The Fraiifetin Times
Published Every Tuesday 4 Thursday " ? * Serving All Of Franklin County
??1. Gy6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, April 15, 1969 (Eight Pages Today) 100th Year-Number 17
Charged In
NC 39 Crash
Charges or racing on the highway
have been lodged against two drivers in
connection with the investigation
which followed a Wednesday traffic
accident on N. C. Highway 39 which
injured three persons, according to the
State Highway Patrol.
Patrol Troopers D. G. King and B_
R Sutton disclosed that charges or
unlawful speed competition on the
highway have been brought against
Junious Lee Perry, 31, of Route 1,
Henderson, who alledgedly was driver
of one of the cars involved in the
wreck and against James Ransom
Ca of Route 3, Box 123, U>ufc
burg whof; vehicle was not involved
in the crash. Perry previously had been
charged with careless and reckless dnv
"^Both men were jailed under $500
bond. Troopers Sutton and King ex
^'injured in the wreck on N. C 39 at
Gillburg, five miles southeast of Hen
derson. at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning were Mrs. Emma Alston An
derson, 80, of Route 1, Henderson,
who was driving one vehicle, Perry, the
other driver, and a passenger in the
Perry auto, Melvin Jones, 19, of Route
4, Henderson, according to Trooper
King. All three were carried to Maria
Parham Hospital in Henderson. Mrs.
Anderson was hospitalized while
Perry and Jones were released after
tre The* officers said their investigation
indicated Perry and Davis in their
respective vehicles were racing side by
side and traveling north on N C. 39
when Perry's car collided with the
auto driven by Mrs. Anderson, who
was southbound. The Perry car, al
legedly on the wrong side of the road,
ran almost head on into the Anderson
vehicle, knocking the latter some 38
feet back from the point of impact.
King explained.
When the wreck occurred, the car
allegedly operated bY ">?"**
Davis continued northward on the
highway the trooper noted. Damages
were ratima ted at $600 to Mrs. Ande,
son's auto and $350 to the Perry
vehicle.
Jaycees To
Collect Bottles
Members ot the Louisburg Jaycees
will collect soft drink bottles house to
house on Tuesday night. April 29.
according to an announcement by
Jaycee Clint Kennedy. The money
from sale of the bottles will be donat
ed by the Jaycees to the Louisbuig
Rescue Service.
The collection will be 5t?^dp^
tween the hours of 6 P.M. and 9 P.M.
according to the announcement.
Judge Peoples To
Hear Jury Excuses
judge Linwood T. Peoples will hear
jury excuses for the April 21 term of
civil court here in the court room
Wednesday, according to Clerk
2& r.^
12 to 1 P.M. and 2 P.M. to 4 P.M.
Thieves Grab Three TV's Here
Gerald Strickland, owner-operator of Strickland Electric Company here, Is shown above viewing the broken window in his
place of business last Friday morning. Thieves threw a wheel rim (bottom) through the plate glass window early Friday morning
and made off with three portable television sets. Louisburg Police Chief Earl Tharrington said the entry occurred between 3:30
A.M. and 4 A.M. Friday and the loss has been estimated at $460. Chief Tharrington said this morning that he is working on some
leads, but had nothing to report at mid-morning today. Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
"For Home And Right They Fell" 1
Editor i \<ilc: l)ui' the unusual
inlrrp.it shown in an article pertaining
to the Confederate Monument f/ub
lished here last month and since set
eral fjersons -teilh fioud tlteniories
have questioned the date on which the
Monument uas unveiled, we have //one
back a ways to report the layiiift of the
cornerstone, which indeed did lake
lilace on June 10. 1913- the date many
remembered as that of the unveiling.
It was a Tuesday in June and true
to the way Franklin citizens lived and
felt at the time, 4.000 came to Louis
burg for the laying of the cornerstone
for the Confederate Monument. They
came, too, to hear an address by Rev.
George Duke, described as "Franklin
County's most beloved son."
The procession formed shortly be
fore 11 A.M. in front of the Masonic
Lodge. This was done perhaps because
the Lodge was to play a major role in
the day's activities. The North Caro
lina Adjutant General, identified only
as Mr. Young, led the procession,
followed by Louisburg Mayor J. A.
Turner.
Then came the military as Capr. H.
A. Newell. Major C. L. McGhee and
Major S. E. Winston paraded north
toward the monument- site. Capt. I. H.
Kearney led the Franklin Guards; 1st
Lt. S. P. Boddie commanded the
Louisburg Rifles and Capt. P. G. Al
By Clint Fuller
Managing Editor
ston led the Confederate veterans. This
was followed in the procession by the
local Masons. Altogether, the proces
sion numbered 500 persons.
Already waiting at the site between
the College and the Graded School
were members of the Daughters of the
Confederacy. As the parade approach
ed the site for the laying of the
cornerstone, the military took position
on the right side of the monument
base while the veterans marched to the
left side. The Masons circled the biee
and the throng' sang "Carolina."
District Deputy Grand Master J.
Alderman of Henderson led the cere
monies of laying the cornerstone. He
was assisted by Sheriff B. S. Royster,
J. B. Owens of Henderson, B. T.
Holden of Louisburg and Grand Tiler
R. H. Bradley of Raleigh.
Future Governor--at the time, At
torney General-Thomas W. Blckett,
acting as Master of Ceremonies for the
occasion deposited a box which would
now be termed a "jume capsule" inside
the cornerstone.
Inside the box-and persumed still
there today-were placed (1) The
record of the proceedings of the
Joseph J. Davis Chapter, UDC: (2) A
Confederate Flag; (3) Copies of songs
used on the occasion; (4) Copy of The
Local Guardsmen To Return To Ft. Sill
The annual two-weeks full
time field training duty for
North Caroling Army Na
tional Guardsmen will be con
ducted this year at four Army
posts during June, July and
August while Tar. Heel Air
Guardsmen accomplish their
training on a year- 'round
basis and at air bases all over
the world. This announce
ment was made by Major
General Claude T. Bowers,
North Carolina's Adjutant
General.
The first N. C. Army Na
tional Guard units to attend
field training will travel to
Fort Bragg the first of June.
T h ese n on-division units,
under the command of Co
lonel William M. Buck, in
clude the 2d Battalion, i20th
Infantry; the 690th Mainte
nance Battalion; the 205th
Dental Detachment and the
823d Medical Detachment. ,
Other non-divWonal units,
the 109th Military Police Bat
talion and the 167th Military
Police Battalion will attend
field training at Fort Gordon,
Ga. while the 878th Engineer
Company la at Fort Stewart,
Oa. the last two weeks In
June.
? The 30th Infantry Division
(Mechanized), commanded
by Brigadier General Daniel
K. Edwards, will conduct
training periods at two sepa
rate enencampments at Fort
Stewart from July 6 through
August 3.
The Division's 2d Brigade,
located in South Gtrolina.
and the 3d Brigade, located in
Georgia, along with the 206th
Weather Flight of the N. C.
Air National Guard, will be at
Fort Stewart from July 6
through July 20.
The Division's 1st Brigade,
including the 1st Battalion,
119th Infantry; the 2d Bat
talion, 120th Infantry; the
1st Battalion, 252d Armor;
and the 2d Battalion, 25 2d
Armor, will train at Fort
Stewart from July 20 through
August 3. Other N. C. Na
tional Guard units attending
Fort Stewart at that time are
the 1st Battalion, 113th Artil
lery; the 4th Battalion. 113th
Artillery and the 540th Tran
sportation Battalion.
The "Honest John" rocket
battalion, the 5th Battalion,
113th Artillery, will travel to
Fort SIB, Okla. for two weeks
training from July 19 through
August 2.
The North Carolina Mili
tary Academy Officer Candi
date School at Fort Bragg will
train there from August 6
through August 24. It Is an
ticipated that approximately
55 officer candidate# will
graduate at the completion of
the training.
The lit Squadron, 196th
Cavalry will train at Fort
Bragg from August 9 through
August 23.
The 30th Infantry Division..
(Mechanized) Support Com
mand. including the 105th
Medical Battalion, the 730th
Maintenance Battalion, the
230th Supply and Transport
Battalion and the 30th Ad
ministration Company, will
support all Division encamp
ments. Other divisional sup
port elements attending field
training will be the 130th
S ignal Battalion and the
105th Engineer Battalion.
1 Personnel of Headquarters
Headquarters Detachment,
NCARNG, commanded by
Brigadier General Roy E.
Thompson, will support all
encampments Involving N. C.
Army National Guardsmen.
The North Carolina Air
National Guard, under the
command of Brigadier Gen
eral-William J. Payne, will
conduct Ita two weeks full
time training duty to allow Ita
members to participate at
their home station at sche
duled timet throughout the
The majority of the per
lonnel participating In this
type training will be non-air
crew members. Air crew
members will accomplish
their training periods as crew
members on the giant C-124
Globemasters in scheduled
1 trips each month to air bases
all over the world. Including
Vietnam.
Units of the Charlotte
based Air Guard Include the
145th Military Airlift Group,
the 145th Supply Squadron,
the 145th Support Squardon.
the 145th Aerial Port Flight,
the 145th Communications
night, the 145th USAF DIs
pensary. the 145th Consolida
tad Aircraft Maintenance
Squadron, the 156th Military
Airlift Squadron, the 156th
Aero medical Evacuation
Flight and the 156th Weather
night.
The 263d Mobile Com
munication* Squadron of the
Tar Heel AJr Guard will con
duct its training period from
July 19 through August 2 at
either its home base at Badin
and Wadeaboro or in setting
up six-man radio relay teams
between Myrtle Beach Air
Force Bane and Mclntyre Air
National Guard Base, both in
South Carolina. >
Franklin Times, current issue con
taining the program; (5) A poem writ
ten by Mrs. J. E. Malone; (6) Copy of
the proceedings of the Grand Lodge
and (7) A history of the chapter.
Grand Tiler R. H. Bradley of Hen
derson was presented to the large
crowd and it was noted that he stood
beside Henry L. Wyatt, who was the
first to fall in the Civil War.
When ceremonies at the site were
completed and to the sound of the
"Rebel yell" let loose by the veterans,
the crowd moved -those who could get
In-to the graded school auditorium.
There they heard Rev. Duke "dis
pute the fact that the war was caused
by the negroes as many are want to
believe and easily substantiated his
claim that the matter was purely a
question of state's rights." He also
expressed his disapproval of the use of
the word "Rebel." saying, "They were
fighting for what they honestly be
lieved was right and proved to be the
bravest among the brave."
Rev. Duke then addressed himself
to the members of the UDC present
referring to them as "Angels from
heaven in human form," he pleaded
with them to "never stoop to lend
encouragement to the suffragette
movement." History was to later prove
that all did not listen to the preacher
that day.
Mr. Bickett disclosed that the UDC
had raised $1,083.39 and that the
Board of County Commissioners had
contributed $fl ,000 from the county
toward the cost of the monument. The
former, we suppose included the in
terest-bearing $2.00 given by the
woman who lost her husband and
three sons in the war. Bickett an
nounced that $1,500 was still heeded
to complete the drive and suggested
that the men take up the project at
this point.
As was customary-even in those
days -a committee was formed. Some
of Franklin's leading citizens were
named to It. From the ten townships
the following were named: DUNN, J.
H. Weathers, C. H. Mullen, Dr. B. C.
Johnson: HARRIS. J. H. Harris, J. J.
Young, M. L. Fowler; YOUNGS
VILLE. C. C. Winston, J. W. Winston,
Joe T. Wilson; FRANKLINTON, A. H.
Vann, A. S. Joyner, L H. Kearney;
HAVESVILLE, J. Thomas Weldon, W.
M Hayes, R. J. Winn; SANDY
CREEK, E. N. Williams. Henry Speed,
J. B. Smith; GOLD MINE, A. S. J.
Hamlet. John T. Neal, R. H. Griffin;
CEDAR ROCK, Gray R. King, T. H.
Dickens, J O. Wilson; CYPRESS
CREEK, C. P. Harris. Irving Wilder,
John Boone; and LOUISBURG, M. S.
Clifton, W. H. Yarborough, Jr., S. S.
Meadows. ,
As the ceremonies were concluded
that day-^almost 56 years ago- a poem
was read, the last verae of which seems
to relay a message for us today:
"Tell your children now their story,
Lisp it softly, gently tell.
Nat for wages, not for glory,
'Twas for home and right they
fell."
Effective April 28
Hospital Announces New
Visitor Control System
- Franklin Memorial Hospital will in
augurate a new system of visitor con
trol this month starting Monday. April
28. The system will be established
under the control of Pinkerton's. Inc.,
a national agency.
M. M. Person, Hospital Administra
tor. in making the announcement to
day said. "1 want to emphasize that
this move is solely for the benefit of
the patient and is not intended to bar
anyone from the hospital whose pre
sence is needed".
The purpose of the new system is
to regulate uncontrolled and excessive
visiting at Franklin Memorial and to
afford the patient sufficient time to
obtain treatment and visitations by his
physician withput interruption and to
prevent the incidence of infection and
cross contamination in the hospital.
Under the new system, visitors will
be required to display a card to be
issued in the hospital lobby. "Two
visitors cards, plus a husband or wife
card are authorized for each patient".
Person said.
"More and more hospitals in the
state are being forced to establish
visitor control programs in order to
maintain and protect the patient's
peaceful environment in the hospital".
Person added.
Beginning Monday, April 28, visit
ing hours will be as follows: 10:30
A.M. to 11:30 A.M.; 2 P.M. to 4 P.M.
and 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. Ministers will
have permanent passes and special
passes will be issued to families of
patients in critical condition, accord
ing to the announcement. Admission
and discharge passes will alio be issued
to persons assisting the patient enter
ing or leaving the hospital.
The system will be patrolled by
Jones Hart, a Franklin native from the
Flat Rock Community who has had a
great deal of experience as a Pinkerton
agent. The overall system will be under
command of Capt. Al Wall, a Pinker
ton specialist in visitor control. Hart
has started several programs in other
hospitals In the past.
Person explained that the 80-bed
facility has an average monthly patient
count of 65 to 70 but at times it is
taxed beyond capacity. With an over
load of uncontrolled visitations, the
situation makes for a difficult time for
patients and hospital personnel.
Many hospitals in neighboring com
munities have already installed the
system. Persons asked for the coopera
tion of the public in making the new
system work successfully. He em
phasized that it is not the desire of the
hospital staff or the administration to
inconvenience anyone, but that the
program is being established to aid in
the treatment of the patient.
Unsuccessful
CAP Search
For Delaware
Family Ends
The four-state search for a family
of three, believed downed in a Cessna
172 light aircraft, has been halted by
the North Carolina Wing of the Civil
Air Patrol, according to an announce
ment Monday. Louisburg had been
base headquarters for the Ninth CAP
Group efforts three days last week.
The search mission was moved from
the local airport after three days to the
larger airfield at Rocky Mount. It was
said that the larger facilities would
allow the use of larger planes with
longer range.
A man identified as Ira Sidwell, his
wife and daughter have not been heard
from since they took off from Ne
wark, Delaware Friday, April 4. A
search was launched in Maryland, De
laware, Virginia and North Carolina.
The search covered over 8,000
miles in the northeastern section of
North Carolina It was reported that
211 hours of flying time was logged at
the local airport during the three day
search. CAP officials said that 22
planes flew 135 sorties in the six-day
mission.
Friend Of Franklin Industrial
Development Passes
Carroll Vaden Singleton, 49, three
term Mayor of Henderson and a long
time friend of Franklin County's in
dustrial development program, died in
Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson
Monday following a heart attick suf
fered last Friday. Singleton was instru
mental in the locating of Gay froducts
and the Tre'Jay plants in Ucuisburg
and Youngsville.
A frequent visitor to Franklin
county; hingleton
met often with lo
cal industrial offi
cials and on se
veral occasions
spoke 'to large
groups of local
business and civic
leaders on how to
improve the coun
ty's efforts.
He was Mayor
SINGLETON
First Federal
Board Meets
The Board of Director! of First
Federal Savings & Loan Association of
Rocky Mount held its April meeting in
Loulsburg, Friday afternoon, April 11,
1969, at 202 North Main Street. The
following directors were In atten
dance: Henry Gregory, President and
Director; R. D. Wimberley, Senior
Vice-President and Director; Ben Mayo
Boddie, J. B. Brewer, Jr., Julian B.
Fenner. Jake L. Rosenbloom, Alfred
L. Standi. A. P. Thorpe, III, and J. A.
Vann, Jr. Meeting with the directors
were Graham C. Kennedy, Executive
Vice-President and Treasurer; Helen
Drummond, Vice-President and Secre
tary; R. C. Winstead. Vice President
and Loan Officer; and Norma T.
Cuthrell, Vice-President and Assistant
Secretary of the Rocky Mount Home
Office. Frank A. Read, Jr., Vice-Presi
dent and Manager of the Loulsburg
Office also met with the directors. .?
During the meeting, the directors
reviewed the entire Loulsburg opera
See BOARD Page 8
during the long and violent strike at
the Henderson cotton mills and was
credited with requesting Governor
Hodges to send in the Highway Patrol
to aid in controlling the situation. He
resigned during his third term as Ma
yor to devote more time to his grow
ing business, most of which consisted
of construction of industrial buildings.
He was a recognized leader in indus
trial development and had been credit
ed with bringing several industries into
Henderson and a number of other
North Carolina communities.
He was president of Carroll Y
Singleton Associates and of the Hen
derson Real Estate and Development
Corporation, and was a member of (Tie
North Carolina Employment Security
Commission Advisory Board He was
also a member of Henderson Lodge,
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, and formerly also of the Hender
son Rotary Club. He had also been a
director of the North Carolina Assocla
tion of Realtors.
He was a graduate of Hendenon
High School and of the University of
Alabama. He was the ion of Mrs
Rebecca Watkins Singleton, who sur
vives, and the late Carroll V. Singleton,
Sr. He was a native of Vance County
and a veteran of World War II, where
he served with the Transportation
Corps of the U. S. Army with the rank
of captain.
In addition to his mother, he ia
survived by his wife, Mr*. Jane l?
Grand Singleton, a son, Carroll Eugene
Singleton; a daughter. Mias Dade Lip
pltt Singleton; four sister*, Mr* T.
Montague Canon of Richmond, Va.,
Mrs. Justus C. Drake of Wlnaton
Salem; Mrs. A. P. Carlton of Greena
boro and Mr* David Falke of Rich
mond, Va.
Funeral services wen conducted
today at 11 a.m. in the First Methodist
Church by the pastor, Rev. Dermont J.
Retd. Burial was In the Sunaat Gar
dens. The deceased waa a member of
the First Methodist Church.
Pallbearers for the funeral, aa an
nounced, are: John Tarleton, Robert
Parker. Joe Trull. William Hester,
Richard Mauney, i. O. Poythreas. John
Hoyle. Robert Ayacue.