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KEEP ON ^7\ 9 W-Mm f M L ?? ^#^Ru9| ; WITH WU BONOS ?' IVB/ I VOLUMN LXXIV ' 91.00 per year In /<! vance LOUISBURG, N. CArI FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1944 (Eight Pages) KEEP ON v ? ? ? ? WITH W AR OONOS N 1'M.BER 40 NATIONAL SERVICE ACT PRES. ROOSEVELT ASKS CONGRESS FOR SUCH LAW Thus Would Prevent Strik es and Utilize Able-Bod ied Adults for War and Other Essential Services; Presents Economic Bill of lights and Assails Pres sure Oroups Washington, Jan. 11. ? Presi dent Roosevelt tonight called on the nation to support a sweeping Win-the-war program ? which he laid before Congress earlier today ? including a national service law which "will prevent strikes" and with certain exceptions, draft every able-bod'ied adult for an all out home front effort. Such a law is necessary now to carry the nation over the last hard miles to victory, he said in a fireside chat during which he made a cryptic reference to 1944 as "this very fateful year in our h'istory." He went to the microphones to give a condensed version of his state of the union message which was read for him at noon to both houses of Congress, but which he was unable to deliver personally because of recent illness. Had the "Flu" "Like a great many of my fel loy countrymen," he explained ton'ight, "I have had the 'flu', and, although I am practically recov ered, my doctor simply would not permit me to leave the White House and go up to the Capitol." He said he was repeating to the radio audience the recommenda tions laid before Congress nine hours earlier because only a few of the nation's newspapers can print his message in full. In his third wartime state of the un'ion message and his first in this, an election year, he had told the newly-convened second ses s'fon of the 78th Congress that he has hesitated for three years to recommend a national service law, but now is convinced that it is necessary. He repeated this and other significant passages in the fireside chat. Victory probably can be achiev ed without it, he said, but it will be costlier and longer in coming unless there is total mobilization of manpower, resources and cap ital. He believed the people will welcome "this win-the-war meas ure" because It will give them assurance that they are standing four-square behind our soldiers and sa'llors and "will give our enemies demoralizing assurance that we mean business ? that we, 130,000.000 Americans, are on the march to Rome, Berlin and Tokyo." 1*11 in ny "National service is the most democratic way to wage a war," be said, pointing out that the government already has the basic power to draft capital and iabor and must proceed on the princi ple of "fair for one, fair for all." Soon after the message was read, Sen. Warren It. Austin, R., Vt., co-author of tho pigeonholed Austin-Wadsworth nation service law, Introduced a measure which be hoped would fulfill the Presi dent's objective. The greater part of Mr. Roose velt's message, which he broad cast tonight in condensed form to the nation from 9:00 to 9:30 p. m. EWT, was devoted to service legislation. Other High Spots But he also: 1. Denied that secret commit ments were made at the Moscow, Cairo or Teheran conferences. 2. Emphasized that post-war peace must be preserved by force if necessary, and be based on the four freedoms. 3. Assailed pressure groups and noisy and selfish minorities on the home front, and appealed for home front unity. 4. Demanded prompt passage of soldier-vote legislation that will not leave the Issue to the 48. states. He said the Constitution guarantees every eligible the right to vote. 5. Said the day of "ostrich is olationism" Is gone. 6. Denounced overconfldence and complacency and warned that the war is far from won. 7. Set forth an eight-point "economic" bill of rights as a ba sis for future national security. Other Proposals He made plain that h'is recom mendation for service legislation was contingent upon enactment of four other proposals in his five-point legislative program: 1. A realistic tax law that will capture all unreasonable Individ ual and corporate profits. He said the pending 12.276,600,000 bill "does not begin to meet this PROMOTED CAPT. DARREIN L. PERRY | Dr. H. G. Perry Informed the i TIMES th'is week that he had! received a message from his soil,! Datrel, stating that he had been promoted from Lieutenant to Captain. Capt. Darrell L. Perry has visited and worked in many various war training centers since he left Lou'isburg with the local Military Company over two years ago. He married the for mer Miss F'eggy Ford. Dr. Per-i ry says he is expecting Capt. Perry and his wife to visit him ! on furlough about the latter part, of this month. Capt, Perry has1 many friends in Louisburg whol will extend congratulations. test." 2. Continuation of the war contracts renegotiat'ion law to prevent exorbitant profits and assure fair prices to the govern ment. 3. A food cost law enabling the government to guarantee minimum prices to farmers and ceilings on prices consumers pay for food. He also asked for con-j tinuance of subsidies on necessi-j ties only at a cost cf about $1,-! 000,000,000 a year.i 4. Reenactment of the stabili zation law of October, 1942, which otherwise would expire next June 30. It provides for control of wages, salaries and prices. He said that unless the law is exhib^ ited well in advance "the coun try m'ight Just as well expect price chaos by summer." He made no direct mention of the 1943 coal strikes n6r of the recent wage controversies which threatened strikes in the railroad and steel industries, but he as serted that over-confidence and complacency resulted in a pro duction loss of more than 1,000 j airplanes last June and July. "Those who failed to make [ them (the planes) were not on I strike," he said.. "They merely were saying, 'The war's in the bag ? so let's relax.' " LOUISBURO BAPTIST CHURCH "The One Prerequisite for Per manent Peace" will be the sub ject of the sermon Sunday morn ing at the Baptist Church. It will be a continuation of last Sunday's discussion of "Prepara tion for Permanent Peace." Each of us has a part to take in this matter of peace. Are- we not willing to face our responsibility squarely? 1 The facts about the Church Roll will be presented Sunday even'ing ? interesting facts. 9:45 a. m.? Sunday School. 11:00 a. m. ? Morning worship. 7:30 p. m. ? Evening worship. Every one Is cordially invited to these services. LOUISBURO METHODIST CHURCH The pastor will preach at the morning and evening hours Sun day at the Methodist Church: Sunday School opens Sunday morning at 9:45 led by Prof. I. D. Moon. Young People's Service Sunday evening at 6:45. Pressure cookers for food pres ervation can now be bought with out bothering to apply for a cer tificate from the local rationing board, report State College home economists. PROGRAM AT THJE LOUISBURO THEATRE The following Is the progratfl at the Louisburgf Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Jan. 16th: Saturday ? Russell Hayden In 'Silver City Raiders' and Prank Albertson In 'Mystery Broadcast' also 'Masked Marvel.' Sunday - Monday ? Charles Laughton and Blnnie Barnes in 'The Man From Down Under.' Tuesday ? Ann Sothern in 'Swing Shift Maisle,' also Batman. Wednesday? Evelyn Keyes and Larry Parks In 'There's Some thing About. a SolJier.' Thursday-Friday ? Deanna Dur bln, Pat O'Brien and Franchot Tone In 'Ills Butler's Sister.' TOWNSHIP QUOTAS Established For Fourth War Loan Campaign Be gins Tuesday Frankhn County's quota of the > Fourth War Loan Campaign has been fixed at $260,000.00. Galth er Beam, Chairman (or Franklin County, announces that township " quotas are as follows: White Colored ' $14,000 $2,000 ' 13,000 21,000 800 1 21,000 900 ' 56.000 8,000 ' 16,000 3,500 I ' 17,000 2,500 " 13,000 1,200 ' 23,000 1,300 ' 10,500 1,000 ' 59,000 6,000 ' Dunn No. 1 Dunn No. 2 Harris Youngsville Franklinton Hayesville Sandy Creek Gold Mine Cedar Rock Cypress Creek Louisburg The Youngsv'ille township com mittee met Tuesday, January 4 and made plans for their cam paign. This committee is com posed of J. L. Brown, Chairman, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Tharrington, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley F. Mitchell, M. K. Carswell, Miss Beatrice Hill and Miss Effie Tharrington. Other townships have organiz ed as follows: Louisburg: W. B. Tucker, Chairman, W. B. Barrow, P. H. Massey, A. E. Henderson, R. W. Smlthwick, Mrs. L. E. Scoggin, Jr., and W- G. Lancaster. Cypress Creek: Arthur Strick land, Chairman, Mrs. C. M. Moore, Mrs. J. S. Collie, B. E. Bass, A. E. Spivey, E. R Moore and Wil son Gay. Sandy Creek: J. Z. Terrell, Chairman, Ferrell Parrish, Mat thew Person, Owen Tharrington, D. O. Murphy, Alex Alston and Blount Egerton. Hirrls: J. D. Morris. Chair man, Mrs. F. W. Justice, Prof. C. C. Brown, H. T. Rogers, Au brey Baker. Mrs. Margaret Str'ick land and Mrs. Madge Jackson. Hayesville: J. T. Griffin, Chair man. K. G. Weldon, F. M. Ayscue, G.' W. Eaves, W. A. Rowland, L. O. Frazier and J. Ira Weldon. The other townships are ex- , pected to organize and begin work right away. Every person | in the county is urged to go hi3 , limit in buying more bonds. Window stickers will be given everybody purchasing a bond ih ] this drive and it is hoped that before the campaign is over every home 'in Fra'taklin County will , have one of these stickers on a window. FRANKLIN COUNTY NEGROES ORGANIZE FOR FOl'RTH 1 WAR LOAN CAMPAIGN The Negroes of Franklin Coun- ( ty made a splendid record in the . Third War Loan Campaign and are expected to do even better ; in the Fourth Drive. For the present campaign the . following committee has been i appointed: Rev. J. P. Mangrum and C. A. Harris, Co-Chairmen, Rev. J# E. ' Kearney, E. J. Wilson, Zollie F. Hill, R. M. Darden, J. F. Gibson, Rev. H. T. McFadden. R. J. ' Campbell, Rev. T. J. Young. Mel- 1 ville Person, Carre S. Hawkins, < Hudie S. Jenkins, Ora Lee Per- 1 son and Dr. M". C. King. o ? Delinquent Draftees The local Draft Board announ- ? ces the following delinquents as 1 of January 11, 1944, all colored: Theodore Roosevelt Alston, 666 23rd St., Newport News, Va. Harrison Green, care Robert Seymour, Bunn, N. C. William Ellis Johnson, care Eugene Cannady, Box 1, Louis- 1 burg, N. C., R 1. James Henry Neal, Box 407, Henderson, N. C., R 1. Robert Wilson Jones, Frank llnton. N, C., R 1. Jessie Young, 1210 R. St., N. i W., Washington, D. C. 1 John Henry Crouse, Weldon, N. C. * George Junior McCray, Frank- ' linton, N. C. i o ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services for the Second Sunday l after Epiphany will be as follows, I as announced by Rev. H. S. Co bey, rector: Holy Communion ? 8:00 a. m. Church School and Bible Class ? 9:46 a. m. Morning Prayer and sermon ? 11:00 a. m. j Subject of sermon - Christian Progress in a troubled world. ' Y. P. S. L.? .7:00 p. m. 'The Youths Angelus dally ex- 1 cept Sunday at six p. m. This is held by the young people of the church, and during the winter the service is held in the Rectory study. I Patronise TIMES Advertiser* t ***'.*?***? * V F<^ VICTORY * Nature Reaves Another ' Freak That May * Mean Much * A n\Oft interesting freak * 1 of nature was discovered in * I.ouisburg Tuesday by near- * by resident*, in the shape of * a perfect V underscored by * heavy line. This V was made * of snow and was left on the * trunk of a tree in the front * yard of Mis 'John 8. Howell's * residence ?* Church Street, * left by the Aeltlnx snow that * afternoon. Neighbors say the * underscore line was perfect, * as was the V. The TIMES * reporter saw this freak of na- ' ture on Wednesday morning * and found It as represented * except (hit the underscore * line was 'Almost gone. The * V was about 12 inelies across * the -top aitd about the same * in length. '' While it could * have been iripde by an artisan * it showed no signs. In fact ' it gave all evidence of an at- * n^ospheric *nd weatlier freak. * Tliis has caused much spec- * ulation. The one nvostly sug- * gewfed, and of couse the nv>st * naturally desired. Is that it * means a war victory this yeur. * For the sake of satisfying ' our greatest desires lets ae- * I cept it and hope for Its full- * til Invent . However occurrences * of this kind need not be a * freak to be laughed at except * through ignorance. There is * hardly any doubt but that * Providence has its own ways * and methods of giving us * messages. The unhappy part * Is that we are not enough en- * lightened along some course * of life to understand them. * It may bei just a natural * freak, even though it was a * perfect one. Ve| It can also * be a great nKssage from, the * i great beyond to us here on * earth. * , ********* * Joseph C. Jones Dead Mr. Joseph C. Jones died sud denly while on hte way to his place of business from his home In Dunn Wednesday morn'ing. ac cording to reports received by relatives in Louisburg. Mr. Jones was engaged in a large farm supply business in Dunn and besides his wife, who was M"iss Phllenia Macon, of War renton, is survived by one daugh ter. Miss Katherine Jones, three sisters, Mrs. W. B. Barrow, of Loulsbur, Mrs. C. E. Jeffreys, of Youngsville, Mrs. Jerry Mitchell, of Charleston, W. V., and one brother. W. G. Jones, of Norfolk. Mr. Jones was S3 years of age. was a member i of the Baptist Church at Dunn and of the Louis burg Masonic Lodge. He was a Former Franklin County boy and was Franklin County's first Wei Fare Officer. He was very active in all public civic matters looking to the upbuilding of his commu nity and the welfare of its citi zens. Dunn, ? Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock from the First Baptist Church in Dunn for Joseph C. i Jones, 53, civic and church lead er of the city, who died suddenly j while driving to work Wednesday morning. The Rev. S. Lewis Morgan, Jr., his pastor, and the Rev. E. Nor fleet Gardner of Henderson, will conduct the rites. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Jones spent most of his early life in Louisburg. His fath er, James R. Jones, was a minis ter in that town. His mother was the former Mary Chamblee. Prior to moving to Dunn he lived in Warrenton and Weldon, In 1927 he and his family moved to Dunn, where he was employed by the North Caroriuh Cotton Grow ers Association for whom be worked 17 years. Only within the past several years had he been in business for himself. He was a member of the First Bap tist Church. He served as sup erintendent of the Intermediate Department for a number of years. At the recent election of church officers, Mr. Jones was selected to superintend the Young Peoples Department and had ser ved in" that capacity for two Sun days. He also served as coun sellor for the Junior Royal Am bassadors and acted as deacon For a number of years. He was tor several years leader of r the Boy Scouts in this city. P. T. A. The P. T. A. will meet in the Mills High School Auditorium, rtaursday evening, Jan. 20, at 8 j'clock. The subject for discussion will be "Food." All parent* are urged to come. Mrs. F. L. O'Neal, Pres. The operations of the Commod ity Credit Corporation topped 1 1-2 billion dollars last year as : jmj ared with 1.6 billion In 1942., TOWN COMMIS SIONERS MEET The Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular monthly session, January 10, 1944 at 7:30 P. M. Members of the Board present were: W. C. Webb, F. H. Allen, R. C. Beck, W. (G. Lancaster and W. J. Shearin. Commissioners W B. Barrow and W. J. Cooper were absent. Minutes of the previous meet ing were approved by the 'Board. The monthly reports of the Chief of Police, Tax Collector, J. C. Harkins and the Town Clerk were approved by the Board. . Robert Lee Harris requested the Board to pass a resolution re questing the proper State Depart ment to issue a peimit to trim to operate a Taxi Cab. in order that he may secure ample gas for the operation of a taxi cab. The Board granted this request. The Board approved the em ployment of an extra man on the trash truck until the trash crew catches up with its work. The following motion was pass ed by the Board: "That Mr. E. L. Low'ie's letter of Dec. 14th, 1943, relative to his abandon ment of his plans to construct an Ice Plant near Loulsburg be an swered; that Mr. Lowie be in formed that if he ha.3 abandoned his plan for the construction of an Ice Plant to serve Franklin County, certain local citizens wish to organize a company and build and operate an ice plant. The Board instructed the Town Clerk to ask for sealed bids on Diesel Fuel Oil and lubricat ing oil, and to instruct the bid ders that sealed bids will be considered by the Board on Jail. 25, 1944. The Board approved a number of invoices for payment. There being no further busi ness the meeting adjourned. l.ION'S CLUB ENTERTAINS RATION BOARD The Franklin County Ration Board met, with the Louisburg Lions Club at the regular meet ing Tuesday night at the County Agricultural Building. Lion V. R. Kiiby. member of the Program Committee, introduced Chairman A. F. Johnson who in turn intro duced the other members of the Board and the members of the various Panels servin;; w'ith the Board. Those present to repre sent the various Panels were: P. P. Pernell? G. M. Beam, It. J. Rose. John O. Wilson, R. A. Per ry, N. H. Griffin, Taylor W. Boone, G. W. Eaves, H. C. Kear ney, and Phil R. Inscoe. member of the Ration Board. Chairman Johnson stated that the purpose of the Franklin Coun ty War Price & Rationing Board was to carry out the rules and regulations of the OPA as handed down from Washington and to see that each individual in Frank lin County gets all the rationed goods that he actually needs and at the same time give our soldier boys overseas the things that they have to have to win the. war. President Beam announced that "Ladies Night" would be observ ed the first meeting in February and that each Lion who did not bring h'is wife or sweetheart would have to pay a fine. The second meeting in February will be "Farmers Night" and each Lion will have as his guest a Franklin County farmer. Miss Lassiter, of Louisburg College, accompanied at the piano by Miss Harris also of the Col lege, sang two selections. Six new members were wel comed into the Club and present ed Lions Membership Buttons. The new members were: W. T. Sanderlin, Huger S. Byrd,' Klrby S. Parrish, Louis Wheless, Wal ter Fuller and G. W. Eaves. The Club gave a rising vote of th&nks to Miss Gardner and the Home Economics Class 6f the Mills High School for the splen did meal served. Motion was made by Lion Bag by and unanimously passed by the Club to support fully a move ment now underway to make Louisburg a cotton and tobacco marketing center. ft GETS CITATION The FRANKLIN TIMES ls~in receipt of information from the Public Relations Section of the United States Army that Pfc. Cleacy W. House, of Louistturg, N. C., R 2, has been awarded-\the Good Conduct Medal. Pfc. House is with the Armed forces and this Citation Is quite an honor. o ENGAGEMENT' ANNOUNCED | Baltimore, Mr. ? Mrs. Edward C. Foerster, of Forest View Ave., Baltimore, has announced the en gagement of her sister, Miss Lo wenia Clarke, and Mr. Warren Englehart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Englehart. of West Fifth St., LewlstoWn, Pa. ? t-o About 440,000 cases of canned pork and' benns will soon be re leased to civilian consumers. WAR NEWS London, Thursday, Jan. 13. ? An American aerial armada of probably at least 1,400 planes scored a "major military success" in the virtual obliteration of three German fighter plane assembly plants despite the loss of 59 heavy bombers, the U. S. Army announc ed last night, and brought ad missions from Germany today that the Luftwaffe had more than met its match in the U. S. Air Force, at least temporarily. In one of the greatest air bat tles In history on Tuesday, five American fighters also were lost, but an Eighth Air Force an nouncement said the loss ratio, less than five per cent of the total force, was "not unduly high." Over 100 Nazis Don ned More than 100 Nazi planes of an estimated total force of 1,000 -r-almost half of Germany's fight er strength in Western Europe ? that tried to break up what they apparently believed was a mighty daylight assault on Berlin, were shot down In blazing air battles that turned the heavens into hell. The American force consisted of more than 700 Flying Fortrssses and Liberators, and it was be lieved that the total fleets max have been even greater than the 1,500-plane armadas that ham mered Germany and France on Dec. 30 and 31. London, Thursday, Jan. 13. ? In three separate actions the Rus sians have opened a new offen sive in the Mozyr sector of White Russia, captured the railway bas tion of Sarny, 35 miles inside old Poland, and fought off a frantic German counter-attack near the Ukrainian Bug Hlver, Moscow an-! nounced today. More than 5.000 Germans were killed and 144 Nazi tanks wreck-; ed in the last 24 hours, said the! Moscow midnight communique. , recorded by the Soviet monitor from a broadcast. Hods Advance Nino Miles The new offensive near Mozyr I tore H 19-mile gap through elabo-, rate German defense lines and in two days the Russians advanced up to nine miles, capturing over 80 towns and hamlets. Among I them were Davidovichi, 24 miles north of Mozyr on the railway to Zhlob'in, and Kozlovichi. two miles west of the railways which had , long been cut by the Russians. The fighting was south of the, Berezina River and about 75 miles from the old Polish frontier. The Germans fought violently to hold their positions, sending: many futile counter-attacks against the Russians. They failed with a loss of 2,000 men, 22 tanks destroyed and 40 artillery and mortar batteries silenced. War material was captured aud prison ers taken. Sarny, a major objective within ; old Poland and 130 miles south-j west of the Mozyr area, was cap tured by Gen. Nikolai Vatutin'si first Ukrainian Army in an out-, flanking move which took the1 town from the rear, routing thei German garrison. Thirty big guns and 80 trucks were among the booty captured by the Russians. Bern, Switzerland, Jan. 12. ? Pale and wearing a white cotton shirt and black trousers, Count j Galeazzo Ciano stood yesterday in the outskirts of Verona and watched the 12 Fascist militiamen of a tiring squad as they ended his glittering, if inglorious, career with a volley of shots, frontier advices disclosed today. At 9 a. m. a military truck left the SaMW Prison in Verona with Ciano, "Cousin of the King", as holder of the Italian Order of the Annunciation, and former Italian Foreign Minister. Confessed to Monk He had made his last confession at the prison to a Dominican monk, who accompanied him in the truck and had taken commun ion. At 9:18 the truck stopped at an isolated spot in the outskirts of the city. Fascist mtTltlamen were drawn up 'in a hollow square formation. Inside the square were the mem bers of the firing squad and near by lay the bodies of Marshal Emi lio De Bono, Giovanni Marinelll, Giuseppe Pareschi and Luc'iano Gottardi, just shot as traitors to Fascism. London, Jan. 12 ? It was weird waiting for death up there, where the temperature was 33 below but you sweated so that you took off ySur gloves and turned off the heat in your flying suit. It was very quiet, with even your en gines sounding strangely muffled. (Continued on Pace Eight) LEAVES FOR KANSAS The following item was receiv ed by the FRANKLIN TIMES from Burlington: Mr. 'Buster' Wilder, of Burlington, formerly of Loutsburg. left by plane Tues day night for Wichita, Kansas, on a" business trip for the Fair child Aircraft Plant of Bnrlis ton. SUPERIOR COURT Open Wednesday ? Weath er Prevented Work On Monday And Tuesday Franklin County Superior Court for Civil Cases opened for busi ness Wednesday morning, aftef having recessed Monday morning because of the seriousness of the weather. The term is presided over by Judge W. C. Harris, and on Wed nesday only a few divorce cases were cleared and one small case settling the value of property involved in a suit. In the after noon the case of Mrs. P. P. Shep pard vs. F. B. Leonard and wtfo was begun and was ip process of trial as we go to press Thursday noon. Big Snow Franklin County was covered with the heavlast snow that it has had for several years Sun day and Monday Averaging around six inches, and from reports coming in from other sec tions, was in the area receiving the heaviest fall. The snow began to falja Satur day morning and continued through that night but did not form a top coating of ice, which made it much better for urgently necessary travel. As a result trav el was almost eliminated, schools were closed and the Court was postponed until Wednesday. The government weatherman reported a low temperature read ing of 2 degrees above zero, which was one degree colder than this section has experienced this season. The snow was wide spread, but varied in most sections. o DIRECTORS OK THE LIONS CLUB ARE ENTERTAINED Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Kilby and Mr. and'Mra. C. R. Sykes enter tained the Board of Directors of the Louisburg Lions Club at the Sykes home last Thursday night. Lions Sykes and Kilby had Just returned from a successful hunt ing trip near Bayview, N. C.,m and the guests were served quail on toast with all accompaniments. After dinner the Directors held a business meeting to discuss fu ture plans for the Club. The following Lions were present to enjoy the Kilby and Sykes hospi tality: G. M. Beam, W. O. Lambeth, W. J. Shearln, N. F. Freemen, Dr. R. L. Eagles, P. H. Massey, I. D. Moon, and Edgar Fuller. o ENTERTAINS Miss Betty Holliday entertain ed a number of young friends at the Greenhill Country Club on Friday evening from 8 until 10:30 p. m. The invitations were to a "Daisy Mae and Lil Abner" party and each guest was asked to dress as some character from the funnies. The judges were Mrs. Clifford Hall, Mrs. John Stovall and Miss Lillie Mae Braxton. They final ly decided that Betty Grainger, who portrayed Mammy Yukum, and George Herman Murphy as Wimpy should have the prizes, which was a frying size chicken for first prize, and a lb. of pork chops as second. Piccolo furnished music dur ing the evening. The Congo, Paul Jones, and general dancing was enjoyed by young people and chaperone's alike. Fruit punch, labeled, "Klcka Poo Joy Juice," sandwiches, home-made cakes, and pickles, were served. A huge basket al so labeled "Mammy's Preserved Turnips" was placed in the mid dle of the floor and each person was given a turnip to take home as a favor. Around forty guests were pres ent for the enjoyable occasion. GETS STILL AND MEN Deputy Sheriff R. E. Neal re ported the capture of a steel drum still with ccpper worm and cap and destroying three bar rels of' mash in Harris township Sunday. The st'ill was In opera tion and the officers caught Dol ly Perry and Maurice Hlggs. both colored, at the still. Deputy Neal was assisted by Patrolman Bynum, Constable J. H. Horton and Joe Perry. o THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to those who so willingly assisted when oar home was recently destroyed by fire and for the many acts of sympathy and* kindness that have shown us. R. W. Wiggins and Family. A advertisement Is like ? wo man; it may be pretty or fbtln, 'mt It tan't a success unless H at u**cts.
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