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FARLEY SPEAKS AT
WINSTON-SALEM
Postmaster General James A.
Parley In a speech at Wlnston
Saiem on Wednesday night spoke
In part as follows:
Some time ago. President Roo
sevelt, In conference with South
eastern Qovernors, is reported to
have aaid thab North Carolina is
the beat balanced State in the
Union. This is a most distinc
tive tribute from a most distin
guished source.
When I received your Invitation
to speak on this occasion, my
mind went back to tihe statement
of President Roosevelt.
I am satisfied from my study
that your unique position of bal
ance Is due, in part, to your eco
nomic equilibrium, to the diver
sity of your crops and the wide
scope of your industrial activi
ties. There are a number of
States with larger industrial pro
duction than North Carolina.
There are also States with great
er agricultural production. But
there is no State where industry
and agriculture, operating to
gether with local raw materials,
give such unified scope of Indus
trial activity and steadiness of
employment.
In speaking of agriculture he
said as follows:
Today, research must be bought
and paid for just as any other
commodity, and while we have to
day the personnel of brilliantly
trained young men ready and ea
ger for opportunities, our govern
ment has, to a large extent, been
neglectful of this whole field. In
this respect, European dictator
ships have far excoeded our ef
forts.
In agriculture our present situ
ation calls for the expanding of
basic research for the very reason
that it is burdened with many
snrplus products ? over-produc
tion. For example, in addition to
competition with other nations,
the farmer today has strong com
petition from farmers of other
regto&s Of this nation. Too often
he has to meet this competition
without adequate knowledge to
support his efforts, or without be
ing informed of the limitations
under which he operates To il
lustrate: The new hybrid corn of
the middle west, yielding one-fifth
more per acre on tifaese already
high yielding lands, puts a strain
on the North Carolina corn farm
er. The discovery of how to qdapt
the growing of cotton to the semi
arid lands of Texas, pnt nearly as
much strain on cotton growing in
eastern States as did tihe boll
weevil.
in any researcn program me
plant breeder must be a sentinel
In the front line of agriculture.
It is only during the past couple
of decades that it has been possi
ble for man radically to change
and modify plant forms. What
Obey are doing today for human
betterment has no counterpart in
all history. Just a few months
ago, the world was thrilled by re
ports of the new potato develop
ed here In North Carolina by a
member of your eminent State
College staff. This potato, bred for
high resistance to disease and to
Inaects, has yielded over a five
year period, under the conditions
of It* trials, approximately 100
bushels more per acre than Its
nearest competitor.
Soil conservation has been giv
en a new life by the coming of the
great group of Aslatiic plants call
ed Lespedezas. Here In North
Carolina, more than one million
acres are covered by these plants
whtoh were unknown here 20
years ago. Throughout the nation
there are 40 million more acres
te this crop. They check erosion,
and build rich soil In land here
tofore considered marginal and
headed back to complete destruc
tion. We are Just beginning to
' realise the vast and llmiUeas val
ue of Lespedesa to American far
ming, and we owe much to our
brilliant agricultural Journalists
In spreading the- gospel of this
great legume.
In the working out of our prob
lems In these fields there Is one
conviction that is deep with me.
We have had uncertainty and fear
striving to Monopolize our nation
al thinking, but we must not have
these two devils again. I have res
pect for the past, and I realize
that It Is through error and mis
take that) progress comes; but at
heart I keep looking ahead, be
lieving that tomorrow, somehow,
?ome way, will bring a better day.
Above all, I believe In the capac
ity of this country to solve Its
problem righteously and that the
steady upward movement) will
carry ns to greater heights than
we have yet achieved.
European
Summary
Helsinki. ? Strongest Rus
sian forces yet thrown Into any
one battle since Red Army In
vasion started hurled back
northeast of lake Ladoga with
great slaughter, Finns an
nounce.
London. ? Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain reveals
British-French develop "light
ning action" plan designed to
thwart any German invasion of
Belgian lowlands; naval war
fare takes more British ships;
British claim maps of "potential
military value" are being sent
to Germany by Nazi sympathiz
ers in the United States.
Western Front. ? Patrol
clashes, otherwise all quiet.
Bucharest. ? Rumania to
insist that Rumanian oil com
panies owned by British and
French sell oil to Germany.
Paris. ? Reports say Soviets
have made Important economic
concessions to Germany In ex
change for Nazi promise to en
gage in general staff consulta
tion in Moscow regarding Fin
land and Balkans.
Earl Browder
Gets 4 Years
New York, Jan. 22. ? Earl Rus
sell Browder, the Kansas-born
American Communist leader, was
convicted of passport' fraud in
Federal Court today and senten
ced to four years in prison and
fined $2,000.
The Jury of 11 men and a young
woman deliberated only 45 min
utes on the verdict after hearlpg
Browder himself in a singular
summation plead for his freedom
for more than an hour. No oth
er defense was offered.
Brushing aside his attorney,
Qeorge Gordon Battle, Browder
took tihe floor with the statement
that he was a correspondence
school lawyer.
The sentence was pronounced
immediately after the Jury was
polled and a defense motion for
delay wad denied. It speeMled that
two-year sentences on each of
two counts must be served consec
utively. The maximum prison sen
tence would have been 10 years.
Browder, a perennial candidate
for political office, was the Com
munist candidate for President in
1936 and now is a candidate for
the seat in Congress vacated by
the recent death of Representa
tive Slrovich (D-N.Y.).
KIRK ON BULL RUN ALLEY
John H. King's barber and
beauty shop on Bull Run Alley
was damaged by Are about 10:30
o'clock Thursday morning. The
Are truck was quickly on the
scene and the Ore soon was under
control. It seems the fire caught
in the walls along side of or un
der a stove flue that serves two or
more stoves aad it is supposed
that sparks caught in soot through
a hole. No fire had been built in
the barber and beauty shop that
morning.
This shop Is for colored people
and the damage was mostly from
smoke, wat/er, chemicals and tear
ing away siding to get to the
fire, and has not been estimated.
There was no insurance.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsbnrg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Jan. 27th:
Saturday ? Double Feature ?
Charles Starrett in "Thundering
West" and Barton McLane and
Chas. Blckford In "Mutiny In The
Big House." Also last chapter
"Dick Tracy's O-Men."
Sunday-Monday ? PrUcilla Lane
Wayne Morris, Eddie Albert and
Jane Wyman in "Brother Rat
And A Baby."
Tuesday ? Bela Lugosl In
"Whit* Zombie."
Wednesday ? Bruce Cabot and
Jacqaeline Wells in "My Son Is
Qullty."
Thursday-Friday ? James 8tew
art and Margaret Snllavan In
"The Shop Around The Corntlr."
Last Times Today ? Robert
Montgomery, Edw. Arnold and
Reginald Owen In "The Earl of
Chicago."
MILITARY RECOGNI
TION GIVEN LOUIS
B U R G MAN
DR. J. B. WHKLKSH
Washington, Jan. 24.?Extenaion
of 'Federal recognition to James
B. Wheless, of Louisbnrg, N. C.
as a National Guard officer, was
announced today by the War De
partment.
Attached to the Medical Corps
of the 113th Field Artillery, Whe
less now will hold dual status as
a second lieutenant in Mie mili
tary forces of North Carolina and
in the National Guard of the Uni
ted States.
The recognition was granted af
ter successfully passing exhaus
tive fitness tests conducted by
boards of the Regular Army and
of Mie National Guard.
Fires
Early Friday morning an
alarm brought the fire depart
ment to the home of Mr. J. Al
bert Wbelesft on Main Street,
where it was found the top was
afire. The quick action of the
firemen using the chemical tank
soon extinguished the blaze with
l no great damage save for a hole
in the rOof and chemicals. The
amount of the damage has not
been ascertained but is covered
by insurance.
On Tuesday morning about 11
o'clock the fire department was
called to a building on the South
west outskirts of town which
was ablaze and ended in a 'total
loss. The building was.too far
gone for effective work as the hy
drant was so far away the hose
line to reach the building would
have consumed more time than
was available. The building be
longed to the E. N. Dent estate
and was occupied by gherman
Davis, colored. _
Good Record
The following letter relative to
a Franklin County boy was re
ceived the past week by the
FRANKLIN TIMES from Dean
E. J. Bell, of Georgia Military
College, at Milledgerille, Qa.:
"We (eel certain that you and
the people of your vicinity will
be delighted to learn, that Cadet
E. L. Perry, one of your home
town boys, is among tihe outstan
ding students in our institution.
"In the recent selection of
"Who's Who," an annual event
here at our college, Cadet Pe-ry
was among those selected as the
five most outstanding students.
This group of students Is selected
from those students who have
been most outstanding, and most
active In student activities and
hold Ohe most Important student
organisations offices. Among the
achievements mentioned In the
"Who's Who," were those of Ca
det Perry's, they are as follows:
associate editor of Kay-Det and
second ranking writer, member
of executive committee of A Ca
pella, famous and nationally
known choir, President of "Tar
Heels Club," high academic
standing.
"We sincerely wish that) your
town and vicinity, could send us
more boys like Cadet Perry, he Is
truly an honor both to his parents
and his town."
Toung Mr. Perry is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Perry, of
Louisburg.
DKHTROY BIG HTIIJ,
ABC Officer Fred Fraser re
ported the seiiure Monday morn
ing of a 200-gallon submarine
typo .Whiskey still. The still, tak
en In the River Bend sectioiteiof
the county, was destroyed, along
with 690 gallons of mash. Offi
cer Fraser was assisted by ABC
Officer Bpence Gilliam.
HEAVY SNOW
FALL
i
ABOUT SIX INCH AVER
AGE AT LOUISBURG
New Record Set at Atlanta
And Jackson; Fruit and
Track Crops Endangered
The heavy snowfall at Louis
burg Tuesday night drifted bad
ly, bat made an average of
aronnd 0 inches in depth. There
were many places that the drift
wonld reach three feet or more.
Travel of all kinds was hin
dered greatly until late in the
day when the highway machin
ery had scraped the more im
portant roads.
Atlanta, Jan. 28. ? The land of
cotton shouldered an unaccustom
ed blanket of snow tonight and
found it a wearying load.
In many areas it was the worst
snowstorm of a generation. At
lanta's 9% inch fail set a new re
cord for the city and 10 inches
was an all-time mark for Jack
son, Ui88.
Shivering Southerners dug in
for several days' siege as meteor
ologists forecast temperatures
considerably lower than the 25-30
degrees that accompanied the
snow.
From southern Georgia west,
through mid-Alabama. Mississip
pi, Arkansas and Louisiana to
Texas snow piled up. In some
places it moasnred an official foot.
Fruit Rn dangcrcd
Air, motor car and bus, train
and water transportation was
hampered.
The Dixie snow belt extended
into the Caroiinas and Virginia,
spread over hilly Tennessee. Sub
freezing cold reached far South
into the .citrus belts of the Flori
da peninsula and Texas' Klo
Qrande Valley, endangering sev
eral millions of dollars worth of
fruit. Earlier, it had dealt a
heavy blow to tender truck crops
in Bouth Florida mucklands. The
Federal-State frost warning ser
vice said tiruck losses might reach
several Hundred thousand dollars.
In the Gulf border regions ther.e
was no snow, but cold rain and
wind conspired to discomfit
warmth-acclimated residents.
Unfamiliar with Icy-road driv
ing, Dixie motorists had tough
going. They skidded into drifts
and Stuck. Most had no tire
chains. City streets and country
highways were dotted with ma
rooned cars. v
CURRENT LITERATURE OJLUB
ENTERTAINED
The Current Literature Club
was entertained Tuesday after
noon, January 23, by Mrs. S. P.
Burt, at the home of Mrs. O. M.
Beam.
In the absence of the president,
Mrs. M. 8. Davis presided and the
following program was given on
the subject, "Points in Western
Europe:"
"Crossroads of the Zuider Zee,"
by Mrs. L. F. Kent; "Visit to Bel
gium," by Mrs. A. Paul Bagby;
"Town and Country in Southern
France," by Mrs. M. S. Davis.
Following the program a delic
ious three-coarse supper was ser
ved In the dining room.
Members present were: Mrs L.
F. Kent, Mrs. M. S. Davis, Mrs.
Walter Patten. Mrs. V. R. Kilby,
Mrs. T. C. Amick, Mrs. M. S. Da
vis. Mrs. J. O. Phillips, Mrs. A.
Paul Bagby and Mrs. S. P. Bnrt.
There was one gnest, Mrs. A. M.
Hall.
Sidestepped
Washington, Jan. 88. ? The
United States sidestepped today
a Japanese commercial arrange
ment and told Japan that fn
taro commercial relations would
depend Nupon developments in
the Par East.
With the Japanese-American
commercial treaty expiring Fri
day, Ambassador Kensuke Hor
Inonchi was told by A. A. Berle,
assistant Secretary of State, in
effect, that a now commercial
treaty could be based only on n
Japanese change of heart to
ward China and American
rights there.
Berle also informed Hortnou
chi that after Friday, Japanese
merchants doing baldness here
won Id be regarded as tempor
ary alien visitors snbject to the
immigration law of 1934. At
present. they have the status of
"treaty merchants" with many
rights and privileges.
Special Term of
Court
? """? ?
(Jpon request Gov. Hoey has
ordered a Special Term of
Franklin Superior Court to be
held In Franklin County be
ginning Monday, February 12,
1?40, to be presided over by
Judge W. C. Harris, of Ral
eigh.
The regular term of this
Court will convene on Monday,
February 5th and wHl be pre
sided over by Judge Clawsou L.
Williams.
The reason for requesting
the special term is to clear up
a docket full of smaller cases,
with several larger ones.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held
its regular session on Tuesday
and disposed of Its docket as fol
lows:
John Satterwhlte plead guilty
to forcible trespass, and given 6
months on roads, execution not to
issue upon payment of costs and
not to violate any laws of the
State for two years.
Bennle Franklin plead guilty
to forcible trespass, and given 6
months ^>n roads, execution not
to issue upon payment of the costs
and not to violate any laws of the
State for two years.
Nuel Wright, plead guilty to
forcible trespass, and given 6
months on roads, execution not
to issue upon payment of coats
and not to violate any State law
in two years.
E. B. Franklin plead guilty to
forcible trespass, and given 6
months on roads, execution not
to Issue upon payment of costs
and not to violate any State law
in two years.
Lewis Alston was found not
guilty of unlawful possession of
whiskey and selling whiskey.
Sport Ward wub found noO guil
ty of unlawful possession of whis
key and selling whiskey.
Ishnni Green was found guilty
of assault with deadly weapon and
given 6 months on roads.
Josephine Williams was found
guilty of unlawful possession of
liquor, and given 30 days in jail.
Appeal.
The following cases were con
tinues:
Katie Marshall, f and a.
Zollle Medlln. carrying conceal
ed weapons.
Aaron Medlln. reckless driving.
BRUTON-8COGGIN
Albemarle. ? In a ceremony
characterized by simplicity and
beauty, Mrs. Anne Taylor Bcog
gln of this city and Loalsburg,
became the bride of Qeorgo
Hearne Bruton of Mt. Gilead, Fri
day, January 12, at noon In the
home of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Peck.
Mrs. Bcoggin and Mrs. Peck are
sisters.
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. D. M. gharpe, of Mt. Gi
lead.
The vowa were spoken In the
living room midst tall floor bas
kets of pink gladioli, vases of
white snapdragons, white gladioli
and ivey. Six lighted pink tapers
on the mantel threw a soft ra
diance over the scene.
The bride wore a dusty pink
ensemble with accessories to
match. She wore a shoulder cor
sage of pink rosea and lilies of
the valley.
Mrs. Bruton la the daughter of
Mrs. George Dunham Taylor, of
Loulsburg, and the late George
Dunham Taylor. She received her
education in the Loulaburg
schools and Loulaburg College.
For the last several months she
has been making her home with
Mr. and Mrs. Peck In this city.
The bridegroom Is the son of
Ollie C. Bruton, ot Mt. Oilead.
He received his education at the
University of North Carolina In
Chapel HIU, and Is now In the
mercantile and cotton business In
Mt. Oilead where they will make
their home after a short wedding
trip through Tennessee.
RETURNS TO FORMER HOME
Mrs. Ada Reaves, who for a
number of years has been a resi
dent of Louisburg returns this
woek to her former home in
Clinton. SaMpson County. During
her residence here she held sev
eral positions ot trust at the Col-'
lege and In town and In many
ways was Identified with civic and
church work. She always did
faithfully whatever she under
took and the best) wishes of her
hosts of friends follow her to her
new and old home. X.
RENEW TOUR SUBSCRIPTION I
Church Burns
Flat Bock Baptist Church Con
sumed by Flames Sunday, Lioss
$10,000 Uninsured
Flat Rock Baptist Church, one
of Franklin County's most promi
nent rural places of worship was
destroyed by Are Sunday after
noon, wibh an estimated loss of
$10,000 and no insurance.
This church, serving one of the
largest and most progressive
church communities in the Coun
ty has Just completed remodeling
and modernizing. Just recently a
modern heating plant had been
installed, which according to re
ports, was not Installed in keep
ing with insurance requirements,
which rendered the property un
insurable.
It was supposed the flre started
either from defective wiring or
from the furnace.
No information has been receiv
ed as to the replacement of the
church but it is safe to say efforts
to replace It ati an early date will
be begun in the near future.
AT LEAST TWO WILL
TOSS IN HATS SOON
Grady and Smith Expected To
Enter Race This Week
Raleigh, Jan. 3. ? It seemed
likely today that two more can
didates would enter the guberna
torial race this week, bringing the
total number of announced candi
dates 'to six? the biggest Held in
the state's history.
Paul Grady, of Kenly, said he
intended to make a formal an
nouncement of his candidacy
Thursday hr Friday, and would
make public his platform at that
tlmo. Willis Smith, of Ralelfh,
had planned to announce last
week, but' did not because, friends
said, his platform was not Com
pleted.
The four candidates who have
alroudy announced are J. M.
Broughton, of Kuleigh, Lee Grave
ly, 01' Rocky Mount. Lieut. Gov.
|W. P. Horton. of Pittsboro, and
Revenue Commissioner A. J.
Maxwell, of Raleigh.
There is also a possibility that
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper, of Wil
mington, may- get into the race
and make the count seven.
PIKE-GREKN
Mr. und Mrs. Maurice 9. Clifton
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Sophia Clifton Green,
to Mr. Jaines Cronin Pike, of
Nashville, Tenn., in a private
ceremony at their home No. 408
N. Church Street on Sunday af
ternoon, Jan. 21 at 5 o'clock. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
John Gray, Jr., of Raleigh.
The couple will reside in Nash
ville, Tenn.
TIUUANH TO PLAY
The Louisburg College basket
ball team will make Its first ap
pearance on the home court since
tho holidays Thursday night
against the strong Wingate Col
lege outfit. Earlier In the season
the Trojans edged a 31-30 win
over the Wingate Ave in a hotly
contested game played at Win
gate. Game time is 'eight o'clock.
On Saturday afternoon at tihree
thirty the Louisburg quint will
play host to the strong Oak Ridge
team. In a previous meeting the
boys from Oak Ridge turned back
the Trojans 49-23 and the home
boys are seeking revenge in this
return meeUng.
Monday night Campbell College
will furnish the opposition for
the Louisburg team in a game
starting at eight o'clock. The two
teams have not met this season
and are to renew a rivalry of
lotkg standing. The Campbell team
has averaged over sixty points In
their last five games and plenty
of action is expected when they
engage the Louisburg boys.
Starting lineup for Louisburg
will probably be Cradle Wheeler
and Ralph Roe at forwards, Joe
Comer at center, and Pierce Sen
ter and Ed Jelks at guards with
Clyde Dula, Earl Williams, and
Russell *Lancaster slated to see
a lob of action.
All games will be playod in i'.ir
Mills liigh School gymnasium.
The Tryon Klwanls Club sent
L. R. Harrlll, 4-H Club leador at*
State College, a check for |25 to
be used toward the ?building of a
Polk County cabin at thp Swan
nanoa 4-H Camp.
J. C. Little of Clifton, Ashe
County, has reported unusually
successful results In the use of
serlcea lespedeta to build up bad
ly eroded places io his pasture.
EUROPEAN
WAR NEWS
Helsinki, Jan. 24. ? The strong
est) Russian forces thrown into
one battle since the start of. the
Red Army's Invasion eight weeks
ago have been hurled back north
east of Lake Ladoga with great
slaughter, military officials an
nounced. tonight.
Since the invasion of Finland
was unleashed on the morning of
November 30 with three aerial
bombings of Hensinkl Ohe Rus
sians are estimated In some quar
ters to have suffered 100,000 cas
ualties including dead, .wounded,
missing and prisoners.
Finn pefenses Hold
The Russian offensive of the
last fonr days north pf Lake La
doga and on the Karelian Isth
mus is estimated by Finns to have
cost the Russians 20,000 mora
casualties and at no point, it . is
claimed, have Mie Finnish defen
ses been pierced to any real depth.
Tonight's military communique
said that, for the third successive
day, the Russians tailed In their
sledge-hammer attempts to push
along the northern shore of Lake
Ladoga with massed infantry,
tanks and planes and strike at
Finland's Mannerhelm line from
the rear by smashing the Finns'
left wing.
Reports abroad that two Rus
sian divisions had been trapped
at Alttojokl above Lake Ladoga
and that the Russians were try
ing to rescue them were discredit
ed in Helsinki tonight.
At the same time, the com
munique said, the Red Army flung
a strong attack against the main
Karelian Isthmus highway, run
ning through the middle links of
the Mannerheim line, in a drive
spearheaded toward Finland's
second largest city of Vlipuri
which three days ago the Russians
warned, over loudspeakers in Mie
front lines, would be captured
within 48 hours.
In addition to the heavy as
saults northeast of Lake Ladoga
and in the center of the Isthmus
near the highway, the Russians
tried again to break into the
mannerheim line by attacking >
over the ice of Lake Muola but
were repulsed, the communlqae
said.
Again yesterday the fiercest
fighting was around Kollaanjoki >
above Lake Ladoga and in the reg
Ion of Alttojoki, 60 miles further
north, a former base of Russian
operations which was captured by
the Finns recently.
London. Jan. Z4. ? Prime Min
ister Neville Chamberlain reveal
ed in the Hoaae of Commons to
day tihat Groat Britain and France
pledged to give immediate aid to
Belgium, in case of attack, are
developing a plan of "lightning
action" designed to thwart any
German invasion of the Belgian
lowlands.
Amid mounting anger toward
Russia, Chamberlain side-stepped
a demand that Britain break off
diplomatic relations wltih Moscow
"in view of her unprovoked ag
gression" in Finland and said that
such action would require "most
careful consideration."
Sll?at Russia
The Prime Minister was as ex
plicit in regard to Allied pledges
to Belgium ? -reaffirmed only a
week before the outbreak of war
last September ? as he was un
communicative about relations
wlt>h Russia. ?
There was growing feeling in
Britain aa the Prime Minister
spoke that all hopes of "neutralis
ing" Russia In the war are shat
tered and that, before long, Brit
ish ahd .French volunteer forces
may be fighting In Finland.
Great Britain. Chamberlain salA
Is giving "full attention" to the
problem of giving quick aid to
Belgium In event of a German
attack, presumably In anticipation
of a race between Allied and Ger
man mechanised forces to reach
Belgium's main defenses based on
the Albert Canal.
In addition, he said, Britain
and Italy have carried out their
1938 "friendship treaty" agree
ment to exchange military inform
ation, and further exchange of
aerial and naval Information is
expected this month.
<!iose exchanges, instead of be
1 . illrtv-tly concerned with I he
Uuropeu. wrur, uowever, arc tm ie
In ooanectlon with Egypt, Libya
and - other Northern Africa -and
Eastern Mediterranean areas
where both countries have In
terests.
From his one-acre' tobacco pro
ject, Claude Baas of the Kenly 4-H
Club In Johnaton County, harves
ted 1,794 pounds of tobacco,
which netted him S199.S1 after
expenses of ISl.il were deducted.
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