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IrOUISBCRG, K. CAROLINA FRIDAY, JINK 2, 1?44
(Eight Pages)
NUMBER 17
LUMPKIN WINS SENATE
Inscoe Made Close Run Against
Lumpkin For Senate
CHERRY IS NOMINATED
FOR GOVERNOR
Weldon Wins Commissioner Race Against Terrell ?
Hoey Walks Away With Four Opponents For U. S.
Senate ? Ballentine Easy Winner For Lieutenant
Governor ? Other State Officers Nominated to Suc
ceed Themsehres ? Smallest Vote in Franklin in Years
? All Quiet.
In one ot the hardest (ought
campaigns in Franklin County in
many years, with only two local
major contests and one State,
and possibly the smallest vote in
a decade, the primary held on last
Saturday passed off very quietly.
The only local contests to at
tract attention was between Wil
lie Lee Lumpkin and Job. T. In
scoe for the State Senate, and
Joel Z. Terrell and J. Ira Weldon
(or membership on the Board oC
County Commissioners. The only
other local contest was (or Con
stable in Harris township between
Zollle C. Wheeler and Lester
Pearce.
In the race (or the Senate
Willie Lee Lumpkin won over
Jos. T. Inscoe in a vote ot 1824
to 1705. This represented a very
close run as a change ot only 60
votes cast could have changed
the results.
J. Ira Weldon led'his opponent
Joel Z. Terrell by a vote o( 2165
to 1174 and Zollle C. Wheeler led
his opponent (or Constable In
Harris township by a vote ot 171
to 125.
The Gubernatorial contest ran
ked next in interest iir Franklin
to that o( Senatorial, and accord
ing to observers shitted sides sev
eral times during the two weeks
before the primary. This coun
ty went tor McDonald in 1936
with 3129 votes against his next
opponent Graham 1643 and Hoey
776. On Saturday the vote stood
McDonald 1966. Cherry 1502 and
Boyd1 26. In 1936 there were
5653 votes cast while in 1944
there were 3600 cast. This cam
paign was hard (ought by both
opponent and their (riends.
Clyde R. Hoey carried the
county Friday by a vote ot 2610
against his (our opponents, in
cluding Cameron Morrison, in a
combined vote ot 675.
The vote in Saturday's primary
was the smallest since 1930 as
compared with records on file
and possibly many years (urther
back, and1 was possibly the quiet
est held in the county in the same
period, no disturbance being re
ing reported (rom any precinct.
(T|ie tabulated returns (rom
Franklin County will be (ound
on another page.)
Comments on the State election
as taken (rom Monday's News
Observer were as (ollows:
siate
The 1944 Democratic primary
ended so conclusively that most
people (who were not too greatly
interested in It any time) will be
prone to forget it quickly.
But there are features of the
primary and the campaign which
preceded' it that are worth re
membering ? some of them with
pleasure and others with distaste.
One thing is certain. The re
sults of the primary ? in which
R. Gregg Cherry defeated Dr.
Ralph McDonald for Governor by
a margin of 50,000 votes or
more, And former Gov. Clyde R.
Hoey rolled up a plurality In ex
cess of 125,000 over a field of
four. Including Congressman
Cameron Morrison ? were so de
cisive as to not only remove any
question of doubt, but also to re
move much If not all of the bit
terness which might have been
left in the wake of a heated cam
paign.
The intense fight was in the
gubernatorial contest and both
principals took steps In the inter
est of party harmony as soon as
returns became conclusive. Major
Cherry issued a plea for an era
of good feeling, and Dr. McDon
ald went to the headquarters of
the victorious candidate to extend
his congratulations in person.
This spirit of harmony was tn
sharp contrast to the atmosphere
of the week preceding the elec
tion when many observers felt
that both camps had injured
> themselves by onslaughts on the
other, with McDonald unques
tionably the heaviest loser.
The fact that developments of
the final week visibly Increased
public Interest was expected by
most observers to be reflected In
the size of the vote. That did
not happen, and the vote was not
greatly In excess of the 800,000
figure generally accepted as a
minimum estimate, particularly
WINS IN CLOSE RACE
W. li. LUMPKIN
Who was nominated for the'
State Senate In Saturday's prl-|
mary In one of the closest con-j
tests ever had' in Franklin County.
in the event of good weather.
Hoey and Morrison had no ani
mosities to heal over, but they
exchanged messages yesterday,
neither apparently having stayed
up long enough Saturday night :
to hear complete returns.
Votes
With returns of Saturday's pri- ,
mary still incomplete Sunday
night, Indications were that final
official tabulations will find Clyde
R. Hoey more than 125,000 ahead
of Cameron Morrison in the sen- ,
atorlal contest, and R. Oregg (
Cherry more than 50.000 ahead
of Ralph McDonald in the guber
natorial contest.
With 207 precinsts missing, the {
senatorial vote was: Hoey, 196,- (
281; Morrison, 74,842; Ritch, 5,
986; Simmons, 3,191; Newton, !
1,954.
Totals in the gubernatorial
race, with 201 precincts not re
ported: Cherry, 176,087; McDon
ald, 128,401; Boyd, 1,636.
The incomplete returns gave
one-sided majorities to L. Y. Bal
lentlne of Varina. for lieutenant
governor, and to three incumbent
State officials ? Secretary of State
Thad Eure, Treasurer Charles M.
Johnson, and Auditor George
Ross Pou.
Rep. John H. Kerr, of the Sec
ond District, and Dep. John H.
Folger, of the Fifth, were re-nom
inated. A second primary be
tween Joe W. Ervin, Charlotte
attorney, and Hamilton Jones,
Charlotte attorney, appeared like
ly in the Tenth. Erwln had 13,873
votes, to 10,629 for Jones and
4,178 for John C. Stroupe of
Hickory on basis of returns from
170 of 175 precincts.
LOUISBURO BAPTIST CHURCH
In the absence of the pastor,
Rev. E. H. Darts will preach at
the morning service, next San
day. Everyone Is Invited' to this
service.
9:30 a. m. ? Bible School.
11:00 a. m. ? Morning service.
7:15 p. m. ? Vesper service on
the College campus.
LIONS WILL. MEET AT
LUMPKIN'S CABIN
The Loulsburg Lions Club will
hold its next regular meeting,
Wednesday afternoon, June 7,
1944, at Lion Willie Lee Lump
kin's cabin at Mitchlner's Pond.
The Club will be the guest of Lion
Lumpkin at a barbecue and
brunswlck stew at that time.
All members are requested to
be Uiere by 3:00 P. M. for an af
ternoon of fun. The business
meeting of the; Club will be held
at 6:00 P. M. and those who are
unable to be there tor the after
noon are urged to be present at
six. All members will arrange
their own transportation and pool
as many cars as possible in or- 1
der to conserve gaa.
I ? On Pay D?v. Buy War Bonis ? J"
NOMINATED GOVERNOR
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R. GREGG CHERRY
Who was nominated for Gov
ernor in Saturday's primary by
a substantial majority.
Three Drowned
Frankllnton, May 31. ? Three
Franklinton residents, Jesse W. f
Winston and Jln^nUe Winston,
brothers, and Tonunie Highf, a
nephew, were drowned tonight
about 7 o'clock while Msliing
in City Park Lake.
No details were available
immediately, pending an inves
tigation by the Franklin Coun
ty Coroner.
Edgar Mitchell, only witness
to the tragedy, was reported as
saying that the l>oat from
which the men were fishing did
not overturn. He expressed the
opinion that one of the men
fell out of the boat and fluit the
other two also fell out and
were drowned while trying to
help the first victim. ? "
Negro Kills
Constable
Raleigh. May 31. ? Extremely '
dry soil and brush hindered State '
Prison Department bloodhounds '
yesterday as law-enforcement of- '
ficers continued their search for s
James Taylor, middleaged Negro, '
who raped a Negro girl and fa
tally shot J. L. Taylor, constable '
of Wake Forest Township, Tues
day night. 1
The shooting occurred about a
mile south of Wake Forest. Just
off the Raleigh highway, after
Constable Taylor attempted to ar
rest the Negro for raping Alice 1
Virginia Perry, Negro, of near J
Wake Forest. Approaching the ,
scene of the alleged rape, thei
constable was shot twice by the
Negro who fled immediately after:
the shooting. i
Wake County officers, aided by
bloodhounds furnished by the
State Prison Department search
ed the vicinity of the fatal shoot
ing Tuesday night and yesterday,
and the search still was under
way last night.
The Negro at first was identi
fied as George E. Lee, but W. P.
Whitley, head of the city-county
bureau of identification, yesterday
reported that the Negro Is listed'
in bureau files as "James Taylor,
about 45 years of age."
Whitley stated that the Negro
worked for the City Sanitary De
partment here until May 14,
when he was arrested for public
drunkenness. After being finger
printed and photographed, the
Negro put up bond, but he failed
to show up for trial in City Court,
Whitley reported. Since May 17,
the Negro has been employed by
the Seaboard Railway in Neuse.
Escaped Convict
The Negro's record reveals,
Whitley said, that he escaped
last August from the State Prison
in Richmond, Va., where he was
serving a five-year sentence for
housebreaking.
AT CORINTH
The FRANKLIN TIMES Is re
quested to state that In the ab
sence of the pastor the pulpit of
the Corinth Baptist Church will
be occupied by Rer. T. S. Crutch
fleld, of Albemarle, Sunday mor
ning' at 12 o'clock eastern war
time. Mr. Crutchfleld is a man
of much experience, having serv
ed a number of pastorates in this
State, but 18 now retired from
active pastoral work. The en
tire church community will glad
ly hear him.
HOUSE PARTY AT JACKSON'S
LAKE
A number of young people are
enjoying a house party at Jack
son's Lake this week. Those at- '
tending with Mrs. W. Allen Cobb I
as chaperone are: Betsy Cobb, t
Talmadge Thomas, Nancy QriSln, !
Joe Barrow, Jimmy^ Ragland, |
Bobby Andrew* aad "Cheatham
Alston.
I-H
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL
ASSOCIATION
Sunday, June 4th at 2:30, Eastern War Time
Court House, Louisburg, N. C.
Invocation Rer. H. S. CoUey
Star Spangled Banner Audience and Mills High
School Band
Music Mills High School Band
Address of Welcome Stephen Tharrington, President
Franklin County Memorial Association
America the Beautiful Audience
Directed by Mrs. Ralph Mills
&
Report of Nominating Committee and Election
of Officers for 1945 . . . . Capt. Hill Yarborough, Chm.
>4 Nominating Committee
Roll Call of Deceased Veterans Edward Leigh Best
Taps Bobby Andrews
Introduction of Speaker ....... Hon. W. L. Lumpkin
Address Hon, Stanley Winborne
Announcements James E. Malone, 1st Vice President
and Chairman Arrangements. Committee
God Bless America Audience
Directed by Mrs. Ralph Mills
Troop No. 20, Boy Scouts of America, Ushers.
Capt. Hill Yarborough and State Guard, Guard of Honor.
Chairmen of Township Committees are urged to attend
the meeting, get flags for the graves In their respective dis- J
trlcts, and see that someone Is responsible for placing them T
on each grave.
FRANKLIN COUNTY'S FIFTH WAR
LOAN QUOTA FIXED AT $305,000
Chairman Gaither M. Beam an-|
lounces that the i>ver-all quota
'or Franklin Count's Fifth War
Loan Drive has been set at j
5305,000. The "E" Bond quota |
s $178,000. These quotas arei
some smaller than those of the
Fourth War Loan Drive, but j
Chairman Beam says that it wlllj
?equire greater efforts to sell |
.hese bonds because of the sea-:
ton of the year and the fact that
.he schools are all closed.
A chairman for each township
las been appointed as follows:
Dunn No. 1? -O. G. Thompson
ind Miss Nell Stallings.
Dunn No. 2 ? Jarvis Perry.
Harris ? John Morris.
Nazi Propaganda
Turns To Floods,
Scorched Earth
London, May 30. ? German
propagandists today poured out
itories of plans to combat invas
on by flood and fire, of assign
ng flying repair squadrons to
teep bombed communications
.pen, and of salvaging trains
from the scrap heap to keep
supply lines running.
The scheme of scorching the
iiarth ahead of Allied' armies ?
10 include "setting Are to vegeta
tion'. in "extreme emergencies"
? coincided with a fire-fighting
Lalk given the European under
ground in the fifth of a series
if broadcasts by Supreme Allied
headquarters.
A spokesman for Gen. Dwight
D. Elsenhower told the under
ground' to keep its Are-fighting
units ready because the danger of
Bre in the battle zones would be
great, not only from Allied
bombs and artillery but "from
3erman incendiarism."
First Aid, Too.
He also reminded th6m to be
ready with first aid, aince "the
war well may pass quickly and
eave its casualties behind."
German or German-controlled
radios quit their guessing game
)t when the blows would come
from. the West and returned to
Lhe theme that the Nazis were
'fully prepared." as the Trans
jcean propaganda agency put it.
Here are some of the things
:hese propagandists were saying:
An experimental area has beei^
juilt, modeled somewhat on 'the
Dutch-Flemish coast, to deter
mine the best ways to flood
ireas along the Atlantic Wall.
Flying repair squads have
teen set up "in all corners of
German-occupied Europe" to re
pair bomb damage to communi
cations and "trains which were
about to be used as scrap iron
lave been put back into service."
Plant Biloxi. Toklo, or Woods
fellow .soybeans In two foot rows
'or grazing hogs, aays Ellis Ves
tal, Extension swine specialist at
State College. Cultivate twice and
rraze when about 12 inches 'high.
?On P ay Day, Bay War Bonds ?
Youngsville ? J. L. Brown and!
Mr. Timberlake.
Franklinton ? L. W. Henderson.
Hayesville ? J. T. Griffin.
Cedar Rock ? L. H. Dickens.
Gold Mine ? N. H. Griffin.
Sandy Creek ? -J. Z. Terrell.
Cypress Creek ? Arthur Strick
land.
Louisburg ? W. B. Tucker.
Mrs. W. E. White is in charge
of advertising and the business j
men of Franklin County who de
sire to have a part in sponsoring
these advertisements will please
get in touch with Mrs. White
right away so the program can|
be properly arranged.
I
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recirder's Court held
regular session Tuesday and dis
posed of cases as follows:
Jim Duqston, non-support, up
on payment of $10 Into Court for
wife and children and costs, ca
pias continued under former or
der. t I
James Hayes assault with dead
ly weapon with intent to kill,
probable cause was found and
bound over to Superior Court
under $500 bond.
James Hayes, assault with
deadly weapon, found guilty and
given 60 days on roads, suspend- j
ed upon payment of cost includ1-!
ing $6.00.
Chick Murray waB found not
guilty of assault with deadly wea
pon.
Connie O'Neal plead guilty to
unlawful possession of whiskey,
discharged upon papment of $10
One and costs.
Otis Davis was found guilty of
unlawful possession of whiskey,
fined $10 and costs.
The following cases were con
tinued:
Max A. Parrish, speeding.
John Ervin Baker, abandon
ment and non-support.
Irvin B. Gilliam, non-support. J
Joe Danse, no drivers license:
8TONE-BURNETTE
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stone, of
Louisburg, North Carolina, an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Sadie Gray, to William
Dorcas Burnette, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Burnette of LouUburg,
North Carolina. The wedding took
place May 3rd in Louisburg. Mr.
Burnette 1b connected with the
Carplina Trailways Company. The
couple will make their home in
Raleigh.
STONE- WRIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wright, of
Louisburg, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Maurine,
to Ransom Stone, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Stone, of Louisburg.
The wedding took place May 14
at the home of Reverend' E. H.
Davis. The couple are making
their home near Louisburg. Mrj
Stone is engaged Jn farming.
1
i ? On Pay Day, Buy War Bonds ?
R. F. GREEN DEAD
Youngsville. ? Robert F. Green,
38, died of a heart attack Mon
day afternoon. He was a prom
inent Youngsville business man
and a member of the Franklin
County Board of Education.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Susan Cheatham Green; a daugh
ter, Carolyn Green; a brother,
Dr. E. V. Green of Youngsville,
and a sister, Mrs. Carl Green
Stallings of Youngsville.
Funeral serv^es were conduct
ed from the home Wednesday af
ternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Burial
,was in Youngsville Cemetery.
He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Green.
Allied Drive
Toward Rome
Allied Headquarters, Naples,
May 30. ? American and British
troopB smashed yard-by-yard1 into
the Nazis' final fortress wall be
fore Rome today, repelling scores
of flaming counterattacks as they
made "satisfactory gains" thru
the bristling Alban foothills with
in 16 miles of the Italian capital.
"We now stand 011 the thresh
liold of Home," declared Lt.-Gen.
Mark W. Clark, commander of
the Fifth Ariny, in an address
over the graves of American dead
on the Anzio beachhead. "Before
many days have passed we shall
have freed this first of the Euro
pean capitals from Nazi domina
tion."
The Nazis were offering savage
resistance in an effort to stem
(he immediate threa; to Uonvi
until the bulk of Field Marshal
Albert Kesselring's shattered
10th Army could be withdrawn
up to the Via Casilina and along
two secondary highways from the
disastrous stand1 on the Hitler
Line.
SliiKK'nK Miitrh
In a front-line dispatch filed at
7:30 p. m., Daniel De Luce of the
Associated Press said tank-led
American troops had captured
two ridges 500 yards apart after
slugging all day in the midst of
German strongpoints southwest
of Lanuvio.
He said that Lanuvio, 16 miles
southwest of Dome, was smok
ing from a daylong Allied artil
lery barrage, but that defenses of
the fortified hilltop town still
were unbroken.
"It is more a struggle of at
trition than annihilation, at least
in its present aspects," De Luce
said of the battle. "The Fifth
Army's prolonged attacks ob
viously are draining Kesselring's
reserves."
(A British broadcast recorded
by NBC said tonight that the Al
lies had captured' Ardea, five
miles southwest of the American
held Campoleone station and
three miles from the Tyrrhenian
Coast.)
Koni? Hears Battle
From enemy sources came word
that the sounds of battle were be
coming hourly more clear as the
Allied drive crawled relentlessly
toward the outskirts ot the Eter
nal City. In an order of the day,
Marshal Kesselrlng told his
troops that "everything is at
stake."
Reinforced by the bulk of the
leorganized Herman Goerlng par
achute division and supported by
Intensified artillery fire, the Na
zis continued to stave oc the Am
erican drive on Valn^Qntone, A a
key stronghold of the new, last
ditch line 20 miles east ana
slightly south of Rome. Two
days ago Yank Infantry and tanks
were reported' within 2,000 yards
of the town, which is situated
astride the Via Casllina, the Na
zis' main escape route from the
Llri Valley.
The Via Casllina still was un
der Intense American artillery
fire, however, and Its use to the
long enemy convoys ot material
and men streaming up before
the Eighth Army was thought to
have been greatly Impaired.
Boll weeviis may cause con
siderable damage to the 1944 cot
ton crop, under weather condi
tions favorable to the peat. Grow
ers are urged to purchase their
calcium arsenate dust early.
? Patronize TIMES Advertisers
MORE THAN
13 ENTRIES
Epsom Farmers Enthusias
tic Over Corn Growing
Contest
Cdnsiderable interest Is being
developed in the corn growing
contest of the Epsom community
which is sponsored by the local
Vocational Agriculture Depart
ment, according to J. T. Griffin
Agriculture Teacher. Some thir
teen or , more farmers have de
finitely entered and each one
seems to be looking forward to
winning first place. Over one
hundred dollars has already been
collected for -prize money.
Simplified rules of the contest
seems to be a factor in creating
interest among the contestants.
Each farmer is allowed to use
any practice in production that
he wishes. Therefore, no two men
are following the same procedure
in striving for first prize. We
find1 some planting early, gome
late, some on the new moon, and
some on the full moon. The
fertilization practices vary from
200 lbs at planting time to over
1000 lbs at planting time, and.
each farmer knows what kind
and bow much top-dresser to use
and just when to apply it, but
no two will be the same.
Judging from the appearance
of the various plots as I saw them.
Monday and Tuesday of this week
it would be merely a guess to
predict the winner. But as to size
and1 stage of growth Mr. Henry
Mitchell seems to be in the lead ?
not much. Robert Rowland. John
Perdue, and Elbert Joyner have
early plots also. The plots be
longing to G. W. Eaves, W. J.
Bowen, and Joe Rowland are
looking fine but were planted a
little bit later. Four of the con
testants, W. J. Bowen; James
Bowen; Henry Mitchell and Tollie
Smith are using "Hybrid Seed
Corn".
Signs New
Tax BUI
Washington, May 30. ? Presi
dent Roosevelt today signed Into
law the bill relieving 30,000.000
taxpayers of any further tax com
putations and simplifying proce
dures for the 20,000,000 others.
The simplification measure,
passed1 unanimously by Congress,
repeals the wartime "Victory"
tax, and reshuffles the normal
and surtax structures while hold
ing most individual burdens sub
stantially where they were.
Not within the memory of the
oldest lawmakers has a major tax
bill received such a vote in Con
gress. In response to the public
outcry against digits and deci
mals, the new law revises the
withholding levy against wages
and salaries ? beginning next
January 1 ? to deduct currently
the full tax liability of two-thirds
of the taxpayers, making their
withholdings their actual taxes.
HOWARD-FULLER
Invitations reading as follows
have been mailed:
"Mr. and Mrs. Festes McDuffie
Fuller request the honour of
your presence at the marriage of
their daughter, Jane Rowland,
to Mr. Cary Mills Howard, junior,
Army of the United?States, Sun
day, the fourth of June at half
after flve o'clock, Louisburg
Methodist Church, Louisburg,
North Carolina."
No Invitations will be issued la
Louisburg.
HOME ECONOMIC GIRLS
SEWING CIRCLE
Do you have a sewing problem
to solve but Just can't find the
time and place? If you are &
1st or 2nd year Home Economic
student or a candidate for U. F.
S. and have anything at all to
make, mend or make over, coma
and Join the Thursday evening
circle at 7:30 In the Home Eco
nomics department Mills School.
The circle will meet June 1st,
8th and 15th. Come either or
all evenings, bring some work,
and' see others problems.
PROGRAM AT THS
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, June 3rd:
Saturday? Smiley Burnette and
Eddie Dew In 'Raid?rs of Sunset
Pass' also last chapter of 'Cap
tain America' and llrst chapter
of the new serial 'Tiger Woman."
Sunday-Monday ? Ann Sheri
dan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Car
son and Marie Wilson la 'Shine
On Harvest Moon.'
Tuesday ? Edw, G. Robinson,
Lynn Bari and Victor McLaglen
In 'Tamplco.'
Wednesday ? Kay Kyser and
Band, Marilyn Maxwell, William
Gargan and Lena Home in
'Swing Fever.'
Thursday-Friday ? Maria Mon
tes. Jon Hall and 8a ba in 'All
Baba and The Forty Thieves.'