BOARD REQUES ED TO COT ABCCOSTS Franklin Commissioners Asked to Abolish Board, Take On Duties Them-| selves ^ A resolution asking abolition , of the Franklin County's three-mem ber ABC board and transfer of its duties to the County Commission- ! ers and the County Auditor will be presented Monday by Harvey T. Bartholomew, hew commission er. The resolution asks that the County's members of the General Assembly, Senator W. L. Lump kin and Representative A. F. John son, to introduce a bill for the change In the ABC system in the county. Bartholomew said his resolu-! tion was prompted by a reduction in net profits of the county's two i stores ? in Louisburg and Frank linton ? and necessity for reducing expenses of operation. His propos al would provide no extra remun eration to the commissioners and the auditor for operation of the stores, now conducted by a three man board. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1938, profits of the two stores were $26,677.61 less than those of the previous year, Bartholomew i^aicjln a statement on his resolu tion. "This," he said, "necessitates j the drastic reduction of overhead ' expenses, which have increased in-j the face of a great reduction in *ales and profits, caused primari y by the opening of Wake and j Durham county stores." Bartliol- j omew said abolition of the board would cut expenses of operation ! by $4,000 a year. "If the"proposed bill in the Legi slature for increases in taxes onl iieer and whiskey is passed, with j rhe present set-up it will be liec- \ ? ssary to draw on the county, gon- 1 ~ral fund to meet the expenses of j operating the stores." Bartholomew put' his resolution 1 oefore the commissioners two' weeks ago, but no action was ta loi'isbhiu; boys take WIN OVER CAHI?IX,VI'S Elizabeth City, Feb. 1.? Louis-, burg College' Trojajjs canfe frrmf behind to defeat the' Elizabeth City Cardinals, local semi-pros, in a basketball thriller here tonight.' The score was 33-31. The Trojans pulled Into a 25-24 j lead, with six *ninutes to go. and stayed ahead the rest of the way. ; The Cards opened the game by forging into a 7-0 advantage. Louisburg spurted and took tne lead, 9-8. but the Cards returned to the front and stayed there un-i til the Trojans stretch spurt. Cooper and Seymour, with 11 points apiece, paced the Cardinals' ' attack. Ownley featured on de fense. i Scoring leaders for Louisburg > were Watson, with eight points,! and Brantley, With six. Gorrell | was the defensive star. IXHIHHl'IW; LOSES PAIR TO CAMPBELL COLLEGE Boys' and girls' basketball -.earns of Campbell College won a doubteheader from Louisburg Col lege Tuesday night. Veltch, with 14 points, led the Campbell quint to a 26-19 tri umph. Mabel Pollock scored 14 points for Campbell girls in their J0-20 victory. Savon Matthews, with eight, led Loutsburg. Lineups of the boys' gamei fol low: Campbell: Forwards ? Page. Lanl6r'. Scheldt 4 : centers ? Cog ens 2, Marshburn 2; guards ? Veltch 14, Wllbourn 3. Louisburg: '-Forwards ? F. Watson 2, Trout man 5. Comer; centers ? Dixon S, Lancaster 7; guards ? Brant-ley 2, Gorrell. Matthews. Campbell led at the half, 14-6. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program beginning Friday, Feb. 3rd: Last Times Today (Friday) ? ?oret*a Young, Richard Greene and Walter Brennah in ?Ken tucky." Saturday ? ? Double Feature ? GENE AUTRY In 'Prairie Moon" and Russell Hayden in "Mystej* ious Rider," by Zane Grey. Also 3rd Chapter "Haws of The Wil derness." Sunday-Monday ? Nelson Eddyi and Jeanette McDonald In Victor Herbert's "Sweetheartt". Tuesday ? Aklm Tamlroff and /?'ranees Farmer and Leif Erickson in "Ride A Crooked Mile." Wednesday ? Jane lWhters, Leo Carlllo, and Henry Wilcoson in ' Arltona Wltdcat." Thursday-Friday ? Blng Crosby, Franctska Gaal, Shirley Ross, Rdw. Everett) Horton and Ben Blue In "Paris Honeymoon." SUBSCRIBE) TODAY [ ? INTEREST IN POPULAR BABY CONTEST AT HIGH PITCH * HONOK ItOI.l. rOI'W.AK * BABY CONTIIST * Standing of I lit- fli'st JO * bullies in I lie 1BANKMN * Tl'M.KH "1 opular a by Con * te?t" as tallied February 1. * This Previous * Count Count * 1. Joyce Spencer I * ii. Billy Ijincuster .i * a. Frances Tlniberluke a * 4. Emily Nell Dean _ 3 * 5. Betsy Boss Bumi 4 * 6. Shirley Ann Bunn ? * 7. 1'nsy Kgerton 1? \ * 8. Arch Perry Bead 8. J. Midrea and the Rer^ Charles B. Howard. Surviving are his widows nine children, Mary, Grace and Orrie Frafcler; and Mrs. Claude Perry, all of YOungsrMle; - Mrs. Milton Hayes, of "Frankllnton, Mrs. Ju lius Perry, of Spring Hope, Mrs. J. M. Timberlake, of Youngavllle, Bruce Frailer, Of Frankllnton, and Kline Frailer, at Youngsville, and nine grandchlldrtn. FOUR POPULAR ENTRANTS IN POPULAR BABY CONTEST EMILY NELL 8 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Dean. Louisburg, N. C. Route 4. JOYCE 2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Spencer. Louisburg, N. C. Route ,3. ItKlSV ltOSK I! year old daughter of Mr. and Sirs. I!. I., Hunt). I.onislmrK. x. (' AIM 'H I'KllltY 17 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hoad. Wood, N. C. THE LEGISLATURE . >v \. F. .IOHNSO$> , ^ . .. J . ' * PlIHHillly lilt' largest delegation Ilia I has attended ,i committee meeting tliix session was jiTumill ill it Pittance Coin in ill ei' nierMng on Tnoxday afternoon, to oppose: the so-called highway fund diver-, sion when Hons, CupUB XViiynlel K. B. Jeffries., two former High*. v>< t y Commission Chairmen. lion. J. M. Droughton slid many others, weiT> heard 'til no niunisUiken ex-. presHions xhowing Hie uiivltie .con templated action. Kor more than ?ii hour and a half they impressed the fact tlml< "I he diversion was nil fair, unjust and unwise and a dangerous precedent to follow 01 to continue. On Tuesday night Hon. Clyde It. Hoey, Oovernor of Nort-h Car olina. addressed a Joint session of the Oeueral Assembly and spoke on the subject of Highway, fund diversion. lie defended the wis-j dom of this action by saying no' funds should be so tightly set' aside that "tie with n surplus could not he used in case of an! emergency. He pointed to the fact that the highway funds were! contributed to by gusoline tax paid ? from the School fund by franchise and other separate taxes collected by the State, and that it was ex- 1 empt from the Sales tax atfd took the position that gasoline is not1 en M tied to he classed with food stuffs for iulrtt tax exemption. He pointed tb tpe fact that Mie figures are being exaggerated, the larger ones being estimates based on fu- j ture sales. That although the law the past four years has provided J approximately four millions each 1 two years during tihe last hl-en nium. not one cent has been di- ; verted, but Instead during this same time he had assigned six mil lions to coun&y roads which add- : ed to the one million WPA funds makes seven millions assigned to the secondary roads for improve ment. He answered the argument i that* the schools could not operate without the roads by inquiring what good would the schools be to the children, even wkh good roads . if you had no fiindu to run the schools. He didn't want to see another time come when salaries ' suooesSfully. The Joint Finance Committees came near taking a- vote on the ques^on df the tax on 4-r *< *1^- -i? ' ; intangibles t(; counties. cities and towns, lint adjournment was tak en before Hie Vote could be called. 1 There is much sentiment (or this, action. Tii is committee has about, completed its public hearings and an; beginning .o adopt .sections of tile money bill to be presented to the two hti* making bodies. The Joint Appropriations Cpnt-i initti'e is iilso hard at worlTwitli" passing the amounts It will allpt to each depart nient Of the Stwtes Administration. It is cutting down (?lie amounts wherever it cati find space (or. They also have about completed their 1>(tbHc hearings. Since Kriday no bills ot State table importance has been passed by either house! but many local ( bills have been passed and be-' come law. The bill against the State Iligh-i way fund diversion was reported unfavorable by the Senate Fin-, mice ConimiMe with only two1 votes in its favor. Sentiment has j undergone quite a big change , since the public hearing on Tues-, day and Governor Hoey's speech on Tuesday night. The lady cosmetologists fought>| a losing light before the proper lugislative,commlttee on Wednes day morning, when more than a I hundred and fifty ladles were I present) to see the bill go through. ] The Appropriation's Committee' cut another forty thousands or < more annually from the approprt- | utlons list. Wednesday evening and j the Finance Committee nlade sub-j stantial headway In adopting the finance bill Wednesday afternoon when lti "settled the question" on ! a large number of amendment*, and adopted several sections. These last two committees put In nearly three hours of steady work Wednesday and members were ready to quit wheu 5 o'clock rolled around. The House and Senate both met at 42 o'clock Wednesday when, they passed on several local bills and some of the minor State bills. The local bill validating the bond , Issue of Loulsburg for the erection of the New Armory building was advanced to Its third reading in t'he House and will complete in the usual time. ? The Board of Ejections met Wednesday inornlng and agreed to accept and report favorably all local bills wiyt the understanding t'hat they will be held for the Sub Committee authorized at this, meeting, to report a complete I St?tte-wlde bill. It is generally un derstood this bill to be reported will be almost a newly and eimost completely rewritten elecMoi. law * %r GENERAL NEWS ' Quite a severe blizzard swept the Northern portion of our Unit ed States the firstvfjf the week, covering more than V dozen states under a blanket of snow ranging from six to 30 inches deep. These states reported a death toll due t"> this extreme weather condi tion for Monday and Tuesday of 38 persons.-' The famous radio comic George Burns has been placed on proba tion for a year, being given a suspended sentence for a year and a day and an imposed fine of $8. 000 as the results of his trial for jewelry smuggling In his speech before the German Reichtag Monday night Adolf Hitler pledged full aid to Italy and challenged America in a trade battle. Hitler stated that Germany must "export) or die" and advised the United States not to in terfere when Latin America is in cluded In efforts to bolster- Ger man economy. Following Hitler's speech, that was broadcast throughout the world, Prime Minister Chamber lain of England, addressed an open session of the British House of Commons, and demanded that Europe's dictators produce "con crete evidence" of their "desire for peace" before "we can enter on final settlement" of the Euro pean situation. The members of the joint Ap propriations Committee of the N. ('.' Legislature entered into fast work when they cut the 1939-1941 budget about $95,568 on Monday. New earth shocks still menace the population of Chile, In the disaster of t'lie past week there some 25,000 to 30.000 or mort> persons were killed. LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH ."The Lord and Iiis Business Men." is the sermon subject for next Sunday morning, with Mr. Phillips preaching. Evening wor ship is at 7:30. Church School and Epworth League are at 9:45 and 6:45. Some nice improvements have ? lieuji made in the equipment of the Beginners' Department under tba leadership of Mrs. George Davis and Mrs. Earle Murphy. Beginning one week from nest Sunday evening there will be- a "Church School Revival" at the Methodist Church. There will be classes each night through Friday wltto the Rev. R. \V. Brudshaw, Conference Director of Evangel ism, teaching a group in "Evan gelism in the Church School," and Miss Alma Cade teaching a group in "Children's Work in the Church School." All interested persons are urged to attend. The class by Mr. RriMlshaw will be very helpful to all Christians who are Interested in soul-winning LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. A. Paul Bagby. pastor, spoke on "Loosing Christ's Hands" or "Omnipotence and Lim itation of Christ." The humanity divinity and the people whom Christ had to deal with seti upon him certain definite- limitations. It is In our power to loose OklkCt hqnds thus releasing his power la the lives and the world about us. The stibject ?of the 11:00 A. M. worship will "The Deep* of* Grace and Service." The subject of t'lie 7:30 P. M. worship will be "The Prodigal's Friends." The past Wednesday evening at the prayer service the pastor dis cussed Exodus. The one word des criptive of the book is Nationali ty. On Wednesday evening he will discuss Numbers. ? Sunday School ati 9:45 A. M. Baptist Training Union at 6:30 MRS. BAGBY TO ENTERTAIN The Fannie Heck Circle of the Loulsburg Baptist Church will meet Monday afternoon at) 3:30 at the home of Mrs. Paul Bagby. Every member Is urged to be present and bring a new member with yon: Visitors are always wel come at i theM meetings. Mrs. George fWlby, Leader. ASK YOUR MKRCANTS FOR j BABY COUPONS which will include tightening up the Absentee ballot, restricting the use of markers, making small-, er election precinct*, and geaeral ly making the operation of voWn* as nearly air tight as to "crook edness and improper Influences" as is possible. This legislature is being given credit .for being the most alncere and cooperative and workable one that has been In session here la many years. ' ,