The Franklin Times
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Before Tlae
L. P. J0H5805, Editor u* X*iia?er
THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION
BLBstKLTIIoa nil Par Iw
YOLCMK ? LIII.
LOTJTSBCBG, If. C, FRIDAY, AtWST S, 1934
X .WBER 24
STOPS WORK ON
OPERA HOUSE
ENJOINS TOWN LEASING
FOR MOVING PIC
TURE SHOW
F. W. Wheless Gets Tempor
ary Injunction ? Action to be
Heard on August 16th at Ral
eigh Before Judge Calvert.
Injunction proceedings were secured
f tie past week by Mr. F. W. Wheless
before Judge T. H. Calvert, of Raleigh
against the Town ot Loulsburg and
were served on Mayor Joyner Friday.
The object ot the Injunction Is to pre
vent the town from leasing the opera
house to be used for a moving picture
show, Mr. Wheless claiming that It
would be to his loss and In violation
of the town's rights In the property.
The work that was In process at
the time making the building conform
to the State Insurance and tire laws,
was ordered stopped pending the hear
ing, which is to be on Saturday, Au
gust 16th, 1924 at Raleigh before Judge
Calvert.
This suit will no doubt clear up a
confusion as to the rlghtB the town has
in the opera house property. And will
be settlement that will make It possible
tcr the Commissioners to determine
\ icther the town shall continue to
the heavy upkeep of the roof and
?H?. - r story without the privilege of
nxr v:ng revenue.
Ai.tr relating the history and laws
of hii.v the town became in possession
of the property the complaint goes on
to say.
section 7. That the plaintiff is infor
med and believes and upon such infor
mation and belief, avers that the pres
ent Board of -Commissioners of tha
Town of Loulsburg, in viola
tion of the contract with
grantors of the defendant^ and
in violation of the terms of the act
under which the erection of said build
ing was authorized, and of the rights
of the citizens anct tax payers of the
town have entered into an agreement
with a relative or family connection
of one of the officials of the Town of
Louisburg, towit, the Superintendent
ol the Light and Water Plant whereby
it is proposed to lease the said Town
Hall and all of the equipment con
nected therewith to R. R. Klssell, by
the terms of which leaBe the said R.
R. Kissell, will have the sole and ex
clusive contract of said Hall and the
exclusive right to use the same for
purposes ol private gain. That the
plaintiff is further informed and be
lieves and so avers that It is the in
tention of the said R. R. Kissell to
convert the Bald Kail into a moving
picture show to be operated entirely
for his own profit. That if the said
defendant Is permitted to carry out
this design, Whereby the Town Hall
shall be converted Into a moving pic
ture show under private management,
the same will violate not only the
letter and spirit of the act of the Gen
eral Assembly, under which the people
of the town voted bonds for the erec
tion of a public hall, and deprive the
said citizens of the town for a public
meeting or gathering, but the same
will be In direct violation of the con
tract between the grantors of the plain
tiff and the Commissioners of said
town; That the operation of a moving
picture on the second story of Plain
tiffs building will largely Increase the
danger of destruction by fire of the
building and large stock of goods con
tained therein and largely increase
the costs of insuring same against fire;
That the nature of the material, ma
chinery and power used In the exhibi
tion of moving pictures is such, ac
cording to the expert knowledge and
experience of Are Insurance compa
nies as to create a peculiar and dis
tinct danger at all times of fire and
by reason of such peculiar Increased
hazard, the premiums, which will be
charged this plaintiff tor fire Insur
ance upon h(s building and stock of
merchandise will be increased twenty
five per cent.
Section 8. That if the defendant
Is permitted to carry out and effectu
ate Its Illegal and unauthorised pur
pose as set forth In the next preceedlng
paragraph hereof, as It Is now threat
ening to do and, unless restrained by
this court will do, the same -will work
great and Irreparable harm and dam
age tb the plaintiff, wherefore the
plaintiff prays the court; That the de
fendant be requested to show can?
before this honorable oonrt at a' time
and place to be named by the court,
why it should not be enjoined and r?
strained from executing an y lease
whereby the snle and exclunlre con
trol of said Hall shall be vested in
any private Individual whatever, and
from installing and operettas or Mr
mltted to be installed or operated
therein any moving picture show, or
making any use of said building art
specifically allowed under the terms of
the said contract and u aoodrdance
with the terns and provisions of tha
act of the General Assembly referred
to, and that, ponding tha return ol the
defendant ,U?. fnl? notice, It be ?o rn
joined and MrtrnlMd. ? lr
The eorapfafat is completed by th?
FRANKLINTON
SETS NEW PACE
STARTS COOPERA
TION WITH COUNTY
PROPORTIONS
Object is Better Understanding
of School Problems and a
Greater Unity of Action for
Better Schools
Frankllnton Is to have credit for
taking the first step towards real co
operation between the Special Char
tered Schools and the County System.
Heretofore the co-operation, officially,
has extended only In the special
schools receiving from the County their
pro rata share of the funds. Other
wise they acted Independently from
the County. Frankllnton reallzlnz the
value, of a more closely united spirit
of helpful-ness and individual under
standing, at Its meeting of Trustee*
recently passed the following resolu
tion and transmitted it to the Chair
man of the Board of Education and
the Superintendent of Schools:
Frankllnton, N. C? Aug. 2nd, 1924.
At a meeting ot the Board of
Graded School Trustees held Au
gust 1st, 1924, the following reso
lution was unanimously adopted: -
That Mr. E. L. Best, County
Superintendent of Education and
Mr. A. F. Johnson, County Chair
man of Board of Education be in
vited to visit the schools of Frank
llnton Township during the lnsu
ing term and to meet with school
trustees and offer any construc
tive criticism.
E. J. CHEATHAM, Secretary.
Supt. Best acting for himself and
the Chairman of the Board dispatched
the following letter ot approval and
acceptance of the plan, and express
ing the hopes that In the near future
the idea, so wisely and generously
sponsored by Frankllnton will become
a general county response to a better
understanding ot the school problems
In Frankliii County. The letter of
Mr. Best follows:
Loulsburg, N. C., Aug. 6, 1924.
Mr. E, J. Cheatham,
Frankllnton, N. C.
Dear Joe:
Mr. A. F. Johnson and I received,
this morning, the kind resolution from
your Board. I can assure you that
we appreciate the same very much and
will at all times be glad to be of any
assistance to your school that we pos
sibly can.
The Board of Education and I spent
a most pleasant hour last Monday af
ternoon looking over your new high
school building. As tar as building
and equipment is concerned. I have
no criticism or suggestions to make
as everything seems to be as near per
fect as possible. When the school be
gins I shall be glad to confer with
your board and with your superinten
dent at any time and will furnish any
constructive criticisms that is within
my power.
In order that there may be a better
understanding between the County
Bobrd of Education and the Special
Chartered Boards In the county, I have
suggested that each of the Special
Chartered Boards appoint a commit
tee and I will ask my board to do the
same thing, and for these several com
mittees to meet in conference at least
once a month. The purpose of these
meetings will be to bring about a 100
per cent co-operative spirit by discus
sing and solving problems that are
common to all of us. I expect now to
get the superintendents of the various
schools to meet with me in the near
future and to work out planB for these
meetings.
Again assuring you of my hearty
co-operation.
BOARD OF EfiCCATION
The Board of Education met In regu
lar session with all members present
except J. B. Jones. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and approved
The Board agreed for the Social
Plains school to attend the Pilot school
during the coming school year 1924-26,
according to contract with the Pilot
school board.
The Oak Ridge School district was
consolidated with the Seven Paths
school district.
The Superintendent was Instructed to
make arrangements for the Wilder
school to attend at Justice achool for
jtha coming school year.
I After allowing a number ot accounts
the Board adjourned to go to FVank
llnton and visit the new public school
building.
Poverty fa not a crime, but many
people regard It aa such.
oopy of tha deed to ths town convey
ing the upper story ot the property.
This case will be watched with much
In tar eat as it hM been the oaase of
tstfoh convent and many opinions
upon tha part of the tax payers of
Loultturg, practically all ot whom feel
that tt the town cannot rent tha hall
to advantage ft had better gat fid ot it,
and late tha cost ot maintenance.
REVIVAL AT
BAPTIST CHURCH |
TO BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY |
MORNING
Dr. Ray E. York and Forest!
- Weaver Among Those Who
Will Visit and Take Part In
Services
Revival meeting begins Sunday Au
gust 10th at Lcwlsburg Baptist church.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Reynolds, of
Fort Worth. .Texas, will have charge
ot the mtislc. Their superiors cannot
be found In the whole South. They
were connected with the home board
ot the Southern Baptist Convention (or
a number ot years.
For the past ten or twelve years Mr.
Reynolds has been head of the gospel
music department of the Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary at Ft.
Worth. Texas. He has under his di
rection a faculty of some twelve or
fifteen teachers.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds are both
charming personalities In the Lords
service.
Services through the -week days will
be at 10 a. m., and 8 p. m.
If you stand for the best for your
town and conpnunlty regardless ot
your belief or church affiliation,
please attend these services and ren
der all the help possible
People from all the country churches
and communities are especially Invited
to attend.
Thursday night August 21st ot the
second week ot the meeting. Dr. Ray
E. York, Mr. Moody his singer, Mr.
Josey, his organist and pianist, and
Forest Weaver, our own fourteen year
old boy preacher will all be with us.
Forest will preach that night. If you
love Forest and are interested in his
career as a. minister of the cross, come
out to hear him preach before he leaves
North Carolina, for he plans to go to
Texas and live with Dr. York.
SPOT CASH COMPANY
$100,000.00 CORPORATION
CHARTERED MONDAY
Kinne, Malcolm McKipnc
land F. J. Beasley ? To Dc
Wholesale Mercantile Busi
ness
I The Spot Cash Co., ia a new bual
' ness for Loulsburg being chartered on
Monday to do a general wholesale
mercantile business In Loulsburg and
will occupy the new building of Mc
Klnne Brothers now under contract
for erection. The business Is Incor
porated for $100,000.00 by Messrs.
D. F- McKlnne, Malcolm McKlnne and
P. J. Beasley and has already $10.
000.00 paid In.
The personnel of this company la
made up of some of Louisburgs best
business men, whose connection with
It foretells Its success.
The new firm will no doubt begin
buslnoss early In October as It Is ex
pected that the building they are to
occupy will be completed early In that
month.
KING SEED CO. CHANGES HANDS.
The King Seed Co., that has been
enjoying quite a good business in
Loulsburg for a number of years un
der the popular supervision of Mr. D.
F. McKlnne, oompleted Its papers the
past week for the formal transfer of
the property and business to Messrs.
C. 8. Williams, of Frankllnton, and
W. B. Tucker, of Loulsburg. This ia
one of the biggest business deals that
has been pnued off In Loulsburg In
lone time Involving many thousands
of dollars, thd amount we were unable
to get owing to a large stock of seed
on hand.
I The new Arm, so we understand,
'will continue to operate the kpslness
as before, and the gin In LOTlsburg
will be under the personal supervis
ion of Mr. W. B. Tufker. They are
now busy remodeling the i>lant and
overhauling and Installing now ma
chinery.
Ncpdoubt a full announcement of the
future plans of the new Arm will be
made later. >
REV. JUL PLYLEB TO PREACH
Rev. M. T. Plyler will preach at
the Methodist church here next Hun
day night. August 10th. at eight (JV,
clock. After the preaching service h?
will hold the third quarterly con
ference The pastor will b? absent. b<it
his report will be read by tha secre
tary of the conference. The pastor .
mad* all arrangements tor the qua
t?fly conference agreeable to the pre- 1
aiding elder. No praachlng service* ,
Monday morning. Mr. Oowd will re- 1
turn from his vacation the first ,>f
Bertember.
farad government expenses maans
that the nation wtll not be Impaired.
MARKET TO OPEN
SEPTEMBER 23R0
LOUISBURG TO RUN
THREE HOUSES
All Houses To Be Run Same as
Xast Year ? Same Buyers Ex
With a firm determination on the part
ot the warehousemen and the citizens
of Loulsburg that the Loulsburg To
bacco Market shall lead all markets
in a radius ot a hundred miles or
more, the announcement is made that
the Loulsburg Tobacco Market will
open on Tuesday, September 23rd,
1924. All three warehouses will be ids
again this season by the same men as
last year and all are more fully de
termined to sell mo?? tobacco than
erer before and realize they must
njake the market more interesting to
the farmers. Practically all the buyers
that were on the market last year
will return this year with plenty of
orders to make the buying interest
ing
The attention of the tobacco grow
ers is invited to the activities of the
Loulsburg market and the business of
Loulsburg at all times to see that It
will be the Loulsburg market that
makes it better for you.
PICK UP THE SQUARES
OPPORTUNE TIME TO
CONTROL BOLL WEEVIL
Lateness of Crop Makes Imme
diate Action Necessary ? Me
thod Easy if Properly Fol
lowed
I The TIMES takes pleaseure In giv
ing lilt following article concerning
the control of Boll Weevils by Mr. H
O. Moore, a boll weevil expert, witb
McKinne Brothers, to Ub readers. II
Is. authentic and wUL mean much II
Its advice Is adhered to.
In the beginning the weevils attach
the fields In small places, most likely
around old bouse places, woods 01
i hedge rows. The old weevils come out
and lays eggs in the squares. The num
ber of eggs they lay Is not known. They
possibly lay twenty five, fifty, or five
hundred. This being true shows us the
necessity of watching for the Infected
places and gathering the squares that
fall off and those that turn yellow on
the stalk and burning them. By this
method we get rid of the first infes
tation before they hatch out. This burn
Jng the squares is all the more neces
jsary because of the fact that the kill
ing the weevil In the larvae stage
lie is eliminated from spreading his
| kind by becoming a parent weevil hlm
Iself. In view of the fact that the first
infestation of a field is confined to
spots about twenty-flve to thirty feet
square, the amount of labor it takes
to pick up and burn the squares Is not
a great deal. This is especially Im
portant as there is only from fifteen
to twenty days, according to weather
conditions, from the time of laying the
egg until the weevil Is full grown. If
we fall to get these Bquares and the
per rentage of Infestation reaches ton
per cent we will then have todust
with arsenate, which must be done
at night while the dew Is on the plant.
The most practical way of determin
ing the per centage of Infestation of a
field Is by the following method: Take
a place In your field that you have
found to be Infested about an acre In
size and begin at one aide by count
ing oc all the square* that are or have
stalks up to one hundred squares tak
ing off all the suares that are or have
been infested or punctured and put
them In your pocket, Reofiat this six
t Imes ? once from each section of the
acre representing one sixth of It
When you have finished your count,
then count the infested squares you
have placed in your pocket or other
containers. If you have sixty, which Is
ten per cent of six hundred, yon will
then know that you have ten per dfent
infestation and It will be necessary
'for you to begin dusting.
Due to the lateness of the present
Votton crop It Is especially advisable
in the control of the weevil that you
run a light furrow through your cotton
with a sweep or a light cultivator,
breaking the crust and covering the
>reevll while he Is In the larvae or
<orm stage, aa when he Is covered In
this stage he la moat Invariably killed
With the lateness of the crop this
j Mr unless some- Immediate and care
ful preliminary control method Is fol
In^eii the weev 1 1 stands well to do
? >nST9er?hIe damage In Ffanklln Conn
*T.
The Round the world airmen will
touch at iMlud on their way home,
bi't donot expect to bring home a load
of Ice.
Flattery doesn't fool one class of
men and yon can't make It strong
enongh to fit the other kind's good
opinion of klmaelf. _ .
HELD FOR
HIGHER COURT
UNDER $100 BONDS
FOR PROSTITUTION
j Mayor Joyner has Many Cases
Before Him the Past Week
j ? Several Required To Get
| For Hire License
Quite a little sensation was in Loula
burg on last Friday evening when
Flora Ballance. of Raleigh, and Wil
liam Matthews, were held under $100
bonds each by Mayor Joyner under
charges of prostitution, and Oscar
Bryant Ballance. alias Mann, of Ral
eigh, was held under a like bond for
aiding and abetting in prostitution.
The parties were discovered In Tuck
ers Hotel and promptly arrested by
the officers.
Other cases disposed of the past
week by Mayor Joyner were as fol
lows:
Town vs William Martin, drunk and
disorderly, guilty, fined $10 and costs
Town vs Tom Riley Denton, affray,
guilty, fined $10 and costs.
Town vs Minnie Cooke, affray, guil
ty, $10 and costs.
Town vs Jim Plummer Davis driving
car for hire without license, guilty,
ordered to pay costs and take out li
cense.
Town vs Julius Hayes, running car
for hire without license, guilty, order
ed to pay cost and take out license.
Town vs John Bullock, running car
for hire without license, guilty, order
1 ed to pay costs and take out license.
BIG BASKET PICNIC
Tuesday, August 12th, Begin
ning at 10 a. m.
' To Be Held at Wakelon School ?
" Sprakers oi National Reputation ?
t Everybody Incited ? Bring Basket
One of the biggest basket picnics
1 of the season has been announced to
[ be held at Wakelon High School on
Tuesday August 10th beginning at 10
a. m. and lasting through the day.
The picnic is sponsored by the co
ops. but the invitation Is thrown open
Just as well to the non co-ops. Every
body who can. men. women and child
ren, are expected to attend and enjoy
a most pleasant occasion.
There will be speakers ot national
reputation present among whom will
be Walter Peteet. Secretary to the
National Council Co-operative asoocia
tlons and Miss Elizabeth Kelly, Presi
dent North Carolina Teachers Asso
ciation. In addition the executive heads
of the cooperative associations in
North Carolina will be present.
According to announcement there
will be plenty of shade and ice water
free. And you are reminded not to
forget to bring your basket.
McKINNE TO REBUILD
Contract Let to Be Completed by Mid
dle of October ? Material Sow Being
Placed on Lot
That the contract to rebuild the store
of McKinne Bros., in the Immediate
future has been let. is the announce
ment given out this w_ek by this pro
gresive firm. The contract, so we are
Informed has been let to Mr. B. W.
Harris, who Is now completing the
new filter station for the town of
Louisburg and who v e urderstand
says he will have the building com
pleted by the middle of October Ma
terial Is now being placed on the lot
for the new building.
We understand the new building will
be a one story brick structure built
aocordlng to the latest and most prac
tical business designs. That the front
will be 19 feet high sloping off to flf
teen feet in the rear. And the building
will occupy the entire lot which Is
approximately 80 x iOO feet In size,
all of which will be covered by one
roof. The floor !? to be of concrete
and the building wtjl be provided with
driveway* so that trucks can load and
,unloa<l Inside the building! The build
ing Is to be well lt(hted from both
front and rear and the Inside arrange
ments are to be such that will minim
ise the h.-.ndllng of heavy merchandise
It Is expected that work will begin
on the new structure In the next few
days .
When completed, we learn, the Spot
Caah Company, Loalsburg's latest
business venture, a corporation with
an authoftaad capital stock 'of |1M.
004.00 will occupy this new building.
When completed this will add much
to the appearance of the Mala fttet
In Louisburg.
It L Smith. ? farmer It
MoCullers In Wake Couaty i
poultry flock the other day
verted the coll birds tat 138 <
ash.
con
JOHN HEDGEPETH
ELECTED SUPT.
COMMISSIONERS MAKE
TAX LEVY FOR 1924-25
Approves School Budget ? Ap
points Game Warden ? Re
serves Number of Reports ?
Makes Allowance on Car For
Home Agent ? Commission
ers to Attend Annual State
Meeting
The Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session on Monday
with all members present. After read
ing and approving minutes of last
meeting business was transacted as
follows :
Report of J. A. Hodges was receiv
ed and approved.
A delegation o! ladies was before
the Board in the interest of the Home
Demonstration work. As a result a
motion carried appropriating $270.50
to be applied upon the purchase of a
car
Report of E. C. Perry. Superintend
ent of Public Welfare, was received
and filed. His recommendations to
strike the name of Mary Ann Foster
from outside pauper list, and that Ella
Foster be sent to County Home, was
adopted.
The tax listers were ordered to
come in and help check up land for
taxes.
The Clerk was instructed to make
reservations at Wrlghtsvllle for the
Commissioners who will attend an
nual meeting.
The school budget amounting to
$95,230.43 for salaries. $21,218.00 buil
ding and incidental, and $2,152.50 for
repayment of loans, was approved.
The Board levied the same license
and privilege tax as last year.
Report of Dr. J. E. Malone, Health
Officer, was received and filed.
Furney S. Pearce was appointed
Constable for Dunns township until
next election.
Reports for township road funds as
follows were received and filed; Ce
dar Rock. Sandy Creek, Cypress Creek
Gold Mine.
Report of J. J. Holden, Superinten
dent Count}- Home, was received and
filed. He reports 8 white and 11 col
ored lnmaies.
The following applications for Sup
erintendent of County Home were
read to the Board: J, J. Holden, W.
C. Wilder, John Hedgepeth, W. F.
Ayescue. M. S. Lancaster, W. T. Har
ris. On motion of H. P. Speed and
seconded by T. S. Dean John Hedge
peth was elected Superintendent of
County Home for two years with same
compensation.
The tax levies for the roads for the
several townships was made as fol
lows, the first figure in each case be
ing the sinking fund and the second
the maintenance:
Gold Mine, $1.09; 76c.
Cedar Rock, 19c; 21c.
Cypress Creek, 48c; 21c.
Sandy Creek, 48c; 27c.
Harris 65c; 45.
Louisburg 21c; 15c.
Dunns 35c; 25c.
Youngsville. 25c; 7c.
Franklinton 20c; 10c.
The following tax levies were made
for graded schools:
Franklinton 50c.
Louisburg 53c.
Youngsvill? 50c.
The following county tax was made:
Schools 81 cents.
Bridges ""ii cents.
General purpose 21 cents.
Pension 2 cents.
It was ordered that the Town of
Louisburg be requested not to dump
any more garbage on county property.
J. A.Bledsoe was appointed game
warden.
After allowing a number of accooata
the Board adjourned to Its next regu
lar meeting.
KIWIANIS
The Kiwanla Club enjoyed quite a
delightful evening at the Franklin Ho
tel on Friday night. In the absence at
President Mohn, Edward Bast presid
ed
A most Interesting talk oh Florida
the laud uf oranges, grape trait, ba
nanas. etc., was made by Mr. W. G.
Smoak.
Mr. H. O. Moore, a boil weevil ax
pert, responded and gave a valuable
talk on the method of controlliag the
boll weevil and what ha waa ftadtag
In Franklin County.
Harry H. Johnsoa waa chalrmaa
of the program committee, tat o? a*
count ct arriving lata he turned tka
evenings antartainmaat ow to Artkar
H. Fleming, while ta ate. .
- ni^im Arthur Mote arrtvad lata
but cava >!? experience ta (not) balag
able to Si Klwaaia wlNai rtalllag
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