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Weather Cloudy, cold, some snow like ly this afternoon. Wednesday clearing and warmer. Low today, 20; high, 33. The FrarikMn Times I I fsdav & Thursday -J ^ Serving All Of ^ Franklin County News Cast Listen to WYRN Radio, 1480 on your dial, each evening at 4:45 p.hi. Monday through Fri day, for your Times Reporter with all the local news. Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Tel GY 6-3283 Five Cents Louisburg. N. C., Tuesday, December 31. 1963 (Eight Pages Today) 94th Year-Number 89 Pokomoke Road Crash Kour persons were injured when car abovfe skidded over 400 feet out of control and over turned on the FoRomoke Road just west of Franklinton Sat urday night. - Times Photo. Over Twenty Hurt In Icy Spills, Auto Mishaps At least twenty-one persons were Injured in accidents in Franklin County during the past week ? fourteen In automo bile mishaps not reported else where in this issue. Five suf fered injuries from slipping on ice and another two from ex ploding fireworks. Three Christmas Eve acci dents put nine in hospitals with varying degrees of Injuries. Ja cob Earp, 20 year-old Route 1, Bailey man, was hospitalized with head injuries following a single car ac ident about 2 miles south of Justice. A U. S. 401 crash south of here sent Charlie Ford, Jr., 19, of Louisburg, to the hospital with lacerations along with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Curt pfeffer. The driver of the other car, New bern Wilder, also required treatment at the hospital. A three car accident on High way 56 about 3 miles west of Franklinton resulted in injuries to 4 negroes^ State Trooper W. S. Ethridge said that a car, driven by Elbert Lee Edgerton, Jr., 20^ -of Route 2,Creedmoor, hit sm icy spot and overturned injuring B. L. Pergerson, Ger aldine Andrews, Frances Bul lock and Josephine Bullock. A motorist, George Cozart, Jr., stopped at the scene to assist the injured and his car was struck by another driven by Albert Dlckerson. A 32 year-old Route 4, Lou isburg negro, Willie McKnight was injured when his car over turned Saturday on the River Road in the vicinity of the fairgrounds and four men were hurt in a Saturday night wreck Shelton Holds Brief Court Term Here County Recorder's Court Judge W. F. Shelton returned to his courtroom this week for a brief session of court. Judge Shelton has been unable to hold court since early last October after sufferlrtg a heart attack at the beginning of a court session. He spent 30 days In the hospital and since his re lease has been convalescing at his home. , One defendant plead guilty to driving without an operators license and several motor ve hicle violation waiver cases were disposed of at the brief session of court held here Mon day. ALA To Meet The American Legion Aux iliary will meet Friday, Jan uary 3, at 8:00 with Mrs. Harold Williams at 103 Williams Street. on the Pokomoke Road about a i mile west of Franklinton. State Trooper D.- C. Day l dentified the four as Leonard McCray Jackson, 23, Gerald T. Wilson, 24, andWoodrowWhee ler, 46, all of Franklinton, and Julian Lloyd 22, of Route Y% Youngsvllle. Day reported the car skidded 429 feet before overturning an skidding another 127 feet. Highway Victim So hard was the impact that the trousers were stripped from covered body of U. S. 401 Highway victim south of here Christmas Eve. - Photo by Clint Fuller. Coroner Rules Road Death Unavoidable The death of 68 year-old Route [1, Youngsville man while walk ing along U.S. 401 near the in tersection of N. C. 98 some 10 miles so?th of her Christmas Eve has been ruled unavoid able, according to Franklin Coroner James H. Edwards. Edwards said that Joseph James Bartholomew, who lived only a short distance from the scene of the accident, was ap- f parently killed instantly when j struck by a car as he walked i home from a nearby store about > 9 p.m. Edwards * quoted Boyd Mat thews, 17 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Matthews of Louisburg, driver of the car that struck Bartholomew, as saying that he was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and didn't see the man, who was walking In the right traf fic lane, until too late to avoid hitting him. Neither young Matthews nor Steve Harris, 16, also of Louis burg, a passenger In the Mat thews car, were injured. The Loulsburg Rescue Serv ice rushed to the .scene, but the victim was beyond aid. Funeral services for Bar tholomew were hfcld Thursday at 2 p.m. at Rolesvllle Bap tist Church. The Rev. Crate Jones, pastor, officiated. Bu rial was In Rolesvllle Ceme tery. Surviving are' his wife, the former Elizabeth Winn; two daughters, Mrs. William D. Ayscue of Raleigh and Mrs. Wallace Hicks- ef Rolesvllle; four sons, Joseph James Jr., and Richard C .; both of Ra leigh, Robert C. and Ben p., both of Youngsvllle; four sis ters, Mrs. Perry Ayscue and Mrs. J. H. Langston, both of Henderson, Mrs. Walter Bax ter of Petersburg, Va. and Mrs. Wees Pointer of HyattsvUle, Md. three brothers, Ben B. of Petersburg, Va., Charlie Marvin of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Rufus A. of Henderson; and four grandchildren. Tags On Sale 1964 Loulsburg City automo bile license tags go on sale at the Town Office on January 2, according to Chief of Police William T, Dement. The deadline for purchasing and displaying the 64 tag on motor vehicles for local resi dents is February 15, Chief Dement said. Residents not complying after that date will be cited Into court, ?he said. Boxscore Ralelgh--The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 23: 1328 For Needy Commissioners OK . V Surplus Food Plan The Board of County Com missioners Monday approved the tree distribution of surplus foods under the Commodity Dis tribution program to needy families In Franklin County tor a period of 120 day* beginning January 1. Only those families certified as needy by the County Welfare Department will be eligible to receive the surplus foods. Items to be distributed under the program Include dried staples such as flour, rice and beans, cheese, canned meats, powdered milk and etc. There are ten Items In all that will be made available. Arrangements have been made between the County and the Sea board Air Line Railway for warehousing the foods at the S, A. L. Depot here and J. E. (Sue) Perry has been named Warehouse Supervisor, The overall program will be administered by the County Welfare Department and Mrs. Jane M. York, Director, stated today that her department Is rushing plans to put the pro gram Into effect. Details on making application for the food stuffs will be an nounced Just as soon as plans are completed, Mrs. York said. While families do not nec essarily have to be on the wel fare roles to be eligible to re ceive the surplus food, they must be first certified as needy or eligible by the welfare de partment. Mrs. York urged persons not to contact the department about the program, but rather to wait until the plans are made public and follow the Instructions given at that time. Local Retail Business $1 7 Million To what extent has Franklin County participated In the cur rent business surge? What gains were made in retail sales and In Income during the past fiscal year? % _ According to a detailed re port for the period, which cov. ers the 12 months ending June 30, 1963, solid progress was made locally. Wagep went up for most working people. Spending .rose proportionately. The report, giving the first breakdown figures for the f Il eal year, bas j?M been rep cal year, has Just been re leased by the Standard-Rat* and Data^ Service. It con tains comparable Informa tion for every section of the country. The volume of business chalk ed up by retain merchants In Franklin County, It shows, reached $17,747,000, topping the previous year's $15, 966,000. The gain, which amounted to 11.1 percent, compares favor ably with that In the United States as a whole, S.9 per cegfc ft?the State of North C^pilna the rise was 7.5 per cent. Locally, as well as nationally, the advance was alori?j-l)tpad front, with most lines of busi ness benefiting from the In crease In consumer spending. New cars accounted for a large part of the total retail volume. Sales of appliances, (See RETAIL page 8) In Fatal Warren Accident A young Franklin County man was Injured when his car, above, crashed near Warrenton early Sunday morning killing two and Injuring another. - Times Photo. Franklin Man Injured In Two Fatality Warren Wreck A young Franklin County man was Injured In a wreck near Warrenton early Sunday morn ing that took the lives of two young Warren County men and Injured another. : Charlie H. Tharrlngton, Jr. of Route 3, Loulsburg at Alert, was reported In satisfactory condition at Franklin Memorial Hospital as was JackColllns, 17 of Warrenton, In Warren Gen eral Hospital. State Trooper W. E. Brown said that Tharrlngton was ap parently driving the car when It went out of control on a slight curve on U.S. 401 about a mile south of Warrenton, struck an embankment and overturned killing Bernard E. Collins, 21, brother of the In jured Collins youth, and Joseph L. Ayscue, 19, both of Warren ton. Trooper Brown estimated the speed of the powerful 63 model 406 Ford at 100 mph when the accident occurred about 1:40 a.m. The car was heading south when It left the road on a slight curve and hit an embank ment on the left side of the road. "In my opinion It overturned three times," Brown said* "it was a total loss, about as bad as I have ever seen." Ayscue was apparently thrown approximately 120 feet fron. the point of first Impact, Brown said. Bernard Collins was ap parently thrown about 30 feet Just before the car came to a halt, Brown added. No charges have been made pending investigation of the ac cident, Brown said. Gun Blast Victim Dies Funeral services for Meedle W. Sykes, 47, who died last Tuesday morning, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the ?Peachtrei>*B?pt4ttchurchby the Rev. Albert Peverall and the Rev. Robert Latham. Burial was In the family cemetery. Sykes died of what Franklin Sheriff joe W. Champion term ed "self-inflicted" shotgun wounds shortly after noon the day before. He was given emer gence first aid at the scene and rushed to Franklin Memorial Hospital by the Loulsburg Res cue Service where he died early Tuesday morning. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. R. L. Bobbitt of Louis burg, Rt. 2, Mrs. George Bunn of Castalia, Rt. 1, Mrs. B.'N. Bass of GreerVsboro; two broth ers, Reid Sykes of Spring Hope, Rt. 2, and Zollle Sykes of Pe tersburg, Va. He was a mem ber, of peachtree Baptist Church. Clearing For A & P Store Heavy earth moving equip ment Is pictured idle for the moment as clearing for the new A & P Food Store here gets underway. The work is taking place in the area south of East Nash Street and west of Bickett Blvd. - Times Photo. Well Digger . Dies In 55 Ft. Plunge A 54 year-old well digger plunged to his death at the bot tom of a 55 foot well on the W, E. Debnam farm east of here early Saturday afternoon. Jahies Aaron Medlln ofLouls burg was apparently knocked unconscious and drowned when he lost his grip near the top of the well he was cleaning and plunged to the bottom, accord ing to Loutsburg Rescue Chief V. A. Peoples. An employee of the Ball Well Co., Medlln was reportedly working on his own at the time of his death which was ruled accidental by Coroner James H. Edwards. Rescuers were hampered in their recovery efforts by a hun dred or more feet of plastic water pipe that broke in the accident and fell on top of Med lln' s body. They finally managed to attach lines to both the body and pipe with grappling hooks and' with the help of a gathering crowd of spectators, to haul the body and pipe to the surface. i Chief Peonies said that the weight of the pipe held Med Un's body completely -sub merged beneath the surface of the water In the bottom of the well. Funeral services for Medlln were conducted from the Ebe nezer Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. W. L. Bar bee and burial was In the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the former Annie Laura Moore; two daughters, Hazel Medlln and Rose Medlln, both of Louls burg; two sons, Bobby Vahn and Cecil Medlln both of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William M. (Buck) Med lln of Route 1, Louisburg; six sisters, Mrs. Henry Denton and Mrs. George Pippin both of Zebulon, Mrs. Clinton Pernell of Butner, Mrs. J. W. Thorne of Castalia, Mrs. Andrew Ays cue of Raleigh, and Mrs. P. C. Dickerson of Louisburg; four brothers, Hubert of Henderson, Clifton of Rocky Mount, Jimmy of Louisburg, and Ernest Med lln of Ft. Jackson, S. C.; and two grandchildren. Ex-Convict Arrested On Check Charge A 42 year-old Bunn negro, charged with hanplntr some over $200 of worthies' pat -r in and about Louisburg is in Jail here today in default of $2,000 bond. Louisburg Chief of Pol ice Wil liam T. Dement said that John Hfenry Washington, who was re leased from prison in Novem ber after serving time for a similar offense, was arrested here Saturday by officers G. J. Eury and Earl Than ington. An expert forger, Dement said that Washington forged checks on three well known persons totaling in excess of $200 and cashed them locally. Summit Talk ~ Washington, D. C.? There is a possibility that a Western sum mit meeting will take place In the early part of 1964. President Johnson has dis played a liking (or personal diplomacy and has tentative agreements (or talks with French President de Gaulle, British Prime Minister Doug las Home and West German Chancellor Erhard next year. Four of the five big NATCi powers have recently had changes at the top.
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