Around The Town By W.F. | sheltonI Only four political parties hare1 elected their candidate to the Presidency of the United States. They were Federalists. Whigs, Democrats and Republicans. How ever, an answer of five or seven was considered as correct even though the Whole People, Demo cratic-Republicans and House of Representatives parties were cre ated by splits and factions the major parties. In town winners were Mrs. S. W. Young and Miss Frances Edens. Out-of-town win ners were Thurston Kdwards and Miss Linda Perry. It is with re gret that with this week's col umn we end the question and an swer part of our weekly effort. Suitable questious are too ti iff i l cult to find. A question is only suitable when it requires individ ual initiative to answer. Those questions that can easily be look ed up in bhe nearest reference work are not suitable to a depart ment of this type and do not make good questions. To all of you. whether you were lucky in winning or not, we would like to express our heartfelt' thanks for the 200 and more letters and cards, both right and wrong, that have been received in answer. If, at some time in the future we run across a group of questions | t'hat are suitable, we will again ] have the question and answer de partment. Again, many thanks to all for the answers and sug gested questions. U? If This month will murk the fortieth year of Kev. tfeorge Pollard's service to Ills people. This well known colored minis ter is a leader and a teacher j with a great record of service. He is even now teaching a third generation of Negro children. His life could well be a model for any persons, either light or ?lark. i 11?11 Louisburg has every right to be proud that- the Mills School Bakuf is progressing so rapidly under the expert tutelage and direction of Professor James Byerly. His leadership .,0f the band predicts an excellent result in instilling the love of music into Miose chil dren. It is the wish of almost everyone to be able to play a musical instrument Through this band that wiHh ran be gratified for t'hese young men and women. This training may develop a lat ent talent in one or more of the studeuts that possibly could lead to a great career. Jimmy Byerly is equally at home wit-h the tem po of the martial no|es or the rhythms of the dance. His col lege orchestra, playing at a dance, or the rehearsals of the school band, are living testimonials to his versatility and talent. 11?11 Speukiug of music reminds me of the time, while in high school, that 1 took thirty dol lars wortli of pinno lessons. All j that remains of those many les- | sons today is a questionable I ability to give a corny rendi- i tion to the first half of "Auld i Lang Syne." If only I could j call bark the years I would | study those piano lessons and I ' would practice instead of dodg ing the keyboard work. A musical education is of great value to anyone and how I wish that I had not forsaken my chance. 11?11 The offices of the draft board have T)een tilled all week wit'h prospective draftees searching for their number among the 3,381 names and numbers listed. One young man was making money by charging ten cents a name to look up a number which will normally take a person some time to find. As there is no alphabetical order and the names are posted on boards all around Mte room, it is stoop, squat, squint and search unttl you find yours. We tried this method for a while but final ly gave up and gave out so we paid the young man a dime. He found our name in a very few minutes and our draft number 811. 11?11 They are still talking about the great speech that Kepresen tative Sam Hobbs of Alabama delivered at the court house l''riday night. With the audi ence expecting Harold t'ooley lo deliver the principal address it wan somewhat of a surprise when Hobhs was introduced. With a slow persuasive drawl and a keen sense of humor the gentleman from Alab;?ma tore the Itepublicuii party to tatter ed shreds. During every min ute of his hour-long talk he had the crowded courtroom audi ence literally in the palm of his hand. He really went across with a hang. After his splendid s|M*ecli tin* audience applauded as oik' and caine forward to shake the hand of the greatest speaker that probably ever vis ited these parts. Ilolihs is at present a member of tin* pow erful Democratic speakers bu reau and In delivering his hu morous, vote-getting talks about | the country. We join with every | other memhor of that audience i in hoping that Sam Hobbs will | visit us again, and soon. 11?11 Harold D. Cooley also made a ] great Democratic speech and took j some humorous, yet effective pot shots at the GOP. Cooley. while j a capable and entertaining speak- I er, will have to go some to ever | deliver a more enjoyable address Hian did Sam Hobbs. 11?11 After meeting Hobbs and re newing our acquaintance with Cooley we had the pleasure of being introduced to Dick Key nolds. Reynolds, in spite of his tobacco millions, is a great guy and a more sociable fellow nev er lived. He is the antithesis of the average man's impres sion of a millionaire. H? 1 1 Ernest Thomas admitted tiiat he was sticking his neck out in predicting a Wake Forest win over Duke. So. he stuck his neck out and Wake Forest lost but his batting average is still a lot high er than some of the other football pickers. >1 ItS. SI'KXCKR ENTERTAINS Mrs. W. H. Spencer entertain ed for members of the "lies Fem mes" club at> her home Wednes day evening. The house was beautifully decorated with a pro fusion of fall flowers. High score prize, a Cashmere Bouquet nov elty box went to Mrs. M. H. By num and Mrs. Herman Berlin, of Newport News, Va., received monogramed ash trays. Miss Edith Rideout was wel comed into Ohe club as a new member, after which the hostess served a sweet course to the fol lowing members: Miss Ann Barn hill, Miss Edith Rideout, Mrs. M. H. Byiiutn, Mrs. Ezra Denton, Mrs. George Selby, Mrs. W. A. Raynor, Mrs. Herman Berlin and Mrs. J. I.. Gupton. I i\'eed Laxative? Tal ?,UBRICATING WASH aw k maky customers self as k any o^D or? ?~^M?33=! ""WlSSiBSs your friend, ' EDCAKJ.FO UER In Front ^ ,ESS?L De?'er Louisburg pogt INVITES INVESTIGA TION The following !-lter from tile Hoard of Charities and Public Welfare is self explanatory: Louisburg. N. C. October i'g, 1940. Hoard of County Commissioners. Franklin County. Loulsbu rg. Nort'li Carolina, tientlemen: We note with regret, in the , Report of the Grand Jury for Oc tober Term 1940 of Franklin Su perior Court sonic criticism of the Welfare Department for ! Franklin County, and while we > do not question the good faith of the Grand Jury, we doubt that this hody had an opportunity to ! make a thorough investigation of the workings of our Welfare De partment. The Welfare Department is controlled and limited by many ' State and Federal restrictions. It is impossible to satisfy everyone, j littt no decisions are made with- j out deiinite facts substantiated by 1 careful investigation. The work- 1 ings of the Department of Public j Welfare are too often misunder stood because of lack of infortna- j tion on the part of the public. j In justice to the Welfare De- I partmeut we will be glad if your \ Hoard will appoint a committee with no interest in the questiou, except its interest in the general welfare of our County, to iuvesti- I gate thoroughly, with our Board, the Welfare Department" and re port the result of such an inves tigation. The only compensation that the Welfare Board receives is the sat isfaction of service and while we welcome any constructive criti cism which may come our way, we also desire our people to feel that we are giving the best ser vice possible under the circum stances. Respectfully submitted. MRS. BEN HOI. DEN. Chairman. J. J. YOUNC MRS. GEORGE UIU.IAM Franklin County Welfare Board. OTHERS VIEWS QIKSTION.NAIRK To the Kditor: Who brought 011 the last World War? Germans. " ' I' Who sank the I.usitania with out warning. causing 1,153 per-! sons to drown? Germans. Who caused the Rlack Tom ex- i plosion ? Germans. Who brought' on the present' World War? Germans. Who kidnaped the Lindbergh1 baby and murdered it? A German. Who kidnaped the Count and Countess de Tristan baby a few days ago? A German. Who sank without warning a refugee ship last week without j warning. murdering 85 little j children? Germans. Who is frying to undermine the United States? Germans. Who is the candidate tor pres ident on the Republican ticket? A man whose forefathers as far back as he can trace were | Germans, also his father. Who's going to vote for him? ] Some Republicans, a few dis-l gruntled, self-styled Democrats and all the Germans in this coun-! try. What would happen if this man I was elected? ' Hitler would be well pleased; once a German always a German. Who is going to be elected? Franklin D. Roosevelt'. Would you in times like this [vote for a German? I hope not. S. It. CHAVASSK. Henderson, Sept. 24. 1M40. The total supply of 81,600 pounds of Austrian winter pea seed ordered through the AAA igrant-of-aid plan for Bladen [County farmers has been exhaus ' ted completely. reports Farm Agent' II. B. Harper. DO YOU KNOW OTHERS Prof. M. K. Carswell is anx ious to complete a list of Military Roys from Youngsville: Youngsville. N. C. Oct. 29. 1940. The Franklin Times, Louisburg. N. C. Dear Sirs: We have been working on a list of men from Youngsville and vi cinity who are in the various branches of Military Service. If this lis) is nut complete we invite anyone who' will, to send us nam es of those we did not get. We believe that Youngsville is one of the most patriotic commu nities in the country because so large a per cent of our men have volunteered. There are 46 in the Army. 7 in the Navy, and 2 in the Marines. It can be felt and noticed in our homes, schools, and churches; but. we are glad and thankful to live in a community where peo ple believe in liberty and justice. A list of men who have gone from Youngsville to serve in Un cle Sam's defense forces follows: Army ? James A. Bailey. Lin wood Catlett. Robert' Cheatham, Win ston Cheatham. Charles Cyrus. Forest Eddings. Charlie R. Ed wards. Bennie Franklin. . Herbert Frazier. Joseph Urissoin. Vernon Hagwood. Clarence Hendricks. Julius Hendricks. Mack Hend ricks. Itompton Hendricks, Wil-' liani Hendricks. William Hicks, Bland Hill, Davis Hill. Fred Hol den. Clyde Hudson. Stanley Jones. Herman Lindsey. Talmage Lind sey. Woodrow Lloyd. Randolph Mitchell, Howard Moore, C. A. Moore. Foster Pace. Ebbie J. Pearce1, John W. Pearce. Jr., Ro ger Eppie Pearce. Wm. Ray Pearce. Fredrick O: Preddy, Jesse Ed. Preddy, Ervin E. Rogers, John Rogers, Joseph Rogers, Frances Tingon, Claybourne Wig gins. Emmet Wiggins. Woodrow Wiggins. Jones Winston, Melvin \ Young. Tommie Young, and Jos eph Wiggins. Navy ? Clausel .Carter, Herbert Dement, Billy ! Freeman. Edwin Holden. Mack Mullen. Bobby Lee Paschal. Pres ton Snipee Marines ? C. T. Pearce, and James T. PurguraoB. M. K. CARSWELL,. (il/PTON-RIJUMOSi Miss Zena Bledsoe and Mr. Par- * ham Gupton. of near Louisburg, were united in marriage on Sat urday night, October 26. The Ker. John Edwards, pastor of the Baptist Church officiated. The bride wore a dress of blue velvet with accessories to match. 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