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VOLUMN LXV.
LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY. BKTEMIiKK 14, 1034
EIGHT PAGES)
NUMBER 48
W. V. AVENT
GIVES BOND
Takes Over Office of Clerk
of Superior Court of
Franklin County Monday
At a special meeting of the
Hoard of County Commissioner*
held in the Court House Monday
with all members present, Mr.
Willie V. Avent, .Clerk of Superior
Court, elect, of Franklin County,
tendered the .Board' a $10,000
personal bond signed by .J." T.
Avent, T. E. Hinnant, W. H. Tant,
M. T. Taylor, F. C. Poole, E. H.
Williams, F. V.. Avent, J. O. Wil
liams, B. E. Lewis, Lonnle Jones,
B. S. Pace, J. R. Medlin.
After full consideration and dis
cussion by the Board and its At
torney the following motion was
made by J. M. Stalllngs and sec
onded by P. 8. Foster and carried:
"That the bond be conditionally
accepted and approved upon the
condition that the final approval
of said bond be continued for a
period of sixty days, at which
(lute this Board could finally ac
cept and approve or reject and
disapprove said bond, and that the
said W. V. Avent attempt to se
cure a Surety Company Bond."
Following the acceptance of
the bond Mr. Avent was adminis
tered the oath of office and took .
over the duties of Clerk of the
Superior Court of Franklin Coun
ly.
Upon motion S. E. Winston was
empowered to make necessary
purchases for County Home.
This completing the bosiness
the Board adjourned subject to
the call of its chairman.
Makes 100 Per
Cent Collection
Vice-President C. T. Hudson, gf
(he Louisburg Production Credit
Association told the TIMES man
the past week that after complet-|
ing their years business they find
they have collected one hundred
percent of all money's loaned out
by them. Discussing the year's!
business further Mr. Hudson said
they had made 410 loans, total
ing approximately )93,000, to
farmers in Franklin County. The
officers of this Association are J.
O. Wilson, President, C. T. Hud
son. Vice President, N. C. Phil
lips, Secretary-Treasurer. The
Executive Committee which is al
so the Loan Committee, is com
posed of J. O. Wilson, C. T. Hud
son and H. F. Fuller.. It Is un
derstood the annual meetlog of
the' stockholders will be held on\
or about the 23rd of January,
1935.
The abbve record speaks par
ticularly well for the exceptionally
fine judgment of the officers of
this Association and splendid ex
ecutive ability in handling .this
volume of business.
Joins Marines
' (Special to Franklin Times)
Sherrod B. Sledge of Louisburg.
was among the. young men who
successfully passed the entrance
examination for the U. S. Marino
Corps on December 10th at the
district office, Post Office Build
ing. Savannah, Ga.
Mr. Sledge was transferred to
the Marine Base, Paris Island, S . j
C., for preliminary training be
fore being assigned to duty aboard
a battle-ship, cruiser or one of the
ninny shore stations of the Corps. I
Mr. Sledge graduated from the
Kilward Best High . School, class
of 1933. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter E. Sledge, of
Route 4.
The Savannah Marine office wt}l {
have vacancies for high school
graduates during December anil
January. Applications will be
mailed upon request.
In Chatham county, lespedeza
growers report a surplus of seed
for sale this winter.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following la the program
?t th? louisburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Dec. 15th:
SiWrday^-Tom Tyler In "Ter
r"i Of The Plata*. "
Uonday ? Kay Frances and Lea
lie Howard In "British Agent."
Tuesday ? Maurice Chevalier
and Jeanelte McDonald Id "The
Merry Widow."
Wednesday ? Jack Hulbert In
? Jack Abojr."
Thursday-Friday ? Orace Moore
and Lyle Talbot In "One Night of
Love." - I
Last Showing Today ? Norma
Shearer and Fredrtc March In
"Harretts of Wlmp&e 8treet." (
WILLIE V. AVENT
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court was
the initial Court work for Willie
V. Avent, the new Clerk who as
sumed office Monday. The dock
et, while not heavy, contained
several cases which were disposed
of as follows:
The execution of the road sen
tence of 60 days against Jim
Hartsfleld, unlawful possession of
whiskey, was ordered to Issue im
mediately.
O. B. Ball was found guilty of
assault on a female, and was dis
charged upon payment of J10 fine
and costs.
Junius Chavers was found guil
ty of violation of prohibition law.
and was given 60 days on roads.
Arthur Mitchell was found guil
ty of assault, and was discharged
upon payment of $5 fine and
costs. Appeal.
Jack Collins plead guilty to
carrying concealed weapons, fined
$50 and costs.
The following cases were con
tinued: -
L. W. Parrish, operating auto
mobile intoxicated.
Johnnie Leonard, assault with
deadly weapon.
Crops At
County Home
Supt. E. R. Richardson is lo
be congratulated for the splendid
crops he has made at the County
Home this year. The following
is a list of the articles made:
One hundred barrels corn, twen
ty-eight hundred bundles of fod
der, ten tons of hay, two bales
of cotton weighing 1,001 pounds.
350 bushels sweet potatoes, 18
bushels peas. 3 bushels of navy
beans. 3 V4 bushels butter beans.
60 bushels Irish potatoes. % acre
collards, H acre turnips, canned
fifteen hundred cans vegetables
and killed eight hogs weighing
2,540 pounds.
This is quite a splendid show
ing especially when it is consider
ed he has to look after so manv
feeble inmates.
Receives
Fellowship
Mr. B. B. Bray, Jr., of the
Louisburg College faculty, has
received a teaching fellowship in
the University of North Carolina,
according to information given
out at the College this week .
This fellowship carries tuition and
teaching expenses, also an oppor
tunity to pursue studies for M. A.
and Ph.D. degrees.
Mr. Bray for the last year and
a half has been actively serving
at Louisburg College. At preseat
he Is Dean of Men, head of the De
partment of History, Facutly Ad
viser to the Senior Clasg, the
Kappa Epsllon Alpha Fraternity,
and the Student Publication, the
LoCo, also a member of the Ad
visory Board of the .College.
The host of friends made by
this popular young man regret to
see him leave the college, where
he has made such an enviable re
cord; but they all wish him new
successes in new fields.
Mr. Bray, who graduated from
the University of North Carolina
in 1933 with a high scholastic
rating, will begin his new work nt
"hnpel Hill on Jan. 3, 1935. He
s a son of Mrf and Mrs. B. B.
Bray, of Slier City, N. C., Is a
member of the Phi Beta ' Kappa
honorary scholastic fraternity,
ind Is the successful one of over
150 applicants for the fellowship.
THINKS
We wish to express our thanks
<nd appreciation to all who was
io kind and helpful during the
'Uness and death of our husband
and father.
Mrs. O. J. Coppedge and
Children.
Christmas
Welfare Program
There will be a Christmas pro
gram benefit of Christmas Welfare
lund in the Opera HoUBe Sunday
afternoon, December 16th at 3
o'clock.
Invocation will be offered by
the Key. D. P. Harris. R . E . I
Miller, principal of Edward Best
School, will lead the singing >f
Christmas songs. Mrs. R. P. |
Yarborough will tell a Christmas
story, and Dr. O. P. FitzGerald
will speak on "The Spirit of
Christmas.*: Dr. FitzGerald will
pronounce the benediction. A
silver offering will be taken.
Under the direction of Mrs.
James B. King there will be stag
ed a "Mother Goose Christmas
Party." The characters are: Santa
Claus, Robert Smithwick, Jr.;
Mother Goose, Martha Yarbor
ough; Jack and Jill, Joe Barrow
and Talmadge Thomas; Bo-Peep,
Betsy Person; Miss Muffet, Naftcy
Carlyle Griffin; Mistress Maty and
Crrfss Patch, Kitty Joe Beasley
and Glennie Liles; King and
Queen of Hearts. Jimmy Ragland
and Helen Elizabeth Lea; Woman
in the Shoe and Mother Hubbard,
Helen Tucker and Jane Burgess;
Boy Blue and Jack Horner, Billy
Andrews and Jimmy Finch;
Humpty Dumpty and Tommy
Tucker, Martha Holden and Nan
cy Hayes; Simple Simon. Jim
King; Dolls, Jill Allen and Imo
gene Phillips; Books, Martha Ray
Matthews and Anna Englar; Top
and Candy, Winkie Stokes and
Jackie Harkins; Chorus, Betty
Johnson, Grace Johnson, Eliza
beth Egerton, Betsy Spivey, Jen
nie C. Alston, Viola Alston, Jane
Murphy, Martha Gray King, Sara
and Mae Davis, Irma Griffin, Dor
othy" Pefsoti, Frances Edens. An
nabel Stancil, Peggy Ford, Elaine
Miller, John Holden, Glenn Beas
ley, Louis Greenburg, Collin Mc
Kinne. George Oliver, Karl Allen,
Darrell Perry, Percy Ingram, Al
fred Hicks. The Mills High
School Glee Club, under the di
rection of Mrs. O. Y. Yarboro, will
furnish the music?.
T u-b erculosis
Christmas Seals
The State. Tuberculosis Associa
tion conducts the Annual State
wide Seal Sale in our State from
Thanksgiving to Christmas.
It cooperates with the National
Tuberculosis Association in all Its
work. /
It established Health Educa
tion, Pt^b^ic Health Nursing. Nu
trition work among children In
our State, and helps secure legis
lation for tuberculosis projects.
County Sanatoriums and preven
toriums.
The little Christmas Seals have
finahced the National. State and
local tuberculosis Associations for
twenty-seven years.
Seventy-live per cent of all re
ceipts remain in the local commu
nity for local tuberculosis work
and underprivileged children.
All Beal-sftle-supplics are paid
for by the State Tuberculosis As
sociation and furnished the local
Seal-Sale organizations without
cost to them, so each county has
a wonderful opportunity to bene
fit its needy through this organi
zation. Let's put- Franklin over!
M. S. Arney of Burke county
threshed 11,200 pounds of Korean
lespedeza seed from 34 acres or
an average of about 330 pounds
to the acre.
. Regular Jail Visitors ?
FLEMING TON, N. J. . . ."Mm.
Bruno R. Ilaaptmann and her youngj
son (abort) ittll remain thia town 'J
moat intereetlng character* M theyi
make their weekly trip to the county)
I jail to Tiait the father who if held
{ for trial In the Lindbergh caae
I which atarta earl/ in January.
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Princess Comes Home
NEW YOBK' . . . Prince** Aiexii
Mdivani, former Barbara Button 01
the American Woolworth millions, i|
home for a visit. She deniet that
there has been a rift between th^
Prince and herself.
College over Radio j
The following program will be
given by Louisburg College over
WPTF Friday (tonight) from
9:30 to 10 o'clock:
Alma Mater ? 1% min.
Deck The Halls (old Welsh ca
rol) ? 1% min.
God Rest You. Merry Genltemen
(traditional carol) 2 min.
Louisburg College Glee Club
Oh Night of Holy Memories ?
5% min. by Louisburg College
Male Quartette. Harold Balangia,
1st tenor, Norman Vick, lead,
Lloyd Early, baritone. A1 Hodges,
Jr., bass, and Miss Ruth Henkins.
Shepherds Shake Off Your
Drowsy Sleep ( Besancon carol )
2 min. The New Moon at Christ
mas, Marsh ? 2V4 min. by Louis
burg College Girls Chorus.
Jesu Barabiho, Yon, ? 4 min. by
Miss Amelia Bruns, Teacher) of
Voice.
Cantique De Noel, Adam ? 2 V4
min. ? - .
The Holly and The Ivy, Bough
ton. ? 1V4 niin.
Alma Mater.
Accompanist. Miss Drura W il
ker. Teacher of Piano.
Health Nurse
Takes New Post
Miss Edna Oliver has tendered
her resignation as Franklin Coun
ty nurse In order to accept a po
sition as nurse with the Vance
County health department. --
Miss Oliver, whose home is in]
Pollocksvllle. became affiliated |
with the locnV health department j
in 1930 When it first was organ
ized as a full-time health unit. |
Gunter Favors
Bankhead Bill
Raleigh. Dec. 11.? A resolution
favoring continuation of the
Bankhead Act during 19S4 with
"certain needed changes" F*?,
adopted her? by the board of Mi
rectors of the North Carolina Cot
ton Grower* Cooperative Assocla^
Hon at the December meeting.
The resolution "pointed out that
the art should be more flexible to
meet individual cases and that es
pecially It should he more lenient
on the small producer*, the one
and two bale farmers.
"No one will deny, however,
that the adjustment program of
the Bankhead Act has helped to
give farmers a better price for
their cotton this year." said L.
Bruce Gunter, Fuquay Springs,
who attended the December meet
ing of the board of directors.
'"And after discussion of the
question from all angles." he ad
ded " our board came to the
conclusion that farmers would be
benefitted by continuing the act
for at least another year with cer
tain needed changes which AAA
officials now have under advlM
ment." ? ..
At tire1 board meeting, M. U.
Mann, general manager of the
-ottop association, reported that
the cooperative has advanced to
member* nearly $4,000,000 for
cotton so far this year and that
deliveries are still coming In nice
I. This Is an Increase of nearly
a" million and a half dollars over
the same time last year.
Cherokee cattlemen have pur
chased four pure bred bulls and
three heifers In starting to re
build their beef her^s.
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SHOP AND MAIL EARLY I
S. G. Boddie Dies
In Vets Hospital
Body Brought Here Thurs -
day From Columbia, S. C.,
For Burial
S. G. Boddie, 47, died at 6:30
on Thursday morning in the Vet
erans Hospital, Columbia, S. C?
where he has been for several
weeks taking treatment and for an
operation. Cremic poison was the
cause of death.
The body was brought here
Thursday afternoon preparatory
for the funeral to be held Friday.
Mr. Boddie, who was engaged
in the trucking business, was a
son of the late William Willis
Boddie and Mrs. Georgia Perry
Boddie of Franklin County. He
was a first lieutenant in the Am
erican Forces during the World
War and saw service in Europe.
He also did military duty on the
Mexican border.
Surviving are his widom, Mrs.
Lucy Smith Boddie, two sons, W.
W. Boddie and Richard Boddie of
this city, two sisters, Mrs. David
Spivey and Mrs. Joe. Mann of
Louisburg. three brothers, Wil
liam W. Boddie of Kingstree, S.
C., Majpr Sam Boddie of Louis
burg and Tom Boddie of. Geopeia.
He was a member of the Metho
dist Church and a member of the
Masonic order.
The death of Mr. Boddie cast a
pall of gloom over this" entire sec
tion, his trucking interests having
made him widely known in this
section of the state. He was ac
tive in the formation of a trucking
code authority in this region.
Funeral services for Lt. S. G.'
Boddie who 'died Thursday morn
ing in the Veterans Hospital at
Columbia, S. C., were held Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Meth
odist church, of which he was a y
member, with Rev. T. ,G. Vickers,
pastor of the church, in charge,
assisted by Rev. F. M. Shamburg
er and Rev. J. W. Lacy. Burial
was made in Elmwood cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Harry
Williams, Robert Shotwell, Luther
Tavis, Ellis Cannady, -R; B. Loyd,
Henry Robards. Dr. William Tay
lor, Dr. Rives W. Taylor. Hon
orary pallbearers were members
of the Ernest F. Hart post of the
American Legion, of which Mr.
Boddie was a member.
Floral bearers were Mesdames
Kilgo Hunt. Lindsay Hunt, Elvin
Parham, J. B. Powell, Frank
Lypn, W. J. Long. W. D. Bryan,
Kerr Taylor and James Bradsher.
? Oxford Ledger.
An Invitation
And Appeal
I hope the good people of
Franklin County appreciate what
I have tried to do this year to th.i
extent that they will visit their
County Home. I feel the need of
cooperation. I will be glad at any
time to take you over and show
you and explain the situation as
best I can. We have . thirty-oni
inmates now and Christmas is al- ,
most here They are looking for
ward for Santa, but there will b?
no Santa for them unless our peo
ple donate something So I'm
asking the Franklin County peo
ple tp open their hearts and make
these people happy, by bringing
them a little fruit .or money. Do
what you can for the old folks. , 1
E. R. RICHARDSON. Supt.
C ARD OK THANKS
We wish to thank our many j
friends who so generously render- ,
ed help and sympathy at the ,
death of our husband and father. ,
They will each be long remember
ed by his family.
Mrs. Joe Strother and t
Family.
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Now Enemy No. 1
in ??**"? v-i'Xr^ 1 I
WASHINGTON . - . Mn. Helen I f
Oillia ( above) ,. wlf? of the lat? i
"Baby-raeo" Nelton, U now elaased
''PubUo Enemy," No. 1 because
?he li# thought to h*re been with (
"BabjrFaeo" and another man in a
the battle wherela Nelaon and two t
federal amenta w?r? killed. \ |c
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Child Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON . . . Miss
JCatherino Lenroot (above), of Wis
consin, daughter of the late' 0. 8.
Scnatoi* Lenroot (Rep. Wis.) has
been advanced by President Roose
velt. to the post of Chief of the
Children's Bureau of the Department
of Labor.
F. H. Daniel
Suicides Here
Frann Hyman Daniel, 44, as
sistant supervisor of the Farm
Credit Administration in Wash
ington, took his own life in his
sister's apartment here late Fri
day afternoon by shooting iiimself
through the head a short time af
ter he had arrived here' for a few \
days of rest. He had intended to
visit his brothers in Warren coun
ty, where he was born.
The body was taken by motor
hearse today to Dillon, S. C .
where funeral and burial services
will be held Sunday at 11 a. m.
at the home of Mrs. L. A. Man
ning, in charge of Rev. Mr. MuHi-j
gan. of Columbia, S. C. Inter
ment will be In Riverside ceme
tery at Dillon by the side of an
infant son who is buried there.
Mr. Daniel was widely known
in farm "credit circlesfln the South.
For a number of years he was
president of the Federal Land
Bank in Columbia, S. C . until he'
went to Washington the past sum
mer with the Farm Credit Admin
istration. Earlier in life he was
connected with a bank at Dillon.
S: C.. going from there to the
South Carolina State Banking De
partment. Later he associated
himself with the Federal Farm
Credit Administration and became
president of the Columbia land
hank, which connections he had
for 16 years. ? Henderson Cold
Leaf.
New Agency
Messrs Connor E. Jeffreys and
Joseph J. Hart, are announcing
the opening of a Hew life insur
ance agency in Franklin County.
See their advertisement in anoth
er column. These gentlemen are
well informed on insurance mat-'
ters and will no doubt enjoy a
eood business.
Fire Does
Small Damage
The fire Tuesday morning was
it the residence of Mrs. K. K.
Allen qn North Main Street and
*as soon extinguished with very
miall damage. It Probably start
ed from thawing water pipes, ac
:ording to,. information secured by
:he fire Department, which an
swered the call promptly: The
lactase was fully covered by in?*
mrance. % /
Address Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary
will be entertained at the Wel
come Inn on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at[
( : 30 by Mrs. R. A. Pearce and
?Irs. C. R. Sykes. The childreh
if the Auxiliary also are invited.
Senator E. F. Griffin will address
he meeting on the subject of
Ratification of the Child Labor
,aw amendment.
Medical Society
The Franklin County Medical
lociety met in annual session
ruesday afternoon at the office of
)r. Harry Johnson.
Officers for the ensuing year
rere elected as follows: Dr. S. P.
lurt. president; Dr. R. F. Yar
iorough, vice-pcesideut ; Dr. J. E.
'ulghum. secretary-treasurer; Dr.i
I. O. Perry, delegate to the State
"onventl?n, and Dri Harry H. 1
ohnson, alternate.
?- J
Indications are that eastern
'aroltna cotton growers will vote
ilmost unanimously for a con-1
inuance of the Bankhend cotton;
oritral Act.
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"ONE NIGHT
OF LOVE"
SCINTILLATING MUSI
CAL ROMANCE
At Louisburg Theatre Next
Thnrsday and Friday, De
cember 20-21
Heralded by a fanfare of na
tionwide praise and acclamation,
the sensationally successful Bb
lumbia production, "One Night of
Love," which serves as a starring
vehicle for the alluringly glamor
ous Grace Moore, stage screen and
radio favorite, will open locally
for the first time at the Loulsburg
Theatre next Thursday for a twt?
day run.
The film play, based on a story
by Charles Beahan and Dorothy
Speare, and adapted to the screen
by S. K. Lauren, James Gow and
Edmund North, presents an en
trancingly novel blend of romance,
comedy, music, drama and exotic
settings. It concerns itself with
the operatic aspirations of an am
bitious, carefree young midwest
ern girl who travels to Italy to
stndy voice culture with the prize
money won in a local radio voice
contest. There she meets a gay
young Afherican blade with a for
tune in the bank and romance in
his heart and also a charming,
debonair music teacher, portrayed
by Tullio Carminati.
Recording Aids Star
"One Night of Love" Is Miss
Moore's first screen venture since
her hapless debut in pictures sev
eral years ago. The technical In
sufficiency of the talking medium
at that time could hardly do jus
tice to Grace Moore's magnificent
soprano voice. With the new de
velopment of the "hill and dale"
method of recording used in "One
Night of Love," the full tone and
vcddme of her voice are faithfully
reproduced.
LETTERS ARE RIFLED
BY POSTOFFICE THIEF
A large number of letters mail
ed ifi the local postofflce were ri
fled sometime during Saturday
night, it was discovered Sunday.
It was surmised that a long hook
was used by the pilferers to fish
the missiles from the, box. *
The discovery or the robbery
was made when John S. Howell
went to the postofflce Sunday af
ternoon about <_o'cloock and dis
covered scraps of some of his cot
ton drafts scattered over the floor.
Fragments of a number of checks
and personal letters aslo were
found.
Bank authorities were notified
of the disappearance of the checks
and word of the robbery was sent
to the postofflce inspector.
Falls From Pole
Mr. L. H. Turner fell from a
telephone Tlole while at work ono
day last week receiving serious
injuries. The pole broke witn
him while he was repairing wires.
Drowned
The body of Fred G upton, a 14
year old colored boy, who had
been missing for three and one
half weeks, was found on Thurs
day afternoon of last week float
ing on Parrish pond by Linwood
She^irin and Kenney Wood. Cor
oner K. A. Bobbitt was called and
made an Investigation and found
that the death was caused from
cidental drowning.
Cotton Report
The tabulation of the card re
ports shows that there were
11.491 bales of cotton, counting
round as' half bales, ginned in
Franklin County, from the crop of
1934 prior to December 1, 1934,
as compared with 14,001 bales
giniled to December 1, 1933.
Big Hogs
Reports of hog killings In
Franklin County the past weak
have been sent the TIMES as fol
lows:
E. K. Richardson, Superintend
ent Franklin County Home, eight
weighing 295. 320. 2?4, 340, 320,
317, 368. 316.
Sara Privett. Harris township,
four weighing 647. 516. 440. 314.
Eugene Ellington. Harris town
ship. two weighing 3S0, 363.
Richard Ellington. Harris town
ship. two weighing 383. 300.
C. W. Champion, of Cedar Rock
township, two weighing 390, 410.
J. W. Perry, of North Mala
Street, killed three weighing 303,
2)0 and 378. 4
SHOP AJTD MAIL KARJLY I