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VOLUMN LXIV.
LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY M, 1??
(EIGHT PAGES)
NUMBER 14
DR. FEW MAKES GRAD
UATING ADDRESS
* At Finals of Loiri&iirg College
Tuesday
CLOSING EXERCISES
HIGH OKDEB
Rev. Wm. V. McRae Deliv
ered Baccalaureate Ser
mon At Mthodist Church
Sunday Morning;, .Presi
dent Wilcox Preached
Sermon to Y. W. C A. and
Y. M. C. A. Sunday Night;
Alumni Luncheon Large
ly Attended; Thirty-One
Full Graduates, Many Re
ceiving Certificates
Dr. William Preston Few,|
President of Duke University, de
livered the address at the gradu
ating exercises of Louisburg Col
lege, held In the Loulshprg Meth
odist Church on Tuesday morn
ing, May 23rd, at 10 o'clock.
Dr. Few, who was Introduced
by Rev. Armour David Wilcox,
President of Louisburg College, i
as a great thinker, and one who
knows education, told the young
ladles and gentlemen in the i
graduating class that he wanted
to hare an intimate talk with .
them about times as they are;'
and about the ways in which well
He told how man has always
sought refuge from times like
these, mentioning the fact that In 1
the Darg Ages many sought ref- 1
uge in monasteries; tried to get 1
away from thlfifcs. "We have no 1
tendency of that kind now,"f
said Dr. Few. Instead we are 1
coming out and facing the future 1
with minds open. "Give us the 1
ycfung," said Dr. Few," and we
can make a new mind and a new
world." 1
There are two reasons for edu- 1
cation, the speaker stated. One is
to fit us to get along In this 1
world. Conditions change. We 1
have passed the Pioneer Period1
when one did not have to attain
such a degree of skill and efflcl- 1
ency in order to get along, and 1
we have come to that period in
which one must be pretty good
In order to accomplish anything '
worthwhile. As the Greek Poet
said, "Excellency dwells high
among the rocks and if you attain
It, you mast wear out -your very
souls."
>
should proceed.
ine second reason, stated Ur.
Few, (or education, la tbat we
do not know Just what la going
to be, and we need to develop a
strong personal character that
we may be able to adjust to the
situation* that we meet.
These two reasons, said the
speaker, show how unspeakably
foolish It Is for young men and <
young women to go out into the 1
world without trying to get any i
education. "The fact that so'i
many of our young folks do this;
?ery thing", said Dr. Few," is' ?
one of the most puaillng andl
mysterious things that I know',
of." ?
There ard^three things that
education ahould be, the speaker i
declared. ? It should be life-long, ;
creative, and should fit one for I
an avoeatlpn as well as a voca
tion. ji
Dr. Few ended by emphasising '
tbe fact that you can not ahoot ?
knowledge into people. The per- 1
sons gaining it, must participate.
To the young folks before him,1'
he declared, "It ia up to you to <
become an educated man or
woman." '
Prior to the address, the Pro
cessional was played by Miss
Kate Blanchard, teacher of ptano
and organ at Louisburg College,!
and the audience Joined la the
College Hymn, "Faith of oar
Fathers".
After the Invocation, led by
Rev. D- P. Harris, Pastor of the
Louisburg Baptist Church, Mr.1
Ward Wilcox, son of President
and Mrs. A. B. Wilcox, rendered
a vocal solo, "Hear! Te Winds
and Wavea",
Diplomas and certificate* were
awarded by Dr. Wilcox, assisted
by Miss Alma Blsiell, Registrar,1
to the following fifty-four young
women and young men:
Diploma In Liberal Arts: Mary
Prudence Basemore, Helen Oray
Chandler, Herbert L. Clark, Doro
thie Flowers Dnval, Laura Tanner
Fowler, Ida Fuller, Bophia Cllf-j
ton Oreen, Sarah Sumner Hleks.j
i
Benjamin Thomas Holden, II,
Dorothy Bruton Hurley, Emily
Louise King. Elizabeth Evelyn
Knight, Evelyn Edward , McCul
lers, Myrtle Elizabeth Mitchell,
Ethel Lucille Nichols, Willie
Eloise Phillips, Virginia Frances
Pleasants, Ruth Elva Parker, Ly
dia Amy Person, "Minnie Russell,
Winnie Russell, John W. Regis
ter, Azalla Doris Strange, Anna
Louise Tunstall, Elisabeth Ann
Valentine, Isolene Wells, Herbert
Jackson West.
Diploma In Home Economics:
Mary Katherine Bradsher, Janet
Frances Copeland.
Diploma In Engineering: Felix
Hill Alien, Jr., Numa F. Freeman.
Certificates in Bookkeeping:
James Y. Cooper, Sara E. Gur
ganus, Martha Hinman, Margar
et Winston Holden, Eloise Jen
nings, Nell Jones, R. P. Klrby,
Jr., Grace Lena Prultt, Rosalie
Prnltt, Ada Lou Sledge, Ruth E.
Ward.
Certificates in Shorthand: So- i
phia Clifton Green, Sara E. Our-,;
ganus, Margaret Winston Holden,
Eloisg Jennings, Nell Jones, On
nie "Lucas, Ada Lou Sledge, Ruth
E. Ward. i'
High School Diplomas: Carroll
Cason Goodwin, Cynthia Farns-'
worth Holman, William Kiigo
Richards, Mary Elizabeth Whit
iker.
The Honor Students were: |
A.zaUa Doris Strange, Anna Louise
rnnstali, Ida Fuller, Sophia Clif
ton Green, Myrtle Elisabeth
Mitchell, Lydla Amy Person.
Just before ther benediction by
Rev. O. P. FitzGerald, Pastor of
the Louiaburg Methodist Church,
and the Recessional, Dr. Wilcox
stated some facts of great Inter
est to all of the friepds of the
college. He said that the p res
silt graduating class was the larg
9st class since 1929; that in a
large measure success had been
met with in filling the dormitor
ies, In advancing the school along
educational lines, and in accom
plishing new enterprises.
The entrance of boya into the
:ollege was perhaps the salva
tion of the school, said Dr. Wil
cox. The school is closing this
year with better financial status,
the difference between the income
and the operating expenses, being
but slight. All this has been ac
complished with no gifts to the
ichool. The school Is now in
(airly good situation, the old
debts being its biggest draw
back. J ? 1 L
We have jug a chance, stated
Dr. Wilcox, that during the com
ing year a development may take
place that wjll prove Immensely
helpul. If this development does
not happen, however, the school
will still continue to brow In
itudents and In finances.
Sermon to Uradnates
The Rev. William V. McRae,
Pastor ot the First Methodist
Church, Wilson, N. C., delivered
the commencement sermon at
the closing exercises of Loulsburg
College on 8unday, May 21, at
11 o'clock in the Methodist
Church.
Rev. McRae developed the sub
ject, "Jesus, the Light of the
World" following the scripture
reading to the effect that it was
?aid of Jesus that he I* the
Light t it the World, and that of
that Light John the Baptist bore
witness. When Jesus came, he
Mid "1 am the Light of the
World " The speaker call
sd attention to that great occa
ilon on which Jesus made such a
remark. It was one of those
times when the people had gath
ered together in Jerusalem to
celebrate the memory of the time
when In the wlnderness they had
followed a pillar of cloud by day
and a pillar of fire by night, and
Jesus, realising what the people
were thinking cried out, "I am
the Light", and that whosoever
believed on him should not walk
In darknees.
"The mighty, conflicts of the1
world today said Rev. McRae, are
stirred by the forces opposed to'
Ood.- There Is no nation today
governed by an entirely Chris
tian government. The chief prob
lem before America today Is the
problem of more physical wealth,
and She main reason for us not
being able to solve It. Is because
our leaders do not have the Light.
Moet of our leaders are trying to
lead us out ot these troublous
times Just like we were lead Into
them.
Our hope Is In that great cen
Iral Light, Jesqs Christ.
When we come to the "Crisis*.
?.Governor, Federal Reserve
Eugene BUek, of Atlanta, (3a., ii
the new governor of the Federal Re
serve Board, succeeding Eajene
Meyer, resigned, upon the appoint
ment of President Boosevel*. Mr.
Blade is the second Southerner to
hold this important post, the other'
being W.P.O. Harding of Alabanuu
Memorial Services
Chairman E. F. Griffin, of thi
Arrangements Committee of th<
Franklin County Memorial Asso
elation announced yesterday thai
he had all arrangements madi
For the annual Memorial Serrlcei
to be held Sunday afternoon ai
2:30 o'clock In the Mill's Higl
School auditorium, and said hi
was expecting the largest crowc
that has ever attended one o
these meetings. Hon. Paul Ora
dy is a most pleasing speaker ant
will delight his hearers and Hon
W. H. Yarborough, Sr., Is alwayi
heard In Franklin with mucl
pleasure.
Don't let anything interfen
with your attending these ser
vices.
the forking of the road, the gre?
encouragement (or ub is tha
there is a Light to mark tin
parting of the ways, one of whici
leads to lands most fair, e'ei
though the way be long an<
weary, the other of which fol
lows the dark dank wayB o
death. The question Is, whic!
way will we choose. Jesus sail
that the Light should never b<
taken away, "I am the Light
There Is none other."
Dr. McRae exhorted thesi
young men and women to folloi
this Light even though, some
times it be but a gleam.
Dr. McRae was introduced' b:
Pres. A. D. Wilcox. Dr. McRae li
a recently elected member of thi
Board of Trustees of the college
The student body Altered th<
church to the organ Procesaiona
by Smart, following which th<
congregation Joined in the hymn
"All Hall the Power of Jesui
Name.""'
Tub invocation, a piea 10
guidance ot the True Light, wai
led by Rev. O. P. FitxQerald, pas
tor of the local Methodist church
Under the direction ot Mri
Theo Wooten McCullers, Head o
the Music Department of Louis
burg College, the Olee Club sani
an anthem, "Pilgrim's Chorus'
from Tannhauser, by Wagner.
Immediately after announce
ments were made by Dr. Wilco:
concerning the remainder of thi
college commencement program
and by Dr. FltsQerald for the lo
cal church, the offertory, In Par
adlsum by Du Bois, was playei
by Miss Kate M. Blanchard
teacher of Piano and organ, an<
a beautiful solo, Sancta Maria b:
Faure, was sung by Mrs. McCul
lers, violin obligate by Mr. Rob
ert Fearing, teacher of violin.
After the benediction by Rev
McRae and the singing ot th
Doxology by the congregation
the Recessional by Lowden, wa
played in closing, to the strain
of which the candidates for grad
uatlon and the remainder ot th<
student body left the church.
Organisations' Sermon
On Bunday night, at S : 0)
o'clock, the T. W. C. A. and Y
M. C. A. organisations pf Louis
burg College held their las
meeting for the year In the Louis
burf Methodist Church.
The organ prelude, Allegreti
by Stalner, was played by Ml*
Dorothy Hurley, student ot music
after which the students entere<
the chnrch and proceeded to theli
respective place* while they sani
the Y. W. C. A. Hymn, Follov
the Oleam.
After the hymn. Love Dlvin*
All Love Excelling, prayer wa
(Continued en page four)
TEXT OF
MESSAGE
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Waahlagtoa, May 17. ? The
text of Prnldnt Roowtdt'i pub
lic-works mtuage to Coagreas
follows:
To the Congress:
Before the special session of
the Congress adjourns, I recom
mend two further steps In our
national campaign to put people
to work.
My first request is that the
Congress provide for the 'machin
ery necessary for a great eo-op
erative movement throughout all
industry In order to abtain wide
re-employment, to shorten the
working week, to pay a decent
wage fpr the shorter week and to
prevent unfair competition and
disastrous overproduction.
Employers can not do this
singly or even In organized
groups, because such action - in
creases costs and thUB permits
cut-throat underselling by selfish
competitors unwilling to Join In
.such a public-spirited endeavor.
Present Laws Bar to Trade
One of the great restrictions
upon such co-operative efforts up
to this time has been our anti
trust laws. They were properly
designed as the means to cure
the great evils of monopolistic
price-fixing. They should cer
. talnly be retained as a perma
nent assurance that the old evils
? of unfair competition shall never
'return. ,
But the public interest will be
9 served if, with the authority and
? under the guidance of Govern
- ment, private industries are per
t mitted to make agreements and
i codes inauring fair competition,
i However, it la necessary, if we
t thus limit the operation of anti
1 trust laws to their original pur
) pose to provide a rigorous licen
1 sing power in order to meet rare
f cases of non-co-operation and
- abuse. Such a safeguard is indi
i spensable.
? { The other proposal gives the
? Executive full power- -to start a
l large program of direct employ
ment. A careful survey convinces
9 me that approximately $3,300,
-i 000,000 can be Invested in use
ful and necessary public constru
ction, and at the same time put
the largest possible number of
t people to work. (
t Provision should be made to
9 permit States, counties and muni
i clpalltles to undertake useful
i public works, subject, however,
1 to the most effective possible
- means of eliminating favoritism
f and wasteful expenditures on un
i warranted and uneconomic pro
1 jects.
9 We must, by prompt and vig
. orous action, override unneces
sary obstructions which in the
9 past have delayed the starting of
r public works programs. This can
- be accomplished by simple and
direct procedure.
' would rro?Ti ti. o. vituiv
| In carrying out this program
it 1* Imperative that the credit
' of the United Statea Government
I be protected and preserved. This
means that at the same time we
are making these vast emergency
' expenditures there must be pro
vided sufficient revenue to pay
r interest and amortization on the
coat and that the revenues so
_ provided must be adequate and
" certain rather than Inadequate
' and speculative. %
i Careful estimates Indicate that
_ at {east $220,000,000 of addition
al revenue will be required to
. service the contemplated borrow
ings of the Government. This will
_ of necessity involve some form
~ or forms of new taxation. A num
ber of suggestions- have been
made as to the nature of these
I 'taxes.
I do not make a specific rec
j ommendatlon' at this time, but I
hope that the Committee on Ways
i and Means of the House of Rep
resentatives will make a careful
' study of revenue plans atad be
' prepared by the beginning of the
~ coming week to propose the taxes
which they Judge to be best
? adapted to meet the present need
iand which will at the aame time
' be leaat burdensome to our peo
, P'e.
At the end of that time. If no
* decision has been reached or If
the means proposed do not seem
to be sufficiently adequate or oer
5 tain, It la my Intention to trans
mit to the Congress my own refc
" commendations In the matter,
t Seeks Work Far Citlaeas
The taxes to be Imposed are for
the purpose of providing re-em
? ployment for our citizens. Pro
? vision should be made for their
. reduction or elimination ?
1 First ? As fast aa Increasing
r revenues from Improving business
I become available to replace them;
r Second ? Whenever the repeal
of the Eighteenth Amendment,
i. now pending before the Statea,
? shall have been ratified and the
? repeal of the Volatead act effect
ed, the pre-prohlbltlon revenue
A Nation Pays Tribute T^Lts War Dead j
MEMORIAL
DAY . . . 1933 =
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Franklin Comity Memorial Association
Sunday, May 28th, 1933, at 2:30 P. M.
Mills High School Auditorium, Louisburg, N. C.
PROGRAM
Song ? America ( two verses )....,. . Audience
Invocation . . , v . Dr. O. P. FlxGerald
Roll Call of Deceased Soldiers Mr. L. H. Allison
Taps........ ..Mr. Al. Hodges, Jr.
June Rhapsody ..Misses Edna Perry,
Haxel Johnson and Mary Anna Clifton
Presentation of 8peaker .Hon W. H. Yarborough
Address., ...Hon. Paul D. Grady
Comrades Rest.... Mrs. E. S. Ford, Mrs. A. D. Wilcox,
Mr. M. McKinne, Dr. H. H. Johnson
Presentation of Jambes Post Cup,
Medal and Gold. Hon. James E. Malone
Acceptance:
Cup for Epsom High School Mr. D. T. Dickie
Medal, by winner Miss Helen Gray Kearney,
Epsom High School
Gold, by winner ..... . .. ........... Miss Helen Hill,
Youngsville High School
Announcements.
Song ? Star Spangled Banner (one verse) Audience
Mr. Hudson
Injured
Mr. C. C. Hudson, member of
the Board of County Commisslon
?ri and a popular automobile
salesman, was painfully Injured
on Tuesday evening when the
car he was driving collided with
the end of the railing ?? the
southern bridge at Four Bridges.
In the accident Mr. Hudson re
ceived several broken ribs, be
sides numerous cuts and bruises.
He was brought to town by Mr.
Place and received medical 1 at
tention at Dr. H. G. Parry's of
fice, afterwards being moved to
his home.Swhsre h? is reetla* as
well aa could be expected.
Mr. Hudson explains the acci
dent was tfaused by s? is one driv
ing another car running him off
the jToad, ha taking the ditch to
avoid a head-on collision, and
struck the bridge before he
could stop or get back to hia
position on the road. At the
place of the accident the road
makes a curve last as It a?-;
proaches the bridge. Mr. Hud
son did not know Who was driv
ing the car approaching him. nor
did the car step. The car drlva*
by Mr. Hudson was badly dam
aged.
laws would then automatically go
Into effect and yield enough whol
ly to eliminate these temporary
re-employment taxes.
Finally. I stress the fact that
all of these proposals are baaed
on the gtavlty of the emergency
and that therefore It Is urgently
neceaaary Immediately to Initiate
a re-employment campaign if we
are to avoid further hardships, to
sustain business Improvement and
to pass on to batter things.
For this reason I urge prompt
action on this legislation.
FRANKLIN O. ROOSEVELT.
The White House, May IT. IMS.
Subscribe to Ths Franklin Tt??|
Held Without Bond
Kaox N'eal Charged With Murder
Of Arthur Perry Saturday
Night. May 18th ? Both Colored
Knox Neal was bound over to
the October term of Franklin
Superior Court (or the murder
?f Arthur Perry, both colored,
without the privilege of bond, at
t hearing before Squire Hugh W.
Perry la the Court houee In
Lo?l*bu|-g on Saturday morning.
<*)?n^jral Lee Johnson, Theodore
Cope, John Wheleaa and Pert;;
Wheleaa all saw or heard the
shooting and three of them lden
tlAed Knox as the one doing the
?fe*?tlng. From the evidence It
seemed that Knox wat mad with
?r was fighting with Castor Hor
too, also colored, and It was pos
sible the shot that killed Perry,
an Innocent party in the. crowd
which had Just left a party at
Plummor Williamson's, was In
tended for Horton.
The shooting took place near
the F. W. Wheless old home near
Justice aad Perry died Sunday
morning after, having been taken
to a hospital.
The defendant was represented
tty Mr. Hill Yarborough.
PEYTON BROWN AND
SON ARE AWARD
ED DAMAGE!
Newark, N. J., May 14.? A T?r
diet of >300 to Peyton J. Brown
Jr., 4, ol Wake Forest, N. 0., ant
* l "0 to bis father waa awardw
yesterday against tbe Charms Co.
of Blooaifleld, by a Federal cour
Jurjr.
It was alleged the boy suffer*
Injury after eatiM ?. lollypoj
made by the company and con
talnlng particles of glaaa. Th
candy waa sold February 14. Ill-:
In Loulabarg, North Carolina.
It will soon be too lata to d<
your early shopping.
'A
Supt. E. L. Best
Re-Elected
Board of Education Met aad Or
ganized Tuesday Morning ?
Study New School Law
> Supt. E. L. Best was re-elect
ed Superintendent of School* of
Franklin County for the ensuing
two years at .a special meeting of
the Board of Education held on
Tuesday morning. At this meet
ing ^Mr. E. L Green qualified as
a member of the Board for a
new six year term succeeding
himself. Before electing the Su
perintendent the Board organized
by electing A. F. Johnson Chair
man. Other officers elected were
E. H. Malone, attorney; Miss
Emma Bartholomew, clerk; and
approved the selection of Jammle
Marshall and Jones Cannady, as
truck mechanics, subject to the
plans to be made by the State
School Commission.
A. F. Johnson was appointed
to work with Supt. Best in hav
ing a colored school building
erected in Loulsburg township.
The Board made quite an ex
haustive study *f the new school
law discussing at ? length several
phases.
Not having received instruc
tions as to the set up of the new
School Commission will adopt the
Board could not dispose of much
j of the routine matters to come up
later and adjurnment was taken.
Epsom Fair
Features
Already preparations are being
made to a rather large extent (or
the Epsom Community Fair to
be held again this fall. Some
special features are befhg added
to the program, which will espec
ially Include the new feature of
Scout Work. One day will be
given to the entertainment of
the Vance County Grangers, who
are to visit the fair.
Of special interest is the offer
of some valuable prizes to the
person in the fair district who
grows the most corn on an acre
of land. It is expected that there'
will be many contestants in this
field.
Co-operate. In
Highway Boosting
Mr. DeLisle, .of Enfield, repre
senng the Coastal Highway As
sociation. was in Louisburg Tues
day conferring with a meeting of
citizens relative to securing the
cooperation of Louisburg with
many neighboring cities in boost
ing, advertising and promoting
the establishment and building
of main highways in this section
of North Carolina. The meeting
was held in the City Clerk's oOce
at which It was decided to hold
adjoint meeting of the town and
cJunty Commissioners in the af
ternoon to determine how the
project could be financed.
At the joint meeting the Coun
ty Commissioners decided they
could not contribute 10 the fi
nancial aid of the project, and
the town Commissioners there
fore decided to get behind the
project with- the assistance of
such voluntary outside aid it
could get.
Besides the Influence of this
organization in assisting in the
establishing of highways and
completing or improving thotfe
already established there will be
a big advertising feature connect
ed with It through which the
town and County will, no doubt,
jprofit.
The scheme Is a splendid OD?
and will no doubt be of maeh
benefit to Louisburg along with
the large number of other town*
cooperating.
Bartholomew? Clarke
An announcement has been
made that will interest their
many friends as follow*: "Mr.
and Mrs. Edmund Dsughtry
Clark announce the marriage of
their daughter, Jewell, to Harrey
Thomas Bartholomew, on Thurs
day, May IS, 1933. At home,
Louisburg, N. C." The wedding
took place in Scottsbarg, Va.,
from whence the couple depart
ed for a trip to Washington City.
Mrs. Bartholomew la exceed
ingly popular In this section, bar
ing made her hone with rela
tives in Leuisburg, and also be
ing a member of the high school
faculty at Epsom tor the past
year or two.
Mr. Bartholomew la the oldest
eon of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bar
tholomew, of Lowlaburg, aad ia
prominently engaged la a popq
lar garage buslasaa at Loalabwt.
The paly man down and oat I)
the man wbo thinks be la