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Weather * Partly cloudy today- and j Thursday. Not as warm today. Today's low, 66; high, near 80. ? t Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Comment Gossip spreads much^faster than the truth; that'$ wljfl there Is so much of scandal and so little about r<ally. important matters. ?" Serving All Of Franklin County Tel 0Y 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Lousburg ISI C Thursday September 2 1965 t (Ten Pages Today) 96th Year ? Number 56 Farm Income Shows Decline From 1964 Record Tobacco Market Opens Wednesday \ Loulsburg's . warehousemen are busy this week preparing for the opening of the local to bacco market next Wednesday. Last minute spruce-ups of the warehouses are now in i progress, and already some growers are seeking floor space for next week's opening day sales. Sales are expected to fall short of last year's record, due to the reduction In acreage and the poundage controls. Quality of the offerings Is -ex pected to rise and prices are i expected to be up. Little change in personnel has beert made by the three local warehouses . Ford' s W arehous es, located near ForG Village Just off Blckett Blvd. here, Is pwned by Charles E. Ford, veteran tobacco man. Assist ing In this year's operation will be Thomas Carter, Brodle Martin, Buck Sykes and Harris Turner. The Friendly Four Ware house, located on Main Street in downtown Loulsburg, is owned by James Speed, Gus McGhee and Cleamop Pearce, all of whom* will be associated wlth^ t*?e sales this year. In addition to the owners, several experienced tobaccomen will be returning. They are: Grover Harris, Sr., L. D. O'Brien, Garner .Dement, Read Vlfck, > "Red" Plnnell, Howard Con yers and Thurston Ayscue. Big Franklin Warehouse, lo cated on the southern end of Blckett Blvd.t Is owned by * Sterling and Bryant Cottrell. , They will be assisted by Arch ; Wilson, who for. a number of years was associated with the - operation. Other personnel for Approval Letter Not Received The letter of approval of the" Franklin County Board of Edu cation's pla*"T>f compliance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which was expected to arrive today, \ had not been received by lo Ycml officials- at noon today. \ Oral assurance that tfle let ter approving th? local plan ha^ been signed In Washing ton on Monday by Dr. Frances Keppel, U. S. Commissioner of Education, was given Board Attorney E, F. Yarborough by Washington officials by tele phone Tuesday. Yhe status of the Franklinton City School Board's plan was not stated, but John Dudley of the Education office said last $eek that the Franklinion plan's approval was "Just a matter of time and nothing else." this seas<?n were not announced, Jlm&le' R. Gupton will be ticket marker for the entire market. Percy Joyner of Louis burg will be auctioneer for the Friendly Four and Big Franklin houses, and Earlle (Preacher) ,L.ightsey will auctioneer for Ford's Warehouse. Veteran tobacco buyer Lquis Wood of Louisburg Is retiring and- will not be on the local market this year, it was re ported. Replacing him fot Im perial will be Si Haskln^ of Virginia. One other change In buyers was reported; Mac Yancey will be the new Reynolds man on the Louisburg market. Other buyers expected to work the local marKfet were reported as: Kenneth Isley of Louisburg, Liggett & Myers; Tom Griffon of Louisburg, American; Louis Maxton, Export^ Gilbert Dickerson, Taylor; Bobby Dea, Henderson; Louis Jones, Ven able; and Bill Smith, Sanford. William B&one of Cedar Rock is returning as Sales Super visor for the local market. Boone served his first year in the position In 1964. He lias be^n associated with local warehouses in various ca pacities for a number of years. Warehousemen announced that tobacco would be accepted be ginning next Tuesday for opening d4y sale ori-Wednesday. ?Big Franklin and Friendly Four set 7 a.m. Tuesday as the start See MARKET Page 6 McDonald To Head Publicity Wallace Tippett, Franklin County Red Cross Fund Cam paign Chairman, announced Tuesday that Rev. Walter N. McDonald had accepted the post of Publicity Director for the campalgn. At the same time he announced that the campaign would be held October 15 through November ,1.5. McDonald, Chairman of the Department of Religion at Louistourg CoUege, has long been associated with Franklin County Red ' Cross, having served as Water Safety In structor, chapter secretary, and as chapter chairman. He currently Is chairman of the chapter Service to Military Families Committee. In making the announcement, Tippett pointed^ out that this year's campaign would be a slgnlf leant one for 'Red Cross In Franklin County because the Increase In draft quotas will greatly Increase the need for Red Cross services, which can be met only as the fund* are available to make them possi ble. New Positions Miss Zelda Coor, left, has been named Registrar at Loulsburg College, succeeding Roland E. Horn*, who during the past year has served as Registrar, In uidltlon to his regular duties as Director of Admissions. The position of Registrar was formerly held by Miss Rachael Modlln, who Is now a member of the faculty at the college. Mrs. Betty Harris, right, of Loulsburg, "M succeeded Miss Coor as Secretary to President C. W. Robbing. Miss Coor, a graduate of Loulsburg College, holds an A.B. degree from Scarltt College and has been connected with the college for the past nine years. She has also served as Alumni Secretary. Mrs. Smith, an alumnae of the college, has taught In the Franklin County Schools and for the ptst ten years has been associated with First Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Loulsburg. . ? Ready, For Ofifninf! Negro Held For Superior Court In Epsom Fire Cases Joseph Junior (Bro) Alston, 15-year-old Negro boy charged with three cases of. arson In tl)e burning of three homes In the Epsom Community, was bound over for trlatln the Oc tober term of Superior Court by Recorder's Court Judge G M. Beam, Sr., here yester day. Alston, who told otflcers he heard voices telling him to set the fires, readily admitted tf\e crimes when apprehended last vfeek by Deputy Sheriff Dave Batten 'and State Insur ance Investigator A. E. Pearce. The youth reportedly set fire to the home of John JJanlel Davis, Negro father of the boy's step-father a few weeks ago. Last Wednesday, he reportedly again struck by putting ablaze the home of Qavts'. wife near by and later turning his own home, where he lived with his mother and stepfather, John Edward Davis. The defendant was placed un der 92,060.00 bond In each case fend was remanded to local of ficers. He l< lodged in the Franklin County Jail. Other cases heard In Re corder's Court Tuesday are as follows: Steven Earl Harris, w/m/lj, operating auto intoxicated, im proper use of siren. Attorney for defendant makes motion re questing that license of defendant be returned. The Court orders license returned after finding that defendant has been of good character since ? ? . tl case was tried. Robert W. Wullenwaber, w/m/ 43, speeding.. Pleads guilty un der waiver statute. $10.00 Jlnd and c.osts. John Reynold Efeucom, Jr., w/m/22, speeding. Pleads guil ty under waiver statute. $10.00 fine and costs. . Normim Boylorn, c/m/22;non' support.- 6 months In Jail! as signed to work 'under super vision of State Prison Dept suspended pn payment of$15;00 per week for support of chlldreh and costs of court, and to "accept probation Of two years. Bob It. Leonard, w/m, worth less check. Defendant to pay the bad check" into court for Mr'." Parrlsh and the costs of Court. Guidance Courses To Be Taught In Some Schools Three teachers In Franklin County will be devoting their time to Instruction In d new field as schools open. Mrs Hamilton Hobgood at Loulsburg High School, Roland Owens at Frankllnton High School, and Eugene Logan at B F. Person School In Frankllnton will be teaching ninth graders "an In troduction to the world of work." ? The course, called inlroduc tlon to Vocations, or IV, was offered In 45 schools In the State In the fall of 1963 on an ?xpc|-lmental basis. It was offered last year In about 100 1 schools. This fall the course ts no longer experimental. It Is being offered In about 260 schools?an Increase of 550 percent since 1963--and Is sup ported. ofrtlally by Federal funds tMs year. It Is a course designed to place primary emphasis on student planning and decision making. The one-Jiour-a-day session Is divided Into five major units during the year and deals with realm of occupa tions. Charles I. Jones, State Super visor, North Carolina' Depart ment of Public Instruction, said that 187 teachers, Including the ones from i*rankllrf County, went to a two-week workshop this summer at N. C. State Uni versity. In addition,, a con tinuing program of ln-servlce education will be conducted. If you don't know the an swer, don't answer the ques tlon. , You may not know It but you are often wrong. 1 il Tobacco Accounts For Most Loss, Boll Weevils Hurt Cotton Prospects Franklin County's farm Income Is expected to drop vri esti mated $2 million be Jow the 1964 figure? from $20,544,7-47- to $1 8,500, OOO^P-ar m Agent C. T. Dean, .Jr., r^portei th-ls'week. ? Tobacco, which generally determines the farm Income, in Franklin County, will account for most of the loss. The picture is not as dim as it might appear, however. Dean pointed ojit that 1964 was a record year both for tobacco and total farm income. With tobacco marketing time here. Frankllft County's Agri cultural -leaders today did a bit of estimating about the 1965 crop. Taking a\l things in considera tion, especially the weather and a new tobacco program, County Extension Chairman C. T. Dean," Jr., and his staff say tliat the j gross income for the county from agriculture this year will be approximately 18 1/2 mil lion dollars. , , Tobacco will account for around two-thirds of the county's, total agricultural in come. The agent and hiK as sistants, Bob Shllljnglaw and Jimmy Stephenson, say esti mated income of? $18,r)QO,OOo will be realized from all farm enterprises this y*ur as coin pared to $20,tj44,747 for 1964. ."The King of Crops, "tobac co", will not yield as uu.uyh as the 1964 crop, according to Dean.* The crop has turned | out pretty ffuod, however, con sidering the excessive rainfall ami most farmers ended up with about a 16 to 18 leaf crop with" good quality and color, the' agent states - lfesed on 9,607 acres ? plant ed and a poundage quota of. 18,194,Or>(i pounds and an estimated price of $63.00 will mean J uro* Income of $11,462,255 for the' Franklin County tobacco farm ers. , ? " , Report-s from the eastern, border, and Georgia -Florida markets would seem to indi cate tljat prices should open higher on the middle belt tlii year than last. T#?e total crop lsjmuch shorter than last year, opinions varying afi to the per-j cental to w expected. Allot ments were- smaller, and this was further complicated byj changing *to the <oi?blrtatlon ^creage-poundage plan this year plus the. extremely wet' weather conditions that havel decreased the crop even tnore. Despite all these factors, tobacconists anjL farmers fldently lo?.k f'Vrwa rd t<> .t season. \ j Careful grading Is agalr\ em-l phasized by all those who have I returned from other markets .'| This applies whether the to-j bacco Is sold tied or untied. Pull out the green, black and nondescript leaves, and the' price- differential will be sub stantial. It Is stated. Another Important factor where tobacco Is still in the field Is to allow It to got well ripe before har vesting. , Reporting on othetArops, Dean said cotton Income} would also be down as coth paired ? to ; last year. Cotton farmers are being hit by the worst Infesta tion of l>oll weevil In many years. Most farmers planted their cotton acreage, obtained a good stand, used a little more topdresslng and planned to fol low a complete Insect control program, but excess rains ami a heavy infestation erf bollweev lis that are hard to km.-pi'-at to a reduction in cotton- yields ' * at this time. . 0 Th?? corm ip says Dean/ .Farmers are re* porting t^ebest corn ever. Each year. i?? r:..)-r.s a:- ? better better . i t ? . r.i i practices ' ami, more weed i'-:W trol materials, more, fertilizer and top dressing, and along viih j this, year's ralnf^JX t:\vr\fiiiv,,; was ideal for corn. Soybeans are a crop that many Franklin County farmers added to, offset the expected. -reduced tobacco- Income. rFarmfcrs in creased soybea: .t^ra-a : > in 8,000 in 1904 b i~\ < this year. We feel the average yield will go up from 22 bush els to the 25-3- ; ./? 1 ' ? *' V No Charges Filed In Youngsville Shooting Lack of electricity with which to operate a tobacco-tying ma chine resulted In a gun battle between a white man and a Negro tenant in the Youngsvllle area this w*?ek, according to reports. # Sheriff Joseph W Champion reports tliat no charges have been filed in the case'.' He s.tid neither man indicated hid willingness to Indict the other. The incident 'reportedly l>egah when Milton Holmes, t7-year- j <>M Haywood' Holmes, both of Youngsvllle, Ht. 1, went to the home of James Crudup, iv rn, 40, Rt. 1, Youngsvllle, to Check on why the machine lutd stopped operating. Yrfnng Holmes discovered tl^* electric plug had been pulled I from the socket. He reported that as he reinserted the plug, Crtidup took it out, saying that he would not aljow the use of ( his -electricity. The Holmes : youth went to ret his father. The elder" Holmes, accord- j lng Unreports, came up to the i ; porch bf the Nej me and ( tJ|H ?'l'l'T Holmns. \ At this point, Holmes is al was told he coul" use the j electricity, Hwd C .it tliat j tlrtte pulfFda rifl ? behind hlnV and began J ig it at'J ? ** X leged to haVi ;? .1 from his pocket 'a 1 shfc>t u,v Negro in the hand* and ar;:v. Crudup yas living In a he 1^ on a farm rented by Holnu-s, according to reports, and v;.?s allowed to -thu* - change for helping Hpln uh his tobacco ' r< j ? it' said the Negro had w i a ; two days this T . , .Hollpes: Thff incident ,^.v early Mortday m;< . ,'iiast far netted no "ti i !%;-? u < *t either man. The rifl i to fire, probably savfiir. H"!i life, and tl ? w j, on Crudup were repqrte ' s not being too seri"us Unlucky '13' Creeslrtll, N ' - Mis. JU-i >.?r ' pcund of 1 1 b-lt t h * > b?-i; ? in unlucky nuiu: >< 1 M Champion ( >' ? . number ion rt?- I the family circle u ? ? 1 U > . ind three girls J^on't ' orii; , ; 'lays, this for back in February. I WELCOME TO L0UISBUR6 ?? .FIRST IN KKElinK M1ML SALES GROMTIH I IN NORTH CAROLINA Road Signs Up Newly-erected sijjn, shown above on South Blckett Blvd., proclaims to passing motorists that Loulsburg Is' First In Re tall Sales Growth in North Carolina. Other, signs are t6 be erected by the Loutsburg Busi ness Association. Clay Mc BHde, local radio announcer, is in charge Of the prdject.'1 \ similar sign Is' already in place o.n the Henderson Rdfd. i
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