STOP MONEY From Leaving Loui*burg By Advertising in The TIMES Boost Your Town THE COUNTY - THE STATE . THE UNION m ? Times RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Watch tiie Date on the Label of your paper and Renew When Your Time Expires VQLUMN LXIX SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a Te LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST I?, li>38 (TEN PAGES) NUMBER 27 STATE'S LEADING MARKET PREPARING FOR BIG SALES AT HIGH PRICES For New Season Almost Here Three Houses To Run ? Popular and Efficient Man agement ? Large Number Buyers ? To Open Tues day, Sept. 13th, With First Sale at Planters, Second at Union and Third at Southside The Louisburg Tobacco Market, the State's HIGHEST PRICE MARKET in 1937 according to Qovernment figures, as will be seen in the page advertisement on the back page of this issue, to which your attention is urgently directed, will open for the sale of tobacco and to make another high record for the 1938 season, on Tuesday, September 13th, 1938 with its three popular warehouses all fixed and primed to sell your tobacco (or more money. With only three weeks ahead all activity is now directed to wards putMng everything in ship shape and letting the growers throughout Franklin and adjoin ing counties know that they are not only prepared and want to handle the sale of their tobacco but that they have demonstrated that they can get the grower high er prices than elsewhere. A full corps of buyers repre senting all concerns and a large number of independent! buyers have been assured tor the opening day and throughout the season. The confusion usually Incident on the Opening Day has been eliminated this year as the order of sales has been previously ar ranged, and Sales Cards have al ready been issued and are being distributed. The first sale this year will be held at the Planters Warehouse, the second at the Union with the third or last at the Southside. If you have decided at which, house you will sell you can know before you leave home what sale you will get'. The Southgide Warehouse will be optrated this year by Messrs. Ben F. Wood, of Spring Hope, L. Herman Dickens, and Linwood L. Sturdivant, of White Level, and Pier Williams'on, four of the most level headed business men in the State and are entitled""tio be classed with those who know to bacco and what it ought to bring. The Planters Warehouse will be operated by Messrs. Charlie Ford and Arch Wilson, tiwo of Frank lin County's popular and promis ing business men who have had many years experience in running a tobacco warehouse. Connected with this house will be S. S. Meadows, an old War Horse in the tobacco warehouse business, who will assist with the sales and buy independently. The above two warehouses will have Mr. Asa Battle, of Whita kers, and a former auctioneer on the Ahoskle and Rocky Mount markets, as their auctioneer. The Union Warehouse will be operated by Messrs. Orover C. Harris and Numa F. Freeman. Mr. Harris is one of the oldest warehousemen, from standpoint of service, on the market*, and not only knows the warehouse busi ness, and what tobacco ought to bring, but also knows practically all the farmers in this trade ter ritory. Mr. Freeman is a young man, thoroughly capable and ef ficient), and is active in the inter est of the farmer, the market and the Union Warehouse. They are the son and grandson of the late John N. Harris, one of the pioneer warehousemen in this section of North Carolina. They will be as sisted by Mr. Graham Prultt>, a well experienced and popular to bacconist, and their auctioneering will be done by Mr. Garland Grif fin, of South Boston, Va.. a veter an auctioneer of wide reputation. Louisburg, through its civic or ganization, social organization, merchants organizations and indi viduals are rallying to the support and push of the Louisburg Mar ket again this year with renewed determination and effort, plenty of Inducements will be offered t/o bring people here to trade and it is expected that Louisburg will more than double its volume of last year and hold to its place at the top of all the markets in prices paid to the growers for the gold en weed. Don't forget the day of the opening. September 13th, and the fact that you get more at Louis burg and bring your first tobacco to Louisburg and throughout the season continue to come to Louis burg ? the friendly and higher market. RBNEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! s Recorder's Court After taking vacation for a week Franklin Recorder's Court held a full session Tuesday, dis posing of cases as follows: Robert Little was found guilty of disturbing public worship and given 60 days on roads. John Henry Crews was found not guilty of disturbing public worship. Bill Pendleton, abandonment*, and non-support, continued under former order. David Hall > plead guilty to abandonment and non-support, and given 6 months on roads. Sus pended upon saving the County harmless and paying into court the sum of $15 per month. Elvis Powell plead guilty to reckless driving, discharged upon payment of costs. Haywood Suggs plead nolo con tendere to assault on a female, and was given 4 months on the roads, execution to issue anytime in two years, and to pay costs. The case of assault with deadly weapon agalnsb M. B. Jeffreys was remanded to the Magistrate. Ellis Jones was found not guil ty of operating an automobile in toxicated. George King was found guilty of assault on a female, and given 4 months on the roads. Lynn O. Myers was found guil ty of operating automobile intoxi cated and given 60 days on roads, suspended upon payment of $50 fine and costs, not to operate a car in 12 months. The following cases were con tinued: Otho Henley, operating auto mobile intoxicated. James Edward Davis, alias James Edward Johnson, burglary. J. W. Davis, Vernon Davis, as sault with deadly weapon. Ed Allen, unlawful possession of whiskey. W. M. 8. ANNOUNCEMENT The members of the Fannie Heck Circle of the W. M. S. of the Louisburg Baptist Church are con ducting a study course under the leadership of Mrs. Florence Un derhill. "Following in his train," is the name of the^book and we will meet at the following homes tor three afternoons beginning Monday for only one hour from four to five o'clock. Monday after noon we meet with Mrs. George Selby, Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Sheffield, and Wednesday with Mrs. R. W. Alston. Members of the other circles are welcome to come join in with us if they wish to do so. Maria Perry, Sec'y. MISS LYDIA PERSON TO WED MB. TROWE Mr. and Mra. Arthur Whitehead Person, of Louisburg, announce tht engagement of their daugh ter, Lydia Amy, to Randolph Ed monds Trowe, son or Dr. and Mrs. William Gordon Trowe, of War renton, Va. The wedding will take place in Louisburg, Saturday evening. Sep tember 24. Miss Person is one of Louis burg's most pouular and accom plished young ladies, popular among hosts of friends botih at home and abroad. She is the daughter of Mr. A. W. Person, Louisburg's popular Cotiton buyer. The wedding will be watched with much interest. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE Th? following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Friday, Aug. 19: Friday (Last Times Today) ? Fredric March, Claudette Colbert and Chas. Laughton in ','The Sign of The Cross." Saturday ? Gene Autry and Smi ley Burnette in "Gold Mine in The Sky" and Richard Dlx in "Blond Alibi," also Chap. No. 4 "Fighting Devil Dogs." Saturday Night Owl Shows ? Joe Louis, Clarence Muse, Edna Mae Harris, all colored cast In "Spirit of Youth." Sunday ? Edw. G. Robinson. Humphrey Bogart and Claire Tre vor in "The Amazing Dr. Clitter house. Monday-Tuesday ? Mickey Roo ney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone and Cecelia Parker in "Love Finds Andy Hardy." Wednesday ? Martha Haye. Bob Hope and Betty Grable In "Give Me A Sailor." Thursday - Friday ? Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Jean Hersholt, and Peter Lorre in "I'll Give A Million." "Any sort of rattle will quiet a girl baby," say* Pink Hooper, "but when she grows up she waqts 10 to be in an auto." A "Salute To The States" | LONO BEACH, CAL. . . . The great map assembled piece by piece by pretty state representatives was made to announce the historical pageant held as part of this city's 50th anniversary celebration. Fair To Be Held Nearly Thirty Days Earlier This Year ? ? ? ? ? i Owing to the change in seasons, the management of the Franklin County Fair deemed it advisable to have the Fair almost Thirty days earlier tfian in previous years. This year's Fair will begin Monday. September the 19th and continue through the entire week. Unusual preparations are being made to make this one of the best County Fairs we have ever had. and it is expected that' exhibits this year, owing to the early date.l will exceed anything that will be I shown in eastern North Carolina, i The week of the Fair is Franklin County's Bright Spot), and thous ands of people who live in Frank lin County and never go anywhere else attend this great annual event, and thousands of school children look forward to the Fair each year with the same interest' that they do to "Santa Clause". The Fair has in reality and truth been a Santa Clause to thousands of people in Franklin County, as some of our best farmers have admitted numbers of times that they got their inspiration for bet ter farming from exhibits seen at tihe Fair, and thousands of men, women and little children have been paid thousands of dollars in the twenty three years that the Franklin County Fair has operat ed. The American people enjoy outdoor amusements and Mils is proven by the large number of ' people who attend outdoor amuse ments of every type, and if this amusement is not provided in our own county, they will seek that' pleasure elsewhere. The City of Wilson has just completed its To- : bacco Festival which lasted three days, at which 60,000 visitors were in attendance, and quibe a number of Franklin County peo ple not only attended, but were on the program of this big event. The Franklin County Fair is the first County Fair to be held ; in North Carolina this year, and It is expected that hundreds of, people from other counties will I attend as they have in previous years. A New York Revue, consisting j of beautiful girls doing ensemble and specialty acts, will feature the' i grandstand attractions, and added i attractions of local Interest are ialso being worked up by t>he man agement." The World's Exposition will be the big attraction this year on the Midway at the Franklin Coun ty Fair according to a statement! issued by the management. This carnival of larger dimensions than any that have been seen at the fair heretofore contains a number of features that have proven their worth at various nationally known expositions ? hence the name. Max Gruberg. internationally known as a world's fair concessioner has culled them from exhibits that were prominent at the Great Lakes Exposition held at Cleve land last year, the Dallas Centen nial of 1937 and the Paris Exhibi tion of the same year. The tented shows have such features as the French Casino, a replica in minature of the origi nal shown In Paris, the Wall of Death from London, England. Life, prominent at the late Chica go Century of Progress, Rainbow Frolics from Dallas, Texas. Look a circus side show of magnitude containing several Hobert Ripley features In real life. Hall of Science with several outstanding illusions, a monkey circus with sixteen educated simian actors, a Crime show where the evils of the drug traffic are exposed, a midget village peopled with lilliputians who appeared in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs picture, and many other attractions that pro vide diversified amusement and entertainment for all sorts and conditions of men and women. A Garden of Rides is also fea tured containing fourteen of the latest and safest riding devices, all of which are regularly inspec ted and operated on principles of "safety first," which include all the latest novelties that appeal both to adult riders and the child ren of the community. The World's Exposition is known as the most brightly illu minated carnival on the road this season and the thousands of lights of all colors turn the midway at night into a veritable fairyland of fun and frolic, where care is tak en that the children are protected ;from harm by every possible safe ty device and adults can enjoy a feast of hilarious and educational entertainment on a joy zone of the better class. The Louisburg Chamber of Com merce Doing Things! Are You Doing Your Part ? "Advertising Louisburg" has been a slogan for years but while it has accomplished some good ite ineffectiveness has come because we have never had a persistent, steady, all time plan ot advertis ing. These past spurts of adver tising were not followed up and consequently things would get in to the same old rut until someone became conscious of the fact and start things again. THE LOUISBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE means a change from the old plan. One of the majer benefits from this organi zation will come through the splendid Advertising Committee now at work. Signs, twelve of them, have already been bought advertising our town and tobacco' market. LOUISBURG, WORLD S1 HIGHEST TOBACCO MARKET. A mailing list of our Franklin County farmers has been compil ed and tts ready for one of the most effective advertising fheth ods, a direct letter. Pamphlets are being compiled to be mailed out to all parts of our United" States. f ARE TOU DOING YOUR PART?f The finances of a Chamber of i Commerce depend entirely on MEMBERSHIP. This eliminates constantly calling on folks to con tribute sums of money for adver tising, publicity, anything of pub lic interest. Through MEMBER SHIP in the LOUISBURG CHAM BER OP COMMERCE we have a steady Income to cover everything of that nature. The more mem bers we have the more and better work can be done. Paul Elam is Chairman of our Membership Committee. He and his workers are going to work. Don't wait for them to come to see you, see them or the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce first. A complete list of our mem bership will be published soon. BE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON IT. REVISIONS Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace has announced that re visions will be made in tobacco quotas where the allotment* seems inequitable. ' A man who was told by his doc tor to live as much as possible on gre?ns went right-out Ao the near est golf course and began getting. Leaf Men Test Law FLORENCE, S. C. ? All South Carolina warehousemen were de- 1 fendants Wednesday In a suit brought by 27 Florence County to i hacco farmers seeking to prevent collection of penalties on tobacco sold in excess of farm quotas. The farmers contend t>he 1938 agricultural adjustment act is un constitutional. Circuit Judge L. D. Lide of Mar ion issued an order requiring the j defendants to show cause before | him here on Aug. 22 why an in junction should not be issued prev-j ent'ing them from collecting thei penalties from the tobacco grow-j ers. Bl'NN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPT. 1ST All schools in the Bunn Dis trict will open Thursday, Sept. 1, 1938. Children in the Eiemen-j tary Schools wilt be furnished i text books free, but all supple mentary readers will have to be rented as t-he state requires. In the High School all boolCs may be rented at the school or if pupils desire to purchase their ' text books they may be obtained at book stores. No books will be sold at the school office. All pu pils are expected to have their books on the first day of school or be prepared to rent them on the first day. This is very important as all pupils should have equal op portunity. The following is a list of the faculty members by schools: Pearce School: Mr. A. E. Mer cer, Principal. Misses Geralda Tur ! nage. Darnell and Wilma Phillips. Pilot School: Mrs. Valfore ' Jones. Principal, Misses Ollie Wes joer, Myrtle Etta Gaye and EfTie Mae Diilahunt. Harris School: Mr. Charles C.I i Brown. Principal. Misses Margar et Williams. Marjory Groace, Ruby Cone. Catherine Pearce. Mesdames F. W. Justice and M. C. Wilder. Bunn School ? Elementary: Misses Eleanor Jones, Belle Mitch iner. Mildred Manning, Eunice Wilson, Lucille Johnson, Beryle Stalling*, Lucy Wiggs. Nona Hol lingsworth. High School: Misses Elizabeth York, Helen Edwards. Mary Parker, Wilma Woolard, I Nellie McGirt. Lois Jolly. Messrs. P. A. Bradley, O. J. Rochester and M. T. Lamm. Miss Faustina ' Shearon will have charge of the music again this year. Since writing Mie above, Mr. P. A. Bradley, the science teacher, has resigned. WENT WORTH JURY C ONVICTS TWO VIRGINIA OFFICERS Wentworth. ? A Rockingham Superior Court Jury Wednesday ! returned a verdict' of assault with) deadly weapon against J. D. Davis j and John W. Wilson, Danville, Va., police officers, at the conclu sion of their trial in connection with the death of four persons in an automobile accident. Judge J. H. Clement, of Win ston-Salem. did not immediately pass sentence. The judge offered no comment concerning the verdict. After discussing the case of sev eral hours, the jurors reported to i'he court late Tuesday that they had been unable to reach a ver dict. They were ordered to resume their deliberations. The State argued thati the po licemen, J. D. Davis and John W. Wilson, shot down a tire on two Negroes' automobile which they were chasing, causing it to crash into a farmers' truck.. Joseph Pass aud Charles Fitz gerald. the Negroes, and J. W. Dabbs and J. Y. Chandler, white farmers, were killed. The State argtied that the offi cers shot the Negroes' car acro3s the State line in North Carolina. The defense contended that t'he incident occurred in Virginia. FIRST N. C. COTTON IS BEING PICKED The first picket cotton of the North Carolina season arrived at The TIMES office Wednesday. It came from the farm of J. O. Elmore, Route No. 5, Dunn. Mr. Elmore has about 300 pounds of cotton wjilch will be all picked within fne next few days. ? Ral eigh Times. They claim the next war will be ifought by insects. Didn't cooties have a lot to do with the last one? \ Hard Facts In earlier times Mer chants bought their stocks of merchandise with an idea of the desires of their cus tomers! Today the prevail ing idea is to buy anything they can sell at the biggest profit. Merchants cannot expect the trade of the pub lic unless they carry in stock what the public wants. Merchants of Loulsburg do you carry what the trading public wants? "MI" ftffifefclft CMrTof," NEW YORK, N. T Miss Er*lyn Keyea. "Miss American Legion,1* , with Vic MacKenzie, National Con vention Director of the Legion, ss they appeared here to turtle Oorar nor Lehman and Mayor L&Guardlia to the Legionnaires' National Com. mention In Los Angeles' rr?nf fa September. ' Miss Keyes is making a nation wide atr tour Inrtttng State and City officials to the con- 1 vention. OPENING OF SCHOOL. Principal W. 0- Reed announ ces that the schools of the Gold Sand district will open Thursday, September 1, at 8:30, the usual hour for beginning school in the morning. The Hrst day of school is one of Mie most important of the year, because books will be is sued and lessons assigned. In many cases the child's progress for the year is determined by the kind of beginning he makes. Also, in order to make the attendance record necessary for the type of schools we have at Gold Sand and Wood, the children should enroll on the first day. Over-crowded conditions in the class rooms are avoided by having a sufficient number of teachrs to properly take care of the children, and teachers are secured by the aver age daily attendance the school makes for the term of eight month; so for the benefit' of the children, parents are urged to see that their children start to school the first day. except tor two enanges tne iac ultiy will be the same as last year. Miss Edna E. Perry of Louisburg, and a graduate of East Carolina Teachers College will teach a section of the first grade, and Miss Margaret Turner, of Hender son, and a graduate of Meredith College will teach home econom ics. Both young ladies are well recommended, and they will re ceive a hearty welcome in the school and community. The entire faculty follows: Mrs. W. S. Person and Miss Edna E. Perry, first grade; Miss Lois May, second grade; Miss Fannie Gupton, third grade; Mrs. M. E. Williams, fourth grade; Mrs. Louise May Bledsoe, fifth grade; Miss Ruth Parrish, sixth grade; Mrs. Margaret Rich Gupton, sev enth grade. High School ? Miss Margaret Turner, home econom ics; Miss Lillie Harper, English and French; Mr. M. J. White, Jr., history and civics; Mr. D. J. Dark, science and math; Mr. E. M. Alex ander, agriculture; W. 0. Reed, principal and teacher of math. Wood School ? -* Miss Adelaide Duke, first grade; Miss Pattie Beasley, second and third grades; Miss Mary Dickerson, fourth and fifth grades; Mrs. Maggie Duke Neal. principal and teacher ot the sixth and seventh grades. Piano instruction will be pro vided for those who wish to take it. The fee will be the usual rate. With fie exception of supple mentary readers, books for the elementary school will be furnish ed free of all cost. High School texts may be rented as hereto fore. School bus drivers for the dis trict follow: F16yd Griffin will drive No. 21; Charlie Tharring ton will drive No. 22; Charlie Phelps will drive No. 23; McLeon Radford will drive No. 24; Mil dred Wat'kins will drive No. 25; Douglas Denton will drive No. 26; Maurice Pernell will drive No. 55, and Tenny Radford will drive No. 60. It is my understanding that bus No. 26 will be replaced by a new one, and a '34 model Chevrolet will take the place of No. 22. BARBECUE SUPPER The Woman's Auxiliary ot St. Paul's Episcopal Church wHl serve a barbecue supper in the au ditorium of the Agricultural Buil ding Thursday evening, August 25th. Guests will be served 6:30 to 7:30 and at 8:00 o'clock Mr, Hobart Steele, Diocesan President of the Layman's League, will en tertain With moving pictures of the congregations of the churches at Louisburg and Schloss, also pictures of Vade Mecum and othei piaoes of interest. Should it be inconvenient for. you to attend the^supper. be sure not to miss t|ie pictures of Louis burg and Schloss. | BASE-BALL TODAY BASEBALL SUNDAY' Louisburg plays Pilot in the local park Sunday. Tlie locals are seeking revenue for an 8-2 defeat at the hands of Pilot on Tuesday. Game time ? 3:30. BENEFIT GAME Harris will play the locals here Tuesday in a benefit game to defray the expenses of TIs dale, who broke his leg in the game here last Sunday. Harris is bringing a strong aggrega tion and the game promises to be a tight one. Epsom Takes One From Louisburg In the fourth game of the aer ies between Louisburg and Epsom, Epsom defeated Louisburg 11-5 here Friday. Renn. Epsom hurl er, was reached for seven hits and four runs in the first' inning but tightened down and held Louis burg scoreless until the ninth. Louisburg outhit Epsom 13-9. Hendricks, with two singles and a double paced the winners hitting. BrantJey, with two singles and a double, and Charlie Ford, with 2 singles and a triple led the Louisburg attack. The series stands 2-1 in favor of the locals and the two teams meet here Fri day afternoon (TODAY) in what! may be the last game of the series. Batteries: Epsom ? Renn and Dickerson; Louisburg ? Lynch, Edmonds, Wiggins and Fuller. Plymouth "Rooks" Defeat , Louisburg Although outhit 11-10, tha "Rocks" defeated the locals 6-3 in a game played ati Plymouth Sun day. Brantley led Louisburg's attack with three singles out of five trips. Smith. Plymouth hurler, hit a three run homer in the sec ond inning. Batteries: Louisburg ? Dixon and Fuller; Plymouth ? Smith and Innes. Pilot Wins Over Louisburg I Pilot hit often and hard Tues day in a game played at Pilot to 'defeat the locals $-2. Troutman with a single and double led the loser's attack. Leading hit/ter for Pilot was Green, with a single and double. Batteries: Louisburg ? Edmonds and Fuller; Pilot? Green and Murray. Harris Defeats "Bill" Allen's Team , While Coach Cameron had his :Tri-Couuty League entry at Ply I mouth Sunday, "Bill" Allen's All IStar aggregation was defeated in | the local park 8-5 by Harris. John I Tucker led the All-Stars hitting I with 2 singles and a double. In t>his game, Mr. Twisdale, a | player on "Bill's" team had the ! misfortune of getting his leg bro Iken just< above the ankle while sliding to a base. He was taken to Dr. H. G. Perry's office for (treatment. Loolsburg Chalks Up Victory Over Wilton Louisburg turned back Wilton, 1 3-2, Wednesday in an exhibition game between the leaders in the Tri-County championship semi finals. Newton of Wilton and Pete Bar rington hooked up in a pitchers' battle. Each was touched for sev en hits. Newton fanned two; Bar rington, eight. The locals leading hitters were Timberlake, with a double and a. single in three tries, and Brant ley, with two for four. E. Tip pitt and Bragg, each with two j singles, led the losers. Batteries: Wilton ? Newton and Brummitt: Louisburg ? Barring ton and Fuller. Loses Arm In Auta Wreck Rixie Harris, white, lost an arn* 1 and received other injuries in an { automobile accident on the Main, I Street in Bunn, Saturday night when, the car in which he waa riding was struck by a car driven and occupied by several negroes. Sheriff Moore and Deputy Joyner j investigated the accident and de tained the driver of the car con , talning the negroes. Harris was 1 siven medical attention and sent (.to a hospital.. HOT WEATHER Weather man R. A. Bobbitt re ports the past few days the hottest : for the year. On Monday the I thermome'er rose to 100 and on Tuesday to 101 and Wednesday to 101. This was ttje hottest weather experienced i:i tjis section tn , some time. v , By using improved, methods, .Mrs. Q. S. Leonard. Route 4. Louisburg. has cut her turkey ; mortality .fron; i ; p: cent Uat to zero this year.