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CORN CLUB CONTEST.
'ft "MORE CORNT BETTER CORN.
~?7 CHEAPER CORN "
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Bis: Number of Farmers Present
At tbe Organization Satur*
day~7Nuoh Interest Nanlfested
The above is to be tbe mottle of
Franklin county boye.
Twenty two boya have already entered
the content and the lists are
etill epen for otbera. k-t
Sixteen separate prizes ranting
from #85!00 to #2.60 have been Altered
to the boya of Franklin oouaty
and in all probability there will be
additional prizasi
Then each boy stands a ohanoe
for one of the three distriot prizes of
#25.00, #16.00, and #10.00 and beat
of all the winner in the State will
get a free trip te Washington, be
introduced to the Preaidast as the
champion boy corn farmer in IToith
C. rolina, and receive a diploma from
the Secretary of Agriculture.
Boys onier 18 years of age who
want to try their bands on raiaing
all the corn possible en one acre
should send their names right away
to Supt. R. B. White, Louiabnrg, N.
C. lie will aend the neoesaary information
and tell them how te get
into {he race.
It was a great thing for Franklin
county, that meeting laat Saturday.
Prof. A. (J. Schaub of the Department
of Agrioutture told in a meat
interesting way what the boys in
other counties had been doing, of
' the great interest that had tifeeh created,
and of the good, that was being
accomplished. - .
The terms of the oentest are aim'
pie. Any boy under 18 years can
enter. He can take ona maasurea
acre any where in the oount?, except
that it must not bis in tewn or be' a
garden spet. . He can put on it ail
the staole manure he can buy, beg,
-- or borrow. Bat after the ground ia
onoe brokea, Be moat do all the
work tutil the crop ia ready to be
haryeated.
To ail who enter the government
will aend information as te the beet
meiboda of plantiag and onltiyation.
The following ia a Kst of boys
?-?-wbc gave in their names last Satur!
day.
Ray Woodlief.
_ a_ TIL _?
.piOK r UtJJp?. Zollie
Phelp*.
- Oscar Hag wood.
Ernest Heyle. ~~ "
W. E. Mullen.
J. B. King.
? W. H. Valentin*.
? J. E. Valentiue.
Vance Pearoe.
W.T. Collie. , .I;?
Herbert Hay*!.
Taylor Bartholomew.
Lacy Stailings.
Ollie Phelps. / *
Linwood Insooe.
Herman Parrish.
Onllom Lancaster.
Creoker Murray.
Jessie Joyner.
W. R. Joyner.
Leslie Perry.
There is time for ethers to join,
Send names t* Snpt. R. B. White.
Below is given a list of prises as
offered up to the present.
To boy* of Franklin county makipH
the la_rge.it. yield on ona sere.
I Mpy lite I.omfbnrg Oh am her of- Ooroi_J85nerco,
l?t prir.e $25.00, '2nd prise
$16.O0.$rd prise $15.0$. By.K. S.
Ford; 1st prize $10.00 is gold, 2nd
\ prise $5.00 in gold; 3rd prise ?2.60
in cold.
T* hoys of Franklin ooanty making
corn at least coet per bash el on
I one tore:_ By Bickett <fc White, 1st
- Ili.OO, 2nd prie* ?7.t0, OH
yield en one $10
I in gold by Meadows A Harris.
L In addition to these prises ths
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First National Bank of Louisbarg
will giva a 12.60 gold piece to eaol
boy who makes ths largest yield ill
eaeb one of ths tea tewnshipe.
Picnic at Perry -Mill* '
The Misses Tusker gave a rerj
enjoyable picnic at Psrrjs Mill
1'oad, about four miles from town
en Easter Mondav to wbioh quits i
number ef their lady and gsntlemec
friends had been invited. Theri
were mane in attendance and tb<
leading amusement was the game ol
ball by the ladies. Ths dinner wai
all that could be expeoted and al
enjoyed the day eery mash.
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Racket Opening.
One pf the prettiest sights, to tt<
ladies, that has been presented it
Louisbarg recently was the spring
epeniag of millinery aad ladies dreai
goode at the Big Racket oa Fridaj
and Saturday of iaat week. Mrs
Hsll is well Tsrssd in .this psrticulai
work and whsn shs makes the an.
itonneements as to her display th<
ladies know what to expeot and thej
come in iinmbars. Thsre was large
erswda . at this opening and hli w?r?
unanimous in ths sxprssaion thai
eaoh spring brings prattler thing*/'
Baraea Address.
On MonDay night at 8 o'eleck al
the Methodist ohureh the Baraca
Classes and other bible claaaea of tha
town were addressed by Mr. Kenneth
Wr- Rebinsou, of Syraoaae, N
V. Hie address gave the history
and workings of the class tor more
than twenty years and pointed eut
the advantages of auok claa-ee over
tbe elden way, giving many illustrations.
It was very interesting end
greatly enjoyed by all whe heard it
He also greeted t m audience with a
solo, "Face to Faoe," to which he
did jastice and wap alee muo-i enjoyed
by those present^
Egerton'a Opening.
Friday and Saturday of last
week was the occasion for tbe spring
opening ef ladies dress good* and
millinery at F. N.AH.Z. Kgarten'a
store. The milliaery department el
this well known fires -is coder tks
management of Miss Ware Aycoeke
whe has won an eaviabla reputation
as milliner, aa war attested by the
| remarks frini the ladies of the tows
end oounty whe attended this epening.
The spring goods and styles as
shown this season seems te meet
with the keartv approval of the ladies
as was evidenced by tbe many
who attended;
Knelt&l
The recital at the JLoiusburg Female
College on laat Monday night
afforded much enjoyment to onr
musio loving citizens and quite a
number were .piesent. The jiro
jiwuiuv nw iciy won ttmugva una
consisted of a number of-vocal and instrumental
aeleotionaaad the fact thrfl
it was given under tba management
f files Sal lie Williams inatruotor
in music at the college, whs sufficient
to our people, and they were not die
appoint-d. After the recital there
was an impromptu gathering of the
young folks for a short while, and all
went home , feeling better for the
occasion.
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Wire Grass ItsmsAs
you have-net heard from us io
so long guess yon think wt have
-taken root, bat we. have rvpt.
A large crowd enjoyed a^ nioe
terseotion of Cedar Creek and Tax
,river Bister aed all report a nice
time.'1 Those from a distaaaa were
Heears Julian Pearae aid K. F. fill
[ler, ef Warren ton. . ^ .
The farmers are making good use
oflMa fiae wenihex....
t With beat wishes io the Time
| and its readers.
"Sal Saunraa."
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THE GOTTHTY, TH1
] SAYS TARIFF BILL MD IT
COUNTRY WILL NOT STAND
- FOR PAVNB ALDBICH LAW.
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The Massachusetts Landslide
I Was Anti-Cannon and A'ntlTatt?Bepubliean
Politleians
i Do Wot Deny the Hand-wrlt1
lng on the Wall.
1 We reproduce the following which
1 wee written hy Thomas J. Peace,
' correspondent ef the Newe Oneer1
rex at Washington*!). C., under date
1 of Mar eh U8rd;' ?
All Washington has been astir today
over the significant result in the
fourteenth Massachusetts distriol
) yesterday, which it is ooneeded on
i all tides indicates the election of s
[ Demooratio Hease this fall by prao)
tioally a laadsiide. The Republicaci
i at the capital are in despair, and im.
penetrable gloem sorreundsd the
Whitj House on the return of the
- President this morning.
) It is no exsggerntien when the
' statement is made (bnt the Republii
cans concede the people hare turned
> against them and that the Democrats
t will oaptare the fall eleottoaa. A
frank admiaeien to this affect came
today trem Congressman Foelker, of
New- Terk, who la a Republican.
I Speaking of the Maasnchuaetta rel
Suit yesterday he said to a bunch of
i newspaper men, *'It proves conclusively,
tf my mind, that the Dem
I oerats will carry the next Houfe.
There ia no use trying to argue that
it ia uot an iudiaation ot tbe next
; eongreasional electron. My ewn
State, tee, baa got>a to the dues,that's
all there ia to it, aad there ia trouble
ahead ia other directions."
Tbe Star; the adaiiniatraiien or,
gan here, ia authority for tbe auter
neat that tbe President ia oonvinoed
[ his party vilkbe dieloeed fron pow-.
7 er at the coming eengreeaional eleetiona.
Tbe Star said this afternoon
ia speaking ef the President's return
. to the eity, "He has intimated his be,
lief that the Democrats will win the
' next House, owing to the oenbina!
tion ef oireuraatenoee ia their
t faeor." :
Oae af the meal significant things
ia connection with the Maasaobu;
setts election ia that on the day pre{
eioua Mr. Taft made a apeech in an
- adjoining Statu, in which he aaid the
Payne-Aldriob measure was tba heat
, tariff bill nvsr anacted into law, and
than ba proceeded to praiaa its author,
Seaator Aldricb. The Masaaehaaetta
voters tbs next day repadiated
that sentiment.
Sotae Republicans in private cen|
versation seem to take the view that
the landalide in Maasaohuaetts waaaati-Cannoa
and aati-Taft in its slgni'
fisance. They cannot dissoeiats the
national and eongreasional adminia'
tratiena from tbe raaalt, inaauuob aa
President Taft, they aay, baa defended
the legislation ef Congress.
1 sell the Massachusetts affair out'
rageous, exclaimed Representative
1 Adamaon, of Georgia. "I have soma
little human feeling left and really
' hate to sea the enemy handled so
brutally. But I'm afraid that the
Republicans are in for a worse time
1 next November. The whole House
' will be Den.oeratie after tbe land1
slide with tbe peftible exception of
I the nine Republican insurgents who
I voted with the Democrats te oust
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Representative Champ Clark,Dero
ocralic leadar in the House, said today:
"Tba news fsotu the fourteenth
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Massachusetts distrust is the bsst j>oTitfeel
information that has oeme or,
_er the srires since the night of election
in 1893.
"Takes ia connection with the rej
suit in tha sixth Missouri distriol,two
thousand miles strap from the Mas1
saeheeetts district, ia demonstrated to
nap. mmd that t^te saeae usages rre
* working alluver the United States.
One of these elections was held' in
midwinter, the other in the balmy
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! STATE, THE TJWION.
iT, APB1L t, 1910.
daya Ot spring and the only differ dn
in the raaalt ia that In the later
election in Massachusetts the pablio
mind aeama ta have gone farther ia
the dtrscxlsn ot overthrowing the
Republicans than it had at the earliar
election.
"The causa aaaaaa to ma to be
wide-spread disaatisfaotion with the*
Republieadi national administration
and the Republican Cengreaa. The
etrongeet reason of all, no doubt, ia a
feeling of disaatisfaotion end resent
ment as to the Payne-Addrich tariff
bill." i ?
Cotton Chopper.
The ezhibitioa of a cotton chopper
' on our streets the past week by Mr.
' T. J. King, ot Riebmonu, aroused
right niuoh cmroiaty. The maohine
' ia very" simple and leoka as if it^will
be a suoceaa. i
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; Free Seed.
We are reqaestsd to state that
Mr. W. O. Stone, of Stalling*, has a
let of g9Vj*ramsnt seed sent hun by
Hon. E. W. Pou to distribute among
hi* friends in Franklin county, and
that they oan get same by oalling at
his store. . .
The Bell
We learned this week that arrangements
had been'mada that every
time a new oandidate for county
office oanse'out the bell in front ef
1 fetCinnlM W... 11 w
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home Tuesday.
Mr. F. W- Hioka and wife add
lilai Margaret Hicka weat te Wake
Fereat Wednesday to witness a gams
of bdse ball.
Mrs. Ivey Allen left Wednesday
tor Raleigh to attaad a meeting of.
the teachara and principala of the
State which ia in aereion thia week.
Mra. A. f. Jahnaao, aad little
daughtera, Adelaide and Elizabeth,
Misses Eleanor and Loaiaa Thomas
and Mr. J. E. Thomaa spent Kaater
visiting fridnds and relativea in
Rooky Moant.
Praf. J. Li Cuninggiro. Direotor
af the correspondeaoe school of the
Methodist Episcopal ohurch South,
of Nashville, Tenn., visited hie sifter
Mra. R. W. Bailay, tha past weak.
He occapied the palpit at tha Mathodiat
ohuroh an Sunday morniag and
praaehed a very interesting sermon
to qaite an'appreciable audience.
Dr. Potent to Deliver Address
at Bann
Ws are requested to state that Dr.
W. L. Potest, President of Wake
Forest Collage, has consented te daliver
tha enseal address at the oloaiug
of tha Bubo High School -?hich
will take place on Thursday, April
28th, 1910. I'he management of
this well known school are to be
aongrataiated upon securing tha
services ef such a distinguished educator
ia Dr. Potest and w? fael
aura the eommanity will turn out in
a good namber to hear his address.
The public generally!# invited te be
present. ^
To the Boys of Franklin
County
- Twenty two boy# h?v? joined the
corn eeataat slab. Thar# eught te
be mere thaa that.
If others whs wish to join will 1st
ma knew. 1 will lend them eppUy
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V -r a ,:>r,
Bfrtwr
bkviq wuu1u uo upp*d.
and a friend teld na tbal it tapped'ona
buadred and fifteen timet
an laat Saturday. Peaaibly this aoooants
for what loma af oar people
taok for a file alarm Saturday.
Rnv- Mr- Swop* ResignsOur
people will learn with much
regret that Rer.-L. W, Swope, patter
of the Baptiat ohnrch here, tendered
Qia reaignation to hit audi
' enoe on Sunday night, to take effect
the firal of Jnaa. Rev. Mr. Swope
is a man of atreag christian ideas
and during jiial'stay here hat made
many frienda wbe will not welcome
thia informatics.
The lire alarm was tamed in Monday
afternoon abjut fear o'olook and
it waa very aeon learned that the
trouble waa at'tbe cotton yard. The
fire department waa toon en the
apot and succeeded in extinguishing
the fire in a few minutee. The fire
waa probably caused from aparka
from the looomotive of the Leuiaburg
train. There were six bales of
cotten on fire and a good 'size lot
uovared to grass and nadargrowth.
The damage waa small. The firemen
deserve much credit for their
prompt action in these cases.
D. D CThe
monthlv meeting of the Jon.
J Davie Chapter will be held in the
Mangonic Hall on Wednesday afternoon,
April 6th at 4:80 sharp. A
full and prompt attendance, ia earnestly
desired. ,,
Mas. J. E. Mai.okk, Pres.
Mae. R. H. Davis, Sao'y.
Laths Items.
- The farmers around hare are delighted
at tha nice farming weather.
Mjy. A. M. Moire and little daugh
ter, V iviati, returned to their home
in Durham Thareday after .a visit to
her father, Mr. T. H. Whitsker.
Miss Ernestine 8. Hnyea, the
principal ef "London Academy"
spent Easter with her uncle, Mr.
Thomas Blaaknall, near Maaaop.
A party from near here went Ashing
just to hare a little fun on Kaater
Manday, down in T. M. Whits
ker'a meadow. They had very good
lack. It waa enjoyed very much by
everyene who attended. The fish
fry waa alao enjoyed.
The "London Academy 9oheul,"
will close lfriday tha first of April
and will havaa game of ball between
tbs Juniors and Saniora.
Beat wishes to the Ttnne.
( "PnACHASt.VA."
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the imiRG mm
THEIR MOVEMENTS IN AND
OPT OP TOWN.
Those Who Have TlsltedlLoulsburr
the Past Week?Those
Who Have Gone Elsewhere
for Business or Pleasure.
Mr. It. . McCoio, of Henderson,
we* in town Saoda^. / v
Miu Ellioe Alferd left Tuesday
to visit felaUrea ia Nashville.
Ben Pey threes, of Henderson, visited
frj?gd* in town this week.
Mr. D. C. Btriokland, of Apex,
was a visitor in town yesterday.
Dr. K. S. Giean, of Littleton,
spent Easter with kit people here.
Messrs F. B. MoKiaae sad J. D.
Winfree left Monday fer Princeton
Deputy Sharitt J. G. Whtlwi,
of Nashville, was is Leuiabkrg Tuesday.
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L. P. Johnson, ef Reeky Meuqt,
is visiting his brother, A. F. Johnson.
i. L. Strickland, of New Hill, visited
his people in this eounty the
past week.
Mr. J. J. Helmes, of Clnrksville,
Vs., visited his son near tewn the
past week.
Mr. T. J. King, ef Richmond, Vs.,
spent Faster with his people in and
near tows.
Pref. Claude Howard, Dean of
English at^the University, is visiting
Mr. K. J. Newell.
IIUs Lillian High, who has been
attending a house party in Wilson,
raturned heme Wednesday.
Mr. R. B. Woodson, of Lynsbburg
Vi., rspresenting the Jutfersen
Standard Life Iuauranee Company,
ia a visitor in town this week.
Miss Sallie Pleasants, who. is now
living at Abetdsso, came heme aed
spent Easter with her peeple.
Jeseph Aiford, of Reeky Mount,
who has been visiting bis people
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SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
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nation blanki to be tigped, directions . 1?
for the oon'.eet, a button showing
membership and will send their _A. .
names on to the departments st k
Ttaloigh aud Washington.
The contest is open to boys nnder (
18 years of age. Eaeb contestant
hall oaltirste one acre of ground
nd mast do nil the work (hinsself
except breaking up the land and
gatheiiag the crop. He is at liberty v
to get all the adriee he ean and the
Department of Agrioalture will send
him from time to time helpful instructions.
One prize will be gieen
la each township, lire prizes in the
county, three prises- in tho district
and the boy making the beat reeerd >
in the State wi ll be gtren a trip t?
Washington. There is time enoagh ^ ' .
(for others to eater and I heps they
will send their nemee to rae right *"
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Orphans Concert. '
The Oxford.Orphans Singing class
presented their entertainment to a
erowded house here on Tpeeday
night. The little children did well ?
their parts and obr people thoreagh
ly enjoyed the entertainment.
"STOP RIGHT THAR."
farmers are getting a goad deal
af advice these days. They are
ceinpeteat in decide whether it ie
goad, and they have progressed so
asaeh that they are glad to have the
views at thoughtful men. Old methods
in many onset are being rejected
by the farmers and they are wisely
adopting methods that will bring
better days. A correspondent writing
recently to the Asheville Citizen
said "Grow Tebaoco," wherenpoa
the Citizen. said: "And those who
recall the palmy days will ait np and
takenotiee."To this Editor Deal,of the
Wiikeebero Chronicle, makes some
pertinent remarks that eaght to be
read by every farmer in the 6tale.
Under the heading "Dan't Da Her,
Bill," the Chroniole says:
"Say, bo^a, let us whisper eomi- 1
thing sonfcdOgtially in your ears. It
ia all,right, if yoe^have time, to reoall
the palmy daysSof old, bat atop
right thar,' aa Judge \laad uaed to
ay. Doa't think of goutg into ike
raiaiag of tohacce aa a li"A? The
'palmy daya ef old' arer pleaaant
draaiaa that mast remain dreams?
they never again ean lie realised aa . '
leng aa tha government is owned
and controlled by trnsts as it ia to-'
i day. If you raise tobacco you muat
sell it to the American Tobacco trust
at what ever starvation priee it sees
fit to pay you. Yen prebably could
raise the price a little by organizing
bands ofnight riders,' but that would
he injurious to your character and
health even often danger to your
hneclcs, and always disagreeable to
[ your peaceful neighbors. Don't let
this talk about the tobacco trust be- ?
ing burated bythe courts fool you.
| It is not 'basted a ainele whit; not a
single officer is serving unaqin the
pen and won't be as long-as tbe~"I4epublican
party needs money 19 ren'\l
its elections. The tobacco trust ia nbaolutely
and vigorously in obarge
ot the tebaceu markets today and
beys don't be fooled into beliavin *
otherwise. If^ou to to raising tobacno
as a butiaess, then you will
have to buy your meat from the
meat trait, your bread from the
Chicago pool of western aappliei and
yoar horse and eow feed from farms
in other stations of the conntry.
Vow, listen, Bill, you and Rube and
Mike and Zelte and all of yon; the ?*?
thing for you to de is to pet in extra
time in raising corn, wheat, gram
pouteea, hogs and Buoh like?Everything
yoa need to lire on; and rait a
nlentv of it. tee. And then th.k t
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traata can't Tfb yon oat of a decant .-.-xj,
[ living. In 0<ia way" we may yot live i ;r
again the palmy daya of old,' pat
baamearad by tba ?toeky tob*?ao
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