Published Every Tuesday A Thursday
The FralikMn Times
Serving AM Of Franklin County
97th Year ? Number 16
Lou.sbyrq. N C . Thursday. April 14. 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
(Ten Cents)
Deadline Noon Friday
31 Candidates File
For May Primary
M ss Audree Marguerite Elizabeth Cameron
College Fresli m a n
Is Sixth Contestant
Miss \udree Marguerite Klizabeth Cameron. IS-year
old l.ouisburg College freshman from Greensboro, is
the sixth contestant in the Louisburg Javeee Miss
Louisburg Pageant slated for \pril 23 in the College
auditorium
Miss Cameron,- daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Cam
eron, 3223 James I'laee, Greensboro, will perform a
dramatic skit or monologue as her talent
The brown eyed, brunette is mm or has been trea
surer of the Junior Jayeettes, viee chairman of the Page
(High Sehool) Youth Recreation Committee and news
editor of the "Page by Page" sehool newspaper She
is a winner of the Nell Wise Wcetor "Taffy Journalism.
\ward" and the William II Danforth I Dare ^ ou"
Award
She is a Methodist and her favorite hobbies are
reading, drawing and daneing Tennis is her faxorite
sport ' '* ? ,
Sheriff Says
No Secrecy
In Alledged
Rombing /
A report in Wednesday's
Raleigh News $nd Observer,
which said the March 4th al
leged bombing of a Negro
church in Franklin County "did
not become public knowledge
until April 8/' was In error
according to Sheriff Joseph W.
Champion.
The alledged bombing took
place on Friday night, March 4,
and was reported to the county
officials late the following day.
The Sheriff's department In
formed The Franklin Times of
the incident Saturday night, and
Times Editor Clint Fuller was
taken to the scene by. Deputy
Sheriff Tom Powell Sunday
morning. The Times carried a
front-page picture, and story in
its Tuesday, March 8, Issue.,
The Raleigh newspaper pick ejj
up the.story from*FBI agents a
month later and carried It /on
its front page in the issu^ of
Saturday, April 9. /
The incident Involved tee to
tal destruction of the Red Bud
Church, a concrete blo'yk Iniild
ing near Castalla, during a
severe electrical storm early
Friday night, March/4. Sher
iffs officers inves/lgated the
Incident, including /nterroga
>tion of the pastor, /Rev. P. J.
Alston, Louisburg,/m. "3,
The News and Observer story
qi^ited Sheriff Chajnpion as say
ing, "I don't know who called
the FBI. I didirt I didn'Oiave
anything to g/> on". There was
no has is foe' a report," Cham
pion is quoted in the story as
saying. / #
Time-. /Editor Clint Fuller
questioned Rev. Alston at the
scene /nd said he found no ra
cial overtones connected with
the i/cident. Sheriff Champion
.lis ' j waj> quoted as saying that
| his/department had found none.
7 The News and Observer's
implied secrecy in ttie matter,"
/aid Fuller, "is entirely in er
'r<>r \Certainly the Franklin
County Sheriffs Office lias no
obligation *o report pending In
vestigations to the Raleigh
newspaper. The office report
ed the incident promptly to this
newspaper, which has general
circulation in the area. This,
to me, discounts any attempt at
secrecy by anyone connected
with the case/' Fuller cqn-\
eluded.
With the filing deadline less
than 24 hours away, thirty-one
aspirants for local or district
offices ha(ve filed for the Board
of Elections for the May 28th
Democratic Primary.
Latest to pay their fees to
Board Secretary John King are
Elmo Cash of Harris Township,
Walter C. Bartholomew of
Louisburg Township, and John
Scott Ayscue of Hayesville
Township. All are candidates
for Constable in their respec
tive districts.
Franklin Representative
James D. Speed, who announced
several weeks ago he would seek
one of the two HousV seats
alloted to the Sixteenth House
District made up of Franklin,
Vance and Warren Counties,
filed this week. Rep. Wilton
R Drake of Warren and John
T. Church of Vance are ajso
vleing for one of the two seat s.
The most crowded race thus
far is in the Louisburg-Cypress
Creek District Commissioner
contest. Four men have filed
for this position, including the
incumbent Chairman Norwood
Faulkner and one of the two
Negro candidates to file thus
far, Booker T. Driver, Rt. 4,
Louisburg farmer. J. Harold
Talton, Louisburg banker, and
A. H. Spencer, Louisburg farm
er, are also candidates for the
office.
In the District I (Harris-Dunn
/Township) race for Com
missioner, three men are run
ning for the position now held
by Mrs. JeaaatlfcJ Arnold,
who is filling the "unexpired
teVm of her late husband, Claude
A Arnold. These Include form
er Commissioner Brooks W.
Young,- Bunn businessman -
farmer H. Derrell Mitchell,
and G. Frank Hlnson, retired
automobile representative.
George H. HarrisT, incumbent
Commissioner from the Hayes
ville -Sandy Creek Township
District, is thus far unopposed
for reelection.
Two veteran law enforcement
officers are vieing for the
Sheriffs post. Incumbent
Sheriff Joseph W. Champion
is opposed by Louisburg R>
'llce Chief William T. Dement,
who was once a deputy sheriff
under former Sheriff Willis
Perry. V
A three-way race for the
Cedar Rock-Gold Mine seat on
the county Board of Educatloa
has developed, with present
chairman of the Board, Mrs.
T. H.\ Dickens, being opposed
by William Taylor Boone of
Justice and the second Negro
candidate in the May Primary,
Joseph L. Strickland of Louis
burg, Rt. 4.
Times Editor Clint Fuller is
opposed for his return to the
Board < from the Louisburg -
Cypress Creek District ,by
Walter H. Ball, Rt. 1, Louis
burg farmer.
Unopposed for ma Jot county
offices as the filing deadline
nears are: W. H. (Jack) Tay-i
lor for Solicitor; E. C. Bul
luck for Recorder's Court
Judge; Ralph S. Knott for Clerk
of Court, and James H Ed
wards for Coroner.
Constable races are assured 1
in at least two townships ? In
frtnkliolpn, %Qus Stroud, jr ,
and Claude Satterwhite art*
seeking election, and in Harris
Township incumbent Joseph
Joyner ts opposed by Elmo
Cash. Other townships having
only one candidate tlnis far are:
Louisburg, Walter C Bar
tholomew, Dunn, John Ho r ton,
Youn^sville, Kenneth Hill, and
Cedar Rock,. Man Chajnpton
The filing deadline Jrsrtioon,
Friday, April 15.
Progress'iuii*
Construction is proceeding on schedule at Kranklin Memorial Mospit.il here where a new
wing and other renovations are liei-ng done. The construct ion, which is scheduled to cost
around $900,000.00 is expected to be completed later this year. When finished the present
50-bed facility will contain eighty l>eds plus other modern facilities -Stafl Photo by Clint Fuller.
ATU Reports Still Taken Off N. C.56
The Raleigh ATU office re
ported Wednesday the capture
of a liquor still and the arrest
of two Frankllnton Negroes In
the county Tuesday The still
was found off Highway 56 l*?
tween Loulsburg and Franklin
ton Tuesday afternoon around
2:30 p.m.
Arrested at the site, with the
still |n full operation, were
Jeff Collins James, N/m/33,
Rt 1, Frankllnton, aroj James
Attorney General Says
Schools Must Adopt Plan
The N. C. Attorney General's
Office has ruled that school
boards In the state must adopt
the new federal guidelines for
school desegregation under the
1964 Civil Rights Act, accord
ing to a newi release today.
The deadline for signing Form
441 -B, the assurance qf\com
pllance by admlnlstr
Frankllnton Clfcy Schools ?nd
Kranklin County Schools have
already signed and returned
the form to the Office of Edu
cation In Washington.
In answer to a letter from
Jack D. Lawrle, Superintendent
of Washington Schools, Attorney
General Wade Bruton said that
federaj Integration guidelines
is Friday, April
Voungsville Bank Burglars Bound Over
Three men, /charged In the
breakln ol /the Youngsvtlle
branch of Central Carolina
Bank and Ty(ist Company early
Monday mo/nlng, were ordered
held under bonds totaling
$27,500 \l Durham Tuesday by
U. S. Commissioner Oliver
Aphln. /
The wiree men were alleged
ly sighted coming out of the
bank Around 1:30 a.m. Monday
by six teen-age youths, three
of whom were from Louisburg
and three from Youngsville.
The youths have been praised
for their alertness by officials.
Thomas C. Pergerson, Joel H.
Pusey and Gregg P. Collins are
the boys from Louisburg, and
William B. Alford, Jerry K.
Kinton and .Harold Kearney are
from Youngsville.
Placed under $10*000 each
_ rJ
were Charles Thomas Ashley,
36, of 115 N. Dlllard St., and
James Callle Hamilton, 36, of
Wheaton, Md Robert Russell
O'Neal, a former Durham resi
dent who recently has "resided
In Wheaton, was placed under
$7,500 bond pending action by
a federal grand Jury on the
burglarjf Indictments.
The defendants' attorney,
stating that his clients "cannot
CHARLES T ASHLEY
ROBERT R. O'NEAL
? JAMES C.\ HAMILTON
Photos from the Durham Sun
possibly post such high bonds,"
pleaded for smaller bonds. Al
phln refused to set the appear
ance bells at any smaller
amounts,, however. *
The three men were arrest
ed here about 1:30 a.m. yester
day.
A Youngsvllle teen-ager, Har
old Kearney, testified at the
hearing that he and five other
boys were returning to their
homes . from Raleigh about
12:55 *.m. Monday when they
drove pest the Central Caro
lina Bank branch office In
Youngsvllle.
??I saw the front door open,
and saw a man leave the bank
and get Into a car In which at
least one other person was sit
ting," Kearney said. "The
car pulled away and we followed
It for a short way. . .It was a
white Oldamoblle with a license
with the number BC 1801."
The youth said he Immediate- '
ly went to the home of State
Highway Patrol Trooper Gary
Kearney "and told him what
we had seen."
The boy on cross-examina
tion said he could not Identify
See YOUNOSVILLE Page ?
"are In effect, the law" and that
no state agency could dlre?t a
local board not to comply with
the guidelines. .
"The rules in effect are the
law. If any question is raised
See SCHOOL page 6
Final Date
For Cotton
Insurance Set
Federal Crop Insurance Cor
poration announces that May 2
will be the last date for ac
cepting applications on cotton
for the 1966 crop year. This
"All-Risk" Insurance guaran
tees you your investment hi
your cotton regardless of what
happens to It that Is unavoid
able.
1965 was a disastrous cotton
year in Franklin County. ?Fed
eral Crop Insurance Corpora
tion paid approximately f 95%
of all the cotton policyholders
In 1965 amounting to thousands
of dollars.
Oilr tobacco coverages have
again been raised for the 1966
ferop year with a reduction In
premlurrf cost. If you have not
had Federal Crop Insurance
explained to you please con
tact us at our office located
In the Agricultural Building,
Loulsburg, and we will be hap
py to explain this "All-Risk"
insurance to you. There Is
also a very limited time In
which we may accept your
tobacco application for the 1966
crop yeaj
Reminder
County Commissioner Chair
man Norwood Faulkner Issued
a reminder today that the Board
of Commissioners will sit as
the Jftard of Equalization and
Review next Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday andj Friday In
the Commissioner Room In the
Franklin County Courthouse.
Meetings ben In at 10 a.m. each
day, Faulkner said.
V ?
Andrews, N/m, 25, P. Q Box
274, Frank llntom Doth were
arraigned before U. S. Com
missioner W. P. El more i In
Dunn, N. C., late Tuesday.
Bond was set at $500 each on
charges of vlolatloh'of federal
liquor laws, pending trial In
U.'S. District Court In Ra
leigh.
Destroyed were four 300-gal
lo^ submarine type stills and
115 gallons of whiskey at the
still location. The Haleigh
office reported that Wake and
Granville County ABC officers
assisted in the arrest.
Franklinton
Stores
Set Closings
Businesses in Franklinton
will begin Wednesday closings
on April 20.
W. L. Johnson, president" of
Franklinton Township Chatnber
of Commerce," stated busi
nesses would close each Wed
nesday at 12:30 until further
notice.
"A Moment To Decide" - Part 4
County Leaders ;
The Commissioners
I.
By tJHnt Fuller. #
Note , A quotation. trom John Russell Lowell's 'The
Present Cmsis which suggested the titTe tor this ten-port
series, has never been more applicable*. Once to ivery man
and nation comes the moment -to decide can be -particular- y
ly true for Franklin County -.in the coming elections. The
series is aimed at encouraging each person to take an in
terest m and become better acquainted with the public of
fices sub|cct to the people's vote on May 28th
Since everv segment *?l our siH>ietv requires leader
ship. Kranklin Cbtintv looks to lis Boa id ?>f Commission
ers Officially. tins group represents, acts arul speaks
ft* the people the countv It is tlieir responsibility
to plan anil to guide the future of the countv
Three of the fixe positions are subject to the coming
May 2Sth Demoerutic Primary Only ineum bents Richard
Cash o'f the Kranklinton^ oungsv i He District and K M.
'Sxkes of the Cedar Kock-Sahdy Creek District arc sure
members for the next two wars. Incumbent Chairman
.Norwood I'aulkner has three opponents in the campaign;
(Ic'orge Harris, veteran member is thus far unopposed with
the filing deadline slated for tomorroxx and Mrs Jtanctte
I* \rnold, filling the unexpired ttfrm of' her late husband,
Claude V Arnold, is "retiring from the Board Three can
didates are in the race for this seat
lhe Hoard of County Commissioners meets offieial.lv
the first Monday in each month in the Commissioner's
Room at the courthouse Special .meetings arc called"*"
from time to time to attend to spec ia I business which
cannot wait for the next Vi^ular meeting
Members are paid #23.15 per meeting plus sex en ccrtts
per mile for traxel to the meeting place The chairman
receives 54(1 extra monthlx T|je last available figures
showed that the average |xix of a Commissioner per year
is SMS. 20
(icnerally the meeting begins at II) a m and often lasts
until w,ay into the night Jn Kranklin County: Mouisburg
attorney Charles Davis acts as County Attorney and legal
adviser to the Board Register of Deeds MexT Wood
is secretary to the Board
The Commissioners make no laws, but they do set
policy and make rules aiKl regu lal ions consistent with
existing statures The Hoard appoints such county offi
cials as the Tax Supervisee County \ceountant . Welfare
Department and Health Boards. Veteran's Service Officer, /
Karm and Home Agents, Library personnel, Dog Warden
and others
The Commissioners levy taxes and approve budgets of- ? *
county departments It is their authority to call for bond
votes They set the tax rates, based on the needs of the
county
One of the most important duties these people perform
is_ conferring with the people Kaeh Hoard member re
presents a two-township district and is usually readily
available to the people in their district and county wide
to hear complaints and suggestions
Commissioners, while rurming by law from the district
of their residence, must be v oted "on bv all the people of
the county This assures that eadn represents all the
people while at the same time reporting the wishes of his
district to the entire Hoard \
Propably no county office holds as much importance. *
to more people than, that of County Commissioner For >i
here is the place where future progress of the\county as a
business and in large measure as a socicty\ is begun.
The Commissioner^ are the county cJected leaders They
voice the wUl of the people Their selection by the
people should be doflc with great care
Next; The Court Judge and Solicitor A Moment to
Dccidc
New Club Officers "
Officers of the newly formed Town and Country Garden Club In Loulsburg are pictured above
at Installation ceremonies held Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. John Colllha on Ford
Clicle. Pictured, left to right, are: Mrs. JlmmfCottrell, Treasurer; Mrs. Freddie Hlght,
Secretary; Mrs. John Collins, Vice-President; and Mrs, Jimmy 'Martin, President. For other
picture and story' see Page 3. ?Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
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