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The Ft *+*+?4 I w? TmWit * TKMfO?y n Times ferwMtf All O# PrtalilM C*wMy Yoirr Award Winning County Newspaper LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Self-Interest First The anti-secrecy bill is dead It is just as well that the General Assembly put the poor thing out of its misery As it started out, the measure vwuld have been a real good thing for the people of North Carolina, This is perhaps the reason it died such a slow and painful death. Weighted down with burdensome amendments designed to make it un effective in case it was passed, the original purpose of the bill was made null aid void some time ago Once again, the Honorables we send to Raleigh every two years have pro mised one thing and done another. The bill in its original form called for open meetings by elected and ap pointed boards, councils and commis sions Meetings which would be open not only to news people but to every private citizen as well Some of the Honorables made a large point of the fact news people could at tend the meetings In fact, this pro vision scared the living daylights out of many of them It comes as no sur prise that there are some, however few. who cannot stand the light of day To have their meetings open to all was more than they could stomach And so, without the new law, things are expected to remain as they have been The burden remains on the news media to keep the people informed It was just too much to expect that they would be aided in this public service by those elected to serve the public. , It's such a pity that self-interest must always preclude the best interest of the people. Take heart. There will be other elections Good Old Day ? The little boy is seven. Not old enough to be a teen-ager. But old enough to know better. He had been told. Do not play with matches. Nevertheless, he had ignored this admonition. And now he stood mute and amazed as he looked at the smoking hole in the fami ly couch. It was grandmamma's favorite. No telling how long it had been in the family. The hole seemed to grow larger. Footsteps told him the time of reck oning was near. And indeed, it would have been a few years back. But the footsteps were strange to his ears. They were foreign to this house. They were the footsteps of firemen. The smoke had been seen and reported The seven-year-old was cited for arson. Grandma would get no chance to teach him that playing with matches was wrong. A fact he probably already had suspected. No woodshed for him No parental punishment. Not today. Because today even a seven-year-old has his rights. He must, by dictates of Chief Justice Earl Warren and his Merry Men, be al towed to travel the full course. He must have a court-appointed attorney before he answers any questions. He must have equal protection under law. He cannot be left subject to the indig nity of a paddling. Not without due course and only at the exhaustion of all legal avenues of appeal. He must be treated as an adult. Al though his age belies his being grown, be must be afforded all the rights of his elders. He must have his day in court. It matters not that the situation might be better handled with a good old fashioned father-to-son chat in the family wood shed. His rights must be protected at all costs. What a wonderful world we are living in. Think of all the tanned hides we might have missed had we waited until now to be born. But, then, j A trip to the woodshed was soon over. It takes time to go all the way to the Supreme Court to protect one's rights. Could it be that those, indeed, were the good old days? An Educational Hoax The Chapel Hill Weekly It is much too early to say what the net result of the crea tion of regional universities in North Caro' la wHIvbe. That chicken mi: t be a long time in coming home to roost and - as we see it - the longer the Times Established 1870 Published Tuesdays & Thursdays by Tta Frasklla TIms, lie. CLINT FULLER, Managing bdltor ELIZABETH JOHNSON, business Manager NATIONAL C 0 IT OR I i ? lA^catr Advertising Rates Upon Request SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copy 10$ In North Carolina: One Year, KM; Si* Months, $2.83 j Three Months, 92.06 (MoT State: Year, $8.50; Six Months, $4.00 ] Three Months, $3.80 better. It is not too early to say that the Legislature has suc ceeded in working an educa tional hoax. In bestowing on East Carolina College, Western Carolina, Appalachian State and A & T the title of university, the Legislature has conspired to pass these institutions off as something that they clearly are not. Not even the Legisla ture, in its infinite wisdom, really believes that the anoint ed four have attained university status - regional or any other kind - in essence. There is evidence that at least one of the institutions concerned also has misgivings. With the excep tion of compulsive suckers and those vtfio are part of the game, it is hard to conceive of anyone being taken in by the regional university con. ECC, WCC, Appalachian and A & T are the same institutions they were a week ago - before titular ascension - with the same weaknesses and strengths. They are not going to be uni versities in substance next week or next year. To be realistic about it, at least one of them is never going to be a legitimate university. The Legislature has given them a lie to wear like a crown. For someone who is supposed to be a seeker of truth, that is nothing short of ludicrous. The Good Ship Higher Education Board (Continued from Page 1) clerical help In the Super intendent's office and salary Increases were approved for ESEA personnel. This was In accordance with the new raises granted by the state and amounted to around five percent In most cases. The Board spent most of Monday's meeting discussing certain requirements for re taining probationary re accreditation In five schools in the county. The schools are: Bunn, Edward Best, Youngsvllle, Epsom and Gold Sand High Schools. A June 13 report from the State Department of Public Instruction praised the local school system for Its accom plishments In administration and in teaching but called for Immediate progress In the area of books, science equip ment and other improvements. The Board discussed cost estimates for such improve ments In light of the cut in the budget by the County Com missioners recently. The re port from the State depart ment said, "Most of the weak nesses in the various schools reflect the result of schools that are too small, or are caused In Inadequate financial support over a period of a number <ft years." runner investigation or the - matter was ordered, but in dications are that books and science equipment are going to be given top priority until the deficiencies In the five schools named is overcome to a degree that will assure the continuation of state accreditation for these schools. * ? ' Letters To The Editor To The Editor The Board of Directors of the Franklin County Farm Bureau congratulate you as Editor, and The Franklin Times, for the honor received by you from the National Newspaper Association. Your unceasing efforts in the area of road Improvement for our county, and ttifc results they pre achieving, will be appreciated by farmers and other residents of Franklin County for years to com*. The Franklin County Farm Bureau will continue to sup port your efforts for Improve ment in the county. Your* very truly, Btnnle Ray Gupton, President Franklin County Farm Bureau Vote (Continued from Page 1) of the respective assessment programs which support the ?work of the three groups. These are the Issues to be voted on: 1. Continuation of tobacco acreage-poundage program for the years 1968-70. 2. Continuation of assess ments In an amount to be de termined by the board of directors" of Tobacco As sociates but not to be more than 91, 1968-70. The assess ment Is to support work of the organization In promoting, developing and expanding domestic and foreign purchase and consumption of flue-cured tobacco. 3. Continuation of assess ments on peanuts In an amount of two cents per hundred pounds for the years 1968 1973. The collected funds will be used to support the pro motional work of the N. C. Peanut Growers Association. 4. Continuation of an assess ment program for cotton, the amount to be determined by the board of directors of the N. C. Cotton Promotion As sociation up to 25 cents per bale for the years 1969-1973. The funds will be used to support the cotton promotional activities of the association. In each of the three assess ment programs, farmers who do not wish to participate may receive a full refund for the amount collected from tbem upon request. A "yes" vote by two-thirds of those voting will be re quired for the approval of each of the four issues to be voted on July 18. Tobacco growers will be voting to determine if they want marketing quotas to be In effect on flue-cured tobacco for years 1968,1969, and 1970. The polling places. have al ready been established and they are as follows: Cedar Rock - H. M. Dickens' Store, Cypress Creek - A. C. Stal ling*' Store, Dunn - H. E. Stalllngs' Store and W. W. Wlnstead's Store, Frank llnton - L. A. Thompson's Store, Gold Mine - Center vllle Fire House, Harris - J. H. Hagwood' s Store, Hayes vllle - Rocky Ford Grocery, Loulsburg - ASCS Office, Sandy Creek - H. T. Edward's 3 Store, and Youngsvllle - Youngsvllle Milling Co. Few office-holders resign from Jobs with good salaries and little work. From Th? Office Of Congressman Fountain WASHINGTON, D.C My better hall, Christine, has sug gested?as wives sometimes do ? that I ought to write some thing which might be of Interest to the ladles In the Second District. I have accepted the suggestion tor this week. However, this Isn't Intended to be entirely a report of society notes. Actually, much of It derives from the fact that I am a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. As such, I sometimes receive Invitations to social functions honoring foreign frlepis of the United States. Sometimes those events are what you might call "glittering" occasions, although more often they are much more Informal. One of the latter was a luncheon recently organized by the White House social staff In less than 24 hours for Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag of Denmark, Prime Minister Aldo Moro of Italy, Foreign Minister George Brown of Great Britain and several other officials who were In our country to attend the U. N. sessions on the Middle East situation. I was among Members of .Congress invited. And although some of us, like many of you, often have our disagreements with the President, we all could rejoice with him over the fact that his youngest daughter had, just given birth to a healthy baby boy ? Patrick Lyndon. All of us got a good laugh out of his tongue-in-cheek comment on the occasion. The President included in his remarks the following: "The pace of change In our time Is almost too swift for men to comprehend or to really adjust to It. Two days ago, I was a parent? only a parent. Yesterday, my role changed drastically, 1 became a grandfather. "I did not seek that high office, but now that I have been chosen, the path of duty Is clear--and 1 shall serve." More recently, Christine and I attended a dinner given by the President for some of America's best friends In Asia, the King and Queen of Thailand. ''As the President said in welcoming them, they are the leaders "of a gallant nation which has the wisdom and courage to do what is necessary to be free." Guests--outslde government? at the dinner for 140 persons Included Henry Ford n and his wife, Christina; actor John Wayne and his wife; Jazz musicians Stan Getz and Duke : Ellington; John D. Rockefeller and his wife, the former Sharon Percy; Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of. President Theodore Roosevelt, now in her nineties but . still an unusually attractive and Interesting lady; and other*:, from the worlds of business and the arts. The Queen Is said to be one of the most beautiful women' - In the world. After having chatted with her for about five minutes, both Christine and I agreed that she is both beautl-' fUl and charming. The King, who was born in the United j States, also is articulate and interesting. My wife tells me the Queen buys most of the clothes she wears while visiting Western countries from Balmain of Paris. For this occasion, however, she chose the court dress of ancient Slam. (Thailand used to be known as Slam). Christine said the Queen's dress should be described as a long-sleeved, high-neck bodice of royal blue silk with an ankle-length, sarong-wrapped skirt of gold-colored silk. She wore a gold-colored belt set with inexpensive copies of the real jewels In her earrings and matching necklace. We don't go to events like this very often. In one way that Is a good thing, because one o'clock In the morning is too late to get to bed. "I'm doml lirod. With I could ttrotch out for a whllo." fh9 7rovW?n Safety Swric* CONGRATULATIONS We Congratulate "THE FRANKLIN TIMES',' And Their Efficient Editor Mr. Clint Fuller, For Having Recieved The Nations Highest Award And Honor For The Greatest Achievement In Community And County Service For The Year 1966 & 1967 Fiscal Year. We Are Proud Of Our Local Paper And Editor, And We Are Sure We Speak For Thousands Of Other Citizens Of Our County. MURPHY'S SUPER MARKET ! LOUISBURG, N. C. M. C. Murphy, Owner v ! if
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