MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR, SEPTEMBER 19TH THROUGH 24TH STOP MONEY From Leaving Loutaburg By Advertising in The TIMES Boost Your Town The rr* ? Times THE COUNTY - THE STATE - THE UNION RENEW YOyR SUBSCRIPTION Watch the Date 011 the Label of your paper and Renew When Your Time Expires VOLWMN LXIX SUBSCRIPTION $l.SO m Yew LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 11)38 (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 31 MAKES $22.00 AVERAGE Louisburg Market Still Leading Planters With First Sale Filled To Overflowing; Other Houses Have Big Quantity Weed; 201,136 Pounds Sold For $44,251.92; Buyers On Hand And Buying Freely; Many Visitors on Floors; Farmers Generally Well Pleased i Tuesday ushered In the begln ning of the 1938 tobacco Sales season, another most interesting and exciting event. The town was filled with enthusiastic grow ers and towns people from early in the morning until late in the evening. Many greetings, social and business, were exchanged. The golden weed begun rolling into tihe warehouses early on Mon day and by late evening the hous es were fairly well filled, but it continued to come in until by Sale time the Planters with first sale was run over and the other houses were filling up. The grades offered was confined mostly to tips and sorry primings, but the buyers seemed anxious for all and as the Auctioneers sing-song cry ing was waving across the houses the prices ranging on up to $40 soon showed the hordes of enthus iastic by-standers that Louisburg not only led tihe State In average price for the entire season, but had begun on the lead again this year with an average of $22. This was considered exceedingly well considering the offerings. There was 201,136 pounds sold for a to tal of $44,251.92. and was highly praised by the many growers on the market. In Louisburg on the Opening, like on all the otiher mar kets throughout the State, It was in evidence that the better grades were off from last year, but many of tihe lower grades were up, which as stated by several farmers to the editor "they preferred this condi tion to higher prices for better grades and cheaper prices for low er grades as there was so much more cheaper tobacco than there was good lt> would be to their in terest." An especially generous welcome was extended all growers and vis itors by Louisburg's Merchants, business men and citizens in gen eral and the day passed off with pleasure and profit to all. The sales Wednesday and Thurs day held up well with the opening and our efficient warehousemen a xe determined thati Louisburg snail hold its place at the top of all the State's markets and it is the place for the grower to make good. Louisburg extends a hearty and v profitable welcome to all growers and visitors to visit our market and our business institutions. TO HOLD ELECTION Ballot boxes will be distributed throughout) the County on Satur day the 17th, Monday the 19th and Tuesday the 20th for the pur pose of voting on the expansion of the Tar River Soil Conservation District. If two-tihlrds of those voting approve of the expansion, then the present Tar River Dis trict will take in the whole of Franklin County. A similar refer endum will be held in Granville and Vance Counties on the same daties. THE MILLS P. T. A. The Mills P. T. A. will have its opening meeting Thursday. Sept. 22, in the Mills High School au ditorium at 3:30 P. M. Dr. D. E. Earnhardt) will be speaker of the occasion. The meeting will be one of much interest. All interested in P. T. A. are urged to attend. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE ~The following Is the program at/the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Friday, Sept. 16th: ? Last Times Today (Friday) ? Martha Raye, Bob Burns and Dorothy Lamour in "Tropic Holi day." ,? Saturday ? Double Feature ? Wm. Boyd In "Pride of Tht West" and Jack Holt In "Reformation," also Chap. 8 "The Fighting Devil Dogs." Sunday ? Don Ameche and Ar leen Whelen in "Gateway." Monday ? Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Anne Shirley and Fay Balnter In "Mother Carey's Chick ens." Tuesday? Robt. Toung, Lew Ayres and Rita JohnsonJu "Rich Man Poor Girl." Wednesday ? Stan Laurel, Oli ver Hardy and Patsy Kelly In "Blockheads." Thursday-Friday ? Blng Crosby and Fred McMurray In "Sing Tou Sinners." BASE-BALL TODAY Final Game of Scries Here Friday Between Louisburg and Wilton Louisburg and Wilton played a double-header at Wilton Saturday, which was Uwo of the series gam es, with Wilton winning both with score of 1-0 and 3-1. This makes the score of games for the Tri-County League cham pionship between Louisburg and Wilton tied with 2 games each. Louisburg won the first two gam es with scores of 13-11 and 4-3. The final game of t-he champion ship series will be played in the Louisburg ball pary Friday, be ginning at 3:30. Sunday the Louisburg ball club will play the C. C. Camp of Frank linton and it was rpeorted to the TIMES that this will probably be the last game of the season. E a rnhard t Guest Speaker Bunn Faculty Is -Entertained At Picnic Supprr Friday Evening. The parents and friends of the Bunn school system on Friday evening Sept. 9th, at 7:30 o'clock entertained the members of the faculty at a picnic supper on the front campus of the school. Dr. D. E. Earnhardts president of Louisburg College, Supt. W. R. Mills, and Mr. W. C. Strowd were special guests for the occasion. In front of the high school buil ding tables, covered with white linen clothes and centered with bowls of early fall flowers, were arranged and weighted with an appetizing, old-fashioned picnic supper. Each guest' was given a plate and urged "to help himself" at the tables. When the teachers could be persuaded to stop eating fried chicken and cake, Mr. M. T. Lamm, Principal of the Bunn Schools, introduced Mr. W. R. Mills, Superintendent of tihe Franklin County Public Schools, to the group. Mr. Mills in a short talk welcomed the teachers, espec ially the new ones, into the Franklin County School System. In speaking to the teachers he pointed out the wonderful oppor tunities of the teaching profession, in the school itself, and the im portant part any teacher plays in tihe life of the community in which she is placed. Concluding his talk Mr. Mills introduced Dr. D. E. Earnhardt, one of, the most belov ed speakers of the county. In his very entertaining and in teresting style, and with many anecdotes to illustrate his points, Dr. Earnhardt stressed the part the teacher plays in fitting the child who comes to her as clay to be molded, for a place in life. In leading and educating school chil dren Dr. Earnhardt had teachers remember that Ood is back of this great program which is to prepare youth for its place in the citizen ship of the world. As he brought his talk to a close, Dr. Earnhatdt pointed out the fact that the tea chers and the parents must "feel for each other" and work together to bring about this plan. After the two very interesting talks Mr. Lamm in expressing the appreciation of the faculty mem bers also tihanked the parents tor I giving the teachers both old and ?new an opportunity to meet and become better acquainted with | the friends and patrons of the school. First Bale 1938 f Cotton Mr. Ira W. Weldon, of Hayes ville township broughti the first bale of the 1938 cotton crop to Louisburg on Monday. It was ginned by Franklin Seed Co., and weighed 380 pounds. Mr. Weldon did not sell but took his cotton home for storage. i The second baje of the season was brought In ' on Wednesday morning by Mr; H. K. Perry, of near the County line, and was al so ginned by the Franklin Seed Co. The bale weighed 480 pounds but had not been sold at this re port. Headed For Another Pennant NEW YORK CITY . . . These are the men who are carrying on the traditions of the New York Yankees this season. If they keep up their present pace it will be another American League Championship and perhaps the World Series victory too. L. to R , Crosetti, Rolfe, Hendrich. Di Majutlo. Gehrig. Dicker, Selkirk, Hqm and Gordon. Franklin County's Greatest Event Opens Monday The 24th annual Franklin Coun ty Fair will open its gates Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock (or what is expected to be the largest Fair in the history of the association. The grounds and building have been put in perfect order and everything is ready for t'he grand j opening. Exhibits promise to be the best shown in any county this i year and unusual interest is being | taken in the vocational classes in i the schools and also with t'he 4-H j Club boys. Reports from all over the county indicate that the ex hibits, especially In the canning department, will be exceptionally good, and the individual booths consisting of all farm and home grown products will be of unusual interest. The North Carolina Health Department will have a most Interesting educational ex hibit. as will the WPA and a num ber of schools in the county. Six wonderful exhibits by the stud ents of vocational agriculture will be on display and these wfll be of wonderful interest to all who vis it the Fair. The Franklin Coun ty Fair is the county's play ground and one week each year, this mak ing the 24th consecutive time, Franklin County takes a holiday. Unusual care has been token to insure high type amusements ? the kind that will interest both young and old. and the World's : Exposition Shows, which will be on the midway has an unusual line of attractions consisting of fourteen rides and sixteen shows, all of which will be available to the thousands of patrons of the I Fair this year. Many of the shows j came direct from the Century of I Progress in Chicago, after baying I played the leading Canadian fairs, j The tickets this year will be cou ' pon tickets and each coupon will entitle the holder to a chance on the grand prize which will be drawn in the grand stand every ! night. A New York Revue will be seen each nigbti on the stage ; in front of the grand stand, and as soon as the acts are over the drawing will take place, so be sure and retain your coupons and be in the grand stand as only those who are there with their coupons will be eligible for the drawing. Acts will begin promptly at nine o'clock followed by the drawing for the prize, then the fireworks. The gates will open Monday after noon at five o'clock and at< the same time each day, except Wed nesday, School Day for White Children, at which time the gates will open at eleven in the morn ing. Saturday will be special tor colored school children and a grand parade, as In previous years will take place, beginning prompt ly at* eleven o'clock and all chil dren in this parade will be ad mitted to the grounds free. The general admission will be Gate 25c day or night, Parking 25c, Seasotf tickets will be $1.00. Come to the Fair' and enjoy yourself. I FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS BUC j CESSFUL FARM TOUR I Approximately 100 farmers and farm women Joined in a Farm STour- throughout the County on Thursday, September 8. Three j different stops were made in the | morning, a Barbecue dinner served for Lunch, and three stops made in the afternoon. The different points of interest observed were taken in at the I homes and farms of Rev. John | Edwards, N H Griffin, T. S. Dean, Q. S. Leonard, J. H. Fuller and Howard Cooke. The things observed and studied at the above mentioned places were: The varn ishing of floors and wall papering of rural homes, simple water sys tems, permanent lawns, 4-H Baby Beet Calves, the raising of live stock on the farm, raising of tur keys, cotton variety and fertilizer plots, Lespedesa Variety and fer CHAMBERLAIN HITLER In aid War ? Makes Trip By Plan* ? Hitler "Gladly Receives Him; 1 London, Sept. 14. ? Prime Min ister Neville Chamberlain in a history-making attempt to save world peace tonight decided to fly 'to Germany tomorrow (or a con ference with Adolf Hitler himself. Hitler told the 69-year-old Prime Minister he would "gladly receive" him at Berchtesgaden. the Feurer's Bavarian mountain re treat* in South Germany. There Great Britain's Prime Minister will try to stem the swift ' ly rushing current toward war ? a current hastened by bloody civil strife in the Sudeten German re gions of CzechoSTcffakia today. Chamberlain's decision to carry his all but frustrated European appeasment policy to this dramatic 'climax, meeting face-to-face the man who holds Europe's fate in his hands, was conveyed to Hitler }iu this message: Minister's Message "In view of the increasingly critical situation I propose to come over at once to statyou with the view to trying to find a peaceful solution. I propose to come across by air and am ready to start to morrow. Please indicate the ear liest time at which you can see me and suggest a place of meeting. 1 should be grateful for a very early reply. (oigueaj ?evuie Lnamoeriam A few hours "before the an nouncement was made ati No. 10 | Downing Street, the British Cab inet in extraordinary session had approved this bold and unpreced ented move to try to forestall Eu ropean war over Czechoslovakia. French Support The decision . was reached in close consultation with France, 'Britain's ally, and in Paris the foreign office spokesman declared ; Chamberlain had been given a free hand for negotiations at Berch j tesgaden. Making the first flight of his life, the tall, grim-visaged Prime , Minister is to embank on one of the greatest peace missions of re cent history at 8:30 a. m. tomor row (2:30 a. m. E. S. T.) It is expected his plane will reach Munich about 1 p. m. where there will be a half hour wait be fore proceeding to Berchtesgaden. By mid-afternoon the spokes man of Europe's great democracies will sit down for a fateful talk with the leader of a rearmed grea ter Germany who last Monday pro claimed himself anew the protec tor of the German minority in troubled Czechoslovakia. Germans Are Primed In Berlin a spokesman for the propoganda ministry proudly de clared "this climax speaks for it self." ? r---- ??? tllizer plots, silti boxes and a typic al farm that is carrying out all Soil Conservation practices. This Tour proved to be very interesting to those attending. The things observed are sMlt Interest ing and' educational and It would well be worth a visit even at this time by those throughout the County who would like to observe the different* accomplishments and practices carried out. ! ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH There will be an early celebra tion of the Holy Communion at 8:00 A. M. Church School will meet at 9:45 A. M. The Adult Bible class meets at the same time. The course In the Bible class is the Bible and it's relation to the Science of Anthropalogy. 8ervice of Morning Prayer will begin ati 11:00 A. M. The sermon will be baaed on the words of 'St. Paul, "Be not deceived, Ood Is not mocked; whatsoever a man sow eth, that shall he reap." Louisburg College Opens Near Four Hundred Students Kn rolled ? Appropriate Exercises on Thursday? President P. W. Klam of l/OuUburg K I wan is Club Kyi end-. Welcome . Monday, September 5. 1938, was set for the arrival of fresh-' men at Louisburg College. No account was taken of the number that arrived on that date because of the fact t?hat Wednesday, Sep tember 7 was registration day. The members of the Student Coun cil assisted in getting these new comers to their rooms and' it look ed like t'here would be no room J left for upper classmen, the num ber of freshmen being so large. L On Sept. 7 the second year stud-l gnts arrived and wheli the regis- 1 tration was completed it was de-| | termined" just) a few short of j ? four hundred students, ? 390 | being the number registered, j A number of others are ex-| pected and the total registration will' run over 400 within a week's time. Of these students 231 are I , Methodists; 91 are Baptists; 2 jare Catholic; 11 are Episcopal ians; 15 are Presbyterians; 7 be long to the Christian Church; 1 belongs to the Lutheran CUurcn; , 'and 32 have no chun.h connec I Molls. The Methodist Church leads In the number of students present. At the date of this writing one year ago 338 students had been registered; this year we have 390 an advance of 52 students over the number registered one year aao The president of the- college and the registrar report the outlook to be the best that Louisburg College has had in the century and a half of her history. The first chapel was held at' 9:30 o'clock on Thursday. At this convocation exerciser -Dr. (Paul Klam spoke for the Mayor who was absent from the city at the time and aUo for the Kiwanis Club welcoming the students to the town of Louisburg, to the' rights and privileges of all the citizens of the town, and he pre sented the students and faculty with the keys of the city of Louis burg. Rev. Mr. Kent, the rector of the- Episcopal Church of Louis burg, spoke in behalf of his con gregation and welcomed the stu dents to all the church services of his church. The pastof the Bap tist Church, the- Rev. Dr. Simons, welcomed the students to his church and announced that his church would give an entertain ment the next afternoon to the Baptist students of the college. The Rev. J. t>. Phillips, pastor of the Methodist Church, welcomed the students in behalf of his con gregation and himself. The stu dents and the faculty of the col [ lege filled the church where the convocation was held to its utmost I capacity. On Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock the faculty of Louisburg | College received the freshmen in the faculty parlor. The line was j so long that certain faculty mem-i bers suggested that Wake Forest j College, Meredith College, and | ! State College had all sent their 'freshmen to Louisburg College to be among the new students. On Saturday evening the picnic supper was served to faculty and students of the college by Miss '! Lydia Deyton, the college dieti , Wan. This supper was served on the North campus and was a| most delightful occasion. After the supper the students gathered J in front of the Administration ; building and an impromptu pro gram was rendered. Misses Edith Collins and Maxine Baitey sang classic songs and Miss Edith Dix on and Miss Frances Brown gave piano selections to the delight of all who were present. Robert Luis, Mary Bethea, and Lloyd Bell did acrobatic stunts, such as had noO been seen before by the larger number of freshmen pres ent. Messrs. Llnwood Keith and Roland Rainwater impersonated the president of the college and other members of the faculty. Coach Cameron undertook to de liver a classic address, but before he reached his climax his voice gave way, and no one ever knew what he said. Superior Court j The second week of Franklin ; Superior Court, September term convened Monday morning with Hon. C. Everett? Thompson, of Elizabeth City, presiding. Like, last week this was a civil term and no cases of special public In terest was taken up. The Jef freys case was tried and resulted In a verdict favorable to Mr. Jef freys. The court will continue through this week. This being Judge Thompson's; first term in Franklin County our people were especially well lm- ' pressed with the else and busi ness manner in which he conducts his court, and hope he may re turn to be with us again. ^ Lindberghs In Poland VARSOVIE, Poland . . . Touring Europe, Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh are seen leaving Okecie Airport here. They event ually went to Moscow to confe* 1 with Soviet officials. Battle In Czechoslovaka Many Killr<l Anil Wounded ? Su iletons Take Police Station ? Trouble So Far Mostly Ixxnl Prague, Sept. 14. ? Thousands, of Sudeten Germans armed with hand grerfSdes. rifles, pistols and machine-guns today battled Cze choslovak gendarmerie at several ; towns in Sudetenland ? some of j the fatal lighting within gunshot of the German border. An official announcement said the Sudetens' grenades and ma- j chine-guns were "probably obtain- i ed from abroad." At least twenty-three were slain and 75 wounded in northwest) Bo-' hernia. Serious fighting continued to- i night at Schwaderbach, a border town where 2.000 Sudetens laun ched a successful assault on a gendarme station. Moving in from German soil, it i was said, the Sudeten force occu pied the building. Border* In Rebellion A Czechoslovak government ra dio broadcast described the arms , of the rioters and said the Sude- j tens were thoroughly organized 1 for action bordering oil rebellion. The official report of the clash at Schwaderbach said: "A very serious incident occur- . red at the frontier opposite the, German city of Sachsenberg. The situation is particularly serious because the elements resisting Czechoslovak authorities are arm ed not only with rifles and pistols but with hand grenades and ma- \ chine-guns probably obtained from abroad. "The elements combatting the' authorities (at Schwaderbach) were in a situation which enabled i them to cross the international border at will. "There was loss of life, but the authorities proceeded cautiously to prevent greater loss and because they did not wish to risk creating an international incident." Sudetens Hold Station Qne private report of the Sch wadierbach fighting which was not yet fully investigated said 11 per sons (were killed, but other ad- 1 vices indicated only six to eight gendarmes had died. The Sudetens still held the gen darme station tonight. ?Schwaderbach lies directly across the border from the Ger man town of Sachsenberg. So when the Sudetens started the at tack, it was said, the gendarmerie were ordered to hold their fire lest Germans on the other side of the border be injured. Man Is Crushed By Falling Tree Rites Held in Franklin County Wednesday Afternoon For No well Wright Franklinton. ? Nowell Wright, 32, was killed instantly near Franklinton Tuesday when a large tree fell across his chest and crushed him. There were several eyewitnesses to the accident. They said that when the tree Wright was cutting began to fall, they shouted for him to run. He did, but the tree became entangled -In other trees and fell in a different direction, they said, and caught him. Wright was working for his father, who is engaged in the lum ber business. Surviving are his widow; two small children; his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wright; and two brothers, Fred and Richard Wiight. ' /He was a member ofMt. Olive qiptlst Church, and funeral ser vVps were held there Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted , by the Rer. Lucas Evans CONG. COOLEY SPEAKS To Louisburg Chamber of Commerce; Enjoy Barbe cue Supper; Splendid Pro gram Hon. Harold D. Cooley, Con gressman from this District, en tertained quite a large number of the members of the Louisburg Chamber of Commerce with ona 3f his eloquent and enthusiastic speeches at its first formal meet ing on Thursday night of last week at the Agricultural building. After commending the citizens of Louisburg for organizing a Cham ber of Commerce, stressing the good that had been accomplished and the good that can be accom plished by an organization of this kind. North Carolina is built on t'he solid rock of small communi ties such as Louisburg and con tributes to the power of the state. So long as our citizens love the soil of America so long will Am erica endure. The Agriculture problem, 61d age pupMem, youth problem and the dismbution prob lem were points of interest that lie touched upon. He spoke of how a Chamber of Commerce not anly affects the welfare of its own community but is a means of reaching out and affecting the welfare of the nation. Mayor Webb expressed the apr preciation of the Louisburg Cham ber of Commerce tw Congressman Cooley for his coming and the splendid address he had given. Earlier in the evening those present enjoyed a delightful bar becue supper and excellent music from Mr. Byerly of the Louisburg College faculty and two of the new students. Also one of Dr. Earn hardt's always humorous and wise impromptu addresses. Mayor Webb introduced t'he speaker and President M. C. Mur phy presided. Mrs. J. E. Malone, Secretary-Treasurer, made a re port that shows a membership of 75 with present pledges amount ing to $1,571.00. The meeting was a most inter esting and enjoyable one. Seriously Burned Lois, the little four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Alston was seriously burned Wed nesday afternoon at about 4 o'clock when her dress became ig nited, it is presumed from match es she was playing with. The fire was first discovered by her older sister, Nickie, who trailed her mother. Mrs. Alston arrived in time to tear the clothing from the child before the flames become fatal, from which she suffered terribly burned hands. Little Lois was burned badly about the body from her hips to her chest, and her arms were badly burned and her hair at the back of her head. She was taken to Drs. Perry and Wheless office where medical attention was 'given and then sent) to a hospital in Rocky Mount. Last reports yesterday ntyput jioon stated she was resting fairly well, but was st'ill in a serious condi tion. The accident is thought to have been caused by the little child playing with matches as no other cause could be surmised. She had been left the room with her moth er only a very few mjnutes when the accident occurred on the front lawn of the home which is located on North Main Street. A Mr. and Mrs. Alston has the deepest sympathy of the entire community. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Oil Friday afternoon, Sept. 10, Master James E. Fulghum, Jr., en tertained a host of his little friends in honor of his 7th birth day. After numerous outdoor games were played, the little guests were invited to the back lawn, where a lovely table was decorated la green and yellow. The table was centered wit/h a large birthday cake bearing seven candles. Ice cream, Individual cakes, and minta were served. Each guest was pre sented with a favor. Betty Holliday won the prize for the girls and George Murphy won the prize for~the boys. Th? following were present) and enjoy ed the evening: Forrest Joyoer, Jr., Grover Har ris,- Jr., Edgar" Owen, Bob Owen*. Norman Frazier, Troy Frailer. John Eafle, George Murphy, Earl Murphy, Jr., David Simons, George Davis, Jr.. George Herman Mur phy, Jame? Albert Wheless, Kuw Weaver. Harry Collier, Grady Harris, Leslie Tharrington, Jon. White. Rachel Ann Bailey, Sara Beam Bailey, Louise Ellis Webb, Ruth Pleasants, Joanne Holt, Bet ty Holliday Ja kle O'Nfeat. Ana Smith. Blair Tii, k?i, Rtch Malone. Mildred Loy Maione, "Jane Phil lips. 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