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% APPEMNGS
? Monday Is first Monday.
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. ? Saturday is January 1st.
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? The Board of Education will
meet Monday.
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? The County Commissioners
will meet Monday.
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? Don't forget to write it 1944
after today.
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? The Colored population of
Franklin County will celebrate
the emancipation proclamation
Saturday, by a big parade and
speaking.
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? TRIPLE A NEWS *
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? Ire T. Inscoe, Chairman *
We now have CCC Feed Wheat
in bins, for emergency Feed pur
poses. ' This wheat is to be used
to feed dairy cows, laying hens
and hogs for market not exceed
ing 200 pounds in "weight.
This wheat wjll be sold from
hins each Saturday from 8:00
o'clock A. M. to 5:00 o'clock P.
M.
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SHEARIX-THOM.AS
Miss Irene Tbomas. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas,
of Loufsburg, became the bride
of Richard B. Shearin, of Rocky,
Mount, in a lovely twilight cere
mony Tuesday, December 28, at
5:00, at the home of the bride'sj
parents. The Rev. John Edwards
officiated. Mrs. W. B. Leonard,
cousin of the bride rendered the
nuptial music. There was an al
tar of s^x branched candelabra
holding buring white bridal tap
ers. The background for the al
tar was a large Christmas tree,
lighted. The vows were heard
amid decorations of white bridal
roses and ferns. The bride en-j
tered the room on the arm of the
bridegroom. She wore a gold
dress with brown accessories, her
flowers were bridal roses and
white gardenias.
After the wedding supper the
bridal couple left for Rocky
Mount where he is now employed.
They will be at home on Sunset
Avenue. He is the son of the
late Willie Shearin.
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Mussolini Dead,
Says New Rumor
Madrtft. ? A non-Spanish diplo
matic source said today that
Benito Mdsolini died in a clinic
in Germany 10 days ago as re
BUlt of "old stomach ulcers and
mental derangement."
(The report was received with!
caution in London. Mussolini has
been reported dead on several
previous occasions, but each time
erroneously.)
Mussolini was deposed as Ital
ian premier last July and impris
, pned by his successor. Marshal
Pietro Badoglio. Following Italy's
surrender, Mussolini was rescued
by the Germans and put at fhe
ielm of the Nazi-sponsored "Pas
cist Republican Government" of
German-occupied Italy.
He had not bee* active, howev
er, presumably because of a pro
longed illness.
A best-selling laxative
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
because it's thrifty and
fits most folks needs
BLACK
DRAUGHT
Caution. Us* Only ?? Dtr?d?d
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Miss Betsy Spivey left Sunday
for Witehita, Kan., to visit
friends.
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Mr. G. L. Poole returned the
past week from a business trip
to New York.
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Capt. George Lumpkin left
Sunday for California to resume
his duties.
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Sgt. Sam R. Allen of Burgaw,
spent the holidays with his fath
er. Mr. W. H. Allen,, Sr.
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Misses Erman and Ramona
Dement spent the past week with
relatives in Hopewell, Va.
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Mayor and Mrs. S. B. Berkeley,
of Goldsboro, visited relatives and
friends in Loulsburg during the
holidays.
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David Dickerson. S 2-c, U. S. N.,
spent Christmas holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G.
Dickerson.
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Miss Margaret Southwick, of
Greensboro, was the holiday guest
of Misses Betsy Cobb and Tal
madge Thomas.
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Miss Talmadge Thomas is at
tending the week-end dances in
Greensboro, guest of Miss Mar
garet 'Southwick.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Spencerl
and son, Jimmy Finch, of New-'
port News, Va., visited friends in
Louisburg the past week.
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Lieuts. R. B. Smith, Johnny
Jolinson and David Spivey, of
Camp Butner, were holidays
guests of Mrs. D. W. Spivey.
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Sgt. John Hodges has returned
to Chanu.te Field, Illinois, after
having spent Christmas with hia
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hod
ges.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Lee and
children, Of Lumberton, spent the
Christmas holidays with Mrs.
Lee's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. j
Bobbitt.
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Dayton Hardwick, U. S. Navy, |
who is attending school at Geor
gia Tech, at Atlanta, Ga., spent'
the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hardwick.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Parrish
and little daughter, Charlotte'
Anne, Miss Josephine and Dor
othy Dement, of Hopewell, Va.,<
spent the Christmas holidays
with their parents near Louisburg.
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Misses Helen Elizabeth Lea and1
Betty Lou Brown, of South Bos-,
ton, Va., and John Murphy and'
Hugh Carter Holt, of Halifax, Va..
visited Mrs. C. W. Lea and Mrs.
W. E. Collier, Jr., during the!
holidays.
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Pfc. Jennings Mackeral Bryan;
and bride returned this weekj
from their bridal tour. Pfc. I
Bryan returned to State College
where he is taking Army instruc
tions and Mrs. Bryan will remain
in Louisburg.
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Sgt. and Mrs. Robert L. Camp
bell and Miss Mildred Burnette,
of Norfolk, Va., returned to their
home Sunday after spending
Christmas holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W: L. Bur
nette of Louisburg.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Collier, Sr.
vis'ited their son, W. E. Collier,
Jr., at Western N. C. Sanitorium,
Black Mountain, on Christmas
Day; and report continued im
provement on the part of their
son who has been confined at the
Sanitorium since early last sum
mer.
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S|Sgt. Cary M. Howard, Jr.
has been visiting his family dur
ing the Christmas holidays. Sgt.
Howard has Just been returned
to this country after having ser
ved 21 months with the armed
forces overseas. He is now sta
tioned at Miami, Fla., awaiting
WHICHEVER WINS, WE ALL LOSEI
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reassignment to duty in this coun
try.
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Mr. Reginald W. McFarland,
of Bristol, Tenn.. spent the holi-1
days with his people here.
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Dr. and Mrs. D. T. Smithwick
had as their guests during the
Christmas holidays, their child
ren as follows: O. M. Sm'ithwick
and family, of Greenville, S. C. ;1
D. P. Smithwick and family, of
Fredericksburg, Va.; Mrs. G. W.
McFarland. of Philadelphia, Mrs.
McFarland's entire family are in
the Armed Service. Her husband
is Chaplain at Denver, Col., two
sons overseas, Wilbur, another
son. in the Air Service at Miami.
Fla.
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STATE 8. S. CONVENTION
Plans are well under way for
the state-wide annual Baptist
Sunday School Convention to be
held in the Frst Baptist Church,
High Point, on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, February 1,
2 and 3. 1944, according to an
announcement which has just
been made by L. L. Morgan. Ral-,
eigh, who is secretary of Sunday
School Work for the North Caro
lina Baptist State Convention.
The last such meeting was held
in Greensboro with a large num
ber of delegates present from
every section of the state. This
year an attendance of more than
1.200 is expected from the 2,644
Sunday Schools in the State. As
this mid-winter meeting is the
only state-wide Sunday School
meeting during the year, the
Sunday School Division. is striving
to make of it a uoteworth assem
bly.
Among the featured speaker
will be: Dr. W. R. White. Edi
torial Secretary of the Baptist
Sunday School Board, Nashville,
Tennessee; Dr. C. J. Allen, Asso
ciate Editor of the Sunday School
Board, Nashville. Tennessee; Dr. |
Ralph A. Herring. President of
the Baptist State Convention and
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Winston-Salem; Dr. Sankey Blan
ton, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Wilmington; Dr. F. Or
ion Mixon. pastor of the Taber
nacle Baptist Church, Raleigh,
and Mr. M. A. Huggins. Raleigh,
State. Mission Secretary for North
Carolina Baptists.
Other speakers and conference
leaders will be: Mr. J. A. Ed
munds, Mr. Wm. P. Phillips, Mr.
Sibley C. Burnette, Mr. Herman
King. Mr. Phillip Harris. Miss
Mary Alice Biby, Miss Blanche
Llnthicum, Miss Pauline Hargis,
Mrs. R. H. Jones, and Miss Flor
ida Waite. all of Nashville. Ten
nessee, and Mrs. George Miller,
Norfolk, Virginia. Mrs. C. S.
Hodge. Music Director of the
First Baptist Church. Greensboro,
and Miss Mildred Thomas. Music
Director of the West Durham
Baptist Church, will have charge
of the music.
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CLAUDE FILER VS.
ADOLF HITLER
Der Fuerher probably has nev
er beard OF Claude Filer of
Chippewa County, Michigan, U.
S. A. But of one thing we can
be sure, Adolf has heard FROM
him.
Claude is no heroic pilot of an
American Liberator bomber nor
a brave gunner on a destroyer in
the cold, submarine-infected At
lantic.
. He is just an ordinary citizen
sodier with a saw and axe for his
only weapons.
Yet Hitler, and Tojo, too, have
felt the might of Claude's axe
just as surely as though he
brought it down on their uneasy
necks.
Claude Filer is a pulpwood cut
ter up near Saut Ste. Marie, who
in an average 10-hour day can
cut down 50 trees and then cut
those trees into five cords, or
more, of pulpwood.
The cords of pulpwood that
Claude Filer cut on a balmy day
last June may be in the bomb
that drops on Berlin tomorrow.
There is nothing fabulous about
Claude. He Just saws wood. 10
hours a day. six days a week.
Yet. in this manner, he is saw
ing away at the vitals of Hitler
and Tojo.
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Army Doctor ? Have you any
physical defects?
Selectee ? Yes. sir. No guts.
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Too many parents tell their
children to be good, but tail to
set them a good example.
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With all the war jobs, it's eas
ier to make money first than ta
make it last.
Ration Coupons
LMN?Q
For Meats, Fats
Expire after Jan. 1
D E F for Canned
Food, Etc., Expire
Jan 20th
FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY
!X* BLACK EVE PEAS : rb, 29'
Salt Mackerel
FILLETS Jgc
Sunmaid Seedless
RAISINS 1*c
15 oz. Pkg
Way-Pack
Sweet Mixed yic
PICKLE, Qt. Jar
Gibb's
1 lb. can PORK lAc
& BEANS.. 1U
"Pocahontas"
Fresh Green
BLACK EYE- "lie
PEAS, No. 2 can ?
April Showers
EARLY JUNE
PEAS ^ 15?
5 lb. Jar Colonial
MOLASSES
50c
Large Fancy Salt
ROE HERRINGS, lb, 28c
Nestle 's
Condensed Milk, 14 oz. can . 17c
Luxury MACARONI &
Spaghetti, 2 - 6 oz. pkgs. ... 9c
No. 10 can Armour's
SAUSAGE IN OIL $1.50
7 oz. Jar Dromedary
PIMIENTOS 20c
No. 2 can Delmonte
ASPARAGUS SPEARS . . 44c
Staley's
WAFFLE SYRUP 2 IV
24 oz. Bottle
Aunt Jemima
PANCAKE FLOUR
Package
15
Shipment Canned Fruit Expected
PEARS - PEACHES - FRUIT COCKTAIL
Premier Golden
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No. 2 can
CREAM STYLE CORN JQc
Green Giant
PEAS No. 2 can 19?
6. W. MURPHY 8 SON
"Your Complete Food Market"
WE HAVE ANOTHER LOAD
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HORSES - MULES - MARES
60 head on hand. 40 as good as you will find inNorth Carolina, 20 as sorry as you will find in
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^ We can please you in any type of te am and will CHEAT you right. We
take notes or cash (mostly notes) and anything you buy is guaranteed
as represented.
W. FORD,