The Franklin Times
A. r. JOHNSON, Editor ud liuia,
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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President:
WOODROW WILSON, New Jersey.
For Vice-President:
THOS. R. MARSHALL, Indiana. ->
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS AT
LARGE:
CAMERON MORRISON, Mecklenburg
County.
J. O. CARR, New Hanover County.
DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT ELECTOR
T. T. THORNE, Nash County.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
-< NOMINEE
EDWARD W. POU, Johnson County.
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
For Governor:
THOS. W. BICKETT, FranUln
County
' For Lieutenant Governor.
O. MAX GARDNER, Cleveland
Oounty .
For Secretary of State;
J. BRYAN GRIMES, Pitt County.
For State Auditor:
W. P. WOOD, Randolph. County '
For State Treasurer:
B. R. LACY, Wake county
For Superintendent of PuDlflc Instruc
? lien:
" J. Y. JOYNER. Wake County
, For Attorney General :
CjAMES S. MANN.NG. Wake County
For Member of Corporation Commts
? '* sion :
WILLIAM T. LEE. Haywood County
For Commissioner of Agriculture :
"W .^GRAHAM. Lincoln County
For insurance Commissioner:
'JAMES ??. YOCNG. Vance County
For Judge Superior CourL.Eiclitli
'v.
W. P.^STACY. '^Cew Hanover County
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For Judge Superior Court. Thlr<j?
District:
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ma' 16 *'tri ft? if/t ? A-/r tf )o ialdJ
The svrvin?#uDiL,tijeal."iiif'a4'uStfH^
Ifogxft-uf Mediation ha:; been called
-vas ordered as follows: General
| Purpose Fund 40 cents on property
$1.20 on poll. Special .light Interest
fund 10 cents oa property and 30 cents
1 on poll, special water Interest fund sO
( i ents on property and $1.60 on poll.
Resignation of S. P. Boddie, as
. .Chief of the Fire Department was ac
cepted. ^Upon order the Assistant
' Chief was instructed to fill the racan
cy until an 'election was made.
Night Policeman E. C. Perry was
allowed a vacation of two weeks.
Upon motion the salary -of Supt.
Meredith, of the light and water plant
was raised to SI 00 . 00 per month be
ginning with August 1st.
The report of A. W. Alston, ClerV:,
was received and ordered recorded.
He reports collecting for the months
of March, Aprll,Jlay and June as fol
lows: Lights $2,264.33, Water 51.
287.28 ? total $3,651.61. Taxes $?.
652.49.
After allowing a number of accounts
the Board adjourned to Its next rogu
lar meeting.
THE BEAUTIFUL HUSSY
A Hmrry-Up Opera With Terribly
Quick Actios
.Scene Waldorf-Astoria . Back*
ground of handsome publishers. En
ter from opposite sides Ancient Adver
tisement and Modern Advertisement.
Ancient Advertisement, starting bacfr:
Good Heavens! What a hussy!
The way that she is dressed!
I used to be contented
With a wood-cut on my chest.
Modern' Advertisement: .
I'm a proper, modern lady
Who on nobody depends;
No reading notice shady
Do I count among my friends.
If I greet the advertiser
With a face that's sweet to see.
? It merely proves I'm wiser
Than our daddies used to be.
Advertising Manager:
Once advertisers dkl appear '
Of me to have a little tear.
But since I wed this maiden sweet
So more I walk on pussy feet.
For now most everybody knows
That buyers follow where she goes
Anonymous voice behind scenes:
For a first-class beauty parlor
Look up Ottmar Mergenthaler.
? From Tke Mergenthaler Lines O*
Type News. v ? ? - ?
Barbecue l>inuer at Louitsburu: .
1 Louisburg. N. C., Aug. 7, 1916. In
her. beautiful country home near
Lcuisburp Mrs. J. B. Yarborough en
tertained lust evening at a barbecue
dinner in honor of Misses Katherino
>V^u,tef of Augusta, Ga., Josephine
the attractive house
-jJxo, r,W?.j H.,7 puffin. . and
(Pron.jitly at 7 P. XI. a long lint! o:
krWifoWtf! aVljWlVt) drtbf
kvay of Mr^. Y-ai4bt^i*n:s fp^ciou
%h 'Jk&e
-Y <?&&&
loughs home was <&>*<&,
ing the cosy corners. " scattered (at
AN ELECTRICAL MEETING
fc ?
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Insur&noe Commissioner Asks
Sltotrlo&l Inspectors to
Meat August 8 9.
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Addresses Will Be Made Upon Sub
ject of Inspection Laws Requir
ed and Their Meaning.
The Insurance Commissioner pro
poses to bold August 8th and 9th a
meeting of all the electrical inspec
tors of the differeut cities and towns
in the State. He has sent out a let
ter asking all the towns to send their
electrical Inspectors to this meeting,
and has also invited the electric men
of all power companies, as well as of
the Sooth eastern Underwriters' Asso
ciation. to be present Addressee will
be made upon the subject of elec
trical inspection, the laws requiring
It. and what they mean. It is propos
ed to make the meeting practically an
Institute for the instruction of electri
cal inspection of the Btsts. No city
or town can afford not to have their
inspector present.
MEANEST OF ALL CRIMES
Part of the World's Wealth
Aotqally Destroyed by
Incendiarism.
Chief Cium of Burning to Defraud ti
fSaerUteti ranee. ? Ft re Chief Can
Help to
1 eatt cfaum for detection acrd punish
ment.
The fre to alware deliberately
Jt dostjp^B ft Part of the
qvoeMV wwra. wkift tWeres and
Mghwaymen only transfer It to a new
owner. It is the crive most difficult
to detect ^ecau&e all the physical evi
dence of It are changed into gases
?nd apfcep It needs no confederate
wfto might betray. ' It needs no
"lenoe" or go-between to secpre the
cash. It is produced by crafty, hu
man greed that bides its time and
puts at rjsk the lives of firemen and
citizans. It permit? the establishing
of a perfect alibi, for the principal can1
bribe an agent to set the fire* in tyle
absence. He. himself, can leave a
candle which will fire the place after;
he has had six hours in jrhich to
travel from the site of ? the crime. He
can turn open a gas?'jet and be ^t a
distance when an explosion occurs
from the. gas reafaiisg a light in an
i adj<5fn!ng room. *
I The cn*ise of burning to defraud ts
i 'over!n^urani*e. It is* chargetfble to
?the method by which business is se
Ijcatted.: Thft figent's only interest is 'fa
"ith^..a^noui4/oi th? oamfliissjoa: he.
rpojljp^tan X^f.. trerit^ the respjMsJbiV. [v
1 ?t ill e ' ins iira'6 " Wmpan? ' Stf> V^cK
fl jjh~irriikk fc^iwlirV ' ,Jh^r#
(than Uie' i>ropCTty1l4i%pftti HKhtPFWr.a#*
fihoiub
jhA^P'b#^ fa inft&wd 61eiv as tefr.
puLh fwldn -fratrit aa/
V.rr ?<'?. <! ir r.r.,li o/(a -,t s'a!i,3
i I am ? ure there have been en*,*'?
twherein tired in- 1
jatfraifc*plfnt?>H lfr*W nmrtrth &? t&tpi c^fl^T
.V?lu? 06
when their stocks were d^nlcfpd nr
Kro? YoangsvlNe.
Mrs. G. C, Patterson. Miss Mary
S. Patterson. Mr. Baxter Patterson,
Miss Bernia Perry ana Mr. I. W
Mitchell are spending some time at
Jackson Springs .
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Perry spent
Sunday at Riley's.
Mr. Ben Jeffreys, of Hamlet. Is vis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Jeffreys.
Mrs. J. L. Brown is visiting rela
tives in Raleigh this Week.
Misses Melissa and Nancy Hawkins,
of Winston-Salem, are guests of Mrs.
J. B. Perry.
Misses Addle and. Mayme Bagwell,
Mildred Hlrshon and Minnie Bagwell,
of Raleigh, Bertie Redlord, of Roles
vllle, and Miss Helen Evans are house
party guests of Miss Lillian Winston..
Misses Axmie and Elizabeth Gibson,
of Laurinburg, Edith Harris, of En field,
Pearl Temple, of Sanford, and Misses
Lena and Beulah Gooch, of Hender
son, are ho se-party guests of Miss
Gertrude Winston this week.
J W Davis Bead.
Mr. J. W. Davis died at his homa
Sunday morning, Aug. 6th, after an
Illness of bout six mouth*. Mr. Dav
is was sixty years of age and is sur
vived by a wife, three daughters; Mrs.
A. M. Shearon, of Wake Forest, Mrs.'
'Marion Bailey, and Mlae Marguerite
Davis, and two sons Meesre. W. W.
and W. <J. Davis. .
Mr. Davis was a devout member of
Youngsvllle Baptist church, and a
prosperous farnter. In his death the
community sustains a distinct loss.
A host of friends and relatives ex
tend sympathy to the bereaved ones.
The funeral was conducted from
Woodland church Monday by pastor
Buffalo after which the remains were
taid gently beneath the silent clods in
the Woodland cemetery with Masonic
honorsX.
Close Connection.
"Was that star course ally good?"
"AH moonshine."
? ? :
Plenty of Smith's Coal at Louisburg
C6al and Ice Co. \ 8-ll-tf.
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TOBACCO GUANO, ACWD AND TOP
!)RE*SER AT MCKrS'NE BROS.
Wanted.
For 1917 ? a. supervisor that can
manage labor and knows, how-to make
cotton.
8-ll-tf. R. P. TAYLOR.
Thanks.
I wish to thank the white people of
this community (or the donation at
118.72 at the meeting of the District
Conference at Trinity and for the re
mainder' that made a total of $45.00
to assist in the erection of the Color
ed Methodist church at Lousbnrg.
The colored peop"<s held a serve* at
the colored EpUoope.l cht'r. h ou the
Kith Sunday in .Tuly ar.rt realized
$25.00 which was added other
E?nerous meuibeti of this race to
make $40.00 mak>g a full total for
July of $75.01), a: of whicn nmouoi
wMl be speit on he church Again
thanking all w'l . w utrlbute.l so gen- .
erously, I am
T. M. CHRISMOtf Pastor,
St. Paul's A. M. E. Church, i
County Teachers Institute.
A County Teachers' Institute will be
held at Loulsburg beginning August
21st and continuing two 'weeks* The
law requires the ^continuous atten
dance of all public School, high school
and graded school teachers, unless
providentially hindered, or unless
such teachers attend, an accredited
Summer School fn lieu of an institute.
A certificate of valid attendance will
be issued to all who deserve it at the
close of the institute.
You will need to have Charter's
"Teaching the Common Branches" and
the Course of Study. If you have a
copy of the Course of Study be sure
to bring it with you.
Primary teachers should bring all
the books used in the first three grad
es. a pair of scissors, a box.of crayola
and a pencil with soft, large lead.
Intermediate teachers should have
all the text-books of the fourth, fifth
sixth, and seventh grades.
The White teachers will assemble hi
the Graded School building, Colored
teachers in the Court House.
EDWARD L. BEST. .
County Superintendent .
SjU-2 t. August 4th, 1916.
FIBE INSURANCE.
When 70a want Insurance. take it
with T. W. WATSON . He know*
kow. 7 >21-11.
Wanted.
For 1917 ? a supervisor that can
manage labor and knows how to mak?
tobacco.
8-11-tf. R. P. TAYLOR.
G. L. Ay cocke, The Louisburg
Seedsman has just received a Fresh
Lot of new Turnip Seeds. Come and
buy them from AYCOCKE DRUG CO.
8-ll-2t. * .
Certificate ol Dissolution.
State of North Carolina,
Department of State.
To All to Whom These Presents May
Come ? Greeting :
Whereas, It appears to my satisfac
tion, by duly authenticated record of
the proceedings for the voluntary dlsr
solution thereof by the unanimous
consent of all the stockholders, depos
ited my office, that the Bunn Live
Stock Company, a corporation of this
State, whose principal office is situa
ted in the town of Bonn, County of
Franklin, State of North Carolina.
(R. V. Harris being the agent thereto,
and in charge thereof, upon whom
process may be served), has complied
with the requirements of Chapter 21r
Revlsal of 1905, entitled "Corpora
tions." preliminary to the. issuing et
this Certificate . of Dissolution:
Now, Therefore, I, J. BRYAN
GRIMES, Secretary of State ? of the
State of North Carolina, do hereby
certify that the said corporation did,
on tiie 1st day of August, 1916, file in
my office a duly executed and attested
consent in writing to the dissolution
of said corporation, executed by all
the stockholders thereof, which said
consent and the record of the pro
ceedings aforesaid are pow on file in
my said office as provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof, 1 have here
to set my hand and affixed my offic
ial seal at Ralelgli, this 1st day of
(SEAL) August, A. E>. 1916.
J. BRYAN GRIMES,
8-ll-4t. Secretary of State . .
i,ne. of the Interior Department,
liiKUi; ZD
words and tH
jed to be lovabli
on lrd&* 1
words. manytook the "B.
leBr avsd boa .93tviaL..iaft^J^ta&,a& ^0^ 4
?&u*-at qjj c?intirtwrn^JlWi(, Too,p.(iitT>ap?J Tf^aam .itt
,-ttt>8.to s1?Bd> atf* ^\PWi?>OlMpfra81n9-?ii?V7ItaHl flrafcf
r Jiflp Parr lsh0 prom ptet^hy tlie ^,rncri Mifclred Sco#. MaUle .AJW~
work hedid In the protection Camnia and Eler.nor Yarborough, all
temporary bridge , shows the ^ Loulsburg, Loalfie and Hattle Ho^
;ndable. - ? Allen, VilUia^n Dlckep_ Top Rujfln.
olqop *1 vJniiO iifiii'iaiMWt-? HA^u
Com?fi*Toner* . Waddell* Harry .Candler amL_Perc
S?8j OJliAMditt WOMcf
ly nlgnt an(J Mrg j B yarborougn.
.r.yhtTOJW.W ??!*???< ,W'j?n?WAMiM.?wM
ig was approved and buatneaa
ed of an follow* : \
Town
Board of To^gJJ
regular session on
$80.00,
ng Ciil
lire goctHy^^ 1
'e^durlinP
day evening laat, the beautiful old Co
lonial home of Mrs. W. H. Ruffln was
cei
hei
saasm
*
irani j entertained at bridge, ind'tfie'cSmfng
.larger fortunes . to be made for
kaekihwnt ftUfeWh
Utknty^irA^rnl^^rtj^- 1
dfc' 8 Oi?
*MO Tint ajiyiTTir
money in being eafeful when I
ptevent a profitable blaze?
merous report* of ftroe to be el
of thee,
Id not Ter^fluppened If t it
?rs of the property Involved h.
communities u wen aa lndlvkhu
?upplli
eod??
Hence, evsrlnaoMM* *? a
a t OttlOu an 1
;I Wish to State to
THE PUBLIC
that I do strictly a
CASH BUSINESS
Fred A. Riff
.. Jeweler ..
Louisburg, - N. C.
ROOFING
our Roof in Good Con
at
f> "
iJam hsqhjg aiil r*
Haw?' dition Now.
A'lPew; Leaks May jCost You More Than
??' It'-"-' : ,t ,.u,:oo v?im. -J .
> wn. -xiilT/'. jqiut -ilfi Jmll . , ' ^inlnoo
no ^jurt- loir.* tiio aiiui?*4-i<i a I ^H?tV ItUUI (l1| j .us, -aajWun
,niA< ort I io <>btaiiM,
Sij1^larri?
^aSiiy 'Aipffidt Roofing & -
?i)-mio9:j v<i?' i<. ?-?olif nntemH . ^?^Sd
?$<?:, boated Rj^?g $200 v mm ^ ,
^tta;K6W;rciuaiisf^dHi^ $3fio " , " , ,
.-^'.-The-best ieit and;Asphaltjitofin&made: ./' i V/Ollll 1 H0(
Pin^asart'ttiiBglf^ $g?ftr gfooj#,,
J|^i2iIi9Rg;|^af Pine H%rt ^inilefeHBw-?lKm?.
'We haV^fc gbttd "Stock of Galvaniftffl Angles and have a car of Gtdvanized
' .7,S ^7\T Corrugated Roofing en route.
8 Wh^n ^OU buy from us you pay no freight and J have the privilege of return
, *r07** ing all unbroken packages that you do net need.
Our LiberalJGuarantee Covers All Purchases Made From Us.
McKINNE BROTHERS CO., INC.
, : *
? "Satisfaction or Your Money Back."
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