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IT DOESN'T PAY TO BUY OUT OF TOWN -- ^ OTHERS WILL FOLLOW VOIR EXAMPLE VOLUMN LXVIII SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a Year THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE UNION LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1937 CIRCULATION COUNTS AND IS THE VALUE OF ADVERTISING. Newspaper advertising gives more circulation (or the money, than anything else. (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 30 TO OPEN THURSDAY LOUISBURG TOBACCO MARKET READY Three Big* Warehouses Un der Well Experienced Management and Full Corps of Buyers ? High Prices Indicated With. Indication ol high prices for a record opening sale the tihree big tobacco warehouses in Louisburg are ready to throw their doors open for the begin ning of the 1937 season on Thuit. day of next week. Each of the three bigwa rehous es have been thoroughly renovat ed and put in readiness and will be manned by competent, experi enced and polite forces who w.ill vie with each ot-her in extending to you all the courtesies and ac commodations you could wish. One of the largest opening sale3 in many years is expected and growers from all sections within a radius Vt n hundred- miles or more are expecting to meet in Louisburg on this occasion. The merchants, business men and citizens join the warehouse men and tobacconists iu extend ing tire heartiest of hearty Wel comes to all who come to Louis 1 uig on next Thursday aud every day. Ciet your load ready and bring it tn Louisburg, your market, and if you can't get a loi'.d ready come ai d visit the*maiket that day. SCHOOLS OPEN According to information fur nished by Superintendent VV. R. Mills, the schools in the Buun, Youngsville and Edward Best dis tricts opened Wednesday. Schools in the Louisburg, Epsom and Gold Sand districts opened Thursday. All truck drivers have taken and passed an examination given by the Highway Patrol system and have certificates storing that they are fit for the job in keeping with the 1937 law. Also Basal elementary books will be furnished free. There will be some delay in getting books to all the pupils due to the fact that the first shipment of books from the State did not supply the needs, stated Superintendent Mills. Ad ditional books Avill be furnished as last as they are secured from the State. The high school books will be offered for rent or pur chase as the pupils see lit. Any parents not wishing their children to rent' or use the free books may purchase them. Sup plementary readers may be pur chased on flat fee ba3is. Cut To Death Clyde Cheek, colored, aged about ten and son of J. H. Cheek, of near Alert, was killed Sunday at Jordan's Chapel near Alert by Willie Fall Jordan, also colored and about the same age. Accord ing to information received by Sheriff J. P. Moore the two boys had a^-misunderstanding that re sulted in a fight in which Jordan fat<ally cut Cheek with a pocket knife. Because of their ages Jor dan was placed in Juvenile Court and held for investigation which was had yesterday afternoon af ter the TIMES had gone ts press. MR. LUMPKIN QUALI FIES AS ATTORNEY Mr. James Parker Lumpkin, a recent licensee for the practice of law took the oath of an Attorney in Franklin Superior Court before Judge N. A. Sinclair on Wednes day. He was presented to the Court by his brother, Hon. Willie Lee Lumpkin. Mr. Lumpkin, who lives in Kal eigh, will come to Louisburg and become associated witn Lumpkin & Bullu:k in the practice of law in Franklin County. Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, Sept. llfch: Saturday ? Double Feature ? Johnny Mack Brown in "Guns In The Dark" and Lee Tracy in "Behind The Headlines." Sunday ? Wheeler & Woolsey ? in "On Again Off Again." Monday ? Pat O'Brien in "San Quentin." Tuesday ? Stuart Erwin, Jeari Muir, Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins In "Dance Charlie Dance" Wednesday ? Bruce Cabot, Vir ginia Grey and Cliff Edwards in "Bad Guy." Thursday - Friday ? "Varsity Show" with Dick Powell and Fred Waring and His Pennsy Ivan tans. ?m Louisburg College Opens Enrollment Largest in His tory of College ? List Of Faculty Louisburg College opened itsj one hundred and tiurty-riftli ses-i 51011 ou WedtieSd&y, September] 3th with the entrance of new and; business student. All studehts] were , registered on Thursday j morning alter which there was a period of orientation for the new students,? Class instruction began at eighty-thirty today.. The .first general meeting of in terest to the citizens of Louis burg. will be held in the Methodist Church at nine-t'hlrty a. m. Fri day, (Today) September 10th. At that time the citizens of Louis burg will have an opportunity to meet the faculty and students of the College. The enrollment is the largest i in the history of the College. | Every room is crowded and stu J dents are being placed in resid j ences in the town. Louisburg College is fortunate in having added to its faculty several new members for the coming year. These new? members are: Mr. E. Vernon Peele, head of the English Department and Dean of Men. Miss Elsa Craig, Libra rian. Mr. James Patrick, head of he Industrial Arts Department for Men. Mr. George M. Oliver.: head of the Science Department. Mr. John Cameron, Coach and r'hy. Education for Men. The rteverend J. G. Phillips, teacher ! of Bible, and Mrs. Frank Culpep ;per, Nurse and teacher of -lygiene. CAMPAIGN OBJECTS ALMOST REALIZED The wholeheaited and enthuas j ic support that has been evidenp ! 3d by t'ke citizcns of i.ouisburg | and Franklin County is largely re i ijjonsible for the satisfactory pro | ^ress being made in retiring the | indebtedness of Louisburg Col-i ege.' ?The local cooperation together vith the conference wide interest now being translated into a more substantial form, the . Forward Movement of Louisburg College is! in process of realization. Bishop Paul B. Kern in a recent conference with some of the lead-| ers in the Movement spoke favor-; ably of the response from those churches reporting. "If we can ,ivt anything like TSlie cooperation which v.'e are asking and which [the causa Reserves, we shall burns ! hose old mortgages, pay these old, I debts and begin a new day at Lou-j sburg", stated Bishop Kern. Special emphasis is being given! the Movement during this month vith t-he hope that the full j ? unit may be subscribed by this time. W. R. Mills, County Chairman,; i and his committee plan" to raise, at Ian early date the balance to com-| plete the quota of $10,000.00 which was accepted as the county's share. Reports continue to come into; .headquarters from churches throughout the Conference with la regularity that indicates the! church organizations are actively j it., work. _ * MRS. MAY CHAMBLEE "* JONES DIES l _ The death of Mrs. May Cham i blee Jones, widow of the late Rev. | jr. R. Jones, came after a pro longed illness of several months at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Jeffries of Youngsville. Mrs. Jones was in her seventy-eighth year. The funeral was conducted by Rev. D. M. Branch, pastor ofc the First Baptist Church of Youngs ville, of which church the deceas ed had been a loyal member for jsome years. Rev. E. M. Carter, i pastior of the Christian Church, assisted. Interment was made at Oaklawn Cemetery, Louisburg. ; The floral tribute was profuse and bespoke the love and esteem in which JJrs. Jones was held, de spite her mounting years. Her minister asserted that she strictly | adhered to the Golden Rule; and also spoke of her abounding pati ence which endured until the very - end. Mrs. Jones leaves the following children: Two sous, W. G. Jones, Norfolk, Va., and J. #C. Jones. j Dunn. N. C.; and four daughters: Mrs. W. G. Hankins. Kissimmee, Fla., Mrs. Jerry Mitchell, Char leston, W. Va., Mrs. C. E. Jeffries, Youngsville and Mrs. W\ B. Bar row, Louisburg. The pallbearers were: Messrs. E. M. Mitchell, W. T. Moss, R. E. i Timberlake, Jr., of Youngsville; | and Messrs. M. S. Clifton, L. L. I .Joyner and J. B. King of Louis burg. WASHINGTON, D..C. (PAS) ? Twenty-six of the forty-eight stat es derive their names from Indian tribes or place names. U. S. Marines Ordered to War Zone MANILA, P. I. ... A detachment of United States Marines as thej were hurriedly dispatched from Manila t?-Shanghai to protect Amerk can interests there. They're boarding the S.S. President Hoover. Americans Advised To Leave China Shanghai, Thursday, Sept. 9. ? : United States Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson and Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Naval command er, today appealed to more than 3,000 imperilled Americans to ?et out of China at once, or suf fer the consequences. Despite t-he appeals, 2*000 Americans in Peipiug, and more than 300 others scattered through out this country refused to aban-| don their hohies and give up their pbsts. ?' "The American government de-i sires t'0 evacuate from China such I nationals as are able to leate," Yarnell said. "In furtherance of the general policy, the command er-in-chief of the Third Fleet de cided to provide transportation to! Manila for such of our nationals us desire to leave." He pointed out that the families of Marines and naval men would be removed immediately in order] Franklin County Fair To Be The Biggest Event Of The Year The Franklin County Fair which will be held the week of the 4th of October will bring more people to Franklin County and Louisburg than any other event held during the 'entire year. More interest is being- shown in: this fair than in any one in prev-l ions years. The weather man hasj promised a fine week and every body will have a good time. The I space in the exhibit hall is at a! premium and the Secretary ad iises us that the building will bej literally packed with exhibits.' Ai number of commercial exhibits; have applied for space and. had toj ;>e refused because the space hast been rserved for farm products { and the many things made in i Franklin County. Wednesday will be School dayi and alsd Stock day and all peoplej who have good stock will bring ii'i in that day. Those who enter1 meritorious stock will be the| guests of the Fair Association foi^ Wednesday. Season tickets are being sold which will admit the purchaser] to the grounds each day for thej sum of one dollar. The ticket books have three | tickets for each day and also have coupons for the drawing at the grandstand each night. No season ticket will be sold after the Fair opens. The Midway will be supplied wlt<h shows and amusements that will delight all, young and old, and the new Octopus ride will be the first booked at any Southern Fair. 1 The people of the county have always enjoyed the Fair and have cooperated in every way to make it the "Best County Fair in The State" because we are all proud of our county. The week of October 4th will be our holiday week. Franklin Electric \ ' Company The above is the name of a new enterprise for Louisburg. which has taken over the Home Appliance Co., and will handle Fairbanks Morse & Co. radios, re; frfl^erators and water systems, andx^he Orunow radios and re frigerators. They will operate stores in Louisburg and Hender son and their territory includes Franklin, Nash, Warren, Vanca and Granville counties. The firm is owned by Messrs. W. A, Mose ley and M. S. Beasley Mr. Mose ley will have charge of the Hen derson store and Mr. Beasley will have charge of the Louisburg store. Indignation is one of the prin cipal source* of energy. to facilitate a later evacuation by civilians in event of an emergency. He said the U. S. S. Sacramento, a gunboat, was leaving for Hong kong with 40 civilians. Each had reservations for the Dollar steam er President- Coolidge. which was ordered to stay out of the danger zone. Other citizens, unless they have immediate outgoing reserva tions. will not be sent to Hong kong becatfSe of crowded condi tions t-here as a result of British evacuations, he explained. Ikfuxee Vrssols Yarnell announced that the U. S. S. Canopus and the U. S. S. Gold Star and the transports Chaumont and Henderson will carry out the evacuations of Tslngt'ao and Chefoo in North China and Shanghai. The vessels will leave "for" Manila from Shang hai on September 20, September 22. October 22 and November 10 respectively. Receives Appoint ment Miss Annie Perry Neal, who been spending her vacation with her mother, Mrs.? W. P. N'eal. returned Tuesday to Wash ington, D. C. Accompanied by her mother and brother, William YV.. Neal, Miss Neal spent a week at Wrightsville Bea,ch, and two weeks at Blowing Rock, Ashevllle and other points of Western North Carolina. Io is with much happiness that her many friends of Franklin County have learned that she ..as made Associate Attorney for the Federal Communications Com liiission upon her return to Wash ington. Her residence is 2630 Garfield Street, North West, Washington, D. C. * ?- , Leaves For Rich Square Mr. L. H. Turner, who has been local Manager for the Car olina Telephone & Telegraph Co., in Louisburg, Franklinton, Youn gs ville and Wake Forest, wit'h headquarters in Louisburg left Wednesday for Rich Square to take over a like work for the same company. Mr. Turner has proven himself ? a very efficient, pleasing and accommodating of ficial, under whose management the systems in the four stations has advanced materially in Mie past and it is reasonably sure he will build up the efficiency of the plant in his new field. during his stay in Louisburg he and his good wife have made many friend* in Louisburg and Franklin Coun ty who will regret to, lear.i of hia leaving. ; Mr. Turner's successor has no', been announced as yet, but the local systems will be under l>he management of Mr: C. B. Mjller, of Henderson, for the present. MILLS P. T. A. TO MEET The Mills P. T. A. will hold its first meeting in the school Audi torium at 3:20 Thursday after noon, Sept). 16th, according to announcement of Mrs. R. F. Yar borough. President. A social hour will follow in the Home Ec onomic room where refreshments will be served by this department. All parents are urged to be pres ent: - _ Gets Still Officer Fred Frazler reports getting a complete still outfit on Warrenton highway in Gold Mine township Tuesday and destroying ten barrels of beer- and seized eight gallons of whiskey. He was assisted by Officers ? . ? . Gil liam, Sam Weathers and K. E. Joyner. SUBSCRIBE TODAY ! RECEIVES AUDIT 1936-7 Recommends Road to Spring Hope For Work ? Receiv | es Portrait of Judge J. J. Davis For Court Room I i The Board of County Commis sioners met in regular session on Monday w it'll all members present, at which time business was traos ( acted as follows: W. J. Speed requested the Board to appoint an electrical in- j spector for Franklin County. Thej matter was deferred. W. E. Kearney was before the Board requesting that Mrs. Flet-j ta Moss be put on old age assist-j ance. This was referred to the Welfare Department. Mr. Carl Mahler, representa tive of A. M. Pullen & Co., was before the Board to present and i explain the Audit for Mie year ending June 30tll. 11*37. The County Auditor was in structed to contact State Treasur er and obtain a settlement on' StjWe Schobl tax, taking into con- J sideratiou the uncollected tax for! said years. Messrs. O. B. Moss, attorney, Ben Wood, P. S. Allen and others! Were before the Board requesting a certain road in Nash and Frank lin counties fjgjm Peach Tree! church to Edward Best school, be I I surfaced with tar and gravel.] Upon motion the above road was recommended to the State High-| I way Commission. i A motion prevailed that the! | portrait of Judge J. J. Davis be accepted by. the County and that! jat suitable time the Bar of Frank lin County have?same placed in | court room. Mr. Mahler presented to the Board audit on Accountant's ofj ! iice and Register of Deeds office 'and explained same. A motion prevailed that audit be received and one copy with Register ,of Deeds. Reports of E. J. Morgan, Coun ] ty Agent, Miss Weaver, Home Agent, Dr. R. F. Yarborough, Health officer, C.J\ Richardson, Supt. County Home, and Mrs. j. F. Mitchiner, Welfare officer were received .apd filed.' Com. Terrell reports visiting Welfare department and finding same in gOod condition. Resignation of O. C. Davis as Constable of Cedar Rock town ship was tendered and accepted. H. R. Wood was recommended and was elected to fill this va cancy. ..?*>! osh M. Bartholomew was re lieved .of poll tax. Upon motion the County At torney was directed to sell thej Mrs. Bunn land in. Youngsville ! township and H. C. Kearney land i i>e Suld. After allowing a number of j accounts the Board adjourned. Young Attorney Begins Practice Mr. John F. Matthews, recently licensed to practice law in North; 'Carolina, took the oath of office; as an attorney before Judge N. A.j Sinclair in Franklin County Su j perior Court on Monday morning. I He was presented to the Court by Mr. Chas. P. Green. Mr. Matthews, who has been connected with Mr. Charles P. Green, County Attorney, since 1934, received his education at Wake Forest College and Duke University. At Wake Forest he was selected as a member of the Order of the Golden Bough, hon orary scholarship and leadership fraternity, and was a president of Chi chapter of Alpha Koppa Pi, social fraternity, and also of Ep silon chapter of Sigma Pi Alpha, honorary modern languages fra ternity. He was active, in literary circles, being editor of the Wake Forest Student. At Dt^ke University, Mr. Mat thews, whirls known to- his many friends as "Jack," has completed two jiears of the three-year law school course, and will return to Duke on September 20 to com plete the work for a legal degree. After graduation, Mr. Matthews states that he expects to begin the [active practice of law In Louis | burg. First Bale Cotton Messrs. Finoti & Bull, of near i Loulsburg, offered the first hair of new cotton on the Loui.sburK market on. Saturday. It wax ginned at Franklin Seed Co., i weighed 400 pounds and bought by Mr. A. W. Person at ?H cents a pound. A sample of 304 farm reports in Lee County indicate that 80 per cent of th? growers who sign ed work sheets there hare Com plied with the agricultural con servation program and will re ceive payments. Before signing anything) It pays to take time to read the fine print. I f. TOWN COMMIS SIONERS MEET The Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular session, Sept. 7, 103", with- all members present. . The minutes of previous meet ings were read and approved. The monthly reports of the Chief of. Police, Tax Collector, and Town Clerk were read and ap proved. Dr. R. F. Yarborough informed the Board that work is progress ing' speedily toward securing grade "A" milk for consumers iff Louisburg. A niotiion was passed to employ Mr. Neal, of Rocky Mount, N. C., to inspect and test all milk that is. sold in Louisburg. X. C., and that all persons, firms, or corpor ations, selling milk within the corporate limits of ^.ouishurg, X. C., must pay a llceifse of $1.00 for such privilege. Mr. Paul Elam, representing the Kiwanis Club and the Louis burg Tobacco Board of Trade, asked the Board to contribute to a fund with which to advertise Louisburg's Tobacco and Cotton markets. This request was deferr ed until t'he next regular meeting of the Board. A motion" prevailed "That a tax of $100,00 be levied against the Amusement Company operating, under the auspices of the Frank lin County Fair Association, for the year lit 37." The Board appointed Sept'. 21, 1937 as a date set aside for re ceiving sealed bids on fuel and lubricating oils. The Chairman of the Street Committee was instructed to sub mit an estimate on the cost of re pairing the storm sewer drain on Spring Street, between Beck's Ga rage and Franklin Street. The Board ordered caution sig nals to be purchased aiid installed at the intersection of Main Street and the Bumuand Halifar high ways. After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned. Dr. Earnhardt To Preach Sunday Dr. D. E. Earnhardt, President) of Louisburg College, wifl preach I at - the Louisburg Methodist Church Sunday morning. Septem ber 12. His topic will be, "The Greatest Thing in Life.'' This serv ice is in keeping with the usual custom by which the college group takes special part in t'he services on the first Sunday of the school year. Arrangements will be made to take cave of the large attendance expected and all local citizens in terested in being present' may be sure that the ushers will provide s(-ats where the service may be seen and heard. Let no one. re main at mime with the idea that his place will be needed for visi tors on this S.unday, but' come to help give the college group the proper welcome, and to hear a good message. Sunday School will be at 9:45 under the direction of E. H. Ma loue, Superintendent. Epworth League is at 6:45 and evening worship at 7:30 with Mr. Phillips preaching. Autumn Revival The Methodist Church of Louis burg is to have an Autumn revival this year. It w411 begin on the last Sunday in September, the 26th, and ?will continue through the fol lowing week to Sunday, Oct. 3. - Dr. D. E. Earnhardt is to preach each night in these services, and a chorus choir is to lead the con gregational singing. The date is ten days after the opening of the local market, and prior to the county fair, so that* the Official Board of the church feels that this should be a good date for large attendance and good Inter est. The officials of the church will appreciate the effort on fche part of community organizations to keep this week as free as pos sible from meetings which might prevent full cooperation. HOLDS FALL DANCE Tuesday evening, Sept. 7th, from eight thirty to twelve the Louisburg Cotillion Club held its fall dance at the Oreen Hill Golf Club. The club members present were Misses Mamie Beam, Mary Fuller Beasley, of Henderson, N. C.. Mary Anna Clifton, Jean Fleming, Peg Ford, Jane Fuller, Edith Harris, Rebecca Ann Hold en, Hazel Johnson, Rose Malone and Marguerite Tonkel. Invita tions were extended, to about) thirty of the young men of Louis burg and Louisburg College. The chaperones included Mrs. M. S. Clifton. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Ma lone. Mrs. E. S. Ford, Mrs. Grov er Harris, Mrs. George W. Cobb and Mrs. F. M. Fuller. ? A knowledge of human nature is the most Important factor in sound business judgment). SUPERIOR ^ COURT Convened Monday With : Hon. N. A. Sinclair, Pre siding ? Franklin County's September term of civil court, which replac ed the old August term, being set a week later, convened in Louis burg Monday with Hon. N. A. Sinclair, Judge presiding and a full docket. Monday was used for calling the docket and trying divorce eases, of which quite a number were granted. Tuesday the John son Will case was begun, but con ditions arising caused a non-suit to be ordered and the case was set for again for hearing on Mon day of next week. The damage suit of Mrs. Helen Moseley vs. LeggeMs" Dpartment Store was removed to Vance County for trial, and following Railroad cas es were taken up. All cases ex cept) the Perry Administrator vs. S. A, L. Railway set for this week were continued yester day to next week without losing their place on t'he calendar. Judge Sinclair, who has im pressed our people with his fair ness and business-like manner in which he handles his Court, will be succeeded next week by Special Judge W. H. S. Burgwvn. Judge Sinclair will hold court at the regular term of Wake In Raleigh. Franklin people will be glad to welcome him back to our county again in October and November. Dr. Kent Ad dresses Kiwanis The Louisburg Kiwanis Club held its weekly luncheon at the Community Building on Tuesday evening. After partaking of a splendid meal the meeting was opened by Pres. Gaither M. Beam. Kiwanian J. A. Johnson acted as secretary pro-tem in the absence of Hamil ton Hobgood. After the report from the Tobacco Market Com mittee, by Doc Elam. and several other committee^ the meeting was turned over to- Kiwanian Jimmie ,, Phillips who was in charge of the program. Rev. Leicester F\ Kent, who was introduced, by Kiwanian Phillips, gave the ?address of the evening. Rev. Kent, who is the new rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, made a very interesting and in structive talk on his stay in Alaska while Arch-Bishop of the Yukon. This talk was enjoyed by every member present. ' After the meeting adjourned Mie Board of Directors held a short meeting for the purpose of electtng a new secretary to fill ? the vacancy maffe by the resigna tion of H. H. Hobgopd Kiwanian J. A. Johnson was unanimously elected to sefve the remainder of the term as secretary. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Every Sunday in the Church year has a special significance. The subject for this Sunday Sunday after Trinity, is "Tlieln^ ner Spirit and the Out-ward Ex pression." The Collect for the day is from the Sacramentary of Ge lasius. The Epistle for thU Sun day is taken from that to tho Ephesians in which for the first Mme St. Paul develops the idea of the One Holy Universal church. , The Gospel taken from St. Luke is based on pity. This general subject will be % plainly brought out during the Holy Communion which will l)e celebrate at 8:00 A. M. Sunday morning. Church School will meet at 10 A. M. The rector will begin a course of lectures on "Digging up Biblical History." Beginning wlt'h the first chapter of Genesis an honest effort will be made to call in the aid of Anthropology and Archaeology to shed light upon this and following chapters. Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11:00 A. M. The second of the series of sermons on Mie general subject of "The Church" will be delivered. This Sunday the subject will be "The Church is the Body of Christ." Services will be conductd at Schloss at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. A warm welcome awaits those who care to attend any or all of the services in SO. Paul's Church. EXPOSITION CLOSES The American Legion a'nd Mer chants Exposition Held in Louis burg last week came to a success ful close on taturday night after having furnished amusement to large crowds all the week, and returned quite a neat dim to tha American Legion's S. R. Boddla Memorial Fund. Why do people ltgep clocks that don't run.?
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