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Weather Decreasing cloudiness, not as warm and humid today. Wednesday generally fair and mild. Low today, 65; high, lower 80s. T?l. 0Y 6-3283 The FrariMin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ ^ * Serving All Of Franklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper Ten Cents Louisburg, It. C, Tuesday, June 18, 1968 (Six Pages Today) Giggle Shapely legs, nice curves and angles, pretty hair and eyes, etc., don't always make a pretty girl ? they could make a pretty horse. 99th Year-Number 35 Building Rammed Scene above shows Friday morning accident in the New Hope community. Paul Belch, w/m/21, of Greensboro, is shown far right, seated, awaitig arrival of the Louisburg Rescue Service. Belch suffered head and arm injuries when the truck he was driving ran off N. C. 98 and rammed the Perdue Store. The truck, on lease from Tolson and Coleman Corp. of Greensboro was loaded with sheet metal used in air-conditioning installation and owned by Jim Hayes, Inc. pf Greensboro. Both truck and cargo were badly damaged. . Staff photo by Clint Fuller. Small Child, Girl Bitten By Rabid Bat A 15-month-old child and an 18 year-old girl were both bitten by what proved to be a rabid bat last Thursday night in the Pocomoke section of Franklin County, according to Tyree Lancaster, county Dog Warden. Lancaster identified the child as College Gets Federal Grant Louisburg College has received ap proval of the U. S. Office of Education for a grant of $2,901, according to Secondu District Congressman L. H. Fountain. The grant is to be used for laboratory and other special equip ment and materials. The grant represents a matching fund arrangement under Title VI High er Education Act of 1965, according to College Dean John York and will be used in the audio-visual center at the College. "This will help considerably in Ihis department", York said and added that some of the funds will be used to make minor renovations in the center. He illustrated by mentioning cabinets and booths to be acquired with the funds. The College will match the amount under the agreement. Inmate Sets Jail Fire A 22-year-old Louisburg Negro has been charged with damage to property in the Saturday night fire at the county jail which threatened him and a cellmate shortly after 10 p.m. Jack Evans, jailed around 9:30 p.m. on a public drunkeness charge was reportedly angered when denied cigarettes by county jailer Jim Finch. He reportedly set Are to mattresses in his cell block which, for a time, threatened to asphyxiate both Evans and George Terry, c/m, jailed late Saturday on a worthless check charge. The fire was discovered by Louis burg police officers and Finch when they took a third prisoner upstairs to be locked up. William Otis Epps, c/m, was being jailed on a public drunke ness charge around 10:10 p.m. when the fire was discovered. Louisburg firemen quickly extin guished the blaze with fireman John Garrett needing treatment for too much smoke. Bunn To Head Gardner Campaign A letter to The Franklin Times today, discloses the appointment of Mr. Archie Bunn of Pilot as Chairman of the Jim Gardner for Governor Committee in Franklin County. The letter was signed by Yates Neagie ana Jesse Austin, Gardner state campaign officials. Bunn presided at the Gardner rally staged here last week and had been considered as leading the Gardner cam paign locally. The appointment was made official last Tri day. Jeffre Lee Turner of Houston, Texas and the adult as Betty June Mitchell of Rt. 1, Franklinton. The chUd is here with her mother, Mrs. Roy Lee Turner who is visiting her father, Mr. Clarence Gresham who has been hospitalized. The incidents occurred, according to Lancaster, when the Turners were visiting the home of Joe Mitchell. The small child was playing in the Mitchell yard when the bat attacked, biting the child on the hand. Miss-Mitchell ran to aid the child and was also bitten. Miss Mitchell's brother, unidentified by name, pulled the bat off the girl and killed it. Lancaster was summoned and the animal was taken to Raleigh to be checked by state health personnel. On Friday, the report was returned show ing that the bat was rabid. Both the baby and Miss Mitchell are now taking the rabies shots. Lancaster returned to the area Fri day night in an attempt to capture other bats and to run checks on them but reported Monday that he was unable to kill any others. He said he planned to return again. No other incidents have been reported, he stated Monday night. He also said that he was informed that this is the fifth incident of a rabid bat reported since January in the entire state. In 1963 there was a statewide scare due to rabies-infested bats and some bats reportedly flew into windows of moving automobiles biting their vic tims. Here in Louisburg, nine-year-old Larry Fuller, son of Times Editor and Mrs. Clint Fuller, underwent rabies treatment when he picked up what he thought to be a sick bird in the WUbur Jolly yard. The bird proved to be a bat and it could not be determined if the - youngster had been biten. State health authorities recommended the treat ment, which consisted of fourteen shots, one each day. A report several weeks later revealed that the bat was not rabid. At that time, it took 21 Company Sets Franklinton Improvements Franklinton-Improvement and ex pansion of the Franklinton telephone exchange is now underway. Howard T. Pitts, local manager for Carolina Telephone, said today that a $23,000 program is in progress to expand the company's central office equipment here. Included in the project will be installation of equipment to provide facilities to serve 300 new telephones for subscribers in this area and permit better grades of service to present subscribers. Pitts said that the growth of Frank linton In recent years has brought about an increased demand for tele phone service. This demand has taxed the capacity of present equipment. Telephones in this area have in creased from 580 tomore than 1,100 in the past ten years. "The construction program here is In keeping with Carolina Telephone's continuing program to fuinil the tele phone needs of the communities 4t days to determine if a bat had rabies and even then the report was sup posedly only about fifty percent ac curate, according to reports. One other incident was reported in 1963 locally, but in that case youngs ters playing near where a bat fell from a tree did not come in direct contact with the animal. Commission Meets No Director Yet The Industrial Development Com mission met for nearly three hours here last Friday night without arriving at a decision in the selection of a new Director for the county. Informed sources report that be tween 15 and 20 applicants were considered during the meeting with some sentiment shown for applications by county men. However, it is believed that a number of well qualified appli cations have been received from out of county and even out of state people. It is not known when the Commis sion will meet again to consider Ailing the vacancy left by the resignation last month of W. J. Benton. It was learned that state employment and industrial experts were to be consulted this week. Louisburg Police Face Salary Crisis A crisis is brewing in the Louisburg Police Department. Rumors of the pending exit from the force of all but two officers, have been circulating for weeks. The Franklin Times, in an effort to report the facts, has inter viewed a number of persons directly involved in the problem. At the heart of the question is money. Already two veteran members of the seven-man force have resigned to accept a better paying position in private business. A third member is expected to accept a position with the State Highway Patrol in the immediate future and two others say they will leave unless the Town Council ups the salary. This will leave only Chief Earl Tharrington and assistant Chief Hubert Shearon on the force. The starting salary for a po lice officer was recently raised from $66 to $75 by the Council on request from Chief Thai-ring, ton. "I thought this would help get capable men to nil the vacan cies, but thus far this hasn't worked," Tharrington said. All members of the force are now paid $85 per week with Tharrington and Shearon drawing slightly higher pay. The five officers are working eight-hour shifts, seven days a week without any time off. They have been doing this since the first vacancy oc curred several weeks ago. Now there are two openings on the force. ^ Tharrington says he has at least one replacement in mind, "But I know he won't come unless I can promise him he'll be making $100 a week pretty soon." Town Councilman Grover Hirris told The Times, "I think something should be done. I am in favor of increasing their salaries." Other town officials declined the use of their names, but most agreed that some increase in pay was needed, although all were not willing to commit them selves on the question. The members of the, department say that the pay should be upped to $100 per week. One said, "I like my job and I'd work for less if I could live on it but I can't. I will definitely leave unless something is done." The Times could find no dissention in the depart ment except over the salary schedule. One council member said this is the type of thing that will recur. No sooner is this raise given than another will be sought. Another member said the force is too large and sug gested the Chief might need to take a shift to relieve the situa Fountain Asks Programs Review Washington, D. C. . . .Congressman' L. H. Fountain urged Wednesday en actment of legislation he has introdu ced to consolidate overlapping grant programs and to provide for periodic Congressional review of those pro grams. Fountain testified on his bill, known as the Inter-governmental Co operation Act, and similar bills before a House Government Operations sub committee. "Because the number and variety of Federal grants has increased so greatly in recent years, the need for coordin ation in their administration becomes more pressing every day," he said. "We have, for example, approxima tely 50 different programs to aid general education, 57 programs for vocational and job training; 35 pro grams involved in housing; more than 20 programs involving transportation; 27 for utilities and services; 62 for community facilities, 32 for land use; 28 for recreational and cultural facili ties." Fountain noted that five Federal agencies currently administer programs dealing with community and water and sewer facilities. The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act would permit the consolidation of some or all such programs, subject to Congressional review. It also would establish procedures for period reviews in recent years. "We are living in a dynamic age, and we cannot continue indefinitely to face new problems by enacting addi tional grant programs without facing up to the necessity of phasing out serves," he pointed out. Pitts said, "The new improvement and expansion program at Franklinton was engineered to allow for telephone growth in the future." some of the older programs aimed at problems of another time," Fountain said. "The problems are pressing and the hour is late," he said of the need for legislation to improve the multitude of Federal programs. . ? by Clint Fuller tion. There was one implication that it would be alright if certain areas were not patrolled at all as long as the public did not know it. One major consideration in the minds of many of the town officials contacted seems to be the reaction of other departments to any pay increase for the police. Other departments were not contacted for the purpose of this article and no reaction can be assum ed. In neighboring Franklinton there is also a rising problem, although not yet at the crisis stage. Officers there are paid $77.50 weekly and receive $1.25 per Hour for overtime work.'Theuver time is not paid to Chief Leo Edwards whose salary is slightly higher than the other members of the four-man crew. Auxiliary police work some shifts for the $1.25 at Franklinton. The starting salary is $70 there and the Franklinton Department is seeking an up in pay to $90 per week for policemen. Franklin ton police work a 48-hour week. At present, one member of the Franklin ton force is hospitalized. Reaction to the situation by local citizens is mixed, although most agree a salary increase is needed. Some cling to the hope that qualified people can be found without higher pay incen tive. "We certainly have to be careful who we hire," said one local observer, "Just anybody can't do police work." One officer with three years ex perience and making $85 per week has reportedly been offered a job making a minimum of $110 in a local business. The two that recently resigned are believed making in the neighborhood of this salary. Highway patrolmen re portedly/start at $412 per month. The/Town Council in Louisburg meets -Friday night to study the bud get. One member suggests an across the ooard five percent- pay hike for most town employees. At least one "rather council member is opposed to an across the board type increase. "I believe we ought to take them depart ment by department," he said. Meantime, Tharrington is looking for two replacements. Thus far he has ^oumf nong.Acrurding to him, those who he feels are capable of doing the job and who might be interested in police work are already making more money than is being paid policemen. The Town Council is obviously faced with an acute problem. One member of the council said this is not the way it should be handled. He said the request should be made to the council and not in the newspaper and on the street. Thus far. it has seemingly been an issu? that has escaped most local citi zens. Very few are acquainted with the seriousness of the problem. "If we have a long hot summer; when trouble brews, they'll pay attention if there aren't any policemen around," one local observer said pointedly. And there the situation hangs. The Council will come to grips with it Friday night. Unless it is successfl in its efforts, the public may come to grips with it a short time later. Rate Expected To Be S1.69 Commissioners Expected To Set Budget Today The Board of County Commission ers is expected to give final approval today of the new budget. Estimates early this morning say the new tax rate will probably be $1.69 or five cents above last year's $1.64 rate. There is a possibility that an additional two cent levy could be made to aid In financing a proposed water line for a new industry. Details of the proposal are expected to be revealed later today, but it is known that the Board has spent a number of hours searching for a means of obtaining financing for a $70,000 water line. The nature of the new industry has not been made public. Of the increase, 3.5 cents will go to finance the ambulance service and 2 cents have been added to the school budget. A .25 cent cut in the hospital and industrial development budgets brings the total increase to five cents. The Board is expected to take up the ticklish question of land for the proposed Methods and Material Center as requested by the Board of Educa tion later today. At press time, the subject was being approached. The School Board has asked for an answer to whether or not the Commissioners will make certain land available on the county hill complex for the purpose, not later than Wednesday. The Board of Education will be in Raleigh Thursday to appear at a hear ing in federal court on a proposed school plan and Supt. Warren Smith is expected to go back before the State Review Panel on Friday with whatever proposal is made on the federally financed Center project. Informed sources report that the Commissioners are expected to seek a joint meeting with the School Board to iron out details of the property switch. The land is titled to the Board of Commissioners but transfer of title to the School Board is required in order to get funds for the project. Saturday Crash Accident scene at Mapleville around 7:15 p.m. Saturday Is shown above. David Jones Hunt, 69, and Charles Phelps, 13, are shown (inset) awaiting aid from the Louisburg Rescue Service. Hunt was a passenger in the car at left, reportedly driven by Thunton Allen, 47, and Phelps was a passenger in the other car, reportedly driven by his brother, Johnny, 17. Neither driver was injured and both passengers were treated and released at Franklin Memorial Hospital. The accident reportedly occurred when the Allen car pulled out in front of the Phelps vehicle. Staff photo by Clint Fuller
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