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Louisburg, N. C.. Thursday. August 29. 1963
(Eight Pages Today)
94th Ysar? Number 64
Timberlake
Rites Set
For Friday
Charles E. Timberlike, 53,
prominent Raleigh Road mer
chant and farmer, died thla
morning at Franklin Memorial
Hospital.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday at 3 p.m. from the ?
Loulsburg Baptist Church by the
pastor, the Rev. AubreyS. Tom
llnson. Burial will follow In '
Oakwood Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Fannie Underhlll; two
daughters, Mrs. Albert Kline of
Clem son, S. C., and Miss
Martha Carol TlmberUOce of th*
borne; his mother, Mrs. J. P.
Timberlake, Sr., of Loulsburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Hen
derson of Frankllnton, Mrs.
Lula Mae Cooper and Miss
Christine Timberlake, both of
Loulsburg; 1 brother, J. P.
Timberlake, Jr., of Loulsburg, .
? and two grandchildren.
The body will remain at Lan
caster Funei'al Chapel until It
Is removed to the church to He
in state for one hour prior to
the service.
Pallbearers will be Rufus
Place, W. H. Fuller, I. P.
Wheeler, Jack Cooper, T. T.
Katnp, and Llnwood Bryant.
$58,000 In
Capital Credits
To Members
Wtke Forest, N. C. . .Wake
Electric Membership Corpora
tion mailed out $56,000 In
"capital credits" to Its 4600
members last week.
A "capital credit" shows what
part ofWake'soperatlng margin
lor the past year was paid In
by each member, according to
J. L. Shearon, Wake's Manager.
Shearon urged the coopera
tive's members to "take care
ful note of ]ust what the capi
tal credit Isn't? as well as
what It Is."
He said the credits are "not
cashable and cannot be taken as
a deduction from future elec
tric bills."
Shearon stated that the cred
its, which are being mailed In
the form of a card, are for
record purposes only and that
they show the following -Infor
mation:
(1) The total dollars and cents
each member paid for electric
service In 1982; (2) what part
of this total Is "le member's
share (capital credit) of the
co-op's operating margin for
1962; and (3) the total dollars
and cents accumulated In each
member's capital credit ac
count for all previous years.
The term "capital credit" Is
used for good reason, Shearon
said. Under Wake's bylaws, the
members furnish patronage
capital to the cooperative In the
amount of whatever operating
- margins are- realised from year
to year.
"The operating margin is the
excess, if any, of the coopera
tive's revenues over Its ex
penses 'for a given year,"
Shearon said.
He explained that a member'!
capital credit Is determined by
the amount of money he has paid
for electric service In relation
to the percentage of the co
operative's operating margin.
"If a member paid $100 for
power In a given year, and the
cooperative realized a 12.8 per
cent operating margin, the
member would have earned a
(12.80 capital credit," he said.
Capital credit cards are
mailed out every year to noti
fy each member of the patron
age capital credited to his ac
count for the preceding year.
Under Wake's bylaws, these
credits will actually be retired
In cash, on a revolving plan
(first credits earned, first
credits retired), whenever the
cooperative has acquired a suf
ficient amount of these credits
for operating capital, 4
"Our members be^an> their
cooperative business with al
most 100 per cent debt capi
tal financing from REA,"
Shearon said. "The capital
credits plan Is the method by
which they will slowly but surely
substitute their own capital for
that borrowed from REA."
He explained that the co
operative used member-furn
ished capital to expand Its fa
cilities and to repay REA loans
ahead of schedule. "Either use,
he said, "Increases our net
worth and Improves our finan
cial condition."
Since MV<ke-?lectrlc began
operations in 1941, Its 4600
members have earned a total
of 1421,333.83 In capital cre
dits, Shearon stated.
Weather
Partly cloudy and warm today.
Low, 83; high, 88. Friday con
tinued warm with scattered
thundershowers likely.
There's A What Back Of My House?
74 year-old Eddie O. Williams
of Route 3, Warrenton, voices
surprise and doubt as ATTD Of
flers inform him that there is ,
an Illicit whiskey still behind his
home. A Franklin County man
was arrested along with Wil
liams in the raid.
2 Arrested
After Liquor
Still Found
A white man and a 74-year
old Negro were arrested this
week and charged with possess
ing an illegal whiskey distillery
five miles north of Centervllle.
Donald Eugene (Tinker Boy)
Jeffries, 22, of Rt. 4, Louls
burg, was given a hearing be
fore Federal Commissioner
Reva Rothrock and released
under ?5Q0 bond. Eddie O. Wil
liams, 74, of Rt. 3, Warrenton,
was not required to post bond.
Officers found equipment used
In the manufacture of the Il
legal whiskey at the back of Wil
liams' home. The still was not
In operation at the time.
A five-foot boiler, five 160
gallon barrels, a 300-gallon
submarine stills were destroy
ed by the ATTD officers. Vance
County ABC officers and the
Warren County Sheriffs De
partment.
$80,300.00
Grant Is
Approved
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare has ap
proved Frankllnton's applica
tion for $80,300.00 for the con
struction of a sewage treatment
plant, according to Con
gressman h. H. Fountain Wed
nesday.
The grant was made under the
Accelerated Public Works pro
gram. Total cost of the pro
ject l&estlmated at$ 160, 600.00.
Market Opening Is
Delayed Until Sept. 9
Local tobacco warehousemen
were revising their reopening
schedules here today In view of
the Middle Belt Warehouse As
sociation's agreement Wed
nesday to postpone Its opening
sales until September 9th. Mid
dle Belt markets had originally
been scheduled to open Next
Tuesday.
Local markets will begin re
ceiving tobacco (or the delayed
September 9th opening sale on
Saturday, Septmeber 7th.
The postponement was recom
mended by the Tobacco Advi
sory Committee at a meeting
In Raleigh Tuesday night. The
delay was proposed because of
a probable shortage of buyers
and graders for the previously
scheduled opening day because
of the slow movement of to-'
bacco on the Border Belt mar
kets.
The Tobacco Advisory Com
mittee also recommended the
postponement of the opening
day on the Old Belt until Sept.
23. It had been scheduled to
open Sept. 16.
Walker Stone of Durham,
president of the Middle Belt
Rescue Call
Local Rescuers, summoned
over to the Mineral Springs sec
tion Tuesday afternoon found a
negro woman fn a semi
conscious condition and In
shock. The woman, Identified
as Dorothy Walker, was rushed
to Franklin Memorial Hospital
where she was reported Im
proving today.
Warehouse Association, said
warehousemen had approved the'
Sept. 9 opening date In a series
of telephone calls Wednesday
morning.
Stone predicted that with the
delay the Middle Belt would have
"better averages and better
sales" than recorded on the
Border Bejt and Eastern Belt
on qpenlng days.
"Tobacco with good quality
will sell better than last year,"
he declared.
Asst. Home
Agent Here
To Quit
Miss Rebecca Parker, As
sistant Home Economics Agent
?for Franklin County, has re
signed her position here to ac
cept a similar position In Hall
fax County, according toC. T.
Dean, Jr., County Extension
Chairman. Miss Parker will
assume Tfftr new duties Sep
tember lst.
Mlss Parker has served as
Assistant Home Economics
Agent In Franklin County since
January 1st. She Is a native
of Johnston County and a grad
uate of East Carolina College.
Miss Parker was an outstand
ing 4-H Club member during her
school days, i winning, many
county, district, State and Na
tional honors. She has worked
with the Franklin County 4
H'fers and their leaders since
coming to Franklin (Jounty.
Stop Sign Collision .
One person was hurt in col
lision above near Youngsville
Tuesday whencar, officers said,
failed to stop at stop sign at U.
S. 1 - N. C. 96 Intersection and
crashed Into the other.
Following Bat Contact
r.
Local Youth Must
Take Rabies Shots
A 9 year-old Loulsburg youth
la undergoing a series of antl
rabtes treatments because of
the possibility that he was bit
tan by a bat Tuesday afternoon
while playing In a neighbor's
yard.
Larry Fuller, son of local
radioman - newspaper colum
nist and Mrs. Clint Fuller, suf
fered the possible bite when he
picked up what he thought to
be an Injured bird while play
ing In the yard of Senator and
Mrs. W. M. Jolly.
A workman In the Jolly yard
killed the winged mammal and
became alarmed when an ln
?pectlon of the youth revealed
blood on his wrlit. However It
was not certain whether the
wound waa caused by the bat
or by the play the boys were
angaged In.
The bat, Identified as one of
tbe red species found to be
Infected wl(lfc rabies In other
parts of the state, was taken
to the local Health Department
and transferred to the State
Board of Health laboratory
Wednesday where Dr. Martin
Hlnes, recommended the treat
ment be begun.
8tate Board of Health officials
have issued a warning about
exposure to any type of bat,
pointing out that It la not neces
sary to even be bitten to be
come exposed as the bats can
carry the rabies germs on their
wings. They alao recommend
treatment In all cases where
there has been a deflnate ex
posure.
Authorities explained that
there Is no sure way to deter
mine If a bat Is rabid or not. The
very latest tests, a three part
series that can take up to 21
days, is only about 50 per cent
accurate, they said. So far the
department has gound only four
of a hundred or more bats
examined rabid. These were
brought In from Salisbury, Dur
ahm, Butner andHlllsboro.Two
of the four flew Into moving
automobiles and bit occupants.
All are receiving the rabies
treatment.
The winged red creacher sent
In from Loulsburg Is the second
from the Franklin County area.
A bat fell out of a tree during
the day at Hal Duke's near
Ingle side last Thursday and was
discovered by playing children.
None of them touched It, how
ever.
The one Involving the Fuller
youth Is expected to undergo
the first two tests Immediate
ly, with the results being an
nounced by the week end.
Youth Claims
Shooting Is
Accidental
A 17 yeir-old Franklllnton
negro youth has been released
under $200 bond on charges of
assault with a deadly weapon
In connection with the pistol
wounding of George Henderson,
about 35, also of Frankllnton.
Franklin Deputy C. P. Gib
son said that John Richard w inn
claimed the shooting was ac
cidental. Gibson quoted the
youth as saying he was fight
ing with two others and not
being satisfied with the two
to-one odds "pulled his pistol
and hit one of his opponants
over the head."
The force of the blow, Mann
claimed, caused the weapon to
discharge and its .32 caliber
slug hit Henderson, a spectator
to the bout, In the groin.
The wounded man *ras taken
to Franklin Memorial Hospital
and later transferred to Duke,
the combined shooting-boxing
match took place In the vici
nity of Parker's, Place Just
south of Frankllnton.
Hit-Run Car Identified?
State Trooper W. S. Ethrldge
matches pieces of wreckage
found at scene with alleged hit
run vehicle after two cars were
sldeswipped near Frankltnton
late Monday. - Times Photo.
Route 1 Man Charged
In Hit-Run Accident
A Rt. 1 , Loulsburg man, John
Ball, was arrested late Monday
night on charges of hit-and-run
and drunken driving.
State HlghwayPatrolmanW.S.
Ethrldge said the car driven by
Bell struck two cars on a rural
r
paved road between U.S. 1 and
U.S.1-A earlier In the day.
Drivers of the two cars struck
by the Bell car, Clarence Scar
boro of Youngsvllle, and Rae
ford Lowery of Rt. 3, Wake
Forest, told the trooper they
Another Escapee nits
Snag, Is Recaptured
A fast - thinking would-be
prison escape? almost made
good In his attempt to leave a
road gang near Mltchlner's
Cross Roads Wednesday after
noon and probably would have,
too, except for a little hard
luck.
The would-be escapee's luck
turned bad when he accidental
ly ran Into a group of officers
who were Investigating a break
to a couple of miles from the
scene of his departure.
The group of officers, con
sisting of Frankllnton Police
Chief Leo Edwards, Officer
Leslie Joyner and Deputies C.
P. Gibson and David Batton,
were In the process of Invest
igating a robbery attempt In the
vicinity of the Cox Veneer Plant
Just east of Frankllnton, whin
they were surprised by the
approach of an equally startled,
sweat covered, and disheveled
young man, Identified from his
clothing as an honor grade pris
oner.
For a few seconds the of
ficers just stared at the pris
oner and the prisoner like
wise stared at them. Then he
said, "did you see anything of
two of our men? they ran a
few minutes ago and I'm trying
to get to a phone to call for
the dogs."
Deputies Gibson and Batton said
that this being the case they
would take their car and drive
around to the opposite side of the
OES To Meet
William B. Barrow Chapter
# 39 O E S will hold a reg
ular meeting on Tuesday even
ing September 3 at 8 o'clock
In the Masonic Temple on Jolly
Street.
All members are urged to be
nresent.
area where the escapees were
reported to have headed, while
Chief Edwards and Joyner told
the honor grader, Identified only
by his last name, Taylor, to
get Into the car with them and
they would look In the other
direction.
This seemed to take the man
(^surprise, but as there seem
ed no way out, he climbed Into
the car with the officers. Chief
Edwards put In a call by radio
to the Vance County authorities
Inquiring about the two missing
convicts. Word came back that
someone was In error. There
was only one missing and he
was an honor grader. A des
cription of . the missing man
followed, fitting the man In the
police car to a tee.
Chief Edwards radioed back
that the missing man was In
the car with him and a car
was dispatched and the former
honor grader was soon back In
the Vance County camp, sadder
perhaps, but no doubt a wiser
man.
The attempt marked the se
cond time this week that prison
escapees have made the mis
take of accidentally running Into
Franklin County lawmen. The
previous occasion occurred
Monday night when one of a
pair of runners made the mis
take of flagging a ride with
Franklin Sheriff Joe W. Champ
Ion. He too, was returned to
camp a sadder, but wiser man.
Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 A. M.
Monday, August 26, 1963;
Killed To Date 799
Killed To Date
Last Year 778
pulled completely off the road
In order to miss the oncoming
car. Their cars were slde
swlped. ?
Ethrldge, who was traveling
near the accident scene, halt
ed the Bell car, which had on*
light and damage to the left
front and side.
The patrolman said Bell ad
mitted the Incident. Bell was
released under |200 bond.
Vance Man
Hurt In
Collision
Robert Anste^d, 30, of Hen
derson was taken to a Wake
Forest hospital Tuesday suf
fering head Injuries he received
when the vehicle In which he
was riding collided with another
at the Intersection of U .S. 1 and
N.C. 96. .
State Highway Patrolman E.
M. Roberts said a car driven
by David Thomas O'Neal,
16, of Rt. 1, Youngsvllle, crash
ed a stop sign and collided with
the car driven by Anstead's
father, StameytR. Anstead, 55.
O'Neal, who Was charged jglth
falling to stop at a stop sign
and operating a car with Im
proper equipment, told Roberts
his brakes failed. Both cars
were demolished.
Allotted
6 Tickets
A quota of 6 tickets to the
third annual Vance - Aycock
Dinner In Ashevllle has been
received for Franklin County
ft Is announced by James D.
Speed, Chairman 6f the Coun
ty Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
Some 1200 Democrats repre
senting every county In the state
are expected to attend the $25
per plate fund raising dinner on
October 26,
Herbert Hyde, Ashevllle at
torney, has been named as Gen
eral Chairman for the events
which will probably Include a
meeting of county chairman, a
reception and the dinner to be
held at the City Auditorium.