SELL YOUR TOBACCO AND COTTON IN LOUISBURG FOR BETTER PRICES The Times THE COUNTY - THE STATE . THE UNION Buy Your Merchandise IN LOUISBURG From Merchants Who Ad vertise, for Better Bargains VOLHMN LXIX SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 ? Ye LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER M. 1?;W (EIGHT -PAGES ) NUMBER Stt THE STATE VOTES USUAL MAJORITIES Vote Light ? Amendments Appear To Be Carried ? ? Write-ins Fail To Change Results Dribbling returns from tne gen eral election increased Wednesday the vast Democratic majority In North Carolina ? ordinarily a, part of the "solid south," but which smashed tradition a decade ago and joined the Hoover landslide. On the basis of representative but incomplete returns the Dem ocratic nominees for the U. S. Sen ate, Congress, and for state offices swept to easy victories over their Republican opponents. Little in terest was manifest in the cam paign, and tiie vote was compara tively light. Senator Robert R. Reynolds, a New Dealer, who made only a few campaign speeches, piled up a big lead over his Republican oppon ent, Charles A. Jonas, who was elected to Congress from the old Tenth District in the 1928 up heaval. Jonas, in his campaign, charg ed the Roosevelt' administration with' regimentation, and asserted the issue was whether "constitu tional democracy" was to survive, and that he himself carried t-he "banner of democracy." The Returns Returns from 1,089 of the state's 1,877 precincts gave Sena tor Robert R. Reynolds, Demo cratic incumbent. 193.138 votes against- 94,540 for his Republican opponent, Charles A. Jonas, of Lincolnton. as late reports were received Wednesday from Tues day's general election. Incomplete returns from two congressional districts in which the Republican candidates advo cated. among ot-her things, the Townsend Plan of old age pen sions, Indicated their Democratic opponents held safe majorities. In the Ninth District "Farmer Bob" Doughton, chairman of the House ways and means committee, was leading nearly two to one his Republican opponent, Monroe Acfams. a Towsendite. Similarly, in the Eleventh, the other advocate of the Townsend Plan, Vonno Gudger, a Republi can trailed far behind the Demo cratic incumbent. Veteran Rep. Zeb Weaver. Carl T. Durham, Chapel Hill druggist, was elected without op position although a "write in" movement in the Sixth District gave Oscar G. Barker several hun dred votes. Barker Second Durham was nominated by his district committee after the death of the primary-chosen Judge Lew is E. Teague. Barker ran second in the pri mary and supporters of the "write in" movement, led by Prof. E. J. Woodhouse of Mie University of North Carolina, argued that it was "un-Democratic" for the commit tee to name another as the party's nominee. Durham will succeed Rep. W. B. Umstead who did not seek renomination. In the Eighth District, scene of a recent party squabble, W. O. Burgin took the lead over his Re publican opponent, Solicitor John R. Jones, of Wilkesboro. *** Majorities for tihe two proposed constitutional amendments were cut sharply as additional reports were received. On the basis of Tuesday nlght'9 returns both pro posals were favored by a ratio of about) two to one but the percen tage of "Yes" votes was far less in a tabulation early Wednesday afternoon. However, less than a third of the precincts were ac counted for. : ? ! ' Amendment Results With 6X3 precincts reeorded the / vote on the proposal .-to make sheriffs' and coroners' terms (our ' years Instead of two stood 69,017 in favor, 51,017 against. The same precincts gave a 58, ' 893 to 48,102 margin in favor of the proposal to empower tihe leg islature to create a State Depart ment of Justice. s In the contests for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, the vote as reported from 510 pre cincts was: M. V. Barnhill, Demo cratic incumbent, 78,320, Herbert F. Seawell, Republican, 22,258; J. Wallace Wlnborne, Democratic incumbent, 77,841, Irvin B. Tuck er, Republican. 21,873. In the contests for Congress, the vote stood: Fourth District, 82 of 162 pre cincts, Rep. Harold D. Cooley (D) 10,314, Willis G. Briggs (R) 1,975. ^ Fifth. 66 of 141, A. D. (Lon) Folger '(D) 17,763, John W. Kurfees (R) 6,611. -Seventh. 56 of 150, Rep. J. Bayard Clark (D) 7,597, E. p. Gfeddie (R) 2*104. Eight*!, 1 1 7 < of 202, W. O. Bur gin (D) 17, '906, Joiin R. Jones (R) 9,883. Ninth, 134 of 168, Rep. Robert L. Doughton (D) 30,403, Monroe Adams (R) 18,315. Tenth, 182 of 261, Rep. A. L. Mills School Ground i i Hardly once In a life lime would] a town have such a splendid offer as Mr. C. A. Ragland made toj Mills School this week. The school ground, under im-.j provement by WPA. needed grad ing. which WPA could not handle. I Mr. Ragland offered to do the grading, at no cost to the school. Immediately, the opportunity I was accepted, with heartiest ] thanks to Mr. Ragland.' A resolution was drawn up and | signed by Mr. W. R. Mills. County] | Superintendent. W. C. Strowd, I Principal of Mills School, mem bers of the School Board, vit: ! iMrs. John Y. Beasley, Mrs. W. J. Cooper, Mr. J. A. Hodges, by a Kiwanis Committee. Judge G. M. Beam and Dr. H. G. Perry, a P. T. ] A. Committee, Mrs. C. A. Rag-] land and Mrs. R. F. Yarborough and Mayor W. C. Webb. Anoth er list of those approving of the] project and cutting down several trees was signed, viz: Messrs. C. M. Howard. L. M. Word. W. p. Egerton. Ben Williamson, W. B. Barrow, C. P. Green, Dr. R. P. Yarborough, A. F. Johnson, Jam j es B. King, Mesdames B. N. Wil liamson. C. M. Howard, J. A. ] Hodges, A. W. Person. M. S. Cltf jton. R. R. Harris, Sam S. Mead ows. A. W. Alston, L. P. Hicks, L. V. Parker. W. D. Egerton, K. ! K. Allen. Jas. B. King, D. W. Spi vey. Kate C. Perry. S. P. Boddie. . Many persons phoned approval and appreciation. The estimate cost of work done by Mr. Ragland for Mills School, i viz: i 2 780 cu. yds. excavation 1 at 25c $695.00 ] 7 % hrs. motor grader at $4.00 30.00] Total $725,001 i MRS. WALDROP BRIDE OK JOHN BURT HILL Raleigh Couple Wed In Private Morning; Ceremony ut Good Shepherd Mrs. Jenny Lind Penn Waldroo] and John Burt Hill were married! I here Tuesday morning in a private] ] service at 11 o'clock in the Church j j of the Good Shepherd. The rector, the Rev. James McDowell Dick, ] j officiated. The bride was costumed in du I bonnet, wearing a tailored woolen ! dress and turban with navy acces sories and shoulder arrangement ] of roses and lilies of the valley. Following the ceremony, tthe ' couple left for a wedding trip to ! New York City and the Catskill Mountains and will be at home af tet' November 20. at 2117 Ridge ] crest Road. i Mrs. Hill is the widow, of t'he I late John D. Waldrop of Raleigh, [and the daughter of- Mrs. Canan dra Teague Penn and the late Thomas Jefferson Penn. of Greens ! boro. t Mr. Hill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Hill of Raleigh, and is Jan agent for the New York Life [insurance Company. ? News-Ob server. Mr. Hill was a former Louis burg boy and has many frelnds in [Franklin, who extend the hear itiest congratulations. DISTANCE TO RALEIGH The following item taken from Mie State detour list may be of interest to people of Franklin County: NC 59 Raleigh (North, to Louis burg. Projects 4888-4889-4263 ? 24.7 miles grading, structures, and bituminous surface treatment to be completed 9-1-39. Traffic maintained; drive carefully. Dur ing rainy weather detour over US 1 and NC 56 via Franklinton; 33 miles hard-surfaced. i Bulwinkle (D) 33.719, Frank C. Patton (R) 21,719. Eleventh, 96 of 253, Rep. Zeb ulon B. Weaver (D) 27,509, Von no Gudger (R) 12,203. Rep. Lindsay Warren in the First District, Rep. John H. Kerr in the Second and Rep. Graham A. Barden in the Third, all Demo crats, were re-elected without op position. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE | The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Friday, Nov. 11th: Last Times Today (Friday) ? Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery in "Stablemates." Saturday ? Double Feature ? | Gene Autry in "Man From Music Mountain" and Michael Whalen 'In "Time Out For Murder." Also Chap. 5 "Dick Tracy Returns." Sunday-Monday ? Norma Shear er and Tyrone Power in "Marie Antoinette." Tuesday ? Dennis O'Keefe and , Florence Rice in "Vacation From lLove." i Wednesday ? John Howard, Mary Canisle and Robt. Cum mings in ^'Touchdown Army." Thursday-Friday ? Shirley Tem ple in "Just Around The Corner." APPROVE TAX ADJUSTMENT! To Begfin Activity on Con struction of Armory Buil ding-; Many Other Matters Given Attention^ The Board of Town Commis Nov6?. '?reRUla'' 8eS8i?" Upon roll call the following members were present: Mayor W. C. Webb, F. H. Allen, Jr., W B I Barrow, and P. W. Elam. W J Cooper and J. S. Howell were ab sent. Minutes of the previous meet- i mgs were read and, approved. yh.e monthly reports of the1 Chief of Police, Tax Collector and Town Clerk were read and ap-1 proved. A delegation from Batterv B. petitioned the Board to make an effort to speed up the const rucMon Armory and Community Building, since the Special Bond Election was carried overwhelm ingly In favor of the construction of the building. Mr. M. S. Davis informed the Board that, he had received unofficial information lo the efTect that the PWA allott-l ments had been exhausted, and S f hls opinion it is useless to I delay the construction of the Ar-f mory Building upon the hope of receiving a grant from the P W \ Mr. Davis advised Mie Board to ap ply for a WP A Project for the construction of the building. ? a 'enSthy discussion of he Armory Building problem, the Board appointed Messrs J E Phi0,"6- DJr^' E *? and Charles P. Green as a special com nuttee and instructed them to confer with Honorable Harold D Cooley. and ascertain as soon as! possible whether or not the Ar- ' mory Building project will be ap-( proved and accepted bv the PW\ i Messrs. W. C. Webb. W. B Bar row, and T. K. Stockard were ap ES!2tel,as a c?mmit*ee to work with this special committee as representatives of the -Board of 1 own Commissioners. . The Board instructed Mr Pace to provide it with a list, of all tesidences located within 200 feet of a sewer line, that do not have sewer connections. Mr. Charles P. Green informed the Board that bhe Dr. J B Da vis property on South Main Street has been foreclosed upon and that the Town of Louisburg and the County of Franklin have a tit-lo to the property. Mr. Green informed the Board that out of $1,000.00 received as a fire insurance settle ment Mr. Lumpkin, representing '' J- B- Bavis, proposed to pay off a first, mortgage against the property that is held by F. R. Pleasants, and to pay the balance (between $500.00 and $600 00) on the Town and County taxes. ? J Lumpkin requested the Board of Town Commissioners to agree to accept it's pro-rata share of the balance of the insurance money after paying off the first mort gage. and other incidental expen-; ses. and to agree to accept three notes payable in three annual in stallments secured by a purchase! price Deed of Trust for the bal ance due on taxes to the Town of Louisburg and the County of; Franklin. A motion prevailed as i follows: "That T. K. Stockard. I Trustee, be authorized to accept a cash payment between $500 00! and $600.00, on the taxes due! from J. B. Davis and wife to the Town of Louisburg and the Coun ty of Franklin, and to convey the property to J. B. Davis and wife, Gertrude, and to accept three' notes payable in one. two. and three years, representing the bal ance of purchase price and secured by a First. Lien Deed of Trust." T*?e Board was requested by V. C. Williams to cut the curb in front of his property on South Main Street, in order that he may construct a driveway into his property. The Board ordered this work to be done upon the usual conditions that half the expense be bourne by the property owner and half by the Town of Louis burg. The Tax Collector was author ized to make a refund of $18.50 For Lazy Motorists CLEVELAND, Oh;o ... Paymas ter Michael F. O'Donnell tried a ie\v idea last week when he to talled a new curb service mail >ox for motorists who think it too nuch bother to got out ti '?nail a r>tter. ' V this tire proves popular, j'.iws will h? eraot"d'st conveni '? ations in the downtown dis trict. COTTON REPORT The tabulation oY the card re ports shows that there were 2,254 hales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Franklin County, from the crop of 1938 prior to November 1. 1938. as com pared with 7,360 bales ginned to November 1. 1937. on 1938 taxes to P. S., K. K.. and J. M. Allen, to correct an over charge caused by the listing ^of $1,000.00 in livestock that is not in town. The Mayor presented a request' from Mrs. J. F. Mitchiuer for ail increased appropriation to the WPA Sewing Room, from the Town of Louisburg. Since the Town is struggling under a tre mendous burden of expense, this request was not granted. Mr. J. C. Harkins was instruc ted to purchase a motor for the concrete mixer to replace the mo tor that was recently burned out. A motion prevailed to fill the vacancy on the Board of Town Commissioners at the next meet ing of the Board. Mr. Harkins was instructed to lower the water main which is on the surface of the ground, on East College Street. Mr. Harkins was instructed to secure a reliable man to properly connect Mie new trans mission lines and to disconnect the old lines. . Sealed bids on Diesel Fuel Oil and Lubricating Oil were opened by the Board. The contract for Diesel Fuel Oil was awarded to the Standard Oil Compahy of New Jersey, they be ing t>he low bidders. The contract for Lubricating Oil was awarded to the Texas Co., for their "ALGOL." A motion prevailed to accept the proposal of the County Com missioners to have the lights burning that are located on the outside of the Court Hodse. The County Commissioners agreed to do the necessary wiring of the Town of Louisburg would furnish the current* for the lights. The Board approved a number of invoices for payment, and ad journed. JOEEZARTOBE IN LOUISBURG Joe Kzar, international' fam ed golfer and trick-stlot artist, will be in liouisbnrg Sunday at the Green Hill Golf Course. He wfll play in a foursome with some of (he top-notch golfers of . toulsburg and afterwards will give an exhibition. Those that'witncssed Joe's exhibition here a few years ago will be glad to have this opportunity again. The play will begin at 1:30 and the public is cordially invited. REPUBLICANS MAKE GAINS 1 New Deal Retains Control Of Congress ? Nation Shows Its Hand New York. Nov. 9. ? The Re publican party turned back the six-year New Deal tide in yester day's general elections, and to night again was a major political force capable of giving Democrats a hot fight for the Presidency in 1940. Although the Republicans cap tured important political posts in many strategic states as the na itiou swung to the right of the I New Deal. Democrats retained con trol of both houses of Congress and possession of more than one ihalf of the 48 gubernatorial posts. General Picture Virtually complete reports from the off-yea v election presented this picture tonigbt>: Republicans won eight addition al Senate seats and their candid ates were leading in neck-and neck races in Indiana and Iowa. A total of 162 Republicans had been elected to the House at 9 p. in., E. S. T. This was a gain of 74 seats. Twenty-seven contests were undecided. Republicans made a net gain of 11 gubernatorial seats. President Roosevelt received the news of the Republican tiriumphs in silence at his Hyde Park, N. \ ., home. - Chairman James A. Farley ot the Democratic National Commit tee conceded that Republican gains exceeded his expectations, but he insisted that tbe country still is -strongly behind the humanitari an policies of President Roose vel-t." He said the defeat of Democrats in Connecticut. Rhode Island and Nebraska should be attributed j chiefly to local issues and that Democratic victims in Ohio. Ore gon, Massachusetts and Pennsyl vania resulted from failure to heal intra party strife. While Farley said that "we lost a few more \ Democratic governors than we ex j pected" and Republican victories I in Congress "were greater than | we anticipated." he said : Still With Roosevelt "I think that the outcome justi fied the statement that t'he country as a whole is strongly behind the humanitarian policies of President Roosevelt." Former President Herbert Hoo ver. who made three nationwide radio speeches to the electorate during the hotly-fought campaign. I said from his home in Palo Alto, Calif., that the G. O. P. triumphs constituted a protest vote against the New Deal. He called upon his parly leaders to consolidate their gains in anticipation of the 1940 White House election. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in terpreted the election results as a complete rout of the rival Com in i tee tor Industrial Organization and Labor's Non-Partisan League, which he described as the C. I. O. "political dummy." He said in a statement issued ui Washington that voters turned against* every candidate supported by the C. 1. O.. and added: ' "Bv this time the proof is over I whelming that the American pub lic is sick and tired of the tactics land philosophy of the C. I. O. Party bulwarks crumbled in the | face of the Republican party's I most vigorous bid for power since i 1932, a survey of election returns i indicated. The Republican tide hit New Deal regimes in the East, and in New England and rolled West to engulf the fledgling National Progressive third party ot Wiscon sin's Governor Philip La Follette and Minnesota's Farmer-Laborites. I MIM/S P. T. A. The TIMES is requested to state that the P. T. A. of Mills High School will meet November 17 in the auditorium at 3:30 P. M. A very interesting program has been planned including special music. The public is cordially invited. ? ? ? . PHONE xsa FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING ? ? v*"-' ?' THE NSW' SEABOARD streamlined Diemel el?c The active pall bearers were: 'Arthur Inscoe, J. J. Lancaster, jElias Inscoe, Earnest Gup, ton. Royal Strange, T. K. Arnold, M. ,C. Murphy, Forest Sledge. Palmer 'Wester, A. P. Strickland. Ellas Gupton. Honorary: S. K. Gilliam. ! Lit Wester. Joe Champion. W. O. Stone, Walter Murray. Jim Bar t'holomew. The ladies in charge of the flowers were: Elsie Wood. Edna Earl Wester, Grace Wood, Ruth |Wood, Annie Mae Wood, Bettie Strickland, Juanita Champion, Ruth Swansoh. Virginia Wood. Katherine Wood. Christine Wes ter. Ann Arnold. Zeida Arnold. The floral tribute was especial ly l^cge speaking Mie high esteem, in which the deceased was held. , TWO FIRE ALARMS {? The fire alarm that was sound ed Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock waa sent in from the south side of the river where the old stable building belonging to. Allen Cotton Oil Co. had catoght. The fire department answered and promptly extinguished., It before any serious damage was- done. The fire alarm Wednesigy af ternoon was sent In frofB- the Standard filling station on the de pot hill. The fire company -Mswer ed promptly and soon. $nt' out the small blaze in a- shed room be hind the station. The ?lmage -was ; reported negligible. [seaboard railway announ ces PURCHASE OF NEW i STREAMLINED TRAIN I Norfolk, Va., Nor. 7. ? The pur chase of a new seren car stream lined. stainless steel, all chair-ca traln with Dining Car by the Sea board from t