North Carolina Newspapers

Weather Fair and warm today. Fri day, partly cloudy and warm with chance of afternoon show ers. Low, 54; high, 77. Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving^ All Of Franklin County X . T?l 0Y 6-3283 (Ten- Cents) Louisburg. N. C., Thursday, Sept*r lprf(t?er 30. 1 . 1965 (12 Pages . Today) ? m, Comment People who' work too hard, trying to get leisure time, often, die before they get leisure time. 96th Year? Number 64 On-again,Off-again Market Open Today, Closed Friday The now-they* re-open, nO? they-aren't flue-cured tobacco markets, Including the Lpul s burg market, are open today, following a one-week holiday and the second opening day of the season Wednesday. All together, Including today, local markets have operated ten days since the official open ing on September 8, Most of these days have been on a cur tailed selling time. Latest In a ^ong line of caa fusing decisions affecting selP lng time for local markets came this week from the Sales Com mittee of the Warehouse Asso ciation. These newest restric tions call for no sales for the nest three Fridays, a five-hour sale Monday, and four-hour sales each day through Thursday, October 14. Sales were unusually heavy on the local market Wednes day, with Robert Allen of the ASC Office here reporting 504,160 pounds being sold. The average fell just below that of the original opening day, but was higher than any day since September tf, regis tering 162.30 . Wednesday. Q>enlng day average was $62.60. A number of growers had ex pressed their dissatisfaction with prices on thenlast day of sales, Tuesday, September 21, with many refusing to let their leaf go for the prices offered. A number of local growers and tobaccomen alike are express ing fear of what the confused state of the markets this year might do to the Middle ,ftlt and the .Loulsburg Market In the future. Many farmers have already expressed their plans for next year by asserting that they Intend to sell early on tlte Border and Eastern Belts before congestion at the re drying plants causes lower prices and longer waiting per iods \fbf\ , the later opening markets. . ' Company representatives re portedly told the committee that anything above 100 million pounds of leal per week was more than they could handle. Sales for Wednesday and to day are expected to reach al most 80 million pounds on all flue-cured belts. The slowdown In selling time for the next tew .weeks Is an other effort to ease congestion at redrylng plants. Most growers are privately expressing their " dissatisfac tion with the way the situation is being handled but warehouse men are 'not making any com ment. The local market opened on Wednesday, September 8, op erated Thursday aitd closed Friday. The two days were cut back from 5 12 hours to 4 1/2 hours. The warehouses re-opened on Monday, Septem der 13, and operated four days, closing at the end of Thursday's sales. The market was open two days last (week, Monday and Tuesday, on curtailed selling time and then closed for the five-day holiday. Long lines of trucks waiting to be unloaded at local warehouses can be seen every day along the busy Blckett Blvd. and downtown. Firemen To Have Fair Booth Franklin County volunteer firemen will man a booth at : the fair which starts here Mon- < day, according to an announce ment today. The Loulsburg Department Is In charge of obtaining necessary supplies ' for the operation, the state ment says. The schedule forother county dre units is as follows: Mon day,* Justice firemen ill man the booth; Tuesday, Epsom; Wednesday; Y o u n i s.v 11 1 e; Thursday, Frankllnton; Friday, Centervllle; and Saturday, the Bunn department will be In charge. Hauling It Away . Bruton Ruling Santa Claus In September Santa Claus came early this year for public school'offlclals throughout the state In the form of Attorney General Wade Bru ton. ? The Attorney General's Department, through assistant Ralph Moody, had passed the death sentence on most extra curricular school functions last week when It was ruled that sales In school and at athletic contests were In violation of North Carolina laws. The ruling handed down Wed nesday by Bruton counteracted the one made earlier by Moody. Bruton stated In a letter to School Superintendent Charles F. Carroll, "My staff and I have restudled the entire mat ter and even though the law Is far from clear, I have con cluded that certain observations expressed In the opinions here tofore are too restrictive In practical application." Thus, the monumental bear which for several days threa tened athletics In local schools and across the state, was sud denly removed. Local school officials had ex pressed concern for many activities financed by money raised' through subscriptions, school . stores and concessions at gamis. Threatened for a while was the annual Loulsburg PTA Har vest Festival, one of the largest and most successful fund, rais ing projects In the county school system. Other PTA and Boost er Club activities were also placed In doubt by Moody's ruling last week. Bruton Indicated that he felt the 1967 General Assembly might be forced to clarify the law, but for the time being, school officials i are breathing easier, somewhat like the man who walking the last mile when he suddenly received word of a pardon. Burning Permits Required Mr. JoeSmlth, Franklin Coun ty Forest Ranger, reminds all persons doing any burning', within 500 feet of the woods, that beginning October 1, they must have a burning permit. This permit Is required by State Law for anyone doing trash, debris, field, or other burning after 4:00 p.m. In order that you can burn trash In your yard, this law does not apply to -burning done within 100 feet of an occupied house. t Burning permits are free and may be gotten from the follow ing Issuing agents : T. H. Wynne Store, Louis burg; Joe Perry, Fire Dept., Loulsburg; Mrs. Davis Perry, County Agents Office; L. D. Baldwin, Negro County, Agents Office; George Lloyd, Royal; Loul* Dorsey Store, Mltchlners Cross Road; Mrs. Ormo'nd Col lins, Town Hall, Frankllnton; Mrs. C. C. Holmes, Pocomoke; N. A. Brown Furniture Co., See FIRE page 8 Youth Injured In Noon Accident Curtis Champion, y<?ung Loulsbhng farm ? Implement mechanic. Is shown above, right, lying ola the ground awaiting the Loulsburg ' Rescue Service, whlch'had been summoned ] to his aid following a car-motor bike col^, i llsion on Blckett Blvd. around 12:30 p.m. ^ today. The Service arrived moments after i the picture was taken and transported young i Champion to Franklin Memorial Hospital ivlth what appeared to. be minor Injuries. \ car, reportedly driven by William Henry Williams; n/m/55, of LoulsbUrg, was mak ing a right turn off Blckett Blvd. onto a side, dirt road when the accident occurred. Loulsburg Police Officer Charlie Lambert, strove center, l8\ conducting the Investiga tion -Times Staff P.hoto. Louisburg Growth Part VIII Trucks. Trains, Utilities Vital To Progress Consideration piust be given, In the reasons behind the phe nomlnal growth of retail sales In the town ol Loulsburg, to such seldom thought of local resources as (ruck lines, rail roads, telephone and electric power companies. Fair Opens Monday A new . concession booth 1> shown above, waiting the hun dreds expected to flock to the annual Franklin County Fair whloh opens here Monday. Last-minute preparations are underway at the fairgrounds today, getting things In order for the annual show. , -Times Staff Photo. * The average citizen caneaslly vlsuallz^such apparent contri butors to the local economy as ln-county Industries, taxation, and retail sales outlets. But, In the true realization of the accomplishment of this town of under 2,SOO population In the five-year period, 1958-1963, In leading every other community, regardless of size, In the state with a 112.7 percent Increase In retail sales growth, one must consider the economic contri butions from every source. The North Carolina Motor Carriers Association states that direct trucking wages and salaries for the Franltlln Coun ty area, Including Loulsburg, are $6,584,087. These figures seem high, but they are pot broken down into any specific areas. Regardless, the TE; trucking lines which c6me Into our area offer a big boost to the local growth. The two railroads that serve the area are Seaboard In the Frankllnton - Loulsburg - Youngsvllle area sections and Atlantic Coastline In the ,funr> Cypress Creek Townships. No figures are available of total expenditures of these two railroads, but Seaboard paM the town of Loulsburg $273.50 tn excess Taluatjlon taxes on property valued kt $19,536.00 In, 1964. The company paid the County $14,390.36 for .the same period. Atlantic Coast line, serving the Bunn am, paid the CoHrty $6,757.96 in tajies In 1964. ?> In addition to 'these contri butes through taxes, these companies, especially , Sea hoard, employ local personnel, whose salaries enter the local economy. Other amounts are spent (or local utilities and miscellaneous expenses by both { firms. Carolina Power and Light Co. i supplies the Town of Loulsburg with electric current, which Is, In turn, sold to local citizens at a profit, helping to ease the j tax load and provide additional services to the commiyity. j CPtL paid the town?98^8.60 in taxes on $59,900.00 property valuation In 1964 and a small additional amount on excess valuation on property valued*.at $250.00. \ The power company paid the county 931,973.41 In taxes in 1964. This Is money which eventually finds Its way into the local overall economy/ Carolina Telephone and Te legraph Co. Is another large contributor to the local econom ical welfare. In 1964 Carolina Tel and Tel paid $1612.13 in taxes to the Town of Louls burg plus a lesser amount on real estate. At the same time, the the telephone company paid Franklin County 910,812.34. It Is Impossible to measure the contribution of these firms to the five year growth of Louls burg. Aside from the money spent locally by the companies, their presence In the community means a, great deal. Each at these firms maintains special Offices to aid communities in attracting new Industries, Im proving their services to the people. These four and perhaps many others aye making an outstand Ing display of public service in the assistance they offer this and otyer communities. Lou Is - burg could not have become number one in the state without them. Parade Planned The Franklin County Volun teer Firemen'* Association will hold a parade In Louts burg Saturday, October 9, In obsej-vance of Fire Preven tion Week, which begin* nett Monday. The Parade will form on kenmore Ave. hef-e and will proceed up Main Street through the downtown business dis trict. The time Is scheduled for 4 p.m. In addition to the firemen and tH?lr units, Rescue Services haVe also been Invited to par ticipate, according to the an nOuncemSat. - Washington, D. C.?- With the President's slgntture, a new post was created In the Cabinet to take effect in two months. A head for the Housing and urban post was not named at this time. Two-Day Manhunt Ends On Local Street A two-day search' by a three county police force ended on the streets of Loulsburg around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday with the .arrest Of William Ray Carroll, w/m/39, home address un known. Carroll had been the object of a wide search In the area, where Vance, Franklin and Granville Counties meet,*ifOl lowlng his escape from a road gang near Wilton Monday. A car, reportedly stolen In FrankllntOn, was found .near Riverside School here Wed nesday morning and fs believed to have been the means by which the escapee traveled to Loulsburg. Officers, how ever, have not charged the man with the car theft. Carroll, who was serving time for "common law robbery," . c according to rV*nce County of ficials , was fcfrprehended near the Intersection of Franklin . .and Main Streets In Loulsburg by police officials Hubert Shearln and Earl Tharrlngton, when he was discovered to be wearing prison clothes. ? The Sheriffs office rep<?rts that he Is being held at the Bunn PrlsonwCamp. Intangible Tax Nets County $32,960.06 Disclosure Wednesday .by County Accountant Lee Murray of figures received from the State Board of Assessment, shows that Franklin Cotinty re ceived a total of $32,96^.06 in 1964 Intangible taxes. \ The figure Includes $11^26 for Bum), $1,893.72 for Frank llnton, $464.47 for Youngsvllle and $2,456.58 for Louisburg. The balance of the total or $28,030.03 goes to Franklin County. Of the total figures, Franklin County received $8,452.14 from tax on Money^on Deposit; $116.11 on Money on Hand, $5,280.46 on Accounts Receivable; $3,229. 02 on Notes, Bonds, MortageS and other Evidences of Debt; $11,948.03 on Shares of Stock; $2.51 on Funds on Deposit with Insurance Companies; ? and $148.86 on Penalties and In terest. The county collected no funds on Beneficial Interest in For eign Tru?ts. About the 100 counties In the state failed to be affected by this section of the statue. Counties ftur founding Frank lin collected varlng amounts, all larger than the local bene fits. ? Vance County received $108,194.68 , Warren, $43,792. 40, Wake, $715,904.46, Nash, $140,053.21 and Granville, $57 r - 5S&36. The Intangible tax Is placed on money not In circulation and Is collected by the state. After deducting the: expense of col lection, the money is returned Tg the local county and muni t lpal (governments for their use. . The tax, which reached $10, -? 159,579.11 In 1961 has grown to' $15,193,661.64 at the end of the fiscal year, Ji/he 30, 1965". The tax Is assessed at the rate of 10? per $100 on deposit or on hand funds and 25? per " $100 on other funds listed. ? The money 14 returned to the local areas, based on popula tion figures for Money on De posit and In Insurance Com panies funds. All other Is al lotted based on the total ad valorem levy on property in the particular jurisdiction. Jury Lists Announced The Board of County Com- . mlssloners with the assistance ' of the Sheriff drew the follow ing Jurori, according to G-S 9-1 for a one-week term of , Franklin County Criminal Term 1 of Court beginning the lath day of October, 1965: I Franklin County Criminal 1 Term of Superior Court Jury list beginning October IS, 1965. I DUNN? W. F. Collins, Robert I M. Dorsey, Dallas Leo Horton, David C. Pearce, Tyree Driv er, Charles E. Pearce, Robert ; Lee Jones, w. J. Braswell, Bennle L. Perry. 1 HARRE--W. R. Moore, R. R. Carpenter. > I YOUtfQB VILLI ? James A. ' Woodard, Marshall Klnton. FRANKLINTON? n. a. Black, James B. Brown, Annie E. Morton, Earllean Allen, .1 C. B. Cheatham, R. W. Pace, | Jr., Shem P. Kearney, Henry r. Goswlck. A HA YESVILLE ? J. ?C. Flnch\ Newell Dement, C. J. Wynne,! J. Kenneth Edwards, J. A. Hedgepeth. ? ' \ SANDY CgEEK ? L. T. Per- \ lue, S. F. Hlght, Dennis Haw (lns, George Foster Ball. GOLD , MINE r- Ben Gupton, H. B. Shearln, Jr., Bland Bur nette, J. A. Thomas, Bert Marshall. CEDAR ROCK? W. D. Rowe, * R. H. Jonas, Ernest Moore, ' E. N. Smith. CYPRESS CREEK ? Buddie Rogers, C. E. Vlck. LOUIS BURGf Fletcher Yar xjrough, Wilbur Southall, John r. joo? . i The reason truth make* such slow profress in tb? world If that It Is in competition with pretense.