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rnitfF Oyer $30,000.00 in WllEr Money Orders From Louisburg Postoffice. This Should Be Kept in Louisburg. F FIMEi IT T A If UC Newspaper 11 1 AHlLO Advertising to Compete with Mail Order Catalogues. Louisburg Merchants should be wise. VOLUMN LXXI SUBSCRIPTION |l.SO > TEAK LiOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY. DECEMBER ?. 1940 (EIGHT PACKS) NUMBER 4S TAYLOR BOONE i RE - ELECTED ALEX T. WOOD, REGIS TER OF DEEDS Old Board Goes Out, New Board Comes In; No Sen sational Happenings; Mrs. H. W. Perry Appointed Deputy Register of Deeds; Constables Qualify And Take Oath; Tax List Takers Appointed; Minor Re-elected Jailor There was nothing of exeep-| tionai interest happened in thej exit of the old officers and on- 1 rrance of the new on Monday. | Mr. Alex T. Wood, the ne\yly elected Register of Deeds, was the only new man In the re-organ-] izntion. The New Board of Commission-' era for Franklin County which was sworn in l>y Clerk of Court W. V. A vent, took over matter:;1 immediately after the old Board | ndjourned and perfected its or ganization by electing Taylor W. T'oone. Chairman io succeed him-; s>olf. All members were present ;md they proceeded to transact i their duties as follows:, TltV; bond of Alex T. Wood, newly elected Register of Deeds, ; was approved, and he was sworn in by Clerk of Court W. V. A vent. Mrs. Hugh W. l'erry was also ap proved as Deputy Register of I'eeds. and assumed her duties. The Hoard and its Attorney then examined the bonds of thej following .Constables. finding! them satisfactory and in keeping ( with legal requirement they werej given the oath of office by Clerk I A vent: Dunns ? B. B. Brantley. Harris ? Z. C. Wheeler. Youugsville ? J. B. Young. Franklinton ? John Odom. iiayesville ? H. K. Neal, Sandy Creel: ? K. K. Joyner. Gold Aline ? G. S. Gilliam. Cedar Rock ? 1). C. Swanson. Louisburg Fred Frazier. Cypress Creek had no Consta ble cO qualify. The Board then appointed the tollowing list-takers, to take the tnx lists beginning January 1st: Dunns J. O. Williams. Harris ?John Chamblee. Youugsville ? G. E. Winston. Fninklinton ? Howell G. Jones. Hayeaville ? J. H. Goodson. Sandy Creek ? Grover C. I'ar riBh. Gold Mine? J. W. Neal. Cedar Rock ? T. A- Collie. Cypress Creek ? Arthur Strick land. I.ouisburg B. B. Massenburg. The names ol' R M. Minor and lames J. Lancaster were placed before the Boarl from which to select a jailor. R. M. Minor was unanimously elected to succeed himself. This completing the. business the Board adjourned to its next regular meeting. The old Tloard o( County Com missioners for Franklin County met Monday morning with all members present and transacted business as follows : F. B. Hlght, World War voter- j an was before the Board asking a peddlers license. License was granted. T. W. Boone. J. Z. Terrell and .1. F. Matthews were appointed a committee to investigate the Faulkner and Person lands and to sell same If conditions and price were satisfactory. Or. D. T. Smithwick was ap pointed a member of the com mittee Vb investigate the Welfare Departnt^jM., in the place of Mrs. .1. E. Malone, who could not serve. Reports from the following of ficers were received and ordered Hied: Dr. R. F. Yarborough, Health Officer; Mrs. J. F. Mltch iner, Welfare Officer; W. C. , Boyce. Farm Agent; Miss Llllie Mae Braxton. Home Agent; J. E. Tuck, Negro Farm Agent; Supt. B. R. Richardson, County Home. Iola Holliday was placed on the blind list at $13 per montfe. A motion by Bartholomew that Miss Radford, formerly with NYA be retained by the County Com missioners for the Health Depart ment at $16.63 per month, re ceived no action because of the WPA offering the County Health Department' a practical nurse at no cost to the County. Q. Q. Sandling, a World War veteran was granted license to peddle extracts in the County. J. C. Matthews was before the Board with reference to renting' pasture land to tihe Board. This : was deferred until Supt. B. R. ' Richardson could be present. J. V. Privett. who had been ap poihted an electrical Inspector for Wake County for REA. was ap pointed to Inspect the lines on the County lines between Wake and Franklin counties in Dunn and 1 Karris townships. - ? - ? Upon motion Of Terrell and se- I conded by Winston thht Franklin TAYLOR W. BOONE Ke-olected Chairman of the Ron rd of County Commissioners Monday for the Fourth time. County will donate $10 per month uni'il $r?0 has been paid to the Franklin County Library up on the condition that such library will serve every portion of Frank lin County, was carried by vot-e of Boone.? Terrell. Winston. Stal ling. Com. Bartholomew not ? otiug. After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned si in? die. GETS APPOINTMENT It. li. (Hobble) Itedwine, Jr., :.:s received official appointment' .n 11 I'nge in Hit United Status Vna If (iir l!i4-' according to in sinuation received in Louisburg .In! j last week. Tin* appointment* uas made hi the request of Sen. it. li. Reynolds. llol)l>ie Is the soil of .Mrs. Hod -ie Hedwine, formerly Miss ilod ?ie Williams. of Lou is liurg. and ..uh many relatives and friends in ? ouisliurg and i-Yanklin t'ounty lllo extend congratulations. HA III) l/l'('k Kill DeBoe. Negro youth of l<ouiibtirg who was convicted in Franklin Recorder's Court Tues day morning of stealing a pair of handcuffs from t-lie car of ARC Officer Fred Frailor, was given our months on the roads and Of ilcer Krazier took the Negro to the county jail after handcuffing him with the same cuffs the yout-h had previously stolen. U'CKV J. H. Allen and two sons. Hen ry Sherrod and Bernard Gray, of Louisburg, Route 1. taking advan tage of Thanksgiving holiday for Ahich Hiey had provided no "big" dinner went out to cut some wood. They felled a pine tree that had been killed by lightning some time before and as it fell to t*he ground a limb struck a big fat rabbit back of the ear. thus the "turkey" dinner was provided by good fortune. NEW MANAGER Mr. B. W. Russell, of Durham, lias been given the management o f Pender's 8tor? in Loulsburg. This position was formerly Oiled by Mr. E. G. Joyner. Mr. Russell arrived- last week and took over the duties of the growing business and is assisted by Mr, H. H. 8tewart> as Assistant Manager, who has returned to this stbre from Nashville. Mr. W. C. Joyner has returned to the Managership of the Nashville store. XNNOUNCKK KNGAUKMKNT Mrs. D. G. Pearce announces Ohe engagement of her daughter, Lucy Dent, to Mr. Ovie Williams, of Autryvtlle, N. C. The mar riage will "Trfke place on Decem ber 20th, 1940. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is tlio program at the I.ouisburg Theatre begin- j ning Saturday, Dec. 7th: Saturday ? Double Foaturc-r- ' Bill Elliott in "Prairie Schoon ers and Paramount Presents "The World In Flames". Also Chapter 0 "King of The Royal Mounted.". 8unday ? Ciaudette Colbert and Ray Miland In "Arise, My Love.". Monday ? George Brent'. Breads Marshall and Geroldlne Fitiger ald in "South of Suez." ? - Tuesday ? Ken Murray, J. Car roll Naish and Lillian Cornell In "A Night At E*rl Carroll's." Wednesday ? Arthur Lake, Pen ny Singleton and Larry Bims in "Blondie Plays Cupid." .Thursday-Friday ? -Bette Davis in "The Letter" with Herbert* Marshall. UTH CLOSE 13 W Louisburg Enjoyed Good Market This Year; Get Remainder of Your Crop Ready and Sell Next Week The Louisburg Tobacco Market will close for the season after the sales on Friday. December 13th. Prices for the past week have been very good and generally sat isfactory to t'he growers and it is expected this condition will con tinue on throughout the remain der of the 1940 season. (let t-he remainder of your crop ready and bring fl on to Louis ! burg next week, while you can sell on a convenient and kindly market. Prices are expected to remain good for desiraltle grades. The Louisburg Market has en joyed a splendid year this season, although its sales were less Mian jlast. The splendid cooperative spirit of the growers, warehouse men and buyers has been espec ially noticeable and the general average in price for the grades fiold here is very encouraging to our tobacconist's. Yoii are .invited to help build ; Louisburg .Market to bigger pro portions. for your convenience : and protli as well as any one | else's. Get the remainder of youi to ' baceo ready and bring it ?n .to Louisburg. Recorder's Court Cases were disposed of in 1 Franklin ' Recorders Court Tues day by Judge liohgood. assiswd i>y I'reseciiting Attorney .lolni F. i Malt hews, as follows: L. L. Wilder was found not I guilty of reckless driving. hit | and run. j Jack Sanders was found not jj;uilty of operating automobile I intoxicated. W II Leonard plead guilty to (motor vehicle violation. judge | :n?ut suspended upon payment of ! I'OStS. Runjamine Hurtsfleld w a s found guilty of motor vehicle violation, judgement suspended upon saving the county harmless. Silas (i. Howes was found guilty of motor vehicle violation, judgment suspended upon saving the county harmless. The State, took a not prosse in the ease of motor vehicle viola tion against Joseph Pearce. Jim Mitchell was found guilty | of unlawful possession of whiskey and given 6 months 911 roads. Jerry Lee Bum pass waR found jftuilt.v of unlawful possession of whiskey, and given !)0 days on roads, suspended upon not violat ing any of the crimuntal laws of N. C. for 12 months, and payment of such costs as will save t-hu county harmless. Rill DeBoe was found guilty of larceny, and was given 1 months 011 roads. The following cases were con tinued. Robert Harris, distilling. Joseph L. Hicks, motor vehicle violation. . Percy Glasgow, abondonment, 11011 support. Oscar Neal. carrying concealed weapon. R. R. Beckham, unlawful pos session of whiskey, public drunk enness. Ennls Lancaster, operating au tomobile intoxicated. James Davis, bastardy. Willie Coppedge. manufactur ing whiskey. G. E. Gupton, operating auto mobile intoxicated. Thomas Mitchell, assault on female. Russell Ferrell, motor vehicle violation. W. L. McQhee. gambling. Jesse Boone, assault wltih dead ly weapon. Ruck Fowler, operating auto mobile intoxicated. Charlie Perry, operating auto mobile intoxicated. William A. Tant, reckless driv ing. N. D. Flowers, removing crops. N. W. Reddingfleld. motor ve hicle violation. Ruck Fowler, speeding. Strawberry Cobb, assault with deadly weapon. Lacy Lewis paid in full and dis charged. Big Hogs The following weight Of hogs killed in Franklin Co&ntjr have been reported to the FRANKLIN TIMES: E. G. Conn, Cedar Rock, five weighing 350, 360. 340. 145, 150. <3. C. Benton, Gold Mine, one weighing 373. Rer. J. G. Strickland, colored, of Cedar Rock, reports killing three weighing 300. 230, 172. Cecil BurneUe, Gold Mine, 3 weighing, 284, 287, 228. RBNgW TOW SUBSCRIPTION t \I)K.\ T. WOOD Iti'KiKU'i' <if llcpd> Only new County officer to tako over, duties Monday. RED CROSS ROLL CALL Tlic Med Cross Moll Call for l.oulsbu l'g District has beon most successful. Every community but one lias made its ret-urns. While (here will be some more monies reported before the next week's FRANKLIN TIM KS eotnes out. the following results have been , had : l.ouisburg $:;77.S7 Itunu 11.50 lOpsoin 19.60 Maplcville . 10.00 Pine Midge 13.00 Pilot 14.40 I'earce 14.05 , M oil I toil 17.00 Cedar Rock 2::.:i5 ? Cold Sand . 35.00 CentervHIn-Wood 5.00 Jusalce Hi. 00 Seven Paths B OO j Flat Rock-Harris 17.57 Our Negroes 110.00 1 This makes a grand total of S7:::i.a4 j We wish tn make the following i statement: Of this $7:i:s.:!4, i $22.44 is Junior Red Cross mon jey had from th* Mills High School, t'he Cold Sunt) High School. Harris School and I'oarce School. These four schools are 100% Junior Ued Cross. The rest of the schools in the county will soon be the same In the next week's TIMB8 a complete list of those who joined the Red Cross will he given. A. PAUL BACI1Y. General Chairman CARD TOURNAMENT The Louisburg Rand Booster Club will sponsor a curd tourna menl In the Armory Friday l)e cmber 13th. at 7:30. All are urged to go out and give a "hand for our line band." For innerva tions call Mrs. Karl Murphy. MRS. KIMIY IIOHTKHS Mr#. V U. Kilhy wad hoytew to the Current Literature Club on Tuesday afternoon. November 26, at the iKjjnKrOf Mm. <!. M. Beam. The subject for the afternoon's program was "Paper." and the II rut discussion was givon by Miss Mary Yarborough on the subject, "Early Paper-making in China and Europe. and It's Thousand year Journey from China to Ku rope." The second paper was by Mrs. C. M. Watkins on the sub ject, "Early Paper-making in America and the Invention of Wood Pulp Paper." The hostess then invited her guests to the dining room where a delightful supper course was sei-ved amid appropriate Thanks giving decorations. ' Members present were. Mrs. R. H. Welch, Mrs. T. C. Amick, Mrs. C. M. Watkins, Mrs. L. F. Kent. Mrs M. 8. Davis, Mrs. Wal ter Patten, Mrs. I. D. Moon. Miss Loulia Jarman, Miss Mary Yar borough, Mrs. Malcolm McKinne. Mrs. A. Paul Ragby and the hos tess. There were four special guests, Mrs. Jesse Lewis, of Troy, Ohio, mother of the hostess, also Miss Lula May Stipe, Mrs. Onnu vieve Perry, and Mrs. Hiirdin. of Louisburg College. ftETS HTILI, AND MAX i 1 1 Sheriff John P. Moore reported Tuesday ^ttie capture late Monday of Johnny Range and Joe 8mlt>h, white men of near Henderson at an illicit still In Sapdy Creek township. Sheriff Moore, along with Vance and Warre? County officers surprised the two men as they were preparing to make a hatch of the "white llghtnln." The men fled at the officers ap proach bat were overtaken and later carrlad to Raleigh to Await trial in Federal Court there. Taken in ohe raid was a larrc quantity of mash arid the com plete distlNing outfits. IrKNKU I0UK8VIMUlltrnMl CHRISTMAS SONG SERVICE i To Be Given at Armory on Sunday, Dec. 22nd at 2:30 In The Afternoon; All! Are Invited The Chamber of Commerce, in! i cooperation wit~h all the PTA or ! ganization in the county, and in cluding the Welfare Department, the Red Cross, the Churches andj | other civic organisations, is spon soring a county-wide Christ if as! Song Service and Christmas Tree! i in the auditorium of the new Ar-| I mory building in Louishurg Sun day. Dec. 22nd at 2:30 o'clock in ! the afternoon. The meeting was (changed to this hour to accom 1 niodate so many people coming to; the Song Service from out in the' county who would get home too late if the services were held la I ter. ! Secretary. Mrs. T. K Stockard. ' s tufted. ''If we organize this year there is no reason why needy fam ilies throughout the county, where little children look for ; Sauta Claus. cannot he taken care, of at* this Christmas Time. In or der to do this I he Chamber of Commerce has compiled a lisi of i every needy family in the county , known to us and to the Welfare reparlment and a ropy of these j families, segregated as to commu , niiies. will be given each l\ T. A.j President in the county. Those ! families not living in any coininu ; nit y are going to be taken enrg of] i through individual gifts brought; to the Christinas Tree. Letters to* j every community in the county j i have been mailed this week ask-' ling for their cooperation together' (with plans for the Christmas Ser-l . vit e. All the people throughout! It-lie eouiity are invited to attend till:; service. Professor 1. I). Moon] of i he Music Department of Lou-, ishurg College will direct a choir of i 00 voicys. The program for) J he Christmas Song Service wiljj be in next week's KKANKLINj Iti.mkh." Toys For Chi'iNtnias A canvass will be made in | Louishurg by the ltoy Scouts | Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday j of next' week for broken toys and jtoys your children have discard led. Kindly give these toys to ; tin- Hoy Scouts who call at your ? home. The toys will be rework jfsd. cleaned, repaired, dressed and! repainted, and distributed with 'other Christmas packages at j Christmas Time. MISS WAUli HKCO.MKS KltlDK Of MIC. WILSON IX UiUCKKM* UOKO KVKNT Miss \lyru Single Wagg, of Hen derson, iind Arcli il>:i let Nicholas ; Wilson, of Louisburg. were mar* : rled at the Grace Methodist I Church in Greensboro. Thursday afternoon, November as, I!t40. Tin- vows were spoken before an I improvised altur. behind wliioh burned seven-branched candela bra . Tin- altar was banked with palm*. liev. J. Klwood Carroll, pastor, oOlciat?d. He lined the ring cere i ninny of the Alethodiat Church. I The bride and the bridegroom, unattended, entered the church I to the strains of Wagner's proces sional and throughout the cere i iiuny the organist softly played Llsxt'S "Lieberstraum." As they left the church the organist play ed recessional music. For the ceremony the bride wore light blue wool crepe with matching hat and accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of garden ias. The bride is the daughter of the late Kev. Thomas I?. Wagg, for many years an active minister in the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church, and Mrs. Harriet' Moore Wagg. She is a graduate of Le nolr-Khyne College, at Hickory, and Is now a member of the fac ulty at Kpsom High School. Mr. Wilson is the son of Mrs. Mary Perry Wilson, of Louisburg, and the late John Owen Wilson. He attended N. C. State College in Raleigh, and Is now In the to bacco business at Louisburg, where he operates a warehouse. After the service Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and members of the wed ding party were entertained at u buffet supper at the home of Mr. (and Mrs. T. B. Wags, Jr., In' | Greensboro. The bridal couple: l left shortly afterwards 011 a wed- : [ding trip. They will make their I I home in Louisburg. CI TV TAOH riilef ?f Police C. K. Pace re- 1 quests' tile UtANKI lN TLMKH to announce that the City au tomobile tags for 1041 have I Mien nwitro and all' who are required to dm them tags are requested to see him and secure their new Lag" as earty an pos sible so they can hp Jfut es at the time of cluto ?' the State ' * license tags. Thin In ImJMrtatit. the coat Is small and nmcK ifase ; I and inconvenient* csa'waMf ' ' by attending to this Wflptf aw?y. ' ? VISIT FAILED HENRY A. WAIiLACK I'nitcil HIiiU'k Hocrotary of Afcrloultiiro Henry A. Wallace, former Sec retary of Agriculture and the next; Vice-President of the United Stat e's was scheduled to visit Louis-1 hurg 011 a non-publicised inspec-. (?ion trip Monday. Plans, however,! went awry and Mr. Wallace didn't arrive. It all came about when Dick) Whitfield, president of the Frank-' liu VIM' learned that Mr. Wallace was coming through here at about* -Monday afternoon on an1 unofficial inspection trip but that no publicity was desired as Mr. Wallace did not want tn> be ham-; pered with crowds. Mr. Wallace, it was understood.' had stopped briefly at Ashevillei after attending tlie inauguration1 of President Avilla Comacho of Mexico and was with a group of friends autoiug to lirecusboro with plans to inspect t?he experi mental farm near Oxford and soil units in Granville. Vance and, ^ranklin counties. Whitfield, 011 receipt of the in formation told Willie Lee Lump kin. Kdltor Johnson of the local paper and the. News-Observer cor respondent < ;nid plans were made lo meet Wallace's car at a sched uled" stop at road-side tilling sta tion just South of town for a short meeting and talk. The Observer- correspondent dusted oil his camera and bought a couple of Hash bulbs in the hope of a picture or bwo. And then it happened. Just as the group were preparing to go t?o the prearrang ed rendezvous Whitfield received a telephone call informing him that Mr. Wallace could get no far Mier than Greensboro and that he must return to Washington from there. HAGS lll(i Or. .1. K Fulghum and guest. Dr. Vincent T. Churchman, ot Charleston. W. Va", have return ed from a two-dny deer and duck hunt, in the vicinity of New Bern. I They bagged a fine 150-pound deer. wlMi six-point antlers, and a large lot of ducks. Dr. Fulghum reports, however, that It was Dr. Churchman who actually downed the deer. KIRK DKHTROYS TOrXTRV J HOMK The country home of Mr. G. L. t'oole. on highway 56 near Bank's store was destroyed by fire Satur day night, together with almos'ji all the home furnishings, cloth-l lug. etc. The total loss was es timated at' about {2,500.00 with $700.00 insurance on the building and none on the contents. It so happened that Mr. Poole was away from home and was re turning when be discovered his, house aflame. But for his Mrne-i ly arrival some of his family, who were asleep in the house at the time, might have perished in the flames. REV. SCHWARTZ TO PREACH Kev. Philip Schwartz, of Ral eigh. will be the guest speaker at the Louisburg Methodist Church, Sunday morning at 11:00 A. M. His subject will be "Freedom In Christ." The pastor, Rev. Forrest . D. Hedden, will speak at 7:30 P. M. on "The Universal Hope." Sunday School at 9:46 A. M. Kpworth League at) 6:45 P.. M. A cordial welcome is extended to all these services. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH This will be the Second Sunday in Advent. There will be the Kar ly Celebration of t-he Holy Com munion at 8:00 A. M. Church School will meet at 10:00 A. M. The Adult Bible Class will meet at the same hour. The service of Morning Prayer and Sermon is at 11:00 A. M. The third sermon In the series "The Beginning of a Now Kra" will be delivered by Mie Rector. This Sunday the subject will be "The New Personality." The Young People's Service League will meet at 8:30 P. M. Kvery Friday morning there is a Celebration of the Holy Com munion with prayer* for World Peace at 10:00 A. M. EUROPEAN WAR NEWS Athens. Dec 4. ? Greek troops | tonight entered the outskirts of 1 Horto Edda. Italy's vital landing base on the southern Albanian coast, after Fascist forces aban doned ti l.OOO-mlle-square trian gle of southermost Albania, id was stated officially. Leaving many dead and batter lies of field Runs, the Italians were reported to have abandoned Por to Edda. Argyrocastron, Premeti and numerous small villages im their flight. The Italians withdrew from lJorto Edda. front-like dispatches said, after Greek artillerymen cel ebrated t'he feast day of their pa tron saint. Santa Barbara, by sub jecting the seaport to "the fiercest bombardment o? tihe war." Rome. Dec. 4. ? In a daring sequel to the British raid early this month on Taranto. the Ita lian high command announced to day that- torpedo-launching Fascist planes slipped over the Greek is lands of Crete and torpedoed two British cruisers in Suda Bay. Bri tain's new eastern Mediterranean "Gibraltar." Coupled with this feat, today's communique said an Italian sub marine on the prowl in the Atlan tic torpedoed a third British ship ? a destroyer on December 1. It failed to say whether any of the ships were sunk or when the cruisers were hit. Bucharest. Rumania. Di-c. 4. - The flunk statement that Ger many expects smaller European nainons to lend their armies, their terrilory and their transport faci lities to the Axis for a Spring offensive was made today by Curentul, the newspaper which frequently is called the Nazi mouthpiece in Rumania. Rumanians in particular were | exhorted to look seriously upon their promise of military assist jance to the Axis ? made, along with those of Hungary and Slova ikia. in recenti adherence to the ("All for one and one for all'' | alliance among Berlin. Rome and Tokyo. Nazi troops already are i in Rumania. i "Axis diplomacy." said the ? newspaper, "is preparing a huge coalition of all European states which will involve participation !of their armies aud the free use | of their territories and transport facilities." ?. U. XKliMS G. W N'elms. 64. died at hU home on Route 2, Louisburg, Mon ?duy. The Rev. John Edwards as sisted by the Rev. Mr. Roach, con ducted lina! rites from the Sandy Creek Haptist Church Tuesday afternoon with burinl in t'he church cemetery. Surviving Mr. N'elms are a son. II. C. Nelins, of Louisburg. Route 2. and two daughters. Mrs. Beulah Burnette, of Loulsburg, Route 2. and Mrs. Kathleen Gup ton, of Luuisburg, and one brotiher, Mr. D. N. Nelms, of near Sandy Creek church. THANKK We wish to thank each and everyone for the kindness and courtesy shown us through t>l? ness of our wife and mother. They will always be remembered MR. 8 M Phelps & Family. LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH "Two Yearn of Service" title of Second Anniversary Service The Louisburg Baptist Church celebrated the second anniversary of the pastor. Dr. A. Paul Bagby. The service was entitled "Two Years of Service" with Mr. W. R. Mills, presiding. Tribute was paid the work tihat had been done by Mr. G. M. Beam. Mrs. .George Sel by and Mayor W. C. Webb. Mr. Beam emphasized the spir it of cooperation, the great worth of Wednesday evening prayer service, the pride of the church In having such a pastor as Dr. Bagby. and in conclusion, the fact* that the congregation and mem bership had moved closer to God during these two years. , Mrs. Selb^ Spoke In behalf of the women of the church. Introducing her remarks wit-h. "He hath brought us out" ? out of the old into the new. As "pastor, friend and leader Dr. Bagby has con stantly supported the efforts of the Woman's Missionary Union, i Mayor Webb paid great tribute when he claimed Dr. Bagby as a leading spirit in the community. Dr. Bagby spoke briefly stating his desire as he came to Louis burg to be a good citizen and a good pastor and trusting that he had been such. On Sunday at 11 o'clock the pastor will preach On "Who is My Neighbor?" At the 7:30 wor ship hour he will speak on "Sub stitutes for Religion." 8unday School at 9:45 A. M. Training Union at 6:45 P. M We welcome you to worship and serve In LouUburg Baptist Church.
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