The Franklin Timet
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A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Mgr.
SADIE JOHNSON, Associate Edltot
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Entered at the PostoSice at Lonisburg,
N. C. as second class mall matter.
Reports show that President Hoo
ter has asked Congress for $150,
>00,000 to meet general unemploy
nent. Lets hope some of this will
>e turned loose in Franklin Coun
y
Carl Goersch says the "Buy Now"
novement is all wrong. What we
teed is "Pay Now". It looks to us
re need both. Let the fellow who
iwcs. pay, and the one whp does not
iwe, buy
If the State will take over the
ost of the six months schools and
he maintenance of the roads, pro
viding a misdemeanor camp in their
irison system taxes on land will be
Teatly releived.
Senator Overman is to be congratu
?'ed tor telling President Hoover
hat if he appointed Frank R. McNinch
o the J federal Power Commission, as
Democrat he would have to do so
?n his own responsibility, and not
ipon his recommendation.
The question ot prohibition is
tirring up quite a big interest in
he nation at this time. Predictions
s to the future are coming thick
nd fast from both sides. Let it be
oped something wi)l result that
i bring about more healthful
nd satisfactory conditions than we
re now forced to put up with.
Governor Gardner could bring
bout a great deal of relief In the
iresent crisis by having the 8tate
lighway Commission let contracts
or a number of State roads on the
asis of the contractors employing
jcal labor instead of using so mu
machinery. It would be assistance
bat would bring healthy results.
The Commissioners are going to
oeet the Franklin Tax Relief As
ociation Saturday Dec. 13th, and
he Association invites all eltlsens
rho wish to attend the meeting In
he Court house at 2 o'clock P. M.
Tils gives you an opportunity to of
er your suggestion to the Board of
bounty Commissioners and you
hould make use of It, or withhold
our criticisms In the future
Reports from Washington say that
lenator Simmons has recommended
cr nomination as a member of the
'ederal Power Commission, Prank R.
IcNinch, the North Carolina leader
gainst the Democratic ticket in 1923
nd one of the Senators strongest
upporters In 1930. The recommen
latlon Is regarded as a reward for
olltical services snd Is not very fav
rably received by the remainder of
be North Carolina delegation.
It is being rumored that an or
.anizatlon Is being formed ooin
iosed of citizens of Loulsburg who
?ay their taxes each year, whoee
mrpose will be to Inform the Town
Commissioners that Its membership
rill not pay any more taxes and re
ilst legally the collection of any
uture tax and penalty until some
'tractive action had been taken to
wards collecting the back taxes due
he town. This Is no doubt an el
ective way to begin, and is a just
land to be taken.
In the appointment of ? County
rax Supervisor, the New Board of
llommlseloners must have overlook
id the fact that this work waa in
?luded In the dutlea of the County
Auditor. It Is a work that ebould
properly be done in the Auditor's
ifflce. and eepeclally ?o since a sav
ing of tlx dollars a day can be made.
Possibly the Influence of having the
work done by a citizen from the
country governed the action of the
Board, but this would have Uttlo ef
fect since each township has two
isaeoaora and the duties of the Su
pervisor is supervisory only and nol
initiative. The TIMB8 has no in
tention of rafting the question ol
sincerity on the part of the Board
or ability of their appointee, as the
TIMES recognises Mr. laaeoe as -on*
of the County's foremost, eacient
and tahrmlnded citizens whom w<
all have the greatest regard and e?
teem for.
?' if ? . "II
I of Franklin County havi
to -rest In confidence li
of the Conn
men nnd bare shown exceptions
ability in handling their own business
They will, no doubt, exert every hon
est and fair effort to redone the taxei
In Franklin County, wMoh will mee
tbo approval of the citizens In general
but In doing this they wilt hardlj
destroy the effecUre operation ot thi
several departments of the Count]
administration. We are now in tb<
m'dst of a financial crisis and even
etfort should be made to give thesi
gentlemen assistance, co-opera ttoc
and encouragement, as no one, but
those who have been thrown In close
touch with the work they have under,
taken, can understand what a tremen
dous task they have assumed. Tht
T IMES feels confident they will keep
the County in full 'sympathy with the
public and stable in the splendid fi
nancial position it now occupies.
Each member of the retiring Board
should receive the hearty congratula
tions of every citisen in the County
tor the splendid administration given.
Theirs has been a most delicate and
next to impossible condition which
they have met fairly and successfully,
emerging with a financial standing of
the County rated as first class. Many
things they did that ate worthy ot
special attention but that which will
stand ont in fnture years as a monu
ment to their ability was the creation
rnd establishing the Auditor's office
with the requirement of complete re
cords of all financial transactions.
To those who realize the value of
complete and easily accessable public
records this action is recognized as
the most progressive step the County
has taken in a decade. And an inter
esting feature of it waa the method
emptc-yed so that It would absorb du
ties from which feee had been and
would be paid sufficient to take care
ot its expense. The Board made er
rors, no doubt. Naturally It should.
But in summing up their service In
the whole they h*ve rendered a ser
vice to the County that reflects great
credit upon each member and should
le highly appreciated by the cltlsen.
ship of the County.
TAX MEETING DEC. 13
To Present Petitions arid Recom
mendations to Board County
Commissioners
At the request of Chairman W.
W. Neal. of the Franklin Tax Relief
Association, who headed a commit
tee that went before the Board of
County Commissioners Tuesday, the
Board agree to hold a meeting in
the Conrt house on Saturday after
noon. December 13th, 1930, at 2
o'clock, to hear petitions or other
requests or recommendations from
this organization.
Upon the assurance of this meet
ing Chairman Neal, is issuing a
call not only to all members of the
Association but to every citizen In
Franklin Coonty interested in the
tax situation of the County to he
present at this meeting, assuring
them that matters of special im
portance will be discussed.
Bear In mind the date and the
hour, Saturday, December 13th,
1930. at 3:00 o'clock P. M in the
Court house in Louisburg.
MOSS ELECTED CHAIRMAN
(Continued from Page One)
N. M. Perry was appointed to fill
the unexpired term ot Mr. Perry,
and P. J. Beaaley whose term had
expired was reappointed for a term
of 3 years.
W. R. Perry was appointed a
committee to investigate the killing
of a hog of Mrs. I. H. Bailey by dogs.
T. 8. Dean was appointed a com
mittee to investigate the killing of
turkeys of H. J. Throne, by dogs.
W. T. Moss was appointed a com
mittee to Investigate the killing of
turkeys of Charlie Roberts, by dogs.
Geo. L. Cooke was appointed a
committee to investigate the killing
of tnrkeys of Robt. Debnam by dogs.
On mtoion all persons listing
money in Farmers and Merchants
Bank are allowed to list aame at
50 per cent on account of Bank
failure. On motion Saturday De
cember 13 at 2 o'clock was set as
a time for the Commissioners to
hear the Franklin County Tax Re
lief Association.
R. G. Bailey was appointed vice
Recorder.
On motion duly made and carried
by majority vote the county la to
pay half of surety bond premium for
those officers of whom surety bonds
are required.
Upon recommendation and motion
>f T. 8. Dean the County will con
tinue to rant the suite of offices In
'he Medlln building for the Welfsre
and Home Demonstration offices at
326.00 per month until June 30th.
K. L. Burton, Liquidating Agent
for the Farmers and Merchants
Bank was before the Board with a
recommendation in reference to
county's claim on the Bickett build
ing. After due and careful consider
ation the Commissioners upon re
commendation ot the committee ap
pointed to investigate this matter,
decldedto decline the proposition. All
commissioners voting aganst the
proposition.
On motion E. C. Perry was al
lowed to put movable shelves In the
welfare office?not to exceed I10.0C
In price.
This completing the business the
ptmmtsatoners adjourned to meet
again on the llth day of Decembei
at 2 o'clock.
?
HOORE-BECKWITH
Announcements reading as followi
have been received bp friends ti
Franklin County:
"Mrs. 8tuart Jeffreys Beckwlth an
nottnccs the marriage Of her daughter
Mary Speed, to Mr. Nathaniel Henn
Moore on Saturday, November th<
twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred ant
thirty, Lake Landing, North Cnro
f.
? < <
Cards were enclosed read lag "A
, Items after December twelfth. Wast
I'h gton, North Carolina."
WINNER THEATRE
Pic La re Houae"
?VITAPH&NR?
Prafnm (or Week Beginning
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
December 5th-Oth
"Trails of Danger"
?With?
Jack Perrin and
Wally Wales
Another Knockout Western
Alao COMEDY with Serial Picture
Saturday Added
Matinee Prices 10 and 15c
Night A dm. 10 and 25c
Balcony (or Colored 10 and 15c
MONDAY & TUESDAY
December 8th-0th
The Marx Brothers
STARS OF COCOANTTS
"Animal Crackers"
ALWAYS A GOOD COMEDY
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
December 10th-llth
Everett Horton
?In a Good?
Warner Brothers
Production
ALSO A GOOD COMEDY
Night Shows 7?8:43 to 11 P. M.
Admission: 10 and 25c
Balcony (or Colored 10 and 15c
Continuous Matinee Showing Every
Saturday?10 and 15c to all.
We have always (or years appre
ciated your patronage.
Winner Theatre
Louisburg, N. C.
R. R. KISSELL, Manager.
u
The bride is a neice of Mr. Henry f.
Speed, one of Franklin County's ef
ficient Commissioners and is widely
related in this seetion being a des
cendant of one of North Carolina's old
eat and most prominent families.
The groom is a popular young man
of Washington and enjoys the dlstfmc
tlon of being Beaufort County's Clerk
of Superior Court.
NEW INSURANCE FIRM
It will be a matter of Interest to
the people of Loulsburg and Frank
lin County to know that the Insur
ance business formerly carried on by
T. W. Watson has been taken oyer
by Messrs. M. S. Davis and O. D.
Davis and that it will be conducted
as before by these men.
Mr. M. 3. Davis the senior mem
ber of the firm is well known here
and needs no introduction. Mr. O.
D. Davis comes here from Rocky
Mount, where for eight years he
conducted a fire insurance agency,
probably the largest one between
Charlotte and Wilmington. He is a
son of Rev. E. H Davis, who is a
native of this section. Announce
ment of the opehlng of this agency
will appear In the next issue of the
TIMT8.
Miss Lois Dozler, of the State
Welfare Department of Raleigh, waa
a visitor to Loulsburg yesterday.
Is anything so nerve-wracking as a
nervous hostesst
How the weeks do fly when you're,
finding money for the payroll!
Every woman thinks she could
make ber favorite actor happy.
New Army Head
S^bssel
Hirtjlijfc ? Newest Photograph of the President mtd His Cabinet * |
Left to Rieht, Front Row: Sectary of the of'
?dent, Herbert Hoover. Secretary of State Secretary Interior, Ray Vf^ rw?J'Francia
Left to Right i Secretary of Commerce RobertRl^ot bewettry o o( tht tf,vy. Charles rrancw
ney Generri, William l/itchell; P<*t-Master General, WalWrF. Brown. ? j7 D,VU.
Adams; Secretary of Agriculture,'Arthur Hyde, and Secretary ot l-aoor.
A Franklin County
Story
Swift-following days of late Au
umn brought the time to that anti
>ated date, when a campaign was
0 be launched in the small town, a
lampalgn which might spell relief
ind happiness or disappointment
ind nothing less.
With eagerness and activity the
reader . had bent every energy to
vard awakening entkuslam for the
i&mpaigny which might result in
lufflcient fund for the needed aid.
In the community, strenohs and
tard times had enrolled themselves
ipon the calendar of events, which
?ve but little hope for any large
und to be realised.
However, contagion, ever ram
>ant, began to assert Itself.
Ghlldren, having heard the oft
epeated stories of Christmas Seals,
n the school room and elsewhere
iad caught a vision, an Inspiration.
Jttle ones asked that they might
sslst the little seals in making their
ong Journeys, with their message
f hope, older children came and
ffered to be bearers of the little
eals, grown-ups presented them
elves, with cars, to cover wide ter
:ory.
The Community schools gladly re
ponded in promoting the cause,
'icces of business consented to push
be sale, and Filta houses to give
ubllcity to it.
And so, on Thanksgiving * Day,
'ovember, 1929, the Campaign for
ie Sale of Christmas Seals began.
Often it was true, the sale eom
iittee3 met with ' discouragement.
Hard times" was heard on every
de, and though Christmas was apr
roach ing there was, in many
oraes, little of Christmas spirit.
Always, tho' in the mind of the
eader, there was a picture, which
ushed her on in her determination
> make the Christmas Seals "a go".
Little messengers of cheer", she
rged, "you must go shine your
rightest, reddest in the wlndow
lops, where you lie, speak your
>udest to every passer-by, don't let
lem miss you, speak loudly to those
ho stand near, purchasing their
hrlstmas Gifts, tell them that you
ust go with the package or card,
ill them what a message of hope
ju carry wherever you travel,
nrely they will not refuse to help j'
)u on your Journey.".
Oft-times, the Leader Was checr
1 when told that the seals In the
iop| "were goln?". At times tho'
ley moved slowly, remaining too
>ng on the counters to be encour
glng.
As the days passed, however, seals
ere scattered In the towns and In
pe country, whye it had seemed
Imost impossible to place them,
rkdually, the oft-repeated response,
I can't by any seals this year
mea are too bard"?changed into.
Oh! I must have a few seals, I
iust do my bit to aid in sending at
last one of our County's Tubercu
ir patient to the Sanatorium."
Often was Heard such remarks as
The little seals do make the gift
The Skating Heavenly Twins'
Lillian and Ruth Cork of Newburgh, N. Y., who have won numerous
skating prizes, "limbering up" for the annual amateur speed skating cliam
pionship contests.
package Ioqk so much more attrac
tive and they carry so much signif
icance with them." Oh! replied an
other, 'I'm?not sending gifts, I'm on
ly sending cards, but a seal on a
card adds marvelously to the value
of it."
Then the Leader heard here and
there such encouragelng comments
as "I think the little seal with its
simplicity dignifies any gift." An
other, "I love the symbol of the
Cross, it carries a lovely message
in itself." And one, "My children
Just love the Santa Claus on it."
And still another. "But bqgt of all
it does show that you are thinking
of others and are not selfishly
wrapped up in your own pleasure,
because the little seals do carry
such a wonderfully helpful message
and in our own County we hope this
year by using them to send our first
patient, or patients, to the State
Sanatorium."
The result of the campaign and
conclusion of the story will follow
next week.
GARDEN DAT
The Garden program held at Seven
Paths school Tuesday Nov. 26, was
gulte interesting. The topic "Prepara
tion of Soils" was discussed by Mr.
Wolfe, Agricultural teacher at* Ed
vsrd Best 8chooi and some valuable
information was gained. He told of
the need of thoroughly breaking the
Boll in order to hold the moisture for
the use of the plants, also the need
of humus and lime in the soil..
There will be a continuation of this
same topic at next meeting and it
will be for the interest and benefit of
all that attend. This meeting will be
held on Monday afternoon, Dec. 8th.
PIGS
Several pure bred pigs and sows
to put out on shares,
A. H. FLEMING.
12-6-2t Louisburg, N. C.
COLORED WEI^ARE ASSO
CIATION TO MEE
The Franklin County Colore
Welfare Association which will hoi
its regular monthly meeting in tb
court house Sunday afternoon t
3 o'clock has prepared an Interes'
ing program as follows:
Recitation?Temple Perry.
Oration?Ezra Perry.
Recitation?Pattie B. Brooks.
Oration?Mary B. Holloway.
Recitation?Minnie Hogan.
Music will be rendered by th
quartettes of Concord, Jubilee an
Mltchiner's and Tlmberlake's Grovei
All friends and well-wlsbers c
the organization are cordially In
Tiled.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
AND LIMITATION
The oratorical contest of the Frani
lin County High School League will b
held at Youngsvllle High School c
7.30 P. M. Friday December 5. Eac
of the seven high schools of Frankll
County, will be represented by it
best orator. The subject is of muc
luteiest to the people of Frankll
County and the contest should furnis
much valuable Information. "Ednct
t.cnal opportunities and Limitation
in Franklin County" will be the sub
Ject used by each of the seven orator
Each school is expected to send
cheering squad with its represents
tion and a good time and some firi
class oratory Is expected.
LION IN TOWN
The anouncement a Lion in Tow
Monday caused large crowds t
congregate around the Loulsbur
Theatre, which had been elaboratel
decorated for a special performance
It waa true there was a real Ilo
In a cage parked in front of th
Show and many availed themselvc
of the opportunity of seeing a rei
live lion.
1931 CHRISTMAS CLUB OPENS DECEMBER 2nd I
A little determination to save
a email amount each week will
prepare yon (or next Christ
mas. Decide now which of the
clubs (listed below) yon will
Join. You'll never miss the
money In sach small amounts,
but yon will be surprised to
And how easy It will be to have
a considerable sum next Christ
Christina* CtnJ? I
SAVINGS BANK
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HERE'S HOW IT WORKS
4
Per Cent
Interest
P?(<1 on
Christmas
Mo CLUB
Sl .OO CLUB
*8.00 CLUB
*5.00 CLUB
Weekly Deposit
For 50 Weeks
Me
INTEREST
OOc
TOTAL SAVED
$25.50
Weekly Deposit
For 50 Weeks
?1.00
INTEREST
si .oo
TOTAL SAVED
$51.00
Weekly Deposit
For 50 Weeks
*2-04)
INTEREST
*8.00
TOTAL SAVED
$102.00
Weekly Deposit
For 6Q Weeks
*5.00
INTEREST
*5.00
TOTAL SAVED
$255.00
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1
LOUISBURG, N. C. t
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W. E. WHITE, President F. J. BBASLET, Vics4>fssldsnt and Cashier
8. L. ROBBMON, Asst. Cashier. ,