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**-******* * * i i, Ttea Boys Weed %MH f*z> riMEj VOLUMN LXXV. 91-80 per year la /<tTuce LOFISBlIRfl, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, DKCKMBKR 8, 11144 (TEN PAGES) NUMBER 44 T. S. DEAN ELECTED CHAIRMAN NEW BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MONDAY John F. Matthews Re- Ap pointed County Attorney; Chairman Appoints Com mittees; Bonds of Consta hies Received and Accep ted; Bonds of Deputy Tax Collectors Approved; New Board Sworn In by Clerk of Court W. V. Avent Immediately upon the adjourn ment of the old Board of Com missioners for Franklin County on Monday at noon, the new Board composed of Ira Weldon, Leslie Tharrington, T. S. Dean, Howard S. Pearce and Percy W. Joyner were sworn in by Clerk of Court W. V. Avent. Following taking the oath Ho ward S. Pearce was named' tem porary Chairman, who announced that the election of a permanent Chairman was in order. Mr. T. S. Dean was recognized as the oldest member- on the Board, in standpoint of servico, and was suggested as the proper one for Chairman, whereupon Com. Pearce placed the name of Mr. Dean in nomination and it was seconded by Com. Tharring ton. Com. Dean was unanimous ly elected Chairman for a term of one year. Chairman Dean taking over the duties of his newly elected ot fice, announced that the appoint ment of a County Attorney for a period of one year was in order. Com. Pearce moved that John F. Matthews be elected as County Attorney for a term of one year, with the same salary he now re ceives, $1,500.00 per year. It wa3 discussed and further understood that the County Attorney is to ' carry out all his duties as he has heretofore. List of hi* duties are recorded in Commissioner's book No. ?. Com. Tharrington mad-; the second for above motion and it was duly carried. The Chairman thun appointed the following for carrying on tho County's business: Finance- ? Com. Weldon and Com. Pearce; Welfare ? Com. Pearce; County Home ? Com. Weldon! Jail ana Farm OfTice ? Com. Joyner; Court House ? Com. Tharrington. The following bonds were ap proved: Township Constable, Ce dar Rock, Clinton Swanson; Township Constable, Sandy Creek, K. E. Joyner; Register of Deed:-.. Alex T.,Wood. The following bonds were ap proved as to Form: Johnnie Hor ton, Deputy Tax OoKeetor; A. W. Perry, Deputy Tax Collector. Upon motion of Com. Pearce and second by Com. Joyner and carried by unanimous vote the First-Citizens Bank & Trust Com pany of Louisburfc, was designa ted as Depository for the funds held by the Clerk of the Court and other officers of the County of Franklin. Motion by Com. Joyner and Sec. by Com. Weldon and carried by a unanimous vote that the old' County garage lot and building, located behind the Murphy Gar age building and the Franklin County Jail (now abandoned by the Board of Education of^Frank lin County) be sold' to Mr. E. M. "Little Ed" Bartholomew, for sum agreed for~by the said Board of Education, nineteen hundred sixty-five dollars ($1,965.00) to be paid by erection of a new building, by blue print now held' by the Supt. of County Schools of Franklin County. Deed to old garttje lot to be delivered to Mr. Bartholomew after the new build ing has been approved by the Board of Education of Franklin County. It was reported to the Board that Gold Mine Township does not have a Township Constable. Upon motion of Com. Joyner and Sec. by Com. Weldon and duly carried. Spencer Gilliam was ap pointed Township Constable for Gold Mine Township for a term of two years. Mr. Kearney Carlyle was be fore the Board In regards to rent ing the Pearlle Wlggs place, situ ate near Pilot in Dunn Township. Motion by Com. Joyner and Sec. by Com. Tharrlngton and duly carried that said place be rented to Mr. Carlyle for a period of one year beginning lit day of Janu ary, 1945. It was further under stood that a sum of twenty-flv<3 dollars be paid 1st January, 194S and a like sum on November 1st, 1946, making a total of fifty dol lars (ISO.OD) rent for said placo. Motion by Cam. Pearce and 8ec. by Com. Weldon that J.-H Boone be elected or appointed (Continued on Pace Eight) ? Sells $55,000 In Bonds At Auction Bond Sales Friday ? Can^p Butner Band Much Mil Joyed A large number of citizens and visitors to Louisburg enjoyed the splendid music furnished Friday by the Camp Butner band, both on the street and' in the Armory during which the Bond Sales Committee conducted a bond auc tion and sold $55,000 worth of j the 6th War Bonds. The bid J ding was especially enthusiastic and' not a time was there any I let up in interest. The sale was in charge of Mr. George W. Eaves, Chairman of the Bond Auction Committee and the auctioneering was done by Mr. Percy W. Joy ner. , LARGE CROWDS AT TEND ELEMENTARJ FI NALS AT YOUNGSVILLE The Elementary Recitation Declamation finals was held at Youngsville Friday night, Dec. 1. Attendance was the best in a number of years, and' the enthus iasm of the crowd wan apparent. The contestants drew for posi tion and each contestant gave his or her recitation in numerical or der. Pour places were won by the boys and four- places were won by the girls. The winners of girls' contest I were as follows: I 1st Place ? Harriet Harris ,ot | Franklintoh with "Ma's Monday j Morning." 2nd Place -Jenny Gray Swau ison of the Hickory Rock-Whiij : Level School with "A Rapid Re covery." 3rd Place ? Burman Bowman, of Louisburg. with "Betty at the | Baseball Game." 4th Place ? Violet Smitfe, of j Gold-Sand' with "Forfits." The winners of the boy'? con Itest were as follows: 1st Place ? -Richard Hicks, of Franklinton, with "J am An Am erican." 2nd Place ? Douglas Wynne, of i Youngsville, with "OP Brer Rab ! bit." 3rd, Place ? Dow Perry, of Louisburg, with "New Scissors." I 4th Place ? Edeven Driver, < f I the Harris School, with "When Father Played Baseball." The jadges of the contest were: Miss Elizabeth Fox. Miss Louise Walbourn, and Miss Eva Wicker, pU from the Henderson School in 1 Henderson. i While the judges were reach ing a decision. Rev. Bruce Hart sell and wife rendered special I music. The members the Elethen tary committee, as well as all teachers and contestants who worked to make the contest a suc cess are to be highly complimen ted for a job well done, and for the splendid1 program presented. FRANKLIN, COUNTY BEHIND IN BOND SALE Its bond amount to quota of I Chairman Gaither Beam reports that Franklin County is $80,000 behind in the sale of | quota. Sales to date $169,000 against a $249,000. Only two townships have sold | their quota. Youngsville and Sandy Creek both completed their quotas before the first of December. To date Youngsville p has sold $10,000 more than its [quota and' before the time limit > expires they will probably dou ble their quota. Sales to date are Township Dunn No. Dunn No. 2 Harris Youngsvjlle . Frankllnton Hayesvill? . . Oold Mine >. . Sandy Creek Cedar>Rock Cypress Creek Looisbbrg Amt. Sold .$ 2,600.00 3-, 000. 00 2,250.00 24,250.00 66,461.50 6,500.00 2,000.00 15,500.00 10,200.00 4,600.00 60,000.00 Samples of bales of cotton go ing through the Government classing laboratory at Raleigh are about 10 pei cent higher than last year. u *;JJM PROGRAM AT TUB - LOUISBURG THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulsburg Theatre, begin ning Saturday, Dec. 9th: Saturday? Wild Bill Elliott and Little Beaver in 'San Antonio Kid' and Ann Savage and Tom Neal in 'The Unwritten Code.' Sunday ? Betty Orable, Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye in 'Pin Up Girl.' Monday-Tuesday? {>orotl\y La rnour and Fred - Mu?Murra> in 'And The Adapts Siqg,', ,, , Wednesday rt~ Wajrn?r Baxter and Nina Foeh in . 'Shadows In The Night.? ?. ?, -v ? Thursday-Friday? Ann Sheri dan, Jack Carson and Olexis Smith in *TKe DoUghgiris.' DIES FROM WOUNDS Haywood Wester Shot By W. A. Stallings, Thurs day of Last Week The ^preliminary hearing foi W. A. Stallings who shot Hay wood Wester oto Thursday after noon of last week has been set for Tuesday before Judge J. E i Malone of Franklin Recorder's Court. Information received in Louis burg is to the. effect that an ar gument arose between the two about the gathering of some corn. | Wester died Thursday at 9:30 p. m. at a Rocky Mount hospital j from a bullet wound received I lour hours earlier at his home. I Stallings was arrested about 6 p. | m. Thursday by Deputy Neal and Constable Clinton Swanson. Deputy Neal stated that Stal lings and Wester became engag ed in an argument about 5 p. m 'Thursday at Champion's Store over some corn that hadn't been gathered from the fields. The deputy said the two men parted and went to their homes, located about 200 yards apart, adding that Stallings secured a .22 cali ber rifle, went to Wester's homo, called hiin to the door and' shot him under the heart. According to Deputy Neal, Stal lings has made no statement concerning the affair other than 'admitting he .had been drinking. Wester is sifPvlved by hig wife; [three sons. George and Frad'en I Wester of Louigburg, Route 4, jand the Rev., Jessie Wester oi | Philadelphia. Pa., and two daugh terg, Mrs. Calvin Harris of High Point, and Mrs. George Graves, of Newport News, Va. Funeral services for Wester were conducted from the homo. Louisburg, Route 4. Saturday (it 3 p. m. Burial was in the fam ily cemetery. GENEROUS RESPONSE FOR SERVICE MEN IN HOSPITALS Christmas boxes are being promised generously by several i groups in our Louisburg Chapter area of the American Red Cross for the Service men and women confined to hospitals. If other groups or individuals wish to send one or more of the 75 requested, they may do so l?y noting the following suggestions: The value of each package should be $1. List the contents on the out side of the packages. Prepare all packages In shoe-box size box es with attractive Christmas wrappings. Packages should br- sent to the Assistant Field Director, Ameri can Red1 Cross, Regional Hospital Mo. 2, Fort Bragg, North Caro lina. The packages and decorations SHOULD REACH THE HOSPI TAL NOT LATER THAN MON DAY, DECEMBER 18. | Chairman of each participating <group will keep a list of donors I and telephone the number t" | Mrs. Walter Patten, 338-6. PLAY AT MILLS "Wild Ginger." a three act play will be presented by the Com mercial Departmental Mills High School, Thursday evening, Dec, 14, 1944 at 8 o'clock. The cast o( characters are as follows: Juke Tallman, "a miserly old' pinchpen ny, Willie Robertson; Geoffrey Freeman, young man ot hero type, Bud Grainger;* Sanford Lakeq, a man ot extravagant, ha bits. Leiand Kennedy; Marwood Lakey, Sanford Lakey's son. Bill Herman; Wuzzy Walker, a ?oul be Chiropractor, Jim King; Mr. Peterson, middle aged man who keeps a grocery store, Nick Per ry; Virginia Tallman, Jake Tall man's daughter, Mae Bell; Misa Rachel Lee. Ginger's best friend', Crichton Cuthrell; Miss Stanley, a health nurse, Nancy Griffin; Miz Walker, Wuzzy's mother, Ida Mae Tunstall; and Bonita Lakey, Marwood's sister, Ramona Llles. THANKS FOR HELP ON AUC TION BONO BALE I want to thank all the Lions who helped me so much putting on Bond . Sale, also Mr. Ed' Ma lone and Mrs._Ned Ford and her girls for theif spendid work so liciting premiums. I also want to thank the merchants, Business, men for their liberal corporation. Amount of Bond 'Sale $55,000. G. W. EAVES, Chairman Auction Bond Sale Com. EMPTY SHOE BOXES WANTED Pleane bring, all empty shoe boxes you htw to Armory Im mediately. These boxen are needed by (he Legion for mail ing Christnyw gifts to boys in hospitals. Lions Will Honor Dead Service Men v I The LouisburfJ Lions Club will erect a metal shield containing the name, rank, and date of" death of every service man from Franklin County killed in action in World War II. The shie'd will be placed in a prominen "place preferably on the Court House Square in Loulsburg at an i early date. The Club voted J unanimously at the meeting Tues day night to erect this memorial to the dead service men and Lion President Walter Fuller appoint ed the Finance Committee, Liou' Numa Freeman, Chairman, to proceed with the plans. Lion Henry Taylor reported that the Bus Station Committee lias arranged a meeting for next Monday afternoon with represen-j tatives of the Carolina Trailways] and the Greyhound Bus Lines to* meet with H. R. Chesson and W. G. Lancaster to work out the de tails for a bus station for Louis-I burg. The Blind Committee, Stanley Stovall. Chairman, reported' that a pair of glasses is needed for a boy in the County and the Club authorized the purchase of thesi? glasses. Lion George Eaves reported that the Bond Auction -held at the I Armory last Friday sponsored by the Club was a success and ap proximately $55,000.00 in War Bonds was sold. The Club vot ed unanimously 'to send a lette. to Mrs. Lucille Ford, Mr. Edward Mplone, Mr. Percy Joyner, and Sfr. J. C Oakley thanking them for their part in the auction sale. Lion Joe Tonkel reported that the basket ball , gome sponsored by the Club, netted a proflt fov | the Charity Fund of $27.14. Lion l Tonkel did a fine job in promot ing ajid arranging the game for ] the fieneflt of the charitable work being undertaken by the Club. Kev. J. Marvin Culbreth. new I Pastor of the Methodist Church, j j was presented to the Club byi Lion'Pr. A. Paul Bagby and gave a very interesting talk on "Myj Experience witli Lions." Miss .Margaret Strickland of thf loclrt-school and Brooks Pai ten, son of Lion Br. Walter Pat ten, were guests for the occsion. ONE WEEK -SCHOOL HOLIDAYS The Franklin County Board of Education In it's regular mopth- , ! ly meeting. December 4, recom mended that the schools ot the \ county - be closed one week for | the Christmas holidays. Accord- | ing to Supt. Mitchell, the schools will be allowed to close at noon ] on December 22nd and reopen or. January 1st. The short Christ- , imas holidays was deemed neces j sary this year in view of the ! fact that the poliomyelitis epi jdemic delayed the opening of ! schools approximately 3 weeks I and in order to expedite an early ' I closing. Christmas holidays should I be reduced to a minimum, i Town of Louisburg Enjoined N. C. Mullen, local mer- 1 chant, filed suit last Wed nesday to enjoin the Town of Louisburg from enter ing into a contract with the Carolina Power & Light Co. for electric cur rent to resell to the Louis burg people. The grounds of Mr. Mullen's complaint are that the proposed con tract is uniust, unreason able and illegal. The hearing is set for Friday, Dec. 22, 1944, be fore Judge W. C. Harris in Raleigh. Mr. Mullen is represented by Gaither Beam, local attorney^ MRS PATTIE PITTMAN DEAD Mis. Pattie Horfqn Pittnian, jne of Louisburg's oldest citizens, iied' at Louisburg Hospital on last Friday evening following a short illness. She was 77 years Df age and is survived by two sons, K. A. Pittnian, of Snow Hill, M. L. Pittmart. of Balti-I more. Md., and oi:e daughter, Mrs. Forrest Joyner. of Louia jurg. Tp ? ? Mrs. Pittnian was a most es :imable Christian lady, being liighly esteemed and respected1 by her many acquaintances. The funeral servicer were held from the home 011 east Nasli Street at 2 p." m. Sunday after noon, conducted by Itev. A. Paul Bagby and interment was made in Oakwood Cemetery. Quite a| number of relatives and friends] attended both services to pay a [ last sad tribute. The floral tri bute was especially pretty. The pall bearers were J. II. Boone, M. C. Murphy, A. V. Joy ner, George Davis, Scott Dennis, G. M. Beam. Among the honor ary pall bearers were G. W. Mur phy, T. K. Allen, F. W. Wheless, \V. E. Murphy, W. H. Edenj, W. M. Pleasants, R. A. Bobbitt, I.. E. Scoggins. Sr., H. C. Tay lor, J. L. Brown, Drs. S. P. Burt, H. G. Perry. Those out of town in attend ance at the funeral strvices were Mr. Hollingsworth Pittnian, Duke University. Durham, Miss Ovie Al tord o( Rocky Mount, Miss Pau line Smith, of Raleigh, Miss Maude Foy, Greensboro, Sgt. and Mrs. M. C. Stroud, Mrs. Maude Baynor Foy, Mrs David Baynor ind Mr. F. T Baynor, of Kinston. MARRIED Miss Marie Moon and James Bass were married at Green Hlil Wednesday afternoon of last week by Rev. E. H. Davis. United War Fund Report The apportionment of Franklin County for the United War Fund was $10,253.00. This included $863.00 for the Boy Scouts' work. The amount raised to date is $9,787.37. We give below the amounts raised according to districts, along with their apportionments: Apportionment Raised Epsdm (Griffin, Chmn.) $500.00 $400.83 Moulton (Fuller, Chmn.) 250.00 301.25 Gold Sand (Speed, Chmn.) 300.00 250.00 Wood (Mrs. Read, Chmn.) 150.00 126.10 Centerville (Mrs. Neal, Chmn.) 150.00 71.15 Mapleville (Mrs. Perry, Chmn) 250.00 211.50 Cedar Rock (McClure, Chmn.) 300.00 135.10 Justice (Campbell, Chmn.) 200.00 90.90 White Level (Dickens, Chmn.) 250.00 285.00 ?>ven Paths (Mrs. Moore, Chmn.) 150.00 36.00 unn (Mrs. Johnson, Chmn.)< ? 400.00 464.51 Pine Ridge (Perry, Chmn.) 150.00 70.00 Pilot (Massey, Chmn.) 350.00 150.00 Pearce (Baker, Chmn.) 300.00 _ 83.80 Harris School (Brown, Chmn.) 150.00 139.01 Rock Spgs. (Mrs. Wilder, Chmn.) 100.00 74.85 Four Bridges, (Burrowff, Chmn.) 100.00 67.55 Riley (Rogers & Pearce, Chmn.) 150.00 150.85 Youngsville (Brown & Hall, Ch.) 750.00 632.15 Franklinton (Mercer & Hart sell, Chmn.) 1,500.00 1,834.54 Louisburg (Bagby & Fuller, Chmn.) * 2,500.00 '2,747.93 Colored Citizens (Harris & McFadden,' Chmn.) 1,500.00 1,260.89 We had credited to our county for overage from last year $203.46. This means total of $9,787.37. Whatever comes in later will be accounted for. We would still like to reach our quota. At this time r Franklin County is $465.63 short of it. ? ? . , jA. PAtfL fiAGBY, ' y ; WALTER FULLER, " r n " Chairmen.' Tobacco War Bond Drive The Tobacco War Bond Drive will end with the closing of the warehouses In Louisburg. You have about one week left in which to buy a bond in honor of a boy or girl ip service. We are pleaseri to report that to date $28,250.00 in bonds have been bought in the 3 warehouses honoring the men and women whose names are list ed below. Union Warehouse takes the lead in bonds sales with a total of $12,900.00. Southside Ware houBe is in second place with $11,725.00 and Planters' Ware house is third with $3,625.00. Captain Darrell L. Perry con-] tinues to lead with the largest amount of War Bonds bought in his honor. David Dickerson, S 3-c is second. Pvt. Hoy .lones is third. David F. Collier, Chief Warrart Officer, is fourth and Capt. George Lumpkin is fifth. Our list of honorees is as fol lows: r?i. wiinam a. Banns, died oil wounds received in action; J. E. Xelms, Jr., missing in action; Lt. Sam Mattox, U. S. Navy, Paci fic Area; Russell Nelms, U. S.; Pvt. Bob Harris, Overseas; Lt. W. T. Person, Jr.. Dothan, Ala bama; Hubert It. Harris, S 1-c, South West Papific; Sgt. John H. Hodges, South West Pacific; Claude C. Collins, Jr. U.S.A.A.F.,1 Pacific Area; Lt. Knox Porter, Ceylon; Everard L. Perry, A.A.F. Hase Unit Miami, Fla.; Cameron Stallings, U. S. Army, P.O.W Camp, New Bern, N. C.; Lt. Ben T. - Holden. March Field, Cal.: Cpl. John S. Holden. Camp Howze Texas; PFC Scott M. Summers, South Pacific; T-S Lauren 13. , Leete, New (Juinea; Lt. Col. Ed ward F. Griffin, Germany; Edgar I,ee Perry. Overseas; Lt. Hugh W. Wilson. Army Air Corps, I David Dickerson, S 3-c; Lt. Bob by Waters, South Pacific; Wil-| liard E. Radford', Camp Blanding.i Fla.; Capt. J. A. Mitchiner. France; Pvt. Ed. Kimball, Guam;" Weldon Kimball. S 2-c, ,De Land, I Fla.; Lt. Col. C. B. Sturges3,i France; Lt. Com. Garland Inscoe\j Ptcific Area; Lt. Robert W.j Smithwick, England: Cpl. Daniel] McFarland. Corsica; Francis S.| McFarland, Phm. 3-c, U, S. Nav.ili Rec. Station, Boston, Mass.; Lt.| Dorothy Sturges. England; Pvt. Wilbur G. " McFarland. Pyote, Texas; Capt. Wilbur G. McFar- . land, Buckley Field. Denver, Colo.; Joseph Inscoe, S 1-c, U. o. Lt. Linward Inscoe, Jr., U. S.; Pfc. Emmitt Hale, Belgium; Pfc. , Jennings W. Bryan, Jr., Overseas; ? S-Sgt. Vernon C. Stone, Jr., Over seas; T-Sgt. E. C. Griffin, Pacific Area; G. H. Aycock, North Africa. Allen Clarke. France; Cpl. W. C. Greer, Jr.; Lt. Helen R. Allen, Camp Wolters, Texas; David F. Collier, Chief Warrant Officer. South Pacific; Lt. Col. Frank W. Wheless, Jr., Moore General Hos pital. Swannanoa, N. C.; Lt. W. B. Jenkins. Camp McCoy, Wis.; J. P. Underhill, France; Hugh H. Perry, Jr., European Theatre; Max Wilder, Overseas; Capt. Dar rell L. Perry, Germany; Sgt. Mary Harris Freeman, Army Air Base, Maxton, N. C.; Ben Clay, S-c, Overseas; John Clay, Phm. 1-c! Naval Hospital. Little Creek, Va. ; Pvt. Roy Jones, Belgium, Minor Gouverneur, Overseas; Charles A. Sherrod, Seaman, Merchant Marine. Overseas; Beauford Harris, New Guinea; George Freeman, Camp Jackson, S. C. and Capt. George Lumpkin^ New River, N. C. 10,000th CAN ? , Mr. H. F. Marshall, Vocational! teacher at Gold Sand School and 1 In charge of the Gold Sand can nery presented the FRANKLIN TIMES with the 10,000th can that ' had been canned' by his establish ment- The can contained steak I yid was canned on Nov. 30th. He stated that on Tuesday of this wetfk his cannery put up 686 cans. Those figures show the real value an Institution of this kind is to a community. He also stated the people in reach of Gold Sand School was showing mors inter- ? est -each day in the operation of the cannery which he expects to see grow to be of untold value to all the people of the community and through their savings to the County. The TIMES greatly appreciates this can both for Its contents and the fact that it represents 10,000 cans having already been saved and made possible to the people in that progressive community. ^ Agricultural economists esti mate that U. S. farmers will de mand about a billion dollars worth of automobiles and motor trucks after the war. INVITE A GUKST Loulnkurg residents who wish to invito Service men from the Reassignment Center at Camp Butner to hav? dinner and sap per Witt* them on Monday, De cember 17th, are asked io call Mr*. J. E. Maione, at 308- 1 or 4M-1 before* Tuesday, Decem ber 12th. I COMPLETES OLD BUSINESS OLD BOARD COMMIS SIONERS ADJOURN SINE DIE All Members Present; Re ceive Reports; Place Land . Back on Tax Books;. Or-y der Land Sold to Earnest Cannady The old Board of Commission ers of Franklin County: composed of J. Z. Terrell, P. W.rJoyner, T. S. Dean, H. T. Bartholomew and* H. S. Pearce Ttnet in regular ses sion Monday morning and com pleted the old business before the Board. All members were present stnd the business disposed of was as follows: The Minutes for 'the meeting held on Nov. 6th, 1944 were read and approved. Charlie Bibby appeared before the Board and requested that the road leading by his home (Old ' River Koad) be drug or graded' over so the School bus could trav el over said road better. He was sent to see Mr. Moore, of Frank linton, for this request. The Franklin Courty Attorney read a letter from Mr. J. W. Bunn Attorney for Wake Forest and Meredith College requesting that the County accept the Principal on Taxes owed by the said' Col leges to the County of Franklin. ' The reports were received and ordered filed from the following officers: Dr. S. r. Hurl, County Health Officer; W. C. Royce. Farm Agent; Lillie Mae Braxton, Home Demonstration Agent; 0. I). Hag wood, Supertendent of County Home; Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner. Su pertendent Welfare; H. H. Price, Negro Farm Agent; Mildien Pay ton. Negro Demonstration Agent. Commissioner Howard Pearce explained to the Board about a Thirty Acre Tract of land situate in Franklinton township, that through some error this land is not listed on the tax books. Land belonging to Mrs. Hose of Frank linton. Upon motion of Commissioner Pearce and seconded by Commis sioner Dean and duly carried it was ordered that the said 30 acre tract of land belonging to Mrs. Rose of Franklinton. be listed on the tax books for a period of five years back, with a ten per cent penalty added. Value of land $750.00. The Commissioners with the Assistance of the Sheriff drew a jury for the January 1945 Civil term of Court. Copy of Jury list will appear elsewhere in thj Franklin Times. Motion by Commissioner Pearce and se.conded by Commissioner Dean and duly carried that th'i County attorney be authortied to make a Deed for Eight Acres of land to Earnest Cannady and Wife, Hattie. of Franklinton Township. Said land foreclosed by the County of Franklin for taxes. Said tract of land paid for In fall by the Parties mentioned abow. Paid for by making deposit* with the County of Franklin over a period of time. There being no further busi ness the Board of County Com missioners adjourned sine die. J)H. PROCTOR TO SPEAK Parents as well as adult scout ers are asked to attend the An nual Boy Scout Banquet at 7:00 [j'fclock Friday evening at the Ag ricultural Building. Dr. C. K. Proctor, Superintendent of tha Oxford Orphanage, will speaf. Reservation must be made through Troop Committee Chair men by noon on Thursday. War In Brief U. 8. Third Army capture* two-thirds of Industrial town of Harreguemines after IB-miles advance through eastern 8aar valley. Russians advance to within 35 miles of Austria, extend their front along Lake nalaton. Berlin reports Red Army mass ed in renewed offensive to en circle Budapest. Americans increase press* re. against Japanese in all sectors of Lejte front. Fifth Arnu? troops in Italy storm Qlast river barrier four miles southwest of Faensa and expose Rimini-Bologna highway stronghold to frontal attack Three thousand Allied boiib ers and fighters smash oU and rail renters in Germany. Amer icans lose four bombers and two fighters to ground fire. Chungking spokesman din closes nHr proposals exchanged between central government and Chinese Conyqnnlsta. Japanese attacks in Kwetcfcow batted. Japanese continue withdrawal from northern Burma. British Sflth Division troeya advance fottr miles south PI awe.