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TO TOWNSHIP I wish, to express to my tyienas my heartfelt appreciation of their gener ous support In the recent primary In whlca I led all other candidates by a substantial plurality. Under the rules of the primary, however, there will have to be a second primary be tween myself and the next highest I shall have, therefore, to ask my! friends to again give me their aid < and I will deeply appreciate the sup port and votes of all members of the Democratic party In this township. It nominated, as I hope to be, I shall endeavor to render faithful and ef-i ficient service to the people. ?-ll-4t J. E. THOMAS. ENLIST FOB INFANTHT SCHOOLS Eight Louisburg and Fraralln coun ty young men were enl'.sted at the | army recruiting station postoffice ' building, Durham. N- C? during the past week for the Infantry schools at F\>rt Benning, G>?. These boys en. listed for the purpose of learning the brtekmnsons tirade. Trades (of all kinds are taught at Fort penning and they -have some fifty different trades to select from And the applicant is given his choice of .any trade. Those accepted were. L. F. Smith. W. D. Jones, H. N. Hargrave, W. D. Williamson, P. R. Kearney, D. E. Justice, G. T. Massey and J. W. Man gum. All of Louisburg and Franklin county. Subscribe to The Franklin Time* OIK KALK1UH LtTli.lt By *. L. Slilpuuitt ' 1 ? * ? ? ? ? Raleigh, June 15?The primary election was the event of overshadow-, ing Interest here during the past week as the belated returns stream ed In but by Wednesday interest lag ged for the results were clearly fhdt cated. Then came the meeting of the executive committee of the party and | in between - times the populace took in State College commencement In snatches. Governor McLean was kept busy speech making during the week | and this week is in Philadelphia de livering an address at the sesqui I centennial exposition. From there I he goes to Valley Forge, Pa., where be is to deliver an address upon the i>c;aa-- n of the dedication of in. | North Carolina bay in the memorial to war heroes there. Senator Overman has been return ed to the Senate and if he lives out' his term will have matched that of' the longest service In the Setaate' from both Carolines?30 years. Rey- I nolds made a fairly good showing but was unable to overcome the great' confidence the people have in Mr.1 Overman. Congressmen Bulwtnkle and Weaver were re-elected without trouble~and the election generally went according to prediction. In Ral eigh the fight is still being waged with a second primary in prospect to' decide whether Judge Calvert shall' be returned to the Superior Court*or! be supplemented by W. C. Harris. An-1 other phase is being fought out with an appeal of WVF. Evans from the re turns which counted him out In his' race against Leon S. Brassfield fot j the solicitorshlp. Evans charges there was gross management at the polls' and his appeal will go to the State' Board of elections for decision. ? 1 The meeting of the State Democrat-! ic Committee during the week re-elect ed its officers and voted for abolition of the two thirds rule In the national conventions. This is regarded as a step of first importance as for sev- ? eral elections the two thirds rules' has decided who shall be the nomi.' nee of the Democratic party. The two thirds rule in recent years made Woodrow Wilson an unmade Champ Clark. It kept William G. McAdoo from the nomination and had a simi lar effect upon A1 Smith. The Demo | crats re-elected John G. Dawson as party chairman; Miss Mary Hender son, of Salisbury as vice-chairman' and W. C. Coughenour as secretary j State College closed a brilliant seas- j son during the week with addresses by O. Max Gardner, Congressman As.1 well of Louisiana and Bishop Mcpow.1 ell of the Methodist church. During the ceremonies a library was dedi- i cated in honor of the late D. H. Hill.' Dr. Edwin Mims of Vanderbllt Unl- j versity delivered the address of de-! dication. Dr. Hill was president of State College years ago. Governor McLean received on behalt of tbe State a chair in which sat the royal governor of North Carolina, Lord Tryon. It was Tryon who built at New Bern the first governor's man sion of North Carolina and it was( one of the state chairs which he brought from England which was pre sented to the Governor for the man sion here by the Colonial Dames of Lenoir County. Jesse Wyatt, former Raleigh police officer serving a sentence for man slaughter in State Prison, has had an application for reprieve filed with Governor McLean and the Governor is considering the matter. The Gov ernor has reprieved for two weeks longer Alvin Mansel who was charged with attacking a white womatp of Asheville. The Governor desires to investigate the case further. Raleigh and this section are in the throes of a drought which is serious ly affecting crops. During May there was less than half an inch of rain and the shortage for the month was 4.64 Inches. For sixty days Raleigh has suffered with only 1.26 inches of rain and the situation is growing ser ious. Only about sixty days watei supply is on hand here. A Georgia cotton mill appreciates the methods of teaching in State Col lege and a short course this summer for its me- will be conducted in the mill by a college professor sent to Georgia tor that purpose. A course in textiles will be taught and it is be. lieved to be the first time in this sec tion of the country such an experi ment has been conducted. The hardware dealers of the two Carolinas held a convention here dur ing the week. Agricultural North Carolina, a new bulletin, has been is sued by the Department of Agricul ture. The Are Insurance business in North Carolina was around one-quarter of a million dollars less last year than in 1224, acordlng to figures compiled by Insurance Commissioner Stacey Wade which Is attributable to an increase of $1,402,074 In fire losses that "over, balanced" the increase of $1,171,660 in fire insurance premiums. Revenue Commissioner Doughton finds that the colleetlon of taxes of all kinds during the present fiscal year have Just about equalled the budget estimate and predicts a healthy sur, plus in the general fund at the close of business June 30. Collections for May were: Income $267,646.88; Inher itance. 48,291.46; license, 23,263.46; schedule C, $36,674.26; bus, $11,670.00; insurance. $6,260.66. It Is expected that collections this year will exceed those of the last fiscal period by half a million dollars. The Theft Bureau of the Department of Revenue reports that sixty-three automobiles were stolen during the month of May that were not recovered hut fifty-three taken during the same period and prior thereto were found and returned to their owners. The greater number were Fords. Huston Thompson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, has ac cepted the Invitation extended to be present and address the North Caro lina Bar Association meeting at Wrtghtsville Bee ok June 30th to July 2. Other speakers booked are Jsdge (Continued on Page Three) SIDE DRESS WITH NITRATE of SODA For Quick and Sure Results Use Only NITRATE OF SODA You Can't Afford to Lose Your Season's Work by Experimenting With a late Spriag ami many weevil* expected, a Nitrate ol Soda ode dressing of 100 to 200 pounds per acre is absolutely necessary to set squares before drouth or weevil* can hurt them. A Nitrate of Soda tide dressing insures yields and increases profits. 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