Y 0 U S T OWN laa't a bit batter thaa ja are ntlUa| to Help BOOST YOUR TOWN The Franklin Times YOUE LOCAL PAPER tor Patroaafe In Subacrli^toM and Advertising BOOST YOUR HOME PAPER A. V. JOHNSON, Editor and The County, The State, The Union SUBSCRIPTION $lJSO Par Yew VOLUMN LIV. LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1M4 EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER SI METHODIST YOUTH OPEN CONVENTION Three Hundred Young Peo ple Are Enrolled at Meet ing at Louisburg College The Young People's Assembly for boys and girls 14 to 23 years of age of the North Carolina Con ference of the Methodist Episco1 pal Church, South, opened at Louisburg College Monday with an enrollment of 300. The afternoon was devoted to registration and several Interest ing features were Included In the evening program which opened with a vesper service at 7 o'clock with Miss Rowena Ferguson speaking on "The Radiant Christ." The opening business meeting was held In the Louis burg high school auditorium at 7:45. The faculty and officers of the Assembly and district officers were introduced and speeches of welcome were made by the fol lowing: Rev. O. P. , FltiGerald on. behalf of the town of Louis burg and the Louisburg Metho dist Church; Rev. A. D. Wilcox on behalf of Louisburg College; and Mr. P. H. Fields pn behalf of the Raleigh District. Miss Netta Cooke Robertson responded on behalf of the Assembly. At 9 o'clock in the high school gymnasium a "get-acquainted newly-wed party" was given iu honor of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Thrift, Jr., of Durham. Mr. Thrift is president of the Assem bly. John Shannonhouse was in charge of the entertainment. In addition to the class work during the week there will be many interesting contests in the various sports including baseball, tennis, track, and other games. Teams are being formed for the various districts and - champion ship games will be played. Also in some of the sports teams com posed of girls will vie with teams composed of boys. Cale K. Burgess of Raleigh, leader of the United Dry Forces in North Carolina, addressed the Assembly tonight on "Patriotism! and Temperance." Other features of the week have been announced as follows: "Sesqulcentennial of Method ism," by Rev. E. C. Few, of Ral eigh; Wednesday, 11:45 a. m.. "Young People's Work in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South," Miss Rowena Ferguson, 8. p. m., Missionary Pageant; Thursday, 11:46 a. m.v "Recent. General Conference," by Rev. T. \M. Grant; stunt afternoon anil electton. of officers; 8 p. m? Con secration service by Rev. F. S. Love, presiding elder of this dis trict and former president of Louisburg College; Friday, com-t munlon service and installation of offlcers. The officers for the Assembly this year are as follows: Presi dent, C. T. Thrift, Jr., of l>ur bm; vice president, John Shan nonhouse; secretary. Miss Mary ?ooper Hooker; treasurer. Miss eba T. Cousins; publicity super intendent, Miss Netta Cook Rob ertson. The district offlcers are: Raleigh, P. H. Fields; Rocky Mount, W. C. Wilson; Wilming ton, R. G. Dawson; Durham, Vir ginia Bradshaw; and H. B. Baum, E. B. Fisher and J. G. Philips. Welfare and .Veterans Survey To Close Soon ? Want* All Phy sically Handicapped Children Ami World War Veterna to Register Mr. C. R. Young, in charge of the Child Welfare and World War Veteran'! Survey, of Franklin County, Informs the Times that this surrey will toon close and that he doesn't want any World War Veteran or physically handi capped child to fall to register during this survey. He Is urging ?11 veterans who he has nQt visited to call at his office on Saturday, July 14th, and Wednes day and Thursday, July ISth and 19th and reglater. Also any citl ten who has a child which is phy sically handicapped, will please call at his office on the above dates and register the child In order that It may be helped. The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary are sponsoring this survey for the benefit of World War Veterans and their children and physically handicapped children of all cltl lens and you are urged not to miss this Opportunity . to help your afflicted child. HAROLD D. COOLEY COOLEY GETS BIG MAJORITY Saturday's special election roll ed up quite a big majority for Harold D. Cooley -for Congress; against his Republican opponent Hobart Brantley, of Spring Hope. Although the rotlng was light as compared with that of the first and second primaries, when fifty seven hundred and four thousand respectively were cast, Cooley re ceived a vote in Franklin County of 2226 to Brantley's 64. Frankllnton township rolled up the biggest vote in the elec tion and reports from all districts show quiet and orderly voting, but no great interest on the part of the voters, feeling that the action of the primary was all that was necessary. a Julius Lehman Dead Julius Lehman, one of Louis burg's oldest residents died at his rooms Main street on Fri day about 1:30 o'clock in the 69th year of his age. His re mains were taken to Baltimore Saturday for interment beside his wife who preceeded him to' the grave many years ago. Mr. Lehman came to Louisburg in the latter eighties and has been Identified with the town's business life ever since, part of the time in business for himself and at other tlmea in the employ of others. He was well known to Franklin County people. Make Elections In August ? ? . < The Board of County Commis sioners met in special session Monday with all members present. Business was transacted as fol lows: In the absence ot the clerk,] Chas. P. Green was appointed to' record the minutes of the meet-' lng. Upon order the County Is to pay Production Loan office rent, at the rate of $5 per month for a period not to exceed $30. The appointment of Superinten dent of County Home and Tax Col-j lector was set for August 6th. The Franklin County School ' Tentative budget and the Frank llnton Public School budget filed were approved subject to any changes at final meeting August 6th. A formal motion prevailed mov ing funds from delinquent back taxes to proper funds. The tentative budget for Frank lin County was duly passed and ordered to be advertised as by law provided. This completing the work of the Commissioners for this meet ing adjournment was taken. Tobacco Rentals County Agent Morgan'* office announces that on June 30th, rental payments paid ^n Franklin County this spring amounted to t76.540.60. The equalisation payments have amounted to |6, 044.93. The cofton rentals are expected within a short while. Revival At Bunn Rev. Chas. E. Vale, pastor, an nounces that revival services be gin Sunday, July 16th, at Bunn Methodist church, at 11 o'clock. Rev. Leon Russel will do the preaching, assisted by Rev. Thom as Carrlger and the pastor. Every one Is Invited to attend the ser vices throughout the week at & o'clock in the morning and 8 o'clock at night. It has been asserted that plants can feel. If that Is so. It must be a hot life for the onion. Two Endorsed At Lake Meeting Gathering at Resort Recom mends War lick for Gover nor; Lumpkin, Speaker Wilson, Jnly II. ? Two promi nent politicians were endorsed for offlce at a political gathering held at Silver Lake park today which was attended by a lumber of out standing politicians and citizens of this section of the State. Judge Wilson Warlick waa en dorsed for governor of the State and W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin county, was endorsed for speaker of the house at the Caucus. Among the notables In attend ance at the meeting were the fol lowing: W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin county; Troy T. Barnes, of this city; Claude Abernethy, of 8prlng Hope; Larry I. Moore, Jr., of this city; C6I. John D. Langston, of Ooldsboro; A. O. Dickens, of this city; Charles P. Green, of .Loulsburg, M. S. Strick land, of this city, and W. R. Mills, of Loulsburg. The management of Silver Lake Park was host to the dele gation at a delicious dinner which was prepared and served under the direction of Ed. Petway.-John Wells, chairman of entertainment at the park, arranged the session and extended a cordial welcome to the visiting dignitaries. Among speakers at the Caucus were the following: A. O. Dickens, of this city; W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin county; Col. Langston, Larry I. Moore, Claude Aber nethy, M. S. Strickland and Troy Barnes. The gathering was considered highly successful despite the fact that Hon. Harold D. Cooley, of Nashville, recently elected Con gressman, was unable to attend because of duties in Washington. D. C., and the absence of Con gressman Lindsay Warren, of Washington, N. C., who was un able to be present because of the press of governmental busi ness. What-Not Bargain Store Robbed , On Wednesday night of last week thieves entered the What Not Bargain Store on Main Street and carried away quite a number of articles. The entrance was made through a back window, af ter having pried the Iron bars loose. Evidently the knocking of the phone receiver off the hook, together with movements outside the building frightened the. thieves and caused them to leave post haste. The amount of loss has not been determined by Mrs. Perry, proprietor, but has found among the missing articles such things as cloaks, caps, hose, beads and yard goods. At this writing no clue as to the Identi ty of the thieves has been found or arrests have been made. Louisburg Boy ? Scouts Receive Badges At the Court of Honor held In Henderson Tuesday night several Louisburg Boy Scouts were pre sented badges. Karl Allen, Jr., received badges for safety, plumbing and path flndlng; David Spivey for 1st class; Fisher Beasley, Jr., for reading, civics and safety; Wil liam Barrow, Jr., for life saving and pathfindlng; William Lee Beasley, Jr., for safety, leather craft, and plumbing; Joe Macon Beasley for safety, civics, and pathflnding; Glenn Beasley for safety; and Darnell Perry for 1st class. The Scout Master, Mr. W. H. Spencer, accompanied the Scouts to Henderson with the following parents: Mr. and Mrs. William Barrow, Professor Mills, Mrs. Karl Allen, Mrs. F. J. Beasley, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Beasley. Rev. I. W. Hughes, of Hender son, chairman of Honor Court, made a very interesting talk to the scouts. The meeting was conducted by Mr. Claude Hum phries, of Durham, the Scout Ex ecutive of the Occoneechee Coun cil. Revival Meeting The Time* is requested to an nounce that a revival meeting will begin at tWood Baptist church on Sunday, July ISth. Rev. C. B. Howard,' of Enfleld, will assist the pastor, Rev. Ollie Owen. Everyone Is Invited to at tend. PHONE 283 fOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING YOUNG PEOPLE HEAR BURGESS i Vice PrMklfnt of Dry Force* Addrmn Meeting; Rev. E. C. Few Also Speaks The Tuesday morning session |of the Young People's Methodist Conference was featured by an addreaa delivered by Cale Bur gess, vice-president of the North Carolina Dry Forces, on the sub ject "What Will You Do With Alcohol?" "There are two reasons why I am glad to address this group," said Mr. Burgess, "First, because :I am not one of the people who subscribed to the Idea that young people have gone to thunder: and, secondly, because the solu tion of this great problem will rest largely with the young peo people of this generation. Alco hol is a habit forming narcotic .drug and it* excessive use is con demned universally, but it is the moderate use that gives trouble." Mr. Burgess stated that condi tions are better today than be fore the days of prohibition though he declared there is still too much liquor. In proving his argument he quoted the follow ing statistics: ? Fifty-live per cent of insanity is either directly or indirectly traceable to alcohol. Over the thirteen-year period from 1920 through 1933 the insanity caused by alcohol has decreased sixty six per cent. Over this same period drunkenness has decreased 70 per cent; dfeaths from alco holism have decreased 42 per cent; the number of Keely insti tutes have decreased from 98 in 1920 to 68 in 1933; the number of all other institutions for treat ing drunks has decreased from 276 in 1920 to 68 in 1933, and the only explanation of this is that they have been forced out of business, he said. "God pity the day that North Carolina taxes a recognized evil for revenue," he said in pointing out the grave danger that young people who do not know the ac tual condition* might be misled by propaganda. His appeal to the young peo ple "was aot for temperance, if by temperance was meant any drink ing at all, he plead for total ab stinence. At the morning watch Miss Vir ginia Bradshaw, of Burlington, spoke on "The Call to the Abund ant Life" and at the evening ves i per service Mrs. Charles Thrift of Durham, made a talk on "The Call of the Radiant Christ to the Modern World." Miss Agness Chase sang the theme song of the Assembly "Are Ye Able?" "Great unfinished tasks still challenge young Methodists and young ChrlstlMM everywhere," added Rev. E. C. Few, pastor of ' Edenton Street Methodist church, in an address. "More than once has the world been moved by young men of daring. It remains that darin< more outstanding than anywhere else is needed in the realm of - the moral and spiritual. Let us dare be Christian. For a long time men have prayer, 'Thy King dom come, thy will be done on earth.' Also for a long time men have done very little about the answer to this prayer. Nations continue to do battle one with one and to prepare war. Chris tians pray and Chrlftiaps fight. The Golden R^le Is fctfnly repeat ed and just as glibly thrown aside. The church has far to go yet, and who more than the youth of our land sould be called to the king dom for such a time as this? Gen- ' ulne religion Is vastly more than a creed and forms, it Is practical. ' It touches life everywhere and i blesses it with its touch. Do we' of today stand prepared to put I Into practice the Golden Rule and ' to translate into actual living the | ideals of Jesus Christ?" Scout Meeting All girl scouts and their moth ers are invited and urged to be ' present at the Scout meeting 1 Saturday morning at 10 o'clock In the Scout room at the Graded School to discuss preparations for camp. I Big Train Wreck' Bi? Damage When Southern Freight Train Wrecks At Morrisville Tuesday MorrUrllU, Jaly i#._A u led, melted, mass of freight care gasoline care, railroad tracks and mata^l* Uff"w" TM ?? that re main?Kl after a fast-moving ?i ca' Southern Railway freight .1*'? *e#t bound leaped from the ^5^ere " 7,:05 Tuesday morn rr!fn <;r"bed to ? blal|ng bait. Until the wreckage cools and an examination may be made it J* Possible to say exactly how roron.TT d1?*d ?nd injured, said Coroner L. M. Waring, of Wake o?Uthr ,Wh1 reached 'be scene r^orted ~"y "ter 11 ? takln ^rK*m ,!h,* ,tat 01 Injured taken to hospitals was given as 5*m 28> o' Dorchester, S. i. b?ulsed' but not seriotu 1' h": e,klah N'cbol. and,' -i.k cholB' bo'b of Gibson. *'tb the extent of their injuries unknown, but both apparently seriously hurt, and Clemon Nich ols, also of Gibeon, who suffered superficial Injuries. What happened to four other) persons that the coroner was told were taken from the wreck and fnr \ \? ?urh*m ,or examination for injuries could not be ascer tained immediately. , h??.?TO,nfl Warlng 8ald mem th , tra,B crew wh0 belp injured from the wreck "Id they thought they saw the bodies of two men under one of the cars. i Hoboes on Train As many as 20 hoboes were be k 6 b*en rldin8 on the Ik crew me??ber" ?f the wreck-i ing crew, it was said that 11 (i got on at Raleigh. It may be that the entire list of the dead ne,Ver be implied, as the wreckage and ashes ih remore all trace of ??>. were In its midst. The wreck occurred right In ot thU little village. located 12 mUes west of Raleigh. One of the gasoline cars, which did not catch tire, fell a few feet sprinkled 8Utlon' Gasoline was sprinkled upon the wall of the station, flung there when tie car i overturned. Cars of the train the'? tracks"^ ??" b?U* Sldei fun. Tickets. ? ie on sale in Frankiinton, koungsTil'n an.l Louisburg. The :a?t includes Mrs. Ucorge Cash, Miss Ruth Jenkins. Miss Virginia' Brown, Miss Ciaire Kearney, Mrs. 3rover Harris, Mrs. G. L. Bobbltt, Mra. Hubert Utley, Misses Mary 3. Henderson, Leah C. Hicks. Carolina McKee, Mary G. Shcarin, Mildred Fuller, Frances Holden md Virginia Peraell; acccmpan st. Mlsa Jane Pearoe of Frankiin :on and Mrs. Claud Collins; Mrs. 3eorge Wearer, Mrs. Sid Hoiden. 1 Mrs. Harvey Bartholomew and ' Kin Lillie Edwards of Louisburg. | Installs Officers The Loulsburg Junior Order leld its regular Installation aer rices on Monday night when the 'ollowing officers were installed >y Mr. J. L. Palmer, Past Coun cilor: K. L. Lilea, Jr. Past Councillor. Willis May. Councillor. J. W. Harris. Vice-Councillor. S. H. Averitt, Chaplain. Virgil Woadlief, Conductor. A. W. Fowler. Warden. W,, T. Person, Outside Sentinel. I.* P. Wheeler, Inside Sentinel. T. M. Harris, Trustee. The Council recently having >urchased a piano, it was dellr ired to the hall Wednesday. The membership of the Council s growing rapidly and the week y meetings are enjoyed by large ittendance. Subscribe to The Franklin Time* BEN T. HOLDEN IS SERIOUSLY INJURED When Truck Strikes Car He Is Repairing Near Elko Vfay Die As Result of Crash ? Reuben Eldredge, Highway Employe, Released Under His Own Recognizance ? Charges May Re Preferred Against Eld* redge In Case Boy Falls to Re cover A youth of 17 Is dangerously lear death In the general hosplt tl of this city as a result of an iccldent In the Carlln canyon lear this city Saturday night. Benjamin Thomas Holden is he injured man and in the event >[ his death serious charges may ie preferred against Reuben Eld ?edge, highway employe, with Headquarters in Carlln. Holden was proceeding to the >ast with his mother, Mrs. B. T. Holden, his mother's sister and i brother and two sisters. They irere returning to their home in Louisburg, N. C., after a vacation ;rip. About 400 yards beyond the lam in the Carlin canyon, a tire vas punctured on the Holden car ind young Hoiden got out to nake repairs. He was in the act >f doing this when a truck driv en by Eldredge crashed into the ear he was repairing. Seriously Injured Apparently Holden was struck >y his own car, following the torce of the collision. An el imination at the hospital later ihowed he had suffered a fractur ed leg and possibly a fractured ikull, although the full extent of lis injuries had not been learned oday. Hospital attendants de Tared that his condition was bad. S. E. Huddleston was one of he first persons to arrive at the icene of the wreck and he took :are of the injured man and sent i messenger to Elko to secure he ambulance. Members of the folded family were out of the :ar when the collision occurred ind none was injured with tho exception of Holden's young >rother, who received a few icratches. Eldredge was not placed in cus ody. but was released on his iwn recognisance, after being ac companied to Carlln by Constable H. Berning. The accident occurred near 8 >'clock but it was 10 o'clock be 'ore the Injured man was admit ed to the hospital. In the mean .ime he was cared for by Huddles on. The Butler ambulance was ilso called and Constable Charles iarper accompanied E. T. Butler o the scene of the wreck. How ever, the other ambulance arrived ihortly before and brought the njured youth to Elko. ? Elko, f Louisburg, wherein he has paid 16 per cent to depositors with iretty good assurance of more at . later date, has been appointed tecelved for the First National 3ank, of Mebane, N. C? at which ilace he will take over the llqul latlon of a like institution. Mr. iennett will divide time between he Bank at Mebane and the lank at Louisburg, probably gir ng the first three or four days if the week to Mebane and the emainder to Louisburg. He will le at the Louisburg bank Friday ind Saturday of (his Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following la the program t the Loulsbnrg Theatre begln ling Saturday, July 14th: Saturday ? Complete motion ilctureB of the World's Heavy reight Championship fight. Max )aer vs. Prlmo Camera. Also Jen Blue comedy "Foiled Again," .nd 11th chapter of "Pirate rreasure." Monday ? George Raft and dances Drake In "The Trumpet Mows," also Popeye the Sailor In Shoein' Hosses." Tuesday ? Preston Foster and Irllne Judge In "Seansation Hun ers." Wednesday ? Buster Crabbe and , Frances Dee In "The King of the ungle." Thursday-Friday ? Lanny Rom. dary Boland and Charlie Haggled ri "Melody In Spring." Last showing today? Blnf Crot ly and Carole Lombard In "We're lot Dressing."