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?PRANKLl!! COUHTI
? SCHOOL COLl'MJf
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* Item ?< latereat to Teachers,
* IckNl rtaahlMWi, Betterment
* iiKK-UUon and People Interest
? ed la Pabllc Sekoals q( Frapk.
*' tin Count; 1 I 1 I
Kdwmrtl L Beat, Superintendent *
m 9 ? ? 9 ? ? ? ? ?
-J- 1. Mlsa Pauline Smith and lir.
Jodn Blair or the State liepartmenl
of Education worked with ten of the
schools Jn . the county last weelu_htlp
lax iberu to make the school houses
kiid gpnnm mora <?omrortAM? * and
attractive. The entire week was sp
ent with these schools and I am con
<Vter?t much go^?T Will rpt>nU from
their efforts. I will be glad for each
progress has been made along this
line.
2. The following comes from Miss
Alexander the Community Director
"We^hope to meet all the people at
the community service meetiugs, dur
ing the next two weeks. If you have
never been to a meeting come once to
see what you have missed. If you
-are a-taachar-os a school child try to
have the best attendfincce. that you I
have had at your school . An added
attraction to the present program will
be the county singing contest held in
following ? places i Cwre,
Tuesday. February 1st: Sandy Creek
by Sandy Creek and White Level. Feb
ruary 3rd; iiuna, February 4tfl; inpu
ts burg by Loutsburg and Mapleville
February 5th. |
A prize of $25 has been offered by
the county community service. We1
hope the successful school will see fit I
to use this and other money for play '
ground equipment. Sandy Creek and |
Bunn are to be congratulated for their
good attendance and attractive pro- !
gram last week, TW best attendan- |
ce during the whole two weeks was
at Fearces on Saturday night, Janua
ry 22nd. Two hundr^l and twelve !
people enjoyed the program . " - * !
3. The Commltte on the Seveuth
Grade Examination composed of J. !
L. Price. Clara Long. Eugenia Boone |
Mae Perry. Beulah Cyrus. E. N. Mit
chell. Pattie Lou Smith, Ullie Mae
Aycocke and W. R Mtll? held it?
ftrtt meeting lr\ Loulaburg. January
22nd. The following regulations wtr
re agreed upon.
1. The examlnaltoa will be held on
the 14th and ISth of April.
2. Thta examination is entirely
tentative and is only one of the re
quisites for a Seventh Grade Diploma
For a pupil to secure a Seventh Gra
de Diploma he must not only pass
t i t ? ? i V. ? ? 1 ^ ? .. ? ^ - ? - .11
lulfl lool Out uiuBv 81 BO i u ui ptrir art
thy work that la given between the
test and the close of the school. The
Seventh Grade Diploma Is therefore
dependent upon two things, namely
completion of the seventh grade work
amt- passing thu teatatl*e examination
Number 2. la expret?>cd in detail that
no pupil n*ay get the idea that he may
secure a Diploma by merely tiiklng.
the examination even if the work has
? not been completed.
J T. No pupil will be allowed' to take
| the examination unless he has flnlsh
| ed the work of the seventh grade.
plete a grade is S months or 160 days.
The ccrnmltte therefore decided that
no pupil should be allowed to attempt
I the examination unless his record
| snows tnat ne had worked in the sev
enth yradr as ? many ? aa ? LSQ ? days*
| There will be no deviation from this
y?gculallnn unless. -the teacher ran
furnish evidence that the child is far
above the average In Intellect and has
dona axtca. itatk ? out si da ? of school.
hours. 1)? course this does not me
an that a child must have attended
school 150 dtiva this one school year
ha may ht>vff" ftiWitt ft parr or th*
jwork in Fome previous year.
4. No pupil will therefore kuow
whether or not he will secure his Di
ploma, until the close of his school. ? j
! 5. The final grading of the papers
will be done by the following com
mittee on Saturday. April 23rd in Lou
isburg, Katherine Dorsett. Eugenia
Boone. Clara l.*ong. Beulah Cyrus. E.
N. Mitchell. Agnes Hunt. Lillie Mae
Ay cock and K. L. Best.
6. Afte* the examination each tea
cher will grade the papers of her pu j
! pils placing the grade on a separate ;
shpet and this sheet with the other pa
peVs must be sent to the office by
7 An application blank that will
be furnished must be filled out for
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Ui. Dft*Ur in HIGH GRADR FERTILIZER
Satisfaction Or Your Money B?ck
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each Id taking the examination
I No 4>apers will be graded unless ac
companied with tu application blank
This blank will aak (or sucb iufornia
tlon aa the number of days the child
has been In school, the amount of
, work completed, character of dally
recitations and etc.
I 8. No Seventh Opvde Diploma will
be raJld without the signature of the
principal or teacher In charge of the
_j?hool aadAfce comity aup<Mlat+Qdtnt
9. There will be a Seventh Gradb
fount r Ctiumitiiifuifin held tn Lout*
burg Friday. June 3rd. In the morn
ing there will be an address by some
noted educator and the Seventh Grade
Dlplnmnw _ will tn; drllTcrgfc. :
! In the afternoon the athletic events
will take place. The Field Events
will be under the supervision of Miss
Violet Alexander, the Community S?r
, vice Director. The details for the
- program of this day will be given- la
ter.
1 10. The office will ba glad to fur
niih any phasa of the *avanth unido
work or examination. The teachers
are urgently requested to familiarize
themselves and their pupils\with the-,
se regulations that p thorough under-'1
>.i?nuiing may be hud liofjpo tffe *aU
of the Hrimlnatton.
TV: it appears rrora" "all editorial
written by the Editor of The Frank
ttiY Ttmer Thar the schools of Hi toys.
Royal and New Hope have already
been consolidated into a central high
* school . As may be seen ffrom the
School Column iif the-somc Issue
consolidation has not yet taken place
hut of the interested cltlicns
| are disiujsing the udvlcabiUty. nf do .
ing so. Of course this is a question
that the j?eople of these districts will
[have to decide for themsefV^s and in
'""bv.half of the children of these Dis
tricts I sincerely hope that their de
cision will be to organize- and main
tain an efficient central high school
where every boy and girl in the town
ship may receive effective training.
roSMIMTY SKKMCK PROGRAM
AM) SrHEDCXE.
The following program and sched
ule has been announced by the com
munity service work of Franklin
County :
Program
1. The Weclth of the Nation.
? Muu ?**<!-?? Switzerland.
3. Robinson Crusoe. Part One.
4. Robinson Crusoe. Part^Two.
Fcobinson Crusoe. Part Tty-ee
6.- Jerrv^a Finishing Touch.
Monday night. Jan. 24 ? Popes.
Tuesday night. Jan 25 ? New Htape.
Wednesday night. Jan. 26 ? Youngs
vjUiiU
1 hursday night. Jan. 27 ? Mt. Grovt
Friday night. Jan. 2S ? Wood.
Saturday night. Jan. 29 ? Royal.
^ " -'?> rmrrr- HTsTT ? iniiu*si?io .
i , i .v imjVp ivi>. i -Ci'ii ar-Kour~
V" . . . i! ;y Febo 2 ? Seven
Tiv.ii'*>?. y ? nnrtrr. Feb. 3--Sandv
1 re?>k .
Friday Feb. 4 ? Burnt.
S*. .:>? Tiinl.t. Fob. 5? Louisl.uri.'
? Hi.i. L.L-i'l Ui: UALi: i-'AllM r,A:'*T>S
, w ? i* Slio i .?\ver of sale ?. ui
f".i:vd in that cc rutin 4?e^- of trust,
TTl.i.ll- itV Wl tUMl Dunston wil?- to
? Li- ? Trustee. dated F>b.
Mh. IMS. ami recorded in Franklin
Urvistry. Book 224. page 62, default
having been made* in the payment oi
the debt thereby secured and demand
for foreclosure having been made on
s?'.id trustee by the holder of the debt
thereby secured, the undersigned will
?;i Monday, February 28, 1921, at,
the noon recess of Court, at the Coujt
House door in Louisburg. offer for
sale at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, that tract of land in
Dunns Township, part of the Fowler
land and in said deed of trust convey
ed and described as -follows:
f\ certain tract or parcel of land sit
uated in Dunns Township. Franklin
County. North Carolina, known and
designated as farm Nos. 3, 4 and "? on
plot of .property formerly owned by
the Fowler heirs and known as the
Dr. Fowler Place as surveyed and
plotted by Joseph T. Inscoe, Survey*
or. which said plot or map is rec^riU
ed In Book 192, page 550 in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Frariklin
County. The said three farm lota
containing la the aggregate 97 and
. S3-lr0p acr^tl. and being the trafct of
land conveyed by D. F. McKinne and
wife and MalCOim McKinne and wife
to C. N. >erry by deed bearing date
Nov. 20. 1913, which is registered in
(look 202. page 459. office of the Reg
Ister of DeedB for Franklin County
to all of which records reference Ib
hereby made* for a fuller description
of said lands.
This Jan. 28th, 1921.
BEN J. B. 8YKE8, Trustee
W.M. H ft THOS. W. RUFFIN.
I Attorneys 1 -28-6t
NOTICE OF ACTION TO DEFEND
ANT.
North Carolina In Superior Conrt
Franklin Co. Before the Clerk
J. 8 MORRIS,
Vs.
AMELIA LEVI8TER.
Amelia Levister, defendant above
nacned. will take retire th*t an action
or mpeclal proceeding* entitled a?
sbove has t>enn commenced in the Su
perior Court of Franklin County, No
rth Carolina, for the purpose of hav
ing a sale of the dower tract allotted
to l?Hla l^vlstfer in the lands of the
late Fenner I^TlBter. which land is
fully described Ift aaid flower prcdtyfefc
Inga In Book of Orders and Derrrjee
No. 7 at page 436 et seq . reference 'to
which is hereby expressly made foV
full description, mild land befnlc sold
for partition, the defendant having ih
berited a one fourth undivided Ini^r
*?st In said land from her fafffHt, KVr^
ner I^evister.
And the defendant will farther take
notice that she Is required- in npp?f*r
before the Clerk of the SAperfor (%H
urt of Franklin Co. at his office In
I>oulnburK. N. C. on Feb. 28, lf?21
and answer or demur to the co'nv
plaint and petition of plaintiff In natd
proceedlnirs. or the plaintiff will ap
ply to the Court for relief demXnrlekf
In said complaint and petition, to-wltl
home dmohstkatiow ?
I* DifiimjT. ?
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The iueetlngs the past week to ma
i ke plans tor Improving the school gr
, ounda ikiid to Install piay^tvund eq
ulpment under the direction of Mr.
'John Blair. Director of School House
, Planning. State Department of Edu
cation. were well attended consider-.
1 On Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Blair
talked to the school at Maplevllle.
He suggested plan to Include founda
tion planting, evergreens and places
for simple playground equipment. On
? Wednesday uwnilng fre spoke to tW
school and * community of Bunn. Ah- I
out 250 people were In attendance at]
.this meeting . After this he talked to!
the high school pupils and' Woman's
. Club on Interior decoration. ImrneJ
'diately rollowlng this he met "wltE tht
[trustees to discuss Titims for an addh
"on to the building. The Woman's
<-iue taett meFwHh htnrto-mafce ptamT
for laying out the grounds. They de
elded to put lattice around the founda>
tlon. lay out?*? drive way. plant out
shrubbery and Install se-saws. etc.
-'or the smaller children, as thu work
? thin ye&r-, ? ?? ? Wednesday after ?
noon quite a number of the Roberts
people came out with tools to' work
bunas the ground was frozen so hard
no outside work could be done. Mr. I
Blair told stories and Illustrated them
on the blackboard for the ehililrep
The trustees and Woman a Clnh met |
with? him to make plana for improv
iugThe grounds. In spite of the gr.
uuud being frozen stx ? inches ? deep
quite a crowd gathered at Seven (Paths
to_wtrk. The men filled in washes
laid off the boundaries, etc.. while the
children had a Jolly time playing ga
mes and hearing plans made for theli
Playground equipment. The high
school pupils and trustees itiet with
Mr. Blair at Justice. An interesting
meeting was held at Cedar Rock.- Nc.
definite work could be done there as
the ground Is still covered with tim
ber and brick from the new building.
Mr. Blaif was especially interested in
thJe school as the plan for the "new
building came from his office. He,
*JJ11--Vlslt the community later Ir. IqjJ
ocrrhe grounds when the building is^
completed. Meetings were held on
Friday at Ingleside. Mt. Grove and
Wood. The last meeting was held at
Mcralton-Hayes on Saturday morning.
The men of the community spent Sev- ,
eral hours digging stumps and level- I
ing the grounds. The small boys did'
the"- bit by piling up timber ami hriM.
lert from the new building. Each"
principal will be sent a blue print to
follow in carrying out the plans sug
Rested by Mr. Blair and the Agent,
1...0 blue iJiinTsr-or t n-5? Ttnv~gFmrinr*
equipment. $25.00 worth of shrubs'
wrtl lie given to. the school that makes
lilt; Itinsl Imprnvumwnt in itn'wrniimlu;
&ln 00-\vorth for thft KfM'ftinl luifil, ain'i
tm-additlonal prize tn each school thai
install the playground equipment. Dr ?
Brooks, state Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, says Franklin County
is taking the lead in Ahis ground i in
provement ?wk . Lets make e ich
school ground so protl.v that Frank
lin will l>e noted for its attractive
s>.Luu1a ami ulwr t'oinwiei will miun ?
the c-xaniple we have set.
:.rst of l)v . Barrel's illustrated I
leitm . Kivt-li ,il Hickory Hm-k ?
on i- rulav night . The souvenirs shT
own twrc nf aiULii iuieie.s:. L-w|ii'L l:i)lv ;
the costumes. Dr. Burrell imperson
ated an Arabian sheik and Mrs. Ins
coe. a Japanese princess. About 200'
people were present. This lecture
will be given at Bunn on Friday ni- !
ght. th<j 28th. I
The following report of the. meet- ;
ing of the Sandy Creek Womans Club
comes from Mrs. D. N. Nelms:
'*On Wednesday. January 19th. the
Woman's Club met with the largest
number present since its organization
Miss Pauline Smith liaving to at- ;
tend a special meeting elsewhere, co- I
uld not.be with us. Miss Aycock was I
asked to act in her place, which she!
very readily consented to do.
Several were asked to tell what the- I
se meetings mean? or should mean to
us. Some very interesting thoughts
were brought out and we wish mors'
of the girls and women could have
been there to have heard the splendid i
Jalk made by Miss Aycock. She al
ways knows just the 'right thing to
say to be of help to some one.
After the discussion, indoor games
were played which were enjoyed by
all. . Refresehm^nts were served bv i
the girls of the 6th and 7th grades.
The club then adjourned to meet
Wednesday after the first Sunday In !
February. Each member being ask
ed to get as many new ones as possi
ble to meet with them next time "
Bean or Pea Croquettes? 1 cup ma
shed potatoes, 1 cup mashed peas or
beans. 2 tablespoons flour, 1 table- -
spoon drippings, 1-2. cup milk, salt
and pepper. Melt the drippings, add
onions and cook to a golden brown;
add flour, and when blended, the milk
Cook until heavy enough to drop from
the spoon. Combine with other In
gredlents.. allow to stand 2 or 3 hours
then ashape into balls or croquetten
Dip In egg apd crumbs and fry in
deep fat. 1
I ea or Beam Salad ? 2 cups peas oi
. beans (cooked), X cup shredded cab
page, 2 or 3 sprigs parsley, 1 grated
(jnlbrt, salt and pepper, ^rertch drte
sing, cookted dressing, or iriayoimaise
may be served with this salad?^
I , Baked Beans? 1 quart beans, 1 on
ion, 1-4 pound bacon, 2 teaspoons salt
|1 teaspoon mustard, 1-2 cup molasses
3, cap tothato sauce, 2 tablespoons
C'hlll saiice. Soak the beans two or
tllree hours and when the skins are
"loose, rub them until they are remoV
'ed. Then pour Cold water through
thorn and put them In the pot with the
onion, tomato sauce and Chill Sauce.
Bury the pork in the, beans, add boil
ing water In the mustard, salt and
molasses sufficient to cover tha be
:??!? aml keep them covered until the
|la*t Hour of cooking. Then lift thb
j.frve#t to the top and brown.
I
IsaJe of aald land for partition.
I Thin Jan. 24. 1A21
I 1 J L. PAI.WER, Deputy,
Clerk of the Superior (fcrort.
? Wty.H. & THOS. W RUPTXM.
1 " Attorney for plaintiff,
r . * LoulaburR, 6l . C. T-28-BI
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The lower prices you've- been
torn prices on SUITS and
OVERCOATS. The- final cat,
not in February or MarcrIT7~but
NOW- We need the money
and space for our new Spring
stock, that's why we are offer
ing ^uch wonderful ^values at
such low prices.
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Come take a look for yourself.
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TG BANK"
4 Per Cent Interest on
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-m. -
Savings Account
Start an Account Now and Save
Something Each Week
Farmers National Bank
J. M. ALLEN, T. H. DICKJENS,
President * , Vice President
H. M. STOV^LL, Cashier
Capital $50,000.00 Surplus $10,000.00
Louisburg, North C&roliii*