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VOLl'HN LIT. - L0UI8BCHG, N. C? IB1DAT, AUGUST 7, 1925 (10 PAGES THIS WEEK) NUMBER 25
SIMFLS WHITE MARK
EF. TET.7. S THAT HE
WAo A COLONEL
OF INFANTRY
Menrn In it Throngs >'ot Deterred By
A!:*: -t ? oastnst Rainfall During
Day of ruuerul .services; Bain Cea
se- L- *>.?- r->sehe? Cemetery andj
First Iiays of 8unllght of the Day i
Break Through The Dark Cloud*; ^
Little Churrh In Heart of Capital j
Crowded For Simple Services; Mil
itary Honor* Paid Him In Solitude
Of Arlington; Hundreds Follow
Great Leader To HI* Journey's End;
Pastor Living Memorial To His In
tltfenee For All That I* Good.
Washington, July 31.?(AP)?Be
neath a peaceful grass grown hill
side William Jennings Bryan lies to
night to sleep time away.
The Special guard keeps watch be
side his grave. In common with th<
valorous company of soldier and
sailor dead among whom he rests in
Arlington National Cemetery, only
the quiet tread of troopers oni their
regular patrol of the great field of the
fallen resound above the Commoner's
burial plot.
He is lr. the keeping of the God and
cf the nation to whose service his life
was given.
Colonel of Infantry.
In common, too. with the veteran
<lc:ii about hm, ?. simple, wliltepalnted
\vi, en marker, [ laced at the head of
?wo, notes that here lies Wll
ll'ini ^ aings Bryan, Colonel of In
fantry.
The form and inscription of the
stone tribute to his memory that
utimately will replace that marker
si ill is to be planned by the grieving
widow and the many friends who
w uld do him honor.
The long, last Jourpey of the Com
moner from the Tennessee village
where he fell asleep ended under
the tight drawn canvas of an Army
tent spread to shelter his grave from
the driving rain that had fallen since
nitrnlng to cease only a moment be
lcre the funeral party arrived at the
c metery.
Last Rites.
Within that small inclosure there
was no room save for the casket,
wrapped about with the glowing
colors of the flag the dead man had
served in peace and the little group
of nearest kin and a handtol of th>
many friends of his free decades of
stirring life.
These and the ministers of the
gospel who said above him the rites
for the dead, and who a little time be
fore had given him the last benedic
tion of the church alone saw the
ca, ket sink slowly down into the
earth as the soft calling of an Army
bugle lulled the sleeper to his long
repose with the tender notes of "taps,"
the soldier requiem.
Even the sorrowing woman who
was his dearest care, and who had
sat beside his casket throughout the
funeral service In a Washington
church, did not see that last scene of
the career in which Bhe had so large
a share. Gripped by her Infirmities,
she remained in her closed motor
car a hundred yards from the tented
grave until the bugle notes brought
to her the message that the long strain
was over, and her dead at peace at
1 st.
Bid Farewell.
Ouside he shelter, around the roped
lnclosure and among many new-made
gaves on the tree-bordered sweep of
a( dden sward, crowded the hundreds
vho had trudged or ridden the long
way from Washington, despite the
earlier deluge of rain, to bid the Com
moner their own farewell. There, too,
stood the double rank of artillerymen
from Fort Myer, caps and raincoats
dark with the watery downpour
through which they had waited to
form the last escort.
As the simple service was said, the
troops, carrying only side-arms,
stood at rigid salute until the bugle
notes had died away over the gentle,
wooded hills about. There was nto
drumming or rifle Are to pay last
honors to the dead. B it as tbe'column
formed to swing away and the mourn
ers turned back up the slope to the
waiting motors, the distant, muffled
thunder ot a single cannon shot cam*
from the post beyond. It was the sun
set-gun, marking the lowering of the
garrison colors for the night, the
soldier signal that another day's toll
Is ended and the hours of tost at hand
Solemn Service.
Before ths fallen leader, now come
to his last military honors, wps sur
rendered to soldier keeping at the
south gate ot the old cemetory, he was
received down In the hase covered
city beyond the river, the solemn ser
vice that men ot his religious faith
had designed In reverence to their
dead. It was to ths simple cltlsen
that this benediction was offered.
Through It ran ths de<-p consolation
that ths Christian faith holds out to
ths deer ones left behind.
Within ths cramped auditorium ot
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
church, where the Commoner lay in
state In death and where he had wor
shipped In life, the'funeral scene waa
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tONTHlBl'TIOXS TO HAIL
KFL1LF Fl'Mi
' In compliance wlih the cull of
? ihe Local Keil ( rie? committee
? for funds to assist in relieving The
* suffering In the hall storm strlck
* en sections of Franklin and Wake
* counties the following contrlbu
* lions have been made.
* Farmers A Merchants
* Bank $10i'.0? *
* Miss Daisy Caldwell 3.00
* W. W. Webb R.00
* Franklin Times 3JM)
* Wtm. H. Rutffin .1 ....10.00 *
MAKES TAX LEVY
Many Reports Received And
Filed
An Appropriation For The Cotton
Yard Was Withheld?Bo ads and
Special School Taxes Levied.
The Board of County Commissioners
! met on Monday with all members
present After reading and approv
ing minutes of previous meeting bus
jiness was disposed of as follows:
I Cole Savage, County Farm Agent,
submitted hia report which was re
ceived and ordered filed.
The report of Miss Daisy Caldwell,
Home Demonst ation Agent, was re
Icsi cd and filed.
Tlte report of Dr. J. E. Malone,
.Comty Health Officer, was received
;and filed.
The toport of Supt. E. C. Perry,
|Public Welfare, was leceived and fll
| ed. His recommendations that Arni
|Ca Perry and Laura Davis be stricken
from outside pauper list and that.Hay
Uv.od Batchelor he placer, on o,i .side
pauper list at *2.09 per m .nlli, were
trdsred effect1 v.
The reports .rom the rca.l trustees
of the following townships wore re
ceived: Dunns, Sandy Creek, Cypress
Creek and Louisburg.
Report of J. A. Hodges, County Au
ditor, was received and filed.
The tax levy was made as follows:
County
General Purpose 15 cents.
Bridges 16 cents.
School fund 80 cents."
Roads
Dunns, 25 and 25.
Harris, 67 and 37.
Youngsville, 20 and 18. ?
Franklinton, 20 and 10.
Hayesville, none and 33.
Sandy Creek, 48 and 32 and 21 Judg
ment.
Gold Mine, 108 and 70.
Cedar Rock, 19 and 27.
Cypress Creek, 55 and 28.
Louisburg, 25 and 25.
? Special Schools
Louisburg Graded School. 75 cents.
Franklinton Graded School, 50 cents.
Youngsville Graded School, 50 cents.
Bunm District, 50 cents.
Cedar Rock-Cypress Creek District,
50 cents
Roberts District, 50 cents." ?
Moulton-Hayes District, 50 cents.
Epsom District, 30 cents.
Sandy Creek District, 30 cents.
Mapleville District, 30 cents.
Wood District, 30 cents.
Ingleside District, 20 cents.
Laurel District, 20 cents.
Flat Rock District. 20 cents.
Mountain Grove District," 20 cents.
Cedar Rock special bonds, 30 cents.
Report of Johu Heilgepetb, Superin
tendent of County Home, was receiv
ed and filed. He reports 10 whito
and 12 colored Inmates.
It was ordered that no appropria
tion be made for cotton platform.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned to its
next regular meeting.
BOBBERIES
Mr. N. B. Tucker Loses About ?400.00
And W. E. Collier Frnstiwtes Bur
Star.
During the past week two bold bur
glaries were committed or tried In
Louisburg.
In the first Instance someone enter
ed the bed room of Mr. N. B. Tucker
and took from his pants pocket about
?400.00 In money. He entered the
house through a window after remov
ing the screen Wire. He had also cut
the wire on the screen door. The thief
succeeded In his plans while the oc
cupants of the house were asleep.
At another time we are Informed
Mr. W. E. Collier saw a burglar mask
ed with a piece of an Inner lobe
through the window at his home and
frustrated him.
As yet no clue has boen gotten In
either cose but the officers are busy
at work on them.
SMALL DOCKET M03DAT
Possibly the smallest docket In the
l.'story of Franklin Recorder's Ciurt
was before Judge O. M. Beam Monday,
when only two oases were called.
These cases were of minor Importunes
and were disposed of as follows:
State rs O. P. Poster, R. E. Oar bee
and O. B. Barnes, upw, Oarbee and
Barnes ple*d gnlity lined |1? each and
costs. Poster not gnlity.
State t?-J. H. Wright, disposing of
M rtgagad property, called and failed
judgment nisi sella. .,
Li Lj HaL.1 til til Li Hi Hi lit It
Top Row left to right: Fruilence Person, Nancy Vines, Sarah Jasper,
Carrie Mayhew Sue iilount. Bottom: Pattle Julia Wright, Ella Walker,
llettie Joynier, Emma Spencer, Minnie Armstrong. Eleanor Macon.
The above Is the picture of the Graduating Class of Louisburg College
in 1868 with which Pattie Julia Wright graduated, to whose honor the
new building Is now being erected.
R. H. WRIGHT ADDS
TO COLLEGE GIFT
Potior of Itormltory In Memory of
Stater Adds $22J>00 To Amount.
Dr. A. W. Mohn, president of
Louisburg College announced Mon
day that the contract has been let
for the Pattie Julia Wright Dormi
tory, which is being erscted by K. H.
Wright, of Durham, in memory of
his sister who was educated at Louis
burg College, graduating it) the class
of 1868.
At the same time it was announced
that Mr. Wright, donor of the build
ing, had increased his recent gifts
to the college to $12?,500. Mr.
Wright, who is one of the most pro
minent and influential citizens of
Durham, has been liberal in the dis
p< sltion ef his large wealth and the
cause of the Louisburg College has
appealed to htm particularly. He
was born in Franklin County.
Mr. Wright first gave S'50 000 to
cover the cost of the building, but
later it was found that a total of
872,500 would be required for its
erection and he consented to give the
entire amount. The new dormitory
which will be constructed of the
same kind of brick as the other
college buildings, will contain room3
for 116 girls and a number of par
lors. The contract, which has been
let to Baker-Bryant, of Oxford, calls
for completion of the building on or
before January 1. Dr. Mohn stated
Monday that work on the building
will begin immediately.
In addition to his other gifts to
the college, Mr. Wright has contri
buted $50,000 to a loan fund for
Louisburg College.
Dr. Molin, who at present Is devot
ing his time to raising the fund, stated
Monday that prospects are most
encouraging tor raising the full
amount at an early date.
Work was begun yesterday morning
on the new Pattie Julia Wright Me
morial Dormitory for Loulsburg Col
lege.
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CEDAB BOCK FACILTY
The committeemen of the Cedar
Hock High School announce the per
sonnel of the faculty for the next ses
sion, viz:
Mr. T. H. Sledge, Principal, Latin,
History and Civics.
Miss Lucile Inscoe, English and
History.
Miss Margaret Jordan, Mathematics
and French.
Miss Ola Dale Lewis, Home Econom
ics and Science.
Miss Leah Davia, Sixth and Seventh
Grades.
Miss Resale Jones, Thirl, Fourth
a- d Fifth Grades.
Miss Lillian Van Dyke, First and
Second Orades.
Mrs. T. H. Sledge, Mnslc (Piano).
LET CONTRACTS
FOR EQUIPMENT
Board of Education Complete!) Con
tracts for Cedar Rock-Cypress Creek
And Bunn Schools?Other Business
Before the Board.
The Board of Education met in re
gular session on Monday with A. F. |
Johnson. T. H. Dickens. E. L. Green i
W. A. Mullen and J. H. Joyner pre
sent.
The minutes cf last meeting were
read and approved. Upon recom
mendation of the Pearce School Board,
the Board agreed to pay W. J. Gay
$80.00 per acre for Ave acres adjoin
ing the present Pearce school site and
the strip of land belonging to the
Board lying west of the road in front
of building
A. F. Johnson, J. H. Joyner and E.
L Best were appointed to receive bids
for the school buildings. August 14.
1925. This committee was authorized
to secure a site for the Nib Thomas
school building.
O. D. Stallings was appointed a
school committeeman for Pilot until
July 1, 1926. The revised committee
men's list for 1925-26 will be publish
ed later.
The light and water contract (Me
chanical equipment) for the Cedar
Rock-Cypress Creek and Bunn school
buildings was awarded to Fairbanks
Morse for the following amounts: Ce
riar Rock-Cypress Creek $1,675.00;
Eunn $1,856.80, with the provision that
all equipment not needed on the Eunn
job, should this school connect with
High Tension, be countermanded at
price listed in proposal. The details
of the contract to be approved by the
architect, superintendent, and attor
ney to the Board.
| The heating contract was awarded
to W. H. Bond Co. for $11,980. The
details of the contract to be approved
by the architect, superintendent an!
attornev to the Board.
| The plumbing contract was awar
ded to th? Tuttle Plumbing Co. for
$?.611.00. The'details of contract to
be approved by the architect, super
intendent and attorney to the Board.
? The well digging contract wa3
awarded to the White, Pump and Well
Co. for the same price called for in
the Youngsvllle contract. The details
of the contract to be approved by the
architect, superintendent and attorney
to the Board.
There being no furtlier business, the
Board adjourned to meet the first
Monday In September.
EPWORTH LEAGTE
The Epworth League of *he Metho
dist Church will meet Sunday even
ing, August 9th, at 7:16. The meet
ing will be conducted by Kathaleen
Murphy. Every one is cordially in
vited to attend.
^ Where Great Commoner Now Rests
National
.vaili/pr: i! rtoJl" ail Unfit' sbit'Mi-n >a?i?i nn .wo Wtoi all
NORWOOD DECLINES TO
HELP WADE'S SUIT
Pre*ldent of Association Emphatically
Mate* Hon He Stand*.
(S. D. FrisSell)
When Robert C. Wade, a young law
yer living near Danville, Virginia,
wrote a letter to George A. Norwood,
prominent Goldsboro banker who is
president of the Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association and asked
Mr. Norwood to state his position
with regard to the suit which Wade
has instituted in Federal court ask
ing for the appointment of a receiver
he had his letter published in the
newspapers.
Mr. Norwood, in replying to Wade's
request for rescources with which to
prosecute the suit, decided to make
his reply public also in view of the
fact that Wade asked, according to
newspaper accounts, that the Golds
boro man get "on one side or the
other."
Here la what Mr. Norwood wrote:
"I cannot, ot course, ]oln you in
your attack in the courts upon the as
sociation. You have brought charges
ot a serious nature against men of
character men of good standing and
men with responsible positions.
You have never submitted to me or
to the executive committee of the
board of directors one particle of evi
dence to support your charges Your
suit appears to me to be designed to
injure the cause of cooperative
marketing rather than to "purge the
association" of the leadership to
which you, a non-member. Seem so
vigorously to object.
"I desire in this connection to say
very frankly to you that I have had
the opportunity to observe your
activities against the association
prior to the institution of this suit.
I cannot convince myself that you
are acting for the benefit of tha as
sociation. I can only conclude that
I you are desirous of destroying it.
j'You have stated to the executive com
mittee of the association, in my pre
sence, that you were not a member
of the association although you were
eligible to membership. I cannot
comprehend how a man who has re
fused to join this association and who
has. since its organization, sold his
tobacco at auction can be the "dis
interested friend" you claim to be.
"X would remind you further that
upon one occasion when you appeared
before the executive committee you
exhibited what you represented to be
j certain petitions and inquiries from
I two members of the association. You
I admitted that these members had
! never seen the papers that they had
never paid you any fee, that they had
jnot advanced you any expenses and
| that they had never agreed to pay
you any fee You confessed that you
had approached them and sought em
ployment with the promise to them
that your services would cost them
nothing.
"With these things in mind, Mr,
Wade, I cannot believe that the mo
tives which actuate you now are dif
ferent from the motives which actu
ated you then. I, therefore, cannot
advise the board to lend you any as
sistance as a friend of this association.
As a member of the executive com
mittee of the board, I approved the
action taken in 1923 in connection
with re-drying I regarded it then as
proper and helpful and I so regard
it now."
OPENIMi OF THE UKADEU SCHOOL
Supt. W. R. Mills writes as follows
concerning Louisburg Graded School:
The fall term of the Graded School
will open on Monday, Sept. 7th with a
full staff of well trained teachers. We
hope all the patrons will make an ef
fort to hare all the children in school
at the beginning. A good start is
some times a mighty factor in win
ning the race.
Our high school will offer splendid
advantages to boys and girls of Louis
burg and the rest of Franklin County.
We offer courses in Home Economics
for girls, and we will give a course in
Agriculture for boys if there is suffic
ient demand for it. If any consider
able number desire to take a business
course, this will be offered.
This fall we are planning to offer
part-time courses for boys and girls
who have for any reason dropped out
of school before completing the high
school course. These courses may be
given in the evening. Young people,
do you feel that you stopped school to
early? If so, let us talk with you
about some work you may be able to
do and continue your Job.
Our high school is open to boys and
girls from any part of Franklin Coun
ty. If you do not have a high school
within reach of you, let us have your
boy or your girl. See Supt. E. L. Best
and he will tell you what part of the
expense the county will bear.
?-Mrs. R- T. Harris, pf Royal, has
*cn very successful i with a remedy
vhlch she has just u*ed for stiek
lght fleas on chickens. It Is kero
one and lard. She used lard which
lid not have salt In U, pure leaf lard,
ad not meat frylngs. With each
? a QUI nir?t u;ui?b. "??u i ???
isspoonful of lard she miked 10 drags
f kerosene. This she rubbed in well
. the skin where ,the flees were. The
eas are gone now.
C&VUHi.WJi 1.1
WILLIAM JENNINGS
BRYAN, THE CHRISTIAN
The Knbjeet of Two File Speeches at
The Open Air Services at College
( anipiis Sundaj 5lght?*u>if of a
High Order.
The open air services at the College
campus Sunday night was turned in
to a Memorial service in appreciation
of William Jennings Bryan, the Chris
tian. Hon. Ben T. Holden made a
n.ost beautiful eulogy of the Bryan as
the world had known him and as the
world would know him in h^tory.
His address was so complete an ex
pression of the many friends of the
deceased that we are reproducing it
below.
Rev. O. W. Dowd, pastor of the
Methodist church also made a won
derful eulogy of the deceased, paying
high and beautiful tribute to one
whose life had been such a strong
factor for his God and his fellowmen.
The Band and Orchestra furnished
exceptionally fine music for the occas
ion and a record breaking crowd was
present and enjoyed the complete ser
vice throughout.
The service next Sunday night will
be in charge of Rev. J. A. Mclver,
jpastcr of the Baptist church, who will
deliver a strong sermon, as usual. It
is expected that a large crowd will be
cut to hear him. Special music will
be furnished by the Loulsburg band
and orchestra. ?
It is also possible that the begin
ning of the new Polly Wright Memor
ial building for the College can be
seen.
The eulogy of Hon. William Jen
nings Bryan by Hon. Ben T. Holden.
jwas as follows:
BKYAN, THE CHBISTLVX PATKIOT
Life at the beat ia but aa a vapor
that paa8eth away.
"The gloriea of our birth and atate
are ahadows, not aubatantial things."
When death comes, what nobler
epltah can any man have than this?
That having served his generation by
jthe will of God he fell on sleep.
; While death, no matter what hope
and what memories surrounded It, la
mysterious and terrible, and is the
occasion of real sadness, yet we do
not come here this evening to weep
or console those whoce roof tree is so
sadly bereaved by offering tender and
loving sympathy, but we come in the
spirit of the great life which we com
memorate, this hour is for the utter
ance of a lesson; this hour is given
to contemplate a grand example, a rich
inheritance a noble life worthily end
ed ts exemplified by the illustrious
career of the late William J. Bryan.
| We are gathered here to do honor to
|this memory. "Could we be gathered
in a more fitting place or at a more
:approptate time? Surely his mani
'fold services rendered in behalf of
{Christianity will echo an approprate
answer. What verdict history will
pronounce on him as a politican I
knwo not, but here and now the voice
'of censure, deserved and undeserved,
lis silent; for as it was said of the
'great Duke ofMarlborough when - toe";
died and one began to speak df his
{service "he was so great a man that
i I had forgotten that he had that
fault."
| While it may not be boasted that
he attained political success ill the
j sense that he was ever proclaimed
the Chief Magistrate of his Nation,
I vet in my humble opinion I declare
junto you from the time he courage
| ously announced "Thou shall not
press down upon the brow of labor
I this crown of thorns. ' Thou shall not
.crucify mankind upon this cross of
gold" until the day h.e fell on sleep
.he wielded the mightest and most
| potent influence in building the plat
form of his party and furnished more
, lasting and substantial material to be
woven into the poiitcal issues of the
| day than any single lndlvdual in all
Christendom, it is worthy of note
that his positon at all times showed
! a noble sense of the dignity of labor,
'a noble superortty to the vanities of
'feudalism a stxong conviction that
men are to be honored simply as men
and not for the prise of accident or
birth nor by reason of the powerful
influence that is backed by the mighty
American Eagle,
Public office was not necessary to
his fame, office gave no distinction to
the man. Everywhere he was the
consummate scholar, the brilliant
orator, thei christian gentleman?
greater even as a private cttixen
. than the highest station to which he
ever was or ever could have been
'called. His unselfish motives aad
disposition, and his devotion to a
cause for the good of all Is clearly
illustrated by the stand which he
took on the prohibition Issue. He
made a fight a hP home state of Ne
braska against the liquor evil sad its
corrupting Influences when he knew
that it meant sacrifice of political
preferment and even that the cause
would be temporarily defeated, but
such criticism as might be occasioned
by his position on that Important
moral issue was of no concern to him.
It may he Mid in faot it must be con
ceded. that the voice the eloquence the
logic aad the ability at William 1.
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