J. M. CULBRETH TO LOUISBURG S. E. MERCER RETURNS TO FRANKLINTON North Carolina Methodist Conference Concluded Its Session In Raleigh Friday; Appointments for Raleigh District; Rev. F. D. Hedden Goes to Dunn ; The adoption of general objec tives for 1945, the reading of ap pointments, and the completion of reports Friday brought to an end the 1944 North Carolina An nual Conference of the Methodist Church. The conference, which began on Tuesday night, was held at the Edenton Street Methodist Church. The selection of the 1945 con ference city was left to a commit tee for future determination. It was moved and passed that the 1945 conference period include a Sunday, if possible. A committee was named to study the type of entertainment to be offered at the 1945 confer ence. Committee members are: the Rev. Robert R. Taylor of Greenville, chairman; the Rev. B. B. Slaughter, Rockingham; Mrs. H. O. Lineberger, Raleigh; Mrs. A. M. Gates, Durham; W. J. Smith, Bethel; Dr. B. G. Childs, Durham;- the Rev. C. P. Morris, Rockingham; the Rev Leon Rus sell Goldsboro; and'1 Dr. H. C. Smith, Durham. Objectives Objectives of the 1945 confer ence year, adopted yesterday, ask for the inauguration of all ob jectives of the "Crusade fov Christ;" call upon the leaders of Christian education to use every available means to support the objectives of the crusade; urgi the Woman's Society of Christian Service in every, church to lend its full support; calls upon every agency of the church for full par ticipation; asks for all ministers and members to pray constantly for a Christian peace for the na tions of the earth and for a senst of Christian obligation to the peo pies of the earth; asks for in creased interest in the North Car olina Christian Advocate and Tht Advocate, and states that "We are determined to develop a sense ot Christian fellowship with one an other and with Jesuo Christ." Bishop's Concluding Message Concluding the conference, Bishop W. W. Peele of Richmond, Va., who presided, declared that he was thrilled with the great re sults of Methodism that came out of the conference. "We are going to have a splendid year and a great quadrennium for fulfill ment," the bishop said. "That means that we should be on our knees a great deal. "I would like for . the church to be a well of living water; not flowing in spurts and jerks, but a constant stream of living water, a stream of life and power. This is the quadrennium for us to real ize the great aims of Methodism." Appointments in this section were made as follows: RALEIGH DISTRICT H. B. Porter, district superin tendent. Apex-Macedonia, J. W. Bradley. Bailey, D. A. Petty. Benson, C. B. Culbreth. Cary, R. S. Harrison. Clayton, C. W. Barbee. Creedmoor, D. D. Traynham. Dunn, F. D. Hedden. Erwin, J. A. Martin. Four Oaks, F. A. Lupton. Frankllnton, S. E. Mercer. Fuquay, E. D. Dodd. Garner, E. B. Craven. Granville, H. H. Cash. Henderson ? First Church, H. K. King; City Road- White Mem orial, J. W. Sneeden. Lillington, W. N. Vaughan. Louisburg, J. M. Culbreth; Lou isburg circuit, to be supplied. Mamers, J. R. Regan. Millbrook, H. *B. Baum. Moncure, J. E. Sponenburg. Newton Grove, R. L. Hethcox. Oxford, D. A. Clarke; Oxford circuit. J. L, Smith. Princeton, W. J. Watson. Raleigh ? Edenton Street, A. .T. Hobbs; Fairmont, H. II. McLamb, Hayes Barton, R. L. Jerome; Jen kins Memorial, O. W. Dowd; Trin ity, R. G. Dawson. Selma. G. W. Blount. Smithfield. B. H. Houston. Stem, J. K. Bostick. Tar River, R. G. L. Edwards. Vance, O. W. Mathlson. Zebulon-Wendell, C. E. Vale. President Louisburg College, Walter Patten. Superintendent Methodist Or phanage, A. S. Barnes. ? Superintendent Oxford Orphan age, C. K. Proctor. Religious director, State prison system, L. A. Watts. Chaplain, U. S. Army, L. M. Hall; chaplain, U. S. Army, M. (Continued on Page Eight) TO RECEIVE EAGLE AWARD Scout Nick Perry METHODIST CHURCH Rev. J. M. Culbreth To Preach Sunday Rev. J. M. Culbreth, who was assigned to the Louisburg Meth odist Church at the Conference held in Raleigh last week will I conduct services at the usual hours Sunday, the TIMES is in formed. He comes to Louisburg from Chapel Hill. The termon 'subject Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock will bo "Vitalizing Change." All are invited to attend. Who's Who says of Rev. Mr. Culbreth: "As a child 'of the parsonage, lived in many towns in eastern Caroling, among them Elm City, Rocky Mount, Weldon, Warren ton, Klttrell, Ralegh. "Tratated in Trinity College. Yale aiul Vandeibilt Universities. "Served fourteen years as trav eling and editorial secretary with the General Education Board at Nashville: one year as Executive Secretar/'OT the St. Louis Church federation; and the rest of my ministry to the present in the pastorate in North Carolina and Missouri, except three years iu the Presiding Eldership. "Author of a volume of ser mons, a short history of Method ism, magazine articles and edi torials. "Of four children in the fam ily, one is in the Navy, one in the i ministry, and the other two in I essential occupations. Married Ada Trawick, of Nashville, Tenn." LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School ? 9:45 a. m. Morning Worship ? 11:00 a. m. B. T. U. ? 6:46 p. m. Evening Worship ? 7:30 p. m. The pastor will preach at both services and a most cordial wel come is extended to all, to come and worship. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH The Sunday morning services at St- Paul's Episcopal Church will be at the usual hours, 8:00, 9:45 and 11:00, With the Young People meeting at\7:00 p. m. The Sunday morning sermon will be upon the subject of "Christian Action," announces Rev. H. S. Cobey, rector. All are invited. KILLED IN ACTION Pvt. James W. Vaughan, 27 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Vaughan, of Nashville, N. C., Route 2. who has previously been reported as missing in action in Germany, now has beeir declared killed, according to Information received by the family. Pvt. Vaughan entered service Sept. 19, 1942. Surviving are his parents, three sisters, Nellie, Helen and Kay Vaughan, of Nashville, four brothers, Albert, Wilbert, Ellis and Ollls Vaughan, of Loulsburg, Route 1. RED CROSS KNITTING Have you knit a sweater for the Red Cross? Headquarters are asking us to complete garments on hand to All the immediate need In liberated countries ax well as for the Army and Navy. Since 1939 Red Cross chapters have made 29,384,780 garments of which 21,776,280 have already been shipped. The remainder will go forward as rapidly as shipping facilities are available. There is still a gret need for warm clothing ? so help us finish the knitting on han ' ; ! mediately. We must ! ! I ; not let our boj^ down. ! I To tho People of th's Community The victory Volunteer goes by many names in the Sixth War Loan. Sometimes he or she is called a GaUant. sometimes a Blue Star Brig adier or perhaps a Bondadier. Whatever the designation, he or she is per forming a prac tical patriotic service. In this community in I the next few weeks yon will meet many o? them at work, in the theatres, at your workshop, in the banks and in your home. Remember one thing: you* do not do them a favor when you buy an extra ffa: Bond. You help your countrv. your'figh'.: relatives nn-1 f7:-p.3s and your self. Ifci V:r ??' VwlunT-.or gives his tir-e a. ' s ene:-,7y in a great cause. or she makes it easy for you vo do youv duty buying at least one e::tra SIC l War Bond over and above your regular bond purchases. THE EDITOR. Loan I AAA ELECTIONS To Be Held On November 24th, 1944 \ ? . The election of the AAA Com munity Committeemen throughout j Franklin County will be held at ;the central meeting place in each jcommunlty on November 24, 1944 at 8:00 p. m., according to Mr. Ire St. Inscoe, Chairman, Franklin County AAA Committee ? the I meeting place for each of the twenty-five communities in Frank lin County has been announced in I the communities. Mr. Inscoe stressed the vital Importance of these elections to 'each farmer In .Franklin County, :he said, "The farmers elected at ! these meetings will be responsi ble for insuring maximum bene : fits to farmers of the community from the many programs and ac i tlvities of the Agricultural Ad justment Agency. The work of local AAA Committeemen includ i es explaining the AAA practices i to their neighbors, certifying the report of performance of AAA ! conservation practices, assisting the Storage and Loan programs, and working on the many emer gency programs assigned to the l AAA," Mr. Inscoe, on behalf of th3 bounty Committee, urges every eligible voter in each of the twenty-five communities to go to the designated meeting places and vote for the best men possible to All these community jobs. He pointed out that these elections gave the individual farmer an op portunity to take .part in their own farm program for the com ing year. ~ 'On November 26th, the day af ter the community elections, the delegates chosen at the commun ity meetings, will meet in the Ag ricultural Building in Loulsbnrg for the purpose of electing tho County AAA Committee for the next year. SUPPER AT MAPLE SPRINOS ? The Woman's Missionary Socie ty of Maple Springs Baptist Church Is sponsoring an oyster and1 chicken supper, Nov-- 24, 1944 at the home of Mrs. Oliver Perry. Will begin Bervlng at 5 p. nj. until ? . The public is cordially Invited. Come and bring your friends and help a worthy cause. The proceeds will go to our building fund. i. SOLDIERS NAMES WANTED Several firms In LoHisburg, inclullng I^Kgett'a, is desirou* of receiving the nam^s and ad dresses of all Franklin County boys in service overseas. If you have a boy in this service send the above information to the Secretary of the Louisburg Lions Club, who will nee 'that all its members and others In terested, m?7 g?t them. i NO COLLEGE MERGER PLAN VOTED DOWN BY| BAPTISTS AT CHAR LOTTE All Classes at Wake Forest Opened to Women; Con* vention Favors Expan sion Charlotte, Nov. 15. ? The North Carolina State Baptist Convention turned thumbs down upon a pro posed merger of Wake Forest Col lege and Meredith College in a harmonious session late today at which an erstwhile strong pro ponent of the merger took the lead in sidetracking it. Without a dissenting vote, tha some 1,600 memberj of the con vention adopted a resolution of fered by Rush S. Dickson, Char-^ lotte financier, providing that Meredith College for women at Kaleigh and Wake Forest College at Wake Forest, 17 miles distant, be maintained as separate institu tions. The resolution pledged the con vention to support the extension of both institutions. It also stipu lated that young women could en ter any class at Wake Forest that they might wish. Heretofore they have been restricted to the junior and senior classes. In addition, the convention Tot ed for an enlarged Council on Christian Education which, Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby explained, would be charged with the de tails of carrying out the conven tion's decisions. ?{('solution Approved Dickson, head of a committer formed to promote unification of the two colleges, read the resolu tion which he said had been ap | proved by proponents and oppon I ents of the merger after many lengthy and prayerful conferences. After reading it, he moved its adoption. Talks were made by Dr. Wall, Dr. William Harrison Williams of Charlotte, a trustee of Meredith who explained he was speaking as i an individual and not for the col lege trustees, Dr. John A. Oates, president of the Wake Forest Board of Trustees, and W. H. Weatherspoon, chairman of tbf. Meredith Board. None of them opposed the Dick son resolution. At intervals the convention showed signs of* im patience. some members calling out, "Question." HOME ECONOMICS GIltLS SPONSOR DANCE The Mills High girls who are taking Home Economics- this year have been working hard recently on a magazine campaign. The I second and first year girls, known j as the red team, with Nell Rose Lancaster as their captain, were competing with the eighth grade j girls, known as the blue team i with Caroline Cobey as captain. \ The blue team won the contest with a total of $412.75, with the read' team bringing in a total of $200.26. An offer of a $25 War Bond, or a handsome wath was made to the person selling the largest number of subsrriptions. Sarah Bailey, the prize winner, brought in, sales amounting to $109. The Home Economics Dept. received $234.83 profit from the campaign. The girls were also offered a party of any type at the expense of the com pany, If their sales reached the amount of $300. They more than doubled their quota. The girls decided to have a dance in the high school gymnasium on Fri day night, Nov. 10th. A piccolo furnished the music and hot choc olate, potato chips, crackers, and a variety of cookies "were served by the refreshment committee during intermission. A grand march began the dance. Just af ter intermission the couples form ed a circle, while two couplcs stood In the center holding red and green crepe paper streamers goin? out to each couple. Dur ing Intermission Jackie Word sang "I'll Walk Alone." Miriam Rose Marks and Jackie O'Neal sang "Cow, Cow Boogie/' and Mrs. Bailey led in singing "Down At The Station." For the cou ple dancing the best, the prize went to Peggy Jernigan and El liott Matthews. The dance was very much enjoyed by all. HOSPITAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Wild- : er. of Castalla, announce tho birth of a son In Louisburg Hos pital on Nov. 13th, 1944. Mrs. Wilder was the former Miss Lela ' May of Louisburg. Misses Joyce Turner and M?ry Ann Richardson had tonsillectom ies last week. Master Jlmmie Foster, ion of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Fostfr, of Louisburg. R 2, has sufficiently recovered to return to>b|* ^ome. I ?On Pay Day, Buy W?r Bonds ? < NOW READY O'Neal Drug Co. Announces Formal Opening For Sat urday Morning The formal opening of the O'Neal Drug Co., located on Main Street between Rose's and Pro duction Credit Co.. is announced ,in a half page advertisement on another page of this issue for Saturday morning. The new fixtures whch will reflect much ?credit upon this section arrived the past week and have been placed, the new stock well ar ranged and dislpayed v and the business is ready. The prescrip tion department is In charge of Mr. D. S. Chapman, at Durham, an experienced And well trained pharmacist, and Misses Louise Burnette of near White Level, and Sarah Collins pf near Cedar Rock will join in welcoming and serving their many friends and visitors. Mr. F. L. O'Neal, one of the partners, will have charge of the store. He is well known to the people of this section having been with the Scoggin Drug Store a number of years. He is a very popular citizen, and a World War I veteran. They are extending ? cordial invitation to everybody to visit and see their New Store. t , Tighten Seige Around Metz Supreme Headquarters .Allied Expeditionary Force* Paris, Nov. 15. ? American Doughboys by passed bloody Fort Driaut today and boiled in close to the suburbs of Metz from three sides, clamp ing the great fortress city in a death grip, while in the north British troops? drove five miles through the boglands of easteri; Holland to within 37 miles ol the key German industrial center of Duisburg. A dispatch direct from the field said the French First Army also had launched an attack, advanc ing /our to five milec on a 25 mile front covering both banks of the Dubs Kiver on the approaches to the Belfor-t gap on the eastern most part of the front. l^oiiK Front Ablaze The American Seventh Army, with which the French First is teamed, aB the Sixth Army group, already was in action in the: J Vosges mountains, so that the Al lies now are on the offensive on a largescale from Holland to Switzerland, with the exception of the American First Army sector which has been comparatively qulet since the fall of Aachen. Both Fort Driant and Fort Jean D'Arc? two of the nine' majoi bastions ringing Metz? were neu tralized by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's 95th Division, which cap tured two smaller forts, Hubert and Jussy, as it smashed toward the outskirts of the city from the west. Fort Iilance, 14 miles north of Metz and just south of Thion ville, also was stormed and its Nazi garrison killed or captured. Driant's Guns Silenced Driant's guns, which barlced spasmodically yesterday when the Yanks began pushing past it ou the north, were silent today, sug gesting that the Germans had abandoned the mighty mile-and a-half-long structure on the west bank of the Moselle River as they previously had evacuated Forts L'Yser and L'Aisne after only small-arms resistance. Due south of Metz the Ameri can Fifth Division inched forward to within little more than a mile of the city while beating off some of the most determined counter attacks the Nazis have raised since Patton's forces opened their winter assau.lt eight days ago. Peltre, two and a half miles southeast of Metz, was cleared1 of the enemy, and German counter attacks were beaten oft along nearby Pouilly Ridge, from which American guns command the en emy's main escape route tfom Metz eastward to the Saar fron tier. Nazi Attack Stopped The Germans, employing their first substantial force of armor since the American attack began, also 8truck>back viciously against an infantry division south of Remllly Forest, southeast of Metz, but the Yanks stopped them cold and pushed within four miles of the city o( Falkenberg (Faulquemont) which is only 10 miles from the German border. (Possibly preparing the Ger man people for the Imminent loss of Metz, Capt. Ludwig Sertoriu3, leading Nazi military commenta tor, observed that the famous fortress ciity "represents only an outer position, for holding of which one does not wage decisive battle but engages only a smaller amount of forces ? Just enough to force the enemy to strong wear and tear of strength.") Maize Is proving an excellent !eed crop in some areas of Eas tern Carolina. Yields ,of 50 bqah ;ls per acre have been reported. CLOSING TRAP ON JAPS | Bitterest Fight of Philip pines Campaign Is Rag ing in Jungles of Leyte Allied Headquarters, Leyte, I Thursday, Nov. .^16. ? U. S. 24ta ' Division troops, in a double fiank 1 ing drive, have almost completely ' encircled a regiment of Japanese at the northern end of the Ormoc corridor and the Seventh Division in a two-mile advance up the west coast of Leyte, has pushed to within 10 miles of the last enemy stronghold port of Ormoc, it was announced today. Maj.-Gen. Frederick A. Irving'a 24 Division forces, fighting almost three weeks without relief in tha steaming Leyte jungles and moun tains, all hut snapped the trap shut on a Japanese regiment ? 3,000 to 4,000 men ? by driving toward the corridor road from both east and west at a point slightly south of the town of Limon, 20 miles up the highway from Ormoc. Savage Fighting The Japanese were fighting stubbornly from caves and hill positions around Limon, at tha western end of a two-mile hair pin turn in the road running from, the north coast of Leyte south to Ormoc, but the Americans ?low!y were annihilating them in sovagj hand-to-hand fighting, front dis patches reported. "Units of the 24th Division, by a double envelopment have prac tically severed the Ormoc road in the rear of enemy defense posi tions at Limon," Gen. Douglas MacArthur's daily war bulletin said. A United Press front dispatch said that the 24th had neared "if not in fact, reached the Ormoc road," in its drive to cut the last escape route for the Japanese ds fenders of Limon, a major bas tion in the enemy's so-called "Yamashita Line." The 21st Regiment of the 24t*i Division meanwhile continued to maintain heavy frontal pressure along the road north of Limon, reaching to within three-fourth of a mile of the town and killing 1, 000 Japanese on Tuesday. MILLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS The Mills High School football I team defeated the Epsom High. [School team by a score of 18-0 j last Thursday afternoon. The game was played on the college football field. . . After playing thirteen minutes ,und three seconds, the game was called off due to rain. Jimmy Finch led the winners in honors with a very nice Job of receiving several long passes. The teamwork of the whole squad was excellent. Mills High has scheduled for Friday, November 24, an inter scholastic contest with Edward Best High School. This event is to be held at Edward Best. * Competitive sports to be played are: (a) Track. (b) Throwing the putt (8 lbs. and 12 lbs.) (c) Chinning the bar. (d) Jumping (broad and run ning). CAN YOUR BEEF The Gold Sand Cannery is an nouncing dates for canning beet. If you are Interested make your engagement for one or more of the following dates, Nov. 23, 28. and 30th, Dec. 5, 12 and 15th. Write W. F. Marshall, teacher of Agriculture, R 2, Loulsburg, N. C., for appointment. If the date you select has been taken before your request Is received he ' will write you so you can change to another date. Pork production at federally In spected plants was 168 million pounds for the first week in Nov ember, or 42 million pounds lesd than a year ago. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program at the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Nov. 18: Saturday ? Wild Bill Elliott and! Little Beaver in 'Tucson Raiders' also Chap. 14 'Haunted Harbor' and comedy. Late Show Sat. ? Roy Acntt la 'O My Darling Clementine.' Sunday ? Humphrey Bogar, and Joe McCrea anl The Dead End KidB in 'Dead End.' Monday-Tuesday ? Lana Turner James Craig and John Hodiak In 'Marriage Is A Private Affair.' Wednesday ? Richard Travis and Eleanor Parker In 'The Last Ride'. Also 1st Chap. "The Black Arrow' and New March of Time. Thanksgiving Day ? Eddie Bracken and William Demareat in 'Hall The Conquering Hero.' Friday ? Jimmy Lydon and Charle4 Smith ta 'Heni'y Aldrlch Plays Cupid.' ' MM