THE FRANKLIN TIMES
Iaaued Ivery Friday
215 Court Street Telephone No. 283
A. F. JOHNSON, BOIter ud Ibufer
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AMERICAN PUBS ASSOCIATION
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claaa null natter.
. The way to get ahead is to start now.
Success often lies not so much in what we do as in
?what we don't do.
Most of the poor seem to keep Wealthy at no ex
pense.
Pride, greed and ambition disappear only to re
appear.
WAR TOUCHES US ALL
Nothing could more^ffeetively demonstrate to every
body the fact that war or even the threat of war invol
ving one of the major Western nations, touches the in
terest of every other nation and of all of their people^
than the excitement and concern now being exhibited in
all of the world '8 capitals over the questions which have
been raised by the advance of Italy upon Ethiopia.
Italy is more than 3,000 miles from the United States
and Ethiopia is still farther away, yet the question of
our own neutrality and of what our Government should
do* toward co-operating to prevent the war is a vital and
important one. It is one thing to talk about prohibiting
the sale of war supplies to one or both belligerents in a
war. It is quite another thing to make such prohibition
effective.
What are war supplies? Canada has announced
that she will not dump her wheat reserves on the market
but will hold them in the expectation of high prices, be
cause of thisjjyur. Wheat is a war supply, no less than
bullets oqfenpowder.
We earnestly hope that our nation will not become
involved in any way that will further strain our relations
with Italy and the rest of the world, but we believe it
would be in the interest of every American for our State
Department to lend all the moral support, possible to
the efforts which the other great nations are making to
avert this silly and senseless war.
POTATO CONTROL
As we understand the "Potato Control" amendment
to the A. A. A. Act, which was enacted by Congress last
month, every farmer who raises and sells more than five
bushels of potatoes anywhere in the United States will
have to pack the potatoes in containers of a size and
style prescribed by the Department of Agriculture, and
attach to each container a stamp printed by the Govern
ment. The stajips will be either potato-tax stamps or
tax-exemption stamps. "
Whether the stamp is a tax-exemption stamp or a
tax stamp will depend upon whether the farmet has
grown and offered for sale more or less than his quota
of potatoes. Every farmer is to be given a quota ? that
is, a specific number of bushels of potatoes which he may
produce and sell without paying a special tax. If he
grows more than his quota, he will have to pay a tax
of 45 cents a bushel on every bushel in excess of the
quota.
Of course, every such restrictive law offers a temp
tation to violate it. So there is a provision in this potato
control law intended to prevent bootlegging of potatoes.
It provides that any person who knowingly offers for
sale or offers to buy potatoes not properly packed, or
packages not stamped, is lmbb. to a iine up to $1,000,
and for a secd?d Offenc*/t? Mpnsonment up to one year;
* According to the Department of Agriculture, there
are somewhat under 3,000t000 farmers who raise potatoes
for the market.' Only a trifling fraction of these grow
less than five bushels. -How many potatoes the rest of
them may grow and sell is still to be determined, but
every farmer will be alloted his quota before the end of
this year.
The idea of . this potato control amendment, of course,
is that of benefiting the farmer. Potatoes have lately
been bringing the lowest prices in many years. One rea
son is said to be that many farmers who have been -pro
hibited from growing their customary crops of wheat,
corn and cotton have put their land to potatoes. At re
tail in the big city markets potatoes lwve lately sold at
one cent a pound. That is 60 cents a bushel, including
transportation and handling coBts and profits of whole
salers and retailers, which doesn't leave very much
for the fanner.
Consumers have been jubilant over the fact that the
price of this important staple food has not climbed
higher and faster than their incomes. There have been
consumer strikes against meat products and other foods
because of mounting' prices. We wonder how lon#;<sw|
sumers will be hajngtj|^6n the price of potatoes al|p be
gins to climb.? Exchange. _ ^ ..
-^V W-RUCl ^ tiA+t I OR
THE INFLUENCE OF THE BOOK
^HE longest telegraphic message that ever had gone over
the wires up to that time was sent -from New York to
Chicago, May 20, 1881. Its one hundred and eighty thousand
words were addressed to The Chicago Times. The Tribune had
a message almost as long. The following
morning'both papers printed the four Gospels
^omplete, with the book of Acts, while The
Times had Romans aiso. The next day they
printed the rest of the New Testament from
copies sent bv mail, proclaiming that they had
perfortried the greatest journalistic achieve
ment of all time. They were right.
The typesetting machine was not yet in use.
Ttu Triqune employed ninety-two compositors
and five correctors, and completed the work
-of taking, transcribing, correcting and setting
up the text in twelve hours.
On the same day this Revised Version of
the New Testament was put on sale simultaneously in New
York and London. In New York thirty-three thousand copies
were sold locally and at retail in twenty-four hours. Two
million copies were sold in Oxford and Cambridge before the
edition was off the press. In the United States, from May
twentieth until the end of the year 1881, thirty huge editions,
mounting into millions of copies, were sold. Nothing compar
able has ever occurred in publishing history.
The New Testament has four short biographies of Jesus,
each containing some material which if not in any of the
others. It has often been asked, "Since we have four, why not
more f" Several of the apostles are supposed to have journeyed
far and to have made converts in distant places.
There is nothing inherently improbable in the thought that
one or more of them might have written for his own converts
in a distant region a little sketch of Jesus as he remembered
'Him, and that this sketch, however inferior as a whole to any
one of our four gospels, might contain a few authentic inci
dents, one or two parables, or a report of some discourse with
Teaus hitherto unknown. It has been conjectured that such ;
Vbcxjks were in actual existence.
Such conjectures are probably without foundation. But
suppose that "such a book, a gospel by ThomM or Andrew,
were to be found in a far corner of Asia or Africa, and that
some scholar of a reputation as well established as that of
Tischendorf, the discoverer of the Sinaitic manuscript, were
vto ste it and pronounce it genuine. Suppose the authorities of
the library or convent where it was found should say that
scholars were free to examine and photograph and translate
.'it, but that it must not be removed. What would happen?
Dr. Perry Resigns
The following letter Is self
explanatory: v
Hqp. W. C. Webb, Mpyor ^
Town of LouisbticA.. Z.. " .
Louisburg, N. C.
Dear Sir:
It has become necessary for m?s
lo, and I do thereby, tender my re
signation as a member of tbe
Board of Commissioners of the
Town of Loaisburg. Tbe 'ueces
sity for this action Is due to the
fact that I have been elected as
a member of the County Board
of Education of Franklin. County
and under Che provisions of our
State Constitution. I cannot hold
both of these offices at one and
the same time.
It is with a feeling of regrat
that I take this action. My associa
tion with you and the other men\
ber? of the Board have been most
cordial and pleasant In spite of
the pecessary trials and tribula
tions" through which we have pass
ed. I extend to you and the Board
my very best wishes for a success
ful continuation' of your adminls-1
(ration and assure you of my per-j
tonal cooperation to this end.
Sincerely, i
HERBERT G. PERRY, M. D. !
IB the resignation- of Dr. Pern",
the town has lost one of its most !
leaMtis and capable officials, who
was -always interested In all move-1
gieats promising public good. He
Is tfjUly a progressive, but is suf
ficiently conservative to Insure
safe and sound action.
In the change the public school
system of Franklin County has
gained a most valuable, capable
and efficient official, whose op
portunity for service has been en
larged. The people of the County
are to be congratulated upon1
securing Dr. Perry ps a member
of the Board of Education In the ,
County. ,!
Committee '!
Meeting
? i
At an executive committee 1
meeting of the Miiis Parent i
Teacher Association in the office ;
of the county superintendent the
new principal bf Mills High 1
School, W. C. Stroud, formerly <
of Jonesboro, made an address to i
representatives. M
The group accepted with regret
the resignation ofHhe P. T. A. '
President, Mrs, Hugh Hayes Perry, 1
who has recently Joined the facul- I
ty of Mills School. County 8uper- I
ipteudent W. R. Mill* offered the 1
taqi* of Mrs. J. Y. Beasley as the l<
new 'president, and she was un- '
anlmously elected by the group,
subject to the vote of the associa
tion later.
Representing, the various com
mittees wdre tbe following mem
bers; Hospitality, Mrs, Edwin H. I
Malone : -ways 'and nteani, Mrs.
Allen; publications, Mrs.
Ingram; program, Miss Coulla 1
Jarntan; summer round-up, Mrs.
Mafcolm MoXinne; lunch room,
IKpXB. T. Holden ; music, lira.
pabficT^RirsrTF^tSst Joyner.
From Ingleside
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gill Good
son, of Akron, Oblo, have return
ed home after a visit of two weeks ;
with friemts and kin in this .coun
ty. ?Hr. Goodson is a native of
Franklin and has lived in Akroni
the past fifteen years.
Charlie Phelps.. son ot Mr and
Mrs. Harold Phetps, underwent
an operation for appendicitis at
the Community Hospital in Louls
burg, Saturday ntght.
Mrs. Pattle Jones is recovering
from -a serious illness of which
she was suddenly attacked on
Friday night of last week.
Rev. John Edwtrds, of Hender
son, Is In a series of meetings this
week with Rev. Carl Ousley, pas
tor at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
iServices held In the afternoon
and at night.
; Several milk qpwg were sold
here and at near by points last
week.
The ordinance of baptism was
administered to one candidate
Sunday afternoon, at 3:30 at
Lake View (Weldon's pond), by
Rev. Carl Ousley, pastor of Cor
inth church.
Dan Pou Smithwlck, of Rich
mond. came Wednesday for a
vacation visit if th his parents,
Dr. and Mrs.U. T. Smithwlck, of
Loulsburg.
Mrs. Leila Woody and daugh
ter, Miss Mildred Woody, of Dur-|
ham, are visiting Mrs. Joe Ben
Beasley.
It is understood that State Su
perintendent of Schools Clyde Er
wln read the announcement of
Dr. McDonald's candidacy for
Governor with a marked degree
ot complacency. But it has not
been stated, so far as heard from,
as to what degree of complacency,
If any, that McDonald's announce
ment was read by the four other
gubernatorial aspirants. It has;
already been observed, however, i
that his candidacy appears to be
> matter of serious concern ill j
lome quarters ? -with complacen- J
ify "omltteil. 'j . ?' Cor.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lucas and
their son, Raymond E. Lucas, Jr.,
and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Wlngfleld,
jt Richmond, spent the Sunday
of August 25, with their father
?nd mother, Mr. afad Mrs. S. H.
Dickerson of near Ingleside. Mrs.
Lucas and her son spent the fol
lowing week at her home. Then
Jn September I, her husband came
and they left for Pilot Mountalnl
to spend the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dickerson {
came down for the holiday also'
from Fredericksburg, Va., on this 1
past Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Ward]
Splcer and Mr. and Mr*. Joseph
OUle and Wilson Dickerson also
of Fredericksburg spent the day
with Mr.-and Mrs. S. H. Dickerson.
8. C. _
THANKS
I wlah to express my deepest I
ive when my home was on flrefl
tasfTfctwdms My appreciations!
are mfcrtrlBkB I can express.
MRS. F, N. $FIVBT.
The mind of a singe-track kind
should carry a tall light to avoid
rear-endf collision*. - (
More Spreads
Completed
Mills P. A. reports the com
pletion of two more bed spreads.
When all are completed some
method of selling them to best
advantage will be announced and
It is desired that the entire public
be ready to cooperate in assisting
the P. T. A.
Bed-Spread No. 6
The squares for this spread
were placed and collected by Mrs.
J. P. Tlmberlake. Mrs. Timber
lake also had the spread made.
The domestic was furnished by
Mrs. Ben T. Holden and the ma
terial for border, backs and
strips by Mrs. J. P. Tlmberlake.
Individual squares wertf fa&de
by Mrs. Henry Hunt, Estelle
Cyrus, Mrs. J. P. Moore, Pauline
Catlette, Mrs. Joe Wester, Mrs.
O. R. Radford, Mrs. Q. R. Whee
ler, Mrs. Ballard Fuller, Mrs. E.
C. Cyrus, Mrs. Henry Wiggins.
Mrs. J. A. Cash, Mrs. S. T. Whe
less, Mrs. R. W. Yeargin, Mildred
Cyrus, Florence Pearce Parrlsh,
Mrs. Rufus Fuller, Mrs. J. B.
Cooper, Mrs. B. W. Wheeler, Mrs.
O. R. Radford, and Mrs. J. P.
Tlmberlake.
Bed-Spread No. 7
The squares (or this spread
were placed and collected by Mrs.
J. C. Harkins and Mrs. D. L. ,
Wells.
The white cloth was contribut- '
ed by Hall and Hall. The material I
used to divide with was contri- 1
buted by the following: Mrs. W. i
M. Freeman. Mrs. J. C. Harkins, i
Mrs. N. C. Mullen and Mrs. D. L. 1
Wells.
The following met at the home
of Mrs. J. C. Harkins and finish
ed the sprtead, Mrs. N. C. Mullen,
Mrs. L. P. Prince, Mrs. D. L.
Wells and Mrs. J. C. Harkins.
During the afternoon delicious
candy made by Mrs. W. B. Joy
ner, was served.
Those who made squares were:
Mrs. W. E. Hall, Mrs. O. J. Hale, <
Mrs. N. C. Mullen, Mrs. J. A. 1
Toone, Miss Sudie Toone, Mrs. '
D. L. Ayescue, Mrs. H. G. Harris,
Mrs. W. M. Edwards, Mrs. J. C. 1
Harkins. Mrs. Edward Strickland.
]Mrs. Herbert Leonard, Mrs. E. A.
|Wall, Mrs. L. P. Prince, Mrs. Ina i
S. Newberry, Mrs. C. M. Vaughan I
and Mrs. D. L. Wells. i
Brunswick Stew
Supper *
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kemp, gavo
ii delightful brumswick stew sup
per at their home Just West of
Loulsburg Friday night. The
guests, fifty, or more, gathered
early, enjoyed a social hour among
themselves and their hospitable
guests which was followed by a
bountiful feast of the most delici
ous of all stews, and which was
partaken of generously by all
present. In addition there were
ir any kinds of cake, pickle, wafers
etc., that gave the proper set off
for a most enjoyable report.
The many present enjoyed a
most delightful evening.
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Cotton tax-exemption certifi
cates will be available to sf!I
North Carolina growers in the
near future. County agents will
notify the growers when their
certificates are ready.
Every man should learn to
swim. He never knows when he
Is going to be between the devil
ind the deep sea.
BUY & SELL
IN LOUISBURG
"THE BEST MARKET IN
EASTERN CAROLINA"
More Money for What You Sell
More Values for What You Buy
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THIS WEEK'S VALUES M
2 PINEAPPLE
Sliced or Crushed OCc
2 2 No. 2 Cans . . . . ?W
II
MOTHERS OATS
With China Ifjc
Package . . . . . . " '
Large Size
PRUNES,
3 - 1 lb. Pkgs
u
#11
|| WALTER BAKER'S CHOCOLATE, 1-2 Pound 19c ? 1 PAN FREE ||
10c Oct. Pdrs.
Palmolive
3 Cakes
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Tablets, Pencils, Crayons,
Composition Books, Note
Book Fillers
ahdTfree 25c
WAX PAPER 1 Ac
4ff Ft. Rolls . . . *v
6-25SHEET
ROLLS
25c
jl ROUND BROOMS Each 5QC
0 Cedar Oil Fura. Iftc
Polish, 24 os. bot. "V
H
HERRING ROE ^Cc
2 - 8 oz. cans .... w
Full Cream *Y) c M
CHEESE, lb. ... I*
HEADQUARTERS FOR
SEED and FEED
WINTER RYE, ABRUZZI
RYE, CLOVER
BARLEY, RED DOG
SHIP STUFF
PRICED TO SELL
? IN OUR MARKET ? D
WESTERN STEAK, lb 22c to 35c If
FRESH PORK BRAINS, lb 15c |4
FRESH PORK SAUSAGE, lb 29c
BONELESS RIB ROLLED ROAST, lb.. . 26c
BEEF or PORK LIVER, lb 23c
"TfRESH FISH?
8S, W. MURPHY ft SON, ?.#???'?* B
""111 a 10U11 sou IVUK '(H,r H