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FOR ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES BONDS * STAMPS VOLUMN L XXIII 91-50 per year In Advance LOUISUVRG, N, CAROLINA CHALLENGE TO FARMERS FOOD AND FEED NEED ED FOR WAR f < W. H. Yarborough Mak^a Especially Strong Speech In Farm Mobilization Day \ Program ? w i |j Quite a good number of Frank lin County farmers and citizens heard an especially strong ad dress delivered at the Courf House, in Louisburg Tuesday night culminating the Farm Mo bilization Day activity in Frank lin County. The address wa9 made by Mr. W. H. Yarborough, who pictured In a most interesting and im pressive way what the farmers will have to do in 1943 as their part in winning the war. He told what the farmers of the country had done. How the draftee and the volunteer had done and^are doing their parts. How Industry had expanded and increased its capacity in turning out material and equipment for war and is doing its part., He then called attention to big and Important part the farmer can do, and stressing the importance of raising food and feed crops to help feed the soldiers, the war' workers and our Allies, particu larly the people in the countries! that our enemies have dominated! and devastated. Stressing the difference in and the great importance of winning! this war he told of a . friend of his who sought exemption in the first World War, (but had volun teered in this war. We haxe now reached 'the . point where none of us can afford to dodge , our responsibility, and he felt as-1 sured that the farmers of Frank " lin County would rally* to the responsibility and opportunity to serve their ccjuntry by cooperat ing with llWgovernment and pro duced the necessary food and feed crops. Reports from the several meet ings held in the County during the day were very encouraging and indicate a willingness to put the farm program over. : o Basket Ball The Louisburg All-Stars will play the Louisburg College team in a basketball game on Tuesday, January 19th, at the Louisburg Armory at 8:00 o'elock. Admis sion, to all students both high school and college, 10c; to all others, 25c. The All-Star team ?will tie composed of former Franklin County high school players. o ' P. T. A. MEETING The P. T. A. of Mills High School will meet Thursday after noon, Jan. 21st at 3:30 o'clock at the school. The following program -Will be discussed. Topic: "Our School a Safe Guard for Democracy." Devotion: Rev. Forrest D Hedden. Special Feature: Mrs. Alice Uzzell'8 room. Strengthening Schools Through Proper Legislation: Mr. C. Young. Music: Glee Club. Talk: Sanitation In Our School a Paramount Considera tion, Mrs. A. B. Inscoe. Mrs. F. L. O'Neal, Pres. o ^..During the 5-year period 1936 v-ip, an aVerage of 970,000 man days annually were spent 1q fight ing forest fires that burned more than 30 million acres yearly on the average. . PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Jan. 16th: Saturday ? John Mack Brown and Tex Ritter in 'Tenting To night on The Old Camp Ground' and Milton Berle and Mary Beth Hughes in 'Over My Dead Body.' Sunday-Monday ? Bud Abbott aild Lou Costello in 'Who Done It?' Tuesday ? Jinx Falkenburg and Bert Gordon in 'Laugh Your Blues Away.' Wednesday ? -March of Time presents 'We Are The Marines.' Thursday - Friday ? Richard Denning, Ellen Drew, Jerry Co lonna and Vera Vague In 'The Ice Capades Revue.' ADDRESSES FARMERS MR. W. h. YARBOROUGH Legislature A two-hour session of the joint committee on finance .yesterday afternoon had the double effect of slowing down the fast pace at which the General Assembly has been proceeding and of giving a foretaste of what fs to come in the way of proposals to reduce ?taxes. . i - The net result of the meeting was no action at all. Subcommit tees were appointed on the two schedules considered, inheritance and license taxes, and a third sub committee was appointed on the 6ne new license tax proposed in the bill ? a tax on bptfdsmen. Former Speaker Q. L. Ward of Craven started the fireworks with a proposal for a blanket 25 per cent reduction in the State license paid by every profession and business in the State? a pro posal which would mean an an nual reduction of $750,000 in the State's revenue. After this proposal had met with spirited opposition, during which Representative Taylor of Wayne pointed out that some of those taxed under the schedule are making more money than ever before. Representative Ward withdrew his a m 6 n3mentr and of fered another; which had been presented by A. J. Maxwell, direc tor of Tax Research, to the Ad visory Budget Commission and rejected by that body. Ward, who (had demanded a vote on the first amendment "in order to show the people of the State today that we intend to reduce taxes," vigor ously opposed a motion by Sena tor L. Y. Ballentlne of Wake to defer the whole matter until next week. However, the motion pre vailed and a subcommittee later was appointed. rtiiuiutjr uicume tax uiu was introduced in the House yester day ? a proposal to permit pay ment ot State income tax in four quarterly and equal payments, as is provided by the federal govern ment for payment of the national tax. (The present requirement is for full payment of State income tax by March 15, final date tor filing of returns and making pay ments). ? The bill for installment pay ment of the State tax was intro duced by Reps. J. T. Pritchett of Caldwell; Harley F. Shuford of Catawba, and Thomas, Turner, Jr., of Guilford. Payments of tax would be due on March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15. Any de fault in a quarterly payment would make the full balance pay able. with six per cent interest from March 15. The first income-tax measure introduced in the House was pres ented Tuesday night when Rep. David P< Deliinger of Oaston and provides for the calling off of all State income-tax payments by in dividuals during the years of 1943 and 1944. Council of State The Governor's recommenda tion that the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Commfssion er of Labor be added to the Coun cil of State made its first ap pearance .in a bill when Rep. George R. Uzzell of Rowan in troduced a bill to start the re commendation on the road to what, the- Governor hopes will be a constitutional Amendment ap proved by vote of the people. I o ' The pre-war machine tool in dustry, which did an average an nual business of about $100 mil lions, has grown to a war indus try with a monthly output val ued at $130 millions. TOWN COMMIS SIONERS MEET To Ask Thfti Tax Penalties And Discounts Be Sim plified and Equalized The Board of Town (itimmis sioners _juet_ in regular session, Friday at 7:30 P. M. Minutes of the previous meet ing were read and approved by the Board. The monthly reports of the Chief of Police, Tax Collector, Town Clerk, and Supt. of Lights J land Water, were read and ap-I proved^ The Board passed a motion to pay the special traffic policemen who are serving during the re pairs to the Tar River bridge, only for the time that they are on duty at the project. Commissioner W. J. Shearin! made the following motion, which was seconded by Commis sioner Allen: "Tha't the Town Attorney be> instructed to draw a resolution to be presented to the Board at Its next meeting; this Resolution to be in the form of a petition# to Representative W. L. Lumpkin. Mr. Lumpkin is to be asked to maEe' every effort to secure the passage of a Local Bill by the N. C. General Assem bly applicable to the Towjl of ILouisburg, N. C- This "Local Bill is to provide that the' 2% [ discount on taxes provided for in Section 1403 of the Machinery | Act of 1941* be extended to Nov. 1st, of each year and a discount ; oi 1% ue allowed after Nov. 1, of each year .to Dec. 1st, of each J year. The Bill is to provide for the simplification of the calcula | tion of Tax Penalties by provid ing that a penalty of ' 1% per I month be charged to delinquent (taxes, beginning with Feb. -.1st, of each year and extending until a maximum penalty of 6% has accumulated. Tax Sales Certifi cates are to bear 'interest at the rate of 8% per year. This mo tion was carried. A delegation of. citizens inter ested in aviation requested the Board to assist them in tha con struction of a suitable landing field to be located on the Harris property on the East side of the intersection of the Franklinton and Raleigh Highways. The del egation through its spokesmen, James Y. Cooper and R. C. Whit field. informed the Board that the major expense of rent, and main tenance would be paid by a group of local .aviators, and petitioned the Board to assist in the expense of properly grading and draining the landing field. The Board reacted favorably to the above petition and( appointed the following Special Committee to study the proposat){>f a suit able landing field in regards to merit and costs, and to report its findings to the Board at its next' meeting. The Committee appoin ted is as follows: W. J. Cooper, Chairman, W. J. Shearin and F. H. Allen. ^The Board' approved a number of invoices for payment. There being no further busi ness the meeting adjourned. -O ? ? ? New Arrival Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Dec. 30. ? Marry McKlnne Puller, of Franklinton, N. C. Route 2, is a newly-arrived soldier at Jefferson Barracks, Colonel Thomas J. J. Christian, commanding. This his toric military post, on the Missis sippi River a few miles south of St. Louis, is a replacement train lug center for the Army Air For ces Technical Training Command. Here recrufcMiTare given voca tional aptitude tests to qualify them for important duties in va-* rious Arms iand Branches of the Servifce' attached with the Army Air Forces. Dependent upon their education, civilian experi ence and' results of the various tests given, recruits will be se lected either for technical schools or specialized occupations within the Army. Following a period of instruction in basic military train ing and discipline the recruits will be sent to active service with the Army Air Forces. He was employed as a weldef by Newport News Shipbuilding. He attended the Mills High School. ?.-v> The C. S. Department of Agri culture has announced an order releasing all new farm machinery, and equipment which was "froz en" in wholesalers' and distribu tors' stocks 'on October 31. o ' * Patronise TIMES Advertiser! B. N. WILLIAM SON, SR, DIES END COMES IN DUKE HOSPITAL TUESDAY ? Was Former Mayor of Louisburg, and Also Town Commissioner, Tobacco Warehouseman and Buy er ^ . w, 0 tr Mr. Benjamin N. Williamson, Sr., died early Tuesday morning at Duke Hospital, Durham, fol lowing a severe illness and oper ation. He was 64 years of age. Mr. Williamson was born De cember 15, 1878, the son of the late Wiley Benjamin Williamson and Mrs. Lelia Huff Williamson. He spent .most of his life in the tobacco business in Louisburg, both as a warehouseman and independent buyer. He- was May or of the town for a number of years, and served several years as Town Commissioner. In ad dition lie was active in county political organizations. He was I a member of the Masonic Order j and a lifelong member of tile lo I cal Methodist Church. i ? Besides his wife, who was the j former Miss Mamie Tucker, he is survived by two sons, B. Napier Williamson, Jr., former County | Accountant, and John Williaifi | son, his mother, Mrs. Lelia Huff Williamson, and a sister, Mrs. R. M. Beasley, of Apex^.' j Funeral services were held from the home on Cedar Street Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Forrest I). Hedden. his pastor, assisted by Revs. K. H. Davis and L. F. Kent, and inter ment was made in Oakwood Cem etery. Both services were largely at tended and the floral tribute was especially large and pretty, evi dencing the high esteem in which the deceased was held by a host of friends. The pall bearers were as fol lows: Arch Wilson. G. C. Har ris, P. S. Allen. George Ford, C. | M. Howard, A. E. Henderson. Mills High School Band to Play For P C A Annual Meeting The Mills High School Band wfll furnish a program. of music at the annual meeting 6f IJje Louishurg Production Credit As sociation to be held in the Frank lin County Court House' on Sat urday, January 16 ^starting at 10:45 A. M., according to an an nouncement of /i. O. Wilson,! President, o? the ? Association. "The 240 ^persons- who attended our meeting last year thbtoughly enjoyed their niUsic and are look ing'forward to hearing them again," said Mr. Wijson. Detailed reports of the activi ties of the association will be giv en stockholders and two direc tors will be elected at this meet ing. A thirty minute moving pic ture dealing with the services of fered farmers by the association will be shown. The association furnishes short term credit for general agricul tural and livestock purposes to farmers in Franklin Cotinty. It has a membership of 782^ "The annual meeting this year is of special importance,." said Mr. Wilson, "due to the discus sion we are expecting to arise concerning the 1943 food produc tion goals for this area. Then, 1 too, members and other farmers I will have an opportunity to be ! come better acquainted with the business working and records of the association." o Promoted Fort Sill, Okla., Jan. 11. (Spec ial) ? Corporal William Lee Beas 1 ley. 23, 111 Church Street, Lou isburg. North Carolina, was gfad* uated this week from the Field Artillery Officer Candidate School here, and has been Gommtssion I cd a Second Lieutenant of Field j Artillery. Lieutenant Beasley reported to Fort Sill from Camp Polk, La., and has been assigned to Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Before starting active duty, Lieutenant Beasley was employ ed by the N. C. Forest Service. ' He graduated from Duke Univer sity in 1940. ? On Pay Way, Bay Bonds ? CIVIL COURT j IN SESSION HON. WALTER J. BONE, PRESIDING Several Divorces Granted * No Cases of Public Im-I portance Called; General! Routine Prevails The regular January term of' Franklin Civil Superior Court | convened Monday morning with i Hon. Walter J. Bone, of Nash ville, presiding. The docket was, called and being a small oneL.tho trial of cases was soon begun. No cases of special, public interest J have been called and the sessions | a#e attended by only a few, they' being mostly litigants, witnesses and Jurors. 1 ? Cases disposed of were as fol lows: Menner S, Roberson was grant ed a divorce from C. T. Rober son. Willie Watkins was granted a divorce from Lillian Cole Wat kins. D/\p. Richardson was granted a divorce from Anna A. Richard son. The case of C. T. Privett against Mary Jane Privett was non-suited. i Jim Collins was granted a judg ment for $200 against W. B. Carson. Judgment of noil suit was ord ered in the case of Citizens Bank & Trust Co., vs. H. J. Cash, J. Henry Cash and R. E. Cash. The case of Minnie Teasley vs Mrs. Bessie (Cleo) Pearce was ill j the hands- of the jury as the; Franklin Tinjes went to press. This is a Vine week torin and will end by Saturday. Fish Supper j Brigadier General James W.j Jenkins, commanding, officer of| the N. C. State Guard, accomp,an-i j ied by Lt. Finch, met with the! members of the 8th Co. at theirj regular mess meeting held last Tuesday evening at Mitchip^sr's Lake. Sgt. Lee H. BeH/mess! sergeant of the Company? was In j charge of the arrangements. Hej was assisted by A. Pearce.j Cpl. Douglas /i*ergerson. and Pfc. Andrew JS. Layton, and oth ers, and also by Stone and Verirbn Stone. The mess consisted of a delic ious^ fish fry with coffee for the ^itfijmbers of the Company and their guests. Following the meal the men called' in Mr. 0-. A. Ragland and thanked him foi- tl?e use of his cabin, and gave their hearty ap proval of the manner in which the Mess Sgt. and his assistants had prepared the meal. General Jenkins addressed the men brief ly upon the importance of the services which they were render ing as volunteers in th$ Nation's1 War effort, and expressed his ap preciation of their patriotism. At a meeting with the officers of the Company, General Jenkins went into detail about the plans of the ^ar department for util izing the State Guard in the event of an emergency. The entire event was enjoyed by all present, and the lessons learned by the men in conducting their own mess will prove bene ficial when the Company under takes actual maneuvers. LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH The miming worship oil Sunday will be given to the celebration of the Lord's Supper. The pas tor is counting on being present after being absent for three Sun* doys. Every member of the church is urged to attend. ? There will be fio evening wor ghlp. _ ? . . ^ 9:45 a. m. Bible School. 11:00 a. -m. Morning worship. A cordial welcome to all! -n ^ ' -? - MRS. OLIVER LANCASTER Mrs. Oliver Lancaster, 68, died at 2:30 Saturday afterfioon at her home on Castalia, Route 1, atter i a short illness. Funeral services were held | Sunday afternoon at 3 at Red Bud Baptist Church with the Rev. John Edwards officiating. Burial was in the family ceme tery. Surviving are her husbahd; two sons, Bennie. of Asheboro, and Bernard of the home; one daughter, Mrs. C. O. Murphy, of Fort Bragg. "WINGS OF GOLD" WIM JAM T. (Billy) t'Lll'TOV son of Mrs. Margaret E. H. Clif ton, of 408 Church?St., Loulsburg, won his Navy "Wings of Gold" and was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve this week following completion of ^he pre scribed flight training course at the U. S. Naval Air Training Cen ter, Pensacola. Fla. Prior to entering the Naval service, Ensign Clifton studied at the University 'of, North Carolina. The last of March, he began preliminary twining at the U. S. Naval Reserve Aviation Base in Anacostia. I). C., and successfully completed the <*>urs6 in June, before going to the "Annapolis of the Air." for basic and advanced training. ^Having been designated a Na val Aviator. Ensign Clifton will _go on active duty at one of the Navy's air operational training centers before being ' assigned to a combat zone. Contests Postponed The Declamation Recital ion Contests for the Franklin Coun ty Schools have been postponed indwinitely pending a ruling from the Washington OPA Of fice. According to plans the De clamation Recitation Contest for the Elementary School was to have been held in the Justice School on Friday night, January 15. The High School Contest was to be hold in the Bunn School Tuesday night. January 19. The postponement ** of these contest and the elimination of basketball as a part ot our Franklin County League Program has become necessary due 'to the serious gaso line shortage now existing in the Eastern States. According 10 a ruling received from the State OPA Office no gasoline will be provided for an interscholastic or athletic contest in our schools at the present time. Superintendent Wi(ey F. Mitchell has asked Mr. ? ^Tyde A. Erwin, Superintendent of Public Instruc tion to- obtain a ruling from the Washington OPA Office" concern ing, the status of interscholastic programs and Parent Teachers' Meetings. Until such ruling 'has been obtained no gasoline can be provided for the purpose of at tending these programs. Tftiis condition has cqme about due to the fact that gasoline Is of such vital importance to our boys on the fighting front on a.11 parts of the world. Every Ameri can is anxious to play his part in order that Victory will ultim ately be ours, and In order to carry on our programs at home it will be necessary that we do so by sacrificing and denying our selves of the things that are es sential to the war effort. It is sincerely hoped that the people of bur county will devise some plan whereby our P.T.A. organi zations and essential programs might continue to carry on in this emergency, as we cannot af ford to allo.w the P.T.A. to dis continue the splendid work that has been -going on in our sctootF In the past years. It is Imperative that the schools continue to re ceive the support of such organi zations of this kind. -< o 90th BlftTHDAY Youiigsvllle, Jan. 12. ? Mrs. C. G. Mitchell, of Youngsville," Rt. 1. celebrated hter 90th birthday with many ofilier 33 grandchild ren, 55, great1tra'ndchil(lren, 'ier one great-great-grandchild and seven children attending. Since commercial feeds are costly, Cherokee ftounty farmers hnve found they can use feed wheat secured through a Govern ment program to good advantage in their livestock work. iDr. S. P. Burt Elected Health Oifircr Franklin County Monday at Board of Health Mooting Dr. S. P. Burt was elected Ilouftb Officer for Franklin Coun ty ??t a meeting of the Franklin County Board of Health held Monday. Dr. Burt suocee'ds Dr. It. F. Yarhorough who has served 'In this capacity for a long num I'ber of years, and who is retiring | Iwjcause of the condition of his ! heaUh. ' Dr. Burt is well qualified to carry on this work ahd his selec tion will meet with general ap proval. It was announced that the State Board of Health will send an officer to Louisburg in a. few days to work with Dr. Burt in lyapping out a program for the new year. " WAR NEWS Allied Headquarters in North Africa, Jan. 13. ? American Fly ing Fortresses, destroying 34 Axis planes aground and aloft in a 'brilliant raid on Castel Benito airfield, 10 miles south of Tripoli have torn a considerable hole in the already thin air cover upon which Field- Marshal Rommel is depending for an effective retreat from Libya into ~ ' yet 4filivered from the west on jthe Axis in Tripolttapt.i, not an American plane was lost, Allied 1 headquarters announced today. The Fortresses' attack, deliv ered yesterday, topped all. other i action in the North African j theatre, where land^?operations j were marked "Wily by patrol en \ counters rin the area between Bou iArada and Goubeyat in Tunisia and along Rommel's route of re treat in eastern Tripolitania. While (he Allied communique j stated only that 14 planes were shot down 'sharp running combat I during the Gastel Benito raid, an lair force spokesman added that at least 20 German planes were | smashed on the ground. He esti | mated that at least 1ft more Nazi j craft were damaged in the air^? thus bringing the enemy's pos l sible losses to as high as _ 4 4 planes. ' The Axis pilots, flying Messer schmitt 109*s, apparently were under instruction to get the Fort t resses at all costs. Avoiding the, American fighter escort, they | swooped upon the big bombers j and were met by terrific blasts j from the cannon of the raiders. Enemy plane after plane pium i meted out of action, but every Fortress, despite the Germans' ! concentrated effort, reached home | safely, although one limped in two hours late on two motors. (At the eastern end of .the 1 allied line ? in .Libya ? :the British command announced complemen tary air blows in which five enemy fighters were destroyed in combat; Tripoli and Homs *.tn Libya and targets in Crete, Sicily and on Lampedusa Island were attacked successfully. In all these operations two Allied planes, were lost, j ? " In this, the assault Enemy's Losses Moscow, Thursday, ' Jan. 14. ? The Red army captured 12 towns and villages In the North Cauca sus yesterday and thwarted a mass onslaught by German tanks and troops trying to break through the Soviet lines In the lower Don valley, the Soviet high command announced today. For the first time since Soviet troops burst into the Don area upriver from Rostov, . the mid night communique claimed no ad vance on that front, reporting in stead that all "counterattacks by powerful German forces were hurled back, about 1,000 Nazis being killed In a singly sector. The high command had reveal ed 12 hours earlier that Russian shock troops had broken duT~of the Stalingrad factory area to the western outskirts of the battered Volga city in bloody fighting at close quarters. * The new bulletin said they con | solidated their newly-won posi i tions yesterday and beat off num I erous German counterattacks, wiping out 400 Germans and cap I taring ID field guns . pnij four trench mortars. i Weather conditions have pre j vented Martin County farmers from completing their peanu^ har vest. ' j ? ?f ? n ii i The 160 million copies of War Ration Book Two. now being printed, would fill four freight I trains of 30 car each.