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Tal. 0Y 6-3283 Fiv* Cants ? Louiaburg. N. C-. Thursday, October 10, 1963 (EtM Pag?i Today) 94th Year? Number 66
Booae Plant Makes Last Run
Early morning sun spotlights steam ris
? ing from this big still after ATTD and ABC
agents swooped down upon the operation,
arresting eight men and confiscating quant
ities of booze and other equipment just east
of here this morning. Inset Photos show five
They are, bottom to top
and left to right, Charley Bell, Will Burch,
Clairborne Woodlief, Bill Denton and
"Skin" Young. - Times Photo.
County Gets New ARA Classification
Information was received In
the office of the FrankllnCoupty
Industrial Development Coin
mission that this county Is now
separated from the Henderson
Oxford area for ellglblll'y under
the A.R.A. program, and Is
classified by Itself.
This means that the A.R.A.
can consider requests for loans
to help new and expanding In
i dustrles; loans and grants for
public fkcllltles, such as water
and sewerage systems needed
for new and expanding firms;
technical assistance to help
promote economic growth and
retraining programs to equip
Jobless workers with new skills
for available employment In this
county.
Recently an Overall Economic
Development Program was sub
mitted to the State and Federal
officials for approval containing
several projects feasible for
this area and It Is expected that
certification of this program
will be received soon.
Eligibility of this county In
cludes loans at low Interest
rates (4%) and Is a great asset
to attracting new Industry Into
the county.
The assistance to Loulsburg
of a Federal grant of $191,
000, a grant for an new Welfare
Department building of$lB,000,
technical assistance to the town
of Frankllnton for their water
and sewer systems and a grant
of $80,300, were some of the
benefits already received under
One Gets Away
Prisoner Shot In
Escape Try Here
Two road gang prisoners made
a dash for freedom near Royal
shortly after noon Tuesday. One
made It, but the other was
gunned down by a prison guard.
R. A. Allen, assistant direc
tor of prisons, said the wounded
convict was Alonzo Tatum, 29,
of Ellzabethtown, who was serv
ing a 6-10 year sentence for
forgery. Tatum entered the
prison system tn August. He
was tried and sentenced In Bla
den County.
The escapee, according to Al
len, Is Andrew Kusey, 24, of
Falrvlew, Mass., serving 10-14
years for kidnapping, armed
robbery and auto larceny.
Kusey was tried and sentenced
In McDowell County. He en
tered the prison systen) last
April.
Allen said the two men were
members of a squad of eight
who were working on Highway
401 near Royal In Franklin
County. About 12:45 p.m., he
said, the }wo convicts broke and
ran. ' ? - .
Guard Lonnle Lloyd fired a.
12-guage shotgun at them and
both fell. Kusey Jumped up and
continued running. Tatum re
mained on the ground having
been wounded by Lloyd's blast.
Allen said Tatum suffered flesh
Fire Parade
The Frankllnton Volunteer
Fire Department Is sponsoring
a Fire prevention Week parade,
in Frankllnton Saturday after
noon beginning at 3 p.m.
The department has extended
an Invitation to all departments
In Franklin County to enter
equipment In the parade and a
number of pieces of fire and
rescue apparatus Is expected
to be on hand.
The public Is Invited to at
tend the parade.
wounds In the hip, right leg,
right arm and underneath the
right arm. His most serious
wound, according to the assis
tant director of Prisons, was
a shot that penetrated his
stomach and damaged his In
testines.
Tatum was rushed to Central
Prison Hospital in Raleigh by
a Loulsburg Funeral Home am
bulance.
Franklin To
Rotate With
Other Two
The Franklin County Demo
cratic Executive Committee,
meeting In special session here
Saturday night, yoted to enter
into a rotation agree meat-wM^
Vance and Granville CiunTTes
In the event that proposed re
districting legislation puts
Franklin Into a senatorial dis
trict with the two counties.
The agreement, contingent up
on acceptance by Democratic
Executive committees of Vance
and Granville Counties, would
allow each county to furnish the
Democratic nominee for State
Senator every third year.
Enrollment Up
Enrollment at Loulsburg Col
lege tor the 1963-64 fall semes
ter Is 632, a 13 per cent In
crease over last year, accord
ing to a report released by John
B. York, academic dean.
Of this number 235 are sopho
mores and 397 freshmen. With
the opening of the new dormitory
for women this fall, 500 of the
total are living on campus.
this A.R.A. plan.
Additional projects which are
under consideration are the Tar
River watershed and dam; the
possibility of a new airport for
the county; training and retrain
In programs; and Increase In
tourism locally, and other
similar Improvements affecting
the economy of this county.
Firemen Demonstrate Ladder
Members of the Louisburg Volunteer Fire
fepartment demonstrate ladder work be
for students at Louisburg school in ob
servance of National Fire Prevention Week
here Wednesday afternoon. - Times Photo.
Students See Fire
Exhibition Here
Some several hundred Louls
burg high school and elemen
tary school students saw a live
demonstration of fire and res
cue techniques staged at the
school by Loulsburg volunteer
firemen and rescuers Wednes
day afternoon In observance of
National Fire Prevention Week.
The hour long exhibition fea
tured several strolls through
a narrow two-foot alley between
two huge blazing fires by two
local Rescuers, equipped with
special breathing apparatus and
flame resistant clothing, and
ladder raising arid rescue drills
by the linemen.
Of special delight to the young
er students was the raising and
lowering of the Fire De
partment's 100 foot ladder.
Firemen first played a stream
of water across the top of the
gym from atop the ladder and
then demonstrated ladder res
cue techniques.
Louisburg Fire Chief W. J.
"Pete" Shvartn and Rescue
Service Chief, V. A. Peoples,
were In charge of the Joint dem
onstration.
Near Louisburg
Eight Arrested In
Liquor Plant Raid
Eight persons wert arrested
and 2 cars and a truck were |
confiscated by ATTD and ABC
officers In a pre-dawn raid on
a 10,000 gallon capacity Illicit
booze plant about 5 miles east
of Loulsburg this morning.
Those arrested In the 4 a.m.
raid were Identified as Clai
borne Woodllef, 54, and Oscar
Phelps,' 58, both of Route 4,
Loulsburg, Albright (Skin)
Young, 44, Billy Denton, 28,
and Johnny Red Medlln, 47, all
of Route 1, Loulsburg; Johnny
P?rr> of the Pilot area; and
two Durham negroes, Will
Burch, 80, and Charley Ball,
41. ? ' ; 4
Woodllef, Young and Denton,
officers said, were caught In
the act of loading a truck near
the still with some 300 gallon!
of white whiskey. The two
M<roes were caught at the still,
and Phelps was arrested at a
house near the still where the
officers discovered whiskey and
malt. Medlln and Perry were
both arrested later this morn
ing.
The outfit, fired up and run
ning at the time of the raid,
consisted of two 280 gallon
?tills powered by a 7 foot up
right steam boiler, a 358
gallon preheater, two 356 gallon
cooling boxes complete with
eoiKMfnsors, (5 gallon ard
one 180 gallon doublers.
To supply the plant, officers
said, there were77 barrels con
taining some 10,800 gallons of
mash, 2,820 pounds of sugar
and 1,800 pounds of malt. A
total of 381^/2 gallons of
liquor, 300 gallons of which was
on the truck, was destrc^ed
along with all the rest of the
plant and supplies, Including
some 532 cases of empty Jars
originally Intended to hold li
quid starch.
All eight men were charged
with multiple counts of federal
liquor law violations and were
to be taken to Raleigh later
today to face hearings before
U, S. Commissioner Reva Roth
rock.
Federal ATTD and ABC
Officers from Henderson and
Raleigh participated In the
roundup.
Judge Shelton
Stricken III
W. F. Shelton, 47 year-old
Judge of the Franklin County
Recorder's Court was stricken
111 Just as a scheduled session
of court got underway here about
9:30 this morning and was hos
pitalized.
Judge Shelton, "who also
manages the Loulsburg Theatre
and Franklin Accounting Ser
vice here, complained of severe
cheat pains Just as court opened
and was taken to the office of
a local physican by Deputy She
riff Ralph E. Beasley and State
Trooper J, E. Byrd,
He was transferred from the
doctor's office shortly there
after to the. hospital here by
ambulance. Later reports from
the hospital Indicated that he
was "resting comfortably."
Demo Women
Plan Meeting
A delegation of Democratic
Women from Franklin County
are expected to attend the 3rd
annual North CarollnaWomen's
Convention In Raleigh on Octo
ber 11 and 12, according to Mrs.
Louis Oxnavad, president of the
local party organization.
More than 300 Democratic
Women from all over the state
are expected to register at the
Hotel Sir Walter for the event
which Includes workshops,
panel discussions, and social
activities.
Busting Booze
Federal ATTD agents are pic
tured above bursting the some
several hundred Jars of "white
lightening" captured in a raid on
an illicit whiskey distillery a
bout 5 miles east of Loulsburg
early this morning. - Times
Photo;
At Franklwtsi Fines
400 Attend Achievement Doy
| Over 400 empjcnws, n-*aj*(u
ment and supervise*? person-,
nel attended ihe turd annual
F rank 1 Into: Fafcrxi AnrKU
tlon Day in FTantiliMje Ties
da y. A number ctf mirri em
ployees 11 vine tr 1* aisc
came In to eat *'*J. Onr aid
departments and see recently
Instituted lmprcrormraBS.
As meal time oa e?e? of
the three shifts rcc>*i armmdj
Tuesday, all mactamerj- ?as
shut dove, siverruurs tooj
over a new role as waiters
and went to work serving the
employees and guests. The
m?riu consisted of three types
of barbecue along with all the
trtm mings and everyone ate
their fill.
The Appreciation Day theme
was carried out on appro
priately Inscribed napkins and
coin purses, which were given
as souvenirs. .
Plant Manager John Cauthen
said that the idea of Xpprecia
HK.aii mwpm %
tion Day started three years
ago as Just one method of re
cognizing the loyalty and sup
port of their employees and to
emphasize the progress made
during the year.
Cauthen pointed out that
Frankllntor Fabrics considered
its employees to be Us most
valuable asset and that It was
planned to continue the Ap
preciation Day as an annual
event.
1 Appreciation Day
Pictured in the chow line at
F ranklinton Fabrics Apprecia
tion Day Tuesday are; 1. to r.,
Doris McGfaee, Leonard Steed,
Marion Cole, Jack Stroud, Perry
Jordon, John Arnold, Lewis Jor
don and Mel Wagstaff. - Times
Ptfoto.
Four Hurt When Cor Rams
Power Pole Here
Four Xegroes **** tajhred,
two seriously, *?*?0 ?S? car
In which fhcj **n? rMtnij i
rimmed a power poiejiat south
of the Main SOW. Tar Hirer
Bridge here atone T;15 pjn.
Wednesday.
The injured, all a tan to etc
hospital by the Lcnajftnan Res
cue Serrioe, wrf MwtM *d u
David Lef Staliaofx. IS. cf Route
1, LouUburc. Ma at Om car;
Ruey Moore, 43, ClarenceStal
Iings, 33, and McKlnley Polk,
44, all of Loulsburg. .
Polk, a passenger In the right
rear, and Clarence Stallings,
1b the right front, were both
pinned In the wreckage and had
to be extricated by the Rescue
Service. Polk lost several
toes and Stallings had serious
head Injuries. Moore was
treated at the hospital and re
leased, but driver DavldTJtal
llrigs was admitted with chest
Injuries.
Loulsburg Police Patrolman
Kyle Prince, who Investigated
the accident, said the car was
traveling south when It suddenly
veered to the right after cros
sing the bridge and struck the
pole just south of Mill Street
between Murphy's Garage a?}
the dopot hill.
Prince quoted Stalllngs aa
saying something want wrong
with the steering mechanism of
the car