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THE COUNTY THE STATE THE UNION (V VOLUMN LXX SUBSCRIPTION 9I.nO a Yw LOCI8BURG, <r\~ , N. CAR' - OLINA KHI DAY, OCTOBEU 20, 1930 riMEj WATCH THE LABEL ON YOCR PAPER Renew Your Subscription Before Expiration Date To Avoid Missing An Issue. (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 3rt DALLAS BLOUNT CASE PENDING AT CLOSE OF WEEK'S REPORT Judge Frizelle Makes Splen did Charge; Shearin Case Expected To Be Begun Yesterday Afternoon; One Week's Term; Grand Jury Finished Yesterday Afternoon The regular October term of Franklin Superior Court convened on Monday morning with Hon. J. Paul Frizzelle. Judge presiding, and Solicitor W. Y. Bickett, rep resenting the State. Upon calling the Jurors T. L. Timberlake, W. R. Harris, W. C. Perry, J. G. Andrews, W. K. Phillips, W. L. Corden, Henry S. Wiggins, J., B. ?Bunn, H. K. Pri vett and E. R. Perry were select ed as the new Grand Jurors to serve with E. C. Pearce, J. R. Terrell, Julian K. Weldon, Fore man, I. T. Inscoe, Bruce Collins, R. L. Goswlck, H. L. Griffin and L. S. Timberlake, selected at the February term. J. W. Baker hav ing died since his selection in February necessitated drawing a tenth juror at this term. Judge Frizzelle delivered a very plain and impressive charge to the jury. After referring to the different classes of crime he took occasion to impress upon the jurors their duties and the reason for them. He was partic ular strong in calling attention to their duty to And bills or not against persons because of fear, favor or otherwise. He referred to the fact that he had heard of cases where jitter Court the trans actions lif the Grand Jury was discussed and pointed out this was strictly in violatiou of their oath. In speaking of their du ties to make investigations of public interests he said every per son will render better service If his official conduct is under sur veillance and adViSfld^ investiga tion of the affairs of the County with constructive suggestions. Following the charge Solicitor Bickett took up the docket in his usual capable and efficient man ner and secured the following disposition of it: .? J. O. Perry, assault on female and abandonment and non-sup port of his daughter and wife, was found guilty. James Paschal), seduction, the defendant and Zelma Britt hav ing married the defendant was discharged upon payment of costs. Irvln Gilliam plead guilty to assault on a female, and was giv en two years on roads, upon pay ment of costs road sentence sus pended for five years. Condition ed upon the defendant being of good behavior and abstain trop/i the use of any alcoholic beverage and shall appear at each >efm of Criminal Court and show he haB nbt violated the conditions of this judgment. Troy Kearney plead guilty to breaking and entering and lar ceny and receiving, and given two years on roads, suspended and placed on probation. Ed Davis, alias James Klrby, plead guilty to larceny of an au tomobile and was given three years on the road, to begin at ex piration of 12 months sentence from Recorder's Court. Dallas Blount, manslaughter. This case was held up on account of the sickness of the wife of a juror, but was again taken up yesterday. The jury had not rendered its verdict as we went to press. Ed Kannon, reckless driving, was In process of CTfal as we went to press. This Is a one week term of Court and will come, to an end this week. ?-? * It waa,expected to take up the W. N. Snearln incest case yester day afternoon. The grand jury expected to complete Its work yesterday af ternoon. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH This will be the twentieth Sun day after Trinity. There will be the early celebration of the Holy Communion at 8:00 A. M. Church School will meet at 9:45 A. M. The last in the series of sermons on the general subject "The Church" will be delivered this Sunday. The special phase of this subject will be "Life." GOV. CLYDE II. HOKY Dedicates Com munity House The Community' House in Youngsville was formally dedica ted by Governor Hoey at a dinner meeting In the new Community House WednesdEiy night. The Community House was sponsored by the Home Demon stration Club of Youngsville and built of graystone by local NYA bojis under the direction of Mr. Joe H. Alford, project foreman. Mrs. E. M. Carter, president of the Youngsville club presided. Rev. E. M. Carter gave the invo cation. During the course of the evening several visitors and com mittees were recognized: Mr. Ivey Riddick and his mother, Mrs. Lucy T. White, County NYA Su pervisor, Mr. Alford, Project Di rector, the ten NYA boys who constructed the building, County Commissioners, Town Commis sioners, the building committee. Mrs. Scarborough, chairman. Con gressman Harold Cooley and Mrs. Hoey. Mr. John Lang. State Youth Administrator, expressed appre ciation to all who made the build ing possible. The key to the building was presented to Mayor P. D. Croom by Hon. Charles P. Green. Miss Martha Carter and Fred Hart each rendered solos. Miss Madge Hedrick gave several piano selections. State! Senator W. L. Lumpkin introduced Governor Clyde R. Hoey. the speaker of the evening. Governor Hoey praised the work of small communities for their part in building the State, a State that Is fairly evenly popu lated. He also urged the people to be appreciative of our country rich in natural resources and to put forth every effort to keep it a peaceful nation. LOUISBURG BAFTIST CHURCH On Sunday morning there was no worship service at the Baptist .Church. On Sunday evening Dr. A. Paul Bagby spoke on "Young People and Their Enemies." He named thb ' following enemies: death, Satan as a personality, sin as the weapon of Satan against persons, and self. Sunday morning, October 22nd at 11 o'clock, Dr?>H. A. Bagby will preach. ' Sunday evening there will be no service at out church thus giving the members an opportunity to attend the Methodist Church. Sunday School at 9:45 A. M Baptist Training Union at 6 : 4 E P. M. The members are urged to sup port all services with their pres ence, interest an3 efforts. All visitors are welcome. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, Oct. 21st: Saturday ? Double Feature ? George O'Brien In "Timber Stam pede" and Noah Beery, Jr. and Robert Barrat In "Bad Lands.' Also Chapter No. 1 of "Dlcl Tracy's O-Men". Sunday ? Anne (Maisie) Soth tern and Franchot Tone In "Fasi and Furious." Monday - Tuesday ? Oroucho i Harpo and Chlco Marx, Florence Rice and Kenny Baker In "The Marx Bros, at the Circus." Wednesday ? Walter Connollj and Iris Meredith In "Those High Gray Walls."' Thursday-Friday ? Tyrone Pow er, Myrna Loy and George Brent In "The Rains Ca,me." Last Times Today ? Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou and William Holden In "Golden Boy." MEETINGS TO ELECT COMMITTEEMEN (By W. C. Boyce, County Agent) ! The Comity Committee of Franklin County has scheduled' 10 meetings in Franklin County Friday night, October 27, at 7:3(h o'clock for the purpose of nomi nating and electing township committeemen, alternates, and delegates to the County Conven tion to elect County Committee-, | men. The Delegates, Coinniuni I ty Committeemen, and Alternates | will be elected by members pres ent at these meetings. The vot lug will be done on prepared bal lot after nominees for each Of fice have been made from the floor. Any farmer otherwise elig ible who agrees in writing that he will participate in the 1940 Agri cultural Conservation Program will be eligible to serve as Com .mitteeman or delegate regardless of whether such producer quali fied for 1939 Agricultural Conser vation Payment and any produc er who agrees in writing, that he will participate in 1940 Agrieul-t tural Conservation Program will be eligible to vote. The Chairman of the 1939 Township Committee will preside over the meetings scheduled for this purpose on Friday Night,1 October 27, at 7;30 o'clock as follows: j xiayesville Township . . . | Gold Mine Township ... i Sandy Creek Township . | Cedar Rock Township . . Cypress Creek Township Dunn Township . . ? Harris Township Youngsville Township . . Franklinton Township . . j Louishurg Township . . . Epsom School j _ Raynor's Store 1 > . . . . . : . Gold Sand School ! ...... Edward Best School Old School Building at Seven I'atlis Bunn-High School . .... Harris Graded School . Youngsville High School . . Franklinton High School Court House DUTIES OK TOWNSHIP AXI) ? COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN The duties of Committeemen ' are to determine (arm acreage al-r iotment, normal yields, and soil building goads; when applicable, determine farm marketing quo tas; assist in explaining to farm ers the purposes and provisions of the Program; and perform such other dutfes as may be pre scribed by Agricultural Adjust ment Administration. Therefore, in order to adminis ter the AAA Program more suc cessfully, farmers should elect (1) Men familiar with farm-1 ing conditions in the County and ; Community who are successful In I their own farming operations; (2) Men with ability to as sist in educational work in con i nection with the program, ex plain to farmers its purposes and aims, show how allotments and yields are established, and point out ways in which the provisions i of the program can be best adap ted to the needs of individual farms. (3) Men who will further the objectives of the program through the establishment of equitable al lotments and yields, and proper soil-bu ilding goals, that will re flect painstaking and Impartial consideration of all facts pertain ing to the establishment of such allotments, yields, and goals; (4) Men who can keep them selves informed on the program generally and capable of develop ing suggestions by farmers for Its betterment. The duties of the Community delegate will be to attend the County Convention with delegates elected by other Townships. Af ter the County Committee and Alternates have been elected del egates if desired and either dele gate, Township Committeeman, or an eligible farmer may be elec ted as member of the County | Committee. However, should a , member of the Township Com ' mlttee be elected a member of the County Committee, he can no longer serve as member of the ' Township Committee but the first alternate will be moved up to , ' complete the Township Commit tee. LOCATES AT LOUISBCRG , Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Hartness, of Sanford, N. C.. have arrived In Louisburg, and have taken the! | Harrison - residence on North Main Street. Dr. Hartness comes i from one ot Lee County's most - prominent families. He is a young man of fine character and highly . recommended as a well trained ? experienced physician. We are 1 glad to welcome Dr. and Mrs. ' Hartness to Loulsburg and hope c for him much success. Dr. Hart ness will be associated with Dr. . j H. O. Perry. ' \ t, ? . i ANOTHER VICTORY FOR EDWARD REST GIRLS 1 On last Wednesday; the Ed-; ward Best girls won the first r round of the soft-ball tournament i by defeating the Epsom girls by a score of 19-13. Leading the attack for the Ed ward Besters were Annie Laurie Coppedge and Vivian Mae Wells with five and four runs respec i tively. Smith featured for Epsom wKh | her all around pUying. KliKillULITY TO SKKVK AS COMMUNITY OR COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN ^Franklin County has been des ignated by the State Committee as having above 25% of farmers producing flue-cured tobacco In 1939. Therefore, for this County any farmer otherwise eligible who, agrees in writing that he will par ticipate in 1940 Agricultural Coll- j servatlon Program will be eligiMr to serve as Community of Couuty Committeeman, or delegate re gardless of whether such fanner1 qualified for 1939 Agricultural Conservation Payment. Also by signing this agreement, lie will be eligible to vote for his choice as Committeeman ?nd delegate in a meeting scheduled 111 the Town ship for Friday night. October 27. at 7:30 o'clock. The statement above says that a person must be otherwise elig ible. To 'be otherwise eligible to serve as Committeeman, the far mer must possess the following qualifications: 1. Is engaged in farming and derives a substantial part of his income directly from farming; 2. Is a resident of the commu nity; 3. Is not holding any Federal, State, or major county office filled by an election held pursuant to law, or is not or has not been during the current year a candi date for any such office; 4. Is not and has not been dur ing the current year an officer or employee of any political party or political organization; 5. Has not been removed for cause from office as committee man, delegate, alternate, officer, or employee of any association or like organization, or from public office, or convicted of any fraud, larceny, embezzlement, or felony, unless such disqualification has been waived for good causes shown by the Agricultural Ad justment Administration; and. 6. Is not a member of the State Agricultural Conservation Committee. Producers meeting these qual ifications, if elected, will be elig ible to serve as delegate to the County Convention, member of Township Committee, or member of County Committee. The Coun ty Committee will be elected by the Delegates representing each Township at a Meeting of all del egates in Louisburg on Monday following the election at 2:00 P. M. 1 RENEVI YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! Observe The Parking Laws Chief of Police C. E. Par? rpqumlK the TIMES to Mk the people of rouisburg to leave their can at home and others to observe the parking regula tions. That these regulations were not enforced during the time the Market wan closed, but now that it has opened again they will be enforced. He is giving this notice so that yon will understand And not be caught for violation of the new parking laws. If you will cooperate with the Police De partment you will have plenty room to drive and a much safer passage ?) rough' oar streets. ? > . ? V Battery "B" Increases Drills Capt. Chas. P. Green, of Bat-i tery B. 113th Field Artillery, an-; nounced Wednesday that he had [ received orders to increase the | strength of the Battery from its ?peace time number of 64 to 80. Of this number he has already enlisted up to 77 through a selec-j live method and expects to com- 1 plete the, required number in. a ! few days. He also informs the TIMES that the Battery has increased its drills 1,0 two a week beginning Oct, ober , 15th. and will hold drills this week on Thursday "and Fri day nights., and on Monday and Thursday nights of next week, j The regular schedule ^for future! drills will be worked out and an nounced later. In addition to the extra drills he contemplates sev- ' eral week-end maneuvers, but these will not exceed one a month. The increased personnel, he explained would cause an increase of Sergeants iffid Corporals and first class privates and would likely involve, a number of pro-1 motions. Battery B is one of the brag Batteries of the National Guard and is making its reputation bas ed upon efficient, capable and in-'1 terested leadership and hard work by an exceptionally high class per- 1 sonnel. The Battery is contemplating 1 with much enthusiasm its remov-| al to the new armory, which is going forward to an early cora-i1 pletion. Louisburg To bacco Market ! Quite a bit; lot of tobacco was sold on the Louisburg market the past week at very low prices, but;' possibly consistent with "the ex- 1 isting conditions. Reports Indicate the damaged tobacco* resulting ftoiu having i i been "w* "ked up" so long is f ist disappearing and the buyers are buying with increased confidence. Bring your tobacco to Louis- j burg where unparalled friendship | and courtesy, and as good prices as anywhere await you. Killed In Auto Accident Mr. Ruffiti Hunt, seventeen i years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Hunt, of near Ingleslde, was iiiHtagtiy killed, and Mr. Joe Wright suffered a broken arm on Sunday night, when the car in which they were riding and which', was being driven by Mr. Paul Edwards^ overturned. Hunt was caught beneath the car and crush j ed. The car was a model T. Ford and the accident was caused, so we are informed, by one of the l front wheels collapsing. Corner j K. A. Bobbitt visited the wreck ! and pronounced it accidental. Hunt is survived by his parents I and tWo sisters Mrs. J. W, Smith, j Miss Mary Louise Hunt, and two brothers, Charles Hunt and an infant brother. The funeral services were held from Corinth Baptist Church on l Monday afternoon at 3. o'clock, conducted by Rev. H. H. Barnette, and Interment was made in the Hunt family burying ground near j Alert. The pallbearers were Durwood Collins, J. Z. Terrell, Clyde Ed wards, Paul Edwards, Walter Deb 1 nam and R. C. Edwards, Quite a number attended both services aiid the floral tribute was [ especially large and pretty. Injured In' Auto Accident Mr. Howard Hancock, photog rapher for the Roanoke Rapids Herald, received a lacerated head, face and left hand, and slight con cussion when his car overturned on the Franklinton highway just beyond the railroad crossing > south of Loulsburg Sunday night. First aid was given him at Dr. H. G. Perry's office and he was taken i to Roanoke Rapids hospital. ! A ft P STORES OPEN HERE The Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., has leased the new store roOm on j I Nash Street next to the Loulsburg j Theatre and are now preparing It I | for the opening of a nice stock of j groceries and meats some time next week. Watch for their an- ! j nouncement. i FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING PHONE 988-1 ? I HON. J. M. BROl'GHTON J. M. Broughton Speaker Hon. J. M. Broughton. of Ral eigh, was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Louisburg Cham ber of Commerce held at the Franklin Hotel on Thursday night of last week. The occas ion was observed as Ladies Night and was largely attended. Mr. Broughton made a strong and in teresting speech which was great ly enjoyed by those present. The meeting was recorded as an enthusiastic success. LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH The Revival continues at the Louisburg Methodist Church. The last of the down-town ser vices will be hold at the Court House Friday morning (today) at 8:30. Dr." J. C. Glenn, of Raleighi will speak at that time. Dr. Olenn also is preaching each evening at 7:30 at the church. A special invitation Is extended to those who have not yet been present. Don't miss these last few services. Seriously Injured Owen Bragg was seriously if not fatally injured III an automo bile accident at Franklintoi* ? 7:59 Sunday night when his car traveling at a high rate of speed crossed into another car on the western outskirts of Franklinton on Route 56. He received a lac erated arm. had cut on right side of Ills head and a fractured skull. Last reports say he was still un couscious. Jl'IMJK SINrMll! WKD IN VIRGINIA CEREMONY Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Jones Parhani, of Louisburg. announce the marriage of I heir daughter. Anna Fuller, to Superior Court Judge Nell Angus Sinclair, of Fayettevllle, In Boydton, Va., Octolior 17. at the Episcopal rec tory. The couple are residing at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh, where Judge Sinclair is conduct ing a term of Superior Court. A University of North Carolina graduate, Judge Sinclair served as solicitor for tho district em bracing Robeson, Cumberland. Bladen and several other eastern counties and then served for near ly 20 years on the Superior Court bench. He retired to the ranks of emergency judges at the time ol the last election. THK I/OUISBURG CIRCUIT .The Loulsburg Circuit, Methc dlst Episcopal Church, South, Rev. Marcus H. Bloodworth, pas tor, makes the following an nouncements: Fourth Quarterly Conference The Fourth Quarterly Confer ence will be held at Piney Orovt Church, Sunday afternoon, at S o'clock. All official members o! the Circuit are notified to be pres ent. All people are invited, Shlloh Church Preaching will be held at Shllot Church. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. A cordial welcome^ li extended to all frlenda of th< church. Visitors are also invit ed to the Sunday School at 10 o'clock. EDWARD BEST BOYS WIN The Edward Best High School boys advanced the first round lr the soft-ball tournament by de feating Epsom in a nip and tuck battle by a score of 3-2. The fielding of Williams and the pitching of Wells of Edward Best featured the fine brand of ball played by both tea RENEW YOUR 8UB8C1I WAR IN EUROPE | London. Oct. 18. ? British and German planes battled again to day over the British naval base at Scapa Flow&hile Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, facing at tacks in Parliament for his con duct of the war, warned that the British Isles must prepare to beat off big-scale air attacks. The Air Ministry announced that "enemy aircraft apparently on reconnaissance" approached Scapa Flow from the direction of Kirkwall and Duncansby Head, South of the wartime rendezvous of the British fleet. The German planes, sighted over Caithness, were engaged in battle by British defense planes over the sea off Duncansby Head. The people of Wick, on the Scottish mainland coast, heard two flights of German planes over Pentland Firth water during ^ha morning and watched anti-alr craft guns hammer away at tha raiders. \ The NazPplanes flew off to the ! east, but returned and appeared over Scapa Ffpw. The Germans dropped no bombs and made nf> effort apparently to repeat yesterday's attacks by threa I waves of bombers which dive bombed British warships lying at anchor, damaging the battleship Iron Duke. Berlin, Oct. 18. ? Commander I Guenther Prien, the man whi? squirmed through a British mina i field at Scapa Flow with a sub ! marine and sank the battleship Royal Oak, was a hero today as Berlin celebrated his doughty ex-' ploit. The 31-year-old submarine com mander received from Adolf Hit ler Germany's highest war decor I ation the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. The 30-odd members of his crew, who yesterday were present ed Iron Crosses by Grand Admiral Erich Kaeder. saw the ceremony in the Fuehrer's private study. At a press conference in the Propaganda Ministry, where ho ; met forlegn correspondents, Prien told of his raid last Saturday and asserted "it was all over in 30 . j seconds." ?\\e set off two torpedoes, he ! related. "The Hoyal Oak disap peared aud the Repulse listed sharply forward." i (The British repeatedly have ^denied that the Repulse, a battle cruiser, was damaged.) Prien stuck steadfastly to the Qerman contention that the Re pulse was damaged seriously. He saw it all, the submarine com mander said, through his peris cope before he headed (for tha open sea, successfully making a second perilous journey through the mine fields. The Repulse story was em phasized by the Reich's press chief, Otto Dietrich, who told cor respondents: "Here's a man who" can prove that Churchill (British First Lord of the Admiralty) ts withholding some of the truth." J Paris. Oct. 18. ? German patrols probed the French lines between the Moselle and the Saar rivers today, heightening Allied Anticip ation of another German on slaught somewhere along tha j front where two German drives on Monday forced the French back I to their own frontier. The Allies shifted their reserves ' and massed artillery to break up the assault It it should come. . Front line tension was particular ly keen because the Oermans had massed 800,000 troops in their front-line trenches on the narrow I 90-mile sector from the Moselle to , the Rhine. French war communique No. .90 tonight reported the general . front was unchanged, but that there was "great activity of re ' connalssance elements, especially . between the Moselle and the Saar. . ' Bad weather prevailed on tha ; entire Western Front, where con r dltlons could not be worse for of . tensive operations. Tha Germans were obliged to use railroads tor massing reinforcements, with tha result that all lines of communic ation were clogged throughout tha day. Rain and tog kept Allied planes grounded. j Artillery Active French artillery whipped tha German front-line positions aud roads and raHroads with shrapnel to hamper the concentration. The rains increased the Rhina I flood and forced evacuation of i several Siegfried Line blockhouses . opr?Mte Strasbourg. They also ijcnased the Moselle to rise to a . level eleven feet above last week's. . The Biles and other small Streams ' flowing luto the Saar River were I I flooded and the terrain, badly i pocked by artillery in Monday's (Continued on Page Jight)