THE COUNTY THE STATE THE UNION riMEj WATCH THE LABEL OS YOUR PAPER Ren?-w Your HobMcription Before Expiration Date To Avoid Missing An Issue. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a YEAR LOUIMBURO, N. CAROLINA lltiltAY, l>E< 'EMBER t. 1939 TO INSTALL XMAS LIGHTS Town Commissioners Hold Mid-Monthly Meeting ? Lets Contract For Oil ? Other Minor Matters The Board of Town Commis sioners met in semi-monthly ses sion, Nov. 24, 1939. Messrs. W. C. Webb, F. H. Allen, R. C. Beck, P. W. Elam, and W. G. Lancas ter being present. Messrs. W. B. Barrow and C. R. Sykes were absent. The Board tabled the proposal of Dr. J. B. gavis to pay 1200.00 j on his taxes, until its next regu lar meeting. The Board directed that the ; -Christmas lights be installed im mediately and that the decora- ; tlons be extended on South Main Street to Gupton's service station. The Clerk was instructed to write to Mr. Warren H. Booker, of the State Board of Health, and request him to provide the Board with plans for a settling basin, and to request advice and assist ance In drawing a WPA Project > for the construction of a settling basin aim ' extensions and Im provements to the water and sew er mains. The Board authorized the WPA I to reopen the drainage work on the streets, that was suspended when the Armory Project was 1 opened. The special tax committee was instructed to go before the Coun ty Commissioners at their next meeting in an effort to secure the consent of the Board of County Commissioners to sell certain property that has been secured by tax foreclosure suits. After considering sealed bids the Board awarded the yearly ; contracts for lubricating oil to the Texas Company, and the con- ! iract for Diesel Kui-l Oil to tin1' Standard Oil C'o. of N. J. The contract for transporting fuel oil was awnrded to S. T. [ Uresham. Wilmington. There being no further Imsi- j ness the meeting adjourned. . j ?tfftS. ROBKRSON PASSES Mrs. C. T. Roberson was strick en seriously ill about 5:40 o'clock Sunday morning. November 26, .it her home near Trinity Church, with a stroke of paralysis which proved fatal at 1:50 o'clock th.it afternoon. She was 47 year* of age and was loved and esteemed by a large number of neighbors and acquaintances. Funeral servlses were conduct- i ed at Rock Spring Baptist Church. Townaville, In Vance County. | Monday afternoon. Nov. 27, with the Pastor, Rev. Morgan and Rev. John Edwards officiating. Inter ment was In the church cemetery. She is survived by her husband, C. T. Roberson, aud eight child ren, Vernon, Marion, ' Annie, Clfcude, Melvin. Nannie Mae, Bry ant and Kdna Olenn Roberson. Two sisters, Mrs. R. J. Richard son, Middlehurg. Mrs. R. L Rob- | t-rson, Dabney; and one brother T. L. Caudle, Clarksville. Va. Pallbearers were: Active ? ' George Wilson, Henry Dickerson, Vernon Ayscue, William Rober son, William Arrington and Wil liam Rigan. Honorary ? C. P. Rogers, T. W. Edwards, D. L. Ayscue, H. A. Faulkner, Thomas Dunn, Hurley Ayscue. J. D. Rob erson, John Jones and John Ays cue. The floral tribute was beautiful, and the funeral services were largely attended. The deepest sympafhy Is exten ded the bereaved family. CARD OP THANKS We wish to express our most sincere thanks to the many friends and relatives who showed their deepest sympathy during the ill ness and death of our dear wife and mother C. T. ROBERSON and Family. Every herd of cattle In the Uni ted States has now been tested for tuberculosis at least once, assur ing the successful completion of ,t program to eradicate bovine TB from the United States. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, Dec. 2nd: Saturday ? Double Feature ? Charlie Starrett in "Strangor From Texaa" and "Te Hlgglns Family in "Covered Trailer" Al so Chapter No. 7 "Dick Tracy'a O-Mem." Sunday ? Robert Taylor, Lew Ayres and Oreer Oarson In "Re , member," Monday-Tuesday ? Blng Crosby, Ned Sparks and Louise Campbell in "The 8tar Maker." Wednesday ? Jed Prouty, Ken Howell and The Jones Family In "Quick Millions." Thursday - Friday ? William Powell and Myrna Loy in "Anotfi er Thin Man." EUROPEAN WAR NEWS These accounts are taken from I the daily paper reports: Moscow, Nor. 28.? Fighting be tween Soviet and Finnish troops was reported tonight from two I frontlen, one on the Arctic and i ? J?h#r ?0rth of Leningrad. I shortly after Rnssla angrily de iioupced her 1932 pact of non-ag gression with Finland. Premier and Foreign Commit* Z X!at?f8lav *? M^fotov. ?cU8: lity ?? H?m ,18.rfu"pr0,0und h08t| lil ,? ? 1 at boss's is freeing herself of the pledge whereby she promised t? Refrain from any at tack on Finland. ' Say Finns "Attacked" ZVZr a,no,,l,s"heei8 u,0. lu": Red Army units in two p ov?ca Ry bachi ? ,jo between the' west of if i D Srednl Peninsulas! S'a-CX; tst'ZnSs cr"""~^rx!rf1s; Reds lir. uk l'act Molotov, in a 20-mlnute conver ?l ou With the Finnish nHnlsulr at the Kremlin beginning at 5 30 Celled "ll? 5h'U Kl'88itt ? im pelled to denounce the non-aa giessiou pact because it has' been1 systematically violated by the ! government of Finland." -j..,'? .8ov{?t decision followed ? Snlih ? l? w,t >'???? ? ail I ? Innlsh troops from the 50-mile '"h/h"1 o'*".1 Ut,"?us border un file Soviets withdrew Soviet rontier forces. The Finnish gov 7?^,'"? reJ,e"'ed " cu the northern frontier occurred ? bout 5 p. m.? a half hour before Molotov announced Rusia's re- 1 pudiatlon of the non-aggression I pact. Momcow'x Version "According to a report of the lieudquarters of the Leningrad .nilitary area on Nov. 28 at 5 p.m. i group of Finnish soldier* notic ed a Soviet patrol moving along the frontier ureu of the isthmus ?letween the peninsulas of Rybachi ind Sredni and opened fire upon it. attempting to capture it. "The Soviet patrol began to withdraw. By action of a group which arrived from the Soviet side the Finns were thrown buck Into their territory. Three Finnish soldiers were taken prisoners dur ing the pursuit and the remainder escaped into the Interior of their territory. The Soviet side suffered no losses. "At 6 p. m. in the area -of Hill 204.2 two Finns fired five rifle shots in the direction of Soviet territory. The Soviet troops did not return the fire." The location of the reported incident Is west of. Kqla Bay, not far from Finland's ice-free port of Petsamo which the Soviets would like to acquire. , _____ London, Nov. 28. ? Prime Min ister Chamberlain told the first war session of Parliament today that Britain did not enter the con flict against Germany "with any vindictive purpose" and disclaim ed any Intention of Imposing upon the foe "a vindictive peace." The Prime Minister spoke after King George opened the session with a speech assuring the British , Empire that the Royal Navy was | keeping "free and open the high ways of the sea" despite moun'. ing lossefto British shipping. Chamberlain declared the Bri tish-French blockade against Ger man exports, to become effective next Monday, would do the least possible injury to neutrals "con sistent with the purpose of stop ping German exports." Worth Sacrifice Cliatnberlaln referred to neu tral protests against the blockade and said that "We recognise these measures may cause inconveni ence and perhaps loss to neutrals" buUthat "these measures for help 'ng bring our efforts to a success ful Isrfue may well be worth some sacrifice on the part of neutrals." ^ ? ******* A PROCLAMATION * Whrriw, increased ton- * * sumption of American cotton * * is of major importance to the - * citizens of this community * * and to 11,000,000 of onr * * neighbors throughout the ' * Cotton HtJtj and * * Whereat, there are avail- * * able in the merchandising es- * * tablisliments of this comiuu- * * nity great numbers of useful 4 * anil practical Christmas gifts * * made in whole or in part of * * American cotton. * * Now, therefore, as mayor * * of the City of IjOuLsbiirg, I do * * hereby proclaim this year's * * Yuletide a . ' ? COTTON CHRISTMAS * * and call upon the citizens of * * this community to join me in * ! ' giving practical emphasis to * * gifts of cotton during the ap- " * proacliing holiday season. * * W. C. WKltB, Mayor. ' The official gazette published the order iu council decreeing the blockade, originally scheduled to become operative today but de ferred to permit neutrals to make adjustments. The latest British loss at sea, meanwhile was the 2,483-ton stea mer Uskmouth which went down with three of her crew of 25 miss ing. The cause of her sinking was not made known definitely. Berlin, Nov. 28. ? A young Nazi commander who took his U-boat , into Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship Royal Oak 011 October 14, has torpedoed and "destroyed" a 10,000-ton cruiser with an estimated loss of TOO lives, Nazis announced tonight. 1 The high command announced , that blond and rogy-cheeked Com mander Guenther Prien returned to the vicinity of his previous dar ing exploit to attack the cruiser in the North Atlantic. Commander Prien 'a new des tructive blow at the British fleet brings to 1.510 the number of lives taken by his torpedoes in two attacks, assuming that 700 perished on the cruiser. His new victim, the announce ment said, was a cruiser of the London type ? either the Shrop shire, Sussex, Devonshire or the London, which carry crews of about <60 officers and men. Helsinki. Wednesday, Nov. 2!>. -Finnish leaders feared early to day that Soviet Russia may at tempt to seize four undefended islands in the (Julf of Finland fol- 1 lowing her denunciation of the Soviet-Finnish pact of non-uppres sion and gunfire along the north ern frontier. The Finnish military district in the far north reported that a Fin- 1 nisli patrol exchanged fire yester day with "unknown persons" near the village of Puumangi oil a small peninsula and that three Finnish soldiers were missing. Invasion Denied The clash was believed to have been the one announced by the Soviet government last night, in which three Finnish soldiers were : said to have been captured after a Finnish attack on Red Army patrol along the frontier between the RybacliJ and Srednl penin sulas. A government statement denied Russia's assertion that Finnish troops' had crossed the Carellan Isthmus frontier yesterday and fired on Russian troops. Military reports from the Care llan isthmus frontier, 20 miles north of Leningrad, failed to con firm Soviet reports of a clash there. It was reported without official confirmation that Finnish troops have fallen back an average of one kilometer (six-tenths of a mile) from the Carelian border. Russia's denunciation of the 1932 pact of non-appression was answered last night by a state ment of a government spokesman that "Finland cannot be intimid ated." Answer Drafted The cabinet of Premier Almo Cajander met until midnight, studying the acute situation and drafting an answer to Russia's denunciation of the treaty, which contained an angry accusation that Finland Is guilty of "hosti lity" and desires to menace Len ingrad. It was said the New Finnish note would be delivered to Moscow sometime' today. Strict orders went out to all Finnish forces along the frontiers to avoid being drawn Into any "Incidents" but to defend to the limit Finnish territory. Experience has taught Sam Owens of the Gloucester nity In Transylvania County that good stands of clover on his farm cannot toe obtained without nn adequate program of liming the soil. Outlook reports of the U. 8. Bureaus of Home Economics and Agricultural Economics indicate that farm families will have high er net incomes in 1940 than In 1939. FOR FIRST OT1A88 FRINTINQ pnONK 28.1-1 European Summary Moscow Soviet radio announces fighting on Rus sian-Finnish border with machine guns and artillery, j in two new "incidents," with two Finns killed and three captured; Russia denounces non-aggression pact with Finland and orders Red Army to "annihilate" Finnish army if further "provocations" occur; Russia reiterates demand that Finnish troops withdraw from frontier and crisis is feared to be drawing to a head. Berlin ? German high command announces that Lieut. Cqmm. Guenther Prien, U-boat commander who j sank the British battleship Royal Oak, has torpedoed and "destroyed" a 10,000-ton British cruiser off the Shetlands, with the possible loss of 700 lives; British planes machine-gun German seaplanes at Borkum, at mouth of Ems River; one attacking plane believed lost. Helsinki ? Finns stiffen resistance to Russia, deny reported border clashes, assert "anything" may hap pen in "most critics^" situation. London ? Prime Minister Chamberlain tells war Par liament Britain plans to impose no "vindictive peace upon Germany"; Britain proclaims Allied blockade on German exports effective Monday; naval authori ties profess ignorance of German claim heavy cruiser torpedoed in North Sea. Paris ? Two German freighters captured by French warships, high command says reports "local" artillery active on Western Front. Amsterdam ? The Netherlands will carry on sea trade despite Allied blockade restrictions. London ? French and British say from 35 to 45 Ger- j man submarines sunk since war's start. Joe C. Joyner, 40, Dies In Hospital Ir.inklin County AIM' < IfTlirr Hml I Set -n III Three Wi'i'kM Funeral Tliesllliy Joe ('. Joyner, 40. Chief AIM' enforcement officer of Fruukllu | County for about 'three years, died in Park View Hospital, ltocky Mount, at 2 p. in., Monday following an Illness of three | Weeks. Mr. Joyner was well known in the county and a popu Inr and efficient officer Surviving are his wife, Mr*. I.ola Cash Joyner; his mother, Mrs. J. H. Joyner; six children, i James. Cecil. Joseph. Kstelle, ; Frances, and Carolyn Joyner, all of Louishurg; three, hrothe/8. William II. Joyner, of Charlotte, and Zollie T. and Percy W. Joy ner, of Louishurg; four sisters. Mrs. Annie Chappell. Mrs. Lucy Cltappcll, Mrs. Kva Thompson, and Mrs. Carrie Murray. Funeral services were held at the home at Itoyal Tuesday at 2 p. in., conducted by the Ke/. Charles H. Howard. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers were C. E. Pace, Dr. W. C. Perry, W. L. Lumpkin, J. P. Moore. Have Duff and J. C. Champion. Both services were largely tt tended nnd the floral tribute was especially pretty. The bereaved family has the deepest sympathy of a largely n'n lier of friends. ANNOUNCE ALLOT MENTS PRIOR TO DECEMBER 9TH # Farm operators having grown cotton in the last five years have . been niniled their 1940 cotton al lotment* announces N. H. Ays- , cue. Chairman County Committee of Franklin County Agricultural j Conservation Association. Mr. Ayscue further advises that allot ments were figured in the State Office and from his observation appear to be figured similar to the way in which they were figured in 1939; and that these allot ments will be the allotments In ef fect under the 1940 Agricultural Adjustment Program to be voted on Saturday, December 9, If car ried. Mr. Ayscue further an nounced that the County and Townships Committees were urg ing all cotton farmers In Frank lin County to go to the polls 'and vote to determine whether or not cotton quota* will be in effect In 1940J He advised that most of the farmers he had talked with had stated that they did not ex pect to overplant their cotton ul lotment as tbey desired to coop erate with the Soil Conservation Program and receive payments offered through the program and the Cotton Adjustment Program it available. If quotas are In ef fect and allotment Is not exceed ed. cotton farmers will be permit ted to market tax free all cotton produced on the allotted acres. However, If the acreage Is exceed ed there will be a penalty of 2c per pound tax to he paid at time cottoa Is marketed If cotton quo tas are vot*d In by two-third ma jority. Barbara (saying her prayers) ? 'And bloSs Daddy and Mother and make them happy ? If they are Sot too old for that soft of thing Weidemann Is Against Bund Think* I'. S. Americans Slioulrl Slum l< Portland. Ore. Adolf Hitler's World War superior. Captain Fritz Wiedemann, believes Ger man- A merlon iih would lie smart to have no tarfl'ic with the llund. Wiedemann. Uerlnan Consul General In San Francisco and of-, leu called the German dictator'!; ace troiihle-shpotcr, was Inter viewed here Saturday. He was en1 route to Ills Han Francisco head- j (liinrterH after visits to consular offices here and in Seattle. The Hund. he said, was based upon the "feuhrer prinzlp" a nd had 110 place in Democratic Am erica. "Their stupid speeches can give us only trouble." he said "Here in America It is wrong !?> no like the Bund." He declined to discuss American neutrality but said he was "hop ing" Americans remained of neu tral nilud. As an old soldier. Wiedemann said he felt iie would like to be ; at the front but admitted that personally he did not like war. He said he hoped some day .the world would be free of war but : remarked pointedly that he had "hoped the san^e thing twenty * years afo." ? | How luiif^ would this war. last? Wiedemann shrugged. "Not too long, I hope." |{e said he liked the West Coast of America and hoped that Hitlsr saw lit to con tinue his San Francisco appoint ment for three or four more | years. SELECTS CASTE (By L. R. Taff) The following cast has been se lected for the group of one let plays which the dramatic club of 1 Loulsburg College Is presenting at an early date In the college itu dltorlum. The tentative date of presentation lit December 7, ac cording to Mil* Virginia Peyatt, director. In the cast of "Betty Behave" In Vivian Cayton, of Klnston, aa Betty, Mavis McOowen, of Green ville, as Ellin, and Dorothy Long, of Engelhard, as Joanotte. In "Manikin and Minikin," a ? bisque play In one act. Clyde Stal- , lings, of Morehead City, takes the part of Manikin, and Rose Malone, of Loulsburg. plays the; part of Minikin. In "Job'a Kinfolks," a play with North Carolina as the setting, | Edith Cridlln, of Woodsdale, plays the part of Kizzle, the ! grandmother; Katherlne Rober son, of Hobgoodt Kate, the moth- 1 er; Melba Chappell, of Tyner, Katherlne, the daughter; Kath leen Winborne, of Woodville, Es tellc, neighbor; and Henry Mur den, of Suffolk, Va., Carl Rogers, a mlllworker, Little George Herman Murphy returned home MoH'day from a hoapiUI I?-Ka1e(gh. where he was under treatment. He was accom panied ~by his mother. Mrs. O. H. Murphy. Little Miss Jean Johnson re turned Tuesday night from a hos pital Id Raleigh, where the has be?n under trnntment for several weeks. 8he was accompanied by her mother, Mrs A P. .Iphnson. * t o v s * ; * ? ; * l iidt-r the sponsorship of * " the Klwanis Club the Louis- * 4 burg Theatre is presenting a * * Toy Matinee Friday, Dec. 1, * * at 10:00 A. M. Admission * * is one new or used toy. The * * toys are to be conditioned by * * the Boy Hcouts and distribu- * * ted to underprivileged child- * * ren at Christmas time. Your ' * cooperation is earnestly re- * j * quested to make this Toy * * matinee a big success. Man- * * after Nhelton states that the * * program will consist of short * * subjects and will feature * * Mickey Mouse, Pppeye, Betty * * Boop, Loouey Tunes, and * * many of your other short sub- ? * Ject favorites. Admission to * * all is one toy and be sure that * * the toys arc In good or a re- * ! * pnirable condition. * * * * | Pisgah Deer Hunt Launched Si-"" Hunter* Take Stands In Forest Asheville.- ? Two hundred and fifty hunters took their stands throughout the Pisgah National Forest today and the sixth annual | deer hunt in the preserve was underway. The hunts will he held daily uu tll Dec. 23. The hunters will ou ter the preserve in groups of 250.' In nil, 2,000 persons will be nl-| lowed- to hunt. Kaoli hunter will be allowed to ; remain in the forest for three days or until lie has killed a deer or a bear. The hunt is held each year tol keep the game population down. ! Last year 677 deer were bagged in the hunt. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court Mi ter having taken holiday (or two weeks to muke room tor rtie Su perior Court, held Its regular ses- ! sion on Tuesday with a rather full docket. Cases were disposed of ;is follows: Klton Bragg was lound not guilty of unlawful possession of | whiskey. Edna Lucille Waller, reckless driving, nolle pros with leave. Alhert It. Mitchell plead guilty to public drunkcnncsk, judgment' suspended upon payment of costs. Henry Hrodie was found guilty of larceny and receiving and giv en Si) days on roads, suspended > upon payment of costs. Paul Bobbin was found gttilly of assault with deadly weapon, and given 4 months on roads. Paul llobhitt plead guilty to violating motor vehicle law, and was given HO days on roads. Paul Bohbltt plead guilty to 1 drunk and disorderly, damage to personal property, and was giv*n 90 days on roads. O. D. Mailings, Jr., plead guilty to careless and reckless driving [ind lined $25 and costs, not to drive car in 12 months. Claude Howden was found guil ty of operating automobile Intoxi cated. and was given 60 days on roads, execution not to Issue up on payment of $50 fine and costs, and not to operate a car i it,, 12 months. Atlas McCoy Harris plead guil ty to violating motor vehicle law, judgment suspended upon saving the County harmless. Zollle Medlin plead nolo con- , tendere to carrying concealed weapons, and was given 60 days on roads, suspended upon pay ment of 150 fine and costs. Roosevelt Alston was found guilty of assault with deadly wea- , pon, and given 60 days on roads, suspended upon payment of $10 fine and cost. In additlop'to a number of con tinuances &4