EVERYBODY BOOST LOUISBURG SELL YOUR Cotton and Tobacco IN LOUISBURG A. P. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION _ SUBSCRIPTION $1.60 Per Year Column lv. louisburg, n. o., Friday, February 4,1927 <12 Pages) number 50 UNEARTHED maker Telia or n/iany Instances and Accompli?* HENDERSON, MANSON, NORLINA N. B. Pace, Leonard Stanton, White, John Buck Terrell, Joe Davie, Tenable Davie, Peter McNair Alleged To Be Accomplices; P. 0. Holmes Bound Over Under $500 Bond for Buying Stolen Pro perty Knowing Stolen i Other Defendants Released To Vance and War ren Counties; Pace, Stanton and HolmeB Give Bonds C. Holmes, a merchant operat ?tss i general store about three miles m iof town, waa bound over to l-.^. u Superior Court by Squire J. L. -. Imer under $600 bond on a charge oi receiving stolen goods, know ing them to be such, at a preliminary! hearing en Wednesday night This ease 4s one growing out of the whole sale car robberies perpetrated tur Vernon Whitaker and his accomplices that has been going on since last summer and which has just been traced down -by Messrs. R. E. Lee, of Henderson and K. W. Gates, of Raleigh, two Seaboard Air Line de tectives with the assistance or offi cers J. S. Rowland, A. S. Wlggs, E. L. Fuller and J. E. Thomas. N B. Pace, Leonard Stanton, white, and John Buck Terrell, Venable Dav, -lST~Peter WclfttfTTHia Joe Davis, al leged accomplices of Whitaker, were released by Magistrate A. w. Alif ton to Vance and Warren counties been committed and they together with Whitaker were turned over to the officers of these counties under warrants from these counties. Pace and Stanton gave bonds the first $5,000 andthe latter $2,600, the oth ers were taken to Henderson tor con finement Wednesday night. The case against P. C. Holmes was the only one tried In Loultburg it being the only one In whieh the al leged crime took place In Franklin county. The warrant waa taken out before Squire A. W. Alston and when the case was called, Mr. W. H. Yar borough, attorney for Mr1. HJjlmes, asked for a removal and Squire Al ston sent the case to Squire J. L. Palmer, who heard the case immedi ately. The formal plea of not guilty was entered and Whltaker ,was put on the witness stand. He recited in detail how and when he entered box cars oh the yards at Henderson Manson and Norlina, seven times, taking sugar, cigarettes, Brook ing tobacco, shirts, cloth, socks, soap, lard, meat, dish pans, automoblK tires and tubes, flower, meal and many other articles. He said he was assisted on different Oiccasions by Numa Pace, Leonard Stanton, John BUc" Terrell, Joe Davis, Venable Davis and Peter McNalr, and told In much detail oh cross examination of his settlements with each of his accom, . plicee. He said he sold Holmes Ave seeks of sugar for $21 or $2J and .later sold him sixteen bags for abont 'x $50. That he sold him three cartons of cigarettes, two boxes smoking to bacco, .and - one tub of lard for $10 He told of selling htm or ten dosen pairs of socks and lot of soap That he sold. Holmes 10 white enamel dish pans and seven an three quar ter dosen shirts for HO eod a bolt of bine shirt oloth at S cents a yard. He, stated that during the time he was selling Holmes thesa articles he told hint they were stolen and that some ot the articles Holmes went to - his (Whitakers) home to purchase. He denied that he had been offered leniency in his case t?-implicatg_9th ere and stated Us confession -was entirely voluntary. A. S. Wlggs, Constable for Louis burg township, was the next witness and *oM of em'ileg the search war-, rant and getting the goods from) Holmes store that were said to have been purchased from Whltaker. That the search was mads before Whltaker had made blP confession. That he ? went to the store a second time sad s lot ot socks that ke noticsd thsrs st first were missing when he weal after them. He corroborated Whit akers statements that hip confession was voluntary. He told of hew the things were (bund-end that Holmes was pleasant and aealeted them in getting the good*. together, offering no resistance.. E. U Puller wee the next witness who stated la substance that he wee assisting the officers and went to Holmes store. His evidence was prae tically the same as Wiggs. He ac companied Wiggs on the second trip TO thVstore to gSt the socks auiT found them missing. He also told ot Holmes helping to get the goods to gether and offering no resistance. _ At this point both the State and de fense rested;- The State offered no argumeut and Mr. Yarborough made a strong appeal to the court to show that his client should not be held on the evidence. The court however, took the opposite view and bound him over, but reduced?the bond to $500. Tho-Arrests were made last Fri day and automobile# were "busy all day bringing in men and merchandise. John Buck Terrell and Venable Davis, both colored, were arrested in Ral eigh, while the rest were arrested In Franklin county. The bonds for ail their appearance, at the preliminary hearing was fixed at $2,000 each. Holmes, Pace and Stanton gave band* while the rest were held In Jail. After the completion ot the Holmes trial, warrants from Vance and War ren counties were served on all excepx Holmes and bonds of $2,500 each was required. Pace being implicated In both counties had to give two bonds. He and Stanton gave bpnd to a later hearing. The other five failed to give bond before leaving Louisburg and were taken to Vance county. The unraveling of this case was splendid piece of work on the part' -of-the detectives and"officers and wilt no doubt have good effect on the law lessness in this section. ADDITIONAL SAIL SERVICE The postmaster at Loulabnrg has re ceived Instructions from Washington City to employ temporarily a carrier tn hiVc tR.mall frnm Ifln Mrt 1V at .Frankllnton and bring it to Louis burg upon the arrival of the train No. 12 arrives at Frankllnton about 12:25 p. m. and the mail will arrive in Louisburg about 1 o'clock p. m. This will be a six day schedule and will afford a much needed conven ience to the people of Louisburg, al lowing the quantity of the mail re ceipts to be divided so that the office will not have to be closed so long at the 4 o'clock opening. This service will begin on Monday, February 7th, 1927 and will make it possible that the city carriers can get out wltf their evening mail earlier by having a good portion of It worked up before mall from No. 11 arrives at 4 o'clock. Mr. N. L. Moseley will carry the mall on this trip. MORE CHANGES The Cash Grocery and Market has erected a partition in the rear of their etore separating the Main street room-from the Nash street room and has moved Its stock and fixtures iuttf I the N&ah street room. The Main street room Is being decupled by F N. Splvey, who has moved his stock ot mens tnrnisMngs from the. build" lng next to the bridge. COWS ARRIVE The car load ot pure bred milk cowe .that were ordered by Dr. W. R. Bass .for the farmers ot Franklin county, ?arrived Monday End have been undergoing a test. Some hare been-delivered and others will be la the next few day*. They were a nice lot and the farmers Were well pleas ed with them. It Is expected that others will be ordered In the near future and that Franklin county will soon become a cream shipping coun ?y TOBApCO MARKET Loulsburg Klwania Club was treat ed to a moat Interesting meeting at the usual Friday night luncheon at the Franklin Hotel the past week when Fisher Beasley and Louis Joy ner presented fie question ot the Loulsburg tobacdq market IVacy Stockard was among the speakers sad the subject was very favorably and enthusiastically presented au. enjoyed. - The musical portion of the program was splendid And added much to the evening's entertainment. ? i , CAPTl"RB8 STILL Deputy Sheriff I. 8. Rowland as stated by Constable John Young, J R. Thomas had K. L Puller, report the capture of a fifty gallon complete still outfit, and destroying about fifty gintm* of beer -near the Walter Winston place la Trankllnton town ship Tuesday* McAdoo Into Action Wra. Q. McAdoo swung into the East last week on private business but paused long enough at New York and Toledo to talk s bit of politics, declaring himself in favor of abrogation of the two-third rule in Democratic conventions. % Also to set in motion activity in every state for the organisation of dry seotijpent. . HA YE S-J AOKSON Announcements as follows hare been received by friends Lin Louis-1 burg. Mr. -and Mrs. Hugh Jones Hayes announce the marriage of their sister | ^Susie Eaton ... . to" Mr. William Dorian Jackson of Loulsburg, North Carolina " on Saturday the 29th of January Nineteen hundred an* twenty-seven ] Boydton, Virginia The bride -is one of Loulsburg's most popular young ladies and is an efficient and capable member of the faculty, of Mllls Qraded School. She is attractive and accomplished and' num bers her friends by her acquaintan ces. '/ . L The groom is one of Franklin Coun ty's most popular young men. FARMERS TO ASK FOB FAB* AGENT etlng of representative farm era in the court house Saturday af ternoon when almost all townships In the county were represented a re solution was passed asking the Board j of County Commissioners to re-es tablish the Farm Demonstration Ag ent In the county. They took the po sition that this was the only agency working directly with the"- farmer and as the farmers paid a good portion of the taxes and cast a good portion of the votes they were entitled to this consideration. Especially so since they are called on to contribute so liberally to the State Department of Agrclulture. A little cooperation on the part of the commissioners will give the farmers quite a big help from the State and National Departments Mr. H. F. Mitchell presided and it was decided to circulate-petitions to secure sufficient names to present to the Board on the first Monday to con vince them that the farmers not only needed but wanted the service. The chairman was Instructed to appoint ten good farmers fro indiff erent sections of the county to go before the Board Monday and present their claims. MBS. W. H. RUDD DEAD Mrs. W. H. Rudd, widow of the late W. H. Rudd, died at her home on Ken more Avenue on Sunday. She was 70 Fears of age and leaves seven children, Mrs. Sam Davis, of Norwood. Mrs. J. L. Spencer. Mrs. J. W. Weav er, Mrs. A. T Harrlss, Mrs. June Joy ner. Miss Annie Rudd, and Mr Mortom] Rudd. She was preceded to the grave by her husband lust two months Mrs. Rudd was a most estimable woman having "won friends of all her acquaintances through her sympathe tic and pleasing disposition. She was a christian woman who got much plea sure. In bearing witness for her sa vior, and was ? constant member ot Plney Grove Methodist church, *1110 funeral services were held from the home on Monday afternoon, conducted by Revs. O. W. Dowd ana J. A. Mclver and the interment was made In Onklawn cemetery beside her husband. The pall bearers were Caswell Spencer. William Joyner. Paul Beau ley, Robert Harris, P, V. Cooke, J. Y. Matthews. The floral tribute was profuse and beautiful and a large number attend ad both services. 1 ? ? ms TO KNCORAGE FIG RAISING Dr AH Fleming Informs the TIMES that he has purchased one hundred pore bred pigs that he It going tq pnt out on a stare baste similar to the pig club plan with worthy boys in sa of Influencing the county with an idea the growing ot more hogs in Frankllp oounty.. .Dr. naming ass promised the TIMRS u full outline of his plan be published as soon sa lis perfects BUSINESS MEN HAVE MEETING Organize Chamber of Com . merce 8. P. Boddle Made PresMeit, F. 1. Beasley, Vice-President, A. H. Flein liiir. HecCeUrj; Directors, A. W. JPertaw, T KPhealbsm, II C. Tay ler, Dr. H. 0. Perry, P. 8. Allen, K. L. His t, F. A. Both, E. H Ma lone, M. 8. Davis T. W. Watson, B. S. - - WHlkmnwHUBAJt Ittnm./ = Twenty-five o( Louisburg's business men met In response to a call in the Board or Education rooms on Monday night tor the purpose of considering the organization of soipe civic body to look after and1" promote the interests of the town and community. ?M. S. Davis, president, and fc F. John-on, secretary. were chosen as temporary officers and the meeting atarted off with pep. B- N./Williamson, A. W. Mohn, S P. Boddie and Dr. Fleming made tell ing speeches alone the line of ne cessity for such an organisation in any town more especially f/outsburgr SWl what such organizations have done In the past. Vv. E. White and A F Johnson spoke on road prospects, and the necessity of this organization to get the pro jects across T. W. Watson's motion that the chair appoint a committee of Ave to act as a nominating committee was carried and the chair appointed M. a Clifton. A- W, Mohn. T. F. Cheat ham. W. E. White and A. W. Person. It was the sense of the meeting that as many different lines of business as poqplble be recognized In the selection of officers. ?nhe committee - reported * nomina tions as follows: President, a P. Bod die; vice-president. F. J. Beasley: secretary. ^- H. Fleming; directors A. W. Person, T. F, Cheatham', H. C. Tnylor, Dr. H. G. Perry. P. S. Allen, I E. L. Best. F. A. Roth, E. H Malone M. 8. Davis, T. W. Watson. B. N. Wil: tlamson and J. Lehman all of whom were unanimously elected. A motion prevailed authorisiag and dimcttng the directors to classify all fumfaeas in town and select a repre sentative from each business not now' represented^ tor a director. A motion prevailed that this orga nization be named the Chamber of Commerce of IkUllahnrg The directors were requested to re tire and set the amount tor the an nual dues. They returned and re ported $2 per year for heads of busi ness and $1 per year for employees or others. This was adopted. A motion prevailed that this orga nization be not responsible for any debt "of any previous organization. President Boddie wae directed to appoint a membership committee and he named M. 8. Clifton. T. W. Wat son. F. A. Roth, David Harris and H. C. Taylor. . ? The second and fourth Tuesday nights were named as regular meet ing nights. With the Interest taken in this meeting and enthusiasm shown by all present points to a most successful' organization. RECORDERS COURT Judge H. W. Perry disposed of quite a good number of cases in Re corder* Court Monday. The docket cogt^lned an accummulatton of cases for three weeks and was disposed oi as follows: Stat* ?* Jack Yarboro and John Yarboro. distilling, nol pros with leas*. . ' - State ts Robert Brans, distilling: not gnllty. State rs Dwight Debnam. larceny: and recelrlng. guilty, 30 days on road#, execution not to Issue during good behavior, upon payment of costs. State ts Edwin Jones, assanlt with deadly weapon, guilty, Judgment sns I ended upon payments of costs. State ts Edwin Jones, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, guilty of see suit with deadly weapoii. 4 months on roads, execution not tq 'issue upon payment of 3104 fine and costs. spp<*l. State ts Willie Johnson, Ctrl John eoqj and Tbfma* Johnson, assault with deadly weapon, not guilty as to Thomas Johnson, guilty as to Willie Johnson and Carl Johnson. Jndgmsnt suspended upon the payment of one half the costs each. State v? Edmond Johnson and Ro ger Johnson, assault with deadly wea pon. not guilty as to Roger Johnson, guilty as to Edward Johnson, Judg ment suspended upon payment of the costa. State ts Johnnie Jackson, assault with deadly weapon, pleads guilty, 34 dags on roads, execution not to Issue upon payment to prosecuting wttgagi of 313.73 and coats. Cases against Wm. Lea. Blair Pul ler smd W. H. Joyner were re-entered on the docket for not baring compiled with the original order of the court, ind cod tinned. Eleven oommunity meetings will he held in Rdbeaon oounty following UP the general oounty wide meeting re ?ntly held at lamberton la the La* erest of hotter balanced farming this rear. ft ? ' \ . * ' Takes Ban's Place American League baseball club owners have named Frank J. Navin to take Ban Johnson's place as president of their circuit FIEE ALARMS ANSWERED The following Is a list of fire alarms answered during the year by the local fire company and will show to some extent the good work being done b> this band of volunteer fire fighters: The date of the alarm, the name of the owner or occupant of the pro perty, the cause of the alarm and the damage is given in order in the following paragraph?. January 4, 1926, L. Kline?store, trash in back room. No damage. January 23, 1926, C. T. Stokes cot ton. building, cause unknown, dam age, *5,500, Feburary 16, 1926, Franklin Gin Co., cause unknown, damage *5.00 Feburary 21, T926, Dr. H. G. Per ry's office, cause, defective Sue, dam age *50.00 ?* - March 6, 1926, W. I*. House resi dence. cause automobile; damage *20. April 1st, Louisburg College, false alarm by girls. . April 2, South Main street. Ford car, cause, smoking, damage'*75.00. April 2, J. M. Allen's chicken house, ' cause, brooder, damage *1,000.00 April' 28, C. X'. Collins residence,' cause, bad wire or flue, damage *5.-1 600.00. -r~~ nay z,-,twrges Lumber Co.. false' alarm. May 4th, Mrs. Crenshaw building, cause, oil stove, damage, *20. May 4, R. e. -Wuoldrldge residence, cause, chimney fire, damage, none. May 3, A. W. Person cotton build ing, cause unknown, damage *8,000. May 10, Burgess Lumber Co., falsa alarm . May 21st, Louisburg trash pile, us ual alarm. May 24th, Mrs. Ddom, cause joil stove, damage, none. , June 5th, J. E. Malone residence, chimney fire, damage, none. June 8th, Louisburg trash "pile, us ual alarm. June 10th, Dr. H. G. Perry's office, rage, cause unknown damage none. June 10th Dr. H. G. Perry's off.ice, cause, bad wiring, damage *25. June 13th, North Main street, au tomobile. damage none. November 7th, Frangliq Seed Com pany gin, cotton fire, damage *50.00. November 7th, C. T. Stokes cotton yard, cotton fire, damage *13. November 21st, G. W. Murphy resi dence, cause, gas in stove, damage *40.00. December 17th, Ford warehouse, cause, defective flue, damage *400.00. December I8th, Fred's Filling Sta tion, unnecessary. __ It will be noted that a large num ber of these alarms could have been prevented Vf a small amount, pf at tention to Sues and wiring and it I* the hope of the fire company that the property owners of Louisburg will have these inspected and cleaned at least once a year and help us make 19*7 a " better record with smaller losses than 1926. ' F. J. BEASLEY, Fire Chief. FIDDLE fiS COXVEXTION The tiddlers convention announc ed for February 4th at Roberts "school has been postponed to Friday night February 11. 1927 at 7:30 for the be nefit of Harris Chapel church. All musicians are cordially invited to be present with their Instruments. The following prises have been of t.a