Weather
Generally fair and pot so cool
today. Low today, 44; high, 75.
Friday, fair and warm.
Pubfished Every Tuesday & Thursday
Times
Comment
Sortie wives are llKe fisher
men. They think &e best got
away.
Serving All Of Franklin County
Tel. QY 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
Louisburg, N. C-. Thursday June 2, 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
97th Year? Number 30
How Much Does It Cost Or Which Is The Cheapest?
Sam Sutler said way back In the 17th Century, "It costs a
lot of money to die comfortably." Sam was right. He might
have also added, It costs a lot of money to live, too, comfort
ably or Otherwise. But Sam couldn't forsee today's Inflation.
:
by Clint>-} ..er
Aside from all the Madison Avenue urgings to deposit your
money In the Qiick-Sav Saving Cbmpany with an array of per
cents of Interest that staggers the imagination, most folks
nowadays are having trouble finding enough money to deposit
at Joe Blow's grocery counter.
The old story of placing monthly bills jn a liat and drawing
one is as near to revision today as It has been in a number of
years. Under the hat system, If a creditor made you mad,
you'd threaten to take his name out of your hat. This, of
course, gave him very little chance of getting paid. As If he
had any chance to begin with.
But, while we get out the old crying towel the first of each
month, things are not So bad after all. Most high school kids
figure a way to get* a motor, whether it be a on a bicycle, a
motorcycle or under the hood of a Jalopy (that's what they
were called In the old days,, kids).
All In all, some folks can still afford to spend their money
(taxes, that is) to send a man Into space. This Just costs 278
?million dollars and Its the same If you send two men. This
amount would build three skyscrappers the size of the Pan
Am Building In New York, the world's largest. And, this would
al'si pity many a light bill. . I
Che thing that sterns to stay within reach of most folks is a ;
ticker-tape parade in. New York. This costs onl> $200, it |
says here. The cost of cleaning up the mess is not mentioned, !
however. But, in New York who notices'"
The > . st of drug prescriptions, it also says h$rey averages j
$3.25. A recent survey by Pharmaceutical Manufacturers i
Association revealed that fifty percent -of those questioned !
thought it was more. The V. S. Dept. of Commerce is credited
with saying this is less than in 1930. We can't remember
getting sick in .1930 so we'll just take their' word for it.
The celebrated British Guiana one cent black on magenta
stamp of 1&56 sold for 84 cents ir.^873; $420 in 1878 and $35,000
in 1940. Today it .is insured for $100,000.00. We have trouble
getting a1 nickel one. Two reasons: the machine at the posi
office never words'. or we don't have the nickel.
If you'd like a rare l>ook, you should have started saving for
it when your grandmotHej; was born. The three remaining
original Gutenberg Bibles, printed in Mainz in 1455 are worth
between $300,000 to $1 million today
Rembrandt's most famous painting "Aristotle" recently sold
for a reported $2,300,000.06. It was purchased by the Metro
politan Mu^vwn. Aft' o^ New York. The opening bid was for a
cool million dbUars 'arid the bidding was llnlshed In 3 1. 2
minutes, at a rateNrf $10,950 per second. Now, that's better
than any Interest bein^jiai^d In this area.
If your vacation plans include a stay In the 18-roo'm pent
house at the Hilton In New y&rk, take along enough change to
cover the $500 per day cost. tN^ou would like to drive up in
a Ferrari "mystique," world's most successful racing car,
fork over $25,000.00.
All these things cost money; of Course. Just about every
thing does. The flgurers have figured that a c^Hege education,
costing between $1,600 and $1,700 per year in^a four-year
school, Is worth $4,000 per year in extra Income during the
lifetime of the 'graduate. This should give the youngsters
something to think about, even If they don't want to collect
old coins, stamps or arrive in a Ferrari.
Whether it is today's rising cost of living or a long-range
dream, bumper stickers In the area put it better than we can:
"Tm fighting the War on Proverty, I'm working." That's
the best way we know to beat the cost of living. Join us.
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Tobacco Marketing Program Adopted
New Members
New members of the Loutsburg Junior Woman's Club are
pictured above at Induction ceremonies held here Tuesday
night. Shown left to right are: Shirley Peoples, Lucinda
Ayscue, Lynne Nagle, Leta Grady, Nicky Farmer, Lena
Place, Lucille Watklns, Jean Lloyd and Mrs. J. W. Weathers,
Jr., past District President. Caroyn Reltz, also a new
member was not present. See Story on Page 3.
? Staff Photo by Clint Fuller,
Fountain Hits Hospital Requirements
Second Cistrlct Congressman
L. H. Fountain (D-N.C.) has
taken a Jab 'at the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare's
requirements for hospitals at
tempting to qualify for Medicare
programs.
WITN-TV newsman, ' Deb
n^m and a statement to\ The
Franklin Times, Rep. Fountain
made this statement:
"I am deeply concerned about
the apparent attitude of some
Federal officials in connection
with approval of hospitals for
Medicare patients. Under the
alleged authority of Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act, It appears
that they are attempting to Im
pose arbitrary, unreasonable,
and-ln my Judgment-Illegal re
quirements on our hospitals as
a condition for approval under
the Medicare program. Their
approach is disturbingly simi
lar to the unwise and unjustified
In a telephone
to
actions of some officials of the
Federal Office of Education."
"It Is extremely regrettable
that some Federal officials are
apparently more Interested In
dictating from Washington ex
actly how our local hospitals are
to be admtslstered than they are
In providing medical care toall
our people without discrimi
nation. If this attitude Is con
tinued, there Is a very serious
danger that It may result In
needlessly depriving thouslfids
of our elder citizens of both
races of medical care which
they need and to which they
are entHled."?
By way SWWITlcatlon of the
HEW requirements , Rep. Foun
tain also made available the
following Information concern
ing approval of N. C. Hospitals
under the Medicare program:
In the Medicare program,
hospitals must meet certain
eligibility standards and re
quirements designed to Insure
that patients receive adequate
medical care and that costs to
the government are not exces- |
slve.
In addition, the Department ofj
See H06PITAL PaV 6
Youngsville Included
Graduation Wednesday
High School Seniors
Near End Of Line
Around 350 high sghpol
seniors are expected to upake
the final walk across the stages
of the county schools next Wed
nesday to receive their diplo
mas.
Some will receive theirs Sun
day as Riverside, Gethsenutp^
and lorry's Schools hold a com
bined baccalaureate services
and graduation exercises.
All other schools will bold
graduation exercises next Wed
nesday evening at ( p.m. Other
scheduled events during com
mencement week are announced
as follows: Bunn will hold
Class Night Exercises at 8 p.m.
tonight and their baccalaureate
sermon Sunday evening at (p.m.
Edward Best High School will
hold Class Day Exercises Fri
day at 11 a.m. The commence
ment sermon Is scheduled for
11 a.m. Sunday. '
Epsom wlU have their Bac
calaureate sermon at 5 p. m.
Sunday. Their Class Day was
held Wednesday. fold Sand,
which does not have Class Day
will have the Commencement
sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Loulsbiirg held Class Day
Wednesday and wlU have the
Baccalaureate sermon Sunday
evening at 8 p.m. Youngsvllle
held Class Day last week and
will have their Baccalaureate
sermon Sunday at 11 a.m.
Speakers are being announced
by the Individual schools and all
are not available at thlswrltlng.
Speed Leads In
Precincts Captured
Franklin County Representa
tive James D. Speed captured
15 of the 41 precincts In the
three county 18th Houie Dis
trict In Saturday's primary,
late returns disclose. Speed
tied Negro candidate T. T. Clay
ton of Warrenton In another
precinct In Warren County.
Speed captured 9,348 of the
24,468 votes past In the 41
precincts to lead the five-man
field. He' bested John T.
Church, who won one of the two
seats In the House, by 3,124
votes. ' Church polled 6,224
for a clear win over third
place contender W Uton R. Drake
of Warren County, >
Church gained 12 precincts In
the District, 'tlelng Clayton In
the North Henderson Precinct
No. 1 In Vance County.
Drake took B precincts, all In
Warrtn arid tied In another In
Warren and one In Vance.
Speed grabbed 10 of Franklin
County's eleven, losing . only
Youngsvllle to Church. The
vote In Youngsvllle was: Speed
185; Church 224. He took South
Henderson No. 2: Klttrell; Mid
die burg and Sandy Creek In
Vance County and a precinct
No. S In Warren.
Speed came close In at least
six other Vance county pre.
See SPEED Pagf 6
Plans for the orderly sale of
this year's tobacco crop were
formulated and approved In Ra
leigh Wednesday by an industry
advisory committee. The plan
was adopted later by the Bright
Belt Warehouse Association's
executive committee.
The advisory group consists
of four representatives from
the N. C. State Grange; four
from the N. C. Farmers Co
operative Council; one each
from the Virginia and South
Carolina. Granges; General
Manager L. T .--Weeks of the
Flue-Cured Stabilization Corp.;
and the presidents of the five
belt warehouse associations.
The five belt presidents make
up the Bright Belt executive
committee.
Buying company representa
tives and Farm Bureau lead
Board Certifies Elections Results
Strickland Gets Runoff With
Joyner For Harris Constable
The County Board of Elections
' -let "here Tuesday and certified*
the results of Saturday's Dem
ocratic Primary. While' th??re
were a few changes made in
the unofficial returns, most of
the return^ were certified as
they had been originally re
ported.
One run-off in the county was
| assured when Karl Strickland,
i who finished second behind
Joseph Joyner in the race for
Harris Township Constable, re
quested and was granted a sec
ond primary in that district.
Joyner polled 260 votes and
Strickland received 199. Third
place finisher Elmo Cash
polled 92 votes, which prevented
Joyner from obtaining a clear
majority.
Canvassing of the ballots by
Election Board officials result
ed in adjustments! invthe totals
ofMrs. T. H. Dickens, candidate
"Tor the Board of Education from
District 4. t'nofflcal results
Vave her 2370 with 202 votes in
Harris precinct. A change
in the Harris returns, now of
fically gave Mrs. Dickens 205
and upped her total to 2373.
Dickens was defeated by
W ill Item Taylor Boone in the
Board Race
An error lit addition in the
total for County Commissioner
candidate G. Frank Hinson re
duced Ills total from 603 to 593.
CanVMflnC- of Harris precinct
rev?'aled a vote there of 237 for
'Clint Fuller, candidate f?r the
Board! of Education .from Dis
trict 5. This adjusted his total
from 3093 to 3089. Hinson was
third man in his race t**hlnd
winner Brooks Younr and.H.
Derrell Mitchell. Fuller <4
Louisburg, Franhlinton To
Get First City Directory
The Mullln-Kllle Company of
North Carolina has begun work
on the first city directory for
the Loulsburg-Frankllntort
area. "This "directory will'
also Include Youngsvllle and
the areas surrounding all three
of these urban communities,"
officials of the Mullln-Kllle
Company stated.
?"Inclusion of the residents of
the urban fringes In each of
these communities will present
a more complete and accurate
picture of the available labor
market and "add considerably
to the utility of this first city
directory for the entire area,"
added Mullln-Kllle officers.
The Mullln-KUU Company en
Joys the1 reputation of being one
of the outstanding directory
publishers In the country and
Is currently publishing books
for approximately 50 cities in
North Carolina alone. The'
ConSurvey type directory of
the Mullln-Kllle Comparfy has
many exclusive and 'Outstanding
features.
The completeness and accu
racy of Information coverage
In the directory Is the first
and foremost "In the require
ments of the ConSurvey type
directory and Information -Is
compiled by a door-to-door
canvas which Is checked and
rechecked several times The
home supplement of the direc
tory 1* mailed Into the homes
without charge to add great
utility to the book by placing
the Information In the buyers
guide dlrtctiy In the hands of
the consumer.
\ Master copies of the direc
tory are mailed \o cities
throughout the entire United
suites and copies are on file
li\ the Ltbrary of Congress,
Washington, D. C., and also
the State Library In Raleigh.
The preface section of the
directory will carry a com
plete pictorial section together
with complete Information
about the entire Loulsburg
Frankllnton- Y'lungsvllle arel.
See DIRECTORY Page 6
Drake Is Short
Of Runoff Total
Warren Representative Wll-_
ton R, Drake fell 96 votef short'
of the required number to re
quest a runoff with second place
flnl?her John T. Church of
Henderson In the race for the
two seats In the North Caro
lina House of Representatives.
James D, Speed, who led the
16th District balloting Saturday
won undisputed possession of
one of the posts. ' ?
Church polled 6,224 votes In
the 41 precincts In the District
of Franklin, Van<;e, and Warren
Counties, Drake polled 5,297.
Under the formula set In the
redisricting of the N, C. House,
Church was required to obtain
at least 26% of the votes cast
tor second place. Twenty- five
percent of the total vote of
24,466 In the "pistrlct would
have been 6,114. Anything less
than this number and a runotf
could have been requested.
Contacted at his home In
Macon, N. C. Wednesday, Rep.
Drake stated, "I am not aware
that 1 have a right to ask (or
a runoff. According to the
unofficial returns I have seen,
John (Church) has a majority
of 90 votes (later determined
to be 96). I have seen no
Indications to the contrary.'
Mr. Drake added, . "I would
like to .tell the people of
Franklin and also Vane* and
Warren counties that I deeply
appreciate 1 the fine support I
See DRAKE Page 6
feated Ball lnv the Education
race.
Claude Satterwhife, Frank-*
lint on Constable had his total
reduced from 769 to 765 over
Gus Stroud, Jr. who polled 264
votes .
Franklin Representative
James D. Speed received a re
duction In Dunn precinct voting
from 362 to 336 which reduced
his county total to 4726 from
4752 as originally reported.
Dunn precinct, which failed
to report Saturday night on tlnr
racs for U. S. Senator showed
Sen. B. Everett Jordan with 342
votes and Hubert Seymour with
101. The official county totals
on this race are; Jordan 4533*
and Seymour 1720
The Board of Elections certl-r
fled the returns dnd declared a
winner In all races except the
Harris Township Constable
contest.
Warren Hep. Wilton R. Drake
reported that he did not believe
that the total returns gave him
the privilege of asking a runoff.
While Franklin County returns
have been made official, those
of Varice and Warren1. have not
f>een made public since certifi
cation . by , their respective
Boards of Election.
ALA To Meet
The American Legion Auxi
liary will meet Friday evening
at 8 p.m. In the home of Mrs.
Nobe Medlln.
All members are urged.to be
present.
The president, Mrs. Hugh
Perry, expresses appreciation
lor the help of all In making
Poppy Day a success. - .
ers In the Carolinas and Vir
ginia have refused to partici
pate In any marketing com
mittee that Is advosory in na
ture. They claim farmers and
buyers should have an equal
voice with warehousemen In
regulation of markets.
The regulations are designed
to prevent market gluts and
the necessity for 'curtailing or
suspending auction sales.
Among them:
--No sales holidays will be
declared other than those nor
mally observed- -Labor Day,
Veterans Day, and Thanksgiv
ing Thursday and Friday, if
further curtailment of sales
becomes necessary, if will be
done on the basis of reduced
hours per day andr-so far as
possible, equitable to each belt.
See TOBACCO Page 6
College Gets
Compliment
On Drive
* ? .
Students at Louisburg College
have received praise from the
Regional Executive of World
University Service for their re- *?*
cord contributions In support of
the organization's programs.
Miss Brenda Dunn, of Lynch
burg, Va., Student Chairman of
the Fund Drive this year, has
received a letter from Roberts.
Farrelly in which" he says, "I
am completely overwhelmed.
. . .This Is perhaps the larg
est per capita contribution in
the Southern^ Region. Also,
this is the largest single contri
bution given by Loulstfurg Col
lege to World University?
Hver."
Rev. Wade Goldston was the
faculty"1 sponsor of the local
drive which netted the organl
zatlon over |7(5o. Last year,
under Student Chairman, Julian
Hudson of Chase City, Va., the
drive netted Just under $600.
Farrelly wrote, "I called New
York to let them know of you c
final results and I wish you
could have heard |he response.
They are most pleased."
Copies of the letter were sent
to Goldston, Dr. C. W. Robbins,
College President^ and Miss"
puth Merritt of the faculty
Attend Methodist Retreat
Three of the nur 300 ladlaa attending the two-day meeting
of Spiritual Enrichment Retreat at Louliburj College today
ar? shown above. Left to rlfht: Mri. C. D. Graham, Mrs.
Ethel Sherrod and Miss Winnie Burt, all of Tnflald. The
Retreat la sponsored by the Woman's Society of ChrlatUn
Service of tha N. C. Conference of Method lat Churches.
--Photo -by David Daniel.