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LOUISBURQ, N. CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY S, 1035
EIGHT PAUES)
NUMBER ao
MORGAN
RE-ELECTED
County Commissioners Hold
Meeting Monday ? Ap
prove Roads, Receive Re
ports ? Other Routine
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in regular session on
Monday with all members pres
ent. After reading and approv
ing minutes of proceeding meet
ings business was transacted as
follows:
Road petition presented by the
Board of Education w^s approv
ed and recommended to the State
Highway Commission.
Report of E. R. Richardson,
Superintendent -of Caunty Home,
was read and received.
J. W. Perry was re-appointed
cotton weigher for Loulsburg
township for one year.
Report of Miss Anne B. Priest
Home Agent, was received and
filed.
Report of County Agents E. J.
Morgan and Fred Jones, was re
ceived and filed.
Report of Mrs. J. F. Mitchlner
was received and filed.
Com. Terrell reported visiting
Welfare office and finding it in
.good shape.
The following were placed on
outside pauper list at amounts
set opposite their names: Mar
denia Bailey )3; Hilliard Deb
nam $3; Gilbert Watkins $3.
A motion prevailed allowing
|15 to Mrs. J. F. Mitchlner to as
sist in defraying expenses at
State meeting of Welfare Offcers
at Chapel Hill.
E. -J, -Morgan was re-elected
County Agent for one year.
A motion prevailed that there
be no. appropriation made for
forest fire protection.
A petition requesting that the
road from Youngsvllle to the
Wake Forest-Spring Hope high
way be immediately repaired and
hardsurfaced was passed and or
dered sent to tbe State Highway
Commission.
A motion prevailed to substi
tute Chas. P. Green as Trustee In
a mortgage on land in Warren
County belonging to Plummer
Williamson.
A road petition of J. M. Shear
on and others was approved and
sent to the State Highway Com
mission*
Report of Dr. R. F. Yarbor
ough, County Health Officer was
reoelved and field.
After allowing a number of
accounts the Board adjourned.
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Services for the firBt Sunday
in July, July 7, are:
Adult Blb\e Class, 10:00.
- Choir Practice, 10:30 a. m., in
Church.
Holy Communion and Sermon,
11:00.
Y. P. S. L., 7:30 p. m.
A cordial Invitation Is extended
to everyone over fifteen to attend
the Bible Class. Members of the
Church as well as non-members
are welcome at any time.
A special effort Is made each
.summer to make the services rea
sonably brief, and inspiring.
SERVICES AT PROSPECT
?
Rev. A. M. Williams, pastor, an
nounces that Prof. J.- M. Ormond,
from Duke University, will preach
at Prospect Methodist Church,
Sunday, July f, 3 p. m.
Prof. Ormond represents the
Duke Foundation, which aids In
building rural churches. The pos
sibility of building a new church
at Prospect will be discussed.
The revival scheduled to begin
at Plney Grove Methodist Church
Sunday afternoon, has been post
poned indefinitely,, on account of)
the paralysis' epidemic. __ >
Lespedeza seeded on small grain
in Catawba County has begun
vigorous growth now that the
grain has been harvested. The
outlook is for a heavy production
of both hay and seed this fall.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
Tht following la the program
at the Louisburg Theatre begin
ning Friday, July 5th:
Friday-Saturday ? Boris Kar
loff In "The Bride of Franken
stein." On the stage. Judith
Zelda Johnson, formerly Princess
Zelda.
Sunday ? Ctaudette Colbert in
"The Ouilded Lily."
Monday ? Joe E. Brown In
"Alibi Ik*."
Tuesdap? Charles Ruggles and
Mtry Boland In "People Will
Talk
Wednesday ? Norman Foster
and Judith Allen In "Behind The
Oreen Lights." ,
. Thuradajr-FrldriT ? Joan Craw
ford and Robt. Montgomery In
"No More Ladies."
? . j
Achieve Sensational "Artifida! Heart"
NEW YORK . . . The development of an "artificial heart" and a man
made "blood stream" which enables acience to keep vital organs of man
?live and functioning outaide the body, la hailed aa the most sensational
in the annals of medicine. The two men who achieved this triumph are
Col. Charles L. Lindebergh, America's ace airman, above left, who in
rented the pump and Dr. Alexis Carrel, above right, Nobel Prize Winner,
the medical expert.
MILLS ELEC
TED SlIPT.
To Succeed Edward L. Best
Who Goes To Mecklen
burg County
W. R. Mills, who tor the past
thirty-three years has been at the
head of the Louisburg Graded
3chools, and who has so endear
ed himself to the people of the1
Louisburg school district that the
school has been named for him.!
bearing the name of Mills High
School, waa unanimously elected
Superintendent of Franklin Coun
ty Schools to succeed Mr. Edward
L. Best, who resigned to accept
a like position with Mecklenburg:
County, at a meeting of the Board'
bf Education held in its offices
yesterday morning.
Mr. Mills being informed of
the action, went before the Board'
and in a most gracious manner
accepted the election with the as
surance of carrying on the great
work so well underway in the
County.
In the election of Supt. Mills
the Board of Education made a
wise selection. He has been with
Franklin County thirty-three
years during which time he has
fully demonstrated his interest in
Franklin County, its schools and
other interests, and has proven
his ability as a school head. Un
der his Supervision, we feel sure,
the school system of the County
will move on steadily In Its
march to a fuller and more pro
gressive benefit to the children of
the County.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our many;
thanks and appreciation to those
who rendered such kind hands |
and sympathy during the recently!
illness and death of our dear)
mother, Mrs. Maggie T. Layton.
Richard, Zelma and Oza.
Most persons who indulge in
second-thought don't do much
thinking when the subject is pre
sented for first-thottght.
Recorder's Court
Although quite a large number
were In attendance at Franklin
Recorder's Court Tuesday, no
cases of great public Interest
were heard. The docket as tak-|
en up and disposed of was as fol
lows:
Blllie K. Hopkins was found
not guilty of non-support.
The case of fraud against W.
A. Watkins was continued.
Herman Mitchell was found
not guilty of assault.
Louie Bullock was given four;
months o"n roads for operating
an automobile intoxicated, upon
payment of $50 line and costs
road sentence stayed. Not to
drive car In 90 dayB.
Ryland Wheeler was found
guilty of violating schedule B, li
cense law, and fined $50 and'
costs.
The case of unlawful posses
sion of whiskey against W. T. '
Murphy was continued.
Bob Preddy, unlawful posses
sion of whiskey, Jury requested,
continued.
Ernest Weaver was released
from former order of Court. |
Cotton Blooms
The following have brought in
cotton blooms the past week:
C. C. Pearce. of Harris town
ship. brought in a square Satur
day.
E. D. Parrish, of Cedar Rock,
bro.ught in the first cotton bloom
of the season on Saturday.
C. D. Hudson, of Harris town
ship, brought In a red bloom Mon
day.
Henry Green, ?t Youngsville,
brought in a red bloom Monday.
MORE TO COME
Johnnie Hawkins, colored, of
Gupton, sent In a white cotton
bloom on Tuesday.
Z. R. Allen, of near Sandy
Creek church sent In a red bloom
Tuesday.
J. T. Weldon, of near Epsom, a
red bloom Thursday.
Rev. S. P. Massenburg, Jr., of
near Ingleside, a red bloom Thurs
day.
We refuse .to become excited.
If the world is going to the dogs,
as so many predict, that is some-i
thing for the dogs to worry about.;
VANCE AND BEAUFORT
, yOTJ FOR CONTROL
Two more North Carolina!
counties joined the Wet parade
Saturday when by substantial ma
jorities Vance and Beaufort coun
ties voted to legalize the sale of
liquor in county-operated stores. I
As the two counties voted, the
first legal shipment of liquor made
Into North Carolina since the
World War reached Wilson for
sale In a Wilson County Store
authorized by a 10 to 1 majority
piled up by Wets in one of two
elections held last Saturday.
A second carload of Whiskey of
mixed brands is expected in Wil
son today or 'tomorrow, to be
shipped by truck to Edgecombe
County, the other county voting
last Saturday.
Large Wet Majorities \
In neither of the counties vot
ing yesterday did the Wet major
ity approach the landslide propor
tions piled up in Wilson and Edge
combe. but incomplete returns
showed a heavy wet margin.
In Beaufort, unofficial figures
for 21 out *f IT precincts show
ed a vote of 2,Tll far liqdor con
trol and 842 against. Tha missing
precincts an email one* which
could not materially affect the
result.
The town of Washington voted
945 for llgtKSr, 230 against.
The margin of victory In Vance
County was wider than in Beau
fort, 2,410 votes Being cast for
control and 506 against it. un
official figures from 11 out of 13
precincts showed. The two miss
ing precincts are pmall.
Expect Action Soon
It Is expected that both coun
ties, the commissioners of which
meet Monday In regular session,
will follow the lead of Wilson and
Edgecombe and take Immediate
steps to carry out the provisions
of the law, appointing county al
coholic beverage control boards as
the first step.
Boards have been appointed in
both the counties which voted last
Saturday and have taken steps
toward putting the law into effect
in those counties.
In Wilson, where the first liquor
shipment already has been receiv
ed, the board of control is work
ing In an effort to open a store,
the only one the. county will have
tpr the time being, by Tuesday,
although this date Is not certain.
BEST RESIGNS
Superintendency Franklin
Schools To Become Head
Of Mecklenburg County
Schools
v Supt. E. L. Best, wlio has been
at the head o t Franklin Countyj
Schools for the past twenty years
tendered Ills resignation to the
Board of Education M a special
meeting held 011 Monday after
noon. In discussing the question
Mr. Best was anxious that the
Board know that he fully realized
and appreciate! the fact that he
was under contract with Franklin
County for the ensuing bl-en
nium, and would not consider
making a change if the Board
did not willingly release hl'm. He
said he had been elected to the
Superintendency of the Mecklen
burg County schools at a great
advance In salary above what
Franklin could pay and that the
Mecklenburg position would be a
distinct promotion as it was con
sidered the biggest school Job In
the state, outiide the State Sup
erintendency.
The resignation came as a
shock to the Board who express- 1
ed in touching words their ap
preciation of his splendid work
and cooperation in building up
the school system In the county
to its present high standing, and;
recognising the advantages In thej
proposed change agreed to re
lease Mr. Beat from his contract
and accept his resignation. The
resignation becomes effective be
tween August 10th and 15th,
when Mr. Best will leave for his
new field.
His many friends throughout
the county will (earn of this move
with much regret, as it will be a
distinct loss to the county, but
will wish for him and his excel
lent family the greatest measure
of success and happiness In their
new field.
Lightning Kills
One, Hurts Others
Vanceboro, July 2. ? Heber
Bland, 21, of 'the Epworth section
near here, was killed yesterday
afternoon by a bolt of lightning
that rendered his sister and cou
sin unconscious and hurled an
other brother from a barn loft.
The group had taken refuge
from a heavy rain in the loft when
the bolt struck.
A doctor was hastily summon
ed to restore Ruby and Glasgow
Bland to consciousness. They are
expected to recover. Shade Bland,
Jr., who was flung to the ground,
escaped serious Injury.
Matt Bland, father of Heber,
hearing the detonation, rushed to
the scene to find the dress of
Ruby in flames which he quickly
extinguished, her body being only
slightly burned.
Kiwanis
Louisburg Kiwanis Club held
its usual luncheon at Franklin
Hotel on Friday night. No for
mal program was presented and
a most interesting across the ta
ble discussion was enjoyed by
those present. Among the things
discussed was co-operation with
Ihe committees for the rural elec-j
trlficatlon.
KIM. KARE KL.UB
Mrs. W. L. Beasley dellghtfullv|
entertained mepifcers of her rooki
club at her home on Church street
Friday afternoon. Players at tW
tables included: Mrs* R. H.
Welch, Mrs. J. A. Newell, Mrs. C.
K. Cooke, Mrs. B. N. Williamson,
Mrs. W. R. Mills, Mrs. D. F. Mc
Kinne/'Mrs. f. M. Fuller, and
Mrs. Ernest Furgerson.
Miss Eleanor Beasley assisted
the hostess in serving a delicious
refreshment course after the
game. )?
| Virginian Heads Rotary 1
BOAWOKJ,-' V-fc Ta:* Atx^Tu
Mr. UmiH. Ahaat, of thia city,
newly ?loct*d PraaMeat of *? Intel1
national Rotary (Sub at tte annual
conroation, bald la Mm flUj tkla
yaw.
Sl'l*T. KKWAItl) Ij. BEST
WILSON OPENS
LIQUOR STORE
Wilson, July 2. ? Legal liquor ?
legal, at least, until the Supreme
Court decides between conflicting
opinions from the Superior Court
bench? came quietly back to
North Carolina today.
R. L. Perry, of Raleigh, who
was the first customer of the first
WilBon County liquor store when
it started business at 11:05 o'clock
this morning, was also the first
man in North Carolina to make a
legal, over-the-counter purchase
of whiskey since January 1, 1909.
Wiley Bunn of Wilson, customer
No. 2, took the honors as to gin.
The opening of the store, where
a limited stock of less expensive
brands was available for purchases
I of from a pint to all the customer
I could pay for, created little more
' attention than the opening of an
| other grocery.
No Opening llusli
Business was good ? 675 cus
tomers paying $1,003.79 for 825
[bottles during the first business
iday ? but at no time was there a
rush necessitating the formation
i of li?ig lines which some had
predicted. Frequently the custom
ers' side of the single countesL.was
'crowded, causing the poorly ventU
luted store to steam like a laun
dry, but the majority of those In
side were looking over the posted
list of prices or looking for exclte
unent which was not there to be
'found.
There was not an arrest for
jdrunkenness by either police or
sheriff's men during the day. No
(crowds, no disorder, no whoopee.
Wllsonlans greeted legal liquor
with little if any more comment
than they did the sales tax.
CONTRACT BRIIXJK PARTY
Wednesday evening Miss Mary
[Johnson entertained at a contract
bridge party honoring Mr. and
Mrs. John B. Litchfield 'who will
leave soon for Wake Forest, where i
Mr. Litchfield will teach vocation
al agriculture in Wake Forest
High School.
At the conclusion of the game
the guests of honor received a
lovely gift. Ladles high score prize
was awarded Mrs. R. E. Miller and
mens high score to Mr. Elmo Dean. I
Miss Martha Grey Dean assisted
the hostess in serving canteloupe
ala mode the color scheme of yel
low and green was used.
Those enjoying the - evening
were: Mr. and Mrs. John B. Litch-,
field. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dean, Mr. and
Mr?. Elmo Dean, Mrs. P. E. Dean,
Miss Lucile Inscoe, Miss Martha
Grey Dean, and Mr. Bruce Perry.
Domestic peace is expensive but
worth all It costs.
"Tiger Woman" Free
L08 ANGELES . . . Above is
Clara Phillipps, "Tiger Woman"
slayer of a rival, as she appeared
when released from prison this
month after having served twelve
years.
Couple Held
. For Probes
Officers Seek To Connect
Franklinton Pair With
Ring Thefts
Franklinton, July 1. ? Winston
Salem officers came here today to
take back to the Twin City Mr.
and Mrs. C. Hoy Hubbard, who
Chief of Police J. A. Dennis of
Franklinton believes, are connec
ted with a series of jewelry rob
beries of homes in Winstoii
Salem.
Hubbard, 50 years old and op
erator until about a month ago
of the Community Theatre here,
has for the past month, police
say, been engaged in buying and
selling jewelry. Chief Dennis
did not know on what charge the
Hubbards were being held.
Chief Dennis, together with
'Sheriff F. N. Spivey and Consta
bles J. P. Moore and J. E. Highi,
arrested the Hubbards late last
night a few hours after Hubbard
had reputedly returned from
| KichmOTfd, Va.
Winston-Salem officers told
Chief Dennis that the description
of Hubbard tallied with that giv
en by servants, who were held up
by a masked man on the night of
May 23 in the robbery of the J.
E. Walker home in Winston-Sa
i lem.
Officers arrived here shortly af
jter Hubbard had been arrested
l.and obtained a warrant to search
the Hubbard home. The search
! revealed Jewelry valued at about
$1,500, including a ring._aaid ?o
be valued at $1,000. It was said
that Hubbard or Mrs. Hubbard
(the ofTicers declined to say which
one did it) threw a pearl neck
lace in the well. The well was
being drained off to make a fur
ther search for jewelry thought
to be at its bottom.
Chief Dennis s^id that since
Hubbard quit operating the thea
tre here some weeks ago he had
paid up a number of bad checks
for which warrants on him had
been issued and that he had since
that time bought a new car.
Hubbard is said to have mar
ried a Mrs. W. I. Holding of
Wake Forest, a widow with six
children, last December. Offi
cers did not know where he came
from when he located here. Hub
bard had been gone a week when
he returned and . was arrested
shortly after he got back.
APPRECIATION
We wish to express our ap
preciation for the kindness and
sympathy of our friends shown
in the recent illness and death
of our son.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stallings. I
TWO MORE COUNTIES VOTE FOR
CONTROL
Two more Eastern Nortlj, Carolina counties, Craven and
New Hanover, went wet by sweeping majorities Tuesday. New
Hanover, however, cannot open up liquor stores as the authori
ties were enjoined by Judge J. Paul Frlzzelle. They have ap
pealed to the Supreme Court. ? X
The vote in Craven, with one smaH precinct missing, was
2,287 for liquor stores, .133 against ? a better than four to one
victory 'or the wets. Only two precincts in the entire county
went dry.
The vote in New Hanover was S.408 for liquor, 70S gainst.
However, the New Hanover wets were "voting against" a reg
istration of 7,102, necessitating 8.S06 to win.
So far every county which has voted on liquor since the
Legislature made it possible for 10 counties to get legal liquor
has gone wet.
The counties that have voted are Edgecombe, Wilson, Beau*
fort, Vance, New Hanover and Craven. In Franklin the elec
tion was enjoined as well as the opening of stores.
Nine additional counties, Pasquotank, Martin, Halifax,
Carteret, Onslow, Pitt, Lenoir; Warren and Nash, are scheduled
to rota M the qoeotioa Saturday. ,
COLONEL FRED
A. OLDS DEAD
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Colonel Fred A. Olds died Tues
day afternoon.
Death came quietly with the
dusk, as Colonel Olds slept, to
still forever the heart that endear
ed him to, four generations and
made him the , best known per
sonality iu all of North Carolina.
Senility ? the infirmities of ad
vanced age ? claimed the old man
of 81 who was the idol of youth
throughout the State for half a
century.
For six months he had lain in
a stupor on his bed in the infirm
ary of the State Hospital, oftimes
vainly trying to rouse into re
membrance the agile memory that
once gave him a most comprehend
ing grasp of the history of the
State he loved and served.
The end came at 6:20 p. m.
while a hospital attendant stay by
Colonel Olds' bed. He would have
been 82 years old had he lived
until next October 12.
Founded Hall of History
Colonel Olds founded the State
Hall of History, without compen
sation, in 1887, and since that
date he escorted 300,000 visitors
on rounds of sightseeing in the
Capital City. Practically all of his
charges were children, and it was
among the younger element of
the State's population that Colonel
Olds loved best and was best lov
ed.
Funeral services for Col. Olds
were -conducted from Christ
Church Wednesday afternoon at 5
o'clock by Rev. Harvey A. Cox,
assistant rector, and interment
were in Oakwood cemetery. Col.
Olds' nearest relative, a grandson,
Fred C. OUJ* of Ahalene, Tex.,
as unable to attend the services.
William O. Hill Lodge met
at 4:30 o'clock in the Masonic
Temple to attend the rites in a
body, and were in charge of
the ritual at the grave.
Although ' feebble in his last
years, Colonel Olds availed him
self of every oportunity to show
"my children," as he called the
visiting pupils, around the city
and particularly to favor them
with absorbing stories about relics
in the Hall of History, which will
be an everlasting m memorial to
him.? News-Observer,
i ?
College Faculty
President A. D. Wilcox,' of Lou
isburg announces that the follow
ing members have recently been
added to the faculty of Loulsburg
College for the year 1U35-1936:
Dr. "fhomas C. Amlck, A. B.,
M. A., Ph. D. Professor of Mathe
matics. Dr. Amick has been a pro
minent teacher in college circles
in North Carolina, for mai^years.
He wiM be chairman of the im
portant committee on the course
of study.
Mr. V. R. Kilby, A. B? M. A.,
Professor of History, and Dean, of
Meiy_ Mr. Kilby comes from As
bury College, Wilmore, Kentucky,
and Peabody College, Nashville,
Tennessee. ,
Mrs. Margaret Kilby, A. B., M.
A., Registrar and v Professor ot
Psychology. Mrs. Kilby comes from
Asbury College, Wilmore, Ken
tucky and the University of Ken
tucky. She has had special train
ing in the work of registrar, and
has been acting as Registrar ot
Asbury College for the past yean.
Mr. Norman E. Dodson, A. B.
Work completed for M. A. at the
University of Virginia. Professor
of Science and Dean of Labor.
Mr. Dodson comes from Berea
College, Berea, Kentucky where
for five years he has been chief
of Labor. Loulsburg College Is
assistant In the office of the Dean
adopting the fterea plan of stud
lent labor ahd.hds employed Mr.
Dodson to set up that plan and
superintend its operation.
Mr. Roy Nicltetl, B. S. Mr. Nlck
ell comes from Berea College al
so. He will Introduce a new course
in agriculture- and will act as
Superiiftendent Of Grounds and
Farm.
Mr. Earl Kuykendall, A. B.
Guilford, College. Mr. Kuykendall
will be a teacher In the High
School Department and an assis
tant In Economics and Psychology.
He will also be chief assistant to
the Dean of Labor.
Miss Alna KKee, A. B. Meredith
College. Teacher of Art.
It Ji Interesting to note ih con
nection with the new plan for
student labor in Loulsburg Col
lege that C. M. Mcintosh, Head of
the Federal Student Aid Depart
ment of the FERA in North Caro
lina says 'fTable $ (pp. 11-14)
shows that the percentage of fed
eral-ald students who passed the
work carried is as high as that
of the Institutional group and ac
tually higher than that of the
group having no organized self
Wlp work."
The pine seed broadcasted in
Lee and Moore counties Id early
March did not come up to a full
stand though there Is a. fair stand
ot the loblolly seedling;. The Ions
leaf seed did not germinate to
WB?- -I.JI.J. J.HtfM