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A. F. JOHNSON, EDITOR AND #
VOL. XL.s
^ FRANKLIN SUP'R COURT
! CONVENED ON MONDAY MORN.
INGTHE 28rd. >
Quite a Number of Cases Dis
posed of, But None of Espec
ial Interest?Several Float
Sentences.
The regular January term o
? Franklin Superior Court, tor thi
trial of criminal and oivil cases con
vened in Louiahurg on Monda;
morning at ,11 o'olock with Hon
George W. Ward, Judge presiding
and Mr. R. G. Allsbrook as State'i
attorney.
Judge Ward has made - a verj
favorable impression on our peopli
in his official capacity and hii
charge to the grand jury was a plan
and splendid one. It was full of in
struouon for the publio along Jega
lines as well as containing instrao
tions for the guidance of the jury.
Mr. if. G. Allsbrook, our newl^
L elected Solicitor,represented tlieStati
in a splendid manner. Although
this was his first term of court it
the capacity of Solicitor he lias doui
good work and has shown that lit
will aoou be familiar with his duties
There ra no doubt but that lh<
selection of Mr. Allsbrook to repre
sent me otate Dy me voters ol tlni
distriot was a wise one.
The following were the Granc
Jaron drawn:
R H May, Moies Neal, C C Win.
stun, A S Leonard, I G Ball, W ?
Priddy, E T Alston, E H Hagwood
R I Gnpton, B B Burnette. H
Cooper, A S Joyner, J M Holden
M L Fowler,.A C Leonard, W C
Green, D K Gapton, W H Horton
The Judge appointed A 8 Jeyner ai
Foremau and S. J. Alford was swore
as offioer to the Grand Jnry.
After the completion of the Judgei
charge the following cases were die.
posed of:
State vs J W Pulley, . nel proi
with leave.
State vs Sol Allen, nol pros will
leave.
State vs Fnrman Bailey, pltadi
guilty^ fined $10.00. and coats.
State vs H. P. Leonard, pleadi
guilty, fined $10.00 and costs.
State vs Joe Browa and Ulch?r<
Massenburg, guilty, fined $10 Ot
each and costs.
State vs Jim Alston, cow
pleads guilty, fined $10.00 and costs
State vs Lowe Gill, c c w, geilty
judgment suspended.
State vs Wjley Stokes, retailing
"not guilty.
States VS Jim Spivy?and Hspn,
Davie, f. and a., not guilty.
State vs Bob Yarborongh retailing,
pleads guilty, judgment sue
pended upon payment of costs.
State vs Thomas Stone, 1. and r.
pleads guilty, eight months on roads.
State vs Walter Ha* kins cruelty
to animals, guilty, six months or
roads.
State va Charlie HuAid, oiuelty tc
animals, nol pros.
State vs Allen Henderson, cruelty
to animals, nol pros.
State vs Eli Medlin, larceny, not
guilty.
State va John Spivey, I. and r.,
pleads guilty, tour months on roads
State vs James Timberlake retailing,
pleads guilty, four months on
roads.
State vs James ( Timberlake, rehfV
tailing, judgment suspended.
State vs Sidney Blacknell, retailing,
guilty, eight months on roads.
State vs Sidney Htacknell, retail
ing, judgment suspended.
State vs Otis Kearney, rooking
train, called and failed, judgment,
nisi scifa and capias.
State vs Alton Weathersby, C.'V.
Beddingfisld, and H. ' H. Beddingfield,
a. d. w., guilty, judgment
W eathersby to be fined 925.00 and
one-third ooet, and C. V. aad H. H,
Beddingfield to pay balance of cosjjState
vs Ernest Rhodes abtndon.y
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v State vs J! S. Perry trespass, nol
pros. 1
State va Nathaniel Alston, abandonment,guilty,
prayer for judgment
continued upon payment of oosts and ^
. defendant be required to enter
? into a justified bond of $500.00 and
j to pay the mother- $75.00 per year
for the expenses of herself and child.
State vs Will Powell, o c w, guilty,
fined $5.00 and costs. '
9 Sta'e
ve Elbert Prrvett, forcible
trespass, guilty, six months on toads. '
State vs Walter May, a.d. ? ., not
guilty: v
State vs J. M. and Onnie Stalling?, $
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Franklin County's efficient Clerk
, of the Superior Court, who has
served the county faithfully for 0
' eight years and is now beginning e
his third erra.
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pleads guilty, judgment that the de(
tendants pay J. J. Riohardson *400 r
( and pay all costs in both oases.
State vg Nathaniel Alston, seduc- 1
tion, nol pres. I
State va Bud Spivey, assault with
intent to commit rapa, guilty twelve 1
3 months on roads. 1
cState vs Roger Macon, seduction, j
, continued. %
State vs W. T. Hudson, false pre- g
s tence, continued.
State vs Matthew Perry, ssdue- j
s tion, guilty. , c
State Vs J. S. Perrv, foreibls tres- t
[ pass, guilty, judgment suspended t
) upon payment of costs. (
State and J. E. Timberlake vs J. ?
t E. Bartholomew, disposing of mort- t
, paged property, not guilty. .
) As we go to prase tbs trial of the ,
criminal docket is still in progress a
( and will ns donbt be completed today.
4? ?arum-uv uhahit JDhv
The Grand Joey finished up their d
work and made their report to the 0
oourt on Wednesday, after which a
they were discharged with the thanks
' of the court. The following is their J
report:
, To thm Hoko.'ABLe Gro. W. Ward
judob PreSIDINO. 1
i We the Grand Jury for January ^
term of Franklin Superior Court -5
beg leave to submit the following re-^
port: ^
, We have passed on all bills which
have been given us in 'oharge and
have passed on all matters that have
come to our knowledge. a
W e have visited the home for the a
i aged and infirm and find everything a
clean and in good oontition Inmates
well fed and cared for and I
satisfied. Mr. Williams has 24 help- I
less inmates and ssys he has not
enough help to wait en them.
Wo have.visited the county jail *
in a body and find the same in as
good condition as could be expected, d
Priaioners well oared tor and fed. ?
We have examined the oflioers of
the Court House and find the re.
cords properly indexed and as well
; kept as possible with the facilities 0
that the officers have for keeping
earns. ?
Respectfully submitted. ?
A. 8. Jot* an, Foremen. u
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the:county, thi
louisburg.n. C.. frida
Itil MOVING PEOPLI
their movements in ani
OUT OF TOWN . wThose
Who Have Visited Luolsbupg
the Past Week?Thost
Whoi Have XJone Elsewhen
Fop Business op Pleasure.
Miss Lynn Hall is visitihg friendi
n Greensboro. *
Mrs A, ^1. Hall returned Monday
roni a visit to Sumter, S'. C.
??pt. J. H. Finlator and wife, art
isiting his people at Bennettsville
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Miss Eva Hight. of Oxford, if
isiting her aunt, Mrs. M. ii. Ayocke.
l\ II. I.t.oy, of Rocky Mount, waf
visitor to I.ouisburg the past
reek.
Mr. V. S. Spruill, of Rocky
Jouht, was in attendance at court
he past week.
T. M. Pittman aDd T. T. Hicks, oi
Ienderson,were in town the paal
reek attending court.
Mrs. A. G. MoMannaway and
aughtnr, Miss Kate, of GreenBborc
re visiting at Mr. A. M, Hall's.
Mrs. G. L. Aycock left WedneBay
for Norfolk where Bhe will viail
ler mother, Mrs. J. A. Goodwyn.
Mrs. Ben W. Brown and little
aughter, of Rinston, are visiting
ler mother, Mrs. C. V. Strickland
J. M, Person attended the fnneraj
d his wife's father, Mr. T. M. Av
nt, in Nash coanty the past week
Fine Hogs.
The following reports have beet
eceived by us the past week.
West Lewis, Dunns township
tilled a hog two years old weighin(
>27 pounds.
R. If. Brantley, of. Social Plains
tilled one hog nineteen and on<
lalt months old, that weighed 41!
rounds.
Sells interest in Drug Stori
Mr. G. L. Aycock who is familiar
y known to the peopls of Franklii
louuty as "Gaston," informed ni
his week that he had sold his in
erest in the Baasley-Alston Drn;
3o., and would not be with then
iny longer. Ht has many friendi
hroaghout the county who will re
;ret to learn that be hag deoided t(
withdraw from aetive business foi
while
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The V. D. C? will meet Wedneslay
afternoon Feb. 1st, 1911 at f
I'alock at the masonic hall. A fali
.ttendance is desired.
Mrs. J. P. Winston, Pras.
ilrs. W.E. Uzzell, Secretary.
All the ladies who are interested
n making definite plans for the imirovement
of our cemetery, are renested
to meet at the Masonu
lall Wednesday, Feb. 1st, 1911 al
t o'clock.
Poor Brown
"Sorry, Brown," Baid the doctor,
,fter the examination. "You're in
very serious condition. "I'm
,fraid I'll have to operate on you."
"Operated," gasped Brown. "Why
haven't any money for operations,
'm only a poor tvorking man."
"You'l# inaured, are you not?"
"Yes, but I don't get that until
fter I'm dead?'
"Ob, that'll bo all right," said the
ootor consolingly.?February Lipineott'e.
Why He Did Not Pay.
A Missouri praacher, at the contusion
of one of his sermons, said:
"Let all in the house who are paylg
their debts, stand np." Intantly
every man,'woiaan and ohild
dth on* axooption, rose to thsir
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fear. The , pri acher Heated them I j
* and stid: "Tfbn, every man not
) paying his <t?bti stand op." The l
exception noted, a care-worn, bungry-looking-'ifidividuai,
clothed >n
his last summer's suit, slowly as
sumed a perpendicular position.
I "How is it my frt.nd," asked 1
I the minister,"that you are the only
man not to meet his obligations?"
"I run a newspaper," he meekly
answered, "and the brethren here,
who just stood up, are my subscribers,
and Selected.
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At The College , ,
"A Frelic in the Cooking Class." 1
t Musical Burletta given by the Y. ,
W. C. A. Choir of Louisburg Col- =
- lege. Come all and have an hour's
fun in song with the Cooking Class
' at tho College Chapel, Monday evening,
Feb-5th. Admission 10 and
-Ad cents. ' * "
It Pays to Advertise in The
dt.] Times
We publisfHtelow a letter from .
' one of our advertisers wbioh goes to
nhnw thfti it- ti?to fr? advortlon ?*> ?Kn
Times. The Letter follows, and
' will explain itself, read it:
Mr. A. F. Johnson,
Looisbnrg, K. C.
Dear Sir?For goodness sake
take oat the add for tow, pigs and
' male, they were sold on the first
' lssne, and have had 5# calls for pigs
' and male sinoe. It takes one man
I to stand at my door to tell people (
the pigs are all sold.
Yonrs truly, l
3 ' J. W. King.
, Humorous * L 1
said ' the ""teacher j'
, while instracting the class in com- )
; position, "Yon should not attempt
any flight of faney, ^ut simply be
i yourself and write what is in yoa.
e Do net imitate any other persons
5 writings or draw inspiration from
outside sources." As a result of
this advice, Johnny Wise turned in
the followiag composition. "We
should not attempt any flights of
fancy but write what is in ne. In
1 me there's my stummick, luags, '
9 hart, liver, two apples, ene pieoe of
pie, one stick of lemon candy and 1
' my dinner."
1 A farmer in ordering Fertilizer '
' wrote, "Send me 5 bags of Assid
I Fosfit."
Additional Franklinton N?wb.
The Shakespeare Club will meet
- with Miss Fiances Wiiiaum, Tuea- "j
day afternoon. .
! We are very glad to have Mrs. A. i
' R. Winston with ns again. She ,
and little son have been on an extended
visit to her parents in New
Bern.
The sympathy of our people is s
with Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Ford >n the ,
' death of their little baby, ,
. The Tuesday Clab will meet with i
^ Mrs. A. S. Joyner and Mr?- Connor, i
Feb. 7th. . <
D. C. McGhee spent Friday, Saturday
and Sanday in town. 1
We are glad that T. C. Joyner, d
' Jr., is convalescing from a long case '
of typhoid fever. t
Miss Alattie Ballard went to Kit- '
trell Tuesday for a visit to Mrs. C. J
II. Blaeknell. {
We want phoees! We can't wait
until May either. _ Lets see if we
can make some other arrangements.
Mr. B. W. Ballard wsb in Raleigh
Monday and Tuesday. .
The "Tuesday Club" met with j
Mrs. J. S. Morris and Mrs. Drake c
Tuesday atternoon at the home of
Mrs. J. 8. Morris. Those . present r
voted it one of the most delightful
entertainments of the Club! A fas- f
oinating contest on "Beheaded q
Words" ensued Miss Frances Winston
being the prise winner. De- e
lieious refreshments were served.
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MEW LAWS TO DATE
WHAT LEGISLATURE HAS ACCOMPLISHED
THIS EARLY
IN SEASON.
Hostly Local Measures, Though
Some of General Application.
Passed and Ratified?Four
Emergency Bills?Important
Matter to Come Up This Week?Although?the
Legislature?has
oeea iu session for two weeks, and
nore, an inspection of the measure
will show that it has just started.
While several bills of general intersst
have gone through, it is to be
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WILLIS M. BOONE.
Newly elected Sheriff who presided
at his first court the past week.
His ease of manner and efficiency
ias caused his new official duties to
be within easy grasp.
observed that the great' majority,
both of those introduced and those
acted on, are mere local Measures.
There seems to be a sentiment in
both houses to act early on mutters
only of local concern, so that the latter
days of the session may be devoted
to the large questions, and the
difficulty experienced in tbe closing
period of previous sessiens may be
avoided.
Tbe past week has been marked
by the passage of two emergency
measures? one Applicable only to
Rockingham county, and the other
of Statewide importance. The first
was the Ivie bill to prevent an exhibition
of the Johnson-JeffrieB 6gbl
by a moving pioture show a Leaksville.
The last was the House bill
to prevent the shipping of live quail
ir partridges without the State, and
was nresented on account- of advice
eceived by legislators to the effect
:hat parties in Guilford county had
teen granted permits by the Seore
;ary of the Audubon Society to ship
ire quail by the thousands to parlies
in New York.
Another that was presented as an
imergency measure was the biti to
'egulate fishing in Albemarle Sound
ind its tributaries. Its advocates
ixplained that the fishing season
will open in that section at once, and
;hat the bill was to attach an enforcng
clause to the existing law in orler
to proteot the fish supply.
A list of bills ratified proves that
ocal game laws are in abundanoe.
The ^opossum has been protected
11 various counties, and the wild
n r key a of the west have not been
iverlooked. Squirrels, fish, deer,
ind even dogs, have been duly lookid
after also. It will also be Been
hat justices of the peace have been
ippointed from Currituck to Cheroiee,
and that towns have been tniCrporated
and in many cases licenid
to issue bonds. One county,
Mleghany, has been authorized to
evy a special tax to build a new
lourthouse.
The following is a list of suoh
ati tied bills:
Providing that four and a half
eet shall be a lawful fence in Per[uimans
county.
To proteot wild turkeys in Swain
oanty.
To protect quail and other game
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in Caldwell county.
Providing a squirrel law for Perquimans
county.
Relating to the time for hunting
opossum in Sampson county.
Fixing time for hunting quail in
Sampson .oounty.
To promote the growing of improved
live stock in county of Beaufort.
Relating to the drainage of lands
on Indian creek. j_Incorporating
the Caldwell and
Ash Turnpike Company. 1
Authorizing the commissioners of
Martin county to make contracts and
other purposes.
- Concerning the hunting of opossum
in Randolph county.
Validating ceitaia probates and
the official acts of the deputy clerk
in Swain county.
Regulating hunting itr Washington
oounty.
To provide for..the re-registration
of deeds in Lee county.
. To authorize county commissioners
to make appropriations to the
farm demonstration* work.
Authorizing the hoard* of
missioners of Henderson and' Tran- ?
aylvania counties to employ an engineer
to examine and report upon
the probable cost of removing the
Back Shoals in the French Broad
river.
Relating to dogs in Granville
county.
To validate certain probates in
Greenville county.
To prohibit exhibitions of prize
tights by moving picture shows (applicable
only in Rockingham county.
To provide tor the registration ot
electors for the election on the question
of tt'e adoption of the commission
form ef government for the city
of Greensboro, to be held on the first
Tuesday of February, 1911.' -"??.voo
To amend section 3803. Revisial "
of 1903, relative to butcher's keeping
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Amending chapter 177, Private
Laws of 1902, by striking out limitation
of the amount of property
said college may hold.
To improve the public road from
Lenoir to Blowing Rock.
To allow the commissioners of
AlleghaDy countv to levy a special
tax to pay for the erection of a new
court house.
For the relief of the clei k of the
Superior Court of Montgomery
county.
To ratify and approve $26,000
waterworks and sewer bonds for the
town of Murphy, in Cherokee county
and to allow said town to levy a
special tax for the payment of intereBt
as it becomes due and the priticipal
at maturity.
To prevent the shipment of live
quail or partridges without the
State.
To authorive the town or Klkin to
issue bonds.
To authorize the mayor agd alder- ?'
men of Hickory to issue bonds'tp ex
icuu bUO HW>VCI(1J.? fiYBLB li I1UW existing
in said city.
To amend the road law of Montgomery
county.
Concerning the working of public
roads in Lincoln county* ">
Relating to fishing in Albemarle
sound and its tributaries.
The coming week will be an
important one among the aolons. On
Tuesday the discussion of tho inoome
tax proposition will be resumed,
and on Wednesday Senator
Gardner'sbill to increase the Governor'ssalary
is to be taken up. The
Committee on Counties, Cities and
Towns will have another hearing on
the Avery county bill, and on Tuesday
one on the bill for the erection
of Hoke oounty. On Wednesday
the Senate will consider the bill providing
that the State may farniah
convicts to aid in the oonatructidn
and improvsmant of the turnpike
from Lenoir to Blowing Rook, end
that this work n to be paid for iu
stook in tbe road. Ite advocates
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