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N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH ISO. 1040
(EIGHT RAGES)
NUMBER 7
CALLS NEW
REGISTRATION
PHIL R. INSCOE RE
ELECTED CHAIRMAN
Board of Elections For
Franklin County ? L. 0.
Frarier Elected Secretary
? To Hold Meeting To
Determine Dividing Lar-I
ger Precincts Into Smaller
Voting Places
Messrs. Plill R. Iusuoe, L. (J. |
trailer and Bland G. Mitchell,
constituting the newly appointed
members of the Franklin County
Board ot Elections met on Satur
?lay morning and after being I
sworn in by Clerk of Court W. V. '
A vent, organized by re-electing1
Phil R. Inscoc, Chairman, and L.
O. Frazier, Secretary.
The main business coming lie- ?
iore the Board at this time be
sides the reorganization was to
determine whether a New regis
tration for the coming primary
tie held or to re-list the voters
The discussion followed along the
lines of the requirements of the
New Election laws and consider
ing the fact that the party affilia
tion of the voters in Franklin j
County was not recorded and that I
it would be uext to impossible to [
get such information without aj
New registration it was decided j
to call for an entirely New regis- !
tration, so that a correct' regis
ration ean bo had and the prop
er lifting of voters as to party af-i
'illation made. It was nlso csti-i
mated that n New registration
would- cost no more than the re
listing plan.
In discussing the operation of
the New lawB it was understood
*hat tke new methods and require
ments would "fcreutily slow-up the
process of voting and as several
jf the precincts were already so
large and cumbersome, making it
nc6nvenient for voters the Board
decided to hold a meeting in thej
Court House on Monday morning:
at 10 o'clock, April let, at which I
i.ime It will determine the action j
it wfll take towards dividing thej
Kranklinton. Youngsviile, Cedar!
llock- and Louisburg precincts. I
All the voters of these precincts
are invited to be present to tell
Mie Board their wishes and if a
division is made to get the boun
daries reasonably in conformity
with their desires. All votera In
terested should attend this meet- !
ing.
This completed the business of
i he meeting and adjournment' was i
taken subject to call of the chair- 1
man and the meeting on April 1st. '
HOY SCOUT MEETING
There were fifteen Boy Scouts
present at their regular meeting
Monday night. Scoutmaster Itev.
J. O. Phillips was present. Hugh
Perry won the prlae for best con
structed Kite. The prize was not
given for the largest kite Miat
would fly because several had not
tried to fly theirs. The prize for
the largest kite that will fly is
pending on the number of square
inches In, and the flying ability
of, the two huge kites submitted
t>y Fentier Spivey and Hugh W.
Perry. Fenner Spivey 's kite bears
the slogan, "Mars or Bust," and
is 66 by 56 inches.
Carl Wattklns was awarded his
tenderfoot badge at the meeting.
Pedestrians should always walk
on the left side of the road, faring
traffic.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURO THEATRE
The following is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, March 30th:
Saturday ? Double Feature ?
Wild Dill Elliott In "Lone Star
Pioneers" and Lloyd Nolan and
Jean Rogers In "The Man Who
Wouldn't Talk." Also Chapter No.
9 "Zorros Fighting Legion."
8unday-Monday ? Errol Flynn
and Miriam Hopkins in "Virginia
City" wit-h Humphrey Dogart,
Randolph Scott, Alan Hale, Dig
Doy Williams and Frank McHugh.
Tuesday ? Janet Oaynor, Doug
las Fairbanks, Jr., and Paulette
Ooddard In "The Young In
Heart."
Wednesday? Penny Singleton,
Arthur Lake and Larry 81ms in
"Blondie On A 'Budget."
Thursday-Friday ? Mae West
and W. O. Fletds in "My Little
Chteadee". Also Oene Austin
with Candy and Coco.
GRAVELY FOR GOVER i
NOR
SENATOR I-iEK GRAVEIjY I
will be supported In his campaign
for Governor by a fellow towns
man and veteran member of thu
General Assembly, Representative
W. E. (Bill) Fenner, of Rocky
Mount and Nash County.
Gravely announced this week !
that Fenner would be active both j
in headquarters at Raleigh and In i
the field. "I think the time isj
opportune to elect as Governor!
one of the successful business!
men of the State," Fenner declar-1
etl an Gravely hailed him as oj
man whose " n re;i t ability and;
wide influence . . . make him a
valuable asset in the direction of|
my campaign."
During three terms in the.
General Assembly, Feuner has!
headel the House Agriculture and j
Finance Committees. He was al-1
so Chairman of the North Caro-j
Una exhibit at the Nejf York
World's Fair.
FRANKLIN COURT
Franklin Superior Civil Court
reconvened Monday morning and
took up the case of Mollle A. Per
ry vs. The National Rank of Bur
lington and had not completed it
yesterday at noon. This is nu ac
tion to stop the collection of
?6,000 the plaintiff claims to be
fraudulently charged against her
through notes wrongfully receiv
ed.
The Court is presided over by!
Hon. W. II. S. Burgwyn. of Wood-i
land, who is conducting his
Courts in a very business like
manner. A number of Judg-j
ments have been entered and mo
tions made, otherwise the Cotirt'
has been without public interest.1
$104.00 Recording
Fee
Register of Deeds George W.
Ford informed the TIMES report
er Wednesday that he had receiv
ed for recording a Deed of Trust
upon which the recording fee is
$104.00, the largest fee for any
one paper that has come into bis
office since he has been Register.
ThiB Is a deed of trust from the
Central Electric and Telephone
Co. to the First National Bank of
Chicago and Robert L. Urlnnell,
Trustees, and secures an indebt
edness of Ave million dollars.
TO THE VOTERS OK FRANK
MN COUNTY
The Board of Elections of
Franklin (Pointy appreciates
very much tlie clever coopera
tion rendered in the past elec
tions. In the coming election ;
with the change In the law, that
we will have to enforce, wo are
nuking yon, the voters of this
county, to continue the flue
sportsmanship. The Board of
Elections has called a special
meeting for Monday, April 1,
1940 at 11:00 o'clock In the
Court House, for the purpose
of considering dividing up some
of the large voting precincts.
In the past it has been difficult
to And good officials in some
Townships to hrtd the elections
because of the Rlfge registra
tion, and amount of work In :
those Townships. It is not the
desh-e of the Hoard of Elections
to make any changfe In the vot
ing precincts, except, to brttcr '
nil concerned. We are therefore
nsklng you, the citizens of the
large Townships, to meet with j
us at tills time for the sole pur- i
pose of discussing the posslblll- ;
ties of bettering voting condl- i
Hons in Franklin County.
+ Yours truly,
PHIL R. IN8COK, Chairman
of the County Board of
Elections.
Methodist Revival
Begins
REV. II. I. GI.ASS
On next Sunday a meeting will
begin at the Louisburg Methodist
Church. The visiting preacher,
Rev. H. I. Glass, of Raleigh, will
be in the pulpit Sunday night at'
the 7:30 service. The pastor
will give the sermon at the morn
ing hour.
The Rev. Mr. Glass will preach
each evening during the week and
will also speak at morning ser
vices. On Wednesday and Thurs-[
(lay mornings the services will lie j
at the church beginning al 10:00 i
A. M. On Tuesday and Friday |
Mr. Glass will speak at the Louis
burg College Chapel. The public;
is invited to attend the programs i
at the college chapel, as well as'
at the church.
Mr. Glass is I he District Super
intendent of the Raleigh District
of the Methodist Church. His
official position was formerly call- -
i d Presiding Elder, lie comes to I
the District from the Front Street :
Church in llurllngtou. Procedlng ?
that pastorate Mr. Glass served!
churches in Raleigh. Tarboro,
Washington, and Elizalxitli < Ity.
He also led the Elizabeth City
District as Presiding Eluer. Trin- ;
ity College, in Durham, and Van- I
derbllt University were his schools]
of preparation for the ministry, j
He was formerly the leader of our i
young people's forces in the Con
ference. Mr. Glass has for years
been one of the most popular and
effective ministers and leaders in
the Conference and his help in
t'hese special services is pleasant
ly anticipated by the local con
gregation.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Shoots Man In
Cafe I
John Johnson, colored, who was
arrested and placed in jail Mon
day night (or sliooMng Glenn
Wright, also colored, in his Cafe
on Bull Hun Alley, was released
Tuesday under a $500 bond by
Mayor Webb under an assault
with deadly weapon charge.
It seems that a crowd wus In
the Cafe nt title time creating a '
lot of disturbance and. It is un
derstood John said he shot to
quiet the crowd, the ball taking
efTect In Wright's fac?j. Wright
was taken to Dr. J. E. Fulghum
for first aid and sent to a hospi
tal In Rocky Mount. At flrati it
was thought Wright's condition
was very serious but later reports
say that he Is resting well and Is
not in any Immediate danger.,
John" claims the hltMng of
Wright was purely accidental ns
he had no Intention hitting any
one.
The arrest was made by officer
C. F. Cash.
ORPHANS AT JUSTICE
The TIMES is requited to an
nounce that the Oxford Orphans
will give a concert at the Justice
School building on Saturday,
April 6th at 7:30 o'clock In the
evening. All are Invited to go
out and enjoy an evening of high
cla.fs entertainment and encour
age Mie children in their work.
If. T>. C. TO MEET
The Joseph J. Davis Chapter
U. D. 0. will hold the April meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Q. M.
Beam. Tuesday, April 2. 1940 at
3:4f> P. M. Hostesses Mr*. W.
H. Yarborough and Miss Mary
Yarhorough.
SUE t. ALSTON, Sec'y.
j PHONE 283-1
FOIl FIRST CIjASH PRINTING
v>
WHITE EASTER
Heavy Snow Fell Most All
Day ? Easter Parade
Diminished
Easter 1940 was uu exeept ional j
occasion in Louitburg and Frank
lin County as well as other parts j
of the Statg when a White Easter J
was in evidence long before niglH'
fall. The snow begun to fall
hore about 1 0 ; li 0 o'clock Sunday
morning and continued until
around 8 o'clock that night, and
although the ground had warmed
up from the approach of Spring
the snow reached - a depth of
around 4 to 5 inches. Along with I
the snow came colder weather. !
The Easter parade of new duds
did not' materialize to any great
extent and tho Easter Monday j
fishing parties and picnics were!
called off.
The snow melted quite las on j
Monday even though the temper
ature fell but little, and by Tues- j
day night was most all gone.
This vicinity had quite the ex- j
perience of other sections in the j
State which is described in the1
following Raleigh dispatch:
Raleigh paraders put on their
old gray bonnets and not their j
Easter bonnets yesterday as the
first' Easter Sunday snow in the
memory of older resident* drifted
down all duy and most of last
night, until seven inches had pil
ed up.
Beginning just before church- j
time, when Easier linory usually'
makes its maiden bow. the snow
was coming down at a good clip
by tho time services had ended.
A large number of persons had '
worn Winter clothing to church i
due to the cold weather, but there
wore enough wearing Spring gar
ments to cause mad dashes for
automobiles and buses at the
close of church services.
The Easter parade simply did
not take place.
The man with tho reddest pro
fessional face aboul II all was II.
E. Kicliline, head of the weather
bureau here. He had predicted a
rainless Easter Sunday.
" Wea i'hermen are right S times
out of 10, but the trouble is mi
takes occur on important days."
lie explained. With a smile, he
added:
"We still think we ought to go
on with our work."
No More t'd
The weather bureau did not ex
pect the snow to continue into
today. The forecast was clearing
and continued cold for today,
with slowly rising temperature
and fuir conditions tomorrow.
Although yesterday was the
first Easter Sunday on which snow
had fallen here in yeui'B. it wan
not Mie first time snow covered
Raleigh on Easter Sunday. On
April 2, 1915, which was Good
Friday, snow began falling and
continued until April 3, by which
time 10 inches covered the ground
That 1915 snow generally is re
garded as the worst ever to strike
Kuieigh. Telephone und~telegrapli
lines were broken by weight of
the fall and the city was cut ofT
from communication with other
sections of the State for a week.
Yesterday's snow was not the
latest on record here, nor did- it
come near being the largest.
On March 2, 1927, snow began
falling and in 20 hours 17.8 In
ches had come down. That is tho
record oontlnuous fall for Ral
elgh. Telephone and telegraph
communication was disrupted
during that fall.
The snow on Sunday seemed to
cover a territory from Richmond,
Va., to Florence, 8. C.
YOUNGSVILLE ISSUE
BOUGHT BY DICKSON
The Local Government Com
mission sold a $28,000 Issue of
Youngsville water and sewer
bonds to R. 3. Dickson at six per
centi par Tuesday.
w. m. u. district meeting
There will be a W. M. U. Dis
trict meeting at Ephesus Church,
near Spring Hope, Sunday after
noon, March 31st at 2:00 o'clock.
The following churches are In
this district and are urged to send
delegates: Caatallu, Cedar Rock,
Ceutervllle, Duke Memorial,
Ephesus, Hickory Rock, Louls
burg, Maplo Springs, Mount Zlon,
Mountain Grove, Peach Tree,
Philadelphia, Red Rud, Sandy
Creek, White I.nvel. Wood
Wear something white on your
clothing It you walk on the high
way at night.
Regardless of what the speed
limit adjust your ?peer to ex
isting conditions.
"THERE'S NO SALES TAX ON HIM"
Tom Cooper, Mayor of Wilming
ton and candidate (or the demo-j
cratic nomination for Governor,
carefully scans a mule at his mule'
yard iu Wilmington. Tom, who;
proposes, if elected, to reduce the'
sales tux one half of one per cent
each biennlum. secured freedom
from sales tux on mules In the '
1939 legislature. "There's no!
sales tax on the lowly mule," said
Tom, who is a farmer and a mule!
dealer, "and there should be
none."
Farmers cannot afford to pay
sales tax on their chief animal of
work and there in no roasou why
the Raleigh Gang should force
tliein to do so. Mules have too
much sense to come under the!
sales tax law Just like I have too
much sense to fall for ail this I
baloney that other candidates tell1
you when they say the sales tax !
insist he continued. With efficient'
government' we can eliminate the!
sales tax by reducing it one half
of one percent each hicnniuni.
TOWN COMMIS
SIONERS MEET
The Hoard of Town Commis
sioners met in newt-monthly ses
sion. March 26th, 1940 at 7:30:
P. M., with all members present.
The ISoard refused advertising I
space in the 7Bth Anniversary
I'.ditlou of tlio News & Observer, j
Ttie Light' and Water Commit- ;
' lee was authorized to install a
septic lank at the Judge Cooke;
property on N. Main Streot.
i . K. H. Malone informed the;
Itoard that three lots back of
Louisburg College had heon listed |
twice through error for (he past
I three years at a valuation of
j $880.00. when the valuation j
should have been $-140.00. Mr. |
j Malone requested the Board to
I make the proper refund of taxes !
jto Thurston Foster. A motion pre- i
) vailed instructing the Tax Colloc- !
tor to Investigate the matter and
to make the proper refund to;
Thurston Foster. A motion was
passed authorizing the moving of
the Town Office to the Municipal!
[Building as auon as office space'
in the building is available.
The Building Committee was
authorized to sell the AugueHis
Williams property on Halifax
Road, at the best price and terms
obtainable.
Mr. R. C. Bock made the fol
lowing motion: "That the Louis
burg Theatre be requested to con
tribute $25.00 per month during
the eight months school terras, to
the Town of Louisburg Charity
Fund," In accordance with it's
previous agreement. This mo- ,
tlon was seconded, by Mr. W. O. j
Lancaster, and the motion was
carried.
The Board Instructed fche Po
lice Dept. to b? certain that an of
ficer Is on duty all of the time,
and that the officer on duty re
main on duty, at all times, unbil
he is relieved by another police
officer.
After adopting a resolution for <
the sale of a cemetery lot to John
A. Rabll, the meeting adjourned. '
TUCKER-JOHNSON
WEDDING
Dr. and Mrg. Harry Hayward
Johnson request the honor of your
presence at the marriage of their
daughter. Hazel Hayward, to John
Allen Tucker, April 2nd, 1940 at
eleven o'clock In the morning, St*.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Louis
burg, N. C. No invitations will be
mailed in Loulsbui'K.
MIhb Johnson is the popular and
nttracllve daughter of Dr. and
Airs. H. H. Johnson and enjoys a
wide acquaintance at home and
abroad.
Mr. Tucker is the son of Mrs.
Elba Tucker and the late J. C.
Tucker, fynd Is one of Louisburg's
popular and efficient young busi
ness men.
The wide popularity of this
young couple will cause much in
terest- in the.fotriln* pvbn(s." ?"
LIMIT CAMPAIGN
EXPENSES
Washington. March 27. ? A
clause f i >rl> id din g national politi
'oo 1 committees to spend more
than ?3. 000, 000 each in any cam
paign wax added to the. Hatch an
ti-polities bill today as that Sen
ate-approved ineasu re passed its
first Mouse test.
Tile bill, which would curb po
litical activities of state employes
paid in whole or In part with Fed
eral funds, was approved by a
House judiciary subcommittee af
ter Chairman Walter (D-I'a.) had
succeeded In adding the amend
ment limiting national campaign
expenditures.
If written into law, the amend
ment would bold expenditures of
both the Kepubllcnn nnd Demo
cratic national committees below
the levels of the 1936 Presiden
tial campaign. In that year, the
Republican committee disbursed
$8,065,524 and tiie Democrats
$5,080,848.
Walter told newsmen that $S,
000,000 should be enough to fi
nance all the campaigning neces
sary to inlorm the voters. There
was no use having a corrupt prac
tices act. he added, if elections
were t?> go "to the highest bid
der." . j
Representative Martin of Mas
sachusetts. the Republican leader,
predicted that the Hatch bill
would pass if it reached the House
floor.
ARMORY ALMOST
COMPLETED
The New Armory In Louisburg
is ncaring completion and will
noon be occupied. In addition to
Battery "B" 113th F. A., the
Town Clerk's office will be moved
to one of the front rooms. The
flag pole block has been pub up
and Old Glory is floating over the
new building nicely.
? -
HOME TODAY
New York, Murcli 27 ? Un
dersecretary of State Sumner 1
Welles returns tomorrow front
"A tour of Europe made in be
half of President Roosevelt ? a
tour repeatedly dexcrilied by the
envoy as merely fitot-flmling
and designed to explore condi
tions In the warring conn tries.
He Is aboard the Italian liner
Conte Dl Havola, which Is ex
pected to arrive about 0 a. in.
(E.8.T.) He will leave 80 min
utes later for Washington to
make a closely-held report to
the President.
The I'nderscrretary left on
February 17. His trip took him
to Italy, Germany, France aud
England.
On the return trip the Cont?
Di Havola was held for 18 hours
at Gibraltar by the British
wlille they sought to determine,
as a subsequent semi-official
announcement put it, whether
"anyone was traveling with a
"Mw passport."
EUROPEAN
WAR NEWS
Paris, March 1!7. ? The French
government dodged responsibility
for a rupture with the Soviet
Union tonight and refused to
break off diplomatic relations,
strained by the recall of Soviet
Ambassador Jacob Souritz at
France's request.
? The government' nnuounced
that it considers the Sourltz in
cident closed with Moscow's de
cision to reca)i the ambassador
from Paris, after the French
foreign office hart notified Premier
and Foreign Commissar Viaches
lav M. Molotov that his recall was
demanded because of a telegram
he sent to Joseph Stalin in which
he referred to "Ango-Freuch war
mongers."
The French generally consider
that the telegram, filed in uncod
ed French at an ordinary post
office nearest the Soviet Embassy,
was sent that way in order to
create an incident. Otherwise,
tliey said, it would have been sent
over the customary embassy wire
and in Russian Code.
Sourltz, generally considered
the Kremlin's top-ranking am
bassador, has had a quarter cen
tury ofvdiplomacy, It was pointed
out, knows all the tricks of t?h?
trade and would not make a be
ginner's mistake.
The embassy said it had not yet
received the official recall yrdera
from Moscow and that Sburlt*
would remain in Paris for several
days. French police stood outaido
the embassy today, requiring all
callers to establish their identity
London. March 27. ? 'The un
welcome news that a wide-ranging
j German submarine liad penetrated
i he precincts of closely-guarded
{Kirkwall, big British blockade
I base in tile Orkney Inlands, to
! sink the 3,7!>4-ton Norwegian
freighter ('ometa, brought the an
dersea war sharply back lioine to
Great Britain tonight.
It was a day of other bad news
at sea, offset to some extent by
glowing accounts of British air
successes over the Western Front
and the North Sea,
Moreover, today brought t'ha
news that n second Soviet frelgh
ter. the Vladimir Ma.vakovsky, al -
! legedly loaded with metals and
.bound from the I'niied States west
coast to Vladivostock. had been
caughtf in the British blockade net
at Hongkong.
In response to queries prompt
ed by the current world interest
in Allied-Soviet relations, a for
eign office spokesman was quftk
to say that Soviet-British rcla
tious had not been strained in
any way by tihe seizures.
"Anglo-Russian relations are
normal," this spokesman insisted.
"M. Maisky (the Russian ambas
sador) has had several talks with
the Ministry of Economic War
fare about the detention of the
ships, but that Is all."
LOUISBURG BAPTIST
CHURCH
Dr. A. Paul Bagfoy tpoke at the
I Eagtor morning worship hour on
"Is Life Here a Finalty or an
j ICarnost?" The earthly temple
> foreshadows the heavenly temple
| Life here Is a mere type of the
realty. One's manner ot life here
depends upon t&at persons atti?
tude toward life.' There's nothing
perfect here. The fact that the
word is 1q the English language
Indicates that the meaning will
be revealed somewhere
Sunday mornlag. at 11 o'clock
Dr. Bagby will preach on "The
Design of Baptism." On Sunday
evening at 7:30 he will preach on
"A Meaningful Addition."
Sunday School ati 9:45 A. M.
Training Union at 6:45 P. M
O'llKNKY CLUB
The O'Henry Book Club was
entertained on March lJth by
Miss Alberta Davis at 'Qreenhlll '
Miss Helen .Smlthwick read R
paper on "Old Clocks", Mrs. Rich
ard Yai'korough discussed "Old
Books."
Mrs. Alice Unit' and Mrs. R. (!.
Beiley were guests,
Members present were: Mr.i.
? eorgo Davis', Mrs. J. E. Fulghum,
Mrs. Eur I Murphy, Mrs. F. L.
O'Neal, Miss Kathlne Rogers,
Miss Helen Smlthwick, Mrs. Robt
Smlthwick, Miss Camlle Swindell,
Mrs. C. R. Sykes, Miss Elisabeth
Timberlake, Mrs. Oeorge Weaver
and Mrs. Richard Yarbo rough.
Agricultural experiment sta
tion? In many States and foreign
countries are conducting expert -
meets to develop a dwarfed va
riety nf apple tree, which would
?ii-.vplUy spraying *nd harvesting.