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IyOUISBURO, H. OIBOUDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1086
BIGHT PAQBS)
NUMBER 25
COUNTY TAX
RATE $1.00
Road Tax Rates Vary In
Townships
J. H. Boone, Tax Collector, E. R.
Richardson, Superintendent of
County Home Re-Elected For
One Year ? Many Reports Re
ceived? Budget Estimate Adop
ted
The Board of County Commis
sioners met In regular session on
Monday with all members pres
ent. Business was disposed of
as follows after the usual open
ing formalities:
Reports of E. R. Richardson,
Superintendent of County Home,
Miss Sara Louise Weaver, Home
Agent, Dr. R. , FT Yarborough,
Health Officer, Mrs. J. P. Mitcht
ner, Welfare Officer, E. J. Mor
gan, County Agent, were received
and filed.
Com. Terrel reported visiting
the Welfare office and finding
same In good condition.
Sheriff J. P. Moore was allow
ed $1S towards expenses in at
tending the Sheriff's Convention
at Wilmington.
Upon motion E. R. Richardson
was reappointed Superintendent
of the County Home for one year.
J. H. Boone was appointed Tax
Collector for a period of one year.
Hubert Mltchlner was allowed
a refund of poll tax for 1934, er
ror in listing.
The renewal bond of Fred Fra
zier was accepted.
The Loulsburg Fire Depart- [
? -Blent was allowed $25 towards
expenses attending State meeting.
Franklinton Fire Department
was allowed $15 towards expen
ses attending State meeting.
The report of the A. B. C.
Board was received.
Upon order all persons on out
side pauper list drawing over
$3.00 per month be reduced to
(3.00 per month.
A motion prevailed fixing the
budget appropriations for the
year from July 1, 1936 to June
30th, 1937. (This Item remain
ed practically the same as the es
timated budget figures publisher
in recent issues of the Franklin
Times.
A motion prevailed levying the
following tax rates:
County
General Purpose 15.
Poor 6,
Courts 5.
Debt Service 39.
School Debt Service - 23.5
School Current Expense 3.6 '
School Capital Outlay ' 6. !
Health 3.
1.00
Roads
Dunns ? 21.
Harris ? 68.
Youngs ville ? 20.
Franklinton ? 14. /
HayesviHe ? 73.
Sandy- ?*eek ? 46.
Gold Mine ? 80.
Cedar Rock ? 20.
Cypress Creek ? 70.
Loulsburg ? 20. .
Special
Franklinton Graded Schools ? (.
A motion prevailed that the
1935 delinquent tax list be adver
tised as provided by law.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned to
^Friday, August 7th, 1936, at
11:30 A. M.
? V. W. A. ANNOUNCEMENT
The T. W. A. of the Loulsburg
Baptist Church will meet Monday
Evening at 8 o'clock with Miss
Mary Harris Freeman.
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Prop-am At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following u tea program
at the Lonlsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, August 8th:
Saturday ? Double Feature ?
Gene Autry in "Comin' Round
The Mountain" and Lyle Talbot
In "Trapped By Television."
Sunday ? Bette Davis and War
ren William In "Satan Met A
Lady."
Monday ? Anne Shirley and
John Beat In "M'LUs."
Tuesday ? Ross Alexander and
Beverly Roberts In "Hot Money."
Wednesday ? Bank Night ?
Claire Trevor and Brian Donlevy
in "Hpman Cargo."
Thursday and Friday ? SHIR
LET TEMPLE In "The Poor Lit
tle Rich Girl."
Last Showing Today m "lhe
Green Pastures."
Protected American!
BOSTON ; -a Eric C. Wendelln
31, of Qulncy, Mass., third secre
I tary of the American embassy a!
i Madrid, Spain, was in command
?when riots and revolution started
there and it was up to him to pro
tect hundreds of Americans wh<
rushed to the embassy^/
Georgia Tobacco
Prices Pleasing
Averages Reported Higher
Than Last Tear; Range
Up To 50 Cents A Pound
Tifton, Ga., Aug. 4. ? The first
1936 tobacco auctions in the na
tion began today in South Georgia
and growers reported prices jfood.
Offerings were heavy in each
of the 15 market cities. Some
markets had the heaviest offer
ings in the history of the crop
which since .the World War has
become one of South Georgia'#
greatest and most profitable agri
cultural products. ?
The Georgia crop brought 1 13,
582,912 in 1935. Some warehouse
men predicted the 1936 crop
would do even better.
Opening prices ranged from 5
cents a pound for trash grades to
more than 50 cents a pound for
choice tobaccos.
Warehouses throughout the
belt were jammed. Much tobacco
remained on wagons and trucks
and in storage buildings. It will
be sold later in the week.
Double crews were put to work
at many warehouses, giving work
to hundreds of persons.
Opening of the auctions turned
the tobacco market towns ? Adel,
Baxley, Blackshear, Douglas, Ha
hira. Hazlehurst, Uetter, Moultrie,
Nashville, Pelham, Statesboro,
Tifton, Valdosta, ? Vldalla and
Waycross ? into the busiest cities
in the state.
Streets ,were filled with farm
ers, busy spending the hundredsi
of thousands of dollars they re
ceived for the leaf. Stores were
crowded.
Official reports on sales will
be announced next week by the
State Department of Agriculture.
Unofficial reports, today told, of
good prices and happy growers.
Blackshear reported 1,500,000
to 1,750,000 pounds on hand
with two rows in one warehouse
averaging 32-34 cents.
Douglas had 1,760,000 pounds.
One grower sold 210 pounds for
52 cents a pound. Buyers estimat
ed the average was 24 to 25 cents,
against 18 last year.
Tifton, ranking volume-market
for several years, had the heaviest
offerings in its history, with more
than 2,000,000_ pounds. Opening
sales indicated an average well
over 20 cents here.
GOOD AVERAGE MADE
UPON FLORIDA MARKET
Live Oak, Fla., Aag. 4. ? The
inaugural of the 1936 tobacco
auction left broad smiles on the
faces of growers today. When
checks for the left averaged a
fraction more than 25 cents a
pound, seven cents above last
year.
First and second primings com
prised most of the <50,000 pounds
of tobacco on the floor of the
Florida market when bidding be
gan. Better grades brought prices
in the upper thirties. The first
basket sold went at 56 cents.
About 40 per cent of the leaf
displayed today was sotd.
Receipts $11,828.20
According to flgnretf secured
from Mr. Louis Wheless, book
keeper for the A. B. C. Board of
Franklin County the July sales
amounted to $11,828.20. These
sales were divided as follows:
Franklinton 88,870.10, Louis
burg $2,968.10. This represents
only (59.10 difference from the
June sales which were $11,887.
30.
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FAULKNER
FACING TRIAL
FOR LIFE
Brother Accuses Franklin
Man of Slaying Daughter;
Moved To Franklin Jail
Facing charges ot first-degree
murder in tbe axe-slaying of hit
15-year-old daughter, Pattte Uae,
Sid F. Faulkner, Monday was re
turned to Louisburg from Raleigh
to be held without bond pending
action of tbe Franklin grand jury
nest October.
Sam Faulkner, brother of the
defendant, who again accused him
of committing the murder In a
statement signed in Raleigh Mon
day, also was brought back to
the Franklin County jail and will
be held as a material witness.
Sheriff J. P. Moore and John
F. Matthews, who is connected
with the county attorney's office
returned the prisoners. The
Faulkners were lodged in Jail In
Raleigh more than two weeks
ago after their arrest at their
respective homes.
Sheriff Moore announced that
Jerry Patterson, 18, who was in
volved as a witness in Sam Faulk
ner's first accusation against his
brother, had been released from
custody. Patterson, also, had been
taken to Raleigh for safekeeping.
The Faulkner girl was slain
about 18 months ago near her
hon;e in the Gold Sand section of
this County. Evidence indicated
an axe had been used to beat her
to death. No arrests had been
made in the case until recently
when talk In the Faulkner neigh
borhood caused Sheriff Moore to
reopen his Investigation.
In event the grand jury In
dicts Sid Faulkner, he will go on
trial at the October term of court.
A warrant accusing him of the
slaying was served Monday.
Sam Faulkner signed the state
ment involving his brother Mon
day before three witnesses in the
Wake courthouse.
Accepts Call
Wilmington, Aug. 3. ? Rev.
Sankey L. Blanton, of New Haven,
Conn., has written J. L. Baldwin,
clerk of the First Baptist Church
here, announcing his acceptance
of the call to its pastorate which
that ehurch extended him some
time ago. Dr. Blanton Is a native
of Shelby. He attended Wake
Forest College and Louisville
Theological Seminary, and also
studied at Newton Centre Semin
ary and University of Edinburgh,
Scotland.
His first pastorate was at Lou
isburg. Five years later he ac
cepted the pastorate of Calvary
Baptist Church at New Haven.
Dr. Blanton will reach Wilming
ton with his wife and his 12-year
old son about Sepf. IS.
LOUISBUBG EDUCATOR
IN FATAL AUTO SMASH
Aahevllle, Aug. 1. ? One man
was killed and another slightly
Injured tonight on the Asheville
Canton highway, near Candler
Heights.
W. P. Crawford, 61, of Route
No. 3, Hayesville, Clay County, a
superintendent for the T. M.
Strlder Bridge Construction Com
pany of Nashville, Tenn., died
within 30 minutes after the acci
dent from a fractured (lull and
internal Injuries.
George Whltaker, 21, Negro, of
Loulsburg, N. C., chauffeur tor
Dr. A. D. Wilcox, president of
Loulsburg College, received slight
cuts and bruises about the face.
Dr. Wilcox was uninjured, offi
cers reported.
The accident occurred, the Ne
gro told officers, when the coupe
driven by Mr. Crawford appar
ently skidded on the wet highway
and caused the car to sway into
the path of the Wilcox machine.
J. D. Hill Dead
The remains of Joe Davis Hill,
who died In Raleigh on Tuesday,
were brought to Loulsburg and
interred in Oaklawn cemetery on
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.
Funeral services were held at
the grave conducted by Rev. E.
H. Davis.
The deceased was about 47
years of age. was a son of tho
late W. H. Hill, and Is survived
by three brothers, K. P. Hill, J.
P. Hill and Greenwood Hill, of
Raleigh, and three sisters, Mrs.
W. H. Tarborough, of Loulsburg,
Mrs. P. A. Reavts and Mrs. J. S,
Williams, of Raleigh.
How Will Small Town and Kural America Vote?
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TOWN (JOMMIS- 1
SIONERS MEET
The Board of Town Commis
sioners met In regular session
Tuesday night with all members
i present except Barrow and How
! ell and Mayor Webb.
Mayor Pro-tern L. L. Joyner
| presided in tha absence of Mayor
| W. C. Webb.
Minutei of previous meetings
were read and approved.
' The monthly reports of the
Town Clerk, Chl?f of Police and
Tax Collections were read and 1
approved. .
The Board contributed $225.00
to the White Volunteer Fire Com
i pany and $76.00 to the Colored
.Volunteer Fire Company to de-i
, fray their Convention expensee. |
Fire Chief F. M. Fuller re
quested the Board to purchase
wheels and pneumatic tires for
the Fire Truck and to purchase
needed Are hose. The request
for these items was referred to
the Fire Committee for attention.
Mr. F. H. Allen reported that
the Special Committee appeared
before the Board of County Com- i
mlssioners in reference to secur
ing a Federal Sanitary Officer for
Franklin County, and that the
Committee pffered to donate
$100.00 in behalf of the Town of
Louisburg, toward the expenses
of employing a Federal Sanitary
Officer.
The Board instructed the Town
Attorney to proceed with fore
closure suits on delinquent pave
ment r assessments.
After allowing a number of ac
counts the Board adjourned.
| ,
Lowers Tax Rate
Setting the County tax rate at
$1.00 on the one hundred by the
County Commissioners on Monday
really represents quite a good re
duction when It is considered
that the last legislature added
most all personal property to the
list from which the $800 exemp
tion could be taken.. This alone
will reduce the County tax val
ues. according to the County Ac
countants office around $150,000.
Therefore, If this reduction of
taxable property had not been
made the tax rate could have been
reduced the amoudt this proper
ty would produce.
Several of the township road |
debt service levies were, reduced
by pennies, Loulsburg township
getting the biggest reduction,
three cents. Any tax payer can de
termine his rate by adding the i
road levy rate to the County :
rate of $1.00.
It is indicated by the estimated '
budget published, . elsewhere in j
this issue the Town of Loulsburg
will reduce Its rate this year to
$1.86. The rate last year was'
$2.00. This action Is in the right
direction, and is commendable.
From these figures it will be
seen that the rate of tax proper-'
ty within the town of Loulsburg
will have to pay in 1936 will be
one dollar, plus twenty cents, 1
plus one dollar and eighty-flve
cents (or $3. OS).
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U. S. G-MEN
CALLED IN
Evidence Sent By 3
Asheville Detectives
The Chief of the O-Men Says He
Cannot Tell How Long It Will
Take To Complete The Analy
sis and Decllnea To Describe
Nature of The "Several Piece*
Of Evidence"; Asheville Au
thorities Believe It Will Aid
Materially In Identifying The
Siargr
Asheville, July 30. ? The two
weeks Sheriff Laurence E. Brown
allotted himself to "crack" the
Clevenger case ended today with
the murder mystery apparently
still tar from a solution.
Brown, the chief investigator
of the hotel room slaying of 11
year-old Helen Clevenger, said,
however he was still confident of
solving the crime though It might
take a long time.
At Washington J. Edgar Hoov
er, chief of the bureau of Investi
gation, reported three Asheville
detectives had turned over to him
"several pieces of evidence" which
he was having studied by chem
ists In the bureau's laboratory.
Hoover said he could not tell
how long It would take to com
plete the analysis. He declined
to describe the nature of the evi
dence which Asheville authorities
were said to believe* would aid
materially in identifying the
slayer.
Statements from persons who
stayed at the Battery Park Hotel
the night of the murder have
been obtained in various cities.
The sheriff continued to detain
Daniel H. Gaddy. the hotel night
watchman.
At Raleigh, Prof.' W. L.' Clev
enger, the slain girl> uncle, said
he would not be ?urprlaed to
learn at any moment of an ar
rest.
Clevenger added he had a defi
nite idea about the identity of
the criminal and aaid;
"He is a person whose name so
far has not been mentioned In
the Case."
He said he thought the murder
was an "inside Job" committed
by someone familiar with the
hotel.
SLAYER OF HUSBAND
IS DENTED FREEDOM
Henderson, Aug. * 4 ? Superior
Court Judge W. C. Harris, of Ra
leigh, at a bearing in chambers
here, Tuesday dented habeas cor
pus petition of Ruby Wilder El
lington seeking release from jail
where she has been held without
ball since she fatally shot her
husband, James Hartwell Elling
ton, the night of July 3. Wit
nesses recounted incidents Just
before and at time of the shoot
ing, which occurred in a cafe at
North Henderson. It was testi
fied the woman had been beaten
several times by her husband and
that she was not satisfied with
court Judgments against him and
was quoted as saying if the court
would not give her Justice she
would get it otherwise.
CITIZENS HERE GET CHANCE TO
VOTE IN NATION-WIDE
PRESIDENTIAL POLL
THIS PAPER AMONG NATIONAL
GROUP CONDUCTING STRAW VOTE
Small Town and Rural America Sentiment Is Being
Recorded by Democratic, Republican and Independ
ent Newspapers In All Parts Of The Country
VOTE AND MAIL STRAW BALLOT NOW
First Vote
For Landon
L
The first vote THE FRANKLIN
TIMES received in the Nation
wide vote (or President Campaign
was checked for Landon, the re
publican nominee. This indicates
the republicans are more actively
interested in the coming cam
paign than the Democrats. It oc
curs to us the Democrats had bet-'
ter become a little more actively
interested.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held
its usual session on Tuesday
morning and disposed ot the fol
lowing cases:
Plummer Marshall and Annie
Rogers plead guilty to f and a,
and prostitution, prayer for judg
ment was continued.
Lee Tant was found guilty of
violating prohibition law, and
discharged upon payment of $10
and costs. Appeal.
Willie Perry was found not
guilty of assault on a female.
Letha Graham, charged with
assault with ?leadly weapon with
Intent to kill, probable cause be
ing found, the case was transfer
red to the Superior Court.
Willie Perry was found guilty
of operating automobile intoxica
ted. and given 90 days on roads
to be suspended upon payment of
150 fine and costs. Appeal.
Nolle Pros was taken In the
case of non-support against John
Williams.
Gardner Perkerson was found
guilty of speeding and was dis
charged upon payment of costs.
Gobe Baker was found not guil
ty ot violation of prohibition law.
The following cases were con
tinued:
Jesse Jones, operating automo
bile intoxicated.
Wilson Abbott, assault on a fe
male and drunk and disorderly.
WEAVER SUCCEEDS BURTON
IN STATE RE '
Authority Names Grainger As
sistant ; Nash-Halifax Co-Op
Gets #16,000
Dr. D. S. Weaver, of N. C.l
State College, pioneer in rural
electrification worlc in the State,
will return next week to the State
Rural Electrification as secretary,
succeeding C. W. Burton, whose
resignation took effect yesterday.
Weaver has been on leave of ab
sence from the college for k year,
serving in the research division
of the Federal Rural Electrifica
tion Authority In Washington.
The State Authority, meeting
here yesterday with Director Dud
ley Bagley, also elected J, M.
Grainger, of Loulsburg, as assis
tant secretary.
The authority announced the
Nash ?. Halifax Cooperative at
Rocky tfount had been allotted
$16,000 by the federal adminis
tration to erect lines in the Glen
vlew section of Halifax county.
Papers for the Edgecombe-Martin
Cooperative to secure Federal
funds have been completed, It
was also announced, and bids
have been tasked for materials to
construct 143 miles of rural lines
in Wilson County which will be
built on force account by the mu
nicipal plant at Wilson.
The authority approved a co
operative set-up for Franklin
County which will seek $125,000
In Federal funds to construct 123
miles of lines. ? News-Observer;
Calls Pastor
The Loulsburg Baptist Church
at the morning service Sunday,
Issued a call to Rev. W. L.
Lynch, of Moes Hill. Rev. Lynch
Is very popular, it la said, In his
present work, and Loulsburg peo
ple will be fortunate In securing j
him.
PHONE 183
FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING^
Which of the presidential can
didates In the national election
this fall is going to carry North
Carolina, Fnnklin County, and
l.ouisburg?
Which of the candidates will
get the highly Important small
town and rural vote? Which can
didate will get those votes in thd
majority of states throughout the
nation?
These are questions, the an
swers to which will no doubt play
an Important part in the final
national returns next November.
Upon the choice of the small-town
and rural America voters may rest
the balance of power to swing the
election for the successful can
didate.
Reports from throughout the
country indicate that voters every
where are manifesting exception
ally keen interest In the political
campaign now well under way.
All signs point to a closely con
tested election.
It is therefore of especial in
terest at this time that, the pub
lishers of weekly newspapers
throughout the country have
launched a nation-wide presidenti
al straw-vote, to learn "which
way the wind is blowing" with
the small town and rural Ameri
can voters.
In Nation-Wide Poll
THE FRANKLIN TIMES has
joined in with these weekly news
papers and will conduct the vote
In this territory. A straw-vote
ballot is published in this issue.
It may be voted by any legal vot
er. You do not have to sign your
name. It is important, however,
that you sign the name of the
town and state from which you
expect to cast your vote at the
November election, so that the
national tabulation of your vote
will be accurately recorded.
Publishers Autocaster Service
of New York, producers of a serv
ice for weekly newspapers, is to
serve is the capacity of national
headquarters for this nation-wide
vote. Your local vote will first be
recorded here in Louisburg, then
the ballot sent on to New York ?
for national tabulation.
Our Votes are Important
Our local, county and state re
turns In this straw-vote will be
of particular interest to voters
everywhere, Just as returns from
other states will be of interest to
the voters here. It is only through
combined efforts of hundreds of
weekly newspapers that such a
record of sentiment in the small
towns and rural American can
be obtained.
It is therefore important that
you decide now to cast your straw
vote in this balloting, so that your
fellow voters for your favorite
candidate in other states will
know what may be expected from
North Carolina.
Of first interest, of course, will
be the returns shown in our
choices right here in Franklin
County. Decide now to cast yoar
vote. Clip out the ballot, vote It
write In the name of the town
and state, then mall or bring It
to The Franklin Times.
Returns Each Week
Returns In the local voting will
be published in these columns
each week as the voting pro
gresses. National returns will al
so be published as soon as they
are available, first releases of
which should be forth-coming
weekly within the next ten daya
or two weeks.
Let's get the ball rolling hera
in Loulsburg by clipping out the
ballot below, voting it and send
ing It in to this office at once.
Which of the Presidential con
didates is going to get an early
lead In the first votes cast hera
In Loulsburg.
First returns here should be
mighty Interesting. You'd better
vote for your Presidential cholca
right now.
Exhibits thfet told a story of
farm progress in North Carolina
in recent years featurad the an
nual Farm and Home Weak ex
ercises at Stafb College July 27
to 31 and visitors said the ex
hibits were better than any seen
at the State Fair.