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Weather Partly cloudy and warm today and Wednesday with showers Wednesday afternoon and even ing. Low today, 63; high, 84. The Published Every Tuesday & Th Comment It'ls very difficult, at times, to know what a man thinks by What he says. d s ursday ^ * Serving All Of Franklin County Tel SY 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Lou sburg N C T..esaay May. 18 1965 (S.x Pages Today) 96th Year? Number 25 EXPANSION OVER HOT COALS MAKING SAUSAGE ine Murpny. House: Local Firm Is Big Business In Food Processing Field The home - grbwji, home- , owned food processing firm The Murphy House, is big busi ness in tiiis area. The firm employs thirty persons with an annual payroll of over $100,000 and is presently undergoing massive expansion at Its es tablishment on Bickett Blvd. The Murphy House, named fofthe founder-owner, G. Her man Murphy, Sr., was opened as a restaurant in October, | 1951. Three1 years later, Mur phy began his wholesale distri bution of salad and meat pro ducts, which now are used by j consumers in a 60-mile radi- I us of Loulsburg. Three refrigerated trucks de liver a variety of ten Murphy j House, products as far east as Grennville' C., and as far west as Roxboro, N. C.? Many of the major chaias in this -area ."are purchasers iti^addi tion to most of the independ . ent super markets. The firm has a fourth truck, used for its .cateri^ services, ^ capable of handling 5000 people at a time. E. Tf Jones, Sales and Office Manager, says that much of this^buslness is for church and civic groups i throughout the area. Jones reported that present . expansion activities are expect* ed to cost around $40,000 and are scheduled for completion by the first ot*ugust. Already plans are belng*&Fawn for furth er expansion, says Jones; The restaurant Is due ito tie enlarged in the near future to obtain taoge seating capacity, a larg er kitcherf' and additional ban quet room Space. . In \ addition to Murphy and JonesV other administrative .personnel include Murphy's son, Geprge ^1., Jr., as res taurant manager and Murphy's son-in-law, Freddie Johnson, manager of the salad depart ment. The local facility has five refrigerated coolers, and when the new additions are com pleted will boast 600 square feet of refrigerated cooler space and 1500 sq. ft. of re frigerated space. This includ ed controled temperature pack aging roorrts. "The expansion is. being done to accommodate present and future growth," said Jones. "We are going by "United States Department of Agriculture specifications hoping to become federally inspected. This will allow us to- g^ into other states," he continued, indicat ing that even further growth is Burin Holds Elections Tuesday The Town of Bunn will hold its municipal elections Tues day with five in the race for four council seats and two vie ing'for the mayor's post being vacated -by Wayne W instead. Wlnstead, first mayor of Bunn since the town's incorporation, has decided not to seek re election to the top post, but instead to run for one of .the council seats. In the Mayor's race is Wil liam A. (Bill} Andrews, mana ger of First Citizens Bank- & Trust Co. office and Haywood Jeffreys', who made an unsuc cessful try for^Nie job against W instead two years ago. Seek ing positions on the'council are C, W. Bunn, Jr., T. W. Bailey, J. M. .jDdwards, G. C. Wrenn, and Wlnstead. To Dominicans Washington, D. C.--\ report on President Johnson's order to send food and medical sup plies, to the people of revolt torn Dominican Republic, was made by press secretar^, George Reedy. By May 1\ 30,000 pounds of medical sup plies and 12 million pounds of surplus food were already In the Dominican Republic under, the Food for Peace Plan. <& , * > . _ In arguing with an Intelligent Individual, remember that he Is right as often as you are, and that you are wrong as often *s he Is. ASCS Reports On Employees The local ASCS office has hired two Negro women under the recent ruling of the fed eral - government, which re quires the employment of Ne groes on a quota basts. In federally supported depart ments, The positions are des cribed as Planimetry Oper ators, and Office Manager John R. Davis says the posts are temporary. Davis also dis closed that Elaine Brown of Route 4" and Ester Mae Wortham of Rt. 1, both of Lou Is burg, are now In training for these posit ions. According Jo Davis, there are nine white women now employed by the off ice. with the expectat ions of an additional 10 to 12 temporary employees being hired for summer work. He said, he did n2>t know how many of these part-time employees would be Negroes. . >*Wj? ' ? The information came to light, when a Times reporter, talkea with Davis In light of a refusal on the part of neighboring Nash County'* ASCS office to disclose similar Information there. Quite a controversy has arisen by the refusal of Miss Virginia Brldgers, office man ager In Nash County, toglveout Information on employment practises there.. She said she was acting on policy set by the Nash County ASCS Committee. Davis stated that he and the Franklin Cour^f Committee were happy to give what Infor mation they had. Members of the Franklin County Committee are: E. G. Brewer, C. C. Perry, and B. T. Sunn. ' Not many people think that the dictionary Is a good book to study. anticipated. The firm uses about 15,000 pounds of pork weekly in the production of its leader, pit-cooked har-b-que. Another favorite in the line is bar-b-qued chicken. In addi tion to their open hearth pits, there are a number of automat ic cookers, located In the cook- j tng sheds. .Murphy Is a native -of Louls burg. He has served On the! police force In past years and j was employed by his father! ft/-- ? ?? and brother In theG. W. Murphy and Son Grocery here prior to entering the processing busi ness. He Is ?a past Chief of the local fire department and a town CQuncllman. He Is mar ried to the. former Naomi Un derhlll and they have three girls, In addition to the one son. The Murphy's live on Nash Street close to the origi nal Murphy House, operated by Murphy's mother tpany years ago as a boarding house. Legislative News by Representative James-D Speed Centervilie Officials, Justices- Of Peace Named Fourteen busy wtflks lave passed since, the 1965 Legisla tive Session convened and. to present date, I consider it a successful one and predict that about tour more weeks will bring an end to one of the top most fruitful Legislative Ses sions on record in North Caro lina. Things h^ve been geared to success because of Governor Moore's leadership; the lead ership as displayed by Lieu tenant - Governor Scott and Speaker of the House, Pat Tay* lor; the* many able and hard working members of the House and Senate. Money has l?een ho) problem becaifse the gener al economy of North Carol ink haV been, steadily climbing. Present estimates show anoth er 15% increase in revenues dul-iuK the next bienni.um (1965 Each 1% increase re flects something in excess of $10,000,000. 00* and the 15% will add more, than $150,060,000.00 more than the state spent during the 1963-1965 biennium. The growing population and stimulated economy is requir ing more money for the oper ation of State Government. It is especially important to ex pand the educational facilities (both public and higher educa tion,) build more and better roads, continue to expand our Industrial development, provide more hospital facilities for the physically and- mentally 111, fur ther develop the state ports, provide a better law enforce ment and cOurtq system and on and on. The promotion of these things In previous year*"is much responsible for the good state of economic growth that we are now enjoying.* It is very^jnportant to keep a growing economy In North Carolina and additional spend ing is necessary; however, It Is also Important to reduce (as much as possible) the un necessary spending This, too, Is important to the economic growth and practice Of good government. The reduction of certain taxes is long overdue. I pan see no better time to make a start to giving tome tax relief. As long as I am a member of the General Af sembly, my votes will contin ue to reflect this line of thought. Last week, many major bills were .reported out of commit tees. Among the bills brought to the floor were the Uniform Commercial Code, auto Inspec tion, the unemployment insur ance law revision; the ijfirse practice act, . commercial feed inspection law and the General Statutes Commission program of bills dealing with relator licensing and marital property. Several of the above mentioned bills cleared final passage in both houses during the week ? notably the Commercial Code and Nurpe Practice Act. Other important bills which made pro gress were Traffic Safety Au thority, Highway Safety He search Center, the State Per sonnel Act, the fall primary election proposal, boundary water fishing and second mort-, gage charges bills. The May 1st deadline for In troductions of local bills, while not strictly enforced, has pro duced a noticeable reduction in new loc,al bills. Only 49 local bills haVe been introduced (pre_ vi<^usly approved by Rules Com mittee), compared to 130 local introductions during same per iod of 1963. HB 113 -- Introduced by Speed: Passed Senate on Frl See SPEED page 6 1 Warren Smith Addresses Vance Group Superintendent of Franklin County Schools, Warren W, Smith, was the principal speak er at ceremonies held at Klttrell last Sunday In observ^a&g. 9I . those who died* Tor the confed eracy, that all burled there had one thing In common, their principles and beliefs. Smith a native of Vance County and a graduate of Zeb Vance High School near Klttrell,. was , Introduced by his former prln clpal, R, C. Young. Henderson ' newspaper editor, Henry Definls, acted as Master of ' Ceremonies for the event. ( Complete memorial services were held, Including flag cere monies and hymns. The event was under the auspices of the Vance County 0, ftC> i .. I Plans Ready For , Hospital Expansion Printing of the plans for mas sive additions and renovations to the Franklin Memorial Hos pital has been completed, ac cording to Administrator M. M. Person, Jr., and advertisement for bids Is 4o begin on June 15. Local voters approved a #320,000 bond ,.Jssue last fall to finance the county's share of cost of around $900,000 In improvements arxi additional facilities'' at the local Institut ion. Person sajd that assuming the bids would "Come within the money,'' work should start shortly after opening the bids on July 15.. It Is estimate that the work will take about one year for completion. The local facility is grossly overcrowded at present with patients being cared for In the halls. The Administrator reports that patient load is running above capacity and that there con tinues to be a waltlng\llst for admittance. t \ ? The renovations and additions Two Injured In Wreck At Centerville A Centervlire youth and a Raleigh man. are hospitalized as a result of an accident near Centerville last Friday Involv ing a pickup truck and a (arm tractor. James Lancaster, Jr., of Centerville and I. 0. Bishop of Raleigh are believed not to be seriously lnjilr&l Lan caster suffered aggravatloft to an old Injury and Bishop sus tained a broken arm, according to reports. The accident occurred around 3:45 p.m. on N. C" 561 as Lancaster, driving the tractor, attempted to make a turn off the .highway Into the yard of his* home and was rammed from behind by the pickup truck, driven by an unidenti fied Negro man. Bishop, a white man, was m>. passenger In the truck. The truck ran off the road and severed! a tree In a near by yard before coming to a halt. State trooper J. E. Byrd investigated the accident and Issued a citation to the Negro dflver, according to a report from the Centerville Rescue Squad, who administered first' lid to the victims. Bishop was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital at th? time. Lan caster was admitted later Fri day night. Any author can tell you that writing Is. easy. The hard Job Is to get somebody to read the ?tuff. " plans will call for- the addition of 26 beds to the present 50 bed structure with vastly Unproved working areas and equipment. Money for the pro ject will be supplied by the local bond Issue, through the N. C. Medical Care Commiss ion and the federal government. Fire Strikes Funeral Home Here, - * An early morning blaze did little* damage to the White ?Funeral Hojne building on West Franklin Street, when it was quickly extlnquished by the Loulsburg Volunteer Fire De partment. The fire was. dis covered t>y the James Edwards family, who operate the funeral home and llvVs In the same quarters. The fire, of undetermindti origin, started near the fur nace and was confined to the furnace room by -quick acting firemen. The alarm was sounded at 6:20 a.m. this morning. , Criminal Court Docket Concluded A Jl full of criminal court I was concluded here^ Friday by I Superior Court Judge Clarence j W. Hall of Qur ham. Twenty eight c*ases were disposed of during the' period, including two cases of murder. Stiffest sentences- were hand ed down to Mrs. Flprestlne Ross Felts, w f 27, given a 7-15 year term for .second degree murder, and Lenwood Alston, c m, who received 9-10 years for conspiracy to commit' murder. The Solicitor for last week's term was W. G. (Buck) Rajvsdell, Jr. ine entire docket follows: James H. Allison, w/m / 22, escape from prison. 1 year In State Prison. Frank Ha gland, c/m, 37, man slaughter. Nol pros with leave. Clyde Abbott, w/m/ 34 , (2 cases) assault on female. 8 months In Jail suspended for period of 3 years upon condition tfiat he remain on good behavior and pay costs of court >within two weeks. Nancy Ann Burnette, w/f, as sault. Nol pjos with leave. John Wesley Long, c/m, nori su'pp6rt. Strike'forfeiture upon' payment of $50.00 and the cost of sci fa and capias. Dwight R. Baker, attempted -escape. Motion to quash allowed by Court. ? *? James Cash, w/m, careless and reckless driving. State takes nol pros. R. C, Pearce, w/m/45, assault with deadly weapon. Nol-ft-os with leave. Forestlne Ross Felts, w/f/28, murder. Not less than 7 nor more than 15 years In Woman's Prison. Lester Hamilton Pearce, w/ m/49, operating, auto " in toxicated , motor vehicle viola tion. Pleads not guilty. Motion for Judgment of Non Suit allow edv Johnnie Coppedge, c/m/62, murder. Nol Pros with leave. George Thomas King, c/m / 25, assault on- Female. Judge ment Absolute. M. B. Jeffreysr,' w/m, forcible trespass. Nol Pros with leave. Alton Hoyle Wilson, w/m/ 22, careless and reckless driving. Attorney for defendant makes motion for Judgment of non suit, which is allowed by Court. James Yarborougn, c/m/20, breaking and entering. Not less than two nor more than three years in prison. George Thomas King, c/m/25, assault with deadly weapon. Judgment Absolute. Curtis Richardson, Carnal Knowledge. Sol Pros with leive. David Joy ner%c, m/54, assault with deadly weapon with Intent to .kill resulting in serious In Jury. Jury verdict: Not guilty. r .-Marie Williams, c 1/38, as sault with deidly weapon with intent to kill. Bill of indict ment returned marked "return ed for lack of witnesses." Willie Andrew, Jr., c m/30, assault with deadly 'weapon. Juror withdrawn by Court and Court declares a mistrial, the Jury being unable to agree. Lawrence G. Clfers, assault on femaie. 6 months in Jail suspended for period of three years and to pay costs before June 1, 1965. Massey Ray Boose, c/m, as sault with deadly weapon with Intent to kill. Bill returned marked "Returned for lack of witnesses." P. G. Pace,- w/m, forgery. True Bill. tiaynard Lassiter Cash, w/m, non support. Verdict: Guilty. Defendant to be confined to common Jail of Franklin County for perfod of 6 months and as signed to work under supervis ion of State Prison Dept. . Joseph B. Ayscue, w/m, breaking and entering; larceny. True Bill. WilUarp E. Patterson, w/m, breaking and entering; larceny. True Bill. Edward O. Stevenson, w/m, breaking and entering; larceny. True Bill. ? Richard Stakes, w/m/21,' breaking and entering; larceny. 5 months In ja.ll, said sentence to begin at expiration of sen tence Imposed in Franklin County Superior Court, October 1963 Term, for Escape from prison. Robert Haley, pupllc drunken ess. Defendant to pay $20.00 . today and balance within three weeks. Lenwood Alston, c/m, con spiracy to commit murder. Not less than 9 nor more than 10 years In State PrUon. This sentence shall be Effective a> of the 19th day of October 1962 so that the prison will have credit for time served in the" execution of prior sentence imposed in this case. Cuba bids U. N. act to end Dominican "invasion." When Centerville Bill Passes: Neal To Be Mayor, Council Named When the Centervllle Incor poration bill, now In the Gen | eral Assembly, passes the Sen Rescue Service Gets Three Weekend Calls The Loulsburg Rescue Ser vice answered a call around noon Sunday to aid wreck vic tims Involved In a single car accident near Bunn. Joe Na than Perry, Negrb man, was transported to Franklin Me morial Hospital (or treatment (or Injuries Including a broken arm. Another occupant of the vehicle, unidentified except for his last name of ferry, was not seriously Injured. The accident occurred when the car In which the two men were riding ran off the road and overturned near Hall's Crossroads a few miles from Bunn. The Service was dispatched Saturday around 3 p.m. to the New tfope Community to kid a heart attack victim. The vic tim, 57-year-old Htlllard Mur ray, was dead when Rescuers arrived. y Recital Mrs* Helen Haynes will pre sent her piano students In a recital Friday night, May 21, Ht 8 p.m. In the Youngsvllle High School Auditorium.* The public Is cordially Invited. A Friday night call had the squad rendering aid to one of their own as they rushed to the home of David Mlnnlch on Mid dle Street to aid Mlnnlch's in fant who had become strangled. The child was soon doing fine, a happy member reported. Mln nlch Is a new rrkmbeV of the local service. The three calls were numbers, 68, 69 and 70 for the year for the local ser vice unit. Equipment Upkeep Washington, D. Ci? The gen eral Accounting Office has rep rimanded the Army for what It said was persistently poor maintenance of billions of dol lars .worth of equipment. It Is the latest report the GAO has made dealing with the problem. Ninety Million Washington, D. C.? Secretary of Defense Roberts. McNamara reported to the Joint Economic Committee that the Defense De- i partment writes - SO million i checks a year. The statistics showed the department employs almost four million persons and military. ate, Jolin W. Neal will become Centervllle's first mayor The bill has already passed the House and Is expected to get by the Senate without trouble. The bill names three mem bers to the Centervllle Town Council. They are Buck Den ton, Mrs. Robert Leonard and John Pleasants. Centervllle will hold elections In 1?67, and the mayor and council will serve until the elections are Md. . v;Y The bill was Introduced In the House by Franklin County Rep resentative James D. Speed. March Costly Washington, D. C.? Th^ Pen tagon said It cost the Defense Department $510,000 to \ pro tect the Selma-to-Montgortiery civil rights marchers. This figure Covered pay and allow ances for 1,660 Alabama ?)* tKpnal Guardsmen called Into Ffderal duty, plus transports tlon and other expenses. \ Vote of Confidence Washington, t>. C.? President Johnson has asked Congress for a $700 million vote of confi dence to show the world that this country Is ready to "walk the last mile" against the spread of communism. There are people ready to ex ercise control over others with out being kble to control them selves. What has become of the man who thought he knew It all 7
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