LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Thursday, April 23, 1964
The Rich Get Richer
Franklin County is disappoint
ed in not having been selected
as one of the counties to receive
grants from the N. C. Fund.
Congratulations go to those that
were chosen and the best wishes
for success as well.
Governor Sanford and Fund of
ficials say selections were made
after careful study. They sought
they said, to get a^ cross sec
tion of the state and to get a va
riety of projects. They hope to
lertrn more from those. They
fee l the entire state will benefit.
Maybe so.
B,ut one thing stands out, loud
and clep.r. Counties were not
chosen according to need. You
need only to check the list. Dur
ham County, Forsythe, Meck
lenburg, and Craven are four of
the county projects approved.
Arhe other three projects ap
prdved involved a to:a\ of 10
counties. Taking them in their
groups, Avery County, for in
stance, recently completed a
3,000 ft. paved runway at their
airport, built a $400,000 Golf
Club and Playhouse adjacent to
a new motor lodge and is build
ing an $800,000 Ski Resort.
Mitchell County has an FHA
approved > 22 unit housing de
velopment, three industries en
larging and two new ones em
ploying a total of 250 people.
Watauga County just enjoyed a
$12 million dollar travel sea
son last year, built a $1 mil
lion dollar Golf and Ski Club
opened a new shoe factory with
an annual payroll of a million
dollars, among other things.
Yancey is a poor county, bless
them and how did they ever get
into the above group? Check on
Richmond County with its new
multi-million dollar shopping
center and 48,000 sq. ft. furni
ture plant Just completed to add
to others already there. Add
Robeson and Scotland Counties
and the sum total is the same.
The rich get richer and the
poor get poorer. The Fund is
hoping to learn something from
these needy areas. It's like tel
ling the hungry to learn while
watching the well-fed eat.
If North Carolina is going to
fight poverty, it must go where
poverty is. You can slow an in
sect down by spraying from afar,
but nothing beats walloping it
up close.
We'd be the first to admit that
all our counties have some pov
erty and that all can use all the
help they can get. We realize,
too, that the Fund is just start
ing and of necessity must start
sm.ill. We are for it and we are
among those that believe' that
eventually it will help all our
counties. But, it must be dis
appointing indeed to the other
small counties presenting plans
to see grants go to those, that
on the surface at least, appear
tft be less in need.
And one bigquestion remains
unanswered. How did poor old
Guilford and Wake get left out?
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
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Moor,
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Lout
obacco Program In Grave Danger
{.emu few weej(S ag0t ^ Senate
* ran^t 26 votes on an amendment
Q5T do away with the tobacco
laBpport program. No other
action in tobacco's most troubl
ed tlm? shows so clearly the
danger North Carolina is In.
If there had been enough Sen
ators on the floor, and the
"no amendment" rule had not
been in effect, this completely
unexpected proposal (from Sen
ator Williams of New Jersey)
might have passed. Suppose
it had cleared Congress and
won the President's signature?
There would be no price sup
port on tobacco. Prices would
plunge. An average drop of
ten cents a pound would mean a
loss ofMiearly $100 million to
Tar Heel tobacco farmers. It's
quite possible that the price
would drop twenty or even thirty
cents a pound. Figure the loss
' accordingly.
What every citizen of North
Carolina needs to understand
once and for all Is this: When
you say "tobacco program,"
you mean a support program
tor everybody in the state --
not Just the tobacco farmer.
Multiply that $100 million loss
by seven. The resulting $700
million is the loss to the whole
economy of North Carolina,
since the tobacco dollar turns
over at least seven times before
it's spent out.
In other words, for every to
bacco farmer seven other
people in North Carolina have
Jobs.
While this may be an over
simplification, it's by no'means
an exaggeration. Indeed^, it may
be a conservative estimate. One
leading banker In thest^eesti
mates that the tobacco|bint|a'
turns over ten time3^^J^fore
in the economy. 4
You could go on and on about
the effects of dropping the to
bacco program. How it would
cut down farm real estate
values. The chaos it would
cause in employment. Untold
damage to our complex pro
grams for raising quality to
bacco.
North Carolina and the other
tobacco states, to a lesser ex
tent, are geared deeply to the
production and processing and
manufacturing of tobacco.
There is no doubt that we need
some changes in the support 1
program and other phases of 1
the Industry.
But the one thing we "do
not need and must not have"
is elimination of the program.
The one thing we * 4 need badly
and must have" Is the support '
of all the people of North Caro
lina for the tobacco program.
THE PASSING SCENE
Why not let Kldd be on television, U he wants to all that much.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
More On Lodge
It may take more than his surpris
ing write-in victory in New Hamp
shire to convert Henry Cabot Lodge
into a full-fledged candidate for th<>
OiOl' 1 'residential nomination.
Rut the current feeling in Washing
ton political circles is that a few
other .developments in the same
direction could turn the trick, not
withstanding the staid Rostonian's
announced intention of remaining in
Saigon.
Fir*tlof all. it appears Lodge's
unsolicited support was far more
than n mere "favorite son" gesture
toward a fellow New Englander.
From a negative standpoint, it
must rather be interpreted as some
thing of a repudiation of both Senator
Barry Ooldwater and Governor Nelson
Rockefeller, the avdwed candidates,
at least as far as New Hampshire is
concerned.
On the positive side, it seems
significant that Lodge ? a man with
a tough-line foreign policy image ?
should be the one to whom they turn
ed.
Hoffa's Future
The nation has a right to ponder
the fate of the leader of its largest
labor union, recently convicted by a
jury of trying to tamper with another
jury
Now that a jury has convicted the
?outspoken union boss, can the rank
and file member of his union still
justify his chiefs actions?
It is difficult to believe that a ma
jority of the million and a half mem
bers of the union can conclude that
the jury which convicted Hoffa was
fixed or unfair.
If Hoffa has to serve his sentence,
we suspect that in time the majority
of Americans who make up the mem
bership of the International Brother
hood of Teamsters will realize that
they have been misled on the emo
tional question of loyalty and broth
erhood, substituting this emotional
ism for sober judgement and the good
of the country and the democratic
system we all anjoy . ^
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John R. Davis
j Franklin County
| ASCS Manager
1964 Wheat Program ? Wheat
growers will have an opportuni
ty to cash in on the benefits
of the recent wheat legislation.
Growers can qualify for diver
sion payment, price support and
certificates if they elect to di
vert a portion of their acreage
from the production of wheat.
Perhaps an example would help
to clarify provisions of the pro
gram.
A wheat grower with a 1963
allotment of 10 acres received
a 1964 allotment of 9.0 acres
which was a 10% reduction. He
wants to divert the difference
in his 1963 and 1964 allotment
[which is 1.0 acre) and further
divert 4 acres of the 1964 al
lotment (which is 9.0 acres).
In this case the grower will
receive a diversion payment on
5 acres based on the normal
yield for the farm. He will al
so receive certificates worth
70? per lb. for domestic wheat
and 25$ per bushel for export
wheat. Also the producer could
put the wheat that he actually
produced under loan" at about
F1.46 per bushel.
Growers with allotments of
13.5 acres or less can divert
the entire acreage and receive
diversion payments.
Producers who have already
planted their wheat may dispose
of it. pricfr to May 31 and still
be eligible to participate.
In order to take part in the
program, the wheat grower
must visit the ASCS Office in
Louisburg between May 1 and
May 15 and state his inten
tions.
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Cotton Release and Reappor
tionment Program ? Cotton
producers who wish to release
or request additional cotton may
do so by filing an application
with the county ASCS Office on
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Looking Back With The Times
1 Year Ago
Mi's. Fred Johnson named
Woman of Year, by Jr. Woman's
Club. R^ce looms in.Youngs
vllle elections for mayor.
5 Years Ago
Mill workers ambushed near
GUlburg. Dennis files In local
council race. Franklinton bank
remodeled.
or before April 28.
1964 Cotton Program ?
Franklin County cotton grow
ers should take a careful look
at what this new program will
have to offer for those who par
ticipate.
Producers with 1964 effective
cotton allotments of less than
1 5 acres will receive an average
price support rate of 30$ per
10 Years Ago
First cinemascope production
to play here. Loiiisburg to get
TV news coverage as WTVD
opens in Durham. County Glee
Club appears at Mills school.
25 Years Ago
Webb elected Mayor. R. C.
Beck, F. H. Allen, W. G. Lan
caster, P. W. Elam, W. B.
Barrow, and C. R. Sykes elected
councilmen.
lb. for 1964 crop cotton put un
der loan and 3 1/2 $ per lb.
based on the farm's normal
yield.
Producers with farm allot
ments in excess of 22.4 acres
will have to reduce their plant
ings by 33% to qualify for the
) 1/2 $ price support payment.
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i LEnERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Sir:
In regard to your resent ar
ticle about Franklinton's and 4
Oak's track meet, I suggest
that you send In the results of
the Pole Vault and the Discus
Jump to the AAU for recog
nishlon In setting a new world's
record and establishing a new
event. Be sure to explain the
rules of the Discus Jump to the
AAU officials when sending In
the news release. You could
also let the world know what
kind of pole and form were
used In making this great jump.
I think athletes of this cali
ber in Frankllnton should go to
the Olympic games this sum
mer. They would greatly help
of U. S. team.
Yours truly
Wallace Eakes
Campbell College Student
Editor:
We have always said, Franklin
County has the best athletes.
That's what we get tor taking
track meet results by phone.
You throw a discus and we have
no idea how high the boy Jumped.
Tell you what, we'll study our
track meet and you take a look
at your spelling.
Winston Speaks At PTA Meet
xoungsvme ? The . Par e^
Teacher AssociatioXo^the
Youngsville School met on
Thursday, April 16, with Presi
dent, Mrs. James G. Lye, pre
siding. After the devotional,
members enjoyed a musical
program given by the glee club,
under the direction of Mrs. R.
F. Potts. The Junior Chorus
also rendered several selec
tions.
Mr. F. C. Winston, Agricul
ture teacher, was recognized
and gave a very interesting pro
gram of the "Purpose of Agri
culture In High School."
One of the highlights of the
meeting was a fashion show,
given by the girls of the Home
Economics Department. These
girls made and modeled their
own fashions.
During the business meeting,
Mrs. Lye expressed apprecia
tion for such an outstanding
program, which. showed a great
deal of work. After the reading
of the minutes by Mrs. T. E.
Lindsey, secretary, Mr. Fel
ton, the school principal, was
recognized for several an
nouncements. He also in
troduced Mrs. Pearce, new
teacher who will replace Mrs.
Bonnie Sorrells. Room count
banner went to the fifth grade.
Joe Lane Speaks
To Ljons Club
Mr. Joe Lane, manager of
the local radio station and one
of three owners of Triangle
Realty Corporation, spoke to
the Lions Club Tuesday night.
His subject concerned the new
automation equipment the sta
tion has recently installed.
After this brief tape, Mr.
on radio statistics. It was
revealed that 22 million radio
sets were bought in 1962, and
that there are 200 million work
ing sets today in this country,
an average of 3.6 radios per
family.
After this brief tape, Mrs.
Lane Invited all members to
the radio station, where he dem
onstrated five pieces of automa
tion equipment. One piece of
equipment, a brain circuit which
performs the almost unbeliev
able task of locating various
programs on tape. This saves
the manager considerable
nerve-racking work.
The club announces its broom
sale will begin on the night of
May 5.
WE BUILD PONDS AND CLEAR LAND.
ALSO EQUIPPED TO HANOLE ALL
PULPWOOD AND TIMBER.
SEE US FOR FREE ESTIMATION
LOUIS DORSEY
CALL FRANKLINTON, N. C. 3591
OR CALL LOUISBURG, 496-4432
Everyone does 7
Some folks teem to regard profit as in evil
motive. Yet profit is basic to economic growth
which creates new jobs and produces more tax
dollars.
Consider CP&L, for example. To keep up with
the growing need for electricity in our area during
the last 10 years, we have invested 8260,000,000
in new facilities.
Where did CP&L get the money? Some of it
came from net profits ? part of which are plowed
back into the business each year. Some of it came
from reserve funds set aside to replace old equip
ment. Part of the money was borrowed. But without
profit we could not have built the new facilities
necessary to serve our customers.
Nor could we have paid our nearly 32,000 share
holders, about half of them Carolinians, a reason
able return on the money they hive invested as
part-owners of our Company.
Provision for taxes for 1963 was >24.2 million,
an increase of 812.5 million during the last 10
years.
While regulatory commissions do approve rates
for public utilities that offer the prospect of a fair
profit, companies such as CP&L are not guaranteed
any profit whatsoever. It is somewhat like the man
who buys a fishing license. He is fre? to fish but
there is no guarantee that he will catch anything.
Good management and efficient operation are nec
essary for any business to make a profit.
Next time you talk about economic growth, re
member that profit is both the margin and stimulus
for it.
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
An inveitor-owned, taxpoying, public utility company