THE FRANKLIN TIMES
^Issued Every Friday
US Court Street Telephone 283-1
A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager
James A. Johnson, Assistant Editor and Manager
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Entered at the Poatoffloe at Lonisburg, N. C. as second
elaaa mall matter.
LET'S pull ik Louisburg and Franklin County. If
we can't build up home, we will soon have no home to
build up.
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TWO weeks today is the dead line for permiscuous
parking in Louisburg. At this time the new parking
law will become effective.
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BANKER Hanes, of Winston-Salem, is advising
against the United States spending. There are others !
who are not bankers, that will agree with him.
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CONGRESS seems to be in quite a hurry to quit and
go home. Tfaa Iftat-few days it has speeded up the passage
and killing of many bills, but others seem to play up.
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New Englanders are very critical of the President's
wage views. Naturally. They don't want the South to
have a fair break, by using its natural advantages.
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The coming political eampaign in North Carolina is
a parallel to Japans undeclared war on China, in that |
the work is going on without a "declaration" for offioe.
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THE United States has joined in making protests to'
Japan for indignities against American subjects. Lets
hope this gets greater respect than did Great Britain's.
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THOSE who are not favorable to the new parking or
dinance should offer a stubstitute plan that will be bet
ter. We believe the town would gladly adopt a plan)
that will work better.
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Louisburg jn*t recently lost an enterprise it should
have retained, if information received by the TIMES is;
correct. The Chamber of Commerce would do well to
check these little things more closely.
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Danzig seems to be a sore spot in Europe. Headline
in daily papers this week reads "Danzig Troubles
Flaring Up Again Over Trade Pact." When its down
its soon up and when its up its soon down. ,
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IN Raleigh it saemsythe perplexing question is "Will J
Maxwell resign a? Commissioner of Revenue to run for
Governor?" Quite interesting, especially since some onej
else might want to be Revenue Commissioner.
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Reports from the border markets yesterday after the
opening sales opened seemed to bring quite a bit of
satisfaction with prices averaging around 18 cents. This
seems to foe as much as was expected in view of the big
crop.
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PRESIDENT Roosevelt holds to the belief that the
South is justified in its demand for wage differential in
the present Wage-Hour minimum hearings. If you are
, going to take all rights of advantage and initiative from
business hpw will any operate.
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TOM Dixon, author of the Clansman, in a new book
predicts a revolution and the final overthrow of the pres
ent Democratic form of government in the United States,
unless sbme very urgent and immediate precautions are
taken. ThisTs'a very plausible prediction, and the coun
try has gone a long way in that direction in the last few
years.
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THE United States Senate on Tuesday passed the
Bailey $6,080,000 Marketing bill by a unanimous vote.
.This bill, if it becomes a law, and is carried out in the
spirit as intended will prove to be the best law Congress
haB ever adopted for the benefit of the farmer. With
the proper marketing facilities and the proper market
ing propaganda farming in the South in particular and
the United States in general will return to its former at
tractiveness. - ? ^
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THE recent sharp jump in stock values was not much
of a surprise to the experts. They've been saying for
a long time that business was better than security prices
indicated. Another factor, many think, lies in the view
point. beld rather widely but by no means unanimously,
that Europe won't go to war this year ? that some "pa-1
cific" means of solving the Danzig problem will be found.
Al sny rate, taking seasonal conditions into account,
American business is showing good progress in many
lines. ' .
VOU CANT QUIT ADVERTISING
YOU'RE TALKING TO A PARADE
_ NOT, A MASS MEETING
FACTS CONFOUND CRITICS
There- i? ? widespread belief
that many businesses, especially
those which are relatively small,
are finding it unusually difficult
to obtain money through regular
banking channels for legitimate
activities. This belief has culmin
ated In the introduction of the
Mead bill in Congress, which
would have a government agency
guarantee bank loans to small
business, much as it now guaran
tees bank deposits and loans for
home building.
However, going by t<he avail
able evidence, the rumors of in
sufficiency of capital available now
are tremendously exaggerated.
One oft (he largest banks in the
United States, which does busi
ness ln\one way or another with
one in every ten or twelve people
in New York City and which has
over latfOOO borrowers on its
book?, recently had a survey made
to fiqtf out just how many loans
were refused in the year ending
May, 1^34, and for what reason.
The stil#?fcy disclosed that only 21!)
commercial loans had to be de
clined.
In 27 of these cases, the con
versations did not reach the point
where definite amounts were men
tioned. In the remaining 192 cases,
the total of loans rejected was
$16,979,000. Forty-seven of the
refused applicants, asking for
about $7,500,000, represented
cases where financing could gen
erally be obtained elsewhere. Fif
teen, asking for $2,300,000, had
speculative or promotional pro
posals. One hundred and^ven.
asking for $2,424,000, were in a
poor financial condition or had
poor character. The remaining 23,
asking for $4,589,000. had insuf
ficient collateral or credit stand
ing in the light of the amounts re
quested.
"It is my judgment," the chair
man of that bank said, "that there
were very few cases included in
this list which would be consider
ed suitable loans under the terms
of the Mead bill."
Government loan guarantee
schemes would not put more capi
tal to work, unless the guarantee
ing agency were prepared to back
unsound, speculative loans, at the
risk of untold billions of the tax
payers' money. Whati Industry
needs today to make it expand is
more sound thinking and fewer
wild-cat government financing
schemes.
RETURN TO NOMALCY OUT,
BIG BUSINESS AIDE WARNS
The "Spirit of Roosevelt" will
still set the pattern ol government
atter 1940, no macter who is Pre
sident, the heads of public rela
tions of the great utility corpora
tions were told at the recent as
sembly of the Public Utility Ad
vertising Association in New York.
"Business men who believe that
there can EVER be a return to the
?good old days' predating 1929 or
believe they will have their own
way after President Roosevelt
leaves the White House are very
badly mistaken." s^d Carlton K.
.Matson. publicity director of the
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Company.
"Public relat'lons men should
cushion business against the shock
that while we may change Mr:
Roosevelt for something complete
ly different, we will be unable to
trade anywhere nearly back to the
'normalcy' conditions which de
manded Mr. Roosevelt and the
New Deal," Matson continued.
"Nor can business afford to mark
time and wait for 1940."
"Whatever you think of the
New Deal, a successor to Mr.
Roosevelt will not cure the ills
that beset business and we might
as well face it. We had better get
to dealing realistically with a
world as it is and fundamentally
is going to continue to be. We
should quit dissipating our en
ergies and betting our last sou on
a conservative counter-revolutdon.
We are numbered as conservatives
and we should adopt the pattern
of the conservative party in Great
Britain which recognizes that
times have changed and have ad
apted themselves to the situation
as it actually exists."
More faintly, William H. Johns,
chairman of the board of Con
gressman Bruce Barton's advertis
ing firm, Batten, Barton. Darstine
& Osborne. Ltd., warned that dis
regard of the consumer had led
to the rise of "a powerful con
sumer movement directing its ef
forts against advertised products.
Many persons." he declared, "be
lieve that advertising is mislead
ing."
A man may leave footprints on
the sands of time, but they are
preUy sure to be mussed up be
yond recognition by those of the
gang that trails along behind him.
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Sell "White Elephant."
Buy What You Want !
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The statistic* would scon to ?s*Ufy the macrons attempt* by legis
lators Uiroafbont (be coiti j to ?cute tows sftlnst starting.
There is nothing in the Constilstl? which prevents the sppaiatmeat
of a non-lawyer to the highest court.
The four-inch pipe would carry twice as mnch water as both the two
Incb pipes combined. The radios of a four-inch pipe is two inches and
the radius of a two-inch pipe is one inch. Since the area of any pipe is
in proportion to the square of Its radius, the area of each two-inch
pipe is one inch, or two inches combined, whereas the area of a four
luh pip* is Itur iiicbos.
Have you heard the story about!
the North Carolina man on relief
who was so accustomed after years1
of unemployment to having every
thing done for him that he went,
out and married a widow wit-h
three children*
A recent rain and wind storm
did considerable damage to Anson
County crops, blowing down young
corn and inflicting serious injury
to other crops, reports Assistant
Farm Agent Clarence Early.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
Wallace has suggested to Congress
t>hat it might be well to extend
federal crop insurance to cotton 1
because of the large number of'
hazards faced in growing the crop
Farmers have more than doubl-|
ed their tree-planting activities'
since 1935, according to a report:
of the U. S. Forest Service, largely
as a result of the Clarke-McNary
Law.
Following the lines of least re- {
sistance is what makes both rivers
and men crooked. I
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A restaurant in south Florida
bag the inscription outside and
above tbe entrance:
"The Finest People on Earth
Pass Through this door ? Our Cus
tomers."
That flattery ought to entice.
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Welcome
SIFT
to the
Former
Resident
IN THIS NEWJTAPER
LEGGETT'S
FINAL REDUCTION
On All Summer Merchandise
RUGS
Beautiful Bath Room Rugs.
Heavy well made with fring
ed edges ? green, orchid,
rose, peach, blue, rust.
24x48 - $1.79
24x36 - 1.29
Don't fail to see these
lovely bargains !
MEN THEY'RE HERE !
NEW FALL SUITS
Well made latest patterns
and colors. Plain or sport
backs. Single or double
breasted. Regular $17.60
suits,
Special $9.95
FINAI. CLEARANCE ON
ALL KlIMMER
SHEER MATERIALS
One large table of regular
29c materials, Including
Tuxedo Batiste, Jenny Lind
muslins, ABC dimity,
Special 15c yd.
LADIES' HOSE !
Two-thread 45 guage All
Silk Hose in all the new and
popular shades, including
Titian Glow. Golden Dawn,
Sunglory Animation, Char
mant. Slightly irregular,
" 48c pair ~
MEN'S OVERALLS !
Closing out all "Belk's
Pointer Brand" Overalls.
Good sanforized 8 oz. denim
full-cut, well made. Regu
lar $1 48, ?
Now $1.10
CUT "N" HANG
CURTAINS
No sewing ? just cut and
bang ? Sunfast - Mibfast per
manent decoration. Just the
curtain (or kitchen, bath
room. playroom, dinettes,
cottages, bungalows. Blue,
red, green, black. Special
29c pair
MEN'S SUMMER
DRESS SHOES !
Special close-out of all Sum
mer Shoes. Whites, brown
and white, crepe or leather
soles. Regular $1.98 and
-2.98 values, NOW ?
$1.48 & $1.98
GENUINE GOOSE
DOWN PILLOWS !
Beautiful down pillows, sa
tine covered in blue, peach,
pink. Size 18"x24"
Special $2.98 ea.
MEN'S
DRESS SHIRTS
Regular |1.00 and $1.60
values, including Whites and
Fancies. Slightly irregular,
Special 59c
2 for $1.00
TOBACCO TWINE !
Good quality, 3 ply Oakdale
Tobacco Twine,
Reduced 22c lb.
USE OtJR CONVENIENT
? LAY-AWAY PLAN ?
'LEADS IN LOUISBURG'
Moore County growers general
ly are' (freed that the aerial pho
tograph? of their farms form the
beet means of measuring accurate
ly their participation in the 1939
AAA program.
No fundamental changes from
the existing program are-proposed
in the AAA program for 1940,
says E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive
officer at State College.
FOR FIRST CLASH PRINTING
PHONE 288-1
81, 209
Cases reported in the U. S. in 1938
DON'T DELAY I
START TODAY with OOQ
(KM Checks Malaria in tera days
ENSIGN $1.23
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POCKET AND WRIST WATCHES
*1.00 to *3.95
ALARM CLOCKS
- *1.00 to *2.95 S
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LOOK FOR ami W ON THE DUI
WHY SWELTER COOKING
These Hot July Days? ?
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PRINCESS CAFE
TAKE CARE OF YOUR EATING NEEDS.
COOL, PLEASANT AND HEALTHFUL
DINING HALL.
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Special Meals, Luncheons, Family Tables and
Party Tables.
Menus changed daily. Can accommodate all.
Full menus each day. Try our popular Business
Men or Ladies' Luncheon. Hot sizzling steaks.
Special menus for special occasions.
MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT
PRINCESS CAFE
Main Street , Louisburg. N. C.
SPECIAL - SPECIAL
Beginning Now
through the
month of
AUGUST
$3.00 Permanent for $2.00
4.00 ' " " 3.00
5.00 " " 4.00
6.00 " " 5.00
7.50 " " 6.00
10.00 " " 7.50
COME IN AND LET US SERVE YOU !
? Phone 445-1 ?
MARGUERITE'S
BEAUTY SALON
LOUISBURG COLLEGE
A Standard Junior College
For
Young Men and Women
r
offering courses
in
LIBERAL ARTS, SCIENCE, HOME ECONOMICS,
COMMERCE, ENGINEERING, MUSIC, AGRI
CULTURE, AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS
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High School Graduates of Louisburg and
Franklin County have an opportunity to
enter as day students at an exceptionally
low rate of $94.00. ? t
Address:
LOUISBURG COLLEGE
Louisburg. N. C.