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The FrarikMn Times
Comment
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Lite should not be all work.
Everybody Is entitled to some
recreation and amusement,
whether everybody gets it t>r
not.
Serving All Of Franklin- County
T?l ?Y 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
LouisbMrg. N C . Thursday. May 5 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
97th Y6ar ? Number 22
Clint Fuller
Speaks To
Lions Club.
Times Managing Editor Clint
Fuller spoke to the Loulsburg
Lions Club at their regular
meeting here Tuesday night.
Fuller addressed the club on
the subject of " Ribllclty."
Lion President Wilton Smith
presided with Tommy Jeffreys
In charge of the program. Tail
Twister Alex Wood entertained
the group with si^me unorthodox
guessing games and some tall
tales. Lloyd West, club mem
ber, sang for the gathering after
being assured of a no-fine deal
by Wood.
Fuller told the group that club
reporters should write up their
meeting with the general public
In mind. "The public Is not
Interested In a routine meet
ing, but when your club an
nounces a new project, elects
officers or has an unusual
speaker, this Is newsworthy,"
he said.
He explained how press re
leases should be handled by
Individuals and organizations.
He stressed accuracy, brevity
and promptness.
He told the group the two
most successful local organiza
tions In the use of publicity,
which he reminded the Lions, Is
free advertising, are the Louls
burg Rescue Service and the
Jaycees. He pointed out that
these organizations sponsor
outstanding projects annually
which are of general public
Interest.
Fuller closed his address by
saying, "We want news of your
clubs and hope you will continue
to bring It In."
Franklinton
Lions Hear
Dr. Abrams
(Frk. B.W.) The guest speaker
\at the annual Ladles Night of
the Franklinton Lions Club, held
at the Methodist Educational
Building Monday evening was
Dr. W. Amos Abrams of Ra
leigh.
Introduced by XL Ion Tom Poole,
the editor of the^i^orth Carolina
Education magazine captivated
his audience with his tumorous
remarks. As a Lion, he called
attention to the worthwhile pro
jects the Lions sponsor. > - \
Lion C. Ray Pruette served
as Toastmaster for the m ee 1 1 ng
which was called to orafcr by
Lion President John T. Wright.
The Invocation was glven tiy
Lion Everett Moore. Tarbert
Medlln performed as Tall
Twister.
Miss Paula Justice, Miss
Loulsburg 1986, entertained (he
Lions and Lionesses with the
singing of a group of folk songs
accompanying herself on the
guitar.
Lion L. A. Thompson, Jr.
presented gifts to various win
ners. Each lioness was pre
sented a bag ot assorted gifts.
Lion John Gonelta Introduced
the Lions and Lionesses from
Loulsburg, Youngsvllle, Zebu
ion, Epsom and Warrenton
Clubs.
District Governor Frank
Kemp of Zebulon presented per
fect attendance pins to Tom
Poole, W. L. Johnson, John
Qonella, Ralph McGhee, Ev
erette Moore, George pooke,
Richard Gollghtly, J. W. Hamm,
C. Ray Pruette, John Wright.
Twenty-two year membership
pin was presented to Everett
Moore; 18 year pin was pre
sented to John Wright and a
12 year pin was presented to
John Gonell a by Lion Kemp.
Masonic Notice
toulsburg Lodge 413 will hold
a stated communication on
Tuesday evening May l6" at
7:30 In the Masonic Temple.
Work will be In the Fellow
craft degree and all Fellow
craft and Master Masons are
corldally Invited.
.Training Centers
Washington, D. C. --The Army
has announced three more re
ception and training centers to
be opened' in July. The. centers
will be at Fort Lewis, Wash.;
Fort Bragg. N. C.; and Fort
Campbell, Ky.
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Old Newspapers Found In Antique Furniture
Two newspa{>ers, one from
Berlin, Canada*, and the other
from Rochester, New York,
dated 1898 and 1899 respec
tively, were found recently by
Mr. Fred Q Parrish, Rt 1,
Castalla while working on a
piece of antique furniture. The
publications were behind a mir
ror.
The Berliner Journal, dated
August 1, 1898, is totally in
German, bift some information
can be gathered from it, even
without a. German language
instructor. The dateline refers
to Berlin, Canada, and the [toper
Is obviously a publication for
Canadian citizens of German
descent.
A grocery ad appears on the
front page, *s was the custom
In the 19th Century newspaper
business. Other ads refer, by
sketches, to hats, shoe? and
men's clothing.
There Is a column which ap
pears to be an obituary listing
and what seems to be a listing
of professional businesses such
as attorneys, doctors, etc. on
the front page.
In the Rochester copy, the
weather forecast was for Fair
Weather, Brisk to high south
westerly Winds. It was dated
February 20, 1899. The head
line reads: "A Skirmish Seen
By Dewey, Witnessed a Filipino
Attack On Americans." It tells
of Rear-Admiral Dewey's land
ing In Guadalup and "the
skirmish with the Insurgents."
Other articles have to do with
the price of beef, a Naval scan
dal and the death of four people,
found In a room filled with
"cigarettes, cigars aijf) beer
bottles." ?
The German . newspaper"3 Is
still In excellent cbndltlon and
the paper appears strong and
white. The Rochester paper Is
deteriorating and the paper has
become brittle even though It Is
a year newer than the other.
Both were found last Thurs
day by Mr. Parrlsh at Ills home
while working a piece of an
tique furniture, undoubtedly
placed there many years ago
and forgotten.
Negro Teacher To Fill Vacancy ' :
Franklinton School Board Announces
Teacher Assignments For Fall
(Frk. B.W.) The Frankltnton
Board of Education met on Mon
day evening In the school library
with Chairman John Moore pre
siding. \
As recommended by Supt.
Choice Forms
Deadline Passes
The deadline for return of
choice forms for school as
signments In the Franklin
County school system has pass
ed and Superintendent Warren
Smith says he dpesn't know Just
how many forma were Returned.
He estimated that some over
90 percent have been sent in.
Smith also said that he did not
Know the racial breakdown ol
those applying for assignment.
The Board of Educatlpn will
meet Friday morning at 9 a.m.
to review the requests received
and to make assignments ac
cording to the Freedom ol
Choice plan under which the
schools will be operated this
\comlng school year.
Festival
Time Set
ThW Franklin County Leaguj
will Sponsor Its annual Singing
Festival In the LoulsburgSchool
Auditorium May 10, 1966 at
7:30 pan. This program ol
music will be divided Into three
groups--* girl's chorus, a
boys' chonis, and a mixed chor
us. All participants are re
quested to be at the auditorium
and In place by 7:15.
Miss Ruth Jewell, Music Su
pervisor from tbe State Depart
ment of Public Instruction will
act as . Judg) for this event.
Fred Rogers, D. WhltmanShea
rln was re-elected principal bf
Frankllnton High School and
Ollle W. Burrell was re-elected
(principal of B. F. R'rson-Al
blon High School for 1966-67
school year.
Resignations were accepted
from the following teachers at
Frankllnton High: Mrs. Betty
! Adams, Mrs. Nancy Taylor and
Mrs. Mabel McGhee.
In reply to the United States
office Of Education .regarding
Clubs Invited
To Meet The
Candidates
It -was announced today that
Invitations have been malljed to
1 organizations throughout the
county Inviting them to attend
1 the Candidates Meeting as a
' group.
1 This event, scheduled for
1 Thursday, May 19, at 8 o'clock
1 will be held In Loulsburg junior
College Auditorium with Mr.
L D. Moon as moderator. All
voters are .urged to mark this
date on their calendars, so that
they will be able to become
better acquainted with the can
[ dldates in the coming primary.
Nearly all of those people
seeking office have responded
to questionnaires sent out by
the Loulsburg League of Women
Voters and the Loulsburg Junior
Chamber of Commerce In con
nection with the Candidates
Meeting, and the majority of
these plan to be present. This
will Indeed be an excellent op
portunity tor all citizens to be
come more Informed voters.
Do plan to attend the Candidates
Meeting.
the assignment of professional
staff the local Board took this
action. The Board voted unani
mously to fill a vacancy at
Frankllnton High School with a
negro teacher and Instructed
Supt. Rogers to send a tentative
report to that effect to the U. S.
Office of Education Imme
diately.
Supt. Rogers presented the
Elementary Secondary Educa
tion Act Project Proposal for
B. F. Person-Albion School
which would Include 3 extra
primary teachers one reading
specialist, clerical assistance,
Registrations
Light
Preliminary reports from re
gistrations In the county since
the opening of the books last
Saturday Indicate thit only a
few new voters have been re
corded. ?
Board of Elections Secretary
John King said Tuesday that
no report is due the Board
until after the final registra
tion on Saturday, May 14. He
said he had not heard officially
from any of the registrars.
It was learned however that
about . twenty new voters were
registered In the Loulsburg
precinct, one at Centervllleand
"a very few" at Bunn. Clher
areas have not been heard from
except that In the Cedar Rock
precinct several were register
ed.
There was no break down as
to the race of the registrants
In any of the precincts. Books
will remain open through Satur
day, May 14 with May 21 de
signated as Challenge Day. The
Primary wlU be held on May
28th.
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extra janitorial help, extra
lunchroom personnel, 3 port
able classrooms, providing
health services, material
equipment, furniture amountr
lng to $102,600.00.
The Board approved the pro
posed program so an applica
tion will, be submitted to N. C,
Department of Public Instruc
tion and U. S. Office of Educa
tion prior to June 30. If ap
proved by the above this pro- ,
See TEACHERS page 4
Franklinton
Forms New
Corporation
Franklinton businessmen, In
a special meeting last week I
formed the Franklinton Deve- <
loprtient Corporation, a non
.profit organization much along '
the lines of like organizations <
In Loulsburg and Youngsvllle. 1
The new corporation will 1
serve as the unit to deal with '?
prospective industry In the 1
Franklinton area. '
Officers elected at the meet- 1'
lng are: i James S. Joyner, I
president; Arthur Hall, vice 1
president and Ralph McGhee, 1'
secretary-treasurer. 1
Board of Director's were an- t
nounced as: Lewis A. Thomp-. s
son, Jr., W. T. Forsythe, Ev- 8
erett L. Moore, M. R. House t
and Sidney Johnsop.
Both Loulsburg and Youngs- t
vllle have been successful in (
obtaining new Industry through f
such organizations. Generally, r
the group will obtain land op- t
Hons, locate favorable plant a
sites, check on labor potential <j
and cbeck on available utilities. 0
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Fuller Name-d To Committee
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Road Committee
Approves List
Franklin County's letter
Roads Committee approved
highway official recommenda
tions recently designating N.C.
30 from Louisburg to the Vance
County line as Number One
priority road.
Chairman H. D. Mitchell of
Bunn stated the group voted
to send letters to highway of
ficials Informing them of ihe
action.
Mitchell also announced that
Times Editor Clint Fuller was
invited to become a member of
the Committee. On motion by
James T. Moss of Youngsville
and seconded by County Com
missioner Chairman Norwood
Faulkner, the group voted un
animously to Invite Fuller to
Join the group.
Fuller said he reported to
Mitchell that, "I will happy to
Join the Committee and 1 will
do everything 1 can to assist
In obtaining road Improvements
In Frinklin County."
The group voted to make a
study of the possible extension
of Highway 561 from Loutsburg
to Creedmore.
Mitchell expressed hls-sorrow
and extended the sympathy of
the Committee to the family
upon the death of Committee
member Frank Read of Wood.
Members attending the meet
ing were: Mitchell, who pre
sided, Thomas Perdue, p? C.
Perry, Faulkner, Charles T.
Eaves, James T. Moss, James
Alford and Wallace Tlppett.
The nine priority listings, as
approved by the group and re
commended by the highway of
flcials In charge of the district
are as follows:
1. N. C. 39 jLoulsburg bypass
2. S. l-Wtfnre Co. line
to Int. ui S. 1A North of Frank
llntOh.
3. N. C. 56 Louisburg to
Frankllnton.
4. N. C. 561 Louisburg to
Nash Co. line.
5. U. S. 401 Louisburg to
N. C. 98.
6. N. C. 96 Wake Co. line
Via Youngsvllle to Granville
Co. line.
7. N. C. 98 Wake Co. line
to S.R 1708 at New Hope
8. N. C. 39 Louisburg to
Bunn.
9. N. C. 58 Nash Co.
to Warren Co. line via Center
vllle.
Negro Seeks Assault Case
Moved To Federal Court
Alfonzo Terrell, 30-year-old
Elizabeth, N. J. Negro
scheduled for a hearing on
issault charges In Franklin
County Recorder's. Court here
Tuesday had his case put off
as the Court ruled It had no
Jurisdiction In light of Terrell's
petition for the case to be moved
to federal court.
The ruling said, "fttitlon
having been filed with Clerk of
U. S. Court for the Eastern
District of N. C., for removal
of this action to U. S. District
Court, It Is found that this
Court has no Jurisdiction or
authority herein pending further
action by the* -said District
Court".
Terrell Is charged with
assault on Harold Ayscue, white
Epsom merchant on April 9 at
Ayscue's store. According to
the Franklin County Sheriff's
department, Terrell, formerly
of Franklin County, entered
Ayscue's store on the, morning
of April 9, demanding to use
the bathroom. When told that
there were no public bathroom
facilities available, he became
angry. s
Following an exchange of
words, Terrell Is alleged to
have gone to his car parked
outside the store, obtained a
pistol and reentered the store
and began firing. Several wit
nesses In the store at the time,
according to reports were
forced to drop to. the floor to
avoid being hit.
Terrell left the store and
returned a third time. It was
then that Ayscue, reportedly,
shot the Negro In the chest.
Terrell returned to his car and
drove a short distance up the
road before passing out and
wrecking the car.
Deputy Sheriff Dave Efctten,
who investigated the incident,
reported that Terrell had the
pistol on -the seat of ttie car.
Terrell In his petition to the
federal court, alleged th^t he
lid not have a gun and did not
tire at Ayscue.
The Negro, according to fe
x>rts, Is seeking to have his
:ase removed from Franklin
bounty because he says he can
lot get a fair trial here because
>f an affair with a white girl
n 1980. Terrell claims he was
teld on rape charged then, bi^t
? as freed when he produced
etters from the girl which- the
?eports refer to as "love
etters". He also said that
.oulsburg Police ChlefWtlllam
". Dement escorted him to the
seal bus station with Instruct
ors to' leave town. He has
wen living In Elizabeth, N. J.
ilnce that time and the April
' Incident took place on his first
rip beck.
Terrell claims In his petition
hat Ayscue shot him when he
Terrell) attempted to apologize
or Woking to use the bath
oom. He also claims that
Lyscue fired through the wlnd
hleld of his car as he was
riving away at the insistence
f three "friends" riding In
the car with him.
He says he returned alone
later to see Ayscu? about paying
for the broken windshield. As
he approached, the store,
Terrell says several shots were
fired from Inside the store,
one striking him In the shoulder^
arm and chest. He was taken
to Franklin Memorial Hospital
and later transfered to Duke
Hospital In Durham. He was
charged on April 16 with assault,
"A Moment To Decide" - Part 6
The County Sheriff
By Clint Fuller
Note This is the sixth in o ten-port series pertaining
to offices in the county, to be filled by the voter in the
May 28th Democratic Primary. The title of the series was
prompted by James Fussell Lowell's poem, "The Present
Crisis" in which he wrot* "Once to every man and nation
comes the Moment to Decide
Some of the most popular talcs passed down from
generation to generation in Franklin County have pertain
ed to the High Sheriff. For niany. years, the Sheriff did
not serve papers on citizens. Instead he would send
them word lhat he wanted "to see them in lown right
away."
Much of this type luster is gone from the sheriff's of
fice nowadays | Few tales, if any circulate about the
deeds of the office over the past twenty years. Regard
less, it is still considered one of the most important posi
tions in county government. >
The primary responsibility of the Sheriff and the de
partment he heads 'is, of course, to enforce the laws. In
Kranklin County, as in many other he is-also a juggler
of a budget which at times is inadequate.
Two experienced law enforcement men are running in
the May 28th Primary here I.ouishiirg Police Chief Wil
liam T. Dement and Sheriff Joseph W. Champion are the
two. The race has created more interest thus far than
any other in the IVimary.
The Department operates on a budget of $27,335.00
annuaHy in Franklin County. Of this, salaries are the
main expense. >?{ie Sheriff is paid $5800.00 annually
plus $ 1500 for travel. The Chief Deputy receives $4300.
00 plus the same travel, and the second deputy gets $4,
000.00 plus the same travel. The office deputy receives
$3900.00 and $840 travel. All must furnish their own car
and pay all expenses of its operation.
It is estimated that the deputies travel around 50, 000
miles per year Members of the department receive seven
cents per mile from the county line when making out-of
county trips.
Such things as office supplies, telephone^ radio equip
ment maintenance, extra help during emergencies or' vaca
tions bonds and other things. Uniforms are supplied by
county, with the members bearing the cost of cleaning.
All fees collected by the department are turned in to
the county fund and the department must operate under
the budget set by the Board of County Commissioners.
The present department has three deputies plus the
Sheriff. They, like other officers in nearby counties, are
on the go much of the day and night. This is a require
ment of their duties. Sheriff department members receive
two weeks vacation annually and have every third week
end off, unless an' emergency arises.
Regardless of the winner in the election, either man
and the department they will head will be faced with the
monumental task of covering the 4 94 square miles of
Franklin County with two deputies, the Sheriff himself
and one office deputy. They will be faced too, with the
task of making ends meet and staying within the budget.
The Sheriff's office, as all others, is important and
the voter should give consideration to the many duties
and to the candidates.
JSIext: No Opposition, The Clerk and The Coroner.
A Moment to Decide. . ("
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