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THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION 1
Entered at the Post Office at Loula
fcurg. N. C.. as second class matter.
Usually tbere Is difference of opin
ion as to theatres, and some times ra
ther varied. <but It seems general In
Loulsburg at this time that we have a
good theatre.
It Is better to provide wholesome
amusement (or the young people at
home than have them seeking amuse
ment that you know nothing about
somewhere else.
If the opera house has really been
condemned and Is as unsafe as Is said,
then ? IB~ frquatly unsafe to persons
passing on the street nearby so It
should be required to be torn down.
If there is an alley way to the real
of the opera house building that be.
longs to the town then the Commis
sioners should require it to be opened.
No one should be allowed to obstruct
a public street or alley. And the com.
Don rule of twenty years possession
gives title will not hold in the case o(
a municipality and Involving a public
street or public alley. If this is a pub
lic alley the Commissioners should
have it opened.
McADOO AM) DANIELS
Both Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Daniels
were members of the 'Wilson Cabinet
and they are friends. McAdoo 1b a real
candidate for the presidential nomina
tion ? a candidate of long-standing.
Recently, Mr. Daniels has been ex
ploited as a prospect. Daniels and
McAdoo are not arraying themselves
against each other for'the North Car.
olina honor; the alignment Is being
shaped by the friends of each. So,
whatever may happen, there will be no
occasion for hard feelings. Perhaps
the McAdoo organization took the
wrong perspective when It classified
the Daniels movement as one designed
to head off McAdoo in this State; it
was rather born in the mlndB of the
promoters out of admiration for native >
talent. There has been several frank
ly ungenerous expressions in State pa*
pers about Mr. Daniels, but these have
been smothered under a flood of fav.
orable comment. Mr. Daniels has sev
eral open champions among the news,
papers and one of these, The Greens
boro Record, is insisting that "Josc
phus Daniels is a son of North Caro
lina, and as such should get the solid
support of the State." If there Is to
be any quarrel developed, however,
the time for it is not yet. Mr. Mc
Adoo'a prospects may be bettered or
lessened by the time the ^"orth Caro.
llna primaries are at hand. His ChU
cago headquarters, making the best of
the Missouri situation, claims 518 of
the 1,158 delegates to the State Con.
Tention, which is booked for April 15.
Meantime, the Georgia primaries, on
March 19, will serve as a straw to show
which way the McAdoo breeze is blow
in* It will be regarded as a Southern
test vote. Western sentiment is ex
pected to develop in the North Dakota
primaries. The McAdoo cause will be
helped or weakened in North Carolina
according to how he may fare in the
test voting that is to come before the
primaries in ^his State. For all that.
North Carolina is an open field and
the contest should be of a friendly na
ture. It would be better for the Mc
Adoo managers to recognize the fact
that the Daniels movement is one pro.
moted by hiB admirers in the State and
an entirely privileged one. ? Charlotte
Observer
WHAT RKJHT HAA I.OI IHBI R?;l I
ICrery now and then the question la !
rained by some people aa to what
rights and privileges does the town of
Loulsbo rg hold In the Opera House.
Tfc? question was brought to life
mU week when a local company
the house to be operated aa
house, show house or theatre,
the explanations of the con
that conveyed the opera
town In 1890, all kinds of
it be.
town
on 1U
of one of
iu town to call
to keep
coat
?itlftng? (gab's flan
Pnur hundred Methodists' tit hers!
Try this plaii till Easter.
Tithe envelopes will be found in the vestibule
of the cliurch.
Your special tithe offering will be credited to
-your circle.
M'-s. W. E. White will see that it is properly
credited.
So if you do not happen to know the name^of
your circle, you will be credited properly
anyway.
T'ie envelope will read:
Circle
Name :
Date
Amount $ ^
Which will be the foremost circle at Easter!
Will yours ho the hwnnprri relet
O. W. DOWD, Pastor.
vented by the same contract from In
any way leasing it so that It could get
any returns to offset Uxe heavy costs.
This naturally brought about resent
ment from the tax payers who have
been having to carry the burden. The
tax payers (eel that the town should
lease the building and make it bring
in Bome revenue. Which is absolutely
right. The town should lease the buil
ding or should sell or give away its in
terest therein ? either get some re
turns from it or stop the cost to the
tax payer. "
So when the question was raised
this week we felt it our duty to look
up the. Contract and give the real pro
visions to the tax payers and we find
that contrary to the generally accep
ted terms of the contract that when
the town ceases to use the building
for amusement purposes the title re.
verts to the grantors, we found that
the only provision wherein the prop
erty will revert ,to the original gran
tors or their successors is in case of
the destruction of the building by fire
or other causes.
From the following extract from the
agreement which is on record in Book
So at pages 269 and 270, in the Regis
ter of Deeds Sffice it will be found that
the town has pretty broad rights and
privilege^ certainly insofar as the
use of the house for show purposes is
concerned:
"The parties of the first part do
hereby give, grant and convey un
to the parties of the second part
and unto their assigns and succes
sors the right of use and occu
pancy of said second story of said
building above described with the
right of egress and ingress there
from and thereto for the purpose of
a town hall, opera house or public
audience room so long as the said
parties of the second part shall
keep in good and thorough repair
the roof of said building."
And further the same agreement in
guaranteeing the peaceable use and
possession t>f the second^stpiy of the ,
building to the town the grantors Bay
"or of any other person or persons
lawfully claiming under, by or through
them (the town)." This to our mind
provides for the lease of the building
to others and eliminates the contem
plation of the town's operating the
opera house.
Now as to the clause in the contract
or deed as it may be, wherein It is
generally understood that when the
tovrn attempted to use the building for
any other purpose than for amusement
the property would revert to the gran
tors the following Is all that we can
find in the contract that provides for
the reversion in any case. "And it is
expressly understood that if by Are or
other casualty said building shall be
destroyed, there and In that event the
easement herein granted shall tome
to ai^end and the right of use and oc
cupancy of said second story shall re
ygpl to the grantors here In.
Ah to the rumor that the building
, is condemned and unsafe. There la
no doubt but that older citizens of
Loulsbnrg can recall the same rumors
thlity years ago and at the same time
^have seen or know of the house having
been filled on many occasions with no
bad results. In fact the present
Board of Town Commissioners had the
building examined last summer by a
State official, who we understand has
pronounced It safe.
The only trouble that we see In the
question of renting the opera house Is
Its being made to conform to the State
Br? prevention or lnsarance law. which
requires exits other than the doora .of
the regular entrance. At present and
besides the entrance which has two
doors and a wide (setea or eight feet)
stairway, the batldlng Is provided with
a largo steel stairway on the North
window to the
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Does Tithing Pay?
? The following paragraphs are? ex
tracts from statements made by many,
who have given it a fair trial:
"i am glad to give my testimony to
the great blessing that has come into
our own lives and the lives of others
we know, through systematic tithing."
"My experience after ten years of
tithing and almost 12 years In the
ministry, is that they who really pros
per and are generous and contented
are the tlthers."
"I have been tithing for about twen
ty .five years, and have also done all I
could to get others to do the same. I
have never known any one who was
not happier or more blessed than if
he had not been a tither. Of course,
we sometimes have losses, and feel
hard times, as at present, but in some
way God always supplies the need
when the time comes, and gives us the
happiness of having something for
His work too."
"Does tithing pay? I say 'Yes,' it
does. I have always believed in giv
ing a tenth to the Lord's work ever
since I was converted ana I have found
that the more generous 1 was in my
own small way, the more I had to give.
January 1st, 1913, I signed a pledge
(to myself) that I would give a tenth
to the Lord's work, and that 1 would
keep an account of all receipts and
expenditures. To my surprise today
I find that my total receipts from all
sources were $',004.25 and my giving
has amounted to $110.60. 1 am more
than pleased with the results it has
brought. I am not a rich man, yet not
poor. I work in a general store and
1 think my experience cpeaks for It
Bel f."
"I have never known any one who
was a tither to be less happy, pros
perous, or spiritual on that account.
On the contrary, being a tither adds
to one's success and happiness, for it
almays pays to mind Cod."
"I am a Methodist preacher and
some years ago I began to tithe when
my salary was $850.00. I had been for
one year on the supernumerary list of
our conference, and had spent the year
| in the South for the benefit of my
Wife's health.
"At the close of that year when we
[returned all our money was spent and
were In debt about three hundred
i dollars. In^pite of these clrcumstan
jces we had to tithe o?r Income. 1 did
jnot <10 this to barte# with God for pros
j perlty. but. because I was convinced
that tt was my duty.
I ' We never for one day have felt in.
?_convenlenoed by our larger giving. To
j flay I occupy a better charge, we have
paid our debts, do not owe any man
p penny, and have more money laid by
than we ever thought would be possi
ble In this length of time. 1 am con
vinced that God honors His word, and
no man will suffer for obeying and
paying what he owes to God."
sidewalk.
We are Informed that at the rear of
this building and between that and
the old D. H. Taylor building la a space
that was made and devised as a pub.
He alley. If this la true the Commis
sioner* can construct an exit at the
back and build a stairway to the al.
ley. Thlssjjrtrway can land at the
edge of ffie sidewalk by the removal
of the building that now stands In the
supposed public alley way.
At any rate tt is unreasonable to ex
pect the town to maintain a building
of this kind without being able to de
rive some Income from It. and espec
ially when propositions are presented
the Town. It Is entirely proper that
the Board of Commissioners press this
question to a completion and If they
have any rights to use them to the ad
vantage of the tax payers, and If not
to dispose of the property Immediate.
iy.
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FOR COROXT5R.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of Coroner of Frank
lin County, subject to the actclon of
the Democratic primaries to be held
In June, and will appreciate the Mil
lport of my mapy friend?,
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loyal aDd active friends. We believe our power for
good in Franklin County is in proportion to the number
of people whom we are permitted to help. And you ?
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T. H. PICKENS, President H. M. STOVALL, Cashier
E. M. PARHAM, Asst. Cashier
NEW GOODS
Every train brings new merchandise' from New
York. If its the latest thing in a Suit, Coat or
Cape ? perhaps new advance Spring Hat or it may
be new Spring piece goods we have it at the most
moderate price obtainable.
Don't forget Mr. Kline who has been in New York
with our corps of buyers from our chain of stores
has returned and you must see the new novelties
to appreciate them.
Our Shoe Department and Clothing Department is
also showing the latest for Spring.
(
Our Mr. Jake Freidlander has gone to New York
to purchase new Spring merchandise for the Cloth
ing Department.
L. Kline & Company
Louisburg, , North Carolina
ir its new we: have: IX
When advertised or seen elsewhere its always cheaper here