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KEEP FAITH {with us? \by hying WAR BONOS c^ke^F fimej YOU NEED////M/ HEJEEDS YQU! "IT i V UIHH BONDS VOL 91.80 per year In / <lT*noe LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, OTTOBKR 27, 1044 (Bight Page*) NUMBER JAP NAVY DEFEATED U. S. Loses One Light Carrier Japs Lost At Least One Battleship, Several Cruis ers and Destroyers, With Many Other Vessels Dam aged in Philippines Fray; Americans Lose Carrier Princeton; Enemy Plane Losses Soar U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters Pearl Harbor. Oct. 25. ? The Jap anese navy has been defeated, se riously damaged' and routed in the Philippines In momentous en gagements with the U. 9. fleet which have cost the enemy at least one battleship and one air craft carrier sunk, at least five battleships and two carriers heav ily damaged, and several cruisers ?nd destroyers sunk, it was an nounced today. y Adm. William F. Halsey, com jY manding the United States Third / Fleet which won one part of the victory, reported to President Roosevelt:' Jap Fleet Crippled "The Japanese navy in the Phi lippines area has been defeated, seriously damaged and routed by the United States Navy in that area." Gen. Douglas MacArthur said in a special statement: "The Japanese navy has receiv ed its most crushing defeat of the war. Its future efforts can only be on a dwindling scale." Adm. Ernest J. King, comman der-in-chief of the United States fleet, said that virtually the whole Japanese fleet was invol ved In the series of actions, which extended from the "mid-Philip pines invasion zone to the waters between the northern Philippines and Formosa. At least 150 enemy planes have been shot down, and probably the total will prove above 200. u. s. tamer ?unK The United States has lost the 10,000-ton light aircraft carrier Princeton and several PT boats sunk and several escort carriers and destroyers damaged. MacArthur reported the loss of an American escort carrier. Pre sumably this was not the Prince ton, which is a full-fledged car rier. The enemy battleship known sunk was of the 28,300-ton Yam aslro class mounting 12 14-lnca guns in its main batteries. It was 1n one of two Japanese bat tleship formations which attemp ted to attack MacArthur's invas ion forces In the Leyte gulf. Both formations were ripped by Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid's Sev enth Fleet supported by Austral Ian cruisers and carriers of Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher's fast task force. United Press 'War Correspond ent Ralph Teatsorth reported In an eye-wftness dispatch from Kinkaid's flagship that a second Japanese battleship probably had been sunk and1 -he quoted a Navy spokesman as saying: "The enemy has been decisive ly defeated with heavy losses. Our fleet is without serious loss es and fit to fight tomorrow." The enemy carrier known sunk, a large one, was destroyed by carrier-borne planes of Halsey'3 ' Third Fleet off the northern Phi lippines. Details Yet to Comp Details of a momentous Ameri can naval victory, possibly in its full implication the most Impor tant of the war, are still to come. Damage done to the enemy U not ydt known in full. MacArthur reported that Mon day, Pearl Harbor time ? Tuesday Philippines time ? the Japanese attempted a big aerial attack on his invasion fleet. The enemy planes swept over the Leyte Oulfl Just after dawn. Carrier planes Intercepted them, broke up their formations and defeated them. - Fifty-three enemy planes were destroyed by planes and antl-alr craft guns. Tuesday Pearl Harbor ? today Philippines time ? two Japanese fleets moved in to attack MacAr thur's invasion zone. One went In from the south through the Surigao Strait south .of Leyte. The other went in through the San Bernardino Pass north of Leyte and adjacent Sa mar. In the Surigao force were two Japanes battleships, a heavy cruis er, a light cruiser and four des troyers. Kinkaid moved in with his combat ships and carrier planes. The enemy fleet was rout ed. The battleship was sunk ear ly In -the engagement. ,r 1 Oen MacArthurs'a Headquart ers, Leyte, Philippines. Thursday, Oct. 26. ? American dismounted cavalry troops have Invaded Sa * ???????*? * UNITED WAR FUND * The United War Fund * Drive of Franklin County is * now on. Franklin County has * been requested to raise * 10, WOO for the War Fund. It * is hoped that every man, wo * ny?n and child will contribute * to the Utmost of their in,eans * to this worthy cause. Frank * lin County has been blessed * with good crops and very few * casualties of War so far. I-ief * us show our Appreciation by * contributing freely. * *???????? mar, third largest of "the Philip pines and last island barrier on the road to Luzon and Manila, while forces, fighting on Leyte have punched nine miles inland to seize the key road junction of Burauen. Gen. Douglas MacArthur also announced in a special commu nique that Field Marshal Count Juichi Terauchi's Japanese defen ders of the northern Leyte front were "disintegrating" under ?he American hammer blows. Filipinos In Action The three-mile American ad vance which occupied Bursauen, southern terminus of an inland highway, split the Japanese lines in northern Leyte, and threw the. enemy back toward the hill?, where fierce Filipino guerrilas were reported in actioit. The new American triumphs pushed our lines nine miles in land and raised to 31 the numbei of towns and villages captured Six airfields also have been seiz ed. The Invasion of Samar, with an area of 6,124 square miles, was made by dismounted cavalry of -?Iaj. Gen. Verne D. fudge's First Cavalry division which preceded the assault with a 17-mile am phibious drive up the northeast ern L?yte coast which lengthened the American lines on Leyte to 53 miles. Bound Over To Court On Charge of Robbery; Waives! Bill Before Mayor Webb Braxton Tart, 21, claiming hid home located near Ingleside. was arrested the past week and lodg ed in Jail, charged with having knocked William Lawson Griffin, of Selma, down with a wine bot tle on Spring Street in Loulh burg on Wednesday night .and robbing htm. Tart at first denied Ms guilt but said several men at tacked both of them, but later admitted that he did the robbery by himself and got $5.00. Grif fin was struck across the mouth injuring both lips, and knocking out two teeth, it was reported. The hearing was given Tart be fore Mayor Webb, and bond was placed at $500 which was later given. ? On Pay Day, Buy War Bonds ? Hallowe'en Carnival The Louisburg Lions Club will sponsor a Hallowe'en Carnival for young people and adults >on Tuesday night, October 31, 7:00 P. M. at the Armory. A worthwhile program of clean fun is being planned for the en tertainment of the entire family. Prizes will be offered for the best costume, funniest and etc. Lionesses are being requested to make sandwiches for the car nival. Various Lions will have charge of the various phases ot the Carnival. Come out one and all to the Lions Club Hallowe'en Carnival, Tuesday night, October 31, at 7:00 P. M. at the Armory. ? On Pay Day. Buy War Bonds ? PROGRAM AT THJE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Ofct. 28th: Saturday ? Rod Cameron and Fuzzy Knight in 'Boss of Boom town' and Chester Morris and Ja nis Carter In 'One Mysterious Night,' also 'Haunted Harbor' se rial. Sunday ? Ina Ray HuttoO and Band, Hugh Herbert and Ann Savage in 'Ever Since Venus.' Monday-Tuesday ? Cary Grant., Prtscilia Lane, Raymond Massey. Jack Carson and Peter Lor re in 'Arsenic And Old Lace.', - Wednesday ? Roy Rogers and Dale ?v%ns In ''San Fernando Val ley,' alsd Wring' Cadets serial. ThuroUy-Friday ? Irene Dnnne Alan Mttrtfoall and Roddy Mc Dowall in! 'The White Cliffs of ! Dover.' 4 ' TOBACCO WAR BOND DRIVE Capt. Geo. Lumpkin Leads Pvt. Roy Jones Strong in Second; Union Ware house Leads in Sales Captain George Lumpkin is still : leading with the largest amount of War Bonds bought in his hon or and Pvt. Roy Jones remains in second place. Pvt. Jones has held second place since the begin ning of the Tobacco War Bond Drive. Union Warehouse continues to lead in bond sales with a total of $3,800.00. Planters' Warehouse is second with $925.00 and Southside is third with $800.00. A total of $5,526.00 in bonds hava been sold in the 3 warehouses. War Bonds have been bought in Franklin County honoring the following men and women, who are in the armed services: Lt. Helen K. Allen, Camp Wol ters, Texas; Lt. W. B. Jenkins. Camp McCoy, Wis.; Lt. Col. Ed ward F. Griffin, European Thea tre; J. P. Underhill, France; Hugh H. Perry, Jr., European Theatre; David F. Collier, South Pacific; Max Wilder, Overseas; Capt. Darrel L. Perry, France; Lt. Col. Frank W. Wheless, Jr., Moore General Hospital, Swan annoa, N. C.; Sgt. Mary Harris Freeman, Army Air Base, Maxton, N. C. ; Ben Clay, S|c, Overseas; John Clay, Phm. l|c. Naval Hos pital, Little Creek. Va.; Pvt. Roy Jones, Belgium; Lt. Col. C. B. Sturgess, France; Minor Gouver ueur, Overseas; J^apt. George Lumpkin, New River, N. C. ; Beau ford Harris, New Guinea, and George Freeman, Camp Jackson, S. C. , 1 ' Do you honestly feel that you are doing everything in your pow er to back up the boys on the various fronts? If you want to do more and help win the war, BUY MORE WAR BONDS. RE MEMBER YOU NEVER GET BACK LESS THAN YOU ORIGI NALLY PUT IN THE BOND. MRS. ZOLLIE C. WHEEL ER DEAD Funeral services for Mrs. Zol lie C. Wheeler,?53, of Louisburg, Route 1, who died at her home early Saturday were conducted by the Rev. Claude Chaffln from the borne Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial was In Oakwood Cemetery here Surviving are her husband: three sisters. Mrs. Lee Baker and Mrs. J. V. Arnold, both of Louls burg, Route 1, and Mrs. Mary Howell of Henderson, and three brothers. J. T. Young and J. W. Young, both of Louisburg, Route 1, and Larry Young, of South Hill, ta The pall bearers were Percy Joyner, John P. Moore,* Owen Wilder, Carl S. Harris. William Hill, John Wright. Both services were largely at tended and the floral tribute was I especially pretty. RAGLAND-RAGLAND Mrs. Maude E. Ragland, of Louisburg and H. Q. Ragland, Sr., of Raleigh, were united in mar riage Saturday morning at 11 o'clock in the pastor's study at First Baptist Church, with the Rev Broadus Jones officiating at the ceremony. Mrs. Ragland wore an olive green suit with brown accessories and an orchid corsage. Following a short wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Ragland will be at home in Louisburg. ? News-Obser ver. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH . . I The services on the 21st Sun day after Trinity 'will be at ^he usual hours, announced Rev. Harry S. Cobey, Rector. Subject of sermon, "Aware ness." r . . _ ????????? NOW IS THE TIME FOR A tiL GOOD MEN (AND WOMEN) TO COMK TO THE AID OP THE PARTY Our State and National Coiqn^ttnw arc urgently call ing on uh for fund* with which to carry on this Cam paign and It 1* up to uh, who have no local flght on, as loy al Democrats to put our shoulders to the wheel. * Mr. A. P. Johnson will ac cept contributions and we urge every one In the Coun ty who can do so to send, In cash or check payable to A. P. Johnson, Treaa., any amount (small or large) as early as possible. E. H. Malone, Chairman For Den^ocratlc Executive Committee for Franklin ? * Coa/xty. , f ? ~ PRICES IMPROVING ALL GRADES SELLING WELL AND STRONG Tobacco Selling As High As S&50 ? I>argc Nun>ber Farmers Selling iiinl Expressing Satisfaction According to information given < out yesterday by Sales Supervisor James Speed, tobacco has been selling on the Loulsburg Market the past week as high as $50 and all grades showing a strong in crease and demand. Many farmers have been on the market the past, week and in most all cases have expressed satisfaction. Many new comers are joining the Loulsburg Market. Sales the past week have been heavy, but the carry over from day to day has been light. Most all growers getting a sale eacu day. The entire spirit surrounding the market makes one realize that Loulsburg is the Friendly Mar ket not only to sell tobacco but on which to buy the necessities of life. Get your tobacco ready and bring it on to Loulsburg. MEMORIAL SERVICE AT. METHODIST CHURCH A special memorial service will be held in the Methodist Church here Sunday morning for J. H. Joyner, S l|c, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Joyner, who was killed in the invasion of France! on June 8. Chaplain Q. T. Holman of Camp Butner will be the guest speaker and members of the Am erican Legion and American Les ion Auxiliary and Boy Scouts willi attend the services. AUXILIARY TO MKSKT The American Legion Auxiliary 1 will meet Friday evening Novem-!' ber 3rd at 8 o'clock in the Com-js missloners Room in the Court j( House. Members please be pres-i' ent, and invite others who aral eligible to Join. We have one , hundred charter members, which1 is a record charter, not only in North Carolina, but In the United States. The more members we ' have the better Bervice we will be able to give our veterans. JOIN NOW and do your part in helping 1 win the war and the peace. ^ JESSIE TAYLOR HARRIS, r Secretary. t t P. T. A. MEET'S | g The Parent-Tefcchers Associa tion of Mills High School held its , second meeting of the year Thurs- j day afternoon^ Oct. 19th. Taking part on the program were Mr. Forrest Hidden, Mr. E. C. Jernigan, Mrs. James Kin?, Mrs. R. G. Bailley, Miss Margaret Strickland and Mrs. Alice Uzzell. A good attendance enjoyed this program. The next meeting will be "Father's Night meeting" to be held Nov. 16th. The Fathers are especially inyited to attend this meeting. A splendid program has been planned including an out of-town speaker. , STUPP-ALLEN Camp Wolters, Texas. ? First Lieutenant Helen R. Allen, assis tant adjutant at Camp Wolters, and Capt. John P. Stupp, former ly assistant personnel officer of the Infantry Replacement Train ing Center here, were united in marriage at Camp , Van Dorn., Miss., 16 October. Lt. Allen, of Louisburg, N. C , is the daughter of Mrs. Felix H. Allen, Sr., also of Louisburg. Capt. Stupp is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Erwln P_ Stupp, of St. Louis, Mo. He is now the adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of the 144th Infantry, at Camp Van Dorn. The wedding took place at the 144th Infantry Regimental Chap si at Camp Van Dotn. After tho ceremony, the couple left on wedding trip to New Orleans, La., tallowing which Lt. Allen will re turn to Camp Wolters. Lt. Allen attended Sweetbrier College, Virginia, and entered the \rtny in March 1943. She re ceived her commission as an of Bcer in the Women's Army Corps it Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., In Novem ber 1943, and then reported to limp Wolters, where she has }een stationed ever since as the issistant adjutant. Capt:. Stupp attended Lehign University at Bethlehem, Pa., and s a member of Kappa Sigma fra ;ernlty. He held a reserve com mission and entered on active luty May 1942. He was at Camp Wolters from July 1943 until th^i ;nd of last month. .. . r . The WFA has ordered- packer* tperatlng under Federal lnsp?c :ion to set aside 80 per efeitt of ill canner and cutter beef tor >verseas military operations and >ther war LOti CABIN Franklin - Warren District Meeting of The Boy Scout Executive Committee The possibility of building aj log cabin for the Boy Scouts was! iiie of the subjects discussed at: 1 lively meeting of the Boy Scout Executive committee meeting held' it Mrs. Beasley's Cafe on October ;he 19th. Mr. Cecil Webb,, the hard working and efficient Field Exec utive, met with the present exec utive committee, and presented is the first order of business, the Formation of a nominating com mittee, with Mayor Webb as :hairman. to name candidates for Distrlct Chairman, Vice Chairman ind Commissioner for the Frauk ln-Warren District of the Oco leechee Boy Scout Council. The lommittee is to be appointed by Mr. P. H. MaBsey the present Dis-I ;rlct Chairman, with membership1 Irom other communities in the [District where there are troops. A report of the advancement it the last Court of Honor was liade by Mr. Louis M. Word. This ncluded 1 Eagle Scout, 1 Star Scout, 2 First Class Scouts and ;en merit badges. Mr. W. O. Lancaster, Chairman or health and safety, stated that i more satisfactory meeting place 'or the scouts should be secured. This brought out a suggestion hat a log cabin night be built in vhlch the bojrs would take pride is a building of their own. It vas also suggested that though' luch ii cabin would belong to the | coins and therefore be under j heir charge, yet it could also be i ised for other activities of th-3 | oung people of Loulsburg, Mr. j 'ernigan, Chairman for Leader-! | hip Training was then requested, 0 present this project to the City Commissioners and other organl-; a tlons that might be interested 1 n helping make the Scout cabin S 1 reality. * The next District meeting Is to > >e held on November tenth and < >rogress along various lines In 1 icouting from Loulsburg and oth ir communities is expected to be < ?eported at that time. < Co, 8, N. C. S. G. At 'Camp A letter from Company Clerk Wex T. Wood received the past veek giving information of th'3 tiembers in attendance contained Ills statement, which most of us ?an appreciate, "There is no place on earth like old Louls >11 rg, North Carolina One day iway and I am home sick." The following is a list of thi! Company personnel In training at '"ort Bragg for one week: Captain: Paul W. Elani. 2nd Lt.: James Lee Johnson. 1st Sgt.: Hugh R. Moseley. Sgts. Grade IV: Thomas K, Irnold, Jr., Lee H. Bell, Thomas fan N. Bass, John U. Perry, John Parrish, Willie B. Roberson, Vlext T. Wood. Spls Grade V: Zollle T. Joy ier, James (Joseph) W. Shearon, fioward E. Stallings, Frank A. {eavig. Privates First Class: Leherald hi. Bunn, Charles G. Bass, David ... Faulkner, Harvill Harris, Ches er A. Ragland', Jr. Privates Grade VHi Willard / Andrews, Walter J. Debnam, lohn R. Debnam, Bunnle C. Finch, lobert I. Frazier, Claude A. For lyth. Early C. Gupton, Fletcher P. Griffin, Ellis R. Horton, James Jimmle) B. Ragland, Jones Le nar Wheeler, Cleveland V. Vhite. PROMOTED Information was received this reek announcing the promotion i? Lt. (Jg) Wlllard A. Huggins o Lieutenant. United States Javal Reserve. Lt. Huggins is iow stationed on the Pacific )oast. COMPLETES COURSE William W. Ragland' has com leted the 4 weeks course of toad Grader, at the Engineer, chool, Fort Belvolr, Virginia, ie is a Private in the Corps of Ingineers He is the son of Mrs. !. A. Ragland and the late Mr. :agland, of Loulsburg. He was born on March 5, 1920. Ie attended Mills High School nd L'oulsburg College. He is tarried to the former Alice Ford', heir home is at Frankllnton, N. ' He entered the Army on April 5. 1944 at Fort Bragg, N. C. Be sre Entering the service, he was mployed by Mecklenburg Con duction Co. as Grade Foreman. The rat has been known ai a aster and1 destroyer of food and latertals. and as ? a dangerous iirler of dtaease. Recently, * ' wine' erysipelas was found in *' li -On Pay Day, Boy War Bond*? | GREG CHERRY SPEAKS HERE TO FARM BUREAU MEM BERS AND VISITORS In Armory At 12 O'clock Yesterday ? Large Num.-' ber Were Present to Start The Membership Drive in Formal Force Quite a large number of farm- ' srs and others were present at he Armory in Louisburg yester iay morning to hear a splendid tddress by Hon. R. Greg Cherry, | S'orth Carolina's next Governor, j ind to formally set in high gear he membership campaign of the franklin County Farm Bureau. Greg is a fine speaker and his K effort at this time was one of hisr >est, and brought pleasing satis-1 action to his many hearers. The activity of the Franklin'1 bounty farmers in lining up be- i lind the Farm Bureau was given 1 1 i great momentum and as a : ?esult the membership ' list was i ;reatly boosted. The aim of thin ! Irive to make every farmer a nember and they are hoping and : expecting to reach the one hun- i lred1 mark. ] Following the address a big bar- ; lecue dinner was spread and many mjoyed the great old Southern i >icnlc makings. College to Cele brate Home - Coming Louisburg College will cele- ' irate Home-Coming week-end 011 ' Saturday and Sunday, October 28 j ind 29, when alumnae and alun. ll from many parts of North Car- ' ilina are Invited to be present lor several events. The Annual Home-Coming Ban- ' ]uet will be held in the collegu 1 lining hall at 6:30. Participating ' n the banquet program will be: 1 Mrs. M. S. Davis, Louisburg, Vice President of the Alumni Associa ;ion; Miss Lula May Stipe, Secre- J ary; Professor J. W. Carmichael, ! Bead of the Department of Dra natic Arts; and Dr. Walter Pat- 1 en. President of thu College. j Officers for the coming year rill be elected. At 9:00 o'ciock Saturday night ' n the college social hall the an- ' lual Home-Coming rtance will be ? leld. On Sunday morning the Rever- 1 nd Forrest Hedden of the Louis iui'g Methodist Church will con-j luct a special service for the re-; urning alumni and dinner will ! e served in the college dining all at 12:30 noon. | : ATTENDS MEETING Franklin County Welfare Sup-j rintendent, Mrs. J. F Mitchlner.j fas In Raleigh this week to at end the sessions of the 25th an-| lual Public Welfare Institute at | he Sir Walter Hotel. The institute is held under the ponsorship of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and he division of public welfare and ocial work of the University of forth Carolina. The meetings lave been held without interrup ion since 1919. The 1944 meeting opened Wed lesday morning at 9:30 and will lose shortly after noon Friday ifter three days of discussion ot he theme "Looking Toward the 'uture In Public Welfare." CIVILIAN GOODS Washington, Oct. 23. ? T{ie War Production Board announ ced tonight that It had author ized $102,441,000 worth of ci vilian production in 772 manu facturing plants having labor and machinery not needed for war work Included are $10,735,000 worth of vacuum cleaner, $35, 971,000 worth of bed springs and inner-spring mattresses, and $15,537,000 worth of household aluminum ware to be nvide over the next 12 months. With WPB granting applica tions for such "spot" authori zations at a rat* of 350 a week, the 12-month civilian produc tion total is expected to climb rapidly in the next few weeks. Spot authorizations for civil Ian production are those made "on the spot" by WPB field of fices to take care of Arms and workers left idle by war produc tion cutbacks. > WPB said that pldtats em ployed fewer than 50 workers have. received 71 per cent of all the "spot" approvals. The "spot" approvals Includ ed these front the following of fices for these an^ooDlDt Char lotte, N. C? $223,000; Raleigh, B. C., $467)006, and Columbia, 8 C., $697.00. TOWN BDYS CHLORINATOR TO EMPLOY ANOTHER POLICEMAN Mostly Routine Business Attended to in Special Meeting of The Board The Board of Town Commis sioners met in special session at 7:30 p. m. Oct. 23, 1944. All members of the Board were pres ent. The purpose of the meeting was to open and consider sealed bids on a chlorinator, and to at tend to any other business. Only one bid was received on chlorinators, it being & bid from Wallace & Tiernan Co., Inc. The Board passed a motion to pur chase one Wallace & Tiernan Man ually Controlled Visible Vacuum Solution Feed Chlorinator. Type MSVM for the sum of $1,460.00 This chlorinator Is to be Installed on the raw water line to protect our water against B. Coll contam ination, in accordance with re commendations from the N. C. State Board of Health. After considering a request trom the Little River Ice Co. to extend a water line to its new plant with capacity to furnish res idents along this line with water, the Board decided against this proposal. The Board appointed Mr. N. F Freeman as Trustee of thb Fireman's Relief Fund, to fill the existing vacancy. In order to remedy the condi tion of the members of the Polico torce, having to work twelva hours per day. the Board voted to employ a fourth policeman. The following motion was adopt ed: "That the Board of Commis sioners employ an additional po liceman at a salary of $35.00 per week, and that officers Denton md Moore be paid $35.00 per week effective from the date that the additional officer is employ ed." The Board decided to con sider applications for the new opening on the police force at It's next regular meeting on Nov. 10th, 1944. The Board approved the sals of a cemetery plot in the old Oak woqd Cemetery to Mr. Zollia Wheeler for the sum of $50.00, ind plot in this section was ap proved for sale to j'ones Beasley 'or the sum of $37 50. The installation "of a street ight on the Halifax road near he residence of Robert Arendell, lr? was ordered by the Board. There being no further business he meeting adjourned. Inducted The following is a list of white boys inducted into Army service an October 22nd: Lonnie Steward Cottrell, Sum ner Forrest Smith, James Dor Eery Champion, Marvin Daniel ?one, Henry Lee Ayscue, Hubert Roberts, William Woodrow Wil son, Grover Thomas Harrison, Johnnie Clinton King, John Hen ry Hight, William Fleming Har ris, Ben Howard Griffin, Mallia Artice Marshall, Jones Edwin Williams, Billie Hilliard Privette. Maynard Beam Brewer, Forest Bryant Purnell, Harold Edwards, Wiliard Edward Radford, Hillery William Edwards,, Johnnie Hugh Pernell, Garland Mitchell Gilliam, Carl Emmltt Moore, Jefferce Lea Wheless, Walter Johnson Nash, Horan Harrison Johnson, Eugena Edward Perry, Graham Everetta Purnell, John Wilder Strange, Shelby Dempsey Davis, Willia Bruce Pearce, Ned Norris Den ton, Herman Earle Williams, Thomas Abbott. Jim Charles Finch, James Madison Pearce, Ashley Bell Jones, Junior Clyda Vfedlin, Fred William Layton, Joseph Beckwith Nowell, Jr., Ju ian David Wynne, James Thomas Bartholomew, William Brantley, ?Jorace Wiley Marshall, Willia (Viliion Denton, Archie Leroy l<ong, James Edward Arnold, Nor vard Crateman Pearce, James fade Spencer, Jr., William Green Uley, Wilson Perry Clay, Wada idison Medlin, Wilma Lee Bat on, Garland Steward Goswick. Voodrow Eva Pendleton, Forest fewell Mustian. Ned Norris Denton, Zebulon, N. !., R 2, is the FIFTH son of Mr. Llllson P. Denton to enter ser ice It is believed that this fam ly holds the record for Franklin taunt?. FLEMING- WILLIAMS . Announcements as follows have een received by friends of the ontracting parties: "Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Arthnr Williams announce the marriage f their dnughter, Mary Thomas, j Dr. Arthur Hynsn Fleming, on 'hursday, the third of August, ineteen hundred and forty-four, 'lrst Baptist Church, Charleston, outh Carolina. "At Hbme, 207 V4 North Main treat, Loulsburg, North Caro^ inn." *