VOLX'MN LXX SIBSC'RIPTION fl.SO m Te IXMJI8BCRO, N. CAROLINA KltlUAY. APItll. 7, lU.'lt* ( HIGHT PAGES) WATCH A'HK LAKH. IfV VOIR PAPKK Belie 1V Your Subscription Before Expiration Hate To A void Mining Ah Issue. MMBER 8 PROTEST ROAD LOCATION TO ISSUE BONDS FOR SCHOOL ADDITION The "Turn Over" of Coun * ty Accountant's Office Consummated; Many Re-; ports Received; Sells Ho-* tel at Franklinton Tot Town; Meet Again April ? 17th The Board of County Conimis .-joners met in regular session on Monday with all members present. After the opening formalities bus-; mess wag transacted as follows: Reports from t>he following offi cers were received and ordered fil ed: Supt. E. R. Richardson, Coun ty Home; Dr. R .F. Yarborough, , Health Officer; Mrs. J. F. Mitchi ner, Welfare Officer; Miss Llllie , Mae Braxton, Home Agent; W. C. Boyce, and ? . ? . Barnes, Coun ty Agents. The Board ordered that 110 1 (hecks upon any funds of the County be issued without the sig nature of t>he Chairman and Clerk to the Board and recorded upon the MinuteB of the Board. The Bond of B. Nt Williamson. Jr., County Accountant, was ac cepted and filed and he was in stalled Into his office. The of ricial checking in and out was i^.ade. Upon order properly drawn the, otel building at Franklinton was -old to the town of Franklinton at price of $760 and accrued rents, nd upon condition that the prop-, rty would be listed on tax books :.t $2,500.00. The Board passed proper reso- 1 yitions to issue and sell $10,000.00 fn bonds, the proceeds from which o be used for erecting four class ;ooms at Epsom School, in keep ing with resolutions and request* from the Board of Education. The Board received and approv ed requests for road maintenance! n the following townships: Cedar iiock, Loulsburg and Hayesville.' Larrj; Tant and Alonza Hag * ood were placed 011 outside puu-j par list. The Board authorized and or dered a letter of protest mailed to. Highway Commissioner T. Boddle Ward, protesting the location of the road from Duke Memorial! Ohitrch by Jackson's Mill to Ma iileville and asking that it be hanged to the location formerly igreed to from Duke Memorial Church to Edward Best School. The following letters relative to lie turn-over of t'he County Ac 'untant's office were exchanged: Uniti Kt-port of \\. X. Fuller, County Accountnnl Louisburg, N. C., Aprl 3, 1939. the Honorable Board of Commissioners of Franklin County. .-entleuien: Ah you already know, my term j < 1 ofilce expires tioduy. I want to rake this opportunity to thank ach of you nnd also the members ? f the other boards whom you nave succeeded with whom I have Mad the pleasure of working, for' ",he consideration and confidence j you had in me in appointing me as | your accountant and tax supervis-j ?jr. I have done my best' at all times to carry out your wishes and of j course I have made some mistakes, ?ome errors in judgment, but Franklin County and the welfare ?f our people has been first of all n my heart and mind and I think ??e should feel proud of the pro gress we have made in the past :ew years. According to statistics ?2% of all t>he counties in North ,'arolina defaulted in the payment ot their indebtedness during the depression. Franklin County nev -T defaulted in the payment of in terest or principal at anytime dur ing my administration. It has been ray policy to reduce the indebted ness of the County at all timeB nd at no time during my admin istration has the County increased ts indebtedness by a bond issue or '?y tax anticipation notes. The greatest/ burden on the tax >?yers of Franklin County is the payment of Interest on the indebt dness of the County, which now ?mounts to 62V4%*of the present ??ry. The only way to be relieved >f this burden Is to reduce bhe Oounty Indebtedness, which I most highly recommend: We ha^e paid all our current bills without .lelay, we have paid all Interest and all bonds falling due without default and we have reduced the Jebt of the County more Mian 1360,000.00. In 1931 the amount of our annual tax levy was $239, 740.14. This amount has been re duced each year until 1938 shows .in annual levy of only $167,734. 15, this amounting to a reduction ? the tax rate of approximately 10%, besides a reduction of 20% n Mie assessment on real estate. We rebuilt and refurnished the Court House and paid cash for ?ame without borrowing anything. (Continued on pag? fo'ir) RETIRING AUDITOR W. X. FUM.KR Franklin County's efficient Au ditor for the past seven and a half years, who retired Monday. W. E. Fenner Boosted For Governor An informal endorsement of Representative William K. Fenner. of Nash County as candidate for Governor in 194-0 was given Thursday night at a chicken din ner attended by a large group of legislators. Following his endorsement, Fenner was called in to deliver a j talk in which he declared that if he runs, his first plank will he economy. Fenner w,as a candidate for the1 House speakership this session, hut withdrew and threw his sup port behind A. D. (L,lbby) Ward.' of N?w Bern, who is also being; mentioned for Governor. Ward won the speakership and appointed Fenner chairman of the House-iUiiuice committee and sev eral times has designated him as acting speaker of the House. Political observers are of the opinion that both may run for the Democratic nomination for Gover nor next year, and the possibility of Lt. Gov. W. P. Horton entering! the race is also being discussed. Others mentioned as possible candidates for the Governor's chair are Senator Lee L. Gravely, of Rocky Mount; J. M. Rroughton. Raleigh lawyer; and A. J. Max well, State Revenue Commissioner , -Raleigh Times. KIWANIS MEETS The Lou^s burg Kiwunis Club . he'd their regular weekly meeting nt the Vranklin Hotel lifct Tues day evening with Mr. W. C. 1 Strowd. Vjjie President, acting as President in the absence of Pres ident Ed Earnhardt. After partaking of a very delic- 1 ious chicken supper the members 1 adjourned to the hull where they ' enjoyed a very delightful program. Miss Eunice Collins of the Lou- 1 isliurg College student body ren dered several beautiful musical se- 1 lections, among which were "Deep Purple." She was accompanied by Miss Edith Dixon also of the col lege student body. After this Kiwanian Gaither Beam presented Mr. Jack Mat thews and Dr. A. Paul Bagby who gave a very interesting debate of the question of "The boys of forty years ago had a better time than the boys of today." After this the meeting adjourn ed until next Tuesday, April 11, j at which It' is hoped that there will be a one hundred per cent attend- 1 anee. 'Mrs. Florence E. Underhill left | Monday to visit' relatives in Eliza-; beth City. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, April 8th: Saturday ? Double Feature ? Three Mesqulteers in "Red River j Range" and Frankle Darro In, "Tough Kid." Also final chapter of "Hawks of the Wilderness." I Easter Sunday ? , Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrlgan In "The^ Flying Irishman" with Paul Kel-i ly and Robert Armstrong. Eastor Monday ? Richard Green j Basil Rathbone. Nigel Bruce and Wmidy Hair ip in "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Tuesday ? Mat. and Night ? The original Home Town movies. Also Sylvia Sydney and Lelf Erlckson In "One Third of a Nation." Wednesday ? -J. Edgar Hoover's "Persons In Hiding" with Patricia 1 Morrison, Lynn Overman, J. Car rol Nalsh and Judith Barrett. Thursday-Friday ? Shirley Tem ple in "The Little Princess" with Richard Greene, Anita Lonlae. Ian Hunter and Cesar Romero NEW AUDITOR 11. N. (Pier) WILLIAMSON", .11$. Franklin Cpunty's new Accoun tant who took over this important' office on Monday. Topmost New Laws , v I Executive Cites Health, Revenue And Farm Acts Governor Hoey said Monday he, thought the 1939 General Assem bly had done "a very constructive" job which would be reflected by "real progress" by the state. As a "few" of its outstanding contributions he listed: Ilevenue Act 1. Enactment of a continuing revenue act. "which should be very helpful." It "gives the public some assurance of stability of taxation," said Hoey. 2. Substantial progress in the field of public-education by ? ade quate provision for the normal in crease in students, and the normal needs." In addition, he pointed to provisions of extra funds which may be used for either ninth and tenth increments, or salary ad justments on some other basis. "A very good school machinery act." he said, "give legislative power for units to add. a ninth month, or a 12th grade, and pro vide vocational education. Funds for vocational and adult education were increased." 3. Provision for wide expansion in public healtfc work through in creased funds and jthree health measures which require physical l'iiness before inurrlage. pre-natal blood tests of expectant mothers, and Immunization of chililr -n against diphtheria. Farm I'roKi'ani 4. "All agricultural program which very distinctly represents progress." he said, "under which we are going to be able to g<'t a real good mull to direct research it the college. A method is pro vided for adjustment of any dif ferences between the department of Agriculture and the College Ex tension Service. Funds are made .unliable for Japanese beetle, hog cholera and Rangs Disease work. The Agriculture Department will have funds to encourage market ing and storage facilities and other developments." 5. "An entirely satisfactory De partment of Justice," Hoey said was provided, and at a cost of only $10,000. 6. Election law reform. "The Legislature made very substantial compliance with the public will and mind on election laws," said the governor. "It enacted a very good absentee voting law, and it Is one that does not lend itself to abuses. The maker bill is reason able and is a safeguard against misuse. The substitute for the new registration bill ts entirely ade quate. It will clear a great deal of dead wood off the books, and more nearly roveal the exact status of voters. It will permit better facili ty in conducting elections and the names of people who have been long since dead or moved away will be removed." BASE-BALL TO-DAY Louisburg College will play Ohio Wesleyan University today Rt the City ball park at 3:30. Louisburg defeated Campbell at Campbell Wednesday, 6-3. And vvere to have played Oak Ridge yesterday, but as we went to press before this game was over and of course can not give you the out come of this game.' The boys promise you a good game thto af ternoon with Ohio Wegleyan, who played the Wake Forest varsity yesterday. LEASED Mr. John A. Tucker informs the1 TIMES that he baa leased the Tucker Cafe to David S. Belman, of Roxboro, who will remodel and open a modern eating place. He expects to take charge on May 1st. TO BUILD SWIM MING POOL Orders Improvemetns On Spring Street; To Con struct Sewer Line on Tar boro Street and Kenmort Avenue; Other Matters of Interest meS? > * ? The' Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular session. [April 4th. at 7:30 P. .VI.. with all j members present except \V. H. I Barrow. ' Minutes of previous meetings were read and approved. The monthly reports of t-he ! Chief of Police, Tax Collector, and1 ; Town Clerk wefe read and ap proved. . ? Mr. McKimnion. representing | the State Board of Health, and | Mr. Heffner, supervising engineer of the W.P.A. appeared before the [Board in reference to sanitary conditions in Louisburg. Mr. .\lc Kiiumon informed the Hoard that lie had made a survey of Louis burg and hud found that- the Town needs about 15,000 feet of addi tional sewer lines, .Mr. Heffner in formed the Board that it could file a W.P.A. Project for all of the needed construction in units, and tliut the Town could construct' any one unit as it was able to fi nance it Mr. Heffner stated thai the Town would not be obligated to complete all of c-he units in the project. The Board discussed the proposal but decided that I he Town is unable to finance such a comprehensive project. A motion wu? passed to proceed with a W.P.A. project for the con struction of a sewer line on Sou Ml Kenmoor Avenue and Tarboro Street only. Mayor W. (". Webb and T. K. Stockard were authoriz ed to sign a W.P.A. Project us di rected by a special committee com posed of Commissioners .1. S. How ell. W. J. Cooper and F. II. Allen. Jr. Ml'. H. Clay Mooney proposed to 'the Board that he and his associa tes would const ruct' a swimming pool and public parkin Louislnirg i at their expensv provided. thai the i'own of Louisburg will furiiish I lie necessary water free of charge, for two years together with current for flood lighting the pool and lighting Mie park free of charge for a period of two years. In re turn for this free water and cur rent he offered to give to the Board free tickets to he distribu ted to all underprivileged children in laiiiishurg. who are not able to pay for swimming privileges. Mr. J. S. Howell moved Wiat the Board accept Mr. Mooney's offer and that the .Town Attorney be in structed to draw up a contract in detail t if he entered into by the Board of Town Commissioners and Mr. Mooney and his business associates. Tills motion Was sec onded by Mr VV. J. Cooper and was passed unanimously. Mr. .1 M. Allen. Jr. offered to trade tb the Town of Loulsbur^ itiie building that is at present be ing used temporarily for an Arm ory Building, for the lots 4on which the Board plans to bit ild a iitew Armory Building and $3,500. Mr. C. P. (Ireen Informed tile Board that trtie State and Federal inspectors would not approve the building offered by Mr. Allen be cause of the fact that it is inade quate and unsuitable, and that in his opinion the Battery would be moved from Louisburg unless ac ceptable quarters are provided for It. After a thorough discussion of Mr. Allen's offer, the Board decid ed to proceed with the construc tion of the" new Armory Building, in view of the fact that It is too late to change the plans and the fact that Mr. Allen's building would In all probability not meet with the Government's require ments and specifications , The following motion was intro duced by F. H. Allen, Jr. and re ceived a second from Mr. J. S. Howell: "That Mr. C. P. Green. jCount/y Attorney be instructed to ^substitute T. K. Stockurd. Town .Clerk, In lieu of W. N. Puller, as Trustee on all notes held Jointly thy the County of Franklin and the Town of I.ouisburg, N. C. for tax-j jes on certain properties " This motion was carried. Mr. J. F. Matthews reported to Ithe Board that he is proceeding with twenty-elghTTax foreclosure suits, and that he has succeeded In collecting a considerable amount of taxes witihout taking title to the property. The Board authorized the pur chase of 4.000 two-cent window envelopes and 1,000 three-cent en velopes. The purchase Of six elcc j trie meters was authorized by the 'Board. The CJerk presented a petition from a majority of the property owners abutting on Spring Street to construct concrete sidewalks and to hard surface Spring Street with tar and gravel from East Nash Street) to Franklin Street. The Board adopted the neces sary legal resolutions and ordi nances to enable it to improve the section of Spring Street as peti tioned by the majority of proper RETURNS HKX. W. Is. I,rMl?KIX 1!KI\ \. V. JOHNSON ^members of I In- I9:W General As sembly of N. returned home Tuesday after the official closing jof the Assembly at - : :? r? A. M. Tmfcilay. April 4th. LOUISBURG MAKES GOOD SHOWING AT STATE JR. MUSIC FESTIVAL >lY?es Maxine llailey and Tal nmde Thomas ICeceive Superior Kalings The state finals of theVlunior Federated Music Clubs were held at the W'oinirrt's (\>l^e?e_in (Ireens boro on last Saturday, with 4f>o ihildien participating. ranging in age from !? to IS years. T'nere wen' originally til 1 entrants before the district eliminations were held. There were 34 winners in the fi nals. Miss .Maxiue Hal ley received a superior rating on her vocal solo; land Tahnadge Thomas received a superior rating on her piano solo. The winners iu the state finals will j?e honored at t?he State Con veuttyn of N. C. Federation of Mu jsic Clubs \Vhich will be held in Fayetteville on April 12-15. and I will appear on the program on Junior Day, April 15. They will also bri awarded their Certificates (of Honor on that day. EASTER CANTATA This Easter Cantata. "King Tri |umphant" by Adams, will bp ren dered at the Koulsburg Methodist jChurch on Easter Snnrtay evenitiK :it 7:30 o'clock. A choir of twenty i voices, composed of the local choir [members of Mie church and stu |dents from Louishurg College will .present this Impressive musical service under the direction of Prof. I. I). Moon, of I.ouisburg College. Musical accompaniment will be I played by Mrs. O. Y. Yarboro, or iKanist. EASTER StMUSi: SERVICE Dr. A. Paul B. K. KARXHARDT ' - ? Appoints Committeemen Board of Education Met < Monday and Availed Itself j Of the New Law to Stag ger Members; R. F. Green Qualifies Willi H. F. Green presenting his qualification credentials lo succetd himself as a member. tin; 'itoard of Education of Franklin County held it? regular session on Monday with all members present. After arranging a resolution for a loan to build four school rooms at Kpsom High School and asking ? the County for a loan, and tlie transaction of other routine du ties the Board appointed l?he School Committeemen. In making , these appointments it availed it self of the new law which provid es for the staggering: of the mem bership of the committees. The appointments follow with the first named being for three years, the second for two years and the last for one year, except where there are live members -instead of three, in which case the first two are for three years, the second two are for two years and the last* for one year: Lonisburg: Mrs. J. V. Beasley. Mrs. W. J. Cooper. .1. \ Hodges. Lonisburg. ? Kpsom: Mrs. Opie Frazier. H ?n (li'isou. H 1; Ira I). VVeldon. W. P. Wilson. Lonisburg. K .'t. Gold. Sand: Glenn Kennedy Mrs. M. M. 1'erson. Louisburg.. I{. 2; W. 1). Fuller, Wood. Cedar Hock-Cypress Creek: ' Coleman , Smith. Lonisburg, H. 2: Wilson Dean. Louisburg, H. 3 ; C. If. Stallings, Spiting Hope. H. 2; J. L. Horsey, Louisburg. It. 4: Mrs. K. V. Stone. Spring dope. ( ft. %. | Hnnn: John Chatnblee, Loujs burg. H. 1; Preston Massey, S5e b ulon. H. 2; Jim Ray, Zebuion, R., :i: Arthur Wiggs, Louisburg. 1(. 4; j C. T. Moody, Zebuluji. H. 2 j ^XmingBvllfc. W . T. Moss, Mrs. | (laude Cheatham. Charlie Rob erts. Youngsvilte. Rainbow Minstrels The Loulsburg Kiwanis Club announces the presentation of the liainbow Minstrels, with n local cast, to be given at Mills School , auditorium on Thursday, April 13th, at 8 o'clock. The Minstrel j fis under the direction of Mrs.1 ! James B. King and the proceeds), will.be used for Kiwanis objec-1, I tlves. The caste Is as follows: ( Master of Ceremonies ? Art/hur H. Fleming, Jr.,; end men ? G. M. ( Beam, C. M. Watklns, Kemp Yar borough, Hamilton Hobgood, A. C. Hall. Dr. A. Paul Bagby. Mu- , sic will be furnished by a fifteen piece orchestra, College Music | Makers, and the olio will lncludc skits, songs, and dances with a , closing ^ith the Chocolate Cream Wedding. Including the entire , Company. In this last presenta tion t'he caste will Include, Mrs. , H. O. Perry as the bride; Tracy Stockard, as groom; Reglnal Mc ^Farland, as the bride's mother; I jC. M. Watklns, as the parson; j John Tucker, as dynamite; Claude Collins, as phineous nightshade; Kemp Yarborough, as Frisco Sun shine; Jack llarklns. as maid of honor; A. C. Hall and Joe Harris, as bride's maids; Maxlne Bailey. I Ahn Allen and Bobbie Parrlsh, as | flower girls. STORES CLOSE FOR EASTER As has been the custom in the past, the Bank and Stores 01 Loulsburg will observe a holiday on April 10th for. Easter Momln> The Drug Stores will close at noon on laid date. Also all offices in; the Court House wfll be closed Easter Monday. ' 4 LOUISBURG LOSES GREAT PRESIDENT Earnhardt In Offering Res ignation Says He Wishes To Return To Ministry Louis burg, April 2. ? The trus tees of Louisburg College received today the resignation of D. E. Earnhardt as president of Louis burg College. The reason stated in the announcement was, the emer gency being over, he wished to return to the pastorate. The re signation is to take effect at com mencement on May 23. President Earnhardt is approaching the clos ing of his third' scholastic year at Louisburg During his admifiistration the college enrollment has increased trom 271 to 441; 25 new dormitory rooms have been added to the col lege equipment; 180 acres of land have been added to the college property; and the establishment of a poultry farm, a dairy farm, and a truck farm have been realiz ed. The academic departments of the college has been reorganized for efficiency, and the business administration has been reshaped for permanency and economy of operaMon. The salaries of the teachers have been increased 25 percent. Debt Reduced The college has been set for ward in its relation to other col leges, and its work is now ac cepted by the other colleges of North Carolina. The college debt lias been reduced from $190,009 to less than $20,000. Also the college has been fully established In the good will of the North Car ullna conference of the Methodist Church. The board of trustees of the i-olU'ge, composed of Chairman W. A. Cade of VVilmiugton. Dr. W. K. lireen of Duke university. Rev. A 1' Brantley of Sanford, T. B. Up church, Jr., of ltaeford. Dr. E. L. Hillman of New Bern, E. H. Ma lone of Louisburg. W. L. Knight of VVeldon, Col. J. W. lenkins of Henderson, and Rev. \V. V McRae of Fayetteville, will meet in the near fut'ure to art upon the resig nation of President Earnhardt, and to take under consideration Hie selection of a new president. ? Durham Herald. ? Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court hold quite (it long session on Tuesday and disposed of many cases, some by trial and others by continuan ces. and two for jury trials. The docket was disposed of as follows: .Tack IJodd was found not' guilty of operating automobile intoxica ted. ' Mack Cooper, drunk and disor derly, profanity on public high way. simple trespass, plead guilty to first charge, found guilty in * ither two counts, and given 90 [lays on roads. Murman Kearney, forcible tres pass, found guilty, 30- days on roads, execution not to issue upon payment of costs~aiid* being of good behavior for 6' months and not violating any laws of State of \\ c:. Jim King. Jr., found guilty of assault with deadly weapons, 12 months on roads, execution not to issue upon payment into Court ?f $o0, $15 and $25 for damage, and costs. Johnnie Harris, pleads guilty to operating without license. Judg ment was suspended upon saving the County harmless, and not to operate an automobile tor & months. A jury trial was ordered in t>h? cases of F. L. Allen for violating prohibition law, and W. A. Mor gan for reckless driving. The following cases were con tinued: Jesse Hill, assault on female Oarland Mitchell. removing :rops. Foster Pace, operating automo bile Intoxicated. Waverly Lewis, assault with ieadly weapon. Matthew Splvey, assault with ieadly weapon. Adkln Williams, assault* on fe male, non-support. L. L. Wilder, operating automo bile intoxicated. Otha E. Finch, operating auto mobile Intoxicated. Jarvls Evans, assault with dead ly weapon. Robert Mills, carrying conceal ed weapon. B, M. Stalling*, bad check, (3 cases). Z. V. Morton, operating auto mobile Intoxicated. Jack Collins, carrying conr a led weapons. ItKTTKH H(HiS Seventy swine growers Of John son County have planned a trip to a pocking plant at Richmond so as to study tha effects of In testinal parasites, bruises, and feeding praettces on the dressed carcasses and to M* how the hodi-j are graded for soft and oily por