Congressman Cooley To Be Speaker Oil men from this county will meet< with representatives of the petroleum industry from ten oth er nearby counties at the lunch eon meeting of the N. C. Petrol eum Industries Commit-tee in Haleigh, N. C., on Wednesday, April 8, at 12:30 p. m. Hon. Harold D. Cooley, mem ber of Congress from the Fourth Congressional District, has tenta tively accepted an invitation to be present and deliver the prin cipal address. The Congressman can be expected to discuss mat ters which are of peculiar inter est to oil men at this time. Alonzo Squires, a blind law student at the University of North Carolina, will also be pres ent and entertain the group with impersonations of National fig ures. The producer of the Fred Allen radio programs stated that t'he show put on by Squires in New York last fall was 33 per cent better than that of any other collegian^ to appear on the pro gram so far. The Raleigh' meeting, which will be held ati the Sir Walter Hotel, includes the counties of Chatham, Cumberland, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Hoke. John ston, Lee, Nash, Vance and Wake. In addition to oil company agents, distributors and service station operators, members of al lied organizations interested in highway transportation will at tend as special guests of the Com "Tnm?grr-~ ? ^ 1 1 " ? This is the fifth In a series of 10 district! meetings being held throughout the state during March and April by the N. C. Pe troleum Industries Committee. S. -Gilmer Sparger, Secretary of the State Committee, announced that discussions at all of the meetings would revolve around the great responsibilities being placed upon the petroleum indus try during this period of emer gency. "The oil industry," he ! declared, "is solemnly aware ofi its responsibility to guarantee that no plane, no tank, and no* ship shall remain out of action for lack of oil, regardless of the temporary sacrifices which, of ne cessity, must be made by our ci vilian population for* the duration of the war." o ' THIRD ANNIVERSARY Raleigh, Mar. 30. ? The Brew ers and North Carolina Beer Dis tribtors Committee will meet at Greensboro Thursday, May 28, in celebration of the third anniver- j sary of the "clean up or close up" | campaign in North Carolina. , The executive committee will : meet at 10:30 o'clock and the; general committee will hold a luncheon and business session be ginning at ? 12; 3Q o'clock. ? -Dis tributors and brewer representa tives from all sections of the state are expected to attend the lun cheon and business meeting. The program includes a report by State Directgr Edgar H. Bain, of Goldsboro, and addresses by Bernard Llchtenberg and Jar.ie3 R. Nicholson of the Brewing In dustry Foundation, New York, sponsoring organization of Mie self-regulation program in North Carolina and 14 other states. Chairman J. P. Price of Greens boro will preside at both sessions and among the items of business ? will be the selection of distribu tor members of the exeofttlve committee. The self-regulation campaign was begun three years ago, and its success in ridding communi ties of undesirable beer outlets has won wide acclaim from news papers and public officials. ? On Fay Bay, Buy Bonds ? CONGRESSMAN HAROLD D. COOLEY Intrastate Rates Hiked Utilities Commission Grants In crease to Railroads To Inter state Charges. ties commission today granted railroads permission to increase interstate freight rates within North Carolina, to correspond with increases allowed to Interstate rates by the ICC. The new intrastate rates will become effective April 1. They al low a 3 per cent increase on agri cultural commodit-ies and a 6 per cent increase on all other com modities. The commission, however, re fused a request by the railroads to boost lntra-terminal costs. Also turned down was a request to in crease the rates on unmanufac tured tobacco, in less than carload lots, by 6 pir cent. The commis sion held that the tobacco rales could be increased only 3 per cenl regardless of whether it was ship 'ped by carload or less than car load lots. ? : o Investigations of castor beans as a source of oil. begun in Texas in 1938, have recently been re ported in a buletln issued by the Experiment Station in that State. o ? <>n Pay Day, Buy Bonds ? ADS ARE NEWS Printed In Big Type fYfr*"f ? LOOK YOOR BEST FOR EASTER , KLMLMdLK ? 'YOU ALWAYS S A If AT s FOXS LQUISBURG'S BEST DEPT. STORE BUY U. S. DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONDS! Installs Officers i / Franklin County Parent -Teach ers' Council Meet In Supt. W. F. Mitchell's Office Wednesday 25th J The Franklin County Parent Teachers' Council met in Supt. W. F. Mitchell's office Wednesday, [March 25th at 4:30 p. m. Mrs.! W. H. O'Shea, Director of Sixth' District was present and explain- j ed the work of t behooves us to maintain a steady flow of well trained boys and girls, to take the posi tions of responsibility in an ef ficient manner when the oppar jtunity presents itself. I The P. T. A. can aid ^he schools in carrying out this emergency i program in' which we are now en-' gaged. This is as follows: ( 1 ) j Assist in seeing that all junior | and senior boys take the physi- , cal examination and aid In t-he correction of any defects that may be revealed as the result of the examination. (2) Nutrition ? Use our best Judgment' In select ing a well balanced diet. (3) Con servation ? Community pride and preservation of our resources. (4) Encourage and cooperate in the sale of Defense Bonds. May It be said that our com munity is a better place in which to live, to work, and to play duo to the work of the Parent-Teach ers' Association. HICAI.TH DEPARTMENT ? ? ? ? * Dr. R. P. Ynrhorougli, * ('ounty Health Officer ? ? -????????? The Franklin County Health Department cooperating with the Extension Division of the . North Carolina Sanatorium, has just completed a tubercular test in t