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READ!! ROGER BABSON'S N^ws Dispatches in this is sue of the Franklin Times. F VOLUMN LXXII Subscription 91.50 a Year LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA ERIHW, AUGUST 1, 19-11 CO-OPERATE .. If LouislmrgV Business Inti-reata would Co-operate with the Kruk> lin Times we would have a muck Bigger and Better Town. (Eight Pages) NUMBER 25 JAPAN BOMBS AMERICAN BOAT Washington, July 30. ? Presi dent Roosevelt summoned chiefs of the Army and Navy to the White House tonight soon after Japanese Premier Prince Fumi maro Konoye moved to put Japan on a "total war" footing. It was conjectural whether the conference ? with General George C. Marshal, Army Chief of Staff,' and Admiral Harold R. Stark, , Chief of Naval Operations ? was related even remotely to the To kyo development. It followed by only a few hours sharp United States representations to Japan over the bombing ol. the United States gunboat Tutuila at Chung- \ king, China. . Marshall and Stark spent an 1 hour with the President. Neither would comment afterward. Neither the White House nor the State Department commented j immediately on the Konoye ma-| neuver, which the premier said was intended to make Japan self sufficient and enable it to estab lish a new structure of total war. Before meeting with Marshal and Stark, Mr. Roosevelt confer red with his tiscal advisers, lead- ' ing to the belief thaf there may be an early intensification of re taliatory Anglo-American econom ic pressure against) the island empire. There was no official state ment, however, . Mr. Roosevelt conferred in ra pid succession with Undersecre tary of the Treasury Daniel W. Bell, Budget Director Harold! Smith, Assistant Secretary of thej Treasury John L. . Sullivan and Treasury General Counsel Edward) Foley. Financial Groups Exclusive of Smith, these men primarily are responsible for en forcement of the President's or der freezing all Japanese assets1 in the United States and its pos-| sessions. Xhe series of parleys coincide j with announcement in London that Britain is imposing harsh functions upon Japanese shipping and a warning by Foreign Secre _ tary Anthony - h'rtf n 1 hat Japan .1 should reconsider her foreign policy "while there is yet time." Meanwhile, angry Congressmen denounced the Tutila bombing as "deliberate provocation" which warrants swift retaliation. Obviously Incensed himself, Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles summoned Japanese Am bassador Kichisaburo Nomura to the State Department and lodged the representations, which were described as just short of a pro test. Welles had conferred ear lier with Mr. Roosevelt. In Congress there was a chorus of demands that the United States forcefully express Its displeasure. House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack, Mass.. branded the bombing "an act of hostili-j ty," clearly demonstrating that "Japan is fQr the time being a front I or HiMer in his aggressive moves against the United States." "There is no question," he ad ded, "that the act was deliberate ? a very serious act of provoca tion. Our government can not permit' such things to pass un noticed." Representative Luther A. John- ' son, D. Tex., ranking majority member of the House foreign af fairs committee, declared "these fellows have gone far enough," while Representative John M. Cof fee, D,, Wash., jcalled for an Im mediate embargo on all United States materials desMned for Ja pan. Coffee did not think the inci dent calls for military reprisal, but that It does demand "an end to the administration's policy of appeasing Japan." ? o? ? ? ANNOUNCEMENT Mrs. D. O. Pearce announces; the marriage of her daughter, Christine, to Mr. Charles Grant Duvall, July 25th, 1941, at) Sykesrllle, Maryland. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH This will be the 8th Sunday after Trinity. All services will be held by Daylighti Saving Time. There will be no early service. Church School will be held at ?:45 A. M. The Service -of Holy Communion and Sermon will be held at 11:00 A. M. COTTON UNDERNEATH A person visiting Louisburg the pa?t week told of passing through a western county the past week following the recent wet spell and said he saw plenty grass. In fact on one reasonably high hill he noticed a big sign painted In red reading "Keep off the grass, there Is Cotton underneath." Capt. Chas. P. Green and Mrs. Green, of Porto Jackson, ?re spending the week at home. Ambulance Funds Among those contributing to the Old Nqrth State Ambulance Fund are tne following: W. L. Lumpkin $5.00 T. M. Harris 5.00 First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co 5.00 A. F. Johnson .......... 5.00 T. K. Stockard 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Thomas 5.00 W. B. Tucker . . .75 L. A. Wheless 1.00 C F Cash 1.00 W W. Neal , 1.00 Miss Annie Perry Neal . . . 1.00 R. P. Lassiter 1.00 Total $35.7.5 Franklin County's quota for t'his fund is $125.00. Many oth er counties have raised their quota, Franklin is still behind in its contributions. Every citizen in the County is ufged to see one of the following members of the Committee and make a contribu tion this week. The Committee is as follows: Louisburg- ? T. K. Stockard. Mrs. Hugh W. Perry, E. H. Ma lone, E. F. Thomas, A. F. John Don. Franklinton ? Mrs. J. A. Cox, H. C. Kearney. Youngsviller? C. E. Jeffreys. Bunn ? J. G. Wiggs. Wood? W. D. Fuller. Epsom? L.. O. Fraiier. Cedar Rock ? P. R. Inscoe. Justice ? -R. L. Harris. A. F. Johnson, County Chair man. requests all members of the Committee to take the names of the donors and turn in with the contributions. Successful Meeting \l \ I F And Much Interest Marked The Service* of Evangelist Daniel Boone. The Evangelistic Services being conducted at the Court House in Louisburg the past several weeks under the auspices of the Busi ness Men's Evangelist Club, of Raleigh, has been a great source of lnsperation and pleasure to large numbers of Franklin Coun ty people and visitors. Almost nightly the spacious Court House was over taxed with the crowds that were present to hear tlie straight from the shoulder reli gious doctrimes expounded by , Evangelist' Daniel Boone, who did so in a strong, forceful and sencere manner. The singing, under the master ful leadership of Mr. Fred Nader, was especially fine and much en joyed. The meeting came to a close on Sunday night. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL* PICNIC About one hundred members of the Louisburg Baptist Sunday School held their annual picnic at Pullen's Park in Raleigh, last Wednesday afternoon, most of whom were young boys and girls who delighted In swimming, swinging and riding the Merry Go-Round A basket supper was carried, watermellons were furnished by the Sunday Scbool. Every boy and girl were given the oppor tunity to swim In this beautiful pool and ride the hobby-horses. Mr. J. S. Howell had charge of getting the watermelons and as sisting the children in swimming and riding the Merry-Go-Round. Mrs. Woodrow Jones and Miss Clara Bagby bad charge of noti fying all tihe children and seeing to It that they had conveyances to Raleigh. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURO THEATRE The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, August 2nd: Saturday ^""Double Feature ? Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes In "Sheriff of Tombstone" and Ted North In "The Bride Wore Crut ches" Also first chapter of new serial "Jungle Girl.*' Sunday - Monday ? Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray In "One Night in Lisbon." Tuesday ? George Montgomery and Oso Massen In "Accent On Live." Wednesday ? Jane Withers and Nancy Kelly in "A Very Young Lady." Thursday-Friday ? Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamottr In "Ca*ght> In The Draft." rAX RATE $1.07 rHE SAME AS L940 - 1941 bounty Agencies Authoriz ed To Adopt Daylight Saving Time; Donates $450 To The Franklin County Library Associa tion; Declines To .Omit Penalties On Delinquent Taxes To Mrs. Smith The Board of County Commis ioners met in special session on ilonday with ail members pres int. Business as follows was ransacted: A proper motion was made and massed authorizing all County igencies to operate on the Day ight saving time. A delegation was before the loard with reference to the Pub- 1 Ic Library. An appropriation of 1450 was made. Mrs. Smith, of Bertie County, ya'fc before the Board with refen nce to taking penalties off delin [uent Tax suit. The Board con idered it had no right to take ff t'hese penalties as they were et by the State Legislature. A proper resolution was pass d approving the budget for 941-42, and placed the tax rate or 1941 at $1.07. The County tax rate in its temized form is as follows: County leneral Purpose 15 'oor 11 ourt 05 ? )ebt Service .37 lealth 03 j Schools Jurrent Expense 09 Capital Outlay .08 lebt Service . . . 19 Total County Kate 11.07 j Township Roads Debt Service lunn .20 larris 55 'oungevllle ,23 'ranklinton . . . . .23 layesville . . . : .... - .67 andy Creek _.*3 iold Mine 77^ .75 !edar Rock 20 Cypress Creek ........... .63 .ouisburg 21 The above represents a tax ate for t-his year the same as hat for last year. Even though he expense of government like hat of the individual, is lncreas ng the Commissioners were sat sfled they could take care of the bounty's obligations with a levy qual to that of 1940-41. This completing the work of he special meeting adjournment 'as taken. ? o IAP LINER STAYS OUT San Francisco. ? The luxurious apanese liner Tatuta Maru. with early 100 American passengers nd a $2,600,000 cargo of raw j ilk. continued her cautious cruise if the Pacific today, apparently oath to risk the United States' ssurances of pTompt clearance hould she come into port. The Tatuta and 44 other Jap nese ships en route to United Itates ports when President toosevelt ordered Japanese assets rozen last week, are still main- j aining complete radio silence. XTicials of the NYK Line, her j operators, said they did not know xactly whe^e the Tatata Maru ras. Assurance Given Assurance that Japanese ships rould be given prompt clearance rom American ports, under pres nt conditions, was given Admiral Cichlsaburo Nomura, Japanese Embassador, at a conference with lumner Welles. Acting Secretary if State, in Washington yester lay. It) was not made clear, lowever, whether the ships would le permitted to refuel in Amerl an ports. Advised of Welles' statement, 4YK officials expressed belief the Tatuta would dock at San Fran lsco today. The home office, lowever, remained cautious and nquired whether tihe United Stat es would impound the silk. Paul 1 I. Leake, collector of customs, aid he was advised br Treasury ifTicials the ship could come In rlthout restrictions. o Recruits The U. 9. Navy Recruiting 8er Ice will have recruiHng officers o viBit the following towns on he days named for the purpose if receiving enlistments. If you re interested in enlisting in the laval service of the U. S. visit >ne of these points and geb the nfbrmatlon you wish: Durham, August 4, 6 and 6th. Henderson, August 1st and 7th. Roanoke Rapids, August 2nd. ALUMINUM In the nation-wide drive for Aluminum For-Defense, Franklin County wants to do its part. If YOU have any useless articles of ALUMINUM communi cate with any Boy Scout or Miss Lillie Mae Braxton, Home Demonstration Agent. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS ! HEAVY STORM Rainfall Reaches Two and One-half Inches in Little Over An Hour Possibly the heaviest rain and electrical storm that has visited Louisburg In many years visited here Tuesday afternoon between 7 and 9 o'clock. During a little over an hour of this Whip two and a half inches of rain fell, accord ing to the recording Instruments of Weatherman R. A Hobbltt. Lightning was sever.' eontinu-1 ous and exciting. A strong wind accompanied the rain, and as ai result, electric wires and tele-| phone wires were damaged, fuses! blown and service cut' off for al-i most an hour. Many country lines served by the Jilgli powered companies, were out for two to three hours. Lightning struck onr bouse in town, that occupied by Mrs. J. F. Mlti'hiner, Welfare Officer, locat ed on Spring Street, doing slight, damage to the huildltm Luckily, no one was injured. It seemed that three or four clouds from different directions centered on this spot and as fast as one would pass anmher would pass in review. The storm sewers were unable to handle the rusli of water audi many buildings were listed among those that leaked Soon after the storm' every thing returned to normal. Lights returned and repairs to lines and telephones were pushed to early usage. Act To Boost Farm Prices Washington. ? In a move in tended to boost farm prices, the Senate today tentntirely approv ed legislation which would "freeze" stocks of wheat and cot ton. now held under Government loan, for the duration of the Eu ropean war. Discussion of the legislutii disclosed that sirTV'us cotton and wheat stocks may be sold or giv en to England under the Lend Lease liquidation. Inclusion of wheat in the meas ure came after Senator l,unger. Republican, North Dakota, de manded that wheat farmers he given the same treatment as cot-, ton farmers. LIBRARY GETS DONATIONS TO MATCH STATE FUNDS Officers of Association Ap preciative; To Raise $150 j More; To Broaden And j Continue Work Mis. M. S. Clifton, President', Mrs. George Cobb, Secretary and Treasurer. and other officers of t lie Franklin County Library As sociation. were especially appre ciative of the actions of the Coun ty and Town Commissioners in Franklin County the past week, by whose generous donations makes it possible for tJie associa tion to meet the State1 funds and carry on thi' great work now be ing done by the public libraries in Franklin County. The Board I of County Commissioners on Mon day made a donation of $450, to { be added to the $200 donated by Loulsburg. the $100 donated by Franklinton. the $50 donated by Youngsville and the $25 donated by Bunn. These donations total $825.00. The Association under took the responsibility to raise $150 from other sources to bring the total up to $950 to match a ; like amount from the State funds giving it a working total of ' $1,900.00. Attention was called to the ' fact that Louisburg is entitled to ( I lie credit for the donation of a ' lihiary room, equipped wiMi light, water and heat, in addition to its cash donation. I ' With these funds the officers j say the work will be carried on I , and to a certain extent broaden- i ed and enlarged. Arctic Clash Berlin. July H. "? DrlMrt torpe- 1 do-planes. launched from an air- - craft carrier off the Russian Arc- 1 tic coast, today joined the Soviet 1 air force in a battle against Mm German air force and naval gun*, which shot down 28 of the Brit ish planes, according to Informed tiwrnian quarters. ? i, Britain's first reported support of her new ally "failed complete ly," these quarters said, when the torpedo-carrying planes were tur ned hack from an attack on the Nazi-held Norwegian harbor or Kirkenes. Kirkenes Is at the northern point of Norway, slightly west of Petsamo anrf about* 40 miles from the Russian frontier. It lies 1 about HO miles west of Russia's Arctic port of Murmansk, which ' is under attack by German and Finnish forces. The British planes were said to have attacked "in waves" sup ported by a number of Russian tighter planes, which appeared si multaneously. LOU ISBURG METHODIST CHURCH "His Hand To The Plow" is: (?lie subject for the 11:00 o'clock] service at the Loulsbu,rg Metho-| dist Church Sunday morning. Church School at 9:46, led by Prof. I. D. Moon. Vesper Service on the College campus at 7:00 p. m. BUDDY BEAM AND JOE BARROW PLAY FOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Thr youngest' players in the i Championship Flight, Buddy Beam and Joe Barrow, will play each other for the 1941 Oolf j Championship of 'lie Green Hill Country Club. These young play ers have by good playing, elimi nated all opponents thus far play ed. Joe Barrow was successful In defeating su*h Rood players as Pat Pernell, Bill Huggins and "Snooks" Collier. Buddy Beam defeated William narrow. Sr., Ed Owens and William Barrow, Jr. Their match will be played next Sunday. Probably the most exciting match of this tournament was played last Wednesday morning between Buddy and William, Jr. These brilliant young golfers, who have demonstrated splendid sportsmanship throughout the en tire season, continued their bril liant! play last Wednesday. Both ? of them showed that they could play their best when under pres sure. William. Jr. was 4-d?wn | at the turn, but this did not | phase him; he promptly took the next t<wo holes and cut Buddy's lead to 2. Buddy came right back with a birdie." The next hole waB William's but on the 14th hole Buddy made another birdie and was again 3-up. Wil liam came right back on the 16th hole and cut the lead to 2. On the 17th hole it appeared that the ' match would be oyer as Buddy's j pub went in the cup (which would | hare been a birdie and end ed the r match) but the ball Anally come out. William's par halved this hole and . left the match with Buddy 2-up and 2 holes to go. Again William showed that he could play under fire by getting a birdie on number 17 which took the hole and lett him with an opportunity to halve the match. On the 18th hole the strain begun to tell on these young players and both bogied this hole, giving the match to Buddy by 1-up. In the second flight, Leonard Henderson defeated Bob Ashley 4 and 3, and will meet the win ner of the White-Dr. Perry match in the finals. In the third flight Bill Boyce defeated Felix Allen 2-up and John King, after a hard struggle, won over Prof. Moon, 1-up 19 holes. King will play Hill Yarborough, and the winner of this match will meet Bill Boyce in the finals. In the consolation matches John Tucker defeated Jonah Taylor 3 and 1 and will meet the wlnneir of the Cox-Barrow, Sr. match In the finals. Charlie Ford and Sam Mat t'ox, Red Tyler and Billy Moon, Hill Yarborough and Phillips are still to play off their matchesl Results of the match between Buddy and William, Jr., were: Par 444 344 354 - 35 out Buddy 543 344 344 ? 34 Wm Jr 454 443 354 - 38 Par 444 344 354 - 36 in 70 Buddy 553 435 355 - 38 - 72 Wm Jr 444 344 346 - 36 - 73 HARRY HOPKINS IN MOSCOW United Service Organization Drive Chairman W. L. Lumpkin has requested the FRANKLIN TIMES to call upon the public (or dona tions In the United Service Or ganization drive, which wil come to a close next week. All of the funds donated to this cause will be used exclusively in this spate for improvement of re creational facilities for our spl dlers and sailors, while on leave. This program was launched by Pi?sident Roosevelt several weeks ago and is nation wide. Franklin County's quota is $250.00. Franklin County has over five hundred men in the armed service of our country at present and It is up to us to back t'hem up in every manner possi ble. Let's show our appreciation of the service of our boys by put ing this drive across for them. Mail or bring your donations to W. L. Lumpkin. Chairman, Louis Ijurg. N. C. The TIMRS is delighted to co operate in this program and feels oufldent that the drive will be successful. Louisburg Vets Install New Officers Charlie R. Young, of l^tfuis Imrg. was installed as Com mau ler of the Jaiuhes Post of the American 'Legion in special in stallation ceremonies at l*he Arm Dry here Monday night. Young succeeds Claude C. Collins as Commander. Other new officers installed by the local Legion post for 1941-42 were: First Vice-Commander. Krnest F. (Thomas; second Vice-Comman 1 1 r A. Wilson Macon; Adjutant tnd1 Finance Officer. W. Haywood White; Service Officer, Weldon D. Kgerton; Guardianship Officer, lames E. Maione. Jr.; Historian, iVilliam W. Neal ; Chaplain. Har ?y T. Rogers. After t-he installation of offi cers the local Legionnaires voted to cooperate in the fullest with Fiorello Latiuardia's Civilian De fense Program' and chose espec ally Civilian Aircraft Warning md Firrft Aid. However, the meeting voted to cooperate in any way with Civilian Defense and placed t-hemselves at the disposal ?f defense authorities. The members of the post also want to thank the former Adju ant Tracy K. Stockard for the very efficient way he has attend ed to t'he matters of this post for Llie past several years. o Merchants Must Charge Tax on Stamp Plan Attorney General Harry Mc- 1 Mullan has handed down a decls lon whereby merchants in North Carolina must charge the regu lar three per centi sales tax on all ?oods purchased under the cot- ? ;on stamp plan, Wesley Williams. 5xecutive secretary of the Ral eigh Merchants Bureau, said Monday. Williams stated that the new 1 decision was in contrast to a pre- 1 rious announcement whereby no ax would be charged on goods mrchased under the plan. o -> OR. R. T. VANN DIES IN HAI/EIGH HOSPITAIi Raleigh, July 26. ? Dr. Richard rillman Vann. 89, president of Meredith College from 1900 to 1915 and a state Baptist leader tor over 50 years, died in a hos pital here last night following a long illness. -* Born in Hertford County, No vember 24, 1851, Dr. Vann taught in three girls schools in the state, was pastor of churches in Mur treesboro, Wake Forest, Eden ton and Scotland Neck, and was in officer of the State Baptist convention through this year. V' , C. TO GET $7, 000,000 FEDERAL, FUNDS Raleigh, July 30. ? North Car illna may receive about $7,000, 100 in federal funds for lm trovement of esseotial defense lighways. That's tihe estimate of Chief lighway Engineer W. Vance Jaise after making a study of lossible Improvements and con traction of access roads in tile Me. Moscow, July 30.? Harry L. Hopkins heard from Joseph Stal in in a Kremlin conference to night what kiifd of American equipment would help the Red Army, whose, 1 bayonet counter charges were reported t? have I put the Germans on the defen | sive ixL_some sectors. The Leasfe-Lend Administrator talked with Stalin as President { Roosevelt's personal representa tive a short time after arriving ] in Moscow by plane. There was , no immediate announcement on tlie outcome of the conference on purchase and delivery of Ameri can war materials. Vyacheslar Molotov, Soviet foreign commis sar, and United States Ambassa ; dor Laurance A. Stenhardt were i present*. (Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles said in Washing ! ton that lease-lend aid was not contemplated in Russian war or ! ders now being placed in Wash ington. ) Hopkins' visit came as Moscow read the most heartening mili tary news in days. The Commu nist' newspapers Pravda said So viet troops beat repeatedly at the i invaders in a series of far-spread attacks, turning some Nazi , thrusts into slow and bloody re tirement after checking drives on : Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad. Typical Attack Pravda listed as typical an at tack by a Red army unit which waded chill-deep through a swamp i and charged a German battalion with bayonets. The" Germans were said to have been routed. Although it ffld not comment) directly on Hopkins' arrival, a t'ravda article by Alexei Tolstoy, > well known Soviet author, said Germany would be "helpless to halt the unwinding springs of American war industry." He added that Brnisli determi nation to continue the Western light. growing Ked military strength and American produc ' tlon would thwart Hitler's Rus jsian plans. The German Fuehrer, ; he said, had counted on an Bu I glisli desire for peace and unwil j liilgness of the United States to , become Involved in Europe to aid the blitzkrieg drive. L Tokyo. July 30. ? Premier j Prince Kumlmaro Konoye declar ed Japan's resolve today "to pro ceed on a historic renovation of I its policies from an entirely new standpoint," and said the execu tion of this fateful program must lie swift aud determined These policies ? -of which he spoke while Japanese convoys continued to land troops for oc cupation of bases in_ southern French Indo-Chinn ? were not de scribed. but he connected them with a warning that Japan "must always be prepared to meet the worst." He said, too, again without! elaboration, that the German Russian war "Is bringing serious effects on Japan." (This reference to the Nazi in vasion was heard with the great est interest in view of the ex pressed convict-ion of Informed Chinese quarters in Peiping that Japan is making ready for an as sault on Soviet Siberia If and when the Red armies of the west are smashed by the Germans.) The premier spoke before the general mobilization inquiry com mission. Durlng.the day, the British am bassador. Sir Robert Leslie Cral gie. conferred for an hour and & half with Vice-Admiral Teipiro Toyoda. t>he Japanese foreign minister, but the subject of their long talk was not disclosed. The Japanese press went on denouncing the United States and Britain, calling them the masters of bhe Dutch East Indies and blaming what they called Ameri can meddling for the suspension by the islands of the oil shipment agreement with Japan, As to the possibility of a full oil embargo by the United States, which already has frozen Japan ese assets in t'hat country, news paper discussion was to the ef fect that Japan had in reserve enough oil for several years. But on heavy industry, the newspaper Nichl Nlchi acknow ledged that such an embargo might have an adverse effect. o ? WPA HELPINO IN FIGHT AGAINST MOHQUITORS 1 Raleigh, July 30. ? The WPA t* helping the army in a big bat tle ? against mosquitoes. The pests have been bothering troops around Camp Davis, Fort Bragg, the Marine Air Base and at posts along the beaches. The WPA sent 100 men out on anti-mos quito duty. o Rains and drought have com bined to make this a year of hard luck for Polk County farmers, re ports J. A. Wilson, farm agent Of the N. C. 8tate OoBege Extension ' Bervioe. ,.
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