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,v ;< . U' ; - -rr ~r * i an Times AN ADYEKTISING MID1UM THAT BHING8 ' BKfHJLTS If * ? > \' 4 ' j * NUMBER 42. PASSENGER TRAINS TO BE SUSPENDED ALL LOCAL SEABOARD ?">> TRAINS ARE SUSPENDED Norfolk and Southern Will Operate One Train Dolly To FajretUvlllej Through Seaboard Trains Do Local Work) None of Southern Trains In Raleigh Effected By Order. Effective at one minute past mid night Tuesday morning, passenger train service on all three railroads entering Raleigh will be seriously cur tailed in compliance with orders issu ed by Director Oeneral Walker D. Hlo es to reduce traffic In order to conserve the country's diminishing coal supply. The Norfolk and Southern and Sea board roads will lose practically 50 per cent of their trains in and out of the city, but none of the Southern trains are so far Included in the can cellation orders. Announcement of cancellations were made last night by J. O. Jones, of the Southern railway; J. T. West, super intendent of the Seaboard, and J. S. Cox, superintendent of the Norfolk and Southern. Local trains are cancelled on the Seaboard, and the fast passen ger service will be slowed down to take on local traffic over the system. The rearranged Seaboard schedule is as follows: Seaboard Cancellations. Trains No. 13 and 14 on the Seaboard between' Richmond and Norlina are discontinued; trains No. 6 and 6 be tween Richmond and Raleigh are dis continued ; trains No. M aad 20 be t ? jen Raleigh and Welcon are discon xi::-ied; Louisburg branch Is cut to one ' is . ud trip daily to connect here with' -No 11 and 12; Oxford Draach train1 discontinued and train betwewen Hen- I dersji: and Durham will be extended to Oxford; No. 1 will do work former ly handled by No. 5 from Richmond to Raleigh; No. 3 will also do local work between Raleigh and Richmond. Only two trains operated by the Sou therly Railway are cancelled by the or ders issued yesterday, most of the or der being the consolidation of trains that have heretofore been running in more than one section. TraCns No. 137 and 138 pefcween Washington and Atr lanta ar? annulled and the Pttirm&tts handled by these trains attached to 37 and 38. Neither of the trains running through Raleigh 1? affected t>y the or der and virtually the same connections will be made at junction points. On Norfolk Southern. The following statement was issued by J. S. Cox, superintendent of the Norfolk Southern, in regard to the can cellations on that road: "Mixed train 35, between Raleigh and Fayetteville, leaving Raleigh at 1:20 j), m., and arriving at Fayetteville 4:55 p. m., and train 34, leaving Fayette ville at 2:03 p. m.( and arriving at Raleigh 6:10 p. m., will be discontin ued. Train 32 now leaving Fayette ville at 8:00 a. m. and arriving Ral-! eigli 10:60 a. in. will be changed same date to leave Fayetteville 2:30 p. m. and arrive Raleigh 5:20 p. m. "Until further notice tra ns 30 and*; SI. between Kaloiah iinrl fharlotte, now ! "exceprSuhday. "Trains 15 and 16, now operated be tween Goldaboro and Marsden making connection with train No. 4, leaving Raleigh at 9:50 p. m for Norfolk, and train No. 3, arriving Raleigh 7:35 a. m. from Norfolk, will be discontinued between Goldsboro and New Bern.? New's-Observer. Louisburg, under the above order j has only one trip a clay which leaves here at 12:45 and returns at 3:35. STOKIES FKOM THE SIXTH GBADE ! In the Ninth grade of the Louisburg High School the subjects of the follow ing papers were assigned the students in Physical Geography with a two-fold purpose. First, to cause them to weave a story including facts learned in the text. And, Second, to combine with these facts a story of linterest. While many deserve honorable men tion the stories below seem worthy of special notice: A PLAY HOUSE BY THE BROOK (Emma Lawrence Joyner) One bright June day while out walk ing In the wood?, I came to a little brook which immediately attracted my attention, for there, on one side of it was a charming play house, made, no doubt by Mother Nature. This whi ch was bo wonderful to my child-like mind a large tree whose nu merous branches extended almost to the ground and found an admirable swing. In the middle was an old siump on whic'l- moss grew. This furnished an ideal table. The most interesting feature of ihle attractive little play house however, was a very comfortable .rock chafr. m ulptured by the weather. I sat in this and found it a very good resting nftor wo long tramp through r m? woods. Pretty wild flowers surrounding this play house further beaiitiflcd It and irade it complete. GX A LONESOME TRAIL (Maurice Clifton) "dee, this is some WnWing. 'These little- ropnd stones hurt my feet," siiid a scout to his fellow scout who was TO OtTR ADYEBTI8EBS We ask llie co-operation of all our advertiser? and readers In our efforts to publish our Christ mas Issue a Utile early this year. We expect to mall the pa pers on Tuesday night, Dec. 28, and will appreciate copy for ads or news earlier than usual. Just behind him. "I wonder how much farther dt is to the top of this moun tain," said the same scout, who was becoming a little more discouraged. "I don't know, but I hope It Isn't far, because it is so troublesome walking on rocks, In gulleys, and a twelve inch plank over a, creek, I'll tell you, it Isn't much fun," said the other scout. The trail began to get narrower and narrower the farther they went. They had to go through thick bushes, and walk In washouts, and sometimes the trail led them right up an old streant bed. At times they had to step over old logs which were across the path. They saw small fragments of rock which had come from some larger rocks which had weathered and crumbled. They were near the top, they had one more creek to cross, they nad to go through a forest about a quarter of a mile, through some tall broom straw, and then they could see the top of tho mountain. When they had reached the top. they could view in the distance a river meandering its way through the foot of the mountains. They could see for miles around in all directions. They could observe great rock* which were being worn away by the weather. One boy saw a lake and he asked his scoutmaster what it was doing up there. His scoutmaster told him that it was probably a crater lake. Most of the boys had studied "Phy sical Geography," and because of this, they discovered many very Interesting i things on the top of the mountain and .on toe "Lonesome Trail.'" One boy I said, "That trail deserves Its name." I After the scouts had devoured what | little food they/had, they started down I the trail to their camp at the foot of | the mountains, both leader and follow ers ready to proclaim a most delight iful as well as a profitable experience. j A PLAY HOUSE BY TOE BROOK (Virginia E. Perry) One bright July morning, a friend and I planned to go out tramping to see what we could find to amuse our selves. After * wandering for a time we came to a beautiful meadow thro ugh which a tiny stream flowed. We 'started up stream and found that the i stream started from a spning at the j foot of a gentle slope. We then atart- i jed down stream and suddenly we saw ; where the water had begun cutting the ? j banks away. The farther we went we i found it cutting more until it had cut a | real gorge, not very deep, but the wa ter was rushing through swiftly doing as much work as possible. We con tinued our journey until we came to where the stream flowed through an almost level plain and on account of this the rate of the stream was check ed greatly.. Jutting from the bank wa^ a medim s^ze tree limb. This. h>I|l,iljM.i ililr liU'iiH naa lost nearly all or its power to move ^ts load along. Day after day ali ment was deposited there until finally there was a bar about u foot wide, the top just above the water, extending from one part of Uank to another, for ming a complete lake. On the bank facing th* lake was a small cave. I imagine it was caused by ihe stream fiow ng against it cutting away all the j material it could, leaving only the | hard strata and rock. The top of the; cave was formed by an overhanging1 rock. My friend suggested that we! build a play house in the cave and one | on the bar. We did so. - We used the ; lake as our highway from the home on I the shore to the one on the bar of sed- ? iment. A PLAY HOUSE BY THE BROOK (Annie Willis Boddle) It was a beautiful play house, situ lat^d on the large rock overhanging the picturesque little ,>brook. The rock was of special interest to us be cause of the scratches and worn plac es on it, which go to prove that it was brought down by the great glacier which onrce covered our great conti nent. The brook, too, was interest ing arid'unusually convenient for wash ing the broken bits of china we used as dishes. Sometimes little islands I would form in the very middle of the ? stream. Whenever this would hap |pen we would desert our dolls and do- j i mestlc-life and become p:rates as bold] | and art blood thirsty as ever reached i the pages of a history book. Althou gh our play house was not as attrac- j (live in winter as in summer, we loved [ to play on its icy surface and see the water of the brook hurrying on under Its layer of frozen snow. One day we ; took one of mother's glasses out wiih next morning we hurried out after "it, but the water had frozen and the glass was broken in two. When spring came it rainod for ten successive days, needless to say we had to remain in- | doors. When the wat^r subsided we immediately visited the pla/ house but. Alas! the brook hinl become flooded' and overflowed its hanks and our play house was no more. PRISON TERMS FOR FRANKLIN PEOPLE Four White Farmers and Three Ife groes G? To Prison For Making 11 Ilclt Whiskey. - . -d'j JjS - Franklin county defendants had * bad day in Federal Court the past week and seven convicted blockaders re ceived combined sentences of sixteen yaars and four days in prison.' It n a good showing during the session which disposed of many cases. Sid Driver and Joe Horton - were found guilty of operating an illicit dla lllery and were sentenced to four years in prison each. , * . I Twitt Robblns was also found guilty1 under a similar charge and was sen-; tenced to four years in prison. Will Tharrington, a well known white farmer of FrankMn.. was giyetl a term of one year and a day in the At lanta prison for illicit distilling. He was found guilty Friday. Isaac Warren, Jake Tralor and June Harris, negroes, were sentenced to one year and a day each in prison. They i were convicted of making liquor at the | same still. Whiskey was fotmd In Harris' house, Tralor was caught in possession of sugar and meal while Warren was the "watchman" of the kettle, according to evidence. C. J. Sutton, for receiving and con cealing whiskey, was fined $100 and costs and placed under a bond to show good behavior at the next term of court. G. W. Strickland was taxed wtth the costs for removing and concealing. FEASKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL C OicM X Items of Interest to Teachers School Committeemen, Better ment Associations and People Interested in the Public Schools of Franklin County. Edward L. Best, Superintendent I x. copies or iNortn Carolina Day I Propram were mailed to each Bchool .last Saturday. This program Is pre ? pared for the use of teachers in obser ving "Aycock School Improvement Day."* "Arbof Day" and "North Caro^ lina Day." Friday, > December i9tb has been set apart for the celebration of tbis program. The program has been so arranged as to devote the . first part to a review of the services of | Charles B. Aycock, our Educational 'Governor; The second part to the ways i and means of improving uur present school system; and the third part to the need of planting and preserving trees. Teachers are urged to arrange the program so as to meet the needs of their respective communities. Be fore the 19th the teachers will please discuss the Aycock Memorial Fund, with the pupils and they should be ask ed to bring a small contribution that they may have a part in completing the Aycock Memorial. Let this entire day be spert in increasing school in terests and enthusiasm by teachers, children and parents. I hope the school house will be filled on the 19th. 2. A mCr?t a<*riou? ?rohiem hesld securing for them boarding places. Several schools In the county were closed last year because of this. The tinio has passed when teachers will accept a school position and walk or?e or two nriles to school. It is not a question of what they should do or be satisfied with but what the committee men can get them to do. The commit teemen no longer have a half dozen applcations for each position toJbe fill ed as in former years but they feel fortunate if they have ihe vacancies filled with trained te&CDers. There is! nothing that makes a school position j more attractive than a good boarding place. As many questions are asked | concerning boarding places as concer- 1 mng salaries. The people in each j community should appreciate the ser-1 vices of their teachers to that extent | | that they see ot it that tiielr teachers [have no trouble aloilg this line. I be Keve the time Is at hand when the peo I pie of a district will througti necessity have to provide homes for their teach ers. This plan of building Teacher lages has been tried in many places with J undoubted success. For the one room i school 1 doubt whether this would be I practical but with the larger schools I (three or more teachers) I am confi dent this will be the solution of the j "Boarding-place Problem.What school district ?5n the county'will take I the lead in building a teacherage for Ithe school? 3. Is it possible for you to have a five or six teacher school, with a suit able building, where your children can receive a high scool educatonj ami continue to remain under the home-roof at night? Of. what value Would such a school be to you? Could you estimate it in dollars and cents? i Do, the town children have tnese ad van- j tam>n? Are not our- \ serving as they? Did God intend k | otherwise? Let us get together and , decide on A definite plan for giving ' your hoy ami girl this kind of school. 4. The final test for the Heading Circle work will be given da the 20th I of December.^ 5. Read last weeks issue of. the Column for the closing .and opening ( dates for the Cly.stmaa holidays. | ? OFFICERS ' HE BLOCKADE STILL Dec. 8.?Local officers rday afternoon on the Franklin county's fa distilleries. The night i officers had Jailed to but the vigilant otfl that tne blockaders n their slush Into the and Sunday as they had hence they went out and time returned with a cap, worm and all. A | lobs of beer was also des was no one at the hardly probable that [ant will be obtained to who are suspected. sight there was either sev t? break Into stores, or was out on a lark. Several bored In the doors of two ires, but It Is not known was for mischief or the ves were frightened off. ce WTWeffeoteds ? - ?? - J. H, SLEDGE DEAD. ' J Her plaoy^ friends will learn with ml?4.5f#ttt"<jf the death df Mrs. J. , -which occurred at her home |iplevlll6 on Koneay morning. ? true Christian woman and ?who was loved and respec l,* -She leaves two sons, Mes T.""Sfedge, of Hickory, and f 81?<tgp, of this County, and two P/IMM. T. H. King, of Mt. Airy, and Mrs. H. C. Gupton, of Ma plevllle, besides a host of friends and relative?. The funeral services were held Tues day and the enterment was made at the beaatltul little cemetery near Ma ple Spitegs church. o o o o o o o iTH DEPARTMENT o o on Concerning The o f the People of Frank- o itjr, Worth Your Atten- o : : s t t j o Malone, Health officer, o ooooooo campaign on now tor the Cross Christmas Seals", mtion of our people to the those "who hare Tnfear SMgggsr . -, - ttr and, address of all such. Just think of the number of people who are victims of I this .disease annually in North Caro lina. When the disease can be so eas ily prevented and so often cured. If ; this disease is taken in time, it c?n be cured; if too late to cure, the invalid can be made to live longer and more comfortable lives, and at the same time can be told how to keep other peo ple or members of the family from con tracting It. Let all report the disease and let us go to work to cure, help and prevent its spread. ALL* BROOK-III fill. Invitations a? follows have been is sued: "Mr. and Mrs. Dockery Clayton'High invite you to be present at the mar riage of their daughter, Lillian Louise, to Mr. Noah Benjamin Allsbrook, on rnni M mnUm in At nome, Louisburg, N. C." I v Miss High is one of Louisburg's most popular and accomplished young la ,Uies and is the daughter of Mr. D. C. ?High, who has served Louisburg as [tChief of Police for more than a quar ter of a century. | Mr. Allsbrook is one of Louisburg's leading young business men, who is now engaged in the wholesale hard ware business. For many years he i was a member of the firm of The Hard ware Co., and at other times had j charge of the hardware departments! of Allen Broi. Co., and of McKfnne Bros. Co. The extreme popularity of this young couple will cause the coming event to be of much interest to their many | friends and acquaintances both here j and abroad. HOTEL INSPECTIONS. The State Board of Health has the inspection^ of hotels under its charge and is making a careful and systematic inspection of every hotel in the State. It tias appointed Mr. John F. Gordon as Special Agent to do this work, a man of wide experience In this special line of endeavor. The or?e idea above all others Ihe Slate Board of Health has in mind, in tills inspection work, is to bettor the sanitary and living condition-of the ho tels. It is asking the hotels to co-op erate and the majority of the hotels | I are co-operating, not only been no they! are honest and desire to give vali!.-?rc' ceived, but they recognize that, it is ;? : good business proposition to have their ihotel score high, so that ihe traveling i public will take notice. Nothing tra vels as fast as reputation of a hotel, | as being qither good or bad. The ov erhead oharges for a poud hotel or a, 1 hart hotel are practically, the same. ' There Mb just one step between (mili tary and insanitary, between egud and i bad. clean and uikcleaiV. It ? take^I practically* the sam<j amount o t ener-j gy to keep up either condition. i?eo- ; pie who are not willing.to comply with the law In- regard to hotels should get out of the hotel business. The trav eling public of the State.are insisting that hotels 3kpu1d meet the require ******* * FRANKLIN COUNTY UNION Franklin County Union will meet with the Cedar Bock Bap tist Church. Saturday. 18th of December, at 11 o'clock A. M. Please be ready to read re port? onJJie Campaign. MBS. B. A. BOBBITT, , Secretary. ******** ments or get out of business. Restaurants' and lunch counters come under the hotel inspection law when not In town? that have whole time health officers. The State Board of Health, insists and shall deem it sufficient cause for indictment, if any hotel fails to score on tbe following points, namely: First, individual towels. Second, individual soap (liquid soap or soap shaved for each user). Third, individual drink ing cup at water cooler. Fourth, rate card in lobby and bed rooms. Fifth, notices of fire escapes must be posted in each hall. " Sixth, Fire extinguish ers .for each hall. Seventh, sheets must be 90 inches long. Eight, medi cal examination of all food handlers. These requirements will not work a hardship on any hotel. Hotel manag ers in the oldest and most dilapidated buildings can meet the above require ments. All hotels will be expected to score 80 on first inspection and on re inspection. THE NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN. Last Sunday afternoon was the time appointed for the Every Member Can vass in the Episcopal Church through out the United States, and in every parish in city. town, hamlet and coun i try the Canvassing Committees went forth by twos, usually a man and wo man. The call was to service defi nitely pledged as well as financial con jtributlon pledged on a weekly basis, i The movement was a great success ev erywhere, both in renewed pledges of ;service and financial aid. In the Dio. Icese of North Carolina, each parish j was asked to contribute to "The Chur ch Mission" which includes general missions, support of orphanages, theo logical seminaries, church schools I arid. Other work outside or the parish es. $95.00 for ever**. $100 spent on 1? jcal church work, ami a duplex envel ope system is to be used from Jan. 1, : 1920. The pledges were for one yeai* I only but to cover a three year period. I In St. Paul's parish, Louisburg, five j committees went forth and met at the j church at 8 P. M. to make report to .the Chairman. Every committee re ported favorable reception and pledg jes by eve. y member called on, includ ing those in the country, and the final i result far exceeded all expectation?a .100 per cent, response to the canvass and financial pledges for local work doubling anything ever before raised (in the parish and exceeding the appor tionment on the parish for "The Chur 'ch's Mission" by sixty per cent. The |apportionment of *$520.00 per annum [was met by pledges of $524.00 per an num. The amount asked from the tchurch throughout the United States ^w^^^^O^OOO^but^^w^^^ro^^^ sions, etc. |PRESIDENT'S OFFER IS GARFIELD SCALE Chicago, Dec. 7.?The proposal pre sented to John L. Lewis, nctlng presi dent. and William Green, secretary of the United Mine Workers of America, by President Wilson and Attorney Gen eral Palmer in Washington last night included a 14 per cent, wage advance to miners and the appointment of a commission to study wages, profits and all conditions surrounding the indus try upon resumption of work by the striking miners, according to private advices from the national capital re ceived by Dr. F. C. Honnold, secretary of the Illinois Coal Operators' associa tion today. Dr. Honnold declared that his Infor mation indicated that the strike would bo settled try Tuesday or Wednesday and that the miners would he back at work not Inter than Friday, at least in Illinois. The terms of the proposal as inter preted by Or. Honnold from the advices be received indicated that tlaey were similar to the plan previously put for ward by Fuel Administrator Garfield and that they contained certain de tails of settlement that would n?ot be made public until consideration of them by the miners" executive board in Indianapolis on Tuesday. \K(.K(> WOMAN KIM.K 1>. ? noner A. F". Johnson and Sheriff ?. A. Kearney were called to Pjk>t to investigate the killing of a negro wo man named Mary White on Tuesday. Upon their arrival at the scene, the the Montgomery Lumber Camp near Pilot, it was found that on Sunday about I o'clock a fret* for all flgnt took place >n which three men wore wound ed and one woman killed. Several witnesses were fotinc who saw the shooting take place and the ease was turned over to Justice J. M. Stalling?, upon a warrant from the Coroner against a negjfo man named Rhoden Andrews,,or A*nderson, whom 'five n^ fcroes claimed, ttced. the s*tf>t that kill ed the woman. v AMONG THE VISITORS SOME TOD KNOW-AND SOME TOD DO NOT KNOW. } Personal Items About Folks And Their Friends Who Tra?el Here And There. Mf. Wm. H. Ruffin visited Raleigh Wednesday. Constable.J. K. Thomas visited Ral eigh this week. Sheriff H. A. Kearney went to Ral eigh Wednesday. Mr. F. B.' McKJnne returned tke past week from a trip to Raleigh. Mrs. A. W. Person and children are visiting her parents in Mllliken, La. Messrs. Ben T. Holden and W. M. Person attended Federal Court in Ral eigh thik week. Mr. H. D. Egerton left Tuesday for Greensboro to attend a meeting of the Farmers Union. LIST OF JURORS. The following is a list of jurors drawn by the Board of County Com missioners on the first Monday in De cember, 1919, for the regular January term of F"ranklin Superior Court, which Is a two weeks term of Criminal |?ourt. First Week. Dunns?N. R. May, G. P. Pearce, M. L. Cooke. J. C. Denton, G. F. Al ford, G. V. Baker.' Harris?J. H. Fuller, J. A. Timber lake, P. M. Burnett. * Youngsvflle?B. B. Tomlinson, J. Sam Medlin, J. R. Pearce. Franklinton?J. H. Conyers, J. T. Phelps, J. S. Morris, J A. Boone, A. B. Cooke. H. C. Woodlief, H. M. Cooke, T. W. Whedbee. Sandy Creek?June Harris, A. M. Moseley, R. E. Debnam, R. L. Clarke, W. A. Burnette, W. L. Gupton, G. D. West. # t Cedar Rock?C. C. Hayes, J. D. Gup tftn. { ? V . 'j Cypress Creek.?E. S.. Wilder, A. E. Spivey, W. ft. Bunn. I.oui?bur?,?Iea^Davis. S. V - tAgton, E. A. Kemjfr, A. W. Terry, Jr. ' .Second Week. " ?+., Dunns?J. H. Massey, w, A. M?u len, Jr., Jas. Privett, E. A. Moody. Youngsville?G. W. Wiggins, G. D. Wiggins. Franklinton?P. G. Smith, R. T. Pernell, Jasson Goswick, B. W. Bal lard. Sandy Creek?W. L. Edwards, R. D. Tharwington. Cypress Creek?W. B. Moore, L. G. Turnage. Loyisburg?R. A. Pearce, S. W. Fuller, Walter M. Alston, Col. U. D. C. We are requested to state that there will be a meeting of the Joseph J. Da vis Chapter U. D. C. at the home of its president, Mrs. W. E. Wliite, on ,3'.Unriif,lir TifrnmiiiiMi ??nntimnhnm nth., Mr?. G. Beam, Secretary, wishes all members who can to be pre sent. PACK VOIR EXPRESS PACKAGES RIGHT. The new express packing rules go into effect today. accordii>g to a state n>ent made by Agent L. L..Joyner. in charge of the local express offices. Under the regulations now in force, all express shipments over 25 pounds must be forwarded fin wooden contain ers or cartons bearing tne boxmakers* certificate as to strength and siz? re- ' quired by the express company, j No change is contemplated in' the shipments under the 25 pound limit, wb'.ch will still be accepted wrapped in paper. Agent Joyner advised Christ mas shippers not only to send their holiday packages early, but to see that they were properly packed and accu rately addressed. "We expect a very heavy movement of Christmas gifts by express this year." said Mr. Joyner, today; "and this at a time when we are handling a greater amount of traffic than at any period in t ho history of the railroads. It will be w<*il for Christmas shippers to keep in mind the 25 pound limitation for paper wrapped packages. Most holiday presents. wc believe,.are under that weight and are, therefore, not affected by the new rules. "But arty shipment over 25 pounds must be forwarded in special contain ers, and. we will be very glad to gnve anyoue interested full information as lo how they should prepare their Christmas presents for shipment by express." AT HA V ES SCHOOL. We are requested to state thai there will be a box party ami Fiddlers con vention at Hayes School house on Sat urday night; December 13, 1019, at 7 o'clock. Proceeds to be used for buil ding of the new school. We cordially invite all musicians to attend. Admis for-all in eente. ? -