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/ TOW YOUR Ua't a bit better thai jam are willing to Help make It BOOST YOUR TO WW The Franklin YOUR LOCAL PAPER cant exist wtthMt fomr Paid I for Patronage la SubarrlRtloi and Adfeitishg BOOST YOUR HOME PAPER I A. P. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager The County, The State, The Union SUBSCRIPTION $i.5Q Per Year VOLUMN LXV. LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1?U (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 1 KING ALBERT, OF BELGIUM. DEAD Brussels, Feb. IB. ? Belgium mourned today her hero-king and prepared for the coronation of his , sorrowing son. Albert I, King of the Belgians and the commander-in-chief of their army .when, ragged, Ill-fed and suffering, tt stood OB the forces of Kaiser Wilhelm during the World War, was killed late Saturday In a fall while mountain climbing. It was his favorite sport, and he waa an expert; bnt a bit of frost-bitten rock broke in his hand and he plunged 3# feet to death. Found 10 Hoars Later They found him where he had fallen, ten hours later. Death must hare been Instantaneous. At all events the 68-year-old Kins _ did no( suffer. His skull waa fractured. With all the pomp of royal ceremony the Btate funeral of Albert I will be held Thursday. Within 24 hours of the obsequies, Crown Prince Leopold will be come, at the age of 12, the fourth king of the Belgians ? Leopold III. Prince Leopold and the prin cess were vacationing at Adelbod en, Switzerland, when word of the king's death reached them. The prince, tired by a day of skiing, was sound asleep when there caine a pounding at the door, urgently summoning to the telephone. It was thus. In Switzerland, that the young prince learned he must prepare to be king. He went at once to the quar ters of hla consort, and broke to her the news. They started for Brussels Immediately, arriving here early today. The Crown Prince and princes), the former Princess Astrld of Sweden, 28 years old, hurried to the royal castle at Suburban Lap ten. Like Queen Elizabeth, preatrat I ?d by grief, the prince and prln f cess remained hidden today in the csatle behind the guarded, grilled fence, while a throng mill ed soberly about outside. Body to Brussels The first important ceremony during the period of mourning, 'Which will continue until after the funeral, will De removal of the body to the royal palace In Brussels tonight. The body will be borne on a caisson between solid walls of war veterans along the route through the city? war veterans who remember tb? great figure of a man six feet two Inches tall who risked his life almost dally to be close to his soldiers during the trying days of the World War. The body will lie in state at the palace until Thursday when it will be taken to the Saint Qudele Cathedral. Interment will be in the royal crypt at Kaeken. How the widowed, 58-year-old Queen Elisabeth was holding up. ander the sudden lorrow could ?ot be learned today. Blnce the first outburst of passionate dis tress in the death chamber where she knelt weeping beside the body she has passed the time In pri vacy. Superior Court - - The regular February term of Franklin Superior Court for the! trial of civil cases convened In Loulsburg Monday morning with Hon. Henry A. Grady. Judge pre siding. This being a Civil term and no cases of public Interest on raleiMar for trial there has been ao special Interest In the the sessions except on the part of the litigants. At the morning session Monday the presentation exercises for the portrait of Hon. Ben T. Holdo.i. were held and many were pre*- 1 ?nt from all parts of the County to witness them. Naturally the work of a Civil Court Is slow but Judge Orady is making as much time as possible and Is handling his Court In u very pleasant and business like ' manner. This Is a two weeks term and . will, no doubt, last through next I week. Sales Tax Figures A. J. Maxwell, Commissioner of Revenue, reports sales tax collec tions in Franklin County for the ilrst six months period amounted to 114,934. lie also states that tax relief Afforded by the last legislature In enactment of the sales tax and other measures adopted by them, affords property tax reduction of $61,734 In Franklkln county and that the Indicated sales tax r*-| turn for th* year would amount to f 29,S4I, which leaves a prop erty (ax reduction In sxoses of Mlaa tax eollMtions mads ' and anticipated for the year of 911, ? IK. Lousiburg Wins Double - Header Mills High (Mr]* Win Easi ly; Boys Take Over Time Thriller Hills High School girls and boys defeated Edward Best lu their first game of the Franklin ounty Tournament, in Hilld nigh gymnasium Wednesday night. The Loulsbarg sextet won easl y by a score of 32-12. .They took .he lead in the first few minutes of play and held it the remainder of the game. House and Beam featured for the home team, bag ging 16 and II points respective ly. Louisbsurg boys upset the "ole Jope bucket" tonight by defeat ing the Edward Best quint 11 to 8. After having a bad season, due to sickness of some members of the team, Hills High boys showed up well Wednesday night, but were unable to find the bas ket on a lot of "crip" shots. However, they held Edward Best to 7 points and beat them out in the second period of over-time play. At the end of the half the score was 7-5 in favor of Loulsburg and the locals went scoreless during the second half, while Edward Best scored two points tielng the game 7-all. Rice scored all the points in the first half for the visitors. During the first five minutes of jver-tlme neither team was able .o find the basket but during the econd period the visitors made good one foul shot, and Cobb, center for the locals, sunk two field goals to win tM game. Downey, Pergerson and CoJJb played stellar ball for the locals, while Rice featured for Edward Best. Road Deaths Fewer in State Raleigh, Feb. 20.? Worth Caro lina's highway slaughter showed signs of slight abatement (or January, according to the figures given out today by the state highway patrol, but eren with the powerful help that Governor Ehringhaus gave In December, the banner murder month, the de*ths were #7. The governor's appeal to the state's conscience following the disagreeable job of enforcing the license law were linked and the public expected a reduction. How ever. the killing was worse than in January. 1933. But that waj easily explained. There were 65,000 fewer machines on the road this time last year than are running now. The terrific toll Is a sign of prosperity. The re duction was a symbol of adversity. Therefore, the 40 fewer killings for January indicate good execu tive work. Mrs. Waddill Speaks Here Mrs. W. 8. Waddill, of Hender son spoke to a representative group" In the Court house on last Friday on County Welfare work Mrs. R. F. Yarborougb, Dr. O. P. FltxGerald, Mr. M. M Person were appointed a nominating com mittee to form a County Coun cil of Social Agencies. * REGISTER IN RE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Mr. C. R. Young. Manager of the National Employment Ofllco of Franklin County, "wishes to advise everyone who registered In his ofllce before January 1, 1934. that It will be necessary for them to come in and re-reg Ister before February 28th, 1934. at which time all cards that have not been te-reglstered will be placed In the inactive (lie and these persons will not be placed on any Job "The National Re-employinent Ofllce will greatly appreciate the co-operation of Farmers and Landlords In Franklin County. All persons who have land to rent, and who desire to be placed on!1 a farm are asked to come In and fill out farm application". There,1 are quite a number of tenants reg istered In this ofllce desiring a place to live. Now t am asking ; the landlords to come In and let ' us know If they have homes, in order that these persons may be able to farm this year. "If any employers or any i farmers In Franklin County de- ? sir* to secure labor, the office will i be gla? to secure such pwwa* I for them and wtll assure you of 1 satisfaction and quick service." < - ? i 11 ? PRESENT PORTRAIT HON. BENJAMIN THOMAS HOLOEN . - - - - ? - - - ' . i ? >'<??? PRESENTS PORTRAIT OF BENJiIINT.MDEN . * During Morning Session of Franklin Superior Court j Senator Edward F. Griffin Presented the Portrait On The Part of the Family. Mr. W. H. Yarborough ac cepted The Portrait on the Part of the Bar Associa tion; Messrs. C. P. Green And W. L. Lumpkin Hang Portrait; Judge Grady and Members of the Bar Pay Beautiful Tributes One of tbe most impressive ? ceremonies held in the Franklin j County Court house in many years was the presentation exer- 1 cises Monday morning at 11 D'clock when the family of the deceased presented a beautifully painted portrait of Hon- Benjamin Thomas Holden to the Franklin County Bar Association to be hung on the wajls of the Court room. At the appointed time Judge Henry A. Grady, who is presldinK at this term of Court, suspended the business of the Court and turned the occasion over to the Bar. Mr. W. H. Yarborough. senior member of the Bar pre sided and recognized Senator E. F. Orlffln who In a most graceful, tender and eloquent manner made the following presentation: Mr. President and members of the Franklin County Bar Asso ciation: The gracious privilege of pre senting to this association, to bp hung upon the walls of this Court room, a portrait of the Honorable Benjamin Thomas .Holden, has been bestowed upon me by the particular kindness of his family. In making the presentation . It Is In accordance with custom, and even without precedent, entirely rtt that some account should be taken of the life of the man wl^ose llkenesa we are to ?e?\ Blackstone gives as his idenl o>| t citizen "One who lives honestly, hurts nobody and renders to ev ery m?n his due". Tested by this definition. Mr. Holden was Indeed an Ideal man. He pos sessed everyone of the elements laid down by the great law writer to constitute sucli a character. Mr. Holden was born on March 1st, 1888 on a farm a short dis tance from ^he town of Youngs vllle and waa the son of John M. ind Mag A. Holden. Aa a child lie was very apt in hla studies and ihowed every sign of the success which he was to attain In later rears. He received his early ed ucation at the Old YoUngsville Academy and upon completlou of lis studies there hi* parents, rea lizing that he was a young man ?t keen Intellect and possibilities, lent him to Wake Forest College, *here he received his B. A. De cree and a short time later his Law Degree. While at College. Mr. Holden was a leader on the campus In many ot the collegc activities, distinguishing himself in the Athletic Held as well Updn the completion of his edu cation and aftes. receiving his II reuse to practice law, Mr. Hold in camr to Louisburg In 1907 and #ecame 'associated In the practice ulth Hon. F. S. Sprulll, on? ol [he outstanding lawyers in this lection of the State; and Mr. Hol len thru his amiable character ind marked ability as a law yer In a short while he began to llstinguish himself as an advo cate at our local bar and I he bars )f the adjoining counties. In Movember 1908. while only twen :y-flve years of age. the elector ate of Franklin County centered >n this young man and made him he representative ot our District n the State Senate, and at the Session of 1919. Mr. Holden was nade Chairman of the powerful Committee on Salaries and Fee*. Jesldes his membership on varl >us other important committees, fhis term In the State Senate save him recognition throughout North Carolina, and on account >f his line services In that session.' he people of this countyv again ilected him to the session of 1911.' vherg he again distinguished llmself as a statesman of sound udgment and broad view. He lerved numerous terms as the Hayor of the Town of Loulsburg. attorney for the town of Louls >urg and County AttomeJtrAs an Advocate, he was earneat, forcible ind convincing. His cTosa-sxam natlons were unenalled and his treeentatloB of his case was the desire and dream ot every lawyer. J ?m yet to vce hie equal In the trial. <k a lawsuit. His amiaUt and courteous disposition toward opposing counsel and the court will long be remembered by those who came in contact with him iu the Court room. He was scrupu lously faithful to his client, but remembered th?t good faith to clients can never Justify or con done bad faith to ones own con science . and that however de strable it may be to be know,) as x successful and great lawyer, it is even better to be known as an honest man. and that ther?-ls r.o incompatibility whatever in the possession of both of these titles. Above all he was honest, he was honorable in the practice ot his profession as in his dealings with his fellow men. and this gave him a power far superior, more per sistent and permanent than mere skill and strategy. When he spoke to the .Jury or the Judge, his argument carried the weight of siucerlty. his eloquence th? strength of hie convictions During the great World War he did a noble and splendid work througho%t this and adjoin'ng counties, making numerous ad dresses to Inspire sympathy to ward the purchase of Liberty Ponds. He was a member ot the Christian Church, a member ot the Beard of Trustees of Elon Col lege, Treasurer of the Board of Control of the FranKltnton Chris tian College, a Mason. Junioi. Knight of -Pythias. aud other se cret orders. His health started falling him during the year 1928, but he con tinued on under this adversity until the February Term 1929, Franklin Superior Court. who? he suffered a slight stroke of par alysis in this very Court Room, when addressing a jury. From that time on he continued to gro'.; worse, retiring from the practice and died on March 11th, 193?. Mr. Holden was fortunate in his marriage. Willie Staley, who became his wire, belonged to a family eminent for Its sturdy mor al and Intellectual qualities. Her .father Dr. W. W. Staley. a for mer President ot Eton College, wad one of the outstanding min isters of the Christian Church In the South Mr. Holden Is sur vived by his widow and four chil dren. Florence Patricia and Ben T. 2nd, who are now students at Elon College and Rebecca Ann and John Staley, who are attend (Continued on page eight) Two Men And 3 Women Arrested In Rocky Mount i Rocky Mount, N. C., Feb. 19.? * Two men wanted for a number of robberies In the state were taken by surprise in a suburban home here today when local po lice assisted by state patrolmen and county officers swarmed into the house. ( Three women, who refused to i give their names, were also ar- t rested. . t Worth (Tick) Proctor wanted e for robberies and an assault in i Raleigh and in Pitt and Martin i Counties and Eugene Gunner, fac- < lng similar charges in a number t of cities, are held. < Police found fire fruit Jars of dynamite caps, a pint of nitro- c glycerin, acetylene torches, auto- ] matlc shot guns and several re- < vol vers. j According to police the men j had been living in the home here ' for two months and used the place as the base for their widespread . operations. I Sheriff 8. A. Whitehurst of Pitt i county said Proctor Is wanted in ( Pitt for a bank robbery and an- , other robbery in Ayden. i Bruce Poole, Raleigh officer,' said that the Raleigh police re-; ceived a tip last night that ihe gang, believed headed by Proctor, 1 was living here. A third member 1 of the gang Elvis Archie, Poote said, was arrested last night In | Petersburg, Va. They will be removed from the I city today by Raleigh officers, it is understood, although both Pitt {and Martin county officers are {here to prefer charges against them. To Collect Old Clothing, Etc. I The Times is requested to state that the Loulsburg Boy Scoots, at the request of President Roose velt, will call at the home of ev ery ?it?ezn o t -Louisburg, Satur day morning, Feb. 24, between the hours ot nine and twelve, for the purpose of collecting any ar ticles, such as shoes, clothing. : chairs, tables, beds, etc.. that you 1 'may be able to contribute to , those in need. The response of last Saturday was very gratifying. Teacher's Meeting The teachers of the Edwanl Best School District held theK regular meeting Thursday after noon at 3:00 at the Justice school. The first part of the meeting, the observation lesson and con ference. was omitted, therefore the full time was spent on the second part of the program, name ly: "Classification and Promotion i of Pupils". The following topics were discussed: 1 ? "Basis ot | Classification", by Mr. Miller; 1 ? "Promotion", by Miss Jackson! 3 ? "The Chief Causes of Failure of Pupils", by Miss Richardson; 4 ? "How Many e Pupils in my i Grade Failed last Year, and Why?", by Mrs. Stone; , 5 ? "En rollment and Promotions in Grades 1-11 for 1932-'33." by^Mr. , Fuller; 6 ? "Rank the Schools in i the Country on the Basis of Pro- i motion", by Mr. Timberlake. Mr. Miller then announced th" I subject for the next meeting. "Character Education." which will be held at Edward Best, March 8. 1934. Topics were as signed to each teacher who had the honor of giving a report be- ; fore. / In conclusion [the Justice fac ulty served delicious home mado i candy In attractive white boxer decorated with recK hearts, a ~re minder of St. Valentine's Day. Lectures To the Editor: ? Please allow , me space to announce that R"!*. i D. P. Harris. D, D., Is giving' some vei'V interesting lectures | on the Gospel by Matthew. These lectures are taking the place of| regular mid-week prayer meeting < services at the Baptist church , Wednesday nights at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Harris Is a scholarly preacher 1 but he is preeminently a teacher to the manner born. I hope many who have not been attend ing will come and Join us for the' remainder of these lectures as i! am sure they will be greatly ben efitted by so doing. Respectfully, 8. H. AVERITT. Two former United States navy . destroy*!*, the Worden 287 and < the Putnam 288. built to ran I down submarines, will be used to I carry bananas from Central Am-' erica to New Orleans. They havei been bought by ? fruit compaay.ll "Dancing Lady" fct Louisburg Theatre rhurs. and Friday, Mar. 1-2 I-G-M's Pretentions Story of t Chorine's Struggle for S?ecesn Sky rockets loan Crawford and Clark Gable to New Heights With Joan Crawford and Clark table headlined, a smashing pel ade of sizzling song hits, an eye hrllling cavalcade of pulcrltudi iess chorus ensembles, and a sen lational Broadway drama as story notlvatlon, "Dancing Lady," "hich opens Thursday, March 1st, it the Lonisbnrg Theatre, towers o new heights in screen musical > sntertainment. Here is the Joan Crawford of >ld, the lingeried lady of "Our > Dancing Daughters," "Our Mod ern Maidens" and "Our BUishins Brides" ? the Crawford who stam pedes the box oBlce, and leaves em panting for more. . Teamed once more with Gable, loan plays her chorus role with ill she's got. She wears the. kind of costumes that men will rape at and women will try to :opy. And when she dances ? veil, she dances! What a Cast! The cast reads like an all-star screen, stage and radio aggrega tion ? Franchot Tone, May Rob son, Wnnie Lightner, Fred As taire. Robert Benchley, Ted Hea ly, Gloria Foy, Art Jarrett. Grant Mitchell, Maynard Holmes, Nelson Eddy^jjterling Holloway and those devasting Ted Healy stooges. Sammy Lee and Eddie Prin/i proved their skill In the handling of the dancing ensembles. Thes : gergeous numbers eclipse by far the most ambitious production spectacle ever placed upon tho silver sheet. Among the song hits are "Let's Go Bavarian." "Heigh Ho," "Everything I Have is Yours," and "Dancing Lady." You'll hear them plenty from now on! COLLEGE TO PRESENT PLAT On the evening of February 28 it the old Opera House in Louis burg, the LQuisbnrg College Players will present a bill o f one ict comedies. The program will be opene*i by Will Ranson's "In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy", a very light and frolicsome piece in which a young man affected by the spring finds that he has pro posed to six girls and wakes up with the shock of having each ane accept. Mr. Ralph Stevens will play the role of the young man and will be supported by Misses Iola Lewis, Frances Boy ette, Myree Dennis, Betty Cooper Davis, Edith Edmondson. Louise Browne, and Betty Trotter. The second play is a llttl" comedy sketch for two men. This piece. "News", is arranged and v played by Mr. Joe Billy Hunt and Mr. Stuart Godfrey. George Kelly's "Poor Aubrey" will complete the- program. Mr. Bruce Culbreth will play the rolo of "Poor Aubrey", the husband whose aim Is to be Impressive Miss Vivian Farmham will play the part of Amy. Aubrey's wife, snd Miss Daisy Atkinson will In terpret the role of the sweet but Dver-talkative mother. Miss Ida Fuller in the role of Mrs. Coie. Lhe visitor, completes the cast. The evening promises to be a very guy one full of laughs and genuine entertainment. The ( plays are under the direction ot Miss Kinsland. head of the de partment ot speech in the Col* lege, and aside from the casts a large number of students are as nistlng in production. TH.IXK.S We wish to extend our deep est thanks and appreciations to ill our neighbors and friends for Lhe many kindnesses and expres sions of sympathy during the re cent Illness and death of our mother, Mrs. G. M. Duke. Thc-y will be long afid tenderly remem bered. Mr. and, Mrs. W. E. Strange. Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Monday, Feb. 2?th: Monday ? Joe E. Brown In "Son of a Sailor." Tuesday ? Warner Baxter and Mae Clarke In Pentkoaae.' Wednesday? ttek Powell *pd loan Blondell in "Convention City." Thursday and Friday ? Joan Crawford and Clark Gable In DaaelnS Lady." Satarday ? Tim McCoy la "Baa :y Rldss Alone."