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VOLUME LI^V LOUISBURG, N. 0., FRIDAY, DEC. 11TH, 1925 (l? PAGES) NUMBER 42
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Raleigh, Dec. 7.?With the Governor
spending most ?( the past week at
Mew York, during which he told New
Yorkers how to operate a State on a
business basic, there wa3 little doing
.in official circles. However the resi
dents of the Capital had plenty to
think about during the week with the
opening of the civil case agaicut the
Capital Ice Company, the meeting of
the Farmers Union, a revival service
in the Presbyterian Church with an
unusually able speaker, and other
natters. Commissioner of Agricul
ture Graham also was away, being In
Chicago recoOu,iLg the progress made
Vy North Carolina fanners. Treasur
er Lacy, just out of bed after two
weeks illness, went to New York with
Mr. McLean for the purpose of selling
a large batch of bonds.
Mr. McLean delivered an able ad
dress before the convention of Life
Insurance Presidents. He was Invited
to speak ou business efficiency in
State government. He recounted what
ha i been accomplished by hi3 adml
r.L.tr-'t'on putting North Carolina's
flue... es on a business basis, the group-1
ing c. 1 appropriations into one ao,
the st_ ? .'.ways could know where it
was going and how, and a number of
the other a: .azures ^fcjch he urged
and the 1925 < glslature adopted. Mr.
McLean also took occasion to urge
training for yoking men not in politics
but iq business methods in state
government, saying this was just as
, essential as training them tor other
lines. His speecch was wall received.
After delivering this: address the
, Governor Joined Mr. Lacy in selling
?*me bonds. , ^ ?; - ~|
The civil. ca4g .against the Raleigh
ice companies, grouped as the Capital
Ice Company, attracted" attention. It
Started this week with Attorney
General Brummltt urging dissolution
of the company on the ground that it
violates the state latts against com
bines. Last summer a criminal case
against the four ice companies tailed
of its purpose. The action started
when investigation disclosed) since
the four companies had combined for
delivering ice, the public was paying
much higher prices though promised
better service etc when the combine
was effected. At the end of the week
presentation of evidence was under
way after a motion, to throw the case
out of court had beau-dismissed.
the Fanner* Union adopted come
radical measures during Its session
here. They came out against the eight
months school tern, against standardi
sation of colleges and urged more
work and le*s play la schools and
colleges A referendum before another
war could be started also was urged
and a state prlntery to furnish free
text books for schools. Speeding up
of court procedure by eliminating
lawyers' addresses to the juries also
was urged. Adoption of the Austra
lian ballot system and opposition to
the request for higher rates In the
State for the Western Union were
other resolutions. J. w. Bailey made
an interesting address to the farmers
on what the educational system ol
the state needed most.
Commissioner of Agriculture Ura
ham speaking In Chicago told th<
Commissioners from other states ol
North Carolina's farm problems and
how they were met. He said progress
had been made since the post-wai
slump and better markets and mor<
co-operation were the lmmediati
alms. His address was well received
'Large audiences heard Dr. Alber
Sidney Johnston of Charlotte delivei
a series nf lsftnrsa at the First Ppga
byterlan Church during the week. Dr
Johnston, pastor'of the Presbytertai
Church of Charlotte la an able speak
er and told what he thought of th<
present day problems facing Christ
lans.
The State will during the oomlni
year bridge the Chowan River at Eden
ton and Bogus Sound to join Beaufor
and Morehend City. TheOe will b
the two greatest bridges ever cook
trusted In North Carolina and wll
cost more thou * mil Hon and s, quartet
North Carottyfr 8re loss was cut 1
October by |MO.M0 from what It WS
tost year, (he total being fIU,M
Robert Steele of Unlft county, set
a
m ftt few Tork. Tl
theft bureau recovered 100 during
November. North Carolina paid in
federal taxes on tobacco $134,010,696
for the first ten months of 1925. This
State stands fifth In the United States
in the amount of taxes derived from
the registration of automobiles, the
sales for October registering 7,500
new cars. A number at Raleigh doc
tors have formed the Neal-Thompson
Company with authorised capital
stock of $250,000 for the purpose of
orecting a hoeplt&lon Hlllsboro street,
this city. The capital city Is selling
$1,400,000 bonds for permanent im
provements and for~other purposes.
State authorities report the collec
tion of $763,071 far gasoline and
; license taxes during the month of
November which brings the total
amount collected for these two Items
during the first five months of the
present fiscal year to $7,642,963, an
increase of more than a million
dollcrG over a similar period last year.
Consumers pay four instead of three
cents icr g'.llcn ti.1* year an-1 this
accounts, in part, for the big increase.
The local branch of the American
Society of Me hanical Engineers is
asking the. Salary and Wage Com
mission to adopt a regulation e3tabli
shing the terms of employment and
salaries of technically trained em
ployees of the State which would , re
cognize merit and responsibility. The
Commission is expected to pass upon
the suggestion at a meeting soon to
Its held for the consideration of vari
oas appeals "now in the makiD." ?
A representative of the State De
partment of Public Welfare reports
that the county of Wake may, with
good grace, boast of the cleanest Jab
i in North Carolina, 'tha Wake prison
scoring a little more than ninety
seven points out of a possible 106.
| Inspector Whitley Is preparing re
ports on many other lefts which Is to
. he made public later on.
Raleigh Is tntoreotoft- Iff the-?
nouncement of the Intention of Kiss
Dorothy Chappelle, a pretty moving
picture actress of Pittsburg to visit
: the city soon on a mission she Is mak
jlng through the Stats with tho view
to making a real moving picture of
! Tarheelia. On the completion of a
tour of the East Miss Chappelle, her
producer and director, comtemtriate
a swing through the West.
The State Department of Revenue
| is "getting along swimmingly" with
jthe collection of special taxes for the
fiar 1925, reported receipts since
July 1st being $3,487,696. or two and
j a half times the sum "taken In" be
tween July and December 1924. Tht
Items: Income, $368,308.45; Inherit
ance. $442,231.60; schedule "B" tax.
$500,669.44; express and communica
tion taxes, $516,916.04; franchise tax.
$869,603.87; marriage licenee tax,
$-.668; bus tax, $68,778.13; insurance
tax. $670,603.91.
On the recommendation 01 raraon
Commissioner Sink, Governor McLean
has riven W. P. Whltaker, of Orange
county, until the first of February to
prepare for service on the roads for
violation of the prohibition laws
Reason: Illness in the Whitaker
family. Sentence: twelve months.
The Great State Fair will Se held
a week earlier next year according to
a decision rendered by . the Inter
national Association of Fhlrs and Ex
positions in session at Chicago some
days ago. The North Carolina date
set Is for the week of October 11 to 16.
State Forester J. S. Holmes an
nounces the appointment of W. C
McCormlck, assistant supervisor ol
Cache National Forest, Logan. Utah
as his assistant In this State. Mr.
Holmes considers himself and th(
State fortunate In securing the ser
vices of Mr. McCorntlck, echo comet
highly recommended by the United
States Forestry 8ervlce, with which
he has been connected for more than
a decade.
Federal Judge Meeklns has no
patience with officers who tire on
fleeing persons suspected of a violat
ing the Voieted Act. Even firing In
the air does not square with th?
Judge's Idea of the proprieties and h<
plainly said as much from the bench
here a few days ago. Firing in an]
direction, suggested Judge Meekins
Invite a "return fire" for which th<
offender might be sustained Is court
However, the Judge made plain hi)
opposition to making and se!linj
"tickler."
Governor McLean sad State Tree
., tore* Lacy spent practically pll of th<
is past week m New York negoOMfig i
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^KALTH BEAL8
loan of >?6.006.000 with which to r?
tire that amount of short term notes!
the State has promised 2g pay on Janu- j
ary IB. 1926. The State officials also
had in mi?d the idea of securing,
funds needed for highway construction
and other permanent improvements
authorised by the last General As
sembly. j
The United States Civil Service
Commission is authority for the state
ment that North Carolinians, who
constitute 2 1-2 per cent of the
country's popojlaUon, furnish less
than 1 per cent of the applicants .tori
civil service Jobs. We never did thlBlr
much of the Civil Service Commission,
or its regulations, down this way. '
THE PHAhKLIK COUNTY MEDICAL
SOCIETY MEETS IN L0U8BUBG.
The Franklin County Medical
Society met In Dr. H, H. Johnson's
office in Lonlsburg. Monday. Dec. 7th
at 6:20. The following (Sfficers were
elected tor 1226, Dr. R. B. Henderson
of Pranklinten, President; Dr. S. 4*.
BTirt ii)f Louisbnrg, Sccty and Treia.
Dr. H. H. Johnson of Louisburg.
d<>legs.tr to the State Convention and
Dr. ^ C. Johnson of Bunn alternate
delegate. A very interesting sketch
life of the late Dr. John H.
of Frankjlpton was read by
nderson. Dr. William Dewar
Igh, the Invited guest of the
Society read a most excellent papei
on the nee of Insulin in Diabetes
Following the discussion of the paper
a deUtious turkey, supper was served
the American Cats
rhoge present at the meeing were
Dr. 4M|Buiu Dewar of Raleigh, Dr. R
B.' Henderson of Prankliaton. Dr. B,
C. Johnson of Bum*. Dr. Arch Perry
of Wood, Drs. H. O. Perry, 8. P. Burt
R F. Tarborough, J. E. Malone and
H. H. Johnson of Louisburg.
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Mack Sample, a farmer of Coddle
Creek section in Iredell County made
1749.90 net provt from a flock of 108
white leghorn hens from Nov. 1. 1084
to Nov 1, 1926, according to a report
from County Agent R W. Graeber.
FARM WOMAN ADDRESSES FOLK OF HER SEX A* CyUKtitRi
JS ADVOCATE RURAL BETTERHEITT
The above la a picture ot Mrs. B. 8.
Rice, a farm woman of Nash County
who spoke to the women In tho Grain
ger Community at 2:80 p. m. on Sat
urday. November If
nea Consolidated School.
The following is an extract from
one of Mrs. Rice's letters when she
was asked to give a short story of her
life:
"There has been so'little of the un
usual In my life that there la not much
to tell. I was born and rawed on a
farm In Granville county. After grad
uating from high school I taught in
the public schools of Nash county for
a number of years. In September,
IMS, I entered upon my duties as tea
cher at the Oxford Orphanage. I held
this position until I was married to
Mr. B. 8am Rice in October, 1112,-and
- caaea to "Paradise,' a little farm, la
I ooaMy near Spring Rope. Here
I we have ilked happily ever since.
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Is a Teacher
"The school-room always held man
charms for me. and when our two 111
tie boys became of school age, I agai
entered the teaching profession, an
am now teaching at Justice Hlg
School. Franklin County. With th
multiplicity of household duties,
could not attend the summer schooli
but through the extension course
from the Stats University, I am worl
Ing for my college degree and hope t
secure this In a few more years
"I hare always been Interested 1
all civic organisations and belong t
a number In the county. To tram
form and reshape destitute and JIN
less communities Is ana of my ta*k
no doubt
"There lent any more to tell, excel
that I am eager to see the life on th
farm made more profitable and I bt
Mere we wome* have a large part <
that responsibility on o?r shoulders
Mr. Palmer Chairman Per Loulwhurg
Every seriously undernourished
child is a potential tuberculosis
patient.
Surveys made by the North Caro
Una Tuberculosis Association reveal
that 30 per cent of the children in
our schools are seriously under
weight and undernourished. This
condition is due sometimes to insuf
ficient food. In many instances there
is adequate in the home but the child
Is not trained to eat that which will
build a strong, vital body.
Diseased tonsils, adenoid growths
and decayed teetlj, bad health habits
and disease produce undernourish
ment. In most instances under
nourishment in children Is easy to
cure, thereby minimizing the danger
of infection from tuberculosis.
The funds from the Christian Seal
Sale this year are to bs used In larg?
part to finance a campaign of health
education in the schools of North
Carolina in an effort to conquer not
only tuberculosis but every other di
sease which lowers bodily resistances
J. L. Palmer, the Seal Sale Chairman
for Louisburg and his committee are
conducting the Serl Sale to secure
funds to promote health education
and to provide relief for tuberculosis
patients who cannot afford medical
and nursing care. Buying Christmas
Seals is one sure method of helping
to conquer tubreculosls.
|PRUNE YOUNG TREES
TO SECURE GOOD SHAPE.
Raleigh, Dec. 7.?The ideal time
for pruning orchard trees is la early
spring, as wounds made then are not
exposed so long before the healing
process begins. It is not always
practicable to do all the pruning at
the ideal time, however, and the
thrifty orchardist makes use of odd
days daring the winter to get this
"Avoid pruning during very cold
weather, to prevent freezing injury
to the tender tissues exposed by the
cut, advises E. B. Morrow, extension
hortieuturlst at State College. "In
pruning newly set trees, or those that
have made one season's growth, an
attempt should be made to picture
the tree as it will appear in future
years, and prune accordingly. Three
main urano'-r t are ?ufficlecc for the
initial framework of the tree. Select
these properly spaced up ami down
the trunk, and equally divid.ig the
space around the center of the tree.
As the tree develops, each of these
primary limbs may be allowed to
develop Into two secondary branches.
This gives six branches to form the
framework of the tree. Keep these
dominant to all other growth, allow
ing a reasonable number of side
branches to develop. If it is desired
to subdue the growth of any parti
cular branch or shoot, cut that
branch back more than the one intend
ed to make i'te greater growth. It is
seldom advisable to head young trees
back *o mere stubs A mode-ate head
ing-back is bvtter.
With bearing trees, cut out all de
cayed and diseased branches and re
move those that are apt to interfere
with the proper development of the
framework. With the apple, make
the pruning primarily a thinntng-oul
process. If heading tuck seems neces
sary always cut to a lateral. Wit!
the peach, a combination ofheadlnj
back and thinning out gives best re
suits."
HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED
Supt E. C. Perry wishes the Timei
to call the attention of those wh<
wish to contribute to the fund to pro
^ vide a little Christmas spirit for thosi
i hITdren arid older people in the coun
ty who arc not in a position to providi
It for themselves of making their con
trtbuttons early so that the gifts ma:
be provided before Christmas day. H<
also wishes all who know of reollj
worthy cases to report same to hln
so that they may receive attention.
This Is the annual opportunity th<
more fortunate people of the count]
have In providing some little pleasure
for their many unfortunate ngtghborv
One fhrm woman has found the
she walked three-fourths of a mll<
while baking a lemon pie, heeatfe sh<
dldnY have her kitchen properly ar
ranged.
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DAIRY HINTS FOB
COLD WEATIIKK.
Raleigh, Dec. 7.?The dairy cow Is
a home market for feeds produced
and if she is to pay the highest prices
by producing milk, she must be kept
comfortable in winter. That's just
the way It Is and tire owner who does
not keep his milk cow warm and dry
will And that she will not produce
milk at a profit.
"The cow that is not kept warm by
a good barn and a dry bed will use a
large part of her feed for this purpose
and thus reduce the amount of nutri
ments available for milk production,"
says John A. Arey, dairy extension
specialist at State College. "Then,
too, grain must be fed liberally on
those farms whete it will be necessary
to use low grade roughage for legume
hays."
Mr. Arey recommends that fresh,
clean water of a medium temperature
be given the cows during winter.
Cold water chills their bodies and
feed energy must then be usedto
warm them. The water supply must
also be convenient for the cows to'
use. Cows forced to go long wa7?
mud and rain for water do not drink
through mud and rain for water do
not drink enough for heaviest milk
production.
It la advised that an accurate feed
and milk production record be kept
on the cows during winter because
some cows pay well for the feed con
sumed. while others do not. Accurate
records are needed to locate the un
profitable cows. Mr. Arey states that
the new year might be started in the
right manner by the dairyman buying
a pair of milk scale*.
Another winter suggestion by Mr.
Arey is to give the young heifer
calves some extra teed and care daring
the cold months of December, January
and February. A stunted heifer never
many dairy cows are' under-sised in
this 8tate because they were not
properly fed when calves.
The average farm housewife carries
20 tons of water and wipes three
aires of dishes each year, reports a
home demonstration worker in an
other state. Water works would do
away with the burden of carrying
water and a simple dish drainer
would eliminate the three acres of
of drying.
Master James Johnson entertained
qnlte a number of his little friends at
a birthday party on last Saturday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock. In honor of his
tenth birthday.
After his little friends had assem
bled some played games, some read
and did other things for amusement.
When they had played for some time
they were called Into the dining room
where they were served to ice cream,
cake and fruits. Bach was given a
souvenir which furnished much fun
for the whole group.
Those present were Sophia, Mary
Anna and William Thomas Clifton,
Hazel Johnson, Wilson Spivey, Edith
Kemp, Lula Mae and Christine Tlm
berlake.
Each expressed his and her opinion
that he had enjoyed himself very much
and wished that the host would have
another one soon.
Obituary of Xrs. T. A- Matthews.
The death ,on November 27, of Mrs.
T. A. Matthews, widow of the late Dr.
' i T. A. Matthews of Castalla, which fol
lowed a surgical operation In Rocky
! Mount Sanltorium. came as a great
. shock to her many friends throughout
11 l.o State.
| Last August she felt a definite call
'of God to give the remainder of her
3 i life to definite Christian Service and
: J she was preparing to enter Fort
I Worth Seminary in January to take
' # course in Religious Education. The
e j chief desire of her life wa< '.o bring a
~ |message i>> the votug pec,o of today
ttat a life spent in the pursuit of
wordly pleasure brings on.y heart
aches and regrets and that the only
life worth while is the life that is
lived close to Christ. Sometimes It in
possible to preach more affectively In
death than in life rnd It is hoped that
this warning will sink deep into the
hearts of the young people ot today.
She nr ?t death with christian forti
tude, singing that beautiful hymn.
Jesus Lover of My Soul, just before
the end came. Whl.c w? cannot un
ot
deretaud this strange ri'sarnsat da ot
FrortdtUo, wo knew ihat tie Is too
wiso to make a mistake am* that Tfc
dceth all iJdngs woiL-^jro ^bovy