VW J* ... $1.00 Per Year Id Advance " THE COUNTY, ?HB ST An Advertising Medium Tliat Brings Results. - THE UNION Subscription $1.00 Per Y A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. VOLUMN XLV, LOUISBURG, N. 0., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1916. PRESIDENT WILSON RE-ELECTED ^COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Receives Report of Highway Commis sion on New Bridge. The Board of County Commission ersmet on Monday with all members present . _ After reading and approv lng minutes of previous meeting the following business was disposed of: Miss Floy Moore was relieved of tax on $160 in\Cy press Creek township. Peter Kelly was relieved of poll tax in Louisbure township. Harmon Boone, in Loulsburg town ship. was relieved of tax on $100 worth of property. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harris were al lowed to go to county home. W. W. Webb was relieved of tax on 92000.00 worth of property in Loula burg township. R. H. Bobbltt waa relieved of taxes In Sandy Creek township, same hav ing been listed by W. C. Wilder In Cedar Rock township. Report of Dr. J. E. Malone, County Health Officer, was received and fll ?d. ? ? ? A petition for road in Cypress Creek township was received. H. F. Wolf was relieved of taxes on $600 worth of solvent credits. ? Alex Ayescue was relieved of poll tax in Harris township? being over age. J. D. Medlen was relieved of poll tax in Dunns township ? being under age. Luclen Mann was relieved of Louis burg Graded School tax . C. H. Bailey was relieved of Grad ed School taxes, Loulsburg township ? he being In Hayesvllle. being-ID Owlar Rook. Elections for special taxes for School were allowed. Mesrs. W. S. Fnllls and Geo. F. Syme made the final report on the new bridge, a full copy of which will be published in the Times in a future tor sue. After allowing a number /of ac counts the Board adjourned to meet again Wednesday. The Board met on Wednesday in ac cordance with adjournment with all present, and business was taken up as follows: /%m. H. Ruffln was allowed to pub lish statement of expenses of the new bridge . Mitt Joyner was placed on outside pauper list, at S1.5Q per month. The report of the Grand Jury was received and ordered filed. Report of E. N. Williams, Super intendent of County Home, was re ceived end ordered filed. He reports 14 white and 15 colored inmates. After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned to its next regular meeting. Wllllnms-Tncker. Invitations reading as follows hava been mailed to friends: Mr. William Ellis Tucker requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of his daughter, Josephine, to Mr. Cornelius Simon Williams, Wednesday, November the twenty ninth, at high noon, Baptist. Church, ioulsburg. North Carolina. No cards In iowu. The bride to be is one of Louiu burg's most popular and accomplish ed young Jadl. President's majority there was "lie more than 4,000 with about I at the districts missing. In Qeaota the Wilson lead, which was aa 10,000 early 1? the day, Uy decreased aa th? vote of the dtMrlcts came In. During the Hughea took the lead with 9 margin and then the President t ahead again but with less than a Dd votes. The Republican man claimed the state on the final 1 was estimated for the Wilson "with a majority of lu.uoo. 1 while Incomplete with n little than two-thirds of the districts showed President Wilson with more than 27,000. blngton, a little more than half I ?d, was giving the President a | j of 7,000. [Test Virginia two-thirds reported, .showing Hughes a majority of prly 2,000. North Dakota was very e, two-thirds complete, showing a hes majority of less than 1,000 son was leading In New Mexico only a small proportion of the jstncts reported. . Delaware and counted- among the daring ?' Headquarters Boty New York, Nov. .8. ? Tireless vigils I were kept by anxious watchers tonight | at headquarters of both the Democrat ic and Republican national commit tees. Bulletins ficm states In which the results are still in doubt were scanned even more eagerly than last night. Both Chairmen Vance McCormick | for the Democrats and Wm. R. Wlll cox for the Republicans, professed un- | diminished confidence In the outcome The former was somewhat more ex- I pllclt In his claims but the latter de- | clared, after dining with Charles E. Hughes that the nominee agreed with I him that the Republicans had been \ successful. "We ask only wlir.t Is fair," declar ed Mr .Willcox. "We want only what | we are entitled to and that we pro pose to have." Earlier in the day Mr. McCormick had announced that he had sent tele grams to* state and county chairmen in doubtful states directing them to keep careful guard over the ballot boxes and their contents. Attorney General Gregory visited Democratic headquarters and was closeted with the chairman but It was asserted his visit was of no special (Continued on Fourth Page) LATER. THe later reports receiv ed in Louis burg onThurs day night indicate that President Wilson i$ re elected by a safe vote. The New York World, says the dispatches, says Wilson will have 272 votes in the Electoral College sure, while the New York Her ald and other leading pa pers are scattering the tid ings of President Wilson's re-election broadcast. In the later reports Wilson carried California and oth er Western States. Many places are preparing for big celebrations for to night in memory of Wil son's great victory. Beeital at Cedar Bock. The people of Cedar Rock are con gratulating themselves upon securing the services of Miss Camilla Yar borough In a recital to be given on Friday night, November 17th. Miss Yarborough Is specially gifted as an ?locutlonlst, and all who hear her. will be assured ot a most delightful evening. The Ladles'of the Betterment Asso ciation will serve refreshments at the close of the exercises. The pub lic Is cordially invited'! Admission 10 and 26 cents. Constables. The Constables elected In the count; on lost Tuesday and their Tote were aa follows Dunns ? E. W. Qupton 24. Harris? P. J. King 150. Franklin ton ? K. H. Evans 800. HayesTllle? W. G. Watkms 49. Sandy Creek ? W. p. Leonard 197. Gold Mine ? Romeo J. Burnette 16X Cedar Rock ? Peter E. Dean 234. Loulsburg ? R. W. Hudson 386. There was a contest In only one township ? Hayesvllle, where W. O. Watklns democrat, defeated H. F. Mitchell, republican, In a Tote of 45 to 42. Mr. E. H. Malone and bride re turned la'st night from their bridal tour. HON'. THOMAS WALTER B1CKE TT OF FRANKLIN COCNTT. -"Who was elected Governor (if North C urollna on last Tuesday by a majority of over .">2,000 the largest majority cast for Governor In North Carolina since Aycock's election In 1900. Tills Is iiulte a compliment to Franklin County's Gifted Son, and the people of the State are to be congratulated upon having, elected him their Chief Executive. , Frankllntou County's people are p roud of both him and tils majority and gratefully return their appreciations to the entire State~for the confidence tliey have shown In him by their Ire mendous vote. OFFICIAL VOTE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY NOVEMBER 7th. 1916 .V ' Abolish Trea8. Salaries Commissioners Amend'*. Sheriff R. Deeds jTreaa. Surv. Senate House 3unns lams foungsville . . "rank lin ton . . sjayeevllle . . . Sandy Creek . . iold Mine Jedar Rock . . Sprees Creek THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION FOR THE SENATE, TREASURER, SURVEYOR OR CORONER