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Weather Considerable cloudiness and cooler today. Wednesday, talr and not so cool. Low today, 36, high, 58. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Comment Committees hare become so important that a subcommittee has to be appointed to do the work. Serving All 'Of Franklin County Tal. QY 6-3283 Ten Cents Lomsburg. N C.. Tuesday October 20. 1964 (Eight Pages Today) 96th Year? Number 69 Edward Best, Epsom, Bunn, Louisburg PTAs Vote To Support Bonds Local units of the Parent - Teacher Associations have vot ed to endorse the State School Bond Issue to be voted on No vember 1. The Loulsburg P. T. A. voted last Thursday night, unanimously, to support the Is sue. Epsom, Edward Best and Bunn P.T.A.'s Joined the last of endorsers Monday night. Members of the County Board of Education and school officials have spoken to the P. T. A. meet ings In behalf of the bonds. County Superintendent of Schools, Warren Smith, and Clint Fuller, Board member, spoke to the Loulsburg and Ep som meetings. Mrs. Margaret Holmes, Director of Instruc tion for the county, addressed the Edward Best meeting Mon day night and Horace Baker, Board member, talked to the Bunn P.T.A. Smith presented a chart show ing the needs of Franklin Coun ty and the amount of money already spent by the county. The charts also showed the benefits of the $558,049.90, the county unit's share of the state bond money, Smith told the groups, "The opportunity Is here. The responsibility Is ours." Fuller told the Loulsburg and Epsom P.T.A. members, "Now Is the time to stand up and be counted as a friend of education. Franklin County children cannot take the $21 education we're giving them and compete favorably with chil dren getting a $124 education," he said, referring to the amount spent In local funds by the county as compared with mon ey spent by Wlnston-Slaem. "We need to do every con ceivable thing that we can to further the cause of educa tion with what we have and what we can get," Fuller ad .ee Furr 'asses F. Lee Furr Fltzhugh Lee Furr, 66, re tired pharmacist, of Tangle wood Drive, Loulsburg died last ' s Friday. Furr had. lived for 23 yearJ ' III PuiTOtm before moving to Loulsburg with his wife several years ago. In recent years, he had worked part time In a local drug store. He was for years associated with the Upjohn Drug Company. He received his degree In Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina. He also attended the Uliverslty of Virginia. Furr was born In Montgom ery County, N. C., son of the late John Robert Furr and M^ry Jane McCloud of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a mason, a Shrlner, holding life mem bership In the local unit, a member of the Methodist Church where he Had served as a steward, aqd a veteran of World War I. f t * Funeral services were held last Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the White Funeral Home here and another service was held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Clifton Falls, Va. Rev. Kelly Wilson, pastor of the Loulsburg Methodist Cburch, conducted the Louls burg, services. Rev. J. A. Ste phens and Mr. Ivan Ornfuff conducted the Virginia services held at the home of an aunt, Mrs. Milton B. Whlttlng. Bur ial was In Hill Crest Ceme tery. He Is survived by his wife, the former Icye Lee Towney, two sisters, Mrs. Wesley York, Asheboro, and Mrs. Cliff Horne, Miami, Fla.; one broth er, Alvln J. Furr of States dad, "because Franklin Coun ty cannot afford to spent $124 locally." He urged the sup port of the bond Issue. The County Commissioners and several civic clubs have previously endorsed the bond Issue Which, If carried, would brln( *689,965 Into Franklin County, Including the Franklin ton administrative unit. W. P. Chllders, Chairman of the Board of County Commission ers, Is Bond Chairman for the county. Johnson Named Field Director The appointment of James Johnson as a Field Director for the National Campers and Hik ers Association, Is announced by BUI Parker, State Director, who has long displayed a keen Interest and outstanding ability In all phases of camping, will be responsible for developing NCHA's program In Franklin County and adjoining area. The Johnsons first started camping 3 years ago. Today, they and their daughter Beth travel the highways and byways with their trailer, loaded with tent and camping supplies. One of his first Jobs will be to organize a local, self gov erning chapter. The purpose of the new chapter will be to plan and attend chapter, state and national gatherings where members will make new and rekindle old friendships, show slides and movies, enjoy pot luck dinners, swap campflre tales and recipes, share Information about camping equipment and facilities and welcome newcomers to the ex panding camping fraternity. The National Campers and Hikers Association Is the old est, largest and fastest grow ing family camping group In the country. Long known as the 'friendliest people In the world', the NCHA Invites camping fami lies to contact the field di rector to Join the outdoors fun and fellowship. Man Injured When Struck By Bottle A 26 year old Rt. 4, Louisburg man Is recovering In a Durham hosprtST following an operation resulting from a bottle throwing irictdent at a local service station last Thursday night. Details of the incident are not clear, but It Is reported that Donald Ray Champion suffered a brain Injury when struck by a bottle thrown by Glenn Shearing 17 year old Rt. 4 man,' when they stopped by a by pass service station where Shearln Is employed. The station was closed at the time of tlie Inci dent. Champion, according to re liable reports, was disorderly In a local drive In which re sulted In his being arrested and , lodged In the local Jail prlor^gjhe Incident last Thurs day night. Champion's wife and Shearln, reportedly gained Champion's release from Jail. Following his release, the three of them were together In an automobile when an argu ment started between the two men. They stopped at the ser Yjci station where Champion Is reported to have thrown a bottle at Shearln, striking a gas pump and breaking the glass. In spection by a Times reporter shows the glass broken with a top of what looks to be a whiskey bottle lodged Inside the tank. Shearln picked up a nearby bottle and threw It at Cham pion striking him on the right forehead. Champion was treat ad at the local hospital and rush ed to Durham vllle, N. C.; two nieces and one nephew. Local pallbearers were: Dr. J. B. Wheliss, John Neal, Cen tervllle, and Mike Rowe. Hundreds Attend Klan Rally Here Klu Klux Rally Pictured above are scenes of the Klu Klux Klan rally held here Saturday night. Top photos, left tonight, Grand Dragon of North Carolina, J. R. Jones; Imperial Wizard, Bob Shelton, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Chaplain from Greensboro and an uniden tified woman Klansman. Lower photo shows cross burning ceremonies. -Times Staff Photos. A Night With The Klu Klux Klan The assignment of covering a rally of the knights of the Klu Klux Klan, must be listed as one of the most Interesting experiences to date as a re porter. The very name, Klan, has since boyhood, held a some what sinister meaning and the memory of white hoods march ing past our front door'Ute at night has lingered for many years. When word came there was to be a rally here, we were de termined to witness, firsthand,' the ceremonies. We went first to the site of the rally late Saturday afternoon. There we met the InjperlalWizardandthe Grand Dragon. We talked about newspaper coverage. They were not over friendly toward newspapers. They said we Reapportionment Washington, D. C. ? Presi dent Johnson was reported to be backing a compromise to permit delay of legislative re apportionment. It Is aimed at breaking the controversy that has tied up the $3.3 billion for eign aid bill In the Senate. Everett M. Dlrkson, Senate Re publican Leader, said he would oppose any such compromise. Rusk On Vietnam Washington, D. C. --Secretary of State Dean Rusk believes the United States Is making some headway In persuading the di vided leaders of South Viet nam to declare a moratorium on their disputes and seek unity for the war against Commu nist guerillas. could come, but pictures would be supplied us. We sal(l, we'd like to take our own pictures. They finally agreed, with cer tain limitations. As we parked our car, we were met by two Security Guards. These man were smartly dressed, remlnlnent of our old army days and the M. P.'s. They said they would escourt us to the Grand Dragon, after we told them we were expected. They would not allow us to get close to the Dragon, and seemed very concerned that t+ie?e was another newsman Just behind us, that at that time was not covered by a Guard. The Captain of the guard, look ing the part, was In complete command. He told us where we could stand and where we could not, stand. He said, "This guard will cooperate with you and I hope that you will cooperate with him." Then followed several minutes of whispered instructions to our personal guard. For the remainder of the rally, the guard was never more than a couple of Inches away. Once, during the lengthy speech of the Imperial Wizard, the guard was changed. The second was con siderably larger than the first. We looked around us and found an old friend, covering for an out of town paper, and chuckled as we saw that he too, was well covered with a green suited companion. "There Is another news re porter here, but If he can't ask permission, he damn sure better not take any pictures," said the Captain. Later we saw two guards escourttng a man away from the front row. We assumed that he was the news man without permission. One hooded member, unknown to us, moved In beside us as the speaking was going on. "What paper do you workfos?" he asked. "Whein will It come out?" "What are you going to write about us?" "Whatklndof editorial will you write?" "Have you seen us do anything wrong here tonight?" We ans wered all his questions. "No," we said, "we haven't seen any thing wrong." He finally moved away. "What do the ret) robes stand for?" we asked. Like every other question, we received, "I don't know." The Grand Dragon came by and gave us a leaflet picturing President Johnson as a light bulb, with the wording, "Let's Turn Him Out." A Klansman gave a paper on Johnf son's record. We were not given an application form when they were passed out. It Is hard to describe the feelr lng, when, In your own county, among your own friends, you are hindered from your move ments by someone, a total stranger, who stands quietly beside or behind you, never speaking, never moving for an entire evening. Wemustalways wonder what mlgjit have happen ed, had we decided to move out Into the crowd to vlsitlhese friends. There were no arms visible, but the guards were there for a purpose. We were escourted back to the door of our car when the meet ing was over. Newsmen were 1 given special treatment, we suspect, because no one else got the personal escourt through the mud to their car. It was an Interesting ex perience. The cross burning ceremonies were most Impres sive. We will remember It for a long time. A crowd, estimated In excess of six hundred, attended a Satur day night rally of the United Klans of America, Knights of the Klu Klux Klan, held near Loulsburg. The meeting was held In a vacant field about three miles east of town on Highway 961, starting at 8 o'clock and ending around 10:30 p.m. The rally brought Bob Shelton, Imperial Wizard, from Tusca loosa, Ala. to Loulsburg to ad dress the gathering. J. R Jones, Grand Dragon of North Carolina presided at the rally and Introduced Shelton. A 60 ft. cross was burned during the ceremonies. A man Identified as "E. C. from Wilson," was first to address the crowd. He flailed out at the Johnson and Sanlord administrations, and highly en dorsed the candidacy of Sen. Barry Goldwater. He also as sailed a number of civil rights leaders. Shelton told the crowd, "The United Nations will destroy freedom and America, unless something Is done." He, too, endorsed Sen. Barry Goldwater, but stated, "This Is not a poli tical meeting." He limited his remarks, for the most part, to the cohimunlst threat to "American freedom," and made few remarks on the. white supremacy Issue. He Invited all that "can qualify" to join In the Klan movement. The rally opened with the playing of a number of hymns. An unidentified master of cere monies introduced one of three Chaplains to open the meeting with prayer. The Chaplain, after a few remarks on white supremacy and the threat of com mqnlsm , gave the Invoca tion. There followed speeches by the man from Wilson, Jones, Shelton, and a Chaplain from Greensboro. Following the Chaplain's talk, a collection was taken from the crowd, followed by more remarks by the Im perial Wizard, Jones, a woman Klansman and a third Chaplain. The entire program lasted around two and a half hours. The rally was orderly, and well handled by a host of green suited Security Guards, wear ing gold painted army helmet liners, who performed with the precision of well drilled army unit. There were a number of white, red and green hooded men and women In the crowd and around fifty Klan members took part In the torch and cross burning ceremonies, which con sisted of the Klansmen parad ing In a clockwise circle around the cross with lighted torches. None wore any type of mask and a number were readily Identifiable as local Franklin County men. There were a number of robe wearers that were not local citizens, Indicat ing ttwkt the rally was attended by members from a wide area of northeastern North Carolina. There was to be "another rally held In Tarboro Sunday. Criminal Court Now In Session The Franklin County Grind Jury returned true bills In two murder cases and a rape case Monday. A true bill was re turned In the case of Willie Perry, Jr. 41 year old Louts burg Negro charge with rape against a Loulsburg white wo man. Perry was remanded to the Franklin County Jail. A true., bill was returned against Mrs- Floresttne Ross Felts, 26 year old Rt. 2, Zebu Ion woman, formerly of Vance County, In the pistol death of George Thomas Locklear 42, Rt. 3, Zebulon man at his night spot early Sunday morning, May 10, 1964: The Grand Jury presented a second murder true bill Ui the case ol Johnnie Coppedge 62 year old Cedar Rock Negro In the death of his wife, Fronle Coppedge at their home on Mon day, July t, 1964. Perry Is charged with the cap ital offense of rape, reportedly committed against a mentally retarded white woman at her home on Church Street In Louls burg, on Monday afternoon, Oct ober 5, 1964. He had remained In the local )atl since his arrest late Tuesday night following the report of the Incident. Mrs. Felts, reportedly shot Locklear from an upstairs win dow of a night spot operated by the victim, as he sat in an automobile parked In front of the establishment. Locklear was sitting In a car owned by Mrs. Wllma Miller, New York, N. Y. with the door open at the time of the shooting. Coppedge Is reported to have struck his wife In the head In an argument at their home, re sulting In her death. It was not announced by the court, I whether or not any of these capital cases will come up for trial In the current session of criminal court now going on In Loulsburg. ? ???????????? , Louisburg Tobacco Market Pounds Sold Last Week, 1 , 681,074; Amount Paid Last Week, $974,141.69; Average, Last Week, $57.95; Rjunds Sold Week Before, 1,854,020; A mount Paid Week Before, $1,074,455.08; Average Week Before, $57.95; Pounds Sold To Date, 8,541,608; Amount Paid To Date, $3,252,830.00. ????????????? Bloodshed Boxscore Raleigh --The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon day, October 19: KILLED TO DATE 1216 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR 1026 Homecoming Beauties Loulsburg Homecoming Queen contestants are pictured above. Left to right, Miss Betty Jo Moore, Senior Class represen tative, the winner; Miss Em ma Ruth Bartholomew, Junior Class; Miss Tucker Meyer, Sophomore Class; and Miss Frances Murphy, Freshman Class. -Times Staff Photo.
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