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LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Poor Old Franklin An announcement, last week, by the Highway Commission that some paving Is to be done In Franklin County was seepilngly heartening newa. Particularly so, since poor old Franklin has seen so many moons since any such ?tuff was thrown our way. But, alas, the Joy was short lived. A check of the distances over the weekend revealed what we should have known from the beginning. It is Wake County which is getting the paving. Franklin is going to get pretty much what it has been getting, and that Is leftovers from Wake. The 13.8 miles of Highway 401 scheduled td be resurfaced lies ^between N. C. 98 In Franklin County and Secondary Road 2036 in Wake County. On the surface, it looked as though poor old Franklin would get something after such a long time. Actually, of the 13.8 miles only seven tenths are In Franklin County. Wake gets 13.1 and Franklin gets 0.7 which Is about the s^me old ratio. Th^ stretch needs resurfacing as any frequent Raleigh travels er knows, but there is very little, "if indeed any, difference between the condition of the highway from Loulsburg to the N. C. 98 Intersection and from there to Raleigh. It appears it is about time the Governor and the Highway Commission look toward poor old Franklin with some favor. We didn't expect anything from Terry Sanford. The county didn't vote for him, but It did vote for Dan Moore. Franklin doesn't want to~ take Wake's share, but, certainly, It's time to get some of the shares it has missed in the past' years. / , . , . A Who Are You Working For This Month? .1 Q The Federal government will allow yauto~ choose which three months you like each year to work for It. It really doesn't matter to Uncle Sam which months, Just so you give h(.m at least three. Now, this, of course, does not include the time you work for North Caro lina, Franklin County and the town In which you live. No, sir. These three months belong to Uncle. Most of us shudder at the word taxes, but we have learned to accept It as Inevitable. But, have we become hardened to the continuation of this overwhelm - lng'burden? What are, we doing to put a halt to It? What can we do? A few years ago, politicians ran ton the platform of less taxes. Nowadays, the best they offer Is no Increase In present taxes. This Is a campaign promise .that Is seldom kept. Do you know how much tax you pay each pay d^y? In West Virginia, Mr. A. K. Simmons, an employer, decid ed to withheld his employee taxes only once a month lnstea^ of weekly In prder to show his people how much they were pay ing. One employee, making $70 per week, collected the full amount for three weeks. Thf fourth week she owed $4.85 abov6 the $70 she should have been paid. \ In Gastonla (N. C.) Ed Galla gher of the Goodwill Publishing Co. pays off In Cash and gives each employee his full pay. A short time later?he goes around and collects the- taxes. This has proved helpful. Gash out of the pocke^ qulckty hurts. We continue to cough up^Mir hard earned money, without^ question, as the President turns out the lights to save a penny and ups his-Whlte House budget from $1,881,244 for the month of Jfrtarch 1964 to $2,217,372 for March, 1965. And while Secre tary of Defense McNamara builds his office force from slightly over 3,000 when he took over to nearly ten tiroes that amount now. Even'though most of us never heard of him, we can think kindly of Levi Woodbur^, a New Hampshire politician who was Secretary of the Treasury In 1835. It was during this time that the U. S. was out Of deBt for the first and only time in our history. ' We will never live to see It happen again. Continued spending by the fed eral government and continued burdensome taxation can only lead in one direction. As form er Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison said, "The road we are traveling is easjr--but it has a dead end. Will we take another course before it is-too late?" I he Hickory Mick v The House of Representatives in Springfield, Illinois, recently passed, by a whopping 154-8 vote, a bill which would again permit school teachers to spank pupils, as a dis ciplinary measure. This was recognition ? perhaps twenty years too late ? of the mis take so many mothers and educators made in the thirties and forties in swallowing the now-discredited theory that disciplining junior might frustrate him and thwart him and later have bad effects. Today the United States, and other countries, are reaping the rewards of this departure from common sense in the thirties and forties. Juvenile delinquincy is soaring ajid crime rates increase year after year ? as former coddled and undisciplined juniors take it out on 'society. The sooner young boys and girls learn there are rules of order and behavior that will be enforced ? in their community ? the better it i* for all ? concerned. The sooner they leam. that parents and teachers must sfly"no" at times, and that this "no" must be accepted, the better it is for their personality, philoso phy and behavior. The little darlings of yesterday, to which no one dared say no, are killing and stealing and raping law abiding citizens today. Another class of unnecessary criminals are those who have believed the ex tremists and who consider them selves martyrs as second-class citizens, thus licensed to misbe have. Yet the success of so many, of all races, in this country, refutes this rationalization. Illinois' restoration of the hickory stick will bring about better order in the schools of Illinois and better order in the communities of Illinois in the years to come. *' i The Franklin Times ? * ^ <Si\ ?r k \ Established 1870 ? - Published Tuesdays |? Thursdays J>y The Franklin Times, Inc. BIcketVBlvd. "? Dial GY 6-32S3 LOU B BURG, N. C. CLINT FULLER^ Managing Editor ELIZABETH JOHNSON, Business Manager N ATI O N A I l_Olip?l_Al Advartlslng Rates Upon Request SUBSCRIPTION RATES In North Carol Ml * Out of State: One Year, $4.64; SU Months, 12, S3 81n?le Copy 10f One Year, IS.BO; Six Months, *4 00 Three Months, $2.0? r Three Months, ?3.90 Entered as second class mall matter and poitagt paid at the Post Office at Loutaburf, N. C. >7549. A SALUTE 'BY THE NUMBERS" TO THE COUNTY OF FRANKLIN \^IT< POPULATION 28.000 ^ LAND AREA (SO. Ml.) ^ 494 TOTAL RETAIL SALES OF GOODS S22. 302.000' FARM INCOME S16.943.085 TRAVEL EXPENDITURES S1.191.000 'i STATE HIGHWAY MILES PRIMARY- 134.7 SECONDARY- 601 . 2 T.-J TOTAL" 755.9 DIRECT TRUCKING EMPLOYMENT 1.623 ?> ^ rrtp?>,4 ? a fkWlt Hi Noam Ca*uui<? Moroa Cauiiu AiaociAnoN, Imc HOUSEHOLDS 6, 900 1 EFFECTIVE BUYING INCOME S29.266.000 TOTAL WHOLESALE SALES S15.274.000* MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME $2,366 TOTAJ. EMPLOYMENT 9.285 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS , AUTOMOBILES- 6. S30 3 TRUCKS -2,077 DIRECt TRUCKING WAGES . AND SALARIES . S6. 584, 057 . Asso. Needs To Be Examined - -- .By JESSE ftEtlMS It may well turn out, a widely respected educator was saying recently, that the Southern As sociation of Colleges and Schools has actually perform ed a very useful service In Inviting Itself Into the contro versy In North Carolina re garding the communist speaker ban law. It Is time, the gen tleman ?ald, that the legisla tures of all states whose tax payers help finance this Association devoted sufficient time to study the Association and how It functions. It was a suggestion, frankly, tnat we naa given no serious thought. But the more we think about It, the more meritorious It seems. If the Southern As sociation of Colleges and Schools presumes now to set Itself up as Judge and Jury, It is only reasonable that Its qualifications be examined carefully. ? That may be what Governor Moore had In mind recently when he released a full report on threats made by the Asso ciation. The Governor Ulked Of the need for "calm and Ju dicial consideration" Of the Association's bald threat. While It Is not clear precise ly Whom the Governor had tn mind to give this "considera tion," It seems reasonable to presume that he was referring to the North Carolina General Assembly. 'v The, educator who called us on Saturday, May 22>, from an other state expressed the hope that the legislature would not now retreat In a wild stampedej like a yard full of gobbling turkeys with a hawk fluttering overhead. "Tell the legisla tors," the gentleman said, "to look Into this association. Sug gest to them that they obtain the names and backgrounds of the members of the executive council of the Association Who sent the threat to Nort^,Caro-| llna." . ? "Suggest to the legislature, ha continued, "that they find out whether the Southern As sociation would amount to a hoot without the memberships of North Carolina Institutions." The gentleman added that the Southern Association owes such prestige as It poasesses to the fret that North Carolina Col leges and universities belong to the association and help sup port It financially, The gentleman was quite per Female Barbers Hollywood? The latest thing for men Is a halr-styllng salon on Sunset strip. Sherry Wilson, 25, says halr-styllng for men Is a big business In Europe and Is catching on here. The girl stylists charge only $1.50 a visit. Robber Uses Taxi Detroit? Unknowingly a taxi driver waited while his fare robbed a bank. The driver told the FBI he drove the man to the bank, waited for him, then drove a block where the man paid his cab-fare and disap peared. suaslve? and enlightening. We I did not realize, for example, i that North Carolina could with- .1 draw from the Southern As- I soclatton and set up its own : accreditation association. If . North Carolina has the will i to do this, the gentleman said, "1 can assure you that Its Own I .accreditation association would i he Immediately recognized. I Then It would be no longer 1 necessary to be subject to the < Intimidation of the Southern ' Association." ( Perhaps this is what Gover- < nor Moore had In mind when 1 ? called for "calm and Ju lie la] consideration" of the threats voiced last week by the Southern Association. If so, we hope that the General Assembly will proceed Im mediately. ' In the meantime, It Is also :o be hoped that the legislators understand the nature of the threat that came from Atlanta last week. It Is not the kind thing to be taken lightly. It was a severe Indictment of the 5enA-al Assembly itself. It was a demand'that bur legis lature yl#d in the face of a "COME TO THINK 1 OF IT..." by frank count The softball league Is off to a good start... of course, the Ixiuls burg Police and the Jaycees are having their troubles. ..along with the Frankllaton Independents Things are slated to get better as soon as the cutoff date arrives and some interleave trading starts Birdie suggests that everyone stay out of the way of th? Police. ..and for heaven's sake, don't make any re marks about softball around One See whe|-e King Lyndon I had his. Howard University speech approved by Martin Luther and Roy Wilklns before he delivered It... wonder If he checks with them before saying his prayers every night Glad they allowed him to call and congratulate White and MfcDlvltt...and it certainly was white of them to tat 1 Lyndon Invite the two astronauts to his ranch for the weekend they may not be all bad Old C. T. Dean, county agent, usually a rollie-pollie Jolly fellow, was anything but the other night when he told a local civic club' the farm Income In Franklin County would be off nearly $4 million this year. ..somebody better start stirring the mash '? They've finally put some doors on the front of the court house... .Several of older gentlemen occupying" offices there" were having a terrible time getting out at quitting time Some said the courthouse was closed so much the old doors never got a chance to loosen up.. .and, therefore, new ones were needed At any rate, Lee, Ralph,- Gpc II, Kenneth, George und' some of the other oldsters are happier now. ..and Come to think of it... So are we. . I threat Issued by a group of unstated size, without Identi fication, and without stated qualification. The threat w*: Do as we say, or we will seek to diminish the reputation of the colleges and universities which the taxpayers of North Carolina have built. And one must neMorget what prompted this threat. This anonymous group, meeting In secret, Is determined that com munists shall have the right to speak on the campuses of colleges and universities In North Carolina. The Associa tion made It clear, ' through formal expression of Its exe cutive council, that "regard less of the subjects" on which communists may wish to speak, North Carolina Is to be pun ished if these enemies of America are required to find their own public forums. We agree with the educator who called on Saturday/ 'in stead of fearfully considering the Association's threat, the legislature really needs to give "calm and Judicial" consider ation to the question of wheth er our colleges and universities even want continued accredita tion by those who operate the Southern Association of Col leges and Schools. Instead o i proving ourselves worthy to them, they may have some explaining to do to us. Rejects Training Chattanooga ? When Patrol man Dean Gross tried to pull a German shepherd dog from the car to begin training (or the K-9 Corps, the collar slipped oil and he ran away. The dog Jumped into the Ten nessee River, swam to 4he oth er side and the last Gross saw of him, he was running up the stria r?f tho mountain. GRADE A SWIFT'S CHUCK }ROAST m a BREAD LONG LOAF 25( SHORT LOAF 2 FOR 35C RIB STEW 3 Lbs. $1 .00 CYPRUS ? BACON 49t.. rw~r ,i25t REGULAR _ _ DUZ box 25$ I OLD VIRGINIA PURE LARD 4 ">???? 69( SUN VALLEY i MARGARINE 4 For 69( VINE RIPE CABBAGE u, 6C i%L it* -* WYNNE'S SUPER MARKET t- A ** " PLENTY OF COLO WATERMELONS AND CANTALOUPE;
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