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Legislative Neics by R*Dr*s*ntativ* Jam** D. 8p**d The 1967 Session Is off to a good start, and the "legislative pot" Is beginning to boll with hot Issues. The presiding offi cers of each Body have announced all committee assignments, several special study commissions have released reports and recommendations, and Governor Moore has made two address es to Joint sessions of the House and Senate, In which he out lined his recommendations for legislative changes as well as presenting the proposed budget for the next blennlum. The budget: As compiled by the Advisory Budget Commission, the Department of Administration and approved by the Governor, provides for substantial increases in services to the people of our State and displays evidence of prosperity and continued good government in North Carolina in the years ahead. The present revenue structure is sufficient to provide the pro posed 18.3% Increase in spending as well as permit the Gov ernor's proposed tax cut of $23,300,000. There are many controversial Issues to be settled in this Legislative Session, Including Congressional redisricting, highway safety, revisions lnthe present ABC laws, raising int erest rates on certain loans, granting university status for East Carolina College, revision of State Election Laws, fur ther regulations to protect the supplies" of water, a proposal to abolish capital punishment, lowering the voting age and many others, but the brightest side of the picture lies In the fact that the necessary expansions In services to the people of our State can be provided without a tax Increase. There are many new faces around Capitol Square? More freshmen members than in many years, if not the most on record. Only 25 (or one half) of the Senators who served last session are serving . In this Session; fifty-nine (less than one-half) of the present House members served In the 196S Session. Thirty-three Republicans and one hun dred thirty-seven Democrats are now serving as com pared to fifteen Republicans and one hundred fifty-five Democrats who served In the 1965 Session. Four women are now serving as compared to five last session. Many bills are now being Introduced, and the various committees are at work examining every phase of them to determine how they relate to present laws and the possi ble effects that they may have In a pattern of regulating and guiding the people of North Carolina. Some of the bills will be killed? some amended by both committee and floor action. Let us hope the good ones survive, and the ones with question able advantages are put to sleep by a painless method. Throughout the Session, I shall report to you the latest de velopments on Legislative events, my personal views and voting record. The several newspapers and ^adlo stations which serve our area have offered their cooperation and assistance In doing this. For this, I am especially grate ful. As usual, I welcome visits, letters, telegrams, and tele phone calls from citizens of our State and especially from people from my Legislative District. My seat In the Hall of the House Is number 3, my office is number IS, post off Ice box number 7245 and telephone number is 829-3153. Sessions are held In the House and Senate Chambers each Monday night at 8:00 p. m. and each day thereafter beginning at 12:00 noon. Committee meetings are held each morning and most afternoons after the Session. Officers Take Two Stills Frankllnton Sheriff William T. Dement reports the capture at two whiskey stills this week. One, a 600-gallon submarine type was hit In the Frankllnton Township near Pocomoke. The second was captured In Gold Mine Township Monday night. Four men were ar rested In the Monday night raid. Those facing a hearing In Recorder's Court on March 14 are: Frank Read Richardson, N/m/29, Rt. 1, Castalla; and three brothers, William Har dy, N/m/27, Rt. 1, Nashville, Nick Art Is Hardy, N/m/33, Rt. 3 Whltakers, and Earl Har dy, N/m/22, Rt. 2, Whltakers. Sheriff Dement reported that the Gold Mine operation had a new twist In liquor manufac turing. He said there were nine large holes dug In the ground, lined with a plastic covering and being used to store mash. Sheriffs officers and ATTU agents made the arrests and destroyed the stills. In Gold Mine, A New Twist Fire Hits Downtown Area Three Loulsburg businesses suffered thousands of dollars In damages Tuesday night when fire struck the old Bod dle building on the corner of Main and Nash Streets. 1 The blaze, confined to the second floor where massive renovations were underway, was brought under control by the Loulsburg Fire Depart ment and departments from Centervllle, Bunn, Epsom, Frankllnton and Justice, be fore It reached the businesses below. Holds Special Meeting The Board of County Com missioners held a special meeting here Wednesday to discuss the proposed water line to the new Carolina Fin* Woods plant site on NC 39 west of town. J. Harold Tal ton, Chairman of the Indus trial Development Commiss ion appeared before the Board for the discussions. He Informed the Commis sioners that the company had purchased the water tank for the site. However, all the de tails of the water line con struction had not been worked out and no action' In the matter was taken by the Board. Mrs. Kay Hunt, acting Coun ty Accountant, appeared be- , fore the Board requesting an Increase in salary due to ex tra work being done by her in the absence of County Accoun tant Kenneth Bras well, who has been out several weeks re covering from injuries re ceived in an automobile ac cident. The Board granted Mrs. Hunt an ancrease of $51.50 per month for the duration of Braswell's absence. The Board also discussed possible locations for county offices In the future and the purchase of certain properties as needed. No action was ta ken In this matter and no In vestigation of possible sites were made. The Board has requested an architect to give a bid on the cost of a study of present courthouse facilities in an at tempt to arrive at some de cision on enlarging present facilities or building new ones . -O'Neal's Pharmacy suffered the heaviest damages from water and smoke, with water standing several inches deep on the floor of the store. Rowe's Mens Shop adjacent to O'Neal's on Main Street suffered very minor water damage but some smoke dam age. Cash and Carry Gro cery, located next to the Phar macy on Nash Street also suf fered considerable smoke and water damage. The entire upper story was described by firemen as a total loss. Smoke, billowing from the building, was sighted by Loulsburg Police officer Ger ald Eury, who turned In the alarm around 12:40 a. m. Loulsburg Fire Chief R. O. Person said, "We had dis cussed this building a number of times and when the alarm came In, we knew we had trouble". He said he Im mediately requested the aid at all available fire units In the county. All responded except the Youngsvllle department, which stood by In case they were needed In Loulsburg or In the event that a fire might have broken out elsewhere in the county. Chief Person said he had pin pointed the cause of the blaze to a particular area on the second floor where a "drop cord" had been In use. He said this area was the hardest hit by the blase and that three wires came together at one point. Firemen had diffi culty getting to the source be cause of the tremendous a mount of smoke whlch could be Student Council Asks Help The Student Council at Loulsburg High School has written to Loulsburg Police Chief Earl Tharrlngton re questing that a police car be stationed at the Intersection of North Main Street and Allen Lane during the school lunch hour. The letter , signed by Coun cil President, Anne Avent, stated, "The Student Council and administration of Louls burg High School and the near by residents are concerned about traffic problems caused by students going home for lunch at 12:30. Many students leave the campus too fast and cause some disturbance." Loulsburg Pollpe are sta tioned at the Intersection every morning and afternoon as school takes In and lets out. Chief Tharrlngton reported that he would have a patrol man stationed at the Inter section starting today. Speed Introduces Bill Rep. James D. Speed of Franklin County, representing the Sixteenth District compos ed of Vance, Warren and Franklin counties, Introduced a bill Tuesday In the House designed to change the date for filing forms for gasoline tax refunds. Rep. Speed stated, "The bill will change the date for filing for gasoline tax refunds from a fiscal year basis to a cal ender year basts, which will permit applicants to file for a refund at the same time that applicants file for federal gas oline tax refunds". He explained that the bill applies mostly to farmers, adding that there are 30,000 farmers affected In North Carolina and concerns off highway use of gasoline. Rep. Speed reported that the bill Introduced by blm was co signed by several other House members, Including Sixteenth District Representative John T. Church of Vance County. seen spilling out from between the buildings and even through cracks tn the brick outside walls. Twenty degree temperature made the task of fighting the fire difficult and uncomfort able for the host of firemen and others aiding In the battle. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Wood lief, operators of the grocery moved much of the merchan dise to an adjourning store with the help of several spec tators. Mr. Fenner Rowe and son, Mike, operators of the men's shop moved some cloth ing from their store, but as It was determined that the dan ger was subsiding, stopped these efforts. Mrs. Breatle O'Neal, operator of the drug store had prescription rec ords removed from the store and some other drug Items. She reported "right much" water damage In some areas of her store Wednesday morn ing. The building, owned by Loulsburg attorney Wilbur Jolly, and the contents of the three businesses were all par tially covered by insurance. All concerned reported that coverage was not total. Jolly said Wednesday that a decis ion on the building had not been See FIRE Page 7 SMOKE POURS FROM ROOF AND WALLS OF BODDIE BUILDING AT HEIGHT OF FIRE THREAT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. More Fire Pictures On Page 7 LONE FIREMAN CLIMBS LADDER IN EFFORT TO REACH CAUSE OF FIRE, AS TEMPERATURES HIT THE 20-DEGREE MARK. FORMER LOUISBURG FIRE CHIEF W. J. SHEARIN HOLDS WIRE WHICH HE AND CHIEF R. G. PERSON INDENTI FIED AS THE CAUSE OF BLAZE. Does Local Sales Tax Loom In County Future? A spokesman at the Bunn PTA Monday night predicted that small counties, In the fu ture, would find It necessary to combine Into a single gov ernmental district. Dr. Gar land Hendricks of Wake Forest referred to It as redisricting of county governments. His comments, based on prospects for the year 1980 ?nd beyond, concerned the ex panding needs of local govern ments and the migration of populations In certain eastern ' counties. While he did not comment on the necessity of new tax sources for counties such as Franklin, his comments point to ? situation which might well arise before the General As sembly adjourns later this year. Few people are talking about the 1% local option sales tax proposal by the Governor's Tax Study Commission and which was Included In .his Masonic Notice There will be a stated com munication of Loulsburg Lodge 413 on Tuesday even ing Feb. 28 at 7:30 In the Ma sonic Temple on Jolly Street. Work will be In the Entered Apprentice Degree. All En tered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Masons are fra ternally Invited. recommendations to the Gen eral Assembly. Nevertheless, those In county government here and elsewhere are quiet ly discussing the need (or a new source of revenue with which to accomplish some of the many things needed. The local option, when and If passed by the General Assem bly, would In Its present form, allow the Board at County Commissioners to levy a county-wide sales tax. The 1? on the dollar tax would be collected by the State as It now does the 3$ state sales tax, and would be returned to the county, giving a propor tlnate share to each munici pality In the county. Based on present sale* In Franklin County and according to the Tax Study Commission's report, the If optional sales tax would bring In $138,040.00 to Franklin County annually. Add to this, amounts which would be received by the var ious towns. For example, Loulsburg would reoetve $9,689.00; Frankllnton, $7,746.00; Youngsvllle, $1,918 and Bunn, $469.00. Center ?Ule's share was not listed. All municipal shares would be based on local property and not on local sales. No one has yet advocated the local tax In Franklin Couaty but there la a,growta( eo*? See TAX Page 4
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