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YOUR LOCAL PAPER for Patronage In Hnbociiption* and Advert in (n# BOOST YOUR HOME PAPER VOLUMN LXV. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per Yew LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2STH, 19J5 (TEN PAGES) NUMBER 40 RECOMMENDS REMODELING COURT HOUSE FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNS FRIDAY One Week of Activity Pro duced Many Heavy Sen tences; Grand Jury Makes Lengthy Report; Gives Schools Clean Bill Boss Robblns was foiled not guilty of unlawful possession of whiskey. ?. Dallas Slmsplead nola conten dere to larceny of automobile and given 14 to 24 months in State prison, ! Doll Horton and Jonle Arnold assault with deadly weapon, Ar nold was found not guilty. Hor ton was found guilty and given 6 months on roads, sentence to be gin March 25th. Norman Harris entered a con ditional nlea of guilty to illicit manufacture of whiskey, and was _ given 3 to 4 years in State prison , to work roads. ? Norman Harris, plead guilty to carrying concealed weapons and - was given 12 months on roads. This sentence is stayed so long as the defendant shall be a law abid ing citizen and does not use, man ufacture or handle spirituous li quors in any way, and does not In any way interfere -with thQ wife of R. L. Clarke, Jr. Sid Driver plead guilty to Illicit manufacture of whiskey, and was given one to two years in State prison. Royal Bunn, found guilty of as sault with deadly weapon, was given 6 months on: roads. Appeal. Quite a number of cases were continued. Report of Grand Jury The grand jury completed its work on Thursday evening and made the following report: North Carolina, Franklin County. We, the grand jury for the Jan uary, 1936, term of the Superior Court of Frankll^.County, North Oarollna, do . respectfully report t^nd return the following as a re port the act8> activities and work of the grand jury for this term: 1. We have made Inquiry and examination of all bills presented to us, and have passed on all bills to the best of our judgment and with diligent effort. 2. The grand jury, after pass ing on all bills of ipdictment pres ent for their consideration, mad? a Visit to the common jail of Franklin County, consulted the prisoners therein and made- & careful inspection of the premises!' The jail was found to be In a good sanitary condition and well kept considering the present fa tuities for this purpose. It was found that some minor repairs were needed in the jail ? the heat ing; but It Is understood that the window panes were broken by an insane Inmate of the county jail who has since been removed to (he State Hospital for the Insane. 3. The entire grand Jury vls ?r Ited the county home in a -bocjy and found the same to be in excellent condition. The grand jury talked with the inmates and they were found to be satisfied, and. the premises were found to be in a sanitary condition.. The county home has on hand a large supply of meat, canped vegetables, corn, farm products, etc., which were raised on the county hom? farm, and the superintendent of the county home is Jo.be com , iiended for his excellent work and the condition in which the prem ises were found ?y tEIi grand jury. 4. The State Highway and Public Works Commission prison camp, located one mile north from Loutaburg, was inspected by this grand jury and was found to be -In an excellent sanitary condition. 6. The offlce of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Franklin ?otttity was visited by a commit tee of three members who made a careful investigation of all trust funds, guardian funds, etc., and .tnqulrtd asto whether or not j. proper reports had been fifed by f,,*lfuar dla n s , trustees, administra tors, -etc., and ut_ wa s fodnd that some reports had not been filed . within the proper time; but the present clerk, Hon. W. V. AveiJt^ (Continued on Page Ten) SERIES OF ROBBERIEL Sometime early Monday morn ing thelves broke Into four places of business on Nash Street. From the articles missed by the proprie tors It was evident the thelves were small boys and more or less amateurs. w They entered Q. W. Murphy & Son's grocery by breaking a side light at the door and rifled many small packages containing prem iums, removing the premiums and leaving the contents, and taking some small change from the cash registers, amounting to around four dollars. At Beck's Oarage across the street from MurpTiyl they made an entrance through a back w.in dow and took a flash light and a small amount of cash. At Harvey's Garage they en tered through a side window and took' only a few small Items of little value, and broke a big show case. At Murphy's Carage they enter ed through a side window and took a 22 pistol, flash light and helped .themselves to Coco Cola's. At the time of going to press the thieves had not been appre hended although several areuu der 8urveilance of the officers. BUN& HEADS B. Y.l?. U. Buie's Creek; Jan. 24. ? Camp bell College stuients finished their semester exams Saturday and will start the spring semester Monday. Miss Winnie Rickett will be here from January 28 to February 1 to conduct the annual B. Y. P. U. study courses. She will be as sisted by the following helpers to teach classes: Rev. and Mrs. Charles B. Howard, local pastor and his wife; Miss Annie Lee Puckett, Henderson; R. L. Poplin and Zon Robinson of the Camp bell faculty. J. C. Bunn, Loulsburg, Is head of all the Campbell B. Y. P. U.'s. He is also an Intercollegiate de bater, head of the International! Relations club here, and member of Epsilon PI Eta, Campbell's honor society. , * Franklinton Man Leaves For Philippine Islands The many friends of Mr. J. F. Purnell, of Franklinton, will be interested in knowing that be has accepted a position as assistant to the office manager of Leggett & Meyers Tobacco Co., in the Philip pine Islands and will be, located at Manila for the next three years: Mr. Purnell left New York City Saturday night after having been in conference for several days with the officials -of the company. He will reach San Francisco Wed nesday, Jan. 23rd and will sail on the 8. S. President Coolidge on' Jan. 25th. The voyage will last about 'three weeks, stops being made at Honolulu, Hawaii,, Yoko homa, JKM. Kobe, Japan and Shapgtil and HAng Kong, China. r. Purnell is a graduate of N. C. State College, of the class of 1932. For the past two years he, has been employed by the Durham branch of Leggett ft' Meyers To bacco Co. He is the son of Mr . ' and Mrs. J ,J3r. Purnell, of Frank-! ' Greatness "* , ' . "Who was that?" -aSked his mother, thinking to point a moral. "Papa," cAme the silencing re ply, "whefi he was little."? Van couver^ Province. At The Theatre The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, Jan. 26th: Saturday ? Big Double Bill ? Rex Bell in "Lucky Larragan^ and Warner Oland to "C hafTteJ Chan in Paris," the first lowing; in North "Carolina. Sunday, MUd-Nlte ? On the screen, Dw&in EAper's "Narcotic," a story of the crime creators of America's youth. Monday ? Mary Carollsle and .Creighton Chaney in "Olrl of My Dreajns." Juesday ? Robert Montgomery and Ann Harding in "Biography of a Bachelor Olrl." j, Wednesday ? William Htines In "TJtie Marines Are Coming," Thursday : ? ? Lyle Talbot and Ann Dvorak fn "Murder In The Clouds," On stage "Pa Ol Co Troubadours." v- ? , Friday ? Robert Young and Settle Furness In "The Band Plays On." On stage "Pa 01 Co Troubadours." FOR LOVE AND MERCY OF LITTLE CHILDREN ? ? ? ? : ? ? ONCE AGAIN President Franklin Delano Roosevelt has approved ! ! - a national observance of his birth ! ! day as an occasion when cities, ! ! towns, communities and represen ! ; tative organizations may feature Birthday Balls or entertainments. , ; ; The returns from these events this ! ; year are to be distributed; 70 per ; cent to local relief of children af ; flicted by Infantile Paralysis, and ; 30 per cent to the Warm Springs ; Commission to finance infantile medical research. .It is a worthy movement in which hundreds of thousands of charitable souls throughout the nation will lift their voices to join those of our stricken children in wishing for our Presi - dent, good'.health and many happy returns on his birthday. The Birthday Ball for Franklin County will be held at Franklin Street Recreation Hall in Louisburg on Wednesday night, January 30th. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS In addition to the Birthday ' Ball receipts for the benefit of' a , fund for the eradication of lnfan- 1 tile paralysis, a multiple greeting will be extended through the Western Union Telegraph Co., as will be seen by the following: 1 "Western Union has placed its nationwidejiystem of telegraph of- 1 flees at the disposal of the Presl- 1 dent's Birthday Ball Committee 1 for receiving 25 cents from each; person who places his signature: on a multiple signature! Birthday , Greeting. Signature from every city, town and hamlet will be mailed to New York, where they will be bound Into what probably, will be the greatest birthday: greeting In history. One hundred ; per cent of money will b*. turned over to the National Bifthday Ball; Committee, whietf will arrange for proper ctedlt for each commu nity^'^ FOUR ORATORS One of the four Orators selected by the two Literary sbcleties of Wake Forest College to speak In the' Annual Founder's Day Exer cises Is Howard L. Williams, of Loulsburg. Williams, a senior this year, Is One ofUhe two representatives .from -tfflj^Iomathesian Society. >Ha ,1a UijLpan O* A. , \yTl Uam?.;> ?The conteKt' ^iQ'iie felfl Tpefday Sight. Jan. 29 : ' v Announcement , The card tournament spon sored by the Mills School P. T. 1 A. will be postponed for several weeks on account of so much I sickpea* tat the community. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held* in interesting session on Monday when Judge J. E. Malone and Prosecuting Attorney Chas. P. Green disposed of cases as fol lows: . 1 P. 8. WoQd was found guilty of' assault and fined $10 and costs. Trayer for judgment was con-: tinued llTTEe following cases": Odis Perry, affray; Elbert Perry, affray; John Perry, affray; James Barnett, larceny, The following cases were con tinued: Luther Denton, assault;1 Ernest Johnson, assault with dead ly weapon; Lewis Williams, non-j support; Stall Ruffin, gambling; Stall Rufflin, violating prohibition^ law; H. D. Weldon, larceny; MliP* ta Stone, Bud Stone, violating prohibition law. Plummer Marshall was found^ not guilty of unlawful possession of whiskey. F. E. Stallings was found guilty of abandonment and prtfyer for; ludgment was Cpn tinued. ?Arthur J^ewUt^as found guilty of carrying contealed weapons, and given 3 months on roads, Ap peal. Arthur Lewis was found guilty of assault with deadly weapon and given 3 months on road*. Appeal. Hampton Smith was found guil ty of assault with deadly wdapon and was given 4 months on roads. Appeal, - . > v Hampton Smith was found not . guiltx. Of assault with deadly wea pons. - . Hill - Yarborough plead nolo contendere to carrylnf concealed weapons, fined $60 and cosU Hill Yarborough plead nolo con tendere to operating automobile Intoxicated, Judgment suspended upon payment of costs, and not to , operate car for period of to days. Ball Chairman George I. Griflin, i charge of the President's Bjrti day Ball to be held In Looisbur on Wednesday night, January .1 1935, stated to the TIMES til past week that "It would pleat him very much if all the offlcei and chairmen of committees woul auend-the Ball In full evenln dress. This is not a requir ment," he said, "but only a deslr as this Ball will be a very Info mal affair." He also stated thi "In order to accommodate thof wishing to contribute more tha the price of a ticket a silver olfe ing would be accepted at the ei trance " - fie is arranging for big birthday cake ylrlch he e: pects to be center' of much^ tffte est. He alsolriformed the TIME that heJrSd arranged with Mil Elizabeth Dees, *>f Raleigh, for ftoorahow. In wfilch tap dancln wii|^?feamfed, , PAUL'S EPISCOPAI CHURCH The ThlnCSunday after Ep phany servlce3 wlll.be as follows Chnrch School, including Kinc ergarten and Bible Class, 10(00 Morning Prayer and Sermoi 11:00 a, m. tr Y. P. S. L? 7:00 p. m. Confirmation Class, Monday al ternooTi at Rectory, 3:30 p. m. The public Is cordially Invite to Join In worship in All servlcei A new* effort to save home fei tllizlng materials has bean starte By A.Tery .County farmers* thl winter In the 'building of coir post'heaps. ^ Average dally attendance of pi pils has increased 83,8(3 In Nort Carolina since 1929-1930 wit 2,681 fewer teachers. "MURDER IN j THE CLOUDS" i ; Baffling Drama Of Amazing Thrills at The Louisburg Theatre Thursday, Jan. : 3ist "Murder In the Clouds", the > First National production which , is scheduled as the feature attrac | tloti at the Louisburg Theatre on > Thursday, Jan. 31, is a melodra I niatic mystery thriller with a most i amazing plot Involving the com j mission of wholesale murder 1 thousands of feet in the air. , The story by two noted maga zine writers, Roy Chanslor and Dore Schary, is one of fast and ^furious action, breath-taking sus ' pense and enough thrills to pack j a dozen pictures. It evolves about > the secret attempt of international spies to steal the formula from the ' United States government of a , new high explosive, and to obtain J which they are willing to commit , any crime. ? ; The blowing up an airplane ? with its passengers and crew far | up above the clouds and the sub > sequent chases after the air rob ) bers and murderers by army > planes, involving machine gun | battles, the shooting down of air ' shins, thrilling parachute jumps from burning and falling ships, ' add to the intensity of the dra ? matlc situations: t ? ' There also Is a flaming romance i in which two airpilots battle for Jj the love of Ann DvoraK > Lyle Talbot and Gordon West |j cott are the rivals. Wescott is al ' so one of the conspirators. ! The picture was directed by D. ' Ross Lederman. Federation r o g r a m P The program -for the January meeting of the Franklin County Federation of Home Demonstra tion Clube la as follows: Song ? -The Old North State. Roll Call and Minutes. ? . Club Collect, . Report from clubs in charge of ithe program. Soiigs ? Led by Mr. Miller. Solo, "Home on the Range" ? - A1 Hodges, Jr. Lunch. ^ _ Song? iThe Bells- of St. Mary's. Report of the National Coun try Life Meeting ? Mrs. 1V C. Gill. Establishing Meat Canneries in North Carolina ? Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris. " State Conservation Specialist. FLAT ROCK B. Y. P. U. On Sunday, January 27, the members^of group IV will present KttHe following program. ? . 17 Opening Period, President in charge. Quiet music. Hymn j service, led by Chorister, Lillian Lay ton; Prayer; Business, Re ' cards. Announcements; Fellow n ship; Bible Drill. 1-1 II. Discussion Period, Group. s. Captain in charge. Topic: "On Behalf of My Countrymen"; De ie votionai, Clifton Hill; Prom the ,e! Executive Secretary of Home Mis~ r? slpns, Ellis Wiggins; From the Field Secretary of Home Missions, 1K Joseph Harte; From the General e~ Missionary to the Jemes, Thelma e' , Roberts ; From the Field Worker r" of the Home Mission JJoard, Myr tie Leigh Hendrix^tJpen Discus ,e Bion, led by fir(Sup Captain, Ar ni thur HalL r" Ill.JStosing Period. -President 1_i in charge. (Tardiness is Waste f a?V<m time, 6:30 o'clock. Elsie Wiggins, Cor. Sec. ,s MITCHELL-WESTER Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, at 3 o'clock a short but Impressive ceremony was performed by Mr. Henry Harper at--hls home, when Miss Mamie Lee Wester became the bride of Mr. Johnnie Mitchell. Miss Wester is the charming daughter of Mr.' Howell Wester, of Hickory Rock. She is a girl with a sunny disposition and a pleas ing personality. Mr. Mitchell Is the son of Mr. Frank Mitchell, also of Hickory Rock. He is a capable and en ergetic young gentleman and pos sesses many line qualities. . Mr. arid Mrs. Mitchell hav.o scores of friends in franklin and adjoining counties ^h^'wtish for them a long and successful matrl . morttl Journey, There were only a few of their "relatives pnd friends* to witness ? ? the scene: ^ Woman's philosophy: If the shoe fits, get the next slxe small er. ?v . FARMERS HOLD MEETING SEC. WEBB AM) FIELD MAN MANN PRESENT Stockholkers of Louisburg Production Credit Asso ciation Meet and Elect Directors ? Officers For ? 1935 Elected With Secretary W. M. Webb, of the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia, S. C., and Field Rep resentative J. U. Mann attending and taking a part In the meeting the stockholders of the Louisburg Production Credit Association held its annual meeting in the Court House in Louisburg, Wednesday morning, with quite a good num ber of members present despite the inclement weather. President J. O. Wilson called the meeting to order and explain ed the business and was selected "Chairman of the meeting and Mrs. Ross Earle was made Secre tary. Secretary N. C. Phillips made report for the Louisburg Association's 1934 business which reflected great credit for the offl xcra_.atlm_had so. engineered . the . . business that with over a $93,000 business it made a complete col lection. He stated that 690 ap plications had been received and 430 had been approved. ? ? Upon invitation Editor A. F. Johnson, ctimmended the associa tion for the splendid work it had done, its officers for the efflcleiit management given and the farm ers for having used their good Judgment in establishing this credit system for themselves. Mr. Mann went much 4n detail into the operation of the associa tions, the costs, the benefits and the methods. He told the farm ers that they coufd loan this year for home modernization under the Federal Housing Act. Following his address a motion prevailed sustaining and continuing the Class B loans which requires 5 per cent stock and provides an In terest rate of one per cent less. Mr. Mann introduced Secretary Webb, wiio mate a most Interest ing address giving lots of infor mation to bis hearers that many did not know, but desired. He explained that the money loaned to the farmers was not govern ment money, as it Was provided by corporations and indlvidualit who purchased the Bonds of the corporation. He told th^m much about th?i? Aasocia'flon. That tt? operating income was $3,601.52 and expense was $3, 1(^4, 84k That it had a net gain of $511.10 and a profit of $947.82 with a stock book value of $5.90, with 1044 shares of stock owned by ? 415 Borrowers. He told of how bank credit was loosening up and how the associations had been provld I ed with a ca*h loan fund elimina i ting a big amount of red tape and loss of time in securing the mon* ' ey after application- had, been Following this address election ot directors was In order and a motion prevailed that the chair man appoint a nominating com* mltte. The chairman appointed W. E. Murphy, ft. H. Ayescue atfil H. T. Bartholomew. ? The committee nominated J. O. Wilson for three years, C. T. Hudson and J. D. Newman for two years, and O. W. May and J.t L. Byron for one year. The nomi nees were unanimously elected. Immediately following adjourn ment Of the stockholders meeting the directors met and elected the following officers tor the ensuing year: President ? J. O. Wilson. Vice-President ? C. T. Hudson, Secretary-Treasurer ? N. C. Phillips. Executive Committee ? C. 'T< Hudson and J. O. Wilson.- ? Important To Ameri can Legion Auxiliary Our National President Mrt^A. C. Carlson will be in Durham. Feb. 4th. Following a meeting at the Legion Hut at 11 o'clock a luncheon will be given at the Washington Duke hotel. - All members Interested will kindly call Unit President. Mrs. W. D. Egerton,- A Publicity Chairman. .. , In Catawba County, poultry growers are getting per cent llYablllty fron*tmby chlcks brood er with home-made brick brooderr: ? A check ot 14,000 chicks at foiir weeks of age gave this result. ' ' Send us the news. |
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