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FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORY ~y .. -| ** By REV. ' E. H. DAVIS High on the roll of Franklin County's distinguished citizens stands the name of Joseph Jona than Davis, lawyer, soldier, mem ber of the State Legislature, member of Congress fourth N. C. Qistrict, Supreme Court Justice. He was not a native of the coun ty but came here from Granville his native county, in his early manhood after having taken a course in law at the State Univer sity. He matriculated with the Class that graduated In 1850 though he himself did not grad uate. Other members of that class who did graduate were Prof. W. C. Kerr, State geologist, Hon. Thos. Settle, Hon. John Manfting and Madison Hawkins. Esq., of Franklin. Mr. Davis had scarce ly gotten on his feet in the prac tice of liis profession in his adopted home, Louisburg, when the civil war brokt out. He en listed promptly in the Corfteder ate Army and was made Captain of Co. K, 47th Regiment. He was with the Army of Northern Virginia in many of the historic battles in which It was engaged in that State and followed Its great leader through Jklaryland and into Pennsylvania in the Spring and Summer of 1863. He was at Gettysburg July 2 and 3 of tha year when the tide of bat tle definitely began to turn ad versely. Here are some of his own words regarding his experi ence there as given in N. C. Reg iments by Judge Clark ? VS P 153. "My company was next to the extreme left of the Regiment 47 N. C. and when not far from the enemy's works ? not more than 100 yards a sergeant of the adjoining regiment called my at tention to the fact that the troops to the left had given way. I saw that at some distance to the left the troops had givtn way. Our supports advanced then in ad mirable style, Col. Graves, who was to the right had kept the regiment well in hand and was urging the men on and we ad vanced to the plank road that ran along side the lane and just undtr a stone wall." And here within 100 yards of the enemy's works at or near Cemetery Ridge Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, his further active participation in the " war terminated for he and most of his Company were cap tured by the Yankees that fate ful day and were sent prisoners i u junnson s island lu Lake Erie where they remained until the surrender April 1865. Here are other names of Franklin County soldiers who shared with him that long confinement, S. J. Evans, B. H. Winston, W. R. Young, J. S. Joyner, L. P. Gill, F. Henderson. While there in a thoroughly hostile atmosphere their Southern patriotism glowed no less fervently than when In the ranks. There are letters they wrote to Gov. Vance from that noted prison encouraging him and urging him to increased endeavor in behalf of the cause. Here is an extract from one dat ed March 30, 1864, telling of the feeling there among the Unionist and their purpose after the war. VThe letter bears the names of Joseph J. Davis, Whartin J. Green, Thomas S. Kenan, Henry T. Jordan and many others, "They (Yankees) declare this war must be waged not only till the rebellion is crushed and the people subjugated but It must be prosecuted until the possibility of its resurrection is forever gone (How familiar that sounds to us now 1943). To accomplish this they declare that it is both the right and duty of Congress to confiscate the property of the people both real and personal and to apportion It among the soldiers and the FREED MEN, they propose to take away the arms from the whites and to give them to the freedmen, etc." In such an atmosphere it is small wonder that their patriotism glowed even In the midst of their own personal unfavorable sur roundings. This writer remem btrs well the echoes of a speech that Capt. Davis made in the Court House in Louisburg when its citizens gave him an ovation on his return home after his long conflnement^though it is only one sentence that he remembers ? "We ate rats gentlemen, we ate rats, and we wished they had been as big as a steer." A name that stuck to Judge Davis more closely and possibly characterized him better than any other he ever bore including bpth Captain and Judge ? wa? Honest Joe. How he came by that name and wore It throughout his public life with no question mark of any sort or from any source may be partly explained by what is now related here told to this writer by one who knew, being at one time a pupil unde him and afterwards his partner. Judge DaviB and a number of others in this and other counties had betn Sureties on a large guardianship bond in a day when there were no bonding companies. On the principals being called to ac count a shortage of something in excess of $50,000 was discovered ? a small sum now considering Mch matters but-a vast one then, ^his had to be made up then in era of hard times, low prices. 1 the Individual bondsmen. Hd(e Davis Iras aroused one ^B>rning quite early seeing ?ne of hta neighbor* * %alklng Kr his premises. Being asked SKr such a call they hesitated ?EL/ final it -split we bate We have oome to lay off your homestead." "You mean that bond," said he. "Gen tlemen there is no homestead to be exempted here. Everything here goes until my part of that is fully met." And so it did and more than that, $1,000 of his $2,600 dollar salary as Supreme Court Justice he devoted to same purpose. Honest Joe was a name worthily bestowed and -worthily born to the end of his career. Mr. Davis was eltcted to the Low er House of our Legislature in 1866. In 1868 he was nominated by the Democratic party for Elec tor at Large with James W. Os borne of Mecklenburg in the Seymore and Blair campaign for the Presidtncy. In 1875 he was nominated by the Democrats for Congressman from, the 4th Dis -trtot. winning the nomination, in a hot fight when the leading can didates were Col. J. P. H. Russ. of Wake, and Josiah Turner, of Orange, he being the dark horse. He was elected and served with distinction for three term*. Ap pointed by his good friend and former associate in Congress, Governor Scales, to the Supreme Court Bench in 1887, he served in that capacity until his death in 1892. Soon after coming to Louisburg in the early 50s of the last century Judge Davis mar ried Miss Kate Shaw, daughter of Robert John and Helen King Shaw, who was the daughter of Joel King and his wife Martha Long. Judge Davis' children who came to maturity were Mrs. Kate Davis Crenshaw. Robert H. Davis, Hugh L. Davis, and Mrs. J. M. Allen.' Of these Robert H. Davis was the last to survive, who dy ing in 1941 at the age 84 with out surviving issue after serving as Postmaster at Louisburg un der the Wilson administration and as Vestryman in the Episco pal Church for a number of years wore the white flower of an up right life to the end of his days. Just a few ^*ords more about this fine old gentleman. Judge Davis' oldest son, whose pleasing face and greeting our people were so delighted to see and hear each day for years. This writer was closely even intimately asso ciated with him for years. For the matter of eight years we at tended as pupils the old Academy in Louisburg. For most of that time we were in same classes and sometimes studying identically t lie same book. Text books werel by no means as numerous or asl easily obtained then as now. He never received high marks on recitation or examination though no one in the class studied hard er. He said himself that any money spent on his education be yond the rudiments was money throw^n away and that if instead of sending him to College and striving to drive Calculus and Greek into his bead a good kit of up-to-date tools had been plac ed in his hand and he was let loose and told to go, his life would possibly have been better oft. But there was no A. & M. College then and the dignity of manual labor for any one, in the upper circle as well as in the lower had not then been discov ered. Illustrating quite ? another I characteristic he told me this lust [ a short while before his depar ture. One day soon after, the sur render but before his father's re ! turn while the town was in the possession of the Yankee soldiers he a boy under ten years was sit ting on a gate post in front of their home having on a straw hat made by his aunt of wheat straw grown on their little farm. A Yankee soldier passing seized $iis hat and starting off with it. Whereupon Young Davis leaped from his perch, grabbed a rock and threw it with all the force he had against the back of his head. The soldier threw the hat over the fence and turned upon him with this remark, "Now ain't you the H ? of a rebel." It seems the same sort of Are burn ed in the boy at home as in his more distinguished fathers in his far away prison. (To be continued) .* *|| Wltai tjou Buy With WAR BONOS * -k Electric equipment is scarce .be cause the raw materials are going j into the War Effort. But you can save now and get back ft for ev ery S3 you invest in War Bond* so you can buy that range or whatever you want after the war Is won. Join the army of M.MMM who will be in the Payroll Savings Plan ' (or regular War Bond Purchaae by 1 New Year's Day. Stop (pending and tave. and lat'i "Tag that Tea Per- j cent." O. S. Trmrnry Djfartmn! | <j|@ MESSAGE FROM OWEN D. YOUNG ^J> - ? t-c H From ib* disk if? y OWEN D. YOUNG * tto {/' ?y iu.?i.i*!dLA*-4.b Off** " yy+^r* (I&I+JC. C ^.1 ? -f/< Rj+4-\ Saxo^it tCi # ^ tatf. S ^?t ^?v>> ?<ln.ln/? y*??-s # // yt^ri t?r%. &lH-UjU. c ^vL?j^ Vt/u^d f*~A- *-??. t <</t Co**. <Si^ Ctrut^j ?&jf2 ^"V? o*t*.*4 Vrt < <?y l*at1.^?. 4i^" Owen D. Young, noted industrialist, affirms in the above statement his belief in united support for the War Bond program. "We do not produce goods in large volume by individual action. So ' le: us organize War Bond purchases under the Pay-Roll Savings Plan. Fcr the worker it makes the saving of 10 percent of earnings easy." MAKE EARLIER APPLICA TIONS (Continued from Page 1) OPA authorities in Washington' Wednesday night advised people to take good care of their tires as they may have to last them ; through the duration. The local Board received official instruc-[ tions Wednesday that there was no grade 3 tires available and would not be until after April 1st. if then. It now begins to look as if people will have to depend upon something else besides automo biles and trucks for transporta tion. ft " ! Three thousand bushels of Government feed wheat has been distributed to Cabarrus County livestock and poultry growers. More of this wheat will be order led as soon as it is available. H o Society Lady (approaching Henry) ? We are having a raffle for a poor widow. Will you buy a ticket? Henry ? Nope. My wife would n't let me keep her if I won. o Salesman ? You pay a small deposit and tBen make no more payments for six months. Lady of the House-?-Who told you a,bout us? NOTICH' OF SALE OK AUTOMO BILE UNDER MECHANICS LEIN Aukie Parris Kelley will take notice that under and by virtue of Section 2017 of the Revisal of 1915 of North Carolina and the Iein thereby given to Mechanics , for repairs on personal property, the undersigned will on Monday, April 19th, 1943, at the Court House square in Louisburg, N. C., at about the hour of 12:00 o'clock M., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, that Buick Coupe, Motor No. 2814695, Car No. 42976394, placed by him for repairs with the undersigned and that sale will be made to pay for such repairs and storage. This March 18th, 1943. BECK'S GARAGE, 3-19-5t R. C. Beck, Proprietor. NOTICE * ! Anyone knowing the where abouts of a government owned Little Giant lime spreader, re- 1 painted yellow, please notify the Soil Conservation Service Office in the Mullen Building or Louis burg Supply Company, Louisburg. N. C. 3t19-2t - - - ~~ NOTICE OF SALE OF AUTOMO BILE UNDER MECHANICS LEIN M. A. Bivin will take notice that under and by virtue of Sec tion 2017 of the Revisal of 1915 of North Carolina and the lein thereby given to Mechanics for repairs on personal property, the undersigned will on Monday, , April 19th, 194g at the Court House square in Louisburg, N. i C., at about the hour of 12:00, o'clock M., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash that Ford Tudor Sedan, Motor No. 2,448, . 7 Unplaced by him for repairs with the undersigned and that said sale will be made to pay for such repairs and storage. This March 18th, 1943. BECK'S GARAGE, 3-19-6t R. C. Beck, Proprietor. NOTICE OE-?ESALE Under and Byvirtue of the au thority contained In that certain order of resale made by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Franklin County, North Carolina, dated 16 Maroh, 1943, under the judgment entered in that certain tax fore closure suit No. 24 E, entitled "County of Franklin y. C. E. Long and wife, Mrs. Charlotte L. Long, et al.", which said judgment is duly docketed in Tax Judgment 3 at page 177, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Franklin County. North Carolina, ? TO SELL 'EM, TELL HKSP'EM With An Ad S|RING IS IN THE AIR And Y ou Know What That Means. i - SPRING CLEANING -- Let us help brighten up your home with some new pieces of FURNITURE. We Will Offer Yon a Liberal Allowance For Your Old COME IN AND VISIT WITH US. A HONE FURNITURE CO. LOUISBURG, N. 0. THEATRE "THE LOl'ISBURG THEATRE HAS PLAYED OR WILL PLAY EVERY PICTURE OP IMPORTANCE" TIME OK SHOWS Saturdays continuous 1 to 11. Sundays at 2-4-0 Mori., Tues., Wed., Thurs. and Friday, 3:30 - 7:30 - 8:13 LAST TIMES TODAY ? FRIDAY BING CROSBY - BOB HOPE DOROTHY LAMOUR ROAD TO MOROCCO" o SAT., MAR. 20 Double Feature DON "RED" BARRY "SUNDOWN KID" RITZ BROS. "HI YA CHUM" Also a new chapter of the new thrill serial "G MEN VERSUS THE BLACK DRAGON" SUN.-MON., MAR. 21 - 22 A gay new musical treat featuring the JOHN POWERS MODELS Anne Shirley - George Murphy Benny Goodman and Band "POWERS GIRL" TUES., MAR. 23 Family Day Lloyd Nolan - Donna Reed "APACHE TRAIL" Also a new chapter BILL ELLIOTT In "VALLEY OF VANISHING MEN" o WED., MAR. 24 4 Lee Tracy ' - Guy Kibbee TOWER OF THE PRESS" i. also Superman in "The 11th Hour" THURS.-FRI., MAR. 25 - 26 Deanna Durbin - Edmund O'Brien "THE AMAZING MRS. HOLIDAY" , COMING NEXT WEEK Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of Doubt"; Jeanette McDonald in "Cairo" 4 Great Bands in "Reveille With Beverly." COMING APRIL 4-5-6 James Cagney in "YANKEE DOODLE DANDY" APRIL 11-12 "SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT" APRIL 15-16 Abbott & Costello in "IT AIN'T HAY" Also in April "Somewhere I'll Find You"; "For Me and My Gal"; "Paanama Hattie"; "Stand By For Action." the undersigned Commissioner will offer for resale to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in the Town of Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina, at or about the hour of twelve o'clock noon, Eastern War Time, on THURSDAY, 1 APRIL, 1943 the following-described lands In Franklinton Township, Franklin County, North Carolina:' Containing fifty-one tol) acres, more or less, and defined by a line beginning at a point in the middle of the Pekomoke road, a stake and rock pile on the east side of the road, and running thence along the road N 31d 45' W 4.35 chains; thence N 88d 30' W 63 lengths to an iron stake, corner for Martha Bass in the line of lot Ncfj 1 of the division of the lands of Mary E. Long; running thence along the Bass line N 30d 15' W 11.33 chains to a pine stump, McGhee's corner in Perry's line; thence S 86d 43' E 18.11 chains to a stake and rock pile, Moss corner in McGhee's line; thence S 62d 30* E 13.95 chains to Shanty Branch; thence down the branch as it meanders S lOd 45' E 1.76 chains, S I8d 45' W 9.00 chains, S 3d W 2.25 chains; thence leaving said branch at a stake and rock pile on the west side and running due west 17.85 chains to a stake and rock pile; thence N 68d 30' W 13.37 chains to the Pokomoke road, the point of beginning; ex f cepting, however, one-halt ( % ) iacre for a graveyard. For fur ther reference and description see Map In Book of Orders and Decrees 9 at page 206, and pro ceedings in Book of Orders and I Decrees 10 at page 52, and Book of Wills V at page 510, In the office of the Clerk of the Super ior Court of Franklin County, North Carolina. The successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Com missioner a sum equal to five per centum (5%) of the amount bid, to secure compliance with the terms of the sale. Dated and posted this 16t)h day of March, 1943. JOHN F. MATTHEWS, 3-19-2t Commissioner. REMEMBER 'Fa ?n Of. YOU ALWAYS SAVE AI FOX'S LOUISBURE'S BEST DEPT. STORE BUY U. S. WAR AMD STAMPS!
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