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A. F. JOHNSDN, EDITOR AND B1
VOL. XLI.
I OUR "CITY FATHERS"
MAYOR JAMES REDMON COLLIE
.y RESIGNS.
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Commissioner J. A.Turner Resigned
as Commissioner and
Elected Mayor to Fill Un
expired Term?Bond Elec
tion Called
The Board of Town Commls
sinners met on Thursday night o
last week and after reading and ap
proving the minutes of preceedinf
meetlnga the following business wai
disponed of: An
election was called for the is
suance if not to exceed $15,000 ii
bonis to take up the floatinj
indebtedness ot the town.
Keport of D. C. High, Tax Collec
tor was received and filed.
Report of J. L.- Palmer, collecto
for the Light and Water Plants wa
received and filed.
R. O. Bissett, registrar and E. F
Yarborough and A. F. Johnsoi
noli holders were Annotnted In heir
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the regular election in May. Alsi
to hold the eleotion for bond issue
A committee composed of G. W
Ford and ffm. Bailey were ap
pointed to investigate the advisa
bility of contracting witff'Allen Bros
Co., for power to run tile power plan
and pumping station, who wer
to make their report at the ner
regular meeting.
After attending to the ordinar;
routine business the Board ad
? journed,'
The Board met again on Tuesda
night in an adjourned meeting a
which time Major J. R. Collie offerei
a his resignation to take affect at once
which, through much regret, wa
accepted. Commissioner J. A. Tur
ner alBo offered his resignation a
Commissioner which was accepted
The Board t en proceeded to til
the vacancy of Mayor which resnltei
in the unanimous election of Mr. J
A. Turner. The oath ot office wa
given the new Mayor immediate!
after the election by Clerk of th
Court J. J. Barrow.
A franchise tor fifty years wa
grant d Allen Bros. Co., to generat
and offer for sale in the town o
Louisburg electric power for manu
facturing purposes. ,
There being no other matters c
"importance to come before th
Bond it adjourned to its nex
regular meeting.
tani ! I.I.I. i Jii
Mr- J. R. Collie Appointed.
The news received here on las
"Tuesday morning of the appoint
ment of Mr. J. R. Collie to th
Chief Clerkship to the Clots
roitte on Claims in Congresss b
Hon. E. W. Pott of this distrtc
was a most agreeable surprise to hi
many friends. This position is tli
best plane under Mr. Pou and in 111
J.VMES HEDMOS-^OLLIE
Who was appointed Qlerk to t Ho Con
mittoo -on Cfainw the past week li
Hon. Edward W. Pou, meml? r i
Coneress jrom thia district.
Iiis appreciation of the support i
his many Franklin oounty friend
Mr. Collie t* n wide awake knainei
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I man and we feel safe in saying that
he will do himself and his. county
j credit in this position. Mr. Pou is
to be congratulated in getting so
capable a inan for his resistant.
Dinner[
We are requested to state that the
. Daughters of the Confederacy will
serve dinner at the \V. P. Neal
building on next Tuesday. The
proceeds will go to the monument
, fund. Let everybody go out and
take dinner with the ladies.
Mass Meeting.
1 According to circulars being distributed
there will be a mass meeting
of tho citizens of Louisburg at the
1 court house tonight for the purpose
* of selecting officers to be nominated
at the primary Tuesday. Everybody
is invited.
r No Court Easter Monday.
s As Easter Monday is a legal boli-'
day we have been requested to state
that there will be no court held on
i that day at the court house in Louis1
burg and by request of Mj, J. J. Bar>
row, Clerk of the Superior Court,
i. we will state that jurors, witnesses
and litigants need not attend nntil
- Tuesday the 18th at noon as court
will not convene until that time.
t The Union Station
e The "Union Swtion." the play
t given at the Opertr-House on last
Friday night by the Daughters of
y the Confederacy was a howling
snoces from start to finish. A
large crowd was present and those
y taking part did exceedingly well.
t The receipts amounted to something
j over ninety dollars and was placed
. to the oredit- of the Monument tund.
g The plav as a whole was tho beet
,, and most enjoyed of its kind that has
s been presented here in sometime.
[j KxcnraionT^fa^ghThe
Seaboard Air Line Railway
announces the first excursion of the
season to Raleigh on Easter Monday,
8 April 17th, on account of a big
* game of baseball between the
6 A. <fc M. College team "and the
Wake Forest College team. This
" I promises to be a very interesting
e game and a general good time iB in
store for all who attend. The round
trip rate from Lonisburg is 41.00,
Katesville tl 00, Franklinton 75 cts,
' Youngsville 50 cents. This train ar.
6 rives Raleigh at 10:20 a. m. and returning
leaves Raleigh at 6:15 p. m.
The train will have cars attached for
colored people. For further infor
mation see large oiruulars or your
lt nearest agent.
e Little Mies Hedgepeth Enteri
tains ~
y At the hospitable home of her
t( grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
is Tharrington little Miss Willie Mae
e Hedgepeth entertained a number of
la her little friends on Sftturdnx- Ar?ril
s 8th, it being her eighth birthday.
The little ones be .an to assemble
about 9:80 o'clock. They were met
at the door and ushered into the sitting
room by Miss Lula Hedgepeth,
j who led them in many fireside
1 games until 1 o'clock when .they
| were 'led to the dining room and
met there by Mrs. John Hedgepeth,
| w io in her gentle way served them
' with a delightful dinner in courses.
' The dining room was tastefully dec
orated, the color scheme being blue
t aiid-green.
(The remainder of the afternoon
/'as spent in playing lawn gamos.
It was quite a pleasure to the
older people tq see the little folks
having such delightful fun. It reminded
them of their once happy
childhood.
The many nice presents which she
received, showed the high esteem in
i- Which she is held by her many
y friends. At 4 o'clock they left, for
if r '
their rcspictlye homes, and each in
_ their. own little way praised iittle
f Willie Mae for the nice impressive
i. manner in wliioh she had welcomed
is and entertuinbd her guests.
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THE COUNTY, THE I
LOUISBURG.N. C.. FRID
MAKES GOOD SHOWING ;
franklin perpftual build- 1
ing & loan association. (
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Although Only Flye Years Old
Stock Is Three-Fourths Paid 1
up?Not Appreciated as It J
Should he. (
At the annual meeting of the |
stockholder* of the Franklin Per- |
petual Building <k Loan Association (
held at the oflioe of Mr. W. H. Ruf- (
fin, its Secretary, a report washed ,
by the Secretary & Treasurer showing
rery satisfactory progress and
funds, including a few hundred dol- ,
lars on hand, invested in Louisburg
homes about eighteen thousand dollars
in all. Although only five years
old on the day of this meeting, April
7, and although lacking in the support
it ought to have had from
our people as a home building institution,
it was yet able to show the
first series of stock seventy-five per
cent matured and accrued profits of
nearly ten per cent in the first series
and nearly eight per cent in the second
series and so on down to tiie
later series. The net dividends for
.the year on the first and seoond
series wmon were, ol coarse, the
earliest invested, was over six per cent
and it mast be kept in mind that the
investors paid only weekly installments
of twenty cents per share.
(Our people, both investors and
borrowers, fail to appreciate the
value of such an institution in onr.
town and the facilities it affords tor
building up homes, and it is to be
hoped that renewed vigor will be
added to its life in its ensuing business
year. The stockholders elected
a board of directors as follows: Dr.
S. P. Burt, J. M. Allen, W. If. Yarborougli,
Jr., W. H. Allen, M. S,
Davis, P. A. Reavis, T. \V, Bickett.
Wm. II. Rttffiin, F. N. Kgerton, Dr.
R. F. Yarborough, A. W. Person
and B. G. Hicks, gentlemen whose
very names are synonymous with
progress and the npbuildiDg of the
town.
At the directors meeting. Messrs.
J. M. Allen was elected President,'
M. S. Davis, Vice-President, W m. H. I
Ruffin, Secretary and Treasurer, and 1
Bickett <fc While Attorneys.
The books were ordered to be
opened for the sixth series ot stock,
and stock can now be subscribed at
the office of the Secretary in any j
denomination from one share up at j
twenty-five cents par week, per j
Bhare, payments. !
Lacy-Boatwricht.
The marriage of Miss Anne
Klecsa Boatwrighl, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. VV. ' L. Boatwrigbt, of
Buckingham county, Va., to "Mr.
Tolbert Hardy Lacy, of Ricky
Mount, N. C , mas solemnized at Mt.
Zion church, near the bride's home,
on Wednesday afternoon, April 5th.
The bride's attendants were
Misses Amanda Pitts, of Elk Island,
Va., and Miss Helen tfrtiy Gregory,
of Richmond, in embroidered marquisette
gowns over white taffeta,
and Miss Mary Catlin and Miss
Alice Virginia Boatwrigbt (a sister'
of the bride), in embroidered net I
gowns over pink; all wearing picture
hats and carrying showers of swet?!
peas. The dame of honor, M s. J.
Mabry (also a sister of the bride), 1
wore a lingerie gown trimmed in
Baby Irish and Valencionne lace,
and carried an armful of Killarney !
roses. Ihe brido was dressed in a'
going away goWn of dark blue, and
carried a shower of white roBes and '
lilhes of the \ alley..
The US'.ore u-re l)t..J. H.'Mabry,
of Newport News, and Mr. A.J.
Tirrell,hi New Canton; Mr. Frank;
l.e Seuer, Mr. Ueuben Hndgics and
Mr.- Howard Boatwright, of, Buck- j
irrghani county. Dr. I. M. Mecer,1
Rocky Mount, acoompanied the'
groom. Rev. R. \V. Bagwell, pas- ;
tor of the church, officiated. Little
Miss Martha Virginia Seal, the'
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STATE, THE UNION.
AY,14 APRIL 1911.
ing-bearer, preceded the dame of
lonor, carrying tire irng and a
French boquet of rosebuds; she was ]
Iressed in a white lingene dress
>ver pink.
Mm. Fletcher Wright sang before 1
;he ceremony. "For Love's Sweet
Sake," by Stubbs, accompanied on
.he organ by Miss Janie Lacy (sistir
>f the groom). Miss Laov played
,he Mendelssohn Wedding March j
for the processional, and for the rejessional,
the March from Tannhau- .
er. Daring the ceremony she gave
in exquisite rendition of Traumeri.
Immediately after the ceremony, '
Mr. and Mrs. Lacy left for a tour among
the Virginia mountains. They ^
will be at homo in Rooky Mount alter
Easier. ' I
On Tuesday evening, before the
marriage, the bride's parents gave ,
an informal reception and luncheon
to the wedding party in their home
on the old historic plantation on the
Jameif, where generations of Boatwrights
have lived. ,
Mi. Lacy was a former resident
of Lonisburg and has many friends
here who join the editor in extending
congratulations.
To Demonstration Agents?Important
Work
Again we beg to call attention to
the importance of succeeding in ir
uuciug larmeis to run weetiers and
harrows intensely and extensivel\
at this season of the year. To fail
to do so is to fail in farm work to
that extent. These implements soon
pay for themselves because by their
use ten t?? twelve acres can be cultitivated
per day. Further, if run at
the proper time, they destroy weeds
and grass before they get a hold in
the soil. The "teeth" or "fingers"
work in among the young plants in
the drill and thus destrov grass and
weeds that would lster have to be
gotten out by expensive hand-hoeing.
This stirring lets air into'"the
soil and by i educing evaporation
guards against the detrimental effects
ot draughts that nearly always
occur at some time during the growing
season of the c**op. These reasons
should bo thoroughly explained
to farmers; otherwise they may
think that wind is all that there is
in what we say. More than this,
many farmers need to he shown the
implements, their use and their value.
To this end. hardware dealers in
several counties are furnishing a
weeder, a spike toothed harrow or
a light spring-toot lied cultivator for
demonstration purposes. The agents
get them into a light wagon and car
4.1 1 I - S
ry mem nromm ior SPvmi (l'lj)sanrt
show how and when to us* them.
We c<?mmeud this practical vfarx t"
all agunts who out* procure such?an- outfit
to be loaned for h few weeks
Of course the merchants pav comes
in in the increased sale of implements.
Probably wagon dealer?*
would furnish a spring-seat wagon
if allowed to attach their card to i .
The caution .we have to- make along ,
this line is that, au^nts rig up and
run every implement some before 1
starling out with it and to he-sure ?o
explain to the farmers that the) I
must be run just us soon after rains
as the lanu will hold up a horse. T?.
wait a day too h?ng, or until tin 1
ground is dry enough to run ail or- '
dinan cultivator, is to !et the gran*
get such a start that oiiiv a email
portion of it is destroyed mid thbalance
is so cultivated that, it gvo.?s
faster than it would otherwise.
Now is the time to i iitdn valuable
work, let us not f.ui to make u?c ot
tin. opportunit .
Very truly
0. ft. llrnsio^, S,aro Ag?-ut.
JV% request of tno local agt-ni w*
publish the above letter M.d ti'aitnat
owing to hick ? t' lime be a ii *
not ii.ive the tiiu* to uiu tiio-eniv1'
vans sugueflted. However we art ) *
informed that McKinne DrcB. t o, 1
have offered the use i f the above articles
ahd will ti>ko pleasure in explain
ing*ftitly tlieir many uses to any *
and nil who will call at their store. !
1MES
SI
WOVING PEOPLE I
:helr movements in and
OUT OF TOWN a
d
ThoBe Who Have Visited Louisburg
the Past Week?Those g,
Who Have Gone Elsewhere g|
For Business or Pleasure. 0
P. H. Cooke left the past week o
or Philadelphia. p
J. L. lieid, of Kittrell, waa a vis- ''
tor in town this week.
T. W. Watson, of Raleigh, Tisited 6
Louisburg Wednesday.
J. R. Collie left .Tuesday night ?
tor Washington, D: C.
W. H. Rnffin left Tuesday tor a ^
business uip to Greensboro. .
Mrs. F. H. Battle and little sons, ,
af Most, are visiting in town. ^
Rev. T. B. J uatice, of Benson, was f
a visitor to Louisburg yesterday.
Joseph Alford, and sister, Miss {
Ovie, paid Raleigh a visit Saturday. ]
Mrs. Mattie Hawkins; of Pittsboro,
is visiting friends and relatives ]
in town. ' <
Mrs. T. A. Cooper, of Rooky
Mount, is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. I
P. Burt this week. ^
E. B. Loi^is, State Manager of the <
Woodmen of the World spent Tues- 1
day night with the Camp here.
Mrs. F. W. Hick* and' little son I
are visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.
A. W- Cooper, in Nash eonnty
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A Clever Arrangement.
A clever arrangement of paint
cans and appropriate advertising
material form the basis of an exceedingly
attractive window in McKinne
Bros. Co. store this week. A special 1
feature of the display is a set of old 1
weather beaten oarriage spokes wi ll 1
half of the surface of the spokes '
treated to one coat of Acme Quality
Carriage paint?each spoke showing I
a different color of the paint. The
following statement is made on one
of the displav oards: "You can ,
make your old buggy look new for
a dollar bv the use of this paint.
With this suggestion and the very (
small outlay necessary, we are sure
that all of tne shabby vehicles in
this territory will immediately take
on a new appearance.
Besides being good for all kinds j
oi vemcies, auracuve nispiay bi^ihh
illustrate in colors h grvnt many '
other uses for thin woivterfui paint '
in at.d about the hou e. The ?iis- *
play is a crediable one and well
worth inspecting. I
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Honor Roll.
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The following i* the honor roll oi
Mapleville Academy for the month of 1
Maich:
First Grade? Kulah House.
Second Grade?Daniel Wester, Bessie
Clark, Thelma Wester, Neppie
Wilson.
Third Grade ?Walter Wester, Mabel i c
Clark, Mortimer Harris, Mamie Cham- *
pion, Lee Bunn. ; i
Fourth Grade?William Eaton, OUie t
Cheaves, Royal Strange, Karl Byron, r
Bennett Perry, Willie Floyd Gattis,
John WiJson, Mabel Vaughan, Tempi?
Vaughan. ! '
Fifth Grade ?Billie Williams. c
Sixth Grade?Arch Perry. Annie
Laurie Dean, Florine Boone, John ; ^
Sledge, Clara Sledge, Mabel Duke.
Seventh Grade? May Perry, Aileen '
Boone, Alex Wilson, Effie Dian. '
Eighth tirade?Clara Long.
Youn^bVilie Items. t
Our f inn.th are nil getting bii>v U
M.\V A "'til i i:? 11* CO 1/lSt .Moildrt,
^ ;.s oil' of i h.' big iia> * with t.!
wiian in- n. ?nv ri' th'i
?ue tiriH h d er.jy fix t"lts ,
kii?l-i ; a ii.. : * ? '?.' rn|,ortu?J*.
A htrge II. J. .it; f ir i
pending h? :r e t waddling
he ro .?ij ii ro . _ , i
'.ct our ?net f i> sNe-.ks i
iking h.s ir.e ds *];.' iW b ar soui. .
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hing mav happen xvm:? ho is away.
IV? "are ali gLnt u*> s?e tiio-g.?odf
vork commune?. Flie t*?rce is d?>- H
ng Home gi.od work, and will make <|
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lore progreeB when the other mulei
rrive.
F. A. Cheatham, J. W. Winston
ad C. C. Cheatham lett laat Toesay
for a business trip to Richmond.
One of oar teachers in the Gradd
School while returning. from a
iiort visit to her home last Monday
n the Shoo Fly was joined by one '
f our Jelly State Senators for a
leasant little chat, just as the sensor
took the vacant seat beside her
he seat gave way and spilled the
enator in the aiele furnishing amoseoent
for the entire trian of passen;ers.
Jas. F. Mitchell, O. C. Winston,
L C. Winston, D. W. Spivey, R.
3. Underwood, C. W. Roberts, and
3. A. Garner are in Richmond this
reek purchasing, the remainder of
,he males needed on the road
orce.
Miss Ellis spent last Saturday and
Sunday at ifome and with Miss
Pauline Edwards in Henderson.
Prof. Best and Jones Cooke spent
ast Satuiday night in Henderson,
>n business.
W; A. Massev has commenced
lis new residence on College Street
ivhich when completed will be one
if the most attractive homes in
uwn
The epidemic of measles seems to
lave about subsided.
We are glad to learn that W. T.
Sfouog, who haB been very ill for
,lie past feW weeks, is improving.
W. G. Riddiok spent a few days
n Raleigh this week with relatives.
Prof. Wilson says come out next
Friday and see Youngsville give the ' ^
Warrenton High School Rail Team
a Lemon. The game foy last Saturday
was called off on account ot rain.
Come and help our new Professor
'Root" for the home team.
S. C. Holden and wife of Louisburg
spent a few days here this week
with their parents.
Miss Margie Macon, of Louisburg,
spent Sunday and Monday in town
with friends.
Miss Alston spent Saturday and
Sunday at home in Henderson
Miss Lillian Winston returned
lorae Tuesday from Raleigk where
ihe has been visiiting Miss Margaret
Fauceite for the past week.
R. T. Perkinson has purchased 1
lim a nice horse and buggy, and has
leen reoeiving presents by express
'rom a long distance.
Joe Winston has been very busy
or the past week trying to break a
ronng colt-to the water wagon he
lae decided to travel npon.
Miss Fannie Boddie, of Louisburg,
vas in town Monday.
M.
Sixty Years to GrowCapt.
Ranev met that genial, clev;r,
gentleman, Uucle Tip Hill on the
greets a few days ago, and was tell
ng ot an enormous chub he had
sanghl the day before, when Uncle
Tip remarked, "When I was ten
ears old, I out a large piece of fat
neat on a big hook and caught a
[hub weighing nine pounds."
"How old are you now, Unole
hp?"
1 was just seventy years my last
itrtliday"
"Wei ," said (.'apt. Uaney,' I am not
in prised at bis weighing 9 pounds
I'O^as he has bad sixty, years to
;row " . '
Queer Angels"
.lama," asked a little girl of her
. - r one da .', "do men t;ver go to
i ven ? ' .
"> er.ait ly;" sail her nmtherj
-u\ do t oil ask
"Werl, .h -n ?iu il.di'i angel* ev?r
uve whiskers
' liec-iug"-,"-m ! her motlii r, ''tnej?
el there ?v u ciuse shave."
"fW baby s e ios to grow mo*a ^