Weather Fair lad warmer today. Part ly cloudy and mild Wednesday. High today, 75; low, J8. The FraWkMn Times \ <2< I Published Every Tuesday & Thursday i ? -A e ? : ? >" *~ ? ?-? Serving All Of Franklin County I . Vote Be Sure You Vote On November 3rd Tel. QY 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg. N. C-. Tuesday. October 27, 1964 (Eight Pages Today) 96th Year? Number 71 New Uniforms Loulsburg Band Majorettes are pictured above sporting new uniforms at last Friday night's .football game. Standing, left to right, Phyllis Jeffreys, Ton! Merritt and Pat Murphy. Kneel ing, chief majorette, Ann Avent. The new uniforms were made for the girls by Mrs. Hazel Taylor of Centerville. Mistrial Declared; Grand Jury Reports A mistrial wis declared last week In the second degree mur der trial of Arthur Alston, Lou Is burg Negro charged with the shot gun slaying of BlUy H. Crenshaw on South Main Street last May 17. The case, given to the Jury around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, was declared a mistrial by Judge Leo Carr of Burlington around noon on Thursday when the Jury could not agree on a verdict. They had been hung oo a 9-3 vote. It was later reported that nine favored ac qultal and three voted for con viction of manslaughter. The Grand Jury reported things favorable throughout the county after their Impaction. They reported the Justice! of the Peace are filing proper reports monthly as required; and that the Bunn Prison Camp and the Frenkllnton City jails were In good condition. The Grand Jury did, however, recommend certain plumbing repairs be made In the Franklin County Jail and that certain con ditions at Cedar Street school be brought to the attention at the County Board of Education. They also called for a ramp to be built .at Ben Franklin Boarding Home for the safety of the patients there. Up The'River Two Lou Is burg youths travel ed uprtver from the powerhouse to Sims Bridge last Saturday In what they termed, "the first time Its been done." Jimmy Edwards, It, and A1 Bland, 18, made the trip In 8 1/2 hours, beginning their Journey at 5 a. m. and landing near Sims Bridge around 1:30 p.m. The boys made the trip In an IS ft boat, 5 1/2 ft. wide power ed by a 3 1/2 horsepower out board engine. One of them said they were about out of gas, and were afraid to try the trip back. Edwards' father picked the boys up at the end of their trip. They reported nothing unusual during the journey. To Dedicate New Building Pictured abpve, left to right, are Mrs. Emma S. Davis, Mrs. Carolyn Rice Pearce and Mr. Frank Read, Jr. These people 1 compose the staff of First Fed ( eral Savings and Loan Assocla tion here and will be on hand to welcome the public as the or ganization holds its dedication Of the new building Thursday night. -Times Staff Photo. Local Man Credits Seat Belts As Saving Child A Loulsburg Rt. 3 man and his young daughter narrowly escap ed serious Injury In an automo bile accident near Oxford last Saturday night. Douglas House, local pulpwood dealer said, "I don't believe my child would be alive today, had she not been wearing seat belts at the time of the accident." The accident reportedly hap pened about four miles north of Oxford on highway 15 around 7:30 p.m. Saturday when a car reported to have been driven by Baby Ruth Matthews, 26 year old Bulluck man, swerved Into the path of the House car. The Matthews car was without lights and House said he saw the oncoming car Just as It was about tp hit him. House ran off the 'road and overturned several times ? "I don't Intend to ever ride In another car without seat belts," House said, and added, "With the number of times the car turned over and the amount o( (lass broken, I don't see how Elizabeth and I kept from being hurt." The House car was struck In the left rear by the Matthews car as It ran off the road. House stated that he knew the Matthews man and was glad that he was not Injured In the accident. House also said ha was happy to have the opportunity to "tell the folks about the value of seat belts." First Federal To Hold New Building Dedication Thursday An Open House 4hls Thursday night will officially dedicate First Federal Savings t Loan Association's new Lou Is burg office at 202 North Main Street. The hours of the Open House will be 7 to 10 p.m. and the public Is Invited. "We hope that everyone will come and see our new Louts - burg home," said Frank A. Read, Jr., local manager of the Association today. First Federal moved Into the new building several mki ago and has been getting acquainted with the new facilities and readying everything for the Open House. According to Mr. Read, a prize drawing will be held In con Junction with the Open House. "We're offering more than 20 prizes with something for every member of the family, Including two bicycles for the children." The drawing for the prizes will be field at noon on Saturday, November 14th. In addition, there will be free favork for everyone attending the Open House on Thursday. The new First Federal office, with more than 2,200 square feet of space, was built at a cost In excess of $50,000. Con structed of solid masonry and {lass, the fully alr-con dltloped building offers the most up-to-date features, in cluding: ?A handsome and spacious lounge area for use by First Federal customers. ? Loulsburg's only drlve-ln teller window where you can conduct business without leaving your car. -Day-Night Envelope Teller device on the outside of the building that permits customers to make savings Investments or loan payments, 24 hours a day. ?A Community Room seating 20 or more persons that will be available without charge for meetings of locjil groups, clubs and service organizations. Groups desiring to use the Com munity Room should call Mr. Read to reserve the space. ?A dining area for employ ees who will lunch In the build ing. ?A dozen door-step parking spaces for use by customers when visiting the Association. ?An outside sprinkling sys tem for automatically watering the grass. ?A special children's teller window with steps that bring the youngsters up to the height of the teller counter. ?Four teller positions to eliminate lines and waiting. ?Piped In music. Mr. Read also pointed out two new customer conveniences that the new building will make possible: ?First Federal will now be open weekday afternoons , Mon day through Friday, until 4 p.m. The Association previously closed weekday at 2 p.m. ex cept Wednesday when a 12 Noon DEDICATION page 8) Prisoner E Captured A 27-y??r-old inmate of the Bunn Prison Camp believes that If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. The rone McCas klll, whose home address Is Erwln, N. C., escaped from the ?and pit, 1 1/2 miles east of Bunn Monday morning around ft:30 a.m. and was re captured shortly thereafter. Following the regulations that call for an escaped prisoner to be examined by a physician after capture, McCasklll was brought to Loulsburg to be examined by a local physician. In Loulsburg, the prisoner tried Louisburg Tobacco Market Pounds Sold Last Week: 1, 579,802, Amount Paid Last Week: $937,082,32; Average Last Week: $59.32; Pounds Sold Week Before: 1,681,074; Amount Paid Week Before: $974,141.59; Average, Week Before: $57.95; Sold To Oat*: 10,121,410 pounds; Amount Paid To Date: $4,189,912.31. iscapes Twice, Twice Same Day again, around noon, as he broke and ran from the doctor's of fice on Market Street, crossed on Nash and headed north on Main Street, followed closely by a prison guard and Louls burg Fireman Karl Pernell.. The prisoner cut through the alley near the Library and was captured behind the armory by Loulsburg policeman Hubert Shearln, who upon hearing the call of the guard had run to cut the prisoner oft through the alley . next to the armory on Nash Street. Off duty police men Earl Tharrlngton and Kyle Prince had covered the alley back of the post office during the brief chase. McCasklll Is serving time for .two counts of larceny of an automobile. He will face trial on both escape counts, accord ing to reports from the prison camp. Monday Fire Remains of an unoccupied dwelling which burned late Mon day afternoon on the south edge of Loulsburg Is pictured above. The building was a total loss. It was located Just'outslde the city limits and the undisclosed owner did not have the fire con tract. The local fire depart ment answered a call when sparks from the fire started a blaze in a grass field which was inside the town limits. -Times Staff Photo. Childers Explains Bond Issue On November 3, the people of North Carolina will vote on whe ther the State should Issue $100 million In bonds to help counties bu^ld schools. On behalf of the Bo*)rd of County Commis sioners, I urge all voters In the county to vote FOR these bonds. At the present time, schools are constructed from the pro ceeds of property taxes, and total property taxes are becom ing very burdensome. For the State as a whole, county pro perty taxes have more than doubled In the last ten years, to meet rising school, welfare, health and other costs. Munici pal taxes have also doubled, with the result that the total property tax bill In North Caro lina now amounts to $250 mil lion a year. Sixty per cent of this comes from taxes on homes, farms, and individual personal property, and 20 per (See CHILDERS page 8) Demo Meet Canceled Due to the unavailability of speakers between now and the November election, the Novem ber meeting of the Franklin County Democratic Women has been cancelled* Notice will be given as to the date of the next meeting of this group. Historical Group To Organize There will be an organiza tional meeting for a Franklin County Hlstorlal Society Thurs day, October 29, 1964 at 7:30 p.m. In the Loulsburg College Dining Hall. Interested persona of all ages are urged to attend. A repre sentative of the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History will