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Published Every Tuesday A Thursday ^ * Serving All Of Franklin County
97th Year? Number 50 Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, August 11, 1906 (Ten Pages Today) (Tsn Cents)
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PVT. CURTIS CHAMPION
. it's too hot
SGT. PAUL MULLEN
. . . see you Sunday
PFC BILL PERRY
. . . tell the Colonel I'm waiting
CAPT MAYLON BAKER
... X minus 4 minutes
SGT. Q. S. LEONARD
. . . found ihe key
P\ T. PHILLIP TAYLOR &
FRIEND . . computing the data
W/0 BOB CHEATHAM
. . . tried to escape
SGT. "WINKY" FERRELL
. . . gags with Colonel
PFC BLAND PR11TT
. . . aids public information
PVT. LEONARD GOODWIN
. . . back to Kentucky
SGT. WYATT FREEMAN
{ , glad to see you
HONEST JOHN
. . . fired, but stationary
SGT. BOBBY WESTER
. . . standing in the shade
SGT. "POP" HOLMES
. . . more service than any
Candid Shots Of The
Boys Au/ay From Home
Pictures at left show members of the area Guard units
Wednesday In Ft. SU1, Ckla. Champion' said It was too hot
there to suit him; Mullen was looking forward to Sunday's
departure for home; Perry was having some difficulty keeping
up with the Colonel; Baker explained the countdown Just prior
to firing the Honest John Rocket; Leonard Is the one who finally
unlocked the gate for the Generals, after the brass sat In the
102 degree heat for several' minutes when someone pulled a
snafu and locked them Inside the firing compound; Taylor and
unidentified friend are shown Inside theoven-llkedata trucks;
Wester Is shown outside In the shade; Holmes was caught
with his feet propped on his deak at Headquarters; Cheatham,
pulled the camera-shy routine and tried to escape getting
hla mug shot; Ferrell ktddlngly pulled the barred office
door between him and the camera and Cbl. Clarence Shini
er, Chief of Staff of the 30th Dlv. Jokingly locked him In;
Prultt was busy typing picture captions for waiting newsmen;
Goodwin was observing all the confusion In the office as
"old-home-week" was obeerved between Loulaburg newsmen
and the boys; Freeman was glad to see us, he said; and the
contrary rocket, which hesitated a blink of an eye Just so
we would miss the blast off. ?Staff Photos by Clint Fuller.
Two Guardsmen
Seriously Injured
In Jeep Wreck
Area Guardsmen Fire Two
XM-50 Rockets In Oklahoma
Greetings
Members of the three units
from Lou la burg, Youngsvllle
and Zebulon seen by this re
porter sending their greetings
to friends and families back
home from Ft. Sill, Okla. In
cluded:
Lt. Col. John Fleming, Major
James Potter, Major Thomas
Carter, Lt. Oliver Williams,
Sgts. Paul Mullen, Wjratt
Freeman, "Wlnky" Ferrell,
Bobby Wester, Eddie Carlyle,
Billy Tant, Lt. Alfred Elmore,
Capt. John L. Strickland, Pri
vates Bill ftrry, Curtis
Champion, Bland Prultt, Capt.
Maylon Baker, Private Phillip
Taylor, Ronnie Pearce, Sgt.
James Pearce, w/o Bob
Cheatham, MaJ. V. A. Chlo
takls, Sgt.' Q. S. Leonard,
Major BUI Griffin, Sgt. "Pop"
Holmes and many, many
others.
Their planes are expected to
arrive at Raleigh- Durham
Sunday afternoon around five
and six o'clock. They will
leave Ft. SU1 one hour apart,
according to an unofficial re
port. The schedule Is subject
to change and no late official
word was given to newsmen
while at Ft. Sill.
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Honest John Gets Lift
Zebulon's "A" Battery demonstrates loading procedures on the Honest John R>cket at Fort
SU1, Ckla. Wednesday (or vlaltlng National Guard chief* and area newsmen. The unit fired
the XM-50 missile Tuesday afternoon In what waa described as a "near perfect shoot."
Youngsvllle's "B" Battery performed a night firing last night. The Lou la burg unit, Head
quarters and Headquarters Battery, la also Involved In the two-week training aesalon at the
Artillery baas in southwest Oklahoma. -Photo by Clint Fuller.
Widow Visits New
Hope Crash Scene
The widow a t Major William
L. Strait of 8haw Air But,
8. C. who WM killed when his
F-101 Jet crashed near New
Hop* last June, visited the
area Tuesday. Mr DonSchel
ger and wife of Colorado,
friends and former neighbors
uf the Straits, called hy The
Franklin Times off lea Tues
day. Ha was told that Times
Editor Clint Fuller, who co
re red the crash, was in Okla
homa, and was referred to
Loulsburg Mayor V. A.
Peoples, who aa Chief of the
local Rescue Service had been
on the scene of the crash.
After visiting with Mayor
Peoples, Mr. Schlelger was
referred to (Veil Arnold,
Loulsburg barter who lives
In the New Hope community
?ear the scene of the crash.
Mrs. Strait and her two sons
were staying In a Raleigh
motel. Later Tuesday after
noon, she M the children
were taken by Mr. Schlelcer
to the New Hop* community
where T. J. Strickland tram
ported Mra. Strait and Mr*.
Schlelger and Re*. Lea Wick
er, paator of the New Hop*
Christian Church to th* acme
of th* Jun* 8th crash.
Arnold reported that follow
ing lb* Tlalt by th* Straits
and 8chl*ic*rs, he and his
wife drorre to Ral*l(h to Nt
the Strait children. Mrs.
Strait returned to Loulsburc
Wednesday to obtain a death
osrtlflcats.
Arnold said Mrs. Strait
praised Tlw rranklln Times
tar Its reporting of the acci
dent and th* people of New
Hop* as wall as Mayor Peoples
tor their kindness She re
ferred to th*m all as "tb*
nicest people," Arnold said.
A philosopher Is s own (trine
other people advice about
, troubles be hasn't had.
Japanese Visits College
ARAKAWA
Kazuhlko Arakawa, ? 24
j?ar-old Japanaaa, u pr*>
m fitly TUItlnc on th*
Loulaburi Collat* C tropin.
Loulaburg Is oiw of t)M fifty
campuaaa In tlM United States
and , Canada that K. Arakawa
and frlmd, M. Umada, art
touring on their sightseeing
visas.
Arakiva laastudent of Japan
Interpreter Training School
and a graduate of Tokyo
Junior College of Commerce.
M. Umeda Is a $0-year-old
actor of the Int'l Actor Intro
ducing Office and a graduate
of the Oriental Academy of
Music.
Thar have no sponsor, but
late the desire to talk with
students In America In order
to "help an understanding of
each other." Junior Colleges
are their special Interest
since they are both graduates
of junior colleges.
While on the campuses, they
will meet with groups of stu
dents and talk on Items of
mutual Interest?the economy
of Japan, agriculture and
rural life, parka, Kimono, Tea
ceremony, language and Japa
nese lite In general? and ?U1
show slides.
A good way to get burned la
tall asleep? smoking a cig
arette. "
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Fort Sill, Ola. - The high
light of the lummer encamp
ment for members of the Fifth
Rocket Battalion, composed of
units from Loulsburg,
Youngsvllle and Zebulon,
came Tuesday afternoon when
the Zebulon "A" Battery
successfully ilred the new
XM-50 ' ' Honest John' ' Rocket.
The countdown began as
Capt Maylon Ehker of
Youngsvllle's "B" Battery
spoke to a group of National
Guard officers and newsman,
explaining the precedures of
the firing. Youngsvllle used a
dummy rocket to Illustrate to
the visitors what was golnfon
at the moment In readying the
live round for the firing.
Major V. A. Chloti^ls of
Morrlsvllle, Army Adviser to
the local unit, signaled the
countdown tor newsman and
spectators from the control
point a few yards from the
launcher. Major Chlotskls
took over the count at X minus
ten seconds. >. '
The firing came shortly after
2 o'clock at the rknge alte near
the Wichita Mountains In 102
degree temperatures. At the
order "Fire," the rocket gave
a loud booming noise, fire
?pouted from the fin-decked
tall In bright orange huea with
brilliant white clouds of
smoke. Honest John was on
lta way to the target area
some sixteen miles away. R
took less than one minute to
arrive. R had taken the motor
cade of visitors 45 minutes to
travel the distance by car.
Later reports gave the fir
ing as somewhat lees than
perfect, explaining that a mal
functioning firing fuse has
caused the m lsslle to over
?hoot tne target, mwtnr, u
the hug* vehicle took oft
through the clear Oklahoma
skies, a yell went up by the
Guardsmen signifying a re
lief which comes from hard
work and successful endings.
Two huge mobile units sat
hidden away In a wooded area
a few hundred yards from the
?hoot. These housed com
puting machine* and men feed
ing data to the forward control
section. Visitors were seated
underneath a huge tent for
protection from the aun..
Troops, not actively Involved
In the firing, were stationed In
small clump* of treea nearby
to watch the firing.
The fuel expired 4 1/1 se
conds after firing. The rocket
was out of sight ihortly there
after. Hours and days of pre
paration ended with the blast.
A second firing was sche
duled to take place Wednesday
night. Battery "B" from
Youngsvllle was slated to per
form the night operation.
The newest rocket Is some
what different than the old
XM-31 fired at Ft. Bragg fay
the local Ouardsmen. The
new mlsiUe travels farther
and faster. The overall sIm
Is about the aame.
The Battalion, under com
mand of Lt. Cbl. John Fleming
of Raleigh, will return to Ra
leigh- Durham Airport late
Sunday afternoon following a
two-week atay at the noted
Artillery and Missile Base
near Lawton, Okla.
Among the vUltors witness
ing the firing Tuesday were;
Major Oeneral Claude T.
Bowers, Adjutant General of
North Ckrollna; Brig. Oen.
See GUARD page 6
Peoples Resigns, O'Neal
New Jaycee Prexy
Will Jim O'Neal, local real
estate ayent, waa named pre
aldant of tha local Jaycaaa at
thalr racular maatlnf on Mon
day night at tha Murphy Houaa.
O'Neal, who waa aarvlnc aa
lat vice-prealdent, will fill
tha unaxplred tarm of W. A.
Paoplaa, who will mora to
Cllxabeth City In tha naar
futura. Ha la employed by
Weatlnfhoua*.
Paoplaa' raalfnatlon waa
accepted with refret by tha
club. Ha la tha oldest member,
In years ofserrlce, of the pre
i
<?nt nUtmbershlp snd has
bMn on* at the club** moat
active members.
In otter action during tte
meeting, Jimti Stephenson,
Aa at. County Agricultural
Agent, was named treasurer to
fill tte unexpired term of Ed
Bass, who was recently tr ana -
(erred In his Job and has
moved away from Lou Is burg.
Tarry Nobles, district rloe
prealdent of North Carolina
Jayceea, was a guest at tte
meeting and a poke to tte
group.
Two National Guardsmen
from Louliburg war* Injured
and a third from Spring Hop*
escaped Tuesday whan the new
M-151 Army Jeep in which
they were riding overturned
near the alte of a rocket
firing In Oklahoma.
1st Lt.
William
Nsfls,
Ford
Circle,
Louis
bur g,
received
several
broken
ribs, s
broken
LT. NAGLE
shoulder, a severe head cut
and other cut* and bruises
when he was thrown from the
vehicle. Sgt. lit Class Sam
Strother of Frankllnton re*
celved undetermined Internal
Injuries when he was pinned
beneath the overturned ve
hicle. PFC Luke Moore of
Sprint Hope escaped Injury
when thrown from the Jeep.
The accident occurred about
one hour before the scheduled
firing by Battery "A" of Ze
bulon of Jhe XM-50 Honest
John missile. It took place
on a strip of dirt track which
had been cut as a fire break
around the missile site. Lt.
Nagle had discovered that the
Ft. Sill base crew that cut
the break had also destroyed
some vital data needed for
the flrlnf. The driver, PFC
Moore was taking the officer
and Sgt. Strother to the firing
site for late minute data.
The soft strip, atop a slight
Incline was located between
the visitors tent and the roc
ket launcher. The M-1S1 Jeep
Is the latest model and hak
four-wheel suspension. Dri
vers are required to have
four-hour course of lnstruc
tlon before qualifying. PFC
Moore was a veteran driver.
The Army withheld release
at Information of the accident
until families of the three
men could be notified. Lt.
Nagle' s wife was reportedly
visiting In Alabama and could
not be reached. Attempts to
reach Sgt. Strother's family
Freak Blaze
A somewhat freak accident
took place at the Easo Station
at Bunn this morning around
<:4B a.m., according to re
ports.
An unidentified motorlet
pulled away from a gas pump
before the hose was removed
from the cur's gas tank and
pulled the tank down. The ac
cident caused a fire, which,
according to reports, was
quickly extinguished.
Damaged was confined to the
overturned tank, according to
the report. ,
also prove unsuccessful. At
noon Wednesday, Major James
Potter, Battalion Executive
officer, briefed newamen on
the condition of the victims and
aald attempts were still being
made to notify their families.
Major Potter reported,
"There 1* a chance that Lt.
Nagle will be allowed to fly
beck with the units Sunday,"
He did not mention the same
posalbllity for Sgt. Strother.
K was reported that Sgt. Stro
ther was suffering some pain
denoting internal Injuries, but
the extent of such Injuries
was not revealed. However,
neither men are believed to
be In any danger.
Public Information Officer
Lt. Oliver Wllllama of Ra
leigh and Battalion Command
er John Fleming, along with
Major Potter showed concern
for the victims based on early
reports and kept local newa
men Informed of the condition
of the two, although such in
formation could not be releas
ed.
Lt. Nagle was unconclous
when moved to the bue hospi
tal and his condition was not
Immediately determined.
When rescuers arrived on
the scene, PFC Moore was
busy attempting to free Sgt.
Strother from the wreckage.
Strother, too, was unconclous
for some time.
Miss Paula Justice, the ta
lented Lou Is burg College coed
who represented Loulsburg la
the recent Miss N. C. Pageant
at Charlotte and came out
Miss Congeniality, sent a note
of thanks addressed to: "The
Town o< Lou Is burg" last week.
The letter, received by re
tiring Jaycee President W. A.
Peoples, stated: "I am so ex
tremely Indebted to so man)
business people aad pro
fessors from Loulsburg that
I am afraid that a mere thank
you 1* Just too small."
Miss Justice thanked the
people of Loulsburg for the
weloome celebration held re
cently upon her return here
following her winning the Idas
Congeniality title.
She has said earlier that ahe
does not plan to return to
Loulsburg Collage. She Uvea
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Justice on Route I,
Clayton, N. C.
She cloaed her letter by
writing, "Thank yoa all from
the bottom ot my heart ant
may Ood blase you always."