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Louisburg. N. C.. Tuesday March 17. 1964
(Si* Pages Today)
95th Year? Number 7
Farm Series: No. 3 s
Animal Agriculture Expected To
Help In Tobacco Income Drop
The third part of the four part Farm Out
look for 1964 series today deals with the
Anim al Agriculture and the expectation that
it can help reduce the sting of Tobacco
Acreage Cut. The Series was prepared by
the extension service of the N. C. State
College after a study was made on the 1964
Farm Income "outlook. The study was
prompted uy me an
nounced cut in tobac
co allotments. The
Times presents the series in
the hope that it might b? bene
ficial to Its readers.
Animal agriculture, the fast
est growing phase of the Tar
Heel farm economy, Is expect
ed to take some of the sting
out of the 10 per cent cut in
1964 tobacco allotments.
A group of agricultural ex
tension specialists at North
Carolina State "reports that Tar
Heel farmers have an op
portunity to increase Income
In 1964 from hogs, turkeys,
milk and broilers, while hold
ing '63 Income levels for cattle
and eggs.
The specialists had been ask
ed by Extension Director
George Hyatt to study 1964 farm
income prospects and to recom
mend steps that could be taken
to keep income at the highest
possible level.
In summarizing their study,
the specialists expressed the
belief that N. C. farm Income
could remain stable In '64 de
spite the loss of tobacco acreage
and despite uncertainties In the
cotton program.
They emphasized, however,
that farmers would have to
do the best possible Job with
their remaining tobacco acre
age as well as with other com
modities.
Here is a summary of what
the specialist said about the
prospects for animal agricul
ture in '64.:
Hogs? Numbers may be down
in '64, but not as much as the
national average. Prices, on
the other hand, are expected
to go up about 9 per cent over
'63.
Producers can capitalize on
this favorable outlook by (1)
buying gilts either bred or about
ready to breed, in order to
have tops ready to seel during
favorable fall prices; (2) im
proving feed efficiency; (3)
Increasing little size; and (4)
as a long-term measure, im
proving quality and grade
through the breeding program.
Cattle? The number of beef
animals produced Is up just
enough to offset the price drop.
Maintaining Income from cat
tle at '63 levels, therefore,
stems like a reasonable goal
for '64.
Pan K. Moore
Moore To Speak
In Court House
Gubernatorial candidate Dan
K. Moore will speak In Frank
llnton andLoulsburg Wednesday
afternoon, March 18. TheAshe
vllle native, one of the Big Three
candidates, will speak first tn
the Town Hall In Frankllnton.
This address Is scheduled for
2 p.m.
Moore will speak In the Court
house In Loulsburg at 3:30. The
former Superior Court Judge
will make appearances in War
ren, Vance, Granville and Nash
counties on Wednesday as well
as Frinklln County, In his swing
through the Eastern Section of
the state.
J. H. Talton, local banking of
ficial is Chairman of the Moore
Rally here In Loulsburg.
There are certain measure,
however, which farmers can
take to maintain or increase
their income from beef: (1)
increase the percentage of
calves saved: (2) increase the
average weaning weight through
better pasture, creep feeding
and general management; and
(3) over time, develop a better
breeding program to improve
the grade of calves.
Poultry ? Continued expansion
of broilers is expected In* 64.
Egg production can increase,
but the Increase Is likely to be
offset by a drop in prices. A
substantial increase In turkey
production is possible InN. C.?
well above the national expan
sion--if producers will order
turkey poults early. Induc
tions are that a shortage of
poults will appear as the season
progresses.
Here are some ways poultry
producers can increase their
efficiency in '64:
Rep. L. H. Fountain
Rep. Fountain
Will Run Again
Second District Representa
tive L. H. Fountain has announc
ed in a letter to The Franklin
Times, his intentions to file
for renomination in the May
Primary. The Tarboro native
has represented the Second
District since 1952. He was
born In Leggett in Edgecomb
County on April 23, 1913' and
attended the University of North
Carolina from which he holds
an A. B. and LL. B. degree.
Franklin County was placed
in the Second District under
the recent apportionment bill
and the May primary will mark
the first time Rep. Fountain has
run as Franklin County's repre
sentative.
Louisburg PTA
Meets Thurs.
Louisburg High School Pa
rent-Teacher Association will
meet Thursday, March 19, at
7:30 p.m., In the school "audi
torlum.
The program for the evening
will be a panel discussion on
'?Bridging the Gap Between
Home and jSchool or ( Better
Parent-Teacher Relation."
All patrons ot the school are
urged to attend.
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10:00 a.m.
Monday, March 16:
KILLED TO DATE 273
KILLED TO DATE I
1 LAST YEAR 213 <
1. Avoid feed waster by using
proper feeders and avoiding
over-filling of hoopers.
2. Follow a good rat control
program in feed stocks to cut
feed costs. Birds will not eat
contaminated feed.
3. Investigate the possibility
of cooperatively buying corn in
large lots as needed or purchas
ing grain needs at harvest time
and storing. It is especially
important to buy clean grain.
Cockleburs, crotalaria and
other foreign matter are harm
ful to poultry.
4. Use medication only as
needed for specific health prob
lems.
5. Follow a rigid sanita
tion program.
6. Concentrate on a sound
program to obtain well deve
loped pullets for laying flocks.
7. Give careful attention to
every production detail. For
example, where egg breakage
can be cut from 6 per cent to
2 per cent, returns would be
increased by 1 1/2 cents per
dozen or about 25 cents per hen.
(Final in Series appears
Thursday.)
Foster Resigns"
As Water Supt.
S. C. "Buster" Foster, Jr.,
Water and Sewer Superintendent
for the Town of Louisburg, an
nounced today that he tended
his resignation to Town Ad
ministrator E. S. Ford. Fos
ter handed in his resignation
last Thursday to become ef
fective on March 28.
Foster has been Water and
Sewer Superintendent since last
September when a reorgani
zation of the town departments
took place. Prior to the time
he had been Superintendent of
Streets since August 4, 1952,
when he took employment with
the Town of Louisburg,
In the reorganization, former j
Mayor George Dennis was
named General Superintendent
of Town Utilities last fall. Fos
of Town Utilities last fall. Fos
ter declined comment on his
reasons for resigning other than
to say, he is going Into private
business. He is to be Branch
Manager of Home Gas Service
Company here. The parent
company is located in Hender
son.
Industrial Meet
Set For Thurs.
An Industrial meeting will be
held the night of Thursday,
March 19, at the Murphy House
in Louisburg. The dutch supper
affair, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
was announced today by William
J. Benton, Director of the
Franklin County Industrial De
velopment Commission. Benton
said that the meeting was being
hel^i at the suggestion of a num
ber of leading business and pro
fessional men. He said that
there would be no main speak
er, but just an exchange of ideas
and suggestions that would help
further the industrial program
in Franklin County.
Benton said that one area of
discussion may lead to an in
vitation to members of the Com
merce and Industry Division of
Conservation and Development
and their wives to attend a
dinner meeting in Louisburg
sometime in May.
House Files
Harold Hous?!?35-year-old Rt.
2, Louisburg man, has (lied for
Constable of Sandy Creek Town
ship. House, who lives on High
way 561 east of Louisburg, Is
the only announced candidate
for the post
Authors find It difficult to be
lieve that there are persons who
1o not read books.
Americans should not forget
that their freedoms will last
-inly as long as 'their vigilance*
Rain Halts
Fire Throat
Rain during the week end has curtailed the
immediate danger of, forest fires, accord-*
ing to Forest Warden, Joseph Earl Smith.
Smith said, "The danger has been lessened
for the next few days, but everyone should
get burning permits arid go according to the
rules/;
Fire destroyed approximately 175 acres bf
woodland in Franklin County last week.
Franklintoh Fire Scene*
Shown above are scenes' of
Thursday's forest fires in the
Franklftiton area. Fire, started
around 1:30 p.m. in several
places. Youngsville and Bunn
fire units answered a call for
assistance from the Franklin
ilinton Fire Department and the
Forest Service. Around 175
acres of woodland has burned
in the county in the past week.
-Times Staff I'hotos.
254 Locally In Public Work
And Administration Jobs
NEW YORK, March 14 A
special report on the nation's
labor force shows that the num
ber of Franklin County resi
dents who aye on public .admin
istration payrolls- ? Federal,
state, and local--is relatively
small.
It indicates that there are
fewer local people engaged in
purely governmental functions,
per 1,000 workers, than there
are kn most sections of the
country.
The findings are from a new
study released by the Depart
ment of Commerce, entitled
"Occupational Characteris
tics," and from other data com
piled by the Census Bureau.
There is greater interest than
ever in public employment and
in public payrolls because
government, at all levels,
playing an ever-increasing role
in the lives of people.
Listed under "public admini
stration" are those who are
employed by legislative, judi
cial or executive bodies and,
in addition, those in the postal
service.
In Franklin County, it is
shown, there are 254 men and
women who are in the public
administration phase of govern
ment work.
It amounts to 2. persons in
such jobs for every 1,000 in
the total working population.
Throughout the United States
as a whole, by comparison,
there are -50 public admini
stration employees per 1,000
and, in the South Atlantic States,
68.
.There are many local people,
besides these, .who work for
other governmental agencies,
outside the field of public ad
ministration. School teachers,
persons employed in munici
pally-operated services and
those on public hospital staffs
are examples.
In Franklin County, the num
j ber who are on government pay
rolls tn the various "other"
| capacities is given as 565,
bringing the total number in
government employ to 819.
As a proportion of the entire
working force, it amounts to
one person out of every 11 on
a government payroll.
Public employment has been
rising at a rapid rate in the
United States in recent years.
Much of the Increase has been
taking place in urban areas,
where sprouting populations
have forced communities to
expand their services anc
facilities.
with the largest hit
in the Franklin ton
area on Thursday af
ternoon. There were
five separate fires starting Fri
day, March C, in Lancaster
Town, near Wood Sunday af
ternoon fires broke oirt
at M itchiners Crossroads and at
Mapleville, followed last Fri
day by the fires at Franklinton
and Hod Dnd.
The Franklinton fires, remi
niscent of last April's near
catastrophic blazes, started
according to reports, around
i:30 p.m. in several different
areas. The largest areas were
located 3 miles southeast Of the
city limits in two separate
tracts. A hurried call for help
brought fire units from Bunn and
Youngsvtlle to assist the Frank
linton unit in the battle. There
was a small blaze along the rail
road tracks just south of Frank
linton on Highway 1 A.
The county Forest Service
was on the scene and reported
the blazes were extinguished
around 6 p.m. However, the
heavy tractor was stuck In the
area and the Forest Service
men were on duty until 2 a.m.
getting it freed.
One Forest official said they
had no trouble getting help In
fire fighting in the Franklinton
area since the big blaze last
April. He Indicated that In
some other areas, help was
somewhat hafder to find.
The newsmaking fire that
threatened the town of Franklin
ton last April 5, came into some
of the residential districts and
threatened for a time the homes
In the area. Some houses and
many yards suffered damage.
That fire lasted well into the
night, with fire units from the
?ptlre area battling the blaze.
Smith said, "March 1st
through the last of April is our
worse time. Everyone should
be particularly careful of fires
during this period."
Fines And Jail
Milwaukee ? Claiming park
fines were "unconstitutional
and degrading/' Mrs. Dorothy
Horvath chose to go to Jail
rather than pay the fines.
Mr. Horvath offered to servo
his wife's term but instead was
given the child to take home.
Wed In Hospital
PontiaC, Mich. -- Returning
from the wedding rehearsal,
their car collided with anoth
er sending the bride-elect to
the hospital and killing the
bridesmaid.
The wedding was performed as
scheduled, but the ceremony
was held In a hospital instead
of the church, when Virginia
Olsen became the wife of
Richard Carlson, a navy ensign.
Capt. James H. Brown
Brown Elected
Rotary Prexy
Hrown, retired Navy
Captain and a /acuity member
Y1 (,,t* Math Department of
4""i.shurc College, was elected
'esident of the Lonisburg Ro
fry Club last Thursday night
Brown is originally from Cham
aln, South Dakota. He
h" Hve In Loulsburg S|?.e
August 19(12 and has been a
inenilier of ,?e local dub since
(October of that year.
'?? Carey Jones Perry was
elected Vice President. Perry
|'S a resident of Loulsburg and
'' a of Franklin C?,?ty.
Raymond Rarick. local plant
manager, was chosen Secretary
and Bob Vei steeg, Professor of
Speech and Director of Drama
at Loulsburs College was elect
i ed Treasurer.
I All officers serve for one year
and will take office July i
Jimmy Weathers la the outgoing
President. Elected to the Board
of Directors in Thursday's
meeting were: Dr. Cecil Rob
Wns, President of Loulsburg
College, D. R. "Rocky'' taun!
ders, and Hill Yarborough. a
fourth Board Member is to be
>*' appointed by y,e new Pr*sl
dent.
A general business session
was held following the election
Of officers. The Rotary Club
meets each week on Thursday
evenlnc at G:30. ' '
On Canal Talks
Washington, D.C.? The Unit
e< States and Panama appear
to be moving toward a settle
ment of their dlsput over the
Panama Canal.
Panama's President Roberto
Chlarl announced that he be
lieved President Johnson had
opened the way for a solution
to the crisis, " ~
Since the crisis the OAS had
been attempting to solve the
row between Its biggest member
and one of its smallest.
Tax Cut Effective
Washington, D. C. -Employ
ees receiving pay on or after
March 5 have seen an Increase
In their pay envelopes result
ing from the drop In Federal
income tax withholdings. ?
The new rate of 14 per cent
established by the new income
tax law is scheduled to apply
to all salaries and wagesTBSTd
after this date. The Revenue
Service said It would take \x>
action against companies which
late 3 <lay OI* 50 '?? early or
Franklinton Fire Scene