Pullman Conductor With
Highest Seniority in St.
Louis Chooses To '
Run On Rebels
The Pullman conductor who
ranks tyo, 1 In seniority,, in St.
Louis likes the GM&O so well that
he chooses the St. Louis to Mo
bile Gulf Coast Rebel run over
all other Pullman runs out of
St. Louis.
He is Conductor. R. C. Stallings.
who bag nearly a half century ot
fervice with the Pullman Com
pany to his credit, and who ad
mits quietly that he likes ' the
Deep South run on our Rebel:)
better than any other. Mr.
Stalllns8 began as a conductor
with Pullman shortly before the
St. Loujs World's Fair in the ear
ly 1890's. ahd he has never been
off in all these yeara except (or
periodic vacations.
Conductor Stallings first serv
ed on the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road about 40 years ago, switch
ing over from another line. He
stayed with us several years un
til he was forced to change to an- J
other lii^eji because of seniority.'
Then, in *1942 when Pullman
conductor* were put in charge of ]
sleeping car servicevon t>.e Reb
els, Mr. Stallings exercised his
rights in seniority to again take
the St. Louis to Mobile Run. He'
'Is a native of Louisburg, North
Carolina, but has been a mld
westener since boyhood. ? LTaken
for Chicago, publication.
Mr. Stallings besides being a
Franklin County boy, married
Miss Florence Andrews, a sister
to the late Mr*. Oeorge H. Coop
er, and to Mr! George Andrews,
in 1909. He has many friends
here among the older citizens
who will be Interested in tha
above article, r
They had just moved into the
neighborhood and the minister of
a nearby congregation called one
afternoon to invite the family to
attend services the following Sun
day:
Eight-year-old Willie answered
the doorbell and showed the min
ister into the living?room, and
as his share of the conversation,
he observed:
Willie: There's mothers ashes
in the jar on the mantlepiece!
Minister (in kindly toneB): So,
your mother is with the angels?
Willie: No, sir. She's Just too
lazy to look for an ash tray.
Army j3ervi.ce Forces Ur
gently In Need of Clerks, |
Typists, and Stenographers
In Washington
The Army Service Forces.!
Washington, D. C.,' is seeking
clerks, typists, and stenographers I
to assist in performing the neces
sary office duties ft 1 connection!
wjth the vital work of servicing
the armed forces overseas with
much needed supplies, Mr. R. E.
McQlaughin. Civil Service Area
Supervisor, disclosed today.
Mrs. Ruth M. Welles, Recruit
ing Representative, will arrive in
Loulsburg, December 30th, and
will be located at the U. S. Post
Office from 10:00 A. M. , until
4:00 P. M. She will interview
all Interested persons, give Civil
Service examinations to all appli
cants and is authorized to- offer
-immediate appointment to all per
sons who qualify.
War Degartment appointees ar3
guaranteed free transportation to
ft-he Nation's Capital. They will
be met at the Station upon arriv
ing in Washington, D. C-. estab
lished in reasonably priced and
suitable living quarters, ^and ( as
signed to duty.
Appointments will be made in
accordance with War Manpower
Commission current priorites, pol
icies, directives, regulations and
employment stabilization plans.
This means generally, that per
sons employed in certain activi
ties or occupations will be requir
ed to obtain statements of avail
ability from their employers or
from the United States Employ
ment Service before they can be
appointed to Federal Civil Service
positions. An offer of appoint
ment will be accompanied by in
structions as to what steps the
person must take to secure neces
sary clearance. " Statements of
availability should in no case De
secured until an offer of appoinC
ment is received.
A rookie who spent his first
weeks at a naval training station
digging ditches, chopping trees,
['and tilling up holej, complained:
I "Shucks, I joined the Navy to see
the world, but it looks like I've!
done nothing but rearrange it." '
Potential layers in U. S, farm!
flocks were 643 million on Decern-,
ber 1 as compared with 428 mil
lion for the five year period of,
1 1938 through 1942.
i ? Ou Pay Day, Buy Bond?? j|
Local Soldier Serves in Ar
tillery Outfit That Stop
ped German Counter
Attacks In Italy
With the Fifth Army, Italy. ?
Pvt. Adward C. Joyner, son of
Mrs. Lola C. Joyner, Route 1,
Louisburg. canoneer. la a mem
ber of the 328th Field Artillery
Battalion, which has repelled %eit
eral recent German counterat
tacks on the Italian front south
of Bologna.
The 328th, whose 105-millime
ter howltiers aiid three-inch guns
are usually operated in support
of the 85tlr "Custer" Division's
237th Infantry Regiment, Is' a
unit of Lieutenant General Mark
W. Clark's Fifth Army.
The battalion had an actlvs
role In the Gustav, Hitler and
Gothic Lines. Its first combat
round was fired on 10 April 1944.
in the Mlnturno area, shortly af
ter it left North Africa and Join
ed the Fifth Army.
on tbe moonless night of Sep- 1
tember 5, the battalion forded
the Arni at Florence's outskirts,
traded shells with the enemy foi
five days and then crossed the
Sieve River toward Firenzuila,
where German 170-millimeter
shells dug craters in tbe 328th bi
vouac. In a surprise move the bat
talion forded the wild Santerno
River and kqocked out a German
battery of five artillery pieces.
The outfit lias since been stead
ily engaged in turning back Ger
man counterattacks and support
ing local attacks of Fifth Army
ihfantrymen.
YES!
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WE BUY AND SELL
USED FURNITURE.
WE ALSO HAVE A FEW
CWX)D SINGER SEWING
MACHINES LEFT.
F. M. BENFIELD
rsED Furniture store
214 Market Street
Louisburg, N. C.
Business And Fi
nancial Outlook
For 1945
(Continued from Page 2)
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with a decline in war stocks; but
1945 will witness them both mov
ing more or less together. Switch
ing has been over-done In most
cases. ^
45. 1945 will continue to wit
ness creeping inflation, although
the big movement toward infla
tion will not take place until the
next business depression whlc1!
will follow the postwar prosper
ity.
nuA ua
46. Though bank loan rates],
should continue to have an up- J
ward tendency, interest rates in '
general will remain low through i
1945. since the money supply is,
now 20% above normal and gov-||
ernment controls will continue.
47. Anticipating the expected
decline in Federal taxes, 194S
should surely see a falling oft in
the price of moit municipal and
probably other t&x-exempt bonds.
48. The highest grade corpora
tion bonds will decline during j
1945.
49. Investors will give muchi
more attention to diversification j
and staggered bond maturities;
during 1945. .
50. More public utilities will II
be taken aver by municipalities
and "Authorities" during 1945.
REAJj ESTATE ?
51. Suburban real estate will'
be in much greater demand with!
higher prices during 1945.
52. City real estate should hold I
its own, excepting in the congest
AT FIRST , m
SIGN OF A 1"
C$666 j
j Cold Preparation* at^dincfssh
ed war areas where declines may
set in.
53. Small productive farms will
continue to increase in price; lint
large farms may sell for less in
1945 than in 1944. . '
54. Building will show a con
siderable increase. Contracts will
be up 25%, but prices may be
a little lower due to increases in
lumber and cement production.
5&. There will be no changes in
resident Wil rents during 1945.
56. Real estate will be helped
by Congress ceasing to induct any
more men.intolthe armed services
after June 30, 11945. f
POI>ITIC%ANI> POST
WAR ' PEACE
57. The uncertain political fac
HOLLYWOOD
GRILL >
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GRADE 'A* CAFE
HOT PLATE
LUNCHES
HOT SOUP
SANDW IC HES
'OF '
ALL KIND
COFFEE
Grade A Milk
FOUNTAIN AND
BOTTLE DRINKS
WILL APPRECIATE
YOUR BUSINESS
W. H. Spencer
? Owner
Louisburg, N. C.
tor of 1945 will be Mr. Roosevelt.
People will soon fear that lie
may resign before the next Con
gressional .Elections either on acr
count of ill health or to become
head' of a Peace Commission or
new World Organization.
i>8. Our foreign headaches Willi
become worse and more frequent
during 1945. What we are going
through to reorganize Italy, will
be repeated in many other coun
tries. ..
| 59. The Latin American honey
| moqn has passed its peak. The
| attitude of Argentina will extend
to otheV countries and our South
American troubles will increase
during 1945.
60. 1945 will see more religious
Interest, including more churcb
golng, than did 1944. i'eopto
gradually are realizing that with
out a Spiritual Awakening no
peace or other plans will be much
good. Nations cannot be depended
upon to cooperate and stick to
their agreements unless they re
/Mignize Cod as their real Ruler
and Guide.
'NEURALGIA-*)
Capudlne relieves Neuralgia and I
Headache fast because It's liquid. Also I
allays the resulting nerve tendon. Use I
only as directed. 10c, 30c and 00c sizes. |
Liquid CAPUPINE
To wish you a Real Old N
Fashioned
MERRY CHRISTMAS
V
and a
NEW YEAR
of
HAPPINESS
?r
BROWN FURNITURE HOUSE
Phone 314-3 J. L. Brown, Prop.
YOUNGSVILLE, N. C.
OUR 56TH YEAR-END
GREETING
TO FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS
WE EXTEND a sincere year-end greeting to the friends and custom
ers of this bank. We thank the new friends who had joined us and
given us their cooperation. And we have a special word of apprecia
tion for the old friends, endeared to us by years of close association.
N The Citizens Bank & Trust Company is an old bank, with its roots
sunk deep in the soil of this community. Yet we have always main
tained a youthful, confident attitude toward the future. We hate been
in business a long time, and we expect to be in business long after Hitler
and Hirohito have been put out of business forever.
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After the war, we believe America will go forward to the greatest
tomorrow it has ever known. But we do not forget ? and we know you >
will never forget ? that it will be the costliest tomorrow
that ever was bought by one generation for another. Therefore,
we must keep foremost in our thoughts at this time the welfare of our
"Fighting Men." Many of them will be home from Europe next
year? boys from Louisburg and vicinity. They will expect to find their
proper, honorable places in profitable activities of their own choosing.
We are going to help them. We are going to help them now to win
the war. We are going to help them later to enjoy the rewards of
Peace in the land they fought to save. '
These are just a few of the year-end thoughts which we are taking
the liberty of sharing with yon. The Citizens Bank & Trust Company
has had important work to do during thesfe war years. We have tried
to measure up fully to our responsibilities. And, we shall continue to
work for the* best interests of this community in the rich peace years
ahead, which we hope will be happy, progressive years for all of us.
CITIZENS BANK 8
TRUST COMPANY
*? 4* . ?' ?.?. 1 _ 1 ?? r -? ' '?? .1 <?
Henderson, North Carolina
Two Things you can do
V >
for your country: 7
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1. Cut more
pulpwood
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2. Put the money
| in War Bonds
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fireS " t
f.
BY putting your pulpwood money
into War Bonds, you will be
helping your country in two ways.1
By holding your bonds to maturity,
every three cords you cut will bring
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as much money as four." And you
will get your money after the war
when it will buy much more than
it does now.
Since war requirements are con
stantly changing, it is always ad
visable to have an arrangement on
selling your pulpwood before you
cut it. That way you can cut the
species most needed and get the
best price for it
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THE FRANKLIN TIMES
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LOUISBURG, N. C