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Louisburg. N C , Tuesday September 29. 1964
95th Year? Number 63
FAA Includes Louisburg
On Airport List
The Federal Aviation Agency
has Included Loulsburg on Its
recently released list of air
ports eligible for federal as
sistance. One of the larger
projects recommended Is at
Charlotte where the FAA says
a new 8,000 ft. runway at a
second airport Is needed.
The FAA proposal Is an Ideal
ized plan calling for 727 new
landing facilities across the
nation and Improvements at
2,537 existing facilities, cost
ing $1 .2 billion.
The annual report, required
by Congress, does not com
mitt federal funds. In fact,
Congress actually appropriates
only about $75 million annually
for such work.
Rather, the plan Is a first
step toward eligibility for gov
ernment funds under the fed
?ral-ald airport plan.
In past years the National
Airport Plan has recommend
ed that Charlotte have a sec
ondary airport to handle pri
vate planes because of the heavy
commercial traffic at Douglas.
Of the 727 new airports rec
ommended In the FA A plan,
579 of them would be for non
alrllne use.
Locations of the recommended
facilities (All airports except
where otherwise designated) in
North Carolina.
North Carolina: Bryson City,
Charlotte, Concord, Durham,
Elkln, Erwln, Franklin,
Greensboro - High Point, Hen
derson, Lexington, Llncolnton,
Loulsburg, Reldsvllle, Rocky
Mount, Roxboro, Rutherfordton,
Smithfleld, Monroe, MooresT
vllle, Taylorsvllle, Waynes
vllle, West Jefferson, Wllllam
ston.
School Officials To Attend
Governor's Bond Meeting
A number of Franklin County
school officials will attend a
special meeting called by
Governor Terry Sanford,
Thursday morning In Raleigh.
The purpose of the statewide
meeting Is to hear the Gover
nor and other state leaders
tell of plans to publicize the
upcoming 9100,000,000 School
Bond vote In November.
County Superintendent Warren
Smith said that he plans to at
tend with others from his office
and Indicated that several mem
bers of the County Board will
probably be In attendance.
The Franklin County School
System's share of the $100,000,
000 should the Issue pass would
be $558,049.90 and the Frank
llnton City Schools Administra
tion share would be $131,915.82
or a total of $689,965.72 of
the money allotted to Franklin
County.
Smith expressed the desire
that FrankllnCountyhaveagood
representation at the Gover
nor's meeting In order to show
that Franklin Is Interested In
the school Issue. The meeting
Is called for 10 a.m. at Raleigh's
Memorial Auditorium. Among
the speakers will be the Gover
nor, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Dr. Charles
F. Carroll, State Senator Edgar
Gurganus of Martin County and
Nash County Representative Al
len Bar bee.
Goldwater
Rally Tonight
Frank Robards, Jr. of Hen
derson will be the featured
speaker tonight at a Goldwater
Rally scheduled for 8 p.m. In
the Franklin County Court
House. Robards will speak on
(1) Goldwater* s position on the
tobacco and farm program and
(2) Goldwater' s position on so
cial security.
Dick Collier, county manager
for Goldwater, announced that
everyone Is Invited and Is re
quested to bring a friend.
Six Out Of County Men Arrested At
"Largest Still Seen In Many Years"
Largest Still
Scenes above are of liquor still discovered by state
and federal officers in Cedar Rock last Friday. Up
per left, still before agents began destroying it; left
center and lower left, jars and cases after being
worked over by officers. At right, top, part of 62
barrels found at the site as agents place dynamite
charges inside them; right center is rear view of
still, which officers termed "the largest discovered
in the last five to six years in North Carolina."
Lower right, as it looked after the dynamite blasts.
Center photo shows part of still flying through the
air as the dynamite blast shot the whole works
skyward.
* -Times Staff Photos.
Market Rcsclics $60.16 Average
The Loulsburg Tobacco Mar
ket hit a new high Monday as
the average of $60.16 was the
highest this season. The av
erage had been rising since the
sale of untied leaf had ended,
reaching $59.73 for last week's
two-day-selling period.
Total poundage sold on the
local Market Monday was
486,596 for $292,740.31 and
the average of $10.16. This
brings total sales for this year
to 3,997,244 pounds for $2,237,
184.47.
The Loulsburg market sold a
total of 10,773,680 pounds last
year and is well on its way
to possibly setting a new mark
this season. The market sold
1,622,742 pounds during the only
entire week It has operated.
A sales holiday has been an
nounced for each Friday until
further notice.
Local officials report that the
warehouses are still having full
sales and that space must be
booked ahead, floor space being
a premium still. Much tobacco
has been brought in from other
counties and there is still much
tobacco In Franklin County and
nearby areas to be sold.
The Federal-State Market
News Service report for all,
belts follows: i
Prices rose, quality improved
and volume was heavy Monday
Color Guard
? Cub Scout ? Honor - Guard 4s
shown above as they presented
the colors at Friday night's
Franklinton-Loulsburg football
game. Left to right: Kirk
Jlouaa, - Johim>L_ Wllsoiv -Mike
Dement, Will Wilder, Bennett
Steelman and Bobby Boyjes all
of Louisburg.
-Times Staff Photo.
on the four flue-cured tobacco
belts operating In theCarollnas
and Virginia.
The Federal-State Market
News Service said tied offer
ings on the North Carolina
Virginia Old Belt, which open
ed sales Thursday, climbed by
$1 to $2 per 100 pounds. The
small volume of loose leaf to
bacco held steady.
The service said the general
quality was slightly better be
cause of a small decrease In the
percentage of nondescript.
The four belts, which held
auctions on Thursday and Fri
day last week, will operate
through Thursday this week.
The holidays were called to
relieve congestion In redrylng
plants.
Average prices by grades on
the Eastern Belt Increased $1
to $6 a hundred. Gains were
centered on leaf and nonde
script.
The Middle Belt gains amount
ed to between $1 and $2 a hun- j
dred, centered mainly In the
leaf and lug groups.
On the Border Belt, Increases
ranged chiefly from $2 to $4
a hundred with the largest gains
on lower quality offerings.
Lake City, S. C., and Loris,
S. C., will close their mar
keting season s Tuesday, leav
lng only eight auction centers
still operating on the belt.
Auction bid averages per hun
dred pounds for a limited num
ber of representative U. S.
grades of tied tobacco on the
Old Belt:
Leaf ?Fair orange $69, up $2;
low orange $66, up 5j fair varie
gated $68, up 2; low variegated
$65, up 1.
_Cutter?? Low lemon $74, up 1.
Lugs? Fair lemon $72, un- '
changed: blr orange $72, down
1; fair orange variegated $67,
up 2.
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Warning
Loulsburg Chief of Police;
William Dement, Juts issued a
warning to all motorists that a
Speed Watch will be in operation
in Loulsburg beginning Wednes
day. Dement said he had re
ceived reports of excessive
speeding within the town limits
"and warned motorists to
observe the posted speed limits.
Legal notices are precise and
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of public business.
Single Copy 10?
League Votes To Abolish
Recitation ? Declamation
The Franklin County League,
in organization of school prin
cipals and coaches met In Rocky
Mount last night and voted to
ibollsh the annual Recitation
Declamation Contest on a
-ountywlde basis. The group
igreed to continue the program
In *ach school without compet
ing with other county schools.
Lack of Interest on the part
3f ichooi patrons and the
general public was given as the
reason for the discontinuance
3f the program which has been
i part of the schools for many
rears.
The groupL-elected Epsom
principal Henry L. Meares as
president for the coming year.
V 1111am Matthews, Epsom
:oach was elected Vice presl
>om faculty member was elect
>d treasurer of the organlza
lon.
The recommendation to dls
continue the Recitation-Decla
mation program was made by a
committee appointed to study
the program composed of James
Marshal of Cold Sand and Bill
Fleming of Youngsvllle.
Meares appointed Edward Best
Principal Johnny Alford and
L,oulsburg principal A1 Fox to
the Glee Club Committee, with
Mrs. Margaret Holmes, to set
the dates for apd make arrange
ments for the Glee Club con
tests.
The Athletic Committee,
which handles the basketball
program was named with
Frankllnton's Hlrlam Guedalla,
Gold Sand's Jimmy O'Neal, Ep
som's Bill Matthews and Bunn's
Jimmy Morris as the members.
Game time was voted to re
main at 1 p.m. each Tuesday
and Friday night.
Tommy Stephens of Franklln
ton offered a suggestion to raise
the price of admissions to bas
ketball games, which was later
put In form of a motion by
Frankllnton Superintendent
Fred Rogers that student fees
be reduced to 25 cents and
adults admission be raised to
75 cents. The motion, after
muclf discussion passed by a
vote of 18-8 and these were
set as admission charges to all
basketball games played In the
county this coming season.
The group also approved
Jaycee passes and coaches met
following the general meeting
to formulate plans for the
Jaycee program this year.
The meeting was attended by
representatives from all the
schools In Franklin County.
Male members of the County
Board of Education, local Dls
County Accountant Lee Murray
were guests of the organization
at the dinner meeting.
One of the largest whiskey
st ills, found tn North Carolina
In the past several years was
discovered last week In the Ce
dar Rock Community of Frank
lin County. Federal ATU agents
and state ADC officers found
the* 12,400 gal. mash capacity
still last Thursday afternoon,
but waited until Friday morning
In order to catch the operators
at work.
The officers led by, D. C.
Laws on, Area Supervisor of
ATU from Raleigh, arrested
six men, all from out of the
county. Those arrested were:
Wayne Clay Miller, 30, w/m,
Rougemont, N. C.; David Earle
Champion 32, w/m, Odell Young
52, w/m, Bland Wilson, w/m,
Johnny Frazler, w/m, and
Claudia Caudle, w/m, all of
Wake Forest, N.C.
The still was discovered by
agents Thursday afternoon
around 4:30 p.m. according to
Dawson, but there was no one
working at the site, so officers
waited until early Friday morn
ing before closing In. The
bootleg operation had a capacity
of 9,400 gals, fermenting and It
was estimated could produce r
r, '50 gallons of liquor per day.
C officers confiscated 50 gals, of
w. hlskey along with a 1958
Ct trysler and 1954 Ford auto
mc 'bile.
T. he still was located Just off
a dl rt road near Stalllngs Mill
ing Co. In the Cedar Rock
comi nunlty, directly behind a
house ' on property owned by
Fannl e McCawn, 70 year old Ne
gro wc 'man. The location, a few
hundre< d yards from the house,
was pa. rtly hidden by trees and
bushes, but was located adjacent
to an opt *n field.
It was ? i large steam type dis
tillery In eluding 62 olive bar
rels acco. rdlng to Dawson, who
said, "Thl s Is one of the largest
we have t; *ken In the state in
the past fl ve or six years."
Officers wr< ecked the supply of
glass Jars, c. ases, sugar, pumps
etc. before s ettlng off several
dynamite bla. *ts, which com
pletely destr oyed the plant
around 12:30 p. m. Friday after
noon.
The state and 1 ederal officers
had captured a i '2,000 gal. ca
pacity still near Youngsville a
few weeks ago, wh. tch some
what smaller than the one des
troyed Friday, I >awson re
ported.
Johnson
Washington, D. C.? . Since the
Democratic convention, Presi
dent Johnson and Senato. r Hum
phrey are busy shaping^ ' cam
paign aimed at defeating their
Republican opponents; In their
acceptance speeches, they as
sured thousands of Democri
at the convention, that they 1
enlisted their energies Inacr. u
sade to build "the Great So -
clety" In a tumultuous world.
Taylor Optimistic
Washington, D. C. --Ambassa
dor Maxwell 13. Taylor present
ed an optimistic report on the
Vietnam war to President JOhti
son and congressional leader
ship. Taylor said military
strength agal nst the Red guer
rillas Is on ' 'a general upward
trend." He was confident that
"we can get-over this political
crisis witho ut setback In the
goals we hav e."
GOP P arty Unity
Barry Gol dwater, Republican
Presidentia l nominee, Is seek
ing to stren gthen the GOP ticket
In the co mlng campaign by
launching it drive for top-to
bottom par ty unity. His drive
will be ;t series of talks with
GOP Congressional leaders,
member;; of the House and
Senate , gi pernors and other
party chl'sftalns. The talks
will be In the Interests of the
campaign a nd party unity.