The Franklin Times
I? Brer j Friday
BIS Court It. Telephone No. 9tM
A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Mgr.
SADIE JOHNSON, AnorUte Editor
Hl'BHCRllTION HATES
Foreign Advertiaiag Representative
AMERICAN PRB88 ASSOCIATION
New York City
Entered at the Post office at Loais
burg, N. C. aa second class
mall matter.
Chairman Jeffress auyi we must
orautity state roada to attract tourists.
Might Lets get rid of the unsightly
advertising signs that completely hide
nature's beauty.
"The Government will ask Grand
Jury to Probe Cannon political fund",
reads a headline in yesterday's daily
papers. This ia one act that will, no
I'oubt, meet popular approval of the
people of the country in all classea.
North Carolina was greatly honored
when Henry L. Stevens, one of Its il
lustrious sons, was elected National
Commander of the American Legion at
.Detroit last week. It's another case
of when North Carolina ability ia be
ing recognized.
Gov. Gardner's "live at home" cam
raign evidently is not taken very se
lioualy by the State officials at Ra
leigh. The State Fair is using signs
printed in Kalamazoo, Mich., and pre
mium ribbons made at Mt. Pleasant,
towa, both of which could have been
made by North Carolina printers, in
cluding the FRANKLIN TIMES, at
1 oulsburg. Also the Kair is using a
band from New York City, when the
University. State College, Duke Uni
versity or other North Carolina Inati
luticns could tarnish Just as good.
It's awfully hard to sell North Caro
1 na products to others when North
Carolinians don't want them them
selves.
Bight Months
Six Months
Four Months
One Year
91.SO
1.00
.75
.50
<wnwi? ?
There in one thine l> which Amer
ica ku It all over Europe. That is
our Autumn season, or as we usual
ly call It the Fall of the rear.
It must be admitted that we don't
have very much ot a Sprint season,
in most parts of this country- We
go from Winter smack into Summer.
We don't understand what the Eng
lish poets are talking about when
they sing of Spring. But over there
they go from Summer right into
Winter, almost. There ja now #?
that long-drawn-out season after
ing and falling and. In the Northl at
least there is a touch of frost in (the
early morning and the sweet smell
of fallen leaves and Nature takes on
a coat of gorgeous color before shift
ing to the somber gray of Winter.
Fall is the season j?f play for the
farmer. When the crops have been
harvested and the Fall plowing
done, there is a period before Win
ter sets in when hunting la at its
best, when It is a pleasure to be out
of doors with nothing of Immediate
importance to attend to. It is the
season of relaxation after the heat
and strain of the Summer, when folk
can take time to sum up the result
of the year's work and begin their
plans for the next.
Thanksgiving Day, In most parts of
this country, marks the end of Fall
and the real beginning of Winter.
Then we begin to look forward to
Christmas and thence to next Spring.
We hear travellers tell of countries
where the seasons never change
from one year's end to the other. It
seems lo us that half of the pleasure
of life comes from the changing seas
ons, and from looking forward to
the next change.
PROPHETS
We cannot think of anything quite
so foolish as trying to predict what
will happen next. There has arisen
an unusually large crop of prophets
In the past two years, some predict
ing a speedy return of prosperity,
others telling us that we are In for
many years more of hard times.
We have our own opinions as to
what: Is going to happen, but we try
to keep them to ourselves. When It
comes to predicting facts we are sure
only of a very few things.
We predict, for example, that
there will be a lot more cold weather
than warm weather between now
and Spring. We feel reasonably
1 safe on that point. We predict that
there will be either a Democrat or a
Republican elected to the Presiden
cy next year, and we don't believe
anybody can hit It any closer than
that, as politics look now. We won't
take a chance on predicting whether
Henry Ford is going to bring out a
new car for 1932 or not, but we feel
aafe In prophesying that if he does
he'll Mil a lot of them. We wish we
knew whether the price of wheat
and cotton were going up or down.
We dost bnt we predict that, whtch
? ever way farm prices , go, the politi
cal farmers will still be asking Uncle
Im to help them out. There are a
few other things still in the fntare
of which we are certain. Water will
continue to ran down hill, the aaa
will rise dally in the Baat as nasal,
and there will be jut about as many
fools on wheels trresklng their own
Others' se*t yesr as then
Off For College ? By Albert T. R*d
;= A,T,?*rtK' 7
were this year. We can't tell wheth
er women are coins to wear their
hair an4 their skirts lone or short,
but we (eel certain that whatever
any man say* they are going to do,
they'll do the opposite.
Outside of a tew certainties like
that, because upon the unchanfe
atrfe laws of nature, human and oth
erwise. we don't net up to be any
kind of prophet. But we do predict :
that almost everything will be dtt
ferent next year and succeeding
years from what they are today.
It would be a pretty dull world,
eeemsi to us. If anybody could tell
what is going to happen next. What ?
makes Tile Interesting is the variety
there Is In It.
Red Cross Roll Call,
November The 11th
In a recent meeting of the Red
Cross with Dr. hT G. Perry, Chair
man of the Organisation, the fol
lowing chairmen for the Roll Call
were named by htm:
Mr. J*. J. Beanley, U?lib?u -
Township.
Mr, T. H Sledge, Cedar Rock
Township.
Mrs. D. A. Harris, Gold Sand
Township.
Mrs. Wm. Person, Sandy Creek
Township.
Mrs. Dr. B. C. Johnson, Dunn
Township.
Mrs. M. K. Wilder. Harris Town
ship.
Mr. W. P. Wilson, Hayesrille
Township.
Miss Kersey, the North Carolina
Red Cross Representative, was pres
ent. She stressed the need of coun
ty wide organization to make the
campaign a success. if will be re
membered that Franklin County, this
summer, received benefit from the
Sational Red Cross Drought Fund.
It totalled about a thousand dollars.
Fire hundred dollars in cash, the re
mainder in yemat. seed and etc. This
aid came in a very trying time giv
ing relief to many in dire circum
stances. This fact brings the Red
Cross closer to the people of Frank
lin Connty than ever before. Our
Chairman. Dr. H. G. Perry, is con
fident that our Roll Call this year
will be larger than any In the his
tory of the organisation.
By vlrtne of the Increased burdens
in relieving suffering during the last
fiscal year, ended June 30, the Amer-J
ican Red Cross this fall will make '
an effort to muster the largest mem- '
bershlp It has enrolled in rifany
years.
The past year will be recorded by
the Red Cross as one of its most
significant periods for several reas
ons. The year found the society
bringing to successful completion
Its greatest peace-time assignment
which was the drought relief pro
gram. It found volunteer workers
giving their full time for relief of
dronghf victims through the Red
Cross than during any similar peri
od in the last decade. Franklin
Connty realized one thousand dol
lars from this fnnd.
Since the beginning of Red Cross,
in this Connty fifty years ago, it hag
handled more than 1,100 disaster*.
This work Is conducted in addition
to the other Red Cross services. First
aid and life saving, nutrition, pub
lic health nursing, home hygiene,
and care of sick, service to veterans
and service men, foreign and Insul
ar operations and Junior Red Cross
1 work, all showed forward strides
during the last year. Besides the
drought, (1 other disasters visited
this country during the 12 month
period, spreading destruction over
31 states. North Carolina received
benettr-trtjmtv
> Today the American Red Cross, a
^ semi-governmental agency, Is oper
' attng tinder a Congressional charter
i which was Issued in 190S, following
i reorganisation during the admlnts
tration of President Theodore Rooae
velt William Howard Taft, then
Secretary of War. and Mtaa Mabel
T. Boardman were Inatrumental In
the reorganisation. Miss Boardman.
a devoted Red Croaa volunteer for
more than a quarter of a century, to
day it Secretary of the organisation.
The Red Croaa la compoeed of
more than 4.M0.0M senior membeT
shipa. Its growth has been evidence
of its performance. Since the p?at
year's activities proved auch a heavy
drain on ita resources, the approach
ing annual Roll Call should result
in a greater membership than it has
enjoyed since Tar days. I
MRS. R. F. YARBOROUGH,
County Publicity Chrm.
1'KK'ES BELOW COST PRODUCTION
Raleigh, Sept. 29. ? Prices below the
cuat of production, high quality of
the present crop, and prospects for
utreage reduction next year were
1 olnted oat yesterday by U. Benton
Blalock. general manager of the
'forth Carolina Cotton Growers Co
operative Association, as "food reas
ons why cotton should be pooled this
year".
"Cotton, in the first place." he s*id.
"Is selling far below the cost of pro
dcctfon. and we all know that acre
age will be heavily reduced next year.
And then to sell It outright now
would be -sacrificing a crop that is
showing up to be of the highest qual
ity we have produced in several
years." -
Pointing out that representatives
of the largest cotton shipping firms
are very active in an effort to get con
trol of as much of North Carolina's
good cotton as possible, Mr. Blalock
declared that "to sell at present prices
the better staples we are now grow
ing Is simply giving away real money
*o somebody."
Ah indication that growers - should
get a very good premium on inch or
tetter cotton he cited the heavy tariff
on Egyptian and other foreign-grown
long staple cotton and a statement,
recently issued by tbe Mississippi Sta
ple Growers Association, that, regard
less of the large production this ye%r,
there is not going to be an over-pro
Uuctlon of tbe better staples.
The general manager ol the State
Cooperative, which has handled more
than a million bales (or North Caro
lina growers during its nine years
existence, added that the association
Is now mailing out additional pre
mium checks to members whose cot
ton is above middling 7-8.
"In some instances," he said, "mem
are drawing as much as ft. 20 per
bale premium, ud our average pre
miums so Tar on cotton above mid
dling 7-8 are $2.30 per bale. This
t'ces not represent the full value ot
the premiums however, but only the
amount we are allowed to advance
under our arrangement witb the Fed
eral Farm Board.
"We realise that depositing cotton
!n a cooperative organisation Is Just
about on par with depositing mor.ey
in a bank and that our members or
prospective members are entitled to
know something of our financial
standing oil our record, it is ^Un
pardonable pride that we make the
statement that we are on a very
sound basis and have always operated
a a sound financial basis.
"We have handled and distributed
to our members approximately $100,
000,000 during the past nine years.
All of this has been handled through
North Carolina banks and, through
Mir good luck and possibly some busi
ness foresight, we have never yet lost
I- dollar of our members' money
through any bank failure?
"We have handled over one million
Lales of cotton for North Carolina
farmers and we know of no outstand
ing claim from anyone that we have
never accounted for each and every
tale cf cotton delivered to the Asso
ciation.
"Our books and records and finan
cial statements are open for the In
spection of each and every member
nnd for prospective members as well."
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We Have Money
TO BURN!
Even In a bad year the people of this country have
oae half of one billion dollars for which they have no
use other than to barn! That ia the amount of our
alarming annual lire low. Fire Prevention Week ex
tends from October 4th to 10th. Let us learn, during
this week, how to curb our carelessness In regard to
11 res.
TIE FRANKLIN TIMES
t - - PRINTING rittT PLBASBg ?
UHMWrtl G. . 1?. CjBOUllA
Money Savers?
GET YOUR SHARE
- SATURDAY SPECIALS -
Southern Bakery Cake*, each . 22?c
33 oz. can Tender Snaps, for . . . 25c
Maxwell House Coffee, 1 lb. can . 35c
Grimes Golden Apples, dozen . . 12c
2 ? 10c Pkgs. Macaroni for . 15c
14 oz. Bottle Sunbeam Catsup ea. 20c
2 lb. can Cocoa for 20c
2 lbs. New River Mullets for 25c
New Crop Cocoanuts, each 10c
Our Fresh Ground Coffee, 5 lb. . 60c
Best Western Steaks, lb. . . . . 25-30c
All Pork Sausage, lb. 20c
Choice Weiners, lb 20c
Ice Packed Fresh Fish, lb. ..... . 5c
AliADDIN LAMPS AND PARTS
A.XK AND TOOL HANDLKS
?g*TIWH MWW ' '
- . SHOT GUNS AND SHELLS _
"trfraiCKS
ON THK BUST CORNKH LOU18BTTRG, N. 0.
FOOT BY FOOT
YOI STAND ALL DAY, OR MOVE ABOUT FROM PLACE
TO PLACE ? YOUR FOOTWiHR 18 ALWAYS CONSPICUOUS
IT CAN NOT HE HIDDEN.
' OUR SERVICE IS TO GIVE YOU THE KIND OF FOOT
WEAR REPAIR THAT PLEASES YOUR EYE AND FIT YOUR
POCKETBOOK. OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED.
Comfortable and Dependable, Too
GANTT'S SHOE SHOP
EAST NASH STREET LOUISBURG, N. C.
WHY YOU SAVE
BY TRADING AT
WHELESS BROTHERS
BMuae we sell only the best foodstuff*. Because the prices we
charge are no greater and oftea lower than many stores ask for
Inferior foods. Isn't that reason enough why yon should bay
your groceries from ns?
HONEST WEIGHT ALWAYS
This Is an Infallible ride that Is never violated. Whether bujk,
canned or package goods, we strive constantly to give oar pat
rons their "MONEY'S WORTH."
We would rather give too much than too little, realising that
our success is dependent upon the continued satisfaction of those
who make trading here a regular habit.
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R. F. D. No. 3 V/l !'? SPRING HOPE, N. O.