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? Cotton ?u worth 11 1-4
cents a pound In Louisburg yes
terday.
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? Jailor H. M. Minor had tifae
misfortune to break his right
arm in a fall on the ice covered
steps of the Court House Mon
day morning.
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? The new residences of E. C.
Bnlluck and Dr. A. H. Fleming on
Sunset Avenue arenearlng com
pletion and will be a great ad
dition to that section of town.
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? The Young Business Woman'*
Circle wiil have it's monthlylneet
ing at the Frdnklin Hot^l on
Monday, Jan. 16th at 7 o'clock.
All members are urged to be pres
ent.
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? The fire alarm early Sunday
morning was for a fire at the
Cotton Storage houde of Mr. A.
W. Person, located near the Sea
Board Air Line Depot. Two bales
of cotton were badly burned but
the fire department arrived in
time to save any damage to the
bnllding. The cotton was insurred.
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? Mrs. Ada Reevis has closed
out the Welcome Inn and Wheel
er's Barbershop will move ti6 the
bvilding on the corner of Court
and Main Street formerly occupi
ed by the Welcome Inn. Mr.
Wheeler informs the TIMES that
he has purchased the Howell Shop
and will use these fixtures in bis
new location.
ROLL CALL
The Franklin Times is request
ed to announce that Cypress Chap- I
el Baptist Church will have a roll j
call of its members on next Sun
day, January 14th, 1940 and all
who can do so are urged to be
present. Rev. E. Y. Averitt, pas
tor will preach.
MEACOMES-HOLMKS
Mr. .and Mrs. J. L. Spencer an-|
Bounce the marriage of their;
Mice Miss Olivia Holmes to Mr.
Hubert Meacomes, on November
19th, 1939, at Emporia, Va. They
will be at home to friends at
Bailey, N. C.
? P. T. A. TO MEET
The Franklin Times is request
ed to announce that the Epsom
P. T. A. will hold Its next meet
ing at the School Auditorium on
Thursday, night, January 18th,
1940. All are Invited to atbend.
Get Town Tags
Chief of Police C. E. Pace re
qveats the TIMES - to call atten
tion of the citizens of Louisburg
to the importance of getting tiheir
town automobile license Tags at
oace. At a meeting of the Com
missioners on Friday night the
time for securing these tags was
extended to February 1st with the
condition that those not provid
ing these tags by that time would
fee reported for court action. Get
your tags in the next* few days
and save the costs and embarrass
ment.
Surveys To Meet
Raleigh, Jan. 9. ? The annual
meeting of the. North Carolina
Society of Surveyors will be held
at N. C. State College Jan. 24,
with registration scheduled to
start at 10 o'clock in Room 112
of the Civil Engineering Build
ing.
All surveyors in the State are
Invited to attend the meeMng,
Director Edward W. Ruggles of
the College Extension division an
nounced today.
Speakers and their topics will
include Attorney Franklin T.
Dupree of Angler, "Legal Aspects
of Surveying"; E. L. Moor* of
Danville, Va., "City Survetjtag";
and Orady S. Harrell of SlM^non,
"Line and Corner Marking*".
Mr. Harrell is vice president) of
the Society, Other officers are P.
C. Morton of Oxford, president;
Prof. C. L. Mann of State College,
secretary-treasurer; W. J. Lam
bert of Benson and Weldon Willis
?f Marlon, directors.
The meeting of the surveyors
will mark the beginning of State
College's observance of Engineers'
Week. An Institute for Engineers, |
with transportation as the theme,
will be held the day following the
surveyors' meeting. Prominent ex
perts In every phase of modern
transportation are on the pro- 1
gram.
The North Carolina Society of
Engineers will hold its winter
convention Jan. 2S-27, and the
North Carolina Board of Regis
tration for Engineers and Land
Surveyors will meet at Mie col
lege Saturday afternoon, Jan. 27.
The only time girls /ike long
winded boy friends is wfcen they
are blowing them to a good time.
RENEW TOUR SUBSCRIPTION I
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Mr. Sam Mattox visited Dor
ham Tuesday. ^
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Mr. Hill Yarborough attended
Wake Superior Court lnt Raleigh
Monday.
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Mr. B. D. Aycocke, of Rocky
Mount, was a visitor to Louls
burg Monday.
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Mrs. W. O. Wilder Is visiting
her sister Mrs. E. C. Lander In
Brunswick, Oa.
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Mr. A. R. Strange visited Ral
eigh Saturday and qualified as a
Registered Surveyor.
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Mrs. T. W. Watson is spending
two months with her daughters,
Mrs. F. L. Rawles, In Tampa,
Fla.
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Messrs. Chas. P. Oreen. E. F.
Griffin and Q. M. Beam visited
Raleigh Tuesday on legal busi
ness.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lander, of
Brunswick, Ga. visited relatives
in and near Loulsburg during the
holiday's.
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Mrs. W. E. Collier, Sr., Mrs.
Kate Cooke and Mrs. W. E. Col
lier, Jr., spent) Wednesday in
Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Dickens
and Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Spen
cer have returned from a ten day
motor trip to Florida.
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Mrs. B. B. Shearln Bucessfully
underwent an operation at a hos
pital in Durham Monday. She
was taken there on Saturday.
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Supt. W. R. Mills, Messrs. W.
C. Stroud, M. McKinne and Rev.
t? G. Phillips attended the an- j
nual meeting of Oconeechee Coun- j
ell Boy Scouts, at Chapel Hill,
Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Uzzell,
of Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. E. Uzzell, orNashvlile, Tenn.
were the guests of Oheir mother,
Mrs. Alice J. Uzzell, during the
Christmas holidays.
THOUGHT FdR THE DAY:
Never spit against the wind.
FOB RENT ? Apartment, Apply
to Mrs. J. W. King. 1-12-lt.
JAMES H. WILIJAMH
Youngsvllle.- ? Funeral services
I or James H. Williams, 61, who
died here Wednesday morning,
will be conducted at the residence
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Survivors Include;, .His widow,
Mrs. Lilly Williams; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Maynard Smith of Wake
Forest and Miss Esteen Williams
of Youngsvllle; a son, Leonard
Williams of Youngsvllle; two sta
ters, Miss Ann Williams and Mrs.
A. Shadrack, both of Youngsvllle;
and four brothers, J. A., T. J., A.
J. and Few Williams, all of
Youngsvllle.
Safety Methods
Raleigh, Jan. 9. ? Methods for
Increasing safety on the highways
will be emphasized at N. C. State
College Ji?n. 17-18 when truck
operators from every section of
the State gather for a short course
in safety.
Details of the program were
announced today by Director Ed
ward W. Ruggles of the College
Extension Division. The course Is
open to operators, drivers, safety
supervisors, dispatchers and any-,
one else interested in highway
transportation.
Registration will occur between
8:30 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan.
17, and the safety school will be
gin immediately after a short wel
coming address by Col. J. W. Har
relson, State College dean of ad
ministration.
Experts in various phases of
highway transportation will lead
discussions designed to acquaint
truck operators with the latest
developments and accepted prac
tices in safety. Harry Tucker of
State College, professor of high
way engineering and nationally
known authority on highway safe
ty, will preside over the discus
sions.
Cooperating with the college in
presenting tihe course are the
North Carolina Truck Owners As
sociation, the State Industrial
Commission and the State High
way Safety Division.
Truck line officials, college
technicians and safety experts will
appear on the program. Follow
ing the presentation of each topic,
a discussion period will be held
to allow anyone to make sugges
tions or bring up specific points
for further discussion.
The train roared past Mie sta
tion. Above the noise the station
BULK FOOD SALE
Dried
NAVY BEANS
Dried
PINTO BEANS
4 Lbs.
17c
3 Lbs.
17c
I Dried Baby Lima Beams 4 lbs. 19c
Dried Blackeye Peas 2 lbs. 15c
Choice Evaporated
PEACHES ?
Evaporated Medium Sue
PRUNES
Lb.
10c
2 Lbs.
9c
Choice Evaporated Apples lb. 10c
Choice Evaporated Apricots lb. 19c
I
Pender's Best
FLOUR
?ib 49?
Pender's Select
BACON
2 ^ 23?
Southern Manor All Green
ASPARAGUS
Broken Sliced
PINEAPPLE
Southern Manor Bartlett,
PEARS
No. 2 can
23c
2 No. 2 1-2 Can*
33c
No. 2 1-2 Cans
17c
HEINS
Assorted
SOUPS
2 **?"&
Hngarlpe 9 lb. pk(,
rRUNRH llUc
BKANB B A M S Mo. ? Cui OBc
rURJfl I. A IU> Bulk t lbs. 10c
BRJCAD oar pride 18 oa. loaf Bp
Ooldfln Blnad 1 lb. pk*.
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agent beard ar yell. Rushing out
to the platform be saw a man
sprawled out alongside tbe tracks.
A Itttde girl wap standing by.
"(Did he try to catcb the train?"
asked tbe agent.
"He did Mtcb it," she replied,
"but it got away. from him."
' Pat was in a hospital ward with
bronchitis. The doctor inquired:
"Do you raise anything when you
coughV'
Pat was puzzzled and shook his
head in tbe negative.
After tbe doctor left his cot,
Pat spent several minutes in med
itation. Then be beckoned to the
doctor and said: "Say, Doc, I've
been thinking about that question
you asked me, and I remember
now that every time I cough I
raise me left leg."
"It's getting late," remarked
the first fisherman, "and we
haven't cuagfat a single fish."
"Well," replied his companion,
"leb's let two more big ones get
away and then go home."
"At first It was love. He fasci
nated me ? and I kissed him."
"Yeah, I know, and then he be
gan to unfasclnate you ? and you
slapped him."
After subtracting all expenses,
T. E. Johnson, Jr., a member of
the Four Oaks 4-H Club in John
ston County, had a net return ol
$240.64 from his one-acre tobac
co project. v
This year farmers of Durham
County have exhibited more in
terest in the purchasing and. jet
ting |of fruit trees than In past
years, reports Assistant Farm
Agent J. A. Sutton.
Where he used phosphate on
his pastures, S. E. Wilson, a unit
demonstration farmer of Swi
well is Jackson County, has b*en
able to graze his tame -u iu|a
more than formerly.
Improvement in conditions af
fecting the domestic demand for
farm products has been pronouuc
ed since August, according to the
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics.
For the club year 1938-39, 287
farm boys were enrolled in Edge
combe County 4-H Clubs and car
ried 419 different) projects in a
wide variety of subjects.
You probably don't find many
tourists In Europe Just now send
ing post cards home saying: 'Hav
ing line time; wish you were her*.
Poorest spot in the agricultural
picture at the present) time Is the
low price of bogs, brought about
by a production of almost record
proportions in 1939.
The federal department of ag
riculture: has sold 5,782,000 bales
of cotton, to foreign buyers under
the export subsidy program be-,
tween August 1 and December 16.
However, only 2,654,000 bales
have been shipped to date.
On 53 unit demonstration farms
in Avery County, the acreage of
conserving crop Jumped from 4,
616 acres in 1936 to 6,335 acres
during tihe year just ended.
In line with tbe State-wide ex
tension program of better live
stock, four additional Hereford
bulls were placed In Yancey Coun
ty last week, reports J. W. Craw
ford, county agent-at-large.
Let us think first of the thous
ands killed every year on our
highways. Our autos and our
roads are the present battlefields
of tbe United States. Let's im
prove this situation here at home
and let Europe settle its own
troubles.
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FOR FIRST CLASS PRINTING
PHONK 283-1
Look for tHe Inge'soll name on tHe
dial of the w*tch or clock you hu ; .
It is your assurance of dependa
bility and quality in a timepiece
Pocket Watches Worn . . Si 00
Wrijt Wotches from . 2 69
Alarm Clocks from . . 1 00
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ANN PAOE PREPARED
SPAGHETTI
Ann Page
BEANS
With Pork & Tomato Sauce
Also Boston Style or
Vegetarian
3 - 17?
4 "a? 25c
uncivil vjtnii a
I PEAS 2 - 29c I
I DEL MAIZ
NIBLETS - 10c I
ISOFTTWIST Ok PULLMAN
A&P BREAD 2 - 1 5c I
I MILD & MELLOW COFFEE
1 8 O'CLOCK 3 & 39c 8
I ANN PAGE PEANUT ?
BUTTER ? 1 5c I
ORANGES, Dozen 12c
GREEN BEANS, lb. 10c
SPINACH, 2 lbs 15c
TANGERINES, Dozen 15c
LETTUCE 9c
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BRUSSEL SPROUTS 19c
CAULIFLOWER, Head .... 21c
A&P
STORES
aTl/*n-'C % "ACIP'C t?.%
The U. S. Department ot Agri
culture has estimated Ohe 1939
commercial apple crop at 100,
284,000 bushels, almost 18,090,
000 bushels above the 1938 cl-op.
In Germany young girls are col
lecting birch, blackberry and Oth
er leaves, together with pansies
and wild briar ? from which sub
stitutes for tea can be made. Such
Is the "new Germany" which Hit
ler boasts he has constructed.
Henry Ford predicts that dis
armament will come oat of the
presenO war. Hen ry is bound to.
bit it right some time if be keeps
on predicting. We bope this is the
time.
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After an outbreak of hog chol
era in the Buford township of
Union County, more than (00
hogs were vaccinated, which, ap
parently, has brought the disease
under control.
SPECIAL
BARGAINS
We are offering special bargains in Furniture
and House Furnishings this week as a New Tears
starter to better homes and better conveniences.
Come in and look over our stock and make your
selection.
BROWN
FURNITURE HOUSE
J. L. Brown Prop. Youngsville, N. C.
Musselman's Pure
APPLE JELLY,
2? 21? |
ARMOURS TOMAT6 JUICE, 3-20 oz. Cans . . .25c
"Niblets" -lEc
CORN, 2 cans
Red Pie 10c
CHERRIES 2 Cans
FRESH MAGNOLIA CHOCOLATE CAKES, lb. 15c
"Pocahontas",
Fresh
Blackeye
PEAS, 9Cc
2 Cans
ITS BEAN TIME
California
Black Eyes, 2 lbs. 15c
Baby Limas, 3 lbs. 20c
Choice Pintos, 2 lbs. 15c
CHOICE NAVY BEANS, lb 5c
BIG SOAP VALUES
Oxydol, 1 pkg. 10c - 2nd pkg. 5c
Octagon Gran. Soap pkg. . . 10c
l-5c Octagon Ldry. Soap FREE
Super Suds, blue label, pkg. 10c
1 Cake Palm Olive Soap FREE
Save Your Meat With ANTI- SKIPPER
COMPOUND, . . . 50c & 95c
Vermont Maid Syrut, Bot, 23c
Gold Medal
Pancake Flour, 3 pkgs 25c
- Week-En^ Meat Values -
SLICED PORK LIVER, lb. 12 l-?c
FRESH PORK BRAIHS, lb 12 l-2c
SLICED BACON "STAR", lb ..22c
FRESH PORK LOINS CHOPS, lb 20c
FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS
fi. I. MURPHY AND SON
"LOUISBUBO'S COMPLETE FOOD MARKET"
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