A. F. JOHNSON, Editor aad
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LOUISBURO, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1083
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T. W. Winborne
State Chairman
Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, Elected Vice
Chid rman, John Bright Hill Elect
ed... Secretary?Harmony Prevailed
J. Wallace Winborne, of Marlon,
?was elected Chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
at a meeting of the Committee held
in Raleigh on Tuesday night. In
making thii selection the Committee
followed the time honored custom
of recognizing the Governor a* the
head of the ticket in the itate and
recognized the courtesy of naming
the choice of the nominee. Mrs.
Thomas O'Berry was elected vice
chairman, and John Bright Hill
was appointed Secretary.
The meeting was well attended
both by members and visitors and
general harmony prevailed. Mr.
Hill asked for a day or two to de
cide whether he could accept the
Secretaryship. *
The machinery will now begin to
swing into Une for a strenuous cam
paign for the November election.
Corn Variety Test
The Franklin-Vance group of Ag
riculture Teachers decided to con
duct a county-wide corn variety
test during the coming year at their
second meeting on Wednesday, Aug
us 10 at Franklinton High School.
ThlB is to be part of the program
of work for the year which was
adopted at this meeting.
A motion to hold regular group
meetings on the first Wednesday af
ternoon in each month was passed,
four of the meetings are to be held
in the County Superintendent's of
fice in Loulsburg and the fifth meet
ing is to be held at Middleburg.
Problems connected with tbelr work
in teaching agriculture are to be
discussed at those meetings.
Standard' varieties of crops and
breeds of livestock were adopted.
Coker Cleveland cotton was selected.
The variety of corn is to be select
ed definitely after running variety
tests nest year. Poland China hogs
were agreed upon as the breed to
be etnphaslsed principally. Other
breeds are to be considered accord
ing to their importance in the sep
arate communities. The Guernsey
breed of dairy cattle was selected,
with some work to be done on Jer
seys.
The teachers agreed that special
emphasis should be placed on teach
ing the use of soil Improvement
crops and conservation of soils
through terracing. It was brought
out that thousands of dollars worth
of soils are washed away each year
because of lack of proper measures
being taken to check erosion. It
was also pointed out that the an
nual fertiliser bill could be substan
tially reduced through the use of
soil improvement crops. The neces
sity for the conservation of foreats
was considered an Important subject
for teaching.
The general plans for teaching as
adopted for the entire group will
be brought before the local advisory
committees to be adopted to local
conditions. These committees are
composed of leading farmers and
business men in the various school
districts. The plans as finally
adopted will constitute the program
of work which the " agriculture
teachers will foilovr during the com
year.
The next meeting of the group
will be held in Loulsburg on Sept. 6.
Those present at the meeting
were: Q. L. Winchester, Franklln
ton, President; T. D. O'Qulnn, Bunn,
Secretary; J. B. Litchfield, Edward
Beat. Raporter; F. U. Wolfe. Sold
Sand; George B. alum, Mlddleburg
and ' Aycock.
Federation Picnic
' The Franklin County Federation
is- planning to have a picnic at the
"Wash OuP* on Friday, August
ltth. All mmftbers of th? Federa
tion and their families and 4-H
Club girls are invited to attend. A
committee composed of Mr?. J. F.
Mitchiner, Chairman, Mrs. Bam
Nash, Urs. J..D. Newman, Mrs. Pet
er Dean and lira. Owen Reed are
planning an Interesting program for
the day. Mr. F. H. Jeter, Publicity
Editor from State College ..will d*
llver an address in the morning. In
the afternoon the 4-H Club girls are
planning a program after whioh
games and contests will be led by
the girls. Any one who desire* to
swim bring your bathing salt.
Sheriff Justice
Returning
Information received In Loals
burg Wednesday stated that Sheriff
Jaatltfe left Los Angeles, Cal? Wed
nesday morning with bla prisoner
for LouUbarg , an4 would spend
Thnrsday night at El Paso, Texas.
He is sxpeoted to arrive in Louls
burg some time Monday.
- Jj 1 V t" . 1 ? tit lUtiHM
J. C. Tucker Dead
Paseea Suddenly at His Hotel Tnee
d?y Afternoon ? Funeral Wednes
day Largely Attended
Mr. J. C. Tucker, proprietor of
Tucker's Hotel, and one of Louie
burg's prominent citizens died at
his home late Tuesday afternoon.
Death came suddenly, while sitting
in a- chair talking to his family and.
friends. He was 66 years ?< age
and la survived by his wife and ona
son, John, and a large number of
relative*.
The deceased had not been in
good health for some time, his many
friends were unprepared tor the
announcement of his passing, not
realizing any immediate danger.
Mr. Tucker has been connected
with the business life of Leulsburg
for many years, In livery, cafe and
hotel business. He served the town
as Chief of Police for a number of
years with much credit to his town
and himself. For many years he
was connected with the Louisburg
Township Road work, being a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees and
was in charge of the maintenance,
in which place he was especially ca
pable and gave splendid and inval
uable service.
In his home life he was quiet and
retiring, a devoted husband, and
Indulgent father, a splendid neigh
bor, and a friend of great value to
those with whom he came In con
tact.
The funeral was held from his
home on Main Street at 6 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, conducted by
Revs. D. P. Harris, pastor of Louis
burg Baptist church, and T. A.
Sikes, pastor Louisburg Methodist
church, and the interment was made
in Oakwood cemetery. Both services
were largely attended and the flor
al tribute was especially large and
beautiful. .
The pallbearers were as follows:
Active? M. McKlnpe. W. E. White,
Jr., R. W. Smith wick, R. A. Pearce,
F. J. Beasley, Raymond Edward*.
Honorary ? Dr. H. Q. Perry, Dr. 8.
P. Burt, E. C. Perry, F. R. Pleasants,
George W. Ford.
The bereaved family and friends
have the deepest\ sympathy of the
entire community.
Theatre Changes
Managership
Mr. W. D. Joyner, of Scotland
Neck, who has been associated with
Mr. H. P. Howell, proprietor of the
Louisburg Theatre, in a theatre
there, has become manager of the
Louisburg Theatre, while Mr. E. L.
Swlnson, Its former manager, left
Monday for Scotland Neck to be
manager of the Theatre there. The
many friends regret the leave of Mr.
Swlnson and wlBh him luck and suc
cess at his new post. However, the
people of Louisburg extend a hearty
welcome to Mr. Joyner.
Scout Stew
Up the river there la a place
known as Little Boys' swimming
hole; Wednesday afternoon It was
chuck full of Boy Scouts of Louis
burg. They swam around from
3:00 until 6:30; playing water tag,
duck 'em and many other lively
water games. Although the water
was rather muddy It was enjoyed
greatly by everyone. From here
the crowd went up to Egerton's pas
ture where a delightful brunswlck
stew was waiting for them. During
the feast the boys gave a good ac
count of themselves as eaters; it is
even reputed that some ate as many
as four trays full! ' >
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Howard, Mr. and Mrs.
O. W. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Hodges, a visiting Scout Douglas
Sllcer, W. L. iBeasley, Fisher Bea*
ley, Jr., Allen Cobb, Ed. Coller, Jr?
Kenneth Davis, Robert Hicks, A1
Hodges, Jr., Carey Hotrard, Jr., Bob
Johnson, Badger Joyner, McKinnie
Pearce, Henry Pergurson, Jr., Joe.
Tonkel, Ernest Wells, Richard Tar
borough, Bill Ragland, F. L. Her
man and Wilson Vanghan.
Register For Jobs
Supt. E. C. Perry, of the
Franklin County Welfare De
partment, announced yesterday
that he had been requested to
send a list of all unemployed
persons In Franklin County
wishing work to the State Com
missioner of Welfare by August
10th. Therefore he la ready
and anxious to have all hi
Franklin County out of work
and wishing a Job to call' to see
! him for the purpose of register,
tag far smployment on or before
Monday, August 15th. It la the <
purpose of the State to attempt i
to nrovlde Jobs for all regis. (
trants In the early future at a
fair pay. I
Bridge Play in American Legion Postg |
Soon how, American Legion Post* all over the U. S. will sponsor
bridge play in an International Tournament, the returns to so to state
reliel of unemployment and for the AnMrkan Legion War Memorial in
Paris. < . . Here is the model ? and the raster? painted by Howard
Chandler Christy, left, which will herald the event for Legioneers.
Louisburg High
School To Open
September 5th
The Louisburg schools will open
on Monday, September 5, with the
following faculty: Elementary
school ? lira. A. B. Perry, Miss Mary
J. Best, Mrs. A. B. Inscoe, Miss
Louise Joyner, Mrs Alice J. Usxell,
Miss Edith Bradley, Mrs. Susie
Hayes Jackson, Mlsr Olivia McKlnne,
Miss Loulia Jarman, Mrs. O. Y. Yar
boro. High School: Miss Vivian
Allgood, Miss Katherlne Roger*, Mr.
J. B. Trogdon, Mr. D. H. Holliday,
Prof. W. R. Mills. With the excep
tion that Mr. Holiday return to us,
the faculty will be the same as last
year. Mr. Holliday comes back af
ter a year of graduate study at Co
lumbia University.
- We do not expect to have more
tban eight months of school this
time and it is very Important that
children attend regularly. It is im
possible to do in the eight months
school, all that should be done In
nine months, said Supt. W. R. Mills
Tuesday. ? Bat to approximate
it as nearly as possible, the child
needs to be in school every day.
We hope parents will try to arrange
for the children to complete summer
visiting and other vacations in time
for the opening.
Chevrolet Six
Popular Car
Nearly one out of every three
new automobiles bought in the first
six months of this year was a Chev
rolet Six, according to registration
figures for the period, which are
now complete.
Latest State reports show that
Chevrolet titled 211,811 new sixes
in this period, while the Industry as
a whole was titling 665,674 new
cars, giving the largest division of
General Motors 32.9 per cent of the
total.
This compares with 31 per cent
in the same period of 1981; with
24 per cent in the first half of 1930,
and with only 20 per cent In the
boom year of 1989 up to midyear.
Ten yean ago, when the company
was getting Its start In the volume
car field, ft obtained less than ten 1
per cent of total business. j
During the first half of 1932 ,
Chevrolet sold and titled more cars
that the next five other makes, of
lowest priced cars combined, the |
returns indicate; Chevrolet's total
comparing with combined registra
tions of 212,115 units for the other
five makes in the lowest priced field.
In Its present position, it Is the
world's largest builder of automo
biles, having obtained a higher per
centage of total business so far this
year than at any time In the past,
even during > the three of the past
five full years, when Chevrolet built
and sold more cars than any other ,
manufacturer.
Irene Ayscue Dead
Little Irene Ay?cue, the seven
year old daughte/ of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Ayscue, of near Ingleslde,
lied at their home on Wednesday of I
last week, after ? short illness. I
Ths funeral services were held
from the horns and Interment was i
made in the beautiful little chnrch i
cemetery at Corinth Baptist church <
>n Thursday afternoon.' A number i
at friends attended the last rites l
ind ths floral tribute was very pret
ty- 1
The bereaved parents have the 1
lympathy of the entire commodity, i
\
Open
ing Monday
m/ J. S. Lancaster who has re
turned to Louisburg after a long
number of years and opened the
Franklin Hotel announces his for
mal opening for Monday, August 16.
During his absence from Louisburg
Mr. Lancaster has been engaged in
the hotel business, being proprietors
of the Virginia Ship Hotel at New
ton, the Central Hotel *at Ruther
fordton, Hamilton .Hotel at Martin
ville, Va., Vass Hotel at Vass, and
Campbell Hotel at Taylorsville,
whore in all cases he has been suc
cessful in the service. Mr. Lancas
ter "has thoroughly overhauled the
hotel and renovated it and has It
appearing in first class order and
has made every preparation for ser
Tlce at rates in keeping with the de
pression.
His many friends welcome Mr.
and Mrs. Lancaster back to their old
home and the people of Louisburg
feel that the hotel will be a big as
set to Louisburg.
Formed
More Livestock
Is Needed
The need for more livestock in
the Cedar Rock-Cypress Creek
School District was bought out in
a meeting of the Agricultural Ad
visory Committee of Edward Best
High School last Saturday afternoon.
The meeting was called for the pur
pose of adopting a program of work
for the Department of Vocational
Agricalture.
Figures from the "Farm Fore
caster" were presented which show
ed a decrease in almost all classes
of livestock in Franklin County in
the past six years. Hogs showed a
decltae from 6893 in 1926 and
8967 in 192S to 5342 in 1931. Dairy
cattle dropped from 387B in 192$
to 2530 in 1931. Similar reductions
were shown for other classes of live
stock. Figures from another source
for the present year show only 41
sows of breeding age and 172 milk
cows on 190 farms reported in
Cypress Creek township. In Cedar
Rock township 164 sows and 206
milk cows were reported for 177
farm*. After studying these figures
it was decided that more emphasis
should be placed on the value of
hogs and milk cows in the Llve-at
Home program.
It was pointed out that in increas
ing the . amount of livestock more
uniformity of product could be se
cured by using standard breeds. For
this reason the committee selected
the Guernsey breed of dairy cattle;
the O. I. C? Poland China, and
Duroc-Jersey breeds of hogs; the
Single Comb White Leghorn, Barred
Plymouth Rock, and Single Comb
Rhode Island Red breeds of chick
ens. These breeds will be stress
ed in project work and work with
adult farmers.
Crop varieties were selected for
standardisation also. Latham's
Double corn, Coker Cleveland cot
ton. and Bonansa tobacco were se
lected. This list of varieties select
ed to revision so as to conform to
the varieties selected as standard
(or the county by the agriculture
teachers at their next meeting. .
The entire program of work was
not adopted at this meeting. The
committee will meet again on Satur
iay, August 20 at 3:00 p. m. to
consider the remainder of the pro
tram. .
Those present at the meeting
were: P. R. Inscoe, T. & Dean, C.
H. 8 tailings, and J. B. Litchfield,
igrttmltare teacher.
Winborne and Hill
Name Advisors
Democratic Campaign Tu Open In
September ? Harmony Becomes
Chairman J. Wallace Winborne,
of the Democratic State Executive
Committee, and John Bright Hill,
pre-primary manager In the senator
ial campaign of Robert R. Reynolds,
will together (elect an advisory
council to aid In the conduct of the
Democratic campaign In North Caro
ling
This decision was reached yester
day as Hill belatedly accepted the
appointment as' secretary of the
committee which' Was announced by
Winborne Tuesday night immediate
ly after his own election In the f?ce
of attest J>ut firm op*?sltion from
the Reynolds forces.
With (he matter of the secretary
ship cleared up, CMkirman Win
borne called all esifdMates on the
State ticket to a harmony meeting
where the spirit of harmony was
much more real although much less
vocal than at the meeting of the
executive committee Tuesday night.
Chairman Winborne, who will
leave shortly for New York to con
fer with Chairman Farley and other
officials at National Democratic
headquarters, stated that he will
open State headquarters at the Sir
Walter Hotel here some time be
tween September 1 and September
IS. many of those most closely con
cerned with the campaign prefer
ring the latter date.
Mr. Winborne stated that so far
as Is now planned there will be no
executives on duty at headquarters
except himself, Mr. Hill and Mrs.
Thomas O'Berry, of Ooldsboro, who
was re-elected vice-chairman of the
committee Tuesday night.
Following their failure to reach
an agreement on the chairmanship,
the Reynolds forces sought to name
both the vice-chairman and the sec
retary as a compromise. Failing In
that they Informed supporters of J.
C. B. Ehrlnghaus that they did not
desire either position and requested
that Mr. Hill not be .appointed.
The Appointment, although agreed
upon etrlier in the day, when David
Strain, Reynolds' field manager, was
eliminated, came as a real surprise
to Hill and he declined to accept at
the time and announced he would
not accept at all unless Reynolds In
sisted that he do to.
That insistence was forthcoming
yesterday and the basis of the ap
parent harmony appeared to be an
agreement that Hill should have a
voice in selecting the advisory coun
cil. Opposition of the Reynolds
supporters to Wlnborne was based
on the double ground that Wlnborne
supported Senator Morrison in the
primary, although giving his major
attention to Ehrlnghaus, and that he
has for years been local attorney
for power companies which Reyn
olds assailed in his campaign.
The makeup of the advisory coun
cil has not been determined, but
'some Reynolds' supporters want one
member for each Congressional dis
trict.
Senator Joslah W. Bailey attend
ed the conference, which was also
attended by the following candi
date*: * Robert R. Reynolds, nomi
ne* In the Unltot States Senate;
J. C. j}. Ehringhaua, nominee for
iQoXfTOpfi Stacey W. Wade, nomi
nee tor Secretary of State; A. L.
Fletcher, nominee for Commission
er of Labor; State Auditor Baxter
Durham, Commissioner of Agricul
ture W. A. Graham and Corporation
Commissioner Stanley Wlnborne.
Others on the ticket were oat of the
city.
Honors Birthday
On Tuesday ' afternoon Mary
Louise Bass, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. W. K. Bus, entertained a num
ber W her friwMls honoring her
seventh birthday.
I After several games were played
the guest were envited to the dining
room where a delicious Ice course
was served.
The hostess was assisted In en
tertaining. and serving by Evelyn
and Maxlne Matthews and their
mother Mrs. H. A. Matthews, and
Ruth and Roena Gordan.
Those present were Martha Ray
Matthews and her house guest
Elisabeth and Ann Upchurch of
Henderson, Bill - Matthews, Jr. Doris
and Hasel Cottrell, Edward, Estell,
Doris and S. C. Hunt and their
house guest Hurlee Gilliam, W. A.,
Louis Ervln, and Bently Jones, Her
bert Scoggln, Bill, Clarence, Tom
and Charles Bass.
American women use several tons
of talcum powder a year, bat what
worries the men is the gun powder
they ?se.
Never call dishonest the man who
failed to return yoar borrowed um
brella or you may convict yourself.
Subscribe to Th? Franklin Time*
Seed Loao
Forgery Brings
Prison Term
Calhoun County Man Enters Guilty
Pie* In Federal Court
Albany, Ga? April 7. ? H. D.
Johnson, of Arlington, Calhoun
county, was sentenced by Federal
Judge Bascom S. Deaver today to
serve a year and a day In the feder
al penitentiary for forgery in con
nection with obtaining a federal
seed loan In the spring of 1931.
Johnson was charged with caus
ing the name of H. McMichael,
Buena Vista, Ga., loan representa
tive of the Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Company, to be forged to a
landlord's waiver to a government
crop mortgage.
Walter Jones, same address, on
trial with Johnson, swore that he
signed the name of Mr. McMichael
to the mortgage at the request of
Johnson and after Johnson, saying
that Mr. McMichael had told Jfchn
son that It tvas all right to do so
and that Johnson spelled out! the
name for Jones to sign for the reas
on that Jones could not spell. ,
After two hours of testimony
Johnson withdrew his plea of not
guilty and entered a plea of guilty.
A verdict of not guilty was then
taken in the Walter Jones case.
Prosecution of the case was directed
by Assistant United States Attorney
A. Edward Smith, of Macon. The
evidence of forgery was collected
by F. W. Allen, special agent bureau
of investigation, department of Jus
tice, Birmingham and Roy Harrell,
supervisor farmers' seed loan office,
Fitzgerald. This is the first case
of forgery In connection with ob
taining a seed loan to be tried in
Georgia.
Recorder's Court
No cases of any special import
ance were before Franklin Record
er's Court Monday. Mr. 3. L. Bow
en, Supervising Principal of Bunn
School, and one of Franklin Coun
ty's young attorneys, prosecuted the
docket in the absence of Capt. E. F.
Griffin, who is attending camp. The
docket as disposed of was as fol
lows:
Charlie C. Morris plead guilty to
a charge of non-support, prayer was
continued.
Hattle McNeal was found guilty
of destruction of personal property
and given 60 days in jail, execution
not to Issue until noon August 9th.
The case of carrying concealed
weapons against Bill Denton, was
continued one week. George Wil
liams plead guilty to a charge qt
larceny and was given 60 days on
roads.
John Tharrington was found not
guilty of violating prohibition law.
The case of operating automobile
intoxicated, against James Cash,
was continued.
Mopus McKnight plead guilty to
assault with deadly weapon and was
given 60 days on roads, upon pay
ment of $5 and costs, execution to
to issue only upon order of this
Court.
Soil Improvement
Demonstration
A soil improvement. .. demonstra- t;
tion, showing the value of leapedeza
as a soil improvement crop and as
a fertilizer for other crops, la being
conducted by H. P. Speed and Sons
of the Gold Sand Community. A
field consisting of two acres waa
selected for the demonstration, and
the soil throughout was of a uni
form type, being planted and culti
vated for the past few years in like
manner. Two years ago a part ot
the field was planted to lespedesa;
and on account of unfavorable
weather conditions, a poor stood was
left. It was allowed to reseed, re
suiting in a good stand, which pro
duced a good hay crop and seed
crop. The other part of the field
was planted to soybeans, a large
amount ot vegetation being left on
the land. The past spring the entire
field was broken at one plowing,
and the field planted to Latham's
Double corn.
In spite of the unfavorable corn
year the difference in the growth ot
corn in the two sections ot the Held
is outstanding. Any farmer inter
ested in soil Improvement will find
this field an interesting study. Mr.
Speed or his sons, James and Rob
ert, will be glad to show anyone the
corn and explain the details of the
demonstration. The results will be
used for the Information of the
farmers at the Qold Sand Coonty
Fair til October.
' ^Rtishville ministers ask people to
lay aside social obligations the week
,ot March 7. but you can still bet nle*
to your wife. !'"uf ?'