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?*?** KEEP FAITH by buying ] WAR BONDS CX 7IMEJ YOU NEED ff/Mt HENEEDS YQUf BIIVUIHRBOnDS VOLUMN LXXV. $1.80 per year in / dyance LOUISBCRO, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, KKITKMBKR IS, 1944 (Bight Pages) NUMBER FREEMAN ELECTED COMMISSIONER ADOPT RESOLUTIONS TO W. B. BARROW To Consider Termites Ex termination; To Erect Electric Lines; Many Ac counts Approved The Board of Town Commis sioners met in regular session, Sept. '8, 1944 at 7:30 p. m. All members ofHhe Board wera present. The minutes of previous meet ings were approved by the Board. The monthly reports of the Chief of Police, Tax Collector, and Town Clerk were 'approved by the Board. Mr. Bland Prultt requested the Board to extend a three wire pow-j er line to his workshop which tej located a short distance beyond Prultt Town. Mr. Spencer in formed the Board that the estima ted cost of this construction will be about $500.00. After considering Mr. Pruitt's request the Board passed the fol lowing motion: "That the Board of Town Commissioners agree to construct the power line request ed by Mr. Prultt, upon the condi tion that Mr. Pruitt pay for the cost of the line upon it's comple tion, and that the bill each month for the Pruitt Work Shop only be credited against this payment un til the cost of same has been con sumed." Mr. Pruitt informed the Board that he accepts this1 proposal. ^gmmiss.oiwr med the Board that he had the Orkin Exterminators, inc. to to aoect under the Armory Building for termites and the condition oi the sills and floor. The ln.pec tors found nlimerous termites in the north end of the Armory and some termites In the south end. The center section 1.' so rotted that nothing can be done to Pre serve the sills and floors, and th. whole center section will have to sjssi and treat the sills and floors In the north and south sections of he buHding. The Board Instruc ted the Clerk to secure a bid jrom the Termlnex Co. for this worK. before letting a contract for t W?Th'e following r^otutionofraa pect was unanimously adopted by th Whereas, On August 30, 1914, death, as It must to every man, came to William B. Barrow. And Whereas, since the yea 1935, William Barrow has served SKK-Ks-fcE and .ub.Unce In all things tend ing to advance and Promote the welfare of hi. Town and Com munity, being artu^y ?n??ged^n buslnes. oi the iown burg1 when stricken with hi. Anal SrsswSK^ mostrvafuable public ??{?la};mlly That we extend to hi. ramiiy ^u.mPnd ^Simcounf our deep and .Ulcere .ympathy la thTha1t?8a copy of these Resoln puWl.heedeint0 the fB FRANKLIN ^eMo?VafliXof,Pt^dB^ Duly adopted at a meeting oi ?>,? Board ot Commissioner, of the Town of Loul.burg held on 80?t being1 necessary for the Board to elect a Commi.sione^to ?n the unexpired term of W"U?di ?'T?r5S5rvA,,".r. inated Mrs.Wfn Commlgslone, WF J Shearin seconded the nom ination of Mr.. Barrow. Commissioner R. C. Bee* nom *. j iii r Numa F. Freeman as inated Mr. vacancy Commissioner to AH the vacau , on 'r6 W*o!' Lancaster seconded ,ma" ffsreisw si on the nomine* with the tollow William B. Barrow were Allen and Shearin. ? u. CommlMloner. TOll?? f0 B Numa F. Freeman were. Beck, Lancaster and Cooper. Mr Freeman therefore was elected to membership on the Board of Town Commta.loner. to ?T the unexpired term of WU "'CM^r'ppointedCornml. sioner W. *? Cooper a. Chairman NEW COMMISSIONER Mr. Niuu F. Freeman One of Loulsburg's prominent young business men, who was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. W. B. Bar row. He has had much and var ied business experience and will, no doubt, make a splendid official. of the 8treet Committee and ap pointed R. C. Beck as Mayor Pro Tem. ? The Board agreed to furnish electric service to Richards' resi dence upon the condition that Mr. Richards pay for the poles and necessary wire with which to make the connection and that he agrees to maintain the line at liis expense. After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned. P. T. A. TO MEET The Mills Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will hold its first meeting [ of the year on Thursday, Sept. 21st In the school auditorium at 3:30 p. m.,' announces Mrs. Georg* Weaver, President. There will be a short "Let's Get Acquainted" prpgram follow ed by a reception for the teachers and p%r?Ui?. Please come out for this meet ing find let's help our school get off to a good strt. Remember thq date, Thursday, Sept- 21st, 3:30 p. m. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Harry S. Cobey, rector, of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, an nounces services for next Sunday, the 15th Sunday after Trinity, will be at 8:00, 9:45 and 11:00 a. m. The subject of the sermon by Rev. Cobey will be "Faces." All are invited. LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH The pastor will preach Sunday morning at 11:00 and Sunday evening at 7:30. Sunday School meets at 9:45, led by Prof. I. D. Uoon. You are welcomed to these ser vices. ANNUAL REVIVAL OCTOBER FIRST Rev. S. E. Mercer and the offic ials of the Methodist Church of Frankllnton take great pleasure la announcing that the annual Revival is scheduled to begin on Sunday, October 1st.' Rev. F. D. Hedden, the conse crated, popular and effective pas tor of Loulsburg Methodist church will do, the preaching. Rev. Mer cer, pastor, states. "We call on all who will to join us in prayer, work, attendance and music ? la order that we may have a great and enduring revival. "There has never been a time when it was more Important to turn to God. This revival will furnish an excellent opportunity. "The services will begin on Sunday morning with a great ob servance of worldwide commun ion Sunday and Church Loyalty Day. Mr. Helden will come to us on Sunday nlghe and preach each night at 8 p. m." PROGRAM AT TILE LOUISBURO THEATRE The following is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Sept. 16th: Saturday ? William Boyd in 'Lumberack' and Lorna Gray in .'The Olrl Who Dared,' also Chap. 5 'Haunted' Harbor.' Sunday ? Phil Baker and Ed ward Ryan In 'Take It Or Leave It.' Monday-Tuesday ? Benny Good man and Band, Jack Oakle, Linda Darnell and Lyon Bart in 'Sweet and Lowdown.'r " *"'< ' < * Wednesday? ^jinA Wyman, Je rome Cowan 'and Faye Bmerson in 'Crime By fOgfft,' also 'Flying Carets' serial.;"' '' ' Thur?d?y-Kftl*j^Budd Abbott an<t Leo Coetelkr lit In Society.' BRASSFIELD ELECTED PRESIDENT I 7th DISTRICT BAR ASSO CIATION Hill Yarborough Was Elec ted Vice President And Brantley Womble, Secre tary at Meeting in Louis burg Saturday The, Franklin County Bar As sociation entertained a meeting of the Seventh Judicial District Bar Association at an evening 3f Golf and a big barbecue supper at Green Hill Golf Course on last .Saturday evening, on the occasion of its annual meeting. A large number of lawyers. Including Governor Broughton, of Raleign, were In attendance besides the local Bar members. Between enjoying several games of golf and a bountiful barbecue supper, an hour was ta ken off for business when the fol lowing elections were made: Leon S. Brassfleld. Raleigh at torney. was elected president ot the Seventh Judicial District Bur Association, succeeding James E. Malone, of Louisburg. Hill Yarborough was elected vice president, and Brantley Wflhi ble, of Raleigh was elected secre tary-treasurer. J. B. Cheshire, of Raleigh, was continued as coun selor. The executive committee was continued in office. On the com mittee are Governor Broughton, Supreme Court Justices M. V. Barnaul, W. A. Devin, Michael Schenck and E. B. Denny. Gov ernor Broughton spoke briefly at the association fleeting. ! Dr. S. P. Burt Talks to The Lions On Polio Lion Perry Burt spoke to thirty nine Lions and guests at the "reg ular meeting of the Louisburg Lions Club Tuesday night on the present infantile paralysis situa tion in North Carolina. Lion Buit gave an interesting and well pre pared talk on the origin of th-2 disease, how It is spread, the symptoms, how It is controlled, what precautions can be taken, and how the disease is treated. He stated that so far no cases had appeared in Franklin County and that he wished to express his thanks to the people in the Coun ty for the way in which they have cooperated with the Health De partment in keeping this dreaded disease out of this section. Dr. Burt stated that the recently ad vanced salt theory as a preventa tive seems to have merits. "The recommended amount is one-half a teaspoonful in a glass of cold water twice a day to replace the salt lost in the summertime through perspiration", said Dr. Burt. Lion Walter Fuller presented for discussion a plan suggested by several of the membei-s io raise funds for the Club. The sug gested plan was that the Lions, as a patriotic gesture and also to enrich the treasury, spend one afternoon picking cotton at the prevailing rate paid cotton pick ers; the net proceeds to go into | the Club Activities Fund to be used for the various Club pro jects. Several elderly monarchs i not feeling equal to the manual labor Involved filibustered against the measure and caused it to be shelved temporarily. Alex WIIbow was a guest of the Club for the-- meeting. Mrs. R. Q. Bailey prepared and served the meal for the -Club. ? RESIGNS A. F. Johnson, Chairman of the Franklin Contaty War Price and Ration Board announces his resig nation, which becomes effective on Friday, September 16th. 1944. In making this announcement he wishes to express his great appre ciation and satisfaction to the personnel of the local office, the State office And the entire public for the splendid spirit of cooper ation extended1 him in handling this wartime necessary work. He hopes the same fine cooperation will be fly en his successor. Of course there were a few per sons who were dissatisfied with tM provisions of the set up and their allottment but this was nat ural sicne It was such a wide change from what they had been psed to all their life. In most all cases, however, they became reconciled to the war effort, and gave their cooperation; It is this kind of acclimating onesself to a necessary condition that strength ens one's faith in American citi zenship. ' > ? >'ifc II I Ju, tti, ?On P*y Day, Buy War Bonds-? J TOBACCO DATES CHANGED ? LOUISBURG MARKET OPENS NEXT THURS DAY Compromite Is Reached on Openings; Gravely Says Rule* Being Violated Wilson, Sept. 12. ? Charges that some tobacco warehousemen In the South Carolina. Border and Eastern belts were holding "pri vate sales" of tobacco tor "cer tain buyers" after the regular day's sale was over 'In order that the warehouse floors might be cleared for the next day's sale were made here last' night by L. L. Gravely of Uocky Mount, pres ident of the Tobacco Association of the United States. The statement by Gravely was made before the Sales Committee of the TAUS that was In session to discuss the opening of the Mid dle and Old Belt markets. The committee had previously, in Florence, S. C., last week, post poned original opening dates a week. Farmers from the Middle and Old belts appeared before the committee here last night to pro test this postponement on the grounds it would "ruin us all." Hundreds of protest telegrams were sent during the past week to O. W. Dudley of Richmond. Va., chairman of (lie sales committee A compromise was agreed to by the commltttee, which decided to open the Middle Belt on Thurs day, September 21, with a limi ted set of buyers and to open thj Old Belt on Thursday, September 28, with a limited set and then to open both belts at the post poned dates of September 25 and October 2, respectively, with a full set of buyers in each belt. Sales Schedule In the Middle Belt, the sales for September 21 and 2 2 will be op erated as follows: Durham. 1*0 1-2 hours a day with two sets of4juyers. Oxford. Henderson and Fuquuy. 7 hours a day with one set of buyers. All other markets to operate 3 1-2 hours a day with one set of buyers. Then on Mon day, September 25, the Middle Belt would start with full set. of buyers. Oil the Old Belt the September 28 and 2'J operations will be as follows: Winston-Salem and Danville, Va., two> sets of buyers for 7 hours a day. South Boston, Va., one set of buyers, 7 hours a day. All oth.ir markets, one set of buyers at 3 1-2 hours per day. Then on Oc tober 2, the' Old Belt market-* would start out with full set of buyers. Buying representatives at the session indicated that the inabil ity to get enough buyers for all belts at one time was the wordt trouble they were up against, though they admitted labor trou ble was extremely bad in all branches of their work. There was no official Indication as to where the buyers were com ing from that would go to the Middle and Old belts, but it was supposed that buyers would be cut from the South Carolina and Border marts and possibly fron the East to be placed on the Mid dle and Old belts. John P. Hutson, representing ? the Imperial Tobacco Company, told the committee it would be a "physical impossibility" to get buyers to open the Middle belt marts this coming Monday, the original opening date of the weed marts in that area. Gravelji's Charge j President Gravely disclosed ] that "private sales" were being ! held by warehousemen and that j "this most pernicious practice is | carried on in some warehouses where, after sales stop at the time 1 and piles allotted for the day, ft private sale is held and certain buyers come around and buy from the warehousemen." Gravely declared that it was | being done in some warehouses in South Carolina, the border and in eastern Carolina. He appealed I to the Middle and Old belt men '"not to let It happen there." "This pr?3tice," said Gravely, ! "if it continues, will defeat the purpose of the auction system. The warehouseman does it be cause he wants the floor space. The buyer apparently does it be cause he thinks he's getting to bacco at a bargain and the farm er is charged a sale fees for auc tioning of his tobacco that he doeqn't get at all. 9 F. S. Royster ?x> f Henderson, president of thei Middle Belt -Warehouse Association and E. D. Matthews of Winst?n-8*L?m, pres ident of the Old Belfei-WarehoMM) Assbciation, pledged themselves last night to see that this action was not carried on in thoatfbelta. i COURT OF HONOR Billy Gobey Receives Eagle Scout Award; Many Re ceive Merit Badges [ At a call meeting of the Court | of Honor of Loulsburg, at which I Mr. P. H. Massey presided, and the Rev. Paul Bagby made the > awards the following Boy Scouts were given advancement in Scout ing: Leslie Tharrlngton, Jr. and Frank Rose. Jr., from 2nd class to First Class. This represents a considerable amount of work and study covering a period of three months or more. Earle Murphy, Jr., advanced to Star Scout. A Star Scout, must continue to put Into practice in his daily life the ideals and principles of the Scout Oath and Law, as Is required of u First Class Scout, and> also must have been awarded Ave merit badges. Merit badges are givea for a required amount of proflc | iency in certain specified subjects. Merit badges were awarded to the following: Garland Mustian In Pathflndtng. Nicholas Perry 111 Life Saving. Leslie Tharrlngton, in Firemanshlp, Joe Mills and George Davis, Jr. in Wood carv ing, Julian Lewis in Mechanical Drawing. Julian Lewis and Larry Lewis In Angling, Grady Harris In Pioneering and Edgar Owens in Animal Industry. These sub jects are self-explanatory with the possible exception of Path finding and Pioneering. Pathfind ing requires a boy t<\ acquire the most important practical informa tion. about the community in which he lives. Pioneering teach es him to make himself at homo in the forest, especially in regard to bridging streams and building temporary shelters. The Eagle Scout Award was presented to Billy Cobey. now a [ student in the University of Mis sissippi. who was at home un leave. It was presented by hi: father. Rev. H. S. Cobey and pin-1 ned on 'him by his sister. Caroline | Cobey. Billy Cobey was the tils;' I member of Troop No. 2, sponsor-j : ed by St- Paul's Episcopal Church,; Albany,- Georgia, at its organiza tion in 1939 and is the first mem-] j ber of that Troop to receive th-j! Eagle Award. He went to Albany, in the early summer and stood his [ test before the Board of Review there. The Eagle award Is presented to boys who have done satisfac tory work in scouting and In the daily practice of Its principles through the three classes, the grades of Star and Life, and have qualified for twenty one merit badges, including certain ones that are specified. Billy found cooking and life saving two of the most difficult and bird study one of the most lnterestng "f these to pass. There are a num . ber of men throughout the coun try who have never gotten to be Eagle Scouts because they have not succeeded n jumping in the' water fully clothed and undreas | ing while swimming. This is one i of the Life-saving requirements ji-nd a feat which Nick Perry has already accomplished. Nick and , Billy both took this test under the I Red Cross instructor at the "Y" { in Ralegh. NO CANNING SUGAR NEXT WEEK ? ' i No sugar coupons (or canning | will be issued from the office of i the War Price and Ration Board in Louisburg during the week of | Sept. 18-23, 1944, announced Chairman Johnson Wednesday. The need for work with Insti tutional Users and the accumula : tion of applications on hand i makes it nccessary to close - the ! canning sugar department for this [ period. AIRS. O. 1. WELDON Funeral services for Mrs. O. J. jWeldon. 61, who died at home, | LofliSkurg, ?vRoute 3, late Friday, jwere held from Piney Grove Church, Saturday afternoon, con ducted by Dr. A. Paul Bagby. Bur ial was In Louisburg Cemetery. Mrs. Weldon was the daughte? of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jones. Surviving are her husband; four daughters, Mildred Lee Wel don, of Washington, D. C.. Addie Blanche Weldon, of Columbia, S. C., Sadie Louise Weldon of the home, and Mrs. Fred Finch, ^of Louisburg, Route 3; and a son, 0. J. Weldon, Jr., of Newport News, Va. The following brothers and sis ters also survive: J. W. F. .Jones, Mrs. C. C. Perry and W. A. Jones, all of Louisburg; Mrs. L. D. Gill. Wake Forest: Mrs. A. G. Tyner of Kenly; Mrs. L. L. Smith and Mrs. S. B. Joyner of Rocky Mount; Mrs. J. F. Maney of Horse Shoe; Mrs. }. F. Gibson ot Cqjumbla, 8. C.;L. ,J. Janes, new in tfc? South Pactf o; Mild J. 0. Jones, U. S. Nav?l Academy, 4? m polls, Md. 3r, FOR FIRST ClJto PMWTWG GALL PHONE 1*8-1 60 TO SCHOOL DRIVES OPENS TO GET CHILDREN IN SCHOOL j The Country's Civilian, Mil itary And Educational Leaders, Aware of Na tion's Need of Educated Boys and Girls The' following article is con-) trlbuted by Supt. W. P. Morton, | of the Franklinton School, in the; interest of the children of Frank-' lin County^ "Go-To-School", is the urgent request directed to youth under 18 by the country's leaders ? civil ian, military and educational^ wbo are aware of pur nation-wide problems. We need organized effort. To spread this message from coast to coast, so that it reaches the child ren of school age and their par-1 ents, the U. S. Office of Education and the Children's Bureau of U. S. Department of Labor have un dertaken a nation-wide "Go-To School" drive. The purpose of this drive is to enroll and keep the Nation's boys and girls In school until they complete their courses. The War Manpower Commission has endorsed the aims of the program and the of fice of War Information is lend ing full cooperation. Do we want our children edu- . cated? A study was recently (Continued on Page Eight) The ^Opening of Louisburg College From the office of President Walter Patten of Louisburg Col- : lege comes the announcement of the opening of the college on September 19, 1944. The orientu-' tlon period is September 19 ami 20. The registration of all stu-| dents is set for September 21, and class work begins on the! morning of September 22. On the evening of the 20th ai1 8:00 o'clock will be held k facul-j ty reception for all students, their, parents, and the friends of the! college. The first chapel service j of the year will be held on Fri-i day morning. September 22 at 10:30 o'clock. To this service are invited all friends of the college who can find it convenient to at-1 tend. To fill positions in the faculty made vacant by resignations, Pres ident Patten announces the fol lowing: Mrs. Margaret McGlaminery Stanton, B. M? who heads the Music Department of the college. Mrs. Stanton graduated from! Greensboro College with high academic honors and conies to Louisburg College well equipped for her work. As assistant in the Science and ( Commercial Departments, Miss Ethel B. FinBter, a lady of wide teaching experience comes to take up her work. She has her A. B. degree from Ball State Teacher'^! college, and her master's degree was awarded by the "University of Michigan. She also studied in Gem City Business College, the Univer-I sity of Texas, Duke University, I and Gregg College. Miss M. Bessie Harding will assist in the Department of Com merce. She is a graduate of tho Woman's College of the Univers ity of North Carolina. She has taught successfully in some of tho best high schools of the state, and in East Carolina Teacher's College. To assist in the English De partment and to head the Depart ment of Dramatics, J. W. Carm ichael has been selected. He won both his bachelor's -and Master's degrees from the University of| Mlchlgen. He has had a successful' college teaching experience. Mrs. J. W. Carmichael comes I as college nirrse, a position for{ which she is eminently fitted both by teaching and experience. ' | The enrollment of women] boarding students is the largest in the history of the CQilege. ' TO OBSERVE HOLIDAYS Tonkel's Department Store will be closed on Monday to observe: Jewish Holiday. It will be open! for business on Tuesday morn-) ing. Likewise Fox's and the Fash ion Shoppe will be closed to ob serve the Jewish Holidays. , Persons Interested in visiting tbpse stores will beat* this in , mind. RED CROSS KNITTING Please knit a sweater or a pair of gloves for the Red Cross ?feted Mrs. R W. Sm^thwlck, Pro. Chalrayin. There is plen ty of yarn on hand and these sweaters and gloves will be tnedfAjt* omr beys whM It FATAL ADTO ACCIDENT KENNETH WHITE KILL-* ED INSTANTLY Grady S. Tharrington Crit ically Injured; Accident Occurred on South Main. Street Near Railroad, About 11:40 Yesterday One of the most serious auto mobile accidents that has hap pened in Louisburg in many years occurred yesterday morning about 11:40 o'clock on South Main Street within about 100 yards ot the railroad crossing, when tha car occupied by Mr. Kenneth White and,. Mr. Grady S. Thar rington, left the streeUand strucK an electric light pole, smashing the pole and turning the car over pinning the two occupants under the steel works - of the car. The side of the car striking across Mr. White's face crushing his head. Several persons close by lifted the car and called the ambulauce in which they were brought to Dr. J. B. Wheless office in Louisburg, where an examination showed Mr. White was dead and Mr. Thar rington was critically injured. Mr. Tharrington was sent to tho hospital in Henderson, and Mr. White's body was taken to White's Funeral home. Mr. White was 34 years of age and besides his wife Is survived by two children and one brother, Mr. W. E. White. He was a popular and efficient Undertaker and enjoyed a wide popularity among a host of friends. He was the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. E. White, Sr. Mr. Tharrington is 29 years of age and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Tharrington of near Alert. No funeral arrangements for Mr. White hatl been arranged be fore this article was put in type. FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS TO BEGIN 1944-45 TERM SEPT. 18 Wiley F. Mitchell.. Superintend ent of Schools, announces that the Franklin County Board of Ed ucation, in a special session Mon day a. m. approved t,he opening of the public schools of the coun ty, after being advised by the health authorities thut the polio epidemic in the state had subsid ed to such an extent that it would be safe to open all schools on September 18th. Mr. Mitchell advised that the schools will be operated, on a short schedule, for a limited time, in order to allow children to assist in the demands on the farm in harvesting crops. This schedule should provide an op portunity for all children to at tend school regularly during the nine months school term and at the same time lend their assist andce In saving the Franklin County crops of cotton and to bacco. Last year Franklin County had an average daily absence of 148 children over and above that of the preceedlng year, and be cause of this drop in average dai ly attendance the allotment of teachers has been reduced to th9 extent that in several instances over crowed class rooms exist dur ing certain seasons of the year when all children are In attend ance. Parents are urged to en roll their children on the opening date and to keep them in attend ance every day thereafter unless sickness in the home or urgent demands on the, farm pVeveit them from doing so. According to the records In the office of the Board of Education, children who are in regular attendance are reaping a great deal more benefit from our school program than those who do not attend regularly. GETS MEDAL Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Massenburg have been notified that their son. Ben Massenburg. Jr.. who Is now stationed in New Guinea South Pacific, has been awarded the good conduct medal and expert Rifleman badge. THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for every kind word of sympathy spoken, all the cards and letters received and every good deed done In the loss of our son and brother. Ton shall always (>e remembered. Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Cooke and Children. The second amhtoal Trainee Farm sale of F oremost-brM Guer nseys will be held e? the farm near Elkin October 1 at noon. Forty animals from leading Guernsey herds In the South hav* been consigned.
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