97th Year? Numb* 77
Louisburg, N. C-. Tuesday. Novambar 16.1666
(Si* Pagas Today) Tan Cants
Injured In
Weekend
Mishaps
Five persons were Injured,
two seriously In various
weekend mishaps Involving a
shooting, a stabbing and at
least one automobile accident.
Eugene Ward rick c/m/J7,
Rt. 3 Warrenton Is the ob
ject of a search by Warren
and Franklin county officers
following the shooting of his
brother, Ellis Lee Ward
rick, c/m/19 Rt. S, Warrenton
Just inside the Franklin County
line last Saturday afternoon.
The younger Wardrlck was
reportedly on a hunting trip
when he shot his brother with
a 16 gauge shotgun, in the face
and neck. The older negro
was taken to Duke Hospital
In serious condition. At last
report, the younger Negro was
still at large.
Richard McAbee, w/m/33 of
California received 62 stit
ches to repair knife wounds
In the chest, arms and legs
following a p affray reportedly
with Tom Pendergrass, w/m/
40 near the Franklin-Wake
line Saturday afternoon around
2P.M. Duputy Sheriff Tom
Powell reported the Incident
took place at Owen White's
Place on U. S. 1. Both men
are under 1500 bond facing
charges of startle an affray.
A second warrant has also
been Issued against Pender
grass for the knifing of Mc
Abee.
Three persons were Injured
when two cars hit head-on
on Blckett Blvd. Sunday night
around 11:15 P.M near the
Little River Sinclair Station.
The accident reportedly oc
curred when a car driven by
Llnwood Smith, w/m/40 skid
ded across the center line Into
the path of ? car being driven
by Henry C. Mosely of Raleigh.
Smith, Mosely and Mosely*s
brother all received Injuries.
The Loulsburg Rescue Service
rendered flrtt aid at the scene.
Another two-car collision
near the N. C. 561 Intersect
ion and Blckett Blvd. occurred
Sunday night. A late model
Corvalr, reportedly driven by
Phillip Shearln of White Level
turned Into the path of a car
driven by James Johnson of
Loulsburg near the Tastee
Preez around 7 P.M. There
were no Injuries, but damage
to the Johnson car was con
siderable.
Dams Eight Years Away
Col. Beverly C. Snow, head
of the Wilmington District at
the Corp* of Engineers, told
a Nash County Farm Bureau
meeting last Thursday night,
that even though the study on
the Tar River Basin Develop
ment Is due completion In 1967,
It will be approximately eight
years before construction will
be begun on any of the four
proposed dams.
The proposed Spring Hope
Dam, Is the one which will
effect Franklin County areas
to the greatest degree. Also
backing water Into the county
will be the proposed dam at
White Oak in Nash County.
The Spring Hope dam Is ex
pected to Inundate a great
deal of Franklin County farm
land retching to th? general
Maplevllle area, effecting
large areas In Cypress Creek
Dunn, Harris, Lou Is burg and
Cedar Rock Townships, with
especially large areas In the
first two. The White Oak
"dam will affect areas east
bt Wood and Gold Mine Town
ship according to reports.
First cost of the dam at
Spring Hope Is figured at
$14,000,000, Col. Snow said.
Colonel Snowa's remarks
concerned the development of
the entire Tar Basin which In
cludes four dams. Besides
that at Spring Hope, damsltes
would be at Grey Rock, Gran
ville County and at Salem and
White Oak, all In Nash County.
The Spring Hope damslte.
Swift Creek Dam
Spring Hope Dam
White Oak
New Map Of Proposed
Tar River Dam Locations
Sheriff-Elect Names New Assistants
Sheriff-elect William T. De
ment announced the appoint
ment of three deputies and two
Jailers today. Dement, who
takes office on Monday,- Dec
ember 5, said he had been
working since June in an effort
to secure the best men avail
able for the positions.
The new Sheriff has named
Deputy Sheriff Dave Batten as
his Chief Deputy, a poet Bat
ten has held for most of the
Franklinton Group To
Form Rescue Squad
A (roup of Interested Frank -
Unton citizens met last Thurs
day night In the town court
room to discuss the possibility
of organizing a rescue squad
tor the arm.
Bill Johnson, President of
the Frankllnton Township
Chamber at Commerce, was
said to be the spearhead of
the more with a number at
others. Including Police Chief
Leo Edwards, Rev. Lloyd
Jackson, Jerry Ball, J. J.
"Red" Johnson, Wilson Gup
ton and several others. Tt>e
latter three war* named a
committee to (*t the project
underway with Ball beli* nam
ed chairman.
J. A. Sanderlln, operator of
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(our years he has served un
der outgoing Sheriff Joseph W.
Champion. Also named were
Lonnle G. House, Frankllnton
building contractor and H.
Lloyd Gupton, also a building
contractor who has been
Township Constable of Gold
Mine for the past 14 years.
Veteran Jailer W. L. Faulk
ner Is also being kept by De
ment. Faulkner has served
under Champion for the past
five to six years. Also named
as Jailer Is retiring Loulsburg
police officer Thurston Bot
toms. The County Commissi
oners made provisions for two
jailers sometime ago and De
ment says he wlH have Faulk
ner and Bottoms work 24 hour
shifts on and 24 hours off
In mi effort to relieve the work
load at the jail.
\ Dement, a former duputy
sheriff under Sheriff Willis
Perry has been Chief of Police
in Loulsburg for a number of
years. He successfully op
posed She rr Iff Champion In the
May Democratic Primary and
Error Of 200 Votes Found:
Dement Edges Speed
As Top Vote Getter
An arror t>T the Loulaburg
precinct In last Tua?d?y?' al
action raturns, corrected by
tha Board of Elect Ion' a canvas
hara Tuesday changed tha
vots-gattlng honor* to Shar
lff-alact William T. Dement.
Tha raport cama In (lvtn(
Damant 742 rotea In Loulaburg
whan actually, ha had ra
oalrad MS. Intaraat haa frown
In tha rmca batwaan Damant
and Dapratantattra- alact
James D. Spaad aa top rota
?attar aa tha ratnrna fllad In
laat Tnaaday night.
With aach precinct reporting
(ha race moved cloaar and
elo?er. . With Damant leading
by four votea, Frankllnton ra
turna hara Mm and Spaad tha
azact same tally. Whan Lou la
burg cam* In, tha error had
Speed winning tha unofficial
honors easily. The correction
gar* Damant a one-vote. edge.
Spaad had lad the count; as
Tote getter In tha .Mar pri
mary, but had no local Opposl
tlon although ha ras against
two candidate! from Vane* and
VarrM Counties.
Int*r*at In thla aid* rac*
(raw with the absenaa of any
torrid rac* raturna, in Tuea
day'a tally. Usually Urg*
crowds war* abaant from THE
FRANKLIN TIMES electlona
raturna headquarters.' Many
local cltlzena prpferred to
iMay horn* and watch regional
and national raturna on tala
Tlalon.
WfLLIAMT. DEMENT .
won without opposition In the
General Elections last week.
In makln^the appointments,
Dement has acquired re
presentation on his staff from
all sections ot the county. Bat
ten 41, la from Bunn; House
40, Is from Franklnton; Gupton
SO, U from Centervllle; Fsu
Ikner Is from the Epsom sect
Ion of the county and Bottoms
Is from the Loulsburg Ares.
Dement Is also a resident of
Loulsburg.
rranklinton Youth
Morehead Nominee
A Frankltnton High School
senior has been named winner
of the county's Morehead
Scholarship nomination.
Barry Joseph Mangum, son of
Mr, and Mrs. L. R. Mangum,
Rt. 2, Frankltnton was select
ad by the Morehead Scholar
ship Committee Thursday.
Four candidates from the
county were Interviewed by the
Committee before the final
selection was made. Other
than Mangum, the others were:
Robert Spencer Griffin, Jr. of
Edward Best High School, son
at Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Grif
fin, Rt 1, CastalU; John Mc
i Cray Dement of Frankltnton
High School, son of Mr. .and
Mrs. Richard Dement, Jr. of
Frankltnton and Curtis* Nell
tXinn of Lou Is burg ,tflgti
School, son of, Mr. and Mrs.'
Robert N, Dunn of Bunn.
The winner must now face
the state committee In a bid
for the coveted award.
Bails for selection by the
Committee are spelled out In
the memoranda distributed by
the John Motley Morehead
Foundation. They Include
"scholastic ability and attain
ments; qualities of manhood,
truthfulness, courage, demo
tion to duty, sympathy, kind
liness, unselfishness and fel
lowship." \ ..
Also Included. lh "Bases of
Selection" are such things as
"evidence of moral force of
character and sf capacities
to lead and to take an Interest
In his schoolmates" plus,
"physical vigor, as sho^n by
Interest In competitive sports
or In other ways."- \
Charles Yarborough Ifri
Chairman of the FranUla'
County Morehead Scholarship
Committee.
BARRY JOSEPH MANGUM
Takes Course
Frankllnton PoUee Chief Leo
Edwards la taking a special
course In Pollc* Administra
tion at the Institute of Gover
nment lit Chapel Hill. The
three-week course 1* to ex
tend over; a six month period.
It was explained, with Edward
attendlqg on a regular heals
when his* other duties will
allow.
The comprehensive course
Is being given to a number of
administrative officers In
volved In police work, It was
reported.
Edwards Reported that he
was getting a great -deal from
the sessions he has already
attended and was looking for
ward to oompletlng the course
In due time. He said he at
tended three sessions lsst
week.
as figured now, would appear
about two and half miles south
west of Spring Hope, three
quarters of a mile downstream
from the Webb's Mill dam and
Immediately below the U. S.
Highway 64 bridge.
The Salem damslte would be
about three miles north of
Red Oak and two miles south
west of Salem. It would appear
a mile and half south of Swift
Creek School, two miles up
stream from S. R. 10003
bridge.
A third dam, White Oak,
would be situated on Fishing
Creek In Nash and Halifax
counties, about 10 miles west
of Enfield. The damslte would
be one and three-quarters
miles below the mouth of Little
Fishing Creek, Immediately
upstream from Melton's
Bridge.
Colonel Snow said that
several changes have taken
place since that last report
on the development project
was presented about a year
ago, and that further changes
were anticipated before final
adoption. He inferred', how
ever, that each of these pro
posed dams Is very much
In the program's Inclusion.
Remaining to be done, he
Stated, are (1) conpletlon of
project evaluation studies; (2)
the coordination with Federal
Water Pollution Control Ad
ministration ' to determine
optimum amounts of storage
to be Included In projects
tor water-quality control; and
(3) coordination with local
Interest to' determine amounts
at water-supply storage to be
Included In the projects.
In connection with the latter,
he pointed out that the city, of
Oxford has expressed a strong
Interest In obtaining water
supply storage In the Grey
Rorkv nroi?rt
The program also mu,t **
coordinated with the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service to
determine final evaluation
at fish and wildlife benefits
from the projects; and final
project formulation Including
the determination of the opti
mum sl?e of each project and
the most feasible sequence of
construction. ,
The lake resulting from the
dam at Spring Hop. would
cover 4,000 ares, Snow stated.
In answering questions from
his audience, he said that
the Corps of Engineers would
do all wltliln Its power to co
operate with local and private
Interests as to location of the
dam*, lakes, etc.
Snow told the Farm Bureau
audlente that the development
project is underway, pri
marily. to lnaure flood con
trol for this area. A 70% per
cent reduction la expected
throughout the. baaln, 90 per
cent In Nash County, when the
plan la put Into effect. ?
It comes, too.tocre.te.ufn
clent w.ter supply ,or "*
are. The proposed plan would
insure adequate water supply
sources for the basin w th
the next ?0-year period^
(Water n~d. are expected to
triple wlthm 34
the year 2000, Snow asserted.)
The plan la to Insure water,
quality control whereas water
The Plan Is to Insure water
quallty control. Wheras water
In the baaln Is expected tode
terlorated markedly unless
addlonal treatment worka
are provide, the resenrtor
plan would aeaure beat
water" for the area.
Also to be considered are
,h. recreational benefits
whldk the four ,"r" j
lects would provide. Nearly
?> percent of the water area
and land *r?a would t*
uated in Naah. Vleltattoni i to
these projects are
to increase from 1,600,000
annually soon ^
ucts are constructed to about
5,000,000 annually by
2020 Recreation (Including
flah and wildlife benefits
estimated to amount to about
$1,500,000 annually. I
R la aurprlslngly easy to
Improve the conduct o i other
people, If they follow your
own expert advice.
EARL THARRINGTON
Council Names
Tharrington Chief
The Loulsburg Town Council
named recently appointed As
sistant Police Chief Earl H.
Tharrlngton to be Chief of Pol
llce, In a meeting here last
Friday night. The appoint
ment Is to become effective on
December S, when the present
Chief, William T. Dement,
takes office as Sheriff of
Franklin County.
Tharrlngton was named As
sistant Chief last September 9
and speculation was at the time
that Tharrlngton would later
be given the top post. The
32-year-old, a veteran of the
local force, has served for
six years, having moy^ed to
(he Police Department after a
number of-tyears with the
electrical department of the
town. He Is a graduate of
Gold Sand High School and la
married to the former Sue
Callcutt of Montgomery
County. He Is the father of
two sons, Tony 11 and Greg
2.
Chief Dement tended his re
signation, effective on Dec
ember S, when he Is to be
sworn as Sheriff. Veteran Of
ficer Thurston Bottoms, also
gave the Council his resigna
tion. It was reported that
Officer Bottoms is resigning
due to 111 health. He has served
as a Police officer for the
T B. BOTTOMS
-pant 23 years.
Voting for Tharrlngton wer?
Mayor V. ArPeoples, Council
man Louis Wheless, who made
the motion that Tharrlngton
be named, Councilman E. F.
Thomas, who second the mot
ion and Council Member, Mrs.
Breattle O'Neal, and Jonah
Taylor. Abstaining from the
voting on the Chief were
-ouncllmen S. C. Foster
and Hubert Jeffreys.
The Council voted to "ex
press sincere appreciation for
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Mulkey Dies, Earl
To Be Brought Back
B . J. Mulkey, Jl-ye\r-old
carnival worker, wounded
critically while working with
the Franklin County Fair Vr
last October 7, died' In Duke
Hospital In IXirham, last Wed
nesday. Herbert Gene Earl,
37, charted with the shooting
of Mulkey, was. tried In Re
corder's Court here and sent
enced to 18 months on the roads
earlier this month on charges
a I assault against Mulkey.
Placed on work release with
the Vance County Prison farm,
Earl escaped earlier this
month, returned to Spring
field, Mass. where he Is ac
cused of stabbing his es
tranged wife and another wci
man almost to death. He
remained at large for several
days, but Information received
here says he Is In custody, \
being held on the ^>prln(
\
field charges. A"
Earl reportedly shot Mulkey
several times with a .22 pis
tol In a trailer on the fair
grounds around 4:30 P.M.
Friday afternoon, October 7.
No reason has been given for
the shooting. Mulkey had
hev . In critical condition since
the shooting. He was first
taken to Franklin Memorial
Hospital, but was sent to Duke
when It was learned there was
no blood here to match the
victim's. His condition had
deterUted In recent days with
death coming last Wednesday.
Mulkey's mother and brother
had visited Loulsburg two
weeks ago en route to Durham
on a visit. \
Earl will probably now be
brought back here to face
murder charges In the shoot
ing.
Native Of India To Visit Here
JAMES MADHU
The principal of a Methodist
High School In India, Mr. p.
Jamas Madhu, will be fuest of
Loulsburg College tfovember
15-20, 1966.
A native of Ralchur, India, 1
Mr. Madhu, has been a school
administrator, teacher and
preacher for The Methodist
Church In India since 1936. In
addit ion to two collefe degrees
from Indian universities, he
holds an M. A. In (education
from. Syracuse University,
where he was aCruslde Scho
lar In 1995. He, has klso stu
died at the Duke University Di
vinity School. t
He Is In the United States to
attend the General Conference
of The Methodlat Church and
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