ECONOMIC
HIGHLIGHTS
Happenings That Affect the
Dinner Pails, Dividend
Checks and Tax Bills of
Every Individual; Na
tional and International
Problems Insepar able
From Local Welfare
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It was long supposed that the
President would call a special
session of Congress Immediately
on the outbreak of a European
war, In order to bring about re
vision of the Neutrality Act. The
fact that the President delayed is
regarded in informed quarters as
being evidence that the shift in
Congressional sentiment was not
so great as was generally sup
posed, at least in the early stages
of the struggle.
A number of Congressmen who
half-heartedly supported the to
tal arms embargo passed by the
laBt Congress, though they were
ekeptical of its wisdom, have an
nounced that they will now vote
for the cash-and-carry plan. But
the leaders of the embargo group
have not changed their views a
whit ? if anything, they feel more
strongly than ever that America
must refuse to sell arms and war
materials to any belligerent pow
er, Irrespective of where our sym
pathies lie. Senator Borah has
announced that he will fight to
the bitter end against any propos
al to lift the embargo ? he is con
vinced that "half-way" neutrality
would sooner or later lead us to
war. There are rumors that cer
tain unnamed Senators have said
privately that, if it becomes nec
essary, they will conduct a fili
buster against the cash-and-carry
plan, and keep Congress inactive
ly in session. In reply to this,
Administration supporters have
stated that they may impose clo
ture and limitation of debate
rules, which are brought into
play only on extraordinary occas
ions, usually when a filibuster is
threatened. However, it might be
extremely difficult to invoke these
rules In this case ? Congressmen
of both parties are extremely
zealous of their rights to speak
as long as they want on any meas
ure, and they know full well that
if limitation of debate is used to
silence the opponents of a meas
ure they favor, it can also be used
to silence them on some other oc
casion.
There is another possibility,
which is now being discussed ?
that Congress might simply re
peal the embargo, yet not pass
the cash-and-carry plan. That
would put us on a basis of inter
national law so far as trade
abroad is concerned. American
ships could carry arms to the war
ring powers if they wished. In
the view of many, this would be
the worst possible solution to the
neutrality problem ? they think it
would make almost inevitable our
entry into the war aj an early
date, due to the fact that German
U-boats would certainly sink Am
erican ships carrying supplies to
Britain when possible.
Whatever course Congress tak
es, the usual informed view now
is that debate is likely to be long
and bitter, and that a special ses
sion might drag into the regular
session before definite legislative
action occurs.
Interesting news is also filter
ing out of Washington concerning
other plans which government of
ficials are said to be preparing
for presentation to Congress
These plans, according to a re
cent INS dispatch from the capi
tal, involve extremely high war
profits taxes on Industries selling
supplies to Europe; stringent leg
islation to prevent food hoarding
and profiteering; laws to streng
then the government's powers to
combat espionage and sabotage;
emergency powers under which
the President could Intervene di
rectly in case of labor troubles In
, essential Industries. Officials
queried say the proposals are still
in the tentative stage.
In some quarters where Allied
sentiment is at its highest pitch,
it has been proposed that Con
gress repeal the Johnson Act,
which prohibits nations which
have defaulted on debts owed to
us (a classification including all
of the powers Involved In the
World War, save little Finland)
from obtaining credit here. But,
so far at least, the general tem
per of Congress, to which the war
debts are among the sorest of
subjects, is overwhelmingly in fa
vor of the Johnson Act exactly as
it now stands.
These are some of the high
lights of the present situation.
Bumming up, It Is apparent that
there Is much contusion as to
frbat we should do to maintain
our neutrality and to protect our
financial structure, and that con
siderable time mast pass before
a definite and workable program
can be put lato action.
Only one person In a million
?T?r ctraek by lightning ? or by
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Miss Americow Chosen In
* Unique Burlesque Competition
MISS MIRIAI * ? HNSON, of Aberdeen. N. C., membt, the staff of the
North Carolina exhibit at the New York World's Fair, tells this Borden
beauty to "look in the glass." I
N. C. DEMOCRATIC
CLUB ORGANIZES
The North Carolina Democrat
' . Club of Washington held its
mecuug for annual reports of of
ficers mil cf committees, and for
the election of new officers,- in
the Queen Elizabeth Room of the
Raleigh Hotel, Wednesday even
ing, September 20, 1939, at 8:30 !
o'clock.
Mr. Young M. Smith, President. i
presided.
Officers elected for the coming
year were:
President, Wesley E. McDon
ald, Morehead City.
First Vice-President, Mrs. John
K. Slear, Charlotte.
Second Vice-President, Colonel
Arthur Smith, Tryon.
Recording Secretary, Lucy;
Spinks. Winston-Salem.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
Hattie Belle Lescoe, Washington.
Treasurer, Kelly Kilkey, Mar
ion.
Copies of the resolutions adop- !
ted at this meeting are as fol
lows:
"BE IT RESOLVED, That the
North Carolina Club of Washing
ton, having confidence in the
North Carolina delegation in
Congress, offers an earnest plea
that it will do all in its power to
keep the United States neutral
so as to assure our non-partici
pation in the Enropeau war."
MARK SULLIVAN SUG
GESTS MOTTO FOR
ALL AMERICANS
"Among the political commen
tators in Washington I suppose
that Mark Sullivan has led all the
rest in the violence of his opposi
tion to Roosevelt policies," writes
the usually observant Heywood
Broun. "Both the President and
Mr. Sullivan are well mannered
men and I have never heard them
growl at each other during press
conferences. But the criticism of
the commentator has been con
stant. And yet in his account of
the last news conference at the
White House it was Mr. Sullivan
who paid as eloquent a tribute to
our Chief Executive as Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Is likely to re
ceive while he remains in office.
Reporting on the President's ex
pression of his desire and hope to
keep America out of conflict, Mr.
Sullivan added a fttial passage:
" 'He handled himself extreme
ly well. The newspaper men felt
so. They knew that he, like them,
had been up all night and that he
must instantly turn to grave
duties. As they turned to-leav? ?
a matter-of- fact tribe who take
much for granted ? several did
an unusual thing. Half oTer their
shoulders, as they hurried to their
work,,, they called out, 'Thank
you very much, Mr. President.'
And that, I think, might "fPI Ji
well serve as a motto for Ameri
cans of all political persuasions a?
this moment: 'Thank you very
mucli, Mr. President.' "
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Mr. Q. W. Holmes celebrated
his 75th birthday last Sunday at
the home of his daughter in
Vance County. Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Sam Overby
and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Holmes and family, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Kearney, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Smith and child, Mr. and
Mrs. John Parrish and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Parry Ov6rby and
family, Mr. and Mrs. James W.
McOee and family, and a host of
friends. All left wishing him
many more happy birthday*.
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PARENT TEACHER AS
SOCIATION MEETS
Mills Parent-Teacher Associa
??,no AW Us first meeMn? ?f 'he
1939-40 term at the school Thurs
day afternoon, September 21,
with Mrs. Earle Murphy presid
ing.
The members sang "America,"
and the Rev, J. g. Phillips con
ducted devotional exercises. Spec
ial music was rendered by Misses I
Jane Murphy, Selen.a Joyner and
Anne Allen, accompanied at the
Piano by Mrs. 0. Y. Yarborough
A talk on "Home Training" was
given by Mr. W. C. Strowd, who
gave practical, constructive sug
gestions.
Committee reports were heard
and the president announced the
inauguration of a Safety Patrol
plan, details to be worked out la
ter. She outlined tentative plans
to raise money for immediate
needs.
Miss Davis' room won the at
tendance prize.
Mrs. Murphy listed the follow
ing topics for study during the
year: Home education; safety
and juvenile protection, parent
education and home making; I
character and school education i
mental, social and child hygiene' I
visual education; International
telations; and recreation. ,
Committees appointed were as !
follows, with the first named per
son as chairman :
v.r^eBwlaVye~Mr- W C" Strowd,
Mrs. W. J. Cooper, Mrs. C. M
Howard, Mrs. George Davis, Mrs
D?v u."""""011' Mi8s Alberta
i ik Katherine Rogers.
M? ?TyA~?lSa, Annie Green'
a ,:S' Ragland, Mrs. J l
Sniitk. Mrs. H. T. Bartholomew
Mur^81"' JVa'klnS' Mrs Herman
Murphy, Mrs. Forrest Joyner
Program, Music? Mrs. R G
Bailw, Mr*. W. E. Uzzell. Mrs. o'
" 'aJ' borough, Mrs earl Wat
kins, Mrs. Mack Stamps, Jr
Room Represntatives? To be
named later. j
B. King, Mrs. Earle Murphy, Miss
Helen Smithwick, Mrs H T
Bartholomew, Mrs. C. M. How^
ar^' Mrs- J- E. Malone. Miss Ca- i
mille Swindell, Mrs. W. B. Joy
Lunch Room? Mrs. R w
Smithwick, Mrs. H. H. Perry ' I
Un-^MSCh0^,'' ?r Sumn,er Round- j
Up-Mrs^ Cleveland Foster. Mrs.
?? H. Perry, Mrs. A. B. Perrv I
Mrs. Will Cooper, Mrs. Harvey'
Strother, Mrs. Grady Harris Mrs
John Howell, Mrs. Cranford Beas
w Membership ? Mrs. George
s T J' B Bea81^ Mr
Mr. ,Wllson- M?. Oliver Perry
Mrs. James Malone, Mrs. E. F
Thomas, Mrs. H. W i>?PPn ?# *
fn<f MiU'8hUm' Mrs A"on Knott
and Mlss Adelaide Johnson.
Mrs R^y'V" A'
B. Barrow! Y"rb?r0U?h' W.
R^iufcltr?rM" H- J ?
Relief? Mrs. Lewis Word, Mrs.
DDC malaria
ODD
COLDS
Uqsld . Tablets ?ymw<nrnm
Wtc-Nom Drops day
r?7 "Rab-My-Ttam" - a Wonderful
I<talm?mt
Above are shown new house
and barn built by Gilbert B.
Bell, Iredell County farmer with
part of the proceeds of a Tenant
Purchase loan from the Farm
Security Administration. Bell, a
tenant farmer, bought a 100-acre
farm and built his house, barn,
and other outbuildings, at a total
outlay of $4,460. He will repay
the loan to the Farm Security
Administration in 40 annual in
stilments with Interest at 3 per
cent.
Bell, shown in the upper pic
ture, right, talking to J. N. Stew
art, County FSA Supervisor for
Iredell County, says Mrs. Bell
saw a picture in the newspaper
of a house they liked and adapted
it to their needs. The barn plan
ges, and Mrs. L. F. Kent.
Home Economics ? Miss Rog
ers, Mrs. Stuart Davis, Mrs. Blair
Tucker, Mrs. Carey Howard, Mrs.
A1 Hodges, Mrs. B. B. Massen
burg. Mrs. G. M. Beam, and Mrs.
George Cobb.
Safety ? Mrs. W. A. Huggins,
Mrs. Lewis Word, Rev. J. G.
Phillips, and Rev. L. P. Kent.
Publications ? Mrs. George Da
vis, Mrs. F. L. O'Neal, Mrs. Les
lie Tharrington, Mrs. Jack Hark
ins, Mrs. Henry Holt, Mrs. Hay
wood White.
Art ? Miss Helen Smitbwick,
Mrs. A1 Hodges, Mrs. Stuart Da
vis, Mrs. W. D. Jackson, Mrs. A.
B. Inscoe, Miss Loulia Jarman.
Hospitality ? Mrs. Edward Grif
fin," Miss Rogers, Mrs. Dorey, Mrs.
A. B. Inscoe, Mrs. Grover Harris,
and Mrs. Nobe Medlin.
Rcadscliy, Logy?
Headaches, b:liousncss, bad breath
oft:fl warn cf faulty elimination.
Neglcct of these signs may cause
a host of constipation's other
discomforts: sour stomach, belch
ing, no appetite or energy. Don't
delcy. Take spicy all vegetable
black-Draught. This intesti
nal tonic-laxative imparts tone to
laz- bowel muscles; by simple di
rections, cleanses gently, thor
oughly. Millions of packages used.
NOTICE OF HALE OF NOTES
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COUNTY OF FRANKLIN,
NORTH CAROLINA, REVENUE
ANTICIPATION NOTES
Sealed bids will be received
until 11 o'clock A. M., October 4.
1939 by the undersigned at Its
office In the City of Haletgh,
North Carolina, for the above
notes (115,000 to pay appropria
tions ol current fiscal year and
116,000 for Debt Service), dated
October 2, 1939, maturing April
1, 1940, without option of prior
payment, bearing Interest at not
more than 6% per annum, pay
able at maturity. Bidders are
invited to name the Interest rate
and the place and bank therein at
which principal and interest shall
he payable. Denominations $16,
000 and $16,000, or such mutl
ples of these amounts as pur
chaser may specify In his bid.
There will be no auction. Notes
will be awarded to the bidder of
fering to purchase the notes at
the lowest Interest cost to the
County, such cost to be determin
ed by deducting the total amount
of the premium bid from the ag
gregate amount of Interest upon
the notes until their maturity.
Bidders must preaent with their
bid* a certified check upon an in
:orporated bank or trust com
pany, payable unconditionally to
:he order of the State Treasurer
for $165. The right to reject all
tide Is reserved.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION,
By' W. E. Kasterling,
?-29-lt Secretary.
was secured from State College, j
The house which has six rooms J
and a bath on the first floor, with *
two unfinished bed rooms up- J
stairs, was erected at a cost of ,
$1,578. The barn cost $506.
Bell helped to keep the cost down
by hauling his own logs to the
mill and having them cut into
lumber, also by doing a consider
able amount of the carpenter
work himself. However, he says
that the cost of materials and his
own labor were included in the
above figures.
Planting of shrubbery in ac
cordance with plans furnished by
John Harris, Extension Special
ist, State Colleg.e had not been
completed.
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That farm land in the United <
Kingdom may be used to its max- \
imum efficiency during the pres- <
ent war, the entire agricultural |*
industry has been placed under
the British Minister of Agricul
ture.
BARGAINS
? IN ?
USED CARS
1 ? 1038 Ford Convertible Club
Coupe, low mileage.
1 ? 1938 Chevrolet Sedan, radio
and heater, clean.
1 ? 1038 Fordor Plymouth Tour
ing Sedan.
1 ? 1085 Ford Pick-up, clean. j
Twenty other models to pick
from. These cars must go to make
room for 1040 models. All these
cars have been reconditioned for
service.
See SAM Before You Buy.
R. S. WEATHERS
Phone 285-0 Frankllnton, N. C.
Representing
MILLER MOTOR CO.
Phone 258-1 Waket Forest, N. C.
SALES and SERVICE
Styled to suit your
TASTE
Cut to fit your
BODY
(1 0 ylor (/" (tin lli t i
By
O. J. HALE
TTeit to WhMls'i Barber Shop
L0TJI8BUE0, N. C.
Northampton County growers,
bowing unusual interest in win
;r cover crops, have placed or
ers (or more than 50,000 pounds
f winter legumes so far.
Loulsburg Man ? Do you ever
play cards for money?
Friend ? I sometimes think I
do, but the other fellow always
gets it.
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NATURAL LOGIC
"YOUR DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC
CAN HELP YOU MOST WHEN <
YOU GO TO THEM EARLY."
i "
It is only logical that care and treatment to an ailment
or physical trouble at its begi nning would be easier and
more progress or relief would be obtained sooner.
"NIP THE TROUBE IN THE BUD," as the old saying
goes, or "A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE", or "AN
OUNCE OP PREVENTION ."
These are philosophical mu sings but they are based on
profound logic and truth. T heir application to the care of
your Health are entirely logical.
Chiropractic and Drugless Methods of Healing are more
natural. Their principles are based on Natural Logic.
Keep HEALTHY through CHIROPRACTIC ?
DR. SADIE C. JOHNSON
215 Court Street Louisburg, N. C.
Phone: " Honrs:
, 9 to 0; Tbnrs. ? to 1
Office 864-1 7.9 p m Mon.-Wed.
Residence 371-1 Fri. A Sat..
FRANKLIN
FARMERS EXCHANGE
Our Stock is Growing Every
Day. We now have a supply
of the following:
FLOUR - LARD - SUGAR
MEAT - PAINT - MOTOR OIL
TIRES and TUBES
ELECTRIC FENCERS
POULTRY & DAIRY FEEDS
? HOG FEEDS ?
RED DOG - SUPPLEMENTARY - SHIP
STUFF - FISH MEAL - STEAM BONE
MKAIi ??:?.
? SEEDS ?
WHEAT - OATS - BARLEY - CLOVER
RYE - VETCH
ALSO MANY OTHER ITEMS YOU NEED
IN YOUR HOME.
WE WILL ALSO RECEIVE COTTON FOR
STORAGE AT THE
, Franklin Bonded Warehouse
FRANKLIN FARMERS
EXCHANGE
(Just across the Street from the Jail)
LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA*