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TOUE TOWN isa't a bft better thaa you we willing to Help BOOST YOUR TOWN Franklin Times TOUE tOOAL PAPEE cut exist without jroar Paid for Patronage la Hutocrtf^ioaa aad AdteMWag BOOST YOUR BOMB PAPER A. P. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager The County, The State, The Union SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per Ye VOLUMN LXJV. LOU1SBURO, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCT. 6TH, 1988 (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 33 TOBACCO MAR KET OPENS TUESDAY THREE WAREHOUSES TO RUN T&IS SEASON Full Corps of Bayers To Be At Opening ? Southside Will be Run by Meadows and Harris, Union by Wil liamson, Pearce and Mur phy and Planters by Lea, Alford and Ford Quite a bit of effort has been expended the past two weeks In Loulsburg, on the part of both business men and warehousemen in making preparations for the opening of the Loulsburg tobacco market next Tuesday, when In dications point to one of the larg est opening sales wftneslped In Loulsburg In some time. Infor mation coming In from several sections where farmers have sold or visited markets already open the past week seem much better satisfied with the prices than heretofore and therefore better prices are expected to prevail at the opening Tuesday. All three warehouses will be run in Loulsburg this year pro viding plenty floor space for all tobacco that Is brought here. Each warehouse will be operated by well experienced and compo tent men who are going to do all In their power to make the Loulsburg market bigger and better this year. The Southside will be operated by Sam Meadows and Orover Har ris" The Union ?will be operated by Ricks Pearce, Pier Wllllac son and James Murphy. The Planters will be operated by C. W. Lea, Sr., BtU Alford and Charlie Ford. Each warehouse has secured a full corps of assistants most of whom are well known to the to bacco growers of this section, and all of whom are well quali ffed. A full corps of buyers repre senting practically all accounts are expected to be present at the ' opening. Come to Loulsburg, enjoy tho sociability, and profit by selling at home and meet your friends all through the season. Sell In FrssUin Recorder's Court Only a few cases were before Franklin Recorder's Court on Monday. Judge J. E. Malone, disposed of the docket as fol lowing: The case against Derwood Gardner was continued under former order. The case of resisting officer against Martella Wilson was con tinued under former order. Petree Holden was given 60 days on roads for assault. Robert Young, assault with deadly weapon, was ordered dis charged upon payment of coots. John Johnson was found not guilty of violating the prohibition law. ' The case of disposing of mort gaged property against J. W. Knight was continued. William Sills was given SO days on roads for assault and tree Buy In Franklia . ? Clinics In Franklin County During the past month, the Franklin County Health Depart ment has completed Typhoid and Diphtheria Clinics at the follow ing places in the county: Duke's Store, Burnette's Store, the O'Day School, Sturdlvant's Store, and Dickens' Store. Several hundred persons have been vaccinated, and treatments are being given, also, at the new health office located at the corner of Market and Court Streets. . ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Holy Communion will be ob served at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday at 11:00 o'clock by Rev. J. D. Miller. At 10:00 o'clock there will be Sunday School and Bible Class, and at 1 : JO the T. P. 8. L. GOVERNOR MAKES APPEAL Here la the Governor's tele gram to President Roosevelt In (all: "Honorable Franklin D. Roose velt, "President, "Washington, D. C. "May I not entreat yoar per sonal attention to plight of flue cured tobacco growers. Their lit- ; uatlon, for which you have ex pressed sympathy in answer to my former communications, has grown desperate. Starvation prices brought about marketing holiday. Appeal to Agricultural Department restated in request for crop reduction 'contracts, which were signed enthusiastic ally and almost unanimously. For these Government agents prom ised parity prices or the exercis ing of every governmental power to obtain them. Hearing on Gov ernment proposed marketing agreements held over week ago. Spokesmen for domestic manufac turers at this harlng protested their desire to pay parity prices but yet prices offered on reopened markets are pitifully low. Ful fillment of Government promise of parity means easy success in other Governmnet activities on this line. Failure Involves tre mendous loss of confidence liv government, admission of its in ability to cope with great tobac co interests, utter collapse of whole agricultural relief program, destitution and other dangers. While representatives of buyers and manufactrtrers haggle over details of agreement, prices con tinue to slump, their agents con tinue to acquire more and more of the crop at these prices, and unrest, distrust and indignation Increase. Continued hesitancy and Inaction is Increasingly demoral izing. Immediate action of some kind is necessary. "I beg you with all the ear nestness at my command to inter vene "personally in this situation and insist upon immediate action and the accomplishment of parity! In order to avtold. results whtSITu Is difficult to forecast as well as accomplish something of equity for a terribly distressed people. The siCuatlon challenges the pow er of the national Government. Our people have every confidence In you, and as their spokesman I am making this appeal to you di rect because of the extreme im portance of the situation and the possibilities involved. Immedi; ate action Is Imperative. The growers feel that the government promised parity in return for re duction contracts, and unless par ity is achieved the administra tion will suffer a terrific loss In I prestige in a territory where it i has most friends. Forgive but 1 do not underestimate the earnest ness, the sincerity, and the lm- i peratlveness of this appeal. I will I be glad to come to Washington again personally If and when you 1 think It advisable, or to render I any other assistance in the sltua- I tion. ! "J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS, I Governor." 1 Sell in Franklin Investigating] Strickland Legacy' On last Saturday, September SO, one Mr. F. O'Brlan of Hou ston, Texas, conferred with Judge G. M. Seam, local attorney, re garding the title to 1478-aeres of Texas oil land, about which a law suit la now pending In Conroe. Texas. This land was conveyed to one Wilson Strickland by the State of Texas In the year 1847; haa been unoccupied until re cently, and wu considered worth lees until a short time ago when oil waa discovered upon It. At the present time It is being occu pied by oil companies who are ob taining large quantities of oil from It and the present value le estimated to be from one to Ave million dollars. Judge Beam represents several of the heirs of Wilson T. Strick land, who was a native of Frank lin County, having died some yean ago. .There seema to be no question about the fact that the Franklin County Wilson Strickland did go to Texas prior to 1847, and people Interested In this property say that he la the only Wilson Strickland who has yet been located. On the other hand, Mr. O'Brlan represents heirs of one Allen Vlnce, a native of the Mammoth State, who claim that thla land became the property of Allen Vlnce by virtue of a Judgment obtained against Wilson Strick land In the year 1148. However, Allen Vlnce nor his heirs ever took possession of thla property and It now seems that the claim of the heirs of the Franklin Coun ty Wilson Strickland haa merit in It. Twenty Cent Cotton Coming The International Market Fore cast Bureau of New York Pre dict! Lone Advance (The International Market Fore cast Bureau) The present position of the cot ton market is seemingly as un shakable as the Rock of Gibral tar. The fact that oar Govern ment has announced that It will loan the farmer 10 cents at in terior points, will recline the cotton market from an? hedge pressure and any decline that might occur from this level on account of the weak stock mar ket, will be of short duration. Right now there is too pessi mistic a view being taken of the cotton supply situation. Beam Fail to realise that the founda tion for a real bull cotton mar ket has already been laid and that statistics are the post-mortem verdict. Manipulation may arti ficially depress cotton prices for a time, but, the law of supply and lemand will sooner or later hold Its 8 way; in fact, it is no longer i question of supply, but one of lemand and demand is improving ill the time. This statement is borne out by the fact that con sumption continues on an unus ually large scale and now exceeds the 1930 consumption by more ihan 3,000,000 bales. Exports ire also increasing and are now 75,000 bales ahead of last year. Evidently the foreign spinner, :ontinues to be enthused over the dea that American cotton Is still :heap. After all is said and| lone, cotton is really more valu able than gold. Cotton is the, Friend of the poor and the luxury if the rich; it is made into cloth io coarse that it sells for a few :ents a yard; it is made into fab ric so fine and so beautiful that it cannot be toid from silk and 1' :here were no cotton, the clvllic-1 sd world Including Mahatma Qandhl would have to go naked. CfrUan irlll saJLn strength as u moves higher ? it is the one com modity that has been designated to lead the world out of this de pression. Old King Cotton will ?oon regain his throne and the 'armer who fails to take advan-i tage of the Government plan to hold his cotton, will look back ward one year from now with regret and remorse. Buy In Franklin BIBS. W. F. HUNT DIES I On September 23, death came :o Mrs. W. F. Hunt and took her iway from the suffering that had' keen her lot for several months. She boreL. her suffering bravely ind patiently, and seemed to be resigned to the will of God. Mrs. Hunt was known and !s remembered by a host of friends ind relatives as being an excel lent neighbor. One who was co2 itantly sacrificing her own wel fare for others. She was a kind learted wife and mother, and was latlsfled only when she was do ng some kind of duty. As a near neighbor to her for twelve years I do not remember laving ever seen her out of hu mor with any one. She always wore a smile and :arried a cheerful greeting. Just i few days before she died she was taken to Duke Hospital, Dur ham where every thing possible was done for her. Besides a host of friends she! leaves to mourn her going her husband W. F. Hunt and two ions, David Lee, and Qeorge also her mother Mrs. Joe Ball, and a number of brothers and sisters of Alert and Durham. Her re mains were taken to the old 3andllng burying ground near Pranklinton and there laid to rest. We sympathetically Join her family and relatives In mourning her going from us. HER FRIEND. ROBjERT N. PAGE DEAD Aberdeen. Page, formei ily, died thU orrhage night, from. Oct. 3.? Robert N. member of Congress and Of the veil known Page (am' morning at his home here, following a cerebral hem ined last Saturday which he never re-] gained coqpiousness. He was 74 year* old. apd had suffered from t for the past year. Mr. Pagers death leaves this community With a keen sense of its lose. Hfl served as represent ative from the Seventh Congres sional district from 1902 to 1#17, during which time he made His home in Blsfoe, and ran for gov ernor of the state in the 1920 primary. He moved to Southern Pines in and served aa president of the Citizens Sank and Trust company in that town, after which he moved to Aber deen and sveaaeded his brother, J. R. Page, aa president of the Age Trust Oo?apany's bank here, and its 14 branches throughout the state. He was also chairman of the boar? of directors of the Methodist orphanage in Raleigh from Its foundation, and served on the governing body of State College In Balelgh for about 5 years. Besides his wife, who beforj her marriage was Miss Flora Shaw, of Manly, he leaves three sons, Thad S. Page, secretary to Senator Bailey, -Washington, D. C.; Robert Jr., and Richard of Aberdeen; one daughter, Mrs Livlngton L. Biddle, II, of Pine hurst; three brothers, J. R. and Henry A. Page, of Aberdeen, and Frank Page, of Raleigh; three sisters, Miss Emma C. Page, of Greensboro; Mrs. Thomas B. Wil der and Mias Mary E. Page, of Aberdeen; and seven grandchild ren. The late Walter Hiftsc Page, ambassador to Great Brit ain during the World war was an elder brother. The funeral service will be held from the Page Memorial Methodist ekorch in Aberdeen, of which ehoxvh he was steward, at 3 o'clock WM?0sday afternoon, with Interment -following in old Bethesda cemetery, Rev. W. C. Ball, oSlclatlng. The pallbear ers will be Mr. Page's nephews. J. R. Page, Jr., R. A. Page, F. D. Shamburger, L. R. Page, Fred C. Page, William F. Page, H. A. Page, Jr., and Robedeau Wilder. Buy in Franklin Oh! Professor If you love dancing, singing and clean humor ? visit Frank linton, Friday, October 61b at 8:16 and see "Oh! Professor!", a Musical Comedy given under the auspices of the Parent-Teach er Association, by local talent at the School Auditorium, under trained leadership. There will be lots of pretty girls and plenty of dancing. The cast includes approximate ly 80 of Frankiinton's best ac tors and actresses, with winsome chorus girls beautifully costumed. One of the outstanding features of the play is the Butterfly chorus composed of some of Franklin ton's most prominent business business men led by Mr. E. J. Cheatham. The public is cordially invited. The Wood P. T. A. met for its flrst meeting on Friday, Septem ber 22nd, 1933. New officers for the year were elected, alio the year's work planned. Mrs. Jr.-W. Neal, school principal, and \Mr. W. O. Reed, district principal, made short talks on cooperation and value of Parent-Teacher Or ganisation to the school and com munity. After the program a social hour was given by the teachers. Mrs. F. A. Read, Pres. Mrs. Cleacy Parrlsh, Sec. WOOD P. T. A. SOVTH8IDE WARKHOlT8E , I One ot Louiiburg'f three tobacco warehouse* that will open Ttte*4ajr for tke aale of tobacco. it E. R. RICHARD SON ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT COUNT* HOME START, JAN. 1ST Names Deputy Tax Collectors? Make Settlement With i. H, Boone Tax Collector and Turiu Book* Over For Another Yeai Much Routine The Board of County Commit iloners met in regular session Monday with all members pres ent. After the formalities ol apenlng business was transacted u follows: ? -? " A formal motion was adopted relieving the Mills Home, Inc., ol tax on 105 acres of land In Ce lar Rock township. E. R. Richardson was elected Superintendent of the County Home to succeed John Hedge [>eth on January 1st, 1934. C. H. Banks resigned the re iponsibillty of looking after the bounty Home after January 1st, 1934. Upon motion T. W. Boone was sleeted to look after the County Home after January 1st, 1934 mcceedlng Dr. C. H. Banks. Upon motion the following vere appointed Deputy Tax Col ectors. E. J. F.uller for Sandy Creek ind Hayesvllle townships. R. R. Klssell for Cypress Creek ind Loulsburg townships. J. J. Lancaster for Cedar Rock ind Gold Mine townships. E. C. BeddingSeld for Dunns tnd Harris townships. The report of John Hedgepeth, Superintendent of the County Home was received and Sled. The report of Mrs. J. F. Mltch ner, Welfare Officer, was re ceived and filed. Upon motion W. T. Dean was idmltted to the County Home. The allowance of J no. B. Wil lams, an outside pauper was In creased from $2 to $4 per month. A motion prevailed "that ac count oMF. N. 8ptTsiir fat -irtP tc Asheville to attend Sheriffs con rentlon be dismissed as there is 10 appropriation for this expen lltnre, under the law, no funds iva liable. The following motion carried: 'That road that connects High vay 56 with old Lonisburg road rhich la a continuation of Mason Itreet in PTankllnton be acceptcd ind be recommended to State -ilghway to take over." Upon proper motion it was >rdered that property in Frarsk inton township formerly owned >y C. C. Ayescue be sold to Mrs. da Ayeecue on terms fixed by he Board. It was ordered that Dr. Perry's Jpchurch account be paid. It was ordered that all reliel )ilis be itemized in detail and lomparative prices be made. It was ordered that the Coun :y pay gas bill not to exceed $(.00 or transportation of Blanche Ed wards to Deaf and Dumb School it Morganton. Mrs. Ann Wood was placed jpon outside pauper list at $3.06 >er month, upon recommendation )f Welfare Officer. Commissioner Terrell reporti Welfare Office in good condition, The matter of salary and ex pense account of Welfare officei uras deferred until first Monday. Upon motion it was decided tc sleet County Auditor next first Monday. The Board of Health elected Dr. J. E. Fulghum, County Auditor next first Monday. The Board of Health elected Dr. J. E. Fulghum, County Health Officer with the unanimous ap proval of this Board. The following motion prevail id: "Due to the fact that the County has not set up anything n Budget for farm Agent no ap propriation can be made foi tame". It was ordered that Secretary to Board of Health, now Mrs. _,ewis be paid $35 per month beginning October 1st. Upon motion settlement was nade with J. H. Boone, Tax Col ector and the tax books tor 1933 ordered turned over to him or collection upon the comple ion of legal formalities. The County Prosecuting Atfor tey was directed to have J. J. t'oung. C. S. C. prepare a proper 'oucher for costs for J. P. Moore, or presentation, and considers ion of the Board. After allowing a nnmber of ac ounts the Board adjourned. ? Buy in Franklin LOUISBURO BAPTIST CHURCH (D. P. Harris. Pastor) . 9:45 a. m. ? Sunday School. Preaching it 11 a. m. and 7:30 ). m. by the pastor. ?:30 p. m. ? B. Y. P.-U. m?et ngs. VIRGINIA ' GOESWET Richmond, Va., Oct. 3. ? Repeat waa piling up a huge majority in {today's referendum in Virginia 'with overwhelming margins re ' ported from the urban centers. ? From moat of the rural districts i scattered throughout the state, re J peal, both state and national was ahead. With 726 precincts of 1,690 reported, repeal led 73,291 to ? 30,042, while advocates of a 11 i quor control plan to replace state - prohibition had piled up a 73,291 t to 62,490 margin. L The heavy swing came from the city vote where margins of] I five to one and more were cast ! for repeal but moat of the early - returns from counties scattered throughout the Old Dominion I showed repeal, both state and na ? tional in the van. Richmond was voting repeal by more than four to one while ? the repeal margin in Norfolk was i better than seven to one. Other , cities gave substantial majorities for repeal of the 18th amendment i and for a Virginia liquor control ? plan to supplant the Layman act. , Blackstone In Nottoway county, 'home precinct of Bishop James : Cannon, Jr., long a leader in the dry cause, voted for repeal. , Buy in Franklin Youngsville Council Junior Order to Have Special Meeting Every member of Youngsvilie 'Council is urgently requested to be present next Tuesday evening October 10th, 7:30 o'clock, a musical program, with comedy will be enjoyed after the busi ness meeting. The members are | enthusiastically engaged in the attendance drive. Come and en joy the evening. ? Bmj 1m Franklin FOOTBALL i The Loulaburg College football team opens its home season J here Saturday afternoon, October 7 th, playing the team represent ing the Civilian Conservation Camp of Stantonsburg. The game will be played on the Louisburg College athletic Held rather than at the fair grounds as has been the custom heretofore. This' will be the first chance for local fans to see the 1933 edition of the college' team in action and a large ?umber are expected to turn oat for the game. Last Friday night the College team played the strong Appren , tice School team at Newport News and though losing by the score of 25 to 19, they presented a very powerful attack. The first string backfleld boasts four runners, three passers, two kickers. Wad dell, who won the admiration and praise of the entire crowd ol tour thousand fans at Newport News Friday night, excels in pas 1 sing, punting, and running. In addition he directs the play of the team from the fullback po?i ' tion. He is a real threat on any man's football team. Burgess a | letterman from last year, concen ' trates on running and does it well. He got off a 60 yard sprint | against the apprentice team last ? week and placed the ball in posi tion for one of Louisburg's | scores. Weldon Is a runner with ' a lot of drive and passes with a great deal of accuracy. He plunged the line for the first 1 score of the game last week and ' put Loulsburg out in front 6-0 early in the game. Later be pas ' sed to McLeod over the goal line | for a second touchdown. McLeod, : the only new man in the first backfleld, plays the quarterback position. He has triple threat ability and can be counted on for his share of the gains. Linemen whor were outstanding in their work against the Appren tice School aqd who will be seen 1 in the game here Saturday were: Qoodwln, center; Edwards, end who will probably be shifted to tackle te take the place of Haw ley who received an injured an kle that will keep him out this week: Webb and Bullock. The game Saturday will start at 2:30. The officials for the game are: Burke (Illinois) ref eree; Sikes (umpire); and Wil liamson (Carolina) headlines man. _ 1 Buy in Franklin The world seems much worse than It really Is because you nev er hear the bad things that don't happen. Now they're trying education by radio. It's funny they don't try it In the class room. It Is a rare porch swing that ^taila to squeak. TOWN TAX RACE ?S Commissioners Provide $32, 772.13 Tot Departmental Expense and $30,672.50 For Debt Service; Make Demand for Treatment of Sewerage The Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular monthly session, Oct. 3, 1933, at ^*30 m Upon roll call all members were present, and minutes of the previous meetings were read and '"upon request of the Chl|' the Fire Department the Board purchased 400 feet of Fire Hose from the Manhattan Rubber *?? Division of Raybestos-Manhattan. In<Mr. Warren H. Booker, Chief Engineer of the State Board of Health appeared j>ef?r? J^e Board. Mr. Booker stated to the Board that he had i^pected the proposed extensions of mains and sewer lines on Halif" Road, Kenmore Avenue, and North Main St. He recommend ed that from a standpoint o health and fire protection these extensions should be made. M . Booker then explained to the Board that it is possible to borrow The money for the proposed extensions from the Public Works Fund, and went into details con cerning the procedure ne^searv to secure the loan trom the Pub lie Works Fund. The Board in atructed the Finance Commute? to ascertain whether or not the Local Government Commission will approve the loan in the face of the fact that the Town of Louisburg Is in default in p y ment of Ifs bonds. Mr. Wall, of the firm of wu liams and Wall, delivered the completed audit of the Town of Louisburg. Mr. Wall reviewed the audit and report In detail to the Board and explained it iT^e Uil. A motion prevailed that the Board accept the audit an approve It. Th? Board ruled thMt a copy of the audit be l*pt on display in the Clerks Office and that any citixen of Louisburg be permitted to examine the audit atA?mottion prevailed adopting the Budget for the .fiscal ^yeK Ind a^rateV^he yea* 1933 "d'&rJWhnj .M SeThee'Board instructed the Town Attorney to make demand on the unwn of Oxford, N. C., tne ui nhanage for White Folks at Ox ford N. C., and the Orphanage or Colored Folks at Oxford N. C., and to request in stern term that these institutions treat the raw sewerage that they are dump ing in Tar River above the Town 0t The1 Board adjourned the meet a.^wisrss it wii pietee it's unfinished business. ?II in Franklin LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH The pastor will preach at both the morning and evening services. The theme for the 11 a. m. ser vice will be, "Standing at th? Crosa-Roads." For the evening worship at 7:30 the theme will be, "The Message of Jesus." Sunday school 9:45. Epworth League Sunday evening 7 o'clock. Prayer service Wednesday even ing 7:30. "October is Tithe Month" "Bring ye all the tithen Into the storehouse I will open you the windows of heaven, and poor you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to ' receive it." Malachl 6 : 10. At The Louisburg Theatre The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre begin ning Monday, Oct. 9th: Monday and Tuesday ? Joan Blondell In "Blondle Johnson." On the stage. The Ariioaa Cow boys In Songs, Daneea and Mnste. Wednesday ? Bette Davis and Lewla Stone in "Bureau of Miss ing Persons". Thursday and Friday ? Kay Francis "Mary Stevens, M. D." ? SSaSturday ? John WaySe la "The Man From Monterey."