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LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA I HIDAV, Al'Gl'ST 20, 1043
(Eight Pages)
NUMBER
QUEBEC SESSIONS HIT FULL
STRIDE AS EDEN ARRIVES
Roosevelt and Churchill Study Mili
tary Plans; Hull to Join Eden Soon
Quesbec, Aug. 18. ? President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Winston Churchill today worked
with military leaders over a de
tailed master plan for forcing and
taking the fortress of Europs
while Anthony Eden, British For
eign Secretary, arrived to work
on tjie political problems likely
to follow victory.
Eden will be Joined soon by
United States Secretary of State
Cordell Hull for discussions aim
ed at coordinating the political
policies of the two nations.
White House Secretary Stephen
T. Early, who accompanied the
President here, revealed earlier
that Mr. Roosevelt will visit Otta
wa, probably "early next week."
He will repay the visits made to
him previously by Canadian
Prime Minister MacKenzie King.
He will be the first United States
president ever to visit the Cana
dian capital; and Parliament, it
was learned, may be convened to
meet him.
(The announcement indicated
that at least the military phase
of the Quebec conference will be
completed this week.)
Eden Arrives
On arrival, Eden went imme
diately into conference with
Churchill. A British spokesman
said later that there are no for
eign observers at the conference,
thus contradicting reports that
Russia and China did have per
sons here to watch the proceed
ings.
Further evidence that the pres
ent military discussions are aim
ed at the final phase of the war
was indicated also by the arrival
with Eden of Brendan Bracken,
British minister of information.
His presence makes clear that
even the propaganda phase of
military operations are to be co
ordinated.
It was believed possible that
Elmer Davis, Director of the Of
fice of War Information, will meet
with Bracken, probably in Wash
ington.
That the conference here was
contributing effectively to the
bloodless form of attack became
apparent when trial peace feelers
were reported from Germany and
again from Rome. An English
speaking Nazi commentator in
Berlin suggested a negotiated
peace with an indication that Ger
many is ready to throw "extrem
ists" out.
Italian Marshal Pietro Badog
lio again was reported to have
proposed an "open city" status
for Rome. His terms are not be
lieved acceptable to the Allied
high command, although this is.
one of the questions which must
be decided by the high command
and their political advisers here.
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MRS. SARAH MOON
Mrs. Sarah Moon, 80, died Sun
day night the home of her son,
Prof. I. D. Moon, on Louisburg,
Route 4.
The funeral was held in the
Pittman-Lancaster chapel here
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
and was conducted by Dr. Walter
Patten, president of Louisburg
College. The remains were in
terred in Oakwood Cemetery.
PROMOTED
1
Pvt. Charlie M. Phelps, of
Sheppard Field. Texas, ha^ been
promoted to Pfc. Pfc. Phelps is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H.
Phelps, Louisburg, Route 2, He
left for the Army the 29th of
May. He graduated from Gold
Sand in 1941.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, August 21:
Saturday ? Charles Starrett In
"Robin Hood Range" and Bobby
Watson as Hitler in "That Nazty
Nuisance." Also "Daredevils of
The West."
Sunday - Monday ? Franchot
Tone and Marsha Hunt in "Pilot
Number 5.'
Tuesday ? Betty Orable and
Victor Mature In "Footlight Sere
nade" Also "The Secret Code."
Wednesday ? Philip Dorn and
Anna Sten in "Chetniks."
Thursday-Friday ? Red Skelton
and Lucille Ball, Tommy Dorsey
and Band in "Dubarry Was A
Lady."
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BAND CLUB TO MEET
The FRANKLIN TIMKS In
requested to announce that the
Loul?burg Band Boosters Club
will meet in Mills High School
auditorium Friday night (to
night) at 8 o'clock to re -organ
ize the Band for the coming
year. Every member Is urged
to be present.
MILLS SCHOOL
OPENS MONDAY
The Mills High School will
open for the 1943-44 session Mon
day morning, August 23, at nine
o'clock. Realizing that this Is a
very busy season ot the year and
that there is also a shortage of
personnel, we have planned to
have only a short opening exercise
and then prooeed with registra
tion and classification ot pupils
for the term.
The new Principal, E. C. Jerni
gan, would like to have as many
as possible of the parents and
friends of the school present for
the opening. He would like to talk
to the parents for a short while
on some of the policies to be fol
lowed by the school this year, and
would like, too, to meet personal
ly as many as possible of his
patrons. He realizes that boys and
girls are shaped by the attitudes,
examples, and teaching that come
from parents, teachers and their
association with the citizenship of
the community. In unity there is
strength. Let's pull together for
the betterment and lasting good
of our growing boys and girls.
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Epsom School
To Open
The Epsom School will begin
the 1943-44 school term on Mon
day August 23rd at eight o'clock.
Because the school will operate
for nine months this ^ear, it has
been necessary to begin several
days earlier than usual. However,
every effort possible will be made
to cooperate with children who
are needed at home for harvest
ing crops.
All pupils who plan to attend
the Epsom School are urged to be
present at the opening, In order
that, each may be properly regis
tered and classified.
With the exception of the sec
ond, third and fifth grades, the
faculty will remain the same as
last year. Mr. J. T. Griffin, Miss
Margaret Mills, and Miss Mozelle
Rogers have been elected to serve
as teachers of these respective
grades. The following teachers
comprise the remaining members
on the faculty: Mrs. Prances
Peace Pierpoint, 1st grade, Miss
Llna Johnson, fourth grade, Miss
Louise Boone, sixth grade, Mrs.
Lallie S. Joyner, seventh grade,
J. E. McCaulejf, eighth grade,
Miss Nellie NcOlrt, Miss Helen
Daughtry, J. T. Griffin and D.
J. Dark, high school, and Mrs.
Henrietta Coffin, music.
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Bunn School
Opens
The Bunn District Schools will
begin the 1943-44 year at 9:00
o'clock Monday, August 23rd.
Opening exercises will be held in
the high school auditorium.
Rev. Ralph Cannon, pastor of
the Baptist Church, will conduct
the devotional exercises.
A professional or business man
will be invited to talk to the stu
dent body, teachers and patrons
at 9:30.
Immediately after leaving the
auditorium classe3 will assemble
on short schedule for distribution
of books and for lesson assign
ments.
All pupils are urged to attend
school on opening day to facilitate
the organization into classes and
sections. Children attending
school for the first time must be
six years old by October 1st. Pu
pils who attended other schools
last year should bring, report
cards with them.
No vacancies have occurred in
the high school faculty but sev
eral changes have been made in
the elementary faculty.
MISSING
Ensign W. T. Clifton was re
ported missing while engaged in
his duties somewhere in the Pa
cific War Area. He is known by
his friends as "Billy" and is the
son of Mrs. M. S. Clifton and the
late Mr. Clifton. Mrs. Clifton
was notified by the government
on last Friday.
Franklinton
Township Schools
To Open Wednesday Morn
ing September 1, at Nine
O'clock
The schools for white children
in Franklinton Township will
open Wednesday morning. Sep
tember 1. at nine o'clock. The
schools for the colored children
of the township have already op
ened. The patrons and friends
of the schools have a most cor
dial invitation to be present for
the opening exercises.
Superintendent W. P. Morton
has called a faculty meeting of
all white teachers for Tuesday
morning. August 31 at nine
o'clock."- At the Tuesday meet
ing, various school problems will
be discussed. Mr. Morton will
lead the discussion on "Indexes
of Good Teaching." The Superin
tendent and faculty of the Frank
linton Schools will join Superin
tendent Mitchell and the Princi
pals of the Schools of Franklin
County in their efforts to have
better disciplined schools, in the
county. Good group control is
indeed an index to good teaching.
"Self restraint, respect for oth
ers, and care of public property
are valuable traits for the future
citizens of our respective commu
nities to develop."
At the time of entering school,
every child must have a smallpox
vaccination scar, or a doctor's
certificate of vaccination. This is
a regulation of the Franklin
County Board of Health.
All vacancies of the Franklin
ton Schools have been filled. The
patrons and friends of the schools
will be present in large numbers
on the opening morning to give
the pupils and the faculty, both
old and new, a most hearty and
cordial welcome to Franklinton.
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Franklinton
Raises $3,123.75
In the Mollle Pitcher bond sale
drive under the leadership of
Mrs. M. W. Hardy and Miss Eliz
abeth Pearce, Franklinton did it
self proud. There was a total of
$3,123.75 sold In bonds and War
Saving Stamps in the work time
of 6 1-2 hours. The leaders of
the drive were ably assisted by
the following young ladles: Miss
es Mirium Gonella. Marion Hand,
Virginia Hicks, Matlle Hicks,
Rosalie Kearney. Mary E. Hamm,
Frances Green, Jane Coz, Ann
Cox. Bettie Cheatham, Mary Mac
Wheeler, Ruth Jenkins and Nel
lie Adkins.
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ADULT SEWING CLASS
If you are interested in becom
ing a member of an adult Bewing
class in which the fundamentals
of construction will be the main
topic, please meet in the Home
Economics Dept. of Mills School
Monday afternoon, August 23rd.
at 3:30 for class organization. If
you are Interested but cannot at
tend Monday afternoon please
tell someone who is planning to!
be present and maybe the time
for class work can be adjusted to
your schedi^e. Marjorie Gard
ner, the Home Economics teacher
of Mills School, will be the In
structor.
GAS PANEL 1
HOLD HEARINGS
Orders Surrender of Cou
pons In Four Cases
! The Hearing Panel, for the
Franklin County War Price and
j nation Board, composed of Mr.
jo. M. Beam, as chairman. Mr. R.
IJ. Rose, of Franklinton. and Mr.
John O. Wilson, of K 4, Louis
burg, held its first hearing of
I violations on Tuesday night in
| the Commissioners room in tlie
Court House.
There were five cases before
j the Panel and after going into
the hearing of each the Panel
recommended penalties as fol
i lows:
1 H. M. Dickens, who was charg
I ed with driving on highway 56 at
a speed of 50 miles an hour,- us
ing the car belonging-to his wife,
| the Panel ordered the surrender
J of four coupons from the B book
i issued to this car.
Albert Williams was charged
j with speeding at 50 miles an
hour on highway 59 on Julg i
and was ordered to surrender his
B book.
John Lee Woodllef who was
also charged with speeding at 50
miles an hour on highway No. 1
on July 3. was ordered to sur
render 2 B coupons.
D. L. Ayscue, who was charged
with driving carelessly and reck
lessly, causing damage to tires,
I was required to surrender 3 No.
|'6 coupons from his A book and
I not to use the remainder of his
I A-6 before Octber 1st. 1943.
j E. M. Bartholomew was before
I the Panel charged with speeding
j at 60 miles an hour on July 7.
j between Cherry Point and New
| River. He explained to the
Board that the reason of this
speed was because his gas truck
was parked on the highway, with
tires blown out and he was tak
ing new tires to it so that he
I could have the truck moved, anil
relieving the danger. The Panel
accepted his explanation and ex
acted no penalty at this time, but
informed Mr. Bartholomew that
1 Ills will be taken into considera
tion if further violations are re
ported.
The first meeting was success
fully and considerately conducted
and gives evidence that the mem
bers of the Panel are considerate
of the individual in his misdeeds
and also the government in en
forcing the gasoline and tire reg-l
ulations.
UK.ISI,KY-K.\UIS
Henderson. ? Miss Margaret
Helen Faris and Fisher Beasley,
Jr., were married in Arlington
Methodist Church, Baltimore, Md.,
on Tuesday evening, August 3.
^Mrs. Bensley is the1 daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Faris, of
Henderson. She is a graduate of
Henderson High School and at
tended Peace College and Hen
derson Business College. Foi; the
past 18 months, she has been
employed with the Ordnance De
partment of the War Department
in Washington, D. C.
Mr. Beasley is the son. of Mr.
and Mrs. Fisher Beasley, of Bal
timore, formerly residents of Hen
derson. He attended Georgia
Military Academy, State College,
and the University of North Car
olina. He holds a position with
the' Glenn L. Martin Company in
Baltimore.
After September, the couple
will make their home in Balti
more.
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LOUISBURG
BAPTIST CHURCH
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning at eleven o'clock after
having been away on his vacation
for three weeks. Everyone is
urged to attend service.
In the evening at 8 o'clock
there will be Vesper Service on
the College Campus.
b : 45 a. m. Sunday School.
11:00 a. m. Morning Worship.
7:15 p. m. B. T. U.
8:00 p. m. Vespers on College
Campus.
LOUISBURG
METHODIST CHURCH
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The pastor will speak at the <
11:00 o'clock service Sunday
morning.
Dr. A. Paul Bagby will speak i
at Union Vesper Service Sunday, '
8:00 p. m., on the College Cam
pus. <
Church School will be held at i
9:45 Sunday morning, led by
Prof. I. D. Moon. i
You are welcomed.
ENDS IN
ACQUITTAL
Saturday's Recorders Court
Failed to Convict Parties
For Fight at Filling Sta
tion
Quite a good ...jj.yjiuJMU: visited
the special term of Franklin
Recorders Court on Saturday to
hear the assault cases growing
out of a misunderstanding and
fight at "Bucks" Filling Station
just across the railroad crossing
on highways 59 and 56 which
happened a little more than a
week before. The case was a
jury case and the defendants were
well represented by counsel, who
made a day of it. At the finale
the jury returned a verdict Of not
guilty of assault inflicting ser-j
ious injuries7Tn favor of Percy
W. Joyner, George Hall. William j
(Willie) Joyner and Hobart Rob
ertson.
The State took a nolle pros
for lack of jurisdiction in the case
of assault against M. C. Bailey.
This iiase also grew out of the
above instance.
The case against Edwin Jones,
charged with operating an auto
mobile intoxicated, was contin
ued.
The regular term of the Re
corders Court was held on Tues
day morning with the disposition
of cases as follows:
J. W. Cobb, speeding, paid in
full and discharged.
Herman Foster plead guilty to
no drivers license, to be discharg-j
ed upon payment of costs.
Charlie Perry plead guilty to
no drivers license, to be discharg
ed upon payment of costs.
Thurston Thomas Lewis was
found guilty of speeding and was1
fined $5 and costs.
The following cases were con-j
tinued:
Buck Perry, oai.
D. L. Ayscue, failure to stop at
wreck.
Jack Everett Bri,dges, speeding.:
Lawrence Wise. upw. drunk.
Jimmie Young, upw, resisting
officer.
Samuel Perry West, no drivers
license.
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?MHiAHIUTV-H.AKHIS
The Epworth Methodist Church j
Norfolk, Va.. was the scene of a
pretty wedding July 7th, when]
Miss Ruby Harris, of Norfolk and
Louisburg, became the bride of J
Wallace Ryder McGarrity. M. M.j
X|c, U. S. Navy, son of Mr. and I
Mrs. Clarence J. McGarrity, Cape]
Vincent, N. J.
The ceremony- was performed j .
by Rev. B. M. Sersinger before an
improvised altar of fern, piuk and!
white gladioli and white candles.;.
The bride was attired in a white1]
crepe suit with black, accessories ,
and a corsage of sweetheart ros- c
es. She had as her maid of hon- J
or Miss Eunice Griffin, who wore ! ,
a dress of light blue with black]
accessories and Talisman roses.]]
Joseph Scoker M. M. 21c, O. S.L
Navy was the grooms best man. L
Preceding the ceremony Miss (
Jance Brown sang "I Love You (
Truly" and "At Dawning." She (
was accompanied at the organ by
Johnnie Nelson, F 1 ItC, U. S. (
Navy. ,
The ushers were Sidney Rosen- s
belt, Pfc? Marine Corp and Mar- ,
tin Fry. ? ? I
The impressive ring ceremony (
was used. ,
Immediately after the cere- |
mony a reception was held at the j
Monticello Hotel, after which ,
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Ryder Mc- .
Garrlty, M. M. 11c, U. S. Navy, j
left for an extensive wedding trip
through the New England States. ,
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BATTLE OF THE "HKLLOS" 1
With just a minute to spare, I
dialed the telephone.
"Hello," a voice answered.
I said: "Hello," "Who is speak
ing?"
She said: "Who do you want?" '
I said: "Mr. please."
She said: "Okay, wait a min- (
ute."
The party I wanted then said:
?Hello."
Then I said: "Hello Mr. "
and proceeded with half minute
conversation after three or four
minutes delay in "Helloing."
Short while later I made an
other call; the party answered. 1
"Mr. speaking," all wis
understood and the conversation
over tn half minute. There were
no "Hellbs."
Telephones are crowded; let's
answer with our name* and thus
save time on the Home Front.
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COMPLETE SIC
ILY CONQUEST
Island Taken Af
ter 38 Days
Uncle Sam's Boys Join
Hands With British 8th
Army as Germans Admit
Loss of Island; Allied
Bombers Raid Southern
France as Speculation
Turns to Next Objective
Allied Headquarters In North
Africa, Aug. 17. ? The 38-day
battle for Sicily ended today with
the fall of Messina to American
doughboys who stormed through
the hillside streets of the an
cient city and then "established
contact with the British Eighth
Army coming up from the souths
Allied headquarters announced
tonight.
Axis resistance ceased.
The stirring finish, however,
only appeared to have set the
stage for the next operations
against Europe.
Almost simultaneously with
the announcement of the end of
the Sicilian campaign, a large for
mation of Flying Fortresses rea
ched across the Mediterranean
from recently-established bases
and gave Southern France its first
bombing.
Istres 1? Tube and Salon, the
latter northwest of Marseille,
were blasted in a round trip
which involved at least 1,000
miles.
A special headquarters commu
nique announcing Messina's cap
ture said simply:
"American troops captured
Messina early this morning. Some
artillery lire is being directed on
the city from the Italian main
land."
TJie Germans, nervously blow
ing up installations on the expos
ed toe of Italy in apparent fear
of an extension of Allied amphib
ious operations, began pouring
fire into Messina from 15-inch and
other batteries stationed on the
mainland across the two-mile
wide Straits not long after Mes
sina fell to the Americans this
morning.
Artillery Duel
The Americans rushed up their
heaviest artillery in their fiejd
batteries and dueled with the
Germans.
Among doughboys and Tom
mies and Allied airmen and sea
men who were smashing deep in
to Italy's deftnses the question
was: "Where do we go from
here?" / ' |
From the Sicilian springboard.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower j
liad a choice of numerous objec-i
tives, ranging from the shores of
Southern France to the shores ofj
3reece, with vulnerable Italy
squarely in the middle.
The entire Sicilian campaign
!iardly had cost more Allied lives
:han the final thrpe weeks of the
operations in North Africa, and
5ach of the outfits engaged had
jmerged ready for new and har
ler tests.
There was no announcement of
:he number of prisoners taken in
he final breath-taking finale in
Sicily.
The Germans conceded that the
battle for Sicily was over and de
clared in their broadcast com
munique that all their forces had
been evacuated even while Allied
headquarters waited for word
that the last disorganized and de
lected enemy bands had been
mopped up.
(Ross Munro, Canadian Press
war correspondent with the Brit
ish Eighth Arniy, and the United
Mations radio at Algiers reported
hat "Messina has fallen.")
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ST. PAUL'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Church School will begin
promptly at 9:45 A. M., Sunday,
jnd will last for one hour. Mr.
Will Yarborough, Bible Class
teacher.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
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FEED WHEAT TO BE DELIV
ERED FROM C. C. C.
BINS IN LOUISBURG
ON .SATURDAYS
Feed wheat will be deliver
ed from C. C. C. Bins in Louls
burg only on Saturdays. The
Bin* will be open from 8:00
A. M. untU 3:00 P. M., accord
ing to announcement of Ire T.
Inscoe, Chairman Franklin C.
A. C. A.
CAPITALISM OR
COMMUNISM
OR WHAT?
Babson Discusses
Land Assessments
'
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass., Aug. 20. i
? Letters continually come to ma
asking my idea
as fo what chan
ges in the social
and economic
structure are
ahead. These
letters have in
creased since
Vice President
Wallace made
his recent De
troit address. As
this is a nice
cool day, I am
making a guess
BAUSON
as to what developments may
take place or at least the route
that such developments may fol
low. These comments, however,
are merely forecasts and I am
not arguing for them.
BEGIN' WITH
FUNDAMENTALS
Instead of Socialism, Fascism.
Communism or even Capitalism
succeeding, I expect that all of
these ? as now set up ? will
change. The "Single Tax" the
ory of Henry George or the
"Eliminate Poverty" theory ot
Mrs. John Martin of Winter Park,
Florida, comes nearer the desired
goal. In selecting this goal, I
make two assumptions as fol
lows:
1. That soil, babies, educa
tion and religion are the four
foundation stones of any per
manent economic and social
system. '
2. That the coming econom
ic system will be half-way, be
tween Capitalism and Commu
nism. The free enterprise fea
ture of Capitalism must be con
served; while a /thonopoly of
the soil must b? avoided. Home
owners, who use the land, must
be protected.
These ifour fundamentals ? soil,
babies., education and religion?
must be met one at a time in or
d^that we do not "bite off more
than we can chew." My forecast,
therefore, is that the first prob
lem to be tackled will be the soil
problem. By soil I include farms,
liome gardens, natural resources
and improvements, all of which
?o to make up real estate. Due
to high taxes farmers now have
not the money to build up , their
ioii and prevent its loss by eros
on. As a result the nation is
osing every day the soil equiva
ent of 200 Forty-Acre farms.
O.VIR ASSESSMENTS
V PROTECTION
Real estate values and real es
ate owners ? as well as the pub
ic ? should be protected by fair
ind equal tax assessment. This
:an be accomplished only by leg
slation whereby the taxable body
?town, city, county or state ?
nust, upon request of the owner,
ake over said property at said
issessed value any time on prop
>r notice. This is the only way
o prevent unfair assessments al
hougb said assessments can be
?eadjusted each year. Why more
imbitious politicians have not
ackled the problem of present _
?uinous assessments is beyond
ny understanding.
Fair assessments by themsel
ves, however, may not be enough
,o equalize opportunities and pro
,ect those who are diligently us
ng property to raise families or
;rops. I, therefore, forecast that
he time may come when real es
ate can be purchased or sold on
y at the assessed values. This
would prevent both unfair fore
closures by banks and greedy
enders, and it would enable
roung people to buy farms and
ither property at fair prices.
Banks m^y at first object to this,
jut in the end it .would protect
heir mortgages and enable buy
ers of property to more easily se
:ure mortgage money.
?AFTER-THE-WAR"
JYSTEM
We hear much discussion re
garding what is going to be put
'behind the dollar" after the
SVar. Some economists are urg
ng a Commodity Dollar, the ral
le to move up and down accord
ng to the cost of living; others
?ecommend a Production Dollar
>ased more upon the nation's Im
>rovements; while other* present
(Continued on pas* eight)