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Weather Variable cloudiness and con tinued mild today and Wednes day. Low today, 80; Ugh, 7S. The Franklin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Subscribe Now To The Franklin Times During Annual Campaign Beat The Rate Increase Serving All Of Franklin County T?l 0Y 6-3283 Fiv? Cents Louisburg. N C-. Tuesday, September 22. 1964 (Eight Pages Today) * 95th Year ? Number 61 Killers Of Patrolman Steal License Plate In Louisburg The two escaped convicts that shot tt out with patrol officers, killing Trooper James Hugh Marshburn, 21, of Carolina Beach, near Lumberton last Saturday passed through Louls burg sometime between their ?scape on Wednesday and the gun fight on Saturday. Olln (Junior) fowler, 40, of Nichols, S. C., "who was fatally wounded In the gun battle, and William G. Perry, 32, of Frank llnton, N. C., stole a license plate off ' an automobile be longing to Graham Griffin while the car was parked at his home on East Nash St. here In Loulsburg, according to Police Chief William De ment. Dement said that Griffin had not missed the tag, and Dement knew nothing about It until he jvas called by officials after the patrolman was killed near Lumberton. The tag was on the car found nearby, and re ported to have been stolen by Fowler and Perry. The Frankllnton man was serving 20 years tor robbery with firearms and housebreak ing In Wake and Granville counties. He" and Fowler, serving a SO year term tor assessory to murder, walked away from a work gang In Raleigh last Wednesday, to start a three-day relgh of ter ror. During the time, the two escapees were reported to have broken Into the Youngsvllle Na tional Guard Armory In Youngs vlUe, shot and seriously wound ed a Whltefllle couple, stashed the armory and other loot near the Vance County line, stole an automobile and a license Ug, plus the murder of a highway patrolman five miles from LutHberton. Reports on the Franklin Coun ty man, who survived the gun battle to face charges of as sessory before the fact of mur der, has a long history of mis conduct. He was convicted of housebreaking In Oxford; rob bing a motel and drive In mov ie In Wake County. He had been paroled twice. He Joined the army when he was 17 years old and received a dishonorable discharge, spending most bfhls hitch In the brig, according to reports. Perry's father lives In Cali fornia and the convict had lived with his father until 1957 when he came to live with his mother In Frankllnton. Because of the .residence, he Is known In Frankllnton as "California." Two years ago he was arrested by local sheriffs officers for having two pistols In the seat of his car, taken from a man Identified as Smith of the Bobbltt Community where Perry work ed at the time. Smith did not press charges and the matter was dropped. Market Flooded Solid line of trucks loaded with tobacco are shown above as local warehouses were flood ed with the leaf last Thursday night, after the announcement of the three-day holiday this week. Every warehouse was filled for last Friday's sales and are expecting more of the same when the market resumes operations Thursday. -Times Staff Photo. Market Resumes Operations Thursday The Loulsburg Tobacco Mar ket will resume operations Thursday morning here, altera three day holiday, called to alleviate congestion In the plants of the Stabllzatlon Cor poration. The market will open Thursday, and Friday. Some erroneous reports had the mar ket closed on Friday, but they will be open this Friday. The markets will be closed, however, each Friday after this week until further notice. Sales last week were good on Dick Collier Is Manager For Goldwater P. Huber Hanes of Hanes Knitting Company of Winston Salem, State Chairman of the North Carolina Citizens for Goldwater, has appointed R. C. (Dick) Collier of Loulsburg chairman of the Franklin Coun _ ty Citizens for Goldwater. Dick Collier operates Dick's Drive In" on Blckett Blvd. In Louls burg. Finance chairman of the Goldwater group is Mrs. Frances Duke, also of Louls burg. Both are registered Democrats. Citizens for Goldwater Is a bipartisan national organiza tion which In North Carolina Is led mostly by Democrats, most prominently Mr. Hanes as State Chairman. Dr. John a Hall, Citizens for Goldwa ter -Director for Eastern North Carolina, resigned from his medical Internship at Duke Hospital to work full time for Goldwater' s election. Full time Citizens for Gold water headquarters have al ready been opened In many Eastern North Carolina coun ties Including Durham, Vance, Halifax, Craven, and Cumber land. the local warehouse floors, with an average of $54.10 topping the averages for previous days sales. The local market sold 1,622,742 pounds for $871,884. 75 last week, according to Wil liam Boone, Sales Supervisor, All the local warehouses ex pect a full sale Thursday, as requests for floor space con tinues to come In. Thefts And Break Ins Reported Two break Ins and two stolen motor vehicles have been re ported over the weekend, ac cording to the Sheriffs Depart ment here. Break Ins occur red at J. O. Hagwood's Store near Bunn early Saturday morning, and near the same time another break in was re ported at Whltaker's Store on U. S. 401. Both robberies are being In vestigated and no arrest* had been made late yesterday. An other break In was reported In Wake County on Highway 98, but no details were available. Two motor vehicles were re ported stolen In the Pearce community Pi lday night. One was a panel truck and the oth er a passenger automobile. Tommy Pearce, 18, Route 3, Zebulon youth, was arrested by Loulsburg police early Sat urday morning In possession of the stolen car. The other vehicle theft and break Ins are being Investi gated by Sheriff's officers. To read, without thinking, is not to become Informed. Never argue with friends over a nonessential. Caught In The Act A 20 year old Loulsburg Negro was caught In the act, early Monday morning, as he was discovered Inside Loulsburg Milling Company on South Main St. by policeman Hubert Shearln. James Yarborough, Rt. 3, Loulsburg Is lodged In the county Jail under $500 bond for breaking and entering. The milling company had been broken In to Saturday night but the buglar had not been appre hended. Officers kept an eagle eye on the place for future de velopments. Around 12:45 a.m. Monday, Shearln discovered the youth Inside the building and called policeman Thurston Bottoms to assist In the arrest. A hearing In the case Is set for October 6, 1964. i James Yarborough, 45 y?" old Frankllnton, Rt 1 Negro, became "Franklin County's eighth highway fatality of the year Saturday night when he stepped Into the path of a State Highway Patrol car north ol Frankllnton, on U. S. 1 by pass. According to a report from Cpl. J. E. Rawls of Oxford, the accident occured, "Saturday night at 9:40 p.m., three tenths of a mile north of Frankllnton, when a Patrol car operated bj Dwlght Moody Hlnton, Trooper (of Loulsburg, N. C.), was pur suing a speeder south on U. S. 1, when James Yarborough, Rt. 1 Frankllnton, n/m/45, walked into the path of the Patrol car and was struck and killed. "Trooper E. M. Roberts, (ol Frankllnton, N. C. ), who was riding in the Patrol car, re ceived a cut on the right fore arm and abrasions on the neck and glass cuts. He was treated at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Hlnton was not Injured. In vestigation is still in progress and an Inquest may be called," Rawls continued. The speeder that was being chased by Hlnton and Roberts, Inquest Franklin County Coroner James H. Edwards announced this morning that an Inquest has been ordered In the death of James Yarborough, 45 year old Frankllnton, Rt. Negro, who was struck and killed by a state highway patrol car early Saturday night near Franklln ton. The Inquest Is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday In Frank llnton. Hospital Bond Vote Is Official The Franklin County Com missioners, In session Monday, made the hospital bond vote In November official. At the called public hearing, there was no opposition to the election and upon motion duly made and car ried, the Board announced that bonds totaling $325,000 would be voted on November 3, 1964. The vote wUl be "For" or "Against" on the ballot and will read as follows: "FOR the order finally passed September 21, 1964, authoriz ing the County of Franklin, North Carolina, to contract a debt, In addition to any and all other debt which said county may now or hereafter have power or authority to contract and In evidence thereof to Is sue County Hospital Bonds In an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $325,000 for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, for Improving and enlarging the ' escaped. Hlnton Is said to have reported that he would re cognize the car should he see it again. The speed clock had been set up a short distance north of the accident spot, and f the speeder was clocked at 70 1 miles per hour, when Hinton pulled out in pursuit, i Yarborough, reportedly re turning home from a nearby cafe, had crossed U. S. 1 leading to the downtown section of Frankllnton and apparently watted In the traffic Island for the speeding car to pass. Then, thinking he could make It across before the approaching vehicle arrived, he started across. He i was reported to have been run "In* at the point of Impact. The victim was cut In to by the Impact, with the upper portion of his body crashing through the windshield of the car on the riders side and finally rolling off the hood a short distance away. The lower portion of the body was carried underneath the car yards further down the road. The patrol car finally came to a halt across the road and down a slight embankment. Yarborough lived with an un identified sister near the scene of the accident. H^was married itnd the father of a daughter. The wife and daughter are re ported to live In New Jersey. Accident Scene ' Pictured above Is intersection of U. S. 1 and U. S. 1-A north of Franklinton where James Yarborough, 45-year-old Rt. 1, Franklinton negro, was killed instantly Saturday night when struck by a highway patrol car. Yarborough stepped from be hind numbered signs and was struck (1) with the upper part of his body being thrown to the right (2) arid the lower portion being dragged to point (3). The patrol car finally came to a halt off the highway (4). -Times Staff Photo. Boxscore Raleigh ? The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10a.m. Mon day, September 21: KILLED TO DATE 1099 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR 912 Franklin Memorial Hospital and acquiring any necessary equip ment therefor, and a tax there for." In other action, the Board al loted $4,000 of excess county road funds to' the new Gay Line Drive road at the site of the new plant on the Frankllnton road. The funds to be used to complete the paving of the road at the plant. The Board heard Mr. Sam W. Pope of Rocky Mount, Project Supervisor of The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food Distribution Division, ex plain the Food Stamp Program. The Board took no action In this matter. Boarding Home Patient's Death Attributed To Heart Attack The death of a 66-year-old male patient at Benjamin Franklin Boarding Home ear lier this month, has been the cause of a number of rumors and some unsubstantiated state ments locaHy, according to re ports. The ?paUent, Charlie Blrch ette, formerly of Granville County and a resident of Frank lin for a number of years, died In Franklin Memorial Hospital on Friday, September 11, of what the attending physician described as a heart attack. According to reports from the Boarding Homp , Blrchette was Plant Work Progresses Work progresses on new Gay Products plant here as workmen pour floor and start on walls of building. The new water tank is nearlng completion at the plant site and the Town of Loulsburg crew reports that they expect to take four weeks to complete running the water line to the plant. -Times Staff Photo. given a bath by an attendant In the presence of two other patients. After the bath was completed and Blrchette had been returned to his room, the attendant noticed that some skin was peeling from several areas of the man's body and called Mr. Rufas Plar?, manager of the Home. The areas appeared to be burns, according to Place and he called Dr. Carey Perry, who Instructed that the patient be brought to the hospital, wtieiji the patient was admitted. ^ Dr. Doyle Medders, a partner In the Medders-Perry Clinic, here with Dr. Carey Perry, also treated 'Blrchette during his stay In the hospital and signed the death certificate. Dr. Medders said that while the wounds appeared to be burns, they were limited to the victim's hands, feet and back and that they, In no way, con tributed to his death. Medders said the wounds could have been from disease knows as "Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis." Jhe New England Journal of Medicine In Its September 17 Issue refers to this disease as "A diffuse bullous eruption of acute onset associated with marked tender skin." Pictures accompanying this article show skin peeling very similar to those caused by burns. Place said that he and the at tendant both checked on the tem perature of the water and found it "luke warm," and that he could not understand how Blrch ette requested a cigarette and did not complain of any dis comfort. He also said that even when the ambulance came for him, the other patients did not realize anything was wrong with Blrchette. It was reported that the vic tim suffered from loss of mem ory and that his physical and mental condition made It Im possible to find out from him, hdfc he felt. One observer said that "He probably would have been dead a long time ago, with out the splendid treatment he has been receiving at the Boarding tiome." Mr. Place, Monday afternoon, said he was perfectly willing to have the entire matter Investi gated. He said he had done nothing wrong and had nothing to hide and would cooperate 100% with any Investigating agency. He also said that he had another patient that showed signs similar to those on Blrch ette last week but that they seemed to be clearing up now. Blrchette, who had suffered from a stroke and heart trouble died atVhe local hospital early Friday morning, September 11. He was taken to the hospital on Tuesday, September 8, ac cording to reports. Fox Signs Contract The Loulsburg District School Committee gave Coach A1 Fox a principal's contract ' last Thursday night. The move had been expected following {fie resignation of E. H. S tailings as principal on Tuesday. Fo* Is to assume the duties of principal as soon as a re placement Is found for his social studies department and coaching duties. It is reported that a replacement has been selected, but has not yet been officially announced by the school. """ Education: The understanding that you do not believe what somebody tells you to believe.
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