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Phone GY6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, April 22, 1969 (Six Pages Today) 100th Year-Number 19 Highway Chairman Promises Better Fare D. McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth, Chairman of the State Highway Com mission. promised Franklin better fare in a speech here Friday night before around 150 Democrats. The Clinton. N. C. Democrat said. "I promise you Franklin County will fare better in the next four years than it has fared in the past four." Under the Dan Moore a d m i n i s t r ation. Franklin received S900.313.ll for primary road im provements and secondary funds coupled with municipal bond alloca tions brought the total funds alloted to the county to $1,843,513.11 during .the past four years. Prior to* this. F r anklin had received just over S900.000 for primary hjghways in the preceeding 29 years. "Unfortunately, Franklin is in a district with Wake and Durhfam coun ties They have had the Commis sioners; they have had the monfey and they have had the road work." he said. Faircloth endorsed an editorial in the "Louisburg newspaper" calling for a Commissioner to represent the small counties in the Fifth Division. He said he would recommend to Governor Scott that "counties of equal size and influence be grouped together with a Commissioner." Faircloth. newly appointed chair (See Editorial CommenVPape 4) man by Governor Scott.] was intro duced by Franklin Senator Edward F. Griffin. He was interrupted several times by the group of Franklin Demo crats with applause when he referred to Franklin's road plight over the years. He said he had his aides look back to see what Franklin had received and when he found it had been 19 years since Franklin had a primary road project, he stopped the search. "I started not to come here," he said. He quoted Clarence Stone in saying Judge Peoples Critical But Improving . Reports say that Judge Linwood Peoples of Henderson is improving and |resting comfortably in Duke Hospital following a serious heart attack suf fered at his home last Thursday night. Judge Peoples was taken to Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson but was transferred to Duke after suffering a second attack. His condition was listed as critical at Duke Monday, according to reports, but it was said that he is improving. a Chinaman could look at a North Carolina map and tell where the High way Commissioner! live. He pointed out that since 1958 Wake and Durham received $70 million in primary high way funds and that Wake received over $2 million in urban street improve ments while Franklin received $90,000. He said that Wake and Dur ham should receive more because of their population, but he added, "Dam if there should be that much dif ference." He stud that "Traffic Counts are no basis for setting prioritie*" in highway construction and told of criticism launched against him by the large daily newspaper for his position that small counties should receive consideration. He made a pitch for the proposed two cent increase in gasoline tax as he told the gathering. "If you're going to have the roads, you've got to have the tax." He said North Carolina's road sys tem is the largest of all the states. "We have 74.000 miles of state roads," he said. He told the group that representa tives of the "Poor People's" march had called on him earlier Friday asking that he hire 15,000 Negroes in the See PROMISES Page 6 Principals At Democratic Dinner . Pictured above at last Friday night's Democratic Dinner here are, left to right. Mrs. Betsy Pernell. Chairman of the County Democratic Executive Committee; "Lauch" Faircloth, Chairman of the State Highway Commission and principal speaker at the event; Mrs. E. F. Griffin, State Senator E. F. Griffin who introduced Mr. Fairclotlvand Mrs. Margaret Harper. Vice Chairman of the State Democratic Party. 6taff photo by Clint Fuller. V Four Negroes File For Louisburg,Frjanklinton Races Three Negroes have filed for the race for the Franklinton City Board of Education and one has filed for the Louisburg Council contest as the dead lines for the two municipal elections pass. Two incumbents and two new comers also filed for the three seats on he Franklinton School Board and one incumbent and two newcomers have filed for the Louisburg Council. Frank linton's filing deadline passed last Fri day and Louisburg closes out its filing today at 5 P.M. Plummer A. Richardson, Louisburg funeral home director, is the first of his race to file for a Louisburg post. Richardson filed Monday for one of the six council seats. W. T (Bill) Beckham, Director of Food Services at Louisburg College, and Robert G. Stanley, Business Manager of the Col lege and a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisburg Business Association, also filed. Neither have made the race before. H. D. Tommy Jeffreys, an incumbent, filed leaving only W. J. Shearin, the sixth incum bent, unfiled. He is expected to file before today's deadline. Incumbents William Avery Wilder and S. L. (Pete) Colbert filed last Friday for reelection to the Franklin ton School Board but C. H. Weston, third member whose term is expiring, decided not to run again. Nat Cannady and Clifton Conyers filed for Weston's spot and three Negroes also filed. B. Don Blockson of Mitchner's Cross roads. an accountant, filed as did Thomas 0. Perry of the Sims Bridge Beckham Files For Council W. T. (Bill) Beckham, Food Ser vices Manager at Louisburg College, filed last Friday for a seat on the Louisburg Town Council. Beckham was. at the time, the fifth to file for one of the six positions. Beckham, a nauve 01 naris ville, S. C? first came to Louis burg in 1963. He wis transferred by ARA Slater Corporation in 1965 and after serving at Greens boro. the Beck hams "decided Louisburg was the place that was home to them", as he puts it and returned "to stay" In 1967. Beckham, hit wife. Kathryn, and their Ave children, William 13, Suz anne 12, Kelly 9, Laurie 6 and Wallace 2 live at 409 Church Street here. He ii the paat president of the Louisburg Rotary Club and It active In the Louisburg Methodist Church and it organizer of the Rotary Little League for boy*. He serves at League President and manager of one of the tea mi. In announcing hit candidacy, Beck ham Mated: "It la with a tente of duty and responsibility to serve Louitburg and Its good citizen* that I seek to become a councilman. I am my own man and if elected, I promise that I will fathfully fulfill my responsibilities in complete fairness and Impartially. It imperative that we be Increasingly progressive and maintain fiscal respon sibility" Prior to Beckham's filing last Fri day, four of the Incumbent council members had already filed. They are: Mrs. Breattle C. O'Neal. Grover C. Harris, Jr., George T. Bunn and Jonah C. Taylor. W. J. Shesrin and H. D. Jeffreys, the other two incumbents had not filed. Mayor V. A. Peoples has filed for reelection and la unopposed thus far. Section and James R. Jones, Rt. 2, Franklinton barber. Already filed and unopposed are the five incumbent members of the Franklinton Town Board and Mayor Joe Pearce. No contests developed in these races. At Centerville, Ernest Denton filed for a seat on the council. Mayor John Neal is unopposed and two incumbent council members have already filed. They are L. S. Ward and John Pleas ants. LHS Band Gets Excellent Rating by Cindy Schubart On Wednesday, April 16th, the Louisburg High School Band attended the opening of the Annual North Carolina Music Contest-Festival for -high school bands. The competition was held in Ay cock Auditorium on the U. N. C. campus in Greensboro, and ran from Wednesday through Friday. Approx imately fifty-three bands were in cluded. The Wednesday event scheduled many of North Carolina's larger bands such as High Point Central. Bladen boro, and South Rowan. Most of these bands have a membership of sixty or more high school students; and a wide variety of instrumentation. Louisburg presented its perfor mance at 5:15 p.m.. opening with a march, "Trombone King" by K. L. King. The second number was "The Good Daughter", followed by the judge's selection for the group, "The Czec Suite". The L.H.S. Band was presented with a certificate, awarding them a rating of excellent, or "two". In con test standards a "one", denotes a superior rating, a "two" is excellent, "three" is good and "four" is fair. Out of the twenty bands participat ing on Wednesday, only one band. North Mecklenburg, was rated su perior. The thirty Louisburg musicians were very satisfied with their rating. Having trippled the difficulty of their music since last ye&r's competition their projected score was a "four"'." After the performance, L.H.S. Band ? Director. Mr. Bob Watson commented to the band, "I am well pleased with your performance today". The three judgei. chosen from all over the nation for this difficult com petition, were: Dr. Karl Halvik, of the University of Northern Iowa, Dr. Ken neth Snapp. Ithaca College and Mr. Robert Barr. Glyn Academy of Georgia. Picture Pa/te 6) Pay Raise Bill For Sheriff, Register Of Deeds Introduced Three local bills were towed Into the legislature hopper lait week aa the deadline for such legislation was ex tended by the General Assembly. Franklin Representative introduced a bill (H-702) "To authorize the school board of Franklinton City School o transfer surplus from capital outlay fund to current expenae fund for fiacal 1968-69 and subsequent years". The bill limits transfers to sums not ex ceeding $15,000 In any one year. Two pay raise bills were introduced by State Senator E. F. Griffin. Senate Bill 449 would up the salary of the Register of Deeds and his assistants and allow the County Commissioners to employ an additional aaalstant next year upon recommendation by the Register of Deeds. A second bill introduced by Sena tor Griffin would ralae salaries of the Sheriff and his deputies and would also allow the County Commissioners to hire an additional deputy next year upon recommendation by the Sheriff. The bills were sent to the local government committee and both are expected to pass routinely through both houses of the General Assembly. The Speed bill was referred to the Education Committee. Griffin's bills would place the Reg ister of Deeds salary at $7,130 per year; first assistant at $4,197.50 per year and second assistant at $3,852.50 per year. The Sheriff's salary would be upped to $7,360 annually, the chief deputy would receive $5520{i and others would be paid $5060'under the Griffin bill. All salary Increases would become effective July 1, 1969. The ? present salaries, set by the 1967 legis lature, show the Sheriff at $6,400 and the Register of Deeds at $6,200 an nually. School Board Receives 103-Page FBI Report Attorneys for the Franklin County Board of Education have disclosed that the FBI report sought by the Board in the current legal tanglement between the Board and the Justice Department has been received. E. F. Yarborough and Charles Davis, attor neys for the Board have not revealed the content of the documents but copies have been distributed to mem bers of the Board. The report contains 103 pages of testimony acquired in interviews by a team of FBI agents working in the county last October. Sixty people were quizzed by the agents including a number of teachers, bus drivers, stu dents and parents. Benoy Speaks To Legion (Frk. B.W.) Approximately 100 persons attended the American Legion Banquet in Franklinton Friday to cele brate the American Legions 50th An niversary, commemorating 50 years of service to God, our Country, aftd 100% Americanism. Post Commander Douglas Hoyle announced today. Mr. Jean A. Benoy, Deputy Attor ney General of North Carolina, was the guest speaker. Mr. Benoy, himself a veteran, gave a most interesting talk concerning the many activities of the American Legion. He also emphasize the meaning of the term "100 per cent Americanism'^ ? the freedoms of men and women, as God - given rights, but a recognition that every right carries an accompanying responsibility. As Chief of the Consumer Protective Divi sion, Mr. Benoy outlined (he duties of his office and mentioned recent cases where the people of North Carolina had been protected- from fraud by several major companies doing busi ness in his state. Mr. Benoy was Introduced by Fifth District Commander Bruce Honeycutt also a member of the Franklinton Post 52 of the American Legion. It is expected that the FBI report will play a major part in the trial of the case scheduled for late June or early July. It is doubtful the contents of the report will be made public until after the trial, if at all. Board members were given sealed copies in a meeting here Monday night and the contents were not discussed. The Board held a special meeting at Louisburg Elemen tary School with members of the local Advisory Councils from across the county to discuss the "hiring, reten tion and assignment" of teachers for the coming school year. Board attorneys also received answers to their Interrogatories as ordered by Judge Algernon Butler in a hearing at Clinton earlier this month. In most of the answers, the govern ment stated the names of pupils In volved in allegations were unknown and referred the Board to information contained in the various interviews in the FBI report. The interrogatories did disclose, however, that "complaints were ini tially received from the following in dividuals: (1) Luther Copped ge, Ral eigh, N. C. and (2) Julius Chambers, Charlotte. N. C." Frank E. Schwelb, Justice Department Attorney also states In the interrogatories: "In order to determine the validity of the allega tions, plaintiff-intervenor requested that teachers, pupils and citizens be interviewed." He also says that the "Plaintiff-intervenor believes that these statements (FBI report) corro borated the allegations of Mr. Cop pedge and Mr. Chambers." The Board had sought to obtain the instructions given the FBI agents by Schwelb but the request was denied by * Judge Butler. Board attorney E. F. Yarborough confirmed a report this morning that a new motion has been filed by the Justice Department and a hearing has been set before Judge Butler in Clin ton, N. C. at 11 A.M. Thursday. The" Justice Department is now seeking to obtain additional information on pupil assignment which was not granted by the Court in the earlier hearings. Yarborough said the information now being sought is the identity of the "section, class or other grouping in specific grades and the name and race of the teacher in these grades." Pre viously, the Court had ordered the Board of Education to supply the name, race and test scores of pupils and Yarborough said school office personnel and his staff are In the process of collecting such information today. | Denton Files At Centerville Ernest H. Denton is the latest to file for the Centerville Town Council according to a report today. Denton fills the three position race where two incumbents have already filed. L. S. Ward and John Pleasants Hied earlier to succeed themselves on the Board. Mrs. Robert (Agnes) Leonard is the third incumbent and has not made public her plans. Mayor John Neal has filed for reelection and is thus far unopposed. The filing deadline for the May 6 balloting at Centerville is Saturday, April 26. Scene Of Saturday Tragedy Pilot Man Is Drowning Victim Mcmberi of the Louisburg and Wendell Rescue Services ire pictured In photo above searching for the body of Eugene Edward (Buddy) Perry, 46-year-old PUot man who drowned while fishing late Saturday afternoon. According to reports at the scene. Perry was standing in a boat fly casting when he lost his balance and fell Into 10-foot deep water in the 0. L. Prirette farm pond about a mile from Perry's home In the Pilot Community. The accident occurred around 5:30 P.M. and members of Wendell Rescue Service recovered the body at 7 P.M. I This was the first drowning of the year in Fianklln County. Last year three 14-year-old Negro youths lost their / lives by drawing. One died in a pond on the Don Joymr farm pond Ave miles east of Louisburg just off NC-39 and two drowned in the Graham Ball farm pond at Justice. Eleven persona have drowned in the county since 1964. Funeral services for Perry, a bookkeeper with a Wendell automobile sales firm, were held Monday at 11 A.M. from the Pilot Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Donald Wagner. Burial followed in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens with Masonic rites. Surviving are his wife, Mrc Justine Hicks Perry; his mother. Mrs. Floasie Ray Perry of Rt. 2. Zebulon; a stater, Mrs. Elsie Perry Brantley of Zebulon; a brother. Hardon Perry \ of Zebulon. , ,
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