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HISTORICAL By REV. E. H. DAVIS One year ago a committee of gentlemen, leading citizens of our town, wrote me a letter asking me to write some sort of a cor rected history of our County, an undertaking which at' its first suggestion appealed to me and I so replied to their very courteous request. I began at once my quest for material and aid in so liciting, gathering and discover ing such. My effort has not' up to now been altogether encourag ing. I have found out a good deal of matter new to me and have written many pages whether or not they ever see t?he light. I have by me a copy of a similar history of another county. Lin coln, in the publication of which the author a Methodist preacher says in his preface that he had t-he hearty cooperation of the en tire citizenry of the county, the public officials, lodges, churchesj and press ? the columns of which were open to him from the incep tion of hig work and in which much of his material first appear ed. In this way what he had written could be revised and new material could be uncovered. He has gotten out a work of perma nent value deeply interesting in which the publishers have done their best in the matter of illus t rations and binding. MayUe we ' sK6iiW"?6T TO -?o linrbrtMils as fhat but why not? Our history goes back Just as far as theirs ? 1779 was the birth year of each. Each was formed from another county whose name it was desired to drop because of the odium at tached to It ? Ti-yon -Bute. Each was named for a patriot of the Revolution ? Franklin? Lincoln ? not Abraham of course but Col. Benjamin ? who was authorized by Washington to receive Corn-* wallis' sword at Yorktown. Yes, we have age enough, litstory! enough, leading men enough, In teresting characters enough to! make an interesting volume to, every man and woman in the county ? but if it is ever gotten out in any satisfactory way it will' not be the work of any one mjin| ? this one or any other ? but of' all who CAN together. Have you some old papers that would helpj in this way. Say for instance a single copy of the Louisburg Eagle which antedated Asher Johnson, J. A. Thomas and George S. Baker by a number of years. W. H. Pleasants. Sr., be-j ing both Editor and Proprietor thereof. Have you some old fam ily letters that record fact-3 of his-, tory of real value and interest! but likely to be forgotten and lost, unless you do something? When my fatter bought this place where I now live in 1890 there was a quantity of such material here ? letters and papers. Among them was an autograph letter from John Wesley or Thomas Coke. I can not remember which ? that I sent' at once for safe keeping to Dr. Hoss, afterwards Bishop Hoss then professor of Church History at Vanderbllt University. I wrote to the Dean of the Theo logical facutly there last year about- that letter. He wrote they could And no trace of it and that it was doubtless destroyed in the disastrous Are they had there a few years ago. With that I turned over nearly all that was left to the Library at Duke Uni versity. In these letters and pa pers of Joel King were lists of the names of the pupils in the Female Department of the Frank lin Academy from 1816 on for a number of years. It is proposed to Include this roster of pupils of that distant- day in whatever sketches of our hi?tdVy that may follow ? and that liit containing the names of the ancestors of many of us living today ? though we may not be able to trace the connection ? must have compell ing interest to a great many. There are some errors In our his tory as already recorded that should be corrected. A folder lying before me telling of the his ' torlcal interest centering In and around Louisburg has this: "THE IN TOWN Drlvo Slowly, Don't Skid, I Avoid Quick Starts, Inflato I V Tir?? Correctly 1 ^OUT-OF-TOWN^ Go by SUPER-COACH It's the carefree, restful way to ?ny where ? saving wear and tear on your car, saving 2/3 of the coat of driving [ One-War Rd.-Trip Columbia, $8.35 $0.05 Wilmington 1 .80 8.25 Fayetteville 1.55 2.80 Philadelphia 4.95 8.95 Raleigh .55 1.00 BODDHS DRUG CO. OUR DEMOCRACY t?M* HEALTH -FOUNDAT/ON OF OUR NATION'S STRENGTH. ll . I ft! f AMERICA NEEDS A STRONG HEALTHY CIVIL POPULATION JUST AS IT NEEDS ITS STALWART ARMED FORCES. THE NATIONAL ASSCT OF H?ALTH CAN BE INCREASED - THE DRAG AND BURDEN OF SICKNESS OIMIN4SHEO BV FOLLOWIN6 THE COUNSEL OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND PAYING EXTRA ATTENTION TO HYGIENE , SLEEP. ' EXERQSE AND SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION. I to DO our a/r we must keep p/t. i ! FIRST METHODIST CONFER ENCE HELD IN AMEKltA con vened in the Green Hill House one mile South of Loulsburg, April 1785." This is a great mis lake which I have for years en deavored to overtake and correct and to destroy. Jesse Lee who was present at- that conference says in his history published 1810 a copy of which lies before me, that it was the 14th Conference. It' is not even safe to say as has been done that it was the first Conference after the organiiing Christmas Conference at Balti more, Dec. 1784. Though that would seem to be true from all records at present available the only safe claim regarding the Green Hill Conference is this that it was the First Conference of the Methodist' Church held in North Carolina. Another state ment on the folder that needs correction is this ? "Loulsburg was named in 1764 to memorial ize t-he achievements of the American Soldiers in the capture of the French forces in the siege of Loulsburg on Cape Breton Is land." As far as the records show Loulsburg had no being at all prior to the year 1779 when both county and town came into being by separat? Acts of the Leg islature 1778 and 1779. The deed for the 100 acres of land bought of Patewell and Jacobins Milner on which the town was lo cated bears date 1779 and is Document No. 1 in Volume 1 of records in the office of Register of Deeds. In the pages I have' already written of Franklin's his tory I think it will be shown con clusively how it come to be called I^ouisburg and have made a reas onable suggestion as to why In its first spelling even In the Acts of| incorporation it- was LEWIS-; BURG. Dr. D. T. Sin it b wick, County Historian, has turned over to me the set of Colonial Records belonging to the County. At the; t4me of delivery to me the set was Imperfect ? there being no copy of Volume 1 and two copies of Volume 10. o Record books submitted by demonstration farmers of Bun combe County show that' growers made more money In 1941 than in the past several years, reports Assistant Farm Agent W. R. Pal mer. To relieve Misery of COLDS 666 ijiquiu Tablets Salve Nose Drops Cough Drops ; Try "Rub-My-Tlsm"-a Wonderful i Liniment THE CALL TO THE COLORS! IS A CALL FOR DOLLARS Dig deep, strike hard. Uur boys need the planes, ships, and guns which your money will help to buy. Go to your bank, post office, or savings and loan association. Tell them you want to buy Defense Bonds regularly, starting now. TREASURY DEPAR'IW.TNT * Bureau of Internal Revnue Wtuhington, D. C. . Federal Income Tax Material No. 4 To make It easier for taxpay-j ers to meet the Increased taxes required by the National Defense | Program, the Treasury Depart ment is offering for sale two se-j ries Of notes, both dated August 1, 1941, and maturing August 1, 1943. "in January of each year two new series will be provided so that a taxpayer can always pur chase notes during the entire year in which he is receiving his income for use in payment of taxes due t>he following year. The reason for t^e two-year note is to permit a taxpayer, if he so desir es, to begin saving in January of one year and continue through i that year to save for his taxes due the following year. All notes are sold at par and accrued Interest. When presented in payment of income taxes they wHT be" received at par and accru ed Interest up to and including' the month in which such taxes are paid. Interest will not ac crue beyond the maturity of the notes. If not presented in pay ment- of income taxes, they will be redeemed for cash under certain specified conditions at the pur chase price paid for the notes. In other words, the taxpayer, if he redeems the notes for cash, gets back Just t-he amount he paid. Complete information about these Treasury notes, will be found In a Treasury Department Circular available at local banks. Federal Reserve Banks and bran ches, -or Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Navy doctors must be gradu ates of accredited medical schools before being commissioned in th^ service. "GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD" (Mat. 6:11) "YOUR" Dally Devotional Program 7:15 a. m. WPTP, Raleigh, N. C. Maple? rich warm glowing tones in authentic style Colonial Period Furniture Is Restful! This Bedroom Suite Is Simple, Dignified and Unusually Lovely The charm of the Colonial Period is faithfully mirrored in this truly lovely Maple suite. 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