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^>*rtTYear ? Number 33
Where Car Overturned
The results of a 339 foot skid
are shown in photos above, top,
where car yeered sharply across
highway and rolled up embank
ment, and bottom , the results of
trying ta-e+i-m-b the hank upside
down. - Times Photo.
Six Injured In Wrecks
A Mechantcsvllle, Va., ser
viceman was Injured near
Frankllnton Saturday when his
car skidded some 339 feet put
of control on U.S. 1 north and
overturned. ?? . " >
The victim, identified as Ro
bert Stpne, was taken to Frank
lin Memorial Hospital. State
Trooper J. E. Byrd said thai
Stone was riding alone at the
time of the accident. No
charges have been filed pending
completion of the Investigation.
Five young persons were In
jured, several believed seri
ously, In a three car crash
on Highway 56 west of Frank
llnton Sunday.
The Injured, all taken to
Franklin Memorial Hospital,
were Identified as Ronnie
O'Neal, of Route 1, Wake For
est; Kay Preddy, Linda May
and May Wilson all of Frank
Alarms
The Lou^sburg Fire Depart
ment was summoned to the
J. L. Gupton home Just north
of the City Limits about 12:40
p.m. Friday when an oIV Trted"
water heater flooded and blazed
up. Damage was confined to the
water heater.
Local Rescuers were called
out Friday - their first call In
over two weeks. The Rescuers
were called to the aid of a negro
women In the Mineral Springs
section about 8:15 p.m.
From Abroad
Washington - The United States
expects a record number of
visitors from abroad this year.
Uncle Sam is asking Ameri
cans to be good hosts.
The United States Travel Ser
vice whose Job Is to lure tour
ists, expect more than 700,000
foreign guests. The 1982 record
was 604, OOO.--*^.
The Travel Bureau estimates
last year's visitors from over
seas spent $284,000,000 exlus
lve of the cost of transporta
tion to and from the United
States.
llnton; and Robert Lee Jack
son of Youngsvllle.
O'Neal and the three women,
State Trooper W. S. Ethrldge
said, were Involved In crash
with a .car driven by Jackson
and another vehicle driven by
an unidentified negro.
AH three cars were described
as total losses.
Colorful Brothers
The Smith brothers, M. G. (Mighty Good)
left; and' P. G. (Pretty Good) of Route
Franklinton, pictured at ? family reunion
several years back.
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Pioneer Brothers Gone
/
one of Franklin County's out
standing pioneer families died
with the death of Marvin G.
Smith On June 8.
There wepfe two of them, ori
ginally. M. G., dubbed ''Mighty
Good," and his brother, P. G.
-(?Paul), dubbed, "Pretty Good."
Born In Johnston County, they
came to Franklin County around
1905. .
Brother Paul preceeded
brother Marvin In death In Jan
uary, 1960. Marvin, the' young
er of the two, was 84 at the
time of his death.
The Smith brothers operated
the "Seven Ojks Dairy Farm"
between Loulsburg and Frank
Unton In the 1920's and early
1930's delivering fresh milk
In Loulsburg and vicinity from
a h'orse-dr awn dairy wagon, and
later a motorized dairy Vagon.
Following the sale of their
dairy farm, the Smith's moved
to a new location several miles
away from where they pioneered
In the beef cattle business. At
the time of their death they had
a large herd of Herefords.
Outside of their farming and
dairy interests, theSmlth'stook
a large Interest in their reli
gion and were "pillars" In the
Ebenezer Methodist Church.
Neither of the Smith's were
ever married and their sole
kurvlvor, except for. a number
of nieces, Is a sister, Miss
Penelope E. Smith, of the home,
and a host of friends in Frank
lin County.
The number of people klHed
on our highways Is testimony
to the general carelessness ol
those that escape death or In
jury
County PayJMIt^
Ward Bill Dead?
The SenjU^commlttee sub
stitute version of Representa
tive James D. Speed's County
Pa> Bill (HB'U29) was post
poned Indefinitely In the House
Friday, and while It possibly
could be' revived before the end
of the session - it probably
won't be.
Xs things stand right now,
there won't t>e any pay raises ,
for Franklin County officials
this year, or next either.
Spud's bill (HBf 1129), th?t
would divide tlie Town of Lou
would divide the Town of Frank
linton Into wards for the purpose
of electing the town commis
sioners, was referred to the
calendar committee, where
chances are that It will be when
the Assembly winds up its work
for the regular term, probably
"T^thls week end.
Hardest hit by Representative
Speed's refusal to go along with
the Senate Committee substitute
pay bill will be the Assistant
and Deputy Register of Deeds;
the two Assistant Clerks of
Sujterlor Court; and Record
er's Court Solicitor W. H. Tay
lor, all of whom had been slat
ed for substantial pay Increases
In the Senate version.
In the* original version, the
bill had specifically omitted
all Register of Deeds offlep
personnel and had set lower
salaries for tffe two assistant
court clerks and the solicitor ?
as well.
Political observers here be
lieve that Speed has possibly
set the scene for one of the
hottest primary battles In the
history of the county next spring
by his action in regards to the
two bills, both of which have ^
stirred up considerable contro
versy.
County Gets
$19,000.00
Federal Grant
, Congressman L. H. Fountain
announced today that the Com
munity Facilities Administra
tion had approved Franklin
County's application for a $19
000 Public Works Acceleration
Program grant to construct an
office building for the County
Welfare Department.
The federal grant funds will
be suppllmented by $19,000 In
county funds. The project must
be placed under construction
within 60 days to qualify for the
federal grant and will provide
24 man months of labor em
ployment.
The proposed new welfare
building will be constructed
adjacent to the County Health
Center and Board of Education
Building at the Intersection of
Bic%tt Boulevard and Nash
Street. f
Smithfield
Visit Set
A delegation of Louisburg
Town Officials and businessmen
are scheduled to visit Smith
field Wednesday afternoon to
see the results of a downtown
redevelopment program. ,
The group will depart from
the local Bus Station at 12
noon. Anyone desiring to go on
the trip or wishing additional.
Information are asked to call
the Louisburg Business As
sociation office here at
GY 6-4908.
It's about time to be making
final plans for that vacation
you have been getting ready to
take for the last -three years.
There was once a young author
who postponed writing a book
until he could prove all that h?
expected to say.
More Than Passing Interest
The ""Times" had more than
passing interest in the work go
ing on in above photo near the
Times plant this morning. The.
workmen took the Times water
line up by mistake bringing a
halt to operations at the plant
where water pl^ys a vital role
in the offset printing operation.
Service was restored at 12:30.
Locals Attending Girls' State
Helen" Best and Martha Chad
Best
wick, rising sen
iors at Louts
burg, High
School, left Sun
day to Join the
over 300 girls
in Greensboro to
attend the 24th
Tar Heel Girls'
Cfata
Sppnsored by
the A merlcan
Legion Auxili
ary, l?partment
of North Caro
lina, the session
opened with a
record - break
u--* A
Chadwlck
lng enrollment. The opening
ceremonies were set for 7 p.m.
In Elliott Hall on the Woman's
College .Campus. /
record - breaking enrollment.
The Opening ceremonies were
set for 7 p.m. In Elliott Hall
on the Woman's College
Campus,;f ?
The session, provided by the
auxiliary to provide young wo
men with an understanding of
the structure of state govern
ment and a sense of respon
sibility as citizens, will con
tinue until Saturday noon, June
22.
Quests speakers during the
session .will Include Ronald F.
Scott, Forest Campbell, amT
Joe Hunt of Greensboro, who
will discuss city and county
government and the State legis
lature and tr. E. G. Purdom.
Guilford College, who will dis
cuss civil defense.
Other featured speakers will
be D, S. Coltrane, Raleigh who
will explain the duties of the
governor and of the state ex
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Raleigh - The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary oftraf
flc deaths through 10 A.M. Mon
day, June 17, 1963:
KILLED TO DATE 525
'KILLED TO DATE ?
LAST YEAR
524
ecutlve agencies, and Miss
Ellen Douglas Bush, Raleigh,
representing the Department of
Public Welfare.
Thad Eure, Secretary of State,
will officiate at the Inaugura
tion of the new Gills' State
governor and other official^
at the State Capitol on Friday,
June 21.
Win PBL Honors At
Texas Convention
Alice Marie Peedln, of Hen
derson; delegate from the
Loulsburg College phi Beta
Lambda Chapter (College Fu
ture Business Leaders of
America) and Mi$S Adelaide
Johnson, sponsor, returned Sat
urday from the 1963 National
Convention, held in Dallas,
Texas. ?- '
During the convention, held
In Hotel Adolphus, June 9-12,
Alice Marie received for the
local chapter a Gold Seal cer
tificate for outstanding pro
grams, reports, stale and na
tional participation, etc. for
the past year; represented the
stale chapter In a vocabulary
relay; and acted as campaign
manager for thf North Caro
lina Chapter candidate for pre
sidency of Piii Beta-Lambda
William Thompson, of Kington
and East Carolina College, who
was elected by a Urge majority.
In addition to having the out
going FBLA president (high
school) and the Incoming Phi
Beta Lambda president (col
lege), the North Carolina Chap
ter, and other local chapters
within the state, won recogni
tion in several categories.
Among these are the following;
(1) The North Carolina state
report was Judged second best
In the southeastern region.
(2) The states of North Caro
lina and Nebraska tied for first
place for having installed the
most new chaoters In 1962-63,
having Installed 20 each,
(3) The high school parlia
mentary team won ninth place.
(4) Morehead City High School
was cited toi tne largest num
ber of delegates traveling the
greatest number of miles.
L
(5) Other North Carolina chap
ters receiving Gold Seal certi
ficates are: Campbell College,
Bute's Creek; Pamlico County
High School, Bayboro; ' Dunn
High School; Havelock High
School; Allen Jay High Schogl,
High Point; Morehead City filgl
School; and Needham Broughtor
High School, Raleigh.
The mpre than thirty students
and sponsors, including a spon
sor and three students from
Virginia, left North Carolina
Friday, June "7| on a chartered
bus, touring places of Interest
on the way to and from Dallas.
Lye Thrower
Slated For
Hearing Today
A 40 year-old Loulsburg negro
man was hospitalized here Sat
urday afternoon with severe
facial burns alter his alleged
common-law- wife doused him
In the face with a container oi
lye water.
Walter Perry, alias BUI]
Little John, was treated foi
Severe burns of the forehead
and chin. His eyes, luckily,
were not affected.
Loulsburg Chief of Pollct
tyllllam T. Dement said h<
was holding Perry's common
law-wife, Johnnie Louise Full
er, 36, on charges of malmlrq
and disfiguring a felony. Six
was scheduled for ? hearing
on the charges here In Re
corder's Court today.
Senator |
Sam j
Says i
Washington - The Senate Pub
lic Worsts Subcommittee of the
Appropriations Committee has
be^n ^conducting hearings dh
water projects. Senator Jordan
and I have submitted requests
for appropriations for North
Carolina water projects for $2
092,200. Recommended pro
jects include five flood control
and navigation projects, three
combined* beach erosion and
hurricane projects, four com
prehensive river basin studies,
four hurricane studies requir- .
ling some additional funds, and
I one small flood control project
j which is within the pjhrvlew of
j Section 205 of the Flood Con
trol Act of 1962.
Navigational and flood control
k requests centered on funds to
initiate plans for construction
of the New Hope Dam on the
Haw River, projects for jetties
at Masonboro and Beauford In
lets, and the Rolllson Channel,
I and a re-evaluation study for a
j project at Wilmington. Com
bined beach erosion and Hurri
cane projects were recommen
ded for Carolina, Wrightsville,
and Fort Macon- Atlantic Beach
areas. Basic river basin studies
; were recommended for the
Neuse, Cape Fear, Tar-Pamlll
co, and Yadkin- Pee Dee Rivers.
The small flood control pro
ject requested was for the Swift
Creek project In Pitt and Cra
ven Counties.
These projects are funda
mental to the protection and de
velopment of North Carolina's
water resources. They would
contribute materially to the
welfare of our State. North
Carolina has large amounts of
rainfall but Investigations show
that our g rowi ng i ndustrlallza
tion and population needs re
quire larger supplies of readily
accessible water. Morevoer,
our rivers and harbors are
becoming Increasingly impor
tant adjuncts of our economy.
For these reasons, I have sup
ported appropriations for North
Carolina. * ^
AmC.tUl*Art LIOLni 1 - 1IIV
' American system of govern
ment resting as it always does
upon the will of the governed
is confronted today with many
grave challenges at home and
abroad. Recent events which
have filled the news media gave
reason for all Americans to re
flect on some advice Daniel
Webster gave to use In a plea
for constitutional liberty more
than one hundred years ago.
He plead with the nation as
follows:
"Other misfortunes may be
txirne, or their effects over
come. If disastrous war should
sweep our commerce from the
ocean, another generation may
renew It; If It exhaust our
treasury, future Industry may
replenish It; If It desolate and
lay waste our fields, still, under
a new cultivation, ttiey will grow
green again, and ripen to fu
ture harvests.
"It were but a trifle even If
the walls of yonder Capitol
were to crumble, if Its lofty
pillars should tall, and Its ;
gorgeous decorations be all
' cohered by the dust of the valley.
All these might be rebuilt. But
fho shall reconstruct the.fa
ubrlc of demolished govern
ment? Who shall frame together
the skillful columns of consti
tutional liberty? Who shall -
frame together the skillful ar
chitecture which unites national
sovereignty with State rfsbts,
individual security and pubMc
prosperity? No, if these
columns fall, they will be rais
ed not agin. Like the Coliseum
' and the Parthenon, they will
1 be destined to a nournful, a
' melancholy Immortality. Blt
1 terer tears, however, will flow
' ovef them, than ever shed over
the monuments of Roman of
' Grecian art; for they will be
the remnants of a more glorious
' edifice than Greece or Rome
' ever saw, the edifice of con
stitutional American liberty."
? It Is not always the fruit that
? reaches the market first that
; that Is the best fruit.
[ We suspect from what w?
? see, that the human beam ts
getting a bit broader.