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Weather Fair and continued mild to day and Friday. Low today, 39; Ugh, 74. The FraiiMin Times Comment . On* ol the dangers of looking ahead Is that we see things that never happen. Published Every Tuesday & Thursday St rving All Of Franklin County Tel SY 6-3283 Ten Cents l_ou'Sburg N C Thursday November 5 1964 (Ten Pages Today) 95th Year? Number 74 Democrats Capture County By Big Majority Wood Leads County With 5,857 Votes Veteran Register of Deeds, Alex Wood, led the entire slate In Tuesday's general election as he received 5,807 votes. His vote topped the national candidates, bond Issues and all other unopposed candidates on the ticket. County voters joined Vance and Granville counties In giving Henderson tobacco official, Fred S. Royster, a 10-1 vic tory over Republican John Ad cox, Henderson advertising executive, j Royster polled 5,351 to Adcox's 525 In the sweeping Democratic victory In the three counties that make up the State 13th Senatorial Dis trict. Royster will occupy the seat formerly held by Louls burg attorney Wilbur Jolly as part of the Democratic party's rotation system. James D. Speed, unopposed for another term In the State House of Representatives, pdlled the second largest vote on the coun ty ticket with 5,7G4 votes. All county candidates were unop posed except the Royster-Ad cox race, and all received a little less than Wood and Speed's top totals. W. H. Taylor, Solicitor, re ceived 5588; Recorder's Court Judge W. F. Shelton drew 5618 in the county race. For the County Commissioners, Rich ard H. Cash received 5529 and E. M. Sykes polled 5574. Hor Faculty Member Elected As Theatre Sec. Loulsburg College Drama Di rector Bob Versteeg has been appointed Secretary of the Jun ior College Section of the American Educational Theatre Association, a professional so ciety for those engaged In edu cational theatre In this coun try. The Association attempts to Improve ~the quality of theatre production and training In com munity, school, college, and university theatres. Mr. and Mrs. Versteeg will attend the Association's annual ? convention being held this year . In Chicago on December 27 January 1. Jury List The Commissioners with the assistance of the Sheriff drew the following Jurors according to G-S 9-1 for a one week Cl^H Term of Franklin County SuiwrlcJf Court, beginning the 30th of November, 19G4. Dunn? Terrell Pearce, Sher man Mitchell, Julius Wright, Jr., Mrs. B. F. Flpod. Harris ? Alice J. Frazler. Youngsvllle ? Andrew Fra iler, R. C. Hill, W. L. Paschall, Mrs. Mabel Pearce. Frankllnton? Ernest T. Prlv ette, Billy Godfrey, L. C. Wright, Wlnfteld Garrett, Wil liam C. Hagwood, Russell Wild er, Patricia Murray, B. Clar ence Cooke, Tom Godfrey, Frances F. Wortham. Hayesvllle ? G. Fred Finch, W. L. Kearney, J. H. Smith. Sandy Creek? Milton M. Ful ler, J. Harvey Joyner, H. E. Pernell. Gold Mine?James Cheek, Zeb D. Wheeler, Tom Pearce. Cedar Rock ? P. O. Sykes, James A. Davis, Alice Jean House Honeycutt. Cypress Creek? B. B. Shear In. Lou Is burg- -Glenn Anderson, Mrs. Neva Fuller, R. B. Deb nam, W. C. Mullen. Advertising Is the sparkplug ot our economy. It helps make mass distribution possible; that lA tucn calls for mass produc tion. Mass production and mass distribution give most of us Jobs and generate the pros perity upon which all of us depend. ace W. Baker, veteran member , of the County Board of Edu cation, received 547 1 and new comer to the education board, Lloyd West, got 5544 votes. Eight township constable posts were unopposed. The winners were: Gray Moon, Loulsburg; Claude Satterwhlte, Franklin ton; John Horton, Dunn; K. B. Hill, Youngsvllle; Joseph Joyn er, Harris, Lloyd Gupton, Gold Mine; Perry Tltarrlngton, San dy Creek and Van Champion, Cedar Rock. Number Of Write-ins Reported A few hearty voters, finding the name printed on their ballot not to their liking, took to the pencil to cast their vote Tues day. There were 13 write-In votes reported In the various precincts. James T. "Joe" Moss, un successful candidate for the House of Representatives In the June runoff with James D. Speed, received three write-ins In the Youngsvllle precinct. Lj.' Richardson Prey er, unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate In the second pri mary runoff with Dan Moore, received one vote In Youngs vllle. Norrls W. Collins, retiring county commissioner, who was eliminated In the May primary, In the House Race, received one write-in In Cedar Rock and one In Cypress Creek pre cincts. A host of name droppers got Into the act In the Loulsburg precinct as six write-ins were reported for Township Con stable. Those receiving votes were: R. C. Collier, 2; Jack Joyner, Joe Perry, C. A. Thar rlngton, Jr., and Town Ad ministrator, Ned Ford. Doc Alston received one write-in In Gold Mine voting. Commissioners Hold Routine Session The Board of County Com missioners attended to mostly routine business In their regu lar meeting this week. A re quest by Loulsburg Fire Chief W. J. Shearln for an increase In salary for fireman Tommy Denton received no action by the Board. A lengthy discussion was held between the Board and Indus trial Development Commission chairman Allen deHart and Commission member Harold Talton. concerning the salary paid the Commission's secre tary. The Commission, in the past, has adjusted the salary of Mrs. Susan B. Gupton, se cretary, without prior approval of the Commissioners. This practice was questioned by the Board and a policy was set lp Monday's meeting, whereby in the future, such adjustments will be made with the consent of the Board of Commissioners. The Board ordered three "put ons" to the take book, of houses I and lots not listed during the set period. The properties add ed were: W. T. Faulkner, Hinn, $1,000; James Leon Winston, Youngsvllle, $1,600; and Claude Elvis Williams, Mitchell Ave., Frankllnton, $3,600. In other actions, the Board heard regular monthly reports of the various county depart ments and received a road peti tion for the Ball Road in Sandy Crack Township. Why is It that when four women let together, four voices are al ways heard. ; 4 The conservative business man Is often one who made his pile on gambles. Dan K. Moore Lyndon B. Johnson Voters Approve Hospital Bonds 3 To 1 The $325,000 Hospital Bond Issue met overwhelming voter approval In Tuesday's ballot ing as It passed by a margin of almost three to one. The bonds will produce financing for massive renovations and additions to the local hospital. The $233,000 Is to be matched by funds from the Federal Hlll-Burton Act funds and the N. C. Medical Care Commis sion. Unofficial returns show 4,663 votes for the bonds and 1798 against. Ten of the counties eleven precincts gave the bond* a wide margin, with Hayes* vllle precinct opposing the Is sue 164 to 159. Loulsburg and Dunn precincts gave the Issue four to one approval. M. M. Person, Jr., Admini strator of the hospital, said, "I am real pleased that the peo ple of Franklin County have seen the need for a community hos pital and have realized the pres ent needs. This was a fine community effort and that's exactly what the hospital Is, a community venture. It belongs Trusted Employee Charqed With Larceny A trusted negro employee of a local dry cleaning establish ment has been arrested and charged with larceny of $134 from the clothes of a customer, according to Loulsburg Police Chief William Dement. Dement said that Walter Murray, 61 - year - old Louls burg negro employee of Louls burg Dry Cleaning here for the past thirty-five years Is charg^fl with taking a pocket book containing $134.00 from slothing brought Into the busl neis/by Frank Rose, Sr., of Loulsburg. The Incident oc curred last Saturday. Murray was fired Immediately by Garland Mustlan, plant of ficial , according to Dement, when the crime was reported to him by the Chief. Dement traced the crime to Murray by learning the location where Murray had gotten a one hundred dollar bill changed. Murray was arrested and Jailed, but was later released on ball. None of the money or the pocketbook was recovered, Dement said. to all the people." He added that he plans to at tend a meeting In Raleigh Fri day morning to conler with N. C. Medical Care Commission re presentatives and the architect. "We hope to move right along with It," he said. "Federal funds and state funds have al The local hospital bond Issue met overwhelming approval of the voters In Tuesday's elec tions. M. M. Person, Jr., Ad ministrator of Franklin Me morial Hospital, who had fought so hard for needed Improve ments to the hospital and had led the campaign for the pass age of the bond Issue, Ironi cally did not vote for the bonds. He couldn't. He was home In bed, 111. Equally Ironic, Person could not be admitted to the hospital he manages because there was no room available. Office per sonnel reported that Person's name was placed on the waiting list, where It remained for two days before a bed became avail able. By this time Person was somewhat better and decided to remain at home. He was con tinuing to Improve late Wednes day afternoon. County Presidential Vote SANDY CREEK Johnson 244 Goldwater 128 f HAYESVILLE Goldwater 192 Johnson 143 GOLD MINE Johnson 283 Goldwater 35 CEDAR ROCK Johnson 37 5 Goldwater 151 FRANKLINTON LOUISBURG Johnson 1076 Goldwater 645 Johnson 1019 Goldwater 379 YOUNGSVILLE Johnson 356 Goldwater 137 CYPRESS CREEK Johnson 120 J ^Goldwater 62 / HARRIS Johnson 235 Goldwater 134 / DUNN V Johnson 471 Goldwater 123 Johnson Goldwater 61 ? JOHNSON 4554 ? GOLDWATER 2097 ready been approved and the bonds were the only thing holding us up." He sald'con structlon would probably start In early spring. The Board of County Commis sioners, County attorney Charles Davis, and the Board of Elections met this morning to take care of the technicali ties of the hospital bond Issue. Twenty-six additional beds, plus a number of other facili ties are to be added under the construction plans. The present hospital was built In 1951 and this will be the first major change made sine* that time. Minor changes have been made to the interior dur ing the past years, but no addi tional space has been added. The national Democratic tick et of Johnson and Humphrey for President and Vice President carried Franklin County by a majority of better than two to one in Tuesday's elections, ac cording to unofficial returns. The Democrats collected 4,534 votes to th* Goldwater Mlller Republican slate's 2,097. The returns ranged from four to one in favor of the Johnson led ticket in Dunn and Louisbury precincts to a narrow 49 ma jority in favor of Goldwater in Hayesville precinct. Dan Moore led Republican Bob Gavin nearly five to one in the final county wide totals. Moore received 5,000 to his opponent's 1,517. Other Denw crats on the state ticket faired almost as well with Congress man L. H. Fountain of Tarboro polling the largest vote on the ticket with 5,015. He was un opposed in the general elec tions. The total voted cast in Tues day's election exceeded the number voting In the June Dem ocratic primary runnoff, but did not match the May primary record vote of 6,789. There were 6,371 votes cast In May and the total voting inthepresU dentlal race Tuesday was 6,6m i by unofficial count. More votes were cast In this race than on any other ticket. Other than Gavin, Clifford Lee Bell, Republican, received the largest Republican vote on the state ticket as he bowed to Haw River's Bob Scott In the Lt. Governor's race. Bell tal lied 1,152 and Scott received -1,987. Moore's majority ranged from six to one In Harris precinct to a scant 23 vote margin In Hayesvllle precinct. Loutsburg gave Moore 1,249 to 477; Frank hnton, 1,014 to 297, and Youngsvllle gave Moore 375 to 119 for Gavin. i Bob Scott outdrew Dan Moore In the voting In Louisburg and Frankltnton precincts, indicat ing some ticket splitting. For the most part Franklin County voters stayed with the tradition al county patteTn by giving the Democratic Pirty slate a wide majority. President Johnson received 68% of the local vote while Senator Oo'ld water re ceived 32%. Dan Moore took a whopping 76% of the vote leaving Dob Gavin only 2^%. All returns are unofficial and as compiled by The Times Elections Staff Tuesday night following the elections. - Louisburg Tobacco Market Amount Sold Last Week: 1,306,356 pounds; Amound Paid Last Week: $792,285.32; Av erage, Last Week: $60.65; Sold Week Before: 1,579,802, Paid Week Before: $937,082.32; Sold To Date: 11,427,766 pounds; Paid To Date: $6, 616.835.12. County Joins State In Support Of $100 Million School Bond The *100 million State School Bond Issue, approved through out the state Tuesday received strong support In the local vot ing. The issue passed In Frank lin County by almost two to one. Unofficial returns show 4,044 Dr. Sockman To Speak At College Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, mini ster emeritus of Christ Church Methodist, New York, will be the guest speaker (or the chapel hour at Loulsburg College at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, No vember 11. He Is In North Carolina leading a series of preaching services at Hayes Barton Methodist Church, Raleigh. Hailed as "Dean of the American Protestant Pulpit" at Duke In 1954, Dr. Sockman's voice has ministered to the people throughout the country and Canada over a nation-wide radio pulpit ministry over NBC. A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan, Columbia and Union Tech nological Seminary, he has been awarded honorary degrees by twenty-five universities. While at Columbia, he was associated Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church (now Christ County Has One Road Death In October Franklin County recorded one road death, Its ninth, In Oc tober and was seconflMn the dis trict In highway injuries, ac cording to a Motor Vehicles ' Department release. Granville County led In road deaths with two and led In property damage with a cost Df $21,120. Franklin had 17 accidents, IS Injuries and on* death. Property damage In J Franklin County was $11,410. r The entire district, made up h 3f Vance, Warren, Granville c ind Franklin Counties, counted p (06 accidents, 59 injuries, 4 l deaths and property damage t; ?as set at $53,905 for the p month of October. tl Dr. Ralph W. Sockman Church, Methodist) as a layman ind there received the Inspira tion that turned him toward the ministry. He became pas tor of Madison In 1917 and has the unique record of having served over forty-four years in his first and only parish. He retired In 1961 and was earned Minister Emeritus. Having served on numerous joard and as official delegate to many church meetings, In :ludlng the World Council of i Churches, he Is widely known i for his books, Including THE i 1IGHER HAPPINESS, HOW TO BELIEVE, THE WHCLE AR tfOR OF GOD, MAN'S FIRST I -OVE, THE LORD'S PRAYER, | rHE MEANING OF SUFFER-* I NG, and WHOM CHRIST COM- I TENDED. 1 The 88th Congress < Washington, D. C. ? The Clghty-elghth Congress has nade a place for Itself In ilstory because of Its action n civil rights, tax reduction, overty, education and the Imited nuclear test ban trea f. Most of the major bills assed ware recommended by ' tie late President Kennedy. voted for the bonds with 2,343 opposing them. Under the plan, Franklin County is to receive nearly $700,000 in state funds for im provements to the local schools. Local school officials and school organizations, plus many clubs had endorsed the bonds. Over the state it was a non partisan issue with both Re publicans and Democrats sup porting its passage. Hayesville and Cypress Creek precincts voted against the Usue, with Hayesville casting 170 votes against and 147 for the school bonds. Cypress Creek voted 96-85 against. Louisburg and Franklinton, both of which, have local township bond Indebtedness for schools, followed the county as a whole in giving the Issue a two to one margin in favor. There are no schools in Cy press Creek township and only Epsom school In Hayesville. Cypress Creek children attend Edward Best, Bunn and Louis burg schools. In Dunn precinct, where the large Bunn and Ge thsemane schools are located, the bonds received nearly two to one approval. Countywlde, the bonds receiv ed approval from 63% of the voters according to unofficial elections returns compiled by The Times Election Staff. Thanks The Times Election Stall ex tends Its sincere thanks to all the Registrars throughout the county for their prompt report ing of Tuesday's returns. The Times also appreciates the ef forts of those assisting the Re gistrars and those helping at Elections Returns Headquar ters. Final returns were com pleted In the county at 1 a.m. Wednesday, with Loulsburg precinct last to report. Pearces was the first precinct to report. Lift is ? fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious on*. ?a W. Holmes. The great business of life* is to be, to do, and to do with out, and to depart. -John Morlejr.
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