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The Franklin Times
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ i? ^ Servina All Of' Franklin* Counfv
Serving AH__jQf T Franklin County
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Comment
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Laws and commandments, In
the minds of a great vm my peo
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Tel QY 6-328,3
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'Louis'burg. N C Tuesday January 12. 1965-/
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(Eight Pagea Today)
95th Year? Nu'mber 93
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Louisburg Police Department
Makes 365 Arrests In 1964 -
The Ltfuisburg Police Depart- I
menk made 365 arrests during i
the past twelve months rang- ?
lng from forc^le rape to public I
drunkeness. This ^figure is j
arpund 150 less than irv 1963, ,
indicating that crime within the j
town limits .of Louisburg is on
a decided decrease ?
In the annual report, prepared
for the files of the Federal |
? Bureau of Investigation in]
Washington, are lisied two rape j
cases; eleven buglaries aw^/ive j
larceny . cases, plus one'- auto j
theft.
Of the 15 break -ins reported, j
the local department solved 10
with the arrest of suspects.
The ten cases solved involved j
entries into the following ,
Places: Louisburg Milling Qo.J
* Nellie's Place, Bunn's Grocery, j
Village Taxaco Station, Shea - 1
rlii's Store, Ames Moore's
Store, Burftette Service Station, !
Hick's Happy Landing and two
break - Ins; afrtjie Village Tastee
Freez. Break- ins stili unsolv- j
ed includ"', Rose's Dinte Store,
Seaboard Stores, Franklin
..Milling -o., ail on Marta Street
and ' the. Village Drive 'In on
Bickett Blvd.
Of 74" offenses "listed In "the
report, 69 have been cleared.
Druakeness lecT all Other causes
of arrest with 150 being charged
with this offense." * Assaults and
disorderly .conduct netted 26
arrets in eaeh-eategory
There werevno rnurder cases
iist^rt- tiTTd: Chief William De
ment r?*j>orted that .in the* nine
years" in which he has been in
charge. uf the department, there
.have tx>enf no unsolved murdei*
cases. .. f
The complete Tlstlng of
offenses and arrests follows:
Fdrcible rape, 2; Burglary 11;
larcency "5; Auto theft 1; as
saults 26, ^gery-and counter
feiting 5; -frabd 4;' stolen pro
perty, buying, receiving, pps
ihg weapons 8, gambling 10,;
offenses against the family and
I children -1, driving under the \
| Influence^ 24; liquor laws
jdrunkeness 150, disordf rly cort
j duct 26; a}l other .1.
Of the 365 cases, 219 have been
found guilty, 24 were acquitted
and 13 are still spending, with
the disposition of the remaining
nine not repprted. - ,
j Per^eht was pleased ~that' the
| number of a rr^s^had dropped,
| but modestly refused t*o"c*F?dit
! his department as the reason.
However, the Louisburg Police
Department has" been recog
nised an exceptionally good
one by other law enforcement
agencies and Dement has dra^n
much local prais'e for..?the*j6b
he has done.
Louisburp Police Deportment ?'
-Members of the ? Louisburgrlvyl)e. Prince, Hubert She a rib
Police Department pictured ana Gerald Eury. , turf re
above tire, left to righf, stand- signed recently and was re
/ ing: Charlie .Lambert, Chief p raced by, Ned Lloyd, not
William -Dement, T. B. Botto-ms, yptctured.
Earl *Thar rington. ' Seated/ -Times Staff l'hoto.
Ground-Breaking, Dedications: . . v
College Ceremonies Sunday
Bishop' Paul N. Garter; resi
dent bishop for- lite North
Carolina Conference of the
i Methodist Church, will preside'
at Groundbreaking Ceremonies
for a* new library building at
Loalsburg College on Sunday,
January 17, at 3:00 p.m. Con
struction on the $342,000.00
] structure will begin immediate- *
ly. Trustees, faculty, and of- ;
flclals of The- Methodist-Church
will participate in the program.
-? The afternoon's activities also .
j include the dedication of the
i off ides* of. President Cecil w.
iRobbin* to the memory of Pat- j
jtie Burwell Wfute and thereno
vat ion of the Muftfc Wing of |
the Fin# Arts Building to the
memory of 'Martha Smith But
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?? The public cor<Jially*invit
ed to attend, the servicer"' of
groundhr'-'aksii^* and dedication
as well a^'^r^ea to follow the
program at 4:00 p.m -7
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College Library Site
Workmen are shown aoove
staking off the new Louisburg
College Library on the corner
'? of N, Main Street and E. Col
lege Street here Monday. E.l>L.
Blackwell, fdrejfyian, left, r.e^ds
plans as Lawrence Black\^js;ll
Job' superintendent, sights the
??inesC BMh are from D'urham
and ar&wlth Hutchlns Construc
tion Co. ."general contractors.
Groundbreaking C e r e m o n 1 es
are slated for Sunday afternoon.
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Stores Start ?
Wednesday
Closings
Mrs. Juanita Pleasants,
Executive- Secretary of the
Louisburt Business^ Associa
tion announced ' this week that
ma^ny local stores will begin
^losing around noon on Wed
nesdays this yeek. Mrs. Plea
sants said that a complete run
down or> which- stores planned
to start the closing wtfs. not
available and recommended that
the pudIIc take note of signs on
the windows cjMocal businesses,
which would indicate the exact
closing times.
?ofne stores have announced
1^:30 p.m. Wednesday as their
closing for the short day. The
closings will cooUaue, through
\ugustf ?ne merchant said.
Former Resident Dies
Y A Greensboro qivlc leader and
head of unjj of the South' s lead
ing printing firms, who got hte"
stafct with The franklin Times
pital last Thursday night.
Joseph Ja pies Stone, 97, born
011 the site now occupied i>y
Pope's Dejiarfment Store In
Loulsburg, In 1867,, began his
Urlntlng car^r at the age of
?ten, under the late Times Edi
tor Dolly-Thomas.
Stone^ at the time of his death,
was the* oldest .-alumnus of
Loulsburg College. He was a
founder of the YMCA fn Greens
boro a member for, *5 years
of the State Cbnservatlbn and
Development Board and started
the Home Building and Loan
Association In Greefi&boro."
Hp ^ecently.was honored by the
City, of Greensboro when a city
park >)vas named after him.
When Stone was ten years old,
his famliywmoved' to Raleigh.
There h$ obtained the only ed
ucation he evei) Received by
moving to the jlfth grade In
two years. He had attended
primary school in the old Louis
burg AcademV here before mov
ing tQ Raleigh. After two years,
the Stone family moved back to
Loulsburg where his father died
a short time laterf ~ f
' After working In j Loulsburg as
a printer's helper^ he was sent
to live with a,sist|
and yfrom there hfe went on to
become noted asj
best printers In jhe south, an
ambition fie had <1
a boy.
His only SurvJvd
dow. Funeral, services were
held last Sunday at West Mar
ket Street Methodist Church
and burial foliowed lu Green Hfll
Cemetery.
pr In Clayton
went on to
-of?
te south, an
reahned Cff as
r IS hit wl
lU:L
E LOUISBURG '
tel&HIGH SCHOOL
IS 6 1
Louisburg Elementary And High
Schools Get State Accreditation
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Lbulsburg Principal A1 Fox.i
announce today that he has re-'
celved an announcement from ;
the- N. C. Department of Public
Instruction, Informing him that ;
bbth the Lbulsburg High School
and the Elementary School have
recelve<lacttredltat4ort from the.
State Department.
This Is the first schqpl tn the
county to be accredited un4er
the state, program requiring all
schools' tq be reaccredlted wlth
Ln tlie-Mxl year. Actually, the
Bunn, Louisburg
Answer
Fire Calls
The Bunn Rural Fire Depart
ment answered a call this morn
ing around 1:20 a.m. to% the
home of "W^ker" Horton^back
of M. C Wilder' S store near
Bunn. No extepMve damage;
watt reported bjtj Chief H. D.
Mitchell.
Tl\e Louisburg FJre Depart-,
ment was called "to jthe home
of Kermlt S tailings on the Pond
Road west of Louisburg, Satur
day morning around 10:30. A
brush fire threatened some out
buildings, but was quickly ex
tlnqulshed.
expiration date for accreditat
tion Is the first of January,
1?66, or mid-way* through the
1965-06 school year. n*
Fjrtx said, 'M ain ejnterfiejy
happV that ojh" schoo| has met
ihes?iLtequlrements and Kai re
ceived accreditation." Refer
ring; to former principal How
ard S tailings, Fox added, "Mr
Stall ings deserves the cpecjlt
for this because It was under
h^s guidance thev work was
done.'.' Fox also complimented,
the teochefs and-, staff of the
schools for their ^vork'.
Mrs.' Margaret Prultt, Chair
man of the Loulsburg District
School Committee, sald^'l am
very pleased t)iat our school is
among the first to receive this
distinction. I wish to compli
ment the teachers and staff
for their excellent work In pre
paring for this accreditation
I would also like to commend
Mr. .Fox for the splendid Job
he is doing as principal of. ou?.
.school *' ' ? ' * " *
There are nine basic proce
dures requi red " lor .-accre
ditation of elementary schools
and ten for hlg^tfcTjobls. Louis-,
burg School^, along with others
throughout the state,. were re
quired to comply with l!f Ad
ministrative rules for elemen
tary and 25 for ? high school.
Other requirements include 25
Xjementary and 15 high school
in <i?e area of Curriculum, In4
st rucMon and Orgatttz^tloni 11
each in the field of Personnel,
13 for eleKjentary and 26 for
high school in. Equipment and
Supplies, ami 2"x under four
headings for elernvntary and
36 under four heac^ngsNter^itptr
school pertaining to. School
Plants. \
Mrs. NJargaret Holmes, Di^
rector of instruction for the
county, said, "I am pleased
that J^outsburg school has re
ceived its ? reaccreditatton.
They- worked hard for it. We
hope >hai^?v?r^*school in the''
system will rerjeve theirs by
t 1m? eiid of this year.
'?We feef sure that akl will
be read^Jpr the state inspec
tion by this .time." Mrs.
Holmes was asked .if bouis
burg was <5ne of th& first to
meet these new require
ments a^'slie replied, "Cer
tainly Lou i stair g is one of the
early relics. - When I- visited
the StaU* Department recently,
they hacr a huge stack of appli
cations and how many of these
have been accredited, 1 do n<5T
know, but Lo*:isburg Is among
the early ones."
Louitburg h?gan preparing for
real?red4iaUon early tin 1963
4rid contiirti^d these efforts un<
1 11 the Spring, o/' 1964 when i"
group from the State Depart
ment spent an etitrre day hery
visit 1 jig- c las s roo in s ,* observi ng
and meeting janth the. teachers.
The letter "Tofor ming the Toc'al
school officials of the accom
plishment was* received last
-week?from Nile F. Hunt, Di
rector, Division of Instruction
al Services; ^
A collision a$S the intersec
tion of N. C. *98 arKj U. S. 401
south of I,ouisburg SiH^Jay af
ternoon' around 4:15 resulted
In minor injuries tt> a
year-old Meredith College stu?\j
dent. v ? [
Pauline Birdsoiig of Halifax,
N., C., received knee Injuries
in the,simash-up and was tranS- .
portt^ Jjy the Loulsburg-Rescue
Service to'Franklin Manorial
Hospital. was riding in a
car, reportedly drfven by her
myther, "heading soUtlv w^en it
Collided with -an automobile oti"
N."jC. 98. The drUer of They *
other Car was unidentified, and ! .
wai reportedly unhurt in the
crash..
In Accident
Tar River Basin Association Formed At Meeting
In a meeting held In Rocky
Mount IziM w?ekf thi Tar River
Basin Association .was formed
to promote the river basJn de
velopment. The r^eetlng was
attended b^Jjjaders from most
of the counties throughout the
area. *"** ***"'
Former County Commission
er W. P. Chllders, Franklin
County Chairman, reported only
Franklinton
Board Gets
Finance Report
(Frk.- B.W.) The Frahkllntoh
Town Board of Commissioners
held Its monthly meetingon J?n-,
uary 4 In the Town Hall.' .
In the absence of Mayor Joe
W Pearce, Mayor Temj
John Green presided at the
meeting.. .? ?r-/" / .
kost <jf the meeting^ was a
review of financial conditions
of the town.' Flnancje Chair
man,. Donald Hicks, I Jt., re
ported that the budget for the
present fiscal year amounts to
>159,203.74 Revenue collec
tions over the past si* months
have amounted tp $93,578.71,
while expenditures for the same
period b&ve beelrt $65,150.13
The board adopted a new or
dinance governing the Town
Ce/netery. It reads.aa follows:
"That no fences, corner mark
ers Tbr dividing borders shall
be erected hereafter In Fairs
.view Cemetery, except that
copier markers may be placed
at _e*ch corner of any lot, 'pro
vided, however, that all corn
er markers so Installed shall*
be flush with tb# surface of the
ground." *i
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four people from Franklin
County were present it the
meeting. Others attending, said
Chlldefe~were A. T. StSrgesS
and Thomas i Jones from the
Centefvlll? ,area and Wilton
Smith of Lotiisburg, represen
ting the Soil Conservation De
partment:
Chllders reported that Dr.
Robert Lee Humber of Green
ville was elected President of
the new organization, and Stt
? ;er Daniel of Stanhope- was
elected Vice President, with
,Tom Willis of Greenville be
ing made Secretary-Treasurer.
Funds have already been ap-,
proprlated by the Congress for
a study of the basin by the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers, i
Col. J. S. Gryglel of<Wllmi^g
tOtt, representing the Corps of
Engineers, said the study Is
scheduled to be completed by
March of 1967. It will Cost
approximately a half million
dollars, * ' ? 1 '
Most of the 10 bounties In
the river basin were repre
sented at Wednesday!* meeting,
which was presided over by C.
Settle Bunn of Stanhope.' Bunn
is serving as coordinator of the
river development program
Bunn asked first whether the
group wanted to organize a bas
in development association.
The question received a unani
mously favorable vote, and
representatives from the coun
tlWfcwere then asked to nomi
nate officers of the Assoclar
,*Dr j Humber said the ofljceri
will call a meeting at a later
date for the purpose of naming
committees on recreation, In*
lust rial development, fgrlcul
Xure,' wildlife and other In
terest* whldh - will benefit
from development of the river
r V ft
' I. ?
_ basin. . .
Ajncmgl speakers Wednes
day's me?Hlng -wA^~Walt?r E.
Fuller of Raleigh,' Director of
^the State -Department of Water
Resources, who pointed out that
tUe -study being made by the
Corps of Engineers Is ;ooly
the first step In long7range
plans for development t)1 water
resources In the Tar Rivet
Basin: .
When the study is completed,
funds must then be Sipproprtat- ,
ed to implement the. develop*-]
I rrffcnt program. ?
Fuller tlbld ifcg group*- his of* :
, ftce will cooperate fully wltli j
they new association1 in 'its ef
forts to promote the develop
ment ffroject.
He was accompanied to the
meeting by Col. Toirf Hartoii,
plannlnr engineer with the Stale
Department ofx- Water Re-.
(See RIVER* "Page 8)'
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Newcomer Welcomed \
NJrs. Zeb ?Vertori and Zeb,
Jr., center, feceivft welcome
as newcomers to tow<n by Mrs.
joe?Meyeffr, left, of xLoulsburg^
Juniotf Woman's CLub. and M/S.
Juanlta Pleasants
burg Business Association. Th6
two organizations sponsor a:
Welcojne Wagon program for
??I '/ ' u- .t
newcp^ers. Mrs. Overton re
ceived certificates wAxllh valuJ
?ble -merchandise from, local
Association members, ^ Mr'./
Overton is Manager of the
A & P Store her6. B6th na
tives of Oxford 'and came, to
Loulsburg from Raleigh.' J
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