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WEATHER Variable cloudiness and colder today. to partly cloudy and rather cold tonight and Friday. Low today, 32; nigh, around SO. The FraiiMii Times i <?/ 1 Published Every Tuesday & Thursday * Serving All Of Franklin County P Your Award Winning County Newspaper NO. 1 IN THE NATION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE Gy 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C. Thursday, March 7, 1968 (Twelve Pages Today) 99th Year-Number 6 Seeing Double? Would You Believe Double, Double? If you think you're seeing double. . . . you are. These are the Pearce twins, who played on the YoungsvlUe basketball squad. Harriet, left and second from left, and Janet, second from right and right. If this Is confusing to you, think what it did to Youngsville's opposition on the basketball court. The girls are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pearce of Youngsville. Photo by Clint Fuller. Franklinton City Is 151st Franklin Ranks 144th In State In Local School Expenditures Franklin County ranks below 143 of the 169 school units In North Carolina In amount of local money spent per school pupil and Frankllnton City Ad ministrative unit ranks 151st of the 169 In the state. Both units rank much higher In the amount of federal funds used for ed ucation. The county system ranks 41st In this category and Frankllnton City ranks 75th. The county unit has an average dally attendance of 5275 while Frankllnton has 1313. The county system spends $1,645,510. 77 from state funds, $467,050.70 from federal funds and $184,085.25 Is spent from local funds. The total expendi ture In the county system Is $2,296, 646.72. The Frankllnton City unit spends $382,747.49 from state funds, $71,577.41 from federal funds and $41, 122.24 from local funds for a total of $495,447.14: The average spent per pupil by the county system Is as follows: State funds, $311.94; federal, 88.54 and local, 34.89 for a total of $435.37 per pupil this year. Frankllnton spends as fol lows: State, 291.50; federal, 54.51 and local, 31.31 for a total of $377.32. For current operation of the public schools, exclusive of capital invest ment and debt retirement, North Car olina spent $426.29 per pupil In aver age dally attendance during 1966-67, an Increase of $57.50 per child over the previous year. Dr. Charles F. Carroll, State Superintendent of Public Instruction pointed out that during the same period, the national average ex penditure per child was Increased by $54. However, the national average ex penditure per pupil was listed at $623 as compared to $569 during 1965-66. This is the picture drawn by a study Just completed by Statistical Services of the State Department of Public Instruction, and a recent national sur vey made by the U.S. Office of Ed ucation In cooperation with the 50 state departments of education. Federal spending in North Carolina Increased from a flat 8% In 1965-66 to 15.4% In 1966-67. There was, of course, a proportionate decline In the percentage of State and Local school funds expended. The total 1966-67 expenditure for current operatlngexpenses of the public school system In North Carolina was $471,860,768.77, according to the re port compiled by W.W. Peek, director of Statistical Services, irom records submitted by all the superintendents. He warned- against placing too much emphasis on the per pupil expenditure, saying that this Is not always a re liable Indicator of the quality of ed ucation off* red because tMre are too many variable factors. For example, a rural school system showing a high expenditure per pupU may be spending a large portion of Its funds on the transportation of pupils while a small er and more urban system with less per pupil expenditures could be spend ing more on Instructional services. Of the total amount expended for operating expenses, Dr. Carroll said that $323,409,252.84 or 68.5% was pro vided by the State, $72,680,280.03, or 15.4% by the Federal government, and $75,771,235.90 or 16.1% came from local sources. Eight school systems provided more than 25% of their total school expenditures from local funds. They were, ranked from high to low, Hendersonvllle City, Mecklenburg Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston Salem, Forsyth, High Point, Durham City, Roanoke Rapids, and Raleigh. Fifty-nine of the 169 school systems furnished for operating expenses, from local funds, less than 10% of the total spent. Federal funds ranged from a high of 33.8% in Morven City to a low of 4.8% In Iredell County schools. Eigh teen units listed expenditures from Federal sources of 25% or more. In addition to Morven, they were Duplin, Craven, Graham, Maxton, Vance, An son, Johnston, Murphy, Avery, Jones, Bladen, Wayne, Yancey, Hertford, On slow, Fremont, and Sampson. The range In percent of total ex penditures from the State was from a high of 85.9% In Alexander County to a low of 56.3% In Hendersonvllle City. The Hendersonvllle schools last year were supported by local funds In the amount of $171.20 per pupil, by State funds in the amount of $321.99, and Federal funds of $78.89 for a total expenditure for each pupil in average dally attendance of $572.08? the largest in the State. In 1966-67 no county or city administrative unit In North Carolina spent, from all three sources combined, as much as the national average. , James Johnson Talks To Lions James Johnson, local mall carrier and member of the Loulsburg Fire Department, addressed the Lions last Tuesday evening. Mr. Johnson's ad dress concerned the problems of fire In America. Mr. Johnson began with some vital statistics about fire. In America last year fire caused 6000 deaths, many of which could have been prevented bad rt- not been for someone's neg ligence. Also, fire causes millions of dollars In property loss. In Europe there Is a yearly property lossof thirty three cents per person as complied to $6.00 per person In Amerlaa. Why this outrageous difference? The dif ference Is that because laws are stricter In Europe. Also, America has Fire Prevention Week only once a year. Why not practice fire pre vention everyday. Fire never takes a vacation; neither should Americans. Mr. Johnson continued by pointing out hints for safety. Be sure each fuse has the proper amperage. Be sure that every extension cord Is not over loaded. If the cord Is extremely hot, allow It to cool before using It again. Use baking soda, not water, to ex tinguish burning grease. Throw away oily cloths or store them In a metal container. Empty vacuum cleaners often.^fflever use gas to clean floors; use regular cleaning detergents. Last, keep handy the fire department number, and when calling remember to give the proper Information, such as your name and the location of the fire. Numerous visitors were present: Bob Cheatham and Davis Hill fr'omYoungs vllle; Monroe Gardner, Allen Tucker, W.L. Turner, Clyde Whltford, and F.P. Whitley from Warrenton; Parks Good night, J.T. Johnson, and Jim Rowell from Butrver; John Gonella and E.L. Moore from Frankllnton; W. B. Browning from Littleton; and Declmo Gay and Gene Mullen from Bunn. Tar River Dams Said 10-20 Years Away ine spring nope aamwnicn is expect ed to back water over a wide area ol Franklin County Is ten to twenty years away, according to Information from the Corps of Army Engineers received this week by a Bunn resident. In a letter to Mrs. Gladys Scott Pearce of Bunn, Col. BeverlyC. Snow, District Engineer at Wilmington, disclosed that It will "probably be 10 to 20 years before the Spring Hope reservoir would be constructed." Col. Snow's letter stated, "The Wil mington District Is presently engaged In a study t o determine the best plan for the development of the water re sources In the Tar River Basin. The results of the study are scheduled to be forwarded to higher authority for review by the end of this month. As a part of the study, consideration Is being given to the feasibility of con structing a multi-purpose reservoir on the Tar River In the vicinity of Spring Hope. "If the reservoir project is economi cally feasible ultimately results In au thorization by the Congress, It would probably be 10 to 20 years before the Spring Hope reservoir would be con structed." The letter implies that some change has been made In the original time table as set by Col. Snow In a speech to the Farm Bureau In Nashville. on November 10, 1966. Col. Snow Is quoted In newspaper accounts of tie speech as saying the dams would be constructed within eight years of that date. Four dams are planned with the Spring Hope and White Oak dams back ing water Into Franklin County. Newspaper accounts of a speech by U. S. Senator B. Everette Jordan In October of 1966 report the Senator as saying the study would be completed In the summer of 1967. The report stated, "Senator Jordan expressed hope that the four dams which are presently under study could be brought before the Congress and given approval within the next twelve months." This would have meant approval was hoped for by last October. No report on such approval has been made however. In response to an article and map published In The Franklin Times last December 7, which gave estimated areas of Inundation, a number of citi zens of the effected areas Inquired about their locations and the possibili ties of the land- being covered with water. The Times referred these people to the Corp of Engineers In Wilmington. The letter received by Mrs. Pearce Is In answer to an Inquiry by her to Col. Snow. According to the original eight-year time-table made In 1966, the dams would be only six years away, provid ed there were no delays. The new estimate of 10 to 20 years was not explained In the letter to Mrs. Pearce and The Times is attempting to dis cover the reason for the change. The study of the Basin begin In XprU of 1964 and has reached what engineers call Phase 2 of the project. Apparently _ It Is now entering a new phase In being sent to "higher authority". It has been estimated that of the 494 square miles in Franklin County, 412 lie In the Tar River Basin. This constitutes 83 percent of the land area In the county. Others Named Hall Is Broughton Manager Franklin Farm Income Reaches All-Time High Franklin County's gross farm Income reached an all-time high In 1967. The total, announced today by C.T. Dean, Jr., County Extension Chairman, was S22.897.496. The 1967 total, Dean says, represents an Increase of $2,776,897 over the 1966 level, and an Increase of $2,397,496 over 1964, the record year prior to 1967. As expected, tobacco was the big In come producer, accounting for $13, 616,837 of the total. The 9,600 planted acres produced a yield of 2149 pounds per acre that sold for an average of $66 per hundred pounds. This was accomplished In spite of adverse weather and many tobacco marketing problems last season. In general It was a good year for all commodities except cotton, said Dean. Cotton Income was down to only $31, 000 In 1967 as weather and insects took their toll. Soybeans continued to be a wonder crop. Plantings have tripled In the past four years to a total of 22,000 acres which yielded an average of 27 bushels an acre and grossed $1, 312,500 to farmers. Farmers' cash receipts from live stock and livestock products reached a record total of $3,616,488 last /ear. Swine showed the greatest gain as the number of market hogs fed out and feeder pigs produced increased con siderably. Government payments ac counted for $1,168,031 and income from forestry products was $1,361,500. Dean said that agriculture ranks first as a source of Income for citizens of the area that $22,897,496 has a tremendous impact on our economy. Crop Signup Deadline Nears The deadline lor farmers to sign up In the 1968 Cotton, Feed Grain and Wheat Programs Is March 15, 1968, according to an announcement today by the local ASCS office. Through February 29, 1968 a total of 1197 cotton farms have been slgned up In the program resulting In $55,096 Issued to producers as advance pay ments. Also, advance payments In the amount of "1140, 715 have been Issued to producers on 980 participating farms In the 1968 Feed Grain Program. There are 404 wheat farms slgned-up and pro ducers will receive price- support pay ments on a portion of their planted acreage. ? 41 A special effort Is being made to encourage all cotton producers to par ticipate In the program since gov Bids For Courthouse Project To Be Opened April 16 April 16 has been set as the day for bids opening on the $200,000 court house Improvement project. The action came In Monday's regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Com missioners. Rocky Mount architects Harry J. Harles and Richard Parker attended the meeting to make final re view of the plans. There are to be no major changes in the original plans, according to a reliable source. The renovations call for enlargement of the present facil ities In preparation for the new court system which takes effect In December of this year. Civil Defense Director George Cham plon, Jr., Hospital administrator M.M. Person and Dr. John Lloyd appeared before the Board requesting the erec tion of a 7900 cubic foot building to house the Civil Defenseemergency hos pital and also Issued a request for the digging of a deep well for emergency water storage. The Board was to take this under consideration and to give an answer later. . The Board paid to the Centervllle Rescue and Fire Department the sum of $325 for eight ambulance calls from February 2 through February 14. Charges for the calls Included one to Wilson and three to Durham at $35 See COURTHOUSE Page 6 ernment payments depend entirely upon participation. Cotton growers have sev eral choices but the trend for most growers seems to be to divert 35% of the allotment to a conserrlng use with the option of planting from 0.1 acre up to the permitted acreage", See CROP Page 6 Captured Still Photo above shows submarine type still captured and destroyed earlier this week by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department and ATU agents. Sheriff William T. Dement reports the1 still was taken Monday afternoon with the aid of Deputies Leroy Terrell and John Deal and ATU agent Mike Zetts. The 800-gallon capacity operation was located In Cypress Creek Township near Seven Paths. No arrests were made as the still was not in operation at the time. Sheriff's Dept. Photo. GEORGE F. HALL Raleigh- Gubernatorial candidate Mel Broughton announced Wednesday that George F. (Bo) Hall, a 32-year-old Franklin County native, will serve as his campaign manager In Franklin County. Broughton, In making the announce ment, stated that he was pleased to welcome Hall to his campaign staff and felt confident he would assist greatly In a successful campaign In Franklin County. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Hall, is a salesman for the Trl-State Distributors of Statesvtlle. Assisting Hall will be a committee of farmers, merchants and pro fessional people. Included are: John P. Ayscue, a farmer and president of the Federal Land Bank of Colum bia; Hill Yarborough, Loulsburg at torney; Garland Mustlan, Loulsburg merchant; Ronald Tharrlngton, Frank lin merchant-farmer; Thomas Jones, farmer; John A. Roger, farmer; Wil liam Taylor Boone, farmer and a member of the Franklin -Board of Education; Closs Wlnstead, farmer; B. E. Lewis, farmer-merchant; Jones Winston, merchant and member of the Franklin Board of Education; W.P. "Bill" Pearce, attorney, and Wallace Tippett, merchant. Broughton said It was gratifying to see such a cross-section of Franklin County people represented on the Com mittee. County chairman Hall Is a graduate of Loulsburg High School, attended Louisburg College and is a member of the Loulsburg Baptist Church. The following cases were disposed of at a session Of Recorder's Court on Tuesday, March 5th: Nathaniel Davis, n/m/43, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. Jlmmle Franklin Denton, w/m/21, (2 cases) operating motor vehicle with m jffler not preventing excessive noise. Discharged on payment of costs. Jessie Willard Tant, Jr., w/m/20, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. John Brooks Langston, w/m/17, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. John Jackson Frogg, w/m/42, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. James Authur Davis, n/m/40, speed ing. $10.00 fine and costs. James Grllfln Shields, Jr., See COURT Page 6 Recorder's
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