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J- *. ( REEKMORE SUCCEEDS AB
THl'B STBICKLATD
f^oin-rintendent County Home Tarns
In ( heck for ? Several Re.
ports Received ? Bond of C. W. (Jup
l"ti Accepted.
The Board of County Cbmmlsslon
??-t on Monday with all "members
present. After reading and approv
i?E the minutes of the previous meet
ing business was transacted as fol.
lows;
Miss Addie Bordeaux, Home Demon
?-iration Agent, was before the Board
'..lid read her report wh^ch was receiv
ed and ordered li 1 eti .
Report of E. C. Perry, 'Superintend
ent of Public Welfare, was received
"?id filed. He reports County Home
?"id road camp In good condition and
jail in fairly good condition.
Mrs. Walter Nash was alltfwed $4.00
per month as outside pauper begin
ning with the first of this quarter, un.
til further notice from the Superin
tendent of Public Welfare. *"
Upon order of the Board Annie
Howies was sent to the County Home
until further disposition could be
Made.
The resignation of Arthur Strickland
as a member of the Cypress Creek
township road commission ? was re
ceived and accepted. '
- On motion it was ordered that a
''.raw back be given G. W. Ford es
for $901.04, error in listing tax
; ! H22, when taxes are paid.
motion W. J. Perry was reliev
es paying license to sell flavorings
ol i. ount of his infirmities.
lUin rts of Cypress creek, Cedar
hock and Harris township road funds
w. re received and turned over to the
Auditor for his audit and report.
Upon motion H. W. Perry, Auditor,
was instructed to put all property on
the tax books for taxes action, not list
ed heretofore by citizens and tax pqt ,
ers for the year 1922. He was also
instructed to calculate the taxes due
ttereon and add penalties, and to no
tify all delinquents to appear before
tile County Commisioners and show
cause. If they can, why they should
rot be penalized or otherwise dealt
with according to law.
J. A. Creekmore was appointed a
member of Cypres Creek township
road Board to fill the vacancy caused
l.y the resignation of Artbur Strick
land.
Report of J. J. Holden, Superinten
dent of County Home, was received
irnd. fi led . He reports 14 white and 8
colored inmates. He also presented
a check to the Board for $704.82 from
tale of crops.
The Board approved the applica
tions of the Board of Education to
borrow for Frankllntcm township
i$P,000.00. and Loulsborg township
V.0,000.00 from the State educational
t\ildlng fund for educational pur
poSfs in Franklin County.
TV> Bond of C. W. Gupton, Con
stablVfor Gold Mine township, was
receiveiw and accepted and the oath
of officewtolnlstared.
Report oPRr. J. E. Malone, Coun
ty Health ofTlcfcu^waa received and
filed. ?
After allowing a tihe?6er_-jit??1c
counls the Board took a recess until
Thursday morning .
NEW PASTOR FOB EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
The congregation of St. Paul's,
Lonlsburg, are rejoicing in the advent
of a resident rector after a long Inter
val of having services by visiting cler
gymen only. Rev. Walter B. Clark,
now of Wtlliamston, N. C. and form
erly of the Dloceae of California, a
single man, will come to Loulsburg
on Nov. IRth to reside, and will hold
his first services on the third Sunday
in (he month, the|20th.
Hev. Mr. Clark 'la said to be a very
Fcholnrly man and ot high ability aa a
preacher and has won during hia stay
in Wllllamston of several yeara high
isleem both of his own congregation
pnil the people of the town generally.
The congregation of 8t. Panl'a deem
that I hey are fortunate In securing the
services of Mr. Clark and that his res
idence will be quite an acquisition to
I/iulsburg.
The wardens and vestry of the par
ish ask the congregation to make a
full attendance and extend to all the
) p.-ople of I^oulsburg and vicinity m
cordial Invitation to attend, especially,
the first services to be held so aa to.
give Mr. Clark a warm welcome Into
the community. ?
NAHH-MflORO
Announcements aa follows hare
been received here:
Mr. and Mrs. William Andrew Mte
rord announces the marriage ot their
daughter, Marian Eilia to Mr. Joseph
Kverett NaBh on Tuesday, October the
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
I won ty -two, Shelby, North Carolina.
Knclosed were cards reading aa fol
lows: "At Homo after the tenth of
November. Shelby, North Carolina."
The groom being a franklin County
yi iing man who enjoys the confidence
mikI esteem of our people for hia real
vorth, has msny friends In ix>ulsbnrg
who extend congratulations. Mr.
N.isij Is a most capable and energetic
voting business man and enjoys rho
confidence of alt his acquaintances.
? ?
? J?l>' THE CHAMBER OF CO*
|* MEKCE
* (Contributed)
* "file Chamber of Commerce of
* Loulsburg Is a lire agency.
* The local orgaaisation rained,
* during the past year, serenil thou
* sand dollars and built the road
* through' to Warrenton, maklag a
* pood, direct mute lrnm ? Halrlgh
"to Richmond.
* And we hare the Chambfr of
* Comrmerre to thank far the pros.
* pect of a more beautiful building
* at the railroad elation. The of
* ticlals had under consideration a
* building to be constructed of plain
* brick, which did not please oar
* aggressive Chamber of Commerce.
* By a little manipulation and
* kindly Interest we hire In process
* of erection a building which will
' be a credit 1o the town and a com
* fort to the traveling public.
* The Atate Highway Commission
* had planned to pat in the new road
* through Louisbarg connecting
* with the ?fash Couaty line some.
* time wlthii. the next fire years.
* The Chamber of Commerce, as
* stated by others, got busy, and as
* a direct result of their efforts we
* have today, a road nearlng com
" pletlon which will- be a Joy to our
' town find county.
* It Is an outstanding fact that at
* ererj meeting of the Chamber of
* Commerce something worth while
*? has been done. For instance the
* Chamber provided funds to put np
* the watering trough on 'Market
* Street, to assist in building the
* Perry Mill Hill road so that the
* produce of that section could be
* brought to Louisbnrg. It proTid
* ed funds for premiums at a School
* Contest, and pr??ided the prein
* Inms for t^e big premium tobacco
* sale day last fall. It gas also con.
* dacteiha campaign this tall to in
' dace farmers to bring their tobae
* co aad cotton to Loaisburg.
* Join the Chaathar of 1'mim
* and by doing yoor pare, help to
* bring new industrial interests and
* greater business actiritle* to your
* community.
|* ? ? - ? ? ? ? * ?
Y..W. A. SOCIAL
Instead- of tne usual missionary
program on the las', day of October
the Lotilsburg Young Woman's Auxil
iary of the Baptist church gave a
Hallowe'en social.
The spacious home of Mrs. J. S.
Howell on Church street was thrown
open in welcoming hospitality for
the occasion. It was decorated In
garlshds and festoons of yoltow and
bla?, with pictures of witches, pump
s. black cats and ghosts most ap
{ropriate to the night on which gob
ins and spooks are supposed to walk.
Every member ot the auxiliary had
the privilege of inviting one other per
son. The member.! and their guests
came shrouded in white or in fancy
costumes and with masked races.
They entered silently and walked
about peering at each other through
their masks in truly Bpectral fashion.
In the large south room stood the
fortune teller's tent, in irnldt a very
realistic witch with streaming hair
and high peaked hat gave to each com
er a slip ot paper bearing his or her
fortune.
After the fortunes find been told the
masqueraders removed their masks
amid much laughter, especially when
some of the supposed to be girls were
found to be boys and vice-versa.
Bobbing for apples next afforded
much amusement, as also did the
marrh-mallow cop test. In this each
contestant was given a marsh-mallow
'tied with one yard of string. The end
of the string had to be held between
the teeth leaving the place of candy
hanging. The game was to see which
could first eat the marshmallow with
out touching It or the string with the
hands.
After this race a guessing contest
was held. Everyone was given a pa
? per bearing jiuch titles as "sweet six.
"common sense- etc.. and told
to find the article^ somerwnere In one
of the four rooms. The arst was six
teen lumps of sugar, the second four
pennies, and so on down the list.
When the contests wer? ended the
girls were sent Into a darkened room
! and the boys given flahlng poles to fish
? over the curtain for partners. The
couples then repaired to the dining
room where they were served brick
Ice-cream and wafers.
| It ?fes a very successful and pleas
| ant party, and many thanks Were vo
ted to Mrs. Mclver, who srrsnged the
entertainment, to Mrs. Howell In
whose home it wss held, and to Mrs.
Newell, the Auxiliary leader to whop?
the girls are all devoted.
The coal strike did a lot ttf make
lire- pr*v#nt ion week a success. ? Wssh
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TWENTY-SIX MORE
GROWERS ARE SUED
BY CO OPERATIVES
Total of $21,700 Damages Ask--,
ed In Latest Actions
Filed
THIRTEEN" COCSTIES
ABE REPRESENTED
Suits KIW Tnltriaj Krlit Total
Brought By AtsoclaUoa Is Wake Su
perior roart To Shtty.B?ej Oil
Kojster Ueclbifs To Allow Chan*
Of Veaa*.
A record for litigation by the Tobac
co Gro-vers Cooperative Association
was established yesterday when the
association Sled suits in Wake Super
lor court against twenty-six members
in thirteen counties of North Carolina,
asking for liquidated damages aad at
torneys' fees aggregating $21,700 for
alleged violation of contracts.
The suits filed yesterday bring the
total started in Wake Superior court
to the number of sixty-fire scattered
against defendants throughout the
State. First effort on Che ptft of de
fendants outside of Wake rountx to
securo a change of reniK was Bade
yesterday -when C . E. and M. T. W in
stead, of Person county, filed a mo
tion with Vitrurius Royster. Wake
county clerk of court, asking for a
change of venue from WaXe to iVsoa
county. The motion was denied and
the defendants appealed to the Super
ior court and Judge Lyon will deter,
mine the matter at the next term .
Alleged violators of the cooperative
contract in Beaufort. Duplin. Frank
lin, Granville, Hoke. Lenoir. Monroe,
Stokes, Surry, Wake, Wayne and War
ren were among the defendants yes
terday . The largest suit was that
against W. E. Forest .of Lenoir, who.1
it is alleged, sold 60,000 pounds of to- I
tacco outside the association. The]
association is asking for damages and
attorney fees in this case to the
amount of $3,500. The next largest
suit was for $3,000 against E. A. Ste
phens of Apex. Wake county, w bo, it
is alleged sold 50,000 pounds oillMii
the association.
The list of, defendants with thttah
ber of pounds alleged to have beta
sold in violation of tne contract and
the amount of damages and lawyer
fees asked follows:
Beaafort Connty
J . D . Edmondson. Pinetope- 30.000
pounds; $1,000 damages, $300 attor
neys' fees.
Riley Edwards. Chocowinity, M.tW
pounds: $1,000 damages, $204 attor
neys' fees.
Evan Woolard. Washington. 5,000
pounds; $250 damages. $150 attor
neys' fees. ?'
Duplin Coaaty
J. W. Cottle. Wallace. 1??*?
pounds; $500 damages. $. 50 attor.
uey?' fees.
L. W. Wood, Chinquapin. &.000
pounds; 300 damages, $150 attor
neys' fees.
Franklin County
Jim Allen, Louisburg. 5.000 poaads.
$250 damages, $100 attorneys" fees.
R. L. Horton. Louisburg. 10.094
pounds; $500 damages, $150 attor
neys' fees.
Granville County
J. F. Duncan. Berea, 10.000 ponads:
$C-00 damages, $150 attorneys" fees.
Hoke Coanty
T. B. Dixon, Aberdeen. M.IW
pounds; $1,000 damages. $300 attor
neys' fees. . *V ,
Lenoir CmM;
W. E. Forrest. KlMtrar. S0 0"?
pounds; $3,000 damages. $500 attor
neys' fees.
Walter Taylor, Kiastoa. 10.000
pounds; $500 damages. $150 attor
neys' fees.
T. S pence, Klnston. 10.000 po?n<te:
T?W\ (O.VVISSIOM K.S
The To?n Commissioners of Louis,
bars met in regular session Friday
olgfat ? nh all members present. Af
ter reading and approving minutes of
previous meeting business was trans
acted as follows:
? Rl it t,4 A> W. Alston. Clerk.'sras
reoatred and Sled.
??on of D. C. High. Chief of Pt>
mas received md Hied.
IV!' motion the following tax rate
for S$Z2 *as levied. Funding bond 35
ceiitk Street Paving bonds 60 cents,
u**a bonds 30 cents. Water and sew
?rage boD& 30- ccnts. General pur_
pamm fond $1.00 ? total |2.&o.
ft Was t rdered x hat all taxes for
8tre? and paving &sseesments in ar
rears for ISiO and 1921 be paid by De
c tea be : .'th. or property be advertised
uA OOlii
Ob motion the positions of Night
ftilWl and fire track driver were
cuti?1 ?'".J at a salary of {100.00
per Month.
After allowing a number of ac
cents the Board adjourned
WK8^IR_JOV> (R WEDDING DE
UtHTKl L SIRTRJSE TO MAST
- FRIENDS HERE
A surprise wedding of ranch inter
est M many friends here and else
?hert was that of Hiss Loretta Joy
aer at Jackon. N. C.. and Mr. Buchan
as Wes'.er Jr.. which occurred oi) Fri
day Is Henderson at the First Metho
dist Aurch. the-Rev. T. Q. Vickers,
the ysstor officiating.
Miss Joyner is the daughter of -Mr .
sad Mrs. Hinton L. Joyner. of Jack
sob, se<J has made many friends in
Ftssklir.Tor. where she has been t each
tag for the past two years. Mf . Wes
ter i* the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
W?Hr of this place and is connected
with th( Citirens Bank. Only a very
few lilends were present for the cere
FtoQowiag the wedding Mr. and Mrs.
Waster motored to Richmond. They
rttam--: on Sunday night and will
nsAe their home for the present with
Mr. Westers parents. ? Franklimon
T'jH damaees. $150 attorneys' fees.
Moore i onnty
A. G. Crissman. Vass. 5.000 pounds;
(St damages. $100 attorneys' fees.
Pitt l esrty
A Psiuua. Farsrviile.
I d?. (SM damages. 1130
seys' fees.
Stekes feisty
F. D. Culler. Pinnacle.
ivunds: $300 damages. $150
neys" fees.
C. L. Slawter. Pinnacie.
locals: *150 damages. $150
tits' fees .
Ssrry ( ouatj
W. N. Jones. White Plains.
r**?nds; *250 -damages. $100
t?ys' fees .
TlioiBas Carder. Dobscn.
jo uads; $500 damages. $150
eeys" fees.
L. F. Long. Pilot Mountain,
rvirads; >500 damages. $150
ffts' fees.
i J. K. Chilton. Mount Airy,
rounds: $500 damages. $150
Beys" fees.
Wlfke Cacst>
H. E. Mills. Ape*. 5.000 pounds:
$?5* damages. $100 attorneys' fees.
E. A. Stephens. Apex. 50.000
(v-cBda; $i.S<X) damages, $500 attor
seys" fees.
Wayse Tessty
B. L. Smith. Goldsboro. 10.000
t**a?da: (500 damages. $150 attor .
Keys' fees.
C. D. Hicks. Pikeville. 10.000
posads; %^00 damages. $150 attor.
xvs" fees.
E. M. Tamer Saulston. ?,000
pednds; $]M damages. $150 attor
Beys" tees.
Wsrtes fessty
G. W. Heater. Warren Plains. 10..
ee* pesadr: $500 damages. $150 at
toi se'y a' tees.
attor.
6.000
attor
5.000
attor
5.000
attor
1.000
attor.
10.000
attor.
10.000
attor.
?CPTO.\ BROTHERS
IHME STATEMENT
Br?t*rr> SraU?r*4 To Kir Df?nibrr
23, I>?-Ure Th?y Ar* Innon-nt.
Rocky Mount. Nov. 3. ? "You all will
find out in the days to come, when we
will not he here but will be laying be
neath the cold, cold clay, that Sydney
and Eugene Gupton are innocent men."
declares a signed statement issued
from the F2$gecombe_ county jail at
Turboro by the Gupton brothers who
were convicted of murder tn the first
degree in tvdgecom rv? county superior
court last week and sentenced by
Judge Daniels to die in the electric
chair.
"This is for the puhlifi. to read.'" be
gins the letter written by th* two con
demned men, both of whom are com
paratively young. "The most of you
have heard about it. and some of you
heard the trial of me &BU ffly UPUIA4F,
and those who were not at the trial
ycu read it in the papers.
jury found us guilty of murder
in the first degree, which means death
for both of us. The judge passed sen
tence for Sydney and me to take the
chair on the sad day of December 23,
between the hours of 10 in the morn
ing and 2 in the afternoon, when we
will pass out of this world into anoth
er.
"There is nothing I can say to save
us% for It was left Entirely up to the
tweTTe men to say. But I will say
this, that we have never been treated
any better in all our pwn lives than,
we have since we were locked up be
hind the bars on July 20th until the
present time.
"We appreciate all the kindness of
you Tarboro people, especiaUv that of
the sheriff and jailer, and tonight I
ask you all. before you go to bed. I
ask you to make a special prayer for
my dear old mother and father and
also for my brother and I. We prav
for everybody every night. I do not
think hard of Mr. Allsbrook for the
conviction of us, for that is his job.
I am so glad to say that the judge that
tried us is not the judge that will try
us on that great judgment morning
when the dead in Christ shall rise.
"Then we will meet our enemies J
face to face and God will be our judge,
for nothing is hidden from Him.
"May God bless these twelve men
uho said we were guilty. May I
meet them ail in Heaven some day.
"Mr. George Fountain and Mr. Don
Gilliam sure did work faithful to aave
i oar lives, bat they could not, bat may
God bless them in the days to come.
"I now ask you all to come to see
us. We will leave soon Tor Raleigh,
*hen we will die never to return.
"But you all will find out tu the days
to come, when we will not be here but
will be laying beneath the clod, cold
clay, that Sydney ana Eugene Gupton
are innocent men.
"So please all of you read this, pray
for us both and my dear old mother ?
end father.
"May God answer our prayers and1
may we all meet in Heaven some
sweet day.
"This is all I have to say. May
God be with us till me meet again.
Amen.** *
XI SS WARY Tt KNEK E>TERTAI*S
Miss Mfcrv Turner delightfully en
tertained her Bridge Club on Hal
lowe'en's Eve, Oct. 31st. The rooms
mere beautifully decorated in yellow
crepe paper and chrysanthemums.
The color scheme for the evening was
yellow and blacto.' True Hallowe'en
spirit was shown in the score cards,
paper napkins and favors prevail
ed throughout the entire evening.
After live progressions of bridge a
delicious snlad course was served. Be
sides the twelve regular members she
had as her guests. Mrs. Herbert Dale.
Mrs. H. H. Johnson. Mrs. James
King. Miss Onnie Tucker. Miss Mattie
\llea Miss Dnnevent. Miss Katherine
Pleasants and Miss Fannie Seal.
Miss Beatrice Torner made the high
rmt score of the evening.
ENTEKT.VIJIMEJIT AT COLLEGE
*?. _______
The large audience which assem~
bled in the chapel of Louisburg Col
lege Fr:*ay evening to enjoy the llr*t
production of the year by the dramatic
club of the college were not only pleas
ed. but delighted with the entertain
ment . Tho program consisted of
three one-act plays. The first two
numbers were in the nature of com.
edv; the last n timber was serious la
tone.
"Converting Bruce.** or changing
the woilffea hater to a woman lover,
was amusingly portrayed. Misses
Ruth Hopkins and Louise Taylor
made most convincing college youths,
and Miss Musette Winstead certainly
played her part well as the charming
young lady who was to convert the
brute."
I "Fourteen" was the delightful com
edy attendant upon the difficulty of a
hostess trying to avoid "13" at the ta
ble, Miss Pauimp Pearson, as the
distressed hostess, really did seem
troubled, end Miss Xolie Hunt, as {Ar**
youue debutante, acted well the part.
Mies Lucy Perry BTirt. as butler, add*
ed much merriment to the scene.
"Jean Marie," the play that requir
ed much feeling. as well as acting,
was well sustained by Miss Gradie
Parser, representing the young wo
man trying to be w-ue to principle and
yet true to herself, and by Miss ITila
Morris, as Joel, trying to adapt him
self to the inevitable disappointment
and irony ot fate. Miss Sara John
son. as the suitor who was given up
for lost, but returned to And his hopes
dissolve, acted the part with real feel
trig." w
Much credit is due Miss Kathertn?
Padwick. the instructor who trained
the young women. Miss Padwick'*
enthusiasm, untiring energy, and su
perior training for the work in dra
matics is destined to bring forth much
talent from her pupils ami predicts
not only a year ot much benefit to
them, but of much pleasure to the au
diences who will be favored from
time to time by entertainments givea
by this club.
T. W. A. MEETI>'G
The Young Woman's Auxiliary of
the Louisburg Baptist church met with.
Miss Nannie Hall Hale, Tuesday night,
October twenty-third The roll was
culled and the minutes of the last
meeting read and approved after
which the following program was ren
dered. I
Prayer ? by Mrs . II. A. Kearney.
I Scripture lesson. Luke 6:27,39 ? by
Mrs. J. O. Newell.
Hyirn: ? Help Somebody Today.
Prayer ? by Mrs. J. O. Newell.
We then took up the study of our
home mission study "Old Trails and
New." The lesson was conducted by
Miss Mattie Allen with Misses Virgin
ia Perry, lantha Pittman, May Coop
er and Mrs. J. O. Newell assisting in.
the explanation.
Solo. "Give of Your Best to the Mas
ter" ? by Mrs. L. L. Whttaker.
Closing prayer was given by all,
closing with these words:
"O, Lord prepare us for whatsoever
thou art preparing for us."
After the meeting the hostess serv?
ed delicious refreshments. The fol
lowing were present: Mrs. L. L
Whitaker, Mrs. H. A. Kearney. Mrs.
J. O. Newell, Mrs. H. H. Hilton.
Misses lantha Pittman, Virginia Per
ry. Mattie Allen May Cooper, Bessie
Hale. Beulah Cooper. Lucy, Baker.
>'annie Hall Hale.
METHODIST CHlTtCH
The services next Sunday will b?
the last of this conference year. A
special invitation is given to attend
the Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.;
preaching at 11 a. tn. and the Song
service at 7 p. m.
The morning subject will be "He!
The morning subiect will be "Hsip
from Beyond the Hills": and the Mr
vice of song at night will be unusually
attractive, interesting and helpful
OFFICIAL ELECTION VOTE
For Election Held Tuesday, November 7, 1922
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