Tuesday December 21 1965
LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Man Of The Year
Edward F. Y.arborough has
been named '"Man of the Year'
by the Louisburg Rotary Club.
The award Is roost deserved.
Established eight years ago,
as a ftieansoJ encouraging com -
munity service, the coveted
plaque has been presented an
nually to the man In the com
munity having served the best
during the past twelve'.months.
Yarborough's service as at
torney to the County Board of
Education during a most trying
time is outstanding.
But, this service alone is not
all. He has served his church.
He has served in the Lions
Club, the local country club, in
industry hunting and in many
other fields.
A native of LoUisburg, he has
been of service to his com
munity for many years.
It is most befitting that he has
been recognized for this service
by being named "Man of the
Year.' It couldn't have hap
pened to a more deserving fel
low.
And More To Come
If Santa Claus really lived in
? _ Washington as some people
suppose, he would have no prob
lems in getting his bag of gifts
to Franklin Gounty this year.
The traffic, from the nation's
capital to Louisburg is heavier
than the rush hour downtown.
Almost anybody could bring
along a car load to ease the old
gent's burden.
Last week there were two of
ficials from ^he pepartment of
Justice, a federal marshal and
two FBI agents ..here, all con
cerning the suit filed recently
in Federal Court by a group of
local Negroes against the County
Board of Education.
But, that was last week.
There are to be more this
week, and knowing Washington,
ther.e will be eyen more in the
days to come.
; Officials of the Office of Edu
cation have written the Board's
attorney that they plan to con
duct a hearing in Louisburg this
week. They have again threat
ened to take away the money.
It appears to us that once' a
suit is filed, It lp up to the
court to decide the issue. This
interference from Washington
administrative offices^ seems to
be a slap in the face of the ju
diciary to us. What can an
Office of Education official do
to the Franklin County Board of
Education about a plan they
have already approved until this
plan has been judged Invalid by
the court? '
It is as plain as the noses on
their faces. All it takes nowa
days to get action from Wash
ington is for one Negro to call
?or write alleging discrimina
tion. No proof is necessary.
Washington will send its highly
paid officials to make a case
for the complaintant.
This may please the Negro at
this time. But sooner or later,
the cry of "wolf" will no longer
be heard. Sooner or later, If
the white man can be condemned
without due process, so, too,
will be the Negro. You cannot
tr^mp on the freedom of one
man without soiling the feet of
the other.
Local Negroes, with or with
outprior knowledge, have open
ed a Pandora's box. It carj't
be closed. And what jumps
from it can attack us all.
Put Gadget A In Slot Z
Time was when there? were
only two ways the kids could
get a toy at Christmas. It was
either purchased at a store or
It was made at home.
But, alas, like so many simple
procedures In our lives, this,
too, has changed. One can now
buy a toy at the store and build
it at home.
Justfollow the simple Instruc
tions printed on the package.
These are the most misused
words In the English (or any
other) language. To begin with,
they ,are impossible to follow,
andthey are simple In the same
degre? as Einstein's theory.
Pathetic, indeed, is the un
suspecting soul, who in the last
minute rush, thinking he Has a
fire truck or a train set or bike
in the box, is shocked senseless
when he opens it to find a con
glomeration of nuts and bolts.
Andlt is a foregone conclusion,
afleast one part will be miss
ing.
They look gorgeous on the
store shgll? all together and
operating beautifully. Who Is to
suspect that some well-paid
engineer carefully assembled
this particular one to catch the
unsuspecting sucker who thinks
he, too, can follow the simple
Instructions.^
If you've ever tried to place
Gadget A Into Slot Z, you know
exactly what we mean. If you
haven't, you're missing some
thing. There is no better way
to ruin an otherwise pleasant
Christmas than to, tackle the
"Fold A over, bend D and Olst
en with part 3."
Don't say you haven't been
warned when this Christmas
you open that fcox and the In
struction I slip Is missing com
pletely. If you have an engi
neer's degree and plenty of time
and'help, yoii Just might mafce it
In time. If you don't, ypu'd
better make your own at home
or buy one already working at
the store.
But, sore fingers and all,
Merry Christmas.
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Prayers In School
by JESSE HELMS
We note with Interest a little
campaign launched by several
newspapers to persuade their
readers that there was no Justi
fication for the widespread con
cern two or three years ago
when the U. S. Supreme Court
banned prayer and Bible read
ing from the classrooms of the
nation. This little campalgr.
must surely rank as' the baldest
bit of deception since Little ,
Red Riding Hood encountered
the wolf masquerading in
Grandma's nightgown.
In our state, it began with a
curious sort of "survey", the
depth of which Is not clear,
which sought to demonstrate
that classroom prayers in North
Carolina were left entirely un
affected by the Court's ruling.
Some superficial statements
were attributed to a few school
officials, statements which
raised more questions than they
answered. "Many of our
schools," said the superinten
dent of schools In Craven Coun
ty, still have classroom pray
ers. He did not say how many
do not. In Buncombe County,
the superintendent merely em
phasized that such prayers as
may still be conducted in the
schools1 under his supervision
are what he called "voluntary"
prayers.
' Of course. But where, one
may ask, Is any reassurance
In either of these statements?
It the press association wishes
to conduct a meaningful survey,
It should ask some meaningful
questions. * \
No doubt there are Indeed
"many" schools In Craven
County where children are led
to prayer on a regular ? or
Irregular ? basis. And one can
hardly blame the superinten
dent In ^Buncombe County for
making haste to emphasize that
the prayers In his schools are
strictly "voluntary". What
should be borne In mind Is the
fact that the li. S, Supreme
Court, 111 both 1962 and 1963,
struck down\prayers and Bible
reading In New York and Mary
land that were obviously volun
tary. No child was required
to participate^ In either New
York or Maryland.
Let's face It: Sudt religious
exercises as still continue In
practice In North Carolina are
a tribute to the teachers and
school officials who recognlxe
that such training Is desperate
ly needed In the dftVlopment
of children. These school peo
ple are taking a calculated risk,
knowing that all that Is r eeded
Is one obstreperous parent will
ing to Ignite a fire kindled by
the fuzz; thinking and language
of the Supreme Court decision!.
This Issue annot be l.lddM
behind vacJ* ."r+lnltlons f the
words " mandatu. j" and "vol
untary". The Supreme Court
sided with the atheists and (lie
agnostic/ In 1962 and 1 903;
there Is no reason to assume
that the Court will not do so
again whenever and wherever
the issue Is raised again
At the time of the Court's
decisions In 1(62 and 196J a
spokesman for the Jistlc*
Department said that th?re
were no plans to enforie the
decrees of the court. OHriously
i
I not. The elements of apathy,
timidity and intimidation are
now working on the side of
the atheists and the Supreme
Court. Meanwhile, the news
papers will pretend that all Is
well, arid that there Is nothing
to worry about.
But colncldencesr sometimes
serve as stumbling blocks for
charlatans. This past Sunday,
one newspaper published an edi
torial headed, "Who Doesn't
Pray," a misleading little piece
implying that the Supreme Court
rulings have had no effect. On
the front page of the same
edition was a story reporting
that the fourth stanza of the
song, "America," Is being pro
tested in New York because it
amounts to a prayer.
There , Is no question, of
course, that prayers and Bible
reading In publlt ' schools of
North Carolina have been af
fected by the Supreme Court
decision. Nobody knows the
precise extent of this effect,
but parents can easily deter
mine for themselves what has
happened in the schools attend
ed by their children. Parents
can take such action as their
consciences direct.
But let no one be misled as
to what the Court meant. It
One Match -Big Fire
Middletown, Ohio- -When one
boy struck one match, an es
timated $1 million fire re
sulted. Three boys meeting
in ' their clubhouse, under a
large warehouse owned by the
M. J. Gibbons Supply Co., ac
cidently ignited a can of gaso
line which destroyed a plumb
ing supply center and about
25 tanks of propane gas ex
ploded.
Health Is something that Is
appreciated by those who need
It most.
talked of freedom pf religion,
but what it meant was freedom |
from religion. To mistake two j
is not unlike the wretch, facing
the firing squad, who com
mented: "This isn't so bad, !
1 haven't been shot yet."
Must we wait, until Ihe trig
ger is pulled?
"COME
TO
THINK
W OF IT..."
by |
frank count
Been Christmas shopping lately? We have... or rather we've
been Christmas looking. This Is fun... cause people are the
I funniest creatures. ..and especially at Christmastime.
We were caught sitting in front of a certain place of business
the other day. and In the fifteen minutes or so we sat there
! observing, at least thirty people tried to break the dboY down
jto get inside.. .completely ignoring the large "Closed" sign on
the door. ?? '
It was right funny., watching the' ladies gather their large
pocketbooks and carefully lock their cars ..pausing, of course,
to straighten a hemline, or their hair in the reflection of the
store frpnt glass... and then huff off to tackle that Christmas
shopping only to find the door locked.
! The real fun came when one of the clerks from inside the
store .came out for an errand. You should have seen the looks
on some women's faces when the door was unlocked to allow
this clerk to go iriside The outsiders didn't know the^ady
**as employed there.
And driving... .man did we run. ..well almost. ..into a weird
one this week. We followed the lady around the block by the
theater and pust office.- It took us seventeen minutes to ma
neuver the short distance. She stopped half dozen times for
no apparent reason. .Finally she came to a complete standstill
in front of a . local department store, .right ?in the middle of the
street, with no chance to get around her. There she sat.
-There we sat. And there several others sat behind us... while
I we all waite<JVfor ^ somewhat chunky lady to emerge from the
[store several minutes later. Loaded with bundles, she found
the door locked when she tried to unload. She spilled them all
in the street. Finally she managed to throw them in the car...
hope there wasn't any glass in them.....
Just at that time... some impatient soul behind us decided to
help the situation by seeing If his horn was working. You should
have seen the look the lady gave us... and we didn't do anything
but fall asleep waiting. Come to think of it... that fellow shouldn't
have blown his horn... it's Christmas and this Is the season of
goodwill... lady drivers, not withstanding. ?
One That He Missed
4*Has your husband any
hobbies?" asked the neighbor.
?'No, " said Mrs. Tuggle^*>fie
has rheumatiz a good desu, and
hives nou and therv&tit he ain't
never had noj^bbies "
The Reason
"Jkr'ee policemen have been
watching Brown's house con
stantly the last two nights."
"What has Brown done?"
"Engaged a new cook."
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