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L0U1SBUBG, H. C- FRIDAY, JAMARY 11, 1924
HOKER M
LITTLE BOY
KILLED BY AUTO
Driven By Lem Person And
Wife
ACCIDENT OCCUR
BED MONDAY
Joseph Henry Kearney, Son of Sheriff
And Mrs. H. A. Kearney Victim
Died Tuesday in Hospital a?d Bur
One of the saddest accidents that
has happened In Loulsburg In a long
while was that on Monday afternoon
about 4 o'clock when Joseph Henry,
the seven year old son of Sheriff and
Mrs. Henry A. Kearney was ran into
and fatally injured by an automobile
driven by Lem Person, colored, In
front of the residence of Mr. J. W.
Perry on North Main street and near
his own home.
From the best information we could
get it seems that a wagon loaded with
lumber was coming In town and the
little boy had come down from his
home by the driveway and had caught
on to the back of the wagon or was
freeing behind it on his way across
t" > Ftreet to visit playmates at Mr. J.
\ rris', who live at the old Judge
Coo'.? * home place. As be left behind
the n in front of the lane leading
to Mr. 11 -rris' a Ford car being driv
en by Lem Person was leaving town
and passing the wagon. At this point
the child received a blow on the back
of Its head from the fender of the car
that caueed his death. The exact
manner In which he was struck is not
definitely cleared up. some say it was
by the front fender and others under
stand It was by the back fender. Evi
dently the child realized the danier
and tried to recover hla safety bun It
all happened so quickly that U^was
impossible for him to do so. Lem
Person was accompanied by his wife
and immediately after the accident his
wife ran into the home of Mr. Perry
to tell them of the occurence and to
learn who the little boy was so that
she could tell Its parents while Lem
went Immediately for a doctor, and
meeting someone also in a car secur
ed their services to rush for a physi
cian. In the meantime, some one
came along In a car and brought the
child to Dr. H. O. Perry's office where
medical aid was rendered and then
taken to Park View Hospital at Rocky
Mount, where upon examination It ,
was found that its skull was fractur
ed across the back. He never regain
ed consciousness, and although he ap
parently rallied some during the night
he succumbed to his Injuries and died
at the hospital about 2 o'clock Tues
dtjy afternoon. The body was brought
to Loulsburg by Mr. W. E. White that
afternoon and taken to tho home of
Its parents on North Main street, from
?which the funeral was held on Wed-,
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
funeral was conducted by Rev. J. A.
Mclver, assisted by Rev. O. W. Dowd,
and the Interment was made In Oak
lawn cemetery In the midst of a large
number of friends of the family. Dur
ing the ceremony a choir sang sweets
ly several selections and the floral tri
bute was especially pretty and bore a
beautiful message of sympathy. One
especially pretty design was present
ed by Joseph's class In the Graded
School,
When we ?ee a precious blossom
That we tended with such care,
Rudely taken from our bosom,
How our iehing hearts despair!
Round Its little grave1 we linger,
Till the setting sun is low,
Feeling all our hopes have perished
Wit/ \e flower we cherished so.
We sk . sleep, but not forever,
There will be a glorious dawn; 1
meet to part, no never.
On the resurrection morn 1
The pall bearers wets as follows:
Honorary ? Dr. H. O. Perry, Messrs.
F. N. Splvey. F. M. Fuller, J. E. Thom
as. Active ? Messrs. M. McKlnne, W.
N. Filler, J W. Perry. S. C. Holden.
The bereaved parents have the
deepest sympathy of the entire com
munity.
Lem was arrested that afternoon b>
Deputy Sheriff W. N. Fuller and plac
ed In Jail to await the deTelopmenta.
After receiving the full facts it has
haaa oonceded that the accident was
"?nfortunate and unavoidable, and no
<jpe seemed to regret It more than
Lem and hla wife. i
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AUTHORIZED TO LIST PROPERTY
-Number Outside Paupers Discontinued!
? To Value Cow, Hogs aud Turkey
Killed by Dogs.
The Board of Oeunty Commission
ers met In regular session on Monday
with all members present. After ap
proving the minutes of the previous
meeting business was disposed of as
follows:
Report of E. C. Perry, Superintend
ent of Public Welfare, was received
and tiled and his recommendations
ordered carried out as follows: Bessy
Channelhouse's allowance be increas
ed from $1.00 to $3.00 per month, In
da Gay be placed on outside pauper
list at $2.00 per month and that Mary
Person, Lazlnda Grady, Jordan Perry,
Wiley Williams, Andrew Williams,
Gilbert Dickens. Simon Dent, Mrs. J.
H. Thompson, Henry Person and Mrs.
Sid Richardson be stricken off outside
pauper list.
Reports of Cypress Creek, Cedar
Rock and Sandy Creek townships road
trustees were received and filed.
T. S. Dean, J. P. Tiraberlake and
P. B. Griffin were appointed a com
mittee to investigate the value of a
cow of J. R. Williams, hogs of Herrod
Puller and Turkey of L. O. Frazler,
which were killed by dogs.
Report of Dr. J. E. Malone, County
Health Officer, wag received and filed.
On motion the Sheriff was required
to furnish to the Recorder's Court the
jail fees of all* persons who are to be
tried each Monday morning. . .
Report of J. J. Holden, Superinten
dent County Home, was received and
filed. He reports 11 wnlte and 11
! colored Inmates.
Upon order Mrs. Grace R. Kearney
was reappointed Court Stenographer
for Franklin County for the year 1924.
i The Board with the assistance of
| the Sheriff drew a jury for ^he Feb
I ruary term of Franklin Superior
Court. <1
On motion of H. P. Speed and sec
onded by J. R. Jones, D. E. Cone be
and he Is hereby authorized to col
lect all unlisted dogs which has fail
ed to list same and his compensation
not to exceed fifty per cent of all taxes
to derived, and he is also authorized
to list and collect all unlisted real and
personal property and charge a fee
of twenty-five per cent In addition to
the taxes for his compensation.
It was ordered that the Board go to
the County Home on Thursday, Jan
uary 10th, 1924 for their regular an
nual meeting.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned.
LIST OF JURORS
The following Is a list of Jurors
drawn for F-bruary term of Franklin
Superior Court:
First Week
Dunns ? Zollle Alford.
HarrlB ? B. F. Wilder, J. S. Wlnstead,
W. T. Jones.
Youngsvllle ? J. S. Lumpklns, John
Keith.
Frankllnton ? J. A. Morton, B. R.
Hr.rrls, E. W. McGhee, H. G. Jones.
Hayesvllle ? J. Lee LasSI'er, J. K.
Foster.
Gold Mine ? N. K. Bartholomew.
Cedar Rock? W. R. Fulghum, L. L.
Stalllngs, P. R. Bunn, W. P. Long, Jr.
Loulsburg ? E. F. Poythress.
Second Week
Dunns ? Ervln Prlvett, W. A. Brant
ley, J. W. Morgan.
Harris ? A. T. Harris, R. H. Gilliam,
C. D. Jeffreys.
Frankllnton. ? J. S. Morris, T. E.
Joyner.
Hayesvllle ? R. H. Ayescue.
Gold Mine ? J. M. Inscoe, R/ J. B'jr
nette. ?'
Cedar Rook? J. C. Bowden.
Cypress Creek ? J. M. Harris, J. E.
Chaney, B. J. Howell.
Loulsburg ? Q. W. Wester, J. J. Dri
ver. L. C. Perdue.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO JTEET
There will be a regular meeting of
the Woman's Club on Friday after
noon, January 11th from S until 4
o'clock In the Graded School lunch
room. All the members are urged to
be present.
Tarheel termers are beginning to
Want better buildings. During the
past year 1,M4 sets of plains and bills
of materials have been supplied to
farmers In 71 counties by E. R. Rsney,
farm engineer for the 8Ut? College
and Department of Agriculture. * I
FEAR THAT DOUGHTON
WILL RESIGN
No Harm Was Intended
Governor, In His Reply to Revenue
Statement Didn't Mean Any Insult?
The Politics of It All? If Mr. Itough
ton Resigns It Would Bring Out n
Flock of Candidates and More Em
barrassment, Hence Beiorlnir.
Raleigh, Jan. 8. ? Fear that Revenue
Commissioner R. A. Doughton will re-!
sign as the result of oovernor Morri
son's newspaper statement Saturday
morning, has broken out on all sides
of Capltaldom accustomed to daily
thrills.
Since diplomacy aria gentility are
two such words in the bright lexicon
of youth, the Grandoldyoungman isn't
going to stick out either a lip or a
stricken toe for any mister man to
look at. But the collector of state
customs is being treated most tender
ly these days, better than he ever has
been handled, and he has been a most
pampered statesman since he caaie
I down here some decades ago. It isn't
I that he requires petting. He says no
thing, but folks all about him are beg
ging him not to quit his office which
means that he mustn't fail to put his
name in the primary pot for the sol
emn referendum in June.
It is admitted on all sides that Gov
ernor Morrison did not mean to Insult
the grandoldyoungman, but the brash
way of disposing of a statement made
by the office to which Governor Dough
ton came in the government's supreme
, distress, the fall of Colonel Watts, did
shock everybody in the official circle.
Mr. Doughton had collected his data,
details by the v.ay, that needed no in
terpretation. Whether their simple
arrangements which left nobody in
doubt about the meaning of their ma
ker, was an affront, nobody seems to
know. The Doughton statement was
so much more intelligible than those
usually put out that nobody needed a
Phillip to Instruct the reader on the
reading. The Doughton figures show
ed Simply how much money his office
had taken In and how much It had
cost to collect.
The governor's introductory declar
ing that "the recent publication pur
Porting to come from the office of the
j commissioner of revenue has I fear
[been Interpreted by some in a man,'
I ner to grossly mislead the public as
to the condition of the state treasury."
(seems to have been the pacesetter.
Then he denies that the budget com
mission had made any "estimate what
soever as to how much money the com
mlssloner of revenue would collect
for the calendar year ending Decern
|ber 31. last." That wan likewise a
stunner since a budget commission
would hardly be functioning if It did
not estimate somehow what Its basis
for^approprlatlons would be.
That "Overdraft"
There Is a half suspicion that J. W.
Bailey has wandered "aimlessly" into
this finance business. A few days
before the governor's statement he
wrote the several departments for de
tails of their offices; their salary list,
their expenditures, their balances,
pretty nearly everything about them
Mr. Bailey's letter hasn't been made
Public, albeit a lot of departmental
women have been wondering why Mr.
Bailey Is so interested In their sala
ries. The letter must have had sharp
relevance to finances.
In Governor Morrison's remarks ou
the Doughton statement he says: "The
people of the state win be furnished
with a balance sheet as of December
31. last, as quickly as I can obtain It
from the treasurer and auditor. It
will show a large overdraft, either In
the shape of borrowed money or over
draft on special account, but this. 1
am satisfied, will be amply covered by
the Incomes, Insurance premiums and
other taxes levied for the year but not
yet collected. My hope Is that the In
come tax for the past year will be very
large, and much above the budget com
mission', estimate. This Is almost a
certainty, because the revenue collec
tlona for the first six* months of the
rear by Mr. Qrtssom. United States
oollector of Internal revenue for the
district, show a large Increase In the
retnrna to the federal government ov
er the year before."
This Is the first gubernatoral Intro
duction of Mr. "Overdraft." Maxwell
had^ been calling the gentleman "Defl
olt," and for the very good reason
tiiat Maxwell thought an overdraft
which resulted from Insufficiency of
BOLL WEEVIL MEETING
To Be Held in Louisburg
Tuesday
Ua4er Auspices Agricultural Depart
ment ? 10:30 A. M. Is The Hour ?
Korra Credit* To B? Discussed At
Later Meeting Same Day.
On Tuesday. January 15th, 1924, at
10:30 o'clock In Louisburg a meeting
will be held to discuss the boll weevil
conditions and methods ot control, ac
cording to announcement made by the
North OwHwh-Wsu Department "f
AKrlculture. In its series ot meetings
for eastern North Carolina. This
Department assures a complete and
Interesting program and exhibit. The
speakers are men ot experience in
boll weevil work and are Interesting
talkers: The two points In particu
lar to be discussed should be of much
interest to the cotton growers of
Franklin County, the '.Methods ot
growing cotton under boll weevil con
ditions" and "Methods of poisoning
and controlling the weevil."
All farmers in Franklin County are
urged to attend this meeting.
At the same time and place follow
ing the above meeting. Mr. J. A.
Mitchiner, Field Service man for the
Cotton Growers Association has an
nounced a meeting to discuss and ex
plain the form credits system recent
ly Inaugurated by the Co-operative
Associations. Speakers thoroughly
familiar with the details of this sys
tem are expected to be present.
Twenty carloads of lime and five
lime, spreaders were purchased by
Wake County farmers to help with
their soil improvement next year re
ports County Agent John C. Ander
son.
I funds constituted a deficit, the natural
result of running behind. Mr.* Mor
rison calls it "overdraft for borrowed
money."
Why Those Statements}
"It Is perfect folly to try to deter
mine whether the yield of revenue lev
ied for a year meets the state's appro
priations and expenses for the year
until the taxes have been collected
and applied to the period for which
they were levied," the governor else
where says. And 11 more of these
"follies" are promised for 1924, one
every 30 days. Of course there will
be three or Jour a day when Bailey
gets In action.
The Politics Of It
These be the literary features ot
the Morrison call-down of Doughton.
The politics of it Is most Interesting.
The administration earnestly desires
that there be no contests this year.
Governor Morrison is begging some
body who can pull Bailey down to do
so. It Is a pathetic turn in the path
of the Old Guard. Ten days ago the
Dally News was told that it ought to
encourage Bailey in all possible ways
to run because the soundness of the
state ought to be put to test again.
North Carolina doesn't elect Baileys,
so the ambassador from the old guard
said, don't discourage Mr. Bailey. Let
him get the beating that he needs.
And then Governor Morrison befc*
Bailey not to run, whether personally,
statehouse deponents say not. But
the old guard seeks to frighten Bailey
to death by panics of Its own.
If Doughton stays In the race there
will be no candidate against him. If
Bailey can be begged to aeath instead
of being scared to death, the two ma
jor contests will be settled. If Dough
ton has no opponent, and he will have
none, there will be nobody for Justice
Heriot Clarkson to worry over. (By
the way, the judge has been calling
on the grandoldyoungman.) With no
revenue commissioner, ntr governor
and no Supreme court Justice to mnkn
a race, Old Ouardom would have the
Joy ot Its life.
That's the first and greatest reason
for the Doughton begging, and the
baggars appeal to his tender spot. It
there Is anything that touches him
like the dlstresa ot a Democrat, the
grandoldyoungman never has told any
body what It |s. If Doughton should
resign while ha nurses the humilia
tion Inflicted upon him by an execu*
tire 12 years younger, 12,000 less wise
and 120,000 less able In finances. It
would fill the woods with candidates
and then the fight would be every man
for himself with the devil taking the
'klndmost. ?
MORE MILLIONS
' HEADY FOR CO-OPS
Third Payment Hy Annotation
Amounts In^All to Over Five
Million Dollars
(8. D. Frissell)
Tobacco Co-ops of the Old Belt of
Virginia and North Carolina will re
Icelve millions of dollars this week in
the third payment to be made by their
marketing association, Thursday, Jan
uary 10, when checks will be paid to
all members of the association who
delivered bright tobacco of the crop of
1922.
This week's payment according Kr
officials of the association will bring
the total cash receipts of Its members
up to the full amount of the valuation
placed by bankers on the crop of 1922^
The total amount of the third payment
by the association to its members In
the old belt and Eastern North Caro
lina will exceed (5,000,000 according
to its directors who state that this Is
not the final settlement on the 1922
crop.
The checks which will be paid on
Thursday to association members wife
bring their total receipts on the best
wrapper grades to as high as $70, for
cigarette cutters as high as $55, and
for the best leaf$45.
| The association closed the old year
i last week by the payment of all debts
I due, including mortgages and deeds
I of trust assumed on the .purchase of
| its warehouse properties. It also re
tired all of Itsdass A stock then due
amounting In all to many thousand of
dollars according to the announcement
of Treasurer James H. Craig. The
prompt payment of all its debts to
I date by the Tobacco Cooperative com
pletes the first step by which more
| than 93,000 farmers who compose its
j membership are becoming the owners
I and obtaining the stock of the 150
| warehouses which were purchased by
j the marketing association.
The saving in warehouse charges
J gained by numbers of the association
will more than pay the cost of their
warehouses during their present mar
keting contract, according to Aaron
Saplro, attorney for the association.
All warehouses of the association
in the bright belts of Virginia and
North Carolina and in the dark and
sun-cured belts of Virginia have open
ed again to receive tobacco, the asso
ciation so far having received more
than 125,000.000 pounds of the 1923
crop, a considerable larger amount
than its receipts up to a year ago.
BOA HI) OK EDUCATION
The Board jnet In regular session
with A. F. Johnson, T. H. Dickens.
John C. Winston and W. A. Mullen
I present. The minutes of last meeting
were read and approved. Tbe Supt.
was Instructed to Investigate the com
plaint made by W. S. Tharrlngton
concerning the fuel at Rock Springs.
The Supt. was Instructed to receive
bids until the first Monday In Febru
ary on the following school property:
1. Oak Cevel school house In
Youngsvllle township.
2. The old Pine Rldgo building and
one half aero school site In Dnnn
township. 1
3. The Laurel school house and
site at Laurel.
After allowing a number of ac
counts, the Board adjourned.
I WOMAN'S AUXILIARY AMERICAN
LEGION TO MEET
We are requested to announce that
the Woman's Auxiliary of the Ameri
can I^eglon will meet at the borne of
Mrs. S. C. Holden, on Tuesday after
noon, January 15th, at 3:30 o'clock,
with Mesdamer R. F. Yarhorough, J.
A. Underhll, E. F. Thomas, 8. C. Hold
en and Miss Ida Mae Yow a? hostesses.
!>EI.If.'HTFUL SUPPER
AT FIRK HOUSE
The members of the Loulsburg Fire
Department celebrated their annual
meeting with a most delightful sup
per on Tuesday night at the fir*
house. Invitations were extended
quite a number. of friends and a moat
enjoyable evening was experienced.
Many good Irayrtmptu speeches were
made and responded to.
This meeting was the occasion for
the re-elprtlop of officers hot on ac
count of the death of Sheriff Kear
ney's llula ion. causing some of the
members to be absent the election nil
deferred.
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AMONG THE VI8J0ORS
SOME YOC KNOW A5? SOME TOO
DO NOT K50W.
Perianal Item* About Felks i>4
Their Krlenda Who Travel l?t
And There.
Mr. W. M. Person returned the past
week from a trip to New Orleans.
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Mrs. E. E. Detter. of Stanley, is vis
iting her sister. Mrs. B. H. Meadow*.
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Mr. D. F. McKlnne returned this
work from the- Western horse mar
kets.
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Mrs. Paul Wiggins, of Charleston.
W. Va., Is visiting her sister. Mrs.
B. H. Meadows.
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Miss Elizabeth Morton came home
from Coker College, Hartsvllle, S. C..
land spent the holidays with her par
ents.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kelley and sons.
Morris and Hommer, or Petersburg.
Vr.., -spent Christmas wtth Mr. and
, Mrs. C. Hatton.
MR. GEORGE WEATIIER.S DEAD
Youngsvllle, Dec. 7. ? On Sunday,
I December 23rd, God saw fit to call Mr.
George Weathers to hla reward. He
was 74 years of age, and spent hla
last thirty in the home with Mr. R. L.
Conyers. Funeral services were con
ducted at the home on December 24th,
after which the body was laid to rest
in the Weathers burying ground,
j He leaves to mourn their loss a sis
ter, Mrs. Polly McGhce, and two broth
? ers, W. P. and J. M. Weathers.
S-1NCH WATER MAIN FREEZES
Coldest Spell Since 1917-W -Registers
7 Decrees ? Many Water Pipes Bor
| a ted.
The cold wave that visited Louls
I burg on last Saturday night was the
| coldest that has been experienced
j here since the winter , of 1917-18 when
: the thermometer dropped to 10 below
zero. The official record showed the
| temperature dropped Saturday night
j to 7 degrees above.
Due possibly to the suddenness of
|.the change the cold seemed more se
I vere than any we have had, and la
fact did more damage by freezing. A
? large per centage of the water pipes
| in the residences and places of busi
j ness in Louisburg bursted from the
freeze and In fact an eight Inch w?
' ter main of the town water system
froze up and bursted. No deaths or
serious sufferings from the cold hav?
been reported In this section.
FAR.* LOAN ASSOCIATION MEETS
The stockholders of the Louisburg
National Farm Loan Association met
in annual session on Taesday at 11
o'clock. A dividend was declared and
distributed to Its stockholders and
five Directors olected as follows: E.
H. Malone, J. M. Sykes, F. W. Justice,
I. H. Kearney, A. F. Johnson. Oth
er matters of minor Importance were
transacted.
The two new directors not being
present It was decided to postpon?
the meeting of the Director* for the
purpose of electing officers until next
Saturday.
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-COLLIE DO? SATES LIVES OF A
FAULT
Asheville. Jan. 8. ? Scratching of a
collie dog on their bedroom
shortly after midnight this
probably saved the lives of the
of Ralph Dltraore. who arose to tail ft
portion of their home In
the alarm been given
ter, firemen said, the
would have been
i in 1
a
The newspaper Is ?
are reflected the
deeds of man.
must go
and
what he
sees so
will hare