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FOR ICTORY ? BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS riMEf * * * MAKE EVERY \\ PAYDAY BOND DAY VOLUMN LXXIII $1.50 per year in Advance LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAT 1, 11)42 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 12 COUNTY CONVENTION MAY 16TH V PRECINCT MEETINGS SATURDAY, MAY 9TH State Convention Friday, May 22nd in Raleigh At City Auditorium; Chair man Malone Makes Offic ial Call; List of Delegates Allotted To Each Town ship Chairman Edwin H. Malone of | the Franklin County Democratic Executive Committee apnounces the call for a Qounty Convention to be held in the Court House in at 11 o'clock a. m. Preparatory' tc r this convention all townships in Franklin County are urged to ' hold their precinct meeting on Saturday afternoon, May 9th, at 2 o'clock and elect delegates to the County Convention and to elect a township committee. The number of delegates to the Coun ty Convention will be found in a] table given below. The township committee is composed of five men and five women. This com mittee will meet immediately af ter the precinct meetings and name a chairman, a vice chair man and a secretary ? the vicej chairman Is supposed to be named ' from among the lady members. Each township is entitled to! name an alternate for each dele gate and t-he number of delegates the township Is entitled to In the' County Convention is based on | the total vote cast for Governor in the last general election. In the table will be found the division of the State delegation by townships which may be adop ted by the Convention. The ta ble follows: 1940 Delegates Vote Co. Stete Dunn No. 1 43.9. 18 3 Dunn No. 2 ? ?27 9 2 Harris" -S83 ? 11 2 Youngsville 474 19 , 3_ Franklinton 846 34 6 tiayesville TBTJ 6 1 Sandy Creek 284 11 2 Gold Mine 303 12 2 Cedar Rock 435^ - 17 3 Cypress Creek 110 4 1 Louisburg 989 40 7 Total 454) 181 32 The above calculation, because of fractions in the breakdown by townships carries two more dele gates to t>he State ? Convention than the County Is entitled to. This Is the time for t<he people to take a part in making the par ty platforms and activities what* they wish It to be by going out taking a part first in the pre cinct meetings, then through their delegates the County Con vention and the State Convention. At the County Convention the delegates will be selected for the State Convention to be held in Raleigh at 12 o'clock on Friday, May 22nd, in the City Auditor ium. Don't fall to attend your pre cinct' meeting, elect your delega tes and alternates and your town ship committees and send these lists in to Chairman E. H. Malone immediately, ? ' ' ' " \ ' ? EYE CLINIC , Mrs. J. P. Mltchln^ Welfare Officer, announces that the State Blind Comjnission will bold an eye clinic lor indigent school children all over the county at Mills School, Friday, May 1st, There will be an eye clinic for colored children Saturday, May 2nd, at Franklin County Train ing School. TO SENTENCE REVENUE EMPLOYEES While a Wake County Jury, de cides the embezzlement charges against Fred Brown Drake, form er State Department of Revenue sales tax chief, here this morning the court will sentence six other revenue employes convicted In the recent tax-stealing scandal. Arguments in the Drake case ended late yesterday and Judge F. Don Phillips of Rockingham will charge the jury at 10 o'clock this morning. While awaiting the verdict, he will sentence the oth er offenders: Robert Lee Ward, Jr., former accounting chief; Harry S. How ard, former cashier; Rodney War ner, former junior auditor; and C. W. Sneed, Charles C. Huitt and Lee C. Taylor, former collectors. The socalled "clean up" of the State Department) of Revenue will $nd for the special term of court with one accused collector, Wil liam MacKenree Robbing, still eluding arrest on similar charges of embezzyug^tate taxes. o ? RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTIOJi TO PREACH BACCA LAUREATE SERMON DR. A. PAI L BAGBY Who will preach the bacca laureate sermon at MilFs fTtgJT School Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock New Bus Line 1 Delayed The new bus line that .should have begun operating between Kooky Mount and Caiup Butner by .Nashville, Castalia. Louis burg and Frankiinton lias been delayed by the action of the Greyhound Lines and the Caro lina Coach Co., who are de manding an additional hearing. This delay is causing n great deal of inconvenience and costs to the more than two hundred workers on this route engaged at Camp Butner. It is hoped this can be soon adjusted and the service begun. The fol lowing item was taken from yesterday's News-Observer: "The Commission ulso an nounced that the Greyhound Bus Lines and Carolina Coacli Co., have filed exceptions to a recent order granting the Co lonial Bus Co., a franchise to operate between Rocky Mount and Camp Butner, viu Nash ville, Louishurg and Frank llnton. " _ o Negroes Charged With Food Theft XTiciais Accused of Taking Food Intended for Needy Children A Franklin County school prin sipal and farm agent, both Ne groes, charged Saturday with lar ceny of food commodities intend ed for underprivileged school children, were arrested and de alned by the Raleigh Police. Detective W. G. Maddrejr of the Raleigh police force said O. W. Harris, for four years principal }f t-he Gethsemane School in Bunn, admitted under question ing here that he took the food From the school cafeteria and brought it to Raleigh. J. E. Tuck, Franklin County Vegro farm agent, was said to have made the trip with Harris. Both were turned over by Ral eigh police to Sheriff J. P. Moore of Franklin who swore Ohe war rents for larceny and receiving. Harris, who was said to be driv ing Tuck's car. was arrested by Officers H. C. Benton and F. S. Soloman early Saturday morning Maddrey said the officers became Busplcious when they noted that the car was stopping and starting, as if looking fdr a particular residence. Maddrey said the car contained six pounds of butter, 10 cans ot ' tomatoes and 10 cans ot milk, "fuck was not in the car at Ohe time, but was picked up later at a residence in Raleigh. He denied knowledge of any theft. Maddrey said that Harris first told officers that he had bought the food near Zebulon, but later admitted that he tiad taken It from the cafeteria Supply. The food was taken about $ P. M. Thursday, Maddrey said, and the two Negroes were not arrested In Raleigh until about 2 o'clock Sat urday morning. Officers said it was not certain how the Negroes intended to dls ' pose of the food. Maddrey quoted Harris as saying he was going to leave It wit-h a friend here, who had previously been convicted of receiving stolen goods. 1 Sheriff J. P. Moore, to whom the Negroes were delivered, said they were allowed to give a >300 bond each for their appearance at Recorders Court in Loulsburg on Tuesday, May 5th. o ? j Imports of rotenone, import-i ant garden insecticide, have been shut off from Malaya and the Netherlands East Indes, thus causing the War Production Board to curtail the use of tihls substance. Patronize TIMES Advertiser* MILLS COM MENCEMENT Principal Strowd Announ ces Final Exercises Commencement exercises will begin at the Mills School Silnday, May 3, 11:00 o'clock, at which time Dr. A. Paul Bagby, pastor ot the Louisburg Baptist Church, will preach Mie baccalaureate ser mon in the auditorium of the Mills High School. Exercises following the ser mon will take place Monday night, and at that time Mrs. O. Y. Yarborough's music class will present t'heir annual music reci tal ati 8:30 o'clock. Since the seventh grade will not get certificates admitting t-hem to high school this year on account of the twelfth grade pro gram, the usual seventh grade exercises will not be held. , Graduating exerciaet ot the senior class wTTT" TaTteT place Thursday night. May 7, ati 8:30 o'clock. Dr. Forrest C. Feezor, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Raleigh, will be the speaker for thfe occasion. Dr. Feezor will speak before a grad uating class of thirty-five. The public Is cordially invited to attend each exercise. o? GOLD SAND HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS FINAL EXERCISES Principal W. O. Reed, of Gold Sand School announces the Rev. A. Paul Bagby, pastor of the Louisburg Bapt-ist Church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon j and Dr. Walter Patten, president i of Louisburg College, will give: the address to the graduating, class at t-he commencement exer cises of the Gold Sand High School. The sermon will be delivered May 3. at 8:30 o'clock. The senior play, "Closed Lips," will be presented in the school auditorium on Friday evening. May 1, at 8:30. and the class day exercises will come on Tuesday evening, May 5. Immediately following the senior program, perfect attendance and reading r#i44fle?t?s wttl ta awarded ? to those qualifying for that recog nition. On Wednesday afternoon, May .6. at 2:00 o'clock the elementary grades will crown the May Queen. Their exercises will take place on the lawn in front of the school building. The graduating exercises will take place on the evening of May 6. at 8:30. Thirteen boysj and twenty-six girls 'are candi-! dates for the high school dlplo-j mas. The seventh grade gradu-l atlon will not take place this year as a result of Mie reorgani zation of the school for the 12-! year program. The public is cordially Invited to attend all the exercises. o Minstrels The announcement of a return engagement of Winstead's Mighty Minstrels to Loulsburg on Fri day, May 8th, will be good news to t'he many who enjoy the en tertainment given by this Com pany each season. Read their announcement on another page, and go see them. , o $19,500 Franklin's Qu p t a j County Chairman Dick Whlt-| field Informed the TIMES Wed nesday that* he had just received Franklin Count's quota for Sav ings Stamps Sales for May froml State Defense Savings Stamps Ad- 1 mlnlstrator C. H. Robertson. This! quota, he said, was {19.600^ which Mie people of Franklin | County are expected to subscribe' during the month of May. He also stated that Franklin's aver age monthly investment in Sav ings Stamps from July 1st, 1941 through January, 1942 was $13,059. This is a splendid showing for Ffranklin and lt> is reasonably cer tain that it will go over the tiop oitxthe May quota. S,T?^P A UL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. L. F. Kent announces ser vices at St. Paul's Episcopal Ch'urch for next Sunday qs fol lows: 8:30 a. m. There will be the Celebration of the Holy Commun ion. At> 9:45. Church School. There will be no 11 o'clock services, on account of the bac calaureate sermon at the High School. o The peculiar blessing of my life, as I look back, Is that when taxes were low I made twice as much as I do now when taxes are high., < i HOME GUARD Enlists New Men; Gives Service in Blackout; At tends Victory Parade In Raleigh At the regular drill of the Franklin County Company of the State Guard on Thursday night, April 23, three new men enlisted. These men who have thus agreed to ait^ihe Nation's war efforts by givinf?5%ind in some instances by sacrifiClne?a small part of-thelr. tipie each week to attend regular drills and other Ceremonies of the 8th Company of the State Guard, are af follows: Wilbur Jolly, a lawyer associa ted with Hon. W. L. Lumpkin, and living in L^iuisburg; Karl Hart', a lawyer associated with C. P. Green, and living in Youngsville; and Mac McClure, son-in-law of J. H. Boone, and vocational agricultural teacher, at the following Tuesday, Charles Parrish. son of Mr. Grover Par rish, of Gold Sand, enlisted in the Company. At the time of the practice black-out In this area on Friday night, April 24, the 8th Com pany was called out and directed to perform pat-rol duty. This call provided valuable training for the members of the Company who participated in it, and in the event a real black-out should occur It is anticipated that those men who have had the required training will be able to perform their duties capably and effic iently. The stn Company received an invitation to attend and take part in the Victory Day parade 011 Tuesday, April 28, in Iiaielgli. which was held as a part of the Sesquicentennial celebration of the establishment of North Caro lina's capitol city. Twenty-eight members of the Company and two officers made trip and took part In the parade along wlt-h 16 other units of the Guard, some of which came from as far away as Gastonia and Llncolnton with 45 men and officers out of the 53 permitted to each company. The 8th Company carried out their part of the program well and with much credit to themselves. Fol lowing the parade t<be visiting companies wei e * entt'i tallied irf"ir flue barbecue held at the Armory of the Raleigh Company. All members of the Franklin County Campany reported an excellent Mme and were anxious for an other trip. Commencement Exercises IIEGINK FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 8TH Franklinton Public School ? Com mencement Sermon hy Rev, John A. Wright ? Graduating Address by R. I*. MncMillan. Superintendent O. B. Harris announces t-he following com mencement program at the clos ing of the school year for the Franklinton Public School, Frank linton, North Carolina:^ Friday. May 8, 8 P. 1 8. ? Senior Class Play. Sunday. May 10. 8 P-. M. ? Com mencement Sermon by Rev. John A. Wright, Rector of Christ Church Raleigh, N. C. Monday. May 11, 8 P. M. ? Class Day Exercises. Tuesday, May 12, 8 P. M. ? Graduating Exercises, Address. by R. L. MacMillan. ' The senior class will leave for annual trip on the 14th. They will go by train to New York for several days sightseeing. o ? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ? * 0 ATTENTION SUGAR REGISTERS ! Principal W. C. Strowd re quest the TIMES to state that people living In the Loiilsburg District area served by Mills 1 School will register at the M.llls School beginning at 2:00 o'clock Monday, for War Ra tion Book One. Place of reg istration will remain open until 6:00 o'clock. Registration will continue through Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In order to get an even distribu tion of registrants each day they are asking those whose sir names begin with A, B. C, D, E. come for registration Monday at 2.00. F, G, H. I, J, K, will register Tuesday 2:00 to 6:00. L, M. N, O, P, Q, R, will register Wednesday. 8, T, V, V, W, X, Y, Z, Thurs day, 1:00 to 5:00 p. m. If the first of each group designated for each day will report early in the afternoon and the last letters in each group come la ter In the aftelrnoon, they be lieve they can avoid having you wait in line for your turn. R. GREG CHERRY TO MAKE MEMORIAL ADDRESS At Memorial Exercises of The Franklin Memorial Association To Be Held On Sunday, May 31st The acceptance of an invita tion to make the Memorial Ad dress at the Mem&rial exercises; [to t>e heWIn the Court House in; Louisburg on Sunday afternoon. May 31st, by Hon. R. Gregg Cherry, was announced this week | by Mrs. Ben T. Holden, Chair man of the Arrangements Com mittee. Mr. Cherry is one of North Carolina's outstanding citizens, a World War Veteran, and a splen did speaker. He is a former Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, Chairman ofrthe State ftrmorrarte ? I'ini'i u 1 1 w Committee" and State Commander American Legion. Our people can look i forward to a most- patriotic, ap' preciative and understanding eu logy of our heroes of past wars.1 His address will be entertaining instructive and ennobling. |i This U expected to be one of [?he largest and most patriotic! meetings in the history of the as-| social ion, not only to show love.n esteem and respect for our,he Iroes of former wars but ft) show to the boys now entering the ser vice in a larger war that the peo ple at home are behind them, love them and have great faith in Ibem. ' . Tires Mrs. M. S. Clifton. -Secretary to the local Tire Rationing Board, reports tires allotted as follows during the period between April 13 to 23: Kecap Passenger Tires ? Melvin ;D. Gay. nenjamin H. White. H. R. McEntire. B. H. Patterson, j William E. Mullen, Aileen Crow-! der. T. C. Gill, John Chaniblee, ; E. H. Gay. Eddie Kingsberry. Charles N. Sherrod, George D. j Davis, Iris U. Grissom, Wade H. Foster. B. C. AbboM, H. R. Wood, I A. O. White, G. E. Hayes, Cleve-f1 land L. Perry, F H L ? Pernell, j Mrs. M. Zelnta Ball. Shelley T. | . Brown. Mrs. Cornelia H. Rich- L aids, Zollie T. Joyner, B. J. Con-| yers, B. J. Fuller, Mrs. Nonle L. i. Sledge. Hatchel T. Terrell. B. R. Wilder. W. P. Wilson. Fannie [ Maye Vaughan, Van Alston, Ray M. Dean. Obsolete Tires ? Mortimer Da vis. ( Passenger Tires ? Dr. J. B. Wheless, C. H. Stallings. Truck Tires ? Hugh ScewardJ Freeman, James M. Alford, H. Q. Miner, S. D. Stallings, D. L. Ays- { cue. Truck Tubes ? David Wood, W. ( G. Upchurch. Recap Truck Tifes ? Henry R. , Wood, David Wood. DEFENSE SAVING COMMITTEE TO MEET j The Franklin County Commit-! tee of the Defense Savings Staff I will hold Its first meeting Friday;' night at 8:00 in the court house at > Loulsburg. The members of this committee have been notified it is urgently requested by Coun-j' ty Chairman R. C. Whitfield that, they make every effort to be , present. In the event that t?hey will not be able to attend It Is re- 1 quested that they send some rep resentative to receive the print ed material to be dlsributed In their respective community. This meeting is held in preparation of the Defense Savings drive soon to be launched In the county. This Is our opportunity to service our armed forces In t>his war. Let us be certain that they will re ceive full support from every person in the county. MUSICAL CONCEET MONDAY NIGHT The members of Mrs. Yarbor ough's music class, assisted by the high school band and glee club, will present their annual musical program Monday even ing. May T, at 8:30 in Mill Au ditorium. The public Is cordial ly invited. L 0 U I S B?U R G METHODIST CHURCH The Church School will convene 1 at 9:45 Sunday morning led by Prof. I. D. Moon. The 11:00 preaching service will be held at Mills High School where Dr. A. . Paul Bagby will preach the Baccalaureate sermon. At the 8:00 service Mr. Hedden will speak on "Who Is My Neigh bor." Remember, Sunday is not a Holjr Day for you unless life is maffe better because of it." . o A large number of Avery Coun ty farmers are making plans this spring for the production of their first silage com. JOINS NAVY Mr. Sam Mattox, the efficient und popular Manager of Leggett's Department- Store since its es tablishment in Louisburg in 1939, left Wednesday for Raleigh and possibly Charleston. S. C., to en ter the Navy. Mr. Mattox is al ready a Commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve. \ His many friends in Louisburg send w it'll him their best wishes. Sugar Rationing Home Users of Sugar to Register May 4-5-6-7th Applicants for sugar rationing books today were cautioned by W. B. Tucker, chairman of the Sugar rationing hoard, to come prepared with full information, when they register at elementary schools in Mieir vicinity May 4, 5, 6, and 7. Only one member of each fam ily may register for the family unit, but he or she must have with them data regarding the other members of the family. Ita tioo books will nob be issued until all the data are furnished, it was made clear. should be furnished at the time of registration: 1. A list of t>he members of the family and their exact names. 2. An exact description of each member of the family unit ? height, weight, color of eyes, color of hair, age and set. 3. The exact relationship of r>aeh member of t-he family unit i to the person who is registering For the family unit. 4. It is necessary to know to the pound just how much sugar is in possession of the household. The amount of sugar will be | divided by t-he number of people In the family unit and stamps will be torn out by the registrar J for all sugar in excess of two pounds per person. If more than four stamps have to be removed, Issuanceof the book will be wlt-h held until later., A family unit has been defined by the Office of Price Adminis tration as "a group of two or more individuals consisting of all persons who are living together In the same household who are related by blood or mortage." Registration of home users of lugar will take place Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day, May 4-6-6- and 7th., frank lin County rationing authorities have announced. All white house holders will register for their War Ration Book One at all the white school houses in the county while colored householders will register at anyone of the follow ing coiorea scnoois: rranknn County Training School, Gefch Bemane, Perry's, Youngsville, Mitchell, Lettuce Hall, at< Frank linton white householders will register at the Franklinton Public School, and the colored house holders will register at Person School. Corcord, Katesrille and Capeland-Perry School. At a meeting held in the Court) Hooa^ in Louisburg Tues day of School Superintendents, the following schools adopted different hours for registering in dividuals because of school work going on. The hours for these schools are from 2 o'clock to 6 a'clock in the afternoon, and the schools are Mills School at* Louis burg, Hickory Rock-White Level, Bold Sand and Wood, white, and also Franklin County Training School, colored, at Louisburg. The hours for all other schools will be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. WANTED! Mrs. Robt. Smlthwlok, Chair man Red Cross Production, an nounces that at the Red Cross Room women are wanted to knit sweaters and socks for our soldiers and sailors. Wo men to make rompers for refu gee children. The Red Cross Rooms ?re open every WedntM day and Friday at th? Armory. BLACKOUT VISITED LOUISBURG FRIDAY NIGHT People Respond Nicely With a Completely Dark Town; Warden Cash As sisted By Home Guard Louisburg's first blackout in this war t'ime adventure was ex perienced on Friday night when tire switch at the power plant was pulled at 9:18 o'clock, leaving the town in total darkness save for the light of the moon. The black out lasted for 24 minutes during which time complete orderliness was observed except for a little too much driving around in auto mobiles. which should have milled to the side of the street and^Irk ed. Warden Cash was assisted by Louisburg's Home Guard, which ?was Trailed- iifto-gerrice- -by Cap? tain Hill Yarborough at' the re quest of Warden Cash. The mem bers of the Guard were assigned to the entrances of the highways into town and other strategic points and did a wonderfully fine job, receiving the high praise, not only of Capt. Yarborough, but the entire town. The spirit of the occasion was fine and very co-operative and no Viccldent or mishap from the darkness has been reported. Chief of Police C. F. Cash, who is also Chief Air Raid Warden, Is very generous in his praise for the entire public for the splendid response and Co-operaMon in this first blackout practice and ex tends his greatest appreciations for same. County Chairman E. II. Maione also extends thanks in tile fol lowing: The spirit- in which the people of Franklin County cooperated 10 make the "Black Out" a success was Just another .Illustration of their willingness to tespond to any call which the government may make in our war effort. Oil behalf of the Defense Coun cil we thank you. S. H. Malone, Chairman, Franklin County Defense Council. On last Sunday evening at> 9 o'clock, in the post chapel of Fort Jackson. S. C., Miss Rheba CamMIl, of Sparta and Raleigh, becair.e the bride ofi Captain E. C. Bulluck. of Fort Jackson. S. C? and Loulsburg. The bride wore a traveling costume of Navy blue atid was unattended. Mrs. Bulluck is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Qambiil, of Sparta, and for the past five years has held responsible posi tions with the State of North Carolina, being at present em ployed by the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System. She is a graduate of Sparta High School and attended the Univer sity of Tennessee. Captain Bulluck Is the former law partner of Senator W. L. Lumpkin, and Is now stationed at Fort' Jackson, _?. C. He return ed late last sunmier from Fort SHI, Okla.. where he received special officers 'training which promoted him from First Lieu tenant to Captain of his outfit/. Battery B Company of LouisburK. ? o . DRIVERS LICENSE EXAMINER Mr. B. H. Patterson, local Drivers License Examiner, an nounced today that he will not be in Louisburg. N. C. to examine applicants (or drivers licenses the two weeks beginning May 4 through May 16. During this period Mr. Patterson will be at tending a special training school in Raleigh for all drivers License Examiners. The School is being conducted by the Department of Motor Vehicles with the assist ance of representatives of the Na tional Safety Council, cooperating with the America"* Association of Motor "Vehicle Administrators. Mr. Patterson urges all persons who might need a license during this period to make application before May 4th. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday. May 2nd: Saturday ? Don "Red" Barry in "Jesse James. Jr." and Barry Nelson in "A Yank on The Bur ma Road." Also Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. Sunday-Monday ? George Brent and Joan Bennett In "Twin Beds" Also Latest News. Tuesday ? Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon In "Flight Command." Wednesday ? Anh Rutherford and Robert Sterling In "This Time For Keeps." Thursday-Friday ? Dorothy La mour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken and Jimmy Dorse? and Band In "Th? Fleets In."
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