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LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 10*4
EIGHT PAGES)
NUMBER ia
APRIL TAX
COLLECTIONS
UMS0.95
? Finance Committee and At
torney to Settle Neal Tax
Matter ? Other Routine
?
The Board of County Commis
sioners met In regular session on
Monday with all members pres
ent. After the formalities of ap
proving mlnntes, business wag
disposed of as follows:
Upon motion the County license
, tax on beer was fixed at 925, the
same as last year.
Report of Dr. J. E. Fulghum,
County Health Officer, was re
ceived and filed.
Upon motion J. L. Tant and
J. D. Morris were exempted from
poll tax on account of being dis
abled World War veterans.
Report of Miss Anne Benson
Priest, Home Agent, jras received
and filed.
The report of W. N. Fuller, (
County Accountant was read and
received. He reports tax collec
tions as follows: Back taxes,
I2.41S.14; 1930 tax, 91,602.12;
from J. H. Boone, 1931 tax, 92,
ESS, 92; 1932 tax, 95,956.34;
1933 tax, 96,148.43. The report
shows about 64 Vi per cent of
1933 taxes collected. Also from
Register of Deeds, 9535.60;
Clerk of Court, 9350.10.
Report of E. R. Richardson,
Superintendent of County Home,
was received and filed.
The bill of the Coroner was
Approved.
A motion prevailed that M. 8.
Davis be allowed a fee of 925
for preparing a blue print of T.
B. hospital and 960 for blue
prints and estimate on Court
house project.
That L. P. Oupton tax correc
tion for 1932-33 be referred to
W. N. Fuller and C. P. Green
for action.
Report of Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner,
Superintendent of Public Welfare.
Wns receive! and filed.
- An allowance of 91-00 per
month was given Noel Bunn.
Upon motion the Finance Com
mittee and Attorney were ap
pointed a committee to settle the
tax matter with Mrs. W. P. Neal.
Report of E. J. Morgan, County
Farm Agent, was received and
filed.
After allowing a number of ac
counts adjournment was taken.
Secretary J. Paul
Leonard Speaks
Hake Strong Speech to Merchant*
And Cltlseas ifalut Retail
Sales Tax
Declaring that the galea tax
fead no more connection with run
ning the schools than does the
gasoline tax. J. Paul Leonard, Sec
retary to the North Carolina Pair
Tax Association, made a strong
and effective speech against the
retail sales tax In the Court house
In Lonisburg on Thursday night
of last week. He spoke of tax**
as one of the oldest customs to
civilisation and waa positive that
If the sales tax waa put to a
vote of the people not fifteen per
cent of the people would vote
for it. He characterised it as un
fair because It made tax coliec
tora of all merchants with pay for
their services and declared the
merchants are out to kill the tax.
He argued that the sales tax Is
running business ont of North
Carolina.
The speaker was Introduced by
MaJ. 8. P. Boddie and quite a
good slied crowd was presept tat
hear and* greet the speaker.
Joe Branch Shot
Joe Branch, colored, was shot
through the lungs at Fred's Fill
ing Station Tuesday evening
about 5:10 o'clock by Mr. W. N.
Fuller, proprietor of the station,
when Branch was advancing upon
blm with a piece of Iron.
It seems a dIBculty arose be
tween Branch and Mr. Fred Leon
ard In which Branch waa about
to Inflict serious Injuries to Mr.
Leonard, when Mr. Fuller walked
into the station. 8eeing the
trouble he attempted to separate
them,' having to knock Branch
away with a chair. Branch went
out, secured a piece of Iron and
returned to clean house. When
he made for Mr. Fuller, he drew
his pistol from his cash drawer
and shot, the bullet taking effect
In the body through the lungs.
Most of ths farmers In Craven,
county plan to do a little truck
ing this ysar to sell In northsrn
markets.
I
DR. BRYAN
TO SPEAK
R?v. Tret* D. Collins To Preach
Oomencement Sermon At
Mills High School
Commencement
Supt. W. R. Hills announced
the following commencement pro
strata (or Hills High School:
Commencement Sermon will be
delivered by Rev. Trela D. Col
lins, ??, Durham, on 8unday, May
13th at 11 o'clock. The congre
gations ot all churches In town
will Join in this service and the
choir will be a combined choir ot
all the churches. The service
will be held In the auditorium of
the school.
On Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock the primary and grammar
grades will give an entertainment
In the auditorium at the school.
The graduation exercises will
be held 6n Thursday evening, at
8 o'clock, at which time Dr. D.
B. Bryan, of ^ake Forest Col
lege will deliver the graduation
address. At this service the for
malities of the graduating exer
cises will be held.
All are invited to attend each
of these exercises.
BIG GAME
HERE TODAY
Louisburg College Plays Duke
Frosh Friday at Louiaburg
At 2:80 P. M.
Louisburg has a record o f
twelve wins out of fourteen
games. Wake Forest and Duke
are the only olubs to have beaten
the fast Ihsi sling, local collegi
ans. Wsk* Forest Freshmen
have lost oaly one game this sea
son and that was to Loalaburg at
Wake Forwt earlier in the sea
son. Coon Weldon not only fann
ed nine baby Deacons a Mi allow
ed only fire hits but won his own
game In the 11th inning with a
long triple scoring the winning
?<;
Tuesday the Louiaburg Club
lost its first game out of 9 inces
sive wins to Wake Forest. Wel
don, who had previously won 7
games and loat none, weakened
in the 4th Inning after allowing
no hits and tanning 8 Wake For
est men. After 7 runs had been
scored on him in the next three
innings, he retired In favor of
Reaves, Who pitched masterful
ball the rest of the way. The
Raleigh boy gave up but two hlti
and one run as well as hitting
tor the circuit in the 9th.
The Duke ball club, under the
tutelage of Jack Coombs, has one
of the smartest teams In several
seasons. The first Loulsburg de
feat was at the hands of the baby
Blue Devils, the first week of the
season. Hootchle Richards, the
regular third sacker, was the vic
tlm.
Coach Suttenfield is giving
Weldon the rest of the week for
plenty of rest for Friday. With
Reaves, who has a aeaaon'a rec
ord of 4 wlna and no loaaea, and
Gilbert, with a 1,000 per cent
out of 2 gamea, as reserves, and
a club hitting well over the .800
mark the local college ball club
should give Duke Its third defeat
for the season.
Lumpkin to Speak
Mr. W. L. Lumpkin, candidats
for the House, announoea speak
ing (fates as follows:
At* Youngsvtlle, In the school
auditorium, on Friday night at 8
o'clock.
At -Pilot, In the school audi
torium on Saturday night, at 8
o'clock.
He Invltea all to go oat and
hear him.
Boy Scouts
Sell Buttons
The Boy Scouts of Louisburg
hare been aecured to sell Frank
lin County Memorial Aeaodation
buttona In Louiaburg on next
Saturday, according to announce
ment of the Finance Comml^ee.
The funds received from the sales
of these buttons go to paying the
actual expenae neceasary to the
auccessful preaentatlon of Memor
ial Day exerclaes. Everybody Is
urged to buy a button.
Auxiliary To Meet
The American Legion Auxiliary
will be entertained Tuesday. May
ltth, at 8:10 P. M. at ths Wel
*me Inn by Mrs. E. F. Thomas,
rs. D. W. Bplvsy and Mrs. R. A.
Standi. .
MRS. C. R. STKDS, Sec'y,
Samuel Insult's Return
NEW YORK . . . The uioet recast picture taken of Samuel Iuall
(above), former Chicago "czar" of Public Dtilitiw, a? be boarded the
8. 8. Exilona for the return to the United State* uader the watchful eye
?f U. 8. federal Authorities.
LIEUT. GOV.
GRAHAM TO
SPEAK HERE
Hon. A. H. Oraham, Lieuten
ant Governor of North Carolina,
of Hlllsboro, will deliver the Me
morial address at the Memorial
exercises, to be held at Mills
High School on Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. May 27th. This
Is the Annual Memorial Service
of the Franklin CoCunty Memor
ial Association when a bouquet
is handed those of the boys who
survived the ordeal, and decorate
the grave* of thoae who h&va
passed to the beyond.
The entire public is not only
invited to attend these services
but urged to do so. They will
have an opportunity of hearing
one of North Carolina's best and
most interesting speakers and
will enjoy the entire service. Af
ter the services you will be invit
ed to go with the committee of
your choice to assist in decorat
ing the graves.
Miss Weldon
Crowned Queen
Miss Blanche Weldon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Weldon, of
Epsom, was crowned Health
Queen in a most unique and well
presented Health Pageant on the
Court Square Saturday afternoon,'
at 2:30 o'clock in the presence :
of quite a large crowd of specta
tors. The pageant was produced
by the 4-H Clubs of Franklin,
County, with Miss Ann.e Benson
Priest as sponsor and the Health |
Pageant was written and directed
by Mrs. James B. King. A pre
liminary contest was held in April
to determine the Queen of
Health: 4-H girls at the various
clubs In the Franklin County;
schools were examined by Dr. ,
James E. Fulghum, county health
olBoer: and Miss Blanche Weldon,
a member of the Epsom 4-H Club, ;
was adjudged the most nearly
perfect from, a health standpoint.
She was crowned Queen of Health
at the Pageant Saturday by Dr.
Fulghum. She will represent
Franklin County In the District
Contest in Greensboro in June.
The program tor the pageant,
which was held on the Courthouse
square in Loutsburrf was as fol
lows; t.
Queen, Blanche Weldon; Four
Leaf Clover, Ruth Gill; Imps,
Sarah Gill and Frances Person;
Flower Girl. Katy Beech Clifton;
Crown Bearer, B. T. Green, Jr.,
Early Morning Drill, wood Club;
Laughing, Epeom Club; Oood
Foods, Justice Club; Milk, Bunn
Club;., Water, Hickory Rock
White Level Club; Exercise, Ed
ward Best Club; Wind Mill Dance,
Dorothy Gupton; Work, Hickory
Rock-White Level Club; Play
Harris. Pearce and Pilot Clubs;
Accompanist. Christine Sledge.
ROOK MUDDLE
Mr. R. C. Beck entertained
quite a number of friends at a
delightful Rock Muddle at his
home on Franklin Street, Tues
day evening at 6 o'clock. The
muddle was excellently repaired
and greatly enjoyed by all whose
pleasure It was to be present. Mr.
Beck went to Weldon the past
week-end where he caught a pret
ty lot ot this finest of the finny
tribe.
MAY DAY
AT COLLEGE
i_
Delightfully different and en
tertaining were the May Day ex
ercises held on the Loulaburg
College campus Saturday, Hay S,
at Ave o'clock, at which time
Hiss Helen Reynolds Allen,
daughter of Hr. andNfrs. F. H.
Allen, was crowned Hay Queen.
Beginning the festivities, three
heralds, the chief In lavendar and
purple and two assistants in yel
low and white preceded the roy
al procession to the throne. Keep
ing In step with the march play
ed by the cottegt ' e<che?tra , and
following the heralds, came the
court ladle* te couples dreeaed in
sheer ruffled gowns ot ' pink,
green, lavendar and blue organ
die.
Next in the procession came;
the crown bearer, followed by
four flower girls, two college
glrla dressed in pink and two tiny
tots in ruffled white fTocks,
strewing flowers In front of the
maid of honor who wore a lovely
blue gown.
The Hay Queen then entered
accompanied by the little train
bearer. Both were wearing
white, Hiss Allen, the queen, be
ing gracefully attired in a gown
of lovely white satin.
Last In line came the comical
court jecter in his atrlped suit
and funny shoes, making mirth
for all the crowd.
After the crowning of the
queen by the Maid of Honor, the
entertainment for the court be
gan. First wss enacted a Robin
Hood Pageant in which some es
pecially good sctlnc was present
ed. Robin Hood and his meu
looked very much like story book
characters come to life in their
suits of green and brown, and the
poor and rich made a colorful
scene In their gay iswns of blue,
lavendar, yellow and pink.
A delightful dance number by
little Hisses Emogene Phillips and
Jill Allen was enjoyed by the au
dience. Also an unusually pret
ty may pole dance by Misses
Virginia Siler, Rachel Luther.
Kathryn Hltcham, Mary Virginia
Bhearon, Hattie Bray Bnfshaw.
Nell Jones, Carol?* Slngletary.
Sara Hicks, Edith Medlln who
wore flowing robes of yellow.
Especially beautiful was the
chorus rendered hy the College
Olee Club under the direction of
Miss Amelia Bruns, music teach
er.
The directors of this lovely col
orful pageant, are to be great
ly complimented.
P. T. A. DINNER AND
CARD TOURNAMENT
Monday. May 14th, at the Al
len store building next to Wheel
er's Barber Shop the Loulaburg
P. T. A. will serve dinner from 12
to 2 P. M. and at S P. H. that
evening will hold a card tourna
ment. The dinner will consist of
Brunswick stew, Barbecue and
accessories. The tickets for the
tournament and dinner will be on
sale at the drug stores and with
the ticket committee.5
SHKKKIKD-l'KKRY
Mrs. J. E. Poytjiress announces
the marriage of her daughter,
Mrs. Bv? P Perry to William
Robert Sheffield.1 of SuffolK. Vs..
Sunday, April 29, 1934. At home
Loulaburg, N. C.
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For County Office in the,
Jnae Primary? Only ft?g
i*t ?r of Deed* and *?
corder Without Opposi
tion
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/?rtr-8me names filed
Jtuklta ^ "d of Elections
County may exD^rt
?rtur? c,n,I)al*n ?nd
primary on June 2nd, 1934 It
f~>, practically Insures the sec- 1
primary. In the lot only two
n officers were lucky enough
?jrget by without opposition. they
were Qeorge yr For(J foj, Reg,|gter
?nd J E Maione fori
? Recorder's Court.
.. "?re were Ave each filed fori
the House of Representatives and
gferk of Court. In the House
S2e iS6*". T Iwcoe filed with
the understanding he might with
SP*1 h?a since informed the i
that be had withdrawn
from the rac e. Likewise in the!
filing for Commissioner a qnes- 1
SZJZS*- as to whether *
Commissioner would hare to be'
e^cted from District No. 5, on
the re?lgnation of
before the primary and
the four year ter? being done'
a with. The ruling of th? I
Attorney Oeneral not having been I
trhTfi,r?Lb?,,ore
for tV . . i!2? p 8 ? Po"er "led
for this position with the under
tanding that if his appointment
holds over for another two years
he will withdraw. In this case
also there is no opposition. There
flUrt . ?P,?o6lU0n t0 Constables
filed in Dunns. HayesviUe. Sandy
Creek and Gold Mine townships
and no one filed at all for Con
7pr*M CrMk This
leaves thirty-seven to go to bat in
The ll???r #' m! offlces
nm J to*e flIed *nd the
foUo^,:0 Whle,, th#y M",re- '? ?
P- ?rinB' M
r? ? A"*,e Perry Neal, wil
1L. Cephu? C. Hud
tcm. Sledge. Joseph T. In -j
r~?" W.7J5S" N'
timer Harris, Willie v .
Frank W. Wheleas jr AT"nt'
^Register of Deeds-Oeorge W.
C<Wrt
W rreWn"'
X. B<?ar'? ?f Education ? District '
Commissioners ? Dis
fl?M ^ 1: Charlie V. Bedding
Beld John It. Stalling,. District
!a wUo.HVu,2n *??;<
District No. J: Joefg T.rr.f,?
Hampton Joyner Twnl1' J' !
Constables
Dunns? Bennett B. Brantley
B PrtTett' Hen
B- Youn?
T.rmman,S"fcJ- w *?
Bandv'r-'6 j5"'4rence 0 <Renn.
te Sandy Creek? George P. Fog.
I CrinURtZrS?m*a F Fo9ter
jOeor^H. Ball, Qeorfe 8. La^gh
1 Loulsburg ? John p. Uoort, J
Asbury Dennis. ?<x>re. J.
HARKOD FRAZIER DEAD
His many friends In Loulsbarg
will regret to learn of the death
of Mr. ,Harrod Praaler, one of
Franklin County's moat aubstan
tlal and poyular planters, which
occurred at his home In Harris'
township on Tuesday. He was
burled on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Frailer was 71 years of age
and bealdes his wife he leaves
several children.
UNEMPLOYED
Any persons In Franklin Coun
ty who hare not re-registtwed
within the past 60 days at the
Reemployment offlce will please
come In and do so at once, ac
cording to information gtven out
by the manager of the local of
flce. It will be necessary to re
register every SO days In the fu
ture 4T you desire employment as
cards will be cancelled at the end
of the (0 day period. |
MOTHER'S DAY
A Mother's Day program will
be presented at Mt. Zton Baptist
i Church on Sunday, May 11th, at
9:45 o'clock a. m. The public Is
cordially Invited to attend.
| Arizona Kidnapping
TUCSON, Ariz. . . . Above is
Jane Robles, 6, daughter . of *
wealthy Arizona family, who ?|>
kidnapped as she left school and
held for 113,000 ransom. It was in
Otis' town that John Dillinget and
fang were captured last year and it
is thought by some this was a Oil
linger planned revenge on local
ppliea.
LEAS ON WAY
TO PRISON
Nashville, Term., May 0 ?
L E. Gwlnn, chief counsel for
Lake Lea and Lake Lea, Jr.,
in their long fight for free
dom, left Nashville ju*t be
fore noon today for North
, Carolina and It wax reported
a habeas corpus action might
be brought in that state.
Na?hTille, Tenn., limy 9 ? In
two automobiles with a machine
gun and an automatic rifle Luke
Lea and Luke Lea, Jr., were star
ted for North Carolina today to
receive penalties imposed for
bank law violations.
The Tennessee Supreme Court
turned the former United States
Senator and his son over to Sher
iff Lawrence E. Brown and Dep
uty Sheriff Frank Lakey, at Ashe
ville, N. C., whom governor Hill
McAlister had named as agents
when he ordered the Leas' extra
ditioa more than a year ago.
The Leas' arrived in Asheville
at midnight Wednesday night, ac
cording to reports in the News
Observer, and State prison author
ities are quoted as saying they are
prepared to receive them the
same as any other prisoners.
The elder received a sentence
of fronr ( to 10 years and his son
has the alternative of paying a
fine of $25,000 and costs or ser
ving a sentence of from 2 to 6
years. They were convicted of
conspiracy to defraud the now
closed Citizens Bank & Trust C6?
of Asheville, in 1931, and have
fought the Judgment of the Court
through the highest Courts in the
nation.
Opposed Sales Tax
The following letter received
by Senator Griffin the past week
will explain his record on the
sales tax. W. L. Dowell, Secre
tary to the Merchants Association
writes: '
"A day or so ago, a gentleman
from Loulaburg advised me that
you were being charged with
having supported the sales tax at
the 1933 iesslon of the General
Assembly, and just as a matter of
keeping the record straight, t am
voluntarily writing you this let
ter that you are at liberty to use
in any way you see fit.
"I am constrained to believe
that some of your constituents
have you confused with Senator
Lloyd E. Griffin of Chowan Coun
ty. who voted tor the sales tax
on all of Its several readings, but
I have an authentic copy of the
Senate Journal in my office and
this Journal shows that you vot
ed against the sales tax every
time the question was before the
Senate. Not only did you vote
against this measure, but I re
call very distinctly that yon vig
orously opposed It and made one
of the best speeches against the
tax that was made In the Senate.
As above stated, I am writing you
this letter just to keep the rec
ords straight and without any
solicitation from you, and If It
la worth anything to you, you
are at liberty to use It."
All the tobacco reduction con
tracts have been revised. More
than a million dollars have been
paid already to growers whose
contract* have been accepted.
> 4
TOWN COMMIS
SIONERS MEET
?
The Board of Town Commis
sioners met In regular monthly
session on May 8. 1934, with all
members present except Person
i and White.
Minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The monthly reports .of th?
Town Clerk, Chiet of Police, and
April Tax Collections were read
and approved by the Board.
The Board instructed the Clerk
to write to Mr. E. B. Jeffress,
Chairman of the N. C. State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion, and ascertain If Louisburg
will receive any of the Federal
Funds allocated for highway con
struction and maintenance.
The Board approved ten dol
lars to B. B. Massenburg for work
on tha 1934 Town Tax List.
The Board allowed the claim
I of Mr. C. A. Ragland that he has
, paid the float pavement assess
ment Installment, which stands
charged to him in the Town Rec
ords. Mr. Ragland established
proof that this assessment was
allowed him In settlement for
street paving done by him, for
Uhe Town or Louisburg, N. C.
The M?y6r was Instructed to
call a special meeting of the Fi
nance Committee for the purpose
of making plans tor refunding
$59,000.00 of Louisburg Water
and Sewer Bonds which mature
'December 1, 1934.
The Mayor recommended to
the Board that the salary of the
I Chief of Police be reduced to
$100.00 per month and that of
A. W. Perry be reduced to $75.00
per month, effective May 1, 193 4.
A vote was taken upon this rec
ommendation and the recommen
dation was defeated. The major
ity of opinion of the Board was
that the matter of establishing
salaries should be deferred until
the adoption of the 1934-1935
budget, beginning the new fis
ical year on July 1, 1934.
A number of Invoices were ap
proved for payment and adjourn
ment taken.
GreenhiH Golf
Club To Build
Club House
A formal campaign was launch
ed this week by members and
friends of The Oreenhill Golf
Club toward the construction of
a club house near the present
lockers and pop stand on the
nice, well-located nine-hole course
Just outside the town limits on
the Bunn road. It is the propos
ed plan of the Club to build a
log house ? the dimensions and
exact plan of which hare not ret
been definitely determined.
The first move in the direction
of actually getting something
done was the generous donation
on the part of Mr. Davis, the
Manager ot the local theatre, of
a certain per cent of the pro
ceeds from the sale of tickets for
the show the past Tuesday night,
and a two weeks' pass as a spec
ial donation to the person sell
ing the largest number of tick
ets for ItliAtj particular show.
Around $25 w&s netted from the
sale of tickets; and the two
weeks' pass which went to
T5. F. Thomas for having sold
around 120 tickets, has been giv
en to the Club by her to be used
as one of the prizes in connec
tion with the Card Tournament
which the Club is planning to
have sometime soon.
Every member of the Club is
putting an extraordinary amonnt
of enthusiasm into this move to
ward a club house. In tact, Mr.
Burgess and Mr. Word are confi
dent that with the continued loy
al and unselfish support on the
part of members and ether Inter
ested friends, it will not be long
before the club bouse will take
shape.
Heavy rains In the east have
delayed cotton and tobacco plant
ing.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following la the program
at the Louisburg Theatre begin
ning Monday, May 14th:
Monday- ? Sally Bilers and John
ny Mack Brown in "Three On A
Honeymoon."
Tuesday ? Robert Young and
Jean Parker In "Lasy River."
Wednesday ? Otto Kruger and
Ben Lyon In "The Woman In His
Life." Also "Fighting With Kit
Carson."
Thursday and Friday ? Norma
Shearer and Robert Montgomery
in "Riptide."
Saturday ? Preston Foster snd
Lyle Talbot In "Heat Lightning."