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TEN AND TWENTY YEARS AGO
Items of Interesting Happenings taken from the columns of THE
FRANKLIN TIMES this week ten and twenty years ago:
March SI, 1911.
Right much interest was aroused
;n Louieburg on last Friday morning
when the rumor began to float that
the First National Bank and the mat
tress factory had changed handu the
night before. However It was soon
learned that the rumor was tru? wtd
that Mr. F. B. McKinne, Secretary 01
the hardware and general supply
business, of McKinne Bros. Co., had
sold his Interest In this well known
cuterprise and had purchased the In
terest of Mr. IV G. Allen In the Fir t
National Bank and that Mr. K. P. Hill,
one of Louisburg's most successful
horse dealers, had purchased the Tar
River Manufacturing Co.
The Boar4 < f Directors elected Mr.
F. B. McKinne President
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Bunn High School Is fortunate in
securing Josephus Daniels, editor of
the News and Observer, to deliver
the annual address at the close of
that school on Friday, April 21st, at
11 a. m.. ?
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One of the most enjoyable meetings
of the "Younger Set" Bridge Club was
held at the residence of Mrs. Edward
Best Wednesday afternoon.
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Louisburg has something few oth
er towns can boast of ? a negro pho
tographer.
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E. C. Perry has taken a position
?vith the Raleigh Electric Company.
He Bpent Sunday with his people in
Louisburg.
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J. W. King Informs us that he has
shipped over 1350 orders for King's
Improved Cotton Seed to States South
ol' here in the past two weeks.
A fence is being erected across the
front of the old Shaw lot on Main
Street, occupied by Chief D. C. High.
This helps the looks of the place a
great deal.
April 1, 1921.
~ Announcement has been made that
Itev. L. S. Massey, President ol-Louis
burg Female College, will preach the
morning sermon at the Methodist
church next Sunday. r ?
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The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club
met this ?> week with Mrs. W. H. Fur
gerson at her home on Kenmore Ave
nue.
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The stockholders of the Loulsburg
National Fferm Loan Association met
in the Court house in Louisburg on
Saturday to hold an adjourned meet
ing from January, the regular an
nual meeting.
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Cotton sold for 11 cents a pound In
Loulsburg yesterday.
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Mr. F. N. Splvey is fitting up a por
tion of the old building on Main
Street next to the Union Warehouse
<vhere he expects to sell ice.
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Two whole page advertisements
were run in this issue by L. Kline
and Company, Loulsburg, and H. M.
Pledge, Maplevllle.
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Sheriff H. A. Kearney and Deputy
Sheriff E. H. EJvans captured a double
header still outfit with the exception
of one kettle, on Tar River below
Margaret on Tuesday afternoon, and
destroyed eight tanks of beer and two
furnaces setting side by side. The
k tills were 60 gallon capacity and
the officers captured three worms.
Pug Sluggum, oi} trial for murder,
bribed an irishman of the Jury with
$100 .to hold out for a verdict of
mansi^ugUtar. After being out a
long time the jury came back into
court with the desired verdict. Pug
managed to get near the Irishman
and said, "I'm mightly obliged to
you. Did you have a hard time?"
"Yes,!' replied the Irishman, "a
divil of a time. All the rest wanted
to acquit you."
Customer: "What does this mean
in your advertisements ? 'Btg sts'T"
Clerk: "Bathing suits, madam.
They are abbreviated this season."
Lawyer ? And Just how bad do
you want this divorce, Mose?
Mosn ? It only cost me a string o'
fish to get married, suh, but, please
Gawd, Ah'd give a whale to git rid
ot her.
Customer: Ah, Mr. Wopser, it's
the old story ? the woman always
pays.
Shopkeeper: Well, if you 'ad a
look thru my books you'd find that
some of 'em don't. ?
Profits from onions, a new crop In
Avery County last season, has led to
increased plantings this spring.
ANNOUNCEMENT !
It Is with pleasure that I can announce to my customers
and the people of Louiaburg and Franklin County that I have
leased the interest of Mr. Mcllwain In the LOU1SBURG DRY
CLEANERS business and will continue to ran It under the same
name and giving the same high class work as heretofore. I
am giving especial attention- to improving the service to my
customers and can assure yoa entire satisfaction on all work
entrusted to me.
When In need of any cleaning and pressing, remember I
am especially well prepared to give you the best of work.
Thanking you for your past patronage and assuring you
that your future business will be greatly appreciated.
Youm for better service,
C. R SYKES, Proprietor
LOUISBURG DRY CDEANGRS
If ASH STREET y PHONE 105
Our Raleigh Letter
(By M. Ij. HHIl'MAN) ? j
Raleigh, March 30 ? The Senate will
have Its Inning this week with the
controversial revenue bill and other I
major legislation, and there is no
telling when the Legislature will ad
journ. It Is evident that the mem
bers want to go home and they will
make a herculean effort to complete
their labors In time to spend Easter
with the homo folks. While this Is
true, there was no assurance at the
beginning of the week that the Legls
li ture will get through this week
n'uch as everybody desires It.
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After battling all the week with the
revenue bill, the House had only ad
vanced it to its second reading. As
the Senate was expected to turn down
the general sales tax there was the
possibility of a deadlock, but experi
enced parliamentarians predicted
that the final outcome would be a
compromise on the so-called Hins
dale luxury sales tax, but even with
the sales tax out of the way, there
will be the job of providing for extra
revenue from other sources, _lf Jthe
MacLean school act is not repealed,
and while the Senate may vote for
its repeal, there is no Indication that
a repealer could be put through the
House.
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The Legislature could adjourn with
out balancing the budget, as there la
such a wide divergence of opinion
?/ver wnai the new taxets It will levy
v.ill produce, and leave it up to Gov
ernor Gardner to call a special ses
sion at a later date. Such talk has
been common around the capltol, and
In (act some supporters of the
MacLean act advocate such a course.
The difficulty In the way now is that
with the MacLean act in force the
counties cannot legally levy taxes
for the support of a six months'
school term and it might result in the
closing of the schools in some coun
ties.
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Never before in recent history has
there been so much confusion over
revenue. It is very evident that the
State Is going through a revolution,
even if it has not already gone
through one, and so many varying
( pinions are expressed by the lead
ers that nobody can predict what may
?tappen. Instead of clarifying the
situation with his address in opposi-^
tlon to sales taxes, Governor Gardner"
only added to the confusion, tor the "
House flatly refused to follow him.
II was in an ugly mood because it
h&s looking for the way out, the folks
hack home are clamoring for contin
uance of the MacLean net, and he
did not show them the way to go
home. The Senate was in more hos
pitable mood. His views were in ac
cord with those of the Senate lead
ers, who want to provide a ten mil
lion dollar equalization fund, repeal
the MacLean act, and go home.
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Not only did the majority of the
House resent the Governor's slap In
the face, but many members were al
so angered by what they felt was the
unwarranted intrusion by Senator
Morrison with his congratulatory
message to the Governor. Some of the
legislators thought that he butted In
at the .wrong time. If he had spoken
at the beginning of the session ttey
might have welcomed his advice, bu*
already committed as they were to
the MacLean act they did not relish
being told that they gummed up the
works. From the reports that came
they have the impression that the
Iks at home are counting on them
to stand hitched, even if it means a
general sales tax.
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Every legislator wants to be in
good standing when he returns home,
not only with the farmers, the home
owners, the working men, but also
with the power and tobacco interests,
but how to do it is the question. On
every hand they are met with the
stern request to be lenient In levy
ing taxes, for the depression has hit
everybody, byt schools can only be
maintained with money and where to
get the money is a puzzling problem.
It only somebody would answer the
question and solve the problem, he
could be the next Governor of North
Carolina or havg anything else In po
I l'tical honors that are available.
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But while the HouBe was in an
ugly mood toward the Governor when
It came to sales taxes, it did not let
Its resentment prevent the passage
of the administration bills providing
for a personnel commission and for
*. purchasing agent The Governor
said he could save the State four
hundred thousand dollars a year with
u purchasing' commission and that
locked mighty good to the Legisla
ture, whichls for anybody or anything
that means cutting down taxes. It al
hq Would like for a personnel com
mission or some other agency to take
still further steps toward cutting
down expenses.
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While the House struggled along
with the revenue bill, the Senate let
the Governor's bill providing for a
State banking commissioner sleep
'peacefully in a pigeon hole. There is
promise of getting it to the floor this
week, but strange enough It is the
Senate, which was so hospitable to
the Governor's opposition to a sales
tax. that threatens to kill It All of
which is a tribute to the effective lob
bying work done, by the Corporation
Commission and Its attaches. The
Commission doesn't want to be slap
ped in the face and is unwilling to
take the blame for the large number
of bank failures. At tMe beginning
of the week it was In doubt as to what
would be the fate of the bill, which
has been sleeping In committee for
most of the session.
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Another bone of contention between
the House and the Senate la redis
ricting the State for Congressmen.
With the Revenue* bill out of the wiy.
the House shored all discussion aaMe
and pat through a bill to split up
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the "Imperial Fifth" Into two dis
tricts, transferring Randolph to the
Fourth, so that Its Republican ma
jority can be offset with strong Demo
cratic counties in that district, and
'passed It on to the Senate.
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While both the House and the Sen
ate was. worrying along with the rev
enue problem. Senator Baggett con
tinued to hammer on his bill to tax
stocks of foreign corporations. There
does not seem to fte much sentiment
for going back to the old method of
levying taxes, but anybody with a
promise of finding money gets a hear
ing In the Legislature. Senator Bag
get doesn't mind being heard from,
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The House scrapped the Brummitt
plan to Include Intangibles on the "3?
sis of market values" (or stocks ot
> rdinary business corporations, esti
mated to raise a million dollars, and
the Maxwell recapture plan to tax
excess profits ot corporations, ?stt
mated to produce $600,000, and the
White amendment to raise Income
taxes one-half of one per cent. De
termined to relieve real estate of
fome of the taS burden, the House did
not want to kill the goose that lays
the golden egg. It wanted corpora
tions to continue to do business in the
State
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So much noise was raised when it
was recommended by the Governor at
the beginning of the session tfcat all
State salaries be cut ten per cent that
the General Assembly let the matter
drop (or the time being. It bobs up
from time to time and now a bill la
under consideration to makq more
drastic cuts than the Governor re
commended.
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The chief recommendation of the
general galas tax was that it would
produce the necegearr revenue for
the six months school term without
pinching anybody too hard at any one
time, but legislators didn't like the
Idea of taxing the farmers' fertilis
ers after it had already paid a tag
tax and exempted this Item from its
bill. The House would have been
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