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YOUR TOWN lal a bit bettor than jam an willing to Hal* tt BOOST IODR TOWN Franklin THE COUNTY - THE STATE ? THE UNION YOUR LOCAL PAPER can't exist without your Paid for Patronage In Hubacriptioaa and Advertising BOOST TOUR HOME PAPER VOIXMN LXVII. SUBSCRIPTION |1JM Par Taw LOCISBURG, N. CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1930 EIGHT PA UBS) NUMBER 23 COURT HOUSE WORK STOPPED Injunction Granted By Judge W. L. Small To Be Heard in Raleigh at 12 O'clock Saturday? B. M. Stalling* Signed Com plaint ? Bond Signed By Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. ? Extracts Taken From Special Statutes Belied Upon in His Pro ceedings Work on th? remodeling and repairing Franklin County's Court House which was getting on to a nice showing, was stopped Satur day at noon when an injunction was served upon the members of the Board ot County Commis sioners and W. N. Fuller, County Accountant. The Complaint and injunction proceedings were presented to Judge Walter L. Small, who la holding court in this district this term at the Court House In Raleigh, who granted the estoppel, setting the time for the hearing for 12 o'clock Saturday at Raleigh. The order Is In behalf of B. M. Stal Ungs, a former pressing club op erator ot Louisburg, representing himself and other taxpayers of Franklin County, (unnamed) as plaintiffs vs. The Board of Coun ty Commissioners, each Commis sioner individually and W. N. Fuller, County Accountant, as defendants. The plaintiffs are represented by Yarborough & Yarborough and J. M. Broughton and the defendants by County . Attorney Chas. P. Greea and E. I H. M alone. The bond was fixed at $500 and In addition to B. M. Stailings was signed by the Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. The complaint sets out, in part, that Stailings is the owner of property and a tax payer in Franklin County. That the Com missioners are proceeding with the work of remodeling the Court House, involving the employing of labor, purchase of supplies, materials, appparatus and equip ment and requiring the expendi ture of an amount In excess of 920,000. That the work la being done through no mean* of any responsible contractor 'Upon the basis of a low Md submitted In response to public advertisement as required by law, but by said defendanta themselves with no guaranty or protection to the public as to the ultimate coat thereof and with' no boj|d or oth er protection ti the said county with respect to payment for ma terials used in connection there with or with reaped to protection M to liabilities or hazard arising or accruing with staeb construc tion, all of which la In violation ? of Chapter 490 of the public laws of 1983 as amended by Chapter SS2 of the public laws of 1933. And It prays ? proper order of Court enjoining and restraining the defendants, their agents, em - ftloyoes, etc., from proceeding With such proposed work, and from. .paying out any of the pub lic funds of the County in connec tion. therewith and from pledging the . credit the County ? with respect to such construction. . ?: The Laws A study of the laws referred to In the Complaint reveals the following main features of the special statutes passed .by the 1933 General Assembly: Chapter 400 is "an Act to pro Tide for competitive bidding" and provides that "no construc tion or repair work, or purchase of apparatus, suppplles, materials ? or equipment requiring the ex penditure of public money, the ?sttmated cost of which equals or exceeds ) 1,000, except In cases of special emergency Involving the health and safety of the peo ple or their property." It also provides for competitive bidding after advertising, and says "No Board or governing body of the State or sub-division thereof shall assume responsibility for oondtructlon or purchase ton tracts or guarantee the payments fpr labor or materials." It pro vides that the "Award shall be made to the lowest responsible bidder." yet It gives the Board "the right to reject any or all such proposals." This law goes Into much de tail In specifying the minor mat ters and after excepting the State Highway and Prison Department says "all laws and clauses of laws In conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed." Chapter 552 provides a repeal or amendment to Chapter 400 as to the State Agencies or subdivis ions handling "work up to and including an amount not to ex ceed $5,000." This also carries the repealer clause. , Recorder's Court One sentence of eighteen months imposed by Judge Malone in Franklin Recorder's Court Tuesday. It was appealed as was several other cases. The docket was disposed of as fol lows: Orady Harrell was found guilty of operating automobile intoxica ted and reckless driving and giv en 60 days on roads, not to op erate car for 12 months. Chick Murray, P 8 L for sale and sale, nolle pros with leave. John Ed Bailey was found guilty of operating automobile intoxicated and given <0 days on roads. Suspended upon payment of )50 One and costs. Not to operate car for 12 months. Ap peal. Blair Fuller was fouad guilty of assault with deadly weapons and given 18 months on roads. Appeal. Estelle Brady was found guilty of P S L for sale and sale and given S months in Jail and as signed to State Highway and Public Work Commission. Sus pended upon good behavior and payment of costs. Estelle Brady was found not guilty of assault with deadly weapons. Charlie Williamson was found not guilty of assault and tres pass. Robert Denton found guilty of operating automobile Intoxicated and given 60 days on roads. Sus pended upon payment of $50 tine and costs. Not to operate car for 12 months. Appeal. The following cases were con tinued: Orsdy Harrell, bad check. Jessie Jones, operating auto mobile intoxicated. Manuel Debnam, assault with deadly weapons. Henry Smith, operating auto mobile intoxicated. VISITING D( TEXAS Mrs. W. E. Bartholomew, Mr*. T. S. Shinn, of FayettevlUe, Mrs. J. Henry Hawthorne, of Rich mond, Virginia, and Mr. E. M. Bartholomew, left Sunday for a two weeka stay in Texas. While there they will visit Mrs. Emma Bell Cooper, mother of Mrs. Bar tholomew, and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Morgan, In Leary, Texas; and will attend the Texas Centennial at Dallas as well as other points of InterMt. ? ~ rr it Another -tfclni this' country needs, lsOJia fiplnlnn.ot.oor neigh b8r,sls semp mors thoroughly in efficient tax oollectors. | Facts Radio Libel | NEW YORK . . . Boake barter (above), radio commentator, hat been named by Governor Hoffman in a $100,000 libel suit, aliasing that. on April lit, Mr. Carter said "GoV: Hoffman, knew of the Wen del kidnapping" which waOm Yolved in the Hauptmann execu-' ,r -i - 1 Ruth Bryan Owen Weds Capt. Boergc Rhode nxLir. fAKK., N. Y. . . . With President and Mis: Roosevelt as guests. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, U. S. Minister to Deniiark and daugh ter of the late Wm. Jennings Bryan, was married here to$Captain Boerge Rhode, of the Royal Life Guards of King Christian |C of Denmark. Photo shows the bride and groom leaving the church, f Over 5,000 Auto Drivers May Be Banned From Roads With I he revocation of near ly 4,000 automobile driving permit* through Wednesday, Director Arthur Fulk of the State Highway Safety Division predicted 5,500 will be recall ed during the first year's en forcement of the drivers' li cense act which ends Novem ber 1. "We are being forced to re voke licenses at a rate which Is over double that of South Carolina, for Instance, even af ter taking Into consideration the fact that we have twice as many vehicles and twice as many automobile," he declar ed. ? "Largely due to drunken driving, our monthly revocation rate will be over 400, which Is far greater than most State*. "Over ?S per cent of all rev ocations are for drunken driv ing," he declared. Mr. Fulk said South Caro Una had revoked only 5,000 license* since 1M0 and that directors In sevral other States had. Informed him that North Carolina's revocation rate Is far greater than ' elsewhere. ' "Oar law has keen set op where we "can get better en forcement than most States," he continued. "It has won the praise of both State and na tional officials. ' "This should tend to de crease the revocation rate In the future ^ am looking forward to thatT We believe that the day will be i reached when person who drive auto mobiles while intoxicated or In a reckless manner will be few and far between. "It Is oar purpose to not on ly carry out strict enforcement of the license act and thereby curb such driving bat aUo to educate the drivers on how to drive." BARBECUE . Last Friday evening, a barbe cue was given at the home of Miss Lucy Leonard. The guests were greeted on the lawn by Mr. and Mrs. Q. 3. Leonard, Mrs. Fred Leonard and Mrs. J. 3. Dennis, chaperones for the occas ion. A large crowd was present. Among them. Misses Rose Ma lone. Edith Harris, Ruth Green burg, Ltfulse Williams, Cricket Collier, Rebecca Aon Holden, Ed na Parrish, Marie Ingram, Sophia Spivey, Edna Perry, Marion Lan caster, Pearl Perry, Eugenia May, Catherine Perry, Betty Olynn Jones, Marie Perry, Jessie Jones, Dot Hutchinson, Katherine Ma con, Ernestine Perry, Elsie Oup ton, Era Terrell, Jennie Tisdale, Ollie Wester, Ruth Perry and Messrs. Ed Storall, Tom Allen, Sam Pearce, "Phil" Pleasants, George Lumpkin, Ed Collier, Richard Yarborough, Cary How ard, Joe Tonkel, Ben fester, Q. 8. Leonard, Jr.. Arch Wilson, George Leonard Fred MSrritt, John , Wilson, Harrif Hart-is, James Terrell and Mort Harris. Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following m tne program at the Louisburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, July 25th: Satarday ? Double Feature ? Tim McCoy in "Lightnin' Bill Carson" and Charles Bickford In "Pride of The Marines." Sunday ? Eleanor Whitney and Robert Cummlngs in "Three Cheers For Lore." Monday-Tuesday ? Sylvia Sid ney and Spencer Tracy in "Fury." Wednesday ? Bank Night ? Virginia Weldler and Henrietta Crosman in "Girl of The Osarks". Thursday ? Schmellng vs. Louis Fight, 12 official rounds, blow by blow. Friday ? Charles Collins, Steffi ! Duna and Frank Morgan in "Dancing Pirate." CYCLONE A heavy windstorm, cyclonic in nature and action, rlalted the southwestern section of the coun ty Monday evening doing much damage to crops, buildings, trees, etc.. according to reports reach ing Louiskurg. The worse dam age -reported was on the Willie Privett farm near the old Jef reys place on the Raleigh road. Hail Doe* Damage ' 7 A heary hall storm visited a section In Franklfrt, County from around Rocky Fort past Wilson brothers in the northern section of the County on Wednesday night of last Weekv'itylqjf consid erable crop damaged titoAf being the second hall storm in" this sec tion in two weeks most cropa were Insured when the last one made Its visit. MISS BRCK HOSTKS3 Mta Virginia Beck MrtertalH ed <members of the Tuesday even ing contract club/ Thursday eve ning Mlsa Felicia Allen and Mil Clyde O. White tl;d for high scorc honors. Mrs. White cut high and received dusting powder. Mrs. 8 T. Wilder, Jr., received a manicure set, visitors' high score prlxe. Miss Kate Allen, Mrs. White and Miss Felicia Allen assisted the hostess (n serving a salad course, MRS. STANCIL HOSTESS Mrs. R. A. Standi was hostesa to members of her bridge club Tuesday morning, guests playini several progressions of contract, High scorers were Mrs. Karl K. Allen, for members and Mrs. J. R. Eane, Jr., for visiting players. Miss Minnie Draughon of War saw received hose as consolation prize. Mrs. Louis Word, Mrs. E. W. Murphy and Mrs. R. W. Smith wick assisted the hostess in serv ing refreshments after the game. PHONE 28a FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING Ehringhaus Appoints Commission Raleigh, July 18. ? Governor Ehringhaus this afternoon ap pointed Victor Bryant, of Dur ham. chairman of a commission authorized by the last legislature to study the question of control ' - - - )HC beverages In North ve with Bryant will be: I .u, n. parser, of Lumberton; John Robinson, of Charlotte; Lee 'Gravely, of Rocky Mount, Thom as w. Eaoul, of Ashevllle; R. F. Beasley, of Monroe, and Charles Hines, of Greensboro. The act providing for the com mission was ratllled by the Gen eral Assembly erf 1035 the same day It ratified the New Hanover ?county liquor law under which ] county stores are operating there. \ Later the Pasquotank act author | izing stores in other eastern counties was passed. The commission shall make a I thorough investigation of condi i ttons In the State, the resolution provided: shall study control laws of other governmental dl ' visions, Bhall hold hearings, and will make public Its report, re | commendations and findings i which must be presented to the 1937 legislature. Raleigh, July 18. ? Governor | Khringhaus this afternoon ap | pointed Representative Oscar j Barker, of Durham, chairman of a State commission to investigate the advisability of establishment of a State-owned gasoline termi nal and to inquire into alleged discriminations in the State In gasoline prices. j The commission of five mem bers of the last legislature was authorized by a resolution Repre sentative Barker introduced. To serve with him the gover nor appointed Representatives D. L. Ward, of Craven county; Rep resentative T. L. Royster, of Granville; Senator T. V. Webb, of Lenoir, and Sehator Harriss Newman, of New Hanover. Under the resolution the com mission shall study the advisabil ity of establishing the terminal and shall inquire Into the entire Held of gasoline and petroleum sales to the public at retail In North Carolina; shall ascertain, if possible, if the State is being discriminated against and shall report its recommendations to the governor and the 1V37 Gen eral Assembly. The governor said he had not completed a commission he must name to consider claims of 14 counties for refunds from high way funds. AMERICAN LEGION AUXIL IARY MEETS , The American Legion Auxiliary , beld its regular monthly meeting at the Franklin Hotel on Tues day afternoon, July 21st, with Mrs. R. A. Pearee, Mrs. C. R. 1 Sykes and Mrs. Haywood White joint hostesses. After the opening formalities, i the minutes of the last meeting , were read and approved, and the , Child Welfare Chairman reported . that financial help had been ob . talned for a very deserving fam . Uy from Department Headquar 1 ters, and that four men hail been i hospitalized thru the efforts of , the Auxiliary since the last meet ing, and three applications for hospitalization were now pend ing. Mrs. R. A. Bobbltt and Mr*. F. 3. Leonard were appoint i ed to arrange, detalls'for a picnic i Mich is planned for the near fif . ture. The Secretary was instructed I to write a note of sympathy to 1 members of the Legion ahd Aux . Iliary who were incapacitated, i Mrs. C. A. Eagland and Mrs. C. R. Sykes were certified to the i Department as delegates to the i State Convention to be held In , Asheville, the 26-27-28. Mrs. Hugh W. Perry, who Is a member of the State Executive Committee will attend the Con i ventlon as a delegate-at-large. i At the conclusion of the business t the hostesses served Ice cream . and cake and a most enjoyable social period followed. ANNOUNCES BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. John B. Yarbor ough, of Durham, N. C? announce the birth "of a daughter, Mary ' Brooks, July 11th. Mr. Yarbor ' ough Who IS a foil" Of the late John B. Yarborough and Mr*. Yarborough, of LonMMrg. la con nected with the Standard Oil Co., i of N. J.. In Dwtiai'i'' S. F. FAULKNER IS ACCUSED <t Of Killing His Daughter With Axe 'Three Cheers For Love" Swing Is King in the gay Para mount musical of flying feet, "Three Cheers for Love," coming Sunday, July 2Bth, to the Louls burg Theatre. The picture fea-1 tures Robert Cummlngs and Eleanore Whitney, "fastest tap dancer in the world," in leading roles, and presents a list of Im pressive dancing and acting tal ent. The story is one of a pep-filled, attractive girl. Eleanore, who is the daughter of a Hollywood movie producer, John Halliday. Her stepmother, Veda Ann Borg, believes that Eleanore's hopping around the studio in slacks Is not aiding her social standing; she arranges to send the girl to a flinishlng school. The school she chooses has been about to close. When Elea nore seeks to enter, howerer. Headmistress Elizabeth Patterson a former vaudeville trouper, plans to keep It open as a means of aiding a company of stranded stage artists In crashing Holly wood. Abetted by William Fraw ley, head of the troupe, she wel comes the girl Into a school where the supposed students are really chorines and where the profes sors are vaudeville stars in dis guise. The scheme is to stage a "school show" and invite El eanore's father, hoping to Impress him so much that he will book the entire crew for his pictures. A fast-stuping romance sets in between Eleanore and Cum-1 mlngs. youthful member of the troupe. At the close, Hollywood has captured the whole bunch to the tune of $100,000. Tap dancing of Eleanore, Louis DsPron, Cummlngs and Olympe Dradna; "swing numbers" by Cummings and Miss Whitney, and introduction of the sensational new Whitney dance, the "Swing Along," are featured. WOMAN' WRITER BUSY AT HOME Fairmont. Minn., ? July 21. ? Mrs. Susan Elsele. the farm wife who found time to gain recogni tion as the best country newspa per correspondent In America, may not find time, she said today, to collect part of the prize offer ed by the magazine which bes towed the title. Mrs. Elsele, awarded $200 cash and a trip to Washington and New Tork for samples of her work she did not know had been entered In competition, was not certain whether she could leave her three weeks old son, Albert Elsele, Jr., to make the trip. The prize winner Is a native of Georgetown, 8. C., and a gradu ate of the Knoxvllle, Tenn., Col lege of Law. 8he corresponds for the Fair mont Dally Sentinel. Mrs. Elsele waa formerly Miss Frawiey, of Georgetown, 8. C., and was a childhood friend of Mrs. A. Tonkel, of Loutsburg. Noise never bothers a fellow when he makes it himself. Igheriu Found Fortune | t ? ?mmzr. ' TIPTON. Ia. jXoulf ?V os J (above) land wif?! arejtdflnhent the fort ftw of $2 12, WO'foulid hid den in tKe machine ?hed >nd house on the form of thrttjittCIwer^ brothere here. Seventeen ? othei cou?in> *re conteitiflg jhe wuU" Near Gold Sand Eighteen Months Ago ? Accusation Made By Brother ? Faulk ner Jailed in Raleigh ? Wake Officers Assist In Investigation Sid F. Faulkner, 41, of .near Gold Sand, whose 15-year-old daughter, Pattle Mae, met death at the hands of an axe-klller near her home nearly IS months ago, was accused directly in Raleigh Wednesday of the slaying by his own brother, Sam Faulkner, Wake County officers declared, according to reports of local of ficers and a news article In yes terday's News-Observer, which was as follows: The father and uncle of the Franklin schoolgirl, whose brutal murder stirred that county last year, were Jailed here yesterday for safekeeping, together with Pattie Mae's alleged lover, 18 year-old Jerry Patterson. Makes Statement SJam Faulkner declared that his brother had admitted to him he slew his daughter In a fit of anger when he caught her and Patterson in a compromising po sition, Constable Garland Jones, one of the arresting officers, said. " 'I don't mean to serve no time for him, even If he is my brother,' " Jones said the uncle declared. The Constable said that Faulk ner repeated his story several times while being brought to Jail and that each time it checked with his original statement. He said Faulkner declared the father bad complained of having trouble in keeping his daughter from "running around" with boys. To Quiz Trio Wake and Franklin officers working on the case made no ef fort yesterday to question any of the three prisoners at length, but said they intended to confront them today with Information they have obtained. Sid Faulkner said nothing when he was arrested at his home and made no statement on the way to Raleigh, Deputy W. G. Maddrey said. According to the uncle's ver sion of alleged admissions made by the father, the gjrl was first knocked unconscious by a steel game trap thrown at her by the parent when he caught her in a woods with Patterson. "Sam Faulkner told us that the girl's father said both his daughter and the boy ran when he approached and that he threw the steel trap at the girl, striking her back of the head," Consta ble Jones said. "The father then returned to his house, got his axe, and beat the girl about the head with It, her uncle related,"' the Constable continued. -i Father 'Found' Body Sid Faulkner himself reported that ha had discovered the body of hi* daughter on the morning after she disappeared. Her head was crushed br repeated blow* from an aze. Fanlkner said at the time that he had gone to the wood, lome 300 yards from his home, to tie out hla cow, and had stumbled npon the body. The father as well as a num ber of other witnesses were questioned b y Coroner R. A. Bobbitt, who Conducted a lengthy Inquiry into the slaying, but no charges were brought at that time. The two Faulkners and Patter son were arrested yesterday on papers issued by Coroner Bobbitt, charging that they had Important State's evidence in their posses sion. No- direct murder charge was brought against either. ? Did anil 8a ui Faulting MBK placed In the Wake County Jail and Patterson in the City Jail. Neither knew that the others had been arrested. At the time of the slaying, Sid Faulkner and his family lived In Gold Sand Township, but have since moved some five miles a way. Faulkner has two children the oldest a girl of about ntna years. Constable Jonesi quoted Sam (Continued on page eight)
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