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LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1?38
(EIGHT PAGES)
NUMBER 23
HUGHES LANDS
IN NEW YORK
Circles Field and Lands Plane at 1:37
E. S. T. Thursday P. M. After Circling
Globe in Less Than Four Days; Actual
Time Being 3 Days, 19 Hours and 17
Minutes.
LATEST REPORTS BY RADIO.? Howard Hughes
and his companions broke the world's record in circling'
the globe in 3 days, 19 hours and 17 minutes, when they
brought their plane to a perfect landing at Floyd Ben
net field yesterday at exactly 1:37, E. S. T.
Leaves Fairbanks for Home
Stretch Dash; St. Paul
Next Likely Stop
Fairbanks, Alaska, July 13. ?
The Howard Hughes round-the
world aerial expedition dashed
southward toward Canada tonight !
after a brief refueling stop here. 1
Apparently pleased at success
thus far in his attempt to set a
globe-girdling record, Hughes was
happy and smiling as he and his
four companions took off at 8:35
p. m,. (Eastern Standard Time) ?
one hour and 18 minutes after
landing here at the end of a 2,456
mile hop from Yakutsk. Siberia.
Before the take-off, Radio Engi
neer Richard Stoddart said the
fliers could not take fuel enough
for the 3,380-mile hop to New
York, and probably would refuel
at Edmonton, Winnipeg or St. j
Paul.
At Edmonton, Grant McConna
chie," United Air Transport flier J
predicted flying conditions would
be ideal at least the first 1,000
miles of Hughes' latest hop.
American Soil
The aviators touched American
soil after leaving New York City
more than three days ago. I
Far ahead of the late Wiley
Post's globe-girdling record of 7
days, 18 hours, 49 minutes,
Hughes remained here only long
enough to refuel before headiug
for New York on the final 3,380
mile stretch of his jaunt.
Service crews rushed refueling
operations while Hughes was ap- i
plauded by a crowd that assembled
hours before his arrival. The flier (
radioed word in advance that he
would decline interviews here in
an effort to avoid delay. ,
Before his message was receiv- ]
ed, hotel rooms had been engaged ,
for possible use by the aviators.
, "Little Tired." j
While Hughes directed refuel- ,
Ing operatious, Radio Engineer
Stoddart said over the radio that i
the crew was, "a little tired, but 1
we were pretty comfortable on
the entire trip."
Stoddart said the plane probably
would stop for refueling at Ed
monton, Winnipeg or St. Paul in- I
stead of making the Fairbanks- 1
New York flight in a single hop. <
"We are faced with the diffi- 1
culty here of having only a 2.800- '
fpot runway and we will be un- i
able to take a full load," he ex-,i
plained. "Also we will be flying 1
into the darkness from here and;
we want no mishaps at this late
date."
Stoddart said that at Lakutsk
the fliers found only one person, j
a girl, who spoke English, but that t
she was a bit out of practice, not ;
having spoken it for three years.
"She proved very helpful, how
ever," he added. , i
He said h\s most difficult ex
perience was in understanding
Russian radio stations, making it ;
hard for him to keep his schedules
accurate.
Russian radio engineers, he said j
"went to an awful lot of trouble j
to do everything they possibly
could for us, and in one particular (
case, one thing I would like to
mention, getting into Omsk, we
really had to depend a lot on radio
engineers for directions."
Stoddart said that the field at
Moscow was excellent, but that
heavy rains caused them trouble
at Omsk's field.
"We were taxleing around and
we were very heavy-laden, so we
had to be careful on the field.
That was the only bad part that
we had. At Takutsk we had a
little trouble In getting off."
NEW YORK (JETS READY
FOR RECEPTION TODAY
New York, July 13. ? A police
detail of about 1,000 officers will
be on hand at Floyd Bennett Air
port tomorrow for the expected
arrival of Howard Hughes and his ;
world-girdling companions.
The police Bureau of Opera- 1
tions predicted they would handle
the largest crowd since the wel
coming of Charles A. Lindbergh
upon his return by ship from his
non-stop hop to Paris in 1927.
Also pressed into service will
be 50 United States Marine Re
serves and all available airport |
employes.
Plans for the fliers' reception
included welcoming speeches by
Mayor LaGuardia and Grover
Whalen, president of the World's
Fair of 1939, which sponsored the
flight. Whalen said the reception
would be on virtually the spot
where the late Wiley Post was
greeted after his solo round-the
world flight in 1933.
The huge silver monoplane will
be rolled into a hangar where an
armed guard will be posted for
protection against souvenir hun
ters. .
At noon Friday, the fliers will
be tak^n in an amphibian plane to
a seaplane base at the foot of Wail
Street, from where they will pro
ceed to the City Hall.
Later that day; or possibly Sat
urday, they will go to Washing
ton.
jOUISBURG METHODIST
CHURCH
The services next Sunday will
include Sunday School at 9:45,
public worship at 11:00 and Ep
worth League at 7:15. The pastor,
Rev. J. G. Phillips will speak at
11:00 A. M. on, "The Family of!
Christ." The Sacrament of the j
Lord's Supper will be administer
ed.
At 3:00 P. M. on Sunday the
young people of the church will
conduct services at the County
Some. Prayer service is being held
?n Wednesday nights at 8:00.1
rhere will be no Sunday night
preaching services during July and
\ugust.
$20,000 Aleination
Suit Filed
On Monday a $20,000 suit for!
:he alienation of the affections of
lis wife was filed wifrh Clerk of!
Sourt W. V. Avent by George M.
White against James W. Murphy, j
rhe complaint calling for $10,000
ictual and $10,000 punitive dam-'
iges was signed by Lawrence
Harris, attorney, for the plaintiff.
THE LOCISBURG BAWL j
The above is the title of a new
publication for Louisburg. con
tains four pages, and is edited by
Miss Talmadge Thomas, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Thomas. It
Is well gotten up and is filled with
spicy items of interest to its many
readers.
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PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
i ?
The following is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Friday, July 15th:
Friday ? Last Times Today ?
Mickey Rooney in "Lord Jeff.
Saturday ? Double Feature ? !
Dick Foran in "Devils Saddle
Legion" and Don Terry in "When
G-Men Step In." Also Chap. -14
"The Lone Ranger."
Sunday Herbert Marshall,
Virginia Bruce and Mary Astor In
"Woman Against Woman."
Monday-Tuesday ? Ginger Rog
ers and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. In
"Having A Wonderful Time."
Wednesday ? June Lang and
Dick Baldwin in "One Wild
Night."
Thursday - Friday ? Wallace
Beery, Maureen O'Sullivan and
Frank Morgan In "PiJrt Of Seven
9eas."
New Farm
Agent
MR. K. Ii. NORTON
- Franklin County's new Farm
Agent, who succeeds Mr. E. J.
Morgan. Mr. Norton comes to
Louisburg from Jackson, where
he was Assistant County Agent
for Northampton County. He is
married and has one little child,
and is occupying the residence va
cated by Mr. Morgan. He and
his good wife arrived Saturday
and he took over the duties of his
office on Monday. Mr. Norton
comes highly recommended as an
Agent of much efficiency and
ability.
Wreck Is Fatal To
Young Woman
Miss Lucy Mitchell, of Fraiiklin
ton And Rocky Mount Instant
j lv Killed
Miss Lucy Mitchell, 23, of
i Rocky Mount, was almost instant
| ly killed near Buck Harris' filling
station Sunday afternoon when
an automobile driven by Miss
Prances Wilder, also of Rocky
Mount, failed to take a curve and
overturned several times. Three
other persons were injured in the
wreck.
Miss Wilder, 22. formerly of
Franklinton, sustained a broken
leg and dislocated ankle. Miss
Virginia Mitchell, 21. sister of the
dead girl, was severely cut and
Complained of back pains, but re
turned to her home after receiv
ing treatment, and Russell Bell,
also of Rocky Mount, sustained
head injuries and was rushed to
a Rocky Mount hospital with Miss
Wilder.
Eye wltnesses to the wreck told
Sheriff J. P. Moore of Franklin
County and Louisburg Chief of
Police C. E. Pace that Miss Wil
der, driving at a high rate of
speed, apparently lost control of,
the car as it rounded a sharp '
curve about one and one-half i
miles west of here on the Frank
linton road.
Miss Lucy Mitchell was thrown :
through the car window and her j
throat was cut. She succumbed
to loss of blood before she could
be moved to a physician's office.
Miss Mitchell was a daughter of
Mr.~and Mrs. J. O. Mitchell, of
Franklfnton.
Uncle Ab says that a stable sup
ply of farm power means more
horses.
ELECTS COT- j
TON WEIGHERS
AGREE ON TAXES FOR
FAIR ASSOCIATION
Hoard Authorizes Hoard of Edu
cation To Make WPA Applica
tion For More Funds For
School Purposes
The County- Board of Health
represented by Drs. A. R. \frin
ston, S. P. Burt, D. T. Smithwick
and Mrs, S. C. Foster presented
the budget for the ensuing year, j
The Board of Town Commis
sioners represented by Cooper,
Elam and Allen was before the:
Board in reference to tax exemp-j
tion for Franklin County Fair.!
After discussing the matter it was \
agreed by the two Boards that j
each Board would collect only
$100 each as taxes from the Fair j
Association for the year 1938.
E. M. Speed was elected Cotton1
weigher for Franklinton for the j
ensuing year. J. F. Weathers'
was elected Cotton weigher for
the town of Youngsville for 1938-!
39.
Dr. H. G. Perry representing the
Louisburg Chamber of Commerce,
was before the Board requesting
the Board to join the Chamber of
Commerce, either individually or;
as a Board. This was left open. 1
The Franklinton School budget1
was presented by Supt. G. B. Har-i
ris and same was received.
The Board received the budget
of the Franklin County schools,
and authorized the Bo^rd of Edu
cation to make application for)
WPA loan and grant for funds to i
make necessary repairs and bull-!
ding for school purposes, provided
the amount so desired does not j
obligate the county for more than
$15,000, to be paid over a period
of twenty years.
The tentative budget was re
ceived and ordered published.
The Board then adjourned to
meet as an Equalization Board.
Ft. Bragg Got
Hospital For
Fayetteville
Washington. July 8. Frank
Hines, veterans administrator, an
nounced today President Roose
velt had approved a recommenda
tion of the Federal Board of Hos
pitalization that a new Veterans
Administration hospital for North
Carolina be located at Fayette
ville.
Hines said the board, in reach-1
ing its conclusion, took into ac-j
count the fact that Fort Bragg;
was near the chosen city. j
In event of an increased de
mand for hospital at Fayetteville J
would be of great value, Hines i
said.
More than 30 cities in North
Carolina were visited by a veter- '
ans administration sub-committee
for the location qf the new 300- :
bed hpspital to cost about $1,500,-1
000.
Hines said a sub-committee, af-l
ter giving full consideration to
the veterans population to the
area to be served, transportation
facilities, availability of essential
utilities, and accessibility of buy
ing centers, had decided Fayette
ville would be the best location.
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Fifth Victim Is Claimed
By Stroke Of Lightning
Kenansville, July 11. ? The bolt
of lightning which struck terror
in a Duplin County church gath
ering Sunday, today claimed its
fifth victim.
Rodney Harper died in a Kin
ston hospital while funeral ser
vices were being held for two ,
brothers, a sister and a neighbor'
who were killed by the bolt.
A crowd of 3,000, said to be the
largest funeral gathering in the
history of Duplin County, attend
ed the services.
Triple services were held at the;
Harper home for Asa I. Harper,
40; Woodrow Harper, 24, and.
Miss Ada Harper, 27. Rites for]
J. B. Southerland, 13, the other
victim, were conducted at the
home of his parents, two miles
away.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. W. H. Eubanks, pastor of
the Pink Hilt ^Presbyterian
Church; the Rev. F, L. Goodman
of the Kenansville Presbyterian
Church; Or. Wllaon, of Wilming
ton. and the Rev. Mr. Barfield, of
the Seven Springs Methodist
Church.
The Harpers, whose father and!
mother were dead, lived together. I
Only the youngest brother, Jira-1
my, now remains.
Lightning struck the newly-or
ganized Oak Grove Presbyterian
Church as the Sunday School I
hour was In progress. Only a
few minutes before the Harpers
had been praised publicly by the |
Rev. Mr. Eubanks as outstanding
citizens in the neighborhood.
The church formerly was used
as a dwelling. Miss Ada Harper
was teaching a class on the back
porch when the bolt struck. Wood
row and Asa were in one assem- |
bly room. Rodney was in another,
and young Southerland was at
tending class on the'outslde of the
building.
The bolt leaped from room to i
room in the building, tearing
away portions of the structure. In ]
addition to the dead, about 16
other persons were stunned. Eve- ,
lyn Hill, a small girl, was dls- ]
charged from the Klnstoa hospi
tal today after being treated fdr
shock. i., 1
Locates In
Louisburg
JOHN K. MATTHKWS
Who is now associated with Mr.
Charles P. Green, County Attor
ney, in the general practice of
law. Mr. Matthews received his
State law license in August, 1937,
and was admitted to practice be
fore the Federal Courts in Feb
ruary, 1938. He received his
academic training at Wake For
est College, and has recently com
pleted three years of legal re
search at Duke University. He
has been engaged in legal work
in Franklin County during vaca
tion periods for several years,
during which time he has made
many friends.
Mrs. Katie Yar
boro Dead
Funeral services for JVlrs. Katie
L. Yarboro, wife of the late Rufus
Y. Yarboro, was held from the
home oil North Main Street Fri
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, con
ducted by Rev. J.J3. Phillips, pas
tor of the Louisburg Methodist]
Church, assisted by Rev. E. H.j
Davis. A large number of rela
tives and friends were present toj
pay a lasfc sad tribute to one
whom they loved and respected.l
The interment was made in Oak-j
wood cemetery. The floral trl-j
bute was especially large and]
pretty.
Mrs. Yarboro was 68 years of
age and is survived by one son,
Mr. 0. Y. Yarboro. She was
raised in the Cedar Rock commu
nity and lived her life of useful
ness in Louisburg, where she
made many friends and admirers.
She died at a hospital in Durham
following an illness of only a few
weeks, on Thursday afternoon of
last week.
The pallbearers were: Willie
Dean, Wilson Dean, Spencer
Dean, Clifford Dean, Bud Dean,
I. C. Sledge, J. A. Wheless, Alex
Yarborough.
Those from out of town attend
ing the funeral services were as;
follows: From Whitakers, Mrs. T
E. Ricks, Mrs. C. C. Bass, Mr. and,
Mrs. George Ward, Mrs. Harold
Braswell; from Nashville, Mrs. W. i
W. Ward, Mi1, and Mrs. A. S. j
Vick; from Rocky Mount, Mrs.
Charlie Braswell, MiSs bvie Al
ford, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hay
mon; from Spring Hope, Mr. and i
Mrs. X. B. Gardner, Mrs. Leliaj
Yarborough; from Smithfield, Miss
Mildred Yarborough, Mr. Alex]
Yarborough; from Raleigh, Mr.j
and Mrs. L. E. Blanchard, Mr. and,
Mrs. P. L. Bastick, Mr. and Mrs.]
G. B. Cooper, Mr. Graham Grif-j
fin; from Hertford, Mrs. R. H.!
Willis, Miss Kate Blanchard; Mr.
and Mrs. I. C. Sledge, of Pine-'
hurst; Mr. R. S. Blanchard, of!
Chicago, 111.; Mr, and Mrs. W. C.j
Fallwell, of Farmville, Va.; Mes
srs. G. S. and A. J. May, of Little-]
ton.
The bereaved family and rela
tives have the deepest sympathy
of the entire community.
Loses Barn and
Stock
"Capt." C. T. Nicholson, Frank
lin Couttfy's nominee for the
House of Representatives, had the
misfortune of losing his stock
barn, a pair of mules, three cows,
25 tons, of feed and a lot of farm
tools and machinery by fire at
his home about four miles east of
Franklinton near Mitchinera Cross
Road, Saturday night. The origin
of the fire was unknown and the
loss was estimated at around
12000 with $500 Insurance.
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Sets New Course
Record
WILLIAM B. BAKItW, JR.
William Barrow. Jr.. son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Barrow, of Louis
burg. set a new course record at
the Green Hill Golf Course here
on last Saturday by shooting a 68,
two under par. William made a
34 going out and 34 coming in.
In the round of play he made five
birdies, and on the tricky seventh
hole he laid his tee shot to the
pin and it bounced away about
10 inches. Possibly if the pin
had been out he would have holed
it. He has set a record for the
local golfers to shoot at. In
times past a few have made 34's
but no one has made two in suc
cession. From the best informa
tion we can gather, the lowest
score made before this was a 70,
by Louis Word.
In the round of play Saturday
William was playing in a four
some with Pier Williamson, Coy
Cox and Louis Word.
Louisburg Wins
Over Oxford
Although without 'the services
of Harry Johnson, James Whe
less. Ernest Thomas, Coy Cox and
several other good, golfers, the
Louisburg hoys triumphed over
Oxford by a score of 25 to 20
points. Some of the matches
were not quite finished on account
of the rain but each player finish
ed as much as 9 holes and the
score figured accordingly.
Low score was made by Joe
Bowling, the young No. 1 golfer
of Oxford, who scored 73 for the
18 holes. He was closely follow
ed by William Barrow, Jr., Louis
burg's brilliant ?young player,
with a score of 74. The tourna
ment presented numerous good
plays. Twelve birdies were made
during the afternoon ? Joe Bowl
ing making five; William Barrow,
Jr., three; Louis Word, three;
Bill Huggins. one; and Edwin
Malone. one. Long drii&s and
long putts were not unusual.
Probably the most consistent of
the long drivers were Arch Wil
son and Dr.1 Herbert Perry, both
of Louisburg. The longest putt
of the afternoon was made by Dr.
Finch, of Oxford, who sank from
about 25-yards off the green. The
consistent good putting of Morris
(1-putt Murphy!) enabled him to
tie one of the best golfers of Ox
ford. It was the fighting spirit
of Louisburg that finally?turned
the tide in their favor. Each play
er played every hole as be3t he
could. Individual scores, with
Louisburg being the first named,
were as follows:
Frank Wheless 0; Joe Bowl
ing, 3.
Bill Huggins, % ; T. Royster,
2%.
William Barrow, Jr., 3; M.
Parham, 0.
Louis Word,- 1 % ; J. W. Craw
ford, 1%.
Ed Owens, 3; J. P. Harris, 0.
Pier Williamson 1%; W. D.
Bryan, 1%.
L. W. Henderson, 0; B. S. Roy
ster, 3.
P. P. Pernell, 0; J. P. White, -3.
Arch Wilson, 3; William Webb,
0. ^
Ed Malone, IY2: John Greg
ory, 1%.
Weldon Egerton, 3; C. M.
Booth, 0.
Darrell Perry, 3; Sid Hofler, 0.
Dr. Herbert Perry, Vj ; Dr.
Finch, 2%.
Morris Murphy, 1M,; Bob Ray,
1%.
Galther Beam, 3; Major Stem,
0.
Only 47 per cent of the fluid
milk produced In this country is
pasteurized. In 1936, 42 epidem
ics causing 28 deaths were traced
to unpasteurized milk.
BASE BALL
HERE SUNDAY
There will be a game played
in Louisburg Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 between Bethel Hill and
Louisburg. The local team is
now at the top of the league and
the boys are playing very good
ball. Go out and give them your
support. The grand stand is com
fortable and out of the sun.
Last Sunday Louisburg played
the strong team from Wake For
est summer school. The locals
put up a strong fight and it took
the Wake Forest aggregation ten
I innings to defeat them 4-3 in one
j 'of the best games played here this
J season.
Louisburg defeated Wilton, 6-4,
at the local park on Wednesday
afternoon before a very large
number of fans. Rain broke up
the game in the seventh inning.
; Each club made a half-dozen hits,
but the locals made better use of,
i theirs.
John Cameron, with a triple
and a single for three turns, led
j Louisburg. Tippett,/ with two
' singles for three, led Wilton.
Wilton made fodr errors; Lou
isburg, three.
Batteries: vC'ilton ? Brummltt ^
and Preddy: Louisburg ? Bar
rington and Fuller.
Killed in Gas
Truck Wreck
\yklter Fogg. 35. colored, was
Instantly killed Tuesday night
; about 10 o'clock and Mr. W. H.
Murphy, white, was injured, when
I the 3500 gallon gasoline truck on
i which they were riding, driven by
Murphy, left the highway from
Louisburg to Nashville and going
down a seven foot embankment
and completely demolishing the
! cab of the truck. The truck was
j owned by the Independent Oil
| Company of Durham, for which
i the men were working. The wreck
| occurred about three and half
i miles east of Louisburg. and was
probably caused by a front tire
bursting or some fault with a
break drum. Mr. Murphy was
thrown from the cab before the
truck left, the road, escaping with
minor injuries but was carried to
a hospital in Rocky Mount after
the administration of first aid, it
i was understood. The truck, it
J was reported was loaded with gas.
! The trailer did not turn over
| when- going down tile emba^k
I nient. Both parties were from
Durham, it was reported.
LOUISBURG BAPTIST
CHURCH
In the absence of the pastor.
Dr. Simons. Hon. R. N. Simms,
moderator of the State Baptist
'Convention, filled the Louisburg
pulpit last Sunday morning. The
history and workings of the State
| Convention were well presented
by Mr. Simms and thoroughly en
1 joyed by the congregation.
Next Stinday morning. July 17,
Dr. D. B. Bryan, Dean of Wake
Forest College, who supplied In
Louisburg for some time, will
preach at the 11 A. M. service.
There will be no evening worship,
i Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. B.
jT. U. at 6:45.
Orthopedic Clinic
Dr. R. F. Yarborough, County
i Health Officer, announces that
; Dr. R. B. Raney, of Duke Hospi
| tal Orthopedic Clinic will hold aa
'Orthopedic Clinic at the Health
Office on July 19th. All patients
who have previously had Infantlto
Paralysis and those that have any
j joint inflrmities are especially re
quested to come to the Health Of
ifice on July 19th for examination.
Elected Secretary {
? X
Mrs. James E. Malone was elec
ted Secretary of the Louisburg
Chamber of Commerce at a meet
ing of the Board ot Directors on
Friday night of last week. Mrs.
; Malone is very efficient and will
; make a splendid official. She will
' have offices for the present In th?
Mayor's office.
COCNTY FEDERATION MEETS
i The County Federation meets
in the form of a picnic, Friday,
July 22 at "> o'clock, p. m. at
Laurel, with* the Oswego Club as
hostess. E.i i clyb member aoA
family is expected to come and
bring a picnic lunch.
There will be swimming after
sdpper for those w>.'y tire to tak?
part. L
Mrs. J. B HigUt, tf.ub Sec'jr.
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