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Weather Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers today and Friday. Turning cooler Fri day. Low today, 58; high, 75. Sun sets tonight 5:12 p.m.; sun rises tomorrow 6:45 a.m. The Franklin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County ?< Apiculture Industry Education Tel. 0Y 6-3283 Ten Cants Louisburg. N C Thursday November 10 1966 (Ten Pages Today) 97th Year? Number 76 County Stays In Democratic Fold Faulkner Gets Easy Win Over Dupree Democratic Incumbent Nor wood Faulkner took all eleven precincts In the county In Tuesday's election as he de feated Republican newcomer Willis Dupree, polling 70 per cent of the vote. Norwood Faulkner Former Principal Charged A former principal of Lou ls hurg High School has been charged with assault In the paddling of a student at Ox ford's Webb High School, ac cording to reports. E. Howard Stalllngs, princi pal of W. R. Mills and LoulS burg High School here for several years and principal at Webb High School for the past two years. Is charged with paddling the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elliott of Granville County, following an Incident of mis conduct by the child on a school bus. X WRAL-TV news stated that See PRINCIPAL Page 6\ Faulkner received 271* votes to Dupree's 812, accord ing to unofficial returns. Faulkner's margin hit five to one In several precincts and Dupree made his best showing, percentage-wise In Hayesvllle where Faulkner polled only 30 votes more. In the home precinct of both candidates, Loulsburg, Faulk ner received 894 and Du pree polled 317. In Cypres* Creek, the second township In the fifth district, Faulkner received 81 votes and Du pree received 33. The race had been marked by quietness until the final days before the election when both men had taken to radio and newspaper advertisements to urge the voters to ballot for them. Dupree had earlier posted signs and passed out cards In his efforts. Faulkner ledaflve-manfleld In the Democratic primary to get to the General Election. Dupree was unopposed as a Republican In the May primary and entered his first campaign this tall. Faulkner Is presently ser ving as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and will be sworn In for another four year term the first Monday In December. He has served for twelve years as a Commis sioner. Vote Heavier Than Had Been Expected Somewhat surprisingly, over fifty percent of the normal turnout went to the polls in Franklin County Tuesday and not so surprisingly, the county stayed in the Democratic fold. Unofficial returns show the leading Republican vote get ters polled only slightly over 800 of the 3439 votes cast. Willis Dupree, Republican candidate for County Com missioner received 812 in his race against incumbent Demo crat Norwood Faulkner who polled 2718. Reese Gardner, Klnston Republican received 814 votes In his race against incumbent Democrat L. H. Fountain for Congress, who polled 2603. Franklin County voters sup ported Senator D. Everette Jordan In his bid for re election over JohnShallcross, Republican. Jordan received 2529 to SHalldross's 798. In the only otrjer contested race, State Supreme Court Justice Joe Branch polled 2477 votes to unknown Republican Hugh E. Montetth's 623 in Franklin County. Unopposed, Democratic con stables were elected in all ten townships, with a scatt ering erf write-in votes, which usually accompany these races. Voting began light In most precincts Tuesday, and the heaviest casting came in late afternoon All precincts re ported returns by 10 p.m. except Frankltnton and Louls biiTg. Loulsburg's returns were not reported until after midnight. No indications were made as to the number of straight tic ket voters, but the wide mar gin polled by Democrats points to the majority of the voters casting a, straight ticket. LXi pree's and Gardner's- close tally Indicates that perhaps, many casting Republican bal lots, also marked a straight ticket. Market Closes November 22 William Boone, Sales Super visor of the Louisburg To :bacco Market announced tp day the markets will close at the end of sales on Tuesday , November 22. Mr. Boone reported that sales remain good on the local market and "prices are good considering the quality." He pointed out that quality of the leaf usually declines near the end of the season. He did not have figures on recent sales, but said that the year's total poundage would exceed that of last season. Bids Asked For Franklin Projects The State Highway Commis sion called Tuesday (or bids on what is believed to be the lar gest single group of road pro jects In history. Included In the call tor bids are two pro jects In Franklin County. U. S.401 south of Loulsburg to the Intersection of N. C; 98 near Whltaker's Store Is sla ted to get a bituminous con Speed Leading Vote Getter Democratic Representative James D. Speed, Franklin County's representative In the 18th State House District, led all candidates as the top vote getter In Tuesday's elections. Speed polled 29S5 of the 5439 votes cast. The battle for leaderihipwas nip and tuck throughout moat of the return (atherlnc Tues day night between Democratic Sheriff's candidate William T. Dement and Speed. Dement ? led by fouY voted until the final returns were received from the Loulsburg precinct. Un explalnable, Loulsburg voters cast only 742 votes for De ment while casting >45 for Speed and other 800 votes for,, other Democratic candid* tea. ' Thla gave the top honors to Speed. Second In the vot it-getting department was Clerk of Court Ralph Knott polled 2908 for third place. John T. Church, Speed'a run ning mate from Vane* County polled 2448 In the county vot ing. William Ranadell, 7th District Solicitor received 2696 and Willis Hancock of Oxford, 7th Stat* Senatorial District received 2878. In the race for Sheriff, which Dement, of coarse won, there was one write In vote. Thla waa cast for Deputy Sheriff Tom Powell in Harris pre cinct. William T. Boone and Clint Futief , Democratic nominees for seats on the Board of Education, whose names appeared on the ballots are. elected by the General As sembly. Both received votes numbering favorably with other county Democratic can dldates. Some precincts did not bother to count the return* In the races because they would have no bearing on the ?lection of the two men. creie resunacing. v. o. i from Frankllnton to Hender son ts also scheduled to get re surfacing. The total mileage Involved In both projects and Including U. S. 1 In Vance County Is listed at 22.65 miles. Forty-five counties were Included In the bid calls Tues day and bids are to be let In a meeting scheduled for Novem ber 29. The projects In Franklin County are reportedly to come from regular allotted mainte nance hinds and not from bond money as first reported. U.S. 401 resurfacing In 1964 from N. C. 98 to Ralelghln Wake County was taken from pri mary road maintenance funds, It was reported. The two projects were pro mised last month In a visit her* by Fifth Highway Division Commissioner J. B. Brame. Also promised at that time was the rebuilding of U. 8. 40 1 from Ingleslde to Loulsburg with some hope that N. C. 3# which Jelns U. S. 401 at Ingleslde >wpuld be rebuilt to the Vance County line # Altogether, Tuesday'sbld calls Involved 60 construction projects and 63S miles of high ways. W H HESSEE, LEFT PRESENTS CHECK TO DEAN JOHN YORK College Gets Grant Unrestricted grants totaling $2,000 were presented today to Meredith College, St. Mary*? College and Loulsburg College by W. H. Hessee, representing the Sears-Roebuck Founda tion. The cheeks to the local schools were part of $1,000, 000 In grants being distributed this week by the Foundation to private colleges and uni versities across the nation. Eighteen (18) other colleges In North Carolina are also re ceiving grants. "Altogether, more than 800 colleges and universities from coast to coast will participate In the program this year," Mr. Hessev said. The purpose of the Aid to' Higher Education program, which waa Instituted five years ago, la to provide systematic See COLLEGE Page 8 Fountain, Ionian, Branch Carry County By Wide Margin State Demteratlc candidates fared well In Tuesday's elec tion with Franklin County voters. Heading the list was Incumbent Democratic Con gressman L. H. Fountain of Klnstop who polled 2693 votes In unofficial counting while his opponent, Klnston Republican Reese Gardner received 814. Neither candidate had waged a noticeable campaign In the county. Both had made per sonal appearances here and each had local* working In their behalf, however no ral lies or speeches of note were made In Franklin County. Senator B. Everett* Jordan, Incumbent Democrat won an other six-year term In the U.S. Senate He polled 2529 votes In Franklin County to his oppo nent, John Shallcross of Smlthfleld, 798. Shallcroas appeared In th* county once and Jordan did not visit heredurlng the campaign. Rep L. H Fountain Constables tlected All ten Democratic Consta bles, running unopposed were elected In Tuesday's balloting, with the usual scattering of write-In votes. Elected were: Loulsburg, Jack Joyner (1039); Dunn, Johnny Horton (299); Harris, Joe Joyner (1$9); Youngsvlllf . \ Kenneth Hill (220); HayesVllle, John Scott Ayscue (145)1 Sandy Creek, Harold House 085); Gold Mine, Lloyd Gupton (164), Cedar Rocky, Vann Champion (2S3); Cypress Creek, Cleveland See CONSTABLES Page 4 ?- ? The Elections ? What Did They Show? ? By Clint Puller ^ Times MaMflnf Editor I ? ? * ?4 11 .M.U. -_.~4a.M4oy* In tkA Politick) analyst will be busy these nntlwmki declperlng the rfcent elections Those Inclined toward liberalism will flnd'-reasohs "Written in the balloting to support their beliefs. The conservatives will do likewise. Both, will to a degree, be corr^Jt. CertattrQy conservatives have proof of fains. Liberals may well point to Isolated races to Illustrate their points. The races across tWnatlpn have already been thoroughly analyzed. Key races, **r? designated some time ago. Certain things were believed to be Indicated If this one or that one should win. Regardless of how much national' political observers may dig Into the results of the off-year voting, eventually It will fall the lot of each citizen to decide for himself just exactly what w#s Meant by the defeat or the victory of certain candi dates. ... - - '? this required an lirformed citizen, One which' keeps abreast of what in going on in hl?.country and In Ms government. Observers may have access to more Information, but the Individual will be the fftjtl Judge. In Fraqktln County, nothing was apparently indicated '?which had not b^en "eSpected However, several aspects of local voting present some Interesting opportunities for speculation. For the flrat time In over thirty yeara there was a two party race In the county Itaelf. On this flrat try, Republlcana re ceived approximately 30 perceht of the vote. This might Indicate aomethlng to the Democrata. The Republican can didate for County Commissioner did not run lit a primary. Ha waa not exposed to the county-wtde publicity which ic companles the heat of a primary cyntest. He did not, apparent ly travel the county Calling OA the local stores and homea. The Democratic candidate, an incumbent had done all these things Just five months ago, plua the tact he has been In the public eye for the twelve yeara he haa served. What efforts were made on behalf of -the Republican candidate* Id th* county were limited to the few iteeks prior to the election*,'^ There waa almost no activity on -tke part of the Democrata. So, one obvious question must hp/asked. If there had been a greater Republican effort Iff Franklin County and It the Democrats naa not incrvaseu me c?iwiw ???.wCu campaign, what would the percentage of Republican votes have been? ' ? , In the race for U. 6. Senator, another question arises. R Is almost Impossible to find a county citizen who has ever seen Senator B. Everett Jordan in person. Except tor token ad vertlslnc Just prior to the elections, no efforts were made to fain the Franklin County vote for the Senator. What would have taken place In this election or will take place in subse quent elections If the Republicans come- up with a personable candidate and this candidate campaign* In thia county with any degree of vigor?" C"-*- " In the Congressional contest, the county (apparently was satisfied with the Job being done by Rap. L. H. Fountain. He has dona an outstanding Job of representing his district. Evan so, a comparative unknown fropi Klnston, who had visited Frsnklln County only once managed to get 30 percent of the vote. Now that Congressman Harold Cooley Is out of the * See ELECTIONS Page 6 ? . i ? _ , ' ' ? . , Recently appointed State Su preme Court Justice Joe Branch of Enfield defeated Re publlcaA Hugh E. Montelth, 2477 to 623 In Franklin County. All three candidates won handily In state wide voting, as they had done in Franklin County. Hayesvllle precinct, tradi tionally the strongest Repub lican area of the county held the margin of victory much smaller than In the other ten precincts In the county for all Democratic candidates. In the Fjuntaln - Gardner race, Hay esvllle gave Fountain anaelght vote margin, 86-76. The same ratio was true In other state races . Judges Get Big Vote Six StateSupreme Court Jus tices and IS Superior Court Judges gained large votes In * Franklin County In Tuesday's general election. Only Justice Joe Branch was opposed by a Republican. The other five . Justices, running unopposed, received between 2400 and 2 #00 votes from Franklin voters. Not surprlflng was the fact that Justice L Beverly Lake, a favorite gubernatorial can' dldate with Franklin County voters led the field of Justices and Judges with 2692. Superior Court Judge William Y. Blck ett, who has close family and historical ties with Franklin County polled the^econd high est number1 of votes In state wide races with 26S9 votes. ' Many at those listed In the state ballot tor Judgeships and some tor Justices were un known to local voters. The large number of votes recei ved In manjr cases was due to the overwhelming number of voters marking the straight Democratic ticket.
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