The FraiikMn Times
Published Ev?ry Tuesday & Thursday 4 Strving All Of Franklin County
97th Yeir-Numbtr 86 T?n Cants Loutsburg. N. C-. Thursday. December 15.1966 (12 Pages Today)
Six County
FarmeVs
Honored
81x Franklin County farmers
were given special recogni
tion Tuesday, December 13,
(or tbelr role In the on-farm
tobacco testing program In
1*?M.
Certificates were presented
the growers In recognition of
tbelr "valuable contributions
In advancing knowledge, qua
lity and net profit of tobacco
In North Carolina."
Receiving certificates were
N. E. Faulkner, Route a,
Loulsburg; C. A. Tharrlng
ton, Route 2, Loulsburg; Tom
my Harris, Loulsburg; Mel
Tin A. Nelms, Route 2, Spring
Hope; Drew Carroll, Route 1,
Youngsvllle; and W. L."Bud"
Wall, Route 1, Youngsvllle.
The awards were presented by
C. T. Dean, Jr., County Ex
tension Chairman.
The on-farm testing pro
gram Is a cooperative effort
Involving gorwers, county Ex
tension Agents and Extension
Specialists from North Caro
lina State University. The pro
gram Is designed to demon
strate proven production
practices and to supplement
research findings.
In presenting the certifi
cates, Dean said, "These on
farm tests are one of our best
educational methods In pro
moting the adoption of new and
Improved production prac
tices.
Boarding Home
Sale Set
For Saturday
The County Commissioners
have set Saturday, December
17 at 10 A. M. as the time for
the sale of the furnishings and
equipment contained In the Ben
Franklin Boarding Home. The
sale has been moved from the
Home site to Ford's Ware
house on industry Drive In
case of Inclement weather.
Workmen have been busy
hauling the many Items to the
warehouse this week and are
today, placing tags on each
Item In preparation for the
?ale.
Included In the Items are re
frigerators, stoves, chairs,
tables, bedding, cooking (iten
slls and other household arti
cles.
Buildings at the Home site
were sold last week and many
have already been torn down.
A condition of the sale slated
tor Saturday Is that Items
bought must be moved by De
cember 21. All sales are
subject to confirmation by the
Board of Commissioners.
All residents of the home
have been moved to new quar
ters and the present building,
while advertised as being for
sale, (a expected to have to be
demolished to make room for
a new plant.
The money obtained from the
sales la expected to be used to
help In the expense of erecting
water lines to the site.
College StuMs Plan Santo Ctaes
A group at students at
Loulsburg College played San
ta Claus Wednesday afternoon
to fourteen area youngsters In
the College parlor. Credit for
the idea was given Miss Ruth
Merrltt of the English Depart
ment, but contributions and
plannlnf was don* by the stu
dents themselves.
The fourteen youngsters
were treated to all the cook
ies, candy, chips and drinks
they could consume. Mrs.
Robert Butler played Christ
mas music On the accordlan
a a
Educator To Address
Rotary Meet
Robert Ed Strother, Superin
tendent of Greene County
Schools la to be the princi
pal speaker tonight when the
Loulsburg Rotary holds Its
annual Ladles Night Christ
mas meeting.
Strother, who addressed the
local Business Association
earlier this year, Is a popular
after dinner speaker. He Is
a veteran educator, having be
gun his career In Granville
Count;.
The meeting tonight Is
scheduled for 7:30 p. m. In the
College cafeteria with D. R.
Saunders, President of the
club presiding. A1 Goodwin
Is In charge of the program,
which will feature the selec
tion of the Man of the Year.
as the students chatted with
th? youngsters and kept their
cookie plates and soft drink
cupe filled.
Santa Claus came after a
whlle and brought presents
for 'all. The brl(ht-eyed
youngsters each received a
brand new winter coat - mir
aculously, they all fltted-and
toys and large bags of more
Louisburg P. 0.
Open Saturday
According to an announce
ment today by Postmaster Ed
ward L. Best, the Louisburg
Post Office will be open all
day Saturday, December 17.
Hours of window service will
be from S:30 A. M. until 5:00
P'1M
(Oodles .
Fire trucks, dolls, and other
assorted toy* were quickly ex
posed by the small-try, who
could not wait to open the paak
?l?s
While the youngsters were
dtllghted-and showed It, one
could hardly overlook the ap
parent;'' the students were
getting just as big a kick out
at the proceedings. The fa
culty, which gathered In the
corners to watch could also
be seen with a Christmas
smile brlghtnlng their (aces.
It might have been a little
early and Santa Claus could
have been Inconvenienced by
tiie demand for his presence,
but we've the feeling, It was
wonderful ... for the kids,
young, medium and full grown.
It was a wonderful way to say
Merry Christmas.
Santa Came Early
Contributes To Hospital Guild
Loulsburg attorneys. W. M. Jolly, left and E. F. Yarborough, right, are shown above pre
senting a check to Mrs. B. L. Patterson for the Hospital Guild. The Guild Is staging a drive
locally to raise funds for a warming table to be used In the hospital when the new renova
tions are completed. Many have contributed, but more Is needed, according to Mrs. Patter
son and Mrs. John T. Lloyd, Guild president. -Staff photo by Clint Fuller
County Approves Cotton Quotas
Franklin County farmers,
voting by mall In referendum*,
gave overwhelming approval
to cotton marketing quotas for
1967 and to the research and
promotion order proposed by
the United States Department
of Agriculture. On marketing
quotas, the county voted 9S. 9%
in favor of quotas and In North
Carolina, tlx favorable vote
was 95.6% cast.
Franklin County producers
voted >2% In favor of assess
ing themselves $1.00 per bale
for research and promotion
purposes while the state's
favorable vote was ?4.S%.
The favorable vote on mar
keting quotas means that pro
ducers can expect to receive
price support loans, diver
sion, and price support pay
ments If they elect to parti
cipate In the 1987 cotton do
mestic allotment program.
Livestock Feed Program:
Government owned corn Is
now available through the
ASCS Office In Loulsburg for
livestock producers who are
eligible. The supply of corn
on hand la limited. However,
additional corn la expected to
arrive In Franklin County
within a few days. Corn la
being handled by Youngsvllle
Milling Co. at Youngsvllle and
Franklin Milling Company of
Loulsburg, N. C.
Neither wealth nor position
makes a man a gentleman;
neither doas poverty prevent a
man from being a gentleman.
Franklinton Board Files
Answers, Asks Hearing
The Frankllnton City Board
of Education, through Its at
torneys Irvln B. Tucker of
Raleigh and W. P. Pearc* of
Frankllnton, has (lied answers
to the 52 charges brought- a
falnst the Board by U. S. Com
missioner of Education, Har
Elderly Louisburg
Negro Killed By Son
A 61 -year-old Loulsburg
Negro Is being held without
bond, charged with murder In
the (hooting Wednesday night
of his fattier, who claimed to
be the oldest man In the coun
ty.
Thomas Louie Bullock re
portedly shot his 96-year-old
father In the right temple wtth
a .22 caliber rifle around 7:30
p.m. Wednesday night fol
lowing an argument. John
Bullock, popular local Negro,
died Instantly.
According to reports,
the argument took place be
tween the two over the younger
Bullock's little girl watching a
television program. The
grandfather reportedly ob
jected to the child watching It
and the father approved of It.
This started an argument. At
one point, according to re
ports, the older Bullock
grabbed a fire poker and
threatened his son. The son
left the room and returned
with the rifle. Somewhere In
the argument, the elder Bul
lock grabbed a .12 guage shot
gun and was killed.
The shotgun was found be
neath Bullock's body lying on
the floor of a bedroom In the
dwelling, located near the
Loulsburg College baseball
field In the northwestern part
of town.
Loulsburg Police Chief Earl
Tharrlngton reported that he
Is continuing his Investigation
this morning. Officer Gerald
Eury was also at the scene
last night. Coroner James Ed
wards and Loulsburg physi
cian J. B. Wheless were sum
moned as was the Loulsburg
Rescue Service.
The elder Bullock was well
known around the Loulsburg
area and often boasted of his
long life, In recalling many
happenings o I the past. He
often claimed he was the oldest
man In town.
amm ? v? v\
old Howe, IL
The answers and a request
(or an official hearing were
filed Monday. The action by
the Frankllnton Board Is In
keeping with plans announced
last week for seven North Car
olina school systems to fight
charge* of Inadequate deseg
regation efforts, by the De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare. The State of
North Carolina, through Dep
uty Attorney General Ralph
Moody, la leading the fight.
The Frankllnton answers de
ny 25 of the charges as being
"untrue" and agree that 23
more are "admitted". One
charge was said to be not ap
plicable and another was an
swered by saying It was neith
er denied or admitted. This
one. Number 43 In the long list,
dealt with "planned extra
curricular activities being
planned for Negroes and
whites separately".
Fire of the charges denied
See FRANKLINTON Page 4
Tippett Reports On Drive
Wallace Tlppett, Chairman
of the Red Cross fund drive to
save the Franklin County
chapter reported today that the
efforts have resulted In about
fifty percent of the goal being,
reached.
The goal was originally set
at $2183, according to Tlppett
and he reported that while
some contribution! are still
out, he could account for about
fifty percent of the total
through Wednesday.
"I am real pleased with the
results so far", Tlppett said,
"I would like to encourage
anyone who has not contributed
i V* \ IW ? r
already to do so as soon as
possible". He said he had
hoped to close out the drive
Wednesday but was keeping It
open (or late contributors.
He praised the many people
working on the project. Among
those were community lead
ers, Mrs. Margaret Holmes,
Bunn; Dr. Courtland Smith,
Loulsburg; Rev. Lloyd Jack
son, Frankllnton, Dick Collie,
Cedar Rock; Arthur Hall,
Youngsvllle and J. K. Weldon,
Epsom. Warren Smith Is
chapter Chairman (or the
county.
County Man Has
Answer For
Misfortune
"Work Harder"
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HOME DESTROYED, DECEMBER 5
By Clint Fuller
Times Manaflnf Editor
BUSINESS DESTROYED, DECEMBER 14
? "P? Just lot to work * little harder". That's the answer
a Rt. > Zebulon man gave Wednesday mornlnf , to a question
as to his plana after having loat his business on* week
after loelnc his home to fire.
Butler Brantley, in hla thirties, father of two email
boys, was viewing Mm ruins of hla modern brick home,
which waa totally destroyed by fire Monday morning, De
cember 5 around ? o'clock. He talked of the losa early
Wednesday morning of a grocery-service station business,
owned by him but rented to a neighbor. The store build
ing was owned by Jim Ray at Pearces Community. Ray
rwtlred sometime ago and rented the business to Brantley.
"I built up the stock and I lost money tor awhile, but I
finally got It going," Brantley aakl. "After a few months
1 found that It took too much of my time and I ranted It
to a ' friend, Cleveland Perry. He was doing real well
with it for both of us.".
The store caught from what appeared to be a kitchen
arc* In Um rear sometime around midnight Tuesday. The
Bunn Rural Fir* Department answered the call, but could
not (it* the building or any of th* content*.
The BreMley home caught fire from an undiscovered ori
gin early last Monday morning. Brantley's mother, Mrs.
Ina Brantley, a widow In bar seventies, lives next door.
She wa* unabl* to (*t out* Id* to sound th* alarm and she
found her party-line telephone continually tied ig>. When
the phone wa* finally free, the phone line* had burned and
the Instrument was dead. A pes s e r - by *aw th* Mat* and
alartad th* fir* department. Early arrlvers war* unabl*
to ever aav* on* of th* boy'* bUte* lying on th* porch at
th* horn*. The Max* was that lntan**.
"We might have saved the utility room and aom* be
longings, If th* phone had not b**n tied up", Brantley said.
He did not express any bittern*** toward th* unnamed users
of th* party lln*.
Ah unidentified msn came up and offered any help he could
give and commented, "This Is on? of the hardest working
boys I've ever seen, It looks like the whole world Is a
(alnat him".
Brantley aald he told hla wife after fire destroyed all
their belongings, "You've alwaya said you never had any
thing to wear. Now you haven't". He aald, "The only
thing we saved waa what we were wearing On our backs".
"The fire last night at the atore didn't bother me ao
muctf. But, when you see your home burn and everything
you own In it, that'a different", the clean-cut young man
said. ? "I'm waiting tor the Insurance people on the house.
If tbey don't come soon, I'm Just going to have to go back
up on that hill and build me something. I have already cut
the logs to start".
Brantley'a home was located a few hundred yards from
the atore. Both are about two miles north of Bunn txf. .en
Ifcinn and Pearces*
The youngest of the two boys, about five, said Wednea
day, "Daddy, I could have rung that ball", Indicating the
time-honored practlca of alarming the neighborhood to
fires by ringing an outdoor ball. The youngatar, about
hlp-hlgh to hla father, would hava found It difficult to
raach tha ropa. Nona of the Brantlaya war* home whan the
fire started. u
After making hla comments, the youngest Brantley was
sent home to !?? his cap. Home now is with Brantley's
mother.
As a testament to Brantley's work, tha eijtlre area a
round his mother's house and his former home are wall
kept. Oit buildings arc In good repair. He kaepa busy by
looking after farms owned by Lou Is burg attorney W. L.
Lumpkin and Zebulon dentist Dr. L. M. Masaey in addi
tion to doing plumbing work on tha side.
With all this and looking after his Interests In the store,
hla neighbor properly asked, "What mora can you do?"
BranUay'a answer: "Work a little harder".
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