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JAMES A. THOMAS, EDITOR.
THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YZKIU
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VOL. XXXVI.
LOUKBURG, N : t C. , - FRIDAY, MAY 13,1908.
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CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY
CELEBRATED WITH APPROPRIATE
SERVICES LAST WEEK.
EXCELLENT AND TOUCHING ADDRESS BY REV. GEO. H. DUKE.
The Speaker Was Introduced by Sheriff H. W- Kearney The
Court Room was Beautifully Decorated for the Occasion
-Forty-five Years Ago the Franklin Rifles Was Organized
in this Same Room Fine Musical Programme Rendered.
Memorial Day was celebrated in
lninl'urg by a meeting held at night
in the court-house underthe auspices
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The oM court-room had been beauti
fully and tastefully decorated with
rtags and flowers for the occasion.
The ftoh of the evening was pro
ceeded ly a musical programme as
follow :
lAuM Lang Syne. - Chorus.
Flw lionnie Hlue Flag. - Chorus.
Annie Laurie, - - Duet.
Mrs A. M. Hall and Mrs. D. G.
Pearce.
Holt, - - - Solo.
Mibh Ava Aycocke.
afvOld Kentucky Home. Quartet
Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Pearce, Mr. Bod
die, Mr McKinne.
mg Me a Song of the
Sunny South, Duet.
Mwsfrt Ava Ay cock and Ola Perry.
?i.tie, - - Chorus.
Mrs. .1. S. Harrow presided at the
1 ar -w - 1" 1
rgan, anl Mr. n,. vj. l5arrow aaaea
uch to the music by accompanying
r with hi bass violin.
There are no songs like the old
ngs, ana trie opuit ot tne Via
ut,h, now sweet and tender, now
.trtial and majestic, held the audi-
i t; for its own.
Sheriff Henry C. Kearney intro
!cki uie orator ot the evenincr. K
r the venerable Sheriff had said
word, lie was distinctly eloquent.
k a gnarled oak of the forest he
nted the audience; in the deep
Hn or his honest ta one could
ie the Confederacy making its last
inl, and in his hoary head a last,
p sentinel of the Lost Cause. With
uepnpflt emotion. th nld- -wn-mnr
'ike i f the time fnrtv.fivn vnara arm
, j j ,
inn tlie Franklin Rifles was organ
"i in that very room; and then in
fig, honest words, glowing with
SSSttSSSS AmOUI?BURC' COLLEGE
only one in a thousand suoceed in. life's 1 "
battle. There are farmers whotairlv ANNUAL COfclENCBlIBNTTO
nve then- boys away. There is no
excuse for this. The farmer bov is
entitled to his vacations, to
several relaxations, his visits to the
city, good books, magazines, and his
home paper. To the observing one
it is plain to be seen that the old firm
is the best place in the world for the
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average young man and never fails to
BE HELD .HAY' 22D.23D.
love and admiration for his old com
rade in arms, he presented to the au
dieence the Reverend. G.M. Duke. .
Mr. Duke is always interesting.
In peace and in war he has shown
himself a man, and the ' pepple love
him. On this occasion he surnassed I
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himselL The music, the flowers, the
battle-flag that he lovecl, the magnrnV
cent audience which had packed the
court-house to hear him, were to the
old warrior at once an inspiration and
a challenge. He began slowly, de
liberately; but after a little while the
light of the great conflict began to
blae in his eyes, and $he veteran of a
hundred battles was again in action,
speaking as he had tought, nobly and
well, for the cause and the men he
loved. With resistless power he led
us through that Titanic struggle, with"
tongue of flame he flashed forth its
mighty memories, tflfrrom the battle-
scarred warrior to the girl ' in , bet!
teens the audience was ablutfy hJ
own, now melted to tears, now raised
to a very ecstacy of patriotic enthusi
asm. It was magnificent superb, such
an out-burst of natural oratory as is
given one but a few times in a life to
hear.
After the speech of Mr. Dake, the
Daughters of the Confederacy had' it
announced that plans had been made
for the erection of a monument to
keep ever before us the valor and vir
tues of our mighty dead. The people
of the county will soon be affordecl an
opportunity to show in a substantial
way their appreciation of those he
roes in gray that madeall the world
wonder. " When the monument is
built, as it will be, let it be said that
noone soul in Franklin county who
was asked to contribute failed to do
so.T hat statement itself would be a
monument.
Annual Sermon by Rey. Frank
SilerA libit .'Excellent, and
Nieely Arranged Programme
there we Flyo Graduates.
Invitation have been issued to the
corn men cm tint exfcrmA of tV. T
bring a happier andtnore useful life burg College,' May twenty second and
than the city. Young; men, you who twenty-third, Louiaburg. X. C
till the soil and earn your bread by the The pro&imtt is as follows:
sweat of your brow we are proud of Annilai -e. ToGav momfn
you; our latchstring is always out to May 22, at ll oolock, He v. Frank
you ana you will always ha?e a friend siler. rv -
in the Timks. Come and see us and
give ug the news from your neigbor-hood.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.
GREAT YEAR' FDR BAPTISTS!
Address of Dr. Stephens, Pres-
Graduating "recital, Tuesday even
ing, May 22 atyeSOycIock.' f
Graduating exercises, Wednesday
morning, May at U o'clock"
Literary a4lresA, Wednetda? raorn
ing, at 12 o'clock, Dr. William Ed
ward Dodd.
Conoert Wedneeday ertfhTng, at
80 o'clock.
The graduates are: In A. H. course,
Vote ForGoTernor,
A number of ervjairv hi nog
been reoeired regarding ih vote in
this county for Governor at the Urt
election, we gire it below. Under
the pjtn of orginttatioa of the Dem
pcxatlo party each precinct m entitle
to cirt la the county convention cam
vote for every 25 rotw, and ooe roU
f or irixjtioha of 18 democratic rxAt
Cast by" the precinct for governor at
the last gubernatorial electfoa:
Townahip.
Pnnna,
Uarria,
Vonnpiville,
Frank Unto a,
llayesvUle,
Sandy Creek,
Gold Mine,
Cedar Hook,.
Cypres Creek,
ixmiabarg,
(Jo rem or. Delegate.
223 0
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214 0
342 14
66 S
m a
1T6 7
316 U
81 3
351 14
Ident of the Southern Bap- Misses Maudllaynard Fleming and
Katherine Eunice Storey; Voice Cul
ture, Miss Viola Perry; School of Ex
pression, MaeeV Lura Pelletier and
Ohner May.
The marshalla are: Chief, Miss Nel
lie Wilson, assistants, Misses Susie
Lee Macon and Pattie Bet Davis.
tist Convention.
Chattanooga May 11. The South,
ern Baptist convention met here to
day for its 54th annual session.
About 5,000 delegates and visitors
are present
The convention was called to order
by the president, Dr. E. W. Stephens,
of . Columbia, Mo.
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.V. President Stephens in his annual The Graded School in Louiaburg
address, declared that the past year for the colored race is presided over
had
of the Paptists,
Colored Graded School.
JY0 VERY GOOD GAMES
YOUNOSVILLB VS. LOUISB0BQ.
r.l. E. CEIl. CONFERENCE
BEC0H1TEHDED 0 YEARS TD1B
. unrr fob pastors. -
been the greatest in the historv by a Principal and. ionr teacliera.
ib Paptists, and that the prospects The enrollment cf Hia Ichool is . 77
f the denomination were never so pnp.Thi oi
Imght Thecc5yentwn,A hV-sair -Jaanot bee"n whtl3oniw
comprised baptist s'" from ionrteen connt oi-rhe crowded - condition .of
Uouthern states, covering an area of toe scnool. Une reason of the di-
a million square miles, with a popula- order-was, that three teachers had to
tion of over 30,000,000 of whom teach in the space that ought to have
2,000,000' are Baptists. Rev. Drr Wfl- tQ required by allotment to one
liamham read the report of the board teacher and grade. .Our aim has
on foreign missions. been to bnng .he children under
The report stated that the churches proper correction, and at the tame
have contributed more than ever be- timG to bow to Uhive
fore, the aggregate of the gifts being themselves to everybody. Some-
$315,249, against $283,416, last year, 8 muAt dQno to lciB4n crirae
and $247,629, the year-before. "We among my people.
are receiving from a number of young wloreu OUUJ m uus wwn "
men and women applications for &I- not what ne usel to be; ne more
pointment to the foreign fieldr We obstreperous and he does not respect
greatly need workers. We are im- a8e nor wpwiori Ue hardens
Dressed with the advance which has hiraself to V' Kducauon
been made alonff aU lines. The board 8hoald helP ever ODe d '7
h Wm mnr thnronaMv onn. 1 oe8 "beO It IS given rightly;
.k
McCarter-Dean.
of the prettiest marriages
n m Wakefield in a long time
' act at the Baptist church n
t placw on Wednesday morninc
1,J o'clock, May 9th, when Rev.
'Hf M( ( ';irter and Miss Maggie L.
n were united in wedlock. Dr.
cllom, of Wake Forest, per
m' l the ceremony. The church
H Iwniltif llllrr A..m.lm.A Mr4.k Arr
"ujr ucwiai(OU TV uuw
and many friends were present
the "knot tied.w
looon i u : it., i .
wi tuc marriage tue nappy
left for Raleigh to take the
m f'r Chattanooga, Tenn.
,,T7 sHKim ia a popular young
nitr now located at Severn, N.
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1 n bride is the oldest d sin editor
anl Airs. T a Tkan rf
Wlents. sweet, dtanruiifion arA
a and f.j;v,i i iLl" ;
'"ilium uurisuan.
'Old ProfeMloxnia" ra. Graded
School Boys Both Interest
ing and Amusing:.
The base ball fever seems to bavt
broken out afresh and the bora, as
well as some of the older ones, ars
taking the diexen freely. There
was a game here last Saturday be
tween the team of the Youngrrflle
Graded School and the boyi of the
Louiaburg Graded School. Tbca
who witneflaed it report some fin
1 T .
piaymg. iexore m game w com
pleted however, some diarrcte over a
decision of the umpire took place.
andthe rauio caj. abruptly, to an
nope uxat tne two team mill pur A
over, as they seem to be so well
matched. The boys from YoiDga-
vill were aooompaniol by VroL Ccm-
ley and Mr. It. C. Underwood.
There waa another game played
here on Monday evening which fur
nished much fun and amusement be
tween some of the older "prof esakm
ala" and the Graded School boys.
After a very heated wntait the po
fesionaUn went down (some of them
many time) under a soorl of 14 To
13. The boyi aay that they will gve
them a beating sore 'rtoogh nxt Uxa.
They will probably play agaio this
afternoon.
M
it is put that makes it " what it ip.
Theoretically, the greatest muck rake
in this country is Charles E. Hughes,
whose work in cleaning out the life
insurance muckbeds is almost as fa
mous as that of Hercules in cleaning
the Augean Stables. All honor to
to him for his work! He did not trv
to besmirch the characters of ;dead,
men, as Roosevelt djd in his bool
Kezt to llttghes, the most useful
muck rakes in the country are those
men, like Tillman wh6 expose and
1 condemn 'moral nastiness and rotten
dess in pubhc life, even in the Vvhite
House. The journals Which expose
corruption and fraud are doing the
best possible work. It is the man
with the whitewash brush, and not
the man with the rake, who is the
dangerous factor in public aff airs,and
vinced of the importance of schools in
connection with our mission work."
E. W. Stephens, of Columbia, Mo.
unanimously re-elected president.
H. R. Pollard, of Richmond, Va., and
Charles A. Smith of South Carolina
were made vice presidents.
Dr. Lansing Burrows and O. T.
Gregory were re-elected secietaries.
George W. Norton was made editor
and W. Pv Harvey treasurer.
We
TneHeason Why.
were asked this week by
but a
little education is dangerous and
should be given with the greatest
care to any people. It only gloat
them and unfits them for useful doas
in life. I truly believe in education
but I have some scruples, as to
many of us who are said to be teach
ers of the children of this day. It
is said the teacher is transform ir g
and transmitting himself or' herself
into the child. Xow if this be true,
we ought to blush with hame fa cool
ness in many cases as teachers. If
children are put in school at the
proper age, and kept there, the
Yoangsvllle Graded School.
The closing eiercsftc of the
Voungnvilfe (traded School wfl take
place on next Toeday. An addrww
by Mr. F. S. Spruill will take place
at eleven o'clock, a. m, and the grand
concert will take place at night.
FaTorabla Be part on Pro pari
tion to Zrtct a Eiprttnti
Ura Church In Wavihlntoa
Peictaion'Taj BeTtrtod.
Iiirtainghani, AU May 1L Th
venerable IXkhcp John C GraaWry,
of RiehjDood, Yl, cc3fl a ia
th rtwtrma UUj whrn tU wgbth
day's Mfttion of th gotnJ co&froc
of the MsthodiM Kp4icpal chardb
oath, began. Dr. John S. HCcj.
on, of the Iiailinra cooian ac',eoa
dctd the opening (Uvotoocial cr
vice. Afur the spiral of the taia.
utoa, Iliabop (yrmrjdberry u tatro.
duo&d and rpoke briefly. He xa
grva a. onrdiaJ reoepoovx. A tacJcH
ww nanimottaly adopud to rd a.
teleraxa of gTUcg to the SoexQ
Uaptiat oooreotioo, wtich oet at
QiAtUnooga today. TU u2ersa
reada:
"The geoeral xmlr&cm ui thf
Method kt Kpaoopal chnrrh, arth,
coda grewtiaga to the Sathm Hap
um worauoo. 1 oe CTX of otT
Lord Jeaoa Chhrt b with jm."
A comraitte of phyiicia.c.a 9X.Iko.xU
ted to the conference a rufcisrtioQ
adopted by the Medical AjmocuUoq of
Alabama opposing the icrrtora
cmrtain tnedtcaJ advtrtiiacnli hi re
Ugiooa papers. The ttiacrary oacntait
t soade a onroooemrr43t rrjiorl ca
MTtral reootaradisg that air jers
be the thae limit aod reported air
amandraeu t to thai
. ,jAcw"srcit xvpen aria tear!,
oa a taeoortil frota'VlriIa rq stcct
iag baahops to appoiai no prrachanrr
is prraudbg Mer taore lhajv ijj:t
yaxra 3necuveiyt &1mm there are
itraorlinanr ocodruooji reqthiag
ach appointment.
The chorrh exUAciaa oocvrnitle
reporvJ favorably co the ropoitioa
to erect a reprv4nutir church txikl
ing in Waehintoa, I). C tri rw
porul a recuuo cailiofj cm the
church at Urge lo raW l2C0rCh it
Mount Vcrnoo cherrh, WuHajtm,
would cotae rnipocaCUe for 176,090
addrUonal for that pcrjcj.
A plan 6t eampagri for the rxia
mg of 120-0 ,000 wxa aJao rabsaitudL ,
The oommhtee era afpais rwenard
the deokkn cf the North (afgix
oas-ftrenoe rrrndrag IUv. W. W.
WadUw&rth on the chtrya cf tr&acr
alily, the rpo5c charge
ing a wocnaa.
bficg kiea-
teacher is to be held in part responsi-
delinquent subscriber why we kept on Uq or chUd,8 VlU Now wblt
pvmiS Wi0 nart and now much resDonsimlitv is
f9i
ri-
writer wishes both 'of , them a
ajid happy life.
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p Muck Fate And The Whiter
wash Brush.
wljo deserves a placed the pillory.
We are not given to boasting but
we, are proud of the farmer pf
this vicinity. , They are, with rare ex
ceptions, a healthy, intelligent and
happy class of yoting men. We feel
lke taking Qur. hat, clear off wherfwe
meet mem upon our sizeeis, anuj no
class ismpreweicnxo omr. pmce.
in7 sort of a rake mav become a
x rake when muck has accumu-
satty of the communitv reauire
tion date had expired. Every weekly
newspaper in towns of this size are
forced to do this,- Should we stop
iubscriptions when times expire nine
times out of ten the subscriber would
give us a "calling down" for insinuat
ing that his credit was not . good.
Rather than to cast a reflection against
the honesty of a. subscriber to pay. a
small debt, it W next td a necessity for
a home paper to continue sending
the paper after the tame has ex
pired. It is not necessary for the city
as their subscribers' rive at k distance
and are not .pergonal frienolfll , as - ia
the . case t. with a- majority of
our Bubecribersl Our , suKssriberi
should deem it an honor to know that
we do not doubt theirlntegrity' nand
continue to send them the paper after
then time hasrexpired. v - Should any
desire their paper ..diaobntinued they.
Should notify is Wd Tetoit'iojttatdrlf
they have not already done so.
to be placed upon the teacher I have
never been able lovdeelde for myself.
Stall I ' have felt that the teacher
wjth good home training could C tend
put p the world a class of bote and
girls the world would be glad to rtc-
Ognixe ior mgu -cuxracTex sxcu. uciui
nesav 'The head line of thia article
is marked Colored Graded 8chool.w
This tells ua somebody1 is especially
interested in the ' negro's education,
because it takes money to run graded
schools for the negro as well as for
the white."' The money arid. 'provis
ions are raised by the tax-payers - in
districts when they will agree to the
levy. of a, special, taxation for ;the
purpose of carrying on the schools
for nine months instead of three or
In this uttle 'article we ..want J to
tfnV f the good citizens and . es-
pectally those m . tutnonty lor -tne
interest thev are manifesting In hav
ing a good graded school established
fer ihe'acationai benefit of! the
Prisoners Escape.
Four prisoner made their eecipo
from the jail on Wed nee-lay. They
were all negroes, and one of theta.
Willie. William a was serripg a sen
tence of 5 vearn on the, read, fr
atealmg. The other three were Jo
and Porter UuSn, and Henry Hrown,
ho were awaiting trial or variouj
offence. Thev made their ewoape by
ripping up the floor. Chief High
informs na that the two Itaffin boys
returned yesterday morning and gave
themselves up.
A Good Sttgffaitlon.
We all admit that telepoooee are
a great convenience, yet they occa-
sionly make a man feel like brtakidg
the third commandment, home tones
on a busy day when work is mihlng
and your 'phooe rings twenty -eight
times and tnly two rings are cf any ta-
porUnce, the other twitniyraii; being
calls from some "onia' wanting to apeak
to your help, the inquiry being Is
Miss-rlnr'' This takes two from their
work twenty-six time, and tome ooe
has to pay for all that lost time la ad
dition to the' annoyance. It 'doesn't
lookjortright. rwdoesitr Poring
wor)dnav ho ura, phones :ln Ihctxaesa
houses, at ' least should be' used for
busiaess only,
cfetUng Down to Bttlanaai .
A farraer froo near Pri tt ia
forcna &a that a fw dar aro he vm
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planting cat toin, ari before he
could eet oat a row a ore km Lu .e4d
and rrtam to tbe oiSr ri d the
row the rat wormt were at wtk rst
ling it down, V call thai "xvUisg
down to hcMhUXwa rrTT oolcklv
the pert of lb ctai, oc ult liramz
friend w vrr alow retrrua. The.
same man infeemt ca that coe dt has
neighbors rrajoved a hand for
a oiooth, and after working aboet
ooe week, the axki hand west dT
and tit oa the ditch bank tnul he
took rDoC" Next.
The Gueiilnj: Contest.
The winnera in the remaeTaj
test, (at the netnber of bearar ta a
bouts) at Boddie" Jt rttrf drcs
ttora were liemn. C G. HILL, B. O.
KodwrU, IXrodie Hodaoia and W. FV
Beaaley. "The bexna were" eossted.
by Mr. William Ex2y, the sctrtl
n ember beieg 72. Tbe fcrrt rtved
gtntlemta g&tm?& Hi, tt twov,lai
UxlX zSo lvw3 be aoen . that oct.
of over one thottrrM gcMses ho torn
gueted the exact ccmbczv
Tsrs ItepobUoan boescst, who hrrav
been soos what 'rJ'crtry ths JctJ
Cje people ,tr lately prea'them
are appearing la the gxrb est rtlirm- '
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