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Weather . Variable cloudiness with no Important change In tempera ture today and Wednesday. Low today, 53; high, lower 70?s. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Serving All Of Franklin County Industry Education Agriculture Tel. 0Y 6-3283 Ten Cants Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, March 28. 1967 (Si* Pages Today) 98th Year? Number 11 'No Comment" tfg m <? "I'm Studying the Question" "Well, I Started To Say "7 It's A Jolly Time' M Was Just Telling. " "It's 0. K.( I Guess" 'It's Kinda Sad" I ? 'Gulp. Well ? "I Like It" WM "Tastes Good" I AT ? "What's That . . .?" Editor's Not*: A poll of some of the area's leading citizens on the timely topic, "How Do You Like Easter" was token here Mon day at the annual egg hunt at Green Hill Country Club. Results of the poll are disclosed beneath the pictures. The general con census seemed to be that the majority favored the holiday, es peciolly the bunny rabbit's v i sit. Most agreed that more condy eggs are needed and some hinted that they might take some action on the matter before next year. As indicated by the results of the survey, each person interviewed expressed a somewhat different view. Interviews and photos by Clint Fuller. How Do You Like Easter? Minor Incidents Reported Quiet Holiday Observed Here Things moved back to the normal routine In the area today as the four-day Easter holiday ended. School kids returned to class, except Loulsburf College students, who still have a few more days away from the class rooms. Except for a couple of minor automobile accidents and se veral Rescue calls and some fire alarms the area was re latively quiet over the holi days. *? A house was destroyed by fire In the White Level Com munity Monday Just before noon. The home of the Sam Gay family was described as a total loss by Centervllle Fire Chief L. S. Ward. Woods Untied Leaf Sale Time Extended The Agriculture Department plans to extend price supports on untied flue-cured tobacco to 95 hours of sales this year and to the entire marketing season by 1969. The decision was announced Thursday and will affect flue cured tobacco markets In North Carolina, South Caro lina and Virginia. Last year price supports on untied tobacco In the three states were available to growers only on the first 12 sales days? about 60 hours. This year, they will be avai lable for 19 days of 95 hours. All tobacco sold on markets In Georgia and Florida has been sold In untied form. Supports on the 1967 crop of tied tobacco will be three cents a pound higher than for untied tobacco (or each grade. This Is the same as last year. In recent years many growers have maintained It Is difficult to secure labor for tying tobacco. Growers asser ted also that the high cost of labor tended to discourage the offering of tobacco In the tied form. Some growers have reported receiving prices for untied tobacco about the same as for tied leaf. Sen. Ernest F. Holllngs, D S. C., and Rep. John L. Mc Millan D-S. C., held a news conference In Florence, S.C., Thursday to announce the changes In untied tobacco price supports. Holllngs said he, Secretary See LEAF page 6 and brush fires brought the Centervllle and Epsom Fire Departments out during the holidays, but little damage was reported. A minor traffic accident oc curred at the start of the holiday last Thursday night when a young unidentified Ne gro entered the cloverleaf traffic pattern south of town traveling In the wrong lane and hit another car. Damage was extensive to both vehicles. A 45-year old Rt. 2, Louis burg, Negro suffered leg In juries when he was thrown from his moving automobile near Eden's Store Sunday afternoon. He was taken to the Franklin Memorial Hos pital by the Loulsburg Rescue Service. The Loulsburg and Centervllle Services answer ed several calls for aid to persons suffering breathing and suspect heart difficulties. Two young Negroes were arrested and charged with stealing a couple of wheels and tires off a car parked at the rear of Prultt's Service Station on Main Street. The crime was believed to have taken place on Thursday night and the arrest was made Fri day. Loulsburg Police Chief Earl Tharrlngton identified the men as Roy Lee Dall, Rt. 3 and James Arrlngton, Rt. 2, Loulsburg. Thieves entered Green Hill Country Club See HOLIDAY page 6 Goodwin Announces For Town Council Alfred M. Goodwin, 50, sales representative tor a Wilming ton, N. C. steel products com pany, has announced his can didacy (or a seat on the Louls burg Town Council this week. Goodwin, a former furniture store manager here and past president of the Loulsburg Business Association , said his Interest In continued pro gress for the town was a prime reason tor running. Goodwin Is presently Vice President-elect of the Loula~ burg Rotary Club and was cited last year for his service to the Heart Association. He was president of the county chapter In 196S-66. Goodwin moved to Loulsburg In 1963 from Granville County. Mrs. Goodwin teaches the sixth grade at Loulsburg High School . They have two chil dren, Leonard, with IBM In the Research Triangle Park, and Carol, a senior at the local school. Goodwin has been a sports caster for an Oxford radio station and the local station here. He has served as a field secretary for the N. C. Mer chants Association and was formerly employed by the N. C. Department of Revenue. He served for several years as a member of the Stem School Board and later as a member of the South Granville Board. He Is past master of the Tally Ho Masonic Lodge and the Stem Grange. AL GOODWIN In making his announcement, Goodwin spoke of the need for long-range planning for Loulsburg and the growing menance of outside trading areas draining away local business. He said he felt his variety of experience In the field of local business and state-wide travels qualified him for service to the people of the community, If he Is elected. Goodwin Is the first to make a formal Announcement for-the Council. Mayor V. A. Peoples has announced as a candidate to succeed hlrrfself In the Mayor's post. The elections are set for May, 2 with the filing deadline on April 18. Franklin Ranks High In Military Rejections Information recently com plied by the State Department of Public Instruction reveals that the rate of North Caro lina's rejections by the mili tary service for mental rea sons, during the five-year period of July 1, 1859 through June 30, 1964, ranges from a low of 20.3 percent In one county to a high of 70. 1 per cent of all those examined In another county. State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction Charles F. Carroll said that during the same period, 42.5 percent of all those In the State examined for military service were re jected for mental reasons. Franklin County, revealed last week as one of the lowest counties In amount of local tax support for Its schools, ranks 75th among the 100 counties In the state In rejections. The ranking as released by the State Department of Public Instruction Is reversed In that the lowest ranked have more rejections than those ranked higher. Transylvania County holds first place with a 20.3 rejection percentage and Hoke County ranks 100th with a 70.1 rejection ratio. C I Franklin County ranks 75th which means there are twenty four counties who have more men rejected for military ser vice while there are seventv four counties with fewer men rejected. Based on the Armed Forces Physical-Mental Examina tions for the period July 1959 through June 1964, Franklin County had 943 men examined, 503 were rejected for a 53.3 percent rejection and the 75th placement among the 100 counties. "This Is the first time I have seen such a breakdown Bunn Lions View Film The Bunn Lions Club, cele brating Ladles Night at Its regular meeting last Thurs day night, viewed slides of Hawaii and Alaska presented by Dr. and Mrs. John Lloyd of Loulsburg. The meeting, held In a Spring Hope restaurant, was also presented a list of proposed new officers by the club nominating committee. Dr. Lloyd narrated his slides while Mrs. Lloyd operated the projector. No action was taken the officers. An election Is i-tilated for the next meeting. The club voted to finance a trip to basketball school at Campbell College for Wayne Horton, a member of the Bunn Hlerh Srhnnl taam lermeo poor" sy state survey Franklin Counfy Jail Presents Problems , By Clint duller Times Managing Editor Those who have found them selves confined there have little praise for the Franklin County Jail. This, of course, la to be expected. However, In recent months, others have found reasons to look with dis favor on the local lock-up. Several months ago, after giving ample warning, the N. C. Board of Public Welfare's Jail Inspector, Mr. Leslie D. Smith, condemned the county Jail here. Since that time It has been prohibited that fe male prisoners be confined there, although male pri soners are still housed In the structure. While the laws of the State at North Carolina call for local governments to erect and operate jails, the State does not contribute to the cost either of construction or of upkeep. An editorial in the Greensboro Daily News last December disclosed that Smith had Inspected 100 Jails in the state and found only SB adequate, 28 others needed Improvements and enlarging; another SB were "deteriorat ing rapidly" and SB were found in such poor condition as to recommend their immediate replacement. It has been estimated that a new Jail for Franklin County would cost In the neighborhood of $180,000. There Is no money public does not look with favor on a bond issue to erect a new Jail. Many have expressed themselves to the County Commissioners on this point already. A tax Increase to finance a new Jail would un doubtedly meet with the same opposition. The Board of County Com missioners Is faced with a dilemma. The state says a new JaU Is necessary; the Com missioners, In part, agree; the public doesn't seem to be of a mind to put up the money. Hare the matter lies. A survey, released last week by the Lefts latlve Research Commission and prepared by the Institute of Government, discloses that the Ft -_ '.ln County Jail Is St yeai* old and contains 30 bunks. It also shows that the Jail bouses an averse* of 40 prisoners monthly with the peak months carrying as many as slxty flve. S shows the monthly salary o t the Jailer to be 9110, al though some changes In Jail personnel has been made since the survey Information was compiled. Sheriff William T. Dement appointed two Jailers when ha took' office last De cember. * The survey shows bedding In the local Jail to be '-'poor"; the Inspector's rating as "poor" and the "place where food Is prepared" Is listed as "condemned." Food Is pre pared off premises and carted to the jail and It Is not known If this procedure was In force when the survey was made. The quality of the food has been described as "good" by local officials. State law re quires "that each county have a Jail maintained in good re pair at county expense. County commissioners are autho rised to levy and collect taxes for this purpose." The Sheriff Is generally responsible for the administration of the jail and the Commissioners are responsible for "establishing regulations for the govern ment and management of the county Jail which provides for the security and comfort of the prisoners; keep the jail heated; guarantee a supply of blankets and bedding" and medical attention for Inmates. The law gives the Sheriff "care and custody" of the Jail. Over a third of the Jails In North Carolina are over 50 years old. This gives Franklin County some company In Its present dllemhia. The survey shows that 34 Jails In the state should be condemned In the opinion of the Jail Inspector. Only 14 were rated excellent and 34 were termed "good." The lengthy survey Is re vealing In that many other areas of the state are faced to varying degrees with pro blems similar to those posed In Franklin. However, the pro blem here Is the one which concerns local citizens the mo?t. Discussions have been underway by and among the Commissioners for several months attempting to reach some solution to the Jail pro blem. Complicating the problem Is the fact that additional court house facilities are needed. An attempt to arrive at some so lution continues to be thwarted I by the fact that In the opinion of the Commissioners, the people will not support a bond Issue for Jail Improvements. The Idea seems to prevail that a new Jail should be located some place near the present courthouse andTownofLouls burg fire house, which houses county-wide radio equipment and Is staffed around the clock. It has also been proposed that the Sheriffs department and perhaps the County Account ant's office be housed In the new structure. This, It Is believed, would relieve some of the congestion in the court house. Just what reasoning dictates the location of the Ac countant's office In the Jail escapes most observers, but It is believed the fact that this department occupies an office on the same side of the court house as that of the Sheriffs department and an unoccupied office has caused this to be Included In temporary thinking about Jail facilities. The theory behind this line of A SPECIAL REPORT thought seems to be to con tinue the present courthouse as Is, giving the Sheriffs and Accountant's side to either the Clerk of Court or the Register Of Deeds. The north side of the courthouse would be left to one of the two. This would result In the Tax Collector's office, which had already been relocated on Court Street, being In one place, the accountant's office In a new location with the Sheriff's department and the Clerk and Register being In the courthouse. There Is some feelings against the scattering of county offices more than at present. Many feel that the desirable solution would be to house all county agencies as near as possible under one roof. If this were to be carried out, * massive renovations would be necessary to the present courthouse, or per haps a new structure entirely would be required. All this enters Into the pro blem of what to do about a Jail. The Grand Jury reports are usually complimentary as to the conditions of the local Jail and do not indicate the same conditions which are suggested by the state In spec tor. This reporter's view of the local Jail facilities Is that they are adequate, If Indeed, not up to state standards. The facility has always been found to be clean and In good re pair, although certainly some Improvements might be de sirable. Meanwhile, prisoners are being confined in the struc ture. Female prisoners are being transported to Jails In other communities. How long this procedure can continue is anybody's guess. Presum ably, it can go on until the Commissioners and the people find a solution to the problem. But at present, there seems to be little Interest among Franklin citizens to tax them selves In order to bring what they believe to be "comfort" to prisoners. Until this feeling changes or some aid Is discovered among the state or federal money tills, the problem Is likely to stay with us. 'Certainly, It Is not an easy one to solve. We can, however, look with keen Interest at solutions which will be tried In other counties and perhaps from these find some out for our own problem . r and we are grateful to the State Selective Service Head quarters for supplying us with the five year figures," Dr. Carroll said. "From these we have compiled an analysis showing the results of Se lective Service mental exami nations of all registrants In the State, county by county. This analysis has been sent to all school superintendents and their boards of education. "Since the Office of theSur geon General of the United States Army says that, In general, there Is a positive association between the men tal scores on these examina tions and education; It Is our hope that school officials and citizens at large will check their county ratings, try to pinpoint causes of deflclei. cles, and strengthen their ed ucational and health pro grams. "In addition to educational weaknesses there doubtless are many socio-economic reasons underlining these re jections. The human and phy sical resources of each county and of the entire State should be marshaled to combat this total condition. For the first time we now know that the rejection Incidence Is ap parently common to every community In North Caro lina." County by county figures for the year July 1, 1965 through See MILITARY page 6 Woman's Club Dance Set The Loulsburg Woman's Club will have Its annual Spring Dance on. April 1, 1967, from 8.-00 until 12:00 at the Loulsburj Armory. Refresh ments will be served at Inter mission. The Highlighters Orchestra of Wilson will play, featuring fox trots, popular, waits, rock and roll, boogie, cha-cha, tan go, polka, and vocals. This sis-man orchestra, consisting ot trumpet, trom bone, sas, drums, piano and bass, has a combined ex perience of over eighty years in the music field and has played for dances at military bases, country clubs, banking associations, colleges, Elks Clubs, and many others. They have played for Woman's Club dances many times In the past This group is versatile and capable ot furnishing music to everyone's satisfaction and enjoyment The Woman's Clab extends an invitation to you to come out and enjoy an evdnlng ot music for your dancing and listening pleasure on April Fool's night.. The dance will be open to couples only.
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