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NUMBER 4?
COMMUNITY
CHRISTMAS
SUCCESS
Louisburg Chamber of Com
merce Extends Greetings;
79 White Families Given
Cheer in The Distribution
The Community Christmas idea
of spreading cbeer was one of the
most successful plans ever under
taken. The response that the
people of Louisburg and Franklin
County, individually and through
organisations and business firms,
gave was overwhelming In not
only the useful gifts that were
given but the enthusiasm and
spirit in which these things were
given. The true Christmas spirit
was certainly carried out in our
midst this year and the following
figures will show how many fami
lies were benefited:
Louisburg District ? 39 fami
lies, 122 people.
Toungsville ? 5 families.
Frankllnton? 9 families.
Harris ? 6- families.
Pearce ? 4 families.
Bunn ? 7 families.
Gold Sand? 5 families.
Epsom ? 4 families.
A total of 79 white families' be
?ldes all those that were given
their bit of cheer through other
agencies Were remembered and
from the Louisburg center a num
ber of boxes went out for the col
ored needy. Of course it is im
possible to give the full extent of
a Community Christmas idea that
covered our whole county but this
report Is given in appreciation to
the people of Louisburg and
Franklin County for their coop
eration and help.
The Louisburg Chamber of
Commerce wishes for each and
every one of yon a prosperous and
Happy New Year.
LOUISBURG MAN KILL- 1
ED IN ROCKY MOUNT |
YARDS
Funeral services for Ollie W.
Shearin, 23, of near Four Bridges,
who was injured fatally Friday
when struck by a traiu in the
railroad yards at Rocky Mount,
were held Sunday at Ebenezer
Methodist Church near Franklin
ton with the Rev. M. H. Blood
worth and the Rer. E. H. Davis
in charge.
Shearin, a deaf mute, died in
a Rocky Mount hospital of Injur
ies suffered when he was hit by
an engine soon after alighting
from a train. Surviving are his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Shearin; two sisters, Mrs. Willie
May, and Mrs. L. B. Strickland;
and Ave brothers, Plyler, Burnle,
Eugene, Allen Thomas and Rob
ert Lee Shearin. all of near Louls
burg.
Kissing upsets a baby, accord
ing to Dr. Logan Clendenlng. That
all depends on whether the baby
Is sixteen months or sixteen years
old.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURQ THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Dec. 30th:
Saturday ? Double Feature ?
Qene Antry and Smiley Burnette
in "South of The Border" and
Ann Deyorak In "Cafe Hostess"
Alio "Dick Tracy's O-Mon."
Sunday ? Irene Dunne and
Charles Boyer In "When Tomor
row Comes."
8unday Midnight ? George Raft,
Humphrey Bogart, William Hol
den and Jane Bryan In "Invisible
8trlpes."
Monday ? "Invisible Stripes."
Tuesday ? Jane Withers and
Joe R. Brown, Jr., in "High
School."
Wednesday ? Boris Karliff, Ba
sil Rathbone, Bela Lugosl, Lionel
Atwill In "Son of Frankenstein."
Thursday-Friday ? Blng Crosby,
Joan Blondeli and Mlcha Auer in
"Bast Sid* of Heaven."
LOUISBURG MAN
ENDS OWN LIFE
"7**
David Luther Wells Shoots
Self; Funeral Services
Held Tuesday Afternoon
David Luther Wells, 50. was
found shot to death Monday at
the garage of Burgess Lumber
Co., Just south of Louisburg, and
Coroner R. A. Bobbitt said all evi
dence pointed to suicide.
Wells' body wag found by a
son, William David, who was sent
in search of his father when be
failed to appear for Christmas
dinner. The Coroner said his
investigation showed Wells left
his home about 10:30 o'clock,
borrowed a shotgun from a friend
on the pretext of using it on a
hunting trip, and went to the ga
rage. A stick had been used to
Are the gun, the load striking
Wells in the back of the head. He
died instantly.
A nott* discovered later and ad
dressed to his wife gave ill health
as the cause for the act and asked
forgiveness. Surviving Well are
his wife, three sons. Robert L.,
William David and Ernest L.
Wells; two brothers, Arthur and
Walter Wells, both of DeWitt,
Va.; four sisters, Mrs. Maitland,
Miss Lizzie Wells and Mrs. Kosu
Ellis, all of DeWitt; and Mrs. Ma
son Lewis, Of Petersburg, Va.
Wells was a highly respected
citizen, and a most capable lum
ber man, having been connected
with the Colonial Pine Co., for a
long number of years, and went
with the Burgess Lumber Co.,
upon Its purchase of the former
Company. He was one of Louis
burg's splendid citizens and en
Joyed the respect and esteem of
his many acquaintances.
Funeral services were held
from the home on South Main
Street on Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
A. Paul Bagby, and interment
was made at Oakwood cemetery.
Quite a large number attended
both services and the floral tri
bute was especially pretty.
The pallbearers were as fol
fows: Ho'norary ? Clyde Bur
gess. Ernest Jennings, J. K. Av
ery, J. A. Toone, R. G. Person,
C. Hatton, i ? . ? . Hobbs. Active
? J. K. Barrow, of Zebulon, Gra
dy Harris, J. K. Llles, Jesse Moon,
Frank Dennis, W. E. Hall.
The bereaved family has the
deepest sympathy of the entire
community In their sad bereave
ment.
LOST CHRISTMAS
Washington, Dec. 20. ? Lost:
Christmas Day of 1939, by of
ficers and crews of the North
8 tar, flagship of the Byrd Ant
arctic expedition, and the Navy
oiler Trinity. Was dropped
while crossing the International
dateline.
Finder need not return, as
the Christmas decorations, tur
key, gifts and other prereqnls
Itiee of ? celebration were used
np on December 84.
FRANKLINTON NEGRO
jp KILLED BY TRAIN
Frankllnton, Dec. 26. ? Coro
ner R. A. Bobbin laid today a
bearing would be held Wednesday
In the death of Sylvester Rattley,
38-year-old Frankllnton Negro
who was Instantly killed early
Tuesday morning when the car in
which he was riding was struck
by a Seaboard train at a Frank
Unton grade crossing.
George McCrlmmon and anoth
er Negro were seriously Injured
when the train struck the right
side of the car, throwing the ve
hicle off the tracks and against a
telephone pole. McCrlmmon was
driving and evidently failed to ob
serve a crossing stop.
Ernestine Warren. 13-year-old
?-H Club member of the Wln
steadville club In Beaufort Coun
ty, has Just completed a corn pro
ject which netted him a yield of
131 bushels to the acre
European
Summary!
Washington ? President Roose
i volt confers with Protectant* and
Jewish leaders on world peace
drive ; Finnish commission begins ]
negotiations to buy war supplies
in America ; Congress to receive I
a bill to put teeth into the Ameri
can nations' "safety belt" project j
to keep the war away from these [
shores.
Helsinki ? Finnish high com
mand announces Russians are in
retreat in the sector north of l<ake
Ladoga and that repeated assaults
on the Mannerheim Une on the
Karelian Isthmus have been
thrown back with heavy Russian
losses; a Finnish ski corps is re
ported without official confirma
tion to have crossed, into Russia
in an attempt to cut the vital
Leningrad-Murmansk railway.
I'aris ? The I'aris Solr reports
that Russia has given (Jet-many
an Arctic naval base near Mur- 1
mansk from which German I'
boat raids on north Atlantic ship
ping are being carried out and
that the Allies may be compelled
to Intervene in the murniunsk reg
ion.
Western Front ? ("aim.
Rome? Italian press i-eports
Russian troop concentrations on
the border of Afghanistan and cor
responding concentrations of Brit
ish. Afghan and Iranian forces
to meet the threat to Uritish
dominated Near Kast and, even- .
tually, the rich Indian empire. ? I
N ews-Observer.
SUFFERS ATTACK
" !
His many frineds in LouIn
burg ami the State will learn
with much regret that Mr. C.
A. Kagland suffered a paralytic
attack in bin left aide Wednes
day. HIh condition wan not
considered of an immediate Se
rtoli* nature and his early re
covery Is hoped by all.
B1KTH OK A HON
Mr. and Mrs. Julian BrlBCoe
Heron, 4101 Connecticut Ave.,
Washington, D. C., announce the
birth of a son, Julian Briscoe Jr.,
December 17th, at Colombia hos
pital. She was the former Miss
Doris Stronge, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Person.
MA RtiARET L. MOONEY
Funeral services for Margaret
Louise Mooney, Infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Mooney of
Wheeling, W. Va., were held Dec
22, with the Rev. J. O. Phillips,
local Methodist minister, In charge
and burial followed In the Harris
Cemetery, Franklin County. The
baby died In Parkview Hospital.
Rocky Mount, and is survived by
her parents and grandparents.
Mrs. Mooney is the former Miss
Beatrice Young of Louisburg.
MAKRIKD
Miu Ruby Mae White, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. White,
of Bunn, to Wayne Wlnatead, son
?f Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Winstead,
of Louisburg, Monday afternoon,
December 26. At home, noar
Louisburg.
War In Europe has caused ex
ports of farm products from the
United 8tates to be smaller than
they otherwise would have been,
reports the U. B. Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics,
Federal and State research
agencies are renewing attempts
to adapt sheep types to the region
or sections in which they are be
ing produced so as to produce su
perior animals.
A device for detecting spikes
and other metal objecta burled
In logs, frequent cause of serious
sawmill accidents, has been de
veloped by the U. 8. Forest Ser
vice.
When a physician is asked to
give a candid diagnosis he often
deems It beet to give a candid va
riety.
THREE KILLED, SEVEN HURT
IN CHRISTMAS NIGHT CRASH
WRECK AT CITY LIMITS
ON TOWNS VILLE
HIGHWAY
W. S. Richardson Meets In
stant Death And Mrs.
Jndson Knott Dies Later;
Arnold Huber Fatally
" Hurt; Others Serious
*
TliurHday? lAte report m from j
HondeiSon ?ay that Mrs. Kirli- |
ardHon died parly Hint niorn
1"K.
(Henderson Dispatch)
Three persons were killed and
seven others hurt, one of them
critically and several seriously, in
the collision, apparently head-on,
of an automobile and a light pick
up truck at the city limits on the
Townsville highway about nine
o'clock Christmas night, in one of
the most tragic traffic accidents
in the recent history of this sec-,
tion.
William S. Richardson was in
stantly killed and Mrs. Jiulson1
Knott was fatally injured, dying
a few hours later, and Arnold W.
Huber, who whs an occupant ofj
the truck,, died as he was brought'
to Maria Parham hospital, where
ten persons in ull were taken af-i
ter being removed from the |
wreck.
Mrs: Richardson wat iu a criti
cal condition at the hospital this
afternoon, with both knees and
both legs broken, one of thum in
several places and little hope was
held for her recovery. Mr. Knott
was severely injured about one
eye, was thought to have a brok
en thigh and was believed to have
internal injuries.
Ten Figure In W'rwk
Benjamin Knott, son of Mr. and
Mra. Judson Knott, had a broken
leg but is expected to recover,
other injures not being serious.
Henry Duke and Lemuel Ivey. !
who were in the truck, had brok-t
en legs and cuts and bruises, and
Dorsey Williams was badly fcut up. j
William Harris was perhaps least
seriously 'injured of the ten per-;
sons figuring in the crash. He had
only minor cuts, so far as was
learned.
The Richardsons and Knotts
had attended a picture show in.
Henderson and had Just started
home.
Boyx Returning to llrndemon
William Harris said at the hos
pital that he and two companions
had been on a trip to Townsvllle,
and as they were enroute back
home their car broke down sev
eral mile* from Towhsville back
toward Henderson. They were
hitch-hiking back to town with
the driver of the truck. All occu
pants of the truck except Huber
were South Henderson men, In
their early twenties, so far as
could be learned. .
At flrst, only Williams, Duke
and Harris, aside from Huber,
were accounted for at the hospi
tal, but State Highway Patrolman
A. L. Taylor, who was In charge
at the scene of the wreck, said af
terwards, he understood a fifth
man was on the truck but he
could not locate him. At the hos
pital today It was said a man giv
ing the name of Lemuel Ivey, 21,
was admitted there about 3:80 a.
m.. with a broken leg and head
injuries, and he was said by Pa
trolman Taylor this afternoon to .
be the man. Where he was dur
ing the time he was unaccounted
for was not learned.
Poultry Company Truck
Tbe truck that figured In the
wreck was said to be owned by
the Goodwin Poultry * Egg Co.,
Df Raleigh. Mr. Goodwin, the ow
ner, was said to have come here
last night after thfc wreck, and to
have stated that Huber had been
working for htm about two yean.
Huber had asked him to lend Hn
ber the truck over the holidays.
and Goodwin consented.
Goodwin was quoted as saying
Hubew's mother and a brother live
In Denver, Col., and to be people
of modest circumstances. How,
why or when Huber came east was
uot learned. His body was prepar
ed (or burial by a local undertak
ing establishment and taken to
Raleigh (or funeral and burial to
morrow. The youth, about 22, was
understood to have lived with a
family of Hortons at 712 Hins
dale Street, Raleigh.
Hoth Vehicles llarily Damaged
No eye-witnesses to wreck were
interviewed last night or today. '
other than the few of those who
floured In It who were In condi-'
lion to talk, and little was learn-!
ed of the circumstances. The,
Knott car. a Plymouth coach, was
badly damaged, as was the truck,
a Ford
Early arrivals at the sceue
found the motor still running in
the truck, which was lying on Us
right side. The switch was not cut
for some minute* later after all
the injured had been started for
the liOHpital. The Knott car did
not overturn.
Mr. Knot! 'anil Mr. Richardson
were wedged between the front
seat and the dash board, and their
wives were on the floor of the car
in the rear.
All ambulauees of the three
white undertaking firms in the
city answered the call, but all of
the men in the truck were brought
to the hospital in private or po
lice cars, as was Henjamln Knott.
The cars were on opposite sides
of the highway from tliut In which
they were traveling.
Prominent Families
The Richardsons and Knotts all
living a few hundred yards over
the State Hoe in Virginia, are
among the most prominent citi
zens of the Townsville communi
ty. They are widely related, and
after a few minutes following the
wreck and throughout the night
and today there were crowds of
relatives or friends from the
Townsville section and the cltyi
and elsewhere at the hospital i
seeking to learn what they could ,
about the wreck and about the!
condition of those injured.
Joint Funeral Wedno.sdji)
Joint funerals will be held for
Mr. Richardson and Mrs. Knotty
at Rock Spring Baptist church at
1:30 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. and both will be burled in
the church cemetery. Rev. S. L.
Morgan, the pastor, will officiate,
and while there will be separate
active pallbearers, the honorary
p^llbears will be the same. Rev.
T. W. Lee, of Middleburg, pastor
of the Middleburg Methodist
church, will assist, with Rev. E.
Norfleet Gardner, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Henderson,
and Rev C. A. Upchurch, of Ral
eigh.
Was Prominent Farmer
Mr. Richardson was a promin
ent and substantial farmer of the
Townsville community. He was 71
years old and a native of Clarks
vllle, Va. He had lived at his last
residence about thirty years, and
had been a member of Tabernacle
Methodist church near there for
sixty years.
Besides bis widow, who la criti
cally 111 at the hospital of Injuries
In the same wreck. Mr. Richard
son is survived by one brother, T.
J. Richardson, of Townsvllle, and
who Is now ill in a Richmond hos
pital; and a half-brother, Charlie
Richardson, of Rocky Mount.
Active pallbearers for his fun
eral were announced as the fol
lowing: Henry and Hunter Oreen,
Victor Kimball, K. L. Burton,
George P. Tarry, Sr., and nolle
Norwood.
Native of Virginia
Mrs. Knott waa ? native of
Chase City, Va., where she was
born In September, 1899. She
was a daughter of the late Harry
B. Pope, of Virginia, and Mrs.
Helen Pope, also of Virginia, who
survltM, and lives In Knoxvllle.
Tann. Also surviving are her bus
NEW BUS ROUTE
HEARING IS SET
FOR JANUARY 16
Italeigh, Dec. 14 The UU1
I (ties Commission ha* set for
hearing January 16, conflicting
applications of the Atlantic
Greyhound Bum Linn and Car
olina Coach Company for routes
between Raleigh, ijouisburg
and Norlina over routes 5f? and
188.
The Carolina Coach Company
also wants to operate from Ral
eigh to lyonisburg, Warrenton,
Macon, Littleton, Koanoke Ra
pids, Weldou, (iHrjsburg and
Jackson.
HUNDREDS BELIEVED
DEAD IN SEVERE
EARTHQUAKE
Ankara. ? Hundreds were re
ported killed and whole villages
destroyed in an earthquake which
shook northern Anutolla early
Wednesday.
Four shocks were felt in Anka
ra between 2 a. m. and 5 a. m.
Wednesday (between 8 p. m. and
10 p. m. EST. Tuesday.)
Accurate information of the
damage caused was not immedi
ately available because communi
cations were disrupted.
Officials by late afternoon said,
however, that reports indicated a
major catastrophe.
The quake's center . apparently
was along the Black Sea const of
Turkey in Asia.
Heavy damage whs reported at
Ordu. Hamsun. Tokat. Amasla,
Si vii. s and Yozgad.
Thousands were reported to
have abandoned towns for the
fields, fearing additional shocks.
The government and relief
agencies rushed aid to the affect
ed area, which is from 100 to
250 miles east and northeast of
Ankara.
Anatolia has been struck by
earthquakes fre(fuently. On April
18, 1938, In this region there be
gan a series of shocks which last
ed for more than a week and took
a toll of dead and missing estima
ted at more than 800. Scores of
thousands of* homes were razed.
LOUISBURG METHODIST
CHURCH WATCH
night SERVICE
Rev. J. G. Phillips will speak on
the New Year theme next Sunday
morning at ll:00 o'clock. Sunday
night there will be a Watch Night
service, beginning at 10:30 P. M.
The watch night service will take
the place of the usual evening
worship.
This special program is In con
nection with the beginning of
"The Methodist Advance" move
ment in The Methodist ? Church
around the world. In this time
of humanity's great need the
chnrch brings this movement for
the advance of the spiritual work
of the church. Nearly eight mil
lion Methodist will participate, in
many lands around the world.
Those Interested should be pres
ent Sunday morning and Sunday
night to hear the news..
Fewer hogs are being fed to
maturity this year than usual in
Bladen County, since farmers are
killing and salting their pork at
home because of the currently low
market prices for 'hogs. ^
RENEW TOUR SUBSCRIPTION.
band, seriously injured In the
wreck and now In the hospital,
and two sons, Everett Judson
Knott, Jr., and B. Franklin Knott;
also two sisters, Mrs. Roy Depue,
of Knozvllle, Tenn., and Mrs. Carl
Hlnes, of Maryville, Tenn.
She had been a member of Rock
Spring Baptist church twenty
eight years, and was active In the
missionary society, and was wide
ly known In her community.
Active pallbearers for her fun- i
eral will be J. B. Evans, M. O.
Evans, Will Tarry, Charlie Kppa, ?
A. H. Monro and James Tilghman
Wel^pn. ' ' ]
RUSSIA SENDS
NEWJROOPS
With Finnish Karelian Army at
Vlipuri, Dec. 27. ? The Red army
threw Itself in rain again today
against the Finnish Mannerheim
Line as this "Verdun" battle wen^
into its fourth week, jftussian.
losses were heavy.
It was learned here that mor?
than 270,000 fresh Russian troops
? among the Red army's best ?
have been ordered from the in
terior of the Soviet Union to b?
thrown into the Finnish war. They
will comprise three Siberian divi
sions from the Arctic regions, ac
customed to extreme cold, and 12
Caucasian divisions, also accus
tomed to snow and low tempera
tures. Owing to faulty Russian
transport. It may be some time,
however, before their full force*
can be thrown into action,
Cossacks Knter Fray
Reliable reports state that at
least one regiment of Russia's
famed Cossacks already has par
ticipated in an attack, dismount
ing near the front and advancing
on foot.
Soviet casualties rose sharply
today when the Red army tried a
now method of attack.
The Russians, forced .for three
weeks to conduct their campaign
along canalized lines because of
the chain of interlocking lakes, to
day took advantage of several
days of 10 to 16 degrees below
zero weather and sent a mass at
tack against the Finnish left wing
across the ice. , .
But the Finns also had foreseen
the maneuver. ' " , j ?
Their machine guns had a clear
field of fire across the lakes and
their artillery blasted huge holes
In the Ice. to drown whole groups
of Russians.
Russian casualties along a one
mile stretch of Lake Suvanto.
around which the attack ce?t*r?tf.
were reported mounting Into th?
(h/iitannrlfl
l inn." on Sluhw
The Kusslab* sought to break
through on the Finnish left wing
and make the Mannerhelm Line
untenable.
The Finn*. meanwhile, have
outfitted some of their night pa
trols with skates.
Unseen In their white parka*,
they glide silently over the Ice.
harassing the Runeians. The Fin
nish skater* are able to cover
great dlatances at probably the
highest speed ever reached by
"foot" soldiers. Almost every Finn
Is expert in the use of skatea, as
they are with skils, but few of
rhe Russians can use tbem.
The weather last night and to
day aided the Finns. Low clondn
prevented Soviet air Observation
and a resumption of the intensa
bombing activity of tike laat few
bright days. Lower temperature*
promised snow, for which the
Finns are hoping.
RKFKiEK COMMUNITY
UOMBRD BY RU88IANH
Helsinki, Dec. 27.? The Finnish
high command announced tonight
that the Russian Invaders are in
retreat along the eastern frontier
above Lake Ladoga and that a
series of enemy attempts to crack
the Mannerheim Line on the Kare
lian Isthmus had been hurled
back.
Northeast of Lieksa. which Ilea
on the shore of Plellnen Lake
about '110 miles north of Lake
Ladoga the Russians were report
ed In tonight's communique to be
falling back across the border to
ward Klvavaara under pressure of
a strong Finnish attack.
Soviet bombing planes continu
ed their dally aerial bombard
ments extending their forays deep .
Inland aa far as the rsllroa*
terminus of Kemijaerrl Just atoe
the Arctic Circle.
The current trend toward morn
livestock in North Carolina has
hit Yadkin County where regis
tered Guernsey heifers are grow
ing in popularity -as a 4-H Clnb
project.
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