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LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
On The Qrow
The release, this week, of the long
awaited water and sewer planning
report, points up what many have
been saying for some time now;
Franklin County is on the move.
The report-prepared by experts in
the field-makes reference to the
growth of the county over the past
five years. One need only look around
to see that this is true.
Over the weekend, State Conserva
tion and Development Board member
Clifton D. Moss of Enfield said, fol
lowing a tour of the county, that
Franklin is on the move.
The fact that the report said re
commendations were nothing more
than an extension of what is already
being done speaks well for the pro
gressive turn Franklin has taken in
recent years. A letter from a county
native associated with the space pro
gram this week said it very well, when
the writer asked that Franklin rush its
efforts so that people such as he could
return here where, with continued
progress, he could make a living.
With the upsurge in industrial deve
lopment and new awakening to the
needs of the county, the future looks
bright. The day may soon come when
Franklin can retain its talented sons
and daughters and benefit from their
talents. We have for too long been
exporting the best of our young.
With still a far piece to go. Franklin
cannot rest on its laurels. But it is
comforting to note that others are
beginning to see what we here at
home- have seen for some time. Frank
lin is, indeed, on the move.
Common Sense Approach
Senator Sam Ervin has come up
:with a common sense solution to the
school integration problem. He has
introduced a bill designed to make
federal bureaucrats and federal courts
abide by the constitution. The bill
would give back to the people a
freedom of choice.
j There is no question but that the
constitutional rights of more people in
this country have been violated in the
name of public school integration
than any other pretext in our history.
For some unexplained reasons those
in positions of power decided that
integration was a good thing and
that--no matter what the cost-it
should be done.
Being in positions of power, these
people have forced not only their will
on the neople but their ways as well.
No one can deny that -right or wrong,
good or bad -the Supreme Court made
segregated schools unlawful. The
Court's interpretation of the constitu
tion has always been the rules unde
which Americans live. Like it or not,
this is the way it has to be.
But many courts and federal of
ficials took this ruling as a license to
flaunt their own personal philosphies
on others who were in no position to
disagree. In short, some juvenile acting
and thinking judges and officials have
flexed their muscles in a short of
power 'far beyond what was ever
intended in the 1954 Supreme Court
decree.
Senator Ervin's bill would elimi
nate this. The private citizen would
again retain his right to choose. Courts
and bureaucrats would be prohibited
from interferring with this choice.
Teachers would be allowed to work
where they wanted and parents could
once again choose the school 10 tivfllCh,"
they wished their child to attend.
It is unlikely that the Senator's bill
will ever see the light of day. Two
things prompt this observation. One,
v the Senator is a southerner and
secondly, the bill makes sense.
It may not pass, but it will serve
some purpose. It, at least shows that
the North Carolina Senator still has
his vyits about him and that in at least
one Senate office, common sense still
reigns. It might be too much to hope
for, but common sense is sometimes
contagious. The Senator's disease
might one day spread and the people
might once again regain their freedom
to choose.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
.
Perplexing
North Carolina Education
ine lytjy Ueneral Assembly ap
proved an additional tax of two cents
per gallon on gasoline, and the price
per gallon at my favorite station jump
ed four cents. The same Assembly
approved a two cents per pack tax on
cigarettes, and the per-pack price
jumped from 25 cents to 30 cents or
from 30 cents to 35 cents, depending
on which machine I use.
A new law put a tax of one cent
per bottle on cola drinks, and my
morning break increased in cost from
fO cents to 15 cents.
So fine, but the perplexing thing is
that the rumor now making the
rounds in Raleigh is that the solf drink
tax will be repealed by the 1971
General Assembly. Besides the fact
that I'm not at all convinced my soft
drink would return to 10 cents in
price, I think repeal would not be in
the best interests of the soft drink
people.
I could make a good case, for
example, that the continuing depres
sion price of chewing gum (five cents
per pack) it a direct result of lack of
taxation on this item. If the chewing
gum people are smart, they will
mount a drive demanding that a one
cent per pack tax be placed on their
product by the 1971 General As
sembly. It will, naturally, then be
necessary to charge at least 10 cents
for the pack of gum
The Fra^kjin Times
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'Speak . . . Speak . .
Who Has Memories
Of Squeaking Shoes?
Henry B?lk In 0?Mib?ra N*w*-Argu?
How is it that the shoes you buy today do not squeak
like shoes you bought when a child?
Somehow or other the shoe manufacturers seem to
have eliminated the squeak to produce a silent type.
When 1 was a boy in marvelous Monroe of "Sweet
Union" it was a real delight for me when I got a new
pair of shoes. I could hardly wait until Sunday to break
them in. For Sunday shoes were as much cared for
shined, and greased as a Sunday suit was cared for
with special attention.
The louder a new pair of shoes squeaked, the
better I liked it. And I would wait until most of the con
gregation at Central Methodist had been seated. Then
I would select the central aisle and walk all the way
from the back of the Church to the front all the while
making my new shoes squeak the loudest possible.
Now this was when I was a little fellow. By the
time I vas entering my teens I was ashamed when new
shoes squeaked as I found my way to our pew. I would
try to walk in such a manner that the shoes did not
squeak, or if they did they did so gently.
What is it that makes us that way. Why is it that
at certain ages (say when the boy is growing into a man)
different situations have different psychological reac
tions on how one feels? Why was it that at age 111 just
loved to make new shoes squeak gqing to the front of
the church, but by the time I had reached 16 I was
ashamed of squeaking shoes?
HIGH OVERHEAD
A socially ambitious young woman made her hus
band's life miserable trying to get him to rent a more
expensive apartment. One evening he came home in
very good humor.
"Good news, dearest!" he cried. "Wo don't have to
move. The landlord has raised the rent."
merit of costs in both cases,
$100.00 fine and that he not
operate a motor vehicle on
the public highways for 12
months.
Henry Morton Gupton,
w/m/62, fail to reduce speed
to avoid accident. Not guilty.
William Bra me, non sup
port. Prayer for judgment
continued on payment of
costs.
James Sturdivant Hobbs,
w/m/21, speeding. $30.00
fine and costs.
James Thomas Powell,
n/m/26, scratching off. Nol
pros with leave.
Christine Mitchell, worth
less check. Nol pros with
leave.
Richard Parker, Sr., assault
on female. 30 days in jail,
suspended for 1 year; to pay
costs and not in any way
assault his wife for 12 mon
ths.
Morby Broston Spell,
w/m/41, speeding. Prayer for
judgment continued on pay
ment of costs.
Marvin Jackson Taylor,
w/m/39, operating auto in
toxicated. $100.00 fine and
costs.
James Thomas Wilson,
w/m/44, speeding. Prayer for
judgment continued on pay
ment of costs.
Ernest NoweU, assault. Nol
pros with leave.
Donald Wilder, assault. 10
days in jail, suspended for 1
year; to pay $15.00 fine and
costs and during period of
suspension not to be found
guilty of any crime involving
assault; that he not go on the
grounds of any public school
of Franklin County during
school hours.
Henry Edward Conyers,
n/m/36, speeding. $20.00
fine and costs.
Robert C. Hill, non sup
port. 4 months in jail, sus
pended for 2 years on pay
ment of costs and $25.00
each week for support of
minor children.
Ronald Vincent Danleis.
w/m/16, safe movement vio
lation. Nol pros with leave.
Harry Thomas Cleland,
w/m/21, non support. Nol
pros with leave.
Harry Thomas Cleland,
w/m/21, abandonment and
non support. Nol pros with"
leave.
Jasper Leon Godwin, Jr.,
w/m/27, speeding. Prayer for
judgment continued on pay
ment of costs.
Roscoe Joyner, w/m,
worthless check. To pay costs
and amount of check.
Jimmy Alston, n/m, as
sault; carrying concealed wea
pon; disorderly conduct, in
jury to personal property.
Judgment absolute on bond.
James W. Neal, c/m/32,
non-support. Judgment abso
lute on bond.
James Waist er Neal,
c/m/30, driving under In
fluence; carrying concealed
weapon. Judgment abaolute
on bond.
Elmo Long, n/m/87, pub
lic drunkenea* Judgment
abaolute on bond.
Raymond John Fogg, Jr.,
n/m/24, driving under in
fluence. 4 months in jail, im
pended for 1 year; to pay
District Court Dockot Continued
costs, $125.00 fine, surrender
his operator's license and not
operate a motor vehicle on
public highways for 12 mon
ths. Notice of appeal. Bond
set at $200.00.
Lawrence Cifers, non sup
port, 6 months in jail. Notice
of appeal. Bond set at
$250.00.
In the remainder of the
cases, the defendants pleaded
guilty under waiver statute.
Moses Morgan, w/m/31,
riding motorcycle without
helmet. Paid costs.
These defendants were
nknrged with motor vehicle
vfclations eteh paid
Wits'. Walter l*e Massenburg,
n/m/20; Robert Sidney Lu
cas, n/m/34; Dwight Steve
Wynne, w/m/18; William
Joseph Helms, w/m/16.
(Continued from Page 1)
These defendants were
charged with public tkijnke
ness and each paid 96.99 Am
and costs: Joe Lee Paaree,
w/m/42; Joe Junior fcrgee
son, w/m; Jessie Ptteips, w/m;
Julius C. Henderson; Bessie
Hardy, n/f/42; David Collins;
Archie Lee Burnette;
The following were charg
ed with speeding and each
paid $5.00 fine and costs:
Willie Edward Upchurch,
n/m/26; Dale Eugene Mackie,
w/m; Annie Louise Walker,
n/f/30; Lee Roy Mangum, Jr.,
w/m; Lyman Eason Harris,
w/m; Lottie Harris Hunt**,
n/m; Woodrow Funderburk,
w/m; Glenn Ervia Ooillns,
w/m; Henry Marshall Frank
lin, w/m; Jimmle Roy Jef
freys, w/m.
Robert Jackson Jenkins,
w/m/41, improper passing.
$10.00 fine and costs.
The following were charg
ed with speeding and each
paid $15.00 fine and costs:
Paul Edward Blue, c/m; Clar
ence Douglas Kearney, w/m;
James Urban Ruppert, w/m;
William Lassiter Lamm, w/m.
Johnnie W. Alston, worth
less check. Paid check and
costs.
Epsom Lions Meet
Members of the Epsom
Lions club are continuing
their effort to collect used
eye glasses for indigent per
sons with vision problems, it
was reported here today.
All used spectacles col
lected will be donated to
"Needy Ey?," a non-profit
organization located in Short
ttl, N. J. From there, the
(lanes "are distributed both in
the United States and abroad
to persons needing glasses and
unable to secure them other
wise.
Last year the Epsom club
collected and sent to "Needy
Eyes" some 3,600 pairs of
glasses. The members now are
requesting support from the
community in this project.
Persons having used glasses
to donate are asked to either
take them to Kesler Funeral
Home in Henderson or call
Fred Kesler, 438-4717 or
438-3686, as soon as possible.
FIRST, YOU HAVE TO GET HIS > ATTENTION
y^PATHY, ignorancc. unconccrn. - j j
, Those three words about describe what was fo*ir*J
when a special Gallup Poll ?.urvocd the attitucU M
Americans toward their public schools. Reported M
Nation's Schools, the poll revealed that 44 per cent j M ;
those polled did not know the name of their local scMp&y
superintendent, 60 per ccnt did not know the local fBfc.
school principal, and 72 per cent did not know tip hmh .J
of the local school board chairman.
Incredibly, 35 per ccnt of those polled said y
even care to know more about their local school}. A full J
49 per cent replied that ? regardless of neerf-^lotil
officials probably could not convince them to vote
higher school taxes. More than two-thirds of thesa
polled said they weren't interested in serving oo theif 1
school board.
The poll may or may not be an accurate appraisal tf
the American public's attitude toward its schools.
a time when schools in some parts of the country M?
being closed for lack of funds, in a time when NqRh. ?
Carolina school bond issues are being overwhck#u^f^r
defeated one after the other, and in a time *hen
teachers often must strike to get their salaries up to those
paid garbage collectors, it is clear that apathy, ig
norance, and unconcern are rampant.
It defies logic. In a technological age when computers
proliferate and man trods the lonely reaches of the
moon, the public ought to be overwhelmingly interested
in the institution which made those machines, those
steps, possible. In an age when the value of a year of
education is measurable ? even in terms of the almighty
dollar, a materialistic public ought to be concerned. In
an age when the highway from the ghetto to the execu
tive suite is paved by education, the public ought not to
be apathetic.
} ? i
But just for conccrn, knowledge, and in
terest doesn't friakc it so, and most educators would
t" -probably agree (hat the Nation's Schools poll uncovered
'|he most critical failure of the public schools ? the in
ability to get and to hold the concern and attention of
(he public from which *11 financial support must come.
? ? ? It would be easy to accept the pofl results, throw up
: collective hands, and say the public is already get-,,
j. I ttf>|ff*ore than k deserves from its schools. It would be
castigate the public as an ignorant oaf who
f piMy gets cxcited about the latest over-powered, chrome
* plated offering from Detroit, or the fall television
Kltedvle. and frho quarrels mightily over a $10 annual
incrfcase in the property tax but willingly spends $24
for four tickets to a football game.
But something is badly wrong with the way we as
educators arc telling the school story if 35 per cent of
oar people don't even want to know more about their
schools. We have alienated rather than enlisted support
if 49 per cent of our people couldn't be convinced to
vote higher school taxes. We have utterly failed to com
> fiwalcate the excitement of the classroom if more than
two- thirds of our people don't want to serve on a school
board.
Perhaps we have talked for too long of budgets and
figures and square foot costs when we should have been
describing the spark of understanding irt the eyes of a
six-year-old Perhaps we closed the doors on "my"
classroom and "my" school system when the doors
should have been thrown wide and the community
invited in. Perhaps we retreated into our dull pedagese
when we should have answered in simple, concrete
terms. 1
And perhaps ? just perhaps ? enough of us con
sidered teaching dull and menial to project that kind of
image to the public. ? GK