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VOLUMN XLYIX - LOUI8BCBG, N. C, F KID A*, APttIL 30, 1020.
NUMBEK ift.
THE RE-VALUATION ACT.
Continuing our discussion oegun in
last week's issue of The Times w^ will
proceed to lake up the Re-valuatijn
Act in detail.
Section 1 of the act provides that the
valuation of rc^l property fixed In
1915, except where such valuation has
been changed 011 account qf structur
es erected or destroyed or otherwise
changed by law,, shall remain the ^val
uation for 1919 and then the act pro
ceeds as follows:
Section 2. That for the purpose of
making a complete list or all the prop
erty of every cftlzen of the State, real,
pcrauudl niKl uiUwl, and uf baring ail
of such property valued In accordance
with the rule -laid down in the Consth
tutlon of the State at its true value in j
money, and to be adopted and used as
the basis of all taxes levied by the
State, counties, cities, towns and oth
er taxing districts of the State for the
year one thousand nine hundred and
twenty, the machinery hereinafter set
out is provided. *
Tax Rates.
Section 3. The assessment made
under the provisions of this act shall
not be used as the basis for computa
tion of taxes unless and-until the same
has been approved by the General As
sembly and until the tax rates levied
by the State have been revised by the
General Assembly, and the tax rates
levied by the counties, cities, towns
and special tax districts of the State
have been revised under rules to be
laid down by the General Assembly,
and such rates shall in all cases be so
adjusted that an increase in revenue
from the general proper# tax of not
more than ten per cent shall be levied
and collected In the year one thousand
nine hundred and twenty than was le
vi? rl and collected in the year one tho
and nine hundred and nineteen in
t! ? State, and in all counties, cities,
t > ? i and special tax districts in the
St. i. The rates so levifed in one tho
usl:: rine hundred and twenty shall
!n all erases become the maximum rat
c* that can be leftied by the counties,,
cities, towns ana special tax districts
? in any year thereafter until authority
"is given by the General Assembly to
Increase them: Provided, that frac
tions of cents may be disregarded in
fixing the final modified rate of tax by
the State, counties, municipalities and
ail MTi&Y IS* TIKOrtCTC.
How Property ShalJ Be vulued.
Section 4. All property, real, per- j
sonal and mixed, shall b"e valued from
best information obtainable according i
to its true -value in money*, that is to i
say at the price for which such prop
erty WOUld ae? fnr CAPi1 *f voluntarily
?offered for sale by the owner thereof,
and not at the price which might be
?rwH?H if such property wore uold at
forced sale. In determining the val
ue, the assessor shall consider as to
each piece of property its advantage
of location, buildings or other improve
ments, quality of soil, quantity of stan
ding timber, water privileges, water
power, mines, minerals, quarries, or
other valuable deposits known to be
available therein, and th^ir value.
Depreciation or Appreciation.
Section 5. In estimating the depre
ciation of any building, structure, ma-,
chinery, or other class of property
subject to depreciation, the appraiser
shall also take Into consideration any
appreciation by reason of surroijnd
lngs, increased cost of material d fid
labor, and any other factors which
would tend to increase or decrease the
value of any such property. In con
sidering the increased cost of material
and labor these factors shall be con
sidered upon the basis of such increase
as may be deemed to be normal, or
stable, and not such temporary in
crease as obtained during, or imme
diately on account of, war conditions,
and in estimating the real value of
land, it shall be with reference to the
normal or stable value and not with
reference to the temporarily inflated
values, but In all cases the appraiser
Bhall determine what is the actual
fair market value of the property.
Time When Assessments Shall Be
Made.
Section 6. All real property shall
be valued as of the first day of May,
one thousand nine hundred and nine
teen, and when such valuation has
been completed It shall become the
value to be used for all tax purposes
dred and twenty, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-one, one thous
and nine hundred ana twenty-two and
-one thousand nine hundred and twen
ty-three. All personal property shall
be listed as of the first day of January
in each year, and from and after the
completion of the revaluation herein
provided for all real property shall be
listed as of January first of each year,
and any revaluation on aooount of
structures erected or. destroyed shall
be made as of that date.
In considering the Revaluation Act,
It Is well to bear in mind first of all
that our State Constitution, Article 6,
Section 3. provides that all property
in the State shall be taxed "According
to its true valutf in money." Section
2 of the Revaluation Act simply provi
des that thlT Constitution shall be car
ried out in placing a valuation on the
property of every citizen of the State
and that this valuation, when approv
ed by the Special Session of the Gen
eral Assembly which meets in July,
shall be used as the basis by all of the
taxing powers In the state for levying
taxes In 1920. .
Section 3 of the Act provides that [
the valuation of property made under
this act shall not be used as a basis
for levying taxes until s?ld valuation
shall be appnjteff'by the Qeneeral As
sembly and that In no event shall the
revenue derived from the general pro
perty tax in 1920 be more than 10 per
cent lit excess of the revenue derived
front the general property tax In 1919.
In considering this section It Is well
to remember that, under our pld law,
our property has, for many years,
been revalued every four years and
that 1910 was the year In which our
property would have been re-valued
oven had this Revaluation Act not
been passed, and It Is well to consider
also that the average Increase In the
vcCluatlon of property during each of
thrap fnnr vpfir periods has been 26 1-4
per cent. None of us have reason, to^
believe that the Increase In value o?"
our property during the last four years
has been less than the average whloh
is 26 1-4 per cent and as under the old
law the revaluation would have taken
effect in 1919| It seems reasonable to
suppose that had the revaluation act
not been passed our taxes for 1919
would have Ijeen 26 1-4 per cent taore
than they actually were and in 1920
at least 26 1-4 per cent more than they
actually were In 1919. As it is, under
the revaluation act, the tcrtal revenue
fterived from the general property tax
In 1919 and It is possible may not be
as much as the tax collected In 1919.
Sections 4 and 5 of the Revaluation
Act set forth the facts to be considered
in placing a valuation on property un
der this act and the spirit of these
sections is so fair and plain that no
explanation is necessary.
Section 6. This section Axes the
dates as of which the valuations shall
be fixed and determines the period for
which the valuation placed on proper
ty. and appro\ed by the General As
sembly, under the act shall stand.
The Revaluation Act provides that
the appraiser^ shall be under the Ju
j risdlctlon of State Tax Commission ln
i stead of under the Jurisdiction of va
rious County authorities as under the
old law and this provision is practical
ly the only feature of the act which
makes this valuation different from
our revaluations which have been
made every four years for many years
past. For under our old system all
property should have been valued and
taxed "according to its true value in
money" as provided In the Constitu
tion. but with each of our one hundred
uLurfunuaa an l'&gfl seven.)
TTFT/FGATES TO DIOCKSAX"[ON~
VESTIOy. 1
The Testry of St. Paul's Church,
Louisburp, elected the following dele^.
-gr.tcs anil Hlternat?~to the Dfbcesan
CozvFG>n oi; of th Tplsfeora? i
fr L?*'held c.t Charlotte, May 4. "? ami
t . J -If . Governor i. ^ ?3icKiMt.
n If. I'lifiin, L. L Joyner, tl. If. Da
vis Jno. W, King. A Gunthor. .???*?.
arb ? oayh and .Ca. s. D. T?!iu.?ru
MAPLEYILLE SCHOOL.
The closing exercises of the Maple
vllle school will be held on Wednes
day, May 5, 1920. The program U as
follows: 10:30 A. M. Girl's Cmites:
in Recitation for J. H. Best medal, fol
lowed by literary address by promi
nent speaker. 1:00 P. M. Boys Con
test for W. E.Uzzell medal. 8:00 P.
M. concert by school.
The public is cprdialiyL.ittiLlled_taJiil.
the exercises.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Wednesday, April 28, Mrs. D. C. High
gave a birthday party in honorvof her
little g?pnd-daughter, Sarah Rawlins
McGrady, of Raleigh* Twenty little
folks and their mothers were invited
to be present.
The little tots could hardly await
the hour at which they were invited
and began to come very promptly at
three. They played "Iflde and Seek."
"Frog in the Middle, "Hunt the slip
per" and other out-of-door games that
very young folks like. .The lawi
was so smooth and green that it was
an ideal place for such games.
When the children began to tire of
the games a large table -was brought
out and placed in the center of the
lawn. At one end was a little cake
with two candles and all the birthday
packages was arranged around it.
Ther> another birthday cake and oth
end of the table. Everyone wondered
who was to take the seoon^ seat -of
honor. The mystery was solved when
Mrs.. L. P. Hicks was asked to sit at
the head of the table and Sarah Mc
Grady at the other end. This was a
complete surprise to every one, espec
ially to Mrs. Hicks as she did not
dream that the hostesses even knew it
was her birthday. Every ofto watch
ed with the greatest interest while the
packages were betfig opened. Ice
cream and cake was served to the chil
dren as they took their places around
the table, and to the mothers who
stood lif groups and watched the child
ren or chatted. Every one had a most
delightful time.
The children present were Bobbie
Elmore, Harry McBrayer, Jr., Jack
Brown, A1 Hodges, Cary Howard, Jr.,
William Lee Beasley, Thomas Whe
less, James Person^and Jack Crowell,
of Statesville; Mary Leona RufTIn,
Margaret Candler, Elizabeth Williams
Margaret Johnson, Athalea Boone,
Ann McGrady, of Raleigh, Sarah Sum
ner Hicks, Dorothy Hicks, Mary Mc
Coy Egerton, of Rockingham, and
tfell and Guendollne Crowell. of Sta
tesville, Bessie Hilllard Robinson, of
New York.
BIG FREE BARBECUE
IN LOUISBURG SAT
URDAY, MAY 8TH.
EVERY DEMOCRAT
IC VOTER IN FRANK
LIN COUNTY IS IN
VITED.
HON. K. X. PAGE SPEAKS
To (iood Crowd In Loulsburg?Was
' Introduced by Pres. Love, of Louis*
burK College.
To a crowded* Court room Hon. Ro
bert N. Page, made a splendid speech
In tte interest of his candidacy for
Governor of North Carolina, on Mon
day afternoon. The speaker was in
troduced by President F. S. Love, of
Loulsburg College, who paid him ma
ny high compliments in referring to j
his public -and private life, and pre
sented him as North Carolina's next^
Governor. Declaring himself to be no
professional man but a business man
if anything went Into a discussion of
North Carolina and North Carolina's
government from a business stand
point. He pointed out how the State
had raised itself to the 4th place am
ong the State's in its agricultural en
deavor, how it raised $1.68,000,000 for
the war work liberty bonds, etc., and
how the industries had increased in an
alarming degree. He also pointed out
the advance, of the State in the way of
Education. Highways and Public
Health. And suming it all up he pre
sented the necessity of the State for a
stronger business administration. He
I stood in favor of more salaries for
'teachers, better Highways in all the
j Counties, especially in the rural sec
tions, and for showing what has be
come of the tax money, stating that
I the average man did ?Of complain of
j paying his taxes when-he knew where
they,Wi?rp. going Ha ravlewod hio pp
jcord as a Democrat and showed it to
be one of activity for the party.
His speech "was" much enjoyed by a
court room full of neopla. including a
jlarge number of ladies.
OXFORD OBEHm?
un Monday night the Oxford or
phans. uinler llie auspiftert of Louis -
burg Lodge No. 413 A. F. & A-'M., gave
an unusually good entertainment to a
crowded and very appreciative house.
The program was excellent and It was
j evident that considerable thought had
been given to its preparation and each
child played his or her part perfectly.
The acting of little Miss Agnes Pullen
and Master Way Ion Richardson was
especially good and made a hit with
the house, though every child played
its part faultlessly. The musical fai
ry play "Midsummer Eve" was given
by the whole class and thoroughly en
Joyed. Genuine talent was- displayed
by several of the class. The enter
tainment wan thuiuughTy enjoyed Tiy"
all as was evidenced by the vigorous
and hearty applause and the last num
ber "Good-Bye" came entirely too
soon for most of the audience.
The neat little sum of $280 was made
on this visit which was the largest
amount Chat has ever been raised by
the class here.
JflSS HALL ENTERTAINS.
On Wednesday, April 28, at 8 p. m.
Miss Ruth Hall wap ?? Q
ner party given In honor of the bride
to-be. Miss Kathleen Egerton.
The color scheme of the decorations
was green and white and the parlor
and dining room were tastefully deco
rated in dog-wood, blossoms, pine,
ferns and bridal wreath. Over the
center of the table was suspended a
hugtf wedding bell covered with green
foliage and white bridal wreath. The
electric light coming down through
the center formed the clapper. Lines
ners of the table crossing in the cen
ter. - .
The place cards were hand painted
wedding bells in the green and white
witlr a gold edge.
The flrtet course was fruit cock-tail
The next was ham, English peas in
patties, creamed potatoes and hot rolls
At the end of this course a tiny wHie
glasBs of grape juice was passed to
each guest. Miss Dorsett gave a char
ming original toast to the bride and
all drank to her health and happiness.
The next course was chicken salad
with mayonnaise, saltines and pickle.
The desert course was cake and Ice
cream molded in wedding bells, white
with a tiny touch of green at the top. *
Then coffee, mints and almonds
were served. Last of all every one
present gave a good wish for the bride.
These were copied in a hand painted
booklet similar to the place cards and
presented to the guest of honor as a
souvenir.
Those present were Misses Kath
leen Egerton, Florence and Francis
Egerton, Francis Barrow, Beatrice
Turnej and Katherine Dorsett; Mes
srs. Weldon, Graham and Lawerence
Egerton, Jamas King, James Malone,
Maury Cr&lle and Berkley.
RBftTRARS APPOINTED
BT BOA lilt OF ELECTIONS SATUU
DAY.
ilso Judges of Elections for the Sct
?Ml Townships?Voting Place in
Hajestille Changed to A je s cue's
Wore.
The Board of Elections for Frank
lin Coumy met In regular session
with all members present Saturda--.
The appointment of Registrars and
Judgitn of Elactlon (poll holdurn) bo
Ing the first business before the Board
appointments were made as follows:
The first named being Registrar and
the last named being the republican
memtter in each township:
DiuSns?W. H. Williams. B. M. C.
Mullen, John W. Cheaves.
Hfcrris?J. B. King, M. L. Fowler.
Jr? JJT. Mann.
Yortpgsville?J. R. Tharrington, J.
B. Allen, Will Davis.
Frankllnton?J, H. Cooke, R. E.
Kearney, B. B. Prultt.
Hayesville?R. G. Wynne,-H. L. Sto
kes, Hoy H. Ayescue.
Sandy Creek?J. B. Jones, A. S.
Gupton. Johnnie Carr.
Gold Mine?C. C. Murphy, G. M. Ray
nor, Joe Shearon.
Cedar Rock?T. W. Stokes, W. O.
Stone, W..P. Cooke.
Cypress Creek?Alton Wilder, Ar
thur 'Strickland, Arthur Wilder>
Loulsburg?A. W. Alston, B. X. Wil
liamson, W. P. Tharrington.
Upon recommendation of Hayesville
township through its Chairman, the
attention of the Board was called to
the fact that the old Rocky Ford
School house, where had been the poll
ing place, had been, removed and an
order was made to change the polling
place to Ayescue's Store.
The Board received the resolution
of the Democratic Executive Commit
tee in reg'ard to instructing the Reg
istrars and poll holders to require -a
8*trict compliance with the law in-re
quiring all persons presenting them
selves to vote to declare their party af
filiations before being allowed to Vote.
?The-Board-adjourned to-its next reg
ular meeting.
AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE.
Messrss. G. W. Ford, S. C. Hblden
and -John King. Jr.. had a narrow es
cape from an automobile sma3b-*to'on
Friday night, on Main Street opposite
the hcyne of Dr. J. E. Malone. From
The f;i?ts we~could gather, Mr. Ford
and My-^Holden were cumins dowu^the
street "befcind a large car in a Ford
roads t er. 'MJ. S. &. Downey and John
King were going up the street in the
Ford Coupe, belonging to the Delco
salesman. As Mr. Downey started
past the large car it came to a stop
and at that Instance the Mr. Ford tur
ned his car out to p^ss the large car
and the impact came before 'either
could stop their cars. Mr. Holden
and Mr. King received cuts on the face
near the" eye and Mr. Ford received a
bruised shoulder. Mr. Downey escaped
unhurt. The two cars were badly
smashed up. The accident was en
tirely unavoidable and no blame is
placed on anyone for Its happening.
MSDAY AFFTKK1S00N BOOK
CLUB.
The Tuesday afternoon Book Club
was entertained April 27, by Mrs. F._
S. Love. The subject of the program
for the afternoon was "immigration."
Two very Instructive papers on tlie
subject were prepared by Mrs. Uzzell
and Mrs. Mills. As Mrs. Uzzell could
not be present her paper was read by
Mrs. M. S. Clifton. Interesting cur
rent events were read by Mrs. W. H.
Furgurson.
Three musical nnnihers added mnrh
to the sweetness and variety of the
; program. One of these was a piano
|8olo^by Miss Board. Mrs. Love and
Miss Board contributed greatly to the
pleasure of the listeners by playing a
duet for them, ^nd last and most en
joyed was a vocal duet by Miss Dod
i son and Mrs. Love.
I At the close of the nrogram a salad
course was served. Tnls was follow
ed by a second course of caramel nut
filling with whipped cream and cake.
about twenty-flve guests present.
SERVICES AT METHODIST
CHURCH.
We are requested to state that there
will bo services at the Methodist
Church at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., and
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Kev. Mr. Smith will \x>nduct ser-;
vices at Piney Grove on Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The public is invited to attend all
o^tliese services.
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
SUNDAY.
The Rev. N. Collin Hughes, Rector,
will hold the following services at St.
Paul's Church "Sunday next: Sunday
school at 10 A. M., Mossing Prayer
with sermon and adnrfnlstration oX the
Holy Communion at 11 A. M.
Visitors are always cordially wel
comed.
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Br.N* HIGH SCHOOL COXXEXCE*
KENT.
Held Thursday and Friday of Last
Week Big Occosfon for >'umt>ers
Of People.
Sunday April 18th Dr. John A. Ellis,
pastor of Pullen Memorial Church,
Raleigh, preached an excellent serij
inon. The auditorium was crowded.
Rev. T. D. Collins and Mr. E. L. Wol-I
slagel helped with the music. Dr. El
lis preached from Matthew 20:26, "But
whosoever will be great among you,
let him be your servant," a Wonderful
message of service there applicable
for those who were finishing our
course.
Thursday evening the primary and
intermediate grades held their exer
cises. They rendered an excellent
program to an overflowing house. Ma
nay declared that this was the best
program that they had ever seen. Ev
ery child showed that they had been
well trained. Misses Lena Gill. Gla
dys Stell, Iffusa Harris and Mrs. R. N.
Shearin, the teachers in charge, de
serve much credit for their faithful
work.
Friday morning. April 23rd, despite
the threatening weather, the crowd
began to gather by 9:30 and by 12:00
the whole campus was full of people.
The exercises of the morning were
good and the address was excellent,
as many said "Just what Bunn^Xeed
od." Prof. W. J. Ferrel, of Meredith
College delivered the address. His
theme "The Rights of the Other Fel
low" was well followed. The results
I of this speech was very evident. He
? makes no pretense as to oratory but
[pours forth the pure truth and that is
what Bunn, and indeed the world as
a whole, needs. The speaker was in
troduced by Hon. J. M. Broughton, of
Raleigh, whom all the people love, he
having been principal here for two
?years. After the address Supt. E. L.
| Best delivered the diplomas of the
seventh glade pupils* "He Tiiade some
timely remarks. After' which the
Prlcipal delivered the diplomas to
| the seven high school graduates, Miss
ies Annie T. Dickerson, A. Meta Hor
jtou.-Lucy C. Moore and Messrs. J. Ed
ward Cheves, Malcolm P. Mullen,
i Rnsspr C Million :n*l Snmn^l W Ppr
?ry. Then^Supt.^Best rattetfthe Prin
cipal again. This time to present t,o
"him" "a watch, tilt girt." oTOIfe" patrons p!
the school as a token of their appre
ciation for his watchfulness over tfteir
{children for three year^. ^he watch
I was a beautiful and* very nicely
{engraved -Presented by thr Patrons
I of the Bum High School 1920". Aftei
f tills the dinner. ????
-j?Dinner wau all that- Dunn is notori
for, and then some. Of tU,e great ta
jble there was not enough room for all
!the "eats." Every one had all they
'could eat and more was carried home.
! Everybody seemed happy and hungry.
Of course it is useless to say that all
enjoyed-this part of the prrogram.
After this we were reassembled for
the class day exercises. Never before
I had the seniors looked so well. They
.'came upon the stage carrying a chain
? of violets, al^sang the class song> then
gracefully draped the chain over the
class pyramid and flowers. Then
came the presidents address of wel
come by M. P. Mullen, then the class
diagnosis by R. C. Mullen, thin show
e(J a great deal of originality as well
as the entire program. Next the class
history by J E. Cheves, this was the
best high school class history the wri
ter ever heard. The Historian depic
ted the high school career as four voy
ages over" foul* seas. Then the pro
phecy by Annie C. Dickerson. this was
very good. Next the last will and tes
tament by S. W. Perry, he handled his
subject well. After came the valedic
torian who was A. Meta Horton, she
having made by far the highest grade
|of the class, winning the scholarship
in 1918. The valedictory was excel
lent. Miss Lucy C. Moore was secre
tary of the class.
In the evening at 8:3 0 the high
school annual drama was presented.
I This was given before a crowded and
I highly appreciative house. The -play
I was a comedy-drama in four acts, five
'scenes, "Prairie Rose," a western play
(The staging was fine, each of the elev
on characters did well. But especial
mention of the leading characters Me
U'Bfflr'WW*!'.
mond. tftese were heavy rolls but were
played excellently. Of course all of
the others deserve mention but space
does not permit.
Despite the fact that William Todds
show was in town we had large au
d'ences every program. Ask any one
who attended these exercises and you \
will find out how well each exercise
was performed^ The entire faculty
was re-elected for the term 1920-21.
SCHOOfr COLtTMN
Educational Day for the Negro
Schools will be held ii> Loulsburg,
Friday. May 7th. These exercises,
which will consist of Spelling Con
tests, Reading Demonstrations anil
Pageants has heer> prepared by the
Negro Teachers Association of Frank
lin County. During the year of the
work of the Supervisor for Negro
Schools of Franklin County, bank
books are carrying total amount
of $5,417.42 for the schools.
P&j your poll tax before night Sat
urday If you want to vote.
MOVING PEOPLE
________ ? *
SOME YOU KNOW AND 80ME t<OT
DO NOT KNOW.
Personal Items About Folks And
Their. Friends Who Travel H?re
And There.
Supt. O. C. Hill and Mr. J. E. Tho
mas went to Henderson Sunday.
Messrs. Ben T. Holden and C. C.,
Hudson visited Nashville on business
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Crowell, of Sta
tesville, were virttors to Louisburg
the past week.
Mrs. J. B. Jonts, of Scotland Neck,
is visiting her mother t Mrs. J. H. Whe
less, of near Cedar Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Jeffreys, of near
Bunn, returned from a trip to Syra
cuse, X. Y. Monday night.
Mrs. S. S. Meadows returned Friday
from Wa^iingtorf, N. C., where she vis
ited Rev. and Mrs. N. "H. D. Wilson. She
was accompanied on her return by
Mrs. Wilson who will visit her a while.
Mr. Leon Jenkins, Mrs. R. H. Jen
kins, Mrs. C. C. Slmms, Misses Louise
Tolar and Margaret Johnson, of Rocky
Mount, were in Louisburg Saturday.
Mrs. Slmms visited her son, A. F.
John-son, Miss Tolar visited friends in
Raleigh, while Mr. Jenkins, Mrs, Jen
kins and Miss Johnson went over to
Durham to aiten<T~tEe marrlago of
Miss Katherlne Bryant to Mr. E. M.
Chappell. The party returned via
Louisburg to their homes in Rocky
Mount Sunday.
MRS. CNDEJRHILL ENTERTAINS.
On April 27, 1920 Mrs. Wingate Un
I derhlll gave a sewing party In honor
of her slater, IVllss Kathleen Egerton.
The following invitation- had?been?
sent out to about thirty friends:
"On Tuesday p. m at half past three
You are cordially lnvitgd my guest to
be.
When you come you are askecLto hrinar
-r_ juuv nnmm?
For there's work to be done by fingers
4_? nimble. ? ?
(To each will be given some silk or lace
And to make something for the bride
t ? wil1 ft? JSw.-race'
A prize will be given tor the prettiest
work
. j So do your best and do not shirk;?
i T ko guests were -welcomed at the
j door by Mrs. Underbill nmi iisharad.
I some into the parlor and some into
?the living room. These rooms' and the
hall wer^decorated im lilacs and white
I jonquils.
j When all had arrived, a sewing ta
ble covered with work to be done for
i the bride-to-be was brought out and
leach guest selected something to
make. While some made dainty hand
i kerchiefs of linen or cfepe de chine,
'camisoles and boudoir caps, others
embroidered initials on towels or run
ribbon and tied rosettes.
I Misses Virginia Foster and Beatrice
'Turner acted as judges. The prize
I for the most beautiful piece of work,
'a pair of embroidered silk hose, was
presented to Airs. J-. W! Mann. A
I bride's -nook was presented to the
'guest of honor. *
j After the sewing contest, ice cream
and cake Vas served followed by cof
. fee. salted peanuts and lavendar and
j white mints. In addition to Louis
burg girls out of town guests present
'were Mesdames, G. L. Crow,ell; of
! Statesvillc, G. R. McGrady, of Raleigh,
'and C. E. D. Egerton, of Rockingham.'
.BARA (.'A-PHI LATHE A UNION.
The Baraca-Philathea Union which
is Jto be held at the Baptist Church
will take place of morning service.
J. M. Broughtoi* will speak at elev
en o'clock. Mr. Broughton Is the Su
perintendent of the Tabernacle Sun
day School, Raleigh, and Is one of that
cities most popular and promising
young lawyers..
The spirit'of the meeting" which clo
sed Sunday Is too fine to subside quick
ly, therefore it is hoped that the even
ing service
i able feature that too should be kept
i up. If the people show the sam? In
terest as during the meertng a good
I work has been done.
LAUREL SCHOOL.
We are requested to state that Hon.
Tasker Polk, of Warrenton, will de
liver an address before the Laurel
School on the morning of May 4th,
(Tuesday next) at eleven o'clock. Mr.
Polk is an orator of superior ability
and those present will enjoy a rare
trpat. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
FARMERS rarION.
There will be a meeting of the
Franklin County Farmers Union in
the court houa? In Loulsburg, Thurs
day, May 6th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
As there will be business of interest
to attend to it is hoped that every lo
cal Id the county will be represented.
J, H. Fuller, Pres.
J. C. Jones, Sec'y.
Pay your poll tax before nlgbt Sat
urday if you want to vote.*