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Serving All Of Franklin County Published Every Tuesday & Thursday The Franklin Times Apiculture Industry Education Serving All Of Franklin County _ Tel. 8V 0-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg. N C.. Thursday. October 27. 1966 (Twelve Pages Today) 97th Veer? Number 72 Franklinton School May Get Hearing Frankllnton City School!, on the federal deferred list for funds, because of failure to comply with desegregation guidelines, may get an oppor tunity for a hearing under the recent Fountain amendment. The amendment makes It mandatory that all school ad ministrative units placed on the deferred list by the Office of Education be given twenty days In which to request a hearing before an Impartial Judge. Following such a hear ings, a decision on withholding of federal funds must be made. The amendment was Intro ires-? trlct Congressman L. H. Fountain. Although the a mendment was modified by a Joint House- Senate Commit tee, the basic requirements remain. In addlton to the Frankllnton uMt, there are nine others In North Carolina. For systems such as the 10 In North Carolina already bar red from getting new federal program funds, the procedure will be this: A notice will be sent to each from the Office of Education's general counsel, with copies to State Department of Educa tion, spelling out their guide lines deficiencies. They will have 20 days thereafter to re ply and say whether they want a hearing before an Impartial examiner. If they request such hearing, It must be held and completed within the time specified by law. The amendment as finally approved by Congress pro vides that a hearing must be completed within 60 days after notice of deferment and a See FRANKLINTON Page 8 Rogers Case Headed For Superior Court The case involving Frank llnton Schools Superintendent Fred W. Rogers charged with assaulting two teen-age boys at a football game In Louls burg on September 23, has been moved again. Orlglnlally set (or trial be fore Judge G.' M. Beam, Sr. In Recorder's Court here, the case was dismissed for lack at Jurisdiction by Recorder's Court- Nrw warrants were sworn by parents of Charles D. Smith 1 5 and Melvln D. Hayes 17, Frankllnton stu dents, and the case was set Chief Issues Hallowe'en Warning Loulsburg Police Chief Will iam Dement Issued a reminder on the Town of Loulsburg or dinance pertaining to activi ties at Hallowe'en here yes terday. Dement said that the observance would be held Monday night, October 31, and that trick or treaters would be limited to those 13 years old and under and the hours would be fromSp.m. to 10p.m. In compliance with the local ordinance. Chief Dement said the or dinance prohibits, -the wearing of masks by anyone over 13 years of age and prohibits those older from going house to house seeking treats on Hal lowe'en night. To place emphasis on the reminder, Chief Dement said the Police would be out In force Monday night to see that the ordinance Is upheld. Frankllnton Police Chief Leo Edwards Issued a similar re tor trial In Loulsburg Mayor's Court October 10. An error In the warrants and a plea by defense attorney Hill Yar borough, resulted In a delay of one week by Mayor V. A. Peoples . Attorney for Rogers asked the case be moved from Ma yor's Court to Recorder's Court when the case was ache duled for trial on October 17, Tuesday In Recorder's Court here. Judge Beam again mov ed the case back to Mayor's Court. The defense took an appeal to the Superior Court. The cast for the Superior Court Is to decide where the assault cases will be tried. Youth Arrested In Car Thefts A 17 year-old Loulsburg, Rt. 1, youth has been arrested on charges of stealing two automobiles and Violation of probation, according to re ports. Marlon B. 'Jeffreys m, was arrested late Monday when he was discovered asleep In a car reportedly belong ing to R. C. (Dickv ) Collier, of Loulsburg, by Deputy Sheriff Tom Powell. The Collier vehicle was re portedly ctolen from West Nash Street Sunday night. A tip that the Vehicle had been seen In the area of Ferrell's " bridge near Bunn, brought Sheriff's officers to the scene. minder for citizens of the Frankllnton area earlier this week. Frankllnton, according to Edwards will observe their Hallowe'en night op Saturday. It was' also reported that Jeffrey had the keys to another stolen car, belonging to Loulsburg businessman Frank Read, In his pockets at the time of his arrest. The Collier car was a IMS Pontlac and the motor was heavily damaged, apparently by the youth. Read's was a 1839 model. Jeffreys was also charged with breaking probation and a |900 bond has been set In the case. Officers were delayed In their search of the avea for the stolen car due to hav ing Inadvertently run up on an Illegal whiskey stUl In operation. One of the two men reportedly operating the still at the time has been chkrged and placed under a $2,000 bond He was lndentlfled as John Lee High, 49 year-old Negro of Route 1, Loulsburg. Louinburg Police Dept. Member* of Mm Louliburf Polio* Department pose (or thetr annual (roup picture above. Shown, left to rlfht back row, Chief William Dement, Ned Lloyd, Larry Gill lam and Aaalatant Chief Earl Tharrlncton. Front row, left to right, Thuraton Bottom*, Hubert Shear In and Oerald Bury. The/roup picture la to be used on safety colander* In the area. Photo By Clint Fuller. Four Dams Proposed For Tor River Spring Hope , Enfield Dams Affect County Pictured above Is ? Time* Drawing, which flrat appeared on August 6, 1964, depleting proposed damaltes on the Tar River expected to affect the Franklin County area. Dis closure this week that U. S. Engineers are studying four damaltea along the River reveals that the dam Mow Spring Hope, which would affect the largeat area of Franklin County, la atlll under cOnalderatlon. Map above ahowa the area to be affected ahou!d the dam be built aouth of "Spring Hope. Franklin Down In Rate, Up in Total Valuation . By Clint Fullar . ? As th? fellow Mid, with torn* authority, "It doesn't matter what the tax rat* is, .If the valuation la low," and he added, "It doesn't matter what the valuation la, If the tax rate Is low." In short,, what he was saylnj Is the only thlnf that counts la the amount of money the taxpayer paisea over the tax collector's counter. The furor which accom panied revaluation and new tax rates In many North Caro lina counties never materi alised here In franklin County. Very few property owners bothered to ask for a hearing on their particular assessment, when compared with the entire county popu lation. Only one appealed the Board of Adjustment's valu ation, and he lost his case st the stste level. While the populstlon felled to rise up and march on the oounty fathers with plck-axe and hoe, there are still some around the county who will (rasp the slightest opportu nity to discuss (If that be the word) their tax situation. One termer waa beard to say last week that he had cut his Meeting The Franklin County His torical Society will hold a meeting at the Loulsburg College Library Auditorium Thursday evening, October 17, at 8 p.m. . Boxscore Raleigh .. The Motor Ve hicles Department's summary at traffic deaths through 10 a.m. Monday, October Mi , KILLED TO DATE 1104 KILLED TO DATE LA5T TEAK list t family down to on* meal a <i?y In order to pay a tax which, he laid, waa mora than double that of laat year. Ha found little aympathy with the bualneaaman he waa cry ing to, due moetly to the fact that the bualneaaman had hla valuation and hla tax alao more Two Injured In Accident An early morning craah be tween two care on Blckett Blvd. resulted in two persona belnc admitted to Franklin Memorial Hoelptal her* Tues day. Chief William Dement of the Loulaburg Police Depart ment aald apparently a car driver by Mrs. W. V. Hensley attempted to turn off Blckett onto Jolly St. ahortly before (KM A.M. Tuesday and was struck by a car driven by Oeorte Bulluck, 40 year-old Route 1, Lovlsburg, Negro. Julian K. Weldon, w/m/ of Route 3, Loulsburc, a passen (*r In the Bulluck car received severe head and facial In juries. Mrs. Hensley waa al so hospitalized but the nature of her Injuries were not dis closed, The Bulluck car was hesded south on Blckett Blvd. when the accident occurred. Lou is burg Police Earl Thsrrlngton and Hubert Shear In are continuing their investigation. Weldon, a patient at Frank lin Manorial, waa reported to be "resting comfortably" Wednesday afternoon by his wlfs. Mrs. Weldon said hs w as an the third floor receiv ing vteltors, Indicating that hla Injuries are not of a serious nature. " ' ? No charge! had been made Wednesday, pending the out come at further Investigation by the local officers. than doubled. , While It may 6* a (ood policy to let a sleeping dog 11a, newa papers air* not usually noted lor thli attribute. So, In light of a release this week of the Information . that Franklin County had the fifth highest tax rate In the state's one hundred counties In 106S-S8, It seems appropriate to take another look at things as they are today.' Franklin County waa exceed ed In Its Sl.M rate last year only by Madlaon, Buncombe, Scotland and Mitchell coun ties. It did not appear In the ten counties with the lowest property valuation either, which la somewhat strange. The lowest rate" in ally county jn the state was witnessed In Stanly County with a .42 rat* and the highest was In Madi son with a $2.03. Madison County's total val uation last year was |l 1,304, ?00. 00. Franklin County's valuation total for last year was Wl, 8M,lSt.00 which ex plains the difference between the highest rat* and Frank See FRANKLIN Page I None In Franklin County Senator B. Everette Jordan disclosed In a recent speech In Eastern North Carolina that preliminary studies of four dams proposed for Tar River could reduce flooding by "at least 78 percent". It was also revealed that the U.S. Corps of Engineers are ex pected to complete a compre hensive survey of the Tar River Basin next summer. Franklin County lies 83 per cent within the Tar River Basin, but Is not slated for one of the four proposed dams. According to information re ceived, the four proposed sites, being studied are: South of Oxford in Granville County, a location to be known as the Cannady Mill site; Fishing Creek, a tributary of the Tar In Halifax County, west of En field; on the Tar in Nash County, south of Spring Hope and on Swift Creek, In North ern Nash, west of Whltakera. Senator Jordan said that the proposed network of dams would greatly enhance the In dustrial development all along the Tar. "Constant flooding", he said, "now causes serious damage to valuable farmland, but It Is also a constant menace to the cities of Rocky Mount, Tarboro and Greenville", He expressed hope that the four dams which are'presently under study could be brought before the Congress and given approval within the next 12 months. In 1984 when local officials were called toapubllcheartnc In- Rocky Mount, C. T. Dean, Jr. Extension Farm Agent here, said, "There are 20, 000 acres of flood plain along the Tar River In Franklin County". He added, "Much land In the area could be cul tivated with proper flood con trol". Franklin County formed a Tar River Basin Committee shortly after the Rocky Mount meeting to detfrmlne which course the county might take to protect Its Interest, partl culary In the matter of lo cations forthe proposed dams. Little has been heard on the matter In recent months and Senator Jordan's statement passed with little attention locally. In July, 1964 C. Settle Bunn of Stanhope In Nash County was named head of the Nash County Tar River Basin De velopment Association. Ten '( counties were said to be In volved In the eventual deve lopment of the Basin. The Basin was said to contain 3,000 sq. miles with Franklin County having 412 of Its 494 sq. mile area with the Basin. The four dam sites proposed In August, 1964 were: Fishing Creek, near Enfield known as the While Oak damslte; Spring Hope damslte near Intersec tion of US 64 and NC 581; Langley damslte five mile* upstream from the Atlantic Coastline bridge near Rocky Mount and Tarboro damslte, upstream from the US 64 near Edgecombe county. First public disclosures of the surveys on the river were made following a visit by Ox ford and Granville county offi cials to Wilmington, N. C. The officials visited the En gineer's office to discuss future water needs In the Ox ford-Granville area. One proposal talked In 1964 was for a dam to be built along the Tar In Franklin County between Loutsburg and Maplevl^le. Other Ideas ex pressed at that time sought to have a damslte chosen between Loulsburg and Oxford along the Tar In order to reclaim land In the western part of Franklin County and eastern part of Granville. Neither of these plans materialized, however, and apparently the sites now being studied have been chosen by the Engineers for future dam locations. Mangum To Speak At Form Bureau Meet B. C. Mangum President of North Carolina Farm Bureau Federations, will be the guest speaker at the Annual meeting of the Franklin County Farm Bureau on Monday, October 31st. Mr. Mangum Is a farmer, op erating a general farm In Per son County. He has been active In farming and related work for a number of years. He organized and was President of Vance County Farm Bureau tor four years. At the same time he was operating a Farm Machinery business In Hen derson and was President of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce. Mangum was elected to serve on the State Farm. Bureau Board of Directors In 1850 and to the Executive Committee In 1955. In 1959 he was elected President and has served In that capacity since that time. "My Interpretation of the purpose of -Farm Bureau Is that It should command the re spect and support of farmers to the extent that It becomes the true voice of all agricul ture. My goal as president is Farmers Reminded Of ASC Deadline Franklin County farmaraara rarnlndad that th? daadllnafor raquaatlnf ACP taalatanca to aatabllah tall aaadad practical l? rapidly approaching Tha County ASC Commlttaa ha* racantly racalTad aoma addi tional fundi to ba a 11 oca tad to paraona who ara not partl> clpatlnf In tha 1M6 program. Producara may raquaat Oov arnmant aaalatanca through Or lobar II, 1M?, to aaad Whaat, Oata, Rya, Barlay.and Crlmaom Clorar aa a wlntar corar crop. Tha ooat-aharlnc 1 rat* la $2.00 par acre As sistance Is alao available to aaad permanent pasture at a maximum rata of $26.(0 par ?era. FMcue In crop rotation la a practlca which la -ear Dad Out by many producers each year. December 1, 1$M, Is the final data to request coet-sharlnc to aatabllah thU practice. Producer* may request as alatanca to apply lima Ori ellfl bla farmland. The maximum coat-ahare rata la $V.OO par ?era. I to strengthen ot^ program la effort to more completely accomplish this objective, be come more conscious of farm ing problems and use their energies to work out means of solving these problems," states Mangum. Dupree Announces 3-Point Plan Willis Dupree, Republican candidate for County Commis sioner In Franklin County, was guest speaker last Tuesday night at Lou la burg Collage to an audience of students and public. In his brief but very definite address, he stated that be la baaing his campaign on a J point plan, being No. 1? Better , schools --upgrading schools to better the education of our young people, now and In the future; No. 2? More Industry ?obtaining Industry to rmlee the employment level and add to the growth and Importance of the county as a whole and No. S - - Better Roads? Im proving road conditions which this county needs. "Mr. Dupree does not stand alone in his beliefs. Hesharee the Ideas and opinions at many of his fallow count lans. The county needs Dupree and man like him In offices where more can be done about these pro blems than Just talk," said a * spokesman for the T. K. C. The College T. R.'a bar* held bualneaa meetings at least once a month and try to schedule a different apeak ar each time. Tba public U Invited to attend any and all of theae meetings and bear the different speakers.
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