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VOIjUMN lxxii Subscription $1.50 a Year IiOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1041 (Eight Pages) Xl'MHRR 27 TOWN TAJf RATE $2.00 ? - r : : . . ?% ANOTHER ENGINE SQUABBLE Hold Two Meetings Power and Light Situation Serious; Two Moves Made Providing Different Ac tions; Board Still Divid ed; To Build New Line On Bunn Road; Many Reports Received The Board of Town Commis sioners met iu regular monthly session, August 8t'h, 1941 at 7:uU P. M. The following members of '.he Board were present: Mayor W. C. Webb, F. H. Allen, W. B. Bar row, R. C. Beck, W. J. Cooper and W. J. Shearlu. Couimisbion er W. G. Lancaster was absent. The minutes of previous meet ings were read and approved. The monthly reports of the Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Chief of Police and Supt. of the Light and Water Departments were read and approved. A motion -was passed authoriz ing the Light Ik Water Committee to purchase the necessary mater ial for the Bunn Road power line extension. The Light & Water CouiinlMee was Instructed to pur chase the material from the low est bidder, terms considered. The Board authorized the con struction of a driveway to serve the property of John Sills on , South Main Street upon t>he con- j dltlon that John Sills agree to pay half the cost of the proposed driveway in accordance with the existing custom. 1 lie ttoaru approved an in crease of fl.lt per week in the wages of each of the three engi neers at the power plant. The Town Attorney was In structed to draw an Ordinance re quiring all motor vehicles that are operated within the Town Limits of Louisburg. N. C. to be equipped with mufflers. A motion was passed unani mously approving the proposed change on North Main Street ad joining the louisburg College property and the Mills High School property; and that the Town of Louisburg cooperate wit'h the N. C. State Highway and Public Works Commission In this project by obtaining and execut ing all necessary easements or rights of way, and by furnishing at the Town's expense a compe tent concrete mixing foreman, and the necessary skilled concrete finishing laborers. Upon proper motion the town sold the J. B. Thomas lot to K. H. Collier for $650.00. A motion was passed releasing the National Sur^y Corporation, Inc., from any responsibility un der the fidelity bond of former Chief of Police C. K. Pace, after the datie of July 7th, 1941. The Light ? Water Committee was Instructed to finance the new Chevrolet track purchased for use by the Light t Water De partments, by the cheapest cred it method. The following Resolution was offered by Commissioner W. B. Barrow and received a second by Commissioner F. H. Allen: Whereas in the judgment of the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Louisburg, It will be ?ecessary to provide for the gen eration of additional power In Its Light and Water Plant before the increase in consumption of Pall business; T i ? AK?.in " uoi cas, iu uiuci iu ui/uiiu such power in time tor the In crease in such business, it is nec essary that the Board arrange at this time (or same. And Whereas, the element of Mme being most Important, in the opinion of said Board a real emergency to this extent does actually exist and to relieve this situation iti will be necessary to at least modernize and convert the 360 H. P. YVA type Diesel engine now In said plant; Now Therefore, be it resolved that bids for the work of mod ernizing and converting said en gine be invited by publication of notice in the Raleigh Times, a newspaper having general circu lation in the Town of Loulsburg, in its issue of August 9, 1941. A Roll Call vote was taken on the above Resolution with the following result: Those voting "Aye" were: F. H. Allen. W. B. Barrow, W. J. Shearin. Thoee voting "No" were: R. C. Beck tod W J. Cooper. ; After making meessary changes J (Continue* on Page 8) Ambulance Contributors" The following contributors to the Old North State Ambulance Fund made donations the past week: W. D. Fuller .... *1.00 J. H. Sills, (Col.) .... 1.00 J. M. Harris .25 G. H Harris ........ .25 R. L. Harris .25 S. S, Harrison .25 K. A.'SBraswell .25 J. C. Bowdgn ........ .50 Wheless Bros. .50 Mrs. Vivian Taylor . . . .25 Mrs. Ruby DobsonN^. . .25 Mrs P. R. Bunn . . . .V. .25 M W Weaver ^ .50 H. E. Gardner VS5 C. S. Sta llings .25 Z. V. Wheeler 60 $ . 6.60 Previously reported . . $47.25 Total '. $53.85 The present week will draw ''his campaign near its close and it is especially urged that the members of the Committee secure all the contributions possible and i lets go over the top with the 1 $125,011 allotfd to Franklin I County. FUND ALMOST ASSURED Kaleigh, Aug. 12. ? With more (ban twenty counties having reached or exceeded quota in The Old North State Fund state-wide campaign to raise $76,000 for the presentation of a fully equip ped airplane ambulance or mercy plane to the people of England as a gift from the ciMzens of North Carolina. Judge F. O. Bow man. State Chairman, expressed confidence that the entire sum would become available in the near future. Declaring that active commit tees are engaged in raising funds in the majority of the 100 coun ties of the State, Bowman stated that his Executive Committee hoped to complete the financial drive within the next two weeks. "It is a pleasure to announce," said the State Chairman, "that the following counties have al ready gone over the lop. muny far exceeding quota: Ashe. Ber tie. Caswell. Catawba. Chowan, Columbus. Currituck. Haywood. Hoke. Lincoln. Macon. Northamp ton, Orange, Perquimans, Polk, Hobeson. Scotland. Transylvania, Wake. Washington, and Wilson. Pipeline Washington, Aug. H. ? Plans for I In* InnRtHt pipeline In the | world, to pump crude oil I.HiM) miles from Texan and Ijouisiana to the New York-Philadelphia area at the rate of iSTWl.Ofm l>ar- , rels a day. were announced to day by Hecretary of the Inter- , lor Ickes on behalf of II large oil companies. An Immediate start Is plan ned on the 980,000,000 project, but its completion will take nine months; and Ickes warn ed that it would not solve the immediate petroleum shortage in the East canned by the di version of AO United States tankers to British (in. At the same time, Ickes warned that there still was se rious danger of a coal short age due to limited transporta tion facilities. Hie transporta tion situation already was "tight," he said, and a short age would develop if Fall sea sonal demand disarranged it. j PROGRAM AT THE L0UISBVRG THEATRE The following Is the program at the. Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday. Aug. 16: Saturday Double Feature ? William Boyd as Hopalong Oaasi dy In "Pirates On Horseback" and Johnny Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight in "Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie". Also Chap. No, 3 "Jangle Girl." Sunday-Monday ? Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. Dick Powell and The Andrews Sisters in "In The Nary." Tuesday ? Oeratdine Fitzgerald and James Stephenson in "Shifting Victory." . ; . . , i . Wednesday? Herbert Marshall and Virginia Bruce In "Adventure In Washington." ThWri day -(Friday ? Penny Sin gleton, Arthur . Lake and Larry 31ms in "Blondie In Society." GOVERNOR BECOMES AIR FLEET CAPTAIN j Governor J. Melville Broughton accepts appoint ment as "Hon- , Ol'ary Captain" of the Capital Air Fleet' from hands of James I). Henry. Penn-Central Airlines offi cial. The presentation was made in recognition of the Governor's "interest in the advancement of Hviation in North Carolina" and for '?distinguished service" as Honorary Chairman, of the OLD NOKTH STATE Kl'NI) which Is sponsoring the gift of a fully eq nipped airplane ambulance U> the people of England from citizens of the Old North State - Draft Extention TTashiiiKton.AUK. 13. ? Leadt^rs iif the Senate nonintervention group conceded today that there was little they could do to pre vent Dual Senate approval of the Army extension bill, and Demo cratic Leader Berkley of Ken tucky predicted lt? would be sent to the White House tomorrow. The measure was passed T>y, the House last night by ilie single vote margin of 203 to 202. and will go back to the Senate to morrow for consideration of mi nor House amendment. Barkley said ttoat the House amendments had not materially changed the previously approved Senate meas ure, which would continue for 18 months the service periods of se lectees. reservists. National Guardsmen and enlisted men. It also would grant a )10-a-inonth pay Increase to all Miose serving more than one year. REGISTRANTS MISSING The officials of the local Selec tive Draft Board report the fol lowing draftees unfound. and would appreciate any one inform ing the Board of their whera bouts, before they are required to report them to the F. B. I. Colored- ? Elton Evlns." Jerry Perry, Graham Smith. Ernest Cook. William James Mitchell, Leroy Garner. Willie R. Wright, James Jasper Keith. Henry Wil son. Bruster Jones. Frank Thom as. James Kansdell. Otis Chavls. White ? Thomas Gilliam Black, I-ut-her Finn. ?o ? KDWAKI) BKMT TO (H'RN The FRANKLIN TIMES is re quested to announce tbe opening of the Edward Best. Justice, White Level-Hickory Rock schools on September 3. R. E. Tlmberlake, Jr., away on a year's leare of absence in the National Quard. expects to be back as principal for the district. Mrs. Clara Moore returns as prin cipal at Justice and W. R. Murray begins his second year at Hick ory Rock-Whltie Level. Ben H. White. Math, teacher and coach, recently resigned and has not as yet been replaced. ?- i a ? i i REVIVAL AT SARKPTA The FRANKLIN TIMES is re quested to announce that a revi val will begin at Sarepta Metho dist Church, Centerville, on Sun day afternoon at 8 o'clock. East ern Standard Tthie. and services .will be held each day at 4 and 8 p. m. for one week. Rev. K. I. Tucker, of Areola. Miss., will do t-he preaching. Mr. Tucker con ducted a meeting at this church 6 years ago at which time he en deared himself to the people of this community. The entire public Is invited to go out and take a part) In these services. AUTO MECHANIC The U. S. Civil Service an nounces a competitive examina tion for general automobile me chanics. pay 11,680 a year, ap plicable first to applicants from North Carolina, to be located at Fort Bragg Applications should be filed on or before Sept. 8th, 1948, with Quartermaster Corps, War Department, Fort Bragg, N. C. ? o Your original investment in DefenM Savings Bonds. Series S. will ii^crewto 38 1-3 per cent in 10 yean. Meet at Sea Itadio announcement yester day morning told of a imtMiiiK and discussion of National mat ter* as pertains to t In* prt'M'iil j war iN'iiiceii l*resi<lent ltiH>so velt and British Prime Minister I W inston < 'liurehill. somewhere in tin* .North Atlantic. At this time an importaint understand i lug ImIwcok the two countries governing their rooperatiou in the present war and their ob jects tor tli??nisclves and all other couutries after the war. There were nine points upon which M|?e<'iflr agreement was made, and which agreement was said to he ax strong as could lie made hy ^Democracies without the express consent of Congress. Among the things included in the agreement was the abolition of force, the de sire to restore u lasting |>encc, giving I Ihert \ and freedom to all |?ooples, and allowing each country to l>e governed as the |HM?ple wished. That 110 coun try should seek additional ter ritory or territorial advantages. Recorder's Court Frank it n Kecorder'n Court' lield regular session on Tuesday morn ing. with Mr. .1 K. Maione "pinch hitting" for John P: Matthews, a* proseruHim attorney. The docket was small and wan dispos ed of as follows: Raymond Williams plead guilty to a charge of larceny and was given 12 months on roads. Zollie Williams plead guilty of motor vehicle violation and was given 30 days <>n roads, suspend ed upon payment of such costs as will save the County harmless. The following cases were con tinued: C. R. Maun. adw. to pay. W. H. Leonard, mrv. to pay. Hazel Williams, adw. to pay. i-,lyde Parham, oal. Henry Young, hlb and run. Sam Smith, reckless driving, | oal. Willie Lee Perry, oai. mvv. Hl'LLSN-rAKUIHH Mr. and Mrs. L. W. ParrUh of this city announce the marriage of t-helr daughter. Edna Earle, to Mr. Lewis E. Mullen. July 31, 1941 at Riverdale Methodist Church, New Bern, N. C. Mr. Mullen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Mullen, of New Bern, and holds a responsible po sition with the Carolina Tele phone Co. At home after August 10th, New Bern, N. C. ? I A CORRECTION The figures of $40. on given for | feeding underprivileged children ,at school by the Junior Woman'* I I.eagoe was erroneously given In 'the last issue of the FRANKLIN TIMES. It 3hould have been $140.00 instead. The FRANKLIN TIME8 is glad to make this correction. REUNION A reuuion of the Immediate i family of Mr. and Mrs. CharlM M. Gattis was held last Sunday at their home near LoulStourg. About Arty children, grandchild ren and frienda were preseati. Dinner was served outdoors. You can't get away with a thrift talk to the farfOr with a 15-ceAt cigar in yoar month GETTING READY FOR OPENING ?- 1 THREE HOUSES FOR 1941 SEASON I Market To Open Tuesday, September 9; Full Corps Of Buyers To Be Present; Same Personnel To Run .Warehouses; Mercantile And Professional Men Behind The Market; Ex pects To Sell More To bacco This Year Louisburg's tobacco Interests and merchants are beginning to1, make preparations (or -gelling quite a bin quantity of the 'golden weed this year. In fact they are confident they will exceed last year by a good deal. All t-hree of Louisburg's well arranged and commodious ware bouses will operate this year un der the same management as last year. The Southsidc will be operated by Sam Meadows. Ben Wood and ( Arch Wilson. The Union Ware house by Grovtt)- C. Harris and N it ma Freeman, and the Planters Warehouse by Charlie Ford. Each of -these warehousemen are among North Carolina's best and most experienced tobacconists and warehousemen. They have all bad experience In handling to bacco frQiri the preparation of the plant lied to the sale on the floor and can fully appreciate the far mer's position. It is this exper ience that serves them well when, l-hey serve your interest In sell ing your tobacco and gets you the! high price. Bach of the warehouses will ! have a full corps of well trained assistants. It is understood a full corps or' buyers, representing all compan , ies will be on the Market Ibis year and from indications on oth-| ler market* now open, will have good buying orders with good . j prices. The entire mercantile and pro- ? fesslonal personnel of Loulsburg1 is putting its shoulder to the boosting the Louishurg Market this year. They will talk and i preach selling your tobacco in I'.oulsbu rg for higher prices and buying your needs In l,oulsburg for lower prices. (Jet your tobacco ready and > bring it to Irfiuisliurg and join your friends in building up your Home Market. A big loud the first day will give a good start and help with a send off. The Market opens on Tuesday. September 9th. Cnie to Louis hurg that day. 7 I Linemen ICilled Henderson, Aug. It. ? Twu I i ???> men. Bruce C. Jtrrdnn. 31. mid .1. W. Caddy. 38. were Hpi'trr?cul**ri this aflernoon. Mid ;i lliird Hae mal!. O. B McDaitiel, foreman of II five-man WW sti liming lilies for a new cooling system to a .downtown reitiiurant. suffered 'burns and BUMained a fractured arm In ail el.ort to rescue the ' (electrocuted men. (?addy. who wan on one pole, received a high-voltuge shock, and almost simultaneously the current Jumped into the body of 'Jordan, who was working on a nearby pole. It was not known how Oaddy came Into contact with line. The two men hung on tihe poles for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile linemen, firemen, and Individuals sought to lend aid. O. F. Eastwood, officer of the Henderson police 1 force, called the sub-station, which immediate ly cut off all current In the town. But' before the current was cut off. McDaniel was Injured. McDanlel. who led in the res cue work, climbed the pole in an effort to aid Gaddy, but he was given a shock. John Willis Hayes, assistant Henderson Are chief, climbed the pole in an ef fort to assist McDaniel. He strung a rope over the crossbars of the pole, and secured the rope t*> McDaniel. Hayes cut Mc Daniel's safety belt. Just as It looked as If the rescue would be effected, the rope broke, and Mc Daniel fell to the ground, sustain ed a fractured arm. He fell 15 feet. Dick Clarke, painter, also was credited with risking his life in an efTorti to free the burned men. All men were given first-aid treatment of resuscitation by nearby individuals, and then were rushed to Maria Parham Hospital here. _ ' ' '?o DR. KKNT TO PREACH The FRANKLIN TIME? is re quested to state that Dr L. F. Kent will pleach and celebrate afternoon afT#. JK ' >??, FILES NEW PETITIONS ? With Board of Elections And Requests Election on ABC Stores Representing the Dry Forces of Franklin County, Messrs. S. H. Averitt, C. T. Hudson and J. H. Fuller have JUild uew " petitions with Chairman I'll i I It. lnscoe and requesting the call of an election as early as possible to determine (?he wishes of the people as to whether Franklin County shall continue to operate the ABC Stores. The letter of transmit tal. which was received by Mr. lnscoe on August 12th. was as follows: Mr. Phii R. lnscoe, Chairman Board of Elections," Castalia, N. C^ near Mr. lnscoe: Petitions signed by. more tliau j 15 per cent of the duly registered j voters of Franklin County, who [ voted in the last election for governor of North Carolina, are herewith presented to you. You will notice that these pe titions have been signed within the last sixty days, giving (he voters address and township, are duly veritied and request' the Board of Flections to submit to the qualified voters of Franklin County the question of setting up, operating or continuing to oper ate in Franklin County, a liquor store or stores as provided by law. These petitions, together with those Hied with you on June 24th last, contain more than l'utNram es. and we trust* your board will call this election at the' e&rliest possible date. Sincerely, S H. AVERITT. C. T Hl'DSON. .1 H. FULLER. Wreck W. T. Person, Jr., received a | sprained ankle ill an accident where a collision was made lie- ; I ween the motorcycle he was ' rid i 11 k -and an automobile driven by Mrs. P. P Sheppard. of Ral eigh. on Kasl Nash Street Friday afternoon. It is understood the accident happened when the Sheppard car made a left turn to drive in to the home of Mrs. W. E. Reasley und was slruck between the rear of the car and Its bumper by Mte motorcycle which was driven to wards town Neither machine was seriously damaged. In the i car with Mrs. Sheppard were Mr. M C. Wilder. Mrs. P. R. C.rilfln I mid Mrs W. N. Fuller. Sr. Mr. j Person was taken to Dr. Whe- 1 less' office for treatment. HOUSE BREAKING Oene Zerbe. 17. of 323 3rd. St'.. Northumberland. Pa.. Robert Snyder. 16, of R F. D. No 1, Norl hu in lierlaud. Pa., and Lester J Odwig. 17, of 289 Orange Road. I Xorlhumlierland. Pa., were arres- 1 ted Wednesday morning near Morris Store, and charged with In-caking into the home of Dave Andrews, of near Harris Chapel ;ind taking therefrom $18.59 In cash, a, ..12 pistol and a straight razor. The robbery bad occurred a short while before the. arrest and while the family was In the; field at work. Officer Z. C. Wheeler, assisted by John An-j drews and C. S. Harris, made the arrest about three miles north of the scene of the robbery and re covered the money, pistol and razor front the boys, who admit ted breaking Into the home through a window. They were brought to town and placed in jail to await a hearing. CHARGED WITH SHOOTING Tom Wilklns. young negro, was arrested at his home near Loulsburg Wednesday afternoon by Sheriff J. P. Moore and charg ed with the shooting of Cheater Davis, another negro in an alter cation at Walter Long's saw mill Wednesday morning. Davis was painfully hurt by one bullet which pierced the left leg and entered the right' leg. Wilkius will be tried in ? Re corder's Court Tuesday. HOLD YOUR TOBACCO Leading tobacconists in Louis burg are advising farmers to hold {heir tobacco for the later open ings. They are Arm in Wietr opinion that prices will be better later. The crop is much shorter than is estimated and the par ticular kind grown In this section will be in greater demand. There fore as the season advances tihese tobaccos will aell higher and high er. They advise holding for bet ter priced. ; : o Defease Savings Bonds can ha registered la the name of chfltf rtt* m well aa adults. 'r*r ? EUROPEAN WAR NEWS ? Berlin, Aug. 13. ? German offic ials, claiming the destruction ot 244 Russian and British planes in 24 hours, acknowledged to night that men.'Vqmen and chil dren of German cities have been "brought into the front lines" by enemy aerial assaults. The official DNB agency said the combined Russian-British air losses in 24 hours totaled 244 planes, including 61) British plan es against' tbe loss of only four Nazi plan.es which were lost on the Russian front. Spokesmen paid tribute to the "heroism" of the German civilian population, under die British and Russian air attacks such as those on Berlin, which was bombed by the Royal Air Force Tuesday night- and had been attacked by Kussian plant's on four of the previous Ave nights. An authorized spokesman told of "heavily bombed towns tn Wes tern and Northern Germany" all warned that the Luftwaffe was preparing to exact "the severest reprisals at- a given moment." "Humane Warfare" "All this bombiiig of civilians could have been avoided by real ly huinaiie warfare." he said. Moscow, Thursday, Aug 14 ? Tin- Soviet high command today admitted the German army's oc cupation "a tew days ago" of Smolensk, vital gateway to Mos cow. and revealed a deeper en ejny penetration in the Nazi's wide-swinging attempt- to encir cle Leningrad. Although the lied Army on the central front evacuated Smolensk after more than throe weeks of day and night battles, the high command said t-hat heavy lighting still rages in the vicinity of this railroad and industrial city 230 miles west of Moscow. (The German high command uuiioiiiiced the capture of Smo lensk on July IK. nearly a month ano. and since then has placed the Nazi advance considerably east of the city along t-he main highway to Moscow where "battles of en trapment" are -aaid to be under way. ) After reporting a sudden lull throughout Tuesday and Tuesday night over the entire 1.800-mile long front-, the Ked Army commu nique told of new outbreaks of fighting reaching from Lake La doga above Leningrad dawn to the Ukraine between Kiev and the Black Sea port of Odessa. The German forces on the nor thern front were revealed In the communique to have struck east ward to the vicinity of the im portant railroad center of Staraya itussa. near the southern shores of Lake Ilinen and 130 miles south of I^eningrad. Vichy. Aug 13. ? The Petain government was warned in Nazi dispatches tonight that the United States and Britain are ready to answer the French Pledge of "closed bonds" with the Axis by seizing Martinique and other French possessions in the Wes tern Hemisphere. The German-dominated news papers in I'arls. quoted informa tion from Stockholm, alleged that Britain mid the l?uit?d States are "nearly agreed" on a broad pro gram of countering France's move toward fuller collaboration with Adolf Hitler. The British and Americans, ac cording to this unconfirmed re port. will take "immediate mili tary and political measures" la bot-h the Atlantic and Pacific If France acts in conflict with the Axis, including: Possible Action 1. A Joint occupation of Free town on the Weat African coast Just south of strategic Dakar to "put presure" on the French. 2. Occupation by United States forces of all French possessions In the Western Hemisphere. 3. A break tn American-French diplomatic relations and United Stwtes recognition of General Charles De Gaulle's 'Free French' regime. 4. Severe financial sanctions against France in event diploma tit relations with Vichy are not broken off. London. Aug. 13.? 'Britain's new weapon, the American-made fortress bomber, is spreading fear and contributing to an awakened spirit of revolt in Germany and occupied Europe, sa y dispatches reaching important quarters here by devious means. The remorseless pounding ot Germany by the huge planes which* fly out of sight and sound of their victims, and the stubborn resistance ot the Russian armies are allowing a seething resent ment and anger to come to the surface from Norway to Italy, these quarters said. Informed circles Say these re ports may Indicate the first break in the German crust, but warn that 16 would be prematura to ex pect open revolts this Summer or One source with a secret means (CentJtiraed on Page Bight)
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