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Jl'I/Y 24, 1031
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NUMBER 23
REVIVE CHAM
BER OF COM
MERCE
ENDORSE ACTIVE INTEREST OF
MAILS
To Begin Active Effort For Road*
And Market ? President To Re
vive And Put To Work All Com
mittee*.
About twenty-five members of the
Louisburg Chamber of Commerce met
in the Court House on Monday night
.'11 response to call and formally de
cided to revive the old organisation
and requested President F. J. Bees
?ey to call his Committee Chairmen
together and revive and revise them
to the end that an active organization
w.ll be gained.
A resolution was adopted asking
the Post Office Department at Wash
ington City to grant no changes in
r.iral free delivery service in Frank
lin County that did not give first con
sideration to the receipt and dispatch
of malls from the County seat.
A motion also prevailed to Instruct
the Roads Committee to get In im
mediate toufch with the proper au
thorities In the Interest of having
Route 69 put In proper lESIie "(Of k
permanent State highway that the
road fVom Louisburg by Bunn to Pilot
forming the only mlaslng link In the
Henderson to Clinton Highway be
taken and any other road matters
of interest to the County.
It wag requested that the Commit
tee on Markets become aetive in the
interest of boosting the Louisburg to
bacco market for the coming season,
and asked that plans for Immediate
action be taken to this end.
Other angles of developing a great
er Lou'sburg spirit were discussed
with much enthusiasm and will be
given immediate attention by the
Chamber.
The question of the next meeting
was discussed and It was decided that
It might be best to delay that subject
to the call of* the President, and let
the Committees and Executive Com
mittee, to be composed of the offi
cers and Committee Chairmen of the
Chamber pass upon all questions not
demanding the attention of the entire
body.
Quite a good bit of interest and en
thusinem was exhibited by those pres
ent at this meeting.
Albert Fall
Begins Sentence
Sante Fe, N. M? July 21.? Albert
B. Fall today became Number 6991 in
the New Mexico State Penitentiary ?
stripped of his citizenship rights in
the state which has heaped honors
upon him.
The 70-year-old former Secretary
of the Interior was committed last
night to serve a sentence of a yoar
and a day on conviction of accepting
$100,000 tc negotiate a lease on Fed
eral Oil Naval Reserves while he was
a cabinet member. The commitment
marked the end of an eight-year legal
battle.
Bolstered by heart stimulants
administered by his physician while
enroute by ambulance from his ranch
at Three Rivera. Fall was Immediate
ly taken to a private room In the
prison hospital. Dr. J. H. Gambrell,
his personal physician, said Fall was
Id "no condition to be confined." He
is unable to take care of himself," Dr.
Gambrell said, "la not certain of his
feet and requires constant attention."
In response to a telegraphic re
Quest from Pardon Attorney Finch In
the Department of Juetlce at Wash
ington, U. S. Marshall Joseph F. Ton
dre, dispatched a telegram notifying
bim that Pall had been committed,
some speculation waa aroused by the
exchange of messages.
LookingAfte*
Government Loans
Mr. Walter M. Deal, representing
the Ffcrmer Seed Loan office of the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment, at Washington, was In Louls
bnrg Wednesday laying plans (or the
regular Inspection of crops of the
tanners lji Franklin County who had
made loans through this department.
He says the government Is making
these Inspections In sixty three coifn*
ties out of the one hundred counties
of the State. Mr. Deal Informs the
TIMES, that the government is going
to make oollectlons of this money this
fall, and for that reason, a check up
on all crops-will be made and brought
forward at Intervals during the grow
ing and harvest season.
Many Lincoln County farmers
will pats into the 1,000 and 2,000
bushel of class of wheat grower*
on account of splendid yields thta ,
spring, says Graham Morrison, coun- <
ty agent.
Vaccination la not compulsory in 1
Norway, bat an unvacclnated per- J
son can not vote,
Won ^naPjay-Off
Billy Burke, Greenwich, Conn., won
the open golf title after many extra
hole? with George Von Elm, who tied
with him at the tournament near
Detroit..
LEVY AND COL
LECT TAXES
Town Commissioners Instruct Tax
Collector Cone To Get The Money.
The Board of Town Commissioners
met In Special Session, July 21, 1931
upon the call of Mayor L L. Joyner.
Upon rcll call the following mem
bers ware present: A. W. Person, W.
K. White, F. H. Alien, ft W. Smith
wick, W. J. Cooper. Absent: M. C.
Murphy. Mayor Joyner was present
aud presided.
Mr. Clyde Burgess was before the
Board, and requested a rate of 2c
per K. W., for a 50 H. P. that he con
templates Installing. Alter a dlscus
E<on of this proposal, the Board of
fered Mr. Burgess a rata of 4c per
K. W, Mr. Burgess refused to accept
this rate.
Mayor L. L. Joyner, stated to the
Board that it was Imperative to take
definite action In regards to the col
lection of delinquent taxes on per
sonal property, lnview ot the fact that
Real Property has been advertised
und sold for delinquent taxes. The
Board discussed the delinquent tax
problem thoroughly, and the follow
ing motion was offered:
A motion was made as follows;
"That D. E. Cone, Town Tax Collec
tor, be instructed to collect all taxes
according to law, on all Personal
Property, due for the year 1929 and
all years prior thereto."
A roll call vote on this motion re
sulted as follows: Aye ? W. E. White,
R. W. Smith wick, W. J. Cooper; No ?
F. H. Allen and A. W. Person. The
motion was carried and so ordered.
There being no further business,
the meeting adjourned.
A reunion at Wexford, Ireland,
of Americans born in County Wex
fOrd is planned for 1952.
COSTS 16 CENTS A DAY
TO FEED INMATES
According to figures gotten < >
1 from County Accountant G. L. ] J
! Cooke's office yesterday, it has i >
* cost Franklin County $19.44 J J
[ per month per inmate to keep , ,
, and maintain the County 1 1
; Home. This includes all char- ' |
I ges. except debt service. $6,- ? >
i 988.29 was spent for the elev- \ J
| en months up to and including . .
> June 1st. 1931, $1,463 of which ; ;
I was spent for food and proris
! ions. The remainder was spent ' >
; for supervision, the farm and \ ]
! other maintenance. The to- . .
> tal reported inmates for the ] \
| same period was 306, or an
i average of 28 per month. The ' 1
; food item alone cost the Coun- J [
, ty (4.75 per month or 16 < >
1 cents a day per inmate. This j J
| last item does not include the , ,
i vegetables and auch produced ' >
) at the home. Assuming that ! J
, the cost of producing the veg- < <
' etables and such la as much as ; \
one-half the other cost it will , ,
' place the total cost of feeding ;
[ the Inmates at 24 cents a day. 1 |
? These figures are as accurate < >
; as can be gotten and are sub- '
! ject to such variations as , >
' would be caused by Inmates ; >
! leaving before or arriving at- ! ,
i ter the first of the month. m j
Figures from the same'' |
! source show that M. 326. 60
' was spent for feed and provls
| Ions for the Jail, which repre
sents the amount paid under- a >
1 contract at th? rate of SO cent* ;
i a day per PWion.
From a comparison it will
| be seen (he County should save
' at least |1, 160.30 a year by
; feeding the Jail population !
! from the County Home.
WOMEN AND LI
QUOR INVOLVED
coroner holds hearing in
WILLIAMS CASK
State Hold, to Theory Mr*, will.
1 KHed Husband? Hon Claim*
??"(her Killed Himself _ Death
Followed Joy Ride.
ItoShT 'on 2"V7~** 8UU thru?
"oiOly on its theory that Jess* WH
w" killed by h!. wl" I
Kirtm. M Coroner J ?
. . t n b***B formal Inoueat
"nh my?terlous death of the
his ho0" K0unty P?>"'c.l leader at
hit home here on the night of June
*2 McCo'r' I've shot myself
fled M?" f m> v.n s 17"year ?'d eon testi
in<A i?, ?ther 8ald as he staggered
,n^? ^.adjoining bedroom.
Joss" '
Solicitory 8h0t hlm?" P^ed the
i hesitated a moment as the
few nearly r-tDsasand p,r80?
' ho Thronged the high school , T
torium until after midnight tenspl.
awaited his answer. tensely
"No slr, he didn't say that " ? ha
answered, raising his voice.
Joy.rlde Wlth Wnm.n
_Wie Solicitor made his dir?^t
alter Philip WhitTey Wen^ *??
?ey retained for th4 private
k?i J tbe dead nian's mother had
M? Wimd t*rough Arthur Hinton,
Mrs. Williams brothei, that the slain
man had been with him and two w?
men on a Joy-ride shortly before h?
^??e and to his death and that
wi n dr,nk'ng heavily.
evidence from testimony
that Mrs wim Rlchard?m lndlcated
nature! W"liam8 WM ?f ?
Loroner Kirkman ordered the wo.
them wh0 wlth Wiinams one S
them named Mis. Morning Jackson
and the other identified aa her nlec*
u*xt h?l ,named' ""hpoenaed for the
nntll neM^Tdiy11 WU1 n0t U*'Pla?
,?T.htLdelay *aa explained by the
fact that Solicitor Williams has a
"!.?1jlal term of court next week
with three capital cases to try
Hear Foar Witnesses.
tonight 'the'oTh1116^?8 Were examined
W?nH.n ! J 'h!r beln? Wilbur Biggs,
S L?drWbo WBg 'Pending the
i ed a, riirt "* McCoy- H? testi
ng; L y0UD? Williams, that the
?U&. Zt'KU? int? tbelr ??'
ri?. !v d shot himself."
a plffol h, h Ke'd,er Williams had
" P'etoi in his hand. His son said
he first noticed the gun lying on the
n??;a?" hla lathe? hadfallen
A-rl wrnim0. wltneS8e?. including
in black ? 8worn- Attired
vo,?tr' n apf?ared t0 be a much
K raphs Indicated! PUbl,,,hed Ph?t0'
Excludes Witnesses.
froTmeth?r0n^.eXcIuded a11 witnesses
ZZft te?Hf0r,U ? Unt" they Were
? ot at tV, , y' Williams did
WdUghf ^ r?-V.hV^mandansdheap':
S?satraLrj?
cwde 6ITlned ,nd,=?ted?Uar longer"
ceedure before the Inquest Is con.
toDatt.BnrtU,ew^rUtt- physlc|an called
t0ok the stand
short 1 waa decided to recess
beginlyhUfttr.Urodnyrtt He d'd "<*
Jhl^Ctl,TeJ Part'olpants in the' hear
flow* the^lnn^n^ganeT;
son iZ fSE* nnt11 the elata man'e
ot\^Zr? dMI"te the 'atenes#
Mrs. William* was not called.
H,l-h B?r0nera Jury '? composed of:
***'? ? lawyer; Roble Saun.
un?.V(!wfarm#r: ,ohn L Barnes, an
thant ir n Barnes' a meiv
. . Champion, a merchant.
d Alonto Arthur, a town employe.
Has Not
Moved Office
i
Mr. W. H. Yarbo rough has request
ed us to state that he wishes to cor-'
rect any Impression that he has moved,
his law office to Raleigh. Mr. Yar
bo rough has not moved to Raleigh ind
does not Intend doing so. He will
continue to practice law In Loulsburg
aa In the past, and haa merely opened
a branch office tor convenience I*
looking after certain cases in which
he haa been employed in Wake Coun
ty. His Loptsbor* office will be open
at all times tor "business aa usual".
Model husbands, to a satisfied
wife tells as, are not built for speed.
California Girl We^^-ooner of Ditties
Kudy Vallee, idol of flappers, brolre a mimeot^mTacaifSi^^Ii^r^s
agent, when he ?ecretfy_married Fay Webb, of Santa Barbara, Cal, in New
Jersey recently. ' ' ~
Wake Voters
For Schools
- ? r
Reject Move To Vote Off Special
Tax By Big Majorities In Two
Elections And Vote On a Tax In
: A Third.
Raleigh, July 22. ? Wake County
cuizens in two special school taxing
districts yesterday turned thunibs
down in no uncertain manner on pro
posals to rote off their special school
tax and revert to six months school
terms.
In the Garner-Auburn school dis
trict the election to vote oft the spec
ial school tax was defeated by a mar
Kin of 676 votes out of a total regis
try Ion of 834. In the Fuquay
Springs-Willow Springs district the
proposal received an even more over
whelming defeat with only 61 votes
past for the proposal out of a total
of 975, leaving the proposal defeat
ed by a margin of 914 votes.
In a third election held yesterday,
the 35 registered voters in a portion
of the Wllders' Grove school district
by a comfortable majority voted to
'cint the Knightdae special school tax
district which last year levied a spec
ial tax of 43 cents -on the $100 valua
tion.
Another election has been called for
August 18 in the Rolesvllle district
for voters to express their sentiments
!n regard to voting off their special
school tar there. Last year this tax
was 43 cents.
The three elections were In widely
separated sections of the county, and
for this reason special significance was
attached to the overwhelming defeat
administered In the two districts where
the proposal was to eliminate the
school tax at the expense of the
schools. In the third district, taxpay
ers voted on themselves the special
school tax levy in order to secure an
eight month standard school for their
children.
Kiwanis Cotton Ball
The Louisburg Kiwanis Club is
sponsoring a Cotton Ball tonight in
the Allen Building.
A Fhshion Parade of the cotton <
Oresses worn will be staged during
the dance at eleven o'clock when the |
judges will award priies to the wear
ers of the best looking cotton dresses, -
The music will be furnished by the
splendid local orchestra. The Carolina
Kootwarmera, which is getting quite
? reputation tor the quality of pro
grams they are playing.
The purpose of this ball is to raise
money that will be diverted to chArity,
underprivileged children and other
fifch activities the Kiwanis has In its
irogram.
Children's Day
Chlldrens Day at Sts. Delight
church was very successful aad quite
a large number of people attended,
enjoying the morning program in
which participated about twenty
small boys and girls, the dinner on
the church lawn and the play staged
in the afternoon by a group of older
people.
The play, "The Prodigal Son", was
given with the following characters:
lather ? W. T. Clay, mother ? Mrs. R.
H. Wood, Prodigal son ? Jesse Wester,
second son? Jack Joyner, servant ?
Clyde Swanson. Immediately follow
ing the play, Mr. T. H. Sledge oom
mented on the play applying K to
the present life.
The music for the program was
sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. M. R. New
ton. 1
Sometime* experience 1* so ripe
tt spoils lts possessor.
Big Crowd At
Money Drawing
Ail unusually large crowd was pres
ent in Loulsburg Saturday afternoon
when the drawing for th? cash prizes
altered In 4 trade contest by the Sea
ward Store Co., when six hundred
dollars in gold was given away. The
dinners and the winning numbers
were as follows:
$200.00 ? J. J. S. Timberlake, 3289,
R. 1, Youngsville.
$100.00 ? J. C. Uatthews, 1962,
Spring Hope, _ ^
$50.00? W. F. Strickland, 2366, R.
1. Loulsburg; Sidney Pernell, 4715,
Alert.
$26.00?0. T. Meade, 11072, Louls
burg; M. L. Ransdell, 18106, R. 1,
louisburg; J. S. Winstead, 10270, R.
1, Louisburg; E. C. Wrenn, 584, R. 1,
l'ittrell.
$10.00 ? Ashley Foster, colored, 5071,
R. 6, Louisburg; Q. S. Leonard. 2022,
Louisburg; S. T. Alston, 2090, Inez;
B. P. Strickland, 2352. R. 1, Louls
burg; E. L. Perry, 3460, R. 3, Zebu
ion; Llnwood Sturdivant, 4543, R. 1,
Castalia; E. Z. Burnette, 2707, R. 4,
Loulsburg; C. T. Hudson, 3473, R. 2,
Louisburg; J. B. Glasgow, 788, R. 4,
Loulsburg; L. L. Joyner, 3348, Louis
burg.
No. 10243 failed to be claimed.
Man Murdered
At Youngsville
Johnnie Winston, colored, was
stubbed in a fight at Youngsville Sat
urday night by an unknown negro,
'rom which he died almost inatantly.
Information received in Loulsburg
?tonday was that a negro belonging
o a gang of about seventy-fire rail
road workers was seen talking to a
ady of color Saturday night by three
ocal admirers, who went over to as
?ertaln why the foreigner was tak
ng time with one of their local beau
ies. Upon arrival a row started, and
be foreigner reached for his knife
'nd stabbed Johnnie and ran, making
;ood his get away. Johnnie ran a
I'stance of about fifty yards and fell,
lis friends started to Wake Forest
vlth him for medical aid and he died
>efore reaching there. The name or
^hereabouts of the muTderer has not
*en ascertained.
MaxfSahraelinf. the German, mc
cestfully defended his title oL \tavy- I
weight champion of the world in hU 1
fight with^Yoong^ Striblina 1
land. ... t
ASPHYXIATED
? IN HOTEL IN
RALEIGH
B. MABRY HART, OF TARBORO,
VICTIM
Death Came After Fire in Room
Following a Mid-night Party- ? De
ceased Big Mill Man ? Coroner'*
Jury Find Verdict.
The death of B. Mabry Hart, of
Tarboro. -prominent textile manufac
'urer, whose body was found In a dry
Lath tub after a fire wrecked his
room at the Carolina Hotel early yes
terday morning, was due to asphyxia
tion, the coroner's Jury found last
night. The " Jury, however, never
learned the immediate circumstances
of the death. The last person known
to have been with him before his
death was an unidentified blonde
woman whom police so far have been
unable to locate. a.
The testimony of the doctors who
performed an autopsy on the manu
facturer's body and the testimony of
A. 1. Fox. of Raleigh, who left Hart
and the blonde about an hour or an
hour and a half before the fire was
discovered, comprised the most lm
1 ortant evidence given at the Inquest.
There was only one intimation of
foul play brought out, the testimony
'hat Hart had received a blow on the
back of his head before he died, but
that was discounted by other evidence
r'hlch indicated his last act on earth
?was to stumble t cro^s a burning floor
to the bath room, probably seeking
tscape. and to fall Into the bath tut).
Ills bead hitting a faucet.
Believed to Hare Been Alone.
Coroner L. M. Waring expressed
the opinion that there was no one
with Hart when the fire began and
the Jury, by its verdict, appeared to
axree Fox testified that when ho
Ifllt Hart the blonde woman, fully
dressed, appeared to be about to take
her own leave.
Though there was evidence brought
out that Hart had been doing soma
drinking during the night, no one
testified that he was dvunk. Hit
death, the evidence Indicated, fol
lowed a prolonged but not a loud
party, in which several friends and
three women had, at least, some part,
hut the evidence Indicated that all
had left Hart's room for at least an
h:>ur before he died.
Hart Heavily Insured.
It was told the coroner that Hart
aad considerable insurance which
carried double indemnity In case of
accidental death and the autopsy was
had at the request of an attorney who
called from Tarboro, saying that the
estate would bear the expense. Dr. C.
C. Carpenter, head of the department
of pathology at the Wake Forest med
ical school, and Dr. S. P. Bass, or
Tarboro, and Dr. C. T. Smith, of
Rocky Mount, performed the autopsy
in the presence of Coroner Waring.
Dr. Carpenter made the report on the
stand.
"What in your opinion was the
cause of Mr Hart's death?" asked
Solicitor J. C. Little after the doctor
Had described, in medical terms, the
various conditions found in the heart,
tee brain, the stomach, the liver and
the kidneys of the deceased.
"Burns with asphyxiation," an
swered th,e physician.
Finding!* of Autopsy.
In the. lungs, said the doctor, he
and his associates found soot and
smoke. He described in scientific
terms the condition found In other
organs, and the burns he found on
the body, all of which caused him
to attribute death to burns and
asphyxiation. The blow on the back
of the head, the doctor said, might
bave caused unconsciousness but It
might not. "The evidence was that
the blow took place before death," ha
said.
At The Louisburg
Theatre Next Week
The following Is the program at
the Loulsburg Theatre, beginning
Saturday, July 25th:
Saturday, July 28 ? Buck Jones In
"Desert Vengeance," also comedy
"Ambitious People."
Monday and Tuesday, July 27-28
? El Brendel and Una Merkel In
"Six Cylinder Lore,* with Edward
Everett Horton, Sid Pox and Spen
ser Tracy.
Wednesday, July 29 ? The Laugh
Riot of the Season! The Unforget
ible Comedian ? Joe Cook In' "Rain,
ir Shine," with Louise Fasenda and
William Collier. Jr., also comedy
ind serial "Hero ot The Flames."
Thursday and Friday, July S0-S1
?Marion Davlea in "Five and Ten"
with Leslie Howard and Irene Rich.
Mao Fables and Orantiaad Rice
Jportllght.
Saturday, Angwt 1 ? Eddie Caa
;or In "Whoopee." Returned by
popular demand. Also Charlie Chase
ii a comedy entitled "One ot The
Smiths. "