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KEEP FAITH with us? by buying WAR BONDS YOU NEED///A^ HENEEDS \VQU! BIIVIIIHK BONUS VOLL'MN LXXV. 91.30 per year in /' lranoe LOU1SBUBO, N. CAROLINA IK1DAY, AUGUST 11, 1944 (Eight Pages) NUMBER a T 1944 TAX RATE $1.00 TOWNSHIP ROAD RATES REMAIN SAME AS LAST YEAR M. R. Sykes Appointed Cot ton Weigher for Louis burg and E. M. Speed Ap pointed Weigher for Franklinton; Colleges In structed They Would Have to Pay Tax; Many Minor Items Before Board And Several Reports Re ceived The Board of County Commis sioners met In regular session on Monday with all members pres ent. After reading and approv-| ing the minutes of the previous meeting business was transacted as follows: With proper resolution and motion the Board adopted' the following tax rate for the year 19' 4 for property in Franklin County: General Purpose 15 Poor 13 County Home 05 County wide Debt Service. .32 Health < 04 School Current Expenses. .13 School Capital Otualy 05 School Dtebt Service 13 Total County Wide Rate $1.00 (The above rate represents a 2 cents on the $100 worth of property from the 1943 rate which was $1.02.) (All the above township road rates are the same as last year. To determine the com plete tax rate you will have to pay in 1943, add your township rate to the county rate.) Roads Dunn Harris ...... Youngsville . Franklinton Hyaesville . . . Sandy Creek . Gold Mine . . Cedar Rock . Cypress Creek Louisburg . . . . ^ O .67 .43 .75 .20 .63 .21 The following reports were re ceived and ordered filed: Mrs. J. P. Mltchiner, Supt. Welfare; W. C. Boyce, Farm A'gent; Ltllie Mae Braxton, Home Dem. Agent; C. D. Hagwood, Supt. County Home; Dr. S. P. Burt, County Health Officer; H. H. Price, Ne gro Farm "Agent; Mildred Pay ton, Negro Home Oem. Agent, i Mr. 8. W. Dickens, of Enfield, appeared before the Board and requested a wine license. Wine store located on South Main St., Loulsburg. Motion by Com. Bar tholomew and' Sec. by Com. Joy ner and duly carried that the re quest of Mr. Dickens be granted. Mr. Buck Harris appeared be fore the Board and requested a Beer license. Place of business located opposite Loulsburg Air Field, one mile south of Louis burg. Moton by Com. Joyner and Sec. by Com. Bartholomew that request of Mr. Harris .be granted. Motion duly carried. Motion by Com. Joyner and Sec. by Com. Bartholomew that the prisoners in the ? Franklin County jail be furnished three meals through the months of June, July and August. The fee for said' meals to be the same as heretofore. Not carried. .Motion by Com. Dean and Sec. by Com. Pearce that the meals be continued as they are. at pres ent. Two meals per daj^ Chair man J. Z. Terrell voting 'Yes' to the two meats per day motion to break the tie. Carried. Motion by Com. Pearce and Sec. by Com. Joyner atid duly carried that the two Roe lots sit uated' In Frankllnton Township be sold to Thomas Perry for the Bum of eighty-seven dollars and flftv cents. Mr. Ed Bartholomew, Jr., ap peared before the Board and made a proposition to exchange property to the County for the old School Oarage building, loca ted on the back of Murphy Gar age lot- The Board appointed Com. Pearce and Com. Dean as a committee to make investigations. The committee appointed on the Thomas Wilson case made the following recommendation: That Thomas Wilson be paid the sum of twenty dollars for his hog kill ed by a dog Infected with rabies. Motion by Com. Bartholomew and Sec. by Com. Pearce and duly carried that the fee mentioned be paid. Mr. J. W. Perry and Mr. M. R. Sykes were nominated as Cotton Weighers for Loulsburg. The Board had a ballot vote and re sulted as fbllows: For J. ,W Perry, 2 rotes; for M. R. Sykes, 3 votes. . Motion by Com. Pearce and (Coatinued on Page Sight) American Legion Auxil iary Reorganize ' An organizational meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary was held in the Court House, Tuesday night, August 8th, with approximately fifty eligible mem bers present. Commander George Davis and Adjutant Peyton Massey along with several members of the Jambes Post assured the Auxil iary that the Legion was enthus iastic over the reorganization of the Auxiliary and would cooper ate in every way. Mrs. James Malone and Miss Jessie Taylor Harris were elected temporary chairman and secretary respectively, to act until officers were duly elected. Mrs. George Davis, Mrs, Cecil Sykes and Mrs. George Cobb were appointed as a nominating committee to select officers for nomination at the next meeting which will be held in the Court House Tuesday night, August 22nd. Every eligible wife, mother, sister and daughter of Legion members and deceased veterans are urged to become charter mem bers of. the Aurlliary now. Ap plication blanks can be obtained from Mrs. Hugh W. Perry who will assist in the obtaining of in formation required. OUR BOYS ARE SERVING AGAIN, CAN'T WE? Yanks Meet Little Resistance; Paris Road May Be Open; Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Aug. 10. ? American Rrmored col umns stormed up beyond captur ed Le Mans today In a surge that the Nazi radio said had carried them within 87 miles of Paris while Canadian shock troops broke through the first and sec ond German defense lines more than 15 miles below Caen. The two main enemy defense lines covering Paris had been breached in a day of furious Al lied attack and the Americans and Canadians were pressing their twin break through to the full. General Captured Lt. Gen. Karl Spang, comman der of the German 266th Infan try Division, has been captured by the American First Army near Brest. The Nazis' Sarthe River line, their strongest natural barrier on the Southwestern approaches to Paris, broke wide open with- the fall of Le Mans and a front dis patch from United States War Correspondent Ronald Clark said German resistance below Caen was cracking under the blows .of the Canadian First Army. Terrific Pace German reserves were reported streaming to the American front in a desperate attempt to stem the wave of tanks and riflemen closing on the French capital, but front dispatches said the Yankee columns were rolling ahead at a pace almost rivaling that of peace time maneuvers. Cheves Gives Report On Prison Hospital Central Prison hospital during July admitted 62 new patients and dlscfiarged 69, according to a monthly report released yester day by Dr. W. G. Cheves, superin tendent of the prison hospital. The hospital staff performed 69 operations during the month ? 35 on patients within the hospi tal and 34 on patients In prison installations other than Central prison- . There were 2,034 laboratory tests made, most of them venereal disease tests. ? On Pay Day, Buy War Boiids ? PROGRAM AT THJ5 LOUISBURG THEATR1 ! The following Is the program at tbe Loulsburg Theatre, begin-' ning Saturday, Aug. 12: Saturday ? Wild Bill Elliott and Babby Hayes in 'Hidden Val ley Outlaws' and Robt. Livingston and Ruth Terry in 'Goodnight Sweetheart.' Also 'Tiger Woman.' Late Show Sat. ? Helen Vinson and Lyle Talbot In "Are These Our Parents.' Sunday-Monday? Pat O'Briefl, Carole Landls anil Chester Mor ris, In 'Secret Command.' Taesday? Roy Rogers and Dale Evans in 'Vellovj Rost of Texas.' Also last qhaptqr. tot 'The Phan tom.' Wednesday? Donald O'Connor. Peggy Ryan and Susannah Poster in 'TJils Is The Life.' . Thursday-Friday ? Red' Skelton Bather Williams and Basil Rath bone in ' Bathing Beauty.' A W AC Dental Technician Lends a Helping Hand Pfc. Mary K. Melton of McCrory, Arlnw?, a dental technician of the Women's Army Corps, help* First Lt. Irving. S. Kasdan treat the teeth of PtL George Bubnikorich at Halloran General Hospital. Bubnikorich served at an Ordnance has* depot in North Africa. Wacs are assigned to 239 types of Army duties. Burch Speaks To The Lions Club Mr. James S. Burch, Engineer of Statistics and Planning, N. C. State Highway Commission, Ral eigh. N. C? spoke to the Louis burg Lions Club Tuesday night at the County Agricultural Building. Mr. Burch gave some Interesting figures on the operation of the State highway system such as the number of miles of roads, the .number of bridges, and the num ber of prisoners worked. He stat ed that very little maintainence work had been done- on the state j roads In the last three years due; to the shortages of labor and ma-! terlais; and as a result it has been estimated that it will take1 $175,000,000 to modernize the' present system. He showed and explained a map of the proposed hew highway through Louisburg. A post-war highway by-passing' the railroad to the south and by passing the crowded Louisburg business district was assured by Mr. Burch,. According to Burch, the proposed post-war road would parallel Main Street to the east, running to the rear of the high school and fairgrounds, aiul over a new, wider Tar River bridge. The new road, according to Burch, would become part of a system as an Inlet and outlet for traffic between the Raleigh-Dur ham area, Roanoke Rapids and the northeast. Burch also announced that one of the first post-war roads for Franklin County would be the new road from Louisburg to Ceu terville and eventually Improved to connect with the Roanoke Ra pids highway out of Warrenton to be part of the through highway system mentioned above. Burch, who highlighted bis talk before Lions and guests, with interesting facts and figures, said the planning department had been busy for more than a year with their limited staff of engi neers working out many, many Improvements in the State high way system. The speaker also cited plans | for extensive Improvements to ex-i isting highways since the high way system has suffered greatly during the war from a lack of manpower, machinery and mater ials. He pointed out that the State's huge investment in the preaoot road system must be pro tected with adequate repairs at the earliest possible time. Mr. Buret .also foresaw the granting of Federal Aid in the post-war peace for State roadbuil ding. He also pointed out that by reason of a planned and pro gressive road' building program in the past, North Carolina had gain ed more tfeaa a million persons more than neighboring Virginia, in population. In an interesting sidelight, the speaker said that the average au to trip on North Carolina high ways at the present time, was 20 miles In length, according to a SH & PWC survey. Lion Hill Yarborough, Chair man of the Lions Personal Af fairs Committee, reported that Lion Huger Byrd is the most re cent father In the Club and called upon him to demonstrate his ability to dress a baby. Lion George Eaves who had been de signated "Keeper of the Pig" for the evening presented Lion Byrd with a fine three weeks old O.I.C., and the nepessary apparel Includ ing talcum powder. Lion "Pete" Shearin acted as referee and de clared Lion Byrd the winner when the three cornered article had been firmly attached with one Bafety pin. " '* Six guests werd present for the occasion. The guests were: Tracy ? Stockard', R. H. Malone, William Neal, Grady Harris, William Bar row) and Sam Jonee, President of the Raleigh Exchange Club. Lion Walter Fuller presided la the Absence of President Forrest Hedden. Given Scholarship Miss Lottie May Murphy, dau ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy. Louisburg, R 2, has just received notice from Mr. Clyde A. Erwin. State Superinten dent of PubMc Instruction, Ral eigh, North Carolina, that she has been designated as one of the five children of the State of North Carolina to be granted a scholarship which includes free tuition, room, board and all other necessary expenses in any one of the state educational institutions, for a period of four academic years. Ulss Murphy received this appointment under an act of the North Carolina General As sembly in regard to Warld War Orphans. Under this act the State Superintendent is allowed to select five students each year. This opportunity may be extend ed to any World War orphan if their circumst|L|ires and qualifica tions meet the' statute require ments. Miss Murphy is a graduate of the class of 1944, Gold Sand High School. The Bchool records in dicate that she did outstanding work both in the elementary and secondary schools. The school authorities and the citizens of Franklin County, wish for Miss Murphy continued suc cess as she continues her educa tional advantages in the htgher institutions of learning in the State of North Carolina. Bus Drivers Must Be Certified Supt. Wiley Mitchell, of the Franklin County School system, announced Wednesday. "This is to notify all prospective school bus driver who have not beea certified by the State Highway Safety Division, that Mrs. Bill Flythe will be In the office of the Board of Education, Louisburg, N. C., August 17th at 9:30 a. m., for the purpose of giving instruc tion to and certifying those bos drivers who have not yet been certified to drive a school bus for the school term 1944-45. "Our state law requires that ail, school bus drivers be licensed by the State Highway Safety Di vision in order to qualify. It will be necessary that applicants obtain their state drivers license before they will be Issued their school bus drivers license." LAST SITES FOR MRS! N. H. D. WILSON Chapel Hill ? Mrs. N. H. D. Wilson, 78, died at her home here Saturday after' a long ill ness. She was the wife of the late Rev. N. H. D. Wilson, who was prominent in the Eastern Confer ence of the MethodlBt Church in North Carolina, was a niece of the late U. S. Senator Lee S. Overman and was a sister of the late Dr. Cbarle* S. Mangum^ dean of the University of North Caro lina Medical School. Mrs. Wilson was the daughter of the late Rev. A. W- Mangum, who came to Chapel Hill in 1875 as a member of the University faculty at the reopening after the Reconstruction period. She was the last member of her Immediate family, and Is surviv ed by four nephews. Funeral services were conduc ted Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Methodist Church in Chap el Hill. Burial was in the Chap el Hill Cemetery. li > Mrs. Wilson and her/husband lived in Franklinton and Louis burg years ago, while Rev. Wil son was pastor of the M. E. Churches. They made life time friends here who have loved them throughout the years. The OPA has issued a nation wide retail schedule of uniform dollar-and-centi celling prices on mixed fertilizer and materials. AVERAGES NEAR $44 ON BORDER BELT TUESDAY Fanners Highly Pleased With Prices; Sales Fairly Light; Quality Good North Carolina's 19f4 tobacco marketing season opened in seven Border Belt markets Tuesday with prices averaging nearly $44, slightly above this year's price celling.- and for the first time iu many years not a single farmer left tht first day's sales unhappy. According to sales supervisors, the 1944 opening sales ward the lightest in the past decade. The usual blocked sales and glamour of crowds watching the competi tion were absent. Warehouse floors this year were cleared by early afternoon on all seven mar kets, and by late afternoon there was little tobacco being placed for Wednesday's sales, expected to be even lighter than those of Tues day. Growers and warehousemen at tribute the light opening sales to the shortage- ot labor and the re cent heavy rains, which have necessitated housing of fast-ma turing leaf left in the fields. The dry season of May and June halt ed the growth of tobacco, and little was housed until recent weeks. Behind Schedule Market officials of Lumberton, Fairmont, and Clarkton estimate that from 20 to 25 per cent of the leaf in this area remains in the field. The preparation of leaf for marketing in this area is from two to three weeks behind schedule. The other four Border Belt mar kets in this State ? Whiteville, Fair Bluff, Tabor City, and Chad bourn ? are about two weeks be hind schedule. Kedrying plants in the Border Belt area for the first time In 15 years failed to begin the redrylng ot opening-day purchases on the day the purchases WCTCfhade. Storage space In the plants was only partially filled Tuesday, and redryers plan to begin the condi tioning of yesterday's purchases this morning. Kedrying plants normally begin the conditioning {process by noon of opening day. Tobacco warehousemen and farmers agreed Tuesday that the one-week postponement of mar ket openings w8s a "blessing". Recorder's Court Franklin County Recorders Court held regular session on Tuesday. Regular cases being few jury cases were tried. Cases dis posed of were as follows: Jim Dunston. abandonment and non support. Judgement upon payment of $26 into court to cover costs of capias and payment minor children, and the payment of $8 each monthly thereafter un til further orders of this court to be discharged. A nolle pros with leave was taken in the case uf violating health law. against Tobe Davis. A nolle pros with leave was taken in the case of violating health law. against London Black. John Ellis Finch, operating motorcycle drunk, continued. W. G. Mitchell was found guil | ty of operating automobile in toxicated and was fined $50 and | costs, and not to operate a car | for 12 months. Appeal. Van Dunston plead guilty to no drivers license, to be discharged on payment of costs. Klnton Williams, Whiskers Medlln, Earl Pearce, larceny and receiving, a nolle pros with leave was taken as to Whiskers Medlin and Earl Pearce. Kenton Wil liams plead guilty, prayer for Judgment continued. j Kobe lespedeza has again prov Jed itself a superior late-season legume pasture plant for live stock production and soil im provement. Final Report On Fifth War Bond Drive Chalrtrvan Gaither Beam, re ports that Franklin County sold $446,840.50 worth of bonds during the Fifth War Bond Drive which ended Jul)- 81st. This Is $101,844.50 mpre than Franklin County's overall quo ta but the sale of 'B' bond* was only $130,008.50, which was $47,30(7.50 less than our 'E' bond quota. /, Every township in the coun ty sold Its overall quota- San dy Creek, Dunn No. i. Hayes - villa and Youngsvllle sold their quota of 'E' bonds. ' Louisburg and Frankllnton had very large quotas of 'K' bonds and, while they made a splendid effort to sell these quotas, their failed by a snUil ampunt. WAR NEWS __ _ ' i ? Rome, Auk. 8. ? Allied troops battled today to eliminate the lasp-strong German position south of the Arno River ? an 18-square mile area in the river loop near besieged Florence ? as warlike Gurkha riflemen, wielding their ? fearsome halfmoon kurki knives. | charged enemy strongholds t"! the Southeast. Veteran Eighth Army units I pressed slowly forward around Ftorence In the face of fierce j German resistance. Enemy self propelled guns, heavy artillery and machineguns emplaced on tho fringes of the loop swept all gul lies winding into the hilly posi tions. The Germans were strongly massed on the 1,700-foot Point 557, which rises almost in the center of the circular battlefield, affording the Nazis excellent ob servation of all Allied attempts td infiltrate. Escape Route Open Although the Germans have been pushed back to the Arno on three sides and are being battered by relentless Allied attacks from the fourth, it was believed they would be able to withdraw their defending forces safely across the river when the exposed position becomes untenable. United States Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Aug. 8. ? American forces on Guam, smashing ahead in gains ranging up to six and a half miles, have driven the remaining Japanese troops into a pocket on the north east corner of the island and are threatening to split them into two groups, it was announced today in a communique which listed the enemy's known losses in the cam paign at more than 10,000 dead. The Japanese were compressed into an area of les3 than 20 square miles at the northeastern end of Guam as the Marine and Army forces drove toward the is land's tip. Pacific fleet headquarters an nounced that rapid advances drove the Japanese into a narrow ing corner as the Americans pres jsed forward 6 1-2 miles on the , west coast to leach U Indian Point on the extreme northwestern tip. jMore than three miles were gain ed on the east coast as troops I c' rove almost to Anao Point. I Washington, Aug. 8. ? It's not a game, but airmen over Burma play darts with hundred-pound bombs ? called spike-bombs. Instead of dart boards, they use Japanese railways and brid ges. Scores have been impres sive. Spike-bombs, the Army report ed today, were improvised in the India-Burma theater, where de layed action fuses are necessary to let low flying planes clear the target before the explosion. Ordi nary boriibs showed a tendency to ricochet and explode harmlessly a few feet away from the target. To meet the need, airmen took out the nose fuse of each bomb, replacing It with a long spike made from an old axle. The plan worked, so spike-bombs were made by hand in the theater un til supplies ordered in the United States began to arrive in quantity y London, Wednesday, Aug. 9. ? Torpedo-carrying and cannon-flr lng Beaufighters yesterday rWdled a German convoy of 14 ships near Egero, of the southwest coast of Norway, torpedoing three mer chant vessels of between 2,000 and 3,000 tons each, setting afire , three others, and ?eriously dam-; aging six more, it was announced ! today. , Three Beaufighters are missing. I A German DNB agency broad- 1 cast said that 50 Mosquitoes and Beaufighters repeatedly attacked the convoy with torpedoes, rocket bombs and cannon fire, and ad mitted that the Nazis crew suffer ed dead and wounded. The enemy report claimed four Allied planes shot down. PROMOTED Camp Wolters, Texas ? Lieut. Helen Reynolds Allen. Assistant Camp Adjutant here, was promot ed to the grade of First Lieuten ant. She Is the daughter of Mr*. F. H. Allen, Louisburg, N. C. Lieut. Allen attended Sweet Briar College prior to her military serv ice. She was commisftoned Nov ember 6, 1943. MISSING IN ACTION Harry T. Rogers. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Rogers, of Youngsville, Route 1, has been reported missing in action. He is an aviation radioman, second class. PURPLE HEART Pvt. David ,M. Johnson, son of Mrs. ft. C. Johnson and the late Dr. B. C. Johnson, ^"of Bunn, has been awarded the' Purple Heart for wound* received In action iu France. He la now recovering in a hospital In England. He Is In In the Infantry Corps. ? On Pay Day. Buy War Bond*? SCHOOL OPEN INGS MAY BE DELAYED ON ACCOUNT INFAN TILE PARALYSIS State Board of Health Is quired To Safeguard the Public in Times of Epi demics; They Recommend Delay to Sept. 18th or Later In discussing the school open ing question the past week with Dr. S. P. Burt, County Health Officer, and SuptN. Wiley Mitchell, of the County School system, also Supt. W. P. Morton, of the Frank llnton School, who says his school will follow the action of the County, Supt. Mitchell said that "in view of an order just is sued by the State Board of Health, the opening of the Franklin County Schools may be delayed until September 18th, or later if the epidemic at that time has not subsided, or if the incidence of the disease has not decreased to the point where the opening of schools will not constitute a men ace to public health." He furth er stated that "as much as we i regret to defer the opening of the schools, we have no alternative." He also stated that the County Board of Health and the County Board of Education v.-ould hold a Joint meeting early next week tj determine what action shall be taken. Tha letter which Supt. Mitchell has received from the State Board of Health cites "Section 7154 of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina which charges the State Board of Health with the respon sibility of laying down minimum requirements for the control of epidemics, while the local author ities are called upon to enforce these and permitted to adopt such additional rules and regulations as in their judgment, may seem necessary. "In the case of the present epi demic of poliomyelitis, the State Board of Health's executive com mittee, following the recommen dations of the State Health Offi cer, has voted unanimously in fa vor of deferring the opening of all schools, public, private and parochial, until September 18th, or a later date if the epidemic by that time has not subsided, or if the incidence of the disease has not decreased to the point where to open these schools would not constitute a menace to public health." It goes on farther to state "as to the opening of school, neither the convenience of teachers nor any other consideration should be placed above the child's safe ty. It has been said that to keep the schools closed and then allow children to visit places of amuse ment, including picnics and other gatherings; to attend movies or Sunday School, is inconsistent So It is. Nevertheless, why jeop ardize the safety of nearly a mil lion children for the indiscretions of the comparatively few. This is equally as inconsistent." These references seem to indi cate the State Board takes the view that by reason of the schools being a state institution carrying with it compulsory attendance of children in the right age for the spread of this disease the law has placed a direct and< special res ponsibility upon it to protect the health of the public, whereas, other places of gatherings being private and not of a compulsory nature, divide the responsibility by placing some of it upon the parents. It is a responsibility few peo ple wish to assume, even though we do not desire to conform to the necessary rules for protection. If the precautions are taken and nothing develops, instead of be ing appreciative too many will feel that It was unnecessary and we should not have been Incon venienced or delayed. On the oth er hand if no precautions are not taken and our child is stricken we will never feel that the offic ials did their duty. We can only hope that the fi nal decision will be right and our section will escape the ravages of this terrible disease. PROMOTED Pvt. James B. Ragland who Is in A. 8. T. P. R. training at the University of Mississippi, vu pro moted to Cadet Sergeant the past week. Drank (bumping Into lamp post): Excuse me, sir! (Bumping into (Ire hydrant: Excuse me, tit tle boy! ( Bumping Into second lamp post, and falling down) Well, 1 11 Juat ait bar* until crowd passea. PktronlM TIMES M