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TOUR TOWN ?*t a bit batter ara willing to BOOST YOUR TOWN The Franklin THE COUNTY - . THE STATE . THE UNION TOUR LOCAL PAPER eaa't ??UC without yoar Paid for Patronage in Sabacriptlona and Advertising .<? BOOST YOUR HOMK PAPHR "f VOLUMN LXVL SUBSCRIPTION ?1.50 Par Yaar LOUISBUKG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1935 (TEN PAGES) NUMBER 27 WILEY POST, WILL ROGERS DEAD Instantly Killed In Aeroplane Crash In Alaska BODIES RECOVERED BY SERGT. S. R. MORGAN Bodies Taken By Plane To ?% Los Angeles, Gal., by Pi lots Joe Crosson and Wil liam Winston ? Funerals Held Yesterday ? World Grieves Its Greatest Hu morist And One Of Its Greatest Flyers Friday's International News' Service flashed from Its station at Seattle, Washington, the great est aviation tragedy sinre the flaming death of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame's football wisard, took the Uvea of America's oat- 1 standing flying enthusiasts ? Wiley Post, one-eyed 'round-the world flyer, and Will Rogers, | humorist ? in the Alaska waste lands near Point Harrow yester- 1 day afternoon. News of the death sf Post and Rogers was received here today by the V. 8. Signal Corps from its Alaskan outpost at Point Bar row, northernmost tip of Alaska. Post and Rogers were on an j aerial vacation in Alaska. There had been talk that they planned to continue on into Siberia. Only the barest details of the crash, which took place 19 miles south of Point Barrow, were re- - ceived here. First word of the tragetfy ? the ' news rocked the entire world, as both men were internationally 1 famous? was received here in a j message from Sergeant Stanley R. ' Morgan, V. S. A., of the Army ! Signal Corps station at Point Barrow. 1 Morgan flashed: "Post and Rogers crashed IS miles south of here, S ' o'clock, last night.*' "Have re*-overed bodies and 1 placed them in care Dr. Greist. ? "Standing by on anchorage hourly." (Signed) MORGAN. Dr. Henry W. Greist is in | charge of the Presbyterian Hos- f pltal at Point Barrow. They were killed Instantly when ( the engine of their red and silver monoplane suddenly misfired and the ship reeled to. earth, crashing i on the bank of a small river. Sergeant Morgan said that he was informed of the tragedy at 10 o'clock last night by natives who sent a runner to report the crash. Sergeant Morgan immediately proceeded up the river in a fast launch and found the plane a com- 1 plete wreck. Seattle, Aug. It. ? Speeding , ?outb toward* California after 3 ' atop of less than three hours here, the bodies of Will Rogers and ' Wiley. Post left here at 11:53 a. m., in a Douglass air transport liner, piloted by William Winston, 1 Texas flier (Winston is a former louisburg boy-Ed.) The curtains of Its passenger cabin closely drawn, Pilot Joe Crosson's plane bearing the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post south after their tragic deaths In 1 an air crash In Alaska had arrlT- 1 ed here today at 9: IS a. m. (PST) from Vancouver, B. C. The plane landed at Boeing 1 Field, the municipal airport, In 1 the southern part of the city. I Without stopplng^hls motor after the plane had come io a bait, Pilot Crosson taxied It into a United Air Lines hanger at the side of 1 the field. The hangaF~w?s completely sur rounded by State patrolmen, city 1 police and Marine Corps reser vists. CROWD ON HAND A 'crowd of persons, some of whom had remained at the air port all night, was at the field. Within the hangar, Col. Clar- : ence Young, Pacific coast manager of Pan-American Airways, and Amoi Carter of Fort Worth, Tex., personal representative and close friend of the Rogers family, were among the group awaiting the plane's arrival. Earlier, three morticians had arrived at the airport and had gone into the hangar. A group of civic representatives, among them W. W. Conner, gov ernor for Washington state of the National Aeronautics Association, and Rudolph Block, secretary for Mayor Charles L. Smith, were at the field. Mayor Smith Was ex pected here about noon, flying one of the three planea back from Kansas City (or a flying friend. Crossoh's 100-ralIe flight from Vancouver yi through the early morning ha?e. AtvCbtaaco, today on the wa/ by trklnv Will Rogers, Jr., spoke for his family aboard a private : car saying thaf a public funeral would be held In Los Angeles (or his father on Thursday, followed by a private funeral in the after noon. Young Rogers said that the body would then be |Uced in a vault in Los Angeles. ' with inter-' ment later at Claremore, Okla. Post's widow has decided thai his body wlH be buried in a mem orial park near Oklahoma City. At the hangar here, Pilot Cros Bon, co-pilot William Knon and Radio Operator William J. Glea Bon remained inside for jwme time after arriving. Swooping down from the north, Crosson made an extremely fast landing, airport at tendants said. Ha did not circle the field, and his propeller was still turning over when the plane reached the hangar. > Arrangements for two, and pos sibly, three ceremonies were be ing made today as the bddy of Will Rogers was brought back to. California from the aerial voyage be said would end, for him, "just somewhere". Private services, with only the Family In attendance, will be held Thursday afternoon at Forest Lawn Memorial cemetery. At the same time, one, and per haps two other tributes, will be l>ald the memory of the actor liumorist who lost his life In an Alaskan air crash which also re sulted in the death of Wiley Post, the noted pilot. A public ceremony in the vast Hollywood bowl will be held. Here, it is believed, plans now being for mulated for a living memorial to the homely philosopher will be disclosed. A committee composed jf Mary ?|?kford, Mayor Edward 3 pence of Beverly Hills, and oth sr Beverly Hills civic officials has been conferring on the type of memorial to be arranged. INDIANS PLAN RITES Rogers' Cherokee Indlai blood, }f which, friends said, he was rery proud, led to plans for an other ceremony. A delegation of Cherokee*, beaded by Clarence Davis, said today they will ask Mrs. Rogers' permission to perform their own tribal rites. "We have always considered him one of our people," Davis said. "We like to think it was his Cherokee blood that made him great and unafraid." Democratic Exe cutive Commit tee To Meet Chairman E. 'P. Griffin an nounced a meeting of the Demo cratic Executive Committee of franklin County to be held In the Court House In Louisburg on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock He tells the TIMES that he is especially anxious to have all members present. To Locate In L oli i s b u r g As will be seen from the of rictal announcement In another column Dr. W. 0. Perry has re turned to Louisburg after com pleting his medical instructlou and training and will be connect sd with Dr. H. O^^Psrry in the (eneral practice of medicine. Dr. Perry; more familiarly known to our people as Willie Clifton Perry, has under gone ex tensive study and training and begins' the' practice of his pro fession with high and very com plimentary (Sigrees. He is a young man of much energy and ability and w? feel sure he will succeed in his chosen field. Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following Is the pro gran at the Louisburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, August Mth: Saturday ? John Wayne in "Paradise Canyon. Sunday? Join Blondell and Olenda Farrell in "We're In The Money." Monday ? James Dunn and Mae Clarke in "The Daring Young Man." ? Tuesday ? James Oleason and Zasu Pitts in "Hot Tip." Wednesday ? Preston Foster and Melryn Douglas In "The People's Enemy." Thursday-Friday ? Janet Gay nor, Henry Fonda. Jane Withers and Slim SamBMrrllle in "The Farmer Takes A Wife. Last Showing Today ? George Raft and Alice Faye In - "Every Night At Bight" | Borah Poll Leader' WAShWAWn ? . Rcnntof William E. Borah of Idaho (above), la flrst choice of Republican county leaden for the 1038 Presidential aomlwH>?, i* a poll being compiled by Bobert H. Lucas, former direc tor of the Republican National Com mittee. The flrat returns gave Borah M7, %*ax 167, Landon 117, Van. deaberg >7; Lowdea W-Hoorer 32. Again Convicted Of Kidnapping Girls and Taking Them to New York For Immoral Purposes Sentences Imposed, Ap peals Taken. Smithfield, Aug. 20. ? Eight persona charged with kidnapping three Johnston County girls and taking them to New York for im moral purposes were convicted here tonight and sentences rang ing from 15 to 20 years to 12 ] months suspended were meted out ' to them. The convicted men and women are members of a single family. Four hours and two minutes were consumed by the jury in reacUpg its verdict. The jury re tired%rith the case at 3:55 p. m. but an hour was taken out for lunch. All of the defendants, except for the two given suspended sen tences. appealed from the deci sion. None made bond Immediate ly following the completion of the trial and the six were remanded to the county jail. Sarah Beasley Krane and Ar thur Krane, in whose New York apartment officers said they found the three girls dressed in night clothes, were sentenced to from 15 to 20 years. Pending their ap peal to the State Supreme Court, their bonds were set at $15,000 each. The prosecuting witnesses were Camelia Price, Ogolia Barbour and Josephine Smith. Father Gets Eight Years Alex Beasley was given a sen tence of eight years. He was ori ginally sentenced to 10 years, but on appeal of his attorney it was reduced to eight. His bond was set at $6,000. 1 Clinton Beasley was sentenced < to four years and his bond set at 3,000. Ua Mae Beasley was given I a sentence of 18 months, bond ' being set 'at $2,500. She was at first sentenced to two years but ' the sentence was reduced to the ' lesser time. ' Pearl Beasley was given a one I year sentence, and bond for her 1 was set at $2,000. Margaret Lee Keen and Nellie < B. Beasley, 17-year old twin sis- t tersr were each given sentences of c 12 months to be suspended on 1 good behaviour. The two did not ' appeal from the decision and were 3 at liberty tonight on the suspend ed sentence. < After defense motions to set ( aside the verdict and for a new I trial, Judge W. A. Oerln, presid- ( lng, immediately passed sentence. ? r College Coach 1 Mr. I.athan L. Miller of Wind ier;' N. C., has been appointed Coach and Director of Physical Education for men at Loulsburg < College. _ ' Mr. MUler Is an A. B. graduate i of Wake Forest College. He has J had several years of very success ful experience In high school teaching and coaching. He played on the Wake Forest varsity base ball team and later played on the team of the Detroit Tigers. He Is a thoroughly trained ath- I lete and Is competent to handle I all the sports carried on at Lou- 1 Isburg. . '? l Club Supper , ' c The Farmers and Business ' Men's C|ub of Frankllnton will < have Its regular meeting on Tues day. August 27, at 7:00 o'clock. At this meeting Mr. Coan, Direc- > tor of W. P. A. Administration, ? will be present. Any one interest- ' ed in bearing Mr. Coan will notl- ' fy Supt. O. B. Harris. A SOc plate ' lunch will be served ' by the P. T..A. r I Rumor cjf Lynch- | ing ia Proven False Officers Speed to Epsom on Advice But Find Every thing Very Quiet A rumor of a lynching about to Mice place at Kpaom yesterday i bout noon sent Sheriff J. ! E. , Hamlett and a crew of deputiea i ipeeding to the scene only to find hat no such thing was taking place and the point of the sup-' posed lynching was all quiet and no trouble whatsoever had deve loped. The entire episode began when the office c 1 Governor J. C. B. Bhrlngbaus received a telegram that a lynching was to take place it the farm of F. W. Smith near Epsom. It was signed by D. T. Dickie, according to the sheriff'* Jffice. Charles G. Powell, secre tary to the governor, immediately ?lled officers here urging them to go to the scene Immediately. They did, finding Mr. Smith at his tobacco barns wholly unmindful at any such thing as a lynching, rhe officers called on Mr. Dickie, : who denied any knowledge what ever of sending the telegram and ! lie knew nothing whatever about It.' It was in this ?community that Bovan "Sweat" Wasrd; 25-year >ld negro, was lynched July 31 'or the ax slaying of Charles G. Stokes, prominent farmer of the Spsom Community. Feeling has not been at a high pitch since the lynching, the tar ners In that section going about heir duties of housing tobacco rom this rick.,, tobacco section. The alarm yesterday, was en irely false from every stand point >ut officers hefe were alert in preventing such a thing if it were ontemplated. ? Henderson Gold >af. Pa trollmen Pass, Through A squad of about twenty State Highway Patrollmen passed thr >ugh Loulsburg Wednesday after loon on a practice trip before >eing assigned to regular patrol luty. ?' #' ?' It will b? Interesting to Frank In County people to know that ttr. David Outlaw Pearce was lelected as a member of the latrol. KKROK The TIMES regrets the appear ance of an error In a name In he Court Calendar published last ireek. In case No. 79 the name of he plaintiff should be Mollle G. )avis instead of Mollle G. Eaves. VII concerned in the sessions of he Court and the cases to be leard will please make note of his correction. AUXILIARY HOLDS MEETING The American Legion Auxiliary leld its regular meetllng at Wel :ome Inn Tea Room August 20tli. In the absence of the President,!' rfrs. Forest Joyner, Mrs. Hugh; ?erry 1st Vlce-Pres., presided. ' Following the usual procedure < ?eports by various committee 1 were given. The winning essay ji >n Fidac,' which won National;! Native was read by Mrs. W. L. 3easley. Mrs. H. H. Johnson seconded he motion of Mrs. J. E. Malone, hat the President and Vive-Presi lent be elected apbabetlcally, the ^ice President automatically be- 1 ?oming president the following 'ear. , Mrs. J. E. Malone was unanim - >usly elected president for the somiag year. Mrs. Hugh Perry im ? detained account Of the ronvfintlon at Fayettevllle. 'During the social hour which ol lowed the hostesses Mrs. W. S. White and Mrs. W. A. Andrews lerved delicious refreshments. CARD OF THANKS Words can not express our deep est appreciations of kindness and lympathy rendered- tfs during the] ?ecent d>>ath of our brother, ramea Strickland. Mrs. Myron Pleasant' Mrs. J. C. Foster, Mrs. Ben W. Brown, HlaSlsters. Detlove Sigmon of Catawba 3ouBt7 is building a new hay ?rn to take care of his increased larvest of alfalfa and lespedeza lay. J. F. McOraw of Mooresvllle, Iredell County, has had 2 miles >f broadbase terrace built on his 'arm this summer by the oounty loll erosion unit. Fifty-one Watauga Coaaty iheep growers shipped 373 lambs' :o the 1 Jersey City market last ?eek where a majority of the knimals graded "choice" orlj 'goods". * iubscrlbe to Tha Franklin Tlmsifi - V * Plans Next to"Freere Human then Restore to Life | LOS ANGKLE8 . Dr. Ralph Wiilard, 32, resesrcli rlirmist, pictured just after he froze to death for three days a monkey which he later restored to life, will have a human being to experiment on next. Stephen Simkho vltch, film writer, has volunteered to become a human icicle in the name of science. The experiment! are for the prevention of various dreaded disease*. . SITUATION SERIOUS Information received in Louiaburg early yester day morning by radio states that an Italian Am * bassador or high official, had been assassinated in Ethiopia. If this is true, no doubt it will be the match that sets off the fireworks of another big war. More Students 1935 Rev. A. D. Wilsoi, President, makes further announcements as1, to Loulsburg College, as follows: , It will be of interest to the peo- , pie of Louisburg to learn that Loulsburg College has employed , Miss Emily Bottlmore of Tazewell, Virginia as instructor In votoe.. Miss Bottlmore has had eight ), years of special training in music , in every department of this art. | During the past two or three years] she has been a voice student at the Jullliard School of Music In , New York City. Her voice teach-; erg give her excellent testimonials both in singing and teaching abi lity. She is said by several must-i clans to possess a very lovely' soprano voice. She has been soloist' In the Founder Methodist Church, Washington, D. and at St. 1 Thomas Episcopal Church in Richmond, Va. Founder Church is tfce leading Mprffodlst church in the Capitol. Miss Bottlmore is a Methodist and her family has for many years been active in , church work. The advanced student enroll- , ment continues to increase every day. It Is a hundred and forty percent larger than the enroll ment at this time last year. Several new members of the, faculty will be announced in a few days. It becomes more clear every day that the coming year will be one of the greatest In the history of Loulsburg College. Blanton To Preach Rev. S. L. Blanton, of New Haven, Conn., who la visiting Friends, In Franklin County will preach at the Baptist Church Sun I a y morning at 11 o'clock, ac cording to announcement given the TIMES. Mr. Blanton will be'i Favorably remembered aa a former pastor of the Louisburg Baptist i Church as well as a former pas tor of the CShureh at Franklinton. 1 All are Invited to hear him. i Federal Jurors The fallowing from Franklin County have been selected for lurors at Federal Civil Court to , t>e held In Raleigh beginning Sept. 9 th: J. E. Harris, R l.lfbungsvtUe; Haywood Stalling*, R 4, ^ Louis- . a r ?-.? Pol'lUUl* ?? ? v^9# r" Rowlafid . R 1, Kittrdl. Fire at Union Warehouse Tlrt fire Thursday nfght of last week was at the Union Warehouse an Main Street where fire had started at one of the sky lights an top and its origin Is unknown aniens it occurred from a spark from a nearby pressing club lodg ing possibly in a birds nest. The tire department was on th? scene In time to extinguish the fire be fore any damage was done. Baseball The Franklin TIMES Is re quested to state that (he Frank llnton team will pli> the Hender lon team at Henderson, Sunday kfternoon. Also that the Franklinton team irtll play the Creedmore team at prankllnton nn Wednesday after ?ooi?, August . mb: Both of these gams* give pro mise' of much Interest and s?ert md all are lavltsd to attend. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorders Court held lutte a full session' Tuesday. In the absence of prosecuting attor ney Chas. P. Green, Mr. E. C. Bullock ably prosecuted the locket. The docket was disposed >f as follows: A nolle pros was taken In the case of bastardy and non-support against William Qeorge, it having been shown that the interested parties had married. Wiley Branch plead guilty to assault with deadly weapons, and was given 3 months in jail with leave to Commissioners to hire out. Frank Arrington was found not guilty of carrying concealed wea1 pons. John Arrington plead guilty to abandonment and non-support, prayer for Judgment continued. Probable cause was found for false pretense against Kemp Bil lings and the case was transfer red to the Franklin Superior Court October term. The following cases wq|-e con tinued: Pete Spivey. assault with dead ly weapon. Vance Medlln, assault. Vance Medlln, operating auto mobile intoxicated. Opens Branch Hodges-Green Motor Co., has opened a branch Sales room for Ford Automobiles at Castalia and Mr. O. C. Hill has been put in charge. Revival at Bunn Rev. A. M. Williams, pastor an nounces that the revival meeting will begin at the Bunn Methodist Church, Monday night, August 26, 8 p. m., and continue through the week with services in the af ternoon and night. The public is cordially Invited. Capt. Edward F. Orlffin and Family will leave Loutsburg Sun iay by automobile for Forte Sill Oklahoma, where Capt. Griffin *111 take three months military iraiotajk^^ To Forte Sill Refuses $50,000 NEW YORK . . . Whether baseball moguls know it or not, George tier nutft ( B?b?) Ruth i? stUI very much in J>n?eb*lL The Sultap of Swat has timpd down a theatrical offer of $?,7>0 per week to take * part la Pall pr>d:iction now in re iiwaaV "B?ael>aU,'? my gaoe. " arijh the Babe. ' T . "The People's Enemy" Drama of Racketeers Edward Dean Sullivan Writes Gripping Story of a Modern Criminal Who Ran Afoul of Uncle Sam And a Woman's Revolt Against Disgrace ? Will be at Louisburg Theatre Wednesday, August 28th. "The People's Enemy," the starring screen attraction at the Louisburg Theatre, is so timely, that it is almost possible to de clare that the producers antici pated today's . news, and then made the picture to scoop the world. For "The People's Enemy" lg an action-crammed drama based upon the plight of the racket kings who are feeling Uncle Sam's long arm for failing to pay In come tax on their illegitimate earnings. The story was penned by Ed ward Dean Sullivan, who knows what he's writing about when the subject is crime. Sullivan has held executive reporting Jobs in New York, Chicago and Boston; has befriended police and habitues ot the underworld alike, and has studied crime in all Its eccentrici ties. He has written such astute texts on the topic as "Rattling the Cup op Chicago Crime," "The Snatch Racket" and "Chicago Sur renders." With this extensive knowledge, Sullivan wrote a tense melodrama. "The People's Enemy" is Vince Falcone, a powerful racketeer who has evaded all charges through the legal genius of his "mouth piece," "Traps" Stuart. Now he Is in a federal court for nonpay ment of Income tax. Stuart and Falcone are beaten, and the crim inal is committed to Jail, Falcone enlists every possible agency to effect his freedom as soon as possible. He bribes a po litical "front." He asks Stuart to look up his neglected wife and child, who "would look good be fore the parole board." He in structs his brother to employ di rect action. But the influences fail, and Falcone Is double-crossed by thoso whom he trusted. He makes a dar ing prison break, and a gripping sequence climaxes the career of Vlnce Falcone, racket king. A powerful human interest factor in the story is the romance between the innocent wife and the gang ster's lawyer. A cast of stellar merit was in trusted with the important parti in "The People's Enemy." Pres ton Foster, sterling character ac tor, portrays the racketeer. Mel vyn Douglas, popular player, iB seen as the "ipouthplece." Lila Lee, silent screen favorite, takes the role of Falcone's wife. Roscoe Ates, Chirley Grey, Herbert Raw llnson, Sybil Elaine and William Collier, Jr., complete the cast. "The People's Enemy" was scenarlzed by Oordon Kahn. New York newspaperman, in collabora tion with Sullivan. Crane Wilbur directed for Select Productions. YEGGS FIRE UPON CHIEF AT OXFORD Oxford, Aug. 17.? Harvey Jack son, chief of police of Oxford re ported today he was fired upon and the tires of his automobile punctured last night as he chased three inen he discovered trying to rifle a safe in a filling station. The policeman's automobile was wrecked after the alleged robbers had shot the tires. Jackson, who was uninjured said several shots narrowly missed him as he chas ed the trie on the Durham high way. The would be robbers es caped unidentified. Mills P. T. A. Bed Spread No. 3 Completed Thf material for this particular spread was donated by Mr*. R. W. Smithwlck and Mrs. Herbert Perry. It is the Butterfly Design. The squares were placed and col lected by Mr?. Herman Kemp and Mrs. Terrell Kemp. The spread was also made by Mrs. Hermaa and Terrell Kemp. Individual Squares were made by Mrs. J. O. Moore, Mrs. E. D. Bell, Mrs. D.' O. Pearee, Miss Nanclssa Clark, MM. W. C. Hol mes, Mrs. J. E. Marshall. Mrs. B. R. Richardson, Mrs. E. A. Kemp, Mrs. Walter Aycock, Mrs. L. B? Strickland. Mrs. W. R. Harris. car, Mrs. Jt jt. ell Kemp and we are ooping to ex-hibit all completed spreads in Chapel Hill the first week in Sept. This is the plan of our State P. T. A. President, Mrs. W. B. Aycock. Lespedeza growers who aro planning to produce seed on a commercial male have been busy in August mowing weeds ia their fields. ? ? I ' ?
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