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YOUR TOWN Wa't a bit bettor than yon are willing to Help make It BOOST YOUR TOWN Franklin Times THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE UNION YOUR LOCAL PAPER can't exist without your Paid (or Patronage ia Subscriptions and Advertising BOOST YOUR HOME PAPER VOLUMN UVI. SUBSCRIPTION $1.30 Per Ye LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1030 EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 48 PLENTY OF ROOM FOR NEW ENTRANTS IN OUR SUB SCRIPTION CAMPAIGN This us Entry Week ? Only Few Have Started, The Field is Open. Costs Nothing to Enter And no Obligations Involved. Ten Per Ceht Paid Each Tuesday And Fri day While Working For One of The Big Prizes ENTRANTS IN SUBSCSIPTION CAMPAIGN Credits Miss May Brown, Franklinton 10,000 Mrs. J. S. Collie, Louisburg, Rt. 4 10,000 Mrs. W. C. Coppedge, Spring Hope, Rt. 2. . 10,000 Miss Mary Nell Eaves, Henderson, Rt. 1... 10,000 Miss Clemmer Grace Floyd, Louisburg, Rt. 1 10,000 Miss Eula Griffin, Castalia, Rt. 1 10,000 Miss Frances Griffin, Louisburg, Rt. 4 .... 10,000 Miss Lvnne Hall, Louisburg *. 10,000 Miss Magd&line Jones, Franklinton, Rt. 2.. 10,000 Mrs. R. E. McDuffie, Kittrell, Rt. 1 10,000 Mr. R. H. Poytliress, Louisburg 10,000 Mrs. C. H. Stallings, Spring Hopw, Rt. 2... 10,000 Mrs. Lucy R. Tuck, Franklinton 10,000 Miss Lucy Timberlake, Ijouisburg, Rt. 1 . . . . 10,000 Mrs. Bertha Wilson, Louisburg, Rt. 3 10,000 H. A. Faulkner, Louisburg, Rt. 3 10,000 The names this week are listed alphabetical ly, with the 10, 000 credits given for entering. Next week the standing will start to change according to business produced. All candidates and this paper have the privilege of withholding some of the cred its from publication. The race will be exciting from now on. Special Notice To Entrants Watch the list grow smaller. Any entry not making a rej>ort of some business by Friday of next week will be taken off the list as wo want to leave the field open for those who are interested and ac tive. Get on that list of active entries and make a repoi i as early as possible. As the Entry Week of The Franklin Times subscription cam paign opens, only a few hare en tered and really started to get ?idtocrlptlons ? in fact, very few, subscriptions have been reported to the campaign department to | date. There is no reason why every oommunlty in this trade territory! should not have a representative, in this cash and prise offering. The Franklin Times will pay a bonus of $10.00 to all who enter this week if they qualify, and at the same time will pay cash com missions twice each week on all collections for new, old, or back subscriptions. Opportunity is Knocking With so many crying "hard times" it seems strangs so few people are interested in a busi ness proposition where they will be paid in cash twioe each week and at the same time have an op portunity to enrich themselves hundreds of dollars in the next few weeks. With so many who bemoan their fate ? that they never have an opportunity to get a greater share of the world's goods ? that op portunities elsewhere are greater than those at home. Oftimes in looking afar, many overlook the opportunity that's at hand. And now opportunity is knocking at their door ? on their very thres hold, so to speak, and but few have heeded the call. However, if you would like to turn your spare moments into a bank ac count of 1500, the door is open, it will be to your advantage to continue reading very carefully/ Easy And Pleasant You will find it very easy to secure subscriptions to The Frank- 1 lin Times and to aid you In this, work we will furnish you with; every possible assistance. The same number of credits are issued for new. old or back, subscrip tions. Credits will pile up mighty fast when you notify your friends i that you have entered the cam-| paign and they' will rally to youri support. You will also receive a commission twice a week for all the money you collect on subscrlp tions. At the same time you will] have an opportunity to win one of the wonderful prises, including $600 as first; $200 as second; and $100 as third, along with four other prises. These will be given away in return for securing sub scriptions for The Franklin Times, your County weekly, which ranks among the best newspapers In the State of (North Carolina, .y Frankly folks; why do you hesitate? It coats nothing to en ter; there are no obligations en tailed; you have everything to gain and nothing to lose and at the same time youi*' chance for winning one: of the three top ??prises, wtth combined total Of <100. is iu?t as good as anyone who might eoter. All tt takes is * little courage, a little enthusiasm a&d a little confidence in yourself. Many hun dreds of men and women have won these prises in campaigns in dlfffrent sections of the Country. ? n Don't alt back and watch the oth ir fellow go out and do things that you are as well qualified to do. All of the good things of life are waiting for those who are willing to make the attempt. Campaign Just Starting The surface has not been J scratched. The campaign is Just starting and It is not to late by any means to enter and get your share of the big awards which will be handed out on Feb. 29th. Qet on the band wa^op; let your friends and acquaintances know that you are In the campaign,] come in and get a receipt book and get on the Job of making! some real money. Getting sub scriptions and renewals to your own County paper Is not hard, it is merely a matter of making con tact. explaining what you are do ing and getting the support ol everyone you possibly can. Once you start you will be surprised to find that the work is easy and pleasant. Then you will wonder why you hesitated. Junior Order Installs Officers -a_." ! At the regular weekly meeting of the Louisburg Council. No. 17 j' Jr. O. U. A, M. held on January1 6. 1936. the newly elected officers were installed as follows: A. M. Shad rack ? Councilor. A. W. Fowler ? Vice Councilor. Ed. Stovall ? ^Financial Secre tary. W. M. Plesants ? Assistant Fi nancial Secretary. R. W. Ashley- ? Recording Sec retary. Willis May ? Assistant Record ing Secretary. T. Ei Kemp ? Warden. Geo. I. Griffin? Treasurer. C. C. Perry ? Conductor. S. Z. Downey ? Inside Sentinel. 3. P.. Phelps ? Out Side Sen tinel. J. L. Palmer. V. A. Bailey, O. T. Mead ? Trustees. Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following la tne program at the Louisburg Theatre begin- j ning Saturday, Jan. 18th: Saturday ? Tom Tyler in "Coy otte Trail" and Melvyn Douglas In "The Lone Wolf Returns." Sunday ? Frank McHugh and Patricia Bills in "Freshman Lbve." ' Monday ? Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster In "Annie Oakley." Tuesday ? Richard Arlen in "The Call of Dan Matthews." Wednesday ? Allison Sklpworth and Mae Clarke In "Hitch Hike Lady.'.' ? Thursday-Friday ? Ronald Col-: man and Elisabeth Allen in "Tale 1 of Two Cities." i : . " CLUBS HOLD JOINT MEETING Dr. R. Y. Winters Makes Speech ? Adopts Resolu tion Relative to Crop Control ? Ward Wilcox Sings, Miss Wilker Plays Piano A most enjoyable joint meet ing of the Franklin County Par men Clnb and Loulsbirrg Kiwan 1* Club waa held in the basement of the Baptist Church on Friday night with an especially large crowd present. The meeting was opened with Klwanis formalities in charge of President Frank W. Wheless, Jr., and turned over to President W. H. M- Jenkins of the Farmers Club, who presided. Prayer was offered bjt Rev. M. Stamps and Ward Wilcox, of Louisburg Col lege sang two solos "Who Knows" by Ernest Ball, and "On the Road to Mandalay." He wfis ac companied at the piano by Miss DruBa Wilker of the College fac ulty. After enjoying a most appetiz ing and delightful supper, pre pared by the ladies of the County Federation, business was taken up and disposed of. Secretary f E. J. Morgan read the minutes which were approved. Reports were called for from the By Laws and Amendment Committee and the Publicity Committee. i S. E. Wilson moved the adop tion of the following resolution, which was unanimously carried: Franklin County and North Carolina has prospered under Control system Mf two year.;. Your department Is to be con-, gratulated on its efficiency under Control bill. Franklin County Farmers Club voted unanimously i to support you and your depart ment in an amended control act or such act as may be adopted1 for benefit of farmers. The president appointed the following committee to present! the resolution to Congressman1 Cooley: S. E. Wilson, C. T. Hud son. T. H. Weldon. Royal Strange; and Chas. P. Green. E. J. Morgan made announce ment relative to the payment of cotton parity checks, and that it: was expected that a new plan of tobacco and cotton control would : be worked out. He also told the' present status of the rural elec-l triflcation projects for Fr&nklln; County. President Jenkins, in a very pretty reference expressed the pleasure of members of the Far mers Club with the Joint meeting with jthe Kiwanis Club. The program was then turned over to G. L. Winchester who had charge for the evening, and who; introduced Dr. R. Y. Winter^ of State College, who made ? most interesting talk on "Fafm Ad justment." Dr. Winters did not confine his talk to. the govern ment angle but -Went out of his way to explajar clearly the practi cal necessity and the reasons for it, and h<>w It call be done. He told fit practical experiences of crop and farm rotation and how1 YC paid not only from increased crops but in increased land val ue. He told his hearers the pres ent farm difficulties were not of a few years making but extended back to a period before the civil | war and he reviewed the history of agriculture for fifty years,! showing how farms increased in i number, decreased In productlvi-, ty and "the people became more dependent upon agriculture. With the present row crop I system, with its attendant eros ion he told those present we can't hope to continue to grow cotton and tobacco In elgn countries cheap labor with out building up our soils to a higher productivity. He also told them that future adjustment would be based more upon soil; building than upon- acres In cot ton and tobacco. This talk wasi greatly enjoyed anjj appreciated. A roll call showed all town ships except Oold Mine represen ted. Winchester Introduced P. H. Massey, as a Franklin County boy who had returned to the county to do a greatly needed work, ? he is in charge of the C. C. Camp at Franklinton which is engaged in the Soil erosion conservation. tion with new1 sections Epsom P. T. A. Meeting ^he P. T. A. of Epsom High School will meet Thursday night January 23, 1936 at 7:30 o'clock in the school auditorium. All par ents are urged to attend and to hear the following program: Problems of the parents and teachers. 1. Class room problems of the teacher? Miss Mattie McOinnis. 2. School problems at home ? Mrs. Roy Ayscue. 3. Open Forum ? Conducted by Mr. Q. E. Crawley. 4. Special Music. "8 rtbe to the Fraaktla Times BIRTHDAY BALL JANUARY 30TH Chairman George I. Griffin Announces Committees to Put Over Biggest Ball Held in Louisburg Chairman George I. Griffin an nounces the committees who will cooperate in making the 1936 President'a Birthday Ball that will be held in Louisburg oh Thursday, January 30th, 1936, Inj Allen's halt from 10 to 2 o'clock.! the biggest of all the accaslons. ! The proceeds will be used to as-| Hist in the eradication of infan tile paralysis, seventy per cent in. Franklin County and 30 per cent, in the Nation. The committees follows: Steering ? Edward Stovall, Chairman, Sam Pearce, F. H. Al len, Jr. Kiwanis ? F. W. Wheless. Jr. Chamber of Commerce ? 8. P.1 Boddie Jr. Order ? C. R. Sykes. Masons ? J. A. Wheless. National Guard ? Capt. E. F. Griffin. Round Table Club ? Harry, Glickman. American Legion ? C. C. Col lins. Boy Scouts ? E. R. Allen. Board of Trade Arch Wll-I son. Franklin Times ? A. F. John son. Motion Picture Theatre? R. G. Davis. . Louisburg ? W. C. \V e b b . j Franklinton ? 11. C. Kearney. Youngsville ? C. C Winston. Bunn ? Dr. W. G. Cheaves. Wood ? Dr. A. H Perry. Centerville ? W. A Raynor. Health Dept. ? Dr. R. F. Yar borough. Welfare Dept. ? Mrs. J. F.j Mltchlner. Historian ? Dr. D. T. Smith-' wick. Treasurer? E. C. Bulluck. ? Police Dept. ? C. E. Pace. Wheelbarrow Asso. ? R. R. Kis sell. Ticket ? Mrs. J E. Malone. Jr., ; Misses Felicia Allen. Kate Allen. Door Keepers, Orchestra. Deco-' rating. Etc. ? E. C. Bulluck. Mr. Grifrin informs the TIME8 that he has secured an exception-! ally fine orchestra and is expect ing this to be the biggest occas ion yet held In Louisburg. Notice To Farmers P. H. Massey, project manager. C. C. C.. Bays "the United States Dept. of Agriculture has establish ed a branch of the Soil Conserva tion Service In Franklin County with headquarters at Frankllnton. The entire water sheds of Buffalo! and Cedar Creeks have been pho tographed for the purpose of the erosion control program for this, area. By the help of these photo graphs some men from the Soil Conservation Service are making erosion and land use surveys which will be used as a basis for planning with each individual farmer who is interested in a| program to increase the fertility1 or his soli and the net incame of; his farm. If you should be called on by these men engaged in this work! do not be alarmed. This part of our work does not obligate you in any way. However if you are in terested in establishing an ero-| sion control program on your farm, this work is fundamental and; opens the way for further work. Farm Loan Associations Stockholders meetings of the! two National Farm Loan Associa tions in Franklin County were held In Louisburg the past week. The Franklin National Farm Loan Association held its meet ing on Monday afternoon and H. T. Bartholomew, M. T. Lamm, P. O. Smith, R. B. Roberts and A. S. Gupton were elected. Directors. At the Directors meeting which was held immediately following adjournment the following offi cers were elected for another year: President, H. T. Barthol omew; Vice-President. M. T. Lamm; Secretary-Treasurer, A. F. Johnson. Loan Committee: H. T. Bartholomew, M. T. Lamm and P. G. Smith with W. Seba Strickland, A. S. Gupton and R. B. Roberts, alternates. The Louisburg National Farm Loan Association met on Tuesday and elected F. W. Justice, A. F. Johnson, C. N. Sherrod, W. P. Winn and J. W. Neal as Direc tors. At the Directors meeting the following were elected offi cers: President. A. F. Johnson; Vice-President, F. W. Justice; Secretary-Treasurer, J. E. Ma lone. S. L. Cline of Vaidese has an Incubator capacity of 42,000 eggs and Is using those from blood tested poultry flocks In the vici nity of Morganton. GET SENTENCE BURNING BARN JUDGE M. V. BARNHILL PRESIDING Grand Jury Makes Drastic Reports on Jail, Court House and Louisburg City Jail ? Many Cases Dispos ed of. "The better commuulty is where law is enforced" was the theme of Judge M. V. Barnhill's charge to the grand jurors in opening the< regular January term of Franklin Superior Court Monday morning. Judge BarnhHl explain ed that he would not deliver a long charge and followed with an explanation of the jurors oat*h pointing out the importance of< their measuring up to the duties imposed upon them. In connec-l tion with the inspection of Coun ty officers, property and affairs,1 since this is a continuing grand jury he advised that these in vestigations be made between terms and at times when thd committee would not be expected, assuring them that they would come nearer getting a really true picture in this way. His charge was logical, full of good advice and appeal to the better instincts of a law abiding people. The grand jury is composed of the follow ing old members: G. YV. Jones. Willie Pearce. D. J. Hunt, J. W. Rogers. J. C. Davis. J. VV. Card, Lem T. Hayes. J. R. Inscoe, Jr. New members. E. T. Ayscue, W. C. Joyner, A. E. Spivey. Bud Ray, M. W. Beddingfield. W. H. Wild er, J. W. Murphy. J. C. Wester, J. T. Weldon. A. B.. Cooke. J. W. Murphy was named Foreman and G. C. Parrisli was named of ficer. Ten jurors had to be drawn this term instead of nine because one of the former members had moved from the County. Solicitor YV. Y. Bickett,-- was present and ably represented the State in the trial of the docket. Cases taken up and disposed of were as follows: Willie G. Stokes, reckless driv ing. continued under former or der. George D Wester, bad check. Robert E. Perry, non-support, continued. E. B. Lancaster, assault, con tinued under former order. Henry Knight, breaking and entering. State takes a nol pros with leave. Otis Davis, breaking and enter ing, State takes nol pros with leave." Johnnie Leonard, assault with deadly weapon, defendant plead guilty. Hampton Smith, assault with deadly weapon, found guilty of simple assault. 30 days on roads. Charlie Privett, Vester Pearce, maliciously setting fire and des troying tobacco barn and othar| property, defendants plead guilty j given 6 to 10 years each in State! prison. Johnnie Edwards, assault, up on payment of $25 case to be continued under former order. | John Johnson, unlawful posses sion of whiskey, enters plea of1 nolo contendere, 6 months on roads. - - John Johnson, unlawful pos session of whiskey, enters plea of nolo contendere, 6 months on roads. Aurlce Edwards, assault with deadly weapon, guilty. 6 months on roads. Arthur Lewis, assault with deadly weapon, carrying conceal-! ed weapons, not guilty. | Johnnie Leonard, assault with deadly weapon, defendant allow ed to be removed from custody on account of Illness and case continued to May term. Warren Perry, larceny of au tomobile. enters plea of guilty. 12 months on roads. * Tollie (Punch) Ayescue, as sault with deadly weapon with in-! tent to kill, found guilty of as sault with deadly weapon. True bills were found against' Bat Branch and Blick Wardrop, burglary. Haywood Lee Johnson, seduc tion. \ Essan Chlleon. housebreaking and larceny, guilty, 15 months on roads. Buck Driver, forgery, inters plea of guilty and was given 30 months on roads. Court was In progress as we went to press. Grand Jury Report The Grand Jury completed ltd: work on Wednesday and filed thai following report: W?, the Grand Jury for the January 1936 Terra of Franklin County Superior Court of Frank lin County. North Carolina, do respectfully report and return tba following as a true report of the aots, activities and work* of the Grand Jury for thlg tern*: . 1. We have made aa examina tion of all bills of IndMtmettt pre sented to ui. and have passed on all such bills to the beet of our (Continued on pat* eight) Big Mass Action I In "Annie Oakley" More than 1,000 players, in costumes ranging in type (rom debutantes of the Gay Nineties to whooping Indians, participate In I one of the major scenes of "Annie Oakley," Barbara Stanwyck's new starring film based on occurren ces In the life of the famous markswoman. The scene Is a graphic illustra tion of the appearance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Wash ington, D. C.. almost 60 years ago. Seven hundred motion picture ex tras act as show spectators, while fifty enact the roles of ticket sell ers. sideshow barkers and other attendants, tn the arena, hund reds of Indians and cowboys por tray a battle on the Western plains. four cameras were used to photograph the whirling maze, and four assistants aided director George Stevens for the colorful scene. Preston foster appears opposite Miss Stanwyck in "Annie Oakley". Protect Your Wood and Timber There will be two forestry thinning meetings held in the woods, in Franklin County. Mon day January 20. at which our state. extension forester and a re presentative from the Federal Forestry Service will show us how to do the job. Be sure to attend ^ne of these ? ny?etii)Ks and take, a sharp axe with you. An axe will be given the champion wood chopper at each meeting. The demonstrations will be held as follows: 9 O'clock Monday morning at J. F. Massey's farm near Pilot. 2 o'clock in the afternoon at M. i M. Person's farm Louisburg-Alert ' road. L. L. JOYNKR IS KLECTKD TO IXHJISIIUKO TOWN BOARD At a special meeting of the | Hoard of Town Commissioners L. L. Joyner was elected to fill the unexpired term of Dr. H. G. Perry resigned as a commission er in order to accept the chair manship of the Franklin County Hoard of Education. Mr. Joyner formerly served seven terms as Mayor of Louisburg. BIG SALE Attention of the readers of The Franklin Times is called to the advertisement of Tonkel's Depart ment Store on another page, an ' nouncing the opening of a big I clearance sale. They are offering | some wonderful bargains and it will be to your interest to make an inspection of them. Read the advertisement. New School Buses Supt. W. R. Mills announces that he has received and put into scrvice six new school buses. Of the number Franklin County pur chased five and the State furnish ed one. LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH At the Sunday morning service. Jan. 19, Rev. S. W. Oldham, of Wendell will preach at the Louis burg Baptist Church. Sunday Schools begins at 9:45, with Supt. W. R. Mills in charge. There will be no evening service. ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURfcH Services for the second Sunday after Epiphany are as follows: Holy Communion, 8 a. W, Sunday School, Including Bible Class and Kindergarten, 10:00. Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11:00 (Loyalty Sunday). Wake Forest, (St. John's), 3:00 p. m. Y. P. S. L. 7:00 p. m. ? Monday night, 7:30, first Con firmation Lecture, at the home of Mrs. Pleasants. Wednesday night, 7:30, Sunday School Teachers' Study Class, home of Mrs. Pleasants. Thursday night, 7:30, Choir Re hearsal ? place to be announced. Saturday morning, 10:00, Jun ior Choir Rehearsal, home of Miss Joyner. All are invited to attend serv ices and meetings of St. Paul's Church. BUNN P. T. A. The Bunn P. T. A. will hold lti January meeting at the High School buIldlug on Jan. 23, (Thursday) 7:30 p. m. All parents from the -district are urged to attend. Moonshine corn liquor used in radiators of the terracing tractors in Orange County served as an adequate anti-freeie mixture dur ing th$ recent severe weather. Washington. January 14. ? From any point of view, the most important happening in Washing ton since the Roosevelt Adminis tration took office, is the decision of the Supreme Court that the crop control features of the Ag ricultural Administration Act, both in the original law and the amendments passed last Summer, are unconstitutional. The Federal Government, the high court held in its six-to-three decision, has no power to regulate agriculture. That is one of the rights never delegated to the Con gress. and therefore specifically reserved to the States by the 10th Amendment. It was a far more sweeping decision than most Washington observers had expected. The Ad ministration was prepared for a ruling that the processing taxes and their distribution in benefit payment to farmers for crop re duction were not Constitutional. Indeed, the main purpose of the AAA amendments of 1935 was to get around such a possible verdict by the Supreme Court. After declaring that the pro cessing taxes and their distribu tion in power of Congress, be cause they were not applied to the "general welfare" but to a limited class," and that Congress had improperly delegated to the Executive the appropriation of public funds, the decision, read by Justice Roberts, went farther still. The heart of the matter, he pointed out. lay in the purpose of the AAA. and that purpose, the regulation of agriculture, is clearly unconstitutional, because it is an attempt on the part of the Federal Government to ex ercise rights reserved to the ?States. Justices Brandeis, Cardoso and Stone dissented fiom the ma jority opinion. The case before the Supreme Court was that of the Hoosac Mills, in protest against the pro cessing tax on cotton. But sh| broad was the Court's decision that it is regarded here as apply ing to the Bankhead cotton con trol act, the potato control amend* ment, as well as to the wheat, corn-hog, tobacco and other Fed eral efforts to control agricultur al production. The decision pro hibits any attempt to enforce any part of the AAA program. Processors need not pay any more processing taxes; the farm ers cannot receive any more bene fit payments. It is doubtful that those who have paid the process ing taxes can recover them from the Government, or that the Gov ernment can collect back from farmers benefit payments already made. I)ikIk<'<. War, Probe The Supreme Court decision threw into the shade the Presi dent's budget message, which was handed to Congress at the same hour that Justice Roberts began to read the Court's decree. Mr. Roosevelt's estimates were divid ed into two sections, "regular" expenses of Government and re lief expenditures. The President estimated the Federal income from all sources at $6,654,000,000 for the next fiscal year, which amount he figured, would leave $5,000,000 surplus. But he declined to put a figure on the relief require ments, which he said Would run from one billion to three billions, and he made no allowance fortius"" Bonus, payment, which nobody in Washington doubts that Congress will authorize speedily. Mr. Roosevelt's speech to the Congress on Friday evening, Jan uary 3, which was broadcast all over the world, is held to have been the opening gun of the 193S Presidential campaign, as well as a notice to the rest of the-Vorldy* that they need not count on any help from Ungle Sam if they start another waf The neutrality issue is very much to the fore on Capi tol Hill. If Senator Nye of North Dakota has his way ? and that seeins like ly ? the Administration, of what ever party that happens to be in power when and If the expected European war breaks out, will have no leeway whatever. It must stop all exports of anything but food and medical supplies to any belligerent nation. and^Keep Amer ican ships off anjr,'"t>art of the high seas where warring nations warn them off. On the theory that the United States was drawn into the laat war by the machinations of interna tional bankers, the Senate com- ' mlttee la to Investigate the whole subject of munitions of war. It has summoned all the partners In J. P. Morgan & Company to ap pear for questioning. Political Gossip The latest purely political gos sip bearing on this year's Presi dential campaign Is the sugges tion that the conservative Demo ( Continued on page eight) r ?