jjttinMlist Church Directory. Sunday School at 9:30 A. W. Geo. S. Baker. Sapt. . preadiing- at 11 A. M.f and 7 P. M., every Sunday. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. G. F. Smith, Pastor. D l-roltissional cards U.S. r. B1RT, - l-UAiTICIXG PHYSICIAN, Louisburg, N. C. oft;,,, u, tin- Ford Building, corner Mam ami N.-ih -t rifn. up Btairs Iront. II. UUFFIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Louisburg, N. C.' Will pr.-i' ' i ' vn all courta Office in Ford Building. (inicr of Mam and Nash streets. 15. B. M ASENBURG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. LOUISBURG, K. a J Will ini. tire in all the Courts of the State uitice in Court House. c. M. CUKE & 80N, A TTORNEYS-AT-LAW, - LOUISBURG, N. O. i.i Mtt.-n.l the courts, of Nash. IPmmVifn Oranvili.-. Warreuand Wake counties, also the Suiirfiuf Luuri 01 iNorm uarounp, and the-U. 0 tiri uit iin.l District Courts. I) R. J. E. MALONK. office two iloors below Aycocke & Co.'b drill? store , adjoiniDK Dr. O H. W. 11. NICHOLSON, Bills. D F. s- PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, LOUISBURG, N. O. tiPKL'ILL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, LOUISBURG, H. O. Will attend the courts of Franklin, Vance, Granville, Warren and Wake counties, also the supreme Court of North Carolina. Prompt mention given to collections, &c. rpHuS. B. WILDER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, LOUISBJJRG.H. C. Office on Main street, over Jones & Cooper's tore. T. W. BICKETT, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. LOUISBURG N. C. Prompt ainl painstaking attention given to every matt-r intrusted to his hands. Refers to Chief J ustice Shepherd, Hon. John MiimiiiiK, Hon. Kobt, W. Winston, Hon. J. C. Buitoii, Fres. Fir9t National Bank of Win ston, uieiin & Manly, Winston, Peoples Bank of Monroe, Chas. E. Taylor, Pres. Wake For est College, Hon. E. W. Timberlake. uffice in Court House, opposite Sheriff's. . A FORCE BILL. ' - -. j Wilmington Star. Theschooi law under the nrovi. jons of v,hicblectioD8 are to be held iu the respective school du- vncis oi the State on th v-. after the second Monday in August is in the natore of a force bill, the ooject or which seems to be to r-nnma i, tax payers of the dis tricts to submit to additional tax-a-tion, or worry them until they v. xvcierence to sections 3 and 4 of the act, the mandatory clauses, mvw.IDis conclusively. Section 3 reads : "The board of ennnt.tr r : sioners shall determine the amount of taxto be voted upon by each dis trict; but said tax, shall be at least xy cenis on every $100 worth ot property and 30 cets upon every PO and shall not be repealed within three years of the date of farst levyjng it. After three years from the date of levying a special tax for schools, said tax may be repealed only by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the dis trict; and no election for the re peal of any special tax shall be held except upon a written peti tion to the board of county com missioners, signed by at least one third of the qualified voters of the district." A glance at this will show that .when the people of a district vote for this tax they vote to put upon themselves a burden that they must bear for at least three years no matter what their circumstances may be or how hard they must struggle to keep their heads above water; and not only for three years but for all time until one third of the qualified voters petition in writing, not to be relieved from the burden by the repeal of the , but for another election. The WUlSBUBfl, N; C, FRIDAY, JPLY.:iO.- 1897. law, "y M. PERSON, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, LOUISBURG. K. C Practices in all courts. Office li Joiife & I on per Cuil.ling. H VAKEOROUQH, Jk. ATTORNEY AT LA W, (LOUISBURG, N. C. OIIW-mi second floor of Neal building Main .Street. All l.al business intrusted to him "ill receive pronnH and careful attention J)R. 1. T. SMITHWICK, DENTIST, I.oriSBURG, N. C. ( ''ffice in Ford Building, 2nd floor. a i ad m metered and teeth extracted without paio. J)R- K. F. EARLY, DENTIST, I.oriSBURG, N. C. Offick in New Hotel bndiD&f 2nd nr Gas administered and teeth ex- rted without pain. J)R H. E. KINQ, DENTIST, I.oriSBURG, n. c. ' ' U. l ' 1 K It A HOUSE Building Second Floor. m ,1ki,h; ! "ut.tr ui iw-tiuv-nve years ""Mit..i,, ,i ,. worn, in an ! lo ,late hues of the profession. HOTELS. HOTEL WOODARD, VV. C. WoodaiiD, Pror., Horky Mount, N. C. Free I III luv lls meets all trains. - ler day. FKASKLlKTOfl HOTEL FRANKLINTON, N. C. c & 1I0BBS, Prp'r. ' Public v-UUJOUa"on tor uxe traveling 0sBORN HOUSED ' D- OSBORN, Proprietor, Oxford, C. travi accomnoaations for the U i r.,., " we n Durg Propr HENDEP.SON, N. O::. ; ; 00d commodations Goodfwe; o evident purpose of this is to fasten this school tax upon the tax-payers and to make it as difficult as I possible for them to get rid of it. This clause of the act does not work impartially, either, for un der it, while it might be easy for districts in the central and west ern portions'of the State to com ply with this requirement if the tax proved burdensome, as it sure ly would, or were found to be otherwise unsatisfactory, in the eastern part of the State where there are so many non-tax-payiug voters it would be exceedingly dif ficult and in many districts utter ly impossible to secure a petition with the names of one-third of the qualified voters for a new election. Therefore the effect of this clause, as it was doubtless the intent, is to put the tax payers absolutely in the power of the non-tax-paying voters, not only for three years, during which time there is no es cape, but for all the years to come, until the State may become politi cally revolutionized and the act be repealed. . One would think that in times like these when it is so hard for the average citizen to make both ends meet, no matter how prndeut industrious or thrifty he may be the tax payer would have some consideration, and that in place of making his burden heavier the ef fort .would be to lighten it. If one doubts how difficult it is for the people to pay their taxes now let him take a glance at the columns of delinquents published in the papers, and the lands sold for tax- Fes. As a further illustration ot hgw the people are cramped to pay their taxes the same legislature wbicb passed this "force bill" passed another "force bill" mak ing it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, one r both at the discretion of the, judge, to fail Aq pay taxes doe within the time designated , by : law. If it were an easy matter ,to . pay taxes would it be found expedient or necessary to resort to such Dracon ian enactments as. this? .Bat this clause goes fnrther and not only puts the1 property :.owuer at tbVmercyl of the - nori-tax-pay iog.vpter as to the duration of the iaxji. but also as.td'ther amount of taxhe shkliayreacb year and for t. all the years ujitil relieved . There board of county commissioners shall determine the amount of tax to :be upon every $100 worth of proper ty and 30 cents unon ever rn11 This fixes the miui'mum, butleavs the maximum unlimited, and op tional with the board of county commissioners w bo will say that as things have been running for some time in this State, there are not county boards, and a good many of them, where they thought the tax would be popular, who would make a free use of the lati tude herein given ? Section 4 reads : "In every district that fails to levy a special school tax in 1897, the county commissioners shall or der an election held every two years on the Tuesday after the sec ond Monday in August under the provisions of this act until such special school tax is levied." Not satisfied with one verdict by the voters they propose to keep hammering away until the tax payers are overcome, outvoted and compelled to submit to the tax. It is not left optional with the county commissioners to order new elections, but they shall do so every two years, not once or twice or a half dozen times, but until "the tax is levied." The intent of this simply. is to worry the tax payers by these frequent elections and to keep them constantly on the defensive until they become disgusted or tired out andV finally succumb and submit to the bur den. Most legislation of this char acter is limited by time, but this is eternal in its scope, a force act pure and simple, from which there is no escape but by the repeal of the act. The property-owner who votes for this law simply puts bis neck in a noose, which the other fel low can pull as tight as he chooses. Sir Henry Irrlnjr. Business Man's Talk to a Farmer. "No," said the hardware man to the farmer, as he tied up the pack age of nails in the paper, "as you say, the people talk about the low price of wbatthey have to sell, and don't say a word about the low prices of what they buy. Take those nails now. What do you suppose those nails would cost you ten years ago? Just about six eents a pound, and now you can take the whole lot at three cents a pound, and extra wrapper thrown in. That's not much, you say. 'Not so much on a little lot of nails, perhaps, but 10 cents isn't much on that bushel of potatoes you brought in just now, and that's all the difference in price from ,teu years ago, and yet you grumble at the low price. It's not the pound of nails that hurts me. Everything in my store has gone down in the same way. Your wheat and hay, and butter and eggs an I chickens bring you substantially the same prices that they did ten years ago. You farmers forget that yon have things to buy as well as things to seU. Want to buy a plough this year ? That's a dandy for $12. Ten years ago I'd have asked $16 for it. That's $4 saved for you in one clip. There's a better planter than the one I sold you ten years ago for $60 a whole lot better. Take it along for $40. Remember that binder you bought from me ten years ago for $189? Must be worn out, eh ? I'll sell you a 50 per cent, better one to-day and knock off the $89. You farmers don't know when you t.are well off. -Superior (Neb.) Journal. SOMETHING TO DEPEND ON. Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of Jones & Son, Cowden, 111, An speaking: of Dr.; King's New Discovery, saj'g that last winter bis wife was attacked with la grippe, and her case grew so serious that it seemed to develop into hasty. con sumption. Having Dr. King's New Dis covery in Store, aod selling lots of it,-he took a boile home, and to the surprise of all she began to get better from first dose, and half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound and welL Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs, and colds is" guaranteed to do : this good work. -Try ' it. ; Free trial bottles at Aycocke & Co .'s Drug Store 7 : It does not pay to get sour as you get old." : . . A man in Virginia rode forty miles, to Fairfax Station, for the express.pur-pose-of. getting Chamberlain's Cougb Remedy, and tookr home with him a dozen-bottles : of the medicine. - The druggist who relates the incident,adds: Your remedy .seenis' to ; be a general favorite wherever known.'. ' Its effects are indeed wonderful In air lung and throat troubles;? Procure a bottle at Thomas' drug ttore : , The changes of fortune place rr pie sometimes in an em bar as si js ing position. A good story told of Sir Henry Irving the famous actor. When a young man earning nis laurels "and comparatively J unknown. Shakespeare's play " Much Ado about Nothing" wag" about to be presented tot ho public by a certain man of prominence Irving had a part apsigpei to him which hediligently studied. Letter perfect in his lines, he felt assured of ultimate success, but alas, the manager disliked his acting of it and took occasion to censure him before the company much to his mortification; furthermore, the manager took the part away and gave him another, less prominent, but more difficult. Years went by, and IrvinK steadily climbed to fame that brought him knighthood, wbib the critical manager gradually los-t ground. One day, shortly after Irving announced his intention of producing"Much Ado About Noth ing," the old mauager preentd himself and asked that a part bo assigned to him. Irving granted the request, and gavo him the vory part he had forced him to plav years before. During the rehears al Irving narrowly watched tho manager's acti-g, and at the con clusion went up to him and shook his hand, after gravely compli ment ng him upou his .rendering of the part. Then he promoted him to the part from which he had been reduced. "I never knew what 'coals of fire' meant till then,' was the remark which the old ac tor and manager was overheard to make when Irving retired. liar per's Round Table. Bcrglar8 .are. verr undesirable visitors, but the ercr-ready pistol ebooJd not Iws allowed to endanger the lives of members of one's own fttnily. It would be welj to know wbg we are shooting at tefure we fire. Now and then tbre isatad, sad story to relate of some cue killiug a relative or friend for a supposed burglar. Tbe intruder had a thousand times better ecre hai. that innocent blood should t Wd BtaxuK mf U Alrrf sound one hears in or about tbe bouse at uight is very,. very dan gerous. Only Ust wek a citizen of Richmond, with cocked pistol! SOMBER 21. Prcwdejtt McKlxiet's Cabloet baa about deided to give the clerks to the Departments shorter hours duriog tbe hot weatbtr. The fact is that tbete Kr clerks drawing from five to six dollars a day, and having to work from uiae to four are being ground down to that extent that life is a burden. Tbe farmer ran work from taaap until sundown, and fl thankful that be is alive, boi tbeo you beUtio! a cerk. Oxford Ledger. E. F. YARBOROUCH, Insurance. .u met uib mi e utiigbter : Neal Building. Loulaburg. H. c. anne aoor and came very near killing her. Many peoph' are en- ureiy too ready and willing to! use a firearm anyhow. Killing al human being except in actual de. reuse of human life is not likely who does the execut.on, and the j u.rm,. i,,,; ,hrl..,, weapon should, threfor h I .. , . j i i iQereiure, be Iiondumn foreign id1 bandied very carefully and dis- j holding potion, of trn.t at ,oli M,. creetly. Absolutely pure. Fire Companies t MPERIAL, of London. PALATINE, of Manchester, WillUmaburgh City, of . Y. British America. Toronto. Atlanta Home, Atlanta. to S e V a n Ka-U uiti BAkt5o rowtxaco sw Toajr. LIMITED TRAIHS- DOUBLEDAIUf SERVICE f ! Tltlii.t r 41 The Tall Man of Staulyand his History Salisbury Worl.l. A recent issue of the World stat ed that William Austin.the tallman of stanly county was in the city. Mr. Austin is now working at 'Lie old Barker blacksmith shop on Lee street. He was 21 years old th 13th of last April, measured f foet inches in his stocking feet and in still growing, he weighs 225 pounds aud is apparpntly a skeleton, but with large bones aud muschs. lie lifted when only 19 yere of age a bale of cotton weighing 500 pound and carried ltjsome 25 yards. Only recently three Northern cntlcici, offered him $5,000 to go in train ing for five years to fight.the cham pion of the world, but as he was only a boy at that time it could only be expected that h would not k-now what to do.But from a con versation with him he sems, read v to accept a fair proposition for 'hat purpose at present He has never smoked chewed or drank any intox icants and looks the picture of health. J . - - -r ft 1 "Our customers say vou anufartMr.. TJ fl TP T PMflDV ' 'iw! three of the he,t reinli on Mrth." II Pi Pi VI K T said the mercantile firm of U-v HUr u u 1 11 -Li 111 U it 1 i . j ris. Urim St. Mcltin, oi l)iwwn, i in .i ret-nt letter to IheCoumtH-rUin f-.-i in Co, Thisitle un rrvui verdict. ' Ch;unSrlaio'H Pain Ralia i lin rln.-si Jir-an,tl.n in the worl.1 for rhvnia l.sm. neuralgia, lamelat-k, (juin'wv, i soru throat, rati. bruUe. tMirn. I pain and swelling. A i'j n-nt little' jo this liniment in tfw pouh., will ,a) ' u preat .l.il of suffering. IJ.iv it at I Thomas' dni storp. LOUISBURG, N.C., ' ! ' 1 V) . It ! . W. K. MARTIN,;-'-' notki:. Hj virtue of n ,I r. f th Si;-n..r fn.jrt of r rankltn rountv. inf.i al tho Jnnu irr N-rm 1SUT. HitliiT.i.,. ,)Ui VI K.-1I nn.1 J l' F-'rrfll vn J W. I hurrh nn.l I . ,;i on Mom'iiv thv 'ij..! ,)f ,,f .n ;u.t I -: to thf liiKhent l..1ler for ranh m th- . out; Iiouh.. .,i..r in tti Town of I.om-l.nr nt 1' o'rlork. the f,.ll,,in .U nl-I lr. t ,,r (. rvl of land in Ituin town.hip in mni cunt t ailjoimnic llio Uiidn of W 0 f iburrh J r Bonn. Mur.T Mbawt and lb IwM ' land r., tainlne l:i( lu-rvti. it t--inj; th lan.l n ',!,!. J IV I . I. .. L. l .iuirii iniiiiM 111 fi;i( -n I ktioi;. PROPRIETOR. NKWI.Y KIMSHKI1M I KMSuKI' n Ue lininf trnrl fnlr T. 1HH7 I tii t':harr.. T. W nutrrr. C Thk Ht Kahk,' ('Mi;JHTUI.V IC'miu. w 1 .. ..r. ' I V 3 . . ; i. s. i . u;su i ". i - .--.. I tin St) U 1 itm 'J .4 u. ii sai ii i z. '-to . 5.J M : t o v 1 1 " lv l " ' " a '.' i T ;-m " fcXt '.J l'l m : i-. .. ; . i i i i I ! '- til i ' i-j oj Got a Good Spankinar. A suburban car had stopped at Grand avenue, when a small boy threw a large"eizzer"into the lap of the wife of a prominent attorney who has an office in the commercial building. Her new gown was ruined So exasperated did she be come that forgetting her digniy she jumped off thecar seized the grim nrchin, turned him over her knee and belabored him vigorously. The motorman was so surprised that he waited until she had completed her task The lady's face Pushed with triumph and then quickly chanjfd to a look of embarrassment when she found theviyesof all the passen gers riveted upon her as she again boarded the car and sank down in theseat beside her husband. He was the mosi surprised person inthe car and the boy out of it. St Louis Globe-Democrat.; A 8wede went into a lawyer's of Ifice at Sigourney the other day to get him to make out - a conveyance for gome land which he had pur chased. He said he wanted a mort gage, but thelawyergaid.he should r T . - . j . ..r . Iioiw reprwenunjr every county Ic have a warranty deed. "No," re- the siat- except three. Corm.K?nd plied Jthe i Swede, MIbnce hadawtr ranty .deed to a farm, Lut anoth the - land, I want mortgage.? Wellxnan (Iovra) Advance, f NOTII K. nrtue of the p,,,r ctinf .n rl r :i .jr.- 4 of truM rierntod r.r Jimn Tlmim. it. i.i .n rtronIl m Hook t'j, 'rg- r( K ,fl , i... ofllif of lUnmter of Ihln f,.r frank! -n 'oiinty. I pIiuII ot M.m.1,1,. -hv H.tti .y An'l't U'JT.nt th,-r,irt llJU.r door ir, th.Towool Ixuihnr. C . at ,,ns;r MU fion to tho hitrhrot luddir for rxh. the truck of IfiU-l lien.-r-r-) ;n ,J..,t honndwi a follow ,.n the S ,rth t,r the laiiiiH of John M vrv-k, on the Kit t.T : he landi of I. n Min. on the S.i.j:l. ,r land of J J Alien and on the A'e.t ., , h, Unda ol John May. t n . r,,t. n n: I, .r y nino arrvn m-ir.- ..r Imw, U-mthe tra.-f of land rnnreT.i) t., Jon TIikidiu br Ji,., K Thotiinn Time (. mile j J,K k M i'nly I'.tb. IVJ7. l' l.lTt2 IO i T tun C:aieaiei;e cf i U:im X J 1? ii M :f- i : j- l . , i 3 0- Gannaway Hardware Company, WHOLESALE AND DETAIL HARDWARE, v 5 .j z. t' . :'; ' Ik ' J ... 5 t II JO 3 J j iO LOL'ISBfUfJ, .N. ( Wa hae j.lt and complete Stock of Hardware, carry NOTICE OF ELECTION flMiS THK qtFUTION OK TAA TP kik rrni.it' m HtHii.s i thk ftrT )! I'll AN K 1.1 " . I'nrsuunt tn thv pmviionw f Chapter V21 of tho Art l th. i,. n. rtl Awnil'lv of Ntrth fnrolinii. Stwirn of lS'.fT.thf lUiard f ( ountv 1 tinmiinjion-n of the County of Frunklin hn ly ordain an K! tii.n to Ik held in every Township in Frunklin County, on Tuesday after the second Monday in Augnut", 1hjT that ir : ON Aftil ST Hrrii, 1h'.7. upon the quotiorj c,f levying u Special Township Tax for the Iulli fx-hools of said Township. The Hoard hrvby i!etermine the amount ol tax to vote uion bv , H rvriiiiUnvn I e-h Townahip to ten (10. renin ! U U Rl 1 1 T II A I uptn every one hundn $1(0 (M) i i ' 'o1 1 u u 1 1 u 1 u 1 l illti iriktli .f ...... . I . I uwtimn nil ill w Ml I ,11 fl U llllrtV (3())rentM ujon every poil. Thoso in each Township in f.jvir r( the Special School Tax for m l Township shall vote n. written r priuttnl ballot with the words "For School" on it. ami prwr t.r i ---- - ..... -. . . i poei to the tseciul schMl Tax J rrra. shall vote a written or printed ballot I with the wonls "Apilnst School." I T riae call and eiamme o'ir The Sheriff ia ordervl to pvt ; Stock before making your pir copies of this, notice on nil the rW. Public School HotlMt in the r-.tintv of Franklin, and the same i to lie t i - Twr-- ' I'm .:.--.-. 1 - t . I tn. ; f and proptf.e t 11 tirnn to a Full Line of al! Kinds o v. Mnoits tJy Implements, and otbr?r sipplie nee Jed on tbe publwhetj in the County pnper. Hy order of the Hoard of Countj Commissionero of Frunklin Omnty J. T. CL1PTOX, Clerk. THE UNIVEltSlTY. TIIK sT.VTfi NOItMAI. -AXI iNDl'rfTIUAL C0LLRGK. ORKKKSBOno. ... 5. c., Offers the young women of the Sa Us through profwAionul literary, classical, ncieotiftc, nuj Induatrjul etlucntion. Annual expense $90 to ?1.10. Faculty of 23 member. More than 400 mrolar student. Practice school of 120 pupihj for teachers. Mor than 1 00 matricu- iatn representing every county in S"iTiiKU. i:.ui.ya. rik.OtOT 4IM Llt, t ' N D K .W- K I ?T H K I ) f L K . IN KFKKiT JAM-AKT I. ur a-atjwa. a. c. I A M. . z?m j i.. . , . T rr a ---'- k-- ( aia k- v f45" i ir-aa tm cnfe ' - tk. ' ' ra ia. '.lit '. .-mm tr a ail. tt iUiul. . . . . . . V - - ' Ai it!.' iJZZmi W M aaa TT H Mtt CM Uosjt far jwtr aiM 2;mrm a-r Al- tl- ii w r m enU invited from thow deeinne com petent trained teuchcra. To ccure tioard in dormitonea all free-tuition t . , -. t - , . I ijitu iu uonniionpg au iree-tuition er man held a mortgage'. --and got applicationanm-t b mode before August 1st. For catalogue and la- . Psescdext CiUBLta D. Mcltxa 47 Teachers 4 13 fitudenlft. (Sum mer School l.WTu'sl. .T49 ILr,l !S a month. 3 Brief Course.. 3 ruli I t ourses. lawatid Medical .Vhoo.j m. 1rJ l.lnf ll,.,m... I lm T 6RA0UATE CODHSES CPEITO WOUEI. Hummer School for Teacher. Scholarship and L?at)i for the Needy. Addrr, PhCIDOT AlPTKMAX, Chape ll ill, N.C. NORWOOD HOUSE Wifierfjx. I:r0 CirsHxi. tr.j. eenweo,rr.rriiar. WTaUa rata. ftoOriU. -. v . CeW l4Mrlt Uem. . VUxsn Hjth ro tra at coot lcvs CrwLmmm M axtma fv TUa a- Maat. tuto fTnTniaJ MticM -(a al um r n. l,"" tarAj far rxt. - . mw w iu ri isiy f- M- rra Atiaata, . aarwv. 0 Pa.ii tHMWrwMT J r.M lkotJa. ia r. m- raybrrtlua4Ml 4aAa lm tn caea. ll A- X. fXxrn Xrm T. V e e. r A. M. imif Bf- a. lvnaj reMf Irvtaa A tt , . TtiTiaa r a.t. lotaft.! tutti, VtVa MS e0