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NEWS ton, the ?on' provided. to ftrat Monday. t t t Board of County Com *111 meet Monday. , ttt wai worth 10 1-4 ound on th?>tMal mar *d?y. ttt aid's Band will broad Saturday nlghj from F. from 8:St to 9:00 CO tared *E pi sc3Jtl church Duth end of Tar River undergoing some needed. ttt ' and Mrs. Rufus R. Up Of Loulsburg, R. 2, an the birth of a son, Rufus Thursday, June iSth. . Xtf concrete driveways at Co., filling station on liln and Perry 'Streets g renewed. Mr. W. H. Hof , local manager, informs .batter and mere approaches will be Miw Margaret Inscoe visited Raleigh Wednesday. t t t Mr. K. P. Hill, of Raleigh, vas a Loulsburg visitor Tuesday. ttt' Mr. C. D. Egerton, of Raleigh, vlslt?<L.lxjnlsburg Wednesday. t t I Mr. J. J. . Young, Clerk o f Court, spent Saturday at San atoria . .. _ - ttt Bern. E. F. Qrlffln spent the past week-end at Wrlghtsvllle Beach. ttt Mr. John Mack Lancaster is on a visit to the Century ot Progress at Chicago. ttt MiM Johnnie Perkins, of Lln colnton, is visiting Miss Mary Maloae Best. ttt Messrs. Claud and Ernest Hayea paid Henderson a business trip Tuesday. ttt Mrs. J. E. Malone and little daughters are visiting relatives . at Wilmington. * ? lit. Mr. Harvey Hayes Is visiting hla toother, Mr. J. S. Hayes, of Frankllnton this week. . . ttt Mlas Gertie Wray of McKinney, Va., spent the past week-end with Mrs. J. C. Thomas. ttt Mr. W. F. Qattls, ot Raleigh, vlsltad his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Oattis the past week-end. ttt Mwars. A1 Hodges, Floyd Qrlf fln, A1 Hodges, Jr., and Master John Bodges spent Monday In NortpHt. ?. r ? 1 ! ? uT. Malcolm McKinne and Miss DUvla McKinne left Tuesday for a iqonth's visit to friends In Chicago. ttt Mr. Roy Richardson and Miss OeraMlae Paige: Hill, ot Suffolk, Va., visited Miss Ann Liverman Sinday. j t-%t Miss Ida Mae Yow of Thomas vllle spent a few days this week with Misses Lonie and Susie Meadow*. Mr*. P. F. and little *00. of Hampton, Va.. are visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mis. J. W. Harris. ttt LT Kn. S. P. Grlffln and little daughter, Nancy Carlisle, return ed home this week after a visit to WrlghtavUle. ttt Hit. Hugh W. Perry attended the ?aacutive Board meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary In Stataavllle last week. ttt Miaae* Marlon and Mildred Matthews returned home Sunday aftor a two weeks visit to friend* ifl Washington. N. C. ttt Mr, and Mr*. J. L. Collier And Siidren returned to their home Hopewell this week after vislt ? Mr. Collier's mother. *4 ttt Mr. and Mr*. R. E. Lee, of Philadelphia vlaltfid Mrs. Lee'* parent*, Mr. and Mr*. C. M. Gat tls the peat week. t t t Mia* Ethel Wray, of McKenney, Va., and Mr. Bernard Eyler, of Peterabnrg, Va., spent the week end with Miss Marie Meade. I 111 I Jk. Judge 0. M. Beam of Roxboro, "and Mr. T. W. Smith of Rich mond njoyed the splendid flahlng ?t Bay view on Tuesday and Wed nesday of thl* week. Mr. W. H. White and family, MlsaW. J. E. Cheavea, F. W. Jus tice, Ml**es Mary Cheavea and Pattia Lamm are spending the week at Pamlico Beach. * * * Repreaentatlvo W. h. Lumpkin attested a convention of repre ?entatlvea of the Prudential Life Insurance Co.. at WrlghtsviUc Beaofe the put week-end. Mi and Oibbs IWKm j ' < w ouldo't Pom ^Mr-j. F. rCOrifflth vUted her doc tor huiband in Now York. On the screen .she lail?n? Dma. Hobby, accompanied hsr back to Hollywood If.', but refwsed to poH.with Mrs, Johnson of Fountain, and Master George Herbert Cox, of Rober sonville, sprat the past week with Master Robert Smlthwick. XXX Misses Legette Trueblood, of Washington. EL C.. Sibyl and Mary Blunt Rumley, of Southern Pines, N. C., are the guests of Misses Marlon and Mildred Mat thews this week. " * * Messrs. T.T Thome and J. W. Grlssom, Of Rocky Mount, were In Loulsburf Wednesday to ap pear before J. J. Young, C. S. C? in the interest of the defendant In the alelnatlon case against Woodrow Johnson. X t X Messrs. Thomas Creekmore and R. Pearson Upchurch, of Ral eigh, were' In Louisburg Wednes day to appear before J. J. Young, C. 8. C., representing the defend ants, seeking the removal of a case of J. M. Prlvltt vs. Sanford, Brooks and Co., to Federal Dis trict Court. BRIDE HONORED On June 24, from 5 to 6 o'clock, Mrs. J. B. Litchfield and Mrs. P. R. Inscoe entertained at a charming informal tea and miscellaneous shower in honor of Mrs. Charlie Stallings, who was formerly Miss Ina Chappell, of Candor. The guests were received at the door by Mrs. C. T. Dean and Mrs. J. T. Inscoe. In the dining room -the guests- were- received by Mrs. F. E. Dean and Mrs. Litchfield. Heart-shaped sand wiches, pretzels and tea rings were served by Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Farmer. A special delivery package was presented to the bride. On open ing this package the bride found many beautiful and neeful gifts. For the occasion the home of Mrs. Inscoe was decorated with a profusion of Queen Anne's Lace and garden flowers. The color motif of green and white was ef fected throughout the home. li\ the dining roosp the table was centered with an attractive bride. Mrs. Litchfield and Mrs. Inscoa bade the guests good-bye. MT. GILKAI) XEWS On Saturday night, July 1, 1933, at 8:00 o'clock the regular quarterly Conference meeting will be held. We especially urge each and every member to be present at this meeting. The following day there will be Sunday school at 10:00 and regular preaching services at 11:00 o'clock a. m. At 8:00 o'clock p. m. the Christian En deavor will begin with Its new quarter and new officers. We welcome everyone to attend theee services. Come on members lets pull together and win In the end. A Richmond County cotton grower reports his crop heavily Infested with the wilt disease though no cotton had been plant ed on the land for seven years prior to this season. As our adventures fade into the past we clothe them with gar ments of mystery, danger and royal splendor. Reported. When you want to think don't amke yourself so comfortable that you fall asleep. m AMU HUNT WM TMMUO Min HUM mio JUM' OUTTA MIMPOW l'"? WUffi MJMN !?.?. UWHLWIUM^W u,vtO hjaBiwaaiow. Light and Water Information In replying to the editorial of last weak (Jane iSrd) entitled "Let's Be Fair; Why Change?" It Is the writer's desire to be brief and sute the true facts concern ing this case, rather than let the public be mls-lnfonned. "Loulsburg's Utilities are In the limelight, now. For a number of years they have been envelop ed in a cloak of mystery and se clusion and hare enjoyed a peri od In which they have been un molested by a rightfully Interest ed group of patrons, and taxpay ers. Fire has been drawn by the editorial appearing In these col umns on June 23rd alleging that the Town Commissioners were contemplating the release of Mr. Hill as So&Mnntendent of the Light % Water Department. Tt?? editorial went far enough to stats tbaVMrl. H1J1 hat) keen treatefj 'T?7 unfairly because be ' had not been* given a' chance to , face and answer his accusers. As. Chairman of . the Light ft Water.. Committee the writer knows that . no aecnsatlons have been made of Mr. Hill. Statement was mad* that the , Superintendent's work has been so diversified that he- has been unable to do justice to his own department. That's probably true , But It Is Inconceivable that any , man who is the manager of a < 1200,000.00 plant to allow him- t self to be away on som? petty ( street maintenance Job. Retail* , atlons may be made that he was Entirely at the mercy of the Com- \ mlssloners and that he simply t obeyed their commands. We'll accept those retorts, but still we wonder if any objection was ] raised by the Superintendent to { his over-seers? Regardless of , whose fault this was, the simple , question can be raised: At whose ( expense has that been allowed? ( The primary job of a superintend- ( en* is at his plant; his title con- ( veys- that information. . Stress was laid upon the tact that the Commissioners have al- | lowed an applicant tor his job to ( make a recent surrey of the re- , ported discrepancies existing in ' Louisburg. The Light & Water Committee consider that a wise act, .because the man making the survey was an experienced elec trician, and (or the job it took an experienced electrician. It is in credible that the editor would have a brick-mason to do this Job. Would you let a soda-Jerker audit the town's books? Opinions may be formed that he was over xealous in his findings. We can truthfully say, and for his own benefit, that his report has been carefully perused and checked by other Individuals, and In his re port no discrepancies have been found. Those discovered were on the other side of the fence. "They claim that every sale of ( Frlgidaires he made added to the business of the electric light plant as It takes electric current , to run them." That quotation was taken from the editorial prlorly referred to. Did tho ed itor stop and think who helped sell these units and at whose ex- , pense It has been done. It has been done at the expense of the patrons of the light plant, the tax-payers and city In general. To further the sal* of Frlgidalres the town has offered a special in ducement. Special 3c rate* are available for this machine (which are contrary to the rules and reg ulations of the rates) and no concession has been allowed1 the man unable to purchase this equipment. Reference to the leaking fuel tanks leads the writer to believe this editorial of laat week to be [ based solely on street gossip. Who has, and who would have the temerity to accuse Mr. Hill ! of having knowledge of this leak ? prior to his finding? Certainly the Light & Water Committee has not, and no reference has been made to the matter. As far . as can be determined the writer, ( or writers, have received their Information from no authentlcal source. As to the plant not having a square deal we agree heartily ( with the writer on that phase. It has not hCd a square deal be cause of conditions existing at { the plant. No records have been kept and could- sot be kept. There Is no Information to give your ( public when no information Is available. Because they were wired wrong, the kilowatt produc tion meters (the meters from which the amount of electric cur rent produced Is determined) have been allowed, for the past Ave years, to run backwards; no street lighting data was kept; noi water pump meter reading list- ] ed; no oil records, or records of any nature were available. In1, making a double-barreled com plaint, as has been made, the , correlation between the Superln- , tendent's Job and these records1 1 |Should have been thought of, be- ( cause one phase might cast re- . flections on the other. It is exceedingly unfair to Mr. Hill io publicise and air this mat- , tor until accusations have been made by the Board, whether they j are considering such a procedure , or not. It la also unfair to the j Board of Town Commissioners to . give this matter undue and un necessary publicity. When this Board went Into oflce It began an Investigation of the plant to see If economies could be put In to effect and the reported Irregu- 1 larltlM ?topp?41. If thOM could be accompllahed, aa appreciable saving would reeult to the pa tron* and cltixens of Loulaburg. Aa a result of thla survey, the reaulta have leaked out thru an unauthorized aource, and canted thla unnecessary publicity. It la the dealre of the Board to put Into effectevery saving pos sible; It la the Intention of the ,Boftfd.-to run the town'a affairs In a business-like manner; It la the ambition of the Board to supprees all unethical practice. For Its dealre.to accomplish these It has been forced to suffer thla Insolent ridicule. The editorial was uncalled for, lll-advlsed, un timed, and possibly detrimental to each faction. It had only one favorable aspect; It haa given op portunity to publish some facta and figures. Based on a three week'* aver age (the time elapsed since the re-wiring of the kilowatt produc tion meters) the switchboard cost per kilowatt hour is 2.8c. A fig ure exceedingly high, when -we! consider the town of Wllaon haa i switchboard eost of .58c. The three week's average will be used to figure the data hence forth used: Required to pump water: Raw water <90 kilowatt' hours per reek; Clear water 1480 kilowatt aoura per week. Coat of pump ng water $2, <47. <8 per annum it basic cost of producing energy. Street Llghta: 2200 volt cir :ult consumes 55,440 kilowatt lours per year at a cost of 81, >52.32; 110 volt circuit consumea >2,704 kilowatt hours per year it a cost of 81.^76.(4. Total coat >f lighting atreeta per annum la hefefore 83,027.98. These figures 'ou will note do not Include cost at repairs, replacements, main enance, etc. On this same basis the plant is >roduclng per annum 733,200 dlowatt hours. Since June Is >ne of the lowest production nonths In the year, aa figures re real, It will be necessary to add ipproxlmately 10 per cent to :ompensate for the yearly pro luction. This makea a total of 108,520 kilowatt hours produced jer annum. 1 From the records available in1 Lhe Clerk's Ofllce, October seems lo be the average month in the fear for sales. The sales for Oc tober 1932 (on a year's basis) would total 319,851 kilowatt hours. The balance sheet would appear therefore: Plant Production in K. W. H. 808,520 Sales per year 319,851 P??ping water 94,580 Lighting st8. 108,144 ?Mis. Purposes 10,000 532.S55 808,520 ?Note. A liberal allotment of 10,000 kilowatt hours Ms been made for miscellaneous purposes, vis: lighting the fire station, Clerk'B office, battery "B", and other service of" the tolvn'a. One will note from the pro ceeding figures that we have a line loss of 274,186 kilowatt hours per annum which repre sents a monetary value of 87, 678.62. F ik the benefit of persons, we might state that this loss occurs because of the poor condition of the lines. Faulty and leaky con nections, which are not soldered or froxen, give small arcs which cause line leaks and a constant radio Interference. Especially Is that true in wet weather because of poor insulation and wrong in stallations. Ttje high tension lines In some part* of the town are too small causing them to heat and lose an appreciable amount of energy. As stated by a Superintendent of a neighbor ing plant ( Incidentally he is not an applicant for Superlntendency of the local plant) before we could obtain the proceeding in formation: "Tour lines are In a deplorable condition. I believe your loss will constitute 40 per cent of your production." From these figures one can de termine that our line loea la 34 per cent of production. A plant tnd system In good shape should show a line loss of not more than 10 per cent of production. In 1932 your plant showed an operating profit of 810,085.33. But that figure does not take Into consideration the Intereat on bonded Indebtedness (approxi mately flSl.OQO.OO with an In terest eharga of 6. per cent would be (10,8(0.00 per annum), near the normal figure of a 10 per cent depreciation of mechanical equipment, which would place your plant In red Ink each year. These are actual figure* as based on our recent survey of the plant. The writer baa peraonally conducted this Investigation and can Touch for them. They are, at least, food for thought; figures don't lie; they are things we must take into consideration, whether they be favorable or cast reflec tions. When this Board decide* to enter accusations, If It be con ilderlng that course, against Mr. Mill, he and his friends can be issured that he will b? given op portunity to answer. The thing 'arthest from this Board Is any1 leslre to be nnfalr, and insportsmanltke towards any person or any matter. We hope :he untimely editorial of June Z3rd will have no weight, no bearing, no influence on either taction, because It besmlrka of lark, sinister. Innuendo* that :ould not help any cause. F. W. WHKLE88. JR. Subscribe to The Franklin Time* V mmsmi \ ? LESSON Ijr Cbariti E. Dunn , JOSHUA Ltuon for July 2nd. Joshua 1 :1-P. Golden Ttxl : Joshua 1 ? The third quarter of lessons intro duces ut to tome early leaders of th< Old Testament period. The first of these is Joshua. He is not, obviously, one ot the supreme figures in the Bible pllerjr of portraits. Nevertheless he is I great fool who look a leading part in the stirring events of a critical period. He was one of the two older men who were per mitted to enter the promised land. He was afraid neither of the giants in Canaan, nor of the fickle-hearted folk Be. Ctai'l D?.ii i i ?#"? ?? ' ^ I m me ramcj 01 use cnuaren ox kxx who yearned after the fleth pots o) Egypt In these days of fear and distress people sometimes cry, "Oh for a Mosei to lead oi through the wfldernesslf But what we need most oi all is I Jot boa to lead oa oat of the wilder ness. Now note that Joshua alwagrs obeyeV the divine command. He was never guilty, like Motes, of disobedience. Dr. Matheson calls Joshua a prosaic man, that is, a subordinate who carried out the instructions of his chief. God did the planning, and Joshua, a willing toot fulfilled the divine decisions. "Arise; go over this Jordan," said the Lord, and Joshua and the people at oacs crossed the famous river into the fait land of their dreams. "See, I have given i into thine hand Jericho," again cried th? Lord, and this Canaanite stronghold soon fell, after a short seige. In both cases it is God who does the real work ! He it was who separated the Jordan waters so that the people passed over on dry ground. And tt was He who caused the wall of Jericho to fall | down flat. Joshua was simply the abed- ' ient agent of his God. And /ater, at Gideon, when Joshua faced the test of a crucial battle, it is the Lord who determined the victory, first by sending a disastrous hail storm, . and then by halting the sun and moon. "The Lord fought for Israel," as the' narrative says. So Joshua, an obedient servant, with the strength and courage , alaimed by our Golden Text, fought ?X God. - . . i , HOME DEMONSTRATION ?' . ? DEPARTMENT ?!? ? ? " * Mrs. Elizabeth R. Clifton, * * Emergency Home Agent. * ?*??**????? Itinerary Tuesday, July 4, Centreville. Wednesday, July 5, Pilot. Thursday, July t, Mapleville. Friday, July 7, Justice. ttt Canning Get* Under Way Mr. L. H. Allison, Relief Direc tor of Franklin County, has Just received the ten thousand tin cans ordered for relief canning in the county. The three thousand glass cans and three thousand extra Jar tops and rubbers are In transit. The above supplies will only be used for relief. The members of the Home Demonstration Clubs have order ed through the Director around five thousand additional tin cans (or their own personal use. These cans are available at 2 1-2 cents per can for No. 3 cans- and 2 ceuts for No. 2 cans per thous and. Great Interest in canning Is be ing manifested among the people both white and colored. On June 20th, a canning demonstration on meats and vegetables was held In the Cafeteria of the Mills High Schol by Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris and Miss Sadie Henley, State Specialists from Raleigh. There were 12S people present. Anoth er demonstration was held the same afternon at 3 o'clock In the colored graded school. Mrs. M. S. Clifton. Emergency Home Agent, and Mrs. O. T. Meade, being the demonstrators. Meats and vegetables were canned and about forty were present. On Thursday morning, June 22nd, the Emergency Home Agent, and Mrs. Meade held a demon stration at the Cross Road Col ored School house, at "which Jean ette Sills ia teacher, on the can ning of a veal. Sunday, June 25th, Mrs. M. 48. Clifton, B. H. A., spoke to a col ored (gathering at Allen's Chapel on the Importance of canning and the proper diet In combating pel lagra, over five hunllred were ' >resent. Pamphlets on Pellagra and canning were distributed. Due to the extremely dry weather the canning has been de layed but reports are commlng In now from different sections of the Oounty and already. The Seven Paths and CentrevlUe com munities are asking for canning schools. By giving his hives attention at the proper time, C. A. Edmonson of Morganton, Burke County, has prevented his bees from swarm ing for the past five years. He harvests excellent crops of honey each season. Banker: What Is your ambi tion. Willie? Willie: I ain't got any. I Jast want to be a vice-president. THE POUNDER OF MODERN BUSINESS WHEN Jesus was twelve years old his father and mother toog him to the Feast at Jerusalem It was the big national vacation; even peasant families saved their pennies and looked forward to it through the vear. Town* like Nazareth were emptied of their inhabitttit* except for the few old folks who were left behind to look after the very young ones. Crowds of cheerful pilgrims filled the highways, laughing their way across tile hills and under the stars at night. In such a mass of folk it was not surprising thai a boy of twelve should be lost. When Mary and Joseph missed him on the homeward trip, th?y took it calmly and began a search among the relatives. The inquiry produced no result. Some remedy bered having seen him in the Temple, but no om - If iiau sccii iiiiii uuicc. xviary grew irigniciicu ; wncrc couia ne ocr Back there in the city, alone ? Wandering hungry and tired through the friendless streets ? Carried away by other travelers into a dis* tant country? She ?pictured a hundred calamities;- Nertouaiy dw and Joseph hurried back over the hot roads, through the suburb*, up through the narrow city streets, up to the courts of the Templq itself. ? And there he was. Not lost; not a bit worried. Apparently unconscious that th? Feast was over, he sat in the midst of a group of old men, wh<j Were tossing questions at him and applauding the shrewd conimoq sense of his replies. Involuntarily his parents halted ? they werfl simple folk, uneasy among strangers and disheveled by their haste, But after all they were his parents, and a very human feeling of irritation quickly overcame their diffidence. Mary stepped forwanj and grasped his arm. "Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us ?" she demanded. "Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing." I wonder what answer she expected to receive. Did she eve* know exactly what he was going to say : did any one in Nazareth quite understand this keen, eager lad, who had such curious moments-of abstraction and was forever breaking out with remark^ that seemed so far beyond his years ? He spoke to her with deference, as always, but in words thaj did not dispel but rather added to her uncertainty. "How is it that ye sought me?" he asked. "Wist ye not that 1 must be about my father's business t" His father's business, indeed, as if that wasn't exactly where they wanted him to be. His father owned a prosperous carpenter shop in Nazareth, and that was the place for the boy, as he very well knew. She was on the point of saying so, but there was something in his loole and tone that silenced her. She and Joseph turned and started out, and Jesus followed them ? away from the temple and the city back to little Nazareth. , A homely girl begins to enjoy lfe about the time a pretty girl s tired of it. 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