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M.MBEK 4a
A. PAUL BA6BY
NEW PASTOR
Was Called And Has Ac
cepted Pastorate of Louis- ;
burg Baptist Church? M
Will Preach Next Sunday
Rev. A. Paul Bagby, of Pendle
ton, S. C., has accepted a call to
i?come pastor of tilie Louisburg
Baptist Church, a vacancy caused
by the resignation of Dr. J. D.
Simons, who recently went to j
Greenville as pastor of one of the >
local churches there. Dr. Bagby
is expected to arrive in Louisburg
this week and preach at the morn
ing and evening services at the
usual- hours next Sunday.
Dr. Bagby is an M. A. graduate
of the University of Richmond,
Va., and received his Th. D. de
gree at the Southern Baptist Sem
inary of Louisville, Ky. Supple
menting his experience with teach
ing for three years he has served
the following charges as pastor: \
Woodlake, Ky., Glasgow, Ky., the
Highland Baptist Church of Loiiis- 1
ville, Ky., Wake Forest, N. C., I
Wilson, N. C., and Williamsburg,
Ky. While ab the latter place he
taught Bible at Cumberland Col
lege. He has been twice married,
first in 1906 to Miss Lula Stroth
er, of Louisville, Ky. Of this un
ion there were two children. Mrs.
Holljr Witherspoon Spliar, of Win
chester, Ky. and A. Paul Bagby,
Jr., who will come to Louisburg
with him. In 1935 he was mar
ried to Miss Muriel C. Martin, of
Georgetown. Ky. Mrs. Bagby is j
a B. A. graduate of Georgetown J
College, and a M. A. graduate of i
Peabody. She was teacher of j
Latin and French in Cumberland
College.
In speaking of his pastorate at>
Louisburg Dr. Bagby said: ''I
shall' come to Louisburg to prove
myself a citizen of your good town
and a citizen of the Kingdom
of God. as well as to be pastor of
the Baptist Church there."
Louisburg people will glady
welcome Dr. Bagby and his good
family.
COTTON ACREAGE FOR
THIS COUNTY TO
TALS 18,190
Franklin County's cotton acre
age allotment' (or 1939 Is 18,190,
it was announced In Raleigh by
E. Y. Floyd. AAA executive offi
cer at State College.
This allotment represents this
county's share of t'he 931,031 cot
ton acres allotted to North Caro
lina for 1939 under the federal
farm program. Of this total, 882,
6 47 acres have been divided
among the state's cotton-growing
counties. Of the .balance. 16.128
acres have been held in reserve
for allotment to new growers aud
32,256 acres have been reserved
to be used to give all farmers in
the State who have been produc
ing as much as five acres an allot
ment of five acres, and the re
mainder is to be used" to give all
farms an equal' share of the coun
ty allotment.
rh addition to the original
quota, thisf county will receive its
proportionate share of the 32.256
acres and also will be allotted the
number of acres required to giVe
each individual producer an allot
ment equal to 50 per cent of t<he
1937 planted, plus diverted, acre
age of cotton.
The largest county allotment
went' to Robeson, which received
51,244 acres. The smallest allot
ment, 24 acres, went to McDowell,
a mountain county that grows
very little short' staple cotton.
Cotton allotments to individual
farmers already have , been work
ed out for all counties by county
AAA committees composed of lo
j cal farmers. Cotton and flue-cured
tobttcco allotments to individual
I 5 farmers in all counties afe expect
ed to be made. before the Decem
ber 10 referenda on marketing
'quotas. ' i
* "A 90-ton Stone torii. or gate
Wlty, in Kobe, Japan, recently fell
"o'v&.'but without' injuring anyone.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following is the program
beginning Friday, Dec. 2nd:
Last Times Today (Friday) ?
Dick Powell and Olivia DeHavil- i
land in "Hard To Get'." Also
"March of Time."
Saturday ? Doable Feature ?
Tex Ritter in "Starlight Over
Texas" and June Lang and Lynn
Bari in "Meet The Girls". Also
Chapter No. 8 "Dick Tracy Re
turns." t
Sunday-Monday ? Rosalind Rus
sell and Robert Donat in "The i
Citadel."
?' Tuesday ? Richard Greene, Nan
'cy Kelly. Preston Foster and Geo. j
V Bancroft in "Submarine Patrol."
Wednesday ? Ann Shirley, Lee ;
Bowman and EdW. Ellis in "A
Man To Remember."
Thursday-Friday? Ronald Col
man in "If I /Were King" with
Frances Dee, Bllen Drew, Basil
Ratbboae -ajud Henry Wildotou.
IN CHARGE BUNN AND JUSTICE
SCHOOLS
Oil. H. G. PERKY
< lutirmaii Kranklin County HoiimI
of K<iiicntion
SlIT. W. K. MIl.l.S
Ki'uiiklin County Schools
MR. M. T. LAMM
Principal of Kuiiii School*
M. HTl VttT It.WIS
Architect
This ftroup with the addition of Principal R. K.. Timberlake and
numbers of interested citizen*, had charge of the promotion ami
construction of the two new school buildings at Runn and Justice.
The one at Bunn was completed and received Friday. The one at i
Justice is expected to be completed within a few days.
NEW BUILDING RECEIVED
Second Unit Of The New School Plant at Bunn
Completed
Friday was another big day for
Fiunn. It was the occasion of the
completion and acceptance of the
New School Building;. Mie second
of the new school plan adopted
several years ago, which calls for |
still another building, to be cen
trally located on the grounds witli
a large nice court in front.
This building contains eight
class rooms, toilets, rest room for
students and oi>e for teachers, and
a library. Each room is well
ventilated and lighted and besides
the usual school room equipment
contains a special locker cabinet
for the teachers use. The build- ]
ing is well heated and especially'
well designed. The building was
constructed by E. C. Oarby, of
Fayettevllle at a contract price of
$19,375.00, the plumbing was 'in
stalled by Odell Small Plumbing
and Heuting Co.. of Durham, at a
cost of $1,126.00 and the heating
by C. Ij. lilies, of Greenville, for
$2,."82.0U. M. S. Davis. of Louis
burg, was the architect in charge.
This building is the culmniation
of a great deal of efforts on the
part of Supt. W. R. Mills, the
members of the County Board of
Education and the Principal and {
citizens of Bunn. It was built
t'hrough the help of the P. W. A. |
The building was accepted by ?
the Hoard of Education for the
County, Mr. W. F\ Credle, Direc- I
tor of School House Planning, for !
the State, Mr. Gus Palmer, of
Ualeigh and Mr. ? -. ? . Higgins,
of Atlanta. Ga., for t<he Federal
Government.
The building was equipped
Tuesday and the students and
teachers moved in and occupied
it on that date.
It- will be jnterestiug to note
that Mr. P. E. Daniel furnished
most of the mill work.
WINTER AND
' SNOW HERE
Saturday'* four Inch Snow Pi*
cycled By A Snow Coverage
Thursday Night; Mercury Drops
"To Real Winter Stajcc
Louisburg and vicinity was vis
ited by a full tour Inch snow Sat
urday. The white flakes begun
to fall about 10 o'clock in the
morning and by one o'clock were
falling thick and fast. The flak
es continued to fail until after
dark. Along with' the enow came
a big drop in the mercury which
caused the snow to remain for sev
eral- days.
On Thursday night before a
snow Btorm visited here and cov
ered the ground but not) to any
considerable depth.
The thermometer registered 19
Friday night, 19 Saturday night
aind 16 Sunday night, which rep
resented tihe coldest for the sea
son. The weather begun to mod
erate Wednesday. ,/
Buttons on small children's
clothes should be from r three- ;
quarters, of an inch to an inch and
a quarter la diameter, because
those sixes are most easily button
ad by children.
' ? ' ?:
mhisruim; ,W|W8 pair
OVKK JOHNSTON STARS
I>ouisbuig College basketball
teams Won a doubtejieader Wed
nesday nig hi* irom Smith field'. All
6fl?r(f. v: Hi
The Loulsbutfg quint defeated
the Smlthfleld boy*. 43-19. TroUt-.
man, with. 10 fiotnts, led Louis
burg; Smith, wlt'h.. seven, led
Smlthfleld.
In a preliminary ; game, the
Louisburg girls gained a 24-19
victory over Smlthfleld. Syvonne
Matthews, with 12 points led the
winners. Top scorer for the- losers
was H. Matthews, with eight.
The next home game will be
played on December 10th with the
Atlantic Christian College of Wil
son.
COUNCIL TO MEKT
The Council of Social Agencies
will meet Tuesday morning, De
cember 6th. at 10 o'clock in the
Welfare office.
The Council is to assist the Wel
fare department in finding the
needy cases in each section of the
County to bring cheer at> Christ
mas. Olvic, fraternal and relig
ious organizations are urged to
be represented at this meeting.
The world's tallest tree on re
cord is the Founders tree, a red
wood, 364 feet high: in California.
DUKE TO
ROSE BOWL
To Play Southern California i
On January 2nd
It will he Duke vs. Southern
California In the football feature
of Pasadena's Tournament of I
.Hoses on Monday, January 2,]
1939.
Southern California was chosen 1
Monday afternoon as the Paeiflej
Coast's representative in Hie Kose
Bowl game ? and. In what turned j
out to be reeevd time, the Trojan !
officials setMed oi^ Duke, issued an !
invitation, received an acceptance.!
Southern Conference colleges'
had voted Duke a "dispensation" ,
from the conference's rule prohib
iting participating in post -season j
fooMiall games.
News of Duke's nomination as ?
the "Eastern" standard-bearer
was flashed front Los Angeles
Monday evening within a. very few
minutes after Willis O. Hunter,
Southern Cal's director of athlet
ics. had concluded a telephone i
conversation with Wallace Wade.
Duke's head coach and - athletic
director.
In view of the rapidity with
which Southern California audi I
Duke got together Monday on
t'heir Rose Bowl engagement, it I
appears safe to say neither blush
ed or said "This Is so sudden."
Apparently the Trojans, feeling j
safe in the West Coast balloting. |
had popped the question to Duke
a bit ahead of Mine. And Duke had
had time to get parental consent.
"The sudden announcement
broke all recent records in decid- |
ing on the Rose Bowl candidates,
and brings together t'wo of the
finest teams of their respective
sections of the nation." read a ,
paragraph in the Associated Press'
tirst bullet'in from Los Angeles j
announcing selection of Duke.
The news spread quickly in Dur
ham, and Duke University stud
ents ? waiting and hoping for justj
that? proceeded to stage an infor
mal celebration. And Mien they ,
probably began wondering just
how they could manage to scrape
up the cash for a trip to Calif or-]
ilia ? and that's a problem which i
will get attention of many North j
Carolinians between now and the
departure of the Old North State's
first "Rose Bowl Special."
Duke has completed it? nine
,game schedule ? and there's no j
need to remind that the Blue Dev- j
lis are undefeated, uutic^> and '
unscored-on.
Southern California has one'
more game on its regular sched
ule ? thr Trojans bat Me Notre i
Dame's undefeated Irish at Los
Angtles on Saturday of this week.
Seriously Injured
In Auto Accident
Miss Sadie* Rogers was serious
ly injured when jammed into a
windshield as the car in which she
was riding and driven by Miss
Annie B. Anthony, collided with
a car driven by Lee Lowry at t-he
Intersection of Halifax road and
Main Street 011 Wednesday night
of last week. Miss Rogers was ta- j
ken to Drs. Perry & Wheless of- [
lice where medical attention was
given.
The young ladies, it was un
derstood. were teachers in Wilson
County and were en route to their
homes. Miss Rogers at Chase City,
Va., and Miss Antihony at Martins
ville, Va.. to spend Thanksgiving
holidays. When passing the Hali
fax'intersectlon, it was stated, the
car driven by Mr. Lowry entered
Main Street and passed direcMy
in front of the car in which the
ladies were riding and the collis
ion occurred, with the results that
Miss Rogers' head was thrown
through the windshield cutting
her neck and throat badly, and
the car was badly damaged. The
lady dviving the car escaped in
jury.
FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS
Fight tuberculosis with the
[Christnfas Seals! The design of
the 1938 Christmas Seal is the
picture of a young mother and her
two children, lighting a candle in
the window of their home, sym
bolic of the educational Campaign
against tuberculosis. The seal is
decorative, as well as symbolic.
The cost of a seal is one penny.
Kvery seal sold aidsln adding up
dollars to fight tuberculosis.
Last year in North Carolina,
the penny stickers sold amounted
to $51,000.
Franklin County has a splendid
opportunity to prove its interest
in the welfare of its people, in
purchasing the little Christmas
Seals! Messrs. L. E. Scoggin, P.
W. Elam and F. Reid Pleasants
are cooperating with the Christ
mas Seal Committee in selling the
seals ih tiheir drug stores. Mrs. R.
F. Yarborough, Chairman, and
Mia* Katherine Rogers, Assistant,
are supervising the children in the
Ko?rae-to-house sale campaign.
Flood control is a problem jn
dry Death Valley ? Wjren it ddes
rain, there may be a cloudburst.
<? t. * - '.?* ' V
Aiperica's Sweetheart Urges Armaments
. > A
WASHINGTON, D. C. . . . Mary Pickford, famous movie star, in a
talk before the Women's National Press Club, called for ''America to
arm to the teeth" against European Dictators. Miss Pickford de
nounced Dictators and demanded that women back a big National
Defense program. Left to right: Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mary Pickford
and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson.
Airplane Falls
At Y oungsville
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?
I'lane Suffers Minor Damages, Hut
Two Aviators Kscape Injury
Youtigfiville. Nov. 24. ? Two un-i
identified persons in an airplane
made a forced landing near here
today but> were not nurt and con
tinued 011 to Richmond. Va.,|
Sheriff J. P. Moore of Franklin
County said.
The pair was in a cabin type
nonoplane. J. R. Young of Youngs
ville said. Young reported he went
to the scene of the crash and that?
the "fog was so heavy they were
forced to land."
The plane hit a tree, damaging
its right wing slighMv, Young said.
The crash occurred about 12:15 1
o'clock this afternoon.
The aviators, Young said, con
tinued to Richmond by automo- j
bile, leaving the plane here pend-j
ing repairs.
B. S. U. TO BK (H KSTS
Mcn-dilli, Wake K?rc?(, anil X.
Stain rollfuc To Bp (iui'MtN of
liouixhurs I'ollop' Student L'n
ion
On October 27-30, Baptist Col-i
lege Student*! representing every I
State of the Southland went -to j
Memphis for the fourth All-South-'
ern Baptist- Student Conference.
Prom 6:15 to 7:01) o'clock Sun
day evening, December 4. 1938 at
I.ouisburg Baptist Church, stud
ents from Mreedith. Wake Forest
and N. C. State College will bring ]
messjfees on. the conference.
Margaret Cox. Meryl Mussey,
C'leli Riggs, Colton Allen, and Les- '
ter Stalling*. members of the]
Louisburg College B. S. U. will]
meet their guests at the bus. Mol
ly Hofler, second vice-president i
and Hazel Boone, local represen
tative of the B. S. U. council, will!
act as hostesses.
Everyone- is cordially invited to
attend.
Arthur Ingram, Reporter.
PROPOSAL
?
Consideration is being given to
the working out of a plan where- j
by hurley tobacco in excess of the ;
1938 marketing quotas might be;
stored, and loans made available
on t-be stored excess of producers
who did not overplant their 1938 i
acreage allotments.
Important Meeting
T.he I?ouisburg Chamber of
Commerce will hold its first regu
lar Annual Meeting in the Courti
House. Monday night, December
5th, at 7:30 o'clock. This is the
most important meeting of the
year and t'he members are urged
to attend. Officers for the com
ing year will be elected and the
Secretary will make a semi-annual
report of the~year's work.
The Louisburg Chamber of
Commerce has grown into a strong
civic organization and is filling a
great need for the merchants and
business men of the town.
December's slogan is "DO
YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
IN LOUISBURG!" Give your
own merchants a try before going
elsewhere to shop. You will be
surprised at the quality, quantity
and prices. By shopping at home
you are putting money back into
your own pockets, and the really
smart thing would be t<> have a
"BUY AT HOM K CHRISTMAS."
LOUISBURG BAPTIST
CHURCH
Tlie Louisburg Baptist Church
presents Dr. A. Paul Bagby who
has come to he the pastor. It
welcomes him as a minister and
citizen of I.ouisburg. He will
preach at the Morning Worship
hour on "The Relationship Be
tween the Kingdom of God and
the Church of Jesus Christ."
At the Evening Worship hour,
Dr. Bagby will speak on "The Cry
of the World." The other chur
ches in Louis burg have kindly
given over their evening worship
hour to attfmi srvice at th?.B?pr
tist Church.
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship at 11:01) A. M.
and Evening Worship at 7:00 1'.
M." Baptist Training Union at
6:15 P. M. At Miat hour students
from Meredith, Wake Forest and
N. C. State Colleges will speak on
their trip to All-Southern Baptist
Student Conference at Memphis.
These students will be members
of the B. S. U on the respective
campuses.
On Wednesday night at 7:30 P.
M. there will be a Church Busi
ness Meeting. All members of
the church are urged to be pres
ent.
When sugar cane was first used
for sweetness, aboub the fourth
century B. C.. people merely drank
the juice or chewed the cane.
OUR FELLOW DRIVERS By Mueller
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Howard F. Jones \
Dies In Warren
I Had Been Private Secretary To
Representative Kerr For 15
Years.
Warrenton, Nov. 25. ? -Howard
P. Jones, for 15 years private
secretary to Congressman John H.
Kerr, died at his home this after
noon at 5:30 o'clock following a
Critical illness of two months. He
was 72.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Burial was in Fair
view Cemetery.
.V son of Joseph Spede and
Mary Fort Jones. Mr. Jones was
I the last of a family of 14 children
born at the old plantation near
Jones Springs, Warren County,
where lie spent his childhood days.
As a young man he went to Bal
timore, where he studied electrical
| engineering. From there, he went
i to the home of a brother-in-law.
Dr. William Mercer, in Edgecombe
County, where he constructed for
Dr. Mercer a telephone system
from his home at Elm City to
Rocky Mount. Later, with financi
al backing from Dr. Mercer and
several others, Mr. Jones built the
telephone system at Wilson and
became it? superintendent, a posi
tion he held until he sold his
stock and the system was con
solidated with the Tarboro Tele
! phone System, which was a fore
j runner of the Bell System.
While in Wilson, Mr. Jones
I married Miss Estelle Brodie, in
1897. After making their home
there for several years. Mr. and
Mrs. Jones returned to Warren
County, where Mr. Jones became
I engaged in farming and the saw
mill business for a short time be
fore they moved to Warrenton aud
Mr. Jones purchased The Warren
Record.
While editing his newspaper,
i Mr. Jones was elected county sup
erintendent of schools and served
in this capacity for approximately
i 10 years.
I Mr. Jones served in the General
Assembly. After going to Raleigh
at the age of 21 as a clerk in the
Senate, in 1923 he was elected to
I represent the counties of Warren
and Vance in the Senate
He had completed his first terra
as Senator when Congressman
I Kerr was elected to the House of
Representatives and named Mr.
Jones as his private secretary. Mr.
Jones served in this capacity until
I his death, although two years ago
Congressman Kerr obtained addi
tional assistance for his Washing
ton office and allowed Mr. Jones
to remain here and keep an office
open.
Surviving are three sons. Big
nail. Duke, and Howard Jones. Jr.
Mrs. Jones died in February of
~t his yea r.
LOUISBURG METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday morning, Mr. Phillips,
j the pastor, will preach on the top
I ic, "Walking in His Holy Ways."
For the Sunday night- service the
Methodist congregation will wor
ship with the Baptist people in
recognition of the beginning or
1 the pastorate of Dr. Baghy.
Mr. Phillips brings back some
interesting items concerning the
j recent annual conference. In the
conference there were 4.377 addi
tions on profession of faith, near
ly a thousand more Mian in 1937.
The membership increase was
2,225, making a total membership "
I in the eastern half of North Car
olina 129,480. There was an in
, crease in Church School enroll
ment of 4,785, which is the most
significant growth in years. The
, total amount of money raised was
I $1,247,167 which is nearly $50.
| 000 more than lust year in spite
[ of the fact that conditions have
been better than tihis year to han
i die finances. The reports as a
! whole seemed to show that Meth
odism is pulling together in a
wonderful way, to fio the King
dom work.
Mr. Phillips was re-elected for
a term of four years as a member
of the Board of Christian Educa
tion, and also secretary and mem
ber of the executive committee
thereof. This Board receives the
annual reports of the various col-"
leges, including Lotlisburg Col
lege, and makes all recommenda
tions to the Annual Conference
regarding conference policy in the
college work. - ? ?
A TISKET? A TAX!
The National Consumers Tax
Commission, a woman's group
combating hidden taxes, has been
showing consumers how si|cli tax
es increase the cost of livings Now,
they show us, taxes arw ?vm tied
to swing music. The words of tbe
swing song. "A Tisket'. A Tasfcet."
come directly from the uli^artk
ern French "tasuue." tuejilltng a
tax tn the ublld.'i :;anw from
which this song w?? by
swlngsters. "ta?kut "t, waA Jtje for
feit. or tax. in tile et dKPP~
the- hand kerchief; As til the song,
there are plenty of forfeits to be
paid, in the form of ta^s. on all
coucuuu'r commodities.