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YOUR TOWN lul ? bit better than yom are Willing to Help make it BOOST YOUR IOVI The Franklin THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE UNION YOUR LOCAL PAPER can't eiiat without your Paid for Patronage In Subscription! and Advertising BOOST TOUR HOME PAPER VOLUHN LXVU. SUBSCRIPTION $1.60 Per Ye LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1030 EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 30 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VISITS NORTH CAROLINA Addressed The Green Pastures Dem ocratic Rally At Charlotte Yester day To An Enormous Crowd I Grove Park Inn, Asheville, Sept. 0. ? President Franklin D. Roosevelt reached Asheville late this afternoon after a sev en and a half hour automobile trip had carried him through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and a continu ously enthusiastic reception by hundreds of thousands of well wishers along "tLe route. Dem > ocratic Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, seavily Republican until the days of TV A, welcomed him with something more than friendli ness. "X hare wanted to visit the Great Smokies for the past 30 years," President Roosevelt said tonight. "At least half a dozen times, I thought I had the trip arranged, but something Inter vened to prevent It. "Now today I have Anally made the trip. I not only was not dis appointed, I was delighted and thrilled. "It was a grand trip." Fred L. Seeley, owner of thi? hotel, pointed out that President Theodore Roosevelt spent a night here precisely 34 years ago. The date was September 9, 1902, shortly after the hotel was built. Today, President Roose'velt waved his pearl gray fedora at frequent Intervals and was al most constantly smiling and bow ing to acknowledge the constant cheers which marked his passage through the towns and villages along the route. > Tomorrow be will speak at least five times and possibly more in this State. He will speak at Athletic Field here tomorrow! morning before embarking for Charlotte where tomorrow after noon he will address the;: Green Pastures Democratic Rally spon sored by the Young Democratic , clubs of the Tenth North Caro lina district and in which Demo-! crats from Ave or six adjoining ; states will participate. After i leaving Charlotte where the speech will be on social and eco- 1 nomic rather than political them- 1 es, with the power question ex pected to be included, the Presi dent has definitely scheduled rear platform speeches at Salisbury, High Point and Greensboro. To night a great deal of presaure la being exerted for an enlargement of that schedule and there is a very good chance of those efforts being successful. However, the President's special train wkich today came from Knoxville to Ashevllle without any passengers, will tomorrow proceed to Char lotte the same way. Members of the President's party evidently preferred North Carolina high ways to railroads. Recorder's Court Three cases were disposed of, several continued and one deman ded a Jury trial at Tuesday's ses sion of Franklin Recorder's Court, which was held In the Opera House. The docket was as follows: Graham Llndsey was found not guilty of assault but guilty of abandonment and non-support, prayer for Judgment continued. Lonnle Pendergrass was fonnd guilty of forcible trespass and carrying concealed weapons, and giren 60 days on roads. Leslie Mann plead guilty to as sault with deadly weapon and given 3 months on roads. The following cases were con tinued: Zollie Williamson, assault with deadly weapon. Zollie Williamson, carrying concealed weapons. J. W. Denton, abandonment. Walter Strickland, assault with deadly weapon. Joe Whit Hayes, assault with deadly weapon on female and drunk and disorderly, jury de manded case continued. Z. L. Tharrlngton, assault on female. First Bale Cotton The first bale of cotton of the 1936 crop was brought to Loula> burg Tuesday by A. M. Shearia and was ginned by P. H. Allen. It weighed 512 pounds and was bought by A. W. Person for 1SH cents a pound. It graded mid ling 15-16th. LOUISBURQ BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. D. B. Bryan. Dean of Wake Forest College will preach at the 11:00 o'cleck service Sunday. SEX. ROBERT R. REYNOLDS who was unanimously elected president of the Carolina Moose Association in convention In Ral eigh Monday after personally in viting the organization to meet next year In his home city of Asheville. His invitation was accepted. He spoke Sunday to delegates and again Monday. Franklin County Fair To Be Held in Louisburg October 26th to '31ft The 22nd annual Fair will be held In Loulsburg. October the 2#th to the 31it inclusive and is expected to be the best since 1926. The Secretary advises that the premiums offered will almost double last year's list and the largest exhibit seen in years is expected. Watch for the list of premiums in The FRANKLIN TIMES. The Midway attractions will be furnished by The West's World Wonder Shows, which is the lar gest show to play the Fair since 1926. There will be plenty of Free Acts, Fireworks and enter tainment. to Insure pleasure for every member of the family. New Coach For College The new coach at Louiaburg College will be Dave March, Jef ferson High School, Lafayette, Ind. and Purdue University star coach, according to an announce ment made today by the college authorities. March's selection has been made for some time but has Just been made public. He succeeds Lathan L. Miller, as coach and physical education di rector for men. March came directly from Pur due University where he was as sistant coach in varsity football and basketball and also freshman baseball. He was also instructor in physical education at Purdue. Purdue last year won the Big Ten basketball championship and broke even in baseball and foot ball. While at Jefferson High School, Lafayette, Ind., March had three years in football, basketball and baseball. He was captain of the football team during his senior year, his team winning the state football championship and he emerging as an All-State end. He was also co-captain of the base ball team during his senior year. March has the bachelor's and master's degree, both from Pur due, in physical education and science. He is 26 years of age and was born in Lafayette, Ind. At Loulsburg he will have com plete charge of all Intercollegiate athletics and men's physical edu cation. Six football games have been scheduled, while one is tentative ly arranged with Guilford Col lege, for the present football sea son. Others may be arranged. The schedule In: Sept. 25, Chow an College here; October 6. Bluefleld there; October 10, Wil liam and Mary, Norfolk Division here;; October 16, Apprentice School there; October 24, vacant; October 31, N. C. State Freshmen there; November 7, Campbell, there; and November 14, Guil ford here (tentative). Subscribe to The Franklin Timet Enrollment Over Three Hundred 134th SESSION BEGUN THURSDAY Annual Convocation Of Louisburg College Held At Louisburg Methodist Church at 10 O'clock Yesterday (Special To Times) The one hundred and thirty fourth session of Louisburg Col lege got underway this week with the largest enrollment in the his tory of the institution and with indications of one of * the most successful years of its existence. The present session was form ally opened on Thursday morning at ten o'clock when the annual convocation ceremonies were held at the local Methodist Church. Representative citizens - of the town, members of the Board of Trustees, students, and President Wilcox took part in the opening exercises. Indications are that by the time the enrollment is completed it will have reached or exceeded the total of 300 students, which is a 15% increase over that of last year which was approximate ly 275. About sixty counties and over half dozen states will most probably be represented in this year's enrollment. A facul ty and administrative staff of over 20 persons will direct the College this year. Those who took part in the convocation exercises Thursday morning were W. C. Webb, Mayor of Louisburg; W. R. Mills. Sup erintendent of the Franklin Coun ty school u| slut , -ft- H. Malona. Louisburg attorney and secretary of the Board of Trustees; and Dr. Armour David Wilcox, presi dent of the College. Also pres ent was W. E. White, Louisburg business man and president of the Board of Trustees. Wednesday, September 9 was given over to registration of day students, while Thursday rSsident students were registered. A ma jor part of Thursday, and part it Friday and Saturday are being given over to orientation pro grams. Class Instruction began at 8:30 Friday morning. Outstanding among the new features for this year is the new course in industrial arts, to b? taught by Prof. Tilman Lockard, who comes from the Eastern Illi nois Teachers' College and who recently was president of the Ep sllon Pi Tau. national honorary fraternity In industrial arts and vocational education. Courses in industrial arts are new to Southern colleges, and par ticularly among colleges located in this State, Whether large or small. Especially among the smaller colleges Is such a type of course new, having not yet been introduced among them. Arranging for Ru ral Electrification County Agent E. J. Morgan In formed the TIMES this week that the Franklin County Rural Elec trification Mutual Association had employed W. L. Lumpkin and would secure Its charter within the next few days following which it was expected to advertise for bids for constructing lines thro ughout the county in keeping with Its surreys, and also for current. He says all efforts will be used to push this work to an early conclusion In order to fur nish the people of the county with the more modern conven iences. A. B. C. Receipts The two A. B. C. Stores in Franklin County reported receipts of $11,843.40 for the month of August. The Frankllnton Store led In sales which amounted to $8,8 19, S5, and the Louisburg Store reported $3,023.85. VESTER-MARSHALL Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Marshall an nounces the marriage of her daughter, Miss VIrgle Marshall to Mr. Charles U. Vester, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Mc. Vester, of Spring Hope, on Sunday, Sept. t, 1936 at one o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Palmer, Louis burg. They are making their home with his sister, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Phelps, of Louisburg. We know a man who Is so lazy that he married a widow with fire children. [Franklin D. Roosevelt! mmm jr^j NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE Of County Nature Before Board of County Commis sioners Monday ? Meet in Board of Education Of fices The Board of County Commis sioners held its regular monthly meeting Monday In the Board of Education's offices at which time business was transacted as fol lows: Reports of Supt. E. R. Richard son, of the County Home; Miss Weaver, Home Agent; W'R. If. ' Yarborough, County Health offi cer; Mrs. J. F. Mitchlnei\ Welfare officer; E. J. Morgan and W. C. Boyce, County Agents, were re ceived and filed. Upon motion it was ordered that repairs on waterworks to County Home be made. A road petition from Youngs- j vllle township, leading from Youngsville to the cemetery, was approved and recommended to the State Highway Commission. Report of the A. B. C. Board was received and filed. Com. J. Z. Terrel reported vis iting the Welfare office and find ing it in first class condition. After allowing a number of accounts adjournment subject to call of the Chairman was taken. 8T PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH There will not be a Church ser vice Sunday night as Bishop Pe nick will be in Kittrell Sunday morning at 11:00, and at Wake Forest at 4:00 In the afternoon. Our congregation is invited to drive to either of those places ' and worship with the people there. Sunday School will meet Sun day at the usual hour, and the choir rehearsals will be held as usual on Thursday nights at 7:15 and Sunday mornings for the I Junior choristers. P. T. A. MEETINO President Mrs. J. Y. Beasley re quests the TIMES to announce a meeting of the Mills Parent Teachers Association for Thursday afternoon, September 17th, at 3:30 o'clock In the School Audi-: torium. All parents and teachers j of the district are urged to at-! tend. ! 1 ' 111 FIRST BALE AT YOl'NOSVILLE The Youngsville cotton market reports tbat J. E. Green sold the first new bale of cotton for this 1 season there on Tuesday. It was ginned and bought by E. M. Mitchell and brought 18 1-4 cents a pound. BIRTHDAY PARTY Master Ben Downey entertain- , ed quite a number ot his friends at his home Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock In memory of his eighth birthday. After a large number of games had been play- i ed, refreshments were served to ; the guests by Mljsses Miriam Dow- i ney and Sudle Toone. Those present were: Mary Elen and "Sonny Boy" Collier. Oeorge , Herman Murphy, Betty Lou and Rachel P?oe, Ralph Beasley, Ann ' Holt, and Asher and Florence j i Johnson. 1 A manufacturer's profits are measured fey his margin of effi ciency oTOr that of his least ef ficient competitor. I Woman Flies Across Atlantic MRS. BERYL MARKHAM MAKES FIRST SOLO TRIP Left London Friday 12:60 p. m. Arrived Near Louis bnrg, Nova Scotia, Satur day 1:20 p. m.? Fuel Shortage Deprived Her oi New York Goal ~~ tontsbarg, Nora Scotia, Sept. 5. ? Mrs. Beryl Markham. "feel ing fine." and "with Juat a bump on my bead" to abow (or ber forc td landing ended ber England to New York flight unexpectedly but safely today at Balelne Core, near here. There were scratches on her nose and face, and her plane wag badly damaged, but the 33-year old English matron was unhurt. "It was nice to hare landed right side up." she commented with a nervous laugh. "This la my first vlait to America, you know." Cut Requires Stitch She was not quite sound", however, for the cut In her fore head required a stitch or two. The plane landed in six feet of mud. coming down so suddenly that the propellor was smashed, the left wing torn and the under wear put out of commission. "The weather was very bad all the way across," She said. "Fog and winds forced me to fly blind part of the way." This bore out the expression of New York weather expert* who had commented earlier in the day that "If Mrs. Markham gets through that weather It will be al most incredible." v Oets Through But she did get through, cross ing the Atlantic from land to land on a flight whfch .her httsbahd. back In England, said he "wouldn't have attempted tor a million pounds." Mrs. Markham, who la no stran ger to adventure, confessed that there were many minute* 'of worry on the bight. "I had visions of falling lAto the Atlantic," she said, wryly, Mrs. Markham. who lifted her small monoplafte, "The Messeng er," from the Ablhgdon airport in England at 12:60 P. M. (eastern standard time) Friday, had been In the air 24 hours and a half when she was forr. ii down, by lack of fuel. It 1:20 P. M. (E. 8. T.) today. Foul ? weather chal lenged her pl*tr? moat of the way, eating up her gfcbollne supply more rapidly than she had antici pated. Fuel Almost Gone " I knew my fuel was almost gone, so I landed at the first clear spot I sighted," she said af ter she had been brought to Lou Isburg. i "I flew ' oyer Harbor Orace, Newfoundland, after I had been In the air about 20 hours. The heavy tog there made a landing impossible. BARBECUE Quite a large number enjoyed a delightful barbecue and old time Southern hospitality at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mur phy near Loutaburg on Thursday. The cue wa* splendidly, prepared and the barbecued chicien great. All enjoyed a feast and extended a rote of thank* to the host and hostess, Mr. and Mr*. W. E. Mur phy. (- '? ? LANDON INCREASES LEAD IN THIRD WEEK OF POLL 360,302 Straw Votes Now Tabulated In Nation- Wide Presidential Balloting Big Vote Anticipated ? Returns From 41 States Dis close Lively Interest of. Small Town and Country Voters in November Election --- ? TOWN COMMIS SIONERS MEET Receives Proposition On Purchasing of New And Larger Engine for Power Plant ? Salaries Increased The Boanf of Town Commis sioners met in regular session, Sept. 7th at 7:30 p. m. with the following members present: W. J. Cooper, F. IT. Allen, J. S. How ell,. L, L. Joyner, W. B. Barrow ; and Mayor Webb. Minutes of the previous meet ings were read and approved. Mr. Rittenhouse. representative of Fairbanks. Morse & Co.. ad dressed the Board concerning the purchase of a new Diesel engine. ! His proposal was taken under consideration by the Board. Mr. Barnes, representing the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., of fered the Board a contract for new tires for the Fire truck. The purchase of the tires was referred to the Fire Committee. The Board authorized the pur chase of 250 feet of fire hose, and instructed the Fire Committee tO| purchase the Paragon brand of i | hose. The Temporary Budget adopt ed on July 27th. 1936. was per manently adopted hy the Board for the flscal year 1936-1937, and! the tax rate for 1936 was estab lished at SI. 85 per $100.00. A ruling' was adopted by the Board that all town employees must take a week vacation with 1 pay. rather than to work through bis vacation and receive extra pay for a week. I A motion prevailed to increase i the salaries of C. F. Cash and E. 3. Ford In an amount of I 10.00' ! per month each. Monthly reports of the Chief ' jof Police, Town Clerk, and Tax Collections were received and ac I cepted by the Board. I A motion prevailed, "That 'all supplies needed for each depart ment must be requisitioned from the Chairman of that respective Department, and such Chairman shall request the Purchasing Agent to purchase the supplies." j The Board Instructed the Chair- 1 man of the Light and Water Com mittee to have a septic sewage disposal basin constructed at the residence of Mrs. R. O. Bailey on Sunset Avenue. A request was received from the Franklin County Farm Agents Office to extend the storm sewer in the rear of the new County 1 Agricultural building. This re quest was referred to the Light > and Water Committee for lnves-l tlgatlon and recommendation. Alter allowing a number of ac-1 counts the Board adjourned. Gets One Still Prohibition Enforcement Offi cer R. L. Harris report* the des truction of a lot of beer and con tainers about three miles below Seven Paths on Tuesday of last week, a lot of beer and containers about Are miles northwest of Franklinton on Friday morning, and captured a complete still out fit on Sandy Creek near the War renton highway on Friday even ing. And on Saturday he and his assistants captured five and a half gallons of whiskey in black town, in Loulsburg. , Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following is toe program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, Sept. 12th: Saturday ? Double Feautre ? Ken Maynard In "The Fugitive Sheriff' and Bill Oargan In "The Blackmailer." Sunday and Monday ? Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Patsy Kelly and the Rltz Bros. In "Sing, Baby, Sing." Tuesday ? Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans In "Piccadilly Jim." Wednesday ? Bank Night ? Ann Harding and Walter Abel In "The Witness Chair." Thursday and Friday ? Pat O'Brien, Beverly Roberts, Ross Alexander, Marie Wilson In "China Clipper." Last Showing Today ? Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck in "His Brother's mte." (By John Thomas Wilson) New York, Sept. 9. ? With a total of 360,302 votes tabulated at the close of the third week in the nation-wide Presidential poll, now being conducted by 3,000 daily and weekly newspapers, Landon continues to pull away from the field.'Even though slight this gain in lead is maintained in all three of the major break downs on a percentage basis. Herewith are the vote totals from 41 states, as cast for the six presidential candidates: Total vote, all candidates, close third week. Landon Roosevelt Lemke Colvin Browder 219,810 61.0% 117,284 32.5 16,842 4.7 1,127 0.3 .'2,142 0.6 360,302 100.0% Total vote, three leading candi dates, close third week. Landon 219,810 62.1% Roosevelt 117,284 33.1 Lemke 16,842 4.8 353,936 100.0% Total vote, Landon and Roose velt, close third week. Landon 219,810 65.2% Roosevelt 117,284x 34.8 337,094 100.0% In five of the 41 states from which ballots hare been received, the returns are as yet so scatter ed that they are fairly meaning less. Those five states are. Arkan sas. Delaware, Idaho, Mississippi, and Nevada. How Mat? Are Voting In the remaining 36 of the 41 states, Landon is leading in 30 states and Roosevelt in 6 states. At the end of the second week, In national state by state tabula tion. Landon was leading in 26 states t<5* 9 states for Roosevelt, la one state, Nebraska, the vote wafc tied. ' This week's tabulations show Landon breaking the tie in Ne braska. to take the lead there, and also take the lead in Con necticut, Michigan, and Montana, for a gain of four states. The thirty states In which Lan don now has a majority of votes are: Colo.. Conn., 111.. Ind., Iowa., Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn.. Mo., Mont.> Neb., N. H., N. J? N. Y., N. Dak., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., S. Dak., Tenn., Va., Vt., Wash., W. Va., and Wis. The six states In which Roose velt has a majority of votes are: Alabama. California, Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Utah. The majority In votes for the respective candidates. In some states at this time, Is exceeding ly small. Also, In some states, the returns are so scattered and as yet so few In number that no premise will permit basing seri ous predictions as to which can didate will actually and officially carry them in the November elec tion. The seven states from which no returns have yet been received are Arizona, Oeorga. Louisiana, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Wyoming. Gain Recorded At between Landon and Roose velt, on percentage basis, last week compared to this week, the re? turns show the following flight gain for the Republican candi date: Last week This week Landon 64.5% 65.2% gain ,7pc Roosevelt 35.5 34.8 A slight falling oft of Third Party votes was recorded In this week's tabulations, both In total tor all candidates and as between Landon, Roosevelt and Lemke, the Union Party candidate. In total votes, all candidates: Last Week This Week Lemke 4.8% 4.7% In Landon. Roosevelt and Lemke vote, only: Last Week This Week Lemke .5% 4.8% Ballots in increasing numbers continue to pour into national straw vote headquarters here each, week. These straw-vote head quarters are at the Publishers Autocaster 8ervlce offices, New York, which company produces a newspaper service for hundreds of the newspapers that are co operating In this nation-wide poll. Other cooperating newspapers are those invited to Join In the poll by The American Press, New York, Have Yon Voted? The FRANKLIN TIMES Is co operating la this nation-wide poll. thus affordlflffMts readers the op ' ' ' * ? ' (Continued on page eight)
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