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A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager The County, The State, The Union SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per Year VOLUMN LXH. LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1081 - ' - ' '* (BIGHT PAGES) NUMBER S Town Primary April 30th | To Nominate Mayor and Six Com missioners For The Town ? Elec- I tlon To Be Held May 5th ? Board | Holds Interesting Meeting. The Board of Town Commission* 1 era met la regular monthly session, March 17. at 7:30 P. M. Upon roll call all members were | present except White. The mlnutqs of the preTloua r?g-| ular meeting were read and approv ed. Mra. B. T. Holden presented an account for profeaslonal services rendered by B. T. Holden, for aer vlcea- lp Tax Sale* suits and other services. ThU account was referred to thai Finance Committee for Investigation | and recommendation. F. N. Splvey petitioned the Board to pay part pf the expense of run ning a water line to his new resi dence just outside th$ Town Limits on north Main Street. This request was disposed of by the following motion "That the Town of Loulsburg pay an amount not to exceed 175.03 on the cost of materials used In ex tending the water lines to the new residence of F. N. Splvey on north Main Street." Mr. Julius Lehman petitioned the Bofird to revalue a lot on East Nash Street, from $1800.00 to $900.00 and stated that the Board of County Commissioners had al lowed this reduction in value. The Board granted this request and au thorized the Tax Collector to lower the value to $900.00 for the years Ji)27 through 1930. Mr* Lehman requested the Board *o segregate a portion of his lot on East Nash Street, which he pro poses to sell, and permit him to pay the taxes on the segregated portion alone. The portion in question amounts to a fraction more than 1-3 of the total frontage. This re quest was, disposed of in the fol lowing motion: "That the request of Mr. J. Leh man to segregate a portion of his lot. on E. Nash St., be referred to the Finance Committee for consid eration and action." Mr. M. S. Clifton requested the Board to refund the Liquidating Agent of the defunct Farmers and Merchants Bank an amount of $120^.30, this amount being interest on Loulsburg, N. C. Funding Bonds, paid on Oct. 12, 1929 to the Chemi cal Bank and Trust Co., New York City by the Farmers and Merefaants Bank, and charged to the account of Franklin County, through error. The Clerk was instructed to in vestigate this matter and make a refund of $120.30 as requested by Mr. Clifton, If It was found that his claim was correct. ? A motion prevailed that P. S. Al len, Jr., be authorized ot renew Are insurance on furniture and fix tures in the Opera House and Town Offices (or an amount of ' $500.00, for a period of three years. Dr. C. C. Alexander, President of Louisburg College, addressed the Board. He expressed appreciation of the co-operation of the citizens of Louisburg, in their efforts to save the distressed Louisburg College. Dr. Alexander petitioned the Board to give Louisburg College free light and water service for the second semester of 1931, If they were disposed to do so and If they had the legal right to do so. The Board expressed their sym pathy to Dr. C. C. Alexander and their good will for Louisburg" Col lege, but deferred action on the matter of giving Louisburg College free light and water service for the second semester. The Board instructed the Clerk -to write Fairbanks, Morse and Co., and to Instruct them to ship the rotor and Install same, In accord ance with the terms offered by their representatives, I. e., the. 'Town of Louisburg pay 15 per *cent of tb?' cost of the rotor and Installation. The monthly reports of the Town Clerk, Tax Collector, and Chief of Police, were read and approved. A letter from R. R. Klssell, re questing a 50 per cent decrease In the account for rent that he owes to the Town of Louisburg, was read to the Board. No action was taken on this request, and the Clerk waa instructed to write, to Mr. Klssell and request him to appear before the Board at it's next regular meet ing. The Jambes Post ot the American Legion was granted permission by the Board to have free nie of the Opera House, tor the pnrpose of staging benefit boxing contests, In the near future. The Board authorised the Fire Chief and 4 members of the Louis burg Fire Dept., to attend the Fire ?College In Durham daring its session April 14th, 15th, and l?th? vand authorized an allowance not to ex ceed $60.00 for their expenses. Town Attorney reported to th^e Board that he waa having dlMkmlty In collecting the had checks given to him for collection by the Board. '??, if -i ?street tommirat, was ordered to H. C. Williams Dead Mr. H. C. Williams, an ex-service man, and who has been 111 for tome months, died at his home here on Sunday "tnorning at about 4:30 o'clock. He was In his 44th year and bwides his mother leaves sev eral brothers and sifters, these be ing Mrs. H. M. Champion, of Ou tonia; Mrs. Bonnie Andrews, of Raleigh; Mrs. R. I. Holmes, of Ok lahoma; Miss Slddie Williams, of Mooresville; Mrs. P. O. Hagwood, of this county; Messrs. J. A. Williams, of Nashville, Ga.; A. K. Williams, of near Bunn, and J. E. Williams, of Louisburg. Mr. Williams was especially popu lar among a large number of friends and possessed a genial disposition that assisted him greatly- in lncreas Ing t.hw scope of his friends ? He was a member of the Louisburg Fire Department, which attended the fun eral In a body acting as honorary pall bearers. The funeral was held from the home on Nash Street and was con ducted by Rev. A. D. Wilcox, pastor of Louisburg Methodist Church, and the Interment was made at Oaklawn cemetery. The active pall bearers being J. 8. Howell, T. C. Alston, P. M. Fuller, N. D. Medlin, E. H. Mc Farland, Herman Murphy. Quite a large number of friends and relatives attended both services and th? floral tribute was especially pretty. Glee Clubs Sing Tonight Seven high school glee clubs are schedule to sing at Epsom High School tonight In the annual glee rlub contest of the Franklin County High School League. Each glee club ?vill sing one number by a girls chor us and one number by a mixed chorus. Schools will draw for positions on the program which will begin at 8 o'clock tonight. If weather conditions are good a record breaking crowd for this event is expected. Competi tion in the High School League is growing, .keener and only a few points senera'e any of the schools. There will be no admission charges. The public is Invited. Employs Auditors The Board of County Commission ers met in special session on Thurs day afternoon of last week and among other things done, employed Ralph Steele and Co., Auditors, of Raleigh, to make an audit of the County's af fairs for three years back or more to be determined later. It is expected representatives of the Company will airive in Louisburg this week or ear ly next week to begin the work. The. c >st of the audit will depend upon thrf time it takes the auditors to make It. The contract provides a per diem or per day cost. District Bill After agreeing that the Fourth Con gressional DUtrict could "take care of" the Republican county of Ran eolph better than the present Seventh, which it is now in or any other In which it could be put and after de ciding that Vance, too, had better stay in the fourth despite opinion to the contrary, the joint committee on congressional districts yesterday re ported out its bill for redisricting the State in preparation tor 11 Con gressmen. The bill provides tor only two changes from the present plan. It splits the Fifth and takes Randolph from the present Seventh and gives It to the Fourth. The three districts affected under the bill would be: Fourth : Randolph, Chatham, Frank lin, Nash, Wake, Johnson and Vance. : ? Fifth (new): Surry, Stokes, Rock ingham, (f&swell, Berson, Granville and Forsyth. Sixth (new): Guilford, Afomance, Orange and Durham. All present districts - above the Fifth would have their name-number Increased by one. With the addition of the 36.IS9 population ot Randolph, the 4th Dis trict would be 34,139 over the average district population. continue with the work and Im i provement on the dirt streets. Supt. O. C. Hill was Instructed to cut on the water at the residence of J. S. Place, and to allow Ur. Place to pay his delinquent accounts In monthly Installments. The Clerk was Instructed to (ay a nAmber of Accounts. The Clerk was Instructed to call a primary for the nomination of tdVn officers to be elected on May 64hv 1M1, for Thursday, April 30th, 1931 to be held at the Court House under the proper legal regulation and to make all necessary arrange* ments for holding both the primary and election. B. B. Perry. was ap pointed registrar, and H. W. Perry and?^A.. L. Hicks were appointed judges of election. Evangelistic Services At The Methodist Church This church will hold Its Spring meeting next week. The pastor, Rev. A. D. Wilcox, will preach. Mr. Swlnt, of the College, will conduct the music. The Junior Choir will assist the regular churph choir In the special music and also in lead ing the .congregational singing. There will be no day service. The emphasis of the meeting will be directed toward a revival of faith and spiritual life among church members. Attempts will be made to secure a more general attendance of the members upon the regular services nf thalr MinrMi . .. . _ The relation of young people to religion and church obligations will be discussed. Surveys to get the facts will be made and conferences from time to time will be held to discuss ways and means to secure a more satis factory loyalty of all the members. The entire membership of' the church is urged to lay all other mat ters aside in order to attend this brief meeting. A. D. WILCOX, Pastor. Conservation Work Jim Squires, Field wcrrker, for the State Department of Conservation and Development, is In Franklin County ? his week conducting an educational campaign In the white and colored schools by means of motion picture oemonstraticns, lectures for the pur pose of stimulating an Interest in the children. This week Is Forestry week. A special effort Is being made to show the people the importance of forest fire protection. The pictures, lectures, etc., are entirely free of charge and are a medium of much valuable information in respect of conservation in all Its phases as it is applied in North Carolina. . Road Bill Becomes Law April 1st Raleigh, March 17. ? A section by section inquiry into the' conferee's re port on the Connor road bill, already adopted by the house of representa tive'), tailed to disclose anything to which the senate could not also ascribe and it adopted it in toto to night by an overwhelming vote. The house adopted the report yesterday ind upon ratification the bill becomes law April 1. * The act creates a new highway com mission of seven members, abolishes all district lines, provides for state maintenance of all county roads and increases the vaseline tax from Ave to six cents per gallon. Senator Burrus asked for a study of the bill as to its various parts be cause he wanted to vote against the recommendation that one Republican be included among those appointed by. the governor to the reorganized highway commission. ~ *, ? . He thought that any Republicanism en any board was too much, as he said had already been demonstrated. Senator McLean was Inclined to agree with the Guilford member and declared that for the past few years Ills section of the state had been dom inated by a Rpublican on the state highway commission. Senator McSwaln, of Cleveland, found other parts of the report not to his liking but the opposition failed to muster sufficient strength to make any show. The senate enjoyed for an hour the discussion centered around the Ew tank bill designed for the protection of the breakfast plate In the classifi cation of eggs. The bill championed by Senators Burrus and Folger passed second reading after an amendment had been adopted to ?, substitute for the words, "eggs produced by the far mer," to "eggs produced by fowls on the farmer's premises," offered by Senator Johnson, of Duplin. Sells Interest In Creamery Messrs P. O. and M. O. Smith an- ? nounce the tact that they have sold iheir interests in the Franklin Cream try Inc., to Mr. R, G. Bailey, who will (ontlnue to operate It as heretofore. Since re-opening the creamery has been doing a steadily Increasing busi ness and it Is hoped will continue to do so. "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party" The above is the title to a play to be given at Hickory Rock- White Lev el school building on Thursday night, March ICth, 1931 at 8 o'clock, by the Parent-Teachers Association, for the purpose of raising funds for the school and theAssoclatton. All are Invited to go out, enjoy an evening and help in this work. Louisburg and Edward Best Win ? Praaklln County High School Lea gin- Heading and Declamation Contests. Miss Liillie Phillips of Mills High School and Howard Williams of Ed ward Best High School won the an nual reading and declaration con tests held by the Franklit. County Ulgh School League at Louisburg last Friday night. A large number o{ people from various parts of the county were there to give_ encourage ment to the young speakers. Reports from the variott* schools ?bowed that a total of 26 boys and 81 girls took part In the elimination con test* in the ? high- sctiuuli pf?Bnr county. Mills High School lead In uunber taking part with a total of 7 boys and 24 girls. "0 ncle Daniel's Apparition and Praj ar" was the selection given by Mlsa Phillips. The following con test! nts were placed In the order nam d by MisseB Johnston and' Zleg ler ef the Louisburg College faculty and Mr. E. H. Malone of Louslburg vho acted as Judges. Miss Ruth Q1I1, Epsom, "Buddy QpeMts a Piece"; Miss Evglyu Jenk ins, |"rankiinton, "The Highwayman"; Miss! Ida Fuller, Gold Sand, "The Or chid"; Miss Clara Belle Goswick, Youagsville, "At the Matinee"; Miss Ethel Hayes, Edward Best, "Football tit Dora Sees It"; Miss Louise Wil liam*. Bunn, "The Soul of a Violin". Howard Williams of Edward Best used' as his selection, "Mother, Gird My" Bword Around Me," while the r.tbef 'contestants with their selec tions were placed In the -following ordef by Mr. SWInt and* Miss Letton rt the Louisburg College faculty and Mr. Mill Yarborough of Louisburg. Fuller Parrish, Gold Sand, "Mother and Home"; Joseph Winn, Epsom High School, "America, a World Pow er"; Robert Collins, FYankiinton, "Nature's Universal Laws"; Ben Hoi den, Jr., Mills High School, "Speech <n the Senate on Treatment of Catll inarian Conspirators"; Claude Under wood. Youngsvllle High School, "The Burial of the Unknown Soldier"; Chnrles Weathers, Runn, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address". Miss Doza Upchurch of Edward Best, Mr. J. B. Trogden of Mills, and Miss Myrtle Jackson of Buun formed trie committee In charge of these con tests. Much credit is due the various r.chools for the whole-hearted way in which they entered into the prelim inary and final contests. The Fashion Shop The Fashion Shop, Louisborg's newest enterprise, will be opened for business next week in the building on Main Street next to Tuckers Care. Mr. S. C. Steward, proprietor, instead t.-f the Roth-Stewart Co., of Hender son, as first announced, is now In New York purchasing the stock for this ttore, which will be In charge of Mrs. F. A. Rcth. The store is now about completed and ready for occu pancy and has been remodeled Into a very attractive store room. A com p'ete announcement will be made In the next Issue of the TIMES. To the Church Peo ple of Louisburg The meeting In the Methodist Church next week, March 22nd to 27th, will not be sectarian or denom inational in its appeal. Spiritual Life will be the general theme un derlying all the services. - The sole aim of the meeting Is the revival of spiritual life amcfog our church members in order that they may be happier and more useful Christiana. The sermons will not be Molding or fault finding harangnees but simple Interpretation of scriptures and direct losing appeals for better church loyalty and support in this town. Tou are cordially Invited to attend these services. A. P. WILCOX. WANT MOBE PAT Petitions were being circulated In the General Assembly yesterday to aek Governor Gardner to call a spec ial session of the General Assembly. Sponsors of the petition were keep ing in the background, and Indica tions last night were that they, were not meeting with much success in gathering names. The plan It to adjourn the present session Friday and start the special session Saturday. By this means the If turners see hope of getting paid at the rate of $8 a day for 20 days additional whereas at present they are getting nothings having exhausted i their 60 davs at $ltf each. Governor Gardner has stated in no I uncertain terms that he will not call I a special session to fiblsh the busi ness of the regular session, and gave no indication yesterday (hat he had changed his mind. ? News-Observer. i ? 1 1 1111 w SaMerlhe to The franklin Time* Nicaraguan Award For Carolina Man More laurels as a filer will be re ceived by Lieut. Hayne D. Boyden, a U. 3. Marine from Statesville, N. C., who is to receive a ribbon and star bestowed by former President Adolfo Diaz, of Nicaragua, for the avlator'4 participation ip action against bandits. While the ribbon was bestowed in 1927, it has been ready for issue only recently. Lieut. Boyden already has received the Distinguished Flying Cross for ex traordinary heroism as a flier in Nicaragua; and In addition holds four letters of commendation from ?ugh officials of the Marine Corps and Navy for his service as an avia tor elsewhere. Lieut. Boyden was born in Statesville in January, 1897, and is now stationed at Quan tico, Va. GENERAL INFORMATION CON CERNING CITIZEN'S MILITARY TRAINING .CAMPS These camps are the direct descend ants of the pre-war Plattsburg Camp originated by the late General Leon ard Wood. Physical examinations during the war indicated that nearly half of the young men of the country were physically unfit for active mili-j tary service. This alarming situation wfcs met by Congress in 1920 by cre ating the C. M. T. Camps which now annually provide about forty thou sand young men with proper diet and exercise amidst healthful outdoor surroundings. These men return to their homes ardent exponents of the American principles of physical health and fitness. The mission of these training camps is to bring together for a months training under healthful surround ings, young men from all walks of life on a common basis of equality and by ! supervised athletics, military drill and instructions in citizenship to de velop them physically and morally, to promote a wholesome respect for /dis cipline, to teach the value of team work, fit them for leadership in peace or war and impress upon them their obligation and responsibilities as i itixens. Yaum? men auejusng these camps are no more likely*? be called to the color Unw of war fb$n other men. likely' to keCttre-'Tillto advancement and Co^bifc abtfe^to MKnd their coun try effectively; with t reater safety I for themselves. Military training is" cot the primary objective of the camps. They are placed under the War Deparilheut by Congress because it is the only agency with the neces sary persoauel tod because 'military training la thd most effective means with ifhkh to accomplish the mission tor whici the camps exist. The quvK4 U?t FtanHlin County will be '*Slow?<t for these camps is right jir^Mi'W Mb'BWi'WI 1! nil tav? beeit nad% "fS? Atoerican Le rlon and American Legion Auxiliary, being organizations which are vitally inle??atM la, tt^/oung wan -hood ot Arartitt, and American Ideals instiled and Implanted In all young people ot are sponsor ing or backing the may* of the Citl ri?ns Military Training Camps. A candidate must be physically fit and of good character, an American citizen, or one who has taken out first papers for naturalization and he must have reached his seventeenth birthday by the day camps open and not have passed his thlrty-flrst birth day. There are four courses which are given at the camps, which will be explained In detail in the next issue ot THE FRANKLIN TIMES. Any one desiring Information or blanks for making application for this months encampment please com municate with Mrs. Hugh W. Perry, President of the American Legion Auxiliary. Louisburg, N. C., or write Col. James M. Little, District Chief, Winston-Salem, N. C. A college education la ? thing much to be desired, but even more Important ia to b* able to Mko a IMA*. Mrs. Ragland En tertains Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary held its regular monthly meeting with Mrs. C. A. Ragland, this being a meet ing o I unusual Importance as Mrs. Iiererly J. Miller, State President, And Mrs. H. A. Mooneyham, District Commltteewomen were both present at the time. The meeting was opened with the usual formalities and the President, Mrs. H. W. Perry then In troduced Mrs. Miller, who made an interesting and instructive speech. She stated that this was the largest dues paying patriotic organization in the world, consisting at this tin* of about 400,000 members, there being departments in every state, one in Alaakfl, una In Hum fill nnH nnn In Panama ? there are also Units In Cuba, Porto Rica, Prance and Greece. She stressed the Idea that the or ganization is for Service and in that connection she stated that there were r.ow 585 patients pt Oteen, about a third of which are not receiving com pensation. She also described condi tions of the families of the men who I've on the reservation at Oteen who are In dreadful financial straits, hav lug lost what little they did have In the Bank failures there. The Auxil iary and Legion pay and keep a nurse or. this Reservation who looks after the welfare of the children there and v.ho instructs the mothers in their care. She also told the Auxiliary that National headquarters bad al lowed these mothers and children this year to make the popples that are to be sold on Memorial Day. That North Carolina's quota of poppies was 146, 000, which would be $1,460 dollars paid directly to these mothers before the p&pples were even sold and which would at least give them a little com fort until after the poppy sales. After the sale as the public knows, the money received from the popples will then be used entirely for the child welfare and the disabled men, either locally or at Oteen (In this connec tion the State Department of the \mertcan Legion Auxiliary has given 1' ranklln County $260.00 in the last twelve months which is more than has been realized from poppy sales in Tranklin County in five years and this money going directly to a fam ily who needed It and not being ex pended by the local Auxiliary) Mrs. Miller Is a woman of unusual charm aud tact and her speech was well worth hearing. . , . Mrs. H. A. Mooneyham, the 9th Dis trict Committewoman then told of the recent Officers Conference held in Gastonia at which time both the National Commander of the Legion nnd the National President of the Auxiliary were present and spoke on things of interest. It" was a great pleasure for the Auxiliary to have with them at this time a former member and friend, Mrs. Bruce Berkeley, who delighted the gathering with a solo, accom panied on the piano by Mrs. f. K. Ma lone, Jr. .Miss Johnston of the College fac-. ulty also delighted the gathering with a reading. Miss Johnston is also an Auxiliary member being a member in her home State, Arkansas, which is in the Southern; division. At the end of the program, Mrs. Ragland assisted by Auxiliary mem bers served a delightful luncheon. Mrs. J. Forest Joyner, Sec'y. RED CROSS SURVEY C0JIH1TTEES ORGANIZED The Red Cnss Survey Committees have been firily organized. Added to the list reported in last week's FRANKLIN TIMES are the following: Dunn Township ? Mrs. B. C. John son, Chrm.. Mesdames C. 0. Pippin, J. B. Jones, E. T. Griffin, Jarvia Per nr. . Cedar Rock Township ? T. H. Sledge, Chrm., J. J. Wolfe, Mrs. T. H. Dickens, Mrs. C. M. Moore. Hayesvllle Tbwnshlp ? Mr. W. P. Wilson, Chrm., Mrs. T. H. Gill, J. Z. Tjrrell, Mrs. T. Weldon. *~ Louisburg Township ? Mr. F. J. Beasly, Chrm., Supt W. R. Mills, Mr Hill Yarborough Mesdames F. H. Al len, S. P. Burt. F. J. Beasley, M. S. CHfton, E. S. Ford, F. M. Fuller, Mrs. Horace Hilton, H. H. Johnson, J. For est Joyner, A W. Person, H. C. Tay lor, C. A. Ragland, R. F. Yarborough. Dr. H. G. Perry, County Chairman reports many calls for drought aid. The survey of the County must be made promptly to gain results from * this organisation. Franklin County Union Postponed In view of the tact that many Sun day School and B- Y. P. U. workers. In the County, will want to attend the Toachers Assembly In Raleigh, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday fee fore the fifth Sunday In March. It ts deemed best to postpone the meeting of the Union until the fifth Suodar and Saturday before, tn May. The Union will meet at that time with the Maple Springs ohorch. T. H. SLEDGE. Moderator.