Weather Mostly cloudy and cool today ind Friday. Occasional, rain today, probably continuing Fri day. Low today, 42; high, 53. Published Every Tuesday The Fran'klin Times >sday &" Thursday ?g All Of Franklin Coo n't y Comment - Prosperity -cannot abound inan area populated by people wjjo have low Incomes Tel GV 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Loysbuig N C Thursday March 4 1965 (Ten Pagea^To^tay) 96th Year -.Number 4 .Bunn Girls - Tournament Ghamps The Bunn girls' basketball squad is-s how n above after w-inning the franklin County Tournament last Friday night. Left right, standing: Jan Johnson, statistician; Ruth Ghamblee, manager; Gwen Ray, Pa tricia Pearce; Joye Winstead, Emily Dickarson, Judy Wheless, Judy Mullen, Sonja Bunn, Anita Strickland, Coach Bob WhelessT Carol Batten, Vicky Baker. Kneeling, left to right: Judy Sledge, N'oru Cilrol White, Peggy Strickland, Janie Cra zier, Betty Batten and Nadine Gay. Absent when the picture was taken were Debbie Bunn and Joan Baker." Girls were also Co-Champions with Epsom.* ~ . -Phdto by Dick Burnette. " . *YodngsviIle Boys - Tournament Champs The -Young'sville Phantom winners of the hoys' division I'ournnment title. are shown ..a Rove, standing ".left . to riglfit: Coach Bill Fleming; Larry' P uschall, ' Ralph Brown." Wiley B roftn, /Jimmy Keith, C. L-.Wrenn, \Vesle> \Uor. nd will, i > 1 a \ - ill 'tti? District III Playoffs *aturda> night 111 Hifdky Mount. ' . ? ? A- ? ' - -\ oungs\^iIle School I'hoto. Senator Sam Says t Washington ? Alter ?nore than 175 years of uncertainty about the constitutional means to be^ followed in Presidential suc cession and disability, the Sen* ate has proposed, as the 25th Amendment a resolution to deal with executive transition. The problem is not a new con cern fpr Congress. C^er the years, it has studied the ques tion many times. La*t -}t4ar alone, the Senate considered 13 'measures on the subjefct. One of these was sponsored by me. But, with the death of President Kennedy, and the need of round the-clock national leadership in the Cold War/ the Subject has come Into its full importance In the Congjess and. elsewhere. Presidents Eisenhower, tyil son, and Garfielfl, each added to the national concern about the transmittal of power to a new occupant of the White House. On Jaouary 28, in a special message to Congress, Presi dent Johnson urged action tq correct "long- recognized de fects in the Constitution relat ing to the office of the Presi dency." He cited the need for clarifying constitutional pro visions relating to Presidential Inability to perform official du ties, continuity of the Vice Presidency, and reform of the Electoral College. The Senate has now acted upon the. first two of these requests and has sent the proposal to the House. The resolution is the product . of intensive study and work by a Senate Judiciary Committee in which I participated*, it "repre sents a thorough effort to assure continuity in the executive branch of Government.^ It is designed to provide that. the nation shall be governed by a competent President. A The Senate - passed amend ment proposal deals with three Presidential questions First, when the Vice President suc ceeds to the office of Presi dent, how^ shall a new Vice '. President be chosen? Until now, although there is a sta tutory-line of- Presidential suc cession, there is no procedure for choosing a new Vice Presi dent. Second, how shall the President be declared unatfle to condiyji- the office of the Presidency? Third, If an Act ing President takes over the Presidential duties/ how can a recovered-President ? resume Bloodshed . Boxscore ; Ralelgh--The Motor Vehicles Department'! summary of traf fic deaths through 10a.m. Mon ?day, March 1: KILLED TO DATE: 216 KtLLEtfTO DATE LAST YEAR: 235 t I his duties? . . ? " . * The Senate proposal provides I continuity when tin- Vice Presi dential office is vacated. The Preside^ would nominate a new Vice President to fill the of fice. The person would become Vice President when confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate and House, acting separately. In cases of Presidential dis ability the amendment states that the President may declare j hifriself disabled and permit the Vice President to become Act ! ing President. When a disabled j President, fails to do this, the Vice President with the written con(?urrence of the majority of the Cabinet or_of such other j body as Congress may "desig nate, may determine that the. Vice Pf^sldfent shall assume the | duties 0f Acting President. A collary provision permits the President .to resume his duties and terminate the Acting Presi dency. Congress would decide! ! Presidential disability in cases j where the Vice President and i a majority of the Cabinet re futed a resumption of office#by the President.. j The Senate resolution is a composite of many ideas and '.views dealing with govern mental transition questions. The proposed amendment rep resents the effort of many minds to make it certaii4^at neither partisanship nor tyranny can take charge of our government. Temple City, CaL--Twelve high school 'students, accused of organizing a s burglary gang, told \ police they got the idea from tl^e television series. Four Named To Gov. School The ngtrnes of four Franklin ! County high school students have been submitted to the State Department of Public Instruc tion as nominees for the Gov ernor's School. These students are Connie Williams of Edward Best High School, Linda Jo Ays cue of Epsom High School, Anne A vent and Tucker Meyer of Louisburg High School. Each high school principal in the county had the privilege of appointing two students from the rising Junior and senior | classes: of his school as nomi i nees for the school, provided { the students made minimum j scores set by the State De ! part men t on 'tests which they | recommended. Final selection for the school will be made i by the State Department. ! The Governor' s-^tefitySTpRFhicti has been In operation .since 1963, was established' to provide erfrichment experiences for ap proximately 400 highly talented high* school students throughout the state. It is held on the campus of Salem College 4n" I Winston-Salem for ,ar\eight j week term during, the summer, j The dates fhis yefar are 'from ! June 12 to August 6. . \ j . Last summer" two Franknn County students Attended the' Governor's School, Reeriie May j of Eii ward Best and Jane Elliott ! ! McKinne of Louisburg* - j Tokyo starts 800 major new ' buildings a year, or more than* two a day, the National Geo graphic .says. The city's and Japan's^-economic growth runs about' 10 percent.a year-. | the highest in the world. Pre School Clinics The following Pre-Schoor Clinics have been scheduled l>y tli. Franklin County Board of Health for those children who will be six* years old by October 16, 1965 and who .ire to enter the schools of the county for the 101T-66 school term. Parents are urged to make an effort ti have their- chlldrei '.ittend the clinic so that each child can" enter school with proper health records. -. Frankl in T- ount\ pfe-School*Clinic s are scheduled as follows: MAPL"EVILLE Friday, -March 12, at 9:30 A. M. YOUNGSVILLK - jaflday, March 15, al 0:30 A. M. RIVERSIDE ~-T Wednesday, March 1", at 9:00 A. M. ED. BEST ELEMENTARY-- Friday, March 19, at 9:30 A.M. CEDAR STREET-' Monday, March 22, at 9:30 A M. YOUNGSVILLE HIGH SCHOCL--Friday, March 26, at 9:30 A.M. GETHSEMANE i -Wednesday, ^arch 31, it 9;00 A.'m. GOLD SAND Friday, .Aprfl 2-, at 9:30 A. M EPSOM? Monday, April 5,' at 9": 30 A. M. LOUISBVRG-at Health Dept. --Friday, April 9,' at 9:00 A.'M. BUNN-- Monday, April 12,- at 9:00 A. M. PERSON-ALBION---*---*--- Wednesday, April 14, at 9:00A.M PERRY'S Friday, April 23, at 9:00-A. M. FRANK LINTON Friday, April 30, at 9:00 A. M. Capital Area Group To Hear Mrs. Holmes Air announcement from Mr J. M Ammons of Raleigh, President of the Capital Xrea Development Association, says th& group will hold a meeting in thftCar6Iina R>wer & Light Co. oftlces in Raleigh next Mon day afternoon at 2 p.m. Mrs. Margaret Holmes, ^Di rector of instructions, Franklin C6unty Schools, will be featured on the program. Mrs. Holmes "will show a fijm, "Land" of Iie ginnings," which is* in color and will run fof about 29 minutes'. The seven-County organi zation Includes Franklin County and. several -CQUi|ty citizens hold offices In the ofgaijf zation. This wttl be\the ttilrd meeting of the year, affording to the announcement. Masonic Meeting Loulsburg Lodge 413 will holrf^ a stated communication on" Tuesday 'evening, March 9, at 7:30 in the Masonii TVmple Work will be in the Entered Apprentice Degree,. ? All En tered Apprentices, Fellow craft and Master Masons are cocdUlIy Invited. Dean Speaks To Local Lions Club Lion C. T. Dean, Franklin County ageVit, addressed the Louisburg" Lions dub on the farming situation In the courtly j .a their meeting Tuesday wan ing at the Murphy House. * Lrfst year, according . to Lion Dean, Franklin County farmers received more tban $20 million of which $43.5 million was from tobacco and $1.5 million from cotton. Last year was contfid , ered a prosperous year, hut that success cannot be experts in 1365, Why? In tobacco, -allotment farmers have suf fered a 19.5% cut, which threat ens to lessen the total income of farmers in Franklin County "at least $3 million. What- Is the answer? ' The far^ner, especially the tenant farmer, must realize tha^t tjm^s are- changing. He must accept that change and change with it. He*. must continuously *?*pk to improve his.incorn?\iii ordir to provide more for his fari\lly. Conferring with his cottoty agent can !>?? a tremendous aid. Lion Dean said the farmer should pfanHrriore soy beans and cotton j t>ecause those two crops are exacted i" bring ex? ^Uentdivl dends this yfear. Buying calves | in the fall and selling them in the spring can be profitable.' Sweet ptftat-ops are a possi bility too. .However, since the prices of vegetables fluctuate | so greatly, the farmer -should contact his agent first before j making any decision concern llng vegetables. What Next For Franklin County Schools? ? . ? ' 1 by CLINT FULLER V ' . . \ ' ? Note: This Is' the first in a series of reticles on Franklin County. Schools, the problems confronting them incj'the causes behind these problems. This series Is presented In the-hope that It will cause the people of the county to be better Informed pn matters concerning their schools. Parti. . Two major problems face Franklin County schools tn the near future. Indeed they are evident today. If the age-old problem of ' Inadequate finances were- to be added to Integration! and con solidation, there would be three major problems and untold minor ones. ' _ . / \ The most Acute crisis coining up is the problem of integrated schools. Franklin County, like so many others throughout the country, and especially lnthe south, Is. no* faced with this reality. No longer Is Wegratlon a matter of opinion by the Supreme Court;* Is todaV the law. ^ . " ' The Civil Rlgms Act of 1964, prohibits segregated school systems and the federal. government Is using its vast powers tij Implement this raw In any way?tt can. ' * , 'Presently, the Franklin County Board of Education is wrest ling with thedeclsloritoslgnor not to sign a pledge of compliance as directed by the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare. This 11 tty first move on tfie part of the Federal government to Implement the law on a local level. Manyclll' It coercion and some\have labeled ft "blackmail." Either way, It certainly ,1s Federal Interference In local matters. Title VI of the Civil Rights Ac*, Sec. 601, states: "No person In the United Stales shall, oh the ground of race, color, or . \ ' v" national orijin, be excluded from participation In, be denied the benefits* of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Section 602 directs .all government agencies to '' effectuate the provisions of Sec. 601." The HEW department has done so by Its plan to withhold all Federal fund? from school systems which do not' sign a pledge of compliance. It has been ruffed that units operating a dual school system to jst submit a plan of Integration, acceptable to the HEW department IT funds are to ^continue to be received. * ; 1 Franklin -County, with its dual system, in other words, could "not expect to get approval by HEW by Just signing the pledge which in effect says that^ discrimination Is not' practiced. in the system. ' Many believe that the Federal funds which are used in Vocational Agriculture, Home Economics, 'lunchroom programs apd for NJp.E.A purposes have and are belbg dis bursed in a nondisTrimanatory mannerT Both races receive their allotted share of these funds. However, the Federal' courts have ruled that segregation- Is dlseri ml nation and as long as Franklin County sfbools are-segregated, Federal tonds can and will be withheld. What would the loss of these funds mean to the county, In the event the Board of Education falls to comply0 The total loss In money would amount to $89,010.34 Ubsed on receipts this year. The major portion or $72,442.67, would be lost from state funds which would not be available should their federal counterpart be cut off. Without these funds Franklin County would be forced to shut down Its Vocational-Agriculture and Home Economics programs. This would affect Gold S^and, Epsom, Bunn, ?dwan^Best,' Youngsvllle, Lou Is burg, and River sick? School*. The loss of around $48,000 in the lunchroom program would infdl ill schools now haying a lunchroom program. This cov ers alrpost every school In the system. Lunchrooms would have to'ibe either <^osed or operated as are mpst rtjsta'i rants, o"n a pay for Itself basis. This tfould raise the cost of school ^lunches from the 25 cents now to almost a dollar per*meal. The National Intense, Education Act funds are on a matching basis' and the county would lose only half tftese funds which would amount to about $4000 Parentsjare asked tovContribute > $2 among^their annual fees to receive* i additional $2 of Fed eral funds with which to purchase equipment and supplies for ; ^uch classes as science, math and others. The loS% of >these programs, say educators, would be bad j ;tnd, indeed, they would be. Hot lunches have loing been credited ^.ith better work and health for the children. In rural Franklin County, it would be hard to dispense with vocational agriculture fas well as home economics. The county, faced With many other i financial burdens, could hardly afford additional taxes to offset these funds. The County Board of Education has not yet made their decision on the compliance requirement. The State Departments Public Instruction through the State School Board has already signed 1 its pledge and 'has encouraged local units to follow suit. Thus * far, only units under court order to Integrate or those in the ' western counties with llttflfc or no problems of race have signed. 1 Out of 171 administrative units in the state, It has been estlmat- 1 ?d only as few as 25 have signed compliance to date. More on this problem "facing our county school system next]1 week. ' Eighteen Cases In Recorder's Court The following cases were dis posed f during r ? session of Recorder's Court on Tuesday, Man- h 2, -1M5: ~ David Leon Rus&ell, w/m/ 22, speeding. Pleads guilty undex waiver statute. $10.00 fine and costs. p Roland Parharn Gupton, w, in/ 5,5, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $10.00 line and costs. w ^ * Stanley Clay Sidway, w/m/28, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver_ statute. $10.00 fine and costs. v ?? Weldon Leroy fcgerton, c, m, seeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $30.00 fine and costs. James Joseph Morris, ' w/m, 47, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $10.0p fine and costs. ' H. J. Faulkner, jv/m 41, up erating. . a ut? j intoxicated, no' operator's license. GO* days til jail, to work under super vision of State Prison Dept., suspended- -on- payment of ^lOO.OO- fine and costs yithln sixty days from date. Robert Hugh, Burnette, w/m 47, motor vehicle violation. $10 00 fine and costs to belaid within 30 days, ? 4 P. R, ReV.kinson, w/m 6C; operator s license, isoiproson payment of costs. William Oswald Snfpes, w/m/ 51, speeding Guilty. Suspend ed on payment ,61 costs Llla Branch, dain.ige to per sonal property -itot Charles Peppers, c/ m/24, non support. Commitment to issue. Conah T. Clayton, c/m. 22, speeding. Pleads guilty under ' waiver statute-. $10,00 fine and costs. Eugene Y?u l>< igh, fi/lDv im support. Nol pros with leav\ on recommendation of suli< it . \ Bennett Abbott, w, rn/34, non/ support. Six months on\oads.. ? David Medlln, w rn 20, \ as* s-ault- with deadly weapon. Nol [pros on payment of costs, by defendant. Roosevelt -Ward, w, in, qare less* and reckless driving, temporary larceny of auto.' $25 00 fine and costs. ^ Eddie 1 ticks, non support. Nol pros with leave ?>n>recoinmefi datlon of solicitor. Frank Edward Vln^>, c/m/ 27, r>on support. Six months -nr-jail, suspended' on payment of cvjts and $10.00 per week Into office of C.S ?. for supa port of his children; beginning 3/6 '65. County Is Third In Highway Accidents I Franklin County rated third In highway accidents In thedls t r icjt In February. The De partment of Motor Vehicles re ports there were ten accidents. In . the county during the month resulting In* five Injuries but no road deaths. Property damage In the county during the taonth^ amounted to $5,005.00. Vance had 'the mo.st accidents with 23 and Granville had the most fatalities with* three. Warren Gounty had two highway fatalities and Vance had one to bring the'dtstrlct totui to six during February. There were a total of 69 acci dents in the fotir-ctiynty area, 39 Injuries, and property dam age was listed at $29,389.00.^ . The State Highway Patrol re ports '157 arrests in Franklin County durlnfc February, ex clu