LOUISBURG -? "THE STATE'S HIGHEST TOBACCO MARKET" -- OPENING DAY, TUESDAY, SEPT. 13TH stop MO n e v From Leaving LouUburg By Advertising in The TIMES Boost Your Town The Franklin Times THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE UNION RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION 'Watch the Date on the Label of your paper and Renew When Your Time Expires VOLUMN LXIX SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 ? Ye LOUISBCRU, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1U38 (TWELVE PAGES) NUMBER 90 BIG OPENING EX PECTED TUESDAY All Three Warehouses In Readiness For The Weed /I. ALL HOUSES THOR OUGHLY RENOVATED Full Corps of Buyers Rep resenting All Accounts Expected ? Forces All Primed For Their Jobs Merchants and Business Men Wholehearted Be hind Market Louisburg's three big tobacco warehouses have been put in ship shape for tihe big opening of the 1938 marketing season on next Tuesday, when all the warehouse men and attaches are expecting one of the biggest sales in many years and at high prices. Louis burg made the enviable reputa tion the past season of leading the State in prices for the season's average and it is fully determined to do so again this year. The warehousemen inform the TIMES that there will be buyers representing practically all the to bacco companies on the opening sale and will continue on tihe mar ket throughout the season. They have all completed the forces and have ample help to see that all tobaccos are properly handled and placed upon the floor and their office forces are prepared to get tihe checks out as ?ast as the sales are made. Every precaution has been taken to guard against block sales this year and the ware housemen feel that with the new order of sale the finely lighted houses and alertness of the forces there will be no such trtiing as block sales in Loulsburg. The houses are assuring you that If you bring your tobacco to Louisburg you will be able to go back home that night and fully satisfied with your sales. Attention is called to t'he three big advertisements in this issue of the Planters, the Union and the 8outhside Warehouses, inviting you to call and sell with tthem. Also many of our merchants are extending invitations to sell in Louisburg through their adver tisements. The Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club, together with all citizens are joining in an ef fort to make your visit to the Louisburg Market this year more pleasant and more profitable than ever before. The town has just passed an ordinance to relieve the traffic situation in the tobacco section by limiting the parking of car, which has been " bringing about a crowded condition. Many new men will be on the Market this year bringing their tobacco and the tobacco of their friends here for the better sales and it will afford you an opportu nity of mingling with old friends on the Louisburg Market that sells tobacco highest in the State. Get you a load ready and bring it) on to Louisburg for the open ing day, enjoy the great WEL COME that awaits you, see your many friends and go home tickled at the price you receive. CORRECTION In The Franklin County Fair Premium List there appears this week in -this issue of the paper. Season tickets $3.00. This was an error in printing and should have been 91. OO. The error also appears in the thousands of lists which have been mailed in Franklin and adjoining counties and those wishing season tickets will take notice that the price is 91.00 instead of three. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Friday, Sept. 9th: Last Times Today (Friday) ? Randolph Scott and Joan Bennett In "The Tezans." Saturday ? Double Feature ? Chas. Starrett and Don Orayson In "Old Wyoming Trail" and Polly Moran and Alison Sklpworth In "Ladles in Distress." Sunday-Monday ? James Cagney and Pa 0 O'Brien in "Boy Meets Girl." Tuesday ? Jane Withers "Runs Wild In Hollywood," with Henry ! Wilcoion, Oiorla Stuart and Hel-1 en Westley, Wednesday ? Stuart Erwln and Pauline Moore in "Passport Hus- i band." Thursday - Friday ? "Tropic HolHday" with Martha Raye. Bob Burns and Dorothy Mainour. Beauty Contest On Friday evening, Sept. 16th, at 7:45 o'clock the Parent-Teach ers Association of Louisburg will present a beaut/y pageant and am- i ateur contest in the high school | auditorium, under the direction of Mrs. James B. King. This show to be presented will consist of three contests ? a beau ty pageant), an amateur pageant and a Kiddle contest. All young ladies in this community between the ages of 16 and 25 are eligible to enter the beauty pageant. The winner stlected in this pageant will go to a state contest to be held within the next few weeks at a central point In the state, where she will have all expenses paid while there. The winner of the | amateur contest will also attend the state contest, with all expen ses paid while there. The winner in the beauty pa geant and the amateur shows com pete at the state contest for the privilege of attending a national J contest, under tihe direction of the United States Beauty and Ama teur Shows, with headquarters at the beautiful Riviera Hotel, Day tona Beach, Florida. The apiateur contest takes in all types of talent, any age. Any one interested In entering either of these contests do so by con- ! tacting Mrs. James B. King or Mrs. Earl Murphy. The third and one of the ntost> popular features on the program is the Kiddie contest. This con- j test takes in all children between the ages of 2 and 6. The winner will be awarded a silver loving cup. Judges in the first two contests will be from out of town and dis interested, in order that the con test will be entirely fair for every entrant. Iti is worth the while of any boy or girl in this community to take part in the program. Anyone desiring any additional information please call Mrs. Jam es King or Mrs. Earl Murphy. List of Jurors The following is a list of jurors drawn for the October Criminal Court: Dunn ? R. L. Jeffreys, Lenimie Massey, S. T. Holmes, Homer Wil liams, L. T. Pearce, J. M. Pearce. Harris ? D, L. Andrews, Leon- ; ard Frazier, S. T. Pearce, W. H. Cooper. Youngsville ? W. N. Timber- j lake, W. Q. Roberts, Willie Pearce, R. N. Williams, W. G. Wiggins,! Foster W. White, W. F. Perry. Franklinton ? T. B. Conyers, 1 W. A. Shearon. Hayesville ? Perry Lee Ayescue. Sandy Creek^-A. W. Edwards, R. M. Duke, B. E. Griffin. Cedar Rock ? C. C. Johnson, H. L. Laney, E. C. Layton. Cypress Creek ? G. K. Hayes. Louisburg ? J. Y. Beasley, W. , A. Baileys Willard H. Harris, J. Allen Harris, H. G. Harris, Floyd Griffin, R. H. Layton, J. S. Dennis, Ballard J. Fuller. BOUND OVER TO COURT Louis Egerton, colored, was bound over to* Franklin Superior; Court OctobfcrJcrlminal term un der a H.OfftT^Dond for the knife slaying of Alphonso Yarborough. colored, in Blacktown on Satur day night, August 27t>h, at a hear ing held in the Court House in Louisburg on Monday afternoon before Mayor W. C. Webb, atj which hearing two witnesses stat-l ed they saw Egerton cut Yarbor ough during a fight. W. L. Lumpkin conducted tihe case for the State as private pros ecution attorney, and Hill Yar borough represented the defense. BARBECUE The Woman's Auxiliary of St. ! Paul's Episcopal Church will serve Barbecue (Bob Meltdn brand) In front of Seaboard Store Com pany's Store, Tuesday, Sept. 13th, I Opening day of Louisburg Tobac co Market. PARHAM-NEWELL Franklinton. ? Dr. and Mrs. John Oliver Newell of Franklin ton, announce the. marriage of their daughter, Billie, to William Brooks Parham, .Jr., of Hender son, on Saturday, September 3, in the First Baptist Church In- Ox ford. ' Mr. and Mrs. Parham will make their home In Warrenton. Franklin County Fair Just Ten Days Off The greatest preparation that has taken place in a number of years is being pub over lor the opening of the Franklin County Fair, which will open September 19th and continue through the en tire week. The (arm people in the County are taking unusual interest in ex hibits this year and numbers of people have called up in regard bo preparing exhibits and booths. The premium list is off the press and has been mailed to thousands of residents in Franklin and ad Joining counties, in addition to the same list which appears in this issue of The Franklin Times The list has been compared witih that of other counties and it com pares most favorably with any in the State. There are_-money premi ums for everything~made or rais ed on a farm and for hundreds of other products that are home made. The farm people have every year benefited hundreds of dollars by the County Fair, and for twen ty-three years they have shown their interest in the Fair by one hundred per cent cooperation which has made it one of the best little Fairs held in any county in North Carolina. The County Fair is truly a week of enjoyment of a high type educa tional value, and noti only is it Franklin County's play week, but it brings thousands of dollars into the^County each year. We all do not have the same ideas as to work or pleasure, and this is prov en by the Miousauds of people who attend circuses, fairs and carniv als each year, and it is thoroughly understood that if someone doesn't afford the amusement of this type for the people of Franklin County to enjoy these things at home, they will go to other counties to find what they want. Hundreds of dol lars are paid out in the County, nob only for premiums but for la bor as each year from seventy five to one hundred twenty-five people are employed to help in building and operating the County Fair. The amusements this year will probably exceed any which have been seen in any county In the state, as the World's Exposition Shows, playing the midway, will bring 14 major rides and 16 in teresting shows to grace the mid way, which will make, without doubt, the largest and most at tractive midway on any county fairground this year. A number of the shows which will be seen on the midway were brought direct from Chicago's Century of Pro gress, and there will be others of English origin which will be. most interestinig. The management of the Fair As sociation has secured the Nation al Kevue, consisting of a number of young and beautiful girls, who will appear in ensemble and speci al acts before the grandstand. This Revue is booked direct from New York and will appear at our Fair .each night at nine o'clock. The Fair will open Monday night, September ldtlr'and con tinue through the entire week with Wednesday as a half holiday for school children, and all white children in the County will be admitted free between the hours of nine and two. The children en joy the Fair more than everyone else put together, and special ef fort has been made to have every thing clean and interesting for them on this special day.. Septem ber 24, Saturday, will be school day for colored children, and all children in the school parade will be admitted free. Everybody is getting the Fair fever, and you hear the Fair talk ed about at every turn. The larg est crowd ever to be seen at a County Fair in Franklin County is expected this year, and the date has bee# moved up so as to Insure pleasant weather. The Franklin County Fair Is our county holiday and everybody, young an dold, feels younger while enjoying it. MISS SALLIE E. WOODUEF Miss Sallie E. Woodlief, 63, daughter of the late Thomas Hen ry and Jane Perry Woodlief, died at her home early Saturday morn ing after an illness of six weeks. She had been in declining health for some time. Funeral services were held from tihe residence on Kenmore Avenue Sunday afternoon. Dr. J. D. Simons. paBtor Louisburg Baptist Church and the Rev. M. Stamps officiated. Burial was in Perry Chapel cemetery. Pallbearers were: W. E. Bar tholomew, S. C. Foster, H. R. Strother, W. H. White, C. T. Nicholson, and R. W. Pace. Flowerbearers were members of the Woman's Missionary Socie ty of which she was a member. Surviving are live brothers, H. C. Woodlief, Louisburg; E. F. Woodlief, Henderson; O. T. Wood lief, Frankllnton; M. J. Woodlief, Henderson; and U, _G, _Woodllef, of Louisburg. Five .nieces also survive. SETS TAX RATE AT $1.85 APPROVES ARMORY BUILDING PROJECT Approves Budget for 1938 39 for $77,935.00 ? Rents Person Coal Yard ? To Re duce Parking on Main Street Between Perry and Franklin Street The Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular session Sept. 6, 1938, with aH- members present. MtiiuOes of previous meetings were read and approved. The monthly reports of the Town Clerk, Chief of Police and Tax Collector were read and ap proved. A delegation of citizens repre senting the Louisburg Chamber of Commerce and Battery "B" ap peared before the Board. Mr. E. F. Griffin was the spokesman rep resenting Battery "B", and Mes srs. M. C. Murphy and D. F. Mc Kinne were spokesmen for t'he Louisburg Chamber of Commerce. This Committee presented the fact to the Board that Battery "B" must vacate the present Armory building on January 1, 1939, due Ito the fact that the building has been leased to other parties, and that unless quarters are provided tor it, we will lose the Battery. The Committee petitioned the i Board t11.00 per week leach, effective Sept. 5, 1938. The following motion was made and carried: "Thati the Town of Louisburg bear the total expense of water and sewer connections from the water and sewer mains to the curb at the sidewalks, ef fective from July 1, 1937." Commissioner J. S. Howell moved "That the Person Coal Yard be rented to Mr. Oeorge Sel by for a minimum period of 12 months at a price of $10.00 per month, provided that Mr. Selby may be requested to release the property after 30 days notice, and provided that this actiion is ap proved by the Board of County Commissioners or their authoriz ed Agent." This motion was car ried unanimously. Com. J. S. Howell made mo t i o n: Providing the P e r manent Budget of Expenses for the Town of Louisburg for tihe fiscal year 1938-1939, which car ried : The motion provded de partmental expenses $54,965.00, and debt servce $22,970.00, mak ing a grand total of department expenses and debt service, $77, 935.00. Com. J. S. Howell moved that the Town of Louisburg Tax Rate for tihe fiscal year 1938 be adopt ed as foHows: Debt Service, $1.46 per $100.00 valuation; General Purpose, 40c per $100.00 valua tion; Total, $1.85 per $.100.00 RALEIGH MEN BUY LAND IN FRANKLIN Sale By Insurance Company Term ed Largest Ever Made In Coun ty. Sale of all property owned in Franklin County by the Metropoli tal Lite Insurance Company to J. M. Broughton. Clyde A. Douglass and R. W. Winston, of Raieigh was announced yesterday by W. i Birch Douglass. Raleigh real estate broker. Mr. Douglass said the property consists of about 10 tracts total ling 3,400 acres, including 2,000 acres heavily timbered in pine. The farms, which he described as well-developed, are located within a tive-mile radius of Louisburg. i "We believe this is the largest real estate sale ever made in Franklin Count