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I The Franklin Times
A. P. JOHNSON, Editor aad Mtiapr
The County, THp State, The Union
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VOLUMN IiXV.
LOU1SBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JILY 90, 1084
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STRIKE SITDA-,
TION EASIER
? ?
Serious Situation in San
Francisco Because Of
Long Shoremen Strike,
May Reach Early Settle
ment?Federation of La
bor Not Connected With
Strike
San Francisco, July 18. ? Pub
lic statements which In effect Call
ed upon organised labor to dis
continue the general strike In
San Francisco were Issued late
today by Hugh S. Johnson, NRA
administrator and government
spokesman In the dispute, and by
Mayor Angelo J. Rossi.
The statements came amid a
cycle of rapidly developing events
In which powerful influences be
gan to work toward united action
for ending the extended strike of
Pacific coast maritime workers
and the mass walkout of 100,000
workers here In support of the
maritime unions.
Says Strike Over
In the course of these fast mov
ing developments Harry Bridges,'
militant leftist leader of striking
longshoremen, remarked to news
paper men "the general strike is
over, but the longshoremen am
not beaten."
Later Bridges repudiated his
comment.
Johnson, who but an hour or
so previously had been designat
ed government spokesmen in ne
gotiations between the federal
longshore strike board and the
shipping' operators Involved in
the dispute, said In his statement:
"I am here to do what the fed
eral government can do to aid
these coast communities to set
tle this trouble. It Is their job
in the first Instance, but the fed
eral government cannot act un
der the continuing coercion of
the general strike. The first
step to peace and agreement Is
to lift that strike. Until that Is
done I have nothing to offer."
Rossi's statement:
"In the presence of a general
strike nothing <*.n be arbitrated
or accomplished; the strike must
be ended."
Four newspaperman, Including 1
an Associated Press reporter, said
they had understood bridges to
say "the general strike Is over."
He was quoted further as saying
"the reason the general strike Is
'busted Is first, the street car
men going back to work; second,
the lifting of a ban on food and
gasoline, and third mis-manage
ment of the general strike."
It was the walkout of 12,000
Pacific coast longshoremen, whom
Bridges represents, that precipi
tated the general strike in the
San Francisco area, beginning
last Monday.
Bridges' comments were made
in an Interview.
Strike Not Over
Edward D. Vandeleur, chair-'
man of the general strike com
mittee, hearing of the Bridges
incident, sent word from a con-!
ference of delegates that in his
opinion "the general strike is not
over."
These developments followed
a formal call of the federal long
shoremen's strike board for Im
mediate cancellation of all walk
outs and submission of all cen
tral issues ? those in the long
shoremen's and maritlqie work
ers' strikes ? to collective bar
gaining and arbitration.
The federal board' move fol
lowed last night's action of the
8an Francisco general strike com
mittee virtually instructing the
longshoremen and the marine
workers to submit to arbitration.
One after another, the strike
throttled thoroughfares of com
merce began opening in San
Francisco this morning ? the be
ginning of the third day of the
mass walkout.
Labor Decrees Relaxed
Much of this activity whs per
mitted by relaxation of labor's
general strike decrees.
Fresh food began rolling Into
San Francisco and the strike
bound east bay communities by
the hundreds of truck loads. The
strike committee allowed the
opening of all union restaurants
In San Francisco, the opening of
meat markets, the distribution of
fresh food and the release of
blockaded gasoline and oil sup
plies.
President Roosevelt, Secretary
Perkins, Johnson and other fed
eral authorities; William Oreen,
president of the American Feder
ation of Labor, and various
spokesmen for the opposing sidei
In the extended and violence
flecked trouble spoke In gener
ally encouraging terms of the
still tense sltuatlpn.
New violence, however, flared
in Seattle and In Portland. Com
(Cofitlnued on Page Five)
BOBBY CONNOR
FOUND ALIVE
Been Since Thurs
day ? Serious Condition
tiartsdale, N. Y? July 17.?
.Robert Connor was found alive
a.nd smiling this afternoon in the
woods behind his house by state
troopers.
Mrs. Charles H. Connor fainted
when a trooper came in the door
of her Hartsdale Manor ? home
with 21-month-oId Robert in his
arms.
Face Scratched
The child's face was badly
scratched by brambles after near
ly five days In the woods.
The child was well and appar
ently unharmed.
Physicians were summoned to
examine Robert and attend his
mother.
The baby was found at 2:41
p. m. by Sergeant Jerome Hogan
of the Qreenburg police who has
been almost continuously on the
search since the child was report
ed lost Thursday at 5:30 p. m.
Wide Spread Hunt
The child's dlsappeanance from
his home fire days ago was re
sponsible tor one of the most
wide-spread searches in the East
since the kidnaping of the Lind
bergh baby.
Bobby, his dolls left behind
as mute reminder of his play,
vanished while playing in a sand
pile Thursday afternoon.
Thickets Combed
Th heavy thickets behind the
Connor home were combed by
armies of searchers ? without suc
cess. Bloodhounds were used,
and a police dragnet was thrown
out In five states.
Police made several futile ap
prehensions, the last being Henry
Forreatiej, the peddler whose
rembllng story filled police with
doubt when they questioned him.
Eastview, N. Y? July 17.?
Bobby Connor, examined at
Grasslands Hospital shortly aft
er he was found In the woods
near the Hartsdale home of his
parents, was described by physi
cians as in a serious condition.
Dr. C. W. Munger said, how
ever, the baby undoubtedly would
recover. He was suffering from
lack of water, the doctor added.
Judge Harding Is
Aware of Social
Trends of Today
Newton, July 18. ? Now come*
? judge rated conservative to ray
that things like getting drunk
and wives riding with men not
their husbands are no longer dis
graceful and the law should fall
in step at least a bit with the
music of the times.
'Changed social conditions
should be noted by Judges in
making their decisions', contends
Judge W. F. Harding, of Char
lotte, whose hand has been heavy
on thousands of criminals during
his long years on the North Car
olina superior court bench. 'What
was considered wrong 50 years
ago, what woald have shocked
our parents, no longer shocks us',
the nearly 70-year-old Jurist as
serted during the trial of a con
tested alimony case here.
The Judge who ordered the
Mecklenburg county sheriff to
close scores of Charlotte estab
lishments because they started
selling 3.2 beer three hours be
fore It became legal last year,
did not believe Rose Sharpe
should be censured by her hus
band, Kola, for going riding with
other men when Kola had left
her and waa contributing only
$10 a week to her support.
'It is no crime for a woman to
ride In an automobile with a man
who Is not her husband', he
ruled. 'Custom permits that to
day'.
'If a young man 50 years ago
went to a dance and got drunk,
he was escorted from the floor.
For a woman to have gotten
drunk at a dance would mean
she would have been ostracised.
Whether right or wrong, that Is
no longer true. The facts are
today both men and women get
drunk at dances, and it Is con
sidered all right.
'The same thing seems to be
true In regards to cigarettes. A
young woman who smoked years
ago had no social standing,
whereas today It Is perfectly
proper for young girls to blow
smoke Into the eyes of their
beaux'.
Referring again to the Sharpe
case, he granted Mrs. Sharp's up
keep demand and concluded:
'What does a man expect his
wife to do when he deliberately
leaves her? Oo to her room
and pull down her shades and
lie In the dark?'
New Rotary President
DETROIT ... Mr. Bobrrt E. L.
Hill (above), of Columbia, Mo., it
cLe new president of the Rotary
International for 1934. Ha waa
elected to the highot office by 10/100
aieraberi gathered here from all parts
?.f the world.
Holliday New
Head of School
At Spring Hope
Spring Hope. July 17. ? D. H.
Holliday, newly elected superin
tendent of the Spring Hope high
school, arrived here yesterday to
fill the poaitlon left vacant by the
resignation of P. C. Newton.
Mr. Holliday was selected from
over 60 applicants for this Im
portant position, the local schoo,!
being the largest in Nash county.
In the white department, there
are 21 teachers, while 11 Instruc
tors are In the colored school.
Last year's enrollment In both
schools had a total of 1,200 pu
pils.
The Spring Hope high school
has won State honors in having
produced two master teachers of
North Carolina, Q. S. Singleton,
now In the Cary farm life school,
and E. C. Jernigan, of Spring
Hope.
The new superintendent has
'for the past five yeara been prin
cipal of the Mills high school In
Louisburg. A native of Halifax
county, he attended the public
schools of Scotland Neck. He
graduated from Wake Forest Col
lege in 1927. Before beginning
his teaching career, he attended
Columbia University.
First Tobacco
Mr. P. C. Richardson, of near
Pine Ridge in Dunns township
brought in the flrst tobacco cured
from the 1934 crop on Saturday.
1 It is of a fine color and good
quality, having pretty good body.
Mr. Richardson is one of Frank
lin's best tobacco farmers and
we understand has a splendid
crop this year.
Recorder's Court
Another small docket greeted
Judge J. E. Malone in Franklin
Recorder's Court Tuesday. The
| four cases on docket were dis
posed of as follows:
Henry Rogers was fined $50
and costs for operating an auto
mobile intoxicated. Appeal.
Ollie Scarborough plead guilty
!to assault with deadly weapon,
and was given 90 days In Jail;
i Commissioners to hire out.
Otho Jeffreys was found not
guilty of assault with deadly
weapon, but guilty of carrying
concealed weapons, and given 9J
days in Jail; Commissioners to
hire out.
Oeorge Winston drunk and
disorderly and assault on female,
pleads guilty, 4 months on roads.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following la the program
at the Louisburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, July 21st:
Saturday ? Tom Keene, Ran
dolph Scott, Kent Taylor, Noah
Berry, Harry Cary and Kathleen
Burke in "Sunsett Pass". Also
12th Chapter "Pirate Treasare."
? Monday ? Spencer Tracy and
{Alice Faye in "Now I'll Tell."
Tuesday ? Lyle Talbot and
Bebe Daniels In "Registered
Nurse."
Wednesday ? Joan Blondell and
Warren William in "Smarty."
Also Hal Leroy in "Private Les
sons.''
Thursday-Friday ? Janet Qay
nor and Charles Farrell together
again In "Change of Heart" with
James Dunn and Ginger Rogers.
Last showing today ? I -any Ross
Mary Boland and Charlie Rugglns
jln "Melody In Spring."
MURPHY'S
STOREROBBED
ENTRANCE IS HADE
THROUGH BACK
WINDOW
Roger Cannon and Johnnie
Cannon Being Held For
Investigation ? Hearing
Set For 2:30 Thursday
Afternoon ? Officers Are
Working on Rounding Up
Other Suspects
Quite a bit of excitement was
aroused In Louisburg early San
day night Then a call (or the po
lice was sent in and it was learn
ed that Mr.' Geoi'ge W. Murphy,
one of the proprietors ot O. W.
Murphy a Son. who had gone to
their store with his little grand
daughter, had observed a robber
leaving the store. The thief was
first seen by the little girl who
pointed him out to Mr. Murphy.
The officers and many citizens
gathered and begun a systematic
search, which took them to the
river where 4 shirt was found.
The shirt beifg identified the of
ficers went to1 the home ot Roger
Cannon on Kenmore Avenue and
made a search, where it is said,
they found two suits of clothe?
and shoes that were wet, supposed
to have bees used In crossing the
river, also t f plyers.
Cannon was custody
(or investigation on a warrant Is
sued by HaJ. S. P. Boddie. Later
developments caused the deten
tion of Johnnie Cannon and it is
understood, one or two more are
being carefully observed and
checked upon by the offlcers. The
hearing was set for Thursday af
ternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, after
The Franklin Times had gone to
press with this issue.
The entrance to the store was
made through a back window, af
ter having cat a hole in the
heavy wire window guard and
removing the glass, and it is
thought the discovery was made
too soon after entrance for any
thing of consequence to have been
moved out. Plenty of evidence
was available where packing up
such small things as cigarettes
and tobacco had or was being
made.
The theory of the offlcers and
others is that the chase was so
close upon the thieves they swam
the river, which accounted for
the wet clothing. ?
Orphans, to Visit
You ng s v i 1 1 e
Junior Order Orphanage Class to
Present Minstrel and Musical
Entertainment
Youngsville Council Junior
Order will be hoct to a class of
boys from the Lexington Orphan
age Home on Friday night, July
27th. The boys will give a min
strel and musical entertainment
in the school auditorium at eight
o'clock p. m. The boys will ar
rive at Youngsville In the early
afternoon and will play a base
ball game at the ball park at
3:30 p. m. Every Junior in
Franklin and adjoining counties
are invited to attend.
J. W. FREEMAN,
" C. E. JEFFREYS,
Committee.
With this
Roger
I U.S.S. Houston Steaming Pacific With President
PANAMA, Canal Zone . Now out on the broad Panic ocean aboard
the L'.8.8. Houston, President Roosevelt will not leave ship on hia 10,000
mile vacation trip until they pat in nt Hawaiian Island*. . . . Photo above
shews the President aad hia son Pranhlin D., Jr., receiving the preaidential
salute when they went ashore at Maysgues, Puerto Bico, while the
cruiser Houston stood by in the offing.
Sunday Schools
Have Picnic
The churchet of Louisburg.
the Baptist, Methodist and Epis
copal, all joined together to have
the annual union picnic (or the
Sunday schools Wednesday after
noon. They met at Balance Rock
early in the evening for swim
ming, playing and enjoyment. At
six o'clock they devoted them
selves to the large, delightful pic
nic spread. There was a large
number from each Sunday school
'to go and enjoy the union.
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Stake Off
Cotton Acres
County Agent E. J. Morgan is
mailing cards this week reading
as follows:
| "Paragraph 1 on page 1 of
your contract states ? 'The Cotton
rented acres shall be posted in
such manner as the Secretary or
his authorized agent may direct.'
Before you receive your checx it
will be necessary that you stake
off those cotton rented acres so
that the measurer who goes ;o
your farm may easily measure
same."
He is especially anxious for
you to mark off your cotton acre
age that Is rented to the govern
ment so that the committee doing
the measuring can save time in
measuring the acreage, both that
which is planted to cotton and
that which is not planted.
Junior Barbecue
All members of Louisburg
Council No. 17 Jr. O. U. A. M.,
are requested to attend a free
barbecue at the Louisburg fair
grounds, next Friday evening,
from 6:30 to 7:30 ? July 20th
(tonight).
Committee for Junior
Order of Louisburg.
J. J. Honeycutt of Cabarrus
County harvested 200 bushels of
Italian rye grass seed from ten
acres planted.
INSTALLS NEW SHOW UNIT
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The above Is a picture of the new show case recently Installed
by O. W. Murphy ft Son in their market department. It Is the
very latest Idea and design In equipment (or markets, combining
the cold storage and display features. It la entirely sanitary
and assures meats In the best of condition at all times. This
Is another evidence of the progresslveness of this popular firm
In protecting the Interest of its customers and attracting the
attention of the public. Messrs. Murphy Invite the entire public .
to visit their store on Nash Btreet and see this new equipment.
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION
Both Sides Are Presented in Cur
rent Issue of "Popular (Jot em
inent " ? Presents Prtnrlpal lar
sues Involved Under Auspices
Of the Institute of Government
All of the Issues involved in
the proposed Constitution for
North Carolina are presented from
a non-partisan point of view and
are subjected to a searching
analysis In the current issue of
"Popular Government", the offi
cial organ of the Institute of Gov
ernment, which has Just been re
ceived br local county and city
officials and many members of
the bar.
The Btudy was made by Oillard
S. Gardner and Henry Brandls,
asaoclate directors of the Insti
tute. The comprehensive and
fair treatment given the proposed
basic law has evoked much fav
orable comment from tb.ose who
have seen advance copies of the
publication.
It required 150 pages for this
Issue of the booklet to tell the
full story about the Constitution
It begins with an historical out
line of the Constitutions of North
Carolina? past, present, and pro
posed. It compares the provisions
of the present and proposed lon
stitutlons, the principal issues in
volved and the main considera
tions urged for and against It by
its advocates and opponents.
The booklet is divided into
eleven articles under the follow
ing general heading: "The Bill
of Rights", "The Legislative' De
partment," "The Executive De
partment," "The Judicial Depart
ment," "Revenue, Taxation, and
Public Debt," "SufTerage and
Eligibility to Office," "Education,"
"Homesteads and Exemptions,"
"Public Welfare, Institutions and
Punishments,'' "Agriculture, In
dustry and Miscellaneous," and
"Amendments, Existing Laws and
Offices." .' .
"The Institute of Government
neither sponsors nor opposes the
proposed Constitution,'' said Al
bert Coates, Director. "It does
propose to stimulate^ free and
pen forums throughout the state.
! In the efforts to make this analy
sis (air and Impartial Mr. Gard
ner and Mr. Brandls have (1)
discussed it with its leading ad
vocates and opponents. (2) stud
ies their public utterances, (3 )
submitted the results to them In
manuscript form (or further sug
gestions and criticisms, (4) quot
ed from their own arguments in
their own wprds, and (5) sent
advance copies to representatives
of groups of officers and citizens '
throughout the state in order to
Incorporate all point of view into
the flnal printing. Other issues
and points o( view which will in
evitably develop as discussion
proceeds will be correlated and
set (orth In subsequent Issues.
Revival At
M t. G i 1 e a d
The Tfmes Is requested to
state that revival services will
begin at Mt. Gilearf "church on
Monday night, July 23rd, at 8
o'clock and continue throaghout
the week at that hour. Rev. H.
C. Billiard, pastor, will be In
charge of the services. Every
body la invited to attend.
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FILM REVEALS
STORY NEVER
BEFORE TOLD
Helen Twelvetrees, Alice
Faye Support Star In
Powerful Drama at The
Louisburg Theatre, Mon
day, July 23rd
For months critics have been
predicting that Spencer Tracy
would soon emerge as a full
fledged star. All that was need
ed, they said, was a part strong
enough to bring out hlB latent
dramatic talent.
That part has come at last ia
the role of Murray Golden In the
Fox picture "Now I'll Tell by
Mrs. Arnold Rothstein," which
playes at the Louisburg Theatre
on Monday, July 23rd. Winfield
Sheehan,. who produced the pic
ture, came to that decision when
filming was about half complet
ed and announced that Tracy
would be starred in this and fu
ture pictures.
The film is a calvacade of New
York's sporting and night life.
The city's most exciting years,
from 1910 to 1932, are lived
again in this powerful story of
a woman's great love for a strange
man. It's a story that has never
been told before, revealing inti
mate details of a fascinating life,
and the dramatic events that led
up to its tremendous climax in
the man's tragic, mysterious
death.
The fact that Tracy won star
dom on the strength of his por
trayal of Murray Golden is a
good advance tip on the power
of bis performance. In the pic
ture as in real life, Golden's
credo was "to live every minute
I'm alive and die when I'm dead
... to get all the tun there Is out
of life ... be the head of the par
ade." This is the stuff from
which Tracy creates a great char
acterization.
Helen Twelvetrees plays the
important role ?f Virginia, the
wife of Murray Golden. She ia
a girl of refinement who marries
Golden and, because she loves
him, overlooks his vices until
she learns he has been unfaith
ful.
And the blonde charmer with
whom Golden carries on a secret
love affair for several years is
portrayed by Alice Faye, the girl
swept to overnight fame by her
portrayal of Rudy Vallee's 'sweet
heart in George White's "Scan
dals." As a 'night club enter
tainer. she sings "Foolin' With
the^ther Woman's Man."
Others in the excellent sup
porting cast are Robert Gleckler,
Henry O'Neill, Hobart Cavan
augh, G. P. Huntley, Jr., Vince
Barnett and Shirley Temple. Ed
win Burke of "Bad Girl" fame
wrote the dialogue and also di
rected the picture under Mr. Shee
han's personal supervision.
Small Farms
Columbia, S. C.. July IS. ?
There is more interest now in the
purchase of farms of 200 acres
and less than in the last fifteen
years according to F. H. Daniel,
president of the Federal Land
Bank of Columbia, who announc
ed that in the month of June con
tracts for the sale of 50 farms
for a total of lll.148.9S were
submitted to the bank for ap
proval. Twenty-two of the con
tracts were submitted from June
1 to June 15 and twenty-eight in
the last half of the month.
Of the twenty-eight farms for
which contracts of sale were sub
mitted to the bank during the
latter half of the month, twelve
were in Georgia for a total ot
$14,160; eight in North Carolina
for a total ot $13,488.38; seven
in South Carolina for a total ot
$33,127.21 and one in Florida
for a total of $2,500. The farms
were of varying sixes but prac
tically all o( them were of lesa
tban 200 acres.
Mr. Daniel says that the real
estate department of the bank
reports that there seems to be
a steadily growing demand for
these smaller farms and that
many of those making inquiries
are people who forsook the coun
try for the city but now desire
to return to the farm again. In
1833 the sale of farms of 200
acres by the land bank showed
an Increase of 34 per cent over
1932 and this year bids fair to
show a substantial Increase over
1933.
Mr. Daniel also announced the
sale of a South Carolina farm ot
1170 acres for $20,000.
Statistics show that over half
of the men discharged from mili
tary service, re-enllst. A similar
percentage of men get married
again after obtaining ? divorce
which proves that some peopl*
never get eMugh fighting.