at Louisburg College get i ??duration by subscribing lo THE FRANKLIN TIMES THE COUNTY - THE STATE VOLUMN LXVDI SUBSCRIPTION 91.SO ? Ttv LOUISBURU, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, ..J.. "t in THE UNION NUMBER 38 PAVEMENT ON CEDAR STREET Make Salaries Increase ? Reports Received The Board of Town Commis-j sioners met in regular session, Nov. 2, 1937. The following' members were present: Mayor W. C. Webb, Commissioners F. II. j Allen, Li L. Joyner, W. J. Cooper, i J. S. Howell, W. B. Barrow. W.J E. White was absent. The minutes of previous meet ings were read and approved. j The monthly reports of the , Town Clerk, Chief of Police, and; Tax Collector were read and ap proved. Mr. Roberson, representing the Pure Oil Co. informed the Board that t-he Pure Oil Co. would guar-i antee the lubricating oil that it offered on contract to the Board, to meet all of the specifications and performances of t'he lubricat ing oil that is now in use. Mr. W. B. Barrow furnished | the Board with an estimate of the. cost of the proposed Cedar j Street paving project. The following certification of a J petition for the Cedar Street pav ing project, was tendered to the Board by the Clerk. A roll call vote on the accept ance and approval of ihe Cedar i St. Paving project resulted as fol lows, and the following resolution.! of approval was adopted. Those J voting "Aye": 5; These voting j "No": None; Members absent: l.l The Board voted to advertise for| bids on the project. The Clerk was instructed to t consult Mr. A. W. Fowler. rela-| tive to repairs to So. Main St.,j near Mie Gulf Service Station. The Board approved the instal lation of a sewer line on Egerton Street. The Board instructed the Fire| Committee to secure prices on fire hose and to purchase a new battery lor the fire truck. The purchase of a stove for,) heating water for shower baths I at the Power Plant was approved. The Board voted to increase the salaries of the following Town Employees, to the following amounts, effective as of Nov. 1, 1937. Mayor ? $40.00 per months. Chief of Police ? $30.00 per ^reek. Asst. Night Police? $100.00 per month. Tax Collector ? $100.00 per month. , Fireman ? $70.00 pet- month. Linesman^ ? $110.00 per month. Chief engineer ? - $27.50 per i week. Asst. Engineers- ? $22.50 per week. After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned. List of Jurors , f The following is a list of jurors | drawn by the County Commission ers on Monday for a special term of Franklin Superior Court fori criminal cases, beginning Novem ber 29l)h: First Week Dunns ? R. B. Tant, M. C. Fearce, Richard Medlin, H. P. Moody, E. D. Yeargin, L. H. j Smith, B. E. Lewis, A. L. Wheless, I W. T. Beddingfield, Walter Mul len. Harris ? Z. L. Cheves, Jr., G. B. Baker, W. H. Perry. * Youngsville ? B. C. Pearce, W. I T. Holden. Franklinton ? R. B. Perry, Sandy Creek ? R. C. Edwards, Si1., W. C. Joyner, Allie Pernell. f ' Gold Mine ? L. E. Gupton. Cedar Rock ? H. K. Dickens, Lifadsey L. Gupton. 'r' Cypress Creek? B. B. Shearin, ;(J. H. Harris, A. C. Stallings, J. Or Bowden. Louisburg ? J. Wilder, r. Second Week - Dunns ? A. P. Arnold, T. ? C. Weathersby, Denick Mullen, H. K. Perry, S. D. Stallings, F. O. Pearce, Dexter Yeargin. Harris? G. C. Arnold, W. C. Ball, L. P. Stroud. Youngsvllle ? G. D. Pearce, B. J. Conyerc W. R. Thompson, J. W. Freeman. Franklinton ? Geo. Dennis, A. L, Freeman, L. H. Alston,. Hayesville ? W. O. Rowland. Sandy Creek ? D. O. Murphy, R. M. Fuller. Cedar Rock ? J. J. Dean, J. C. Bartholomew, H. J. Thorn. H. W. Wood, R. L. Bobbitb, E. S. Gupton. Louisburg ? T. H. Perdue. The Soil Erosion Association in Guilford County has ordered six carloads of limestone for its mem bers in ree?nt weeks. Three Surry County farmers have purchased 24 head of Here r ford calves this fall as foundation stock for beef herds. That%U-gone feeling .can some times be cured by sipping hot tea or munching aspirin tablets; If the symptoms persist see your doctor or bartender. It Looked Like This 19 Years Ago SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE . . . The first Armistice Day was greeted something like this Today we face East and pause in homage to those whose names mark white crosses in Flanders Fields. 19 years ago these Doughboys were glad the War To End War was over. Today new tu loares make millions wonder, "can all this happen again 7"^ REQUESTS SPECIAL TERM COURT] I A. B. C. REPORTS GOOD BUSINESS Many Reports Received- V Many Old Age Pensioners ? Allowed To Use Old' Copper Stills The Board of County Commis-! sioners met in regular session on j Monday with all members pres- ! enfr. After the opening formali- 1 ties business was transacted as follows: A motion prevailed requesting a special term of Franklin Super ior Court. Attorney Chas. P. Green was instructed to place proper notice !n paper. Reports from Dr. R. F. Yarbor ough, Health Officer. Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner, Welfare Officer. E. J. Morgan. County Agent. Miss Wea ver, Home Agent, U. R. RichardT son. Superintendent County Home were read and approved. A petition for a short road in Cedar Rock township from Stur divant's store to pflrish mill pond was received and recom mended to the State Highway Commission. Com. J. Z. Terrell reported vis-; iting the Welfare office and found J same in good condition. A copy of the grand jury re-| port was read to the Board and j the matters therein concerning [ the (Welfare of the county were gi .?en consideration. J. H. Boone, Tax Collector, re-j ported collections amounting . to j $54,036.36 of the'1937 tax. Mrs. T. C. Gill was before the! Board and discussed the question! of the booth at the fair and sug-| gested that the Home Agent De* partment be allowed to use the old Stills for plate work. The re quest was granted. Mrs. J. F. Miteliiner, Welfare Officer reported 144 on the old age pension list and 113 had al ready received checks, and there were 84 children on the Aid toi Dependent children's list. The report of t'he A. B. C. Board was received. From it is learned that the receipts for Oc tober amount to $17,104.55 ? Franklinton $6,868.90, Louisburg $10,235.65, and expenditure of $9,201.67. The Board drew a jury for the November term of Franklin Su perior Court, a special term for criminal cases. After allowing a number of ac counts adjournment was taken. FIRE The Are Monday evening was I at Hulda Gill's, colored, home on the South side of the S. A. L. Rail way in blacktown. The fire had been extinguished when the flro company arrived. It caught in the roof of the kitchen and did little damage. Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following is the program at the .Louisburg Theatre, begin- j ning Saturday, Nov. 6th: Saturday ? Double Feature ? 3 Mesquiters in "Range Defend- j ers" and Fred Stone in "Hide-, away." Also "Painted Stallion", i Sunday-Monday ? -Shirley Tem-; pie in "H4$di" and Movietone j News. '' Tuesday ? Edna Mae Oliver and( Maureen O'Sullivan in "Mv Dear. Miss Aldrlch." Wednesday ? Walter Abel and j Freida Inescourt in "Portia On Trial." t Thursday - Friday ? ? Barbara Stanwyck, John Bones and Anne Shirley in "Stella Dallas.^ Louisburg College News Items Club Meetings This week's Young Christian1 Association program was directed by Miss Gertrude Crabtree. The entire gr^Jup sang "Living Fori Jesus," after which the Scripture was read by Miss Martha Hendfer-. soil. A special song was sung by Miss Rosemary Stubbs, and MidS) Luray Leonard, accompanied at) the piano by Miss Edith Dixon. Miss Evelyn Ayscue gave an in teresting talk, followed by the singing of "Open Mine Eyes" by the members. The meeting was| adjourned " with the benediction ' by Miss Mary Bethea. The Young Men's Christian As-j sociation held its regular meeting! Monday night) at 7 o'clock. The' principal feature of the program' was a very inspirational talk by| Dr. Kent, Episcopal Rector, of Louisburg. In this talk, Dr. Kent told of his adventures in Alaska. The members are looking for ward to the establishment, in the near futiure, of a permanent re creational program for the "Y". Membership is increasing steadily. Both of the Christian Associa tions feel very optimistic for a successful year. Formal Dinner Party The' faculty and students of j Louisburg College enjoyed a for mal Hallowe'en dinner party last Thursday night. Tables were at?- j tractively decorated for the .occas- 1 ion. The college orchestra played j during the meal. Miss Peyatt, | Head of the Dramatic Art Depart- j ment, gave two short entertaining j readings. Jack Temple entertain-! ed with a semi-clas3ical selection. Dr. Earnhardt gave, a very inter- 1 esting talk on' the spirit of Hal-j lowe'en. This was the first formal occas- j ion at the college this year, and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. J Attend Weiner Roast The members of the Epworth League of the Metho,dist Church, including a large number of col lege students, enjoyed a weiner roast at Jackson's Pond Tuesday evening. These young people, cha peroned by the Reverend and Mrs. J. G. Phillips, Mrs. F. M. Fuller, and Miss Helen Smithwick, went boat-riding, played ball-games and roasted their weiners and marsh mallows. After singing a number of familiar songs, the group, hav ing had a most pleasant evening, returned to Louisburg. IiOuiNburg College Has Fine Honor Council The men's student government* of Louisburg College for the year 1937-38 is made up of eight mem bers. Of these, five are represen tatives of the Senior Class, and three are representatives of the Freshman Class1. Members of the council are elected by the men of the student body. Nominations are based on character and schol-j arship as well as popularity/ Seniors on the Honor Couacil are: President, "Carroll Chancer,! of Grifton, N. C.; Vice-President,! Charles Rountree, of Suffolk, Va. ; j Secretary, David Watson, of Southport, N. C.; Leroy Shearin.i of Hollister, N. C.; Loyd Bell, of Monroe, N. C. Freshmen members of the coun cil are: Howard Winstead, of Elm: City, N. C.; Moses Britit, of Fouri Oaks, N. C.; E. B. Roberts, of? Bahama, N. C. The aim of the council this year is to better environment,! raise the ideals, promote a great-1 er- Christian feeling, and increase the'school spirit among the men of the student body. ??Meetings are held regularly, once a week; and, great strides, are being made forward in ac SPECIAL TERM COURT FIVE CAPITAL CASES FOR TRIAL Term To Begin Monday, Nov. 29th and Last For Two Weeks ? Two Weeks Civil Term Begins 15th A request for a special 'terra of Franklin Superior Court for file trial of criminal* cases was made to the Governor by the Board of Commissioners qu Monday and all indications point to it being granted. This term is considered necessary to reduce the number of criminal caseA of which there are live capital cases, three (or murder and two for rape. The murder cases are against Fred Murmail, Otis Moore. Morris Higgs, and the rape -cases are against Leslie Johnson and Jerry Patterson. A formal notice for this special term appears in an other column. The regular November term of Franklin Superior Court for civil cases will begin on Monday; No vember 15th and is a two weeks term. There are quite a number of civil cases on doeket-. COLLEGE FACULTY ENTER TAINED The members of the Louisburg Kiwanis Club had as their guests at their weekly luncheon Tuesday evening, the faculty of Louisburg College. Miss Mary Finch won the at tendance prize for the women guests and Mr. J. L. Cameron won tire prize for the visiting men. Quite a good deal of laughter arose when everyone introduced him and herselves, especially ? when the Kiwanians told their profession. As one woman told as her profession, "to keep up witih her husband." It just hap pened that her husband was there and his profeMtW^'was "to keep ahead of his wife:" Also there were quite a few "town farmers" who everyone thought- were law yers, or doctors. Dr. D. E. Earnhardt, President of Louisburg College and a Ki wanian also, gave the main ad dress of the evening as only Dr. Earnhardt could have. His topic for the occasion was "You." He asked some questions and then answered them himself. Also he read and explained some n^axims which he had run across. Al-j though his talk kept everyone laughing from start to finish, he spoke from the heart and plenty of meaning in every word he said which would be Of great benefit to everyone present. State vs. Citadel I Raleigh, Nov. 4. ? Two of the | finest, fastest, and most colorful1 football teams of the 3outh clash Saturday afternoon in Riddick; Stadium at Raleigh, when State's Wolfpack engages Citadel's Bull-; dogs. The kick-off has been set for. 2:30. The game will occupy the Bigj Five and Southern Confrence spot-! light in North Carolina and ath-i ietic officials at State look for one of t'he largest crowds of the ! season. The Demon Deacons of Wake Forest take on the Blue Devils of Duke University at Durham Sat urday, while Carolina journeys over to Davidson to play the Wildcats. MISS DOROTHY PAGE WIGGS MARRIES CHARLES H. DULA Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Dorothy Page Wlggs and Charles Hughes Dula, of this ay Burbeiiie At Fair Urountlt, Louisburg, N. C. The Jambes Post of th<> Amer ican Legion will stage it's Annual Armistice Day Barbecue ati the Fair Grounds at Louis!>urg. The barbecue supper will be served at 6:00 P. M. Tickets for this hil arious occasion can be secured from Charlie Young. The profits from this barbecue will go into the Major Boddie Me morial Fund. It is hoped that many World War Veterans an,d their friends will again meet on this occasion, and celebrate the Biggest Moment in the lives of every World War 'Veteran ? ARMISTICE DAY ! (will you ever forget it? The Jambes Post is appealing to every World War Veteran to .join the Jambes Post NOW. If Swe can get 14 more members we ?will win a Most Distinguished Ser vice Citation from- National Head quarters. and we will be cited over the American Legion Radio Broad cast at 6:30 P. M. Armistice Day. Please send your dues to T. K. Stockard. Adjutant, NOW and 'let's put our Post way out front this year. We can do it if you will do your. We must secure fhese fourteen members before Armistice Day.fSn order to. win ? hese honors. Ten farmers of the Bad Creek 3ection of Yancey County have or dered 150 tons of ground lime stone for soil improvement pur poses. Three fine mules died of lock jaw in Pamlico County in recent months, report? County Agent A. iT. Jackson, Mibcbell County farmers have begun the thinning of th^ir hard wood forests as a beginning in timber stand improvement work. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held sessions on Tuesday and Thurs day ot this week and disposed of iiuite a number of rases. Tlie Tuesday's cases disposed of | were as follows: Judgment was prayed in the ease of Eugene Murray for sim ple assault, to be discharged up 'on payment of costs. John Stallings was found guil !ty of operating automobile intoxi cated and without drivers license, and given 3 months on roads, I suspended upon payment of $100 j fine and costs, not to operate car ifor 12 months. i Queen lister Williams, assault iwith deadly weapon, judgment complied with and discharged. Willie King was found not guil ty of assault with d-adly weapon. A nolle pros with* leave was i taken in the case of assault' with deadly weapon against Willie Pearce. Buck Hawkins was found not i guilty of larceny. Josebel King plead guilty to as sault with deadly, weapon in two cases, and w?as given 6 months on j roads iii one and prayer for judg i ment continued in the other. Willie Perry plead guilty to operating automobile intoxicated and was given 60 days on roads, 'suspended upon payment of $50 ifine and cost's, and not to operate car for 12 months. The following cases were con tinued: 7 . * Litmus Terrell. ..operating car without drivers license. Emil Merritt. larceny. W. N. Fuller, violating gas law. Clarence -Ayeocke. abandonment jaud non-support. . K t Thursday's cases disposed of were as follows: Court opened at the usual t'ime and took up the trial of the case i of operating an automobile intox ? icated against O. W. Prry. At the time our forms were closed the jury' was stall out making its deliberations as to the guilt or i innocence of the defendant. WHERE IS HE? 1 % ?TU<> Merchant in Louisburg who would refuse to sell a customer from another town? The Doctor in Louisburg who would refuse to treat a patient from another town? The Lawyer in Louisburg who would not take a case from a client because he was from another county? An Undertaker in Louisburg who would refuse to sell a casket for and bury a person in some other county? The Druggist in Louisburg who would refuse to fill prescriptions or sell drugs, to people outside of Louisburg? A Warehouse in Louisburg who would refuse to sell for customers because they were from another county? Y E T T A Newspaper who will sell advertising to' a firm in other towns is an "ungrateful enter prise that should be run out of a community, even though the majority,, of it's home enter prises and businesses do not patronize it, but buy in other towns. "* 4 But such is life ! Co-operation, in business as well as any- J| + thing else, is a two sided game. ELECTIONS TUESDAY New York Defeats Tam many ? Connecticut Re turns Three Mayors ? Kentucky Has Row ' Now York, Nov. 2. ? Florejlo H. ?La Guardia was re-elected mayor of New York today on a Hepubli can-Fusion-Labor ticket ? the first so-called^ "reform" candidate ever to beat the city Democratic ma chine twice In a row. Jeremiah T. Mahoney, his Dem ocratic opponent, conceded defeat shortly after 9 o'clock tonight, asr~ the mayor's lead mounted to some 80,000 votes out of a total of 615,000 counted at that time. The leaders of Tammany hall, which in the century and a half ot its life always had bee|[ral>ie here tofore to beat down ally second term challenge to city hall con trol, were silent for the most part, but Tammany Chieftain Christo-. pher Sullivan commented that the returns were "bum figures." Dewey Also Wins With La Guardia into office went Thomas E. Dewey, a special rackets prosecutor who defeated the Tammany candidate for dis trict attorney of the borough of Manhattan, Harold W. Hastings. The mayor, squat, hot-tongued and politically unconventional, went into power four years ago when the Democratic party was spilt. This time, it was united out wardly at least, wit'h Postmaster General James A. Farley, the Democratic national chairman, coming home to New York to go to the stump for Mahoney ticket. Tammany's loss of the district attorneyship made its defeat all the more crushing. New Haven, Conn.. Nov. 2. ? Incumbent mayors, two ofthem Democrats and the third a social ist. were returned to office today in Connecticut's three biggest cities. Mayor Jasper McLevy, first so cialist ever to be named chief ex ecutive of a Connecticut city, was re-elected in Bridgeport by about 19,000 votes. Hartford returned Mayor Tho mas J. Spellacy to office, by an unofficial plurality of about 15, 000, and Mayor John W. Murphy was re-electied in New Haven by more than 14,000 votes. The 59-year-old McLevy, son of a Scotch dominie and a roofer by trade, was re-elected for a third successive term by a margin which exceeded the combined vote of his two rivals. George M. Coughlin, Democrat, and Henry Greenstein, Republican. Mayor Murphy, for years prom inent in Connecticut labor circles, was re-elected for his fourth suc cessive term, the fifth man in the history, of New Haven to achieve that honor. He^ defeated George F. Barnes by an unofficial vote of 36,203 to 21,491. Harland, Ky., Nov. 2. ? State police and Kentucky national guardsmen fatrolled Harlan coun ty tonight after arresting High Sheriff T. R. Middleton, three of his deputies and 31 precinct of ficers in election day disturbances. State police who guarded the. Harlan county courthouse, where Ohe men were held incommunica do, declined to say what charges had been placed against them or who ordered their arrests. Approximately 100 national guardsmen were rushed to Harlan, to augment the local troop. Capt. Ben Herndqn, of Barbourvllle, was in charge of the combined units. Circuit/ Judge James M. Gilbert came from Pineville late today and conferred with Common wealth Attorney Daniel Boone Smith Bui* declined to comment. Arrested with Middleton were Special Deputies Ben Unthank, Lee Fleenor and Frank White. The 31 votiing officers were . ar rested at precincts in Verda, High Splint, Tway, Cawood and Yan cey. The precincts all were closed by state police. BEGGING TABOOED It is not permlssable for anyone to solicit funds from the public without written permission from tihe Welfare Department, unless for a religious cause. If a man loses his house by fire, he or his friends asking help must have written permission from the Wel fare Superintendent. For the pro tection of the public, anyone found to ba violating this right should be reported to the Welfare office. There are occasions when a friend needs help, but promis eious begging Is a nuisance and it must be stopped. The Salvation Army people vis it the county, but they ?#>y*l'ate with the Welfare Departmtat and contribnte to tV.a support of a number of needy faOMlle*. A professional Is a person who is more Interested in money tihaa praise.