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WEATHER Generally fair and continued {cold today and Wednesday. Low today, near 14; high, lower 40' s. Gy 6-3283 The Fmllltn Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ' ^ Serving All Of Franklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper NO. 1 IN THE NATION IN ? , COMMUNITY SERVICE T en Cents Louisburg, N. C. Tuesday, February 13, 1968 (Eight Pages Todo^) 98th Year-Number 103 Candidate And Friends Dr. Raymond Stone, third from left, a candidate tor State Superintendent of Public Instruction is shown above, flanked by six of his former teachers. Dr. Stone kicked off his statewide campaign at Epsom High School last Thursday night and honored former teachers for their ','encourage ment and Inspiration'1 . Pictured, left to right are: Mrs. Roger Mitchell, Mrs. Harvey Bartholomew, Mrs. Arch Wilson, Dr. Stone, Mrs. Gladys Bailey, Mr. Thurman GrlHln and Mr. W. C. Stroud of Sanlord. , Photo by Clint Fuller. Stone Kicks Off Campaign At Epsom With all the fanfare befitting the occasion, an Epsom farm boy came tome Thursday night, to begin a campaign which could lead him to the Wilbur M. Jolly Jolly Named To Study Commission Wilbur M. Jolly of Louisburg, local attorney and member of the North Carolina Courts Reform Commission, has been appointed to a study com mission to make a field inspection of the Public-Defender System now in operation in the Florida Courts. The lnvit<>?'on was Issued to the North Carolina Courts Reform Commission by the Florida Attorney-General. Former State Senator Jolly was ap pointed by State Senator Llnsay C. Warren, Jr., of Goldsboro, Chairman of the State Courts Commission. Other appointees Include Senator Sneed High from Fayettevllle, James B. McMillan an attorney, from Charlotte, and C.E. Hendsdale, of the North Carolina In stitute of Government, Secretary to the commission. This Commission Is to study the Public-Defender System In Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Orlando, next week and present their findings, results, and recommendations to the March 1-2 meeting of the North Carolina State .Courts Commission In Raleigh. The present system In North Carolina Is the asslgned-counsel by rotation to defend the indigent defendants in Court. Jolly, presently a candidate for the State Senate, Is a member of the Judge Advocate's Corp In the Army Active Reserve and serves as attorney for the Town of Louisburg. He has practiced law here since 1941, except for time out during World War II, when he served 30 months In the European theater of operatiohs. ? He has been lnfluenclal In establishing the North Carolina School of Per forming Arts, was a leader In the ?truggle to' keep Louisburg College here back In the fifties and Is a former school teacher. ? ' rx (See Picture Page -8) top educational post in the state. "I started right back there, in that room", Dr. Raymond Stone, Pres ident of Sandhills Community College said from the stage of the 40-year old Epsom High School. "I'm very happy to be home", he added. Flanked by his lovely wife Rachel and school chums on the one side and six of his former teachers on tlie other, Dr. Stone came to Epsom, where he started his career In education, to kick off his campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He had come a long way. He has a long way to go. "I've been a scrapper all my life", he told the packed house of friends, kin and supporters, "And I want to scrap for the boys and girls of North Carolina". The program started with music sup plied by Jimmy Daniels and his News boys and another, unnamed foursome, from Henderson plus a duet from Louisburg College. A score of students from Sandhills College in Southern Pines and Louisburg College, waving banners and generally whoopiqg things up, occupied a large portion of the down front area of the auditorium. The girls wore rlboons bearing "Sweet hearts for Stone" while the young men wore banners designating them as "Stu dents for Stone". One placard read, "Dr. Stone, State Supt. The Rock of Education". Enthusiasm was great. The candidate and his wife were escorted into the auditorium by Rev. A.S. Tomlinson, pastor of the Louis burg Baptist Church, who opened the program; Mr. E.O. Falkner of Hen derson, who spoke briefly; Opie Frazler, Vance County manager, in charge of the Epsom kick-off and Clyde Perdue, whom Stone named as Franklin County manager. Frazier, acting as Master of Cere monies recognized platform guests anct candidates for the General Assembly. Dr. Stone was introduced by former Epsom Agricultural teacher J. Thur man Griffin, now employed in Vance county school system. Griffin referred to Dr. Stone, former Executive Sec retary of the N.C. Citizens Committee See STONE Page 8 Davis Is Broughton State Aide Charles M. Davis Gubernatorial candidate Mel Brougli ton announced Thursday he has named Charles M. Davis of Louisburg as assistant state manager of his cam paign. Davis, a Loulsburg lawyer, is work ing In Broughton's Raleigh head quarters where he also coordinated activities of young people In the cam-"" palgn. A graduate df the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest Law School, Davis has practiced here since 1961. Presently, he is a partner In the firm of Lumplln, Lumplin, and Davis. He also is attorney for Franklin County and Solicitor of the Franklin County Recorder's Court. He has been active in Democratic party affairs and is president of the Young Democrat Club in Franklin Coun ty. In 1964 he worked In the guber natorial campaign for Dr. IJeverly Lake. Davis is a member of the Rotary Club, president of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a mem ber of the Board of Stewards of Louls burg Methodist Church. He Is married to the former Martha - Freeman and they have two children. Postoffice Reminder A reminder was Issued today by Louisburg postmaster E.L. Best on new postal rates for cards. Best's statement follows: "Under the new postal rates in effect since January 7, 1968, all greeting cards, Valentine cards and similiar mailings, now require 6 cent postage. "This amount of postage is required regafdless of being sealed or unsealed. A 5-cent stamp will now carry only a plain postal card,." Important Tobacco Meeting Sfated For Friday L.T. Weeks, General Manager of Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stab ilization Corporation, and the Coopera tive's Director from District #8, T.W. Allen of Creedmoor, announced today Stabilization's 10th annual District Meeting for flue-cured tobacco growers in the district. District #8 Includes the following counties from the Middle Belt of North Carolina: Warren, Vance, Granville, Franklin, Durham, Orange, Wake, Chatham, Lee, Montgomery, and Moore. The meeting will be held In the Court House In Loulsburg, on February 16, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Both Weeks and Allen stressed the fact that this Is an Informational meet ing held for the benefit of all flue cured tobacco growers and others In terested In tobacco. The 1968 program will feature reports on Stabilization's operations, including Tobacco Growers Services, Inc., Stabilization's wholly owned subsidiary. John D. Palmer, President of Tobacco Associates, Inc., W.H.W. Anderson, Executive Secretary of Tobacco Growers' Information Committee, and James W. Hill, District Supervisor of US DA'S Grading Service, will also participate In this year's meeting. Respectively, their remarks will in clude the activities of Tobacco As sociates In 1967 and plans for 1968, health and legislative issues affecting tobacco, and the 1967 marketing trends and crop cpmpositlon. Stabilization's members elect an nually at each district meeting an Advisory, Committee from each county in the district. Members of these county committees helptodlssemlnate information concerning Stabilization's activities to other tobacco growers lp their area as well as to the general public. District #8 growers are represented on Stabilization's Board of Directors by a director elected by growers for a 3-year term. The election of the dir ector to serve on Stabilization's Board for the next three years will be held 111 the business session of the meeting. Both Weeks and Allen emphasized that this meeting offers every tobacco grower the opportunltyto become better Informed about the grower-supported phases of the tobacco program. They urge all growers to attend and par ticipate In this meeting. . ' ?? New County- Wide Voter Registration Is Ordered T.W. Boone, Chairmanof the Franklin County Board of Elections announced yesterday that a new voter registra tion Is l>eing ordered for the -county. "How many, years has it been since we've had one"? he asked in answer to a query about the surprising order. Board of Elections Secretary George Champion, Jr. explained the new reg istration is necessary because of state regulations concerning loose-leaf reg istration books. It will be cheaper and more efficient to call for a total new registration than to attempt to get the present books in order, according to Mr. Boone. The official announcement states, "Notice is hereby given that the . . . Board of Elections will conduct a new county-wide voter registration of all voters of Franklin County, New reg - istratlon books will be ope'n for the registration of voters from 9:00 A.M. until 6:30 P.M. on each day beginn ing Saturday, March 30, 1968 and clos ing Saturday, April 20, 1968. "On each Saturday during such reg istration periods, said books will be open at the polling places." The polling places and registrars are listed as follows: Dunn, ? Bunn School, Howard Tant; Pearces, Pearces Fire Hits > . Restaurant A fire did heavy damage to The Pines Restaurant near Franklinton early this morning. According to sketchy reports, heavy damage was also suffered by an adjacent service station. Cause of the blaze, reportedly start ed around 3 A.M., has not befen reported and full details of the fire were not readily available this morning. Church, C.E. Pearce, Sr.; Harris, Hagwood's Store, B.TjBunn;_youngsi ville, Town Hall, Mrs. Estelle Pearce; Franklinton, Town Hall, Phil Wlhtfield; Hayesville, Epsom School, GeruhiWil son; Sandy Creek, Gold Sand School, Jasper Parrlsh; Gold Mine, Center ville Fire House, John Neal; Cypress Creek, Stallings' Store, Mrs. Simon Collie; and Louisburg, Louisburg Armory, Lee H. BeH. According to instructions from the State Board of Elections, registration books must be at polling places on Saturdays. They are available at the ?homes of the registrars or their place of business on week-days during the registration periods. There are presently 12,584 registered voters In Franklin County. Of Ujese, 2,936 reside in Loulsburg precincl and 2,576 live in Frankllnton precinct. Cedar Hock is tlie largest rural pre-* cinct with 1148 followed by Dunn No. 1 at Bunn which has 1048. Although the official nOt'ce refers to Dunn No. 2 a precinct, the Board of Elections changed this a couple of years ago to Pearces precinct. Pearces has 504 registered voters. r Other precincts and their total reg istered voters- include, Harris with -1036; Youngsville, 828; Hayesville, 724; Sandy Creek, 748; Gold Mine, 632; and Cypress Creek, r the smallest with 368. QUILL AND SCROLL Receives Citation Louisburg High School principal A. D. Fox is shown above, left, congratulating Times Editor Clint Fuller on receipt of a citation for "his devoted interest in the creative work of young people in Journalism and the writing arts." Fuller was presented the citaflon by the Louisburg Chapter of the Quill and Scroll Society in ceremonies held last Friday afternoon at- the school. Mrs. Re na Bland, faculty adviser fo the student organization, made the presentation. Photo by Ross Shuplng. Editor Honored By Local Chapter Of Quill And Scroll Louisburg editor, Clint Fuller, re ceived a citation from Quill and Scroll, International Honorary Society for High School Journalists, "at the conclusion of the installation ceremony for initi ates of the Louisburg High School Chapter of the organization, on Friday afternoon, February 9, in the Louisburg High School auditorium. The managing editor of The Franklin Times, who has captured a national press award along with statewide rec ognition during the past two years, was presented a testimonial scroll "In recognition of his devoted in terest in the creative work of young people in Journalism and the writing arts." Quill and Scroll Society, which se lects members from high school Juniors arid seniors of high Journalistic and academic achievement, also honors professional Journalists and educators. Mrs. Rena C. Blan<l, faculty advisor of the Louisburg High School Chapter, conducted the ceremony of Installation, and presented the scroll of citation. School principal, A1 D. Fox, ana Chap ter president, James L. Berger, as sisted. Initiates Included Louisburg High School Juniors, Georgia Griffin, Phyllis Kerley, Matt Person, Phillip Robert son, Marilyn Stewart, Bill Taylor, and Kevin Warren. Two Injured Pictured above Is scene of anearlySu'nday morning accident at the Intersection of U. S. 1 and the Pocomoke Road, about a mile south of Frankllnton. The accident occurred, accord ing to reports when the old model Bulck, right failed to stop for a stop sign and was struck In the right side by the State N" ? ' -- ' Patrol car, left. State Trooper Johnny Houston was hospi talized suffering from a broken left wrist and a fractured neck. Mrs. Ida Mae Williams,. Rt. 1, Frankllnton, reportedly driving the Buick was treated at Franklin Memorial Hospital and released. Photo by Clint Fuller.
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