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LOU18BURO, N.
JANUARY lath, 1088
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(EIGHT PAGES) _ 7~ - NUMBER 47
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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<s^lvea, but
their work was altered fi"rttly on
the floor of each of the twfe houses
and In conference committers.
On the other hand, "Governor"
Doughton held the same Job be has
now continuously with on* excep
tion from 1907 to 1923 and In all
that period It was most unusual for
the committee to have any sCrlons
Internal differences or for ths com
mittee's bill to be altered aty?r it
reached the floor.
It Is toe early to say fr^tthar or
not- -Senator Clement's bill will pro
vide a line of cleavage this session,
If Governor Doughton (tiers the
1933 revenue bill through with the
smoothness characteristic of former
revenue measures he has guided, It
will, be considered a most remark
able performance.
The bill, coming as It did from a
representative of the Piedmont sec
tion, which supplies the bulk of tbe
manufactured products of the State,
occasioned much more Interest than
would Have been tbe case had It
borne, other a?thprshlp.
Senator Clement said yesterday
that he was determined to reach a
taxing principle other than that of
consumption, which he bitterly
fought In the two sales taxes offered
last session snd that he had first
thought of the measure In connec
tion with the difficulties encounter
ed In 1931 In taxing the Aluminum
Company of America, a large gen
erator of waterpower, which Is not
a public utility. He a1(& became In
terested In the Mississippi law, pass
ed slater, which taxes both produc
tion snd rstall sales.
Tbe Clement bill, as Introduced,
carried a uniform rate of tax. but
Senator Clement said that he was
Crop Production
Loans For 1933
In reference to the 1913 Crop
Loam Mr. Harry P. Stevena, a Gov
ernment Field Inapector, haa made
the following statement to the peo
ple of Franklin County:
The Congress haa not authorised
the making of Loans for the year
1933.
However the Crop Production
Loan Ofllce has Issued orders to
"Clear the Deck", to cot a report
on every loan n^de heretofore in
Franklin County, that haa not been
paid In full, ia cash.
Every man who owea a balance
on Crop Production Loans and has
not given a Field Inspector a re
port on his cropa for 1933, .may rest
assured that should he make an ap
plication for a Loan in 1933, that
he will Btand a very slim chance of
getting said Loan approved.
The Office in the First National
Bank building at Loutsburg, N. C.,
urges every man who has not paid
in full or made the crop report re
ferred to above to come In at once
and make that report. Let va help
you save your credit.
'It is Your Good Name and Credit
that we want to help you "aave.
Will you do this or will you cut
your-self off so that you cannot get
a loan in 1933. '
We are advised that applications
will be disapproved uniees these re
ports go Into Washington.
What are you going to do about
this ?
Tobacco Market
Re-opens
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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
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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.
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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 <jf 4,042 pounus
for this report, showing ffifi
In this section can eat a VhlleMon?
Avery County Irish potato grow
ers have Closed a contract to sell
3,250 bushels of No. 1 potatoes to a
federal Institution across the Ten
nessee line.
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A group of Wilson County farm
ers bought ten pure bred Qaoruseys
from herd owners In Randelph Coun
ty In middle December
LoiT!!ricerTo]rTof7"" lU^^rreH
County Is causing many growers to
kill and cure pork at home iflth the
Ides of selling cured hams and ba
con next summer and winter.'
County Federa
tion To Meet
The Franklin County Federation
of Home Demonstration Clnbs will
hold Its winter meeting at Mill^
High School In Louisburg on Satur
day, January 2 lit, at 11:0$ a. m.
At this meeting the^women will
be addressed by Mrs Singleton, a
landscape architect of Henderson,
on the topic, VYard Improvement".
Mrs. L. Jlr Allison, of Franklinton
will be present and talk to the
wonien about plans for gardens,
^fhe County Recreation Chairman,
Mrs. B. M. C. Mullen will have
charge of the repre?tion program
in the afternoon, at which time the
Edward Beat 4-H Club will present
a short play,' "The Sport Shoppe".
Also, on this occasion the Federa
tlbn will discuss the plans for a
Yard Improvement Contest.
The Clubs of Maplevllle. Justice,
Seven aths and Epsom will be hos
tess for this meeting.
An Explanation Of
Cut Off Order
Town -Clerk T. K. Stockard re
quests the Times to state that. In
view that a misunderstanding has
arisen as to the meaning of one
paragraph in the re??rt of the min
utes of the Town Commissioners,
that the order to cut off all service
to those not having paid by the 30th
of the month, applied to a few old
accounts the Board was endeavoring
to -elear up, and was intended to have
no bearing on the. former practice
Of cutting off all service from light
and water users who have not paid
by or before the 14th Of the month.
Recorder's Court
franklin Recorder's Court held a
short session on Monday and dis
posed of the following eaaes:
F. E. Stalling*, bad check, contin
ued under former order. ?
Lonie Bell Fowler ? - was found
guilty of abandonment. and given
60 days in Jail Commissioners to
hire out. > '
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.
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The modern girl with cherry Hps
and strawberry cheeks must be a
regular sundae for her sheik.
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: church :
* Announcements *
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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.
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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<r- services at this
church Sunday will be Sunday
School at 10 a. m. and Y. P. 8 L.
at 7 p. -m ?
Calvin Coolidge
Dies Suddenly
At His Home At Northampton,
Haas., Thursday Morning ? Mn.
Coolidge Found Body hi Bed
room.
Northampton, .Mass., .Jan. 5. ?
Calvin Coolidge,^ thirtieth President
of the United States, died suddenly
today. He was sixty years old last
July 4th. Retiring from a (hop
ping tour, Mrs. Coolidge found the
body ot her husband on the bed In
a room at The Beeches, the estate
to which he retired at the conclus
ion of his career at the National
Capitol.
His death was wholly unexpect
ed, although for the past ' three
weeks Mr. Coolidge had complained
of Indigestion. Doctors said death
was due to heart failure. He had
believed himself In good health.
The former President, who, up to
the time of his d??th, was the only
surviving exjPfesident of the Unit
ed States, had gone to hla law office
as iuimu this morning.
, After a short time in the office,
-Mr. Coolidge became distressed and
decided to return home. Harry
Ross, his secretary, returned to the
Beeches with him. Mrs. Coolidge
meanwhile, had gone to the center
of the city shopping.
Finds Body of Husband
Mr. Coolidge assured Ross that
he would be all right after a short
rest, and after aiding the former
President to the bedroom Ross re
turned to the first floor of the
house to await the return of Mrs.
Coolidge.
When Mrs. Coolidge. 20 minutes
later, returned and Ross told her of
Mr. Cooli^ge's illness she went Im
mediately to. his bedroom. There
she found her husband's body. ' A
doctor was qnlckly summoned, but
the former President was beyond
aid.
The doctor said Mr. Coolidge had
been dead about 15 minutes, so that
he mast have passed away within a
few moments after Ross left the
room.
The former President had been
leading a quiet life since his return
to Northampton after his successor
in the Presidency, Herbert Hoover,
was inaugurated on March 4, 192!).
His day-to-day program varied lit
tle, And it had not changed greatly
despite the slight indisposition of
the last three weeks. ?
Ordinarily he spent a part of the
day at his law office, with occasion
al writing up on the magazine ar
ticles which he had , contributed ?
from time to time to various publi
cations.
His remains were laid to rest in
the family plot in the cemetery bt
Plymouth. Vt., on Saturday. Large
numbers attended the last rites.
Y. W. A. Meets
"'"The Y. W. A. met Tuesday even
ing, Jan. 10, 1933, at seven o'clock
with. Mlsse? F oye and Verbena
Vaughn.
The meeting was opened with the
Bong. "Faith of Our Fathers", sung
by the members. Following the
Lords Prayer was repeated. The
business included the Roll Call by
Maria Perry, report of personal ser
vice and the election of flew officers
which arc: president, Mamie Lan
caster, vice-president, Josephine
House; secretary and treasurer. Ver
bena Vaughn; program committee.
Edna Earl Perry; personal service
chairman. Helen Person; reporter,
Christine Llles.
After the program, the meeting
was clossd with a hymn and prayer.
Delicious refreshments were serv
ed to thos* present who were: Miss
es Elsie Hudson, Helen' Person, JIM
Person. Christine LlleS, Edna Earl
Perrr, Mamie Lancaster. Maria Per
ry. Foye and Verbsna Vaughn.
P. T. A. Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of
tks Parent Teacher Aasociatlon of
Mills High School will be held on
Thursday aftsrnoon, January 19th,
at 1:10 o'clock In the school audi
torium. The chairman states that
she is waking arrangements for an
lntsreeting speaker to address the
Association on some vital education
al topic.
At The Louisburg
Theatre Next Week
_ Tke following is the program at
the Louisburg Theatr*, beginning
Monday, January l<th:
Monday and Tuesday ? Will Rog
ers In "Too Busy To Work."
Wednesday ? Joan Bennett and
Bpsncer Tracy In "Ms And My Qal."
Thursday and Friday ? Clara Bow
In "Call Hsr 8#v*gs."
Saturday ? Oeorgs O'Brien la "The
Oolden Wast."