A. F. JOHNSON, Editor sad Manager
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VOLUMN IiXIII.
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Baseball Saturday, Louisburg CoHege Vs. Carolina Freshmen
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LOU1HBUKU, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 80, 193a
TEN PAGES
JURY HAS COOKE
MURDER CASE
LOUIE BULLOCK ON TRIAL FOB
THANKSGIVING DAY MURDER
Judge W. A. Devln Presiding Over
Franklin Bujverior Court?Many
Cases Tried or Continued ? Grand
Jury Keports.
Impressing upon the members of
the Grand Jury In particular, and the
publle generally, the importance of
enforcing the law for the protection
of society regardless of whether we
like the law or not. Judge W. A.
Devln, of Granville, presiding over
Franklin Superior Court this week,
delivered a strong and interesting
charge that was both enlightening
and instructive, and attentively re
ceived by a large number In attend
ance at the opening of Court Mon
day morning. Solicitor J. C. Little,
of Raleigh was present and ably
represented the State in the prose
cution of the docket.
The William Cooke murder case
has almost taken its position in the
column of mistrials as the Jury had
had the case under advisement al
most twenty-four hours when the
TIMES went to press.
The following gentlemen compose
the Grand Jury: J. T. Baker, Fore
man, G. H. Pearce, S. C. Foster, S.
P. Leonard, S. K. May, L. R. South
all, H. H. Utley, W. A. Wheless, H.
M. Green, J. W. Perdue, H. G. Har
ris, W. E. Denton, W. E. Strange,
A. B. Perry, J. M. Davis, Joseph
Denton, W. E. Roe, J. J. Bobbltt.
H. F. Tarry SppOlnted ufflcm .
? The docket was taken up imme
diately after the charge and cases
were disposed of as follows:
Horton Richardson, assault with
deadly weapon, continued.
Presley Thomas, assault with
deadly weapon, continued.
A. W. Perry, fraud, nol pros with
leave.
William Davis, reckless driving,
continued.
E. W. Green, Mrs. Tom Stalllngs,
f and a, nol pros with leave.
E. W. Stalllngs and G. C. McGreg
or, sclfa, Judgment absolute.
Davis Pearce, disposing of mort
gaged property continued.
Ed H. Wilson, violating prohibi
tion law, continued.
Crudup Davis, bad check Con
tinued.
W. T. Ayscue, assault with dead
ly weapon, continued.
Willie Valentine, assault with
deadly weapon, oontlnned.
M. A. Young, disorderly conduct,
nol pros with leave.
John Perry, slander, nol pros with
leave. . ? ? ^
Clyde Husketh, violating prohibi
tion law, nol pros with leave.
W. T. Ayescue, assault with dead
ly weapon, continued.
George Winston, carrying conceal
ed weapon, continued.
S. C. Holden, embezzlement, con
tinued. '
John Bill Harvey, distilling, gull
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R. JB. Bryant, forcible trespass,
capias and continued.
Jlmmle Wilkes, affray, disorderly
conduct, pleads guilty, 20 days In
Jail leave to work. at County Home.
O. J. Weldon, disposing of mort
gaged property, capias and contin
ued. " 'jjt
Foster King, carrying concealed
weaponB, continued.
Amos Egerton, assault with dead
ly weapon, capias and continued.
Macco Driver, violating prohibi
tion law; continued. -
Charlie Drckens, distilling, con
tinued.
John Jeffreys, bad check, capias
and continued. ^ -
H. Willard Parrish, non-support,
continued. ,
H. H. Roe, assault with daadiy
weapon, continued.
Charlie H. Roberts, carrying Con
cealed weapons, continued.
Sidney Davis was found guilty of
larceny and was given 6 months on
roads.
Bud Harris and Dave Dunston
were found not guilty of larceny and
receiving.
John Bill Harvey, was found guil
ty of distilling and judgment was
suspended upon payment of cost*.
William Cooke, went to trial Tues
day for the murder of Hurley Prlv
?tt, the Solicitor announcing that
the State would not seek a first de
gree verdict. The case was com
pleted and given to the Jury at 4
o'alock Wednesday afternoon, but
had not agreed upon a verdict as
our forms closed yesterday noon.
At the time of going to press
Louie Bullock was on trial for the
murder of Peyton Terrell.
The trial of the criminal docket
was in progress as our forms closed
and will probably last throughout
the week. This is only a one week
term.
R?IVort of Grand Jury.
The grand jury completed Its 1
work Wednesday morning and filed I
the following report:
To his Honor Judge W. A. Devln,
presiding at May term Court,
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New Rulings On
Absentee Voting
Chairman W. D. Fuller, of the
Board of Elections of Franklin
County, has recently received rulings
and instructions concerning the ab
sentee ballots as follows:
The oath must be actually admin
istered by the officer to the person
seeking to use the absentee certifi
cate. If the oath is not actually ad
ministered, the ballots accompany
ing the certificate are invalid and
should not be counted. It may, of
course, TOT presumed, nothing else
appearing, that the Jurat Is regular,
and that the oath was actually ad
ministered. In the case of Boulden
v. Davis, 200 N. C., 24, the Su
preme Court has held that where It
appears that the oath was not ac
tually administered, the ballots
should be rejected or thrown out.
The certificate used must be
signed by the elector and not by
some one In his behalf. Of course,
an illiterate person entitled to vote
is permitted to make his mark.
A person desiring to vote by one
or the other of these methods may
make application to the chairman
of the county board of elections be
fore the ballots are distributed, br
to the registrar of the precinct after
they are distributed. He may make
this application in person, or by
mail, or through another. ~If the
application Is made through another,
it must be written by order of the
applicant. This means that the ap
plicant must sign the request for
the ballots, or he must In writing,
signed by him, direct some one else
to do It for him. The ballots should
not be delivered when one person
simply comes or writes for them for
the use of another. The person de
siring to use the ballots must make
the request himself in person, or in
writing, signed by him, or he must
In writing, signed by hjm, appoint ,
some one as his agent to "make' the
application for the ballots for him.
The ballots, with the return en
velope, are then to be furnished to
the applicant by the chairman of the
board of elections or the registrar of
the precinct, as the case may be.
They may be so famished by deliv
ering them to the elector in person,
or by sending them through the mail,
or by delivering them to his agent
duly authorized in writing upon the
application signed by the applicant.
The absentee elector must sign
his name on the ballot or ballots
which he desires to cast. If he does
not so sign his name on the Fallot
or ballots, such ballot'or ballots not
so signed must be rejected and not
counted.
Any applicant, physician, elector,,
officer or other person making any'
false oath or false certificate in con
nection with an application for bal
lots, the return of the ballots, or
obtaining ballots, or otherwise re
lating thereto, or any election official
violating any of the provisions of
the absentee ballot law, Is guilty of
a misdemeanor.
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Grave Markers
The United States Government
will furnish, without cost, a head
stone for each unmarked grave of a
Confederate soldier of the proper
application is made for some. There
fore, if the descendants of any Vet
eran, buried in Franklin Co., whose
grave is unmarked will communicate
with Mrs. J. W. Mann,- Sec'y Jos. J.
Davis chapter United Daughters of
the Confederacy, Louisburg, N. C..
giving name, rank, company, regi
ment, date of death, and place of
burial of such veteran a headstone
will -be ordered.
Be sure to give requested infor
mation as this is absolutely neces
sary in order to secure one of these
headstones.
MRS. W. E. WHITE, Pres.,
MRS. J. W. MANN, Sec'y,
J. J. Davis Chapter U. D. C.
One way to Judge a man's char
acter is by what he doesn't say.
1938;
We beg to submit the following
report:
We have passed upon all Bills giv
en us, and reported all disorders In
our knowledge In our several sec
tions of the County.
We visited the County Home,
found- house welWkept, inmates sat
isfied.
We visited the Welfare Office,
found same well-kept and neat.
We visited all County Offlces,
found same apparently all right.
We visited the County Jail, found
same In sanitary condition. Colored
prisoners complained of being short
of cover. White prisoners com
plained of being short of cover and
sloppy food.
We looked pver ToTtn J?U, found
uuncr. jo good - shape.
Tax Relief, we recommend
loweMng1 salaries which will be set- i
tied June 4th. I
Respectfully submitted, I
J. T. BAKER, Foreman,
Of Orand Jury.
POPPY DAY, MAY 28
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Senator Morrison
To Speak Here
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Announcement 1b made tint Sen
ator Cameron Morrison will speak
to the voters of Franklin County in
the Court house at Loulsburg on
Saturday afternoon, May Slst (to
morrow). All who are Interested,
In the Issues in this campaign and
all others' are invited to ha*r him. .
He la a strong and fearless' weaker.
Glee Club Concert
Largely Attended!
The Annual Concert of the Loata
burg College Olee Clnb, Mr*. Theo
Wooten McCullers, director, Miss
Jane Gulley, accompanist. Miss Doro
thy Hurley, Assistant accompanist,
was given In the Loulsburg College
Social Hall on Friday evening, May
13, at 8 o'clock.
The following delightful program
was rendered: The Green Cathe
dral ? Hahn, and The Gfypey Trail ?
Galloway, by the Glee Club; The
Smuggler ? Beresford, Rollin' to Rio
? Bartholomew, and Son of the Sun
? Friml, by Ward Wilcox; The Dear
Little Shamrock ? Rhys-Herbert, and
Mammy's Lullaby ? Roberts by the i
Glee Club; I am Fate! ? Hamblen,
by Ward Wilcox; Homing ? Del R le
go, and Soldiers Chorus ? "Faust" ?
Gounod, by the Glee Club.
The members of the Glee Club
are: Sopranos ? :Mary Davis Alston,
Clyde Boone, Evelyn Bradshaw, Ruth
Cathey, Camllle Carroll, Dorothy
Creamer, Helen Chandler, Frances
Hurley, Josephine Johnson, Mildred
Knot, Alma Kendrlck, Emily King,
Dorothy Lambeth, Christine Mann,
Myrtle Mitchell, Ellen Matthews,
Eunice Pllcher, Beulah Phelps, Hilda
Peele, Mason Ricks, Doris Strange,
Martha Taylor, Isolene Wells, Eve
lyn McCullers; Altos ? Daisy Atkin
son, Katherlne Barham, Mabel But- (
ler, Jesse Finch, Mildred Fort, Laura
V. Lupton, Joyce Price, Lydla Per
son, Ruth Parker, Louise Pratt,
Helen Scarborough; Tenors, John
Cooper, Clyde Therm as, Granville
Lyles, Malcolm McLeod; Basses, t
Harvey Black, Nelaon Pllcher, John i
W. Register, Ward Wilcox, Harry j
Ziegler, Richard Mohn. c
Marshals for the occasion were:
Mildred Dosler, Edith Blvlna, Eliza- 't
beth Baker, and Beverly Isaacs. I a
Immediately after the concert, a c
reception was held In the College . ?
Parlors, which were beautifully dec
orated with pink roses. |j
After the guests passed down the j,
receiving line, composed of Pres. g
and Mrs. A. D. Wilcox, Mrs. Theo j
Wooten McCullers, Mrs. Inei Crump j
Boney, Mlsa Ruth Cathey, Presl- , j
dent of the Glee Club, and Miss ?
Daisy Atkinson, Secretary, they were b
served to delicious punch from a I
block of ice In which were froien | a
flowers carrying out the college j
colors of pttrple and gold. Punch 1 F
was served by Miss Alma Blxsell, ' n
who was assisted by Misses Sarah n
Hicks, Alraa Kendrlck, ^ydla Per- ] 0
son, and Bllen Matthews. ? ;
CARD OF SHANKS |tl
t<
To all the friends whose sympathy ' V
and services were so kftidly tendered
In our time of bereavement, we de- S!
lire to extend our sincere thanks.
".It MM. OBO. H. COOPER, m
and Children. D
SEN ATOR CAMERON MORRISON
To Assist Boy Scouts
Gold To Be Given Away at Louis
burg Theatre on Wednesday,
May 25th.
Starting with May the 25th, the
Boy Scouts of Loulsburg will run a
picture for three Wednesdays, dat
ng them a month apart. Every one
mending these particular Wednes
lay shows will have a chance to win
i two-and a half dollar gold piece,
rhe best of pictures will be shown
it regular prices and the net pro
;eeds of these shows will be used
:o defray the expenses of this local
mlt.
Everyone is cordially Invited to
ittend these shows and we hope that
rou ? being you ? will not only en
!oy the show but will win the gold
>ie?t too. ?
dame Tourna
ment A Success
The Boy Scout Game Tournament
leld in the. Bgerton Building on
Market Street, on Thursday night,
lay 12, proved to be a marked suc
ess. r
There were thirty-six tablee of
irldge, rook, Five Hundred, Jack
traws, and Setback, at which a large
rowd enjoyed a most delightful eve
ilng.
Prise- winners were as follows:
llgh score In Bridge, Mlsa Uax Al
an and Mr. Napier WUIamson; High
core In Jackstraws, Mrs. A. M.
lall ; High Score in Five Hundred,
Irs. Ina Rouse; High Score In Rook,
Ir. Malcolm McKlnne and Mrs.
lave McKlnne; High Score In Set
ack, Hugh Hlght.
A bag of flour, given by Philips
nd HHton, and auctioned off by Mr.
ack Allen, was bought by Mr.
'isher Beasley. A good many do
atlons were made by various ' busi
ess firms In town and by people
ther than the parents of the Boy
(outa. The Boy Scout Committee
lshea to express their thanks to
iese people and to all- who helped
> make their tournament such a
rand aaoeess. . , ,
Refreshments of Strawberry'
hortcake ware served.
The proceeds from this tourna
lent will be nsed to pay National
uaa of the Boy Scout Troop.
Maj. McLendon
Speaks
Maj. L. P. McLendon, State Mana
ger tor the Ehrlnghao sfor Governor
Campaign, delivered a strong ad
cress to a large number of Franklin
County citizens in the Franklin Coun
ty Court bonae at be nooa recess ot
Court Tuesday. He told his hearers
how Mr. Ehringhaus was peculiarly
i.'tted (or the position being new In
to public life he would bring
a freshness cf viewpoint into the life
of the State such as Is always true
with one fresh from the people. He
told them that If Mr Ehringhaus was
nominated and elected his would be
? distinctive Ehringhaus administra
tion. He enumerated at length his
idea of economy and committed his
candidate to the full support of the
Mx months public school from sources
oiher than tax on land and declared
th^t the Democratic platform' to be
written by the Democratic Con
vention would be his political bible.
Maj. McLendon's speech was well
taken by the many who heard him.
He was introduced by Mr. Hill Yar
bo rough.
r Silver Tea
The Silver Tea given by the
Young People's Service League at
the Episcopal Rectory on Church
Street, at 8:30 o'clock Monday eve
ning. May l?th, was quite a suc
cess.
The rooms of the rectory were at
tractively deeorated with colorful
spring flowers.
A very entertaining program was
rendered; -Mrs. James- King gfc?o
a reading entitled, "Mistah Noah
and De Ark", following which a play
was presented, "Sewing for the
Heathen". Just before the curtains
were pulled, James Johnson and A1
Hodges as blackfaced comedians
sang "It isn't any trouble Just to
Smile" and made announcements In
regard to the play including the cast
ot characters, and concerning the
"eats" which were to come later.
A1 Hodges played the banjo.
Everyone agreed that the plaj
was fine. They got a bushel ol
laughs off of It. The cast of char
acters was aa follows: Mrs. "Judd
(the hostess) ? Elizabeth Johnson;
Mrs. Chesty (thet President of the
Ladies Aid Society) ? Sadie John
sen; Mrs. Day (the bride) Mamie
Davis Seam; Mrs. Strong (the suf
fragist) ? Mary Anna Clifton; Mrs.
Meelter (gentle and good) ? Temple
Yarborough; Luella Hugglns (so
sentimental) ? Hazel "Johnson; Mrs.
Powers (the stranger) ? Mrs. O. W.
Weaver, of Baltimore;. Meely (the
hired girl) ? Mrs. Jimes King;
Grandma tJlbbs (oh, so deaf) ? Ade
laide Johnson.
The silver offering was " taken at
the door by little Misses Evelyn
Smlthwick and Martha Orey King.
The guests wsre ushered In by
Messrs. James Shearln and Ed Yar
borough.
After the program delicious punch
and wafers were served by Miss Lucy
Clifton Boddie, Mrs. Frank Egerton,
Mrs. Julian Lewis, Miss Loalse Joy
ner, and Mrs. L. E. Scoggin.
Art Exhibit
Loui&burg College
Tbc Loulsburg College Art Exhibit
opened in the College Studio at 6
o'clock P. M., Monday, May 16th.
Some very beautiful paintings were
cn display; also excellent work in
designs and posters made by members
of the commercial aid, industrial art
classes. Especially lnfote&ive was
the simplicity of the exhibit. There
was no repitition and all ofJthe work
was original.
The exhibitors were as follows:
Diploma in Art, Mrs. O. L. Winches
ter, of FrankUnton; Painting and
lira wing, Stuart Godfrey, and Ed
ward Stovall; Industrial Art, No. 1,
Katherine Barham, Elbert Burgess,
Stuart Davis, Jane Oulley, Margaret
Gurley, Margaret Holden, Hazel
Johnson, Elizabeth Knight, Minnie
Russelt, Winnie ? Russell, Isolene
Wells, Commercial Art, Hazel John
son, and Marguerite Tonkel.
Credit for this excellent exhibit
goes to Miss Dorothy Whaley, Head
of the Art Department at Loulsburg
College, who has won much distinc
tion in her work having won several
prizes in New York..
An Informal reception was held at
this time. Misses Elizabeth Tetterton,
Beverly Isaacs, Ruby Edwards, Min
n-e Russell, Winnie Russell, Jane Gul
ley, and Margaret Gurley serving
punch.
The Alleghany Farmers Exchange
is selling lambs and beef cattle for
its members at a flat charge of 15
cents each for the lambs and $1.60
each for the beeires. This takes care
of all marketing coats.
About lOO afcte* in new pasture
has heen planted in the cotton and
tobacco growing coutlty of Johnston
this spring.
Many clever people are aulaancea.
Lieut. Governor
Fountain Speaks
To Rig Crowd in Court House Wed
? ( nesday Noon
Lleyt. Governor R. T. Fountain,
Candidate for Governor in the thre?
corner race this year, spoke to a
Court bouse filled with cltixens of
Franklin and adjoining Counties on
Wednesday at the noon recess of
Court. Mr. Fountain followed close
ly his prepared speech in which he
answered, the specific question pro
pounded to htm by his opponents,
and In which he states plainly and
fully his platform. He told how the
big financial leaders had brought on
the greatest panic the world has ev
er known by requiring the small
bank*/ to liquidate by getting rid of
all real estate paper, this causing
the decrease in value of real property
and forming the main reason of the
depression, and that these same
leaders are now buying and advis
ing buying real estate. He paid
his respects to the tax situation, and
gave as his Idea of the biggest trou
ble was the redleulously low prieea
of farm produce, this making the
burden of tax unequal. He took
the position that we don't have to
legislate for business. If we legis
late for the masses business will
come. He was unequivocally against
the short ballot, stating that to
adopt it would change our govern
ment from a free government to a
dictatorship. He declared! himself
In favor of the State support for the
six months school, for the abolish
ment of the many unnecessary bu
reaus- and commissions la Ralolgh.
and a return of the government to
the people, and for the immediate
revaluation of land for taxes. He
did not think the Democratic party
needed any defense.
His speech was attentively listen
ed to by the large number present.
The speaker was Introduced by
Dr. S. P. Burt.
Mrs. Dora
Allen Dead
' The death of Mrs. Dora Allen,
| which occurred on Tuesday about
noon, has caused much sorrow
among her host of friends ancUac
qualntances in Loulsburg and mae
where. Mrs. Allen has been In 111
health for some time and died at her
home, on Middle Street, where she
has made her home for many years.
She was 78 years old and is surviv
ed only by her daughter, Mrs. A. W.
Perry. She was a member of the
Methodist church and has been a
resident of Loulsburg for a long
time.
The funeral services were held
from the home on Wednesday morn
ing at eleven o'clock, being conduct
ed by Rev. D. P. Harris, pastor of
the Loulsburg Baptist Church. She
was laid to rest in Oakwood Ceme
tery beneath a mound of beautiful
flowers, tokens of love and esteem
from the many friends and admirers.
The pall bearers were: Active ?
Allen Harris, Thomas Gill, Eugene
Wilson, Alexander Wilson, Arch
Wilson, Willie Frank Davis; Hon
orary ? Mr. ? . ? . Jeffreys, ? . ? .
, Fallwell, S. S. Meadows, A. W. Wil
son, Dr. H. G. Perry, j. W. Perry,
Mr. ? . ? . Barnes, Dr. ? . ? . Al
len. * rfiMH
Her many friends regret the loss
of this dear one. Her life Is a path
marked with deeds of kindness and
cheer. Flowers, not thorns, sun
shine, not shadow, did she soatter
everywhere. With these she was
lavish. Her affection for friends and
kindred was tender and abiding.
Though she, another aged among us,
with the sweetness and glory of
motherhood, has passed on, her life
pattern and example is still elear in
the vision and the depth of her lots
] and. kindness Is still felt.
Flat Rock B. Y. P. U.
Flat Rock B. Y. P. U. program
for Sunday, May 22.
I. President's Peried.
1. Song service.
2. Prayer.
3. Records.
4. Bible drill.
5. Recognition of visitors.
6. Announcements.
? - 7. Secretary's report.
8. Assignment of next program.
II. Group Captain's Period.
Topic ? "Finding God's Will for
my Life".
1. Scripture reading ? Edna Cat
lette.
2. (Introduction ? Myrtle Pa*ry.
3. God Has a Will for my Life ?
Doris Cyrus.
4. God Reveals His Will ? Bea
trice Hill.
5. We . May Find God's Will?
Melvin Bridges.
I. God's Will la Best for Me?
TIs Tharrington.
HI.> ? President's Period.
1. Bong ? Hare Thine Owa Way.
I. Closing Prayer.
Be there ? ( o'clock.