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I . IT DOESN'T PAY TO BUY OUT OF TOWN OTHERS WILL FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE THE COUNTY - THE BTAfX - THE UNION Times CIRCULATION COUNTS and is The value of ' ADVERTISING, . Newspaper advertising gives more circulation (or the money, than anything else. ?VOLUME LXVIH SUBSCRIPTION ?1.50 a Ye LOUIS BURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER at, 1037 ?V (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 32 AVERAGES ABOVE $27 LOUISBURG MARKET HOLD ING TOP This a Three Day Average Louis burg Market ? Many High In dividual Averages l:p To $4U ? Sales Light With an average of above twenty-seven cents a pound for three days sales of the entire marketi the past week Louisburg climbed to the top of the States' markets in complete sales aver ages. The sales have been reasonably light the past week, but many high individual averages have been made, these ranging largely around 38 and 40 cents. Buying has been lively with buyers anxious for all grades. The qnly grades thati are not bringing high prices seem to be the green tips and many think they are bringing about all they are worth. 'I Each of the three houses are on full time now, inviting tobacco growers to come in and sell with them and get advantage of Louis burg's advantageous position^ Louisburg citizens join in ex tending a hearty welcome to our town and markets. Your attention is directed to the advertisement of the South side Warehouse in this issue. New Bus Line Mr. ? . - ? . Merritt, of Wilson,! was in Louisburg the past week gathering information necessary i' to the establishing a bus ltnp to J operate between Wilson, Rocky; Mounts Nashville, Castalia, Louis- [ burg, Warrentoh and Norlina,' Jjjaking a complete round trip ^Taily. He secured the endorse ment of the Town Commissioners | of Louisburg, who are joined by | the population in their desire to get a bus connection with east ern North Carolina through this territory. It established, and present indications point to It's early operation, there is hardly any doubt but that iti will develop into a popular route of bus trav el. Held Without Bond Maurice Higgs, colored, was sent to Jail to await the October term of Franklin Superior Court, J without the privilege of bond- by Squire J. L. Palmer, J. P., in a preliminary hearing Monday at : , which Higgs was charged with i killing Claude Pinch near Bunnj on Thursday night of last week.i From the evidence produced at I the hearing it seems that Higgs , and several of the boys,, including i Finch, had had unpleasant words, p after Church services, and Higgs - went off, secured a gun and re- ; turned. When he returned some one secreted in the weeds shot! at Higgs hitting him in the leg ? upon which he (Higgs) returned; the fire, stricking Finch in the! head, his body being found in the, weeds. , MILLS P. T. A. ANNOUNCEMENT Yes, we went over the top ! I The moving picture show Tues-|; day night through the courtesy and permission of Mr. Davis, was i sponsored by the Mills P. T. A. Our goal was set for $50.00 worth of tickets to gain the per cent of fered by Mr. Davis. We sold $83.40 worth, of tickets. We wish to extend thanks to Mr. Davis, Miss/Stipe and the col lege folk for their splendid coop eration in our undertaking. Such cooperation with the P, T. A. and Mills School will surel^\meet with as hardy response from the Louis burg folk in whatever projects may be advanced by the cdVlege folk. X PRESIDENT. % Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cooper and children visited relatives and friends in Henderson Sunday. Program At The Louisburg Theatre The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre .begin ning Saturday, Sept. 25: Saturday ? Double Feature ? I Gene Autry in1 > "Yodelin;; Kid From Pine Ridge", and Smith Ballew In "Western Gold." Sunday ? Mareleno Dietrich and Robert Donat in "Knight Without Armor." Monday-Tuesday ? Gary Cnoper and George Raft in "Souls At Sea." ' Wednesday? ? George Murphy and Josephine Hutchinson In "The Women Men Marry." ? Thursday-Friday ? Don Ameche Loretta Young and Borah Minne vitch and his Gang in "Love Un der Fire." DR. D. E. EARNHARDT Who will preach (or the Revival beginning at the Methodist Church Sunday morning. Annual Teachers Night The Louisburg Kiwanis Cljib celebrated its annual teachers night 011 Tuesday evening by'hav-j ing as their guests the teachers of Mills School. After partaking of a very deli-' cious meal, consisting of potato salad, country ham, ^carrots, green1 peas', hot biscuits and butter, and I sweetpotato pudding and whipped ( cream, the program commenced under the leadership of Kiwunian VV. R. Mills', chairman. Members of the 4-H Club of j the Bunn High School put on a regular program which consisted j of Historical facts about Franklin County, the care of a person's hair and the entering of different events at the State and Franklin j County fairs. The members and guests were' then favored by several musical j selections given by Mrs. Bailey i and Miss Scoville" and accompan-j ied by Mrs) Yarboro, all of the! Mills school faculty. > Of course on an occasion like | this, it would not be proper to go: home without the stunts and fun] which can arise from a meeting jf fchis kind. Cecil Sykes, in I charge of the stunts "for the men, had a contest to find out who bad the greatest wind among the members of the club -with Dickj larborough taking the prize., Tiion Gaifiier Beam had a discuss; jontest among the visiting women j with Miss Jarman taking thisj prize. ' Then after a splendid introduc tion by W. R. Mills, Dr. D. E. Earnhardt made the address of i the evening. "There are only tour things that people are! rfraid of today," stated Dr. Earn hardt. "They are criticism, pov erty, old age and death." "We should get so we are not afraid of any of these." said Dr. Earnhardt, "for poverty is not| poor pockets but poor minds. : We should not.be afraid' of critii cisni but we are often like the old negro. One day some one called him a fool and he got mad and proved he was." And with this last remark Dr. Earnhardt concluded his address, and the meeting; one negro had another up for shooting at him. | Judge ? -"What we?e you doing; to make him shoot) at you?" Negro ? "Only riding along in! my wagon." Judge ? "Mean to tell me you [ ; were only riding on your wagon j; while he was shooting at you. What were you doing while rid ing?" Negro ? "I was singing." ?| Judge ? "What were you sing ing?" i Negro ? "Arise my soul, stretch] every nerve, and press with vigor on." - To Occupy New Building It has^Veen announced thatj probably tt^e U. S. Post Office will] occupy its^new building around the first of th^mont'h. This buildingMs the public's; property and ahoiild be kept as though it were a pfhsonal home.j Watch the columns orNMiis paper next week for a letter I^onv the post office departement atNwash ington, D. C. \ | All persons wishing to secure; lock boxes should see the . Post-j master before this date. MANX SPEAKS' TO FARMERS Mr. M. G. Mann, President of the N, C. Cotton Association spoke to a number of. farmers at the Agricultural building on last Fri day night, In whirti-he explained the cotton sale and pool plans. Mrs. M. C. Murphy and Miss Margaret Smith visited Raleigh Tuesday. METHODIST REVIVAL - The Louisburg Methodist Church will begin revival services uu next Sunday morning, Septem ber 26. Dr. D. E. Earnhardt, Pre sident of Louisburg College, will be the preacher for this series of services. He will preach Sunday morning and Sunday night> and i?ach night during the week fol lowing. The song service at night will begin at 7:30. Let all who can, be present by 7:30, and those detained later come as early as possible. If any change is needed in the hour of night services, that can be made upon request. Dr. Earnhardt 4s considered by many, who know our Annual Conference well, to be the lead ing evangelistic preacher among us. He has preached In meetings in the conference from the smal lest country churches, to the lead ing churches of the state. Along with his messages, congregational singing will be emphasized, to make a complete and effective service. * Special seating arrangements will be made for the expected at tendance and every person who comes will have the indi^l'diiaTat tention of one of the ushers to see that he or she is so situated as to enjoy the service. This meeting should mean much to the church and to the community as a whole. Cotton Yard Prom all indications Louisburg will have a public cotton yard and the buying of cotton on the streets discontinued in the near future. On account of the increased traffic and Main Street having itecome the thoroughfare of State Highways Nos. 56, 59 and 39, creating quite a bit of congestion in fronti of the Court House, th? point that has been used for buy ing cotton for decades past, the continuance of the old system had become objectionable to the State Highway Departments whose du ty it was to keep the highways open for travel, as well as to many farmers who were badly in convenienced by the heavy traffic. To remedy this condition the Town Commissioners appointed a Committee composed of P. H. Allen, W. J.'JCooper -and W. B. Barrow, to co-operate with a com mittee from the County Commis sioners "composed of J. Z. Terrell,' both "committees to cooperate with the Cotton buyers in Louisburg with respect to selecting and de signating a public cotton yard to be operated to the convenience of the farmers and buyers ulike. These gentlemen, we'-^re inform ed. are now busy working out this problem. Although nothing official has been given out, indications point to the use of the old cotton yard to the rear of the Person and Stokes storage houses near the railroad. It is expected that plans will be completed in time for publica tion in our next issue. ATTENDS FUNERAL Mr. G. L. Whitfield, Mr. R. C.1 Whitfield, Mrs. R. H. Holliday, Misses Lizzie and Nellie Whit field, of Franklinton, and Mrs. A. \V. Alston, of Louisburg, attend ed the funeral of Miss Ruth Glenn Gorham at Rocky Mount, Monday.' Miss Gorham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gorham, was the granddaughter of our countyman. Mr. G. L. Whitfield aiid had been ill for some time. ^.She was 13 years of age. Her death occurred at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. The: funeral services were largely at*-] tended and the floral tribute was especially large and pretty. The many friends of the family ex tend the deepest sympathy. Mrs. Emma Hedgepeth spent the past week-end with relatives in Tarboro. .Hyde Park Yuitor HYDE PARK, If. Y. . . , Pretty Anne Lindsay Cferk. Boston debit ! tante, whose name has bean linked romantically with John Roosevelt, | youngest and only unmarried son of the President, was a visitor I here shortly after John returned , from his European tour. Admits To Killing Twenty Years Ago Trenton, Sept. 21. ? Nick Col lins. through his counsel entered a plea of guilty of second degree murder in Jones County Superior Court here today and was sen tenced to 20 years in State Pri son by Judge Prank Daniels, pre-! siding. Collins went on trial today on a first degree murder charge in connection with the death 21 1 years ago of Abe Collins, but soon aft,er the tibial got under way Defense Counsel Jesse Jones, of; Kiuston, entered a plea of guilty of second degree murder. Collins took the stand and admitted the killing* but maintained it was in self-defense. The tragedy occurred October, 17, 1916. Abe Collins and his son. A. T. Collins, according to testi-J .mony of the later, given at a preliminary hearing, had gone in to the woods to cut sills when Nick Collins came on tlieni. An argument over ownership of the land ensued, and tl? slaying t'dlf lowed. The death ?Vfa-pon was a double-barrelled shotgun. Constitution Best Surety Hoey Feels Charlotte, Sept. IT. ? The Con stitution of the United States,! through its check on the majority. Governor Hoey told civic clubi members here today, is "the sur est guaranty of the perpetuation! ?>f democratic government," and "ought not to be hastily chang ed." Throughout the State joint civic club luncheons were held today to observe the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Constitu tion. : "The Constitution of the United] States is the basis upon which de mocratic government rests." said Governor Hoey. "When the dif ferent states were molded into a more perfect union it became nec essary for the respective grants of power and limitations of au thority to be fully set forth, and clearly outlined. The Constitution, with its'several amendments, does just that." ,. . Five North Carolina delegates to the constitutional convention took a prominent part in drafting the nation's basic law, the gover nor said, and this State "was pro bably more responsible than any other" in securing for each State equal representation in the Sen ate. Other southern states voted against equal representation,' but North Carolina supported the smaller states, Hpey said, "and this alone made possible the form ation of the Constitution at thisi time." ? I Mr. C. M. Cooke, of Spartan-: burg, S. C., was a visitor to] Louisburg this week, * * Death, Destruction, Horror In Shanghai SHANGHAI, China. . . . Rescue workers remove the injured to hos pitals after the bombing ot two o( Shanghai's largest department stores ^Nanking Road. _Nwljr two hundred were killed aad flrt tlUUlfd COUNTY FAIR To Be a Real Agricultural Fair UnusuaL-pa-iiis and interest have combiued this year to make our (Jounty Fair on?t.that will be of real interest and worth to our farmers. Among the many things of in terest will be the judging contest! iii three classes, Adults, 4-H boys and Agricultural students. These contests will be under the direction of W. C. Boyce and the Vocational Agriculture teachers in the six high schools. This group of men met in the Secre tary's office Saturday and arrang-j ed the details for the contest. An engraved medal will be awarded j to the winner of each of the three classes and all those entering will be the guests of the Fair Assd-j ciatiou for the day. The judging will be of farm and Held crops, seeds, poultry, i cattle and hogs. Similar contests hav^ been or-, ranged in other county l fairs for the women and 4-H girls and they are to be congratulated, as't it is a real service that is being done. In order to have anything done you must' know how to doi1 it yourself and unless you do know, you will not know when it is done. Those who can identify a good grain of corn, a fine stalk of to- I bacco, and a fine variety of cot- j ( ton, Will have better crops when they plant tbeirs. , These contests are int*?4ed ton do just this very thing and thei. County is bound to profit from the spread of this information. The exhibits will surpass any thing ever seen in the County and will', as usual, excell any to ' be seen in any County Fair around us. The County Fair is of and by 1 the people of Franklin County and it is just what we make it. Those who get nothing out of the 1 Fair are those who put nothing into io. Ask them, and from their answers you will see who in the county are willing to do some-j thing that will help others to, btrild a better county. Th*H&MOci?Uon has done ail it could to make your stay ati the Fair a pleasant one and the O. C. Buck Shows will bring to our midway the nicest shows and rides that will be seen in the South this season. The Fair Association and Mr. Buck are going to have the car-j riers of the Raleigh Time? in t'hej; coynty as their guests to Wed-j nesday 6th and those little news! venders -are going to enjoy thej rides, etc. through -the courtesy] | of .Mr. O. C. Buck, owner of the showa. j The Fair is almost a mont'h earlier than in previous years, ; and it is forecast that wp will, have pleasant weather so wiat all i may enjoy every minute of their stay at the Fair. Preparation is being made fori i t-lie biggest crowds ever to attend our Fair and a good time is as sured for all. ii MILLS P. T. A. MEETS The Mills Parent Teacher As-j sociation met in the school audi-j i torium Thursday afternoon, withji Mrs. R. F. Yarborough presiding.!. Mis. Yarborough welcomed i parents and teachers. Miss Martha} | Scoyille responded on behalf ofji the four new teachers on the | j faculty this year. h Dr. D. E. Earnhardt, president}; of Louisburg College, was the speaker on this occasion, and he . delivered an inspiring address. i There followed a short business session. In observance of Consti tution Day patriotic songs were < sung, and flags were displayed. , Mrs. Yai"borough invitied those ] present to go to the Home Econo- , mics Department where tea and , cakes were served by members of , Miss Katherine Rogers' Home Economic classes. j , AUXILIARY ENTERTAINED t I Mesdames W. L. Beasley and 1 A.. W. Fowler entertained the American -Legion Auxiliary at ' Welcome Inn tea room, Sept. 21. After the usual opening aroce- ^ lure various business matters ivere discussed, It was with re-jr ;ret the Auxiliary received t'hej resignation of Mrs. E. J. Morgan,] newly elected President. | s Mesdames J. E. Malone, F. M. fuller and Forrest Joyner were ' ippointed as a committee to nom-' liate a , President for the coming i: Sar. j t Mrs. R.. A. Bobbitt gave an in erest'ing paper, "Excerpts ffomjs i War Nurse's Diary." Mrs. W. L. Beasley .read the s A-inning essay on Fidac for 1 9 3 7. j n 'How can International Disputes )e Settled in the Spirit of Fidac?" At th?^ conclusion of the pro gram delicious refreshments were served, after which the meeting adjourned. , Mrs. R. W Walters, of Mount i Airy, visited friends and relatives n and near Louisburg the past i week. World's Tennis Champ I FOREST HILLS, L. I. . . . Donald 1 Budge (Oakland, Cal.) winner of tlie Wimbledon singles, double? and mixed doubles titles, added the U. S. National title to his list by defeating Von Cramm of Ger many in a hard fought match. Recorder's Court After a two week's vacation, Franklin Recorder's Court held session Tuesday with one of the heaviest dockets in its history. The docket was disposed of as follows: Charlie Neal plead guilty to larceny and receiving and was given 60 days on roads. LeRoy Dickerson, larceny of in automobile, transferred to Superior Court for want of juris diction. Queen Ester Williams w&s found guilty of assault, with dead ly weapons and given 30 days in fail, suspended upon payment of costs. ? ' i Tasker Williams was found guilty of assault with deadly wea pons and was given 60 days on loads, suspended upon payment jf costs and doctor's bill. Forest Foster was found guilty of simple assault and was dis charged upon saving the County harmless. Bernard Lewis was found guil ty of careless and reckless driv ing.- prayer for judgment coiitin ued. A Joe Alston was found not guil ty of carrying concealed weapon, and assault with deadly weapon. Charlie Hodge was found guil ty of operating car without driv er's license, reckless driving, and larceny of automobile, operating automobile intoxicated, and given 6 months on roads, not to oper ate car lor 12 months. Irvin (Bud) Gilliam was found guilty of operating automobile intoxicated, and given 90 days on loads, suspended upon payment) t>f $50 line and costs. Not to drive n car in 12 months. Appeal. Irvin (Bud) Gilliam was found not guilty of operating automo bile intoxicated. Earle Hockaday plead guilty to reckless driving, judgment con tinued. Harvey B. Alston plead guilty ;o operating automobile intoxica ted. and was given 60 days on loads, to be suspended upon pay ing $50 fine and costs. Not to op erate car for 12 months. Bryant Martin pl^ad guilty ;to unlawful possession of whiskey ind was discharged upon payment of costs. David Lee Faulkner was found guilty of reckless driving, opera ting car without) driver's license, and given ?0 days on roads, sus pended upon payment of $25 fine ind costs. Edward Harris and Boyd Scott were found guilty of larceny and trespass and given 60 days on roadsi for each defendant. Monroe Patterson plead nolo contendere as to driving without Iriver's license, guilty as to care ess and reckless driving and was Siven 60 days on roads, suspend ed upon payfient of $25 fine and :ost8. r ? B. Griffin, through counsel) plead guilty to operating automo >ile intoxicated, and given 60 lays on roads, suspended upon >ayment of $50 fine and costs, tot to operate car for 1-2 months. The following cases were con tinued: Ule Pedford, operating- car vithout driver's license. Johnny Wynne, operating auto nobile intoxicated. B. C. Staliings, bad check. Alton Bragg, unlawful posses ion of whiskey. Ballard Pendergrass, assault I'ith deadly weapon. Alex Bailey, operating automo tile intoxicated, public drunken tcss. Ellis Mann, unlawful posses ion of whiskey. Louis Thorp, unlawful posses ion of whiskey, public drunken tess. Arthur Fleming, operating aut omobile intoxicated. Tony Yarborough, breaking art J intering. Benjamin (Go) Jordan, act s ory before the fact. Page McGhee, violating auto nobile law. Page McGhee, operating car vithout driver's license. Robert Strickland, attemp ati U. S. WARNS JAfAN Send Second Message In Three I>t?ys ? To Hold Japan Liable. Washington, Sept. 22.? Long- ? stifled resentment here over Japa nese aerial attacks at Nanking flared into the open today with t'he dispatch of a vigorous note warning the Tokyo government that It would be held to account for any damage suffered by Ameri can nationals. At almost the very hour that Japanese bombing planes were dropping their missies on the civi lian population of t'he Chinese cap ital. American Ambassador Joseph C. Grew was delivering the pro test to the Japanese Foreign MinisteivKoki Hirota. The "presentations, which ex pressed "the earnest .hope" that further bombing of t'hd city will be avoided, marked the second time in three days that the United States has pointed an admonitory finger at Japan for the conduct^ of its undeclared war againsu China. Characterizing as "unwarranted and contrary toMnlQC'ples of law and of humanif*' any general bombing of an afyea in which a large civilian population resides, the American note warned Japan that this government reserves "all rights on its own behalf and on behalf of American nationals in respect) to damages which might result from Japanses military operations In the Nanking area." Recent Warning The Japanese naval command er's warning that foreign diplom ats would be in peril if they stayed in Nanking evoked a strong re ply. In effect, Japan was bluntly told that she has no right) to dictate the movements of Ameri can officials.. "The American government ob jects both to such jeopardizing of the lives of Us nationals and of noncombatanto generally and to the suggestion that its officials and nationals now residing in and around Nanking should withdraw, frojn the area in wtiich they are lawfully carrying oh their legiti-' mate activities," the note said. Thus was formally made public the bitter resentment felt here since the commander-in-chief- of the Japanese third fleet at Shang hai handed his warning to the American consul general there ou September 19. Sekboard Store-^Company Giving Away Circus Tickets Intent on celebrating the 50th anniversary of the famous circus bearing his name by making it possible for everyone bot'h young and old to see THE WALTER L. MAIN CIRCUS this year on its GOLDEN JUBILEE TOUR- Mr. Main was in Louisburg Wednes day and made- special arrange ments wtth Seaboard Store Co., whereby everyone making a pur chase in their store will be given a "Special Courtesy Guest Ticket to the Big Show Wednesday, Sept. 29th as long as their supply lasts. One of these Courtesy Tickets and 15 cents will admit and seat any child at the afternoon perform ance next Wednesday. Adults will be admitted by paying 25 cents with these special tickets and un less you have one of these tickets The Seaboard Store Co. are giv ing, the regular admission will be charged. Mr. Main also arranged as a special tVeat for Louisburg young sters to have the Omaha Indians with the Circus appear at the Seaboard Store Co. at noon oil circus day. The Indians will be' in full war dress and will be a splendid educational feature. The big circus will give two performances in Louisburg at 2 ' and S P. M. To Broadcast Franklin County 4-H Clubs will Broadcast a 4-H Club Program over Station W. P. T. F. Saturday afternoon, September 25. at 1:45 o'clock. Members of the Bunn 4-H Club are putting on the program. Those participating are: Janice Lewis, Ora Lee Turnage, Sallle Lee Turnage, Madeline White, Tuna White Hinton, Mary Nowell, Cadwin Cone. Douglas Seymour, Cameron Stallings and Bill Jones. New Deputy Register of Deeds Mrs. Hugh W. Perry has been appointed by Mr. Q. W. Ford, Reg ister of Deeds as Deputy Registej of Deeds, to fill the vacancy caus ed by the resignation ot Mrs. S. C. Holdefl. Mrs. Perry entered ;iron her new duties Friday. She is especially well fitted for this work having had much experience i:i this line. abortion. C. Rowland, operating automo bile Intoxicated.
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