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Weather !? ? ? ?"* Showers and continued warm today. Generally (air and not as warm Wednesday. High today, upper 80' s; low, 70. The Franklin Times D..Uir.b.J C...... 9 , ...... ... . . \T'J 1 Comment The world Is Jammed with people who do not know as much as they think they know. Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving , All Of Franklin County Tal. 0Y 6-3263 (Ten Cents) Louisburg. N C . Tuesday. August 10. 1965 (Eight Pagaa Today) 96th Year? Nurnbar 49 Franklinton Schools To Open August 27 (Frk. B.W.) The Frankllnton City School! will open on Fri day, August 27. Teachers will observe work days on August 25 and 26. Personel (or the Frankltnton High School Is as follows: Mrs. Betty Adams, Mrs. Helen S. Benton, Mrs. Elizabeth a Blount, Mrs. Lucy L. Cannady, Mrs. Julia F. Carr, Mrs. Bec ton W. Corbin, Mrs. Chrlstan S. - Corbin, Mrs. Thelma B. Green, Mr. Hiram J, Guedalla, Miss Edith H. Jackson, Mr. Shearin Is Franklinton Principal D W Shearin Supt. Fred W. Rogers an nounced today that David Whitman Shearin has been elected Principal of the Frank llnton High School for the 1965 1966 school year. Mr. Shearin graduated from Littleton High School and has a B. S. degree In Business Education and So cial Studies from East Carolina College. His graduate work Is also from East Carolina. Mr. Shearin has been with the Frankllnton City School system for eight years, where he has gained experience In Junior High and High School teaching He has also provid ed administrative assistance to the Superintendent for several years. Mr. Shearin assumed hts du ties as Frankllnton High School principal on Monday, August 9, 1965. The prlnclpalshlp at Frank llnton High School 11 1 newly established administrative po sition. In the past, the Frank llnton High School principal's duties have been performed by the Superintendent. Recent growth In the Frankllnton City School system has made It possible for the system to gain this new administrative position. Wesley F. Jackson, Miss Nelle B. Joyner, Mrs. Llna J. Mc Ghee, Mrs. Mabel W. McGhee, Mrs. Peggy W. McGhee, Mrs. Edna M. McLemore, Mrs. la leen S. Mode, Mr. C. Roland Owens, Mrs. Edna D. Pearce, Mrs. WUlodean Poole, Mrs. Margaret A. Pruette, Mr. Whit man Shearln, Mrs. Dorothy C. Shearon, Mrs. Isabel B. Step hens, Mrs. Nancy E. Taylor, Mrs. Betty E. Tlmberlake, Mr 5 , Mary N. Wester, Mr. Robert L. Willis, Jr. and Mrs. Nancy K. Wilson. Personel for B. F. Person Albion School Is as follows: Mr. Charles D. Keck, Princi pal, Mrs. Ada L. Alston, Mrs. Ora H. Alston, Mrs. Susie S. Alston, Mrs. Hudle S. Boone, Mrs. Cora C. Brodle, Miss PrtscUla A. Brodle, Mrs. Lucy M. Bussey, Miss Nellie B. Cheatham, Mrs. Rolllne D. Col lins, Mr. William L Curry.M'". Joseph P. Dempsey, Mr. James E. Foster, MrS. Eleanor R. Greene, Mrs. Elsie a Harris, Mr. James O. Harris, Miss Mabel D. Hill, Mr. Robert L. Johnson, Mrs. Dorothy H. Jones, Mr. Garrlet Jones, Mrs. Mamie J. Jones, Mrs. AddleW. King, Mr. Eugene Logs*, Miss. Evelyn Randolph, Mrs. Almetta M. Revls, Miss Carolyn Y. Sanders, Mrs. Mary M. Thomp son, Mrs. Mary G. Yarborough, Mr. Walter Yarbrough. Mr. Fred Rogers Is Superin tendent ofethe Frankllnton City Schools. v Boxscore Raletgh? The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10a.m. Mon day, August 9:, KILLED TO DATE 851 KILLED TO DATE 902 LAST YEAR KILLED TO DATE, FRANKLIN COUNTY 4 KILLED TO DATE, FRANKLIN COUNTY LAST YEAR 6 Voting Demonstrations Held Here Negroes held three voter registration demonstrations In downtown Loulsburg during the weekend. The first, on Friday night, consisted of a march of about forty young negroes around the courthouse square. Another demonstration on Sat urday afternoon and again Sun day night brought about one hundred to the courthouse, sing ing, praying and carrying plac ards. There were no Incidents. Sunday Morning Dip A blow-out allegedly caused the car, shown above, to flip off the road and Into a stream on Highway 56, '3 miles east of Loulsburg Sunday morning around 9:30 a.m. Ellis Lee, n/ro/18, Rt. 2, Warrenton, shown atop the submerged ve hicle, and Allen Field, n/m/23, Loulsburg, escaped with only minor Injuries. -Tiroes Staff Photo. Democratic Women Meet Principals In Friday night's Democratic Women's, meeting held here are pictured above, left to right: County Attorney Charles Davis, who introduced the speaker; Mrs. Ralph Knott, organization vice presi dent, who presided; Gubernatorial Aide Joe Branch of Enfield, featured speaker, and Mrs. Agnes Merrltt.who gave the welcom ing address. -Times Staff Photo. Gubernatorial Aide Joe Branch Speaks To Local Democrats At Dinner Meet Governor Dan Moore's Legis lative Counselor and campaign manager, Joe Branch, an En field lawyer, told a group of Franklin County Democratic Women Friday night, "We are going through a period of national peril, a time which has never been equalled In the history of our country. It is a time of war and a time of changes that shake the very foundations in which this country believes." Branch added, "It appears to more and more peoplethat some of our leaders of the party national leaders-don't see that the states and the rights (of the people) are being swallowed up In a massive federal govern ment." Branch was Introduced to the fifty to sixty persons gathered for the annual dinfter meeting of the local Democratic Wom en's organization by County Attorney Charles Davis. Davis, in his introduction, told that Branch was a 1938 graduate of Wake Forest College, a vet eran, Representative from Halifax County from 4 947 to 1953 in the General Assembly and has served as Legislative Council for Governors Luther Hodges and Dan Moore. The speaker pointed out the number of accomplishments made by the recent General As sembly and endorsed the pas sage of the upcoming Highway Bond referendum, scheduled for November elections. He said, "The Civil Rights bill and others have affected the way we live. I believe there Is still a chance for a person to believe In the things the Democratic Party was founded on and that these things will be brought back Jo the front," he added "The greatest source of strength to the Democratic Par ty, to North Carolina and to the nation Is to be found In the women of our country. His tory glows with the courage of the women of our country," he said. Mrs. Ralph Knott, vice presi dent of the organization, pre sided at the meeting and Mrs, Agnes Merrltt gave the welcom ing address to the group gath Sen. Jordon Reports Next Few Weeks Critical For Cotton Washington ? The next few weeks are going to be extreme ly critical ones (or all seg ments of our economy affected by cotton- -all the way from the farmer to the textile mills and those who work In the mills. Included In the Omnibus Farm bill now pending before the Congress Is a section of vital concern to the future of cotton. Building Nears Completion The modern multi-level bank ing office being constructed by PIrst-CltUens Bank and Trust Company In Loulsburg at the corner of Blckett Boulevard snd Nash Street Is nearlng completion, according to J. H. Talton, Vice President In charge of local operations for the statewide banking Institu tion. Completely temporary In de sign, decor and service Acui ties, the Blckett Boulevard Office will house the Bank's complete Installment Loan De partment In Loulsburg plus commercial tellers and book keepers and other operations personnel. Some twenty people will be working In the new structure, Talton stated. Designed by the reknown ar chitectural firm of Leslie Bon ey In Wilmington, the two-story facility will offer drlve-ln service to customers, a Well ftirnlshed Community Room for public use at no charge, safe deposit boxes, ample parking, an attractive terrace and foun tain and beautifully landscaped grounds. Talton said that tentative opening plans have M?n made and arrangements Are now be ing developed for aft Open House In early September Pinal dates and times for tb< opening are to be announced IB the near future. Basically, the bill undertakes to extend the program under which American textile mills have paid the same price (or cotton produced In America as the mills In other parts of the world. This one-price cot ton program has been In effect for about a year now, and It has enabled the cotton textile industry to get back on Its feet after a long period of damaging competition from cheap foreign Imports and syn thetic fibers. The renewal of the one-price cotton system Is coming at a time when It Is very difficult to get any kind of farm bill approved by the Congress, and this brings about very grave problems for a wide segment of our economy In North Caro lina. There are many forces at work In the United States which would destroy our farm program of government price supports, and these same forces are working in harmony with those who feel that our textile Industry should not be protected from untalr foreign competition. There are a number of pro vision* of the farm bill as ap proved by the Houle Committee on Agriculture which should be changed because of adverse Im pact on cotton producers In the southeastern United States. I am very hopeful that we will be able to remove the undesira ble provisions from the bill before final action Is taken on it. Ths current controversy over farm legislation, combined with a great deal of antl-agrlculture sentiment, dramatically Illus trates the urgent need for the producers and the manuiactur ers of cotton to unite behind a workable prograifi which will bring benefits to all concerned. It Is essential that producers of cotton be allowed to continue growing this crop with a reas onable return on their Invest- 1 ment and for their labor. t. ered at Green Hill Country Club here. County Gets $155,190 Road Allocation Franklin County Is to get $155,190.00 in secondary road ?system allocation from the $16,000,000.00 announced for county construction for 1965 66. The allocation was made public In a release from the State Highway Commission last Friday. Of the seven counties In the Fifth Division, only Vance re ceives less than Franklin. Wake gets the largest amount, $287, 450. Durham, another large county In the Division, receives Just slightly more than Fruik lln with $155,580.00. The Fifth Division, which has more unpaved roads than any other area in the state except the Eleventh and Fourteenth, will receive $1,299,670 of the $16,000,000. , Funds were allotted on a per mile basis and figured at )5$6.43 per mile Revenue Release Reveals Local Retail Sales Continue Increase ? Lou lsburg and Franklin Coun ty continue to register large gains In retail sales growth, according to an Analysis of Sales and Use Tax Collections released this week by the N. C. Department of Revenue. The release, unlike the June disclosure of local sales growth by the Department of Conser vation and Development, does not list sales in the three cate gories of location. It does, however, give total sales of $26,824,383 during the 1964 65 year, ending June 30, for the entire county. This represents an Increase for the county as a whole of $4,522,383 aboVe retail sales recorded In 1963 or slightly over 20% Increase. In the five-year figures released by Conservation and Development in June, Franklin County showed a 60.7% increase in 1963 over 1958. Figured at an average yearly Ji'ncreas^ of 12.1% over the five-year period, the coun ty area has shown a surprising Increase in the past twelve month period. Eastern Opening To Be Set, Middle Follows Opening date for start of the auction season In Easter A North Carolina flue-cured tobacco markets will be fixed at a meet ing of the board of governors of the belt to be held In New Bern. Carl B. Renfro, of Wil son, president of the Eastern association, will preside at the meeting. The date agreed upon will be announced by FrerfS. Royster, managing director of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association. If procedure Is the same as in previous seasons,, the date fixed will be about three weeks after the opening of the season in South Carolina and Border North Carolina markets, which began last Thursday. That would make the Eastern date Thursday, August 26, or there about. s ' The Middle Belt usually fol lows the east by about two weeks. ^Kt year auctions began here on Thursday, Sep tember 10. The corresponding date this year would be Thurs day, September 9. Any speaker, or writer, who pleases everybody, says noth ing. In the five-year test period, Louisburg led all other towns and cities in North Carolina in retail sales growth, record ing a walloping 112.7% Increase in 1963 over 1958. While the latest figures are not broken down to show ^ the actual gain by the Town of Louisburg, some estimates can be made. In .the five-year peribd, Louis burg accounted for approxi mately 64% of all retail sales In the county. If this percen tage still* holds true, the latest figures would show Louisburg falling slightly behind its re cord five-year average of 22.5% annual Increase in sales. Based 6n the 64% assumption, Louisburg would have increased retail sales in the past year by $2,894,325.12 over the 1963 published figure. Thls\repre sents an Increase of slightly over 20% for the year. In dol- * lars and cents, Louisburg fell short of its record pace by $274,800.00 in retail sales last /cat . While Loulsburg shows a slight decrease, the county as a whole shows an increase. Based on Loulsburg continuing to be responsible for 64% of the re- # tall sales In the entire county would leave 36% for the Re mainder of the County, as list ed In the C and D release. This group, based on these percentages, has shown a tre mendous Jump In the past twelve months. Sales for the group In 1963 were registered as $8, 217,000.00 or a 13.2% Increase over 1958 sales. This repre sents ah annual average In crease o'f 2.06%. The newest figures show that this same group, all of Franklin County except Loulsburg^ has Jumped | to a 17% Increase or $1,439, 777.00 over 1963. The Revenue report shows Total Gross Collections (Sales and Use) in Franklin County for the 1964-65 fiscal year to be $508,384.36. Total Gross | Retail Sales are listed at $26,824,383. Details show that Food was the largest retail sales category with ? $6,278, - 790.00 In sales, closely fol lowed by Automotive with $5, 433,780,00. Apparel was the least with $458,354.00 Just be low Furniture with $803,187.00 In retail sales for the year. There Is no comparison In the report between counties or cities and no reports on whole sale businesses. This Is the first release of sales figures by an official state department since Loulsburg was named first In retail sales growth In the state In June. Shooting Victim Members of the Loulsburg Rescue Service are shown above administering first aid to a shooting victim, neap Edward Best School Sunday afternooh iround 6:30 p.m. The victim, Identified by Sheriff Joe Cham pion as Tom Foster, n/m, was reportedly shot with a small caliber pistol by Robert Lee Booze, n/m, of Rt. 4, Louis burg. Reason for the shooting was not - learned. Foster^ wounded in the left hand and leg, was taken to Franklin Me morial Hospital. -Tiroes Staff Photo.
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