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THE COUNTY THE STATE THE UNION cv riMEf WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR PAPER Ren^w Your Subscription Before Expiration Date To Avoid Missing An Issue. VOLUMN I. XX SUBSCRIPTION 91. SO a Tew LOUISBURO, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, HMD (TEN PAGES) NUMBER 81 HALF MILLION POUNDS OFFERED ON LOUIS BURG OPENING Prices Very Satisfactory Considering Conditions On Louisburg Tobacco Market Monday Through Wednesday; Market Clos ed Indefinite Possibly (he largest opening sale ever witnessed in Louisburg | bait a million pounds of the golden | weed was offered by farmers from many counties. The absence of the British American buyers was noticed but the sale was held in order to sell t)he tobacco that had been put up on the floor before closing the Market indefinitely in acordance with an agreement reached on Saturday by the Tobacco Associa tion which is trying to bring abouti a better price for the 1939 crop. Altihough the prices were low, brought about by the large crop and the war, they were very gen erally satisfactory with the farm ers, under the existing circum stances. On Monday 'the Union sold practically all and the Sout/hside only a portion. Tuesday the Planters sold out its floor and the Southside was completed, leaving only a few odd lots for the final on Wednesday. The cry of the auctioneer was a happy song to business as well 1 as growers, except* for the low figures he was forced to use. Although no time has bee? set ) for re-opening, Louisburg is con- > fident it can and will sell tobacco just as high and our Merchants and business men will offer as great bargains and as much ac commodations as any market this, year and therefore invites all growers t>o come to Louisburg and sell their tobacco and do | their trading at the Friendly Market. European Summary London. ? Chamberlain ex presses British-French determina tion to make war "unMl menace ! of Hitlerism" is removed; tells Parliament French troops have begun advance successfully and | German shipping has been swept from seas; admits "somewhat severe" "British merchantship losses; Duke of Windsor takes | war appointment. Washington. ? President Hoos velt calls Congress to special ses sion September 21 on neutrality legislation; Ambassador Biddle reports German bombs fell within ! 300 yard of embassy in unpro tected Polish village. Berlin. ? German high com- i mand says Warsaw is surrounded and Polish resistance wiped out | on one of three capital fronts. London. ? Government believes Germany might try to establish ea and air bases in South Amerl- I ca; British bombing will depend on what Retch does with planes - against unfortified Polish cities. Paris. ? Daladier forms new war cabinet, communique says French advanced on Western front. Budapest. ? Polish officials in cluding vice premier and finance minister reported" to have fled in to Rumania. Geneva. ? Britain, France and Australia tell League of Nations World Court arbitration clause no longer valid as regards their war with Germany. Rome. ? Italy will make her own decision on war role and will define it gradually, says authori tative commentator. Shanghai. ? Japan reported In creasing pressure on British and French to withdraw armed forces from China. V. O. Taylor and W. O. Abbitt, Martin County farmers, will seed several handred acres of land to permannet pasture this fall and buy foundation stock for beef cab tie herds. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, Sept. 16th: Saturday ? .Double Feature ? Roy Rogers in ("In Old Callente" and Ralph ByrA, In "8.O.S. Tidal Ware." Also Chapter No. 8 "Daredevils of Red Circle". No shows Sunday, Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. The grand opening of Mie New Loulsburg' Theatre will take place on Thursday, Sept. 21st with a World Premiere showing, Wal lace Beery, Chester Morris and Virginia Bruce In "Thunder Afloat." Friday ? dinger Rogers and Da 1 vid Nlven In "Bachelor Mother." Miss Lancaster Is Elected VICE PRESIDENT STATE Y. D. C. AT CHARLOTTE Forrest A. Pollard, of Dur-: ham Elected President; Endorse State and Na tional Administrations Charlotte, Sept. 9. ? The State convention of Young Democrats pledged "Militant support" to President Roosevelt here today and endorsed his cash-and-carry lutions that avoided t<he third term issue. The outwardly unruffled con vention closed after election of officers at which only one contest developed. Forrest A. Pollard of Durham, lawyer and legislator, won the presidency by acclama tion. After hearing t'heir own leaders and office-holders appeal for peace i in the ranks, an adjournment of | factionalism during the war crisis and eloquent recitals of Democra tic service, North Carolina's Young Democracy proclaimed and endors ed their New Deal chieftain as "that peerless humanitarian, un faltering friend of mankind, t<hat genius of Americanism and Dem ocracy, Franklin Delano Roose velt." At the first mention of Roose velt. district leaders burst into I tumultuous cheering and marched across the convention halls carry ing Ohe banners of all eleven Con gressional districts as a united front for the President. Likewise, "highest appreciation and utmost loyalty" was declared for Governor Clyde R. Hoey and for Mrs. Hoey. Kint Hip of Discord First visible sign of discord ap peared when the vice presidency pitted Miss Elizabeth Terry of Raleigh and Lexington against j Miss Beulah Lancaster of Louis- j burg. Delegates barked at one an other and called points of order as the balloting took place. Many delegations were split, and Bun combe and Mecklenburg divided their votes equally between the pair. However, as the balloting piled up a majority unofficially given as 285 1-2 to 119 1-2 for Miss Lan caster, the Lexington candidate withdrew and requested the Lou isburg candidate's election by ac clamation. Other officers, unopposed, were elected as follows: William Med ford of Haywood County, secre tary; A. Myles Haynes of Ruther ford. treasurer; John McLaughlin of Iredell, national committee man; and Mary Graham Croom of ,Wake, national committeewoman. Louisburg College Opens Louisburg College began its one hundred and sixtieth session on Monday, September 11, with a capacity enrollment. The orien tation program (or the incoming freshmen began on Tuesday and lasted thrbugh Thursday morning when the students met at the Methodist Church (or convoca tion. The annual faculty recep tion was. given Tuesday evening in the (acuity parlors. The (acuity (or the 1939-40 session will be Dr. Walter Patten, President; E. V. Peele. Dean o( Men and Head o( English Depart ment; Miss Lula Mae Stipe, Dean of Women and instructor in re ligious education; Mrs. Margaret Boyden Kllby, registrar and Head o( Qetnmenial Department; Mrs. Oenevi^Ve P. Perry, treasur er; Elsa Craig, librarian; Lydia Deyton, dietician; Mrs. Stella H. Culpepper, nurse; Thomas C. Amick, mathematics; James E. Byerly, piano and band; John L. Cameron, athletics for men; V. R. Kilby, history; Mrs. Nellie T. Moon, home economics; I. D. Moon, voice and psychology; George M. Oliver, natural science; Mrs. George M. Oliver, commer cial subjects; Elizabeth Oeraldlne Parker, commercial subjects; James T. Patrick, industriararts; Virginia Peyatt, dramatic art and spoken English; James O. Phil lips, religious education; Preston B. Ralford, engineering mathe matics and manager of college (arm; Ruth Rogers, Director of Physical Education for Women; L. R. Taft, English and social sciences; John B. Woodall, for eign languages. ! CATCHES ALLIGATOR . Mr. H. J. Medlfn was displaying a small alligator on Ohe streets of Loulsburg recently. He said he caught him at Jackson's pond and | killed him in catching him. He [told the TIMES man he had seen another one near the same spot. | This one would measure fifteen to 'eighteen Inches In length. Reporter ? Do your men get up j bright and early? Coach ? Just) early. I NO DAMAGE GRANTED IN MURPHY ALIENA-I TION SUIT Charlie Spivey Lost in His Land Suit Against C. V. Floyd, et als; Judge Friz zell Holding Court The suit of Gerge W. White against James W. Murphy, for $20,000 damages that was in pro cess of trial as our report closed . lasti week was decided in favor of the defendant ? the jury granting no damages against Murphy. Following this case the case of , Charlie Spivey, et als vs. C. -V. . Floyd, et als was taken up and was continued from Friday to Monday. The case was finally disposed of by the jury finding a verdict) against Spivey who was seeking bo secure possession of some land held by Floyd. On Tuesday the case of Sam Radford, et als vs Brantley, Wood & Co., of Spring Hope, was taken up. The question's involved in this case were connected with the foreclosure of a crop lean and deed of trust, and the verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiff Rad ford. A case involving the question of employing a principal for the ; Dabney School in Vance County t was heard by Judge Frizzell on Wednesday night, with the result of a consent judgement was sign ed upon the agreement of counsel that the school will remain closed until the case now before the Supreme Court is decided. Yesterday Judge Frizzell heard argument in the case of Kugenia C. Davis vsr' Federal Land Bank. ; The ease was still pending as our report closed. Because a case that had been begun was continued from the first week into the second week for completion, an exchange of Courts was perfected and Judge Frizzell returned to hold the sec ond week of Franklin Superior Court. zi7 Like most all civil courts pro- j gress was slow and of little in- i terest except the parties directly involved in the case, and this term was no exception, only in the fact that Judge Frizzell made use of his usual good business judgment and practice in keeping 1 the "wheels of Justice" mdving i as smoothly, fairly and contlnu- 1 ously as possible. The Court will no doubt con- ' tinue for the remainder of the , term. Mills School Fine Opening Mills School made a fine open ing on Thursday and Friday of last week and work has goMen under way with the least degree of confusion. Principal Strowd reports the attendance as follows: First Grade. 57. Second Grade. 53. Third Grade. 69. Fourth Grade, 48. Fifth Grade. 81. Sixth Grade. 58. Seventh Grade, 62. Eighth Grade, 45. Nlnt'h Grade, 45. Tenth Grade, 35, Eleventh Grade, 40. These figures give a total of |428 in the elementary depart ment and 165 in the high school, with a general total of 5D3. Dedication The dedication of the new school building at Epsom High School will take place on Friday morning, September 16th (today), at 10:30 o'cock, according to an nouncement made by Mrs. W. E. White, Jr., in charge of Ohe N.Y.A. activities In Franklin County, and Mr. W. R. Mills, Superintendent of the Schools of Franklin County. This building was built by the members of the National Youth Administration during t'his year, being completed now for use at the beginning of this fall term of school. All members of the Board of Education and Board of County Commissioners of Frank lin County, and the County Sup erintendent of all adjoining coun ties are expected to be present to Inspect the nice Job and work done by the boys of the N.V.A. In the erection of this building. Mr. John A. Lang, of Raleigh, j State Youth Administrator of the North Carolina N.Y.A. organiza tion, will be present! to deliver the address. A cordial Invitation to all citi zens who are'interested in schools and the development of otir youth to attend this occasion. Where soybeans were Inoculat ed before planting on the farm of J. A. Bre^dlove. demonstration farmer of Swain County, the growth Is almost twice as much as where beans not inoculated were planted. Request To Change Parking To Suppress Gambling and Sex Shows at Fair And im Louisburg; Assessment Rolls Adopted * ? The Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular session, 1 Sept'. 8th. 1939, with all mem bers present. The minutes of previous meet- : ings were read and approved by the Board. Mr. S. C. Foster asked permis- I siou to widen the driveways on , South Main Street at the Stand ard Service Statlou-U)-iea x twen- i ty feet on each side of the present i driveways. A motion was pass- i ed granting Mr. Poster's request. J Mr. W. F. McAulay represent ing the Pittsburgh Equitable Me tier Co., solicited the Board for I an order for water meters. The Board purchased tweuty-tive wa ter meters from the Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Co., under the terms of a contract offered. Mr. Frank Edwards asked t'he Board to furnish him with tile necessary materials with which ! to make some needed repairs to ! the residence on Kenmore Ave nue that he occupies, and which is owned by the Town of Louis burg and thd, County of Franklin. Mr. Edwards was allowed a small amount of materials in accord ance wit>h his request. A request was received from the Louisburg Chamber of Com merce to change the method of parking parallell-to parking at a 45 degree angle on certain streets and to designate Church, Spring and Cedar Streets as through streets. This request was referred to the Street Committee for study iind recommendation to the Board. The present system of parking was strongly requested by the ! Sfate Highway Commission. The Board allowed Floyd Wes ter a vacation of one Week with oav. The Light and Water Commit tee was authorized to purchase such line supplies as are- needed for contemplated line repairs and improvements. The Hoard instructed Mie Chair man of the Street Committee to secure prices oo a new dump truck chassis and cab. The following resolution was unanmiously adopted by the j Board: ?BE IT RESOLVED that the I Mayor is hereby authorized to as sess $1.00 costs for violations of Traffic Ordinances, in lieu of the | regular court Costs, in the dis cretion of the Court." Messrs. J. G. Phillips and A. Paul Bagtry petitioned the Board I to suppress gambling and inde cent sex shows ati the Franklin County Fair and within the town limits of -Louisburg at all times. The Board unaniomusly agreed that such evils should be sup pressed and passed the following motion: "That all violations of Statie Laws and Town Ordinances be prosecuted according to Law. and that especially those Laws and Town Ordinances pertaining to gambling and indecent sex show be strictly enforced." The Board adopted the follow ing Resolution: "It' appearing to the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Louisburg that Street Improve ment Assessments rolls for por tions of Cedar Street, Franklin Street, and Spring Street, in tihe Town of Louisburg, N. C., were duly died with said Board and deposited in the office of the Clerk to said Board on the 22nd day of August. 1939, and due no tice thereof published; . And it furt'her appearing and being found- by this Board that all things required to be done in connection therewith have been properly and regularly done, and that said assessments, as set out in said rolls, are fair, just and equitable: ?*? Now, therefore, the said assess ments rolls are hereby In all res- | pects confirmed as of 8:50 o'clock P. M. on the 8th day of Septem- j her, 1939, and the amounts asr sesse,d therein are hereby declar ed to be liens against the respec tive property upon which tibe same are assessed. It Is ordered that said rolls be delivered to the Tax Collector. The monthly reports of the Town Clerk. Tax Collector and Chief of Police were read and ap proved. After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned. P. T. A. TO MEET Mills P. T. A. will hold its reg ular monthly meeting in Mills Auditorium. Thursday, Sept. 21, at 3:30. Please everybody come. Mrs. Earl Murphy, Pres., of Mills P. T. A. ANNOUNCEMENT The Y. W. A. of the Louisburg Baptist Church will meet Monday evening at 7:30 In the basement of the church All members are urged to be tihere to help give the Baptist college girls a welcome to this meeting. Formal Opening Friday-Saturday Economy Auto Supply, Located Next to Moving Picture Show on Nash Street; Owned by G. C. Mitchiner and Sons and Managed by Lee Johnson The Economy Auto Supply will hold its grand opening on Friday and Saturday, September 15th and 16th, according to their large announcement' 011 another page, to which your attention is directed. This new store is lo cated on Nash Street next to the Louisburg Theatre. Mr. Lee Johnson, Manager, states this store is No, 4 of a chain owned by G. C. Mitchiner and his three sons, E. C. Mitchi ner, Manager of Store No. 1 at Henderson: W. A. Mitchiner, Manager of Store No. 2 at Ox ford. and J. T. Mitchiner, Mana ger of Store No. 3 at Warrentou. G. C. Mitchiner of near Franklin ton is a silent partner in the four stores. This store will carry a full line of Goodrich tires, well known ra dios, batteries, bicycles and stand ard lines of original equipment and replacement parts. Due to its tremendous buying power, the stores are able to give t'he public a lower price on mer chandise, said Mr. Johnson, Man ager, who alBo said, "Our policy is never to be undersold on mer chandise of equal quality." Free souvenirs will be given to all car owners visiting this new store during the opening days ? Friday and Saturday. Manager Johnson is cordially inviting the public to visit Louisburg's new est store. W. N. SHEARIN JAILED To Answer Charge of As sault With Intent to Com mit Rape on His Daughter W. N Shearin. one of Louis bui'K Route 1 most successful far mers was arrested 011 Monday evening by Deputy Fred Frazler under a warrant sworn out by Miss Ola Gray Shearin, his daugh ter. charging assault upon her with intent to commit rape. The warrant was issued by 'Esquire W. C. Webb. Shearin was placed in jail tp await a preliminary hearing, which has been tentative ly set for Saturday afternoon. No bond has been llxed. BASE-BALL Kpsom and Greystone are now playing ? off the championship games of the Tri-County League. The next games to be played will he Saturday at Greystone. Sunday at' Kpsom. Tuesday at Greystone. and Wednesday at Kpsom. The games are called each evening at 3:30 o'clock. Oppie Pace pitches for Kpsom Saturday. The world is expected to have a slightly smaller supply of cotton this season than last, says a report of the U. S. Bureau of Agricultur al Economics. CLEANING FOR FAIR Millions of weeds are being murdered with the mowing ma chine on the midway of the \ Franklin County Fair this week, i The entire grounds are being put | in " .condition for the annual ! Franklin County Fair which will be held October 2 to 7 inclusive. A large corps of carpenters and laborers are at work replacing | the fence and building new eat ing stands, which will be larger and bettef than ever before. Unusual interest is being man | ifest for all parts of the county J 1 and already a number of entries have been made. The premium i list for this year's Fair appears in this issue of the FRANKLIN | TIMES and in addition to this large circulation in the county, every box holder in the county land many in adjoining counties are going to receive this list. Hundreds of dollars will be of- ; fered in premiums and some one , is going to be lucky enough to | win this money, and it just as well be you. The midway is going to be more adequate and will be played by the Bantley Shows, who prev iously played in northern lots, and in Canada. Franklin County Fair will be the first to have this show in the South. The Show is highly recommended and will be 1 seen on many midways this year. Special exhibits will lie arrang ed by the Vocational Teachers and a booth will be filed with ex hibits by the colored people of the county and it is directed by the colored Farm Agent, Tuck. The exhibits in every department promise to be excellent*. An un usual crowd Is expected every night. The gates will open every; iday at 4:00 P. M. except Wed nesday and Saturday which will | ' be school days. Wednesday for (he white school children and! Saturday for the colored children. | There will be no school parades | for either white or colored child- > ren but they will be admitted free i on the days named from ? A. M. to 2 P. M. It is hoped that every one will | read the premium list carefully I land bring something of real edu- 1 rational value to put on dispay at I our fair. Calls Special Session Congress Washington. Sept' 13. ? Pres ident Roosevelt called a special session of Congress for September 21 today and thereby gave the signal for a tense and bitter strug gle over his proposal that the present embargo on arms ship ments to Kurope's belligerents be abolished. Simultaneously, the Chief Ex ecutive Invited the leaders of both parties to an extraordinary con ference at the White House on September 20. This invitation ap parently was in line with his an nounced effort to obtain "nation al unity" in the situation result ing from Europe's war . A short time after the special session call went out. James A. Farley conferred w i Ml the I'resi- 1 dent and then, in talking to re I porters, supported the Chief Kxe cutive'sf plea that politics be ad journed. Business is on the decline large ly because all the forces that sur round it seek to reduce its profits and increase its expenses. TOBACCO REFERENDUM SET; DRASTIC CROP CUT LIKELY Washington Conference Results in Calling of Election For Date Between Sept. 30 and Oct. 7; Warehouses Will Not Reopen Until Crop Control Referendum Is Held Washington, Sept. 13. ? A defi nite program was mapped here today to meet the present crisis in the. flue-cured tobacco belt, the keystone of which will be a refer endum among growers sometime between September 30 and Octo ber 7 on invoking production quotas for 1940. A half hundred tobacco farm ers, warehousemen and business men met with Department of Ag riculture officials in an all-day session and the flue-cured tiobac co situation, made acute by a bil lon pound crop and large British buyers withdrawing from the market, was expected from every angle. Appeal to Britain In addition to agreeing on a time for a referendum, which the department Immediately adopted, the exact date to be announced later, the flue-cured group recom mended that the AAA use every resource of the government in meeting the tobacco price situa tion brought about bythe cessa tion of British purchases; that the government request the Brit ish government to encourage its nationals to resume purchase o f tobacco in tihe United States; that the growers vote to adopt a 1940 production control program; that the market reopen on the same day. and that such opening be | held as soon as possible but nob before the referendum is held. Urge Kmbargo Repeal With J. B. Hutson, head of tho AAA southern region, presiding, the group lost little time in get ting down to buslnesa. Not only did the flue-cured conference adopt resolutions dealing with the particular problem at hand, but one resolution dealt with the international situation. Iti urged , repeal of the arms embargo and ! voice approval of President , ' Roosevelt's neutrality program. The Department met the con ference's action with actiion. Be fore the group adjourned this at- j tnrnoon it had announced a ref erendum would be called and the ; State Department also had been ! contacted with the view of mak ing representations to the British government through diplomatic circles for resuming tobacco pur chases. WAR IN EUROPE Paris, Thursday, Sept. 14. ? The Polish general staff announc ed early today by radio that its armies had "decisively defeated" two German divisions in a fierce battle and had repulsed all enefny attacks on besieged Warsaw and bhe southern city of Lwow. The general staff announce ment admitted, however, that the GA^mans were drawing a steel ring around Warsaw to the east. It appeared that only a narrow lane of escape was left for tihe defenders of Warsaw ? along the road to Lublin and Lwow to the southeast. One Escape Route ^ (The German high command announced that this road to the southeast had been cub between Lublin and Lwow at Tomaszow and Rawa Ruska, about 50 miles north of [,wow. This would in dicate that the only escape from Warsaw lay along the road to Lublin and then eastward toward tihe Soviet Russian border). General staff communique No. 13, announced by the Warsaw radio, said that the two German divisions ? between 25,000 and 30,000 troops ? were defeated in the Kutno-Lowicz sector 60 miles west of Warsaw. The Warsaw radio had an nounced earlier thao the Germans had been thrown "far back from Warsaw" and were being driven in retreat before a series of swift counter-blows west and southwest of the capital. The Poles reported that t-hey had taken the initiative. 12 days after the Nazi invasion began and after 250,000 of their troops broke the jaws of a German trap west* of the Vistula to turn the tables on the invaders. Take Nazi Prisoners Today's radio communique said that in the "fierce fighting" in the Kutwo-Lowicz sector north of Lodz where the trap was broken 1,000 German prisoners were tak en, as Well as 12 guns and stores of ammunition. Just outside Warsaw to the northwest, the communique said, "A strong enemy aUack on the Modiin-Zegrze sector has been re pulsed." 7 Paris, Sept. ip.? Several hun dred thousand British troops have landed in France unhampered either hy submarine or aerial at tack. it was announced tonight. Announcement' of the achieve ment was made in authorized quarters shortly after Premier Daladler had reformed his cabi net for "win the war" purposes, with himself as premier, minis ter of foreign affairs and minis ter of war and national defense. It also followed an official com munique stating thati French troops fighting their way forward in the Saarbruecken area of Ger many again had bettered their positions after having previously gained a mile. British sources in Paris report ed tonight> that British "Tom mies" had taken part in their first battle on the Western front, hut no details were given. The semi-official newspaper Le Temps said that the first' detach ments of British expeditionary forces reached French soil "with out the slightest difficulty" and without interference from Ger man submarines or planes. German* Thrown Back The PeWt Parisien. whose an alysis of actions of the Western front Is regarded as bearing of ficial approval admitted today that the Germans had aucceeded in seizing "a few hundred met ers" of French territory in a counter-offensive Tuegday. but said alt t'he ground had been re captured by the French. Berlin, Sept. 13. ? A German Army report tonight said thati Warsaw was completely encircled. A dispatch from the German Army in the field tonight stated German troops had surrounded (Continued on Page Eight) YARBOROUGH CRAIG Mra. Oscar P. Craig, of Chapel Hill, announces the engagement of her daughter, Elsa Snowden Craig, of Lonlsburg and Chapel Hill, to Richard F. Yarborough, of Loulsburg, the wedding to take place in December. HOSTESS TO CLl'B Mrs. Hill Yarborough was hos tess to her Contract club Satur day. Club members present were: Mrs. F. W. Wheless. Jr., Mrs. J. M. Allen II. Miss Elizabeth Tlm berlake. Mrs. H. J. Lewis, and Mrs. P. S Allen. Visitors: Mrs. W N. Fuller. Jr.. Mrs. Clfford Hall. Mrs. H. C. Taylor, Jr., Mra. Frank Rose. Mrs. W. L. Lumpkin, Mrs. Ale* Wilson and Mrs. Webb Loy. of Eustls. Fla., house guest of Mrs. J. M. Allen. Mrs. E. F. Griffin assisted tha hostiess in serving. Mrs. F. W. Wheless. Jr .? was recipient of high acor? prise for club members, and Mr*. H. O. Taylor, Jr., scored Mgh for guwta, _ t