The Franklin Times
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A. F. J0H5S0N, Editor u4 llaucer
THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION
TOLl'MN ? LUL
LOUISBUBG, B. (X, ^FRIDAY, MARCH 88, 1??4
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PRECINCT MEETINGS
APRIL 5TH
To Elect Delegates to County
Convention
County Convention To Be Held Satur
day, April 12th? To Elect Township
Executive Committee*.
The precinct meetings of the Demo
cratic party to elect delegates to the
County Convention to be held in Louis,
burg on Saturday, April 12th, will be
held at the various voting places in
Franklin County on Saturday, April
5th, 1924. All voters in the county
are urged to attend their respective
precinct meeting and take a part In its
workings. In addition to the election
ot delegates to represent you in your
County Convention you will be expect
ed to elect five members of your town
ship executive committee. Those who
are elected as the Township Executive
Committee will meet immediately at.
ter their election and organize by
electing one of their number as chair
man and oue secretary. All delegates
elected and the chairman of each
Township Executive Committee will
bo expected to be in Louldburg on Sat
urday, April 12th, to attend the Con
vention and a meeting of the Execu.
tive Committee.
The number of delegates each town
ship is entitled to send to the Conven
tion ls.based on the vote for Governor
la 1920 as cast in that particular town,
s'-io. Therefore the number of dele
K 'tcs each township Is entitled to can
- l>a n.rcertained by reference to the
"tcll-y.-Ug table:
Tow.i hip Vote. for Delegates
Governor
Dunns
Harris
Youngsville
Franklinton
Hayesville
Sandy Creek
Gold Mine
Cedar Rock
Cypress Creek
Loulsburg
2H9
160
309
451
72
222
181
329
88
674
12
6
12
18
3
9
7
13
4
27
2785
111
DUKE MEMORIAL CHUBCH
It seems fitting that the Franklin
County Union postpone Its meeting
with the Corinth church Saturday and
Sunday until tbe next fifth Sunday.
By doing this we all will have the op
portunity to attend the services Satur
day and Sunday with the Duke Metnor.
ial church at Justice.
There will be a "get-together" ser
vice at the church Saturday at 3 p. m.
We will hear messages on the differ
ent kingdom interests. Be sure to
come to this service and help make it
a succcess.
Sunday is to be a great day. Prof.
Sexton of Justice, one of the finest
teachers in Franklin County, is to be
ordained to the ministry. Also there
is to be the laying of the Corner stone
to the Duke Memorial church, and
perhaps it might be of Interest to some
that dinner is to be served^at. the
church on Sunday. The ordination
sermon Is to be preached by Rev. Geo.
W. May.
JOHN ARCHIE McIVER.
J. W. Harris Store Burns
The store house and stock o^goods
belonging to Mr. J. W. Harris about
two miles North ot Loulaburg was
destroyed by fire on Tuesday night
about 10 o'clock. The fire so we learn,
started In the southeast corner of the
store and soon consumed the entire
building and contents. The loss Is
estimated at about $3,500.00 with In
surance of $750.00 on the building and
$2,400.00 on the stock. The cause of
the fire Is not known, but from the fact
that three fires having happened In
that Immediate vicinity within so
short a time It looks very much like
,, Incendiary.
Circle No. 1 Entertained
Circle No. 1 of the Methodist Church,
Supt. E. i. Best, Leader, was delight
fully entertained on Friday night by
Mrs. F. H. Allen, Chairman ot the Cir.
ole. A most Interesting discussion
pursued and the regular business was
transacted, among which was the ef
forts to raise funds for the Superan
nuate Endowment.
Delicious refreshments were served
and the many who attended were es
pecially fortunate in having bean pre*,
ent at this time.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT .
The present week was clean-up
week all over the State, but we were
watting for a meeting of the Civic De
portment of the Woman* C.lub to meat
so that we could get them Interested
in the work of cleaning up our town
and at the same time beautify the good
old town and make it decent and heal,
thy to live In. They are doing this
work all over the State this Spring in
order to head off disease and it be
comes us to get together and make our
town a place to be proud ot Get to
work next Monday and all push the
work through.
HEALTH OFFICER.
Buy good seed for the home gtrdea.
rENNTNGS ALLOWED
$5,000 BOND
Lonnie Strickland Allowed To
Give $300 Bond
in The Two llubeat. Corpus Hearings
Before Judge Grady In Raleigh Fri
day Afternoon.
Henry Jennings, the young white
man who was committed to jail with
out bond by Recorder-G-. Beam on
Monday ot last week, on a charge of
rape, was granted a bond of J5.000.00
an last Friday afternoon by Judge
Henry A. Grady In Raleigh at a habeas
:orpus hearing. Judge Grady, was In
fluenced, so we understand, by the
tacts that the age of the girl was In
question, and that the witness waited
ten days to swear out the warrant and
also that Jennings spent the night in
the home of the witness the Saturday
?ight before the allied crime happen
ed. The bond was given.
Lonnie Strickland, colored, facing a
charge of murder, was also released
on a $300 bond by His Honor Judge
Grady at the second habeas corpus
hearing in Raleigh Friday. The facts
in this case brought out, so we learn,
showing that the killing took place in
the defendants home under extenuat
ing circumstances impressed Judge
Grady.
Mr. Thos. W. Ruffin represented the
defendants in these actions, and we
learn Mr. Ben T. Holden represented
the State, In the absence of SoTjcItot
Evans who was out of the city.
ONLY SIX CASES MONDAY
Recorder's Court lias Light Docket ?
Xo Cases Carrying Any Special In
terest.
Judge G. M. Beam had quite a light
docket in Recorder's Court Monday
when he disposed of the six cases as
fellows:
State vs Boat Jones, disposing of
mortgaged property, continued.
State vs Johnnie Parrish, removing
crops, guilty. Judgment suspended up
on payment of costs and settlement of
landlords account. Appeal.
State vs Roosevelt Malone, vagran
cy, guilty, 30 days on roads, t pon pay
ment of costs execution not to issue
until order of the Solicitor.
State vs Charlie Harris, giving
worthless check, continued to March
31st.
State vs Kearney Williams and John
Baker, affray, pleads guilty, fined $16
and costs. Baker appealed.
State vs Kearney Williams, ccw,
not guilty.
COLLEGE SORORITT BIBS
On Saturday night, March 22, the
Sigma Delta Theta Sorority gave a
"teed" to the newly chosen members
of the Sorority numbering live In all
as follows: Ella Zena Cartwright,
Fairfield. N. C.? E. Carter Grant, Hook
erton,-N. C., Eva Draper, Jackson, N.
C., Sarah Johnson, SVauCtonsburg, N.
C? Vera Campbell, Slier City, N.. C.
This brings the membership of the So
rority up to twenty-eight and makes
this group one of the most powerful
organizations in the College.
The evening was spent in {Haying
games, in contests, and singing of
songs, after which delightful refresh
ments were Berved.
I LABOR ENVOY TOU.S. I
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Latfnr lUrnanon, prominent la
bor expert, who U to bo the American
ropraaantative in Waahington of the
International labor oilw of Genera.
0? tinani question* from A? I?
btiaineei >mn lad to tha la t?bHit?
wait of an American branch. Mm.
lUfiw la wall known ia tha
United Stetea, bavin* hoM
1 porta
i tha ten
Family of the New Secretary of the Navy
WU1? World Photo# \
Judge Curtis D. Wilbur at San Francisco, Calif., new Secretary of the
Navy, and his family from a late photograph. Jodfe W ilbur is California's
lone representative In the Cabinet sf President Coolidge. He has been Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of California and is a graduates of the United
States Naval Academy. <
MEMORIAL SERVICE AND CORNER STONE LAYING
DUKE MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 30TH
The Justice and Midway Baptist churches having consolida
ted, a/e building- a beautiful house of worship, and have select
ed as the consolidated name "Duke Memorial Baptist Church".
There will be a Corner Stone laying service held Sunday, March
30th at the new building near Justice, which will be an all day
service, anil dinner will be feerved to all.
This is not only a service for tin- laying of the Corner Stone
to the new building, but will be a real memorial service & every
one who knew Rev. George M. Duke, is cordially invited to at
tend the sendee, and help make it one in which all may feel
proud. Memorializing the great work doTO'by the great and
good pioneer preacher.
Programme of Service, Sunday, March 30th, 1924
10 O'clock A. M. ? Song "Praise God from Whom all
, Blessing Flow" ? (hv all)
Invocation Rev. J. E. Hocutt
.Song
Scripture Reading by Rev. W. B. Morton
Prayer by Rev. J. A. Mclver
Song
Sermon by Rev. Geo. W. May
Song
Memorial Offering
Laving Comer Stone
? DINNER ?
Afternoon Service
2:30 P. M. ? . .... .Ordination service at Justice School building
DEMOCRATIC EXEC
UTIVE COMMITTEE
To Meet in Louisburg, Satur
day 29th
To Arrange For HoldJ?tr Precinct
Meetings And Convention ? To Meet
In Court House at 12 O'clock.
Chairman E. H. Malone has called
for a meeting of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee to be held in Louis
burg on Saturday morning. March 29,
1924, at 12 o'clock for the purpose of
arranging for the holding of precinct
meetings and conventions. The meet
Irg will be held In the Court House
"?nd every member is urged to be pres
ent. . /
The letter Issued by Chairman Ma.
lone calling the Committee together 1?
as fellows:
"Loulsburg, N. C. Mar. 22, 1924.
"Dear Sir:
"You are hereby notified that a
meeting of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of Franklin Coun
ty has been called to meet In
Loulsburg on Saturday, March 29,
1924, at 12 o'clock for the purpose
of arranging for the call of pre
cinct meetings sfnd Convention In
keeping with the call of the State
Executive Committee and for such
other matters as may be tirought
before It.
"Kindly make your Arrange
ments to be with us. but should It
be impossible, kindly hnnd your
proxy to some member of your
TownBhlp Committee who can at
tend,"
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AYCOCK ?BU? CO. IN HANDS RE
CEIVER.
MaJ. 8. P. Boddie, wan qamcd us Re
ceiver In temporary Receiver proceed.
Inge Tuesday before Judgn Henry A.
Grady In Raleigh, for the Aycock Dru*
Co., at the Instance of W. R, Armstrong
?-Co., of Petersburg, Va. Ma). Bod
die la Instructed to conduct the bual
nesa, in the usual manner until furth
er Instructions Issued from the Oonrt.
GIVEN 30 DAYS ON ROADS
For Vacancy, But Sentence Suspend
ed If They (io To Work.
Constable J. E. Thomas reports the
beginning of a campaign in Loulsburg
against statutory vagrancy, by the
arrest and conviction of Locky Cros
sen, Bennle Williamson, John King,
Richard RufTIn. MUrman Wrtght and
L-ona Avery. The defendants were
given a h<irlug before 'Squire A. W.
Alston, who In passing a sentence of
30 days on roads, and ordering that
the sentence be suspended upon the
payment of costs and the defendants
getting steady employment, that the
object of the Court was to protect the
public .against the crime wave that
goes with Idleness and that if they
would go to work the object of the law
would be met. Constable Thomas was
assisted In this work by Chief of Po.
lice B. H. Meadows and Night Officer
C. E. Pace.
He also informs the TIMES that he
and the other officers are keeping a
complete check on all the profession
al loafers and will sooner or later get
them all In the same net if they do not
secure steady employment.
GRAIHATION RECITAL
Invitations reading as follows have
been mailed friends:
Ixmtsburg College
presents for Graduation
Miss Ixmise Ruth Taylor. Expression
assisted by
Miss Mildred Voters, Pianist
Friday evening, April the fourth
nineteen hundred and twenty-four
I^oulsbtirg, North Carolina
Eight o'clock
Free Clinic
Supt. E. C. Perry, of the Public Wel
fare Department of Franklin County
Is desirous of having all crippled
children or their parents to see or
write him at once so that he can ar
range lor those who wish to do so to
attend a free clinic to be held at Wll.
son, N. C., on April 17th, 1924, for the
purpose of receiving tree treatment of
their trouble. , ;,v I
ANOTHER PAY DAY
FOE S. C. FARMERS
Thirty I?aj* la Jail Or Fine Given
Contract Breaker In S. C. Court.
(8. D. PYissell)
In addition to the million and a half
dollars second payment on the 1923 1
crop which the Tobacco Growers Co- i
operative Association will make to |
Its members of the South Carolina belt
next Tuesday, April 1, the organized
farmers of South Carolina and the bor
der counties will receive checks that
will mark the final settlement of the
association on the 1922 crop, accord
ing to this week's announcement of
James H. Craig, Treasurer of the to
bacco association. Complete state
ments on the 1922 crop will follow the
combined payment to the South Caro
lina belt members of the association in
the near future, according to Treasur
er Craig.
Thirty days in jail or a fine of $250
was the sentence Imposed last week
upon C. C. Rogers, of Marion, by Judge
John S. Wilson presiding In the Court
of General Sessions at Marion, South
Carolina, when he found Mr. Rogers
in contempt of court for failure to ap
pear when summoned for breach of
contract with thff marketing associa.
tion.
The violation of the Injunction res
training Rogers from delivering his
tobacco outside of the association was
followed by bis failure to answer the
complaint, and further failure to show
cause why he should not be attached
for contempt of court proceedings re
sulted in his being sentenced to thirty
days in jail or a fine of $250. This
was the first contempt case In South
Carolina to involve the Toba'cco Grow
ers Cooperative Association, although
continued violation of the association's
contract in North Carolina and Vir
ginia has resulted in Jail sentences
and heavy fines tor other members.
Judge Wilson, in passing sentence
on Rogers stated that it was manifest
ly unfair for Isolated members of the
tobacco association to be permitted to
violate their contracts while others
were performing their duty under sim>
liar contracts. He declared that vio
lation by a citizen of an order of a
court of justice was striking at the
very foundation of organized society.
Members of the Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association In 130 coun
ties of three states are called upon to
mobilize on Saturday. April 5. in their
respective county seats for the nomi
nation of delegates from among the
association.'? 95.000 members, to elect
Its directors for the coming year.
Heavy deliveries to the cooperative
warehouses last week hive brought
th? association's receipts of the 1923
crop to over 175,000,000 pounds. Every
section of the entire bright tobacco
belt of Virginia and the Carollnas has
delivered more of the 1923 crop to the
cooperative association than was the
case last year.
ERROR IX DATE
Corner Stone Duke Memorial Church
To Be Laid Next Sunday.
An error was made in reporting the
date for the Laying of the Corner
Stone of the Duke Memorial Baptist
Church in the last issue of the Times.
The services will be held Sunday,
Marth 30th. (fifth Sunday) instead of
the 23rd as announced. A generous
Invitation is extended all who wish to
attend.
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RESOLITIOSS.
Whereat we. the member* of th*
Jambes Post, No. 105 of the Americas
Legion, have always felt that our or
ganization stood shoulder to ahoulder
with the Woman's Club in the promo,
tlon of those things which are bene
ficial to our community, our State a?d
our Nation and have alwaya stood
ready to co-operate with the aaid Wo
man's Club In the furtherance of ita
efforts for progress in the town of
I>ouisburg; And whereas during the
past we have felt, as we had every
reason to. that such spirit of co-opera
tion was mutual; And whereas, at the
request of our Commander for an en
dorsement by the said Club of the Ad
justed Compensation Bill now before
the Congress of these United States,
the said Woman's Club went on record
as opposing the passage of said Bill;
Now Therefore be it resolved:
That we, the members of the Jambea
Post No. 105, American Legion, feel
most deeply the failure of the Woman's
Club to stand by us In this the first
question of National importance to the
Legion and all Veterans of the World
War, that has arisen since the World
War. and that in taking the action
which it has it has failed to live up
to the numerous and profuse promises
made to these Veterans of the World
War in the period of the emergency.
That we appreciate to the fullest
extent the fact that many of the indi
vidual members of the Club have ren
dered invaluable service to tlie Legion
in the past and we are verv deeply in
debted to these same individual mem
bers for their faithful and unselfish
efforts in our behalf.
That we are informed that only a
small percentage of the entire mem
bership of the Club were in attendance
?upon the meeting at which the above
mentioned action was taken and we are
firmly convinced that such action does
not express the sentiment of the Club
as a whole, the resolution opposing
said Bill having been passed by a
small minority of the e:rire member
ship of said Club, which -n;all minor
ity. we are inclined to think, were la
boring under a gross misapprehen
sion as to the true provisions of said
Bill rather than lacking in patriotism
and loyalty to Veterans of the World
War. ^
That we wish to assure those mem
bers of the Club who have been our
staunch supporters in the past that we
are at their service and stand ready
to co-operate with' them as individ
uals in any way that we can. but ill
| the light of the official action of the
Woman's Club our Post does not feel
that in the future we cajj work in har
mony and concord with said Woman's
Club as a whole.
That copies of these resolutions be
sent to the Woman's Club, the FRANK
LIN TIMES and a copy be spread up
on the \Tfnutes of this Post.
This March 26th. 1924.
J E. MA LONE. JR.
S. P. BODDIE.
H. H. JOHNSON.
Committee.
DEBATE AT Al DITORU'Jt TOMUHT
| The people of Louisburg and vicin_
jity are invited to attend a debate at
the Graded School auditorium tonight.
This is a part of the annual tri-angu
lar debates. The query to be discuss
ed is "Resolved; Inter-Allied War
I Debts should be Cancelled.'' Louis
burg debates FYanklinton on tfie af
firmative at Louisburg and the nega
tive at Franklinon. At the auditorium
tonight the affirmative will be upheld
by Miss Jewel Clark and Mr. Willie
Bledsoe, while at Franklinton, Louis
burg team debating the negative will
be Messrs. Dunham Taylor and John
Mills.
The debates will begin at 8 o'clock
and a large crowd is expected to be
present.
Cleveland County Is planning to
paint up and beautify its farmsteads
during March and April. The newly
formed Board of Agriculture is back
ing County Agent R. B. Lawrence in
this wise movement.
V
F&rmers of Alexander County or
dered 500 pounds of clover seed and
650 pounds of a permanent pasture
mixture seed in a cooperative pur
chase made during February.
In Caldwell County termers have
found that they can buy fertilisers co
operatively at a saving* They re
cently placed an order for 300 tons
on this basis.
Fishing Club
I A number of our citisens who enjoy
"an evening off" once in ? while to
use their cunning in convincing the
scaly tribe to partake o t a feast of.
fered them on a hook at the ead of a
string supported by a rod. Joined
minds, pleasures and pocket hooka the
past week and formed themselves in
to a Ashing club to be known aa the
Tar River Pishing Club, and leased the
Jackson pond from Mr. C. P. Harris,
where they expect to spend a geod por
tion of the rammer la the loftiest of
?11 sports.
In order to safsfuard tfcatr Miwij
they have posted the pond ?|?i?
fishing of all Umda asm* by Ik*
members of -the Clahk |n IMr an
nouncement In anothar win
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