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THE FRANKLIN TIMES
Issued Every Friday
MB Court Street Telephone 288-1
A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager
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Foreign Advertising Representative
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New York City
Entered at the Poatofflee at Loulsburg, N. C. as second
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It is delightful to see Congress waking up. Its true
in wartime the Chief Executive needs to have broad
powers to conduct the war, but it is not necessary for
Congress to surrender all its rights and authority. If
so then we need no Congress.
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If the enforcement of the new draft rules announced
over radio some days ago, with reference to deferment,
is carried out there will be many who are now slipping
by on technicalities, will have to enter service. The
fact that a person makes so many units should not privi
lege him to ride around town half to a third of his time,
instead of working. This does not mean that the farm
boy should be restricted any more than the town boy.
There are many town boys that, in fairness to the boys
now in service, should be in uniform.
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,Jt will be noticed that the County Commissioners are
inviting applications for the position of Superintendent
of the County Home. In our opinion the County Home
should be considered to be carefully maintained for the
comfort, care and contentment of the aged and infirm
inmates. The question of profitable management of
the farm should be a secondary consideration. We feel
sure the Commissioners will take this view and select
one of a mature settled age with a well trained ability
to carry out this object. In reality we believe it would
be a great deal cheaper to the County and of a much
greater service to its people to convert the County Home
into p. Ccjpnty Hospital. We feel confident that a plan
of Successfiif operation can be worked out that will be
profitable to the County financially and of great benefit
and ^convenience tp th^?health of the ppople. At least
-w6 believe the idea well worth a serious and careful in
vestigation.
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RESPECT THE SIRENE
People of Franklin County are* cautioned to respect
ti sound of a sirene on the highways or the streets,
e importance of this was manifested Monday when
officers were racing to get a Doctor for a little child
who had been run over by a bus. The officers report
tjhat pra'ctically no one paid any attention to the* sound
df the sirene. When one is sounded persons driving or
walking on the highways or streets should get to one
aiide ? not necessarily stop ? but give room for the ap
proaching vehicle to pass. These signals are only cus
tomarily carried by Ambulances, Firemen or Officers,
and. their sounding is always a warning of an emergen
cy, which needs the right of way. It is hoped the peo
ple of Franklin County will be more quick to respect the
qound of the sirene.
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WONDERFUL RECORD
It might be interesting to our readers to know that
3778 children were transported to schools in Franklin
Opuntv as a daily average in 1943. This would mean
an average of 680,040 for the term of one hundred and
eighty , days. During the same period there were 64
school buses in use which meant 64 drivers of school age,
or aft average of 1625 children for each driver. During the
past ten years we can recall only five accidents including
the one Monday. While it was exceedingly unfortunate
in the lost of three lives, one serious injury and one ac
cident without serious injury, the record shows a won
derful acheivement on the part of the youthful drivers
and sets aside* the arguement that grown nps would do
better. To more thoroughly realize the exceedingly low
percentage of accidents by calculation you will see that
there were only five accidents, of which there, jyare only
three fatalities among a total of 6,800,000 children haul
ed in ten years based on the 1943 daily average. While
we deeply sympathize with the bereaved relatives in the
fatalities that occurred, we sincerely congratulate the
school system in Franklin County and each individual
driver for this wonderful record.
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SCHOOLS NEED IMPROVING
The bill giving a nine months school in every neighborhood
In North Carolina was the best piece ot legislation of this de
cade. The people look to the newly-created State Board of Ed
ucation to enforce the compulsory attendance law. mainly by
school officials, and to see that every child has the best possible
opportunity of securing an education.
Following these fundamentals it Is good to see that there le
being carried on by such university presidents as Dr. Hutchins
and public school leaders a survey of present methods, a sifting
to see if there is not room for improvement. Educational me
thods are not alone falling into ruts and being continued when
better ones should be adopted. The war has demonstrated
that. 1b addition to the need for education in the classics and
humanities, there is need to add more Instruction that enables
graduates to earn a livelihood. Education that does not give
a graduate the tools to work with in the practical affairs ot this
work-a-day world Is one-sided and needs to be changed. Col
toga man should change outmoded curricula just <as a soldier
discards an old gun for a better on*.
And in the public, schools, is there not room for improvement?
Mallon thinks so. He says the Teachers' College at Co
k University kaa been responsible (or spreading false doc
and propagating "undisciplined education." Here Jiff,
some of tbe things be thinks militate against the aim of educa
tion:
"Children must be made to like school." . . . "They must be
allowed jto express themselves and to 'find hidden talents" . . .
Tests are made out by the teachers nowadays which can hard
ly do otherwise than promote a nation of graduated half-wits.
The questions are not questions, but statements concerning the
school work; and all the pupil is required to do is to write
"true" or "false".
The fanciest fad was the method of teaching readings "so the
child will love to read." Never bother about spelling, pronun
ciation, or grammar, or anything difficult ? that will come.
Well, it has not.
Instead, there has come a popular intelligent Juvenile realisa
tion that study and work are not necessary, and teachers have
no authority. (Most who write to me obviously are afraid of
school boards and parents to the extent they dare not challenge
a wayward pupil, or let their na mes be used by me.)
It is the child who does not encounter discipline at home who*
must be tai^ht it at school. But the panty-waist progressive
elucators say (and unthinking parents also):
"You will instill fear in the poor little dears."
Of course. . How else? Is not the fear of jail and punishment
by society, including ostracism from friends and neighbors, con
sidered necessary to require adult conformance to tbe laws of
society?
If necessary for adults. who are supposed to have fully devel
oped minds and have learned self-restraint, how much more nec
essary it is to instill fear of punishment in undeveloped minds?
A Philadelphia psycrlatrist who studied 19,000 Juvenile court
cases therQ, 'found Just one general cause ? -"lack of sense Qf
responsibility for behavior." He sees only ?ae (Aire ? discipline.
He1 says only "dilettante psychiartrists" counsel against the in- >
stilling of fear of punishment.
In the old days of the Blueback Speller Emphasis was placed
on spelling. Why not now? We have gone so far away from
teaching by "the rule of the hickory stick" that discipline and
retirement of mastery of a subject for advancement too fre
quently ignores tbe necessity of hard study and discipline.
Every dollar spent for public education ought to bring a dol
lar's worth of knowledge to every pupil and without thorough
ness and discipline this cannot- be attained. ? News-Observer.
The above is about the best editorial we. have seen
published by the News-Observer in relation to schools.
There is no question about the value of education today
has been greatly reduced by the fanatical ideas intro
duced in the methods of study. The idea of jumping
from one book to another under the guise of supplemen
tal work, instead of reviewing and learning the first
book before advancing cannot contribute to a sound
system that produces results. The old doctrine of the
three Rs would be well to restore today.
The story of the failure of the present school system
is not all due to the present day school officials. They
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do not receive the full or even proper support on the
part of the public. In most cases the child experiences
no discipline at home, and naturally resents it at Bchool
arid receives the encouragement of the parents.
However, the greatest deterrent influence that has vis
ited the school system in the last fifty years oi\ more is
the divorcing the interest of the local people in the
school system. The State School Commission by its
method of handling the schools, may appear theoreti
callyMhe correct thing to do, but practically it has al
most completely stifled all the interest of local citizens.
Other lack of cooperation is due to methods adopted by
the system.
It is hoped these researches will result in the return
of the public school system to the people of the commun
ities who patronize them. Not until this is done will
the schools enjoy the pride and interest of its commu
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NOTICE!
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Owing to the large volume of Delivery Orders
on Fridays, and in order to comply with orders
issued by Order Defense Transportation we
find it necessary to adjust or change our Deliv
ery Schedule on Fridays.
As we have said before our truck is not allow
ed to go over the same territory or district but
once in any delivery day, so we are forced to
cut the territory up into districts as outlined
below:
Friday's
3rd TRIP
INCLUDES ALL TERRITORY
NORTH OF SUNSET AVE. AND
ALSO EAST SIDE OF MAIN IN
THIS DISTRICT.
ORDERS TAKEN FROM . 8: IS
TILL 11:15 ? . LEAVE STORE
ABOUT 11:80 O'CLOCK.
Sunset Ave.
1st TRIP
INCLUDES BOTH SIDES OF
STREET AND WEST SIDE OP
MAIN IN THIS DISTRICT.
ORDERS TAKEN FROM 8:t5
TILL 0:15 ? LEAVE STORE
ABOUT 8:80 O'CLOCK.
Tar
Delivery
4th TRIP
INCLUDES ALL TERRITORY
NORTH OF MIDDLE STREET,
AND INCLUDES WEST SIDE OP
MAIN IN THIS DISTRICT.
ORDERS TAKEN FROM 8:15
TILL 1 :00 O'CLOCK ? LEAVE
STORE ABOUT 2:00 O'CLOCK.
Middle Street
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2nd TRIP
INCLUDES BOTH SIDES OF
STREET AND EAST SIDE OF
MAIN IN THIS DISTRICT.
ORDERS TAKEN FROM 8:15
TILL 10:00 ? LEAVE STORE
ABOUT 10:30 O'CLOCK.
River
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5th DELIVERY
Includes all territory South of Tar River ? Orders
taken from 8:15 till 3:00 o'clock ? Leave Store
about 3:30 o'clock.
MONDAY & WEDNESDAY DELIVERY? SCHEDULES WILL
REMAIN THE SAME AS AT PRESENT.
? MONDAY SCHEDULE ?
1st TRIP? All territory North of Tar River and East of Main Street.
Orders taken from 8:15 till 9:30, leave store 10:00.
2nd TRIP? All territory North of Tar River and West of Main Street.
Orders taken from 8:15 till 11:00, leave store about ll:30 o'clock
3rd TRIP ? All territory South of Tar River. Orders taken from
8:15 till 1:00 o'clock, leave store around 2:00 o'clock.
? WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE ...
Fresh or Perishable Foods ONLY Delivered.
1st TRIP? WEST OF MAIN STREET.
2nd TRIP ? EAST OF MAIN STREET.
3rd TRIP? SOUTH OF TAR RIVER
Same Hours as Monday.
These Regulations are necessary, and we feel confident that we will
have your whole-hearted cooperation during these times.
PLEASE KEEP THIS SCHEDULE
NEAR YOUR PHONE
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