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Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Ow^J ^ Servino All Of Franklin. Countv
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There Is do law against cour
tesy, even at home and at the
wheel of a' motor car.
Serving All Of Franklin. County
T?l. 0Y 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
? Louisburg. N C? Thursday. August 12. 19?5
(Ten Pages Today)
96th Year? Number 50
Louisburg Growth Part IV, Section 2
Louisburg College Adds To
Community Cultural Growth
The disclosure, this week, by
the N. C. Department of Reve
nue of figures for the year
1964-65 showed that retail sales
growth In the Loulsburg and
Franklin County area contin
ues to show an exceptional in
crease. Already the number
one town In North Carolina in
retail sales Increases, Louis- j
burg shows every Indication that
It desires to stay on top.
In last week's article on the
progress of this community,
Loulsburg College and Its
monetary contributions to the
local economy were covered.
And while this series of ar
ticles deals primarily with the
economic growth of the com
munity, It cannot overlook the
development In other vital areas'
of our society^
While the financial Importance
of Loulsburg College to the
community Is substantial and,
Indeed, considerable, the Col
lege's contribution In the area
of cultural development of the
community Is of equal If not
of more value to the advance
ment of the area's citizenry.
According to all surveys and
reports , the efforts of the Col
lege In cooperation with the
community has produced an
Arts Program and thereby cul
tural growth unexcelled by any
other Junior college communi
ty In the southeast.
The move toward cultural de
velopment, long an area of In
terest to many local citizens,
began Its new era in 1959 when
the College appointed a Direc
tor of Cultural Activities and a
Faculty Cultural Committee.
This group set as Its long
range goals, to co-ordinate all
campus cultural affairs, to pro
mote the >arts among students,
faculty and staff, to Improve
the quality of. cultural pro
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grams, and to acquire public
support and participation.
It is tHe latter purpose that
has made another college
community success story. ,
In five years the concert se
ries budget rose from $300.00
to $5,600.00, subsidized en
tirely from student fees, gifts,
and patron ticket sales. The
attendance averaged from sev
en in 1959 t.o'i267 in 1964.
An excellent example of com
munity support was in 1960 when
the Director of Cultural Ac
tivities called on local citizens
to open their homes and pro
vide free accommodations for
twenty-four members of the
Virginia Symphony. The re
sult was more open homes than
musicians. The conductor, who
has traveled to every state in
the U. S., said that nowhere
had they experienced such warm
hospitality.
In 1959 the college did not
have an organized program of
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art exhibits. Within live years
the Art Department had es
tablished nine per year wltli
the work of national and state
award-winning artist exhibits.
In 1961, a Joint community
college art Show was such an
overwhelming success that a
total ol five hundred visitors
attended the exhibit.
Subsequently civic clubs, book
clubs, business leaders, news
media, and many Individual pa
trons of the arts have given
funds, time, effort, and support
to the cultural growth of the
college and community.
During this period an Art
Festival was organized In 1962,
and a Lecture Series and Film
Art Series In 1964. The college
and community Jointly planned
and provided programs wMch
were well recleved by the pub
lic. Even the public schools
participated by sending whole
See COLLEGE Page 6
Local Markets Could
Open In Four Weeks
Wednesdayi August 25, was
set as opening day for the
North Carolina Eastern To
bacco Belt warehouses in a
meeting held at New Bern
Tuesday. "the Middle Belt,
which Includes the Louisburg
market, usually follows the
Eastern opening by two weeks.
The date has not been set
for opening of the local ware
houses, however, and there
have been no indications that
the two-w&ek policy will be
followed this year.
Actually, the Wednesday open
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Locals Attend Ag
Teachers Meet
R. J. Sutton o f Loulsburg,
along with JVC. Winston, Sr.,
of Youngsvllle, and R. E. Whe
lees of Hinn were among the
450 teachers of vocational
agriculture^ who attended the
state conference held at Caro
lina Beach August 2 through
August 6.
This conference, sponsored
by North .Carolina Department
of Public Instruction and the
North Carolina Vocational
Agriculture Teachers Asso
ciation, was centered around
the theme, " Expanding Oppor
tunities and Responsibilities for
Vocational Education In Agri
culture." Keynote speakers
for the opening session were
Dr. Joe W. Pou, Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company,, and Dr.
L. W. Drablck, Research Spec
ialist, N. C. State University
at Raleigh.
Highlighting Tuesday's agenda
were addresses by James A.
Graham, Commissioner of
Agriculture, and Robert w.
Scott, Lieutenant Governor of
North Carolina. Featured on
Tuesday, also, was a panel dls
. cuss Ion on the topic of "How
r" One County Unit has organized
a Vo-Ed Program for Agricul
tural Education." Those par
ticipating Included the superin
tendent, principal, board
member, and others from Car
teret County.
Dr. Norman K. Hoover from
Pennsylvania State University
spoke to the group on Wednes
day using the topic, "Emerging
Agricultural Occupations." He
Is the author of the textbook,
"Handbook of Agricultural Oc
cupations," which Is now used
In all the agriculture depart
ments within Franklin County
In the course entitled "Intro
duction to Agricultural Occu
pations," which Is offered to.
ninth grade students.
Appearing on the program at
different times throughout the
conference were Or. J. E. Mil
ler, Assistant State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction; Dr.
C. L Jones, Supervisor of In
troduction to Vocations; John
Ward, who presented the Eco-'
nomlc Opportunity Act and Its
contents; J. L. Patrick of the
Rural Community Development
Service, and J. H. Blackmon,
Assistant Director ofVocaUonr
al and Technical Education.
Jaycees Make Donation
? Charles Davis, President pf the Louls
burg Jaycees, presents a $200.00 check to
Dr. C. W. Robblns, President of Loulsburg
College. The money will be used to de
fray costs of the new athletic field at the
college. The Jaycees were able to make
the contribution through proceeds from the
Miss Loulsburg Beauty Pageant.
lng date for the Eastern. Belt
was a compromise date, borne
members present at the meet
ing wanted Tuesday and others
wanted Thursday as the open
ing day.
The pastern Belt markets
are at Ahoskle, Clinton, Dunn,
Farmvllle, Goldsboro, Green
ville, Klnston, Robersonvllle,
Rocky Mount, Smlthfleld, Tar
boro, Wallace, Washington,
Wendell, Wllllamston, Wilson
and Windsor.
Meanwhile, the Federal-State
Market News Service said sev
eral grades of ttye Border Belt
were down |1 to $3 per hundred
The belt sold 7,52J},000 pounds
of untied leaf M6nday at an
average of $62.68 per hundred
with another 1,860,584 pounds
of tied tobacco going at $65.59
per hundred. The Stabiliza
tion Corp., took In! 4. 5 per cent
under the government price
support system.
Auction bid averages on a lim
ited number of representative
U. S. grades were as follows:
Untied: lugs ? good lemon 72,
unchanged; fair lemon 69, down
1; low lemon 66, down 2; fair
orange 66, unchanged; low
orange 66, down 2.
Primings ? good lemon 67, un
changed; fair lemon 64, un
changed; low lemon 60, down 1;
fair orange 66, unchanged, low
orange 59, down 2.
Nondescrlpt--best primings
side 50, down 3; poorest 39,
down 1.
Tied: . Lugs--good lemon 74,
fair lemon 72, fair orange 74.
Primings- -good lemon 69, un
changed; fair lemon 65, down 2;
low lemon 62, down 1; fair or
ange 67; down 1; low orange 61,
down 1. ll
Nonde?crlpt--best priming
side 53, down 2; poorest 42,
up 1.
Forty Broken Windows
Nick Johnson, Harris Cross
roads store owner, is shown
pointing to some of the 40 win
dows broken in his place of
business early Wednesday
morning. Sheriff's department
arrested a 15-year-old negro.
Mike Good, of Rt. 1, Youngs
vtllev In connection with the
crime. Asked why he did such
a thing, the youth replied, "L
don't know." Entry through, a
rear door was attempted, but
not made. -Times Staff Photo.
?~Do You Think You Know-*
Where You Are?
by Clint 'Fuller
i *WI/' ? wVIr"
Many is the time we have
all heard the expression, ''I'm
so tired (or sick, or frustrated)
I don't know where Fin' at."
Aside from replying as most
English teachers would,
"You're probably behind that
at," let's pause for a moment
and ponder tjj.e question where,
indeed, are we?
One might immediately an
swer emphatically, "I know ex
actly where I am," . But do
you? Right at this moment,
as you reacT~thf3, can you tell
us in what coutity political dis
trict you are? Probably not,
unless you are a politician and
even then it's doubtful.
And if you were playing a
game of lacrosse* under what
division rules -would you play?
Or, If you had business with
the Wildlife Commission,
what's your district? What
group of states make which
Latitude that designates our
sunrise and sunsets?
Are we in the PledmoAt or
Coastal Plain region? How
far off center are we here in
Franklin County? Off csnter
from where?
What's your national (Con
gressional District? Your state
Senatoral district? How about'
the Solicltorial and Judicial
Districts? ^ Are you beginning
to wonder JUst exactly where
we are?
First things first. If you
live In Franklin Cbunty, and
practically everybody does, you
reside within one of five politi
cal districts; one of 7 school
districts (based on Board mem
bers, not locations of schools)
and inside one of ten townships.
Politically, the five districts
are: (1) Dunn-Harris Town
ships, (2) Youngsvllle-Frank
tynton, (3) Hayesville -Sandy
Creek , (4) Gold Mine-Cedar
Rock and (5) Louisburg
Cypress Creek. These are the
ten townships. Under the School
Districts, we have Frankllnton,
a district unto itself arid (1)
Loulsburg, (2) Epsom, (3) Gold
Sand., (4) Edward Best, (5) Bunn
and (6) Youngsville
We have seen maps wherein
Franklin bounty was placed with
the Piedmont counties and oth
Seventeen Cases Heard In
County Recorders Court
The following cues were dis
posed of tn Recorder's Court
on Tuesday, August 10th:
. Rufus Williams, no operator's
license Cue to abate due to
death of defendant.
Rufus Williams, temporary
larceny of auto. Action to abate
due to death of defendant.
Rufus Williams, motor vehicle
violation resulting In accident.
Action to abate due to death of
defendant.
Jimmy Dwlght Gupton, w/m /
20, motor vehicle violation,
Prayer for Judgment continued
for thirty day* on payment of
(20.00 ffne and coats.
Robert David Allen, w/m/ 27,
speeding. Plead* guilty under
waiver statute. $16 00 fine and
costs.
Robert Morgan, assault with
deadly weapon. Defendant to be
held for Franklin County Grand
Jury. Appearance bond set at
$1,000.00.
George Montgomery Hayes,
w/m/24, speeding. Pleads
guilty under waiver statute. VIS.
00 fine and costs
Frederick Burton Wilson/ c/
m/40, no operator's license;
operating auto Intoxicated. Nol
proa as to,no operator's license.
$100,00 fine auj costs.
James Ray Hall, c/m/22,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute $15.00 fine and
costs.
JoeJ Henry Pusey, w/m/24,
speeding; motor vehicle viola
tlon. $20.00 fine and Costa.
Willie WIUIs Crudup,c/m/38,
no operator's license; speed
ing. Nol pros as to no opera
tor's license. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Jessie Lee Horton, c/m/44,
no operator's license. $25.00
fine and costs.
Otha Lee Perry, c/m/ non
support. 6 months In jail, sus
pended on defendant being plac
ed on probation, to , pay $30.00
per month Into office oi C.S.C
(or support, and costs. -
Robert Young, c/m/zs, as
sault on female. 6 months In
Jail, suspended on payment of
<25. 00 tine and costs.
Sidney Manley, c/m/34, as
sault on female. 6 months In
Jail, suspended on payment of
$23.00 fine and costs, and de
fendant to stay away from the
home of the prosecuting wit
ness. . >
David Clarence Poole, W/m/
21, motor vehicle violation. 6
months In Jail, suspended on
payment of $25.00 fine and
costs.
Donald Ray Weaver, w/m/21,
no operator's license. $25.00
fine and costs.
Robert Lee Booze, e/m, as
sault with deadly weapon. Call-"
?d and tailed, as toW. A. Jones.
Court orders scl fa to be Issu
ed tor W. A. Jones, surety.
Roger Boyd Matthews, w/m/
1$, speeding. Pleads guilty un
der waiver statute $13.00 fine
and coats.
ers In which we were located
among the Coastal Plain coun
ties. The best possible desig
nation seems to be the one found
In the Franklin County Industri
al Development Commission's
booklet, *whlch places us, "In the
north central part of North
Carolina In the transition zone
between the rolling hills of
Industrial Piedmont and the flat
lands of the Coastal Plains."
Franklin County Is In t(?e Sec
ond Congressional District with
eight other counties: Edge
combe, Greene, Halifax, Le
noir, Northampton, Vance,
Warren and Wilson. We're
In" the Second Division, Ninth
Judicial District with Gran
ville, Person, Vance and "War
ren Counties.
Franklin Is In the Seventh
Sollcltorlal District with Wake
County. The county Is In the
Second District of the Demo
cratic Party state organiza
tion. Franklin County, with
Vance and Granville, make up
the Thirteenth State Senatorial
District. Franklin is also In
the Third District of the State
Board of Education and Wild
life Commission, under the
Fourth U. S. Court of Appeals
District and the Eastern Dis
trict of U. S. District Court.
We are also, for those taking
notes, in the Second Republican
Party District In the state.
Democratic party divisions are
cotermlnus with (hose of the
political office.
1 1 you're Interested In how
far you might be from the heav
ens and at the same time, how
far above "the lower depths,
you'll be enlightened to know
that Louis burg is located 375
feet above sea level, Franklin
ton, 432 ft, ajid Youngsvllle'ts
See wkERE Page 6
Students Of
Band To
Hbld Meeting
All High School Band
students are Invited to meet
Monday night at 7:00 p.m. In
the Band Room. The mem
bers, from the eighth through
the twelfth grades, will meet
every night from then until
school stirts,
Town Council Adds
Extra Police, To
Study Pay Raise
The Loulsburg Town Council,
In a meeting held Tuesday night,
voted to add additional police
for Saturday work and to study
a request by Chief William
Dement for pay raises for mem
bers of his department.
' Upon motion by Councilman
S. C. Foster, the Board voted
to "empowered the Chief of
Police and Town Administrator
to employ additional police as
Is necessary to maintain law
and order onSaturdays." Com
pensation of the extra police Is
to be determined by Town Ad
ministrator E. S. Ford.
In other action, the Council
granted Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Co. a thirty year
franchise under apparently,
slmlllar conditions to the old
franchise agreement.
A resolution dealing with lopg
range planning of the Loulsburg
Thoroughfare Plan was approv
ed and new electric rates for
accounts using over 100 KW de
mand.
Advertisement for blcls t or a
commercial backhoe was orf
dered. Bids to be opened on
FrUtay, September 10. Invoice ,
payments In ? tha amount of
$6,287.66 for July were approv
ed and ordered paid.
Stringent regulations have
been Issued to the State High
way Patrol for Intensified v^g
llence toward assuring highway
safety and reducing the number
of fatalities during this month
of August. This month was
singled out because August last
year had the most traffic deaths
of any month during 1964.
In the four-county area of
Vance, Granville, Warren and
Franklin, under supervision of
Sergeant T. E. Cook lnHender
pon, there were six traffic
deaths in August a year ago.
Three were on U. S. highways,
two on State highways and one
on a rural paved road.
Three of the deaths were In
Granville County, one each In
Vance, Franklin and Warren.
In the district there were 114
accidents and 36 Injuries last
August.
Patrol Bears Down
On Highway Safety
captain lucnara ?. cnaawicic,
Troop C commander of the
State Patrol, said the first
weekend this August Indicates
the same trend as a year ago,
and with 22 killed. He added
that In August, 1 96*7 fatalities
were the most of any month
since records have been kept
by the department. In fourteen
counties comprising Troop C,
there were 35 traffic deaths In
August last year.
Regulation* Imposed In an ef
fort to reduce the carnage of
the highways, no troopers will
l>e given regular days off dur
ing weekends this month.
Sgt. Cooke, of the High
way Patrol, Issued these di
rectives: " ^ ?
1. Line patrols -on affected
roads. *
2. No weekends assigned off.
Change In assigned duty
hours on weekends.
4. Stop as many cars as feas~
lble.
5. Keep other duties at a mini
mum."
6. Maximum use of speed de
tecting devices.
7. Solicit assistance from
news media.
8. Use of dummy tubes during
weekends.
Regulations have been rigidly
applied during the first two
weekends of this month and j
will be continued through Aug- j
ust, it was indicated. ?
Patrol officials called upon
the 'public to be alert to safety
regulations in a determined ef
fort to reduce accidents, fatali
ties and injuries.
There have been po fatalities
in Franklin thus far this August.
ASCS Says: i
Marketing
Cards Are
Mailed
1965 Tobacco Marketing
Cards are being mailed to farm
operators this week. Only one
card will be mailed per farm.
In the event, an operator would
like to obtain more than one
card he must visit the county
office and bring the original
sales card so the poundage can
be divided among the cards.
If a person other th^n the op
erator visits the county office
to request multiple sales cards,
he must bring a statement writ
ten by the operator authorizing
him to obtain the cards and how
the poundage is to be divided
among the cards. Under no
conditions can a cash tenant
obtain a marketing card show
ing the 110% of the quota with
out a written statement from
the land owner.
It Is time once again for com
mittee elections. o ASC County
and Community Committer
Elections will be held by mall
this year and every eligible
voter is encouraged to vote for
producers in their respective
communities whom they feel
are most qualified to help ad
minister farm programs.
Postal cards have been mailed
to all farm operators and these
persons should list all eligible
voters on the card and return
it to the County ^SCS Office
as soon as possible. August 20,
1965 is the final date to subpitt
nomination petitions to thd
County ASCS Committee. Bal
lots will be mailed to eligible ,
voters, not later than August 31,
1965. Newly elected county
and community committee
men will take office October 1,
1965.
184 Years
Mr. W. J. Coopwrof Louis
burg Is shown above visiting
his sister, Mrs. Laura Coop
er Fltti of Slier City. Mrs.
Fitts will be S3 years old
In October and Mr. Cooper
will be SI In November. Mr
Cooper's son, Lawrence, of
Clayton, . sent the picture and
a clipping from The Clayton
News, saying that the Coop
ers settled in Virginia In
what U rttrw Warren and
Franklin Counties before the
Revolutionary War and that
Mr. Cooper has lived In
Lou Is burg for TS years.