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Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, February 2, 1967
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Agriculture
97th Year? Number 100
Dedicated Today
The new Dean Farms plant shown above, was dedicated
here today at 1:30 p. m. by a group of speakers, Including
North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture James A. (Jim)
Graham. Occupied In early December, the 20,000 sq. ft.
structure contains egg processing operations which turn out
over 180,000 dozen eggs each week.
Graham Dedicates Dean Faims
Plant In Ceremonies Today
North Carolina Commis
sioner of Agriculture James
A. (Jim) Graham was the fea
tured speaker this afternoon at
1:30 p. m. at dedication cere
monies at the new Dean Farms
plant here.
The plant Is located Just off
NC 56 west of Loulsburg and
has been lin use since early
last December.
In addition to Commissioner
Graham, Sixteenth District
Representative James D.
Speed of Franklin County,
C. T. Golden, Produce Mer
chandiser for Wlnn-Dlxle
Food Stores and James Grady,
manager of Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Co. here also took
part In the program.
The dedication ceremonies
were presided over by J. H.
Talton, vice president of
First -Citizens Bank ana Trust
Co. and also Chairman of the
Franklin County Industrial
Development Commission.
Talton welcomed the public
and introduced the manage
ment and personnel of Dean
Farms.
J. Jackson Dean Is Presi
dent of the corporation and
Harris Spencer Is plant man
ager. Following the dedlca
Franklinton School Board
Adopts Desegregation Plan
An announcement, dated Jan
uary 30, released this week
reveals that the Frankllnton
City Board of Education has
adopted the Freedom of Choice
plan of school desegregation
for the 1967-68 school term.
Some details of the newly
adopted plan were announced
In public meetings last Friday
and Monday nights in Frank
llnton.
Basically, the new plan Is the
same as the one In force last
year. However, last year's
plan did not meet approval of
the U. 8. Office of Education
and the two-school unit was
rdaced on the deferred list and
prohibited from participating
In federally-financed new pro
grams.
The new plan's purpose Is
"eliminate from our school
system the racial segregation
Inscoe Retires
From FCIC
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation announces that
Mrs. Ire T. Inscoe, Fleldman
for Federal Crop Insurance
in Franklin County has re- v
tired. Mr. Inscoe had been
with Federal Crop Insurance
since 19B3 when the program
originated In Franklin County.
"This announcement comes
with regret as Mr. Inscoe will
not only be missed by the
Corporation, but by the
farmers with whom he has
worked with (or so many
years," ? spokesman said. <
Mr. Howard Cony era, Route
1, Frankllnton, has been put 1
under appointment to replace
Mr. Inscoe as Fleldman In
Franklin County. "Mr. Con
yers Is quite an active young
man In his community and
county. The Corporation is
proud to announce him as the
new Fleldman," the announce
ment stated.
Application for Federal
"all-risk" crop Insurance is
now being taken on a first
come, first -serr ed basis. The
Federal Crop Insurance Office
Is located in the Agricultural
Building In Lou Is burg, North
Carolina. -
of students and all other forms
of discrimination based on
race, color or national ori
gin". A 30-day Spring choice
period Is set to begin on Feb
ruary 8 and to close on March
8, 1967. During this period
students and/or their parents
must exercise a choice of
school to which the child Is
to attend this fall.
Forms will be mailed to
each parent of a child now
attending a school In the ad
ministrative unit and to those
children known to be enter
ing the first grade. The plan
says, "no choice will be de
nied for any reason other
than overcrowding".
The Frankllnton system, op
erating under a Freedom of
Choice plan last year which
was first approved by Wash
lnton officials, was later de
clared In non-compliance
when only seven Negro stu
dents applied for the predom
inantly white Frankllnton High
School.
A team of officials from the
office of Health, Education and
Welfare In Washington visited
Frankllnton and attempted to
come to some agreement with
local school officials on a plan
which would satisfy federal
authorities. Several plans
were believed discussed and
the Board finally tentatively
agreed to a recommendatior.
by the team to transfer the
seventh grades from B. F.
Parson-Albion Negro School
to the Frankllnton High School.
Word of this pending decision
reached local citizens, who
hurriedly formed an opposi
tion group and prevailed upon
the Board to reverse Its de
els Ion to transfer the grades.
Following this, the system
was placed on the deferred list
along with six other North
Carolina school units and a
hearing In the matter Is now
scheduled for April 3, 1967
In Washington.
The new guidelines, to which
the Frankllnton Board has a
greed, calls for an Increase
In desegregation In the coming
year. It Is assumed that If
such an Increase takes place,
Frankllnton would be rein
stated and again become ell
See SCHOOL page 8.
Man Held In
First Degree
Burglary
Robert Mitchell, c/m/50,Rt.
1 Loulsburg, is lodged In
Franklin County Jail without
privilege of bond, charged with
first degree burglary. Mit
chell allegedly entered the
home of Sarah Kelly, c/f/85
on Rt. 1 Loulsburg early Sun
day morning and robbed the
woman of an undisclosed a
mount of cash.
Details of the crime have not
been made public, but a re
liable source reported that
the money was taken from In
side the woman's stockings
while she was still wearing
them. The incident was not
reported until sometime Mon
day, according to Sheriff Wil
liam T. Dement. Deputy Sher
iff Dave Batten arreited the
man near Bunn Monday night.
Rhode Island Firm
Buys Johnson Stores
James M. Johnson, Vice
President and General Man
ager of Johnson Cotton Com
pany, announced today that
an option to purchase the
assets of Johnson Cotton
Company and Its affiliated
corporation* had been exer
cised by the Larcfcfleld Cor
poratlon of Rhode bland.
Johnson further announced
that he was pleased with the
recent developments; that no
chances In management were
anticipated; and that opera
tions of the Companies will
continue as In the past.
tlon ceremonies, a tour or
the plant was held.
The 20,000 square foot build
ing houses operations which
are processing around 180,000
dozen eggs weekly and has an
estimated gross expectation
this year In excess of >3-1/2
million. At present 45 per
sons are employed In the oper
ation excluding the manage
ment.
Wrong Date
Cards sent to Leglonalres
aarller this week bore an ln
correct date, according to
Jambes Post 105 Adjutant
George Champion. The Legion
supper Is scheduled for Feb
ruary 3, 1967 and not Febru
ary 6 as stated on the cards.
The supper meeting Is planned
for The Murphy House here.
Robbery Trio Gets Long
Sentences, Collins Freed
n. ju i j in ri diiMin oupenur
Court delivered a verdict of
not guilty in the 1963 slaying
of a Stalllngs Milling Co. em
ployee. Richard Collins, Rt.
4 Loulsburg Negro, was freed
here Wednesday In the death
of James Henry Arrlngton fol
lowing an argument on Decem
ber 13, 1963.
Three men, charged with the
November 21, 1966 -holdup
robbery of Thompson's Feed
and Hardware Store In Frank
llnton received long sentences
following a plea of guilty be
fore Superior Court Judge
William Y. Blckett here Wed
nesday.
James Thomas Knight, 33
and George Rudolph Glass,
38 were sentenced to 25 to
35 years In prison and Larry
Keith Sommersett 25, was
sentenced to 30 to 40 years.
The three pled guilty to en
tering the Thompson store,
breaking open the safeand tak
ing around 12,000 plus a new
Dodge pickup truck. Thomp
son surprised the trio when he
entered the store during the
burglary. He was later Joined
by his son-in-law C. H. Wes
ton and while one of the three
some went outside, Thompson
and Weston Jumped the other
two. Only when the third man
returned and placed a gun at
Weston's head did the two men
stop their struggle. The trio
escaped in the pickup truck
which was later recovered
near Frankllnton.
Sommersett, Knight and
?^lass were arrested byChar
lotte officers In connection
with a similar robbery there.
Frankllnton officials were ln
formed of the arrest and
brought the trio back here for
trial.
Sommersett's term Is to be
gin at the expiration of a 19
year term he Is now serving.
Charges of armed robbery,
breaking and entering and the
theft of the vehicle were nol
prossea, J ne irio was sen
tenced on their plea of guilty
to safe cracking.
The 25-year-old Sommer
sett reportedly told Mr.
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lnompson, a witness at the
trial, "Old man, Til see you
in thirty years". One ob
server was heard to remark,
"?He doesn't want any part of
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Mr. Thompson. He almost
whipped the threesome In the
robbery".
None of the money taken, has
ever been recovered.
CHARLOT1E N-C
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KNIGHT
In Five-Year Plan
Tobacco Will Remain On Top
BY C. T. DEAN I
CHAIRMAN EXTENSION SERV
When agriculture grows, the
North Carolina economy usu
ally grows with It. The North
Carolina agricultural econo
my Is expected to grow at the
rate of 6% a year for the next
five years, arriving at a gross
value of $2 billion by 1971,
according to the Franklin
County Extension Agents.
This $2 billion figure Is one
goal of the new long range op
portunities program Target
2, launched January 30 by the
North Carolina Agricultural
Extension Service.
The goal was arrived at af
ter a year-long, county by
county study which Involved
many key leaders across the
state In addition to much of
SAUNDERS
PERSON
Rotary Club Makes Donation
Loulsburg Rotary Club President D. R. (Rocky) Saunders, left Is shown presenting a club
check to Hospital administrator M. M. Person. The $100 donation goes to aid In the pur
chase of a Cardiac Therapy Group, which Includes a Monitor, Synchronizer, Defibrillator
and Pacemaker. The total group, complete, Is expected to cost around |2200. This latest
donatl6n brings the total to $1800 and leaves only 9400 more needed to finance this equip
ment. Person reported that a Cardiac Arrest Team was being organised for the local hos
pital. He described this as a group of trained personnel ready to answer an emergency call
with full equipment to treat a heart patient.
Donations toward the purchase of this much needed equipment have come from local civic
groups, businesses and Individuals, Person said. The drive tor the Cardiac Therapy Group
was sponsored by the Franklin County Medical Society. Dr. J. Doyle Meddars was Committee
Chairman.
Person also reported his pleasure at the progress being made in the renovation of the local
facility and stated that construction was on schedule. He reported that the project should be
completed In May.
the staff of North Carolina
State University's School of
Agriculture and Life Sciences.
In determining the state's
agricultural production poten
tial for the next half-decade,
Extension planners and advis
ors studied every commodity
produced on Tar Heel farms.
The results Indicate that,
while there will continue to be
a strong move toward Increas
ed livestock production, North
Carolina will continue to be a
crop producing state primari
ly.
Tobacco, which accounts for
about two out of every three
Franklin County farm dollars,
should be able to maintain Its
relative position - at the top.
Gross sales should move from
the 1965 figure of $10-1/2 mil
lion to nearly $14 million by
1971.
After two years under the
acre-poundage program
the tobacco outlook appears
much better. The surplus
has been reduced quite a bit
and both the domestic and ex
port demand looks good.
One of the major priorities
In the Extension program Is
to cut tobacco production costs
through mechanization and
better use of labor.
Cotton Isn't expected to stay
down at the low level It reached
In 1965 and 1966. Acreage will
drop, but sales will climb be
cause of Improved yields and
lint quality.
Locally a total of 10,624
acres are allotted to the coun
ty and planted on 2,166 farms.
The trend will be toward par
ticipation In government pro
grams to the maximum extent
through 1969 and producing the
allotment, after adjustment
more efficiently.
See TOBACCO page 8
Church Comments
On Legislature
Editor's Note: This is the
first in what is expected to be o
series of articles revealing the
thinking of the three men who
will represent Franklin County
in the coming session of the
General Assembly. Question
aires hove been sent to Rep.
James D. Speed, Rep. John T.
Church and Senator Wills Han
cock. Rep. Church is the first
to reply and his comments make
up today's article.
Sixteenth District Represen
tative John T. Church is an ex
ecutive of Rose's Stores Inc.
He is senloq^ vice-president
and secretary of the Hender
son bases firm. Thus, he Is
classified as a businessman
and Is widely known as a suc
cessful one. His reflections
on Issues expected to confront
the General Assembly which
convenes next Monday In Ral
eigh are In keeping with the
expressed opinions of his con
stituents In his three-county
district of Vance, Warren and
Franklin.
Mr. Church says he favors
legalizing the practice of
"brown-bagging" "under
condition of careful control
by the ABC Board" and that
he Is In favor of an Increase
In pay for school teachers.
Rends, which Church says Is
the main concern of the peo
ple In his district, Is some
thing which the legislature
"probably can't do much a
bout". He also said he will
exert his personnal Influence
to obtain more of present
available funds for Franklin
county and other counties In
his district. He also referred
to a recent interview with
News and Observer writer
Laurie Holder, Jr. In which
he stated his concern for road
Improvements in his district.
East Carolina should have
university status, Church sta
ted, "Provided that East Car
olina meets the require
ments". He stated that some
questions remain whether or
not It should be a separate
unit or consolidated 'with the
University of North Carolina.
"1 need more facts before a
final decision Is made", he
said.
The Henderson businessman
favors Increased emphasis In
the matter of highway safety,
but steered clear of any spe
cific answers to the problem.
He said he favored Governor
Moore's proposed tax cut,
"Provided requirements can
be met In higher education ami
other worthwhile demands.
This will take a lot of study
before actual committment", -?
he concluded.
He also Is In favor of phy
sical education for every
school child, but hesitated to
answer a question on how
funds might be raised to fi
nance local athletics. He
stated he would make his de
cision when the "best solution
comes to my attention".
His chief project, accord
ing to a published Interview
by Ann Colarusso writer for
the Durham Morning Herald,
Is to gain the establishment of
a training center In Hender
son. He Indicated In the In
terview that at the moment
plans were not tar enough ad
vanced to say whether such a
center would be an Industrial
training unit, a technical In
stitute or a community col