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$500 IN CASH OR $617 FORD V-8 COACH OR COUPE TO BE WON IN 37 WORKING DAYS * YOUR TOWH iut a bit >re willing to BOOST YOUR TOWN ^ The Franklin Times TOWN I YOUR LOCAL PAPXK can't exist wUhoat yom tor Patronage la and Advertlotag BOOST YOUR HOME PAPER I ?i A. F. JOHNSON, Editor I The County, The State, The Union SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per Ye VOLl .MN wav. I LOU1SBURO, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1088 (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER * "Cash Offer" Cam paign Will Get Under Way This Week First And Biggest Extra Vote Offer Of Entire Cam paign Is Announced? 300,000 Extra Votes On Every $30 Club of Subscriptions MORE WORKERS WANTED Many Communities Not Repre sented ? Invitation Extended Energetic Men And Women In These Section* To Enter And Compete For Big Awards Candidates (Must ^Report Wed nesdays And Saturdays The entrants in The Franklin Times "Cash Offer" Campaign are gradually swinging into ac tion. The public is daily becom ing more and more interested in this great profit sharing event and in the progress of the "live wires" entered in the race for the big awards. New entrants are coming in every day ? people who realize the generosity of the "Cash Offer" as' an easy w^v to make some real money daring the next few weeks. Most of those who have entered bo. far have had no- particular experience in so liciting subscriptions. None is needed. They are people from all walks of life ? people who, for the most part, ar<^ occupied with their regular work during the day, but who appreciated the pos sibilities of making their spare time pay big dividends. Big Extra Vote Offer For each and every $30 club $>f both old and new subscriptions sent in on or before Saturday, March 11, 300,000 extra votes will be given in the "Cash Offer" Campaign. " TBeae votes are in addition to the regular votes al lowed for each subscription as shown on the back of the receipt book. Just think of it! Two ten year subscriptions constitutes a "club'' and entitles the contest ant to 300,00(1 extra votes. Of course, smaller subscriptions count to make up the $30 worth just the same. _ Members are not limited as to the number of subscriptions they may obtain. Any contestant may feet as piany of these big vote ballots ks they choose ? depend ing on their ability to sell Hie 1'ranklia Tines subscriptions . This 300,000 extra vote offer can be the means of placing you safely on the winning list. Re member, this offer closes Satur day night, March 11, and there will be a big drop in votes after thaT time. They go down ? way down. NOTE ? Each member must make a subscription report on Saturdays and Wednesdays until this time. The Campaign office will be open each Wednesday un til i p. m. and 8aturday. until 8 p. m., 'during the campaign for the convenience of candidates In making their reports. More Candidates Needed J There Is still ample room for more live wires. The campaign Is just starting. The chance (or new entrants to step In and win the biggest awards is good. All it takes to wis is the Initiative to enter and solicit your friends and acquaintances for subscrip tions to The Franklin Ttmes. They will be glad to help you win one of the big awards that are to be given away. Every; body has an equal chance in this campaign. * The race Is short, lasting only six weeks, and closing Saturday, April 15th. Think of winning one of these big awards in such short time. Just 37 working days from this date and yet many of the best towns and rural routes In the Held covered by this news paper are not represented by a live wire candidate. The Frank lin Tlmea extends a special invi tation for nominations from these communities. No Loners! Everybody Wins J- There will be no losers In, this ''campaign. Besides the wopder ftfsl list of awards there will be a twenty per cent cash commis sion paid to all active members who fall to win an award. Every one who enters and tarns In sub scriptions according to the rules, will be paid for their efforts. The commission Itself is extremely ? ' I . , liberal, yet yon have a chance to win awards that will net you more than the Income of any business or professional man In the terri tory for a" like period of time. Sen. Walsh Dead According to Information received here yesterday ftiorning from Rocky Mount Sen. Thomas J. Walsh, (lied on Hw tnln en route from Cuba to Washington City. Sen. Walsh had been selected for appointment as V. S. At torney General in President Roosevelt's Cabinet. Funeral Largely ? Attended Possibly the largest crowd ever - to attend a funeral in Louis burg vas present at the last rites of Mrs. W. E. White, both at the ifethodlst church and at Oakwood emetery on Friday afternoon, 'he services were conducted by | tev. O. P. FitzGerald, pastor \of he Methodist Church* assisted >y Rev. A. D. Wilcox, President )f Louisburg College. Rev. O. W, I Jowd, of Ooldsboro, both former ' ,M*tors, and Rev. J. D. Miller, tector St Paul's Episcopal ?hurch. A wonderful tribute was iaid the deceased by Dr. Wilcox {in his remarks. A profusion of beauty does not half-way express the vislbleness if the wonderful tribute of flow ers, and no words could ex press the loving impulses hidden in the hearts of the many who had remembered her wit* flow : ers. Thus the body of a woman greatly loved by all Louisburg for her many virtues and sym, pathetic spirit was laid to rest, while her memory will remain with those who loved and ad mired her indefinitely. John Glenn Buried Here The interment services of the ; late John Glenn, of Gatesville. : were held in Oa k wood - cemetery i yesterday afternoon at 3:30 rf'clock, Quite a number of friends and relatives of the families at tending. The funeral services 1 were held at Gatesville Thursday morning. Mr. Glenn was a prominent at torncy of Gatesville. He is sur vived by his widow, who was Miss I Camilla Yarborough, of Louis burg, and two children. Mr. Qlenn was widley known in eas tern North Carolina, being active in the public life of hla town and County. He bad made many friends here upon his several visits to Louisburg. The floral tribute was especial ly pretty. A/ & P. Store Opens Tdday Mr. D. E. Wallace, of Rocky Mount, Supervisor of this divis ion for the A. * P. Stores, has been In Loulsburg the past few days arranging tor the formal opening this morning of the A. * P. Store, located on Main Street under the Union Warehouse; Carpenters and painters haVe made a very attractive store room to which the splendid display of Merchandise has added much. The local store will be In charge of Mr. John Lancaster, son of Mr. J. 8. Lancaster and a former Loalsburg boy. See their adver tisement on another page In which many opening attractiona are announced. V. D. C. The Joseph J. Davis Chapter of the U. D. C.i will meet with Mrs. J. W. ManU. on Tuesday, Mar(h 7th at S: 30 p. m. Mrs. J. W. Mann, Sec y. Subscribe to The ' Franklin .Times ' + . TO BE INAUGURATED TOMORROW THIRTY. FIRST PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES Late News Reports Mayor Anto^ J. Cermak, wia, was bit by an assasssin's bullet intended for President Roosevelt at Miami, Fla.. is Improving. Former Governor Harfr Byrd, of Virginia has been appointed ;U. S. Senafor to succeed Sen. i Claude Swanson, appointed a Cabinet member by President I Roosevelt. Japan Is going ahead with Its war movements in the Jehol ter ritory and from reports it seems that they are receiving little re sistance. The State Legislature the past week has about completed the Highway-Prison merger providing for the consolidation of the State Highway Commission and thej State Prison. It properly done this should give us more aDd better roads at less coat. At Frankllnton laat week an unknown crowd overpowered the police officer and took a negro from the town lock-up and ad ministered punishment they thought he deserved, bat could not get under the regular legal procedure The Smith Cotton Central bill has passed the Senate and Hoase and has been sent to the Praal dent for his signature. , A Tennessee Senator thinks the Leas should be arrested and sent to prison. The House by a thumbing vote of 89 to 7 Wednesday voted down a proposal to continue the 15 cent school levy on property. Court Adjourn ed Wednesday The regular February term of Franklin Superior Court, a civil term, came tq a close on Wednes day afternoon. Judge Cradmer ?uceeedfcd In getting many o?s?? ?ettled and off the .docket during the term, although no great num-' ber of rate* were actually tried. The two will caaea. Howell and Rowland, were continued. 1 ? * \ .TOR FIR8T CLASS PRINTING . PHONE 2(3 \ MORE WORKERS WANTED Get your name in the next list. Represent your community in this big cash distribution. BE A $30 "CLUB" MEMBER 300,000 Extra Votes on each and every $30 "Club" of subscriptions turned in on or Wore Saturday, March 11. LIST OK CANDIDATES IN THE FRANKLIN TIMES "CASH OFFER" CAMPAIGN First published list of candidate In The Franklin Times "Caah Offer'' Campaign. The votes opposite the names show the number of votes allowed on four Nomination Coupons only. Watch next week's paper ?or change In vote*. Name Address Votes Miss Margaret Inacoe, Lonlsbnrg 90,000 Miss Elizabeth Newell, Frnnklinton 80,000 Mrs. Morris Lancaster, Lonlsbnrg , 90,000 Mrs. B. H. Patterson, ' Youagsrtlle 90,000 Miss Helen Leigh Fleming, Lonlsbnrg 90,000 Mrs. A. 8. Jojmer, Fraakllnton 90,000 Miss Mildred Gnpton, Lonlsbnrg, R. 1 90,000 Mrs. F; A. Read, ? Wood 90,000 Miss Ileatrire Young, Lonlsbnrg 90,000 Mrs. H. B. Mullen, Zebnlon, R. 9 90,000 Miss Elisabeth Clifton, Lonlsbnrg 90,000 Mrs. Hugh W. Perry, Lonlsbnrg 90,000 Miss Beanie May, Centerrllle 90,000 Mm. Gladys Arnold, Lonlsbnrg, R. 1 90,000 Mrs. C. H. Murphy, Lonlsbnrg " 90,000 Mrs. M. E. Watklns, Alert 90,d00 Mrs. John NmI, , Cen'ervllle 90,000 Mr*. J. Z. Terrell, InglSKlde 90,000 ? Mill Helen Gray Kearney, Lonlsbnrg, R. S 90,000 Mrs. T. H. Dickens. White Level 90.000 Mrs. K. T. Tharrington, Alert 90,000 v The list ls_not cloned and new names will be added fr?jn? time to time. If your1 name la not la the list and you want to win one of the big awards, send It In at once. REPORT SATURDAY Louisburg Boys Are Champs The Lculsburg High School boys won the Franklin County basket all championship Friday night, FeLruary 24, by edging out a 17 ! 6 victory over the Frankllnton inbt The Frankllnton cagera led the -ouisburg quint throughout the flrrt three quarters of the game ut the Louisburg bays held theii foes scoreless in the last quarter .ml overcame a six point lead. Pergerson was high scorer for i-'ranklinton with 7 points while .tonse and Cobb were leading /corers for the winners with 6 Vid 5 points points respectively. ,rbb, center, featured for Louis bcrg, and Captain Tucker played i good game until fouled out at the end of the third ijuarter. The ine-up was as follows: I.ouiHhonr Frankllnton Holden (2) RF Greentc) (4) .louse (6) LF Pergerson (7) Taylor (4) C . Mitchell (3) Allen RG Parker Tucker (c) LG Harris (2) Substitutes: Cobb (5) for Allen; Allen for Tucker. Officials: Estes and Clark. Sunday Charity Show i Another in the series of Chari-j :y Shows being given at the Uiuisburg Theatre for the benefit >f charity wards in the Commun ty Hospital and other charitable i vork will be given on Sunday ai ernoon and night, at the gener ous cooperation of Mr. E. L: Swinson, proprietor of the Thei tre. The splendid picture. "The ? ron Master", featuring Reginald )enny, will be shown on the screen at the matinee at 3:15 junday afternoon and at 9:15 Sunday night. Quite a number of the people of Louisburg and Ffbnklin County are attending ! these shows and thereby h?lping in a most-worthy and needful cause. Gold Sand Boys To Give Talks Two Gold Sand boys have been selected by the State organiza tion of Young Tar Heel Farmers to give talks on Thrift over sta tion WPTF. This program, which takes place on March 6 at 10:45 a. m. ' is one of five bi-monthly pro grams sponsored by the State 1 organization. The following are the names of the boys and the subjects of their talks: Malcolm Oriflln. How Young Tar Heel , Farmers of the Gold Sand Chap ter conduct their Thrift Work: Thomas Denton, What each Young Tar Heel Farmer should do in Thrift work in -193.1. The string band from the Gar ner chapter is furnishing music for these programs. Solution For Low Prices ; Louisburg. Feb. 28. ? Rural .North ! Carolina's greatest need, accord ' ing to E. L. Best, Superintendent of Franklin County schools, is '."eome solution for the low prices J <>f farm products." i Mr. Best's statement appears tn ' the sixth .annual essay contest i; booklet of the North Carolina Cot > ton Growers Cooperative Assocla | tion which carries the riews of 52 > leading North Carolinians on "Ru | -al North Carolina's Greatest ! Need," subject of the contest this ? year. ^ "The necessities of life must be > pro Tided for a community before [ churches, schools and living con ! dlt ions can be Improved," Mr. Beet > said. "To my mind this Is the J first taw of nature and God. The i ftctut" necessities cannot be provld | id with Ihe present prices of cot i ton and tobacco." Mr. Beet said he believes the es | say contest, in which more than i 7. coo students participated last | year, is "pregnant with fine op > poTtunltles for good In rural North ; Carolina." Keen interest is be lag manifest 1 fn the contest this year and al | teady a number of schools have i u quested additional information ] at>o.ut tt. ALIMXAE TO MEET The Louisburg Chapter of the Louisburg College Alumnae As sociation will hold Its regular monthly meeting next Thursday afternoon,. March 9th, at torn o'clock In the College Social Hall, which will be followed by the usual Informal tea. Much inter est -Is being shown In the local Chapter and it is hoped that all alanyiae ot the College will at tend these meetings. 'Henry's Wedding* TO BE STAGED BY 125 LOCAL PEOPLE "The Beans and Brlles of Grand ma's Time" Portrayed by Prominent Men To Be ? Big Feature. Tonight, at eight o'clock the big social and entertainment event ?Henry's Wedding" will be staged at the Mills High School under i he auspices of .Louisburg College. This promises to be the blggeat (.vent of the season and the only public wedding of the year. At this time three couples will take the big step into matrimony. They are Dean D. H. Stowe. playing the part of Uncle Henry antj. Mrs. H. G Perry taking the part of 8a ?nantha Green; also Robert Klare, i'H Jack and Billy Phillips as Mary, and Nancy Lea as Susan Chrlato pl er and Charles Green as l.awyar F rown. -? Henry's Wedding is a story of a bachelor bridegroom of R6 getting married, to a widow of 4?. This in itself brings enough comical and funny situations to keep the crowd in an uproar but to make tilings worse-. Jack. Henry's nep'iew, -planned to get married on the day of the show and collect on the ntxt day, his twenty-fifth birthday. M00.000- Iron-, his. Grandfather'* v. ill. However, the sudden ta rn. uncement on the part of Cncle Henry of his marriage will cut jack out of $100,000 and give it to Uncle Henry. Jack ivith his two toy friends. Ted and Harris, play cc by Herbert Clark and Arthur Robertson, attempt to kidnap Un cle Henry. Two Chicago bandits, i Pap Horton and Abie Edwards take him away and O'Flarety the hard-boiled detective, played by Robert Fearing and Mugs, his dumb assistant played by David Lewis are called in to help solve the mystery. r.nza piayea py uirs. james King, the negro took and her laxy hurbaml Raitus, played by John King afford a lot of the comedy of the production. Other characters who irtld much to the plot are: Virginia played ')> Lydia Pei son. Marie played by Miriam Thompson, Hev. Turnip seed played by Dr. FitzGerald, sia .er Sadie played by Ruth Parker, brother Jones by Dr. Fleming, Sambo Sax played by Lawrence Weldon, Brother Brown, played by Robert West. ,The following men take part iir he special feature "Beaus and Belles of Grandma's Time": Traf fic Cop Announcer, Dr. S. P. Burt; Bicycle Bean. Dr. H. G. Perry; (.roadway Butterfly, Haywood White; Highstepping Johnny, Frank Egerton; Miss Bustle, Bob Smithwick; -Swain of 1S90, George Ford; Pantaiette Girl, Roas Earle; Shiek ot O'er, Frank Wheless, Jr.: Miss Hoopskirt. Clifford Hall ; Beau Brummell, Spencer Matthews; Co lonial Gentleman. T.~~D. O'Quinn; ?! Annie, -the Bathing - Beauty, Bob Fearing; Joe, the Life Guard. Don Hyatt; Driver of the Horseless Carriage. Steve Robertson; Lucille rfcia sweetheart. Cecil Sykes; Colon El Maiden. E. L. Best; Bashful Swain, Will Varborough; Miss 1 Bloomer, G. M. Beam ; pld-fashion t1 Girl. Sid H widen ; Bashful Swain, Hill Yarborough; Shiek of Chicago World Fair. D. H. Hollt day; Flapper of 1890. J. B. Trog don; Ball Player, Fenner Spivey; Athletic Girl. Charles Lea; Miss I Hobbleskirt, H H". Hilton; Peg Fai.ts Charlie, David Spivey; Alex ander, the Minstrel Boy, Weldon Ugerton; Girl, with Mutton Leg Sleeves, Charlie Ford; N. Y. Bow ery Girl,, Arthur Person; Gas House Harry, Ernest Thomas; Mer ry widow, Norward Fuller; Celltt- ? lcld Collar Bennle. Emmett S win ion , Floradora Beauty, Herman Murphy; Floradora Boy, Harvey Bartholomew. An outsaedlng feature Is the meeting of the colored bretbern and sistern to solve the mystery ri Uncle Harry's disappearance. The College Olee Club sing the old Negro spirituals in this special I feature. The following are listed in the "Mystic Shrine": Doris Strange. Betty Valentine, Evelyn McCullers, Frances Copeland, Iola I-ewls, Ralph Stevens. Ruth P*r Ler, Bruce Culbreth. Jesse Cole, Itrogden Spence. John W. Register, Joe C. Dunn. Ida Fuller. Madeline Ilttman, Robert L. West, Joyce I'rlce. Helen Lee Fleming, Frances Green. John King, Mrs. Cheeeon. Ann scoggln. Mr. McKlnne, Pete H?1L In addition there are 30 of the local high School girls dressed in brilliant costumes singing snappy rnd peppy choruses; These (Iris add mnch to the production: VI* C'nla Spencer. Josephine Room, Kdna Parrlsh. Athlea Boone, Re tecca Anne Holden, Haaei John f oil. Frances Griffin. Janet Hayes, Beverly Shearin, Edith Harris, Rose Malone, Miriam Downey. Get (Continued on Page rive)
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