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 l^\c^p i cqT 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