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r? *"?? ! Watch Whoa A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION ?1.80 Per Tear VOLVMN LXIU. NUMBER 85 LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA. FRIDAY, 1088 ? (EIGHT PAGES) Cooke Case Continued CLIFTON HARRIS AND KjyXNETH WHIT TO BB WP TODAY Judge N. A. atactalr Holdta* Frank lin Criminal C^uwt, Make* ^ten did Charge? Mn4y G*f Btopoee* Of ? Grand Jury Still At Wort Judge N. A Sinclair stressed . the importance of the Grand Jury and its work in a very able and interest ing charge at the opening of the reg ular October term of Franklin Crim inal Court here Monday. He pointed out the fact that the Court could do nothing until it had received the en dorsement of the Grand Jury In lta finding true bllla. He also empha sided the importance of the Grand Jury in performing its duties proper ly as upon its actions depends large ly the true Influence of law enforce ment in each County. His references relative to following up cases and condition*, brought out atrongly to his hearers ona advantage of the six or twelve months Jury. His explana tions of the law and crimes was in teresting and instructive and the en tire charge was well received by all. The following were chosen as the Grand Jury for the term: C. M. Gattls foreman, Q. W. Wester, J. T. Weldon, N. Q. ?Strickland, W. J. Coo per, W. E. Bartholomew, R. T. Jones, Ivey Coley, R. C. Gupton, W. G. Davis, H. K., Parrish, W. L. Cardin, H. J. House, i? W. Pearce, L. W. McUhee, VI. W. Oakley, H. B. Conyers, L. L. Sturdivant. H. F. Perry was select ed as ofltcer to the Grand Jury. Solicitor J. C. Little being present, tbly representing the State, the dock ed was called and disposed of as fol lows: Manco Driver and Charlie Dickens were found not guilty of distilling. James Thompson was found not puilty of assault with deadly weap ons. Edison Lancaster plead guilty to forcible trespass, 6 months on roads suspended for two years pending good behavior, and pay eosti. Ralph P. Darts plead guilty to em bezzlement, prayer for judgment con tinued. State took a nol pros In the case of larceny and receiving against Grey Davis. George Winston entered a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of car rying concealed weapons, 60 days on roads, suspended upon condition that defendant pay all costs by January torm. Amos Egerton was found guilty of assault with deadly weapon, 90 day* on roads, suspended upon payment of $25 fine and costs by January term. H. B. Maultsby was found guilty cf embezzlement: Harvey Perry. A. Denten, Garland Tant. plead guilty to larceny and re ceiving. G. Woodard was found guilty of housebreaking and larceny, 12 months on roads. Bennle Brown and Jack Leonard, plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny. Early Collins was found not guil ty of distilling. Henry Anderson was found guil ty housebreaking and larceny. Frank Rogers was found not guil ty of larceny and receiving. True bills were found against, Clifton Harris and Kenneth Whit, for murder. (This being the Wm. Tharrlngton case). Merland Griffin and Eddie Grif fin were found guilty of larceny and receiving. The trial of the murder case against Clifton Harris and Kenneth Whit has been set for Friday morn ing and a special venire of 76 men ordered. No action had been tak en yesterday relative to Ltttnus King's connection with the case. The case of murder against Wil liam Cooke, has been continued to January term of Court and 'a Jury ordered to be selected from Vance County. * The Grand Jury Was still In ses sion as we went to press yesterday afternoon, but would probably com plete its work before night. This is only a one week term and will probably not complete lta work before Saturday unless unexpected developments take place in some trials set for today or tomorrow. Sales Increasing Sales have Increased on the local tobacco market the past week In spite of the rainy, wet weather and prices hare been holding up good. The demand continues strong with the several buyers showing real life in bidding on each pile. Loulsburg market is holding well its favorable position among the tobacco growers. Bring your to bacco to Louisburg. Macon county farmers recently sold 278 head of grade beef cattl* for nearly M.000. Eighty-five farmer* took part la the sale. Franklin County Fair In Progress HOOVER CART f PARADE BIO EVENT Large Midway And Attractive Ex hibits? Knitting Machine Creat ing Much Interest ? Firework* Very Attractive. Ycsiibly the largest number ol Ijorue drawn vehicles, within the past fifteen years, were on the Streets ot Lculsburg Wedosday morning taking pert in tli Hoover cart parade or Franklin County fair when eighty five of these new model vehicles ot varying styles and completeness were lined up and marched in review friound the Court square and up Main street to the fair grounds where all riding In Hoover carts were admit ted to the grounds free. The differ ent Inscriptions were of much lnter ibt. In one case a man riding a mule curried a sign reading "Hoover's got my Cart," while a little farther down tte line a cart bearing a sign "Hoo vers got my mule." The -most inter esting to all, no doubt, was the small I lay model of the Hoover cart, drawn by Buster Toone, small son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Toone, carrying Thom as Hale, the little two and a halt year old son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Hale, presenting a sign reading "Hoover's got my goat," just below which was one of the large official signs "Vote for Roosevelt." The lat ter received the -prize for being the youngest in the parade, a box of can dy. The exhibits at the fair this year are small end few as compared with former years, possibly due to the ex tremely bad crop year, but what are on exhibit show up well. The most interesting exhibit is the knitting ma chine, which Is shcrwn in the procesB ol knitting socks. This is a novel scene to many of the visitors and is attracting much attention. The ex hibit w s made possible through the Interest of the Youngsville Hosiery Mills. ! Thp midway this year Is about the same as Is usual at the fair, composed ?*f many shows, games, mysteries and the like and Is furnishing much amusement to many visitors. The fair will continue through to today and Satnrday ? Saturday being set apart for negro day, when usual ly the colored population of Frank lin County turns out in large num bers In appreciation of this recogni tion. The winners in the Hoover cart parade were as follows: 1. All occupants of carts in parade entered fair grounds free. 2. Hoover cart coming the longest distance, Bernlce Pearce, a hat. 3. Best constructed Hoover cart, Herman Hawkins, 5 gallons gas. 4. Worst looking Hoover cart. Ricks Pearce, a tie. 5. Most gaily decorated cart, C. E. Burnett, 10 gallons of gas. 6. Fattest couple driving cart, A. M. Carmean, 5 pounds coffee, 4 pounds lard. 7. Biggest family riding in one cart, Zollle Massenburg, 10 pounds sugar. 8. Prettiest girl driving cart, Elisa beth Chappel, box of powder. 9. Ugliest man driving cart, Tell Gupton, pocket knife. 10. Youngest person driving cart, T homas Hale, box of candy. 11. Oddest cart, Jesse Hill, carton of cigarettes. - 12. Funniest clown walking or tiding in parade, Herman Williams, two meals at cafes. 13. Cart having the best slogan, Walter HoRnes, 1 gallon of motor oil end l pound of cup grease. 14. Oldest person driving, D. D. Gilliam, shirt. The big fireworks display nightly Is of a high-order and very attractive, being seen from a great distance and admired by thousands. Harris - Lawrence Mr. Joseph Httrris, of South Ameri ca, son of Mrs. R. R. Harris, of Loutsburg, with whom he has been spending the summer, and Miss Earle Lawrence, of Ahoskle, were quietly married at the home of the bride In Ahoskle, Thursday afternoon, October 13th, 1932, at 6:30 o'clock. In the presence of a number of relatives and friends. Mrs. Harris is an attractive young lady of Ahoskle and Is very popular emong a host of friends ln thls sec lion of the State. She is a'graduate of Peace Institute and is a teacher cf music. Mr. Harris is a native of Loutsburg, being the son of Mrs. R. R. Harris, but now Is employed as a buyer by the Brttlsh-American Tobacco Com pany, being located at Santa Crute, Rio Orande Dosul, South America. Following the ' ceremony the cou-. l<te left Tor a bridal trip through Western North Carolina. Mr. Harris salts for Braill on the 22nd of this month and will be Joined later by Mrs. Harris. Wise la the man who knows wktft not to exhibit his wlsdoat. " ' ? ? ? ? 1 1 ' '* ?" I !r-" Cal and A1 Work Together on Rail Tangle . The first meeting of the newly formed non-partisan rail committee to investigate and recommend legislation was held in Al Smith's New York offices with former President Coolidge presiding. This committee wu formed by the railroads. Members of the committee, standing, left to right: Alexander Legg, formerly of the Farm Board, Dr Harold Moult on, chief investigator and Bernard M. Baruch, vice-chairman. Seated. Calvin Cool idge, chairman, and Alfred E. Smith. Get More Liberal Terms Franklin Delegation Returns From Washington After Presenting Ap lyal (or Extension of Government Crop Loans for Farmers A delegation trpm Franklin Coun ty, composed of Chairman of tbe Board of County Commissioners, W. T. Moss, Representative W. L. Lumpkin, R. J. Rose, Col. C. L. McGhee and Prof. G. B. Harris, re turned Friday night from Washing ton where they presented to the De partment of Agriculture resolutions and data requesting that an exten sion be granted to tbe borrowers of government money in 1932 in Franklin County. The data and in formation which Included the fol lowing, showing that In Franklin County the tobacco crop this year will average 34 per cent, that cot ton production this year la estimat ed at 9,000 bales as compared with 14,000 for 1931 and 32,000 for 1927, that hay production for this year will average about 1060 pounds per acre, as compared with 2,200 in 1931, sweet potatoes averaging 54 per cent this year, as. against 72 for 1931, and Corn averaging 8 bushels per acre, against 20 bushels for 1931, with other crops In propor. tlon, presented by the Committee to the department made a profound Impression upon the officials, and the National Director of Govern ment Loans in the Department of Agriculture assured the delegation that a much more lenient attitude would be taken toward farmers in this county, especially those who needed a part of the proceeds of their crops with which to purchase feed stuff, live stock, provisions for their families, -the necessary cloth ing and with which to pay medical bills. Mr. Clarke, the National Di rector, stated that It was the policy of the government not to allow any borrowers to have to suffer for the bare necessities of life because of his inability to repay the loan, and that there would be a more liberal policy immediately In effect in Franklin County In particular, be cause of the distressing and acute conditions prevailing there. -Senator Bailey's office was very courteous and extended considerable assistance to the delegation. Representative Pou was especial ly active In behalf of the borrowers in Franklin County, and assured the Committee that he would use every effort, after having gone over the data presented to him, to' have the President extend to the borrowers of Franklin County the same exten sion that w** extended to the wes tern wheat farmers, namely, allow ing 25 per cent to be paid and the balance carried over until Congress next convenes, with proviso that the crops in the meantime might be used by the borrowers to meet their very pressing and urgent past due indebtedness and provide their ac tual necessities of life. On Tuesday, Mr. Lumpkin receiv ed a letter from Mr. Pou stating that he had again taken the matter up personally with Mr. Clarke and the Department of Agriculture, and that the department was Inclined to practically comply with the petition of the Committee. On Tuesday, Congressman Pou wired Mr. Lump kin that he has presented the Franklin Coanty situation to Mr. Walter Newton, Advisor to Preslr dent Hoover, and that he expected a definite answer soon. The telegram further^ stated that Mr. Newton (Continued oa Page Bight) REYNOLDS TO SPEAK AT ? HENDERSON ? Hon. Robert R. Reynolds, * Democratic Candidate for the * United States Senate, will speak * at the Riggan Theatre at Hen- * derson, Erlday night, (to-night) * October 21st, at 8 o'clock, ac- * cording to announcement made * , by Chairman J. M. Peace, of the * Vance County Democratic Exec- * utive Committee, who Is extend- * Ing a wide invitation to Demo- * crats to attend. He says they * are expecting several thousand * to attend and that a splendid * band has been secured to fur- * nish music for the occasion. * A special Invitation Is extend- * td vaters of Pranklln County to ? attend' this speaking. * Committees At Work Chamber of Commerce Holds Inter esting Meeting ? Making Plans to Advertise Loulsburg. Reopening the lunch room, har monizing the road problems, lnr crease in membership, planning to promote an advertising campaign and efforts to establish passenger transportation service for Loulsburg were the high spots of Interest brought out by the reports of the several committees at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held In the Court House on Monday night at which President Boddle presided. After the usual formalities of opening had been put aside and the general discussions which developed nothing new, reports of committees were called for and Indicated that the several committees had been at work on live projects and with suc cess and favorable prospects. I Miss Lynn Hall, head 6f the mem bership committee, reported four new members, bringing {he* mem bership up to 126. Mrs. A. W. Person, Chairman of the Schools committee, reported se curing and distributing clothing and securing the opening of the lunch l room, enabling a number of child ren to enter school. I Chairman Stockard, of the Pub licity committee, reported getting together the big signs that had been stored and arranging tpr Ugr plac ing. Finance Chairptan W. White, ; Jr., told of plans Ms commttttee and the Marketing committee Wert mak ing to co-operate with th? proposi tion of the Tobacco Board ot Trade to advertise Loulsburg. | Chairman M. S. Davis of the Roads committee reported the dlvia- 1 ion on the road qneetlons in the southern section of the county har monized, also the road situation otherwise unchanged ^fn the past month. | Mr. M. S. Davis made the report-, for the Transportation committee,' stating that he with others had been to Raleigh and conferred with Bus officials relative to Bus service for ; Loulsburg. They met with only partial success, but a willingness to co-operate If It could be afc&wn that the company could come out flnan-j clally on the projects. This mat- , ter will be carried further with the hope of very Satisfactory results. 1 Some 2,5(kt persons attended a public opening of the new dairy - barn recently erected at the Qull- { ford County Home farm near Greensboro. Subesrlbe to The Franklin Times Roosevelt leads 1 Hoover If Votes From lfr States DULL TOWN AND COUNTRY POLL DIFFERS WITH THE DIGEST AND HEARST The natlOD-wlda Presidential poll )y some 2,000 weekly newspapers, it which THE FRANKLIN TIMES * one, discloses the hint (hat when the last ballot baa been cast for Hoover or Roosevelt on November 3th, the small town and country America vote 1s going to be a big [actor in the final Count. Returns from sixteen states in this weekly newspaper poll skows Roose velt leading Hoover in popular vote by almost exactly the Mine percent age as prevails In other straw-vote polls conducted la cities and large population centers . . BUT . . the weekly poll brings out the fact that the country vote differs drastically with city vote in certain states. Both the Literary Digest poll and the Hearst newspaper poll show Roosevelt leading in Illinois. The weekly newspaper poll shows Hoov er sentiment running strong in small towns there, leading by more than 3 to 1. Returns from sixteen states have been received at Publishers Auto caster Service offices in New York, the national headquarters for the Weekly Newspapers' poll. These returns show Roosevelt leading Hoover, 24,911 votes to 19,289. Roosevelt is shown leading In 11 states and Hoover in & states. Here are the figures. Weekly Newspapers' Nation-wide Presidential Poll State Hoover Roosevelt North Carolina . 355 1,978 Minnesota 301 279 Kentucky 1,188 2,346 Florida 97 217 Illinois 4,414 ' 1,452 Massachusetts . . 522 670 West Virginia . . 126 1,246 Ohio 2,101 4,305 New Jersey 97 23 Colorado 431 537 Wisconsin 279 1,397 Maine 997 701 New York 1,956 2,085 Pennsylvania ... 1,784 1,698 Kansas 1,167 1,831 Iowa 3,473 4,146 19,289 24,911 Roosevelt ? 56 per cent votes cast. Hoover ? 44 per cent votes cast. Three Polls Percentages In its total ot 730,837 votes re ceived, The Literary Digest shows Roosevelt with 404,992 votes to Hoover's 325,845. This is 55% per cent of the votes cast for Roosevelt and 44 % per cent for Hoover. The Hearst Newspapers poll, dur ing the second week in October, showed 403,928 votes cast; Roose velt with 234,278 votes and Hoover 169,650; 58 per cent for Roosevelt, 42 per cent tor Hoover. The Weekly Newspapers' poll with its total of 44,200 votes, 24,911 for Roosevelt and 19.289 for Hoover, shows Roosevelt receiving 56 per cent of the votes cast to Hoover's 44 per cent. The Literary Digest poll shows Hoover leading in six states out of 20 reported. They are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New Jersey and Rhode Island. The Hearst poll reports Hoover leading In 10 states, Roosevelt leading in the other 37 states and 1 state tied. Those ten Hoover states are: Colo rado, Connecticut, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island aad Vermont. The Weekly Newspaper poll shows Hoo ver leading in five of the 16 states in votes received to date. They are Minnesota, Illinois, New Jersey, Maine and Pennsylvania. Roosevelt in leading in the Weekly Newspaper poll in these eleven ?tatea: North Carolina, Kentucky, Florida, West Virginia, Ohio Massa chusetts, Colorado, Wisconsin, New York, Kansas aad Iowa. Where, Poll* Dtfter Both Tfce Hearst and "^Digest polls ?how Hoover leading In Massachus etts, as agalntt the weakly poll show ing BooMrrelt leading there. The Hearst poll also Ihows Hoover lead ing In CeloNdo, Kansas and New York as against the weekly poll showing Roosevelt leading in those states. ? The Digest and Hearst polls show Roosevelt leading in Illinois but the weekly Newspaper poll show Hoover sentiment running strong. Hearst shows Roosevelt leading In Minne sota while the Weeklies show Hoo ver leading. Both the Digest and Hearst polls show Roosevelt leading in Pennsylvania but the small town Tote as reflected in the weekly newt papers' poll show a strong sentiment fbr Hoover. 8trmmed np . . . and by combin ing all of the states where Hoover . is shown leading in the three polls. The Digest, Hearst and Weekly Newspaper, he_4)i leading In 18 he ^s lead Brummitt Talks ? Taxation Relief Tells Franklin Voters School, Not Road Law Provided Greatest Be lief. Declaring that greatest property Lbx rcl.ef provided by the last Leg islature came not trom the State Highway plan advocated by the Gov i i'Uor, but fropi the effects of the partially adopted MacLean Law, to which all Democratic candidates now are committed to carry out in fail, Attorney General Dennis G. Brum mitt addressed an enthusiastic audi ence of Franklin county voters In the courthouse at Loulsburg Monday. The attorney general, introduced ny E. H. Malvne, county Democratic chairman, spoke during the recess in the criminal court term being con ducted by Judge N. A. Sinclair. By the road legislation of 1931, the a torney general said, property was relieved of taxation in the total amount of $2,515,358, which wa4 equivalent to a reduction in the tax rate of 8 1-2 cents if spread equally e ver all the property of the State at 1930 valuations. "It readily was seen however, that the major relief from property tax ; tion must come from State support of the six months' school term. The rdmlnistration revenue and approprl rtlon bills provide for equalization i-nd tax -reduction funds of $8,500,000, or the same as that which had been set up for the tw0 preceding years by the General Assembly of 1929. Those measures, however, were not satisfactory to the leaders of the forces for property tax relief," as serted Mr. Brummitt. "The MacLean Act was passed and latifled by the General Assembly, January 30. It declared that the six month's school term should be sup ported by the State from sources oth er than ad valorem taxation of prop erty. The General Assembly did not {ut that measure completely into ef fect, but came with measurable dis tance of doing so. A State school bvstem was established, and during tLese two years the constitutional school term has been supported from tources other than property, supple mented by a 15c State-wide property tax. "For the school year 1931-32, sup port of this six months' school term <.t State standards has reduced prop* trty taxes by $9,652,491. This is the equivalent of an average reduction in tax rate of 32 1-2 cents if spread equally over all property throughout the State. "For all practical purposes, the i?aders of that movement won their buttle. The Democratic party now la pledged to full support of the constitutional school term without td valorem taxation. Every candi date of the party is committed to that policy. The contest has ended. The batlie has been won. "Problems of equal, if not greater, magnitude will face the General As sembly of 1933. They can be met and solved only within the spirit and principles of democracy," he said. Hallowe'en Party The Hickory Rock-White Level P. T. A. will give a Halloween par ty Thursday October 27 th at 7:30 p. m. at the school building. Ghosts and spooks will furnish fun and entertainment for all. The proceeds will go for the benefit of the school. The public Is cordially invited. Energy used in getting even is better spent In getting ahead. states. All polls show Roosevelt leading In the other 35 states. Un der such summing up her* is the way they are running as the cam paign swings into the stretch. Roosevelt ahead In Alabama, Ari zona, Arkansas, California, Date ware, Florida. Georgia, Idaho, Indi ana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Neva da, New Mexico, North Carol fitt, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Or* gon. South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, . Virginia. Washington, West Virginia, Wiscon sin and Wyoming. Hoover ahead in Colorado, Con necticut, Kansas, Maine, Massachus etts, New Mexico, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania. Have you cast your vote yet to this nation-wide Presidential poll being conducted by the weekly newspapers? If not, clip the straw ballot, vote for your favorite can didate and send It to THE FRANK UN TIMES. But you'll have to hurry ? if It is to count In the na tional tabulations. Vote today. Let's show who we here In North Carolina want tor President tor the next four years. Only nineteen have voted to Franklin County so far, hut all af toes* are tor Roosevelt except one, a pretty fair par centage indication of what will happen on the Ith at November. 2
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