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NEXT WEEK IS FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR WEEK . OCT. 7 TO 12 YOUR TOWN l?n't a bit better than joa are willing to Help make It BOOST YOUR TOW* THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE YOUR LOCAL PAPER can't exlat without your I'aid for Patronage In Subscriptions and Advertising BOOST YOUR HOME PAPER VOLUMN LXVI. SUBSCRIPTION *1.50 Per Year LOUISBURQ, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1038 BIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 33 NEXT PRESIDENT POLL BOOMiyG Field Widens As American Press Invites Subscribing Papers To Joifi In Nation-Wide Balloting Up to Wednesday afternoon The Franklin Times lias re ceived 12 votes In the "Next Presidential" Poll. Of the twelve votes President Roose velt received the entire num ber. It is expected that returns from the Nation will begin next week. Franklin County voters are urged to cast their vote and mail it to The Frank lin Times at once. The nation-wide non-partisan poll on Presidential candidates for 1936, looms larger and of more Importance each week, as the bal loting gets into full swing. Whereas the Franklin Times, together with some 2,000 other newspapers throughout the coun try, originally agreed to conduct the "Our Next President Poll," the idea has caught on in a big way, and the field has been wid ened until the final nation-wide tabulation of the vote gives pro mise of being the most represen tative small-town and rural Amer ica expression of political prefer ence ever compiled preceeding major party conventions and the final eleetion of a President. The American Press magazine, speaking to its newspaper publish er subscribers, in the October is sue just released, has invited all of them to join in the poll with their newspapers, their ballots to be tabulated and included in the' final nation-wide count. Inasmuch as the idea for the nation-wide poll received the overwhelming approval of the or iginal 2,000 newspapers now con ducting the "Our Next President Poll," it is not amiss to estimate that between 4,000 and 5,000 newspapers will be included and help conduct the poll before its completion. Voting Open to All The "Out Next President Poll" Is non-partisan and does not, in any manner, politically commit the voter. To vote is only to re gister an expression of the politi cal preference of the individual voter. The voter does not have to sign his name. He only indi cates, by vote, whom he would like to have nominated as presi dential candidate in 1936, and on which party ticket he would like to see him make the race. In effect this, "Oir Next Pres ident Poll," is a nation-wide direct primary of the presldentia^prefer ences of the Individual voters. Its value may easily be more far reaching than imagined, in that the poll Is rapidly developing such extensive nation-wide scope that party leaders might well take heed and see to it that con vention nominations ar? in line with the voters' choices. Have you cast your ballot yet, Mr. Reader? If Aot why not Join in this poll by clipping, voting and mailing the ballot printed else where. It will take but a moment of your time and the vote will help The Franklin Tlnies tell oth er voters throughout the coun try who we in North Carolina want _^as our presidential candidates bext year. National Returns Soon The Publishers Autocaster News 'Service of New .York has agreed to officiate as a national head quarters for the poll. The Frank-, lin Times will first report to you how the local voting is going and then mail the ballots on to New York for national tabulation. Autocaster News Service, which ?ervea The Franklin Times, and the other 2,000 papers, the origin al sponsors of this "Next Presi dent Poll," has agreed to sup ply us each week with carefully tabulated nation-wide returns, state by state/ throughout the duration of the poll. Again, may we suggest, that you clip, vote and mall the "Our Next President" ballot below, to this newspaper today. It costs you nothing to vote. You do not have to sign your name. And. you will assist greatly In indicating to party leaders who you would like to see nominated for the Pres idency at that party's national con vention next year. Clip, rote and mail the ballot below today. Let's all help ma~ke It 180% nation-wide. MYSTERY I Little drop* of mater, little grains of land, Make the mighty ocean and the ditto land; ? Bnt why these drops of water and ttttle grains of sand Are always served with spinach, we do not understand. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorders Court held quite a full session on Tuesday and disposed of cases as follows: Pete Spivey was found guilty of assault with deadly weapon and given 2 months on roads. Apt peal. C. E. Daniel was acquitted by a Jury of operating an automobile intoxicated. Joe Robertson plead guilty to operating automobile intoxicated fined (60 and coats, and not to operate car in 3 months. The case of operating an auto mobile Intoxicated against Howard Weaver was quashed. Clanner Dwlre plead guilty to reckless driving to be discharged upon payment of costs. James Johnson was found guil ty of violating prohibition law, and was given 4 months on roads. Henry Knight was found guilty of operating automobile intoxicat ed on two charges, and was given 4 months on roads. Cleveland Horton was found guilty of assault with deadly wea pon and was given 4 months on roads. The following cases were con tinued. W. A. Watkins, fraud. Bob Preddy, violating prohibi tion law. Kelton Davis, non-support. Pete Cash, reckless driving. Vernon Tharrington, reckless driving. Bob Preddy. violating prohibi t ion law. and public drunkenness. Both Feet v Amputated Jim Branch, colored, lost both feet by amputation Tuesday as the result of an accident at the Seaboard Airline Station. Informa tion given out by Branch indicates he went to the depot to purchase a ticket to Raleigh where he was going to visit relatives, while wait ing there for the train he was standing on the track talking to some one, and the train backed down to him. Being a little deaf he failed to - hear the train and when he saw it so close to him he became excited and in his ef forts to move to a place of safe ty fell on the track, his feet not clearing, and were run over by the train, crushing his ankle and leg just above the ankle so that amputation was necessary. The operation was made by Dr. Ful ghum at the Community hospital. Wednesday Branch was resting as well as could be expected. Later ? Branch died from his wounds early Thursday morning. Donkey Baseball I The Kiwanis Club announces that much interest and enthusi asm is being shown over the Donkey Baseball Game. This unique baseball-rodeo promises much fun to players and specta tors. A large attendance is ex pected on Friday, October 11th at 2:30 at the College Ball Park. Prominent Louisburg business and professional men will rfde the donkeys. So far signed up ! as riders are: T. K. Stockard. I Cecil R. Sykes, Geo. I. Griffin, W. I L. Lumpkin and E. C. Bullock. Eighteen rider-players will be on i the field on Friday, Oct. 11th and a great time is guaranteed all who attend. Program At The Louisburg Theatre ? ? ? ~ The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, Oct. 6th: Saturday ? James Cagney and Pat O'Brien in "The Irish In Us." Sunday ? John Boles and Dixie Lee in "Redheads On Parade." Monday ? Dolores Del Rio in "I Live For Love." Tuesday ? King Crosby and ioan Bennett In "Two For To night." Wednesday ? A Zane Grey Western "Wandered Of The Wasteland." Thursday ? Edward Arnold and 1 Bennie Barnes In "Diamond Jim.:' Friday ? Maureen O'Sullivan in "The Bishop Misbehaves." Last Showing Today ? WILL ROGERS in "Stamboat Round The Bend." A resident Roosevelt in Wesc WASHINGTON . . . Heading Wert with the intent of returning bjr the Panama Canal, President Roosevelt i* on hla swing acroes the country to 3an Diego, Calif., ria St. Lonia, Omaha, Cheyenne, Boulder Dam, Salt Lake City and Loe Angeles. After viewing the Pacific Exposition at San Diego and delivering the second of his scheduled speeches, The President will board the cruiser Houston for a fishing expedition to Panama Canal, across which he will pasa Northward. It is expected that he will land at some southern IT. 8. port on the Eastern seaboard. FAIR TO OPEN TUESDAY I ? ? Everything is set for the open ing of the Franklin County Fair which will be on next Tuesday. The Secretary has just returne'l from Suffolk where he visited the Strates Shows which furnish the amusements for the midway. There will be nine rides and fourteen shows and the usual ^ nunfber of" concessions. The New Exhibit Hall is com pleted and is one of the most) complete halls on any small fair I ground. Numbers of people have' promised to exhibit and some are ' already listed and ready to be put on exhibit. Wednesday will be school day and all the children under twelve will be admitted free. Tli^^ lit tle folks have looked forwOTd to the Fair with a great deal of in terest as it is the one day in the year when all enjoy themselves more than any other day in the entire year. A record crowd is expected as the County Fair is Franklin I County's Holiday. Gold Sand Fair On Wednesday, September 25th, i the Committee in charge of the Gold Sand Community Fair met to complete its plans, "October 25,' 1935 was set aside (or the Fair.' After discussions of the plans, the following committees were ap pointed, field crops department, Joe Hagy, Roy Duke, David Ful ler and J. W. Neal; Horticultural department, M. M. Person, Ferrel ^Ptyrrtstfi, J. B. Parrish, N. H. Griffin; Cooking and canning de partment, Mesdames J. C. Foster, Sam Foster, Sidney Hale, W. D. Fuller; Sewing department, Eliza beth Johnson, Irma Gupton, Mes dames E. W. Stallings, Frank Reed, B. M. Sykes; Floral de partment, Miss Ruth Parrish, Mes dames T. R. Gupton, A. H. Perry. W. H. Tharrington, D. T. Fuller, j Miscellaneous department, Mes dames M. M. Person, O. F. Thar rington; Program Committee. Messrs. W. O. Reed, G. C. Par rish, Delphas Darlr, Joe Hagy, Miss Ullie Hart?r and Mrs. W. O. Reed; Thff School Committee. Mesdames W. M. Person. R. W. Gupton, Miss Fannie Gupton and Mr. Delphas Dark. It is hoped that every mem bar of the Community will co operate to make this the best Fair held. Much entertainment is be ing provided. EX KING ALFONSO, OF SPAIN Rome, Oct. 2. ? Bad weather which for a time threatened to day's giant mobilization was blamed by many on the arrival her? of former King Alfonso of Spain, whom Italians believe brings bad luck every time he comes to Italy. The belief Is widespread that with every appearance in Italy Of Alfonso, there is some disaster.' When his name Is mentioned' socially, Italians touch iron, equivalent to an American knock ing on wood. The ex-klng's hotel loses a number of Italian guests whenever he arrives. W. P. A. FUNDS Information liven out by State Leadq\iesters the past week show Franklin County has been allotted funds as follows: Geodectic Surveys $4,130. Sanitation $15,230. Malaria Control $12,290. Louisburg ? Repairs at Mills Epsom, Gold Sand, Edward Best Bunn Wood, Elem, Yotjngsville High Schools. Federal funds. $7, 614; sponsor's contribution, $7, 139. Construct armory and com munity buildings. Federal funds $45,566. ' Louisburg College News Items Misses Alice and Sybil Neai spent the week end at their home in Warrenton. Mr. Bennett Bullock, a graduate of Louisburg College, who is now continuing his studies at Elon College, spent Saturday, with his friends at Louisburg. Also Mr. Marshall Breedlove of Wake For est College spent the week end here with his friend Mr. Graham Grissom. Visitors at the College over the week end were Fred Hoyle of Zebulon, Misses Agnes and Staunt Godfrey, and Mr. Hugh Carroll of Rocky Mount who visited his sister. Miss Martha, and also James Hayes and Misses Virginia Lofton and Dorothy , Curtis of Rocky Mounts -L '' Among those who spent the week end at home were Miss Ruth Hicks of Oxford, Miss Evelyn Andrews of Bethel. Stanford Pen nington of 'Goldsboro, and Misses Anne Barnes, Frances Hopkins, Betty King, Neva Hammond. Gerry Massey, , and ICatherlne Munson. All report a fiood time at their homes. On Saturday Miss Sally Mitchell of Merediths Colleg came and spent the night with her sister, Miss Myrtle and then on Sunday they spent the day with their par ents at their home near Kittrell, N. C. The College foot-ball team play ed the Bluefleld, West Virginia College team laBt Saturday hold ing the West Virginia team at a score of 15 to 0, the lowest score the Weit Virginia team haa made for ages. The Loulsburg College team came home Sunday night refreshed by the mountain breezes and brought with them a sufficient amount of the fresh mountain air to give us the low temperature that we had on Mon day morning last. Miss Janice Perry, daughter o( Mrs. W. B. Perry, Treasurer ol Louishiirg College, celebrated hei birth day last Saturday afternoon A number of her friends were present to help her celebrate the occasion and all enjoyed a splen did time. Ice cream and oak? were served to the guests and th-i remainder found its way Into the college dining hall fpr dinner ot Saturday evening. Prof, and Mrs. Kilby took a group of Loulsburg teachers to see the developments at the QoH Mine out from Loulsburg on lasl Sunday afternoon. Also Dr. and Mrs. TV C. Amlck visited friend* at R. t. Oak. These friends, Mr. V. Chamblee.aBd. Dr. j. H. Martin were college mates of Dr, Amlck Loulsburg Man ? Was it a blj wadding? Friend ? I'll say It -was. I gol in line twice to kiss the bride and nobody noticed it,. Congressman Cooley Speaks a Farmers Club Hold Interest ing Meeting at franklin ton Friday Night. One of the most ' interest ing t meetings of th? Franklin County, j Farmers club* was held on Fri day night at the High School building in Frunkllntuu with the Mitchiner's Womaiu Clob serving supper. The meeting was presided over by President W. *H. M. Jen khts and County Agent E. J. Morgan acted as Secretary. Supt. j W. R. Mills offered Invocation. i The Secretary read the names ! of the following officers who were 'elected at a recent meeting of the Executive Committee meeting: W. H. M. Jenkins ? President. S ?. Wilson. H. F. Fuller ? , 1st vice presidents. H. A. Faulkner ? 2nd vice pre j sident. W. D. Fuller ? 3rd vice presi dent. Secretary ? E. J. Morgan. Reports from Chairman of the j various committees were called for | and responses made as follows: H. F. Fuller, membership. | promised report next meeting. H. A. Faulkner, Fellowship, will j get work started at once. W. D. Fuller, Entertainment. I absent. 'j M. T. Lamm, By laws, absent. J !. G. L. Winchester, program, will i; give outline for three months at; | next meeting. A. F. Johnson, publicity, no special report, will take care ofj events as they occurr. j Morgan made report on new | | tobacco sign up, stating that 74 1 I per cent had signed. W. C. Webb, Mayor of Louis-, I burg was recognized and respon ded in a fitting address for the occasion. W. C. Boyce, assistant County Agent, was introduced to the | meeting. . , '' rne supper wnicn was greatly enjoyed by all present beingj over' all were invited to the auditorium | to enjoy an address by Congress ! man Harold D. Cooley. Supt G. B. Harris lintroduced the speaker in well chosen word?.' Congressman Cooley paid e j pretty tribute to the District i which he represents and told of his delight at being assigned a place on the apricultural com i mittee, where he could be of some assistance to the farmers,. What's ahead of the AAA? Af ! ter the AAA -then what? He pictured the farmers before the organization of th? AAA, on their knees and friendless jnd without .hope. Then as the Govern j merit extended the helping hard I of the AAA and the effort to bring the prices back to a parity. He thought the parity in N. C.. should be changed as the cost of handling the tobacco crop is great er than in any other State. was of the opinion the convention in Washington recently convinced the authorities and public of the; fact that parity in N. C., should perity is to restore ta the farmer, this is their law, and that he wis not yet convinced that the 1935 I program was responsible for the 1 low prices. Each year, he said, some excuse is made to keep from paying a fair price for crops. Where would you be now or in ' 1936 without the AAA? He stat ed the way to bring back pros-' perity is to restore to the farmers his rightful share of the Nations income. He told his hearers of how, the Country is breaking up into groups and how legislation has to deal with groups rather than general problems, and ad vised the farmers to standby the j farm group. I The entire evening ? the lunch jeon and the address ? was great - ! ly enjoyed by quite a large crowd, which represented practically, I every section of the County. "Make War Impossible" TOfcONTO . . . V. G. Iden of Now York, Set'y of tho American Inati tute of Steel Construction, in a spieeh before the Canadian Institute, pro posed a world union of steel indua tries for mutual welfare and thin povo the way for an industrial inter nationalism that would make war im possible. "IRISH IN US" With Cagney-O'Brien At Louisburg Theatre Satur day, October 5th. Warner Bros*, latest comedy drama "The Irish In Us" which presents James Cagney, Pat O' Brien, Frank Mcliugh and Olivia de Havilland at the head of an unusually popular supporting cast, has been booked as the feature production of Louisburg Theatre on Saturday, October 5th. The title, it is said, is based on traditional characteristics of the Irish ? to alternate between laughter and tears, to jump from comedy to intense drama, to fight with those they love and love those with whom they fight. The story itself is the story of most families ? internal battles, but a common front against an i outside attack. Mary Gordon, a 55 year old Irish widow whose leap 'from a job as restaurant cook to near stardom in Hollywood is in itself a romance, portrays the part of an Irish mother whose three sons are Pat O'Brien, a - cop; Frank McHugh, a fireman, and James Cagney, who refuses to take a steady job but devotes himself to managing broken down prize fighters. Ma's catering to the one non producer of her brood keeps the family in constant turmoil, but the tempest breaks in earnest when Cagney takes O'Brien's girl. Miss de Havilland. away from him. 1 The sorrows and joys, the anxieties and triumphs of this little family of New York Irish folk is said to have made one of the most laughable and at the same time most touching screen dramas of the year. In the cast are Allen Jenkins, Harvey Parry, J. Farrell Mac Donald and Thomas Jackson in addition to a number of noted prize fighters and many college athletes. Lloyd Bacon directed from the screen play written by Earl Bald win based on an original story by Frank Orsatti. Cotton Meeting The cotton growers of the Justice community held a meet ing at Justice on Tuesday night, ,Oct. 1 for the purpose of dis cussing the cotton situation. Every grower seemed to be pleased with the out look for cotton prices, and especially with the new re purchase pool which the N. C< Cotton Growers Cooperative As sociation has installed. ST- PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH The Holy Communion will be celebrated in St. Paul's Church at eleven o'clock Sunday morning. This service will be a preparatory act of worship for the Preaching Mission, which starts on the four teenth of October. Friends of the Church are cordially invited to attend services with us. Sunday School and Y. P. S. L. will be held at 10:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. respectively. Junior Choir Practice. Satur day 10^00. Adult Choir practices on Thurrifcay nights at 7:30 in the Churcli. The new "Forward Movement" devotional booklets will be dis tributed after the service Sunday morning. ? Twenty-five Duplin County far mers have cooperated to purchase over 400 bushels of rye. clover, vetch and Austrian winter pea seed for fall planting. WAR SEEMS INEVITABLE Rome. Oct. 2. ? Italy will con quer Ethiopia and fight any na tions who try to interfere. Pre inier Benito Mussolini told 20. 000,000 mobilized Fascists to night. The dictator hurled his defiance of international opposition from the balcony of the Venice palace. His words were carried by radio to the four quarters of the earth. A cheering mass of 300,000 jammed the square before Musso lini's palace. On a lesser scale, the scene was duplicated in every square and market place in the nation, where loudspeakers blared II Duce's words: "To warlike acts we will reply with acts of war." Mussolini's speech denounced the injustice of paqt-war settle ments which failed to satisfy It aly's colonial needs; he informed Ethiopia his patience with her was exhausted. He cautioned France against joining in sanc tions (penalties) against him; he warned Britain not to impede lum. All Hut Declare War II Duce did everything but de clare war. word rrom Geneva that Em peror Haile Selassie of Ethiopia had protested "invasion" of Ethior pia by Italian troops at Mussa-Ali, on the Eritrean frontier, was denied by the foreign office. The spokesman also denied a rumor that the Italians had advanced to Aduwa. The foreign office announced that Italian troops in Eritrea had advanced to new and better posi tions "in view of the ever-increas ing, hostile attitude of the Ethio pians." The spokesman denied rumors circulated abroad that skirmishes had occurred between Italian out posts and Ethiopians. But throughout II Duce's speech there was the implication that these things soon would be true ? and much more. "At the League of Nations," said Mussolinh "there is talk of sanctions. I refuse to believe that the authentic people of France can associate themselves with a cause against those who fought side by-side with them and whose dead are buried together in the sacred red soil of battle. Hay* Ethiopia Unfit "Until there is proof to the contrary, I refuse to believe that the authentic people of Great Bri tain will bring all Europe into a world-wide conflagration to de fend a country which the whole world recognizes as barbarous and which is unfit' to associate with the civilized nations of the world." Franklin County Union The Franklin County Union meeting met at Red Bud Baptist Church on the 5th Saturday in September, with a very good at tendance. consisting of different surrounding counties. The pro gram was wonderful and touching and was emphasized and based on Evengelism and Liberty. Each part was discussed so beautiful that they were thoroughly enjoy ed by all. The program begun at 10:00 o'clock by the. congrega tion singing. What Is Liberty ? Rev. F. G. Walker. m Your Riglfts and 'toine Consid ered?Rev. J. F. Roach. Liberty In Eating ? -Rev. C. B. Howard. After dinner which was served so abundantly and enjoyed by all. The program begun at 1:30 o'clock as follows : Soul Care. ? Rev. C. E. Craw ford. Body and Mine Care ? Rev. R. H. Weaver. Liberty In Choosing ? Rev. L. B. Reavis. Liberty In Drinking ? -Rev. C. B. Howard. The program came to a close about 3:30 o'clock by prayer Rev. C. B. Howard. The Committer then announced the next meeting would irieet the first 5th Saturday in the new year 1936, at White Level iBaptlst Church. We are looking forward for an other good time together. Mr. V a an ' Fleming Dead 'Dr. A. H. Fleming returned Wednesday from a trip to Nor folk to visit his brother, Ur. Vann Fleming, who wag quite 111. Upon arriving home he received a message announcing the death of hli brother juat a abort while after he had left hi* home. The funeral will be held in Norfolk this afternoon at' 5 oclodc.