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Kkiday, Dsceisber 23 1810. j
% NO PAPER NEXT WEEK.
In keeping with an oM and honored
custom we wi 1 print no paper
next week. After exerting oor every I
effort to give you the best paper
possible for fifty-one issues iu a
year we feel that you will he glad to
grant to us one week of holinas
which We will take next week.
And wo -hope that each and eVerv i
onnojf our subscribers and patrons '>
, ni4V have the most iterrv Christmas
and prosperous New > Year thev .
have had in .years. And with the'
keenest feeling for your ' enjoyment
of the holidays we hid you farewell
until nineteen hundred.and eleven. .
Congkkss will adjourn Unlay.
Lets get the o oek for the court
house. i
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No doubt the lurkevs will be
glad when the holidays are over.
xm gomug your presents are you
sure \uu have not left off a ouieone
Tub Supreme court of the .United
Status adjourned Monday uutil January
3rd.
W ubh Christmas oumee you are
surprised to find that you have so
many friends. -
Tunas are many dollars being
burnt up in fire works that could be
better spent someother way.
Ik making your resolutions for
the new year be careful and nut
make any you cannot carry out.
Tub money apent for staaapa that
bring wiskey ciioulara to l.ouiaburg
? would De au independent income to
^ almost any man.
> It aeehia that Urea. Whlchard, of
. the Urerfuville Reflector, and Cowan,
- ef the Morning Star at Wilmington
nderstands each other pretty well.
In the local option election held
in Suffolk, Vs., on Monday, the
drya won by a majority of 55. The
?ty remains dry fur two more year*.
T herb are rnaDy places who are ]
planning good roada rallies and
among them is Louisburg. Citizens
of Louisburg don't forget your responsibility.
Tub Senate overruled Vice-Presiden
bhennan in bis decision that a
Senator having a pair could be
counted present in order tn make a
quorum by a vole of 37 to 17.
TtAUHlUB in still tinning ovar thsir
Witel houie. It worn strange
that the committee should want to
do just opposite of what the people
and the Legislature instraoled them
M d?.
The Greeaville Kefleotor celebrated
its six teeuth birthday on 3atarday
of lrst week. During this
time it has been a recognised power
for good in its community and has
at all times kept in. jtouoh with np
to date matters. Bro. Wbiohard is
to be oengratulated and we wish
him continued success and prosper?
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A esusT deal haa bsen^aid in regard
to a sans Fourth of July celebration,
and the me agitation
might be made for a aane Christmas
eelebration. Lst eyeryone take due
thought as to the meaning of the day
and we will have lesa drunkenness
and more real enjoyment out of the
Christmas day. I.et temperance rule
[HyV ;; your every desire of appetite?New
Ben Sam.
Gas Explosion Plays Havoc.
An avsoeiated press dispatch
from New Yodt-on December 19th
sites the terrible inoident as follows)
The very heart and backbone of
Manhattan Island were shaken this
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morning by m tcqri&e ax plenum ofillaoaiaatiag
gaa in tha anxiliary
pownr hoDM of tb? Orand Central
Station. Nine persons, two of them
woman, ware ki lad, 115 ware injured
and property was damaged to the
I extent of tkOO.OlO. Four workmen
who am missing, are believed to
liiaxa pariahed and of the 135 injured,
98 ware removed to hoepitala.
| Of those eight may die. An invaa
| ligatioi by the police, the district
(attorney's office and lha coroner's
I office La under way. Traffic oa the
New York Central railread ceased j
entirely for tome hours and was digorganized
fur the remainder of the
day, but the new station itself, now
in procroe of eonairacaou, w as not j
damaged.
Tne injured inoludes laborers and j
other employes of the railroad-, ped?strinii?,
bt standees and otharv in I
me accident. Four of seven passengers
in an automobile, were kill
ed outfight.
For aouie hours it was believed
mat v?yniniiie alone toald have
wrought such instantaneous and pub
vrriziitfr havoc, but late in tke afternoon
F rr hief Crocker said ha
was convinced that the whole explosion
was due to a mixture of air and
illuminating gas, used in lighting
railroad cars, touched off by an elec
trie spark. The gas had accumulated
Id tha auxiliary power house
from a craked pipe snapped off by a
run s way passenger ear.
Tha foraa of tha sxploeion ran
north and south for two miles along
the rocky ridge, that is the backbone
of the ulnnd, and east and
| wast laterally for amils. Founds
tions were jerred, walla were ehaken
oat o plumb, windows were blows
in by the thoassnd, ceilings ceme
crashing down on the heeds of thoee
beoesth, snd the pavements were
littered with a crisp tinkling fall of
pulverised glass that topped the
shoe soles.
WHBN HER BACK ACHES
A woinn Finds All Her tnergj
and Ambition slipping Hwaj.
Loniabnrg womeh know how tne
aches and gains that coma when the
kidneys fail make life a burden.
Backache, hip pains, headache, diszr
svells, distres?ing urinv trouble#, all
tell of sick kidnsys and warn yon of
the siealtbr approach of diabetes,
dropsy and Bsight's disease. Doan/s
Kidney Pills permanently cnre all
these disorders.
Cun Louisbnrg efferers desire
stronger proof than this woman's
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hire. H- Rinehart, Broad Street,
Oxford, N. C., aaya:11 Do an'a Kidney
Pills liave proven of great benefit te
me and eonseqnentally I do net beeitale
to apeak in their favor. A con
stant, heavy pain in my back kept
me in misery and failed to yield to
thn varirma rnmMiiaa t>htnK T teLd
A weakness of my kidners alse ao-j
noyed me, this being especially j
bothersome at night. Finally iny
hosband procared a hex of Does'*
time alter I began using them, the
baekao'ie eessed and my kidneys
were restored to their normal oonbition.
1 am in exeellent health and 1
give the credit to Doan's Kidney
PUla."
For tale by all declare. Price 40
oents. Foster-Hilburn Ce., Buffalo,
Hew Verb, sole agents tar the UaitaWtt
Keruember the name?Doan's and
take no ether.
STOCKHOLDERS MKBTINO
The regular annual meeting of
stockholders of Louisbarg Wagon
Co., Inoorporated,will beheld in the
office of the Company oa Wednesday
evening, at 3 o'olook, January
4th, 1911, s fall attendance is requested.
Qao. H. Ceopaa, Paas.
C. B. Chbatham, Sect, and Tuba*.
PUBLIC BESTING of WARD'S
LANDS.
On Tuesday, the aecoad day of January
Term. 1911, of Franklin Superior
Court, it being the 24th day of January,
1911, at tbe noon recess, of Court, at
the Court House door in said County,
tbe undersigned will rent to the higheat
bidder at public auction for tbe
year 1911, the lands of heirs of Norf.
Harris situate in Harris Township,
Franklin County, known as tbe Norf.
Harris tract, adjoining the lands of J.
B. King, A. J' P.Harris and others,
eontaiairi? 77 acres, more or leas. This
23rd. day of -December, 1910.
J. J. Barrow, C. 8. C. fk Receiver.
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COMMISSIONERS* SALE Br TIM
BBKBD LAND
By virtue of an erder of resale,
made by the Superior Court of Franklia
County in that tpecial Proceeding*
entitled Mra. Kate WhiU, C. T.
Cheavee at el aa. Julius Tant, Mri.
Rebacea Parry at al, tha undermined
cpm miasionen? will, on Tuaaday, the
?B4th day of January. >911, it being the
I seeond day of the January Term of
Franklin Superior Court, at noon race**
of court, at the Coart House Door in
Louisburg, N. C., offer for sale to the
1 highest bidder, at public auction, that]
tract of and known as the "Tom Reg
era tract" in Dunn's Township, Frank- j
Tin County,N.C., adjoining the lands of i
J. M. White and others and bounded as ,
follows. On the North by the lands of
J. M. White, on the" East by the]
lauds of the estate of Amy Bell on the >
South by Crooked Creek and on the I
West by the lands of the estate of A. !
J White, containing 64 acres, more or r
less. Terms of sale?cash. This Dec. j
Jlrd . 1910. -I
Wm. H.RUFFIN) .T
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W. M. Person ?
V \ LUABLK TOWN LOTS For 8ALE. I
By virtue of the power of sale contained
in a'certain mortgage deed from
J. R. Collie and Wife to A. A Clifton, j
recorded in Bowk 169 at page 48, Franklin
County Registry, 1 will on Monday
the 13rd day of January, 1911, it' being
1st day of court, at the Cou t-House
door in Louisburg. N. C.. at about the
hour of noon, offer fot sale to the highest
bidder for cash the lands conveyed
in said mortgage deed, situate in the
Town of Louisburg, N. C., described as
follows. Vit:
Beginning at C B. Cheatham's corner
in middle Street, running thence along
Middle Street in an easterly -direction
about 62 1-2 feet to an alley 1
leading from said street,' thence southeasterly
along said alley about 214 feet
to Pleasant's line, thence westerly along
Pleasants line about 62 1-2 feet to ,
C. B. Cheatham's line, thence aloug C.
B..Cheatham's line about 214 feet northerly
to the point of begiuniug. This
Dec. 15th 1910.
Ben T. Holden, Assignee of
A. A. Clifton, Mortgagee.
NOTICE OF EXECU ttON SALE.
North Carolina, Franklin County. In
the Superior Court, J. W Helling*- i
worth, va Caswell Hayes.
I By rirtn# of an execution directed to
in* unuersigueu irom ld? superior
Court of Franklin t ounty in the above
entitled action, I will, on Tueeday. the
second day of the January Term, 1911,
of Franklin Superior Court, it being
the 24th. day of January, 1911, at the
noon recess of court, at the Court |
House Doer in eaid County, sell te the
highest bidder fer eash, te satisfy said
execution, all the right, title and interest
which the said Caswell Hayes, the
defendent, has in the following described
real estate, via: that let or
parcel of laud in Louisburg Township,
Frank in County, near to the Town of
Louisburg, bounded as follows: On the
North and East by the lands of M. B.
Davis and on the South and West by
the lands of W. H. Pleasants, containing
6 1-4 acres, more or less. . This
Dec. 23rd., 1910. :
W. M. Boone, Sheriff.
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE.
North Carolina, Franklin County. In J
tho Superior Court, K. P. Hill, vs W. j
G. Ayscue. J
By virtue of an execution directed to '
the undersigned from the Superior !
Court of Fratklin County in the above
entitled ac ion, I will on Tuesday, the
second day of the January Term, 1911, ]
of Franklin Superior Court it being the j
24th. day of January, 1911, at noon re- I
cess of court, at the Court House Door r(
in said county, sell to the highest bidder
for cash to satisfy said execution
all the right, title and interest which
the said w. G. Ayscue, the defendent,
has in the following described real estare;
all the interest in remainder after
the life estate of his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Ayscue, devised to him under
the will of the late I. G. Staunton, particularly
in the tract of land in said
will deyised to Mrs. Sarah Ayscue
specifically known as the "Jesse Person
Place," containing 200 acres, more or |
lees. Said defendant id said to have a
one-sixth undivided interest in remainder
in the 'Jesse Person Place" and a
one sixth of one fourth undivided interest
in ramftisilar in the rest nf t.hp
real estate of said I. G. Staunton wkich
was not specifically derised In said will.
-This Den ggrrl. IWih ;
W. 11. Boone, ShertfT:?
LAND SALE.
By order ef the Euperier Conrt ml
Pranklin Coamty In the special peeeeed
ing entitled "Sue P. Alferd, Admx. ef
L. S Alford, dee d, as B. N. Alford et
als, heir* ef L S. Altaed", I will sell
at public auction to the big beet bidder,
at the Court House door is Lewisbarg,
N. C., on Tuesday, the 24tb day of
January, 1911, that tract ef land situate
in Franklin County and Cypress
Creek Township, adjeining lands of C.
M. Vaughan, Mrs. B. T. Yarboiough,
and etbsrs, and dsseribsd as follows:?
"Bogiuning at a staks, C. k Vaughan's
comer; tkenos N. lit I. 2S.U
chains to a-stake, formerly a pins
stump, VangSan'e corner in lira. Yarboroug'a
line; tkence by eld survey
made from eepy ef lir. Fuller's survey
of about thirty years ago, S. 87 degrees
K. 11.10 chains to a stake,-now Mrs.
Yarborough'a corner; thence N. 8 degrees
E. 1 chain to an elm; thence E.
42.60chains to an ash on Little Creek;
thence S. 8 degrees E. 1 chain to the
W. K. Davis Corner; thence west 20.60
chains to a pine stump; thence S. 6 degrees
W. about 7 chains to e stake and
pointers in Harris's line: thence in a
new lino N 881 ? degrees W. 16 chains
to a stake south of the creek; thence
N. 11-2 degrees E. 8.2S chains to a
rock, thence N. 881-2 degrees W. 16
chains to the beginning; containing
one hundred [100] acres.
The terme of the sale are one thir 1
cash, balance in twelve months with
interest at 6 per cent from date oi
kale. This the 21st day of Deeember,
1910.
r. b. White, Com.
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4 ?afo aodnleasiutfbvrup?S0c. Drujuriite.
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Farmers and IV
Pater Cooper, who wlieo v?t alire, nave >530,000 to fount
rear for the firat two years he was in that oitv. fie was a
the firat two veara and put it in the bank.
MAKE OUR BANK
THE FARMERS AND
bVW I O B U " U
OFFICE
. B. Cheatham, Pres. F. K. Egerton, \
M. 3. Clifton, Acsi
under supervision of the
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EVERYBODY FINDS JUS"
THE BIG LIT
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BARGAINS B R11
10, 10 and U cent embroidery, oae more ^e^S^'aUl^o
them, that's ail.
Iron wear stockiags.lheavy weight, for Godmau Shoes j
hoys and girls 20o .values 15c lwo more dirt wts
can ht everybody
Entire stock flannelette, kimono eat- ling most eyeryb
inga. etc . -...9c show you why.
FRE.SH ARRIVAL OF LITTLE WoMENJ i
LY FOR -SMALL GROWN FIGURE-S. No 1
COAT.5 AT .SHORT PRICED.
IF YOU THINKiYoU CAN FIND IT CHE/
WAYS PIND IT CHEAPER Hi
5 ROOM COTTAGE FOR RENT. NOV
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Will go out <
January
If you want goods at a bar j
real closing out sale for w<
will sell the entire stock in I
theb usines if any one wan
chance for some one who v
time business
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EFLY STATED
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>s and Child- Red Raven Stockings, every pair warms
end see ranted, recognised beet 25o hosiery
21 dozen or for ladies, gentlemen, bora and filial W 1
st received, T?,iu ??
n the way, 1
and am >sl- 20c bleached tuurkished towels. 8 for. ttc
ody, tot ?ie
15* Auckabaek towala . Uc
COAT T-5. ADAPTED ESPECIAL"ROUBLE
TO TIT. NEW LOT OF LOltf
^PER ELSEWHERE YOU WILL ALIKE..
LET ME .SHOW YOU
OCCUPIED BY J. T. WINTREE.
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of buaineee f
tot, 1911;
fain come now. Thirai a
b are going to quit. ?e
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>ulk and the good will of^
ts to buy. This is a
rants to do a high class
'ar borough
ir ofW. P. Neal