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The FraiikMn Times
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Serving All Of Franklin County
Tel 0Y 6-3283
Five Cents
Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, January 7, 1964
(Eight Pages Today)
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94th Year? Number 91
Advertising - Sales Clinic
A portion of the group attend
ing the advertising - sales clinic
sponsored by The Franklin
Times here lastnight is pictured
above. Jesse Chipman, presi
dent 'of the Retail Trade De
velopment Co., conducted the
clinic. - Times Photo.
Sales Clinic Kicks Off
Local Merchants Promotion
Between 50 and 75 merchants
and sales personnel attended
an advertising - sales clinic
and banquet at the Louisburg
School Cafeteria here Monday
night to kick-off an eight week
town wide "Mystery Merchant"
sales promotion.
Jesse Chlpman, president of
the Retail Trade Development
Co., of Tulsa, Okla., who is
heading up the promotion lo
cally, was the speaker for the
occasion. Those In attendance
were awarded certificates of
attendance.
The meeting signified the be
ginning of a special two month
cooperative sales promotion
during which in Louisburg will
be offered special values and
an opportunity to win hundreds
of dollars in merchandise
prizes.
The promotion revolves a
round a mystery merchant
series that will be run weekly
in The Franklin Times begin
ning with today's issue. Sil
houettes of two or more of the
participating, merchants will
appear in the full page adver
tisement each week. The first i
person to correctly identify the
Shuping To
Speak On
Taxation
Mr. Lonnie Shuping will speak
tonight at* 7:30 to the Ingleslde
Community Development Asso
ciation at the Community build
ing.
The public is invited to attend.
He will speak on taxes and there
will be a question and answer
period. | "*?
Rescue
An elderly negro woman died
suddenly at her home in the
Mineral Springs section of
Louisburg about 1:30 this af
ternoon.
Assistant Rescue Chief Kyle
Prince said that Mary Manley
died apparently as the re
sult of a stroke. She was
dead when local Rescuers ar
rived at the scene.
The call was the second for
local Rescuers in 1964.
Masonic Notice
?*
TUf officers for the i*u_of
1964 for Loulaburg Lodge 413
AF 4 AM will be Installed on
Friday evening, January 10,
at ":30 at an emergent com
munication In the Masonic
Temple on Jolly Street at an
Open Installation. All Mas
ter Masons and friends are
cordially invited.
The editor who can-solve ev
ery local, national and Inter
national problem Is a wow?
we will admit.
merchant clips the silhouette
from the paper and presents
it to the merchant on the Sat
urday following each public at ion
wins a gift certificate good for
$5. in merchandise of their
choice. The second person wins
a $3. certificate and the third
person a $2. certificate.
Persons may register in each
of the participating stores for
the big $100. grand prize to
be given at the end of the pro
motion.
Also each week during the pro
motion, participating mer
chants will be listing some real
honest -to-goodness specials in
their advertisement. Play mys
tery merchant with us - enjoy
the fun, and win valuable mer
chandise prizes.
From County
Troopers Arrest 3,
Confiscate 2 Cars
Three young Franklin County
men have been arrested and two
new cars confiscated following
what State Troopers described
as a "pre-arranged" highway
racing spectacular near Roles
ville early Sunday morning.
State Trooper E. T. Green
said that Lin Lewis White, 19,
of Route 1, Youngsville, and
David Walter Barber, 19, of
Route 3, Zebulon were both
eharged with pre-arranged
highway racing. David Terry
Brantley, 21, of Route 2, Zebu
lon, was charged with aiding and
abetting.
White's new 1964 Chevrolet
and Barber's new 1964 FOrd
were both confiscated.
Green said the arrests were
made after he and other troop
ers had observed a series of
high speed races on a rural
paved road near Rolesville be
tween 12:30 a.m., and 3 a.m.
Sunday. He said the Patrol ex
pected to make several ad
ditional arrests during the next
few days among persons identi
fied at the scene.
A tragedy was barely avoided
about 1 .a.m. during a race be
tween two cars, he said.
"They were traveling down the
road toward the spectators
| at speeds of around 100 mph
when one of the spectators
stepped out into the path of the
cars. Another spectator step
ped into the road to pull th'
first man back, cai. sing one of
the cars to swerve sharply,
narrowly missing the other car.
The swerving car then went off
the right shoulder of the road
for 120 feet, swerved back
across to the left shoulder
where it traveled for 40 feet,
jumped a three-foot open ditch,
plowed through a row of shrub
bery and became stuck in the
front yard of Robert T. Rog
ers."
Spectators helped to push the
car back into the road, Gre*n
said.
The patrol said vehicles from
Bunn, Youngsville, Franklin
ton, Zebulon and Henderson
were observed at the scene
Sunday.
Green said racing in the area
approached the scope of the
road racing activity in the
Creedmoore area which re
sulted in some seventeen ar
rests last Aug.
The three arrested Sunday
were placed under $500 bond for
appearance Jan. 15 in Zebu
lon Recorders Court.
Moss Speaks To Epsom Lions
Joe Moss, one of the nations' s |
outstanding young farmers and i
prominent member of the
Youngsville Lions Club, was
guest speaker at the Epsom
Lions Club last Week.
Moss, who as District Gov
ernor for the Lions granted the
Epsom Club its charter 3 years
ago, discussed the proposed
constitutional amendment deal
ing with reapportioning the State
legislature.
Moss was introduced by Lion
K. G. Weldon.
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1964 will be a good year for
those who fight to move ahead.
Any financial expert can tell
somebody how to budget his
money.
Your success, if you are wise,
does not depend upon some
body else.
Lion Murduck Newton, who
presided over the meeting, call
ed attention to the Eastern Dis
trict Lions meeting in Wil
mington on January 20th and
21st and Lion Kenneth Fuller
gave a report of the fruit cake
sale.
Benton Gets Nod For
Industrial Post Here
Former Louisburg Mayor
William J. Benton has been
named Executive Director of
the Franklin County Industrial
Development Commission, ac
cording to an announcement by
C. A. Payne, Chairman of the
NEWS
BRIEFS
Armless Girl
Schroon Lake, N. Y.? Los
ing her arms at the age of 2
when she wandered onto a rail
road track in front of a freight
train, Carol Woodward, 10, is
happy and busy planning her
future.
She Is able to ride a bicycle
by using her plastic arms and
plans fo work in an office when
she finishes school. She Is
looking forward to getting mar
ried and having a home some
day.
Short Visit
Altadena, Calif? It Is not
every tamlly who can boast of
a deer visiting them during
their evening dinner.
The family of Harold J. Blss
ner was surprised when a deer
Jumped through the plate glass
window of their living-room and
leaped out of a smaller win
dow.
Didn t Pay .
Miami? Having spent half of
his 62 years in prison, Fred
Haney recently surrendered to
police for failing to report for
parole in Texas
He was released from a Texas
prison after serving part of a
99-year sentence for robbery
in 1931.
Haney told police, 41 This is
the only capital I have left to
show for 49 years of stealing/'
He hel'd two pennies in his
hand<
Causes Crash
Watertown, Conn. --Truck
driver, Steven Stack swatted at
an annoying b6e and lost con
trol of the truclTire was driv
ing, causing it to crash into a
pole and'-knock down 4 fence
posts and a'1 Highway sign.
He received a ticket for fail
ure to stay in his proper lane.
Stack had one consolation
he wasn't stung by the bee.
King-Size Cake
Nashville, Tenn. ? Considered
the biggest cake baked anywhere
was baked here to mark the 60th
anniversary of the Life andCas
ualty Company. It was more
than 18 feet high and weighed
more than 6,000 pounds.
The 540 layers were assem
bled into a scale model of
the 31-story Life and Casualty
Tower. Costing approximate
ly $3,' 00, It was served to the
people of the city.
The pistol was first manu
factured in 1540 In the Italian
city of Plstola, from which It
derives Its name. It was a
clumsy weapon, with a heavy
butt and a short, thick barrel,
according to Collier's Encyclo
pedia.
j Commission, today.
Payne satd that Benton, a
former member and Chairman
of the Commission, would take
over the duties of t tie office on
January 14 on a part-time ba
sis,
A native of Georgia and a
graduate of the Vniversity of
Georgia, Benton is a retired
1'. S. Army 1 1. Colonel with
service. tn World War II ami
the Korean Conflict .
He can..' to Franklin County
in 1946 and founded the Ben
ton Furniture Co, He also has
interests in stores iii Warren
Iton and Tarboro. Benton serv
ed on the LOuisburg City Coun
cil from 1 957 until 19G3 and
was Mayor of Loulsburg from
1&59-1961.
A member of the Loulsburg
Methodist Church, Benton is a
member of the Official Church
Board, serving as its chairman
from 1901-1962; member and
former president of the Louis- !
burg Hotary Club and a director I
in the Loulsburg and Franklin
Development Corporation.
He served as Chairman of the
Franklin County Industrial De
velopment Commission from
the date of its organization un- J
til he resigned, a period of two!
and one half years;
As the result of his many com
munity activities and interests,
Benton was named Loulsburg
Man of the Year by the Louis
burg Rotary Club in 1960.
W. J. Benton
Goodwin Named To Head
Local Johnson Cotton Co.
Alfred M. Goodwin, assistant
manager of the Johnson Cotton
Company store here, has been
named to replace- Lacy Jack
son as store manager effective
immediately, according to an
'announcement from the Johnson
Cotton Co., home office in Dunn.
Jackson was promoted to Sales
Manager for the entire chain
of Johnson Cotton Co., stores In
North and South Carolina.
Goodwin, a native of Raleigh,
was a Deputy Collector with the
,N. C. Department of Revenue
*for 8 years serving the coun
ties of Wake, Franklin and Sur
ry. H?* also was a former Dis
trict Sales Representative with
the Buckeye Incubator Company
and the James Manufacturing
Co.
Goodwin has lived on a to y
bapco farm n?>ar Stem, N?^.,
for the past 17 years tf ith his
wife, the former Carrie Cotton,
a teacher intheGranvfil&oun
ty school system. His son,
Leonard, is a student at State
College and his daughter, Ca
rol, is a high school student at
South Granville High School.
He is a past Master of Tal
ly Ho Masonic Lodge and of
the Stem Grange; member of
the local South Granville High
Those perfectly content with
themselves are blinded by
self - satisfaction.
and Stein Elementary School
Committee and a member and
former Sunday School teacher
at the Oxford Methodist Church.
Goodwin Is a member of the
Granville County Democratic
Executive Committee and has
served as sport so aster in foot
ball and basketball for the Ox
ford Radio Station.
Store Manager
Alfred M. Goodwin, above, has been named
to replace Lacy Jackson as manager of the
Johnson Cotton Company Store In Louis
burg. Goodwin has been Assistant Manager
of the store for the past year. - Times
Photo.
FIRST SUPPLIES for fallout
shelter areas insanitation sup
plies, and radiation detection
kits, Puerto Rico are loaded a
boarda van at Brook-when over
200vanloads are placed In sTiel
ter lyn, N.Y., Army Terminal
for shipment to Sanareas, will1"
be enough for about 260,000 per
sons for Juan. The civil de
fense food, water, medical and
14 days in f,aJ4-out shelters.
ro Take Action With Congressmen, Senators
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Everette Moore of
Franklinton and Miss Elizabeth
Johnson of Loulsburg as Chap
ter Chairmen of the Franklinton
and Loulsburg chapters of the
National Federation of Inde
pendent Business, was made to
day by G. A. McGlnnls, District
Manager of the Federation In
this area;
Moore, who operates the City
Service Station In Franklinton,
will head the Franklinton Chap
ter, while Miss Johnson, Editor
and Business Manager of The
Franklin Tlmesrwill head the
Loyisburg Chapter.
Each business and profession
al man member of this organi
zation maintains a voting mem
bership, and is polled by bal
lots regularly throughout the
year on bills and Issues that
affect Independent enterprise
at the nation state levels.
In an effort to do everything
possible to maintain the Ameri
can way of life, and keep our
free competitive system of
business, the businessmen ex
press their own personal opin
ion on the ballots each month
and turn them over to Mr. Moore
In Franklinton and Miss John*
son in Louisburg, who will make
tabulations of the total num
ber and the manner in which
they voted.
These tabulations are sent,
with the underlying sSnied bal
lots, directly to the of
Congressjnan L. H. Fountain,
at Washington, D. C., and to
State Senator Wilbur Jolly.
They are the only means where
by independent business and
professional people can keep in
continuing, organized, person
al, direct contact with their
national and state legislators
on measures that affect, local
ly and nationally, free -enter
prise opportunities.
The NATIONAL FEDERA
TION OF INDEPENDENT BUSI
NESS is a non-profit organiza
tion that has the largest indi
vidual membership of any busi
ness organization in the United
States and independent busi
ness and professional men of
every vocaticp participate with
voting memberships, regard
less of the other civic or trade
affiliations.
News
Report -
From
Washington
Washington, D. C. ??Thi
Democratic ticket Is getting
much thought In Washington
these days, even though It Is
widely accepted that presi
dent Lyndon Johnson will be
his party's first nominee.
The fact that It is widely Ac
cepted, however, doesn't mean
no other Democrat will openly
bid for the top nomination.
Several Congressmen predicted
confidently in the closltig days
of the congressional session
that Johnson would have oppo
sition In the convention, a
But traditionally the party
nominates a Vice President who
has suci eeded to the Presi
dency. It Is almost Impossible
td repudiate one's own Presi
dent?and Johnson is In every
way qualified by training and
experience.
Thus speculation renters
mainly around Johnson's run
ning mate. For a time, In the
emotional backwash of the as
sasslnat ion of president Jbhn F.
Kennedy, it was assumed Rob
ert Kennedy, the Attorney Gen
eral, was number one. But
Robert and the president have
had their differences, and some
of them were sharp.
Also, Robert has never been
elected to a public office, and In
his position as Attorney Gen
eral, has alienated powerful
groups and sections of the coun
try. He is most unpopular In
the South. The business com
munity recalls with distaste his
'vendetta' *galnst business seg
ments.
A number of political experts
think Johnson could start with
fewer deficits in selecting an
other easterner, perhaps anoth
er member of the Kennedy clan.
Johnson might run with a pop
ular easterner such as Mayor
Robert Wagner of New York or
Governor Richard Hughes of
New Jersey, but there areri*t
many Democratic Governors In
the key eastern States. He
might run w.th R.Sargent Shrlv
er, who was th'e last president's
brother* in-law, Is Catholic and
head of the Peace Corps.
There Is always a danger that
in trying to limit the choice to
an easterner and a Catholic the
?>est man will be passed over.
This has not been the politt- j
cal rule of thumb at any time
in U. S. political history, but
because of the fact that Ken
nedy was a Catholic, the argu
ment is often heard that John
son's running mate should be of
that faith.
Yet Kennedy won in spite of
his Catholic handicap, not be
cause of it, and Lyndon John
son starts with the handicap
of being a southerner. Should
another dubious factor be ad
ded? Also, there Is a real
danger in the minds pf many
in putting someone on the tick
et with Johnson merely because
he was in *the Kennedy hi
erarchy.
Among those of the clan being
mentioned,, including Bobby
Kennedy and Sargent Shriver,
none really has the background,
training, elective experience
and record to justify being sec
[ond in command of the country.
They are being boomed and
groomed mostly on a sentimen- ?
tal quallfication--which may not
be enough in the glare of a
tough campaign.
Johnson cannot afford to of
fend the Kennedy family cir
cle and <yet he must follow a
course calculated to win the
1964 election. He is said to
favor Sh river over Bobby Ken
nedy but who he really favors
is not known. If Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jr., were a New v
York Senator, or Governor, his
name would appeal to the Presi
dent. FDR helped president
Johnson get off to a successful
start back in the thirties.
Modesty is not generally as
sociated with advertising, re
gardless of what is being giv
en publicity.
People who believe all that
they hear are relatives of those
who believe all they read.
Civilized men and women sup
ports civilization.