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VOLrSIE XLTIII LOCI8BCBG, N./O^iDAV, 8EPTEXBEB 6, 1#19.
??? M'lBEK 88
NEW POST OFFICE
FOR LOIIISBURG
OCCUPY OLD TAJI BIVEB DRUG
STORE.
Information of the Change Receded
The Fast Week?To Hare New Fix
tures. . . .
Information that brought with it
much surprise to the citizens of
Louisburg, was received this week,
which stated that the contract for
Postoffico quarters for Louisburg had
been let to Allen^-Bros. Co, and that
the postoffice would occupy the old
Tar River Drug Company's store on
West Nash Street. We understand
the change was to have been made on
Monday, September first, but on ac
count of the new fixtures not having
arrived in time the building could hot
be put in shape. The building has
been repainted and otherwise put in
shape for the recption of a complete
new set of fixtures, which we are In
formed will consist of a lock box sys
tem, eliminating the present combina
tion lock system that has proven un
satisfactory. Accommodations for
the free deliveries will be provided in
the rear of the main room. The meas
urements were taken about ten days
ago.
The new position will be, so we
learn, well equipped in every way,
and will provide nice quarters both
for the postal work and the public.
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>V. H. YARBOROCGH ELECTED AT
TORNEY.
At Meeting oi Town Commissioner#
Friday Night?Several Reports Re
reived.
'I".e Board of Town Commissioners
Rrt. !:? regular session on Friday
r.ig*..v with all members present. Af
ter r r.ding and approvfng previous
minutes the following business was
transacted:
Reports of A. W. Alston, Clerk, was
received. He reports collecting tax
es $175.22: street assessments $533.50
ltghfrents $638r70; water rents $443.
0 I .
Report of D. C. High, Chief of Po
lice. received. He reports collecting
costs $13.85; licenses, ^tfApl room*
?2(L00: stsnd?* $10.00; I. Brown $25.00
markets $20.00; restaurant $5.00;
rent Opera House $35.00.
J. I-chman was allowed to.buy junk
as auonl for I. Brawn.
H: H. Malone was appointed a mem
ber c. rir. iiicn's Relief Committee.
W. H. Yarborough was elected At
torney for the Town. Messrs. Ford
.and Malone were appointed a commit
tee to notify Mr. Yarborougl: and see
what his duties are.
After allowing a number of accounts
the Board adjourned to its next regu
1 ;>>? Ttvting,
SCHOOLS TO OPEN.
. As eight of t.he County Schools will
open oil Monday. September ?tb, a
feathers meeting was held ill t lie of
fice of County Superintendent EJ. L.
Best 011 last Monday at which time
blanks, repotts, etc. were given out
U? i he teachers. A round table dis
w I lllllrfllllt
was held and resulted in n>ayy good
ideas. Supt. J.'C. Jones, of the Pub
lie Welfare department, was before
the meeting and discussed the new
compulsory school law.
The following schools were repre
sented: Bunn, Roberts, Laurel, Ce
dar Rock, Justice, Seven Paths, Ma-,
pleville and Hickory Rock.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS DIN
NEIL
The Joseph J. Davis Chapter of U.
D. C. will give their annual dinner to
the Confederate Veterans of Frank-1
lin County on Thursday. Sept. 11th, at
Louisburg, N, C. The dinner will be |
served at the Court House at 1 o'clock.
Alt the Confederate Veterans of Frank
lin County are corrfially invited to
come. j
All old Soldiers in Franklin County
are requested to meet at the Court
House on Thursday, September 11th,
at 10 o'clock, at which time we wish
to know how many and who will at
_itind the Re-union at Atlanta, Octo
ber 7-10. 1919. " "" '
P. G. ALSTON, Commander.
OLD BOB.
Old Bob, the faithful old horse of
the late Or. E. S. Foster, and who
been owned the past few years by
Dr. D. T. Smithwick, after having
gotten his leg broken was shot and
killed this week to relieve him of his
sufferings. He was twenty-six years
old and had brought relief to many
suffering homes in Franklin County
during the life ot the late Dr. Foster.
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S 0HCk{?H.
Rev. N. Colin Hughes, rector, will j
hold regular services at St. Paul's
Church Sunday. Morning Pray?T,
sermon and celebration of Holy Com
munion at 11 A. M. Evening Prayer
and service at 6:30 P. M. All are
cordially welcomed.
THE FRANKLIN TIMES
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
TO OPEN TUESDAY 9TH|
EXPECT BUS SALES AT
EACH WAREHOUSE I
i
Prospects Good For Hlyh Prices On
Good Grades, Fair Prices on Com
mon Grades?All Buyers Expected
To Be Here.
With every warehouse ready for the
reception of tobacco and the proprie
tors expecting big sales Louisburg is
preparing for a big opening sale on
next Tuesday. We understand all
buyers have promised to be present. _
Judging from the beginning of the
other markets around here the prices
on all good grades of tobacco will be
higher than they have been in years.
The lower grades are bringing only
fair prices, but show a strong stand
in their position.
Everybody is invited to come to
Louisburg on Tuesday and join the
warehousemen, farmers and citizens
in making it a big day for the Louis
burg market. If you can't get.a load
lYeady come anyway-. Louisburg wel
' comes you both as a tobacco market
and a town.
WOOD NEWS.
Wood Is still alive. Our roads are
confthig right on.
Misses Lilla Lanier and Pearl Gup
ton spent last week with friends near
Youngsville.
Mr. G. W. Raynor and Miss Irene
Gupton spent a few days in Ahoskie,
jAulander and Norfolk last week.
1 We had a fine time at the big barbe
icue on last Tuesday, which was giv
? en for the benefit of the Wood Baptist
.church.
| Miss Mary Ball left for Macon Mon
day "morning, where she will be in
|school the following winter.
Misses Neva and Annie Harper, who
i have been visiting friends in and near
i Wood returned to their home in
jFiocky Mount last Wednescay.
Mrt V. C. Brown returned to his
work last Wednesday after spending
I some time in Norfolk, Va.
I Misses Mae and Bertha Hamlett, and
I father. S. J. Hamiet, spent Monday
:in Rocky Mount.
I Mr. H. B. Shearln and family spent
Sunday with his brother near Center
iville.
' Mr. Stephen Gupton spent Sunday
lwith his sister Mrs. J. M. Griffin near
I Centerville.
I Mrs. Barnes, Misses Fuller and He
jlen Wicker are spending this week
fwitk Mrs. W. D. Fuller at Wood.
Mrs. Nelms is spending some time
in Wood with her daughter, Mrs. Mar
vin Pleasant.
| We are glad to know-that Miss Bet
I tie Radford has improved J>o much she
lis able to bp up every day-ajid is able
j to come home.
We are looking forward for a bet
ter school this season than we ha^
j ever had at Wood before. W^ar^go
et^Eiigenia Boone, from Castalia, Patr
tie Lamm from Seven Paths, Mae Per
ry near Louisburg. We are going to
have eight grades where we haveonly
been having seven, and hope for a high
school the next year school begins
some time in October.
Wedding bells were rung again here
last Thursday night about twelve
o'clock when Miss Katie Tucker chan
ged her name to Mrs. Bennie Tucker.
Don't forget to visit our little town
?it is still comingup?everybody is
welcome.
AUNT BEN.
THOSE WHO COME AND GO AM)
STAY IN PERRY'S CHAPEL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Miss Ricka Webster, of Columbia,
S, C., and Miss Sudie Shelton. of near
Richmond, Va., have returned to
their home, after spending several
Mays with Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner.
"Tuesday AUg. 26th. a Tiarty of
younger and older sot enjoyed a de
lightful outing at Moore's pont^. Hot
coffee, corn bread and fried fish added
to the attraction of the dinner hour.
Thursday night Mrs. J. P. Mitchi
ner entertained in honor of her visit-!
ing guests Misses Ricka Webster and
i Sudie Shelton, who furnished much en
joyment to music lovers both vocal i
and instrumental.
Friday evening Mrs. H. C. Banks
was at home to about fifty guests. At
ten o'clock delicious ice cream and
cake was served in the dihing room.
Miss Pattie BeVes. of Durham, spent '
the week-end with Miss Minna Wilder.
On Tuesday. Sept. 2. Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Nash gave a barbecue dinner in
honor of Mr. Joe Nash, their brother,
recently returned from oversea sev
viee. Quite a number of tlvf-ir friends ,
from Louisburg and Franklinton and
vicinity enjoyed their hospitality.
X. I
STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT
?ON REQUEST OF SHOPMEN
Washington, Aug. 25.?Tihe Preat-;
dent'* statement addressed to the pob^
lie follows:
My fellow Citizens:
A situation has arisen in connection
with the administration of the railways
which is of such general signjlilcaDOft
that I/think it my duty to make a pub
lic statement concerning It, in or"
that the whole country may
what is involved.
The railroad shopmen have den
ed a large increase in wages.
are now receiving 58, 63 and 68 -
per hour. They demand 85 centa
hour. This demand has fceen
careful and serious consideration
the board which was constituted
the railroad administration to
questions of wages, a board cons
of an equal number of representatl
of employes and of the operating zntlfr
agrs of the railroad companies. Thrtl
board has been unable to come to to"
agreement, and it -has therefore 4*^
volved upon the' Director-General of
railroads and myself to act upon thm
merits of the case.
Wrong Basis of Comparison* 9
The shopmen urge they are entitled'
to higher wages because of the higher
wages for the present received by
men doing similar work fn shipyarda,
navy yards, and arsenals, as well as
In a number of private industries, but,
I concur with the Director-Genera! UK
thinking that there is no real basis of
comparison between the settled em
ployment afforded mechanics by the
railroads under living conditions as
various as the location and surround
ings of the railway shops themselves
and the fluctuating employment af
forded in industries exceptionally and
temporarily stimulated by the war
and located almost without exception
in industrial centers where the cost of
living is highest.
The substantial argument which thn;
! shopmen urge is the very serious in-j
j crease in the cost of living. This is a
very potent argument fndeed. Bad
'the fact is that the cost of living hasj
! certainly reached its peak, and willj
i probably be lowered by the efforts
which are now everywhere being con#
certed and carried out. It will c<|fti
tatnly b? lowered so-eoon .as there
settled conditions of production and
of commerce; that is,, so soon as the
j treaty of peace is ratified and in oper
ation. and merchants, manufacturers,
? farmlrsi minors, all have a certain ba
sis of calculations as to what their
business will be ami wiiat the condi
tions will be under which it must be
conducted. The demands of the sliop
jmen. therefore, and all similar* de
mands are in effect this: That we
j make increase in wage?, which are
i likely to be permanent, in order to
meet a temporary situation which will
llast nobody can certainly tell how
long, but in all prubllbillty U!il\?for n
(limited time. Increase in wages will,
however, certainly result in still fur
ther^ Increasing the costs of produt
? tioi> aud. liiere-forenhe cost of
iand w'e should only have to go through
Mhe same process .Again. Any sub
stantial increase cvf wages in leading
1'".- <?>?'
PWWW^^TO5!PTne general campaign
I which the government is waging with
(energy, vigor and substantial hope of j
! succcss, to reduce the high cost of llv- |
ilng. And the increases in the cost of J
transportation which would necessar-1
ily result from increases in the wages
of railway employes would more cer
tainly and more immediately have th.it
effect that any other enhanced wage
costs. Only by keeping the cost of
production on its present level, by in
creasing production, and by rigid econ
omy and saving on the part of the peo
ple can we hope for large decreases in
the burdensome cost of living which
now weights us down.
A Question of Taxation.
The director general of railroads
and I liave felt" that a peculiar respon
sibility rests upon us because in deter
mining this question we aro not stu
dying the balance sheets of corpora
tions. but in effect determining the
burden of taxation which must fall up
on the people of the country in gen
eral. We are acting, not for private
corporations, but In the name of the
government and the public, and must
assess our responsibility accordingly.
For it ts neither nor feasible to
take care of increases in the wages of
railroad employes ct this time by in
jcreasing freight rates. It is impos-.
|sible at this time, until pence has come
j and noripal conditions are restored,
i to estimate what the earning capacity.
: of the railroads will be when ordinary
conditions return. There is no cer- |
tain basis, therefore, for calculating
what, the increases of freight rates
should be. and it. Is necessary, for tlie
time being at any rate, to take care of
all increases in the wages of railway |
[employes through appropriations from ;
the public treasury.
In such circumstances it seems clear
to me, and I believe will seem clear to
every thoughtful American including
the shopmen themselves when tli.y
have taken second thought, and to all
wage earners of every kind, that we
ought, to postpone questions of this
sort untir normal conditions conte
?again and we have the opp<rt-tunitv
for certain calculations as to the rela
tion between wages and the cost of
IFving. It Is the duty of every citirt n
of the country to Insist upon a truce
In such contests until intelligent set
tlements can be made, awl made by
peaceful and effective common coun
sel. I appeal to my fellow citizens
of every employment to co-operate in
insisting upon and maintaining such
a truce and to co-operate also in sus
taining the government In what I con
ceive to be the only course which con
scientious public servants can pursue.
Demands unwisely roade and passion
ately insisted upon at this time men
ace the peace and prosperity of the
country as nothing else could, and
thus contribute to bring about the very
results which such demands are in
tended to remedy. ??
Would Be On Equality.
There is , however, one claim made
by the railway shopmen which ought
to be met; They claim that they are
not enjoying the same advantages
that other railway employes are en
joying because their wages are calcu
lated upon a different basis. The
wages of other railway employes are
based upon the rule that they are to re
ceive for eight hours work the same
pay they received for the/longer work
day that was the usual standard of the
pre-war period. This claim is, I am
told, well founded and I concur In the
conclusion of the director general that I
the shopmen ought to be given the ad-!
ditional four cents an hour which the !
Readjustment asked for will justify. j
There are certain other adjustments,
Also, pointed out in the report of the
'director general, which ought in fair
[n#68 to be .piade. and which will be
de.
Let me add, also, that the position
fcicli the government must in coi>
tence take against general increases
wage levels while the present ex
tional and temporary circun>stai>
exist will of course not preclude
railroad administration from giv
_ prompt and careful consideration
to any ,claims that may be made by
[>tJher classes of employes for read
justment believed to be proper to se
:are impartial treatment for all who
pork in the railwav service.
WOODROW WILSON.
Message to Shopmen.
I representatives of the shopman, said:
Gentlemen:
I request that you lay this critical
matter beiore the men in a new light.
Thi \ote they have taken was upon
the question whether ihev should in
sist upon me wage increase they were
asking or con.?<nt to the submission
of their claim* 10 a new tribunal, to be
constituted by new legislation. That
question no ionger has any life in it.
Such legislation is -not now in con
templation. i request that you ask
the men to reconsider the whole mat
ter in view of the following ronsidera
Hrm fn u-hirh 1 :i*k th. ir tnnuttlitful ixt
tention as Americans and which 1
hope that you will lay before them as
I heiv stntr tf.pm
Wo are face to face with a situation
which is more likely to affect the nap
Vm urn |i, mi!,!'I'll.',!!?' ,JU.'
We have now got to do nothing less
than bring our industries and our la
bor of every kiinl back to a normal ba
sis after the gneatest upheaval known
to history, and the winter just ahead
of us may bring suffering infinitely
greater than the war brought upon us
if we blunder or fail in the process.
An admirable spirit of self-sacrifice
of patriotic devotion and of commun
ity action guided and inspired us while
the fighting was on. We shall need
all these now, and need them in a
heightened degree, if we are to accom
plish the first tasks of peace. They
are more difficult than the tasks'of
war?more complex, less easily under
stood?and require more intelligence,
patience and sobriety. We mobilized
our man power for the fighting, let us
now mobilize our brum power and our
consciences for the reconstruction. If
we fail, it will mean national disaster.
The primary step is to increase pro
duction and facilitate transportation
so as to make up for the destruction
wrought by the war. the terrible scar
cities it created and so as soon as pos
sible relieve our people of fhe cruel
burden of high prices. The railways
are at the center of this whole process.
The government has taken up with
all its energy the task of bringing the!
profiteer to book, making t^ie stocks of
necessaries in the country available at
lowered prices, stimulating produc*-1
tion and facilitating distribution and j
very favorable results are already be-1
ginning to appear. There is reason
to entertain the confident hope that '
substantial relief will result, mul re
sult in increasing measure. A gen
eral increase in the levels of wage*
would check'and might defeat all this j
at Its very beginning. Such increas
es would inevitably raise, not lower,
the cost of living. Manufacturer? and
producers of every sort would have
innumerable additional pretexts for
increasing profits and all efforts to
discover and defeat profiteering would
be hopelessly confused. I believe
that the present efforts to reduce the
?08t of Uving will be successful, if 110
new elements of difficulty an- thrown
In tin>e enough to ostabltsT^either suc
(Continued on I'age Twelve)
AMONG THE VISITORS
SOME YOl* KNOW AND SOME YOU
DO SOT KNOW.
Personal Items About Folks and
Their Friends Who TraTel Here
And There.??
Mr. F. S. Sprulll attended Court i
here Friday.
Miss Mary Page Wilder of Aberdeen,
is on a visit to Louisburg.
Mr. J. M. Allen visited Washing
ton City, on business the past week.
Mr. L. D. Bassett. of Rocky Mount,
was a visitor to Louisburg Wednesday.
Hon. James H. Pou, of Raleigh.
wa.s in attendance at Court here Tues
day. ...
Supt. J. C. Jones and C. S. C. J.
J. Barrow visited Raleigh Wednes
day . '
Mrs. Julia Scott and daughter, Miss
Mildred, have1 returned from Balti
more, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Blanchard, of
Hertford, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. O. Y. Yarboro.
Mr. Hill Yarborough has returned
home from Tennessee, where he has
be#n attending school.
Miss Florence Egerton spent a few
days in Raleigh the past week, the
guest of Miss Ruth Lee.
Mrs. F. A. Roth and little (laugh
ter, Dorothy, returned Sumi-v from
a visit to her people at Pliiii.Jelphia.
Mr. Marshall Hudson, who has been
with the United States Marines, has re
ceived his discharge and returned
home.
Messrs. Napier Williamson. Joseph
Harris and Eugene Wilson went to
Raleigh yesterday, the latter entering
A. & E. College.
Dr. W. S. Rankin, of Raleigh. Sec
retary to the State Loard of Health,
was in Louisburg Wednesday in at
Attorney L. D. Bassett. of Rocky
| Mount, was in Louisburg Wednesday
:to appear in a law suit against the
Miss Rosalind Ragsdale. of New
lands, was in Louisburg the past week
en route to her grandfather's, Mr. J.
:N. Harris at Bunn.
I Mrs. E. F. Early and daughter?,
I Miss Ruth, have returned from Or
lando. after having spent quite a while
there with relatives.
Miss Elizabeth Alston left Thursday
morning for the Methodist Orphanage,
RaTelgli, where she- will become a
j member of the faculty,
Miss Nancy Hankins. of Winston
hllLBirl " ' ' i' "
Tlumeof Mr. Joseph C. Jones, return
jed home the past week.
Misses Bettie Reavis. Eleanor ami
Mary Wyatt Yarborough. have return
ed from Wells River. Vermont, where
they have been attending a summer
camp.
Misses Ruth and Annie Xeal, who
have been visiting friends at Manson
and Weldon. passed through Louis
burg the past week en route to their
home at Centerville.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Justice left |
Monday for a trip through Western j
North Carolina. They were accom- !
Ipanied by Mrs. C. E. Timberlake, of.
I YoungsVille, and Rev. and Mrs. T. B. '
jjustice, of Morven, N. C. They will i
be gone about two weeks.
Dr. Chas. D. Hill, of Baltimore, was ?
la visitor to his sister, Mrs. M. S. Da-!
|vis, Sr.. the past week. Dr. Hill was j
a former Franklin County boy and has ,
many friends among our people who |
were glad to see him. He is well 1
pleased at the progress of Louisburg. I
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Register of Deeds Holden issued mar
riage licenses to the following cou-"i
pies during the month of August:
! WHITE?J. D. Wilkes and Sudan1
jPearce, Ed Fuller and Pearl Gupton,
iRaymon Carnell and Bertha Mullen,
Bennie Tucker and Katie Tucker, H.
Foster Hall and Gnnie Lee Daniels,}
Arthur B. Inscoe and Ernestine Sta-;
; .eton Hayes, Edgar Bowden and Eu- j
k: I'arham, Nobie W. Carter and Gla- ?
dys Edwards.
COLORED?Herbert Arrington and
Carry Alston. Nathan McKniglit and.
Francis Kearney, Norman Mitchell and j
Bessie Harris. Chas. W. Battle and :
Sella Wright, Lacy Johnson and Lon-ji
ie McKnight. Robert Egerton and He-j:
len Allen, Matt. Scott and Fannie <
Moss. Willie Crews and Pattie Jones,
John Wesley Crudup and Telle Lank
ford! James Lee and Mattie Davis.
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GRANTS. A SPEC- -
IAL ELECTION
PAYS WAY OF OLD SOLDIFRS TO
RE-UNION.
Drawn Fifty Four Jurors For October
Court?Received SeTeral Reports?
Pays Jurors $5.00 Per Day.
The Board of County Commission
er9 met in regular session on Mon
day with all members present. The
following business was transacted af
ter the mlnuteB of previous meetings
were approved:
J. P. Timberlake, Chairman, waa
authorized to purchase return tickets
for the Old Veterans to go to the Sol
diers Re-union at Atlanta. Qa., and
draw voucher for that purpose.
Upon motion of J. R. Earle, secon
ded by W. D. Fuller, it was ordered
that all jurors be paid $3.00 per day
beginning with the August term of
Court, and that the Court Crier be paid
a like .amount.
Report of Miss Pauline Smith, Home
Demonstration Agent, was received
and filed.
Report of Cedar Rock township
roads was received and filed.
J. O. Williams was appointed con
stable of Dunns township.
Report of Frankllnton Township
Road Trustees was received and filed.
The Judge presiding* having
requested that fifty-four Jurors, In
stead of thirty-six as heretofore, be
drawn for October Court the ShtfrifT
was ordered to draw such a number.
The Clerk was ordered to advertise
the Cedar Rock School District Bonds
so as to be sold In thirty days.
The allowance of Isaac Harris, an
outside pauper, was increased from
$1.50 to $2.00 per month.
I W. P. Wilson's children and Henry
'Griffin were stricken from outside pau
<feV list.
Dennis Kearney was stricken from
outside pauper list;?dead.
Manerva Kelly was stricken from
outside pauper list?being at county
home.
Report of Dr. J. E. Malone, County
I Health officer, was received and fileu.
He reports county home and county
' generally in better condition than in
'years.
I Report of J. J. Holden, Superinten
i white men, 1 white child, 4 colored
.women, 5 colored men at county home.
Report of Louisburg Township
Roads was received and filed.
Ordered that the Clerk be instruct
ed to draw up a bill of all school ac
counts which lias been paid bv the
.County Commissioners and due to be
paid by the Board of Education and
1 present the same to the Board of Ed
ucation .
T D.. T. Beish was put in charge
i of all briflge work that needs con-*
Icrete construction.
j An election was p ranted in the Oak
Kiuge School District for a special
tax. to be held on the 6th day of Oc
tober. Herbert Sledge, registrar, J.
E. Stalling? and F. Bowden. poll hol
ders . :
After allowing a number of ac
_ Hill h 'lili I'rv' -
next regular meeting.
HOARD OF EDITATION.
Special Tux Election Culled?Supt.
Jones Authorized to Make Tempo
rary Excuses?
The Board of Education met in reg
ular session on Monday with all mem
bers present. The following business
was transacted after approving the
minutes of the previous meeting.
A committee from Pilot and Social
Plains ivere before the Board in the
interest of consolidating these two dis
tricts 4 These commit toes were re
quested to deside on a suitable site and
report to the Board the next first Mon
day.
Mr. J. O. Wilson was before' the
Board asking that he be allowed to
come into the Louisburg Graded School
district, the matter wit* referred to the
Graded School Trustees.
The matter of making any change in
the Popes district was deferred.
The Board agreed to pay $240.00 to
wards a colored Supervisor.
Upon petition W. P. Cooke's prop
erty, both real and personal, was pla
ced in the Cedar Roclt Special Tax
District.
The Board authorized and empower
ed Mr. J. C. Jones, Superintendent of
Public Welfare, to excuse temporar
ift- children from School for Agricul
tural and Industrial reasons. Each ,
one excused, however, must be presen
ted to the Board each first Monday
for its approval.
Supt. E. L. Best and John C. Win
ston were appointed a committee to
attend the Conference at Chapel Hill,
which will be lield the 15th of Sep
tember.
The Board approved a petition for a
special tax in the Oak Ridge district,
1'ypress Cre?k township, and the Com
missioners \Cere asked to order an el
iction.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned to its next
?egular meeting. F
THE FRANKLIN TIMES
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