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Weather Partly cloudy and little change In temperatures today and Fri day. Low 45; high, low 70>s. The tH Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Tiities Comment There Is a vast and funda mental difference between promise and performance. Serving All Of Franklin County V T?l. OY 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Louisburg, N C.. Thursday, November 4. 1965 (Ten Pages, Today) 96th Year ? Number 74 T ' ' 7 /' / * County Votes "No" On Roods, Court Issues Court Issue Defeated ? 1140 To 1046 Franklin County Is on* of the two counties of the state's 100 to vote against the constitutional amendment for the establish ment of an Intermediate Court of Appeals In the state. Only Green County voted with the locals In downing the Issue. Unofficial return^ from the eleven precincts In Franklin County show the Issue defeat ed by 1140 to 1046. Dunn, Pearces, Loulsburg and Frank llnton were the only precincts approving the amendment. Dunn precinct (Bunn) gave the amendment the largest affir mative margin, approving It 89 09. Pearces agreed on the Is sue, 21-19 and Frankllnton cast a 217-196 vote favoring the court. Loulsburg cast a favor able vote, 376-293. The largest percentage vote Society Names Officers At a meeting of the Franklin County Historical Society held October 28, Llndley Butler was reelected to serve as president for next year. Others elected to serve one-year terms are: Vice President, T. H. Pearce; Secretary, Lucy Perry Burt; Treasurer, W. J. "Pete" Shearln. A color film, produced by the North Carolina State Film Board, was presented at the meeting. The film covered the first 100 years of North Carolina history. Dr. Gerald Shlnn, Chairman of the Franklin Academy Restora tion Committee, expressed ap preciation to the society for the $100 contribution made to the committee, and reported that a total of $1867 had been received toward this year's goal of 12000. The deadline for reaching this goal Is December 1. Herman Spencer, previously appointed to a committee to study the history of Masonry In Franklin County, stated that April 29, 1786, the first Masonic Lodge meeting was held near the small community of Alert In Franklin County, making that organization actually thirteen years older than the county. In commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the charter next April, the county's four lodges are purchasing a bronze highway marker, to be See SOCIETY page 6 Births Top Deaths In October Births continued to exceed deaths In Franklin County dur ing the month of October, ac cording to a report from the county Health Department. The department recorded eight white births and eleven colored births for a total of 1? for the period. There were eight white deaths reported and nine colored for a total of 17. Pneumonia led the causes of death with 3 being attributed to the disease. Dance To Feature Discotheque -Theme > Mrs. Dwlght Hlnton, Chair man, stated this week that plans were well underway for the No vember Dance sponsored by the Loulsburg Junior Woman's Club. The dance will be held on Fri day, November 12, from 9 to V In the Loulsburr Armory. The decoration committee has chosen as their theme a "Discotheque" and are pres ently working on the "props" to carry out this theme. Again this year the dance will be a cabaret style, and thoae planning to attend are urged to buy their tickets early so that the club will have adequate seating facilities. The pnlce of the ticket to thli dance will, as In the past, cover the cost of all refreih ments and soft drinks which are served. Make your plans now to come and enjoy dancing to the music of Blly Joe Austin and his combo. against the amendment came from Hayesvllle Township, 65 18. Other precincts, alt voting against the proposal were as follows: Harris, 80-49; Youngsvtlle 79-70; Sandy Creek 82-45; Gold Mine 68-54; Cedar Rock 142-76 and Cypress Creek 87-31. . yA The Issue called for granting the General Assembly authority to establish and Intermediate Court of Appeals. The Idea was to ease some of the work load for the Supreme Court. -One Loulsburg attorney, who had publicly favored the Issue, said folks Just weren't Interest ed. Even the county commis sioners would not endorse the Issue, he added. One observer said, "It was a lawyer's thing and this hurt It" Statewide the Issue gained overwhelming approval of the voters. Only In the two eastern counties of Franklin and Greene did It receive opposition. Only 19% of Franklin County's registered voters turned out for Tuesday's elections. Nearly 7,000 voted last November as opposed to 2239 participating In, Tuesday's voting. PRECINCT FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST I? 'PUNN PEARCE'S HARRIS YOUNGSVILLE . FRANK LIN TON HAYESVILLE SANDY CREEK GOLD MINE CEDAR ROCK CYPRESS CREEK LOUISBURG 103 j 16 35 &t 200 9 38 47 51 24 304 49 25 97 93 222 75 92 83 171 68 370 ROAD BOND FOR AGAINST TT? . 21 49 70 217 * 18 45 I 54 - 76 31 376 59 19 80. 79 196 65 82 68. 142 57 293 APPEALS COURT r. FOR AGAINST FRANKLIN COUNTY TOTALS 894 1345 1046 1140 Sworn To State Commission Loulsburg businessman Wal lace Tlppett Is shown above, left, being sworn by Superior Court Cleirk Ralph Knott to the North Carolina R e c r e a 1 1 o n Commission in ceremonies held In the courthouse this morning. Tlppett was appointed to the state post by Governor Dan Moore. -Times Staff Photo. Louisburg Businessman Gets State Appointment Wallace Tlppett, Loulsburg businessman and campaign manager tor Governor Dan Moore In last year's elections, has been named by the Gover nor to the North Carolina Rec reation Commission. Tlppett replaces William L. West, Jr., of McAdenvllle, N. C. , Tlppett, 44, was informed of the appointment last week and received the commission Wed nesday. His term will expire July 1, 1870. The local farm Implement dealer entered ' the political field for the first time last year and headed the county campaign for Governor Moore. Moore was edged by Dr. I. Beverly Lake In the first prl mary but soundly defeated L. Richardson Preyer In the county balloting In the June runoff' Moore also defeated the Republican candidate In the November elections In this county. Tlppett headed the recent Road Bond Committee for the county and has been called on by a number of local officials and citizens to mediate needs between them and the state ad ministration in recent weeks. Tlppett Is a native of Wake County. He moved to Franklin County In 1949. He is married to the former Janle Cyrus of Franklin County and {he father of three children, Larry II, with the U. S. Air Force near Washington, D. C.i Betty Jo 14, a ninth grader at Loulsburg; and Bonlta 11, a ilxth grader. He U a veteran of 8 1/2 years' naval service In World War II and Is pest president 4 of the Loulsburg Lions Club and the Loulsburg Business Association. Tlppett, whose hobby Is outdoor camping, U already tamlllar with the field of recreation. Ralph J. Andrews if Raleigh Is Director of the Department of Recreation and his depart* ment was Instrumental In aid ing Franklin County In the preparation of dati presented at the hearings on the develop ment of the Tar River Basin. Tlppett said, "I am honored by the appointment, and I Intend to do my very best in behalf of my state and Franklin County." There are ten members on the I Commission, four ex-offlclo and sU appointed by the Gov ernor. Other 'members are: | Mrs. Harriet Pressly of R?- I lelgh, Gus Pernell, Charlotte; I See APPOINTMENT page 6 < Commissioners Reject Boarding Home Bid The Franklin County Com missioners rejected a $10,000 bid (or the Benjamin Franklin Boarding Home property In their regular meeting here Monday. The bid had been made by T. T. Kemp of Lou Is - burg. No further action was taken on the matter of obtain ing additional bids or renova tion of the structure by the Board-. Mr. Rufus Place, present op erator of the home, Is retiring at the end of the year, neces sitating obtaining another leas er for the property with a state license or massive renovations before a new license can be Is sued. ' The Board received and ap proved a number of routine reports from the various county agencies and took no action on a request to purchase uniforms m 4 Addresses Louisburg Lions Frank Kemp, District Gover nor of 31G, Informed the Louis burg Lions Club at Its meeting Tuesday evening that It should consider four major goals In Llonlsm this year. , ' The first challenge' was that the club become more active In the White Cane Drive. There are fewer blind people selling pencil* on the street today than ever before. Many of these blind people are fortunate enough to work In other areas and under better conditions. Second, all members who have not visited Boys Home at Lake Waccamaw. should do so. Those boys attend school there the entire year In an effort See LlbNS page 6 Easter Seal Society - To Meet On Wednesday, November 10, at 7:J0 p.m. the Franklin County Easter Seal Society will hold * public meeting In the Com* munjty Room of the First Cltl Mns Bank L Trust Company >n Blckett Boulevard In Louls xirg. A film, "Camp Easter In the Pines," will be shown. The ] >ubllc Is urged to view /the , Um, which portrays camming acuities for the 'crippled 1 'Mldren of our state. | ' Ijfor ladies working In the court house offices. A motion was made to buy uniforms for female employees but died for lack of a second, according to reports. Approval was given for the employment of an aid to a fed eral veterinarian inspecting cattle for Bang's disease and TD in the county. The pay scale $as set at $1.25 per hour for the aid. Mrs. Moore To Speak North Carolina's first lady, Mrs Dan K. Moore, will be a- special guest at the Demo cratic Women's District meet ing. The luncheon meeting will be held at the Benvenue ,Country Club In Rocky Mount, N. C., at 12:30 p.m. on No vember 12. Reservations must be made by November 7. Mrs. L. F. Oxnevad, president of the Democratic Women Organiza tion, will accept reservations or Mrs. Sophie Rabll, 1520 W. Haven Blvd., Rocky Mount, N. C. , can be contacted. A large crowd Is anticipated. All Democratic women are urged to attend so Franklin County will be well represent ed. ?> One Of Two Counties In State To Oppose Road Issue f 1 Bucking the statewide tide, Franklin County voted a re sounding*" No" to the J300 bil lion Road Bond Issue In Tuesday's off-year elections. Only one other county Joined In a negative vote against the road Improvement plan, this being Greene County Just east of Franklin. While North Carolina as a whole gave the Issue a 3-1 win margin, Franklin County voted 1345 against while casting B94 votes for the Issue. Ten o I the county's eleven precincts were against tjie bonds. Only Dunn precinct, located In Bunn, cast more votes for the Improvements than against them. Dunn precinct gave the Issue Following Election Results Future Of County Roads Uncertain The big question In Franklin County, In the aftermath of Tuesday's vote against the Road Bond Issue, today Is the status of road Improvements In the county. In light of the slap handed the Moore administra tion and his highway commis sion by local voters, the ques tion of roads for Franklin County, at best, Is uncertain. Under the Bond Issue, Frank lin County will get the $943,200 even though the county opposed the issue. Of this amount, the county Itself will get $735, 300. Loulsbutg will recejve $112,200, Frankllnton $59,300, Dunn $13,000 and Youngsville Is to get $23,400. In a letter to The Franklin Times last .week, State Highway Commission Chairman Joe Hunt, reported the highway 56 project Is running on schedule but gave no starting date. It' is assumed that the negative vote by the county, while not rushing the 56 project, will not kill it either. v The biggest cost to the county apparently will come in the 88 State HlghwSy Commission Priorities for paving and Im proving dirt roads throughout the county. These are- the cases Involving a number of cltlzeas living on dirt roads who have at sometime In the past presented road petitions to the County Commissioners. Four of the 88 priorities were recently approved for work and officials were hopeful for a number of others to be ap proved by the st^te department. The failure to support the road bond issue places this approval in grave doubt according to local speculation by officials. The 84 remaining priority roads projects ranged in dis tance from 0.3 miles for Cooke Street extension to $150,000 for Sledge Road which is 4.9 miles. From Number one priority (312) of Pender Street to Number 84 ($0) the Jack Green Road, most observers agree, the chances for these projects are far less today than they were Monday of this week. At the end of this century one out of three World War n vet erans now living will still be allv?; and three out of four Korean Conflict veterans will still be living, the Veterans Administration estimates. a better than two-to-one mar gin, casting l(f3 ballots "For' and only 49 "Against." The worst licking Governor Dan Moore's campaign-prom ised five-year road plan came In HayesvlUe Township where only 9 voters approved the Is sue, With 75 voting against It. HayesvlUe has more Republican voters than any other county precinct and was the only pre cinct to go for Goldwater In the 1964 elections. Cedar Rock voted over three to one against the road bonds, and .Harris Township cast an almost 3-1 negative vote. Cedar Rock's tally was 171-51 and Hafrls voted 97-35. The Issue was somewhat clos er In the heavier voting pre cincts, such as Frankllnton and Loulsburg. F rankllnton defeat ed the Issue by 22 votes , casting 200 ballots In favor and 222 against. Loulsburg voted 304 for the b6nds and 370 against. Other precincts, all voting , against the Issue, reported re turns as follows: Pearces, 25 16; Youngsvllle, 93-97; Sandy Creek, 92-38; Gold Mine, 83 46; Cypress Creek, 68-24. Bond leaders In the county 1 were Justifiably disappointed In | the election results. One county commissioner stated, "I don't know where we can go to now. We had the best chance we've ever had to get something done to our roads and we've killed It." Another commissioner said, "Let the Klan build the roads." This was In refer ence to the public opposition by the Ku Kli\ Klan to the Road Boild Issue. The oppo sition Is believed to have played a part In the closeness of the voting on the Issue In several eastern counties. One veteran political observ er sa,ld he felt that while the Klan'Certaln^y cast some dis senting votes, the real reason for the loss In, Franklin County came from the complacent peo ple who did not vote. He said he did not feel the Klan was the deciding factor. It has been widely rumored in the past few months that the Klan claimed to control 2,000. votes In the county, but most politicians discount this numbers being excessive. The light turnout of voters In an off-year election was expected. The county ? voted 6,638 In laAt year's general elections and 6,789 In the spring primary, The second primary vote was ?,371 last June. There were 11,827 people registered to vote in the elections last November. More had regis tered recently. Only 2,239 cast ballots Tuesday. In the general elections last November, 56.-13 percent of those registered voted as op posed to 19% voting In Tues day's elections. Vets Caravan Here Raymond J. Jeffreys of Ra leigh, Chlef-of-Staff of the World War I Veterans, Is shown fibove making. a point to Loula 3urg Mayor V. A. Peoples ahd" i < others as the World War I Vets made a stop-ovqr at The Frank lin Tiroes office around noon today. -Tiroes Staff Photo.
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