A* ADVHMWnO
MEDIUM THAT
fflSINOS RESUIiTB
The County, The State, The Union
LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, VK1DAV, FEBRUARY 27, 1W1
VOLUMN LM,
(TWELVE PAGES)
NUMBER 2
S. L. BLANTON
NAMED ALUMNI
SECRETARY
Former Loalsbnrg Pastor Appointed
To Position u'j Wake Forest
Wake Forest. Feb. 23. ? The ap
rolntment of Sankey L. Blanton or
Louieburg to the office ot alumni aec
letary at Wake For aft college U an
i ounced by President Thurman
Kltchln. He will sucoetd D. A. C.
Held, chairman of the Faculty Alum
ni Committee, who has had charge ot
the alumni office since February 19M.
He will assume his new duties op
June 1 of this year. .
Mr. Blanton will cotpe to Wake
Forest from Harvard where he has
been studying since last year. He is
widely known among the alumni and
Is prominent In North Carolina de
r.ominatlonal circle*. ? Apparently K
is the universal opinion -of the fac
ulty and prominent alumni that in
Tills addition they have gained a man
' of great ability and promise.
Mr. Blanton came to Wake Forest
as a student from JBllenboro in Cleve
land county, and his associates re
member the outstanding record he
made soholasticaliy. He was also
gifted In oratory and it Is said that
he never met his equal while a mem
ber of the Intercollegiate Debating
teams of the college.
After leaving Wake Forest In 192S
he spent three years at the Southern
liaptls' Theological Seminary at
Lon'aville, where he obtained his
Th.M. degree. He was pastor of the
baptist Church of Loulsburg for two
years, leaving there last year to ac
cept a~TenowsHlpTR Harvard.
When Blanton's appointment was
announced on the campus some ot
Ills friends recalled the fact that he
ran away from home at fourteen
years of age and Joined the Canadian
Army, seeing service overseas.
Final Champion
ship Game
The basket ball championship of
the Franklin County High School
League will be decided Friday night
on the Franfcjlnton Court. The Oold
Sand and Buhn hoy* wad the Epsom,
and Frankliitton girts will be In the
play-olf. Each team has defeated the
other one time in the pre-tournament
games and excellent contests are ex
pected. The tuidltion of gymnasium
seats Is exp?ctM to add. much to the
comfort and siie of the groups of sup
I>orters of each team. These teams
have gone through the tournament
without a defeat and each team in
tends going on with the champion
ship.
Pension Board Meets
The Pension 'IJoard for franklin
County met In' (H<i"finperlntendent of
Public Welfare's *rtBee on Tuesday
and organized by electing Supt. E!rC>
Perry, Chairman. Clerk of the Court.
'?'. J. Young, was ex-officer secretary.
At this meeting the following ap
plications were approved: Mrs. E.
S. Foster , E. C. Denton, and ? . ? .
McKnight, colored.
The Board of 'Pensions li compos
ed of the following: Miss Sue Als
ton, Mr. J. W. Perry, and Supt. E. C.
Perry, with J. J. Young, C. S. C., ex
officlo Secretary.
To More To Raleigh
Mr. S. B. Nash, who for a long time
lias been with McKlnne Brothers In
>harge of their farm operations, and
since the first of the year has been
conducting a grocery store on Main
Street, has accepted a position with
the Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh,
and will move his family there wfthfn'
tt.e next two weeks. Mr. Nash will
have charge of the farniv operations
of the Orphanage.
His many, friends in Loulaburg and
Franklin Couhty regret \t> see Urn and
bis excellent family leave, and wish
for them much succes4 In their new
home.
Wake Forest
Lends Seats
Wake Forest proved a good friend
to the Franklin County High School
League and Jet them Have enouKH
Kympaslum seats tor their chlmplon;
ship basket ball games. These seats
have been placed in the gymnasium
at Franklinton and everything Is
ready for the- championship games
which will be played at Franklinton
tonight No one Meed ' miss these
gsmes because of the discomfort
caused by standing. According to
reports a real treat is, In atore for
those attending the contest. ? {.
This wotfld be a better world if
.men thought less abont money and
He Is Ambitious
W. R. Cri??ey tit Philadelphia hat
wagered that In On* year he will
dine with the President, play golf
with Bobby ' Jones and JoHr.i 0.
, Rockefeller and either motor or
go If with the Prince of Wale*.
He has already accomplished one 1
of these by dining with President
Hoover in Washington last week.
Chesson-Grier
Plymouth, Feb. 21. ? A wedding of
unusual beauty and of State-wide
Interest took place here In the First
Christian Church at 9:30 o'clock
TueBday evening, when Miss Dot C.
L. Orler, of Plymouth, became the
bride of Herman R. Chesson, of
Louisburg, with Dr. Conley Grier, lo
cal pastor and fathe* of the bride,
officiating
The church was artistically deco
rated, using a cdlor motif of green
and white. The entire chancel was
banked with ferns and palms with
basket* filled with white carnation*
here and there. Tall white aisle
standards tilled with . white carna
tions and fern led up to the altar,
while the entire church was lighted
with cathedral candles in giant white
candelabra. The Mat* for the spe
cial guests were ribboned off with
white tulle. ,
While the wedding guests were be
ing seated MU|* Faqfeie Eggieston,
of Leaksyllle, wearlttg .a shoulder
corsage of valley liil(es and pink rose
buds, presided at the plano'and- Ten
cier^d soft appropriate, selection*.
Just before the bridal party entered
Tower Grich brother of the bride,
sang "The Sweetest Story Ever Told,"
and "I Love You Truly." During the
ceremony the pianist played rfAli,
Sweet Mystery ot Life."
As Miss Eggieston played the bri
dal chorus from "Lohengrin" the
ushers, Messrs. Wllmer Chesson, Wii
bam Vail, Russell Harrison of Plym
outh, and L Jack Davis, of Beaufort,
entered, followed by the maid of hon
or, Mr*. W. G. Fowler, of Winston
Salem, sister of the bride. She was
rttired in a pale shade of Nile green,
carrying an arm bouquet ot pink
Ttjses, valley lilies and orchid rweet
peas tied with shaded silver ribbons.
Then entered' the bridesmaid, Miss
Neva Liverham of Plymouth, wearing
a dress of deft blue and carrying an
.arm bouquet of deep pink roses, lav
ender sweetpeas and valley lilies, tied
with shaded orchid and gold ribbons.
Master Kayo Fowler, of Winston
Salem, nephew of the bride, dresaed
in, full dress Tuxedo, entered, bear
ing the ring in -the heart ot a lily.
Little Miss Iris White, of Baltimore,
In robin-egg blue crepe Elizabeth
dress entered, bearing a tiny plnk
fiuted basket filled with rose petals,
cud strew them in the pathway of
the bride, who entered with her
brother. Power Grfer, who gave her
in marriage. The bride was exquis
itely gowned in a medium flat crepa
bolero suit, trimmed in dyed squirrel,
and carried .an arm bouquet of calla
lilies tied with white tulle. The gro6m
with Mr. Barton Swain, of Roper, a
classmate, best man, entered from a
vestry room, meeting the bride at the
altar. ?
Immediately after the cerenumy
the couple left by motor for a: trip
to Washington, D. C., and other points
of Interest.
The bride Is the lovely and accom
plished daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Orler, ' and ' has taken an active fart
.lp social and church work In this flflty.
She is a graduate of State Normal
College, Boone, she Is widely known
throughout North and South Carolina
and has a wide circle of friends. She
is a talented musician.
The groom is the youngest son ot
Mrs. O. M. Chesson and the late Otlf.
M. Chesson, of Plymouth, one of the
riost prominent families of Washing
ton County. He is a graduate of At
lanta Business College, Atlanta, Oa.,
for more than the pafct two years
has held ? very important position
with Reavls and Harrison, wholesale
grocers.
Mr. and Mrs. Chesson wtll be at I
bome to their friends after March lit,
Egerton Apartments. ? i
U. D. C. KFETING
ih J. Davis Chapter' Of I
the V- Di a .will meet with Mr '
B. Barrow Tuesday afternoon
?,1881, at t:S0.
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York town
Sesquicentennial
Celebration To Mark 150th Annt- j
veriiary of American Victory At I
Yorktown. ? t|
One of the important celebrations;
which will precede the commemora
tion of the Two Hundredth Anniver
sary of Oeorge Washington's Birth
lu 1932 will be the Yorktown 8e?qui
centennial, to be observed In October,]
1931, In honor of the lfcOth anniver
sary of th'e surrender of LordCom-i
wallis at Yorktown, Virginia. The
sesquicentennial celebration Of - the*
British capitulation which virtually;
ended the Revolutionary War Will be'
an auspicious event In Its own right,
tut since the man who made the vie-,
tory at Yorktown possible In 1781 is
a'so the one whose birthday Is being
commemorated next year, the two
celebrations are closely associated.,
The observance of the surrender of]
upon as a forerunner of^Sle^'ten
months nation-wide Oeorge Washing
ton Bicentennial Celebration.
When the British troopa, command
ed by Lord Cornwallls, marched out
of Yorktown and laid down their iihb
after enduring a severe bombardment
from the French and American bat-J
Urles, the Revolutionary War vat,'
to all Intent* and purposes, over. The
American victory over Cornwallls was
most decisive, and although there was'
a< me desultory fighting after the
British capitulation, the Yorktown
triumph really ended the war. This
important event with its far reach
ing effects was the result of the fore
Bight, courage and perseverance of
George Washington, and to bim more
tlian any other man belongs the cred
it for the American triumph.
Representative S. 0. Bland of Vir
ginia, secretary of the United States
Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commis
sion said In a speech before the
House of Representatives:
"The crowning event of Washing
ton's military career was the victory
which he won at Yorktown. It is
proper that the commemoration of
Washington's final military achieve
ment which established this Nation
shall be of such proportions as to
correspond with the celebrations
which will ctfmmerorate his birth."
Tor this reason tlie COngreas of the
United States created a national com
mission to prepare a plan and pro
gram in commemoration .of the. setJS'j
at Yorktown, and the surrender or
Lord Cornwallls. This commission
consists of the following members'.
From the Senate, Claude A Swan
son, Virginia, chairman; Davids. A.
Heed of Pennsylvania; Hiram Btng
haste of Connecticnt; John G. Town
send, of Deleware, and Robert F.
Wagner, of New York. From the
House of Representatives, Charles R.
Crisp of Georgia, vice chairman ; Rob
ert L. Bacon, of New York; Roy O.
Fitzgerald, of Ohio; George R. Stobbs,
of Massachusetts; and Joseph W.
Byrns, of Tennessee. Representative
Schuyler Otis Bland of Virginia is
secretary of the commission.
The program as outlined by this
commission will Include, in addition
to other provisions to be made later,
the marjeim; of historical sites; the
issuance of special commemorative
postage stamps; the preparation of
the grounds in the vicinity of York
town, and the Invitation or all states
in the union to participate in the ex
ercises. ?
The commemorative program will
be a four-day event to be held at
Yorktown. The feature will be an
address. by the Preeldent of the United
States, which will take place on the
opening day of the exercises. Among
those who will be present on the oc
casion will be distinguished officials
of this and other governments, de
scendants of those who participated
In the siege and many thousands of
v isitors from all parts of the United
States.
With the, Yorktown Sesqulcenten
nlal Cellebratfon only a few months
away the plans for the event sre rap
Idly reaching a conclusion. Like the
George Waahington Bicentennial
Celebration this commemoration Is
Nine. Melba Dead
* ? ii.'jii.". . .*j? . i
u Mm*. Nellie fttelBfc, whose real
mine was Nellie Porter Mitchell,
"The Australian Nightingale," who
has lead a musical career since her
-*rst pwfallc appearanoe as a ToeaMut
at the age or six, died in a hospital
In Sidney, Australia, last 8tmd*y
night. ' Mme. Melba la well known
in all countries and waa successful
in her appearances in all of them.
Enters G. W. Mur
phy & Son's Store
Napoleon Davis, colored, 16 years
old, was sentenced to the Morrison
Training School at Hoffman, by J. J.
Young, Judge of the Juvenile Court,
ss a consequence of bis being caught
in the store of G. W. Murphy and
Son on Friday night. From his ad
missions it seems be had planned his
tottery, but failed to take into ac
count the probability of the return to
the store after supper of the clerks.
He had entered the store before clos
ing time in the evening and hid him
slf behind some hay stored in the
r? ar of the Store. After the store
was closed for supper Napoleon came
oi)t of his hiding, drank what Coco
cola ha wanted, opened the cash rem
itter and got $14.00 and helped him
self to some few other things. About
this time some of the force return
ed from sapper and. caught Napoleon,
end his sentence followed on Monday.
?Improvements At
Local Theatre
_____
When you enter tbe Louisburg
Theatre now you will think you are
In "RoxyV or gome Mg town show
house, for the Improvements they
have made In their lobby are as
nice as will be seen in any threatre.
They have added rugs and nice
comfortable lounging chairs for the
convenience of their patrons who
should have to wait for any cause.
Thtfre Is no* fleed "for any on* to go
out of to?rn to see and hear good
pictures now as Louisburg has one
of the most comfortable and best
equipped theatres that you will find i
anywhere. Their slogan is goad
pictures and "The House of Perfect
Sound." Their program for the
coming week will be found in their
advertisement In another column of
this issue.
Anti ? Pride goeth before a . fall.
Toxin ? Non-sense. I was not in
the least prend of the icy sidewalk in
front of my house.
Poet? I'll be thought better of when
I'm dead and gone.
Editor ? That's so; you wont b?
writing any more then.
not to be In the form of an exposi
tion. It will not celebrate what
Americas* can do now, but what our
fathers did, to make ' ,p*eeibie the
United States of the Twentieth Cen
tury. It* MMN are entirely pa
triotic and wUi be In keeping wlih the I
event it "
COMPETITOR-PAID
There are several grocery stores k our town and one of
them haa difficulty In meeting Its expenses. It Is only a ques
tion of time until It will cease to exist.
Just two doors away, is another store which does ? very
(profitable business. When talking with the proprietor of this
store, he said: "The weakest argument I know Is for some
merchant to tell the people that he doesn't advertise because It
costs Mm too much money. I spend $180 a fear in advertis
ing. But I don't figure that It comes out of my cash drawer.
1 think it Is paid by the competitors who do not advertise. Pm
getting new Customers right along through my advertising, and
me of them are coming to me from stores within a block of
tore that brag about the fact that they don't need to advertise
everybody knows them.? Ma? dllh's- Msrshandlsisg Ad
mSm
Slfl 1 .u? mm. ii .|f!i . ; . . HI. I
Reported Dying
Andrtw J. Volatead, former Con
greaaman from Minneaota, whoae
name is attacbtd to the PtoWbkioo
law, failed to *albf after as appcodi
citia operation.
J. E Bobbitt Dead
With the death of Mr. J. H. Bob
bitt, which occurred Tuesday morn
ing at eleven o'clock at the home of
Ms son, Mr. R. A. Bobbltt, another
name Is stricken from the even les
sening roll of our old Confederate
Veterans in the County. He had
passed his eighty-sixth year and
wearied with life's duties and cares,
weary of suffering and waiting, he
.ay .down to rest
At the age of Seventeen he left his
home In Warren County and joined
the army, being a member of Com
rany Q. 43rd Regiment. He was 6
? ember of the Loutiburg Baptist
church, of which he was a member
lor thirty years. No bronze or mar
ble shaft, no splendor of ancient or
modern tombs and no play of immor
tal genius care adorn the memory ot
al genius can adore the memory ot
was one of the brave young boys who
f< ught so earnestly and sincerely in
the bygone sixties. His life, his
deeds, his influence, and his pure as
pirations are the monuments that
will keep his name burning in the
home and the hearts of kindred and
brethren, while the flying momenta
are 'divining with their dust and rust
tlie trubute upon the brightest
obelisk. While, the silence of death
wraps and chills, memories, sweet
end precious, come crowdiitg in. Few
of us WiH live as long or as well, and
fewer yet will so serve our God and
man.
The deceased Is sorvlved by only'
cue son. Sr. R. A. Bobbltt of Louls
L-urg, with whom he has made his
home Mr many years.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the home on Nash Street on
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
by Rev. A. W. Fleischmann, of Green
ville, who paid a fitting tribute to his
niemory and service, and the inter
ment was made in Oaklawn cemetery
iieneath an enormous bank of flow
ers, rare and beautiful, as the life
in whose honor they were placed
there. Rev. Mr. Fleischmann was
assisted by Revs. M. Stamps and J.
D. Miller.
The active pall bearers were
Messrs. F. B. Leonard, Q. S.
Leonard, M. C. Pleasants, G. W. Mur
phy, W. H. Allen, S. T. Wilder.
Numerous were the friends and
kindred who attended to pay respect
to that life so magnificant and full of
pplendor in its action and so beauti
ful and rare in 1U memory; only now
the memory of that noble man, yet
how sweet, how uplifting its influ
ence.
Among tboae oat of town attend
ing tw funeral were: Dr. and
Mrs. David Liles, of Rock Hill, ,S.
C., Capt. W. H. White, of Oxford,
Maeiri. W. Q. Egerton and ? . -V-.
Rhoades, of Macon. Dr. S. L. Bob
bin and Miss Annie Bobbltt, of Ral
eigh, Mr. E.. W. Timberlake, of
Wake Forest, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Al
len, Mr. W. T. Bobbltt, Mr. Walter
Allen, Mr. Ah. Allen aad Miss Eva
Ailep, of Ax/Ml, fir. and Mrs. W. O.
Lee, of Lnmberton.
FIRE DESTROYS
MODERN BARN
An earl? Sunday morning fire de
stroyed the large modern barn ot
Mr. W. H. Allen situated to the rear
of his bdme at North Main street. At
tha time the barn was constructed It
was the most modern and convenient
barn Is "the County. Fire of an un
determined origin was discovered
about S: 46 Sunday morning and the
Are department through its prompt
vork soon got enough control of the
Kituatlon to prevent the spread of the
flames to nearby buildings, but the
fire spread so rapidly In the barn that
It was impossible to save the build
ing, which was completely destroy
ed at an estimated coat of about
$6,000 with $2,600 Insurance. Along
with the barn was destrdjr?d a lot
ef feed, fltnntag tools' and timber.
?' 1 " ' ,
The blue Iky salesmen think that
ev.r*t>n* *hCTMMr*M*ked a rips old
age should be picked.
Dr. R.B. Hender
son Passes Away
One of Franklin County's Host Pop
ular Physicians Pum To
Reward
Dr. R. B. Henderson, prominent
rhy3iclan of Franklinton, and highly
esteemed and beloved throughout
Franklin County, having " many
staunch and close friends In LouU
burg and elsewhere, died on T harm
day of last week at Duke Hospital to
1'urham after a period of Illness, at
the age of 73 years.
Dr. Henderson was a native Of
Warren County and the son of Leon
ard and Nancy Turner Henderson toe
ing born In January, 1858, and atso
a great great grandson of Juijib
Leonard Henderson for whom Use
town Henderson was named. Bis
schooling ires extensive being receiv
ed at Fetter's School In Henderson,
Lenoir College, the ? University ? of
North Carolina, graduating In the
class of 1879 of which he was secre
tary, and at the University of Mary
land in 1884. After his grauation In
1884 he practiced medicine at Wil
ton, about 8 miles west of Franklin
ton, for seventeen years, and then
r oved to Franklinton 16 1901 where
he practiced until his death. In the
year, 1891 he married MissTremellah
C. Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. N. Harris, of Wilton, who died in
1919.
In his .public life Dr. Henderson
has occupied many places of influ
ence and prominence. In his school
career he became a member of the
Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Chap
el Hill. Later In his position as a
practicing physician he was a mem
ber of both the Franklitr County and
State Medical Societies, being secre
tary and treasurer of the County So
ciety., and for a number of years a
member of the Franklin County Board
of Health.
Aa a citizen of his town he was
highly respected and his Interest and
Influence therein were of great val
ue and constructive for greater
things and better men. It was
not only in tbe home town that he
was greatly esteemed but everywhere
that be was known. Great is the loss
ct this powerfully influential and
aiding hand and soul in this transi
tory life but far greater is the mem
ory and privilege of having known
such a Godsent friend and leader Num
erous are tbe men who have reaped
from his tolling hands in his services;
cqd today, they and more pay, tribute
in treasured memories of bis ac
quaintance and friendship.
So, in the divining twilight of a
life so benevcient and beautiful to the
cnes who shared in its moments, he
stepped behind the curtain tapestry,
leaving his Ideals and service to be
upheld by the sons in whom he had
instilled it in their boyhood, L. W.
Henderson, Druggist, and A. E. Hen
derson, Cashier of the Citizens and
Commercial Bank, of franklinton,
and R. B. Henderson Jr., of Durham.,
who alone survive him except his
sister, Mrs. .Boyd "Whitis, of Ensley,
Ala.
To render due tribute to the mem
ory and respect of the deceased un
told numbers of friends attended the
funeral services held for him at the
Methodist church of Franklinton Fri
day evening of last week, conducted
by Rev. J. D. Miller, pastor of St.
Pauls Episcopal church of Louisburg,
M which denomination of faith the
deceased belonged, and Rev. R. L.
Randolph, ot the Baptist church of
Franklinton. Fitting tribute was
spoken by them; yet, one more fit
ting and infinitely greater portrayed
v-aa made by the vast and beautiful
florST'SfTBring made in his honor.
Tbe interment was made in th? cem
etery at Franklinton where the final
rites were "made atad the body laid at
rest. - , ? . '
The pall bearers were Messrs. E. '
W. McGhee, G." H. Harris, D. C. Hicks.
W. F. Rose, E. M. Speed, G. C. Mttcb
irer, T. L. Joyner, W. L. Stone.
With sorrow and regret is the pas
sing of him realized by everyone who
knew him and the deepest sympa
thy is extended the ones who bear the
greatest loss.
College Glee Club
. . Entertains
The Glee Club of Loulsburg College
entertained at a reception In honor
of the Wake Forest Glee Club imme
diately following the concert Thurs
day night of last week.
The social halls of the College were
beautiful In their familiar and quaint
decorations of the George Washing
ton festival.
The guests were introduced to the
receiving line which wan coirposed
of President and Mrs. C. C. Alexand
er. Miss Bailie P. Betts, Miss Bobbye
Williams, Mr. H. L. Swint, Miss Mir
iam Whedbee, Mr. Culllpher of Wake
Forest OolUwe, Miss Alberta Laugh
^er^Jlr.(W,.4. Potter of'^ke Forest .
College. -
Punch wan served by' Miss Jofcn
Millar Terry, and an evening full of
Music and Merry social entertalnmeat
was enjoyed by the >arf? number M
guttta present. - ' '