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A. V. JOHNSON, Editor and Mn1? ' The County, fme State, The Union wpwhwimi mm rm t?
VOLCMN LXin. LQUISBURG. N. CAROIJUA, KBIIMV, FEBRUARY 3RD, 1988 (EIGHT PAGES) _ - - Kraim fM?
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Proposes Eight
'/Months School
RESOLUTIONS EXCLUDES AD
VALOREM TAX
Claim* It Would Bare Tax Payer*
$8,000,000, in Economic* and
Solicitors? Senate Han Bony
Day
Raleigh, Feb. 1. ? -An alght
month school term for all the
.children of North Carolina sup
ported by other than ad valorem
tax, was plunked down In the
general assembly as a direct Is
sue to da/, fully a week earlier
than wag expected, when Senator
MacLean school law of the 1&31
assembly and his colleague, Sen
ator Bailey, of Washington, In
troduced a resolution which, If
passed, would make it mandatory
upon thlB legislature to provide
that school opportunity where It
is wanted. It* means a wiping out
, of thousands of special school dis
trict lines, consolidations and
economies which will bring to the
taxpayers at home who are how
paying for extended terms, relief,
of at least 93, 000, 000, the Intro
ducers of the bill claim.
Busy Session Held.
The senate which received this
resolution, likewise In other ways
did a big day's work.
It cat $20,000 from the salar
ies of the solicitors In the 20
North Carolina judicial districts,
compromising with the reorgani
zation committee by going only
part of the way with it in its re
commendations tor paring the
prosecuting officers salaries. .
It abolished the North Carolina
park commission and placed the
duties of this board about whoee
operations Senator Burgln said
there are floating unwholesome
rumors, upon the conservation
and development board.
It put Cumberland county
which has at Its heart one of
North Carolina's oldest trading
centers, Fayettevllle. on the scrip
basis by authorising the county
government to issue scrip to Its
employes and for such goods as it
needs; scrip that Is not to be Is
sued for longer than 12 months
and which Is taxed 2 per cent of
its face value for every time It
transfers ownership. > Denomina
tions of the country's money shall
not exceed $10.
An adjournment a few minutes
before 2 o'clock upon motion of
Senator Klrkpatrlck saver the
corporation commission further
embarrassment. The reorganiza
tion committee's bill 19 cut this
department qt fUte from the gov
ernment was being explained by
Senator Moore when the motion
to adjourn came. It did not
come soon enoagh. however, to
prevent Senator -Mop re from hav
ing" the aboliah?r mjkde the first
order of the publta calendar to
morrow.
Measure Is Questioned
' There wjll be objection to the
passage of the bill that cuts off
the corporation commission as
was shown by the questions shot
at the proponents of the bill In
the few minutes that It was dis
cussed today.
The questions with which
doubtful senators seem to be con
certed Just now are these:
will the act which replaces
three members of Xhe corporation
commission with one utilities
commissioner really save the sal
aries of two commissioners Inas
much as the proposed act provides
for the drafting of Superior oourt
judges to asslit the commissioner
upon certain occasions?
I? It a step toward Jthe short
s=r*0*1 . <1
'"Will It place too much central
? teed- power In the hands of, the
utilities commissioner, who li to
?t be appointed by Xhe governor?
Senator Moore a few seconds
before he was cut off by the Ad
journment resolution said that he
thought he could answer to the
satisfaction of the senate these
questions and any others thst
might arise. The Infallibility of
the reorganisation committee, if
It ever existed In the jnlnds of
any members of the senate was
dispelled today with the amend
ing of Its measure docking the
solicitors.
!t may reverse the judgment of
the committee tomorrow on the
bill to abolish the corporation
commission or It may not. Any
body's guess was good here to
? night.
The School Resolution
The MacLean-Bailey resolution
for the eight-month school fil
lows: _ r
"Whereas, there Is ?ow In op
eration In the state a' dual sys
/ tent of school*, consisting of a
uniform term of six months sup
ported by the stato. arid tupple
mentod by ad valorem Itrifi. and
various extended terms In oertajn
Prize Winners
The following; contestants were
winners of the prizes awarded In
the Mlspelled Word Contest run
In the Franklin Times by the K.
K. Bryan Advertising Agency in
a recent Issue: first prize, Miss
Bdna Lucas; second prize, W. B.
Morton;, and third prise. Miss
Hodgte AAlston. Quite a num
ber Of the readers of the Times
participated in the contest. Con- J
emulations are extended to the,
winners in their success.
I
Changes Size
Because of tlje bettor appear
ance and the necessity of adopt
ing every possible measure for
economy the Franklin Times Is
changing Its Bize this week from
a six column paper to a seven coi|
umn paper. This will allow uS
to give more reading to the page
and to reduce the number of
pages when the necessity require^)
This change will not affect (be
advertising rates as they will Re
main the same rate per Inch,' U
Only Increases the inches
.page by taking up loss space
has been going into margins
blank space heretofore.
MRS. MCKINNIE HOSTESS
Mrs. Malcolm' McKlnne wag
hostess to the Current Literature1
Club at her home on Sunset Ave.,
Tuesday afternoon, January 31.
Those present were: Mesdames
M. S. Davis, R. H. Welch, McM.
Furgerson, S. P. Burt, M. C.
Pleasants, D. P. Harris, Misses
Mary Yar borough, Llllie Letton,
Anne Dennison, Loulia Jarman,
Bdith Alston, and Olivia McKln
ne. - r
Mrs. Pleasants made a report
(or the Committee on the History
of the Club. ' A letter resigning
hjsr membership in the club, was
received from Mrs. Hattie Parker
McKee, who is now ilving in
Richmond, Va.
' THS'snbJect ot study for the
afternoon was "Joy-hnd Sorrow of
the Folk, in Song, Folk Lyric".
"The Emotional Scale" was the
title ot an interesting paper, read
by Miss tietton. Miss Yarborough
read "The Cow-Puncher" as an
illustration of "Occupation and
Lying".
At the conclusion of the pro
gram, the hostess assisted by Mr*,
furgerson and Miss McKlnne
served delioious refreshments.
The club adjourned to meet with
Mrs. M. C.' Pleasants, February
14.
The only difference between
some candidates and the low
browed movie comedians in that
the candidates throw mud Instead
of custard pies. I
of the counties and districts of
the state, and
"Whereas, experience his
shown that such dual system of,
operation, comprising 1,371 units'
of administration, does not per
mit the effecting of all posslblej
economies or the maximum of ef-,
flclency^ln the administration and
operation of the. schools of the
State, and
"Whereas, it is now an undi
sputed and acknowledged good1
fact that the several counties and!
school ' districts of the state are
jwholly unable to continue to sup
port and operate an extended
term of any length whatever be-1
yond the constitutional term of
six months, and
"Whereas, a uniform term of
schools of a length of eight
months is recognised as being a
minimum ? standard term of
kchools. and which the state is
unwilling to deny Its children,
and
"Whereas, a uniform term of
schools of eight months can be
operated In the state at an annual
saving approximately $>,000,000;
now, therefore,
"The general assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
"Section 1. That there shall be
operated In every connty and dis
trict tn the state which shall re
quest the same a uniform term
of schools of eight months.
"Section S. That said term of
schools of eight months shall l>e,
supported wholly by the state
from sources other than ad valor
em upon property.
"Section S. That the committee
on education of senate and house
of representatives are directed to
prepare ahd report a school ma
chinery bill to be enacted b*- this
general assembly providing tor
the carrying out the provisions
of this act, and the committees
on . finance and appropriations of
the senate and house of repre
sentatives are directed to Include
in the finance* and approtfNatlon
bill provisions for the necesssry
funds tq defray the Host of the
term of schools herein provided."
Where Roosevelts Will Liken Worship
Likeljl
8t Thomas Episcopal Church in Washington, D. C. which Franklin D.
Roosevelt and family will most likely attend while occupying the White
House. The insert is of Dr. C. Ernest Smith, pastor of the church.
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS
FEBRUARY 7TH
On the evening of February
7th, at 7:30, In the Loulsburg
Baptist Church, Dr. Arthur J.
Barton, pastor of Temple Bap
tist Church. Wilmington, N. 1
will address the people of this
city and surrounding vicinity on
Temperance. Dr. Barton is quite
a noted speaker, and comes to us '
with a great message. This meet- 1
ing will be held under the aus
pices of the Anti-Saloon L>eague
In North _ Carolina. The Anti
Saloon League Is now operating
on an educational program rath
er than a political one. Dr. Bar
ton's address Is to btf purely an
Informational and educational one
on the evils of alcoholic drink.
Calendar
Very Popular
Writing the Franklin Times
relative to advertising the Cartful
Calendar, Mr. O. H. Patten, Vice
President and Secretary of the
Chattanooga Medicine Co., says
of the Calendar: '
"We are very proud of the
popularity of our Calendar which
has been published continuously
since 1897. Millions are sold
every year in the States, but the
demand is not confined to this
Country, as we receive quite a
number of Individual orders, at
10 cents each, also from England,
Scotland^ France, Sweden and.1
several of the La tin- American)
republics. The late Charles Co
miskey, of the Chicago White,
Sox, never failed to send his dime
for one for his office.
The Chattanooga Medicine Co..
manufacturers of Cardul and
Thedfprds Black Draught, have
been continuous advertisers in
the Franklin Times for more than
twenty-five years, which evi
dences that the Franklin Times
Is considered a splendid adver
tising medium by this well known
and successful firm, which fact
Is greatly appreciated by the
Times management.
f.
Annual Board
Of College To
Present Play
The Annual Board of LouU
burc College with Mr. F. N. E?
erton, aa faculty adrlser, to the
Board, are making full arrange
menta tor the preaentatlon of
aplendld comedy. "Henry'* Wed
ding", to be given at the High
School auditorium on March 2nd
and 3rd, 1(33. The play la In
the form of a community wedding
of Henry Macey with an out
atandlng feature of being a triple
wedding. Tha caat will be com
poaed of 135 local people. Hl*h
lights In the production are the
BeaOT ind Belle* of Grandma'a
time and the colored brother*
and alatera of the Mlatlc Shrine.
The Annual Board expeeta to pre
aent a play with It* caat made up
of College atudenta of especially
good talent and othera who will
carry the play through to the
end In remarkable proficiency
and aklll. ^
Johnny Allen ^nd Rick Parrell,
North Carolina koya, are llated
among major league holdout*.
FLAT BOCK B. Y. P. U.
The following program has
been arranged for the Flat Rock
B. Y. P. y. for Sunday afternoon,
February 5, 1933 at .3:30 o'clock.
The program Is In charge of
Sroup I, the topic being "The
Value of Prayer":
Introduction ? Pattie Roberts.
Dlecutelon No. 1 ? Prayer, our
Source of Strength In Tempta
tion ? Edna CaUette.
Discussion No. 2 ? Prayer, our
Source of Strength in Crisis
Hours ? Leonard Hart.
Discussion- _No. 3 ? Prayer, our
Soured- -of Streagth in Loneliness
and Sorrow ? Richard Hill.
Discussion -No. 4 ? Prayer, our
Source of Strength in Everyday
Experiences ? Claire Layotn.
Discussion No. 5? Prayer in
Soul Willing ? Chester Hall.
TACKY PARTY AT WOOD
The Parent Teachers' Associa
tion and a number of other pa
trons of Wood 3chool are spon
soring a Tacky Party to be .given
at the school on Friday evening.
February 3rd, at seven o'clock.
Prises are' to be given to the
tackiest man and woman, and
special music will also be a fea
ture of the party. The public is
Invited to attend and enioy the
fun.
BRIDGE PARTY
Bunn, N. C. ? The members of
the Contract Bridge Club were
delightfully entertained at four
tables of bridge on Wednesday
night. Jan. 25th. when ' Miss
Elizabeth Fuller and^Mrs. J. R.
Medlin were hostess "to a love
ly party. Miss Evelyn Sherwin
was awarded high (core prise and
Miss Mary White Nash low score
prise. The following members
were present: M1m Laliah Thomp
son, Miss Myrtlv Jackson, Mrs.
Spencer Williams, Mrs. T. D.
O'Quinn. Mrs. W. Q. Chares. Mrs.
Eugene Heddlngfleld, Mrs. B. C.
Johnson. Miss Martha Cline. Miss
Lucille Johnson. Miss Evelyn Sher
win. Mrs. S. L. Bowen. Miss Mary
WhiW 'Nask; Mrs. Leon Pippin,
Miss Elizabeth Puller and Mrs. J.
R Medlin. Mis* Mary Llsxle Jack
son was an Invited guest.
A delicious salad course waa
served.
LOl'ISBURG METHODIST
CHURCH ' / ' "
According to the announce
ments of Rev. O. P. FltiCerald,
pastor of the Loulsburg Metho
dist Church, Hev. F. 8. Love will
preach at thfc eleven o'clock ser
vice there Sunday. Following
this service the Flrat Quarterly
Conference will be held. The
evening service ?lll be conducted
by the pastor. His subject will
be "The Friendliness of Jesus".
Epworth League will meet at
7 p. m? Sunday an? the Prayer
service will be had as usual en
Wednesday evening at 7:10
o'clock.
'A most cordial welcome awalfs
all who worth'lp at (bis church.
FIRS
The fir* yesterday afternoon
was at the home of Mr. W. L.
Beasley on Church Street. As
w? go to prais the damage had
not been estimated, but Is not
considered very heavy.. .
S u j* d a y
Charity Show
Again the Loulsburg Theatre la
moat generously cooperating by
presenting another Charity Show
Sunday afternoon. Dorothy Jor
dan and Richard Cromwell will
act in "That'a My Boy", and the
procaeds from the ahow will be
used for charitable purposes aa
before. In these depressing times
many are unable to receive or se
ure the vital necessities of life
and it ia the purpoae of the Char
ity Shows to assist in rendering
?id to aueh needs. Under the
direction and assistance of Dr.
H. O. Perry and the cooperat&n
of the .Theatre through the pro
prietor* Mr. E. L. Swinson, the
second Sunday [charity show will
be given Sunday to secure funds
to be used for the charity wards
at the Community Hospital. It is
expressly stressed that the show
ing will not interfere with the
Church Services. ,
M. H. S. Basketball
The Mills High School girls
journeyed to Youngsville last
Friday night and tnrned in a 17
17 win over the Youngsyllle sex
tet. The girls frlayed exception
ally well on both offense and de
fense. Loalsburg took the lead
as the game opened and held the
lead throughout the game. Rouse
led the scoring with 9 points.
The line^up was as follows:
Forwards, Rouse and Beam;
center, H. Wilson; side-center, D.
Wilson; guards, Foster and Joy
ner. Substitutes: Holden for H.
Wilson, Beasley for D. Wilson,
Clifton for Foster. Referee:
Swing, of Wake For?et.
Boys Defeat Youngsville
The Mills High quint won a
close victory oyer the Youngs
vllle cagers last Friday night.
The score being 19-15. The lead
changed throughout the first half.
The score was 10-10 at the halt.
At th? beginning of the second
half the Mills High team forged
ihead and gained a lead which
they held throughout the game.
During the last quarter the
Youngsville quint failed to score.
Tucker played a wonderful de
fensive game, while Taylor and
Rouse tied for scoring honors
with & points each. Franklin
proved' to be the best scorer for
Youngsville, bagging 6 points.
The lineup was as follows:
Loalsburg Youngsville
Taylor RF Wiggins
Rouse LF Hill
Cobb . C Franklin
Holden - RO Catlette
Tucker (C) LO Carter
.Substitutions: Harp for Cat
lette; GUI for Carter. Referee:
3wlng, of Wake Forest.
Play Game Friday
Louisburg plays Frankllnton
on the home court Friday. Feb.
3, 1933 at 7:30 p. m. Be sure to
come!
Big Hogs
Another lot" of hogs killed liy
residents of the White Level
community is reported as follows:
H. J. House, five weighing,
301, 280, 260, 255. 230.
J. B. Sturdivant, two weighlng|
4 1 9 v 380. ^
J. D. Wood, one weighing. 250.1
Ed Parrlsh. five weighing. 350, |
200. 113, 110, 105.
Nannie Colliqp. two weighing.|
253. 152.
J. N. Bartholomew, four weigh-)
ing, 225, 200, 190,110.
Jack Champion, three welgh-J
Ing. 260, 260. 192.
This makes a total of 5,086|
pounds for this report
' ' -Beobitfix 4a? of the best ?ays|
Dt calling attention to old age. is]
trying to It. 'a.
THH
Cleveland's Son Hissed
Tfrr.ci* U rarer Cleveland, hi Of
the former Pnwld<*t, aeWd hU part
?? villain ?o well ia * play at Beaton
the other i- renin* that h? wa? hia?e.l
. . . "whieh pleaaed me Inuneniely",
aali] Mr. Cleveland, "beeaaaa Kiws
tor a vtUaia meant npplauae. '?
To Lead Inaugural
Genera John J. Pershing *3
Grand-Marshal will lead the Inaagu
ral parade at Washington on March
4 when President-elect Roosevelt is
inducted Into office, announces Ad'
miral Cary T. Grayson, Chairman
o i the Inaugural Committee.
Schools Getting
Needed Repairs
According to Information tar
nished by Supt. E. L. Best, the
principals of the schools with the
cooperation of the local school
boards, P.T. A.'s and other or
ganizations, are getting many
needed .repairs done on the school
buildings and grounds, using the
labor furnished by the County's
Relief Committee. In this work
the Relief Committee can only
provide for the labor, the Coun
ty and the community providing
for all material. "Since the Coun
ty Is exceedingly limited^ in funds
for repairs, the problem of se
curing material has fallen almost
entirely upon the various com
munities. These communities
have responded as they always do
when their schools call upon
them. Very little cash has been
given but hundreds of dollars
worth of materials have been do
nated. The following reports give
an idea of some of the things the
various Districts are doing in the
way of repairs on buildings and
grounds: ~
Epsom: Repaired roof, re
placed1 plastering, painted outside
of building, replaced two doors
and six windows, remodeled li
brary room with new library fur
niture, built wooden lockers in
boys and girls dressing rooms,
speakers stand for stage, leaned
and varnished all furniture, grad
ed grounds and walks, put in cul
verts, painted and repaired out
buildings on ground, cleaned off
park behind building, erecting an
outdoor stage and club house for
Boy Scouts.
Youngsv,(lle: Repairing roof,
painting outside woodwork, mak
ing new drives, draining ground,
and building wall on front. The
material for the wall will cost
about $40.00 and is being paid
for by the local P. T. A.
Loulsburg: Painted window:
sash, the high embankment on
southwest side of ground has been
graded and a wall of stone put
around the base, a new circular
driveway built, plumbing adjust
ed, walls and floors cleaned and
scrubbed. A new colored school
has been built at Mapleville.
Cedar Rock - Cypress Creefe:
Nine sanitary privies have been
built. Drive-ways and grounds
remodeled and built up, roofs
patched and rebuilt, walls calso
mlned of white washed, rest room
built in the high school- building
to take care (if children who be
come ill. The major project that
Is now being carried on is thS
moving ui me uiu wuuuvu v.hhi
Rock building to the high school
for the purpose of erecting a com
munity building.
Gold Sand: Made fill In front
and back of building usihg about
1(0 tons of dirt, leveled five. acres
of playground, built four basket
bal! courts and one tennis coaTt,
drained school ground with ~under
ground boxes, painted outside of
building. repaired windows, doors
and roof, remodeled and painted
boys and girls toilets, fixed a
road at Alert for truck, built
four privies, dug one well, thin
ned out trees and erecting a new
building for the colored people at
Wood.
Bunn: Re-made walks and
drives, arranged under ground
drainage, repaired roofs, doors
and windows,' built six sanitary
privies, painted outside window
sash, beautified grounds an*
plaated trees and shrubbery.
' V"
CARD OK -THANKS
We wish to elteniKour sincere
thanks to those^no were so
kind to us (taring our recent ill
ness. and >he death of oar little
son. H^v&ert Perry. You shall be
always remembered by us.,
Mr. and Mrs. Rayford
Oupton and family.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held
quite a full session Monday and
disposed of eases as follows:
The case of Mary Jones for as
sault with deadly weapon, con
tinued under former order.
Derwood Gardner, reckless
driving, continued under former
order.
James White, assault with
deadly weapon, continued under
former order.
Crudup Davis, carrying con
cealed weapon, not guilty .
D. S. Smith was found guilty of
drunk and disorderly and dis
charged upon payment of cost*.
He was found not guilty of as
sualt with deadly weapon.
Ernest Hayes was found guilty
of unlawful possession of whis
key and given 90 days in jail,
commissioners to hire out.
- R. C. Patton, was found guilty
of a bad check charge, prayer for
judgment continued.
The case of^Ustilling against
Ira L. Cash, was amended to show,
the second offense and transferr
ed to the Superior Court.
The case of abandonment
against Sam Hoyle was tried, be
ing found guilty and a sentence
of 4 months on roads Imposed, to
be held In obeyance upon condi
tion that he pay $12.50 per
month for the use of his wife and
children and costs, he took an ap
peal to Superior Court.
The following cases were con
tinued:
F. E. Stallings, bad cheek. 1
Eddie Griffin, noni-support of
children.
G. S. Hale, bad check.
Raymond Tant, abandonment.
James White, assault with
deadly weapon.
John Robert Bullock, drunk
and disorderly.
Mrs. R. C. Patton, bad check.
Mrs. R. C. Patterson, disposing
of mortgaged "pro perty.
R. C. Patterson, disposing of
mortaged property.
S. C. Stallings, bad check.
BAPTIST CHURCH
"Are you living your own Life" -
will be -the subject of a special
sermon to young folks at the
Baptist church, by Pastor D. P.
Harris on next Sunday evening
at 7:30 o'clock. At the morning
hour he will preach from the sub- -
Ject "The Gift First, and then
the Song."
Sunday school will be held at
?:45 a. m., and B. T. P. D. at
6: 3D p. m.
At 7:30 'o'clock Wednesday
evening a mission study hour
will bS" held. Dr. Harris an
nounces that they are using Dr.
J. B. Lawrence's book "MissiofB
in the Bible." ?
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Services at St. Paul's Episcopal
Qhurch Sunday will be Morning
Prayer at eleven o'clock and Sun
day School at 10 a. m. The
Young People's Service League
will meet in the League
room at the Rectory Sunday
night at seven o'clock. The pub
lic is invited to these services.
The Cninaman who named hia
new born babe. One Leng Hop,
probably had Lindy in mind aa
a namesake.
The man who gets his living
today out of dirt, should explain
whether he is a farmer, polltfc
cian or novelist.
Scientists tell us that milk It ?
mostly water. Many a milk man
knew that without the aid o{
science.
? ? _ ?
* Horseshoe Pitchers After
World Title ? headline. It won't
be long until automobiles will pnf
that game clear out of business.
Loulsburg College Basketball
team defeated Washington and
Lee freshmen Wednesday night.
7/wFACT FINDER
Oar Dollar Mark
The dollar mark ? $ ? originat
ed In hurried printing ot the let
ters U. 8. ? United State*? on
federal currency. Br error th<l
letters were printed one upon
the other from which caaM-tk*
dollar sign.
The dollar was originally de
signated aa 8-8 becanae the M
lar was la the beginning dirid*4
Into eight parte ? each knowft M
fc-reei ^