THE FRANKLIN TIMES I
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James A. Johnson, Assistant Editor and Manager
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IN other columns we are publishing articles from tht
Chamber of Commerce and also from Mr. M. S..
Pavis. The former is clearing some features brought
out in an editorial in the Franklin Times, concerning
the growth and support of the Louisburg Chamber of
Commerce. The latter is with respect to opening Cedar
Street through to Halifax road. One of the big projects
the TIMES had in mind was the opening up building
lots by opening Cedar Street. Fully fifty people have
discussed this feature with the editor in the last twelve
months who are interested in some way in building a
homg. Many of these wanted to buy the editors prop
erty just out of town on the Raleigh road. In discussing
a hom^ iu-towh, their answer was "there are no lots in
town fevailabl? that are desirable but that are entirely
too high priced. The price of the lot alone is almost as
much as we want to put in a house and lot both." If
the. Chamber of Commerce wants to build Louisburg
it will have to open up property at reasonable prices
upon which to build homes. The survey of the proposed
highway route around town will open up a lot of build
ing lots, but they will all be out of town. This was
brought to the attention of the Chamber of Commerce
over a year ago.
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BUSINESS barometers are well up, largely in antici
pation of the orders the armament program should
soon give industry. So far, appropriations, completed
or pending, for military purposes have passed life $10,
000,000,000 mark, and will no doubt go much higher.
The navy is to be increased by 70 per cent, to give us a
two-ocean fleet infinitely superior to anything the world
has ever seen before. The army is to be mechanized to
the limit. For years to come, we are to be on a war
economy basis. It is highly doubtful if the securities
markets will long follow the rising production index.
Reason : profits will be severely limited. There is gen
eral Berrtiment in opposition to making war millionaires
this time. The tax burden the program will necessarily
impoM will be almost incredible. The new taxes passed
this year are but a modest start. We haven't seen any
thing yet, for we are starting a defense program under
the handicap of a $45,000,000,000 peacetime Federal
debt, which far exceeds our World War debt.
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?WEE WILLIE WILLKIE'
RUNS A UNIQUE RACE
A GOOD many Southern Democrats may throw
" away their votes on Wendell Willkie come the
First Tuesday; but it would seem that the .Repub
lican candidate will go about getting these votes in
? a peculiar manner if he wages an overly aggressive
j Southern campaign. For most of the Democratic
votes he will get below the Mason-Dixon Line will
be from those citizens who are fed up on the old
New Deal or look with suspicion upon the breaking
of the anti-Third Term tradition. They will not be
voting for Willkie but against the New Deal. Their
, minds are probably made up already. ? Raleigh
, Times. ?
And there are many in these two classes. All will
not vote for Willkie, but the National Democratic ticket
will not follow closely the State Democratic ticket.
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DON'T| BURN THE SHIP ^
OUPP(isEiit were discovered that a high official of
& government had deliberately pursued a dishonest
policy over a period of years, and had robbed the peo
ple of substantial sums of money. And suppose it were
then proposed that, instead of punishing the official in
question apd establishing safeguards against the .recur
rence or stick ctimes, our whole system of government
be changedV-that democracy be thrown overboard, and
an alien ideology put in its place.
Does that sound ridiculous f
A few executives, representing a microscopic part of
this country's great industry, failed in their trust to
stockholder and customer. In every instance, legal
safeguards could have been easily erected to prevent
such occurrences in the future. But that did not satisfy
socialistically-minded politicians. They inaugurated a
bitter campaign to destroy private industry, by spend
ing billions of the taxpayers' dollars to erect duplicate,
unnecessary government-owned plants or business re
strictions. Rights of individuals and investors were
ruthlessly abrogated. Property was virtually confisca
ted. And into being came political abuses infinitely
more dangerous than any private abuses.
There have been crooks in all industries ? even as
tfiere have been crooks in government. But a sensible
man doesn't burn a ship to rid it of rats ? and a sensible
people doesn't destroy a proven industrial or govern
mental system to rid it of a few dishonest men. In
stead, a sensible people .takes the steps necessary to
make the system stronger. _ f _
WILL THEBE BE A FAMINE ?
THE innocent often suffer most in thi$ worl^l? -and that
is true in the case of war. There will be a famine in
Europe this winter, say the authorities, and ou'y two
powers will be comparatively immune. Those are the
two belligerent powers ? Germany and England. 1
Germany has systematically looted the granaries of
the countries she has seized. And the English fleet is
still adequate to keep her merchant shipping going.
Famine means plague, disease, untold misery. And
if it comes, it means the collapse of the Europe we have
known. It takes many years for a people to recover
from the effects of even one season of starvation and
malnutrition. ?;>
Question is whether this country will help if famine
strikes. We have surplus food aplenty. We could sell
it, give it away, or barter it abroad. Yet, looking at the
problem realistically, we would thus be fattening up
potential enemies. It is a problem where humanitarian
considerations, and our self-interest as a democratic
world power in a dictator-ridden world may prove to
tally opposed.
MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK
1*HE American people, fully awake to the menace to
*? our institutions, are willing to make any conceiv
able economic sacrifice in the name of liberty and se
curity. But that doesn't mean that the American peo
ple are going to be satisfied with mere bills appropriat
ing money and raising taxes. They are going to make
sure that tax money spent produces results ? that bu
reaucratic red tape is cut ? waste reduced ? delay
avoided.
It is one thing to appropriate bilious. It is another
thing to translate those billions into airplanes and ar
tillery and fighting ships. Any run-of-the-mill politic
ian can vote to spend taxes? but it will be a dark day
for this country if politics is permitted to dominate the
actual job of making our needed weapons. The wisest
industrial and economic statesmanship is vital. Speed,
efficiency and economy are the essentials.
This is the time to make democracy work. America's
capacity to produce is limitless ? the American genius
for achievement has proven itself too often in other
crises to be "doubted for a single second now. And that
genius must be freed of the political shackles that have
been welded onto it in recent years.
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UNPUBLICIZED DESTRUCTION
THii fire loss figures, staggering as they are, don't tell
the whole story by a long shot. We may read, for
instance, that fire destroyed some ^00,000,000 worth of
property and 10,000 lives in a year. But what of the
destruction that never can be described in exact num
bers !
Some of those fires burned factories. When that hap
pened, men lost their jobs. Many of them had to go on
relief. Their families suffered. Bills could not be paid.
And everyone else in the community? grocer, doctor,
banker, general store proprietor? -felt the ill effects of
reduced purchasing power.
Most of those fires destroyed taxable property. That
meant that all other taxpayers eventually had to pay
more, to make up tor the loss. Even when a plant or
l.ome is immediately rebuilt, a period of time elapses be
fore it is again carrying its normal share of the commu
nity tax load. Ami in many cases, rebuilding is long
deferred, or is not undertaken at all.
Some of those fires devastated natural resources. And
insurance can never compensate for whatsit takes na
ture hundreds of years to create.
Other fires destroyed books, paintings, family and le
gal documents, and property of a nature which is com
pletely irreplaceable. Again, insurance, vital as it is,
is helpless to make up for the loss.
Think of this next time you read figures concerning
fire waste. It will give you a better idea of what an
aggressive fire prevention movement, supported by all
the people, would. mean to this country of ours.
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STRIKING AT NATION'S STOMACH
THE people are willing and anxious to dig down in
their pockets for the billions which are necessary
to defend the United States in a hostile world of force.
But the people should not be expected to toJeratfe unnec
essary drains on their incomes. Laws which deter en
terprise and artificially^ boost the cost of living must be
relegated to the scrap heap. " Anti-'effiei^ncy " laws di
rected at1 modern distribution methods are gdod, ?xam
ples of this kind of legislative negation.,,.,.:, m
An army fights on its stomach. The same is true of
nations. We are not at war. Bnt we are fighting
against time to gain power to survive in the event that'
war is ultimately forced into our hemisphere. By all
odds one of the most essential tasks is the low-oost dis
tribution of food and other necessities. This i^.the stuff
,on which morale is built ? and it becomes all the more
important qt a time when the portion of national income
absorbed by government is taking a suddetf and drastic
riBe. America has perhaps the most efficient distribu
tion system in the world. But pressure groups have
been attacking this system on the ground .that it is too
big and too efficient! Many states have passed laws
which, in effect, make economy anrt efficiency in distri
bution a crime.
"What we need today is more efficiency, not less. We
need more efficiency ih our people, in oor*5rtdnstri??s ?
and in our legislative hallB. Business and politioal
groups that spend their time in irrelevant spiping at
imaginary evils of some other group, might well be look
ed upon with favor by the fifth columnist.
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TOO, IF IT APPEARED HERE
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The cotton acreage in cultiva
tion in the United States as of
July 1 totaled 25,077,000. accord-|
ing to the preliminary estimate
issued by the l). S. Agricultural
Marketing Service.
The nation's motor vehicle traf
fic took a toll of 32,600 lives in
1939. HUB
American farmers in 1939 had
a grogs (arm income of $9,769,
000,000 from farm production
and Government payments, an
nounces the U. S. Bureau of
Agricultural Economics.
Just bcause men are Deing kill
ed in Europe is no excuse for tak
ing cbances on the highways.
Tp All My Friends
IN FRANKLIN AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES
1 will thin year be with Mr.
Frank Itavis In Fairmont, N. C.,
at the DaviN Warehouse, which
market will open August 30th,
and also, the Liberty Warehouse
in Winston-Salem, N. V., which
will open September 22nd.
Bring us your tobacco and I
will do my best to satisfy you as
I have in the past.
PERCY W. JOYNER,
Auctioneer.
W. R. Graham, of Todd, an
Ashe County sheep grower, re
ports outstanding results from
using a purebred ram on grade
ewes last season, says Assistant
Farm Agent H. D. Qufeensberry.
MURPHVS food;
FRESH SHIPMENT
FIG
BARS, 2 lbs.
17
'ROSED ALE" SLICED
neappl<
No. 2 can
Pineapple, 15
| Fresh "Atlantics" M. Mallow Cakes, lb.' 10c |
"KELLOG'S"
CORN
FLAKES
2 for . . ?
15
"ARMOURS"
CORNED
BEEF | Ac
No. 1 can * '
Chill & Serve Sliced
"WHEATIES"
Rich in
Vitamins
2 Pkgs. . *3
| PICKLE, Sweet Whole or Mixed, Qt. . 22c J
Medium Pkg. 1AC
IVORY SNOW
1 Medium
IVORY SOAP .
10"
1'
3; - 46 Oz. Cans ?
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"ARMOURS"
TOMATO
JUICE
3 - 20 Oz. cans . .
4 - 4 Oz. cans J
PIMIE NT OS
25c
6 - 1000 Sheet Rolls %c
TOILET TISSUE . . -#i
HERRING ROE,
A Breakfast Change, 17 o z. can
IS
ALL FLAVORS JELLO
29
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Quick Freezing Mixture ^ f)c
3 Cans .
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Jar Tops, Mason, doz. . . . 20c
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Jar Rubbers, 6 doz. . i/-. .... 25c
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Fruit Jars, Kerr Qts. doz. . . 72c
Week - End Meat Values
SLICED PORK LIVER, lb 10c
ARMOUR'S STAR BACON, lb. ... 20c
WESTERN T. B. STEAK, lb 30c
SWIFT'S SLICED BOLOONA, lb. . . 15c
SWIFT'S SKINLESS FRANKS, lb.. 17c
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"LOUISBURG'S COMPLETE FOOD MARKET'
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