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Louisburg. N. C . Tuesday. October 6. 1964
(Tan Pagaa Today)
96th Year? Number 66
Democracy's Brightest Hour:
The Presidential Elections
By Clint Fuller
Editor*! Note: This la Put I at an eight-part series on the Presidential Elections. Tlx
series will cover tba thirty-five man that have bald the office and the currant campaign.
Including platforms, voting procedures, the candidates, plus points of Interest pertalnli*
to Democracy's Brightest Hour: The Presidential Election.
Who was the only President
to be elected unanimously?
What ti the Republican Plat
form? _ What la the Electoral
College? Did you know that
you do not rote (oraPrealdent?
Four weeks from today,
Americans will exercise their
creates privilege as ? free peo
ple. By an Act of Congress,
IMS, "Presidential Elections
are held on the first Tuesday
following the first Monday In
November." This year that
will be November 3rd.
On this Tuesday, a former
Texas school teacher and a
former science professor will
be running on the Democratic
ticket against a former depart
ment store executive and his
partner, a former assistant
prosecutor at the Nuremberg
trials heading the Republican
ticket. Lyndon Balnes Johnson
and Hubert Horatio Humphrey,
Democratic candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presi
dency respectively, and* Barry
U. Goldwater and William E.
Miller, Republicans, are the
major candidates.
To better understand the
Presidency, let us take a trip
down through the years, taking
a look at the 35 men that have
held the office, their wives,
the men that sought the posi
tion but failed and their run
ning mates. George Washing
ton was, of course, the first
President. He was the only
man ever to be unanimously
elected .to the office. Wash
ington, one of only two presi
dents to sign the Constitution,
married a widow and was chlld
fess He, was bom In' Wake
field, Va., on February 22,
1732. He was elected from
Virginia as a Federalist.
Washington's parents were
Augustine and Mary Ball
Washington. He was of English
ancestry and was an Episco
palian. Washington died on
December 14, 1789 at the
age of 67 at Mt. Vernon, Va.,
where he is burled.
John Adams was Vice Presi
dent under Washington. Adams
was S3 and Washington was
was S3 and Washington was
57 when inaugurated. Wash
ington's wife, whom he mar
rled In 1759, was Mrs. Martha
Dank ridge Curtis. She died <
In 1802.
Washington was first of the
35 man that have served in <
the country's highest office.
The election on November 3 <
could name Lyndon Johnson,
already the 35th President, or 1
the voters could choose Barry '
Goldwater, who would become I
the 36th man to hold the '
position.
Johnson, who took over the 1
office upon the tragic death of
President John F. Kennedy last
November 22, by an assassin's 1
bullet in Dallas, Texas, has I
attempted to carry out pQll
cles set by the Kennedy ad
ministration and the Demo
cratic platform adopted In 1060.
Notable among these Is the
controversy civil rights bill,
which has" supposedly lost him
some support In the south.
Goldwater, on the other hand,
Is running on a Republican
platform of conservatism, de
signed to gain the south's sup
port. He voted against the
civil rights bill. He is a United
States Senator from Arizona,
and Is conducting his campaign
on the theme that the present
Democratic administration Is
"soft on Communism." ,
There have been 14 Republl
Republican
Candidate
To Speak
Van S. Watson, Jr. of Whl
takers, N. C., Republican can
didate tor the Commissioner of
Agriculture, is slated to be the
main speaker tonight at a meet
ing of Citizens for Goldwater 1
here.
Mrs. Frances Duke, Treasur
er of the Franklin County Citi
zens for Goldwater, announced
the speaking engagement Mon- ,
day night. Watson, who holds a
B. S. degree In Agriculture from ,
N. C. State College, will speak
tonight at 8 p.m. In the Franklin \
County Courthouse.
cans and 11 Democrats elect
ed President. The other ten
have been divided; four were
Whigs, three were Democrat
Republicans, two were Federal
ists and one, John Qulncy
Mams, was elected by the
House of Representatives, with
out note of party affiliation.
Abraham Lincoln was the first
Republican, by name, to occupy
the White House and Andrew
Jackson was the first Demo
cratic President.
Thursday: John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, James
Madison and more on the cur
rent campaign.
Franklin
Leads In
Injuries
Franklin County led the dis
trict In highway Injuries for
September, with 23, according
to a report from the N. C.
Department of Motor Vehicle*
released today. Granville
County had the largest num
ber of accidents with 34 and
also had the most fatalities
with four of the five highway
deaths for the month coming
In Granville County.
The fifth fatality occurred
In Franklin County, and
Franklin was third In proper
ty damage with $6,935.00.
Granville led with >16,255.00.
Vance County had 21 acci
dents, 13 injuries, no fetall
tles and $7,420.00 In proper
ty damages. Warren had only
9 accidents, 9 Injuries, no
fatalities and only >2,525.00
In damages for the best record
In the district.
Tobacco Market
Pounds Sold Last Week:
1,821,998; Amount Paid Last
Week: $1,067,075.78; Average
per 100 Pounds: $58.57; Pounds
Sold To Date: 5,332,646;
Amount Paid To Date: }3,
911,519.94.
Woman Hurt; Children Escape
Injury In School Bus Wreck
On* person was injured Mon
day afternoon and a number of
school children were shaken
up when a Frankllnton School
bus collided with an automobile
driven by Mrs. Elolse Pendle
ton of Frankllnton. The acci
dent occured at the traffic light
at the Intersection of U. S. 1-A
and N. C. St In downtown
Frankllnton when a bus carrying
a load of children from the B.
F. Person-Albion School and the
automobile both, reportedly ran
the yellow caution light.
| Mrs. Jack Pendleton, mother*
I In-law of the driver of the car
received lacerations and was
treated at Maria Parham Hos
pital In Henderson and later
moved to Franklin Memorial
Hospital In Lou Is burg. None
of the other passengers In the
car or children on the bus
were Injured.
The bus was driven by Corne
lius Parham 17, student-bus
driver. The vehicles suffered
several hundred dollars In dam
ages, and a plate glass window
In a nearby furniture (tore waj
broken when the vehicles ran
Into the store. Superintendent
of Frankllnton City Schools,
Fred Rogers, said that no
charges had been made, pending
further Investigation.
One report said the accident
happened when the bus moving
on a green light failed to clear
the Intersection before the yel
low caution light came on, while
the car Jumped the caution light
anticipating the green light.
Wrecked Bus
Frankimton bus no. 83 is pic
tured above resting In the Coun
ty Oarage lot following a col
lision with a private automo
bile In Frankllnton Monday
auernoon. Mrs. jacK Pendle
ton of Franklinton was hospi
talized with painful injuries as
a result of the wreck. No school
children were hurt.
. V ? ? T1
School Board Adopts
Consolidation Plan
The Citizens Committee tor
the Study of Consolidation of
Franklin Schools piade Its fin
al report to the 'County Board
of Education Monday and
recom mended that the Board
adopt the Long Range Planning
of the School Survey made by
the State Department of Public
Instruction last December.
Mr. Frank Read, Chairman
of the Committee, presented
the recommendation to the
Board in its regular meeting.
Read said his {roup had studied
three possible avenues of Irai
provements In the schools, (1)
an additional' teacher In each
school, (2) special training (or
those not planning to attend
college and (3) consolidation
of the schools. The Commit
tee, - reported Head, voted
unanimously In favor of con
solidation.
He praised the committee
members for their work and.
pointed out that questionnaires
sent to school patrons last year
offered his group the greatest
help In arriving at their de
cision. He said his group felt
It was what the people wanted.
The Board of Education Im
mediately passed a resolution
of appreciation to Read and
his entire committee for their
outstanding work.
Clint Fuller, Lou Is burg Dis
trict member, moved that the
recommendation be accepted
and adopted and Mrs. T, H.
Receiving Recommendation
Mrs. T. H. Dickens, Chairman
of the Franklin County Board of
Education, Is shown above re
ceiving the reconTmendatlon of
the i Citizens Committee for the
Study of Consolidation, from Mr.
Frank Read, Chairman of the
Citizens group. The Read Com
mittee recommended that the
Board adopt the plan of the State
Survey team, which calls for
total consolidation of the high
schools.
-Times Staff Photo.
County Commissioners Urge The
Approval Of School Bond Issue
The Franklin County Commis
sioners adopted a resolution
urging the approval of the $100
million State Bond Uiue at the
General Election on Novem
ber 3, at their regular monthly
meeting Monday.
In the resolution, the com
missioners noted that adequate
school buildings, as well as
qualified teachers and up-to
date courses, are necessary
parts of a sound public school
system. And they pointed out
that the construction of neces
sary school buildings Is lm ?
posing an ever-larger burden
on county property taxes and
county property taxpayers.
The 1963 General Assembly
authorized the Issuance of
$100 million In State School
Bonds, subject to the approval
of the voters. The election
on the question of approval has
been set for the General Elec
tion on November 3.
If the State Bond Issue Is I
?pprnvri, Franklin County wiuj
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles j
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon
day, October 5:
KILLED TO DATE
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR
receive $58,049.90 for the
County School System and
$131,915.82 (or the Frankllnton
City Schools, for the con
struction of school buildings In
the two systems.
The Board appointed Chair
man W, P. Childers as Chair
man of the Committee on the
State School Bonds.
In other action, the Board
received the resignation of
Harold A. Stegall, Assistant
Agricultural Agent, who Is ac
cepting a position with Farm
Bureau In Warrenton. The
Board heard a request from
Ninth
Break In -
Thieves entered the Village
Drive In In Ford Village over
the weekend, according to
Loulsburg Police ChlefWllllam
Dement^ and made off with
around $10 In cash and an as
sortment of cigarettes.
Entry was made through a
rear door. Several vending
machines were broken open,
with minor damage, but the
money had been taken out of
the machines prior to the clos
ing of business. This was the
ninth time, the local restaurant
has been broken Into.
Chief Dement said his depart
ment was Investigating and that
he believed It to be the work
of professional crooks.
Bob Jones, representing First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.,
asking that his company be made
co-paying agent with a New
York bank (or the Hospital
Bond Funds.
Weldon of Epsom, seconded
the motion. The Board voted
unanimously In favor of the
motion and by this action the
State Survey recommendations,
with modifications and pri
orities yet to be decided, be
came the Long Range plan for
Franklin County Schools.
The plan calls tor five new
and complete school plants,
three secondary school plants
(grades 7-12) with a capacity
of 650-700 and two elementary
school plants (grades 1-8) of
approximately 12 to 1$ class
rooms plus a lunchroom, mul
ti-purpose, library and admini
strative spaces for each.
The three high schools called
tor In the plans would accom
modate students now attending
Perry's School and part of Riv
erside In one plant; students
now attending Gethsemane and
part of Riverside In a second
plant and the third plant would
accommodate students now at
tending Bunn and Edward Best
schools.
One of the new elementary
school plants, under the plan,
would accommodate students
now attending Loulsburg (W. R.
Mills) Elementary School and
the other would serve students
now attending Maplevllle, Cedar
Street, Riverside and possibly
Youngsvllle Elementary. Both
would contain IS classrooms.
Under the present plan, the
present Loulsburg School would
become a high school only, as
would Riverside school.
The Board of Education will
now take under study the
Immediate needs of the sys
tem and subject to finances
available will set up a Long
Range Plan that will eventual
ly lead to total consolidation
of all the schools In the county
system. Frankllnton City
Schools are not under the
Jurisdiction of the County
Board and are not affected
by this ruling.
The Read Committee was
formed In September, 1962 to
make a study of the needs of
the schools. The Committee
consisted of outstanding citi
zens In each community, in
the recommendation, the Com
mlttee made specific mention
of certain pages In the survey
and recommended that the
County Board make certain
modifications and to set the
priority list In a manner they
may "deem wiser."
In other action, the Board ap
proved Mr. A1 Fox as Princi
pal of Loulsburg School, James
Elrod as Coach-Social Studies
teacher at Loulsburg and Nancy
T. Daniel at Bunn and William
Perklnson at Edward Best.
What happened Is not as Im
portant as what the people be
lieve has happened.
It Is very easy for some peo
ple to believe that they. are
natural-born leaders.
Louisburg
Gets 3.44
Inches Rain
Tlx Louisburg area received
1.44 inches of rainfall from
Sunday through Monday night,
according to G. O. Kennedy,
local weatherman. The height
of Tar Rlvar at 7 a.m. today
was IS. SO ft., which la lowar
than had been expected aaya t
Kannady. ,
The highest point tha rlvar
has rlsan In racant years la
20. SO ft. on January S, IMS.
Slnca tha first of October,
Louisburg has recalvad 5. #6
Inches of rainfall.
Tha lower temperatures Mon
day night and Tuesday are nor
mal, according to Kennedy for
thla time of year. Tha low
Monday night was 40 degrees
and tha high Monday was S2
degrees.
Speed
Endorses
School Bonds
The Democratic Executive
Committee held a special meet
ing Saturday night at a Louis
burg restaurant. Representa
tive James Speed urged support
of the $100 million State School
Bond Issue to the Committee.
The group discussed fund
raising projects, and the Dis
trict Rally to be held In Hen
derson, October IS. The group
voted to hold the Franklin Coun
ty rally Jointly with the District.
Members were urged to attend
the meeting In Raleigh tonight
to hear President and Mrs.
Johnson attheColoaleum. Law
rence Parry waa named to
fill a vacancy on the new
Pearces precinct committee.
CP & L Bills
Get New Look
Local customers of Carolina
Power ti Light Company will
receive their bills In a new
form this month.
E. P. Bazemore, C P&L man
ager, said bills received In
October and afterwards will be
enclosed In envelopes?a move
toward electronic computer
billing with virtually dictates
the use of envelopes .
Bazemore added that payment
of the new envelope bills will be
made at the local CPIiL office
or other local collection points
as In the past.
Miss Judy Carol Cyrus has
been employed by Carolina Po
wer it Light Company as a blll
lng machine operator lnCPI>L'(
billing department In Raleigh.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Cyrus of Loulsburg, she
attended BunnHlghSchoolandls
an active member of the Baptist
church. ~~
The main purpose of education
Is to do nothing else at the same
time.
Exhibits Registered
Mrs. Louise Hobbs, left, and
Mrs.RobertHlcks, right, regis
ter home grown vegetables of
Mr. J. L. Strickland, right,
while Mr. Grady Harris awaits
his turn. Scene taken In exhibit
hall of Franklin County Fair.
Judging of exhibits begins to
day at the looal fair.
-Times Staff Photo.