VOLUMN LXXIV 91-50 per year In A f>T*nce LOCISBCRG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1943 (Eight Pages) NUMBER 3? APPOINT DEPUTY TAX COLLECTORS DENIES "INCREASED PAY TO CAEE TAKER Appoint Advisory Board to Franklin County Library ? To Refund Bonds? Re ports Received and Filed The Board of pounty Commis sioners for Frankin Clounty, met in the Commissioners room of the Court House at 10 a. jm., Monday with all Commissioners present: The Minutes for the October meeting were read and approved by the Board. ' Motion by Com. Dean and sec onded by Com. Joyner that the following Deputy Tax Collectors bonds be accepted: Clarence Ed gar Moore, Cypress Creek Town ship; A. A. Purnell, Hayes villa and Sandy Creek Townships; George Spencer Gilliam, Cedar Rock and Gold Mine; Zollie C. Wheeler, Harris and Dunn. The following Commissioners Voted Yes for said bonds being accept ed: J. Z. Terrell, Howard Pearce, Percy W. Joyner and T. S. Dean. Com. T. S. Dean read a letter from Mr. T. J. Holmes requesting that the County give aid to he and wife. Upon investigation It was found that the Franklin County Welfare Department was helping, jaid parties to the limit. Motion by Com.- Joyner and seconded by Com. Pearce that J. Z. Terrel and T. S. Dean be paid' the sum of Seven Dollar and Fifty Cents each for services and inspection of the Debnam tract of land situated in Sandy Creek township, formerly known as the Ford tract of land. Motion duly carried. Mr. Sam Pernell appeared be fore the Board and requested that the County raise his salary. Request denied. The Board stat ed that the Budget had been made up and could not be chang ed at this time. Motion by Com. Dean and sec onded by Com. Joyner and duly carried1 that the following be ap pointed as an Advisory Board for the Franklin County Library: 2 Year Term: Mrs. G. W. Cobb, Mrs. H. W. Perry, Mrs. JU K. Tharrlngton. 4 Year Term: Mrs. M. S. Clifton, Mrs. F. G. Baker, Mr. N. H. Ayscue. The fol lowing to be appointed as an Ad visory Board for the term of 2 years: Mrs. Leon Pippin, Dunn Township; Mrs. A. E. Hall, Youn gsville Township: Mrs. George Gilliam, Franklinton Township; Mrs. A. H. Vann, Franklinton Township, Mrs. M. M. Person, Sandy Creek Township; Mrs. Spencer Dean, Cedar Rock Town ship; Mrs. Lee McGregor, Cypress Creek Township; G. M. Beam, Louisburg Township; Mrs. Henry Mitchell, Hayesville Township. The following reports were re ceived and ordered filed: Dr. S. P. Burt, County Health Officer;. W. C. Boyce, Farm Agent; H. H. Price, Negro Farm Agent; Llllle Mae Braxton, Home Dem. Agent; Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner, Supt. Wel fare; E. R. Richardson, Supt. County Home. Resolution was pasped by the Board for refunding Louisburg Township Bonds. A copy of same will appear in the FRANK LIN TIMES. After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned to meet again on November 17, 1943 at 8:00 p. m. HARVEST DAY AT CYPRESS CHAPEL The annual Harvest Day pro gram of Cypress Chapel Church will be held on the afternoon and' night of Friday, Not. 10. All kinds of farm and home products will be sold at auction In the af ternoon, after which supper will be served In the annex. Meet your friends there, stock up on your needs, and then enjoy a good supper. All proceeds go to the church. ? PROGRAM AT TH? LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Nov. 6th: Saturday ? Johnny Mack Brown in 'Outlaws Stampede Pass' and Dennis O'Keefe in 'Leopard Man' also 'Secret Service lh Darkest Africa.' Sunday-Monday ? Lucille Ball, William Qaxton and Harry James and Band In 'Best Foot Forward.' Tuesday ? Judy Canova and Dennis Day In 'Sleepy Lagoon/ and 'The Bat aMn.' Wednesday ? Robert Donat And Valerie Hobson In 'Adventure* of Tartu.' ; Thursday-Friday ? Claudette Colbert, Veronica Lake and1 Pau lette Qoddard in 'So Proudly We Hail.' C(MY- WIDE SCRAP DRIVE NOVEMBER 8th - 13th Miss Li.llle Mae Braxton and Walter Fuller, Franklfn County 4-H Club leaders, today announ ced plans for a County-Wide "Victory Scrap Drive." The 4-H Club with Its National member ship of 1,700,000 has been select ed as sponsor for this drive. Mem bers and non-members of 4-H Clubs should make a survey of every farm In North Carolina to locate and secure every piece of available farm scrap and turn it in to the Channels of Production in order that our men on the | fighting fronts may have all. the necessary implements of war to complete this Victory March. There is an urgent need for farm scrap. It is a most impor tant ingredient in the manufac ture of war items. Our men on the fighting fronts need more and more equipment to keep pushing the enemy back. Twelve months ago a County Wide Scrap Drive was held with great success. Today in announ cing plans for a second scrap drl%e leaders are confident that Franklin County, will again as al ways; do her part in this Patri otic Drive. The Victory Scrap Drive will again be conducted through the schools of Franklin County. The superintendent and all principals have been contacted and consult ed as to plans for the scrap drive to be held November 8 to 13. Mr. Wiley F. Mitchell, Superin tendent of Franklin County pub lic schools, issued the following statements this week: "The County-Wide Scrap Iron Drive that is being sponsored by the Franklin County 4-H Club is most worthwhile in view of the War effort; and. it is sincerely | requested that each and every | principal and teacher in the Franklin County Sthool System W. A. Leggett Fun eral Rites Tues day Afternoon Durham, Nov. 2. ? Funeral rites for William A. Leggett, 50, of 908 Vickers Avenue, were held this afternoon at the First Pres byterian Church at 5 o'clock, Rev. Kelsey Regen. pastor offici ated. Interment was made in the new annex A>t Maplewood Ceme tery. Active pallbearers were Ar thur Tyler, D. V. May, Horton Doughton, R. L. Baldwin, Claude Currie, Carl Harris, Carl C. Council, and L. P. McLendon. Honorary pallbearers were W. H. Belk, W. W. Sledge. Frank Matthews, K. G. Hudson, Edgar Toms, Jones Fuller, John Sprunt Hill, L. W. W. Horton, Emory Green, Watts Norton, Sterling Nicholson, H. G. Hedrick, Frank Stevens, E. S. Booth, Dr. S. D. McPherson, Dr. D. P. Scott, and all of the Leggett Store mana gers, and the session and board of deacons of the First Presbyter ian Church. Commonwealth's Attorney Wal ter Carter of Lynchburg, Va., Monday officially pronounced Mr. Leggett's death as "suicide by drowning." The body was recov ered from the James River at Lynchburg Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock after a search which began Saturday night when his automobile, containing four suicide notes, was found parked near the Southern Railroad tres tle 159 feet above the river. The body was found in 12 feet of w^ter directly under the bridge. Mr. Leggett had been visiting his brother, Harold Leggett^ in Lynchburg for about four months during which time he had been in poor health. ; Survivors include: his mother, Mrs. Minnie L. Leggett, with whom he made his home at 908 Vickers Avenue here; three bro thers, Fred B. Leggett of Dan ville, Va., Harold G. Leggett of Lynchburg and Robert A. Leg gey of South Boston, Va.; and two sisters, Mrs. A. T. Grant of Staunton, Va., and Mrs. A. B. Taylor of Charlotte. The deceased was at the head of the chain of stores of which Leggett's in Loulsburg Is a part. LOUIS BURO BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor, who Is back from a meeting In Wilmington, will preach In the" morning on the subject, "The Divine Right of Service"; and, in the evening on "8hameful Silence." Our privilege to worship ? en tails a responsibility; and res ponsibility neglected will result in pritilage cancelled. Worship in God's House Sunday. 9:45 a', m ? Bible School. 11:00 a. m. ? Horning Worship. 6:46 p. m.? Intermediate B. T. U. 7: Si) p. m. ? Evening Worship. lend to this program their whole hearted support and cooperation. Funds derived from the sale of scrap Iron will belong to the va rious schools and this fact af fords a splendid opportunity for the schools to practice patriotism as well as obtain additional funds to be used for the purchase of much needed equipment." Due to the greater simplicity involved in handling and also due to thef fact that the donation of scrap is such a minor item as compared to the sacrifices that sons, daughters, and loved ones are making on thetfighting fronts, patriotic citizens of Franklin County are asked to donate their scrap to the schools. All funds received from the sale of scrap will be turned over to the various schools in propor tion to collection. The price will range between 30 and 50 cents per hundred pro bably averaging 30 to 40 cents. Keen competition among the va rious schools and grades Is ex pected. , > | In the 38 colored schools of the County, scrap will be collected in each school. At the end' of. the drive the scrap will be assembled and credited to the following col ored district schools: District No. 1 ? Franklin Coun ty Training School, C. A. Harris, Principal. District No. . 2 ? Mitchell's School, James E. Kearney, Prin cipal. District No. 3 ? Perry's School, Emanuel J. Wilson, Principal. District No. 4 ? Lettuce Hall, !z. F. Hill, Principal. i District No. 5 ? Gethseinane, Ruben M. Darden, Principal. Remember the date November 1 8 to 13 scrap to be collected at! 'every white and colored school | jin Franfclin County. Stunt Night Franklinton Public School, Friday Night, Nov. 5th, 8 o'clock" On Friday night, November 5, at 8 o'clock. In the school audi torium, Franklinton Public School will give their annaul stunt night program. This will be the first tjme in the history ol Franklin ton schools that all grades ot the schools will have part in the stunt night program. Since thej pupils of the grades have select ed their own stunts the program promises to be both Interesting and varied. The stunt night program ip sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association. A small admission will be charged and the' proceeds will be used toward paying the balance due on the band instru ments. The program will be as follows: 1 ? Song: We Got The Mumps (First and Second Grades). 2 ? A Jam Session in the Jun ior Class (Eleventh Grade). 3 ? Song: Topsy Turvy (Third and Fourth Grades). 4 ? Doctor's Office (Seventh and Eighth* Grades). , 6 ? Pistol Packing Mama' ? Sonny Adklns and Music Masters. 6 ? Mock Hit Parade (Ninth Grade). 7 ? Cotton Pickers' Stunt (Fifth Grade?). 8 ? A Mock Examination Stunt (Twelfth Grade). 9 ? "V" For Victory (Sixth Grade). November 11, 1943; Perhaps church women have never before accepted a project which Is so far-reaching in Chris tian unity as the one that is be ing observed on November 11th when the women in every section of this country will come togeth er to study "The Price of an En during Peace." This "World Community Day" has been mad? possible because for many years ite have been coming together as Christian women in the World Day of gxayer. On this one day we win study together the great est question facing the world; the question of a new world or der. This day's study is not an end in Itself but only the begin ning. This meeting will be called to order in Louisburg at the Metho dist Church at 10:30 o'clock in the morning, Thursday, Nov. 11, 1943. You are urged to be pres ent. o PROMOTED Lt. Charles Gattts, Jr. has been promoted to Captain, according to information received by his people in Franklin County. He and his wife have just arrived at Camp Comb in California, for a desert training. He got hia pro motion at Camp Polk, La. . - ^ 112 NEW MEMBERS Reported For Franklin County Farm Borean At Meeting Tuesday Night Flake Shaw Speaks. meeting In th* OoJr? Louisburg. Tuesday night Wans were made to reorginJ,, FrankZ su?k sr3T,%ss S\7T;Vn Si??M shrv.1"' ???.. ??:?'?? t? irSX " """? N No i Bufrows- Louisburg. He was followed closely by Dr. ? ? ^a&l?S, Louisburg with 14 BST 4hw ?p*r" AH, IlSpftl H. G Jones 7; a. n. Pearce 6: J W PheDCe!' 6; N" H Ay8?ue 5 ? i. W- Champion 4; C. C Perrv 2^ Walter Fuller 2- ty p \r?? k .. 2; and O. O. Parcel M'tChe11 be,shlD? wm f W,ltlnK 10 ?>?'" ed In f I" ?8Ve his name plac n a hat for drawing, which l? sponsored by the ?,nt ? Bureau. I, nanfe uViwn out^ t onairlCm ? KiVen to *a" 1 al rarm Bureau Federation JMeeting m Chicago. December 3 *0 11. The membership drive win be,m23t0AanFeDd is bi n. ^arm Buiea" meeting IS being Planned at the rn. .J* House at 8:00 P. M on fhi-^ ^ 1 at nrhiph ,im/. * this date, persons wriHnp membership receipts will report Interest in Farm Bureau Fed H h?as ^verr0nhge'' t0 d""? *?? U nas ever been. The Fan.. in North PCaerr?^,0n ?^tion States u ??ar?llna and United ever said farmers could not or wenre2eta?^,n0Vkn0W ^"at they" ^rganire. Fame? are orSing" are'}eingn enroned 'fhiT year'Tn, of whTh 68 have Jo'n<'d 60% Farmers if "Jn colored families, gantee.? encouraged will or assn rert' pP?rt ,ast n,ght definitely! Franklin o 'm Bureau leaders that b-o^i County farmers will or ganize, as is evidenced by one Fo?yerfa^'n,ng. 25 members is at this i 'fltp nn?] j organize with ll000 members FV?nm 8hlp would give Fianklin County farmers proper ,n obtaining a p?o JnH ? agricultural products I and livestock produced. | o- I OFFICER TRAINING Miss Priscilla P. Parrish, for- , merly of Loulsburg, has been ac cepted for Officer Training In the WAVES, and is to report soon at Smith College for her basic train ing. Miss Parrish Is now em ployed as Chief Administration Assistant to the Quartermaster Corps at BTC No. 10, Greensboro. 6 A man who wouldn't lie to a woman has little consideration for her feelings. ? o CHRISTMAS MAILING The War ha* dislocated the Christmas mailing season. This year November Is the time for untiling Christinas gifts and cards, according to T. M. Har ris, local Postmaster. The postoffice department has just, handled the Christ' mas parcels for our armed for ces overseas, we now face the tremendous task of receiving, transporting, and delverlng on time the vast volume of Christ mas mail for our people at home. Transportation facilities are heavily burdened, facilities sim ply are not available to trans port and deliver in the last i three weeks before Christmas, , the tremendous quantities of mail that we heretofore moved in that period. The only w ay, therefore. In which deliveries of Christmas mails can be made on time Is I by spreading the mailings over i a longer period of time. We must have public cooperation I If thesse maljs are to be deliv ered on time. I Special efforts should be i made to have correct address- |