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Variable cloudiness and
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The F r an kli n Times
" ? ' ?:
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Serving All Of Ftanklin County
Comment
The hard work of other people
often explains the success of
other men.
T?l 6V 6-3283
-(Ten Cents)
Louisburg. N C Thursday February 10 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
96th Year ? Number 101
Meter
Light
Bill
Local Electric Rates tower Than Most
Even though it may come as ]
a surprise to some local users,
electricity is cheaper in Louis
burg than in most other, com
munities. This report is backed
by figures supplied by Town
Administrator E. S. Ford and
released for publication Wedy
nesday
Ford's information.
trom a North Carolina League I
Municipalities booklet, pre- |
pared in cooperation with the
N. C. Association of Municipal |
Electric Systems, shows the
AVERAGE r,
CHARGES OF*
A COMPARISON C06T OF RESIDENTIAL/ ELECTRIC SERVICE .
25k* h 40kwh" lOOkwh 2*0kwh 500k wh lOOORwh 1500kwh 2000k* h
$1 50
1 39
1.50
1.38
1.50
r so
1.50
1.25
$1.56
1 97
1.80
2.20
2.29
2.40,
$3 40/
3.:
Carolina Power & Light Co.
Duke Power Co.
Virginia Electric Power Co
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Tarboro ??
Wake Forest '
Enfield
Louisburg (With 10% discount) 1.55
Louts burg (With Hot Water
Heater) 1.55
Prepared by N. C. League of Municipalities in Cooperation with N
nal Elortrif* Svstoms
4.57
5 10
4.50
4.00
4.25
$6.75
6.36
7 40
7.30
7.42
8.85
8 10
7.50
6.95
$10/50
11.16
11.80
10.70
1117
12 60
12.10
11.50
10.30
2.05 4.25 6.95
$17 63
20 66
19*. 10
19.90
19.67
20.10
19.60
19.00
17.05
9.40
$24 38
ft.66
26.10
29 90
29.17
27.60
27.10
26 50
23.80
$31 13
36. 6o
33.10
39.90
38.67
35.10
34.60
34.00
30.55
15.80 22 55 29.30
C. Association of Munici
Food Merchants To Hear
Stamp f/fan Explained Tuesday
The procedure fo/ grocer
participation in the food stamp
program in Franklii/County will
. be explained to fdod retailers
at two meetings next week, the
U. S. Departm/nt of Agricul
ture's Cpnsuin/r and Marketing
Service annoyfic?d todav.
The new food program, which
will aid loy- income families In
Franklin ^county, is sbheduled
to get underway in March.
According to Sam W. Pope,
food stamp program official of
the ^Consumer and Marketing
Ser/lce at Rocky Mount, grocer
meetings for Franklin County
fc^d merchants, have been Sche
duled at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30
/p.m. Monday, February 14, at
/ the Franklin County Courthouse
/ In Loulsburg.
/ Pope said the meetings are
designed to acquaint retail gro
cers with the new food pro
gram. Pope and other repre
sentatives of the^Consumer and
Marketing Service will explain
how food merchants can apply
for participation In the fotxl
stamp program, the retailers'
responsibilities under the pro
gram, and how the program
benefits grocers and the entire
community.
* Ev?Vy retail food merchant in
Franklin County is being urged
to attend one of the meetings,
and apply for authorization to
accept the food coupons. Pope
points out that if grocers wait
until after thfc program gets i
started to apply for authoriza
tion, they may lose several food
sales and possible some cus
*+4++++++++++++ ******
Its Done
It Again
That crack y Louisburg-to
Franklinton "Express" lias
done it again. Just as it jumped
the track here last Thursday
afternoon, it Jumped the track
again Wednesday. This time a
few yards down south from
last week's derailment, hut with,
more vigor. Two engines Jump
ed off the rails, one unloaded
coal car slipped it's rail and
another hung on by the skin of
it's teeth or the thread if it's
metal tires.
A crew of Seaboard Railway
personnel worked into the night
Wednesday to get old faithful
back on the road. Explanation:
The track spread out and drop
ped the wheels onto the ground;
Speculation: The old Express
was balling the Jack. . . .It's
a long haul from Louisburg to
Franklinton. . . .and "What
happens twice will happen". . .
but you know the story.
tomers permanently.
Authorization of food mer
chants --both retail and whole
sale ? is handled by the Con
sumer and Marketing Service.
Retail ? grocers must be
authorized before they can ac
cept coupons from participating
families. Without an authoriza
tion, a grocer cannot redeem
the coupons for cash
The food stamp program is
administered jointly by the Con
sumer aficl Marketing Service
and the N. C. Board of Public
Welfare. The Welfare Depart
ment is res(k>nslble for inter
views and certification of eli
gible needy families, and for
issuance of the coupons to the
families.
The Franklin County Welfare
office is now taking applications
from families wishing to take
part in the program.
Under the food stamp pro
gram, certified families
change the amount of money they
have been spending on food
each month for USDA food cou
pons. Depending upon the sjze
of thetr* family and other
factors, they then receive an
additional amount of coupons
free of charge to help them buy
mor^e food '
coupons ? about the size
lee STAMPS page 4
Recorder's Court Docket
The following cases were dis
posed of during a session of
Recorder's Court on February
8th: i
Robert Lee Booze, c/m, as
sault with deadly weapon with
Intent to kill. Upon recom
mendation of Solicitor, the Slate
takes a not pros with leave*
Robert Lee 'Booze, c/m, un
lawful possession of whiskey
and unlawful '|XMsesilon of
whiskey for sale. Court orders
commitment to Issue for failure
to comply with Judgment If not
paid by S p.m today.
Roy Thorpe, c/m, motor ve
hicle violation. On motion of
Solicitor, Court orders com
mitment to issue tor failure to
comply with Judgment of 12/
7/65.
Earnest (Shorty) Ayscue,
w/m, attempt to break and en
ter Hearing waived. To post
$3,000.00 appearance bond.
Robert Homer Parker, w/m/
27, speeding. Pleads guilty un
der waiver statute. $15.00 fine
are* costs. ?
Hlly Lee Brinkley, w/m/35,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute, $U>,00 line and
costs.
William Allen Newman, w/m
/22, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $10.00
tine and costs.
Clarence Delmos Dement, w/
m/35, sp?pdlng. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $15.00
fine and costs.
\
SherrlW Lane Harris, w/
m/23, sbeedtm. $5.00 fine
and costsi
Gene Autry McKlnney, w/m/
30, speeding. State takes a nol
pros with leave.
William Edward Alston, w/m
/it, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $10.00
fine and costs.
Lois , Mae Price, w/f/20,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $12.00 fine
and costs.
Dock Edgar Johnson, w/m/
22, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $10.00
fine and costs.
Orover Lee Baker, w/m/48,
See COURT page 5
Lou is bp rg rate a little above
most of the others listed in the
25 KWH (Kilowatt Hours) rate
Nit lower than the majority
listed in higher KW H use.
I The Town office, has for years
l?een plagued with complaints
011 charges for electricity.
Actually , th*' bills sent each
month by the office include
water use and in some , cases
sewer charges in addition to
the electric bill
Irregularity in reading the
meters has been a prime object
of public complaint. Nohod\
complains when this monthV
bill is lower tlian last month
See RATES page 5
Franklinton
Board Sets
Make-up Days
(Frk. B.W.) At the monthly I
meeting of the Franklinton
Board of Education on Monday
evening the following days
were scheduled as m^ke-up
days.
On Saturday, .February ?>, the
first day of the six missed on
account of the snow was a
schoOl day.
Two days, April 7 ami April
12, which were originally
scheduled as part of the' Easter
Holidays, will be school days.
School will operate 011 Satur
day after the7 Easter Monday
Holiday. The other two yiake
up days will be added to the
?'ii(l of the yea 1 . Instead of
school closing oh May 29, it
will close on May 31 .
Easter Friday* and Monday
will remain holidays unless
further bad weather makes it
necessary to change. "
Grand Jury Reports
Jailer Hours
Too Long
Ttye Franklin County Grand
Jury report released this week
says that Jailer W. L. Faulk
ner's working hours are too
long and recofrn mends that an
additional man be* employed to
ease the load Th? feport
says: "We-found that the jail
er hi's * to *?- work twenty-four
hours per day, seven days a
week, being oft only six hours
during the week. . We recom
mend that an additional man
be hired, giving each man a
twelve-hour day." ?
The report also stated that I
the Grand Jury found the local
jail clean and that necessary
plumbing repairs have been ac
complished. They again com
plained about the condition of
the root at the Boarding
Home, but noted that was being
taken care of at present.
The Grand Jury endorsed the
September lfi65 Jury's request,
for additional vault and office
space- for the Clerk of Court's
Office and asked that, this be
done as "soon as practical."
The report also praised pre
siding Judge E. Maurice Bras
well and county officials for
their cooperation ' with the
group.
\
Hearing Resumes Today
At Raleigh In School Suit
'Franklin Count*. Superintend >
ienf o! SctkH>ls Warren W
Smith vsas expected to return ?
to the stand this morning as ,
Eastern District Courts
resumed hearing!* on a pre
liminary injunction 'brought .
against the Franklin Ctffmty 1
Board of Education tyy the 1'. ir. \.\
Justice iVpartment. The hear
ings were* slated to l>egin at i
11 a.m. Ivfore Federal Judge ,
Algernon Butler
Smith spent over three hours i
on the witness stand as the ?
hearings opened Tuesda\ in ,
Clinton C.). The Justice ,
IVpartment is seeking to have ,
the Court issue an injunction i
against the lk>ard of Education
continuing to deny requests of :
thirty Negro pupils to transfer
to schools of their choice un
ier lateral transfer provisions
! of the Compliance Plan. .
The lk>ard contends that these
pupils failed to. meet certain ,
criteria (or transfer. The
Plaintiffs contend that the cri
teria was not contained in the
j Plan as approved by Washing
ton and that they have a right
to attend the school of their
hone They say that denial
their applications by the
ik>ard viola'tes .their consti
I tutional rights
I The riteria, as explained by
the Hoard, is the same as in
past years The only two
a lid reasons for granting a
; transfer in grades not cov
ered by the Freedom of Choice
| portion of the ? Plan are that
i parents establish residence in ,
| ,i ^different attendance area or
i that the student is qualified
f for* and desires to obtain a
subject in another school not
available in the school now at
tended.
Thv hearing ndw in progress,
however, is -?n the request for !
immediate admission - of the
students named, and the issue
.it ha?dy*f?p.irently is the 1 4th
Amendment to the U. S. Con
stitution. dealing with the rights
of the plaintiffs.
Negro attorneys made it clear
in court Tuesday that they would
attack the Freedom of ( hotc&
plan itsfelf in the case-in-chief
when it is heard. Government
attorneys, in their charges,
seek assurance that the Hoard
will make the Freedom of
Choice sy.trru vu>! k todeset ft
gate the system
Attending the hearings'* in
Clinton Tuesday and also
pec ted to lie present in Raleigh
today are: Mrs. T. H. Dickens,
Chairman of the Franklin Coun
ty Hoard of Education; Clint
?Fuller, Vice Chairman, Horace
'W* Baker, Lloyd West and Jones
Wirjston, Board members; Su
perintendent Warren Smith and
Board Attorneys E. F: Yar
Uirodgh of Louisburg and Irvin
Tucker, Jr., of Raleigh.
Plaintiffs " attending the hear
ings are: Rev. Luther Cop*
pedge, his wife and son, Harold
Douglas and Irene Arlington
of Louisburg The government
is represented by Howard Fink,
A ashingtoiv (L) C.) attorney,
ind' the NegrO group is repre
sented by Conrad O. Pearson
>f Durham a-nd J ' l.evonne
Chambers of Charlotte.
The government and Negro
attorneys entered seven ex
hibits in evidence in Tuesday*^
hearing which included: State
ment of Office of Education onj
Compliance guidelines, letter,
(Villaining a copy of the-Krank
Itn County file as contained in
the V\ aslungton Office of Edu
cation, a copy of the letter of
approval of the Plan, twenty
jne sheets relating to appli
cations, and papers pertaining
to the withdrawal of two Negro
students at Louisburg High
5c hool.
Mr. Kink, in his opening re
marks to the Court, stated the
government's position and
maintained t that the Hoard did
not inform the parents of the
i riteria for granting a transfer.
He cited the Supreme Court
ruling in a case (Bradley vs
School Board) Id which admis
sioii was granted to pupils under
similar circumstances in their
case.
Attorneys for the local Negro
group cited their position as
-that of the government's and
added a request for geographic
attendance in lieu of a Freedom
of Choice plan.. They claimed
that the same criteria was not
required of lx?th white and Ne
gro children in lateral trans
fers There were no applica
tions for lateral transfer made
bv white students for the just
yea r .
Defense- Attorney Tucker
pointed out that the prelimi
nary injunction motion should
not I** granted unless there is
"a clear case that the, Board
has violated the constitutional
rights of these people."
Smith, through cross-exami
nation by Board Attorney K F
Yapborough, told of problems
involved in mid-year transfers,
citing specifically busing and
obtaining like' subjects.
One basic issue, which has
drawn attention to the case,
is yet to be inserted into the
hearings. That is, the right
of a newspaper to report ac
tions taken by tit is Board of
Education and other public
bodies. ButhThe government
and the Negro suits seek to
have the Board enjoined from
releasing names of future Itfe
gro applicants and thereby clos
ing the Board minutes and
meetings to the press.
It. was deemed unlikely that
Judge Butler will issue a de
rision in the case today, if,
Indeed,. the hearings are
finished. Plaintiff attorneys
Indicated that they would pre
sent additional witnesses in the
case, and the defense was -not
expected to take over until late
today in presenting their wit
nesses and remarks.
Little Doubt But That Speed Will Follow
Singleton, Drake Annnunce
For District House Seats
Henderson Mayor Carroll V
Singleton and Warren County
Representative Wilton R. Drake
have announced as candidates
for seats in the N. C. House irf
Representatives subject to the
May 28th Democratic Primary.
The newly formed 16th District
is made up *?f Franklin, Vance
and Warren counties and will
be allowed two seats in the
House.
Carroll V Smgleton |
W R Drake
^ I .
Commissioners Kehire
Deputy Tax Collector
Tftt Kr.ink'hn Count v\ Com
missioners reftpwed thA con
tract of DeputyWax Collector
W. J. (Buddy) Mbmm for an
other year in their regular
monthly meeting h?ld here Mon
day Debnam has been In
charge of collecting delinquent
taxes and the present contract
expires on March 314
In addition to hearing reports
from various county agencies,
Fountain Opposes
Lunch Fond Cutback
Rep L. H. Fountain, oSf the
Second District, expressed his
all-out opposition to any^andall
proposals, be they from the
President or elsewhere, which
would have^he eifect of rutting
back on the School Lunch and
the Special Milk Programs.
"It may be true," Mr. Foun
tain said, "that other Federal
monies will be available for
these purposes and that the
President Is attempting to re
direct these programs so as
to make them primarily avail
able to the underprivileged, pnd
disadvantaged children."
"This is well and good," he
-*a44r "Prh "HP Tlifp *'TP yirt _
what is being ^opos^d. How
ever," he contfhued,'"when we
are scattering money all over
national and. international lots
for one thttig or another (some
good and some not so good),
the fact that the School Lunch
and Special Milk Programs
reach the nutritionally deprived
children of economically sound
parents as well, as the economi
cally deprived ones should not
risulLln a cutback in the prcn
grams.''
"It is a well-known fact," he
continued, "that a large per
centage of^Wr students whether
from poor or financially-able
families, are not provided with
well-halanced meals at home.
The Milk Program and the
School Lynch Program are Irt
tended to improve the physical
and mental standards of all of
our children. The fart that the
School Lunch Program provides
at least' one meal per day and
erpphasizes the necessity of
proper eating is sufficient Jus
tification^ for the cost.
"I am not so concerned about
the particular program which
provides the funds for milk and
food to more than 900,000 chil
dren who are involved as I
See FOUNTAIN page 4
the Board t?x>k no action orr
a & roup "Hospital proposal pre
sented by\Loulsburg insurance
man Harvey Bartholomew.
The, Franklin County Fire
men's Association was granted
an appropriation of $150 to
supplement funds the Associa
tion has on hand to use in the
purchase of an oxygen storage
tank The money is to come
from appropriations already
made for tfoe Association in
this year's budget.
A copy of the Grand Jury's
report was presented to the
Board, and Industrial Develop
ment Director W. J. Benton
presented the Board with two
plaques prepared from th<?
newly published Franklin Coun
ty Industrial-brochure.
Annual Demo
Dinner Set
The Franklin County Demo
cratic Party will hold Its annual
fund raising dinner here on
Saturday, February 19, at
7:30 p.m., according to an an
nouncement by A. E. Pearce,
Chairman of the Executive
Committee. (
Clifton Beckwlth, Executive
Secretary of the North Caro
lina Employee's Association,
will be the featured speaker.
-TMV> meeting will be held In
the Loulsburg College Cafeteria
and tickets are available from
the precinct chairman, the
announcement states.'
' ~ I
Not every stenographer knows
how to make a typewriter type
right.
Franklin Representative
James D. JJpeed lias not an
nounced, but in a recent con
versation with Tunes Editor
Clint Fuller, Speed left little
doubt txit that he will be a
candidate for . r.eelectlon.
Vance Representative- A. A.
Zolli coffer, Jr., announced re
cently that he would not he a
candidate.
Singleton, now in his third
term -as Mayor of Henderson,
is 46 years old, a graduate of
Henderson High School and the
University of Alabama. He is
a veteran of.six years' service
in the U. S. Army and has
held a number of high govern
mental and v civic . posts His
main interests have centered
in the area of Industrial- de
velopment, and he was instru
mental in the establishment of
the Gay Products plant in Louis
burg two years ago. ..
Drake, operator of an in
surance agency in Warrenton ,
since 1942, Is a native of Macon,
N. C., where he now lives. Pri
or to his election to the House
In 1964, he was Mayor of Macon
for 15 years. He is active in
the* Democratic Party organi
zation in Warren County and
has served as delegate to the
National Party Convention.
Singleton issued the following
statement in making his an
nouncement: .?
"During three terms as a
municipal officer, I have be
come thoroughly familiar with
the problems of our cities and
towns. At one time, I was
engaged in the farm equipment
See HOUSE page 6
County Negro
Killed In
Viet Nam
?
A 34-year-old LoulSburg,
Rt. 3) Negro has been killed
In act'lon in Viet Nam to be
come Franklin County's first
fatality of the war. A1C Willie
Mitchell, Jr., who graduated
from Perry's High School In
1952,. was killed while "flying
a Shallow mission" over Viet
Nam sometime since December
20, 1965, according to reports,
Mitchell, born June 10, 1934,
Is survived by his father, Willie
Mitchell, Sr., of Wood, N. C.,
and his wife, Elnora J. Mitchell
of Rt. 3, Loulsburg, near Moul
ton. He was the father of five
children, three of whom are
enrolled In Perry's School.
Mitchell's family was first
notified In early January that
he Wasr missing In action.
Later, they received a report
that he had been captured and
rinally, on Sunday, the telegram
came reporting that he had been
killed In action. ,
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