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LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Important To The Community
A community-wide effort is underway
to get every interested person in the
area to fill out a Labor Survey form and
return it to the Industrial Development
office through a number of pickup
places. The purpose of the urgent pro
ject is to show that labor is available
in the area should an industrial pros
pect decide to locate here.
Understandably, development offi
cials are keeping quiet on the who,
what, where and other data concerning
the prospect. To leak such information
would be a violation of the firm's con
fidence and could result in the loss of
the plant. It could also result in some
other community getting into the act
when a decision is to be made between
more than one possible location.
However", many people would perhaps
gladly complete the Survey form and
return it if they knew what t#pe job
they were saying they'd be willing to
take. In view of this, it might be that
officials are keeping the information
too secretive.
It might be well to explain that these
forms are not to be seen by the company,
if it should choose to locate here. The
information gained by the survey will
be used to show that labor is available
in the area to support an additional
industry. Whether or not a person is
employed is between the person and the
company and will come later in the
event the plant is to located here.
While officials are close-mouthed
about all aspects of the prospect, some
information is available. It is a Triple
A rated firm. It intends to pay its own
way. The community is not expected to
be called on to finance a building or to
buy stock.
Whatever the company manufactures,
whatever its name might be, wherever
in this area it might choose to locate,
it will be a blessing to tyis community.
Every citizen of the entire area should
return a completed Labor Survey form at
once. Time is running out. September
23 is the deadline.
The labor is undoubtedly here. The
point is that we must show that it is and
we must do it now.
While all of us would like to know
more about the prospect, there are rea
sons why this is not possible at this
time. Suffice it to say, we need indus
try here and we have the people to sup
port it.
Get your Labor Survey form in an
soon as possible. Urge your neighbor
to do the same.
Secret or no secret, this thing is big
and its importance to this community
cannot be exagerated. Let's not lose
this opportunity if we can help it. You
can help. Get those forms filled out and
turned in by September 23.
ASC Lists Winners In Balloting
The Franklin County ASC
Committee had a busy day
Wednesday, September 14,
1966, tabulating some 1284 bal
lots cast In the Community
ASC Committee Elections.
Deferred
A release from Washington
discloses that the Frankllnton
City Schools system has been
> placed on the deferred list for
federal aid. The action fol
lowed the School Board's de
cision last Wednesday not to
comply with guideline re
quirements as laid down by of
ficials of the Office of Educa
tion.
Involved In the anticipated
loss of federal funds of
$80,000 In Elementary andSe
condary Education Act(ESEA)
money,
Wildlifer
To Stay
James H. Duke, veteran
State Wildlife Protector In
Franklin County , disclosed
today that he has declined a
transfer and promotion and
will remain In the county In
his present capacity.
It had been revealed earlier
this week that the popular
wildlifer had accepted a trans
fer to Hlllsboro, N. C. which
carried with It a promotion
In the department.
Duke stated that he liked
Franklin County and was very
fond of the people here. "They
have been very nice to me,"
he said. He also added that
It was a tough decision to
make Inasmuch as the pro
motion was very tempting.
The newly elected com
mitteemen will take office
October 3, 1966.
Following Is i summary of
newly elected Community ASC
Committeemen by communi
ties and the alternates will
serve In the event a vacancy
occurs In the community com
mittee.
Cedar Rock? OUle T. Fish
er, R. S. May, Ashley Jen
kins, Edward Boone, Jasper
W. Collins.
Cypress Creek ? J, S. Collie,
Thomas W. Gay, Jr., George
W. Murray, A. C. Stalllngs,
Ruffln Wheeler.
Dunn? Bennle B. Williams,
O. B. Mullen, W. Harold Al
ford, Henry K. Baker, Melton
White.
Frankllnton - - Howard Con
yers, Clifton Conyers, John
T. Wright, Jr., William Ed
wards, Harold Wheeler.
Gold Mine? Bennle Ray Gup
ton, George Foster, Bryant
Wood, Garner Dement, Klrby
Gupton.
Harris - -SldneyStrlckland,
W. R. Richards, Jr., Robert
Ward, Bobby Land, Raymond
J, Bailey.
Hayesvllle - - W. D. Foster, -
Staley Ayscue, W. E. Aycock
J. C. Goodson, Allle Stegall.
Loulsburg? Russell Nelms,
Walton Hayes, Elmo May,
Wilbur Southall, David Ter
rell.
Sandy Creek - - H. T, Ed
wards, J. C. Tharrlngton,
Owen F. Tharrlngton, E. N.
Perdue, W. W. Breedlove, Jr.
YoungsvUle? Haywood Wig
gins, Bland Hill, Clifton Hill,
K. H. White, Charlie Dickens.
It was also announced that
the County Convention to elect
1967 County ASC Committee
men will be held at the ASCS
Office In Loulsburg, N. C.,
Monday afternoon, September
26, 1966, beginning at 3:00
p.m. Newly elected com
munity committeemen will
serve as delegates to the con
vention.
All newly elected com
mitteemen will take office Of
mltteemen will take office
October 3, 1966.
Recorder's
Court
The following casea were
disposed of during a session
of Recorder's Court on Tues
day, September 13:
Jlmmle Jerry Alston, c/m/
17, speeding. $5.00 fine and
coats.
Charlie Lee Williams, c/m/
43, motor vehicle violation.
6 months In Jail, suspended
on payment of $100 fine and
costs.
Bobby Lee Amerson, c/m/
27, motor vehicle violation.
6 months In Jail, auapended
on payment of $100 flnr-and
costs.
Douglas Wayne Cash, w/m/
16, speeding. $10.00 fine and
costs.
James Russell Brannan, w/
m/45, speeding. $15.00 fine
and costs.
Ernest Andrews, c/m/46,
non-support. Not guilty.
Johnnie W. Stalllngs, c/m/
36, no operator's license. 6
months In Jail, suspended on
payment of $15.00 fine and
coats.
James Arthur Gupton, c/m/
38, speeding. >15.00 fine and
coats.
William Lee Cloaa, c/m/51,
motor vehicle violation. 6
months In Jail, suspended on
payment of $15.00 fine and
coats.
Franklinton Court
(Frk. B. W.) The following
cimi war* tried before Mayor
Joe W. Pearce Ir. Frank Union
on Monday.
Elnora Danlela - Aaaault.
Pleads not guilty. Found not
guilty. .
Elnora Danlala - Aaaault.
Plead* not guilty. Found guil
ty. Prayer tor Judgment. Con
tinued on condition ahe not
violate any other law (or 8
months
Maynard Lasalter Caah -
Driving under Influence and
no brake*. Pleads guilty to
careleaa and r*ckl**? dri
ving. 926.00 fine and coat.
Eugene Murray ? Drunk.
Pleads guilty. To pay coat of
court.
William Thorp - Drunk.
Bond called, laau* nlal acl
fit and Instants capias.
Claf* net Samuel Kearney -
Reckless driving. Pleads guil
ty. Given 60 days on road.
Suspended on payment $10.00
fine and coat.
I. S. Bryant - Drunk. To pay
coat.
George Irvln Perry - No
operator's license and tailed
to yield right of way. Paid
cost.
Bruce Mian Champion -
Speeding (83 MPH In a 50 ml.
?one). Paid coat.
Joe Chavls - Scratching off.
Pleads guilty. Given 30 days on
road. Suspended on payment of
cost and restitution of $35.00.
Kermjth H. Merrltt, Therlo
Allen, Leonard McCray Jack
son, Claude Wood - Drunk.
Each paid coat of court.
Charles L. Prlvette - As
sault. Fin* and coat paid.
Thomas Lm Shield^ - Stop
U(ht violation. Fin* and coat
paid.
Dennis T. Little - Itocklaaa
driving. Coat paid'
Frad Marvin Eaton - Speed
ing (to MPH In a 60 ml. lona).
Flna and coat paid.
' Marvin Dorasy Abbott, Jr.
Exceeding safe spead. Coat
paid.
Joseph W. Allan - Speeding
(75 MPH In a 60 ml. zona).
Flna and coat paid.
Ronald Owen McKenila ?
Speeding (60 MPH In a BO ml.
tone). Coat paid!
Jasper Harrington - Speed
ing (70 MPH In a ?0 ml. tooa)
Coat paid.
Talton Sanders - No chauf
four'a llcanaa. Cost paid.
Praise For People Of Franklinton
by Jesse Helms
One of the more disturbing
aspects of the frustration grow
ing out of the cascade of federal
controls falling upon the schools
of America is the manner in
which the leftwing propaganda
machinery is seeking to deceive
not only the school officials of
the land, but the general public
as well.
The courageous action last
week by the Franklinton School
Board provides an instructive
example. The people of Frank
linton made clear to their school
board that they had suffered to
the limit of their endurance the
petty tyrannies of the federal
bureaucrats 'associated with the
U. S. Office of Education. Swarms
of investigators from Washington
had taunted and tormented not
only the school officials of
Franklinton, but some parents of
school children as well. The
schools of Franklinton were to be
operated in accordance with the
whims and caprices of U. S. Com
missioner of Education Harold'
Howe, else Mr. Howe was going
to shut off Franklinton's due
federal funds. Freedom of choice
was not enough in the assignment
of students;'., they were to attend
school where Mr. Howe wanted
them to attend, or else.
Very well, said the people of
Franklinton, we choose the "or
else". Keep your money, they
said through their school board;
we will henceforth operate our
schools in the best interest of
our children and not to suit the
faceless bureaucrats in Washing
ton.
There was an echo of the
Boston Tea Party and of Patrick
Henry's exhortation of "liberty
or death" wrapped up in the de
cision made in Franklinton last
week. Here at last, were citizens
willing to stand up and be count
ed. They did not shout or riot or
pillage or ctestroy. They simply
said that they were fed up with
petty tyranny, and that they wish
ed no more of it.
This is where the leftwing
propagandists moved in to de
ceive and misrepresent and dis
tort. "Franklinton's school sys
tem," cried THE NEWS AND
OBSERVER," is moving toward
a position of defiance of the law
of the land as enacted by Con
gress."
"Defiance of the law"?
Poppycock! All the Franklinton
school board did was vote to
continue a freedom of choice
. plan adopted last spring which
gave children and parents of all
"races the right to choose the
schools they preferred.
Let's look at the law which
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER
suggests that the Franklinton
people are defying. The Civil
Rigfits Act of 1964 calls for
"desegregation of public' educa
tion". But Title IV, Section 401,
of lhat law defines "desegrega
tion" as it is meant to be inter
preted. Desegregation - and now
we are quoting from the "law of
the land as enacted by the Con
gress"-" 'Desegregation' means
the assignment of students to
public schools and within such
The Old Squeeze Play
NIGHT LIFE ON
CAPITOL HILL
JOHN J. SYNON
May 1 (ell you a story?
On Tuesday, August 30. at
about 10 o'clock at night, Mrs.
Mary Kolbash pushed through the
great doors of House Office Build
ing III. turned south and headed
home. Within a block and within
two minutes. Mrs. Kolbash had
been slugged, knocked flat, and
kicked, viciously and repeatedly.
A witness rushed to her aid and
saved her from whatever was due
next. The attacker escaped.
Mrs. Kolbash is secretary to Con
gressman Bill Randall of Missouri
and had been working late, a cus
tomary practise for congressional
secretaries.
It - is also customary for late
working congressional secretaries,
on their way home, to be assaulted
as was Mrs. Kolbash. Two a night:
12 assaults a week is the average,
so report the police of Precinct
#5 (Capitol Hill).
While undergoing the crashing
blows of the brute, Mrs. Kolbash
remained, alert enough to obtain
his description. She told police he
was a Negro, aged about 15; that's
right, 15. Little good her quick
wittedness did her; the savage is
still at large.
> * * *?
Congressman Randall took the
opportunity to talk of the attack
with the officer assigned the case.
He asked what chance there was
of apprehending the assailant. The
officer stopped what he was doing,
stared a moment at the lawmaker
and, finally, asked if Congressman
Randall had ever seen one of the
"rights" cards every officer is re
quired to hand a suspect before
questioning may begin. No, he
hadn't.
' "You have the right to remain
silent," the card rea<f "You are not
required to say anything to us at
arty time or to answer any ques
tions."
Once that card is produced, the
I
congressman was told, the police
are rewarded with silence. But the
gestures thev receive are eloquent
enough. The suspects literally
thumh their nose at the police.
They just grin and thumb their
nose. \
That seemed to Answer the con
gressman's first question, what
chance there was of, catching the
assailant. I Ic followed it with a
second: Would there be even an
attempt to catch him; would the
police so much as try?
........ ?
LETTERS TO TNE
EDITOR
To The Editor:
What happened to $102,000.00 at tlx
much publicised meeting at the citi
zens of Frankllnton Township with
the School Board on August 27, IMS.
The. Chairman of the School Board
stated publicly that the School Dis
trict lost the sum of $102,000.00 In
Federal Funds last school year be
cause of "an oversight" in not apply
ing for It. I am Informed that this Is
the only School District In the State
that did not apply for or receive this
"aide" or "grant."
This Is certainly- a very large
amount of money for our small school ,
system to lose. If our predominantly
negro school (B. F. Person-Albion
School) needed an assistance this
year In the sum of $80,000.00, why
did they not get the $102,000.00 last
year? ...
All the people of Frankllnton Town
ship are entitled to an answer. R
does seem strange that School Su
perintendent Fred W. Rogers makes
so much of the possible loss of
$?0,000.00 this year, while glossing
over the loss of $102,000.00 the pre
vious year through "his oversight."
Mrs. W. A. Prultt
Route 2, Box 102
Prukllnton, N. C.
Yes, the police said, they would
try. Fact was, they thought they
knew who he was but "our hands
are tied".
That is all of the story.
? ? ?
Twelve a week; two a night. I
do believe it is no more dangerous
in the brush outside Saigon; I
believe the Viet Cong to be no more
dangerous than the coddled sav
iges of Capitol Hill. Two assaults
a night;' think of it And the hands
of the cops are tied.
Do vou know who tied them?
Do you know where the blame
belongs for this pathetic state of
affairs?
Let me tell you: The responsi
bility lies with the Supreme Court
of the United States, the most no
torious clutch of scofflaws in the
history of this nation. More point
edly, the blame rests on the nulk
ing shoulders of the meanest man
on earth: Earl Warren. Never for
get him.
That gang ? The Court ? in two
notable cases, Fscobeda and Mi
?landa, and earlier, in Mallory, they
fixed it so such bestial savages as
struck down Mrs. Kolbash can
prey with impunity upon women.
Thanks to the Warren Court, if
such miscreants are not caught in
the act, it becomes practically im
possible to obtain a conviction.
Even then if the arresting officer
does not thread his wav with the
skill of a Philadelphia lawyer, the
case will be thrown out.
"Man, you violated my civil
rights".
I am convinced this whole thing
is readving itself for climax. The
day will come when those who de
based America, in turn, will be
brought before their victims.
When that day comes, I want to
be there.
I want to drive the tumbrel.
schools without regard to their
race, color, religion, or national
origin, but 'desegregation' shall
not mean the assignment of stu
dents to public schools in order
to overcome racial imbalance."
Clearly, then, it is not the
Franklinton school board, but
U. S. Commissioner of Education
Harold Howe, who is "defying
the law of the land." Mr. Howe
is going beyond his authority in
making demands not even im
licitly authorized by the law.
This arrogance on the part of Mr.
Howe is what the Franklinton
schooU board, speaking for the
peopl#h>f that community, last
week "defied". And in a time
when every blessing is to be
counted and treasured, it is
heartening indeed to see the
people of Franklinton rise up in
justified protest.
North Carolina's "freedom of
choice" plan is lawful. It is
constitutional. . Embarrassed ul
tra-l i beral s may squirm and pious
ly condemn the people of Frank
linton all they like, but the fact
remains that what happened in
Franklinton is the best possible
example of how to preserve a
government of laws instead of
surrendering to a government of
men. Harold Howe, Lyndon John
son's U. S. Commissioner of
Education, is the man at whom
the fingers of scorn ought to be
pointed. He is the fair-haired
boy of the ultra-liberal crowd;
he is the one who is taking the
law into his own hands.
More power to the people of
Franklinton. The greatest regret
is that there have not already
been more schools boards and
more aroused groups of citizens
to staid up and say "No!" If
and when more of us become
ready to foHow the lead of Frank
linton, the nation and its liberties
will be more secure. And if we
should fail to do our duty, we
will have no one to blame for our
frustrations but ourselves.
DEATHS
MISS BESSIE STRANGE
Funeral service! (or Miss Bes
sie Royal Strange. 82. of 2WT7 E.
Geer St., will be held today at
2 p.m. at Gorman Baptist
Church Rev Julian Motley, pas
tor. will officiate. Burial will
be in the Strange family ceme
tery near Louisburg in Franklin
County. ?
Pallbearers will be Thurman
Bateman, T. J. Copley, Harry
Fuller. Carl McGhre. hoy Hunt.
Sammy Carter and T. Frank
Fuller.
Miss Strange died Wednesday
at 4:30 im. at the borne of her
brother. R. T. Strange, with
whom she had made her horqP ~*
for the past 30 years.
She was bom in Franklin
County, the daughter of William
S and Mary Fuller Strange,
where sbe received her educa
tion and lived before coming to
Durham. She was a member at
Gorman Baptist Church.
Surviving Is her brother, R. T.
Strange of Durham.
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