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The FralikMn Times
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Serving All Of Franklin County
Industry
Education
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T?l. eV S-3283
Ten Cants
Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, February 16. 1967
(12'Pages Today)
97th Year-Numbsr 104
Moulton Man Killed
In Early Morning
Tractor Accident
A 60-year-old Moulton man was killed Instantly this morning
around 8:45 a.m. when the tractor he was driving overturned
pinning him beneath. Harold Hudson, popular Route 3, Louls
burg farmer, was In the process of clearing land for a plant
bed, according to reports. Two men, helping him, attempted
to raise the tractor off the victim, but were unsuccessful.
The Louis burg Rescue Service was called, but the victim
was beyond aid when the units arrived.
Mr. Hudson Is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Charles
Hudson, both of Route 3; four daughters, Mrs. Owen (Joe)
Debnam of Loulsburg, Mrs. Vivian Gonzales of Raleigh,
Mrs. Douglas Cottrell of Greensboro and Mrs. Fern Home
of Mebane; three sons, Billy, Larry and Ronald all of Louls
burg; two brothers, C. B. and Paul of Route 3, Loulsburg and
three sisters, Mrs. Edna Downey of Gastonla, Mrs. Elnora
Phelps of Loulsburg and Mrs. Hallle Parrlsh of Henderson.
Funeral arrangements are Incomplete.
Sen. Hancock
Comments On
Legislative Issues
Editor's Not*: This is th?,
socond officio in Iho sorios
reporting on the throo mon re
presenting Franklin County in
tho current General Assembly.
Today's article deals with
answors to o questionaire sent
out by The Times ond relates
opinions ond positions of Stote
Senator Wills Hancock of Gran
ville County who is represent
ing Granville, Vanca and Frank
lin. In fairness, Mr. Honcock's
answers were recorded before
the Generel Assembly convened
last week.
State Senator Wills Hancock
reports to The Times that he
favors legalizing whlskey-by
the-drlnk on a local option
basis and also the legalizing
of the practice of brown-bag
glng provided It Is "Limited
Strict enforcement and re
strictions".
Sen. Hancock comments,
"This is a most difficult is
sue requiring the best In
Judgement. A personal and
moral Issue".
Sen. Hancock says he favors
making "North Carolina
teacher salaries competi
tive." He sees the road sit
uation as a "difficult Issue"
and adds, "Solution would ap
pear to lie In more state mon->
ey and bond issues".
On the Issue of East Caro
lina College becoming a uni
versity, Senator Hancock says
he needs more Information on
this. Obviously an advocate of
highway safety, the Granville
native favors a larger highway
patrol force; use of airplanes
of catch speeders and stlffer
penalties for persons con
victed at drunken driving.
Cub Scouts
To Organize
Parents of boys 8 to U years
old who want to Join in Cub
Scouting are Invited to attend
an organizational meeting
Tuesday, February 21, at 7:30
p. m. in the Lou is burg Metho
dist Church Fellowship Hall.
District Executive Lin Finch
and Cubmaster Bob Versteeg
will explain the Cub Scout pro
gram and leadership needs.
The meeting is designed only
for the parents of boys who
are not currently Cubs.
Duke Endowment Gives
Local Hospital $50,000
Hospital Officials View Clieck
E. C. BULLUCK
Chr. Board of Trustees
J. K. THARRINGTON
Treasurer
1 *'? ? ' r
Council Meant Annexation,
But Passed On Zoning
An article In Tuesday's
Frarklln Times uncovered the
tact that the Loulsburg Town
Council passed the wrong res
olution in its meeting here
last Friday night. The min
utes of the meeting showed that
the Council approved a mo
tion to request Sixteenth Dis
trict Representatives James
D. Speed and John T. Church
to have Franklin County In
cluded In a present law from
which the county Is now ex
cluded. The designation of
the particular statute was re
corded as G. S. 160-181.2 which
deals with zoning within a ra
dius of one mile outside the
town limits.
What the Council discussed
and Intended to do was to make
the same request of the Rep
presentatlves p e r t a 1 n lng to
General Statute 160-453.12
which deals with annexation.
Article 36, "Extension of Cor
porate Limits", authorizes
See COUNCIL Page 4
Judge E. C. Bulluck, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Franklin Memorial
Hospital, announced today that The Duke
Endowment has given $50,000 to the lo
cal hospital for additional renovations
and improvements.
James R. Felts, Jr., Executive Direc
tor, Hospital and Child Care Sections of
The Duke Endowment, stated in his letter,
"We are happy to have this part in pro
viding these expanded facilities for the
people in your area." He stated the gift
was ''for assistance in your current ex
pansion program."
The gift will allow renova
tions to the first floor of the
present building, originally
planned but deleted when It
was found that funds would not
stretch far enough to Include
these Improvements.
Judge Bulluck said, "The
gift Is to be used for addition
al renovations and, according
to the requirements of The
IXike Endowment, this money
cannot be applied to the cost
of any previously planned con
struction, nor be applied to any
bonded endebtedness for hos
pital construction". Chair
man Bulluck, Board Treas
urer J. K. Tharrlngton and
Administrator M. M. Person,
all expressed their personal
appreciation and the gratitude
of the people of the area for
this "wonderful gift".
Initial contact with the En
dowment people was made af
ter the plans and specifica
tions were drawn for the pres
ent renovations about two
years ago. Plans were sent
to them first and again follow
ing the awarding of bids. A
careful study of the plans and
the deletions was made and
In the opinion of the Endow
ment people, Franklin Mem
orial Hospital qualified for
this donation.
By coincidence, the an
nouncement was made today
also of the annual Duke En
dowment aid to hospitals un
der Its Hospital and Child
Care Section. Franklin Mem
orial's share this year is list
ed as $3,152, slightly less
than the $4,162 last year and
the 93,401 received In 1965.
The amount is based on the
number of free days of care
given.
Contributions to the hospi
tals are based on 91 a day
for each day of free service
in the fiscal year which end
ed Sept. 30, 1966. The North
Carolina and South Carolina
Institutions reported a total
See GIFT Page 2
OES Plans
Pancake
Supper
Plans were announced this
week for an "Aunt Jemima
Pancake Supper" to be held
on Friday, February 24th, at
the Loulsburg High School
Cafeteria, sponsored by WU
11am B. Barrow Chapter No.
39, Order of the Eastern Star.
James Johnson, general
chairman, stated that the
serving hours will be from
5 to 7 p. m.
Chairmen for the commit
tees were named as follows:
Tickets - Mrs. John God
frey; Food procurement -
Mrs. H. M. Dickens; Kitchen -
Mrs. W. E. Debnam; and Serv
ing ? Mrs. W. B. Joyner;
Eighty-Five Year Old Building Comes Down
It stood tor almost 85 years.
H was built sometimes around
1882 by the late George W.
Ford, Sr. Legend has It that
as the building was being con
structed by fifty-cent a day
labor, a disagreement arose
between the owner and the
laborers.
This led to Mr. Ford send
ing the workmen home. He
and Mr. Paul Griffin com
pleted the construction, ac
cording to the story, laying all
the brick for. the third floor.
Originally, the three story
structure, which for a time had
a fourth floor, counting the
basement, housed a tobacco
drying operation. At the time
buildings next to It contained
retail outlets on the ground
floor and a tobacco warehouse
on the second floor. This con
nected directly Into the old
building.
Later, It was used for a
stable; a dry cleaning plant
and an Esses automobile
agency.
In 1931, R. C. Beck, Sr. pur
chased the structure and open
ed a garage and automobile
parts business. Mr. Beck
died In 1961 and R. C. (Buck)
Beck, Jr. has operated It
since, still as a garage and
parts business.
The end came Wednesday.
"The Lord's been with me
twice this week", said Beck
busily at work In his new lo
cation In the old Ford place
on Court street. He referred
to the near tragedy when parts
of the building collapsed un
expectedly Wednesday morn
ing with several spectators
standing In the front door way
and to the fact that he had
called off a planned removal of
the front plate windows Just
prior to the collapse.
"I have never seen people
move so last", reported one
observer, referring to the
near miss when a large por
tion of the building fell Wed
nesday morning as workmen
were preparing to tear It down.
One person reported that a
high county official didn't stop
running until he had crossed
the street and was half way
down the aisle of Murphy's Su
per Market. Others told of
similar speedsters.
The Wade Moore Construc
tion company personnel had a
time getting the old structure
to give up the struggle. The
walls swayed, cracked and
Rep. Speed
Heads Ag
Committee
Franklin County's Repres
entative, James D. Speed was
named Chairman of the House
Agriculture Committee Wed
nesday by House Speaker Dave
Brltt of Roberson County.
Speed was also named vice
chairman of the Committer
on Highway Safety and the
Committee on Penal Institu
tions.
In addition to these appoint
ments, Speed Is a member of
the Committee on Appropria
tions; Committee on Public
Welfare and the Committee on
Roads.
Franklinton
Robbery
Solved
Franklinton Police Chief Lao
Edwards reports the arrest of
(Wo men In connection with the
November 25 break-In at
Evans' Garage near Franklin
ton. /
Chief Edwards identified the
two as John W. Chatman.'w/
m/21 of Durham, formerly a
resident of Franklinton and
Click L Billing, w/m/60 of
Franklinton. Edwards report
ed that the twosome will be
charged with taking around
$400 lb tools and wheels, tires
and batteries from vehicles on
the lot, valued at $150. Most
of the tools were recovered,
said Edwards. The wheels and
tires were thrown Into a creek
near Knlghtdale, he said.
The Chief credited the break
In the case to Buck Ball, a
special deupty, of Franklinton.
He declined to elaborate on
what the break constituted.
Both men are to be charged
with breaking and entering
and larceny.
and Publicity - Mrs. James
Johnson.
Tickets are now on sale by
all members of the local East
ern Star Chapter, or may be
obtained from Mrs. Godfrey.
The pufillc is urged to support
this fund raising effort and to
enjoy a delicious Pancake Sup
per.
then, almost as If they were
human, braced themselves and
continued to stand.
Workmen kept pecking away,
'first at one weak spot, then an
other until the will to live was
t&ken from the galltfnt old
landmark. *
Tugging at the northwest
corner with all the power In
the huge tugging machine, the
end came. First the corner
bricks fell, accompanied by a
scattering of dust. Then, as
though planned, the mighty
structure gave one last sigh
for all the memories it might
have had and came roaring
down In one giant swoop. Whan
the dust settled, all was quiet.
As though It did so out of res
pect for Its neighboring build
ings, some of which had stood
nearby (or almost as many
years, the giant building held
Its brick and mortar to Its side
of the street. Not a scar was
made on any other building.
Not even the streets were
damaged.
"Didn't It (all pretty", said
one spectator. "Just right",
said another. "They're
lucky", said a third.
Wonder what the old build
ing thought.
The Struggle - ?
The End
The Remains - ?