VOLUMN L XXIII
LOP1SBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1043
(Eight Pages)
NUMBER
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
Promises to Draw
Big Crowds
The 4-H Clubs Arranging
For Big Show; Many
Speakers To Be Present;
Gov. Broughton To Be
Presented by Mayor
Webb; Addresses A t
Armory; Exhibits in High
School Auditorium; Lun
cheon at College
The annual 4-H Club Rally
and Achievement Day will be
held in " ' burg, Saturday, No
bring together some 600 or 700
.. Club members from all over
the county, together with many
iriends and parents.
Exhibits of Club members will
be placed in the high school gym- 1
nasium on Friday afternoon and <
wl l be open to the public during <
Friday evening and Saturday. f
The program on Saturday will
be conducted by the 4-H Club '
members. Lindbergh Bunn of'
the Edward Best Club and Mary !
Bowen of the Epsom Club will
be the presiding officers during
nay' Jack Wea'hersby from 1
the Bunn Club. Alice Lillian Bar
nes of the Voungsvllle Club
Bruce Ausborn of the Epsom
fh o 8.!ld EIlMbeth Harper of
the Gold Sand Club will act as
ushers at the Armory auditorium
where Governor Broughton will ,
make an address at 11 o'clock ,
The program will get under
way at 9:45 o'clock in the Louis- i
.8h Scbo?1 auditorium. At I
10:00 o clock a number of iash i
prizes will be given away to club i
members In the auditorium. At I
10:16 a parede will form in'
front of the Hlgh^School build-"
g' In the Prade each club,
group from the different schools
will form a unit with the Epsom ,
Club leading. The other groups ,
will form In the following order:
Pearce, Bunn Jr.. Pilot. Harris. -
Justice. Hickory Rock-White Lev
el. Gold Sand Jr., Franklinton, i
Youngsvllle, Loulsburg, Bunn 1
Sr.. Edward Best, and Gold Sand
Sr. Linbergh Bunn and Mary
Bowen will .lead the parade and
carry the flags. I
? The Loulsburg Band will lead
the parade. The Epsom and I
Franklinton Bands have been In
vited to participate. The parade i
will march down Main and Nash
Streets and enter the Armory.
Prior to the Governor's Ad
dress. Mayor Webb will welcome
the entire group. Following his
speech of welcome. Mr. L R
Han-ill, State 4-H Club Leader!
will speak briefly, also Mr. W. F.
Mitchell, Supt. of Schools, and
Mr. W. C. Boyce, County Agent.'
Senator W. L. Lumpkin will pre
sent Governor Broughton. Imme
diately following the Governor's!
address the club members will be
dismissed for lunch.
An informal luncheon has beenj
arranged for Governor Broughton
and other invited guests and will
be held in the Loulsburg College
dining hall.
At 1:00 o'clock the afternoon
program will begin in the High
School auditorium with a Dress
Revue for the girls. At the same
time a Corn Judging Contest will
be held in the High School gym
nasium for boys. Following
these two events, a moving pic
ture show will be shown for club
members and parents in the
High School auditorium. At 3:00
o'clock prizes and awards will be
given club members. At 5:30
the program will end.
Other out-of-county visitors ex
pected to attend will be Mr. O. F.
McCrary and Miss Anamerle
Arant, Northwestern Extension
District Agents from Raleigh,
Mr. Lewis P. Watson, Extension
Horticulturist from Raleigh, Miss
Eleanor Barber and Mr. R. p.
Smith. Extension Agents in War
renton, N. C., and Miss Estelle
Edwards, Assistant Home Demon
stration Agent from Halifax
County.
vember
is expected to
COTTON GINNING
REPORT
v Census report shows that
A, 501 bales of cotton were gin
ned in Franllin County from
the crop of 1942 prior to Oct.
18, 1942 as compared with
8,048 bales for the crop of
1941.
PROMOTED
Lieut. Richard P. Yarborough
Dr. R. F. Yarborough received
notice (Nov. 2nd) of Lieut. Rich
ard F. Yarborough's promotion,
Dn Oct 6th, from Ensign to Lieu
tenant (J. g.)
Lieutenant Yarborough gradu
ated, with honor, at Naval Acad
emy -Annapolis, Dec. 19, 1941.
He was assigned Paciflc-(taity,
Dec. 23rd, and has since served
with t-he Naval force in the Pa
cific war zone. ?
ELECTION
The election in Franklin Coun
ty passed off very quietly Tues
lay with the lighteit vote In
many years. All primary nominees
were elected and only in one
township did any irregularities
irise ? that was in Harris where
a number of votes were written
In for J?ck Strickland and Zollie
Wheeler, but this was not sufflc
ent to Interfere with the election
tf Richards.
See the tabulated score In an
tther column for individual re
raturns.
The Constables elected Tuesday
cere as follows:
Harris township: Richards 57,
(Vheeler 31. Strickland 32. Whetp
hr, Republican 8.
Frankllnton township: Odom
.23.
Sandy Creek township: Joyner
58.
Oold Mine township: Gilliam
53.
?Cedar Rock township: Swan
son 82.
Cypress Creek township: Moore
39.
Loulsburg township: Rhelps
262.
War Bond Sales
The FRANKLIN TIMES Is in
formed that Franklin County
War Bond Sales for October was
$71,118.50 not including the sales
made at the Youngsvllle post of
fice. Franklin County's quota
was $27,600.00. Of that total
amount sold the Loulsburg Thea
tre sold $24,775.00. These val
ues are all reported to be cash
values and not maturity values.
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THE LIBRARY
The Franklin County Library
Board will meet Tuesday even
ing, October 10th at 7:39. All
members are urged to be present
as there Is important business to
be transacted.
Mrs. Hugh W. Perry, Sec'y.
<i
Stop unfounded talk that helps
our enemies ? and be tough
about it.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURO THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, Nov. 7th:
Saturday ? Tex Ritter and John
Mack Brown in 'Little Joe, The
Wrangler' and Ralph Byrd In 'S.
O. S. Coast Guard."
Sunday ? George Brentd an
Brenda Marshall in_ 'You Can't
Escape Forever.'
Monday ? Frankia Albert and
Marguerite Chaptnan in 'The
Spirit of Stanford.'
Tuesday ? Charles Laughton
and Jon Hall In 'The Tuttles of
Tahiti.'
Wednesday ? Constance Ben
nett and Brod Crawford in 'Sin
Town.'
Thursday-Friday ? Ronald Rea
gan, Errol Flynn, Nancy Cole
man. Raymond Massey and Alan
Hale in 'Dangerous Journey.'
LIGHT ELEC
TION VOTE
EDUCATIONAL AMEND
MENT IN DOUBT
Morrisen Wins in 10th
Dewey Wins Governorship
In New York; Republi
cans Win Many Seats ir
House
In the lightest vote cast in th<
State Since 1920 when womer
were given the suffrage and pol
tax payment as a pre-requisitt
for voting waB abolished, Nortt
Carolina voters Tuesday electec
the entire Democratic ticket bj
an overwhelming majority anc
adopted two amendments to th<
State Constitution.
In the only statewide contesl
for any office, United States Sen
ator Josiah W. Bailey of Ral
eigh, led his Republican oppon
ent, Sam J. Morris, also of Ral
eigh, by a margin of about foui
to. one on the basis of early re
turns.
Up To West
Incomplete returns showed thai
the sollcltorlai amendment was
certainly adopted, while the
Board of Education amendment
was also well in the lead with the
size of the majority tor it depend
ing upon the western counties
which were slower to report, bu(
were expected to give it heavj
majorities. This amendment was
defeated in a large nuiriber ol
eastern counties. The solicltorlal
amendment carried in more coun
ties but received a smaller total
vote.
NATIONAL
Thomas K. Dewey, crusading
young attorney, was elected New
York's first Republican governoi
In 20 years when bis Democrats
opponent John J. Bennett, Jr.
conceded defeat shortly after 1(
o'clock Tuesday night.
It was Dewey all the way a:
voters in the most populous stati
balloted In the war's first nation
wide election. He garnered t
huge margin ot victory upstati
and cut drastically into the usua
Democratic margin In vast New
Tork City.
By his latest feat at the polls
Dewey projected himself emphat
lcally Into the 1944 Presidentia
picture. He was an early leadei
in the 1940 Republican conven
tion. but lost out to Wendel
Wlllkte,
Possible Upsets
The returns from the election!
elsewhere In the nation were ful
of potential upsets. In Nev
Jersey. Albert W. Hawkes, Re
publican and former president o
the United States Chamber o;
Commerce, held a strong leac
over the Incumbent Democrats
Senator, William H^Smathers.
Down In Oklahoma, Senatoi
Josh Lee. Democrat who made t
strong bid recently to ban all al
cohollc drinks from areas in ant
around Army camps, was tralllnf
in his reelection attempt. His op
ponent was E. H. Moore, inde
pendent oil man and anti-New
Deal Democrat running on thi
Republican ticket.
George W. Norris. 81-yenr-olc
Independent Senator from Ne
braska, seem In danger of tastlnf
the bitter cup of political defea
In the twilight of his years. Hi
was running second to Kennetl
Wherry, Mid-West manager o!
the Republican party, while Fos
ter May. Democrat and formei
radio newscaster, was third.
From Iowa came tidings thai
Governor George A. Wilson, Re
publican aspirant to the United
(Continued on page eight)
WAR NEWS
I Cairo. Nov. 4. ? Marshal Edwin
Rommel's Axis desert forces were
(?fficially declared in full and dis
? trdered retreat tonight across the
sands of western Egypt, pursued
lelentlessly by British Imperal
ground forces and under constant
J ttack from above by American
( and Allied airmen.
I A special Allied communique
- eald General Von Stunune, Nazi
^ econd in command, had been
killed in the 12-day fight which
preceded the flight of the "disor
dered columns", and 9,000 Axis
, l prisoners had been taken, includ
,|tng Gen. Ritter Von Thoma, com
I Inlander of the Afrika Korps, and
,lother topflight German and Ital
( ian officers.
I Axis IiOsscs Tremendous
' General Von Thoma was said
1 to have been captured only a
- short time after assuming his
command upon the death of Gen
t eral Von Strumme.
The Joint communl<iue announ
? ced these tremendous Axis losses
? in iess than two weeks of battle:
"Exceptionally high" casualties
? in dead and wounded;
600 planes;
260 tanks destroyed or captur
ed:
270 guns; and
! 50,000 tons of shipping laden
, with supplies.
Allied air losses were describ
, ed as "light," , in the 12-day
. bloody break-through by which
| the British Imperials hope to
smash with finality the Axis po
, sitions in Africa,
, (The victorious British com
i munique was Issued about the
I time the Berlin radio was acknow
ledging "British local successes,"
I but Insisting that "Marshal Rom
mel has the situation completely
in hand and is In a position to
take the Initiative at any moment
, he considers necessary." The Ger
- man announcer quoted "military
f quarters" as saying the British
, had lost between 450 and 500
tanks In the action thus far).
) ? Infantry I'avcd Way
The British drive westward
, climaxed days of artillery and ae
> rial preparation which softened
. the Axis line, touched off an elab
i orate four-mile-deep mine field.
) and knocked out other fixed Nazi
1 positions.
, Imperial Infantry did a heavy
preliminary Job before General
Montgomery hurled his huge tank
. forces through a gap torn in the
1 Axis coastal flank west of El Ala
f meln. The same procedure was
. followed 40 miles to the south at
I the edge of the Qattara salt sinks
in an effort to roll up the Nazi
positions from both flanks.
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I Washington, Nov. 4. ? Pushing
the 'Japanese back, United States
I forces have made new gains
along the beaches of Guadalcanal,
.diminishing the enemy's threat
against vital Henderson airfield,
the Navy announced tonight.
In the drive toward the west
ern end of the island where the
Japanese had been most success
ful In effecting landings, the ene
my has been forced to relinquish
more than a score of 'pieces of
equipment to the fighting Marines
and Army troops.
Jap (iuns Captured
Among the equipment captured
were about 20 machlneguns, the
Navy said. This could mean that
a number of enemy machlnegun
nests had been wiped out In fight
ing west of the airfield. Also cap
tured, the Navy reported, were
two small artillery pieces taken
from their Japanese crews.
Army and Navy planes joined
in strafing the enemy and bomb
ing Japanese positions, working
In close support of the ground
forces battling their way along
the beach.
? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ?
PROGRAM 4-H CLUB RALLY AND ACHIEVE
MENT DAY, SATURDAY, NOV. 7
9:45? Assemble at Louisburg High School.
10:15? Parade 4-H Club members (From High
School to Armory).
11:00? Address by Governor J. M. Broughton.
12:00? Lunch.
1:00? Dress Revue.
Corn Judging Contest at High School.
1:30? Movie in High School Auditorium. Y:
3:00? Awarding of Prizes.
4-H Club exhibits in the High School gymnasium
will be open to the public Friday evening and all
day Saturday.
DONATES TO
BOYS IN CAMP
WILDER TO NAME DEP
UTY COLLECTORS
Many Reports Received and
Filed; To Make Deed to
Atlas Smith Land; Draws
Jury for November Court
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in regular session
Monday with ail members pres
ent and transacted business as
follows i.
The County Attorney was in
structed to make deed for the
Atlas Smith land to J. C. Thar
ringtoh upon payment.
P. W. Elam was before the
J Board in the interest of a dona
'tion for Recreational equipment
jfor the 113th P. A. at Camp
Blandlng. Fla. He explained that
this was the unit composed large
ly of Franklfn, County boys. The
Hoard donated $50.
| The Board drew a jury for the ,
November term of Franklin Sn- i
[parlor Civil Court,
The following reports were re-'
ceived and ordered filed: Supt. E. ,
R. Richardson. County HomeiT
Dr. R. F. Yarborough, Health ,
Officer; Mrs. J. F. MitchineiV
Welfare Officer; Miss Lillie Mae
Braxton. Home Agent; W. C. 1.
Royce and E. P. Barnes, Farm j
i Agents; H. H. Price, Negro Farm .
Agent. |
The Board authorized S. O.
.Wilder, Tax Collector, to select
land appoint deputy tax collectors
land report same to the Board.
After allowing a number of
accounts the Board adjourned.
Help The Boys
Mayor W. C. Webb is in reeeipt
of a communication from LtJ
i Harold Homer, Commanding the
! Battery B. 113th Field Artillery,;
fat Camp Blnndtng. -Fin , whtctrj
Franklin County boys largely
make up the personnel, explain-1
in* the need of the boys for a
recreation room and equipment.
aiid allowing why the government
could not supply these features.'
In response Mayor Webb, assist
ed by T. K. Stockard and a num
ber of otherg sponsored a move- 1
ment to raise around $600 to :
supply this recreational equip-!
ment for our boys and begun a!
movement to raise the money, i
Yesterday the total already rals- <
ed was around $300. All those ;
who wish to Join in this move
ment to show their appreciation ,
for our boys by helping to enter- <
tain them are Invited to see
Mayor Webb or T. 1C! Stockard
and make a donation or to mail
the amount they wish to contrl- ,
but direct to one of the above at
once. I,
It is understood that should
our boys be moved to the battle
front this equipment will remain
at Camp Blanding until the warj
Is over and then be returned to
Louisburg to become a part of
the local Armory for the use of
the boys that Constitute our local j
Militia.
Don't fail to Join in the effort
to make the life of our boys in
Camp as happy and pleasant as .
possible by sending your donation '
at once. '
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COMPLETES FIRST
[AID COURSE ' , I
Mrs. Ben T. Holden has re-r
ported the following colored
teachers as completing the Stan
dard Red Cross first aid course.
All those listed are teachers in
the county schools.
Lucy S. Bradshaw, Cornelia C.
Conway, E. Louise Credle, Sarah
J. Davis, Margarette P. Ellison,
Cora Harris Hawkins, Elizabeth
Macon, Leila Mason, Ethleen W.
McKnight, Annie Belle Murphy,
Mary Rowena Perrin, Gleolia H.
Rogers. Jeanette J. Sills, Hudie
R. Sills, Louise Spearman, Geral
J. Yarborough, Ethel Mae Synes,
Evangeline Yarborough, Morning
Leonard. Mary Louise Hill, Edna
Bibby, Carmen McKnight, Lure
pena Alston, Mary Littlejohn and
Madie White.
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IN TEXAS
Mr. Wilson Glenn Beasley, son
of Mr. artd Mrs. W. L. Beasley.
who enlisted in the armed ser
vice three weeks ago, is now sta
tioned at Camp Barkeley, Texas,
according to information received
by his parents the past week.
He is serving in the. Clerical Di
vision of the Medical Corps.
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Patronize TIM EH Advertisers
FATAL HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
ELECTED TO CONGRESS
Hon. Cameron Morrison
Early returns from the new ,
renth District Wednesday night j
gave Cameron Morrison (aobev) j
i lead over ChaTles Jonas, Re- t
publican, in the congressional
race there. Morrison is a form
er Governor and former U. S.
Senator.
Prices Remain
High
Ijouixburf; Miirkft Soils More
Than In !M,anj Years
While sales on the Louisburg,
tobacco market have been light
the past week, prices have been
extra good, in fact higher, it pos-j
Bible, than at any time before this
season One of Louisburg Pioneer
tobacconists in speaking of it said
"tobacco is higher here this week
than 1 have ever seen it before."
Indications now are that Lotlla
burg will sell five millions or
more pounds this season, al
though almost all the weed in
this section has already been 1
marketed.
Those who have not sold would
do well to come to Louisburg the
friendly market and enjoy the
splendid prices and courtesier 1
neighbors are receiving.
One of the most interesting in- '
cidents that has happened this ;
season to the Louisburg Tobacco
Market was on the 19th of Octo- '
ber, Mr. E. C. Hunt, who lives
about 3 miles west of Louisburg
on the River Road. brought
4.646 pounds of tobacco to mar
ket on a two-horse wagon, pulled
by a pair of nice mules and re
ceived for it something over
$2,000.00. The sale was made
at Planters Warehuse where the
return to many years ago in the
transportation of tobacco created
much Interest and comment.
LOUISBURG
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. H. Davis will preach
at the 11 o'clock hour, Sunday
morning.
At the evening service, 7:30,
Miss Ruth Merrltt, of the faculty!
Df Louisburg College, and a for-j
tiler Missionary to South Amerl-j
ca, will, speak at the closing ses
ion of the Week of Prayer. She
Till give a talk on South Amerl
sa. (
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M.,
ed by Prof. I. D. Moon.
Youth Services at 6:45 P. M.
You are welcomed to all of
hese services.
LOUISBURO
BAPTIST CHURCH
The pastor will preach in the'i
norning on "Weeds or Flowers? 1
vhich are growing in our gar- i
lens?" Think about it and be 1
>resent at the 11 o'clock hour, i
n the evening his topic will be,
'A Forblddep Conversation," 1
rhis is the second sermon in a ]
eries on The Conversation of t
esus. <
Bible School:, 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship: 11:00 A. M.
B. T. U.: 6:45 P. M. !i
Evening Worship: 7:30 P. M. 1
Every one is invited.
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HORE SCRAP i
Harris School wishes to report |
hat it has collected approximate-,'
iy 8,000 pounds of scrap iron.i
rhis gives about 36.4 lbs. per,
:apita.
?On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ?
Sergeant, Private
Die in Cycle-Car
Accident
Two Gamp Davis Soldiers
Crash Into Automobile
About Two Miles South
Of Louisburg
Two Camp Davis soldiers were
killed instantly about two miles
south of Louisburg on the Ral
eigh road at 11 o'clock Saturday
night when the motorcycle on
which they w,ere riding collided
with an automobile.
The dead are Sgt. Leonard E.
Hall, of Martinsville. Va., and
Pvt. Jewell C. Mitchell, at New
Hope.
The automobile, a 1933 Ford,
was registered in the name of A.
S. Wiggs, of Louisburg, Route 4,
and was driven by Buddy Wil
liams. colored, who received
slight injuries. The car ' was
damaged badly.
Cycle at Fault
State Highway Patrolman By
num said the accident evidently
occurred as the motorcycle speed
ed north on the left side of ; the
highway. The driver of the mo
torcycle probably was Mitchell,
he said. Mitchell's body was
thrown against the widshield of
the par, and Hall's body was
Found behind the car, about 15
feet from where the motorcycle
came to a stop.
Bodies of the two men were
taken to Camp Butner for routine
identification.
Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for Mitchell
were held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock in the New Hope Chris
ian Church, with the Rev. Char
les B. Howard of Buie's Creek of
ficiating. assisted by the Rev. E.
M. Carter of Youngsville. Burial
was in the Qlem Mitchell family
cemetery near tlie Wake-Franklin
County line.
Funeral plans for Hall had not
been completed at last reports'.
Surviving Mitchell are his par
Btns, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mitch
ell of New Hope; two brothers,
Clarence and Luther, of 1 Wake
County; four sisters, Mrs. O. L.
Long, of New Hope, Mrs. M. H.
Tant, of Wilson, Mrs. H. L. Perry,
of New Hope, and Mrs. O. R. Pip
pin, ot Wake County.
No inquest was held by Coroner
R. A. Bobbitt who cosidered the
incident was clearly an accident.
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Gets 18 Months
For Violating Draft Laws By
Failing to Report For Induc
tion
Grainger Browning, Negro
school teacher at I.ouisburg. was
sentenced Monday in Federal
Court here by Judge I. M. Meek
ins, of Elizabeth City, to 18
months in the ' Federal peniten
tiary at Chiliicothe, Ohio, for
failure to report for Induction in
to the army under the Selective
Service Act. Judge Meeklns or
dered the sentence vacated upon,
condition Browning Is Inducted
within 30 days into the armed
service.
Franklin County draft board
officials testified that Browning
received two notices to report for
Induction, but failed to comply.
Browning stated that when order
ed to report on August 18 he was
awaiting action on a request to
the board that he be allowed to
appear in person and ask* for a
leferment. The second time he
was being inducted alone, he said,
and understood after reporting to
the draft board that he would be
allowed to go In the next group
eavlng for induction. ? News-Ob
lerver. ,
The FRANKLIN TIMES Is in
formed that Browning is not ft
Prapklin County citixen, but was
eaching at Franklinton, Instead
)f at Louisburg as stated.
Although more and more For
syth County dairymen are being
Forced out of business by the la
bor situation, an increasing num
ber of 4-H Club boys are pnr
?haslng purebred calves and
pigs.
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E. F. Gamblll of Chestnut HU1
township In Ashe County My* he
has been able to more than dou
ble his corn yield by the selection
of good seed and the hnylat ot
certified seed for planting.