LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Good Year Only a few more ticks of the clock remain before 1965 be comes history. For many, it has been a year of tragedy. For others it has been a good year. For Franklin County generally, it 'has been a good year. While farm income was off and many1 people had less to spend, the weather generally was good for the growing sea son. There were fewer major crimes in the county. Eight fewer people were killed on our highways. A new bank gained approval to locate in Louisburg, and an other opened a new building. One new Industry was started. The Commissioners granted a property value cut andrevalua tton wasn't the bug it was once thought to be. Schools were desegregated for the first time In their, history, but there were no Incidents. The Negro groups demonstrat ed and the Klan rallied and walked, with, only a couple of minor incidents. The hospital moved ahead with plans for expansion to better serve the needs of the community and the College con tinued to grow. All in all, 1965 was a rela tively good yea.r for most coun ty citizens. Whatever It might have brought you and your fami ly, we wish for you and yours only the very happiest and most prosperous year to come. Wouldn't It Be Wonderful ? With the few ticks of the clpck remaining ln*1965, we naturally turn to the New Year with some anxiety. What will 1966 bring? Of course, none of us can tell. But wouldn't it be wonderful if it shouldbrlng. ...Peace. ..Dis armament...A man on the Moon ...A cure for Cancer. ..Less tax es. ..Safer h i g h w a y s ... More work. ..Less poverty spending... A shorter work week. ..More leisure time. ..and the money to* enjoy it. ..Cleaner air. ..and pur er water. ..Fewer beatniks,... more young ladles and gentle men.. .Less card burning and more patriotism. ..Less politics in government and more gov ernment of politics... More interest in their affairs by the public. ..Less secrecy by public officials. ..More daylight and less darkness. ;.M o r e Christians and less crime... More leaders and fewer fol lowers... Safer homes. ..More love... less bickering. ..More trust... less distrust. More under standing. ..Less criticism... More church attendance. ..less alibing. More food for the ! hungry. ..Less waste in govern- J ment... Fewer broken homes. ..more ' happy ones. Cheaper cars. ..and : safer ones. ..Fewer bills. ..and . more pay days. ..and fewer colds and no hurting feet. Wouldn't it be wonderful? NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT 3** v. On Phone Extensions Dr. Paul D. White, a noted heart expert, recently spoke out strongly against telephone Extensions. He said the housewife, or housekeeper, needs that extra walking, to the telephone, from various parts of the house. White says that, for some, this exercise could be vital, and might constitute a considerable percentage of the day's total physical exertion, so important to circulation and healthy body functioning. Whileon the subject of telephones, it should be \mei\jtioned that this modern "blessing," which it no doubt is, can become a tnoiisiter ill both home and office. One (food reason not to have a telephone extension in the bedroom is so that one cant be awakened bv anyone who takes a notion to call day or night. Another telephone mystery, in the business world, is why clerks, and sales personnel invariably .let the visiting customer be interrupted and wait, answering? a telephone cus tomer. There is no justification for the custom. In summary, not only telephone extensions but telephones them selves can become a nuisance? if one doesn't exercise some control over this otherwise wonderful con venience. Winter Vacation's^ We in the United States have seen the growth of two-car families, home-owning families and many other signs of economic progress. Fishing, boating and all soits of outdoors activities have boomed . in recent vears. And now comes the winter vacation trend. Most of us take a summer vacation. But the idea of two vacations a year is' alien to millions. Yet more and more people are doing it each year. This is the time of year for you to think about taking a winter break. You can take the typical winter vacation? in mountains and snow, and ski or sled, etc. Or you can head for the warmer states, such as Florida or California. The point is that studies of the largest corporations, and labor specialists, prove that the worker who takes two vacations a year is more efficient in his work than those who get a break only once a year. The vacation in the winter need hot be an expensive one. The idea is to get a break, or a rest. Reading this, you are probably agreeing with the conclusion. Rut will you do anything about it? Make your plans now, if possible, to . enjoy a break from the grind this winter. The FranJ^in Times Established 1870 ? Published Tuesdays * Thursdays by The Franklin Times, Inc. Blckett Blvd. DU1 GY 6-3283 LOUISBURG, N. C ~L CLINT FULLER, Managing Editor Advertising Rates Upon Request SUBSCRIPTION RATES ELIZABETH JOHNSON, Business Manager NATION Al C DITOR I Al #c6"f In North Carolina: OutofSUte: One Year, $4.64; Six Months, 12.83 Single Copy 10? c*l? Year, $6.50; Six Months, $4 00 M Three Months, $2.06 Three Months, $3 .50 'II Entered, as second class mall matter and postage paid at the Poet Office at Loulaburg, N. C. 27549. . 'V 1 I ? .. He Died With His Boots On...The Accelerator Viewpoint Another War On Poverty More than 50 Indignant citi zens, at last count, have sent us clippings' of a recent news paper article which described yet another "War on Poverty." We Judge, noting this reaction among our viewers, that there must be widespread resentment among the taxpayers, who are required to furnish the funds for a pyramiding number of absurd federal projects. But, alas, the country has apparently reached the point that Its peo ple have no place to turn. The latest Incident Involves, Df course, something In Har lem called the "Black Arts Repertory Theatre -School." rhls strange project has al ready received $40,000 in fed sral funds. Doubtless It will receive many thousands more }t the taxpayers' dollars. And what Is Its function? For seven months, It has been teaching Negroes to hate white people. It Is being operated jy perhaps the country's most ute-consumed Negro, a play wright named Lerol Jones, rhe Associated Press re ports that all of\the produc :lons at this government supported project "Seethe with rage" against "whltey," anall ncluslve term used by Negroes :o label White people. And In .he productions staged at Lerol Jones' "Theater-School," all white people are portrayed as Regenerates and homosexuals. And what does Lerol Jones lave to say about all of this? *1 don't see anything wrong," le says, "with hating white people. . The force we want," le added, "Is of 20 million [Negroes) storming America with furious cries and unstop pable weapons. We want actual ixploslons and actual bru tality." This, then, Is part of what fou are getting for your share Df the taxes required for Lyn lon Johnson's "War on Pover ty." And when Inquiry was mad* of a spokesman for the "War on Poverty," this was the response: "It (meaning Lerol Jones' theater-school) Is creating a new cultural aware ness and that Is a constructive thing." Twaddle! What this spine less bureaucrat really meant Is that the legions of Lyndon Johnson are afraid to raise a finger, much less a voice, against anything that any Ne gro may want, or want to do. Lerol Jones may not be Insane, By JESSE HELMS but he is performing like a mad man. Worse still, he is en couraging other Negroes to adopt his own standards of ob sessed hatred. But the Leroi Joneses of America are riot to be blamed so much as the politicians who are encouraging so-called Ne gro leaders to take the law into their own hands. There surely can be few politicians really so blind as to be unable to see the disaster waiting at the end of the road. But who, we might ask, is speaking out? Who is demanding that the President of the United States take action to right some of the wrongs that he has created? Practically nobody! Not one member of the North Carolina delegation in Congress ? to our knowledge, at least ? has raised a protest against the allocation of 40,000 federal dollars to the "Black Arts Repertory Thea ter-SchoolM In Harlem. And what, by the way, has happened to the preachers and newspaper editors and television report -^-i TMC JOHN PRICE SHOW Monday-Friday 6:30 A M -8 A M On WIZS 1450 On Your Mandaraon Dial 1000 Wattts WIZZZZZZ. Tha Beat Thare Is ers, and other activists iirlhe civil rights movement whohaVe heretofore been so loud in their cries for "love" and' 'brother hood?" Have they been struck dumb at the news of federal funds being spent to teach and incite hatred and violence? Does the "Christfah concern" of these people travel a one way street? Some will contend that Leroi Jones' "Black Arts Repertory Theatre-School" will not a mount to anything, and maybe it won't. But that is hardly the question. The real ques after you im your doctor, bring your proscription to C^COl