MEDIUM THAT
BRINGS RESUI/TS
The County, The&tate, The Union
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LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16,. 1081
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
(TEN PAGES) NUMBER 48
A. V. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager
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VOLUMN LXI.
JUDGE MOORE
HOLDING COURT
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FRANKLIN SUPERIOR
COURT CONVENED
?HERE MONDAY
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Mr. L. 8. BtMiltli Prosecating Dock
M For Solicitor J. C. Liltle-Jlaay
^ Cases UUpoHed of
"Regardless of whether we approve
? -fc law it U our duty to enforce It",
said Judge Clayton Moore, In - hi*
charge to the grand Jury at the open
lug of Franklin Superior Court here
? Monday morning. ? lie emphaaisod the -
duties of the grand Jurors clearly and
forcibly, .showing them why It was a
part of out system or justice. H* II- '
plained how easy it was and how
mueh tt was their duty, to know of
aud ascertain any law violations
within the County. He instructed
them to makti close investigations of
all the offices particular with refer-,
euce to the guardian report, and the
condition and operation of the school
trucks. Judge Moore's charge was
especially line as it dealt so clearly
with the duties of the individual
grand Juror and the importance they
are to our system of Justice. _
' Mr. Leon S. Brasgfleld is represent
ing the State in the prosecution of the
docket, in the absence of Solicitor J.
C. Little, who Is confined to his home
on account of illness.
The grand Jury is composed of the
following: B. A. Fuller, Foreman, -Fr
L. Layton, J. E. Gay, fl. P. Cranford,
A. J Frazier, O. L. Arnold, J. C. Now
ell, N. T. Speed, D. B. Griffin, J. F.
Panish, C. C. Hudson, O. T. Wood
lief, N. L. Mo?eley, R. W. House, H.
K. Johnson, E. L. Fuller, W. A. Les
tcr, J. 0. Bowden. H, F, Perry was
made officer to Grand Jury.
Tlie docket was taken up and dis
posed of as follows:
A nol pros with leave was taken
in two cases of unlawful possession
of whiskey against Norman Harris.
R. Z. Clark, having complied with
a former order of the Court in a
charge of hit and run, was discharged.
Judgment absolute was ordered
against Norman Harris and D. F.
McKlnne, scifa having been served
and not answered.
Nol pros was taken in case ot as
sault with deadly - weapon againit
Norman Harris.
Judgement absolute was ordered
against Norman Harris and R. L.
Clarke, not answering scifa after ser
vice."
A nol pros was taken In eafce of
bad check against N. E. Harris.
Judgment absolute was ordered
against N. E. Harris and 8. C. Holden,
falling t3 ^answer scifa after service.
The cases of carrying concealed
weapons and assault with deadly
weapons against Biddie Strother, was
continued under former order till
. May term.
The case of assault against B. C.
8 tailings was remanded to the Re
corders Court.
Ervln Lewis plead guilty to a charge
of house breaking and larceny prayer
for judgment was continued upon
payment of costs and his appear
ance at May and October courts to
show good behavior and law abiding
and that he has. a Job.
Pate Davis was found not guilty of
assault ~ ?
A verdict of not guilty as to Punk
Perry and guilty as to Manuel Deb
nam, was made in the case of larcenv
and receiving against the two de
f fendants.
A vlrdict of not guilty was render
ed in the case of violating of the
prohibition law by Julius Tant and
Zedrick Tant
Buck Driver was given 12 month's
in State prison for assault with deadly
weapon.
Tom Hunter was sentenced to 2 to 4
years in State prison for assault
with deadly weapon with intent to
kill.
A verdict of not guilty was rendered
in the case of housebreaking and lar
ceny against Reuben Husketh and
John Husketh.
Reuben Husketh, was found not
guilty of assault with deadly weapon.
Willie Valentine, plead guilty to as
sault with deadly weapon and was
given 12 months in Jail, sentence sus
[ ended until October term of this
Court, when he is to appear and show
that he has paid to the use of J, C.
Bartholomew $200.00, and paid the
costs, and he Is further required to
appear at each Criminal Court for
two years and show good behavior
and that he has been law abiding.
? 0. W. Taylor plead guilty In two
cases of assault with deadly weapons,
Judgment was suspended upon pay
raent of costs.
Lonnie Strickland plead guilty to 1
assault with deadly weapons and re- j
ceived 4 months in jail, Commission- 1
ers to hire put
Will Jones received a sentence of
10 years in State prison after having ]
been found guilty of an assault with :
intent to commit rape.
Robt. Alston was found guilty of 1
fraud, and prayer for judgment was
continued upon payment of oosts.
A Hew trial was ordered in the t
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[ Tallulah Comes Home j
"ffllMBfri
Tallulah Bulkhead, daughter Jot
Congressman Bankhead of Alabamj,
niece o'F Senator-Elect Bankhead,
granddaughter of the. late Senator,
who has become the moat popular ac
tress in London in the past three
years, comes home for a CKristma;
vacation.
LEGISLATIVE
ACTIVITIES
A bill to provide for a Constitution
al convention in 1933 waa given the
lower house of the General Assembly
Wednesday and the upper house re
ceived a measure lntented to prevent
iynchiigs in the State.
Reltfesetttatlve Young of Burham,
gave the convention measure to the
House and Senator Lawrence of Hert
ford, presented a bill to provide tnat
persons charged with capital crime
be imprisoned tn jails outalde of the
Coonttes tn which the crime was com
mitted.
The House Judiciary Committee No.
2 made a favorable decision today of
the bill of Representative Jeff res, of
Ofeensboro, to make It unlawful to
circulate derogatory rumors
building and loan associations, Tand
will report the hill to the Ho to
morrow.
Representative Coffield, "of Ruther
ford, gave the House a measure to
prohibit the employment of any one
not a cltlien of North Carolina as a
teacher In the pubHc schools of the
State. The bill would not affect per
sons now teaching.
The election contest by L. F. Au
burn, Democrat, of the seat held by
C. Pinnlz, Yadkin Republican, was
(?till being heard by the Elections and
Privileges Committee of the House.
Both Houses formally received the
administrations appropriation bill,
which was given them In printed form
Monday night
lawrence'N Bill
Senator Lawrehce's measure relat
ing to defendants charged with capi
tal crimes would provide that the
Sheriffs making arrests of such per
sons be required to place them In
Jails In counties other than their own
or In State's Prison.
This, Senator Lawrence said in dis
cussing his bill, wonld prevent lynch
in gs such as occurred last year when
a prisoner was taken froih the Edge
combe County jail and lynched.
The other bill of Senator Lawrence
would prohibit judges . of Superior
Court changing Ills sentence if the
defendant gave notice of appeaf with
out the consent of the defendant.
Senator Clement's bill on quadren
nial assessments wonld give the
boards of county commissioners au
thority, by resolution of the board,
Ur exempt their county from the pro
visions of the State laws requiring re
assessment every f out years.
Waste Bailing
Senator Johnson, of Moore brought
up the matter when he suggested that
a bar or some provision should be
matte to protect senators seated on
the back rows of the chamber from
being crowded and annoyed by per
sons on the Senate floor.
^Senators Lindsey of Brunswick,
Barrett of Harnett, drier of Iredell.
Ward of Beaufort and Clement of
Rowan, Johnson of Duplin and othera
discussed the proposal of erecting a
rail in the rear of the chamber. The
matter was finally referred to the
rules committee.
Representative Coffleld of Ruther
ford Introduced a bill designed to
rrohlblt persons not citisens of North
Carolina from being employed as
teacher* in the public schools of the
State. The bill would not affect teach
ers already employed. It -was sent
to the committee on education.
Atelmlstratlei Bills
Representative Harris of Person,
chairman of the committee on appro
priations, formally introduced the ad
ministration appropriation bill, the
administration measure to provide
hinds for the construction of a new
central prison by reallocation of pre
viously appropriated funds, and a
measure to allow the State to bor
row money on short tern no tee.
The House adjourned after a short
less Ion to meet Thursday.
, Protect Charity
Representative Jolly of Duplin at
mpted to have the House immedl
( Continued on Pag* Five)
SUGGESTIVE
~ LEGISLATION
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Loulsburg Kiwanls Club met at
Ibelr regular luncheon last Friday
?lgbt at the Welcome lan ?t which
line a program In charge of Prof. B.
L. Beet entertained the Kiwanlans In
ittendanca.
Before the program w?a opened It
ras decided to observe a "Tobacco
Might" when those aife connected
Kith Loulsburg Tobacco Market would
be entertained a* guests of the Club.
T. K. Stockard w^ appointed as com
mittee to make all arrangements for
this occasslon.
The main theme of the program was
"Suggestive Legislation" and was
splendidly revealed in the talks mala
ou Health, Schools, and Bo*4s and In
flm summary la the talk w Tn IU
duction. Dr. R. F. Yarboroufh, Coun
ty Health Officer, made -4 pretty and
earnest 'plea that the work of the
Health Department not be hindered tn
Ks splendid progress. He told" that
the slogan of the Department was
"Prevention" and it' had be$n in such
field that a great amount of work had
been accomplished by the Department.
Mr. A. P. Johnson, Chairman of tlfe
County Board of Education, discus
sed very briefly bnt clearly the prob
lem of Schools and 8chooI taxation,
his main point being set forth tn
these words: "Therefore the school
legislation I would suggest would be
that thj State make the school sys
tem an eight mouths term . and pro
vide all the funds with which to rnn
it from state taxing sources. This
would be fair. It would place the
cost upon those most able to be^r
It, and trhen the little lei low now bir
comes the big fellow, If he ever do?h,
he would inherit his equal share pt
the burden in proportion to his s?b~
COBB " _ ?
In the absence of' the person to
speak on roads, Mr. Hill Yarboroujh
In his summarizing talk on Tax Re
duction touched briefly on roads stat
ing that the State should take over all
the roads, establish mlsdemeaidr
ramps (or all prisoners to be ued
in road work, and the adoption ot
a sales tax. He said that the chief
thine to help reduce tax on land la to
collect the taxes that are all re^7
levied. - , -*?
The Clnb sang several songb In
unison being accompanied at the piano
by Miss Helen Leigh Fleming, and a
splendid evening was enjoyed.
The following la- a list ot Klwanls
Committees for the coming year:
Agriculture: ? E. L. Beat, Sponsor
ing Director; F. J. Beasley, Chair
nan; A. H. Fleming, S. P. Boddle, W.
L. Lumpkin.
Attendance: ? W. B. Tucker, Spon
soring Director; H. G. Perry, Chair
man; F. W. Wheless, Jr., Tracey
Stockard, S. P. Boddle.
Classification and Membership:?.
W. R Mills, Sponsoring Director; S.
P. Boddle, Chairman; E. L. Best, A.
Tonkel, J. A. Wheless, F. W. Wheless,
Jr., J. W. Mann.
Finance: ? W. L. Lumpkin. Sponsor
ing Director; O. M. Beam, Chairman;
Jake Frledlander, W. A. Bledsoe, G.
L. Cooke.
klwanls Education: ? L. L. Joyner,
Sponsoring Director; W. R. Mills,
Chairman; C. C. Alexander, E. H.
Mai one.
Inter-Club Relations: ? F. W. Whe
less, Jr., Sponsoring Director; A. H.
Fleming, Chairman; W. B. Tucker, E.
F. Griffin.
Music: ? A H. Fleming, Chairman;
H. H. Johnson, Frank Wheless, Jr.
Public Affairs: ? E. L Best, Spon
soring Director; F. J. Beasley Chair
man; L. L. Joyner, W. E. White, H.
G. Perry, Hill Yarborough, T. K.
Stockard.
Publicity: ? J. A. Wheless, Sponsor
ing Director; R. Q. Bailey, G. M.
Beam, F. W. Wheless, Jr.
House ft Grievance: ? A. Tonkel,
Sponsoring Director; J. A Hodges,
Jake FYledlander, S. C. Holden.
Under-Privileged Child: ? H. H.
Johnson, Sponsoring Director; H. Q.
Perry, Chairman; R. F. Yarborough,
A H. Fleming, S. P. Boddle.
Special Committees: ? (Boy Scouts)
? H. H. Johnson, Sponsoring Director;
S. A Hodges, Chairman; E. L Best,
A Tonkel, G. L Cooke.
AT HOKE.
The Louisburg College Faculty will i
be at Home to their friends Tuesday
afternoon, January 20th, from four to
liv# o'clock. . ? 2
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Vrriv With Famous Prize
# Hon. Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State**nd now Judge of
the World Court for International Juatice, returning with Mr?. Kellogg
from Oilo, Norway, where he went to receive the Nobel Priie for the
mo?t valuable achievementa for world Deuce.
Mrs. H. D. Eger
ton Dead
""Mrs. HUgn p.- Egerton, wife of the
late Mr. H. D. Egerton, of near Louis
burg died at her home at Holly Grove
last Saturday morning after having
been 111 w4th pneumonia ' since the
preceding Monday. Mrs. Egerton was
in her eightieth year and is survived
by one brother and slater, Mr. Prank"
Ballard and Mrs. J. J. Barrow of
Louisburg, also by eight children:
Mrs. Mattle Williams, Louisburg; Mrs.
J. B. Jones, Henderson; Charles S.
Egerton and Oeorge Blount Egerton,
Louisburg; Walter E. Egerton, Ra
leigh; Robert E Egerton, Hopewell,
Va.; Junius N. Egerton, Borne, Qa.;
end B. B. Egerton, Greensboro,
v The funeral services were held from
the home by Rev. R. E. Plttman, pas
tor of Trinity Methodist church. Of
whlnh she war a member, on Sunday
r.fternoon at two o'clock, Ipunediate
ly afterwhich the body was carfied
to Oaklawa cemetery at Louisburg
and the interment was made in thr
family plot. Rev. Pittman was as
sisted at the grave by Rev. J. D. Mil
ler, rector of St Paul's Episopai
church, Louisburg.
Both services were attended by a
lftrpe number, o! friends and relative*
and the floral tribute waa exception
| ally beantlful mid abundant
Tnose who acted aa pall bearers
were W. O. Reed, H. P. Speed, V. M.
Perry, George Moore. M. M. Person,
S. ,T. Alston.
Senator Ward To.
Address Franklin
Taxpayers Next
Wednesdayl
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Chairman W. W. Neal, :?i?e?K
that the Franklin CoMtfc TtfML
Association Willi hold Lite. XtBttalaUtq
meeting Wednesday* January 21st a?
2 o'clock in the Courthouse. . All the
tax payers of t? co?nty are qrK?<l to,
be prMtpt. ?,
Senator Hallett S 'Ward of Wa?v
ingtoo, veteran leader in the fight to?,
lower taxation upon, t^e tanner and
hotne owner, will make the prlufclpje
address HU subject iHW'lW Prog
ress and Prb$R??U of our Legislature,
with regard on J*e?d
Property. ?
Titt Senator will be introdocad by
car Representative, W. L. Lumpkin*
Who w?T klSo give ua his views of
lax legislatkiQ. ^-.v :-_? - ? .
Resoli?K)n? h*, ottered by the
tax papera of FraSk^i County to lit
the State and Natton-taow their at. ?
tltude towards questions now before
the legislature. ;
Supt. B. !c. Perry visited Oxford
H*?y. ?
LOUISBURG COLLEGE TO CONTINUE
Louiaburg College will
iperating according to i
reached by the Board of Trustee* In
teaalon at the College, Tuesday, Jan
uary IS. This historic Institution,
nrhlch was founded In 1779, has been
acing a financial crisis and the quea
lon of ita continued operation was In
'oubta.
An intensive campaign has been
arrted out throufhout the North,
Carolina Conference of the Metho
llat Church during the past thirty
lays for the purpose of securing funds
o supplement the tacome of the Ool
ige for the spring term. The reaalts
f this campaign, reported at the
Tuesday by the special
treasurer Dr. T. S. Lore, ot Raleigh,
irere such as to warrant the contln
iM operation ot the College.
The announcement of the continua
ion of LoulSbuTg College will he <
i? raided with joy by hundreds of 1
Meade and graduates of. (ft* fcattUf- j
too throughout this and otto states. 1
Expressions of interest ana support 1
iare been received from all sections I
ince tt became known publicly that 1
be College was in danger of cloelng. <
The spring term will open on Jan- t
*ry 11 according to announcement c
y President C. C. Alexander. It )? c
spected that there will be serswkl '
ew students register for th?r'cec6Ml J
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A. J. Jarman Dead
Mr. Augustas J. Jarman, of Louls
t-urg, who has been 111 at Duke Hos
pital. died o? Saturday morning at
the "age of TIKy^Ive yeaFs:~TBS' ' fun
eral services were conducted from
the home of his two sisters ill Louis
burg, Sunday afternoon, at _ four
o'clock 'fcy fter. A .D. Wilcox, pastor
cf the IiOuistaurg Methodist Church of
* hlclK W; wma a member, and the in
terment was mad^ In the cemetery at
Franklinton.
The pall bearers were active ? 0.
Y. Yarborough, R. W. Alston, Raeford
Gupton, Hugh Hayes, Grady Harris,
F. M. Fuller, Cleveland Foster, R. W.;
Smith wick; honorary ? Dr. 3. P. Burt,
W. R. Mills, M. M. Person, George
Cooper, Dr. C. C. Alexander, Dr. R.
F. Yarborough, W. A. Davis.
Mr. Jarman la survived by two sis
ters, Misses Sadie and Loula Jarman,
both of Louisburg. He was active in
the mercantile business In Louisburg.
,?p- until - Immediately before .his
death.
Sharkey Throws
Defi at Dempsey
Ei -Gob Wants Bout With Ex-Champ
'Within ? Weeks' To Help Yfofii
War Tets
' Boston, Jan. 13 ? Jack Sharkey,
heavyweight contender, today openly
challenged Jack Dempsey, former
world's heavyweight champion to
bout to be held "in the United States |
within a period of six weeks".
In a telegram to Dempsey at Hart
ford, Conn, where the erstwhile title
holder was scheduled to referee a
bout tonight, Sharkey said:
"Id view of yonr recent statement
tothe effect that you believe you can
kB9Ck ice out, I Hereby challenge yon
i ia.l' bout to be staged in
^States within a period of
_ r always claimed you re
frette^ yon failed to enlist for serv
ice . whqn the United States entered
the -|Toria War. If you are sincere
In your' present stand, I now offer
pat opportunity to meet me In a
irhh'h wQlbs promoted to re
i "the suffering of the unemployed
'%ijutaded veterans of the World
. Wks my privilege to serve in
t*** ? ISO a month for four
6i,' >it I still feel I owe a duty
my fellow countrymen to do what j
I -cap to help them in the present
national emergency.
' *T realise that yonr recent attack on
fcia Was' inspired and worded for yon
fcy those selflshMnterests who would
thnttt a Schmeling-StribUng bout on
the efly of Chicago. Tunney had his
Heeney, and, so I presume, it is
proper for Schmellng to have hie
Stribllng.
"I want your answer to my chal
lenge. I ku* that millions of un
employed ana those boys who were
wounded in real battle* will also be
Interested in 'your reply."
Thomas Grocery Co.
Thomas Grocery Co., is th? style ,
>( Loulsburg's latest new firm and '
Ms purchased the stock of the late . |
V J. Jarman and haa opened busi-'<
iesa t? the store room occupied by ]
VI r. Jarman. The Arm will be In <
'barge of Mr. J. C. Thomas. He Is- ?
orms th?s TIMES he will carry a
complete line of Mary and fancy <
[rocerles and notions. Watch the *
lolumns of the TIMB3 for * am 2
:omplete announcement
Nowadays home talent doeant mean \
(a* sssMai ifthtn U
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MASS MEETING
IN INTEREST
OF COLLEGE
Rev. A. D. Wlleox, Pre*. C. C. Alex
antler, Mojt L. L. Joyner, Mr. E.
H. M alone Speak ? LeiltlW|| To
ltnlse Contribution.
In their ilncere Interest- of Louls
burg College, that Is In dire straits
tor Its future continuance, the citi
zens of Louisburg held a mass meet
ing In the Court bouse In the town
on Friday night, January 9, that was
rallied to with splendid response.
The .meeting was presided over by
Mr. B. H. Malone. After opening with
one verse of America and ~bet&f lean
in prayer by Dr. C. C. Alexander, Mr.
Malone explained briefly the purpose
of the meeting and the plans of the
local committee to assist in the Col
lege Campaign which wera, "briefly
statfed, a popular campaign of the
town In which every citizen would be
given an opportunity to make a con
tribution. He stated that It was the
desire of the committee, if they were
to raise one thousand dollars, that
It be contributed by one thousand peo
ple rather than by one individual, for
in this way an Interest' in the lnstl- "
tution could be aroused that could
scarcely In no other way be Instigat
ed.
Following this explanation, the stu
dents of Louisburg College who were s
In full attendance upon the meeting
sang their inspiring "Alma Mater"
and then gave several College veils
v, hlch were exceedingly wholeheart
edly rendered by the girls.
Dr. C. C. Alexander was asked for
information concerning the campaign
throughout the Conference in an*- -
wer to which he stated that reports
were not complete, however that In
formation which was received was
very encouraging. He spoke further
expressing his greater and deeper in
tqij^st In the institution after seeing
the value of the great work It is do
ing and also telling of the Interest he
fonnd throughout the entire N. C.
Conference. In his report, he related
that the colored help ot the insti
tution stated that they would contri
bute from their salaries $25 to add t'al
the Welfare contribution and also
that the teachers had voluntarily
'agreed to giv^ 25 per cent of their sal
irres that the Institution might carry
on.
Dr. A. D. Wilcox spoke very for
cibly In intern retlng to the people of
Lotfisburg what Louisburg College
should mean and did mean to Louis
burg. He spoke of Louisburg
as being a queer town in the
way that It seems a community fam
ily, it has the spirit that makes a fam
ily coherent, and then reminded them
that, figuratively speaking, they had
a sick child In th?& midst. He said
that to lose Louisburg College would
be like losing a home, like a man los
ing his honor or a woman her virtual
After Dr. Wilcox's address, Miss
Bobbye Williams and Mr. H. L. Swire,
of the College faculty, rendered a vo
cal ouet.
Mayor L. L. Joyner, when called
upon, reminded the people that ev*ry
thlng Is built on confidence, also he
pointed out the confidence of the *tu
dents and faculty who returned in the
face ot the pending crisis. He called
upon the people to rally to the causa
and display their confidence in the
Institution.
The meeting was closed with one
verse of "The 3lar Spangled Banner
being sung in unison. i
Committee 1
Assignments
In addition to being appointed
Chairman of the Committee On En
Crossed Bills of the House Repr?
flentative Lumpkin, of Franklin Coun
ty, has been assigned membership on
the following Committees:
Claims, Commercial Fisheries, Cor
poration Commission, Counties, Cities
and Towns, Courts and Judicial Dis
tricts, Insane Asytumns, Judiciary
No. 2- _
He Is also member of the following
Joint Committees: Enrolled Bills, Li
brary. '