THE COUNTY THE STATE THE UNION m m VOLITMN LXX SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 ? T ear I/OUI8BCRG, N. CAROLINA (EIGHT PAGES) NTMBER 14 LOUISBURG NAMES FINALS SPEAKERS Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder And Dr. H. E. Spence To Address Graduating Class Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder of Wofford College and Dr. H. E. Spence of Duke University will be principal speakers for com mencement exercises of Louisburg College. Dr. Spence will preach the bac calaureate sermon ou Sunday, May 21; Dr. Snyder will speak at graduation exercises ou Tuesday, May 23. Among other speakers for com mencement will be Dr. D. E. Earn hardt, who is retiring as president of the college, and Dr. Walter Pat ten, who will assume the presi dency at the close of the school year. The commencement program: Friday, May 19: 8 p. m. ? Re cital by Department of Music, col lege auditorium. Saturday, May 20, Alumni Day: 5 p. m. Informal class reunions, faculty parlor; 7 p. m. Alumni banquet, college dining hall; 8:30 p. m. Graduating piano recital by Edith Thomas Dixon of Mebane. Sunday, May 21, Baccalaureate Sunday: 11:00 a. in. Baccalaure ate sermon, Dr. H. E. Spence "of Duke University. Louisburg Meth odist Church; 8 p. m. Y. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A., sermon. Dr. Wai ter Patten, First Baptist Church of Louisburg. Monday, May 22, Class Day: 5 p. m. Class Day exercises, college auditorium; 8:15 p. m. Recital by Department of Speech and Dram atic Art. Tuesday. May 23, Graduation Exercises: 10 a. m. Graduation exercises, Dr. Henry Nelson Synd er of Wofford College, speaker. Louisburg Methodist- 1GTnrrch; Farewell message to graduates. President D, IS. Earnhardt; pre sentation of diplomas and certi ficates and certificates of mem bership of Alpha Pi Epsilon. LOUISBURG DEFEATS . MEBANE *"The Green Hill Country Club defeated the Mebane Golf Club by the one-sided scors of 34 Va to 4'a last Wednesday afternoon. The 13 Mebane golfers found the Louis burg boys to be real golfers. Every member of the local team made at least one point, altho there were not as many low scores as in the South Boston tourney. Dr. Harry Johnson, with a score of 71 was low (or the match. Bill Huggins 75 and Frank Wheless, Jr., 77, E. H. Malone 81, were^ second, third and fourth respectively. C. L. Malone and Dr. W. W. Tyson with 83 each were low for the vis itors. One of the outstanding features was Joe Barrow's score of 39 for the first nine holes. Joe wound up with a final score of 82 which was better than any score made by the Mebane team. Those making points for Louis burg were: F. W. Wheless, Jr., 3; Bill Huggins, 3; L. M. Word, l^; Dr. Johnson, 3; E. H. Ma lone, 3; E. F. Thomas, 3; Joe Bar row, 3; Napier Williamson. 3; Dr. Wheless, 3; V. E. Owens, 3; Bob Ashley. 2H; Gait her Beam 3; Hill Yarborough, 1, ' ENGAGED Mr. and Mrs. James Plummer Kimball announce the engagement of their daughter, Dorothy Ann, to Mr. William Edward Collier, Jr., the wedding to take place on June 21, in the Louisburg Baptist Church. No invitations will be issued In Louisburg. NEW TAGS TO BF. MAROON, ALUMINUM Raleigh ? North Carolina's 1940 motor vehicle tags will have ma roon numbers on an aluminum background. This year the tags have aluminum numbers on a ma roon background. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, May 20th: Saturday ? Doable Feature ? Oene Autry and Smiley Burnette in "Home On The Prairie" and Aklm Tamiroff in "King of China town." Also Chapter NO. 6 "The Lone Ranger Rides Again." Sunday-Monday ? Bette Davis in "Dark Victory" with George Brent and Humphrey Bogart. Tuesday ? Clark Oable, Jeanette McDonald and Spencer Tracy in "SAn Francisco." Wednesday ? Melvyn Douglass and Lotiise Piatt In "Tell No Tales." Thursday-Friday ? Claudette Colbert and James Stewart in "It's a Wonderful World." Last Times Today? Edward O. Robinson in "Confessions of a Nail Spy." FAYETTEVILLE FIRM GETS ROAD CONTRACT Award* Made fur $181,0ae who do not attend. RE!?W YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! j WOMEN'S REGIONAL CONFERENCE a i ; .1 Mrsf. Florence Kerr National Assistant Administrator WPA Mrs. EllenSTwoodward Member National Social Security Board Many of North Carolina's outs landing women will go to Win ston-Salem ?May to attend the Institute on Government to be held by the Women's Division of the Democratic National Com mittee and to hear the National Speakers. Senator Alben Barkley. Manority Leader of the- Senate; Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward. Member of the National Social Security Board; Mrs. Florence Kerr, Na tional Assistant Director WPA; Miss Anne I.aughiin, Kansas State Director NYA; Mrs Thomas !?". McAllister, and Mrs. May Thomp son Evans of the Democratic Na tional Committee. NAZI-FASCIST ARMED PACT AUTOMATIC IN ITS EFFECT Revealed at Rome, However, That Mussolini Consented To Such a Rigid Alliance Only After Hitlfer Promised Peaceful Settlement With Poland; Britain Seeking Aid of Moslem World Homo. May 17.- Premier Beni to Mussolini consented to an "au tomatic offensive and defensive" military alliance with Germany only after Fuehrer Adolf Hitler promised to make every effort to obtain a peaceful settlement of his dispute with Poland, it was re ported reliably tonight. Disclosure that the alliance, which will he signed formally in Berlin next Monday with extrava gant ceremony, will bring I he Ital ian and German armed forces to gether "automatically" in an of fensive as well as a defensive war came' as a sharp surprise to for ei.tyj diplomats, particularly the British. Even after announcement in days ago at Milan that the two to talitarian powers had agreed to convert the lioine-Herliu axis iuto an outright military alliance, many British observers still clung to hopes that the relationship be tween the two dictators had not been changed materially and that an opportunity still might lie found to wean Italy away from Germany. New Menace The revelation, by excellently Informed diplomats that Italy and Germany will light together if either country becomes involved in war, either by its own initiative ' or in defense, gave an entirely new menace to the pact, however. It, goes considerably further than originally was announced at Milan by Ciano and Ribhentrop on May 7, they admitted. The Milan \ annonwement had indicated it wiitf to be primarily a defensive past designed to thwart the Anglo French "Peace Front" against Nazi-Fascist aggression. II Du.ce was understood to have stressed tluU it would !> K.NI.IST KXTIIlti MOSIjKM WOULD London. May 17. ? PrinfO*~MTh ister Neville Chamberlain intima ted today that Great Britain is anxious to weld the Moslem world into a solid bloc giving the Anglo French "Peace Front" the poten tial backing of 21 nations in eith er active or passive roles. These 21 nations, spread across Europe and through the Jsfear Bast, would be as one in opposi tion to any Nazi-Fascist aggres sion and would insure British and French empire communications in the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea. * RKPORT OX AXMAI, slUli SAI.K tOlt CHIPPLED CHILDREX The following report has been furnished the FRANKLIN TIMES: | "The final collections have re cently been made on our yearly campaign to aid cripple children in Franklin County. This year there were eight communities participating in the sale. "Louisburg and vicinity led in the proceeds with a total amount of Thirty-eight Dollars ($38). Mis. H. H. Johnson was chairman of this territory with Mrs. Weldon Egerton, Assistant, and the Junior. Woman's League as a group ren dering much aid. "The next highest amount was raised by Franklinton where Mrs. John Oonella was chairman, and Miss Sara Vann, Assistant. The total amount raised by the Frank linton citizens was Sixteen Dol lars and forty-seven cents ($16.47). "In other communities through out the county seals were sold In the schools and P.T.A. meetings. "The total amount received by the Welfare Department was $89.12. Half of this amount is left in the county to be spent as needed to care for our handicap ped children. The other Forty-four Dollars and fifty -six ($4 4.56) has been sent, to the State Society Headquarters (N. C. League for Crippled Children in Raleigh) ^where, for the most part, the mo ney is used to assist couptles in meeting their demands to hospl- . tallze and rehabilitate crippled ; children. Last year the state sup plemented Franklin County with more funds than we turned over to them from the Raster Seal ] Sale." ' ? ' ? WILLIAM BARROW IN VARSITY GOLF Marion, Alabama, May 15. ? Special ? Capt. J. T. Murfee, head gulf coach, announced today that the following would receive letters on the 1939 Marion Institute Var sity Golf Team: Cadet T. W. Kel ly, Jr., Captain. Columbus, Ga.; Cadet Frasler Craddock, Hum boldt, Tenn.; Edward Lowry, Jr., I Sanatorium. Miss.; and Cadet William Barrow, Jr., Louisburg, X. C. This is the first season that Marlon has put a varsity golf team in the field and with only one senior on the sauad. prospects for the 1930 season is indeed . bright. The Cadet Golfers only played ; three matches splitting their two matches with Selma and losing to Ramsay, of Birmingham. ? ? ? ? GARDEN CLUB MEETS Mrs. E. S. Ford, president, was hostess to a delightful meeting of the Louisburg Garden Club on Thursday afternoon, May 11th at [ her home Which was lovely with its attractive flower arrangements. The program for the afternoon j was in charge of Mrs. M. S. Davis. [Mrs. Sam Meadows led a discus sion concerning the "Planting and Care of Lilies." Mrs. C. M. Wat kins read an article on "Flowers 'and Their Fragrance", after whicli 'Mrs. Stuart Davis gave a paper entitled "Care of Amaryllis and Poinsettias." At the conclusion of the gram, Mrs. Ford served Rus tea and cookies. The meeting was well attended. Good driving is part luck, of coufse, bat you have to take ad vantage of the brajtes. VACATION It I It I, K SCHOOL l.oiiUburj,' Baptist Church, May ?_' : 4 5 A. M. IS. T. l\ at 6:30 P. M. Recorder's Court Tuesday's session of Franklin Recorder's Court was not so ions and tile docket was soon disposed of with several not guilty, some guilty and some continuances. !Johu K, Matthews prosecuted the docket well, in the absence of : Prosecuting Attorney Charles 1*. Green, The docket was as follows: Mattie Lou Thomas, was found not guilty of assault with deadly weapon. < James II. Wiggins was found i not guilty of larceny and receiving. . Kdward Mansion was found not guilty of larceny and receiving. Jeff Webb was found not guilty operating automobile Intoxicated. W. I'. Gilliam plead, guilty to operating car without drivers li cense, judgment suspended upon I payment of costs. Millie Pearce plead guilty to ' unlawful possession of 11011 tax whiskey and did have In his pos | session certain materials for the manufacture of whiskey, given 6 1 months 011 roads, suspended upon 1 payment of $25 fine and costs, and i not violating the liquor laws of I N. C. for period of two years, j The following cases were con I tinned; James O. Mitchell, unlawful J possession of whiskey. I Robert Mills, carrying conceal ed weapons. | Jimmie Young, unlawful pos- 1 | session of whiskey. Henry O. Hill, Jr., operating automobile intoxicated, Jury re quested. Willie McCullers, operating au , tomobile intoxicated, Utah N. Green, operating auto mobile without drivers license.. 1 J. E. Green, permit operation of automobile without drivers II | cense. jf'RANKLINTO.N SENIORS VISIT WORLD FAIR Forty-five members of the sen ior class of the Franklinton High school accompanied by Supt. G. I). Harris, Miss Frances Smith, | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blount, Mr. tValter Byrd, Miss Bertha Futrelle, Mr. John Jenkins, members of 'the faculty, spent a week sight seeing in Washington, D. C., New York City and Philadelphia. The consensus of opinion wag that the trip was both enjoyable and of a high educational value. XNV High school students other than members of the senior class in cluded In the party were: Mary Elizabeth Kearney, Sterling Gil liam, Lee Rowe Etheridge and Jim Sidney Joyner. The party also in cluded Miss Maxine Allen, Miss Katherlne Purnell, Miss Helen Wilder, Miss Dorothy Wilder, Miss Minnie Harris, Miss Janle Blair Cox. Mrs. D. G. Hicks and Mr. Charlie Barrow. PLOW 'KM, UNDER Tallahassee, Fla., May It, ? Forty-four Florida House mem bers ? including several lawyers ? introduced a bill today to "plow under" every third lawyer in Flor ida twice a year, Ita sponsors said the measure was designed to reduce a "surplus of lawyers.". It was made House Bill No. -13 1 9 and referred to the committee on livestock. JAPAN TOLD NO BY SECRETARY HULL WEDNESDAY In Their Attempt To Take Control of International Section at Shanghai; Am erica and Great Britain Land Troops Washington. May 17. ? The Uni ted States tonight refused to meet Japanese demands for revision of land regulations in the Shanghai International Settlement pending "development of more stable con ditions." and simultaneously pre pared to defend, by force if neces sary, American interests in other sections of the war zone. United States Aml)assador Jos eph C..Grew delivered a note to i the foreign office declaring that, in the-opinions of this government, I no satisfactory agreement regard ing the International Settlement could be reached at this time be cause of abnormal conditions brought on by Japan's military in vasion of China. . At the same time, the State De partment revealed that Americau and British naval parties ^ere ordered to land at Kulangsu, Amoy, China, at 6 p. m. (Chinese time) to strengthen British and American naval detachments al ready guarding the Amoy Inter national Settlement. Anglo-American naval action followed landing of Japanese troops in the Amoy International Settlement on the night of May 11. The American cruiser Marblehead and the destroyer Bulmer, and the British cruiser Birmingham and three destroyers, were order ed to stand by in Amoy harbor for any eventuality. The American and British naval parties were ordered ashore fol lowing a joint conference of high officials of those two countries. YOll'H rOXVK.RKXCH Final arrangements have been completed for the conducting of the N. C. Youth Exhibit and Con ference in Raleigh Memorial Au ditorium, Friday and Saturday, i May 19 and 20, it was learned yesterday from Mrs. White, NY A. supervisor for Franklin County. Mrs. White will leave for Ral eigh where a number of article.*' made by the NYA youth in this county will be on display during the two days of tile conference. Exhibits will be open in the Me morial Auditorium from Friday afternoon through Saturday even , ing at 10 o'clock. Besides the exhibits a full pro grain of discussion conferenoe bas been arranged for Saturday, with ! everyone interested invited to at tend the sessions and to partici pate in the open forum discussions ! which are to follow. M.l.W KN.HM I'KKVIKW Qulte a large crowd enjoyed the ' preview of the New York World's Fair given on West Nash Street Saturday by the Barrett Motor fade. although the rain interfered with a full attendance. The en tire show was wonderful. A TRIIU TK > On March 20th. 1939 our belov ed friend and neighbor, Mr. Wil liam Tharrington. left us to enter his eternal rest. In his passing the Gold Sand community lost one of its most valued citizens. Although quiet and unassuming in manner, Mr. Tharrington was always found to be standing on the side of right and Justice. He was ever ipterest | ed in all enterprises that tended to bettr the community In which he lived. Mr. Tharrington was the son of Enoch and Mary Tharrington and was 75 years of age. He was mar 1 ried Nov. 13th, 1889 to Miss Mag gie Hight, and to this union there were born twelve children, ten of whom with his wife survive: J. R.^ i L. O., O. F., J. N., of Louisburg; i W. G., of Rocky Mount; Mrs. O. }M. Limer, Warrenton; H. R., Bunn; B. H. Cary; Mary Bett (Mrs M. E. Watkins) died in 1928 and Holbert Enoch, In 1917. Two chil dren died in Infancy. If Mr. Thar rington had lived until Nov.v13th, 1939 he would have celebrated his golden wedding anniversary. We Bhall miss him in our midst but the rich heritage he left to us I will live on in our hearts. ?A FRIEND. CONTRACTS The Trlpl?-A has announced i the awarding of contracts f"r | 215,192 square miles of neri'l 'photography in 16 NortlV Celt! . ' land Western States, at a cist of | 1476,362. 79. , Fair City Visitor? W atV t-Kit I smell? Farmer ? That's fertlll? -r. mi ??. Fair City Visitor ? For Ismi's I sake? j., Farmer ? Yes. ma'am. I Always try to check Up on yo ;r facts. Even then you will ho j wrong often eaough.