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MARCH 3 1ST f, 1009.
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-Adrertuing is the life of busi
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-lite a fine 11 1 2 lb by at
D.Baridey's.
Now is the time of year co
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'. -All our peeple should go oat to
hear the Orphans, neft Wednesday
Qight. ' , , ; I- .- 's : """"r
-Don's miss the Oxford Orphans
concert at Opera House next Wed
esday night. k '
Mr. C. T. White is making
a number of improvements tohw .res
idenee and lot in town.
Attend the entertainment of the
Oxford Orphans .. on . Wednesday
night next. . Admission 35, 25 an4
15 cents. ' ,
' Tuesday nex. is the good roads
election day and it is . the duty of
every voter to go to the polls and
and vote whether you IPre for or
against the cause. Go out and do
your duty.
A game of ball was plajed here
Monday afternoon between thaukid"
team and a team composed of the
town and mill boys which, resulted
ia a score of 6 to 8 in-favor, of the
town and mill boys.
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The children of the Oxford
Orphans Asylum will giye their an
nual entertainment , in the Opera
House here , on Wednesday night,
April 7th, at 8 o'clock. Tickets are
now on sale at the Crescent Drag
Store. ' '
The grand spring millinery dis
play at Mrs M C Henley's will take
place on Friday and Saturday, April
2nd and 3rd. It will be a, treat tor
the ladies and well worth their ti ne
to attend this display and see the
new spring styles.
There will be a special meeting
4t Franklinton Lodge No. 123, A,
F. & A. M. on Friday night, April
2nd. . livery member is -requested to
be present and it is expected that
there will be many visiting brethren
with us. Work in the thirti 1 degree
will be in order. - ?
We are requested to announce
that a supper will be given at Mr. J.
R. Mitehinerf on Monday night,
Apiil 12th, by the Ladies Aid Socie
ty of Perry's church, the proceeds to
go to carpeting the church. "Every
body is invited to come and bring
their ppckt books," .'
Company F, Franklin Guard,
was inspected by Capt. feluguett, of
the U. S. Army, on Saturday last
and we learn that the company pre
sented quite a pleasing appearance.
The members were all present and a
drill was had on the old ball gronnds
near C. S. Williams' gin.
One day last wet&Mrs." Charlie
day, proprietress of the hotel at
jToung8ville, having $43 she wished
to bide, for safety, placed it in
heater m her room, and tha night
forgetting about her money sent a
servant to her room to build a fire.
The servant not knowing the money j
was in the stove built the fire and
Mrs. May never, thought of it until
after she had retired, when she jum
ped up to see about it She found
the money all burned . exeept about
three or four dollars in silver which
was partially melted. ' '
tion and experience woHild show1, to .
le-unwise.t'r :: "
' Th State of North Carolina" will;
send, free ' of cost t us,; an expe
rienced road "engineer " to investigate
local oonditippsfthoroaghly and. ad
vise with the trusteesas to the j best,
methods and plans. J In addition 'thn
trustees will hate the opportunity.; to
get mtormatiofrbra : other . counties
as to the methods which have . been
tried and proven satisfactory. Their
decision then will be based on facta
and expert ; advice. Any decision
now would uecessarily be part guess
work.
The law gives the trustees power
to issue bonds. It does not reqaije
them to issue any special- amount
but leaves the question o their best
judgment, provided . the " amount
shall not exceed . $40,000! They
could issue enough to buy the ne
cessary machinery and stop.
It does not require them to isaue
any particular amount at any pr
ticular time But they can, if desiro 1.
ssue bonds along as the work de
mands. The rate of interest shall not ex
eeed six per cent, but at present
prices for bonds five per cent bonds
will bring a premium.
Some of tha admittedly best bus
iness men in Franklin county are on
the Board. In ordinary business
affairs we would be glad to get their
advice and would value it. They
are large tax payers who hare at
heart the best interest of the town
ship. ,
We can better afford to risk their
judgment after a careful investiga
tion than anybody's now without
investigation.
THE GOOD ROADS ELECTION,
It is now apparent .thatthe great
toajority of the people ef Franklid
ton Township want geod roads.
More than half of the registered
voters have expressed themselves as
intending to vote for the proposed
As a, matter of to wnship pride we
should all try to get together and
make the vote as 4argi ant f nearly
' ananimousas possible. Wil 'shoiild
, not let differences ef opinion fk as ftv to
minor Retails of tltretK?
'ds inUrfere mtlithe Vgreat
'Vgettingobd;ida6
Some little objection has been
made because the bill will allow
gravel, etc, to be taken from' un
cultivated lands adjoining the road.
The same power exists under the
old or present law. Any road over
seer can take dirt from adjoining
lands whether cultivated or not as it"
is now. The Franklinton law re
stricts it to uncultivated lands and
require that fair payment e made.
. THE OLD LAW.
All who oppose the ?ood roads
movement say we ouht to enforoe
the present law. If tully enforced it
would never give good roads. If
fully enforced it would be a much
greater hardship on the average
farmer than a road tax. The time
when werk on dirt roads eomntg is in
the early summer when warm, dry
weather will let the dirt pack before
being cat up into mud holes. Farm
ers simply cannot afford to lose timer-
then when every day counts. Con
sequently what work is done is us
ually done in wet weather wheu it
helps least.
Working roads by hand is waste
ful. A man who attempted vto break
up his land in the spring with a
spade or grubbing hoe instead of
plowing it would be considered
foolish. Isn't it just about as fool
ish to work roads by hand when
proper rhachinery would do better
work at about one-tenth the cost?
SOME FIGT7KBS
The highest rate ot tax that can
be levied under the new law is 35c
on the $100 and, $1.05 on the poll.
If bonds are issued and roads put in
good shape, a much lower tax will
keep them up.
There are 42,766 acres, of land
u m a m mm m m w m m w mm
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msim ommrn v sale
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April 9th, '09
Eight Days
April 17th, '09
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The season marks a radical ehanjre in wearable, tjlo, ftnrte. ad rotlrrat in rartacU tat Uth U.
different from former ideas. For months wehm bn preparicr for It it rrraljUal mnd rrrl bajirr rUtt.ttt
with a visit to the Northern markets. Now we are ready at4 not only invito bai tunt ur vcr ttxrt icmif U-t
EASTER OPENING SALE. Man, Woman and Child will And here Ibo crw sjTd altrtf,io svrtiu mhith cuk
the Stylish and up-to-date dresarr. Our store wll hv Uvuhly deortM in du? CASTER
OPENING SALE Rabbitts, Ducks. and other KaUr fmbUmi will rowf:5 th ani e5d. , mit a
large lot of bargains during the sa! and thono who wih to eonomit on t.r purrhje w-,ll ttu hm a Umv ia jnkr
investments. New bargains will put on each day the eintinum
APRIL 9, 09
EASTER EGGS FOR EIGHT DAYS ONLY
APRIL 17, '09
New Styles. For Ladies
Soft Clinging fabrics in Dress Gols
and Silks. Catawba, Wistaria and sim
ilar shades. Crepe effects in wah fab
rics Bordered effects in all fabrics.
Dutch Collars, embroidered Linen a d
Lace. .1 abbots and Barrett Strap
Pumps in patent leather, tan and suede
Gauze Lisle hosiery, solid colors.
Very long Direttoire Corsets.
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McGhee-Joyner Co.
NEW STYLES FOR MEN
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FRANK LINTON'S
STORE OF QUALITY"
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back to the old way. They know.!
Calculations made by experts show
f
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buys more.
mor, sails ma
re, -and i rrwyy T-! M." 'K1 ?
if he doetn't take tdvaatie
opportaaity.
Jtrrankiia,tori l owjasaip witn an as-
iesea yaiae ot zsoz,vz3 er an ar-
erage of $8.25 per acre.
Therefore the jiighesi tax possible
would be leas" than . three ceata on
the acre and i y farm; of 109 aeret
woulot only "pay $2.89 a year.
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, ,TTe are alread y paying a r heaner
ttz than the geod roads tax .can'; be.
It can be called thelaMud and HWt
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yahow that it is" iandetQftViain5i:
hoards of roadrtrostees , cbmposed Jof
' . . ;god men, te gire them fail ,po;er
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that the mad tax in old law comnties ; Thisltavea to be d1 hr
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oosti more each year than the roid
tabc in more Drocresiire counties.
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I heard a farmer eay last week, 44 1
have jast finished haaling fertilizer.
The difference m hauling it home
over the present roads and what it
womld cost orer geod roads would
more than pay my road tix for a
year."
If a farmer hat wood to sell, he
cam i get mucn ior u m me summer cltn ud A(U anonat
auu iu niavi au luiui lUK&e I L
cost about twiee as mueh to haul.
Three bales of cotton is ejnsid
ered a good average winter load for
a doable team. In Meeklenhurg if
is nothing aausaal to see loada of
eight and ten. Here we measure
loads by what the team and larnvss
can stand. There they measure by
the capacity of the wagon.
They tell as that the h epe of the
country is in paying attention to
some other things bsside cotton.
Bat how can yo expect anybod?
to pay much-attention to the aaaay
email farm produces wnen a trip to
market is a day's bad job;
TDK TAX MOklT.
Jhe town of Franklinton will pay
about one-half. It can afford to
do so because it means a larger and i
Detter traae. it can't afford not te
de so became otherwise it will be
largely put out of basineas by ether
neighb ring towns that have jr,ood
roads. , There is not a man in any
kind of buainsss bat will derive more
benefit than it coets. Of course a
merchant who makea his living eu
Of the farmer eught to be willing 'to
do his part 'in keeping "tip the roads"
The tax from the railroad trill
amount to "aboat $1,000 a year or
more tban one-sixth of the, total.
: And the railroad can well afford to
pay it. ;Ab;;ii ?matter pf f act " tte
raroa? T 'ba - sendins?: - out
good: roads trainaw to- eneottrage
ruau ouiiaing. it u a matter of
buin)1 wth them and :tney .have
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We re paying.it erery, day in, ,
."Yehiclei and harness broken and
ti Extra feed neceasajy , for; herses.
traihedi:Hl
W de not know how heaTT it .it
because we hare I always been t used
'BafwVri j learnid by xperisnea that i ' good
ionnths cannot We rsoadedJ ioi go ( roadt coaimurdty. is more urosDer.
tieally
rou early.
- Faaer Hsw Orlsaa Sasrar hoose xo-
xauea. Genulae St. Joha's PortoHca
xaouuss, Excellent aorar ttran Itut
.prosper. rassiTtd by TheU. W.BaUard Co. -
eaijid of tivn onlr nit.
they pay it all. In other words on -der
the new law the tarmer will trtpj
nly eae dollar tn three.
What kiod of a hasinesn nan is he
of ih jf.fi
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Good roads save money or th
fsrrner, make mnaav for tha mr-
t. th e.rn-
manity.
The State Corporation Commission
publishes each ysar a report ihowing;
the fnaneial renstiu'on. amoant of
properly, etc, ef the various counties,
TThieh are the five most prosper
ous and prrvgrsiv counties in
North Caroliaa?
"Mteklenbarg, Durham, Gsitoa
Baneoasbe and Guilford." Which
five have done meet for good roads'
uMekleBbnrgt Dorham, Gasbon.
Buioombe and Guilford." How
have they gotten good roads?
"By issuing bonds and working bt
taxation." In which five coantir
are the farmers in best condition?
"Meeklenburg, Dorbam, Gaston,
Buncombe and Guilford." I.
torae good leads boildin u beia
donevin over three feartha of the
ooantiss ef the State. Yet net an
instance can be teund where once
tried undsr a goed law, they have
gone back te the eld way.
The Franklinten road law is prao-
the same as the laws for
Mecklenburg, Dorham, Gaston, etc
TTith Ter $100,000 .worth of prep
erty in the fownthip, we are able to
do it and do it well.
The longer we wait, the more i
The cUstioa is next .Tuesday. 1 If
yoa believe ia geed toads, oome and
NEW - SPRING - GOODS
Choice and Artistic Creations
Hrady for your inrrcclkia a4 tb Grc I '.r4. ECk
and SaMtj ta all ltj f.oa ftx-rxj r.:- utti n-w sprite
shades, SatifiS, Liftena, Wab frcoii. c:$k Tntssiiftft
Nta, KmbrokSrrva, tats ar4 T-?7. :rx ccs7xA 1 yxmr
KasUt cratf.t, Th dasUisi lire: ..cirt.trisl trk
war and btlis tn town. Tt edi t ratine ar)ar;ri
for Laxl-a.
Cand Optzkt DbpUy Tan Pi in trittj ltd Ulsrtzj.
April 2x5.4 ird 3rd.
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SPRING LULLHTERY ...
Charralajj artistic aixXjjiT . irissspSi cf U lYcarh 6t
Batteritk Pattrrc atd I'aahiacs U Ik1 f ai:kia - 'flbmn .
Ameoca. V w.h to syoa. ani Lak Waajr ta
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JoKn Robcrson's
Great Circus Coming
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ChUJed riows, csae ac4 two hocr, irr co yew exxnj ot m; jt .
f catil yoa ar aatiaSM. it Is U hsl ytmrrcr h Cmat ttnjt
it U aT bia made. IUrt4 Wire, Tcnatry NrtUar. Tri;.i4 .
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