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LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1031
N1TMRBER 8
Cooke Re-Elected
Accountant
make settlement with p. b.
GBIFFIN
Vacancies Caused Br Death J. H.
Wood Killed --Many Clerical Matters
Passed ? To Issue 200,000 Bonds ?
J. 8. Kowlund Resigns
The Board of County Commission
ers met lu regular session on Tuea
day, wall all members present Alter
approving minutes of previous meet
ings ojsiuess as follows was disposeJ
of:
W. T. Mi.-ss made report on County
llome, showing it was in good shape.
Also for Dr. R. F. YarborouKh. County
Health officer.
Upon order the Board agreed to ac
cept proposition made by P. B. Grit
tin, at November meeting relative to
securities on property.
T. S. Dean made report on Welfare
department. He recommended that
Fannie Alston, Beth Perry, Nora Fitts,
Walter Denton be stricken from out
side pauper list.
Upon motion W. D. Upchurch was
apointed Kegistrar of vital statls
tics for, ?;;oid Mine township to JHM
vacancy caused by tho death of J. H.
Wood.
Upon motion Norman Ftoster was
i.ppo.ulcd Constable for Gold Mine
township to fill vacancy caused by
the death of J. H. Wood.
Upon motion it was ordered to pay
J. E. Peoples $10 for turkeys killed
by dogs.
Upon motion the property listed by
li. R. Radford, and purchased by L.
H. Lar.ca^ier, was released of taxes
A motion in proper form to issue
bomls Tor J200.000 was passe^.
Gee. L. Cooke was Instructed to
sogregu-.e 41 acres of the O. H. Harris
iands in Louisburg township.
Upon motion Sylvester Scott was
relieved of poll tax on account of the
loss of hand.
Upon motion the resignation of J.
P. Rowland, Constable for Hayesville
township was accepted.
Upon motion It was ordered that
the County pay the Deputies twenty
live per cent of fees due on land sales.
Geo. L. Cooke was authorized to
correc t an error from 18 to 13 acres
o( land for Henry Williamson in
Louisburg township. Also in T. E.
Privett land in Dunn's township for
1H29 and 30. Also to correct an error
cf 100 acres in the J. T. Timberlake
iand in Youngsville township.
Gee. L. COoke was authorized to
transfer his bill for the Ellen Foster
land sold for taxes to Thos. Foster.
Gee. L. Cooke, was instructed to
fegrcsale-the McKinne Brothers prop
erty and the Jeffreys land in the Main
tract in Harris township.
On motion Geo. L. Cooke was unani
mously elected County Accountant
, and Tax Supervisor for a term of two
years from April 1st, 1931 at a sal
pry of $2700 per year, salary effective
lrom June 1st, 1932.
Af'er allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned to meet
r.gain on April 27th, 1931.
, Co-Op Movement
Is Likely To Fail
Raleigh, April 7. ? North Carolina Is
not going to have a co-operative to
bacco marketing organization, accord
ing to all the signs, and the growers
will go through 1931 without help
cgainst market conditions that work
for pauper prices.
'Dr. Joseph O. Knapp, secretary to
the organization committee, said to
day that it appears also that South
Carolina and Georgia will pass the
season in North Carolina's plight.
They, too, will have no help. There
was a furious lot of energy expended
> In the early part of the season when
the tobacco was being sold. It look
ed easy enough to organize. But the
tobacco has been marketed. The grow
ers now making ready to plant do not
- soem to be Interested.
Debate At College
The friends and patrons of Louls
turg college are cordially extended an
Invitation to attend a debate that Is
to take place in the Social Hall of
the Mail Building of the College to
night at 7:30 o'olock when the inter
esting query, "Resolved, That there
should be no required curicula in the
Colleges", will be fully debated by the
Nelthean and Sea Olft Literary So
cieties of the Collate. The Nelthean
Society which will uphold the affir
mative side of the debate will be rep
resented by lt?- speakers, Misses Susie
Thrift and Bernadette Woodlleff,
while the negative side will be con
tended for by the Sea Olft Society
which has as its speakers Misses Ha
tel Wooley and Beatrice Galloway.
There Is promise of a most delightful
and enllgjiteninf contest upon this
question and the public it invited to
Attend. , %_? "j
Somebody has invented a coreless
apple. When may we expect the neck
lass chicken J
I
Asks Authority
Issue $25,000 Bonds
To Aglisti LoulsbiLTf College ? Only
Matters of General Boutlne wait Be
fore Board at Begular Meeting
The Board of Town Commissioners
met in Regular Monthly Session on
April 7, 1931, at 7:30 P. M.
The meeting wus called to order by
Mayor L. L. Joyner, and upon roll call
the following members were present:
L. L. Jeyner, A. W. Person, F. H. Al
len, M. McKlnne and A. H. Fleming.
The minutes of the previous regu
lar and special meetings were read
end approved.
The monthly reports of the Chlet
cf Police, Tax Collector, and Town
were read and approval.
Mr. M. S. Davis solicited fire in
surance to the extent of $2500.00 on
the Louisburg Power House Building.
A motion prevailed "That fire Insur
ance for the amount of $2,500.00 on
the Power Station House, be renewed
by Davis and Davis."
Mr. F. J. Beasley explained to the
Board that he had an opportunity to
purchase two Louisburg, N. C. Bonds
of $500.00 each due in 1934 and 1935
and advised the Board to purchase
thorn If pogalble.
A motion prevailed "That the Board
authorize the purchase of $1,000.00
Louisburg, N. C. Bi nds due in 193*
and 1935, at par value and interest."
Mr. R. R. Kfssell petitioned , the*
Board to give him an extension of
time on past due light and rent ac
counts, amounting to $126.75, A mo
tion prevailed "That the Board accept
immediate payment of the delinquent
Tight Account of R. R. Kisseil The
atre, In amount of $26.75, and to de
fer the payment of tho delinquent .rent
< ccount for the prfeSent."
After allowing a number of accounts
the meeting adjourned.
The Board of Town Commissioner*
net in special session, April, 2nd, at
(P.M.
Upon roll call the following mem
oers were present: L. L. Joyner, A.
W. Person, W. E. White, F. H. Allen.
Mr. E. H. Malone addressed the
Beard and. explained that Louisburg
College was in need of about $15,
000.00 in order to pay the current
years Indebtedness and to open next
fall. He stated that there was a
proposal to move the College to Wash
ington, N. C? to sell it to the Atlantic
Christian College, or to continue the
operation of Louisburg College, ana
tl-.at Rev. A. D. Wilcox was willing to
campaign the State In an effort to
save the College.
Mr. Malone requested the Board to
puthorize Representative W. L. Lump
kid to introduce a bill in the present
Legislature to purchase $25,000.00
Louisburg College Bonds, and to levy
taxes for the purchase of these bends,
if it was desired and became neces
sary. The question of purchasing
?25, 000.00 Louisburg College Bonds
will necessarily have to be voted upon
by the public at the next regular elec
tion. May 5, 1931, or some future spec
ial election for this purpose. ?
Mr. Malone's request was disposed
of as follows: A motion prevailed
'That the Board of Town Commis
sioners hereby request Representative
W. L. Lumpkin, to introduce a bill In
the, Legislature now in session, to au
thorize the Town of Lpuistiurg, N. C.
to purchase $25,000.00 Louisburg Col
lege Bonds, and to levy taxes for the
purpose of buying these bonds, and
that this measure be ^ubmitted to a
vote of the people at the oncoming
election to be held May 5, 1931." This
r.iot'on was carried.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned.
Only 3 Entrants
Only three citizens of Louisburg
l ad entered the primary for town of
fices up to Wednesday afternoon. Capt.
L. L. Joyner present Mayor, and Dr.
A. H. Fleming, at present a Commis
sioner have entered the race for May
er. Only Mr. R. W. Smithwick man
ager for Roses 5 and 10 cent store,
has entered for a position on the
Board of Town Commissioners. Two
more weeks remain for entries and
a real interesting campaign may yet
result. - ... ^ m '-i$
Louisburg Debates
The Louisburg debating teams from
Mills High School participated In th?>
debating triangle composed of Louis'
burg, Frankllntcn and Oxford. The
I.oulsburg affirmative team who werv
Misses Lucille Hudson and Tempe
Yarborough defeated the Franklinton
negative speakers In the auditorium
<n Mills High School last Friday
right.. At the same time the Louis
burg negative team Miss Doris Strange
r.nd Mr. Ben T. Holden, Jr., contested
with the Oxford affirmative team at
Oxford and was defeated.
Although, the local teams will not
have the opportunity to rn to Chapel
Hill to enter In the final contest*,
they are V) be commended for their
eplendid and sincere efforts and good
work.
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Chicago Goes
Democratic
A. J. Cermak, Democrat, Defeats
"Big Bill" Thompson, Republican |
for Mayor.
Chicago, April 7. ? On the face of
returns trom every section of Chica
go, Anton J. Cermak, Democrat, ap
peared tonight to have been swept in
to the mayor's office over William
Hale Thompson by one of the great
est pluralities ever accorded a can
didate in this city. - ? ?
On the basis of votes reported from
more than half of this city's 2,987 pre
cincts, it was estimated that Chicago's
three-time mayor, the picturesque
"Cowboy Executive" whose baiting ot
Hint! flflnrge hrnnght liim inlprnatinn.
al attention on mbre than one occa
sion, had been defeated by more than
200,000 votes.
Returns from 2,400 precincts out at
>,987 gave : /
Cermak 539,817
Thompson ; 381,817
Cermak's lead widened with each
new report from the election Judges.
jiecoru ??ie
The issues, largely surrounding
gang rule, organized crime ana
"Tlmmpsuiilgui," bruunht nut
est vote In the hiBtory of the city ?
mere than 1,000,000 citizens and
housewives casting their ballots.
The election was orderly. In fact
according to Election Jud^e Edmund
K. Jereclcl, despite spasmodic trou
ble at various polling precincta, it was
"the moit orderly election In Chica
go's history." The weather contri
buted Its share towards bringing out
the flood of vol !-s. for temperature*
ui> degrees gave the city iU warm
est April 7 since 1893.
Elee'km of Cermak, an immigrant
hoy who ro*e to power in a typical
American J' ..ma of business a id pvl
ltlca, means the end of a colorful
12-year regime of the mai who has
been described as Chicago's "Circus
Mayor."
Mrs. Harris In
jured By Train
Mrs. Harry Harris was badly in
jured and her baby and husband pain
fully Sut not seriously injured Tues
day just itter noon when the big
Paige Sedan they were driving was
struck by the Louisburg-Frankllnton
train as they were crossing the Sea
board tracks in front of the County
Home on Route 66.
Harris, ft is stated, an Assyrian
from Henderson, had started up to
the home of Mr. D. G. Pearce and had
tailed to notice the train which was
backing into Louisburg on Its regu
lar midday schedule. The car was
badly damaged and Mrs. Harris re
ceived several broken bones besides a
number of cuts and bruiser. She was
the most injured. Mr. Harris" and
the baby's,.lnjuries consisted mostly of
1 few cuts and bruises. Mrs. Harris
was sent to a hospital in Henderson'.
Organ Recital
The pupils of Miss - Harriet May
Crenshaw will give an organ recital
in the First Methodist Church next
Thursday evening, April 16th. at S
o'clock.
They will be assisted by the pupils
of Miss Evelena Terry's Public School
Music Class. The patrons and friends
of L,ouisburg College are cordially in
vited.
Wins Fourth In
French Contest
Congratulations are in order to the
French department and teacher. Miss
Vivian Allgood, (or winning fourth
place In the Statewide FYench Contest
sponsored Jointly by the French de
partment of the University of North
Jarollna and the University Exten
sion Division, which was held
throughout the State March 13, with
109 schools represented.
Miss Effie Hewitt of Fayetteville
High School was winner of first place.
Second place was won by the Har
mony School; third place by Eliza
beth City High School, and fourth
place by Mills High School of LouH
birrg.
Of the 2,294 students entering the
contest only 17 received honorable
mention ? three of whom were: Tempe
Yarborough, Doris Strange and Edith
Kemp from Louisburg. Statistics al
so showed that no school had mote
than two student* receiving honor
able mention ? with the exception of
Mills High which had three.
Last month, February 29, a state
vide Latin contest was alio sponsor
ed by the same group as the French
contest. Miss Margaret Edwards of
Durham won first place. Louisburg
got an honorable mention, having had
2 paper* above the grade of 90. Those
whose papers were sent la w4re Doris
Strange, Josephine Perry, and Tempe
Yarborough.
FOR FIRST CLASS JOB PRINTING
PHONE NO. tSS
Consider Change
District Lines
Board of Education (jn.<iiU Election
In Ctiiiir KiicW-tjprosH Creek
bchoul DWtrlc., Subject To a Court
Derision Thut Such Action is Legal
?Board He-organizes.
The Board met in regular- session
with A. F. Johnson, Mrs. T. H, tjiok
ehs, J. H. Joyner, W. A. Mullen and
K. L. Green present. The, minutes o?
last meeting were read and approved:
A petition signed My a number ot
residents ot the Cedar Kock-Cypress
Creek Special Taxing School District
contiguous to the Bunn Special Tax
ing School District was presented to
the Board by Jim l'erry and L. C. Tur
nage asking that this territory be
transferred to the Bunn Special Tax
ing School District. The petition stat
ed that 'his request was made for the
convenience and best Interest ot the
residents in this part of the' Cedar
Rock-Cypress Creek Special Taxing
School Putrid. ? Si?e? - thin transfer
would mean a modification or change
Is the adopted County-Wide Plan of
Organization, the Board, according to
ltw, Instructed the secretary to notj
fv the commlt'ee men and interested
I atrons that this mattef would be
taken up for consideration the first
Monday in May and that the Board
would he glad to hear from them at
that time.
The Board rented the South Side
Warehouse from F. H. Allen until
Sept. 15 th for yiF.non tn ntnr?
county trucks in.
Thq report of the committee here
tofore appointed to check the names
on the petitions relative to an etec
?Sperlal Taxius Schnfll District filed
at the last meeting of the Board, was
filed and received. Said report being j
as follows:
? "We the undersigned committee ftp
pointed to check the several petitions
submitted to the Board of Education
on Monday, March 2, 1931, relative
to the proposed * election, In Cedar
F.ock-Cypress Creek Special Taxing
School District, respectfully report to
your Board that we met in the office
o( the County Supt. of Education and
after erasing all names on the Third
Petition from the Second Petition and
erasing all names then left on the
Second Petition from the First Peti
tion and adding those names remain
ing on the Third Petition to the First
Jetition, we found the number c-f
qualified voters on the First Petition
to be 354, and we found the number
t 1 qualified voters of the said Cedar^
Kock-Cypress Creek Special Taxing
School District to be 976 as the same
appears on the registration books, af
ter deducting those known to be dead
or improperly registered in said dis
JAS. T. INSCOE,
E. L. BEST.
T. W. BOONE,
G. H. HARRIS.
MRS. T. H. DICKENS. Chm."
And Mr. W. H. Yarborough, repre
senting the proponents for the spec
ial election, offered the following as
a minority report of the two members
of aforesaid committee representing
the proponents of said election, which
was received and filed: Two mem
bers of the committee representing
the proponents appeared in person and
stated that there were errors in the
computation of the number of quali
fied voters in said district and of the
number of petitioners for the election,
and they desired to submit a minority
report from which it appears the num
ber of qualified voters in the district
is 826 and the number of qualified
voters on the First Petition, after de
ducting those on the Second, is 457.
Without further action upon said
report, the following resolutior was
duly adopted:
Ordered that the petitions for an
election in the Cedar Rock-Cypress
Creek Special Taxing School District
be indorsed subject to the legality of
the action upon the petitions Mad
statutes governing the same. It is
agreed that there shall be submitted
to the court the following questions.
1. Whether the pe' it loners are en
titled to an election upon the original
retltion without regard to the other
two. y ? '
2. Whether, if the court shall hold
against the petitioners on the first
question there are a majority of the
qualified voters petitioning for an
election considering all three peti
tions.
3. Whether in any event there is
such an Indebtedness of the district
as precludes the abolition of tax.
The Re-organization of the Board
was made with A P. Johnson, Chair
man. t
After the re-organization E. L. Best
was unanimously elected Supt. of
School* for the ensuing two- years
and E, H. Malone Attorney to the
Board.
Many posters have been placed In
the Edward Best High School district
calling attention to the losses caused
by forest fires. These raters were
secured by the Young: Tar He?l Farm
ers from the Department of Conser
vation and Development through
County Game Warden, P. E. Dean.
? ..
$23,800 Uncle Sam's
Split in Prize Contest
Uncle 8am'* has profited by about
$23,800 the $50,000 prize con
test being conducted by R. J. Rey
nold* 'Tobacco Company, makers of
( an, i-l cigarettes. It was announced
today.
Demon statisticians estimated that
each of a million entries cost the
sender a two-cent stamp, or $20,000,
and that the 20,000 special delivery
and 10,000 registered letters
thought in the government an addi^
tional $3,8007 Tf the mail had Seen '
delivered to Winston-Salem, N. C.
contest headquarters by carriers
carrying their normal loads, approx
imately 2.500 letter carriers would
have been required. In addition
tiiuie weiB ? three ? trucK-loads ? nT
bulky exhibits, each of which car
ried additional postage but postage
varied to as to defy tabulation.
The approximately million contes
tants UBed 13 tons of paper. If the
letters were stacked one on the
other, they would make a column
3.15 miles high. In opening the
letters, numbering letter and envel
ope together, the judge's staff used
3,000,000 Inches of stapling wire.
After exhausting the Winston-Sa
le n? supply and the North Carolina
supply, the staff was forced to send
direct to the manufacturer in New
York for more wire.
It was further estimated that one
?man. working at top speed to open,
staple, and number the entries, 1
would be at work two years and
three months tf he tackled, the Job
single-handed.
Because of the scrupulous care
that is being exercised in studying
the entries It will be several weeks
before any announcement, of the
At no time during th6 Judging will'
the names and address of contest
ants be known to the judges, Char
les Dana Gibson, Ray Long and Roy
Howard. Ait?marks of identiflca
' tion are deleted before the entries
i are submitted to the judges.
J. F. Faulkner Dead
Mr. J. F. Faulknr died at his home
on South Main street early Sunday
morning after a shqrt Illness. He
T.as 84 years of age and leaves one
daughter: The deceased has been a
resident of Louisburg I or many years
during which time he has been con
ducting a meat market and general
store.
The remains were taken to Clayton,
N. C., on Tuesday for interment.
Red Cross Seeds,
Funds, Etc.
There was a most interesting Red
Cross meeting held in Dr. H. G. Per
vv's office last Thursday night April
2nd. 1931.
Miss Helen Kersey of National
Headquarters and Dr. R. W. Hennl
ger of Raleigh, N. C. were present
to discuss in details the distribution
?* Red Cross funds, seeds and etc., tn
this county. Others being present
were the various chairmans from
their respective townships. Dr. R. F.
Yarborough. Health OfTicer, Mr. E. C.
Perry, Public Welfare Officer, Mr.
(Hill Yarborough, Chairman of the
Unemployment. Mr. Winchester of
Frahltlinton, N. C., member of Drought
Committee, Mr. T. S. Dean of Cedar
Rock. It was decided that all funds4
seeds and etc., should be distributed
by each chairman in their respective
townships, which are as follows: Mr.
F. J. Beasley, Louisburg Township;
Mr. W. P. Wilson, HayesviUe Town
ship; Mrs. C. M. Moore, Cypress Creek
Township: Mrs. William Person, San
dy Creek Township; Mrs. A. H. Perry,
C-old Mine Township, Mrs. B. C. Wild
er, Harris Township; Mrs. B. C. John
son, Dunn Township;, and Mr. T. H.
Sledge, Cedar Rock, Township.
We would suggest any on# in need
of Red Cross help and seed3 should
Immediately make application to the
rhRirman In their respective town
ship.
The Red Cross seems to be progres
sing nicely and we hope to be able
to render some real services.
We would like to es?vecially stress
(he Importance of securing these seeds
and planting a garden, as food is
one of the very necessary things at
this time, especially to prevent sick
ness and to relieve the Pellagra sit
Uiiticn in this county.
We also expect to have in a few
lays plenty ot yeast, which is used in
the treatment of Pellagra and to prc
\ent Pellagra. This yeast may be se
cured from any Red Cross Chairman
in the county, Health Officer, Public
Welfare Officer, or Dr. Herbert G.
Perry. County Chairman.
Pupils' Recital
There will be a pupils' recital in
the Main Building Social Hall of
Louisburg College next Tuesday eve
ring, April 14th, at 8 o'clock. The.
patroas and friends of U?. College are
cordUlly invited.
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Why Louisburg
College Should
Be Saved
l.ouisborg College Faces The Greatest
Crisis In its History. 80 Does"
Christian Education.
Rev. A. D. Wilcox, who has been ap
pointed financial agent for Louisburg
College writes thig of the College sit
uation:
TST u? discuss both of these crises.
first: Louisburg College because
cf a decrease in student body and in
come and the load of a considerable
debt is threatened with a permanent
shutdown, foreclosure, or sale to un
utlim1 I'liurnll. ? ? ? ' ? - ? " ? '
The debt is $146,000.00. The val
ue of the property is $400,000.00, at
?1 conservative estimate. The endow
ment is $66,000.00. During the past
nine years the Methodists of the Con
ference have spent more than $400,
000.00 on plant and endowment.'
Shall all this be lost for. a debt
which ought to be paid and can be
paid?
Second: The traditions and heri
tage of Louisburg College run baclc
through more than a century of Meth
odist history. It is located in the
town in which the first Annual Con
ference of American Methodism
w as held in 1785. Bishops Asbury and
Coke presiding.
Third: -It is the only Junior Col
lege owned by the North Carolina
Conference, contrasted wi'h four such
schools in thfe Western North Caro
lina Conference.
Fourth: It filis.a niche in the sys
' tem of Christian Education which no
other college in the conference can
Lflli. -
It meets the purse of the poor. It
takes students who have no hope nor
chance to go elsewhere. The crowd
ed condition of the larger schools with
the rising costs makes a small college
absolutely necessary.
Fifth: And now the most import
ant of all:
I The trtsis in ChriHi'Ian Education !
In the field of Biology, and latterly
in the Held of Psychology, faith in a i
personal God is being sorely tried.
In the larger endowed Colleges, an<f
universities the sciences based on
physical facts and mental processes
have already crowded Christian faith
into a corner where It standi with
Us back to the wall. This situation ts
found in many Christian Colleges, so
called. There is room and neecj for a
teaching which can acoept the es
tablished facts in physical and mental
sciences and still f>nd room for 'to ,
Chrifl'an's faith iu u personal Gc.l.
This I believe to be. the essential ...
business of Christian Education.
Tct the above named reasons and
purposes Louisburg College can be'""'
saved.
I am discussing these points also
in a grouij of sermops and addresses
on the following themes:
"The Definition and Interpretation
6f Christian Education." vr v
"The- Possible Place of Louisburg
College In any system of ^??glr?hrls
tian Education."
"Spiritual Life and the New Psy
chology."
"Are we Satisfied with the Present
Achievements of Christian Educa- ,
tion."
"The Call of our Times to Youth/'
Can the North Carolina Conference
afford to surrender Its privileges and
lose its opportunity to defend and
support real Christian Education in
Louisburg College.
A. D. WILCOX.
At The Louisburg
Theatre Next Week
Following is the program at the
Louisburg Theatre for week begin
ning Monday, April 13th:
Monday and Tuesday, April 13th
And 14th? Ruth Chatterton in "The
Right To Love."
Wednesday, April 15 th ? Nancy
Carroll in "Laughter," also Comedy
and 6th chapter of "Spell of The
Circus."
Thursday and Friday, April 16th
and 17th? Charles Farrell in "The
Princess and The Plumber."
Saturday,. April. 18th ? George
O'Brien in "Fair Warning," also
Colonel Tim McrCoy and "The In
dians Are Coming."
Minstrel at E. B.
l H. S. April 21st
The Young Tar Heel Farmers of
Edward Best High School are at work:
on a minstrel which will be present
ed at the high school April 21 at 8
o'clock. Many black faces will be
present with a variety of Jokes, songs
and miscellaneous features which
f-hould furnish amusement for old and
young. Admission charges will be in
keeping with "the financial depres
sion". Tt>e proceeds from this min
strel will be uMd by the Young Tar
Heel Farmer* In carrying on their qa*
nual program of work.