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Louiaburg, N. C.. Tuesday. August 9. 1966 (Six Pagaa Today)
97th Yaar? Number 49
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Signs Can Be Misleading If You Live In Franklin County
An Editorial
Don't be misled by the sign in the picture accom
panying today's article. While it clearly states "Road
. Construction," it not only doesn't mean it, this isn't
even a State Highway sign.
The sign appeared along busy, bumpy, patched and
pitiful N. C. 561 near Centerville. It was placed along
the road because, get this, the telephone company was
KUAU
Rep. Fountain Calls
For Full Report On
Tri-County Program
Washington, D. C. - Rep.
L. H. Fountain disclosed to
day he has called on anti
poverty program officials
here for a "full report and
explanation" of the circum
stances under which federal
grants totaling nearly
$200,000 were approved this
year to the Recreation Coun
cil of Memorial Recreation
Forest at Warrenton.
He said he had also asked
the White House to look Into
the matter.
Fountain said he was "deeply
disturbed" by reports that a
key staff member of the
Warrenton organization had
been employed while still on
parole from a combination of
two life sentences and three
30-year prison terms Imposed
In connection with burglaries.
And he said he was even more
"shocked and amazed" over
reports that officials respon
sible for at least one of the
grants were not only aware of
the staff member's prison
background but reportedly
even persuaded him to accept
the anti-poverty program re
sponsibility In spite of It.
The Second District law
maker Indicated the demand
for an explanation had been
flled with both the Office of
Economic Opportunity which
administers the "Head Start"
program and the Labor De
partment which Is respon
sible for administering the
Neighborhood Youth Corps
program. The Recreation
Council got a $144,000 grant
in April for a "Head Start"
project and shortly thereafter
was given a $44,000 grant for
a three-month Neighborhood
Youth Corps program.
Fountain stressed that he
was not attempting to pass
Judgment on the situation un
til all the tacts are In.
"In view of what has already
been reported, however, I feel
that a full and frank expla
nation of the conditions under
which these grants were made
Is in order, and I shall Insist
that It be provided by respon
sible officials. If the explana
tion demonstrates basic weak
nesses In the so-called
anti-poverty programs or In
the procedures for handling
Bunn Lions To
Hold Bulb Sale
Tlx recently formed Bunn
Lions Club will stage a door
to-door light blub sale In the
Bunn area Friday night, be
ginning at 7 p.m. according to
Randy Alford, s pokes marv^br
the group. Proceeds from the
sale of the light blube will go
to the Bunn Lions General
Activities Fund, according to
Alford. >
anti-poverty program appli
cations, I shall also Insist
that corrective steps be
taken," Fountain, concluded.
Border
Markets
Open Today
Markets on the Border North
Carolina, South Carolina t&t
open today and their opening Is
viewed with keen Interest In
the Franklin County area.
Price trends there are con
sidered In large measure In
dicative of what might be ex
pected In the Middle Belt when
the season opens her* around
the first of September.
Production In the two-State
belts, as of conditions July 1,
Is ' forecast at 241,930,000
pounds by the U. S. Crop Re
porting Board. This would be
slightly more than IS million
pounds, or seven percent more
than In 1965. The total flue
cured harvest for 1966 Is es
timated at 1,186,875,000
pounds, >up 127.6 million
pounds, or twelve percent
more than th$ 1965 output.
The Crop Reporting Service
sal#, however, that hot, dry
weather caused some deteri
oration In crop conditions
since July 1. Farmer* will be
allowed to sell 110 percent of
their poundage quota of 1,126
million pounds, plus 69 million
pounds, which were net under
1965 marketings.
Price support* will be avail
able under the government
loan program on tobeccoofall
grades the first twelve day*
of the season for the first
time. Heretofore, loose leaf
has been sold under supports
In these belts only for a five
to seven-day period. Tied to
bacco will still be supported
at three cents per pound higher
than untied leaf per grade.
Last Year the ?Stabilisation
Corporation received 16.9
million pounds, or 6.1 per
cent of gross sale*.
stringing wire alqng the right-of-way. There wasn't a
State Highway crewman within miles, if indeed even
inside the county. And we leave it to the reader to
determine just how telephone wire installation con
stitutes road construction.
Similar signs decorated U. S. 401. south of Louis
burg last week. A traveler could pretend he was fol
lowing the old Burma-Shave signs for a distance of
several miles. Each sign, the nearer one got to
Louisburg, grew bolder . Road Construction Ahead.
Uniformed persons might have believed this. Being
from Franklin County, we knew the moment we saw i
such signs on this side of the Wake line, that someone
was playing a cruel joke.
Sure enough, as we neared the obstacle course of
patches near Cash's Store a few miles south of town,
there it was, big as life. One road scraper; five high
way maintanence men; all stopped.There was some evi
dence that some work had been done to the shoulders
of the road. For ten miles, the State Highway depart
ment had been advertising that they were doing some
thing, although certainly not construction, in Franklin
County.
We weren't surprised. Fifth Division Highway Com
missioner J. B Brame had been asked about the
shoulders on U. S 401 and the difference in their up
keep in Wake and in Franklin at a recent meeting held
here. He obviously passed the word to the local main
tanence people, .who in alt probability would have
gotten around to it anyway. They do an exceptionally
fine job for this county and we're proud of them.
Heaven help us if we didn't have a good maintanence
crew.
In this same meeting. Mr. Brame stated that these
editorials had no influence on him or the Commission.
Considering the absence of any answers to our ques
tions:., he might be right.
We photographed N C 56 and N. C 56 quickly got
patched and painted.
We photographed N. C. 58, but had not at the time
published the pictures. N C. 58 was not patched or
painted.
We published pictures of N. C. 561 below Center
vi He. N. C. 561 received patching below Centerville.
We printed a Letter to the Editor relating to holes
in U. S. 1 at Franklinton. Less than twenty hours
later when we arrived to check the road, who was there
ahead of us? Of course, State Highway patchers.
We printed a picture of a hole in U. S. 401 at the
Bickett Blvd. and N. C. 56 intersection. The hole is
gone. I '
We published a picture of ^abandoned well along
the N. C. 56 right-of-way. Tvw days later it was
filled.
Perhaps this does not constitute influence. Cer
tainly we have, -thus far, gotten no response on our
main problem, Primary Road improvements. But ev$n
on tire day Highway Commission Chairman Joe Hunt
was quoted in The Raleigh Times as saying, "I
haven't seen his editorials," a Raleigh newsman
says he personally observed Mr. Hunt reading The
Franklin* Times in his office in Raleigh.
Mr. Hunt needn't be ashamed to admit that he reads
The Times. A whole lot of people do. One day Mr.
Hunt and the present administration will realize how
many.
And just to keep the idea alive, again let us re
peat: We in Franklin County want some improvements
to our roads. We want our fair share of highway
funds; we want them now and we don't really care
whether or not Commissioners subscribe to The
Franklin Times,
Retail Sales Increase
Over $1 Million In County
*1
A release of Silts and Us*
Tax Analysis by the North
Carolina Department of
Revenue today, reveals that
Franklin County had an In
crease of 11,313,312.00 In re
tail sales In the fiscal 1995-66
year over 1964-68.
The total Gross Retell Sales
listed for Franklin County Is
$28,140,698.00. This is com
pared to the Gross Retail
Sales listed In a report last
August for the fiscal year
1964-65 of $26,824,383.00.
Gross Collections of Sales
and Use Tax was also higher
In 1066-66 than In 1964-68
reaching 1840,424.02 as com
pered to the August, 1968
release of figures of $801,
384.36.
The latest figures show a
large Increase In retail sales
over the 1963 figures released
In June, 1968 which showed
Lou Is burg as the number one
town In the state In retail sales
growth.
Franklin County was shown
In the U. S. Chamber of Com
merce 1963 listing as having
$22,302,000.00 In Gross Retail
Sales. The Chamber of Com
merce release also showed
figures for 1958 of )13,882,
000.00.
The latest figures reveal that
Franklin County Has more than
doubled Its retail sales since
Man Killed Near Pilot
As Road Machine Falls
A 43-year-old Kenly, Rt. 2
man died Instantly eerly Mon
day morning when a D-7
Caterpillar overturned on him
near Pilot, 1( according to
Franklin County Sheriffs of
ficers. Alton Fernnle Narron,
was reportedly unloading the
huge machine at the site of a
pond being built on the land of
a man Identified only as "Mr
Bunn."
Coroner James Edwards'
report revealed an eyewitness
to the accident. Tommy
alley, 23, Route 1, Zebulon,
according to the report, wlt
nessed the death, but attempts
to reach Bailey were unsuc
cessful late Monday. Details
of the happening were not ex
plained.
The accident occurred Just
off N. C. 39 "below Pilot"
according to officers, around
5:45 a.m. Monday morning.
This Is tlx second unusual
fatal accident to occur within
the county lnthe past five daya.
Alvln Junlous Marshall, 21
year-old county man died In
stantly when a Jack gave away
caudng the automobile under
which he was working to topple
last Wednesday around noon at
Wood.
Shooting Of Negro Home Reported
The Franklin County
Sheriffs Department du
el oeed Monday that It 1* In
vestigate the report of a
shooting at the Katie J. Perry
home on Lou Is burg Route 3,
sometime laat Wednesday
night. The Negro home was
reportedly shot twice with a
.22 caliber platol or rifle.
One of the bullets entered a
window and lodged In an In
side wall) according to re
ports; the other lodged In a
window facing.
The Sheriff's Department
reported that although the
taml|y was home, none of the
members hssrd the shots
fired. The incident was re
ported to the Sheriff's De
partment around 6 a. m.
Thursday, according to re
ports.
Sheriff* Deputies Dave ftit
Mn and Tom Powell said that
there iu nothing In their In
vestigation Indicating the In
cldent had anything to do with
the recent school suit since
none of the Perry children
were Involved In the Ase or
had applied (or previously
white achools. None of the
family, according to the de
puties, had any Idea of a
reason for the shooting.
School officials were silent
on the report, but It was
lsarned that they are con
cerned In view of a ruling
by Judge Algernon Butler ten
days ago that Negro children
and their parents be given s
second choice period void ot
Intimidation. The U. S. Justice
Highway Contracts Already Top 1964
Raleigh. - With the awarding
of contract a here Friday, the
Stat* Highway Commlaaton
topped by mora than a million
dollars tha previous racord
for total contract awarda In a
single yaar since 1M?.
Stat* Highway Commission
Chairman J. M. Runt, Jr. satd
that contracts totaling
$12 ,276,829. ?? war* awarded
Friday bringing tha total for
1M6 to fM.UB.Mt.SS. Tha
previous high mark since 1944
waa reached In 1 9M when total
contract* amounted to
K3,ai6,446.B3.
"This mail*," it Id Hunt;
"thit wa alraady iur
paaaad the prirloui record
with tour lattlnga r*t to go
thli mr."
Hunt pointed oat thit pro.
PMI of tb* currant Highway
Commlailon In Ita axpandad
procram eaaalMbamaaaurad
by com pari nf tha total eoie
tract awarda thla yaar to tha
fM, 000, 000.00 total of IMS.
Hunt vai hljh la hU pralaa
at tb* Hlfhway Com mission
member! and the professional
staff of |he Commission for
their efforts In maklnf solid
progress In the highway pro
gram. He also assured the
people of North Ckrollna that
"thU la only the beginning of
a great new era," In highway
construction In the State.
Hunt made the announcement
during the regular meeting of
the Highway Commission here
Friday.
Department and attorney* for
the eleven Negro plaintiff! had
claimed that massive commu
nity hostility had prevented
Negroes from exerc lslng a
free choice of schoola laat
April.
Che source reported that it
was doubtful that this Inci
dent would chance the status
of the Interim Order or the
school ault.
In another totally disasso
ciated Incident, Thurston
Dunaton, N/m/48of Loulsburg
was shot In the leg Sunday
afternoon around i p.m. Just
outside the Lou Is burg town
Umlta. Sheriff's Deputies sre
Investigating this Incident snd
reported that Dunaton sp
parently didn't know who shot
him, other than that It was a
Negro.
Person Serves At
Fire Convention
Lou tabu rg Fire Cbmpany
vu honored during the 79th
Annual Firemen'* Convention,
held laat week at Carolina
Beach, by having R. O. J?r
aon, Jr. aenre a a Sergeant
at -Arma. tor the convenHon.
Para on, who la. Chief of the
local company, ?u named to
the post by Praaldent Clai
borne Lawaon of Durham.
1958. In the eight-year period,
the count has shown an In
crease In retail sales of
$14,258,695.00.
The latest figures reveal a
decline In 1% taxable retail
sale* from 91,011,370.00 laat
year to $884,598.00 for
1985-68. Auto sales Increased
from $3,302,828.00 In 1984-65
to $3,575,411.00 In 1965-68.
Apparel held Its own In retail
sales with the $457,523.00 re
ported this week, Just slightly
under the 1964-65 figure of
$458, 354. 0Q.
Automotive salea Increased
from $5,433,780.00 In th? last
report to $5,957,348.00 In the
latest figures. Food, the
largest Item In the retail sales
listing, remained almost
stable. Latest flgurea show a
relative minor Increase from
$4,278,790 In 1954-65 to
$?, 754, 481.00 In 1955-66.
Furniture remained vir
tually the same at $803,454.00
and General Merchandise
showed s slight increase In
sales as did the unclassified
group.
Accident Statistics
Vance
Gramnllle
Franklin
Warren
Acc.
27
4?
31
12
'i
ue
In]. Aec.
e
14
15
5
44
Fatal Acc.
4
2
2
1
P. Damage
I 8,625.00
$26,650.00
$22,800.00
) 5,725.00
163,800.00
School Opening
Three Weeks Away
C&enlng day for the Franklin
County schools Is about three
weeks away, according to the
scheduled approved recently
by ths Board of Education.
The some ovsr 6,000 stu
dents In th* county system will
rsport for orlsntatlon day on
Wednesday, August 31, with
the first dsy of school listed
ss September 1.
Monday, September S, Is
slated as a holiday with
schools closed. Teachers are
to report on Monday, August
29. The last day of school for
the students In the 1966-67
school term Is slated as
Msy 11, 1967. The teachers
complete their work on June 2,
1967.
The Board of Education ex
pressed Its hope that the
schedule as adopted sometime
ago would hold and that no
delay In opening of schools
would be necesssry. In a
meeting last Monday, the
Board discussed the possi
bility of a delay but declined
to change the original dates.
In a meeting last week with
local school committeemen, It
was unanimously agreed that
no delay would be made unless
In caseof extreme emergency.
The committeemen, when
asked their feelings on the
opening date, voiced 100 per
cent approval of the schedule
as approved by the Board
earlier.
Unless altered by unusual
weather, other holidays are
scheduled as Thanksgiving,
November 14 and 28; Christ
mas, December 22 through
January 1 (seven school days)
an <f Easter, Wednesday,
March 22 through Monday,
March 27.
A one-day holiday la sche
duled (or sometime on Octo
ber due to a statewide
teacher's meeting.
The Frankllnton City Board
of Education announced last
week their 1969-67 schedule,
which la the lama aa that of
the County Board. The Frank
llnton Board notea that the
October date for NCEA
teacher's meeting la Octo
ber 11.
Fees for the opening of the
1966-67 term of schools In
the Franklin County system
hare been announced by the
school office here. All fees
remain the same as those paid
for the 1966-66 term except
a 25? Increase In Insurance,
which Is optional.
Fees set are as follows)
Elementary Schools: $2.00
General School Supply Fee,
92.00 N. a E. A., $2.25 In
surance ( optional ).
Supplementary Reader Feest
No supplementary reader feee
will be collected. The Gen
eral Assembly made an appro
priation to provide these ma
terial*.
High School Fees for all
students: $1.00 General
School Supply Fee, $2.00 N.
D. E. A., $2.25 Insurance
(optional), $5.00 Book Rental.
The following fees apply to
high school students taking
courses that are llated: $13.50
Typing, $$.00 Home Eco
nomics, $$.$0 Agriculture,
$1.00 Science.
Newsmen In
Oklahoma
Today
Times Managing Editor Clint
Fuller and WYRN News Di
rector Asher Johnson were
to arrive In Ft. Sill, Okla
homa around noon today (or
a two day working visit with
member* of the local National
Guard unit, In training at the
massive mid-western base.
' The two local newsmen left
Raleigh-Durham Airport this
morning around 7:30 a.m. (or
the night on an Air National
Guard C-121 Troop-Carrier.
Several other area newspap
er and radio-TV newsmen
were slated to make the trip,
Including Bob Allen, Editor
of theWAKEWEEKLYofWake
Forest, N. C. and Chuck Bar
ber, Managing Editor of THE
DURHAM MORNING HERALD.
Fuller said, before leaving,
that he would be reporting for
the ZEBULON RECORD, In
addition to his paper, THE
FRANKLIN TIMES. The local
unit Is made up of Guards
men from Loulsburg, Youngs
vllle and Zebulon. Both Fuller
and Allen will be covering the
Youngsvllle unit.
Highlight of the trip Is ex
pected to be the firing of the
"Honest John Rocket" by the
local guardsmen. Advance
Information, though not of
ficial, has It that two flrlncs
will occur, one on Tuesday
afternoon and one on Tuesday
night.
Johnson and Fuller are ex
pected to return late Wednes
day and the local units are
slated to arrive home Sunday.
Business
Association
Moves Office
The Loulsburg Business
Association has Announced the
moving of Its office upstairs
In the Perry Building since
1962 to a new location on
Court Street here.
Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants, Ex
ecutive Secretary of the Asso
ciation reported the office la
now on a ground floor level at
211 Court Street. The move,
reportedly, was In order to get
nearer the downtown busi
nesses and to afford easier
access for the Association
members.
The Association, first
formed In 1M2, has rented
office space In the Perry
Building on Main Street here
since that time. Efforts to
locate on a ground floor Called
to locate a suitable place until
recently.
The move was approved by
Uw Association Board of
Directors in a special meet
ing held last 'week, it was
announced.