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96th Year ? Number 40 (Ten Cents)' Lou sburg N C Thursday, July 8. 19fc5 (T?n Pages Today) '? ' ' raarr: ~ ++ Ronald Burnette... Murphy's Steaks to $1.29 Ray Edwards.. .A & P Roasts to 99? James Hayes.. .Midway Country Hams about as 1cm ? as cured Dorsey Wrenn... Wynne's Bacon to 85$ Larry Nelms,..I.GA . Potatoes to $1.15 Local Housewives Feel Pinch Of Rapid Rise In Prices Of Certain Foods With the garden season Just around the corner In Franklin County and the meteoric Jump In prices of certain commodi ties In local super markets, the county may become noted (or Its vegetarians. Local housewives and the husbands they send to the grocery store, collectively, have raised such a groan over prices that local operators have become disturb ed. : ? The biggest culprits In the rising prices are beef, pork, and potatoes, three basic foods which are generally consumed In abundance In these parts. A survey of local stores yes terday disclosed that the price of better steaks, such as T Bone, sirloin and boneless ribs, have Jumped from 89? a few weeks ago to $1.29 today. De pending on grades, and In some Instances, trim, a steak-lover can get a T-Bone as low as 85? In Loulsburg today. Bacon, one of the fastest sell ing Items In any market, has Jumped from 49? per pound, for "A" Grade, a price which had lasted since 1960, to from 83? to 89? a pound. One meat supplier said yesterday that his brand was selling In Raleigh chains for 99? and that local stores were too low In price on this product. Second grade bacon, which was advertised In 1960 and 1964 as low as 39? a pound, |s costing from 63? to 75? In today's meat cases. M. C. Murphy, local super market owner, said, "It's a situation which will take a lot of figuring to understand. Gov ernment figures are needed. It Is based on supply and demand. Some Items are scarce right now, causing prices to rise." IGA Food Store manager, Rus sell Boyd, reported,", Last year there was plenty of beef. Pric es were low and many small t raisers got out of the business. This has made beef scarcer and prlcaf higher. The same Is true of pork and potatoes." } Potatoes, old white variety,' are completely -absent from some produce departments In town. Where they are available (or sale, prices range from 10 lbs. for 99? to $1.15. Last year they were selling for around 3 to 4? per pound. Even the common hot dog has taken a leap upwards. The popular 12 buijce size, .sell ing a short time ago for .39?, has now moved to S3? with 49? being generally used in j advertising. Fryers, a main stay with most families In the area, are still being made avail able here, due to keen compe tition In the chicken business, for around 25? on sale to 35? regular price. Dorsey Wrenn of Wynne's Super Market, stated, "I don't I know what Is happening to the [ grocery business. Prices con tinue to climb." Wrenn said he felt It was a matter of supply j and demand. J. W. Strange, operator of Midway Food Store, said, "Prices on beef haven't gone up as much as most folks believe." He Indicated that the prices paid to farmers for hogs didn't Justify the prices Ming charged by meat packers. To Illustrate his point, he showed a country-cured ham which he says he is selling Just slightly j above the price of sugar-cured hams, which have Jumped from 45? a pound last year to 65? presently. Zeb Overton, A h P manag er here, said, "We don't do the buying here and are not familiar wfth wholesale pric es. It seems that some Items an In short supply." Most local merchants agreed that customers are squawking about prices. One local hus band said, "I have to pull my wife down from the celling ev ery time she goes grocery shop ping. Prices are out of this world. We usually do not shop for groceries, but we are going to have to begin shopping for the I best buys." S Tobacco Marketing Changes Announced With th? opening of tobacco warehouses and the auctions less than two months away, there are a number of questions facing Franklin County grow er*. Aside from the usual concern with the condition of the crop at this stage, ani Hie time honored anxiety oveiJ the weather, growers face the new ness of the acreage-poundage program. Already confronted with cur tailed acreage and the complex poundage limit, growers must face a host of new regulations governing the sale this fall of their tobacco crop. The Franklin County ASCS Office has released a list of chanfes In marketing prac tices which will be In effect this tall, through John R. Davis, office manager. Tbe release follows : "The acreage-poundage pro gram will cause some Import ant changes In the marketing o t flue-cured tobacco. Follow ing are the changes which will be in effect for IMS: i. "All tobacco marketed, ln cPudlng tobacco donated to charitable organizations, must be recorded on the marketing card. 1. "Tobacco marketed over the form quota, Including the ten peroent overage which may be marketed without penalty and with price support, will be deducted from the farm quota the next year. t. "Marketing card* must be presented at the warehouse when the tobacco is weighed In and left In th? custody of the warehouse until payment Is made, or the tobacco Is re moved from the warehouse. Warehousemen will not sell producer tobacco unless the marketing card Is left In the custody of the warehouse. 4. "If you have a need for more than one card at a time, you must request In wrltlnf that the county office Issue ad ditional cards and state the exact pounds to be assigned to each card. The county office will prepare this request which the operator will sign. 8. "If you have carry-over tobacco from the 1(64 or prior year crop that you want to sell In 1965, you may obtain a mar keting card to market this to bacco without Its being charged against the 1965 quota. This carry-over tobacco will not be eligible for price support. To gat this carry-over card you will: A. "Notify the county office prior to July 15, 1964, that you have carry-over tobacco on hand. Failure to notify the bounty office prior to July 18 will prohibit the Issuance of a carry-over card and the tobac co If marketed will be charged against the 1968 quota. B. "Establish to the satisfac tion of the county committee that the tobacco waa carried over from a prior year and was produced on a within quota term. . ( "Before a carry-over card may be Issued a member of the county committee or Ita repre A local housewife, with four. In, the family, stated, "I Just can't get by with the same amount of grocery money we've been using. We've got to do something." This fairly well reflects the feeling which Is prevalent throughout the area. A check of shelf prices on other basic Items around town shows that lettuce, 39? a head a few weeks ago, has comedown to around IS?; seasonal canta loupes are higher than I960, bananas are about the same, and top grade oleqmargarlne Is a little higher' than- 1960. Ground beef Is up, but not as much as other beef products; lemons are higher; watermel ons, 39? for Urge sizes In 1960, 59? last year, are now ranging from 69? for medium sizes to 99? for large ones. They will get cheaper as the local melons come In. Pork picnics, long a "foot ball" Item locally, have Jumped from 33? In 1960 and last year to 43? -49? today. Smoked hams, 37? In 1960, 49? last yaar, are today selling for 63? 65? per pound whole. Private label canned biscuits sold lii 1960 at advertised prices of 5? per can and are 3 for 29? today. National brand biscuits, sold In I960 for 9?, are today about the same at 5 for 49?. Sugar, dropping from Its recent high, Is still twenty cents per five-pound bag over I960 and 10? over last year. A popular national brand coffee, selling for 49? per pound In 1960 and 69? last year, Is marked 85? today. A meat packer representative said, "Pve been told by com pany officials that bacon will go to 91.25 per pound before It stops. We expect prices to start downward sometime be tween September and Decem ber of this year In the pork market." One store operator said, " It's the people. They demand more convenience. Frozen food sales have Increased and they want Closer trimmed meats, they have to pay tor this convenience and this makes the prices rise." The most likely reason tor the sudden Jump In prices Is that last year prices were good on beef* pork and potatoes as well as some other Items. Many smaller producers got Into the businesses, which caused the markets to flood and prices to go down, even though the con sumer may not have noticed. Births Top ~1 Deaths In - | Month Of June Birth* exceeded death* In Franklin County during Jun*, according to a report from th* Franklin County H*alth Depart ment. Th* county recorded 35 birth* and 13 death*. There were IB white birth* and 20 colored, five white death* and 8 colored during June. Heart and circulatory ail ment* accounted for most of th* death* with pneumonic and ?hock claiming one life apiece. In addition to a number of teeta for Tuberculoel* and <*her communicable dUaaae*, th* Depertmert administered lm munliatlon* a* follow*: Dlph terlt 72; tetanu* 109, whooping cough 71; typhoid fever 41; amall pox SI; Sabln polio do*** 144; Salk polio doe* 4, and Gama Globulin 4. Department worker* made ?? horn* rlalt* and 2 vlalt* to ?cbool*. ?entatlve ihall examine the to bacco to determine that the to bacco 1* from a prior year crop and determine the number of pound* of carry-over tobacco. 1 The big operators have weeded out many of the smaller ones and are now controlling a mar ket where there Is scarcity of certain Items. In short, com- , petition Is less and so Is the product availability. One company spokesman said it was his personal feeling that the government had entered the market with big purclws 's for the Viet Nam forces and others, causing to a degree the short age and subsequent price rise. None of the many in the busi ness interviewed yesterday proposed to have the answer or to be able to predict where the rising spiral of prices -will stop. Meanwhile, housewives must continue to Squeeze their budgets and look for fresh home i grown vegetables to offset the 1 cost of meat. Those interviewed by The Times were local ex- N cept for some out-of-town salesmen, but the rising costs of food is being felt nationally. Where or when it might stop Is anybody's guess. Commissioners To Check On Boarding Home Requirements The Franklin County Com missioners held a routine meeting Monday, bypassing filial approval of the new bud get, and hearing monthly re ports . of the various depart ments. New Jury names were placed In the Jury box, following the purging of the list recently. Rep. Speed Addresses Lions Club ^ The 1965 session of the North Carolina Legislature was the theme of Franklin County's Representative, Mr. James Speed, as he spoke to the Louls burg Lions Club Tuesday even ing. He commended the Legisla ture very highly for Its pro vision for education, health and other services without addi tional taxes. Mr. Speed urged the Lions to use their Influ ence toward approving of the ?300 million bond Issue for roads. He spoke briefly about the Speaker-Ban Law which he approves but said Is a contro versial matter. Mr." Speed commended the Legislature for the provisions made for agri cultural research and advance. Newly Installed ,Llon Presi dent Wilton U. Smith present ed International Counselor Oalther M. Beam, who recog nlxed Immediate past President Wallace Tlppett Congratulat ing Lion Tlppett- for the ac complishments o/ his admini stration, Lion Beam presented him a certificate of servlceand the past-President's pin. Lion tall-twister Alex T. Wood announced a gala celebration cake cutting for the first meet ing in August urging all Lions to be present. New Highway Commissioner Here Today The new Fifth Division High way Commissioner, J. B. Bfame of Durham is expected to visit Lou is burg this afternoon to confer with local officials and meet some local leaders, according to a reliable report. Bramr Is expected to meet with the County Commissioners briefly during the afternoon on his get -acquainted visit. He, reportedly, will not stay in the area long enough to meet with , other businessmen or to tour any of the local highway sites, i Chairman George Harris again authorized Register of Deeds Alex Wood to be custodian of the Commissioner key to the box. Sheriff Joseph W. Cham pion has :he second key. Wood explained that all names were placed In one section, of the box from which they will be drawn as needed for the various terms of court. As a person's name Is drawn, his ticket ' Is then placed In the second section of. the box and would not be drawn again until the first section is exhausted. He said that with the placing of all names Into the first section Monday, there Is a possibility that some who have served recently on Jury could be drawn again.. Commissioner E. M. Sykes and Norwood Faulkner were appointed with Board attorney Charles Davis, to study certain requirements, of the state which pertains to the Ben Franklin Boarding Home. Chairman George Harris has announced a meeting of the Board 6n July IS at 2 p.m. for the purpose of final passage of the new budget. Louisburg Businessman Being .Considered By Gov. For C & B Appointment Wallace Tlppett, 44-year-old Loul?burg jfarm Implement dealer, Is being considered by Governor Da\ Moore (or an appointment to the Conserva tion and Development Board, according to a reliable source. Tlppett, who headed up Moore's successful campaign here In Franklin County In last year's elections, Is reported to have the support of the County Demo cratic Executive Committee and Representative James D. Speed, among others. Walter Long and Charles Dav is,' who headed Dr. Beverly Lake's campaign, have re portedly endorsed Tlppett for the position. Local banking officials who were In support of Moore during the'campalgns lave also contacted the gov irnOr In.Tlppett's behalf, ac :ordlng to a report. Several private citizens' have sent let ers and telegrams to the Gov. irnor In the past few days, all \Wallace Tippett urging . the appointment of the Franklin County man. When contacted', Tippett said, "1 am . sure that an effort Is Forty-Two Speeders Tried fn Franklinton Mayors Court (/rk. B.W.) Forty-two speed ?r? were tried before Mayor Jo* W. Puree In Frankllntop on June 28, Ernie Ralph Johnson paid fine and coit for traveling 80 mllei par hour In a 60 ml. zone. Vet's Office Serves 159 In June Veteran Service Officer George Champion, Jr., In his report to the County Commls (loners Monday, said he had a total of 199 cases In the month of June. Of these, 80 were Interviews, 11 had awards grant ad, IS ware seeking Information and 10 had claims filed, re viewed or reopened. 11 Pension and conpensatlon ' awards totaled $682.00 accord- c lng to Champion'* report and txirlal and other accrued awards n totaled 9250.00 . National Ser- 8 vie* Life Insurance paid *10, 1 000.00 to a beneficiary In the county In June. ? Champion's offlc* handled a variety of requests during the * month including death claims, P discharge records, hospital ad mission*, Insurance Informs- & tlon and others. P James Franklin Jenklna.Car on Roland and Ray Alexander Morg?n--59 mph In a SO ml. zona. Each paid cost. Ralph William Fallow, Al fred George HU1, WlllUm Jud lon Edwards, Margaret H. Anderson, Ralph T. Presljr, Jr., Dick Roach, Ellle Spencer Downing, Thomas Gene Raby; lames Dawson, Henry Walter iharpe, Sr., Robert S. Jones, llmmle Taylor, William E. Ekughman, Raymond Way, Robert Dye, Novla Richard ion, Richard Henry Farhart, Charlie Mifflin Smith, Wayne ilnlck, Gennle Mach--d8 mpV n a 80 ml. lone. Each paid ?st. Virginia Meade Prlchard? '0 mph In a 80 ml. cone. Cost laid. Walter Webb, Jr., Norman V. Burrls--70 mph in a 80 Dl. zone?Each paid fine and oat. Bryant Orover Parrlsh? 88 nph In a 50 ml. lone. Pleada ?ullty. Pay fine and coat by ralver. - Chester Edgerton ? 88 mph In 38 ml. lone. Coat paid. Otoe Raymond Williamson? 8 mph In a 88 ml. cone. Coat aid, Billy Sterena? 80 mph In' a 0 ml. lone, rina and coat aid. A Richard Johnson Noel--88 mph in a 60 ml. xone. Coat paid. Maurice Tbompaon Whit field? 85 mph In a 55 ml. ion*, ftee COURT Pago 6 The following casts were dis posed of during a ??salon of Recorder's Court on Tuesday, July 8th: Silas Wllklna, c/m/34, non support. 8 months In ]all, as signed to work undaf super vision of prlaon department, suspended on defendant accept ing probation for 2 years and to pay $40.00 par month to i C.8.C. Jerry Richardson, c/m/17, aaaault. 6 months In Jail, assigned to work under auper vUlon of State Prleon Dept., suspended on payment of$25.00 fine and costs. Joseph Olive Jonee, w/m/18, speeding. Pleads gnllty under 1 waiver statute. $10.00 fine { and costs 1 Jimmy Charlea Wllklna, W m/25, escape from prlaon. De fendant waives hearing; to be held tor Franklin County Orand Jtiry. Recorder's being made In my behalf and | I realize, too, that this effort Is being put forth In the inter eat of our county obtaining this appointment. I appreciate these efforts and beyond this I have no further comment to make at this time." It was learned that Tim Val entine, Moore's legal advisor, has said that the governor will "give Franklin County all the consideration he can In this appointment. It was also learned that Ed Wopdhouse, Ex ecutive Director of the State Democratic Executive Commit tee, Is Interested. He is re ported to, have laid, ''l will do all that I qan to see that your county Is given consider ation In this appointment." Tlppett, a native of Wake County, moved to Franklin In 1949. Prior to entering the farm Implement business he was a farmer ant^ floor manag er of a local tobacco ware house. He Is married to the former Jainle Cyrus of Franklin bounty and has three children, Larry, 18, with the Air Force In Texas, Betty Jo, 14, a ninth grader, and Bonlta, .11, a sixth grader at Loulsburg School. The Tlpptftts live on Jeffries Drive here In Loulsburg. He Is a veteran of 8 1/2 years In the Nary, five overseas.' He was a Chief Torpedoman. He Is past president of the Louls burg Lions Vlub, past presi dent of the Loulsburg Business Association, a charter member of the Loulsburg College 100 and assistant treasurer of the Loulsburg Baptist Church Sun day School. He has been active In Industrial Development In the county and Is an ardent out doorsman, loving camping out. He recently was-clted by J. Melville Broughton, Chairman of the N. C. Democratic Execu tive Committee, for his "de votion, dedication and service" to the Democratic party of the state. Governor Moore Is expected to announce the appointments to the C 4 D Board within tke next tew days. Bloodshed Boxscore Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles Apartment's summary oftraf Ic deaths through 10 a.m. 'uesday, July 8: KILLED TO DATE 888 KILLED TO DATE. LAST YEAR
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