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VOLUMN liXV.
LOU1SBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1934
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NUMBER M
LUMPKIN
PUSHES RACE
FOR SPEAKER
Under the above heading the
Charlotte Observer of July 26th,
carried the following article:"
W. L. Lumpkin, youthful vet
eran of the house of representa
tives of the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly from Franklin
county, here yesterday on hi*
way to the Young Democrats con
vention at Asheville, declared he
felt his campaign for speaker of
the house in the 1935 session
was showing excellent promise of
success.
Mr. Lumpkin while Jjere visit
ed Mecklenburg nomlows to the
house. He planned to leave early
today for Asheville.
The question of revenue will
be far and away the biggest
question before the next General
Assembly, In the opinion of Mr.
Lumpkin, who has served four
continuous terms in the house,
and the General Assembly, if it
Is unable to find a substitute for
the sales tax in the production of
revenue, will likely make a num
ber of changes In the present
sales tax law, particularly with
reference to the method of col
lection of the tax.
Referendum Possible
He did not think the question
of modifying or repealing the
Turlington anti-liquor laws would
be given much consideration at
the next session of the leglslatare.
The most the legislature would
do, If It decides to do anything
about the Turlington act, would
be to order another referendum
on the question, he thought; but
he was of the opinion that it
would not be changed at the next
session, especially in view of the
fact that madh emphasis will be
placed upon revenue matters.
Mr. Lumpkin declared that In
event he is elected speaker of .
the house, he would see to It that
new members of the house are
given equal privilege* accorded
veteran members In the assign
ment to committees.
The other two candidates for
the speakership are R. G. John
son of Pender county and Laurie j
McEachern of Hoke.
Young Lee Free 1
From State Pen
Raleigh, July 28. ? Shaved,
bathed and clad in a suit of his 1
own clothes, which was found on
ly after % search which delayed
his departure, Luke Lea, Jr., of
Nashville, Tenn., ' walked as a
free man from State's Prison here
today after serving 80 days Id
stripes as a convict.
All necessary details required 1
before the young man couljl be
freed under a parole granted him 1
by Governor Ehringhaus jrere
completed at 11:40 a. m.
Twenty minutes later, he left
the prison.
"I couldn't sleep last night; I
was so elated," Lee confided to
newspaper men.
This afternoon he returned to
the prisbn to say goodbye to his
father, Luke Lea former United
States senator from Tennessee,
who was convlctad with him and
sentenced to six to ten years.
Taylor's Hardware
The attention of the leaders
of the Times Is directed to the
advertisement of H. C. Taylor,
one of Loulsburg's popular hard
ware dealers, in another column.
Mr. Taylor carries a full and
complete line t>f hardware and
builders supplies at all times.
Keep in touch with his advertise
ment and give htm a call, when
in need of anything In his line.
Th? Times welcomes Mr. Taylor
back to Its advertising columns.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
Tbe following la tbe program
?t the Loulsbarg Theatre begin
nlng Saturday, Auguat 4th:
SATURDAY ? Jack Hoxle In
"Law and Lawlesa." Also First
chapter "Mystery Squadron" with
Bob Steele.
MONDAY ? Ginger Rogers and,
Warren William In "Upperworld."
TUESDAY ? James Cagney and
Joan Blondell In "He Was Her
Man."
WEDNESDAY ? Lyto Talbot
and Mary Astor In "Return pf The
Terror."
THUSDAY * FRIDAY? Jack
Oakle, Victor McLaglen, Carl;
Brlnson and Kitty Carlisle, also
Duke Ellington and hla orchestra
In "Murder at The VanltlM." |
> WILLIE L LUMPKIN
Dr. Bobbitt Passes
Dr. Emmett H. Bobbitt, for
nearly fifty years an active prac
ticing physician in Franklin
County, passed away Monday at
his Frankllnton home, aged 81
years. He was laid to rest at
the old homestead Tuesday. He
was born in 1853 at the Cedar
Rock plantation of his father,
Augustus Edmond Bobbitt, was
educated in Loulsburg Academy,
conducted by the late M. S. Da
vis, and received his M. D. and
Ph. G. degrees at the University
of Maryland. After living a few
years in Hickory and Mecklen
burg County, Virginia, be again
settled in Franklin County, wher-j
he practiced medicine until ad
vancing years caused his retire
ment. He had been in failing
health for several years.
His first wife, Miss Mary Eliz
abeth Bolaaeau, of Petersburg,
Va., p;i ? ! away lp 1908, a son,
Emmett Edmond, In 1901. Dr.
Bobbitt was a prominent Metho
dist, being for years a steward of
Belford M. E. Church. He was
also a Mason. He was widely
known for his strict integrity.
He was .importuned to run
for office, but always refused.
Surviving him are his wife,
Mrs. Annie Speed Bobbitt; a son.
Benjamin B. Bobbitt, New Jersey
publisher, and a granddaughter.
Miss Virginia Boisseau Bobbitt,
of New Jersey.
Battery B
Leaves Sunday
Battery B In command of Cap
tain E. F. Griffin and Lieutenants
R. I. Holmes, Executive and In
structor: J. Albert Wheless. As
sistant Executive, and P. W. Whe
less, Jr., R. O.. leaves for Fort
Bragg Sunday, August 5. 1934,
tor fifteen days Field Training.
Battery B is composed of 67
snllsted men and four officers, the
pick of Franklin County'B young
men. Other officers with the Bat
tery follow:
1st Sgt., Assistant to Battery
Commander, Fred Frailer; Chief
of Section, V. T. Wlnfree, Motor
Sgt.; Instrument Section. Sgt. J.
S. Place; Signal Sgt. (telephone
and net work) O. Q. Moseley;
Chief of Section. Sgt. N. A. El
lington; Chief of Section Sgt. C.
E. Spencer; (Maintenance) Sgt.
R. W. Alston.
Battery B Is a unit of the 113th
F. A. N. C. N. G., 30th Div. 55th
Field Artillery Brigade, which is
one of the six field armies of the
United States.
The field training this year Is
characteristic to war time manue
vers. Specific instruction will be
given in Military Hygiene, Mili
tary Courtesy, Instruction in Ser
vice Firing as well as Machine
Gin operations, Chemical warfare
defense, tactical problems and
general field Artillery training.
Battery B, as usual, expects to
rate No. 1 In camp this year. The
subjects studied and drilled In
the local armory will be put in
practice in the field during en
campment. Loulsburg is very
fortunate In having this Unit of
U. S. Army In Franklin County.
It helps financially as well as
the free training of lta young
men.
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
August flfth being the first
Sunday In the month we will have
a celebration of the Holy Com
munion at eleven o'clock, and
Sermon. We are making efforts
to make this a Corporate Com
munion of the Parish.
Sunday School and Bible Class
at 10:00.
Young People's Service League,
7:30 p. m.
Visitors Invited to all services.
The world seems much worse
than It really Is because you nev
er hear about tbe bad things that
never happen. .
GEORGIA TOBACCO AVERAGE
WELL ABOVE NARK OF 1933
Unofficial Xatimalea Show Average* of 20 Cent* or
More Per Pound on Virion* Georgia Markets;
Marketing La~nehed Under Federal Allotment
flyMMl, Sale* Fairly Heavy
Valdoata, OK., ill I. OwrgH
tobacco grower* ?>??*< (hair fl??
cured leaf on li war?hou?i??
In 15 South Ofor*li IttlM today
and unofllcial mMimMi abowad
a marked Improvement In prlcaa
over laat rear.
The auction* in Georgia, the
'first to be held (or the 1814 crop,
were marked by a decided Inter
eat in the allotment plan by
which growers who raise more
than their allottments muat pay
25 per cent of the tobacco's val
ue in taxes. Georgia was allotted
141, 003, 000 pounds under the AAA
| program.
Partly Exempt
Because of the fart that Presi
dent Roosevelt did not sign the
allotment measure until June 28,
however, those growers who har
| vested their crop before that date
are exempt from the provisions
j of the act.
More than 500,000 pounds were
on sale when the market at Tif
ton opened, with first row sales
running from 12 to 40 cents per
pound. An unofllcial estimate
, that the price was running 10
cents per pound better than last
year was made by the Tlfton Ga
zette.
On the Valdosta market, prices
ranged from a few cents a pound
to more than 30 cents for ap
proximately 400,000 pounds on
the floors.
On the Statesboro market prices
ranged from six to 40 cents per
pound for the more than 125,000
pounds on the floor.
At Baxley, the peak price dur
ing the morning hours was 42
cents per pound and the low six
cents. Baxley growers were ex
pected to sell approximately 65,
000 pounds during the day.
100 Pfer Cent
The Moultrie Observer reported
that prices on the market were
running more than one hundred
par cent higher than on the open
ing day last year and set an un
oAclal average of about 22 cents
a pound on the half million
pounds offered for sale there.
Oood lugs at Vldalla sold from
25 to 28 cents. Better leaves
brought SO to 40, with a high of
50 centa per pound.
The first 100 piles of tobacco
at the Douglass market sold for
an average unofficially estimate
at 24 cents per pound. From
500,000 to 750,000 pounds were
estimated to be on the floor when
the sale opened.
Twenty Centa
Approximately 50,000 pounds
were on the floors at waycross
with an unofficial average price
being paid of about 20 cents per
pound.
Georgia tobacoo is sold in
loose leaf pile*, while In other
markets it is graded and tied be
fore being offered at auction.
The Haielhnrst market said
approximately 300,000 pounds
were sold there for an unofficial
average of 20 cents, and market
officials at Pelham reported that
sales were aroubd 100,000 pounds,
with tickets showing an unofficial
price of seven cents for damaged
grades and 32 cents for the bet
ter offerings.
Sales estimated at 450,000
pounds were reported at Nash
ville. with market observers
placing the unofficial average
price paid at 24 cents.
Three warehouses at Hahira
| said a total >2.000 pounds were
[sold at an unofficial average of
24.15 cents.
Unofficially, it was reported
here that 419.144 pounds was
sold on the lqftal market for an
I average- of $24.47 per hundred
1 pounds, with total receipts of
1102,699. 51.V>tagt year's open
ing figures were- 523,688 pound;
sold at an average of $12,2? for
a total of $64,263.26.
APPLY FOR
SALES CARD
County Agent K. J. Morgan has
mailed letters as follows to all
cotton contract signers:
I sincerely hope you will give
the letter on opposite side of this
sheet a great deal of study and
attention, also the enclosed form
on which you are to make appli
cation for allottment and tax
exemption Certificates for cotton
to be ginned and sold by both
yourself and tenants, (in case
you have tenants on your farm
this year).
The letter on opposite side is
primarily meant for contract sign
ers, but what I am writing on
this page is meant for every cot
ton grower in the County whether
he be signer or non-signer. So
please do not think or get con
fused and believe it will not be
necessary for you to file an ex
emption certificate because you
have a contract. The passage df
the Bankhead Bill in Congress
makes the reduction of cotton in
the South a law, therefore before
a cotton grower can be allotted a
pound or bale of cotton to sell
tax free this fall will have to
make application on an official
Bankhead Form that will be sup
plied you wben you meet your
committeemen to file same.
This means that every contract
i signer will have to apply for an
aiioumeni:
Every person who signed a
Pink Card will have to make ap
plication.
Every person who has not
signed a contract or pink card
will have to make an application.
August 15th has been designat
ed as the last day pn which an
application tor Tax-Exemption
'certificates can be made. So all
applications must be made be
fore that date, or the night of
^he 15th of August.
Committeemen will be at the
| following designated places In
their respective Townships from
August 2nd. (Thursday) through
Thursday, August 9th, for you
to file applications. So please
meet Ihem there on one of the
days they are there, as after
that date and through the 15th
| you will have to go to the home
of the Chairman of your Commlt
|tee to make the application, as
no certificates can be filled out
by clerks In the office of the
County Agent. You will meet In
your township at the following
places :
Dunn ? Bunn School, H. W.
Tant, Chairman.
Harrla ? Harris School, W. H.
Recorder's Court
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The docket in Franklin Coun
ty Recorder's Court on Tuesday
was much larger than usual.
Judge J. E. Malone and Prosecut
ing Attorney Chas. P. Green dis
posed of the cases as follows:
Walter Jones was found not
guilty of violating prohibition
law.
David Thomas was found not
guilty of larceny and receiving.
Miss Llll Faulkner was found
guilty of resisting officer, and
was fined $1.00 and costs. Appeal.
J. W. Champion was found guil
ty of non-support and was given
four months on roads. Upon pay
ment of $10 per month for the
support of wife and minor child,
execution of road sentence to is
sue only upon order of Court.
Appeal.
Robert Wright was found not
guilty of violating prohibition
law.
J. S. Finch was found not guil
ty of violating prohibition law.
J. B. Elliott was found guilty
of violating prihibitlon law and
was given 4 months on road, to
be executed upon order of Court,
upon payment of $25 fine and
costs. >
Bill Harris received, a 60 day*
rood sentence for larceny, upon
payment of cost* road sentence Is
sued upon prder of Court.
W. O. Pruitt was found guilty
of non-support, prayer -^or judg
ment continued.
,A1 Crudup. distilling, continued.
Horton, Chairman. '
Youngsvllle ? Mayor's office,
Youngsvllle, J. O. Winston, Chair
man.
Frankllnton ? Mayor's office.
Franklin ton, C. H. Cooke, Chair
man.
Hayesvllle ? Epsom School,
Frank Mitchell, Chairman.
Sandy Creek ? Gold Sand School
Roy M. Duke, Chairman.
Gold Mine ? Old Centerville
School, John W. Neal, Chairman.
Cedar Rock ? Edward Best
School, Joseph Perry, Chairman.
Cypress Creek ? Old Seven
Paths School, C. M. Moore, Chair
man.
Loulsburg ? Court Room, In
Court House, R. A. Strange,
Chairman.
The Ice that drifts down from
the polar regions each year would
make a layer a foot tiilck If It
were spread evenly over the land
surface of the earth.
Much of the charity that begins
abroad never reaches home.
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M. O. MANN
MANN TO DIRECT
COTTON CO - OPS
Succeeds U. B. Blalock Who
Goes to Washington as
American Co-Op Director
M. O. Mann, of Raleigh, Tues
day was named general manager
and secretary of the North Caro
lina Cotton Growers Cooperative
Association, succeeding U. Benton
Blalock, who has been named di
rector of the American Cotton
Cooperative Association and
.Washington representative.
Dr. G. M. Pate, of- Rcwland,
president of the cooperative, made
the annonncement following a
meeting of the executive commit
tee of the board of directors Tues
day.
Mr. Mann, who has been with
the cotton association for nine
years in the capacity of director
of field service, assistant general
manager and secretary-treasurer,
will have full charge of the affairs
of the cooperative and will be
directly responsible to its board
of directors for Its success.
HlaiorK Here 11 Irani
Mr. Blalock, who has been gen
eral manager of the cotton coop
erative since its organixation in
1922, served (or two rears as
president of the American Cotton
Cooperative Association and has
been a member of the legislative
committee of that organixation
for the past three years. He 13
not expected to leave Raleigh un
til the fall.
"The New Deal has made Wash
ington the hub of many activities
that vitally affect the farmers and
it is the thought of the board of
directors that the cotton coopera
tives need strong representation
at the nation's capital now more
than ever," Dr. Pate said.
C. 0. Moser, of Texas, recently
resigned as Washington represen
tative of the American Cotton Co
operative Association to accept a
position with the American Insti
tute of Fats and Oils, leaving the
cotton cooperatives without repre
sentation in Washington.
Mr. Blalock, who in retiring as
(active manager of the State cotton
| cooperatives after 12 years of con
tinuous service does not sever his
connection with cooperative mar
keting, will continue alp director
of the American Cooperative As
sociation, of New Orleans, and aj
special Washington representative
in the handling of cooperative
problems with the various depart
ments there.
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Ex - Convict
Changed Face
Of Dillinger
Chicago. July 29. ? The pollco
department announced today that
the surgeon who revamped tho
widely-advertised features of
slain John Dillinger was an ex
. convict.
They withheld his name be
cause they understood he was
already in the custody of feder
al agents.
The medic, officers said they
had learned, was paroled from
the state penitentiary at Jollet
two years a go after serving a
sentence for a criminal opera
tion. They said he had been as
sociated with the Touhy gang.
THANKS
We wish to express our most
heartfelt and sincere apprecia
tions to our many friends and
especially our neighbors for their
services rendered, and the kind
<words spoken during the recent
Illness, and death of our dear
| wife and mother. All will be
long and tenderly remembered.
W. P. Leonard and family.
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Cigarettes that can be scratch
?' ed like safety matches and thus
light themselves are being manu
j factured.
WANT BANKHEAD
ACT MORE LIBERAL
Resolutions Drawn Up and Forward
ed To Capital
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Rumored Cupid Victim
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NEWPORT, Ifc X . . . America ? |
richest girl, Miss Doris Duke ;
(above), at 21, is romancing a bit, ;
says rumor. . . . The man is ./ ames
Cromwell, 37, of Philadelphia. An
engagement announcement is pre
dicted soon.
Jim Adcock In
Critical Condition
After Being Attacked by Several
Negroes, While at Work on
Highway Between Colerain and
Edenhouse
Windsor, July 30. ? Jim Ad-1
cock of Louisburg, road builder!
engaged on highway 342 between
colerain and the Edenhouse High
way, is in a serious condition in
the local hospital.
Some Negroes were blocking
the way Friday afternoon and Mr.
Adcock ordered them to move on
and make way for a tractor. The
Negroes jumped on him crushing ,
his skull with a pop bottle. The
Negroes then made a get-away.
Mr. Adcock has not regained
consciousness. Relatives from .
Louisburg who came in response {
to summons are anxious to take
him to Doke Hospital but his ,
serious condition will not permit
his removal.
Board Of Edu
cation To Meet
The Board of Education will t
meet on Thursday afternoon of
next week, for the purpose of fix-.]
lng the truck routes. The fol- i
lowingn notice has been issued by
Supt. E. L. Best:
"On Thursday afternoon, Aug- (
ust 9th, at 2:30, there will be a
meeting of the Board of Educa
tion and the various principals of
the .schools in the offlce of the
Board of Education in Louisburg.
At this meeting the truck routes
for the ensuing school year will '
be determined and laid out. The
Board will be glad for any'lhter- '
ested citizen of the county to be 1
-present and offer any constructive
suggestion as to how the trans
portation system may be lmprov- 1
ed." I1
Marvin Blount Is
Opposed To New
State Constitution
Raleigh, July 29. ? Marvin K.
Blount, of Greenville, forme."
state senator from Pitt county,
expressed opposition in a . state- ,
ment today to the1 proposed new
constitution for North Caroltni. ;
"The short ballot set-up of |
government breaks down all pro- ,
tection to the right of the peo- ,
pie to elect any of their local of
ficers. There are no restrictions (
on the power of taxation, and It'!
would commit to the legislature
complete power to levy taxes for |
any purpose and without limit, i
The people have twice voted down ,
amendments that would have ,
done this," he declared.
Scouts To Camp
Cub Scout Pack No. 20 will
leave Sunday, August 5th, for
Camp Craggy, the official Boy
Scoat Camp, where they will re
maln tor a week. Any boy be
tween the ages of 9 to 12 wish
ing to go, whether a scout or ,
not. Is asked to see Kenneth Da-,
vfci, Assistant Cub-Master.
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Would Restore Some of the
150,000 Bales Sent Out
Of North Carolina
CLAIM LEVY TOO HEAVY
Fnuiklintonians Charge That
They Have Been Cat Far Be
low Normal Average During
Period From 1924 to Year
1832
Raleigh. July 23. ? Franklin
county farmers, business and
professional men, who are mem
bers of the Economic league, have
memorialized Washington t o
make more liberal the operation
of the Bankhead act, a congres
sional measure that brought from
9enator J. W. Bailey, of North
Carolina, the most powerful pro
test of his senatorial career.
The action of the Franklin peo
ple was taken In a meeting held
in Franklinton and today was for
warded to Washington in the hope
that some of the 150,000 bales
taken from North Carolina, as it
is contended in excess of a heavy
voluntary reduction, shall be res
tored. The dignified expression
of the next door neighbbor isn't
surprising. Franklin's trimming
is expressed in 8,594 bales. The
meeting which framed the resolu
tions transmitted to Washington
thinks that Is a tremendous levy
upon Franklin's patriotism and
resources.
Below Average
The Franklintonians make the
point that they are cut far below
the five year average from 1928 to
1932, and the 10 year term from
1924 to 1932, that four years of
these periods saw yields below the
10 year record and two years
were marked by the lowest acre
age yields in the history of the
county. The Franklinton protest
Is interesting primarily as reflect
ing the open hostility of an over
whelmingly Democratic county to
ward a great administration mea
sure. It is recalled that Senator
Bailey feared to contemplate the
outcome of such legislation.
Of course the immediate pur
pose is to get a change in the op
eration of the Bankhead act. The
resolutions declare that there will
be "bitter discouragement, loss of
morale, widespread loss of prop
erty, of landowners who have
been forced to mortgage their
homes and livestock, serious loss
to the business Interests of the
county and great suffering and
hardships among the farm labor
ers:"
Text of Resolutions
Here la the text of the resolu
tions believed to be the first made
by North Carolinians If not the
whole country:
1. Whereas the Congress of
the United States has recently en
acted legislation for the control
Df the sale of the cotton crop
1934-35 in an act known as the
Bankhead act and there has been
allotted to Franklin county 8,594
bales of cotton to be sold from
the growing crop free of taxation
and any increase to be taxed one
half of the market price and
2. Whereas the cotton farm
ers of Franklin county have co
operated with the. agricultural
Adjustment Administration in the
acreage reduction program In
spite of the fact that the five-year
period shows a reduction of over
30 per cent in the acreage from
the 10-year period 1924 to 1933
inclusive and
Over 4,000 Fanners
3. Whereas Franklin county
with a population of 30,000 and
aver 4,000 farmers is almost ex
clusively agricultural; Its sole ex
ports being cotton and tobacco
?nd the well being and prosperity
of the people being depended! up
on these two crops and
4. Whereas the Bankhead act
contemplates aand seeks to obtain ? 0
i reduction of approximately o t
27 per cent or four million bales
from the normal crop of 14,400,
900 for the United States /or
Blther the five-year period H28
to 1932 or the 10-year period
1924 to 1933, both being practi
cally the same; the allottment to
franklin county of only S.694
bales means a reduction of 56
per cent from the period 1924 to
1933, Inclusive, which It Is be
lieved shows the normal crop of
the county and
6. Whereas the five-year per
iod 1928 to 1933, Inclusive, In
cludes two years, 1939 and 193b.
which were crop failures due to
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