course of study in all schools. He showed how the Junior Order was behind the school system of the State, told of its attitude to ward immigration by saying they want to keep out all who do not want to_ be governed by our government. He told of the Order's reverence for .and teachings of the bible, and said the Order justified its existence in 1E17-18 by its support of the govern ment in men and effort. The men we need, he said, are these who are unselfish, who do not see their own personal aggrandise ment in their every charitable deed. We jneed more Americanism, pure and nnde filed, he said. He told the Youngs ville people they have a monument more lasting than marble in their beautiful school building. After a musical selection- by the orchestra Dr. Brewer presented the flag and bible to the school on behalf of the Youngsville Council, Junior Order, in very fitting and approprate words. The flag was received by Snpt. E. L. Best for the Board of Trustees, paying a beautiful tribute to the un tiring efforts and sacrifice of the peo ple . of Youngsville In providing this magnificent building, stating that It would take the co-operation of the mothers and fathers to get the best out of the school. His reference to the flag and the bible was indeed touching an<[ impressive. The orchestra again delighted the audience with a musical selection. Mr. W. ii Oettinger, a former Prin cipal of the school, gracfully present ed to the school on behalf or the Arch Pierce Poet, No. S3, American Legion, a beautiful bronse' tablet that had been placed on the wall to the right of the front entrance. He reviewed the sacrifices of the boys In that great world war struggle In a very effective way. The tablet bears on Its face In pretty arrangement the words "In Honor Trustees, Youngsville Graded School, C. C. Winston, R. C. Under wood, S. E. Winston, J. S. Lumpklns, J. B. Perry, E. L. Green, J. J. Pierce, H. W. Allen, Mrs. F. A. Cheatham, presented by American Legion Post No. U, 1926,"'and contains the Amer ican Legion Design. The tablet was received for the Board of Trustees by Supt C. B. Ho ward In very appreciative and touch ing remarks, saying that in the great beyond jthe children In their appre ciations will be waiting to receive and to thank you. I Rev. Mr. Humble closed the exer clses with a most earnest prayer for the blessings to be visited upon the community and the building. Music was furnished by the Wake Forest orchestra, and was of a high order and much enjoyed by all. Youngsville has just completed one of the most oonvenlent and commo dious school buildings to be found In a town at Its else in the State cost lag about |40,*00.00 and tt Is a credit to the people of the community who take a Just pride la Ik ax auumii There wtU be n piny given at Ma ^JSS&J^rJKS'e .Kt? Tw Fortunate Calamity." Tft# Ut tf*n for m benefit of (he BB. W. B. MORTON DEAD I'assett Away l*. Richmond Hospital After Htroke oI Paralysis?Remains Brought to Lonlsbsrg and Interred On Saturday. Dr. W. B. Morton, one of Louis burg's. most popular and prominent citizens and Baptist Ministers died at St. Luke's hospital at Richmond, on Thursday night of last week at 10:50 o'clock from the effects of a stroke of parglysls which made its attack on Sunday morning, February 22nd, from '?hlch he never rallied. Dr. Morton was 09 years of age and leaves one son, Wilson Morton, who is in High School In Louisburg, and one daugh ter, Miss Elizabeth Morton, who is teaching in the High School in Kin ston. Other relatives surviving, and who were present at the funeral, were nelces and nephews as follows: Mrs. V. C. Davis, of Monroe. Mrs. J. C. Bur roughs, Miss Nellie Poplin and Mr. William Poplin, of Rockingham. Dr Morton came to Louisburg about ; 1892 and served as Pastor of the , Louisburg Baptist church for many .years. He gave up this charge to ac jcept a call in eastern North Carolina. {Afterwards he became Interested in tne profession of optometry and re turned to Louisburg about 1911 and established a lucrative business. In the mean time he did not give up en tirely hie ministerial work as he serv ed several small churches and was always ready to do his bit at any time and under any condiliou. He was a godly man and enjoyed the esteem of his many acquaintances as such. Among other public positions he has held with much credit to himself was U. 8. Commissioner aad Magis trate. Dr. Morton was a member of Louls burg Masonic Lodge and was a true and consistent Mason, living the teachings of this great order. The body was brought to Louisburg Friday afternoon and the funeral was held from the Baptist church on Sat urday morning at 11 o'clock, conduce ted by Rev. John Arcjiie Mclver, pas tor, assisted by Rev. T. J. Taylor, of Warrenton, and ?. ?. Nelson, of Henderson, each of whom paid wor thy and fitting tributes to a nonle life that had gone. The interment was made at Oaklawn cemetery beside tne grave of his wife who had pre ceded him less than nine weeks. Large crowds attended both services paying a silent but sincere tribute to one whom they hsd esteemed. The Coral offering was profuse and beau tiful. The pall bearers were as follows: Honorary?Rev. M. Stamps, Dr. A. H Fleming, M. C. Pleasants, S. T. Wil der, M. 8. Clifton, S. J. Parham, E. H. Malone, E. L. Best, J. H. Best, J. P. Timberlake, Dr. 8. P. Burt, Dr. J. E. Malone, W. H. Ruff In, T. W. Watson, F. H. Allen, L. E Scoggin. B. H. Mea dows, A. A. Clifton. Active?W. R. Mills, C. T. Stokes. Mc. M. Furgurson. H. C. Taylor, W. N. Fuller, O. H. Cooper. The bereaved children and relatives have the deepest sympathy of the en tire community. FB4HXLIH COUHTY ir*10?r The Franklin County Union will be helx pacts to be in his effleea la lurg about throe days he present one Mr. Raffia apt Ma ly. but wish Is ~