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STOP MO N E Y From Leaving; Louisbui*K By * Advertising; in The TI.MKS Hoost Your Town The THE COUNTY - THE STATE . THE UNION m ? Times RENEW VOIR SI BS( RIPTION Watch (lie Date on the Label ,ot your paper anil Renew When Vour Time Expire.^ VOLUMN LXIX SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a Tew LOUISBURG, X. CAROLINA I'K 1 I >,\ V, <Jl \ K S54, ltl.'Uf (EIGHT PAGES) Nl'MBER 19 BANDITS BLAST SAFE I.; AT FRANKLINTON / _ Two Gag, Rob, and Jail Night i Policeman ..y FRANKLINTON. ? Officers of two States are seeking two bandits who used the heaviest rain in years to si lence their operations while they tied, gagged and lock ed Night Policeman R. D. House, 55, in a cell at the Franklinton jail Tuesday night and escaped with cash and merchandise after blasting the safe at the Sterling General Merchandise store. . Patrolmen Aid in Search For Bold "Safe-Blowers , State Highway Patrolmen join ed county and local officers today in a search for two bold bandits who early Wednesday morning locked a policeman in a jail cell, blew open a safe in the Sterling Store Co., and escaped with $400 in cash and checks, a handful ol' neckties, and t-wo felt hats. Police Chief J. A. Dennis said. The only clue, officers said, was the track of a tire, believed to have been made by a car in which the masked white men made their getaway. Night Policeman N. D. House, 55, said the two bandits shoved a rifle in his side as he stepped to the front- of the jail here at about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning. The men tied and gagged him, lie said, took about $15 from his pockets, and locked him in a cell. Then they blasted open the safe of the Sterling general merchan dise store, near the jail, and at tempted unsuccessfully to open Mie safe of the Sterling Cotton Mill, House said. R. J. Rose, manager of the store, said the men took about $100 in cash and $300 in WPA and soil conservation checks from the safe, and the ties and hats from a shelf in the store. The loss, he said, was covered almost entirely by insurance. A rain, described by House as "the hardest I ever saw," helped cover t>he operations of the ban dits. House said he worked the gag out of his mouth after two hours and shouted for help. The driver of a truck delivering newspapers heard his cries and notified Police Chief Dennis. House said one of the bandits weighed about 160 pounds, ^as about Ave feet 11 inches tall, and seemed about 45 years old. The oOher, he said, was about five feet seven, 130 pounds, and 30 years old. The night policeman described his experience this way. "I walked to the frbnt door of the jail about 1 o'clock and all of a sudden there was a gun in my side. "One of the baifdits said: 'Step back and stick 'em up.' They made me lie face-down on the floor. Then they tied my hands behind me with some sort of window cord with wife in it. Then they tied my feet and gagged me. When they started to leave the cell they locked the door behind them." GOLD BARS WORTH $2,000 PLOWED UP BY NEGRO FARMER Washington, N. C., June 20. ? Dallas Jordan, a negro, plowed up three bars of gold on his (arm near here and today he was en route to Washington, D. C., to convert them into cash. It was estimated the gold was worth $2,000. A similar bar ot gold was found by a negro wo man on an adjoining farm a few years ago. Some residents of the section suggested the treasure was buried by Black Beard, t>he pirate who once operated in this section, or by someone in civil war days who melted down his valuables and cached them under the ground. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Friday, June 24: Friday ? Warner Baxter, Fred die Bartholomew and Arleen Whe lan in "Kidnapped." Saturday ? 3 Mesquiteers in "Riders of The Black Hills" and Boris Karloff in "Invisslble Men ace." Also Chapter 11 "Lone Ranger" t^nd Comedy. ? Sunday ? Jackie Cooper, Claude Rains. Fay Bainter and Bonlta Granville in "White Banners." Monday? Gene Raymond and Olympe Bradna in "Stolen Heav en." Also latest March of Time. Tuesday ? Micky Rooney and * Maureen O'Sullivan in "Hold That Kiss." Wednesday ? Ralph (Dick Tra cy) -Byrd and Doris Weston in "Born To Be Wild." Thursday-Friday ? Rudy Vallee Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert, Alton Jenkins in "Gold Diggers In Paris." METHODIST CONFEREN CES BEGIN Junior Assemblies Are Combined This Year The Junior Assembly of the Methodist Conferences convened at Louisburg College on June 23. I lasting until June 27th. This as sembly. including youijg people ol' the ages between 12 and 15 years; is expected to have about 75 or 80 in attendance and will be pre J sided over by Dr. R. E. Brown, j pastor of First Methodist Church, of Henderson. _ The Senior' Conference, for those from 16 to 22 years of age, convenes on June 27 until July 1st inclusive, and will be presid ed over by Dr. Bradshaw of Duke University. Three hundred and twenty liave been registered for this assembly, a number which will tax the capacity of Louisburg College and means the moving of faculty members and student roomers in the men's dormitory into the president's home made vacant for this purpose . by the president moving to his new home on tihe College farm. The third conference is another assembly for the Juniors, meeting July 1st and closing July 5. From 75 to 80 are expected to attend this conference, as formerly only one Junior conference has been held in L^misburg. the other hav ing been at White Lake. The outlook for this series- of conferences is for the best ever held at Louisburg. GOLI) SAND ALUMNI BANQUET The Gold Sand Alumni Associa tion held its annual alumni ban quet Friday evening in the high school. The program was as follows : Welcome, Thoiua? Speed. Toast to School, Linwood Mur phy. Response, Principal W. O. Reed. Special Music, Mildred Watkins. Reading, Emily Dark. Address, by Dr. D. E. Earn hardt. President of Louisburg College. Music ? was played throughout the meal by Mrs. O. Y. Yarbor ough, of Louisburg. . The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Edgar "Fuller. Vice-President. Ezra Denton. Sec.-Treas.. Irma Gupton. Reporter, Mildred Watkins. This was a happy reunion for all the former graduates. If it wererTt for its mysteries ' how dull life would be. 'Decently' Winston-Salem, June 20.? Judge W. H. S. Ilurgwyn in Forsyth Superior Court today introduced an unusual slant in to criminal court proceedings when he asked the court at large: "Where did he get all this liquor? I thought this was a dry county." "lie probably brought It from a Wet county," declared Solici tor J. Erke McMlchael. "I am ' satisfied this boy bought that liquor right here in Winston-Salem," Judge Bur gwyn said. "If they're going to get it anyway, I think it might as well be sold \8ecently through State stores." The defendant, O. C. Hill, Jr., 23-year-old magazine salesman, pleaded guilty to stealing a pis tol from W. H. Hridgeforth. A charge or robbery with fire arms against him was not pros ecuted, although a Negro cab driver said he was robbed of 20 cents. Hill was put on probation for ^Ive years, with the stipulation that he drink no liquor. Pa trolmen had testified that the , salesman was "half drunk," and the Judge e\pressed belief tin* liquor was the cause of his brief bandit career. Judge Burgwyn refused to elaborate on his caustic com ments on Forsyth being a dry county. Highly Honored ? ... I Willi ill*' V. A VENT l 1 Franklin County's popular tClerk of Court who received the high honor of being nominated to succeed himself without opposi I tion. This is the strongest evi dence of his efficiency, aWentive ness and courtesy. $10,000 Fire At Youngsville - ! On Friday night of last week I lightning set fire to the large j brick storage building, built for a hoseiry mill at Youngsville and owned by Mr. J. L. Brown and completely destroyed the build 1 ing together with furniture val- i iiied at above $4,000. The build j ing loss was estimated at about $6,000, The furniture carried $1,000 insurance and the build- j ling was not insured. | FOSTER, NoF STAI.I.INGS SECONDS MOTION ?? The statement in last week's TIMES that the motion to replace | E. J. Morgan as County Agent I passed by the Board of County i Commissioners following the open i meeting on Monday, was second ed by P. S. Foster instead of J. M. Stallings, as stated. In jus tice to Mr. Stallings. who called the TIMES attention to the mat-] ter, we are glad to make this! "Statement. Upon investigation we found the error occurred by t'here being copies of two motions in the : notes of the Commissioners meet ; ing, which had not been recorded, one of which stated Mr. Stallings l seconded the motion and the oth I er that' Mr. Foster seconded the motion. The TIMES reporter was [given the one naming Mr. Stal | lings and did not see the other I one until this week. [ 18 ARE NAMED IN ES PIONAGE INDICTMENTS BY GOVERNMENT New York, June 20. ? The gov-: ernment's first intensive spy in vestigation since the world war was climaxed today with the nam ing of 18 persons, including sev eral German officials, in three in-j dict-ments charging conspiracy and espionage. Lamar Hardy, federal district attorney, in a statement" describ- j ing the conduct of the five-week inquiry, asserted that "the direct ing heads of the spy ring reside in Germany and are connected with the government of that coun try." I In the general indictment, the 18 persons are charged with form ing a conspiracy for the procure-' ment and transmission to Germany of secret information on aircraft. ?( vessels and coast defenses of the United States. Four of those nam ed were alleged to have transmitt-' ed a restricted code used for com- I munication between United States military aircraft and their sta- j tions. One defendant was charged with transmitting information regard- 1 ing the construction of army air craft "with intent that the in 1 formation would be used to ad | vantage of Germany and to the ] injury of the United States." He j is Otto Hermann Voss, an avia jtion mechanic who is in custody. Among those named in the in ! dictments were Lieut. Command | ers Udo Von Bonin and Herman Menzel, believed to be residents of I Berlin, both of whom are con nected with tiie defense office of Ithe reich war ministry, counter- i espionage section. LEAGUE BASEBALL The Louisburg ball club defeat ed Creedmoor, there, Wednesday by a score of 12-1 behind the 4-hit pitching of Pete Barrington, Lamm led Louisburg with a double and two singles. Haswell pitched and Mangum caught* for Creedmoor. Louisburg will play Creedmoor at Louisburg this afternoon at the local ball park. RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! WARD VISITS LOUISBURG TO LET CONTRACT FOR 59 BY AUGUST State Highway Commissioner (Jives Interesting Information About Koads In Franklin, In cluding h Possible l*rogram For Next Two Years ? Other Itoaiis Discussed Commission e r s Well 1 'leased State Highway Commissioner J T. Roddie Ward, of this district, It. Markham. District Engineer, Messrs. J. W. Taylor and R. W. Moore, Engineers of the mainten ance department' for Franklin 'County met with the County Coni i missioners on Weduesday after noon to discuss road matters as applying to Franklin County. That Franklin County will get 'its full share of roads t'he next two years was assured by High way Commissioner Ward in his discussion at this meeting, which was the most satisfactory insofar as Franklin County is concerned that has been tjeld in a long, long time. Mr. Ward explained that he could have let contract for about five miles out of Louisbiirg to ward Raleigh in May or June, but that it was delayed for the reason that a contract's could be let for the entire road at a saving of around $10,000. Therefore t-hey are pushing everything forward with the hope of letting the entire contract for the road from Louis burg to Raleigh in July or possi bly not later than August. He explained thati the delay was nec-( essary for two main reasons, first because of getting the 1938-3W allottment to finance it and the second is to get the surveys prop erly made to "be submitted to the National Road department for their approval. Immediately upon receipt of this approval bids will be called for and contracts let. Therefore assurance of the com pletion of the direct route k> Ral eigh is given as early reality. Answering the requests for sur- I facing the road from near Spring Hope to Edward Best school, and the road from Youngsville to Hai-j ris cross roads. Mr. Ward, ex plained that at present all con- 1 sl'i uction had to be made oil Fed- j eral Aid roads and that neither of these were such roads. He ex pected the next project' to be tak en up would be the widening of route 64, to a 20 foot roadway, j Tills Is necessary for better safe ty, and required by the Federal department. Following this the next road in his opinion would be joining the two ends of 39 from Runn by Pilot on to the Wake County end. Following this will be the completion of 561 to Halifax. These are Federal Aid roads and come first in construction. These, however, will not be reached for more than a year and then only if the Federal government does not reduce its aid to the States. Referring to, the other roads, he explained that- the only funds they had for these roads were the re- J placement funds. From these funds it might he, with certain co operation, the Commission might be in position to construct about) three miles per year oil the road between Nash County and Edward Best school. The two million dol- j lar allottment made for secon dary roads was explained by Mr. Ward to be insufficient to even re pair the many dirt roads. That is what it was allotted for and j Franklin's share was little less j than $20,000. He told his hearers! that before the State took over j the road maintenance and reliev-j ed the counties of this work there | were 65 counties that spent over: $9,000,000 annually on roads. J The Highway Commission was re quired to take over the roads in the entire 100 Counties with suf-! flcient extra roads to equal five | other counties and was allowed i less than $5,000,000 to maintain | them. His explanation of the entire! road set-up, operation, finances j and tasks were especially appre ciated. It was more information than any given here, and was greatly appreciated by all and so expressed. Those who heard Mr. Wardjvere confident that he was doing all he could for Franklin and was giving Franklin what it is entitled to at this time. It is hoped nothing will arise to further delay the presenti plans of Commissioner Ward, and that conditions may brighteh tq the extent that the other projects may be advanced. The delegatdon from Youngs ville interested in route 500 was composed of Messrs. J. L. Brown, S. C. Eaves and W. C. Perry, Who were represented in the meeting by Mr. Edward F. Griffin. AMATEUR PROGRAM The TfMES is requested to an nounce that an Amateur program will be given at Justice School, June 25th at 8 P. M. Go and en ter. Prizes will be given to the winners ot different divisions. Tou and your friends are Invited to go out and enjoy an evening of fun. _ ' JOE LOUIS KNOCKS OUT SCHMELING Floor* Sell hh'1 ing Thiw Tillies In Kirsl Kounil ? The Third Ttini* Knillng Kiitlil In Alxiut Two Minutes Yankee Stadium, New York, June 22. ? The Brown Bomber | i came back tonight? all the way | i back with an explosion that elec trified the fight world and smash ed Germany's Max Schmeling in- 1 to a helpless, sprawling figure of l defeat in less than one round. Dusky Joe Louis waited' two' yeairs to revenge the one and only defeat of his professional career, j but then took little more than two j minutes to achieve it under the Yankee Stadium's floodlights with a devastating blast that produced the quickest ending in pugilistic history to a world heavyweight championship match. The ^4-year-old Alabama Ne gro. knocked out in the same ring in 12 rounds by Schmeling in 1M36, turned loose an attack of such suddenness and ferocity that | the German never had a chance, j Beaten to the first punch by ! the Bomber's snake-like left, j Schmeling was knocked down three times and so badly battered that his handlers threw in the! towel in token of defeat as the , timekeeper tolled the count of "eight" on the last knockdown. i The finish came after 2 minutes. 4 seconds of the first round as aj howling crowd of 80,000 onlook ers, thrilled by the Negro's spec-! tacular rush to triumph, witness- j ed the most' sensational heavy- j weight title finish since Jack Dempsey flattened Luis Angel Flrpo at the Polo "Grounds in September, 1S23. Delupsey's memorable conquest t came after 57 seconds of the sec- ; ond -round, a total of only 3 min utes, 57 seconds of whirlwind ac tion. LOUISBURU BAFTIST CHURCH In keeping with the major em- 1 phasis of the month of June. | which had been designated the month of romance on the calen-i dar of the church. Hie pastor; spoke on the subject of "Mar- 1 riage"" He introduced his sermon i with a consideration of the sol emn obligations which a man and woman assume when they 'take; the vows of wedlock, and then proceeded to slate and discuss the secrets or a happy life in wedlock, such as mutual loyalty, mutual love and the mutual exercise of those courtesies which character ized the days of love and court ship, "No marriage can reach its highest possibilities without Christ, who makes love divine and marriage a sacramen." he con- 1 eluded. The Sunday School met at 9:45 1 a. m. and the Training Union at ti:45 p. in. The evening service began at 7:45 p. in., at which the pastor preached on the text: "Whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him twain." ' He contrasted the first' mile of I compulsion with the second mile -I of unbounded goodwill and free-: doni, and applied this contrast to such matters as time, work and limited circumstances. "The spir it of the second mile transforms the drudgery of our moral obliga tions into joyous privileges," he declared. At the morning service of wor ship this Sunday the pastor will preach on "The Peacemakers." At the evening worship he will speak on the subject, "The Glory of the Cross." The Sunday School will meet ati 9:45 a. m. and Training Union will hold its weekly meet ing at ft: 45 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. REVIVAL SERVICES AT SHILOH M. E. CHURCH The pastor of Shiloh Methodist Church, Rev. M. W. Warren, an nounces a series of revival meet ings there, beginning Sunday, June 28fti, at 11:00 A. M. and continuing through the week. Rev. Lester Tilley, pastor of Spring Hope M. E. Church will preach. Rev. Marcus Bloodworth, of Duke University will be in charge of the music. With these two outstanding Christian work ers assisting the pastor a deep re ligious awakening throughout the community is fervently contem plated. REVIVAL SERVICES AT SAREPTA The TIMES is requested to an-j nounce'that revival services will begin at Sarepta Methodist church at jCenterville' on Sunday morn ing, June 26, at 11 o'clock, and will last throughout the week be ginning ad 8 p. m. each night. - The service will be in charge by Rev. E. R. Shaller. Everyone Is cordially invited to attend these services. ' ? ' Bomber Joe Louis i Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held a full session on Tuesday with Jack Matthews prosecuting In the absence of Prosecuting Attorney Chas. P. Green. The docket, j t-hough small, was cleaned up. with only one continuance, and j was disposed of as follows: H. E. Kobbins. unlawful pos session of whiskey, discharged. Ed Williams, jr. was found | guilty of assault with deadly wea pon and given 3 months on roads,1 suspended upon payment of costs, j Appeal. Geo. Lee Parhajn. was found not guilty of assault with deadly j weapon. Geo. Lee Parham plead guilty to assault with deadly weapon and was given 6 months on roads. Robert Harris was found guilty of cruelty to animals, to be dis-l charged upon payment, of costs and pay a fine of $1.00. Appeal. Herbert Pridgen, aiding and abetting to cruelty to animals, mo tion to dismiss allowed, discharg ed. Petsy Holden. assault^ on fe male, found guilty and given 3 months on roads. The case of larceny of truck against William Jackson was con tinued. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH There will be I lie Karly Cele-i brat ion of the Holy Communion at 8:00 A. M. this Sunday. Church School and the Adult Hible Class will meet at 9:45 A. M. And ' Morning Prayer with sermon will come at 11:00 A. M. The ser mon subject will be '/The Second Person of the Trinity." Wednesday, June 29t'h, is St. i' Peter's Day. There will be a Celebration of the Holy Commun- ! ion and Address at 10 A. M. These will be the last services of the Holy Communion and Morning Prayer until the first, Sunday in August, unless there ; should be a visiting clergyman available during the month of July. .Notice will be given! through this paper if such should! be the case. The Rector will be at the Vade Mecum Camps from the third to the twenty-fifth of July. Church School will continue to | meet throughout July. This Sunday t'here will be a ' Special Offering for the people in China. NEW DISPLAY WINDOW ? A new show window is being built at the eastern entrance to Pox's Department Store. The new entrance will be made in keeping with the one at/ the western en trance, which will mora complete- 1 ly modernize this popular store. The work is under supervision of Mr. \V. H. Edens. Another Road Map Posted It will be interesting to friends of the Louisburg-Ral elgh road, State Highway 50, to know that another map showing a second section from Loulsburg covering the entire distance in Franklin Connty, has been posted at the Court House door In Lonisburg. From it can be learned that the road ?will be straightened a great deal. This Indicates that the State Highway Clmmission is contemplating letting this en tire end at one time. TRAIN DROPS IN RIVER 12 ARE NOT IDENTIFIED Kail Superintendent Expect* To tal Death List of 37; Remains Of 29 Are Recovered; Search ers Still Comb Debris For Oth er Victims; Four Bodies Wash ed Miles Downstream; One Sleeper Still Submerged Miles City. Mont.. June 20. ? The known dead fn the worst American railroad wreck in recent years rose to 29 today as exhaus ted searchers located 13 addition al bodies in the twisted debris in Custer creek where the Milwau kee road's "Olympian" train plun ged through a flood-weakened bridge early Sunday. Of the 29 bodies. 17 were iden tified tonight. Twenty-eight of the bodies were in Miles City mor tuaries. The other was at Glen dive, Mont., 50 miles away, where it was washed by the flood torrent*. N. A. Meyer, transportation su perintendent of the railroad said indications were the death list would total 37. He said 29 bod ies had been recovered and the company expected eight more would be recovered from a mud filled tourist sleeper which was submerged for almost 36 hours, and from the nearby wreckage. Crews continued searching the wreckage tonight. Nearly all of those dead or in jured were from Montana or near by states. No southern addresses were listed in Miose made public. Rwovery Big Task The car was so choked with mud and wreckage that recovery was a tedious task. Searchers first entered the car this morning, gaining access through windows after the creek had subsided from the estimated 20-foot' flood depth it had reached when the train plunged into it. A cloudburst, causing a "flash flood." had converted the creek normally almost dry, into a rag ing torrent that weaken the tres tle. At' least five of the bodies found were located in the sleeper car when searchers first were able to enter it. although conflicting re ports about location of the bodies often came from the 175 workers. The other bodies they reported were found "in or near" the other portions of the smashed train in the creek. Find Other Bodies first reports said four bodies were found 15 miles downstream near Terry, Mont., but later of ficials said they were not' that far away. i ne Montana siate ntsnway pa trol reported sighting a body late today in the water nine miles be low the wreck, but it had not yet been recovered. This report' led to the belief that some bodies swept away in the torrent may not be recovered for days. ' Five of about 65 injured, taken to the Holy Rosary hospital iu Miles City, were in a Serious con iition. Most of t'he others were released after being treated for minor injuries. Sleeper B was more deejay-sub merged than were the six other cars that plunged into the flooded creek, and the workers were not able to reach it until today. #when the water subsided from its ear lier 20-foot depth. Workers sear ched the other cars yesterday and last night, recovering 15 bodies. Identification Difficult Only two of t'he seven victims recovered from sleeper B today were identified immediately. Of ficials said identification of tha others would be difficult because of the 36 hours in the water, and because of bruised features. LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH .Rev. J. G. Phillips, Methodist pastoV, has just returned from. Georgia and will have charge of the services Sunday morning and night, June 26t'h. Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. THIRD QUARTERLY CONFER ENCE OF YOUNGSVILLE CHARGE ?,! The Third Quarterly Confer ence of the Youngsville Charg? will be. held aft Plney Grove M. E. Church Fourth Sunday 26th,. at 3:00 o'clock. Dr. J. H. Barn hardt, Presiding Elder of the Ral eigh District will preach, and con duct tha conference Immediately following the aermon. All officials of six churehes are requested to be present, and & cordial Invitation is expended to the puhlic iu general. LEAGUE STANDING The following ft the standing of the clubs in the Tri-Gounty baseball league: Team W Wilton ...... 5 Pranklinton . . 4 LOUISBURG . 3 Creedmoor ... 3 Henderson ... 3 Epsom it L Per. 2 .714 2 .668 3 .500 4 .42* 4 .428, I MX