Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
The Franklin Times
Serving All Of Franklin County
96th Year ? Number 81 Loysburg N C Tuesday. November 30 1965 ? (Ten Cents)
(Eight Pages Today)
Decorations Going Up
Louisburg town crewmen are
shown above installing Christ
mas decorations along Nash
Street in preparation of the
upcoming season. The annual
Business Association parade
is scheduled for next Monday
afternoon at 4 p.m. The pa
rade traditionally opens the
Christmas season here.
Hobgood Case Nonsuited
Franklinton. attorney Hubert
H. Senter nonsuited his case
against Superior >Court ?[4dge
Hamilton H. Hobgood of Louis
burg in papers filed with the
Clerk Of Court Monday.
Senter had filed suit against
the Judge for $250,000.00 a is a
result of the Judge having found
the attorney in contempt of
court in the criminal session
held in Louisburg on October 18.
Senter, asked by phone, if he
had a reason for the nonsuit
or if : would like to make any
comment, said, "I don't believe
so."
Judge Hobgood found Senter
in contempt of court when the
Franklinton lawyer failed to
appear for the trial of a case
in which he was attorney of
record. In informing Judge
Hobgood of his reasons for not
appearing, the attorney report
edly said, "The defendant has
not made proper financial ar
rangements. I don't have to be
here and nobody can make me."
It was this statement and the
attorney's attitude, according to
j reports, whiph prompted Judge
Hobgood to order the attorney
jailed- The attorney was de
tained in the Franklin County
jail for several hours and fined
$100 at a hearing before the
Judge later that afternoon.
Senter ftUeS^Hit for damage*,
charging that Hobgood "did il
legally preside over the Court"
tn reference to an exchange of
sessions between Judge Hob
good and Superior Court Judge
Raymond Mallard. Mr. Senter
also claimed damage to his
reputatioh.
Loiiisburg attorney E. F. Yar
borough of the law firm of
Yarborough and Jolly *as re
tained as attorney for Judge
Hobgood and filed a demurrer
last week. The demurrer stat
ed that the allegations of fact,
even if they were true, "are
not sufficient to state a cause
of action against the defendant ,"
and further stated,"*4. . the
laws of North Carolina do-not
permit the imposition of any
civil liability,"' in regards to
actions taken by a Judge In his
official capacity.
While not stated . In the de
murrer, the prayer for the
demurrer to be sustained, was
probably based on an 1839 rul
ing in North Carolina fend' a
number of similar cases since.
The 1839 ruling, found in Volume
20, North Carolina Reports as
Cunningham vs Dillard, states,
"The law is clear in general
no action against a judge or
justice of the peace, acting
judicially and w ithin the sphere
of his jurisdiction, however er
ronous his decision, or mal
icious the motive imputed to
him. This doctrine is to be
found in the earliest judicial
records, and has been steadily
maintained as essential to pre
vent 4 'the slander of justice"
and to protect those who are
bound to administer it, "from
continued calumniations, and
from being arraigned for every
judgement they might pro
nounce.
The nonsuit states simply that
the case is, "Therefore, order
ed, adjudged and Decreed that
the plaintiff be nonsuited in s^ld
action," and is signed by Ralph
S. Knott, Clerk of Court and by
Mr Senter as plaintiff.
Waccamaw Bank
Gets Permission To Locate Here
Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company of Whitevllle was
granted permission to locate
a branch In Loulsburg, follow
ing .1 hearing last Wednesday
before the State Banking Ofln
mlsslon In Raleigh.
While there has been no offi
cial release of the Information
"and no statements from either
Mr Den NeSmlth, President
of the organization or his local
representative, W. L. Lump
kin, Loulsburg Mayor V. A.
(Tommy) Peoples stated that
lie had been told permission
was granted.
Peoples and several other lo-,.
cal leaders attended the hear
ing last Wednesday morning
but left before a decision was
made. *
Mr. Lumpkin was out of town
when an attempt was made to
contact him. The new banking
facility Is reported to hold an
option on land on the north end
of Bickett Blvd.* Just across
the street from the Loulsburg
ABC Store. It has not been
announced whether or not this
will be the location of the new
facility.
There was no opposition to
the bank's application to locate
here, according to reports.
Mayor Issues I'roclaniatioii
Operation Christmas Star
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DATES: THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
SATURDAY
PURPOSE: TO SEND GIFTS TO SERV
ICEMEN IN VIETNAM
SPONSORS: LOUISBURG COLLEGE
STUDENTS
COOPERATING AGENCIES: LOUISBURG
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL
GUARD, TOWN OF LOUISBURG.
EVENTS: RALLY, Thursday, 3:30 p.m.,
f Louisburg College
PARADE: Thursday, 4 p.m.,
Louisburg
BUYING SPREE: Thursday,
4:30 p.m., Louisburg
ARTICLES APPROVED: Any Canned
Goods, Powder*ed Milk, Drinks, Tea,
Coffee, Soap, Shaving Cream, Razor
Blades, Popcorn In Cans, Paperback
Books, Canned Nuts, Pork and Beans,
Etc.
ARTICLES NOT ACCEPTABLE: Any
Perishables, Bottled Goods, Goods That
Will Melt, Clothing Articles of Any Kind.
GIFT DEPOSITORIES: NATIONAL
GUARD ARMORY, ANY BUSINESS AS
SOCIATION MEMBER OR HAND TO
ANY LOUISBURG COLL EGE STU DENT.
Seven Escape Injury
In Local Accident
Twenty persons weffc* killed
In North Carolina over the long
Thanksgiving Holiday weekend,
but Franklin County escaped
wlthqpt a fatality.
A three-car accident at the
intersection, of Blckett Blvd.
and Nash Street Sunday after
noon was the most serious of
the few minor accidents report
ed here.
Seven people escaped seri
ous injury when a truck, re
portedly driven by Charlie
Clement Collier, w/m/40, Rt. 1,
Loulsburg, failed to stop for
a red light and rammed into a.
1963 station wagon, driven by
Louis Farley Oxnevad, w/m /
31, Rt. 4, Loulsburg and a
? 1?M Plymouth driven by Wil
liam Arthur Strickland, w/m/
It, Rt. 2, Loulsburg.
Loulsburg Police Officer Kyle
Prince, who Investigated the
accident, reported the accident
occurred when the brakes on the
truck failed. Collier has been
charged with Improper brakes.
Damage to the three vehicles
was listed at $1,000.00. The
Oxnevad vehicle sustained dam
ages estimated at $500; the
Strickland car, $300; and the
truck, owned by Dlqk Collier,
Loulsburg businessman, suf
fared )200 In damages.
Collier and Strickland were
alone when the accident hap
pened. Oxnevad's car con
tained his wife and three
daughters. All were shaken,
but no serious Injuries were
reported.
Collier was reportedly head
ed north on 84ckett Blv<J., with
Oxnevad heading east and
Strickland heading west when
the truck failed to stop. Dam
age was heaviest around the
front ends of all three vehicles.
Hoping For Successful Project
Loulsburg Mayor V. A. (Tommy) Peoples
Is shown above, center, Monday explaining
his Vietnam Gift Proclamation to Louis
burg\college faculty members and students.
Pictured left to right: Ken Wheeler, Bur
lington; Glnny Allen, Bethesda, Md.; Steve
Sawmelle, McLean, Va.j Diane Jones, Dur
ham; John Nottingham, Norfolk, Va.; Tom
my Patterson, Dean of Students; Mayor
Peoples; Hod Tidy, Slier City; Dr. Gerald
Shlnn, professor; Shirley Yocom, Durham;
?Jeorge Hillings, Lexington; Frances Mor
ris, Ahoskle; David Wiggins, Durham; and
Maxlne Turlington; Melfa, Va. This IS the
group of students ? leading the drlv^ this
weekend for gifts for servicemen In Viet
nam .
-Times Staff Photo.
Market Off 31 % From Last Year
The Loulsburg Tobacco Mar
ket sales were 31% below those
of 1964, according to a report
released last week by the
Federal - State Market News
Service. Information, which
had not been made available
locally, shows that the local
warehouses sold 5,381,938
fewer pounds this year.
The totil sales for the 1965
season art listed at, 8,376,370
pounds foraiuverageof $61.58.
This year's average Is .above
the $57.51 recorded In 1964
when the ? local market sold
13,758,308 pounds.
In the ten-market Middle
Belt, Lou Is burg placed fifth In
poundage sold and sixth in price
Loulsburg also held fifth place
In poundage last year but was
seventh In average.
Durham led the market In
poundage and Fuquay-Varlna
was tops with an average price
of $64.43.
Recorders Court Docket
The following cases were dis
posed of In Recorder's Court
on Tuesday, November 23:
Willie Clayborn Gilliam, w/
m/25, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute, flp.00
fine and costs.
Dewey Lee Brantley, w/rti/
41, speeding. Pleads guilty un
der waiver statute 115.00
fine and coeta.
William Crawley, c/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. (20.00 fine and
coats.
WlnfOrd Ayscue," w/m, lar
ceny. Not gullky.
Robert Lee Etooze, c/m, un
lawful possession of whiskey
and unlawful \ possession of
Whiskey for saleV 6 months in
Jail, suspended oti payment of
?S0.00 fine and costs.
Ernest Rlchardsttn, c/m/26,
motor vehicle violation. 6
months In Jail, suspended on
payment of $15.00 fine and
costs. v
Carl Dennis Norrls, w/m/30,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
James Carter, c/m/28, non
support. 9 months in Jail, as
signed to work under supervis
ion of State Prison Dept.
WUUe Andrews, assault with
deadly weapon j^lth Intent to
kill. Probable cause found.
Bound over to Superior Court
under )750.00 bond.
Robert Lee Wiggins, c/m/33,
non support. 9 months In ]all,
assigned to work under super
vision of State Prison Dept.,
suspended on payment of $10.00
per. iyeek 4nto C.S.C. for sup
port payment and costs of court.
"~JWf Wilson Moore, w/m/27,
See COURT Page S
Middle Belt flue-cured tobac
co markets experienced a 38
per cent drop In sales volume
during the 1965 season com
pared with the previous year.,
The Fedfcral-State Market News
ssfvics reports mn caused a
sharp reduction In total money
paid out although prices by
grades and the general average
showed substantial gains over
1964 crop levels. Deliveries
to the Stabilization Corporation
fell to the lowest point In four
years Quality of the offerings
was better than that ^>f last
season.
Gross sales (Includes resales)
totaled 117,153,034 pounds for
73.9 million dollars averaging
$63.08 per hundred. This poun
dage was 72.2 million under that
of last year and the smallest
In 22 years. Value was 37.3
million dollars below the pre
vious season's and <he lowest
since 1947. The general aver
age topped the one for 1964 by
$4.37 and was below only the
1981 1 record. Untied sales
amounted to 12,728,713 gross
pounds and averaged )60.23.
These sales made up 36 per
cent of total volume during the
untied selling period of seven
days compared with 27 per
cent last season.
Grade prlces'averaged Above
1964 levels In nearly all cases,
^lost increases for tied tobac
co amounted to 91*00 to $5.00
per hundred pounds -although
ranging as high as $15.00. Bulk
of the gains above $5.00 oc
curred for green offerings and
nondescript. Best qualities
were up only $1.00 or $2.00.
Spe MARKET Page 8
Firemen To Meet
The Franklin County Fire
man's Association will hold Its
regular monthly meeting with
the Justice Fire Department
Wednesday, December 1, at
7 p.m. All delegates are urged
to attend.
Boxscore
Raleigh- -The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10a.m. Mon
day, November 29:
KILLED TO DATE 1420
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 1434
Loulsburg Mayor V. A. (Tom
my) Peoples has Issued a Pro
clamation urging "All the
citizens of Loulsl)urg to
solemnly remember the sacri
fices of those who are so vali
antly fighting for democracy In
Vietnam" and also urging "All
citizens to cooperate gen
erously with the students of
Loulsburg College In their noble
undertaking of "OPERATION
| CHRISTMAS STAR."
The Proclamation was Issued
In connection with the announced
drive by students at the local
College to collect gift A -for
servicemen in Vietnam. The
gifts will I* airlifted to th**
troops in time for Christmas
by the Air National Guard.
The drive will last for three
days, beginning Thursday after
noon this week with a rally
at the College at 3:30 p.m.
with Professor of History,
Demetrios (Jimmy) Nixon, a
member of the College faciilty,
as the main speaker. He was
In Greece when the Commu
nists attempted to take over
In 1946.
Following the rally, students
will parade In downtown LouiS
burg to emphasize the project
and disperse downtown, going
into the stores to purchase their
gifts to be sent to Vietnam.
The Louisburg Business As
sociation has called on all their
member merchants to co
operate in the drive by allowing
discounts on merchandise pur
chased for gift purposes. Boxes
are to be located in member
merchant stores for depositing
of such gifts, according to the
announcement.
Gifts may also be left at the
Louisburg Armory in care of
the local National Guard, who
will transport all gifts from
Louisburg to Raleigh on Monday
for assembly and they will be
transferred to Charlotte for
overseas shipment.
The Mayor's Proclamation
follows:
PROCLAMATION BY HONOR
ABLE V. A. PEOPLES, MAYOR
OF LOUISBURG
WHEREAS, many thousands
of ( United States servicemen
are engaged in deadly combat
See MAYOR Page 8
Of Louisburg, Raleigh
Tarheel PCA
Formed By Merger
The Tarheel Production
Credit Association has been
formed by the merger of the
Raleigh. PC A and the Loulsburg
PCA, the merger to be
effective December 31, 1965.
Stockholders' of the Louts
burg association voted to merge
with the Raleigh association In
a stockholders' meeting held
In Loulsburg on Saturday, No
vember 20.
Stockholders of the Raleigh
association approved the mer
Bank Gives
Awards
Four staff members of Flrst
Cltlzens Bank & Trust Com
pany In Loulsburg are to be
honored on December 7 for their
service to the banking organi
zation, according to J. H.
Talton, Vice President and
Manager of the local office."
Frances P. Davis will receive
a five-year pin; James A.
Weathers will receive a ten
year pin, and Eleanor P. Al
ston and Margie H. Mullen will
each receive twenty-year pins.
They are among 131 Flrst
Cltlzens employees throughout
the State to be honored for their
service to the Bank and Its
customers. The entire group
has compiled 2277 years of
total service, averaging 17
years each.
*
ger in a meeting of stockhold
ers on Saturday, November 27.
The Tarheel association's
home office will be at Raleigh
with a complete service branch
office at Lou Is burg and will
serve farmers In Franklin and
Wake counties with short and
Intermediate-term loans.
Ernest L. Greene will serve
as general manager of the new
association and M. L. Jones
will be branch office manager
at Loulsburg.
U members of the present
boards of directors will serve
on the board of the continuing
association and all members
of the staffs of both associa
tions will continue.
Members of the board of di
rectors of the Tarheel associa
tion will Include;
Julian H. Buffalo of Raleigh;
T, M. Harris of Loulsburg;
W. Raymond Johnson, Jr., of
Morrlsvllle; R. L. Knott of
Knlghtdale; Vassar P. Shear
on of Wake Forest; James D,
Speed of Loulsburg; John Lee
Wilder of Frankllnton; J, O.
Wilson of Loulsburg; J, G. Win
ston of Knlghtdale; and J. Roy
Womble of Apex.
Mr. Jones, In commenting on
the merger, said, "The purpose
of the merger is to provide .a
broad enough base to serve
farmers in the future more
economically and efficiently, to
be able to serve farmers with
larger loans, and to extend
credit at lower cost."