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FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY AT FRANKLINTON f YOUE TOWN Ui't ? bit bettor thu jro? are wUlln| to Help make it BOOST YOUR IOVI The Franklin Times THE COUNTY . THE STATE - THE UNION VOLUMN LXVII. SUBSCRIPTION 91.00 Per leer LOUISBURQ, N. CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY a 8, ltt.Wt (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 2 SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE CLOSES TO-MORROW: FER29TH AT 4 P.M. Only A Few Hours Left In Exciting Race For $500? Enthusiasm Running High As The Goal Comes In Sight ? WHO WILL WIN Miss May Brown, Franklinton Miss Qemmer Grace Floyd, Louisburg R 1 Mrs. Peter Foster, Louiaburg B 3 Miss Lynne Hall, Louisburg Mrs. R. E. McDuffie, Kittrell R 1 ....... . Mr. R. H. Poythress, Louisburg Mrs. C. H. Stallings, Spring Hope R 2 . . . Miss Lucy Timberlake, Louisburg R 1 . . Mrs. Bertha Wilson, Louisburg R 3 What a race this has turned out to be. With ex citement running at high pitch, the enthusiastic workers are picking up the loose ends and digging into every nook and corner for business that may have been overlooked. That $500 looms up like a mountain at the end of a trail and may the best candidate win with the congratulations of the whole group. The world admires and respects a good loser as well as a good winner. The gentlemen who have agreed to act as judges and assist the campaign manager in arriving at the final standing'are: Rev. Frank E. Pulley, Key. O. P. FitzGerald and Supt. W. R. Mills. At 4:00 o'clock to-morrow af ternoon February 29th. the great circulation building campaign of The Franklin Times will come to an end and as soon as the final tabulation Is made of the returns, the prlxea valued at over a thous and dollars will be presented to the contestants who havu partlcl p-""1 In the campaign by solicit ing subscriptions and rwKfc - A secret and sealed ballot box has been placed in the rampaign office and the candidates will de posit their last reports and re serve credits In It to-morrow. At 4:00 p. m., or as near that time as possible, after all reports are In, the box will be opened and the judgeB with the assistance of the campaign manager will make the final tabulation of credits. Better Safe Than Sorry Success in an affaair of this kind depends upon keen Judgment and Immediate action. Through out all history people possessing the faculty of knowing a good thing when they see It and grasp ing It at the right time have won the good things of the world, fre quently on the last turn of the | cards, while those undecided and afraid stand back and talk about what they might have done. The Franklin Times has been constantly urging the candidates! to do their very best, but now it [ wishes to lay particular stress on the necessity of looking the situ ation straight in the face and see ing where It will be to their ad vantage to put forth a supreme effort to win that first prize of $500. 1,100,000 Credits Ten 6-year subscriptions In cluding the clubs of $16.00 will give 1,100,000 credits. This can be done by any candidate who will make a determined try. It surely would be worth some real initia tive and energy to win that first prize of $500. Don't flatter your self that you already have en ough credits to win. for you hav en't. Don't take a single chance on losing the prize you most de sire. It Is far better to win by a million credits than to lose by a few hundred thousand ? repre senting a mere handful of long term subscriptions. Over-confidence has lost many a battle. Relaxation at this stage of the game is suicide to success Ballot Box Is Sealed In order to maintain the strict est secrecy as to the amount of business turned in by each candi date on the last report, the race will be brought to a close under 1 a sealed baallot box. Bach candidate must have his or her report and all reserve cred its In the ballot box by 4:00 p. m? or within a reasonable time thereafter on Saturday, February 29th. The ballot box will be open ed by the judges and the cam paign manager and within an hour or two the winners will be announced. Details of Final Count Details of final closing parti culars of the contest appear on another page of this Issue and the candidates are advised to read them carefully and follow them to the letter, as no candidate will be excused for not knowing what to do. At the present time con test manager and the publisher { of the paper are as much In the < dark aj the most casual observey ?. ) !, ? all of which makes the final wind-up extremely interesting. Ijwt Wont From the Content Manager Taking advantage of this op portunity I want to sincerely tha^k the candidate* through the columns of this paper for the wonderful Job they have done in jnaklng the subscription campaign ~i success and also to thank them for the clean and good sportsman ship manner in which tliey havj accomplished it. I can truthfully make the state ment that in my many years of experience in running campaigns, I cannot remember one where there was less friction and hard feeling than has been shown a mong the hardworking candidates in Franklin county. That is the way I like to see these campaigns function and that is the .vay they should. Of course there Is a lot at stake but never enough to let iisappolntment cause hard feel ings or loss of friendship. Let us also thank the many, many friends of the various can didates e?nd this paper for the loyal support they gave in sub scribing and renewing through their favorite candidate In the campaign. Through the splendid efforts of the candidates and the loyal sup port of the public. The Franklin ; times is now in position to claim an almast 100 per cent coverage in Its trading territdty. That is a moat enviable position for any newspaper to be in. It makes it a perfect medium for news an1 advertising. I sincerely think the people of this county should be be proud of the high type of pa per that Is being issued to them; It is far above the average for communities of this slie. My stay In Loulsburg has been most pleasant and I hope some day to return and renew acquain tances thru the medium of an other campaign. H. W. RO^BINS. U. D. C. The Joseph J. Davis Chapter I U. D. C. will meet on Tuesday, March 3, 1936. at 4 o'clock with Mrs. Thornton Jeffress. Mrs. J. W. Mann. Sec'y. Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following 18 tne program it the Louisburg Theatre begin ning Saturday. Feb. 29th: Saturday ? Tim McCoy in "The Outlaw Depty" also "Every Sat urday Night." Sunday ? Henry iFonda and Lily Pons in "I Dream- Too Much" Monday ? Marguerite Churchill and William Oargan in "Man Hunt." Tuesday ? Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan in "The Voice of Bugle Anne." Wednesday ? Bank Night ? Dick Foran and Alma Loyd in "Song Of The Sad<}le." Thursday-Friday ? Eddie Can tor, ?thel Merman and Sally Ejler* in "Strike Me Pink." I I I Last Showing Today ? Jeanette acDonald and Nelson Eddy In "Rose Marie." CIVIL TROUBLE IN JAPAN Tokyo. Feb. 27. ? High govern ment military officers, fearful of another riotous outbreak In Ja pan's military purge, pushed their efforts today to bring the extre mist revolt to a close without fur ther bloodshed. Their course; guided by the em peror himself, who was reported to have cohvoked a council of highest surviving statesmen, the military leaders ordered strict en forcement of martial law over the Japanese capital. As the city shook off a night'.-* Inactivity cordons of military guards patrolled the vicinity of central police headquarters and 1 kept silent crowds far from the scene of possible conflict. Warships called in from their ocean stations sped to strategic ports to enforce public safety measures. Krar More Ki?(litlng Daylight brought no direct con tact between the Insurgents and the government troops, although military officers declared a "showdown" possible; and ex pressed their fear of more blood shed in the rebellious uprising which has already cost the liven of three of Japan's high officials. First reports of actual rioting in the military lnstirgence describ ed the siege of the police head-i quarters by a considerable force of infantry which moved 011 the building at dawn Wednesday un der cover of a swirling snowstorm. Police Chief Kazuo Oguri was believed to have been killed at first, but later was reported to have fled ([om the building and set up temporary headquarters In another section of the city. Police guards patrolled the grounds of the imperial palace where, the Dome! (Japanese) news agency reported, a solemn council of venerable statesmen and government officials was In session in an attempt to solve the government crisis. ! Court of Honor The LouiBburg Boy Scout Troop I held a Court of Honor at Mill's ! High School Tuesday evening, Feb. 25. Scout executive C. (\ ! Humphreys, of Durham was pre | sent. The chairman of the court, J. A. Hodges, was master of cere monies. Dr. O. P. Fitzgerald. 0. M. Beam. William Huggins. W. R.i Mills and C. C. Humphreys made the awards as follows: Tender foot. John Lindsey Harris. Shirley Downey Jr., Raymond Tonkel, and Gordon Toone; First Class, Bob Johnson. Merit Badge, Joe Macon Beasley; Animal industry, Qlenn Beasley; Scholarship, William B. Barrow Jr., First aid to animals. Karl Allen; Civics. Darrell Per ry. John Holden, scholarship; One year service stars. Eob Strickland. James Collier; Life, R. F. Yar borough Jr. Mr. Humphreys made an in teresting talk on tho camping pro-, gram for next summer. 1 MISS PERRY AGAIN ON HONOR ROLL Miss Josephine Perry, daugh ter of Mr. and !>Irs. E. C. Perry, of Louisburg, again won the dis tinction of being oh the Honor Roll at the Woman's College at Greensboro. The following invi tation was received by her par ents: The Woman's College of The University of North Carolina re quests the pleasure of your com pany Saturday afternoon, Febru ary twenty-second, from four un til six o'clock, Students Building. Honor Roll Students. Miss Perry completed her high school work in 1931. After mak ing. a splendid record at Mills High School, she graduated ai valedictorian of her class. As a' Junior in high school, she won the "State Memory Picture Con test" In Raleigh and was given a free trip to Washington. Besides taking part in other school activ ities, Including basketball and academic work, she won the State French Contest (Chapel Hill) In her senior year in higli school. In 1934 Miss Perry graduated from Louisburg College as vale dictorian of her class. During two years at the Wo man's College she has been a1 member of the Cornelian Society;: International Relations Club; Y. I W. C. A.-Cabinet; Chairman of Service Department; Secretary of Greensboro Intercollegiate Inter racial Council, and the Education Club. An additional honor was pyld Miss Perry this month. From the seniors doing practice teach ing, she was selected as the one to conduct the model class bofore the College group. , Nathleen ? If somebody left you ] a million dollars, what would you'i do? ii Mr. Smartlelgh ? Hire six good'1 lawyers and try to get It. GEO ROSS POU ANNOUNCES FOR STATE AUDITOR (By W. 8. PENS') Geo Ross Pou, who announced his candidacy (or the Democratic nomination (or State Auditor 011 Monday, is a null v.; of Smithfield. Johnston County and the son o( the lrfte Congressman Edward W. Pou, who represented the Fourth Congressional District in Congress (or many years. Like his fathef, he has always taken an Interest in everything pertaining to the betterment ot the welfare of thn people and has been an enthusias tic and active Democrat. He has served as Secretary and Chairman of the Johnson County Democratic Executive Committee and as Pre sident ot the Young Peoples De mocratic Club o( that County. Mr. Pou has a .wide acquain tance throughout the State. He has a splendid record ot public service. First appointed as Chief Clerk in charge of all ac counting In the Stale Prison De partment, Mr. Pou Immediately took a course In Accoutancy. Book-keeping and Business Ad ministration. One of his (Irst of ficial acta was to lequest the in stallation of a modern system of book-keeping and accountancy. Later appointed art Superintendent of the Prison Department he con tinued active in the supervision ot the Accounting system and was Budget Officer for that Depart ment His friends maintain that with his training and experience In accountancy ajong with his splendid executive ability he is eminently qualified for State Aud itor After the consolidation of the 8tate Prison Department with the State Highway Commission. Mr. Pou was selected as Execu tive Director. He resigned this position some two years ago and has since maintained law offices in Raleigh and Smithfield. During the period Mr. Pou was the head of the prison system in North Carolina, many noteworthy reforms were Introduced. Pou took the view that the mental and physical welfare of the prisoners! was more ihi^ffrtant than any thing else. 'He Accordingly pro vided proper hospital and sanitary facilities and made it compulsory (or all prisoners to be vaccinated against smallpox and typhoid (ev er and to be tested for traces of veneral diseases. He established a special colony (or tubercular prisoners. He was also responsible J for the establishment of the crim inal insane division at the State' Hospital for the Insane and forj segregating these insane prison-' GKOHOK IIOSS POV era from the others. Ilefure (his time they had been kept at the Central Prison. If Pou la nominated and elect ed State Auditor he will bring the same enthusiasm, dllli^nce, Initia tive and interest to the adminis tration of that office as he did to the administration of the pri son system while. he was at Us head. He is regarded as an able and progressive business man and one who would at all times have the best interest of the state up permost in his mind. Ilia long as sociation with the state govern ment ha^ given blm a close In sight Into state affairs and has familiarised him with many of the problems of the state. Pou has no embarrassing poli tical or business connections. While as yet he has made no pub lic statement other than to an nounce his candidacy, he has in dicated to those with whom he has talked that he Is running en tirely of his own volition, that he is not the candidate of any group or 'tHque and that he is not now and will not be aligned with any particular candidate for Governor or other state office. He has stated that if nominated he will consider It his duty to up hold the hands of the Democratic nominee for Governor and render such assistance as he can to such Governor in carrying Into effect his pledges to the people. Meat Canning Demonstration i Conducted by MISS IMCKSIK LEE LEWI8 Miss Dirksle Lee Lewis will conduct a Meat Canning demon stration Tuesday. March 3rd, at 10:00 o'clock In the foods labo ratory ot the Loulsburg College. This demonstration is sponsor ed by the State Extension Depart ment. Miss Lewis comes *ery highly recommended in this work. She has been In the State for some time giving Meat Canning dem onstrations to the club women throughout the State. Women who are Interested III canning meats are urged to he present. THANKS We wish to extend our deepest thanks and appreciations to all those who rendered so many kindnesses and expressions of sympathy in the recent Illness and death of our son. They will be long and tenderly remembered. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bass. CIVIL COURT IN SESSION i Franklin County* February ; term of Civil Superior Court was | reconvened Monday and has been l busy at work all the week dispos I ing of numbers of cat.es of minor public importance Judge Barn-j hill, who is presiding, is conduct ing his Court in a very easy, uus i nets like manner and t.< winning '.be approbation of lawyers and 'as men alike. There are no (ate* of great psiWl: .interest drclrtted for this Icrm. therefore no geetft number* of people liave been in attendance. 8T- PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services Sunday. March 1st (First Sunday In Lent), will be as follows: Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. If , you do not already have your I Mite Box, please get It Sunday morning. . Holy Communion and Sermon, ltiffO. Vestry meeting, Imme diately after service. Several important matters need deciding. | V P. S. L.. 7:00 p. m. Monday night. 7:30, home of Mrs. Pleasants. Confirmation Lec 'tnre. or "Know-Your-Church ' I Hour." We want all who Intend , to be confirmed to attend these confirmation discussions, which : instruction is required before we can present people for confirma tion. While no minimum age Is [ "set" by the Church, the custom is to admit only those who are; (twelve years old or over, or with l In a few months of twelve. Tuesday night. 8:00, (March j 3). our guest Lenten Speaker I will be the Rev. B. N. Defoe Wag oner, of Warrenton, N. C. We re member him most pleasantly for ithe Preaching Mission he con ducted for us some months ago. iCome out and hear Um. i Choir rehearsals at the usual 'hours and places. Woman's Aux iliary Lenten Study Groups mftet ! Mondays at 4:00, the first mM I ing being at the home of Mrs. neck, March 2. I It can be said truthfully, says Pink Hooper, that nearly every man is willing to take his hat off. I to anyone who will drop some-! ? thing Into It. Basket Ball Tour-' nament Stars ? Friday The annual Franklin County' Basket Ball Tournament starts to day Friday, February 28 th in Fran.kllnton. The first days play will be In the Franklinton High School Gym. The Tournament will, continue In the Mills High School Gym. on Thursday, March 5tb. and the last series which is the finals will be played in Franklln tou on Friday March 6th. All pre season games among the teams In the county have been very hard fought. The outcome of many games being in doubt untill the final whistle. With competition keen and interest at it's highest point In many years, there Is no reason why this year's Tourna ment shouldn't be the most suc cessful ever sponsored by the I.eague. The following is a schedule of the first days games which will be played in Franklinton. Friday Afternoon February 28. 3:00 Franklinton va. Bunn (girls) 4:00 Franklinton vs. Epsom (boys); 5:00 Youngsvllle vs. Mills (girls); Friday night. February 28th. 7:00 Bunn vs. Mills (boys) 8:00 Edward Best v?. Gold Sand (girls); 9:00 Edvard Best vs. Gold Sand (boys). The Youngsvllle boys and the Epsom girls drew byes in the first round of play. Lumpkin Speaker Smithfield Event Smlthfleld. Feb. 26? Wllllt Lee Lumpkin of Loulsburg. re presentative from Franklin Coun ty. has accepted the Invitation of President William S. Wellons of ; the Johnston Young Democrats, to be the chief speaker at the banquet meeting Friday evening, Feb.._28. Senator Carroll Weath ers o?~Raleigh, notified President Wellons that he could not accept on account of a previous engage ment. Mrs. Bessie Phoenix of Raleigh. State president of the Young De mocrats. is expected to be a guest on the occasion and will probab ly be beard in a brief talk. The banquet Is to be held in the Wom an's Club and under the direc tion of Mr. Wellons and Chair man of Arrangements Lawrence H. Wallace. The ticket sale Is moving forward with good results. Every young Democrat In the county is urged to lend support to their party by attending the dinner. MRS. EMMA WEBB DIES funeral for Awl K<-si<l<-ii4 of Hlovull < 'undurtrd at Bo) ill oil Sunday 4 Stovall, Feb. 15. ? Mrs. Emma C. Webb died Friday morning. Feb. 14. at the home of her dau-l ghter, Mrs. Stephen A. Martin, iij Stovall. Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian church in Boydton. "Va., Sunday at 11:30 o'clock. Interment took place in the family plot in the cemetery; there. Rev. A. M. Earle was the. officiating minister. Mrs. Webb was the widow of the late William Presley Webb.l who was a captain of Companv K, 55th Regiment, A. P. Hill's Corps. Longstreet's Division in the War Between the States. Hci was a native of Granville county. < Mrs. Webb was born In Lunen burg county, Virginia, Novembe.-) 19, 1844. She was a daughter of James Hayes and Camilla Smith., Her lftng life of over 91 years was well spent In useful service and Christian devotion. She was greatly beloved by all who were privileged to know her and she will be greatly missed In her, community, where she had made her home for many years. Surviving are a son, Col. W1I-; llam P. Webb, of Washington, D. C., four daughters, Mrs. W. P. Neal and Mrs. John B. Yarbor ough, of Loulsburg, Mrs. S. A. Martin and Mrs. J. J. Davis, of Stovall, 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Presaley Da vis, Lex Davis, John Yarborough, Dick Yarborough, Wm. Davis, Wm. Webb, Louis Webb, Mitch ell Tull, W. T. Cross. It Is of note that In the last presidential election, votes were cast by four generations In her line. < Many years ago Mrs. Webb was a resident of Loulsburg and made many friends among Louls burg people? those now living will recall her with much pleas ure and will regret to learn of her death. Life begins at forty and so do fallen arches, lumbago, bad eye sight. and the tendency to tell a story to the same person three or four times. Subscribe to- The Franklin TImef NEW CANTOR MUSICAL DUE Eddie Plays Correspondence School He-M&n in "Strike Me Pink" at Louisburg Theatre Thursday and Friday, March 5th-6th Eddie Cantor in "Strike Me Pink." the pop-eyed comedian's sixth annual musical extravaganza for Samuel Goldwyn. begins a two day run at the Louisburg Theatre Thursday and Friday, March 6th 7 th. This lavish million-and-a-half dollar production, featuring Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers. Parkyak arkus and William Frawley and a glorious new array of Goldwyn Girls, casts Eddie as a timid lit tle college tailor whose secret passion for a glamorous night club singer, in the person of Miss Mer man. moves him to take a corres pondence course in personal mag netism. entitled "Man or Mouse, What Are You?" Then he inherits the manage ment of a huge amusement park and becomes involved with a gang of slot machine racketeers who have put every previous manager on the spot. Snappy Son); Hits "Strike Me Pink" was based on Clarence Budington Kelland'e Saturday Evening Post story and novel, "Dreamland," The adapta tion and screen play are by Frank Butler, Walter UeLeon and Fran cis Martin. Norman Tuurog direct ed. Harold Arlen and Lew Brown are responsible for the snappy song hits, which include "The Lady Dances." "First You Have Me High, Then You Have Mo Low," "The Calabash Pipe" and "Shake It Off." Robert Alton staged the dances and ensembles and Gregg Toland * photographed the aance numbers. Omar Kiam designed the costum es, and Richard Day created the sets. Highlights of the musical are a thrilling, laugh-loaded comedy ? chose on a Giant Roller Coaster and a wild balloon ascent, with Eddie and Parkyakarkus in the basket and the gangsters at the 'controls. Others prominent In the cast are Helen Lowell, Gordon Jones, Brian Donlevy, Jack LaRue. Sun nle O'Dea and Rita Rio. "Strike Me Pink" is released through United Artists. 1936 Tobacco Control Fades Washington. Feb. 28. ? With Georgia definitely out of the pic ture this year, hopes for a 1936 tobacco compact apparently col lapsed today but a special com mittee working on the plan agreed to consider the possibility such a proposal eventually could be put Into effect. Decision was reached to draft proposed compact legislation for adoption by states with legisla tures now in session but which would not become effective until other leaf growing states had come in. Congressional action also would be necessary. Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus of North Carolina expressed the opinion 1937 would be the ear liest a compact proposal could be come effective. Legislature of two states grow ing flue cured tobacco, the princi pal leaf type being considered for the proposed compact, are now in session. They are Virginia and South Carolina. The legislatures of Georgia and North Carolina, the other chief flue cured states, the latter pro ducing five-sevenths of the total crop, are not scheduled to meet until 1937, Decision to work for the fu ture followed a prediction by J. B. Hutson, agriculture depart ment tobacco chief, of a 10-cent a pound tobacco price unless leaf growing states got together. : ti. SENIOR PLAY AT ^ GOLD SAND The Senior Class of Gold Sand High School will present the play, "Here Comes Charlie," a farce-comedy in three acts, Wed nesday evening, March 4th, at 8 o'clock. The cast of charac ters la as follows: Nora Malone, Olga Denton; Officer Tim McGrlll, LaVerno Gupton; Mrs. Fanny Farnham, Virginia Dark; Larry Elliott, Per ry Griffin; Ted Hartley, Wendell Denton; Vivian Smythe-Kersey. Dorothy Stnrges; Uncle Aleck Twiggs, Kudoplh Denton; Char He Hopps, Frances Person; Mrs. Caroline Smythe-Kersey, Ruth Pierce; Mortimer Smythe-Kersey, Percy Gilliam. Yon are Invited to go out, if you wish to have a hilarious time.
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