THE FKANKUN TIMES
A. F. Johnson, Editor ft Mgr.
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Six Months 75
Four Months 50
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WOBDS FROM GREAT KEN
-Put Not Your Trust In Money, but
Put Your Money in Trust"?Oliver
Wendell Holmes. .ij
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"Mirth Is God's Medicine. Every
body Ought to Bathe In It"?Henry
Ward Beecher. am a i
Now that the primary is all over
lets bury the hatchet and get down
to business.
Loulsburg has organised a splen
did ball team and is putting up some
.good and Interesting games of ball.
It Is now the duty of the citizens to J
turn out In good numbers and lend
their encouragement to the boys in
their efforts to furnish some local
amusement and sport. It takes fi
nances to run a ball game the same
as any other amusement and the boys!
are relying on the citizens to patron
ise the games and In that way furnish
...the "wherewith."
Lguisburg Merchants ere now feel
ing the need of some kind of Industry
to' produce a pay roll In order for j
business to continue reasonably, good j
throughout the summer. It is a con.
dltion you will have to fciake ameffort
to change yourself. YhMdaaftVyegln'
at the top. You will have to start at
thdV bottom?small. Last summer j
you subscribed stock in a canning
factory. In the fall and winter busi
got better and you backed out.
As a result the enterprise was never
begun. "This is'a repetition of the
past twenty-five years. When there
is no business In the summer time
you are going to do wonders to eor- ?
rect the conditions next year and the j
fall season comes on and you seem?
to forget that the next summer will !
ever come. But it does and you cry'
"dull times" again. Talk won't!
change these conditions. You will V
have to back up your talk with youri
efforts and cash. Other folks will not
Invest here until after yon have shown
confidence in your own community.
Some criticism is being expressed on
the streets ot the action of the Board
of Town Commissioners in donating
$600 to Battery B, the Louifburg mili
tary unit. Of course everybody has
a right to have an opinion of his own.
There is also criticism each year for
the donation to the fire department.
But that doesn't change the fact that
it is the duty of the town to give
some assistance to the fire fighters.
The truth is none of us show the ap
preciation to the boys that we should
for the protection they give our pro
perty and the wonderful eiforts they
put forth for our benefit. Their op
portunity for service comes often, and
they measure up to it like heroes.
The military unit also plays a splen
did service to a community. It gives
a training to the young men that Is
beyond valuing in dollars and cents
and stands ready to protect the llvet
of the cjtlxem and their property
. when the need gets beyond the power
of the civil authorities. Their oppor
tunities happen only seldom, but are
grave when they do come around and
the measure of risk of life on the pari
of the boys is great. In addition the
, battery spends around %10,000 a year
in the community. Borne little ap
preciation should be shown the boys
TOWH COMWS8IOHER8 MEET
The Board of Town Commissioner
met la regular monthly session 01
Friday night. On roll call there wen
present the Mayor and the entlri
Board.
There was a committee of citlsen
composed of Messrs. S. P. Bod die, W
E. White, W. H. Yarborongh. Dr. H
H. Johnson and M F. Griffin, with i
request that the Board mats a dona
tlon of tSoo.OO to ths Armo
nory Batten
Several speeches were mr.de and o
?notion of P. 8. Allen, seconded b
Dr. ? H. Fleming that the hoard mak
a^ donation of $600.00, half Of whlc
be paid atthts time aad th
to be paid in Decern be
rang v&u
of North Maim street next to the
bridge. The matter was referred to
the water and light committee for
adjustment
Mr. Harris, County Farm Demon
stration Agent was before the board
with a proposition to allow the Boy
Scouts an opportunity to govern the"
town for one hour. It was agreed
that on Friday. July 9th from 12 m..
to 1 p. m., the Scouts should be al
lowed to hold any offices of the town
that may be designated by them or the
Scout Master.
Dr. Fleming was appointed * com.
mlttee to look Into the matter of se
curing mall service on busses.
A bill from F. W Wheless for dam
ages by water leaking on merchan
dise from rains leaking through the
opera house was referred to Messrs.
Furgerson and Allen for adjustment.
The board authorised a vacation of
one week with pay for employees to
be arranged as to time so that the
service for the town would not be
interrupted.
A motion by Dr. Fleming, seconded
by Mr. Fergurson that the Clerk be
Instructed to demand a deposit of
$2.00 for water and $2.00 for light
service to all future applicants who
did not own property for which the
service was applied was carried.
The Clerk and Town Attorney were
instructed to issue notes f?- $15,000
to the Farmers and Merchants Bank
to take up outstanding notes of a
similar amount which are past due,
[however It was left to the discretion
| of the Town Attorney and the Clerk
to cancel a $5,000 note by drawing on
funds from the street reserve account
said $5,000 note having been negoti
ated for funds for street Improvement
The report of Chief of Police Mea
dows was read and accepted and was
as follows:
Received for costs $72.75, fines $80,
license $82, rent $40.
The report of the Clerk was read
and accepted and was as follows:
Rceipts fr costs and license $527,
55. water and lights $2,268.10, taxes
$6,309.13, paving assessments $764.45,
penalties $84.18. fines $100, rents $80,
flremens relief fund $127.01, refund
Standard Oil Company $130.21, O. E.
Roop $18, partial payment taxes $1,
705.37.
A number of bills were audited and
ordered paid.
No further meet^ig the
No further business the meeting ad
journed.
fpworth league CON- I
ference elects officeks ,
The Ep worth League Con'er*?" I
V.A _.?? held at Louisburg College
^t wee"came to a cloeo on Friday
night The officers tor the coming
??r are: President, Rev. Thomas H.\
r* rant, ot Lumberton; vice-president,
Henry T. Hines, New Bern; secretary,
Eunice W. Blair. Raleigh; treasure ,
C. O. Qobb, Goldsboro; juntor depart |
ment superintendent, Mrs. L. C. La .
hln, Mdrfreesboro; Intermediate de- )
narurent superintendent, Natalie Cot (
jS^Ralelgh; Era agent, Hagel Thomp
Ton, Mount Gilead .Advocate
tor A E. Brown, Goldsboro, lite scr
idee Superintendent, Blanche Bwren
c<.r Raleigh' superintendent ot re
creation. Blanche Barrenger, Rfle'8^
Those receiving Christian CuUure
Certificates at the conference were.
Elizabeth Adams. Andrew Bailey,
teniae Ball. Y. D. Barclift, Jr., L. S
Barker Ruby Bartlett, Llzette Bash
ford. Edith Bell. ^^.^'rs B F '
Bennett. Brine Bloodworth. Mrs. B. F.
Boone. Louise Bragg. Charlotte Br^d j
love Madge Brigman, Loutoe Brooas,
10 D.. w H Brown.
lodetu Brown. Rev. W. H. Brown.
Mary B. Buchanan George Burch.
MarT B. ijucnauau. vzw.?
Mary Dell Bynum, Milton Cnrptntar.
F D Carver, Jr., Leta Cashwell, Go
don Causey, Scott Chadwlck. Pauline
I cole, Vernon Qoley. ^ qT'
Elolse Connelly, Rebecca Cooper Ge
nevieve Oorbett, W. Z. Corbett, M
dred Cotter, Herbert
xelle Cox, Sudye Cox, Daisy Grim,
Mrs Mamie Grom, Stella Coono,Ruby
"". Harry Daniel^ Millie R Daven
port, Daisy Day, John Davls Mary
Davia, Willie May Donohue. Mary
i little, Madeline Duncan, '
Annie Edwards, Francis Edw"^"',
Gladys EUerbe, Myrtle
' Erwin, Dorothy Evans, Fr4Q"?J^T"
lans, Mamie Evans. Felix
Bessie Fergnrson, Alton Fleming,
! Melba Fitzgerald. Virginia ?ort Lois
Frazells, Ruth Gates, G?rdo?
Lucy Gibson, Mea Gibson, Porter G
Gibson, Martha Joe Graham, Johnnie
'Graham, Catherine Graham, M*bel
Griffin, Viola Ham. Cornelia Hardy,
Evelyn Harrison, ^nle ^ ^tchelh
Eearle Henby, Helen Herring. Mndie
* Hicks, Mary R. Htn "^"camma
I Hines Mary Cooper Hooker, camma
H^kins Mary Hopkins. Sudie Rnth
"Homer Margaret Hunter, Winnie In
i^ H U Jenkins. Dorothy Jenette.
(Winifred Johnson, Pearl Jones, Annie
Mary Kelly. Helen Kelly, Catherine
King, Eldlne King, Rnth King, C*G>"
Klng, Eldlne King, Ruth ^
?Hne Laasiter, Mrs. A. B. LAUghter,
S& RJrt. T. W -Lee Martha
LeggettTcharles
?? Evelyn McNeil. Alice McFher
r' U&t^GrJeMann^l^ar
Mat^evnT l^t* May Bard, N.oma
nelda Mumford, Irene Munns, Paollnt
Munus, Onthnleeti Murphy, IsW* *Jr
phy. Mrs. JL T. Nichols Adelslde No
ell, Lola Northcutl, Esther 0 Brien
Msiarret ~Hiow*rs. * ' LilL,
A. 8| Parker, Mary Evelyn Parker
IoU Pnrker. Z?ma^
Iola Pnrker, x-eims 7.,-.
Parrott, Jay Pattenmn, Wimarn Scot
- Mae Perry, Willie Ma
Virginia Pon, Maggl
Penn, WMo
Pools', Annie M. Powell, Robert M
taeus ss
l"I .. .... t u nn?fMT
Mattle Lou Rogernoi
Rons, Georgette Bchwarti
i 1 ui its-'- Louise Seasonal
"sa
Er sarins:
bS? SOU. ,.U?.
WaeiS
Talor,
Mamie Thomu. Margaret Thomas,'
Frances Thompson. J. B Thompson,
Joe Turner. Bill Tulluck. Jack Tyfc
dall, Hasellne Wlnstead, Edith Uiale,
,W. N. Vaughn, Mra. W. N. Vaughn,
Nail Waldo, Bailie Parrott Wallace,
Margaret Warlter,, Frances White,
Livingston White, Mary Wilson, Mary
Wlnstead, Ellx. Woods, LeRoy Wood
bury, Vivian Wrenn. John Wright
Those receiving Christian Culture
Diplomas were:
Mrs. B. F. Boone, Whitakers; Mrs. I
J. H. Miller, Plnetops, Bessie Fergur- j
son, Murfreesboro, Evelyn Harrison,
Willlamston, Mamie Evans, Murfrees
boro, Eula Rack ley, Ooldsboro; Iola
Parker, Rocky Mount; Livingston
White, Murfreesboro; Evelyn McNeil
Lumberton; Willie Davenport,, Mrs
Mamie Crew, Durham, Hhiel Thomp
son, Mt Oilead. 1
Efficient Bp worth lan, H. L. Jenk
ins, Wilmington.
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? PERSONALLY
I* By
? Cole Savage .
? s * e I e
The government's cotton report is-l
sued last week forecasts a crop of
16,635,000 bales of cotton for this
year. This is 460,000 bales less than
was made last year but it is still
enough for a big crop. This year's
acreage is reported as 1.8 per cent
more than last year's, or 48398,000
acres. Nothing short of a calamity hi |
weather or by boll weevil will pre
vent us from making another large
cotton crop this year. Better plant
some more hay at once and some fall
cover crops a little later on.
The State Department of Agrieul-I
ture says that was a 315,000,000 rain
which stopped the drought two weeks
ago. From the growth of crops in
Harnett county it certainly looks like
the department knew what it was
talking about
H. A. Edge, former county agent of
Harriett, brought in the first boll I
weevil punctured squares I have seen
in Harne'tt county Monday. While in
Dunn Saturday several farmers told
me the weevil has already appeared
In their fields in that action. This
is rather early for Mr. Weevil to be
appearing here and we may expect
some damage from him at boat.
On a trip to Johnston county Sun
day I stopped at Holt's Lake, 4 miles
from Smlthfield and saw my first
lotus in bloom. I agree with Ben
Dixon MacNeill that this waterplant
ought to be grown all over North
Carolina. The proprietor of Holts
lake got two bulbs from Washington
D. C., four years ago and he has a
group of plants .garden size, in bloom
now. His is the European strain and
they are very beautiful. A few bulbs
planted in the water at Clif
ton's pond and Jackson's pond would
produce veritable water flower gard
ens which would increase the attract
iveness of these popui ir places Vary
much. Perhaps Mr. Simon Williams
would like to adorn his pond with
them ciso.
"I have plowed enough to walk
around the world, I believe," said a
farmer in Dunn Saturday. ,
been plowing 50 years," he said. I
believed him.
I have heard of cases of abseat
mindness but I had one Sunday morn
ing. After looking all around the
ro?m_ for my B. -V. D's. I found them
on me. If that isn't the limit I have
never been the limit
No wonder the Benson creamery
U having such a struggle to survive.
Schweppe is the nanje of the man
ager. If It survives that name It can
I survive anything.
Seen through my windshield:
A fourth of July celebration in Er
win Saturday. With the cotton mill,
idle the streets are crowded. Flags
flying, streamers floating, stars shoot
ing, everybody gay.
I A white woman plowing barefooted
She's just over the line In Johnston
county. x
I Negro boy plowing an ox with mule
harness. Remnant of a past age. The
.only one I have seen in Harnett coun
ty
CELEBRATES WTH BIRTHDAY
An occasion of Unusual Interact
. was the celebration of the 55th birth
'day of Mr. W. H. Onpton at his old
home near Sandy Creek on June 12.
He was delightfully surprises when
his children gave him a surprise birth
I day dinner. A large table was ar
ranged under the trees at the old
thome place ?"f| bountiful dlnnfer
was spread. Fried chicken, ham,
steaks, sandwiches. Iced tea, cake and
pickle, were served. Ttyose present
were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cupton,
Mr. and Mrs. Q. B. West, Mr. and Mrs.
H. L Ortffln, Mr. and Mrs. E B. Lan
caster, Mr and Mrs. N. H. Griffin, Mr.
O D. West, Mfs. C. W. Gupton, Mr.
Thurston Gilliam, Misses Helen and
Priscllla West. Masters Hal and Loyd
1 West. Malcolm, Perry and Lester Grif.
1 fin and Darrel Lancaster.
It was quite a surprise to Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Gupton as the children
had planned this unbeknowlng to
them which seemed to make them en
joy It all the more. They expressed
their appreciations and heartfelt
thanks to their children for remem*
bering them on this particular day.
Everybody seemed to enjoy the day
fine and especially the good dinner.
* late In the afternoon they all de
ll parted for home wishing "Pa BUT*
? many more happy birthdays.
THAITKS
I wish to extend my deepest thanks
and appreciations to the people o(
Loulsbnrg township who, no gonemui
ly contributed to my success In ths
primary on last Saturday when I was
nominated Constable for this t oka
Ship. Your efforts In my behalf, ei
evidenced by your votes, are highly a|
?. predated And 1QP be pleasantly re
7 member* d.
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REPORT OK THE CONDITION OK
The Farmers and Merchants Bank
At Loulsburg, la the State of North Carolina, at the close of business on
June SO, 1020.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts 9 486,991.76
Demand Loans - 29,695.86
Overdrafts, secured, 91,288.53; unsecured, 81,073.99, 2,312.53
United States Bonds and Liberty Bonds 3,800.00
All other Stocks, Bonds and Mortgages 15,400.00
Banking Houses, 98.300.00; Furniture and Fixtures, 99,201.50.- 12,501.50
All other Real Estate Owned 9,000.00
Cash In vault and net amts. due from Banks, Bankers and Trust
Companies i?. ?- 34,617.06
Cash Items held over 24 hours 1,044.58
Checks for clearing 11,566.37
Total - 8 ?0?,769.15
LIABILITIES <
Capital Stock paid in $60,000.00
Surplus Fund ?? 25,000.00
Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 9,196.78
Dividends unpaid . 106.00
Bills Payable 55,000.00
Deposits subject to check, Individual 198,038.87
Cashier's Checks Outstanding 6,402.87
Time Certificates of Deposit, Due on or after 30 days 79,672.34
Savings Deposits 183,129.72
Reserved for depreciation - 1,213.57
Total $ 606,759.15
Stato of North Carolina, County of Franklin,
I, M. S. Clifton, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
M. S. CLIFTON, Cashier.
Correct?Attest:
J. W. KINO.
L. L. JOYNER,
F. W. WHELKSS,
Directors.
> Subscribed and sWorn to before me, this 7th day of July, 1926.
Jas. B. King, Notary Public.
My Com. expires Jan. 16, 1928. ?
Regardless of Values Offered Elsewhere
Remember Our Policy
When Advertised or
Seen Elsewhere
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Make Us Prove It
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WHERE THOUSANDS SAVE MONET . '
LOUISBURG, North Carolina