The Frtj?gjlh Times H
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ Serving All Of Franklin County
T?l. SY 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg. N C.. Thursday, October 20. 1966 (Ten Pages Todsy) 97th Year-Number 70
Improvements Set For U. S. 401 North,
South, U.S.I North, But None ForN.C.56
The word came Wednesday on what Franklin County Is to receive in the way. of
highway improvements during the Moore administration. In a meeting here between
Fifth Highway Division Commissioner J. B. Brame, highway engineers and local
officials, the Commissioner said he brought, "What I am afralii is bad news."
V. S. 401 South
Yes
U. S. 1 North
Yes
Carter Paroled From Life Plos Forty
A 53-year-old former
Frankllnton Chief of Police
who was sentenced to life plus
forty years In the 1954 slaying
of his mother-in-law was
' paroled In Raleigh this week,
according to reports received
here.
State Paroles Board Chair
man Marvin R. W.ooten said
the parole was granted be
cause "Carter had served
more than the 10 years
required before he was eligi
ble for parole." . '
Frank W. Carter, Jr., 42
years old at the time of the
crime, and at one time the
elected Mayor of Frankllnton,
Board Talks
Long Range
Building Plans
The Franklin County Board
of Education held a special
meeting Wednesday to dla
cuts long range building plans
for the county and the utilisa
tion of state bond money.
The three and a half hour
session was held following a
similar > ess Ion two weeks
ago. Several possibilities
were discussed as to additions
at several schools but no de
finite plans were announced.
Supt. Warren W, Smith was
ordered to eonfer with state
I planning people on some of
the suggestions expressed by
the Board for use of bond
funds. Most of the proposed
building discussed In the Wed
nesday session concerned ad
ditional classrooms with the
thinking of the Board lelng to
add with an eye to future
growth.
R Is expected that state
planning people will be Invited
to the November regular ses
sion of the Board and some
announcements could be torth
oomtng following this oonfer
/
although h* resigned before
serving In office, was sen
tenced In Franklin Superior
Court on February 7, 19S6 by
Judge Malcolm B. Seawell,
to life -plus forty years on
charges of first degree mur
der in the death of Mrs. Kred
Wilder of Frankllnton. The
forty-year-sentence was lrrt
posed for arson. Carter was
accused of setting fir* to a
barn and haystack to attract
Mrs. Wilder to her house
prior to the shooting.
In pronouncing the sentence,
Judge Seawell stipulated that
the life aentence was to begin
at the end of the forty years
to "Insure" that Carterwould
spend the rest of his life In
prison.
The trial id 1956 followed an
appeal to the State Supreme
Court of a death sentence
Imposed In the Initial trial In
November of 1955. Judge
Claw son Williams was ruled
to have erred In his charge
to the Jury In the first trial
which led to the new trial In
1956.
U. S. 64
' The word from Fifth Dlvl
alon Highway Commissioner
J, B. Brame Wednesday ? In
regards to U. 8. 64 east-west
highway as proposed by a
delegation from Nash County
In a recent Commission ses
sion, Is that It Is unlikely that
It will be accomplished.
Discussions have been going
on (or some time about extend
ing U. 8. 264 or U. S. 64
from Zebulon and connecting
with the by-pass at Nashville. J
Times Editor Clint Fuller
asked the Comsflssloner that
In the event U." S. 64 was
approved (or widening and re
surfacing from Zebulon, would
this be don* to the ftve to*
six miles at U. 8. 64 la Frank
lin County. The answer from
Division Engineer M. T. Ad
klns was ttet it would be , II
the project was approved.
Carter, according to re
ports, had his two sentences
N. C. 5 61
It was pointed out In Wed
nesday's meeting here with
Fifth Division Highway Com
mission J. B. Brame that
N. C. 561 was\ In need of
repairs. Division Engineer
M. T. Adklns slated that they
were aware of thlA condition
but did not have funds avail
able to do anything about It at
this time.
He did Indicate, . however,
that some resurfacing ofN. C.
361 was possible under use of
maintenance funds, a portion
at a time. He did not say,
however, that this would be
done.
changed, to run concurrently
by Gov. Terry Sanford, which
led to the parole this week
after having served some over
ten years of the term*.
He was paroled to work with
the T. A. Loving Construction
Co., a Raleigh firm, with a
stipulation that he pot return
to Franklin County for the
duration of his parole, usually
set at five years.
Carter, who came to Fratik
llnton In the Spring of 1948
from Elm City to become Chief
of Police, later resigned the
post to take a position with
the State ABC Board. In
1949 he was elected Mayor
but resigned before accepting
office. He returned to Elm
See CARTER Pafe 4
Local Man To Market
Tobacco Invention
Build a better mouse-trap
and the world will build a
path to jrour door, the old
saying goes. Joe Lane, local
radio station owner and a
hometown friend In associa
tion with Lane's father, Mr,
Bennle Lane, Rt. 3, Tabor
City, N. C. have built what
appears to be a better method
for handling tobacco for cur
ing.
The invention, called a bas
ket for the lack of a better
name, because It actually Is a
basket, holds about the same
amount of tobacco a* Is usually
tied on a (tick.
Loose leaf tobacco li placed
Inside the hinged basket anil
la hung in the barn Just as
sticks of totacco would be.
The gadget Is a great time
and tabor saving device, ac
cording to Lane and C. T.
Dean, County Farm Extension
Agent.
A demonstration was held
Tuesday on the Graham Per
nell farm at Alert where news
man and Interested person
were Invited to witness the
operation. Most were Im
pressed with the Idea. Lane
stated that thus tar there had
been only minor problems In
the design of the baskets. He
said he and his partner Dir
rell Stocks of Tabor City would
continue testing the device.
Lane says the original Idea
was his father's and that he and
Stocks are forming a corpora
tion to market the Idea. A
U. S. patent has been applied
for, says Lane and his father
will receive a royalty on bas
kets sold when they are placed
on the market.
Two persons can do the work .
of seven or eight handlers at
the barn according to Lane and 1
he advanced the Idea that plac
ing the lead Inalde the baskets
In the field could result In
furtlJer labor savings.
'The baakets are made of
wire, covered with plastic ai)d
See INVENTION Page ?
Actually, there was some good mixed with the "bad news ' Mr. Brame referred to,
depending In large part upon what section of Franklin County a person might live.
U. S. 401 from Louisburg to the Wake County line at N. C. 98 is to be resurfaced
and so is U. S. 1 from Franklinton to the Vance, County line. There are two new pro
N. C. 56 East
No _
College Sets Annual
Parents Day Tuesday
Loulsburg College will play
host to an expected 450 par
ents Tuesday as the 180-year
Old Instituting celebrates
annual Parents Day. David
Daniel, Director of College
Relations says this Is the
largest response ever for the
traditional visit by parents.
Registration will begin In
Fin* Arts Building at 9:30
a.m. with the Parents Meet
ing scheduled for 11 a.m. In
the Auditorium. Lunch will
be served In the Benjamin
Duke Cafeteria beginning at
11:45 and a tour of the campus
will be conducted beginning at
1:30 p.m. with parent! given
the opportunity to meit and
talk with the professors In
their offices.
The Parents-Faculty Tea la
slated for 3:30 to S p.m. In
the Fine Arts Building. Ap
pearing on the programs
throughout the day will be:
Rev. Wade Goldston, College
Chaplain; Garland McPher
son, Student Government
President; Jean Perry, vie*
president of the S. G. A ;
Miss Sarah Foster, Music Di
rector; Dean John B. York;
Dean Tommy PaUerson;
Daniels; and Dr. Cecil W.
Robblns, President of the Col
lege.
New Invention
Darrell Stocks of Tabor City, left and Jo* Lane of Lou If -
targ demonstrate tobacco curing baaketa which the two will
markat. Lane's father, Bennle Lane of Tabor City started
the Idea, which Lane says will save considerable labor and
coet Interning. ? ?Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
Jects not heretofore promised. aiso,
Brame reiterated what Governor Moore
had written some weeks ago that U. S.
401 north of Louisburg would be rebuilt
to Ingleside.
Also included in the discussions is the
proposed Town or Loulsburg
projects, Main and Nash
Streets and Justice St. Im
provements.
The "bad news ' ' came In
the matter of N. C. 56 and
the lohg -awaited relief from
poor road conditions on this
stretch running from Louls
burg ea*t to the Nfesh County
line. 91. C. 56 Is n)>t slated
for Improvements during the
preseit administration, ac
cording to Mr. Brame.
" Yeu are not happy with
road conditions In Franklin
County and I am not happy
wltk road conditions In Frank
lin County," Mr. BrJme said
in his opening remarks. "I
have come not to satisfy but
to explain," he stated. He
told of the federal aid pro
jects of which N. C. 56 Is one
and that federal funds had been
curtailed by 16 percent In the
present' allocation. He said
he would be frank and honest
by saying the number one
project for him was the Dur-.
ham expressway and the Ra
leigh to Chapel Hill connect
ing roads. He stated that all
of the $15 million allotted In
federal aid funds for the years
of the Moore administration
In the> Fifth Division would be
spent on these highways.
All Franklin County pro
jects are to come from bond
money. The Commissioner
said that the Division had
been allotted $10 million for
primary road construction
and quoting from memory,
figures used In front page
?dltorlala .In The Franklin
Tlmea, stated that he believ
ed that under the allocation
by road mileage, Franklin
County's share was $2 mil
lion. (Editor's Note: The
actual figure published in The
Times Is $2,432,680.00). Mr.
Brame then stated that the
project on U. S. 401 was slat
ed to cost an estimated $350,
000.00. Resurfacing on U. S.
401 South and U. S. 1 North
are estimated to cost $101,000
on the first and $140,000 for
U. S. 1 to Henderson. Frank
lin County's proportionate
share of this project was .not
sutefl.
He disclosed also, that 'a
project Is planned for Vance
County which will rebuild N. -
C. 3D to the Franklin County
line. The Commissioner said
he hoped to he able to extend
these Improvements to the
section between ?psom and
Ingleslde If funds were avail
able.
He disclosed that N. C. 56
was approved by the Highway
Commission on April 4, 1963.
Later he explained several
projects approved prior to
that time which were depen
dent upon federal aid funds.
At one point, Mr. Brame
stated, "We are still unde
cided on the amount of bond
frnds we're going to spend
In Franklin County." He did
not elaborate. Mr. M. T. Ad
klns, Division Engineer stat
ed, In answer to a question,
posed by County Commission
er George Harris on what to
expect on N. C. 56, "I don't
know what the final outcome
will be. It Is still approved."
Mr. Brame said In regards to
N. C. 5#, "The Commission
will not be able to do much
beyond this explained tofey."
Later Brame, again referring
to N. C. M which was desig
nated a* a blue line on the
Illustration nap said, "Unless
additional funds are made
available the next Commis
sion may go out of office
before the blue lined roads
are accomplished, if I had
to say, rd estimate at least
five years on the blue pro
jects."
Mr. Adklns stated that U. S.
401-39 North of Loutsburg Is
to be, "The highest type of
primary road, except for In
terstate highways, we will
build." He said he felt that
It would take around two years
to complete the rebuilding
project. Work on II. S. 401
south of Loutsburg and U. S. 1
north ot Frankllnton Is
expected to get underway next
year. "There will probably
be no work done, but It will be
awarded and completed In the
first half of 1967", Mr. Ad
klns stated.
Mr. Brame, In reference to
a headline he said appeared
In the Person County news
paper (The Roxboro Courier
Times), which said "officials
were haxy", stated "There
Is nothing hazy about the Fifth
Division. It's mostly bad
news." He explained that he
had appeared In Person
County, Granville and Vance
County Wednesday and ex
plained certain projects In
those locations. A project Is
also planned In Warren
County, he stated.
The resurfacing work to be
done on the two Franklin
County projects was describ
ed as "hot-type asphalt."
Meeting with the highway
officials were members of
the County Board of Com
missioners, Loutsburg Town
Council members, Mayor and
Administrator, representa
tives of the Better Roads Com
mittee and members of the
news media/
Times Managing Editor Clint
Fuller asked the Commission
er If what Fuller referred to
as the "little missing link"
which would exist on N. C.
39 from Epsom to Ingleslde,
would be rebuilt If a cushion
of funds which Brame had
referred to ?arller, were
available. The CommUslonej
answered that he hoped so.
Fuller also took Issue with
the Commissioner when he
stated that N. C. 56 had not
been promised by him. puller ,
reminded Mr. Brame of a ?
promise by HlghwarCommls
slon Chairman Joe Hunt1 In
1965 that N. C. 56 was on
schedule and would be accom
plished. Brame stated that
Mr. Hunt probably relied on
information supplied him by ?
someone else In the depart
ment. He again stated that
he (Brame) had made no such
promises.
Louisburg
Projects
The 1112,200 road bond
money allocated tor the Town
of Loulibur* cam* under dla
cuaslon In tha meeting tiara
Wadnaaday with Fifth Division
Highway Commlaalonar J. B.
Brama. It wu stated that tha
monay had alraady baan ap
proved u had baan announced
earlier by Governor Moore.
Plana preaantly call tor re
aurtaclnc Main Street from
the River Road on tha aouth
to the town llmlta north of the
hospital drive on Main Street.
Plana also call tor raaurfkc
lnf Naah Street to the Blckett
Blvd. lnteraectlon.
Justice Street, accordlac to
Division Engineer M. T. Ad
klns, la to be four-laned and
tha lnteraectlon with Blckett
Blvd. by-ptaa U to be re
designed. Curb and cutters
are planned to tha town limit
See LOUBBURO Pace ?