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VOLUMN LXIV.
LOUISBURO. If. CAROLINA. FRIDAY JANUARY 5TH, 1W1
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(EIGHT PA OEM)
SUBSCRIPTION $1.80 Per Year
NUMBER M
' TOBACCO ? PROGRESSING NICELY
'T . . ' *
Mr. C. A. Rainey, Auditor Agricultural
Department, Assisting
v Farmers Rallying To En
thusiastically Co-operate
With Government in Ef
fort to Control Produc
tion And Secure Satisfac
tory Price ? Revised List
Of Committees Announ
ced ? Cotton Campaign To
Follow Completion Tobac
co Sign-up j '
Mr. C. A. Rainey, special Auditor
for tho Ayrlculturcl Department
of Washington City, arrived in'
I.ouisburg the past week to giver]
i.^sistance to Mr. E. J. Morgan,
County Agent, in the present to
bacco reduction sign-up.
It was gratifying to all inter-'
ested in the w.elfare of tho farm- j
interests to see such an en
thusiastic response by the tobacco
growers to the call of the Govern
ment in its effort to render real
{substantial assistance to an indus
try so badly in need, as was evi
denced by the large number cali
iug in daily and signing the con
tracts . The several township
inmittees have been active each
day since the meeting held on
Y. Tuesday of last week and indl
ui'ions are that fully one hundred
per cent of the tobacco growers
In Franklin County eligible to
bign the contract will have signed
aud thereby indicate their will
ingness to cooperate with President
Hjosevelt In his efforts to restore
normal conditions on the farm as
well as in industry.
Although the acreage reduction
in tobacco In Franklin County has
leen greatly reduced each year
- loi the paat five years, due to in-l
ability to finance the growing, and
lack of inducement because of the
low prices, the reduction called for
iu the contract as compared with
the normal acreage seems severe,
the real provisions of the contract^
are very liberal. There are three
ways the base acreage can be ar
rived at, which are at the grow
ers. option, and the first rental
lv.yment Is generous. In most
cat-es a final analysis will show
it especially profitable financially, 1
to the growers to cooperate with '
the government as a voluntary '
measure. Another angle Is the c
government has been giving assls- c
t;.nce to all othor lines of indus- ^
tiy, which has been criticised by I
those Interested in agriculture, f
now the government is offering as- ?
distance to the farmer and It is t
highly up to him to cooperate. t
The government has not stopped >
at the reciprocity side but is rnak- ?
ink it profitable by paying a very t
satisfactory rent for the land re- i
-> ? . tired from production of the par- e
ticular crop. ?
The sign-up is now being t orn- *
rifled and it is urged that all 1
farmers who expect to grow to- J
laeco In 1934 and 1935 who have I
not signed' a contract, find a com
mitteeman and sign at once. Do
your part so that the government
ran give you some assistance. ,
Mr. Ralnoy's presence in Frank- j,
liu County has beon of great as-(
a. stance, and Influence in the e
handling of this sign-up campaign
which has been made In record ?
breaking time.
A revised lilt of committees has
i.cen announced by County Agent
F J. Morgan, and are as follows:
County Committee ? Eugene Wil
son. F. W. Justice, H. C. Taylor. |
Dunn ? J. O. Williams, Chairman,
H. W. <Tant, H. K. Baker. Meeting;
place, Wlgg's Store.
Harris? W. H. Fuller, Chairman,
P. W. Justice, W. H. Horton, Tom
Cliumblee. Meeting place, New
Mupe.
Youngsville ? W. T. Moss, Chalr
mun, J. O. Winston, Norman Tim
1 erlake. Meeting place, Mayor's
Office, Youngsville.
Frankllnton ? F. A. Cooke, Chair
man, R. H. Jones, W. K. Perry.
Meeting place, Katesvllle; Cooke's
Furniture Store.
Hayesvllle ? W. P. Wilson, Chair
man. R. B Mitchell. T. H. Weldon.
J. H. Qoodson. Meeting place.
Dickie's Store.
bandy Creek ? R. M. Duke, Chair
man, O. P. Foster, David Fuller.
Aftetlng places, R. M. Duke's
!>Vm?; Georgo Fuller's Store.
Cold Mine? J. W. Neal. Chair
man, N. D. Griffin. J. T. Griffin.
M.etlng places, CeDterrllle Store,
Raynor's Store. ,
Cedar Rock ? Joseph Perry,
Chairman, T. W. Boone, B. J. Whe
!ess, B. D. Stone. Meeting places,
Stalllng's Filling Station; Wheless't
Store. ?
* cypress Creefr ? C. M. Moore,
Chairman, P. R. Bunn. Meeting
place, Seven Paths' Store.
Loulsburg ? B. N. Williamson, Jr.,
Chairman. Roy Strange, A. J. Wil
son. Meeting place, County
Agent'* office.
County . Agent E. J. Morgan an
nounced this week that the cam
paign for the cotton sign-up would
liegin immediately after She com
pletion of the tobacco si^n-up
campaign, now in process. He Is
c specially anxious that all farmers
eligible to sign the tobacco con
tract do so at once so that the
Cotton Campaign can be started as
early as possible as the dead line
on closing the Cotton Campaign
lias be?n set at February 1st".
Buy In Franklin?
Enforce License
Tag Ordinance
The members of the Louisburg
I'ollce Department have been or
Jered to enforce without exceptions
ho ordinance pertaining to the
iiirchase and display of city auto
nobile license tags. This ordinance
provides that every person, firm or
-niporatlon owning and operating
?r. automobile, truck, or other mo
:ct driven vehicle within the cor
porate limits ot the town of Louis*
n.rg, shall be required to pay an
jnnual license fee of $1.00. Any
i rson convicted of violating this
Tdinance shall be guilty of a
nisdemeanor and upon conviction
hall be fined not to exceed the
turn of $5.00 in the discretion of
he court for each offense.
The poard of Town Commission
ers baa Mt January 10th, aa the
nal day of grace to be allowed
?ursons coming under the provis
cns of the city automobile license
rdinance. On January 11th, 1934,
he Louipburg police will imawt
o arrest all persons who violate
ho law by their failure to purchase
ind display 1934 city license tags.
'?nprovements
Mr. S. Z. Downey, County San
tary Supervisor, working under
he State Board of Health, reports
hat he is meeting with mach suc
ess in relieving the unsanitary
ondltlons found In the County.
Vhile he has arranged for many
>roJect8 Mr. Downey states there
ire many more in the County
hat should be taken care of. In
his work of promoting ' better
lealth conditions Mr. Downey
itates that through the C. W. A.
ind the State Board of Health
le will furnish the labor to build
lew privies, or make other nec
issary sanitary Improvement* for
iny Individual in the County, and
rould be glad to extend this ser
vice to any one wishing it. If
rou arc interested write Mr.
)owney at Louisburg, N. C.
Buy In Franklin
A gross Income of $313.45 was
ecured by Paul Lylerly, 4-H Club
ioy of Granite Quarry, Rowan
bounty, from 300 baby chicks pur
hased last winter.
Sanitary
' Mp. Henry Ford ?
DETBOIT : . . . lira. Henry Ford,
wife of the motor ma< not, u Proal
dent of tho Wona'i National Farm
and Go-den Am 'a., prooided at tho
n)o of holiday wroatho mode bjr
aoody tana woma of lUoMgaa, all
prooooda bolac fVlMBod to the fart*
mbo worhora.
COMMISSION
ERS SELL LAND
WANT CHANGE IX EXPENDI
TURE RELIEF MONEY
Returning Tax Foreclosure Land
To Tax Books? Allow License
, Pauper List ? M/my Reports
To Sell Pigs? Place Several on
Received
The Board at County Commis
sioners met in regular sessiotx
Monday with all members present.
After opening formalities buslneas
was transacted as follows:
A correction in the minutes was
made as follows: "Meeting of De
cember 4th, corrected to read,
"That as there was no loss to the
County during Sheriff's absence, it
is ordered, that salary deducted be
paid."
W. N. Fuller, Auditor, reported
lax collections for December, $21,- 1
631.01, taxes for 1930 and prior
;ears, rents, etc., $2,627.85; C. S.
C. office fines and fees $460.90;
Register of Deeds office $266.00.
All bonds due paid.
Report rf John Hedgepeth, Su
perintendent of County Home re
ceived and approved.
Report of Miss Priest, Home
Agent, received and filed.
It was ordered that error in
listing dog of E. H. Hight be cor-;
rccted.
A request from the Youngsville
School Committee for material
from buildings being torn down in
town of Youngsville to be used
icr school purposes was received.
Chairman Banks and Attorney C. j
P. Green were appointed a com
n.it tee with authority to act in
above matter.
The tax of J. C. Pearce, Gran
vi'le County property waa ordered
said. ? ? i. - . ? ?
Matter of Junius Burwell prop
erty was referred to C. P. Green
lo settle. If in Granville County
pay tax.
R. M. Johnson was granted li
cense to sell pigs in Franklin Coun
iv to May 1934 provided they are
immune from cholera.
Katherlne Wright was placed on
outside pauper list at $2 per month.
Also Iley Harris at $2 per month;
Mrs. Tisdale at $3 per month; and
Reraie Etheridge at $3 per month.
Upon motion the County, rented
15 acfes of land adjoining the
County home.
An advance to deputy tax collec
tors was allowed.
P. G. Denton was required to
;>ay $10 rent for 1J33 and the
County proposed to sell him five
acres of land in Dunns' township
for $50.
Report of Dr. J. E. Fulghum.
Health officer, was received and
Sled.
The bill of the Coroner was
tabled.
The Finance Committee reported
the Securities put up are sufficient
to cover County deposits.
Report of Mrs. J. F. Mitchlner,
Welfare Officer, was received and
unproved.
Commissioner Terrell reported
ilsi ting the Welfare Department
and found same In good condition.
An order prevailed that funds
for Welfare Department be re
ferred to Finance Committee and
T. W. Boone for Investigation and
to report back to the Board.
The County Attorney was In
structed and directed to write ev
ery constable In the County to en
force the law In every res poet In
regard to peddlers and other peo
ple licensed under schedule "B"
?nd to stlctly enforce same and
that a statement of the law be fur
Mr hed such officers by the At
torney.
A formal resolution relative to
the bond of W. N. Fuller, County
Accountant, was passed.
Norfle Oupton was placed on
outride pauper list at $3 per
month. If funds are available. '
B. C. Stalllngs was granted li
cense to sell pigs In Franklin
County provided they are Immune
from cholera.
, The following letter was approv
ed and ordered sent to Hon. E. W.
Hu, member of Congress. Hons.
J. W. Bailey and R. R. Reynolds.
Senators from North Carolina:
"The Board of County Commis
sioners for Franklin County feel
tha' the relief money belng^ex
MTded In Franklin County is not
ng expended to the greatest and
-nost beneficial advantage. We
?re not complaining of the linme
"ute administration, for we under
f.Mid tha' they are working tinder
'nstructlons from higher authort
?y: but we are appealing to you
o use your effort and Influence In
?unking a few minor changes In
*he administration,
"The municipality of Franklin
County Is not In the very best II
(Continued on page live)
THE PRF.SIDP.NT
FRANKLIN D. ROOS EV
"FOOTUGHT
PARADE"
AT LOUISBURG THEA
TEE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY
? ?
Cagney, Blondell, Keeler
And Powell Head Large
List of Film Favorites in
This Mamnfoth Musical
Comedy Spectacle
One of the largest and most
distinctive casts ever assembled
(or a screen production appears
in "Footlight Parade," a mam
moth spectacle, combining come
dy, drama, and romance with
original, unique dance ensembles
and catchy song hits, which comes
to the Louisburg Theatre on Mon
day and Tuesday of next week.
Four popular stars, James Cag
ney. Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler
and Dick Powell, head the long
list o( players. Fifteen leading
featured players have Important
roles in support of the stars,
while two hundred and fifty of
the most talented and beautiful
girls in Hollywood will take part
in varied choruses and dance
numbers, which for novelty, in
genuity, and spectacular effects
are said to surpass those in "42nd
Street" and "Gold Diggers of
1933 "
"Footlight Parade" will bring
together again two of the most
popular players of the screen in
the leading roles, James Cagney
with Joan Blondell playing oppo
site blm. The pair made their
first hit on the screen together
In "Sinner's Holiday," for War
ner Bros.
Cagney and Blondell made un
usually successful appearances
together later in "Blonde Craxy"
and "The Crowd Roars" as the
leading performer*. Both lose
rapidly to stardom In separate
productions and now are united
again in the forthcoming picture.
Cagney, who began hit stage
career as a hoofer and songster,
for the first time on tire screen
enacts a similar role In "root
light Parade." His part Is that
of a musical comedy director who
conceives the Idea of tnrnlng mu
sical comedies Into motion picture
prologues. He both directs and
dances in these prologues.
Joan Blondell. noted for her
wise-cracking parts, plays the role
of his sophisticated secretary who,
believes that love Is war In which
anything is fair, resorting to ev
ery known feminine wile to hold
the man she loves, and not even
hesitating to stage hair pulling
matches with her rivals.
Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell,
who made such tremendous hits
In "42nd Street' and "Gold Dig
gers of 1933," are again teamed
In "Pootlight Parade" as the In
genue and juvenile leads. The
two have worked so well together
and their talents In singing and
dancing are so adapted to each
other, that Warner Bros, plan to
continue pairing them In the fu
ture.
?Buy In FfssUls
Cotton growers In North Caro
lina will receive an averaco of
1 11. IS an acre tor withholding
land from production In 1934, say
State College specialists.
TOWN COMMIS
SIONERS MEET
The Board of Town Commis
sioners met in regular session on
Tuesday night with all members
present except Person.
Minutes of previous meetings
were read and approved and bus
iness transacted as follows:
Acting upon a petition of the
South Main Street Baptist Church
the Board ruled to accept a pay
ment of $52.51 on delinquent
pavement assessments and the
balance to be paid within nine
ty days. The Board ruled also
to accept one third of all delin
quent pavement assessments and
allow an extension of ninety days
for the payment of the balance
due, provided application is made
for such terms, before foreclos
ure suits are started.
The Town Attorney was In
structed to notify the Town of
Oxford that Louisburg will extend
the time limit for Institution of
a suit to force the Town of Ox
ord, to. construct a sewage dis
posal plant, to March 1. 1934.
The project to construct a set-|
tling basin with a capacity of 6.
000,000 gallons of water for im
pounding and clarifying a supply
of water was approved by tho
Board. The Light and Water
Committee was Instructed to pro
ceed immediately with the prep
aration of the plans for this pro
ject and the application for it's
construction by the Civil Works
Administration. The Board esti
mated that the settling basin can
be constructed by the C. W. A., 1
at practically no cost to the Town. 1
The Board authorised the Light j
and Water Committee to purchase
sufficient 6" water main pipe for
the extension of the water main 1
on Kenmore Avenue.
Thfe . Fire Chief was Instructed 1
to secure two men capable of op
erating the Are truck, to sleep in
the lire house, if these men can
be secured.
The monthly reports of the ,
Town Clerk, Chief of Police and
Ztx Collectors wero read and ap
proved.
A motion prevailed to pay Mrs.
J. C. Tucker >75.00 per month
for cleaning the streets, effective
January t, 1834.
A motion prevatlod to pay"
Louis Wheless $75.00 per month
effective January 1, 1934.
The Clerk was instructed to
give city auto license tags to all
active members of the Loulsbatg
Fire Department, who own and
operate automobiles, provided
they hava purchased State Licence
tags.
H. W. Holt was employed per
manently as a member of the
police force to serve as one of
the night policemen.
The Board authorised the in
stallation of a police phone at
some centrally located place in
south Loulsburg. said phone to
be connected with police phone
No. 8.
The Clerk was ordered to no
tify S.'W. Yopng that his services
are dispensed with, and that he
is to be given thirty days notice,
with pay.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Boarjl adjourned.
More than 1,000 birds were
entered at the recent Mecklen
burg County poultry show. The
exhibit of RMs and Plymouth
Rocks was the largest In the his
tory of the show.
ROOSEVELT HAILS
RECOVERY PROGRAM
Congress Invited To Go With Him On
Voyage Of Recovery
rrr r r r r r r r r r r ^ JT M- m- ? <
TO RE-OPEN
MONDAY
The Loulsburg tobacco market
will ro-open Monday; January 8th,
lor the gale of the remainder o(
Ine 1933 crop of tobacco, accord
ing to announcement made the past
week.
The warehouses at LotiMburg
are in fine shape (or the Opening
*nd those interested are expecting!
tood sales for some time. The
record made during the past fall
by the local market has made it
a favorite among the tobacco
growers of Franklin and adjoining
counties and it is fully expected
'.hat the market will hold its fa
n.rable position throughout the
??eiling season.
Already Louisburg has sold way
over four million pounds of tobac
co this season and is fully confi
dent of passing the lire million
n nrk.
Get your tobacco ready and
bring it on to Louisburg.
Sell in Franklin
Held For Court
H. F- Cannon was bound over to
Kranklin Superior Court under a
*500 bond on Tuesday following a
preliminary bearing before magis
t-ate Hugh W. Perry on a charge
of having in his possession goods
'.hat were stolen.
The case grew out of a store
rol bery in Chatham County and
tc cording to the evidence some of
the goods were identified by wit
nesses. Later warrants from
Chatham County were served on
Cannon charging the breaking and
entering a store in that County,
tnd he was . taken .to Pittsboro
for further hearings.
Bay in Franklin
Good whiskey dates back to a
period loosely referred to as "be
fore the war." and so do many
other good things.
Bay in Franklin*
Often it is best to be sure you
are right and then stop.
Bny fn Franklin
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following Is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre begin
ning Monday, January 8th:
Monday and Tuesday ? James
Cagney, Ruby Keeler, Dick Pow
sll , Joan Blondell and Guy Klbbee
in "Footllght Parade."
Wednesday ? Spencer Tracy in
'The Mad Gariie." Also 2nd epi
sode "Tarsan the Fearless." Look
lor special coupon in their ad for
this day.
Thursday and Friday ? Clara
Bow in "Hoopala." j
Saturday ? Ken Maynard In
"Riding for Justice."
John D. Rockefeller Sr.
NBW YORKi . John D. Roeke
feller Sr., delayed Us trip to Florida
much later thta winter, 1m to a cold.
The <t aadlng photo vu taken oa
Mr. Rockefeller '? Mtk btrthdaj at
Timtm, V. T. on Jutar 8, where
he la new receperatimf fnaert la a
photo *1 the Oil Klaf, maav jean
aft>, when active a? ielng hia great
fortune.
Saps Tax Dodgers And
Speculative Ventures ?
Pays Respects to Delin
quent Debtor Nations and
Compliments Finland ?
Tells of New Order Under
N. &. A. ? Advises Reduc
ing Armaments and Low
ering Trade Barriers, But
Warns Nation Cannot
I Join in Any Political Ar
rangements in Europe
Washington, Jan. 3. ? President
Roosevelt called upon Congress to
day for a rigid continuation of
a.e recovery campaign on the path
tt 'reform of old methods.''
In a personal appearance before
tne joint session of Congress, Mr.
Roosevelt read his message report
in"? progress In domestic recovery
and proposing "stringent preven
tive or regulatory measures" for
Income tax evaders, negligent
hark officials and speculators.
Jfo Stabilization
International monetary stabiliza
tion could not be established at
this time, he declared.
The President reserved specific
legislative recommendations (or
later. Conceding that the NRA
may need revision from time to
[time, he hailed it as permanent.
The message spoke of federal
credit as "fortified" by economies
and termed the farm acreage re
auction procedure "succeeding".
Civil Works Plan
i The civil works plan, which the
r.dministration says has put 4,000,
uOu unemployed to work, was not
ucalt with specifically; but Mr.
Koosevelt said his policy would be
to seek "to move as rapidly as
3').--sible from direct relief to pub
licly supported work and from that
'to the rapid restoration of pi irate
employment"
The President spoke somewhat
tesKimistlcally of conditions in
world affairs and repeated the
American offer to cooperate for re
duction of armament and lowering
jof "trade barriers," he warned
| however, that "the United States
cannot take part in political ar
rangements in Europe."
? Warlike Moves
In certain parts of tha world, he
said., "fear of Immediate or future
agression and with this the spend
ing of vast sums for armament,
and the continued building up of
defensive trade barriers, prevent
any great progess In peace or trade
agreements."
He hinted of a new plan on war
debts, stating he would repon
later in regard to debts which
have been defaulted by most of the
nanong.
Tax Dodgers Happed
His moat determined words were
reserved for unnamed tax dodgers
an persons guilty of "unethical or
criminal" financial practices, which
the Presient said call "tor strln
t ent preventative or regulatory
measures."
"I am speaking," be said, of
these individuals who have evaded
I be spirit and purpose of our tax
laws, of those high officials of
bunks or corporations who have
grown rich at the expense of tbeir
s tockholders or the public, of those
lock less speculators with their
imn or other people's money whose
operations have Injured the values
of the farmer's crops and the sav
ings of the poor." ,
He called upon' the government
to suppress organized crime, men
tioning "banditry, cold blooded
shooting, lynching and kidnaping."
Reviews AetlvlUes
Reviewing his ten months in the
White House, he briefly described
his gold monetary program as de
signed at strengthening the finan
cial structure "and of arriving
?-vt-ntually at a medium of exchange
*hlch will have over the years
lets variable purchasing and debt
[paying power for our people.
' "Careful Investigation and con
stant study," he added, "prove
that In the matter of foreign ex
change ratee, certain of our sister
r ations find themselves so hind!
tipped by Internal and other con
tHi ions that they feel unable at t^la
time to enter Into stabilisation dis
cissions based on permanent and
world-wide objections.
Prepress ef Keeevery
"Now that we are definitely In
the process of recovery," be said.
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