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Five Cents
Louisburg. N C., Tuesday, January 14. 1964
(Si* Pages Today)
94th Year? Number 93
Philip McKtiine
? I
M. T. Ball
Silhouette Photos Identified
Philip MeKinrte, left,? and M. T. Ball are
pictured beside the silhouettes of them
selves that appeared in Last Tuesday's
"Mystery Merchant" series in The Frank
lin Times. See page 2 for the mystery
merchants for this week.
Mystery Merchants No Problem To Readers
Last Tuesday's *' Mystery
Merchants" didn't pose, much
of a mystery to Franklin County
residents as they were waiting
in line with their clippiiigs for
MCKinne's Seaboard Stores and
Louisburg Motors to open Sat
urday morning so they could
make their identifications and
collect the merchandise prizes.
F. L. Herman of Lotiisburg,
was first in line at McKinne's
with his 'clipping, correcfTy""i^"
dentified as Phillip McKlnne.
McKinne's silhouette was the
one in the left hand column.
Second In line at McKinne's was
C. F. Stone of Route 1, Lou
isburg, and third was Miss Vir
ginia Pleasants of Louisburg.
S. T. Murray of RFD Lou
isburg won the $5. merchandise
gift for being first with the
I identification of M. T. Ball at
Louisbufg Motors. Ed Kimball
of Louisburg was second and
C. F. Stone, who was second
at McKinne's, was third at Lou
isburg Motors for total winning
of $5. in merchandise ($3. at
McKinne's and $2. at Louis
burg Motors.)
Silhouettes of two more Lou
isburg merchants ap|>ear in to
day's "Mystery Merchant"
series on page 2. The prizes
are identical and the identify
ing date is Saturday morning,
January 18. All of the mer
chants featured in the series,
have ads on the feature page ;
and all are advertising "red
hot" bargains.
Don't forget to register at
each of the merchants on the
page for the big $100. merchan
dise grand prize.
Smouldering Ruins
Only red hot ashes was leit ot
the Joe Perry home on Kings
? Row here Monday morning as
fire leveled the Perry home and
damaged another. The names
posed a serious threat to the
County Garage at the ^eighth of
the blaze. - Times Photo.
Following Car Crash
Franklinton Man Held On
Dual Manslaughter Count
A Franklinton man is facing
f two counts of manslaughter in
the deaths of two 18-year-old
youths who died of injuries re
ceived when two cars collided
head-on near Wake Forest Fri
day night.
The dead were identified by
the Highway Patrol as Charles
B. Faircloth and Stanley Coop
er Davis, both of Wake ForestJ
Faircloth was dead on arrival
at the Wake Forest Branch
Hospital and Davis died at Rex
Hospital in Raleigh several
hours after the accident. Da
vis was a passenger in the' car
driven by Faircloth.
Elizah Glenn Perry, 19, of
Route 1, Franklinton, the driv-,
er of the other car, is facing
in addition to the manslaughter!
charges, charges of driving
on the wrong side of the road
and driving without a license.
Four other persons injured
in the wreck, passengers in the
car driven by Perry, and were
admitted to the two hospitals.
Otha Evans, Jr., of Franklinton,
was admitted to the branch
hospital in Wake Forest.
Admitted at Rex, all in fair
condition, were Lonnie V. Ed-^
dins, 68; Evelyn C. Griffin,
42; and Kathleen Pearl Allen,
38, all of Wake Forest.
Trooper Charles Smith said
Perry was driving south on
U.S. 1-A twfl miles south of
Wake Forest and crashed head
on into the -car driven by Charles
Faircloth which was going
north.
The trooper said the car driv
en by Perry belonged to one of
the injured persons, Lonnie V.
Eddins.
Heads Bank Here
First Citizens Vice-President
J. H. Talton has taken over his
new duties as head of the local
branch of First Citizens. Bank
and Trust Co., succeeding A. E.
Henderson, who rettred effec
tive December 31.
A native of Smithfield, Tal
ton is a U. S. Army veteran
and a graduate of Wake Forest
College.
From 1952 until 1954 Talton
was First Citizens at Newton
Grove, N. C. Then in 1957
he went to Spring Hope and
managed the branch there un
til he was transferred to Louis
burg last fall.
While in Spring Hope he served
as Town Commissioner and
Mayor, President of both the
Chamber of Commerce and
Lions Club and was also a mem
ber of the Nash County Welfare
Board and the Spring Hope Jay
cees. He is also a Mason.
Talton is married to the form
er Patricia Smith of Rome,
Georgia. They have 3 chil
dren, Becky, John and David
and are presently residing on
Ford Circle here.
J. H. Talton
bank manager
Justice Ave
Office Opens
Next Monday
The County Welfare Depart
ment will begin processing ap
plications for surplus food from
persons not already on welfare
roles at the Justice Avenue of
fice on Monday, January 20,
not this past Monday as errone
ously reported in last Thurs
day's Franklin Times.
The branch office, under Mrs.
M. M. Person, Jr., Is being set
up in the old Louisburg Bridge
Association building on Justice
Avenue, purchased by the Coun
ty sometime back, , to speed up
certifications for surplus foods
being distributed in the county
under the Commodity Distri
bution Program.
Only those neetty not already
receiving assistance from the
Welfare Department are to re
port to the Justice Avenue of
fice. Applications will be tak
en first from those in Louis
burg Township beginning next
Monday. Persons who reside
in other townships will be nor
t if led later when _to report.
Allen Named
To Governors
Committee
Local oilman James M. Allen,
Jr., has been appointed to a
six member Governor's Execu
tive Committee on Employment,
of the Handicapped, according to
an announcement by Governor
Terry Sanford today.
Others on the committee are
Henry Belk, Editor of the
Goldsboro News-Argus; Robert
W. Watkins, of Boone, a prp
fessor at Appalachian -State
Teachers College; Mrs. George
Nicholson of Chapel Hill; Mrs.
Lucille Clasz of Asheville; and
Stephen H. Van Every Of Char
lotte.
Belk, Watkins, Mrs. Nic
holson, Mrs. Clasz and Allen
will serve terms expiring June
. 30, 1966. Van Every will serve
a term expiring June 30, 1965.
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Ralelgh--The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10:00 a.m.
Monday, January 13:
KILLED TO DATE 43
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 32
In Primary Road Funds
Wake Gets Millions;
r> "
Franklin Promise
One County, Wake, received j
better than 60 per cent of every
dollar spent for primary high
way improvements in the seven
county Fifth Division in 1963
while Franklin County only
got a promise.
A tabulation of contracts let
during the year showed Satur
day that Wake was allocated
$6,1 million of the $9.8 million
received by the division. This
is approximately 64 per cent.
About 20 cents of every dollar
went to "Durham County. Th$
Durham Allocation was Just over
$2. million, or approximately 21
per cent.
The other five counties - Per
son, Granville, Franklin, Vance!
and Warren - shared the re
maining $1.6 million, or ap
proximately 15 per cent.
The breakdown for 1963 fol
lows;
Fifth Division, $9,847,924.
Wake, $6,141,244.
Durham, $2,074,736. .
Person, $933,775.
Person-Caswell, $352,915.
Granville, $229,984.
Granville - Warren - Vance,
$65,065.
Vance, $5*0,205.
Franklin County received a
promise of improvement? to N.
C. 56, an east-west primary
road serving Loulsburg. Survey
work reportedly is now under
way as a preliminary to the
^improvement project.
Convicted In
Wake Court
A Franklin County man was
convicted In Wake Superior
Court In Raleigh Tuesday on
charges of drunken driving.
Judge Hamilton Hobgood, of
Loulsburg, conducting the Wake
Court Term, ordered Charles
C, Wester, of Route 4, Lou
lsburg, to pay a fine of $100.
and court costs and surrender
his drivers license.
Strong Man
George Drewett, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ho
ward Drewett of Lou
i^burg, appears to be
supporting Louis
burg's huge new over
head water storage
tank in photo above
taken by his brother,
J ack.
Where Fire Razed Homes
Justice volunteer firemen go
through the roof to attack blazq
in fire just south of Louisburg
Monday that destroyed one home
and badly damaged home above.
Times Photo.
hire Levels one Home, Hits
Second On Kings Row Here
Fire destroyed a negro resi
dence and badly damaged a se
cond on Kings How just south
of the city limits shortly be
fore noon Monday.
Firemen from Louisburg,
Centerville and Justice, braved i
treacherous ice and freezing!
temperatures to fight the blaze
which sent black srnoke billow
ing into the sky and threatened
the County School Bus Garage.
The fire originated In the
house owned by Joe perry at
the end of the street and spread
quickly to an adjoining house,
occupied by Bessie Palmer.
Neither Perry nor his broth
er Bill managed to save any
thing as their house burned
to the ground. Some furnish
ings were saved from the
Palmer residence, owned by
Elnor Edgerton, which was
badly damaged.
Centerville* and Justice fire
men were dispatched when
Louisburg firemen were pre
vented by a local ordinance
from lending assistance.
Louisburg apparatus was dis
patched to the scene, however,
When the fire posed a threat
to the County Garage, arriv
ing before the other units could
reach the scene*
This is the third destructive
fire In this same vicinity in
recent months with a complete
loss of thr'e?* homes, and heavy
damage to two others, one of
which took ? the lives of two
young negro i>oys the day l>e
fore Christmas Eve.
Bond Set For Father
In Pistol Death Of Son
i ?
A 53 year-old Franklin County
man was freed under $2,500
bond here Saturday to await
a preliminary hearing on
charges of fatally shooting his
son early Friday morning.
John Thomas Bulluck, of Route
2, Zebu Ion, charged with mur
der in the death of his son,
John Thomas, jr., 26, was freed
under bond set by Judge Ham
ilton H. Hobgood in a habeas
corpus he^rjng.
The younger Bullock, accord
ing to Frank^n Sheriff Joe W.
Champion, died enroute to a
Raleigh hospital of a .22 cal
iber pistol wound of the head
receiving emergency first aid
at Franklin Memorial Hospital.
Icy Roads Force
School Closing Here
Freezing rain, sleet and snow
turned streets and highways in
to glazed death here Sunday
and Monday forcing the clos
ing of all schools and a num- j
ber of other scheduled events. |
Sub-freezing temperatures !
Monday .slowed the thaw-up
forcing cancellation of schools j
for Tuesday also.
There were surprisingly few
Aboard Sub
San Diego, Calif.--James D.
Cash, ehgineman second class,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Cash of Route 1, Youngs
ville, N. C. is serving as a
crewmember of the ballistic
missile submarine USS Sam
Houston operating out of Holy
Loch, Scotland.
accidents, h6wever, as most
motorists and pedestrians alike
exercised extreme caution,
conditioned perhaps by a like
spell just before Christmas that
took a heavy toll.
By far the most serious ev,ent
locally was a disastrous Tire
that destroyed one home and
severely damaged a second on
Kings Row Just south of the
city limits Monday just before
noon.
Unlike similar fire ^before
Christmas, however, no one
lost his life In Monday's fire.
Bright sunshine and slightly
moderating temperatures today
will probably result in clearing
of most roads and highways and
the prospect 1s that school 6 will
be re-opened Wednesday.
The slightly warming trend Is
expected to continue through
Wednesday*
Sheriff Champion quoted the
elder Bullock as saying he shot
his son when the pistol fired
accidentally as lie attempted to
break up a fight between the
dead man and a younger brother
in the yard of the Bullock home
about 1 a.m.
Funeral services for young
Bullock were conducted from
pcipjkr Springs Baptist Church
Sunday at 3 p.m. by the Rev.
Robert Depp, pastor, and the
Rev. James Sides, pastor of
Pine Ridge Baptist Church. Bu
rial was in the Pine Ridge
Church Cemetery.
Surviving besides his wife is
a daughter, Deborah; 5 broth
hers, Bobby of Raleigh, Larry,
Harry, Tony and Michael Bul
lock, all of the home; 3 sisters,
Mrs. Annie Marie Fergerson
of Zebulon, Mrs. Peggy JoSey
more of the home, and Mrs.
May Rose Robbins of Louis
burg; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Thomas Bullock, Sr.
$50,000 Grant
Congressman L. H. Fountain
announced today that Franklin
ton's application for a $50,000
grant under the accelerated
public works act for the ex
tension' of the town's sewer
system had been approved by
,the Federal Home and Finance
Agency.
The project, slated to begin
within 120 days, will provide
78 man months of labor and will
cost a total of $101,000.