Weather
} Mostly cloudy and cool today
and Friday. Probability of
precipitation SO per -cent.
Low, 64; high, If.
The
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Times
Serving All Of Franklin County
Comment
The first requisite of being a
leader In your community la the
ability to lead and the willing
ness to follow.
Tel. 0Y 6-3283
Ten Cant*
Louieburg. N. C.. Thursday. August 25. 1966
97th Year-Number 64
Rains Came , Walla Fell .
Damages suffered to Ford's Warehouse here, when heavy
rains caused the walls of a new addition to crumple early
Wednesday morning are shown above. Charlie Ford, owner
operator estimated damages wlU run between $10,000 and
$15,000. The new addition was planned In order to allow
growers to unload their tobacco without the long waiting
lines experienced last year. Ford said, "Tell them we'll
be ready when the market! opens," In reference to the ihort
time remaining In which he must repair the damage. The
wall care way around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, causing the roof
to tumble. The structure was to have received more
substantial support Wednesday, following a check of the
construction Tuesday, according to reports,
?Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
HEW Officials Visit
franklinton Schools.
Frankllnton City school offi
cials disclosed today that a
four-man team from the
Health, Education and Wel
fare Department from Wash
ington met In Frankllnton
Wednesday and presented cer
tain demands on the system
designed to further desegra
tlon of the Frankllnton
schoolt.
The officials declined todls
close the nature of the HEW
team requirements nor would
they discuss the possibility of
further neglotatlons with the
Washington officials.
In a prepared statement, re
leased today, Superintendent
Fred Rogers stated, "A team
from the United States Office
of Education' Is working with
the Frankllnton Board of Edu
cation concerning the dese
gretlon problems."
Rogers' statement, con
tinued, "Applications for
more than $80,000 to begin
new educational programs are
being held up pending adequate
resolution of school' desegre
gation In Frankllnton, but It
Many Locals Fail
Draft Examination
The local Selective Service
office reports 7# men were
sent to the Raleigh Induction
Station from the county last
Friday and another 37 were
sent Monday. All were called
to report for physical exami
nations.
Quite a bit of publicity has
been given nationally to the
rate of rejections by Selective
Service for failure to pass the
ilred examinations.
the 76 reporting last Fri
day,- only 37 or slightly less
than half were found accep
table. Monday's group rated
an even leaser rate when only
12 or about one-third were
found acceptable.
The August call for Induc
tion was set at nine men,
according to Mrs. Mary
Lumpkin of the local .office.
In Production Of 11 Leading crops
County Moves Into
19th Place In State
franklin County, with 61. a
percent of Its total land area
In farms, has moved from 22nd
place to_19th In production
value of the state's eleven
leading crops. Franklin Is 16th
In production of tobacco In
North Carolina and fifth In
the 33 county Old Belt.
In a release this week by the
Federal-State C ro|f Reporting
Service, It Is revealed that
while the number of farms
have decreased, farm Income
Is on the rise. The figure* deal
tor the most part with the 1964
seasons.
A Department of Agriculture
report lists 316,160 acres of
land area In Franklin County.
Land being used for farming
has declined from 72.0 percent
In 1 #59 to 61.8 listed In 1964.
Total number of farms fell
from 2,950 In 1989 to 2,366 In
1964.
Income listed for the eleven
leading - crops for 1963 Is
113,638,688. The Income for
1964 topped this figure by
$2,924,898 for a total of $16,
563,280 lor the year.
A breakdown of pert of the
eleven crop* shows Franklin,
County ranks 12th In the state
In cotton production, harvest
ing 9.080 bales in 1964. Frank
lin is 24th In production of
peanuts with 1400 . pounds
listed as the 1964 crop.
In the production of soy
beans, Franklin falls to 40th
place, having produced 119,
000 bushels In 1964. Corn for
grain places the county In 38th
position among the 100 with a
1964 out put of 71 9, 000 bus he Is.
Not listed as one of the eleven
principal crops, the count of
all chickens on Franklin Coun
* ty farms shows a decline from
134,000 la 1M9 and a high of
Notice
No X-rays will be made at
the Health Office until further
notice, according to an
announcement piade today by
Miss Esther Andrews.
147,000 In 1902 to an eight
year low of 120,000 In 1965.'
Th* eleven principal crops
are listed as tobacco, cotton,
peanuts, soybeans, corn (or
{rain, wheat, oats, lespedeza,
sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes
ajid all hay.
The report shows that
Franklin farmers used less
fertilizer In 1964-65 than In
any year since 1961. Mixed
fertilizer, measured In tons
by the surrey, shows that
Franklin used 13,507 tons In
1961-62, moved upwards to
14,937 In 1962-63 and fell to
13,843 tons In 1964-65.
In the report on population
Four More
Barns Burn
Four tobacco barns hare
been lost to fire In the county
In the past few days, accord
lnf to scattered reports. The
latest barn to burn occurred
this mornlnf at the T. O.
Nelms farm near Wood. The
Centervllle Fire Department
reportedly answered the 6
a.m. call and prerented the
fire from spreading to ad
Joining buildings. '
The Centervllle Department
answered a call to the Foster
Ball farm near Alert Tuesday
around noon. No report has
been made on the damage.
Justice firemen answered
two calls, one last Friday
nlfht around 9 p.m. to the
Theodore Cope (arm below
Justice. The firemen managed
to save the barn but the tobacco
Inside was destroyed. The se
cond call camk Saturday to the
Graham Ikll term between
Edward Best School and Jus
tice. Both the barn and the
tobacco contents were a total
loss.
Other fires hare not been
reported. However, several
barns hare burned In the
county since the beflnnlnf of
the curing season.
Franklin was shown to have
25,883 persons living In rural
areas and only 2,862 residing
In urban localities. Since the
population of LQul?b^r*-alone
Is 2,862 and Frankllnton'l
population In I960 was 1,513
plus that of Younfsvllle, Bunn
and Centcrvlllc, this figure
relating to urban population
la In obvious error.
However, according to the
report, of the 26,(83 resid
ing In rural localities, 12,
See COUNTY Page 6
Of these, six Joined the re
serves or national guard or
enlisted. QUy three were
Inducted. The September call
Is set at eight from Franklin
County.
Those reporting for exami
nations were taken from the
19 through 24 year old group.
'.'We are sending those born
In the years 1942 through
1947," said Mrs. Lumpkin.
Defense Secretary Robert
McNamara stated publicly
Tuesday that 40,000 men
formerly rejected due to fail
ure to pass the examinations
would soon be called and used
by the armed forces. There
Is no record of the number of
rejectees from Franklin
County and no explanation of
how the Secretary's newly
stated policy might affect
these men here.
The usual procedure, ex
plained Mrs. Lumpkin, Is that
the local office send along Its
. records on each man when he
Is sent for the physical exam
ination. These records are
returned to the local office
'with an attachment which
notifies the local Selective
Service Board of the man's
acceptance or rejection. Mrs.
Lumpkin said the report on the
men sent recently had not yet
been returned. She had,
however, received the number
of those accepted.
has been made clear that ade
quate, desegratlon of the
schools Is mandatory whether
money is Involved or not."
A reliable sourc?, not con
nected with Frankllnton
schools, reported the HEW
officials had made very stre
nuous demands on the Board
Involving the transfer of stu
College
Program
To Start
The Loulsburg College night
program for adults will begin
Its fall semester onSepternber
IS, Dean John B. York has
announced. The program,
started almost two years ago,
has been well received by
adults from several counties,
Including Durham, Wake,
Vance, Warren, and Franklin.
Adults eighteen years of age
or older are eligible to apply,
choosing courses of study
from the regular college cur
riculum. Each adult may
choose whether he would want
to take a course for credit, or
to audit without college credit.
Costs are moderate.
Classes will meet each
Tuesday and Thursday even
ings, beginning at 7:30 and
concluding at 9:00 . Members
of the regular Loulsburg Col
lege /acuity will be teaching
In the night program. Persons
Interested In the program
should be present In the Col
lege Auditorium on Thursday
evening, September 13, at
7:30. Any course In the regu
lar curriculum will be offered
If there are ten persons or
more who desire It.
Dean York, commenting on
the program, said: "Oir
night program for adults pro
vides an excellent opportunity
for personal enrichment In the
most vital pursuit of our day
education. We at Loulsburg
College are anxious to serve
the community In every way
possible. We hope that this
program will continue to be
utilized In the fine way it has
in the past."
dents from on# school to ano
ther. This was neither denied
nor confirmed by Rogers and
B>ard attorney W. P. Pearce,
Jr.
A similar team of HEW offi
cials told Wake County school
authorities this week that they
must transfer at least 1,000
Negro students to pre
dominantly white schools and
a like number of white students
to lormer aU-Negro schools.
Supt. Fred Smith of Wake
stated, "In line with the re
quirements, the officials sug
gested that we give considera
tion to adopting a geographic
lone plan or consider ex
changing a sufficient number
of white and Negro children
In the schools throughout the
county to achieve the degree
See FRANKLINTON Page 6
Local Man
Dies Of
Heart Attack
Duncan Murctifson (Murk)
White, 71, of Loulsburg, a
retired U. S. State Department
official, died suddenly early
this morning while attending
a cabin supper at Mltchlner's
Pond. Death was attributed
to a heart attack.
The Loulsburg Rescue Ser
vice was summoned to hi*
aid, but Mr. White was dead
when Rescuers arrived.
Graveside services will be
held for the former 1st Lieu
tenant veteran of World War
I at 4 p.m. Friday at Oakwood
Cemetery In Loulsburg, con
ducted by Rev. Norwood Jones,
pastor of the Loulsburg
Methodist Church and Rev.
Frank E. Pulley, Rector of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Mr. White was a retired
United States Consul.
He Is survived by one
brother, James A. White of
Washington, D. C; one ne
phew, Lt. CDR James White
Edgerton, with the U. S. Navy
In Carmel, California, form
erly of Loulsburg and a
brother-in-law, Weldon
Edgerton of Loulsburg, and
one grand nephew, Jennings
M. Bryan, III of Burlington.
How Much Politics In Road Allotments?
JL-flumber of Franklin County citizens have asked
during the past several weeks, in view of the continued
silence by state highway officials, whether or not road
funds were being alloted on the basis of politics.
We've been led to believe over the years that politics
is a game in which winnefs take all and losers get noth
ing. In keeping with this theory we erronously assumed
that Franklin County has been among the losers during
the past 29 years. This is not true.
Of the eight Governors serving during the 29 years
for which records of highway expenditures are available,
Franklin supported all winners in the General elections,
twbin four second primaries and three of the five carried
Franklin County in first -primaries. Franklin supported
Governors J. Melville Broughton, W. Kerr Scott and
Luther H. Hodges in each of their races.
So, the record shows that Franklin County has been
on the winning side almost half the time during the past
29 years.
Whether or not politics has played a part in the de
ficient road fund allotment for the county is still not
quite clear.
Governor Umstead, serving two years gave Franklin
J94, 677.55 in Primary Road funds. Under Governor
Hodges' two years, Franklin received $226,161.44 or
MORE than under any other Governor. Franklin voted
against Gov. Umstead in the primary.
In Governor Hodges' four-year term, he allotted Frank
lin a meager $4,326.19 for Primary Roads. Franklin
voted for Hodges in both elections.
Going back to 1936, Governor Hoey allotted Franklin
in his four years, $143,498.61. The county sapported
Dr. McDonald in both primaries.
In 1940 Franklin County supported Governor Brough
ton in the only primary and in the general elections.
His administration gave us less than any Governor prior
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An Editorial
to Hodges. Franklin received S55.594.40 during the
Broughton years.
Governor R. Gregg Cherry lost the county to Dr.. Mc
Donald in 1944 but allotted the county three times as
much as Primary roads as had Broughton. Under Cherry
we received $170, 826. 36, t >
Governor W. Kerr Scott was a favorite of Franklin'
County. He carried the county in two primaries and tfle
general elections. He was the "Road Governor". Even
though the Scott Administration fell short of the unsup
ported Umstead group by over SI 16,000, the Scott years
were second best of the 29 years. Scott allotted $204,
326.59 to the county.
Franklin County's real trouble in Primary Road fund
indigence began with Governor Hodges. He did not need
Franklin to win.
Governor Terry Sanford won in spite of the fact that
Franklin supported Dr. I. Beverly Lake in both -pri
maries. Sanford did not need Franklin's help in the
general elections. Under Sanford, Franklin received a
trifling $901.97.
Dr. Lake carried the county in the first primary
against Governor Moore. In fact, L. Richardson Preyer
gained a few votes more than that of Governor Moore in
the first balloting. But, Franklin supported Governor
Moore in the second primary and the general elections.
Whether Governor Moore needed Franklin's support is
something for him to decide. In the twenty months of
the Moore Administration, Franklin County has
RECEIVED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for Primary high
ways, although, under this administration, it is expected
that ALL ROAD SPENDING RECORDS WILL BE
SHATTERED.
Perhaps, it is not politics which decides wrfiece high
way funds will be spent. At any rate, if Franklin con
siders itself to be on the winning side with the Moore
Administration and if winners take all as the game goes,
may Heaven help the losers for the next two years.
A Picture Of
What Franklin Has
Gotten Over
The Years ^