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LOnsni'W, COTTON Coltoii was worth W crut* a pound in I^>ui>l>um yesterday, THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE UNION - V - ? * From Lrarinj I.oui~bijig By Adi ertbiiig (u The TIMES \ OLU.MN I, XVIII SUBSCRIPTION' 91.50 ? Ta LOU1SBCRG, N. CAROLINA KKI1MY, FEBRUARY 4, l!M8 (EIGHT PAGES) N 1MB EH SI W. E. WHITE DEAD t Was On6 of Louisburg And Franklin County's Most Prominent And Highly Respected Citizens Mr. W. E. White, one of Louis burg's most prominent and high ly respected citizens died ai >a hospital in Durham at 7::10 Tues- . day morning, following an illness of several months. Mr. White; j was 66 years of age. He was iwtce married, first to Miss Blanche Fowler, who preceeded | him to the grave five years ago, J from which union there survive | three sons, Messrs. Clyde O. : White, W. E. White. Jr.. and Ken neth White, all of Louisburg He was later married to Miss Eleanor Collie, who also survives! him. He is also survival by two sisters, Mrs. Dr. T. D. Tyson. of| Mebane. and Mrs. Dr. ? ? | Jones, of High Point, alsl. two brothers, Plem White, of Climax, and Joe White, of Greensboro. Mr. White was one of Louis burg's oldest and leading business men, coming to Louisburg about forty years ago from Oxford andj engaging in the furniture and un dertaking business, first as White Hall Furniture Co., then soon af ter assuming full controll and changed the name to W. E. White Furniture Co. This busi ness under his direction grew to lw one of the best known and most substantial in the county. He was a great civic leader and worker and was found in the front of all civic and public move ments. He had served his town as Commissioner for around thir ty years and had tyeen an active 3. ember of the Board of Trustees of Louisburg College for more . than ten years, Being Chairman of the Board at the time of his ! death. He was an acMve Mason i and was a member of tlie Board of Stewards of the Methodist Church. He was a member of the Friends Church, and was true to his faith. As a Husband and father he trne, Wnd, ind-Hlgent and pa tia?*, ?*d his kindly smile and -?aUe and pleasant personality oiade him especially popular ' among his many friends. He was ?jhe leading force that caused the ? town to take over and assume i ?the upkeep of Oakwood ceretery. ; a move he considered as one of j his greatest achievements. The funeral services were held irom his home on North Church Street Wednesday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock,,, conducted by Revs. ,T. G. Phillips, pastor Louisburg Methodist Church, D. E. Earn- 1 bardt. President* of Louisburg , College, and J. D. Simons, pastor; Louisburg Baptist Church, and j interment was made in the family plot In Oaklawn cemetery. Both services were attended by large numbers of friends and relatives of the deceased and the floral ?rlbute was especially large and beauMful, paying the highest tri-j bute of respect to one whose life ; ^ad contributed so largely to his Community. The .pallbearers were as fol- ; lows: Active ? E. H. Ma lone, T. i ^ K. Stockard, A. W. Person. C. K. i Sykes, J. H. Boone, C. E. Pace.! Honorary?John Hughes. F. H. Allen, L. L. Joyner, \V. B. Bar row, J. S. Howell, W. J. Cooper, F. W. Justice, C. K. Cooke, Dr. C. H. Banks, W. R. Mills. D. F. Mc Kinnt, Malcolm McKinne, Board ...of Stewards of the Methodist, .Church, H. F. Mitchell, N. H i . Ayescue, J. H. Best. C. P. Harris. Wi N. Fuller, F. B. McKinne, J. ; X. Inscoe, E. A. Kemp, visiting ;1 Undertakers. |i The funeral was In charge ofii Messrs. Walter Cooke, of Frank-] Minton. and ? . ? -. Blalock. of j -, Henderson, and business general , Jy in Louisburg was suspehded during the funeral hour as a tri bute of respect to the deceased. Somehow, the behavior of great nations makes you think ol two little boys. You hare seen them in some squabble, inching up toward eachothftr, all brist ling, and maybe one or both with a chip on their shoulders. Program At Utie Louisburg Theatre The following Is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Feb. 5th: Saturday ? ? Double Feature ? BOB STEELE in "Riding The L.one Trail" and Peter Lorre Inf 1 Think Fast Mr. Mo to." Sunday-Monday ?.Irene Dunne *od Cary Grant "The Awful Tut'h." On the Stage Sunday night The Public Wedding of Miss Mar garet Joyner and Mr: Dan Holt. Tuesday ? ? Clkire Trevor; in - Big Town Girl." Wednesday ? Dick Foran and Ann Sheridan in "She Loved A Fireman." Thursday ? Glenn Morris and Sleanor Holm in "Tarzan's 'Re venge." > Friday. ? Mae West in "Every 3ay's A Holiday." Mills P. T. A. Meeting Thursday. Jan. UTili ltr.i I'kt'il tile beginning of .Mills P. T. A. meetings for the year lf'SS. It was the tif'h monthly 'mee;> iug of the school-yea I' . which was postponed from i)ie schedule time, Jan. 20. In spite of postponement and a very cold day, there was sol- ndid attendance. Seven of I.ouisliuitt'.i Civic and Welfare organizations had repre sentatives present', who gracious ly cooperated with the P. T. As sociation ill presenting t'hf Wel fare, program for the occasion. i The program began with the i assembly singing . "America." j which was followed by reading j the Parent-Teacher Creed. Mrs. H. (5. Bailey and Miss Scoville in lovely duet, sang Santa l.ijcia. The minutes of "the last* meet- j ing were read by the Secretary. Miss Davis. Mrs. Yarborough then present- 1 ed Mrs. Marry H. Johnson. P.T.A ! Welfare Chairman and program j speaker for the afternoon. Her subject of address was, "Child Welfare ? Relative to School Attendance," The contex ( of her splendid message to the j P.T.A wag. first to promote child j welfare in home and school, and >n community; second, to develop 1 closer relation between the.home1' and the school; third, to secure! adequate laws for the care and,' protection of children; fourth, to I ' obtain and maintain a school wiMi ! sanitary environment and play- j ground, and adequate eqiupmen! I ' of rooms, to the physical comfort I 1 and convenience of teachers and j pupils. lion" S'r ^'ared. the I ? tope wag no Ltopian dream bur an<i p^^abiei* ! w,th thf; concentrated effort i ?rfhome and school toward tZ ' aZTnT?- *1'*- j0hn8o?'8 ad I nor.r C'IVlf' ",,d Welfare re ??r. ?, Sound and sincere, were 1 J i ??* rdnl< Hose read the Tun lor Woman's League report out-" > anding in Welfare activities splendid expenditure of i SJ5 0u received from Theatre and funds raised bv thp ?? , ; -5 3S&.J *'"? ?"?->< I The Kiwanis Club (i<ftr, 1 sM.!,,V7 ;i?i; ? ! ?r&r? iSTwa-K: < M.sUfakeu"' (^'"is,mya opportunl- J < - school a"d hot '"ochesjj (CaSe" ? ueedy aged benefit,, v, ('.hi"dren I " '?mi!ies from Mills school es ? ?" ?*?? oommodi (furnished to Welfare Dent by the Federal Gov. , one child ' ?ren>Mi,,S c tree oithopedic operation in Mill, '5 garments from sewing room Phi!rt ,d amo,,& Mills school 5 ssss &?'" "" t j Wrs. ]\I. S. Clifton (W P a r0p ^ port'" ree months re ! port. i08 children served -"m i Tht pt?' h' 3 ,cost ot <206.90. ' rm*. i given most of the'i free lunches. Individual benefar ! trih f'jd orSanizations have con tributed splendidly. n < Mrs. J. b. Yarborough fWPA Sewing room Supt.) Report for 2? ' mon*. At present time^ ToA , ?s i < t ! room. As many as 55 hnVe been working at one time ' In the 23 months. 14.050 eai J ' m^ntj have been made by them and distributed to the needv i!) the county, by Mrs. J. y Mitch? 1 ner SUpt. of Welfare. ' , ^\2??'^r'W i , general physical ex- < aminations 747 were 'made in ' ceiled 53 6 of Mills children re- I cehed vision-test (6535 in coun q" i t e~^ C examinations. 185 . Special inspection. 435. ? Miss Annie Green (WPA- Li brarian and Library Club leader, < riZfi I report of one child given 1 daUy hot lunch and clothes by i Welfare ph V Johnson (School1 i J reported that . the *50 00 given by the Louteburg Theatre wag divided between two ' and4?!28'!0118' the Scht>01 Welfare nd the Junior Woman's League 1 for expenditure for the needy of 1 8i5?2 and com,nun1ty. Kxcellent ' ?undhaT8heb pnTKA,Ven ^STttS ] ???u. me f. r.A. made wonriArfni J th" Ph"''!0"8 t0,tJle needy tforu i the Christmas offering of food and ar" "? ????!? "if Mrs.'R. f Yarborough (Chair- (' (Continued on page five) ( ; He's The 1 12 th ;? V. ? *? . ? . - CHICAGO . . . John Henry Sead lund. alias Pe^er Anders, caught at Santa Anita race track while betting part ot a $50,000 ransom, confesses kidnapping "and slaying last September ot Charles 8 Rosa, , local greeting cjrd manufacturer. Seadlund also confessed killing his confederate in the crime, j James Atwood Gray. Capture of "Anders" clears up all but twu , of 114 kidnapping cues that have come to the attention of J. Edgar Hoofer's federal Bureau of In- j restigattiMi since passage ot tha "Liudbergti Act" .in Juue. 1932. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held i short, session on Tuesday and lisposed of the following cases: F. M. Ayeacue was fouud guilty if assault with deadly weapon and Ined $40 and cost includiug doc ors and hospital bills. William Sills was fouud guilty >f larceny tind given " months o u ouds. Zollie Hayes plead guilty to] arceny and wa,s given months j >n roads. ; W. H. Radford resisting officer, vas continued. Chunk Johnson, assault with leadly weapon, discharged. Federal Income T axpayer s For the convenlesce of those who are required by law to tile federal Income Tax returns, a Deputy Collector of Internal Rev enue will be at the Court House n I.ouisburg. N. C., Register of Seeds Office ou March 3. 1938. o assist taxpayers In preparing heir returns. No charge will be liade for this service. The matter >f filing your income tax return should be given immediate atten ion. in order to avoid penalty and nterest. You are required to file a re aim if your net income is $1,000 ?r over or your gross income is (5,000 or over and you are single [or married and not living with lusband or wife), or if you are uarried and living with husband >r wife and your net income is !2.50v or oivr or your gross in ?oine is $5. Out) or over. KK< *:m bribe ho\okki? ? Mrs. F. H. Allen assisted by her laughters. Misses Felicia. Hazel, rieien, Max and Mrs. Conrad Stur tess. of Henderson, gave a t?a in jonor of Mrs. Willard A. Huggins, i recent bride. Friday afternoon, it the home of Mrs. Allen on klain street. Guests were greeted at the door )y Mrs.'G. W. Cdbb. with little Miss Liria Sturgess receiving ?ards. - ' Mrs. J. M. Allen U. introduced wallers to the receiving line. Receiving with Mrs. Huggins vere Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Sburgess. ind Mrs. E. A. Huggins. of White irille. Mrs. Hazel Ford invited guests into the dining room, where tea ind sandwiches were served by Mrs. W. C? Perry. Mrs. Paul Elain, Hisses Frances Turner and Anna Fuller Parham. Presiding at apposite ends of :he lace covered table were. Mrs. K. K. Allen and Mrs. G. Mr Beam. Guests' were bade .goodby by Uesdames F. R. Rose and W. D. Sgerton. O'HKNRV BOOK CLl'B Mrs. H. F. Grikin was hostess o the O'Henry Book Club at her lome Tuesday afternoon. , The guest speaker of t'he after loon was the Rv. L. F. Kent, rec or of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. A reading from Mark Twain's 'Innocents Abroad," was given by rtrs. George Weaver. The hoetesA assisted, by Mrs. F. Li. O'Neil served a salad course *rfth coffee to the club members ind the following guests, Mrs. W. Avent, Mrs W. L. Lumpkin, Mrs. J. D. Simons, Mrs. C. W. Lea. Jr., and Mrs. D. E. Earnhardt. The present price of beef leads us to believe the old story about the cow jumping over the moon, bat we never knew the moon was so far from the earth. t S. Y. MACON FA TALLY INJURED Prominent" Ingleside Man Succumbs To Hurts In Henderson Samuel Young Macon, 86. pro minent citizen of Inglcsid". died in Henderson Tuesday n.iglu at Maria l'arham 1 1 os p i t }i 1 where lie had been carried Sunday night after being attack by an auto mobile. The accident took place near the Macon family homeateud m* InKleside. Air. .Macon was said to have been struck by W. I!. Privette. a bus driver, as Macon was going toward his home. Relatives of the dead man quotfcd Privette as say ing that Macon was walking down the center of the highway and that the crush could not> have been avoided Privette took Mr. Macon to the hospital in his own vehicle. Funeral services were held at the Macon home place Wednesday afternoon at 2:::0 o'clock and1 burial was in the family ceme tery. Mr Macon was one of the best known citizens of Franklin Coun ty, coming front u long line of | prominent residents. In his youth he taught school at various places! throughout this section. Later be came a justice of the peace andj was an active member of the i Crointh Baptist Church He was | Mie son of Mr. and Mrs. George -Macon. His wife has been dead for many years and they had no chil dren. A brother, W. J. Macon, was killed in a similar automobile ac cident some 10 years ago J. H. WEATHERS DEAD Mr. J. H. Weathers. 68. one of Bunn's oldest and most prominent citizens died at his home in Bunn on Monday following an extended illne3s. He is survived by one son. Mr. Curtis Weathers, of New York City. For a long number of years Mr. Weathers wis tdentifled with the business and civic, interests of Bunn, Conducting a * vranMle establishment there for leaclong number of years and 'i.aa active in all civic, church and school ac tivities, and was held in high es teem by a large number of friends. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Bessie Hart Pippin Bunn. ? Mrs, Bessie Hart Pip pin, 58. died here Monday. Sur viving are her husband. C. C. Pippin, and four sons: W. W. Pippin. Forest. Miss.. I,. Ij. Pip- i pin. Bunn; C. C. Pippin. Zebulo.n | and H. H. Pippin. Bunn. The! funeral was held here Tuesday 3.1 1 2:30. f* Mrs. Pippin was a most estim-; able woman. She was especially; popular and highly respected by ! ?U Her acquaintances and occupi ed nit important part in t'he cant- I munity, having served many years on the school committee and was active in the work of the church | and Parent-Teacher Association and t-he Women's Clubs of the county. She will be greatly missed by the people of her community. BUNN P. T. A. MEETS The Bunn Parent-Teachers As-' sociation niet> on Thursday e'veti ing, January 20 to review the semi-annual program. Reports were given by the chairman of the various commit tees showing an unusual amount of work and achievement during the past four months: All the committees have functioned as planned. After Mie opening so'ng. On ward Christian Soldiers, Mrs. Finch led the devotion by reading [Corinthians I. IS chapter, Rev. | Hartsell leading in prayer. Cad win Cone and Miss Shearon offer ed the piano duet. Good Night. The seventh grade coached by Miss Manning gave a very humor ous playlet, A Hard of Hearing. Elizabeth Harris and Mae Wil liams were featured as old maids with Joe Woodard as leading man. Annie Laurie Shearon gave The Robin's Return, a piano solo. -The song. My Bonnie left the audi ence in a very humok-ous mood. The very successful social hour has united the teachers and par ents in an unrivaled way. The refreshment committee served coffee and cookies to the sociable group. During the past month the or ganization has sponsored quite a number of entertainments for the benefit of the school. On January 120h and 1Mb there were the pic ture shows, The Texan and ,Hav ing a Good Time or Bust (a .cir cus picture). On January 14 the Athletic Association working thru the parent-Teacher Association sponsored a' show produced, by "Mustard" and Gravy," comedians and musicians. The sohool library has been greatly enlarged and now compares with the regular high school libr&ijes. Seek Cure For Business Ills ? I WASHINGTON. D. C. . . . The Capitol fairly seethes with' conference these day; 1 as business men, financiers, monomliti and politico* *??lc solution to current slump Here Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper (center) confers with W. Arerill Harrlmaa (left). Chairman of B'nin?** A lvl?i?rjr Council, and Edward R. Stettlnius. Jr.. Chairman of 'Committee of United Slate KIW ANIS The I.ouisburg Kiwauis Club j had a very fine meeting on Tues day evening f'eb. 1. with twelve members present a ad Miss Ruth Andrews of Loitlsburg College who so kindly accepted to serve! as sponsor for the evening, due ! to the fact that Mrs Malone was not able to attend. After parfnking of a very splen did and delicious meal the. meet ing was op^nfd by the reading of the minutes following which Kl wanjau Grover Harris made sev eral statements concerning the tobacco market. ; Mr. Harris thanked the club for the adver- i lising of the tobacco market which they had done. "This past jeason the market sold 16 2-3 per cent more pounds than they did in 1936." stated MV. Harris. "Al so that every warehouse in l.ouis- i burg was rented on January 16 for the selling in the fall of 1938, whereas before they had been ! waiting until the last day some- 1 times." he stated. Mr. Harris al so stated that the program for next Tuesday evening will be an j "All Talkie" picture of a cotton j seed. The title of which is "A Dixie Shopping Tour." A motion prevailed and was i-arried for a floral tribute be made for Mr. WHflfe and also that the Secretary draw up a set of resolutions and a copy be sent to the family, one to be spread upon the minutes of the club and a copy be sent the FRANKLIN TIMES. Pres. Paul Elam ap pointed a committe consisting of Mmmy .Johnson, Gait her Beajni. Herbert Perry and Edward Grit- j fin to prepare these. President Elam then turned h*- meeting over to Kiwanian W. 6. Strowdt-who was in charge of] 'he prograin^for the evening. Kiwania S-iv?wd gave u very interesting and instructive talk ! oil til" >Mi!ls School. '"We have I enrolled 668 students of which we have an average attendance of KIT." states Mr. Strowd. "We have twelve teachers in the first seven grades, six teachers in the: high srhool.'one janitor and si\ white truck drivers and three drivers for the colored school," he added. "Also every teacher has an A grade certificate in the school except one. This is the highest rating a teacher can have." v >? "When I first came here," stated Mr. Stvowd, "I found the ; best trained students I have ever met with. I glVe (his credit to j the fact that they have worked] under Superintendent W. R. Mills." He also states, "the high school is an accredited high school and the students finishing do not have to take an examination before en tering any college or university. The elementary school is not ac credited due to the fact that it does not have enough library books.^. maps and globes. This is one of the aims of the P. T. A. this year." "Two of the aims of this school,'1 he added, "is to get the children where -they Hke school and the object 6f health, which Uv mbre in a persons life that) most anything else. The school | should have a full Mine employed music teacher and possibly a band teacher." He also added, "that in order j to maintain the tvumber of teach- 1 ere each one has to average thir- j ty-six pupils every day. This j means she has to have at least forty enrolled." This talk by Kiwanian Staowd helped every member "bf the club [ for he sees more into the school from the actual business stand point and its Activities. After several discussion? the meeting adjourned. after the sing ing of one stanza of Stiar Spangled 1 Banner, which was played by | Miss Ruth Andrews of the College, j The abatement la made that there are at least a million Women in the United States who are grossly overweight. Of course, this Is spealnng In round' figures. ?? ' J Louisburg College News Items Honor Roll The following students have mode the houor roll for the firat semester. These students have a standard of half A's and half B's: Lloyd Bell, of Monroe. N. C.; [Catherine Davis, of Winston Salem. N. Id:* Glbbs, of Col umbia. N. Sara .loyner, of Plymouth. N. C.: Marjovle Byrd Kelly, of Hamlet. N. C.: Clyde Moody, of Zchulon, N. C.: Sophia Spivey, of I.ouisburg. C. : and Dan Walker, of Sou/hporli, N. C. ttt Student Repre>entat ion By Counties The Students who have enroll ed at I.ouisburg College for the second semester of the college year represent the following coun ties: Alamance, 4; lleaufort, 5; Bertie. 1; Brunswick. 4; Camden. 2; Carteret1. 3; Chatham, 3; Chpwan. 2; Columbus, 3; Craven, 4; Cumberland. 2; Currituck, 1; Dare. 6; Davidson. V; Cfupliri. 8'; Durham. 6; Edgecombe. 2; Frank lin, 45; Forsyth. I; Gates. 3; Granville, 4; Greene. 2: Halifax, 12; Harnett, l;*Hoke, 3; Hyde. 7; Johnston. 3: Jones. 1; Lee, 2; I^enior, 7; Martin. 1; Montgomery, 8; Moore, 8; Nash. 15; New Han over, 6; North Hampton. 4; On slow. 3; Orange. 2: Pamlico. 1; Petjder, 2," Perquimans, 5; Per son, 7; Pitt, 2; Randolph, 2; Rich mond, 5; Robersou. 11; Samp son, 6; Surry, 1; Tyrell. 5; Un ion. 3; Vance, 4; Wake, 20; War ren, 2; Washington. 7; Wayne. 12; Wilson. 4. This is a total of 1 1 in the stair of North Carolina. There are also students from: . Dillon. S. 1; Horry, S. C.. 4; Jasper, S. C.. 3: Marion. S. "C.. 1; Edge moo r, S. C.. 1; Nanse mond, ,Va., 4; Bedford, Va. , l; Cuba. 2. This is a total Of 17, who come from towns outside of North Carolina. + + + A. A * "Y" MrrlliiK" On Monday night -of, this week, the members of the Young Wo men's Christian Association studi ed the 'subject' "Faith". Miss Ruth Knight and Miss Mary Bethea gave very interesting discussions with relation to the subject. At the Young Men's Christian Association meetiug, the speaker of the evening was the Reverend Dr. Kent', Rector of the local Epis copal Church. His subject was "The Unpardonable Sin." Dr. Kent's talk was very interesting and inspiring. HIKE Scoutmaster Kenneth Davis Troop 20, of I.ouisburg. took his boys on a hike to Indian Rock Saturday, leaving about 10 a. m. Each boy carried his own food and prepared it over the oven fire. The following Scouts took the hike: Glenn Beasley, Billy Alston, Bob Smltihwick, John Knox Beas ley, Sam Beasley, Joe Hunt, Day ton Hardwick, Burt Peoples. Ed ward Renn, Frank Reavis, Char ley r! Winn, and Hugh W. Perry. Scoutmaster Davis reports that his troop regularly take one or two hikes each mo^th. ?MR. FRANK B. McKINNK RETURNS Mr. Frank B. McKinne, a for mer residenti and business man of L^uisburg, but recently of Goldsboro, will return to Louis burg to become interested in tha sales of fertiliser for the Seaboard Store Co., selling Reliance fMtlll ;serfl through the Spring. afr. McKinne needs no introduction to people of Franklin County, on M?e contrary he is proud of his many friends here who will ?<-.! rome his return. See his ailv r tlsement in another column. It's a question which is the biggest nuisance in this country today, the -wolf at the back door or the tax collector at t)i< u M door. i ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIS BROTHER Joe Wrenn Succumbs To Pistol Wound, Adminis tered Accidentally by Hi* Brother, Cleveland Wrenn Joe Wrenn. fifteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wrenn, of near Margaret, died Saturday morning from the effects of a pistol shot wound in the breast, a short while after being brought to the office of Dr. J. E. Fulghum. The wound was the result of an accident caused by he and his brother, Cleveland Wrenn 19, playing with an old pistol while working in the barn lot near his h o m e. The gun was in the hands of his brother Cleveland, according to informa tion furnished by him (Cleveland) rand t>he boys parents, at the time it fired inflicting the deadly wound. A hearing was given Cleveland on Wednesday * morn ing by Coroner R. A. Bobbitt. who declared the incident an accident and released Cleveland. The funerat services were held Sunday afternoon from Maple Springs Baptist Church, conduct ed by Iter. E. ,Y. Averett. and in terment was made in th& church cemetery nearby. The services were largely aMended by friends j of the family. THE MONASTERY BV THE RIVER As you travel out of England into Scotland on what used to be> the Midland Railroad, your train passes by an old monastery locat ed by the Yorkshire River, not far from Leeds. This ancient Ab bey was built about seven hund red years ago. Its occupants con sist the revered Abbott Stephen, with his stiver hair a?d a face sweetened by many sorrows, and a group of iaterestiag- Brothers, each with his own peculiar bent and dlspbsltion,- Bui very human? -therein. , One day A tfTmtf" S'Wp ft as he moved among his Brothers, "It may well be that we may. live even when our Abbe^ stands no more, for lives of goodness often make their way through the world, when stones have crumbled into decay. Therefore let us deal gent ly with each other, working a&d reading together, keeping our selves to prayer and t-lie offices of God's House, being of good ser vice to the cottages iu the village, the traveller who passes by. and the beggar who knocks at our gate. So let us live that, even as our vesper bell sends its benedic tion through the valley, so our presence here may leave a peace ful fragrance when it* note is : heard no more, and the passerby may be movecf to pray because h? feels that fragrance in the air." Whereupon the Brothers replied, "Amen, Father Abbott, even so let us live." Or. J. D. Simons, pastor of the [.ouifcburg Baptist Church, is tell ing to the boys and girl3 who at tend the morning services of wor ship that beautiful story of The j Monastery by the Rivefr. EPSOM P. T. A. The Epsom P. T. A. held its January meeting Thursday night, January 28. Rev. F. L. Kent of the Episcopal Church in Louis burg gave a most enlightening discussion of the evils of the Mar ijuana drug to youth. He also told of his experiences as a Mis sionary to Alaska. Mrs. T. C. Gill had charge of the adult education hour. She reviewed a book on the Psychology of Childhood, in a very interesting manner-.- Sarah Gill gave a piano solo, after which refreshments were served by the sixth and seventh grades." RIRAL CARRIER EXAMINA TION The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an examination to fill the position of rural carrier at LouUburg, to be held at Louisburg. Receipt of applications will close on Feb. 18, 1938 and the examination will be about 15 days after that date. Not only one nation, but all of them, go about armed to the teeth to avoid trouble, anl if one gets a new gun they all get new guns and when one builds a battleship they all build battleships, every one of them trying to be the strongest ao as to atold war. It would be ridiculous if It were not so tragic, for we have never yet been able to avoid wars. r', Comfcrtitively few army lead - - T . ; . ? . - m -V The recent death of General Lu dendorS is but the contlnoaMoa of the thinnia out prone? . The war figures pass away but the painful memories of that titanic arm?d s*trn?r*1? wTH lire on and on.