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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 <be present.
Webb To Speak At
Moore Rally Here
Wallace Tlpp?tt, county cam
paign manager for Dan K.
Moore, Democratic guber
natorial candidate, announces
a Moore rally Is to be held
here Friday evening. William
& Webb, National Democratic
Committeeman from North
Carolina, will be the featured
speaker, according to Tlppett.
The rally will be In the form
of a bar-b-que supper at the
Loulsburg High School Cafe
teria, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The program is expected to
start at 7:30 p.m.
Tlppett said, "We are pleased
to be able to obtain a man of
Mr. Webb's caliber as our
speaker. He comes highly
recommended and Is an out
standing Democratic leader.''
Webb lives In Statesvllle and
was the subject of some con
troversy between candidate
Moore and Governor Terry San
ford during the recent Demo
cratic Convention. Moore forc
es won out and Webb was named
as National Commltteman.
Tlppett explained that the
meeting, expected to draw
around 300 people, Is primarily
a late rally tor Dan Moore.
However, It Is expected that
Webb will urge the support of
the entire Democratic ticket
next Tuesday. The rally Is
sponsored by Franklin County
Citizens for Dan Moore, which
Include a number of support
ers of Dr. I. Beverly Lake, un
successful candidate In the pri
mary.
Little-town hot shots are the
world'? great? t attractions.
Chase Nets Multiple
Charges For Youth
A wild nighttime chase that
started In Loulsburg and ended
about three miles out of town
on Highway St, has netted a 16
year old, Rt. 4, Loulsburg youth,
with multiple charges of exces
sive speeds and other viola
tions.
The chase which resulted In
the wrecking of a 1984 Chevro
let and a LouUburg police car,
ended near Strickland's store
an the Maplevllle highway UU
Saturday night.
Robert Wright HarrU, Jr., 16,
Rt. 4, Loulsburg, driver of the
car U charged with speeding In
excess of 90 mllea per hour,
careless and reckless driving,
and failure to stop at a stop
sign. Thomas Earl Morgan.lt,
owner of the car and a passen
ger In the vehicle Is charged
with allowing the above viola
tions.
The chase began when Louls
burg police officer Kyle Prince
answered a call to Williamson
Street to Investigate what had
been reported as a reckless
driver. It Is reported that
wben Harris sighted the police
car, he sped away. Prince
gave chase, described as ex
ceedtng 100 miles per hour at
times, through town and out" on
highway 56. Prince wrecked
the police car when he was
forced to run off the road to
prevent a collision with another
car, which,. It was reported had
been passed In a curve by the
car driven by Harris. Officers
theorized that Harris looked
back about that time, and lost
control of his car, which was
also wrecked a short distance
from the police car.
Passengers In the Harris car,
Included Morgan and two other
youths Identified only as "a
Bunn boy and a Ball boy." All
were treated at Franklin Me
morial Hospital and released.
Damage to the police car was
estimated at around (300 and to
the Morgan car as $500. The
Incident occurred around 11:15
p.m. Saturday.
Rescue Calls
The Loulsburg Rescue Ser
vice answered a call last Fri
day morning on the Raleigh
road at Royal, but were called
back when the Injured man was
taken to Franklin Memorial
Hospital by a psslng motorist.
It was later reported that a
man Identified as R. W. Holden,
S. Main St., Loulsburg, had
suffered a compound fracture
of an ankle when his car ran
off the road.
The Service answered a sec
ond call Sunday night around
9:30 to Rl: 2, Spring Hope to
aid Otha Young, 62-year-old
negro, suffering what was re
ported to be an asthma attack.
Sunday afternoon around
2 p.m. the Service went to the
scene of a minor traffic ac
cident on Highway 401 south.
Rachel Finch, 29, Rt. 3, Louls
burg woman, suffered minor
Injuries.
The call this morning around
8:30 a.m. was to aid 35-year
old negro woman, Gladys John
son, who had become 111 near
Harris' old school building. She
was transported to Franklin
Memorial Hospital.
Friday Wreck
Pictured above is car In which
R. Holden, Loulsburg man,
received compounded fracture
of an ankle last Friday morning
at Royal. Holden reportedly
said that a pulpwood truck pulled
out In front of him causing him
to lose control of the car. The
vehicle knocked down a stop
sign, plowed through a ditch,
over shrubbery in a nearby
yard, crossed highway 401 and
landed In a ditch against a tree
on the opposite side of the road.
-Times Staff Photo.