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Weather Variable cloudiness and a lit tle warmer today and Wednes day. Low today, 44; high, 6?. The Franklin Times .....v . J-iSAjar . & . . Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Se rving AH Of Franklin County News Cast Listen to WYRN Radio, 1480 on your dial, each evening at 4:45 p.m. Monday through Fri day, for your Times Reporter with all the local news. T?l. OY 6-3283 Five Cents Louisburg. N C Tuesday November 5 1963 (Si* Pages Today) 94th Year? Number 73 CHART /. DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME, 1959 PERCENT OF INCOME PERCENT OF FAMILIES LOUISBURG TOTAL FA Ml U t3,M,LL,ON INCOME 9 3.1 MILLION AVERAGE g4*Ko FAMILY INCOME ' ' PER CAPITA ? . ... INCOME ' ' ? FRANKLIN COUNTY / 21.6 MILLION t 3,282 t 775 I I NORTH CAROLINA iS 3 BILLION t4J3B 1 1.260 Part One Of A Series Louisburg: Population And Style Of Life by Tod J. KUroy Community Planner Dept. of C. and D. At the turn of the century, Franklin County had a popula tion of 25,116 and Loulsburg had 1,178. During the follow ing 60 years neither the county nor the town experienced much growth. The county had only 3,639 more people In 1960 than In 1900 and the town Increased by 1,684 people during the same period. During the past decade, the number of rural farm people declined by 1/3; and In 1960 for the first time, farm people represented less than half of the total county population. Since nonagrlcultural employ ment opportunities are not In creasing at the rate which em ployment opportunities In agri culture are shrinking, many Loulsburg and Franklin County residents are moving out of the county to seek better economic opportunities elsewhere. Out-mlgratlon was much greater for the county than for Loulsburg. More than 7,000 people left the county during the decade. Two thirds of those leaving were Negroes. Instead of having fewer people in 1960 than In 1950, Franklin County would have had almost 5,000 more people In 1960 If It were not for out-mlgratlon. as an aiu in planning iui uic future, It Is helpful to project past trends Into the future to ? show where they lead and what their consequences may be If continued. Using a computer to Analyze population, the Di vision of Community Planning has produced an estimate of the 1970 and 1980 populations tor the counties in North Carolina. Rather than experiencing a loss, Loulsburg Is expected to have a slight gain In population over the next 2 decades. Louls burg residents are expected to number 3,100 by 1970 and 3, 300 by 1980. This will amount to an Increase of 20 people each year over the next 20 years. If Loulsburg Is to attain the small growth projected for the next 2 decades, there will have to be a gain In the number of noncolleglate residents In the town. STYLE OF LIFE In this section only 2 areas or measurers of the standard of living will be covered. They are education and Income. Both of these measurers of the stan dard of living are Interrelated. As a general rule, the people with more education have more Income and, conversely those with little education have less Income. At first glance, Loulsburg ap pears to rank high In educational attainment. However, when the Loulsburg College students, who are also considered as residents of Loulsburg, are ex cluded, a different picture emerges. Only one noncolle glate resident In four has a high school education and over half have lass than an eighth grade education. While two out of three Negroes have only an eighth grade eudcatlon or less, two out of five White noncol leglate residents are in no bet ter position. The low level of educational attainment for non collegiate Loutsburg residents may be attributable to the fact that a large portion of the people are oyer 34 years old. Whatever the reason, the low level of educational attainment Is some thing that m ist be overcome if the town Is to be successful In competing with other areas for job opportunities. Although average family In come and per capita Income compare very favorably with similar averages for the State, Loulsburg does have many families with small Incomes. More than 1/3 of the total family Income In Louls burg Is earned by less than 16% of the families. Even though Negro families represent al most 1/3 of the total number of families, they earn only 14% of the total family Income. Residents of Franklin County on an average have more In come than the rural residents of Loulsburg Township, but not nearly as much as the urban residents. Considering the low Incomes, 42% of 659 families earn less than $3,000 annually, received by many people from Loulsburg and adjacent areas, It Is not sur prising that many people left during the 50' a seeking better economic opportunities else where. Water Main Repair Workers push water main re pair Sunday following break that left residents of Franklinton with little or no water for a per lod Sunday. Tree roots were i credited with causing the break j in the main water supply line. I - Times Photo. New Police Cruiser Damaged In Crash Loulsbtirg's spanking new po lice cruiser got Its rear end stove In late Saturday--just one day alter going Into service Louisburg Chief of Police Wil liam T. Dement said that the new cruiser was being operated by Officer T. B. Bottom, when a car operated by Charlie Ed ward Carroll, 25 year -old Route 2, Spring Hope negro, crashed | Into the rear of the car and | fled. i Carroll was chased down and apprehended by Officer Earl Tharrlngton on Market Street. He was charged with speeding, careless and reckless driving, following too closely, hit and run, operating a car without proper financial responsibility and Improper registration. Dement said the negro was running a 1959 license plate i on the car at the time of the accident In the vicinity of the depot hill on South Main Street. Damages were estimated at $200 to the police car and $150 to Carroll's car. HitJh Soviet official censur ed for laxity. Justice Is Top Community In County Judging Justice Community topped competition In the Franklin County community Develop ment program In Judging held last Thursday. Four commu nities In the comity participated In the Capital Area Develop ment program In 1963. As the first place winner In county competition. Justice will have the honor of repre senting Franklin County In the seven-county Capital Area Judging on November 11th. The seven counties representing the Capital Area are Franklin Vance, Warren, Halifax, Wake, Granville and Johnston. The four Franklin County communities participating In the Community Development competition In 1863 were: Jus tice, Epsom, Cedar Rock, and Moulton-Ingleslde. The com munities were Judged according to their accomplishments In four general departments (1) Increasing Income, (2) Home Improvements, (3) Youth work and (4) Community projects. The people of Justice Com munity, under the leadership of Mrs. Nell Boone, have done an outstanding Job In youth work and In creating an excellent spirit of community coopera tion, the Judges stated. The residents of all four com munities were commended '-tor their good work In making their communities better places to live. Judges for the FrankllnCoun ty Development Contest this year were: A. S. Hardee, Asso. Agrl. Extension Agent of Gran ville County, Miss Eugenia White, Home Economist for Carolina Power and Light Co., and Mr. Dave Fuller, Agricul tural Engineer for Carolina Power and Light Co. Ceremonies To Honor Retiring Sgt. Ceremonies marking the re tirement of M/Sgt. James A. Johnson will be held by the lo cal Headquarters and Head quarters Battery, N. C. Army National Guard at the Armory here Thursday night beginning at 7:30 p.m. The public Is in vited to attend. Sgt. Johnson, a U. S. Mall city carrier for Loulsburg, first enlisted in the National Guard as a private In 1937, serving In old Battery B, 113th Field Artillery until 1940. JHirlng ; World War n he' served with j the U. S. Army postal service on Guam In the South Pacific and upon his discharge In 1946 rejoined the National Guard. In 1954 he was commissioned a Warrant Officer and served as unit administrator of the lo cal Headquarters Battery until he resigned the following year and re-enllsted as a Master Sergeant, serving until his re tirement from active duty In July 1963. Variety Show The Youngsvllle Fire Depart ment will sponsor Central Prison's Varieties at Youngs vllle High School Friday night at 8 p.m. Fire Supper The Centervllle Fire and Res cue Service will sponsor a bar becue supper at the fire sta tion Saturday, November 9, from 2 until 8 p.m. Justice Community Projects Construction or a new Duke ' Memorial Church ( to left of old church ) and the Justice Rural Fire Department are two of the i manj^eommunity improvements tnatwonthe coveted community Development Award for the Jus tice Community last week. Photo courtesy County Agent's Dept. Bunn Voters Favor ABC Store Citizens of the Town of Bunn voted 84 to 53 In favor of es tablishing an ABC outlet Satur day. Bunn Mayor Wayne W Instead said that 137 of the town's 150 registered voters turned out for the election, authorized by the 1963 General Assembly. Town officials hope to have the store In operation before the first of Water Main Bursts At Franklinton A break In the main line be tween the filter plant and town left residents of a large portion of Franklinton without water Sunday afternoon. Town Maintenance Superin tendent Wilson Vaughan said that the break In the almost 40 year -old line was noted shortly after 8 a.m. and that work was begun almost Immediately to replace the section of 6 Inch pipe which necessitated shutting down the pumps and cutting off the flow of water to the town. Water stored In the tank Just south of town proved sufficient to' meet demands until about 1:30 when officials said they be gan receiving the first reports from residents In the higher elevations to the effect that water pressure was droppong or non-existent. Regular town employees were assisted by a local plumbing contractor In replacing the rup tured section of pipe, a task which required some 8 hours of hard labor. The repairs were completed and normal pumping operations were re sumed at 4:40 p.m. Supt. Vaughan said the break was caused by roots from a large tree which had forced the pipe up and out of place. Town Officials, who have long i been aware of the town's criti cal need for Improved water facilities, said that it was for tunate that the break occurred on Sunday? a time when the! mills, the town's largest water1 consumers, were Idle, and that | no fires occurred during the time. the year. Bunn thus becomes the third municipality within otherwise legally dry Franklin County to establish liquor control stores. Both LoulSburg and Franklin ton have operated ABC stores for a number of years. PCA Slates 30th Annual Meeting When J. O. Wilson calls the meeting to order at the Frank lin County Courthouse on Satur day Morning, November 9, 1963 at 10:30 a.m., he will be presid ing with distinction over the Thirtieth Annual Stockholders Meeting of the Loulsburg Pro duction Credit Association. Wilson Is the sole Charter Member remaining with PCA. He owns stock certificate No. 1 for the first share of stock ever purchased by a member. In ad dition to this unique situation Mr. Wilson has been a Direc tor and the President of the As sociation throughout Its entire thirty-year life. Wilson and only twenty-one other members remain from the 246 who were served by the As sociation during Its first year of operation. The sum ol.$92, 380 was lent that first year. Last year the amount was $1, 245,262 In loans closed with a peak volume Including Inter mediate-term loans of $1,403, - 464 on August 30. This year the loans closed figure will be approximately $1,400,000 with a peak volume of $1,588,934 which occured on August 30. The amount of loans from organization through Oc tober 31, 1963 was $19,726, 584.88. Barn Burns A tobacco barn and shelter fire on the Charlie Batton place near Bunn around 3 a.m. Satur day Is being probed for evi dence of arson. Franklin Sheriff Joe W. Champion said that thus far the cause of the fire had not been established, but that It was only four miles from two definitely established arson cases on the W. P. Murray farm last week. Batton Is the father of Deputy Sheriff David Batton, who had farmed the property this year, the Sheriff said. J. O. Wilson Local Leaf Market To Close 20th The Loulsburg Tobacco Board of Trade, at a meeting held to day, set the closing date for the 1963 season on Wednesday, No vember 20, according to James D. Speed, secretary to the Board. Speed stated that the market has already exceeded all expec tations in quantity and price this season, with two weeks still left, which should carry the volume considerably In excess of the total sales of the 1962 season. Due to adverse weather con ditions, the crop was much shorter In quantity and quality that that of the previous Ma son; however, the Loulsburf Market has experienced a very successful season.
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