LOUISBURG TOBACCO MARKET OPENS TUESDAY, SEPT; 11
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VOLUMN LXV.
LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, lWt
(TEN PAGES)
NUMBER
'READY FOR
OPENING
Loulaburg'a three popular to
bacco warehouses are all set and
la "ship shape" for the Ms open
teg of the 1084 season next Tues
day. A (nil corps of buyers has
been assured the warehousemen
to be on hand the opening day,
and quite a nice lot of tobacco
for the sale has also been assared.
I/oulsburg is looking forward to a
great beginning of a new season
and extends a most cordial wel
come to all to be with us on
Tuesday, September 11th, 1084,
see the sales through and enjoy
the day with regular fellows.
Escaped Convict
Shot To Death
c
Vernon Whitaker Killed Follow- (
Ing Fight ? Slayer Exon
erated by Jury
Henderson, Sept. 3. ? Vernon
Whitaker, 32-year-old escaped
convict, was shot to death in
Vance county early yesterday
morning, State prison official*
were notified yesterday. Whita
ker escaped October 17, 1933,
from the Halifax' county prison
camp.
D. E. Kearney, 23, Vance coun
ty resident who killed Whitaker,
was exonerated by a coroner's
Jury yesterday afternoon. Sheriff
J. E. Hamlet of Vance said. Kear
?ney pleaded self-defense.
The killing was the aftermath
of trouble Kearney and Whitaker
had Saturday night, Sheriff Ham
let said. Kearney said Whitaker
tried to make him accompany him
Saturday night on "a trip to kill
somebody." Kearney said he re
fused and that Whitaker beat him
severely with his fists.
Early Sunday morning, Whita
ker came to the home of M. J.
Vaughan where Kearney was
staying and the fight started all
over again. Kearney got a shot
gun, killed Whitaker.
Vaughan and Kearney were be
ing held in Henderson yesterday
afternoon on charges of having
harbored an escaped convict.
The killing occurred in the
Egypt section of Klttrell town
ship, about 15 miles south of
Henderson. \ 8
Sheriff Hamlett said he did not
know yntil yesterday that Whlta-M
ker was in Vance county. Infor- l(
mation received since the killing, i
he said, was that Whitaker and i
others of that section had been ?
engaged In the liquor business on
a large scale. Whitaker, the
sheriff said he had been inform
ed. had secured powerful auto
mobiles and machine guns for use
In the business.
Kearney came to Henderson
Immediately after the shooting
and surrendered, Sheriff Hamlet t
said. He said Kearney ihowed ?
signs' of having been severely <
beaten.
Sheriff Hamlet notified Coroner I
F. B. Hlght who Impanelled a t
Jury. '
Prison officials said Whitaker (
was serving tour to five years for
?tore-breaking and larceny from
Franklin county. His home is In t
franklin. |t
There had been no further fa
port yesterday at U?? prison or ,
at the State Hospital of the four (
crlmally Insane men still at large ,
following an escape from Dlx ,
Hill early last Wednesday morn
ing. Seven men escaped and ,
three have been captured. ,
Program At The J
Louisburg Theatre.
The following M the program ]
at the Uoulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Sept. 8th: :
Saturday ? Bob Steele In "Tha
Fighting Champ." Alio 6th chap- .
ter '.Mystery Squadron."
Monday ? Aline MacMahon and
Ann Drorak In "8lde Street*."
Tuesday? 8peclal attraction ? 1
Joe E. Brown In "Clrcua Clown."
There will be two matlneea with
the first Show atartlng at t P. M.
Wednesday ? W. C. Fields. Rudy
Vallee, Burns and Allen, and Cab
Calloway In "International
House."
Thursday and Friday ? Shirley
Temple and Jamea Dunn In
"Baby, Take A Bow."
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Textile Strike Is
Becoming Serious
Disorder Breaks Out At
Several Places Necessitat
ing Troops To Be Called
Out By Governor Ehring
haus i
Fire companies of National
Guardsmen were under arms ear
ly yesterday morning and con
centrated at Marion and Concord
tor textile atrlke duty.
Acting under authority of Gov
srnor Ehrlnghaus, Adjutant Gen
aral J. Van B. Metts ordered the
Ashevllle, Waynesville and North
Wilkes boro companies to Marlon,
ind Charlotte and Statesville com
panies to Concord.
The troops sent to Concord will
report to Sheriff R. C. Hoover of j
Cabarrus County and be stationed i
for duty at Conoord and Kanna
polls where the glantantlc Can
ion Towel mills are located.
More Than 800 On Duty
Bach of the companies num
>ers 60 to S00 guardsmen In ser
rlce early yesterday. At 2 o'clock
yesterday morning General Metts
taid he doubted if further troop
isaignments would be made dur
ng the night.
"The units will proceed to their
iestlnatlon by the quickest meth-,
>d possible," General Metts said.
Concord Situation Tense
Sheriff Hoover said early this
nornlng that he had requested
roops after 4,000 to 9,000 work
;rs at the gigantic Cannon mills
lad asserted they "would fight
t out" before they would leave
heir jobs if invading strikers
ihowed up there.
The sheriff said he had receiv
ed "definite Information" that
'flying squadrons" planned to
rlslt Concord and Kannapolls to
lay to try and otose the mills.
"Because of tlte attitude of the
workers who demand that they
>e allowed to work I fear real
rouble if propgr precautions ar.
lot taken," the sheriff said. "I
>lan to send one company of
:roops to Kannapolls and one to
Concord."
Fear Trouble at Marion
The concentration at Marlon
vas regarded as significant. There
vere reports that "Flying Squad
?ons" numbering upward of 2,000
nen would attempt to close the
nllls there yesterday morning.
Marlon in 1929 was the scene
>f bloody riots during the pro
onged strikes of that year, at
vhlch troops were called into ac
lon.
The three companies at Marlon
rill be under the command of
iajor Eugene P. Costen.
Troops Ordered Out
The troops ordered to Marlon
ire:
Company H, 120th Infantry, at
Vaynesville, U under Captain
Jeo. Fred Plott.
Company K, 109th Cavalry, at
Ishevllle, Is commanded by Cap
aln William Clyde Lyda.
Company A, 105th Engineers,
it North Wllkesboro, is under
Captain Ralph Randolph Raines.
Each company consists of GO
0 65 men with three or more
>fficers In each.
It was the first time during
lis more than 20 months in office
hat Governor Ehringhaus had
luthoriied the use of troops to
luell Industrial disorders.
"The power of the State has
teen challenged, " he declared in
1 formal statement delegating
nilltary authority to the Adjutant
Jeneral.
28 Places Ask f<W~Troop?
Requests for military aid had
>een received from 23 places up
:o midnight.
It was indicated that troops
night be dispatched to about a
loseii places, but no mobilisation
jrders had been issued at mid
night.
The requests for aid, with the
names of requesting officers In
tome Instances, came from the
Following places: Davie county, by
Sheriff C. C. Smoot; Marlon, by
:extlle workers; Marlon, by Mayor i
H. H. Tate, Sheriff 0. P. Adklns
tnd J. P. Snipes, chairman of the
:ounty commissioners; Thomas
rllle, by P. 8. Smith, police chief.
Burke county, by Sheriff O. V.
Bodenhelmer, Hickory; Kings
Mountain; Lincolnton; Splndale;
Oaetonla; Belmont; Fayettevllle;
Winston-Salem; Oranlte Palls;
Newton; Maiden; Lumberton:
Morganton, by Sheriff P. W. Rose
and Police Chief Pons Duckworth;
St. Paul, Town of Davidson; High
Point; Greensboro; Lexington
and Valdese.
Will Not V?<* Patrol
,The Governor Indicated yester
day that the State Highway Pa
trol would not be called on strike
duty, and Leland 8. Harris, direc
tor of the State Motor Vehicle Bu
reau, said that all State patrol
F.R.A. INVITES
You and your friends to be present at the opening of your tobacco
market next Tuesday. F. R. A. also invites you and your friends to
bring your tobacco to Louisburg to be sold, where what profit there is
in the selling of it can be retained in Franklin County and indirectly
b<9 returned to you. F. R. A. also invites you and your friends to sell
your cotton and other produce on the markets in Franklin County.
The dollars brought and left into Franklin County in this way helps
to build up Franklin County, which returns to you in more employ
ment, more demand, better prices and lower taxes.
If we pull together all will Win
If we pull apart all will Lose
Lets follow F. R. A. to a Better Franklin County
MRS. THOMAS IS
GIVEN ALIMONY
DIVORCE ISSUES TO BE
HEARD IN WAKE
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, Pre
siding Over Franklin Su
perior Court, Civil Term
The regular August term of
Franklin Superior Court conven
ed in Loulsburg Monday, after
the drat week had been annulled,
with Hia Honor J. Paul Frizzelle,
of Snow Hill, presiding. This be
ing a Civil term of Court and
right at the last of summer when
farmers are very busy with crops,
no sessions of great local Import
ance has been held.
Without passing upon the issue
of adultery or others involved in
the suits, Judge J. Paul FrizielU
Wednesday afternoon ruled that
Mrs. W. O. Thomas, of Varlna, is
entitled to alimony of $35 per
month from her husband, a drug
gist, pending trial of his divorce
suit and her cross-action.
Judgo Frizzelle ordered that as
a matter of law, Mrs. Thomas is
due temporary alimony on the
basis of her allegations in a cross
complaint that her husband drove
her from home with false accu
sations of adultery.
All Issues in the two actions
must be decided by a jury, said
Judge Frizzelle, and he declined
to rule on any of them.
Judge Frizzelle said he would
recommend that the two suits be
set for trial at the October term
of Wake Superior Court. They arc
both now pending on the Wake
court calendar, Thomas' suit hav
ing been transferred from this
county to Wake on motion of
Mrs. Thomas.
A number of affidavits were
presented by both the defense
and plaintiff. Mrs. Thomas' moth- 1
er, to whom she is alleged to
have confessed adultery with Dr.
A. R. Tucker, of Raleigh, was ex
amined on the witness stand and
declared she could not remembor
what her daughter had told her
concerning the accusations.
T. W. Ruffln and W. B. Oliver
are representing Thomas. W. H.
Lyon is appearing for Mrs. Thom
as.
No great Interest has been
shown by the public In the ses
sions of the Court as no cases of
special local Interest has been
called for trial.
Judge Frizzelle has impressed
our people as a most patient, ca
ple and painstaking Jurist, fair
and impartial in his rulings.
.
men were on regular duty gqater
day. Their only concern irltli'
the atrlke, he said, waa their reg
ular duty of maintaining order In
highway trafflc.
Reply To Lawrence
The Governor's reply to Mr.
Lawrence's telegram of last night
regarding the situation at the
Cllffslde mills, follows:
"Your wire regarding report at
Cllffslde Just received. Local au
thorities report present quiet is
the quiet of surrender to force of
flying squadron previously demon
strated. Manifestly your advice
against ?violance and disorder is
being constantly disregarded. My
statements cover general situa
tion. Regret have been forced to
call on military to aid In protec
tion of the right of laborers to
work In peace when they so de
sire."
Increased yields of about 10
buahels of wheat an acre are re
ported by Caldwell farmers who
top-dreesed their grain with ni
trate of soda this spring.
Greeting President at Hyde Park Home
HYDE PARK, N. Y. . . . President Bowvelt !iu deserted the Potomae
for the Hudson River '? scenic teautr, to sojourn for 30 dan at his home
here. Photo shows the President being greeted bj a group of children
upon his arrival home. . . . Executive officer of the "Summer White
Honse" have been established at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., a short ride from
Hjrde Park.
Franklin County
Fair, Oct. Znd-6th
To Be Held In Loulsburg ? Cetlln
And Wilson Shows (or the Mid
way
Preparation Is being made (or
the Franklin County Fair and it
is expected that we will have the
best Fair held here in many years.
The date is earlier than that (or
the past three years and a record
crowd is expected.
The Secretary has secured Cet
lln and Wilson Shosa .tor the
Midway and a general good time
Is expected. The Fair is the
time when all Franklin and ad
joining counties turn out; and
as this will be the flrst Fair held
In this section ot the State, a
record crowd is expected.
The Premium List will be out
In a short time and a large num
ber o( exhibits hare been prom
ised.
List of Jurors
The Board o( Codnty Com-,
mlsa toners drew the (ollowing
jurors (or Franklin Superior
Court (or th|>1 October term :
Dunns? J. E. Altord, Z. V.
Johnson, D. F. Arnold, Sud Ray,
Odell White, B. M. C. Mullen,
W. N. Mullen, L. D. Perry, B. S.
Altord.
Harris ? J W. Cord, J. A. Cash.
Youngsrille ? W. O. Roberta,
fe. E. Mitchell.
Frankllnton ? W. H. Frailer, L.
W. Mltchlner.
HayeSTllle? J. B. Hunt, O. E.
Hayes, N. A. Pernell, D. T. Dick
ie.
Sandy Creek ? M. C. Oupton,
L. T. Inscoe, J. F. Harris, D. O.
Murphy, M. E. Bledsoe, O. B.
W?8t
Ooid Mine? Cecil Burnett. R.
D. Griffin. Ernest Wood, Dalphlne
Oupton. W. R. Joyner, D. C. Oup
ton. J. B. Parrlsh. i
Cedar Rock ? T. L. Davis, H. C.
Swanson, O. C. Brown, J. 0.
Champion.
Cypress Creek? J. E. Perry.
Loulsburg ? K. V. Llles, J. R.
Allen. C. T. Hudson. 8. E. Wil
son, Oeorge E. Allen.
Louisburg College
Opens Wednesday
Louisburg College will open
next Wednesday. September 12th.
Day students are requested to
register on the morning of that
day. beginning at 9 o'clock. It
is desirable that all day students
register before boarding students
arrive.
The first general meeting of In
terest to the citizens of Louis
burg will be held in the Metho
dist Church at 16 o'clock, Thurs
day morning. September 13th.
The citizens will then have an op
portunity to meet the teachers
and students of the College.
'Miss Drusa Wilker whose pi
ano recital at the College last
May enlisted wide spread praise
and admiration will teach piano
for the coming year. Miss Wil
ker la prepared to teach class
piano to beginners as well as
teach more advanced pupils both
In the College and town of Louis
burg. She will make special ar
rangements for* work in class:
piano which has become ? very
popular form of instruction fori
children. n
ST- PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
r
Services will be resumed at St.
Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday.
September 9. the Fifteenth Sun
day after Trinity, at eight o'clock
in the evening.
Sunday School and Bible Class
10:00 a. m.
Klttrell, N. C., 11:00.
Y. P. S. L., 7:00 p. m.
Evening Prayer and Sermon,
"The Lure of the Impossible",
S:00 p. m. Visitors cordially In
vited to all services.
Kiw&nis To Meet
The Time* is requested to state I
that the Loulaburg Klwanls Club ;
will meet Friday night, Sept. 7th
(tonight) at Franklin Hotel for
Its usual weekly luncheon at 7:00
o'clock. All members are urged
to be praMBt.
PHONE 188
FOR FIRST CLAB8 PRINTING
TO BUYJTRUCK
Town Commissioners Hold
Regular Meeting Tuesday
Night; Hatters Mostly
Routine
The Board of Town Commis
sioners met in regular monthly
?easlon on Tuesday night, Sept.
4th, 1934.
Upon roll call all members were
present except Dr. H. H. John
son and W. E. White, with Mayor
Webb presiding.
The minutes ot the previous
meetings were read and approv
ed.
The monthly reports of the
Town Clerk, Tax Collector, and
Chief of Police, were read and
approved.
Bids on used trucks and new
trucks were offered by the Allen
Chevrolet Company, and terms of
purchase were also offered.
Bids on new Ford trucks were
offered by the Hodges-Green Mo
tor Co., together with terms of
payment.
After thorough consideration
of the bids offered by the Allen
Chevrolet Co., and the Hodges
Oreen Motor Co., the Board in
structed Mr. W. J. Cooper to in
spect the second handed truck
offered by the Allen Chevrolet
Company. If the truck meets
with the approval of Mr. Cooper,
the Board decided to purchase it.
If It does not meet with Mr. Coo
pers's approval, the Board de
cided to defer the purchase of a
new truck, until a future called
meeting.
The Board instructed the May
or to write a letter of commen
dation to the Chairman of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commissioner, in behalf of the
Franklin County State Prison
Camp.
Mrs. R. H. Strickland petition
ed the Board for a rebate of
$1.00 on her Light Account, on
account of damage to meat stored
in her Frigidaire, when the ser
vice was off. The discontinuance
of service for several hours was
caused by a tree falling on the
line serving the residence of Mr*.
Strickland. In view of this fact,
which was no fault of the Town's
the Board voted not to atlow any
discount on the Light Account as
requested by Mrs. Strickland.
The matter of employing an
extra policeman to serving during
the busy fall months, was left
up to the Mayor for a decision.
The Board passed a number of
accounts and the meeting ad
journed.
Joe E. Brown Will
Come to Town In
'The Circus Clown'
With all its color. Its action, its
blare and heraldry, the circus ?
both as seen in the ring and as!
lived behind the tent drops ? will
be shown on the screen of the
Loulsburg Theatre, where Joe E.
Brown will appear in the First
National picture "The Circus
Clown," on Tuesday, Sept. 11th.
One of the greatest, comedians
in the history of filmdom, who
has actually lived the life he de
picts, for Joe E. Brown was a
circus acrobat as a boy. Brown
has been given a vehicle that al-'
lows his marked talents full
sway, and supported by an ex
ceptionally capable company, in
cluding tje entire cast of the Al
Q. Barnes circus, he brings to his
audience a screamingly funny
comedy that Is replete with love
Interest, thrills and action, andi
which at times has touches of'
pathos that stop the laughter with
a hint of tears.
Patricia Kins- plays tne leading)
feminine role opposite Joe and is
ihe aerlaltst with whom he finally
falls in lore, although when he
first joins the circus he is madly
infatuated with a bareback rider
who Is a female impersonator.
This love affair makes him the
butt of no end of Jokes until he
Anally discovers that his enamor
ata is a man.
The romances are badly tang
led. for the bareback rider, a part
played by Donald Dllloway, Is In
lore with Dorothy Burgess. In the
role of a Hon tamer. To cover
up his own treachery he leads the
husband, Harry Woods, the knif9
thrower, to believe that Joe is his
wife's lover, which makes it hot
for the star. Joe's own misfor
tunes make for the hilarity of
the comedy.
Others in the cast include Oos>
don Westcott, Ronnie Cosby, John
Sheehan. Spencer Carters, Tom
Dugan. Earl Hodglns and Bobby
Caldwell, in addition to the host
of circus performers.
The story aad screen play were
wTtttea by Bert Kaljiar and Har
ry Ruby while sparkling dialogue
was Injected by Paul Gerard
Smith. Ray Enrlght directed.
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TAX RATE
MOST CASES SHOWS RE
DUCTION OVER LAST
YEAR
Make Appropriation For
Health Department; Ap
Gints Deputy Tax Col
ston; Makes Tax Ad
justments; Receives Re
ports
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in regular session on
Monday with all Commissioners
present. Business was disposed
of as follows after the formalities
of opening was completed:
Reports of Miss Priest, Home
Agent, and Mrs. J. F. Mitcbiner,
Superintendent of Welfare, were
read and approved.
J. F. Tant was placed on out
aide pauper list at $4.00 per
month.
Walter Denton waif placed on ,
outside pauper list at $4.00 per
month.
It was ordered that one-half
the hospital bill of Lee Terrell be
paid, not to exceed $3.00 per
month.
Mrs. Clara S. Cheek was placed
on Mother's Aid at $9 per quar
ter.
Report of E. R. Richardson,
Superintendent of County Home,
was read and approved.
S. O. Wilder was appointed
Deputy Tax Collector for Youngs
ville and Franklinton Townnships.
J. R. Parrish was appointed
Deputy Tax Collector for Sandy
Creek and Hayesville Townships.
The Board with the Sheriff
drew the Jury for the October
term of Franklin Superior Court.
Report of E. J. Morgan, Coun
ty Agent, was received and ap
proved.
T. H. Dickens estate was al
lowed a reduction of $8,000 in
valuation in 1929, error in list
ing.
The Board made the following
appropriation of $2,371.00 for
the Health Department, to which
is set out its uses.
The tax rate for Franklin Coun
ty for the year 1934 was set as
follows:
General Purpose 15
Poor 05
Courts 05
Debt Service 45
Health 02 72
School (
Debt Service 40
Current Expense 03
Capital Outlay 01 44
Total - 1.18
Road Debt Service
Dunns 23
Harris ' 7 5
Youngsville 20
Franklinton 14
Hayesville 65
Sandy Creek 49
Gold Mine 83
Cedar Rock 20
Cypress Creek 71
Louisburg 25
Franklinton Chartared School 06
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned.
Henderson
Market Opens
The attention ot our readers Is
called to the announcement In
this issue of the opening date for
the Henderson tobacco warehous
es. The people connected with
this matket are well known to
Franklin people and rank with
the best tobacco men In the State.
Franklinton
School Opening
Supt. O. B. Harris announce*
the opening of the Franklinton
School on September 14, with the
following faculty member*: V. R.
Brantley. O. L. Winchester. Miss
es Sara Fussell, Frances Winston.
Frances Smith, Augusta Walker,
Pearl Flshel, Annie Wester, Mary
Elliott, Annie Belle Smith, Mrs.
Mabel W. McOhee, Miss Lewie
V. Chandler, Mrs. W. A. Shearon,
Misses Nelle Joyner, Belle Mltch
lner, Claire Kearney. Edna Dar
enport, Annie Tucker Moore. Mrs.
J. O. Oreen, Miss Helen Stone
ham.
The superintendent's offlce will
be ofon all of the week beginning
September 10, (or the purpose of
conferences with parent? and pu
pils concerning school matter*.
High school pupils are requested
to arrange their course* before
the beginning of school.
Many Rowan farmer* will Mil
their surplus small grata through
poultry as Indicated bjr the In
creased number of pulleta betas
prepared for winter layers.