The Frani A. P. JO* 5 SOX, THE COUNTY, THJ tolwc* u UMT NtES tbis wiu JJ IT. il'SE 19, IHI. Times DISASTROUS ROOD AT PUEBLO ( LOl'DBl'mST IUTI UUI KITES UTEES City laaadatrd WIU TrmMns ,L??.n ?( Pitnlj (Ml LtJf ? lafcv "lb1* te Estimate Lmi at T*h TIm. en Central Colorado today surrayu the havoc of O* mo?t flood In the history of the West. An accurate estimate of the loa* of Ufa ??l yrop Wlth morrow cro?d<< to ??rlonri. hospitals l?i?l?g - f 11? T? to impro vised -p?U*< ?t?ttoa?. an* thousand; homeless, or suffering trocn exposure. every eftort today vu being directed toward the alleviation of suffering. le aving the work of surrey and the plana for rehabilitation tor the at tention of outside forces an route to the almost prostrate conuanurty. Restoration of the city to even an approach to normal conditions is a matter of weeks. L?ve?s must IW ic paired before the business section can be cleared of water. am ia He>pitaN ? it seemed early today thai all dan ger ot a repetition of the flood had pas sed. barring another cloudburst The local Red Cross placed tae number ot !f the " fiYTf pTublnnj tu be met. ? U ? i i run-. sltiered possible that aid of the federal Kovernment would be sought. Railroad Yard- Wrecked Floods of lesser magnitude were re ported today by several l^vn lh Kitt sas. All are along the coarse of the Ar kansas river. which over flowed its heie. !7*raf njc aud OwiUift Katisas. reported sweeping floods and all towns in the Arkansas Valley have teeu warned of the rising ^ood here. At four o'clock in the morning water rose se veral feet when the crest of the lood. breaking ot the Strattou Park Dam near Colorado Sprites- tiki Pue blo. In the middle of the afternoon, breaking of the Skagway i iki ?utr and Buuver Dam Mr Wtor. ?nu oa all ship to l*uehlo has tem aftttid hy all railroads entering the city The only drinking water available I today Is from a llthia taring oa a hill ] at the outskirts at the city A heavy downpour of rain coattnu- | rd all through last night and the ear ly morning today v i re handicapped hy the Me streets and darfcnena the city's | electric service Mali out of commission since earty Friday I evening? and the unreieattag dnwn | pour Stories IN *? ?a . Hundreds of pmplt living In h irgs in the vicinity of the dtsrrVt nl by Friday's Aumr were re cut of bed at sae e'rlack thm mor . as a r?s?lt of |?nn Grande train which was wracked by the flood in the railroad >arda eaily * I Mar Bight- He manag ed m escape from m toach and swain tp a Boattag toe. to Wlrtih he'elmg bb tll be tras cast apon tne Island. Kartr FTrWay morning Splcer's home was torn from its foundations and the cottage, with Spicer ft ding on its loof. was sent spinning down llSFTor rent to be lodged against the same small island upon which Harrison al ready had been marooned. All persons h?Te been kept from the streets since Satuday evening Loot* ing has been held to a minimum. No one is permitted to enter the city ex cept the military. Red Cross workers land state and other officials. Belief Work With the restoration of telegraphic communication early Sunday, the suf - ferine community learned of relief measures undertaken by cities throu ghout the middle west. r.nd sweaters arrived yesterday from thy Red Cross in Colorado Springs. Hundreds of persons applied to the Red Cross yesterday and Saturday for ?nLmedi'*?' relief. All were fed and clothed. A carload of b?et was commandeered from the j railroad yards and cooked to prevent Lils spoiling Dearer. Kansas City. St. .Louis, and S tne other large cities closest the flood | eu area, have offered material aid inv | mediately. but are unable to gel their mfilW wi ittr nwuiuuitf toumse of jihe demoralized transportation COTUfT^ t lions. ] Hie hasemem of every building in .the down town Section is filled with ; uaier nuU mud. ? W.uduwa of the baao 1 arents went crushed in by the flood and officials say thafe bodies may i h,. f.in n d h>r? Ulor whon it has ; l?een found possible to pump out the j basements and shovel out the mud. IWrters .Visifr Tall Fourteeu doctors and 25 nurses ar rived here last night from Colorado ^ Kiftec i) e^Akbal oi^rs ? & rri?P(1. from Denver and sixteen from Colora do Springs. Officials attribute much of the flood to the blocking of the nrghwaters by railroad right of ways in one section built entirely of slag With the excep tk?n of a small hole under the tracks, the slag withstood the inrush of the flood and the waters bacxed up to the city, washing out the levees and leav ing the lower part of Pueblo at the mercy of the waters. rHy Separated Pueblo. Cok>-. June i-r(VU Colora do Springs I ? The south stde of Pueblo isolated from the remainder of the city by flood waters today, was taking stock of its losses and anxiously a xraitinc restoration of comn?unication with the city proper that the full ex tent of the disaster Pueblo Has suffer ed may be realized When the flood struck the city, the south side was separated from the re mainder of the city by a gulf, of churn ing water There was no official estimate this it o ruing off the number of casualties or the property loss in this part of tewm. Fk?rence and Canon City, fears for the safety of which had been expreee eo by officials on this stde earty today, reported they were unharmed. At Fort load. Colorado, however, flood wa If rs pat the light plant out of commis sion Rlrr^fcee Sledge, At the home of bride's mother. Mra. W. A. Parrish. near Louisburg on Wed iniay at high noon. Miss Irene Sledge became the hrtde of Mr O F Rlggs bee. In a beautiful and Impressive ring ceremoay. Chaplain It F Black, offle ntiag The hall and the parlors had beea beautifully decorated with flow ers aad the parlors being darkened was lighted with many randies sup ported by the many branenes of sev eral tree* that formed part of the dec orat&oas To the strains of the beau tiful aad Impressive wedding march the Wide aad groom with their maids aad groomsman Miss .nnta Rankin and Mr T I Cheek, entered and as little Sherrpd Sledge brought forth the riag the ceremony pronoun ced. TVe bride is one of Franklin Coun ty"* falreat yoaag women who has maax frieads that regret to see her leave The groom Is a promising yo aac hMlatm aaa popular among a host of frWads TV ?xtf in popularity of the rou pie waa attested by the large number beaattfal aad coatly prevents to n# Fraaklta Tteea BRIDGES TO ? BE CONTRACTED lyw vsmp kojtd ttjh BEPDKTS CALLED FOB Andlter Retjalre* to lake XoatMj KrHrt ( out; I'luiw CnAbl ? Orfcn BrMbtf Dtanit Krlkn4 ?f ? tiwiw Tn: ? The Board of County Commission ers met In regular session on Moaday wtUi all members present- The meet ing was opened wtln prayar isj Raw. O. F. Smith, after which the minutes jrere read and approved and hiiala? jHfltfyiTWtew; Edward uettient was before the Board asking that he be relieved of County license tax as he bad to pay state and town-Ueenae. His r-equeat was granted. On motion ot Hudson and seconded by Wilder the salary of the Janitor was reduced from $40 to 525 per month. . The committee composed of Fuller and Tlmberlake to see tr a suitable place coutd be proTlded for a" public cotton platform reported that they had not completed their work but were pursuing tome propositions. On m? tloa of Hudson the committee w-aa granted further time' and attorney Ben T. Holden added thereto, with the re quest that the committee take the matter up with the town Commission ers seeking co-operation. It was ordered that H. W. Perry." County Auditor get the best prices on one 70-foot span bridge for a 12-foot drive way and oHler Mine lor UriF' I fin's bridge across Sandy ('reek I The report ot J J. Holdeo. Suoer | Intendent-of County Home was recei* ed and filed. He reports S white and 111 colored inmates. Madison llranch 'having died since last r-poi I Report of I>r. J. E.-^fc?tone was re ceived and filed . Report or .Miss famine Smith. Ho m e Demonstration Agent, was recelr i il. rem! ?nd filed. ? ? ' Report of -J. r :-inn? -;..p.Tintf >v(. cnt of Public Welfare, was -received and filed. On motion of Hudson and seconded -by -Ettilar an appropriation -ot ? 4W* I was made to ihe Combat Train Nation I at Guard, stationed at T?f?lll?, , It "--IS orvK' r P<1 that all hridtrfts _tu I be built in the County shall be let to jthe highest bidder, with the exception jof Cypress Creek bridge which is now under construction. * On motion ot Wilder seconded by Fuller the Hoard congratulated Com ' nifs^tniiFr Hudson for ni? wonaertut improvements and repairs he had made to the Courthouse. The report of the Louisburg Graded School election was recetved as fol lows: Registration 72S. For 277. Against 191. The Board ordered the issuance of Notes to the amount of 125,000 00 to tide over the present stringent times, and to take up paper for Board of Ed ucation. pending the settlement of 1?J0 taxes. It was ordered (hat the Auditor make a statement ot the County finan ces to the Board the first ot each month. Also that the Auditor get ir. touch with the Boards of Road Trus tees of each township, and have them report to him the total amount ot bon ded indebtedness of their tewnship to gether with the amount of the sinking funds provided to retire said bond? and to make such report to the Boanl of County Commissioners. After allowing a number of ac counts the Board adjourned to its next regular meeting. lUnf* frm. Beautiful In its simplicity was the marriage of Miss Mamie Perrt to Mr R C. Barnes, which too-x place at th*? home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W Perry of this city on Tuesday. Jnne 7th at hl*h noon. Dr W R. Burrer* offk-tatinjt The parlor and hall was heautifulb j decorated in daisies and fern Jus' I prior to the ceremony Miss Sallie T Williams sang in her most charminc way "At Dawning" by Cadrnan At the strains of the "Bridal Cboms" from Lohengrin the bride and froont entered the parlor, where Dr Burrell In his beautiful yet simple way ut tered the Onal tows. The bride wis handsomely attired In a suit of nav> blue tricotine with tcresurlwi to mat ch and carried a bouquet of sweet peas and fern Immediately after the cero | mony Mr and Mrs Barnes left for Henderson, where they took the train for Ashexille and other points of in terest They will be at some aflc June "iOth. -4 Houch Are. Bergley. Vfl Mrs Karnes is one of Ixnaisburc ? most popular voum ladles and for th? past two years has made oof of Prank lin C ounty's most pmalsint teach ers. Mr Barnes Is a young man of sterling qualities and holds a promi nent position with the Noift>lt an?l Southern Railroed Mr tmrUrs Bar nes hare the con cratnlat Ions of their [i.vahv frMl In and aroand litwii* burg I The- ftut-of town gvesl* were: Mr J S: A I ford. from Spring Hope. Mrs Addle and Mr C C. Ranm. of boro. Miss Margaret Williams, oi | Warrenton. and Mr Stephenson, of Henderson 1 BATTERY HEAVY ARTILLERY I E!> l> LOIISBI RC, 15 THIRTY HOI R.S Mr. M?(th Wi Perry. Captala, ?T?* *1? Mrr*jrtk la Bocart Tl?? ? ?lf?t t? I* fTil?liet Hurt W. Perry In organ - a Battery of Heavy Artillery for baa.. In thirty working hours, established a precectfnt never be known In the Qm4i ice in North Carolina, nor possi the United States. received his commission on the t^oo fly Friday^ nlglrt the mall from w^Cli Is~ opened about f : 30 -o'clock mI began his work witn the result tfctt he had the require fifty-one ap= plications by Monday night and made Mi report Immediately to the Adjutant Gtneral's office at Kmeigh. This is i "Ite a distinction to Captain Perry 1 will, no doubt, place him at the ' id of the list in recruiting in thej lonal Guard for the State. Also it luite a compliment to the men wh cf led and the County for the patriot It spirit It bespeaks. However Capt. Vlrry is not content with the number 9?~appt1cKtfons he "has. but wants tn ft* the Company up to Its full maxl jmm strength, which is ninety-one. Tills branch of the service, we under stand peys about one-fourth regular pay while on drill and In camp. It ^li^iven fifteen days encampment each The equipment that will be furnish th> Dattery-that Is trroc sTaTTonelT iftfl I?uisburg is as follows: 1 motor joi ; 1 reconnaisance car, t* motorcv rd b Willi side curs. 14 Ilve^Ton trucks, i W. 0- Cargo trucks. 1 F. W. D. Ar tfl ery Supply truck. 1 three-quarter O rgo truck. 1 light repair truck. 1 nil and art. 1 machine gun. I Anti Air Q ift trailer. 1 kitchen trailer. 1 wa uailes. 1 blcyoUi. 4 loo-Millimeter i tiers. 12 caisson bodies 155 m. m. Hilt Air flrajt Mm-hipa gupn. latffc rifles, pistols for the members STINTS COimiTI SERVICE -rhfclnl? lUraUii IUutW. Ttoe Board of Education met in reg ular session on Monday with all mem bers except Green present. Business was disposed \}f r'?llille Club of the Bright Leaf llase Bull Association was defeated by the Smith field (Mm on the latters grounds Frl day June 3rd by the score of 3 to 2. Yonngsvllle iron today from Wen del! In a ten inning game by score 9 : to S, overcoming a four run lead and driTlnf "Smokey" Smith out of the bo\ in thn 4th inning. Features of this k'?me being the pitching of Floyd and < bard hitting of the entire Youngsville team. We play Wendell at Wendell Friday. Zebulon ( Double-header > at Zebulon ' Tueadav; and Zebulon at Youngsville. I week i Come out and see the game your at tendance will be appreciated Baptlsl rhurrh, Sunday, Junr l*th. ! "Hie pastor Rev W R lturr*ll will praach at both services- Morning sub ject: "The price of n birthright." Kv ??ninn: "The Cross It's ft lory and l*oweT " Sunday School with classes for all *ga s at 9:45 a m j Everybody welcome. NEGRO ffOJU^T KILLED In RiDMnaj o-m Vftil Strict *ond*y ? Other* k| Angy Perry, an aged r-otoT**t woman, lost bar* life. The M6rs? hRchtxH lo ^ tW9 fcorse wagon beraJtp frtftoOfhefT'h'eaT" the old color ed cemetery. on South Mam Street and driver, Mr. Herman Kemp, * ho after one? o^. the reins broke, made hla es cape fVo m the wagon without any se rious injury and when the team reach ed the depot hill the T?nm?n attempt ed to jump out her head_sjrlking the ; i"ii blag ~aTTd tractming'her skull from which injury she died a- few hour^la^ ter? A? little Dilvei UUjLVaa ou the wagon and ?uocoedo4 ~tfcr gettHig off without aerioua In jury. The horaos itopped-lp .front 6t the Court House by Sam 'Hargrove who was thrown in the air by his daring catch, but holding faat to the running ani flials he succeeded in stopping them before any serious damage was done n little eight-year-old colored girl who had remained in the wagon thro ugh the treacherous ride. The horses are owned by Mr. E. A. Kemp and ao.lar.as we could ascer tain. received no Injury. CoL Olds at LoHNbanc. Col. Fred A. Olds, of Raleigh, who I entertains children and grown folks | so well will put on a "Children's Hour entertainment'-^ at the graded school jFrtday morning. June 10th at 10 | They will thoroughly enjoy his stories and dew fly IftVfl hia "Dolls of UM i World." - Grown-ups too are invited. Following the stories and doll pa : service motion picture program, mission 10 cents. Ad I>r. liurrell at Winston-Salem. ulurling ja meeting with tUe Waughtown Bup |tist church Winston-Salem, returned rinesrlay !flr tfte Wadding or' Mtss .ua jinie Perry to jMi\ B. C. Barnes. Mr. | Hurrell reports splendid meeting at U:ere were thirty-eight additions to tiiu draw " tsurrell returned to continue die meeting Cor a few days "snawQlY'rpewn with wnrmi&e drnre | thlH'Ugh om ne dvruc autumolu]**. Tom Parrish Escape*. Tom Pa rrish who was sentenced to the ro.ni* for 1" m?nth? ? fur nelling [whiokey by judge Connor at the fe-l I cent term of Court, made good his^es j;ape from the chain gang on Monday I ; while at work near the old Sto?kade: | Tom had tried being crazy to break j I jail and other methods to save himself i (from road work, and failing in* these | he. so we learn devised his plan of es cape. with which he succeeded, except that the rest of the gang did not get I off as planned. He is still at large as ; this is being written. Important >'otlo*. Smallpox is -on the increase in the I County and I now give warning that j | j>eople ought to be vaccinated. I have | the fresh points and any doctor will vaccinate any who want it. Some [have failed to report it and it is spr eading. Eeveral more cases of Tv iphoid Fever have been reported. You | hadbetter be vaccinated against both of these diseases. Health Officer. School Extension Program. The people of the several Communi ty Centers next week In tne School tension program are to have the plea sure of listening to a good speaker at the regular motion picture programs. Mr. W. W. Shay, in charge of the of fice of Service Extenslpn will be >?ith us from Tuesday. June 14th through Friday, June l?th and will make in teresting short talks at New Hope. Youngsville. Mt. Grove and Wood. Throughout the next week we shall have Mr. E. C\ Blair whose subject is "Soil Fertility and Soil Improvement". Mr Blair expects to talk iu each of our ten centers, five during the day and five at our night meetings. So you aae thdt another treat for the commentty oanters will be a summer1 short Jovtt tor farmers along with some fiiiC Ba sure to take advantage of this opportunity and attend the r ^etlngs. Do not miss a single speak ? Othera will be announced later. Watch the FRANKLIN TIM KS. scneduie Monday. June 13 Popes. I Tuesday. June 14 - Mr. Shav. Ne>r HoP\ W?lnesday. June IS Mr. Shay, Yo ungsraia. Thu^day, Juno in Mr. Shay. Mt. Grove. Friday. June 17 ? Mr. Shay, Wood. Saturday. June 18- White Level. Monday. June 20 ? Mr. fllalr. Tuesday. June 21- Mr. Hlalr. Cedar Rock t Wednesday?* June 22 Mr Hlalr. Se ven Paths. Thursday. June 23 Mr Hlalr. San dy ("reek. Friday. June 24 ? Mr Blair. Bunn. Saturday. June 27? SEVENTH GRAPE ^ ? COM^EKCEfiifr held n tonwlc^r.roAr^t ^T^Z2?lm< 0B *? %Fz!7?T rtaas wEo^^|v?7^,^B ^KSfie On account of the duO}t dlpk,"??a ^.^S?S?TlC w?r? Collins Of wfk:r?rB , ^'T Tn,u *> address. He mad* J * eliver?d tbe eerh takTmr o u? 1 6Xcell?oj u> mely adrfce to both ^ ^H*-u' ?'as well taken ?,,j younS and 0ld to enjoy to the utml.T*0 ?ne se*mee addreaa Mr Co nnTiKm'nUt<> ot friends In Franklin r- many always gl,*^*"? ?U"ty wh? *"> midst. AAer^hr^Hme him to U,?"' nest delivered ' etZ'"^ E' L members of the ?r,H. .? 3 to the other feature of *?duatin? class. An presentatlon of the'jSn^8^!,."" the SJ?titlcatea by Miss Viol., S . nsh,p rpspprti vch- TI.iii ..>. " gnl1' grades Icates do not tained quite so something at '-MnT^-n ? wlu> ?he Seventh Grade ? Count^ ? *? ? ? mencement will hT? Louaty C6m^ | * Permanent, an support and cooperi.io* *hefr , r>SE^?^ZoeieT?,ern HfeVU Harris. Jones Wilson Mabel Csh?'5' Jassamine Cheatham uara r,?"' mne G?tr B rerr>"- ^'ton Pearce" nn' Sher^r?U|JerCeMW'lrt0n- ;M" Rav. Berrv P?rr! u aye- Su3i? tt^rs ssssr ^irjrie Gupton Mvrtl.-A p ? Gupton. ?"*?> Bartholomew", iuL ?en" bb ^"ben S^T w;y Wlleon. ?.,?: ? o Louishnnr Kai^n tjuola. ^ Mr Edwin H Ma lone, manager of the drive for the Louisourg quota qf the Methodist Educational MortlNit informs the TIMKS man that this charge reached its rutl quota ot 000 00 before the time for services o? last Sunday morning The drtv* begun on Sunday morning. May 29th at the morning service when something over eight thousand dollars was sub scribed before the day was *on