riMEf V WATCH THE ISABEL ON YOUR PAPER Renew Your Subscription Before Expiration Date To Avoid Missing An Issue. (EIGHT PAGES) 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.