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I Mil TIMEf <yfl %SF+ m BOiPi VOLUMN IXXIV $1.50 per year In /. flvance LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1943 (Eight Puges) NUMBER 40 TRIO OF VES SELS LOST W BATTLES Two Downed in South Pa cific, Other Mortally Wounded in Atlantic Fight Washington, Nov. 10. ? Tha Navy revealed today the loss of two destroyers In the South Paci fic and told how a third ? mortal ly wounded after she had sunk two German U-boats in a drama packed Atlantic battle ? was put out of misery by American car rier-based bombing planes. Lost in the Pacific were: The 1500-ton destroyer Henley which was sunk "as the result of a. torpedo Explosion.' The 2100-ton Chevalier, sev erely damaged by the Japs of Vel la Lavella Island in the Solomons the night of October 6. She broke In two and sank after colliding with another destroyer. WUntington Man Saved Sent to the bottom of the At lantic by American bombs after she had fought and won perhaps her greatest fight was the 1190 ton Borie, an old World War four .. stacker. She died in a blaze of glory. Each carried a normal comple ment of 175 to 200 men but the Navy gave no casualty details except to say that all but 27 of the Bories crew were saved and that commanders of all three ves sels were rescued. They are Cmdr. Carlton R. Adams, Wilmington, N. C., of the Henley; U. Cmdr. George R. Wilson of Long Beach, Calif., of the Chevalier, and Lt. Charles H. Hutchlns, Terre Haute, Ind., of the Borie. Wilson was wounded. All Losses Announced In reporting loss of the Henley and the Chevalier, a naval spokes man said, "All U. S. naval vessels sunk In the South and Southwest Pacific have now been announc ed." This squelched exaggerated Japanese claims of American losses in recent battles in the Ka baul-Bougainville area. (Among others, the Japs claim ed they sank four Allied battle ships, two aircraft carriers and two cruisers.) Since Pearl Harbor, the Navy has announced loss of 104 fight ing ships ? including 38 destroy ers?and 23 non-combatant naval vessels. Boy Scouts Court of Honor Troop No. 20 of Louisburg will hold its regular Court of Honor in the Court House, Sunday, No vember 14th, at two-thirty. Louisburg Band has given defi nite assurance to play for this exercise. Mr. C. W. Webb, Scout Execu tive, will be on hand, and as us ual will make some interesting remarks. The public is cordially invited' to attend. Louisburg Band is plenty "hot" ? this alone will be worth hearing. PRICES HOLDING GOOD Prices on the local tobacco market the past week are report ed to be as high and' higher than any time this season and all par ties are delighted at results. The sales have been some off in quan tity but good sized sales have been made each day. Louisburg Warehouses are pre pared to handle all sales brought here promptly and the advahtage of the growers and all are Invited to come to Louisburg. NEW INDUSTRY LOCATES Norris Bros., Inc., of Green ville, S. C., have secured the Joy ner lot on the S. A. L. railroad and will soon install a milling plant to process dogwood and persimmon timber for shipment to the main plant at Greenville, S. C. for fiinishlng into shuttles. The local plant is in charge of Mr. P. P. Hart, who is making all arrangements and purchasing the timber. PROGRAM AT THJ5 LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Nov. 13th: Saturday ? Eddie Dew and Smi ley Burnette In 'Beyond The Last Frontier' and Don 'Red' Barry in 'West Side Kid,' also 'Secret Ser vice in Darkest Africa." Sunday-Monday ? Fred' Astaire Joan Leslie,, Robert Benchley and Freddie Slack and Orchestra In 'The Sky's The Limit.' Tuesday ? 'Ravaged Earth,' al so Chapter 4 'Bat Man.' Wednesday ? Wendy Barrie and Gordon Oliver in 'Follies Girl.' Thursday-Friday ? Betty Orable Oeorge Montgomery and Cesar Romero in 'Coney Island.' Reynolds Not Candidate Junior Senator Formally Announces That He Will Not Seek Reelection Washington, Nov. 8. ? Senator Robert Rice Reynolds, North Carolina's Junior Senator and the South's leading isolationist, to day bowed himself out of public life with the announcement that he would not be a candidate for reelection in 1944, The announcement struck Wsh lngton like a bombshell, for de spite speculation that Reynolds would not run next year, he persistently had maintained that iie would run. His decision was in terpreted immediately as an in dication that isolationism in North Carolina does not pay and that the Senator saw the hand writing on the wall. Only last week he had joined with four other Senators in a small minority of five to oppose the Connally resolution commit ting the United States to a broad policy of cooperation with other nations after the war. The vote for the resolution was 85 to 5. The overwhelming support given the resolution must have been one of the factors in bringing Reynolds to his decision. The field thus is open for the choice of his Successor, with for mer Governor Clyde R. Hoey, a conservative but internationally minded politico, the leading con tender. Another former governor, Cameron Morrison, now Repre sentative from the Tenth District, also is a possibility, but he would say nothing definite. "I probably will not make any definite announcement until late spring," Morrison said. "I never ran for an office except when I knew the people wanted me to run. I can tell better about that in the future." There was no doubt, however, that Morrison, who was defeated by Reynolds in 1932, would run if he had sufficient encourage ment. He has toyed with the idea ever since being elected -to the House a year ago. Reynolds was elected first in 1932 and reelected in 1938. More than two- years ago he married Evelyn Walsh McLea'n, 19-year-old heir of the Hope Dia mond. It was his fifth marriage. COMMISSIONED Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Nov. 8. ? Helen Allen, of Louisburg, N. C., was commissioned a Second Lieu tenant In the Women's Army Corps on Nov. 6, upon completion of the eight weeks ofTlcer train ing course at the Third WAC Training Center, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Lt. Allen has been' trained in military subject? which will en able her to take aver one of the many Army Jobs in which WACs are now serving so efficiently. She is the daughter of Mrs. F. H. Allen, Sr., of 312 N. Main St., Louisburg. o THANKS We yrish to express our sincere thanks to all our friends who were so kind and thoughtful dur ing the recent illness and death of our wife and mother. We shall remember their kindness always. T. E. Joyner and Daughter. UNITED WAR FUND OF FRANKLIN COUNTY The drive for $8,000.00 for the United War Fund in Frank lin County is now going on. The first three days' returns have greatly enheartened the workers. Great, giving Is be ing done by our people in all parts of the county. This week Is all the time to be de voted to thin effort. Look for ward to a report of great re sults in next week's FRANK LIN TIMES. Franklin County la going "Over the Top"! A. PAUL BAGBY, W. B. BARROW, Co-Chairman. APPOINTMENTS REV. F. D. HEDDEN RE TURNS TO LOUISBURG I H. I. Glass Superintendent Raleigh District; Walter Patten President Louis burg College Among the appointments made at the North Carolina Methodist Conference held at Rocky Mount last week and read on Friday were the following : Raleigh District H. I. Glass, District Superin tendent. Apex-Macedonia. J. W. Bradley. Balleyi D. A. Petty. Beson, C. B. Culbreth. Cary, E. M. Hall. Clayton. C. W. Barbee. Creedmore, D. D. Trynham. Dunn-Divine Street, O. W. Dowd. Erwin, J. A. Martin. Four Oaks, J. T. Greene. Frankllnton, S. E. Mercer. Fuquay, E. D. Dodd. Garner, E. B. Craven. Granville, H. H. Cash. Henderson-First Church, H. K. King. City Road-White Memorial, W. B. Gregory. Lillington, W. N. Vaughan. Louisburg, F. D. Hedden. Louisburg Circuit, J. C. Chaf fln. Mamers, J. R. Regan. ' Mlllbrook, H. B. Baum. Moncure, J. E. Sponenberg. Newton Grove, R. L. Hethcock. I Oxford, C. F. Heath. Oxford Circuit, J. L. Smith. Princeton, W. J. Watson. Raleigh-Edenton Street, A. J. Hbbbs. Fairmont, H. M. -McLamb. Hayes Barton, R. L. Jerome. Jenkins Memorial, I. O. Hinson. Trinity, R. G. Dawson. Selma, G. W. Blount. Smithfield, B. H. Houston. Stem, W. B. Royals. Tar River, R. G. L. Edwards. Vance, O. W. Mathison. Zebu Ion-Wendell. C. E. Vale. ) President Louisburg College, [Walter Patten../ 4 Superintendent. Methodist Or phanage, A. S. Barnes. Superintendent, Oxford Orphan age, C. K. Proctor. Religious director State Prison System, L. A. Watts. Chaplain, U. S. Army. L. M. Hall; Chaplain, U. S. Army, M. M. Walters. Student Duke University, C. M. Mitchell. District missionary secretary, |R. L. Jerome. District director of evangelism | R. G. Dawson. Retired: E. H. Davis, C. P. Jerome, E. H. McWorter, J. W. Potter, N. M. Johnson, J. A. Dailey land N. C. Yearby. Other appointment Of interest to our readers were as follows: Halifax, W. F. Walters. West Halifax, R. L. Bame. Littleton, H. L. Davis. Littleton Circuit, D. C. Boone. Nashville, D. M. Sharpe. Norllna, W. T. Phipps. Rocky Mount, Clark St. R. E. L. Moser, First Church, E. L. Hillman. Spring Hope, B. F. Musser. Warren, N. W. Grant. Warrenton, E. R. Clegg. Wilson, H. B. Porter. Duke Memorial, J. C. Glenn. West Durham, W. C. McRae. Durham Circuit, S. J. Starnes. Dukes Chapel, Charles D. White. u CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS FOR SOLDIERS OVERSEAS The War Department advises that Christmas greeting cards (or soldiers overseas must be sent In sealed envelopes and prepaid at the first class rate. The war De partment further urges that such card's be mailed at once, stating that cards mailed now will, ac cording to the Army Postal Ser vice, reach even the most remote A. P. O.'s by December 26. * New Warning Is Issued On Acute Tire Shortage Washington, Nov. 10. ? Rubber ?Director Bradley Dewey warned motorists tonight the tire short age is so acute that new driving restrictions may be invoked un less there Is strict conservation. At the 'same time Sen. Abe Murdock, D., Utah, chairman of a Judiciary subcommittee on cre ation of a Federal automobile pool, demanded the General Ac counting Office investigate use of government cars by administra tion officials. Executive Limousines "Have you," Murdock shouted at S. B. Tulioss, chief of GAO in vestigations; "seen those large government limousines driven by chauffeurs going through Rock Creek Park about the time we go to work? They are detailed to heads of various executive agen cies." Tulioss, who had been called to testify, admitted there were repeated violations of the Presi dential edict against indiscrimi nate use ot Federal cars but ad1 ded that his office doesn't feel it has the right to threaten the vio lators. He favored a bill by Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D., Va., au thorizing a District of Columbia auto pool_ and requiring Federal officials td make, a strict account ing of cars assigned to them. ?o Mr.. J. O. Beasley Dead Mr. Joserih O. Beasley, one of Franklin Cjounty's oldest and most highly; respected citizens, succumbed to a short illness Tuesday morning about 10:30 o'clock at bis home on Church Street. Mr. Beasley was In his 84th year, being born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on July 20th, 1860. He moved from there to Granville County, North Caro lina in early childhood, his par ents settling near Stem. He married Miss Mary E. Jones, al so of near (Kem. About 1890 they moved to Franklin County, .settling near Ingleslde. He soon became recognized as one of the County's most progressive farm ers and active and prominent cit izens. Mr. Beasley was a devo ted husband and father, a most interesting and helpful neighbor, whose friends were numbered by his acquaintances. He was a faithful member of Trinity Meth odist Church and a devoted Ma son, being a member of.John H. Mills Lodge at Epsom. Besides hiB wife the deceased is sulrvived by two daughters, Mr. T. Max Watson, of Forest City, N. C. and Ikjrs. Dwight C. Cross, of Huntersville, N. C., and six sons, Mr. Fisher J. Beasley, of Baltimore, Md., Mr. William Lee Beasley, Mr. John Young Beasley, Mr. Joe Ben Beasley, Mr. Cranford Beasley and Mr. Robert Jones Beasley, of Frank lin County. Funeral services were held from the home on Church Street Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock conducted by Rev. E. D. Dodd, his pastor, assisted by Rev. For rest D. Hedden, pastor of the Loulsburg Methodist Church and interment was made in the fam ily plot at Trinity Church ceme tery with Masonic Honors. Many friends of the family at home and from a distance attended the last sad rites and the floral tribute was especially large and beauti ful speaking quietly a deep love and friendship. The pallbearers were F. M. Fuller, A. W. Person, O. C- Har ris, W. B. Barrow, Dick Hunt, P. S. Foster. ? o "The daring young man on the (lying trapeie" has his counter part in the radio propagandist who lies through the air with the greatest of ease. 1 TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS Those of yon who have not paid up your ar rears to 1943 will please understand that owing to the War effort it is necessary for us to con serve paper so that we can keep printing. Therefore, if you fail to get your paper next week, charge it up to the War effort. We not only feel that it is our duty to cooperate with the Government at War, but we want to keep print ing THE FRANKLIN TIMES without missing an issue. Thanking you for your cooperation, I am Your* truly, A. F. JOHNSON, Editor. RUSSIANS MAK ING ADVANCES Army of Ukraine Recap tures More Than 60 Pla ces And Kills 3,500 Ger mans; Russians Swinging Seige Arc About Kerch in Crimea; Reds Advancing Toward Poland London. Thursday, Nov. 11. ? Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin's First Ukraine Army pressed forward yesterday in a 70-mile arc with Kiev as its hub, killing 3,500 Germans and recapturing more than 60 places in a steady advance that carried it within 38 miles of the last German-held railroad east of the old Polish frontier. The curving Soviet line stretch ed from Ivankov, 44 miles north west of Kiev and 25 miles west of the Dneiper, to GreBenki, 45 miles south of the Ukraine cap ital and only 12 miles from the important rail junction of Belaya Tserkov (White Church. 100 Miles From Poland At its westernmost point, threatening the important Koro sten-Zhitomir-Zhmerlnka railroad linking the German northern and southern fronts, the Soviet arc reached Komarovka, 43 miles west of Kiev and only 100 miles from Poland. In The Crimea, the Moscow broadcast Soviet operational and supplementatory communiques disclosed, the Red Army was swinging a siege arc about the 2,500-year-old town of Kerch, on the eastern tip of the strategic peninsula. Hundreds of Germans died, the midnight war bulletin paid as the Russians drove north west of Kerch, Previous fighting had been centered northeast of the town. Front reports said Soviet tor pedo boats, submarine chasers and naval aircraft were keeping a lane clear across the Kerch- 1 enski Strait from the Caucasus and that new landings were being made. (OWI reported a German I Trans-ocean news agency dispatch saying that Soviet troops had landed "at a third place" in The Crimea r and were involved in "severe fighting" with German and Rumanian units. (OWI also heard a Moscow broadcast reporting that aircraft supported Russian marines re pulsed German tanks thrown against Soviet bridgeheads on the Kerch peninsula. The Germans were forced to retreat, leaving thousands of dead on the battle field, this broadcast said.) Lions Discuss Bureaucrats The Louisburg Lions Club held Its regular meeting at Mrs. Beas- : ley's Tuesday night with 19 mem bers present. Lion Numa Free man had copies of the November ! Braille edition of The Readers Digest which is being distributed! by the Club through the County Welfare Department to the blind in the County. Lion Dr. A. Paul Bagby, Coun ty Co-Chairman of the United War Fund Drive, outlined the campaign now under way and ask ed for the full support of the Club tn raising the $8,000.00 quota allotted to the County. Dr. Bagby stated that $655.00 of that amount would go to the local boy scout troup. The Club went on record' as supporting the Drive 100 per cent. Lion Eagles acting in the ab sence of the Tail Twister fined several members for not wearing the Club button to the meeting, and kept a sharp lookout for any member not addressing another member by his first name. Lions Moon, Bagby and Wood contrib uted to the Club treasury in this manner. Lion Wood was let off with a 19 cent fine, instead of the usual 20 cents, when it was found that that was all the mon ey he had. Lion Moon, Chairman of the Program Committee, led a gen eral discussion on the subject of Bureaucrats in Washington To- ; lay. Various members of the 1 Club Joined in the discussion and many interesting points were ' brought out. The real danger in the present system of bureaucrat- ; Ic control is that entirely too much power is being concentrat- 1 3d in Washington. Too much lo :al authority that should be reg ulated by the individual commu nities is being delegated to Washington. However, ? it was brought out by one member that In spite of the Bureaucrats, we still have the most desirable form jf government on earth. "Bill" Boyce, County Agent, was welcomed into the Club as a new member and Lion Moon was; awarded a key for securing two ' lew members. 1 1 Experience and wisdom are the I best fortune tellers. Hancock Gets New Job FRANK W. HANCOCK Washington, Nov. 9. ? War Food Administrator Marvin Jon es announced today appointment of Frank W. Hancock, of Oxford, N. C., as administrator of the Farm Security Administration. He expects to begin active duty November IB. Hancock, who served in Con- i gress from 1930 to 1938 as rep resentative from the Fifth Dis trict of North Carolina, replaces C. B. Baldwin who resigned re cently to become connected with the State Department in direct ing foreign relief. o Town Commis sioners Hold Meeting The Board of Town Commis sioners met In regular session at 7:30 p. m., Nov. 5. 1943. All members of the Board were_ pres ent. The minutes of previous meet ings were approved by the Board. The monthly reports of the Tax Collector, Town Clerk, and Chief of Police were aproved by the Board. The Board agreed to allow ] Mr. A. W. Perry fifteen dollars | on the cost of the construction of ' a sidewalk in front of his resi- J deuce. The Clerk was instructed to ( write to the Electrical Equipment Company and lind out when theyj: can send a man here to? install ( and repair the volt meters on the , switchboard at the power plant. | The Board authorized' the pur-^ chase of a car load of creosoted'( pine poles, and a water proof Fireman's suit for the Fire De partment. Mr. C. E. Spencer was author ized to attend the Meter School J to be held in Raleigh, Nov. 8th, 1 at the expense of the Town of 1 Louisburg. Mr> Harkins informed the Board that h'e would accept the proposal offered to him at the Board's meeting on Oct. 27, 1943. The Board adopted a resolu- c tion to sell the lot on South Mdin \ Street that was obtained from . Louisburg College, to Mrs. Cor- j nelia H. Richards for the sum of $300.00 in cash money. ^ After approving a number of j invoices the Board adjourned. Mrs. T. E. Joy ner Dead Mrs. T. E. Joyner died at her home near KatesvlUe, on Monday ' morning at 2 o'clock following a 1 long illness. She was 69 years I of age and besides her husband ! is survived by one daughter, Mrs. < W. B. Joyner, of Loulsburg, three < sisters, Mrs. W. S. Holmes, R 2, 1 ftoulsburg, Mrs. H. M. Young, i and Miss Etta Fuller, of Frank- I linton, and two brothers, W. E. I Fuller, of Louisburg, J. H. Fuller, I of Loulsburg, R 1. She was the 1 daughter of the late Joe Fuller. < Mrs. Joyner was a consecrated member of Green Hill Memorial I Methodist Church (Prospect) and 1 was a devoted wife and mother, I and a splendid neighbor, loved ' and respected by all. t The funeral services were con iucted Tuesday afternoon at the 1 home by Revs. A. Paul Bagby 1 and E. H. Davis, and interment 1 was made in' Oaktoood Cemetery. Quite a large number friends of the families attended both ser- t rices and the floral tribute was I "specially pretty and appropriate. ' The pallbearers were her neph- 1 !ws and were Willie Nowell, Bal- ? iy Nowell, Herbert Nowell. Hen- 1 ?y Wiggins, Herbert Fuller, Da- I ris Holmes. ? i o 1 P. T. A. MEETING 1 The P. T. A. will meet Thurs- 1 lay evening, Nov. IS. at eight j'clock in the Mills H\gh School ludltorium. All parents are ur- t ;ed to attend. c Mrs. F. L. O'Neal, Pres. t FRANKLIN SU PERIOR COURT NOVEMBER CIVIL TERM IN SESSION Judge W. C. Harris, of Ral- , eigh, Presiding; No Gases Of Special Importance Before Court At This Term With only a small docket Franklin Superior Court for the trial of civil cases, regular No vember term of two weeks con vened Monday morning with Hon. W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, Judge presiding. The docket contains no cases of special public impor tance and is being disposed of as rapidly as civil processes usually ?llow. Cases as follows have been dis posed of: Sallie P. Montague was granted ei divorce from Garland Monta gue. Savannah Cope was granted a. rerdict returning the land to her ind a rental of $45 a year, but she is to reimburse Geo. A. Whe ess all the taxes paid by him on said land. C. C. "Pearce vs J. P. Moore, 3herifT, upon compromised agree ment a non-suit was taken and :laim and delivery bond was dis charged. Eva Pearce vs John P. Moore. Sheriff, upon a compromised igreement, a non-suit was order 3d and the claim and delivery bond was discharged. A. M. McGhee vs Will Davis, it appearing to the Court that all matters pertaining hereto having jeen amicably settled, the agreed ludgment was ordered entered. Soon after Court opened yes :erday morning Judge Harris is sued the following order: In consideration of the fact liat today, November 11th, 1943 s the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice in the First World War; and the Court jeing of the opinion that the An niversary of such an important and momentous event in the His tory of the whole word should b8 properly and reverently recogniz ;d by every citizen of the United States does hereby order that the Superior Court of Franklin Coun y. now in session, adjourn at 11 >'clock a. m. the purported time >f the signing of said Armistice, or a period of ten minutes, that his great event may be called to he attention of all herein and lut of our respect for the obser vance of the same. Let this order be made a part if the Court proceedings of this lay. W. C. HARRIS, Judge Presiding. Court was still in progress as ?e went to press yesterday and s expected to continue through iext week. BOARD OF STEWARDS MEET The newly elected Board of Itewards of the Methodist Church leld their initial meeting in the larsonage Monday night. M. G. ilurphy presided as chairman. Following a prayer by Dr. Valter Patten the following bua ness was taken up. A budget for the fiscal year be ;inning with November 1st, 1943. mounting to $4,760 was adopt id by the board. It was decided that the noml lating committee composed of 4. C. Murphy,' E. F. Thomas, A. V. Person and Rev. Hedden fould present names to a meet ng of the Board of Stewards to ie held Sunday, Nov. 14th, at 2 i. m. to fill the following offices: Ihairman of the Board, Secretary f the Board, Treasurer an4 Chairman of the Finance Com ilttee. Plans were begun so hat following the 2 o'clock meet ng Sunday, stewards and volun eer helpers would distribute en elopes and secure pledges for he next fiscal year. Rev. Hedden announced that he new Board would' be installed rith short ceremonies following he sermon Sunday, Nov. 14th. 'he, meeting was adjourned with prayer by Rev. Hedden. f.R. AND MRS. TUCKER 1NTERTAIN LIONS CLUB IIRECTORS The officers and director* of he Louisburg Lions Club vera uests of Mr. and Mrs. BUlr 'ucker at a dinner at their home Wednesday night. After a most njoyable dinner a business meet ig was held by the Board of Dl- - ectors. The following Lion* - rere present for the 1. Beam, I. D. V. J. Shearln, i. Lambeth, Alex Eagles, and N. F. To get ktoes, cook ts. If you lie peelings
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