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VOIiUMN LXII.
LOUIHBl'RU, N. CAROLINA, FBIDAY, MAY 15, 1031
TEN PAOES
NUMBER 13
JUDGE G.VCOW
PER PRESIDING
Over Franklin Sup
erior Court
Solicitor Little ? Prosecuting
Docket? Many Cases Being
Disposed of? Grand Jury
Makes Report ? E. H. Ma
lone Welcomes Judge and
Solicitor on Occasion Their
First Official Visit
The regular May term of Franklin
Superior Court Convened Monday
with Hon. G. V. Cowper, of Klnstqn.
Judge presiding and Hon. J. C. Little,
if Raleigh, Solicitor.
Judge Cowper is serving under
special appointment and this is his
lirst visit to Louisburg. Also Solici
tor Ll'.tlj Is holding his first Ccurt
here th.s week, having been prevented
from being present before on account
of illness.
At the opening of Court Mr. E. H.
Malone, on behalf of the Franklin
County bar, extended a warm welcome
to Judge Cowper and Solicitor Little
on the occasion of their first visit to
Louisburg in their official capacity.
These officers responded in very ap
preciatlve terms.
Judge Cowper's charge to the Grand
,'ury was quite different from mosi
ohnrges in that he sought to impress
the Importance of the duty cf Grand
furors upon his hearers instead of so
:nuch explanation of law and crime.
Although the great strides of educa
tion slr.ee the launching of the'fereai
campaign by Chas. B. Aycock, made
it unnecessary to take up so much
time with telling the jurors of their
duty, other things have contributed
preatly along that line also, constant
contact with the system for instance.
H* told of how the grand Jury stands
ft the door of the criminal court and
can block it, or can be of great help to
the court. He told of how if seven
Members were of a mtnd to do so they
could keep all criminals from being
tried, certainly at that tern^, He told
!iow the whole grand jury system Is
under attack, a demand for it to be
abolished. In hlB opinion, Judge
Cowper, seated it was not so much a
t rltic'sm of the system as of the per
sonnel, a failure on the part of the
members carrying out their duties.
He told of hew the poorest system
in the hands of good people could
work fine and likewise the best |n
poor hands would be a mess. He told
of the Importance of the courts func
t'oning in a way to win admiration of
tHe public because it was the only
branch of the State government In
* which the public comes in constant
contuct and also because cf the epl
c'emic of crime. He told of how we
have twenty homicides to England's
me. and 50 robberies to her one.
What we need is a new birth of nn
trictism. He suggested that the
courts should function so that every
violator could understand that as he
sows no shall he reap. The charge
vas very interesting and instructive.
Solicitor Little Is proving an able
prosecuting attcrnev for the State
and his many friends in Franklin are
well pleased to see him so much im
'Continued on Page Fourl
Boston Man Gets
$25,000 Award
James T. Sharker, Milkman, Captures
First Prise in Reynolds Contest
? : ? , i
Winston-Salem, May 13. ? James
Thomas Sharkey, 32, a milkman In
Boston, was ato^rded the $25,000 first
prize In the $50,000 nation-wide con
test tor the best setting forth the
advantages to smokers of the new
moisture-proof cellophane wrapper on
Camel cigarette packages, officials ot
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and
the contest Judges announced today.
Sharkey lives at 101 Train Street,
Dorchester, Mass., a suburb of Boston.
Mrs. Walter Sweet, mother of three
children and wife of a Marine Corps
captain now stationed at the Brook
lyn (N. Y.) Navy Yard, won the sec
ond prize of $10,000.
Third prise of $5,000 went to Julius
M. Nolte,' real estate dealer of Du
luth, Minn., and former secretary of
the Duluth Commercial Club.
In all 38 prizes were awarded, of
.which five were for $1,000 each, five
were for $600 eaoji, and 25 were for
$100 each. Judges of the contest were
Hoy Howard. Chairman of the Board
of the 8?rlpps- Howard League of
r.ewspapers; Charles Dana Gibson, fa
mous artist and publisher of Lit*
Magazine, and Ray Long, President ttt
the International Magazine Company
nni editor of Cosmopolitan. i
' W. B. Barker, Jr., of Winston-Sa
lem, and C. L. Thomas, of Mount Airy,
each won $100. ' - ?
An Apple Queen ?
MI?J Harriet Anderson will repre
Knt North Carolina at the Virginia J
Apple Bloisotn fete.
CALL FIVE
WITNESSES
For Senate Corrup
tion Probe
Committee Investigating Two
Alleged Attempts To Bribe
Luxury Tax Senators ? Re
port Money Offered For Any
Vote ? Faison Thompson, W.
L. Long, E. C. House, and
Dave Pope Summoned
To be examined in connection with
two reported attempts to bribe mem
I'ers of the Senate ? both of which,
it made, were unsuccessful ? the Sen
ate- Uixestlgatlng committee yesterday
summoned live witnesses to appear
before it this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
In connection with the report that
in May 4 one or more luxury tax
Senators were offered $2,500 to ab
sent themselves from the Senate, or
a larger sum to change their votes,
the committee summoned Faison
Thompson of Goldsboro, W. L. Long
of Roanoke Rapids, E. C. House ot
Weldon and Ray Jones, hotel clerk,
wanted only to bring hta records.
' In connection with the report that
a corporation official had said that
Senator John Hinsdale could "have
anything he wanted" If he would give
up his luxury tax fight, the commit
tee summoned David H. Pope, chair
men of the Wake county commission
ers, alleged to be the man who brought
the report to Senator Hinsdale.
In Room 3441
The report of the first attempt,
Senator Ward of Beaufort, told the
committee, came to him through
Judge Henry A. Grady who got his
information from Mr. Thompson. Mr.
House comes into the picture as It
was in room 346, assigned to htm
on the hotel register, the alleged at
tempt occurred on Mav 4. Mr. Long
was called because with the registra
tion, which was done by the clerk af
ter a request over the telephone, the
room was charged to him. -Mr. Long
is a former member and president pro
tem at the Senate.
If any members of the Senate are
!o be asked to come before tlje com
mittee they will be asked, not sum
moned. It was said yesterday that
one member would be asked, but that
Senator insisted last night that he
would not be.
Going to Bottom.
The Senate committee is not limit
ing Its investigation to these two mat
ters alone, but will, according to its
members, probe any report that ap
pears to have any basis which comes
to It from a responsible source. More
over. the Ave witnesses summoned
will only be the first. It their testi
mony indicates there Is more to be
.earned. It is the sense ot the com
mittee that now the investigation has
started, it should be carried through
to the very bottom.
The members of the committee yes
terday discussed calling another
Goldsboro lawyer before it, but post
poned that until it had heard from
Mr. Thompson more about what he
said to Judge Orady.
One thing, members of the commit
tee said, should be made clear. The
fact that a witness was summoned
should not be considered as an indi
cation that there was even a rumor
of his participation In any alleged cor
ruption. Rather It meant that the
witness had information It needed to
rsrry out Us Investigation of the al
legations.
Ward Chairman.
In the resolution by which it waa
created the committee was given pow
er to summon witnesses, secure sworn
testimony and, If necessary, punish
tor contempt Its processes are servw
e1 by Sergeant-at-Arms, 0. P. Shell.
The aomittt? ? la to report to- Mm
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LET'S RALLY IN RALEIGH
Louisburg Threatened With Slow Train
Through Arkansas _
A subscriber, in a very humorous but sincere state of mind, con
tributes the following call to U>e citizens of Ixraisburg to attend a
hearing on the proposal of the Seaboard Air Line Railway to discon
tinue the operation of the train on the Ix>uisburg branch, before the
Corporation Commission at Raleigh on Wednesday, May 20th:
"Efforts are being made to cot the train service in IxraisburR to
one shoo- Ay in and one shoo-fly out of town each day. The question
is, "Will we stand for this without complaint?" The No's have It,
and It is so ordered. Then let's DO something. On Stay 20th the
hearing on this proposed new and classy train schedule will be heard
before the Commission in (NOT THE LEGISLATURE) .
Let's everybody who Is not busy ? that is ninety-eight per cent of
us ? tramp to Raleigh before we are tramps in Louisburg, and see if
we can't raise the L outen the S. A. L. We ain't even had a bus
since our grand mammys wore 'em. It's a tainted deal and 'taint
right.
"About a thousand of na ought to go over to the depot, buy a
ticket to Raleigh, git in the caboose, on top of the caboose, all over
the caboose, ? and ride on a train onct more. It's excltln. You ?
know, we have to go to Erankllnton, jes to see a real train. Ain't
DAT sumin.
"Yeah, all of us ought to take a basket full uv dinner, and some
bananas, and go to Raleigh with oar fightin' clothes on. After the
battle, we could visit the old soldier's cemetery, the musuem, and
the Legislature. If the 8. A. L. Ry. WILL make a dead town outen
us, we may as well be learnln how to act. LET'S GO!"
Observe Home
Coming
Alumnae Banquet at lonliburg Col
lege to be Held Saturday Sight,
May 23rd.
Much preparations are under way
for the Alumnae Banquet at Loula
lurg College whlcn will be held on
Saturday evening, May 23rd. The oc
casion is planned to be one ot thanks
giving and home coming for the alum
nie for the apparent continuance of
t/eir Alma Mater. The following is a
portion of a letter written to the
Alumnae of the College by their sec
retary, Mrs. Margaret Hicks Howard
"Our banquet this year is golag to
be an occasion for thanksgiving. Our
Alma Mater has made a hard fight
this year for Its existence, and for
several months it looked as though
our beloved College would have "to
close its doors, after so many, many,
years of worthy service. But now a
way has been found, and Louisbur;
will continue. More than ever be
fore though it needs our interest, our
loyalty, our faith, Think what it
means to each of us to have our Col
lege continue! We must be boasters
for the cause! Let us show the new
administration cur love for our Alma
Mater by a big attendance at our ban
quet.
"The College authorities are golrc;
to turn over to home coming alumnae
the entire Wright dormitory."
It was stated that alumnae were to
be given rooms in Wright dormitory
that they might remain at the Col
lege and attend the entire commence
ment.
Mills School Closing
Commencement exercises ^or Mills
High will begin Wednesday night,
May 20th, at 8 o'clock, with a musical
l'ceitai by the pupils of Mrs. 0. Y.
Yarboro. High School's Glee Club
entertainment
Thursday night, May 21st, at s
o'clock: Play ? "The Magic Whistle"
l>y pupils from the first to the fifth 1
grades.
Friday afternoon, May 22nd, at 3 j
o'clock: Class Day Exercises of the
Senior class of 1931. The program
will be as follows:
"The Last Council ? Featuring In
c'.ian customs and usages.
1. The Peace Pipe ? Doris Strange.
2. Welcome (the salutatory)? Dor
is Strange.
3. Tales and Legends (the class
listory) ? Ben. T. fc olden, Jr.
4. Indian Love Call.
6. Statistics ? Beatrice Godfrey
6. In Tribute ? Edith Kemp.
7. A Will in Writing (the class
will) Edward Stovall.
5. The Larch (the class poem) ?
'.lie Phillips.
!?. Chaska ? Walter Phclii/
10. Good Medicine (the class
prophecy) ? Felix Allen.
11. Glftorlan ? Sarah Hicks.
II. Farewell (the valedictory)?
Tempe Yarborongh.
13. Farewell Song ? Senior Cl?.ss.
Friday night, Ma> 22rd, at 8
o'clock ? Address by Dr. A. D. Wil:ox.
Awarding of Diplo ?as to Seniors
and Seventh graders.
Senate, If that body is still in session *
when It completes its work. If not. 1
It Is to report to the Governor. Yea- <
terday at Its first meeting, the com- t
mlttee organised and elected Senator ?
Ward of Beaufort, who Introduced the
resolution, as chairman. Other mem- '
bar* are Senators Prltchett of Bertlo, fa
Haywood of Cabarrus, Nixon, of Lin- ?
coin, Lovoll, of- Watauga. K
Baptists Get
New Pastor
Jlr. Harris of Seaboard, C?
J Accepts Call to Louisbnrg Bap
tist Church
At the regular monthly business
inceMng of the Louisb'urg Baptist
? hurch on Wednesday night May -6th
call was extended to Rev. D. P. Har
rir of Seaboard, N. C., to become the
pastor of this church. A committee
was appointed to wait on Mr. Harris
and extend the call from the church
to him.
A letter has just been received by
the committee from Mr. Harris with
hiB acceptance of the call and saying
he expects to begin his work here
on the first Sunday in June.
Mr. Hayis is among the strongest
preachers in the State having held
pastorate^ at Norfolk, Va., and other
'.urge charges. His wife Is dean of
Chowan College at Murfreesboro.
Something Is Al
ways Worrying
El Brendel
? i
Mfl Dorsay Causes Swedish Comedian
So End Of Tronble In "Mr. Lemon
Of Orange," Comedy Directed By
John Blystone
El Brendel, premier Swedish come
dian of the talking screen, whose
latest Fox nrjmpiiv "Mr I Amnn Hi
Oranpe," in which he is co-starred
ivith Fifi Dorsay, will be seen Thurs
day, May 21st, at the Louisburg Thea
tre, is the most easily worried man
in Hollywood.
If Brcndel really hasn't anything
bothering him, he worries about that
He thinks something must be wrcng,
or things wouldn't be going along so
smoothly.
Brendel studies harder than any
otliei actor in the film capital, and
spends hours working out tricks and
funny situations which he is sure will
get laughs when he does them before
the camera.
"Traveling around the country in
vaudeville, playing a different town
each week, I learned to depend en
tirely upon myself," he said. "I used
ciany 'props' In my act, that is, fun
ny clothes, funny equipment and
things of that sort. Everything had
to be Just right or It might fall when
[ wanted to spring it on an audience.
If It didnt work, the stunt would fall
fiat. So I spent hours practicing
with them, and preparing them for'
jach performance.
"I even did all my own sewing on
ny famous 'breakaway' suit gag which
:sed to be such a great laugh getter.
The tuxedo I used had to be put tn
tether just so with threads, so that 1
'Old break the right one at the rlgVt
ime. I couldn't trust anyone else to
)c It right, so I got in the habit of
loing everything for myself."
Brendel Is regarded as the hardest
vorklng actor In pictures, spending
nore time In preparation of his roleb
kan any other player. He rehearses
lis roles at home before a mirror un
tl he is sure that every gesture and
aclal expression is exactly right. He
wirks at top speed until a picture is
Inally completed, and then relaxes
ompletely for a week or so before
* starts worrying about something
lse.
Others in the caat include WllliaM
oilier. Sr., Ruth Warren, Donald Dil
Iway and Joan Cattle. John G. Bly
lone dlreoted. The dialogue Is by
Id die Cantor tad Edwtn Burke.
British Boy Scout
Bobbie Wot, of England, is over j
here to attepd the 21st annual con
vention of the Bay Scoots in Mem
phis.
AUDITORS MAKE
VERBAL REPORT
At Meeting of County Commis
sioners on Last Saturday ?
Other Matters Receive At
i tention Also
I At a special meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners held in
iheir offices in Louisburg on Satur
day afternoon the auditors mad<; a
verbal, report of their work. This
was given in executive - session and
no facts or figures are available for
publication.
George L. Cooke, Accountant, was
given instructions relative to several
tax questions.
The Board adopted resolutions en
dorsing and recommending to the
State Highway Commission Mr. M. S.
Davis Jo have charge of the roads in
this section.
Upon motion W. T. Moss, H. P.
Speed, W. A. Jones and Hill Yarbor
ou;:h were appointed a Committee to
seek a hearing before the St&te High
nay Commission relative to the wis
dom of changing the Survey on High
way 59 near Ingleside.
The question of taxes was discussed
and the following resolution pass.-d:
Resolutions of the Board of Com
missioners of Franklin County passed
at a meeting held in Louisburg, May
Sth, 1931 : . ..
Whereas the fc^slslature has been
in session for aver lour months and
In that time they have passed a law
called The "MacLean Bill' which Is
intended to defray the expenses of six
months public schools, but to this
tfttte they lmve been unable to agree
'ipea a fovea ne bill by which the
fundi' necessary to support the said
sii months schools may be raised, ana
whereas a group of citizens and tax
payers of franklin County has ap
pealed before the Board of Commts
bioners of Franklin County requesting
that the Board ask the Senators rep
resenting Franklin County in the
Slate Legislature to oppose any ad
valorem tax: Therefore, Be it Re
solved ...i *
That We, the Board of Commission
era of Franklin County do hereby go
un record a? asking our Senator, Hon.
I?. L. Graveley and Hon. T. R. Uzzeli,
Senators for this Senatorial District
to ghe ear to the wishes of the peo
ple of thp said District and give their
fnpport to soffle bill which will provide
funds to maintain the public schools
the constituted six months in addi
tion to the: assistance to the extended
term without jee acting to the ad
valorem tax thereby giving your sup
port to the neaaare which would re
lieve the great burden of taxes on
land owners of this your district.
Be it further resolved That we are
taking this liberty of addressing you
on this question by reason of the fact
that you were elected to represent the
people of our County of Franklin as
well as the Counties of Wilson and
Nash and we hope you will see fit
to give your constituents the relief
they so sorely need. ,
Be it further resolved that copies of
this resolution be reported to the
News and Observer and The Franklin
Times anfl spread upon the minutes
of this meeting.
Adjournment was taken tc the next
regular meeting.
Thought Is bolder than speech.
Don't think oat load
RE-ELECT
OLD OFFICERS
Let Contract For
Annual Audit
Mayor Joyner Appoints Com
mittee To Attend Hearta#
Before Corporation Commis
sion To Contest Reduction of
Service by S. A. L. Railway
?Mayor Appoints Commit
tees
The Board of Town Commissioners
met in regular monthly session, Tues
day, May 12th, at 8 P. M.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor L. L. Joyner, and upon roll
rail all members were present.
Messrs. P. S. Allen, Jr., and M. S.
Davis, were before the Board and so
licited Public Liability and Property
Damage Insurance on the Town Truck.
A motion prevailed that this in
surance be given to Davis & Davis.
Mr. F. NT Spl vey petitioned the
Board to extend the power lines to
his new residence beyond the Town
limits. This matter was referred to
the Light & Water Committee.
Messrs. Bagby and Steele, repre
senting A. M. Pullen and R. L. Steele
it Co., respectively, were Derore the
Board, bidding on the annual audit
tor the Town of Louisburg, N. C. Af
ter careful consideration, A. M. Pul
len & Co., was awarded the audit -
upon the provision that it- would- not.
cost over >850.00 and less if possible.
The Monthly Reports of the Town ?
Clerk, Chief of Police, and Tax Col
lector, were read by the Clerk, review
ed, and approved by the Board.
The Tax Collector was instructed
by the Board to postpone the Advertis
ing for Sale of the 1930 delinquent tax
tst, until the first Monday in August,
1931.
Attorney C. H. Yarborough address
ed the Board on the proposed change
in train schedules of the S. A. L- Ry-.
??/hich would give Louisburg only one
train each day in and out of Louis
burg. Mr. Yarborough and members
^f the Board discussed the disastrous
results that would follow this action
or. the part of the S. A. L.' Ry. Co.
The Mayor appointed Atty. C. H.
V'arborough and every member of the
Board, with Mr. F. H. Allen, as Chair
man, sis a Committee to attend the
Hearing in Raleigh, N. C., on May
20th, 1931, with the duty to fight this
proposed change and to fight for bet
ter service than we are now getting
from the S. A. L. Ry. Co.
The Tax Collector was instructed
to consult with the Town Attorney,
and to make the proper refund in
'axes to Mr. G. H. Cooper, for a por
tion of a lot that is not in the Town
limits.
ITnn? J -?
^ t-vu Luuiuiauuii ana seconds tne
following Town employees, were elect
ed at their present salaries:
T. K. Stockard, Town Clerk; O. C.
Hill, Superintendent of the Light &
Water Plant; B. H. Meadows, Chief
ol Police; C. E. Pace, Night Police
end Attendant of the Fire Truck; C.
H. Yarbo rough, Town Attorney; D. <*.
K. Cone, Town Tax Collector; Dr. R.
V. Yarborough, Town Sanitary Offi
cer; J. S. Howell, Chief of the Fire
Department"; Herman Murphy, Fire
Truck Driver.
The Clerk was authorized to make
purchase of supplies not to ^exceed
?15.00, the Purchasing Agent to pur
chase supplies not to exceed $50.00
excepting fuel oil and lubricating oil.
Fuel oil and lubricating oil is to be
purchased by the Purchasing Agent
upon recommendation at the Chair
man of the Light & Water Committee
und the Supt of the Light and , Water
Department. All purchases above
the amounts named abqve must be
authorized bjr the Board,
Mr. W. E. White was unanimously
elected Purchasing Agent.
A motion prevailed that no Invoice* -
vould be approved for payment by
the Board unless purchase orders ac
company the invoices.
The Clerk was instructed to secure
quotations on prices on paint, to be
used for painting the stand pipe.
A number of invoices were review
ed and approved for payment by the
Board, after which adjournment was
taken.
Mayor Joyner announced the ap
pointment of the following Commit
tees: "
A. W. Person, Mayor pro-tem.
Water &- Light? F. H. Allen. W. J.
Cooper, W. E. White.
Streets ? A. W. Person, M. C. Mur
phy, W. J. Cooper.
Finance ? W. E. White, R. W. Smith
wick, A. W. Person.
Ordinance ? M. C. Murphy, A . W.
Person, R. W. Smithwick.
Auditing? R. W. Smithwick, F. H.
Allen, M. C. Murphy.
Building? W. J. Cooper, F. H. Allen,
M. C. Murphy.
Tax Adjastlng? W. J. Cooper, W. R.
White, R. W. Smithwick.
In each case the trst named is de
signated as Chairmen.