thiufioh.
Say, Siarch ag, i?i?.
A. P. JOHNSON, EDITOR
vni.?xT,m,
OFFICER SHOOTS NEGRO
SUNDAY WHILE RBSISTLNO AH
. BEST *? '
Coroners Jury After Hearing:
The Evidence on Monday
Morning: Completely Exon
erates Chief Tucker.
Freddie Green, * negro barber of
Louiaburg wait shot and instantly killed
on Sunday afternoon about four o'clock
by Chief of Police J. C. Tuoker, after
he lud been arroated and when in the
act ll resisting.
It neems. that ?" Saturday night Ed
lOill, colored who has been recognised
as Loulsburg's tnoet notorious blind
tiger, was arrested and Iplaced in Jail
upon a bench warrant issued by Judge
E. B. Cline, and through some source
Chief Tucker found" out where a lot of
. his liquor was. Tucker summoned Mr.
II C- Williams on Sunday afternoon to
aisist in finding and seizing this wbis
' ky. They went' to the home of Nina
Rullin anu Kerau Shaw, two disrepu
table negro women, and began the
search. Here, Tucker informs on, he
found ftaa or six negro men and women
in and near the house drunk. Soon
after he entered the house Freddie
Green came up exclaiming "he would
let no g-3d-m man search his house
and get his liquor.^' Fred entered the
hocie and i everal times Cheif Tue'-e.-had
to force him from out bf hiB way. How
. ever Tucker succeded In getting practi
cally all the booze there was in the
house and put it in the buggy.
After getting this f%r Freddie' con
tinued his mouthing and was assisted
by Tom Green. Upon instructions
from Cheif Tucker Tom shut up but
was reprimanded by Freddie by saying
"h-ll you are over, the river and he
cant do anything with you." By this
time Tucker was In the baggy prepara
tory to leaving and alter this remark
be got out and ordered Freddie to get
l??o the buggy to go to jail, whereup
on he was told he won't going to do it
and then began to 'advance upon
Tucker, who retreated, trying to get a
chance to club him with the bat end
of his buggy whip, but the negro's ad
vancement was so swift he failed in
-this mode of stopping him. Tucker was
going backward jip hill, aqd Green
getting near enough struck him under
the jaw ? Tucker dodging sufficient; to
keep the blow from causing liim any
damage, bat the force caused hHn to
fall backward when Green jumped up
on him. Tucker immediately reached
for his pistol and began firing, placing'
five shots in Green's body before stop
ping, kjliine him instantly. In the
mix up when Chief Tucker fell. Tom
Green stepped up and took hold of
' Tucker's left shoulder. His' explana
. tion before the Coroners jury was tkat
he intended assisting Tucker, and
thought he had hold of Freddie
The evidence of Mr. H. C. Williams,
Tom Green, Otho T et.tiford and Pratt
Perry was practically the same up un
til. the shooting began when there
was no one left to tell the remainder of
the tale but Mr Williams and Cheif
Tucker. ' **
The above is about the eiat of evi
dence that was presented to the Cor
oner's jury which was composed of ~Wf
K. Massenburg, K. P. Hill, D. F. Me
Kinne, B. N. Williamson, M. F. Houck
and B. G. Hicks, on Monday morning
In the court house before special Cor
oner J. A, Turner.
After deliberating over the evidence
?boat two minutes the Jury gave out
i the following verdict, which together
with the report ot the Conner is u
follows: ' .
Bo it remembered that on the 24th
day of March, 1913, I, J. A. Turner,
Special Conner, of laid county, at
tended by a jury of Rood and lawful
men, K, P. -Hill, M. F*. Houck, B. N.
Williamson, D. F. McKtnne, W. K.
Massenburg, B. G. Hicks, by me -sum
moned for the purpose, according to
law, and after being by me duly
sworn and empanelled in Louiaburg
township. Franklin eounty, did held an
fnqoMt1 ov?r the dead body of Fred I
Green, aad after inquiring into the
facts aad circura??anee? of the death
of the deeeaaed from a view of the
corpse and a consideration of testi
mony to be procured, the jury flnde as
follows to wit: That the deceased
came to his death by a pistol ball ired
by Chief of Police Claude Tucker, ' a
lawful officer, In the discharge of J>b
duty in self defense. And the said
Tom Green and Otho Pettjlford be dis
charged from anv.bUma.
. M. F. Houck,
K. P. Hill,
N. Williamson,
J: ' D. F. HcKinne.
W. K. M*??ssbuso,
B. G .Hicks.
Inquest held and record signed In
persence of J. A. Turner, special Cor
oner ot Franklin County.
Union Meeting at the Babttst Church.
Beginning this Friday 7: 30 P. M..
the Franklin County Union will bold
ita present session with the Baptist
Church ot this place. The introductory
sirraon will be preached tonight by
Rev. Qeo. M. Duke, of Mapleville,
who is perhaps the most widely
known and best loted man in this en
tire section of tfaf country, and this
announcement will bring Joy to his
host oT Louisburg friends. An unusually
tine program baa 'beta arranged for
Saturday, beginning at 1Q o'clock and
continuing through the day. Such
men will speak as Hon. R. Bruce
White, Prof. Ilesm, Prof. Tanner,
Prof. Sledge, Rev. M. .Stamps, Rev.
G. M. Duke, Rev W. L. Griggn, and
Rev. X. P. Frsiier, of Wake Forest,
and others. . ?
Sunday will be a great day. At 9: 45,
the Sunday school will render a special
missionary program. At 11 Voiock,
two strong yoang men from the Volun
teer Missionary Band at Wake Forest
will speak. At 2 o'clock in the after
noon Rev. W. L. Griggs will spea\ on
the Judsoii Memorial movement.
Mr. Griggs, is a preacher of marked
ability.
Dinner Will be served to the guest
in the basement of the church on Sun
day. All the member* of the Louis- I
burg church ere urged to bring a well j
filled basket and to spend a social, hour
together^ and with our guests from !
the other churches. I
The Big Land Sale.
The big sale of the l>ing property
which will take place here next Thurs
day gives promise of a big day for
Louisburg. To this sale has been add
ed the PerneU hotel pioperty which
wlllbe cut up into four lots on the fro/it
and one lot on the hack, the house to
be moved on the lot. facing Franklin
street. The putting- in shape ol the
.King property preparatory to the sale
is in progressed quite a change in this
section of the town will be made before
the tirpe for t*>e qalc. ' The sale will be
conducted b/ the Atlantic Coast Realty
Co. , who have been so successful in the
past with such sales. Mr. Vick, the
clever representative of the above com
pany! ahd Mr. Turner the owner of the
property; hafe shown a determination
to get the crowd by putting on a lot of
prizes. These prizes are on display In
the windows of the firms from whom
thev were purchased as follows:
- A majestic range? McKiime liros. Co.
Sideboard ? W. E. White Furniture
Refrigerator ? Uowell-tBunn-iittdson.
? Ladies Coat Suit ? Candler-Crowell
?Co.
Suit of Clothes ? F. W. Wheless.
Barrell of- Flour? B. (i. Hie- s.
A full description of these prizes can
be seen in the page advertisement of
the sale on the last page. We are re
quested to say everybody who attends
the sale will have an equal showing for
the prizes but no one person shall be
entitled to but one of them should they
be luckv enough to draw more than one.
In the latter case the next ticket drawn
will be declared the winner.
Bo* Party.
There will be a Box Party at
Hickory Rocjc academy Saturday night
29th of March fer the benefit of Mt..
Gillead church. All the girla in the
neighborhood and all others are re
quested to come and bring a box and
all the boys come with your poeket
book full of money. There will' be
other things to sell.
To Make Ice Cream.
Mr. E. L. Harris, who has had his
home jiear towd moved to face the good
roads" and other improvements made
about his place, informs us he has pur
chased a most modern creamery ap
paratus with the necessary fixtures for
freezing ioe cream for the market. He'
says thatassoon as the season opens
he will begin his new enterprise at
onee. ?
Town Commissioners Meet
The board of town commissioners met
in a called session Tuesday afternoon
for the purpose of granting the change
of the street at the King property.
The board authorized the Mayor and
the Clerk to receive a deed for a street
?the continuation of Middle street from,
Elm street to the power plant%nd to
exeoute a dsed to Mr. J. A. Turner for
the' present street near this point. The
effect of this change is the straighten
ing of Middle strait making a great Im
l provement in that section.
TORNADO DOES OAMACE
PBACTICALLY DESTROYS HAL'
STON NEBRASKA
' ' / ' ? ? ?..'v'r
Tremendous Damage to Both
Property and Life in tka Glty
of Omaha? Streets billed
With Wreokaare.
Omaha, Neb., March 24 ? One him
dred and forty killed, 240 injured and
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
of property destroyed was the toll of a
tornado which swept Omaha and Its
suburbs last" night, according to the
estimate made at four o'clock this
afternoon.
Accurate figures are not available.
It is thought that 360 houses were de
stroyed and a iota! of 1,250 buildings
damaged, The path of the storm was
from four to six blocks wide, and more
than eight miles . long.
The streets are filled with wreckage
of houses, uprooted trees ard tangled
electric wires. Street ear movement is
impossible, wagon and automobile
travel almost so.
The list of dead, although already a
long one, is beleived by those that have
been over a 'good part of the devasta
ted territory to be but a beginning.
Twenty or more fires were reported in
the tract of the storm and every peic'e
of fire fighting apparatus of Omaha
as well as companies from South
Omaha were kept busy day and night.
This aod the fact that toriential rain
followed the blow the flames were nn
der control late today.
The eastern half of the city? gen
erally composing the business section
was out of the path ol the stormbat
suffered greatly.
The section damaged is the residen
tial portion of the city. a
A number ;?f outlying business
thoroughfares also are in the destroyed
area. .
The greater part of the damage was
done west of twjntv-4ourth street,
north and south cross streets extending
the entire length of the city. Numer
ous streets with retail stores are in thiB
section with the residence portions of
the city scattered in intervening sec
tions. ?.->
Many of the best parks of the city
are within the district covered. ' Han
son park near where ^yuatarm origin
ated, Was greatly damigjjl, iind ' Bcflfis
park one of the show residence dis
tricts of the city, was sfruck with* suf
ficient force to prr cticSlly wreck alt of
its homes. ? jv
One part of the storm area was be
tween Cumming street on the south and
Ames avenue, on the north, and from
Twenty fourth street on ilie east to
5th 50th street on the west. This is
the most thickly populated resident
di8tr:cts in the city and contains sime
of the largest public schools.
Many of the large churches are
in that part of the city. Omaha Uni
versity was In the path Of the storm
and is presumed to have been badly
damaged.
The little town of * Ralston, three
miles west of South Omaha, first felt
the fury of the storm, which there took
a toll of a half dozen or more' lives and
practically destroyed the town. In a
northeasterly direction and almost in a
straight line traveled, wrecked many
homes in the fashionable, the western
portion, of the districts.
FIFTEEN PERISH AT YUTAN.
Lincoln, Neb., March Hi. ? Ten per
sons are known to be dead and it is be
lieved the list will reach fifteen at Yu
tan, -abeat -thirty-five miles aorthwest
of here, where the tornado, which later
did *uch havoc at OmAha, first began its
destructive work. Berlin and Ashland,
Neb., also suffered serious damage.
Farmers Union Meeting.
'
The regular county meeting of the
Farmers Union of Franklin eounty will
be held in th> court houae at Louiabnrg
on Thursday, April 3rd, tbe first Thurs
day. A full attendance ia especially de
sired.
. J\,. , T. J. H A?aia. Pres.
T. H. Slbdob, Sec'y.
1 /ffip.Jfl.1".' *
At St. Paul's Church
The congregation of 81 Paul's church
in Lothebunr. began the observation of
Easter with the celebration of the Holy
Cdmmunlon at 7:80 a. m. The church
waa beautifully decorated with a pro
fuaioa ot lilies" baaked afound .the
chancel. The Sunday School had a
special service with appro* te music at
10:00 a. m. and at whi<ih time the
children made their Easter offering of
tl^eirlanten work for InMklbns, The
offering of this amall band of little
workers waa IOS.00. Owing to the ap
?Aintment of i he rector at ICittrell in
Morning, the regular Easter Mr-.
?taea of the adults were held at 8 IK)
mm. and tlio attendance waa full.
At this service the offering was devoted
to assesments on the parish for mis
slons etc, and one-third of the offering
was set apart to the building of a
chapel for the mission now established
at Franklinton> The junior oider of
the brotherhood of St. Andrew, recent
ly established In the parish, also re
ceived by initiation six or seven of the
youths and boys of the parish into full
fellowship. Thn close of the chureli
year showed progress made which was1
gratifying to the rector, Rev E. Lucien
Halone, who serves this parish and
Kittrell's jointly.
G?t Your Copy Before April
4th.
The Sales Manager of The Life and
Speeches of Governor AyraJck is doting
oat the entire edition of the book, the
plan being to dispose of all the copies
now left before April 4th, the first an
niversary of Uov. Ay cock's death. No
man among all our' readers who follow
ed" Ayeock in that memorable and his
toric campaign of 1900 ought to lose
this opportunity to get a book that
wilt be treasured in after years. It is
really a great book.
Sopt. J. Y. Joyner says this about it:
"For me, Ayeock lives again in these
pages as I knew him and loved him.
-One of the charms of the book ,its
freedom from fulso'mencss and cold
analysis * * * it is a bit of his
rich life, his gentle sweet cltaracter.
his great sympathetic heart,, his match
less eloquence set out with rare dis
crimination and taste."
The regular price of the book is $1.50
and you can get your copy by sending
the amount direct to Mr. . W. K. Mar
shall, the Sales Manager, at Raleigh.
Better still, get a friend to order with
yon and you can get two copies for
$2.50; or better still, send 93.00 and get
three copies Bat bettef yet, jaat send
or bring us $2.00 for one copy of the
book~>nd Thb Frank i. in Tim as one
year. We will hare the book torward
ed by next mail and send our paper ss
promised. Order to-day. Make sore
of ? Jv t J for yrmrself and one for esreh
of your -friends before the book, goes
Ant of print.
Tha Wf^- jit Looks, jo the TaJt
' Payer.
As wiU'Be seerr from the figures be
low, which in the absence of a public
statement one is entitled to toss about
in their xilind, the town ' of Louisburg'
should not be in an awfully bad hole af
ter all. These figures are not intended
to be absolutely correct, nor to include
everything, but will give a little light
on the subject.
RECEIPTS
Taxes assessed , $ 13.000.00
Revenue from Water and
Light plant ' 7.2*0.00
Reyenue from costs, licen
ses, etc., est. 1.000.00
?
Total, ? ? 21.2O0.00
EXt'BMDITUEKS
Salary, Mayor $ 300.00
Clerk 6*O.OQ
" . Treasurer * 800.00
" Chief of Police 480.00
" Night Police 480.00
?' Manager of Firehouse 416.00
" Superintendent Water
and Light Plant 9*0.00
" Fireman Water and
Light Plant, est. 36B.OO
Coat Feeding horses, est. 8T5.00
?* Shaving^ or Coal, est. 2.009. *0
" Street work, est. 50*. 00
" tntereet on bonds 3.200.00
" Sinking Fund, est. 1.0*0.**
Allowance for items not men
tioned and fer error in above
calculations 6.000.00
" Tothl, $ 15.816.00
From the above figures there- seems
to bo, even with the allowance
for error of IS 000.00 or about 33 1-8 per
cent which in all business calculations
is considered extremely excessive above
96.000.00 more received each year than
is necessary. Jost what becomes at all
this tatmey, between Ave and ten thous
ands "of dollar* each Tear, the people
can't understand, and it looks to us the
present administration would be only
too glad to 'give such information to
the voters, especially when each mem
ber of the Board knows full weH It is
required by law and that they are per
sonally liable to heavy fines for not do
in* so.
We will take pleasure in publishing
anything that will throw more light up
on these 'conditions. Bi)t in the mean
time the voters should demand that ?
full showing be made of the town's con
dition in detail. , * ' .
THE MOVIftC PEOPLE
THEIR MOVEMBNTS IN OtND
OUT OF TOWN
Those Who Have Visited Louis
borgr the Past Week? Those
Who Have Gone Elsewhere
For Business or Pleasure.
Mr. J. R. Bonn want to Haleigh Mon
day.
Mr. C. C. Hudson visited Vaughan
the put week.
Mr. P. B. Griffin v<site<t Rocky Mount
but Friday.
BMr. Data Perry, of Henderson, l*i?
ited Louisburjt Sunday.
Miss Lucy ReavU, of Cary, is visit
ing her brdthei? Mr. P. A. Keavis.
Mr. John Burt Hill came borne from
Horner's school to spend Easter.
Mr. G. L. Crow el I left Wednesday
for atrip to Philadelphia.
Miss Lula B t Person returned from
% visit to New York the past week.
Mayor and Mrs. B. T. Holden apant
Kaster with bar father in Portsmouth.
Miss Alaa Pegrara, of Henderson,
visited Miases Bessie and Lillie Hale
Sunday.
Mr. Thomas Ruffln, who is attending
school at Chapel Hill came home to
spend Easter.
Mrs. G. C. Hicks and children, of
High Point are visiting at Mr. W. L.
Herman's. J/
Mr. W. D. Morris who has been
spending some time at UoldBboro, has
returned to Loutaburg.
Mr. c. E. G^oton, who has been on a
visit to his sua in Georgia, returned
home Monday.
Mr. Frank C. Hick*, wife and little
daaKhter*', of High Point, are visiting
his sister, Mrs. P. L. Herman.
Rev. A. D. Wilcox left Wednesday
for Greenville to attend the Washing
ton District Confer* uce.
.' Mtaa Annie Sathertin, of Danville,
who has been visiting. her aunt,' Mrs.
R. C. Williams, returned to far hams,
the past weak.
Mr. Sam Turner who is coaching
baseball at Homer, Oxford, also a for
mer L*>ui?burg ball player, spent Mon
day in town.
Those attending the State Convention
of the Baptist" Woman's Missionary
Union, now in session at Raleigh, from
the Louisburg church are: Mesdames
Emma Allen, W. M. GiUaore, Misses
Edna Allen, Grace and Lypn Hall.
Run Oyer Small Boy.
On last Saturday afternoon While the
school children were crosfihg the river
bridge Sid Driver, a white man, through
wrecklcss and careless driving ran over
Joseph, the little six year old son of
Mr. D. (j, Pearce. From what we can
learn the boy together with other
school children was on his way home
and was on the sidewalk when run over
and that the horse driven by Driver
was apparently under control. The ug
ly part of the occurrence was tljat Dri
ver after knowing what he had done
did not even stop his horse and see if
the child was hurt. The child was
brought back up town and examined
when it was found no serious damage
was done.
Wreck I ess driving of this kind is not
only prohibited by law but is foolish in
any man to indulge in and the officers
under whoss jurisdiction this case comes
should make such an example of it
that it will discourse* any such prac
tice again, as the.e are so many child
ren who nsceasarily have to cross the
bridge to go to and from school.
Box Party
1 We are requested to state that there
will be a "box party at Rock Springs
School house on Friday night, April
4th. The public is oordially invited to
attend. The proceeds will be contrib
uted to the improvement of the school.
Bunn High School.
Tbe Bunn High School commence*
meat will be somewhat different this
year from what it has been. The gram- ,
mar school department will have their
closing exercises on. Friday night,
April 4th. The high school department
will hare their closing exercises Friday
night, April 18th- Tbe music depart
ment, under tne direction ef Miss Cora
Ferebee,* will furnish mnsi* on both
these occasions, as well as for the ex*
ercises during tbe day, Friday, April'
18th
Piot. H. C. S. Noble, head of the de
partment of pedagogy In the University
of ftorth Carolina, will deliver the an
nual address, Friday morn in?, April
IX. Prof. Noble is a noted educator of
long service ill tit* state. He is thor
oughly at honye ? a speaker, beta*
clear, forceful, and entertaining. Be
his the rare combination or keeping you
?mi ling aa you listen, and lending you
?way thinking whqn hit apeeoh is end
?d. 7 , .
I Superintendent White has consented
to speak in tb^ afternoon, along the
line of the past work of the school and
the progress it ought to make in the
immediate future. Mr. White la too
'well known to Franklin county people
to Ileed any introductory aa a man or.
aa a speaker. We always hear him
gladly and with profit. His address
will be followed by a brief summaiy of
the Itetterment Work for the year, by
the President, Mrs. W. A. Mullen, Jr.,.
or some one appointed to that work.
This will be followed by a ball game?
likely between Bunn and Wakelon.
Dinner will be served on the ground
aa usual.
A full program will be announced
next week, in the Times. ? .
.The school has enrolled during the
year 145?44 of these from outside the
district. The revised census tor the dis
trlet is 110.
Work on the new school building haa
begun. . The contract calls for it to be
finished August. 1. This- assures us a
modern, well equipped house to work
"in. for the coming year. This fart in
creases many times over the usefulness
and possibilities of the B^hool. For one
thing, it gives us more robm? more
class room space, and more encourage
ment to put in laboratory equipment
and increase the library. It gives us a
splendid auditorium. And it makes it
possible for us to increase the school
faculty? a thing that is even now nec
essary.
The Betterment Ladies gave a cireus
in the Academy, Friday night, March
14th. And iu spite of bad weather
conditions they cleared f25.00 in addi
tion to giving those who came a pleas
ant evening of wholesome fan. ?
Br. Fleming For Commissioner
Dr. Arthur Hayes Fleming baa made
public his intentions to enter the con
test for the nomination for Town Com
TOtksioner In the coming primacy. Dr.
Naming tell* n? Hrst thing
he expects to bring about - if elected ia
to haye the town's businessNmdited
anil a statement of its ,conditi?ay- pub
lished, and to continue the practice of
publishing annual statements in de
tail so long as be remains a member of
the Board. Dr. Fleming is a capable
and experienced young man whose
energies to bring about what he thinks
to be r'glit, as is well known to our
I people, never cease until he becomes
successful, ?
| U. D. C.
The Joseph J. Davis Chapter of the
U. D. C. will meet with Mrs. W. E. '
Uzzell next Wednesday, April 2nd, at
4 o'clock. The life of Jefferson Davis
will be the study for the afternoon. All
members ot the chapter are cordially
invited to come.
Mrs. J. P. Winston, Pres.
Mrs. W. E. Uzzei.l, Sec'y.
List of Letters.
Remaining in the post office at Louis
burg uncalled for week ending March 28
G. M, Alston, ?. Creekmore, Lee
Johnson, Amanda McMillon, Mrs.
Cheat King, Levassy King, Lessie King
Leslie Perry, Mrs. Allie Perry, Roberta
Whitley, Mrs. Eliza Williams 2, Theo
dore K. Vogel.
Persons calling for any of the above,
letters will please say they saw them
advertised.
M. W. Yakborouoh, P. M.
Pope Itaas.
We are sorry to state that Mrs. S.
W. McGhee's family is not much bet
ter. Mrs. McGhee and her two daugh
ters have been sick for some time. We
hope that she will soon recover.
Mrs. W. A. Faller and daughter and
Miss Zelma Holmes spent Easter with
relatives in Vance county.
Messrs. jjL L. and Wyatt Conyers
left Sunday for Granville to spend Eas
ter with their sister, Mrs. Fuller.
Mr. Carrinna Rat. of Wake county,
is a pending a few days at Pocomoke
with relatives.
, THANKS
Many thanks to my many friends who
have helped mem my loss by ftre of two
weeka ago that destroyed my house and
everythina JMH 1 had. pat my lost
has been replaced by the good people
of Franklin ton and all around my sec
tion. Money, clothing and lurttltnre
have been given to me abundantly. I
did not know that we had ?p maay fioi
people until this tsat came.
Tours slneerety,
ft. H. P. MsIHe Perry.