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LOUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY litt, 1040
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NUMBER
MAN KILLS
WIFE
Sam Radford Shoots Wife
In Abdomen, With Shot
Gun; Dies Soon After
Reaching Hospital
The Centerville community was
sadly stricken late Wednesday af
ternoon about 6:30 when Sam
Radford went* to the home of his
wife's father, Mr. G. W. Gupton.
of near Wood, approaching
through a corn field, according to
information received by Sheriff J.
P. Moore, calling out his wife
and shooting her with a shotgun,
the load taking effect in the ab
domen and chest, and Mien made
his escape.
Mrs. Radford was sent to a hos
pital in Rocky Mount, where she
died soon after arrival.
The reason for the shooting is
ascribed to domestic discord
and trouble. Only on June 9th.
Radford was given a six month's
term on the roads in franklin Re
corder's Court for cruelty to ani
mals, the witnesses being his wife
and children, and is supposed to
have excited his wrath which,
grew into the commission of the
crime.
At the time of the shooting Mrs.
Radford was at the home of her
father, because it is alleged, that
9am had removed everything from
the home. i.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Radfora
were about 35 years old and have
six or seven children.
At tfhis writing, about 1 o'clock,
Thursday. Sam Radford had not
been caught, although blood
hounds were placed upon his trail j
Wednesday night.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs.
Radford had not been received at j
this writing.
GOLF N' BARBECUE
Wednesday afternoon. July 31,
will be a gala occasion at tfbe
Green Hill Country Club, when
the local goiters, divided into
team? headed by Bill Huggins and
tyrant Wheless, captains, will play
a. golf touraonent to be folfbwed
Immediately by a barbecue. Al
ready, much interest is being
manifested in Miis team play and
every member of the club is ex
pected to take part.
The golfers are inviting their
wives and | or sweethearts to
Join them in the consumption of
tihe barbecue, following the tour
nament.
THOMAS W. LEONARD, :t?,
ENDS I. IKK WITH SHOT
Funeral Services for Franklin
County Farmer Held Tuesday
Afternoon at Centerville
Coroner R. A. Bobbin said
Monday that the death of Thomas
W. Leonard, 39, Franklin County
farmer, clearly was a cage of sui
cide. Mr. Leonard was found dead
early Monday about 76 yards
from his home near Centerville,
12 miles northeast of Louisburg,
a shotgun by his side and a wound
in his chest.
Coroner Bobbitt said Mr. Leon
ard left two notes, one in refer
ence to certain debts and the oth
er giving instructions for disposi
tion of his body. It was learned
that Mr. Leonard had been moody
because of ill health and adverse
finances for some time.
Survivors are his wife; a step
daughter, Hazel Tilley; his moth-1
er, Mrs. Rosella Leonard of the
home; five brothers, Herbert,
Willie. Robert, and OUle Leon
ard, all of Franklin County, and
Johnnie Leonard, of Virginia;
and two sisters, Mrs. Lilla Ed
wards and Mrs. Ida Williams,
both of Franklin County.
Funeral services were held at
Centerville Baptist Church at
p. m. Tuesday Burial was
in the church cemetery.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURO THEATRE
?
The following is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, July 27th:
Saturday ? Double feature ?
Three Meaqulteers in "Covered
Wagon Days" and Stanley Fields.
Philip Dorn and Lull Dest In
"8kl Patrol," Also Chapter No.
1* "Drums of Fu Manchu."
Sunday-Monday ? William Hol
I den, Martha Scott, Frank Craven
(and Fay Balnter In "Our Town."
Tuesday ? Robert Young. Lewis
Stone, Maureen O'Sulllvan in
J'Spertlng Blood."
Wednesday ? Elsie Janls, Wen
ie Barrle and Patric Knowles in
romen In War."
Thursday-Friday ? Frank Ca
'? great production with Jean
thur, James Stewart*, Lionel
rrymore, Edward Arnold and
Ihester in "You Can't Take It
Ih You."
TOUR SUBSCRIPTION! I
TO ADDRESS COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AS
SOCIATION
HOX. CHAS. P. GREEN
Who has recently received and i
accepted an invitation to address |
the State Association of County ;
Commissioners to be held at Bat- j
tery Park Hotel, Asheville, in
the latter part of August. Mr.
Green is one of t'he best posted
Attorneys on County matters and
the Association is fortunate in
securing him to make the address.
LOUISBURG DEFEATS
WAKE FOREST
AT GOLF
In a golf tournament played be
tween Wake Forest and Louls
lmrg on the local course on last
Wednesday afternoon, Louisburg
won by the score of 36 to *12.
Bill Huggins, with u score of 73,
was low for the afternoon; and
Ed Owens was runner-up with a
74. OMier Loultburg players
making low scores were Arch Wil
son. 79; Dr. Bill Perry, 79; Coy
Cox. 78; au4 JtUd<4y Beam, 76.
This match concluded a most
successful season for the local
golfers.
Those making points for Louis
burg were;
Phillips, % ; Beam. 3; Ashley,
3: Mattox, 3; Thomas. 3; Dr. Bill
Perry, 3; Malone. 3; Cox, 3; Wil
son. 3; Williamson, 1 V4 ; Owens,
3; F. Whele8s, 1; Huggins. 3;
Buddy Beam, 3.
BASE-BALL
Manager Wheeler, of the Louis
burg Baseball team announces
that his team will play the Jus
tice team ati the local Ball Park
on Friday afternoon at the usual
hour, and the Vance All-Star team
of the Central State League on
Wednesday afternoon of next
week. The latter game also at
the local ball park.
INUSIAI,
Franklin Recorder's Court in
troduced the unusual in the trial
of a Jury case on Wednesday after
noon, by calling for Jury duty a
lady. Mrs. T. C. Alston. The
only other case recalled by Court
officials in which a lady served on
a Jury was a divorce case in the
Superior Court when Mrs. H. ,W.
Perry served as a Juror.
The case Wednesday was that of
State vs. Otho Medlln, for manu
facturing whiskey. The Jury
was composed of Mrs. T. C. Al
ston, B. E. Bass, J. S. Pace. C. C.
Johnson. J. A. Bledsoe. J. S Lay
ton. Their verdict was guilty as
charged, and the sentence was 6
months on roads, suspended upon
paying a fine of $25 and costs.
Other Jury cases tried Wednes
day were as follows:
John Cullom Crenshaw, not
guilty of operating automobile
intoxicated and reckless driving.
Harvil Harris plead guiitiy to
public drunkenness. 30 days on
Triads suspended upon payment of
110 fine and costs.
Calvin Wyche, Jury found de
fendant guilty of operating auto
mobile intoxicated, and he was
given 4 months on roads, suspen
ded upon payment of $50 fine and
costs and not to operate a motor
vehicle on public roads of N. C,
for 12 months. Appeal.
W. Z. Whitaker, worthless
check, continued.
REGISTERS ONE ALEIN
Clerk of thr Court W. V,
A vent told the ERA \ KLIN
TIMES reported Tuesday that
lie hnd registered one aleln un
der the existing lawn. This wan
Ellis Rabll, on July as, 1040,
who stated he was born in 1892
la a Syrian; and is a merchant.
He gave as his residence >d<
dress Ijouisburg, N. C., and Mid
he had lost his passport or pa
pers as to his Nationality or
identity.
Ellis has been a resident of
Tioutsburg for many year*.
HIGH TEMPERATURES
l.ouisburg is to be classed
with other towns enjoying the
extreme high temperatures the
past few days. The official
government thermometer in
charge of weatherman K. A.
Bobbltt, registered temperatur
es as follows the past week:
Saturday ?
Sunday ? 101. '
Monday ? 102.
Tuesday ? lOO.
Wednesday ? 07.
FRANKLIN MAKES
GAIN
The following census figures
have been given out:
Figures for Franklin County
were included among those for
the seven counties of the Fourth
Congressional district), showing
that the district gained 38,812
persons during the last decade.
The district's population totaled
358,485, compared with 321,673
in 1930.
Wake County, with a total of
109,411 persons, showetl a gain of
15.57 per cent above the 94,754
counted in 1930. Other counties
of the district, with their 1930
figures in parenthese, were:
Vance 29,949 (27,289); Randolph
44,735 (35,678); Johnston 63,
703 (57,624); Nash 55,691 (52,
778): FRANKLIN 30,380 (29,
374), and Chatham 24,616 (24,
176).
The
New Bus Line
The following .letter from Mr.
W. G. Humphrey. Traffic Mana
ger. received by the editor of the
FRANKLIN TIMES,- will be of
interest to all those in this sec
tion who are interested in the
New Bus line:
"I have yours of the 19tih mak
ing inquiry as to when our ser
vice will be inaugurated through
Louisburg.
"This is a question that, I as
sure you, we are more interested
in than most other people. The
facts still remain tihe same, how
ever, that since the Seaboard ob
jected to the order that the In
terstate Commerce Commission
issued, we have been unable to
get any action on this certificate.
Our Attorney in Washington is
staying in back of this matter
very closely and is doing all that
he can to get the Commission to
issue another order. Apparently
the difficulty is that the Commis
sion is so flooded with - applica
tions of various kinds, and also
because their work is so far be
hind from taking over jurisdic
tion of the bus and truck lines
back in 1935, that they cannot'
possibly keep up with their work.
"I assure you that we are ndt
letting any moss grow at all, and
we are doing everything we can
to get some action on our applica
tion. It is costing us a lot of
money not to have service 011 dur
ing the vacation season.
"I will advise you by wire Just
as soon as we get authority bo
operate so that you will be one
of the first to know of it. I ap
preciate your letter of inquiry
very much."
MRS. D. W. SIMMONS
DEAD
Mrs. D. W. Simmons, who has
been in ill health for many
months, died at a hospital in
Rdleigh at 7:30 o'clock Monday
morning.
Funeral services were held
from Pleasant View Free Will
Baptist Church in Tyrrell Coun
ty at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon.
Quite a number of friends from
Louisburg attended.
Those surviving Mrs. Simmons
besides her husband, are one son,
Wayne Simmons, of Louisburg,
mot'her and father, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Reynolds, six brothers, Mur
rel Reynolds, of Louisburg. Wil
liam, Bennie. Earl, Isaac and
Calvin Reynolds, and three sis
ters. Mrs. Raymond Cahoon, Mrs.
R. L. Spencer, and Mrs. Murrell
Hassel), all of Tyrrell County.
The bereaved family has the
sympathy of a large number of
friends In Louisburg.
FIRE
The fire late Saturday after
noon was at A. W. Person's cot
ton storage house of the Seaboard
yards, when a lot) of loose cotton
on the floor was ignited by some
unknown reason. The Are was
discovered and put out before any
serious damage was done. The
Are department did splendid
work.
The serious aspect of the oc
casion was the fact that many
bales of cotton were stored in this
house and had the lire reached It
would have caused serious loss.
As a result of the quick work of
the Fire department, the Are was
extinguished before damage to
cotton or bidding was done.
There are exception*, but the
beat people In moat places are the
ones who support the churches.
EUROPEAN
WAR NEWS
The following reports were ta
ken from yesterday's daily pa- j
pers:
London. July 25. ? Germany
sent American dive-bombers, cap
tured from the French, against
the BriUsh Isles In relays ; of
bombing and uiacbine-gunning
attacks yesterday after British
fliers struck deep into the Reich ;
and "partially destroyed" the
great Dornier airplane works, the
Air Ministry reported.
In the English Channel, the
iirst squadron of German motor '
torpedo boats to be sent against
the British Isles was said to have |
been turned back Wednesday in
u pre-dawn battiie with a lone
British motor torpedo boat.
Furious Battle
Mure than 100 planes battled
furiously over the Thames estuary
yesterday when 12 Oermau planes,
were shot down against* the loss
of only two British planes, it was
said.
in one of the many air battles
a squardron of British Spitfire
fighters was said by/the Air Min
istry to have shot down an Anieri- !
can-made Voughfc 166 dive boin-i
ber.
Other American planes seized
by the Germans in the military
collapse of France were said to
have participated In the attacks.
"The Vougtat 'Corsair' V-156
scout-bomber monoplane is an ex
port version of the Voughti
'Corsair' planes used by the U.
S. Navy and made by the Chance
Vought Company, a division of
the United Aircraft Corporation
at Kast Hartford. Conn. There
are two types of tihe U. S. Navy
Corsairs, fitted with 750-horse
power Pratt-Whitney twln-WASP
engines.)
The Air Ministry, in a com
munique shortly before last mid
night, described as follows Ger- ,
man air attacks on the British
Isles extending throughout Wed
nesday:
"Since the small hours of this
morning our Spitfires and anti
aircraft guns haVe been beating
off attacks by German bombers,
fighters and niln4jiylng aircraft
against) ships and shipping routes
around our coasts.
"Twelve enemy aircraft are
known to have been destroyed. 10
by fighters and two by anti-air- j
craft guns. Two of our fighters are ]
missing but the pilot of one is1
known to be safe. ^
Berlin, July 24.? The voice ol :
German propaganda rose tonight I
above the roar of bombers ovtr
England in intense, psychological ,
preparation for what the Reich '
expects to be the total onslaught.
The air force, deadly striking
arm of this prelude to the real
battle fo - Britain, stru ?; with
new furv at Britukn and her sea
borne coipmerce.
Even as new German bombs i
fell, hswexer, dispatches from
German-occupied Holland said
five persons were killed and many
injured last night in a Brlt'?h ail
raid on Amersfort. heart of the
invaded Dutch defense system
with two others killed at a town
north of Amsterdam.
Submarine Reported Sunk
Of Germany's own air exploits, |
the high command reported 31,
000 tons of BritUn commercial
shipping destroyed in the last 48
hours and a British submarine, j
mine sweeper and two patrol
boats sunk.
Vitriolic denunciation of the
British ruling class poured into
the ears of radio listeners. The
official broadcaster excoriated
England's leaders as "vermin
equipped with umbrellas and top
hats," a "pack of criminals."
These "plutocrats," he said,
were a voracious rabble who sent
their children to Canada while
millions of others suffered from
malnutrition.
The official broadcaster liken
ed Foreign Minister Lord Hali
fax's firm rejection of any peace
talk to similar defiant statements
by Foreign Minister Beck of Po
land before the fall of that na
tion.
"Reynaud (former Premier
Paul Reynaud of France) also
used t/hese big words," he said.
The German press supplement
ed this drive to enrage the pop
ulace against England. A London
T^lmes editorial approving British
bombing of German cities was
widely cited as "evidence that
England gloats over war on help
less women and children."
DIPN'T WORK
Wimpy, Loulsburg's popular
Manager of the New l<iiui>barK
Theatre after reading of the
young lady frying an <'KK on
the utreets of Italelgh Monday,
nt tempted the same stunt in
front of legjett's Department
Store Tuesday evening. After
watching it for thirty minutes
or more he left giving up the
experiment. A friend advised
him to traild a fev under it.
The but teen of friend Wimpy
hf was leaving the egg to its
own.
MISS STAT.T.TNGS
BECOMES BRIDE OF
ALEX T. WOOD
? p-? ? '
Pilot. ? A. wedding of simplicity
and beauty was performed Sat-,
urday evening, July 20, at 8
o'clock in the Pilot Baptist Church
when Miss Beryl Lee Stallings
ot" Zebuloa and Alexander T.
Wood of Louisburg were united
in marriage.
The ring ceremony was used
with the Hev. Richard L. Collins,
pastor of the bride, officiating.
The church wsys beautifully de
corated with native pine, shasta
daisies, gladioli dahlias, and
Queen Annes lace. The choir loft
was banked with pine and fern
and on the altar were placed floor
baskets of white blossoms. A soft
glow was bhrown over the scene
from graduated standards bearing
lighted cathedral candles which
were placed on the altar and in
the windows.
As a prelude to the ceremony j
Cadwiu Cone, pianist, Miss Kaus-1
tiua Shearon of Wake Forest, and
Miss Kathleen Davis, a member
of the faculty of Western Caro
lina Teachers College, soloists, '
and Miss Jennie Manning of
Bethel, violinist, presented nuptial
music. Traditional wedding mar-;
ches were played. "To a Wild
Rose." was played during t'he
service.
The bride entered the church
with her father, by whom she
was given in marriage. Her bridal ,
dress was an original model of
marquisette over tuffeta, made
with full skirt atid long puffed
sleeves. The high neck and
shoulders were accented by a
baud of lace. On her head she
wore a small hut of orange blos
soms and tulle. Her costume was
completed by a bouquet of bou
vardia, valley lilies, and swaii
sonia. fashioned on au imported
frame.
Mrs. James B. Liner of Waynes-,
ville. sister of the bride, attended
as matron of honor. Misses Mil
dred Manning of Bethel. Wylma
Woodard of Kocky Mount, Helen
Kd wards of Seaboard, and Ruth
Liner of Waynesville were brides
maids. Misses Nellie Hose Stal
lings and Winnie Frances Cone
were junior bridesmaids. The I
' matron of honor wore yellow apd
the bridesmaids had dresses of i
dream blue, shell pink, electric I
blue, coral, and dusky rose.
Little Miss Jennie Lynn Bed- 1
dingfield of Bunn served as flow- 1
er girl. Master Harold Vinson
Wood of Louisburg was ring-'
bearer. He carried Mie ring on a
white satin pillow.
Mr. Wood was attended by
.lames B. Liner of Waynesville,!
as best man and groomsmen in
cluded Paul Bradley of Jackson,
Charles P. Ureeu of Louisburg,
M. L. Hagwood. Kenneth Cone,
l>urwood Stalllngs. Jr.. and Cam
eron Stalling* of Zehulon.
.Miss Stalling* is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J M. Stalllngs
of Pilot. She attended Bunn Pub
lic School and Kastern Carolina
Teachers College, and Western
Carolina Teachers College. For
the past few years she has been
teaching in the ilunn school in
Franklin County.
Mr. Wood is the son of Mrs.
Naomi Wood and the late J. H.
Wood of Louisburg. He attended
Kdward Best* Public School and
Wake Forest College. Mr. Wood
is the Democratic nominee for
Register of Deeds of Franklin
County. Prior to his political
activity he was a salesman for
G. W. Murphy and Son.
Immediately following the re
ception the bride and bridegroom
left for a wedding tour. For
traveling the bride wore a navy
dress with white lace trimmings
and a wide trimmed navy straw
hat with navy and white acces
sories. A shoulder corsage of flow
ers from the wedding bouquet
was worn.
FRANKLIN GETS 196
TEACHERS
Supt< W. R Mills, of the Frank
lin County Public School system,
announced Tuesday, Franklin
County has been apportioned
196 teachers for the year 1940-41,
by the State School Commission.
Of this number the white schools
will get 37 high school teacKers
and 75 elementary teachers,
while the colored schools will get
12 high school and 72 elementary
teachers. According to the at
tendance In the 1939-40 school
year the white schools of the
county lost tiwo teachers In the
elementary schools, but gained 2
in the high schools. Likewise tHe
colored schools lost one of Its ele
mentary and gained one In the
high school, leaving the total
number for the cotanty the same.
H<( also says that Home Eco
nomics will be established for the
first time at Youngsville, and also)
in the Franklin County Training
School (Colored), at Loulsburg.
And a business course will be es
tablished In Mills High School at i
Loulsburg.
These additions will pub Home
Economics in all the white high
schools In the county, and agri
culture In all white schools ex
cept Louisburg.
Luckily, most of us never know
what some people think about us.
I
JOHNSON HOME
BURNS
About noon yesterday, fire des
troyed the frame residence dwell-;
ing occupied by the A. F. John-1
son adult children and Miss Mary
Spencer, who makes her home
with them, located on the souOh
eru surburbs of Louisburg, on
the Raleigh road. The fire orig
inated from the explosion of oil
heater which had been lighted by
James Johnson but which burst
into flames before he could throw
it from tihe building.
The Louisburg Fire Depart
ment quickly responded to the
distress call but with no water fa
cilities. it was impossible to save
the residence. However, most of
t'he furniture and personal be
longings were saved by the fire
Department, friends and neigh
bors. who assisted with trying to
keep the fire from spreading to
other outbuidings. although the
garage and another ouMiouse were
burned.
Miss Spencer, Miss Klizabethi
Johnson and James Johnson were
at home when the fire occurred.
The loss is partially covered by
insurance. i
WHELESS - MITCHELL
WEDDING VOWS
SPOKEN
In au impressive ceremony
Miss Ann Mitchell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Mitchell, ot
Louisburg became the bride of
Mr. Mark H. Wheless. son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Wheless, ot
Spring Hope. July twenty-first in
the First Methodist' Church, Clay- !
ton. N. C., The wedding was of
wilespread Interest as the couple
numbers many friends through
out North Carolina and Virginia. I
The bride and groom entered
the church together and were meOi
at the altar by the Reverend P. O.
Lee. who officiated.
Iler wedding gown was a mod
el of peach marquiselte over taf
feta with Mowing skirt and long
puffed sleeves. The neckline of j
lier dress was accentuated by a
pin which was given to her great
grandmother by her great-grand
mother on their wedding dajr.i
This was the only ornament worn.
She carried an old fashioned bou
quet made up of au orchid and
valley lilies.
Following the ceremony the
youug couple returned to Raleigh
where they were entertained at a
cake cutting by friends.
For traveling the bride chang
ed to a lovely suit of black crepe '
with white braid trin|ining. Her
hat was an extremely large sailor
of black straw. Other accessor
ies were black. She wore an or
chid taken from her bridal bou
quet.
The youug couple left by car
for ail unannounced destination.
After their return they will make
their home in Raleigh.
Members of the wxdding party
included Miss Jerry Wheless, of
Raleigh. Miss Mary B. Wheless.
of Spring Hope. Miss Hetty Mit
chell. of Louisburg, Mrs. R. S.
Shoemaker, of Elon College, Mr.;
R. K. Mitchell, father of the
bride. Mr. Sam Livesay. of Wil
son, Mr. l.ee Wheless. of Spring
Hope, Mr. Randolph Wheless, of
Spring Hope. Mr. Sam Farmer, of
Rocky Mount.
I'.AHTY VISIT CAROLINA 1
BEACH
The following have returned
home from a week at Carolina
Beach:. Mrs. S. C. Holden, Eaton
Holden, of Louisburg; Mrs. S. E.
Tharrlngton, Peggy Tharrlngton,
Mildred Winston, Irene Woodllef,
of Youngsvllle; Miss Mildred Lit
tle and Miss Martha Fuller, of
Wake Forest; Mrs. J. E. Thar- 1
rington and son, Harold, of Ral
eigh.
During the latter part of the
week they had as their guests,
Mrs. W. M. Freeman, Mr. and
SH-s. N. F. Freeman and daugh
ter, Martiha Anita, Wyatt and
Margaret Freeman, of Louisburg.
The United States is the only;
major agricultural country with-'
out a National agricultural mu
seum. and there Is agitation Miat
such an Institution be established. 1
Experts of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture think that
the war will result in a change
In the breeds of livestock raised in
Denmark, Holland and Belgium.
It has been found that goldfish
will control mosquito "wrigglers"'
In ponds and pools a little better;
if the fish are allowed to go hun
gry.
COOL THOUGH HOT
Mr. Ham Mattox w as boast
inx of the coolness of Leggett'a
Department Store Tuesday
while people were sweltering
.with heat In other parts of
town. We have to take off oar
hats to friend Mattox, his place
was a lot cooler than onrs. In
fact It was the coolest place we
visited that da/.
DRIVE ON 1
5TH COLUMN
MENACE
Havana Conferees Also
Would Enforce Sea Zone
Rule; Mandate Stymied
Havana, Cuba, Jhly 24. ? A pr??
ject aimed against fifth column
activities in the American repub
lics was placed before tne consul
tative meeting of American for
eign ministers today by the Unit- 1
ed States delegation.
The project, representing a con
sensus uf several relegations at
the parley, was announced short
ly after the start of a drive to put
teeth into the declaration of Pan
ama, embodying the 300-mile
wide "security zone" around the
New World, by converting It into
a formal treaty.
Check on Envoys
The United States proposal
mentioned only "subversive activ
ities" and recommended a strict
er control of accredited diplomat
ic agents through investigation of
their credentials before granting
an exequatur ? the official recog
nition and authorization of a dip
lomatic or consular officer, gran
ted by the country to which he
is accredited.
Close supervision of the activi
ties of such diplomatic agents af
ter they were granted exequaturs
in order to assure that they are
kept within the limits of diploma
tic privileges also was proposed.
The project provided for full
exchange of information among
American governments regarding
all foreign agents, whereby any
agent expelled by one country
would be unable to obtain an ex
equatur from another republic.
As far ps could be learned, no
subversive* activities project has
yet beeh introduced which specifi
cally nalnea fifth columnists, but
ib was anticipated that Uruguay
and perhaps others may offer one.
It was believed that such a pro
ject would receive unanimous ap
proval of the conference.
Mandate Blocked
t The "security zone" move was
disclosed as it became Increasing
ly apparent that Argentine op
position had balked, at least tem
porarily. plans tor establishment
of a Joint Pan American mandate
over American possessions of con
quered European countries.
Leopoldo Melo, representing
Argentine Foreign Minister Jose
Maria Cantilo at the parley, voic
ed his government's objection to
the mandate ^proposal during a
conference with U. S. Secretary
of State Cordell Hull.
The drive to strengthen the
declaration, adopted Oct". 3. 1939,
by the first meeting of the foreign
ministers at Panama City, gained,
ground at a meeting of a neutral
ity sub-committee presided over
by Luis Anderson, Costa Ricau
delegate.
KIRLEY- WIGGS
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wiggs, of
Buun, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Laura Estelle, to
Woodrow Thomas Kirfey, ot
Winston-Salem and High Point,
N. C. Mr. Kirley is the son of
Mr. and Mrs W. T. Kirley, of
Winston-Salem. He is connected
with the Tip Bottling Co., in
Hlght Point. They were happily
married1 Monday, July 16, in Mar
Mnsville, Va., by Rev. J. P. Mc
Cabe.
The bride and groom will make
their home at 1100 N. Main Street,
High Point, N. C.
HAIL ^
Mr. Julian K. Weldon, of near
Epsom, was displaying a (talk of
tobacco that was almost totally
destroyed by hall on Tuesday af
ternoon. He said he had a wholo
field damage* that way. Tiita.
field was not Inspired.
ItCILDS STEEL BOAT
11 r. W. F. Griffin was showing
to friends Wednesday a nice steel
row boat he and his force had
just built in their garage on Mar
ket Street from parts of Ford
V-8s. The boat is constructed
from two hoods welded together
and make a very nice and com
plete job.
It Is suggested that they were
making this for trial and may
consider taking a government
contract to construct machines for
Uncle Sam's machinued troops.
DANCE AT IiOUISBURO
HONORS MARTHA Ki: >
An Informal dance was held
at tihe home of Miss Evelyn Smlth
wtck Tuesday evening. The occa
sion was a farewell party for Mis*
Martha Gray King, who left
Thursday for a month's visit In
Florida. Punch, sandwiches and
cakes were served.
Adequate defense Is an elastic"
term; Just now It means mora
army, more navy and more plane*.
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