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Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, September 26, 1967
(Eight Pages Today)
98th Year? Number 63"
Eight Murder
Cases Set
For Trial
Eight murder cases are scheduled
for trial In this week's term of
Criminal Superior Court being con
ducted here by Judge Hamilton H.
Hobgood of Loulsburg. Two cases
slated to start Monday were delayed
as 17 other cases were disposed of
and one or both are expected to begin
today.
Facing murder charges are James
Lee Arrlngton, McCoy Wiggins, Doug
las M. Evans, Davie Lee Mann, Will
iam Henry Harris, Floyd Williams,
Lewis Bulluck and Bennle Fogg.
Former Frankllnton Police Chief
Frank Carter, convicted In 1954 In
the slaying of his mother-in-law, with
drew a petition for a post conviction
hearing here Monday. H? was sentenced
to life plus forty years In the case. Oit
on parole last summer, he was re
turned to prison following a parole
violation.
A number of other cases are slated
for trial this week, Including one case
of rape, and a host of motor vehicle
violations and drunkeness charges.
$15,000 Awarded
In Accident Suit
A Raleigh woman, Miss Joyce Dixon,
19, was awarded $15,000 In a damage
suit here last week against John T.
Holden, Franklin County Negro. Miss
Dixon entered a countersult to Holden' s
suit seeking damages from an accident
on December 24, 1966 on US-1 six
miles north of Frankllnton.
Miss Dixon's mother was awarded
$1,500 In damages to her car in the
accident. The case was heard before
Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood In Civil
Superior Court last week. The verdict
was handed down by the Jury.
Get Promotions
Mr. Lawrence R. Bowers, President
of Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co.
announced last week the promotion of
two Loulsburg men. James Grady,
local branch manager was promoted
to the office of Vice President and R.
S. (Dick) Lucas was named Cashier.
"We are quite pleased with the work
these two men are doing In Loulsburg
and believe the progress our bank
Is making in that area Is due in a
large measure to their efforts",
Bowers said In making the announce
ment.
Grady, had been Cashier and Lucas
was Assistant Cashier before the pro
motions. Grady is President of the
Loulsburg Business Association and
active In the Loulsburg Jaycees.
Staff Photos by Clint Fullor
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE TRE' JAY PLANT
Open House Thursday
Youngsville Plant Doing Well
Aside from the pretty little blonde
who greets you at the door, the first
thing one notices about the new Tre'
Jay Plant at Youngsvllle Is Its
brightness. The relucent air Is not
confined to the extremely adequate
lighting system. There Is a bright
ness about the people who are busily
at work there and It Is most noticeable
in the plant manager.
Bob HU1 greets you with a hearty
handshake and broad smile. Without
prompting, he begins to talk about,
what Is obviously his favorite subject
Tre'Jay. He says, "I love it here
and I love these people." The people,
he hurriedly points out, are the sixty
or more employees of the firm.
By Clint Fuller
Managing Editor
Tre'Jay manufactures gift packed In
fant wear and they're good at It. One
glance at the attractive packages being
readied for shipment and one can
recognize that pride is being taken by
these people In the product they turn
out. Second best, one Is likely to
observe, is not going to be good enough
here.
John Emery is the wheel of the
parent company. He Just happened
to be In the Youngsvllle plant. "You're
looking good," he said with his friendly
smile. This Is the first line of a
super salesman. We doubted that he
remembered meeting us last January
Jury Commission Takes Office
The three members of the
Jury Commission were sworn In last x
Friday afternoon by Clerk o( Court
Ralph Knott before a special meeting
of the Board of County Commissioners.
The ceremonies were delayed due to
the absence of Chairman E. M. Sykes
and Vice Chairman Richard H. Cash.
Commissioners Norwood Faulkner,
Brooks Young and George Harris pro
ceeded with Harris acting as chair
man. Sykes arrived about an hour
lata of the called 3:30 P.M. session
and Cash reported In shortly after
5 P.M., according to reports.
The three members sworn were
Frankllnton and Lou Is burg business
man Napier Williamson, appointed by
Judge Hamilton Hobgood; L. C. Hasty,
trfwlsburg Insurance executive, ap
pointed by Knott and J. W. Ferry,
Jr. , Pearce's businessman, appointed
by the Commissioners.
The Commission met earlier and
Knott explained the requirements of
the new Jury law". The Commission
set up certain procedures whereby
the jury list could be prepared by the
December 1 deadline.
Names will be taken from the tax
list and the registration books to be
screened by the Commission for dup
lications and Ineligible Jurors. The
clerical work Is to be done by Clerk
of Court office personnel and Knott
asked the Commissioners for $200
additional salary funds to defray the
expense. The Board agreed to the
amount. Salary for Jury Commission
members was set at the same as that
paid the Commissioners.^ This Is
$23 plus travel two ways for each
meeting.
In other actions, the Board discussed
additional help In the tax office and
renewed the contract for tax office
audit with Lonnle R. Shuplng. Louls
burg CPA, for a fee of 9300 for the
coming year.
Hold First Session
Stoff Photo by Clint Fullor
The Franklin County Jury Commission Is shown above
following rwtarlng In ceremonies bald hare last Friday
afternoon. Pictured, left to right are, Clark of Court Ralph
Knott, who performed tlx c*r?raoni??; J. W. Parry, Jr.
of PaarcM, L. C. Hasty of Loulaburf, chosen Chairman
and B. N. WUlUmaon of Frankiloton.
when he first came to Youngsvllle.
He was a long way from home. He
lived In Oregon where he first began
his operation which Is spreading fast
In this section of the country.
"Things are going quite well," he
said about the Youngsvllle operation.
"PU leave Just as soon as I get
a good Idea to take back with me,"
he added, klddlngly. Hill said later,
"He keeps you on your toes, but he
lets you run your own operation."
Hill's high regard for Emery was
noted and It figures that the feeling
See YOUNGS VILLE Page 4
Historical Society
To Meet Thursday
The Franklin County Historical So
ciety will meet Thursday night In the
Meeting Room of the First-Cltltens
Bank and Trust Co. on Blckett Boule
vard, according to an announcement
made today.
All those interested in Franklin
County history are Invited to attend.
Market Closes
Today , Meeting
Set Wednesday
The Louisburg Tobacco Market closes at the end of sales today and it
appears anyone's guess as to just when it will reopen. A -ales holiday
was announced last week for all markets following today's sales.
The holiday has been called to ease congestion at redrying plants, i \J
was announced.
Sales Supervisor William Boone reported this morning that some ware
housemen believe that the market will reopen next Monday while others
think it will be at least next Wednesday before sales can resume on the
local warehouse floors.
Mr. Boone said that a meeting is to be held this Wednesday night to
decide when the market will resume sales.
Meanwhile, the Superviser reports that prices remain about steady on
the Louisburg Market and reports an average for the season through last
Thursday's sales of $66.37 for untied leaf and $72.07 for ited tobacco.
The Louisburg Market has sold 3,853,499 pounds of untied leaf for a
price of $2,557,715 and the average of $66.37. Tied tobacco accounted
for 11,058 pounds sold for a price of $7,970 and the average of $72.07.
The Middle Belt Markets were marked for loose leaf sales for the first
95 selling hours and Mr. Boone reports that including today, the local mar
ket has forty more hours of this type sales. After that, only tied tobacco
may be sold.
Averages reported for two and three-day periods by the local market
have ranged from $68.01 for the opening three days to 65.09 for the early
days of last week.
Murder, Knifings, forests
Keep Officers Busy
A blast from a U.S. government
.38 caliber pistol took the life of
a 31-year old Loulsburg Rt. 3 Negro
Sunday night shortly after 8:30 P.M.
Sherman Williams was dead when mem
bers of the Loulsburg Rescue Service
and law enforcement officers arrived
at the home of Susie Bruce between
Moulton and Ingleslde. The bullet
entered the victim's throat.
John Cornelius Klngsberry, c/m/22
of Rt. 3, Loulsburg Is being held,
charged with murder in the slaying.
A sawed -off shotgun was reportedly
lying near the body. No reason has
been given for the shooting.
A Loulsburg College student, ident
ified by Loulsburg Police Chief Earl
Tharrington as William W. Carpenter,
Jr. of Hendersonvllle, N. C., received
painful head wounds' when a truck loaded
with Negro youths stopped along Wade
Avenue here, near the A ti-P Super
market and an argument occurred.
Carpenter was accompanied by four
other college students. The number
of Negroes In the attack has not been
revealed. At least thirty stitches were
taken In Carpenter's head following the
knifing. Chief Tharrington said he Is
being aided In his Investigation by
SBI agent Billy Crocker. The in
cident took place last Saturday night
around 11 P.M.
Pilot Injured In Plane Crash
A Chapel Hill pharmacist, R. Elliott
Brummltt, 33, formerly of the Hender
son area, remained a patient at Maria
Parham Hospital Friday after receiv
ing Injuries Thursday night when hl?
small personal airplane crashed lnt6
an open field near Glllburg.
Authorities termed his Injuries ser
ious but apparently not critical.
Brummltt was alone In the Cessna
150 plane when It crashed during a
severe thunderstorm Just after seven
o'clock. The craft was demolished
In the muddy field, with the engine
hurled from the fuselage.
Striking a high tension power line
as it crashed, the plane went down
In the field about 150 yards from the
airport road between N. C. Highway
30 at Glllburg and the Vance county
prison camp.
The broken power line for a tin'*
endangered spectators, who flocked
to the field, until power could be cut
off by a line crew.
Trooper O. P. Lowman, Jr., of the
State Highway Patrol, said his Invest
igation Indicated Brummltt had flown
In and out of the Henderson airstrip
several times during the day. Infor
mation was that the crash occurred
as the pilot was attempting to return
to the airstrip when the storm, ac
companied by gusty winds and heavy
rains, approached.
The craft, said to have been re
cently acquired by Brummltt, had cir
cled the area several times prior to
the crash. Trooper Lowman said the
specific cause of the accident was not
Immediately determined.
However, a witness explained that
the gusty winds were blowing cross
wise over the north-south runway at
the airstrip and It appeared that, as
Brummltt made a pass over the field,
a gust caught the craft and turned
one wing tip toward the ground and
the other tip skyward. The plane
then apparently sideslipped Into the
crash.
The pilot had cuts about the head
and both heels or ankles were broken,
along with possible other Injuries.
Brummltt Is a native of the Hender
son area; however, he and his wife
and children currently are residents
of Chapel Hill.
A 21-year old Castalla, Rt. 1 Negro
was given first aid at the scene and
transported to Franklin Memorial Hos
pital Sunday night around 8 P.M. by
the Loulsburg Rescue Service following
a stabbing Incident near Sid Champion's
Store in White Level.
Herbert Alston told officers that he
was attacked as he walked along the
highway by a man Identified as Darrell
Coley, c/m/18 Rt. 4, Loulsburg. He
said, according to reports, that Coley
Jumped from a car and attacked him
with a pocket knife. Coley was
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon.
Last Friday afternoon around 4 P.M.
Sheriff William T. Dement, deputy
sheriffs Dave Batten, Lonnle House
and Leroy Terrlll, along with ATU
officers raided a large liquor still
In the Diking section of Franklin County,
near Rocky Ford. Clarence Aycock,
w/m/50 was arrested at the scene.
Officers reported discovering two 800
See MURDER Page 4
Power
Interruption
Major expansion of facilities by Caro
lina Power & Light Company will re
quire a two- hour Interruption of
electric service In this area on Sunday
morning, October 1.
L. A. Pearce, Henderson district
manager for CP&L, said the Interrup
tion will be from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30
a.m. It will affect service In Louls
burg, Frankllnton, S tailings Cross
roads and surrounding areas.
The Interruption will allow CP&L
linemen to complete expansion wcrk
begun on August 13. The capacity of
a major transmission line serving the
area is being enlarged tor meet growing
electrical demands.
Pearce said the early Sunday morn
ing hours were chosen to minimize
Inconvenience to residents of the area.
Wreckage In a field adjacent to the airport road near Gill burg, some fear mllea
east of Henderson, marks the scene of last Thursday night's Cessna 180 pUae
crash which Injured a Chapel Hill pharmacist, R. Elliott Brummltt, formerly
of Henderson. Only the tall assembly remains relatively Intact as the craft rests
an Its back. The. engine was thrown away from the fuselage by the Impact. Brua
mltt's condition was described as fair st Maria Parham Hospital. (Pinto by
Hester-McLean)