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VOLUMN XLVIX L0U18BUBG, N. C? FBI?AS, APRIL 23, 1#80.
NUMBER 9.
HEAVY TOLL TAKEN
AS TORNADOES CUT
PATHS AQJtOSS
THREE STATES
MImhIknIppI, Alabama au?l Tennessee
Are Hit,
MORE THAN 140 ABE 1>KAI>.
Score of Town, Villages and Ffrrms
Swept With DlsastruuH Effect?Loss
Reaches Millions?Tornadoes Sweep
Down With Suddenness, Obliterat
ing Everything in Their Path?Rose
Hill, Miss., Believed Wiped Out.
Birmingham, Ala., April 20?A death
list which tonight Btood at more than
140 and a property loss of many mil
lions of dollars was the toll exacted by
a series of tornadoes which today
swept a score of towns, villages and
isolated farms in eastern Mississippi,
northwestern Alabama and the south
ern counties of Tennessee.
Communication with many of the
8trk)keB-die*flct?-wafl-diffteuH-.but frag
mentary report/ agreed that the tor
nadoes swept uown with deadly sud
denness, obliterating everything that
lay In their path. In at leas?one case
"??that of Rose Hill, Miss., practically
tke entire town is believed to have
been destroyed in several instances all
numbers of a family were reported to
1 f e been caught in the debris of its
homo.
ti. riklng first apparently In Lauder
dale- county, Mississippi, about 10
o'clock this morning, the storms swept
a narrow path across the remainder
of the state, carrying destruction to a
dozen or more communities. About
the same time effects of the same or
similar disturbance were reported
from counties in the northwestern cor
ner of Alabama, the extreme force of
the vrind being expended before the
Tennessee line was reached, in Wlll
mill Mmiry iTHTTTtlBff
Meridian, Miss., the heart of a rich
arming
curding
fanning district,heaviest, ac?
" : tu lale Vypmis, wHurn ~
Alcorn _co.unty, numbered its dead at
~Y?\ Aberdeen 10; Ingomar 6; Egypt 5;
Baker 5 and Bay Spring 7. A lumber
camp near Philadelphia, Neshoba cou
*nty. lost 12 workers killed and 30 were
Injured, several of whom may die.
In Alabama the rural, districts arou
nd Sheffield, Gurley, Little Cove and
Waco, sustaihed the full force of the
storms and with some sections still
cut off, a score of bodies .have been
recovered.
Across the Tennessee line 160 miles
from Blasted Meridian, tornadoes cut
a swath through forests an<l orchard
Only three deaths are known to have
occurred in the state, however.
Storm's Death TolL
Reports from the series of tornadoes
that swept Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee show the following deaths:
MisslsslpjlK^gay, Spring, Jasper
county 7;- Aberdeen, Monro??county
21; Amorv, Monroe county 3; Rose
Hill, Jasper county 6; Meridian, Laud
erdale county 21; Runnel's Bridge, La
uderdale county 2; Deemer Lumber
Camp, near Philadelphia, Neshoba co
unty 12^ Egypt, Chicasaw county 6;
Glen, Alcorn county 10; Ingomar, Un
ion county 6; Keownvllle, Union coun
ty 2; Baker, Union county 5; Stark -
ville section, Oktibbeha county sever
al.
Alabama?Xeheman section, Colbert
county 4; Gurley, Madison county 3;
Waco, Franklin county 1; Little Cove
2; Marion county 20.
Tennessee?Williamson county 1;
Maury county, near Burwood 2.
BARACA-PHILATHEA PROGRAM.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the Franklin County Bara
ca-Phllathea Union which meets with
the classes of the^Tioulsburg Baptist
E. E. White.
Saturday Evening.
8:00-8:15?Devotional Exercclse, Ma
mle Hayes.
8:15-8:45?Address (Representative
from State Convention.)
8:45-9:00?Round Tablo.
9 :00?Social Hour.
Sunday Morning.
10:30-10:45?Devotional Meeting,
Jessie Clay.
10:45-11:15?Business Meeting.
Address, J. M. Brough
ton.
12:00?Dinner.
Sunday Afternoon.
2:00-2 :10?Son* Service.
2:10-2:30?Address, Rev. T. D. Col
lins.
2:30-2:40?Reports of .Committees.
2:40-3:00?Presentation of Banner.
Adjournment.
Next thing we know these new fan*
gled critters who are burning to "save
daylight" will be trying to turn the
sun back an hour.
If yon haven't paid your Poll Tax for
1910 yott will not beallowM to vote*
Pay It before May 1st.
THE BE-VALUATION ACT.
The Revaluation Act is contained In
Chapter 84 Public Laws of N. C. 1919
and we wish that every citizen could
read the act itself. Though too long
for publication in this issue we will In
tuture issues publish the most impor
tant section of the act itself with
such comment and explanation as may
be necessary to answer the questions
that may arise in regard thereto. To
begin with we would say that we have
an abiding faith in the wisdom of our 1
people to form a fair conclusion as to
the merits of a question when that
question is properly presented and pur !
faith in the integrity of our peopfe to
act fairly upon an honest conclusion
is equally strong. Much has been said
during the past year relative to the
merits aud demerits of the Revalua
tion Act, but we doubt very seriously
if 5 per .cent of oqr people have ever
read any part of this act and we feel
that It is due the people, as well as the
act in question, that the said act
should be understood before any final
conclusion as to itB merits or demerits
is reached.
No one presumes that any act of a
general assembly can be perfect, but
by correction and amendment any act
should be made as nearly perfect as it
is gosslble for human intelligence to
effect and in regard to this act the
Democratic Platform carries this
plank.
No less fundamental asa/ public vir
tue than economy in expenditure of
imbHc funds-Js the necessity foi^equal
ity of the tax burden upon every citi
zen. Careless administration of inade
quate laws that result in gross inequ*.
allty is no less vicious, in effect, and
barely less intolerable, than practiced
favoritism.
Wo solemnly declare that the one
purpose of the Reyaluation Act, enact
ed at a time when.the State is decreas
ing Us revenue from the property tax,
and oy unanimous vote of the Demo
cratic and Republican members of the
General Assembly, is to equalize the
tax burden between all the people of
the State as nearly as careful admin
istration of just laws can accomplish
this great purpose, and we solemnly
pledge that under Democratic cqptrol
it will be used for this single purpose.
We call upon all the people u* the
State to co-operate in this great pur
pose. to remove as far as possible all
dinu-iuiUiaLiuiia ami lnei^maiueg in tne
listing and .valuing of every class of
properly for taxation, to the end that
wvwry OH? wiry Tjw HfWl t? e6B
-tfUwte-no more than liio juot oharo of
ttfe public burden-, and we pledge the
party to the enactment of appropriate
amendatory legislation to correct any
injustice to any citizen or clasa of cit
lizeM that may develop in the adminis
tration of our tax laws.
Limitation of Tax Rates.
The Revaluation Act has justified its
enactment by placing much property
on the tax lists that has heretofore es
caped taxation, ami by correcting ine
qualities in revaluation, thereby re
lieving the honest taxpayer from un
just burden. It has for the first time
shown the people of this and other
states the wealth and resources of
North Carolina, and lias enabled the
State to take her proper place among
her sister states, all of which will be
of incalculable benefit to the State it
the rate of taxation for State, county
and municipality is properly safeguar
ded.?The pledge of the General As
sembly to reduce every tax rate levied
in the State for any purpose in propor
tion to the revised valuations of prop
erty.will be ami must be kept inviolate
and we pledge the General Assembly
to submit an amendment to the Con
stitution, at its special session when
it will have full reports on revaluation
sufficient to enable it to name a just
and equitable rate, limiting the rate
of tax that may' be levied by State,
county and municipality that may not
be exceeded except by vote of the peo
ple, and based on the principle of re
ducing the rate as the increase in val
uation may justify and require.
RED OAK COMMENCEMENT.
We are in receipt of invitations as |
follows:
"The Graduating Class of Rec^ Oak I
High School invite you to be preseht at I
their Commencement Exercises, April
~nth. twentv-sixth. twenty-sev
Willi llliMli'll' liWI II Ml?*
School Auditorium, Red Oak. North
Carolirfa. "
CLASS TIOLL?Gladys Estelle Sled
ge. Rachael Mae Moore, John Wayland
Sledge, William Guy Weaver, Willie
Matthews, Mary Tiny Clay, Clara T.U
cile Parker, Ruth Augusta Current,
Mable Alexandria Guffy, Eva Wesley
Harper. Dollie Taylor.
MOTTO: "Perge."
FLOWER: Red Rose.
COLORS: Red and White.
PROGRAM.
Friday Night, April 23, 8:00 P. M,?|
Elementary School Entertainment.
Sunday Night, April 25, 8:00 P. M.?
Baccalaureate Sermon, Dr. H. E. Rond |
thaler, President of Salem College.
Monday. April 26, 4:00 P. M.?Mpsic
Recital. 8:00 P. M.?Senior Class Day
Exercises.
' Tuesday, April 27, 10:30 A. M???
Graduation Exercises. 3:00 P. M.
Basaball Game. 8:00 P? M.?Com-)
mencement Play, "No Trespassfng."
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Some people are bragging around
that we are the richest nation in the
World. But we always were that No
country on earth can produce women
to compare with ours.
REVIVAL DOING MICH GOOD.
To Close Sunday flight?Meeting Con
tinuing at Baptist Church This Week
?Fine Sermons and Singing at Each
Service. *
Immense congregations have been
greeting^he preachers and singer lea
ding in the union evangelistic meet
ing each night at the Baptist Church
and the revival effort has already re
sulted in ?much good to the communi
ty including both church members and
unsaved. More than forty persons
have professed conversion and will be
received into the different?churches
co-operating In th'e 'series of services
at the conclusion of the special work
next Sunday night.
One of the best meetings of the week
was held at the Court House Tuesday
at 11:30 a. m. when the court room was
almost entirely fillet'with men?pro
fessional*. business flbn and farmers,
t Kb 1
Mr. Collins was at Ins best in the poln
ted and practical gospel message he
preached and several men responded
to the invitation to forsake sin #and
live for the Lord. The music consist
ed of a male quartet selection by Mes
srs. Candler, Collins, Wolslagel And
Jackson, a duet by Mr. Collins and Mr.
Wolslagel, and a solo by the visiting
song leader.
It was unanimously decided by the
stewards and deacons of the churches
to continue the meetings through this
week and till the oloe^of the campatgrr
next Sunday at the Baptist church as
this is the largest auditorium in the
city. Capacity congregations were
present last Sunday and It irf anticipa
ted that with favorable weather more
thai^can be accommodated will be on
hand during the closing days of the
meeting which has been one of the
most fruitful that has been conducted
in the city for many years.
The Rev. Mr. Collins began preach
ing last Sunday morning and will con
tinue through Sunday night. His ser
mons are clear, qimple, and forceful
and many are responding to his invi
tations from day to day!
|- The music under Mr. Wolslagel's di
rection has surpassed anything that
has been heard in any revival meeting
previously held in Louisburg. He has
been assisTed by many of the local sin
gers and the Louisburg College girls.
lie will leave Muuday minulim?for
Smjthfleld whei$ th^? eyenlpghe be
fttr mmvv: Win nimnm hkiiiW iffi
! follow him with their prayers itfS best
wishes as he continues to sing the gos
pel throughout the southland.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAKES
VISIT.
Oi? Monday. April 13th, llie Board of
Education and Supt. E. L. Best spent
the day In Wilson Counly, studying
the school situation in that county. It
was indeed an interesting report that
was given to the editor of the Times.
"I am sure there is no county in the
State that Is doing more educationally
than Wilson," said Supt. Best. This
big piece of work Is being done as a
result of consolidation. Many schools
were visited and Supt. Coon's plan- of
consolidation was studied in detail.
Their visit to two schools will lllus
burg a modern Brick school building
is about completed with all the con
veniences of running water and elec
tric light?. It contains 12 or 15 clash
rooms, with a kitchen for domestic and
work room for manual training. On
the same lot 1b a 10 ropm teacherage
for the principal and her teachers. The
teacherage Is furnished by the dis
trict from bed 'oom and sitting room
furniture to table linen. The teachers
do their own housekeeping and this
year their expenses will average ab
out" $16 per month. This district has
enlarged its boundaries, almost the en
t'ro township and 6 or 7 trucks are be
lng used.
The next school visited was the 12
room brick building in Gardner towi*
shlp, located not In a village, near a
country store or ^lrck but out in the
open country on ^^L*ge tract of land.
The High School l^ldlng in the town
of Wilson Is not better built or more
adequately equipped than this country
fml, TnrmmilPniJi hmnijf
Ined 6 one-room schools ana
talned 5 one-room schools and several
2 and 3 teacher schools. All children
in this township will now have the ad
vantage of this strong elementary and
high school and no child will walk fur
ther thani two miles. It will require 7
tnicks to transport the children to
this school. A teacherage thto >samr
size as the one at Stantonburg has
been completed and garages for the
trucks are being built.
These two typical country schools
Illustrates the plan for educating the
country children In Wilson County. 27
trucks are now being used in the coun
ty ind plans have been made for 65 to
run in the fall.
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Announcement has been made that '
Hon. W. M. Person, candidate for the j
nomination for State Senate, will ad-,
dress the voters of Franklin County in
Sandy Creek township at Oupton. 1
(Alston's Store) on Saturday, April I
24th, 1920, at one o'clock followed with
a barbecue dinner at two o'clock. Tho '
invitation extended is to all who are j
interested In the political Issues of the
day.
(.'KHAR BOCK NEWS.
/This is the first time you've heard
W? us but we shine Instead of
shoot.
?The school Is progressing nicely and
?e kope to have the commencement
the latter part of this .month which
?lir bo announced later. Attorney J.
Ml Broughton, from Raleigh, will
mftke the address. ,
T^e teachers spent the week end of
M?flMth at Bunn, the home .of the in
tartpdiate teacher.
pepple of the community have
preparations for both a new
building and church. They
to have both completed by
1320;
j plays, "Axln Her" Father," and
Jum" were given at Cedar
Ved. April 7th. The proceeds
tied to |52 which goes to help
for the piano which has beet>
during this school year.
Lillian Jones, Gladys Peace
ttessrs. Zollle Horton and Hay
I White from Bunn attended these
Idne Richardson spent Easter
isboro.
Lanie Horton and Eunice
spent Easter at Smlthfleld,
te of the letter.
Ises Eunice Wellons, lone Rlch
V, Lanie Horton and Eula Dean,
lessrs. Willie Dean, Spencer
Edward "Dean, and *L. D. Brown
t^ok a flying trip to Clayton and Smi
" 'Id a few Sundays ago.
Fnlghum who has been ilt
the past two months seems very
ImBtt; $ ? .
les Mjrrtle Parrlsh, Lnclle In
id Claudileen Sykes who are at
Meredith College spent East
it?ome.
aes Mary Smith and Eleanor
ttoin Red Oak were at home Eas
one Sykes who has taken a
; course at Richmond, has re
.fcooke who has been tea
Pe^rce School is at home. '
, Inscoe from A. & EL
.home.Easter, /k#?***
' Boone, Rlx Dean
called at Mr. Jeff
_eB8day night.
an ice cream supper glv
?ROCk Friday evening, Ap*
Tluf primary children of Cedar Rock
v ill give their commencement on Tues
(lav evening, April 27th, at 8:30 o'clock
The program is very Interesting and
we expect everybody to come. Ad
misslon (ree.
we hopo lii can again soun.
ROCK SPRING ITEMS.
i Mr. Rjetiardso'n and ? family spent
| As you didn't hear from us last week
i we will let you know we are still on
the .living list.
? A large crowd attended Sunday
Schoof Sunday afternoon.
I School closed Tuesday* having had
a successful session.
j Miss Effie Tharrington left Wednes
I day for her home.
j Miss Cathleen, Bettie and Mr. Rob
| eri Moore spent Saturday night at Mr.
; II. H. Place s.
i Mr. Leon Timberlake spent Satur
Idav night at home.
| Misses Mustian. Arisen Geoghegan
^ulHl Mr. Charlie Geoghegan came for.
Miss Viola Geoghegan Sunday P. M.
I Messrs: Rufus Strickland and Ed
j wartTBtrickland went to Seven Path's
! Thursday night
Sunday with his sifter Mrss. J. B.
Wilder. *
' Miss Kate Clifton and Lily Perry
| spent :the past week at Mrs. Milton
.Strickland's.
i Miss Josephine Timberlake. Messrs.
I Leon Timberlake and Luther Young
|spent Sunday afternoon at Mr. J. W.
Cards.
Mr and Mrs. J. B. Wilder and Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Wilder went to Louis
burg preaching Sunday night.
Miss Lillian Young spent the week
end at Wakefield.
Mr. Rufus Harris and Misses tteta
and Musa Harris went to preaching at
mmmmmrn mm*
day afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Card.
Miss EfTIe Tharrington spent Sunday
evening with Miss Dennie Card.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Harris went to
Piney Grove Sunday.
We are sorry that Mrs. Bryant Strick
land is at the Mary Elizabeth hospital,
hope she will soon recover.
"Three Broken Hearts."
BRYAN LOST IN OMAHA.
' Omaha, Neb., April 20.?Returns
'from the first twenty-five precincts?
twelve In Douglas county (Omaha)
| and thirteen outside of Douglas coun
ity?out of 1849, show William J. Bry
,an running last among the eight can
didates for delegate-at-large on the
j Democratic ballot. Those returns
show the four Hitchcock delegates
leading with two of the Bryan delegat
es only twenty votes behind.
| The first twenty-one precinctg In
Nebraska, twelve in Douglas county
(Omaha) and nine outside of Douglas
county, to report in today's, primary,
give: Johnsfcn, 805; Wood, 636; Per
shing, 320, and Ross, 32.
HEALTH DEPABTMENT
Information Concerning The
Health of the People of Franklin
C'ountj, Worth Your Attention.
Dr. i. E. Malone, Health Officer.
wc nave just returned from Char
lotte at which place we attenlel a I
large enthusiastic and interesting
m* etlng of N- C- Association of rt>e|
County Health officers. It was '.he
largest attended meeting we ever li.id.
We heard of more good health work
and more money raised for the work
than ever before in the history of the
society. It made us long ror 'lome ot
this good work in Franklin and more
money to do it with. The Health Of
ficers from all over the State were pre
sent. Most' of them with splendid re
ports of their wwork aldng all health
lines. I want my people and especial
ly the Women all over the county, to
join me in a renewed effort to keep
franklin County up at the head in
Public Health work. We are going to
get the women to help me put in some
| good hard work at once with this ob
ject In view. So look out for me to
call utfon you.
CHE880N-EGERT0N.
Invitations reading as follows have
been received by friends in Loulsburg:
"Mr. Prank Nicholas Egerton * re
quests tha.pleamirn of ynur mm pan y
at the marriage of his daughter; Kath
leen to Mr. Ernest Sinclair Chesson,
junior, oii Wednesday, the fifth of
May, at nine o'clock in the evening at
his residence in Louisburg, North Car
olina.
Enclosed are cards .reading: "Will
be at home after the-eighteenth of May,
at Two hundred and seven Church St.,
Elizabeth City, North Carolina."
The bride is on? of Louisburg's most
charming apd accomplished young la
and Is t$e younger "daughter of
oUr townflm^it Mr. F. N. Egerton, for
mer Presided* of the Farmers and
i?)rcfrant8 Bank. She is especially
Wd deservingly popular among her
hosts of friends and admirers.
The groom is one of Elizabeth City's
i most promising and popular young
business men*
The many friends of the contracting
?ties wlU look forward to the com
'"The Senior Class of Justice Higl
School request the honor of your pres
ence at their Graduating Exercises
April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred
i and twenty, ten-thirty A. M."
-j?CLA99 ROLL?Joe Mann Whele^s
Jamo? Klijah WheleKS,?Clara?G**}
Hayes, Monnie Webb Stallings. Mar>
Edith Howard. Ethel Greene Delbrldge
Kelley Lucile Wrheless, Vivian Mac
Wrheless, Carrie Belle Hayes.
PROGRAM
Friday, April 23rd, 8:30 P. M.?Op
eretta, Primary Department.
Sunday. April 25th. S:30 P. M.?Bac
calaureate Sermon. Rev. Frank K.
Poole.
Wednesday. April 25th, 8:30 P. M.?
Exercises by the Grammar Grades., and
Lower High School.
Thursday. April 29th, 10:30 A. M.?
Class Day Exercises.
Thursday. April 29th. 8:30 P. M.?
Senior Plav. Clouds. Class.
Marshals?Bernard Stallings ami
Ola Hayes.
The preliminary arrangements have
"Been mt*do ror the Democratic TCation
al Convention at San Francisco.
With summer con>lng along the cost
of living surely wlH begin to decline
Grass is cheap.
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Pay your Poll Tax on or before MoJ j
1 st?Saturday one week?If yon want
to yote for your choice In the primary.
MOVING PEOPLE
SOME YOlt KNOW AND SOME YOU
DO JiOT KNOW.
Personal Item? About Folks And
Their Friends Who Trayei Here
And There^
Mrs. T. D. Collins went to Richmond
Monday.
Mr. ami Mrs. Edward Egerton* and
t>ab_y,.of Rockingham, are visiting his
tatheV, Mr. F. N. Egerton.
Eg. S. P. Burt and Dr. J. E. Ma
lone left Sunday for Charlotte to at
tend the Medical Convention.
Mrs. N. B. Allsbrook left this week
for Scotland Neck, where she will at
tend the Rlddlck-Whltehead wedding.
Mrs. William Person and little dau
ghters, Mary and Josephine, of Bir
mingham, Ala., ie visiting her brother,
Mr.'W. M. Person.
Mrs. Ben W. Brown and children, of
Petersburg, Va.t after visiting her mo
ther, Mrs. Caddie V. Strickland, retur
ned to her home on Tuesday.
Mrs. .L S. Lancaster, of Newton, Is
visiting relatives In and near Louis
bUrS
TRIED FOR ARSON.
Johni^e Leonard, of Cedar Rock
township, was given a preliminary
hearing before Esq. >V B. Morton on
Tuesday under a charge of Arson, for
burning the home of Mrs. Qeorgle
Griffin. After hearing the Evidence
he was required to give a bond of
$2,000. The warrant was sworn out
before Esq. T. W. Stokes and remov
ed to Dr. Morton.
Immediately after giving the above
bond he was arrested on a warrant to
keep the Peace, sworn out before Esq.
G. S. Earp. This case was also re
moved and sent before Esq. T. W. Sto
kes who set the trial for Friday after
noon at 1 o'ol&ck and allowed the de
fendant to siv? a VSOObond for hls ap
pearance. -
1 i? ' - i' a ii
some are i
joicing.
There was quit^ a large crowd at
Mr? J. W. Cards Tuesday night.
Miss Effie Tharrlngton went home
Wednesday.
Misses Dennie Card and Winnie
Cheaves and Messrs. Wlllard and Jam
cs cheaves and J. B. Wilder went to
Flat Rock Friday night to a play. They
report a joyful time.
Miss Dennie Carde spent Friday
night with Miss Winnie Cheaves.
I Miss Hazel Wilder spent Saturday
night with Miss Winnie Cheaves.
| Mr. Leon Timberlake came home
Saturday and went back Sunday.
i There was quite a large crowd at
Mr. Place's Saturday night we all had
;a flne time.
Mesrs* Rufus Place. Willard Cheaves
and Mr. J. B. Wilder were callers at
Mr. J. W. Card Sunday morning.
Mr. Richard Baker spent Saturday
night with Mr. Rufus Placer
j Misses Edna Byron and Laura Lypo?""
j Harris and Mr. Karl Byron went to
; Wilton Saturday to visit some of their
; relatives.
Mrs. G. W. Poythress spent the week
end with her sister near Zebulon.
Remember girls thin is leap year
why don't you come to see us. We get
tired of going all the time.
Tell B. F. W. to bet again and lose
another five dollars. X. Y. Z.
BUSX HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCE
MENT.
Dr. John A. Ellis pastor of Pullen Me
mortal Church, Raleigh. N. C., preach
ed an excellent sermon Sunday P. M.
to the Seniors and their friends. He
took for his text Math. 20-26.
The Primary and Intermediate gra
des will have their program April 22,
8:15 o'clock.
Friday, April 23, Commencement
day. The final exercise Friday night,
HtiHMlifirtum
e given.
Come to all these exercises. If you
want a good dinner and plenty of it,
come for dinner Friday 23rd.
BOARD OF FLECTIONS.
The Board of Elections for Frank
lin County met in LoulsJ)urg on last
[Saturday with Messrs. B. W. Ballard/
|and A. F. Johnson present for organ
ization. A. Fi Johnson was elected
{Chairman and J. M. Lamm was elect
ed Secretary.
| The Board will meet Again Satur
day for the purposq of appointing the
Registrars and poll holders for the va
rious voting precincts in Franklin
county.
LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC BY US
UAL LARGE MAJORITIES.
y>\r Orleans. I41., April 20.?Th?
OemrrratJc ticket headed by Joiiu M.
P?:*kcr. for Governor, was carried Into
office In the genera1, election ri*lt?er*J
to-day throughout the State. The Re
publican candidates for Governor antf
lieutenant, governor polled the unuu
Republican vote. 4 ^ ? ,