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Comment
The Franklin Times
The fiber of Americanism lies
in the helpful spirit of neighbors
found In small towns.
""Published Every Tuesday AjTHursday
Serving All Of Franklin County
Tel. 0Y 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
Louisburg. N C , Tuesday, May 31, 1966.
(S'X Pages Today)
->*"97?p Year? Number' 29
Faulkner Reelected,
Young Named To
County Board
NORWOOD FAULKNER
In the hottest contested race
of the primary, Incumbent
County Commissioner Norwood
E. Faulkner gained reelection
to another four year term over
second place finisher, J. H.
Talton, Loulsburg bunker,
Faulkner polled 3,013 votes
In the four-man race for the
District S seat. Talton re
ceived 1866; Negro candidate
Booker T. Driver received 764
votes and A. H. Spencer re
ceived 539,
Talton carried Pearces pre
cinct and made his closest race
In the Frankllnton precinct
where he polled 374 votes to
Faulkner's 407. Driver reclv
ed his largest vote In Frank
llnton and Loulsburg, as did
Negro candidate Joseph L.
Strickland. Spencer received
his largest vote In the Louls
burg precinct.
In the three-man race for the
District 1 County Commiss
ioner seat, former Commissi
loh? Brooks W. Young won over
Bunn^ Fire Chief H. Derrell
Neese Gets
Science Grant
Dr. Felton R. Nease, head of
the biology department at
Loulsburg College, has been
awarded a National Science
Foundation Grant In the amount
of $2,000.00 for continued re
search Initiated four years ago
In association with the Soils
Department of North Carolina
State College.
His research will be related
particularly to the' problem of
radio-carbon dating and study
of plant mlcro-fosslls in burled
soil of the lower North Carolina
costal plains. This grant Is the
second awarded to Dr. Nease
and Loulsburg College;
BROOKS YOUNG
Mitchell and G. Frank Hlnson,
also of Bunn. Young polled the
second highest vote In the pri
mary when he gained 3624 votes.
Mitchell polled 1799 and Hlnson
reoelved 603.
Mitchell carried Dunn, his
home precinct with Young cap
turing the other ten county
voting places, In the quietest
race In the primary.
Young and Faulkner will take
office In December. Young will
replace Mrs. Jeanette P. Arnold
who Is filling the unexpired term
of her late husband Claude A.
Arnold;
Speed, Church Win
District House Seats
JAMES SPEED
Franklin County's Represent
ative James D. Speed led the
voting In the 16th House Dis
trict as he polled 9,373 votes
by unofficial count In the five
Franklinton Gl Wins
Two Air Medals
?j Sp/4 Sldiwy S??l
Sp/4 Sidney R. Seal, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mustlan
of Frankllnton has been award
ed the Air Medal with "V"
Device for Heroism and anoth
er Air Medal for complAlon of
over 100 missions In Vietnam.
Sp/4 Seal's Air Medal with
the "V" for Valor attachment
U accompanied 'with General
Orders No. 1160 and reads:
Date action: 28 January IMS.
Theater: Republic of Vietnam.
Reason: For heroism while
participating In aerial flight,
?tc.
Private First Class Seal dis
tinguished himself by heroic
action on 28 January 1?#6. On
this date, he was serving as
8ee MEDALS page 4
JOHN CHURCH
way rice for the two seats.
Henderson businessman John
T. Church carried second place
In Franklin County as In the
District polling 6224 votes.
Both won election.
Wilton R. brake; Warren
County Representative, was
third In FraAklln County and
also the District with 5258
votes, short^jf-a runoff volumn.
Warrenton' Negro attorney
Theaoseus T. Clayton received
31 SO votes in the three-county
District and James Burton, Jr.
of Warrenton finished fifth with
477. *
Franklin County voted to* each
candidate In the exact same
order as did the District. Local
voters gave Speed 4,752 votes;
Church, 212$; Drake 1801,
Clayton 942 and Burton 218,
Speed carried Franklin,
Church took Vance and Drake
won the majority vote In Warr
en county. Each Is their home
county. Clayton and Birton
took Warren county and per
haps Franklin and Vance votes
from Drake and the two winn
er!.
Speed polled 2799 In Vance
County arid 1822 In barren.
Church took 3193 In his native
See SPEED page 6
The procession starts for the 179th time as Loulsburg
College held Commencement Exercises here Sunday afternoon.
Pictured al>ove are ttye participants in the ceremonies, left
to right: Dr. Cecil W. Rob bins, President of the College,
Rep. L. H. Fountain (D-N.C.) principal speaker, Judge Ha mil
ton H. Hobfood, who introduced the speaker, Rev. Kelly
Wilson,' Jr. who gave the Invocation, Professor 1. I). Moon,
retiring member of the faculty after 30 years, and Dean
John York. ?Photo by Clint Fuller.
College Holds 179th Commencement
Congressman L. H. Fountain
(D-N.C.) told the graduating
class at Loulsburg College
Sunday afternoon, /".Never be
fore has the future of so many
nations and Individuals been
clouded with such dark
storms."
"Self Improvement/* he told
the audience, "Is the pot of
gold of every citizen."
Rep. Fountain, speaking be
fore a capacity crowd attending
the 179th graduating exercises
In the College Auditorium,
urged the graduates to meet
the challenges of today's world.
He said, "if France Is ser
iously considering Joining the
Communistic block, she, too
has N bought ttte Emperor's
clothes." the reference to Jhe
"ErVipwor's clothes" followed
the story of a ruler who was
duped Into buying non existing
clothing from a tailor on the <
pretence that they were invis
ible. He warned the students
against such things. '
Congressman Fountain was
Introduced by tils "long-time
Dement Is
Elected
Sheriff
Loulsburg Police Chief Wil
liam T. Dement.defeated Sheriff
Joseph W. Chalnpion In Satur
day's Primary elections for the
Sheriff of Franklin County. De
ment polled 3539 to gain the win
over Champion, who received
2803 votes,
Dement took eight of the eleven
precincts^ Champion was tops
In Dunn, Frankllnton and Cy
press Creek. The Loulsburg
Police Chief received the larg
est vote cast In the Loulsburg
precinct, except that of James
Speed for the N. C. Hons#,
which was not considered a
competitive race In Franklin
County Inasmuch as two seats
were ope^n and there was no
county opposition.
Champion gained his largest
majority In Dunn precinct which
Includes the Town of Bunn.
Ctumplon alao carried Frank
llnton precinct, which voted
somewhat lighter than\the ba
lance. of the county In an elec
tion which set records In a
number of precincts,
Both men conducted quiet
campaigns and most political
observers were hesitant until
the vote was counted to predict
the outcome. Dement has been
a former Deputy Sheriff. Both
he and Champion served to
gether undei* former Sheriff
Wlllla Perry.
friend and collegeinate,"
Superior Court Judge Hamilton
Hobgood, a Trustee of Louls
burg College.
Fountain, hitting at some
actions on college campuses In
recent months, told the gra
duates, "For every right for
which we fight or demonstrate,
there 'is a corresponding
responsibility/*
Rev. Kelly J. Wilson, Jr. gave
the invocation and the benedic
tion. Mrs. C. W. Robblns,
organist, used Verdi's "Grand
March" for the processional
and Handel's "Largo" as
recessional.
x^r. C. W. Robblns, president
)f Loulsburg College, assisted
by Dean John B. York, awarded
\ssoclate in Arts Degrees to a
hundred graduates. Associates
in Science Diplomas to three,
and one-year business certi
ficates to twenty-eight.
Mrs. Janet L. Wester of
Loutsburg was graduated Magna
Cum Lawde and William Let
Harris, Jf. of Henderson and
Mrs. Jane W. Wilder of
Frankllnton graduated Cum
Laude.
The I, D. Moon Awards were
presented to Diane Jones and
Roderick Tidy, Jr. Brantley
medals went to Mrs. Janet L.
Wester of Loulsburg and
William Lee Harris, Jr. of
Henderson. The N^alone award
for attainment In English was
presented to Mrs. Janet L.
Wester.
Franklin County voters went
to the polls In record off-year
numbers Saturday and elected
a new Sheriff, a new Solicitor,
a new School Board member,
returned a former Commis
sioner, and reelected, a Com
missioner and Board of Educa
tion member.
In the largest off-year elec
tions ever held here, well over
6,000 turned out to mark their
preferences In six local races,
one district and one state race
and four races for township
nonstable
William T. Dement was nam
CHARLES DAVIS
Davis Wins
Solicitor
County attorney Charles M.
Davis defeated Incumbent W. H.
(Jack) Taylor In a two-way
race for County Solicitor In Sat
urday's balloting. Davis led
the vote getters In the entire
county In polling 3754 votes.
He tied Clint Fuller, reelected
to the County B>ard of Educat
ion, In his home precinct of
Loulsburg getting 1,053 votes
behind the pace setter, William
T. Dement who received 1,095
In Loulsburg.
Taylor received 755 votes In
Loulsburg, his strongest pre
cinct. Doth Taylor and Davis
are practicing LoutfLurg
attorneys. Taylor practices
alone and Davis is associated
with the firm of Lumpkin,
Lumpkin and Davis. Both are
natives of the county.
Fuller, Boone Gain
Board Nominations
i
< WILLIAM DEMENT
5 r
Moon Music
Scholarship
Started
With th* r*tlr*m*nt of Pro
fessor Isaac Deane Moon from
th* faculty of Louisburg Col
lege, the College has announced ,
the establishment of the L D. j
Moon Music Scholarship*. Pro- .
feasor. Moon taught at th* Col
let* tor thirty years.
The *cholarshlp* will b* of
fered for ihe flr?t time during
the 1966-67 school year to th* ,
m*ir and women students with .
musical talent who ar* lnt*r**t
?d In (lnglng or accompanying
See MOON page 4 I
CLINT FULLER
In one of .the most discussed
races In the primary, Incum
bent Clint Fuller ?dged Walter
Ball for reelection to the county
Board of Education. Fuller
polled the fourth largest vote
In the county to gain the 80
vote winning margin In one of
the tightest races seen here In
several years.
In the District 4 Board of
Education race, veteran In
cumbent Mrs. T. H. Dickens,
present Chairman of the Board,
was defeated In a three-way
race by William Taylor Boone.
Boone received 2761 votes to
Mrs. Dickens' 2378. Joseph
L. Strickland, N.A.A.C.P. can
lldate polled the largest Negro
rote In the county with 1,067.
Fuller polled 3,093 votes to
Ball's 3,013 In the cloaeit race
In Saturday's Primary.
WILLIAM BOONE
Ball had the open support of
the Klan and Fuller was oppos- ,
ed by the N.A.A.C.P. Ball
carried seven of the "Eleven
precincts. Fuller took the
Loulsburg - Cypress Creek
Townships, which he has re
presented on the Board, plus
Dunn "ind Youngsvllle. Fqller
gained, after trailing most of
the night,. In his home precinct
of Loulsburg, where he polled
1,053 votes t o tie pounty leader
Charles Davis for second place
vote-getter, behind William T,
Dement.
Fuller received the largest
vote cast for any candidate In
the Dunn precinct and Ball gain
ed his heaviest support In
Hayesvllle and Sandy Creek
precincts.
Mrs. Dickens carried Dunn,
See NOMINATIONS page t
eti bnenir over lncumoeni
Joseph W. Champion. Charles
Davis defeated Incumbent W. H.
(Jack) Taylor for Solicitor.
William Taylor Boone defeated
incumbent Mrs. T. H. Dickens
for the Board of Education.
Voters returned former
County Commissioner Brooks
Young to the Board over H.
Derrell Mitchell and G. Frank
Hlnson of Bunn 7
Incumbent NorwoodvE. Faulk
ner w&s reelected to another
term on the Board of County
Commissioners, defeating J. li
Talton, Booker T. t)rlver and
A. H. Spencer. Incumbent Clint
Fuller was renominated for a
another six-year term on the
County Board of Education over
Walter H. Ball.
The most votes cast in any
one race was In the contest
for Sheriff. While It is ex
pected that ,.i number voters
failed to mark their ballot for
either Sheriffs iandld.Ue as
they did in other races, some
indications Of the size of the
vote can be made. Official
count of the total votes cast
is not expected to be available
until later this week from the
Board of Elections.
Based on the Sheriff's race,
6,342 voted as against 4,935
in 1962, the last off-year elec
tion. in 1964 6,638 votes were
cast In the primary, but this
included a Governor's rat'1.
Every precinct voted over
their 1962 numbers In Satur
day's primary. Loulsburg set
I an all-time record as they voted
unofficially, 1960 people. The
| Sheriffs race drew 1820 voters
In Loulsburg. Harris precinct
topped their 1964 vote of
430 by a record 543 based on
the Sheriff's race.
Gold - Mine and Cedar Rock
topped their previous high. Gold
Mine, casting 371 In 1964 voted
376 -Saturday and Cedar Rock
topped their 196-1 record of
528 with a whopptng, 679, Cy
press Creek bested "their pre
vious 170 with 'Saturday's 18fl.
Loulsburg voted 1385 In 1962 and
1743 In 1964.
The slowness of the < ountln^,
particularly In the Loulsburg
precinct, due to the large num
ber of ballots and the length
of the ballot itself, caused a few
people* to go to bed before the
final results were known.
Qie out-of-twon newspaper
erroneously reported In their
Sunday edition that Walter H.
Ball had defeated Clint Fuller
In one of the most discussed
races In the primary
United Press- International,
out of Raleigh, also reported
erroneous result via their wire
service, according to Asher
Johnson, News Director of
radio station WYRN here. The
error was later corrected.
Hundreds gathered at. '4 he of
fice of The Franklin Times
Saturday night t< - the re
turns. Many others watched
the tallying of ballots In lotal
precincts.
With Loulsburg, the largest
precinct In the county still out,
several races were subject to
change and many were kept In
suspense until the final results
were posted.
Constables
Named In
4 Townships
Strickland Granted
Run ?Off Request This
Morning
four races for township con
stable were decided In Satur
day's primary. Incumbent*
Joseph Joyner, Harris Town
ship and Claude Satterwhtte,
Frankllnton were returned.
Sandy Creek Incumbent Perry
Harrington was defeated by
Harold House and Jack Joyner
lowned Walter Bartholomew In
Loulsburg Township.
Harris Township held a three
man race between Joyner,
ilmo Cash and Karl Strickland,
royner polled 260 votes; Cash
>2 and Strickland 199. In
rrankllnton, Satterwhtte re
vived 769 and Gus Stroud, 64.
House received1 223 In Sandy
:r*ek and Tharrlngton polled
,64. In Loulsburt, Joyner re
vived 1187 and Bartholomew
polled 663.