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Veteran County School Head Dies, Rites Held Funeral services for County Schools Superintendent Wiley F. Mitchell, who died late Thursday night, were conducted from the Youngs ville Baptist J Church Saturday at 2 p.nuJay.,.,. the Rev. Rufus Potts and the ' Rey. E. M. Carter. 'Burial was in the Youngsville Cemetery. The veteran 61 year-old Schools head died last Thursday night in Wake Memorial ? Hospital in Raleigh after suff ering a stroke at his home in YoungsvJHe earlier in the. afternoon. A leader in North Carolina's ?public school education aystem, Mitchell taught at Youngsville High Sc hool and se r ved as pr in cipal through roost of the 1930s. In 1937, he was appointed to tKt StauTextbook Commission *n<l was named Franklin County . superintendent in 1943.-? W~ was ?- 1925 graduate of ? Wake Forest College, and deacon of Youhgsviite Baptist "Cb)irch. All schools in . Franklini County were closed Friday on account of Mitchell's death and all sports events and school . connected events as^well were cancelled. Survivors includeTosvl/'e, the former lrene-?dwards of Mars .4*8111; three sons, Wiley F. Jr. o# Arlington, Va., Gerland E. of Stoneville and John F. of the home; two daughters, Nancy Jane Mitchell and Carol Mit chell, both, of the home; a bro ther, Elton M. Mitchell of Youngsvlller, and fiv? sisters,' Mrs. W. Vapce Batse and Mrs. <?. C. Whitacre, both of Raleigh, Mrs. M. K. Carswell of Youngs ville, Mrs. Marvin Wall of Pilot Mountain, and Mrs. Irene M. Queen of. Little Rock, Ark. ^Pallbearers were the prlncU pals of Franklin County schools. * They were Howard Stallings, Robert Howes, W. H. Kelly, James Marshall, Warren Smith, and E. R Tharrlngton. . Wiley TTMlfcSmr Local Business Assn. To Meet The annual meeting for the Louisburg Business . Associa tion is scheduled for Thursday,' January 17, 19 3 at the Frank lin County Courthouse at 7:45 Pijn. All members are urged to attend this meeting. 'The Louisburg Business As sociation is beginning its sec ond year and this month would be an oppor4une time to Join. This organization has accom plished a great deal in its first year and is anticipating greater accomplishments for the merchants and businessmen of Louisburg, for 1963. Hollywood film activity at a slpw pace. SPECIAL WASHINGTON REPORT Senate Leader Backs J.FX/s Tax Cut Drive By^U.S. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey ? * S vnatc fAtjority Whip \ """ Hubert Humphrey k.?? I Ic is esser :il that the 88th Congress take prompt' actipn to provide for a personal and corporate tax reduction of *8-10 billion. The existing tax "structure, established to finance World War II, has b?.-en the major drag of this country's rate of economic expansion. Over the past decade the annual growth -rate of th?? American - economy has averaged only 2-7 per cent. This should be contrasted with the estimated 4.1 per cent required during this period to. maintain maximum utilization x?f man power ahd other productive resources. Two principal results of this lagging growth .i.i ?v viiii. pvrsnuni nign level* of unemployment and sub -?ti.tl undcr-utilitafion of pro ductive facilities. Morcoyer. at preschit tax rater tire Federal budget ^puld balance far below ? . the levels of' maximum employ mint and production. 7 -f Every Amrrican ha-> lest sub st.inti.il income an<* opportunity during this ? decade of economic stagnation. Whije we cannot rccapiurc what is already lost, we can Act decisively to insure that the economic future of every American will grow pro * gfessively brighter by 'the mostv sensible and productive first step? a fax cut of sufficient pro portions which will provide the forward economic thrust that is needed. ~ ? Ffow can this tax reduction best achieve, the higher level of sustained economic growth so essential to every American? ?In my opinion the single most im portant objective should be to increJse the -amount' of di$pos^. ..able income available to the average American family? the money . we find in om/pay^jin ?iop*v - *-A substantial rise in private consumption would provide the most effective "trigger i 3r ex panded long-term economic growth- Private, consumers spend fromV?2_to 94 per cent" qi their jiispgfcible income, and as their incotjies areincreased. aT; - very high proportion Will be spent promptly for ^c^ns^ner , tceins. As this additional take^ boipe pay is spent, these dollars\ _ .are respent and reinvested by* ^others. Economists calculate thar v. every' dollar of tax saving that r is spent or invested will even- ? *tualiy muFtiply V/z to^_times.^ In other words, a tax cut of $8 10 billion .has the ' potential of .increasing our gross national product by $24-30 billiory as this ifroney finds its way into 'active circulation. ? Therefore, I believe that re duction of^personal tax rates? with__grcaier impact on --middle and l&wef incomes ? is clearly indicated. This country's own experi ence with -tax 'redaction has; borne this out. And the reason ? is that only full emptoyment can balance the budget ... and rax reduction tan pave the way to full employment. 1 nc purpose ot cutting taxes now is not to incur a, budgetary deficit, but to achjeve the more prosperous expanding economy which will bring*' a budgetary surplus.' ?o ' Here- lies the greatest poten tial to increase consumer de m.rmf* and \hcreby close the ex isting gap between capacity and" spending. I find little evidehce that thi* gap wiM?-eJosfc without , affirmative fiscal action by the l.ederal Government. ** ? The time for ""a tax cuf ij' now as it contains the Seeds of economic growth that can load, every segment of the American, economy to new levels of full employment, production, and purchasing power. >X'c cai^no lor>j;i-r pos tpom' fKr r^fnn,^- infj difficult task of rewriting^ our" tax law*. As President Kennedy empha sized: This nation' can afford to reduce taxes; wet' cap aflprd a temporary deficit? but we car/ not afford to do nothing. Negro "Fair" Following Fight c With In-laws ? A' 24 year-old Norfolk, Va., negro was described in fair In Franklin Memorial Hospital here today after being stabbed and shot at the home of his father-in-law fp the White Level section Sunday afternoon. *. Franklin Sheriff Joe W. Cham pion said that Daniel Richard son was stabbed In the back and shot in the left knee with a 12 gauge shotgun during an alter cation with, his wife, Jeanette 'Thorn Richardson. In Jail on charges of assault with a deadly -weapon with in tent to kill are Richardson's father and brother-in-law, Theodore, 45 and Alton Thorne, ?. IS, both of Route 4, LouUburg. Sheriff Champion sak)~that a warrant was also sworn out against Richardson by his wife, charglhg him with assault. K Weather ~T Variable cloudiness and con tinued cold today and Wednes day. Low today, IS; high, 38. Board Defers Action x ?/ On Superintendent The FranWtn County Board o(f Education, meeting In spec ial session Monday, appointed ' Mj^u^Margaret W. Holmes, Elementary Supervisor, to fill the duties p( Super intendent un til 'such time as a new supfr intendent is elected#* ? Allen W. Shear in, was appoint ed to serve as Secretary to the -.v.-;*"" ' -j - 'Board'uritH a iv?w superinten dent is n^nied. . . G^ffrurd discussed the mat Vr of naming ? \ replacement for Superintendent. Wiley F. Heart Council Officers New officers of. the Franklin CountjL_Heart_db.uncil are pic tured at>overl. to r., Ed A. Ray, TreasOff^Vj-G-ewge Champion. _Fsund Raising Chairman-, " Mrs. Howard H arris. Publicity Chair man; and Dr. Carey Perry, Pre sident. No! present for the pic--' ture wa/T>r. B. It Patterson, Medical Representative". Local Taxable Properly Tops *800 Per Person For the first time since 1857 ' Government has made j !"J *" Svrv'y oi Property * *IUf' Franklin County and in other areas throughout the country. ' . y\ " was u<?ler*(aken by the Cen j,.?S .m?"' con"ectlon With ' Census of Govern ments. As result, data is now available on the 87, <48 qoo " real and ^rs > property that are carNeTo,! States. r0"S ta "? , In Franklin County, It shows ?he gross value of local propert J came ,o ,28.179,^00 ? compared with the total on the ?**>ks In 1857, $23,873,000. De ducting the portion that was tax-exempt locally, y* net a- ' mount was $25,368,000 This constituted the tax base upon wjiich local tax rates were applied, but it-was not the full '?market value o"f the property .-involved, formally property is assessed for tax purposes at below Its. actual value. . The local assessment roll which was the basis for ta/ payments due In 1862, consist- * ed of real property In the sum ^ $18,728,000 and personal property 'of $8,640,000. Ttfe survey shows that the property tax continues to be the major source of local govern , accounting for MM+yW percent of all revenue at U"at level. ? IHUI tier I billion |n pro perty available for taxation by. h^'.^r'"- Not lncluded m -SKSSKr""--. soa^r'8 P,r0Perty v,luM h?ve the 30 Percent stnc^"' Bureau rV'y' ,h# ."Ports, This rapid STto il *"r'bU,*d ln large ?Ttod ^"""r^'ion of th. "?r' than ha" of the 67 mll M Zr#0,rMlM,ate 'I** ton local assessment rolls are Store Moves ?p.. John W. stovall announc Friendly Shop-" halved ,0 the locattOft/orrnT bjr ,h* D-Jches. ^rZ tr^ u "y ?cro""? street from Harris Pharmacy torT^nT '"?J' Planned' . re-open for business In th. ? '"cation on wSj** non-farm, residential proper ties. Another /one r fijth are acreage and /arm plots. Va cant. lots, which number 13 million, rfe nearly one-third as numerous as residential pro pertied What does Franklin County's assessment roll represent In terms of local population? In effect, it Is equivalent"' to $880 In taxable property for every man, woman and child in the county. , Council Urges County To Request Road Review In a relatively short meeting Friday night; the LouisburgCity Council named a new memt>er to the Firemen's Relief Fund, voted to investigate the possi bilities of opening a new street and granted the County Fire man's Association -per miss ion to use the standpipe for the erection of a radio antenna, r- 'Named to pe /the .Counc il's representative"ofth^ ?TTFmen'5.. . Relief Fuud Buai d was Council - ?jnan A. F. Johnson, Jr. Johnson replaced G.M. Beam, Jr., whose term of office had expired ?f'Tqwn Administrator E.S. Ford was authorized to investigate, the possibility of opening a street to run parallel to 'West Nash Street Just north of Tar Riv'tr between Church and Main Streets. The Council, it was explained, is seeking ways to relieve some of the traffic con gestion in the downtown section. Before adjourning the Council approved the assessment a gainst the W. H. Allen Heirs for construction of a water and Development Corp. Meet Slated 16th The annual stockholderiy. meeting of the Lou Isburg and FrankltlK County Development Corporation has bien called by Bland B. Prultt, President, and Clifford W. joyner, Secret j-y. for Wetinesdayevenlng, January 16, 1063 at 7:30 p.m. In the County Court Hou^e In Louts burg. \ ? ' New officers will be elected Mi tt)l? meeting and It Is anti cipated that the name of this organization will be changed frofti Loulsburg and Franklin County Development Corpora tion to Franklin County Deve lopment Corporation. AH stockholders of the Dev elopment Corporation are urged -* to attend this meeting for the purpose of electing new mern beri to the Board of Directors and discussing business of the Corporation. 7 . ' ? sewer main m the Edgewqpd Subdevelopment, authorized a total Of $89,92 in tax-Wrlte offs due to error in liMing, and approved invoices in the amount of $14,576.09 for payment. The Council also called on the Board of County Commission ers in the form of a resolution to request the Stat* Highway - Commission -tp review the County's allocation for con struction -of primary highways for Coijnty has-re? ""cttVed a totaKm less than $2r000("ln such funds in the last 3 or more yews and is not scheduled for any such work in 1963 out of a?total of some $12 million scheduled in the district this year'. ^ k; Mitchell, who died list Thurs day, hut took no action, it was understood, on accourit of absence of Board Member Rich ?ard H. Cash,r who was out of tow iv. ? It was also understood that >? another special meeting wotild t^e held, possibly as early as Thursday or Friday to further discuss the naming" of a hew superintendent.. The Board expressed their bereavement . over Mitchell's "death' in a resolution and by toting to send $10 each In Jiju of flowers^ a, total\ of $5(X to Wake Forest College for the Wiley . F. M itchej 1/ \te moruV x Scholarship Fun<J/The Vesolu tion is as follows: \ WHEREAS God in His irifinlte wisdom has taken from\our. midst our beloved Superinten dent, Wiley F. Mitchell, who served t as Superintendent of Franklin County Schools forV the past twenty years, and ? '"\ WHERE AS, realizing our plea sant association with hinwnji also on r great losst we hereby , Svish to give expression of our appreciation for the service of this food ciilzen and f fiend to the cAuse of education. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, tT*at we the mem bers of the Franklin County Board of Education, do hereby *> express our sincere esteem for ' the lye and service of this splendid inan,t whoSe sense of Just lce,Joyalt y and devotion to duty earned for him the respect and admiratloh of all vyho knew him. . ' ' ' . NOW THEREFOR^, BE IT FURTHER R^SOUVED, that a _ copy of this Resolution l?e fur- ^ nished the press and a cppy be sent to the family of Mr. Wiley F. Mitchell. A. M. Siren Centerville "Fire Truck That mysterious, wailing si ren here In koulsburjf" about 4 a.m. last Tuesday morning turned out to be' a -Centerville fire truck-On the way to a fire Just outside the northemLouiSr burg City limits. Centerville Fise Chief L. S. Ward Monday apologized to lo ~Icar7?residents for disturbing them,' but said he thought wea-> fcfier and road conditions at the time justified the use of the . siren. ^--'V Chief Ward/ who out-of-town at the time^of the alafm, sald.a cheek of -the log indicated road '? conditions at the time were' _ -slick and visibility po"or. The temperature was 23 degrees. - Ward .said Yfiat the alarm was .. 71st .since their "organi zation in i960 and their 4th of 19G3. Answering the alarm were ' JO fully uniformed members, a pumper and water tanker. Ap proximately 10 1/2 man hours were put In and costs to the department w&rj& estimated at $?.50. County Man Arrested In Granville Raid ^_ \ 23 year-old Franklmton man iwas arrested a lonjj wdt'h three Others in 'a raid on a' huge in door liquor still opeFaMon in the Oak HilL section of Granvttle County Sunday/ Arrested when the raiders closed in on the Noel Tuck f irm, some. U> miles north of Oxford were Kelly I ee Watson, 2$. of 1>tT 4, Durham, Dorili'ld Stephen l.owry, 23, of Frank-N^ linton; and a, 17-year-old Negro whose name was withheld. Wil lie Billy Atkins, -year -old Negro of Creedmore was ar rested neaT tht* still site Sun VdayafternOon. Raiding officers said that in raiding the big indoor plant during wits first run . they had ?nippeci a plant planned for Con tinuous operation-. S "The , specially; constructed building enclosed CO 220-gallon mash, barrels, an upright oil fired high pressure steam tx>iK er two 522- gallon capacity stills-, along with an,025-gal lon preheater; a 3 5(?volt con denser box, a variety of pumps electric and gasoline/. In another nearby building Were 520- gallon fuel oil tanks ^/hich connected to theoilburn ef firing the boiler. The build ing' w^s also used for. storing supplies,, induditfg 161 cases -of fruit jars, 3,000 pounds of corfi hieal; 1,400 poundsoflrye meal; 4,000 pounds of sugar and 68 pounds of yeast. > Another outbuilding contained., two spare oil burners and tools' and welding supplier, evidently used in the installation of the outfit.. .. . * Electricity for operations of lights and, pumps was4 supplied by a 220- volt underground line . which led to a neatly painted farm house some 100 yards away where living quarters had beei^ established with' bed and cooking* facilities. Completes Ins. Course Southern Llfft Insurance Com pany, home office In Greens borp, North Carolina, announc ed today that their local re~ preservative, Egbert- Smith, has Completed the Company's Basic Training CouYse. ? This Course consists of thlr-. teen weeks of extensive class room and on-the-job training. Calendar Drive Is Underway < C.-iRay Pruette, President of the - Franklnton Lions Club, calls (o the attention of all who wish a Lions calendar and have not been contacted that the drive is n&w ,on in the community. Lions Everette Bftoore and J. W. Hamm maybe contacted in order to place an prder. Please contact them before the end of January. , \ .Electronic medical aid -foi? astronauts predicted.' Indoor Liquor Operation PlcJJ^red above ispartofthe in tricate indbor liquor distilling ptmr tn Ortiiy Hie Cganty raided ?toy officers Sunday. A Franklin ton maxi and three others were arrested in Jhe . -y-1 ? *?- . ? r* ? ? *" ^ ? ? ' ? / " ' I i. in Senator Sam Says WASHINGTON? The contro versy over Senate Rule XXII which governs debate In that body has boiled to the surface again. It has been a matter of contention since Henry Clay irottgtit forth a proposal on July 12, 1841 to curb Senate tfebate and JohnCalhoun oppos ed the resolution which ended In defeat. Prior that time, history records that unlimited Senate debate was accepted, honored -and little discussed. Following the Civil War and 'particularly- after the turn of the century there was consider able discussion about the sub ject, but unlimited Senate de bate- prevailed until March 7 L917. V. filibuster which defeat ed President Wilson's Armed Ship &1U brought on a resolu Tirm by Senator Walsh, of Mon* j, aha, which amended Rule XXII. . Hi allowed the closing of debate byN^n affirmative vote of two third^ vol the Senators present and votlhg. ?" * ? In the lasrd^cade almost every two years there have been bit ter debases oveK ^proposed a mendments to the Rb)e. In 1949 and 1959 the Rule was atn ended, but today\f essentially limits debate upon the consensus of two-thirds of the Senators pre sent arid voting. 1 The quest Ion now arises as to whether any change In the Rule is necessary. National obser vers such as the distinguished news colurplnlst Walter ' Llpp mann have said recently that It yould be well to "not reopen now the question of the limita tion of iehate in the Senate." At. the last Congress the Se nate considered the Rules change for seven days before the matter was referred to. the Rule Committee. The fight was abandoned at the end of the ses sion. Thereafter during the de bate In August 1962 on telllte Communications ' bill; ? when cloture was invoked for the fifth time In the Senate, It was demonstrated that Rule XX~ II did not deter needed legisla tion. At Issue in the $>rfen.t dis cussion is the Constitutional guarantee that all grave Issues should require more'>than a bare majority to decldajtheta:' Under the Constftdllon, the overriding of \ Presidential veto, and the sub&issfifn of constitutional *v. amendments must" receive the vote of two thirds of the members of both Houses, fcxpluslon of a Senator, the ratification of treaties, and the Impeachment of Federal officials, require the; vote of two-thirds of the members of the .Senate. Experience dictates that worthwhile legislation requires considerations Congress is con fronted each session with some J5,000 bills "and resolutions. It weeds out by debate and com mittee work 9/10th x>f these proposals. Prolonged debate a rlsies only when deep feelings are involve*! on an Issue. It ls only effective when supported }>y a consldderable body of jAib lic and Senate sentiment.' -A bare majority of Senators vot ing or even fifty-one Senators does not necessarily represent a majority consensus o! opinion by the States or of theaAmerlcari people. O \ Debate has deterred far more blti legislation than good. Se riate history shows that no ma J6r legislation whleh this Na tion really wanted has ever teen prevented from passage by reason of extended debale. ?ven when men are dedicated to the^ principles of dembej*acy, bare majorities are bften ^harshly tyrannical. Rule XXII is the safety valve to prevent Ill advised action which would af fect deeply large segments of society knd large areas of the Nation. \ z. r TKe rights of every American will be far I safer If the Senate preserves Ithe principle that r absolute power should not rest In the hands of one-half plus one in both House of Congress. Fire Alarm Loulsburg firemen werexall- * ed to the home of Betty Wriftit, colore^,- Just.outside the south ern ciiy- limits on South Main Street about ^2:30 Saturday afternoon to extinguish, a fire around a Tffe^Tmantle. i Bloodshed Box Score Ralelftf - The Motor Vehic les Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 A.M. Monday, January 14, IMS: KILLED tO DATE 32 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR ? T ? ji everybody would quit hurr/ inc lift <w6&M"omm alone ln elllgently. ? . ?: