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Louisburg. N. C , Thursday, February 20. 1964
(Eight Pages Today)
94th Year? Number 104
Recorders
Cqurt Docket
February 18, 1964
Parry Garland Pace, w/m/26,
speeding. 30 days In jail,
suspended on payment of $15.00
fine and costs. $100.00 compli
ance bond to March 31st.
Charlie Green, c/m/24,
speeding. To pay J 10.00 today,
comply by March 31st.
Robert Wayne Morgan, t/m/
30, speeding. $15.00 fine and
costs.
Macon Clement Harris, w/
m/20, speeding Pleads guilty
under waiver s;atute. $15.00
fine and costs.
James E. Chestnut, c/m/36,
speeding. Pleads guilty under '
wavier statute. $15.00 fine
and cost. i
Taylor Lewis Ralney, w/m/
48, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $10.00
fine and costs.
Clarence Jones, Jr., w/m/
28, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $10.00
fine and costs.
Roy Lee Turner, w/m/33.
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $25.00 fine
and costs.
Edwin Randolph Strickland, w
/m/17, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $15.00
fine and costs.
Jack Evans, c/m/20, careless
and reckless driving; larceny
of auto. 90 days In Jail, sus
pended on payment of $75.00
fine and costs. To post $200.00
compliance bond to May 5th.
Julian Thomas Finch, w/m/
28, no operator's license; care
less and reckless driving.
$50.00 fine and costs. Fine
remitted on payment of costs
and to remain of good behavior
for one year.
Leon Thomas Cooke, w/m/18,
speeding. $10.00 fine and costs.
Joe" Louis Jones, c/m/17. no
operator's license. (29.00 fine
and costs.
Joseph Jacobs, c/m/16,
assault on female. 90 days In
Jail, suspended on payment of
costs and good behavior for one
year.
James Owen Davis, c/m/21,
carrying concealed weapon. 60
days in Jail, suspended on pay
ment of costs; to remain of good
behavior for one year and shot- '
gun ordered sold under pro
vision of G. S.
Mable Ruth Hedgepth, c/f/37,
assault' with deadly weapon. 30
days in Jail, suspended on pay
ment of costs and remain of
good behavior for one year.
Knife ordered seized and turned
over to Police Department.
Larry Alan Ring, w/m/20,
motor vehicle violation. $25.00
fine and costs. Fine remitted
on good behavior for ninety
days.
Douglas McArthnr Bnrnette,
w/m/21, larceny of auto.
* Ordered held for Superior Court
under $1000.00 bond. ^
Dorsey Bullock, Jr. non
support. To pay costs by March
24.
Charles Ralph Hlghtower, c/
m/30, no operator's license;
Improper registration. $25.00
fine and costs.
Masonic Notice
A regular stated communica
tion will be held Tuesday, Feb
ruary 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Louisburg Masonic Lodge on
Jolly Street. All members
are urged to attend. All visi
tor brethren are welcome.
There will be work In the ap
prentice degree.
Economy
And 1964.
Washington, D. C.-- Com
merce Secretary Luther Hodges
says the United States economy
probably will expand S per cent
to another record in 196-1 and
prices will remain fairly sta
ble.
In the Interview and outlook
on the state of the nation's eco
nomy, Hodges said that per
sonal Income has bounded up
ward $300 per person In three
years, and may rise $100 more
In 1964.
Many a working man has been
saved by having a sense of hum
or, when the strain otherwise I,
would have become unbearable.
Local Dam Damaged
Arrow points to dam aged area
of the Tar River dam here in
Louisburg. The undetermined
damage could be some threat to
the Town's water supply. The
structure is nearly 150 years
old and was recovered in 1955.
-Times Staff Photo.
Three File For Offices
In May Primary Here
Former Mayor
Made Judge
Former Louisburg Mayor,
W. *277" Bill" Webb has been
named Judge of Siler City's
Recorder's Court. Governor
Sanford appointed the former
local resident to the post
Wednesday. The term expires
Jan. 1, 1966.
Webb was an attorney here for
a number of years and served
as town Mayor for several
terms before moving to Slier
City. He is a law graduate of
Wake Forest College.
Rescue Call
The Louisburg Rescue Service
was called out Wednesday noon
to aid Leroy Locke Blount, 54
year old Negro on South Main
St. Blount was dead of an
apparent heart attack when
rescuers arrived.
Eight county offices and a host of Town
ship Constable positions will be vied for in
the coming May 30th Democratic Primary
in Franklin County. One candidate, County
Commissioner Norris Collins, has filed for
the seat in the House of Representatives
held by Rep. James D. Speed.
Fourth District Commissioner, W. P.
Childers filed Monday for reelection to his
District 4 seat, and John T. Mangrum,
Franklinton Negro, filed Wednesday for the
District 1 post being
vacated by Commis
sioner Collins. John
W. House of Frank
lingon has annewnced
his Intention to seek
the District 1 Com
misiner job, but has
not yet filed.
In addition to the race for the
House seat and the two district
Commissioner posts, veteran
Register of Deeds Alex Wood's
office and Judge of Recorder's
Court, W. F. Shelton's post are
to be filled in the election.
The County Solicitor's Job,
- ? Visiting Candidate
- L. Richardson Preyer, gubernatorial can
iidate for governor, is shown above greet
ng part of the crowd that gathered to hear
lis speech. He spoke in the Louisburg Arm -
>ry Tuesday afternoon. -Times Staff Photo.
Preyer Speaks In Louisburg
Judge L. Klchardson Preyer, ;
>f Greensboro, candidate for :
[overnor of North Carolina,, (
tppeared In Louisburg Tuesday I
ifternoon. The former Federal
Fudge spoke briefly In the ]
^ouisburg Armory to a group I
)f near one hundred local 1
citizens.
Preyer told the group that I
he state's number one need ]
?as to raise the average family i
Income. He told the group, i
'I am here to seek your support, '
not because there Is anything 1
special about 'me, but because <
[ feel North Carolina needs a ;
man sensitive to the needs of
ill our people." ;
Preyer took Issue with the 1
recent Surgeon General's Re- i
[>ort on cigarettes, when he said, |
'This report is the first 1
:hapter, not the final word on I
:obacco." He raised the quest- <
ion, why did so many people '
:hat have never smoked, still |
we lung cancer. He also '
isked why, the lung cancer ]
among smokers InNewOrleans
rate twice that of smokers in
Charleston, S. C. and In Pitts
burgh, Pa. rank tour times as
riany as In Charlotte, N. C. ,
He Indicated that research was
:he answer to North Carolina's j
farm problems.
The candidate was Introduced i
by Dr. Richard Whitfield of \
Frankllnton. He appeared under '
iponsorshlp of a group of county ;
supporters, K. G, VVeldon; F.
IV. Plnnell, L. L. 'Sturdlvant,
?Clrby Parrish, Horace Baker,
Carl Harris, George Barnes
ind Dr. Whitfield.
Preyer advocated to the group
i $3 million Road Bond, stating
hat no tax Increase would be
needed. He said the present
jasoline tax would take care of
;he new bonds. He also added
that there are 800,000 North
Carolinians living on dirt roads.
The Guilford native had spoken
in Oxford, Henderson and
IVarrenton prior to coming to
Loulsburg late Tuesday.
held by Attorney W. H. Taylor,
District 1 County School Board
post held by Horace W. Baker
and District 3 School Board
Sp<# hexr&y MM. T. H. Weldon"
are also to be voted on. All
Township Constables will be
elected In the primary.
The House seat, Judge of Re
corder's Court, County Solici
tor and Township Constables
are elected to serve 2 year
terms. Register of Deeds
and County Commissioners are
elected for four years and the
County Board of Education Is
elected for six years.
Filing fees for each office are
as follows: House, $18.00;
Deeds office 155.53; Judge of
Recorder's Court, $37.18; So
licitor $32.45; Commissioners
$10.00; County Education Board
$5.00 and Township Constable
$10.00.
The filing deadline for the
May 30th primary Is April 15,
5 p.m. In the Industrial Develop
ment Office before Filing Clerk,
Mrs. Susan Gupton.
Jaycees To
Aid Heart Fund
The month-long 1964 Heart
Fund drive will reach the high
point on Sunday, February 23,
under the leadership of Mrs.
Wyatt Freeman and Mrs.
Charles Davis for Loulsburg
and Mrs. John Davis for the
county. Many local residents
have volunteered to form a ,
Heart Sunday Army to^carry ,
the fight against heart diseases j
to the threshold of every faml- ,
ly In this community. i
The captains urge persons (
who are not at home when |
their Heart Volunteer calls to (
mall In their gifts. Volunteers j
will leave a special envelope ,
at doors where there Is no an- ,
swer, and this may be used for ,
mailing purposes.
Charlie Moore. Project (
Chairman, announced today that ,
the Loulsburg Jaycees will con- ,
duct their annual Heart Fund ,
Car StopSunday afternoon, Feb- ,
ruary 23, from 1:00 to 5:00 ,
P Moore further stated that ,
these stops will be located In ,
the 400 block of North Main ,
Street and directly north of the ,
river bridge on the by Pass t
persons wishing to contribute (
can do so promptly and every t
effort will be made not to hin- i
der the flow of traffic.
Will you Join our Army to t
fight diseases of the heart an t
blood vessels-locally, In this I
state and nationally? '
Some Threat To Town Supply:
Rising River Damages
Local Dam And Mill
Undetermined damage to the dam. at
l.ouisburg M tiling Company 's planton South
Main Street, could be some threat to the
town water supply, according td company
personnel. The Tar River is 2 ft. above
normal above the dam and is 10 ft. above
normal below the dam. The. height of the
water prevents inspection necessary to de
termine what extent of damage has been
done to the structure.
A rock pillar that had stood for well over
100 years at the milling company plant final
Gone After 100 Years
Shown above, the remains of a
rock pillar that has supported a
lo'cal milling plant for over a
hundred years. Water damage
destroyed it Tuesday as Tar
River rises to 10 ft. above nor
mal.
-Times Staff Photo.
More Leisure Time For
Local Workers Reported
Most Franklin County resi
dents have more leisure time
at their disposal than they ever
had. _ s .
Because of the social and eco
nomic changes that have taken
place in recent years, the aver
age working man finds himself
devoting a much smaller part
of his lifetime to making a liv
ing than he would have found
necessary a generation or two
ago.
For one thing\ he doesn't be
gin working at as early an age
as was once the custom. In
Franklin County, for example,
the average boy completes 7.1
Andrews Urges
Tax Refund
In Bonds
Federal Income taxpayers
were reminded yesterday by
W. A. Andrews, jr., savings
Bonds Chairman for Franklin
bounty, that the Treasury is
igain offering them the option
of taking refunds in U. S. Sav
ings Bonds. The savings option,
first introduced ,last year, is
Ln addition to the two standard
options of taking tax refunds in
:ash or applying them to the next
year's tax.
"By electing to take his refund
In Series E Bonds," Mr. An
irews said, "the taxpayer holds
5nto his money conveniently,
:hrough a secure, risk-free in
vestment which "jays interest at
i guaranteed rate. He avoids
seeing his money absorbed by
household expenses, vanishing
:ompletely ln day-to-day
ipending. And he learns what
nill Ions of other Americans
lave already discovered - that
J. S. Saving Bonds are one of
he finest possible ways to save
or a secure future.
"And, of course, every citizen
should realize that every dollar
le Invests ln U. S. Savings
Jonds makes our economy
itronger
years, of school before start
ing out.
That is more time than his
father or his grandfather spent
in school. The result^ -he be
gins work a year or two later.
Also, according to previous
standards, his working day is a
comparatively short one and the
number of years he will work,
prior to retire ment, considera
bly less.
The changes that have taken
place are brought out in stu
dies made by the Department of
Labor, the Department of Com
merce and others.
They show that for every eight
hours of work put in today by
the average Franklin County
man, he is saving three hours
in terms of grandfather's work
week.
Back in 1910, a man spent 55
hours a week on the Job. This
has been steadily whittled down
to the point where the average
now is Just below 40 hours.
Applied to the 6,53S local men
who are employed, according to
the latest Government figures,
It Is equivalent to 5,052,000
man-hours of additional leisure
time per year.
A new study on work and
leisure by the University of Mi
chigan notes that; "With re
tirement age moving down
toward the early 60's and even
tually toward age 55*, the total
productive life may become 35
or 40 years in the foreseeable
future."
All toLd, taking into account
the added years of schooling,
the shorter workweek, earlier
retirement and longer life span,
the average working man Is put
ting in 20 fewer years of work
in his lifetime than his grand
father did.
On th? basis of Franklin Coun
ty's male working population, it
amounts to 136,000 additional
years of leisure that may b<?
devoted to self- improvement,
sports hobbies or Just plain
loafing.
ly _ i e 1 1 oeiore me
onslaught of the
Tar River Tuesday.
The pillar, that
has supported parts
of the plant for many
years, was complete
ly washed away Mon
day. Joe Edwards,
company official,
said it would cost at
least $500 to repair.
He added, "It would
cost much less If
it were on open ground."
According to Edwards, there
was a mill situated on the other
side of the river from the pre
sent site more than 144 years
ago. Records have been lost,
but it was reported that a 1/3
interest was sold in the old mill
135 years ago. There is no
record as to when the present
site was chosen. It is felt that
the dam has been there in some
form since that time.
The Davis' Historical Ac
counts of Franklin County says
it was one of the first dams
ever built on the Tar River.
Louisburg Utilities Superin
tendent, George A. Dennis, said,
in answer to the question as to
a threat to the Town's water
supply, "Should the dam break,
it could cause a slow down on
the amount of water entering
the town system and would prob
ably necessitate the use of the
old pump, but I do not believe
it poses any serious threat."
He added, "It certainly would
not create a situation we could
not overcome."
The dam was recovered in
1955 by the Milling Company
and with some help from the
Town of Louisburg. The dam
and water rights belong to the
company, according to Ed
wards, and there has been close
cooperation between his com
pany and Vhe Town in the past,
he said.
When questioned about the age
of the pillar and mill, Edwards
recalled that Mr. Rufe Collie,
a county residerft who died a
few years ago at th^ age of 105,
had once told Edwards the mill
was there when he, Collie, was
a little boy. This would make
the mill around 140 years old,
according to Edwards.
The best lajd plans in the
world will not produce dollar?
unless they are backed by en
ergy and hard work.
Propaganda, in a democracy,
is commendable except when it
is dishonest and subversive.
Louisburg Band
Shown above is the Dixieland
Combo, a group of the Louisburg
High School Band as they per
formed in the Winter Concert
Monday night. Left to right,
Randy Fuller, Ton! Merritt,
Danny Roberson, Terry Nash,
Pete Joyner and Bo Allen. The
band, led by Mr. Bob Watson,
has been Invited to participate
in the Azalea Festival in Wil
mington on April 4th and con
tributions are being accepted to
aid in the expenses of the trip.
-Times Staff Photo.
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