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VOLUMH XLV.
THE COUNTY, THE isis; THE UNION.
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LOUISBURG, N. C.( FRIDAY, JANUARY 19,1817.
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NUMBSR 49
FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT
C'oaveaed Monday With His Honor
Jodg? W. A. Dortm, of Oxford Pre
nldlng?Many Cases Disposed Of.
The regular January term of Frank
lin Superior Court, tor the - trial of
criminal ease convened in Louisburg
on Monday morning with His Honor
Judge W. A. Derln, of Oxford pre
siding. Hon. H. E. Norrls, Solicitor
for this District was present and ably
represented the State. In his charge
to the grand Jury Judge Derln made
quite a favorable impression upon our
people in his earnest appeal for law
and order. He mide especially clear
the duty of the Jurors and pointed out,
to them the Importance of their work
stating that In Nofth Carolina the
Judge and the court officials did not
hare to wear gorgeously arrayed par.
aphenalla In order to command thi
respect of the public or to enforce
such respect with force, but that our
system of Justice was of such a high
Ideal that It commanded that respect
within Itself, and be lntreated them
to so act that no one would ever havs
cause to lose any confidence In our
system of Justice i ? The grand Jury so
Jected Is composed of Messrs. F. W.
Hicks, Foreman, E. L. Oreen, C. T.
White, W. O. Griffin, H. M. Cooke.
R. E. Keirney, John C. Conyers, J.
A. Boone, Lee. Hayes, 8. C. Holden
3. H. Debnant Ive j Allen, C. A.
Kennedy. J. H. Medlln, J. C. Denton,
V. D. Foster, R. W. Sturdlvant, S
g Strickland. E. 8. Fulghum was
sworn In as officer to the Grand Jury '
SUe.1T "H. A. Kearney was on the Job
in his usual punctual and business
Ilka manner and had' for his assist
ants Mr. J. R. Parrish, as court crier
qnd Mr. R. J. Burnette, as speclsl
officer. The preliminaries being ar
ranged the cases were taken up >nd
disposed of as follows:
State vs Noel Smith, defendant dis
charged .
State rs Tom Davis, affray, contin
ued under former order.
State vs Go van Cheek, abandonment
continued under former bond.
State vs Wesley K. Williams, 1 and
r, capias and continued.
State vs Fred White, 1 and r, capias
and continued.
State vs Fred White and J. P. Hill,
sel fa, Judgment absolute. '
8tate vs Ollle Coppedge, forgery,
defendant through counsel pleads
guilty to attempt to forge check, pray
er for Judgment continued upon pay
ment of costs.
State vs Claude Eaton, unlawful
possession of whiskey, capias and
continued.
State vs J. C. Mitchell, disorderly
conduct, not guilty.
State vs J. Robert Weathersby and
C. G. Weathersby, scl fa. to Wake.
t State vs William H. Harris, assault
pleads guilty, eight months on roads.
State vs Joe Jordan, breaking In
store, defendant enters plea of nolo
contendere, 12 monthB on roads.
State vs Ed Hudson, breaking In
store, called and failed. Judgment nisi
sclfa and lnstanter capias.
State vs Dallie Pearce, defendant
waives bill and pleads guilty of Blm
pie assault, prayer for Judgment con
tlnued upon payment of costs.
State .vs Charlie Foster, ccw.de
fendant pleads guilty, fined $15.00
and costs.
State vs John Arrlngton, C c w. de
fendant pleads guilty, fined $10.09
and costs.
8tate vs Otha Ball and J. C. Bar
tholomew, a d w, separation being
made, Judgment as to Ball, pay a flu?
of (50 and costs, suspended as to Bar
tholomew. ?
State vs Thomas Jackson, and Bit-.
Jab King, a d w, and affray, b^h
guilty, Judgment suspended upon p9~
ment of one-half costsas to Jackson,
Klngto pay a fine of $35 and one-half
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Stat* vs John Williams and Eddie
Strickland, adv.
Sat* n Meivlna Hick?, lanwny,
pleads guilty, two years in the peni.
tentlary.
State va Major ategn.ll and Herbert
tittlejohn ti? and affray, pleads
guilty, judgment suspended as to
Littlejohn. Btegall to pay costs In both
oftes and give bond of $100 tor hit
appearance at court for two year? to
show good behavior. _
plead? goilty. Judgment suspeEfed up
?u payment of cost*. W ??
vs Herman Davis, seduction,
- defendant pleads guilty of simple a?
s&ult, Judgment suspended upon pay
ment of costs.
State ts J. W. Wells, Jr., Luther
Boose, and J. F. Stokes, Jr., unlaw
ful possession of whiskey, defendant*
enter a plea of nolo contendere, Judg
ment suspended upon payment of
coots. ?
State TS Bennett Jones, disposing of
mortgaged property, continued for de
fendant.
The Grad Jury completed its work
on Wednesday afternoon and after
filing the following report was dis
charged with the thanks of the court:
Graft tvrj Report.
Hon. w; Davln, Judge PresldJug,
Franklin Superior Court;
We the Grand Jury for January
Term Franklin Superior Court. 1917,
beg leave to submit the following re
port:
We have passed on all bills brought
before as. We visited the jail and
found It kept ks well as It could well
be kept, considering the condition of
the building. The ground floor In
same was almost falling through. The
upper floor Is almost., rotted, and In
a dangerous condition. The wiring for
the eteetrie lights fa loose In some pla
ces and should be looked after. The
heating arrangements are' not safe or
adequate. The porch Is almost fall\
ing down. The stockade In rear of
Jail is charred and dilapidated and
should be repaired or removed? We
And the court house In bad condition.
The Register's filing room Is too
small. All of the racks are filled- up
and the books for this year have to
be pled on boxes. The Sheriff's office
Is poorly furnished and the floor is lit
very bad condition. It should be fur
nlsjied with a fire-proof sate and fil
ing cabinet. In the Clerk's office the
floor has holes in it. A valuable
Court Library is being damaged for
want of arrangement for properly pre
serving it. In the vault the filing
cases are full. Books and papers
have_ to be piled on tables and the
) floor, and are In danger of being mu
tilated or destroyed. As far as we
could tell the records and books are
admirably kept considering the ac
commodations for keeping them. The
lavatory and toilet are not sanitary
and need rcplarlng and the rooms at
the back of the court rooms are very
much In need of renovating.
We visited the County Home and
found everything in good condition.
There are twenty-seven Inmates, all
of whom are well c^rcd for. We all
visited the Convict camp and found
same in good sanitary condition.
(Signed) W. HICKS,
Foreman. ??.
The work of the January term of
Franklin Superior Court was compln
ted on Wednesday afternoon and ad
journment for the term was taken.
The Salary Amendments.
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Representative S. A. Newell gives
out the following communication rel
ative to the bill he has Introduced
amending the salary law for Franklin
County. Mr. Newell expressed to
the editor of the TIMES the deslro to
haVe the people of the County fully
apprised of the action he is taking
that they may give their endorsement
or dissatisfaction of same before the
final actionals taken ln'the General As
sembly, to wiilch end we are publish
ing In another column, the sections of
the old bill that are to be amended
with the amendments proposed. Mr.
Newell's letter -follow*'? ?
The adoption of the Salary system
In Franklin County, must, of necessity,
have been for economy In the adminis
tration of the county government. To
have the salaries larger than the in
come of the offices in fees would be
an act of extravagance rather than
economy.
The bill now pending In the Legist
lature makes the following amend
ments to the original bill.
lat. Each office must earn in fees,
etc., the amount ot salary allowed to
that office or the full compensation for
the.said office shall not exceed the
(amount of fees collected by that office
This amendment la general And ap
plies to ail the offices.
2nd. The original bill allowed the
Clerk of Court a salary ot $1,(04.00
and a deputy at a salary of $700.0?,
making a total of $2,400.04. Th?
amendment cuts ont the deputy- and
allows a flat salary of $2,000.00.
$rd. The original bitt-allon*? the
Og, one dsp
Sherlff a salary ot $2,250.0'
uty at $900.00,*notM> deputy
$850.00 and further provides that the
county ootnmlssloner* may allow the
Sheriff $600.00 to b? usad In the ool
t ? i.1'- -rt.*4 -it** ft* t. ?'/,
lection of taxes; making a total ct
$4,500.00 to this office. It further
provides that one o t the above depu
ties shall reside In Louisburg town
ship and serve the processes in that
township, turning the fees into the
Treasury. It also provides that the
Sheriff may appoint a deputy In eacU
of the other nine townships who shaii
serve processes and retain the fee*,
which means that the only tees turned
In to the Treasury would -be thosi
from papers served In Loulsbur*
township. The amendment affecting
the Sheriff abolishes the last nine dep
uties, and removes the requirement
that either of the other two deputies
shall reside in Loulsburg township.;
Leaving It open for the Sheriff to no- j
led these deputies where he pleases.;'
4th. The commissioners are given
authority to employ an Auditor at
any time they deem It advisable. They'I
may require him to make up the tax
lists and discontinue the $250.00 al
lowed the Register of Deeds for thU
purpose.
i s. a. mnnu.
The Story of ui "Saver ?
Twin boys were born. When they
were babies their parents even could
not tell them apart without marking
them.' So their mother put a bine rib
bon around Billy's neck and a red rib
bon around the neck of John. To the
blue ribbon she fastened a little trink
et; on the red ribbon she tied a gold
dollar.
When the twins were six years old
they looked exactly alike but they !
were not alike. When friends would
send them both postal cards from a
distance Billy would leave his out lb
the yard In the rain or the dew; John
would always keep his safe In the
house.
The twins were taught to work.
One was just as bright as the other.
But there was this difference: when
Silly made a dollar he would spend
every cent of It and even go In debt:
but John always saved a good part of
what he earned and put his money In
the bank. .
Billy's real name was "Spender."
John's real name was "Saver." When
?they were sixteen they both went to
clerking In the same store for the
same wages. '.'Spender" kept on
spending all he earned; "Saver" saved
a part of his pay and put some of It
?all he could spare?regularly ever?
week Into the bank.
Ten years passed. One day the
man who owned the store called the
Saver to him and said: "John, I'm
going to sell you halt Interest In my
business. The banker tells me you
have been saving your money every
week for ten years. You can pay me
now what you have saved; the balanco
you can pay me as the business earns
It."
When Billy, the Spender, knew that
John, his brother, had been offered a
part ownership In the store he went
to his employer and said: "Won't you
sell me, too, an Interest In the busi
ness?"
"No Billy, I won't for this reason:
You haven't got any money which you
have saved out of your earntngs."
MORAL?Young man?and young
woman, too?save a part of what you
earn and put It In the bank.
The First National Bank Is now of
fering everyone a splendid way to save
In their "Christmas Banking Club."
Yott can start now a bank account
with a dime and Increase each week
for fifty weeks and have $127.50.
You can start with a nickel and In
crease your deposit a nickel p. week
tor fifty weeks and have $63.75.
You can start 'with two cents and
Increase your deposit two cents a
week and have In fifty weeks $25.50.
The one-cent club In fifty weeks
pays $11.75.
You can also put In an even amount
each week as small aa fifty cents and
as high as $8.00. or $10.04 or more.
This Christmas Banking Club Is po
sitively the beet plan ever thought of
to get yourself into the habit of sav
ing your money. .
Every member of your family from
baby up can join the club. You only
hare to go into the First National
Bank with the amount you want to
stait with?10c, 5c, ic, lo, 50c, $1.00,1
?5.00 $10.00 or more. They wllLglve
you, tree, a "Christmas Banking Club"
book and do the rest. It's no trouble
to |oto and you will lie welcomed tn
u>4-benk.
i Nearly everybody, It looks like, Is
iolaing the olub. It certainly is a
(good thing. ???.
BUFFALO BILL, IDOL OF JCVENIlu
E8, IB DEAD
Tnfbt Death A* Oft?? Had Op
p?l?d It On The Plains When He
*fas Yonng.
Denver, Col., Jon.' 10.?Col. Wm.
Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill)?sold
ier, hunter and soout?died at ,12:05
p. m., here today at the home of his
?later.
Buffalo Bill, the Idol of Juvenile
America, fought death as he often t: d
opposed It on the plains in the day?
when the West was young.
"Ton can't kill the old scout," he
wonld tell his physician whenever his
condition would show improvemen
bat near the end he accepted his fate
ltkeja stoic.
[ "Let the Elks and Masons take
i charge of the funeral," he said to hli
sister. Then he turned to his busi
ness affairs, making anggeetions for
their continuance.
"Let us have a game of 'high five,'
he aeid, after he had talked with bis
family. And everyone Joined, ilie
Colonel laughing and Joking becauee
he wae winning.
Since January 5. when he was hur
ried back to his slater's home In Den
ver, Col. Cody had surprised all who
knew- his real condition by great pow
ers of resistance and recuperation.' j
On January 8, however, his system
broke down entirely and from then on
it was a question merely of time.
Cflitonal Cody returned from his
aeaain's show work last fail much
exhausted. He went to his ranch at
Codjy Wyoming, to reet and on his re
turn.to Denver, about four weeks ago,
contracted a severe cold. This was
followed by complications so serious
that the Colonel's wife and daughter
were called to his bedside.
Colonel Cody soon showed lmprove
meat and on January 3 went to Olen
wood Springs, Col., to recuperate. On
Jaitnary 6 he .anffered a nervous nol
lapr^ftnd his physicians hurried him
bank ho Denver, jfor years he hail
been an Inveterate smoker. His phy
sicians said tobacco had affected hi.*,
heart seriously.
The body of the famous plainsman
will He In state in the capltol build
ing here frpm 8 a. m. till noon noxt
Sunday, and funeral services will be
held Sunday afternoon. The body
will be placed in a receiving vault In
a local cemetery until spring, when
it will be transferred to a tomb hewn
in the solid rock oii~top of Lookout
Mountain, near this city.
The Salary Law and the Amendment!).
For'the Information of tie voters of
Franklin County we are publishing
below the sections of the Salary law
of Franklin County that are proposed
tej be amended and immediately fol
lowing each amendment we reproduce
the suggested amendments thereto.
These amendments were furnished us
by Representative Newell,' who Is tli?
author of them. We hope they may
throw some light upon the many dis
cussions that are now numerous about
the county. In each case the sectlcn
of the law as It now stands cornea first
with the proposed amendments fol
lowing:
Section. 1. That the sheriff, clerk
of the Superior Court, Register of
Deeds, County Treasurer and sucn
other officers of Franklin County,
whose compensation Is hereinafter Hi
ed upon a salary basis, and their sev
eral deputies, assistants and clerk*,
shall faithfully collect, receive and
account for all fees, commissions, pro
fits, and emoluments to which they be
come entitled by virtue of their res
pective offices under the laws of North
Carolina relative to salaries and fees,
or such as may hereafter be enacted
by the Qeneral Assembly, except as
otherwise herein provided, and shall
pay the same to the Treasurer of
Franklin County, on the first day of
each and every calendar month, or
within Ave days thereafter, and the
said officers and each of them shall be
respomttjle for and chargeable with
all moneys of every kind which are
shall be or ought to be paid Into their
respective offices, and they shall be
held to strict account for all such
money?, and for any abstraction, con
cealment or misapplication of any of
moneys payable into their respective
offices, which any of them shall have
collected, the officer, deputy, assistant
or clerk to offending shall be guilty ot
: a felony, and upon convictionsfcall
forfeit his said office and be punished
as is now provided by iW In cases ot
embeulement by public officers. Alt
the money? paid to the county troan,
urer as herein provided snail be kep',
by the treasurer of said county Id
a separate fund to be known as the
-'Salary Fund:" Provided that tho
amount paid out (or salaries undet*
this act in any one fiscal year shall not
exceed the amount received In said
"Salary Fund." And in event said
?alary fund should be Insufficient Ilia
?alary of each officer shall be reduced
in proportion to the lack of fees re
ceived In said office sufficient to pay
?uch salary in full.
See. 1. That section 1 ot Chapter
<91, of the Public Local Law? of 101S,
be and the same Is hereby amended by
striking oat all of said section after
the words "SALARY FUND" in 11
twenty-six and inserting In len there
of; PROVIDED FURTHER, that the
fnii compensation for aay connty offi
cer for aay fiscal year shall not tt>
eeed the aggregate amount of fees and
commissions received, accounted for
aad turned over to the connty deposi
tory by the said officer for that fiscal
ytmx.?
Section 4. That the sheriff of
Franklin county shall appoint at loast
one deputy in each township in the
County except Loulsburg Township,
and may sfllow such deputies fees
made and collected by them in serv
ing summons, subpoenas, notices and
processes of all kinds in their respec
tive townships and all fees and com
missions made and collectd by them
from executions in their respective
townships, and the sold deputies so
appointed shall not receive any com
pensation for serving summons, sub
poenas, notices and processes of all
kinds In Louisburg Township, and
auch fees shall be turned over to the J
Treasurer of Franklin County by the i
sheriff and deputies residing in Louis
burg Township, as hereinafter provi
ded.
See. 8. That section 4, qt Chapter
?91, Pnblle Local Laws of l?lt, be and
the sum Is hereby repealed. -
Section 7. TUM tSSTMI SherlfToif'
Franklin County shall appoint a dep
uty sheriff who shall reside in Louis
burg Township,, and the said deputy
shall receive a salary of not to exceed
nine hundred dollars per annum, pay
able monthly, and all fees, commis
sions and profits earned by the ?aid
deputy sheriff residing in Louisburg
Township shall te accounted tor by
the sheriff of Franklin county to the
treasurer In the same manner as the
sheriff Is required to turn over the fees
and commissions collected by the said
deputy and shall see to it that the
same are turned over to the treasurer.
Provided; that it at any time it Bhould
appear that public necessity and the
efficient conduct of the public bush
ness demands additional deputy or the
expenditure of a sum greater than thai
allowed in this section, the county
commissioners may authorize an ad
ditional expenditure, not to exceed
five hundred dollars In any one year.
Sec. 8. That section 7, of Chapter
691, Public Local Laws of 1915, be nn>l
the same Is hereby amended by strik
ing out the words, In line two of said
section, "who shall reside In Louis
burg Township," and by striking out
In lines 5 and 6 the words, "residing In
Louisburg Township "
8ectIon 12. The Clerk of the Sup
erior Court of Franklin county shall
receive a salary of one thousand and
nine hundred dollars a pear, payable
monthly in the same manner as the
sheriff's salary is paid, in lieu of all
other compensation, and shall be al
lowed the sum of seven hundred dol
lars a year for a deputy. '
Sec. 4. That Section 12, of Chapter
?91, Public Local Laws of 1915, be and
the same Is hereby repealed, and the
following Inserted In lien thereof:
The Clerk of the Superior Court of
Franklin Connty shall recelre a salary
of Two Thousand Dollars, payable
monthly, In lien of all other compensa
tions, and subject to the restriction
contained In section 1 of this Chapter.
Section ,13. On and after the first
day of December, one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen, the Couotyi
I Commissioners are authorized If ex
perience Bhows it to be wise to create
i the office of Auditor of Franklin coun
| ty, and to pay such Auditor a salarV
not to exceed twelve hundred dollars
per year. The Auditor shall give such
bond as the commissioners may re
-quire. It shall be the duty of the
Auditor to act as accountant for the
connty, settling with the. county .offi
cers ; to supenrUe, scrutinize and ex
amine at least once in every calendar
month all hooka, receipts, accounts
and voucher! and other records of alt
the officer? of Franklin county, whlcn
show fees and commissions collected
and received by i them and he Is hereby
authorized to open a aet of account
books In wftch shall be shown the to
tal monthly-receipts of, fees and com
mlssons of all the officers of said co
unty In anexpert and Intelligent man
ner, which books shall be permanently
kept as the records of his office and
always open to liubllc Inspection, It
shall likewise be his duty to audit all
bills and claims presented to the
Board of County Commissioners of
?aid county, and no claim or bill died
with said Board of Commissioners
shall be allowed or paid until It baa
been audited by said Auditor, and ail
warrants drawn upon claims or bills
allowed by the Board of Commission
era shall be countersigned by said
Andltor before they shall, be honored
or paid by the Treasurer of said coun
ty, it shall likewise be bis duty to see
that the Register of Deeds properly
makes out the tax lists, and to assist
In balancing same and making out the
proof-sheets and abstracts, and retain
a copy thereof, and to investigate and
Inquire for all delinquent tax-payers,
and to require such delinquents to be
| placed on the tax list, and to see that
j atl statements are properly made a?f
published: Provided, that until such
office be created the County Commis
sioners shall have all books and ac
counts of officers audited by some
competent person,
See. t. That Seetiea 18, of Chapter
691, Public Local Laws of 1815, be aai
the same Is hereby amended by strik
ing oat the words, "on and after the
first day of December, one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen,* and In
serting In lien thereof, "at any time
they may deem It'advisable."
Section 14. The usual compensa
tlon allowed the Register of Deed? for
making ont the tax, list shall be paid
Into the salary fund. The County
. Commissioners are authorised to ex
jwewod two hundred an?
I fifty dollars a year for clerical assist
ance in making out the tax list.
Sec. t. That the County Commis
sioners may, In their discretion, re
quire the County Andltor to make ont
the tax lists for said County) and dis
continue the two hundred and fifty
dollars allowed the Register of Deeds
for this purpose by section 11, of
Chapter 691, Public Local Laws of
1?15.
This act shall be In force from and
after Its ratification.
Chpt. Buddie Expresses Thanks.
We publish below a letter from
Capt. S. P. Boddle expressing the
thanks of the men of Co. D, at El
Paso, for the nice box of good thlng3
sent them by the ladles of Loulsburg
for a Christmas present:
Jan. 12th, 1917.
Mrs. O. A. Cralle,
. Loulsburg, N. C.,
Dear Mrs. Crelle:
In behalf of every member of our
Company I wish to thank you and the
good people of Loulsburg for the nice
"Santa Claus" you sent us for 'Xmis.
Had it not been for your thoughtful
ness we probably would have passed
over this litre w'thout even realizing
that there had been an Xmas. When
the morning dawned and these "good
ies" were handed to them we heard
the first expressions and demonstra
tions of the season. Standing aside
and watdhlng them, I could hardly
< suppress my feelings for It was even
more interesting than seeing a'small
child pour out the contents of its
stocking by lamp light on that day.
Again thanking you all from the
bottom of our hearts, I am
Very truly yours,
9. P. BODDIE,
Capt. D Co., 3rd N. C. Inf.
To Organise Farm Loan Assoetalto?.
On account of the extrenke weather
conditions last Tuesday rendering It*
Impossible for the people to attend,
the date for the meeting to organise a
Farm Loan Association for Franklin
County has been postponed to Tues
day, January 28rd, 1917. All persons
Interested and want to receive the
benefits from the Fkrm Lo?8 System
will be present and take part In the
meeting which will 1m held In the
court honse at 12 o'clock. The call
meeting of the Farmers Union was
postponed tor the saake cause until
Tuesday, Jan. 23rd, the same date of
the above meeting.
T. J.. HARRIS, Pres. .
J. C. JONHB, B&ftJ