The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-29
The Franklin County Centennial
Address to the People, Call
ing for General Co.
operation.

Inc TOuGtn OF July next mas Deen
chosen as the day upon which to cele-
brate the Centennial year of the County
of Franklin and town of Louisburg.
On the 18th day of February, 1863,
an act of the Legislature was ratified,
making of the then. county OF Butte,
the present counties Of Warren and
Franklin. On the 18th day of April of
that year, Patewill Miner and Jacobine
Miner, decided one hundred acres of
land to John Norwood, Nj aeW
Thomas and Joseph Norris, commits
s%ioners, appointed by the Legislature to
select and purchase a site for the town
Of LOuisburg.
When the colonies were struggling
for independence, and in Massachusetts,
Connecticut and even in our W State,
torres, rebels to our cause, were spring
ing up on all sides, and famine was
spreading terror everywhere, it seemed
to be a common saying, handed down
as history, There were no Tories in
Butte"
To the last war, to the political strug-
giles through the dark days of recon
struction, times which tried mems
souls, we can point and say still, There
were no Tories in butte
1t is our purpose to make of this,
that which shall fifty express the pride
we Justly feel in our grand old county.
To this end we invite the cooperation
Of all.
Ask yourself, what can [ do to
further it?'
Have you an old relic, gem, deed, In
dian pot, kettle or anything that is a
hundred years old? All these we want.
We have organized with George :.
Baker, President, w. HI. Furman,
Secretary. Executive Committee, Blair
Burwell, Il. G. Jones, DIR. j. f. Ma
lone, Y. b. Clifton, j. \. Thomas,
Louisburg township, Jere Perry, Har-
lis; w. I. Collins, Gold Mine; w. Ii.
Ballard, Franklinton Reuben Stallings,
Cypress Ed. Crudup, Dunns; DIR. ".
c. Landlord, Cedar Rock Silas Stone,
Sandy Creek r.. G. Wynne, Hay
vile.
Finance Committee, c. NJ. Cooke,
Ed. c. Jones, w. H.. Hester, Louis
burg. b. w. Ballard, w. w. Green,
Jr.. b. +. Bullock, Jr., Franklinton
j. I. Timberlake, w. X. Martin, Jr.,
Silas Stone, Youngyille; Jerry Perry,
Harris; ". S. Harris, Dunns; DR.. X.
S. Harris, Cypress; Elijah Perry, Gold
Mine s ley Jones, Sandy Creek; Il.
e.. Wynnc, Ilayesville; DIR. w. Z.
Landlord, Cedar Rock.
We expect Vance, Ransom and Jar
Wis. We shall have distin2 dished
speakers, a historian, a museum of
curiosities, base ball games, the Louis
burg cornet band, a grand picnic, a
brass cannon anthems by the choirs of
Louisburg, a torch light procession, and
an old time Martha Washington dress
ball.
The finance committee is instructed
to begin at once to open subscriptions,
of money, pigs, turkeys, chickens,
lambs, and all things needed, and re-
port from time to time to their chair
man, G. NJ. Cooke. The executive
committee will look after all relics
and matters or interest, and forward to
their chairman, the writer, with such
history Of the things sent as shall make
them of value and interest. Let your
several townships vie with each other in
what you shall do and give. Search
your closets and your garrets, fatten
your pigs, stir up your local pride, open
your pockets; report to the members of
the committees IN your respective town
and on the fourth Of July come,
and let your children come; and long
after you are gone, your chlldrens
children shall tell of a grand old time in
old Franklin, a hundred years
ago.
Respectfully, BLAIR BURwELI,
Chairman.
Ex-Committee Franklin County Cen
Association.