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FLOODS
Boanoke River Doing Big
Damage ? Highest On Be
cord
The following account was tak
en from Wednesday's News-Ob
aerver:
The all-consuming flood crest
of the ravaging Roanoke River
bore down upon the town of Wil
ltamston last night as Governor
Clyde R. Hoey marshalled State
and Federal relief agencies to
care for homeless and needy in
stricken areas up the stream.
John Scholl, assistant Raleigh
meteorologist, warned residents
in tihe lowlands near Williamston
that the muddy Roanoke waters
would rise eveu higher than he
had previously predicted. Scholl
said a crest of 21 feet, 11 feet
above flood level, would reach
there by tomorrow morning.
Highest on Record
The waters at Williamston will
go to the highest level in Weather
Bureau history, Scholl said. Prev
ious high mark is 14,7 feet, re*
corded on January 27, 1930.
Evacuation at Williamston had
already begun. Coast Guardsmen
have been plying the lowest areas,
under water already, and have
carried dozens of families to high
er ground.
Maj. John T. Armstrong, com
mander of the State Highway Pa
trol, announced last night that
the Roanoike's waters had smash
ed through a sandbag barricade
hastily Mirown up Monday across
a fil on U. S. 17 at Williamston.
He said the highway was under
six feet of water at lip. m. last
night.
Windsor Section Hit
From 5,000 to 10.000 acres,
planted mostly in peanut's, cotton
and corn, were under' water in
Bertie County as the onrushing
river sent approximately 200 fam
ilies fleeing to safety.
The flood crest, dashing south
eastward from Roanoke Rapids,
broke through a causeway of U.
S. Highway 17 and flicked about'
huge pieces of concrete. The wat
er was 15 feet above swamp level,
the highest in history. The cause
way connects Windsor and Wil
liamston. Mo drownings Were re
ported In this county.
Residents of Plymouth, down
the river, were making ready to
get their share of the worst flood
in northeastern North Carolina.
Plymouth proper, however, is not
on the river and to be flooded,
water would have to rise tihrough
the marshy lands below it.
The floods in this section fol
lowed a series of "flash floods" in
the northwestern North Carolina
in which 22 lives were lost.
Deaths in both sections now stand
at 27.
Relief Speeded
Meanwhile, Governor Hoey
speeded the work of relief and re
habilitation. Representatives of
State and Federal organizations
concerned with the program met)
yesterday In his office and discuss
ed plans for immediate action.
Weldon. Aug. 18. ? The raging
Roanoke River ripped through
Roanoke Rapids and Weldon Sat
urday night in t'he worst flood on
record there, leaving at least two
drowned, hundreds homeless, sev
eral missing and many Industries
paralyzed.
Roanoke Rapids bore the brunt
of the onrushing tide; counting
upwards to $1,000,000 in property
damage to river-side mills. The
power plant collapsed and the
town called on Virginia Electric
and Carolina Power and Lighb (or
current.
Driftwood piled high against
the NC 47 bridge, threatening to
ram out spans already covered by
water. The auxiliary water supply
was swamped and the rising river
threatened to overflow the main
source Of water. ?
Police reported the entire Town
of Weldon covered by water, from
a depth of seven inches at the po
lice station to seven feet) on US
301 leading south. The only high
way outlet was across the threat
ened Roanoke bridge on US 301
to Oarysburg and thence into
Northampton Counter.
The American Red Cross in
Washington. D. C., prepared to
aid 600 Weldon families affected
by the flood.
' Captain Charles D. Farmer and
Highway Patrolmen kept constant
vigil on all roada and asserted
they would be closed If floodwat
ers continued to threaten. Roan
oke Rapids' only exit now Is tihe
southern highway to Henderson
and Weldon, the latter fork cov
ered by a shallow depth.
Julian Allsbrook, Roanoke Ra
pids attorney, said that the town
was suffering its hardest flood in
years, with water destroying
thousands of dollars worth of
property, lowland crops, cattle
and homes.
Manchester Board and Paper
Cofhpany. Halifax Paper Corpora
tion and Roanoke Mills (No. 1)
Company were being swamped,
anj the textile mill was awash al
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QUEEN TOBACCO VI
2 *
Martha Scott, co-starred with Cary
Grant in "TW Howards of Virginia",
Colonial . Wilbaautmrg - filmed pie
tare, will nip aa qaeetref the Sixth
Annual Natioaal Tobacco Festival
at South Boston, Va, September
5th and (th. Mias Scott will go to
Sooth Boston the day 'after the
Richmond premiere of t.?r new pic
ture and will be acclaimed Region
Tobacco VI by over 150,000 people
expected to attend Tobacco's official
annual celebration. Hon. J<mes A.
Farley will conduct the coronation
exercises.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held
! regular session on Tuesday with
! John F. MnOthews "pinch hit
j ting'' for Chas. P. Green. Prose
j outing Attorney. The docker was
small and was quickly disposed ot
as follows:
M. L. Ransdi'U plead guilty to
I motor vehicle violation, judgment
was suspended upon saving the
County harmless.
Willie Strickland plead guilty
to assault with deadly weapon,
judgment suspended upon saving
the Couuty harmless and paying
$4.00 to Bruce Young.
Lehman Perry was found guil
ty of larceny and receiving aud
given 90 days on roads.
Eugene Debaani.. was found
guilty of larceny and receiving
and was given 6 months on roads.
James Tatuiu was found guilty
of forcible trespass and was given
I 90 days on roads.
I The following cases were con
tinued.
Oladys Roberson. motor vehicle
violation.
Curtis Inscoe. operating auto
mobile intoxicated, assault on fe
male.
James Smith, reckless driving.
Isham White, disturbing public
worship.
John Hockaday, assault with
deadly weapon.
Qeorge Debnam, operating au
tomobile intoxicated, careless and
reckless driving.
Atlas Smitih, operating automo
bile intoxicated.
ADDS NEW EQUIPMENT
F. H. Allen, one of Loulsburg's
oldest gin firms, announces the
addition of a new device to better
clean and hull cotton in the pro
cess of ginning. This is designed
to increase the value of the cotton
by producing a better and cleaner
staple. Read t'beir advertisement
in another column.
TAKES OVER
STANDARD
Mr. Red Taylor, of New Bern,
has taken' over the operation ot
the Standard Oil Co., distributing
station at Loulsburg, replacing
Mr. S. C. Fostier. who has served
the Company and Its patrons
through this section so long.
TOBACCONISTS LEAVE
Messrs. L. M. Word and Jack
Roddick left Monday for Tim
monsvllle, S. C.^ Where they will
buy tobacco, the former for the
Ifriperlal Tobacco Co.. and the
latter for Mie Reynblds Tobacco
Co. Mr. C. M. Howard also left
Monday for Chadburn to buy to
bacco for the Export Tobacco
Co. The market will open at
these markets on the 20th.
TWO HEADS
idkrland, Fla., Aug. IV.?
The birth of a girl with two
headf*, two heart* and two
pairs of lungs was reported to
day by Dr. V. 8. Early, attend
ing physician.
The baby, born to Ml*. Ern
est M. Fair, tiled a few moments
after delivery.
Dr. Early said there had
been nothing to indicate the
infant's abnormal condition,
and he had prepared to handle
1 the delivery normally. After
the left head and shoulders
were delivered, however, he
: said a podalic version was
necessary to Complete delivery.
The child wan normal in the
lower limbs, Dr. Early mU
The tw? beads were perfectly
shaped, with normal feat ores.
Self Defense
Verdict
i
? Result of Coroner's Hearing
At Youngsville Monday
Night; Clora Williams
Released
Clora Williams, colored, was
acquitted on a verdict of self de
fense by a Coroners Jury Setting
at Youngsville Monday night), for
the fatal shooting of her husband
Dave Williams on Saturday after- j
noon.
Six witnesses were heard by
the jury which was composed of
Luther C. Lowry, J. W. Freeman
Wilford Shadrack, Elijah Fuller,
Tom Wilson and W. N. Jones.
The trend of the evidence showed
that Dave had a falling out with I
Clora Saturday afternoon, about
her not going down town. He
found her at a neighbors from
where Clora ran home leaving her
husband and went in the house
and fastened the doors. Dave fol
lowed and tried to get in the
house, finally succeeding in get
ting in a window of the kitchen
to which Clora had taken refuge
following picking up a pistol in
her mothers room. Dave advanced
towards her with rocks in his
hand and declaring he would get
her. She shot, according to her
statement, to scare him, but the j
32 Caliber bullet took effect in
his right breast producing almost
instant death. It was developed
that Dave was a bully and had
beaten up his wife many times
and had served a sentience for
wife beating.
The Jury retired and soon
j came back with the following ;
verdict: "The jury finding that j
from the evidence Clora Williams
killed Dave Williams in self de
fense."
YOl XGSVIIXE SCHOOLS Ol'KN
SKIT. 4TH
The Yongsville School will open
Sept. 4, according to announce
ment of M. K. Carsewell. Princi-|
pal. Students will be classified
before school opens so they can
meet for work the first day.
The School will offer Home
Economics this year for the first
time. Last year io offered com- ?
merctol courses for the first time.'
The stfot^jHs now have a broader
curriculun^v than ever before.;
We hope the students and patrons
will take full advantage of Miese
opportunities.
Although we are losing some of
our students to the National
Uuard. if they are required to go
away for a year's training, we are
proud of our patrioMc citizens. A
large proportion of our young
men have lately joined Uncle
Sam's defense forces. We are at
tempting to get a complete list of
these young men which we shall
send to the TIMES as soon as
possible.
The following iB a list of teach
ers in the Youngsville School for
i the year 1940-41 In the primary
department are, Mfti Clellie Mas
sie. Mrs. Thelma R. Hall. Mrs.
Mamie Winston, and Mrs. Lula
1 W. Moss. In the grammar grade
department are Miss Beatrice G.
Hin. Miss EfTie Tharrington, Mrs.
Maud W. Tharrington and Mrs.
Susan C. Green. In the high
school are M. K. Carswell, En
glish; Mr. F. C. Winston, Agricul
ture; Mr. W. R. Evans, Science
and Mathematics; Miss Myrtle
Mitchell, Home Economics and
Science; and Mrs. Maude B. Sco
field, Commercial and History.
ACQUITTED
J. E. Tuck, Negro Farm Agent, ,
who was driving the car when
the wreck occurred on July 25th
which was the cause of the death
of E. C. Hunt, Jr., wag discharg
ed from the charge of manslaugh
ter following a hearing before J.
? It. Palmer, Justice of the Peace,
I Wednesday morning. Tuck was
represented by W. L. Lumpkin
and Hunt was representied by E.
H. Malone.
SEVERELY CUT
Qaylon Rogers was severely cut
by Herbert Perry in a fight in the
stor? of the Loulsburg Supply Co.
on Saturday about one o'clock,
the cause for the trouble was not
brought out In reports. A war
rant was Issued for Perry by
Justice W. C. Webb, and a hear
ing was given him yesterday
morning resulting in the defend
ant being sent up to tfhe Record
ers Court under a $400 bond.
BREAKS UP TENT AND
ORGAN I
Information received in Louis
burg Saturday stated that some
unknown person or persons had
broken up the tent and organ of
the Holiness Preachers who were
holding meetings at a location
?ear Piney Orove church. It de
veloped that an anonymous letter
had been' sent them, wit* no avail.
The Information did hot give any
reaaon for the acta A tfts perpe
trators.
i
Mills School
Opens Sept. 5th
The Mills School will open at
8:30 o'clock September 5th, with
two changes in the faculty of the |
Elementary School, according to
Supervising Principal W, C. I
Strowd. Miss Vivian Lucas, a 1
graduate of East .Carolina Teach
ers College, will j have the workj
formerly taught ' by Mrs. Susie,
H. Jackson.
The State School Commission
allotted one additional teacher to
the High School Department for
next year. A Commercial Depart
ment will be added to t-he High':
School, typing, short hand and .
bookkeeping, will be taught by
Mrs. Susie H. Jackson, who lias!
a certificate in Commercial sub- 1
jects. We feel fortunate in hav
ing Mrs. Jackson to take charge
of this work. Five new typewri
ters have been purchased, and
tables and' a room provided for
this Department. It is necessary
to collect a small fee from eacli
student taking typing to pay for
t-he machines, but there will be
no fee for the bookkeeping and
short hand courses. This course is
open to tenth and eleventh grade
students and may be substituted
for French, for those who do not
expect to go to college. Two years
of foreign language is required
for college entrance.
The Home Economics Depart
ment, directed by Miss Rogers is
more modern and better equipped
to serve the students than it has
been in previous years. With t-wo
vocational departments. Commer
cial, and Home Economics, the
Mills High School is better able!
to serve the needs bf its students.
It is impossible to place every
pupil in t>he room where each
parent wants hiin to be and put
the children with ail I their special
friends and make an even dis
tribution to the teachers. Lists)
of student's are prepared on an '
alphabetical basis and will be
assigned to the various teachers.
This seems to he the fairest anil
most democratic way to handle!
this problem. No changes will be I
made in these listtf.
High School StiAdunts will be
charged a rental fee of $-.40 for >
the use of their books for tbej
entire year. Thi* jjfee must he
paid before any nooks can be!
issued. Partial fees are not ac-l
cepted.
Masai books in the Elementary
School are furnished by the State!
without charge There is a small
fee for the use of Supplementary i
Headers in each of the grades. I
First and Second grade pupils1
pay fifty cents: Third. Fourth
and Fifth grade pupils pay sixty
cents: Sixth and Seventh grade
pupils pay seventy cents each.
High School pupils should pay
t'helr fees the first day of school.!
and Elementary students pay
theirs during the first week.
We are looking forward to the
best school year that we have
had, and we are asking for the
full cooperation of both parent*)
and students in order that our
aims may be realized.
TO MOVE ? ADD MAItKUT
Mr. E. G. Joyner. local Maua
ger for Pender's Grocery Store,
Informed the TIMES that his
Company has leased the store
room next to City Barber Shop
and will move therein about t>he
first of September. In the new
location they intend putting in an
up-to-date modern Market and
handle all the popular fresh and
cured meats.
This building has recently been
remodeled and modernized and
Will be made more attractive by
Pender's.
?. T. I,KC>.V1K1> KM>S lilt- hi
WITH PISTOL DISCHARGE
S. T. Lonard. prominent farm
er of the Wood community, ended
bis life about 8 o'clock Sunday
morning by shooting himself in
the forehead with a .32 calibre
pistol. The tragedy occurred at
his home.
Coroner R. A. Robbitt Investi
gated and said it was a clear case
of suicide. He said that a daugh
ter heard Mr. Leonard say "Good
bye" just before a shot sounded.
Mr. Leonard had been in ill
health. He was S5 year* of age
and besides his wife is survived
by eight sons. Vernon, Russell,
Cooper, Plummer, Alfred and
Dan Leonard, of Wood; Jewel
Leonard, of Louisiana, and Oar
land Leonard, of Loulsburg; and
three daughters, Rachel, of Wood,
MI'S. T. H. McDonald and Miss
Bettle Leonard, of Burlington.
Mr. Leonard was very popular
amotg a large number of friends
and enjoyed the confidence and
respect of his community. He
had served his School district as
a member of the Gold Sand School
District Committee.
The funeral was held from the
home at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning conducted by the Rev.
.John Edwards and Interment was
made In My family cemetery.
Quite a large number attended
the last rites and the floral tri
bute was very pretty.
Tbt^bqraated family has tnfci
deepest ayw>sthy ?( a large ?am
ber of frIMW
t ^
Tobacco Prices
Top 1939 Figure
Average of $4 Higher Than Last
Year Indicated As Border Belt
Ope art
T~ ?
Tobacco gales opened at an av
erage of from $18 to $20 a hun
dred on the seven North Carolina
markets of the Border Belt Tues
day, wifch farmers offering up
wards of 2,500,000 pounds.
Uelay in tabulation of ware
house tickets prevented the an
nouncement of official figures for
the opening. But observers every
where asserted prices would
range approximately $4 higher
than the $15.49 average for Mie
belt last year.
Prices also topped the Georgia
opening of approximately $18 per
h uudred.
Sales Blocked
Growers offered a large bulk of
lightweight tobacco which block
ed most markets. Grades ranged
from common to fair and good
first< and second primings, mostly
sand lugs.
Fair and good grade primings
drew the strongest bidding as up
wards of. $500,000 was paid out;
on the seven Tar Heel markets.
Fair Bluff reported quality of
tobacco offered as fair and farm
ers well pleased. Sales there were
blocked.
At Fairmont, officials asserted 1
it' was the most satisfactory open
ing day sales in history. Not a
tag was turned, they said, and no
complaints Were heard from gro
wers. Sales were not blocked.
Itest In Years
Sales supervisors were jubilant
and observers generally agreed
.-'ales were the most orderly and
the most satisfactory in years.
Farmers turned few lags? a ges
ture of price rejection ? on any
floors, and some markets report
ed no sales lags were turned.
Farmers expressed greater op
timism than at< any time since the
European war threw the market
into a tailspiu early last season
by forcing Imperial 'lobacco Com
pany buyers from the floors. Im
perial purchased 35 per cent of
I he crop for (Iritish export and
bid on t'he best grades.
Imperial buyers appeared on
the market Tuesday bidding this
lime for the Commodity Credit
Corporation, Federal agency pur
chasing tobacco for storage and
price stabilization. Price average
equivalent to last year were guar
anteed by adoption of three-year
control in a manner similar to the
$4(1.000.001) purchased last year
Willi an option to British export.
? News-Observer.
GOLD SAM) SCHOOL
(To the Franklin Times)
The Gold Sand High School and
I he Wood elementary school will
open for regular work on Thurs- j
day. September 5. With the ex
ception of Miss Frances Wilson,,
the home economics teacher, re
placing Miss Margaret Turner
who resigned la?t< spring, the
teaching stall is the same as that
of last year. Miss Wilson com
pleted the requirements for grad
uation at the East Carolina Teach- j
era College last spring. She comes
to Gold Sand well recommendel.
The teachers for this year fol
low: Gold Sand ? elementary:
Mrs. Eva U. Person. Louisburg;
Miss Arzell Hodge. .Kenly; Miss
Lois May, Red Oal^c Mrs. Fannie
Gupton Davis, Louisburg; Mrs.
Mattle E. Williams. Louisburg;
Mrs. Louise M. Bledsoe. Louis
burg; Miss Ruth Parrish, Louis
burg. and Mrs. Margaret R. Gup
ton. Louisburg. The high school; \
Mr. D. J. Dark, Louisburg; Mr. C. |
S. Wooten, Greenville; Mr. E. M. I
Alexander, Chester, 3. C.; Miss
Llllle Harper. Louisburg; Miss
Mary Bynum Dark. Louisburg;
Miss Frances Wilson, Henderson,
and W. O. Reed, principal. Louis
burg.
The Wood teachers (elementary
grades only) are: Mrs. Maggie
Duke Neal, principal. Louisburg;
Miss Mary Dickorson. Louisburg,
and Mrs. Adelaide Duke Fuller,
Louisburg.
Except for minor changes, Mie
buses will travel the same routes
that they followed last year. All
parties concerned have attempted
to secure competent) drivers for
the buses. Every pupil is urged
to make plans to enter school the
first day.
113th F. A. Complimented
The following was taken from
a report) "at the front" In Satur
day's daily paper:
The 113 th Field Artillery,
which completed a 352-mile
march after dark last night,
caught up on some sleep today in
these beautiful pine highlands and
ready for combat after midnight
tonight). Military men here mar
veled at the forced march with
heavy equipment, saying the test
of Colonel Godfrey Cbeohlre's
reglmeat has probably never bean
dupllcated.^The unit arrived with
all 107 truck* and howitzers and
with only on* track disabled,
which waa towed in.
RENEW TQTO SUBSCRIPTION!
Kepi: Busy
Colonel Edgar H. Bain (above) of
Goldsboro, is a busy man these days.
He is commander of Goldsboro's
American Legion post, commanding
officer of the 321st infantry of the
81st division, treasurer of the N. C.
Legion News, and state director of
the Brewers and North Carolina '
Beer Distributors committee. In the
latter office, he supervises the beer
Industry's "clean up or close up"
campaign in North Carolina which I
has resulted in the elimination of '
many undesirable brer nutlets.
TROTSKY DEAD
Mexico City, Aug. 21. ? Leon]
Trotsky died tonight after whis
pering an accusation that his pick
axe assailant "most likely" was aj
member of the OGPU, Soviet Se-|
cret police. I
A savage attack by a confidant
felled t'Ue 60-year-old guiding ge-i
; 11 1 ns of the Russian revolution ln!
his home late yesterday. An emer-i
; geney operation and administra
tion of oxygen were futile. He1
died at 7:25 p. m. (central stand
ard lime) before brain surgeons
from the United States could
teach him by chartered plane.
The attacker was identified by
police as Jacques Mortan Vanden
drelsched. 36-year-old native of
Iran. Bodyguards beat hltn off
from the assault, but not until he
I hud driven t>he axe Into the exiled
l revolutionist's skull.
Scene of the attack was Trot-)
sky's fortress-like residence in the
nearby village of Coyoacan. where :
a machine-gun attack on Trotsky1
failed last May.
BATTERY "B" RETURN-.
ING
'.V
Battery "R" along with the re
mainder of 113th Field Artillery
left Alexandria. La.. Tuesday and
is en route home. It spent Tues
day night at Vicksburg, Miss.,
and Wednesday night at Demo- <
polls. Ala., and Thursday night at-j
Columbus. Ala., with tonight sche
duled for Thomasville. Ga., and
Saturday night at Cheraw, S. C.,,
arriving home sometime Sunday, j
A warm welcome awaits the j,
boys. |
RECEIVES CHECKS ,
Mr. C. T. Hudson informed the;
TIMES Wednesday that farmers ,
In Franklin County were recelv-l
ing dividend checks amounting to
1 1.000 upon the fertilizer theyi
bought cooperatively- this year, i
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
was the local agenti.
LOUISBURG BAPTIST |
CHURCH
Bev. Clarence Bass, ministerial
student and member ot Loulsburg
BapMst Church preached at the
eleyan o'clock service on "The
Supreme Message of God." God
hat a message for every Individ
ual.,, He calls the unsaved to sal
vation, and the saved to service.
On Sunday, August 25th, Bev.
P. -H- 8oolleld. Jr., of YoungsvUle
Baptist Church will preach at the
morning hour.
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M.
"Every 8. S. Should Grow."
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following is the program
ati the Loulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, August 24th:
Saturday ? Double Feature >?
Gene Autry In "Tumbling Tum
bleweeds" and Jane Withers in
i "The Girl From Avenue A" also ,
Adventures of Bed Byder.
Sunday-Monday ? Bette Davis
and Charles Boyer in, "All This
And Heaven Too."
Tuesday ? Sir Cedrlo Hardwick,
Freddie Bartholomew and Joso
phlne Hutchinson In "Tom
Brown's School Days."
Wednesday ? Chester Morris
and Jane Wyatt in "The Girl
From God's Country."
Thursday-Friday ? Henry Fon
da, Jackie Cooper, Gene Tierney
a ait Snry Hull la "The Beturtt of
I9rank James."
EUROPEAN
WAR NEWS
Reports taken from daily pa
pers :
London. Thursday, Aug. 22.?
Destruction of an entire row of
workers' honjes by1 a huge Ger
man aerial torpedo dropped oa a
southeast town was reported ear
ly today after a British radio
warning that Adolf Hitler thus
far has hurled "only a small trac
tion" of his bombing strengtfe
against the British Isles.
The aerial torpedo, presumably
the first to smash into British 'boll,
was said to have been dropped
from a low-swooping raider, gong
ing a 20-foot-deep crater and
rocking t'he entire town.
Late last night rescue squads,
dug in the wreckage for victims
whose voices could be heard be
neath debris. An 80-year-old wo
man who had just been put to bed
by her son escaped as her home
was blown to pieces around her.
In the area where the aerial
torpedo struCk, iti was reported,
there was "not one brick left oa
top of another."
A short time before, another
Nazi dive-bomber had dropped
two screaming shells on the out
skirts of bhe same town without
damage or casualties.
Scattered Raids
Air raiders were reported over
scattered areas of southeast En
gland last night and ealy today,
after 24 hours of bad weather tihat
limited Hitler's sky raiders to
sporadic hit-and-run attacks.
The air Ministry said that the
Germans had "found mass attacks
expensive" and had retiurned to
the small force raids which they
employed previous to the aerial
offensive.
A government spokesman said
10 German planes were shot
down ov.er Britain Wednesday,
but later authoritative estimates
raised t'he figure to 13 planes.
A number of persons were said
to have been killed in the aerial
torpedo blast.
Witnesses told of seeing a Nazi
bomber swoop down from low
hanging clouds upon the town, its
engines silent.
"As it dived. I saw a huge
black bomb shaped like a torpedo
leave the plane." said one resi
dent.
"The explosion shook Wie en
tire town and debris was hurled
more than 100 feet into the
air."
The crater gouged by the so
called torpedo was said to have
been about 30 feet in diameter
and nearly 20 feet deep.
Irish Hen Raid
German planes on Tuesday at
tacked the collier Prestatyn Rose
in the Irish Sea and. according
to one member of the crew upon
the vessel's arrival in Dublin, one
of the Nazi attackers 'dropped
three aerial torpedoes which
missed." *
LOUISBURG METHODIST,
CHURCH
The young people will hold
their service at 7:1!? next Sunday
evening. It will be an out-door
service on the lawn at the home
of Miss Jane Gray Perry.
At the morning service ad
11:00 the sermon will be given
by the pastor, Rev. J. G. Phillips.
The history of the Methodist
Church in Louisburg is being com
piled. Rev. E. H. Davis has agreed
to write this history. It will be
greaMy appreciated If any persons
who might have some helpful re
collection or record, will speak to
Brother Davis about it, or to the
pastor.
Will the people whose parents
or grandparents were Methodists
in Louisburg, hunt* through the
old effects and- see It any news
paper clippings, churah records,
programs, or letters can be found
having a bearing on the history
of Methodism in Louisburg. ,
lotisbusg wins, n-a
Louisburg pushed over 8 MM
in the first Inning and rnnuxid. to ..
an 11-2 triumph ore r Hroadwell
here Wednesday. Louisburg out
hit Bt-oadwell, 12-4. The game
was seven Innings by agreement.
Leaders in the Louisburg attack
were Stone, Dickens, and Wiggins,
each witih two for three. No
Broadwell player connected tor
more than one hit.
Score: N.H.E.
Broadwell. 000 110 0 ? 2 4 7
Louisburg. 820 010 X ? 11 12 4
Baker, Jones and Watkin?:
Earp, Wiggins and Dickerson.
Baseball Sunday
Louisburg will play t?he Ral
eigh Carpenters at the local park
Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
THANKS
We wish to express our appre
ciations for the many kindness?*'
rendered as during the sickness
and death of our beloved husband
and father.
Mrs. Quenten S. Leonard
aad Children.
Four bicyclists were killed id
North Carolina from Xansary ttt
July, 1940.
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