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Weather Scattered afternoon and even ing thunderabowers, continued warm, today and Wednesday. J-ow, 70; high, 90. Tal. GY 6-3283 The Fratikliii Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County News Cast Listen to WYRN Radio, MM on your dial, each evening at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, for your Tlrfies Reporter with all the local news. Fiva Cant* Louiaburg, N. C , Tuaaday, July 30. 1063 (Six Pagaa Today) 94th Yaar? Numbar 4C Hail, Winds Damage Crops Over County Storms, striking across Franklin county during the week end, were viewed with mixed emotions by the area farmers. The rains which hit parts of the county for the first time tn nearly six weeks brought feel ings of Joy, but this changed to one of dismay on the part of those farmer* who saw their crops damaged up to 100% by the severe hall and wind which struck several sections. Most severely hit section of the county was the Alert sec tion where a number of farmers suffered 100% loss of their Just matured leaf crop. The violent hall storm, accompanied by ex tremely high winds for a brief period, did severe damage to approximately a four mile wide ?trip of farmland between high way 401 and Alert near the War ren-Franklln county line. J. H. Mosely reported his crops, which Included 6 acres of tobacco, ten of corn, his gar den and soybean crop, as be ing a total loss. F. M. Har per who lives nearby reported similar damage to his six acres of tobacco, plus his corn and cotton crops. The story was the Rescue Called Thrice Monday The Loulsburg Rescue Service was kept busy Monday after noon with three calls, coming at 1, 4, and 6 P.M., none of which, however, were termed as too serious by squad mem bers. At one P.M. a call went In from south Loulsburg where, upon answering, squad mem bers found that an unidentified negro man had suffered what was evidently an epileptic sei zure. About four o'clock the squad was again catled'out, to the cor ner of Main and MlddleStreets. They found that Frank Snow had collapsed from some unknown cause. He was transported to Franklin Memorial Hospital via Rescue Service ambulance, where he was treated and re leased. Probably the most serious call of the day occurred around 6 P.M. when the squad was called to the Kussell Harris home. They found Mr. Harris suffering from a severe cut on the wrist which had been Inflicted in a freak household accident. Harris reported that he had been talking to his wife who was engaged In peeling some fruit. Not realizing that her hus band was so close to her, Mrs. Harris turned towards him with the knife In her hand. The re sult was a gash across Mr. Harris's wrist. ^ Rescuers administered first aid to stop the severe bleeding and transported Harris to the hospital emergency for treat ment. , ?. v County Man Cailght At Windsor Still Robert M. Medlln. 19, of the h Pokomoke section of Franklin County, was arrested Friday, 8 miles north of Windsor when State and Area ABC officers made a surprise raid on a large whiskey still. John (Bunch) Jacobs, 27 of .Durham was with Medlln,ac cordlng to the officers, and both were charged with possession of an unregistered still and possession of non-taxpald whls key. ? " __ The third nam arrested was Thomas Mitchell, 37, of Bertie County, at whose home agents found 357 gallons of non-tax paid whiskey. Mitchell was charged with possession of non taxpald whiskey Officers destroyed the still and equipment with dynamite. "Also destroyed was 340 gallons of mash, and error 200 55 gal lon barrels and ISO cases of empty fruit Jars, same In numerous other tobac co and cotton fields In the sec tion. Tobacco and cotton stalks being virtually denuded. There was also damage to buildings In the area with the roof being blown from, at least, one residence. Several birds caught out In the severe down fall of hailstones were Injured and forced to the ground. A number of growers In the area also reported that tobacco already In the curing barns suffered water damage as the result of the blowing rainstorm. Some families In the Alert section reported that their en tire crops for the year were "wiped out" with losses in some cases covered by Insurance. Many, 'however, reported that they had no Insurance to cover their disaster. Hall damaged was also suf fered by a number of farmers west of Loulsburg, from the vicinity of the fairgrounds southwestward across highway 56. in one or two cases here, the damage was estimated at up to 100%; but most fields fell In the 50-75 % loss cate gory. The damage seemed to be confined largely to tobacco, corn leaves shredded and little apparent damage to cotton or truck crops. Next In degree of damage to the Alert community, was the area west of Youngsvllle. Among the hardest hit here were the farms of Walter and Ben Perry, Jones Winston and Nor man Carter. Several fields suffered varying amounts of damage up to 100%. Residents of the section re ported that the ground was covered with hailstones ranging upward In size to about the diameter of a quarter dollar. In addition to the crop damage county residents were Incon venienced in varying degrees by a power failure caused by lightning. Two oil filled re gulators on North Main Street In Loulsburg burned out caus ing residents to be without elec tricity for about two hours. Po wer was also off In Franklln ton for about 30 minutes.7 Storm Damage The roof of the home of J. H. Mosely in the Alert Community is shown in upper photo following Sunday's storm. The lower photo is the remains of a tobacco crop two miles west of Louisburg. Monk Smith Serves Damage Claim Against Franklinton by T. H. Pearce A Fjtankllnton man, Ben Mln ton (Monk ) Smith, served no tice of alleged damages on the Mayor and Board of Com missioners of the, town of Frankllntoii last week. The charges stemmed from what Smith and his attorney claimed to be severe damage to his character and reputation, sus tained by false and libelous In formation published In the Franklin X.lmes on July 16 and other dates, due to the care less and negligent acts and o mlssions of the employers of the town of Frankllnton. The notice was served on the town through Smith's At torney Hubert Senter, in the from of a notorized claim and demand for damaged resulting from the alleged careless acts on the part of town employees. It stated In part that Smith was found not guilty on the charge of selling and possess ing whiskey In the Frankllnton Mayor's Court and court costs were taxed against the posecut lng witness several weeks ago and that Smith's name appear ed In the Franklin Times under the criminal docket of the Frankllnton Mayor's Court as published In said paper. The notice further alleges that on July 16, Smith's name ap peared again on the front page of the Franklin Times as a defendent as follows, "Mlnton (Monk) Smith, possession and selling whiskey, paid cost." Thegj? statements, according to the claim of Smith and his attorney, were^ untrue, false and libelous, due to the careless and negligent manner In which the Judgement iti the cases was written into the docket by an employee of the Town of Frank llnton while performing the duties of Clerk to Mayor's Court, which Incorrect Judge ment was published by the Franklin Times as written by the said employee. On account of these alleged libelous statements, charge Smith and his attorney, he has been subject to criticism by his friends and neighbors, has been held up to the public as a bootlegger and convicted crimi nal, and^ If true, would sub ject him 'to infamous and dis graceful punishment and lm prislonment and would exclude him from decent and honour able society and render per manent and immeasurable de mage to his trade as a plum ber and business as a" mer chant; that he has been placed under suspicion and has been forced to offer explanations to his friends and associates and that he has brooded over the matter and worried and his feelings have been outraged and damaged; that he has endured mental torture and suffering and has had his reputation and bus iness immeasurably damaged and that he sustained actual damages in the sum of $10, 000. ? ^ Smlthjs. the owner of a night spot known as the"Jolly Joker" located Just inside the town limits on Highway 56 east. He also owns and operafes a plumbing business "in Frank linton. *ayne Hinsh ead' Mayor *ro9ressiVe s<?" ???? m Bunn voters returned lncumb end Town Commissioners J. L. Adams and p. B. Wilson to office by an overwhelming ma jority Saturday and elected former Commissioners H. D, Mitchell and M. Z. Morris to the other two seats on the Board. Wilson, a retlredCountyCame Warden, -lead the ticket with 62 votes, followed by Adams with 72, Mitchell with 70, and Morris, with 62. Mitchell Is Chief of the Bunn Rural Volun teer Fire Department. Bunn Merchant Wayne W. Wln Stead polled 72 votes to win the Mayor's seat over a single op ponent, Haywood Jeffreys, 106 of the town's 117 registered vot ers cast ballots in the election. Voting Returns FOR MAYOR W Instead 72 Jeffreys 33 FOR COMMISSIONER Wilson Adams Mitchell Morris Bailey Moye Murphy Coffman B2 72 70 62 32 32 31 22 16 Johnson Mrs. Griffin Named Welfare Board Chmn. Mrs. L<tward F. Grltfln o I Loulsburg was named Chair man of the Franklin County Board of Welfare at the July meeting of the board held In the office of Mrs. Jane M. York, Director of Public Wel fare. . { Mrs. Griffin a lifelong re sident of Franklin County and member of the board for sev eral years replaces Mr. John T. Sawyer of Frankllnton whose term of service on the board expired this month. Neal A. Brown of Youngsvllle was named as the state ap pointee to replace Mr. Sawyer^ A furniture store owner, Mr. Brown Is active In The Boys Scouts of Amertca, Red Cross and other civic groups In the county. -He was, sworn In by Ralph S. Knott, Clerk of Super ior Court of Franklin County. The present members of the x>ard arf Mrs. Griffin, Clauto T. Arnold ami Mr. Brown. More Hail Damage Walter Percy's tobacco field above after Sunday's >torm. It near Youngsvllle looked like the is typical of many fields. The outcome of the election was regarded as an overwhelm ing victory for progressive Bunn forces favoring a vote of the people on the question of the establishment of an ABC Store and Municipal water and sewer systems. The newly elected officials took office al a special swear lng In ceremony at noon Mon- ? 4 day and will serve until May of 1965, the date of the next municipal election. Bunn Board ' ? .Pictured at the swearing-in of the Bunn Town Board Monday are left to right H. D. Mitchell, P. B. Wilson, M. Z. Morris, J. I}. Adams and Mayor Wayne W. Winstead. Weekend Violences In County Fatal To One A series of shootings and as saults over the past weekend left >ne Franklin County Negro dead ind three hospitalized. Frank James, 53, of Rt. 1, foungsville, died of shotgun ?rounds. Being held in Franklin bounty Jail without privilege of >ond is David Mann 36, Negro, >f the same address. Officers gave this account of the shooting which occurred at the home "of the two men: 4 Mann said he fired on James. after he advanced on him with a knife. Mann said he pointed the shotgun at James' feet, pulled th? trigger, but the weap on misfired. James kept advancing with the Rev. Latham To Be Assoc. Missionary Rev. Robert T. Latham o t Texas was called to be Assoc latlonal Missionary of the Tar River Association Monday evening at the meeting of the executive fedTntfllttee held at the First Baptist Church In Spring Hope. Rev. Latham replaces Rev. J. Parker McLendon who resign ed to accept the pastorate at the First BaptistChurch.Elkln, N. C. Rev. Latham Is a graduate of Baylor University and of Mid western Theological Seminary with a B. D. degree. He will snter Southeastern Seminary this fall as a candidate for the Th. M. degree. He has held pastorates In Baptist churches In Texas and Missouri. Rev. Latham Is married and las two children. He assumes lis duties August 1 and will 'eslde In the Assoclatlonal Par lonage In the Justice Com- 1 nunlty. The committee for the selec lon of the Assoclatlonal Mls ilonary was composed of Rev, . A. Bracey of Spring Hope, lev. Garland Foushee of Pearce laptlst Church, Wilton U. mlth, Talmadge Edwards, Joe avage, and Mr. W. M. Free nan. British now expect election n the autumn. Savage, and tyrs. W. M. Free man. FHS To Try New Project Frankllnton High School Is among 45 North Carolina schools selected to participate In North Carolina's new pilot vocational program, which was made possible by a million dollar ? legislative appropri ation. _ Known as"Introductlon tn Vo~ catlonal Education," the project Is expected to be expanded con siderably if successful during the upcoming school year. Some 30 ninth-grade pupils will participate at Franklinton. They will be selected primarily from the academically talented group of freshmen. They will be taught by T. N. Stephens who has already begun a four-wee^c course at N. C. State College designed to prepare teachers tor the program. In general, the overall plan Is aimed at developing a pro p-am to aid students - and eachers - In determining the student's vocational aptitudes, ind to stimulate vocational and career Interest to -a. degree hat will help cut doWTT the lumber of ?tudent**tlrop-outs." knife, Mann said, and so he fired a second time. The charge hit James In the chest, causing In stant death. Mann then took to the Woods to escape James' Irate friends, officers said, but returned and gave himself up to the Investi gating officers, Sheriffs Depu ties Ralph Beasley and C, P, (Hoot) Gibson. In another shooting Robert Lee Spivey, 22, Rt. 3, Louis burg, staggered up to the car of Loulsburg Police Chief Wil liam Dement and collapsed. Chief Dememt took him to Franftlin County Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of two bullet wounds In the back. He was listed in satisfactory condition. Spivey told Chief Dement he was shot by an unnamed assail ant after an argument Involving a woman at Ophelia's Place, local Negro night spot. Spivey said his assailant shot at him five times, with two of the bul lets hitting the mark. His assailant was still being sought Monday. While Chief Dement -?a*_at the hospital, two -more Negro jnen were brought Into the emergency department. Jack Evans 18, of Loulsburg, was treated for a cut scalp suf fered when hit by a bottle. Ev ans said the bottle was thrown by Jesse Johnson, 17, Loulsburg Negro. Evans said Johnson had In tended to hit someone else with the bottle but that It struck him accidentally, Johnson, however, was charged with assault. Lacy Smith, 50, of Rt. 4, Loulsburg, staggered Into the hospital with a stab wound In the back. His condition was considered critical. Smith's condition did not al low Chief Dement to question him, but visitors to the hos pital reported seeing a car drive up and drop off Smith, leaving him to get Into the hos pital by himself.
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