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THE FRANKLIN TIMES 1?J?? - -J , ? A. R JOHNSON,- Editor and Manager O. J. HALE,'..... Assistant Manager -On? Year 11.50 Cight Hoaths 1.00 8b Months ....: JS Four Month? ?3 j m ^j Ix&Uaburg, N. C., Friday, April 19. 1918 StAtemeat of the Ownership* Manage ment, Circulation, etc. Of theFranklin Times, publshed weekly at Louisburg, N. C.. required by the Act of August 24, 1912. ~ Editor^A. F. Johnson, Louisburg. N. C. Business Manager?O. J. Hale, Lou- j lsburg. N. C. . Publisher?A. F. Johnson. Louis burg. Owners: A. F. Johnson, Louisburg, N. C. \ Known bondholders. mortgagees, and other security holders, holding 1 I5ur mil of m mi v ui luuu muuum uf bond?, mortgages or other securities: R. B. White. Guardian E. F. Thom a?", Wake Forest. N. C. Mergeutlir.ler. Linotype* Co.. New York. N. Y. v Average number of copies of each Issue o{_tJ?is publication sold or dis trbuted. through the mails or other wise. to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date of this statement. IS50. A. F. JOHNSON. -Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th drv of April. 191S. M. S. C LIFTON. Notary Public. My commission expires Feb. ISth. 1920. ' Do your Liberty Bond Buying early! Buy. and then buy some more? strain your credit to buy. It ,is YOUR work during the Liber ty Loan campaign to interest every one whom you possibly can in the purchase of Liberty Bonds. Think Liberty Bonds, talk Liberty Bonds sell Liberty Bonds. Judge W. C. Harri-s. of Rrleigh. ?was in Louisburg Wednesday in the interest of his candidacy for the Judge ship of the Seventh Judicial District. Judge Harris has many friends in Louisbufg who feel that he will re ceive quite a .nice support from our people. i We are requested to state that be-, cause of the necessity and desirabil ity of selling smaller quantities of flour as a result of the new ruling, regarding combination sales, the re-' cent rating fixing the maximum price of flbur at $12.50 per barrel has been I revoked, and merchants are authoriz ed to charge their usual profits up to one .cent a pound on flour in quanti ties of less than 24 pounds and theic. usual profits up to three-fourths cnnt a pound in quantities of 24 pounds or more. HERBERT E. NORRIS FOR SOLICI TOR. In announcing that I will be a can ddate for the office of Solicitor Sev enth Judicial District at the Primary Election to be held Juae 1st, It*IS. I Wish to thank the good people of my district who hare heretofore twice nominated and elected me to said of fice without opposition. I feel deeply grateful for this honor, to all the peo pie, but specially to the member of the Bar. who have been so courteous and generous to me.' The duties of Solicitor are at times arduous, re quiring all the ability, energy and tact of the prosecuting officer to meet the leerned and highly skilled attorneys of the District who -represent defend ants. I have always desired to be fair and courteous to attorneys, de fendants .-.mi v.-itnesses 1 know thai I IMy6 some;ime-;, in the he^t oZ con test failed in this resolve, from error of head and not heart, which I regret; but I. .shall always tali? prido iu the fact that in every instance where a young man (white or black) came into court charged with his tirst offense, acknowledge.I his delinquency and j asked for another chance I g:\ve him my assistance. I have relieved th* I sad heart of many mothers, fathers. I and kindred, and helped the boy to a j better life. _ k If you approve my record I will ap preciate your support. At any rate I am your debtor for your confidence and trust heretofore extended me. 4-l?-tf HERBERT E. NORRIS. FOR COMMISSIONER To the Voters of Franklin County: I hereby announce myself a candi date for County Commissioner to suc ceed myself subject to the acton of the Democratic primary, will appre ciate your support. I also wish to thank you for your support in the past and will assure you of my best services in the future should you re elect me. 4-19-tp _ J. D. ALSTON. ^ TO THE VOTERS OF LOUISBURG * TOWNSHIP. I hereby announce myself a candi date (or Constable of Louisburg town ship to succeed myself, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries to be held in June. ' I will appreciate your support. I am yours to serve. 4-19-tp J. E. THOMAS. LOST?BOB TAIL FOX TEKKIEK ..dog. Missing since Sunday, April ..7th. White with black spots. Re ward for return to D. F. McKINNE. There Is No Monopoly In the packing industry. ?Swift & Company, al though the largest packer, - handles not to exceed one-eighth of the total meat production of the United States. The five large packers do not handle to exceed one-third of the total meat production^ the United ?S* ' . 7 -? Swift & Company is not in combination with any other packer or packers to control prices. Theffe is very active compe tition in the buying of live-stock equally ^een competition in the sale of dr es?ea" meiaTk by-products '1918 year book of inter ?sting and instructive fects sent on request. Address Swift ft Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois Swift & Company U.S. A. - (01 XTY-WIDK SCHOOL TAX Expressions bjr our ( It lien s on tills all Important Question. A Editor of Franklin Times:? . Will yotiallpw me u short space In The Times, tu 4ay something about the county-wide school tax. Having ser ved as a member of Board' of Educa* tlon for a number of years, I am In a position to know something about the ueeds of the schctols in the county and ot the results in improvements that have been made in ottr scJmqIs In the past. We have now reached a crisis in the history of our county schools: We must'go forward, or backward. The county-wide tax is an absolute necessity, unless we are culpably willing to consign our children back to darknees and ignorance as they were a decade a no. No state can ever develop its resources, or ever reach a high standard of citizenship, with the mass of its people living ihlgnora&ce. But, says some one. "It is no business of mine to pay taxes to educatemjot peoples children." In the THfTTTT^nnnVaillng and devastating army dverrunning and laying waste the homes and property of this coiin ty. Would not the owners of the wealth expect everyone of the unfor tunate ones who did have htimes of their own. to risk their lives. Yes. j Give jjieir life blood if necessary ii* defense of other peoples* homes. "It's; a poor rule that won't work both, ways." It is a shame, if not disgrace, that North Carolina, one of the origi nal thirteen states formed in 1778; should now be third from the bottom in illiteracy out ,of forty-eight states that now compose the Federation of States. Freemen and Patriots of Franklin county let us make the sacri fice and vote the .county-wide tak for the schools. The local tax\ districts will not have to continue thteir local tax. if ihey do not wish to and under the management of our capable and efficieut County Superintendent and the good^ judgment of our County Board, every dollar of the mone^y will be wisely expended. I suppose all of our numerous can didates are in favor of helping the children?it is said, they are going "to and fro" all over the county, kiss ing the babies and patting the child ren on the head. That tells the tale, they are all good clever fellows and we tiad a right to expect it of them. H. D. EGERTON. Editor Franklin Tlme9. I believe all of us concede it to be right for our wealthiest men as well as our relatively wealthy to be taxed heavily to carry on the war, and are we not saying ii without complaint, & if it is right for multi-millonaires as well as our wealth generally to be taxed for the war according to their wealth, why is it not also right that we should heed the call of those in our rural districts? for whom we can not hope help will come through our egislateur or through any other source except the buyiBg of moro taxes and with our increasing popufaton and in-~ creasing cost of almost everythng. Will wa not necessarily have to vote more tax? The boys and girls in the country are ju?t as good as the boys and girls in town. Let us give to them the same opportunity for making good id life as we do to those in town. If sevex. months of schoolis not too much for the town children it certainly is not too much for the country children. A. B. WESTER. MR. JONES OPPOSES SCHOO TAX Mr. Editor. ?Having^een an mlitorial in your pa per in regard to a c:unty-widft school tax, I wish to express my opinion on ithi* subject. I think we are alrea.il: burdened [too much with^tax. In view of the j fact that our govercirent is at war and v/e are called upon to buy liberty j bonds, war stampsJv^cend our boys to j tli3 frotot and this country threatened vith a ration panic. Y thin?: ve will do well to let our school system re main as it in until wc nn sec ourVay more clearly. On account of the scarcity of labor, how can the,average fanner patron ize the school we already have? Examine the teacher's registers and see for yourselves if many of the chil dren are not late entering after tTie school opens, and begin to stop off long before lh/ school closes. If we can not patronize a short term school how can^Ke patronize a longer term school? ^ I for one am opposed to a county wide tax. I do not think it is just to tax a people In one district to run a school In some other district. There i# just as much Injustice in a county wide school tax as there is in the members in one church saying what the salary of the preacher shall be in some other church. '. I believe in local self 'government and that each district should have the T?Pht L.11H p?twnr>ffn tn irnlo n tfg nr. themselves to meet the ability of such districts to pay sttch taxes for the Inntilh r>f t.rm 1111H, H|g|,r|fH| ford to patronize. We have the privilege of voting the county-wide school tax upon us, but we will not have any voice whatever in abolishing the tax we are already paying, but it will be left entirely to the school bosses. ^ It is expensive to the teachers to have <0 attend Teacher's meeting* that last but from two to three hours, attend summer school and keep up with the reading circle work. 80 much red tape, expense and extravagance on every hand. 80 many on the pay roll. I do wonder what per cent of a dollar reaches the ptfor child? Is It more tax or it it more economy we need? Why could we not iise more econ omy and continue schools under the present system we already have. As an Old *adage when we are doing well enough, let us let well enough alone. W. A. JONES. * The question of submitting to the voter* of Franklin county the adoption of a county-wide school tax is now be ing ugltated. The election is to be held on the Mth day of May, 1918, and 1 desire to put myself on public re cord as unqualifiedly supporting this special school tax. This I? an age of progress; pro gress In (arming, progress In manu facturing, progress in commerce and and all other fields of activity. To cope with this progress our children, who will be the leaders in the coming gen eration. must be given educational ad vantages that will enable them to be worthy leaders of Nthis progressive age. Our whole country la now 16 tfce midst of a great educational cam paign. Many states, counties, town ships and districts have adopted spec ial school taxes and are now moving on in their education. ? Norih CaroliiyM is the best State in the Union, Frain#' lin ts the best county in the State. Shall we lag behind? Some of our ad joining counties have already adopted some such Bpeclal tax as we are now proposing. Do you want yoifr child to be well qualified and prep ^tyy^jj^UiA^ewl^^^lftneaHershipT ?r would you see him go out unquali fied and hang his head in shame when in a contest with his. neighbor? We know that you want your child to be as gooft as anybody else's child and. if BOj you must give him every advan tage now that he may come out the well rounded man that you would have him be. The county-wide special tax now proposed is 30c on the $100.00 worth of property and 90c on the poll. The ultimate purpose of the county-wide special school tax is to equalize the school rax for the county and does not necessarily increase the tax on those districts that now have a lQcal tax equal to or larger than the county wide tax now proposed. The trustees of the various local districts may re duce or eliminato their local special tax now in force if they find that the county-wide tax will furnish all the funds necessary for such district.' This is perhaps one of the most im portant elections ever held in the county. If you have any county pride or aspiration for your children it is your duty to attend the polls and cast your ballot in favor of this most wor thy cause that your children may be forever glorified. I espoelally appeal to the voters of Hayes distrct to makers' good show ing in this election as they did in the local election held dbout 2 years ago in which there was cast not a single dissenting vote. Yours to serve, H. J. HAYES. CONNECTING KOOMS FOR BEST TO the right party, to do light house keeping at the Franklin Hotel. Al so regular boarders wanted. 4-19-lt America is Rolling In Wealth ra - BUT HOW MUCH OF IT IS "frOURS? Savins deposits draw 4 por cent inter est >vhen in this-batik. They earn noth ing while in your pocket. : : : Which is "the better way? We are ready to open 44tc nce?unt when von are,- : : : >: : : Join Our Christmas Savings Club The First National Bank Louisburg, N. C W H. RUFFIN, Pres. F. B- McKINNE, Cashier W. D. JACKSON, Asst. Cashier , ? WE HAVE ON HAND THE BIGGEST STOCK OF SPRING AND SttTMEIi CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, NECKTIES, UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY EVER SHOWN IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND WE BOUGHT THEM ALL BIGHT. WE HATE SOME SPLENDID VALUES IN LIGHT WEIGHT SUITS FBOM ?7.50 TO ?25.00. BEGULAR WEIGHTS FBOM ?12.50 TO $85.00 HATS, STRAW AND FELT ?1.50 TO $5.00 SJIOES mo TO ?8.50 SHIRTS 75c TO ?5.00 CAPS 50c TO ?1.50 NECKWEAR 50c TO ?1.00 WE HANDLE THE 8TBOUSE A YD GBIFFON AND THEY CAN'1 The McBrayer Clothing Co., Inc. "Everything For Daddy And The Boys"
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