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VOLUMN LXV.
LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FBIDAY, JULY 0, 19S4
EIGHT PAGES)
NUMBER W
APPROVES
HEALTH
BUDGET
J. W. PERRY ELECTED
COTTON WEIGHER
Claim for Sheep Killed Ta
bled ? Jurors Drawn For
August Court ? Many Re
ports Filed ? Meet Again
Monday
The Board ot County Commis
sioners met in regular session on
Monday with all members pres
ent. After opening formalities
business was transacted as fol
lows:
Jessie B. Champion was allow
ed to peddle fruits in Franklin
County, on account of being a
disabled World War veteran.
Report of Dr. J. E. Fulghum
County Health officer, was re
ceived and filed.
Report of E. R. Richardson,
Superintendent of the County
Home, was received and filed.
The value of stock and fixtures
of J. S. Howell was placed at
$1250.00.
A motion' prevailed that slot
machines be taxed according to
statute.
The budget for the health de
partment for $5,440.00, includ
ing $1000 from the Rockefeller
foundation and $1,366 from the
State was approved.
D. F. Housa was allowed $3.00
per month as outside pauper.
J. W. Perry was elected cotton
weigher for Loulsburg for one
year.
Reports of Mrs. J. F. Mitchln
er, Superintendent of Welfare,
Miss Anne Benson Priest, Home
Agent, and E. J. Morgan, County
Agent, were received and filed.
The County agreed to pay ex
pense of transportation ot Mrs.
C. W. Parrlsh to hospital at Dur
ham.
The County Attorney was in
structed to bring special proceed
ings to take over property ot
Nep Holden.
Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner was allow
ed expenses to attend State Wel
fare meeting at Chapel Hill.
C. H. Banks and C. P. Green,
were appointed to investigate
tax value of A. H. Vann's homo
in Frankllnton.
" Tentative budget for the Edu
cational Department was submit
ted, action to be taken Monday,
July 9th.
The claim of Mr. Wall for
sheep killed was tabled.
With the assistance of the
Sheriff a Jury for August term
of Court was drawn.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned to
meet again on Monday, July 9th.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held
quite a long session Tuesday tor
so few cases, some of them being
long drawn out. The docket as
disposed of was as follows:
Frank Brodle, assault with
deadly weapon, found guilty, fined
$10 and costs. Appeal.
Joseph Hall was found guilty
ot assault with deadly weapon
and drunk and disorderly and
was given 3 months on roads.
Vernon Tharrlngton was found
not guilty of assault with deadly
weapon.
Zol Tharrlngton was found
guilty ot being drunk and disor
derly on public highway, to be
discharged upon payment of $5
and costs. Appeal.
James Stalling! assault with
deadly weapons, continued.
Peter Davl* was found not guil
ty of larceny.
Ernest Weaver, continued un
der former order.
Maurice Lancaster, Judgment
prayer, 30 days in Jail, upon pay
ment ot costs,- execution of sen
tence to issue only upon order of
this Court.
PHONE LINE
TO BUNN
Mr. L. H. Turner, local mana
ger for the Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Co., announce*
that he has fully completed the
telephone line to Bunn and ser
vice was begun on June 13rd.
The line goea out from Loulsbufg
and traverses 8tate highway S3
or the Bunn road. Bight tele
phones are now In service on the
line. This will be. Quite an ad
vantage to the people of Louli
burg and Bunn and will nerve
an long and much needed ne
cessity.
Radio and talking movies are
speeding the progress of English
as an International league.
WILLIAM Y. BICKETT
Democratic nominee (or Solici
tor for the Seventh Judicial Dis
trict, composed of Wake and
Franklin counties, is a son of the
late Hon. Thomas Walter Bickett,
North Carolina's War Governor,
and Fannie Yarborough Bickett,
daughter of the late Col. W. H.
Yarborough, and sister to our
townsman Dr. R. F. Yarborough.
William was born and reared in
Louisburg and received his edu
cation at Louisburg Graded School
and at wake Forest College. Wil
liam has a large number of
friends in Franklin County who
will Join his new friends in Wake
County in extending to him the
heartiest congratulations.
TOBACCO TAX
25 PER CENT
Washington, July 3. ? The rate
of tax on tobacto not produced
under reduction agreement# was
today fixed at 25 per cent, the
minimum allowed under the Kerr
Smith Tobacco Control Act.
This tax -rate was the one car
ried In the original bill drafted
?by the Department of Agriculture,
but many farmers protested so
strongly for a higher tax that
the department consented to an
amendment which fixed the rate
at 33 1-3 per cent, with authority
to the Secretary to lower the rate
to not less than 25 per cent, if
he found the lower rate sufficient
I to equalise conditions for co-op
erating and non-co-operating
growers.
Referenda Planned
In making that finding today,
Secretary Wallace took into con
sideration the fact that practic
ally all of the 1934 crop has
been planted before the act was
passed and signed by the Presi
dent on June 28. Under the act
all farmers who have not signed
contracts may do so prior to Ju
ly 28 and obtain all the benefits
of the act. Before the tax can
I be continued for another year in
iany tobacco belt the consent of
three-fourths of the growers must
be obtained. Secretary Wallace
announced today that a referen
dum will be held in each tobacco
belt prior to March 1, 1935.
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHUKCH
Services Sunday, July 8 ? Sun
day School and Bible Class,
10:00; Evening prayer and Ser
mon, 8 p. m.; T. P. S. L., 7:00
p. m.
There was no service Sunday,
July 1st,' because the minister
had to be away at Diocesan
Camp at Vade .Mecum.
i ?
DEMOCRATS
TAKE NOTICE
The Special Election to fill
the unexpired term of the
late Hon. Edward W. Pou,
Congressman from our dis
trict, will be held throughout
Franklin County and our dis
trict on Haturday, July 7th,
1034.
We have nominated a wor
thy successor to Mr. Pou In
Hon. Harold D. Cooley. Lets
(five him a fine majority on
Haturday against his Repub
oan opponent.
Randolph, Johnston, Wake
and Chatham counties have a
large Republican vote, and It
Is essential that Krsnklln
County give Mr. Cooley a
large vote on Haturday to in
sure his election.
' Tell your neighbors and
see that they get to the poll*
and vote for Mr. Cooley.
I am counting on you, I am
Hlncerely yours,
EDWARI) F. URIKPIN,
Chairman Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee for
Franklin County.
A VENT WINS
CLERKSHIP
IN SECOND PRIMARY
SATURDAY
Bickett Nominated Over
Little Tor Solicitor ?
Franklin Has Quiet But
Determined Election
Although the vote wasn't as
large as the first primary, by ap
proximately seventeen hundred
the second primary held In
Franklin County on last Saturday
was quiet and especially orderly
and the voters fully as determined
as they were in the first primary,
they were in the first primary.
As a result Joseph J. Young,
wfca lias been Franklin County's j
faithful and efficient CJerk of
Court for tlie past eleven and a
half years, was defeated ifl a de
cisive majority by Mr. Willie V.
Avent, a prominent and capable
young man of Dunns township, j
As will be seen from the table
In another column Young receiv
ed 1721 votes while Avent receiv
ed 2286, or a majority of 565.
Outside efforts were more in
evidence in the Solicitorial race
in as much as the friends of Wil
liam Bickett felt it would be up
to Franklin County to secure
this nomination. The voters
rallied fine to the best opportun
ity they have had to nominate a
I Franklin County man, and gave
' Bickett 2,643 votes to Little's
1 1346, making Blckett's majority
in Franklin 1298. This was not
a demonstration In Franklin
County against Mr. Little, as the
people throughout Franklin have
a tender feeling for the present
Solicitor, but evidence of the
gTeat dissatisfaction at the way
Franklin has been treated in the
holding office in the Judicial
district. Mr. Blckett's majority
In the district was approximately '
2500.
Reports from all sections of'
the County revealed the beat of
order and good feelings through
out the day.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Visits Carolina
Asheville, N. C., July 4.? Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt celebrated
Independence Day with a visit
through the native industries
here. She will return to Wash
ington tomorrow morning. After
a morning dip in the Country !
i Club pool here. Mrs. Roosevelt
drove to Tryon to see the weaving
and toymaklng plants.
Marie Dressier
Fights Valiantly
Santa Barbara, Cal., July 4. ?
Marie Dressler's courageous light
for life has met with success- ? but
only for a brief time. According
to the annoncement made today
tby her personal physician, Dr.
F. R. Muzum, the star has rallied
to an extent which will make It
possible. for her to live for days'
land possibly weeks. Miss Dress
[ ler retains full consciousness, rec-'
ognizing and talking briefly with
close personal friends.
i| WILLIE V. A VENT
Who was nomi
nated the Demo
cratic candidate
for Clerk of the
Superior Court
for Franklin
County in ihe run
I off primary held
Saturday over the
present encum
bent, Joseph J.
Young. Mr. Arent
is a young man,
thirty-three years
W. V. Arcnt
of age, born and raised In Frank
lin County. He Is a son of J. T.
Avent and Bertie Bullock Arent.
Hla father came to Franklin Coun
ty and located in Dunns township
i near Pine Ridge, about 35 years
ago, his mother Is a daughter of
Franklin. Mr. Arent was educa
ted in the public schools of Frank
lln County, and aside (pm his
, farming experience gained In his
boyhood on his father's farm, he
had quite a wide experience In
dealing with the public through
his District Supervisory duties
for a big Vacuum Cleaner Co.,
apd the circulation departments
6f fhe Raleigh Time# and" Pro
gressive Farmer. He ta a mem
ber of Pine Ridge Baptist church,
the Junior Order of American
Mechanics and is single. Those
' who know Mr. Avent beat, vouch
for his thorough efficiency and
'capacity to handle the Important
duties of tht* Important office.
TRYING TIMES
IN GERMANY
??
Berlin, July 2. ? A Black
Shlrted mtmbfr o f the Schutz
Staltel, pick ot the Storm Troops,
today gave the Associated Press
an eyewitness account of the
?laughter of 10 Storm Troopers
In Berlin. Himself obviously a
member of one of the firing
squada of eight, he whispered his
story in a room so firmly cloaed
that the sound of a human voice
could not penetrate to the out
side. He was trembling and on
the verge of collapse. The execu
tions, he said, were expedited in
rapid fire order. The accused
were brought before a special
Nazi tribunal provided for last
December, now functioning for
the first time. He revealed that
the Kaiser's proud cadet training
school at Llchterselde, In a Ber
lin suburb, where Prussian offi
cers learned the goose step, was
the scene of the slaughter. Each
man, the Informant said, waa giv
en three minutes to 6e heard by
three judges before being taken
out to be shot.
"All of them," he said, "died
without bandages over their eyes
? all of them refused to be blind
folded." The eye-witness said
men with meritorious records
were given the privilege, as was
Ernst Roehm, of committing sui
cide but few, he said, accepted.
"The execution of one Storm
Troop leader named Ehrdt was
held up momentarily by the ar
rival of an order from Chancellor
Hitler," he said, "giving Mm the
right to choose suicide or the
firing squad.
"Ehrdt, an aviator, held the
highest military decoration and
for this the Chancellor extended
the favor, but Ehrdt refused to
shoot himself, proclaiming he
was innocent."
After having seen 60 shot. In
timating that many more than
that fell in the cadet school, the
eyewitness said the strain of the
ordeal caused him to leave.
Further describing the court
martial hearings to which the
victims wef?~* led before being
shot, the Black-Skirted Trooper
who first told his eyewitness story
said the men were Judged and
condemned In no more than three
minutes.
"From the tribunal," he said,
"they were taken before a tiring
squad as drums were rolled to
drown out the noise of the shots.'*
List of Jurors
The following is a list of Ju
rors drawn for the regular Aug
ust term of Franklin Superior
Court:
First Week
Dunns ? R. B. Harris, F. S.
Pearce, E. B. Williams, E. 0.
Beddingfield.
Harris ? J. L. Byron, H. A.
Strickland, J. W. Clements, J.
Edgar Harris. . / "
Youngsville ? J. R. Catlett, B.
E. Kenton, Newton Alford.
Franklinton ? B. A. Fuller.
Hayesrilie ? C. M. Ayscue, N.
H. Ayescue, Ed Weldon.
Sandy Creek ? W. C. Joyner, S.
H. Foster, S. H. Dickerson.
Gold Mine ? F. A. Read, J. N.
Griffin.
Cedar Rock ? R. M. Dean, A. D.
Murphy.
Louisburg ? C. H. Bailey, T. E.
Kemp.
second Week
Dunns ? J. E. Gay, M. C. Mul
len. J. M. S tailings. C. O. White.
Harris ? J. E. Denton, J. G.
Andrews.
Franklinton ? S. O. Wilder.
Hayesvilie ? L. M. Grissom,
Omega Dickerson.
Sandy Creek ? E. J. Fuller.
Cedar Rock? T. A. Collie, I.
A. Bowden, R. T. Daniel, D. K.
Burnetts, J. L. Swanson.
Cypress Creek ? W. C. Wilder.
Louisburg ? H. W. Hudson, E.
A. Englar.
"Well Earned" Vacation
NEW YORK V. . Mlae Margaret
LrHand (ahova), eonUdential seere
larv tft rr?iid??t Rooaevelt, aa ?he
aalted for Kurope on Taxation which
(he Chief Executive termed 21 wel)
earned. 'V
THE PftfcglDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
' ._ >??? '' __ ? ? ?
Roosevelt Boards
Cruiser for Trip to
Caribbean, Hawaii
Crowds Wave Good-By At
Annapolis Wharf ; to Loaf |
And Fish; 2 Warships in.
Convoy to Carry Report- j
ers, Secret Service
Aboard G. 8. 8. Gilmer, off An
napolis, Md., July 1. ? "Bon voy
age and god-speed!"
With these cheers from hun
dreds of well-wishers. President
Roosevelt tonight boarded the
swift cruiser Houston to begin
the longest vacation ever taken
by an American Chief Executive.
Smiling and light-hearted, he
whisked away from the White
House shortly after ( o'clock this
evening, drove rapidly to Mary
land's historic little "crab-town,"
and at 7:15 boarded the waiting
destroyer Qilmer which took him
to the Houston, eight miles away
In Annapolis Roads.
Down the Bay
Late tonight, the Houston will
hoist anchor and steam slowly
down Chesapeake Bay, stopping
at Hampton Roads tomorrow
morning to put off last-minute
dispatches.
When he returns in mid-August
the President wiU have cruised
more than 10,00 <f miles ft tropi
cal waters of the Carrlbean and
the Pacific, and will save journey
ed another 3,000 miles by rail,
crossing the country from the
West Coast.
Crowd* Wave Good-By
Along the route to Annapolis
the President waved Jovially to
thousands of persons who lined
the highway and again at the
Annapolis wharf to vast crowds
there to bid him good-by. He left
with the firm conviction that his
country is definitely on the road
to recovery, and will continue ita
progress while he is ?way.
On the trip to Annapolis the
President was accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Bi
llot Roosevelt, and his oldest son,
James Roosevelt. Also In the
far*w?U party were Relief Ad
ministrator Harry Hopkins,
Fraajt Walker, head of the emer
gency eouncll; James A. Moffett,
appointed yesterday to head the
Government's housing program,
and Col. E. M. Watson, military
aide.
Throughout the afternoon he
received a steady stream of Gov
ernment officials and others com
ing to bid him farewell, including
his trusted adviser, Raymond
Moley, lately of "Brain Trust"
fame.
To Visit Friends
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is
lands. the Canal Zone, and Hawaii
? these are among the far-flung
possessions of Uncle Sam to
which the President will go dur
ing his vacation trip. He will
be the first President to visit
Haiti, and the first to step foot
on South American soil while in
office ? which he will do when he
visits the president of Colombia
at Cartagena. At Cape Haitien,
Haiti, he will meet President
Vincent, of that country, a recent
visitor at the White House.
Also, he will be the first Presi
dent to go through the Panama
Canal while in office.
Always a good vacationist, the
President plabs to do a minimum
of work, to fish when he feels
like it, .to loaf and enjoy the thrill
of new places and faces.
Virginia Dare
Home Coming
(By VICTOR MEEKINS)
Manteo, N. C., July 12 ? "Let's
arouse North Carolinian's as the
Virginians have been aroused ov
er their historical shrines, to a
true sense of the importance of
Virginia Dare day, and what its
significance means to the nation."
With that battle cry, D. B. Fear
ing of Manteo this week assumed
the Chairmanship of Dare Coun
ty's third great homecoming cele
bration to be held all the week
of August 12, and culminating in
a big celebration at Fort Raleigh.
Roanoke Island, op the 347th
anniversary of the birth of Vir
ginia Dare.
Montana has one county seat,
Jordan, which is more than ninety
mile* from a railway.
OFFICIAL SECOND PRIMARY
Franklin County
In the Primary Held on June 30th, 1934
Solicitor
Blckett
Little
271
303
184
212
212
191
365
209
109
42
158
80
203
22
484
85
124
34
733
177
2843
1345
Clerk 8. Court
Young
Avent
108
?78
260
132
243
161
m
373
25
124
100
140
121
104
172
200
64
110
43}
467
1721
2286
HOLD YOUTHS
FOR EKES IN
WAKE FOREST
Two young men, one with a
confession on his lips, were In
the Wake County Jail last night
charged with being partners in
the attempt to burn Hunter Dor
mitory, living quarters for sever
al scores of Wake Forest College
students.
They were arrested on warrants
sworn out by Captain w. A. Scott
of Greensboro, fire investigator
for the State Insurance Depart
ment and a veteran in solving
fires of mysterious origin.
He had Robert Carroll arrested
Monday night after Sam Harper,
in a confidential moment, had dis
closed to an acquaintance that he
accompanied Carroll to Hunter
Dormitory one night last winter
and watched Carroll stuff a wad
of burning paper into a hole in
the floor of a ground-story toilet.
Wake Forest Residents
Both youths live at Wake For
est. Harper works in a shoe re
pair shop and Carroll, Captain
Scott was told, is unemployed.
Carroll repudiated Harper's
confession, Capt. Scott said.
"I think I have evidence
enough to bring both of them be
fore a jury", the Investigator said
last night. He said he expected
to arrange a hearing for the
youths for Thursday morning at
10 o'clock before Magistrate J. B.
Danieley.
Harper told the Investigator he
knew nothing about either of the
seven other mysterious blaze*
that plagued the college*, town
during the past 15 months. He
was taken into custody yester
day.
Holding \eusr Man
Capt. Scott recently secured a
confession from Charlie Lassiter,
cotton mill hand of Neuse, that
he started several fires in hia
community "for the excitement".
LasBiter told the investigator yes
terday "I am going to ask the
Judge to give me a good long
term". He, too, is in the Wake
County jail.
Harper and Carroll are In their
early twenties. Faculty members
strongly suspected the latter in
connection with the fires last fall.
Carroll was often seen roaming
about the campus and college
buildings at night, it was said.
Capt. Scott said he believed be
could prove that both youths were
in Hunter Dormitory on the night
of the abortive attempt to burn
the structure. The blaze, discov
ered early in its progress by a
student, was extinguished before
much damage was done.
Carroll was arrested Monday
night for larceny of batteries.
Yesterday Capt. Scott added the
charge to incendiarism and charg
ed Harper with aiding in incen
diarism. The larceny count was
brought by Chief of Police J. L.
Taylor of Wake Forest.
I Harper told the investigator
that Carroll asked him to accom
pany him to the dormitory "to
see a fellow." ? News-Observer.
Mrs. Roberts Dead
Mrs. Sarah J. Roberts died
Thursday night, June 21, at 9:30
at the home of her daughter Mrs.
S. C. Foster, after a six month
illness. The services **re con
ducted by Rev. D. P. Harris from
the home at 5 o'clock Friday eve
ning and interment was made In
the Oaklawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Roberts was 73 years ot
age and leaves one daughter, Mrs.
S. C. Foster; one brother, Mr.
Joe T. Roberts of Randleman;
two sisters, Mrs. M. F. Carroll ot
Haw River, and Mrs. M. S. Riley,
of Danville, Va., also five grand
children, S. C. Foster, Jr., Doro
thy and Gertrude Foster o(
Louisburg and Haywood and
Clarence Roberts of Coates.
| Many friend* accompanied tho
family to the cemetery to be
speak their bereavement and
sympathy.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following la the program
at the Louisburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, July 7th:
Saturday ? John Wayne In
"West Of The Divide."
Monday ? Qlenda Parrel, 1 Ouy
Kibble and Prank McHugh In
; "Merry Wive# of Reno."
Tuesday ? All Native Cast In
i "Eskimo." Tickets now on sale
| by the Oirl Scouts.
I Wednesday ? Preston Poster
and Ann Dvorak In "Heat Light
ning." ?
Thursday and Friday ? Blng
Crosby and Carol Lob bard in
"We're Not Dressing."
I Last showing today ? Clark
Gable and Myrna Loy la "MM in
White".
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