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BACK UP YOUR BOY Jktmm ye m pmyrtll tavlngs to yom family UmH TIME1 Put Your PayroK Savings on a Family Basis Make 10 p?r cent lust a Starting ft Voint VOLUMN LXXIV $1.80 per year In /dvance (Eight Pages) Xl'MBER 33 BACK THE ATTACK WITH 3rd WAR LOAN BONDS ? FARMERS HOLD MEETING Protest Present Ceiling Prices Rep. Tom Pearsall, of Nash, Dean I. 0. Schaub, R. Flake Shaw, G. C. Harris And W. L. Lumpkin Among Speakers; Send Telegram With the Court House full with farmers from all sections of Franklin County gathered to en ter organized protest against the present tobacco prices was call ed to order by President Frank W. Justice, of the Franklin Coun ty Farm Bureau, under whose sponsorship the meeting was call ed. Representative W. L. Lump kin was called to preside. He made a vigorous denunciation of the present price situation in the interest of the farmers receiving more money for their tobacco. Representative Tom PearSall, of Nash County, was present and made the main talk. He said, "The big battle Is on over there, our battle here is small" in pointing out that price ceilings! are necessary. He said a strong; farm organization, with paid representatives of the farmer in I the local. State and national gov-! ernments, is necessary. He de-j fended Hutson and declared "pri-l vate interests are the principal! sources of criticism directed at the CCC." "Tobacco companies, he said,' are far below their ceilings and "can pay 'more for the tobacco if they wanf to, as they so often have public proclaimed." These same private interests, he said are trying "to kill the Commod ity Credit Corporation," which he said is of great benefit to farmers of this country. He tefmed O'Neal as the "watch dog of the nation's farm ers in Congress." Dean I. O. Schaub of State .College said that it was necessary for a strong organization among farmers. He promised the farm ers that the outlook is better for sufficient fertilizers and nitrogen for next year's crop. He said that there is an increasing shortage of feed and that livestock must be reduced to a minimum. Others were called upon and responded with short talks, among whom wei% R. Flake Shaw, Secretary to the State Farm Bureau, and Grover Har ris, who explained -the ceiling prices and their .operations. By an overwhelming vote the following telegram was adopted and the president instructed to send a copy to J. B. Hutson, di rector of the Commodity Credit Corporation; Prentice Brown, head of the OPA; Marvin Jones director of the War Food Admin istration; Rep. Harold D. Cooley Senator Josiah, W. Bailey; and Governor Broughton. "Mass meeting. of Franklin to bacco farmers voted a*, vigorous protest be sent you, relative to the present unreasonable low prices on Middle Belt markets. The farmers, dependent on to bacco income for five-sevenths of thejr livelihood, face a reduction by drought by one-thirfl, and poor quality. Present levels are no profit to many producers. We urge your aslsstance in correcting this serious injustice." The ejegram was signed by Frank w. Justice, president of the Franklin County Farm Bu reau. ? In answer to the above tele gram President Justice announ ces the receipt of the following telegram: Washington, D. C. F. W. Justice, R 1, Louisburg, N. C. Regarding your telegram will discuss situation with officials here and will urge that imme diate relief be afforded to to bacco farmers. I agree with you that a great Injustice has been done to growers of our state by those responsible for the imposition of unfair price ceilings and by other orders and regulations. I assure you of my cooperation and great interest. HAROLD D. COOLEY. The meeting was full of inter est and appeal for organization for the protection of the farmer. It was ascertained from the discussions that the basic reason for the call was embodied in the statements that because of high wages aftd^shortness of labor, caused by the war Efforts and draft, increasing the cost of pro ducing the present crops and tlje seasonal conditions that proved so very unfavorable that the JOG BARROW EAJGLE SCOUT AT COURT OF HONOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON Many Merit Badges Award ed; Charter Presented to Cub Pack Troop 20 of the Boy Scouts, in conjunction with the Cub Scouts, held one of the most interesting Courts of Honor ever held in Louisburg on last Sunday after noon at the Court House. Joe Barrow was made an Eagle Scout, which is the highest hon or that can ever be bestowed on a Boy Scout, and represents years of hard and diligent application to the principles of Scouting. Joe Barrow is the 14th member of Troop 20 to become ?n Eagle Scout. Bronze Palms were awarded to Eagle Scout Edgar Lee Perry, for extraordinary achievements in Scouting. Mr. C. W. Webb, Scout Execu tive for the district composed of Franklin, Vance, Warren and Granville counties, conducted the program, and was assisted by Rev. H. H. Cash, Scout Commis sioner for the same district, of Kittrell. Dr. A. Paul Bagby pre sided at the meeting. Among those assisting in making this service a success was Mr. Carl Watkins. member of the Scout Committee for this district. A special prayer was said by Rev. Forrest D. Hedden for Per cy Ingram, Jr., a former member of Troop 20 and an Eagle Scout, who has been reporter missing in action in the Pacific theatre of war for several months. Mr. Lewis Word received spec ial recognition for his work as chairman of the Committee on Advancement. The following boys Were ad vanced to First Class: Jack Coop ier, Edgar Owens and Grady Har ris. Merit Badges were awarded to Jack Cooper. Leslie Tharring ton. Jr., George Murphy. Nick Perry, Larry Lewis, Earle Mur phy, Jr., Julia Lewis and John Perry. Edmond Rabil received his Tenderfoot badge. The Charter for the Cub Pack was presented by Mr. Cash, to Mr. I Hill Yarborough, chairman of the jPack Committee, and in turn by ihim to Mr. Weldon Egei'ton, Pack [Master of the Cub Scouts. Mem bers of the Pack Committee pres ent and recognized were Mr. W. J. Cooper and Mr. Leslie Thar irington, as were Mrs. George i Weaver and Mrs. Hill Yarbor ough, Den Mothers. As part of Ithe ceremony attending the pres entation of the Charter for Cub Pack 20, the Cub Scouts sang God Bless America, and rendered jthe Cub law and salute. ?o jGOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Due to the fact that some of the players could not play their matches, the second round of the tournament has been continued for one week. Those taking part in this tournament are asked to please play their matches as quickly as possible and post the results. i A beautiful new cup has been purchased and the winner will be the first to have his name on it-., ? o ?On Pay Day, Buy Benito? * crop was short nearly fifty per cent in weight and off nearly the same amount in grade that the farmers will hardly pay out this year. In addition to this the food and feed crops are so badly short of normal production that the farming future is exceedingly unfavorable and serious. o PROGRAM AT TH? LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Sept. 25: Saturday ? Wild Bill Elliott in 'The Man From Thunder River' and Warren William and Ann Savage in 'Passport to Suez'. Sunday-Monday ? Merle Oberon end Brian Aherne in 'First Comes Courage.' Tuesday ? Guy Klbbe and Glo ria Warren in 'Cinderella Swings It.' Tuesday? 9:15 ? War Bond Premiere? Cary Grant and La raine Day in 'Mr. Lucky.' . ? Wednesday ? Frank Morgan and Jean Rogers in 'A Stranger In Town.' Thursday - Friday ? Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig and Marsha Hunt In The Human Comedy.' 1 "PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION" We have much for which we should praise the J Lord. . Franklin County is asked to pass $327,000.00 with J which to buy much needed ammunition for our men J service. Ask yourself these questions: 1. Have I bought all the War Bonds I can? 2. Have I sold all the War Bonds I can? Our boys are counting on us to sell our quota by J September 30th. We must not fail them. Gr. M. BEAM, Chairman Franklin County War Drive. 1 Louisburg Leads Louisburg Township is in the lead in the Third | War Loan Drive a roundup of sales Wednesday J morning revealed: !;; Township ?j Louisburg ? ? Franklinton i ? Cedar Rock Sandy Creek \\ Dunn No. 1 ! ! Dunn No. 2 ; ; Harris ; ; Youngs ville ; ; Hayesville ;; Gold Mine ;; Cypress Creek i Quota $68,000 65,000 27,000 19,000 15,000 16,000 24,000 30,000 18,000 15,000 12,000 Sold $36,056.25 " 25,818.25 :: 5,506.25 :: 1,012.50 :: No Repart ! No Report \ No Report ; ; No Report ; ; No Report ; ; No Report ; ; No Report ; PRICES GO DP ON TOBACCO PAST WEEK Louisburg Market Making Good Sales ? Many Grow ers on Market Past Week The Louisburg Market can !deflnitely report sirortg advance on all grades of tobacco the past week with the demand strength ening all along the way, The sales the past week have ibeen medium in size but ot' great interest to the warehousemen by reason of the many growe.s trom a distance 011 the market, many! selling and others observing. All of these ^ere very complimen tary to the local market's activity and results to the farmers. All growers are " invited to |come to the Friendly Market ? Louisburg ? where cooperation is bringing satisfaction to the grow ers. o LOUISBURG COLLEGE STARTS REGULAR ACTIVITIES "Do you want the World to be ?a Better Happier Place?" was the challenging subject of the Reverend Claude Chaffin's mes sage at the chapel hour on Fri day morning. Mr. Chaffin is a former student of the college who is now serving as pastor of the Louisburg circuit 'of Methodist churches. The college newspaper, Col umns. is expecting to have a suc cessful year with Eaton Holden, of Louisburg, as editor-in-chiet, and Billy Lewis, of Hobgood, as business manager. Officers elected for Alpha Pi Epsllon, national secretarial hon or society, are as follows: Presi dent, Barbara Thorson, Elizabeth City; Secretary, Annie Louise Sherlock, Elizabeth City; Treas urer, King Moore Wilis, Sea Lev el. The national honorary scho larship fraternity, Phi Theta Kappa, has the following officers for this scholastic year: Presi dent-, Oscar Fuller, Louisburg; Vice-President, Shirley Smith. Durham; Recording Secretary, Lois Asbell, Belvedere; Corres ponding Secretary, Eaton Holden, Louisburg. DR. FULGHUM PROMOTED The President on August '31 appointed James Elijah Fulghum to the temporary rank of com mander. the appointment being retroactive to August 20, 1942. Dr. Fulghum, a native of Louis burg, N. C? is & graduate of Wake Forest and Medical College of Virginia. Commissioned in the U. S. Navy Medical Corps in 1931 he served one year and a half active duty. He returned to ac tive duty in January 1941. ******* * * * HOLDERS ADDRESS * In order that persons who * wish run send presents to the * Soldier boys who are over * sens, we aim requestinjs the * parents to send to the * FRANKLIN TIMES the Ov ersells Address of all Soldiers ' from Franklin County who are actually overseas. These 8 will have to l>e sent risjiil ' away as the time for sending ' these packages expires on Oc tober 15, anil t'ie TIMKS will ' have only two weeks it cull '? publish them. Don't try t" 4 send the torciKn address, but just the name, number, out fit, A l'O So. and I'ost Office it should be sent in care of. ****** * * ? o ? W. J. \V KSHON OIKS Sl'UDKMA Mr. W. J. Wesson died sudden ly while alone at his work rieai his home Tuesday afternoon. Hi? mule, wagon and dog, coming U[ alone from a saw mill site back of Mr. II. S. Wiggins' home oil the Raleigh road about three mil es from town attracted tlie at tention ot Mr. Wiggins, who made an investigation finding Mr, Wes son dead at the Mill site from which he was hauling strips, about 2 o'clock. Mr. Wesson was 70 years oi age, was never married and is survived by two brother?, Mr. J. W. Wesson, with whom the de ceased lived near Louisburg, and Mr. G. W. Wesson, Mayor ol Lawrenceville, Va. Mr. Wesson came to Franklin County in 1912 and soon liecame one of the County's highly res pected and valuable citizens. His remains were taken to Rock Church, near Lawrenceville, Va., of which the deceased was a member, on Thursday morning, where funeral services were held and interment made in the church cemetery nearby. The deceased has the sympa thy of the many friends and ac quaintances. ELECTED EDITOR Oscar Fuller, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Fuller, R. F. D. 1, Louisburg. has been elected edi tor-in-chief of The Oak, the Louisburg College atfnual. Mr. Fuller is also president of the Men's Student Council, president of Phi Theta Kappa, national character - scholastic fraternity, and photographic manager of Columns, the campus newspaper. Eaton Holden, son of Mrs. S. C. Holden, 315 Church .Street, was elected editor-in-chief of Columns, but due to a call - to army training at the Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, he will be unable to serve. Mr. Holden is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, and of Beta Phi Gamma, national journalistic fraternity, and was president of the drama tic club. Last year he was presi dent of the junior class and busi ness manager of Columns. ?On Pay Mf, Buy Bonds? Invasion Wounded Return to Ships U. S. Army Signal Corps Photo Wounded American soldiers brought to shore line in jeeps, being carried to tank litter to be transported to a hospital ship. It is your War Bond money that keeps the Army doctors supplied with the marvelous Sulfa drugs and well-stored blood plasma that kept the death rate below 3! _? percent during the African campaign. That is the lowest death rate of any army, at any time. Keep it that way; buy more War Bonds. U.S. Treasury Deparlmtiti BOND DAY Come to Louisburg Satur day; Enjoy The Exercises And Buy Bonds liATKIt ? < 'ni?| . Hill Yarborough 1 announces that he lias arranf{(Kl j for t'i<* War Loan Caravan I'rom . l'ani|i Butiier lo visit Louisburg . one hour from U^IO to 10:30,' ? Saturday morning. Arrange to i come early an<l see I his Army t out tit. There will be a parade of the ( local Slate Guard. High School k Band and Boy Scouts in Louis ? burg. Saturday afternoon at 2:30, s i( has beeu announced by the lo : uil Third War Loan group, iu < i li nration of Bond Day. h Efforts are being made to aug-j > ! ineut the parade by a Military1 . Company with equipment from (either b'ort Bragg or Camp But-| ? Iner, Hill Yarborough in charge .jut' parade arrangumnents lias i announced. All stores in Louisburg will co operate with the Third War . Loan by having a clerk ready to .'lake your application at any time | from 2:30 on. There will be a short patriotic! talk given in front of the Courtj House folliwing the parade. Attention of Bond buyers was! . also called to the fact that theiri , purchase of a Bond will entitle] | them to attend free of charge, aj War Bond Premiere at the! Louisburg Theatre, Thursday | night at 9: 15. o Free Movie For Bond Buyers In cooperation with the Third War Loan, the Louis bur); Theatre on Tuesday night, - Sept. 28tli, at 0:15 p. m. will 1 present Cary Grant and La ra i lie I>ay In a new RKO fea ture comedy "Mr. Lucky." i The presentation of "Mr. Lucky" is termed a BOND PREMIERE and buyers of bonds from Sept. 20th through i the 38th will receive a free ticket to the BOND PREMIERE from any issuing agent In Louisburg. Best seats are reserved for i $500 and $1,000 bond buyers, but there will be good seats for the small purchaser too. Get your bond now and see a grand new picture free of charge. The following issuing agents here have tickets for the Bond Premiere: Louisburg Theatre, Louisburg Production Credit Association, First-Citizens Bank and the. Post Office. I o ? HOME EC. CLUB PARTY On Saturday evening, Septem ber 18th the Home Economics Club of Mills School under the supervision of Miss Gardner, en tertained the 9th grade boys and the following members of the fac ulty: Mr. and Mrs. Jernigan, Mrs. Bailey, Mr. George, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Inscoe. During the evening Bingo and Rook were played. Jackie Word entertained the guests by singing several songs, Refreshment* con sisting of chicken salad sandwich es, crackers and olives and punch was served by Rich Malone. Viv ian Pergerson. Sue Hayes, Edgar Oweqs, Charles Bass. Jackie Word, Cratemon Mullen, Rachel Bailey and George Davis. Nazis Leaving Corsica Allies Gaining Ground Ir Italy and Driving Enemj Back Allied Headquarters in North Africa, Sept. 22. ? The American Fifth Army in Italy drove siow | ly tonight into the last mountain | barrier before blazing Naples as U. S. "Commando" Uoops joined the French in mopping up the is jland of Corsica and the Britisl: won Potenza and control of all south Italy below an arc from Salerno to Bari. _ | ' The Germans were evacuating Corsica after leaving 1,000 dead on the battlefield and several hundred prisoners. A French com munique said enemy survivors of their original 12,000 men were being compressed into the north east corner of the French island in retreat from the Levie and Bonifacio-Porto Vechio regioh in South Corsica. Escape Itoute Bombed The German escape route and its terminal ports of Bastia on Corsica and Leghorn on Italy were bombed heavily by Ameri can Liberators recently transfer red to this theater from Britain. "An American Commando unit (probably Rangers) is fighting by the side of patriots and reg ular French troops,' Gen. Henri Giraud's command said. "The Germans left more than 1.000 dead on the battlefield. Several hundreds of prisoners fell into our hands." Sardinia, the big Italian island seven miles south of Corsica, Ap parently was under control of American and friendly Italian troops. (German broadcasts re peated that Sardinia had been evacuated.) American and British troops of the Fifth Army captured Cam pagna, San Cirpriano and Mon tecorvino-Rovella ? all strategic points on the widening Salerno front 20 airline miles below Naples. The Allied communique said "The Fifth Army continues to regroup and move forward." Campagna is 20 miles inland from Salerno and six miles north east of cdptured Eboli. San Cipriano is eight miles east-north east of Salerno and 35 miles short of Naples. Montecorvino-Rovella, capture of whictT was reported in field dispatches yesterday, is 12 miles east of Salerno. Naples on Fire A funereal, pall of smoke shrouded the great metropolis of Naples. Allied troops 12 miles across the bay on the Sorrento peninsula could see large fires burning in and near the city of 925,000. The Germans appeared to be burning, destroying and looting anything- that would be valuable to the oncoming Allies. The enemy had established strong defense lines on the southern and eastern approaches of Naples, which were under constant pres sure. The British Eighth Army cap tured Potenza, which an, Allied spokesman likened to "a man's heart so far as that part of Italy is concerned ? it is the center of everything," o A salmon weighing 16 pounds was caught in Oregon. Big enough for two cats or 300 boarders. ?On Pay Day, Boy Bond* ? WAR NEWS London, Sept. 22. ? The Red Army stormed to within sight or the ancient spires of Kiev, Mos cow announced today,, as flyins columns reached points five miles from the great Dnieper River to the south and tore German pro tective layers from the Ukrainian capital. New gains were announced on the roads to Smolensk. Dnepro petrovsk, Zoporozhe and Gomel as the Russians advanced up to 12 and 15 miles in some sectors and won back 8-64 hamlets and villages. Nazi* Harking l'p Far to the south, the Nazis backed up to the Kerch strait in their last foothold in the Cau casus, already doomed by other | Soviet gains. The Moscow com 'munique, recorded by the Soviet 'monitor, announced the capture jon Anapa, one of the last few j evacuation points to the Crimea. The Russians last were report ed within 25 miles of Kiev, whose onion-shaped church domes could !be seen glistening in the brilliant | sunshine through Russian field glasses. Moscow dispatches said. The communique told of the {capture of Berezan, 39 miles due least of the great city. Fifty miles southeast of Kiev. Red columns won the town of Pereyaslav, five miles from the Dnieper, and 85 | miles to the south captured Zolo tonosha, eight miles from the river. Oster. 3.7 miles north of Kieir 'on the marshy shores of the Des na. was taken in a push that brought the Russians nine to 12 1 miles nearer the Ukrainian cap r ital. Other Soviet forces were dash ing for the Dnieper banks in the | southern Ukraine, where Novo jUkrainka. eight miles northeast ot' the river town of Zaporozhe, was captured. Allied Headquerters in North Africa. Sept. 22. ? The transfer of American ? Liberator squadrons , from England to the North Afri can war theater^ may foreshadow ,ja winter aerial siege of Germany from the Mediterranean perhaps surpassing the effort made from Britain. The B-24 Liberators, which pre viously operated with the British based U. S. Eighth Air Force, Ijoined the Northwest African Air Forces yesterday and in their ini tial action in this area bombed the-Corsican harbor of Bastia and the Italian mainland city of Leg horn, leaving troop-crowded Ger man ships and other small craft in both harbors aflame. lilj; Bomber Group The Northwest African Air Forces under the command of Lt: Gen. Carl A. Spaatz now have a galaxy of heavy bombardment groups unequalled in any theater except the home-based Royal Air Force fleets in England. Winter weather already is ham stringing operations from Britain. During the winter it is consider ed good if heavy air bombardment 'fleets can get out in force eight i times a month. In the Mediter 'raean, even during the worst win ter months, it is possible to send out large bomber groups more |than 15 times a month. I ? LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH I "A Demand You Cannot Es cape" is the sermon subject for [the 11:00 o'clock service Sunday [morning at the Methodist Church. The invitation of Jesus, "Follow Me," should be re-examined. Was iHis request justified? "The Mas ter Key" will be the subject for jthe 8:00 o'clock message Sunday 1 night. | Sunday School begins at 9:45 a. m., led by Prof. I. D. Moon. | The Methodist Youth Fellow ship services will meet at 7:15 j Sunday evening. Worship in the Church of your choice Sunday morning will help you, immeasurably, in meeting j the demands of the week ahead. o ST. PAUL'S CHURCH SCHOOL AND YOUTH ANGELUS SERVICE Sunday School with Bible Class beginning at 9:45 and lasting for one hour. The Youth Angelus will be held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church every night at 6:00 ex cept on Sundays until further no tice. This is a service of prayer for victory, peace and the armed forces. If there is anyone you would lite tw have remembered , in our special prayer, please don tact Miss Mary Nelson Smithwlck i and give her thfe person's name. Every prayer brings us a little nearer to Victory. You are invit ed to attend this service. If vi able to come, please -stop ud pray for your friends wherervr you are when the bell rings.
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