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NUMBER 16
SMITH MAKES WON
DERFUL ADDRESS
At Memorial ' Services In
Court House Sunday
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
AND U. S. FLAGS
Judge Hobgood Welcomes
Large Number Present;
? Mr. E. H. Malone Presents
Speaker; Franklin ton
Quartette Furnishes Spec
ial Music; Mrs. James B.
King Recites "Young Fel
low My Lad"; Jambes
Post Cup and Prizes De
livered to Winners; Com
mittees Decorate Graves |
Keeping alive the memory of
those who gave their lives that
our United States might be and
remain .free, Independent, and
democratic, the Franklin County
Memorial Association held servic
es on Sunday afternoon, May 28,
at 2:30 o'clock in the auditorium
of the Franklin ; County Court
House in Louisburg. The speaker
for this occasion was Mr. Willis
Smith, of Raleigh, who delivered
a most interesting and inspiring
address.
What is Memorial Day or Deco
ration Day as it is sometimes call
ed? Why do people all over our
land celebrate ih quiet thankful
ness on this designated day? Thus
began the speaker getting at the
"cause" for the existence of such
an occasion. It is a day for "re
membering" the acts o? heroism
performed by our soldier dead.
Why these acts of heroism?
Here, Mr. Smith swung his
hearers "back to the beginning of
history with the statement "Hu
mankind has been about the same
through all the ages." It has had
to battle with such things as love,
hate, jealousy, greed, pity. etc.
And although civilization has ten
ded to smooth the rough edge9,
these still exist to harass man
kind. These brought about condi
tions that ih turn called for the
acts of heroism which we, citizens
of today, celebrate on Memorial
Day.
Beginning with the recall or the
acts of heroism performed at Roa
noke Island In the very beginning
of the history of our land, Mr.
Smitl, ably reviewed in a concise
and gfaphlc way the outstanding
periods and occasions when our
ancestors were called upon be
cause of strife and conflict to per
form acts of heroism. In quick
succession were mentioned the
story of the Pilgrims, our conflict
with the mother country, the War
of 1812, the Mexican War, the
Civil War, the Spanlsh^Amerlcan
War, and the great World War.
After each of these conflicts
mentioned our people thought
"now we are at last free and can
have peace" but something else
happened to create war again and
each time ' when these United
States of ours were endangered
" our men and women rallied to its
call.
After the last great conflict in
which our country took part, our
President, Woodrow Wilson, was
obscessed with a great plan.
Thinking that perhaps the people
of the world had at last realized
the folly of war he proposed a
League of Nations to preserve the
peace of the world. We know how
our government, grateful as It
was, for the sacrifices that had
been made by its citizens, had
bodies of loved ones brought back
to rest In the soil of their own
country and later planned the
pilgrimage of mothers, whose
sons had been taken In conflict,
over to the battlefields of Prance.
It has been twenty years, said
the speaker, since this organiza
tion to keep alive the memory of
these boys was begun. We wonder
whether or not we have the ability
now to keep out of war. We hope
we'll be able to protect our na
tional honor without bloodshed,
concluded the speaker, but if we
must tight we will do It with the
glory of those who %ave borne
arms for us injhe past.
To open the program, Prof. I.
D. Moon led the audience In sing
ing one verse of America.
After this Rev. J. O. Phillips.
Pastor ot the Loulsburg Metho
dist Church, said the invocation.
Judge H. H. Hobgood delivered
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HON. WILLIS SMITH
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the address of welcome, saying
that on Memorial Day we meet to
humbly memorialize those who've
passed on, that it is our prayer
and hope that these men and wo
men have not died in vain, that
we have lives "Lest we forget."
Stephen E. Tharrington read
the Roll Call of the Deceased Sol
diers of Franklin County after
which "Tap3" were sounded by
Glenn Beasley.
Two interesting numbers on
the program were a reading
"Ypuug Fellow, My Lad." given
by Mrs. James B. King and a vo
cal selection "Tread Softly" sungj
I by a quartette from Franklinton, I
composed of Mrs. J. A. Cox. Mrs.1
A. B. Allen. R. B. Pearce, and H.
C. Kearney.
E. H. Malone presented the
spaeker, describing him as a loyal
soldier and a most able statesman
and lawyer.
The Jambes Post cup and prizes
were presented by T. K. Stockard.
The cupwas accepted for Frank
linton High School, which claim
ed the first prize winner, by Supt.
G. B. Harris, himself a legionnaire,
who very appropriately stated
that he accepted the cup "as a
trust ? as a symbol of the high
est type of love for God and coun
try." ^ g
Mary Elizabeth Sandling, of
the Franklinton High School, was
recipient of first prize. Mr.,
Stockard announced that this Is
the first time that a legionalre's
daughter has won first prize.
Frances Spivey of the Mills
High School, Loulsburg, won sec
ond prize. Sophia Spivey, older
sister of Frances, was recipient of
first prize.
A. F. Johnson served as master
of ceremonies and, as such, ex
presssd- tor -the group thanks and
appreciations to the speaker Hon.
Willis Smith for the splendid
address, to Supt. W. R. Mills.
President of the Association for
this year and to C. E. Jeffreys,
(Continued on paga elgbt)
Paderewski Tells
U. S. Farewell
New York. ? A lame old man, i
his shoulders weary with the
weight o( 78 years was to sail for
his home-in-exile aboard the
French liner Normandife Tuesday
night, ill and doubtless disappoint
ed.
And so ends probably the last
American concert tour by the'
Polish wizard of the piano. Ignace
Jan Paderewski. a living immortal i
among musicians.
His tour manager, Lawrence j
Fitzgerald, said Tuesday, "I don't
think it will be physically possible
for him to tour again."
While a throng-enchanted with,
the legend of his genius waited
restlessly. .in huge Madison Square
Garden last Thursday night,
Paderewski himself confronted 'the
inevitable. He told his staff that '
his strength was gone.
He acknowledged what may :
well be the end of his career in
spite of a prime Incentive to play
once again: He needed the money, j
Having given one fortune of $2,
700,000 to the recreation of Po
land as an independent nation and
hundreds of thousands more to
other philanthropies, he had re
turned to the land of his first great
financial success to refill his
purse.
Stubbornly staving off illness,
he played 20 of his 25 scheduled
concerts ? a piddling --few when
compared to the 117 he gave on
his first American tour nearly 50
years ago.
In those days, when he was all
but mobbed by an admiring public,
he set box office records. He re
ceived $2,500 for each recital in j
1892 and earned $118,000. a re- 1
cord for instrumentalists up to
that time.
Proceeds of his latest tour were
being computed Monday for in
come tax purposes and, while the
sum. was considerable, it probably
won't meet Paderewski's normally
high expenses for long, a member
of his sta?f indicated.
He lives now in a Swiss villa, a
voluntary exile from Poland, j
which he served as a post-war
premier, and he- also maintains a
vast ranch in California.
ANNOUNCES WEDDING
Invitations hare been issued to ,
out-of-town relatives and friends |
for the wedding of Miss Marie I
Violetious Parker, daughter of
Mrs. Lee V. Parker and the late
Mr. Parker, and Mr. Felix Hill Al
len, Jr., son of Mrs. Felix H. Al
len and the late Mr. Allen. In
vitations will be issued in Louia
burg.
The wedding will take place
Thursday evening, June 22. at
8:30 o'clock in the Saint Paul's
Episcopal Church. A reception for
the families and intimate friends
will be held at the home of the
| bride's mother immediately after
'the ceremony.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
*Mu?solinl plays the same game
as Herr Hitler, but not quite so
skilfully. \
BASE-BALL
?
Tlio liOiiisburg All-Stars will
| play Warden Hugh Wilson's .
Prison team at tl>? Louisburg
I Ball Park , Sunday afternoon.
| The game is called for 3:30.
Cold Waters Hinder Work
Of Salvaging Sunken Sub
Portsmouth. N. H., May 29. ?
Battling the triple threat of tidal
currents, numbing cold and freez
ing air lines, Nary divers tonight
completed the first preparatory
i step of a newly-adopted plan to
carry on the salvage of the sub
marine Squalus in shallow .and
warmer waters.
The plan was forced upon Navy
technicians by the Icy temperatur
es and the forty-fathom depth In
which the Squalus and her-, 26
dead lay 16 miles off this port.
The reaction of Diver William
Badders, a veteran of previous
submarine disasters, decided the
technicians upon a plan which en
tailed moving the sunken vessel
shoreward in three steps with the
aid of huge pontoons.
Acting as a human "guinea pig."'
Badders sat on the Squalus' deck
In the cold water 240 feet below
the surface tor 62 minutes ? It
wouldn't have been possible. Navy
officers said, if he had been expen
ding any energy in working.
"Cold," Badders reported, "so
cold the air line {logged even us
ing helium."
And the technicians adopted
| new tactics.
I
As a sudden northeasterly wind
whipped up unruly seas and (or
ced suspension of diving, arrange
ments were being completed (or
Memorial Day services (or the
Squalus' dead.
Ashore, the 33 men rescued
from the sunken vessel and rela
tives of those 26 who died in the
flooded after compartments arran
ged to attend services In the Ports
mouth Navy Yard auditorium.
At sea, it was planned that the
cruiser Brooklyn, one of the sal
vage fleet, would lire 21 gunp at
noon as the other craft half-mast
ed their ensigns.
All today the_gj)-odd divers o(
the rescue vessel- Falcon dropped
Into the water off the Isles of
Shoals in relays of two men. Their
hands were numbed. They were
forced to fight a six-knot tidal
current. Air lines froxe. even with
the use of helium-oxygen mixture.
This afternoon. Badders went
down, and upon his report, tech
nicians ordered the new proce
dure. The 14-point program orig
inally decided upon will be carried
out, however, after the Squalus Is
shoaled.
STORES TO
CLOSE
Summer Closing Hours Be
gin Wednesday at 1 P. M.
In keeping with an agreement
reached several days ago, the ,
merchants and business men of
Louisburg will begin the observ- '
ance of summer closing hours on
next Wednesday, when all places;
of business will close at 1 o'clock
P. M. for the day. This closing is \
carried out in order to give a mid-j'
week holiday to the proprietors j
and clerks who are soliciting the
hearty support of the buying pub- ,
lie. The public is requested to
bear this time in mind and make J
their purchases before closing j
time.
Special Meeting
C. ofC. Tonight
The Louisburg Chamber of '
Commerce announces a special j
meeting to be held on Friday I
night, June 2nd. at 8:00 o'clock j
in the Court House. Louisburg. ]
N. C.. for the purpose of discuss
ing the question of A NATIONAL I
COTTON COUNCIL !
Today the cotton industry faces
the greatest crisis in its history. ,
These are indisputable facts con
cerning cotton:
The surplus is the largest in
history.
The world price is the lowest
in many years.
World consumption of cotton is
steadily increasing, but consump- 1
tion of American cotton is decreas- 1
ing both at home and abroad.
To date we have attempted to!
solve the problem by reducing cot- 1
toil production ? we have done j
?virtually nothing to solve the
problem by increasing cotton con
sumption.
We MUST increase the con
sumption of American cotton.
We CAN increase the consump
tion of American cotton both at
home and abroad by co-ordinating
and uniting tlje. efforts of the en
tire cotton industry to that end. |
Mrs, Howell Dead
Mrs. M. T. Howell, widow of
the late Mr. M. Thomas Howell.1
died at her home on South Maini
Street early Wednesday night. She I
was 85 years of age and was pre
ceeded to the grave by her hus
band seven years ago. She is sur- ,
vived by two sons Mr. John 8.
Howell and Mr. Arthur Howell, :
and four daughters Mrs. C. M. |
Vaughan. Mrs. J. W. Card, Mrs. D. j
W. Richards. Mrg, H. B. Edwards; j
thirty five grand children and ;
twelve great grand children Mrs.
Howell was a faithful fnember of
Rock Springs Baptist Church and
greatly loved and admired by
those who knew her best.
Funeral services were held from
her home on South Main Street
yesterday afternoon conducted by
Rev. A. Paul Bagby. pastor of the I
Louisburg Baptist Church and in- j
terment was made at the family
burying ground near Rock Springs
Church. Many friends and rela
tives attended each of the services,
and the floral tribute was especial-^
ly large and pretty.
The pallbearers were grandsons
of the deceased and were Clarence
Card, John R Edwards, John L.
Richards. Jesse Richards. Harold
Vaughan. Arthur Leon Howell.
The deceased family has the ,
sympathy of the community.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre begin- j
ning Saturday. June 3rd:
Saturday ? Double Feature ? !
Roy Rogers and Mary Hart In
"Rough Riders Round Up," and
George O'Brien and Ray Whitley
in "Trouble In Sundown." Also
Chap. No. 8 "Lone Ranger Re
turns." ?
Sunday-Monday ? Robert Young
and Annabella (Mrs. Tyrone Pow- ,
er) in "Bridal Suite."
Tuesday ? Bob Hope and Shir
ley Ross In "Some Like It Hot."
Extra! on the Stage, Chamber of
Commerce Beauty Contest.
Wednesday ? Buck Jones and
Helen Twelvetrees In "Unmar
ried." ,
Thursday-Friday ? "Union Pa
cific" starring Barbara 8tanwyck,
Joel McRea, Aklm Tamlroffff and
Rob(. Pre*tori.
LaBt Times Today ? Alice Faye,
Tyrone Power and A1 Jolson in
"Rose of Washington Square."
J*
Louisburg Wins
Over Warrenton
I (A i Golf Match Played at Green
llill Country flub Wednesday
Stretching its winning streak
to five successive victories, the
Green Hill Country Club defeated
the Warrenton Golf Club on Wed
nesday afternoon by a score of
31>/2 to 13 Vj. Although pushed
closely by William Barrow, Jr.,
and Louis Word, Frank Wheless,
Jr. was again low scorer with a 71,
which is one stroke over par.
William Barrow. Jr.. and Louis
Word ran him a close second, with
low scores of 73 each.
Louisburg and Warrenton will
meet again next Wednesday after
noon on the Warrenton course.
The following Wednesday, June
14, Louisburg will play South
Boston, V'a., at South Boston.
Those making points for Green
Hill on Wednesday, were as fol
lows:
Frank Wheless. Jr., 3; Bill
Huggins, Va ; Dr. A. Paul Bagby,
3; Dr. Harry Johnson, 2; William
Barrow. Jr., 3; Arch Wilson, 1;
Louis Word, 3: Edwin Malone 3;
V. E. Owens. 3; Dr. Jlmmie Whe
less, 3; Leonard Henderson,
Dr. Bill Perry. 3; Ernest Thomas.
% ; Buddy Beam. 3.
JUDGE W. L. SMALI. '
DIES AT HIS HOME
Elizabeth City Jurist Was Only 53,
And Had Suffered Stroke of
Paralysis
Elizabeth City. May 27. ? Judge
Waiter L. Small, who retired from
the' Superior Court bem h Febru
ary 1. 1 :> i! 8 . after suffering a
stroke of paralysis. died yesterday.
He was 5 ! years old.
After his retirement. Judge
Small became an emergency judge,
but performed few official acts be
cause of his health. He was ap
pointed to the Superior ^Tourl
bench in 1928. apd was twice re
elected. Previously he had repre
sented Pasquotank County in the
Legislature, and was a district so
licitor. For many years he was a
member of the bar here, and for
med a partnership with former
Governor Ehringhaus.
Judge Small is survived by his
widow and four children.
HOMEMAKEKS TO MEET
The Homemakers class of th?
Baptist Church will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting at the home
of Mrs. D. W. Simmons. Kenmort
Avenue, Friday night, June 2nd
at 8:D0 o'clock. All members and
prospective members' are cordially
TtrVlted.
Navy Works To
Raise Squalus
Prayers Said In Portsmouth
Churches Yesterday For The 2.
Men lA?st In The Tragic Dive;
Efforts To Solve Mystery Al
ready Underway.
Portsmouth. N. H.. May 29. ?
! While a crew of sixty divers con
| tinued their laborious job of pre-^
paring the sunken submarine
Squalus for its trip from a watery
; grave, Commander A. E. Stone.
I navy chaplain, announced today
I that special memorial day servic
es for the 26 victims would be
held tomorrow.
After the regular decoration
day exercises held annually the 33
survivors and relatives of the
Squalus dead will assemble in the
Portsmouth navy yard auditorium.
J Music, the singing of hymns, spe
cial prayers, and benedictions will
be included in the service.
Commander Stone said an office
was being get up in his 'quarters
in conjunction with the Red Cross
so that relatives of the drowned
< men might file claims against the
i government for burial expenses
land pensions. Five or six widows
i already have filed claims.
Relatives in distant cities,
I Stone said, might file their claims
I with their local Red Cross office.
I Salvage Work went on apace to
i day while officials studies written
reports of the survivors on the
fatal dive.
Asserting that each one of the
men rescued with the escape bell
had written hi3 story of the trage
dy Lt.-Conimander Jolm Longstaff
] said "the purpose of these written
I statements is to get a permanent
record of the men's versions of the
disaster early before minor events
are forgotten."
LOUISBURG BAPTIST
CHURCH
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning. June 4. on the subject.
'?Three Things We Need to Know,"
and in the evening on the last of
the Old Testament prodigals,
"Israel." Sunday School is at 9:45
and B.T.U. at 7:15. Evening ser
vices during the-?ummer are at
8 P. M. Everyone (^welcome.
| The Daily Vacation Bible School
! has been postponed for one week.
[On Friday. June 2. at 2:30, HJie
faculty, and pupils will meet for
the purpose of enrolling. There
? will be a parade to advertise the
- school. The school proper opens
? Monday morning.
If we are careful as possible we
I shall still be careless enough.
RENEW VOIR SUBSCRIPTION!
Molotov Rejects Latest
Triple Alliance Program
Russian Premier Gives France and Britain To Under
stand That Soviet Wants Real Defensive Alliance or
None at All; Door Not Closed, However;
Russia and Germany May Talk Trade
Moscow, May 31. ? Premier and
foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
today, in effect. . rejected as they
now stand British and French
proposals for a triple defensive
entente and said there were signs
that Russia and Oermany may re
vive negotiations to Improve their
trade relations.
Foreign diplomats interpreted
the Foreign Minister's reference
to the German negotiations, in
terrupted some time ago, as a
warning to the democracies that
Russia would Insist upon the
strongest kind of pact or none at
all. and. failing In this, was per
fectly willing to pursue Her course
alone.
Nowhere In his 70-minute
speech to the Supreme Soviet out
lining Russia's foreign policy did
Molotov specifically reject or ac
cept the British and French pro
posals, but he made It clear that
Russia, before linking her Red
army of 2.500,000 men to the anti
aggression front, would Insist up
on three provisions:
Three Provision.*
1. The pact must be exclusive 1
defensive.
2. It must guarantee all coun
tries without exception on the
western border of the Soviet Un
ion, and
3. It must he a concrete agree
ment for assistance in the event
of future attacks.
Molotov said that the democra>
tic countries had underestimated
the changes In the world situation
and. while abandonlhg collective
security, had clung to a policy of
appeasement.
"The Soviet government opposes
both these views," he declared.
He added that the Soviet govern
ment never feels any sympathy for
aggression and does not approve
efforts to conceal the true facts
from public opinion.
Referring to Anglo-Soviet nego
tiations, be said:
"In the latest proposals, the
principle of reciprocity is admit
ted. This is a step ahead, but has
several qualifications which may
make it Ineffective.
Htand For Peace
"We stand for peace, but we
must be careful. In England there
Is much thought regarding check
ing aggression. We know the dif
ference between words and acts.
But indifference must be noticed
in England. This in our viewpoint
and we don't have to consult any
body about it.
"In the Italo-German alliance
there Is absolute reciprocity. Are
there any real signs that the dem
ocratic powers want to make a
real effort to check aggression ?
"In several of the early Anglo
French proposals there was no re
ciprocity. They left open other
questions, such as what they would
do if the Soviet's neighbors would
not defend themselves. In the lat
est proposal, however, the prin
ciple of reciprocity is admitted.
"The Soviet Union cannot un
dertake any obligations regarding
countries which Insist apon neu
trality which they cannot defend."
v
Attempts Cross
Atlantic
Thomas Smith's Tiny Plane
Believed to Have Crossed
Atlantic Ocean
Londan, May 30. ? (Tuesday) ?
Officials at London's Croydon air
port early today gave up hope of
sighting Thomas H. Smith, at
tempting a transatlantic flight in
a midget plane, and snapped off
the boundary lights at 2 a. m. (9
p. m. E.S.T. Monday).
Darkening of the field seemed
an admission by the officials that
j they did not expect the young Cal
iforniari to arrive here.
j The flier had been en route from.
| the United States nearly 42 hours,
the extreme limit which he had es
1 ti mated his gas would last.
Reported Over England
I The midget 65 horsepower craft
| had been reported over London
! derry in Northern Ireland, Port
Patrick at Wigtownshire in tha
I extreme southwest of Scotland,
and Saint Bees Head, Cumberland,
northern England, but none of the
reports was official and Identifica
tion of the plane as Smith's was
not certain.
Scores of other reports had been
received by newspapers from per
sons telephoning that they had
seen a tiny plane at various points.
At 12:45 a. m? Smith had been
in the air practically 40 hours and
was believed to be nearing the end
of his fuel supply.
Before taking off at Old Orchard
Beach. Me., at 3:47 a. m., E.S.T.,
Sunday he had estimated his 160
gallons of gasoline would carry
him 36 to 42 hours.
I Officials, newspapermen and
photographei-s kept watch at Croy
don in the hope of giving the 24
lyear old Californian a welcome.
But the crowd that had gathered
iu the afternoon disappeared by
midnight.
Flying a 670-pound, single-en
gined monoplane. Smith attempt
ed to span the Atlantic In the
smallest plane ever taxed with
that assignment since the first
North Atlantic crossing (by stag
es) 20 years ago.
"SImhji- Madness"
Offcia'.s at Croydon openly ex
pressed doubt he would make It.
"To attempt such a flight in an
85-miles-an-hour plane was sheer
i madness," said one.
HOPE FADES
London, May BO.? Hope . for
Thomfts H. Smith and bis "Baby
Clipper" faded tonight to the out
' side chance that he had landed in
some remote part of the British
Isles or was afloat at sea after his
attempt to span the Atlantic in a
flivver-type plane.
Even rumors which (tWWed
Northern Ireland and England yes
terday reporting "a tiny strange
plane" died out as hope for him
dwindled.
Nevertheless, the air ministry
and police and coast guard offic
ials remained puzzled over identi
ty of the small plane which flew
low over Saint Bees Head. Cum
berland. Northwest England, yes
terday evening at about the time
Smith was expected.
"If it was not Smith's plane."
| one police official said, "it is re
! markable that the pilot, whoever
i hd was, has kept silent today."
This pilot circled low over the
I coast guard station and, after his "
position was signalled to him.
1 flew off southward in the direction
| of London. His plane was small
| and gray ? like Smith's.
! SHAW IS SPEEDWAY VICTOR
j Indianapolis Speedway, May 31.
? Floyd Roberts, daring driver of
Van Nuys, Calif., died of injuries
yesterday In a three-car smash-up
as Wilbur Shaw. Indianapolis vet
eran, raced to victory in the 501
mile classic.
Thp race with Its dramatic close
finish, was witnessed by a crowd
estimated at 14S.OOO, largest mid
week crowd in the history of the
event.
Jimmy Snyder, of Chicago, fin
ished second.
Cliff Bergere, of Holly v. ... .1,
Calif., was third.
Seventeen of the original ?
lirg field of 33 cars, survived the
pt'.rishhig grind.
Shaw covered the distance in
4 :"2f 0 : 4 7 : 4 1 to average 115,035
i miles an hour. This Is below the
average of 117.2 last year because
the drivers were slowed down for
1 1 Mi minutes while the track w.is
being cleared of wreckage. Ted
Home, of Los Angeles, came In
fourth and Babe Stapp. of Los An
geles, was fifth.
PHONR 28.1-1
FOB FIR8T CLASS PBIXTIJiQ