REDUCE SALARY OF
JUVENILE JUDGE
ti. S. KABP ELECTED COBOJiEB.
Cold Mine Township Bonds Sold for
Par and Accrued Interest to Chan
_? Hl?r A Ragland ? Cedar Utx-k SrhoST
Dtstfltt lo'Tute on more Bonds .
The uoard of County Commission- ]
?rs met In regular session on Monday
with all members present. The mln
utes ox the previous meeting being ap
proved business was tatren ttp and
dts posed of as follows:
The meeting was opened with pray
er by Dr. W. R. Burrell. pastor of
? the Louteburg Baptist Church.
Miss Pauline Smith read her report
before the Board ? which was approv
ed .
Uponmotion of J. P, Tlmberlake
and seconded by C. C. Hudson It was
ordered that the County renew Its
notes which were loaned to Harris
township on 'September 6th ? one for
$6,0t)0.00 and one for J3.551.33 ? for
the purpose of finishing their "road
building under theifr contract until
they could receive the money from the
sale of their last Issue of bonds.
With the assistance of the Sheriff
the Board drew the Jurors for Febru
? ary term Franklin Superior Court.
On motion of W. Qj Fuller and Bee-,
onded by C. C. Hudson, J. C. Jones,
Superintendent Public Welfare, was
Instructed to Investigate the condi
tions of Manervia May, and recom
mend to the Clerk the amount should
bf; allowed her as outside pauper and
th; Clerk is ordered to carry out his
? r> iir.raendatton . 1
:1 of P. E. Dean, Constable Of
Cedcr Rock township, was approved
and tlic oath of office administered.
On motion of Fuller and seconded
: by Titnberlake the purchasing agent
whs Instructed to purchase pipe fo?
road near Pearce's school house.
Tim IHlJUil uf J. J. HuUleu, 3upn
? inlendoni of County? Homer was re
ceived and filed. He reports 9 white
ai-.d 10 colore^ inmates.
A motion prevailed accepting tht
resignations of J. B. Smith, Consta
? bio -ot Ha.yesville township., ami C.
R: Parrish, Constable of Gold M!no
township.
As requested by the Boar J of Couit
ty Commissioners in tneir ueicrawr
meeting the Democratic Kxecutive
Committee for - Franklin County re
rn.n nirnil that the following parties
be named to fill the vacancies exist
ing in the various county or.lcers:
For Coroner ? G. S. Earn.
For Constable ? Hayesvihe, H. L,.
Stokes; Gold Mine, J. D. Gupton;
Youngsville, W. N. Pearce.
Upon motion of Fuller and seroud
ed by Timberlake the above named
persons were elected to ths respec
tive offices.
The bond of H. L. Stokes for Con'
it tame of ? Hayesvrtle -townslUy, ? A as
received and approved and the oath
of office administered.
On motion of Fuller seconded by
Hudson the purchasing agent was In
structed to purchase piping' for road
leading from Kearney's store to Hen
derson.
On motion of Timbffrlake and sec
onded by Hudson all taxes collected
for Franklinton Township Roads and
F ranklinton Graded School, was or
dered deposited in the Commercial
Bank & Trust Co.
Bids for the Gold Mine Township
Road bonds ? a $40,000.00 issue, were
opened. T. W. Chandler and C. A.
Ragland weje the successful bidders
at par "MSB"" accrued interest.
The report of Dr. J. E. Malone,
County Health officer, was received
and filed.
On motion it was ordered that all
Constables be allowed the same fees
as tfft Sheriff for capturtng and turn
i ing over to the Finance Committee
complete still outfits.
The bond ot J. D. Gupton, Consta
ble for Gold Mine township, was ap
proved and the oath of office adminis
tered. ?
The bond of G. 8. Earp, Coroner,
was approved and ordered filed. He
wag given the oath of office by Clerk
of the Court.
J. P. Timberlake and W. C. Wil
der were appointed a committee to in
vestigate the property belonging to
Franklin County near the Fire House
and see If any part of same can be
sold to advantage to the County.
C.'C. Hudson, W. D. Fuller and
A. I, Joyner were appointed a com
mittee to Investigate the cost of buil
ding a drive way to the Person and
Ftokea cotton platform which would ,
be used by the public.
The rental of the Taylor shop came '
before the Board, for the fiscal year I
1921, and bids were received as fol- 1
lows: Taylor $10.00 per month j
Tucker $11.00 per month. Upon roll
call vote Hudson and Joyner voted
f6r Tucker, Timberlake, Wilder and
Fuller voted for Taylor. Therefore!
Taylor retains the shop at $10.00 per
month . *
The salary of the Juvenile Judge
being In order .C. C. Hudson moved'
that the salary be reduced from $1,000
to $300 per year for the year 1921.
The motion waff seconded by Wilder
and a roll call was ordered and resuf
teed as follows: Hudson, nye; Wll- 1
der, aye; Timberlake, aye; Joynec, !
aye; Fuller, no.
Upon motion it was ordered that
the Board ot- County Commissioners
meet at the Coonty Home an January
14th, for the pufpoae Of taking Invert
... -U . '-?.v.'.-v
tory . . .
A bond ?lection (or X^edar Rock
yho<rt-l|jairlct to supplement the for^
^^B?Ferred peUtlone<1
lot Special Tax School District ?IiIi It |
was granted: J. T. Afford, J. D.
Pinch, i. W. Alford.' J. B. AJford, B.
B. Alford. M. C. Alford, Lonle Young.
[ ? After allowing a4 number of ac
counts- tne Hoard aiijournOfl 10 TO
m??tlng at Ihc Pnnnty Home next FV1- I
day.
LIST OF JIHORS.
? The fallowing Ig a list ? of? Jurors
drawn fnr KVhniarv tnrm of tTrankttll
Sujierlor Court:
Dunns ? B. S. Pace, G. D. Pearce.
W. R. Pearce, W. T. Williams, S.
C. Mullen. C. C. Pippin.
Harris ? "FT B\ "EffwaTdH, P. W. Jtjs
tlce, Q. W. Poythress, T." C.' Karris,
M. H.Pr,jYeU. M. C. Wilder, J. W. '
Wlnatead, B. P. Wilder.
Youngsvllle ? R. P. Catlett, J. .A.
Winston. _ ?
Frankllnton ? J . W. Nowell, R. W.
M(*3hee, J. A. Duke.
Hayesville ? H. P. Mitchell, B. P.
Kdwards, E. L. Fuller, f>. H. Dickie.
Sandy Creek ? C. It Oupuin, B. P.
Harris, R. E. Debnam.
Gold Mine ? C. C. Murphy, J. N.
Wood, ,/. H. Wood, G. WaN?1im.
Cedar Rock ? D. A. GuptoD, W. A.
Frazler, J. L. Wester, J. W. Gardj
ner, E. L.. Leonard, J. ETMoore, D."
N. Murphy, W. li. Collins. P. L.
Collins, J. W. Champion.
Cypress Creek ? D. T. Tvoyd, G. R. I
Boone, S. G. Griffin, W. C. M. Sykes. j
Louisburg ? J. C. Bartholomew, O. j
C. Hill, G. W. Murphy, A. Inspoe.
tee met in a called session on Mon
day with Harris, Youngsvillc, Hayes
ville, Gold Mine. Cedar Rock and L,ou
lsburg rcprtsSIUftfl. ? Chairman E. H.
Malone prcsideri -and stated that ? the
: C ommittee had been requested to
ir.ake., recommendations to hll vacan
cies in the county and several town
ships.
? An application from Mr. Gr ? 8.
Earp for recommendation for Coroner
{was received and read. Upon motion
_Ua_ was recommended to fill vacancy
caused by the resignation- of F. G.
Byrd .
The question of making recommen
township Constables was taken up
and .the following recommended:
j , Ilayesville ? H. L. Stokes.
Gold Mine ? J. D. Onpton Jr., tCr
R. Parrlsh resigned).
I Youngs vijle ? W. .\. Pearce.
The Chairman was directed to com
municate with the chairman of other
townships where vacancies occur and
together with them make recommen
dations for their being filled.
f? -Upon- motkm -the Chair mau was in,
| structed to convey to Governor Cam
? eron Morrison Franklin County Demo
IciacyiB endorsement of the. appoint
Iment o^ Mr. J. R. Collie as Superin
tendent of the State Penitentiary.
Upon motion the Secretary was re
quested to call on the different candi
date* who are delinquent In their con
tributions to the campaign fund and
ask that thfey make their contributions
at once so tfikt the campaign deficits
!may be wiped out.
j Upon motion the Allowing resolu
tion was unanimously passed:
Whereas during the past week, the
| family of Mr. E. N. Williams, a he
gloved member of this Committee, has
(been visited by the death angel and a
(daughter, Mrs. J. E. Collins, taken
? from .its midst:
Be it reeolved that we the members
I of the Democratic Executive Commit
I tee Of Franklin County, do extend to
I Mr. Williams and his family and to
Mr. Collins, oar heartfelt sympathy
and pray that Almighty Qod may con
sole an?d comfort them in this their
sore bereavement.
Be it resolved further that a copy
of this resolution be published In the
Franklin Times.
No other business coming before
the Committee adjournment subject
to call was taken.
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HOJHJOOD-WADE.
MIhs Anne Wade, daughter at Mr.
and>Mrs. Martin Wade, of Dunn, and
James Raymond Hobgood, of Louls
burg, were married In the home of
the bride's sister, Mm. James Hamp
ton, Vernon Apartments, Stuart Ave
nue, Richmond. Saturday afternoon .
lR?v. Dr. Buckholtz, of the Westmin
ister Presbyterian church, officiated.
| The bride wore a milt of brown,
with hat and gloves to match and car
| rled a bouquet of bride's roses awl or
chids. .After the .ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Hampton gave a dinner, party at
tbe Jefferson hotel.
| The bride Is one of Dunn's mosl j
charming young women and has a
host of friends here. Mr. Hobgood
1* a traveling salesman attached to
the force of the R. J. Reynold* Com
pany. His headquarters has been in
Richmond for several months. H?
and his bride will make their home In
Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobgood will spend
?be Christmas holidays here with Mrs
llobgood's parents. ? Dec. 2f. (Duni>
Dispatch., )
W range 1 ev&cuatsd and Venlselos
"absquatulated."
? ."fr - *i ? * "V1 * *?* ? .
WILLIAM L. SHAM
? ?_* BLEY DEAD
IXQt'EST BY C0R03ER ?. S. EAUl'
Shot In Stomach Br Trap (iun In Ball
Bros. Store Set to Catch Burglars
Who Had Been Entering Store
Coroner G. 8 Earp. who wag elec
tecTTo Oil the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mr. F. O. Byrd and
qaalifled on Monday afternoon, was
called on his first case early Tuesday
morning to hold an Inquest at Alert,
where William L.. 8hambl?y was dead
bj the result Of the discharge oT a
shot gun set Inside the store to catch
burfciars. From the evidence before
the Carouaia inquest it appeared that
sotne one had been breaking into Ball
Bros, store through a sbcond story
window repeatedly and every method
they had employed to apprehend th*
guilty party or parties had failed.
When they spent the night In the store
to watch no one would come. So
they decided to set a trap gun which
they did with the result, Shambley
was shot In the stomach and fell from
the scaffold where he was fqund by
his wife who got assistance and mo*
ed him Into a house nearby, where he
lived possibly thirty minutes. He
cap was found on the scaffold. He
leaves a wife and several children.
He was a new comer to that section.
After a full Investigation the-jCor
oners Jury which was composed ot
Messrs. W. H. Faulkner, W. L. Stal
lings, H. T. Tharrington, W.-C. Stal
lings, P. C. Carroll. J. W. Ayeacue
rendered a verdict as follows: "That
the deceased came to his death by gun
shot wounds inflicted by a gun set by
flail Bmidlnsltte- tlietr bUirg to catcfc.
burglars, which were entering their
store by an up stairs window. '
Sheriff H. A. Kearney assisted. th<s
(?rrrrreni- hanltttag a? hmlnm-nt
the inquest.
FARM t'OVYEXirNCES
"Farrv> Conveniences" is the title'of
ia sixty-four page bulletin just Issued
Ly the department of Agricultural
Engineering at State College. jf^e
: authors" are: ? Profs. ? Deane G-.-Car
, ter and R. E. Bosque. ~
I The booklet considers in a briet way
the subjec t of farm conveniences. No
attempt Is made to discuss tffe sub
jects thoroughly. but rather, it is hop
ed that this bulletin will he the mean?
of answering a number of iiuostlom. .
The subjects considered are (1) farm
mechanics, (2) home built convenien
ices. (3) concrete on the farm. (4)
'farm buildings. t5+ "fttrm ? i mi-v
an fl power, including tractors, and
,(6) farm horn*? equipment.
The pamphlet is profusely illustra-*
ted with pictures and detailed draw
ings and specifications of various la
bor saving devices. Considerable
jcare has been exercised in the^prepar
f4i-t-iou nf thp latter in order to provide
(workable plans for those who wish to
'build the conveniences at home.
The bulletin is for free distribution
land copies may be obtained by addres
I sing E. B. Owen. Registrar, ?West
' Kaleigh, N. C.
Miss Ethel Weaver of Franklinton
was happily united to Mr. Ernest Mil
ler of Hickory, North Carolina. Sun
day A. M. at 10 o'clock in the pres
ence of a few friends. Mr. J. A.
Moore, Miss Beulari Moore and Mr.
T. C. Woodllef .
They were married by Rev. Dowell
Miss Weaver is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. B. P. Weaver, a prosperous
farmer of near Franklinton. Mr. Mil
ler is a young man of Hickory, has
resided at Franklinton since August
and was highly esteemed by all that
knew him. Immediately after the
j ceremony the bride and groom left
jfor Greensboro, Asheville and other
| cities. Their home will be at Hickory
North Carolina after Jan. 1, 1921
where Mr. Miller has accepted a po
sitlon.
TO LAY OUT SCHOOL GROUNDS.
Mr. Blair, State Architect, will by
in the county several days in January
and february to help the Home Dem
onstration Agent make plans for lay
ing out tho aehool grounds of the co
unty. Meetings for January are ar
ranged as follows:
Tuesday 18th- ? Mapleville 3 P. M.
Wednesday 19th -^Hiion, 9:30 A. M.
> Roberts 2 P. M. ??
Thursday 20th ? Seven Paths 9:30
A. M. Justice 11:30 A. M. Cedar
Rock 2:30 P. M
Friday 21st? Ingleslde 9:30 A. M.
Wood 2 P. M.
Saturday 22nd Moulton Hayes 9:3(J
A. M.
At these meetings patrons are,, urg
ed to be present with plows, hoes,
scoops and other tools necessary to
level grounds and lay out walks.
Announcements reading as follows
have been> received here:
"Mr. And Mrs.^J. O. Cofer' announ
ce the marriage *of their daughter.
Mary Frances, to Mr. Jasper Leon
Harris, Baturday. January first, nine
teen hundred and twenty-one. Wash
ington. D. O.
"At home after January flfleei>t UjL,
Bunn, N. C." "
f e.
MILLKR- >V E A YE K .
X
AMONG THE VISITORS
top Know AND SOME YOl'
DO SOT KNOT.
- A Vint FtWii jU4
Their Friends Who Travel H?r?
All There.
"?P ? J. Ti King left Tuesday fnr [
Raleigh.
Mr . E. H. Malone visited Raleigh]
yesterday.
Mr. Allen visited Raleigh |
Tuesday-.
Am
Mr. Paul Beasley left Tuesday tor
a visit to relatives at Lenoir.
Miss Mary Page Wilder, ' or Aber- ,
deen, visited Miss Catherine BobbUt
the past week.
ConstAfcle J. E. Thomas. W. J>".
Beasley and son. Matthew, visited
Raleigh Tuesday. ' _
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Macora return
ed the past week from a visit to their
daughters at Roc Ivy Mount.
Mr. Clifford Hall, of Kinston, who
spent the holidays with his parents in
Louisburg. returned home the past
Week .
Mr. C. H. Yarborough, who Is at
tending school at Woodbury Fore jt,
Va., spent the holidays with his peo
ple here.
Senator F. B. McKinne went to
Raleigh Tuesday to take up his duties
(a A member of the Senate In the pre
| ?pit General Assembly.
I Misses Margaret Cooke and Jessie
Thomas have returned home after
ndlnsf the Christmas bclidays in
illsboro. Mebane and Greensboro.
HONOR ROLL .
is an honor roll -for
Laurel School for December:
First Grade ? Sue Egerton, Mary He
len Burnett, Fred Burnett, Bettie Bob
[ bite Marshall, Estelle Woodard, Elliott
1 Bnedlovo. Wilsoa Far rieb .
Second prade ? I'rma Gupton, Lucy
Peny Coffn, Loyd Crissman, Clyde
(ffllimnn. Lucy Breedlove.
i Third Grade ? Blount Egerton, Ra
| chel Garbee. RaTfin Harper, Lessie
^Breedlpve.
[mie Harris.
Fifth Grade- ? Alice DePriest, H'ar
] old Ciirbee, Keubin Gupton. Clement
f H-n r p e r. ? T heron ttigh t . ? -
Sixth Grade ? Louise Parrish, Lin
wood Murphy.
j Seventh Grade ? Mary Egerton.
Eighth Grade ? Helen Alston. Fan
nie Gupton. Hugh Jones.
The Tacky Party given in? Laurel
school building, just before the holi
days was quite a success financially
and afforded "great- amusement Tor
those present. Master David Fuller
won the prize for being the tackiest
boy present and Rachel Garbee for the
tackiest girl. Many others deserve
mention for the costuming was indis
cious indeed, % it was a task for th?
judges to decide who really were en
titled to the prizesr Mrs. Florence
Gupton wore a dress that reminded us
of the 60's with its seven yard wide
skirts . The tacky party is quite a1 |U|1
I cessful method, and It requires no
practicing and everybody enjoys it
and feels that they have a part in it.
People like the guessing contests, and
are eager for refreshments after fro- .
licking and hearty laughter.
CHANGE IN SHOE SHOP.
-i
About th? only business change
? that has taken place In Loulsburg
i thus far for the first of the year is
the change of ownership of the Amer
ican Electric Shoe Shop, Messrs. R.
, E. L. Lancaster ami W. G. Riddle
having 'purchased the shop from I)r.
A. H. Fleming.
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MRS. J. E. COLLINS DEA.II.
The many friends of the family we
re grieved to learn of the death of
Mrs. J. E. Collins which occurred at
th^ir home near Ingleside ou Friday
afternoon*. She was the daughter of
Mr. E.N. Williams and had been mar- (
rl?d to Mr. Collins hardly two weeks.
She was a most estimable woman, ,
loved and esteemed by all who knew
her. Her remains were laid to rest;
in the cemetery at Trinity church on
1 last Saturday afternoon, the funeral
services being conducted by Revs.
Mr. Loy aixl G. F. Smith. A large
number of friends gathered to pay a
last sad tribute.
u. i> r.
The Joseph J. H)aviB Chapter IT. I).
C. will meet with Mrs. C. K. Cooke
on Tuesday afternoon. January 18th
at 3, o'clock A special program has
been arranged and all members ar<?
urged to be present. Members will
please note the c hange In datfc.
Mrs. W. K. White. F'resldenf.
Mrs. O. M. Heam. Sec'y.
-o- ?
The Sunday blue law advocates ha
ve not yet solved the boy's problem as
to wfey Sunday 1*1 so much longer
than any other clay of the week. ,v
\ Summer suu*hinn Ih not but winter
Moonshine has been known to burn.
TOBACCO ASSOCIATION MEETS
w y\ wfc ? 4 a a ? ? iv _ ? gmm A m 4 - .
it. I> . 1m> wurn Appointed llMfgMf w
('otiTPnllon -Appoint* Town
ship Committees.
? ThH JmrrWw- nnimty flm
wers Association met la the - Court
House on Monday with quite a good
crowd present. President Harris
called the meeting to ordefr and staXed
'lit uUJ?ia. a full ill sr us slu 11 was ha'J
and U wus Anally decided that the
President appoint a committee of one
ffrom each township to take charge
si L the organization and the canvaaa
for membership. Each of these com
"^cT^ttiorT ^ wbrk with them .^TTiey
were instructed to proceed to organ
ize and to appoint delegates on the
has is of two for each one hundred
members to attend the county meet
ing to be called early In February.
Those appointed by Prresident Harris
* ere :
Dunns ? F. S. Pearce.
Harris ? P. J. King.
Cedar Rock ? W. D. Bowden.
Sandy Creek ? H. P. Speed.
I-ouisburg ? N. M. Perry.
Cypres Creek ? Alton Wilder.
Youngsville ? R. B. Roberts.
Franklinton ? J. A. Mitchiner.
Hayesville? H. F- Mitchell.
Gold Mine? J. H. Wood.
Upon motion W. D. Btfwden was
appointed to represent Franklin Coun
ty at the State meeting to be held In
Raleigh next Wednesday.
The Secretary read the following
communicatipna that will be of Inter
eat to all tobacco growers:
The Oneral Statistical Position of
Bright Tobacco.
The 1918 crop waa around 450 mil
lion pounds, which averaged 35c; the
*1919. crop was over 470 million pound*
'~etm I averager nearly F>Dt:. SEuI the 1920
crop Is estimated to be between 550
and 600 millions pounds and will aver
ante between 20c and 2-ic.
[ The am plus uf the lopgn 1BTT 8? ffi
j was taken up, to a great degree, by the
i demand of the armies and navies of
ihfl Allied Governments, and the sur
plus of the 1919 crop was. to some ex-.
. ten, bought by the mafttuacUiFeru oil
1 mistaken Idea as to their future wants
pnd a large Amount o? this crop i?
also held by dealers and even manu
tacturers for retale.
i ne Bfatt^tlcs shew that the relic
tion iu England in the past few mon?
ihs in the consumption of bright to*
linnn.i H n hr?>n mrtqt "'-tWp.1 ?ntfl Ytllli
to adverse exchange rates iiiHl unsat
isfactory financial conditions the ship
ments to Europe have practically cea
s(d. To these adverse cio?iaitionot
add- the fa/f that.due_-to the better ex
change rates from Turfceyr -Greece, J?
vr; and oth<?r coutHrics of Europe
they are taking tobacco ffoTft these
sources at the expense of our bright
tobacco. The shipments show ver;
large exports from this country in
1919 and a very large stock of bright
tcbacco in England from the only gov
ernmeut statistics available, which
r.re no doubt duplicated in other coun
tries whero the guvernnieiU. reports -
show that large quantities of tobacco
from this country have been shipped.
The above facts must .speak for
themselves, and the only solution- can
be. where there is over-production
and a large surplus, is to reduce
planting, and with these conditions in '
bright tobacco the reduction must be i
of a marked degree to have any m? 1
terial effect, and anything more than
fcO per cent of a crop being planted in
1921 will further accentuate the very j
unfortunate and disastrous condition
of the bright tobacco situation of to- '
day. J
Statement <
A meeting of the Board of Gover- I
nors of the Tobacco Association, with '
certain Invited guests, were called to-'
?gether to consider plans in co-opera
tior> with the Tntergtate Tobacco Gro- I
i wers' Association, now In session in I
j Richmond, with the outstanding ob- I
(Ject in view of impressing in some J
j way the planters in the bright tobacco j
sections of Georgia, South Carolina,'
North Carolina ami Virginia, with the I
| absolute importance of curtailment of
'their 1921 crop to a point where the
! supply would not be so far beyond the
demand .
It was shown in the dfscusision br
ought out that a considerable over- ;
production had been made for the '
last three years, and especially in.
. 1920, when the production was be- j
tween 550 and 600 million pounds,
jwhich was by 33 1-3 per cent the lar- I
gest production ever known,
j As between sixty and seventy per
cent of the bright crop is exported or
used for export purposes and with
the present financial and economical
conditions in Europe, it can be read
ily seen that many grades of this bri
K nt tobacco are beyond legitimate de- i
?id, resulting in disastrously low (
|,.u8 for these types.
il is believed and hoped that the
publicity that can be put Into opera
tion of acquainting the farmers with
the conditions will effectively impress
them with the absolute necessity of
cutting their planting ifty per cent in
1!>21. With this curtailment in pla
nting. a much superior quality of to
bacco will result and at the same time
will almost automatically cause" the
farmers to Have their crops diversi
fied and produce in a greater degree
what ther meed In tUeir homes* A
committed, was appointed to co-oper
ate witji the Farmers Association to
this end, and every effort from now
on will be bent for the successful ac
complishment of this purpose.
In conference w1|fc the Warohow
Association of Kastern North Caroii
GRIEB AlfD i-nitn am.
CHOSEN AS PKEsnwaw
OTTTCERS OP
TTTSS WFLBOIW LOSSS OrT
Walter Greene Elected ? Unr
? led OiillfurJ Teterm MW
At-Arm# A? HfH-g.lllCT
f orritsrk? Lssslter Principal Clerk.
? UalttTfrn, inn 1 Qrter. -of
;Trad?fl. -wrornraseir for ?nK?r. ajui
"Senator- W. L. Long. of Halifax, by
accliffiatlon for president pro tempore
of the senate "Were chosen ?>? boose
and senate caucuses tonight which, set
moving the machinery of legtstalttm
i for the opening tomorrow.
The senate put through its clerk
ships In a few minutes, but" the house
ran an hour and a half t The contests
In the bigger body centered about Da
vid P. Delllnger, of Gaston, for read
ing clerk, and Miss Nancy Welborn,
of Wilkes, his opponent. The femi
nine dash wasn't spectacular for Del
llnger took 75 and she 10. Walter
Murphy, of Rowan, presiding at the
house caucus, nominated Miss Wei
born la a beautiful tribute to her and
hecJerebears. The lady from Wilkes
| had chosen her ancestors with great
care, but Delllnger had been at work
jwith his colleague for weeks. Bowie
]of Ashe, and Doughton, ofAlteghtmy.
implacables even as Murphy on the
j suffrage issue, voted with Murphy
'for Miss Welborn.
i Ellis Gardner, of Yancey, and Otis
'shell, of Harnett. rai? a furious race
for engrossing clerk, Shell winning
-no the mvrmrt hntlnf hv SX In tK 1
I Then Clem Wright, of Guilford.
J trotted out Walter Greene, of Guilford
for sergeant-at-aruis. Great service
. for Tint tfrnth
the clock from the wall when It would
stop at legislative behest to allow be
lated legislation a chance, were array
ed as capital accomplishments of
. 1'ulonel Crmjut;. ; "
Everett, of Richmond, seconded and
| declared that it Cook Colonel Greene
?seven months to surrender following
Lee's lead, Marse Bob quitting ahead
?of G-reenf more than half ? a ? year;"
i"Come out ami let 'em see you," shout
ei Mr. Everett. Colonel Greene ca
ll-e. Somehnllv nnminntpH Tama? IF
Bjirkhead. of Randolph, Out walked
Mr.. Burkhead, just a plain mister,
dressed in grey dangerously like the
> imf*ilenne nnifqr:n . ? "Got ????? >nen .
beat on' looks," Everett declared,.
There were other nominees but the
-GuiWord m<Hi- walked olf -with nearly
ell the votes. *
Then Crisp, of Dare, nominated Ma
jor E. Wooilhous^T-of Currituck, as an
inhabitant of 'a county which hasn't
allowed a Republican convention in
40 years; a citizen hailing frdm an.un
rewarded section which furnishes su
perabundance of watermelons, sweet
potat*>e3y thtrks. Democrats and frell.
Colonel Peter McWilliams, acrobat
of th?<old Barnum and Bailey show,
was asked out after Major Woodhouse
of flowing, patriarchal beard came out
and stood for the populace. Major
Woodhouse had other opposition but
ran off with an overwhelming vote.
' The hell-raiser from Currituck is
nominated." declarejd Chairman >fur
phy. The old fellow, seventy-seven
saw his election before it was declar
ed and started the ^pplause.
Alex Lassite'r was made principal
clerk without opposition. After the
minor places were settled and the
speeches nominating Orier had been
made by Dawson, of Lenoir, and Ever
ett," of Rockingham, representatives
Doughton, Everett and Matthews es
I cortex Orier to the floor. He thanked
the caucus without makiitg any pro
nouncement of policy.
I In the senate Frank D. Hackett, of
'North Wllkesboro, was elected prin
jclpal clerk, Joe Mackay, of Raleigh,
I engrossing clerk and C. C. Brougliton.
of Troy reading clerk. Dave Gastor,
of Cumberland, was nominated ser
geant-at-arms.
Republicans caucusing openly, pep
perly tonight, passed resolutions de
manding a reseating In th?>i general
assembly by placing their members
in a block thus making oonftrence on
important party votes poaaflMe.
The caucus made H. Sinclair Wil
liams, of Cabarrus .minority leader
for the fourth time, Repreesatatftre
Hendricks, of Madison, retiring in the \
Cabarrus man's favor.
Senator BumRamer, of Wllkee, was
elected minority manager in the sen
ate.
The senate followed the house lead
as to rearrangement of seats and to
morrow resolutions- will be |r?MQled
in open house and senate asking tfcst
the minority be allowed to Sit to
gether. ? > Br- .
I Representative Bryant, of YedltoJ
presided over the house caucus
MacOuire, of Surry, was secrj^l
Bumxarntr, of Wilkes, w;'
man of the senate caucus
Gu?e, of Surry, presided at the
caucus.
The committee which will
protest against seat arrangements Is
composed of Representative* Wir
Cowls* ot Wilkes. Qfrant. ot g
Hendricks and Owea, ot
;
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these markets would be opened la
1921 on Tuesday. January lltfa. J
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