KEEP Olv, , 'v^ ? WITH WAS BONDS ? k,M J J riMEj . . ? 7. n o KEEP ON ^ WITH WAfl BONOS i 4 VOLUMN LXXV. \ $1.60 per year in /o try to find his wife and 11-year-old daughter. He found the cottage deserted and he returned to Wilmington hop ing to find them among the thous ands of refugees. His experience was similar to that of scores of other Camp Davis military per sonnel. The storm hit with sudden fury; and though word had been received that a storm was head ed this way, many of the coastal residents seemed caught unawar es. The Coast Guard began evac uating the beach cottages in the middle of the afternoon at Wrightsville Beach. At Carolina Beach, another re sort near here, the State Highway Patrol, sheriff's deputies and vol unteers warned the seaside resi dents and helped to bring the storm-trapped vacationists into Wilmington. High Winds At 6:30 p. m., a reporter for the Wilmington Star-News said that It was not known how many people still were on the beaches and that the wind was blowing so hard at the moment it was well-nigh impossible to go out on the streets. The reporter was talking over the last remaining telephone line into the city. The hotel lobbies here were crowded with storm refugees who had' no prospect of a place to spend the night. Likewise, the Western Union office was besieg ed by1 hundreds of persons anx ious to send word to relatives. But they found that all com munication systems were paraly zed. The housing of the storm refu gees appeared to present a diffi cult problem, Wilmington, a ship building center, has more than doubled its normal size since the war began, and housing facilities here have been taxed beyond ca pacity. Traffic Snarled As the storm continued, traffic in the city of Wilmington became almost impossible. A reporter for the Wilmington Star-News said that nearly every block had fall en trees, many of them ancient oaks, sprawled across them. Evacuation of the beach resorts continued as the winds rose to a velocity exceeding 5 miles an hour and as the streets filled with water At 7 p. m., water flowed over the bridges on the only two roads leading out of Wrightsvlile Beach, and the wind ha>d reached about*60 miles velocity. Wrightsvlile and -the other nearby resorts were populated heavily with the wives and chil dren of military- personnel at Camp Davis, antiaircraft training center. 30 milfes awjy. The later cotton Is picked the lower the price. Pick It dry and oleaa for totter prices. MAKING BIG ADVANCE AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE GOING AHEAD Threaten Nazis Both in Brit tany and Central France; i Prisoner Total Grows; Doughboys Reach Open Country Where Time Can Be Made Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Wednesday, Aug. 2. ? Surging" columns of American armor pointed at the heart of France broke into Brit tany at four points Tuesday, smashing 10 miles from captured Avranches In two directions; and infantry forces, taking over the brunt of the thunderous offensive along a wide front, bagged a one day total of 7,812 prisoners from the broken ranks of the retreat ing Germans. While the armor drove down the coast beyond Avranches, Am erican infantry came into its own with a powerful inland smash into the streets of Villedieus-Les Poeles and Tessy-Sur-Virs, and along the whole inland side of the^ Yank break-through German lines were crumbling. As the great offensive rolled! into its ninth day. a Supreme' Headquarters communique said armored spearheads captured two dams In an area 10 miles south east of Avranches across the Se-| lune river, boundary of and last | natural barrier before Brittany. A front dispatch said the advance was so swift that the Germans had no chance to blow up the in- 1 ita nations. Across River The Americans also smashed i jcross the river four and one-half and six miles southeast of Avian-, ches, taking Pontaubault and Du-; cey. Ten miles east of Avranches the Dougboys strengthened . their hold along the See river, captur ing Brecey, a road Junction. Associated Press Correspondent Wes Gallagher, in a dispatch from the front, said the Germans probably would try to halt the drive before the American surged completely out of the Cotentin Peninsula and into the interior of France, where Field Marshal Guenther Von Kluge would be unable to establish a line. Even if he did establish a line temporarily by throwing in new divisions rushed from other parts of France, he never again would be able to stalemate the Allies as the. Germans did in the first 50 days of the invasion, Gallagher . wrote. Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley has caught up with his timetable and is swinging along now far better than was expected 10 days ago, having accomplished the three primary objectives assigned him ? securing of the beachhead, cap ture of Cherbough and the break through out of the Normandy hedgerows and into open country for swift, mobile warfare. Ration Board Offices Will Close Each' Wednes day Afternoon Through August The Franklin County War Price and.. Ration Board will close at 12 o'clock each Wednesday through August, and the public is request ed to bear this change in mind in making its visits to the Board for gasoline, tires, sugar or other matters, announced Chairman A. F. Johnson, Wednesday. This action is made necessary because of the large amount of flllnig of papers, and the amount of time required for checking among the merchants and auto mobile dealers, he said. It is hoped this situation can be reliev ed during four Wednesday after noons in August. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program I at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Aug. 6th: Saturday ? Johnny Mack Brown in 'Raiders of The Border' and Roy Acuff and his Smoky Moun tain Boys, Charles Stnrrett, Tex Ritter, Mills Bros.. and Vera Va gue in 'Cowboy Canteen.' Aluo Chap. 10 'Tiger Woman.' Sunday - Monday Michael O'Shea, Ann Shirley and Gene Lockhart in 'The Man from Frisco.' Tuesday? Jane Frazee. Frank Albertson, and Verm Vague in 'Rosle The Riveter.' 'Wednesday ? Paul Lukas and Nady Christians la 'Address On known.' Thursday-Friday ? Anne Baxter Vlnceht Price and William Eythe, in 'The Eve of St. Mark.' MAJOR HILL YARBOltOUUH who has been Captain of the 8th Co., N. C. 8. G. for the past 2% years has been promo ted to Major of the 3rd Bat talion. 3rd Regiment, N. C. S. O. It will be of much interest and pleasure to his many friends to learn of Capt. Hill Yarborough's promotion to Major and that he will be stationed in Louisburg. Major Yarborough is well fitted and qualified for this honor and his promotion is the correct recog nition for the strenuous efforts he has put forth to put the 8th Company, N. C. S. G. at the top. Likewise the placing of Lt. Elam in Command of the 8th Company, N. C. S. O. is a just; recognition of the splendid work and qualification of Lt. Paul; 10 1 a in alnd it is freely expected' that his promotion wHl follow the changes. The many friends of these two' popular and efficient officers of our State Guard are extending I congratulations. I The order making these cban-l IN COMMAND liT. PAIL W. KliAM who has been placed In tempo- | rary command of 8th Company. N. C. S. G. He is in line and 1 will probably be promoted to ! Captain following the promo- i tlon of Capt. Yarborough. ges received this week are as fol-i lows: Hill Yarborough, Captain. In fantry, N. C. S. G.. To be ? Ma-| jor, Infantry. N. C. S. G. Major Yarborough upon com pletion of check and transfer of J property and company funds will; be relieved of his duties as com manding officer, 8th Company, I 3rd Battalidn. 3rd Regiment. N.j C. S. G., station Louisburg. N. C., ! and is assigned to the command of the 3rd Battalion. 3rd Regi ment. N. C. S. G? station Louis burg, N. C. 1st Lieutenant Paul W. Elam will assume responsibility and accountability for all State and! Federal property and accounts and will assume temporary com mand of the 8th Company, 3rd Battalion. 3rd Regiment. N. C. S. G., station Louisburg, N. C. i LOUISBURG AIR PORT OPENED W. A. Raynor is Manager; Many Planes Visiting Lo cal Port; Offers Lots of Civic Conveniences Mr. Ralph W. Richardson, C. A. A. Inspector wit'i the U. S.j Government, visited the Louis burg Airport July 20th, approved and gave permission to open and operate the airport on the Ral eigh highway one mile southwest1 of town. It was through the | town officials and .their help that enabled the Louisburg airport 101 be opened. Louisburg, as practi-j cally all other towns and cities, are interested in post-war avia-j tion which will mean a lot to any town such as fast mail, fast ex-| press, transportation, etc. The office of the airport is In the building across the highway from the field, which is being re-j modeled for business by Mr. W. B. Harris, where there 16 first aid equipment, fire extinguishers,] telephones, etc. M pre serving sugar will be required to furnish a list of preserves and Jellies, as well aa canned foods In which sugar has been used. PRICES ABOVE CEILING ON GEORGIA - FLORIDA MARKETS MONDAY Tobacco Ranges From 40 to 45 Cents Generally; Ware house Floors Swamped Atlanta, July 31. ? Flue-cured tobacco markets in Georgia arid Florida opened teday with best grades of cigarette type tobacco bringing prices well above the dis puted 39-cents ceiling average set by the Office of Price Administra tion. Warehouses throughout the growing districts of both states, Closed for an extra week while Congressmen, Senators, Gover nors and others battle for a 41 cent ceiling, opened with floors well covered. An estimated 2,250,000 pounds were on hand in seven warehous es at Valdosta alone, with open ing sales running at around 40 cents average, with some grades going as high as 45 cents per pound. At Moultrie, where state spec ialists said the quality of the leaf was much better than last season, the first 96 piles sold for an av erage price of 40 cents. Farmers Satisfied Other market cities in Georgia and Florida reported brisk sales at prices which* generally brought satisfaction to the farmers who had toiled throughout the season. Lake City, Florida, had 1,400, 000 pounds of leaf ready for sale and first sales averaged slightly more than 41 cents. Truckloads arrived throughout the day. In Liv? Oak during the first hour the sales ran to 108.000 pounds at an average of 39.9 cents. The eight warehouses at Live Oak had 2,320,000 pounds of medium to good quality leaf. Sales were so brisk at States boro. Ga.. that some growers and warehousemen demanded an ex tra set of buyers. Tobacco acre age in the Statesboro area in creased from 60 to 80 per cent ; tills year over last, and E. II. Smith, president of the Bulloch [County Farm Bureau, said unless extra buyers were sent in, the growers would suffer. Average opening prices _et Statesboro were around 41 cents. Other Averages Other "first row" prices in Georgia included Tifton. 25 to 43 cents; Hazelhurst, 39 to .42; j Douglas, 26 to 45; Blacksh^r. j 29 to 50; Nashville. 25 to 47; Vidalia. 13 1-2 to 43; Hahira, 30 to 44; Pelham, 35 to 48. The Georgia crop last year amounted to 69,150,734 pounds I with a money value of $26,721,-1 424.06. The average price throu-l ghout last season was 38.63 cents; and the 1943 ceiling was 42 cents j until Just before the season's end.i when it was cut to 39 cents. FARM WOMEN'S GROUP TO MEET AUGUST 9 The State Council of the N. O.l Federation of Home Demonstra tion Clubs will hold its annual I meeting in Raleigh on August 9j and 10, it was announced yester day by Mrs. Estelle Smith of State College, executive secretary of the federation. Clufe representatives will be 1 housed at Meredith College and all meetings will be held in the State College YMCA auditorium. Mrs. J. H. L. Miller of Marion, federation president, will preside. : The first day of the meeting will be devoted to business mat ters. Reports -on the Jane S. Mc Kimmon Loan Fund, the Nation al Home Demonstration Council, the laison committee of the As sociated Country Women of the World, and the Urbap-Rural Con ference in Washington will be heard. On the second day a devotional service honoring mothers of sons and daughters in the war services will be held. MARRIED Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Champion, of Spring Hop'e, N. C., announ ces the marriage of their daugh ter Alma E. Champion, of Nor folk, Va., to Walter J. Savage, of Belle Haven, Va., on July 24th. 4:30,- at South Mills, N. C. They are now spending a few days with her parents. Upon their return they will make their home in Norfolk where both are em ployed at the Naval Base. MISSING The name of J. E, Nelms, Jr., of R X, Louisburg, .V: C.. son of Mr., and Mrs. J. E. Nelms, Sr., was in the missing list given out by War Department and published In Tuesday'* News-Observer. Nelms was lp the Prance area at the time he become missing. Extraordinary efficiency Is achieved by the billing depart ments of private and governmen tal agencies. TO REPAIR STREETS TOWN COMMISSIONERS HOLD SPECIAL MEETING Pass Resolution to Call Election to Issue $25,000 In Bonds to Improve Streets, Repair Armory And Make Repairs to Water System The Board of Town Commis sioners met in special session, Aug. 1, at 8 p. m. All members of the Board were present ex cept Commissioner P. H. Allen. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the problem of making necessary repairs to: 1st. The following paved streets which are badly in need of a seal coat. Kenmore Avenue, Perry Street, Church Street, Sunset Avenue, Franklin Street. ! Spring Street, and Cedar St. Treat the , dirt streets in Louisburg, N. C. 2nd. Making repairs and im provements to our water system which have been strongly recom mended by the N. C. State Board of Health. 3rd. Repairing the Armory Au ditorium floor, which has rotted out because ?f improper ventila tion. Mr. W. A. Townes, Consulting Engineer, presented estimates of the cost of the above projects to the Board. Mr. Townes estima ted that it would cost $10,000.00 to repair and seal fcoat the hard surface streets, and about $2, 000.00 to treat the dirt sreets with an asphalt treatment that would eliminate dust and mud. and with additional treatments each year will in a period of six to eight years build up a splendid sub base for paving these streets. The estimated cost of the maj or necessary improvements to the Water Works as recommended by the State Board of Health is around $5,000.00. Mr. Townes estimated the cost of repairing the Armory Auditor ium floor at around $5,000.00. After a thorough discussion of the above problems Commission er W. B. Barrow made the follow ing motion: "That the Board of Town Commissioners call a Bond Election for the purpose of repairing and seal coating our hard surfaced streets; treating our dirt streets; repairing and improving our water Works; re pairing the Armory Auditorium floor; and that this bond issue shall not exceed $25,000.00". The motion was put to a vote with the following result: Commis sioners voting "Aye" were Bar row, Beck and Cooper. Commis sioners voting "No" were Lancas ter and Shearin. The Mayor appointed a Spec ial Committee composed of Com missioners Barrow, Lancaster and Shearin to consult with Mr. J. W. Taylor, District Engineer for the N. C. State Highway Commission, to ascertain if any part of the moneys allocated to the Town cf Louisburg for the maintenance of State Highways within the city limits of Louisburg, N. C., can be used for the repair of streets within our city limits that are not designattd State Highways. MARRIAGE LICENSES Register of Deeds Alex Wood' reports marriage licenses issued to the following couples during the month of July: White ? Bailey William Cur rin, Jr. and Mrs. W. E. Hall, Cleveland Sledge and Rachel Whitley, Charles Benson Harris and Aiscie Turner, Ollie Ayscuo and Mattie Pearl Smith. Colored ? James L. Bryant and' Addie Lassiter, Albert Sidney Person and Lillian Hixey Perry, George Thomas Brodie and Mary Belle Person, Robert Lee SIUb and Maggie Wilder. O. E. S. TO MEET Wellons Chapter No. 167 O. E. S. will hold its regular meeting at Epsom, N. C.. Wednesday ev ening, August 9th, 1944 at 8:30 p. m. All members are tnTlted to be present. Mrs. Hugh W. Perry, Louisburg Publicity Chm'n. TO REORGANIZE