FOR ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS F ? * ? MAKE EVERY If ^ PAYDAY BOND DAY VOLUMN LXXIII $1.50 per year in Advance LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1IM2 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 5 NEW BUS LINE FOR LOUISBURG COLONIAL BUS LINES CHARLESTON, TO OPERATE Between Rocky Mount And Creedmoor Serving Red Oak, Nashville, Castalia, Louisburg, Franklinton, Wilton and Creedmoor; First Schedule To Begin at Louisburg Early in Morning For Creed moor, Thence Return By Louisburg to Rocky Mount, Leaving Rocky Mount at 3:20 in Evening Over Same Route- to Creedmoor, Returning to Louisburg at 6:23 P. M. Mr. D. T. Ramsey, owner of the Colonial Bus Lines, of Charles ton, S. C., who has recently made visits of inspection to this section informs t-he FRANKLIN TIMES that he has made application to the Utilities Commission for a franchise to operate a Bus line between Rocky Mount and Creed moor, running by Red Oak, Nash ville. Castalla, Louisburg and Franklinton. He was especially well pleased with the territory through which he proposes to operate the bus line. Mr. Ramsey expressed the greatest satisfaction at the en thusiastic reception and response to his project and" assured the people that the schedules would be arranged and extended for the convenience of the people all along the line as the demand pre sented itself. This service will extend a much needed convenience to more than one hundred thousand citizens, of which to 35.000 it will mean t'he unbott ling .for travel conven ience. both for business and pleas ure. It will no doubt develop to be a most popular short cut from east to west and reverse as It will I shorten t-he distance greatly. It will also make It possible to establish .a mail rbute that' will be of great value to the citizens all along t'he line. This new line will make con-: tact with all the bus lines enter ing Rocky Mount and the Atian-I tic Coast Line Railway, will con nect with t'he Carolina Trailways at Louisburg the Greyhound Bus line and the Seaboard Air Line Railway at Franklinton and the Greyhound lines at Creedmoor.1 These several connections will give a wider convenience of trav el in all directions and will make it> possible to conserve on tires and gasoline by affording trans portation without the use of pri vate cars. The hearing before the Com mission has been set for Friday. April 10th. 1942 at its offices in Raleigh at' 11 o'clock a. m. All interested persons along the line are invited to be present. The schedule that is proposed for the beginning, which will be subject to changes made neces sary by the dejnand of toe citi zens aiong'the line and proper adjustments is as follows: PROPOSED SCHEDULE ROCKY MOUNT DIVISION Read down Creedmoor Ar. Wilton Franklinton Louisburg MapleviUe Castalia Nashville Red Oak 10:26 Ar. Rocky Mount Lv. Read AM 7:31 7:19 7:07 6:50 up PM 5:16 5:04 4:52 4:35 4:26 4:07 3:50 3:39 3:20 From the above schedule il will be seen that" It will ^be verj convenient for persons to live ir Louisburg and engage in work^aj operations in Camp Butner, Jusl West of Creedmoor, to which th? application (or charter extends a f early as t'he roads are built anl ready for travel. It will also make it extra con venient for officers and others ol the Camp to maintain a home in Louisburg where excellent educa tional facilities already exist/ and t social and living conditions are ' inviting to their families. , i; Loulsburg heartily endorses and " approves this plan and is ready t| to render any assistance neces ' sary for the Immediate operation , >!of t-hls new service. I The TIMES has been assured I that all necessary equipment is : " ready for promptly beginning this . i service immediately upon the ap- 1 . proval of the Commission at Rai 1 eigh. ^ j ? ? - ? " ] /MILLS P. T. A. TO MEET The FRANKLIN TIMES is re quested to announce that the Mills P. T. A. will meet at the Mills High School- auditorium on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, March 19th, 1942. The devo tional will be conducted by . Dr. A. Paul Bagby. and special music will be rendered by Miss Rose Malone. The afternoon subject, "Are We Well Housed" will be discussed by Mrs. Alice Uzzell and Mrs. R. W. Smitihwick. The pubHc is urged to be pres ent. -o RENEW YOCR SUBSCRIPTION o PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday. March 14th: Saturday ? Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden in "Lawless Plainsmen" and Preston Foster and Martha' O'Driscoll in "Pacific Blackout", also new chapter of Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. Sunday ? Gene Autiry and Smi ley Burnette in "Heart of The Rio Grande." ? First showing in State. Monday ? Gene Tierney and Walter Huston in "Shanghai Gesture." Tuesday ? Robert Young and Marsha Hunt in . "Joe Smith. American." Wednesday ? Jane Withers and William Tracy in "Young Ameri ca." <| Thursday-Friday ? Betty Gra ble *nd Victor Matare in "Song of the Islands." Tire Rationing The following have received * Tires during -the month of Feb- ' ruary, 1942: ' ? J ' Eligible for passenger tires and tubes ? Maylon D. Watkins, ' Dr. Arch H. Perry, Dr. William J. Buffaloe, Cornelius H. Stal lings. Dr. Walter F. Cole, Rev. William Daniel Boone. Truck tires and tubes ? Berry C. Johnson, Paul Thomas O upton, Robert F. Green, Fred Wright, Robert D. Collins, Sam Sealey, I Loulsburg College, King Candy ( Company. Henry C. Merrltt, John P. Griffin, Sam F. Horton, Wiley L. Hawkins. Stephen Wiggins, c Home Oil Company, George Hen ry Harris, John Henry Cash (re-, tread), Nat'haniel R. Brooks. Obsolete tires and tubes ? I Freddie M. Baker, Robert Wil- I Hams Pace. Zollie M. Driver, Joe 1 Hlnton Wiggins, Fred May, Fos- 1 ter Mann Harris, Harry Smith, t Thomas J. Wilder, George T. Bridges, Robert Edgar Marshall, 1 Rufus R. Radford. Graham K. I Hayes, Town of Frankllnton, ! Bennie T. Tucker, Jessie J. Wil- 11 Hams, Robert C. Beck, Redding S R. Perry, S. Woodrow Sykes, Al- 1 ton Brooks Parrish, C. Frank 1 Fuller, Huberti H. Utley. Auburn i W. Fowler, Robinson Ck Denton, l LouisG. Tippett. " 1 Tractor tires and tubes ? Willie . Elias May, Jack Strickland. o If properly handled, workstock 1 authorities estimate. that" 12,000,- J 000 of the 14,000,000 horses and mules in the United States can j do as much work this year as 18,000,000 in peace' time. Compromises Oil Situation t . 7 Town Commissioners Hold Regu lar Meeting Friday Night ? Routine Tffe Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular session Friday, March 6t>h, at 7:30 p. m. Ail members of the Board were present except Commissioner W. G. Lancaster. Minutes of previous meetings were read and approved. The monthly reports of the Chief of Police, Tax Collector, and Town Clerk were read and approved. A delegation of colored resi ffeiffs'of ffie hlacTcTown section petitioned the Board for an ade quate water main and Are hy drant to protect their homes against Are. A nioMon was pass ed authorizing the construction of an adequate water main and fire hydrant provided that it is possible to secure t'he necessary pipe and hydrant. , Mr. Beck informed the Board that the Allen Oil Company want ed a contract signed for lubrica ting oil as previously agreed up on between the Allen Oil Com pany and t'he Town of Louishurg. Mr. W. J. Cooper made the fol lowing motion which was second ed by Mr .R. C. Beck: "That if the Socony Vacuum Gas Engine Oil. light meets with the specifi cations called for in the bids, the Light and Water Committee be authorized to accpet a contract for this oil from the Allen *011 Company, at a price of 35c per gallon." This motion was car ried. Mr. P. H. Allen made the fol lowing motion which was second ed by Mr. R. C. Beck: "That) the Town of Louisburg employees be paid overtime wages of all overtime that they have worked in rebuilding the 360 HP En gine." This motion was carried. The Board passed a number of bills for payment. There being no further busi ness the meeting was adjourned until 6 P. M. EWT. March 10th, 1942. o College Basket Ball Contest What should be the best basket hall game of the season is sched iled for Friday night at the Armory here when the first and second year varsity teams of the College meet.'- The game Is be ing sponsored hy the Monogram Club of the College to help de Fray the expenses of its annual banquet. The teams are composed of members of the basketball squad who have been playing college ball for one and two years res pectively. The team for the first (rear men will feature "TeeBee" Wheeler, all-Conference forward ilong with Dayton Hardwlck and Hugh Perry, Loulsburg boys, and 'Georgcus^' Stokes and Jimmy Wooters. The second year team will be composed of Rod Lancaster and [ra Williams, co-captains for this rear's varsity competition, Don Bell. Gus Robinson, and Isham S'ichols. Coach John L. Cameron will ffereree th^ game. There will be i preliminary game at 8f 30 be tween two of the college girls teams. Admission will be 10c to stu ients, and 16c to adults. Every body in town is urged to see this llnal game of the season. HOME GUARD The following Is a list of the nembers of your local unit, Company 8, of t>he Home Guard: Captain: Fred E. Frateer. 1st Lieutenant: Hill Yarbor >ugh. 2nd Lieutenant: Paul W. Elam. 1st Sergeant: R. Lee Johnson. Sergeants: James A. Johnson, Sarry Glickman, Lee May, H. H. Jobgood, James Pergerson, Joe ?earce, Robert Strickland, Char es T. Edmondson, Payton Gup on. ^ Corporals: William D. Wells, Jichard Collier, Karl K. Allen, -,ouis M. Word. Privates: Floyd Munn, C. B. i'erry, Frank Edwards, James W. Smith, Felix E. Wester, James E. ?owell, Eddie V. Smith, Paul 3uke, Tarzan Bell, Arch N. Wil lon, Willie Moon, Belmont Bur nette, Cameron Stallings, Felix ft. Allen, OUie D. Duke, Jr., John Jarvis, Calvin Roberaon, Ray mond Tonkel, Maurice Joyner, W. J. Shearin, J. Y. Cooper, Qeorge D. Fuller, Oscar Phelps, B. N1. Williamson, Jr., Alvon R. tVheeler, Andrew C. Layton, Douglas Pergerson, William El lington. This is your Unit. We are In need of yon. Come and Join. , - War Department Is Busy Securing Options On Land Road Forces On 7-Day Schedule ; Highway And Railway Construction Forces Busy Adjacent To Camp Site A hurry-up In the effort to pro cure options on land and proper ty in segments A and B of Camp Butiier was in evidence Monday as representatives of the War De partment were redoubling their efforts to contact property owners and secure signatures on options to buy the land at appraisal val ues already arrived at by repre sentatives of the United States Wor nppn rl ninnti | Bruce J. Downey, director ofi the local office, said "satisfactory progress" was being made in the entire program of preliminary work. Field workers are now contacting property owners in all ( parts of the camp area for the pur | pose of securing options, said Mr. Downey, although completion of: Segments A and B. in which the cantonment will be located, arej the first goal of t'he workers. With reference to bids for t ho j proposed construction work. Mr. Downey said the government was continuing its collection of bids' 'and said it> was his personal opin-' ion that the War Department would secure and tabulate all bids on the individual projects before awarding any contracts. J Such procedure, he said, would j enable the government' to. deter mine whether the total of the in dividual bids were lower than the! j total of the single bid, which ran i considerably in excess of govern ; ment estimates. The hustle among workers and the numbers of waiting callers are some indication of the speed with which the government is en deavoring to put through linal preliminary work. There Is also activity adjacent to the camp site. Construction forces of Kello Teer arc on a sev en-day schedule on three, roads leading into Jhe camp sit? from the Oxford-Durham road. The ap proach nearest to Creedmoor Is (?he one on which work is at pres ent underway. Great machines I are ripping into the soil, prepar ing the necessary road bed. Con struction forces also are proceed ing with road-bed work on the railroad spurs to enter the camp ground. At the present time, no rails are being put down, but this work can be done rapidly when t'he bed has been put in satisfac tory condition. ? Oxford Ledger. METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP The Methodist Youth Fellow ship Is having its monthly sub district meeting on Friday night-, March 13, at the Louisburg Methddlst Church. We are hop ing to have a good crowd, so we'd like for all of our members to be present. On Wednesday night, March 4, the Met-hodlst Youth Fellowship gave a shower for Mrs. Percy In gram, the former Miss Jane Grey ! Perry, at the home of Mrs. Wil liam Andrews. Games were play ed and refreshments were serv ed. The honoree received many attractive and useful gifts. On Monday night, March 9, at the home of Joe Barrow, t-he Fellowship held Its monthly coun cil meeting. Various types of business were discussed. Ice cream, cakes and peanuts were served by the host's mother. o ? MEET HOME FOLRH Mr. John Knox Beasley, one o* the State College Debaters, writes as follows about his trip: While we were In Oregon, we (all four of us) were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Howell, of Portland, Ore., on Saturday night and Sunday, Feb. 21 and 22. Mrs. H. T. Howell Is formerly of Louisburg, and she seemed inter ested In ifettlng her name in t>he home town paper. BORN Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Huske, of Cooleemee, N. C., announce the birth of a son. Isaac Manning, Saturday, March seventh. Mrs. Huske is the former Miss Olivia McKlnne. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McKlnne, ofi Louisburg. j o KILLED IN ACCIDENT "Aunt" Pattie Thomas, an old] and respected colored woman, ap proximately 75 or 80 years of age was killed almost instantly Sunday afternoon near Cottirell's store on highway 59 when the pick-up truck in which she was riding turned oyer. The truck was driven by Edward Perry, col ored, and they were returning from a funeral just held at Cedar Street! cemetery. WAR NEWS London, Thursday, March 12. ? The Red army reported today that in a tremendous offensive on the Kalinin front northwest of Moscow the Russians killed 49, 700 German officers and men and recaptured 161 localities between February 5 and Majrch 8. Earlier Moscow reports of tlie fruits of the sustained drive on the Kalinin front said ' Soviet troops had smashed through the G?Fnitt?~winter line which Adolf Hitler, on a visit to that sector recently, personally ordered held at all cost. ?JJie so-called Kalinin front lies at least 200 miles west of *he town of Kalinin, carrying the name with it when the Red army drove the Germans back on a broad front to the Velikie Luki Lake Ilmen meridian. Melbourne, March 11. ? A Jap mww -Hivtmtow- wa* ed moving around the southeas tern tip of New Guinea toward Port Moresby tpday. under cease less attack by bombers which on Tuesday were credited with tak ing a toll of nine and possibly 12 Japanese ships sunk or damaged in the New Guinea area. (The United States War De partment In Washington announc ed, the raids, on the New Guinea coast, were made by eight heavy American bombers which dropped 18 tons of bombs on the hostile ( vessels. Ah earlier ltoyal Austra lian Air Force communique had referred merely to "our bombers" with>ut specifically stating their nationality.) At least two warships and sev en transports were sunk, set ablaze, battered or left beached by the bombers In their most suc cessful attack thus far in the batMe for Australia. London, March 11. ? The Ger man battleship Tirpitz. one of the world's most powerful warships, has broken Into the north Atlan tic to prey on Allied shipping, the Admiralty revealed today In a communique which said British Navy torpedo planes bad foiled her first attempt to attack a Brit ish convoy. The Tirpitz. escaped the tor pedo planes and took shelter along the Norwegian coast. ? - ? - Attack KruNtrated A sister ship of the ill-fated Bismarrk. and listed officially as of 35,000 tons and believed pos sibly to be 10,000 tons larger, the Tlrpltc slipped out of Trondheim Monday morning and Immediately was spotted by British reconnais sance fliers, who called in torpedo carriers for an attack. The Tir pitz slipped away in a dense smokescreen and the results of the attack were not observed, the admiralty said, "hut an attempt to attack our convoy was frust rated." Rio lie Janeiro. March U. ? Rrazil was Riven pointed notice t>nlght that President Getulio /argas holds single-handed power t> declare war. and further In dication of this nation's approach t> open hosMiltles appeared in fie withdrawal of all Brazilian merchant ships from seas where el least four have been sunk l>y he Axis. President Vargas by decree re terated his constltuMonal powers to declare war or a state of na tional emergency and cleared the way for seizure of Axis subjects and property without' further ado. London. March 11. ? Britain's war cabinet has agreed unanim ously on a plan to smooth the way for eventual dominion status of India and Sir Stafford Cripps, trusted friend of the sug-contln ent's 390 millions, is going to India to determine if the plan will , work. Winston Churchill announc- 1 ed today. Making his eagerly-awaited statement to the House of Com mons. the Prime Minister called j the plan "a strong contribution | to aid India In the realization of1 full self-government'". But he i said (hat It was not yet being an nounced lest Its rejection by essential elements of the Indian population "provoke fierce com munal disputes at the moment when the enemy Is at the gates of India." , Washington. March 11. ? The third consecutive day of all-quiet on the Bataan battle-front' in the Philippines was reported today by the War .-Department which said "the positions occupied by both sides apparently have be come temporarily stabilized." No air or ground activity has been reported from the front since Sunday. It was believed the Japanese, under their new commander-in chief ? Gen. Tomoyuki Yama shita ? were awaiting aerial re inforcements before springing a supreme offensive against Gen. Douglas MacArthur's men. 1 o When General John Perching made Brigadier General James Harbord commander of the Fourth Marine Brigade in 1918, he said, "You now have charge of the finest body of troops In Prance." J Tuberculosis Clinic For i School Children The Franklin County Health Department and the Extension Division of the North Carolina Sanatorium are examining the, high school children of this coun ty for tuberculosis. The exami nation consists of a tuberculin skin test for all and a chest X-ray for those who show a positive1 test. Dr. Yarborough states thaO 7 white and 4 colored high schools have been visited but that the reading of the tests has been completed in only 5 of the white and 3 of the colored. Thus far 20.6 per cent of the white and 22.9 per cent of the colored have shown a positive test. These fig ures compare favorably with those for other countries in this part of mrsmp: rjn-nwmmr DUiw hWt incidence of tuberculosis among the colored race the tests are be ing given in the lower grades al so in Miose colored schools having a high school. Tuberculosis Is likely to devel op slowly and in the beginning seldom causes any pain or other Byniptoms to warn of its presence. As a result, the disease is usually well advanced when Mie patient1 Anally feels ill and consults his doctor. Kven if he did see his doctor early, the disease would not- likely be discovered unless the doctor gave a tuberculin test and took an X-ray or made a flu-' oroscopic examination if t in from 75 to 85 per cent without further examination. When the test Is positive, it indicates t at the office of the Health Department in Loultburg any time except Wednesday after noons. ^ j o DR. H. I. GLASS AT METHODIST CHURCH Dr. H. I. Glads, District Super intendent of the Raleigh District,1 will deliver the sermon at the 11 o'clock service at> the Methodist Church Sunday morning. Im mediately following this service he will hold the Second Quarter ly Conference to which every member of the church Is Invited. Sunday School at 9:45, led by Prof. I. D. Moon. The Men's Bible Class with Rev. E. H. Davis as Its teacher invites all men to| attend this class. LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH Bible School: 9:45 A. M. Morning Worship: 11:00 A. M. Subject: "America's Greatest' Game." Evening Worship: 8:00 P. M.| Subject: "The Real Patriot." Poor is that man or woman who does not worship. March is "Worship Month." Let' nothing keep you from God's house next Sunday. o RENEW TOUR SUBSCRIPTION ' . t TOWN BUYS ENGINE Board Continues Usual Division Terms of Agreement Makes It a Special Obligation and Not a Tax Obligation; Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Qets Contract at Tuesday's Special Meeting The Board of To\^n Commis sioners met in a continuance of fesrtmr TireertTtrr-orTtRrretr 1942. The roll was called and all members of the Board were present. The Mayor stated that the pur pose of this meeting is to open and consider sealed bids on one or more Diesel Engines. The only firm offering sealed bids or any bids was that of Fair banks, Morse & Co., Inc. Bids offered by Fairbanks. Morse & Co., Inc. were as follows: lsti. A sealed bid on two, 225 HP Model 32E1 4,185 KVA Die sel Generating units with equip ment. The cost of the two units to he $39,990.00, with an allow ance of $1,500.00 for 1 150 HP "ZV" Generating unit in operati ng condition. The balance of $38,490.00 to be paid in 60 monthly payments as follows: First 36 monthly payments to be $450.00 each. Next 24 month ly payments to be $928.75 each. First payment due and payable 30 days after completion and ac ceptance of installation and one due and payable each 30 days thereafter until entire amount is fully paid. All deferred pay ments are to be evidenced by coupon revenue certificates of the Municipality payable to the order of the Company or bearer dated and delivered as of the date of i completion of inslallat4on. and shall bear Interest from said date at the rarer of five percent per Bn m, said interest payable semi annually as it accrues. 2nd. A sealed bid on one 225 HP Model 32E14.185 KVA Die sel Generating unit with equip ment. The cost of one unit to be $21,933.00. The balance ($21,933.00) to be paid in 60 consecutive monthly payments of $365.55 each. First payment due and payable 30 days after completion and acceptance of in stallation and one due and pay able each 30 days thereafter un til the entire amount has been paid. All deferred payments are to be evidenced by coupon certif icates of the Municipality payable to the order of the Company or bearer dated and delivered as of the date of completion of instal lation. and shall hear interest from said date at' the rate of five per cent per annum, said interest payable semi-annually as it ac crBes. - Commissioner R. C. Beck made the following motion, which re ceived n second from Commis sioner W. G. Lancaster: "That all bids on Diesel Generating units he rejected, because in paying 5% Interest, we are favoring Fair hanks, Morse & Co., Inc., and that the Town of Louisburg can borrow money at possibly 2H% or 3% interest." A roll call vote was taken upon this motion with the following result*: Commissioners voting "Aye" were R. C. Beck. W. O. Lancaster and W. J. Cooper. Commissioners voting "No" were W. B. Barrow, F. H. Allen and W. J. Shearin. The result being a tie vote the Mayor was called, .upon to vote. The Mayor voted "No" and the motion was lost". ? Commissioner W. G. Lancaster made the following motion which received a second from Commis sioner W. J. Cooper: "That, in case engines are purchased, /{he contract be submitted to the N. C. Local Government' Commission for It's approval, before any con tract of purchase is approved by the Board." A roll call vote was taken on this motion with the following result: Commissioners voting "Aye" were W. G. Lancaster, W. J. Coop er and R. C. Beck. Commissioners voting "No" were F. H. Allen, W. J. Shearin and W. B. Barrow. The result being a tie vote the Mayor was called upon- to vote. The Mayor voted "No" and the motion was lost". Commissioner W. B. Barrow offered Mie following resolution No. 1, which received a second from Commissioner F. H. Allen: Resolution No. 1 '-i Whereas during recent months a ntimber of serious break-downs have occurred In the generating units In the Light A Water Plant of the Town of Loulsburg; And Whereas at a call meeting held (Continued on Page Eight)