THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE UNION
VOLUMN LXVIII
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a Year
LOU1SBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10.17
(EIGHT PAGES)
We Wish You A
Prosperous
New Year
*?
M MBKR 4.1
?7" '
CHANGES
IN CHINA
INDICATE CHANGES IN
WAR CONDITIONS
Now Looks As If Russia Is
Becoming Interested And
Active ? Father and Son
Re-Unite
Shanghai, Dec. 22. ? Reports!
that young General Chiang Ching-|
Kuo, rebel son of Generalissimo |
Chiang Kai-Shek who split with
his father 10 years ago, was rush-:
ing to China's aid at the head of j
100,000 crack Mongol warriors to
day electrified Chinese circles and
convinced foreign observers that
China has "made a deal" with
Soviet' Russia.
The youthful war lord, who left
China when .Chiang ousted liis
Soviet Russian advisors in 1927
and has heed in Russia most oi
the time since, was reported to
have organized a powerful army
of Mongols, regarded as among
the fiercest fighters in Asia.
These highly-trained troops,
equipped with Russian arms and
drilled in the hardy warfare of
rugged Mongolian country, repor
tedly are marching southward in
to Shansl to join the armies of
China's famed "Red Napoleon,"
Chu Teh.
The reconciliation between Chi
ang and his son, coupled with the
shift to the left in the Chinese
central government's polit<ical set
up through the supplanting of
several veterans of the Kuomin
tang party with Communist lead
ers, has convinced diplomatic cir
cles that Russia is preparing to
lend active assistance to China.
It was believed that the politi
cal shake-up. announced yester
day in Hankow, was part of Chi
ang's concession to the Soviets in
return for military help.
Bells
The subject! Does it surprise
you? Would you 6'e more sur
prised to learn that Mills School
children are studying "Bell^"'
We want stories of bells. tSays
Mrs. Dr. R. F. Yartorough, of
the Mills P. T. A.. Do you know
the oldest bell in Louisburg ? in
Franklin County? I wager Dr.
D. T. Smithwick can tell you. I
know several good N. C. bell stor
ies. Maybe Miss Nell Battle
Lewis will tell us one.
Bells are History you know!
Let's study bells!
Now we are reveling in our
bells! Are you listening in on
the radio to the marvelous Christ
mas carols ? the church and cap
thedral bells and chimesf Why
do bells at Christmas ring? They
are harbingers of hope and cheef.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, Dec. 25th:
Saturday ? Xmas Day ? Ronald
Colman, Madeleine Carroll and
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in "Pris
oner of Zenda." Also Serial and
Comedy.
Sunday ? Jane Withers in "45
Fathers."
Monday - Tuesday ? -_^52nd
Street," with 20 Stars headed byj
lan Hunter, Leo Carlllo, Ella Lo-;
gan, Pat Patterson, Std Silvera.
Zasu Pitts and Kenny Baiter. i
Wednesday ? John Boles and |
Lull Deste In "She Married An;
Artrfst."
Thursday-Friday ? "Sylvia Sid
ney and Joel SlcCrea in "Dead i
End."
New YeaC's Eve Mid-Nite ? Ted ,
Lewis, Cab Calloway, Louis Prima ]
and their bands with Gene Autry j
in "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round." I
Building Boy Scout
Organization
The boy scout program 'in
Franklin County moved a step
further along Tuesday night
of last week, when seventeen in
terested citizens met in the office
of Supt, W. R. Mills to complete
plans to get the movement est
ablished throughout thi county.
Louisburg is taking the lead in
this movement/ to build citizens
for the future by reorganizing a
drum and bugle corp which form
erly existed here.
There are only fifty Boy Scouts
in Franklin County not withstand
ing the fact that there are two
thousand boys of scout age in the
county. The only two troops in
the county at the present are at
the Edward Best School and Lou
isburg. However. The goal is to
organize a Troop in every school
district, stated district chairman.
W. R. &|illa. In order to do this,
Mr. Mills said, "we must have the
cooperation of every one inter
ested hi character development."
Supt. Mills added that there is
no finer character building
agency than the Boy Scout organi
zation. An incident that bears this
fact out was the investigation
made by the Rockfellow Founda
tion of the Boys Scout organiza
tion when application tor finan
cial help was made to this Found
ation. The report of the investiga
tion showed that there had not
been a single boy who had be
come a First Class Scout who had
even been convicted of a crime or
put in Prison.
Such a record as this which the
Boy Scout has established certain
ly merits the fullest support of
every one.
Heretofore, Durham and Ral
eigh have paid the expenses of
ttie Scout) Executive of th? Oc
coneechee council, Claude Hum
phries. Therefore, Durham and
Raleigh feel that if they must pay
all of the expenses they are en- i
title to all of Mr. Humphries serv
ices which is nothing but business
fair play. N'ow the eight other
counties included in t>he Occon
eechee council, Lee Franklin,
Warren, Harnett, Chatham, Or
ange. Durham, Wake, Granville,
Vance are endeavoring to raise ]
funds enough to employ a full
time assistant for Mr. Humphries, i
Immediately following the i
parade Friday in Louisburg a ;
canvass was made to solicit cash I
and subscriptions toward this
pledge. I
Mrs. Sallie Frazier !
Dead
Mrs. Sallie Frazier died at a 1
hospital in Rocky Mount early
Thursday morning of last week,
following a short Illness. Her re- 1
mains were taken to the home of
tiar daughter, Mrs. J. B. Strum at
Castalia, where the funeral was
held on Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, conducted by R^v. F. G.
Walker, assisted by Rev. J. D.
Simon, of Louisburg. The inter
ment was made at the Castalia 1
cemetery. The pall bearers were 1
Z. H. Wheless, Stephen Frazier,
R. C. Bartholomew, Marks Strick
land, Vernon Bras well,. ? . ? .
Hopkins. 1
Mrs. Frazier is survived by the I
following children, W. A. Frazier,
J. D. Frazier, of Castalia; Clem <
Frazier, of Henderson; Mrs. J.
B. Strum, of Nashville; Mrs.. J.
H. Boone, and Deputy Sheriff F. I
E. Frazier, of. Louisburg.
Mrs. Frazier was a most estim
able woman, whose genial dispo
sition and sympathetic spirit had
endeared her to all who knew her
and which was evidenced by the (
large number of relatives and 1
friends attending each of the ser
vices and the large and beautiful 1
floral offering.
The bereaved family has the '
sympathy of the ent/ire commu
nity.
DIAL, 283-1 (
FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING] t
^o/ie ' Jolly Old Lamp-Lighter by A. B. CHAPIN
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held
only a short session on Tuesday
morning, but disposed of quite a
number of cases and continued
many more. It was announced
on adjournment that no court
would be held next week? the
next session being on January
4th, 1938. The docket was dis
posed of as follows:
Nick LaBrocke was found not
guilty of selling whiskey, guilty
of f and a and given 30 days in
tail, upon payment of costs execu
tion to issue any time in 2 years.
Charlie Allen Solomon was
tound guilty of operating automo
bile intoxicated and given 60
lays on roads suspended upon
payment of $50. ftne and costs.
William Taylor was found guil
ty of unlawful possession of
whiskey and was given 60 days
an roads, suspended upon pay
ment of costs.
Wilbur Vick was found guilty
of larceny and was given 8
months on roads.
Nathan Patterson was found
not guilty of obtaining goods un
der promise of work.
Willie Perry was found guilty |
of manufacturing and possession
of non-tax paid whiskey and pos
session of still and given 90 days
on roads, suspended upon pay
ment of costs including statutory
tees.
Albert Little was found guilty
of violating prohibition law and
given 60 days on roads.
The following cases were con
tinued: -J
W. H. Radford, resisting officer.
Clarence Harrison, larceny and
receiving.
Sidney Davis, disposing 6f
mortgaged property.
Erastus Clifton, larceny.
W. A. Wat'kins, fraud.
Alex Williams, non-support.
- Buck Powell, assault with
deadly weapon.
Vester Ross, John Chappeil, as
sault with deadly weapon.
Tommie Stevenson, Operating
automobile intoxicated.'
Tourists will spend $600,000,- 1
900 in the West during tihe 1939
}olden Gate International Exposi
;ion.
i
ANOTHER BIG DISTILLERY
SEIZED IN 'DRY* COUNTY
?. \
Federal and ARC officers Tues
day put another sizable dent in
'dry" Granville County's illicit
Christmas liquor traffic, seizing
an 800-gallon steam distillery
four miles northwest of Creed
moor.
It was the second large still the
county had yielded within three
weeks, one of about the same size
having been destroyed November
30.
The plant- taken Tuesday re
quired nine operators, had two
steam boilers of about 10 horse
power each, and was estimated to
be capable of an output of 400
gallons of corn whiskey evSry 24
hours.
With this equipment, the still
cost $1,000, officers estimated.
Three Creedmoor white men, Wil
liam Cash, Linwood Brogden and
ituymond Oakley, were captured
at the qcene. Six negroes outran
the raiders.
"I had information the still
was, to run right on 'through
I Christmas. 24 hours per day,"
I said Major J. C. Dempsey, Feder.
| ;il Alcohol I'nit invesMgator, who
| took part In the raid. "We found
j 300 gallons of whiskey already
run off, 7,000 gallons of mash, 60
cases of fruit jars, a ton of coke,
500 pounds of sugar and a varie
ty of tubs, buckets, axes and oth
er equipment."
With Dempsey were: Investiga
tor W. A. JJitzer, ABC Officers J.
j C. Joyner and Dave Huff, of
I Franklin County, and ABC Offi
cers June Champion and L. A.
Jackson, of Vance County.
The officers destroyed the plant
I with dynamite.
To Close For
Christmas
The FRANKLIN TIMES lias
been requested to announce
that the Stores and business
houses generally (n Louisburg
would be closed on Saturday
and Monday to observe the
Christmas holidays. Those hav.
ing business with these Insti
tutions will bear this in mind.
ENGAGEMENT A NNOUNOEI)
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Carr. of
Wallace, N. C. announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Evangeline Mclntyre Carr, to Mr.
Joseph Davis Williams of Bunn,
N. C. The wedding will take
place at the home?of the bride's
parents on Tuesday, December
28t'h, 1937.
Forty-five per cent of the visi
tors to the 193^0ql&n Gate In
ternational Exposition will Jour
ney to California from the Wes
tern states. """
Love may make the world go
'round ? but bo does a bad case of
indigestion.
r
i Extends Service
Mr. L. J. Craven, of the Raleigh
office informs the TIMES that the
N. C. State Employment Service
will increase and extend its ser
vice in franklin County, begin
ning Jan. 5, 1938. Weekly vis
its will be made to Louisburg in
stead of semi-monthly as hereto
fore and the regular weekly sched
ule will take in Franklintbn each
Wednesday from 10:45 a. m. to
12:45 p. m. and Louisburg from
2:00 p. m. to 3:45 p. m.
In Franklinton office hours will
be maintained in the Mayor's of
tfice and in Louisburg, either in
1 the Mayor's office or the Court
House, a definite announcement
will follow later.
Beginning Jan. 5, people in and
near these respective towns may
register with the Employment
Service, for work, and also file
l their claims for compensation
with the N, CJ.- Unemployment
| Compensation Commission at the
; same time, as the same personnel
1 will take care of both services, In'
! the beginning anyway.
The regular schedule of the
Employtaent Service will be main
tained next week and office will
be open on Wednesday.
P. T. A. Meeting
In its fourth meeting of the
year, Dec. 16th, the P. T. A. con
cluded the mid-term program
with a Christmas ceiehraWon.
"O. Little Town of Bethlehem"
was the opening song, followed
by the Parent-Teacher freed and
prayer repeated in unison by the
assembly.
The glee fclnb, directedH?y Mrs.
Osmond Yarboro. presented a
I lovely Christmas mtslciil pro
i gram, a chorus, '?Alleluia" by
Ann White and a quartet, "The
[ Sleep of the. Child Jesus." by
I Gevaert.
The principal discussion for
tho afternoon "Social Security," ]
was interpreted by Mrs. Ben T. j
Holden, Chairman of Welfare
Board, in an excellent address on i
the subject and by Miss Evelyn j
Jenkins, Case Work Supervisor,
who gave answers to questions in
the round-discussion, following j
Mrs. Holden's address, citing, too,
claimant-cases. Miss Jenkins made
clear thati claimants, to be elig
ible fori a benefit must execute the
necessary forms. Together Mrs.
Holden and Miss Jenkins proved
the splendid work being done in
Franklin County through Securi
ty for delinquent childhood and
old age.
At the conclusion of the dis
I cussion Mrs. K. F. Yarborough
read a portion of Mrs. Roosevelt's
"Christimas - Spirited Giving",
which is an ardent appeal for
sharing blessings with the needy,/
emphasizing ? "it is much more
blessed to give than it n?" - to
keep."
Miss Sarah Davis' recitation
"Song of the Christmas Angels,"
by Walter Ben Hare, was another
beautiful ai>peal for humanity's
need.
Wifrh the close of her impres
sive recitation. Mrs. Yarborough,
j with a .word ol' appreciation to
j th^e P. T. A. and Mills School
I children for their welfare-offering
of food and clothing, appearing
then on the rostum, beneath a
Wautiful electric-lighted Christ
mas wee. presented the offering
to Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner, County
Welfare Supt., for distribution to.
the poor. Mrs. Mitchiner receiv
ed the bountiful ' offering with
heartfelt thihjks.
The meeting was climaxed wit-h
a lovely Christmas solo by Mrs.
Mac Stamps. Jr.
The President extended hearty
Christmas wishes to the assembly
in adjournment.
Oscar Smith of Rich Square,
Northampton County, says his
593 hens paid him a profit of
$58.74 above feed costs "-during
t-he month of November.
a Baer Heir
"But I didn't raise my boy to be
a pug!" Instated Momma Baer
when reporters called to verify the
news that It was an eight-pound
heir ?t the Baer home in Oakland,
California. Poppa Baer seeing
highly pleased# with his Job oi
hanging out the family wash and
declares that be Is undecided
whether to go Into tra'lnlng for a
ring come back or wait and let
Little Baer take over the crown.
BLAMES
NEWSPAPERS
For Eusiness Depression ?
President Roosevelt Hold
ing Conferences To Res
tore Confidence
Washington, Doc. 21. ? Presi
dent) Roosevelt tonight struck to
combat fear psychology underly
ing the current business recession
by declaring that individual in
dustrial leaders have assured him
that they do not fear the effect
of such New Deal legislation as
the wages-hours and farm bills.
The President told more than,'
100 j newspaper correspondents
that he recognized the prevalence
of business fears and sought
through his conference with t^ade
leaders to determine their i/Hgin.,;
On two .occasions which he cited.
Mr. Roosevelt said that industrial
leaders favored certaii/ legisla
tion. but protested /that their
boards of directors ^ould not al
low them to endorse it- publicly.
He said that tae fear psycholo
gy is being indicated and foster
ed by a lar#6 percentage of Am
erican newspapers.
"Wi^at are the newspapers go
ing to gain by it?" he was asked.
He replied that he was wonder
zing about the same Miing.
Utility Meetings
The President met the press
soon after he had resumed con
ferences with utility leaders look
ing toward a truce between the
Inlustry and the government
which would encourage the pow
er group to put upward to $3,
000,090.000 in the arteries'* of
trade. He conferred with William
H. Taylor, head of the Philadel
phia Electric Co., and Frank R.
Phillips of the Duquesne Light
and Power Co., of- Pitsburgh.
The main obstacle to a truce is
said to be a dispute over proper
ty evaluation in determining pri
ces of electric current to the con
sumer: Some utilities insist upon
"their legal rights to include the
cos/ of reproducing the property
at. modern-day values w'hiw the
President demand? that only the
initial cost, plus "prudent addi
tions or replacements" be includ
ed.
The President discu&sed this
policy a fortnight ago with Wen
dell L. Wilkie, head of Common
wealth and Southern Corp, and
Floyd L. Carlisle, chairman of the
board of Niagara Hudson Power
Co., and won substantial agree
ment to his theory. Today, Tay
lor said his conference* with the
Chief Executive was "a very help
ful and pleasant one." He said a
minority opinion written 13 years
ago by Supreme Court* ' Justice
Louis D. Brandies in the South
Western Bell Telephone Co. case,
endorsing the "prudent invest
ment'* theory, was reviewed.
"We feel we can live on it,"
Taylor said.
Later, the President said that
the Pennsylvania utilities execu
tives agreed generally that his
theory*was a pretty good rule ot
thumb to go on. Hfe said Taylor
and Phillips reported that many
people today do hot want to in
vest in the junior securities of
the utilities, but added that the
men also assured him that this
situation was not 'due to govern
ment interference.
*
I
Knocked Unconscious '
Joe Day, colored, was fou^A in
an unconscious condition near ths
Cemetery on highway 59 Satur
day and brought to town for med
ical treatment. An Investigation
made by Sheriff Moore and others
failed to reveal what caused the
trouble. It la understood Day la
ter become conscious and stated
a car struck him. hat he did not
know who was driving It or what
kind of car. nor whether it atop*
pedv Day is recovering.