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Tel. GV 6-3283 Five Cents Louisburg. N C . Tuesday. July 7. 1964 (Eight Pages Today) _ 95th Year'? Number 39
For A Brighter Tomorrow - - Invest In Franklin County ~ - Buy Bonds
Headed For State Pageant
Miss Sandra Goswlck, Miss
Louisburg, 1964, is shown above
this morning, prior to making
the trip to the State Pageant in
Raleigh. Pictured at left is her
mother and chaperone, Mrs.
J. W. Goswick, and at right, her
Jaycee escort, Charles Moore.
Picture was taken at send-olt
held atlocalradlo station, where
a number of friends gathered to
wish Miss Louisburg luck.
Tickets for the 4-day affair may
be obtained at the Auditorium
boxofflce in Raleigh.
-Times Staff Photo.
Safe Entered
The safe of Seaboard Stores,
Inc. here is shown above after
thlevps had entered the store
and broken It open sometime
during the July 4th week end. An
undisclosed amount of cash and
checks was taken. The burglars
used tools usually sold by the
hardware firm to gain entry into
the safe. -Times Staff Photo.
Thieves Enter Local Store
A Louts burg hardware store
was entered during the July 4
holidays and the safe was crack
ad by the thieves. Philip
McKlnne, manager of Seaboard
Stores, Inc. on Main Street In
Loulsburg, said the robbery
took place sometimes Saturday
or Sunday night.
The safe, located inside an
office room In the canter of
the store, was ripped open by
wftat ci>lef William Dement
termed, "Professionals" and an
undisclosed amount of cashwas
taken. The amount, believed to
be large, Included several
checks. The thieves, however,
did not bother several watches
and other Items of value within
the safe.
Entry was gained Into the
building from ah alley on the
south (Me of the building, where
the burglars, using a ladder,
climbed to the top of the build
ing and removed a window pane.
The sliding metal door ]ust
below the window was then open
ed to facilitate an escape. The
ladder was removed and the
, door was closed after the rob
I.
bery, leaving the appearance
that nothing had happened.
SBI agent, L. K. Harton Is
assisting local officers In the
Investigation. McKlnne said the
business was covered by In
surance. A number of valuable
papers were piled on the floor,
but as far as could be deter
mined, none were missing.
The store was closed all day
Saturday (or the holiday and
no one checked It on Sunday,
causing the exact time of the
robbery to be undetermined.
Dement said the Investigation
Is continuing. He added that he
believed there vere at least
two Involved In the robbery,
Indicating that two different foot
prints had been found.
Draft Note For 18 Year Olds
Mrs. Mary Lumpkin, Secre
tary of the local Draft Board,
Issued a release from State
Headquarters Monday, which
she said would be of Interest to
It year olds In Franklin County.
The release roHows:
North Carolina Selective Ser*
?ice Local- Boards are forward
ing 18-year-old registrants for
complete examination by the
Armed Forces, Mr. William H.
McCachren, State Director of
Selective Service said today.
Mr. McCachren emphasized
that the examination of 18-year
olds does not mean that they
face Induction In the Immediate
future.
The examination -of these
young registrants whif are out
of school and not deferred for
other reasons Initiates a pro
gram announced by President
Johnson on January 9, 1964.
The President directed the
Secretary of Defense and the
Director of Selective Service
to begin the early examination
of 18-year-old registrants after
a presidential task force study
determined that large numbers
of young men being found dis
qualified for military service
(See DRAFT page S)
Drive Is Now On
For Plant Funds
Knott On
Committees
Ralph S. Knott, Clerk of Su
perior Court for Franklin
County, was appointed to two
important committees at the
Forty-Sixth Annual Confer
ence of the Association of
Clerks of Superior Court of
North Carolina.
Knott was appointed to a new
ly formed five-man committee
for the purpose of making a
study of the Court fees through
out the State and come up with
standard Court fees for all
Counties to be recommended
to the Courts Commlaslon on
Court Reform. This Commit
tee will also study the Clerk*
salaries throughout the Stat*
and make a recommendation to
the Courts Commission on
Court Reform on what system
should be used In setting th*
salaries of Clerks.
Knott was also appointed by
the Association President,
D. M. McLelland, to the Legis
lature Committee. This Com
mittee will meet at the Insti
tute of Government and study
the laws pertaining to th*
Clerk's office.
Ralph Knott represented
the Clerks of Rural Countle*
In a very Interesting debate on
what should be recommended to
the Courts Commission on
Court Reform by the Clerks of
Superior Court Association.
It Is not very difficult, In
hot weather, to feel too tired
to work.
In Leaflet Claims:
A call has gone out today
from the Industry Flnanc* Com*
mlttee (or another Klckoff
Breakfast to be held Wednes
day morning at 7:30 at Louis
burg College. This latest meet
ing Is being called, according
to Raymond Burnette, a mem
ber of the Committee, for all
Teams In the Finance drive to
report on their pledges.
The drive now In progress,
Is to raise around $85,000 In
local bond subscriptions to aid
In financing the erection of a
At Fund Kickoff
Pictured above, standing, is
W. J, Benton, Industrial De
velopment Director, address
ing a group of local business
men at the Kickoff Breakfast
last Friday morning at Louis
burg College. Harold Talton,
local bank official, was named
Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee, to head the drive for
funds to build a new plant for
the furniture manufacturing
company coming to Loulsburg.
-Times Staff Photo.
No Investigation Planned
Says Elections Board Head
Taylor W. Boone, Chairman
of the Franklin County Elections
Board said Monday that his
Board had not received a for
mal complaint concerning the
alleged racial leaflets dis
tributed In the recent Dem
ocratic runoff.
Boone said, "No report has
been made to me about these
leaflets . I don't know anything
about them except what I read
In the paper. I did hear the
radio announcement that Satur
day by Mrs. Hugh Perry." Mrs.
Perry was Woman's manager
for Judge L. Richard Preyer for
the county and placed a paid
political announcement on the
local radio station denouncing
the leaflets.
Preyer' s name, with the !
names of Robert Scott for Lt. I
Governor and James T, Moss,
of Youngsvllle, a candidate for i
the House of Representatives, '
were listed on the pamphlets I
as those candidates who, "If
elected, would serve the best
Interest of the Negro race,"
Moss supporters, In a full
page paid polttlcal ad, denounc
ed the reported distribution of
the leaflets as "A cheap, dirty,
political trick." In an inter
view with Moss, Monday after
noon, he said he had no com
ment to make on whether or
not he or his followers would
file a formal complaint with the
Elections Board,
Boone said he "could call
Maxwell," referring to Chair
man Maxwell, of the State
Board of Elections. He also
said, "We visited every polling
place that day and saw no signs
of these leaflets. I have never
had anything like this to con
tend with. What can we do?"
"We don't have any grounds
to go on," Boone continued,
"We certainly want to do what
!s legal and right and I am ]
willing to cooperate and the rest
of the Board Is too." Harry
Rogers of Youngsvllle Is the
other Democratic member of
the Board and William
Wagoner of Loulsburg Is the
Republican member.
Mrs. Perry, in an Interview
Monday afternoon, stated, "As
far as 1 know, Judge Preyer
does not plan to file any com
plaint. We know who produced
the leaflets and we are on the
line of who started It. As
long as w ? know, we don't plan
to go any further with It."
Mrs. Perry added, "I plan
to talk to Judge Preyer about
It In Greensboro Wednesday
and will know more about his
plans after then." Mrs. Perry
Is to attend a luncheon being
given by Judge and Mrs. Preyer
In Greensboro.
The newspaper advertise
ment, paid for by supporters
of James T. "Joe" Moss, said
Franklin Has
Road Death
Franklin County suffered the
only road fatality In the four
county district In June, accord
ing to a report from the N. C.
Department of Motor Vehicles.
Other counties In the district
are Granville, Warren and
Vance.
Granville had the largest
number of accidents with 27
and the largest number Injured
with 10. Property damage In
Granville was also the largest
with ?U, 965.00. Franklin
County had twenty accidents In
which 9 persons were Injured,
one killed and a property dam
age of ?7, 510.00. ,
the leaflets were reproduced In
the office of a "prominent
Loulsburg attorney," but did
not mention any names. Moss
supporters contend that the
leaflets were distributed In
Harris, Dunn #1 and #2 and
Frankllnton precincts hi quan
tities large enough to have af
fected the election?. They In
dicated that the leaflets were
distributed In practically all
eleven precincts to some
degree.
building to house the new furni
ture plant that la scheduled to
locate in Loulsburg.
Harold Talton, Chairman of
the Drive and President
of Franklin Building Corp., the
non-profit local organization
G^v """-"mental In getting
t?r ^ ' Inc' ot
ter, Fla., to locate here, said
the new plant wants to be In op
eration not later than No
vember 1 of this year.
Raymond Bumette, Commit
tee member, reported at noon
today the total pledges account
ed for at that time amounted to
922,500, with still others not yet
reported. Burnette urged ev
eryone to clip the pledge copy in
last Thursday's Franklin Times
lnd m*'l M or send It In. Talton,
contacted around noon, stated
he could account for around
| $14,500 In pledges, but had not
received any reports from the
Teams out working. Talton's
?mount was Included In the
total given by Burnette.
Talton said that It will take
120 days to build the building
once a contract Is signed with
the builder. He stressed the
urgency of every citizen to
participate in the drive and to
all Teams to get the pledges
In by Wednesday noon. Ac
tually, this is to determine a
starting point for the contract
with a builder. Pledges maybe
made after the Wednesday dead
line, but time is of the essence,
says Talton.
Talton was elected as Finance
Chairman for the drive at a
Kickoff Breakfast held last Fri
day morning at Loulsburg Col
lege. The affair was attended
by over fifty leading business
and professional men. W, J.
Benton, Industrial Development
Director, presided and ex
plained the nature of the meet
ing. Talton addressed the
srroup, after being elected as
hairman, urging everyone to
Invest In the bonds.
-Two-men Teams were chosen
*d Klven several names In the
rvm' contact '?r Pledges.
Friday afternoon the Committee
of Talton, Burnette and Jimmy
Allen met with Clay McBrlde
??o station and
Clint Fuller, of The Franklin
nmes, to map publicity plans
for the drive.
A Count-Down was planned
on the amount of pledges re
ceived and the number of hours
remaining until the Wednesday
noon deadline, but the holidays
interfered. It is expected that
a full report will be available
o owing Wednesday morning's
Report Breakfast.
"J*** noon- over *12,000
In pledges had been receded
according to, he Chairman. C
?lenlng of a lease with Gay
Products inc. was announced
? *#ek * 'ocal officials,
pay manufactures aluminum
furniture and expects to em
Ptoy 350 people with an an
nual payroll of over ?l mU_
Isn't It funny how little value
other people put on your time?
Hobgood's 12th Parade
Participants line up for Judge Hamilton Hobgood's
,12th Annual 4th of Juty< parade lasi Saturday morn
ing here on John St. Judge Hobgood and his wife have
sponsored a neighborhood parade on the Fourth of
July, plus a watermelon slicing for many years. The
Judge, shown at left ol photo, who usually portrays
the role of a clown In the parade, said, "It's Just too
hot," as he failed to don the suit this year.