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LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DKCEMBER 80, 1938
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NUMBER 4S
DISAPPEARANCE OF
McCOIN MYSTERIOUS!
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Buys. Bonds For Wife in Raleigh|
Two Weeks Ago
PROMINENT HENDERSON BUSI
NESS MAN
Left Rome Thursday of Last Week
? Letter States He Wu Killed
Near Petersburg That Day? Car
Found At Coliunbus, Ohio.
Henderson, Dec. 27. ? Acting upon
an anonymous letter which purport
ed to describe the slaying of a mo
torist near Petersburg, Va., police
tonlgbt revealed they had located
in Columbus, Ohio, the automobile
of R. S. McColn, former State Sena
tor who disappeared Thursday while
on a business trip to Richmond, Va.
The letter was signed "a boy In
distress." It was mailed In Chicago
Sunday night, and was addressed to
the "Chief Judge of the Supreme
Court, Raleigh, N. C." It was turn
ed over to Henderson police by
Chief Justice W. P. Stacy.
Staga? Collision.
The writer set forth that he and
three companions met a motorist,
presumably McColn, near Peters
burg, V*., Thursday afternoon, and
that after a staged collision of auto
mobile*, they engaged In an alter
cation with him, demanding money.
Upon his refusal, the letter said, one
of the men, slugged him with a
blackjack.
Within 15 minutes, the letter
said, the man died. The body was
placed in their automobile and driv
en to a point near Hagerstown, Md?
it continued, where the clothing was
removed and burned, and the body
burled.
The letter laid the man's automo
bile was left near the Southern ho
tel in Columbus, O. Local officers
communicated with police of that
pity, and tonight said they had been
Informed an automobile, meeting the
description of McColn's ,car, had
been located. In it was found a
bloody glovfe, and a pocketbook.
McColn, 60 year old attorney here,
had been traced to Richmond by in
vestigators, but he had apparently
vanished after buying gasolMa at a
filling station, and inquiring the di
rection to Parmvllle and Lynchburg.
- Until Judge Stacy received, the
typewritten lettftr this morning, the
search had apparently been in a
i blind alley.
Forced To Sign Confession.
The writer of the letter Explained
that he had been compelled by his
three companions, whom he identi
fied only by nicknames, to sign a
statement saying he hit the motorist
the fatal blow. He wrote the letter,
he explained, to offset this "con
fession" and .to tell the trath re
garding the supposed homicide.
He wrote that he met hla three
companions In Jacksonville, Fla.,
and that \he quartet agreed to travel
north together, he putting up the $8 |
he had, and the others furnishing
the antomoblle.
Near Petersburg, the letter said,
they ran low on gasoline, and one
of his companions suggested that
they slde-swlpe some passing. motor
ist's automobile with theirs and de
mand damages.
Struck With Blatfrjacfc.
This the writer said, was done.
His letter described a sedan corres
ponding to the one used by McColn
on his trip. The motorist refused
> to pay $15 demanded, the letter
said, and one of the three men
struck him from the rear with a
blackjack.
While they were placing the, mo
torist in their automobile, the
writer recounted, another ajitomo
billst passed, and taqulredlf any
one was hnrt. He was told that the
injured man was only the worse for
drink, and went on his wa f.
The letter described the death of
the motorist, and the travels of the
quartet through Maryland and Penn
sylvania to Oolambas. The spot
where the body waa reported hurled
near Hagentowa was sot specifically
described, so far as eoaM be learned
(Continued on Page Fojr) ...
LETTER 18 QUESTIONED
Police Checking Kingerjyinln On
McColn'* Car In Columbus, O.,
While Relatives and Henderson
Chief of Police Go to HagS-stown
Md., to Aid in Search For Body
Which Anoqymous Writer Says la
Burled Near There; Wife Inform
ed Of Mutter Theory; Associate
Scoffs At Report That Audit la
Being Made of His Affairs
(News-Observer, Thursday, Dec. 29.)
R. S. McColn, who has been miss
ing from his home In Henderson a
week today, Intimated to a close
friend here two weeks ago that
"something might happen to him."
He sought, obtained and acted
upon advlc? of this friend, a finan
cial expert, upon investing money
in a medium from which proceeds
would be easily available to his
wife "in case something happens to
me."
Insurance wouldn't do,
but at hie friend's suggestion pur
chased two '$1000 North Carolina
bonds of early maturity through a
Raleigh ba&k.
This revelation, coming on the
heels of a crudely typed letter from
Chicago purporting to have been
written by a repentent young man
who claimed that he was present at
the murder of the Henderson man
on the highway between Petersburg
and Richmond, served to remove
some of the mystery from the dis
appearance of McCoin.
Letter Questioned.
The genuineness ol the letter was
quickly questioned after scrutiny
here, and despite its crude spelling,
the coherence ot the lengthy missive,
the correct use ot difficult words
while simple ones were misspelled,
the use of hotel st&tionery from
which identifying traces not com
pletely removed, left the impression
that the letter could not have been
written by an Ignorant youth, but
obviously was the work of a man of
intelligence and education.
McCoin, highly regarded in State
circles, Is a former State Senator,
the senior member of the State
Budget Commission, and a member
of the State Board of Purchase and
Contract, is also an attorney and
business man.
In addition to his practice as an
attorney, he is president and princi
pal owner of the Henderson Loan
and Real Estate Co., a (160,000 cor
poration which handled extensive
loan and Insurance business.
No Audit Being Made.
McColn's business associate, L, B.
Wester, yesterday scoffed at the re
port that an audit was being made
of the missing man's affairs.
Mrs. McGofn', informed only last
night Of "the theory that her hus
band 'la dead, was reported to be
taking the matter "hard."
Friends here and In Henderson
said that t^ey had noticed that Mc
Coin, usually cheerful, appeared
"blue" at times lately. It is' known
that *b? suffered with other large
property owners as a result of the
depression.
Although no definite Information
was available. It Is the opinion of
acquaintances that he carried sub
stantial Insurance on his life.
Definite clues as to his possible
whereabouts await fingerprints from
his car, which was 'left in a garage
In Columbus, O., as the letter, re
ceived here by Chief Justktt W. P.
Stacy of the Supreme Court, said
it was.
L. S. Harris, head of the State
Motor Vehicle Bureau, last night had
received no answer from his wire to
Columbus officials asking a full' re
port on the car and contents, but
Chief of Police J. H. Langston of
Henderson received a telegram from
F. F. Kundts, Columbus chief of po
lice, stating , a\ black Chrysler coupe
had been stolen within a block ot
(Continued on Page Four)
C. T. Stokes
Mr. C. T. Stokes, one of Franklin
County's moat prominent citizens
died at Rex Hospital Friday night
In bis 71st year as the result of a
heart attack after being in ill
health (or some time.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. D. P. Harris at the Louis*
burg Baptist church Saturday after
noon and interment was at Oakwood
cemetery. Active pallbearers were
W. J. Cooper, M. S. Clifton, L. L.
Joyner, A. W. Person, O. W. Mur
phy, D. F. McKlnne, H. H. John
son, R. C. Beck. Honorary pall
bearers were F. W. Wbeless, Albert
Wheless, S. T. WUder, C. T. Banks,
F. H. Allen, E. S. Ford, W. W. Neal,
T. K. Stockard, Nobe Medlin, E. R.
Allen, W. D. Egerton, J. E. Malone,
C. P. Harris, J. P. Timberlake,
Frank Justice, and the board of
deacons of the Loulsburg Baptist
church. ?
Mr. Stokes was born In Franklin
County and lived in Loulsburg all
his lite. He was for many years an
active deacon in the Loulsburg Bap
tist church and a few years ago was
made an honorary deacon for Mfe
and has held a prominent place In
the business circles of the county
being for many ypars one of Louis
burg's most Important cotton buy
ers. He is survived by his widow,
who was formerly Miss Grace Hall
ot Loulsburg.
New Year Changes
Among the Changes taking place
in Loulsburg for the ..coming year
the following are noted:
The Bullder'i Supply Co., have
moved their atock back to 8prlng
Hope.
The Raleigh Salvage.' Co., have
moved their stock to theU main
store in Raleigh.
White ft Hill will move th^fr
Frlgidalre and Radio business to
the Egerton-Ford building on Mar
ket Street.
L. P. Hicks will move his grocery
business to the room formerly oc
cupied by White ft Hill on Main
Street, next to Tucker's Hotel.
Possibly th< most Important
change, if rumor Is correct, is that
the Flrst-Cittaens Bank ft Trust Co.,
of Franlfllntoii, which has been con
ducting an agency in Loulsburg the
past year will move its main busi
ness to Loulsburg and will occupy
the- First National Bank building,
corner of Main and Nash Street, and
will conduct an agency at Franklin
ton. The bank olBClals do not Veri
fy these rumors.
The Loulsburg Dry Cleaners have
moved to the franklin Creamery
building v on Church and Nash
Streets. I
Becks Oarage is to move to the
building vacated by the Louisburg I
Dry Cleaners on Nash and Spring 1
Streets.
To Broadcast /
Church Services
Beginning Sunday, January 1st.
the Church of the Good Shepherd
(Episcopal). Raleigh, will broad
cast its eleven o'clock service direct
from the church. ? It will thus make
a service available for shut-ins and
all others who are unable to attend
one of their own.
The choir of the Church of the
Good Shepherd la noted for the high
quality of its music, and the congre
gation of this parish feels that It is
? a privilege to share It with the
large audience. Tbp rector, the
Rrr. Theodore Partfick, jr., will be
the preacher at these Sunday morn
ing services, but he expect* to In
vite soma outstanding preachers to
assist him at various times, i1
The first Mhricai tftttdcasted will
be 4hat; of hte Holy Communion,
with ^eraon by the rector. On suc
ceeding Sundays the service will be
that of Morning Prayer. Episcopa
lians and others who are familiar
with the Pfayer Book are asked to
follow the service.
This broadcast, which is made
possible by the generosity of a lay
man of the Church of the Good
Shepherd, will continue for three
months.
Mrs. Gnaggs ? Before we were
married you used to say you could
listen to my voice for ever.
Mr. Gnaggs^? Well, at that time I
had no Idea I'd ever have to do It.
A speaker at a laundry convention
urged wives be given $15 a week
salary as home managers. Wives
who eopld manage some husbands
we know "Would earn more than that.'
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FOR FIRST CLAM JOB PRINTING
Government Crop
Production Loans
Mr. H. P. Stevens, of the local
Government Seed Loan office, has tht
following to say about future loans:
The year of 1932 Is fast passing
away.
There are a great number of bor
rowers of Government funds In
Franklin County who have pkld their
loans In full. Their credit Is Mr
tablished. Should another loan be
made in the year 1933, those bor
rowers will be in a preferential po
sition to obtain a loan.
There are many who have not
paid in full, ilso a goodly number
who have sold their crops and paid
nothing on their loans. It is neces
sary that these two last classes of
borrowers make a report .of the crops
harvested and sold if they may ex
pect help from the Government dur
ing the coming year.
Should a loan be made for crop
production In the year 1933, any
borrower who willfully neglects to
make such a report at this time, may
be sure that he himself is cutting off
the only method he may have of
getting financed for the new year.
There is a last opportunity for
these borrowers to redeem themsel
ves 'fend thereby be in a position tfi
receive any benefits that may be ex
tended to the people of Franklin
County.
The office In the First National
Bank Building in Loulsburg, N. C.,
earnestly requests every borrower In
' the County who has not paid in full
I his loans for the years 1931 and
1 1932, come in within the next ten
days and let us help you. If we can,
riave your credit. ? This Is very im
portant to you. Ton are the only
one who will benefit or loseby your
acts. Bring all receipts for money
or cotton stored.
e know that the man who wants
to do right will do this. He is the
man who appreciates his credit.
~ The man who wants to beat his
Government, who does not appre
ciate his credit, will not come.
In which class are you?
Howell's Store
Is Robbed
Robbers broke into' tbe store of
J. S. Howell on South Main Street
on Wednesday night and took a lot
of cigarettes, snuff and tobacco, es
timated at about 1125.00. The en
trance was made through the ga
rage next door, the, thieves climb
ing to the attic above the store and
breaking through the celling. No
clues had been found yesterday.
Redding-Hicks
The following announcement,
which will 1m of .lnjtofwt to theft
many friends .in Loulsburg, bias been
received here: > i y? :
Mr. and* Mrs. Ernest Sinclair
Chesson, Junior, announce the mar
riage of their nelee. Miss Dorothy
Egerton Hicks to Mr. Thomas Stan
ley Redding on Friday, the sixteenth
ot December, nineteen hundred and
thirty-two, Elisabeth City, North
Carolina.
A card, accompanied the an'
nouncement bearing the following
Information: At hone after the
first of January, Ashboro, North
Carolina.
Mr*,.- Redding is a deserringly
popular and attractive young Mr,
fornjuerly tit Loulsburg, daughter of
the tote Mr. a?H Mis. Brantley Q.
Hicks She has a host M friend#,
throughout this section of the State.
Mid-Night Show
Spfodftjy Night
The Loulsburg Theatre announce*
a mid-night show (or New, Tears,
Sunday sight. J&onary 1st, at
Monday and Tuesday, Jan. t a 54
3 ? Jack Holt in "Man Against Wo
man." j
Wednesday, Jan. 4 ? Clive Brook, :
Frances Dee and Qene Raymond la I
"The Night of June 13th."
Thursday and Friday, Jan. 5 and
< ? Constance Bennett and Joel Mo- i
Crea In "Rockabye." ' 1
Saturday, Jan. T ? dire Brook In i
Sherlock Holmes." <
U. D. C , To Meet ,
The Joseph J. ' Davis chapter at l
the V. D. C. will meat with Mr#, i
McM. Furgerson on January, 3rd,
19S3 at 3 o'clock.
MR8. J. W. MANN, 8?c'y.
Mr. Swinson
Buys Theatre
Following the lire that was bad
recently at the Loulsburg Theatre,
Mr. B. L. Swinson, who was Its man
ager, bought the Theatre from Mr.
H. P. Howell, of Smlthfleld, and Is
now running It himself. Mr. Swin
son has through his managership
before given splendid service to the
public in this section and no doubt
now that he is the proprietor of the
Theatre will Increase and make even
better his service to the theatre-go
lng public. HU many many friends
extend to him the best of wishes for
success in this business and feel
that through his congenial service
ahd ability he will find it.
ENTERTAIN CLUBS
The Yuletlde holidays were en
Joyed at a number of social activi
ties in Loulsburg last week.
Miss Virginia Beck, was charming
hostess to the Tuesday 'Evening Con
tract Club at ber home on Franklin
Street, at which guests played at
three tables. After the playing of
Several progressions delicious re
freshmens were served to the
guests, who were as follows: Misses
Anna Fuller Parham, Hazel Allen,
Mary Malone Best, Felicia Allen,
Max Allen, Llna Welch. Kate Al
len, Billie Phillips, Helen Leigh
Fleming, Anne Taylor and Frances
Greene.
Th'e Friday contract club wag en
tertained by Miss Margaret Turner
at the Four Winds Tea Room. Fol
lowing the sane the hostess serv
ed It salad coarse aiui coffee as re
freshments. The elab members who
were present were Misses Lucy
Clifton Boddle, Anna Fuller Par
ham, Max Allen, Louise Joyner,
Elizabeth Clifton and Mesdamea f.
S. Allan, F. N. Egerton and H. J.
Lewis. Visitors ware. Misses Felicia
Allen, Llna Welch and Victoria Ad
cocke.
On Tuesday afternoon the Edwin
Fuller Book Club was entertained
by Mrs. G. W. Cobb. The after
noon's program on "Arlington" was
interestingly presented by Mesdames
G. M. Beam and S. A. Newell. Dr.
H. H. Johnson gave a most Inter
esting and Instructive talk on "Edu
cation Today". At the Conclusion
of the program the hostess served
delicious refreshments.
ENTERTAIN AT ROOK
On Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
Mrs: P. S. Foster and Mrs.
J. B. Beasley delightfully enter
tained, a number of their friends,
at a lovely rook party, at the home
of Mrs. Foster. The high score
prlxe was presented Mr. Cranford
Beasley, while the consolation went
to Charles D. Macon.
Those ^njoying the hospitality of
Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Beasley were:
Mr. and Mrs. Cranford Beasley,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Macon, Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Beasley, Mr. and
Mrs. Boone, Mrs. Grover Harris,
Mrs. F. M. Fuller, Mrs. W. N. Ful
ler, Mr. P. S. Foster, and Mr. J. B. 1
Beasley.
The hostesses served a delicious
ieed course.
MT. GILEAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The regular quarterly Conference ^
of Mt. Gilead Church ?wlll be held
on Saturday night, Dye. 31, 1932
at 7:36 o'clock. ATT members are'
urged to be present. ^;vA' *1
. During the Christmas holidays t
the Christian Endeavor has given 1
several programs to tile people in
the community who are confined to
their homea and could not get out.
These programs have been greatly
enjoyed.
On Sunday, January 1. 1933,
which is the regular preaching Sun
day the pastor. Rev. H. C. Hillard,
will preach at' eleven o'clock. His
subject will be ?The Joy of New
Pear".
The public la cordially invited to
be with us at this service.
Many colleges are banning auto
mobiles. The college authorities
are old-fashioned enough to think
kerosene, not gasoline, ough? to be
burnt at midnight.
Poise to something that will keep
i man cool and collected when the
law of gravity is operating on his
tarter while making a public ad
Iress.
The automobile manufacturers
la re removed tike cranks from the
Front of autonMblles, but th6y can't
regulate what handles the steering
irheel.
Subscribe to Tbe Franklin Time*
11.50 Per Year In Mnaw
BISHOP CHESHIRE
, DEAD
Funeral Held In Raleigh and Inter*
ment At Tarboro Thursday
Charlotte, Dec. 27. ? The Rt. Rev.
Joseph Blount Cheshire, widely be
loved biahop of the Episcopal Dio
cese of North Carolina, died at
Charlotte Sanitarium here at 6:30
o'clock tonight.
Bishop Cheshire, who was in his
8 3rd year, was brought to the hos
pital on December 16 to undergo
treatment preliminary to an opera
tion, bnt shortly after he entered
he took a rapid change for the worse
and the operation was never per- *"
formed. *
Fro? the first his condition was'
described as serious, but he showed
gains at times. His acute Illness
was ascribed to blood poisoning.
However, a heart attack caused hia
death. i ,
The bishop's body will rest in St.
Peter's church here tomorrow from
11 o'clock nntil 2:15 o'clock, at
which time an informal service of
prayer will be conducted by the Rt.
Rev. Edwin A. Pfenick, bishop co
adjutor. The body will be taken to
Raleigh, leaving here at 3: IS p. m.
The body will reach Raleigh Wed
nesday night and will be taken' to
the diocesan resid$llc$, "Ravens
croft." |
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Church of the Good Shep
herd in Raleigh at 11 o'clock on
Thursday morning. Rt. Rev. Bishop
Edwin A. Penlck, of this city, bishop
coadjutor of the diocese, will be
assisted by the rector, the Rev.
Theodore Patrick, Jr., and the Rev.
Milton A. Barber, S. T. D., rector
of Christ Church in Raleigh, presi
dent of the standing committee of
the diocese. A number of bishops
from neighboring dioceses will be
present. All of the clergy of the
diocese of North Carolina will be
present and will be vested for the
service. Kinsmen of iBishop Chesh
ire will serve as pallbearers.
Following the service in Raleigh'
the body will be taken to Tarboro,
where interment will be made in the
graveyard of Calvary Episcopal
Church, of which Bishop Cheshire's
father was rector for 50 years, and
where many members of the family
are buried.
In accordance with tjie wishes of
Bishop Cheshire, simplicity will
mark both services, and the family
I has requested that uo flowers be
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LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH
"The Christian Imperatiye" is the
subject' of the morning sermon at
the Methodist Church next Sunday
by ttev. 0. P. FitzGerald, pa^or, at
11 u clock. The evening sermon
will be held at 7:30 andZthe pastor
will preach from the sujuect, "The
World's biggest business?' Epworth
League will meet at 7 o'clock and
prayer meeting will be held on Wed
nesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The ptiblic is invited to "join* in
these services.
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LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. D. P. Harris, pastor of the
Louisburg Baptist Church, statss
that he expects to return to the reg
ular services at that church Sunday
with the services to be as follows:
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m., Preach
ing at 11 j*. m. and 7p.m. and B.
T. P. U. at 6 p. m.
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ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. J. D. Millar states that St.
Paul's Episcopal church will take
part in the service to be broadcast
ed from the Church of the Qood
Shepherd at Raleigh at eleven A. II.
Sunday. This win be the only ser
vice there Sunday. The Sanday
School will convene at the regular
hour and the tfoong People's Service
League will meet at 7 P. M.
Expresses Thanks
Mil S. C. Foster wishes to thank
the Junior Order in the behalf of
the Community Hospital for the
sheet* and pillow cases given for
their rooms and also to express Its
thanks to the e>tjr* public for the
kindness and servRe given It during
the past yew.