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TODAY and 1DM9^ ? PnUtKER I SVOOCBftlDOel CORRIGAX .... courage The one-stop solo flight of young Douglas Corrigan -from New York to Dublin is the most spectacular feat in flying since Lindbergh flew alone to Paris in 1927. It is even more amazing than Lindy's flight, for it was made in an old plane which by rights should have been on the scrap-heap long ago, while Col. Linbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" was a new machine built especial ly for his attempt to cross the At lantic, and equipped with the most modern instruments of ithat? time. Young Corrigan's exploit com pletely overshadowed the round the-world flight of Howard Hugh es. That was magnificent team work of plane builders, engineers and navigators. But Douglas Cor rigan did his trick single-banded. He serviced his own plane ? in facti he had built tfce engine himself out of parts of the two discarded engines. To me his flight is an impres-, eive demonstration that the quali ties of ingenuity, resourcefulness, initiative and courage which built t>his nation, still live in the youth ?f America. * - ? ? ? FAIR . . . . . pro* parity Next Spring two World'B Fairs will compete for the interest of travelers from all the world; one in New York, one in San Francis co. The present outlook is that half a million visitors will come to America from abroad and that close to a hundred million Amer icans will attend one exposition or both. A The motor, rail and bus travel over the highways leading from Coast to Coast will be heavier in the Summer of 1S39 than ever be fore. So will the congestion on the roads leading to the great metropolitan cities of our Atlantic1 and Pacific coasts. There will be more people on the road looking for good food and- lodgings than ever have been, more trailers and more cars to pull them. One certain effect of this enor mous increase in travel is that more money will pass from hand to hand, and move faster, than in any previous recent year. And that-spells prosperity. The World's Fairs of 1&3S ought to give a great impetus to economic recov ery. ? ? ? TOMORROW . . \ progress The New York World's Fair 1S39 has for its slogan "The World of Tomorrow." I doubt whether it will disclose the world as it will be 30 or 40 years from now, though it will indicate some of the directions in which the world is moving. . I tried to list some of the things that make the world of to day which were unknown when I attended my first World's Fair 5t Philadelphia, a little boy holding my father's hand, in 1876. There were no electric lights, no tele-1 phones, no movies, no automo biles, not even bicycles, no air planes, no typesetting machines, no steel ships, no air-brakes, no radios, no Artificial refrigeration, jio kodaks, no steam turbines, no rayon, no phonographs, no trac tors, not even safety razors in that bearded world of my childhood. Celluloid was a novelty, kerosene lamps had not yet completely dis placed whaleoil and candles, wood pulp pap?r was just coming into use and halftone pictures had not been invented. Anybody who had -tried to fore-l cast the world from the point of view of 1876 and had described it, as it is now would have been call ed crazy. ? ? ? GUES9CS . . . the future Any gueBS about the physical changes In the world in the next forty years and the social and eco nomic changes which will flow from them is more likely to be wrong than right. However, I am going to hazard a few guesses based upon the indications of the present. The world of tomorrow will be^ a more completely electrified! world, a better refrigerated world and a world in which chemistry will play a larger part than In the world of today. We will produce electricity at much less cost and use it more efficiently in a thous and ways than we< do now. It ? will heat every building in Win ter and keep t>hem cool In Sum mer. And most of the materials we use to make houses and cloth ing and for our daily food will be produced synthetically by cheml- < cal means. i By 1980 we will be getting our : domestic water supplies on both ; coasts directly from the ocean, ; and extracting a large part of our minerals and chemicals from the i seawater which we will distill to ] make It drinkable. And by 19*0, < also, Boat of our passenger travel t from city to city and nation to <ut- ] Japan's Davis Cuppers w The Japanese Davis Cup team which is In this country now to par ticipate in North American Zone Davis Cup matches. From, left tc right, Fumiteru Nakftno, Jiro YamagUhl, Yasumine Kuramitsu and Captain Tamio Abe. Yamagishi is No. 1 singles champion of Japan. I tion will be in the air at 400 or 500 miles an hour, five miles above the highest* clouds. Call me up in 1&80 and tell me if I've guessed wrong. ? ? ? BEAUTY . . . standards Of one thing I am sure. The world of tomorrow will be a more beautiful and colorful world than the one we live in now. The peo ple themselves will be more beau tiful, because they will be heal thier. Their clothes, their homes inside and out, and their environ ments will be far more pleasing to look at. Standards of- aesthet ic taste will be universally higher. It will be a gayer world. There will be more and better entertain ment and amusements of all kinds, in which an increasing number of the people will take part. There will be more and bet ter music, dancing, play and sports for everybody. The theatre and the movies will be better. And it will be a world better educated in the arts and graces of living, if not in intelligence. Man ners will be better, courtesy more prevalent; it will be a kindlier and more tolerant world, inspir ed by higher spiritual purposes and aspirations. EX-BANKER IS GIVEN STATE PRISON TERM OE 23 TO :i? YEARS (Continued from page one) in the case and explained the de grees of guilt. Jurors revealed after returning their verdict that three ballots were taken in making the decision. On the first, four voted for first degree, six for second degree, and two for manslaughter; on the second, 10 favored second degree and two stuck to manslaughter; the third wasunanimous for sec ond degree. Prosecuting attorneys argued that Tharrlngton became infuriat ed when he was denied a date by Mrs. King on the night of the1 shooting because she bad a previ ous engagement with McMiUian. Premeditation Charged Offering evidence to show he flashed a pistol at a roadhouse a few hours before the killing, the state argued he went to the apart ment with the premeditated pur pose of killing and actually ac-| complished his purpose. Fighting back at every turn, the defense argued Tharrington was ( on a business trip at the apart ment when McMillan returned from his date with Mrs. King, that McMillan attacked him vidi- ! ously and Tharrington had to shoot to save his own life. . Walton Parker, who accompani ed McMillan on the occasion, was the principal witness for the state, while Mrs. King and her divor cee-sister, Mrs. Maude Mosely, who watched th^ shooting, testi fied for Tharrington. High lighting the evidence, Mrs. King took the witness stand and dramatically denied she was Thar rington's "other woman." Approximately 30 witnesses were offered by the state and the defense put on about the same number. Among the witnesses were several experts. CALLS SPECIAL SESSION (Continued from page one) ' Council ot State or designate the institutions and purposes for which each item is approved. Administration supporters hope the Legislature will adopt a lump sum act. Such a measure would enable the Council of State to re allocate funds where specific proj ects failed to materialize, and such a measure also would elimi nate the possibility of lengt'hy de bate over single items for im provement. A bill suitable to the Governor and drafted on the strength of Budget Commission recommenda tions will be submitted as soon as the Legislature meets, at noon Monday; and the fastest possible action is expected ? three readings on consecutive days in each house. Third Sitting The special session will mark the t-hird siittng of the 1937 Gen eral Assembly, which *ras called into special session in December, 1936, to pass Unemployment Com pensation Act and PWA enabling acts. Lieutenant Governor Wilkins P. Horton will preside over the Sen ate; and R. Gregg Cherry, of Gas tonia, will again rule the House of Representatives. A. Hall Johnston, of Asbeville, president pro tem of the Senate., resigned to accept appointment as a Superior Court judge and is in eligible for the special session. Party leaders are not certain a new president pro tem will be elected this session. There will be other vacancies which cannot be filled before the session because all Legislators must be elected. There is no pro vision 'for appointment to fill va cancies. Expect* Good Sale Treasurer Johnson said he was confident that the Stat? could sell any bonds which the Legislature' may authorize at an interest rate of 2.75 per cent or lower. A bond issue of more than 16,345.000 would be illegal under the debt limitation amendment to the Con stitution, he explained. "I'm sure we can sell the bonds 'at the .lowest interest rate a North Carolina bond ever has been sold for," he added. Under PWA regulations, each $45 of Federal funds must be sup plemented by $5 of North Caro lina funds. The U. S. DepartrS^nt of Com merce reports that the country now has 3,065,000 miles of high ways. With at least one nut driv er to every mile. UOCG//H ^H' BITTER EST TEARS . COME FROM / DEEDS UNDONE T BE SURE TO OCT AN i ?&nqeb6c& * AMERICA'S * STANDARD TIMEI WHY I LIKE LOriSBVRG To the Editor: ? I like Louis burg because the town is small enough that you can meet and shake bands with your friends on the street daily without'" being called "countrvfied." The town is too large tor every body to know everybody else's business. Our women are above the aver age as ? good-lookers." I would not want to live in a town or com munity where the ladies were not ed for their homely appearance. The m*rn are homely looking ?.-?lough that 1 can fee! perfectly at home in their presence. Our^ merchants seem willing to share the patronage without strife, or bickering. Our drug stores ob serve the Sabbath day without , compulsion. While we never see our doctors walking the streets in loving embrace, we have never heard of anything but perfect har mony and good feeling among tbeir ranks. We have many things to boas'j of for our little town. Among them is the fact that our Tobacco t Market PAID last year the HIGH EST AVERAGE PRICE* of any town in the United States. While all the foregoing, and more, can truthfully be said of our little town, yet in the lan guage of "Holy writ" I must con fess that "I have somewhat against- thee." According to news paper reports other towns and counties are applying the 5 per cent of liquor profits in eliminat ing bootleggers and judging from reports, they are having wonder ful results, I do not know much about how our allotment is being spent, neither do I know the re sults, but, I do have pretty good reason to know that some are , evading the officers by doing bus iness at the same old stand. With all proper respect to those who have the matter in hand, I would apprehend these, if I had to call in J. Edgar Hoover and all his force. S. H. AVERITT. Interested in improving his to mato* crop, C. H. Fries, of Salis bury, Route 1, Rowan County, has developed a new tomato variety which promises to be of great value to North Carolina garden MONKEY SHINES ? ? ? I Afton Bernard, beaotiful mem- j ber of the 1939 Golden Gate In ternational Exposition's staff, in vestigated some of the "Monkey Trees" being* transplanted to ' Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay for tbe World's Fair. But she pot caught ? by the "M?-n?:ev Tree" and a photographer with ; an *r? tor beauty CLASS REUNION' The Class of 1938 of the Frank- j linton High School had it's annual class reunion at Pullen Park in Raleigh on Wednesday, July 20. Girl members of the class furnish ed the eats, while the boys gave the drinks. Mr. G. B. Harris, Superintend ent of the School, was unable to attend because of business en gagements. The class of 1936 is the only class to inaugurate and continue the idea of class reunions. The class is looking forward to many more happy reunions. FARM INCOME DROPS Cash income from the sale of farm products ;? the first six months of 1938 is now estimated at $3,084,000,000, or 12 per cent less than the J3. 499. 000, 000 re ported for the first half of 1937, says a report of the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics sent Julian R. Mann, extension statis tician at State College. RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! FURNITURE Much of our stock of Furniture and House Furnishings have already arrived and are on display. Other portions are arriving daily. A special invitation is extended you to call in and see what we now have and later that which will arrive in the next few days. Our Prices are proving very attractive. We want you to make our store your headquarters when in Louisburg. B o B B I T T FURNITURE CO. R. A. Bobbitt, Owner and Manager A FEW .>?PCIAH0 ELECTRIC FANS $1.29 up ?? FREE Battery Box with each set of B Batteries. Protect your batteries from dust and moisture. Wet Batteries Re-charged 50c and 75c Let us put your radio in first class condition for the summer baseball games and other sports. Special check-up by licensed experts Only $1.50 RAYN0R*S RADIO SHOP Phoine 454-6 Loulsfrurg, N. 0. AMERICAN IIOV MAOAZINK CO.MI'.t.MON IO TIIOI'SAXI** Teachers, librarians, ? parents, leaders of hoys' dubs and hund reds of thousands of boys, tliern-' selves, enthusiastically recom mend TI1K AMERICAN HOY Mag J azlne for all b"y* over twelve. I "It's more like a companion I than a magazine," remarked one] high school student'. "It given advice and entertainment on every subject in which a young fellow is interested. I made our school basketball team solely because ol playing tips I read in THE AMERICAN BOY." Trained Writers and artists, fa mous coaches and athletes, ex plorers, -,c. enlist?, and men suc cessful in business and industry join with an experienced stafT to produce, in THE AMERICAN BOY, just the sort of storirs and articles boys like best. THE AMERICAN BOY sells on all newsstands at 15c copy. Sub scription prices are $1.50 for one year or (3.00 for three years. To subscribe, simply send your name, address and remittance direct to TUB AMERICAN BOY, 7430 Sec <,nd Blvd., Detroit, Mich. II. II. Barrln ger, of Balls Creek, |('alawba County, wanted a fish pond ho he contracted with the [County terracing unit to build him one. The water Is led into the pond through a trough and the land around is terraced so that a minimum of silt can pol lute the water. W. A. Davis of near Clayton, Johnston County, is conducting -iotae research work wjtth hybrid corn in cooperation with Dr. G. K. Middleton of Stat? College. The hybrid varieties will yield from 10 to 20 per cent higher per acre than other corns, he reports. 666 cares MALARIA In 7 days and relieves COLDS nrsi nay liquid ? Tablets Hiruduhe, 80 Salve-Nose Drop-. lulnulua Try "Rub-My-TJum"- World'* Best IJsimtDt A COMFORTING THOUGHT There's a smile in your heart and a feeling of real satisfaction in your whole being when you know your dear ones are amply protected by an insurance policy. LESLIE G. COOK Louisburg, North Carolina Office over City Barber Shop Agent For PILOT LIFE INSURANCE CO. Greensboro, North Carolina Paint With GLIDDENS Paints SEMI PASTE PAINT, after mixing . . $2.00 Gal. READY-MIXED PAINTS $1.49 Gal. ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING SUPPLIES FOR RENT ? Electric Sander and Floor Polisher SPORTING GOODS FISHING TACKLE Heddon & Greek Chub Bait Pfleuber. South Bend and | Shakespeare Rods & Reels. 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