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Ten Cents
Louisburg, N.C., Thursday, February 13, 19699
(Ten Pages Todays
99th Year-Number 104
Where It'll Come From
Brokeh down, the 10 tax proposals recommended Wednesday by Gov. Bob
Scott would produce the following amount ol revenue during the next
biennium:
1 An additional 10 per cent tax on liquor, $26 million.
2 A five-cent tax per package of 20 cigarettes, $50 million.
3 A tax increase on beer by 1.5 cents per bottle over six ounces but less
than 12 ounces and equivalent rate on other quantities, $15 million.
4 A two-cent tax on each cigar, $7 million.
5 A two-cent per gallon increase in gasoline tax, $88 million.
6 An increase of 25 per cent in license plates of motor vehicles, $21
million.
7 An increase in sales tax on motor vehicles, airplanes, boats and
locomotives from present 1.5 per cent to 2 per cent with the maximum of
$120 being retained, $8.5 million.
8 An increase of one-half of 1 per cent in all rates on insurance premiums,
$10 million.
9 An increase in back excise tax rates from the present 4.5 per cent to 6
per cent, $1 million.
10 An increase by one-fourth in the rates at which building and loan
associations are taxed, $1 million.
County NCEA Votes
Support Of Board
The Franklin County Unit of the
North Carolina Education Association
has passed a resolution in support of
the Franklin County Board of Educa
tion and the Superintendent of
Schools'. The action came by a poll of
NCEA members by secret ballot . in
every school in the county Tuesday.
The Unit's Executive Council ap
proved the idea of balloting on the
question at a meeting last week. Re
Garden Club
Sponsors
Hospital Project
The Louisburg Garden Club, with
considerable assistance from a variety
of other county groups, has completed
an ambitious planting project at
Franklin Memorial Hospital here.
Shrubs have been planted and irriga
tion installed around the new wing of
the local medical facility at a cost of
$1343.02.
Funds for the project have come
from a number of organizations in
cluding the Board of County Commis
sioners. Included in the project was
efforts by the Hospital Guild, the
Bunn Garden Club, the Franklinton
Garden Club and the Youngsville
Woman's Club.
W. V. Avent, Louisburg nurseryman
advised the group and donated the
labor of planting and mulching. C. T.
Dean. Jr., County Extension Chairman
and John Harris, Extension Horticul
turist, N. C. State University drew the
plans for the project.
Meeting at the Hospital last Friday
morning, leaders of the project dis
cussed further needs in the landscaping
of the grounds and toured the area
already planted.
Mrs. Mary Lumpkin, spokesman for
the Louisburg Garden Club, expressed
the appreciation of her club to all
those who aided in the project.
suits of the voting was turned into
Unit President Jack Ayscue, a teacher
at Youngsville High School.
The text of the NCEA resolution
follows: "We, the members of the
Franklin County Unit of the North
Carolina Educational Association, vo
luntarily give our support to the Board
of Education and Superintendent of
the Franklin County Schools, and we
further feel that they have acted In
good faith in complying with the court
order."
The NCEA is the secoi*l educa
tional organization to publicly back
the Board of Education and the Super
intendent against charges lodged last
month by former U. S. Attorney
General Ramsey Clark and the
NAACP. The Board is charged with
operating segregated classrooms and
has denied the charges, branding them
false.
A group of private citizens, made
Up of parents, teachers, and other
interested persons, formed an organi
zation of Citizens for Public Schools
here Monday night in support of.the
local schools.
Bunn Water Vote Saturday
The culmination of seven months
of planning for the Bunn Municipal
Water Project will go to the citizens of
Bunn Saturday.
A water project of $270,000 is
involved; one-half of which would be
in the form of grant and the balance in
municipal bends.
The Economic Development Ad
ministration. a federal agency, has had
this application and is waiting for this
election before accepting it. Indica
tions are that this application will be
accepted should a favorable vote be
recorded.
All commercial and residential loca
tions within the town limits will re
ceive water in the proposed system.
Prospects for industrial develop
ment will be greatly enhanced should a ? *
favorable vote be received. A thirty
acre industrial site has already been
approved by the Bunn Development
Corporation to offer industrial pros
pects.
A gravity type water system has
been proposed, with deep wells as the
primary source leading to a 200,000
gallon elevated storage tank. This will
provide adequate water and fire pro
tection to the community and to the
industrial site.
The future of the community of
Bunn. both economically and indus
trially. is at stake in this referendum
according to Ken Schubart, director of
the Franklin County Industrial Devel
opment Commission.
Participants In Project
Pictured above are representatives of varioui agencies and cluba that participated In the recent landscaping project at Franklin
Memorial Ht>it>ltal. Shown left to right are: Mrs. Elsie Titnberlake, Younfsvllle Woman's Club; Mrs. Charles H. Cataa, President.
Frankllnton Garden Club; W. V. A vent, local nurseryman who advised on the project and gave the labor; Mrs. Mary Lumpkin.
Loulaburg Garden Club, sponsors of the project; C. T. Dean, Jr., County Extension Service Chairman, who with John Harris.
Extension Horticulturist, N. C. State University drew the plana; M. M. Person, Jr.. Hospital Administrator; Mrs. John Mills,
President of the Louisburg Garden Club; Mrs. Allen deHart, Preaident, Hospital Guild and Mrs. J. 0. Hagwood, "President. Bunr
Garden Club.-, < , '
Board Files Motion Seeking
More Clarification Of Charges
Attorneys for the Franklin County -
Board of Education are expected to
file a motion Friday asking the District
Court to <5rder plaintiffs in the four
year-old school case to clarify viie
allegation against the Board. Board
attorneys E. F. Yar borough and
Charles Davis are working ot? such a
motion today.
The Board seeks to have the United
States Attorney General spell out in
detail certain charges made in a mo
tion seeking contempt charges against
the Board.
The Board is charged with "a policy
of racial segregation in transportation"
and more specifically, that "Negro
students have been required to sit at
the rear of certain school buses." The
Board, according to the attorneys,
wants to know what students and
which bus. This example was cited by
Yar bo rough and Davis as the type of
information the Board is seeking in the
case.
It is also expected that the Board
attorneys will file answers to interroga
tories filed earlier by attorneys for the
NAACP. Friday is the deadline set by
stipulation of all parties for the Board
to answer the charges filed against it.
The filing of the clarification mo
tion by the Board will automatically
delay an answering of charges. A hear
ing will first be required on the motion
and the date will be set by the federal
court.
Former U. S. Attorney General
Ramsey Clark filed charges in January
against the Board, asking that the five
members and the Superintendent of
Schools be imprisoned for civil con
tempt. He charged that the Board was
operating an integrated school system
with segregated classrooms, that the
Board has a policy of discrimination in
its transportation and tha a policy of
tuition was discriminatory against
Negroes.
North Carolina Attorney General
Robert Morgan has filed a request to
enter the case in defense of the con
tejnpt charges against!)ie Board and in
defense of the tuition policy which
was based on a ruling by his office. He
had requested a hearing on his motion
to intervene Wednesday of this week.
No report has been made of the results
of the request.
Meanwhile, the Classroom Teachers
CFPS To
Meet Sunday
The recently organized Citizens for
Public Schools has planned a public
meeting in the Louisburg High School
auditorium for Sunday afternoon. The
session is scheduled to take place from
2 to 3 P.M.
A spokesman for the group said the
purpose of the meeting is to "en
lighten the public" on what's going on
In the Louisburg schools.
Some 100 persons met here last
Monday night to form the organiza
tion in support of the public schools.
A committee was named to study the
many suggestions brought out in the
meeting on how the group's purpose
could best be served.
A report from the committee Is
expected Sunday and the spokesman
said that someone would be on hand
to answer questions pertaining to con
ditions in the local schools. He added
that all interested persons are invited
to the meeting.
Heart Workers
L. M. Word, Heart Fund Drive
Chairman, has announced the names
of community leaders in the campaign
now underway in the county. Included
among those aiding in the drive are:
Mrs. Virginia Joumigan, Rt. 1, Hender
son. for the communities of Epsom,
Rocky Ford and Ingieside and Mrs.
Margaret Gupton, Rt. 3, Louisburg,
for the communities of Alert, Center
viile. Gold Sand, Moulton, Sandy
Creek and Wood.
Mrs. Myrtle Parrish, Route 2, Louis
burg will lead in Cedar Rock, Hickory
Rock, Justice, Mapleville, Seven Paths
and White Level and Mrs. Mildred
Williams, Route 2, Zebulon will head
efforts in the Pine Ridge. Pilot and
Pearce communities. - ?
Mrs. Janet May, Route 1, Louisburg
is the leader in the Hill King and
Raynor communities; Mrs. Barbara
Davis is in charge of the drive in
Royal, New Hope, and Harris Cross
roads sections and Mrs. Lucy Cannady,
Route 1, Franklinton will lead effort*
in the Pocomoke, Need more and
Katesvilie communities.
Association, the County NCEA Unit
and a number of parents and private
citizens have gone on public record as
being in support of the Board of
Education and its policy of student
assignment. Most have expressed the
belief that the Board has acted in good
faith to carry out the federal court
order.
Plant Word
Imminent
The Franklin Times has learned
today that an announcement of the
location of a large industry here in
Louisburg is imminent. A reliable
source said the disclosure could come
as early as tomorrow.
I\o details on the type of plant
involved were learned and the exact
location , according to the source , is a
closely guarded secret. It is believed
that the plant will employ mostly men
and will be one of the largest ever to
locate here.
Geodetic Tower Hovers Over Old Soldier
Geodetic Survey Towers Up In County
The unusual structure on the front
campus of Louisburg College is a
geodetic survey tower. There are a i
number of them across! the county.
Robert Stanley, Business Manager of
the College, said survey personnel con
tacted his office initially about two
years ago seeking permission to erect
the temporary tower on the campus.
He said he was again contacted about
two weeks ago.
The network across the county la a
part of a nine-county survey now
underway by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey Department and
the North Carolina Geodetic Survey
Division.
The structure is expected to remain
on the College campus and elsewhere
for about ten days, according to one
report. During this time survey specia
lists will man the towers, rtiostly at
night, to take readings on distances
between locations and other data use
ful to surveyors and mapmakers.
The entire project Is estimated to
take about four months and forty such
towers are expected to be erected in
Judge To Hear
Jury Excuses
District Judge Claude Allen wrill be
In Louisburg Monday afternoon at 2
p.m. to listen to Jury excuses for the
term of Civil Superior Court which
begins February 24.
Judge Allen will hear excuses In the
courtroom, according to Superior
Court Clerk Ralph S. Knott who
issued the announcement this morn- ,
ing
the area with a secondary system of
100 surveyor's monuments. These
monuments will remain in place as an
aid to reducing boundary disputes,
confirming the correctness of deve
lopers maps, enabling computers to
check property tax payments and to
help in prompt location of under
ground utilities.
The 126-foot towers were, erected
in a single day and cah be dismantled
in a matter of just a few hours, it was
explained. Each of the tail towers
which look like oil rigs is actually two
See SURVEY Page 4
-And Where It's To Go
Gov. Bob Scott proposed the following budget recommendations Wednes
day for additional state spending during the next two fiscal years:
I-An average 10 per cent pay raise on a graduated scale for state
employes. $13/5 million.
2 A 20 per cent pay boost for teachers, $50.6 million.
3-A 16 per cent salary hike for faculty members at state-supported
institutions of higher learning. $7.5 million.
4 -A 16 per cent pay raise for faculty members in the state's community
college system, $3 million.
5-Transportation for students in urban schools, $3,298,552.
6 Transportation for handicapped school children, $735,847.
7 Reserve fund for a program of occupational education for children in
the middle grades, $4 million.
8-Capital improvements to treat mentally retarded infanta, houae the
School of Allied Health Professions at East Carolina University and a
livestock and poultry diagnostic laboratory, $2.5 million.
9 Expanded programs for retarded children and mental health,
$2,310,000.
10-To implement the police information network linking all law enforce
ment agencies in the state, and more manpower and equipment for the State
Bureau of Investigation, $3,025,000.
II-A $25 tax refund to all persons over 65 who have income of leu than
$3,000 annually, $16 million loss in revenue.
12- $2,000 income tax exemption for single persona who maintain a house
or apartment for themselves, $5 million loss in revenue.
13-To upgrade and strengthen the Good Neighbor Council, provide a
beginning for a state zoo, and funds to match anticipated federal granta in the
new area of marine sciences and M soil and water conservation program*,
$3,615,000.