Smoking ruins Is all that remains of house near Ep?om|
where three Negro children died Wednesday afternoon.
Group To
Attend
Meeting
A delegation (rom Franklin
. County Is planning to attend
a meeting sponsored by the
\ Conservation and Develop
n^nt Department of the State
. on Wednesday, February?20,
at Buck Overton's Restaurant
This meeting, . starting at
?:30 A.M., Is one of a series
of four tl^rougtiout the state
to bring to people at a local
level activities, needs, tfnd
* Interests of Industry locating
In North Carolina. An Inter
esting program of outstanding
speakers has been arranged.
Following each of the principal
addresses, a panel discussion
headed by local Development
representatives will answer
questions from the audience.
G. D. Zealand, director Of
the Franklin county Industrial
j Development Commission. Is
one of the. panelists.
A dutch treat luncheon Is
arranged, as well as coffee
breaks In the morning and 4n
the afternoon. The meeting Is
scheduled . to adjourn proptly
at 4:10 and will be followed
by and Interesting discussion
on the GO1 EAST mission, which
ts achieving a great deal of
Interest In Eastern North
A number of prominent In- ;
dlvlduals In Franklin County are
scheduled to go on this trip
Including County Cdmmlss loner ?*
W. P. ChlldeTs; Town Admin
istrator E. S. Ford; CltyCoun
cllman W. J. Benton; Bland
B. Prultt, President of Develop
ment -Corporation, f arris
Kannon and Fjjfd Ramey,
_ i prominent businessmen In
Frankllnton; Ben Fox, owner of
two businesses In Loulsburg; ?
and Gordon D, Zealand. The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Is. also considering sending one
of their members on this
Industrial trip. Space IS still
available for others Interes
ted In going to NewYoHt .on
March 18.
Negro Draws
10-15 Years
?
For Rape
A 25 year -old negro, charged -
with rap*, drew a 10 to 15
year prison sentence In Super
ior Court here last week.
Judge William Y. Btekett con
tinued prayer (or Judgement for
_ 2 years on an additional charge
of assault with a deadly weapon
with Intent to kill against Al
fred Crudup, Jr.
, Crudup was charged with rap
ing Mrs. Lois Bishop, a white
r wmi'uMj nurno aWanliaa ?
^ Ingher husband off with a pis
_ "tot last June 3. Evidence given
.at the. trail Indicated the Bi
shops were riding with Crudup
?.when he pulled off the roU In
s secluded section of the county ?
and rap-d M/s. Bishop after
??? chasing k?r husband ott with
the gun..
In 1962
Gross Farm Income
Tops 18 Million Here
Franklin County's gross Jarm
lncom? for 1802 was $18,910,
414, according to C. T. I>an,
Jr., County Agricultural Agent.
Dean said the income for*.1 M2
was an all-time high. The 19-1
farm income was $lCf452,014.
Dean said that a verv favorable
growing season
breaking Income.
Crop Income for 1902 totaled
$15,535,449: As. to^be expected
tobacco was the big Income
producer, accounting for $13,
923,300 o y the crop Income.
LlvestpCk income amounted to
$2,25^,750. In 1962. Beef cattle,
hogs, and eggs made up the bulk
ofthe livestock Income.
Other big Income items last
year included forestry products
$635,000 and Government pay
ments $464,215.
Dean saidihat county agricul
prlme factors
Guard Unit
Opens Drive
Captain William ft. Bass, Jr.,
commander of Youngsvllle's
Honest John Missile Battery,
113th. Artillery, announces' the
opening of the National Guard's
"Operation Muster" recruiting
drive In this area. The entire,
month of February, Capt. Bass
said, has been designated as "
the period for "Operation Mus
ter 1963" and the local unit
JIvUl point to the observance of
National Guard Muster Day on
February 22t the birthday of
Georg* .Washington.
" "This is a very old tradition,"
says Capt. Bass, "and one which
has a very special meaning this
year. Muster IJay dates back to
an early colonial practice when
It was the custom to hold an
annual mtfster of the Militia,
usually on the village green, to
see how many able-bodied men
were available to bear arms in
an emergency."
George Washington's birthday
is Of special signlflance to
Guardsmen because he was one
of the most outstaidling citizen
soldiers of alfttme. He com
manded a regiment in the Vir
ginia Militia as a young man.
Young men who have passed
their 17th birthday and who can
meet the physical and mental
standards can ' "join the local
Gujtrd unit at the Youngsvllle
Armory in Youngsvllle. "High
school students," says Capt.
Bass "do not leave for slk
months active duty training un
til after graduation."
Cancer Clinic
The monthly cancer detection
clink will be held at the Frank
lin County Health Dept. on Wed
nesday afternoon Feb. 20, start
ing at 1 p.m. Anyone wishing
to attend should call Miss Es
ther Andrews at Gy 6-3553 tor
an appointment.
/
??tur.il workers and leaders set
a goal tn 19*i to try and' In
crease th^county's Income a
million dollars a year for five
years. Thi? Is part of North
Carolina's l. > blllipo dollars in
?3 S program.
Dean (aid that the county was
blessed with a 2 1/2 million dol
lar Increase In 1M2 and that hek
hoped the county could at least
hold Its own }n 1 ??3.
1916 Vintage
Evetf*3he porner stone of the 1916 vin-tage
Main Street Tar River Bridge here gives
mute^estimony as to, the presenf-state of re
pairs the bridge is currently in. -Times
Photo. _ * \
Hospital Here Gets
Duke Fund Grant
CHARLOTTE, N.C.,- -.Appro
priations of ?1 ,374, 1 65.33 to as
sist North Carolina and South
Carolina hospitals and child
care Institutions In charity work
Ihs of The" Duke Eiflftwment.
The funds, based on charity
The funds, based on chalrty
"" "? v?ar whlrh
ended Sept. 30, lfu2? are being
distributed as' follows: 98 North
Carolina hospitals, $573,297;
? 27 North Carolina child care
.Institutions, $308,329.75; 42
South Carolina hospitals, $345,
548; 18 South Carolina child
care Institutions, $14?990.58,
North Carolina total, $881,629'.
, I ,jn _
Carolina total, $492,
- 538.58; 'hospital totals, both
states, $918,845; child car* In
stitution totals, both states,
{445,320.33.
Franklin Memorlaf Hospital
of Loulsburg was ? mong Insti
tutions receiving grants from
ih. CnHnwrnent tn aid Ih char ity
costs. It was given $2,164 this
year as compared with $3,578
last year.
Much poor conversation re
sults from the conviction of
some people that they have to
say something.
Three l?ie
In Blaze
At Gpsoiii
Three small Negro children
were^burned to death Wednes
day afternoon when flames* de
btor yed their home near Ep
aom.
Ronald and Donald Williams,
8 month-old twin boys, and their ,
2 year year -old sister, Bar^
bara Jean, children of Lloyd
and Dorothy Williams, died In
the flames while a fourth child,
3 year-old Lloyd^Jr., was pull
ed to safety vkfy his mother..
The moth^ said she was ga
thering >yf*6d 100 feet behind the
t, house when she heard the older
boy screaming. She turned to
pre home and saw smoke and
^the boy trying to get out the
back door.
She said she ran to the house
and pulled the youngster to sa
fety but when she tried to enter
the house she found It filled
with flames -and smoke. Her
husband said that he was work#
lng In a corn crib a quarter
mile away and rushed to the
house but was unable to rescue
the children lnsffle.
The Epsom Rural Volunteer
Fire Department was dispatch
ed to the scene Immediately,
but the fire was too far under
.way. The house was owned by
C. E. Finch of Rt. 3, Loulsburg.
Franklin Cornor James H. Ed
wards said all three bodies were
burned beyond recognition. Ep
son firemen assisted > In the
body removal some two hours
following the fire. %
The house was located about
3 miles southwest of Epsoni.
All of the family's clothing and
household furnishings were de
storyed also.
Name List
Worth Money
The names of Fr&nklln County
residents are jworth money.
Business firms are willing and
anxious, to pay from one cent
to as much as one (tyjlar a
piece for them on mailing lists.
ThU price depends on the se
lectivity of. the particular list
and on the comparative value of
those on it as prospective pur
chasers of goods and services.
Easy-to-get listings, such as
doctors, lawyers and dentists,
can be had for less than two
cents a name.
On the other hand, if what is
wanted is thf^names of per
sons in a Community who have
traveled to^ Europe within the
tast five years, that would cost
much more
Most residents of Franklin
* County appear on ojne or more
lists that are available for A
price front companies that^re
in the business of compiling
them. . , '
The unsolicited mail tfiese
people receive from insurance
companies, from charitable or
ganizations, from magazine
publishers and from others In
dicates the number ef lists that
carry their names, f
This is the way they are used.
Suppose an investment com
pany wants to pinpbint its ap
proach to Franklin County
families, with incomes over
_JLO.OOO.? -
, If it were to go to a listing
concern that has all the local
families in this income bracket,
it would Be getting 189 names.
Cr, it may toe a fund-raising
organization that is aiming par
ticularly at college graduates.
ly would find that a full list
^f such people, locally, would
provide 598 names.
Cthers might be interested in
new families In town, in fami
lies with more than one car or
in parents of new babies.
OES To Meet
Wm, D, Bar ?
row Chapter
No. 39, will
hold a regu
lar meeting
on Tuesday,
February l#th, at 7:30 p.m. In
the Masonic Temple on jolly
Street.
Bridge In Poor Repair
All that stands between mo
torists and pedestrains arffl sud
den death on the Main Street
Tar River Bridge Here i? the
crumbling railing pictured a
bove. - Times Photo.
Jolly And Speed Get
Committee Assignments
Committee assignment hand
ed Franklin County's two re
presentatives in the State Gen
eral Assembly this week are ex
pected to give Franklin County
a strong voice on at least two
important Issues- money and
court reforms.
State Senator W. M. Jolly got
the ultra important chalrmaq
shlp of the Senate Committee
on Courts and Judicial Dis
tr lets-ultra important this time
because of the pending courts
and Judicial reforms coming upi
Other committee assignments
Included Judiciary I; Insurance;
and Appropriations.
Representative James D.
Speed was assigned the chair
manship of the House Journal
Committee and vice-chairman
ship of the Agriculture Com
mittee. Ottpr" committee as
signments included Appropria
tions; Heilth and Counties, Ci
ties and Towns.
While their assignments
won't give either of the two a
committee voice in how much
or where the -money is coming
from, it will give them an im
portant committee vote on mo
ney appropr iations-that Is who
and for what the money Will
Husband
Gets Term *
For Aiding
Epsom Community man ac
cused -of aiding and abetting his
wife on charges of embezzle
ment of funds from a bank was
sentenced Tuesday to H^years
in prison. o
Fletcher Fu,c**r pleaded guilty
Mo^ay to four counts of aiding
and abetting.
Federal Judge Algernon But
ler deferred the sentencing of
Mrs. Fuller, 34, until after her
baby is T>orn in April.
She pleaded guilt y Monday to
embezzlement and making false
' entries in transactions totaling
more .than $134,000 from the
First National Bank of Hender
son where she had worked as a
taller. .
Mrs. Fuller was accused of
embezzling $3,500 over a sev
en-week period ending April 2,
1902. She also was charged with
failing to record more than
$13,000 in deposits and listing
the bank's accounts at $134f
177 lower than tHjfy Wtere.
be spent.
Two other of Speed's assign
ments are considered of vital
Interest to FranRlin County.
They are Agriculture and Health
both of which need no iurther.
explanation to this principally
agricultural area.
StllFother committee assign
ments are expected to be re
leased at a later date, Hut the
plumbs have been plc^eft and
Franklin County's representa
tives were In on the harvest.
Sen. W. M. Jolly
Rep. James Speed
V JT*1 ?/ .
L. t. I arborough, truest
Phi Beta Lambda Panelist
Mr. Edward Yarbocougl^ lor?l?
lawyer, was one j^Tseveral
guest participants In a' panel
discnsslbn held on Monday eveiv-' .
ing, in the auditorium of Main
Building at 'Louisburg College.
^Ctlier participants in the dis
cussion, which was part qt *he
program of the regular. Feb
ruary meeting o( Phi Beta Lam
bda (College Future Business
Leaders of Amelia), were: Sue
Edge, Vice President of the
Women's Student Government;
Sandra Hardison, Parliamen
tarian of Phi Beta Lamtoda;
Billy Joe Frazier, member of .
the Men's Student Government;
Fire Alarms
The Louisburg Fire Depart
ment answered two out-oMown
fire alarms thi&jwaek.
A call'atoout 11:15 Wednesday
morning sent the firemen to
Prultt. Lumber Co., Just west
of Louisburg, where a tractor
had caugtft on fire. The fire
had. been extinguished by the
time firemen arrived.
The isecond call, about 6:15
Thursday morning, sent the
lir'emen to Inglaside to a car
fire.
Walt PuHianu President of the
?Men's Student Goverftuient; and
John .Herring,- President of the
Glee Club. . Moderator lor- the
panel was Mr. L D. Moon, teach
er of eroubmlcs at th> College.
The subject under discussion
was "A Comparison of Certain
Aspects of the American and
Communistic . Economies." ?
ThesC aspects were: (1) Dis
tribution of wealth (wages, tax- <
es, etc.) (2) Government Con
trol of the freedom of the in
dividual (3) Use made of hu
man and natural reS?urces.
This program was In keeping
with the national and state FBLA
themes far the year, both aimed
at "economic literacy." P . ""
Nancy Marifiburn of Durham
had charge of the program, to
which all Interested persons
were Invited.
During the business session
plans for attending state and~
national FBLA. Conventions
were discussed. '
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Selfishness never built a town
Into a city. Let' all the people
In Louisburg pulL together un- v .
selfishly and we will be on the
road to progress.