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Fair and warmer today. Wed
nesday {air and a little cooler.
Low today, 32; high, 70.
The Franklin Times
Published Every Tuesjijy & Thursday
-4
Serving All Of, Franklin County
Comment
No man Is so Ignorant as the
man who Is positive that he
'knows all the answers.
T?l OY 6-3283
(Ten Cejnts)
Louisburg. N C . Tuesday October 26 1965
(Si* Pages Today)
96th Year? NulYiber 71
Parents
Day Set
Wednesday
Parents Day at Loulsburg
College Is scheduled for Wed
nesday, October 27, Dean of
Students, LThomas A. Patterson,
lias announced.
Over 450 parents of Louis
burg students are registered
for the annual event which will
familiarize .them with the
college program as well as
offer them an opportunity to
visit with each member of the
faculty who teaches their sons
and daughter'si Tours of the
recently completed library and
the entire Loulsburg campus
will be conducted.
The schedule of events In
cludes: Registration from 9:30
10:30 a.m.; Parents Meeting,
'10:30 to 11:00; Chapel, 11:00 to
11:45; Lunch, 11:45 to 1:45.
Tours of the campus beg'ln at
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and
the program will be concluded
with the Parents-Faculty Tea
from 3:00 to 5:00.
WW1 Vets
Caravan To
Stop Here v
An automobile caraven spon
sored by veterans of World
War I and know as "Operation
Buddy," will travel across the
State beginning November 1, It
was learned today from Ray
mond J. Jeffreys of Raleigh.
Objective of the tour is under
stood to be to contact World
War I veterans.
The caravan will move from
Manteo and Elizabeth City In
the east, beginning Monday, No
vember 1, and arriving in
Murphy Friday, November 12.
In most instances, stops will
be made at newspaper offices
in the cities and towns included
on the itinerary.
The group will be in Louis
burg, Thursday, Nov. 4 at 11
a.m. and will make their brief
stop at the office of The Frank
lin T}mes. The caravan will
come here following stops at
Roanoke Rapids and Hender
son. The group frill go to
Selma and Smithfield fronj
Loulsbure. Dozens , of cities
and towns\will be visited, with
only biref\tops except where
the party piu^ ug for the night.
Fuller to
Attend REA
Meeting
W. O. Fuller, Sr., Franklin
County resident, will be among
fourteen directors and employ
ees of Wake Electric Member
ship Corporation attending the
Region I meeting of the National
Rural Electric Cooperative (is
soclatlon In Raleigh, North
Carolina, October 27-29,
Four hundred representatives
of rural electric cooperatives
In the Region I states of North
Carolina, Delaware, Maine,
Maryland, New Jersey, New
York, Vermont, Pennsylvania,
and Virginia are expected to be
present.
Other Wake Electric directors
and employees participating In
the meeting will be J. L, Shear -
on, Manager, L. K. Stephenson,
Director of Member Education
and Public Relations; Directors
N. C. Bmmmltt, H. L. O'Brien,
J. P. Bailey, E. C, Hunt and
J. M. Ferrell; office employees
Mrs. Ruth Denton, Mrs. Lucy
Mitchell, Mrs. Doris Forbes,
Mrs. Bobble Stroud, Mrs. Ann
Curren and Mrs. Julia Fuller.
Some of the topic* that will
be discussed during the three
day event art future Jflnanclng
for rural electric systems, ex
porting the rural electric pat
tern to foreign countries, and
the woman's pl*ce In communi
ty activities.
Nearly a half million rural
electric consumers will be rep
resented at the meeting by
members of the^9 rural elec
tric systems serving the nine
Region 1 states
Tough On Escapees
Franklin County Jailer Walter
L.' Falkner /is shown above
standing beside the cell door
where he stopped an attempted
Jailbreak Saturday night. Falk
ner shot two Negro prisoners,
and a- third Negro and a whfte
trustee were hit by ricocheting
bullets. The two would-be es
capees pinned Falkner behind
fhe cell door in their attempt to
escape while the trustee was
preparing to move a mattress
into the cell. Staff Photo.
I
Jailer Wounds Four In
Attempted Jail Break
Two Negro prisoners face tri
al in Recorder's Court today
for an attempted jailbreak
Saturday -night in which they,
a third Negro inmate and a
white trustee were injured.
Jailer Walter L. (Hawk) Falk
ner, who singlehandedly stopped
the attempted break around
7:30 p.m. when he fired three
shots from his .32 caliber
service revolver, said one; of
the prisoners claims he was
lying of his bed when hit by
the pistol fire and was not at
tempting to escape. Falkner
says he could not say for sure
whether this is true.
The incident occurred when
the .Negro prisoners requested
a mattress for their cell. Falk
ner instructed Robert H. Mor
gan, w/m/53, a trustee at the
jail, to obtain a mattress.
As Falkner unlocked the cell
door to allow Morgan to enter,
two prisoners Jammed Morgan
against the wall and pinned
Falkner between the wall and
the cell door. At this point,
the Jailer drew his pistol and
fired at the escapees.
Edward Perry, n/m/22,
charged with assault to kill and
wanted in at. least one other
county for crimes allegedly
committed there, led the escape
and was struck In his left arm.
Jesse Lee Durham, n/m/30,
Rt. 1, Henderson, confined for
driving without proper ope
rator's license and hit and run,
wa?j struck in the mouth with a
32 slug.
Morgan was hit by the rico
cheting bullats, receiving chest
wounds. A ^ third unidentified
Negro 'prisoner was struck In
the stomach py one of the re
bounding slugs\ but was not In
jured. Bullets also ricocheted
off the Jail wall$ near Falkner.
Perry and Durham were taken
to Franklin Memorial "Hospital
for treatment and later returned
to jail. Morgan was transport
ed to Duke, where his condition
has been reported satisfactory.
Falkner. said, "I certainly' hate
Mr. Morgan got hit, and I hope
he will .be alright." Morgan
is serving a 9-month term for
conviction of an assault with a
deadly weapon charge.
Falkner, after Returning the
prisoners to the cell and lock
ing them up, called the Louls
burg Rescue Service to admini
ster first aid to the victims.
This Is the *thlrd attempted
Jallbreak here in the past sev
eral years. Prisoners over
powered former jailer Jesse
Moon and locked him in a cell
a few ^ears ago, and the late
Halbert Spencer, while Jailer,
was alsobverpowered In a break
attempt.
Court Hears Heavy Dockets
The following oases were dis
posed of in a one week term
of Franklin County Criminal
Superior Court last week:
Nick Gupton, fraud. Defendant
having compiled with Judgment,
he Is ordered discharged,
Mary Louise Radford, break
ing, entering and larceny. De
fendant pleads guilty through
counsel and Is sentenced to
twelve months In Woman's Pri
son, suspended on condition that
defendant be of good behavior
and not violate any criminal
laws of the State for period of
12 months.
Phil Nelson Radford, break
ing, entering and larceny.
Pleads guilty. 12 months In
prison, suspended on condition
that defendant be placed on
probation for 12 months under
the usual terms and conditions
and further to pay Into office
of CSC $330.00 for use and
benefit of Mr. Jack Collins and
costs of court.
Timothy I. Prltchette, escape
from prison. 8 months In
prison, to begin at expiration
of sentence he Is now serving
from Edgecombe Co.
Jerry Eugene- Smith, esrape
from prison. 6 months In prl
son, to begin at expiration of
sentence he Is now serving
from Granville Co
L. O. Wilson, escape from
prison. 6 months In prison,
to commence at the expiration
of the sentence he Is now serv
ing from Wake County.
William Ray Carroll, escape
from prison. ? 6 months In
Jail, to commence at the ex
piration of sentence Imposed
ob him In Wake County.
P. G. Pice, forgery. State
takes a noHe pros with- leave.
Henry Lew-Is Alston, assault
with deadly weapon. Jury ver
dict: Guilty. 6 months In
Jail and assigned to work under
supervision of State Prison
Dept.
John Kearney, Jr., operating
auto Intoxicated; temporary
larceny of auto. 90 days In
Jail, execution not to Issue and
defendant to be placed on pro
bation for 2 years on condition
that defendant pay Into office ot
CSC a fine of $100.00 and the
costs; i not to violate any laws
of State of North Carolina for
2 years and that he abide by
the rules aM regulations as
explained by Probation Officer.
Gerald Dwaln Finch, tareless
and reckless driving. f25.00
fine and costs.
Earnest Hockaday, assault
with deadly1 weapon Inflicting
serious Injury. 12 months In
Jail, assigned to work under
supervision of State " Prison
Dept.
Marlon B. Jeffreys, III, break
ing, entering and larceny. 2
years In prison, assigned to a
Youth Offenders Camp. Execu
tion- suspended and defendant
placed on probation for five
years and to pay $20.00 Into
court for use and benefit of
J. D. Alford and the costs' of
court.
Carl Hackney, breaking, en
tering and larceny. 12 months
In jail, suspended on 5 years
probation and to pay a fine of
$100.00 ; pay costs of court;
not violate any laws of State
fi>ri5 years and live under the
supervision of State Probation
Department during that period
of time.
Henry Lewis Alston, assault
on female. Defendant having
violated criminal laws of State
of N. C. during the term of
his probation, sentence Imposed
on defendant of ? months In
Jail is hereby Invoked and corn
See COURT [lage 6
Senter Files Quarter Mill on
Dollar Suit Against Judge
A Franklinton- attorney,
??cfiarged last weekf-wtth con
tempt of court by Superior Court
Judge Hamilton Hobgood in the
criminal session held here, has
file.i - lit for $250,000.00
against the Judge, charging that
the court was Illegal.
Hubert H. S enter, who .was
Jailed for around four hours
and later fined $100 when found
in contempt of court, claims
in papers filed with the ClerW
of Superior Court's Office here,
tlu-f Hobgood " Did illegally pre
side over the October 18, 196T>
term of Superior Court." Sen
ter's contention, "according to
the complaint, is that the ex
change between Judge Hobgood
and Superior Court Judge Ray
mond Mallard ls'lllegal. Mal
lard was originally scheduled
to have presided over the Oc
tober 18th term.
The, Clerk's office reports,
however, that notification of
the switch in Jurists was made
at least thirty days in advance
of the term and that such ex
changes between Superior Court
Judges were not uncommon.
Se uter was cited for contempt
following the calling of a case
againvt Clyde Abbott forassault
on a female on Monday and
Tuesday^ of last week, and the
defendant .being absent from
court. ' On Wednesday, after
two warnings from the court
that Senter produce his* client !
In court, Senter was absent
when the case was called.
'Judge Hobgood allowed the
case to* be tried without coun
sel, and Senter arrived In court
as the trial was closing. The
Frankllnton attorney and real
estate developer reportedly told
Judge Hobgoixi that, Abbott had
not made proper figjlnclal ar
rangements with him and that,
"I don't have to bp here, and
nobody can make me.*'
It was at this point, accord
ing to reports, that Senter was
ordered taken to the Franklin!
County Jail for contempt of
court. Released around four
hours later, at 4 p.m., Senter
was given a hearing before
Judge Hobgood and fined $100.
The Abbott case ended In a
hung* Jury, and a mistrial was
called.
Senter' s suit charges, "On
October 18, about 10:45 a.m.
the defendant (Judge Hobgood)
attempted to hold a "kangaroo
or moot" meeting of the Frank
lin County Bar Association
without first notifying mem
bers of said Bar, and parti
cularly the plaintiff (Mr. Sen
ter), at which time certain
unreasonable, Illegal and un
lawful rules by which he would
'run' his court were. Issued."
The charge also asserts that
the President of the Bar As
sociation (Recorder's Court
Judge G.' M. Beam, Sr.) was
not present and, therefore, the
meeting was illegal.
Mr. Sent?r also states In his
suit that at least two defendants
were allowed to call their at
torneys when said attorneys
were not in court when the cas
es were called and that Jhis
privilege was not extended him.
Hubert H Senter
In an Interview with The
Franklin Times last Thursday
morning, Senter stated that he
was detained In his office In
Frankllnton on urgent business.
The suit states that he told
Deputy Sheriff Dave Batten he
did not feel well enough to try
Approve Secondary Roads
County Commissioners Meet
With Highway Officals
The County Commissioners,
in an unannounced special meet
ing Wednesday, adopted the
1965-66 Secondary- Road Pro
gram for the county, as recom
mended by the State Highway
^Commission*
Meeting with Fifth District
highway officials,' J. B. Bra me,
Commissioner, M. T. Adkins,
F. W. Atkins and James Alford,
the Commissioners approved
an allotment of $155,190.00 for
secondary roAdSt* TJy- program
calls for the ??xpendlture of
$16,000 for addftloual roads and
$139,200.00 for the 1965-66
road.program.
Projects, as set up in the pro
posal, are as follows: Priority
No! 2, State Rural 1256, 1257
ahd 1258, 0.7 miles Jeffreys
Dr^ive from SR-1232 to N. C.
39 and 401, cost: $7, 700; Pri
ority No. 4. SR-1616 3.5 milesy
Stal lings MW1 Road,* from
SR-1639 to N.\t.-56, cost $55,
200.00; Priority No. 5,SR-14C7,
3.0 miles Fishing Hock Road
from NC-56 to SR-1425, cost
$47,100.00,. Priority No. 6,
SR-1606, 1.2 miles Bern Wilder
Road (Part #1) from NC-39
to SR-1607, cost *16,500.00;
and Priority No. 7, SR-1401,
1.0 miles, Mamay Mash Road
from US-401 east for 1.0 mile,
cost $12,700.00.
The projects represent a total
of 9.4 miles. and?$l 39,200.00.
Other road needs were dis
cussed at the meeting, but no
announcements were" made of
the Outcome of these discus
sions.
In other actions, Mrs. Jane
York, Superintendent of the
franklin County Welfare De
partment, appeared before the
Board to discuss the surplus
food commodity program. No
action was taken by the Board
on this matter. The Commis
sioners received a report from
the Franklin County Grand
Jury, but action on the Grand
Jury requests were not an
nounced,. If any were taken.
0*'
Honors
Employees
Loulsburg ? Carolina Tele
phone this month will honor two
Loulsburg employees for long
service. A total of 30 years of
combined telephone service will
he represented by the awards.
. Each cif them will receive a
minlatura gold emblem signi
fying the \nimberv of years of
Vervlce. ^ \V
They are Ray E. Weuthqrlng
ton, a cable repalrrna^ with 20
years of service, and Gecll W.
Alston, an Installer-repairman
with 10 years of service, both
In the Plant Department.
a Jury case.
The attorney also charges In
his suit that he suffered' em- ' *
barrassment In being escorted
by armed deputies through the
crowded courthouse and on the
public streets .to the local Jail,
about a block from the court
house.
One new point brought to light
in the suit Is the charge by
Senter that Hobgood saldt dur
ing the hearing, that he acted
In anger in citing him for con
tempt. The charges read, "The
defendant made certain findings
of fact of which he attempted
to justify his said unlawful
order holding plaintiff In con
tempt of court, whereupon the
defendant admitted in open court
that he acted In a fit of anger."
Charging that his "reputation
has been- Immeasurably dam
aged," Sent?*r asks prayer for
Judgment against the defendant
in the sum of $200,000 actual
damage and $50,000.00 exem
plary or punitive damages. The
action . was filed last "Friday.
JUdge HobgocxJ, when asked
tU comment on the suit, said,
"1 prefer not to make any
comment. What occurred will
appear In the official record
of the Court Reporter and not
in the complaint."
September
Road Work
Listed
Ralelgh--State Highway Com
mission forces completed work
on more than 28 miles of roads
I In the Fifth Division during the ~
month of September according
to Commissioner J. B. Brame
and Division Engineer M. T.
Adklns.
State Forces completed work' :
In the , following counties:
Franklin, Durham, Granville
and Person. _ .
In Frankjin County: 1.0 mile
of the* extension of SR-14S0
from dead end to SH- 1449 about
14 miles southeast of Wood
was Improved with grade and .
stabilize; 2.8 mjles of SR-1454
from SR-1425 to SR- 142(5 about
2.5 miles West of Dickens was
graded and paved.
Partnership
Washington, D. C. --President
Johnson's announcement to
make Panama a partner In the
administration, management'
and operations of the canal,
wks met with general agree
ment In Congress. It is hoped
this will encj the quarrel over
the Panama Canal.
' Homecoming Contestants
Louisburg High School Homecoming
Queen contestants are pictured above, pos
ing prettily, In front of the 9>chool.
Pictured lefi to right are: Anita Tlllotson,
Freshman Class; Josephine Medlln, Sopho
more Class; Ann Avent, Junior Class, and
Jane McKlnne, Senior Class. The Queen
will be named at halftlme Friday night at
the Benvenue-Loul^Durg football' game
here. -Times Staff Photo.