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on. i tLM m TUB Ol ADYAHCB The Franklin Times WATCH LABEL 01 &MJB PAPEB?Sead la JAaawal B?f*rc TIm Elf 3>. A. F. J0H580N, EiiUr u< luim THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION 8CBSCKIFTIOR $IM Far Im YOLUMH?L1IL . _ LOUI8BURG, H. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY M, lttS ' (18 HAWKS THIS WEEK) NUMBER W SATURDAY'S ECLIPSE SCIENTISTS JUBILANT AT RESULTS ACHIEVED FROM OBSERVATIONS Clear Atmosphere Throughout Area, of Totality Except For Parts of Michigan and Wis consin and Canadian Pro vince of Ontario; Men of Science Throng Observato ries, While Number of Them Take To Airplanes and Gi ant Dirigible Los Angeles To Photograph and Study the Heavenly Drama; Ordinary Laymen Craned Their Necks and Strained Their Eyes Throught Smoked Glasses; Business and Traffic Come To Standstill; Partial Eclipse Seen By Sections Not So Fortunate Sol and 'Luna held ^ l?n* an ticipated rendezvous yen Their trysting place was a Heaven t rtained with dusk and fr'^Bed wlth . clouds. The occasion was a t. solar eclipse ot such ma?^ ? "JSSiAS? , Ec.utlt on ISu. iWJJj ed it the most perfectly executea SS ZSZ.'SSSi ? tally' they6"peered'through cavernous arasssSi'S1? stared through smoked glass, awed ?W'^szzrs: nsu J&fSSZf Bu't'^mX b?y8t forDlt wu" t^8 ?rstgltr"str oftun t?o centuries before they meet there agaln' Weather Perfect perfect throughout most of the fixed observatory ana ???? oTuteS-ecords were ft ^S^WS^SJSS felt justified In declaring that a huge fuiidtf information undoubtedly ^ 'heed 'added to their store-of and specific knowledge about such mvsterles as the content of the sun s foropl the composition of eclipse um bra and penumbra, the explanation of "Jumping Jack Rabblf -of the moon s eclipse shadow, the deflection of light as related to the Elnstein theory the effect of eclipse's upon earth s climate and tides of gravity, audita ???* unon radio activity, upon the earth s magnetic centers, 1U thermometers "?^SSST'n.. Poughkeepsle and Buffalo they had Been notably successful in recording this eclipse, M were otters of the thirteen fixed sUtlons wlt-Jn .. 1/u) mile psth the moon l&id down ^m R^ i^e, Minn., to Nantnckst U*ht Airplane Pictures Astronomers ascending by airplane to great heights took what ttey ex nected would develop Into o hi to graphs of all phases o< the phen 2n?oon. They had, they said, made the first pictures ever obtained on the moon's 100 mUe circular shadow as, tt bounded across the continent at ^Other'sriators aboard tt# dirigible, UM Angeles which had maneuvered in the sky all night prior to the J?u?>se reported all observations aad nhotography had been auocessful. t?%?%*r sponsored ecllpee ex mwUtions on land recorded every coa celvable phase of the ipectalce from the scientific standpoint. Thers ware whole regions, however, ?here vagrantclouds and over cast 25? brought disappointment to of scientists and thousands of leymen. In soms case, tto sun rose Ifdear apace, only to be obscured f. be mounted the path to ooajunc *( n with the moon. In others the SSJct 0tT glimpse of tt* ecllpee SSf^ver prswnt, and the deprsds Z SSJB **?<?7553* <"* ?nMt#Many Missed It Much of the oountry ???** S'Sr-rc; yjffigsy:. fro* a FARMERS TO MEET FEBRUARY 14TH To Receive Information Con cernng Fertilisers; Co-ops Hold Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Farmers Cotton and Tobacco Grow ers Cooperative Association was hold Saturday In the court house with a (airly good attendance. Mr. Carl Pearce and Miss Susan Landon were present. A most interesting meeting was held. At this meeting it was decided to call a meeting of the farmers of Franklin County to be held at the Court Hbuse in Louisburg on Sat urday, February 14th, 1925 for the purpose of discussing and receiving information on fertilizers. Mr. Sav age, the Farm Agent, who was pres ent and made a talk suggested that he would get some concrete informa tion and secure a speaker from the State Department for the occasion. All farmers are invited to attend this meeting. rary observatory at Long's Corners on the line of totality, were frus trated by overcast skies. This station -was believed, however, to have justified its labors, for, while its telescopes? and cameras swung idle, the operators accumalated much significant electric, magnetic thermo metric and barometric data. First Appears | Sol appeared first to those to whom today's astral antics were disclosed. , Rising out of the East and beaming I his fullest in the golden effulgence i of mid-winter toggery, he moved slowly and majectically to the Heav. 'enly rendeveus. Luna may have been waiting there for him?behind a cloud, perhaps. At any rate, her presence was not dis cernible, to the human eye until her cold pale countenance was lined against the fiery background of the ? sun's. Majectically and gradually, then, their entities merged, the moon caat ing over the path of her shadow on 'earth a shroud through which Sol's beams splashed faintly, for a while, and finally not at all. - - Sadden Twilight There came a sudden twilight; an awesome darkness galloped from West to East; a pearly halo sur rounded a dotted rim suspended in the Heavens where sun and moon had met. { Moon's "Baley Beads" of molten topaz on a sparkling string flashed tor a/moment, to be followed by.the I pyrotechnics of helium and hydrogen [gases, flaring and receding a million miles beyond sun's chromosphere, in the spectral performance called by 'astronomers the solar corona. Beads and corona appeared at the ; left of the eclipse at first; later, ;in the declining phase of the spec tacle, they reappeared at the right side. After that the two astral bodies slowly dls-engaged themselves from the line of vision and drifted off on separate paths. The meeting, the embrace and the short promenade they took together occupied-two hours and 20 minutes of clock time. At 9:11 n. m., they eclipsed. At 10:20 they parted. The phenomenon, and especially the mis placed midnight descending like the I crack of doom, awed and filled hu mans, birds, beasts and even fish with instinctive trepidation. Animals Affected Animals in zoological captivity set up a clamor. Monkeys chattered, deer stamped,' lions roared, bewildered horses stopped in the streets. Wild fowl, hardly settled upon their accustomed feeding grounds, hastily took flight again to neet, only to return to feed again as daylight overtook their homeward journey. Hens flew to roost, true to eclipse tradition, and cocks crowed at the phenomenon's end. V Fish in aquaga were seen to gather In schools and seek the bottom of their tank as they are wont to do at evening. Perfect View Many large cities, and above all New York were favored with a per fect view of the eclipse. Ordinary activities were suspended; all avail able transportation to countryside pefnts of advantage was crowded; skyscrapers and such-like observation towers were covered to almost over flowing; men, women and children ?old and young of high and low de gree?paused.to crane necks and whisper. President Coolldge used a whole pake of smoked glass to view the magnificent sight from the White House gardens, where the p.numbra and part of the eclipse were visible. Mrs. Ofmlldge saw It through smoked glass, also. Mayor Hylan, of New York, -joined a throng in Central Park to gase through a bit of exposed camera film. The boulevards and drives and parka of all the city were crowded. Broad why's bright - lights rs|i full blast, and street lights did, too, but thsre was little danger of traffic accidents, tor traffic stood etUl, face upward. The negro section of Harlem, fore warned tr the newspapers against super-natural Interpretation of ' the Inflmely noeturutty. talked nothing but "CUpe" for the reet of the fc#*/1 A'lomeehoe may bring good lack,' but when It's thrown you'd bettor ~ JAJTBE8 JUBILEER.8 J HOLD A JAHBOl'SEE The Jambes Jubilee re, fun makers of the Jambee Poet of the American Legion, of Loulaburg, N. C., engaged In a feast of food, fun, and fellowship, Monday erenlng, January 26th. The objective" of the "drive" wae tie consumption of mnch delicious "Cher-: ry Chow," served in a charming man ner, by our Comrade Cherry, and the cementing of most worthy friendships of our friends whom we regret arS not eligible to membership in Ameri can Legion, but who are Legionaries in heart The dinner was the opening event of a series of such occasions, to "be staged throughout the year, In an ef fort to achieve closer contact between the Ex-Servlce Men, Comrades of the days of war and misery, with our loy al friends, Comrades of these days of peace and happiness. ^ ' - * 1 Following the sumptuous dinner* and under cover of a "smoke screen," a course of Fun, Fellowship, and Food for Thought, was enjoyed. Impromptu talks were delivered by Legicnanaires and guests as follows: "An outsiders view of the Ameri can Legion," by Atty. W. H. Yarbor ough. ? "Voting as a Duty of Food Citizens," by Atty E. H. Malone. "We Philanthropic Plumbers," pt The Way to Success Is a Lead Pipe Cinch," by Comrade "Pot Likker" De ment. "The Loan Value of Personal Re putation," by M. S. Clifton, Cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. "My Lost Opportunities?Before the Volstead Act," by Harrys Johnson, Legionnaire. , "Americanism as Taught in our Schools," by E. L. Best, County Supt. of Public Instruction. "False Friends that are True," or "A Talk on My Teeth" Wm. D. Jack son, Furniture Dealer and Side Line Insurance, and V. D. S. (Victim of Dental Surgery." "The Meat in the Melting Pot," or "Legionnaires as Future Leaders," by Ben T. Holden, Atty. "My Growing Successes." Dr. A. H. Fleming, D. D. S. and Prince of Tales. Guests present were J. W. King, A. A. Clifton, Mayor L: L. Joyner, B. B. Perry, W. H. Yarborough, R. A. Pearce T. W. Watson, Dr. A. H. Fleming, L. W. Parrish, Ben T. Holden, Dr. H. G. Perry, H. W. Clark, Wm. D. Jackson, j E. H. Malone S. C. Holden, E. L. Beat, F. J. Beasley, J. E. Thomas, R. L. Peoples. M. S. Clifton, O. C. Hill and R. C. Woolrldge. Judging from the favorable com ments that were overheard, the oc casion was a brilliant success of jubi lant joy, sparkling with wit and wis dom blended Into a wine concocted from the Fruits of Fellowship. Our guests may have enjoyed our hospi tality, but we Jambee Jubileers "cash ed In" blue chips only, and reaped .bountiful, beneficial stakes of Friend ship, from our "Comrades," who "sat in" with us, in our Friendly Frolic of Fraternal Fellows. The days will seem mighty long, till'we meet again. RECORDERS COIBT Judge O. M. Beam had quite a full docket for Franklin's Recorders Court Monday. The following cases were disposed of: State vs Smith Pearco and Tommle Tant, 1 to pp, warrant amended to Include charge of nuisance, not guilty of Injury to personal property, other continued. State vs Willie Oupton, adw, nol pros. State vs Willie Qupton, nuisance, guilty, 30 days on roads, execution not to issue until further orders of this court upon payment of costs. State vs Percy Fogg, ccw, called and failed, continued. State ts Percy Fogg, r, called and failed, continued. State ts Floyd Wood, wrecklesa driving, continued to Monday, Feb. tad. State ts George Horton, fraud, con tinued to Monday Feb. 2nd. State ts George Horton, fraud, con tinued. State ts Raymond Ingram, Jim Foe. ter, and Deivd Ingram, distilling, con tinued. State ts Harrison Green, stealing 99, pleads guilty, 11 months on roads, upon payment of 910 tine and return of stolen goods and pay coats, execu tion not to issue until further or. ders of the court 1 L0UI8BUBG TRAIN DERAILED The Loulsburg and - Frankllnton train wag derailed new Katesvllle Saturday on the S o'clock trip to Frankllnton. It carried three freight cars, one passenger car and an express car. The freight car loaded with lum ber, It seams, was the caase of the derailment. The track was torn up for quits a distance. One freight car turned over. The wrecking crew re moved the wreckage, restored the track and Sunday evening the road was opened again tor traffic. COTTON WOBX ? ___? The tabulation of the card report* ?how that there were xl.041 bale* of County. from the f UM, prior to Jumtt It, IMS, u compered with It,*06 hele* glued to Jen eery If, 1M4. ? ' Gerald Chapman ? Mail Bandit Closely Guarded on Way to Prison ?wkm worm i'noloi. Gerald Chapman, notorious robber, central figure In the $2,000,000 New Terk mail robbery, being closely-guarded In the County Jail at Indianapolis following his capture at Muncie the other day. Deputy U. S. Marshals are guarding Chapman day and night awaiting the arrival of deputy wardens from Atlanta, where the bandit was taken to complete his twenty-Ore year term for mail robbery. In the photo Deputy Marshals Walter Hook, left and Simon Hickman, right, are shown taking (Chapman to Police Headquarters for photograph, measurements and Anger prints. The prisoner Is double handcuffed His wrists are manacled together and he is manacled to Hook as well. MRS. T. W. WATSON ENTERTAINS BOOK CLUB The Tuesday afternoon Book Club had a most delightful meeting Tues day afternoon with Mrs. T. W. Watson at her lovely home on Main street. Mrs. Watson, vice-president presided. After the business session a study oi Eugene Field and Robert Louis Ste venson, friends of childhood was tak en up as follows: Story of the lives of Field and Stevenson, by Mrs. W. E. White. Readings: Little Boy Blue, With Little Boy Blue, A present for Little Boy Blue, by Mrs. S. J. Parham. Trio: Sleep Baby Sleep. Mesdames Mohn, Fleming, White. Mrs. Luther Whitaker, Misses Helen Leigh Flem ing and Anna Gray Watson, guests of the cub added greatly to the pro gram with special numbers. Mrs. Whitaker ssut, Good night Iith'c Girl. Good night. Miss Fleming sang Unre quited. and M.as Watson read Field's Seein' Things. At the t-v? elusion of the program Mrs. Watson see-ved daii'.y rciirsh ments iu three courses. Vne club ad journed to meet with Mr?. J. A. "I uru r two weeks later. AUTO WRECK MONDAY MORNING A Ford roadster badly demolished and a large touring car badly bruised up On one side was the result of an early morning wreck on Monday at the intersection of Tarboro road and Main street. The Ford belonged to Mr. Adoock and was being driven down Main street when the touring car was driven by Mr. Wooldridge and came out of Tarboro road and turned south down Main street The drivers of the two cars failed to see each other in time to make the clearance. ENTERTAIN^DIRECTORS KIWANI8 Mr. W. E. White delightfully enter tained the Directors of the Loutsburg Kiwanls Club, at his elegant home on Church street Tuesday night. After the bnalnees of the evening was com pleted and Mr. K. K. Allen had been placed In charge of the program for the month of February a most ap petising and much enjoyed supper was set isd to the guests. The evening was exceptionally profitable and en-| Joyable. U. D. C. I The Joseph J. Darte Chapter. U. D. C., will meet with Mrs. W. B. White Tuesday afternoon, February Ird. at ?:?? p. m. MRS. S. J. PARHAM, Pres. MRS. J. L PALMRR. Secy O 8TTDBNT RECITAL The itret ef a aeriee of atadeat re* cttala at L<outaMr( Coll eye will be flrea Tuesday night February Srd. U I o'clock. The pa bile la cordially ArtteS. MORE COTTON CHECKS I Raleigh, Jan. 26.?Checks amounting 1 approximately to one half million dol lars aro being mailed from headquar, ters of the North) Carolina Clottion Growers Cooperative Association this , week. These checks cover the second distribution on all cotton delivered to the association during the month of December, 1924. Members of the Association will have received ap proximately eight and one half mil lion dollars in advance on 1924 cot ton when these checks are all dis tributed. I Notwithstanding a very short crop in North Carolina the management of the Association is gratified at the marked increase in deliveries this season. Reports from every section of I tho cotton growing coontiec of the | State indicate a . spirit of confidence in the Cotton Growers Cooperative 'Association and deliveries continue .to be made in those sections where 'ginning was late.*In the season dt , 1923.24 the Association handled ap proximately 12 per cent of the crop. . Indications are that this year the ? Association will handle IS per cent I of the crop?a marked Increase. | New members are joining the as sociation every day. more than 100 . having been added during the lat two weeks. One striking feature in this connection is that the bulk of the new mebbers are landlords, men who have watched the progress of the As sociation through Its history and have become convinced of its reliability. i 'SERVICES AT 8T. PAUL'S CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT Rev. Morrlsan Bethea will give ser vice# with sermon at 7:30 p. m , San day night. February 1st, and a cordial Invitation is extended to all to attend at St. Paul's Church. After the services Mr. Bethea ear nestly requests a full congregational meeting to consider the calling of a rector whom he has in view for the parish. HARRIS CHAPEL B. T. P. V. FEBRUARY 1ST, II Song. AO the Way My Savior Laada Me. Prayer, Charlie Fuller. Song. Earthly Pleasures Vainly Call Ma. Quia conducted by John Morrla. Program presented by group 1. Char lie Fraaler Captain. Scripture reading, Zndla Barbaw Introduction, Charlie Frnaier. Our two ecrlptnre testa. Ruby Bare* Beak to be aiaoere in religion, An* drey Young. Sincerity a safeguard of character. Alton Fuller. Blnoerity the strength of sendee Winston Pearce. Orow in this grace by (Mb help, Charlie roller. <* ' ' Song. J.aaa Thine O Lord; RretyWy cordially tuvtted to b* srith me. ''v r. A rt> ??c.tg; *. ENJOYABLE CHICKEN DINNER IN CELEBRATION OF COMPLETION NEW . WATER FILTER PLANT Mayor L. L. Joyner Makes Fine Toastmaster; Many Splendid Responses; Large Number Enjoy Delightful Repast v. Marking the completion of the new filter plant for Louisburg a most en. Joyable old time chicken supper was given at the new plant on Wednes day night by the Louisburg Fire De partment, Mr. B. W. Harris and Supt. C. Hill to quite a large number of guests. Although the wtather was possibly the worse that has been ex perienced here this winter, a large number were present to enjoy the delightful repast, which was served in a most appetizing and pleasing manner. Mayor Joyner acted as toastmaster and after the invocation " was mode by Rev. John Archie Mclver, guests responded with toasts on the follow ing subjects. Rev. O. W. Dowd, on the morals of the town. Mr. B. T. Holden, on the new water works. 4. Mr. S. A. Newell, on the general town conditions. Pres. A. W. Mohn, another aspect on the general town conditions. Dr. A. H. Fleming, on unveiling the Tablet in the name of the Louisburg water works and on fire fighting. Mr. W. H. Yarborough, on the abili ty of the Louisburg firt fighters. Mr. W. H. Ruff in. the oiliest fire man, on fire fighting and equipment. Mr. H. E. Miller, of the State Health Department, Raleigh, on filter plant operations. Mr. Wm. M. Pyatt, of Durham, on the engineering end of filter plants and water systems. Mr. B. W. Harris, on filter plant construction. , Mr. T. W. Ruffin on the town finan ces. The toasts were all of high and complimentary order and contained much valuable information for those whose privilege it was to be present. The evening was a most successful and enjoyable one to the delight of many. * , ESTEBTAINS BOOK CLUB ? < > Miss May Fisher, of the graded school faculty, most charmingly on tertained the Twentieth Century Book Club in the domestic science rooms on Wednesday afternoon. The- guests were received in the hall and usher ed into the7 sitting room where an in teresting program was rendered. Mias Robinson presided at the meeting. Mrs E. W. Furgurson read a paper on Switzerland. Miss Susie Hayes a poem and Miss Glenn Dunevant gave the current topic which dealt with radio and the approaching eclipse of the sun. The guests were then aaked into the dining room and shown to their places at a beautifully appointed ta ble. The place cards and favors, as well as the flowers and candle*, car ried out a color scheme In red and white. A lovely four-courso luncheon was served by some of the girls of the domestic science class who show ed in their ease od capable servico the good training they have received. The guests voted Miss Fisher a de lightful hostess and her young help ers charming aides. Miss Fisher, dur ing the two years in which sha hao taught In Louishurg, has proven a splendid addition to the social and educational life of the town, and Ik is always with pleasure any Invita tion to visit her rooms and enjoy her work is received. t. r. r. nnD? Friday evening at 1:30 o'clock tW Young People's Fellowship of St. Paul's Episcopal chnrch held a social meeting at the home of Mrs. R. C. Beck. The meeting was called to order by the president, Edward Yarboroegh and the following program waa ren dered: The New Year?Edward Yarbor ""^stronger hold est yoursoU?Ade laide Johnson. . The page of tossorrow?Lacy Clif ton Boddtm Original poem. School Marks?Kemp Yarbo rough. A letter concerning the reports ?f the activities of the T. P. P. iicefnd H. Kimball, ef Ba by Mies Mary k Bp?car gave a to the " Then, after a brief akin, a mints were