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LOUISBUKU tOTTON < otton wit* worth 0 1-8 cent ? iu l.oiH-burij ywtfnUy. The Franklin THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE UNION m. Stoop MONEY hrot^; Louring Louisburg "" V H \ OLBMN LXIX SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 ? Tear LOUlSBtma, N. CAROLINA FRIDAV. APRIL 15, l(?:w (TEN PAGES) NUMBER 9 FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT K. G. Ellington Instil nt ly Killr'l, When Struck By Car Sulurday Night Mr. E. G. Ellington. 72. was in- 1 slantly"' killed near bis home oil | Main Street early Saturday night, | when struck by an automobile : driven by Mr. Cleveland Bell. ofi near Buuu. Coroner K. A. Bob bttt visited the scene and made an investigation, and stated that IJell was blameless, the accident being unavoidable. Ih the car w tt U, Bell were Eileen Bell, Finner and Dumers Arnold, all of whom live about 12 .miles from Louis burg. It was stated the car was moving at not more than 25 miles' and hour when Ellington was| struck. He fell into the right) I front fender of the car and was dragged about 47 steps. His body, was badly broken. The parties in the car, it was said, were onj their way to the moving picture, show. Funeral servics were held from the home at 2 o'clock Monday af ternoon, conducted by Rev. J. D. Simons, and iutermcnt was made at the Weldou family cemetery near Epsom. Large numbers at-j fended both services to pay a last sad tribute to the deceased. The floral tribute was especially large and pretty. The pallbearers were Sylvester Hale, Fred Hale, Gilbert Hobgood, I Edward Rogers, Jack Ellington, Kenneth Wright. Besides his wife, who was Miss Weldon, the deceased is survived by the following children: Mrs. Joe Card, of Princeton. Mrs. J. H. Rogers, of Creedmoor, Joe El lington, Allen Ellington, Duncan Ellington. Mrs. Will Wright. Mrs. W. F. Southall. Demonstration Class Tonight Mr; It. V. King, Manager of the. Pyrofax Gas Store demonstration uow in progress at the Howell ? building on Main Street announ-! ced Monday that Friday night at! S o'clock will be deadline on reg istering at this demonstration and the awarding the store will take place soon thereafter. . He also stated one did not have to be pres ent to win the SKrve. This demon stration is being put on by the Carolina Heating and Engineering Co., of Durham, for the purpose of familiarizing the people of this section with the advantages of the use of Pyrofax gas. Mr. King is| being assisted by Miss Jane Pow sell-, of Durham. Read their ad vertisement in another column. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Good Friday The day upon which our Bless ed Lord was crucified is one of the' most solemn days in the church year. This event* has deep mean- j ing for Christians, especially at j this time when the world Is so un happy. The service of meditation upon the seven words from the Cross will be conducted in St. Paul's Church from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p. m. Friday. Easter Duy This is the day of victory. Lent, j Holy Week and Good Friday are passed. The Son of God has been, in the eyes of tihe world, defeated. Evil had apparently conquered by a landslide when it hung Jesus on the Cross. But Easter Day prov ed it wrong, not only twenty cen turies ago but forever. The Easter services will be as follows: The First Celebration of < the Holy Communfon ati 8:00 A. M. The Church School Easter J program at 9:46 A. M. arid the! Second Celebration of the Holy Communion with sermon at 11:00 ! o'clock. / MILLS P. T. A. TO MEET The TIMES is requested to state that th& test* meeting of the pres ent school year, of ti(e Mills P. T. A. will be held in the Graded School auditorium on Thursday afternoon, April 21st, 1938 at 3:30 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. Program At The /Louisburg Theatre The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, April 16: Saturday ? Johnny Mack Brown and John Wayne in Zane Grey's "Born To The West," Last* chap ter "Mysterious Pilot" and first chapter of new serial, "The Lone Ranger." ? ; Sunday-Monday ? Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne ' in Merrily We Lire." Tuesday ? Edward Q. Robinson in "A Slight Case of Murder.',' Wednesday ? Lewis Stone and Cecilia Parker in "You're Only Young Once." Thursday-Friday ? Irene Dunne and Dougla* Fairbanks. Jr. in "The Soy of Llvin?." , MR. K. 1,. HJIlfiEN | Who recently' resigned member-; ship ou the Board o( Education of; Franklin County, after having | served 18 years. He was first ap-: pointed by the I.esisiature in 1017 ; and served till 1S23, when he was retired because of the change in ; the system of election, lie was; elected in 1S26 and served con tinuously until the first Monday, in April when his failing health | demanded his retirement. During1 this time he served the County; educationally well, being in the i midst of many tightly drawn | questions he was always found on the side of the child and economy. School friends in the County are very appreciative of his services and regret t-o known of the ne cessity for him to relinquish the great work. REMAINS OF FISH SENT TO GOTHAM New York Scientists lo Have IjisI Word on Muuteo's Mystery Dare County's fishing mystery identified m various quarters as the Scabbard Fish, the Snake ?Mackerel and as the Hand-Saw Fish, has been turned over to the American Museum of Natural HHb tory at New York for a final and impartial identification. The State Museum, which rani into the serious objection of old-| time fishermen of Manteo by call-! ing the fish a Scabbard, will has J aid no further remarks about t hp catch. If it is something not listed | in the books, as Manteonns con tend. it will be up to the conclus ion of the American Museum of Natural History, where there are more books on the subject than any other library in the country. The deteriorated head and tail! fins of the Dare mystery fish ar rived by mail at the Museum yes terday. Still three very essential parts, for the purpose of identifi cation. were missing? the dorsal fin, the pectoral fin and the belly of the fish. With flesh rotted away and part of its teeth gone, the ghastly head of the fis.h left much to he desired - for cataloguing purposes and Cu^i rator Brimley of the Museum Lei t! er colleaguer, who ventured the j Snake Mackerel identification this1, >*feek. / Down in Manteo, wjlere some body got the idea the^ thing was a ! their fishes were disturbed by t>he Museum Curator's prompt identi- j flcatlon froiu newspaper pictures 1 published tfte following day. The Museum authorities, however, can't agree with Manteoans that it ] is a htind-saw or with the New Yorkers that it is a snake mack erel. although the parts received b6re yesterday uphold the latter theory more strongly.' OPENS FLOWER SHOP Miss Hazel Allen has opened the Louisburg Flower Shop In of fices in the Professional building recently vacated by Dr. J. E. Ful ghum. READ IT OR NOT The Province of Manitoba, in Canada, is selling automobile li cense plates on the installment plan. President Signs Crop Amendments ? ? v House Tunis Dnwii I'resh Ainend nienl? Ki'jrrlH Republican l*w> |M?ul for Chans*' in llruifranl /.at ion Hill; Sennit' Turn* limn Higher Tux ou lilquor; Xeur Final Vole 1)11 Tux Meusure. Washington, April 8. -Presi- 1 deiu. UotMtiVuit signed today con-; gressional amendments U> the new crop control law. which will In crease the cotton a c reuse allot-) in tint this year to about 28.300,- ! 000 acres. Thus growers will lie permitted1 to sell free of penalty cotton pro duced on aboil!' 2,000,000 more acres than under the control pro- ; gram previously outlined by Secre tary Wallace A two cents per pound penalty will be assessed! against cotton produced on acre age in excess of a glower's allot ment. The chief executive also signed four other amendments U> the farm legislation designed to Cor rect inequalities In distributing acreage allotments among growers of cotton and flue-cured tobacco. One amendment Increased the cotton acreage of each state by j four percent, another amendment increased the flue-cured tobacco acreage allotment by two percent to correct similar inequalities. Another amendment' increased the rate of benefit payments on j early potatoes from three cents to 5.4 cents per bushel. The fourth amendment makes! eligible for 19:t" cotton price ad-; justmeut payments, those farmers whose crop was destroyed by fire I or flood. The -House shoutied down an I amendment to the reorganisation j bill, mean while, which Represen-I tative Case. Republican. South l)a-; kota. proposed us a means of pre-! serving the independence of the general accounting office and ] comptroller general! Consideration of that pari of t*he measure followed House approval without a word of debate, u pro visior of the reorganization bill, that would authorize the President: to appoint six administrative as-, sistants. They would be paid $10.-: 000 a year. The Senate, nearing a final vote : on the new revenue measure re-| jected a proposal to increase the/ lax 011 hard liquor from $2 M> $2.25 a gallon. The increase voted in the House | was opposed by the Treasury andj the Senate Finance Comnjiuee. LOUISBURCr BAPTIST CHURCH c. Last Sunday wits another good day at the J/buisburg Baptist Church. At tKe morning service the pastor brought his conclud ing pre-Eastcr message 011 the general theme: Who Crucified Our Lord? Iu answer to the ques tion. X' discussed the part which a ba/ul of soldiers, a howling mob and an apathctic public played in pie cricifixion. At this service there was one addition to the church by profession, which brings the total additions for (he first three months of this year to 40. This Sunday the program in cludes Kaster services at 11:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. and the Training Union at 6:30 P. M. The subjects of the sermons for the day are "Fellowship with the Living Christ;" and "The Difference Kas ter Has Made." HOXORFAI ON BIKTHI?AY J. R. Catletti and Ruby Catlett his daughter, was given a birth- 1 day dinner at their home by his: children April 3, 1938, It being his 63rd birthday and her 16th. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Catlett and son, of Wake Forest; Mrs. A. L. Edwards, of Franklinton; Mh and Mrs. H, W. Furgurson and Mr. Rasberry and daughter, all of Durham: Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sanderford. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Robblns, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Pearce and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Pearce, Mrs. W. S: Pearce, Mrs. E. B. Franklin and son, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Franklin, Mr. W. S. Perry, all of Youngs vllle. Each one left/ wishing them many more happy birthdays. TO ALL PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES The last date for filing is Saturday, April 23rd, 1938, after which date no person who has failed to sign the pledge and pay the required f#e can get his or her name upon the ticket. This is a change in the old law, so bear this in mind and be sure and qualify if you want to run for office in Franklin County. Arrangements have been made where one can qualify at the FRANKLIN TIMES "office, where a supply of the blanks are on hand Don't forget that Saturday, one week from to morrow is the last day. I Mil. ROBERT k.\;rkkn ! Who was elected to succeed his father. Mr. E. L. Green, on the! Board of Education. He Ik one; of Franklin County's most Cap able, energetic and popular yoinip men. : The Ballet Caravan The Ballet> Caravan, a troupe of twenty sensational dancers, aii having been solo dancers of the Metropolitan Ballet will visit llal eigh on Wednesday. April 20th. In a recent issue of the New York Herald-Tribune the Ballet Caravan was said to be the best thing on the road this season. The program combines the classical of the past with the mod ernistic and interpretive dancing j of the present. The News-Observer has the fol lowing to say ul>o\it the Ballet Caravan: / The Ballet Caravan. -which ap pears here Afiril 20 in Memorial Auditorlum/ ls one of the newest and most original of the dance troupes which have sprung up in America in the last few seasons with the increasing popular inter est in the . ^he Caravan 's-compa nv is com poised of 20 young Americans with i an average age of 21 years and a j mixed ancestry representing most [ of the racial element*) iu the na tional life. To the classical tradi - tion of the European ballet they' had added a special quality of athletic charm and a native Am erican robustness of rhythm. Typical of the dances on the Caravan's program to be present ed here are "Show Piece." a set of dances inspired by the circus ring and vaudeville stage and permeat ed with jazz rhythms; and "Yan kee Clipper," a story-dance of the voyage ol' a Nantucket sailing ship to Africa and the Orient. The reportory also include a classic ballet of the Viennese Walt and a ballet-pantomime iu the spirit of Italian popular comedy, both expressing a contemporary viewpoint on the past. Because the Caravan travels in one big motorbus. brlllance of style and cost'umes are substitut ed for painted Scenery. The cos tumes and music are the works of rising American artists, such as Paul Bowles, well-known for his work in the WPA productions of "Horse Eats Hat" and Mar lowe's "Dr. Faustus," and Robert MacBride, winner last spring of a Guggenheim Fellowship. THARRINGTON GETS HABEAS CORPUS WRIT !* Goldsboro. April 13.- ? A writ of habeas corpus for James Tharring ton, 32, former bank employee of Raleigh and Smithfield. held in connection with the fatal shoot ing of John McMillan, Selma oil dealer, on March 31, was signed in Wayne Superior Court Tuesday by Judge W. C. Harris, of Ral eigh. The writ was granted on peti tion of the law firm of Sheppard and Martin, council for Tharring ton. and was made returnable be fore Judge Luther Hamilton at SmUhfield at two o'clock next , Monday afternoon. Solicitor Clause C. Canaday had ordered Tharrlngton held on a murder charge Monday after a coroner's jury had held him guilty of fatally wounding McMillan. MRS. WELCH ENTERTAINS Mrs. R. H. Welch was hostess to t'he Current Literature Club on Tuesday afternoon at her home at the "Lone Oak." The study, topic for the after noon was "Morrows, Father and Daughter." Mrs. W. H. Pleasants gave a sketch of the life and pub lic services of Dwlg4it MorroV which was foHowed by a review of "North to the Orient" given by Mrs. Mac Furgerson. Those prsent were: Mrs. M. C. Pleasants, Mrs. Mac Furgerson, Mis M. S. Davis, Mrs. T. C. Am lck, Mrs. W. H. Pleasants, Mrs. J. O. Phillips, Mrs. V. R Kllby and Mrs. R. H. Welch. In hard times, bad news la in flated and good news is deflated. Turner Is Freed Of Wreck Blame Driver of Gilbert llinioii lleatli Car I n' I'd by liOuMmrg Court In a charge of manslaughter against Arvln Turner of Hender son in the death of Gilbert Elmore ' Ilinton. no probable cause wan; fonnd at u hearing Friday night ? ill fiouisburg ill a niglit session of ' mayor's court. I Ilinton (Jiud March 26. following an automobile accident on Nash Street. Tile car in which Hinton was riding was driven by Arvin Turner. Other occupants , were Ernest Owens and Noddin Turner, also of Henderson. Th$ car crashed on one of the main streets of iJSuisburg. The wreck was due. according to the charge to reckless driving by Alvtn. ? _ All four young men had heem returning Irotji a service station dance near Castalia. where t-hey had furnished string, music for the tjUcnuinnieul. ?alls With Scaffold K, A. Morgan, a painter with TIarrV Itusseii. who is here paint ing f fruits of buildings, fell with their scaffold in front of Fox's Department Store, when one of the hooks Nillpped loose on Tues day eveninfklate. The full was about 12 to l\ feet and he landed on a paved sio^walk and was ' struck by the Scaffold. Morgan suffered a few eu\s and bruises, but was reported reeling well and apparently not batUy injured Wednesday morning. \ Morgan and Itusseii >ire from Spring Hope in Nash Conjity. TOl'lt\A!M>:\T The Joseph J. Davis Chaptev United Daughters of. the Coined -\ eracy will hold a benefit Tournn- ? ment (Bridge, Hook. Set-back, I etc.) on Thursday evening. April 21st, at 8 o'clock, at the Agricul-I' tural Building. Proceeds will be' used primarily to mark the graves of Confederate Veterans in the lo cal cemetery. Please brine youj ouui cards. Mrs. J. IV. Mann. Mrs. W. J. Cooper. Mrs. K L. O'Neal. Com mi Wee. Bl'NVS r. T. A. PROGRAM Mill i p:i8-:i!i At' the monthly meeting of the , Itunn Parent-Teacher Association) on April 7, Principal M. T. l.amm outlined a program to be accom plished during the school term of'. '38-'39. The main objective was the erecting of an Elementary build ing. with immediate plans to be-j, gin the committee's work. The ' second objective was a picture t machine to visualize education.. There is to be an incubator added | to the Agriculture department and a school paper to be produced by the English department. Miss Weaver, County Demon stration Ager.t- urged the parents to cooperate with the National Home week for the purpose of beautifying homes and towns. She suggested that homes be opened j to visitors for inspection of new home improvements. Miss Weaver j advised the removal of wood-, piles. Junk yards, chicken houses, and tobacco barns from the front view of homes. Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner, County Welfare Work, spoke in behalf of the crippled children who need medical aid as well as special clothing. The School Glee Club furnish ed special music in a number of various favorite selections under ! the special direction of Miss Kos'l tina Shearon. I ANNOUNCES MARRIAGE Mr. and Mrs. Octavious C. HUk of Elm City, N. C.. announce the < marriage of their daughter. Anne > Euzelia. to Mr. John Armstead t Waddell, son of Mr. and Mrs.- El- t lis B. Waddell, of Raleigh. N. C., on August 10, 1935, in Dillon. S. - C. i Mr. and Mrs. Waddell are mak- 1 ing their home in Selma, N. C., < where Mr. Waddell is manager of the Carolina Theatre. ? ? ? - ? __ ? ? Subscribe to the Franklin Times 1 W.NK I'Al I. INK SMITH State Heller llomeg ? Chairman,] list riot Supervisor. State Home] RcailMHcufton Specialist. whose! activities for better homes and a' more beautiful Stale Ions ago at-j traded national attention to the; State-wide Improvement work in North Carolina which is making L>f the State one vast garden. I Recorder's Court I Franklin llecorder's Court held regular session 011 Wednesday with ail adjourned session on Thursday. The docket was quite large and the following cases were disposed of 011 Wednesday: Cathelene Ya Thorough, unlaw ful possession of whiskey, contin ued under former order. Joe Williams, transporting , whiskey, continued under former i>rder. Sport Ward, viola ling automo bile law, continued under former | order. Bryant 'Martin was found not Ituilty of operating automobile in- i lOTucated. iVimt Martin was found not guiltXof unlawful possssiou of whiskey. ?Willie \M00re. violating prohi- j bit-ion la*v\ and violating automo bile law. continued under former) order. \ Clarence RiiHiardson, larceny i and receiving., transferred to Su perior Court. Olemmons KichartWin, not guil ty larceny and receiving. Wallace Pen re. non^support, continued under former oilier ; A nolle pros was laken ru the! violating automoMle law Base ..gainst Atlas Smith. \ The following cases were c.oii\ Untied: Charlie Allen Solomon, operat ing automobile intoxicated. Willie Fogg, larceny and re-1 :eiving. 1 Fred Satterwhite unlawful pos session of Whiskey for sale. W. A. Bailey, violating Sales ax law. Foster Pace, operating automo bile intoxicated. l ltOM .IISTICK Rev. and Mis. Averell and baby vill leave to spend Kaster holi lays with bis people in Dinwiddie bounty, Virginia, and Mrs. Aver-: itt's people in Chester, Pa. While ; n Chester. Pa., Mr. Averett will, ittsnd a minister's conference at | ^rozier Theological Seminary, his ' tlnia mater. They will be out of the county j 'or two weeks. While away, Mr. j Raymond Moore, ministerial stu-, lent at Wake Forest College, will j 111 Mr. Averett's engagements.! Mr. Moore is a Franklin County j loy. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Moore. Mr. Moore will preach at Cy jress Chapel Church, t?he 4th Sun lay morning at 11 o'clock and at Poplar Springs the 4th Sunday ifternoon at 3 o'clock. The 1st j Sunday night at Duke Memorial it 8 o'clock, j There will be no services at' 2edar Rock the 1st Sunday morn-j ng in order that the people may | it-tend the baccalaureate services it Edward Best High School. Next Sunday morning ? Easter ? at Duke Meomrial they are hav ng an Easter service. The pastor will preach on "The Hope of the ipened Tomb." What can't be diagrammed on t table cloth can't be. explained ? J jy some people. I P R I MARY NEAR Keep in touch with the candidates by reading the columns of the FRANKLIN TIMES. BE SURE YOUR Subscription is paid in advance so as not to miss an issue. Look at the date on the label of your paper and if you are behind be sure to come in and pay up In advance in the next few days. This will assure you of not mianing any of the news of the political world, as well as the other features of the paper. Sincerely, JAMES A. JOHNSON, Manager. ?anco Continues j? rive On Vinaroz, ~ n Mediterranean Hendaye, France (At The _ anish Frontier). ? The Spanish ?urgent!) have blasted their way "??rough the government's last mountain defenses on t>he south ern sector of the Catalan front, and now are driving downhill toward the little port of Vinaroz on the Mediterranean. While elsewhere, northward to the French frontier, insurgents ap peared to be checked, the battle in the south developed into one of the most brilliant tactical oper ations of Insurgent General Fran co's Catalan campaign. Fighting has been in progress since shortly after dawn Tuesday. Under cover of intense artillery fire, General Miguel Aran^a took the offensive from a narrow posi tion he had spent days in pre paring- an area from Morella to '* the San Mateo highway, on the southwestern edge of Catalonia. By nightfall the government line was broken, insurgent dis patches said, and government mlli tiames were retreating southwest to Albocacer. General Aranda's operations now have spread from his starting point to cover a ten mile front. Not> only had he achieved bis immediate objective of a broad base for the march to the sea, toy splitting the government center this southern tip of the Catalan front; buti. by rolling back the government left flunk, he threat ened also to encircle the rough oblong between Teruel and Mont Alban. Castellote and Morella ? nn area about 75 square miles V. ?Y. \. MKETS Miss Mary Harris Freeman en tertained the members and friends at their monthly meeting Monday evening at her home on Kenmore Avenue. The topic for the evening was 011 "Africa." Invitations were sent out to the members in the shape of the Map of Africa, one side with the pro gram and the other Bide place and the date of the meeting. The meeting was opened with a Sing-Song and our Y. \V A. hymn. The devotional was led by Mrs. It. H. Strickland, aud the program presided over by the president, Marjdrie Williams, with Misses Julia Shadrach, Helen Faust, and Evelyn Moore taking part. Mrs. A. M. Hall, a guest at th? meeting gave severul Poems, which Were all enjoyed. S. Miss Maxijie Bailey also sung a smii. A^Jer the busings session de liciouV refreshments were served to fortysmembers and guests pres ent. \ From ingleside A large transfer truck from Vir ginia. was seen to siH^ed around the curve at an intersection here, without looking either w?o'; but that is almost a daily occurrence with reckless drivers. It is differ ent) with the cautious and alert pa trolman. He tiev^r fails to stop\ and apparently to look and listen, before entering the main highway. A very good example tor others to heed, and probably t'hey would, if the patrolman could only make it convenient to hang around a little while at this dangerous point for observation. Mrs. Frank Egerton. of Louia burg, her mother, Mrs. Pat Macon, and Mrs. Joe Ellis, of Kittrell. a sister of Mrs. Macon, made a brief visit with Ingleside friends Mon day afternoon J. B. Beasley and P. S. Foster have built a new porch to JMr respective homes. John Marshall is making satis factory progress in the construc tion of his six-room residence. Mr. Marshall purchased a tract) of land from J. Z. Terrell and the house Is being built on the site of the Tomlinson residence which was burned some years ago. Seemingly, with nothing better in mind, some devilish miscreant shot a hole through the glass front of George Manning's store some tiime during the past few nights. The store is not pccnpied at present, but Manning probably thinks that the six robberies dur ing his business carer, by differ ent thieves, should suffice, with out any further damages to the property. There Is nothing to b& gained now by such dirty acts ex cept the pleasure and satisfaction of serving the devil. READ IT OR NOT In Hawaii, it is not uncommon, to see as many as four rainbow* at one time, and one may Tlew tour persons, one standing in the end of each rainbow. They appear miniature. We agree that the number oC traffic accidents is appalllag. But this could be ? much worse world. Suppose that somebody hadn't in vented traffic lights. The straggle for existence keeps a lot of us buy and out of trou