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V. 4 YOU R TOWN laa* ? bit better _ , . are willing 10 Help make H BOOST YOUR TOWN YOUR LOCAL FAPZft for 'Vatroaage te Mncrlfflo ud AdvertMai BOOST YOUR HOiOt PAPER I A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager The County, The State, The Union SUBSCRIPTION ?1.30 Per Tear VOLLHN LXIV. LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1083 (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER IS MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED SEN. PAUL D. GRADY DELIVERS SPLENDID ADDRESS Speaker Introduced by W. IE r?ito>o5pr~W. ? Sptntttid I'rojfram Well Rendered J. E. Maione Delivers Cap and Med als ? Many Flowers Beautifully Arranged ? Many Join Com mittees That Go Out to Dec orate Graves Very interesting and impressive were the Memorial Services held by the Franklin County Memorial Association, Sunday, May 28th, at 2:30 P. M , in the Mills High School Auditorium, at which time Senator Paul D. Orady, from Johnson County, delivered a most timely and appropriate address, his subject being "What Price Liberty?" The main theme running through Senator Grady's address was that there are certain obliga tions and responsibilities left upon every individual citizen ot this nation by the supreme sacri fices made not only by the boys who fought in the Qreat World War, but by those who fought In all wars previous to our day. Can we measure up to these? This nation of ours was plann ed for a definite purpose, said the speaker. people often ask why North America has been so much more progressive than South America. The speaker ex plained that the reason for this difference lay in the fact that the Spaniards went to South America seeking gold, while, our forefath ers came to North America seek ing God. The sacrifices made by them were for high and nobie purposes. How have we measured up?, queried the Gpeeker. Many ot us have forgotten our duty and have let some one else carry on while we were busy with our private fortunes and affairs. Senator Gra dy described the type of men that in some cases we have let get control of oar government, those who sit behind in mahogany table and contrive to gather In to themselves the fruits of the work ing people. It is the daty of ev ery Individual citizen, declared the speaker, to ?t^At his govern ment and help to rid ourselves Of such conditions. What has >11 this to do with the sdldlers? Juat this, declared Senator Orady, they died (or the ?ery principles, Justice and equal ity, that hare been taken away from us; and these principles will be given back only when an enlightened public catchee the spirit that they had and fights for them. There has been no _ time In the hiatory of oar nation when more teamwork and cooper ation wore needed than now. The speaker waa introduced by W. H. Yarborough, Sr., who es pecially emphasised the work of the Franklin County Memorial Association in . keeping alive the memory of those who died for us. This land would not hare been worth dying for, declared Mr. Yarborough, If any soldier's grave had gone unmarked, A The 'soldiers fought to a glorious and . successful end, be said, and now the President has declared . war on onderserved poverty and want. The officers who have al ready been mobilised In thla army will lead us to another great vic tory. He Introduced Senator Orady aa one who has risen to leadership in this war, one who has fought faithfully for the past four and one half months for the cause of the common people. The silver cup which Is given each year to the dinner of the' essay conteat sponsored i>y the Jambes Post was won by Epsom k High School, this being the sec F ond time that this school has won. The cup was prieented by James E. Malone, and ? accepted by D. T. Dickie; the medal, pre sented to the one writing the winning essay, was accepted by Miss Helen Gray Kearney; the gold, presented to the one whose essay was adjudged second best, was accepted Mies Helen HIU, YoungsxlUe High School. The ?abject for the essay this year was "Ths effect that voting off the Extended School Term wonld have on Franklin County". The roll call of deceased sol diers was read by Mr. L. H. Alli son. Director of Government Re lief Work in Franklin County. Taps were sounded by Mr. Al. Hodges, Jr.; and two lovely vo cal selections were rendered, one "June Rhapeody, by the Loots . Nortnan H. Davis Norman H. Davis, official Euro pean representative of the U. 8. and President Roosevelt '? Ambassador st- large to tbe Geneva Disarmament Conference and the World Economic Conference, which opens at London J one 12, is an American very much in the news today. Mr. Davis has held many important posts since tho World War. .He was a mo-ilwr of the Armistice Commission; Finaneisl a<lvi??r to President Wilson, negot; ? tint |>cace; Under-Secretary State ; U. S. member of Internatib. Economic Conference in 1927 ; ami, is now a member of the Bokrd of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. burg High School Trio, composed of Misses Edna Perry, Hazel Johnson, and Mary Anna Clif ton; the other, a selection which la sung at every such meeting of the Asaoclatlon, "Comrades Rest" by Mrs E. S. Ford, Mrs. A. D. Wilcox, Mr, jWalcolm McKlnne, and Dr. H. Johnson. The Invocation was Jed by Dr. O. P. Fiti'dlfald. Pastor of the Louisburg Methodist Church. The audience joined in sing ing the two patriotic songs ??America" and "The Star Spang* led Banner". The splendid meeting was pre sided over by Senator E. F. Grif fin. Chairman of the Arrange ments Committee, who announced the new officers of the Asaocla tlon as follows: President, D. T Dickie; First Vice-President, E F. Griffin; Second Vice-President C. E. Jeffreys; Third Vice-Presi dent, 8. L. Bowen; Treasurer, Mrs. H. C. Taylor; Secretary, Mrs. H. W. Perry. The flowers for decoration of the soldiers' graTes were very pretty banked upon the stage In front of a symbolic white cross, upon which hung a simple wreath of green. Immediately at the conclusion of the meeting, the several com mittee^ proceeded to the re spective cemeteries and graves al lotted them to hold short prayer services and decorate the graves. Second Big Fire At Wake Forest High School Building Destroyed By Fire of Unexplained Origin Wake Forest, May 31. ? A sec ond costly fire Involving In edu cational structure visited Wake Forest shortly before midnight tonight, when the two-story brick public high school building was destroyed by a blase of unexplain ed origin. The loss was roughly estimated at $60,000, with the extent of Insurance coverage not yet ascertained. Only a few weeks ago the four story administration and dormi tory structure on the Wake For est College campus was burned by early morning fire. The blase in the high school building, an attractive designed, two-story brick building that was erected four years ago, was well beyond control before It was dis covered, and efforts of the. loci flre-flghting force to check the progress of the fire were futile. It burned rapidly, and In a short time the building was destroyed. It Is understood that the school was locked and unoccupied at the time, and school officials were at a loss to express an opinion m to how the costly fire started. The grammar school building located about 100 yards from the : destroyed high school plant, was not damaged. ? News-Observer. LOUISBURO BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. D. P. Harris has announc ed that he will deliver his ser mons at- the services 8unday at the Loulsburg Baptist church on the following topics: at 11 a. m. service," "What Will Happen Next?", and at I j>. m., "Collect ing the Stragglers." Sunday B?hool will convene at ?l:4t a. m. and the B. T. P. D. meeting will be held at 7 p. m. j . Requirements Not Changed Columbia, S. C., June 1. ? "The security requirement* for a Fed-! eral Land Bank loan hare not been changed by the passage or, the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 19S3, signed by the Presi dent May 12," stated F. H. Dan iel, president of the Faderal Land Bank, here today, In dlscuaaing the- large volume of applications for loana being received from na tional farm loan associations. This .increased demand for loans J>,aa resulted from . the fact that; all loans made by the bank through such association* within two year* after May 12 will be! at the reduced rate of 4 M per cent interest for the five-year period commencing July 11, 1933. During this same period rates on ontatandlng loans made through association* also will be reduced' to 4 % per cent. "Interest has been further stimulated by the fact that for the five years commencing' May 12 both old and new borrowers may elect to pay only Interest and not pay the usual installments on the prlncipat, provided they are not delinquent In any of the oth er covenants of their mortgage* such as the payment of interest, | taxes, Insurance premiums or; Irrigation charges," continued Mr. Daniel. "Payment of interest only on the part of borrowers who obtained their loans several years ago imeans a considerably smaller semi-annual payment to the bank. For example, a borrow er who obtained a $3,000 loan in 1917 bearing S per cent Interest normally would pay the bank $90 each 6 months. Of the last in stallment paid $57.75 went to pay interest on the unpaid prin cipal and $32.26 was applied to the reduction of hla debt. Thua, should he pay only ahe interest (computed at 4^ per cent, per annum) hi* next payment to the bank. If it come* dae after July .11, 1933, will be only $61.25, In stead of the usual $90. When he resumes payment on the princi pal, he continues to amortise or pay off his loan at the same rate a* when he ceased such pay ments. Installments coming due after July 11, 1*38, must include interest at the regular mortgage rate and the payment on the principal. The bank is receiving some in quiries lor loons in areas where there are no national farm loan associations making new loans at this time and it is string careful consideration to such applica tions. Where loans are made di rectly by the bank the rate of In terest Is one-half of one par cent more than if borrowers secure their loans through national farm loan associations. Sorrowers ob taining loans directly from the bank must agree to purchase stock to the extant of & per cent >of the amount borrowed in the bank Instead of the association. "A farmer who borrows direct ly from the bank may agree In his mortgage that when there are tea or more borrowers who hare obtained direct loans from the bank aggregating not less than $20,000 and who reside in any locality which may, in the opinion of the Farm Loan Com missioner, be conveniently cover ed by the Charter df and served by a national farm loan associa tion, he will unite with other such borrowers to form an aaso clation. After such an association is formed, the stock in the Fed eral Land Bank held by each of its members whose loans are in good standing will be canceled at par and the borrower will receive an equal amount of stock in the association. When and If such borrowers become members of association* the Interest rate on their loan*, if in good standing, will be reduced by one-half of one per cent. "Farmers who make appllca tloDn directly to the bank wll pay the same Initial fee to H that they would pay If their ap plication came through a nation al farm loan association. The preliminary appraisal of the property upon which the appli cant wishes to place the mort gage will. If poealble, be made by a representative of a na\jonal farm loan association and the same valuation will be placed upon It as If he had applied through an association. "The loan limits are the same whether a farmer secures a loan through the national farm loan association or borrows directly from the bank," continued Mr. Daniel. "The maximum loan which may be made Is SO per cent of the approlsed normal val ue of the land for agricultural purpose* plus 10 per cent of the value of the permanent, insured improvement." Some are still quarreling over bobbed hair. The war's over and the bob* have It Mitchell Leaving Court . Char In L. Mitchell, former ekair-i mail of the National CSty Bank of, New York, photographed as he waa leaving court daring the last days of hi* trail. He waa charged with fraod nlent action* to era ae payment of mora than (850,000 in income taxes. Minstrel Show Being Organized Dixie Black Bird Minstrels to be presented Friday evening. June tenth sponsored by local Fire Department. The Minatrel a delightful and entertaining revenue includes some of the very beat talent In town with many prominent busi ness men in leading rolea. The production claims to be one of the best presented in the city for some time. Under the direction of Adeline Edwards, rehearsals hare started. Make your pUw now to M? "Dixie Black Bird -Minstrels". Celebrate Ladies' Night The Toungsville Council No. 273 Junior Order will entertain the Juniors and their families at the Yoangsvllle High School au ditorium on Tuesday night, June 6th, at 8 o'clock. A splend id program has been arranged which will Include several short addresses by State Council offi cers, vocal and instrumental mu sic, a Jug and washboard band, and a good Jolly comedian. Alsc several contests will be held. The program will be especially enter taining and Jolly. An Invitation to attend this occasion is ezteqd ed to every Junior in Franklin and adjoining counties. Registrations Increase Registrations of new Chevro let passenger cars and trucks in the first quarter this year ac coanted for 37.2 per cent of the total of the industry and exceed ed the combined registrations of the next three leading makes, ac cording to a statement released today by the Chevrolet Motor Company. In tbe three months Chevro let titled (6,621 new units as compared with 47,(09 new oars and trucks for the second-place make, 29,623 for the third, and 14,3(4 for the four-place holder, another General Motors car In a higher price rsnge than the first three, the statement read. Of Chevrolet's total registra tions for the first quarter, 14,371 were truck units representlni 45.6 per cent of all trucks regist ered by the industry in the perl od. The total compares wltb 7,9(6 trucks titled by the second leading manufacturer. It wju claimed. \ Every one of the' "first thre? months shows a surprisingly unl form number of Chevrolet regis tratlons, the banking situation It late February and March neutral Islng the normal seasonal up turn at that time. In January Chevrolet registered 34,(09 units In the shorter month of Febru ary 30,441, and In March wltl Its banking troubles, 31,371. In the Srst quarter the Indus try registered 269,376 new unlti In the domestic market. Chevro let's percentage of 37.3 of th< 1 total comparea with 3(.7 In thi sams period last year, tbe state .meat observed. * A busy man Is troubled wltt only one devil; the Idle man wltl many. Bubecrlbe to The Franklin Timet 11.(0 Per Year In Advance l I Many Changes Made In State's License Taxes All SjKh Taxes, New aad Old, Due and Payable on Thursday, Jmar l? Several Group, s Pat Under S Per Cent Tax ? Taxes On ^MhD?n aad Ontdoor Ad verdising Among 'Those Broad ened (News-Observer) All taxes levied in Schedule 3 of the new Revenue Act became effective on Thursday, June 1st. All taxes levied in this schedule as license taxes are payable in advance, the license being re quired as a prerequisite to en gaging of continuing in any busi ness or profession requiring a license under this schedule. Fail ure to observettrls requirement constitutes both a civil and crim inal violation, and additional penalties for delay in observance. Many changes have been made in these schedules. Printed copies of the Revenue Act are now avall | able and will be furnished on request to the Department of Revenue. The most important changes are in sections applying a gross receipts tax, in addition to the annual license tax, consistent with the general sales tax on re tail sales of merchandise. While only six businesses are listed under the heading of new taxes, the scope of a number of other sections has been broaden ed. For illustration, the form er tax on outdoor advertising ap plied only to those commercially engaged in outdoor advertising as a business. The new law Includes those who use this method of ad vertising their own products, With no exception as to slse or char acter of advertisement used, ev 1 cept advertisements on the prem ises where the business advertised ' is conducted. Another section that la sub stantlally broadened In scope is the tax on peddlers. This tax did not formerly apply to the sale ol , merchandise to merchants for re . sale. Under the new law ther< is no such limitation, and everj one who carries merchandise other than exempted article* from place to place and makei delivery at the time of sale it liable for the tax aa a peddler. The list of articles formerl] exempted from the peddler's tai is also restricted, and does not now Include fruits and vegetables . as exempted articles unless the; are grown by the vender, And thin i is true whether the sales are made at retail or to merchants . for re-sale. rne uenerai AHemoij 6?yo . mature consideration to tbls sub ject and determined to extend the scope of taxation of the itin erant sale of merchandise. The amount of the annual license tax on peddling was greatly reduced. The former tax on peddling with motor vehicle was $100 for each county. Counties, cities and towns mar lovy the same annual license lax. Thee* changes affect many established distributors of merchandise, as well as the or dinary peddler from house to house. The license ? -* division of the Department of . venue has mads the dlgeet hereinafter set eut of new taxes 1st ted gfcd ehanges Id schedules. They wore all effective Thursday, and any transac tions constitute liability for the tax. The Stale has extended the scope of its tax laws to provide the revenue for all the ope rat's* ' expenses of all Ihs public schools ' of the State, as well as all pub lic highways, relieving property ' of all Its people from this . tax burden. On next Sunday there will b? presented through the press a dl , gest In narrative form of the I new sales tax upon the retail , sales of merchandise, which be comes effective on July 1st. New Uwase Taxes Athletic Contests: Baseball . football, boxing, wrestling, etc ! A tax of 95.00 for each looatloi _ plus three per cent on groes re _ celpts. Boarding Houses: Advertisini ' for transient patronage, and al " having more than It boarderi [ whether advertising or not, |2.0< per room with minimum ol J ?10.00. Loan Companies or Agenclss: ' 1800. 1 Morticians or Kmbatmers: A personal privilege tax of $10 II . gross receipts exceeded $1,000 in preceding year and It.OO li leas than fl,*00. Toll Bridges: It. 00 plus three per cent of groes receipts. Tourist Camps or Home: 11.00 per room with minimum of 1 1 0 , Tax Rates ("hanged Automatic Machines: Typewrit Muscle Shoals Boss Arthur E. Morgan, president of Antioch College in Ohio, U the man selected by President Roosevelt u Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Development project. Mr. Morgan |flrst gained national attention in. flood control work in North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and" Ohio. He gave up engineering to head Antioch College is 1920.. era, electric refrigerators, etc. Dealers base tax reduced from $100 to $50 and percentage tax on sales increased from one per cent to three p?r cent. Auto Dealers: Changed from minimum of $50 maximum ol $200 to minimum of $25 maxi mum of $200, in addition tc three per cent sales tax. Barber Shops: Tax raised from $2.00 to $2.50 per chair. Billiard or Pool Tables: For merly $25 per table. Nev ta: based on sixe, whether operatei by slot or other wise, runnln [ from $5.00 to $25. Carbonated Beverages: WhoW , sale dealers. Old rates from $10 to (35ft. New rates from $50 t $100. I Chain Stores: Formerly a fl? I tax of $50 on all stores in ei t cess of one. New tax to bracket ? according to number of store s running from $50 to $150, pe ' store. > Coal Dealers i .Slight change ii ? graduation of tax. based on popu > lation with same minimum am 'maximum as in 1931 act, in ad dition to three per cent sales tu ' Cold Storage Warehouse o 1 Packing House: Same base taj ? but percentage tax on gross sale 1 raised from 1-10 of one per cen ' to % of one per crent. Contractors: Same as before ' except a project tax of $50 1 levied on contracts between $6, 000 and $10,000. Formerly n< 1 tax on contracts less than $10, 000. Cotton Compressors: Old ta: ,1250. New. $300. Horse and Mule Dealers: Ta: under new act one-half of wha It was under 1931 act. , ? Hotels: Tax graduated accord Ing to rate*, and raleed in 173! act approximately 20 per cent. Laundries, Towel or Linen Sup ply Companies: Base tax ralse< 25 per cent and in addition a stamp must be affixed to eacl package or delivery in the amouni of one cent for each $1.00 oi traction thereof. A separate bas< tfic must be paid for each towi In which business is solicited. Marbl? Yards: Ord tax f20 t< 180. New tax. lis to $70. witt additional tax of $10 for eacl traveling salesman employed. Mercantile Agencies: Old ta: $250. New tlx, $600. Moving Picture Shows: For merly a flat tax based on popo lation running, from $$0 to $tS0 Under new law the base taj scale Is reduced, running fron $25 to $425 with an additlona tax of three per cent on gross re 1 celpts, payable monthly. Tht ' base tax to be considered an ad | vance payment on gross recelpti J tax. Newspaper Contests: Tax oi contests conducted by monthly weekty or semi-weekly papers re ' duced from $100 to $50. Tax oi ' dally papers same. 'j Outdoor Advertising: Tax oi " bill-board companies and com merclal outdoor advertisers prac [ tlcally the same under 1933 ac 1 as under 1931 act. In the nei [ act a tax Is imposed on all per ! sons or firms advertising thel own products by means of bill ho art), signs, or outdoor adver Using devices of any kind, erect ed, painted. posted, or tacke< ; aaywheto except on the premls? | wheu-e the business advertised I ; conducted, the tax being $1.01 for each sign or device with a max latum tax of $600. A metal tai ' furnished by the Commissions of Revenue must be aUxed ti each billboard, sign or device All boards or slfcns not bear la i (Continued on page eight) P. T. A. Program Successful The results of tbelr efforts and the cooperation given them by various organizations Md Indi viduals have given much encour agement to the members of the Parent Teacher Association of Mills High School. The results of their labor and work are reveal ed in the splendid increase in the enrollment and especially in the average attendance . during the. _ year Just completed over that of last year and several years past. The line through which their efforts were made was the school 'lunch room where numerous chil dren, who were included in the under-privileged group or group needing such aid, were properly fed. This feature brought many to school- 4>rat" would or could not have attended otherwise. It increased the percentage and standing of good health through out tire school students. All of this caused the greater enroll ment and average attendance, while other factors lending much aid in the increase were the transportation and assistance to ward many necessities of life needed among many, such as clothing and shoes. The P. T. A. was able to carry on this work with the generous aid of the Relief Department and through the many donations of the Klwanis Club, American Le gion Auxiliary and private indi viduals. But the work has not stopped with the closing of the ; school year. At present their ef . forts are being directed towards , preparations for the coming year, li t the hopes of being better pre k pared and having greater facili ties tor the work then. A school garden is under cultivation on a " lot near the power houBe and the ' produce will be canned and will 1 be used next year for the under B privileged children. 1 The P. T. A. Is to be commend i- ed for their work and no doabt 0 It will be met with hearty ap o proval and cooperation among the patrons of the school. 8" Recorder's Court r Only six cases were on Tues day's docket of Franklin Re n corders Court, none of which - were of major Importance. The d court la being held on Tuesday's - now in keeping with an order of i. the Board of County Commls r sloners. The docket was disposed of as follows: Capias and continued was en t tered In the Louis Williams un lawful possession of whiskey case. Harry Hoffman was given fonr " months on roads after being 0 found guilty of unlawful posses sion of whiskey. Appeal. Judgment was prayed In the ( case of Genie Blacknall for as sault with deadly weapon, and was given 90 days on roads, road ' sentence stayed upon payment of 1 fine of $50 and costs. Johjinle Leonard was found not - guilty of assault on a female. I Henry Smith was found guilty of operating an aatomobile Intox - icated and was given 3 months in 1 jail, commissioners to hire out. > Harry Hoffman and Carrie May i Richardson, f. and a., guilty as t to Hoffman who was given 60 ' days on roads; appeal. ! 1 FLAT ROCK B. Y. P. U. > t The following program haa ! Veen arranged for Sunday. June 4, for the Flat Rock B. T. P. U. t The topic Is Evaluating Pleas ures: 1. Scripture Reading ? Julius _ Hendrlx and Wilbur Hill. 2. Discussion number on*; The | Need for Recreation ? Gwendolyns , Hill. 1 S. Discussion number two: Je . sus' Attitude toward Social Life , ? Leonard Hart. 4. Discussion another three: , How may we Evaluate Pleasures? ? Claire Layton. j 5. Discussion number four: Sources of Worthwhile Pleasure. I ? (a) New Friends. J (b) Clean Fun ? Edna Cat lett. n (c) Contact with Great Men . and Women. IJ (d) New Visions of God Chester Hall. t. Discussion number five: The Place of Pleasure In our Life Pro gram ? Richard Hill. 7. Song ? Give of your beat to the Master. Lillian Layton, Sec'y. * r The 15 strawberry grower* of Claremont. Catawba County, who recently organised a small sell ing association sold ever 11,000 worth of berries during the third r week of operation. The berries ? are in demand because of thel{ ,J high quality and good pack. , - FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTINQ PHONE HI