Honor Students <
YOUNGSVILLE
Jo Ann Frazier
Valedictorian
Linda Cash
Salutatorian
Edward Best Incident Mars
Otherwise Tranquil Closing
The knifing of a white Edward Best
student by a Negro student Tuesday
marred an otherwise peaceful and un
eventful school closing in the county
SBI Official
Addresses
Local Lions
Assistant SB1 Director Haywood
Starling spoke to the Louiiburg Lions
Club Tuesday night on crime in North
Carolina. The 22-year veteran SBI
agent expressed concern for the rise in
crimes in the state.
Starling gave what one observer
termed "extremely alarming" statis
tics. He said the crime rate rose 89
percent in the period 1960 through
1967 while the population increase
was only ten percent. He pointed out
that during this same period the use of
drugs increased 165 percent in the
state.
Starling also disclosed that North
Carolina is spending five times as much
on crime as on education and that 40
percent of every tax dollar is spent
directly or indirectly on crime related
matters.
The SBI official suggested four
ideas for prevention of crime growth.
He said that parents should give their
children proper training; respect for
other people and set good examples
themselves. He suggested that mass
news media should show more concern
for the good that people do and that
each community should set up a crime
prevention bureau to make the citizen
more aware of crime.
? He also pointed out that more law
enforcement personnel are needed and
that higher salaries could encourage
more to enter the law enforcement
field.
system. The end of a tension-filled
year which saw total integration come
to the county schools, had gone peace
fully with only minor incidents of
clashes during the 180-day term until
the final day.
Franklin Sheriff William T. Dement
reports that Michael Evans, c/m/15, is
lodged in the local jail charged with
"felonious assault with a deadly wea
pon (with intent to kill)" against
Warren Boone, w/m/15. Boone is the
son of Board of Education member
and Mri. William Taylor Boone and
the grandson of Board of Elections
Chairman Taylor W. Boone. Evans is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sidney
Evans, Rt. 1, Castalia, near the Nash
County line.
Dement reported that the two
youths entered into an argument fol
lowing a playground baseball game and -
a short time later Evans cut Boone
with a pocket knife across the back
and arm. The wound required 58
stitches, according to the Sheriff. The
incident, said Dement, took place just
outside the school gymnasium.
The Evans boy was taken before
Juvenile Judge CUude Allen Wednes
day and was placed under an appear
ance bond of $2,500. A hearing date
was not set and the youth was jailed in
lieu of bond.
It was erTonously reported Tuesday
that two Negro students were arrested
at Bunn High School. Investigation
shows that two Negro adults were
arrested and charged with public
drunkeness in a cornfield near the
Bunn School. The incident was not
related to the school itself in any way,
it was said. The two were identified as
Elton Satterwhite, 32, and James
Hartsfieid, 58.
Graduation exercises were held at
Edward Best High School Tuesday
night and at the five other county
system schools marking the end of the
school year. There were no incidents
reported.
"Miss Fannie" Retires
1 1 Saturday, May Slat, waa tha last day of work at tha Franklin County library for
Mlaa Fannie Munford. Miss Munford, affectionately known to many throufhout the
county aa "Mlaa Fannie" has served In tha library alnce 1937, when aa a Home
Demonstration Oub project, the library waa orfantzed. A small party waa (Ivan In
her honor In the library Saturday to wish her wejl, to hope for her many yean of
enjoyment In her retirement "We wtah to expreaa to her our gratitude and
thankful neaa, for years of trustworthy service to the library, to the children and the
(rown-upa whom she cheerfully served, " a spokesman for the library aald.
The FraSkiin Times
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Published Every Tu?d?y A Thursday ' \ \ Serving All Of Franklin County
Gy 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, June 5, 1969 (Ten Pages Today) 100th Year-Number 32
Franklin Ranks 20th In
State In Farm Income
Information released this week by
the Federal-State Crop Reporting Ser
vice places Franklin County in
twentieth place in North Carolina in
income from eleven principal agricul
tural crops. Tha county moved up
from twenty-first place in 1966. Fi
gures were not disclosed for the 1968
year.
Tobacco leads in the money field as
cotton, once a major crop, has dwin
dled to a low of 221 bales produced in
1967, the study discloses. According
to the report, 19,126,000 pound* of
tobacco was produced in F>anklln in
1967 for an income of $12,432,000.
This exceeded the previous year's
LT. GOV. TAYLOR and HINNANT
Granddaughter
Of Locals
Is Pagette
Mary Jackson Hinnant. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jackson Hinnant,
of Raleigh, and granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Thomas of Louisburg, is
serving as a pagette this week in the
North Carolina Senate, at the pleasure
of the Lieutenant Governor, Pat Tay
lor. Mary Jack is a student at Joseph us
Daniels Junior High in Raleigh and a
member of the school's orchestra.
$11,154,000 but fell short of the top
In 1964 of 23,408,000 pounds and an
income of $13,343,000.
' Cotton dropped from a high of
9,080 bales in 1964 to 4,640 in 1965
and 1,470 in 1966 to the low 221 in
1967. Income from cotton dropped
from $1,339,000 in 1964 to a low of
$33,500 in 1967.
Tobacco sales on the Loulsburg
Market shows a slight increase in sales
in 1967 -the last year reported -over
1966. In 1966, the local warehouses
sold 10,269,147 pounds for an average
of $64.01 and in 1967, 10,716,487
pounds were sold for an average of
$64.94.
In direct relation to the drop in
cotton production a decline is shown
In the amount of cotton ginned In the
county. From a high of 10,129 bales
In 1964, only 193 bales were ginned in
1967.
Corn for grain has taken a jump In
recent years in Franklin, according to
the figures released. After a drop from
an Income of $979,000 in 1965 to a
low of $327,500 in 1966, corn came
back in 1967 to bring in $727,000 as
production tripled over the 1966 out
put.
Soybeans is another crop that has
See INCOME Page 6
County Tax Rate Could Jump 27 Cents
If the name of the game today Is
tax increase. Franklin citizen* are
about to play. The Board of County
Commissioners will meet Thuraday
afternoon to enter what might be the
final stagea of aettlng the 1969-70
budget.
It U a very likely possibility that
the tax rate will jump as much a* 27
centa on the $100 valuation. It could
be more and though the possibility
appears slim, it could be leas.
This yew's tax rate was 91.71 and
preliminary budget requests after some
trimming, now places the new rate at
$1.98 assuming the requests now in
the mill are approved.
Schools are requesting a net In
crease of eight cents. Eleven cent
Increase is asked for in current expense
but is being trimmed in capital outlay
by, three cents. Frankllnton City
Schools is asking for additional funds
due to the total integration problems
expected this fall and this request
could up the figures for county school
As Here, On Split Vote
Accepts Coss Resignation
The newly organized Henderson
City Council accepted the resignation
of former Louisburg Town Manager
Jack Coat In Its initial meeting Monday
on a 5-4 vote. Co as has been manager
at Henderson (or the past three years.
All newly elected councllmen voted to
accept the resignation and all Incum
bent members voted with Coss. Newly
installed Mayor O. H. Freeman, Jr.,
who defeated former Mayor Louis D.
Horner, a Coss supporter sided with
Co as opponents and decided the iasue.
The resignation became effective im
mediately.
Coss, who went to Henderson after
serving as manager at Washington, N.
C., was Louisburg Town Manager from
July 10, 1968 to September 20, 1961.
He was the third manager with one,
Interim acting manager in a two year
period here. He followed E. Thornton
Jones, first manager and E. S. Ford,
named acting manager at Jones' resig
nation. Prior to Coas, Bill Formyduval
was employed here for a short time In
the capacity of manager.
Louisburg voters shook up the
Town Council in the 1961 municipal
elections, much like Henderson voters
did this year and the new council
called for a vote on "Plan D" - the
city manager form of government as
represented by Coss - and a "Revised
and Consolidated Town Charter". The
antl-Coas forces won In the voting on
September 12, 232 to 148 and the
council refused to reappoint Coas as
Town Administrator, which was tanta
nount to his discharge, eight days
later. The vote was 3-2 against reten
tion of the former Raleigh asaisUnt
manager. Asher Johnson and W. J.
Benton voted with Coas at the time
and Mayor Louis Wheleas, J. P. Lump
kin and Thornton Jones voted against
his appointment.
Cose had offered hia resignation to
the Henderson council following the
May electiona. In hia latter, he referred
to a statement allegedly made by
Freeman as candidate for Mayor to the
effet that the removal of Coas would
be one of hia first acta aa Mayor. Coas
hid offered to remain on for thirty
day* or to continue In his present
position if the couhcil desired. Both
offers were declined on the spilt vote
Monday.
Honeycutt
New Head
Of 40 & 8
A Frenkllnton Legionnaire, Bruce
Honeycutt, will head Voiture 1215 of
the 40 & 8 Society, American Legion
fun and honor group, at Chef de Care
for the coming year.
Honeycutt succeeds William G.
Royster of Henderson , who served
during the put
year as Chef de
Gaie.
A full slate of
new officer* for
1969-70 was In
stalled it the 40 <t
8 supper meeting
held at the Barnes
cabin it Kerr Lake
last weekend. In
HONEYCUTT charge of installa
tlon ceremonies ?? C. A. Shindi of "
Henderson, a former Chef de Gare of
the unit here.
Election* had been held previously.
New officers (re announced as fol
lows: Chef de Gare, Bruce Honeycutt
of Frankllnton; Chef de Train, James
T. Barnes of Henderson; Correspon
dant, Rupert B. Pearce, Jr. of Frank
llnton; Commlasere Intendant, John
Hedrick of Frankllnton; Conductor,
T. G. Stem, Jr. of Oxford, Guarde de
la Porte, Edward F. Taylor of Oxford;
Lampiste, Allen T. Daniel of Ox
ford; Commis Voyageur, Walter Morris
Wynne of Loulsburg, Aumonier, Collie
McKinne of Loulsburg; Medecln, Dr.
Hires W. Taylor of Oxford; Avocat,
Judge Unwood T. Peoples of Hender
eon.
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BOBBY AYSCUE
CLIF WILLIAMS
EUGENE WOOTEN
Franklinton Boy Staters
(Frk. B.W.) Bobby Ayscue, Eugene
Wooten and Cliff Williams will repre
sent Franklinton High School at Boys
State which will be held at Wake
Forest University in June
Bobby is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ayscue and a member of the
rising Senior Class at Franklinton High
School. He is a member of the Mono
grim Club having played on the Foot
ball and Track teams. He is a member
of the Franklinton Baptist Church
Eugene is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
K. E. Wooten, Sr. and a member of the
rising Senior Class at Franklinton
High. He is a member of the F.T.A.,
Glee Club and Monogram Club. He
wai a member of FFA Club in
1967-68 and won the award in Farm
and Home Electrification that year.
Eugene is a Cadet Sgt. in the Civil Air
Patrol. He is a member of the Frank
linton Baptist Church where he serves
as pianist for Primary 1- Department of
Sunday School.
Cliff is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie H. Williams and is a rising Senior
at Franklinton High. He is treasurer of
the local chapter Future Teachers of
America and president of the Mono
gram Club. Cliff served as president of
his Freshman Class. He has played
football each year in High School
serving as co-captain of the team this
past year. He has been on the track
team for three years and played base
ball during his Junior year. He is a
member of the Franklinton Baptist
Church
systems.
Welfare is asking a seven-cent in
crease and the Hospital budget is being
returned to normal which has been
eight cents. Last year this was cut a
quarter cent to balance the budget.
Industrial Development is asking the
entire five cent levy authorized; the
county accountant's office due to In
clusion of Items usually covered else
where Is asking cent Increase and the
Veteran Service office is seeking a half
cent Increase In its budget.
The Health Department Is asking
for a two-cent increase and the Farm
Agent's office is seeking 1.25 cents
more. There is also a three cent in
crease in social security and a new
Item, retirement for county em
ployees.
On the credit side, the Louisburg
School District Debt Service will de
crease two cents in the new budget
and the Franklinton School District
Debt Service will decrease four cents.
The Board may trim additional
budget requests when it meets to
study the matters but~lt is almost a
certainty that Franklin citizens will be
paying more next year. And, they may
be enjoying it less.
Man Found
Dead Here
Kenneth Newell (Pat) Ayscue, 63, a
retired automobile body repairman
was found dead at his home in Pruitt
Town Wednesday night shortly after 8
p.m. by a son of a neighbor. David
Minnich, Chief of the Louisburg Res
cue Service, said Ayscue had apparent
ly been dead several hours.
Allen Tharrington, whose parents
live next door to the Ayscue home,
said his father called him when he was
unable to arouse Ayscue for their
usual evening chat. Tharrington said he
had to force a screen door to gain
entry into the Ayscue home and that
he found the man dead and called the
Rescue Service.
Funeral services for Ayscue are
incomplete.
Saddest Non-Swimmer Of All
That forlorned look on the face of Mark Hayes, shown above, is well-earned.
Mark, 12, lives near the newly opened Town and Country Recreation swlnming
pool. Patiently he waited all last summer for the opening that never came because
of unavoidable delays. All winter long, he waited and as the weather warmed and
the time for the first swim nee red. young Mark could hardly wait. So what
happened? See for yourself. On a school picnic the day before the pool opened,
Mark jumped a creek and the result shows in the cast. He broke hi* ankle. Now, six
more weeks of waiting await the youngster and that look may stay right where it I*
until then. Mark is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Hayes of Louisburg.
Staff Photo by Clint Full*(.