Weather
Generally fair aid somewhat
warmer today. Mild with a
chance of scattered showers
Wednesday. High today, 86;
low, 63.
The
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Times
Comment
The nicest thing about being
dull Is that you are unaware
of the tact, and hence are
pleasantly blissful.
Serving All Of Franklin County
T*l. QY 6-3283
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Lou'Sburg. N C . Tuesday August 18 1964
(Eight Page* Today)
96th Year? Number 51
Barn Burns
Scene above Is of barn burning on the
"Dqc" Cashfarm afew m iles east of Rcfval
early Sunday night. The Bunn Fire Depart
ment answered the call In a downpour of
rain, but the fire had too much of a head
start and the building was a total loss. The
firemen, however, remained on the scene,
ralnsoaked, Until there was no further dan
8er- -Times Staff Photo.
First Days Of
August Wet
The first 17 days of August
have been somewhat wetter this
year than they were last year,'
according to G. O. Kennedy,
local weather observer. Kenn
edy reported that Louisburg
area has had two Inches of rain
In the past 7 days.
For the first 17 days of this
month the local weather station
has recorded 2.15 Inches of
rain is against .81 Inches for
the same period last year.
Sunday's rainfall was record
ed at .13.
Kennedy reported the rainfall
for the 48 hour period of Sun
day and Monday, as .65 Inches.
Rainfall In August of 1962 was
greater than thus far this year.
It was recorded at 2.44 inches.
Kennedy termed this period as
normal.
The maximum temperature
Sunday was 71 degrees and the
minimum was 64. For Monday
It was recorded as a high of 83
and a low of 58. The tempera
ture at 9 a.m. this morning was
62 degrees. The river Is 1.85
ft. and that Is .05 ft. below
Monday's level of 1.90. These
measurements are taken dally
at the Main St. brtdge.
P. & L. Employee Is Killed
A 45-year-old Carolina Power
and Light Company employee,
who worked the Franklin Coun
ty area lor his company, was
killed Instantly last Saturday
In the Stanhope Community In
Nash County.
Robert Wllber Tony was elec
trocuted as he prepared to climb
a power pole to repair a broken
wire. Ike Farr, a co-worker
of Tony's In Franklin County,
reported that Tony met death
as he placed his climbers belt
around the pole. Farr was not
present at the time of the ac
cident, and there have been con
flicting reports as to exactly
how It pccurred. One theory
has It that a guide wire was
somehow charged and Tony
came In contact with It as he
was stringing a rope In prepara
tion to the climb.
According to Ronald Thar
rlngton, whose store In Hickory
Rock Is a collection point for
C. P.4L. accounts, a close
friend of Tony's, the report of
one source that Tony was killed
while repalrlng'an electric hot
water heater, was In error.
Tharrlngton said that Ashley
Tharrlngton said that Ashley
Inscoe, a neighbor of Tony's
in Spring Hope, told him that
this version was wrong.
Tony had worked the Frank
lin County area for C.P.4L.
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon
day, August 17:
KILLED TO DATE 930 I
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 168 (
for a number of year* and has
a bost of friends In the area.
Funeral services for Ton}'
were held at 2 p.m. Monday
In the First Baptist Church In
Spring Hope with the Rev. J. A.
Bracey 'and the Rev. James
Blackmore officiating. Burial
was In Oakdale Ce try.
Survivors lncluc ils wife,
Josephine; one son, Robert of
the home; three daughters, Mrs.
Carolyn Baker of Charleston,
S. C., Mrs. Peggy Bass of
Nashville and Mrs. Ann Stal
llrigs of Smlthfleld; two sis
ters, Mrs. Mavis Horton of
Bunn and Mrs. Maybelle Wll
lard of Greensboro; and five
grandchildren.
Bunn Prison Escapees
Still At Large
Capt. Raymond Hayes, of the
Bunn Prison Camp said this
morning that he was continuing
to check out all leads In an
effort to recapture two convicts
that escaped from the camp
eight days ago.
Twlnnlon Thompson ,22, and
Bobby G. Mullls, 29, both white,
escaped from the camp around
3:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 9,
when they drove a tractor to the
for end of the field at the
camp, and ran.
Hayes said he was called this
morning ?round 1 a.m. by a
person who believed he had seen
one of the two escapees. "J
went there," said Hayes, "and
picked up a boy, but he was not
one of the prisoners."
The escapees, both honor
graders, were reported to have
been seen In the Gold Valley
section of Nash County, near
Spring Hope, soon after their
escape, but officers were un
able to find them.
Mullls once lived on Route 2,
Castalla. He was convicted on
killing his father In Nash County
court In 1961 and sentenced to
16 years In prison. Thompson,
whose home Is In Fayettevllle,
was serving 12 to 15 years for
assault with Intent to commit
rape In Cumberland County in
1960.
The search Is being continued
and has spread over a wider
area, according to prison
authorities.
Allotment Loss
The General Accounting
office said that bad administra
tion of the Army's allotment
system is costing the Govern
ment about $2,000,000 a year
In erroneous payments. The
most common error, It report
ed, Is the failure to make proper
deductions for United States
savings bonds, Government life
insurance and support of de
pendents on allotment requests.
Pastore Named
Senator John O. Pastore, (D.,
R. L) has been named the key
note speaker for the Democratic
National Convention to be held
at Atlantic City, N. J. He Is
one of the Senate's most color
ful and foreceful orators. The
57-year-old lawyer has a re
putation for both fearless attack
and sweet reasonableness.
Lightning Kills Cattle
Scene above shows six purebred cows and
a bull, owned by Jlmmle Sandllngof Frank
11 n ton, which were struck and killed by
lightning last Wednesday afternoon around
5:30 p.m. during a heavy electrical storm
at Frankllnton. The loss was set at $2,45().
-Photo by T. H. Pearce.
County School Buildings; Get Paint And Repairs
In Annual Summer Time Maintenance Projects
Practically every school
building In the Franklin County
system has received some de
tree of repair In this summer's
maintenance program, accord
ing toSuperlntendent Warren W.
Smith.
In what may be termed the
" most ambitious" program of
Its kind in many years, the sum
mer maintenance program Is
designed to preserve the build
ings and save the taxpayers
money during the period when
the buildings are not In use.
Heading the list, of course,
are the major projects of new
cafeterias at Gold Sand and
Riverside Schools. This work,
while not connected with the
[ annual summer program, has
caused some of the summer
work to be directed closely with
these buildings. At Riverside,
for Instance, an entire roadside
hill and a paved drive are being
removed next to the new cafe
teria site.
School Projects
Pictured above are scenes of work being
done in county schools during the summer.
Top left, floor of new Riverside Cafeteria;
right, new nitrification drain bed being in
stalled at Gethsemane School. Middle left,
Perry's Principal, J. E. Wilson, shows new
partition installed in old auditorium; right,
new celling at Riverside School basement
classrooms. Lower left, new Gold sand
Cafeteria going up and right, Bunn Princi
pal, W.H. Kelly, shows work being done In
old cafete#ta building, which Is being pre
pared for library and special education
classrooms. -Times Staff Photos.
Survey Shows:
County Is A Buoyant. Market
New York--Franklln County's
economy moved ahead on all
fronts during the past year,
according to a report on the
nation's markets, Just released.
Significant gains were chalked
up in its trading area as local
residents, with more money at
I their command, indulged In
< large-scale spending.
| The findings are from a 640
page, copyrighted study en
j titled "Survey of Buying Po
wer," Issued by Sales Man
agement. It presents data on
Income and spending for com
munities throughout the coun
try. j:
Net earnings In Franklin
County were high during the
year, It shows. After allow
ance for personal taxes, local
residents had a net spendable
! Income of $30,244,000, as
against their 1962 total of
$29,226,000.
How much this figured out
to, at the family level, was
determined by taking the dol
lar amount and dividing It by
the number of households. The <
average per household came to
$4,383, a gkln over the prior
year's $4,236. i
How was the money used? |
With less of the self-Imposed i
restraint than had been ex- <
hlblted during recent years. ]
People reacted to the favor
able economic conditions by
(ratifying their desire for some
of the frills.
They went In for more ex
pensive clothes, fancier cars,
thicker rugs and better cuts of
meat.
Retail business In Franklin
County, as a result, was at a
high level. Local stores ac
counted for gross sales In the
year of $21,529,000, exceed
ing the 1962 figure of $19,960,
000.
The rise, 7.8 percent, com
pares with a 4.7 percent rise
In the Unlted*States and a 3.9
percent rise In the State of
North Carolina.
The survey gives each com
munity a rating, based on sev
eral factors, to show the rela
tionship between the amount of
money being spent In Its re
tall stores and the estimated
amount that might have been
spent. It is called the "Index
of buying power."
The Index for Franklin Coun
ty Is .0093, Indicating that It
could produce that percentage
of the nation's retail business.
Since less than that was ac
counted for last year, .0087
percent, It Is apparent that
some of the local business po
tential has not yet been rea
lized.
Also at Riverside, a new fire
resistant celling has been In
stalled throughout the basement
rooms beneath the gymnasium,
complete wRlThe* lighting and
paint. Five other classrooms
have been painted and a new
storage room fixed at the Negro
school.
At Gold Sand, In addition to the
new cafeteria, the floors and
outside doors to the elementary
building have been painted,
along with the outside woodwork
on the boiler room. New light
ing fixtures have been Installed
throughout the old building.
Two rooms are being pre
pared at ,Bunn school, In the
old cafeteria building to ac
commodate two additional
classrooms for special educa
tion classes. Shelves in the
library have been painted and
some grading work has been
accomplished on the school
grounds.
Edward Best High School has
had Us ag shop and a classroom
painted this summer and
Edward Best ElementarySchool
hasf had a room partitioned for a
music and first aid room. The
elementary school Is being
treated for termites this week.
Repairs to the gym floor Is
the big project at Epsom School,
along with the painting of four
classrooms. Epsom received
a new roof last spring. Youngs
vllle High School has been, re- ?
wired this summer. All out
side woodwork and eight class
rooms have been painted.
Youngsvllle Negro school has
been painted on the outside.
Perry's School has received
a new nitrification drain field,
had Its old auditorium partition
ed Into two classrooms and
received extensive painting on
the outside woodwork.
A new nitrification drain field
Is being built this weekatGeth
semane School. This project
says Supt. Smith, "Is costing
around $300 and If it works,
which we think It will, can save
Jus a $3,000 sand bed installa
tion at Gethsemane."
New exit doors have been In
stalled at Maplevllle and Ce
dar Street Schools lntheLouls
burg District. Loulsburg High
School Is to have the heating
system repaired before the
summer project comes to Its
conclusion.
Practically all the summer
work has been accomplished
with school system personnel.
The maintenance department,
under Marvin Edwards, has
done most of the building and
repairs. A crew of six, some '
teachers In the system, under
Bunn Principal W. H. Kelly,
has taken care of the painting.
According to Smith, all will
be In readiness when the bells
ring on Sept. 4, the day students
report for registration this
1 yar.
Receives Check
Mrs. Elsie Timberlake of Youngsvllle,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Franklin County
Unit, American Cancer Society, is shown
presenting Mr. M. M. Person, Administra
tor of Franklin Memorial Hospital, with a
check for $200 given by the Cancer Unit for
the purchase of an electric air pressure pad
for 'cancer patients. The pad is to be used
without charge to the patients, staff Photo.