THE FRANKLIN TIMES
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A. V. JOHNSON, Editor and ManMgrr
June* A. Johnson, Aaalatant Editor and Mauajp-r
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Register tomorrow ? certainly before May ,11th.
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The Registration Books open tomorrow (Saturday)
at 9 a. m. This is a new registration. Don't -forget to
go out and Register if you wish to vote in the primary.
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DETECTING A LANDSLIDE
Landslides are not unknown in our political history,
hut they have come only when a great popular candi
date appeared or when a great principle was at stake.
No political seismograph has indicated the slightest
tremor that would suggest a slide away from the Dem
ocratic party. On the contrary, if any slide is indicated
it is one along the lines of the 1936 event.
Obviously, Mr. John Hamilton feels compelled to
cheer what is left of his party with fairy tales of trends
and circumstances that point to a realization of the im
possihle. It will be remembered that at midnight on
November 3rd of 1936 he bade goodnight to the Repub
lican faithful and told them that they would awake in
the morning to stee that Governor Alfred M. Landon of
Kansas h,ad been elected President of the United States.
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GETTING TOGETHER
"I believe constructive leaders are realizing more and
more the necessity of group discussion for mutual un
derstanding and cooperation," said T. Kline Hamilton, i
former president of the Ohio Dairy Products Association,
recently. "I believe more people are beginning to real
ize that crusades and radical class legislation cannot
produce magic short cuts to prosperity."
Li the field of agriculture, group action has been the
rule rather than the exception for some years, due to
the highly successful efforts of the marketing coopera
tives. And such cooperatives have been fully awake to
the fact that the interests of labor, consumers and other
groups, no less than the interest of agriculture, must be
considered in making policies. That marks a signifi
cant development in agricultural history.
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DEMOCRATIC STRENGTH
Leaving out of consideration altogether the estimates
of those agencies which market their compilations, the
solid fact remains that the Democrats start off with a
certain "2(H) electoral votes; 266 are all that a re'-required
for election. In other words, the Democrats would have
to lose practically every State outside of the Southern
and border States and the Pacific coast, and I do not
know anybody with the slightest pretense to experience
in politics who considers anything approaching that a
possibility.
It is noteworthy that the minority party spokesmen
have never offered a table of the States they even hope
to carry, ft would be most interesting if Chairman
Hamilton, or any other authority in the Republican or
ganization, would furnish such a table in lieu of their
general assertions, or in view of their extraordinary de
duction, that the election of a Townsend-plan candidate
in Ohio meant that young Mr. Dewey, who came off sec
ond best in the only serious political campaign in which
he was engaged, or Senator Taft, who seems to base his
title to votes on the circumstance that his father served
one term as President, or Senator Vandenberg, with his
unique theory that the way to win is to castigate the
New Deal while approving practically all the New Deal 'b
objectives ? that any one of these was bound to make
the White House. ?
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HAVE A SAFE SUMMER
Summer isn't far away. And the coining of that
pleasant season means, to most of us, vacations, adven-.
tores in the out-of-doors, work about the house and gar
den, and a generally happy and healthful time.
We can do much to assure happiness and healthful
ness by doing our part to fight summer fire hazards this
year. Each change of season brings new dangers. Un
cut dry grass in a vacant lot, combined with a carelessly
disposed cigar butt, may mark the starting point of
a holocaust that will destroy, lives and property. And
a vacationist's carelessness with a campfire may result
in the razing of thousands of acres of magnificent tim
berland which Nature spent centuries in creating.
Every town should adopt a "clean-up" campaign dur
ing the summer months. Old shacks, prime breeding
places of fire, should be razed. Garages and homes
should be painted. And the utmost care should be tnk
en with any and all flammable materials.
There's one more little task that, every householder
should perform in summer, in the interest of comfort as
well as safety. That is to put the heating plant into
prime condition before next winter brings its demands
for warmth. Don't trust heating plant repairs to your
self or another amateur. Have them done by an expert,
?who knows his job? the money spent may pay tremen
dous dividends.
Have a good time this summer. And as one step to
ward that goal, keep the dangers of fire everlastingly
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BOEING FROM WITHIN AGAIN
If any department of this government has been free
of political influences, it is the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. That is a testimonial to the integrity of
the various Attorney Generals who have had charge of
the Bureau ? and to its Director, J. Edgar Hoover.
The Department has done more to reduce and punish
serious crime in this country than any other agency.- ?
whether or not the crimes were committed by men of
high or low station, by men without influence or men
with great pull. And that fact may have something
to do with the current campaign to "smear Hoover"
and his department. Left-wing organizations have
joined thte hunt in full cry. However, the smear tech
nique seems to have been deflated like a suddenly punc
tured tire.
It was charged that the FBI made a general prac
tice of wire-tapping ? yet not a single provable instance
has been produced. It has been charged that the FBI
mistreated some persons recently arrested in Detroit,
charged with the Federal crime of soliciting Army vol
unteers for a foreign belligerent nation ? yet it has since
been found that mistreatment, if it actually happened,
occurred after the prisoners were turned over to local
authorities, as the law provides. So it goes, down the
list.
As Boake Carter has written, "The squawks cbme
mostly from groups whose activities are now being suc
cessfully uncovered for the first time. So the 'smear'
tactics are out in full force to confuse the public and
bring disrepute to one Government bureau that simply
refuses to play politics ? or favorites ? or be bought."
The "smearers" use insinuation, half-truths and
downright misrepresentations. Fortunately, the people
seem fo have seen through 'his ? as has Attorney General
.Jackson. Mr. Hoover's chief, who has given him ? clean
slate. More power to the FBI.
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Get-rich-quick schemes are irresistibly attractive to
| frugal people.
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We see plenty of room for improvement in our friends
and neighbors.
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You can't get away with a thrift talk to the family
with a 15-cent cigar in your mouth.
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It's a pity that 110 way has been found to harness the |
energy that is dissipated on golf courses.
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By. planning to take care of yourself, you can relieve j
the Big Planners of part of their burden.
Perhaps the surest way to reach the pinnacle is to
have such a burning desire to get there that nothing
can divert us.
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That you were registered and voted' in the last elec
[ tiou won't do for the elections this year. You will
have to register again.
We're hoping that rules for domestic warfare will
sometime be established, and that one of the rules will
provide for a signal or gesture by which a husband can
indicate that he's luul all he can take, thereby stopping
the fight.
Families of Four or More nctd a BIG
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? HOMK DEMONSTUATION ?
? DEPARTMENT ?
? liillle Mae Braxton. Home ?
? Demonstration A(eu( ?
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Schedule April 2fl-May 4
Monday ? Office.
Tuesday ? Home Visits.
Wednesday ? Mapleville.
Thursday ? Pilot.
Friday ? Justice.
Saturday ? Office.
The County Federation of Home
Demonstration clubs will meet at
the Agriculture Building, Satur
day, April 27 ati 10:00. Awards
of merit are to be given at this
meeting to those women who have
completed satisfactorily two years
of work in Home Furnishing. Mrs.
Haze) E. Wheeler, Home Agent
in Halifax County and Mrs. Greg
or, a club woman in Halifax
County are going to, give a dem
onstration on Flower arrange
ment'. All Garden Club members
and flower lovers are invited to
attend In addition to every club
woman in the county.
Mrs. Rob Johnson, of Bunn
Club, hds just bad her dining
room, living room and ball re
papered. While the front part of
the house was being reflxed the
kitchen was not being neglected.
Mr. Johnson has built' cabinets on
two sides of the kitchen with
working surfaces at a conven
ient height for Mrs. Johnson.
Shelves have beer, placed Ini each
cabinet so as to use all the space
vnich means that smne shelves
?? re high for taller equipment and
supplies and some are low for
smaller equipment and supplies.
Mr. Johnson also moved the
out i* for electro equipment f a on;
the baseboard up on the walls to
the height of the working sur
faces. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
say they find It much more con
venient. The meter box is in
their kitchen beside the window
so Mr. Johnson Just extended t-he
upper part of the cabinet to the
window and enclosed the meter
box la.' one section of the cabinet
which Improves the appearance
of the kitchen.
Next week is Better Homes
Week. Kvery effort should be
made to complete spring cleaning
by the end of next week. If
every family in the county will be
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responsible (or clalning up and
fixing up it's own house and yard
Franklin County will be ona of
the cleaneat and most attractive
counties in the State.
The Wood and Gold Sand Club?
will have aprons (or sale Satur
day for the benefit of the Federa
tion.
TO THE FARMERS OF
FRANKLIN COUNTY
An Opportunity to Dispose of
POULTRY
FRYERS
, , EGGS
DUCKS
GEESE
Time: 8:00 A. M. to 12:00 A. ML
Tuesday Morning, April 30th, 1940
Place: Franklin Farmers Exchange,
Louisburg, N. C. v
Purchaser: Durham Farmers Mutual Exchange
Colored Hens 12c
Leghorn Hens 10c
Roosters - 7c
This advertisement by courtesy of the
Louisburg
Chamber of Commerce
in order to stimulate interest in the raising
poultry for cash income.
You Raise Them -- We'll Find
A Market.
I ? SPECIALS FOR BABY WEEK ? j I
FROM FRIDAY, APRIL 26th ? TO FRIDAY, MAY 3rd
"Clapp's" Strained ^Tjc
BABY FOODS, 6 cans
"Clapp's"
CHOPPED FOODS, 4 cans .
No. 3 can Blue Label
KARO SYBUP
1 lb. Honey Flav.
GRAHAM CRACKERS ...
Large Pkgs. 25?
CREAM OF WHEAT
2 cans
EAGLE BRAND MILK .
Large Pkg.
S WIEBACK
Nice Size
ORANGES, Floridas, doz.
| TOMATOES, Full Pack, 4 No. 2 cans ... . 25c |
Fresh Fine Quality
STRAWBERRIES
(PLENTY CUP & FLATSx LOWEST
SPONGE CAKES, AND 1 MARKET
WHIPPING CREAM. J PRICES
| CAL. Y. CLING PEACHES, |
Green S. Gar. 23?
CABBAGE, 10 lbs
Fresh Cut N. C. lAc
HERRINGS, doz
Full Quart 1 Ac
MUSTARD SAUCE . .
"Old June" 70?
CHEESE, Snappy, lb
All Flavors Cc
JELLO, Pk? u V
"CURTIS CANDY DEAL"
l-5c Baby Ruth, l-5c Jolly 1 Ac
Jack, l-5c Butter Finger, for
J Friday & Saturday Meat Values |
I "Murphy's" Barbecue, lb 50c
Sliced Cured Sausage, lb 25c
Fresh Spare Ribs, lb 12 He
Fresh Pork Brains, lb 10c
Branded Steer Chnck Roast, lb. . 20c I
"Star" Bacon, rindless, lb 18c |
? "FISH AT SPECIAL PRICES" ?
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SEE US FOR
Soy Beans, Millet,
Sudan, Corn, A Bulk
GARDEN SEEDS