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TO CALL NOTES
To Advertise Advantages of
County
'flic Board Made Appropriations to
The Lonlsfcnrg and Frankilnton
lire Departments?Many Reports
Received.
The Board of County Commission
ers met in regular session on Monday
with all members present: - After ap
proving minutes of previous meeting
business was disposed of as follows:
June J. Lancaster was before the
Board to inform them of th-i condition
of Collins mill bridge.
J. P. Timborlake was before the
Board asking for rebate on land In
Harris and Youngsville townships?
error in acreage. Drawback was al
lowed.
Report of E. C. Perry, Superintend
ent of Public Welfare, was received
and filed.
J. M. Sykes, J. P. reported fines for
June of $5.00.
Report ot John Hedgepe.'h, Super
intendent of County dome, was re
ceived and filed. He reports 8 white
a nS 13 colored inmates.
The report of the Committee on
sheep and hogs killed by dogs was
received and approvepd.
The report of the Board of Health
on the County Home was received and
rpproved.
The Committee for investigating
ta'.c of County Home was Instructed
to :,ive said property surveyed.
i. ,)ort of J. A. Hedges, Auditor,
was i reived and approved.
IU,.Grt of Miss Daisy Caldwell,
Home Lemonstratlon Agent, was re
ceived and filed.
Report of Cole Savage, Farm Agent,
was received and filed.
A petition for a special tax election
in Social Plains district was received
and the election granted.
Reports were received from the road
boards of the following townships:
Sandy Creek, Oedar Rock, Gold Mine,
Cypress Creek.
The Board was requested to meet
with the Board of Education on July
27th to help prepare the budget.
Report of County Health Officer, Dr.
J. E. Malone.was received and filed.
With the assistance of the Sheriff
the Board drew the jury far the Au
gust term of Court.
Dr. S. C. Ford, Col. C. 'It McGhee
and O. W. Barrow were before the
Board asking an appropriation for the
Frankilnton Fire Department.
The Board made an appropriation
ot $75.00 to Loulsburg Fire Depart
ment and $50 to the Frankilnton Fire
Department. I
The Clerk was ordered to n itify
Dave Williams to appear before the
Board of Equalisation on next Mon
day to show why he shonld not list
his Ford car at $400.00 instead ot $60.1
W. Brodie Jones was betors the
Board In the interest of having the
Board take an advertisement in ths
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com
merce publication special edition. The
Board purchased one page.
The County Attorney was instruct
ed to call all notes due county and
enter suits if necessary.
Dean and Strickland were appoint
ed a committee to see Dr. Bass in re
gard to past due rent*~on building.
After allowing a number ot ac
counts the Board odjonrned to Mon
day, July 13th, 1826.,
BOUND OVER UNDBR $1000.00 BOND
Clelland Spencer was bound orar to
Franklin Superior Court on last Fri
day afternoou on a chart* of seduc
tion by Squire J. L. Palmer under a
$1000 00 bond. The State presented.
the evidence of the prosecutln^'wlth-1
ness, Miss Annie Pearle Southall, with j
corroboration, after which the detonae
without presentint any evidence made
a motion for nonsuit, which was de
nied.
< LIST OF JUROfcS
I
The folio win* is a UK of Jurors
drawn (Or August term of Franklin
S-perlor Court:
First Week
Dunns?W. A. Brantley.
Harris?W. B. May, W. F. Baker. P.
M. Johnson. ,
Youngsvllle?L. W. White, H.
Moore. ?? ??
Frankltnton?H. L. Strickland,
8. Daniel, B. J. Conyers. i
Gold Mine?B. O. Foster.
Cedar Rock?W. R. Fulghum, F. L.
Darts, W. P. Long, Jr.
Cypress Creek?Geo. W. Moore, J.
M. Lamm, a ML Moore.
Loulsburg?W. O. Tharrlngton, 0.
Ha5r##' Second Week
WWnS TI
Dunns?B. H. Gay, J. H. Bell.
"Harris?M. L. RanadelL
YoungsrlUe?W. A. Massey, W. N.
Tlmberlake.
Frank) in too?A. M. House, Jr.. M.
L. Harper, R. J. Rose, H. F. Fuller,
W. L. Allen.
Sandy Creek?H. O Ayeecue.
Gold Mine?J. N. Wood. N. H. Orif
tnF
Cedar Rock?J. A. Whelees, <k B.
H. Stallings.
Cypress Crssk i B. C. Strickland.
Ixjulsburg?0. T. I?las. W. A. Bal
BOARD OF EDUCATION
The Board of Education met with
A. P. Johnson, T. H. Dickens, W. A.
Mullen, J. H. Joyner and E. L. Oreen
present. The minutes of last meeting
were read and approved.
A petition from tfce Social Plaint di
strict with the required number of
qualified voterp, asking for a special
tax election was presented. The
Board approved the petition and the
Ecard of County Commissioners were
asked to order the election to be held
on the 19th of August, 1925.
Most vacancies on ' the School
Boards were filled.
Upon petition of the local school
board at Pearce, the Pearce School
District was consolidated with the
Bunn Special Taxing District and he
comes a permanent part of the same.
This was done with the understanding
that the school at Pearce is to have
the same length of school term as
Bunn, and all indebtedness be paid
frcm tile 60 cents tax and the County.
The secretary was instructed to
advertise for bids a six room building
at Pearce and a two or three room|
! building at Nelson's Chapel.
Rent for the office for the ensuing
school year was fixed at 630.00 per
month.
The Board agreed to furnish a
teacher for the Red "*Bud School for
this coming year if the average at
tendance vtns as much as twelve. If
I at any time the attendance was lees
than twelve, those children would be
'transported to Cedar Rock. The
| school committeeman and the super
intendent was instructed to contract
with a teacher on these terms.
I The Board agreed to meet Monday
morning, July the 27th, at 9 o'clock
j for the purpose of preparing the school
budget for 1925-26. The County Com
missioners were informed of this
meeting and were asked to meet with
the Board of Education at this' hour.
| The fallowing County-wide-plan for
the organization of the schools in
Franklin County was adopted. Notice
I that these changes might be made was
given in the Franklin Times several
weeks before July the 6th, 1925:
After making a serious and careful
study of the school survey that was
made for the Franklin County Schools
during the year 1924 by George
Howard, Jr., State Department of Ed
ucation, the same being approved by
the State Board of the County-Wide
Planning and our County Superinten
dent E. L. Best, the Franklin County
{Board of Education hereby adopts the
following County-Wide-Plan for the
organization of the schools of Frank
,lin County
| 1. That Franklin County enlarge a?
( far as practical ita elementary
, schools in order to obtain more effi
cient educational results.
2. That Franklin County make ac
credited high school opportunities ac
cessible to every boy and girl in the
county as soon possible.
3. That the training and qualifica
tions of the teaching force be raised
to such a point that all teachers will
hold a certificate which represents at
least two years of professional train
ing above high school.
4. That the entire county support
the education of all the boys and girls
in the County. To ?his end a special
tax should be voted under Article 20,
cf the Public School Laws of North
Carolina.
6. That there should be a minimum
length of school term of eight months
every boy and girl in the county and
all buildings and equipment should
become an obligation of thS county.
0. That this minium length.of school
term of eight months should be main
tained by a uniform tax rate over the
entire county and all buildings and
equipment should be furnished by the
county, either by bond issue or from
the State Building FVnd when
possible.
We believe that this plan is based
upon soud Democratic principles and
anything etcept this is not in accord
with our Democratic foundations. As
soon as practical, therefore, the people
of Franklin County will be given the
opportunity of putting this Demo
cratic principle into effect (A detail
ed copy of this plan, which is hereby
adopted, may' be found at any timeln
the office of the County Board of Ed
ucation, Louisburg, N. C.) Until this
County-Wide-Plan, however, is put
Into effect the Special Taxing District
Plan will remain in force as adopted
by the Board of Education in session
April 16, 1928, with the exception of
the changes which are hereby made
and adopted in the plan given below:
The oounty Is hereby divided Into
seven Special Taxing Districts. Bach
of these districts Is composed of one
high school with the possibility of be
coming an accredited one, If not al
ready accredited, and* with one or
more elementary schools, each
which has the possibility of becoming
a standard elementary school.
The principal of the high school in
each Special Taxing District shall
have supervision not only, of the high
school but also of all the elementary
schools within this district. There
may be a high school board of trustees
tot the Mih school and an atsmantery
board of tmatsea'tor sach slssnsntary
school, or one beard of tmstscs for all
he schools In ths Special Tagiag
location of each high school
nut dkn loottJon at Um iltnuBtArr
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Immediately After the Great
Earthquake in Santa Barbara)
Wide World Photoe
Photo shows bow the California Hotel looked Immediately following the
tearful shock. The catastrophe cost elesea (lives and property damage of
$20,000,000 to $25,000,000, only $2,000,060 of which was covered by earthquake
Insurance. Brick buildings crashed to the ground, a few concrete structures
collapsed In the center, while the new California Hotel stood as a skeleton
after the wreck, the four brick walls telling, leaving the framework only sup
porting the floors.
leaguers finish
annual meeting
Meeting Place For Next Year Is Lett
With The Executive Committee.
The Epworth League Assembly of
the North Carolina Conference ot the
Methodist Church has adjourned after
a very profitable session.
Loulsburg well demonstrated^ It?
spirit of hospitality. Thursday after
noon the entire assembly was Invited
to a special moving picture at the
Winner Theatre. At 6:30 the Kiwanis
Club entertained the assembly at a
splendid barbecue dinner. President
A. W. Mohn, of Loulsburg College,
president of the Kiwanis Club. Intro
duced Ben T. Holden, wbo welcomed
the assembly In the name of the town
of Loulsburg and the local Kiwanis
Club. Rev. Thomas McM: Grant, pres
ident of the League Assembly and Ki
v.anlan from Lumberton, responded
for the assembly. The local band fur
nished music during the serving 01
' the dinner. . . . .. ..
At the business meeting of the as
sembly held Thursday morning the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Rev. T. M.
Grant, Lumberton; vice-president,
Rev. Philip Schwarta, Raleigh; secre
tary, Miss Eunice Blair, Raleigh,
treasurer. C. German Cobb, <?olds
boro; Era agent, Miss Hasel Thomp
son, Bit. Gllead; junior superlntehd
cnt, Sirs. L. Ci Larkln Murfreesboro;
intermediate superintendent, Miss Ed
na Wllklns, Wilmington.
District secretaries as follows were
appointed at the final session Friday:
?Durham, C. D. Bare lift; Elisabeth City
Rev. Daniel Lane; Payettevllle, R. N.
Hanner; New Bern, H. T. Hlnes; Ral
eigh, Rev. Philip 8chwarts; Rocking
ham, BUss Hasel ThompMn; Washing
ton, Rev. W. N. Vaughan; Wilmington,
H 8. McGlrt; Weldon, Rev. B. F.
Boone.
W. C. Ormond, of tiookerton, was
elected editor of the league page of
the N. C. Christian Advocate, and BUss
Margaret Frank, of Kinston. was ap
pointed life service superintendent.
The treasurer reported that $3,700
had been pledged up to that Urns to
the African special tor 1M6-1936.
Rev. B. L. Htllman, of Scotland Neck
gave a very fitting message of appre
ciation of the work ot Rev. L. C. l*r
ktn, retiring secretary ot the J**1**
district Rev. H, I. Glass, of Raleigh,
spoke tor the Epworth League Board
of the N. C. Conference, expressing
the desire ot the board to co-operate j
with the N. C_ Conference Epworth j
League, and commending the splendid
leadership of this Conference League. <
Miss Edna Wllklns expressed appre-j
elation of the large number of Inter- (
mediate Leaguers present and for
their splendid oo-opsratlon. Rev. O.
W. Dowd, pastor of the local ltstho
dist church, spoke on behalf of his
church r.nd the town ua whole, ex
tending a cordial Invitation to the as
sembly to return to Loulsburg next
r*Rsv. W. A. Cade, of Marsh end City,
rsad the following resolution of ap
preciation to he nent to R. H. Wright
)f"inasmuch aa the mSLiiIflceat beno
factions of Mr. R- H. Wright, of
Durham. N. O.. togeher wtthithe
iffcrta of the mlembere of the North
:sroUcs Conference, have made
Msslhls the enlargenscnt of Louis
mrg College, we, the meeabors of the
forth Carolina Conferee oe, Epworth
Aeeemhly. do hg w?antnmj?e
-.y^-pemie our thanhn to Bfr.
fright for. his latere* In end beao
actloiis to this instltetlon. Hh U mak*
sg poistb'.o hore a ehrlstlnn eollece
for the education of our young women,
and also provision for our growing
Epwortli Lei.gue Assembly. Whereeas
we have uj attendance of rbout three
hundred this year, with the buildings
that are to be erected in the near
future we hope to hr.ve five hundred
next year. Wc look upon this institu
tion as a monument that will endure
thrcngii the centuries and will go on
in the moulding of immortal mind and
character."
Resolutions of r.ppreci. tion of the
numerous oati.trayps extended wero
adopted. .
Following the business session,
Rev. D. L. Mumpower. missionary for
nine years in the Belgian Congo and
now associated with the General Ep
worth League Board in Nashville,
Term*, delivered the inspirational
i.ddress. Dr. Mumpower gave a very
interesting description of the work
in the Congo, and a very forceful ap
peal for the acceptan.ee of our respon
sibility in the field
Friday afternoon the concluding
ball game of the week was played by
the Wilmington-New Bern team, the
winning team in the contests of the
week, versus the faculty team. The
V/lllmington-New Bern team defeated
the faculty by the score of 33 to 31.
Miss Margaret Frank, of Klnston.
was the winner in the ladies' singles
in the tennis tournament of the week,
and Rev. L. C, Larkin the winner of
the men's singles To each of these
was given a tennis racquet, both of
which were donated by the Athletic
Supply Company of Raleigh.
Friday evening at the closing ses
sion of the assembly 170 certificates
were presented, eight Christian cul
ture diplomas were awarded and
eight leagues of the conference re
ceived gold seal certificates, repre
senting 100 per cent efficiency The
?nal service of the assembly was a
consecration service conducted by
Prof. J. M. Ormond, of Duke Uni
versity.
Following a very forceful sermon
on consecration, mors than 100 young
men and women gathered at the attar
of the church to offer themselves in
Christian service end to consecrate
their Uvea to the task of revealing
Jesus Christ toths world. Of this
l umber 10 young men and wonts
i.ifered thomselves in whole-time
Christian service.
The place of meeting for next year
was left with the executive committee.
?ATOM'S COURT
Chief of Police B. H. Meadows re
ports the following actlrltjr In the
Mayor! Court the past week:
Town to Maggie Allen, dieorderly
conduct, guilty, required o pay the
costs.
Town ti O. P. Barnes, public drvnk
conduct, guilty, required to pay the
costs.
Town TO Ed Yar bo rough, public
drunitennaaa. guilty, required tr> pay
ihe costs. I
Town TO Prank Byril, public drunk '
?nnesu guilty, required to pay the
jostr.
Town TO June Darts, public drunk'
tnnesa, guilty, lined fi.00 and costs.
Vppeat
Town to Robert Williams, public
ininkeaMSe, guilty, fined $5.00 and
?ets.
Town to Robert Williams, new. sent
o Recorders Court.
Town to Hubert Person, laroeny.
eat to Recorders Court
Town to. Jas Anderson, aasanlt
nitty, fined $10 00 and costs.
Town to WUlle Johnson, r. a 1. dts
hargot
Town to J. g. Ptaoh, ttw, neat to
Ooaffc \
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STATE'S RURAL
REPUBLICANS TO
APPEAL TO CAL
G. 0. P. Capers On Federal
Trade Commission Riles
Them
Nothing Bone?Feel Keenly About
Investigation 01 Alleged Unfair
Practices Of Imperial Company.
(By R. E. Powell)
Capers the Republican majority on
Ibe Federal Trade Commission seems
to be cutting in handling the invcsti
gaton into alleged unfair trade prac
tices of the Imperial Tobacco Com
pany are fretting good Republicans
in the rural sections of North Caro
lina and the gossip is that the G. O.
P. in this part of the south is mobil
izing to send Mr. .Coolidge a vigorous
message about it.
So far, the Republican majority on
the commission hasn't done anything
with the investigation it was ordered
to make upon complaint of the co
operative growers. But it has proceed
ed painfully slow with the inquiry into
the boyCottt which the coops allege
the Imperial has established and ap
1 ? ently, has gone far afield by prob
ing the internal affairs of the coopera
tives.
The roops have been through a
searching investigation conducted by
nine officials of Virginia, North Caro
lina and South Carolina and the edi
tors of farm papers in these three
states. The nine members all held re
sponsible and leading positions in the
agricultural world. It was in no sense
a picked committee. It did not white
wash the association but recommend
ed in the main that it give its members
a litttle more information about the
bnsiness. That's all the fault the nine
men found.
Jealous of Record
The grumbing of the North Caro
lina Republicans because of the delay
and dilly-dallying on the part of the
Trade Commissicn is easy enough to
follow when it is understoood that
North Carolina Republicans have been
very jealous of their political record
on the whole cooperlltlviWBcTvement.
They were among the first to sup
port the first cooperative law and
tney have been among the staunchest
defenders of orderly marketing when
the association was under attacks.
They feel keenly about the status
of the complaint which the tobacco
association has made against the big
companies of Washington. It is alleged
among other things, that they have
consistently refused to buy from the
association but that tbey have purcnas
ed large quantities of the same grades
of tobacco held by the association.
They have said that the association
did not get the grades they desired.
Instance after instance has been cit
ed where they bought from auction
floors grades identical with those
pooled with the association.
Republicans hopes of winning favor
in North Carolina, and it is no secret
that they have hope of winning a tew
members of Congress and a respect
able minority in the General Assem
bly some of these days will be dimm
ed If the Federal Trade Commission
passes over the complaint against the
Imperial. The bulk of the 230,000 Re
publican votes In North Carolina Is In
the rural sections of the State. Many
of them are members of one son of
cooperative association or the other.
They find it hard ~to reconcile the
Presidents stand on cooperative mark
eting about which they brag to their
Democratic neighbors, with the pro
gress of the complaint they have
made with, the commission. They do
not want to agree with the assaults
which some Democrats have made on
the commission but at the same time
they want to know whats the mattter.
Democrats Charge
Political circles away from the
farms are watching the commissions
handling of the tobacco complaint too.
Democrats quite naturally charge that
big business Is demanding that the
Republican party stand fast to Its
traditional moorings. At the same
time, they are wondering what will
happen If Mr. Ooolidg* repeatedly
committed o cooperative marketing
and anxious to make friends in the
South, calls his commission In and
tells It to shake a leg with this Invesl
gatlon.
COTTON BLOOMS
Cotton bloom have been received at
the TIMES oglce since oar last issue
from the following persons:
P. A. Wood, Cedar Rock township,
:ne red and on* white bloom on Frl
iay.
Paul Beasley, of Lonlsbnrg town
'hip, brought In bloom on Friday pull.
Kt on Wednesday. Jane SOth.
John Day, colored. Loolabnrg town
ibtp, brought In red bloom Friday.
J. 8. Win stead, of Harris township,
shite one Saturday.
James Oreea. colored, MUplerlUs.
shite bloom Saturday.
Peter s. Dean, of Cedar Rock, red
J. O Strickland. Leatebarg
hip. red btoem Monday.
C. Neal, Hbrrte township, red hljem
laturday.
AS rands toed to Jail If yodrear he*
peed enough and yen use It
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IMPOSES HEAVY FINES
Mistrial In Journegan Case
Finest Sheppard Case Reinstated and
Met for Trial?Jtany Other Cases
Disposed Of By Judge Beam.
Monday's session of Franklin's Re
corder's Court was noted for several
heavy fines, a mistrial and two nol
pros, and a few verdicts of not guilty.
The case of Ernest Sheppard for jump
ing a board bill at Franklinton that
had been nol prossed with leave, was
re-instated and set (ffr trial. The
docket as disposed of by Judge Beam
is as follows:
State vs H. J. Journegan, distilling,
mistrial, continued.
State vs Will Hart, unlawful posses
I sion of whiskey, continued.
State vs John Perry, unlawful pos
session of whiskey, pleads guilty,
judgment suspended upon payment of
costs.
State vs John Perry, assault with
deadly weapon, pleads guilty ,12
months on roads, upon payment of
$15.00 and costs execution not to issue
until further order of this court.
State vs George Pearce, Roger
Pearce, Will Medlin, unlawful posses
sion of whiskey, guilty, 12 months on
roads, upon payment of costs, execu
tion not to issue until further order of
this court.
State vs O. N. Harris, cruelty to an
imals, not guilty. <
State vs Robert Jeffreys", Oliie Jef
freys, nuisance, guilty, judgment sus
pended upon payment of costs.
State vs Robert Jeffreys, Ollie Jef
freys, assault with deadly weapon, not
guilty.
State vs Johnnie Jeffreys, Ollie Jef
freys, unlawful possession of whiskey,
nol pros.
State vs Ernest Sheppard, jumping
board bill, motion to re-instate and set
for trial, July 20th, 1925.
State vs Hubert Person, larceny and
receiving, continued.
State vs Robert Williams, carrying
concealed weapons, pleads guilty, 12
months on roads, upon payment of
$100.00 and costs, execution not tp is
sue until further orders of this court.
State vs George Pearce, assault, nol
pros. ? "" '
State vs J. S. Finch, carrying con
cealed weapon, guilty, $100.00 fine and
costs. Appeal.
F. J. BEASLEY FIRE CHIEF
Louisburg Fire Company Giv
en $250.00
Rtrmu Murphy Gin em Raise In Sal
ary and Required To Do Night Duty
On South Side Tar Hirer?Many
Reports Recehed.
. The Board ot Town Commissioners
met In regular session on Friday night
with all members present. The fol
lowing business was disposed of af
ter approving the minutes of the pre
vious meeting.
A motion prevailed Instructing the
Clerk to write relative to coupons and
make apologies, also to 'natruct the
Treasurer to honor roupcon when pre
sented for payment.
F. J. Beasley was unanimously elec
ted Chief of the Fire Department at a
salary of 160.00 per year."
A donation of 6290.00 was made to
the (Louisburg Fire Department to de
fray part of the expenses to the tour
nament to be held at Ashevllle, July
12th.
The salary of Herman Murphy was
increased to 6100 per month and he
was assigned to police duty on the
South side of the river from 10 o'clock
p. m. to sunrise.
An order prevailed that no bills be
paid without orders attached from the
rurchaslng agent and that the Clerk
shall not die any bills without such
orders.
It was ordered that the Clerk and
the tax collector list aN unlisted and
delinquent taxes within the corporate
limits of the townv
It was ordered that Hill, Cone and
Hassell may have vacation on Inly
4th. 1?21
The report of Theo Hassell. Clerk,
filed his report which was accepted.
He reports receipts for June 13,493.17.
Report of B. H. Meadows. Chief of
Police, was received. He reports col
lecting costs 176.80. Ones 820-00. li
censes $80.00.
Report of D. E. Cone. Tax Collector,
lor June shows collections of $9,276 -
14.
After all swing a number of ac
sounta the Board adjourned to '
tgaln Thursday eight, July MA
UNION OrtN An 8BRTKK
Wo hops town and luaatijsids will
itteed the Union Open Air ssrriee
text Sunday sight, ou the college cum
ins at 7:4A We shall tare another
Ins musical program with the emtot
nce ot the Loulsburg Band and Or
feeatrn and Urn ehotra of the thumb
is. djseial numbers, vocal and la
One of the mlaiatase wfli
welcome. Let na all he
to la a bed
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