FRANKLIN TIMES
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I THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Entered at the Post OffTCfe at Louis- i
bury W. C., as second class matter.
Doni-forKet to register.
Monday is first Monday.
Easter passed of yuieliv . ? ?
? ?
It is absolutely necessary to pay
y?ur poll tax it you want to be elig- j
jble to take part in the town primary,
and election.
There is no new -registration re
quired In the coming town Section
but all th* mXka miah tn ? vote
will hnv? f? hpphiisp of_
fact thak they have not registered for
any election in the town before.
? Yes; Mr. -SabfifttibeTi it is indeed J
embarrassing to the newspaper man |
to have to continually nag after
public question in order to get it I
righted, but since persistency seems
to be the only way out wfc will have [
to continue.
The public seems to think that Mr.
J. B. King, Franklin's recent re pre- ]
sentative could clear up the respon
sibility of the Salary and Auditor's!
bill, and_Jus_t why he won't say what ]
he knows or say that he knows noth
ing is causing him to receive quite a]
lot of criticisms.
It is being suggested that the Board
of Town Commissioners should con
ted that Mesdames W. E. White and
?C. Beck have been mentioned as
.ble candidates. They are both
irie ladies and the town Is to be con
gratulated if it can secure their ser*
vices . hii
The public has a right'-'fc think that
the reason why the town officials do
not publish a statement of the town'r
receipts and disbursements is> be
cause .the town has spent a lot of mo- j
ney for things they don't" want~Th*e~t
public to know about, uattf .the offic- I
inls nrnvp differently- br publishing |
the annual report.
"V[e have heard it stated that At
torney General fanning has given
out the information that a County can
cents on the $100 under Lha.new Con
stitutional limitation, the-- other '
cents being for state purposes and I
fcannot be used by counties when not |
4Qsed by the State.
A remarkable coincidence: A gen
tleman from near the edge of the I
County was in Lou1sT>urg a few days |
ago expressing himself in the strong
est imaginable terms against the in
crease in Salaries and the new Audi
tor's bill, but t?fore leaving town he
visited the Courthouse and afterwards
stated to the TIMES man that he I
didn't know but that the two bills,
were right.
I no fount y commissioners should
think three times before they speak
once next Monday and Tuesday. We
know there is some Inequalities ? both
too high and too low ? that should be
adjusted. We know also that it is
hard not to fall in-line with public
sentiment publicly expressed. But
we also know that you can't run the
government on air. And we know
it is equally unjust to levy a tax that
is above the Constitutlonanl limita
tion. However the government lias
got to be run, and at an increased
cost of |5,000 on account of the in
creased salaries. We know the big
corporations will not pay an uncon
stitutional tar. Now lets be square.
Lets run the government on a basis
that will be fair and square to the
Officials and the taxpayers alike.
And above all gentlemen leta so han
dle this tax question that earh indi
vidual citizen, so far as It is humanly
possible, shall be treated exactly alike
DoH't Jets take the tax off of one man
Juft he is a "big Influential
min^Jfed add It on to another just
becaufc* fee can't help himself. l,ets
be tair .
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XADIF.S MUST REGISTER.
ttf yiew of the fact that Information
>in|taojne to ua that many ladles In
LoBtofrg are under the Impreinlon
th?t have already registered, we
<:?il ?3t attention to the fuct that
th*y l^re only regtaMred tor the
StAte and County election* and not
to* tpe town election. Therefore
tkmu|?U hare to regtater again to be
afcd^to rote in the coining (own elec
"tiofl. "We vndersbuid th? reglstr* -
tiim book* jm> w open and will re
main open until Saturday. April 23rd.
1921. l)o a 'i fail to attend to this iti*
portant matter.
THE KK.AL TKOIBLE.
The trouble ?ilh th? tax valuations
is not that land -even (ami land ? Is
valued too high. There is no one
~wfto hunesj.lv believes that Franklin
County land is not worth $48 an acre,
as a whole although there are a large
number who say that $4S an acre as
a whole Is too "lirgn tor tax purposes.
Although they have not expressed the
idea what they really believe and in
tend to say is that land was raised in
values anil nerannal nro.wrtv was not.
This is really true, oui we don't
think it proper to "cuss" the law for
ought to be 'done is to require thetax
lister to put the price on personal
properly what it ought to be the same
as he did the value on land, and these
values should he revisea by thB-Roflrrt
of Equalization. It is stated on the
streets that a merchant in the county
gave in his stock of gotxls for taxes
at $30,000 and at the same time had
Insurance ~tm -it at
derstand others bought bonds ar par
when they were om'y ' wtt'Hii S5, kept
them about two weeks and sold them
back to the same bank for par when
they were still worth only 5.5. There_
[are many other. instances similar to
these all of which should be given a
thorough investigation and If found
that the stock and other personal pn>
perty is not listed as they should be
then they should be raised. This
would bring the values of real and
personal property nearer together
and at the same time make the "tax
dodger" pay his proportional part of
the County government. To reduce
the value on land and not correct the
injustices in personal property by
forcing the "tax dodger" to pay his
share of the burden looks to us a true
case of "cutting off your nose to spite
your face."
Lets be square in 4be handling of
this question by applying the same
system of listing land to personal pro
perty, and if we find -thai the present
law doesn't giv^. power enough to the
list taker to reach the desired end
lets correct the law there. By re
ducing the values on Tanfl "Witt only
tend to increase the "tax dodging" on
personal property as well as increajt
the Lul on tfoe land ow.:er. To rem
edy the ahuatiou by forcing the "lh?
dodger" to list his property will re
duce the tax on everybody. Lets get '
at the real trouble, at euile men awli
thereby have an honest tax list.
HEALTH DEPABTJCEJfT
J
Information Concerning TW
Health of the People of mikb
County, Worth lour Attention.
Dr. J, E. Malone, Health 6<Qc?r. '
There are two things that are a dis
grace. Flies and Typhoid Fever.
There is no need for utie to have Ty
phoid Fever when it can be prevented
in two ways Kill the tlies and put
nothing in your mouth that isn't
clean. Flies are dirty, dangerous dis
ease carriers. Don't allow _a fly in.
are you going to kill them. F1r?t
prevent them from breeding by dls
troying or moving all tilth from about
vou. F1i?>s hr??t?d tin filth Whan,
ever you have dirty til thy conditions
arount^A'mi. -fHt*g will be sure to breed
and increase rapidly. It only requir
es ten days for hies to lay theip mil
liens of eggs and hatch ? out their
millions of full grown tlies to spread
geiins In tfvtfry ? directum <5n your
food on thi? childc.milU bottle, in the
"milk afStH~Dn~^verythlog file that will j
attract them. Remove horse stable
manure to the fields and put it in tlie
ground where it will do good. Do
away with your open privies, screen
your doors and windows and kill ev
|^ry -?one that comes into your hot xsfr
now before they get the start on us.
This month is the time to begin the
work of destroying flies and their
breeding places. Don't put this mat
ter off. it will be too late and the
work will double on you. We haven't
had any Typhoid Fever now in many
years, lets not have any. Destroy
the breeding places of mosquitoes by
filling up, draining or putting kero
sene oil on the stagnant water. cDon't
leave any stagnant water around yo
ur Home. Bring your trash' and
waste as near to the street as poesi
ble so the wagon can take it offv
Don't stop to think but go to worl^
and have your home clean, decent
and healthy.
Empress of Fashion. \
?'--A biography of tte late Empir
Ei^enie saya:_ Twice a year
press of tlie Frengh renewed; f
frocks, and this was the origin ?(
day's changeability ~ot fashion,;*
followed slavishly by women.
MR LUMBERSVA.V4-25 CENTS' IN
?Stamps will bring Wou Lumber fcil
rirtalor. Vnn \rtnliil nnf ha Hirh^
out. I. L. LANiEft, lllulurj; N.
C. \ 4^-2t.
WANTS
10c A Lin* For First flCeeJL_
ic A Line For Each Week
Alter First Insertion.
WANTED? SALES NffcN
mile guaranteed \ tic
$100. 00 per wi
mfsstDns" COWA^TTIRK X "RUB
BER (^O.. P. O.yCok 7S4 Dept. S.
Chicago. 111. / \ 3-2S-2t
FOB SALE? A PfctSIBI
ranging fron
acres. It willT>e to yoJl
see me before buying.
and terms easy. S. A.
10-3tf.
NOTICE? LOST ON MARCH 2Y 1921.
One sorrel mJte with white\ blaze
face and three\whiti?-'T?gi- A.i.rhi
about SOO pound\ yonder pfoaac
notify, J. H. CAHTVR. Spring Hope
N. C\ R. 2. t'afeNyC'handler and I
WatKiasJCamp, S^euN^aths, X. C.
4-1-lt
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vv^-boyt\i Hoise
-ge?~
aame~iw paying f?3r advertising and
other ewpeITSes-r J?^R. SrLLS, K 2.
Loulsburg, N. C. /\ ~ 4-1-lt.
(POLITICAL
FOR)
^ADVERTISING)
MAYOR.
To the Citizens ofy>ouisburg:
In announcing tlmt I shaU' be a
candidate to succeed mysel y In the
April primary I wishVo bespeak your
support and to makk
knowledgement of your
the past; promising to :
tlnued approval by
. ateful ae- |
onfidence In
it your con- |
iscientious
nposed In
performance of the
me.
LOU/S L. JOVVER.
March 23rd. 1921./ 3-2Vt.p
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JR.
I hereby ^Dnoun^e myself a candi
date for the aflice of Mayor of the 1
town of LoutstHMs. subject to the ac- |
tlon of the votq<> Of saldXown.
A. JEWELL.
: FOR\ (/ON
I wish to
Loulsburg thal\l
the office of Co
town of jx>uisburj
tlon of the prl
April 12th, and
3NEH
the voters of
a candidate for
isioner .for the
ubject to the ac
to^be held on
ll\ippreciate your
will give the io
4-l-2t
t services.
WEBB.
$5.00' For Solving. Ihis
>
The object is to trace a continuous r^ark through each of the doors
(represented by openings in the wills; i? this house without tracing
through any door the second time or without crossing the wall where
there is no door. / \
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To the first person bringing us a correct solution of this puzzle
we will give absolutely free fi^e dollars worth of \any article or ar
ticles in our Store. t \
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Aycock Drug Company
Louisburg, North Carolina
PLANT
McKinne Bros. Co.
Satisfaction Or Your Money Back
Louisburg, ; North Carolina
WMM
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