A. V. JOHNSON, Editor aad Manager
LOCISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1*82
VOLUMN LXI11.
(EIGHT PAGES)
NUMBER 88
WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS SWING INTO SECOND
WEEK OF NATION-WIDE PRESIDENTIAL POLL
This is the second week of the
nation-wide presidential straw vote
being conducted by mora than 2,000
weekly newspapers la the United
Statea. National return* are of
course not available at tfcia/ early
stage of the poll but at such points
where Individual newspapers were
already conducting a straw-vote the
figures Indicate that the small town
and rural sentiment varies little
from votes taken In larger centers
of population.
THE FRANKLIN TIMES Is one of
the weekly newspapers asked to
join In this nation-wide vote being
taken by apprvximately 2000 week
lies located In statea throughout the
nation.
? First Returns from Ohio
The first votea to be counted nat
ionally by the Publishers Autocaster
Service of New Tork, national head
quarters for the weekly newspapers'
nation-wide straw vote, were those
? reported by the NEWS of Iron ton,
Ohio,, of which Ur. Charles L. Col
lett is editor.
The Ironton News vote Is taken
by Newa representatives who follow
regularly assigned routes covering
all fields of community trade activi
ties and where voters in all walks
of life may be encountered without
regard to party affiliations. One day
the representatlvea will take secret
ballots In the retail stores; the next
day at garages and machine shops,
etc., etc.
The total vote taken In Ironton,
Ohio by the NEWS to date la as
follows:
MerDtn noorn .
Franklin D. Roosevelt 957
No choice (or President.... 85
It might be stated that these fig
ures from the NEWS' vote at Iron
^ ton check with the first figures an
nounced by The Literary Digest In
its nation-wide vote, so tar aa an
indication of ssntiaaent Is concerned.
The Digest vote showed Ohio as fol
lows:
Hoover 143 J
Roosevelt . 1441
It will be Interesting to check the
weakly newspapers vote against thht
of The Digest, as the voting pro
gresses. and note whether or not
there Is any wide difference of po
litical leanings between small town
and rural America on one side and
that of the urban voter on the other.
Oat in Kansas
Out In Kansas the Wichita Beacon
is conducting a straw-vote which
shows a sudden Hoover strength and
a gain on the lead Roosevelt piled
up from the first days of the vote.
Roosevelt Is still leading 9,157 to
Hoover's 5,661 at the last report.
However, these early figures on
such meager returns give neither
side any assurance of what the final
vote will be 1 . . and all political
prophets are quick to state that it
is entirely too early to go on record
. . . except, that the presidential
race can mighty easily develop Into
a very close?and a very hot con
test.
All of which makes it highly Im
portant, from your own political
standpoint, to take advantage of the
opportunity, to take advantage of
the opportunity the TIMES is offer
ing you to cast a straw-vote here in
North Carolina for the presidential
candidate of your choice. 'Here is
the ballot. All you need do Is clip
it out, vote for your favorite candi
date and send It to the office of
THE FRANKLIN TIMES. a
Let's get on record here In Frank
lin County as to who we wanV fw
President . . . the TIMES will send
the votes on to headquarters In New
York for national tabulation ,-?nd;
this will help show the small town
sentiment throughout tb? nation.
Also, and more Important, It .will
help show who we bare In North
Carolina want as president.. Apr the
next four years. . k
Let us have your vote -early In
the week a d that tt will b*. included
In the local Tot*'* totals which we
will publish next week. -?? ?.
Weather For
September
Local Weatherman R. A. Bobbltt
gives ua an Interesting weather re
port of Louisburg and vicinity tor
the month of September. He re
ports 4.07 Inches of rain. Oar max
imum average temperature was
84.80 degrees, the minimum aver
age temperature was 69.53 degrees.
The hottest day was the first diy
of the montfi when the temperature
of 104 was registered. Forty-eight
degrees was the lowest temperature
recorded during the month. During!
September there were twenty-three;
clear days two partly cloudy days'
and five cloudy days. v >; J
We never feel quite certain of get
ting a square deal from the man
who Is always demanding one for
himself. ....... v, i ?-t
The Presidential Candidates
p?^; Roosevelt, Dmocrat; Thomas, SocwliM; Upsh?w,
Prohibition, _Co?y, FWmcr-Labor; Fo?ter, Cocnmuaut.
THE FRANKLIN
COUNTY FAIR
To Be Held in Louisburg During
Week of October 17th
Ths managers of the Fair have
decided to put the Fair on this year
as us?al and have engaged the Rob
erto and Rannish Shows to play the
midway.
The premium list will be the
samt as afc bat according to the
cMtMM ot *? othet Fairs *eM this
year the ftrfmlums will he red and
blue rtbbops. This is done because
the admission charge at the gate
wlH only be ten cento which xlll go
to pay for ' lights, etc.) and a big'
fire .works !#splay every night.
Thoviiuris '4t nepple Jn the. County
will not be able to attend the State
Fair and the other amusement on
account of the cost; but all can at
tend the County Fair at so low cost,
which Is practically no cost at all.
After all the County Fair Is prin
cipally a meeting place for every
body to have a good time at the
least possibly cost. Wednesday
will be Rodeo and Educational day
.and every Hoover Cart in the Counr
ty will be in a grand parade. The
Hoover Cart Parade is sponsored,
Jointly by The Chamber of Com
merce and the Fair Association. The
merchants and business meil of
Loulsburg have agreed to give a
number of prises to those entered
and the Fair Association will give
free tickets to all the shows on the
Midway the day of the Parade. The
full list of prises will appear In the
TIMES next week. The Franklin
County Fair has always been a most
popular Fair and people from many
Counties attend each year. It Is the
one place you can walk more, hear
more, see more and have more fun
for less money than any other
place on earth. The management
Is to be congratulated for putting
on the Fair this year as it Is the
on thing that thousands of children
look forward to the entire year as
the only amusement they can afford
to have and It Is a fine spirit not
I -to disappoint them this year.
| When the children go, you ki|ow
it is Just like a circus, the grown
Hps have to go to look after them
So It always winds up with the whole
family at the Fair.
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Break in Gulf
Filling Station
*" lly ev
' ' fc
Ernest Perry House and Herbert
Burnette, were committed to the
East Carolina Training School, as
a result of a hearing siren by Ju
venile Judge J. J. Toung on Wed
nesday, for breaking into the Quit
Filling Station at Corner of Main
Street and Rirer Road early Sunday
morning. A number of automobile
accessories were missing after the
entrance.
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* REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN *j
* The Registration Books will ?
* be open at all polling places In *
* Ffjnklin County tomorrow and *
* will remain open each Saturday *
* for four Satardayst AU who are *
* entitled to register and hare not *,
* done SO (nay register at these *
* times. An It Is necessary to be ?
* VeiglsWi ?nl to rote it Is especial- *
* ly urged upon all to attend to *
* this Important -matter at once. *
* This la no new registration. *
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YOUNG DEMO
CRATS TO MEET
IN COURT HOUSE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON
Personnel of Executive Committee
Announce!* ? PIadh To Be Made
For Township Organisation ?
Siyaker To Be Anooscfd
Young Democrats M Franklin
County will meet In tl>e court bouse
bere Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock to lay plans for tbe campaign
and to arrange for a county-wide
rally of Democrats before tbe gen
eral election In November, it waa
announced bere yesterday by W.. If
Tarborougb, Jr., Secretary of ^ne
organisation. Tbe announcement
was made following a meeting of tbe
executive committee of tbe Young
Democrats Club at which Crawford
Kearney, President of tbe County
club, presided.
A tentative executive committee
bas been selected and these will
meet In Louisburg immediately fol
lowing tomwTow's meeting. Each
township I * represented by two com
mittee members. Tbese. will bead
the organisation in their township
and will coordinate the activities bf
the township and county commit
tees.
. TWi } executive committee is co#
posed of the following: Dunn, Mrs.
Spencer Williams and Jarvis Perry;
Harris, Mrs. Jesse Robins and Joe
Joyner; Franklin ton, Mrs. H. H.
Utley and H. F. Fuller; Hayesvllle,
Mrs. Weldon and L. O. Fraxler;
Sandy Creek, lilies Lilly Harper and
Qrover Parrish; Oold Mine, Mrs.
June Lancaster and Joe L. Williams;
Cedar Rock, Mrs. Haywood Stallings
and Taylor Boone; Cypress Creek,
Lonnie Turnage; Youngsville, Mrs.
Stephen Tharrlngton and W. T.
Mobs; Louisburg, Miss Max Allen
and W. E. White, Jr.
All democrats in tbe county are
urged to attend the meeting tomor
row afternoon as President Craw
ford Kearney plans to announce a
speaker -tor th?f county-wide rally
and wishes to enroll as many mem
bers in the club as possible. Im
mediately following the meeting
there will tie a meeting of the' execu
tive committee to aroange tor town
ship -6r(Mflzatl0n meetings- st this
time.
Nine Cent Plan
I -,r'i
Explained
D?talls of the plan just announced
in Washington under which cotton
will be accepted at nine cents per
pound as collateral on Government
seed loans will be explained here
Wednesday, October 12th, by U.
Benton Blalock, General Manager
of the North Carolina Cotton Grow
ers Association who, will speak in the
Court House at 10 o'clock. Many of
the 2600 Franklin farmers who ob
tained Government loans this year
are expected to attend. The Gov
ernment has announced in certain
areas nine and one-half cents per
poun? will he allowed on middling
7-8 co(ton and it is thought North
Carolina Is Included in these areas.
Mr. Blalock, who conferred with
Secretary Hyde on the plan and as
sisted In perfecting ft, urged that
oottoa In ithe South Atlantic States
because of Its proximity to the mills
be collateralised at half a cent more
per pound than Valley and Wester# .
States cotton.
Wouldn't it be a queer world it
everybody believed everybody elseT
Seed Committee j
To Washington
W. N. FULLER ORDERED TO ,
KEEP LIST OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
Board of Comml? loners Hold Bleat
ing 'Aljjiuluy ? Make List of Names :
For Juror* (or Magistrate ? Ac- '
t cc-pta Basse's Hetllfmmt ? Tarn (
Books Over i
The Board of County Commission,,
ers met in regular session on "Mon
day with all members present. After
approving minutes of pravlous meet
ings business was transacted as fol
lows:
The sheriff was allowed a 30 day
extension of time to collect 1030
delinquent taxes and reduce the In
solvent list.
W. N. Fuller was instructed to
keep an accurate list of property
owned by the County.
Upon motion the tax Battlement :
of J. H. Boone, tax collactor, for
1931 taxes was accepted and the
1932 tax books turned over to him.
W. L. Lumpkin and many citizens
of Franklin County were before the
Board to cooperate with them In
trying to get Franklin County add
ed to the area In which only 26 per
cent of the government seed loans
are to be paid in 1932. Upon mo
tion the Board adopted a resolution
appealing to the Department of Ag
riculture of the United States ask
ing this relief and appointing W. L.
Iiuinpkin and Chairman Moss a
committee to transmit them at an
actual expense of not to exceed $60.
! Register of Deeds Harris was
ordered to draw a list of 203 Juror
names for Magistrate B. B. Perry
for Loulsburg township.
Jurgrs were drawn for the Octo
ber and November terms of Frank
lin Superior Court.
J. H. Boone submitted the names
of C. T. Dean, J. A. Dennis and
Bugene Beddingfleld as deputies to
Mslat In the collection of taxea for
fee Board's approval. The approval
*ra? made.
/olja Hedgepeth. Superintendent
of th? County Home made his re
port which was accepted. Hp re
ports 17 white and 11 colored in
mates.
The report of Dr. R. F. Yarbor
ough County Health officer, was re
ceived and filed.
The report of Supt. E. C. Perry,
of the Welfare Department, made
his report which was received and
ordered filed.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourtod.
Tobacco Selling
Good At Lorasburg
Sales continue light on the tobac
co market this week owing to the
farmers being very busy curing the
remainder of th crop and picking
cotton. The market has been very
active on all grades this week and
there has been some increase In
prices on the smoking side. The
better leaf and common leaf have
shown some increase also. As a
whole our market Is very satisfac
tory. It is expected that larger sales
will begin the coming week. The
buyers and warehousemen are do
ing their best to see that those who
sell In Loulsburg shall receive the
beet prices that can be had on all
grade*.
Community Fair At
E. R High School
The "CStntn unity Fair at Edward
Best High School will betheld
October 28* this rear. No fair
been held In this community since
1?3?. Ohfe one is expected to sur
pass all the others.
Premium lists are now being pre
pared for' distribution. Part of the
program has b?|en planned. This
will include a womanleto wedding,
a scrub bull trial and a Hoover cart
parade. The complete program will
be published In the TIMES at a lat
er date. Those interested in plac
Ing exhibits in the fair should get :
in touch with John B. Litchfield, i
the agriculture teacher.
Wood P. T. A.
The regular meeting of the Wood
P. T. A. will be held Friday even
ing, Oct. 7th, at 7:30 o'clock. The
following program will be given.
Song ? Audience.
Devotional? Vlrgia Qupton.
Prayer ? Mr. Alex Wester.
A poem? Dorothy Denton.
A Duet ? Inea Qupton and Mar
garet Leonard.
Social hour.
A good way to promote honesty is
to make dishonesty profitable.
Attempts Sui- 5
cide In Jail
J. H. Lupire Cats Throat After Be
ing Committed on Hit and Run
And Transporting Warrants (
J. H. Dupree, of Wilson, a $0
rtkr old white man, attempted *ul
:tde In the franklin County Jail *
Barly Wednesday morning by cut
;ing a big gash In his neck with a
pocket knife, necessitating seven
it itches to close the wound. Dupree
iras committed to Jail earlier in the
light nnder two warrants, growing
jut of an accident on highway 56
near Dr. C. H. Banks residence
when he ran his car against two
negroes, one named Williams and
Dne named Leonard ? one being
badly kirt. Dupree, according to
report, coptlnued on to Frankllnton,
where officers attempted to stop
him, but he retraced himself to
Louisbnrg followed close by the of
ficers. At Louisburg the officers
fired a pistol at him or his car as
he passed through the streets. Du
pree made no stop but headed full
sped for Nashville, driving. It Is
said on a rim or rims to his ear.
At Nashville he was stopped as he
headed for Wilson and was brought
back to Louisburg where he was
taken before B. B. Perry, Justice of
the Peace, where warrants, one
charging transporting whiskey and
reckless driving and the other hit
and run were Issued and served. A
$100 bond was required under the
first warrant and $500 bond under
the latter, in default of which he
was committed to jail at Wilson.
Friends of Dupree at Wilson
learning of his predicament, came
to his rescue Wednesday morning,
gave his bood for his appearance for
a preliminary hearing at Louisburg
on October lTth.
The negroes who, it Is reported,
were repairing their car on the side
of the road, were gettfig along
nlc$l? Wef4o?vi*y afternoon, and In
no Immediate danger unless com
plications developed.
New Plan To Aid
Cotton Growers
Cottba lb Bf Accepted As Collat
eral In Payment ' Of? Crop
Papdn^ion Loans
Washington. Oct. S. ? The Agri
culture Department announced to
day it had agreed to liberalize the
terms of crop production loans In
the cotton states by a plan involv
ing acceptance of cotton as collater
al o* the basis of nine cents a pound.
The following statemeent was is
sued today by Henry S. Clarke, di
rector of the 1932 crop production
loan office:
"At the request of a large num
ber of Senators and Congressmen,
cooperative associations and indivi
duals in the cotton growing states, '
the Secretary of Agriculture has
agreed to liberalise the terms of the
crop production loans Ui these states '
(cotton growing) for the relief for
the depressed cotton farmer.
"The loan will ease the burden of
repayntent of such loans and should
result In improving the cotton mar
ket. :
As Collateral. 1
"Cotton will be accepted as col- .
lateral for crop production loans of
1932 and unpaid balances on lans
made prior to 1932, on the basis of j
nine cents per pound middling 7r8 .
inch.
"Borrowers who wish to take ad
vantage of the collateral plan will
be required to deliver their cotton ]
to the cotton cooperative association .
or to federal bonded warehouses. (
? When delivered to federal bonded .
Warehouses, the department requires ?
tftt the cotton be insured and that (
Warehouse receipts ' delivered to
field agents of the secretary of the j
regional crop loan collction office. ,
The receipts ttuat be "on sufficient ,
cotton to collateralize the loan at (
the price above mentional (ninq
cents) rather than on the quantity j
required at current market prices." ,
In "certain areas" the department
will allow nine and one-half cents
per pound o* middling 7-8 inch cot
ton. These areas were not describ
ed today.
Mr. Clarke continued:
"Differentials will be prepared to
provide premiums for staple longer
than 7-8 Inch and grades better
than middling and likewise dis
counts for short staple and lower
grades. " All cotton deposited "as col- c
lateral must be garded by federal
licensed glassers.
"All cotton a? collateralized must
be accompanied kf an agreement
signed hf the borrower whereby- he .
reserves the right of Mil in* ?*ch ?
sotton at aay- time prior to March ?
L, 1933, and aathorisM tke.sqqr*- 1
:ary to sell ?ame in his discretion. <
it any time subsequent to that date." 1
Olory fade* when It ia dyed.
>. L. Roberson
Elected Tax
Collector
THIEF MICA DOW* 18 GRANTED
NINETY DAY8 ABSENCE
'ommlsaloaer F. H. Allen Resigns
And Board Requests His Recon
sideration ? Face Made Chief Dur
iflfc Absence of Meadows and
Yonng Given Night Job
The Board of Town Commlaaioi
>rs held a most Interesting meeting
in Tuesday night with all members
>resent except F. H. Allen, who had
eslgned. After reading and approv
ng minutes of previous meetings
Justness was transacted as follows:
The monthly reports of the Town
?lerk, Chief of Police, Tax Collector
ind Supt. of Lights and Water were
'ead and approved.
Mr. J. S. Howell, Fire Chief, re
luested the Board to employ a ca
>able person to Inspect the bulld
ng In town for .the purpose of de
leting faulty flues and other fire
tazards. This request was referred
.0 the Building Committee for ac
ton.
The Board Instructed the Light
ind Water Committee to purchase
>00 feet of Fire Hose.
The Board Instructed the Light
ind Water Committee to make an
agreement as to a price with Dr. A.
K. Fleming for furnishing power
[or the Franklin County Fair, which
itarts on October 17, 1932.
The Clerk read a request from
Mr. B. H. Meadows, Chief of Police,
For a ninety day leave of absence
without pay. Mr. Meadows stated
that his request was made on ac
count of bad health. This request
was disposed of as follows: "That
the Board grant the request of Chief
of Police, B. H. Meadows." This
motion was carried.
The Clerk was Instructed to check
the accounts of Mr. Meadows, and
to turn them over to the Acting
Chief of Police.
The Board ruled to employ Mr.
S. W. Toung as temporary night
police at a salary of )75.00 per
month.
A motion prevailed to employ
Wes Jones to serve as janitor at the
Fire House and to pay him $1.00
per week tot his services.
The Board went into executive
The Clerk read several applica
tions from parties for the position
of Town Tax Collector.
The following persons were nom
inated for this position: J. Forrest
Joyner, S. L. Roberson, and Louis
Wheless.
A secret ballot was taken on these
nominees with the following result:
S. L. Roberson 3 votes; Louis
Wheless 1 rote; Forrest Joyner 1
vote.
It was therefore ordered that Mr.
S. L. Roberson be given the position
of Town Tax Collector at a salary
of $85.00 per month:
The Clerk was instructed to ne
gotiate with C. K. Cooke, Jr., and
offer him a proposition to audit the
books of D. E. Cone, Tax Collector
from the period of the last audit of
June, 30, 1932 through Oct., 15,
1932.
The Mayor read to the Board, the
resignation of Town Commissioner,
P.H.Allen.
All members of the Board ex
pressed regrets over Mr. Allen's ac
tion, and they ruled not to accept
his resignation and to request him
to re-consider his action and to con
Unite his services as Town Commis
sioner.
Rill Yarborough reported progress
In' the matter of conducting Tax
Certificates foreclosure suits, and
Informed ^ke Board that title had
already been secured Jointly by the
rown of Louieburg, N. C., and
Pranklln County, to several parcels
jf property.
M. C. Murphy reported to the
Board (Bat the Ordinance Commit
tee was almost ready to present a
?evised ft at of Town Ordinances for
?he Boards approval.
Mr. W. E. White informed the
Board that Mr. E^, H. Maione, at
torney representing Jennetty Perry,
-equested him to advise the Board
;hat Jennetty Peerry would accept
(125.00 as full settlement for dam
iges to her person, when she step
ted into an open water metaer box.
The Board instructed Mr. White
o advise Mr. Maione that they were
inwilllng to agree to thin, proposed
settlement until they had investi
gated the matter more thoroughly.
After allowing a number of am
ounts the Board adjourned
STANLEY ? JOYNKR
Miss Annabelle Joyner. daughter
lit Mr. J. M. Joyner, of Louisfeurg,
ad Mr. Walter M. 'Stanley, of Laag
ey Field, Va.. were quietly married
Mt Wednesday evening, September
list, at the home ot Rev. M- Stamp*.
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