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THE FRANKLIN TIMES
Issued Every Friday
?15 Court Street Telephone 288-1
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A. F. JOHftdOK, Editor ud Muugn
Junes A. Johasoo, Awlatwt Editor and Manager
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One T ear |1J0 Six Month* 70
Bight Wwiflu .... l.OO Foor Months 00
Foreign Adiertbtng Representative
AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Nov York aci
Entered at the Poetofflee at Loulsburg, N. C. as second
class mall matter.
AT J,, crop reports indicate good crops in this section.
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THE great American sport ? baseball ? had its day
again Tuesday. ' .
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NOW Raleigh is considering charging people for park
ing on the streets ? to get their cars smashed.
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IT will be quite advantageous to the farmers to have
the tobacco market open two weeks earlier.
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A HEADLINE reads "Huge War Gold Reserve being
stored in America." Why not lets divide it up and go
on vacation.
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BETTER business in North Carolina is indicated by
usnal barometers. Let's hope this is true ? to small as
well as large business.
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THE old adage "few die and none resign," does'nt
hold good in the Louisiana case when Gov. Leche resigned |
the Governorship of agreat State. '
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MRS. James Monroe Smith is credited with denying
the accusatious against her husband and being loyal to
him. That 's what we call a wife worth having.
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REPORTS have been heard that the price of whiskey
was lowered the first of July, or that older whiskey could
be bought at- the same old price ? another strike at Mr.
Bootlegger.
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THE finest kind of a co-operative spirit existed be- j
tween the ABC forces and the Joint Boards. This tends I
toward a big saving in expense, which will be pleasing
to the public.
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NO diversion of the State Highway funds was found
hecessary at the end of the past fiscal year, was announ
ced by the State officials Saturday. This will, no doubt,
relieve the fear of many citizens.
BASEBALL, like many other things, becomes so en
thused sometimes that most anything will happen. With
winnings running high and Strong and an undertermined
record in the future the Tri-County League lost one of
its mosjt eager and enthusiastic teams Tuesday, when
the Epsom team "blew up." The suspension was due
to some of its best players stopping.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Ed Bdst, Superintendent of
Schools of Mecklenburg County. Recently Mecklenburg
County and the City of Charlotte held an election to au
thorize a tax for the maintenance of a public library, and
lost. The Library Commission in discussing what to do
under the circumstances decided to close the library.
Ed Best, while interested in the library said in sub
stance, "the people have spoken, and didn't want it. Let
them have what they want." Its a loss to lose a library,
but it is a greater loss to defeat the spoken will of the
people.
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THE Supreme Court in the interest of fairness, justice
and consistency, should give a ruling on the meaning of
the Constitution governing double office holding that
would be asily understood and not subject to so many
different and inconsistent interpretations. To say that
a person cannot be a Notary Public and an election offici
al, or a policeman and a coroner at the same time but that
they can hold two offices like County Commissioner and
Board of Health and many other doubles is not right.
Something along this line should be done to help restore
confidence in our system of equal justice in governmen
tal agencies.
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THE editor of the TIMES has been much amused the
past few weeks when asked by friends if he was leaving
Franklin County and how his esteemed friend Carl
Goersch, editor the State, got so badly mixed recently
when he reported a visit to Western North Carolina, in
which he related seeing "his good friend editor A. F.
Johnson of the FRANKLIN TIMES, at Franklin, en
route to Asheville, where he would locate." No, Carl,
the "side fe^s" at the Legislature, nor business in general
were not "sufficiently productive" to make a change
possible, and our many friends in Franklin havn't sug
gested to us to leave yet. We still like Franklin County
and Louisburg and hope to live here a while longer.
Thanks for the advertising, but locate us properly the
next time, please.
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EAST MARKS
THE Illinois Legislature must have been glided by
the policy of the late night club queen, Texas^Jninan ?
"never give a Bucker an even break." The lottery bill
which the Legislature passed and sent to the Governor
provides for a luscious top prize of $50,000 every month,
with lesser prizes ranging on down to small change. But,
mark yon, 84 per cent of the lottery's take would go to
fllnm-dearance, and six per cent on top of that is for ad
ministration of the game. So that only ten per cent
would be left for prizes, and the odds against the suckers
would be stacked at nine to one.
Jesse James was more generous with his clients. Why,
even a slot machine, the one-armed kind, usually pays
back two-thirds of what it takes in. And the butter 'n'
eggs' odds are only two-to one against the player. And
the pari-mutuel machines are even kinder.
At nine to one, who would be foolish enough to take a
number? Alas, half the population of Illinois! The
American people are so eager to get rich quick and so
tempted to take a flyer in gambling now and then that
they'll bite at bent pins. And bite again. ? Charlotte
News.
COUNTY, CITY OFFICIALS RE- f
CEIVE CALENDAR OF DUTIES t
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The Institute of Government 1
has just distributed to city and *
county officials in Franklin Coun- J
ty, a calendar of tbe chief official
duties required by statute to be ,
performed on specific dates dur- ,
ing the fiscal year 1939-40, to be j
hung in the offices of officials in i
the County C&irtbouse and in Clt/y :
Halls, according to a statement by I
Albert Coates, Director of the '
Institute.
The Institute is t'his week dis- (
tributing to county and city of- ,
ficials in this County a summary
of all public-local, special and priv
ate laws relatling to this County
and its cities and towns.
Also ready for distribution by
the Institute are guidebooks for
tax and finance officers (includ
ing tax supervisors, list takers, as
sessors, collectors, city clerks, city
and county accountants, managers,
and attorneys.
They are (1) Tax Listing and
Assessing (168 pages 2nd ed.),
(2) with a supplement containing
1939 legislative changes, (3) Tax
Collection and Foreclosure (2229
pages 2nd ed.), (4) with supple
ment containing 1939 legislative
changes, (5) chart of Schedule B
License Taxes with selected Sup
reme Court decisions and Attorney
General's rulings, and (6) Re
financing of Bonded Indebtedness
of Cities and Counties.
Guidebooks for Law Enforcing
officers (including police, sheriffs,
mayors, judges and solicitors of
recorders courts): (1) Scientific
Aids in Crime Detection (107!
pages); (2) Law and Practice of
Arrests (114 pages); (3) Law
and Practice of Searches and
Seizures; (4) Investigation and
Law of Liquor, Narcotics, Gam- 1
bling, Prostitution. A complete
guidebook for registers of deeds;
Chapters in a guidebook for clerks
of court dealing with (1) Struc
ture and Organization of office,
( 2) *ln vestment of Trust Funds,
and (3 J the Powers of the Clerk
of Court as Notary Public.
"These guidebooks are design
ed", said Mr, Coates, "to give to
officials a clear and concise pic- j
ture of the powers and duties of !
their respective offices, together
with the methods and practices of
their predecessors in office and
of similar offices ia.this and ot-h- j
tr states."
GLADYS PERN ELL PUM
Gladys Pernell, age 13, oldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry j
Pernell. of Alert, died on June
the 30th in a Durham hospital i
after an illness of five weeks.
She had been critically ill most' !
of the entire five weeks and her
death was expected by many of
her friends and relatives here
while some held high hopes for
her until the end.
She is survived by her parents
two sisters, two brothers and a 'j
host of friends and relatives.
Bural was in the Pernell burying
ground at t<be home of her great
grand-father, Mr. W. J. Pernell.
Funeral services conducted by her
pastor Rev. E, W. Green, at Moun
tain Grove Baptist Church of
which she was a member.
Active paulbearers were John
nie H., Percy L. and Preston Per- .
nell, Lester Harris. Vernon L.
Hale and Wilson Pearce. Flower |
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Gladys we shall miss you yery
much; Miss you at home, miss
rou at school and miss you .?t<
Sunday school. But while we miss
pou we will hope and believe that
you are in a home that's far
brighter and happier than any
thing this world could ever give
rou. And we will be comforted by
knowing that in His perfect wis
lom and understanding God never
makes a mistake but always doet'h
ill things well.
A Friend.
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LIVES AT STAKE
It is a common belief that a
building supplied with numerous,
easily-reached exits is safe from
fire so far as loss of life is con
cerned. The building may burn,
we think, but occupants may eas
ily escape while the fire is in the
minor stage.
The truth of the matter, accord
ing to a recent' pronouncement by
fire prevention engineers, is that
ample exits? important as they
are ? may offer little protection to
a building's occupants if fire j
breaks out. In many buildings'
there are excessive numbers of I
open stairways, elevator shafts
and light courts. These are pro-!
lific causes of death from smSke'
and fumes, particularly in apart-;
ment houses, hotels and schools. !
Mew of us realize the rapidity!
with which flames can spread, '
when aided by large open air j
spaces. A person may be over- j
come before he can reach an exit
only a few feet distant ? as a long j
list of horrible holocausts grimly !
testifies. |
This example of fire dangers in
dicates the vital need for up-to- ;
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date scientifically drawn building 1
codes f or small towns as well as
great cities. During the last ten
years or so, there bas been a
gratifying increase in tbe number
ot municipal codes put into effect),
but a dangerously bigb percentage
of communities still lack tbem.
Tbe result is construction below
even a minimum standard of fire
safety.
Furthermore, the fact that your
town may have a building code
doesn't end the matter. In some
instances codes are largely dead
letters because they are seldom
or never enforced. In other in
stances they are inadequate to
cope with modern conditions and
must be extensively revised if t-hey
are to be made even comparative
ly effective. Here's a problem in
which all of us have a very direct
interest. For ail of us have lives
to protect, irrespective of the po
tential destruction of property
involved.
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TRI-COUNTY LEAGUE
LOUISBURG ... 12 4 .750
Schedule For Saturday
Pine Ridge at LOUISBURG
Pilot at Warrenton
Schedule For Wednesday
Pine Ridge at Pilot
Greystone at Warrenton
Clubs
Standing of Clubs:
W L Pet.
Pilot
10 4 .714
7 9 .438
? 7 10 >412
4 13 .235
Greystone
Pine Ridge
Warrenton
One radio fan says he listens to
tbe advertising talk because it is
funnier than the supposed comedy.
LOU1SBITRG HCORE8 WIN
OVER GKEYSTONE, 7 TO 6
Louisburg scored one run Id tbe
ninth Inning to break a 4-all dead
lock and earn a 7-6 win over Grey
stone here Wednesday in a Tri- 1
County League game.
In t>he ninth, Troutman reached
first on an error. He moved up on
Renn's bunt and Ford's fly. Then
Grady Wheeler, plnch-hitting for
Peanut Ooak, singled in tbe run.
Clinton Wlnstead topped the
Greystone batting attack, with a
double and a single in (our trips.
Horace BranMey and W. N. Fuller,
with two singles in (our trips, led
Louisburg. |
Score: R.H.E.
Greystone 000 121 002 ? 6 7 6
Louisburg 210 100 111 ? 7 13 1
Pleasants, Clayton, Bry and
Richardson; Troutman, Renn and
Fuller.
RIDGER8 WIN
Pine Ridge, July 5. ? Pine Ridge
defeated Warrenton here this af
ternoon, 7-6, with a four-run rally
In tbe seventh.
No player on either team made
over one bit. Warrenton made a
total of six hits; Pine Ridge seven.
Curt Dickens, Pine Ridge pitch
er, who took over at the beginning
of the eighth, struck out five bat
ters.
Score: R.H.E
Warrenton 102 000 200 ? 5 6 4
Pine Ridge 000 102 <0x ? 7 7 2
Wiggins and Miles; Bullock,
Dickens and Moody.
EPSOM WITHDRAWS ,
The Epsom entry in t'he Tri
County League has withdrawn
from further play. League officials
announced yesterday that Wilton
may enter a team to take over the
vacant berth. Epsom had won
eight games and lost eight' in lea
gue play.
The Farm Security Administra
tion has reported that tenants and
sharecroppers who borrowed gov
ernment money to buy farms of
theifown are repaying their loanB
in advance of the date due.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINA
TIONS ANNOUNCED
Tbe United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations for the
positions named below. Applica
tions must be on Die in tbe Com
mission's office, Washington, D.
C? not later tban July 24 If re
ceived from States east of Colora
do, and not later than July 27 If
received from Colorado and States
westward.
Cblef occupational therapy aid
(arts and crafts), $2,300 a year,
3t. Elizabeths Hospital, D. C. Dept.
if the Interior. Applicants pnust)
have reached tbelr 21st but not
have passed their 55th birthday.
Silviculturlst, $3,800 a year, al
so principal, $5,(00, senior, $4,
600, associate, $3,200, and assist
ant, $2,800 a year, Bureau of
Plant Industry and Forest) Service,
Department of Agriculture. Ap
plicants for the principal, senior,
and silviculturlst grades must not
have passed their 53rd, for the
associate grade they must not
have passed t-heir 45th, and for
tbe assistant grade they must not
have passed their 35th, birthday.
Architect, $3,800 a year, also
senior, $4,600, associate, $3,200,
and assistant, $2,600 a year. Ap
plicants for the senior and archi
tect! grades must not have passed
their 53rd, for the associate grade
they must not have passed their
45th, and for the assistant grade
they must not have passed their
40th, birt'hday.
Full Information may be ob
tained from J. A. Wheiess, Secre
tary of the U. S. Civil Service
Board of Examiners, at the post
office in this city, or from the Sec
retary of the U. S. Civil Service
Board of Examiners at any first
or second-class post office.
The new international slogan
appears to be "Say it with flyers."
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Mid-Summer Bargain Time
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The Run-Resist hose that fits well
and adds beauty to your leg. All
populaT colors and sizes,
25c
MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS !
Regular $1.00 values. Fancy and
white,
Special 59c - 2 for $1.00
MEN'S WASH PANTS
Sanforized shrunk in many patterns
and sizes. Regular $1.98 values,
? Special 97c
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Two' large tables Ladies' Shoes in
Brown and White and all White. San
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$1.98 and $2.98 values,
Now 97c and $1.48
TENNIS SHOES
Sturdy well made Tennis Shoes to
fit any foot in Black or Brown,
Special 48c
"THE LONG JOHN" SHIRT
Men's "Long John" work shirts are
sure to fit and please the tall Inen. Be
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