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Weather Increasing cloudiness and warmer today. Friday, cloudy with some rain and turning cold er. Low today, 34; high, 57. TheFranMin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday *~^W J * Servina All Of Franklin Countv Serving All Of Franklin County Comment Courage doesn't consist In feeling no fear, but In conquer ing (ear. Tal. 07 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Louisburg. N C . Thursday. December 17. 1964 (Ten Pages Today) 95th Year? Number 86 Local Stores Stocked With Christmas Goodies Local Stores Report Christmas Sales Are Better Than Period Last Year Merchants In the Loulsburg area, probably reflecting the trend throughout the county, report that Christmas sales are up over last year's. Most stated that already their busi ness for the holiday season was running ahead of the Sam? period last December, with four shopping days coming this year in Christmas week, which should Increase the overall sales volumn. Several clothing establish ments reported that people were shopping earlier for their kinds of gifts, while one cloth ier said, "They usually wait until the last minute. We expect our sales to be about the same as last year, with most coming next week." A variety store manager said, "We're holding our own with last year and expect to Im prove on that figure with the two extra days In Christmas week this year." He referred to the fact that Christmas Day was on Wednesday last year with only Monday and Tuesday for late shoppers. This year, with Christmas Day coming on Friday, many shoppelrs will wait and do most of their buying during the four shopping days next week Of the more than a dozen stores visited during this sur vey, most reported that they would begin staying open until -8? o'clock on Monday. Some Indicated that they would start the Ute hours on Saturday. All of those questioned stated that they would remain open through Christmas Eve. The selection throughout Louis burg and miny stores In the Frankllnton area were found to be even better than last year. Most exceeded the selections reported available In the out-of-town stores and a number of comparative shop pers have reported that prices In the general Loulsburg area are In line with those In Henderson and Raleigh. Some reported that prices locally Sgt. Cooke Cautions Holiday Drivers The last few days before Christmas are surely no holi day for state law enforcement officers, It was emphasized here today by Sgt. T. E. Cook. "People are In the holiday mood," he said. "We can't deny them this, nor Indeed do we want to, but some drivers make the mistake of expecting us to be lenient when It comes to mixing drinking with driv ing. "This we cannot tolerate! "Drinking and driving Is a lethal combination that too of ten spells disaster for Innocent persons, especially over a holi day period. Troopers on year round patrol have seen too much evidence of alcoholic hilarity leading to tragedy, and the worst cases all too often have occurred on holiday nights or In the early morning hours fol lowing an evening of gaiety." The patrol officer pointed out. In the customary reminder, that lots of gift buyers are In the last throes of shopping. He warned both motorists and pe destrians to guard against let ting bright and shiny store and street decorations distract their attention from traffic lights, stop and warning signs, no-passing zones or railroad crossing steals and crosswalk markings. "Many shoppers Journey to neighboring' communities In search of gift Items just a lit tle bit different," he declared. "And lfs on short trips like that that many of our accidents occur ? some of them serious." Also, Cook cautioned, on the way back bad weather may come on unexpected. Unless motor ists have the foresight to be prepared tor such an eventuali ty, they may be plagued by poor' traction and reduced visibility, the twin trouble makers of win tertime driving. "The driver who gets care less about the maintenance or operation of his car during the ? ? winter holidays Is asking for trouble, and miy get It," he said. "State troopers everywhere are as eager as anyone to ex tend the spirit of good will to all men, but they can hardly be expected to show great kind ness to those drivers who fall to live up to their responsibili ties," Cook said. ' "Any motorist who seeks to take advantage of the holiday season by disregarding the fundamental obligations at tached to his driving privilege Is Inviting the responsibility of arrest. "Instead, pledge yourself to behave In a manner for which you'll not have to apologize to a frlned or explain to a troop er. If you are Intent on drink ing Intoxicants, stay from under the wheel. And even If you don't drink, remember that sober people can also meet with highway tragedy when they Ig nore the rules of the road." ware below those being asked In the shopping centers In Ra leigh. The post office reports that their heaviest load will come next week but that already they can feel the rush of the season. This year, as In the past, there seems to be a certain amount of confusion among the Loulsburg stores, on closing tlyfe Saturday following Christ mas. The Business Associa tion has attempted to context the local businesses In an ef fort to determine what stores will be open and which ones will be closed. Business Closings Slated Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants, Ex ecutive Secretary of the Louls burg Business Association, has Issued a listing of the business es which plan to be closed on Christmas Day and Saturday thereafter. The statement from the As sociation follows: "The following merchants have been contacted by the Loulsburg Business Associa tion as to their plans for clos ing December 25 to December 28. Those planning to close are: Tonkels' Dept. Store, Pope's, Murphy's Store, LG.A., Economy Auto Supply, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (Ins'tallment Loan and Bank), First Federal Savings <t Loan Association, Harris Pharmacy, House Furniture, Loulsburg Dry Cleaners, Quality Dry Cleaners, Loulsburg FCX, Farmer's Tractor and Truck, Loulsburg Tractor and Truck, Murphy House, Quality Furni ture, Western Auto Store; Warren Oil Co., Loulsburg Motors, Richards Oil Co., Ful ler and Hayes Grocery, Frank lin Milling Co., Johnson Cotton Co.., Loulsburg Milling Co., Rowe Chevrolettfeulck, Little River Ice and Fuel Co., O'Neal's Drug Store, Town'N Campus Clothing, Rowe's Men's Shop, 'Seaboard Store, Roses, Stewart's Jewelers, Allen Oil Co. Soma plan to be open on Sat lrday and close the following : Friday for New Year's Day, while others plan to take the :radltlonal two days at ChrUt 11 as. Local Doings Decorations Contest Don't forget the "Light Up and Decorate for Christmas" contest sponsored by the Louls burg Garden Club. Judging will take place Monday Bight, De cember 21, between the hours of 9:00 and 11:00 p.m., so keep your lights on then. Judges will look for the gen eral appearance best depicting the Christmas spirit. Church Choirs The combined choirs of Cor inth and Trinity Churches will present a Christmas Cantata at Trinity Methodist Church Sunday night, December 20, at 7:30. Franklinton Choir (Frk. a W.) The Adult Choir of the Franklinton Baptist Church will present the Christ mas Cantata--"A Song Unend ing"-- by John Peterson on Sunday evening, December 20, at 7:30 o'clock. Soloists are Mrs. Lloyd Jackson, Mrs. Flay Price (so pranos); Mrs. G. M. Ledford (alto), Mr. Flay Price (tenor) and Mr. William Hagwood (bass). The narrator will be the Rev. Lloyd Jackson. Glee Club (Frk. a W.) The Franklinton High School Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs. Bruce Honeycutt, will present the Christmas Cantata? "The Mu sic of Christmas"? by Ira B. Wilson on Sunday afternoon, 'December 20, at 4 o'clock In school auditorium. The Franklinton Glee Club will present a program of music In the school auditorium Tuesday at 2:30 p.m , under the direc tion of Mrs. Bruce Honeycutt. County Farmers Approve Present Crop Programs The Franklin County tobacco growers Joined other tobacco growers in a five state tobacco area to accept controls on pro duction for the next three years by an overwhelming majority. In North Carolina there were a total of 267,014 votes, cast In the Flue-cured Tobacco Mar keting Quota Referendum and, of this number, 97.6% were In favor of marketing quotas. Al so, North Carolina tobacco growers accepted the Flue cured Tobacco Assessment Program by 95.6%. A total of 103,717 cotton grow ers cast a vote In the 1965 Upland Cotton Marketing Quota Referendum and accepted mar keting quota price support by 98.3%. Tobacco growers In the other flue-cured tobacco grow ing states approved the Tobac co Marketing Quota Program as follows: Florida - 81.8%, School Holidays Announced The thousands of Franklin County and Frankllnton City school children will begin their Christmas holidays at the close of school Tuesday, December 22. County Superintendent, War ren W. Smith, and Frankllnton City Schools Superintendent, Fred Rogers, mide the announcements this week. Frankllnton will close classes at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday and other schools will begin their holiday! at the normal closing time on Tuesday. Loulsburg College will sus pend Its operations Friday, De cember 18, at noon, for the Christmas vacation. Students at the college and all county and Frankllnton City school chil dren will return on Monday, January 4, 1965. Georgia - 81.0%, South Caro* Una - 914%, and Virginia - 95.1%. How did FrankllnCoun ty vote? A total of 4678 Frank lin County tobacco growers visited the polls on December 15 and voted 97.6% In favor of marketing quotas for the next three years. Out of the total voting, only 112 voted against the program. 91.5%' voted In favor of tobacco assessments and 98.1% voted In favor of cotton marketing quotas for 1965. COMMUNITY CEDAR ROCK CYPRESS CREEK DUNN FRANKLINTON GOLD MINE HARRIS HAYESVILLE LOU IS BURG SANDY CREEK YOUNGSVILLE GRAND TOTAL VOTES F. C TOBACCO I UPLAND COT TOW No. Yes [No. No 1 Total 1 No. Yes |No. No 10 11 8 5 17 8 S 5 11 ?2 480 334 759 I 281 276 440 545 722 398 351 13 12 11 7 16 10 15 7 M 7 112 ' 493 I 346 | 770 268 292 450 j 560 729 I 412 | 358 I 4678 453 335 562 249 268 353 546 652 344 269 4031 -82 Two Receive Sentences In Minor Charges As Capital Cases Heard No probable cause was found Tuesday In Recorder's Court here In the case of Melvln Green, 22-year-old Loulsburg Negro charted with rape. Green had been arrested Satur day by local police and lodged In Franklin County Jail without bond on a complaint by Shirley Jean Walker, 18-year-old Ne gro woman. The woman claimed that she was attacked by Green In a to bacco storage warehouse in Blacktown Saturday afternoon. Green was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon upon another Negro woman, Sal lle Taylor. He was found guil ty on this charge and sentenced to 120 days on the roads. Henry Lewis Alston, 25-year old Loulsburg Negro, charged with assault with a knUe against James Dunn in Ophelia's Place In Loulsburg Saturday night, was found guilty and sentenced to 6 months In Jail to run con currently with another sentence In case No. 0899. Notice of ap peal to Superior Court was giv en and bond was set at $200.00. Curtis Richardson, 25-year old, Rt. 2, Loulsburg Negro received six months In jail suspended upon payment of costs and remaining on good behavior (or two years In charg es growing out of a shooting In cldent with his wife. He was also charged with raping a 14 year-old Negro girl on Sunday. This case was not presented. The case of Annie Ruth Cru dup, charge^ with the Sunday night knife slaying of her hus band, George Thomas Crudup, near Frankllnton was not heard. Both are negroes. Other, cases tried In Franklin County Recorder's Court Tues day were: Fred Lee Tlmberlake, w/m/ 56, public drunkeness and un lawful possession of whiskey. 30 days In Jail, suspended on payment of costs and to remain of good behavior for 6 months. Charlie Green, c/ m/25, motor vehicle violation. Nol pros. Edward L. Williams, c/m '20, assault with deadly weapon. De fendant having failed to comply with Judgment, committment to Issue. Cash William Haggerty, w/m/ 23, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. 115.00 L. L. "Red" Sturdivant Suffers Fatal Heart Attack Tuesday Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m at White Laval Baptist Church for Llnwood L. "Red" Sturdlvant, Loulsburg tobacco warehousemanand pop ular Franklin County merchant. Sturdlvant died Tuesday night around 6 o'clock In Franklin Memorial Hospital following a severe heart attack suffered Monday. Ha owped and operated a gen eral store and fertilizer busi ness In the White Level Com munity In addition to his In terest In the Friendly Four Tobacco Warehouse in Louls burg. Sturdlvant founded and for miny years operated the White Level Reds baseball team In several semi-pro leagues. His teams always were In the running In the North Carolina Semi-pro Tournament played at Rokboro each year. Sturdlvant, an ardent sports' fan, was a close personal friend of a number of national sports "L. L. "Red" Sturdlvant figures, particularly members of the New York Yankee base ball team. He was a member of the Franklin Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, Franklin County's Citizens Committee (or the Study of School Consoli dation and a member and bene factor of th$ White Level Baptist Church. Funeral services were con ducted by a long-tlms friend and former pastor, Rev. Harold Steen. Burial followed In the family cemetery. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Juanlta S. Reaves of West port, Md., Mrs. Mary F. Dick ens of the home, Mrs. Maybelle S. Bobbltt of Rt. 4, Loulsburg, and Mrs. Burla S. Smith of Raleigh. Office Open The Frankllnton Post Office will remain open until 5:00p.m. on Saturday, December H.^o assist the public In their Christmas mailing. "r Happiness Is Christmas On The face Of A Child fine and costs. Richard Fred Parker, w/m/ <7, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $10.00 fine and costs. Charlie Gupton, c/m, assault with deadly weapon. 6 months In Jail suspended on payment of costs and to pay mxllcal bllla of Jlmmte Blacknall. To re main of good behavior for two years Henry Albert Lewis, w/m/ 36, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $10.00 fine and costs. Richard Balnes, c/m/29, speeding. Pleads guilty under ?alver statute. J1Q.00 fine and costs. John Albert, Dixon, c/m/29, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. 110.00 fine and costs. Robert Lee Reld, c/m/32, speeding. To pay costs of court. Jasper Daniel Woodruff, Jr., w/ m/25, speeding. Pleads guil ty under waiver statute. $15.00 fine and costs. Arthur Douglas Clark, w/m / 39 speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $15.00 fine and costs. William Dennis Bran ham, w/ m/37, speeding, pleads guilty under waiver statute. $10.00 fine and costs. William Berkley Grluard.w/ <n, speeding. " Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $15.00 fine and costs. Earl Junior Parker, w/m/ 33, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $10.00 fine and costs. William Boyce Upchurch, w/ m/22, speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $15.00 fine and costs. James Henry Wright, c/m. non suppDrt. 6 months In Jail, suspended on payment of costs' and beginning Dec. 21st and each msnth thereafter to pay $30.00 Into Court for support. Leroy Joyner, c/m/37, as sault with deadly weapon. 60 days in Jail, suspended on pay ment of costs and to remain of good behavior for X year. Jake Williams, assault with deadly weapon. 6 months In Jail, suspended on payment of costs and to be of good behav ior for two years. Bernlce Earl Phlljot, dis posing of mortgaged property. Nol pros. Joe Pender grass, w/m/43, assault. 6 months In Jail sus pended on payment of costs by December 29th and to remain of good behavior for two years. John Thomas Southerland, c/ m/25, assault with deadly wea pon. SO days In jail suspended on payment of costs and to be of good behavior for two years. Gun ordered seized and sold under statute. Thomas Clay Pergerson, w/ m/18, speeding. To pay costs of court and repair exhaust attachment. Robut L. Evans, non support. ( months In Jail, suspended on payment of costs and beginning Dec. 21st to pay Into CSC $15.00 and a like amount each month thereafter, for support pay m?ot. Herbert E. Rosenbaum, es cape from prison. To be held for Franklin County Grand Jury. Donald Eugene Short, escape from prison. To be held for Franklin County Grand Jury.
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