1 MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY VOLUMN LXXIV $1.50 per year In Advance LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 104:1 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 1 HAKE SAURY INCREASE Stops Practice Use of Armory Dr. Burt Appointed Town Health Officer; To Pay Note; Receive Reports; Sell Property; Routine The Board of Town Commis sioners met ip regular Session at 7:30 Friday evening. All members of the ^ard were present except Commissioner W. B.1 Barrow. Minutes ef previous meetings ?were approved by the Board. The monthly reports of the Town Clerk, Tax .Collector. Chief of Police, and Superintendent of the Light and Water Departments were approved by the Board. The Board voted to accept the contract for liquid chlorine which was submitted by the Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc. The Board approved the sale of the Pattie Perry, Est., property in Blacktown to Ida Perry. The Special Committee on thq Airport reported that the promo ters of the Airport had not yet secured a lease on a suitable landing field. A motion was passed by the Board instructing the Town Clerk to pay the balance due on the 6% note which js held by the First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. The Board instructed ttie Tax Collector to authorize the Chief of Police to collect all petty per sonal property and delinquent Poll taxes that are due against coicred tax payers. The Board authorized the fol lowing increase salaries of Town employees; effective as of Feb. 5th, lJMs : C. E. Spencer, Linesman, $5.00 per week. Plant Engineers, $2.50 per ?week. _/T. K. Stockard, Town Clerk, $10.00 per month. E. S. Ford, Jr., Tax Collector, $10.00 per month. "A motion was passed instruct ing the Building Committee to have doors built to the stairways leading "to the Armory Building balcony, in order to prevent peo ple entering the Armory auditor ium from the balcony. The Board also ordered that the Ar mory auditorium be closed to basket ball practices and other games. Dr. S. P. Burt was appointed by the Board to the office of Town Health Officer, by an unanimous vote. After allowing a number of in voices the Board adjourned. o ? Volunteers William T. Person, Jr. left the past week for Miami Beach. Fla.. where he has been assigned for training in 'the Army Air Corps, as an Aviation Cadet. For the past year he has held a responsible position with the Delta Shipbuilding Co., of New Orleans, La., coming hpme last November to volunteer his ser vices to his country. ^While awaiting his call he was empl6y ed by the Roberson Electrical Co. here. ? o ? WILDER-MATTHEWS Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Matthews announce, the marriage of their daughter, Marian Leigh, to Sgt. Marshburn G. Wilder, United States Army, on Thursday, Feb ruary the fourth, nineteen hund red and forty-three, Baptist Church, Bennettsvllle, S. C. Sgt. Wilder is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wilder, of Louisburg. o Allied troops fighting in North Africa are familiar with ration ing of the scarcest commodity there ? water. From private to general, water rations are iden tical. * PROGRAM AT THE , LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Feb. 13th: Saturday ? Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden in "Fighting Buckaroo" and John Loder "Go rilla Man". Also last chapter "King of The Mounties." Sunday-Monday ? Paul Muni (n "Commandos Strike At Dawn." Tuesday ? Alexander Korda's great production "One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing" with Godfrey Tearle and Eric Portman. Also Bill Elliott Serial. Wednesday ? Dick Powwell and Fred Waring an his Pennsylvan lans in "Varsity Show," alsq Su perman cartoon. . * ? Thursday-Friday ? Gene Tler ney and George Montgomery in "China Girl." f. Epsom Evening Class Buy $4,350 In Bonds The prize-giving War Bond campaign, a special feature of the Epsom Evening Class pro gram i& gaining in momentum as the weekly meetings go by. One hundred and twenty-five dollars was pledged in Bonds the first night, fifteen hundred and twen ty-five dollars the second meet ing night, and tWenty-flve hund red the third meeting night whlfch1 was last Monday night, Feb. 8. Other ^purchases beyond the pledges, $200.00. Thus far the class has pur chased or has pledged to pur chase $4,350.00 worth of War Bonds. The buyers have one week to purchase their bid in Bonds and surrender official! proof. The results of the last sale was ten items sold as follows: The first being the object, the second being the donor, the third being the buyer, and the last be ing the bid: 1. One Kelley Ax, C. S. Finch, of Henderson, George Robertson. $175.00. 2. One pair of Hames. Henry Moss, of Henderson, Tollie Smith, $175.00. 3. One Blue Grass Ax, Wat kins Hardware, of Henderson, B. M. Newman, $200.00. 4. One Shirt and Tie, Leggett's of Henderson, Henry Mitchell,! $200.00. - 5. One Bridle, D. T. Dickie, of I Epsom, W. J. Bowen, $225.00. 6. One Horse Collar, C. W. Finch & Son, of Henderson, G. ! W. Eaves, $525.00. 7. One Work Suit, Efird's Dept. Store, of Henderson, G. T. Rob ertson, $200.00. 8. 100 yds. Plant Bed Cloth, Rose Gin & Supply Co., of Hen-! derson. Tollie Smith. $325.00. 9. One Bag Cotton Seed Meal, Blair Tucker, of Louisburg, Tol-i lie Smith, $175.00. 10. One Horse Collai-, Legg-j Parham, of Henderson, G. T. Robertson, $300.00. All prizes were secured by| class members and Mr. R. A. Bartholomew and Mr. W. A. I Rowland have agreed to bring prizes next time. Mr. B. M. Newman also volunteered to fur nish two prizes whlchvwould be auctioneered to ladies only ? noj men allowed to bid. The, topic for study last Mon-| day night was Increased Milk Production, a subject presented by J. T. Griffin, local agriculture teacher; -The subject for next) [time will be Increased Pork Pro-j jduction. The class will meet leach Monday night through [March 22. P. T. A. to Observe Father's Night Special observance to commem orate the 46th anniversary ot the founding of the National Con gress of Parents and Teachers will be hfild Thursday evening, Feb. 18, at 8 o'clock in the Homej Economics room of the Mills High School. This meeting will also be held' in lienor of the Fathers Of the P. T. A. and a very special pro gram witlv the band and a puppet show under the direction of MVs. James King, Miss Vivian Lucas and Miss Helen Smithwick will be presented. Mrs. F. L. O'Neal president of the P. T. A. asked all parents to attend at this special meeting!. o _ W. O. Stone Dead Mr. W. O. (Bud) Stone, one*of Cedar Rock community's bfest known, and respected citizens died early Tuesday morning following several years declining health. He was 81 years of age and is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. H. Ivey, of Pine Tops, and one son, Mr. J. M. Stone, of the home, near Edward Best School. His wife preceeded him to the grave many years ago. Before his health begun to fail Mr. Stone was among his community's most progressive and successful plant ers and public spirited citizens. Funer'al services were held; from the home Wednesday after-: noon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Rex Campbell and Interment was made in the family cemetery nearby. , - Quite A number of relatives and friends were in attendance and the floral tribute was espec ially pretty. O LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH Sunday morning at the 11:00 o'clock service the pastor will speak on "Freedom of Religion." Evening service at 7:30. Church School convenes at 9:45 a. m. Young People's services at 6:45 p. m. You are Welcome 'to these ser vices. ? "?IT! RATION SHOES] Plan Announced Sunday; Rationing Tuesday; Three Pairs per Person a Year WasbingtojtriJeb. .7.? Tl)e gov wamenl Uut'shoes on the ration ing list ttmay. Sales are .prohib ited -?tomorrow and rationing starts Tuesday. The ration is three pairs a year for every man, woman and child, but members of a family may pool" their coupons so that some may buy more if others buy less. The rationing covers all shoes containing any leather and all ru.bber-soled shoes, but not slip pers, soft-soled baby shoes or storm wear such as rubbers and j Arctics. Shoe repair work and second-hand shoes are not ra tioned. At the same time announce ment was made that manufactur ers will be ordered to stop mak ing evening slippers, men's patr ent-leather shoes, two-tone shoes .and many types of special, sports wear in order to make the best use of the leather supply. / In contrast to advance public ity on previous rationing under takings. the shoe order was pro mulgated from, the White House at 2:30 p. m., today without pri or warning' either to the public or business men and went into ef fect a half hour later. When rationed sales start Tuesday, the No. 17 stamp of | sugar-coffee ration books will be! used. Every such stamp will be good for one pair of shoes until June 15, when a new stamp will be designated. Officials said that the nations still has a large stock of shoes and rationing was instil uted to prevent hoarding and to provido as liberal a ration as possible. j Heaviest Buying In New York, Harold VV. Volk', | Dallas. Tex., president of the Na tional Shoe Retailers Association, said in ail interview that ration ing of footwear was necessary because of the heaviest civilian buying in history, coupled with' demands of the various branches of the service. He predicted that there would | be no hardship, since a survey for thg past five years showed that the per capita shoe purchases in this country were 3.7 pairs per! year. He advised, however, that! averages do not hold good every where and that it might run from one pair to six pairs. "In the belief that this order is one of the fairest that could have been prepared to meet the circumstances, I feel it should j get the sincere and wholehearted cooperation of every merchant," Volk said. He added that the organization he heads represents 80 per cent of the retail shoe volume in the United States. There are 200.000 retail shoe outlets in the United States, in cluding general stores and 20,000 shoe stores, Volk added. Several meetings of both re tailer's" and manufacturers with government officials in Washing- 1 ton were held recently, Volk said. j o LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor, Dr. A. Paul Bagby.j will preach Sunday morning on! the subject", "The Green and the Dry"; and in the evening will start a series of sermons on Old Testament saints speaking on Enoch. Every one who will wor ship with us will be given a hear ty welcome. 9:45 a. m. Bible School. 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship. 7:30 p. m. Evening Worship. Rev. T. A. Sikes Dead Charlotte. ? Funeral services j were held Sunday at the First Me-j thodist Church here for the Rev. i Timothy A. Sikes, retired Metbo-I dist minister of Monroe, who died Thursday of a heart attack, at the home St his son, Johnj sikes. at Wrlghtsvllle Beach. Officiating were the Rev.-J. If Armbrust. pastor of Central Me thodist Church of Monroe, and Dr. G. Ray Jordan, Dr. Howard P. Powell and the Rev. W. B. Davis, all Methodist ministers of Charlotte. Buria} was In Elm wood Cemetery here. The Rev. Mr. Sikes, a native of Union County,, was active in the ministry for 39 years, retir ing In 1939. At one time he was business manager of the North Carolina Christian Advocate, Me thodist publication, an office he held ,for seven years. Rev, Sikes was a former pas tor" of the Methodists Churches at both Fran)cIinton and Louis burg. PROMOTED DARREL I,. I'KIUT^ DOl'ULAS M. I'KltltY The above pictures are the; two sous of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert G. Perry, ot 304" N. Main St.. Louisburg. Right is Douglas M. Perry, who volunteered in the Air Corps from Charlotte, N. C. He was sent to Nashville. Tennesse from Charlotte, later trans ferred to Santa Ana, (^alif. for basic training, having made the third highest average7Tn>; in his class and while there was Wing Commander of his Squadron. Douglas has recently been trans ferred to Ontario, Calif, for advanced flying instructions as Avia tion Cadet. Douglas' wife, the former Miss Ruth Edwards, of Los Angeles, Calif, is now living in Los Angeles near her husband. The following item was taken from the Santa Ana, Calif, pa per w ith reference to -Wing Commander, Douglas Perry. "Doug las Perry, along with his staff; cutting a fine figure and strut ting his stuff before his visiting officers in the role of Wing Com mander. The best looking staff in the review." Left is First Lt. Darrel L. Perry, the youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. Perry who volunteered and 'left Louisburg with Battery I! 113tb F. A., when they were first called into service. Darrel was stationed for sometime- in Columbia. South Carolina, being transferred from there to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Spring of 1 !? 4 2 . He was transferred to Camp Maxey. Texas, where he is at present stationed. Lt. Perry was recently commissioned First Lieufi'ii 'ant after being at Car.i;> Mnxey about three and dne-half month: . Lt. Perry is married to the former Miss Peggy Ford, of Lonis burg, who is at present residing in Paris, Texas, near her husband. . i London, Feb. 10. ? In the most widespread raids since the Baltic of Britain. German planes, be lieved to include a new-type ligh ter-bomber, machinegunned 20 towns today, hitting a school, churches, houses, stores and a restaurant; and killing a number of persons and * injuring many others. It was a raid carried out in the latent German fashion ? the big gest buildings in sight were made the targets as they came within view pf the speeding planes. Des pite the wide area covered, the enemy force was believed not to have exceeded 10 planes, three of which were destroyed. Meanwhile, y the RAF was pounding railroad yards at Caen, France. The attacking planes were be- 1 lieved to have' included a new type described only today by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, a heavily armed Messerschmitt, the ME-201A-1, which carried 2,200 pounds of bombs and can be em ployed as a long-range fighter, dive-bomber or ground-strafer. It 1 is a fast ship carrying a crew of three. Moscow, Thursday, Feb. 11. ? Tottering German defenses sag- ' ged back within 22 miles of Khar kov yesterday when Russian forces closing an are of steel on the great Ukranian city captured the towns of Chuguey and Vol chansk, a special Soviet communi- 1 que disclosed today. Thunderbolt Soviet advances wiped but German resistance at two of the strongest outposts at Kharkov and laid open the im- 1 mediate approaches to the indus trial capital of The Ukraine andi one of the mightiest military! strongholds in the area. Slicing in from two directions,! the Russians seized Ctyuguev, 22 h miles southeast of Kharkov on the.' railway to Kupyansk, and Volch-| ansk, 37 mile northeast of the,' threatened city on the Belgorod- 1] Kupyansk line, the special bul-j' letin reported. To the southeast, other Rus-|' sian forces driving westward to- j ^ ward Rostov along the north bank'' of the Don River have reached! ?the Moscow-Rostov railroad line below Novocherkassk, only 20j miles from .the Caucasian gate way city, the Wednesday mid night communique disclosed. j Stiff fighting is in progress and t the enemy is putting up stubborn ,, resistance, the communique said.1 Soviet troops south of Rostov are i deploying along the south bank j of the Don for a frontal sniash , against the north-bank strong- ,< hold. i London, Feb. 10. ? The prom ise of an imminent attack uponji Marshal Erwln Rommel was seen|' in the announcement of General < Sir Harold Alexander in Cairo to- ! day that the BritislI Eighth Army i is rolling forward into Tunisia.-)! while American bombers ;ind new fighter plane teams from their North African bases kept up their heavy assault. "The enemy's forces have been eliminated completely from Egypt from Cyrerlaica, Eibya and Tripo litania and the Eighth Army is advancing," the British Middle East commander told a press con ference in Cairo. General Alexander expressed the opinion that the Mareth Line, 65 miles inside Tunisia and only 40 miles long, could be turned easily by motorized forces sweep ing around its end, but he did not say the line now was under attack. However, he expressed the be lief that Marshal llommel would husband his depleted Italian and Uerman forces behind that system of French fortifications as long as he was not threatened with being cut off. An Advance Base in the South Pacific, Feb. 10. ? A new drive in the South Pacific was" promis ed today following the success of America's first great offensive by land sea and air in the Solomons. A Navy spokesman said that the Japs had been eliminated completely from Guadalcanal Is land after losses of between 30, 000 and 50,000 men, 1,100 planes an(J 72 ships during the last six months in the Solomofis. - "We are going to take offen sive a-ction in which the complete seizure/of Guadalcanal has an Important part," said Captain Myles Browning, chief of staff to Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., commander of the United Pacific. "I am not at liberty to say what." Admiral Halsey congTatuIated Major General Alexander M. Patch, who took command of the Army forces on Guadalcanal when the Marines withdrew. The offensive to retake Guadal canal from the Japs was launch 3d by the Marines last August 7. Since then there have been five ;reat naval battles in the Solo mons. hundreds of air skirmishes ind raids and months of fighting in slimy jungles. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH There will be the early cele bration of the Holy Communion at 8:00 a. m. Church School at 9:45 a. m. This Sunday there will be a Special Service in commemora tion of the thirty-third anniver jary of the Boy Scout movement in the United States. Our local 3cou? Troop will be with us at )ur 11 :6o o'clock service. At this service the churches' 3ervice Flag will be dedicated, rftfrteen per cent of St. Paul's 'ommunicants are In i the Armed Service of oni; country! This sei' rice flag was given bj\ Mr. W. J. Shearin. Red Cross J\ War Drive In order that the Louisburg Chapter of the Red Cross may reach the goal of $3,900.00 set for it in the drive which^ begins March 1,'it will be necpttSary that some large gifts btj/fiad. If we can find five me* who will give| $100.00 each, /fen who will give $50. 00 eacl*^ and fifty who will giye $25.00 each, we can readily ieach/fhe goal. Let each one bo tlUwking the matter over. /"Everyone knows what a great work the Red Cross is doing both at home and abroad, ' The fol- ( lowing letter is but ohe evidence' of it: "American Red Cross: 1 received a sweateu from your chiTfUer and was very glad to j get it. I do not Itnow how toj thank you as the sweater was very nice and I can use it. Please! | thank all the mothers in Louis- J burg as 1 do not know which one | made it, so you can thank them| all. It gets very cold out at seaj and now that I*have that sweater j I won't mind the cold now. I'll have to close now as I have to go back on duty. I remain. MORTIN BRODSKY, U. S. Coast Guard, c|o Lifeboat Station, Atlantic City, N. J. P. S. ? My C. P. O. Just let me] know that he also got a sweater; and to thank you to. I would lappreciate if some of the moth ers and girls of the Red Cross to: write to me. Thanking you. I remain Morton." j Run Over By Wagon? Killed Duties K. ,'Berrell, about six or |7 years old, son of Noel Terrell, [colored, was run over by a wa gon loaded with logs Tuesday af ternoon. near Weldon's Pond, and almost instantly killed. The hoy was running and jumping on the 'wagon, and had been stopped by j the driver, and held by his sister land another child for .the wagon lot get ahead. When turned loose Ahe hoy ran and attempted . j t o get on the wagon between the wheels and missed, the wagon wheel crossing his abdomen. The I wagon was driven by Clarence \ Hayes, colored. Coroner. R. A. Bobbitt and of ficers R. 15. Neal and K. li. Joy ner went to the scene and made a full investigation. Coroner Bob bitt considered the accident was purely unavoidable and ' did -not hold an inquest. u I Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held regular session *>n Tuesday with only a few cases on docket and only one of them tried. The dock let was as. follows: W. B. Privett was found not guilty of carrying concealed weapons. Robert Henry Dunston, assault with deadly weapon, continued. ? Richard Patton, no drivers li cense, continued. A LETTER FROM A CADDY IN SERVICE The members of the Green Hill Country Club will be inter ested in the following letter re ceived this week by W. E. Collier, 'Jr., from a former caddy of their golf course, now in the armed service somewhere in the Warj zone. The letter is from Junior Malone, (Colored), and is as fol-| lows : Jan. 1th 1943 U S Army j Mister Edward Colltpr Juniorj from Junior Malone to 'an oldj boss man dear Mister Collier justi a few lines to let you know that| I thank about old boss men even if i am in the army and a longi way from home tell all the golfj' ers every three pars they get on a round i try to help get six ger mans so tell them to par all of! them and the war is over Bennie Johnson and Spunk Jones and Bull Johnson and Jeanie Perfy is with me but thay cant take it like me i am a soeldred not a| Rooky 1 hope you can play gof as you used to but anyway tell all of thte boys at the golf corse i said take it easy intill we get this boy over here that thank he is bad and that happen to be Ruffe Neck hitler and then i can play more golf and caddie some more and live .In' peace we have a ; crowd that can make any think look like hitlers army dook like a caddies when Mister Ashley ge! mad aftd run them tyf the. golf' cose so'he can't win for the shape he is in so mister i close from j Kalone to Mister Collier JR ^ VICTORY soon American farmers in 1942 pro duced 20 per cent more food than fa 1939, but 13 per cent of it went to the United States armed forces and to our allies. IS A REAL ESTATE BOOM COMING? Babson Continues His Discussion Of Inflation By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., February 12. ? Everyone fs asking what win Happen to business. e m - ploy merits agri culture, the rail roads and other affairs after World- War II. Even an interest is developing In the long-forgot ten stock mar ket. I halve my opinions about all these things; but Of necessity they must be subject to BABSOX change in the light of new con ditions. Hence;, we will not now discuss them. Heal Kstillc Hooms Once A Generation Of one thing I am certain, ? that is we are headed for a much more active real estate market. I will not now forecast_ a real estate boom ? but such 'may oc cur. Moreover, I haven't any land to sell! The only bit of land that I own personally is that upon which my Wellesley, Massachu setts home is located. Stutisiics, however, show that a real estate boom comes once every generation. Biologists fig ure a generation at twenty -one years or more. Thus, the children of every generation must have a fling at real estate themselves. They refuse to listen to their parents' advice. This may even apply to Florida, which had a boom in 1 ;? 2 4 . 1 'j 2 6. This means thai those who are now thirty years of age were only twelve when the Florida boom was on ? that. ifu.. they don't remember it. they, are the ones to start an other land Jjoom. Money Cannot Be Destroyed There is some real logic for a land boom after World War II. I have in mind the tremendous and Unlimited supply of bank de p o s i t s, cashable government bonds and pocket book currency Which will be floating about this countuy. The government spends $250,000 for a bomber which is destroyed, or $2,500,000 for a ship which is sunk; but the money is neither destroyed nor sunk. It remains in banks, bonds or stock ings, although its purchasing power may be destroyed. Someday this money will be spent for something, ht will con tinue to circulate for a long time. During the process, much of it will go into real estate. Buying bonds and paying taxes will post pone inflation; but not prevent It. The money which we pay into the government _ for bonds or taxes is immediately paid out to farmers, wage workers and oth ers, Sooner or later they are go ings to buy something with1 it be fore its purchasing power de nlinoa Homos Arc Good Investments Readers should remember that INFLATION does not necessarily mean that everything will go up in price. Owing to the great sup plyof rubber, aluminum, copper and other raw materials which will be available after the War, it is very possible these will de cline in price. With ten million soldiers returning, there surely will be no wage advances. Owing to the falling off of government business, there will be very sharp competition among manufactur ers for dojne&tic business. This may result in' price cutting. Hence, what will these incom prehensible billions of dollars go into? What will go up in price due to increased buying? In what will people speculate to satisfy their unquenchable instincts? In what will the thrifty invest when they get tired of holding de preciating currency My answer is, "Either land or stocks". Cer tainly, a small, well-located mod ern home with enough land for a garden is a good Investment. How Booms Are Caused Of course, much of this money will go into automobiles, refriger ators, television radios and furni ture of all kinds. Houses will be repaired and repainted. New clothes will be bought and a thousand other channels of trade will cpme to life for awhile. A11 of -tlieSe things are, however, mere chicken feed to what can be spent for land and stocks when a boom is on. Also remember that evon then the money is not de stroyed! The chap you buy the land or stocks from has yQur money and will use tt to buy some more land or stocks. A depression ts caused by everyone wanting to sell. A boom (Continued on Page Bight)