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Lousburg. N C . Tuesday July 11 1967
(Eight Pages Today)
Industry
Education
Agriculture
98th Year-Number 41
What Did
It Mean
The 1967 session of the
North Carolina General As
sembly Is history. The longest
session? 149 calendar dauk
and 107 work days--ls nR
expected to be listed among
those accomplishing the most.
However, a number of pieces
of worthwhile legislation were
passed Into law. It Is also
noted that In the process many
laws were passed which might
be classified as worthless.
What did the 1967 General
Assembly mean to Franklin
County? In terms of strictly
local effect, the answer Is:
mighty little.
A handful of local bills were
enacted Into law. The most
notable perhaps was a con
troversial pay raise bill which
managed to please no one
completely. It did, however,
afford pay Increases which
deserved.
Members of the County
Board of Education and the
Industrial Development Com
mission gained small salary
Increases for meetings.
1967 General Assembly Ends
Franklin and Warren were
brought under state regula
tions pertaining to (ox hunting
and the abandoning o f animals
along public highways is now
forbidden thanks to a local
bill. Well contractors are now
required to be licensed In
Franklin.
Three bills were passed
which are expected to effect
Franklin County politics In
the future. Foremost among
these is the local bill which
now allows for runoffs in
County Commissioner races.
Heretofore, the high man was
declared the winner. In the
future the winner must gain
a majority.
Beginning in 1969, school
board members will be elec
ted by the people. Presently,
board members are nominated
by the people and elected by
the General Assembly. This is
to say, that names are placed
in the omnibus bill which meet
the approval of the represen
tatives from the various
counties. This measure per
tains to all 100 counties in
the state.
Franklin and the Sixteenth
District were Included In the
numbered seat bill and this
means that Instead of every
body running at large against
the field, each candidate will
be opposing another particu
lar candidate. House of Re
presentative candidates' will
campaign for one particular
seit and against one particu
lar incumbent or challenger.
This could bring back the
heated races experienced here
In past years where one can
didate takes on another. Last
two seats In the District which
represents Vance, Warren and
Franklin counties. Three of
the five running were from
Warren county, one from
Vance and one from Franklin.
Vance and Franklin can
didates won.
One unheralded bill which
could well be of Importance
to Franklin County Is the mea
sure calling for state assis
tance to counties in the im
provement or establishment
of local airports. Franklin,
in great need of Improved
facilities?- would benefit from
this bill even though the ori
gin request by its sponsors
for $1 million was cut con
siderably by the Appropria
tions Committee. Rep. Speed
of Franklin was a co-sponsor
of this bill.
Aside from the strickly local
bill, a number of the state
wide laws will affect Franklin
citizens In the days ahead.
The tax cut, of course, will
be welcomed by all and the
teacher pay raise and free
text books for high school
students will be reflected In
better school operations In
Franklin as well as In other
cdtintles.
Some citizens might be dis
appointed that more highway
safety measures were not en
acted or that the voting age
was not lowered, but few will
fe'l any differently now that
four new universities have
been added to the state's
higher education facilities.
Continuation of the Advance
ment School, additional com
munity colleges, pay raises
for university and college pro
fessors or the fact that the
N. C. Arts Council was made
a statutory committee and that
, the Mansion Fine Arts Com
Franklin Remains In Second District
nil I
mittee was made a permanent
state agency, will bring little
response from -this section
of the state.
Technical procedures in
many governmental agencies
will bring changes here. For
the most part, these changes
will be noticed only when a
-citizen finds It necessary to
do business with the particu
lar agency. Many laws have
been passed making a number
of changes In forms and pro
cedures In the Register of
Deeds and Clerk of Court's
office as well as some others.
State employees, Including
those In Franklin , can now
participate in politics under'
certain provisions. Most were
already doing so and this Is
not expected to be earth
shaking news.
Many other laws to varlng
degrees will effect the lives
of Franklin citizens. However,
perhaps of most interest to
locals Is the fact that after
much debate and prolonged
stalling, the redisricting bill
was passed without changing
To Franklin
County?
Franklin's position in the
Second Congressional Dis
trict. Franklin county has ap
parently been very happy in
Congressman L. H. Fountain's
District and most here pre
ferred to remain In the Second.
Barring unexpected actions by
the courts, Franklin Is sate
In the Second and will re
main there.
There have been no public
comments by either Rep. John
Church of Vance or Rep.
James Speed of Franklin on
the overall accomplishments
of the General Assembly. Most
legislators have voiced opin
ions that It was a fruitful
session as Indeed It was.
However, the fact remains
that the average citizen In
Franklin County Is going to
find little change In his day
to-day living brought about by
any single act or collectives
acts of the recent legislature.
Most will be glad Its over.
Practically none would agree
that annual sessions are
needed or desirable.
Find No Money, Wreck Home
Thieves ramsacked the un
occupied home of two Rt. 2,
Loulsburg women sometime
in the last few nights, leaving
considerable damage to the
contents of the house. Deputy
Sheriffs Dave Batten and Lloyd
Gupton are conducting the
Edward Best
FFA Wins
Top Awards
The Edward Best Chapter of
Future Farmers of America
was awarded 'a national and a
state award for Cooperatives
Activities In the Ninth Annual
State Convention held at North
Carolina State University re
cently.
The winning drew high praise
lor the Chapter by Warren
8mlth, Franklin Superinten
dent of Schools.
James Boone and Edward
Shearln were delegates to the
convention from Edward Best,
tdual awards were pre
to Leo St tilings for
Farm and Home Electrifica
tion and Donnle Shearln tor
Soli and Water Management.
Shearln and Robert Griffin,
Jr. received the State Farmer
Degree. W. T. Wlnbornelsthe
Chapter Advisor and Teacher
of Agriculture at Edward Best
High School.
Investigation and Batten re
ported Monday afternoon that
footprints had been cast at the
scene. He also said the In
vestigation Is continuing.
Mrs. Ben Wlggs and Miss
Mollle Brewer were visiting
with Mrs. Wlggs' sister a few
miles away from the home and
had not returned since
Tuesday of last week. Upon
their return home Monday
morning around 9 a.m. it was
discovered that someone had
broken a window pane and
gained entry through a bed
room window.
Appearance of the rooms
Indicated that the thieves were
looking only for money. Beds
were torn up, drawers pulled
out and a host of papers,
purses, letters and other per
sonal belongings were strewn
throughout the house. One
lady's purse was missing.
Mrs. Wiggs said It contained
some small-- change and was
much less than four dollars.
A razor, belonging to her late
husband, was also reported
missing.
Officers believe there were
at least two persons Involved
In the burglary. The two wo
men live alone In the house,
which Is located near several
other homes. None of the
neighbors reported hearing
anything unusual. Some of
those living closest were re
ported away from home during
some of the period. One ob
server theorized that the entry
probably took place Friday or
Saturday night.
Former County Man
Gets State School Post
A former Epsom Principal
and a teacher at Gold 8 and
High School has been named
to a top post In the Stats De
partment of Public Instruc
tion.
Dslphos J. Dark has been
appointed director of the State
Board of Education's Division
of Transportation.
Hs was named to the post by
the State board to succeed C.
C. Brown, who died June 30.
Dark has been assistant di
rector of the division for the
past 10 years.
The director's post carries
a salary range of 912,528 to
918,936 a year.
Dark Joined the Division of
Transportation In 1945 as a
school bus route supervisor.
He became assistant director
in 1951.
He Is a graduate of Wake
See POST Page 8
Louisburg Native Named
Eighth District Solicitor
Governor Dan K. Moore tap
ped a Loulsburg native , now
practicing law In Wilmington,
to become Solicitor of the
Eight District last week when
he appointed James C.
Bowman, 57, to the Superior
Court bench.
William Allen Cobb, 49, son
of Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Cobb of North Main Street,
Loulsburg, was named to re
place Bowman in the solici
tor's post. He had served
previously as assistant
solicitor.
Commenting on the appoint
ment, Cobb said, "I appreciate
the appointment and will try
to do the best Job I can."
The attorney graduated from
W. R. Mills High School here,
attended Citadel graduating as
a 2nd. Lieutenant. He received
his law degree from the
University of North Carolina
Law School at Chapel Hill in
1941. He served with the
armed forced In Panama, with
the reserves and later in the
European Theater during
World War II. He began prac
Field Meets
To Be Held
A series of field meetings at
Tobacco and Corn demonstra
tion plots conducted by t|je
Coker Seed Co. will be held
on July 13 and 14, according
to C. T. Dean, Jr., County
Extension Chairman.
The schedule Includes a stop
in Franklin County at the Ben
nle Ray Gupton farm, located
See MEET Page 8
ticlng law In Wilmington In
1946. A member of the N. C.
National Guard, he retired In
1966 with the rank of Lt.
Colonel.
Cobb Is married to the
former Catherine Rogers of
-Wilmington and they have
three children, Ann Terrell,
Allen, Jr., and Catherine
Rogers.'
The Eighth Sollcltorlal Dis
trict encompasses the
counties of Brunswick, New
Hanover, Columbus, and
Pender.
William Allen Cobb
To Be Buried Here
Son Of Former Resident
Killed In Vietnam
Lance Corporal Charles
Manley Gattls III, son of the
late Charles M. Gattls, Jr.
of Franklin County died In
the base hospital at the Marine
base In Dong Ha, Vietnam
last Thursday, July 6 from
severe wounds received In
an ambush attack on June
27th by North Vietnamese on
the Marine Base atConTheln.
Gattls' grandfather, Charles
M. Gattls was a well-known
county citizen prior to his
death several years ago. His
father moved to Chicago, 111.
after finishing State Univer
sity at Raleigh. HI* mother,
Mrs. E. C. Betus now lives
In Crete, 111. She Is a native
of Raleigh. Young Gattls was
born In Chicago.
The body will be shipped to
Lancaster Funeral Home
here lor burial In Oakwood
Cemetery. Funeral arrange
ments are Incomplete pending
the arrival of the body.
Cpl. Gattis is survived by
his mother, one sister, Mrs.
Dale Spiese of Jollet, 111.;
his maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Lessle Bradley of
Raleigh and four aunts: Mrs.
F. N. Tyson of Durham, Mrs.
S. P. Gupton of Wilmington,
N. C., Mrs. Robert E. Lee of
Winston-Salem and Mrs. H. C.
Leach of Mt. Airy, N. C.
and one uncle, Marvin Bradley
of Baltimore, Md. He Is also
survived by several cousins In
Franklin County. .
Council Awards
Street Contracts
The Louisburg Town Council
awarded the contract for re
surfacing Market, Court and
West Nash Streets here to the
T. A. Loving Company last
Friday night In a regular ses
sion of the body. Loving was
low bldd-r at $3,335.00.
Franklin County, by action of
the Board of Commissioners,
Is contributing 91,000 toward
the cost of the project.
Work Is expected to be ac
complished on the three down
town streets when the firm
returns to Louisburg to re
surface Justice Street, a state
bond project.
Tne Council, in other ac
tions, voted to extend sewer
and water service to Oak Drive
with the provision that assess
ments would be made against
the property owners.
C. R; Sykes was reappointed
to a three year term on the
Town ABC Board and Coun
cilman H. D. Jeffreys was
named to succeed himself for
another two year term on the
Town Recreation Commis
sion. E. T. Jones was reap
pointed to the Firemen's
Relief Committee for a two
year term.
The Council also passed an
Interim budget ordinance to
allow for expenditures by the
town until the new budget gets
final approval. The action co
vers salaries, principal and
Interest on debts and other
ordinary town expenses to be
spent at the same rate as
provided In the 1966-97
budget. Final approval of the
new budget is expected when
the Council meets for that
purpose on July 20.
Fountain Urges Farm
Program Support
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Con
gressman L. H. Fountain today
urged North Carolina farmers
to give overwhelming support
to cotton, tobacco and peanut
programs when they vote next
week.
Farmers will decide In the
July 18 referendum whether
to continue assessments for
Tobacco Associates, the North
Carolina Peanut Growers As
sociation and the Cotton Pro
motion Association, and
whether to continue tobacco
quotas.
Fountain said the asso
ciations have contributed Im
measurably to Improving
marketing conditions (or
North Carolina farmers.
"We should keep in mind the
fact that In today's world,
growing more competitive and
complex, we simply must have
our growers' association in
order to properly serve our
people," he said.
"It Is hard to think of a
product that competes suc
cessfully In today's markets
that does not have an asso
ciation."
Fountain said a simple ma
jority vote In favor of the
programs Is not enough.
"At least a two-thirds ma
jority is required, and I urge
all farmers to go to the polls
and make sure the margin is
overwhelming," he said.
"If the Congress ever gets
the impression that our far
mers are not enthusiastic In
their support of these pro
grams, the programs will
surely be eliminated. So the
bigger the vote for these pro
grams, the stronger our posi
tion will always be when 111
advlsed efforts are made to
do away with a program."
Market And Court Streets