7 STOP MONEY Front Leaving Loui^liur); By Advertising in J lie TIMES Boost Your Town The Franklin Times VOLUMN LXIX SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a Yo THE COUNTY ? THE STATE - THE UNION iiOCisBuna, n. Carolina i-'Iuimy. ji ia i, io;w? RENEW YOl'R SUBSCRIPTION Watch tiie JJute on the Label of jour j>aper and Renew t When Your Time Expires (EIGHT PAGES) M MBKH at HALF MILLION > DOLLAR DAMAGE To Crops In Franklin County By Hail And Wind ? ? ? About Four Hail And Wind Storms Strike Franklin Friday Evening Doing Tremendous Damage In Youngsville, Harris, Cypress Creek and Cedar Rock Townships ? Many Acres Complete Loss * i Possibly the worst bail and wind storm that has visited Franklin County in man.v years came Friday evening. Tracing the Weld from reports and obser vations it seemed that about four' clouds bringing hail, wind and rain entered Franklin County, ap parently one from Granville trav- | cling eastward partly down Tar boro road into the Taylor farm with one from the direction of Roiesville in Wake County Join ing this near Kaynor in the Hor-| ton or Strickland section, from here it crossed the river through the Card and Pridgen farms and destroyed the crops of R. R. Perry and others. This was evidently met by another cloud from the North that destroyed tobacco for Ryland Wheeler and others in this section. It is surmised that this storm with the combined three clouds continued on its way towards the Momeyer section in Nash County being joined on the way by still another cloud that crossed a portion of Franklin County below Runn, and doing the heavy damage reported from that i section. While many crops were completely destroyed, there were many acres suffering a varied and less degree damage and while the hail damage was great it was plainly seen that the wind and rain did the greater damage. The path of the storm varied from about 300 yards to a mile in width and gave evidence of the natural hi^il storm characteristics by jumping about In spots. In many cases trees were uprooted and tops taken from barns and in one rase the top of a barn was twisted around. In many places j Cro^?* Acres Cotton 800 Corn 1000 Tobacco 500 Other damage The area struck by hail is in ; sections in which our best tobacco crop existed covering an area of near 20 square miles in which crops were damaged on average , estimated at 70%. Many fields of tobacco were damaged 100%.! This storm came in from West near Youngsville with a second I storm coming in from Southwest and these storms met in Harris township doing severe damages at' that point. The width of area covered by storm varied from one half to one and one half miles. Between one fourth>iand one half of persons injured by hail had Insurance on tobacco varying from $100 to $160 an acre. The following have been report ed as damaged by hail: J. L. Denton, W. T. Horton, G. C. Hor water stood in great pools the next morning anil large washes across fields was in evidence. The following reports were made by the agricultural depart ment in Louisburg on Monday based on Saturday's observations and again on Tuesday based upon a more complete check of acre age: W)M)AY'S RKI'ORTS Damage to crops and farms by rain, wind and hail is estimated to be in excess of $300,000 for the week ending June 25 in Franklin County. One rain storm report* ed showed by tests with standard water guage that in excess of 3 inches of water fell in 35 minutes. Rivers, creeks and fields have been flooded. Thousands of tons of top soil and sub soil have been carried to streams with Miis water. One farmer whose land was improper ly terraced, reported that a suffic ient quantity of his crop had been washed up by the roots to pay charges for terracing. Ten per cent of the tobacco ife estimated to be flopped due to excess water. Gul leys have been formed across cul tivated fields 20 to 30 feet wide where water was not under con trol by proper terracing and strip cropping. Very little damage has been reported by farmers cooper ating wit'h Extension Service and Soil Conservation Service in hav ing terraces properly constructed and outlets properly built and sodded. Included in above damage is damage estimated at $125,000 Friday night by ^eyere wind, hail and rain. This damage was esti mated as follows: Damage Per A. Total Damage $20.00 $16,000 10.00 10,000 140.00 70,000 29,000 $125,000 ton. George Horton, J. W. Hor t-on, Joe Horton. Sam Horton, Bailey Pearce, W. H. Tant, B. B. Denton. R. L. Horton. J. J. Strick land. Paul Strickland. John R. Clifton, M. C. Wilder. M. C. Wil der, Jr.,. J. W. Poythress. H. M. Pridgen, A. T. Harris, D. V. Chea ves, Mrs. E. L. Cheaves. Isaac Horton. William Hill, Zollie Whee ler, Thomas Young, Jr., Jarvis Arnold, F. H. Allen Farm. N. F. Freeman. B. S. Alford. J. B. Wil der, B. F. Wilder. J. C. Joyner, J. W. Card, J. L. Byron, Eddie Nelms, A. T. Harris, R. R. Perry. Joe Joyner, J. S. Collie, B. P. Hinton, B. F. Wood. Elijah Inscoe, Ryland Wheeler, George McGreg or, Sid Hart-is, Cleveland Stal lings, and Mamie Lester. TUESDAY'S REPORT Crops definitely ruined estimated with cooperation of represen tatives from each of ten townships of Franklin County: Tobacco - 1,8"0 Acres 11% crop expected acreage Cotton - 2,730 Acres 14% crop expected acreage Other crops 6,600 Acres 11% crop expected acreage Total money damage ? $484,000 including hail and wind damage Friday P. M. of $125,000. ' MT. GIIjEAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH Revival Services will begin Sunday, July 3 at 3 o'clock and continue throughout the week witih services at 3 o'clock In the afternoon "and 8 o'clock in the evening. Everyone is invited to attend. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is tbe program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Friday, July 1st: Friday ? Rudy Vallee and Rose mary Lane in "Gold Diggers In Paris." Saturday ? Double Feature ? ' Cbas. Starett in "Call of The Rockies" and Lloyd Nolan in "Prison Farm." Sunday-Monday Robert Tay lor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone and Robert Young in "Three Comrades." Tuesday ? Margaret Lindsey and Anna May Wong in "When Were You Born." Wednesday ? Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond. Parkyakarkus and Hel en Broderick in "She's Got Every thing." Thursday - Friday ? Loretta Young Joel McCrea, Stuart Erwin David Niven and Marjorie weaver in "Three Blind Mice." Also ad ed attraction, the Dionne Qulh tuplets in "Quintupland." 1 Every voter in the County should go out nnd vote Saturday. They will think more of their government |f they will. Feat Unequaled CINCINNATI, O. . . . Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds entered the Baseball's Hall of Fame twice within a week by pitch mg two no-run, no hit games la a row, a feat never before equaled in the major leagues. This Is his first year In the majors. PRESIDENT M. C. MURPHY Who was elected President of the newly-urganized Chamber of Commerce at the meeting held I Tuesday night. FIRST COTTON BLOOM Mr. .1. Ira Weldon, of Hayes vllte Township, brought in the first Cotton bloom of the season Monday. It was a red bloom and was pulled Saturday. Mr. Weldon said he found tlie first bloom oil Thursday of lust week. This shows the crop earlier this year. Mr. Weldon is one of Franklin's most successful , planters. Returns From Conference The record made by the Produc ? tion Credit System since it was established has been little short | of remarkable, according to J. O. Wilson, president of the Louis burg Production Credit Associa tion, who has returned from a conference of production credit j association directors held at Blow , ing Rock. Others from the Louisburg as sociation who attended were B. N. i Williamson. Jr.. J. L. Byron and W. H. M. Jenkins, directors, and ; X. C. Phillips, secretary-treasurer. "According to figures presented at the conference," said Mr. Wil son "the 550 production credit as sociations in the United States have more than doubled their membership since they began op erations late in 1933. At the close of 1934 they had a membership of j 121,456 while at the beginning of I the present year t'hey had 251,190 I members. In 1934 Jhey made |loans totaling $107,243,065 while I in 1937 they made loans totaling $286,260,621." Mr. Wilson said that the Louis burg association since it began i operations with the crop year of {1934 had made 3,109 loans for a | total of $910,630. "We were told at Blowing Rock (that the 94, associations in this district, which comprises North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida have now built up re serves totaling $1,000,000, which stands between the farmers and any depreciation in the value of their stock." The Louisburg association ser ves Franklin County and supplies its farmer-members with short term credit for production pur poses and for almost any other purpose for which a farmer needs shorO-term credit. LOUISBURU BAPTIST CHURCH "The Peacemakers" was the subject of the sermon that the pastor brought to a very fine con gregation on Sunday morning. He declares thati the radical trans formation of life as described in the Beatitudes is how peacemak ers are made. The key to how to promote peace is the preaching of the gospel, living peaceable lives and supporting the League of Nations. The Sunday School met at 9:45 A. M. and the Training Union at 6:45 P. M. The evening service began at 7:45 P.JM. at which time the pastor preached on "The Glory of the Cross." At the morning service of wor ship this Sunday the pastor will preach on the subject, "The Bur den of God's Heart." The Lord's Supper will be observed at this service. "The Children of God" is the subject of the evening worship. This is the last service which the pastor will conduct before he and his family leave for their vacation. The Sunday School will meet at 9:45 A. M. and the B. T. U. at 6:45 P. M. During the mont'h of July there will be supplies on the second, third and fourth Sunday's; and there will be a morning service only. Hon. R. N. Simms of Raleigh -will supply the pulpit on the second Sanday morning, Julf 10. Dean Bryan of Wake Forest Col legs' will supply at the morning service oh July 17. The supply for M. C. MURPHY PRESIDENT LOUISBURG'S NEWLY ORGANIZED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE T. K. Ktockard, Vicc-Prcsident ; H. C. Taylor, Jr., Harry (ilick nian, I). F. McKinne, \Y. (i. Iiuieiwlrr, It. Sykes, l{. \V. I Smilliwick, VV. H. Harrow. Di rectors; Armory Named a* First Important Project j Quite a good number or Louis burg business people met' in the I Court House Tuesday night and ! reorganized the l.ouishurg Cliam | be r of Commerce. President ! Paul W. Klam, of the l.ouishurg Kiwanis Club presided and fol lowing a full discussion of the question of organization and its opportunities and possibililies by M. S. Davis, WVJQ, Egert'on. G. C. | Harris, Hill Yarborough, Chas. P. I Green and Dr. A. H. Fleming, it i was decided to elect officers and I hold another meeting at an early j j date when committees will be ap pointed and definite working plans ibe announced. The election re sulted as follows: President ? M. C. Murphy. Vice-President ? T. K. Stockard. Secretary? To be named by | the Board of Directors, i Directors ? H. C. Taylor, Jr., Harrv Glickman, D. F McKinne, C. K. Sykes, R. W. Smithwick, W. B. Barrow. The question of securing an Armory was made Hie' first work of the organization, fallowing sev eral speeches in its behalf show ing that now is the best time to get it as the government is more I liberal and that the Battery has ^ot to make new arrangements by 'January 1st. The meeting was very harmon ious and enthusiastic and the in jdications are that the lfew organi zation will have opportunity to do j much good work in the near fu ture. FRUIT AND VKCiKTABI.KS WA.N'TKO: The P. T. A. School Lunch | Room in Louisburg i< asking ! every person iii the town ami I county, who has now. or will have later, more fruit and vegetables (han Miey can use, to give them to the lunch room, to lie canned for use next winter. All you do is notify Mrs. M. S. Clifton ?r Mrs: J. A. Turner that you have a surplus of either of these and I when you can deliver them. If you cannot conveniently deliver, phone, and they will see that some [one calls for your donation. This will he a wonderful help j and enable the lunch room to give more free lunches next winter. Already Mr. and Mrs. Cary How ard and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen have contributed enough string j beans to can ninety-live quarts. PltgfSt; remember that any fruit or vegetables that will can. will be greatly appreciated, and let us | have all you do not need. __ ___ ___ __ OO VOTE SATURDAY. ! VICE - PRESIDENT T. K. STOCKARI> Who was elected Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night. Cures Tobacco Mr. J. A. Ray. of Dunns town ship. was the first to report cur ing tobacco from the crop. He put in tobacco Tuesday and was- running the heat Wednesday. This is the earliest for Franklin County in years and indicates an ehrly crop. Mr. Ray has a nice crop of tobacco and is among Franklin's most successful plan ters. FINDS POT WITH MONEY Mr. 0. T. Meade, a supervisor of the WPA workers, on the Street projects in I.ouisburg re ports finding a "pot of money" while making an excavation at Mie crossing of Nojlle and Spring streets one day recently. Upon examination il was found that the pot contained a wad of paper, kind and nature was not legible, and a dime made in 1913. The pot was an 'ordinary iron cooking pot. It was found about four feet under ground. THK "BACH" MI SIC Cl.lU OK 1UNN The Bach Music Club of Bunn met Wednesday. June 22, 1938. The members studied Beethoven at the meeting. Elizabeth Har ris read a story about "Beethov en the Humorist" and Mary Ca rol Beddingfield read the life story of Beethoven. Elly Ney lieddingfleld played "Beethoven" by Spau ldtng, and Miss Shearon played "Rondo in A" by Beethov en. We are to study Haydn at the next meeting. Crimson clover as a winter cov er crop and plowed under for corn by Robert Lee Neal of Reidsville. R. No. 1 Caswell County, gives promise of producing a bountiful crop this year. BASE -BALL (TODAY) FRIDAY s _ The l.ouishut'K Jr. Order llasc Bull club, under management of Coach John Cameron, of Louisburg College, the . team I that represents I.ouisburg In ! the Tri-County I/eague, will | cross bats this afternoon at i 3:30 o'clock at League i'ark with a team of "oldsters" or , "has-beens" gotten together by Jim (Zeke) Allen, of State i College fame and Bill (Hoot Gibson) Allen, formerly of the Piedmont League. They have gathered together quite an ar ray of "old-timers" and prom ise to give Coach Cameron's boys a good game. "Antwlne" Fuller, George Ford, Pier Williamson, Zulu Tucker, J. Atwood Newell, Bob Lassiter and several others of "note" will be in the lineup for the "oldsters." The proceeds of the game will go toward buying "l.lni- . ment," for after this hectic game, it was decided that quite a lot of it would be needed. Go out and give these teams your support. Louisburg's en trant in the league has a very good team, in fact, it is the best many say, since the "good old days" of baseball in our midst during the ycurs 1009 and 10. i | the fourth Sunday has not yet | been secured. Practically every farmer in Un- i {ion County has reported to farm agent Tom Broom that he will try j to earn every dollar of his con- 1 servatlon payment this year. Every voter In the County 1 should go oat and vote Saturday. I ' They will think mora of their ' government If they will. 1 1 JIM R. (ZBKE) ALLEN Who probably will play in the ball game here today la a game between the local entry In the rrl-County League and a bunch of 'old-timers" gotten together for this game. CROP LOSS j 0 F 57,800,000 REPORTED BY FIFTEEN COUNTIES Ksliiuatcd I latitude Done to Ku>! - era ('ari)lina Crops Pliut-il At Ten .Million Dollars, Johnston, Xash, Beaufort, Halifax And Franklin Hardest Hit s By