The PwfelitHad Every Tw? 4?i A TKvrnU, n Times fervuif All W P?#??hlin C*wnly LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT A State Of Shock Louisburg citizens are today still in somewhat of a state of shock over the brutal slaying of a local groceryman here yesterday. The fact that such a thing could happen on the main street of the town in the middle of the day has brought expressions of disbelief. Local officers, assisted by State criminologists are exerting every effort to find the perpetrator of the most heinous crime committed in this area in many years. The fact that six of the top state experts were sent to in vestigate indicates that officials share the citizen's desire that this animal be found as soon as possible. Every effort should also be made to gain positive proof with which to carry the suspect, when found, to court to be tried and punished. In this day Mrfien the Supreme Court encourages kindness to murderers such as this, conviction in such crimes where eyewitnesses are not present is extremely difficult. While the citizenry is justifiably disturbed, it is comforting to know that local officers are doing all they can to (jnd this man or men, and at the same time, stand ready to protect others from such a crime, it is also a credit to these officials that all available men were dispatched to aid in the search Monday, without delay. Until the killer is apprehended, ex treme caution should be exercised. Doors should be kept locked and keys removed from all vehicles. Be on guard for hitch hikers and strangers and report any suspicious person to police at once. Time Was In spite of an acute teacher shortage, uncertainty, and controversy, schools will open tomorrow in Franklin County. Time was, when the opening of schools coincided with the opening of tobacco markets, the coming county fair and the falling leaves, was a gay time. Youngsters, although outwardly sad were inwardly glad to be going back to be with their friends and to settle down to the daily routine of acquiring knowledge. v . Times have changed. Rare indeed is the school system today, which can say with certainty when schools will open and under what conditions. ? Children have become pawns in the hands of educators, who want to push them ever faster into the field of know ledge and out into adult responsibilities. They have become pawns of bureaucrats, who are constantly seeking a headline, to further their aims at the expense of the child. Hopefully, through it all, the children seem to continue to be blessed, won derful things. Oblivious to the adult bunglings, they continue to skip gaily along the pnmrose path to the class rooms, somewhat puzzled at all the fuss. They continue to be far ipore in terested in which will be chosen to dust the erasers or sit at the front of the class or whose room they'll be in, than in the turmoil going on outside. Meanwhile, parents continue to make a fuss over how things are going. Fed eral officials continue to make ?ffi issue out of schools, in their quest for social change, which they proport will bring about" a stiM greater {lay. How foolish can we adults be? The greater day, if indeed there is to be one, lies in the most obvious place, the minds of our children. It is an ever lasting credit to the Almighty that these little ones can continue not so much because of, but in spite of meddling grownups. NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Our Problems In Vietnam The growing commitment in Viet nam iuul signs of future problems make it more than apparent that the best hope of the American |ieoplc is U> get out of the war with an armistice, leaving boundaries where they arc. Of course, this is what we are trying to do but 11 compromise eluded us. The Communists appear perfectly content to let the war drag on, while the United States spends billions, suffers inflation, a loss of jd that we can win in the military sctww'> Americans want to do the patriotic thing. They Want to support their countrymen fiphting in Vietnam. But is there .1 foreseeable end? Can we achieve a real victory? Can we depend oj the Vietnamese to install true democracy? These are ominous questions we must face as we pro ceed in escalating the war. vf The FrankMn Times Established 1870 Published Tuesdays A Thursdays by The Franklin Times, Inc. Bickftt Blvd. Dial GY <-1283 LOUISBURG, N. C. CLINT FULLER, Managing Editor ELIZABETH JOHNSON, Business Manager NATIONAL NCWSPAPEt Advertising Rates Upon Request SUBSCRIPTION RATES In North Carolina: Out of State: One Year, $4.84; Six Months, 12.83 s"*le Copy 10? One Year, $3.80; Six Months, $4 .00 Three Months, $2.06 Three Months, $3.80 Entered as second class mall matter and postage paid at the Poet Office Loutsburg, N. C. $7849. s at y OH, THAT MR. IN-BETWEEN! >^j %C^kM News Report From Washington Washington, D. C. - The recent statements of Premier Nguyen Ky of South Vietnam sounded very much like state ments Issued a few years ago by Syngman Rhee of South Korea. Ky, however, Is appar ently not as militant as was the elderly Rhee, who almost dis rupted the conclusion of an armistice In Korea. Ky expressed the opinion It was better to fight Red China today than five or ten years hence, and suggested the United States Join South Viet nam In an Invasion of North Vietnam. This upset official Washington, and i statement from the State Department reiterated the U. S. position of not threatening any nation with Invasion In Asia. There are those In Washing ton who fear Ky may be right that It would be easier to face Red China today than some years from, nqy, when China has an arsenal of nuclear wea pons. Of .course, In a demo cracy there can be no such thing as preventative war, or the decision to fight now rather than risk worse odds later. The Ky statement was dam aging In the field of public opinion In some parts of the world, tfeough It may not have produced much effect outside Congress In the United States. The Premier's statement that we are now winning the war In South Vietnam would have been heartening to the American public had he not coupled It with an Invasion of North Viet nam proposal, even If It meant war with Red China. Few Americans want to fight a major land war with Red China In Asia and several Congressmen have expressed the view that the more Ky talks of such a prospect the greater (Opposition to the war In Vietnam will grow among Americans generally Murder (ContloiKl from page 1) underway to discover the Iden tity and location of a former Negr" ..iployee , who It was alledged Shearon had fired aome time ago. Qit-of-t