THE COUNTY . THE STATE - THE UNION
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LOCI8BURO, H. CAROLINA, KJ
DECEMBER 4, l?:l<!
RIGHT P
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NUMBER 42
Officials Will Be
Publicly Installed
v ft , ;
County Invited to Join in
State-Wide Ceremony ?
Hoey and Others to Speak
. Over Radio? Local Pro
gram to Follow? Insti
tute of Government Helps
Arrange '
This county has been Invited
to Join with the other 99 in a
public Installation of its newly
elected officers next Moriday'
morning. The local ceremonies I
will be preceded my a State-wide I
radio program featured by mes
sages from representatives of the
newly-elected Federal, State, and
County officers, headed by the
leader of the incoming adminis
tration, Governor-Elect Clyde
Hoey.
The public Installations are be
ing frranged by The Institute of
Government in co-operation with
the State and County election
boards/and local officials. Eighty
counties participated in the pro
gram as inaugurated by The In
stitute four years ago, and al
though the ceremonies were held
at night, they drew a heavy at
tendance and met with such ap
proval that The Institute was
asked to repeat them.
The Chairman of the County
Board of Elections has been ask
ed by Major L. P. McLendon,
Chairman of the State Board of
Elections, to confer with the
Chairman of the Board *of Coun
ty Commissioners and other' lo
cal officials in working out the
arrangements for the local cere
monies.
The State-wide program will
begin promptly at 9:45 A. M. and
will be broadcast to the court
houses in the 100 counties over
three stations, WPTF In Raleigh,
WBt in Charlotte, and WWNC
. in Ashevllle, covering the eastern,
n central, and western sections of
the State, respectively. The lo
cal ceremonies and formal Instal
lation of the new County officials'
will_ follow the conclusion of the
30-mlnute State program at
The civics and government
classes in the 800 high schools of
the State are also being invited
to listen In to the program, which
will be educational *s well us
governmental in nature.
Public installation ceremonies
undoubtedly serve to Impress all
public officials with their own
individual responsibility and to
impress the public with the Im
portance of the various officials
to which they elect candidates,"
Major McLendon of the State
Board wrote the County Chair
man in his request to make the
necessary arrangements locally.
"They also serve to stimulate In
terest among younger people, and
especially the school children who
are the clttsens of tomorrow."
Big Hogs
The following big hois were
reported killed the put week:
B. P. Strickland, Harris town
ship (our weighing 269, 269,1
273,' 2?1.
Jarvls Carlyle, Jot Dunns town-|
ship, two weighing 468, 416.
W. O. Stony; Cedar Rock town
ship, three ^weighing 300, 286,
276. \
Raymond TiNrntall Louisburg
township, three weighing' 190,
190, 200. \ T
Program At\The
Louisburg Theatre
The foiiowipg is jpie program |
at the Louisburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Dec. 6th:
Saturday ? Bob Steele In "The
Law Rides" and Warren Hull in
"Fugitive In The Sky," Comedy
and Serial.
Owl Show Saturday Night, 10:46
? "The Pace That Kills" with all
star cast and "The Old Mill
Pond" w'lth Cab Calloway, Fatsj
Waller' and Ethel Waters.
Sunday ? Wendy Barrie, Ar- 1
thur Treacher and Gregory Rat-|
oB In "Under Your Spell."
Monday ? The Dionne Quintup-|
lets in "Reunion."
Tuesday ? Joe E. Brown in ]
"Polo Joe."
Wednesday ? ' Bank Night ? I
Edmund Lowe and Elissa Land I
in "Mad Holiday."
Thursday-Friday ? Erroll Flynn j
and OllTia de Havilland in "The|
Charge of the Light Brigade."
Meeting In Interest
Of Library
At the last meeting of the
County Federation of Home
Demonstration Women's Clubs,
Oct. 24, 1936, a resolution was
passed to sponsor a County Li
brary. A committee consisting
of Mrs. M. S. Clifton, chairman,
Mrs. E. J. Morgan, Mrs. F. A.
Read, and Mrs^-jjP. O. Held was
appointed to qialtt plans toward
this end, ?
On Dec. 1, this committee in#t
with Miss Louise' Weaver Vine
Demonstration irgenjLufcr?.-'Jtt?
Ion Oralnger, WPA Ubraryr*6tfp- i
ervlsor, and Mrs. W'tt i?M*it?n, 1
representative of the Demonstra
tion Clubs. It was decided to
extend to the presidents and ,
members of all social and civic
organizations and 'to all Interest
ed In obtaining library facilities
for Franklin County an Invitation
to meet with this committee Fri- .
day night, Dec. 11, at 7:30'
o'clock in Mr. Mills' office for the
purpose of discussing plans for
establishing a County Library.
It is hoped that this meeting
will be largely attended. Frank
lin County Is today without anyi
means of library service. Is It
right that we- should continue to '
deprive our children as well as
ourselves of this element In nien-|
tal growth? Shall we continue
to fail to provide for our citizenry
sufficient reading matter for the
promotion of personal happiness ?
and social well-being? Our res
ponse to the call for consideration
of these questions will be our an
swer.
Christmas Seals
Selling
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The Tuberculoid Christmas i
Seals are selling! The Children
making the house to house cam-ll
palgn are very ^enthusiastic over
their sales. One of the children
sold ten dollars worth of the lit- i
tie seals last week. That Is the
best single report ever made In
Loulsburg since the sale of the
Seal flrst began, many years ago
Next week THE FRANKLIN
TIMES will publish the name of
the child who sells the most seals.
The Sale will continue until i
Christmas. Buy your Seals now!
Buy one for every card, letter
and package you expect to send <
Christmas. The decorative little
seals carry a message of good
cheer.
Mrs. R. F. Yarborough. j
TUBERCULAR CLINIC
Dr. R. J*. Yarborough. County
Health Officer, announces that
Dr. H. R. Seay, clinic Physician
of the N. C. State Sanatorium,
will visit Franklin County on De
cember 14th and start a tubercu
lar clinic (or all the school chil
dren In 'the County, both white
and colored.
Children above ten years of
age and those who hare had tu
berculosis in their families and
those who have suspicious symp
toms are the ones most likely to
havd the clinical form of tuber
culosis. All school children ex
cept those whose parents or guar
dians make written request that
their children be exempted are
studied as follows:
First the tuberculin test
(which Is entirely harmless) is
given to each child to be studied.
Nothing further Is done to those
children whose tests are negative.
On those who give a positive tu
berculin reaction a family a fid
personal history Is obtained and
an X-rpy picture of the chest Is
taken. i In children there are
rarely any abnormal physical
signs, since the disease Is nearly
always located in the glands at
the root of the lungs, and X-ray
pictures are necessary before a
diagnosis can be made.
The tuberculin tests will be
made in the school house. After
all the X-ray pictures are read a
report on each child will be fur
nished to the local health officer,
who will report the findings as
to the presence or absence of tu
berculosis to the parents. The
parents will be urged to "take the
child to the family' physician for
a general examination and for fi
nal advice. Other defects, such
as diseased tonsils, et cetere, are
often found which lower the
child's resistance and whlth
should; be discovered and correc
ted.
Fourteen tons of excellent al
falfa hay secured from three
acres seeded In 1934 has been
harvested this season by Boyce J.
Helms of Monroe, route one,
Union County.
Edison to NVvy
WASHINGTON . . Charles Edi
son, (above), gf Ne\i Jersey, son
of the late Thomas E. Edison, fa
mous Inventor, has been appointed
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
by President Roosevelt, the post
once held by the President,
Legislator Is In
jured As Auto
Hurdles Fill
Willie Lee Lumpkin of Loukb'jrn
Escapes With Minor Hurts In
Accident
Escaping death or serious in
lurles by inches. Representative
Willie Lee Lumpkin, of Louis
burg. suffered painful hurts near
Raleigh late Tuesday night when
his car skidded off a 30-foot em
bankment and turned over sev
eral times.
Lumpkin, who was alone in the
machine at the time was treated
by a physician here for lacera
tions about the head and allowed
to return to his hotel room.
The accident occurred on a
high fill approaching th; Neuse
River bridge on the Wake Fore.it
Highway, 10 miles north of the
city. Lumpkin, headed for Ral
eigh, lost control of his machine
when it skidded on the icy pave
ment and the car hurtled over
the embankment just a few yards
from the river's edge.
Raleigh police were informed
two other cars also went over the
Bmbankment near the same point,
but occupants were not hurt.
Lumpkin's car, a new sedan, was
lamaged badly. ? News-Observer.
Tobacco Selling
Well
The sales of tobacco were- light
on the local market the past
week, due to the crop having
been about all sold, but prices
were considered very good. The
market will continue until about
December 18th when it will
close for Christmas.
LOUISBURG METH0DIS1
CHURCH
Rev. J. G. Phillips, the new
pastor of the Loulsburg Methodist
Church, arrived Wednesday and
has announced he will conduct
services at the Methodist Church
at the morning and evening hour
Sunday.
All are invited.
Ambassador to Russia |
WASHINGTON . . . James E.
Davles, (above), li the new U. S.
Ambassador to Rnssla. He takes
tb? post vacated by Wm. C. Bull
itt who recently * was appointed
Ambassador to France. Mr. lev
ies Is I former member of (lie
Federal Trade Commission.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held'
its regular session on Tuesday
in the Mayor's office, with the
following docket disposed ot:
Carey Horton was found guil
ty of exceeding speed limit and
was discharged upon payment of
(5 and coata.
Lonnie Jones, charged with op
erating an automobile Intoxicated,
requested Jury and was continued.
Coleman Kearney plead guilty
to carrying concealed weapon ,and
jVas given 60 days on road, bus- i
Vended upon payment of $50
nine and costs.
Ip Will Ayscue was found not
|guilty of abandonment of wife
but guilty of abandonment and'
non support of two children un
der <18 years of age, and was giv
en 90 days on roads to be sus
pended upon payment of $6 each
month for the minor children.
Appeal.
Klnchen Tant plead guilty to
operating an automobile intoxi
cated. and was given 60 days on
roads, to be suspended upon pay
ment of $50 fine and costs. Not
to operate da r Tor 12 months.
A nolle pros with leave was!
taken in tl}e case of reckless driv
ing va Levlne Oupton.
' E. B. Franklin was found guil
ty of violating the prohibition
law and given 90 days on roads,
suspended upon paying $25 fine'
and costs. Appeal.
Virgil Johnson plead guilty to|
operating automobile Intoxicated.!
and given 60 days on roads, sus
pended upon paying .$50 fine and1
costs and not to operate car for
12 months! 1
O. P. Green was found guilty
of public drunkenness and was
discharged upon paying $1.00
fine and costs. Appeal.
The following cases were con
tinued:"
C. H. Olenn. drunk and disor
derly_
Mary Cannady, selling whiskey.
Ernest Joyner, c c w, a d w,
d and d.
Ruby Wheless. temporary lar
ceny of automobile.
Harry Moore.
ALEX W. MACON RE
CEIVES AWARDS FOR i
BRAVERY DURING
WORLD WAR
Alex W. Macon of 123 Louden
Avenue, Amityvllle, this week re
ceived credentials by which he is
awarded the Purple Heart aud
Silver Citation Star, earned by
acts of bravery during the World
War. A copy of General Orders
for the headquarters of the 30th
Division, A.E.F., Issued Novem
ber IS, 1918, contained the fol
lowing citation for., an act of
meritorious conduct:
"Sergeant Ale* W. Macon,
Company D, 120th Infantry ?
During the Hlndenburg Line op
eration near Bellicourt 29th Sep
tember, lilt, this noncommis
sioned officer was wounded on
the Jumping oil tape sufficiently
serious that he was directed by'
his Company Commander to re
turn for treatment. However, he
insisted that be could perform
his duties and did not leave his
company until It had reached Its
objective."
Mr. Macon, who has lived in
Amityvllle about ten years. Join
ed Company D. Third North Car
olina National Guards, November
18, 1916. He served on the
Mexican border during 1916 and
1917 and was inducted Into Fed
eral service In July of 1917, He
served from that time until his
discharge, in April of 1919, with
Company D, 120th Infantry, 30th
Division.
The wound, above mentioned,
put him In a' British hospital at
Deauvllle, France, for seven
weeks. ? He fought alongside the
British at Ypres and was award
ed a Victory Medal with four
bars having served in four sec
tors? Ypres, Lys, Somme, and
Aisne. ? Taken from Long Island
(N. Y.) Sun.
Mr. Macon is a Franklin Coun
ty boy and his many friends here
will delight in his receiving the
long delayed honors.
TISDALE-OHAMPION
Mr. and Mrs. G H. Champion,
of near Spring Hope wish to an-t
nounce the marriage of their son,'
Robert, to Miss Jennie Tisdale,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Tisdale, of near LonlsbOrg, on
Sunday, November 29th, 193t.
It takes courage to approve an
outlay in the hope of getting new
business, but many who havo
tried to do business without ex
pense have ended by having no
business to do.
y&'aikzr Scheduled for Farley's P. O. Job?" |
WA&HltffrfbN . . . Persistent echoes which rebound through the
halls of Ibe new and modern PoatolBce Department building here,
carry tho' news that Frank C. Walker, (left, above), la the man whom
President Roosevelt will aak to take the cabinet post of Postmaster
Oeneral when James A. Farley, right, resigns around the first of the
year to return to private business. Walker wfts a staunch administra
tion supporter through the first Roosevelt term. Farley will of course
remain chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ?
IVILDKKS COME HOME
Reunion of one of the old fam
ilie* of Louisburg In home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bobbltt.
Son* and daughters of Samusl
T. Wilder and Catherine Terrell.
Mr. Wilder being a merchant^
and "Wilder's Corner" still well
known.
Thos. B. Wilder, Aberdeen, N.
C.; Mrs. J. S. Tomllnson, Wash
ington, D. C.; Col. Wm. T Wil
der, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Wm. H.
Allen and Sam'l. T. Wilder, of
Louisburg, Mrs. R. A. Bobbltt be
ing youngest of the grout).
Col. and Mrs. Wm. T. Wilder
are motoring to New Orleans,
thence to California. Sailing In
January on the Buenos Aires
Maiu, a month in Japan, South
America, South Africa, other
points completing trip around
world, returning to St. Paul,
Minn., in Jfine, 1937.
MI88 8PIVEY ENTERTAINS
Eula Gray* Spivey delightfully
entertained a host of friends
Thursday night,. November 26,
from 8 until 11 o'clock, celebrat
ing her sixteenth birthday. After
the guests arrived, many games
were played and enjoyed. After
an evening of fun, refreshments
were served. A beautiful cake
containing 16 candles served as
a centerpiece for the dining room
table. The guests left, wishing
Eula Gray many more happy
birthdays.
Those enjoying Miss Spivey's
hospitality were: Misses Peg Ford,
Jean Fleming, Jane Fuller, Mar
tha Holden, Gertrude Holden,
Elizabeth Strange, Maxlne Bailey,
Elaine Miller and Margaret Brown,
Dorothy Lloyd , Aline Alford of
Raleigh. Messrs. Russell Bailey,
Billie Clifton, Bob Johnson, Wil
liam Barrow.
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LEK BURT GRIFFIN
On Uie evening of November
16th, 1936. after a day spent in
the usual activities of life, Lee
Burt Griffin died. Returning home
from Centerville, he lost control
of the car he was driving, struck
a tree off Route 58. He died a
few hours later In Park View hos
pital Rocky Mount.
He was born May 11. 1909, and
bis entire life was spent In the
neighborhood of his birthplace
near Centerville.
.On June 13, 1934 he was mar
|rled to Miss Ruth Benton. To this
union was born a daughter, Shir
ley Ann, age 2 years. Besides his
wife and daughter.. he Is survived
by his par?hts. Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Griffin, two sisters Mrs. Beulab
Andrews Mrs. Eunice Leonard,
and one brother Ben Griffin, be
sides a host of relatives and
friends.
At an early age he Joined Red
Bud baptist church, where he re
mained a member until the time
of his death.
His funeral was conducted from
the home of his parents by Rev.
| P. G. Walker assisted by Rev.
John Edwards. His remains were
laid to rest in the family ceme
tery near the home.
The pallbearers were close
friends of the deceased. The floral
offering was especially pretty.
WELFARE INSTITUTE
A one day institute for super
entendents of public Welfare will
be held In Loulsburg Tuesday,
December 8th, Miss Anna Cassatt,
Director of Field Social work of
the State Board of Charetles and
Public Welfare will conduct tho
institute.
Counties in this territory are
Durham, Edgecpmbe, Franklin,
Gr&QVlllfea Halifax, Johnston, Nash
Orange, Person, Vance, Wake
Warren and Wilson.
Larger Bus Service Possibility
"* -1-v
We are publishing bejovr a letter just received
from Mr. D. D.MfcAfee, District Superintendent of
th6 Atlantic Greyhound Lines, from which it will
be noticed that the amount of bus service Louisburg
receives rests with t^pepple of Louisburg and vi
cinity. This puts it squarely up to the people of
the oornm unity to patroniae the bus if they want
larger or cdntfnittd service. The letter follows:
KAleigh, N. C-, December 1, 1036.
Mr. A. F. Johnson,
The Franklin Times,
Louisburg, X. C.
Dear Sir:
1 wish to tliauk you for your very kind letter of
Xovotnber Z7 relative to our new service through Louis
burg, the establishment of. which you were largely res
ponsible for. We appreciate very much your activities
in this matter and we certainly ho|x- the citizens of
Louisburg and the other communities through which this
line operates that have had no bus service will patronize
It So that we will not only be able to continue the one
round trip dally, but will And it necessary to add addi
tional schedules.
Very truly yours
t _ D. D. McAFEE,
DDM : WES District Superintendent.
"REUNION"
Country Doctor's 3000 Grown-up
'Babies' Meet In New Screen
Drama
*r <
Surprise follows dramatic sur
prise, romantic secrets are1 reveal
ed and tangled lives set straight
when the Country Doctor's 3,000
grown-up "babies" come back to
share their joys and tears with
the man who brought them into
the world in "Reunion," Twen
tieth Century-Fox's latest screen
triumph, coming Monday, Dec. 7
to the Louisburg Theatre.
The picture which stars the
world famous Dionne Quins an'l
features Jean Hersholt, Rochelle
Hudson, Helen Vinson. Sliffiiium
merville, Robert Kent, John Qul
len, Dorothy Peterson and many
other players, boasts the year's
most important cast in the sea
son's most unusual drama.
The screen play, based on a
story by Bruce Bould. was writ
ten by Sam Hellman, Gladys Leh
man and Sonya Levies. Darryl
F. Zanuck, Twentieth Century
Fox Production Chief, . selected
Norman Taurog to direct with
Earl Carroll and Harold Wilson
as associate producers.
ALSTON-HINTER
The marriage ot Miss Margaret
Whittaker Hunter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hunter ot
Areola, to Alexander Burt Alston,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Al
ston of Louisburg, was soleminlz
ed at the home of the bride's sis
ter, Mrs. Harold R. Skillman In
Warrenton, on Thursday after
noon Nov. 26th, at 4 p. m.
Against a background of fern
and English Ivy, an improvised
altar was arranged, surmounted
by lighted tapers. Ferns and white
chrysanthemum^ were used in tho
foreground.
Ab a prelude. Mrs. Herman Rod
well of Warrenton san^, "Still Un
expressed," and "O Perfect Love".
Mrs. John Burwell, presided at
the piano, using the bridal chorus
from Lohengrin as a procession
al, playing sofetly during the cere
mony, and using Mendelssohn's
wedding march as a recessional.
The bride was met at the foot
of the stairway by the bridegroom.
They entered unaccompanied, tak
ing their places at the altar, where
Rev. O. I. Hinson officiated.
Following the. ceremony, Mr.
and Mrs. Skillman entertained the
bridal party and guests at an in
formal tea, featured by cutting
the wedding cake. Miss Mabel
Davis and Miss Louise Allen of
Warrenton, cousins of the bride,
presided at the table.
The bride wore an afternoon
gown of soft blue lace over taffeta
changing Immediately after the
tea for a traveling suit of dark
green, with acessorles to match.
The couple left by motor for an
extended trip.
Mrs. Alston is a graduate of
East Carolina Teacher's College,
and for a number of years has
held a position la Warrenton.
Mr. Alston Is a grandson of
the late General P. G. piston and
a graduate of King's Business Col
lege in Raleigh, and Is now ia
business with his father. They
will be at home early In Decem
ber at the home of the bridegroom
near Louisburg.
WELFARE MEETING
The Franklin County Colored
Welfare Association will hold its
monthly meeting at the Loulsburg
Training school building on Sun
day evening, December 6th, 1936,
at 2:30 o'clock. The program has
been arranged as follows:
Devotional chairman, George C.
Pollard; Music, Frankltnton Bap
tist Choir; Minutes of last meet
ing, Mrs. E. S. Alston; Solo, Miss
Annie G. Person, Selection by
Loulsburg High School; Introduc
tion of Speaker, Dr. J. B. Davis;
Address, Mr. W. R. Johnson con
sultant on negro work in North
Carolina; Music, Nelson Chapel
School; Music, Franklin County
W. P. A. Sewing rooms; Music.
Youngs vllle School; Remarks.'
Mrs. J.ip. Mltchlner, Supt. of Pub
lic Welfare Franklin County ;
Special music rendered by Shaw
University Student; Collection.
INITIATED I
Special to Franklin Times
Greensboro, Nor. 30. ? Miss
Ruth Greenburg, of Loulsburg,
was Initiated recently into the
Dlkean society at the Womtn's
College of the University of Nortli
Carolina.
There must be a "No-man" la
I every family and In every busi
ness; otherwise outgo will exceed
Income. ?