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The Frnfitth Times r^kyc^^i? t (oj i Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ Serving All Of Franklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper 98th Year-Number 64 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, September 28, 1967 (Twelve Pages Today) The County Fair: "A Delight To The Young, A Pleasure To The Old." "Bingo. Hey, play Bingo. Right over here". BUI O'Neal, local Jay cee, sounded for the world like a professional barker. Jaycee Presi dent James Grady, fully attired with Bingo apron busily passed out cards, collected money and gave with the corn. The faces lined around the stand were familiar. It Is Franklin County Fair Week and many were enjoying the activities Tuesday night. The Jaycees are operating the Bingo booth; the County Firemen's Assoc iation Is operating a hot dog and other goodies stand and there are the customary girlie shows, not operated. Incidentally, by anyone we know. Down the midway there are rows of game booths. You toss a ring, throw a coin, or pick a duck. There Is the usual picture-taking booth. Most ly, It Is young lovers who venture In side this one. They grin, hold hands and later, laugh out loud at the end result. But, at their age, who pays attention? Small fry gallop to and fro. Mostly It Is to pop for more cash and fro is In the general direction of the rides or eateries. After many years, they have finally found a way to handle cotton candy. They put It In a bag. Now, that's what we call good thinking. We watched in anticipation as one sweet young . thing bought three bags. But, alas, By Clint Fuller Managing Editor she hauled It away to eat In private. We perhaps will never know, Just how the cotton goo works once It la de-bagged. There were very few grownups on the rides and very few women and children at the lower end of the grounds. The rides were too fast for the oldsters and the attractions at the far end were, evidently, not for the consumption of young eyes and delicate ladles. A few brave souls strolled along this area, but It couldn't laat. The strain with which the ladles held the arms of their gentlemen waa far too tiring to endure. Most ]uat stayed at the front entrance or near the rides. There were monkeys. In a cage, that Is. Youngsters delighted In their wonders as they watched the long tailed animals perform. This was free. More such, Inside the tent, was not. . l Derrell Mitchell of Bunn and Kenneth Fuller of the Epsom Department along with some others were holding the firemen's booth. There was no com ment available on the quality of the Mitchell-Fuller hot dogs, but young sters kept coming back for more. Fair manager Jolly Bunn walked the midway In shirt sleeves. He wai trying to prove that the weather was Just right. He convinced no one at all. While It was warmer than many fair nights, It wasn't shirt sleeve weather at all. Inside the exhibits, better this year, young Bob Hicks was having his prob lems keeping eager friends from a table of candled apples. Strange how a young fellow can accumulate so many chums when he Is standing guard over a batch of delicacies. T. O. Nelms of Cedar Rock and other points, was obviously enjoying a ride on the hobby horses. We thought him a little old for such. He held his small and very cute daughter on one of the horses as an excuse for the ride. Joe Tonkel was seen discussing the merits of the pony rides. The ponies had a sad look on their faces until they realized that Joe did not plan to ride, only to watch. The county gendarmes war* on hand, as always. Replete In their winter uniforms, they looked nice. What they were looking nicely at, we de cline to mention here. We can report that they were observing the Bingo stand when we saw them. All In all, a good time was being had by all. The county fair, one of the oldest entertainment media In the world, continues to be a delight to the young and even though some are slow to admit it, a pleasure to the old. FAIRS ARE HARD WORK Staff Photos by Clint Fullor Union Vote To Be Held (See Editorial Comment Page It) Petitioners at the Sportswear, Inc. plant here were granted an election this week by the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling handed down Tuesday morn ing In Winston-Salem, calls (or an ?lection on Thursday, October 12. The vote will be for the purpose of seeing If the Amalgamated Cloth ing Workers of America, AFL-CIO are to be allowed to represent em ployees of the Loulsbur; factor/. Some thirty workers In the local plant signed a petition some time < ago asking the NLRB to hold a hear ing and grant an election. The hearing was held here last month in the county courthouse. The Union was repre sented at the hearing by Miss Patricia Eames of New York and Sportswear was represented by Richard Keenan of New Orleans, Louisiana. Miss Clara Whiteside of the Winston-Salem office was bearing officer. The elections will be held at the plant between the hours of 10 A.M. and 11:45 A. M. with one NLRB ob server. There will be no union ob servers, but there will be employee observers for the union's side. Little ia being said in the area about tbe pending election and a rally of union supporters held here on Sep tember 14, fell short in attendance. Power Off Sunday Electric Service will be cut off from 6:30 a. m. to 8:30 a. m., Sunday, October 1, at Wake Electric Mem bership Corporation's Loulsburg Sta tion. This outage will affect the Co-op's s members in the Harris Com munity, Royal Community, Mltchlners Crossroads, the area along U. S. 1, North of Frankllnton, and the Kittrell Community, East H U. S. 1. ^ Carolina Power and Light Company, Wake Electrlc's wholesale power sup plier, Is interrupting power for work on their transmission line. Only about thirty persons gathered to hear ACWA officials speak on union ization of the local plant. Sportswear employes around 200 people. Union representatives have been In the area for several months, visiting with workers and attempting to or ganize In view of the coming election. Plant officials for the most pert, have remained quiet on the matter. Bargain Pow-Wow Coming Twenty-one members of tbe Louis burg Business Association will parti cipate In an Indian Summer Sales event here nest week, according to Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants, Executive Sec retary of the organization. The theme of the event it to be a "Bargain Pow-Wow" and Is expected to be one of the most successful such promotions yet staged by the Associ ation. Extensive advertising is scheduled for , the newspaper and radio media and store managers are expected to carry out the theme Inside their estab lishments, offering outstanding bur gains to open the fall season. Among the merchants participating are! Franklin Tire and Appliance, Pope's, Inc., Rose's Stores, Inc., Leg gett's Department Store, Economy Auto Supply, D and I Pont lac-Olds, Fuller * Hayes Grocery, Pleasants Drug Store, Lou Is burg Tractor and Truck Co., O'Neal Pharmacy, Fox's Depart ment Store, Wilson Build ing Supply, Warren Oil Col, Wac. cam aw Bank and Trust Co., Quality Furniture and Appliance Co., Richards OU Co., Little River Ice and Fuel Co., First Federal Savings and Loan Assn., First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. and Franklla Milling Co. local Martef To Operate Hiree Days Next Week The Flue -Cured Tobacco Marketing Committee, meeting Wednesday In Ra leigh, voted to rfcopen market*, Includ ing the Middle Belt and Lou i? burg, on a three-day schedule next week. The local market will operate Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on a four hour schedule. A motion was also passed calling for sales quotas to be allocated to ware houses on a poundage basis, Instead of number of baskets. Managing Director F. S. Roy star of the Bright Belt Warehouse Associa tion said, however, that the change could not be put Into effect because It goes counter to action taken by the Bright Belt membership In its annual convention. "We don't have the authority to change what the convention approved," Roys ter declared. Four Arrested ?3- ? ' In Attack Four Loulsburg Negroes have been arrested and mora arrests could be forthcoming In the assault against a Loulsburg College student here last Saturday night. Loulsburg Police Chief Earl Thar rlngton reported that Lymuel Rod well , 20, William Earl Clifton, 19, Hannibal Harold Shear in, 28, and Jim my Jerry Alston, 19, are charged with assault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill BUI Carpenter, IS, of Hendersonrllle, N. C. The Incident took place along Wade Avenue here last Saturday night around 11 P.M. as Carpenter, Jeb Koury, 19, of Sanford, Bruce Chandler, 19, of Wilmington, Delaware, Danny Tay lor, 17, Milford, Delaware, and Pat Radford, It, of Chesapeake, Virginia were walking from Chip's Drive In. All these boys aire students at Louis burg College A pickup truck carrying six to eight Negro youths reportedly stopped and the youths got out of the truck and assaulted the group. In the melee. Carpenter was knifed, receiving a seven-inch gash on his head and an Inch and a half gash on his right arm. He was treated and released at Frank lin Memorial Hospital following the incident. Tharrington and SBI agent Billy Crocker bad been working on the case since Sunday and an arrest was said to be Imminent earlier this week. All of the Negro youths were placed In Jail under $1,000 each pending a hewing la Franklin Recorder's Court nest Tuesday. Farmer and buyer members of the committee Insisted that the change to poundage allocation* Is needed In or der to remove the pressures placed upon growers to "co-mlngle" or com bine different grades and qualities of tobacco in an effort to reach a maxi mum 200 pounds per basket. Several buyer spokesmen said they had been given specific Instructions by their customers not to bid on bas kets of tobacco where It is apparent that two grades or qualities have been combined to form a single basket. The South Carolina- Border North See MARKET Page 6 Clearing Heavy Docket The Superior Court Criminal Docket la being cleared In almost record numbers this week as Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood holds court here. Sixty one cases were listed and, while the exact number Is yet unknown, a large number of cases have already been heard or otherwise disposed of. Three murder cases were passed on earlier this week, with each defendant pleading guilty to manslaughter and receiving sentences. Eight cases In volving murder charges were docket ad. Cases heard thus far Include: Forrest Mustlan, Contempt of Court. Case continued for further orders of the court. Forrest Mustlan, public drunkeness (4 cases); public drunkeness and dis orderly; drunk and disorderly and use of profanity. Prayer for Judgment continued on condition that defendant DR. RAYMOND STONE report to the Court on order of the Court and that he continue to support his two minor children. Shelton Perry, non support. Prayer . for Judgment continued for five years and probation reinstated on condition that defendant abide by probation Judg ment and that he continues to support his family as per order of Franklin County Recorder's Court. Willie Grey Dunston, assault with deadly weapon. 6 months In Jail, suspended for three years and defen dant placed on probation for 3 years under written conditions Including pro , vision that be pay court costs, Includ ing therein 910.00 for Dr. Thomas Wheless and $33.60 for Franklin Me morial Hospital. Court orders pistol confiscated. James Lee Arrlngton, murder. De fendant pleads guilty to Involuntary See COURT Page 6 Stone Possible Candidate For Education Post Dr. Raymond A. Stone, President at Sandhills Community College at Southern Pines, and a native ot Frank lin County, Is being mentioned as a possible candidate (or North Carolina Superintendent ot Public Instruction. Stone Indicated that he may be a can didate in a statement In Southern Plnea Wednesday. He reportedly said, In answer to the question of his running, "I plan to make an assessment of Interest and support later this tall and will then be In a position to make a firm decision." Dr. Stone said his decision would not be based on whether the present Super intendent, Dr. Charles Carroll, de cides to seek reelection. "I am quite encouraged by the num ber and variety of expressions of desire for change. My decision would be based upon what I find to be the desire for Improvement of public edu cation?not upon the possible candi dacy of another aspirant", Stone stated. Stone, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stone of Loulsburg attended Epsom and MUls High School In Franklin County; graduated from Loulsburg College; received a Bachelor ot Sclenoe in history and government from Wake Forest College, a Master's Degree In Education from the University of * North Carolina and a Ph. D. from Carolina. He has a long list of teaching aad other educational positions. He has served as Executive Secretary, N. C. Citizens Committee tor Better Schools and was Educational Consultant to for mer Governor Terry Santord. Stone entertained the Idea of seek ing the State post In 1904, but declined t o run when he was named as first See STONE Page 8 TUESDAY ACCIDENT ON BICKETT (See Editorial Comment Page i)
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