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,1 ' Here's Why, Mr. Business Man . . . 3 Reasons Why: 1. On an average, 2696 people PAID FOR copies of The Press each week last year. And that's only a part of the story! Because it's a safe bet that for each family that gets The Press, at least three people read it. That's 8,088 readers. (Figure it yourself!) And even that isn't the whole story. For a lot of copies are passed from family to family. As one subscriber told us: "On our creek, 12 families read my copy of The Press". , In Other Words I A Lot of People SEE The Press 2. They don't stop at SEEING it; they don't stop at just GLANCING at it They READ it. All you have to do to be convinced of that is to watch people when they get The Press. (Try it!) And if you still doubt the paper is read from "kiver to kiver", just be in our office, sometime when we've made a mistake ? on page 47 or 79 ? and see how many people tell us about it! 3. Macon County people are interested in ALL the local news. That includes the BUSINESS news of the community. They want to know what they can buy, and where they can get it, and for how much. They're interested in the news about YOUR business . . ? whether its merchandise or services or a second-hand plow you have to selL And if those 3 aren't reasons enough why it's Good Busi ness for you to pay out money to Advertise in The Press ? so you can get a lot more MORE money than you pay out ? here's a 4th: Just Ask The Man Who's Tried Advertising in The Presis The Franklin Press Phone 24 | PAOE FIVR THURSDAY, AUGl'ST 23, 1?M No. 1 that would prtvent ro.'ced mixing of races in bur schools. 8. Did the U. S. Supreme Court say thai try child has to gj to school with a member of another race? A. No. 9. What did it say, in effect? A. Or.ly that we cannot deny admission of a child to a public school solely on the basis of race. 10. If conditions ui my child's ; public school become intolerable, what happens? * A. Your school board can order an election; or 15% of the people in your school unit can ask for an election on suspending it. |( the school is closed, it can later be reopened by vote of the people in the same manner. 11. Suppose children of another race are assigned to the school attended by my child and I ob iject? What remedy will I have? A. Your child can be reassigned to another public school provided one is reasonably available, or, if one is not available, you can with draw your child from school. Then you may send your child to private school. 12. How can I afford that? A. The state will provide the proportionate part of its school fund for your child's private edu cation. Figured on the present basis, that would amount to about $135.00 per school year. Your local school board could add any a mount to th.it it sees fit. But the total amount of money given by the State and your local school board could not exceed the actual cost of your child's private edu cation. 13. Can I send my child to any private school of my choice? A. Yes. So long as the school Is not operated by a sectarian I church) group and the school is approved by the State Board of Education. 14. What is a local option unit? A. I'nder this program of Gov ernor Hodges and the Advisory Committee on Education, your ad ministrative school board may create what would be known as "local option units." A local option unit would be any county or city school administrative unit or any subdivision thereof. 15. Give me an illustration. A. If your city school board wanted to, it could make a local option unit out of the immediate area that your child's school serves. i 16. If the people in my area decide to close my child's school, could I send my child to a school in another unit? A. You may not. However, you may move your home into another unit and your child could go to a public school there, or you ran get a grant. 17. What about the compulsory school law? A. It remains in the books with one change. I'nder this change you would not he forced to send your child to srhool if 111 the only public school available to you is integrated anil < 2 1 no ap proved private school is available. 18. Did the U. S. Supremp Court have the right to disturb our long established school system like this? A. We think not. We believe it took power unto itself that actually rests in the hands of the people of a state. The Supreme Court's rontinued assignment unto itself of unprecedented and il legal power is causing grave and growing concern throughout the United States. But until the court is curbed, its decisions are the - law. 19. Do these questions on which we will vote get around the Supreme Court's decision? A. Again, we are not attempt ing to defy the court. We are law-abiding, decent people. It is our prayerful wish to continue a public school system for those who want it and yet preserve onr traditions. 20. Who determines when a con dition is "intolerable" and a vote on closing the school is requested? A. The word "intolerable" is not included in these bills. However, it is up to the people in a local option unit to determine whether their school's operation has be come intolerable. The vote of the every section of North Carolina, both major parties, representing people in the unit will determine this question If the vote is to close the schools, then the con dition is intolerable. If the vote is to keep open the schools, then the condition is evidently not in tolerable. 21. What will become of school buildings no longer used for pub lic school purposes? A. Public school buildings be long to local administrative units and therefore to the people who live in that unit. Laws that hare been in the hooks for many years provide that local school boards may lease or sell school property no longer necessary for public school purposes. 22. Why should I vote? A. It is the duty of every ritiiem to express himself at the polls" on this highly important matter. This program is nonpartisan and waa formulated by earnest people In
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