Mm i LOU18BURO, N. JANUARY lath, 1088 V (EIGHT PAGES) _ 7~ - NUMBER 47 TAX PRODUCTION SUGGESTED IN BILL. IN GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY Legislature Now Wilting On Bad get Figure*? Much Attention Di rected To fox at Ion ? "Gov." Doughton and Senator R. Grady Rankin Head Two Ktaaace Com mittee*. Tho two finance committee* ot lb* General Assembly, beaded by Sena tor R. Grady Rankin and Repre sentative Rufus A. Dougbton, Will assemble this morning at 10 o'clock for organliatlon purpose* and (or tbe first time since tbe passage ot the Executive Budget Act In 1*16 tbe committee* will be ready for ac tion before reference to them of tb* Budget Revenue Bill, which, togeth er with the Budget Appropriation Bill, are component part* of- th* Biennial Budget. The Governor's budget message, with its accomianylng documents, was presented to the General As sembly of ltIT by Gov. A. W. McLean on Friday following tbe convening of tbe Oeneral Assembly on Wednesday. This' time the bud get got off to a slow start, with public hearings not held until late In November, and the budget docu ments were not presented to Gov. J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus before his Inaug uration, and, in (act, have not yet been presented to him. However Governor Ehrlnghaus will receive tbe documents tomorrow, and Is now expected to prepare his accompany ing message in time for presenta tion to the General Assembly on Monday night. Under the Budget Act the Governor has authority to modify tbe budget in any particu lar, and, when so modified, tb* amended form becomes the budget proper with the original having the status o( a minority report. " The meeting today will be large ly a "gfit together affair" with tbe big question ot . raising sufficient revenue to balance the budget de ferred until opportunity has been had to examine the admlntaftmoA' Mil, Which will include sufficient in creases in present taxes to offset the $3,840,000 now secured from the 15 cent ad valorem tax (or schools, which it haB generally been agreed shall be abandoned. Individual proposals have already begun to pour In, with the bill o( Senator Haydan Clement providing' (or a tax o( one-half o( one per cent on all manu(acturlng, plus the same tax upon banks and various forms o( distributors, Including gas oline, theatres, etc., regarded as the most important. The two bills whlcn proaucea me deadlock of last session, a general sales tax upon retail merchants and a selected commodity tax upon cig arettes, solt drinks, theatre admis sions and* other so-called luxuries, have not tfepeared yet ljut are ex pected shortly. The two committees, which are expected to meet Jointly throughout the session without a recurrence of the split which occurred last ses slop between the House and Senate will be beaded by two men, whose experience In such matters offers a sharp contrMt Senator RftQkln has served In only one session, the last one, but that lasted more than twice the usual Jength. The two committees not only spilt among then? _ i The Loulsburg tobacco market opened Monday for the completion at (he. 1932-33 season. Sales, have ban light, but prices ^pported by warehousemen have been pretty good as compared with those paid before the holidays. -All tobacco growers are Invited to sell at Loulsburg where every aoaslhie will be done .for their interest*. Remodeling Store The' Quality Store Is remodplirfg its store and re-arranging Its de partments as a part of itB program for Enlarging its business for the Nqw Year. When completed the store wl|l present a much more pleasing appearance on the inside and be a great deal more conven ient to the customers and clerks. Mr. C. G. Oakley, Manager, states they are now preparing for a muoh larger arid n\ore complete spring line of men's and ladle's furnish ings. Fire Destroys Residence The residence in Blacktdwn, a negro settlement Just east of the Seaboard railroad, occupied by Ma tilda Murray, and owned by Mr. F." H. Allen, was completely destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. The origin of the fire, which occurred about 11:15, is unknown as the oc cupants were not at home when it occurred. The loss was complete Including a lot of household effects, only a few articles being saved. The loss I* estimated at around, $600 with no Insurance. Chamber Of Com merce To Meet A meeting of the Loullburg Chamber of ComatrN will be ha(d In the Court house In Lnulsburg on Friday night, Januaw llth. 1111 ?t I o'clock. All ???bars especial ly chairmen of commute* are urg ed to attend. All other sltlsens In Loulsburg or Franklin tyunty In terested In the work of the Cham ber are Invited, and will bo wel comed to Join In the mooting. MRS. J. *W. MANN. Bee y - f AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion Auxiliary will meet on Tueeday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. January 17th, at the home of Mrs. A. B. Perry. Mrs. A. H. Perry, Mrs. B. C. Perry and Mrs. B. N. Williamson, hOBteweir'?-? MRS. C. R. 8YKE8, 8ecy. not wedded to that Idea, but would make n strong fight for the prlnafc pie of his ?111 as preferable to tax ing sale*. Revenue Commissioner A. J. Max well yesterday declined to estimate the yield from the Clement bill, But he Always has estlmsted such yield at (ar below the figures fixed hjr the authors and the Clement bill I* not expected to be an exception. The au thor yesterday placed the yield at a figure In excess of |10,000,00*.' TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS I ?0 ! I Beginning with next week wer^fitt : : drop from our list around two hun : dred names that appear to be badly ; | behind. If you miss your copy of the i : TIMES remember we have carried ? | it, without pay, as long as we can. : i We regret having to lose you ftf ft ? : subscriber and hope you will come ; I; in and pay upuaad get started again : : right away. Look at your label and ; : see how far you- are behind. 4 Asks Privilege To Reduce The following petition asking that a law be passed giving the Board of County Commsalonera the privilege to reduce the salaries of any of all o Steers in Franklin County, signed by each of the Com missioners, has been addressed to Hons. E. P. Griffin, Senator from this district, and W. L. Lumpkin, Representative from Franklin: "We, the undersigned members of the Board of Coanty Commission ers of Franklin Counyt, N. j?h, do hereby request and petition the Hons. E. F. Griffin and W. L. Lump kin. Senator and Representative^ respectively, .Oust they draft, pre pare and use their Influence In. hav ing laws passed as follows: r "Providing that the Bgard of .-County Commissioners of Frank lin County in the exercise of their discretion may reduce the salary of any or all of the officers of said County, fixed by the terms of the Statute to the extent not exceeding 30 per cent of such salary or sal aries." - - , Salaries Justice Becomes Chief Of Police Former Sheriff F. W. Justice wtyo was elected Chief of Police of Loulsburg on Tuesday night. Jan uary 3rd, takes over^lhe duties of the office and become*' Chief tomor row. This election was made to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Chief B. II. Meadow*. The position has been filled the [npst few motiths by Mr.'C. E. Pace, [formerly night policeman, and Su perintendent of the Fire Depart ment. Mr. Pace will retain his for mer position. During hla services as Chief of Police he has made i*n exceptionally satisfactory office^ Big Hogs The killing of the following big hogs In White Level Community re cently have been reported to the Times : V ? ? S. B. Murphy, two weighing. 250, 946. T. W. Wood, two weighing. 325, Il?. O. V. Parrlah, two weighing 245, fie;* '? ' ft H. Griffin, t*o weighing, 134/ 144. J. Q Murphy, seven weighing. Il?. 112, m. ISO. 124. 245. 258 3. C. Collins, two weighing, 318, <00. E. C. Collins, two weighing. 22V, 111. A. H. Pernell, two weighing. 350, 171. - 7; - L. O. Wood, on* weighing, 2JK> E. D. Wood. two,welj^liJf' This makes a totaj ' Tollle Dickerson, cruelty to ani mals. continued. ' Willie Lyon, was found guilty of larceny and receiving and given 90 days on roads. Mary ieana and Moaelle ' Jeans, were arraigned under ? charge of; assault with deadly weapon. Mary was foaad guilty of simple asssak and Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs. Moselle was found guilty of assault with deadly weapon, aid was ordered to fee committed to the Institution of Samaraand Manor under the rules and regulations of said institution. Execution of this sentsnr* to Issue >t any time within two years upon order of this Court. Tony Tarborough was found guil ty of assault with deadly weapon snd given 4 months on roads. Roger Caflnon. Jumping board Mil. an appear, transferred to Super ior Court. Boise? Did you see that pedes traln who was struck by the auto lare the .driver to try It again? Noyea No; did the autolst take xp the challenger Boise ? No. He sald'lt nearly broke lis heart to paaa up the chance, but hat he had to meet a train. Detectives have a clue to robber es by bat pin * left by ^thetn. ~;and noat of u< thought hat pins went out >t style years ago. TOR FIRST CLASfl JOB PRINTINO PHONE NO. S(S CALVIN OOOIilDOE Dr.R P. Floyd Dies Dr. R. P. Floyd died at hi* home near Newbope, about twelve miles south of Louisburg Monday. He had been in bad health (or many years, his 4eath following a serious illness of only a short while. He was 78 years of axe and leaves four chil dren, Miss Ollie Floyd, Mssrs. J. C. Floyd and C. V. Floyd, who lived with or near him and Mrs-. ? . ? . Martin, of Raleigh, Mrs. "Pin^ Williams, of Zebulon. Dr. Floyd came to FrankJin'Coun ty from Granville County and for many years was on$ of the County's most active ami' popular practicing physicians, and citizens. He always found ttnrfe from his private vaca tions to give at hi* time and ability to- matters of public Interest. He "represented Franklin County in the House af Representatives in 1909 and 1911. He also served the Coun ty as Coroner for a number of years. In all of his public and private career he exhibited the rugged hon esty of character and sincerity of purpose that made of him a friend to his fellowjpan and whose friend ship was greatly appreciated. . He was mindful of the Confidence of his fellows ami always guarded it as a sacred possession. The funeral was held from the home on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. A. L. Thompson assisted by Rev A. J. Parker ?nd was largely attended. The interment w?s made beside the grave of his wiie who had proceed ed him many years, in the family burying plot to the Chamblee cem etery. The pallbearers were J. E. Harris, F. W. Justice, J. J. Young, J..R. Pearce, W. R. Timberlake, W. N. Fuller. The large number in attendance and the many pretty flowers spoke the tender feeling, and high esteem In which the deceased was held. The bereaved family has the sym pathy of the entire community and I County. Murray-Aycocke Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Aycocke an nounce the marriage of their daugh ter, Loi&e, to Mr. 8pencer Murray, both of Loulsburg. on December 27, 1932. Mr. and Mrs, Murray will make their home near Loulsburg. -. i The modern girl with cherry Hps and strawberry cheeks must be a regular sundae for her sheik. ***?*?.** : church : * Announcements * ******** LOCISBTRU BAPTIST- CHUHCH "The Art of Saying Oood-bye" la the topic of the arson to b# de livered by Re*. D. P. Harris at the Loulsburg Baptist Church Sunda/ morning at 11 o'clock. HI* evening sermon topic for the 7:10 p. m ser vice will be "The Mind of the Mob". Sunday schoo) will be at 1:4* a. m and B. Y. P. U. at ?:S0 p m Wed nesday evening prayer servlci will be held at 7:<0 o'clock. There will be had a study of "Missions la the Old TeaUnsoat; using Dr. J. H Lawrence's book. IiOCISBlTta MKTOODI8T CHURCH ..Rev. O. P. Fltsgeraid, pastor of the Loulaburg Methodist Church, announces th regular services , at that church for Sunday. He will deliver his sermons on the following topics. "Jesus' Spirit For Our Times" at the 11 a. m. service, snd "Are We Also Willing?" at the eve ning service at 7:30 p. m. Sunday school will be at 9;46 a. m . Ep worth League at 7 p. m . and Prayer Service Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. ? It t ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHVRCH Morning Prayer and Holy Com-. munlM will be observed by th?, congregation at St, Paul's Kfclsco p&l ChoftKT'Bunday morning at 11 o'clock. Oth