STOP MONEY From Leaving LuuMmrg By ? Advertising in The TIMES lloost Vour Town The Times THE COUNTY ? THE STATE . THE UNION RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Watch the Date on the Label of your paper and Renew When Your Time E.vplres IV VOLUMN LXIX LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST la, 1?38 (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER aa BIG FAIR PREPARATION Franklin County Fair To Be Held Sept. 19th to 24th "With World's Exposition Shows Playing The Mid way The management of the Frank- ] lin County Fair announces that the fair will be held a month earlier this year, with one of the! largest and best shows on the road this season playing the midway. In addition to the best shows we hare had in many years, the bud-] get for grandstand attractions has been increased beyond anything in previous years. There will be a Girl's Revue, six other big acts and plenty of fireworks. There will be plenty of acts to please both young and old. The premium list will be out in a short time, a copy of which you will find in your "Franklin Times". There will be exhibits of; all kinds and this is expected to be the biggest Fair since before the time of the "Hoover Cart days". At a meeting of the Town Com missioners on August 2nd it was reported by the special committee, which had been appointed to con fer with the Board of County Com missioners, that the county Board had agreed to follow the course taken by the Town Board in re ference to a special tax on the Franklin County Fair. The Town Board in its session unanimously agreed that there would be no tax on the 1938 Fair, which enables the management of the Fair to offer, this amount of money in premiums and attractions for the benefit of the people in the Coun ty who enjoy the Fair. Local interest is already being aroused in this great annual event which is going to be of unusual interest this year, as Franklin County will have the first County Fair held in this State, and thou sands of people will come to Lou isburg to enjoy this great event. The merchants and business men realize the value of the won derful advertisement that is brought about by the Fair, as more people come^to Louisburg in the six days afithe, Fair than visit the town all of the fifty one re maining weeks put together. This will mark the 24th year that Franklin County has' held a Fair, and this has only been possible by the generosity of a few public spirited citizens and the wonder ful cooperation of the entire popu lation of the county. Work will begin on improve ments at the Fair Grounds in a short time, and it is expected that Franklin County will, as usual, have the best and biggest County Fair in the State. Drowned Mr. Tommy Griffin, of , near White Level, was drowned while in bathing in Sandy Creek near the bridge in Highway 58 near Centerville Sunday morning about 11 o'clock. He was 24 yearsi of age and is survived by his moth er, Mrs. Mary Wester. He had recently joined the C C Camp at Salisbury and was at hime to spend the week-end. Searchers begun looking for the body following its sinking and it was found about 6 o'clock that af ternoon by Mr. W. F. Griffin and others, near the spot where it was seen to sink. > * j The funeral was held from White Level Church Monday af ternion, conducted by Rev Ray Harrington, and interment was made in the church cemetery nearby. Many attended the ser vices and the floral tribute was Very pretty. Pallbearers were: M. A. Ay cock, Edward Pernell, Butler Moore, Roger Collins, Kenneth Lider, En'nis Dawson. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Friday, August 12: Last Times Today ? Friday ? Cary Grant and Katharine Hep burn in "Holiday." Saturday ? Double Feature ? Jack Luden in "Stage Coach Days" and Don Terry in 'tThe Main Event." Also Chap. No. 3 "Fighting Devil Dogs." Sunday ? Wayne Morris, Pris cilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart and Hugh Herbert in, "Men Are Such Fools." Monday - Tuesday ? Barbara Stanwyck and Herbert Marshall in "Always Goodbye." Wednesday ? Lewis Stone, Den nis O'Keefe and Ann Morris in "The Chaser." Thursday ? Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and Shirley Ross in "Waikiki Wedding" Re turn engagement. Friday ? Fredric March, Clau dett Colbert and Chas. Laughton in "The Sign of The Cross." Preparations For Opening Of Louisburg College It was understood in the spring that Louisburg College would have a record breaking number of students this coming year. The summer office work has justified all expectations and President Earnhardt reported that on Au gust 6, the advanced registration was ten percent more thau it was the same day a year ago. The i dormitory space for young men is ! already filled and a number of | applicants for rooms will be plac- ' ed in homes adjacent to the cam-1 pus. Rooms have been provided off the campus for more than half a hundred young men. It seems that every room In the women's dormitories wiU be filled. A reg istration of 400 is expected this coming year. No sooner than the rooms were cleared of students after the last commencement than Prof. Pat rick, Head of the Department of I Industrial Arts, took a squad of young men and commenced ren ovating the dormitory buildings, j The Pattie Julia Wright Meiiiorial Dormitory has been completely renovated and looks -like a new building inside and the workmen i are just compelting the renova tion of the Franklin Building. The Davis Dormitory building was re novated last summer, so nothing but some touching up work will be done in this building this sum mer. Also the dormitory part of the Administration Building was: renewed entirely last year and no work is needed on that build- 1 ing now. President Earnhardt has justj put workmen to work on a new i auditorium for the College. Some two years ago the college outgrew j its auditorium. Meanwhile the col lege has had the use of the Meth odist Church for assembly pur-j poses. But the call ,for an auditori-j um on the campus has become! acute, so a goodly portion of the second floor of the annex to the Administration Building is being completed into an auditorium that} we trust, will be sufficient for the college until a large auditorium and Fine Arts Building is erected on the campus, which, we trust, I will not be many moons away. The faculty of the college will J commence coming in soon. Prof. I. D. Moon and Mrs. W. B. Perry are expected from their summer work in Bowling Green Univer sity about the 15th., Prof, and] Mrs. V. R. Kilby are expected) from Columbia University about j the 20th., Prof. G. M. Oliver is expected in from the University of North Carolina about the 25th., j and Dean Peele will be in from Duke University about the same time. The college indebtedness has I taken a big slump, bince the last j Annual Conference in November oi 1937 through the hard work of President Earnhardt and Dr. | Walter Patten, the Financial Re presentative of the College, the indebtedness of the college has [ been reduced from nearly two j hundred thousand dollars to twen ty five thousand dollars, and Dr. | Patt-en is reducing this at the rate] of one thousand five hundred dol lars a month. We are all taking our hats off to Dr. Patten. All the work oi> the college ' buildings and on the farm is being; done by student labor. The elec trical work, plumbing, plastering, and t'he like is being supervised by Prof. J. T. Patrick, the work on the auditorium is supervised by Mr. J. W. Pruitt, and the work on the farm is supervised by Mr. Mack Marks. The farm, although in the hands of the college less than a year is already self-sup porting and is furnishing a good ly share of the food stuff lor tfoe college dining hall. Mrs. T. C. Amick who Is spend ing the summer at her home at Elon College, Miss Frances De viney, formerly of Louisburg Col lege, and Prof, and Mrs. E. H. Thompson of Liberty, N. C., spent the last week-end visiting at Lou isburg College. Dr. D. E. Earnhardt, President of Louisburg College, and Coach Cameron are spending some days in Asheville, N. C., attending a College Conference of t'he Col leges of this region. Alarmed by a serious outbreak of hog cholera, farmers of Curri tuck County vaccinated 1,100 hogs last week. With fat hogs selling for over nine cents a pound, the owners are not intending to suffer losses from the disease. Hard Facts The business man of any town who sends his print ing and advertising away^ from home should away from home for me free boosting of himself. Ills business and his communi ty, Instead of calling on his local printer, whom he does not patronize, for, this free service. Doug Corrigan On His Homeward Journey Quiet,' grinning Douglas "Wrong-way" Corrigan. who flew his $900 "old crate from New York to Ireland to become the World s Number One Hero, takes life easy and calls for a cup of strong tea as the liner Manhattan carries him homeward. The riotous welcome given him in New York rivalta that of Colonel Lindbergh's triumphal return 11 years ago. Dean Given Nomination Raleigh. Aug. 9. ? C. B. Deane, | of Rockingham, today wa3 desig-J liated as the Democratic party's nominee for the U. S. House of! Representatives from the eighth j congressional district. The state board of elections in an order believed to be unprece dented. reversed earlier results which had given W. O. Burgin, ot Lexington, an unofficial lead of approximately <1 00 votes over Deane in the run-off primary of July 2. The revised returns gave Deane a 28-vote majority. The board also canvassed all other run-off primary and contest ed firsts-primary returns, ending a lengthy investigation which in cluded examination of hundreds of absentee ballots. Protests Lodged Former Gov. J. , C. B. Ehring haus, counsel for Burgin, imme diately lodged protests of the board's findings in Richmond and Union counties. He said, however, that he did not know whether Burgin would appeal to the courts. The board instructed its secre tary, Raymond C. Maxwell, to] withhold the filing of formal cer tificates of nomination until 10 o'clock Friday morning, to give Burgin and other losing candi dates an opportunity to take court actdon. The certified returns follow: Sixth congressional district: Lewis E. Teague, of High Point. 16,50!); Oscar G. Barker, of Dur ham, 15,78". Eighth congressional district: C. B. Deane, of Rockingham, 19, 182; W. O. Burgin, of Lexington, 19,159. Fourth solicitorial district: Claude C. Canaday, of Benson, 15,703; J. R. Young, of Dunn. 12,768. Sixth solicitorial district*: /J. Abner Barker of Roseboro, 6,856; Rivers D. Johnson, of Warsaw, ?6,614. Twenty-first solicitorial district: R. J. Scott, of Danbury, 9,542; Allan D. Ivie, Jr., of Leaksville, 3,210. Baseball Sunday What promises to be one of the most interesting games of ball played on the Louisburg diamond this season will be the game an nounced for Sunday afternoon, August 14th, when "Bill" Allen's All Stars will meet Harris crack team. "Bill" Allen lSu? a former Piedmont League player and the Harris team is the leader In the Neuse River League, and is cred ited with being one of the strong est teams in this section. The game will be called at 3:30 and arrangements are being made for a big crowd. N V A Through the National Youth Administration the Federal Gov ernment is offering employment and training to unemployed youths from 18 to 25 years of age. This is a flne^opportunity to earn and learn. All y(out'hs interested should register with the Welfare Department at once. THANfeS^ We wish to extend appreciation to the many friends who have shown so mfich kindnss in the ill ness and death of our mother and grandmother, Mrs. Mary P. Neal. They will long be remembered. R. P. Neal and family. Good Leaf Prices Listed On Border ( Sows-Observer Despite heavy sales, tobacco! continued to brine; good prices yesterday on Border Belt' mar kets, which opened last week. The bulk of offerings brought from $14 to $32 a hundred! pounds. Sales consisted principal-, ly of fair to fine lugs and prim'-jj ings, although there was an in crease in the volume of leaf and cutter grades. "The volume of low quality grades offered continued sm&ll.j and on some of the markets a flight decrease was also shown in the quantity of choice quality grades," a report by the State- { Federal Departments of Agricul ture said. IjUM burton Lumberton, Aug. 10. ? Official! figures on Tuesday's sales at Lum-i berton: 774,558 pounds for $195,-! 603.34, an average of $25-25. Official figures on today's sales at the first two of six houses sell- 1 ing: 262,166 pounds for $65,492.-! 07, an average of $^.36. (HADBOURN /*"-< Chadbourn, Aug. 10.? Official figures on today'? sales at Chad bourn: 80,332 pounds for $-19, 426.82, an average of $24.18. Figures for/the week: 332,000 j pounds at an average of $25.29. ! ("LARK TON Clarkton, Aug. 10.? Official fig ures on today's sales at Clarkton:" 152,634 pounds at an average of $25.5^. j TABOR CITY tfabor City, Aug. 10. ? Official figures' on today's sales at Tabor pity: 150,000 pounds at an aver age of $26.84. FAIRMONT Fairmont, Aug. 10. ? Official figures on today's sales at Fair mont: 1,023,076 pounds for $255, 836.33, an average of $25. Caught in The Act Sunday morning about 8:30 I o'clock while sitting in a bench in front of Cicero's place looking casually around Messrs. Paul Beasley, Bruce Shearin and R. M. Minor noticed some one moving ' around in the Ford place. This being Sunday and no one being supposed to be in the building Beasley and Shearin went to the ! rear of the building to investi gate while Minor went for Chief Pace. Upon arriving at the rear of the Ford plaec they met Joe Bird, alias Joe BU-d Hayes, com ing out. They sropped him and questioned him, but the negro broke loose and made his escape. Upon arrival of Chief Pace an in vestigation was made. Mr. Thar ;rington, one if the proprietors, was called and a more complete check up was made, finding noth ing missing, except' that about five gallons of oil had been moved to the back door for easy removal, j locks were broken and fastenings loosed in making his entrance; through the back door, into the I basment then up the steps to the' main display and work floor and i offices. Warrants were issued, so ; the TIMES is informed, but Bird, or Hayes had not been apprehen- 1 ded at this writing. The only objection some fellows have to these modern electric car pet sweepers is that they can't get a straw out of it) to clean their pipe Baise Awards Louisburg Job \V. Vail co liaise. State liigh way engineer, awarded the con tract Monday for paving approx imately 12 miles ot' Koute ."51) between the Wake County line and Louisburg. The project, hid upon at a letting in Itali'igh last month, was held up because topsoil rights (ou!:l not be secured along the rittcf31~-Sr-Bryant, of Durham, yesterday in urging the compromise and others fell in line. Sounds Death Knell W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin, i who had been throttled in Mon I day's discussion by being selected I chairman of the committee of the ? whole House, yesterday vented his disapproval of Mie clause. "It means the death knell of / | every independent municipal po l wer plant in the State," Lumpkin I declared. A roll call cut short the debate, ?> and the amendment passed. 51-40. Two Kills on Calendar Two House bills went on t>he calendar. Bryant of Durham, to add school dormitories and teach erages to the municipalities pro jects in the revenue bond bill; and Bailey, of Madison: to issue reve nue bonds in Madison without a vote of the people. Claude Gray, of Gates County, failed in his second, third and fourth attempts yesterday to in troduce five bills which he had of fered Tuesday. A resolution by Clarence Stone, of Rockingham, to provide for printing the special session laws with the laws of 1939 was enact" ed by both houses under suspend ed rules. The "gag rule" blocked the ef fort of Ed. F. Hanford. of Ala mance, to change the hunting sea son in Alamance. Adjourning the House until noon today. Speaker Cherry urged J a quorum the rest of the week to- . ! pass Senate bills. YOUNGS VILLE SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 1 The Youngsvilie School will I open September 1. Children may | obtain books the first day. Rentals j will be the same as last year. All children will be urged to get books as soon as possible, so that all will have an equal opportunity. The teachers in grades one to seven will be the same as last! year: Mrs. Susan Green will teach, the seventh grade; Miss Estella Strickland the Sixth; Mrs. Flor ence Preddy a combination if fifth, and sixth grades; Miss Effie Thar rington. the fifth grade; Miss Bea trice Hill, the foiirfch grade; Mrs. 1 Lula Moss the third grade; Miss jThelma Roberts a combination oC the second and third grades; Mrs. Mamie Winston, a combination it j the first and second grades, and Miss Clellie Massey the first grade. I The High School teachers are Miss Mildred Winston; MUa Helen. Thompson; Mr. G. E. Mercer; Mr. jF. C. Winston ( Agriculture ), an