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THE FRANKLIN TIMES baaed Every Friday ?18 Court Street 1 Telephone 288-1 A. P. JOHNSON. Editor and Manager Wn?TRIPTION RATES Om Yaar .W-M Mgbt MortlM t^O Six Months 70 Foar Months .... -BO National Advertising R*pi??ntatlv* American Press Association *Hn? York ? ?Mco?e ? D?tft? ? WillodalpfcW Entered at the Poatofftoe at Lonlabnrg, N. O. u second r la? mall matter. It seems that our neighboring town of Oxford is having a hard time to get its Bus station dream to be come a reality. While Louisburg has the necessity it hasn't realized a dream yet. ooo The action of President Roosevelt in sending Don ald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board to china on a mission, right at a time when he is win ning in his fight to convert some of the war production effort to relieve the civilian necessities, has not only raised a big question in Washington, but all over the country. Of course* no one wants, the war effort ham pered in the least. It is the desire of most people for the soldiers to have all they need and then some. But why this change at a time when the head of the produc tion effort with all the facts before him, is having at least some of the civilian needs taken care of, is a situa tion that no one understands. 0O0 We have seen it indirectly suggested that Gover nor Broughton's speech over radio recently with refer ence to boy-cotting the South at the Democratic Conven tion in Chicago was prompted by his failure to be nomi nated for the Vice-Presidency as a running mate to President Roosevelt. "We don't agree with this idea at all. We know Governor Broughton to be too big a man in principle to eutertain such a position. And we know he is <$purage$t08 enough to openly defend his home and people*? JJie Southland. In addition we agree with him in hi's $V?*y condemnation of the attitude towards the South, ?i^d add we have noticed before when the South has beonjth?rcause of the rivalry and jealousy of the East an<tfWieit exerting itself. We believe the South is wise' enough and strong enough to fight its own battles. Wei beligxe in cooperation, but we also believe in meet ing the ether fellow on the grounds he selects. ?II. ouo INDEPENDENCE VS. HANDOUTS, DESIRED Stating that ''subsidies are now firmly fixed upon our econ*mu6 life as a national policy," Fred H. Sexauer, President of flie Dairymen's League Cooperative Asso ciation, said: "We as fanners can still oppose them as a national policy and work to change that policy. But in formu lating plans adequate feturns, subsidies, now being a national policy, must be considered part of such return, this does not mean that subsidies are a sound national policy. We know the bad effect of subsidies upon the milk industry, but until they are abolished we must use them." , Most farmers believe that goods and services, in cluding farm products, should be paid for at a fair price by consumers, and agricultural subsidies avoided in or der to maintain a high national income, amortize the war debt and reduce taxes. ' nfln ? AN IDEA IN A CARPET BAG This country lias always done big things in a big way because the American people as individuals have never known anything but complete freedom. And though it may sound like a blast of hot air from the chamber of commerce, the right to create and build a bus iness 01 an industry and earn a reward for doing it, is an inherent part of American freedom. If that right is taxed and regulated out of existence, the greatness of America and her freedom will become a myth. The history of the express business is typical. For more than .a century, the word express has stood for speed. In 183(J, William F. Harnden, a pioneer railroad conductor, had an idea. He quit his job and devoted himself to the business of putting it to work. He be came the world's first express) messenger, traveling be tween Boston and New York by the fastest conveyances of that day, carrying a carpet bag. The carpet bag con tained packages of money, documents, jewelry, gold and other valuables ahd articles entrusted to his care. Grad ually Harnden 's express business expanded. The car pet bag became inadequate, and in time a railroad car was needed to hold all of the things that people wanted him to carry. That still was but the beginning. Today the Railway Express Agency maintains 23,000 offices scattered throughout the United States. It uses more than 200,000 miles of railway lines, 13,000 miles of steam ship lines, 45,000 miles of airlines, and 16,000 miles of motor truck lines in its regular daily operations. As an example of what such a service means to the war effort, it "is sufficient to point out that in the single month of Mty, 1943, 253,360 pints of blood were handled by ex press for the Red Cross. . < . In this land of 3,000,000 square miles, new ideas ate springing forth in men's minds every secfopd of the d*yr; Some of thQse ideas are the seeds of new iri3uirtri?pywWp^ may one day benefit all mankind. No one could con ceive of /the future in store for the idea that began' wfflr a (jarpet bag. What we can and must do in this country is to saVe the right of the man with an idea to put his idea W HWl-ftrofitably, in saving that right, we are saving the meaning of freedom in America. Death Stalks the Jungle i . . ? Jrvf SigMMl Cot DM Photo American doughboy*, dug in behind a banyan tree on Bougainville, are watching for Jap snipers. An infantry patrol is Just ahead of them. Their field of fire Is hampered by the dense Jungle growth. This crew killed six Nip snipers while in this position. Back their attack by buying War Bonds. From U, S. T rt usury FOREIGN TRADE A NECESSITY ' * v- I In discussing the importance of a nonpartisan plan forctrpde between nations as the solid foundation for peace, emjtfoment and prosperity, Alf M. Landon, for mer governor *6f Kansas, and Republican nominee for President in 1936, said: "A lot. of people have the mistaken idea that a sub i stantial petti ion of our lentl-Iease materials will be re paid. Many gtseume that we can export record-breaking quantities of finished goods to Europe, the Orient and South America and that we can carry most of our for eign shipments in our own ships and that while doing all this we can still maintain airtight tariff barriers for the. protection of all domestic indusrv. '^In foreign trade, a nation gains capital in three 1 principal ways:' The sale of goods, the sale of services ? and the receipt of income from foreign investments. "Conversely, thei nation that habitually enjoys a f favorable balance of trade from everyone is some day ( going to find its customers in distress. The time conies \ when it cannot continue in foreign trade uuless jt agrees to purchase more goods, or more services, or, arranges tc extend, credits to these customer nations. < "Following the first World War, we were unwilling to accept large imports. We hiked tariff rates to an all time high. Then the monetary devaluation of 1933-34 had tiie indirect effect of raising them stillpigher. How ever, we had to sell abroad so we subsidised our custo mers with large credit grants. i "Are we going to make those mistakes again! If we are to avoid it, we must learn that international trade is a two-way street that can't be blocked at either end withont creating a traffic jam. "Our industrial system, which in its infancy des perately feared the competition of foreign imports, is ijow a colossus hungry for world markets. "A free and easy inter-exqfrange of raw materials and finished products among all the nations of tiu; world is the quickest way to world prosperity, and worldpros perity is the number one prerequisite not onlv for- Amer ican welfare but lasting peace. If all parties were to join on that kind of a foreign plank something worth while might b<j accomplished. "We can make our currency the soundest in the world. We have the largest and most modern mer chant marine. We have the most efficient mass-produc tion system. I believe it is to the interest of the United States to unite with other nations in a spirit of mfitual concessions and mutual responsibility in removing eco nomic frictions. "No system of extravagant spending on public works will bring the prosperity that the waiting mar kets of the world will bring. "I believe this is the only way we c^n Qrnjby solid, prosperity, and I believe it is necessary if we are to de velop among the nations of the world the type of spcial and economic relationship upon which peace ultimately can be based." ' ? ? X y ... LoriBltVKG BOV ARRAKKKS '?'% HELP t To the SflANKLIN TIMES: It amy be of Interest to the readers of th? TIMES to know that a Lffpisburg boy, Rilly Reas tey, did a very unusual thing at Campbell College during the ses sion of summer school recently closed. ' We haye had In echool here for the past three year i from Cuba, An?el Agullera. who Is pre paring himself to return to Ms own country as a , minister and missionary. Angel had never seen a Rible till he was a grown man. Then our missionaries In Cuba led him to Christ and sub sequently he felt he should come to the States for his Rlble train ing. His needs have been most Oiarvelously supplied In the mat ter o( finances. Last year, at Thanksgiving, having no money ,tQ o Ml he gave his most prized AoslfepBon. a valuable gold water chain, to the Orphanage. Friends bought it back and re* turned it, to him, sending the Or phanage about $40.00 for it. ? -Thla *ji jpmer be received an ur? cent cMl'fo come to see his aged and 111 parents In Cuba before SM.U6.va bo money. Here is where Billy B?ul?y fc . ? ? ? ????<??? coii^s into our story. Partly "in Loolsbufg and partly in otlier places, and largely through BH-' ly's work, Ansel was handed $215.00 in cash and is now in Cuba visiting his parents and seeking to win them to Christ. CHAS B. HOWARD. BUSTED IT With the United States Am erican Division, Southwest Pa cific. ? (Delayed) ? S|Sgf. Jam en 8. Odlham, %m^ricnn Divis ion veteran fron^ South Han over, Muss., hadn't seen ? white girl in SI ninths. Then along came Frances Ijangford with the Bob Ho|ie show. . I>earnlng of the extended ab sence of homnM? feminity in the life of the sergeant, who wears, the Silver Star, Frajices said, "Why, the poor boy. I *?t to kiss htm." rt. Clyde Hodges, .CMcago, Artnjr photographarf w*V i tb?f Job. As KMUlMfc'kisseiH ? blushing non-com, Hodge*" ?era bulb exploded, shower tag the pair with glaM. "What a kiss," aald Oldham. "It boated the Pay Day, I , v >.y PRE -FALL SPECIAL EVER POPULAR GENUINE IMPORTED HARRIS TWEED COATS THIS WEEK ONLY '52-50 Sizes 9 to 18 (Larger Sizes 10% Extra) MAIL ORDERS FILLED FOX'S Louisburg's Best Dept. Store All families In North Carolina ire asked to eat an extra roasting :hicken a week for the next few veeks and help clear the market )f over-size fryers. ?On Pay Day. Buy War Bonds? The U. S. sweet potato crop Is1 9 per cent smaller than last year.?1 Prospective civilian supplies per < capita are estimated to be the ] ;mallest In two decades. Patronize TIMES Advertisers North Carolina's flue-cured to bacco crop, bard hit by early irought, Is estimated to yield 22 per cent more than last year. CALL, PHONE 283-1 FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING PENDER New ! Giant Size ! TRIFLE FRESH SANDWICH MARMALABi 29c VINE6A1 - - ??&. 29c APPLE JiHCE Q^TLt 21c CATSUP cotonhi 15c LIBBY'S 3-oz Can 15c LIBBY'S MUSTARD 9c MOTHER'S 33c Sunshine test* i9c 2l3 1 1 C PENDER'S BEST PLAIN FLOUR 2K?U-62 lO-lb Bag, 67c SPOTLESS Laundry Bleach 10c MORTON'S SALT "Fm4 FifVla For Frac^aa Sak Soa? Amy" 8c CRISCO SHORTENING 69c 3-4b Peter Pan Peanut Butter ",T 28c Land o' Lakes Cheese c^LAP?f 20c Southern Manor Corn ^"IST 14c .^^^..^^^S^-Swaaaasaaaasasfeassssssssssss A TuW LARD *9?? CORN FLAKES Pke. 12? Pet or MIT If Tall Ac Carnation BUEdk Can " LOOSE SUGAR lb 6? j FRTOT JARS $ fiT 75? ^ bacxs; iiisait'. ^ VARIETY OF FRUIll ft VK^MlnSS FRESH MEAT ? 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