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AM ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT BKINGS EESl'LTS -?? . , k-t?. "T * : mmmmT? SALARY BILL FOR FBAJfKlHf COUNTY OFFI (IKS. Allows Sheriff Fees For Capture and Destruction of Illicit Distilleries? Eliminates Pay of Clerks and Gives All to OITIcer. , . Representative W. Henry Macon called at our office this week and ljft a copy of the amendments to th? Franklin County Salary law, which Is being published "below In full. Mr. Macon Informs us that In no way has he changed the total amount to be paid each office under the former bill, ex cept in the case of the sheriff , and In that only that ho is allowed tho pre scribed fees for capjture and destruc tion of blockade stills. Realizing the fact that the volume of work in each ol'ec. Register of Deeds and Clerk in pai titular, varies so widely at differ ent times he felt that It was only just to allow the officers to collect (he fiill amount Including the clerk's saluvy and In Justice to the people require them to provide such force as is nec essary at their "own expense to give the public the accommodation it is en titled to. He Btates that It was not bis intention or that of t lie Legislature to In any other way, tnan as specifi cally mentioned Interfere with the pro visions and workings ot the salary law. The amendments, follow: A Bill to be entitled "An Aet to Amend Chapter ,691, Public-Local Laws ot 1915, Relating to the Salaries of Of ficers of Franklin County." The General Assembly ot North Caro lina do enact: Sectlph 1. That section six of c... ;>:er she hundred and ninety-one, P IK. ic-Local Laws ?r one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Pro vided, further, that the satd sheriff of Franklin County or his deputy shall be entitled to receive and retain for his own use In addition to nis salary such fees and rewards as are now 9r*may hereafter be allowed for the capture and destruction of illicit distilleries ot Intoxicating liquors." "sl^tuiTiJred'^^'tj'n^n'ety^Lir^P^nc^ Local Laws ot one thousand nine hun dred and fifteen, is hereby repealed and the following Inserted in lieu thereof: "The register of deeds of Franklin County s hull receive a salary of twenty-six hundred dollars per year, payable monthly in lieu of all other compensations, the said Salary to be paid in the same manner <*s the sher iff's salary Is paid, and the said regis ter of deeds shall employ such deputy or deputies and clerks as may be nec essary,-and shall pay tne same ou^ of the aforementioned salary." Provid ed that nothing contained herein shall ho construed to renea:. ameria or change in any way section fourteen of Chapter six hundred 2nd ninety-one of the Public-Local Laws of one thous and nine hundred and fifteen. Sec. 3. That section twelve, chap ter six hundred and ninety-one, Pub lit-I^ncal Laws t>f-one^thousand -?me ?hundred and fifteen, be, and tho same in mmwY icuwaiEM mim i-t n, inserted in lieu thereof: "That the clerk of the Superior Court of Frank lin County shall receive a salary of twenty-six hundred dollars per year payable monthly ill the same manner as the sheriff's salary is paid, in lieu of ^1 other compensations; and the said clerk of the Superior Court shall em ploy such deputy, deputies or clerics as Bhall be necessary and pay said deputy, deputies or clerks out of the aforementioned salary." Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Rural Carrier Examination. The United States Civil Service Com mission has announced nn examination for the County of Franklin, N. C., to be held at Louisburg on ^.prll 12, 1919 to fill the position of rurur carrier at Alert and vacancies that may later oc cur on rural routes from other post offices in the above-mentioned county. The examination will be open to un married women and wives of soldiers and sailors serving in the present war, citizens who.are actually domiciled in the territory of a post office in the county and who meet tne other re quirements set forth In TOrtfiTCO. 1977. This farm and application blanks may be obtained from the offices mention ed above or from the United States Ci vil Service Commission at Washington, D. C. Applications should be forwar ded to the Commission at Washington at the earliest practicable datev t Methodist Church. |^^The Sunday School will begin an ha? ordered the clocks to bc^urnorWV1 an hour, 9:30 a. m. new time. preaching 11 a. m. (new time) Sub ject: "It Is Better to Want What We Have, Than to Have What' We Want." 8:30 p. m. (new time) Subject: ^'Our Fire Our Defense." Epworth Leagtle 7:45 p. m., three quarters of an hour before preaehlng. All will be gladly welcomed to these Services. information Concerning The Health of the Teople" of Frank. Iln County. Worth Tour At tention. : ! i ^ By DB. J. E. MALONE, Health Officer. We have supplied all the teachers In the county with large placards fur nished by the Stft? Boarcr of Health. This placard is a ""Guide for Teachers, Contagious diseases among school children." This card! gives the nam es of all contagious or communicable diseases. With this card placed in a conspicuous portion In the school, the teachers and pupils can readily see and know what the Health Department expects them to do. These teachers are supplied with report cards and all the literature necessary to carry out the Law. Now the next most impor tant thing to do, at all the public schools is to put in Sanitary Privies, and this is why I have itrquested the Chairman of all the School committees to call at my office and let me tell them how they can put m cheap'and efficient sanitary prtvlea. We would like very much to have these sanitary privies in every home, at every country church and country store. A commit tee is coming aroupd to inspect the sanitary conditions of all the homes. Look out and clean up. The Health officer is not doing this for spite or any unpleasant feeling, out for your good health. In a few cays we will be ready to begin vaccinating against Typhoid Fever. Help?let all work to gether for the public heaitn and 'make a record this year. Latest Opinions of London Newspapers About League of Nations Con troTersj. London, March 20.?(British Wire less Service.)?The league of nations controversy in the United State* as bearing upon the English attitude is the subject of the following comment in the London Times: "The English, without distinction of party, regard a better understanding with Americans as the crown of vic tory. It is unfortunate for the ideal that so many of us on both sides of the Atlantic have at heart that party feeling Bhould be running so high just -nast-in America, and that w^ who are working with President Wilson in Par is, should furnish the sticks with which the Republiqpns are belaboring the Democrats. "We have no wish to take sides in these party controversies and have been at some pains to avoid even the suspicion of doing so. Our sole wish - is to work with the American people in what we believe to be as much their ideals and interests as our own. j ""Wishing that, with whom should we I work but the President of the United j States ? That he is also leader of the Democratic party is a mere accident j 111 Vir mind and if tba .President bnd ?Lhasa a Republican we?should?have been at exactly the same pains to un i derstand his point of view and work i with him." MEDIATOR AND INTERPRETER. The Times points out there were at the opening of the conference two gen eral vtew?rabuut theklnd of~peace that the wurltt OUKlll 16 liUVU?the?FrehClS "No views of settlement were closely identified with this country as those two were with France and Am erica. The chief instrument of the American view was the league of na tions. This ideal is In one form or another almost as old as international law and nearly every country in the world has at one time or another con tributed to it, but its application to the problems of this war came from Amer ica in the first Instance. "There is therefore no question at the conference of our imposing a pol icy of our own. What we have done to seek to reconcile bo far as possible the French and American views. ^"Our policy at Paris nas been that of mediator and ftite?p*otar." LEAGUE'S EFFECT ON MONROE DOCTRINE. The Liverpool Post says: "Lord Robert Cecil places the Mon roe doctrine in its true light with re gard to the league of nations. He says in effect that so far from the league being the death blow to the capital article of American political faith it is the application of that article on a universal scale. "According to the draft of the cov nant, the parties to the league under take to respect and preserve as against jextormil aggression the territorial In tegrity and existing political indepen jdence of every member of the league. 1?he most absolute supporter of Mon roeism could surely desire np more than that. "The Independence of both Ameri cas is guaranteed by an overwhelming majority of the powers, great and small. The league of nations will give America her rightful place in the vain of the forces of civilization that forth are to shape the larger pur Mr. R\ L. Dunn, of Scotland Neck, representing the DuPont Powder Co., Was in the county the past week dp 'monstrating the use of dynamite in 'farm work and tree planting. ? ? ? I Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Riff spent Wednesday In Ral&lgh. NOT ASHAMED OF THE BILL jCoS'T OF ri?MES btLLEAO WOOP 5; eHATEftuTmtRjn r ARGflPWe FQRES1 IMlmtu ' '**<61?? QM AMONG THE VISITORS SOKE YOU KNOW AND SOME TO . DO XOT KNOW. ?$? Personal Items About Folks and Friends Who Traiel Here j )fc\. re And TbeS Mrs. J. T. HoJt, of Wilsons Mills, visited Mrs. Leila Williamson the past week. ? ? ? Mr. Robert P. Bennett, of Middle burg, was a visitor to Loulsburg the past week. ? ? ? Mrs. G. R. McGrady and little daughter of Raleigh, are visiting her people here this week. ? ? ? Ensign W. D. Egerton, of the Unit ed Jttfttes Navy, located at New York, lln.ffj.1""1? ? " "iait Mrs. Dorothy Roseitstein and "little daughter, Julia, of New York, are on a visit to her Sister, Mrs. F. A. Roth. ? * ? Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Taylor left Tuesday for Richmond, where Mr. Taylor Will tnlfP trpatm?nt at n bntspU tal. Messrs. W. C. and W. T. Wilson' and families, and Miss Elizabeth Uz zell, of Wilsons Mills were Louisburg visitors the past week, guests of Mrs. Leila Williamson. Ex-Attorney General Uregory-s View As To Incorporating T lie Monroe Doctrine in Covenant. Paris, Saturday, Marcn 22.?(By The Associated Press.)?Thomas W. Gregory, former Attorney General of the United States who is aevising the peace conference commission on the League of Nations with reference to legal phases of proposed amendments to the covenant, takes tne view that it is not necessary to Introduce a specific amendment affirming the Monroe Doc trine. He holds that tfie Hocirice is sufficiently protected by the lifttiu ment as it stands, but as a matter of expediency he sees no objection to in troducing a general prw<tso which would safeguard the doctrine without specifically mentioning it, as a spe cific mention would Introduce a con-, troversy over the specific wants of va rious states. Such a proviso had been dra*n but it is not yet known whether its incor poration in the covenant will be urg ed. It affirms in substance that coer cive measures of the uivlted powers as provided by the covenant shall not op erate against nations of the Western Hemisphere unless the United States and other western countries shall ap prove. It is held this would give the United States and the western repub lic the flmil word on applying collec tive force against nations on that hemisphere and this_ in effect, reaf firms the Monroe Doctrine. Going beyond th|s genefal declara-j tlon in the view of'Mr. Gregory and | oth'er legal experts, would Introduce ???AaB^M^xnversyon An Interpretation | of themeanlnRRlWfaww^tttitiULr^ It 16 expected that certain 01 tills an? other amendments will be continued; several days before a final decisionals reached. THE FRANKLIN TIMES $1.60 Per Year in Advance. LETTER FROM FRANCE. Dlnard, France. March 6, 1919. dear; Sam: Ve are at last seeing some of the autifal parts of France. We are pppgg in St. Mais on a weeks leave. Iffess. Leroy and I are all togeth-1 [ am now in Dinard a very swell I ?resort "acroiJfc the river from re tfieir'summer homes. I have never seen a more beautiful place in all my life, as Mary White said once i when she was in Wilson. I am having so much fun thereain't no name for it. I We have no expense except what we i make. We are at a swell kotel. Cha-! teanbriam) right on the water front. Blair and I are rooming together and have a bed each. We had an awful i time trying to go to sleep the first night. We hadn't slept between sheets in so long we considered taking our I cover and sleeping oi> the floor. An-1 other joke on us. We had heard that these people belj?'VfrH In | TgSt Tmt~ gfanT rcallzp iT 'fiTTtfia first., paorn here. We w^nt in and sat down for breakfast and noticed there was , coffee, butter, and bread already there so we sat and waited and waited for | breakfast and finally I told the wait ress to hurry with breakfast and she | laughed and said thats ail the break fast \ I The The most historical place we have TlsitgU su far la Mont St. MluHi'l. Till1 V. M. A. took us there on an ex cursion Tuesday. There is so much history attached to all these places I ,dare not try to tel) you 'till I see you. I am at present sitting in the writing room of the High Life Casino, being used by the Y. M. C. a. This Is the Casino that H'arry K_ Thaw met his wife, he also won and lost this place in one night. I am enclosing a post card picture of same. We have seen quite ? number of towns and cities since leaving Brest. We have danced every aay and night since being here. We are watting now for a 35 piece band to play for a dance at 2:30. Night before last we had a swell concert by Miss Rita Gould of New York. She said she waa the hlaok shoopof the Gould family of N. Y. After the conc^TsfielSTTeiniPti^rar dance, and I had the pleasure of drink ing hot chocolate with her. I have met quite a bunch of nice French girls here. They are allowed, to at tend the dances ami they all come. We have met girls from Great Britain, England and Rdssla. Most of them speak very good English. I caji sit here and see St. Malo, Dl nard, St. Servan and Poranne, all are very good sized towns. I can also watch the French promenade and see the tide go out.? Two soldiers are try ing the surf but I think it rather cool I yet. I'll write you all about my trip when | I get back to Brest. Hope you are all well. Blair has just come for me to go with them to some place. Love from us all. JOE NASH. I Services at St. Paul's Sunday, March I /V 30tl?. ... ji..j Rev. Marvin C. Duncan, Archdeacon of the (Convocation- of Raleigh, will make a regular visitation to St. Paul's service with Communion on Sunday, niarcn 3uuT ur 11 A. M. A cordial welcome to all is always given. i Mrs. M. Stamps left the past week for a visit to Eden ton. LIVE EDUCATIOXAL MOTES Concerning the Public School System of Franklin County. By E. L. BEST, Superintendent 1. Few teachers In the county were I absent at the reading circle text given j last Saturday. The Youngsvllle Gra ded School teachers Joined with tl\e county teachers in this -work and were alBO present Saturday to take the teBt. In a short time a list ot all the teach ers passing this work may he read in this Column. Any teacher who was providentially kept from attending this meeting last Saturday may take the test any Saturday between now and the second Tuesday In April. We could not secure a sufficient number of high school teachers in the county to organize a' class in this phase of the reading circle but any high school teacher who desires to get credit for the reading circle work may prepare themselves to take tiie examination the second Tuesday In April; this ex amination is given and graded by the State Board of Examiners. Also if there is any teacher in the county who could not attend a sufficient number of the five meetings to get credit for the work in the county, tney will also have the opportunity or getting cred it for the work on the above date. The book or books that you will De exam ined upon will depend upon the. class of-jroAr certificates. You can easily fina out from the reading circle pam phlet the text that your certificate calls for. 2. How many meetings have you had with your committee since your school began? Do you e*er call upon them for help or advice except in cases of emergency? Secure Iheir sympa thy and cooperation by taking them more into your confidence, not by ask ing their advice concerning the teach ing of arithmetic, history ana et:. for if you are not more familiar with the teaching process than they are you should choose some other work, but let them know that you depend upon their assistance in looking after the .material side of your scaool. On any (constructive work that you may ini tiate in your school or the community, ask them for their adyice, suggestions and aid. The best way to accomplish this is to have regular meetings not il?M than .pus-j* month; ?< l&Is Ucie y<Yu can t&Tlf ovor wltft ~taem tottt school problems, the things that your school needs the most to make It more efficient. I am confident that you will find these person?! conferences very beneficial and knowing the school committeemen of Franklin county as I do, I know you will, receive a hearty and sympathetic response from them. 3. Today the ?Centrevtlle school purchased paint for putting on two new coats inside and oiTtside of the school building; tintings *or the wall? were also purchased. 4. Last Friday nigh% vrospect a P rnnn< grhnnl in thft rniintg hnri n itm*y ?ami raisod?$56.40?to* the benefit of the school. Miss Fannie Gupton, the teacher In this school is a live worker, full of energy and en thusiasm. I should thmx tne larger districts In the county woulcl take no tice of the above amount. The people of Prospect are certainly interested in their ubooh 5. Any school that has not been JMipplinl with inTLnteuj atunlta will please notify the office at once. Do not forget that your final report, regis-1 ter inventory blanks and census cards j must be properly filled out ami hand ed in before I can approve your last vouched. 6. Superintendent fran* W. Sim monds of Idaho expresses himself as follows: "I am gfad that I am a tea cher, and yet occasionally some, good friend attempts to commiserate with me because 1 am a teac?ier, by point ing out to me that in some other line of work, perhaps. I would have more material wealth, more leisure, more independence, more pleasure. Now I am aware that teaching has its boun daries and at times offers restrictions that are a little Irksome?but this is true of every other wormy calling in Ufa, In fart it is incident to life Itself; and the teacher in her vocatI5H shout d find fullest opportunity rjr the exer cise of the highest and best qualities of life. Hero is no deadening rou tine; the possibilities of her labors are boundless. No teacher was ever yet so groat that she did not find in teaching, exigencies, for which her skill and greatness did not suffice. Yes, it's a great thing to teach school; it's a wonderful thing to oe a teach er." An Appreciation. Mr. Editor: Kindly allow mo a spare 1n your pa per to express my deep regret in Mr. J. M. Allen's resignation as one of our town- commissioners. I reel it my duty to say that we nave lost one of cmr best town officers, i Tiave always found Mr. Allen to be very much in terested in my race. . He has been a personal friend of mine for many years. I have a very nign regard fo? his honesty and business-like way 1tj performing his duty. 1 . til.. people of mt race when I say that we hare truly lost a good nonest citizen off tfce Board of Tov^n Cormnissioners. GEO. C. POLLARD, Missionary in Charge of St. Matthias^Episcopal Church. PERSHING PAYS TRIBUTE TO 30TH Conditions of Tfoops Almost Ideal He Say? in Letter to Major General Lewis. CONGRATULATES MEN ON FIGHTING QUALITIES Includes Artillery Units In His Com mendation of Southern Troops, ? ?? * 6 I General Pershing's trfbute to the j 30th Division, including also the artil lery of the division, was conveyed to I the troops in a letter from tlie com mander-in-chief to Major General Lew is. General Pershing comments on the fine appearance of the division following the severe figntlng of the last months of the war. "It is gratifying," he said, "to see your <r$ops in such good physical shape, but'still more so to know that this almost ideal condition will con tinue to the end of their service and beyond, as an exemplification of their high character and soldierly qualities." The letter follows: "Major General Edwara M. Lewis, "Commander 30th Division, A. E. F. "My dear General Lewis: "It gives me much pleasure to ex tend to you and the officers and men | of the 30th Division my sincere com pliments upon their appearance at the review and inspection on the 21st of January, southwest of Terlle, which was excellent and is just what would be expected In a command with such a splendid fighting record. "After its preliminary training the* division entered the line on Jdly 16th, where It remained almost continuous ly until the end of Octover. In that time It was in the actual oattle from the 30th of August and took part In the Ypres-LyB and Somme offensives. On September 29 the division brojfce through both the Hindenburg and tike Le Catelet-NaUroy lines, capturing Belllcourt and Nauroy, on operation on which all subsequent action of the Fourth British army depended. From October 7 to October 20 the division Wlometers in a continued series of attacks, capturing 2,352 of the enemy. Brancourt, Premont, Busig ny. St. Berndn. St. Souplet and Escau fort. La Hale, Mineressc and Vaux An digny are names which will live in memories of those who fought in the 30th Division. But its especial glory will always be the honor you won by breaking the Hindenburg line on Sep tember 29. Such a record is ono of which we are all proud. "It is gratifying to see your troops in such good physical shape, but still more so to know that this almost ideal ?"rtltinn wH1 rn Thfl'ftii.l nf t "heir sprvlrp nnrl hpynnri ae ark aT. emplificaticn of their high character and soldierly qualities. w "1 inspected the artillery brigade of the division later and found the same high standard of personnel that marka the rest of the division. "Very sincerely yours. (Signed) "JOHN J. PERSHING." loung Women's Missionary Society, The Young Women's Missionary So ciety met at the home o> Mrs. E. L. Best March 25th, 1919 m a regular missionary meeting. Tne scripture was read by our president. Miss Ix>i> ie Meadows, which was taken from Malachi. 3-8-13, follower Dy a prayer by Mrs. M. C. Pleasants. A very in teresting reading, I Believe, Miss Cla ra Young. The Key in the Packet, Mrs. F. O. Swindell. Am I Justified, Miss Sue Alston. Business was brought up before the society, and Mrs. F. O. Bwlndell and Miss Neva Rowland were-elected dele gates for our annual conference to be held in Rockingham in April. Those present were rweseames J. M. Allen, F. O. Swindell, O. J. Hale, M. C. Pleasants, E. L. liest, Misses Sue Alston. Clara Young, Lonie Mea dows, Cathrine Dorsett aEiTN'evil Ruw land. The meeting adjourned to meet with Miss Lonie Meadows "Tuesday ev ening, April 1, 1919, 5 o clock in a so cial service meeting. Mrs. Best serv ed a delicious salad comae. Attltnde of Itallun Premier at Peace Conference Meeting*. Paris, Friday, March 21.? (By The Associated PresaJ?Comment has been excited by the absence of Premier Or lando of Italy from conferences held recently by President Wilson and pre miers of other countries. It is sup posed, however, that he refrained from attending the meetings because the representatives of the other allied countries desired to discuss the set tlement of the . istrian-Itallan ques tion privately, k .owing well Premier Orlando's, position in the matter. Because it might establish a prece dent Xor Italy's elaim 10 Flume, the vaTiOus boundary commissions have been cautious In treating the status ^ l...ftthr>].,-g whlrh Invnl ves the right of self-determination. The supreme council today resumed consideration of t* e western boundary of Poland and It Ian action may in-* fluence the decision of the council on that question.