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LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT . If Luck Holds If its luck continues to hold, the Board of County Commissioners will " come out of its building boo-boo unscarthed. The boo-boo might not be entirely its doing, but in most quar ters, the Board is getting the credit for It ? In the recent $200,000 renovation of the county courthouse, elaborate plans were formulated for the pro tection of the valuable documents housed in the offices of the Register of Deeds and the Clerk of. Court. Expensive, heavy, almost burglar proof and certainly (ire-proof vault doors were installed in both offices. In the Deeds office, the cost of the project was increased in order to have brick walls, instead of using the less expensive cement block. All this was done to protect the papers so vital to every citizen of the county. When the project was completed and the Board stood back to take a look at all it had done, one glaring error stood out. The tamper-proof vaults had one slight flaw. Thieves could not enter them from the inside, but the Only hinderance to would-be robbers on the outside was a wooden framed, very thin common window. And these were without even every day screens. In other words, the pro tection offered for irreplacable deeds and other documents wouldn't even keep the flies out. But, steps have been taken to correct this little boo-boo. Protective screens have been ordered. And as we said in the beginning, if the luck of the Board continues to Jiold until the screens are put in place, the flies may not get in at all. And hopefully, people's honesty will con tinue to be on the side of the Board. A Mighty Thin Dime The first seventeen days of the Nixon administration have left unde termined the question of the new President's intentions toward the South. However, events of these days, point strongly to the fact that Mr. Nixon has not thus far shown any inclination that he is going to be the friend most southerners thought he would be. The one prevailing issue that gave Mr. IV)ixon his victory edge in the South is school integration. Most southerners were led to believe that the Republican administration would lessen the federal requirements. Many even felt that a return to some type of free choice would be forthcoming. It appears now that these people had their heads buried in the political stands. Take for example, some actions taken by Mr. Nixon and his ap pointees in the past seventeen days. First, Robert Finch, whose efforts - have been described in Washington as aimed at "bringing Negroes into the Republican Party" was appointed Sec retary of HEW. Finch, himself is described as a "strong civil rights advocate." Finch has named as his Chief Deputy, California State As semblyman John Veneman an even stronger advocate of civil rights. The staff member handling the Martin County, N. C. and four other southern county school cases is Leon Panetta, former aide to the very liberal ThomaHCuchel, defeated Cali fornia Senator. Finch also expressed his disap pointment at the resignation of Ruby Martin, a militant Negro lawyer who was Director of HEW's Office of Civil Rights. He even offered her a hike in pay and more authority if she would stay. She refused. - This week, Mr* Nixon announced the appointment of James E. Allen of New York as his new Commisioner of Education. Mr. Allen's first action was to go before the TV cameras to declare that his stand on school mat ters is the same as those of the departed Democratic Commissioner, Harold Howe, III. And in the South, tears fell like rain. With great fanfare designed to save the face of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond Secretary Finch an nounced last week that he was giving five southern school boards sixty days to buckle under. This, according to the Nixon administration represents an easing up of past HEW policies. The Democrats had ordered the funds withheld immediately. Such gen erosity surely touches the people of Martin County. ? Reports out of Washington say that *-4h this flm "Internal administration battle -between Finch and Thurmond --Finch* came out the clear winner." One need only guess once then to recognize the losers. Sen. ^Thurmond might as well continue his honey moon. Nothing has changed in Wash ington. Now comes the news that the much-heralded "team" from HEW has a r r i ved in Martin County. The "team", however, is not a Nixon administration team. All three- two Negroes, one white-are left-overs * from the Johnson administration. Can there be any doubt of the outcome in Martin County? These same reports are saying that North Carolina Republican Represen tative Charles Jonas, the one man most responsible for Nixon carrying the state, "was furious, storming to both House Republican colleagues and over the phone lines to HEW." So, both Rep. Jonas and Sea Thurmond have learned early that their support of Richard Nixon in the South is not going to pay off. If there can be any doubt, let them look at the fact that Secretary Finch flatly re fused to seeva delegation of school officials from West Palm Beach, Fla. -a hotbed of Nixon support. Needless to say, the early signs are not unpleasant to all who live in the South. The Negro groups are not unhappy with them, even though they didn't vote for Mr. Nixon. The liberals across the South are undoubtedly pleased with what they see. But, they did not vote for Mr. Nixon either. Those vtfio voted for George Wallace knew from the start that Mr. Nixon at his best-or his worse, as the case might be- was not going to do the things pleasing to them. So this leaves only those who supported the Republican ticket to do the suffering. And to this point, one is temp tech to agree with the Wallace statement, 'There isn't a dirhe's worth of difference in the two." Fact is, even that dime is mighty thin. "Don't muke sen^e, Strom Thurmond marrvin' that 22-vear old - he should git hi*Kelf a yoiinj! wife!"" Legislative Report By Rep. James D. Speed Raleigh - The General As sembly is only in the first month of what is expected to be a long and difficult but hopefully a very constructive legislative session. Organization has been completed and some rough spots smoothed out. There are many new members and some Innovations in the legis lature this year but 1 believe we are beginning to scratch the surface on enactment of legislation which will benefit our district and all of North Carolina. I believe a bill by Repre sentative Ramsey to increase ine com pensation of ele?. tfon pre cinct reg istrars and ju dges from $15 to $20 a day for registrars and from $ 10 td $15 a day f?J 'nee? TaSSskED ed. I think this will offer more incentive to qualified election officials who are call ed on to work unusually long hours. I also favor a bill by Re presentative Edwards per taining tq licensing of Day -Care facilities for children. Some changes may be needed but I believe this is the best bill ever offered on raising standards of Day-Care facili ties so important for the well -being of children of working mothers. It is far better than some bills presented in the past. ' anyone of liability for mer chandise he did not order would serve a needed pur pose. Under this bill, if a person did not order the mer chandise he would not be liable for payment and would not be liable for returning it either. Rep. Horton Rountree's bill to equire a* "caution" label on bottles of liquor sold in North Carolina is, I think, a good bill. It provides for the same working now required by federal law on packages of cigarettes. Liquor is much more harmful to the user and causes untold sufferings and hardships to the user and the user's family, and endangers the public in many ways. Look at the thousands of wrecks on our highways re sulting from the use of alco holic beverages, and ask why should tobacco be penalized with a so-called "caution" label if whisky is not. I favor a bill by Represen tative Strickland . to permit state educational scholarships to children of war veterans to attend private institutions, such as Louisbuig College, in addition to public institu tions. I think a bill to change four state holidays to Mon days, to provide five long weekends a year, has much merit if it will be in line with a proposal in Congress to do this for federal employes and federal agencies. This, if ap plied to all, would benefit all taking holidays and parti cularly state and federal em ployes. Representative John Church and I were among the introducers of a bill to permit .free fishing licenses to per sons 65 years and older, and I do not think there will be great objection to this legisla tion. Rep. Church and I were among introducers of a reso lution adopted Monday night honoring the life and memory of one of our distinguished neighboring citizens, the Hon. Frank Hancock of Granville County. A similar resolution is being prepared to honor the life and memory of a longtime public servant, House member and Senator and a former House Speaker from our district, the late John H. Kerr of Warrenton, and his longtime public ser vice. I have been privileged to be appointed to seven of the House committees. Again I will serve as chairman of the Agriculture Committee as I did in the 1967 session when this committee performed some very important and much-needed functions. I will serve as a member of the Joint Appropriations commit tee and as a member of its subcommittee on general gov ernment and transportation. I will be vice chairman of tffe committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Vice chairman of the committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. I will serve on the committees on Roads, Educa tion and Manufacturing and Labor. All of these will be impor tant committees ahd I feel they will be called on to render some vital decisions in the months ahead. ' ? ? There is another elections bill to prohibit electioneering within 500 yards of a voting place on the day of a primary or general election, and I feel thii will provide much more orderly elections. It Is my intention to sup- . port a bill by Sen. Bowles to locate a new Central Deaf School at Greensboro, a loca tion whWh would put more of these students nearer home. In addition, there aft special deaf teaching and training programs at the Uni versity cairpus in Greensboro which I feel would tie In well with location of an additional school here. I believe a bill to relieve ? ...... i. BEING WISE hbre are two ways of being happy. We may either diminish our wants, or augment our means ?either will do. The result is the same ; and it is for each one to decide for himself, and do that which hap pens to be the easier. If you are idle, or sick, or poor, however hard it may be to diminish your wants, it will be harder to augment your means. If you are active and prosperous, or young, or in good health, it may be easier for you to augment your means than to diminish your wants. But if you are wise, you will do both at the same time, young or old, sick or well ; and if you are very wise, you will do both invsuch a way as to augment the general hap piness of society. rryM.. The Fra^Hn Times Eatabllahad 1870 - Publbhad Tuaadaji & Thuradays by ? * ? The Franklin Times. }nc. Blckatt Blvd. . Dial GY6-3283 Louiaburj. N. C. ? % CUNT FULLER. Manafinf Editor ELIZABETH JOHNSON, Buiinaaa Minafn NATIONAL EDITORIAL AdvwtWng Rata | ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES In North Carolina: 'Out of Stata: On* Yaw. |4 M; Six Montha, 12.88 On* Yaar, 16.50. Six Montha. $4.00 Thraa Montha, $2.06 Thraa Montha, $3.50 Enured aa aecond din mail matter and pottage paid at lha Pott OfTke al Loutaburf, H C. 2754*. rjr*-rL-"-r"' r r Tit ALL THINGS WORK OUT It nine when m wtah It wouldn't, men do what thfj often ahoaldnt, crop* fall and plane (o wronf. Bat eamohow In opltr of rare and It mm at last that thlnfo work oat. we looo where we hope to fain, wo (after a little ratal. Brno we moat work when we'd Hke to play. Some of ae whtanper alone ?'?'? way; Hot iwihn a* daj mnot follow the alfht. Moat of oar trow biro work oat all right. we moot trudge la the dart a while ?at the way la leaf, that life la an wna?; thbifi an ? to wort oat *? right " to mm ItraMie and meet ear i aa H ami and will. . * hoping otlD; pit* of framMera who etoad aheot. J COME THINK OF IT..." [rank count I see by the papers that they're having a little rash of crime in Washington. Shore am glad Cousin Soul ain't up there. But I am a whole lot gladder that I ain't up there. They're double locking doors and carrying guns and for the most part people with any sense are staying at home. That's why Cousin Soul says he's down here. Now there's v been quite a bit said about conditions in Washington in recent years . . . but you got to admit them's ( brave souls that go up there to live. They ought to get combat pay. The funny thing about it is that some of them Congressmen have been robbed lately and some smart-alecks even strolled in and held up a police station last week. Got a pocketful of money for the doing too. It ain't that we're for robbing and that kind of stuff. Making a little moonshine is as far off the law as we think anybody ought to ever go. But it warms the cockles of the old heart to hear that them that caused it is getting to feel some of" it. Them Congressmen, we're talking about. They just sit up there in their plush chairs and smoke big cigars and vote themselves a big raise and us peasants a surtax. Let'em get robbed we always say. They've had experience at it themselves. And maybe one dayrWhen they've lost their britches, they'll wake up and do something to earn that big salary. It's a crying shame that a fine citizen like my Cousin Soul is scared to go to his own capital. It's downright un-American. But old Soul keeps his chin up all the time . . . mostly 'cause he's got a stiff neck . . . but it looks good on him. He's always giving forth with what he calls his words of wisdom and we guess we can stand him for a few more days. But that Nixontrowd better hurry up and clean up the mess like they promised. Otherwide I'm going to be et out of house and home. Soul says there's one thing to be said for them hippies. He allows that they'd make good gardners since they wear flowers and smoke the weeds. And he says he thinks they ought to put them fellows that make girl's bathing suits in charge of cutting the budget. He's pretty smart. Soul is . . . 'course, as I told you before ... he ain't the smartest one in the family ... I am. He says the trouble with Russian roulette is that there ain't enough Russians playing it. But, I reckon it's highway safety on which old Soul is the most. He's always telling folks to drive safe giving some cute little remark to strengthen it. But even Cousin Soul ain't as sharp as that lady in Chapel Hill that told Billy Arthur the other day to "drive carefully . . . because 85 percent of all people are caused by accidents". Ain't she smart, though? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR On Deserting Ships To the Editor: J If you were to cut the mooring rope of a boat . what pride could you take if It drifted away and struck a snag that sank it? None. Neither can those who stand aside and say "I told you so" each time a problem arises in our Couq^JSlUtaL? system. . It is far the easier coune to be a pessimist than an optimist. It is a great deal simpler to criticize from a distance than to struggle to maintain where obvious rebuilding and strengthen ing are needed. Our County needs our public schools, not their mere existence, but their healthy, sound functioning. They have always been a source of strength and pride for our com munities and still can be if the support of citizens of both races stays where it should be: behind our schools and the children to be educated now and in the future. While it is understandable that every parent is concerned that his own children get the best possible education in the best possible environment, it is inconceivable that some mothers and fathers may have forgotten the very lessons they have taught their children: A quitter never wins. Running away from a problem pever solved It. / We need the confidence that comet from working together, emphasizing the positive, and keeping up our loyalty to our community. How can we expect the Mate newspapers to print anything but the bad side of affairs In Franklin County when that teems theie dayt to be the popular tide for even her own citizens to look on? , t Lucy Taylor Allen
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