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' f WELCOME TO FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR, OCT. 23-27 The Franklin Times * ? \ ? Tl| EVERYBODY BOOST LOU1SBCBG AX Alt V I.KT IS1XG MEDIUM THAT BRINGS KESCLTS A. P. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager THE COUNTY, THE STATE? THE UNION SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per Year VOLUMN LIX. LOUISBURO, N. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1928 (10 Pages) '* NUMBER 3G berry king on ' TRIAL FOR MURDER Case Called Yesterday Morn ing Still In Progress Judge Harris Makes Strong Charge To Craud Jury?Mini) Cases Taken Cp ami Disposed of?Solicitor Brass tie-Id A lily Bepresentlug State? Lurae Mumliers Attending Court This Week. "The highest duty (or man is to raise his boy up with such training that will give him a (air chance in life," said Judge W. C. Harris, o( Ral eigh, to the grand jury Monday at tile opening of the regular October term o( Franklin Superior Court, (or the trial of criminal cases. Judge Harris' charge was as strong as prac tical and as sincere as it was at var iance from the__ ordinary sterotyped charges. He talked to the jurors as citizens, and explained that,he could take a wider range because he was at iiome. He said there is a great opportunity (or the Superior Courts in building up a higher class citizen ship in North Carolina, and that if he thought he could not assist in the great privilege he would not hold his position another day. Crime is Increasing Judge Harris said. Something is wrong. Something must be done. It'a a charge against os all. It is more important to pre. ? t crime than to punish (or it. We :y business, jellgious and political i 'ions. We must study crime i .. ins. He took the position, not la i ' ?' case, but most cases that a liny should be in school, but was pllov.. o run about the streets in stead i iMng to be a criminal, and plead (or the child to be put in school and the school laws enforced. He complimented the Welfare and Juve. nlle departments as doing possibly the greatest work in dealing with the criminal situation, and said it wai only the beginning of a system tha in (he near future would become the greatest aid to the Superior Court] yet experienced, by Its crime stud; and community study. He said the average person doesn't feel tjiat it ii his duty to help enforce the law which he said was entirely erroneous and that only until such a feeling hai been replaced by enthusiastic publb opinion would our enforcement be come effective. Not until all can en force the law on rich and poor, higl and low alike can we get the prope respect for the courts. What we neei most is better home training. Thi home is the place to reduce crime b; the proper training of the children ii the right way. Education does np beget crime, satd Judge Harris. Sel dom it is that one comes into cour *.it has a much as a high school edu ?ition. He made a plea for bette juries stating that most miscarriage! cf justice was due to'the jurors no understanding the evidence and theli duty. Judge Harris thinks we havi pientv of laws and feels that no roat or street Is wide enough for a persoi ?-ho is under the Influence of whiskey 11 drive a car upon. The charge was greatly enjoyed ant and will no doubt bring about mucl good in Taw obedience in Franklii ^county. , v ' Solicitor, Leon S. Bassfield, is pre. sent and' representing the State ant has quite a heavy' docket to prose cute. ' ? i * Tne following gentlemen compost , the grand jury: E. M. Edwards, foreman; L. R. Cot. trell. A. N. Pearce, F. M. Baker, W G. Bowden, Ernest Wood, I. T. Win ston. W. T. Gay W. A. Eaton, H. P Rogers, K. S. May, E. G. Cooper, W H. Ayscne, Alex Denton, J. L. Brown, A. P. Arnold, J. J. Hamlet. C. C. Mur. jjhy H. F. Perry was made offlcei to grand jury. The following cases have been dis posed of: State vs Huhter Bartholomew, op erating an automobile intoxicated, and violation of prohibition law, pleads guilty to possession of-whiskey, jury finds guilty of transporting whiskey and operating an automobile while under the influence of whiskey. State vs J. E. White, distilling, sec ond offense, guilty, not leBs than 8 months nor more than 18 months in State Prison. State vs R. W. Woodllef, worthless check, not guilty. State vs Harvey Gupton, larceny, enters plea oftrespass, and sentenced to 6 months on roads, execution not to issue upon the defendant paying tc Mrs. Jlullen 8111.41 and the coats. State vs Odelt Ross, violating pro hibition law, not gollty. State vs Luke Williamson, Pomp Ttasley, larceny and receiving, not guilty. State va W. H. Wall, releasing em pounded stock unlawfully, guilty. State vs Andrew Pender, murder, of Dal Harris, both colored, not guil ty State vs W. L. Creech, carrying con cealed weapon, pleads guilty fined 8100 and costs. Stale vs W. L. .Creech and L. B. ITtnce affray and assault with deadly weapon, not guilty as to Prince, Creech Pleads guilty. Judgment suspended upon payment of costs. atato vs Ed Perry, operating auto mobile intoxicated, pleads nolo con tendere, 42 months on roads g ? v -r HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS CONTEST American Legion High School Orators Contest of Fourth District To Be Held In Louisburg; Free Chautau. qna Musical Program The American Legion's greatest ef fott toward service to Its community, will be accomplished In Its High School Orators Contest, on the sub. ject, "The Citiezns Duty To Vote." Thrf vote is the bullet of peace, and we as a nation, are constantly defeat ing ourselves, by not using our only means of defense against corruption in civic, county. State and National politics. The American Legion Is making an effort to end our voting lethargy, through the" process of edu cation. Its efforts are non-partisan and non-political. At eight o'clock p. m., on Monday, October 29th, In the Loulsburg High School auditorium, the winning high school orators from the counties of Vance, Wake, Franklin, Nash, John ston and Chatham will- assemble to speak upon the vital subject, "The Citizen's Duty to Vote." This contest will be the fourth district elimination c-ontest. _ The Citizen's National Bank, of Ral eigh, has offered a handsome silver loving cup as a prize to the fourth dls ,lrlct winner. i Raleigh Post No. 1, of the American Legion, has offered a prize of $10.00 {In gold, to the second best orator of I the fourth district contest, j Mr. Cale K. Burgess, of Raleigh, 1 will make the Introductory remarks. ' and Mr. Willis Smith, of Raleigh, will present the trophies. Miss Lilly Letton of the Loulsburg I College faculty, together with mem. bers of the faculties of Wake Forest J and N. C. State College, will act as Judges. ; Jambes Post No. 105, of Loulsburg | will, sponsor the fourth district eleml I nation contest. t At 7:30 p. m., In conjunction witt , the orators cdhtest. the Swarthmori j Chautauqua will present a free must . cal program. The Festival Revlev s Company will present a thirty minut< 3 musical feast. The Franklin county elimlnatloi '! ccutest will be conducted by the Jam ]' bes Post at the Loulsburg Hlgi c School, at 7:30 p. m.. October 22nd _ ? Fveryone is Invited and everything li . free of charge. U! At the time of going to press wi r | ?re- informed that Miss Louise Fori i will represent the Franklinton Hlgl s School, Miss Mildred Goswlck will re f ; resent the Youngsville High School i' and Bunn and Loulsburg will havi t|,entrants who have not been selected t POLITICAL SPEAKINGS IN FRANKLIN COUNT'S t Political speakings haTe been ar rjianged for Franklin county next weel e as follows: Mrs. T. W. Blckett at Centerville 11 , Monday afternoon, October 22nd, at i I' o'clock in the school auditorium. Hon. W. M. Person at Gold Sam j School Monday night, October 22nd a 7:30 o'clock. Hon. E. W. Pou at Epsom Higl School, Tuesday night, October 23rd li'28 at 7:30 o'clock. All citizens are invited to go ou1 and hear these gifted speakers. Louioburg Mill Repaired And Ready For Orindinj The Louisburg Mill property whlct has recently been purchased by Judgr Q. M. Beam has Just been overhauled and the dam repaired. The mill was ta operation all of last week and Mr C. C. House, who is the miller. In forms us that the mill Is now In first class shape and will make even bet ter meal than ever. This mill can now take care-ot around 200 bushels of corn per day and farmers coming to Louisbuffe need not wait for theli meal. State vs Ed Perry and Ous Strick land, unlawful possession of whiskey, pleads nolo contendere, 6 months on I toads tor Ed Perry, 6 mouths on roads for Strickland. State vs Gus Strickland, operating automobile Intoxicated, pleads nolo contendere, 12 months on roads. State vs Gus Strickland, failure to stop automobile for accident, pleads uolo"~contendere, 6 months on roads. State vs Forrest Hlgglns, house breaking and larceny, pleads guilty in two cases, sentenced to States pri son for 8 to 6 years in one case and 1 to 4 years In the other case. State vg Emmie Perry, assault with deadly weapon, guilty, prayer for judgment continued upon payment of costs. ' I State vs W. H. Joyner, unlawful I possession of whiskey, capias and con tinued. State vs Qllnton Gupton, murder, violation of automobile law, dismiss ed for lack of evidence. At the time of going to press the case State vs Berry King for the mur der of Brooks Arnold was In progress. > The grand Jury completed Its work vesterday morning but at the writing of this article their report had not I been presented to the court. _ GERMANY'S GIANT LINER OF THE AIR LANDS AT LAKEHURT MONDAY AT 5:40 -???"y t. .r GERMAN DIRIGIBLE LANDS AT LAKEHURST "T~ Germany's new giant "liner of the air," the #rai Zeppe'ia, which started Oct. 11 on a transatlantic fljght to America, is_pictured above with Its commanderi Dr. Hugo Eckener. Eelcw are two views of the ship's interior. Left: the kitchen, complete to the last detail. Right: one of the compact but luxuriously appointed staterooms. ' The Graf Zeppelin's length over.all is just 16 feet less than the height of the Woolworth building. It landed a* Lakehurst at 5:40 p. m. Tuesday after being in the air over fourdays, covering 5,600 miles. ? HON. WALTER MURPHY SPEAKS TO BIG CROWE ! A courthouse overcrowded with eag ] ti- citizens to hear the political trutt and to hear one that they delight ii i hearing greeted Hon. Walter Murph) Tuesday when he delivered one o? tht 3 strongest appeals tor the Democratic \ ictory in November that has beet e beard in Franklin county. Pete Mur j phy is a favoii^e in Franklin count) ,, and always draws a crowd of en . tausiastic hearers. L1 He began his speech by telling his e hearers that he was just a plain slm i le Democrat, bad always been a De mocrat and would always be a De mocrat, it for no other reason but tc show his appreciation tor what the r grand old Democracy had done foi North Carolina, the South and the . Nation. He began with the forma iicr c of these United States one hundrec end thirty-nine years ago and of the , two leading influences. The one let ; by Alexander Hamilton that believe' taut only a few people were endowet i with knowledge power and abilitytc t govern 'and that the government I should be administered by and in the i interest of these favored, few. Ir fact he wanted a kingdom. The othet ?"influence was represented by Thomas t Jefferson who believed that every in dividual citien was a part and parce! of thi? government, that all wart entitled to an equal'chance under its administration and should be govern, f eel by laws. and precepts that would j give every individual equal oppor i tnnlt& and advantages. The first in :' fluence has been handed down from 11 party to party until it is today ab i1 sorbed" in the'present Republican par .' ty represented by Mr. Hoover. The ? | second influence has been""" handed . down in a like manner until it has .; been absorbed into the Democratic i party represented by Mr. Smith, whom I the speaker described as the greatest :! man living tod^y. He told of Smith's - birth and early lite of straggle and appealed to the voters not to shut ( the door Of opportunity to the millions ! of boys and girls being bom today. 1 lie told of his rise by -his ability and , strength of character until he occu \ pled the greatest ofTice In New York State and throughout his entire pub j lie life no one had dared point out a | single act of misconduct. And as a '.contrast he pointed to Mr. Hoover as | a man who had lived in the United States only nine years. He Is the 'same man who occupied a seat in tho Harding and Coolidge cabinets and 1 waa an assoqiate of Fall, Dohqny. Denby and others who put over the greatest steal in the oil scandal case that has ever been perpetrated on | these United States. He drew a men. tal picture of the two and told the voters to take their choice. He said that there was only one great issue I before the people and that was whe ther the government should be admin istered In the Interest of all the peo. | pie of In the Interest of a favored few. But he said this Is hidden from the voters by a smoke screen In the shape of the religious and prohibition questions that have no business to be drawn Into this campaign. He told of how the Northern Catholics had rallied to the support of the Demo cratic party and contributed to the election of such Democrats as Tho mas Jefferson. Andrew Jackson and TS?1? "?sYoodrow Wilson, and how Tamminy, . had given lt3 power and support to the Democratic party and cause of the South jnciuding 1864 to 1876, and how ' it killed the force bill in 1890 which 1 would ^nave provided for a United J States soldier at each election place ' end how it contributed ttf^he defeat '? of the bill that would have caused - the South to become Federal terri 1 tory instead of Soverig*. States. Upon " this past he appealed to the sense of ' justice and fairness, of the voterk in - the South to cast a solid ballot for the Democratic ticket in appreciation ' for what Tammany and the Northern ' voters had done for us as well as . In ', the interest of government for all the - people instead of the favored few. He 5 toy his hearers that the only way to s change the 18th amendment was Wy r a resolution of both Houses of Con 1 gress passed by a two.thirds majority 1 and then for thirty-six states to'ap 1 prove the resolution before the change '? coukl be made. He answered the ' charge that Smith if elected would ap. ' point al! Catholics..to Office by saying ' .tuat^the President could not appoint ' a single ocicial, not even his cabinet, ', without the approval of forty-nfne Se : iiiators.' He said the only way to have I .prohibition was to enforce the law as ' I it was the last two years of Wilson's II administration or for the political " j prohibitionists to stop drinking. He ' I told of Andrew Mellon, who. is con nected with many distilleries, how 1 the whiskey is stored In bonded ware - houses, the receipts sold and the law ' [holding this is no violation of the ' i lStlt amendment or the Yqjptead act^ '"yet- it is a sale of the whiskey. He' 1 referred to Senator Simmons as a j '.traitor to the Democratic party and ' | corroborated it with Webster's dfefl-| ! nition which says "a .traitor is one 1 who jives aid to the enemy." He de-1 1' clarcd that If Hoover carried North Carolina it would mean a. "return' TO-' | the times- of 1866 to l&7$^rnd 1894 to ( ? [ 189S and the return of Marion Butltf ito the United States. And Impressed I upon his hearers the importance for ?! each ohe of them to go out to the .polls and cast your vote for the Detno cratic ticket in its entirety. "* ' The speech was enthusiastically re !ceivcd" amid many and loud Outbursts of apptauBe ajid approval. . ! Man's Fundamental Decisions' ; The above wiy be the subject of a ' sermon preached by the pastor at the |Bur,n Methodist church, 7:30 p. m.' Sunday, October 21. Pleaching also | at Bunn at 11 a. m. ^itd at Prospe-t 3 p: m. These will be the/last seryices held Il:i the churches until after conference. (The people are ytged to be on hand at (these services, and" help to get up a . good report /or their church. I At Methodist Church | Rc\'.' Daniel Lane, pastor ot the Loulsburg Methodist church announ 'ces services for next Sunday as fol-J Mows: at 11 a. m. "Hid Among thei j Stuff" will Ue the subject of Mr. Lane nnd at the evening hour, 7:30, he wlllj preach from "The New Enemy 6f Christianity." Ail are Invited to go out and attend these services. Subscribe to The Franklin Times ? ? aBEb?- \ Youngsville Women Have "Organized Democratic Club Ou Monday evening at 7 o'clock the ladies of Youngsvllle met to orga nize a Democratic Club. Mrs. D. W Spivey and Mrs. G. C. Patterson wers assisted in this meeting by Mr. F. J. Tiuiberlake, president of the Men's Club. Mr. Charles P. Green made a short talk on- Loyalty to the Demo cratic Party. The following officers were elect ed: Mrs. D. XV. Spivey, president; Mrs. G C. Patterson, vice-president; Mrs, C. E. Mitchell, secretary; Mesdames 3. E. Tharington, F. J. Timtierlake, XV. M. May, G. E. Winston, advisory-eom mittee. Mrs. Perry and Miss Wilson 1 ? Hostesses On the afternoon of October 9, the home of Mrs. H. H. Perry was thrown open to the Twentieth Century Book Club. Quite an interesting program on [Touring France was .given, Mrs. H. 'J. Hayes and Mrs. J. &. Newell gave us delightful sketches of the French countryside, the small towns, and the peasant life. Miss Fisher in her ! charming way told us about Paris {and the Parisians. At the conqljft sion of the program Mrs. Perry and Miss Mary Wilsoh served delicious re freshments, consisting of chicken sal ad, pickles, creamed potatoes, green "peas, hot rolls and "eutfee, followed by almonds in pink baskets. WELFARE CONFERENCE TO MEET IN DURHAM ? The Welfare Conference of the cen tral district will meet-*in Durham on Tuesday, October 30, for a onia day meeting at which the theme will be the Problem Child. A special feature of the meeting will be a barbecue dinner at which the Durham County Commissioners and the Board of Public Welfare will be ?osts, acording to an announce ment by W T. Stanley, superinten dent of public welfare In Durham county, and president of the central district conference. ? Attending the meeting will be re presentatives from eighteen counties, including Wake, Orange, Durham, Johnston, Harnett, Lee, Chatham, Cas well, Person, Granville, Vance, War ren. Nash, Halifax, Northampton, FmnMin. Moore and Hoke. Problems of spt 'al interest to the central sec tions c< the State will be discussed. All those interested in public wel. faie, including county boards of wel fare, county commissioners, welfare workers, boards of education, minis ters, physicians and others are invit. ed to be present. - A" number of ' prominent speakers are on the program, and they will present discussions of special inter ret. Among the speakers will be fudge Young, of Durham, Judge York. ?>f Greensboro, Chief Doby 'of the Po I lice Department of Durham, Dr. P.1 McCain, of Sanatorium, and Uth R8T CLASS JOB PRINTING PHONE 1*3 Make* On an Yoyaire,,a Distance of 6-Vm Miles In Ml Honrs; Carried 60 Passengers Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N. J., Oat. 15.?Completing a journey of some 6,500 miles which kept its 60 oc cupants in the;air for more than 111 hours, the German dirigible Graf Zep pelin dropped down on American-soil at dusk today. . For three days crowds had been I waiting at the air station to witness the arrival of theg reatest airship aboat. but ali except 5,000 or so had l ivep, afp the vigil when the ship ar rived. Those few thousand, however, were so eager to see the airship that they broke through police lines and fought for the opportunity to touch the dirigible or at least get close enough to shout greetings to passengers and crew. The Graf Zeppelin appeared first as a faint smudge low Above the northern horizon. Slowly as daylight began to fall, it took definite form although its metalled coat remained dim gray in the dtjsk. Half again as big as the Los Angeles, which com pleted a similar Journey just four years ago today, the Graf Zeppelin seemed to swell as it approached un til it blotted out half the sky. , It showed no lights in the deepen ing gloaming and its idling engines were inaudible until it was above the ilpld. ? ^ STAGE ALL SET FOR FAIR HERE NEXT WEEK I The Franklin County Fair has the 1 sfage all Set for what promises,.to be |,the best in the history of the associa tion. A number of carpenters and < workment have been at work for the past three weeks building a new office | and others were repairing the present b.uldiugs. The school exhibits will be the best t shown in this part of the State and ail the schoet folks are looking for , ward to Wednesday, the 23rd. which will be school day and at which time all the schools in the county will have ';t holiday to attend the fair. i Standard Oil Company To Erect Filling- Station. 'i ! The Standard Oil Company has pur. chased a lot on the old mill property ?just opposite the depot and we are in* ' formed will begin building a filling ' station ou this property immediately. ' This means a great Improvement to ' that part of Main- Street which has '.been idle for some time. Whciess-Momson On October 12th, 1928. iu the city j of Raleigh, one of Franklin county^ .most worthy young men, Mr. J. AI . tert Whelesg. wag united in marriage : to Miss Lena Christian Morrison, one of Moore county's. fairest daughters. Mr. lVheless is descended from pio.' i neer families on both sides, that have i always stood for the best in church 1 and state and contributed largely to ?, the repute and prestige of their na_ i tire county. The bride is a member of one ot the best families of Moore county, ' cultured, and will be quite an addi ti6n to her adopted county. A large number of admiring friend's wish for this fine coupie a large measure of j deserved happiness and a bon voyage | through life. Benefit School Library i Supt. XV. K. Mills makes the fol | lowing announcement; * - ? I "Our school library is in need of I additional books and the funds are not always ready for such purposes. ! "This week au opportunity came to us for raising some money'for this J purpose. It has* happened, that aa , open date has occurred in the Swarth , more Chautauqua circuit now work, j.ing in North Carolina, because of a , long jump out of the State into Vir ginia Rather than have the talent lie idle tbe^circuit director came to | us and offered to play all of the pro grams on a sharing basis, giving us 25 percent of the gross receipts. "An examination of the talent con vinces us that it is all standard and , worthy of our promotion. We need . one hundred dollars find have set our goal for that amount, Since we have no football team this season to draw ! on you for patronage, could you not | cooperate with us in this venture, where six splendid entertainments are offered? "Season tickets will be offered In ^he regular way, adults 51.50 and alt ' pupils whose names are on the school register at 75 cents. The dates are" October !$, SO and 31." ? Card of Thanks We wish to extend to our many friends and neighbors oar greatest appreciations and thanks for their kindneea and helpful hands towards us during the sic knees and death of our darling little baby. Mary Helen. Mr. and Mr. Johnnie R. Gdwarlk - 3