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NUMBER 32
Governor Hoey To Speak At Armory Dedication
BIG DANCE ARRANGED FOR
NIGHT
To Present Portrait of Major Boddie;
Big Parade In Making; Band Mus
ic; Big Time In Store For Biggest
Crowd In Years
. I
With all tlie committees reporting satisfactory com
pletion of their work everything seems to be in readi
ness for the big celebration to be held in Louisburg on
Tuesday of next week, September 24th, when Louis- |
burg's New Armory Building will be officially and for
mally dedicated to the service of serving the public in
defense of the country both in local, national and for
eign disturbances.
Governor Hoey will be the main Speaker and it is ex
pected that Congressman Harold I). Coolev, Federal
W. P. A. Administrator Harrington, State W. P. A.
Agent McUiuqis, and possibly Senator Josiah \V. Bailey,
as well as others will be present to take a pari in this
greatest of all days since the World War days.
In addition to the formal dedication services a spec
ial feature has been arranged that will add a great deal
of local interest. This will be the presentation of and
placing an oil painting of Maj. Samuel Perry Boddie.
one who served as Captain of the Louisburg unit while
on the Mexican border ant I in the World War where he
was promoted to Major, with great honors, to and upon
the walls of the Armory as a token of honor and esteem
held for the late Major Boddie by his home people.
There will be music a plenty throughout the entire
ceremony furnished by bands, and a grand parade, coin
" posed of soldiers, citizens, school children, floats, bicy
cles, etc.
The town has already been decorated to the limit and ?
presents a very patriotic scene.
To these services everybody is invited, and is also 1
cordially invited to stay over and attend the big Legion
Dance that night at the Armory. The dance is expect
ed to produce the big and happy climax to a great day I
in Louisburg.
Battery "B"
Mobilizes
Battery "B" 113th F. A., un
der Command of Capt. Chas. P.
Green and Lieutenants F. W.
Wheiess, Jr. and E. C. Bulluck,
mobilized in keeping with Nation
al orders on Monday morning.
The boys gathered promptly on]
time and showed great patriotic j
interest and enthusiasm. Only a
small number resigned and large
numbers of applicants have been!
present to fill up the quota to the .
desired number.
The Battery has been billetted
In the Armory and will remain
there until they leave for Camp
Jackson some time next week,
possibly Wednesday or Thursday.
The many friends of former
Maj. Edward F. Griffin will be
delighted in the information that
he has been promoted to Lieu
tenant Colonel.
REVIVAL
Revival services will begin at
Leah's Chapel Church, Sunday,
Sept. 22, according to announce
ment of PMtdr R. H. Nicholson.
The visiting pastor is Rer. K. W.
Taylor, of California and Dur
ham. Everyone is urgdd to at
tend these services each evening
at 7:45 P. M. x
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PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following is the program
ati the Loulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Sept. 21st:
Saturday ? Double Feature ?
Don "Red" Barry in "The Tulsa
Kid" and Joe E. Brown and Mar
tha Raye in "$1,000 A Touch
down." Also Chapter No. 7 "Red
Ryder."
Sunday-Monday ? Dorothy La
m?ur and Robert Preston In
"Typhoon" in Technicolor.
Tuesday ? Jean Rogers and
Robert Sterling 1n "Yesterdays
Heroes."
Wednesday ? Brian Aherne and
Rita Hayworth In "The Lady In
-Question."
. Thursday -Friday ? Ginger Rog
ers and Ronald Colman in "Lucky
Partners."
Troop 20, Boy
Scouts '
The Boy Scouts of Loulsburg
are anxious to be of all the ser
vice possible in connection with
the Dedication of the Armory.
Mr. C. M. Calhoun, Scout Execu
tive. is coming to help decorate
a Scout* float, and to supervise the
activities of the Louisburg Scouts
and visiting Scouts on the Dedi
cation diV. He plans to bring a
half dozen Eagle Scouts as visi
tors in honor of the occasion. .
All Scouts who expect t*> take
part will be expected at the reg
ular weekly meeting at the Scout'
room on next Monday at 7:30
P. M.
LOUISBURG METHODIST
CHURCH
On Sunday morning t-here will
be the recognition of Loulsburg
College students who are becom
ing affiliate members c( the
church. Dr. Walter Patten. Col
lege President, will give the ser
mon, and music will be present
ed by members of the college
community. This service is in
keeping with the college day
program given at the beginning
of each school year. There will
be adequate room for all Louls
bufg people who will worship in
the service.
Sunday night at 7:30 there will
be a union service at the Metho
dist Church. A special invitation
goes to t<he men of the National
Ouard Company. Mr. Phillips
will preach, as both other minis
ters are in services out of town.
The sermon topic is. "The Lord
Hath Opened His Armory," Jere
miah 50.26, The National Ouard
men likewise have a special and
urgent invitation to attend the
morning service.
On Friday evening of this week
at 8:00 there will be a party giv
en for the young people of the
Epworth League. This will be
In the Junior department* at the
church.
3. B. Wallin, a, demonstration
farmer of MadlsoB" County, made
a net profit of more than $1,000
during the past year from Ave
dairy cows and a flock of 300 Bar
red Rock hens.
GOVERNOR CVDK R. H()HV
TOBACCO
HIGHER
Opening Sale Av
erages 19 Cents
Many Attend Louisburg's
Opening; 150,000 Pound
Sold; Buyers and Ware
housmen Enthusiastic;
farmers Pleased ; Prices
Advance Wednesday
Quite a big interest was shown1
in the opening sale of the Louis
burg Tobacco Market Tuesday*
when around 1 50.00(1 pounds of
the golden weed was sold at a
general average of 1ft cents. The
tobacco sold for from 3 cents to
high into the thirties and was
generally satisfactory on the part
of both the growers and ware
housemen.
The grade of tobacco offered!
was not as good as in former
years, but the opening price ex-'
coedr>d tihat of lust year by scv-l
era) dollars in the hundred.
Tobacco begun to arrive in
rive in Louisburg on Saturday |
morning and many loads were on
the floors Monday night.
The first sale Tuesday was at
the Southside with the second at
the Planters and t-he third at the
Union.
The warehousemen were active!
and strong In handling the sales
and the buyers were lively and
enthusiastic in their bidding and
apparently willing to pay a good
price for the grades they could;
use.
All accounts were .represented
on the opening, and the ware
housemen left nothing undone to
see that the tobacco sold for full
value.
A large number of visitors
were present to witness t?he sale
and expressions of surprise at the
good prices were the rule.
Merchants and business men'
Joined the growers and visitors on,
the sales and a general good feel-,
lng existed.
Prices were stronger on Wed
nesday's sales.
You and your friends are In
vited to sell your tobacco and cot
ton and othor farm produce and
buy your necessities in Louis
burg where all interests are co
operating to make it more profi
table to you.
KI'SO.M PAKKNT-TKACIIKR
ASSOCIATION M I'.KTH
Tlie Epsom Parent-Teacher As
soriation had Us fust regular
meeting <>f the school year on
Thursday . niRht. September 1 L'.
1 !? 4 0 ill t?he school audUorlilin. A
large, enthusiastic crowd was
present, and the year's work was
well outlined. The new president.
Rev. J. E. McCauley, gave the
association an inspiring accep
tance speech, and introduced the
new principal. Mr. J. T. Jessup,
along with the liew teachers.
After an interesting business
meeting, the social committee
served delicious refreshments.
TO RUN HOTEL
Mrs. John H. Strange has leas
ed the Franklin Hotel and will
run the same ill a most modern
Aud convenient) manner. She has
already talari over the hostelry. '
I. till, KM-: IMIItltHT
Castalia.? Funeral services for
Luiieilfc Bolibitt. IT. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. I.. W. Bobhttt, of
Castulia. were held at the home
Sunday. Burial was in the fam
ily cemetery. The, Rev. C. B. Pea
cock of the Relford Methodist
Church in Castalia. conducted the
services. W. C. Hopkins, prin
cipal of the high school. In
which she was a senior, also
took part.
The girl had been in ill healtto
for a number of years.
Survivors are her parents; two
sisters. Juantta and Annionette;
a brother, Lewis. Jr.; a grand
father. R. L. Johnson; and a
number of aunts and uncles.
KXTKRTAINKD AT BRUM IK
On Thursday evening,, Sept. 5,
Miss Lucille Johnson and Mrs. B,
C. Johnson entertained at bridge
in honor of two former Hunn
High School teachers who are re
cent brides. Mrs. Paul Bradley
and >frs. Alex Wood.
Mrs. Leon Pippin scored high
and was awarded a prize and
Mrs. Virginia Crawford received
the traveling prize. The honor
guests received gifts.
The hostesses served a dessert
course to the (ollowlng guests:
Mrs. J. R. Medlin, Mrs. Spencer
Williams, Mrs. Eugene Bedding
field, Mrs. Mary Woodward, Mrs.
Leon Pippin. Mrs. Virginia Craw
ford. of Ooldsboro. Mrs. Duke
White, Miss Merla Johnson. Mr*.
Jack Jackson, of Dallas, Texas,
Miss Nellie McOIrt, Miss Belle
MMohfner. Mrs. O. J. Rochester,
Mrs.. Hamilton Hobgood, Miss
Mary White Nash, Mrs. Paul
Bradley, and Mrs.. Alex Wood.
RENHW TOUR SUBHCKf^TION'
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EUROPEAN
WAR NEWS
Loudon, Thursday, Sept. 18. ? :
Hurling back five massive waves]
of Nazi .raiders totalling nearly!
600 planes, the Royal Air Force
completely crushed Reich Mar
shal Herman Goering's effort to
blast a path to London" yest-er-,
day, the Air Ministry reported.
So complete was the victory of
I he K. A. F? in blazing air bat
tles. it was said, that# not a sin
gle bomb fell on London from
dawn to dusk despite eight air
raid alarms ? the first b o in bless i
day of Germany's 12 -day aerial
siege.
But the more than 15 bombless
hours for London euded shortly
before midnight when the Nazi
raiders, in Uieftr eighth attack
since dawn, smashed through a
ring of murederous anti-craft fire
from several directions and be
I gan scattering bombs.
| Terriffic bomb explosions shook
I London's fashionable and already
! battered West Knd at midnight
and the slamming barrage ol* hun
dreds of anti-aircraft guns was
ferocious.
Both high explosives and incen
diaries smashed upon the West
ICnd. which had been blasted
heavily in the previous night's
i record-breaking attack of nine
| hours and f>:i minutes.
In the northwest part of Lon
I don three bombs crashed into a
I hlrge block of apart?nients. de
molishing a house and broke gas
mains of the area.
\ew Weapon
I The air expert of tin- ICvening
j Standard reported that London
| has found "a new defense against
! the bomber" and suggested that
the new mysterious weapon was
I so simple t<hat scarcely anyone
; would think of it.
The weapon has not been de
veloped on a large scale, he said,
| hut is being used to "defend
small, vital sites." ?.
The Air Ministry in an untis
; ually-worded statement. ch'ided
Reich Marshal Goering for the
; failure ot' Wednesday's repeated
j mass assaults in which aO least
4 ?? German planes were shot down
against the* loss of only nine Brit
I ish lighters and four pilots.
"If Goering hoped to make lliel
path to Loudon easier, he was
j disappointed." tin* Air Ministry1
said.
"in attacks beginning at 9:30|
ii. ill.. witeu the third London
alarm of the day was given, arndt
I continuing u mil darkness, thej
i Unmans tried vainly to wear
| down our lighter defenses," lt|
I was stated.
"Kadi wave, whether bombers
or fighters, was met* by Hur-!
ricanes and Spitfires ready to
harass and destroy the enemy.
"It was just when Goering's
air effort was the strongest thatl
i our pilots won t'helr biggest sue-;
cess.
"All five attacks followed the1
same course, crossing the Kentish
| coast between I>ungenes and
North Foreland.
About 100 Nazi fighters staged
'the first mass raid at> 9:30 a. m.,
| it was said, followed by a second
attack shortly before noon "when
> five groups of bombers and figh
! ters crossed the Kentish coast,
hut only one of their formation
was able to reach t'he London
area: the others were all turned
back."
Washington, Sept. is. ? A
dreadful moonlight sonata ot Ger
I man bomb attack battered Lon
idon us the fourth month of the
I Battle of .Britain opened. How'
many civilian lives were lost in
i that deluge of destruction, which
' rescended on the great."^Bprawllng
,city for nearly ten hours, con
| only be conjectured.
Yet there are circumstances
surrounding the fight for air mas
i tery Miat are definitely hearten
llng; for Britishers, whatever the
j London casualties. The prompt
i repulse by Royal Air Force figh
ters of Na*l planes which sought
to make a follow-up flight to
London In the day-time empha
sises Prime Minister Winston
Churchill's contention that day
light mastery of the air is the
"crux" of the battle.
Without that, German invasion
of England would be a desperate
venture, even with assurances of
1 ^
(Couttn?4& on f*a?e t)
t
PRESIDENT SIGNS DRAFT BILL
All Men From 21 Through 35 Years of Age Most
Register On October 16th
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DEMOCRATIC WOMKX
TO MEET
Sept ember 27 til Is the Xa
t ion- wide Democrat it* Worn
en's Day. All Coiuity Com
niiltocwomcn and all other
interested Democratic women
in Franklin County are invit
ed and urged to be present at
;l o'clock P. M. in the Com
missioners Koom in the Court
House, where plans will he
discusscd for the coming cam
paign. Your presence is
needed.
MILS. IJEX T. HOLDKX.
V ice -Chair ma 11 I >emocrat Ic
Executive Committee.
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Senate Votes
Assistance
Would Ease Financial Bur
dens of Drafted Men;
Washington. Sept. 18. -Seeking
(?> ease the tliiaiiciul burdens of
men drafted for military training,
the Senate wrote into the excess
tax liiii today broad authority for
tbi' President' to establish allow
ances for dependents.
He also would be empowered
to establish an insurance system
for the men and make modifica
tions in the present social security
regulations for their benefit.
it acM while the War Depart
ment. waiting for President
Roosevelt to sign executive or
ders establishing the machinery,
rules and regulations for con
scription. reported that numerous
states were announcing progress
011 preparations for their part in
the draft.
Many governors, it was said,
have been selecting men for the
local draft boards and arranging
for regular election officials to
handle the gigantic task of regis
tering 16.5UO.OOO eligible young
men on October 16.
The provisions adopted by tile
Senate were purposely vague, so
that Senate and House conferees
may work out more explicit lan
guage later on. They were adop
ted as a substitute for au amend
ment' by Senator Vandcuberg
(It-Mich.) designed to continue
old-age pension and unemploy
ment credits for draftees and na
tional guardsmen called into ac
tive service.
Kor l)i'|ii'inlenl s
The outlay for dependents is
expected to be comparatively
small at) tile start inasmuch as the
general policy is not to draft men
with dependent relatives at pres
ent, but to place them in a defer
red classification. However, they
may be drafted later..
Meanwhile. President Roose
velt, just back from attending the
funeral of Speaker Bankhead at
Jasper, Ala., prepared to sign to
morrow the Brat ot a series o( ex
ecutive orders governing t>ho ad
ministration of the draft, and the
enrollment, classification and se
lection ot conscripts.
In addition, he is expected to
appoint a director ot the draft
within a few days. Probabilities
point toward Lieutenant Colonel
Lewis B. Hershey for the jofe.
LOUISBURO BAPTIST
' CHURCH
The pastor. Or. A. Paul Bagby
spoke on "The Voice of Author
ity" at the eleven o'clock hour
last Sunday. The minister nam
ed four voices, namely: tradition.
Intuition, reason and authority.
The use of t>he voices-tradition,
intuition and reason testify to the
validity of the voice of authority.
The voice of authority says: Qod
is, you and I are lost, 'come unto
me all ye I'hat labor."
In the absence of the pastor
Dr. Everett Gill, former mission
ary to Europe will speak on
"Where is Europe Going'."' AU
those Interested in Mi present
conflict will want to heiv Dr.
Gill at! the 11 o'cloeh sen lee.
Sanday School at ?:46 A. M.
L Training Union at 0: 15 P. M.
Therfc will be no c eiling ser
r(c4 at onr church hut the mem
bership will attend the JUion ser
vices at the Method H wiitt.-h (or
the National Guard.
Washington ? President Roose
velt signed into law today the
nation's first peace time draft
bill and immediately issued a pro
clamation requiring the registra
tion Oct. 16 of 16,500,000 men
21 through 35 years old.
The President signed the his
toric measure at 3.08 P. M., EST,
| in the long rectangular White
.House Cabinet room in the pre
sence of Chairmen Sheppard, Dem
ocrat, Texas, and May, Democrat*.
Kentucky, of the Senate and
i House Military Committees and
of Secretary of War Stimson and
General George C. Marshall, Army
i Chief of Staff.
| In a statement issued at t?he
[time of the signing the President
said that "America has adopted
selective service in time of peace,
land, in doing so. has broadened
'and enriched our basic concept of
citizenship."
"Beside the clear democratic
ideals of equal rights, .^qual privi
leges and equal opportunities."
the President said. "We have set
forth the underlying' other duties,
obligations and responsibilities of
equal service.
"In Mius providing for national
defense, we have not carved a
new and uncharted trail in the
history of oilr democratic in
stitutions. On the contrary, we
have merely re-asserted an old
and accepted principle of demo
cratic government'."
Tiie first contingent of 75,000
to be called up under the mea
sure will go into uniform about
a month after all the 16,500,000
are registered. Subsequent quotas
will be called in blocks of 100,000
or 125.000 tu a tothl of 400.000
about January 1. and yoO.OOO in
the Spring of 1941.
Historic in its significance, the
'.nation's first peacetime conscrip
tion was enacted finally Saturday,
after extended and often Bitter
debate in Congress, as part of
President Hoosevelt's announced
goal of "total defense."
Married Men Exempt
Meanwhile, it was reported that
all married men living wit-h their
wives could expect exemption from
conscription during, at least, the
first draft of 4.00,000 compulsory
military service trainees.
Under selective service regula
tions which the President will
! put- in force, officials said, such
men will be presumed to have de
pendents, regardless of the finan
cial situation of their wives.
The regulations will be subject
to change at any time, however.
If war or some other emergency
demanded a large nu.mber of mea
in quick order and dependency
status of married men undoubted
ly would be subject to close scrut
iny.
Xo Extensive Probes
Since the great majority of
Quarried men actually are the sole
support of their wives and slncu
no difficulty is. anticipated in fill
ing the first draft quota out of
a registration of 16,500,000 It is
I planned to dispense initially with
the extensive investigations that
would be required to determine
whether or not a wife wai self
supporting or Independently weal
thy and nob dependent upon her
husband. ,
Divorced men paying alimony
or supporting children also can
expect to be exempted. If Investi
gation by local selective service
boards shows that such wives and
children actually are ?dependent
upon the registrant).
Washington ? The White Home
announced today that 36.0)0
of the first 400,000 m->n dr .? 1
for military service woufdf ba
Negroes.
A statement Issued by Stephen
Early, press secretary, sai4 also
I that the Civil Aeronautics Auth
ority. in co-Operation with the
Army, was making "a start' in the
development of colored personnel
for the aviation seiMce. "
The statement added the new
Negro regiments would be organ
ized for the Army and that exist
ing organizations would be ex
pa uded tn full strength.
Continuation in 1941 of the
Austrian winter pea and hairy
Tetch purchase program to en
courage production of cover crop
seed for use In Southern and East
, Central states has been announ
ced.
Look for those little words lit
line type under the price ? small
carrying charge? and ask a math
ematician to explain them to you.
Considering how many people
learn how to drive gutomobflea,
K is surprising how many are un
able to learn how to hold a fork
I Vhen cutting Meat.