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READ!! ROGER BABSON'S News Dispatches in this is sue of the Franklin Times. ^K?FR CO-OPERATE If LoulnburgS Business Interest* would Co-operate with the frank lin Times we would luive u mucb "Bigger und Better Town. VOJLUMN I, XXII Subscription $1.50 a Year TO MODERNIZE ENGINE BOABD SPLITS ON ACTION AGAIN Order Placed With Fair banks, Morse & Co., At $8,450.00, Less Certain Credits; Beck, Cooper and Lancaster Oppose; Bar row, Allen, Shearin and Mayor Webb Affirm; Op ponents Give Notice of Possible Test of Action The Board of Town Commis sioners met In called session at 6 P. M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, in the office of the Town Clerk, for the purpose of receiv ing and opening bids on the modernization of the 360 H. P. Fairbanks. Morse Diesel Engine. All members were present. Immediately after the Board was called to order and after 6 P. M. Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Mr. W. H. Yarborough. At torney for a bidder inquired if the Board felt free to accept' a lower bid than the bid of Fair banks. Morse & Company. In an swer to the question of Mr. Yar borough the Mayor inquired who the bidder was. Mr. Yarbor ough stated that he did not- wish to disclose his clients name un less be was assured that his bid would be accepted if it proved to be the lowest bid. The bid of Fairbanks. Morse & Company whs opened, it belng the ouly bid offered. The following mot-Ion was made by Commissioner W. J. Shearin and was seconded by Commission er W. B. Barrow: "That this meeting be continued until 7:30 P. M. this day. in order to give the Town Attorney ample time in which to study the bid of Fair banks. Morse & Company." This motion was carried unanimously The Board at Town Commis sioners of Lftmishurg. N. C. reas sembled at? 7:30 P,. M , August 19th, 1941. Attorney J. E. Malone, Jr., in formed the Bourd concerning the provisions of the contract offered by Fairbanks. Morse & Company. Commissioner R. C. Beck made a motion to reject the bid of Fairbanks. Morse & Company, ex plaining that In his opinion H would be dangerous to tear down the 360 H. P. unit at this time of the year, and that tbls was the opinion also of the Superintend ent of the Plant. Mr. J. C. Har kins. This mot-ion was second ed by W. G. Lancaster. This mo tion was put to a roll call vote which resulted as follows: Those voting "Aye": R. C. Beck. W. J. Cooper, W. G. Lancaster. Those voting "No": F. H. Allen. W. B. Barrow, W. J. Shearin. W. C. Webb. The motion was lost. The following Resolutions was offered to the Board by F H Al len and was seconded by W. B. Barrow: Keooiution no. ? WHEREAS rtie town of Louis burg supplies all power require ments in said Town which in clude power for pumping water (or dally consumption and fight ing Are. from its municipal light plant and; WHEREAS the power require ments of said Town of Louisburg have Increased to the extent that iti is necessary to generate addi tional power in said light plant before the Increase which annual ly occurs In the fall of the year and the failure to provide the necessary power before such In crease occurs, will seriously en danger the lives and property of the citizens and tax payers of said town; WHEREAS titae condition of one of the principal generating units, to-wlt. the 3(H) H. P. Diesel engine purchased in 1927 is such that its normal efficiency is seri ously impaired; AND WHEREAS the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of said Town have given careful thought and consideration to the exlsMng circumstances and after such full and thorough consideration have come to the' conclusion that im mediate steps must be taken. In frbe form of a special emergency action, to provide protection to Its citizens and tax payers against loss due to the insufficiency of the power supply, and; WHEREAS, at its regular meeting held on August) 8, 1941 the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Louisburg ordered that advertisement me made in the Raleigh Times Inviting t>ro > posals for the Modernization and Change-over of said 360 H. P. engine, said proposals or bids to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk on or before 5; 00 P. M.. August 19. 1941; AND WHEREAS, la response to said advertisement, the follow ing bids or proposals were filed; Fairbanks, Morse ? Co., Atlanta, (Continued on Page Eight) RE APPOINTED A. J. MAXWELL N, (', He von lie CommiMKioiier Raleigh. ? Allen Jay Maxwell Wednesday was appointed by Gov- I ernor Broughton to his fourth , consecutive four-year term as Commissioner of Revenue. The appointment was announ ced and the oath of office admin istered within an hour of^jGover nor Broughton's return from an extended trip into western North j Carolina and Tennessee. The swift moves halted persistent ru mor that the governor might ap point Paroles Commissioner Ed win Gill and make Maxwell a tax . expert under a new revenue act. The Governor stated yesterday Miat he did not propose to set up a separate Division of Tax Re sea rch under authority of the , 19 41 General Assembly but that I he present work within the De partment of Revenue would be enlarged to provide a complete survey 011 MX research for the next legislature. Commissioner Maxwell's new term will expire January 1, 1945. I Franklin County Schools To Open The Franklin County Schools j for the coming school year will open as follows: ? . Epsom School district, Sept. 1. Bold Saud district, Sept>. 3. Edward Best district. Sept. 3. Bunn district, Sept. 3. Youngsville district, Sept. 3. Mills district. Sept. 4. Principals are arranging for j faculty meetings before the open ing to make final plans for the first day. Supt. W. R. Mills wishes to call 1 attention to the fact that Section I 22 % of the School Machinery Act' , reads as follows: "Sec. 22 Mi. Children to be I entitled to enrollment in the pub i lie schools for the school year one j thousand nine hundred thirtjr-| nine-forty, and each year thereaf I ter. must be six years of age on or before October flrst of the year kin which tliey enroll, and must enroll during the flrst month of, the school year." Patrons will see from this that principals and teachers are not permitted to receive children who cannot- comply with this Law. He ,asks the hearty cooperation and j support of every patron- from the first day to the last day. The | schools are for the children. Prin cipals and teachers work for the children; the greater the cooper ation they receive from the home, the better Job they can do. Not Found The following registrants have < not been located by the local Draft' Board, who would appreci ate any Information of their ! whereabouts before they have to send- their names to the F.B.I.t Elijah Vlcks. colored. Elton Evins. colored. Jerry Perry, col- ; ored, Henry Pool, colored. Gra ham Smith, colored. Buster Jon es, colored, Leroy Garner, color ed. Da rid Thomas Collins, color- i ed. James Richard Johnson, white. Luther Finn, white. Frank Thomas, colored. Raymond Brod- ' ie, colored. ? o j Somebody should invent) a eel- ' lophane covering for white shoes. ! : PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program' at the Lcytjftburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday. August* 23rd: Saturday ? Double Feature ? Charles Starret in "Thunder Over The Prairie" and Binnie Barnes and Edw. Norris In "Angels With Broken Wings." Also another ichapter of "Jungle Girl." Sunday-Monday? Lew Ayres. Laralne Day and Lionel Barry mor In "Dr. Kildare's Wedding .Day." Tuesday ? Joan Perry and Rog er Pryor in "Bullets For O'Hara." Wednesday ? Jndy Canova and Francis Lederer in "Puddin* Head." Thursday-Friday ? Greer fl?r soo and Walter PMgeon In "Blossoms la The Dust." INTERESTING FIGURES The following figures will no doubt be interesting to the people of Louisburg. They axe gotten from authoritative sources and should be convincing to the tax payers of Louisburg ? proving that the only thing Louisburg needs in connection with its light and power facilities is a few repairsT Read these and chack them, if you wish, for accuracy: CAPACITY K. W. New Big Engine ' 250 Old Big Engine > 200 2 Old Engines (75 K. W. each) 150 Total Present Capacity 600 CAN BE RESTORED To Old Engine by Modernizing 75 To 2 Old Small Engines by Repairing 50 Total Capacity after Restoration 725 LOAD K. W. Present Peak Load 490 (Not Including Fair) Cut off loss Current by stopping Non-Revenue Producing lights 75 Total actual load necessary 415 415 Total Surplus 310 When it is considered that the average daily load is not as much as a peak load the above figures show that the TIMES was right when it stated that if the plant was put in proper repair Louisburg would have almost current enough to supply two towns its size. They also show that there is no emergency except in repairs to existing machinery. A little check of different combinations of the above units will give you plenty of laxity and safe ty in operation. Machinery of any kind is not un like human beings, not immune to accidents and breakdowns. This plant gives sufficient proof that the life of engines of this kind are almost unlimited when operated by competent engineers who have a pride in keeping their machines fit. ii Hold Your Tobacco K?r Hliihpr Prlc** Ijtlf'r. Advice (M Warehousemen . Mr. Charlie Ford, proprietor of the Planter* Warehou?e. who vis ited the Border markets the paat week l? very earnest and enthus iastic In his advising tobacco growers to hold t>helr tohacco for the later openings. While tobac co Is selling well, he says, much better than last year, It is evi dent It has not advanced to Its limit yet'. In fart, he assured the TIMKS man. thai tobacco will make many . further advances, an opinion shared by tobacconist and warehousemen alike. It Is so evident that warehouses are buy ing up big quantities of the high er grades and placing them away for futfure Bale. Upon his observations he ad- , vises Franklin County farmers to hold until the Louisburg Mar ket opens, or even later. This will, no doubt, be wel come news to many of our tobac co growers, who we hope may pro fit largely In this crop. DRIVERS' SCHOOL Supt. W. R Mills informs the \ FRANKLIN TIMES thati the school bus drivers School will be j held In Louisburg on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day. August &5-C-7 and 8. The school will o^n at 7:30 a. m. Daylight saving time each day and continue through a full day. lunch will be furnished. It la ex pected to take one-third of the white drivers each day for the first' three days and all the color ed drivers on the fourth day ? Thursday. A^state Instructor will be present and have charge of the school and all drivers will be giv en road teats. BINGO TOURNAMENT Junior Woman's League Bene fit Bingo Tournament will be held Aug. 27th In the new Armory at 8 o'clock. Ticket* are on sale at 6 for 25c before tournament, & cent* apiece at tournament. Orand prizes. Proceeds will be used 'for ? charity.' Come and bring ifatir friends. FIRE SUNDAY The fire Sunday was at Tucker's Hotel on Main Street and was extinguished before any serious damage was done. The fire de partment was prompt in Its am ?Wer. Woman Kills Woman Carrie May Richardson, color ed. is he I n ^ held for bearing on a charge of (he murder of Gladys Kulfln, also colored, the hearing to he held before Mayor W. C. Webb. Information received shows that Carrie aUililicd .Gladys with a knife, the instrument taking ef fect near the collar bone and striking the heart. Gladys lived only a short while. The stabbing followed an altercation earlier which was renewed. The fatal blow was administered in front of Chick Murray's "store in Black town, it is stated, on Saturday evening. Richardson, it is un derstood. claims self-defense. -o ANOTHER WOMAN CUT Quite a bit of excitement was had on Bull Run Alley Saturday afternoon by a crowd of negroes, many of whom were drinking. As a result Mattle Williams was cut on the wrist by Bettie Traylor and about fifteen or twenty were arrested for various charges. o HOME GUARD NEWS The Louishurg Company of the Home Guards announces that they now have their uniforms which are a very pretty blue. Every member is very proud of them and are trying to the best of Mjeir knowledge to show their respect for same and to make the people of the county proud of the entire personnel. The public is invited to attend and watch any and every drill they wish in order to see the ability of the men as well as let ting the men know that the pub lic appreciates what they are doing. * It's usually a trivial matter that provokes a real light. Moving? New York, Aug. ao. ? The Moscow Radio, as heard by the N'BI ' listening poet. asserted tonight that the Gmauan gov ernment is planning to leave Berlin for a mofe secure city in southern Germany. The Russian broadcast add ed. according to NBC, that sev eral minister* already had left Berlin with skeletal staffs. It added that the tnuMfer of en tire departments is contemplat ed for the Kali when it in ex pected that British air raids j will tnerease in nnmhrr and I sl*en*th. ORDERS ABC ELECTION Board of Elections Held Meeting Friday, Accept ed Petitions and Passed Order The Board of Elections of Franklin County met in called session in I lie Court raiuu lit J?ouisburg on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Chairmau Phil 11, Inscoe and Secretary L.. O. Fraziei present. Chairman In scoe announced I hat' the object ot the meeting was to receive and pass upon the petitions presented by S. H. Averitt, C. T. Hudson and J. H. Fuller representing the Dry forces in Franklin County asking for an election to ascer tain the wishes of the voters of ?he County as ito the continued operation of the ABC system in Franklin County. ItV^'a* shown that the petitions containing 905 names and that the required number was 703. The Board expressed satisfaction that the petitions were in order and proper and upon motion of Frazier and seconded by Inscoe, were duly received. Upon motion of Frazier and second of Inscoe it was ordered that an election be called under Section 25 Chapter 49 Laws of 193". to be held * on Saturday, October 11th, 1941. A motion prevailed authorizing and directing Chairman Inscoe to proceed with all necessary ar rangements to carry out this or der and to hold Mic election In accordance with' law. This completing the business of the meeting adjournment was taken subject to call of the Chairman. EUROPEAN WAR NEWS Reykjavik. Ireland. Aus 20. ? A -German bomlier. invading Ire land (or Hie firm time since Am bl'lcali forces occupied IIiIh tkiy Inland un July 7. wan driven off today by American-built Toma hawk fighters before It could drop any bomb*. ? Air-raid sirens screeched an the lone twin-engined bomber roared out of the clouds. American Tom aliuwk planes. preHUinably flown by llrlllsh pilots. and Hriilsh fighter planes took to the air. Iiul the bomber disappeared into the clouds before it could be over- J taken. The air raid lasted 45 minutes ? the second since the Americans landed here. The last alarip soun- t ded two week* ago. but no ene- 1 my planes appeared. (Tomahawk is l-be British name> for the Curtis l'-40 fighter used; by the l!nited States Army. At Washington, however., the Army declined to say whether any Ar my forces have Joined the Naval contingents t-hai were sent to Iceland. I Moscow, Thursday. Auk. 21.? , The Russians t emitted today thai airborne tanks luden with Red army infantrymen had landed deep within the German ii n ? and ' dealt a slashing blow in a com in ulnc series of counter-attuckH f while a similar Nazi stratagem was crushed by Soviet ??extermi nator" squads. Ked Star, the Soviet army newt- 1 paper, said these Russian coun- 1 ter-attacks on the central front I already had broken three German i defense lines and recaptured Ave j population centers, the flying tank I trooper* and foot soldiers sailing down to decide the issue at tihe tbird German line. The Soviet Information Bu reau while ignoring this account, said tbe Germans landed large parachute forcea and three tan gettes behind the Russian line* at/ an undisclosed place but that the whole party was smashed. Buttle Areas The communique listed the major battle areas as Novgordo, Kinglsepp and Sfa?aya Russia, all In the Lehigrad defense zone from the Estonian border to the Lake Iimen region about 100 mil es sout'h of Lenigrad; Gomel, in the central zone where Red Star told of success; and around Odes sa. the big Ukraine port on the Black Sea in the sector where the Germans have made their deepest gains. GOES WITH N Y. A. V. R. Kilby, who for the past* six years has been head of the history department at Louisburg College, has accepted a position as Student Work Officer of the National Youth Administration. He will be in charge of disbursing tihe N. Y. A. fonda in the bi> school* of twenty-one counties fn the eastern part of North Caro lina. Mrs. Kflby will continue her work M Registrar and head' of the commercial department. ? : ? i-O i Subscribe to the PnuUkJfn Time* BEGINS SEVENTH YEAR! MK. W. STKOWl> Who is beginning his seventh j year as Supervising Principal at i Mills High School. OLD NORTH STATE AMBULANCE FUND Black Mountain, Auk. IS. ? Captivated liy the many attrac t ions of North Carolina a* viewed from t lie air on a recent plane wiur of the state and praising the i facilities for rest and recreation, which he declared to he unau proached elsewhere in Amerlcr. .lames Itnbrie, prominent New Yorker and executive secretary of j the British-American Ambulance Corps, arrived here today with Mix. Itnbrie to start a vacation st'. ly to he followed by a motor trip to principal cities and resort centers. / Immediately upon arrival. Mr Imhrie conferred with members of the executive committee of the | Old North State Fund concerning I i-he progress of the statewide , campaign to. raise $75,000 .equlr ed to purchase and deliver an air plane ambulance to tha^puuplu of Kngluud. After hearing reports from Judge Frederick O Bowman, state chairman, and George Koss I I'ou. treasurer, and Joseph R. I.larnagin. state director, that 30 counties have already reached or exceeded i|Uot?. Imhrie expressed pleasure and predicted that the goal should be reached shortly as several of the larger counties have not completed I heir finan cial drives. "The British-American Ambu lance C4irps was glad when the Old North State Fund accepted an invitation to make North Caro lina the first state to present the people of Kngland with such a substantial and urgently needed gift as a token of sympathy, es teem and friendship. The splen did manner In which the citizens of each county have contributed { i heir time and money to this hu- 1 luanltarlnn cause fully conflrms the state's reputation for leader-] ship in all things worth while. ! The reports Just received Indicate that North Carolinians are anx ious to have an active part in re lieving the strain and stress of i-lie Bill i- h people as much as possible and in providing means lor the saving of lives of En gland s civilian population and 1 aimed forces." (Jlting ilie renewed activity in | the bombing English Cominunl- 1 ties, the increased action on dis- , tant battlefronts and tihe urgent i need (or rescuing crews of down-) ed English bombers as redsons why additional mercy planes are required immediately, Imbrie sta ted "It is hoped that the coun ties which hare not reached quo te will do so as quickly as possi ble so that th#- Old North State Fund can send an airplane across In the very near future. This type of relief equipment Is not covered by the lease-lend bill and can on ly be provided thru contributions by our ciMzens. I am anxious to see North Carolina set an exam ple to the other states which will lead to additional mercy planes being sent to England." Donations Since our last report the fol lowing. have made donations to the fund which leaves a balance of $37.65 to be raised. The peo ple of Franklin County are urged to send in their donations at once to put the County over the top: Raleigh White. Raleigh *2.00 C. L. Hunt, Raleigh 2.00 W. V. Aventi 1.00 ' Miss Ida Mae Vow 2.00 P. W. Elam 2.00 8. N. RoUSe .50 G. W. Ford 1.00 Sam Mattox 1.00 Mrs. W. W. Webb 2.00 $13.50 Previously reported $53.85 Total $67.35 o-k? I . ,, Most salesmanship' is the art at ^getting people to buy things they | ?&*t afford, and ought >ot Dirk. SCHOOL DAYS RETURN Mills School Opens Sept. 4, At 8:30 Eastern Standard Time; All Students Urg ed *fo Be Present on Opening Day The Mills School is opening a few days earlier this year so as to avoid teaching on Saturdays, said Supervising Principal S&rowd, should epidemics or bad weather force closing of school. AU schools in the Louisburg District will open the same day. The faculty will be the same as that of last year with the ex ception of tiie loss of one teach er. due t? a smaller enrollment than usual. One of the most popular addi tions to the school last year was the organization of the High School Baud, which has been kept going through the summer months due to t-he interest of Mr. Byerly and the members. Five or six new members are expected to join this year. The Commercial Department was also very popular last year and indications are that- it will have a larger enrollment in those courses t'h is year. Both typing and bookkeeping courses will be offered in that department. A. fee of* ll.u per month is charg ed for uBe of typewriters, while the Bookkeeping course is free. ? The rental fee for high school books is $2.40,- which covers the cost of all textbooks for the en tire year. In t-he Elementary School all the basal books are free to the students, but the Slute rents the Supplementary Readers to the pupils for a small fee. payable at- the beginning of school. First and Second grade pupils pay $.50; Third, fourth and tifth grade pupils $ *>*>; Sixth and Seventh grade pupils $.70. These fees cover rental charges for the entire year. School will open on Eastern Standard Time, 8:30 A. M. Plans are being made to add courses in Safely Education this year. The twelft-h grade, cannot be added before another year. Near Showdown London. Auk. 20. ? The strug gle for control of strategic Iran (Persia) neared a showdown to night as Great Britain and Rus sia stmdied a "not wholly satisfac tory" reply to their demands that German agents and "tourists" lie ordered out of the oil-rich nation. The Iranian government at Te heran was understood reliably to have sent) u reply to formal An glo-Soviet demands on Saturday for the immediate ouster of 3,000 to 5.000 Nail technicians, agents and "tourists" who have been Al tering steadily into the country. The Iranian reply, in t>he form of an oral message to the Rrltish and Itusslan ministers in Iran, was said to be a "compromise proposal" falling short of com pliance with the Anglo-Russiau demands. These demands were said to call for the expulsion of 80 per cent of the Germans now in Iran. Unless a subsequent formal note which is to follow tihe Iranian oral reply goes "much further" toward meeting the Anglo-Rua sian views, the situation Is expec ted to take a serious turn. It was stated. LOUISBURC* BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor A. Paul Bagby t? home again from his vacation and will preach at the usual eleven o'clock service next Sunday morn ing. Sunday 8chool at 9:45. Vesper Service on bhe College Campus at 7:00 o'clock Sunday evening. Dr. Bagby will speak it this serrlce. L OUISBUEO METHODIST CHURCH The TIMES is requested to announce that In the absence of the pastor who is spending this week at Lake Junaluska, that the eleven o'clock service at) the Methodist Church on Sunday will be conducted by Rev. E. H. Davis. Sunday School, conducted by Prof. L D. Moon at 9:45. Vesper Services will be held on the College Campus, conduct ed by Dr. A. Paul Bagby at 7:00 o'clock. o | ANNOUNCEMENT The engagement of Miss Cbra Mildred Wilson, of Raleigh and Lonlsburg, to Harvey Stephenson Fogg, of Baltimore. Md.. and Raleigh, has been annoanoed by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie 3. Wilson, of Lonisburg. Mr. Fogg is tihe ion of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth I. Fogg, of Raleigh. The weeding will take place 1> the RENEW YOU*? SUBSCRIPTION
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