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The FrafiSftn Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ Serving All Of Franklin County Tel. ?Y 6-3203 Copy Fiva Cants Louisburfl, N. C. Tuesday, September 10. 1963 (Si* Pages Today) 94th Year-Number 57 A student boycott of three tlv? than the stay-away effort on Monday. Only 211 of the 1, 146 registered showed up for first day classes Monday, while slightly more, 299, were counted present this morning. Contrary to similar boycotts In progress at negro schools In Wllllamston and Robersonvllle In sympathy for antl-segrega tlon movement, the local area boycott appeared aimed for the most part at the school Im provements and getting three teachers rehired. Involved In the local area boy cott are the Riverside Union School In Loulsburg and negro elementary schools at Cedar 8tre?t and Maplevtlle. Evidence that something amiss was underway came ap parently without warning yes terday morning when prac tically empty school busses be gan arriving at Riverside School here. The boycott was con firmed shortly thereafter, when Charles McLean, State NAACP Executive Secretary from Wln ston-Salem, led a string ot plcketers out onto the sidewalks School Board Warns Of Consequonces The Franklin County Board of Education Monday Issued a statement through School Supt. Warren W. Smith, calling for the cooperation of all parents In carrying out school programs In the wake of a student boycott of three local area negro schools. In the statement the Board said: "The Franklin County Schools opened today (Monday) for classes, and this day counts as one of the ISO days of re quired Instruction." The state ment made note of the fact that attendance was "con siderably off" at Riverside, Cedar Street and Maplevtlle schools and gave notice that "these schools are open and with teacher* to Ukl care of all students," snd that they carried out the normal course of Instruction on Mon day. The release stated further that "the Franklin County Board of Education needs the coopera tion of all concerned, namely, pupils, parents, teachers, prin cipals and staff In order to properly administer the school program according to law. Con tinued absences will result In the children getting behind In their school work and a possible loss of teachers for the coming year. A hint of possible action by the Board In reference to the staged stay away was given In the next paragraph of the release, which said: "The Board of Education will have no choice but to enforce .the compulsory school attendance law In all cases of continued unlawful absences, and parents who willfully and unlawfully keep their children out of school will be prosecuted as by law provided." The statement ended with a plea for the assistance of the parents In "seeing that their children attend school and not violate the school attendance law." Reports have filtered Into the School Board that negro parents In the area were informed Bun day night that there would be no school on Monday and also that some school bus drivers had passed up children waiting beside the road for the bus to go to school. Robbed In Church Miami ? While kneeling In prayer, Mrs. Mercedes Arr lag* was robbed of a valuable gold medal. Mrs. Arrlaga was In church with 2 men who earlier had asked about renting a room from bar. Later the discovered tlx $1,250 medal gone and the rent money turned out to be state money. The men were gone when she made the discovery. forfits His Will Broken Arrow, Okla.-- About a hundred miles from hts last ?top, Urban Trlaler had a feel ing he had forgotten something but arrived home before he re membered what tt was. There, he realized he had forgotten his wlfe<j?hen they stopped at a service station In Oklahoma Ctty. He drove back but had to ask police to help Mm find the station. Mra. Trlsler said: "I knew he would come back even tually." In front of the Riverside School. Observers at the picketing scene reported that the Negroes appeared Immediately, after the Loulsburg Fire Department's powerful air horns blasted out the emergency alarm sig nal to send the Loulsburg Res cue Service racing for the Riverside School In what turned out to be a false alarm, ap parently turned In to signal the start of the picketing. In the line of Improvements at the school, requested play ground improvements are pre sently nearlng completion and requests for a cafeteria are now In the planning stage, work on which will probably get un derway this coming spring. Loulsburg Chief ot Police Wil liam T. Dement said that the picketing was orderly and car rled out to the letter of the ltw. There were no Incidents of vio lence and we're not expecting any trouble, the officer added. The Rev. S. G. Dunston, lo cal NAACP leader, said that the local school boycott would go on Indefinitely, when questioned about the length of their plan~ ned action. Dunston also added that no picketing was currently contemplated at additional places. ? The Riverside pickets were called off the scene at noon Monday; but were back on the job shortly after the scheduled opening of school this morning. Offerings Light: Leaf Auction Leaf Auction In Action Company buyers inspect leaf offerings and make their bids to the familiar chant of the auc tloneer as the 1963 leaf auction season got underway In Louis burg Moriday. - Times Photo. 3 Charged In Fatal Shooting Three negro men have been arrested tn connection with the fatal shooting of an 18 year old Philadelphia 'negro- youth near a local negro night spot early Saturday morning. Loulsburg Chief of Police Wil liam T. Dement announced that Roy Dale, 19, Qf New York, Joe Raymond Smith, 20, and Elbert Lee Williams, 19, both of Route 2, Loulsburg, were being held without privilege of bond In connection with . the fatal shooting of Wllbert Lee Dunston near Ophelia's Place here about 12:15 Saturday morning, Dunston, riddled by five or more .22 pistol bullets, died enroute to Duke Hospital In Durham after receiving emer gency treatment at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Dement quoted witnesses to the shooting as saying the three men opened th^ door to a car In which Dunstonwas sitting and each pumped a barrage of shots into the car with .22 pistols. One of the accused slayers, Roy Dale, also got nicked in the right arm during the melee. Rescuers Get 3:30 A.M. Call Local Rescuers were sum moned out about 3:30 this morn ing to the aid of a negro woman on the Fra.nkllnton road some several miles from Loulsburg. The woman, unidentified, had apparently recovered from a fainting spell when the Res cuers arrived on the scene and declined an offer to call a physician. t Work On School Playground Construction work was under way on improved playgrounds at Riverside School here yes terday as parents picketed the school for better playgrounds and other facilities while stu dents boycotted the school. - Times Phofao. Unusually poor quality of ferings dropped opening day averages on the Loulsburg To bacco Market to the lowest price In years, but good qua Ity offerings sold as good or better than the 1962 opening. Un-offlclal reports of the o penlng sales fixed total offer ings at 140,522 pounds for $69, WMIIHIIIDIHItlH $56 Average A big boost In average prices was noted on the Loulsburg To bacco Market today when some batter quality offerings averag es'-' almost $86 per hundred pounds. The sales today to taled 99,460 pounds for $33, 159.21 for an average price of $55,76 per hundred - up $6.01 over Monday's opening average and $.76 over the 1962 opening average of $55.61. 915,85 for an average price i of t 49 75 per hundred poun $5.86 below the 1962 opening average of $55.61. K Franklin Times reporter following the sale noted how ever the large amount of un usually poor ?uaUt* otte gs' ^nostly In loose-leaf form, some Of which went for as " $10. per hundred. Tops ob served was $73. hundred tor good quality tied offerings. Untied offerings made up ap proximately 25% of the total. P ?? spite of the low average, -farmers were reported gen erally well pleased with i the prices they received for tbalr offerings. Only a scattered few baskets had thelr tlcket. turned and the Stabilisation Corpor atlon take was relatively low In respect to recent years. one local warehouseman sum med up the opening sales as follows: "Good quality offer ings sold good and common to bacco sold commdn,' P?ssl?y not quite as well as last sea S?Most grades of united tobacco averaged $2 per hundred pounds below the quotations of the 1962 opening, the market newsserv ice reported, increase of $2 to a 3 a hundred pounds were post ed for most grades sold In tied '?Tled grades sold mainly $2 to $9 a hundred abov< untied to ured Royster of Henderson, managing director of the Br ght npu warehouse Association, stated, "I'm well pleased with both the quality and the price, i don't recall ever having seen a more satisfactory opening sale. Farmers are 100 percent pleased." . Royster warned, however, of low prices being paid for untied tobacco, which has sales prlor tty^uring the first ^nsale days Farmers are losing noM^' when they don't tie their tobacco, he "wrted Reports of a planned 1 hour nit In selling time dally on all Mldl and other belt tobacco markets for four days betfnn ing Wednesday was not expected to have any adverse effect the local Market due to light offerings. Tuesday It will be fair and warm. Wednesday It will be cloudy and continued warm. Nearly Empty Classroom Only five students showed up in above high school classroom at Riverside Union School here Monday as students began a boy cott of the school. Only. 79 out of 336 high school students show ed up for classes Tuesday. - Times Photo. Diverted Acreage May Be Grazed After October 1st Franklin County farmers who participated in the 1963 wheat and feed grain stabilization pro gram will have an opportunity to graze their diverted acreage o.n and after October 1, 1963. The reason for the change of date from November 1, 1963 to October 1, 1963 Is to permit cooperating producers to plan fall and winter operations more effectively and to alleviate, to some extent, the shortage of forage in areas containing spot ty drought condklons. i producers who seek further Information concerning the use of diverted acres should con tact the ASCS Office in Louis burg. Again this year farmers will ( have an opportunity to cast their vote by mail for producers Drug Store Here Is Remodeled Harris Pharmacy here has completed Its change-over to self-service after weeks of renovations durlhg the summer. The remodeling has made i Harris' one of the most modern I and attractive stores anywhere 1 In this area. Their announcement adver- 1 tlsement appears elsewhere In ' this Issue. < to serve as ASC Committeemen from all ten townships In Frank lin County. The farmer committeeman plays a vital role In helping to carry out ASCS programs on the county level. Without their assistance, it would be impos sible to administer the program effectively. Ballots have been mailed to eligible voters. Each person receiving a ballot ts en couraged to review the list of nominees, mark the ballot for not more than five and return to the ASCS Office Immediately. The deadline for returning ballots Is September 13, 1663. ? Rebuilding Of Hwy 56 Slated County Commtslon Chairman Norwood E. Faulkner said Mon day that he had been Informed by District Highway Commis sioner Clifton Benson that pre liminary work on rebuilding N. C. Highway 56 east from Louis burg to the Nash County line had Saves Child, Dies Long Island, N. Y. ? Meldon Rhew, 54, was sitting on a beach with his wife when he heard a young girl cry for help. She had fallen off a rubber raft. Rhew swam out and put the ?irl on the raft, pushed It toward the shore said; "You've got :o help yourself now. I'm dy ing." The girl made It to shore, iut Rhew was found a few ?nlnutes later In the water dead >f a heart attack. gotten underway. Faulkner quoted the Commis sioner as saying that the high way would be completely re built and possibly even re located at some spots. This will require considerable en gineering, It was pointed out, and it Is expeced to be some time before actual construction can get underway. 1 . ~ Sneezes Explained Phoenix, Ariz. ? For years Clyde Garwood, 60, has won dered why he sneezed so much while at work. He Is super visor of licensing for Maricopa county's animal pound field crew. Only recently he learned that he was allergic to animal hair. Following The Sale Farmers, merchants and the curious follow the sale at a local tobacco warehbuse as sales on ") . the Loulsburg Tobacco Market got underway here Monday. - Ttaes Photo. '.Yii&JJ
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