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NUMBER 1?
EHRINGHAOS AND
REYNOLDS LEAD
MorrUon Only 11,444 Behind While
Fountain U 02,820 Behind His
Opponent? Nothing Definite About
Second Primary For State, But la
Probable.
FOB V. a SENATE
REYNOLDS 100,049
MORRISON 188,000
BOWIE 87,080
GRIST 28,000
SIMMONS 8,870
FOR GOVERNOR .
EHRINGHAU8 J 65,042
FOUNTAIN .'. 118,118
MAaWKIL 100370
Robert" R. Reynolds and Senator
Cameron Morrison h?ve already be
gun preparations for a second pri
mary on July 2 (or the United States
Senatorial nomination with assurance
of a heated ceatest.
Returns from all except 16 of the
i;823 precincts in the State last night
showed that Reynolds had 16", 04!)
Votes; Senator Morrison 138,605 i
Judge Tarn C. Bowie, 37,680; Com
missioner of Labor, Frank D. Grist,
28,656; and Arthur Simmons, 3,875.
Little change Is expected when the
ol'icial vote is announced on Friday,
the meeting of the State Board ol
Elections having been advanced one
day on account of the county conven
tion which will be held Saturday.
Senator Morrison has not yet for
mally announced that he will exerelBC
Ins right under the law and demand
a second primary, but It is consider
ed certain that he will do so.
Lieutenant Governor Richard T
Fountain who was- In Raleigh yester
day, reiterated his former statement
that he will take no position on *
sccond primary until after announce
ment of the official vote.
With 15 of the 1,823 precincts mis
sing, the vote last night stood: J. C
B. Ehringhaus, 166,942; Fountain
113,113 and Revenue Commissions!
A. J. Maxwell. 100,875.
Returns from 1,607 precincts fo
other State offices slowed the noml
nation of A. H. "Sandy" Graham
speaker of the State House of Hep
resentatives In 1929 for lleutenan
governor. The vote was, Graham
177,167; Giles, 47,797 and Delllnger
51,617.
Stacy Wad? appeared certain o
nomination tor Secretary of ' State
but there were still enough votes t<
be accounted for to upset him shoult
they all be adverse. Tttls was con
aidered Unlikely, as he had piled u]
a 23,000 lead on returns from ever:
section of the State. He had 148,121
to 124,815 for Hartness, incumbent.
Baxter Durham continued to hole
a commanding lead for State audltoi
but did not ' have a clear majority
He bad 129,11* to 84,924 for Chestei
Bell and 48,946 for George Adams
More complete returns received per
sonally by Mr. Durham Indicated h(
has a clear majority over both op
ponents of between 7,000 and 10,000.
Attorney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt appeared certain of renomlna
tlon, having polled 180,954 to 71,191
for Peyton MeSwaln of Shelby.
In the race for commissioner ol
labor the vote stood: A. L. Fletcher
63,909 ; Clarence E. Mitchell, 61,246;
it R. Lawrence, 62,840; John D. Nor
ton, 37,567; W. Henry Davis, 28,601
tnd B. FVlts Smith, 19,039. A sec
ond primary In this race Is regarded
as certain. .
Stanley Wlnborne appeared head
od for certain renomlnation to the
corporation commission, his vote be
ing almost double that of E. C. Macon
The count was: Wlnborne, 161,289;
Macon, 86,340.
Dan C. Boney, Insurance cojnmlS'
gloner, more than doubles his oppo
nent, W. D. Morton. It stood: Boney
171,076; Morton. 81,794.
Primary Passes
Smoothly
The primary election held In Frank
lin County on laet Saturday passed oil
jmoothly at all precinct*, according
to report* received in Louisburg, with
possibly the largest vote erer cast in
the County. With the lance number
of Candidates in the Held the maxi
mum interest was manifest and re
sulted In large numbers of citizens
?visiting the polls, many ot whom re
mained throughout the day.
The counting ot the ballots was a
most arduous task and caused many
to remain on the job all night. At
I.culnburg the count was not com
pleted until after ? o'clock Sunday
morning.
Entertains At
Barbecue Supper
Mr. Frank Wheless, Jr., delightfully
entertained the Board of DlrectdM
. < nd member* of the Louisburg Kl
wanls Club at a barbecue sapper .at
ihe Wheless Cabin on Tuesday eve
ning, Jon* 7. !
Order Tax Sales
I Tom Preparing For Regular An
nual Audit ? To Settle With Al
l len Estate.
The Board ol Town Commissioners
met tn regular session on Monday,
June 6th, 1922 with all member! pres
ent The minute* of previous meet
ings were read and approved anii
business transacted as follows:
The ftuestiaa of postponement ot
'lax Sales of the 1931 taxes and the
matter of answering the injunction
'.hat exists against this sale, came be
fore the Bdard and was fully dis
cussed. The following motion was
set 1%' order:
"That former orders from the Board
to the Town Attorney as set forth In
the minutes of the meeting of May,
2uth, 1932 be rescinded: and that the
Town Attorney now be ordered to
represent the Town ot Louisburg, N.
C. and If possible to have the Court
dissolve the Injunction against the
Town of Louisburg, N. C., selling the
1931 Taxes, at the hearing before
Judge Harris on June, 7th, 1932- ?t
Goldsboro, N. C. ; and that the Tax
Collector be ordered to proceed with
the advertisement of the 1931 Taxes
tcr sale on the 1st Monday in July,
in the event that the Injunction Is
dissolved." A roll call vote on this
motion resulted as follows: Those
voting "Aye", W: E. White, R. W.
Smithwlck, W. J. Cooper, M. C. Mur
phy; Those voting "No": A W. Per
I son, F. H. Allen. The motion was
| curried.
"The Town Clerk was lnsttacted to
Kive the P. S. Allen Estate, a note for
. the 1600.00 that Is owed to the P. S.
Allen Estate by the Town of Louls
[ burg, N. C.
The Board instructed the Clerk to
accept the Automobile Public Liability
and Property Damage Policy No.
| 011602, U. S. F. & O. Co., which was
t tendered by Davis and Davis,
. The Clerk was Instructed to inves
tigate the rate on Public Liability
md Property Damage Insurance on
. pie Fire Truck.
The Mayor and Auditing Committee
vere instructed to make a contract
| ror the regular annual audit of the
Town ot Louisburg, N. C.
r After allowing a number of ac
. counts the Board adjourned.
; Second Primary
, Requests for a second primary have
a' ready been filed ahd it will be call
f id for Saturday, July 2nd, and will
>, probably be participated In by the
> two highest participants in the last
1 primary, for the offices ot Sheriff,
- Register o( Deeds and Coroner. There
) will probably be one contest for
r township Constable, that being in
I Sandy Creak township where K. E.
Joyner and Geo. P. Foster were the
I two highest.
r The contestants for tile three Coun
. ty offices are: For Sheriff ? F. W.
r Justice and F. N. Spivey; for Regis
. 1er of Deeds Geo. W. Ford and T.
- Mort. Harris; for Coroner ? C. B. Bar
s ham and J. W. Freeman.
"?""" ? ? ? ^
Mrs. J. N. Harris
I Dead
Funeral services were held here
' yesterday, June 7> at 5:30 o'clock tor
Mrs. J. N. Harris, age 76, from the
I home of her daughter Mrs. W. M.
. Freeman, on Kenmore Avenue. The
I services were conducted by -Rev. M.
Stamps assisted by Rev. D. P. Harris,
. ?f the Lonlsburg Baptist Church.
, The flower girls, the flrrt five of
. whom are grandchildren were: M&ry
H. Freeman, Anne Freeman, Edith
Harris, Pearl Harris, Rebecca S tai
lings, Mattle and Etta WheleBS.
The pallbearers were: Active ? J.I
. B. Wilder, M. C. Wilder, A B. Perry,
? W. B. Splvey, F. W. Justice, W. N.
Fuller; Honorary ? B. H. Meadows, 8.
d. Meadows, Dr. B. C. Johnson, J. H.
Weathers, J. W. Young, S. T. Wilder,
1'. B. Griffin, S M. Washington, Sr.
E. P. Burt, H. B. Harris.
> Mrs. Harris, who before her mar
ii&ge in 187S, was Miss Rebecca Ahne
Wheless, daughter of W. B. Whelees,
? of Franklin County, and whose fore
' tears have resided In this County
: practically since its beginning, died
. Monday night at about #:30 o'clock,
. after quite a long illness. During
' her lifetime she was a member ot
the Rocks Springs Baptist Chureh.
' Mrs. Harris leaves to mourn their loss
i three daughters, Mrs. W. H. Freeman,
of Loulsbnrg; Mrs. H. B. Burleson,
Newland; and Mrs. W. C. Stallings.
. Greensboro; and six sons, G. C. Har
ris and H. G. Harris, of Louisburg;
J. W. Harris of Greensboro; R. V.
Harris atrtl E. M. Harris, of Bunn;
and J. J. Harrli, of Winston Salem;
also three brothers J. W., C. H., and
JT. E. Wheless, all of Franklin County.
Cheap automobiles are most fre
quently stolen, again demonstrating
the modern thief Is business-like In
; peeking -mall profit and quick turn
I mSt.' K , A," -
r .
Those who assume the "high
brow" pose by claiming never to
read. the newspapers are behind the
times aad don't know It.
OFFICIAL PRIMARY VOTE
FRANKLIN COUNTY
IN THK PRIMARY HELD ON JUNE 4, 1932
17. S. Senate
(Hh?n~t Term)
Reynolds
Morrispn
Bowie
Orist
V. 8. Senate
(Long Term)
Reynolds
Morrison
Bowie
Grist
Simmons
Governor
Maxwell
Ehringhaus
Fountain
Lieut. Governor
Dellinger
Graham
Giles
193
122
25
132
171
113
35
113
13
96
34
403
72
262
85
155
53
18
5?l
122
49
13
48
10
136
91
21|
ltl
122
96
16
130
10
85
45
174
44
105
60
Sec'y. of State
Wade
Hartness
State Auditor
Adams
Durham
Bell
Attorney General
McSwain
Brummitt
Com. of Labor
Smith
Mitchell
Fletcher
Norton
Davis
Lawrence
260
166
81
160
204
115
298
26]
208
58
32
49
16
109
113
30
69
131
81
126
12
47
19
421
0
o!
128
50
248
37
248
31
466
118
93
24
464
107
89
24
6
125
312
276
63 99
146i
224
169
867
121
462
198
33
268
7?
29
361
11
157
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29
22
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63
842
278
' 65
603
147
273|
177
16
31
54
76
67
194
111
78
16
20
36
50
166
60 17
144 93
74 45
131
142
751
89
121
67
207
24
92
47
33
56
17
149
214
64
142
196
64
60
16
70'
72
365
?3
276'
124
91
_72
28
59
_75
28
127
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48
30
26
28
12
9
6
1401
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447i
310
73
126
424
289J
681
ii
268 39
196 36
68
180
218
84
360
3sl
163
64
78
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29
16
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164
383
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567
199 1
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308
111
366
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179
708
70
293
246
68
104
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1867
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446
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421
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100
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[1036
2,461
594
2161
787
2145
1501
514
1572
1641
693
2919
348
1379
776
329
401
264
Corporation Com.
Macon
Win borne
Morton
Boney
State Senate
Fleming
, Darls
Orlffln
221
144
ISO]
213
144
33
369
House of Rep.
Lumpkin
Sledge
I
Recorder's Court
Palmer
Malone
Sheriff
Kearney
P. N. Splvey
Moore
D. W. Splrey
Justice
Register of Deeds
O. C. Parrlsh
Baker
H. R. Parrlsh
Oattls
Ford
Holden
Collie
Harris
Layton
Stone
Barham
Freeman
Bd. of Education
Qreep
Commissioners
District No. 1
Joyner
Fuller
Wilder
Gay
Stalllngs
Beddlngfleld
328
183
275
241
25
208
124
49
134
13
?29
6
[ 1 2 1
S51
97
128
82
68
231
108
101
89
102
84
irt
23
163
226
85
131
161
?'
138
21
57
109
72
307
201
445
1241151
217*#8
63 1 1 17
451152
301 438
275
137
491
214
109 249
305 468
23
24
89
126
165
481
22
92
? 8
1120
8
225
16
9
31
93
16
25
21
27
394
10
63
123
22
58
68
20
187
31
292 173
District No. S
Roberts
Banks
Moss
Pearce
District No. S
Foster
Terrell
Speed
District No. 4
Dean
Boone
No. 5
Hudson
Jones
Perry
ill
1
91
215
235
44
230
<2
142
102
242i
102
72
368
SS0
45
77
581
205
19
33
92
142
28
471
212
208
57
30
57
11
78
269
344
19
19
43
43
144
116
107
56
131'
118
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251
81
118
260
204
129
53
2121
42
95
329
562
97
41
53
34
144
312
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300
297
41
27
506
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204
457
4?
105
112
2d
36
25|
18
136
132
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145
in!
24
196
250
71
118
206
16
140
80
38
61
209
6
12
29
19
29
14
18
62 252
81 200
54
92
10
167
199
46
183
266
1541
28
329
27 i
230
68
181
11
116
76
10
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17
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21
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57
88
23
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16
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103
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120
53
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176
340
43
168
109
77
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102
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54
108
292
46
61
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433
425
276
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509
724
266
124
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94
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181
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84
102
33
163
181
163
93
419
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163
93
18
183
861
31
34
327
669
7?l
309
69
239
382
4,'
16
8
159
293
172
58
270
252
2T1
265
155
698
1569
1884
1*66
1270
473
2643
2961
1316
91
136
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71
245
220
88
663
1T2
361
198
553
212
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634
1242
700
632
1280
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475
409
456
395
797
667
550
742
9(7
943
108 2 4
1081
2931
378
495
486
369
1081
1382
437
2286
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4*7
964
2121
988 I
2*7
646
406
339
224
1027
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2218
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727
VOTE FOR CONSTABLES
The vote (or Constables In the several townships were as fol
lows:
Dunn ? H. R. Rogers 114, B. B. Brantley 350, G. L. Poole &0.
Brantley received the nomination.
Harris ? W. B. Prlvett 16#, Percy Joyner 153. Prlvett nomi
nated.
Youngfeville ? J. H. Cash 1ST, J. B. Young 291. Young nomi
nated.
Franklinton ? J. E. Hlght 3??, Otis Woodlief 299. Hight
nominated.
Sandy Creek? K. E. Joyner 105, R. T. Clarke <4, T. P. Smith
SB, J. E. Tharrlngton >3, W. O. Hale 21, Q. P. Foster 102. >
Second primary between Joyner and Foster to determine nominee.
Cedar Rock? B. 8. Qupton 292, J. J. Dean 221. Oupton nomi
nated.
Louisburg ? J. P. Moore 5(1, P. B. Beasley 92, J. A. Den:
388. Moore nominated.
State Prisoners Kill
Steward AmLEscape
- Three desperadoes made good
their escape from State's Prison
farm near Method Tuesday, leaving
behind them the ttrat prison em
pleye mortally woanded In line of
d?V he*e In ?0 year*.
The victim ?( He desperate bid
fM freedom by the fount white con
Ttrts was ST, H. Brantley tamp stew
ard. who was used by the trio as a
shield while tbey forced their way
1 by guards out of the gate.
The shooting, described at the
prison as "cold-blooded," took place
as the trip eomm^ndvered a passing
car driven by iohn. Motile, Jr., of
Raleigh, and the'' steward grappled
With one of the armed convicts.
Family Witnesses It
In ftlll VIST of Brantley's wife
and 13-year-oVI. daughter, who ran
' screaming from their home, 100
yards from the camp Into the road,
ante of the convicts fifed point-blank
at the struggling steward. The bul
; let struck him in the head and he
died two hours later In a Raleigh
i hospital.
The prisoners roared down the
county road in the direction of Dur
ham. The alarm was broadcast im
mediately, and a sheriff's posse and
a detail of 8tate Highway Patrol
men were rushed to the scene. Last
night no reports of the fugitives had
M been received.
The fugitives are:
James Autrey, IS, Cumberland
County, serving two to three years
for larceny.
Dud Travis, 23, Hickory, serving
5 to 15 years for housebreaking.
Robert Cook, 18, of Waynesboro,
Ky., serving 7 to 10 years tor high
way robbery in Guilford County.
All the prisoners were of the low
1 est rank, and were wearing stripes.
Autrey had escaped twice before.
The others bad attempted escapes
and were subjected to disciplinary
Trusty Describes
The break started suddenly. It
was witnessed throughout by W. T.
Alcock, of Patnlleo County, a trusty
la the prison camp office, who grab
bed a telephone and conveyed a
graphic account of the rapid-fire
events to Wardjtn H. H. Honeycutt
at Central Prison.
Alcock said he first saw D. M.
["Narron, a foreman, lying uncon
scious on the floor of the building,
and the three prisoners marching
Brantley out with Prisoner Cook
holding Narron's gun in his back.
Hit was developed later that Autrey
knocked out Narron with a length
of pipe.
. The trusty, who said be looked
?fd r a gun but was unable to find
one, said that the trio marched
Brantley across the stockade to the
s*uth gate, where they told him to
order Guard E. H. Petty to throw
them his gua and open the gate.
Guard Petty hesitated.
"For God's sake do It or they'll
kill us both," Brantley was said to
hare cried to Petty. \
The guard complied.
Honor grade prisoners, grouped
about, were held at bay by Autrey,
with the pistol taken from Brantley,
said Alcock. .
. With Petty's gun, all three pris
oners were armed. They marched
Brantley out to the road where
'BraVis, Covering the occupants with
his rifle, forced Monie to stop his
Dodge sedan. Ellsworth Jones, also
of Raleigh, was riding with him.
Fatal Encounter.
At this Juncture Brantley lunged
at TraMs. the rifle was discharged
[into' the air. Mr^. Brantley and her
daughter screamed hysterically. A
pistol diet rang out and Brantley
crumpled. The trio piled into the
car tA disappeared In a cloud of
Asst.
Jones said he eould identify the
convict' who flrod the fatal shot.
From, prison photographs he said he
thought lt Was Atatney, who carried
the pistol taken from
Guard . NtRM. A Sf-callbre bullet
from the steward's
_ siHI It Is felt that
Afct*ey is the man" In a sworn state
ment before Coroawr L. M. Waring.
The fcreak, taking place shortly
before noon yesterday was the most
spectacular sino?.<Mta Wood staged
Ms first getaw&f eight years ago< ?
but Otto *lew uf fn in his going.
Guards nave been killed by escap
ing convicts at other prison camps,
| but none here In 80 years. Escap
[lng prisoners have baen killed. Two
years ago a young Pennsylvanian
was mortally wounded when he re
fused to heed the command "Halt."
A mouth ago a prisoner was
wounded in an attempted break at
the Carey Farm (located near Meth-j
od) but last night Warden Honey
cutt said that all was quiet ? that no
L extra guards had been brought into
There, (ire 815 prisoners In
whioh is in charge of Cap
******
i extra |
.action.
finds Joy in a Bower garden has a
daughter who la cpntent with rose- 1
, buds in hor cheeks.
Board Reduces Note
W. R. GRIFFIN APPOINTED
STANDARD KEEPER
Make Reductions in Pauper Allow
ance* ? Many Reports Received ?
Back Tax Collections Good.
The Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session on Monday
with all members being present. Af
ter the formalities of opening busi
ness was disposed of as tollowa;
The necessary resolutions were or
dered recorded renewing $170,060 el
the $180,000 .note outstanding.
The County Accountant was in
structed to look into the tax matter
of the Mrs. Martha Barham property
In Harris township purchased by C.
W. Mitchell and make the proper cor
rection if error be found.
The County Accountant was in
structed to correct the value of the
1 acre of land of L. L. Gupton to $46
due to the house being moved.
O. T. Woodlief was allowed a re
late cf $1.00 on dog tax ? error in iiat.
W. D. Fuller, Chairman of the Board
<-f Elections was before the Board in
the interest of giving the election of
ficials one day's pay on account of
working all night. The Board agreed
to do this provided there was enough
left in the budget after paying the
regular items tor the first and sec
ond primaries.
Supt. G. B. Harris, of the Franklin
ton Schools was before the Board re
guesting that all monies collected
under the Special T.ax Budget for cur
rent expenses, said fund now being
. tied up in the First National Bank,
be turned over to them as soon as
possible.
W. R Griffin was appointed Stand
ard Keeper for Franltlin County to
l-egin October 1st, 1932". *
It was ordered that a hew floor bo
put In Murphy's Garage.
A statement of Dr. Perry for medi
cal services was tabled.
A bill, of G. W. Cobb for chickens
killed by dogs was tabled.
It was ordered that the bill of costs
iesulting fronj the Bond injunction
case be paid when presented in due
, form and funds are available. *
S. C. Holden was before the Board
l with bill for indexing Vital Statistics
, tame being tabled until next regular
meeting.
The Tax Collector wa3 ordered to
advertise and sell all property upon
which taxes are not paid for sale
'-'n the first Monday in July provided
no legal impediments bars same.
G. T. Preddy was paid $18.00 for
sheep killed by dogs.
Upon motion the Register of Deeds
was ordered to index all Vital Statis
tics at no additional pay.
T. 8. Dean filed report of the Wel
fare Department- which was accepted.
The following reduction were order
ed in the outside pauper list: Jim
Fvans from $3 to $2, W. W. Flowers
trom $4 to $3; Henry Griffin from
$4 to $3; Dodd Massenburg $4 to $3;
X- A. Perry and family $10 to $8;
Blake Pearce $3 to $2; Joe Coppedge
from $5 to $3; Dick Bass from $3 to
$2; John Buxton Williams from $3
to $2; Mrs. Lessie Murray from $4 to
$3.
The Superintendent of the County
Home made his report w^iich was ac
cepted. He reports 17 white and 13
colored inmates.
H. P. Speed filed report of Home
Demonstration 'Agent and same was
Accepted.
The report of the Health Depart
ment was accepted.
W. T. Moss reported that he had
found the County Home "in good con
dition.
W. N. Fuller, County Accountant,
reports the following receipts for
the month of May: 1931 tax, $8,798.31;
1930 tax, $1489.45; 1929 tax, $5076.76;
1928 and back taxes $805.44. K. L.
Burton, Trustee, collection on Col
lateral $1,461.62.
After allowing a number of accounts
the Board adjourned to meet again
on Monday, June 20th, as a Board of
Equalization and Review.
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Dissolves Injunction
Th*_ restraining order injoining the
County Commissioners of Franklin
County and the Commissioners of the
Town of Louisburg from advertising
and selling real estate for delinquent
taxes, signed by Judge W. C. Harris
early in May and the hearing upon
which was continued to June 7th, was
heard by Judge Devin in Raleigh
Tuesday at the request of Judge Har
ris, at which time the restraining
order was dissolved and the Com
missioners of both town and county
ordered to proceed under the law.
R. O. Lancaster of Craven County
made some money on a lot of 18-1
hogs this spring a at sold his cor*
at a better price than had he dis
posed of it at market prices for
grain.
If a man la known to be worthless
no employer will give hla anything
fexcept a recommendation.
Beaaty and brains sekto* go to
gether because they are a combina
tion tkat is seldom needed.
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