Weather
Continued warm today and
Friday with scattered afternoon
and evening thundershowers
likely. Today's low, 70; high,
92!
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The
Published Every ^Tuesday & Thursday
Times
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Comment
Servjng All Of Franklin County
Adult* who fall to take care
of their children are the one*
who complain later that the
young people have little re
spect for thetr eiders.
Tal. OY 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
- LOu'Sburg N C Thursday. August 19 1965
(Eight Pagaa Today)
96th_ Year? Number 52
Local Market To
Open Wednesday,
September 8
Wednesday, September S, was set as opening day for.
the Middle Belt Tobacco Markets, including l.ouisburg,
at ji meeting in Raleigh Tuesday
The date set for opening is one day earlier than last
year and follows the traditional two weeks between Die
Eastern Bell start and the beginning of sales on the lo
cal. market '
The Middle Belt Sales' Committee met Tuesday in Ra
leigh to decide on the date Members of the committee
are: Walter Stone, Durham, Chairman and President -of
the Warehousemen's Association, M. L. Might, Hender
son, C B Turner, Henderson. Ci \. Castleberry, San
ford; Arthur Talley, Fuquay-Varina; C. R. Watkins. Sr ,
Oxford and Char'li^ Ford, Louisburg
Fred Royster of Henderson, managing director of the
Bright Belt Warehouse Associatiop said, "We are antici
pating very satisfactory prices The quality of tobacco
is good The volumn is not as heavy as in 1964 mainly
due to'rains and reduced acreage-poundage program
Committee members said the Middle Belt crop is excel
lent.
Jury List Announced
Jury list (or Franklin County
Superior Court Civil term be
ginning September 20, 1965:
DUNN? Philip High, Nlch
Booth, Carl Allen Ayscue.Oble
R. Ayscue.
HARRIS- -W. J. Robblns, Jack
Lloyd, George Harris, T. J.
Strickland, J. D. Young.
YOUNGSVILLE? J. M. Young,
A. B. Shearln, Mrs. Ew Belle
Wheeler, William H. Fleming.
FRANKLINTON -- WUlle
Richard Arnold, Edgar GUllam,
Wyley Crudup, tittle Smith,
5 Howard L. McGhee, J. Cannon
Moore, R. M. Moore, James
Stalllngs.
HA YESVILLE? Herbert Rod
well, Jack Fuller, Donald F.
Ayscue, W. E. Finch, Roy Moss.
SANDY CREEK? None.
GOLD MINE? Eddie H. House,
Hubert Leonard.
CEDAR ROCK?C. P. Dicker
son, Mrs. D. V. Frailer, L. V.
Pearce.
* CYPRESS CREEK ? Felix
Davis.
LOUISBURG ? Archie W.
Green, Jr., James Thomas
Dlckerson, Fred W. Merrltt,
Haywood Foster, .
Jury list (or Franklin County,
Superior "Court Civil jterm be
ginning September4 27, 1965:
"T . ?
DUNN? Jasper Eugene Jones,
Charles E. Jones, Bennie Ray
Medlln, Donald Eugene Je(
freys, Carol H. Pearce, H. R.
Tharrington. -
HARRB? None.
YOUNGSVILLE ? Wiley
Brow*, W. W. Wiggins, E. E.
Av.erette, Mrs. Kathleen
Croom.
FRANKLINTON --John Dojig
las Cheatham, Jimmy Jones,
Flora M. ^reddy, J, B. Hudson,
John H. Canhady, Gerald M.
Harris, Robert T. Preddy, Mrs.
Ella Maria Yow.
HA YESVILLE -- Robert H.
Foster, Sr., John'C. Black mil,
Robert Eaves.
SANDY CREEK? Hubert Mur
phy, Maynard R. Tharrlngton,
John R. Foster.
GOLD MINE -- Mrs. Dal ma
Cooke, Rufus Denton, Weldon
Jones.
CEDAR ROCK? Zena Griffin,
Mrs Myrtle S. Wester, Ernest
C Burnette, James E. Allen.
CYPRESS CREEK? Henry B.
Bass.
LOUIS BURG-- J. R. Gilliam,
Ashley Branch, GeorgeW. Per
ry, Lola B. Strickland.
Yep , Its Hot
If you suffered more Wednes
day from the heat than normally,
there was good- reason; It was
the hottest day of the year here.
Loylsburg weatherman G. O.
Kennedy reports the themo
meter hit 88 degrees yesterday
at the local station.
The former high for the year
was set on Tuesday of this
week with a 95 degree reading.
There were .two days In July,
according to Kennedy, which
also recorded a temperature of
85 degrees.
The highest temperature re
corded last year was 103 de
grees, said the weatherman, but
he could not recall the date.
The highest temperature ever
recorded in North Carolina Is
109 degrees on July 28, 1940
at, Albemarle In Stanley County.
The highest ever recorded In
the nation was 134 degrees In
Greenland Ranch, California on
July 10, 1913.
The temperature Is expected
to reach 92 degrees today.
Local Boy At 4-H Meet
Randy Thomas, left, of Rt. 2, Loulsburg
Is pictured above showing his exhibit to
Joyce Blackwell, Oxford, and Claiborne
Holtzman, Rldgeway, at the 4-H Electric
Congress being held this week In Durham.
The 19th annual meeting Is held ttj place
emphasis on safety In the use of eleotrlclty.
-Durnam Herald Photo,
Getting Them Ready
Members of the Franklin County Main
tenance Crew are shown above taking a
plcture-poslng break from their work on
getting the fleet of 92 school buses ready
for the September 1st opening. Pictured
left to right: Nack Gupton, Jones Cannady,
Jr., Lacy Gilliam, Willie Strother, James
May, Eric Medlln-and Maintenance Super
visor, Jones Cannady, Sr., who reports,
"They're about ready." - staff Photo.
Kelly Mathews
Local Girl
In Spain
-Miss Kelly Matthews, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Matthews of Loujsburg, left
August 18 from theHalelgh
DurHim Airport for Madrid and
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
She has bee n awarded a schol
arship for a month's study at
the . International music semi
nar, "Music* en Compostela,"
i special course In the Inter
pretation of 'Spanish music,
Headed by the .world-famous
[ultarlst, Andres Segovia: "
Miss Matthews will return In
September to the U. N. C.
Greensboro campus where she
is a senior piano major. She
studies with the French pianist,
Daniel Ertcourt.
If human beings really knew
half they think they know, this
world would be a much better
place.
C. T. Dean Says
Disease Cuts Tobacco Income
Diseases and Insect pests of
tobacco take a heavy toll each
year, says C. T. Dean, Jr.,
County Extension Chairman. It
Is believed that six of these
pests, nematodes, brown spot,
mosaic, hornworms, bud
worms, and flea beetles, will
cost {rowers In excess of IS
million dollars In 1965. Los
ses to these six pests can be
reduced In future crops-lf grow
ers will take Immediate action.
Cutting or shredding tobacco
stalks Immediately after har
vest, exposing tobacco roots to
the drying action of the sun and
wind, followed by burying under
the soil all old tobacco crop
refuse Is the heart of the Op
eration R-6-P Program. Fol
lowing this simple procedure
should significantly reduce cer
tain disease and Insect
populations available to Infest
future crops,
.DBEASES
Mosaic Is caused by a virus.
It Is believed that this virus
survives In the soil In unde
cayed tobacco crop refuse.
Plowing under all old tobac6p
crop refuse after harvest so
as to encourage the rotting and
decaying process should great
ly reduce the carryover of this
highly contaglousvlrusdlsease.
Brown spot Is caused by a
microscopic plant -a fungus.
This fungus Is carried bver
from one crop of tobacco to
the next on old tobacio stalks,
stems, etc. Cutting tobacco
stalks, plowing under all of
the remains of the old crop
should greatly reduce the car
ryover of this fungus and there
Raleigh, N. C. ? Total flue
cured production In North Caro
lina la now forecaat at 736
million pounds, or 20 percent
Mlow the 949 million pounds
produced last year, according
so the North Carolina Crop Re
porting Service. If the esti
mate materialises, the crop
irould be the smallest since
1959 when production was 703
million pounds. The expected
iverage flue-cured yields tor
ill types combined Is 2,018
pounds, 2M pounds below the
!,282 pounds reached In 19M
xit still the second highest
field of record.
Outlook as of August 1 was
lor a reduction of 100 pounds
in the yields of tobacco In
he Border and Eastern Belts
is compared wltb the first estl
mate a month earlier. Cumu
atlve effects of too much rain
n these belts continued to have
in adverse effect on tobacco
remaining In fields, while that
ilready harVestei weighed out
lghter than expected. Par
lally offsetting this decrease
s a 50-pound gain In the eatl
nated average yield In the Mid
Weather Reduces Crop
die and Old Belts.
Acreage, yield and production
forecast* (or North Carolina by
types as compared with 1964
are as follows:
Type n- (Middle and Old
Belts): Production 298,000,000
pounds from 149,000 acres with
a yield of 2,000 pounds.' The
1964 production was 356,
700,000 pounds on 164,000 acres
yielding an average of 2,175
pounds.
Type 12 -(Eastern or New
Bright Belt): Production 368, ?
000,000 pounds from 184,000
acres with a yield of 2,000
pounds. In 1964 a production
of 479,780,000 pounds was har
vested from 202,000 acres with
a yield of 2,375 pounds.
UNITED STATES
The national flue-cured esti
mate Is for a production of
1,156,810,000 pounds for a de
crease of 16.6 percent from the
1,387,804,000 pounds produced
last year.,
Burley production Is forecast
at 624,810,000 pounds? almost
one percent above the 1964 crop
of (19,794,000 pounds.
by ihould result In less damage
from this disease In future
Nematodes diseases of tobac
co are caused by eel-like worms
that live In the sou. Nematodes
multiply rapidly - even taster
than flies. For example, only
20 to 22 days are required to
complete the life cycle from
?eggto egg-laying adult and. each
female nematode lays hundreds
of eggs. U roots are left un
disturbed, nematodes will con
tinue to multiply until early
November Plowing out tobac
co roots - exposing them to the
drying action of thesunand^lnd
is most effective In reducing
nematode population. In fact,
results of research tests Indi
cate that thli simple practice
can reduce the number of
nematodes by as much as 75 to
90%.
INSECTS
Hornworms, budworms and
flea beetles feed on tobacco.
Destroying stalks , Removes
their source of food and breed
ing place. Over 90% of the horn
worms that Uve through the win
ter are produced after August 1.
Stalk destruction reduces their
lumber* by as much as 95%
wf\en combined with growing
season sicker control and In
secttitdes. Budwonn pupae
over-winter In the top 2 or
3 Inches of the soli. Turning
the stubble (or nematode con
trol also reduces the number
of moths which will emerge the
next spring to lay eggs from
which the larvae that destroys
tobacco will develop.
FOLLOW THIS SIMPLE
PROCEDURE:
1. Immediately after harvest
ing tips, cut or shred stalks.
Do a good Job -a halfway Job
Just doesn't work.
2. Turn stubbles immediate
ly so the root system can be
killed by drying action of the
sun and wind. Do not delay
this operation.
3. Disk field thoroughly about
two weeks after roots are plow
ed out. Disk a second time
If necessary to get all stub
bles, stalks, and trash com
pletely burled beneath soil'.
-?4. Seed winter covef crop.
Wheat, oats, and barley are
good cover crops for tobacco
and will prevent winter eros
ion'
Remember It's most Import
ant to do the Job "right now."
The complete operation should
be carried out while the soil
Is still warm so that the rotting
and decaying process will take
place as soon as possible.
Recorder's
Court Docket \
The following cases were dis
posed of at a session of Re
corder's Court on Tuesday,
August 17:'
Oliver Young, c/m, assault
with deadly weapon. 125.00 fine
and cost*.
Clyde Abbott, w/m/45t assault
on females 6 months In Jail,
assigned to work under super
vision of State Prison Depart
ment. Notice of appeal. Bond
fixed at $200.00.
Edna Bunn Conn, ?vt/23,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. 115.00 line and
costs.
Jamas Boyce Pearce, speed
ing. Pleads guilty under waiver
statute, $10.00 fine and costs.
Marguerite Washington, c/f, ?
assault with deadly weapon.
State takes nol pros.
James Henry Washington,
c/m/$ls assault with deadly
weapon, larceny. State takes
nol pros to second count. Not
guilty as to first count.
Allen Thomas Tharrlngton,
w/m/37, speeding. Pleads guil
ty under waiver statute. $10.00
fine and costs.
George Stanhope Cobb*,w/m/
it, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $10.00
fine and costs.
dandle Coley, c/m, unlawful
possession of whiskey. todays
In Jail, assigned to work under
supervision of State Prison
Dept., suspended on payment
of $10.00 fine and costs within
30 days. $50.00 compliance
bond. '
M. L. Cone, w/m, operating
motor vehicle after license re
voked. 6 months In Jail, as
signed to work under supervis
ion of State Prison Department,
suspended on payment of $25.00
fine and costs within 30 days.
Paul Walker, c/m/24, as
sault on female. $10.00 fine
and costs.
Harr$ Williams, c/m/84, op
erating auto Intoxicated. 6
months In Jail, assigned to work
under supervision of State
Prison Dept., suspended on pay
ment -af $100.00 fine and eeate
Within 60 days.
Douglas Carlton Gupton; c/
m, 24, speeding. 80 days In
Jail and assigned to work undei;
supervision of State Prison
Department, suspended on pay
ment of $15.00 fine and cost*
within one week.
Otha Strickland, q/m/46, as
sault on female. SO days In
Jail, suspended on payment of
110.00 fine and costs.
Early Alexander Ball, w/m/
36, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $10.00
line awl costs.
Lewis A.Thompson
Named Postmaster
At Franklinton
Both Rep. L. H. fountain,
Dem. N. C., Second District,
and th^ Post Office Department
announced today .that the De
partment has sent to the Presi
dent the name of Lewis A.
Thompson, Jr., of Frankllnton
for nomination of postmaster of
Frankllntgn.
Thompson, 39, lives at 402
East Mason St. in Frankllnton
and operates a grocery store in
Youngsvllle. He Is a graduate
of Frankllnton High School, the
Navy V-12 Program, a two
year college course at Emery
University, Atlanta, Ga. He
attended Midshipman's School
at Notre Dame University, is
a naval veteran of World
War II, serving as an Ensign.
Thompson also attended Wake
Forest College.
While postmaster appoint
ments are made by the Presi
dent and must be approved by
the U. S.-Senate, the Pcfofe Office
Department usually seeks help
in connection therewith from
the Representative In- Congress
of the district affected. Under
the law, the 'postmaster must
come from among the three
highest scoring candidates on
open competitive Civil Service
examinations. In the Franklln
ton case, the highest scoring
candidate was Lewis A. Thomp
son, Jr.
In conjunction with the an
nouncement of the Post Office
Department, Rep. Fountain
said: "This is one of the most
difficult deolslons of this type
that I have had to participate
In ?lnce coming to Congress.
The difficulty for all who par
ticipated in the decision fyis not
toeen due to the lack of a well
quaUfled applicant, but rather
to the availability bi several
well-qualified ones who enjoyed
widespread support among their
fellow citizens."
Continuing, Rep. Fountain
said: "I therefore want to offer
my heartiest and slncerest con
gratulations to each of the ap
plicants for the outpouring of
praise and support which they 1
received.- It is a testimonial ;
Lewis A
Thompson, Jr
indeed, to Jhe very high esteem
in which they are held by their
fellow citizens."
Thompson, who' will' replace
C. Kearney, who retired
about two years ago due to ill
health, had the support of the
majority of the members of the
Franklinton Democratic' Pre
cinct Committee and the Frank
lin County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee in his bid
for the position. He made the
highest score of any applicant
on the clvlL service examina
tion. Examinations for the ?
position were held in April
of 1964. '
Thompson is married to the
former Doris Holmes of Louis
burg. - They .have four chil
dren, Lewis A. (Al) Thompson,
HI 13, David 12, Larry 8 and
Lu Ann 6. The Thompsons
are Methodists.
The Franklinton native, when
Contacted at his home, expres
sed appreciation to all who had
supported him and expressed
his determination to do a good
Job. He said he did not know
how soon the final* appointment,
which is usually^ routine after
this poJnty would- be effective.
It usually takes about thirty
days before a newly appointed
postmaster takes office.
Epsom Merchant Passes
Henderson--Durward Thomas
Dickie, 70, of Rt. 1, Henderson,
In the Epsom community^ died
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Dickie owned and operat
ed a grocery in the Epsom com
munity for over 50 years. He
was a veteran of World War I,
serving in the Army. He was
a member and past deacon of
New Bethel Baptist Church and
was a director of the Citizens
Bank and Trust Co. of Hender
son.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Sallie Macon Dickie; two sons,
Durward T. Dickie, Jr. of the
Epsom community, and George
T. Dickie of Henderson; two
daughter^, Mrs. M. Formyduval
County Road
Work Finished
Ralei^f? State Highway Com
mission forces completed work
>n 11.34 miles of roads In the
Fifth Division during the month
]f July, according to Commla
iloner J. B, Brameand Division
Englngpr M. T. Adklns
The work In District Two ln
:luded i.44 miles of grading,
iralnage and stabilizing In Dur
lam, Granville and Person
bounties , along wMh another
>.6 miles of pavement repair
ind drainage improvement.
In District Three, In the
:ountles of Franklin, Vanie and
Varren, there were (.1 miles
>f grading and paving on s?con
lary roads and another 1.1
nlles of grading and stabilising.
All work was done by State
'orces.
The project In Franklin Coun
7: Secondary Road 1748, 4rom
!R 1747 to Wake County line
ipproxlmately *.6 mile south
it Pilot, grading and paving,
1.9 miles.
of Onancock, Va , and Mrs.
C. M. Long of Greensboro, and
six grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements had not
been announced Wednesday
night.
Franklinton ,
Lions Meet ^
(Frit. B.W.) The Franklinton
Lions Club held Its regular
meeting at the Community
House on Monday evening at
7 o'clock with Lion John Wright
presiding.
Lion Bill Johnson was In
charge of the p7ogram. He
recognized the .program par
ticipants: Arthur Hall, James
8. Joyner and Joe Pearce. The
group discussed the possibility
of a Chamber of Commerce
or some similar organization
being formed In Franklinton.
Pearce as mayor, Hall as
a merchant and Joyner as a
member of the Town Board
desired the sponsorship of such
an organization be undertaken
by the local Lions Club. Even
though the club, was In favor of
the suggestion, "no action was
taken on Monday evening.
George Champion, Jr., Adju
tant of Jambees Post 105,
American Legion announces
there will be a Dutch Supperv
at George Leonard's cabin
Friday nlgltt, August 20, at
9;S0 p.m.
Commander Zeb Wheeler ur
?? all members of the poet to
make plans to attend.