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THE COUNTY THE STATE THE UNION (V VOLUMN LXXI SUBSCRIPTION 91.50 a YEAH WATCH TUK LABEL YOUR PAPER ON Renew Your Subscription Before Expiration Date To Avoid Miwijng An Iwnie. 1 (EIGHT PACES) APPROVE FIVE ROADS TO CONSIDER FUNDS FOE PERRY SCHOOL Two Roads at Youngsville, One at Jostice-Stallings Cross Roads, One in Gold Mine and One in Hayes ville Townships The Board of County Cornmli ?doners met In regular session on Monday with all members pres ent. The following business was transacted : The County Accountant was in structed to give proper notice of the meeting of the Equalization Board which meets on March 18. j The following officers submit ted reports which were receved and ordered filed: W. C. Boyce, Farm Agent; R. F. Yarborough, Health Officer; Miss L,illie Mae Braxton, Home Agent; J. E. Tuck, Negro Farm Agent; E. R. Rich ardson, County Home. Mrs. Bulluck, Headquarters WPA, was before the Board for an appropriation for the sewing room. She was allowed (100. Three road petitions were pre sented for approval ? one from Cedar Rock, one from Oold Mine and one from Hayesvllle. Tbey were approved. Two State highways were ap proved by t<he Commissioners at the request of the State Commis sion, and the Maps ordere posted. One of these roads is from I Duke Memorial Church to Still lings Cross Roads at Edward Best School. The other twt> are at Youngsville ? one leading South to Highway 98 over t-he road gen erally known as Moore's Pond road and the other its from Youn gHTille by the Old Winston plare west to the Frankliuton road. The Board of Education met with the Board with reference to an appropriation to rebuild Perry School recently burned. The ques tion was discussed and taken un der consideration. Terrell Kemp was before the Board with reference to reducing acreage on his farm, but same was deferred to Board of Kquall zation. Robert Evans was before the Board relative to assistance on ex penses in connection with his boys hand. After allowing a number of ac I'ounts the Board adjourned. A NEW CANDIDATE Under the Dome In the News Observer of Thursday, has the following comment to make: From Governor Hoey down, none of the politicians at the Cap itol ever heard of Bryant Thomp son, Hamlet business man. until ; he announced for Oovernor this week, becoming tihe seventh man in the race for the Democratic nomination. It is the first time that politicians can recall when there has been a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Oovernor who was so lltUe known outalde of his own community. Bnt such candidates have been fairly common for other offices, Including such high offices as that of United 8tates Senator. And, even well-known candi dates do not always get many votes. In the 1938 gubernatorial race, John A. McRae, one of the best known members of the Char lotte bar received only 6,000 vot es, most of which were cast in his native county of Anson and his home county of Mecklenburg. The meagre showlflg followed a Statewide canvass by Candidate McRae. Unless and until t-hey hear more than has so far been reported to tbam, observers are not likely to Include the name of Candidate Thompson in speculation con cerning likely contenders in the second primary. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBUBG THEATRE The following U the program at the Loulsburg Theatre begin ning Saturday, March 9th: Saturday ? Double Feature ? John Wayne, Claire Trevor, John Carradlne and Thomas Mitchell In "Stagecoach", and The Jones Family in "Too Busy To Work." Also Chapter No. ? "Zorros Fight ing Legion." Sunday-Monday ? Clark Cable and Joan Crawford in "Strange Cargo." Tuesday ? Barbara Stanwyck, Jofel McCrea, Buddy Ebsen and Walter Brennan In "Banjo On My Knee." Wednesday ? Richard Crom well, Doris Day and Don Wilson | in "Village Barn Dance." Thnrsday-Friday ? John Bteln beck's "Of Mice and Menn" with Charles Blckford, Burgess Mere dith, Betty Field and Lon Chan ey, Jr. RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! $1.50 Per Tear In Advance European Summary London ? Coal seizure* total 100,000 tons la Italian-British contraband controversy; Com mons votes down censure of government's Palestine land policy. Helsinki ? Finns parry Rus sian blows against Vilpuri In bloody fighting. New York ? Now British lin er Queen Elizabeth nears New York berth for war's duration. Rome? Fascists cautious pen ding British answer to coal protest; British embassy guar tied. Paris ? Awaits Undersecre tary Welles' visit, French press declares country will fight to a finish. Berlin ? Germans hail vic tory news that 90 Britons kill ed, 10 wounded in clash on j Western Front. 1 Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court held session Tuesday and Judge Hob good was ably asslstd by John F. Matthews in the absence of Pros ecuting Attorney Charles P. Green. The docket was disposed of as follows: James Shearon plead guilty to public drunkenness and was given 30 days on roads. He was found ; guilty of assault with deadly wea- j pon and given 60 days on roads, j both sentences to run concurrent- | iy. Raymond Kiimbury was found not guilty of assault with deadly ' weapon and reckless driving. A nol pros with leave was tak- ! en i ii the reckless driving charges , against W. T. (Cukes and R. L. Pruitt. The following cases were con tinued: Ennls Lancaster, operating au- , toinoliile intoxicated, profane Ian- : guage on highway. Eugene Turner, profane lan- i [guage Oil highway and drunk. Marvin MrNair.. reckless driv ing. John Cannady, operating motor vehicle with improper license. LOUISBURG BAfTIST CHTJRCH K . ? , *Or? A. Paul Bagby continuing 1 the. serreK of sermons on "Is the! Modern Day Church a Failure?" | preached on "The Needs that Kace us." The church is human-divine or ganization ? and often too human. From the huuuin side develops all the weaknstses found in the church. -fer-' | Six ueeds were called to the at tention of the congregation: (II - A need for emphasis on docl<rine. . There are so many voices today that demand a surrender. We need to believe in order that we may practice what we believe. After all we act only upon that we be lieve. We do not need a new the ology. but new emphasis! (2) A need for higher appreciation of salvation. And from that appre ciation there's something that gushes out toward others! Only as n church realizes this will It : have power. (3) A need for a deeper conception of duty. Grati tude to God then drives one out< with a sense of duty. Is there a sense of obligation toward the community at large? Every I church member should be a Chris tian citizen with the responsibil- I ity of lifting and rlghMng wrong. If a sense of Christian duty seized the church It would cleanse. (4) 1 A need for a truer understanding 1 of the church itself. How many j officers and teachers have a sense of duty? The church is a battle ship captained by omnipotence and manned by immortals. (5) A need for a finer art* of cooperation for the bringing in of the King dom of God on earth. (6) a ma jor need ? the power of the Holy Spirit In our lives to drive and to compel. Then, we shall have power. Dr. Bagby will preach the last sermon In this series, "Sealing tho Lips of the Opposition," on Sunday at eleven o'clock. Sunday evening at seven-thirty he will preach the last In a series on "The Three Bible Fools." en titled "The Worldling." Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. Baptist Training Union at 6:30 P. M. MCA DIC RM TRAINING WIKHIL TO BR HKLD IN COUNTY A training school for Negro adult and local 4-H club leaders will be held at the Franklin Coun ty Training School, Saturday, March 9th. beginning at 19:00 o'clock. The purpose of this meeting is to give the leaders more informa tion on club work so as to Improve tihe clubs In the county. This training school will be under the supervision of R. E. Jones, Negro 4-H Club Specialist, A. * T. Col lege, Greensboro, N. C., as was announced by J. R. Tuck, Negro County Agent. RENEW TOUR SUBSCRIPTION! j SCOTT WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION I Kaleigh, March 7. ? W. Kerr Scott, a practical and progressive Alamance county furmer and Commissioner of Agriculture, to day announced he would seek re nomination in the Democratic pri mary on his record as an impar tial administrator and Aggressive servant of the State. "The rigid enforcement of North Carolina's inspection and regula tory laws will be continued in the interest) of our farmers as well as the honest manufacturer and we will continue our efforts in behalf of an adequate marketing pro gram to give our growers selling and grading methodR thut will put them on a parity with their best' informed competitors," Scott said. "We will continue to consult with all agricultural agencies 011 pro grams for the welfare of the far mers." Well equipped for the office of Commissioner of Agriculture. ScoW was born and reared on a farm in Alamance County, served lit years as n county farm agent, has been president of tlie State farm e i'b' Convention and master of the North Carolina Slate C range. Civil, COURT MAIM '11 IHTII Tin- rejjulur March term of I'lii'iiklln ( ivil Superior Court will convene in lx>ui>.liurg on Monday. March IHth, 11)10, with Hon. W. H. S. Kurjovyn, Judge presiding. LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH "The Light Thut Hasu't Fail ed." will be the sermon topic us ed by Mr. Phillips for the Sunday morning sermon at) 11 o'clock. The first article in the Reader's Digest for March might well be read in connection with the topic. The regular schedule of morn ing and evening services will be held. Oil last Sunday night the Inter mediate League gave a pageant entitled "Yout>h and the Living Church." Miss Helen Smithwick and Mrs. Win. Andrews directed the program which made a fine impression on the audience. KKPUHMCANH FIGHT FOR GOVKIINOK8HIP NOMI NATION Here's something you uuver heard of in Nortb Carolina ? sev en Republican!) running (or Gov ernor in a priamry content K. H. McNeill, loading Statesviile and Washington attorney, announced the past week and made five for mally In the race, with two oth ers actively in prospect. While the gubernatorial con test was prancing, likely to put* on a show equal to that of the Democrats who, heretofore, have had the primary exclusive to them selves, the Tenth Congressional District, too, was getting hot. Three prominent Republicans were regarded as probable con testing candidates. ?* The announcement iist for Re publican nomination for Governor follows: Mr. McNeill. J. H. Hoffman, of Burlington, Dr. J. Forest Wltten, of Salisbury, Former Congress man Oeorge Prltchard, of Ashe' vllle, and W. H. Jordan, of Orange County. Unannounced but regarded as prospective were Gilliam Grissom, who led the Republican ticket for Governor four years ago, and Ir ving P. Tucker, of WHItevllle. Mr. Grissom also was said to be debating running for Congress In the Sixth District. ? Charlotte News. THANKS We wish to express our deep est thanks and appreciations to all those who rendered so many kindnesses and expressions of sympathy In the recent lllnwa and death of our brother, Joe T. Thar rlngton. They will be long and tenderly remembered. HIS BI8TER8. One thing worse than having others sorry for you Is being sorry for yourself. Franklin County Basketball Tournament The Franklin County High School Basketball Tournament will begin on Monday, March 11th and run through Wednes day, March 13th. These games will be played in the Franklin- > ton High School gymnasium and < prospects look good for a large attendance at all games. Go out and cheer your team to vic tory. The dates are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Mar. 11th, 12th and 13th. SOJOURNERS MEET The regular meeting Nort<h Car olina Chapter No. 97, National Sojourners, was held at the Ma sonic Lodge, Port Hragg, N. C., on the evening of February 28, 1940. The meeting was preceded by a dinner and entertainment by j enlisted personnel of the post. Honored guests of the evening were Col. B. S. McClelland, of | Wilmington, N. C., and Mr. A. E. Dixon, Fayetteville. N. C. Membership in the National Sojourners is limited to the com missioned personnel of the armed services who are Master Masons. The purpose of the Sojourners is the promotion of good fellowship : among its members. Also, to bring I together representatives of the uniformed forces of the United States in a united effort to furth- ' er the military need of national ? defense and to oppose any lnflti- { ence whatsoever calculated to , j weaken the natioaal security. Among the members present I were: Major Edward F. Griffin |and Captain Charles P. Green, of i Loiiisburg. N. C. l.onSlllTKG COLLKGT Washington, D. (!.. Mar. l/* .President Walter Patten. of! Louisburg College Louisburg. ! NorMi Carolina, discussed the | "Problem of Student Labor" a! the twentieth annual convention of the American Association of | I Junior Colleges, in Columbia. Mo., Feb. 29. Louisburg College was one oi' : the 22 original organizers oi' the ! American Association of Junior i 1 t'olleges. The 20-year growth of the ju.i- j ior colleges, since the association | was organized at- St. Louis in 1920. was signalized at this con vention. In 1920 there were on- ! ly 22 member institutions; now j ithere are 365. Then there were! i only 175 junior colleges in the country, with 10.000 students j and :i,000 instructors. Now there; are 570 institutions, with 197, pOO students and 12,500 instructors. I A convention attendance of 1500 was recorded. Problems of. 1258 public Junior colleges and' 1 317 private junior colleges was stressed. Maude Adams, now dramatic ; i instructor at Stephens College. !told of "The Junior College As I j See It," and Josephine Dillon, the former Mrs. Clark Gable, now of jchrisMan College, discussed "Tea ching Dramatics in the Junior College." _j. . A group of students gave four minute statements on "Why I am ? Attending a Junior College." l SOCIAL SECURITY INKOR f MATION Mr. N. Avera. Assistant Mana I ger of the Raleigh fleld office of the Social Security, was in Louis burg Wednesday to give Informa tion to the public relative to their claims and the operation of the Social Security set up and it's ad | vantage* to the public. He in i formed the editor of the TIMES that he or Mr. Stacey Wade. Man ager of the fleld office would visit Loulflburg each Wednesday after noon from 4 to 6 o'clock and will be located at Mie Post Office. All persons wishing Information about Social Security and Its ben efits are Invited to call and see these gentlemen. RVANGKliWT ROONE AT HARRIS CHAPEL The TIMES Is requested to an nounce that Evangelist Dan Boone will preach at Harris Chap el. near Morris' Store on Sunday, March 10th, at 3 o'clock In the afternoon. He promises an old time gospel message. You and I your friends are Invited. COTTAGE PRAYER MEETINGS Preparatory to the Revival meeting to be held alt the Louls burg Haptlst Church from March 17-24 the following prayer serv Ices will be held: Tuesday evening at'^:80 P. M. March 12th? Mrs. J. 8 Hale, Kenmore Ave., Mrs. A. B. Allen, North Main St.. Mrs. Clinton Rudd, Elm Street, Mrs. Fred Leonard, East Nash Street. Friday evening at 7:30 P. M. March 15th ? Mrs. Violet Joyner, South Main Street, Mr. and Mrs. Blair Tucker, Chnrch Street, Mr. ?lid Mrs. Forrest Joyner, East : Nash Street, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Lancaster, North Main Street. ?or wto JSFAIS HCLI^ cirimcb i CHILDREN. | wimimmirmmimir. i SHARE YOUR EASTER JOY! The Easter Seal Sale The Hauler Seal sale for aid to crippled children will begin in Franklin Cnonty next Monday. ?March 11. everyone will do thlr Hinall part liitely how t'his money derived through the sale or Faster Seals is used. Any child who haw either been crippled by disease, or who has been crippled from birth, or who may have bad eye-slglH. and whose parents are financially un able to puy all or a part of the expenses to have their children cared for. may have access to thlB fund to aid them. The citizens of Franklin Comity will, of course, realise that the greater the suc cess of this campaign, the more children will benefit thereby. If everyone will do their small part the ultimate good accomplished will be far reaching. The Franklin Counfy committee would like to make Just a few suggestions regarding small sac rifices that individuals might make to help this good work along. Suppose, for example, fchat we purtake of two or three Coca Colas a day. why not sacrifice one Coca-Cola and buy five stumps be ginning Monday and running through to Saturday. This would make a total of thirty stamps or thirty cents contributed by the individual. Or would it be too much of a sacrifice to deny our selves some one other thing for a period of six days to help tills work fulfill Its ultimate goal. Franklin County is unquestion ably made up of christian people. We are approaching Holy Week when the greatest sacrifice ever made for the benefit of mankind was made. Because of that sacri fice we have the privilege of today living in a country that Is froe, where each man and each woman has the privilege of developing un trammelled by the powers of force and dictatorship. It Is our great privilege to see that all people have an equal chance to take their part) In our democratic society. Not only Is this an opportunity, but It's a duty and because of these christian obligations, It is our duty to see that the crippled children in our county have t'he chance given them to develop In to useful and worth-while ?itl zens. Let each one of us. therefore, do our utmost to build this crip pled children's fund into an amount that will really serve and help It* youngsters that cannot help themselves. *? FIRE WKDNKHD.VY The fire Wedneaday afternoon was at the seed houae Just to th,e rear of the Franklin Seed Co.'a gin on Church Streeti, where the covering for a motor caught fire. The blaze was aoon extinguished, but not until a slight damage was done. The lire department was soon on the acene and rendered necessary help. AT RKD BUI) Rev. Woodrow Bronksblre, of Wake Forest, will preach at the Red Bud Baptist Church on Sun day morning, March 10th. ati 11. The public and especially all members are urged to be present. For producing 1,702 pounda ot tobacco on one acre for a net pro fit ot (243.21, Blmer Tucker, 1# r ear-old Pitt County 4-H Club member, baa been awarded a one year scholarship to State College. Sinking Recurs In Pennsylvania Town Sl Shenandoah. Pa. The earth'H i surface sagged anew today In t-liis j undermined anthracite town | Slowly and uiidramatically, in : I scattered sections of a sixteen- i block area, cracks widened in! j walls and pavements. The slow J sinking of bouies and business houses ceased temporarily late ) yesterday after some shifted i downward as much as twenty in- ?; ?lies in t'he cave-in of old mine [working deep underground. Early today some residents of ? the cave-In section ? most heavily populated part of this communi ty of iliMK-MH faint ruin- 1 j Mings much like those that sent 1 2,000 fleeing threatened build- j lings early yesterday t'llUSF Hoilgill Coal company engineers. State | | mine inspectors and a local com- | Iminee went Into the honeycomb I of diggings to seek the cause of [ jthe worst cave-ins in the history 1 of Pennsylvania 'm great anthra- I cite llelds. Townspeople have said recent'' 'mining in (he old workings weak ened the supports, foal company | ^engineers denied that the sup ports have been touched. Keek Damages Warned the subsidence might continue sporadically for weeks , |and possibly months while their j | homes slowly sink into the earth, ' the folk who know Mie hard toil of minnig and the peril of cave-in took stops to recover damages tentatively estimated at *1.000,-, 000. j There were many who joked about an experience not uncom mon in the world's greatest hard coal fields, but never before so significant) in scope. But others, householders most ly. found it difficult to jeBt. They I were grim and concerned for the welfare of loved ones as they . awaited a town meeting tonight. Meanwhile, Governor Arthur H. .lames pushed an Inquiry Into tihe | disturbance that took no lives, but played havoc with property ? homes and business buildings ? irifptured gas mains, buckled streets and impaired water ser vice. James remarked that "by I strange coincidence" his attention was called Sunday night to a pe tition from .160 Shenandoah resi dents asking that the State Bu reau of Mines investigate recent raining operations in t>he area. The Governor was anable to say what property owners could reasonably expect In the way of reparations. "The State has Juris diction," he explained, "only over mine matters that affect the safe ty of miners." CA8TAIJA WINS ONK POINT OVER ALli STARS, 15-l(i Castalia High won a "iTTl, .fought ball game Thursday cv?.i ing over the Edward Best All Stars. The game was rip-roaring from start) to finish. Elsie Gupton took scoring honors for the All Stars with 8 points, runner up was Agnes Leonard. Castalia scor ing honors go to Mildred Httx with 9 points, runner ap was Mat tie Hunt. Defensive honor* go to Bartholomew for Castalia, and Champion for All-Stars. Judge ? Do you understand I nature of an oath? Boy ? Do IT Ain't I your caddy? | EUROPEAN WAR NEWS Helsinki. March 7. ? Finnish sources said tonight that Russian troops, almost surrounded and in a precarious position, hold three small bridge heads on the west ern shore of Vilpuri Bay. The Russians are now in pos session of all the islands compris ing a group reaching from the Kolvisto peninsula across tS^mll es of the bay and forming step ping stones for Soviet bases of at tack, it was learned. Red troops took the eastern group of Islands shortly after their advance on Yal-Somme, but the Finns drove them off from the fortified islands in the west ern part of the bay until the more recent) attacks. The Nearedo is lands now reported in Russian hands are said to be small, isola ted and in imminent danger of being wiped out. They are under constant artillery fire and the Finns expressed confidence that they soon would be chopped up or driven back into the bay islands Attack From Inlands It was reported reliably that the attack was launched from the Uuras (Trangsund) and Tiekar ? saari islands in the southwestern part of the bay and that after the bridgeheads were placed, the Finns rushed planes, artillery and troops in an effort bo dislodge the Russians, who also received some reinforcements and attempted to widen the bridgeheads in order to get a firm hold on the western coast of the bay. Such a hold would be a source of grave dan ger to the Mannerhelm defenses behind Viipuri London, March 7. ? ? (Thursday) -Great Britain's economic war fare command detained 100,000 tons of German coal aboard 14 Italian ships in the tightly guard ed reaches of the English Chan liel Downs early today ? prize of a war blockade girding two hemis pheres. The cargoes of olgh! ships had been formally ordered confiscated and Italy was kept waiting for an answer to her protest against the seizurci Simultaneously. British official statements disclosed the extent to which the shipping of the United Slates, too. has become enmeshed In the blockade of Germany. German coal from eight of the J 4 remaining colliers rolling in the swells of The Downs ? inter cepted in their voyages from Rot terdam ? was ordered unloaded by contraband control authorities. The ships were the Liana. Rapldo. Orata, Felce, Caterina. Absertia. Ernesto and Numidia. The ninth, the Loasso, was released by the enemy exports committee after R was established that she sailed from Holland on March 1, prior to the order blockading German coal shipments to Italy. The procedure was' to examine nil ships swiftly; then, on receipt of seizure orders, to direct them to port for unloading. After that, the ships may proceed to their port of call, empty. Two of the ships flying the red. white and green Italian ensign were newly shepherded into The Downs today by British patrol boats. They were the Liana and Rapido. Italian Protest Foreign office sources indicated they considered that Italy, by pro testing, had done everything Bri tain expected her to do. "The protest will be answered as soon as its many points havn been thoroughly considered." said a spokesman. "Meanwhile, the Italian government must await our answer." MIHH MTRRAY HONORTD ON 18th BIRTHDAY At her home on Wednesday nlgbti. Feb. 28, 1*40, Miss Sallle Lou Murray was entertained at & party given by Helen Aycock? and Alice Murray, the honoree's sis ter. She was greeted with "Happy Birthday." Many games were played and enjoyed by all. There was special music and singing by Miss Christine and Rhodella Gil liam and Messrs. Thurston and Tommy Dickerson. , Grape Juice and candy were served to the following guests: Misses Sallie Lou Murray, Chris tine Gilliam. Sallle Champion. Temple Loo Allen, Dorothy Rad ford, Daphtno Staillngs. MaMie Lee Allen, Mary Alice Edwards. Mavis Toney, Kegina Radford, Rhndella Gilliam, Alma E. Cham pion. Elizabeth Wester, Lena V ?> ?alley. Halite Lee -Wester, n-.i aostesses Helen Aycocke, Ah ?' Murray. Messrs. William Loula Champion, Thnraton Allen, Clar ence Bailey, George Wrenn, Ned Weater, Calvin Harris, Thurstoa Dickerson, Ben Wester, Johnnie Murray, Tommy Dickerson, Her man Murray, Robert Toney, Del mas Radford, Andrew Denton and Mr. and Mrs. George Murray. Everyone left saying that they had had a very nice time and wishing her many more happr birthdays. IlKMiW YOVK SlBUCHirTIOkk [ ~---r *
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