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Accidents Scenes
Louisburg Rescue Service
members are shown, top photo,
removing injured man, Ha!mp
Smith, of Louisburg, from
wreckage of his car which ran
off road and struck a tree near
the Louisbu^j Fire Tower Wed
nesday morning ' around 10:30
a.m. Smith died in Franklin
Memorial Hospital around
1 p.m. Wednesday. Second pho
to shows impact of the accident
which sent right front wheel in
to front" seat of car. Center
photo shows car driven by Miss
Sandy Loftin of Louisburg which
was struck from behind by car
driven by Percy Joyner, shown
still inside his car, next photo',
on Bickett Blvd. late Tuesday
afternoon. Joyner, Miss Lof
tin and Mrs.. Owen Edwards,
passenger in the Loftln car,
were hospitalized. Bottom pho
to shows automobile driven by
Darrell Smith, Rt. 3, Louisburg
youth, which, turned over at
Rocky Ford iast night around
10:30 p.m. injuring Jimmy Col
lier, 16, of Louisburg. Ben
Laytojj, 18, Rt. 1, Louisburg,
escaped injury as did Smith.
-Times Staff Photos.
One Killed, Four Injured In
Three Automobile Accidents
Three accidents Involving five
automobiles, In widely separat
ed areas of the county Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday, re
sulted In one death and four
hospitalized with Injuries. A
single car incident Wednesday
morning around 10:30 a.m. near
Ihe Loulsburg Fire Tower
claimed the life of James Hamp
ton Smith, 54, of Loulsburg.
A three-car accident onBlck
?tt Blvd. late Tuesday afternoon
resulted In Injuries to Percy
Joyner, tobacco auctioneer,.
Miss Sandy Loftln and Mrs.
Owen ?dwards, all of Louts
burg.
Jimmy Collier, 16-year-old
Loulsburg youth, received head
Injuries when the car In which
he was riding overturned at
Rocky Ford Wednesday might
around 10:30 p.m. Darrell
Smith, 17, Rt. 3, Loulsburg
driver of the car, and Ben
Layton, 18, Rt. 1, Loulsburg,
escaped Injury.
The automobile driven by
Hamp Smith of Rt. 4, Louls
burg Is believed to have left
the rural paved road just off
N. C. 561 near the Loulsburg
Fire Tower. Wednesday morn
ing and that Smith lost control
when he attempted todr.lve back
onto the road. The vehicle
struck a tree a few yards off
the road with such Impact that
the tree was driven Into the
front seat of the car. Smith
was taken to Franklin Memor
ial Hospital by the Loulsburg
Rescue Service where he died
around 1 p.m. from chest In
juries received In the accident.
Funeral services for Smith
will be held Friday afternoon
at 2 p.m at Lancaster Fun
eral Chapel by the Rev. B.
Bufford Raffleld, pastor of
Maple Spring Baptist Church, of
which he was a member, and
the Ret. Aubrey Tomllnson.
Burial will be In Oakwood Cem
etery.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Onnte Pendergraft;
his mother, Mrs. Lettle Smith
of Raleigh, four daughters,
Miss Mable Smith of Los An
geles, Calif, Mrs. Lots Ellis
of Ashevllle, Mrs. Dan Denton
of Loulsburg, Rt. 2, and Miss
Deborah Smith of the home; one
ion, James Thomas Smith of
home, three sisters, Mrs. Mar
gie Wrenn of Loulsburg, Rt. 3,
Mrs. Harold Fulcher of Nor
folk, V'a , and Mrs. Bob Hurley
of Louisville, Ky.; two broth
ers, Joe John Smith of Lexing
ton, and Eddie Smith of Ra
leigh.
The accident on Blckett
Blvd Tuesday afternoon around
5 p.m reportedly occurred
when the car driven by Percy
Joyner, traveling south on the
by-pass, struck the car driven
by Miss Loftln In the rear.
The Loftln car was reportedly
shopped In the south bound lane
awaiting an oncoming car, be
fore making a left turn Into the
See ACCIDENTS Page 4
Tuesday Critical
Day For Farm Future
Franklin County agricultural
leaders have been Joined by a
number of county businessmen,
In urging support of the tobacco
and cotton programs In Tues
day's referendum. A number
of local farmers are somewhat
dissatisfied with the present
programs, particularly In light
of the announcement ofa 19.55%
cut In tobacco acreage for the
coming year.
Tom Wood, Chairman of the
N. C. Referenda Information
Committee, says, "People are
confused all over the flue-cured
area about what they' 11 be voting
on. A great many of them think
County Second
In November
Road Deaths
Franklin County was second
In the district In highway fa
talities, with three In the month
of November, according to a
report released this week by
the State Motor Vehicles De
partment. Granville was tops
In highway slaughter with four
deaths.
Granville was also the only
county In the district to have
more accidents during the
month than Franklin. Gran
ville had 43 while Franklin re
corded 33. Property damage
In the county amounted to $12,
795, which was also sffiond to
Granville.
Warren County recorded 18
accidents and Vance had. M,
neither had any fatalities.
Franklin County had- 17 In
juries during the period.
Fox Calls
Meeting
Of Parents
A1 Fox, Principal of Louls
burg HlghSchool, has announced
a meeting of parents of ath
letes, boosters and any others*
Interested In the local school
TittrtetR' program. The meet
ing Is to be held Thursday night
at 7:30 p.m. in the high school
building.
The purpose of the meeting Is
to discuss the present athletic
program and map plans for
further Improvements and Is
aimed at gaining additional lo
cal support for the program.
they're voting on whether or not
to cut tobacco acreage. That's
not It at all."
"The vote is on one thing
only," Wood continues, "Do
you favfor continuing marketing
quotas on Flue-Cured Tobacco
for the next three marketing
years, beginning July 1, 1965?"
Bill Humphries, News and
Observer Farm Editor, says,
"The fttfcjpured tobacco grow
ing lnduptryj mainstay of North
Carolina's farm economy, is in
deep trouble. At no time since
1939, when there was no pro
gram to limit production and
support prices to growers, has
the situation been so critical."
Governor Terry SanfOrd and
Governor-Elect, Dan Moore,
have both urged a "Yes"' vote
for continuation of the present
programs. Sanford stated, "If.
the tobacco quota referendum
fails, the loss of price supports
on flue-cured leaf will bring on
a deep depression for much of
North Carolina."
Moore said, " Financial losses
on the farm, in the great
processing and manufacturing
See FARM Page 4
Duncan lo
Head Drive
Rev. V. E. Duncan of Louls
burg will serve as Franklin
County Director of the 1965
March of Dimes, according to
an announcement this week.
Rev. Duncan has headed the
local campaign for the past
several years.
Rev. Duncan, a retired Bap
tist minister, Is a former
Chairman of the Franklin Coun
ty Chapter of the March of
Dimes - National Foundation.
The organization sponsors a
contributions campaign to raise
funds to help those suffering
Tiirtn defects" and arthritis
each January.
The National Foundation held
an area pre-campalgn meeting
?recently In Durham. Rev. Dun
can and representatives from
seven counties attended the
event which featured a speech
by Larry J. Davis, of the Ra
leigh State Office, and a talk by
Dr. Loren G. MacKlnney of the
Birth Defects Center at Chapel
Hill. Dr. MacKlnney also
showed the group some slides
illustrating the tragedy of birth
defects.
Santa Clans Arrives In Franklinton
Franklinton Stages Christmas
Parade Without Incident
Frankllnton staged its annual
Christmas Parade Wednesday
night before a crowd estimate^
between 2,000 and 3,000 spec
tators, without Incident. The
temperature, uipping to a cool
28 degrees, failed to lessen the
enthusiasm of the hundreds of
youngsters on hand to greet
Santa Claus.
John Echols, Parade Chair
man, resigned In the face of a
telephone call from an uniden
tified man Instructing that the
Negro units in the parade should
be placed at the rear, earlier
this week. Echols' place of
business had a plate glass win
uow shot sometime Saturday
night or Sunday morning. The
phone call followed Sunday.
Wide-spread publicity had
been given this and a similar
phone call involving the Louls
burg Parade. Governor Terry
Sanford had issued a warning
to the Klu Klux Klan on Monday
in regards to the reported
threats and had alerted the State
Highway Patrol for duty in
Lou is burg. No patrolmen were
evident at Frankllnton last
night.
The 50-odd unit parade was
one of the best presented in
the area in recent years. It
contained 15 Negro units in
terspersed throughout the pa
rade. It featured bands from
Loulsburg, Oxford and Creed
n)ore. There were a number
of commercial built floats, sev
eral representing out-of-town
firms doing business in the
Commissioners
Appoint Tax Listers
The Franklin County Board of
Commissioners, this week ap
pointed the following as Tax
Listers for the year beginning
January 1, 1965:
M. C. Pearce/Dunji Township;
William Wrenn, Harris Town
ship; Robert Allen, Youngsville;
H. Q. Jones, Frankllnton; Mrs.
Margaret Hardy, Assistant,
Frankllnton Township; L. M.
Grlssom, Hayesville Townshipr
C. C. Perry, Sandy Creek; Mrs.
Rea A. Manning, Gold Mine
Township; W. S. Boone, Cedar
Rock Township; Mrs. A. C.
Stallings, Cypress Creek
Township; and Mrs. W. B. Tay
lor, Louisburg Township.
The Board approved a motion
Garden Club
Sponsors
Contest
The Louisburg Garden Club
Is again sponsoring Its "Light
Up and Decorate for Christ
mas" contest this year. To
make Louisburg more beauti
ful this Christmas, Individual
home owners are urged to use
originality and ingenuity In
decorating and lighting their
homes and yards for the Christ
mas Holidays.
Cash prizes will be awarded
to the homes thought by the
Judges to be the best decorated.
Judging will take place Monday
night, December 21. Entrants
are asked to keep their lights
burning from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.
on this night. Judges will look
for the general appearance best
depleting the Christmas spirit.
The Louisburg Garden Club
will have a display of Christ
mas arrangements and Ideas
Thursday through Sunday In the
window of H. C; Taylor Furni
ture Store.
establishing a school for all
Tax Listers and Appraisers to
be held on December 17 and set
the dates for listing taxes as
January 4 through February 5,
1965.
In a special three-man Board
meeting Tuesday, five Township
Constables were sworn in* for
new terms of office. The conf
stables failed to appear on Morn*.
day, as required. Superior
Court Clerk Ralph Knott offi
ciates at the swearing In cere
monies, but it must be witnessed
by the Board of Commission
ers. Those being sworn in
Tuesday were: Joseph Joyn
er, Harris Township; K. B. Hill,
Youngsville Township; Claude
T. Satterwhlte, Franklinton
Township; Gray Moon, Louls
burg; and Johnnie Horton, Dunn
Township. Vann Champion, Ce
dar Rock Constable, was sworn
In Monday and Perry Tharrlng
ton, Sandy Creek, has not been
sworn, it was reported.
The newly organized Board of
Commissioners also approved
expenditure of $250 toward the
purchase price of the land upon
which the Gay Products water
tank is located. This action
Is provided the Town of Louis -
burg approves a like amount
for that purpose.
Post Office
Open All Day
Saturdays
Edward L. Best, Louisburg
Postmaster, has announced that
the local post office will re
main open all day on Saturdays,
December 12 and 19. Best
would be open
both days In order to assist
the public In their Christmas
mailing.
until 5 p.m.
Frankllnton area. There were
also a number of the home
made variety floats, many us
ing extremely imaginative Ideas
I of the Christmas theme.
I 3anta Claus was led down the
street by the Frankllnton Fire
truck and followed by large con
tingent of horses and riders.
A large truck, entered In the
parade by a Loulsburg truck
dealer, thrilled the youngsters
by causing the sound of a giant
firecracker when >t backfired.
Missing this year was the
popular dragon entry by Bur
lington Mills. The smoke-bel
lowing beast was an original
entry in the Loulsburg Parade
but was canceled due to some
trouble with |he float Itself.
The threats of violence to pa
rade officials, thought to be
Klan Inspired, failed to ma
terialize in either the Frank
llnton #>r Loulsburg parades*.
Town officials in both County
areas expressed their appreci
ation for the cooperation of the
public in making the parages
successful. Police Chief Wil
liam Dement of Loulsburg and
Chief Leo, Edwards of Franklln
ton, both had expressed confi
dence that nothing would happen
at the parades.
The host of out-of-town news
men that covered the Louls
burg event failed to show up
at the one In FranklintOn. Local
authorities and some citizens
had been critical of out-of-town
news media having blown the
Incidents out of proportion,
causing statewide unfavorable
publicity for both towns.
College To
Hold Adult
Classes
Loulsburg College will begin
an Evening Adult Education
Program on January 28, 1965,
Dean John B. York has an
nounced. Classes will be held
twice weekly, Tuesday and
Thursday evenings, 7:30 -
9:00 p.m.
Various courses In Business,
English, Art, Foreign Lan
guage, Mathematics, Religion
and Social Studies will be of
fered. Regular members of
the faculty will be In charge
of Instruction.
Each person may choose
whether he would want to take
a course for credit or to audit
without college credit. Adults
beyond high school age who have
not graduated from high school
will be eligible for course work
on a non-credit basis. High
school graduates may take
courses for college credit.
For further Information and
the necessary application forms
contact Dean John B. York
at the college.