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Ah. hlESSURE: "TNotice - of Change In Eirmf
. There 'iS, broadly' spealqiig biit
i oner; place , the United States
where , newmoney is , always, to the
YPrywJiere, 'Wee js rto wjf oundfrag
-; dirty ot to iay , filthy paper
'i money, germ laden "and ; disease
. breeding, f. The question 6 has often
been put, "Why is this "';
, Congress " makes' appropriations
amounting to . many . hundreds of
millions, annually . for the ) govern-4
ment expenses. ? This enormous
I amount, wHi;h is backed - by gold
' and silver in the treasury vaults, is
printed every - year" in Washington
and is issued . through the - treasury
department. . It must be recollected
tat, while banks all over the" co'un-
trv issue ' old notes, the ; treasury
never issues anything but new rrion-
" That isvhy he money in Wash
ington ;isi always jiewi: . t:rt:'ml
There are more than 30,000 gov-
ernment employees, at the national 4
capital, and they are paid in bright,
new notes twice every month.' Thoy
distribute .their money foWthe ne
cessities of life, and hence, a' groat
'deal of it is found 'in circulation. 1
- Another question with reference!
to the money supply is often pro-i
pounded, "How long does it taKC
for the' women experts in the treas
ury' department to count 1,000,090,
new one doar notes, and how long,
does it take to count 1,000,000 oil
notes of4 that denomination?? Ac
cording to the; treasury officials, t:p
answer is as follows: 1
In handling new notes .an expert
could count in a day of eight hours
about $50,000. Of course this re
fers to notes of the denomination of
$1. In counting gold certificates of
the denomination of $10,000 each it
Would require but a short time ".to
count $1,000,000.
At this rate twenty days would
be occupied in counting $1,000,000
represented by notes of the denom
ination of $1. However, it is hard
Iv nossxble that anv one couldkpen
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up . to these . figures for such a pe
riod, and it would be safe to add
five days and to say that $1,000,000
paper) could be counted in twenty
five days, . . v ,V
Of silver dollars '40,000 may be
counted m a day of eight hours
which rate, i f adhered t o,; "would
i finish the $WOominne
J days, but it V would be welt to add
five days hre for the same reason
ana maKe it tmrtv.ua vs tor count
ing 1,000,000 silver dollars?
t In counting old notes the oonc!i
tions are mnch changed. There are
' five different kinds of paper money
-gold cer.tiiicatee, silver certih-
cates, United States nptes (green-
Ths Weight tfuman BtdyJeCocX ' YOUngSVllle iAHUDer UO.
. , ...petted to .Sustain. ''"- v -
li l 'fe&HZiba had giveV no Notice is hereby given that T.H
thought to thematter were told Whitaker haetirecV, from the
tfamtVb perpetuaUyJsustainin'g a dCAC J08? fi
.V?' .'v v j L 1 ?' ji YoungsTille, N. C., under th firm
weight ;.of? about ourteetons ,and n4mr 'lebf . th ."Toanga.
jthat that stupendous, burden is er,er yin Lnmi,er Co.. haxing sold hia
varying, - ' sometimes increasing, Interest therein to Wi a.WhiUker
sometimes decreasing, to tne extent and the firm is 'now composed, of
nfrmnnilLSOO-TMUndsrVinl- th Ul T W,nVr WriI Wf'Wlni.
cdueVftc:-OTin,vhftwonld "alter who will tontinue the bnn
probably 'consider that his Inform- nesi under the name'and style : of
jjri
ant was' .demented. ; But that k pro- the "Youhffaville Limber v Co
digious- load, represents the weight ThU 27th dar of Februvy, 1909
of air which every person of aveis :K rr' rv-t;
age size: is always bearing Jail ; ' " '" " V;
though, as the pressure is equdl? on jt , v . 1 1? 'iVWiprAx
;Dissblutioktfbtik.
not only not felt,' but under, certain,
conditions of the i atmosphere, when
the barometer stands hiffm indicat-
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inc: that thepreseure is increased, a I- The firm of Strickland :Whe
sense of invigoration is experienced, less has been dissolved' by mutual
which passes' away when he has been I consent. Tbe business will be con
relieved of the .additional hundred-1 tmued by F. V. Wheless. Wha ae-
ing. - Some idea of the tremens T!firin iWill ibo
pressure of the air may be gathered placed in the hand of an 'Attorney
by placing the hand firmly over the 1 for collection.
receiver of an air pump and ex
haustjng the air theref torn; ;!A large
hand measuring eTght square inches
WOU1Q tnen. II tne air were com- - a am now prep&ra a iurmia
Road Election Fop EmnKIInton j C C C C C C C C C C C C O C
: ' ; Township j
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the
pletely exhausted, have' a weight; of S0 17" phoDe
upon its upper suriace. v yniy a
Samson would have sufficient mus
cular force to lift that load and re
move his hand from the mouth ot
the receiver.?
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FineiCdws For Sale
I have several fine "liiUh Cows
or sale. . AViU eli , ouV, nzat. or
oadly mutilated. Where cases of
this kind occur the count is tedious
and slow. But, assuhing that the
currency sent is in accordance with
the regulations an expert could, on
. an - average, .fcpunt $15,000 in one
ollar notsa day This would re
quire about seventy days to count
a million one dollar bills m old
Although our t atmosphere, is ; so fViU de f 6r eaiUe.
transparent indUochanouet ' y'H.rLTJEN,
its total Weight is computed at the f Louishurg', N. C.
enormous total; of fivll thousand5 five : '.
hundred mo c. ? i h - '
And when this ponderous element NOTICE OF ELECTION
is set in violent motion, as in a hUr- Office CokMissiovans or Fa awk-
ricane, its weight and density are . LtK Gouittt 4
more readily realized, for then, ' ; " ; '
when in allHts: fury, the Unseen air In accordance wiih Act of Gen
is madly rushing along or furiously eral Assembler, and in obedience to a
whirlinjsr around and around at the petition nresented to thia Board on
ratej of a hundred. miles an hour, the ltt m8t.;--an election-is hereby
.u -n i j j a ordered to be held on Sa tarda v,
infuriate and fierce onslaushts. inl 3rd at the u,aal votinS P".
Great trees are felled in a monient, in Sandy Creek township;' when and
stacks of corn or hay are scattered where the question as to whether a
t the winds, and fven human be- tar of 30 cents on property and 00
ings strucfe by: the iprnado are hurl- MtM nn ihtk - . - k x-,aAifrr
ed to the ground or even caught up , .
and whirled through the arr like r'" t'4"00 v
of said township.'
The election will b "held under the
tame rule and regulation la election
for members of the General Ataem
bly. The tollowing: are appointed
Registrar and Poll Holders for taid
election: Registrar, J. R. Parriib:
A. T. Wifioa and E.
T. Alston. Those favoring the tax
will role a' ticket upon which, shall
be written or ' printed, the ? Vords
"For Good Roads" and thole net fav
oring will rote a -ticket upon wbieh
shall be written or printed the
words aAgainit Good Roadi."
By order of the Board.
T. S. COLLIE, Chairman
feathers in a gale. A. Banker
Ran; of Eyewghjk.'
iThose who: are ; curious in such
matters inay be interested in testing
the correctness of the Conclusions
ofDr Schnecket of Mtinich con
cerning the distance at which, peo
ple can be recognized by their faces jQ Holders:
and figures. If vou have ffood eves.
he says, you, cannot recognize a per
son whom you have seen but once
back), treasury notes of 1890. and before at a greater? distance than
natidnal bank notes; Remittances twenty-hve meters (eJ-ghty-two. feet).
of mutilated currency mav contain tb person is well known to you.
aii tnese '4lirrerent kmds of eurreri- Juu ma-v recogmzej. nun ai uom ou
m. ' .... . - -I XJ. 1 Aft i. Jf --1M
cy; ; They may not be assorted prop-i w iw.uieiers, ana u is a memoer
erly by denominations and may be or your lamuy. even at 15U meters.
at- from twenty-seven to twentv-
eight meters and the eyes themM W. M. BOONE. Clerk.
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selves at seventy-two to seventv-
three) meters. The .different parts
of the body and' the sfightest move
inents are distmshable at ninety-
one meters. The limbs show at lo
meters. At 540 meters a
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Notice Is hereby 'srfven that xa accor
dance with the proviiiona of an act of
the General Aasembly or lDCXJ, enutled
'An Act" to--provide rood roada to
Franklinton Township, Fran klin 'Coun
ty " duly ratified on the 20th da? of
February,' 1909, and In accordanro with
the order of the Count Board of Com
miulonera of Fxanklin Connty Trade at
their resrnlar meetinoa the lit day of
uarcn. an election win o new on
Tueaday, the 6th day of April,. 190?,
at which election the pro vu ions of the
aforesaid will be aa omitted to the
alified.v ters of Franklinton .Town-
ip for their approval. ; -
Thet)oIlinr place for the election
shall be in -tie town 'of Franklinton
B. A. White ia appointed registrar and
B. F; Bullock and E. L. Moom are ap
pointed rejriatrars.v A new reffistra-
tion of all voters is ordered and anyone
desirtnz to vote in tne aatd elecuon
must apply to the registrar for rtris-
tration within the time fixed bv law
for the registration book to be kept!
open, naraelv xrotn Tnursday, March
4th to Saturday. March 27th. incl slve.
! Belew is given a tamrnary of the
proviarona of the said act:
' Sec-.-L. Creates board of read
truatcea and fixea thiir terra cf office.
Sec z. v Givea to said board corpo
rate character ano pow era.
bee 3. otves to aaid Doard con
trol of public : roads la Franklinton
Township.
iSec 4. rrovidea for the electron of
chairman, secretary, treasurer to the
board and of an executive eocxmittee
W three.
Sec 5. Provide for election of
superintendent of road,'
Sec. 6. ProvidetN for purchaje of
machinery and implements, rives the
board cenerai powers lor carrytnjr out
the proviaions.of the act, and farther
provides tharno prson shall be - liable
for road doty. - ;
Sec -7. Authoritea theobtalninir of
jrravel; sand and Other material neces
sary for the construction ox roads.
Sec ' 8. FYovid for locating rosii.
Sec 0. Authorises the Board tof
Trustees to Utue bonds . of - Franklin
ton township to an amount not to ex
ceed forty thousand dollars, to bear in
terest at & rate not to exceed six per
cent. These bonds may be issued at
eueh time or times and in such amount
or amounts aa may be deemed best to
meet the expenditures provided for in
the t et.
See. 10. Pro t idea for the levy of a
tax on property in , Franklinton town
ship of not less than fifteen cents nor
mOre than thirty-five eents on the one
hundred dollars worth of property and
of not less than rorty-nve cents nor
more than one dollar and Ave cents, on
the poll.
Sec 11 Frovtdee lor the submis
sion Of the provisions of this act to the
oauned voters or rrmnaiinton Town
hip at an election ordered by tho
County Commissioner and orders a
new registration.
Sec 12. Directs that all mnoa de
nted from sals of bonds shall be used
for eenatructim; roads in "Franklinton
townthip.
Sec 13. rroTtdM xor use ox. con
vict labor or hired labor or both.
Sec 14. Provides that no monev
raised under. this at may be spent on
any street or road in aa incorporated
town.
Sec IB. Reoeals all lawa in con
flict so far as concsms Franklinton
L township.
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Sec 15. rreviaee tnat trte aet
shall eo into effect from and after rat
ification.
Bv order of the Board of County
Commissioner of Franklia County,
thia first day of March. 1909.
T. 3 COLLIE.
Chairman of Beard ef County Commia-
awaers. .
- ' TT. M. BOOXE.
Clsrk to Board ef Couaty Commis
sioners.
humiture
la all wsva tha citsrMt in rorat of
ertica, we ha.dle the bt ce&M we
ean bujv tb era tnaj h others who aay
Uier bavo aoaethmir suit aa rood far &
litUo leaa, but we can't e;tt asylhlsr; M
gooa aa toe ttst for leaa. -
THE .KARPEN - CHAIRS
Lounges and Dacn ports are the ruptr-
lor to anrthia ox aajiaakw a&d fnce
that can be bad, wo are arista fcr lkis
Superb line t p;ooda, 1 - - .
Claia fronxllO to liSO all colore cf
UphoJiUrinr and ' trade. The Dsts.
rort and Cuehea Irca $50 o $110.
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We will gladly asud vcm a cop? ef
our Urge catalopne of Ibia o fcrtulsre
.aln the Itrl Hup;, Drugget and Car
pet house in tb ptittd Suti Thote
ua to call. on vou and w will b rjsd k
abxtw jrou theaa lines, Ws taar do vosi
orae good oven i( we cant you. '
PIANOS :& ORGAKS
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notes of various kinds of paper cur- Jnn appears only as in indefinite
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panion.
How He Got Him.
A New .York dramatist was one
i veninir visitinsr a well lrn own niav4
' ers dressing Toom whftr. Wa wnal V ;The Ges Nteder-Morlen.
handed inan apoeal for financial . In the , little Hessian ? villagel of
assistance, written in the French ieder -Morlen, , says the Strand
lanarnaffe . hv an actor, a .British!-, Magazine, between Giessen.; and
, who nrides himlelf scene xnay.be
.. edge of that tbngue. rrl ,f , ; witnessed 17 eyeningat , 5 :30..
To the dramatist's astonishment, oome uui geese, "wmen nave speni
the nlaver to whom thte notA t the day on the river's bank belotr
- addressed irornediMelproc yiUagearaKgiye signaWrorn
IIald.'the" mesiiWe1r4tr. krlriooTit ; their leaders iake.tHeir4wa nbm.
skeoorS" "! mueVpbmp and cjrcum
-fSurelr.' Henrv" sinterrosftd th - stance . and raucous noise. lnc
friend; ''you're not going to let him strangest part of JtheJ proceeding M
, -J haye the idonev ? Whv. the man is vseeri ;- when 'they reach the village
everrwner&as imu, wimuuv uv Kiuuauw,ui
er, iJk Knowhat. SfButlyoil don't i yaTQ Ior nigrum liuce so many
suppose 1 can - afford to have him ,squads they, break off in their doz
' iv: going' about town telling every one etiS fromUhe main body, knowing
nat i can t read Urench r,Har- 1Dln5llveiy eir owners poor ana
perV Weekly - ... with solemn :: g&it entermg in ats
rts have
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v. - witn solemn gaitji entermg in vits
" .--f V though-' conscipusi of their'' dwri iri-
Domestic Cat. ' ' 1 . nate' cleVeriie-v' v :
iave held that the so ' . - I i
called "cat" of the aticiftn onriiJ VWi "riJo;H?ghi'
and Greekf auurus fttie lwavY lahqugh zis Building ha only
lt ;V7.Ji:kii 4;ot weasel. The. mummified er4ip;M;
: : .-?f!': Egyjpti raljSbiifnaVI Vefrvt tta3,paid the J; elevator
;::vvif'ificiilt toerd it Tiftflr-plfltri lust ffot ?? on .one. of .your elevators.
. ;? , : of the ;modern domestic puss. :Thc ,Qne-passenger, said,' Three? please.
' ;'YV-'; 6thaii?7SeYen.;an
riouslviithdole
fi'S-Pffittf ltort;witobfmuclv:of zf
ZOm?'t4W nPl 7.still vKAtAAA :;f "iRut;7?1.945l ia an-ofiBce number."
ihewila c,catstilaboMaedv
. , ; able to satisfy themselves that the
: domestic cat and" thewfld ?dne are
"N6! You deceive! " 1 have no
ze trust ; m you -Tomorrow . i re
In all sizes, the bcaUmade. ff you have to buy a
plovfcome and see me. If you have one of these
plewe you can, get all kinds and sizes of castinge al
my store. I also vhave a lot of ehoes that I am filing
below cost to make room for other stock. A big lot
of hamburgs and lacea' that I am telling below cost.
Come and Bee me before it is al gone.
M. C. ' RLE AS ANTS
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ft.: Bij? bargains In Shoes for te next tea days; i I have a lot of
-i.odd sizes to close out in order to ". make room for the . fpriog"
line. : All of these axe new stock and pood valacs Doaft fail
,. io gee tnem. , i oora ior DU3iness
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if PH'OtitM'00'' U' " ) a;,V LOU13BURG, fir c.
Our Mr. It Z. Kgcrton w.ll
gOjaorth in a few dajf. aac4
vrnt to run pfTcvervlhiag por
sible and are oflcricr iwroc
plcndtd borrniiLa.
Jutt rrccircd a big jVock cf
the Ia!wttjle abrJet cCTerrd.
Opera Slippers, all lor aad
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tbcj arc beauties. $1X0
Ladie
Suit, While Goodp.
Laces of all tyle. Hcmrv.
HaadkcrcblcGr; and lota of mew
and prtty thisgf. . ,
Coats to see ua. Don't Tail to
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