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LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA I ItlDAV. APRIL J, 1?.{H
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Nl'MBER 7
PRESENTS
PORTRAITS
At Noon Recess of Court Tuesday
Hon. Frank S. Spruill's Pre
sented by Judge Francis
Winston; Judge E. W.
Timberlake's by Dr. N. Y.
Gulley; Prof. R. B. White
And Dr. D. T. Smithwick
Speak; Portraits Accepted
For County by Chas. P.
Green, For Bar Associa
tion by W. H. Yarbor
ough; E. H. Malone In
^ Charge; Large Number in
Attendance
Another important day has
"ceen placed on record in Frank
lin County's history, one which
^;as deeply appreciated by the old
?er citizens of the County and will
ie long remembered by the young
er generations that were present
i.nd will be referred to and re
read with interest by all who have
an interest) in Franklin's past
?when on Tuesday at the noon re
ess of Conrt with a court room
illed with visitors and home folks,
presentation ceremonies were held
' . n the occasion of the presenting
^ :nd receiving the portrait? of the
sate Hon. Frank S. Spruill and
Judge Edward W? Timberlake.
The evening session of the Court
.-/as called to order by Judge
?rank S. Hill, of Murphy, and the
occasion was turned over to the
?ar Association.
W. H. Yarborough. President
;f the Bar. explained that it af
forded the Franklin County Bar
association great pleasure to co
operate with Franklin County
Historical Association in preservi
ng the memory of the County's
honored and prominent lawyers,
who are now resting in the Huppy
Hunting grounds. He said the Bur
iiad appointed Mr. E. H. Malone
Chairman, Chan. P. Oreeli and
Kemp Yarborotfgh a committee in
charge of this service and then
turned the meeting over to Chair
man Malone.
Because of the limited time
formalities were dispensed with
;.nd Chairman Malone called up
on Dr D. T. Smith wick. ' County
-Ilstorian. to introduce the speak
er who would present the por
.rait of Mr. Spruill.
Dr. Smithwick in a well selec
ted and delivered presentation
said:
"This occasion should bring
much satisfaction to all our peo
ple, especially the legal profes
sion, as we are soon to present
to Franklin County two who lived
and practiced here for many years,
raining highest State ranks. It
?will be my happiness to introduce
to you a gentleman w ho will pre
sent the portrait of the late Hon.
F. S. Spruill. We are honored to
Lave with us today one who has
always been a part of our Coun
ty, whose father was a large prop
erty owner here before the Civil
War, our guest, inheriting inter
est! here and having large family
connections caused him to spend
much of his earlier life here, and
te has always cherished a pas
sionate love for our people. When
we built our Graded School he
came to us and with Masonic
cites laid its corner-stone. I think
ne was Lieutenant-Governor at
that Mine. For a number of years
tie served the State as Superior
Court Judge and sitice resigning
1:88 been successfully elected
Judge of his County's Recordei^s?
Court, which position he still
holds because of his love for just
folks. The same position is held
here by our much loved and hon
ored James E. Malone.
"In all his long life. Judge
Winston has been motivated by
the finest and highest ideals, in
spired by the best traditions of
the past, using the present al
ways as his opportunity, and
gaining his inspiration by hope in
the future. His life and services
from a cultural, social, legal and
profound learning standpoint will
continue to shed honor and lus
ter upon the State, and more par
ticularly the Chowan section, with
which he has had closest associa
tion, will honor his memory as
Jong as the shores of his county
are bathed by the waters of the
Chowan, Cashi, Cashoki, Middle
River and Roanoke.
"I have the high honor at this
time to present my kinsman pa
triot, historian, geneoligist. pro
found scholar, above all a friend
to man ? Judge Francis D Win
ston."
1- After a few complimentary re
marks Judge Winston said;
"I am addressing you, as the
representation of my sister, Mrs.
-Alice Capehart Winston Spruill.
She directs me to present to the
' 'Court, this portrait of her hus
band. the tronorable Frank Shep
herd Spruill, for yetfrs a resident
of this County, and a practitioner
at the Bar of this Court). With
Your Honor'* permission I ? pro
ceed to that high honor, and ask
that the portrait be accepted, and
that it adorn a wall of t-his his-:
; tovic Court Koom. Permit a few j
? words in memory of this , loving
husband and father, able lawyer/
faithful citizen, and genial friend. !
i Frank Shepherd Spruill was born
near Hamilton, in Martin County,
j December 9th, 1862. His par
ents were William Everett Spruill,
and wife, Harriet Eliza . Arring
ton. This marriage united two of
our oldest, most patriotic aii(T
highly respected families.
Frank Shepperd Spruill was
prepared for college at Bingham's
School. He entered our Universi
i ty with the Class of 18$4. He i
I took high rank as student and ]
man. He was an editor of the:
; University magazine. He was a,
member of tlie exclusive literary j
fraternity,' Alpha Tau Omega. He j
\yas licensed by our Supreme:
Court at Fall Term. 188:'.. A j
partnership with Captain Joseplit
J. Davis brought him here to;
practice law. I shall noti discuss
his high standing as lawyer and
eitize'n. On Oct. 6th. 1886 he mar-|
lied Alice Caiihart Winston. They
! resided here for many years. The !
appointment of Judge Davis to |
tlif Supreme" Court was followed
by a partnership with W. H. Ruf-j
fin. The death of Mr. Kuffin was!
ohe occasion of his partnership!
with my cousin Ben Holden. Re
tainers by the Atlantic Coast Line
and other clients carried him to
! Kocky Mount as a member of the I
: tirm of Butin & Spruill. Later he;
i was Division Counsel of that j
| greatest* of all Southern Corpora-!
I tions. He was also General Coun
sel of the North Carolina Pine
Association. At his death he was
! law partner with his son as
Spruill & Spruill. Among their
clients were numerous manufac
turing plants in and out of our
i State. He knew the law. He stud
? ied it daily. He was an eloquent [
! pleader -at the liar, and in public
addresses Mr. Spruill never for
; got his duty to his State. He was
[ a member of tlie General Assem
| b|y. He was Assistant U. S. Dis
trict. Attorney. He was a Trustee
of our University. He was direc
tor of the North Carolina Rail
; road. He was an Episcopalian and
i a Vestryman of his church.
I am sure I knew him well and
I exact. I pronounce him in every
! respect to have been a high-toned
i gentleman ; in every way worthy
j of the love, esteem, confidence
and respect' showered on him by
all who knew him."
Mr. K. B. White was called up
i on to present the speaker who
would make the presentation of
the portrait of Judge E. VV. Tim-:
j berlake. He responded in his us-|.
j ual happy and eloquent style so j
| much appreciated by his many j
j friends in Franklin, as he said
! "41 years ago standing here I wasi
j sworn in as an attorney by Judge
I Graham. It would be impossible
I for me not to f?fci_in_emory prick
j ed in my heart, as the memory
i of my associations with these are
j so firmly fixed as a part of the
j life I live. To present this pic
? ture I would like to have some
I one who practiced law with him,
someone who appeared before him
while he was Judge, and someone !
! who had lived next to him in life. !
j All of this we have in Dr. N. Y. ;
| Gutley.
Dr. Gulley responded in the
following pretty tribute:
"Liying. the mere act of living, j
! is a very interesting function. At
it his very moment! we are each one
iwjiat we are because we have been
| what we have been. Our present
! status is the result of all the
i things that have entered into our
: past lives. This is true of our
physical, mental and spiritual
conditions. There are some who
say it goes further than that, and
not only what we have been, but
what our ancestors have been de
termines whaO we are. This is
probably true as to the color of
our skins, but not as to the cali
bre of our souls or the measure
of our minds.
It follows then that the times
in which we live, tihe conditions
that environ us become Important
factors in the sum total of our
lives. This portrait, / strikingly
j presents to our eyes the appear
ance of the physical man who be
gan lifs in Franklin County on 1
| the 4th day of July. 1854. His I
I mother Was Mary A. Harris Tim- 1
| berlake, as fine a soul as I have j
ever known For four years while J
I lived in her home, she was in- i
deed a mother to me. His father
was R. H. Ttmberlake, an earnest.1
sturdy, honest man and a physi-i
cian by professon. He spent the
active period of his life in Frank- j
lin County, doing what he could I
to relieve ohe .physical aches and
pains of suffering humanity about
him In his ministration^ of mer
cy he was often accompanied by
hie young son.
I think the people born in this
section between 1850 and I860!
(Continued on page eight)
I
CCC Fifth
-Anniversary
Public Invited to VKR at
? f'runklintoii, On A | ?i*IJ I, 2 and
3rd.
Tlit' Civilian Conservation ("t>rPs)
will be live years old on April oC.
1?:S8. Mr. Robert Egcliner. Di
rector. Is heartily In favor of |
?'open house" commemorative ex
ercises In carrying out Mr. Fecb
uer's wishes. Co. 3418 at Frank
llnton cordiauy>. invites the pub ic
10 a visit. 1. 2 Hiitl 3. If 38. The
camp personnel and enrollees sin
cerelv wish all who can to pay ,
them a visit, on those days. Es
corts will be in readiness to guide
(lie visitors through the camp ;
transportation and guides will be
provided to take those who wish
out on the work projects to view
the work that has ?0een done for
the farmers cooperating with 'he
Soil Conservation Program.
The camp wishes to announce i
the following activities to which
the public is sincerely invlteJV;
Saturday afternooy. April 2. 19..8
there will be games between the
enrollees. The town of Franklin-,
ton will oppose the cauip in a
soft-ball game.
In celebrating this anniversary
Camp Vann takes particular in- |
terest n the work yet to be done, j
The camp is in its third year and i
is aware of the fact that it has
onlv scratched the surface of the j
great movement in the promotion !
of Soil and Water Conservation!
in the Cedar Creek and Tar River
\rea There are yet many farm-j
ers who are eager to cooperate in
the camp's efforts to sav^ t.hen j
farm land and forests, and im
prove their cropping system. It
is the earnest desire of the camp]
to cooperate to the fullest extent j
to promote the conservation pio-|
gram. '
The camp, however, has lt?|
cooperators. On these farms ap-j
proximately 30.252 rods of fences |
have been constructed. 434,06..
square yards of sod and seed has
been planted In waterways. Ap-j
proximately 320 acres with 397.-;
763 trees has been planted. ,
acres of Timber Stand Improve
ment plots have been established, j
Beside these activities the camp
has performed many other accom- ,
plishments which is very gratify
ing to the members. 7.1.994 days
work has been performed with
onlv 46 days lost because of ac- ,
cidents. These have all bee" mm- ;
or occurrences. The fleet of trucks,
have been operated for two and a
half years with many thousand!
miles having lost not a days work j
from road accidents. The person
nel and members are pleased with j
the record made while here.
The educational facilities which |
are provided for the enrollees are |
being used with inspirational re- 1
suits. The camp has approximate- ,
lv 70 per cent participation of its;
members in the training program :
The enrollees are given vocation- j
al training in many subjects ,
which are worth while to them in j
their camp life and in their later |
occupations. Many have secured j
jobs as a result of the training
they have received while here.
Not to be forgotten Is the hu
man angle of camp life. The val
ue of CCC work and training in j
building up future American citi
zens, discipline, orderly living,
cleanliness and sanitation, sell
reliance and pride in one's work
has shown outstanding results.
These have instilled in the en
rollees' minds, habits that the in
stitution is very proud of. The
camp has had no desertion in
over two months. Enrollees have
learned that there Is value In con- |
ducting themselves in a harmon- 1
lous and worthy manner. Citizen
ship Is one of the major objec
tives set to the enrollees in the
Franklinton camp.
Co. 3418 feels that the commu
nity is interested in, the manage
ment and general conditions un
der which the approximately 200
fine young men are living and it
extends to the public the cordial
Invitation to be guests on this the
fifth anniversary.
P. H. Massey, Project Mgr. j
Capt. Cecil R. Hill, Com-' |
mandlng^. J
W. H. M. Jenkins, Supt.
MITCHINER-JOYNER
Announcements reading as fol
lows have been received by
friends invFranklin County:
Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks Cleve
land Joyner announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Myra
Dale, to Mr Thomas Jeffries
Mitchiner, on Saturday, the twen
ty-seventh of March, nineteen
hundred and thirty-eight, Rocky!
Mount. North Carolina
Mrs. Mitchiner Is a very attrac-|
tive and accomplished young lady |
of Rocky Mount, where she is j
very popular among her many
friends. She has held an import
ant position with the Nash County
Welfare Department.
Mr. Mitchiner Is one of Frank
lin County's capable, popular and
efflcfent young men, and a son of
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner.
With the announcements were
cards reading. "At home after
April first. Durham, North Caro
lina."
COURT
Tile business of Kl'ailklitl Sup
erior Court has been taken upon
mostly the past week wilh the
trial of the case of i.izzie U. Wes
ter vs. McCormick & Co.- This
is a damage suit brought by. Mrs.
Wester who claims she lost the
power of speech, above a whisper,
from eating a salad made by the
NilcCormick Co., which had pack
ed in the bottle?a disc of metal,
which poisoned her throat with
the resultant loss of her voice.
Evidence was still being taken in
the case Wednesday -afternoon.
The Court will close this week
as the term will end. being a two
weeks term. ' v
Hudson-Belk Co.
T o Louisburg
According to rumors that are
going the rounds Hudson-Belk
Co.. has leased or purchased the
old AU#*n store building 011 West
Nash Street, now occupied by
Battery B as an armory, and. will
remodel and rearrange the build
ing and put in an up-to-date
stock in same in the near future.
The rumor is confirmed only in
t'he (act that Capt. Griffin. of
Battery B. informs the TIMER
that the Battery will have to seek
a new location for its armory,
which it is understood will prob
ably be in the old Yarboro Stable
building across t'he Street form
erly occupied by the Battery, and
also by the fact that it is known
this company has been seeking a
location here for several years.
This will probably add interest
To the many visitors to Lotiisburg
VINCENT DICKENS
DEAD
? ? ? 4 j
Mr. Vincent Dickens, aged 19,'
son of Mrs. W. N. Dickens and
.?he late W.- Norman Dickens, died
at his home near White Level. 011
Saturday morning following a
short illness from pneumonia.
He leaves besides his mother, who;
was Miss Mary Foote Sturdlvant,
one sister. Jewel. He was a mem
ber of White Level Baptist church,
and White Level Junior Order.
The funeral services were held
from White Level Baptist Church
on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
conducted by Itev. John Edwards, !
and. interment was made in the
fainiljvjjemeter.v near the home.
The preHv Junior Order service j
was used atM^the pallbearers and
flower girls wefremem hers of the ,
Junior class at EdVqrd . Beat- High
School of which he waVa member.
Large numbers of frfiHyJs and
relatives attended both sefrvjces 1
and the floral tribute was espJhs^
ially large and beautiful.
The family has the deepest
sympathy of the entire commu
nity.
Fatal Auto
Accident
As a result of an automobile :
accident on the Streets of Louis
burg about 3 o'clock Saturday.!
morning Gilbert Hinton. of Hen
derson. is dead, and Ernest Owens,
also of Henderson, is in a hospital
suffering from a fractured skull,
and Meta Turner and Arnell Tur- :
ner wei*e held in jail until Satur
day morning when Meta Turner
was convicted on charge of public
drunkenness and Arnell Turner,
uhe driver, was allowed to give a
$500 bond to appear before Mayor
W. C. Webb Friday tor prelimi
nary hearing on a charge of care-;
less and reckless driving and man-!
slaughter.
From information received it
seems that the Ford Coach in
which they were riding was enter
ing town on Nash Street and as
they reached the turn at) the top
of jail hill the. car got out from
under control of the driver and
turned over almost in front of
Taylor's Store. All the parties were
from Henderson.
Most Unique
"Style Show"
Of The Year
And now ? a Style Show of Gas
Ranges! "Stars on Parade," pre
sented this week by The Pyrofax
Gas Service Company, gives house
wives of Louisburg an opportuni
ty to view the latest styles in gas
ranges, in a gala review of the
complete new Magic Chef lino for
Spring, 1938.
The features which will capture
the fancy of the hundreds of wo
men who visit* the display at the
Howell building on Main "Street
near the bridge, nejit week, will
be those designed to lighten the
burden of home cooking. Faster ]
cooking burners and ovenB, oven |
temperature controls, broilers
which swing out when the door 1r
opened, divided cooking tops,
more modern designs, these are
some of the advantages of the
new ranges, which according to
laboratory tests, also offer great
er fuel economy to the housewife
Subscribe to th? Franklin Times!
i
Hubert May Ad
dresses Kiwanis
Club
"International Clubs and World
l'eace" was the topic of a well de
livered address given ?' by Mr.
Hubert May. Nash County Prosec
uting Attorney at the meeting of
t'he Louislmrg Kiwanis Club on
Tuesday evening in the Motel.
"The freedom we have today"
stated Mr. Mily, "was bought, by
blood. I do not believe in fighting
but I do not say that there are
not times - and circ u nist>u nces
which cause us to. The wars are
not brought on at the will of the
mass of people but by the high-up
who profit at those times.
"May I say, that- there was one
war in whir litlu>J)oys knew what
they were fighting- for. That hap
pens to be the Civil War. Our con
federate soldiers fought for the
principle and not for the money.
After the war was over the North
placed .their soldiers on pensions
where the South erected memori
als to theirs for their heroic ef
forts. It has been said that the
South was never whipped but" the
boys wore themselves out whip
ping the North.
"In 1314 we went to war to
make the whole world safe for
democracy but may I ask. whe
ther the world is any safer now
than it was then?"
"Of course". Mr. May added,
"everyone remembers t'he story of
the Good Samartian. Let's apply
this story to the nations of the
worlds. There are two many na
tions who can be represented by
the robl>er._ Germany. Japan and
Italy are tiolnore than t'he robber.
Uussia is so stirred up within her
borders that no one can tell exr
actly what will take place there.
All natious will have to be willing
to share their goods witih each
other before this can be remedied.
The only solution which I have
to offer is what has been termed
by the eleventh Commandeut
.'Love' One Another.'
"We have the greatest Countfy
and the noblest hertiage of any
nation in the world and I am
perfectly satisfied to stay here in
stead of going to some other one."
Mr. May added.
Mr. May was given a standing
vote of expression for such a
wonderful address and was invit
ed to come back at anytime.
Miss Martin of Mills High
School student body rendered sev
eral beautiful solos and Was ac
companied by Mrs. O. V. Yorboro
at the piano.
Kiwanian Will Lancaster was in
charge of the program and was
congratulated by t'he Club on pro
viding such an excellent program.
The time of the meeting has
Be^n changed from 6:39 to 7:0')
o'cloMi on Tuesday evening be
ginningXjth 'h-> next meeting.
Col. House Dead
New York, March 28 ^H^ylouel
Edward Ma ii dell House, a g*^y,
silent little Texan who once w-as
one of the world's most myster
iously powerful figures as the
closest confidant of Woodrow
Wilson, died today.
His death came at the age of
73 after a long Illness, in the
quiet old town house here to
which he had retired in sorrow
after his break with Wilson, a
break which ended a friendship
without parallel in American pol
itics.
Shy all his life ? in possession
though he was of almost as many
great' state secrets of the World
War record as any President, min
ister or King ? House had said
nfany times that he wanted no
"fuss and feathers" when he was
gone.
His family made clear that his
wishes would be followed. There
will be no services here. The body
will be taken to ' 'Hbuston, Col.
House's birthplace.
His widow, the former Lucille
Hunter, of AusMn, Tex., had
known for weeks that his death
was but a matter of time. She
was with him when he died, as
were a daughter, Mrs. Gordon
Auchincloss, and her husband, a
New York attorney. Another dau
ghter is Mrs. Randolph Tucker,
of Boston
Baseball Saturday
Louisburg College opens its
baseball season here Saturday af
ternoon on the college diamond
with the boys from Oak Ridge.
These two teams always furnish
an interesting game. Coach
Cameron has been putting t'he
Trojans through some stiff
workouts in preparation for this
game. Col. Earl Holt, who has
the reputation of being one of
the ablest coaches in the State
will be here with the Oak Ridge
boys. Quite a few of our old
basbball faus will remember when
he played with frankllnton back
in 1910 against Louisburg form
ing a battery of Turner and Holt.
Go out and give t?he focal boys a
good sendotfand at the same
time enjoy a good game.
A wife may be the boss, but
thab doesn't mean she likes to be
called "the boss."
GOVERNOR
HOEY SPEAKS
To Large Audience at Franklinton
Attention Youpg
Democrats
Tlie TIMES is ri'miested to pub
lish the following:
Please see the following at
once and buy your ticket for the
Annual YonnS Democratic Dis
trict Rally to be held at the Hotel
Sir Walter. ISaleJgh. at 7
P. M.. Saturday. April 2. 19X8.
E. C. BUI-LUCK, .
P. W. EI.AM.
BEULAH LANCASTER.
MRS HITCH PERRY.
Board of Elections
The Slate Board ot Elections at
their meeting Saturday announ- . ,
1 ced the appointment of members
of the various County Boards of;
?elections for the State. Fori
Franklin County Phil R Inscoe, !
L. O. Frailer and It. G. Mitchell i
were appointed 1'nder the law ^
Miey will meet in Louisburg on
Saturday, A^>ril 16th. 1938 to I '
perfect their organization and ap
point election officials.
Cooking
Demonstration
Quite a large uumber of men
and women enjoyed one of the ,
! most interesting and instructive
i events of its kind on Friday even
ing at the Ra.vnor's Radio Shop,
when Miss Annie Myers Harris,
of the Carolina Power , (t Light !
Co., gave an electric cooking dent- '
onst ration .
The prizes were won by the fol
lowing: Mr. G. W. Murphy, a set
of refrigerator dishes; Mrs. D. L. ,
i Wells, a nice hpt plate; Mrs. John
Kabil. also a hot plate; Mesdanies
II. H. Johnson and John Yarbor
I ough, a delicious cake which they
cut and divided with those pres- ,
|ent. Several others won cash tick-1
! era which were redeemable on I
merchandise.
Everyone was very much atnaz
} ed at the New General Electric
j Stoves, which were used in this j
demonstration. They all enjoyed j
| the occasion and extended Miss|
Harris an invitation to come back
j at anytime.
Dies In Car
Coroner R. A. Robbitt' was call-j
i od to Pearce town in Dunn town
ship early Sunday morning to
view the body of Roy Pearce who ,
'Hied in an automobile the night ?
| befrH^. Coroner Hobbitt says it
was e5n*iained to him that Roy
| Pearce, vjNien Pearce and Clyde
; Pearce had Bxtyi drinking and
were oub for anNknto ride when
the car got in a afNji and the ;
three were unable to gfetsjt out.
They then got in the car aim^ent
i to sleep. Upon waking the neitti^
morning Roy was found to be j
I dead. There was no evidence of j
foul play, according to the Coroner !
and no inquest was held.
AMATEUR NIGHT
The TIMES is requested to an- i
| nounce that the Seven Paths Wo-!
men's club are sponsoring an am
ateur contest to be held at the j
club house at an early date. Any
i persons interested in entering this
J contest please notify Miss Ruth |
! Collie, Louisburg, N". C., Route 4,
President of the club. Please tell ;
her what you have to offer as en
tertainment so thati a program
| may be arranged. Then you will i
' be notified as to the date it will
be held.
A. R. Thompson of the Spear!
, section of Avery County has begun i
a demonstration in reclaiming an '
eroded hillside on his farm by get- J
ting 3,000 white pine seedlings.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre, begin- !
ning Saturday, April 2:
Saturday ? Double Feature ? |
3 Meequiteers in "The Purple !
Vigilantes" and John BeSl in j
"Danger Patrol."
Sunday ? Robert Montgomery
and Virginia Brace iir"The First
100 Years."
Monday ? "Penrod and his Twin '
Brother" starring the Mauch
Twins, Billy and Bobby.
Tuesdayr Jimmy Durante, Wal
ter Connolly, and Johhny Green
and Band in "Start Cheering."
Wednesday ? ? Anna Bee in
"Non 8top New York."
Thursday and Friday ? 'Mark
Twain's Story "The Adven.arts of
Tom Sawyer." _ j
Before Franklinton Farmers
And Business Men's Club
Wednesday Night; Tells:
Of the Wonderfulness of
North Carolina, Its Stats
Functions and Its Oppor
tunities; Mrs. J. A. Cox.
Sings Solo; President
Harris Presides; Col. C. L.
McGhee Introduces Speak
er; Prof. Blount Makes
Splendid Report for Agri
cultural Committee;
Splendid Supper Serred
By Ladies of Franklinton
P. T. A.
Member. of the Franklinton
f aitner. and Business Men's Club
and visitors enjoyed a wonderful
address from Hon. Clyde R. Hoev
governor of North Carolina at!
their regular meeting on Wednea
a)' n'6ht in the Home Economic*
rooms of the Franklinton High
school. Fully, eighty to ninety
were present to enjoy the wonder
rul facts the Governor present*? J
about North Carolina, our home
The meeting was opened bv Pre
B Harris and invocation
offered by Rev. ? . ? Biddle,
and a wonderful supper was serv
ed by the ladies of the Franklin
ton P. T. A., which was more
than enjoyed by all present.
"I.est we Forget " a solo, was
beautifully, rendered by Mrs. J".
A, Cox, accompanied a;, the pian;>
"y Miss Saunders, instructor in
music. Minutes were read by Sec
relai> Joiin w. Sawyer and re
ports were called for.
The report for the agricultural
committee was made by Prof.
Hlount. of the Scho6rfaculty,.who
told of the success of the evening
classes that had been conducted at
Need more, Katesville and I'ope-t,
with an average of 61 farmers at
tending. The class at Xeedniora
was erecting a community build
nig for their farmers activities.
Mr. Henderson stated that he
was not ready to report on the
notary Organization.
President Harris then called
upon- Col. C, I,. McGhee. chair
man of the program commit/tee
to introduce the speaker of the
ineniug. Col. McGhee responded
in his usual jovial manner, pre
senting the Governor in the state
ment that "when tilt world is torn
up so badly by all kinds of isms,
as today, we are especially form ?
mite in having a Governor like,
Clyde Hoey."
After the usual formalities and
springing several good jokes that
caused many of his audience to
hold their sides, Governor Hoey
stated it is interesting to me to
go aJjout. North Carolina and min
gle with its people and come ia
contact with their liberal spirit
therefore he felt the thing that
would be of most interest- to peo
ple would be the functions of the
several departments of the State
government. From this beginning
n?v{lelved into a minute explana
tion >*?how the several depart
ments olxi^ated. their duties and
what they ?^e expected to ac
complish. and wltat thev are ac
complishing with nW and then a
comparison of whaPMiappened
thirty to sixty or a liuiidre^vears
ago. He wants the St^te toStd
minister to the people with the"
biggest and highest services pos
8 O f, to measure up to its respon
sibility to the fullest. To do this
he said, the State has no source
from which to carry on except
taxes. When people expect in
crease service they must, expect
ADCre^se ln ta*es He explain
ed that the State collects no prop
erty tax, and has to rely upon
taxes derived from inheritance
income, license and franchise, and
sales tax. He told of how in 1933
when the schools were abou t?
close the State took over the op
eration and maintenance of thu
school, and continued them with
the result that not a one of them
closed. At this time financial con
dition. were such that 62 coun
ties- in the State were in default
Lasti year, ho said, celebrated 100
years of public schools in North
Carolina. Thirty years ago ther?i
ZVZZnLli hleh ,ch001- in th?
?- tate^ile today we have over 800
In 1908 there was *100 000 . pent
?'"le public schools in the Stata
with 3 months terms. Today therf*
are i.5,000,000 spent for an 8
months school with over 900,000
children in school this vaar
the State feel, that It
100 cent, value from e?h*?o,?r
apenO. The State transpwU mor
children than any State In tha
Union, and furnishes free arhn7.?
books. He believw 22
value and efficient rt tWschoSt
they should estabUsk the l?l*
grade. This would be aiT
tage to the student* who enter
colled the 7S per cent wh^
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