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> . ? ? Industry wvauivr inuusiry - The FrankMn Times s: - r^\ i <$3 \ , b Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ** ? Serving All Of Franklin County * T*l. ?Y 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, February 9, 1967 (10 Pages Today) gfth Year-Number 102 1 1 ? Clerk's Vault Addressing The General Assembly Governor Asks Record Amounts To Aid Public Education Governor Dan Moore today asked the 1967 General As sembly to appropriate record amounts (or advancement of all areas of North Carolina's public education system. He called for substantial raises for public school teachers, free textbooks, and a feasi bility study of public kinder gartens. In his biennial message to the Legislature, the Governor recommended major in creases for community col leges and higher education. He proposed a large appro priation for capital Improve ments. Details on the budget will be given by the Governor In a second address to the General Assembly next week. At that time, he also will outline his proposals for tax relief. "Education is the first con cern and responsibility of this administration," the Gover nor said today. He paid tri bute to all, especially Masonic Notice There will be a stated com munication of Loulsburg Lodge 413 Tuesday evening at 7:30 In the Masonic Temple on Jolly St. Work will be In the Fellowcraft Degree. All Fell owe raft and Master Ma sons are cordially invited. teachers, who have contri buted to the cause of education. But, he said, North Carolina "still has a long way to go to attain the system we desire." To move North Carolina to ward its educational goal, Governor Moore recom mended General Fund appro priations totaling more than $784 million for the public school system. This Is over $130 million or nearly 20 per cent above the record appropriations for the current blennlum. The Governor asked the Gen eral Assembly to strengthen State efforts In all areas of service to the people, Includ ing health and welfare, cul ture, water resources, human relations and highway safety. All recommendations he said, are "designed with a single purpose In mind: to provide the means for a better and more useful life for every man, woman and child In North. Carolina." In other areas, the Gover nor re-emphaslzed his sup port for the one-university concept, called for a strengthening of laws against bombings and intimidation of citizens, urged a Constitu tional amendment to allow the General Assembly to set the minimum voting age, stated his opposition to the sale of liquor by the drink and asked that the brown-bagging cus tom be legalized, If control can be maintained. The Governor's first recom mendation to the General As sembly was for "a major Increase" In salaries for pub lic school teachers. He asked for an average increase of 8.73 per cent In 1967-68 and an additional 8.85 per cent In 1968-69, for a biennial total Increase of 17.58 per cent. r This was the recommendation of the State Board of Edu- i cation. "When added to the 10 per cent raise given teachers dur ing this blennlum, It will mean more than a 27 per cent salary Increase In four years," the Governor said. This, he added, would be "the largest (In crease) given during any ad ministration In the last twenty years." The Increases proposed by the Governor would raise the minimum annual salary for an Cancer Clinic The Cancer Detection Clinic for February will be held at the Franklin County Health Center on Wednesday, Feb ruary 15th, starting at 1:00 p.m. This Is a free service and anyone wishing an exam ination may obtain an appoint ment by calling Miss Esther Andrews at Gy6-3553. "A" certificate holder te $5,004.25 In 1968-69. "North Carolina can now reach Its long sought goal of a $5,000 minimum annual salary for beginning teachers," the Gov ernor said. To the basic State salaries, local supplements "can and should be added," he said. Noting that the 1965 General Assembly had approved his See GOVERNOR Page 6 80-Year Old Building Succumbs The 80-year old Beck build ing at the corner of E. Nash St. and Spring St. here finally gave up Its valiant effort to remain standing this week. The west wall caved In scat tering brick and mortar over the Inside of the building now housing Quality Auto Supply Co. Fearful that any attempt to bolster the ancient structure might cause the entire build ing to cave In, R. C. Beck re portedly plans to have the building torn down. Workmen have put barlcades around the structure to pro tect the public and soon the old landmark will be no more. Target 2 Livestock Income To Grow By C. T. Dean, Jr., County Extension Chairman and Staff Franklin County is a deficit livestock producing area, as is the whole state of North Caro lina and the southeast In gen eral. However, in planning Target 2, key livestock lead ers and agricultural workers of the county see a great poten tial of added agricultural 1 n come from well managed live stock enterprises. Several factors seem to Indicate that livestock production should become a greater part of the county's agriculture. A few of these factors are: the ever- increasing population; nearby markets; the crop sit uation and the already avail able "know-how" in livestock production. , The outlook for livestock production in general and beef cattle production in particular la good for the next several years. If Target 2 goals are met, Franklin County's beef cattle production will Increase by approximately 14 percent each year for the next five years. Total gross sales of beet cattle were estimated at $720,000 for 1965. Target 2 has a goal, of 91,625,500 by 1971. As the trend towards larger farm continues, more farm ers will finl It profitable to add beef cattle enterprises and to expand already exist ing b/ef cattle herd. How ever, since Franklin County Is also a deficit grain pro ducing area, the expansion In beef cattle numbers Is expec ted to be Increased through the cow-calf program, the stack er calf program and to a lim ited extend, the "grain on grass" finishing program. The Income from swine ta Franklin County Is expected to Increase 30% from 1967 to 1971. This would be an In crease of 6% each year. If this goal Is reached, Income In Franklin County would move from $910,000 to $1,188,260 from the production of market hogs and feeder pigs. The Target 2 committee In Franklin County believes, based on recent developments, that swine production will be come Increasingly Important as an enterprise to Increase farm Income. Emphasis for the next five years will be placed on ef ficiency at production in the three major swine systems, such as - feeder pig pro duction, market hog produc tion and purchasing and feed ing out feeder plga. In ad dition to the above, special emphasis will be placed dur ing the period on disease and parasite control, feeding, housing and general manage ment. Poultry enterprises, as a result of new local markets opening, are becoming in creasingly Important as an added source of Income In Franklin County. This trend Is expected to continue. The county ha* a potential Income of $2,000,000 from poultry enterprises by 1971. The county agricultural Ex tension ataff will provide the latest In livestock feeding and management practices as rec ommended by North Carolina State University. This will be accomplished through educa tional meetings, educational tours, personal contacts and news media. Grand Jury, Bar Association Asks More Space For County Offices The space In the Clerk of Court's vault In the Frank lin County courthouse Is the same today as It was over 100 years ago. Space In the Register of Deeds office Is Clerk's Office Telephone Co. Issues Warning Loulsburg-- Carolina Tele phone today cautioned local business subscribers not to make payments to a Los An geles firm In the belief that such payments Vlll apply to telephone directory Yellow Page advertising. Howard Pitts, -area commer cial manager tor Carolina Telephone, stated that a large number of local business firms have recently received mall resembling bills for "classified directory" list ings. "These mailings are not from Carolina Tele phone," he warned, "and we hope none of our subscribers or advertisers will send the requested $57, believing this material to come from us." Pitts addfcd that the tele phone company has heard fyom Hill Directory Company, pub lisher of many City Direc tories In this area, and that they are quite concerned a bout the possibility of a mis understanding also. The mailings Involved carry a return address of Classi fied Directory Publishing Company, P. O. Box 25967, Los Angeles, California, and they Invite checks to be made payable In that manner In the amount of >57. The telephone manager said that the matter Is being called to the attention of Postal Authorities,- Better Business Bureaus, and Cham bers of Commerce. By Clint Fuller Times Managing Editor In almost as critical a state. The Qrand Jury In Its report last week said "Investigation has been made on public com plaints and we call to the attention of the Franklin County Board of Commission ers the serious lack of space in the Franklin County Regis ter of Deed's office and Clerk of Court's office, especially. We also suggest that space be provided as sooiras possible". Last Monday a committee from the County Bar Asso ciation meeting "In the name of the Public," with the Com missioners, requested some Immediate action on the pro blem. A Bar Association spokesman said, "We asked the Commissioners to employ the services of an architect to determine what can be done. We would like to know If ad ditional space can be added to the present building or If the building can be renovated or If a new courthouse Is need ed". One report said that the Clerk of Court and the Courtty attorney were authorized to contact an architect. The minutes of the Board meet ing, however, does not show that any action was taken In the matter. Mr. E. M. Sykes, Chairman of the Board, said it is his understanding that "We left it in the hands of acommlt tee already appointed". This committee was named several years ago and a reliable source identified the members as Clerk of Court Ralph Knott, Commissioner George Harris and attorney W. H. Taylor.' County attorney Charles Da vis said that he understood that the Board authorized him, Mr. Harris and Mr. Knott to con tact an architect and that Mr. Harris told him for he and Mr. Knott to proceed. Davis said he planned to contact an archi tect. Mr. Sykes also said, "We are faced with building a jail and putting the Sheriff's office there, "so we can give one of them one side of the court house and the other, the other side", in obvious referenceto splitting the present offices between the Clerk and the Reg ister of Deeds, "if we can build a vault to take care of Knott (Clerk of Court Ralph Knott) we can possibly get by until we can build a jail", Sykes continued. The need for additional space Is apparent when anyone en Group Hears Welfare Programs Explained The Franklin County Welfare program was explained to a group of local citizens by de partment and state officials here Monday night In a din ner meeting held In the Stu dent Union building at Louls burg College. N. Archie Brown of Youngs vllle, Chairman of the Wel fare Board, presided over the meeting and Introduced the speakers. Brown Informed the group that the local de partment handles nearly "a million dollars annually and this agency has been misrep resented". He said many peo ple believed anything they heard, but most of the things said about the local depart ment were "without truth or fact". Mrs. Jane M. York, Direc tor of the county department, explained the various pro grams. "OAA means Old Age Assistance, APTD means Aid to the Permanently and Total ly Disabled, AFDC means aid to Families with Dependent Children, MAA means Medi cal Assistance for the Aged and NPA means No Money Payment", Mrs. York ex plained. The Director pointed out that Public Assistance and Medical Services account (or $806,760.00 annual expendi ture of which the county's share Is $72,755.00 or ^per cent. Administration of the various programs cost $86, 857.00 of which Franklin County pays $32,650.00 or 37 percent. Mrs. York also explained that most case workers In the department are carrying well in excess of the normal 60 cases per worker. She also named over a dozen areas in which the department per forms services which are not generally known. Such things as certification of clients for other agencies, family plan ning services, social histories and others. Superior Court Judge Hamil ton H. Hobgood of Loulsburg spoke to the group explain ing the assistance given the courts by the department. He said, "We use the Welfare Department. We consider It to be the department of trou ble. I, for one, say thank See WELFARE Page 6 ?f ters either of the two offices. As one local attorney put It Wednesday, "The Deed's of fice need Is great and the Clerk's office need Is criti cal". Register of Deeds Alex Wood reports that space In his vault and outer office Is grossly In adequate. He explained that when several people are using w the space, others cannot get to the books and flies needed. Wood does not have a private office and many valuable docu ments are plied up both In side the vault and In the outer office. i lie \^1C| ft 3 vault la nuwum beyond belief uhless one has recently visited there. Books are piled four or five high on the only table In the room, in piles of four or five, spread ing over much of the work space. Only about six feet of table space now exists in side the vault and none at all In the main office and cer tainly none under the court house steps where Knott has his private office. "In the summertime we can stack some books on top of the radiator", said Mrs. Bet sy Lavender, assistant Clerk, "but In the wintertime we can't". We remember think ing of the Irony In the fact that the season had such a bearing upon the space In the courthouse. Knott's office, located un derneath the steps, allows Just head room, provided a normal size person doesn't stand straight. Three persons can barely get Inside and close the door. Knott's desk sits partly inside the window. "Many persons come here to this office", Knott said, "And the majority of them wish to discuss their business In pri vate. This is almost impossi ble under the present condi tions". One observer told of having been in the Clerk's of . flee . recently when an entire family was exposed to the view of all while the husband was being prepared for committ ment to an institution. The ob server said, "Even I was em barrassed for having been there". Knott- reported that many times he has to Interview dis traught families seeking to' be made administrators of es tates, lr. the halls of the court house because of the lack of space in his office. The present courthouse was bqllt in 1849-50, replacing the original one erected In 1786. The present building was last remodeled in 1936-37. The Board of Commission ers levied a three cent tax for See OFFICES Page 6 WF T E M TO <?<? PEMMH\ Ufld | TAWd^LHLEl) Speakers At Welfare Meet -Staff fboto by Clint Tullcr. Principals at the Welfare Department public meeting are ?town above. Left to rl(ht: N. Archie Brown, Chairman of the Welfare Board, George Harris, County Commissioner; Mrs. Jane H York, Director ofWelfare; Mrs. Idonna Russell, State Welfare official; Norwood Faulkner, County Commis sioner arxl Superior Court Judge Hamilton H. Hobfood. All but Harris and Faulkner took part In the program explain ing the various programs conducted by the local department.
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