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Town Wide Washington's Birthday Sale Thur (See Sec/ion H Today For Special ? Adrertixe-mrnt ) WEATHER Generally fair and quite cool today. .Wednesday, variable cloudiness and rather cold. Low today, 20; high, upper 40* s. The FraMkMn Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ' ^ Serving All Of Franklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper NO 1 IN THE^NATION IN. COMMUNITY SERVICE r Gy 6-3283 T en Cents Louisburg, N. C. Tuesday, February 20, 1968 Ten Pages T oday 99th Year-Number 1 JLocat Rescuers Save Life Of Raleigh Man In Morning Accident Pictures obove show gallant rescue, this morning, of Roscoe Thomas, 21-year-old Raleigh, Route 6, Negro, by members of the Louisburg Rescue Service and local police and firemen. Thomas, a Vietnam veteran, became meshed in electric wiring while working on the Ford Metal Molding building on South Main Street. He was hit by 4,160 volts and suffered severe leg burns plus internol injuries. He was admitted to Franklin Memorial Hospital but his condition was not disclosed. Louisburg Rescu er David Minnich is shown atop the ladder tying the rope around the.victim. Photos by Clint Fuller. 1 Forest Fires Sweep County Forest fires destroyed almost 150 acreas of woodland and grass fields over the weekend, according to Willie Bartholomew, Assistant County Rang er. Four county rural fire units and two from Nash county were kept busy fighting the blazes which struck in widely separated areas Saturday and Sunday. Heavy winds and freezing weather hampered efforts of fire fighters, but all flames were extlnqulshed before weary fighters called it quits. It started Saturday around 1 P.M. when two calls came in at almost the same time. Centervllle and Jus tice units answered the first call to the W.D. Fuller farm at Wood where fire, believed started by hunters spread over and destroyed 15 acres'of wood land and grass fields along the Collins Mlli Road. The blaze also destroyed an abandoned house and a panel pick up truck belonging to George H. Mur phy, Jr., Loulsburg restaurant opera tor. Murphy had parked the truck In the yard of the abandoned house while hunting In the area. Justice firemen were forced to leave the Wood fire to aid In a blaze at White Level. The White Level fire destroyed about 30 acres on the Fred Parrlsh and Curtis Crowder farms and Is believed to have started from a fire built aroujQd a wash pot. Sparks from tha blaze Ignited a nearby trash pile and spread into the nearby woods. ' The "biggest and roughest" fire of the weekend, according to Barth olomew, occurred near the Intersection of N.C. 98 and U.S. 64 below Bunn around 4 P.M. Saturday. Over 100 acres of woodland and grass fields were destroyed on the J.H. Cone Es tate farm on Spring Hope, Route 1. Fire units from Bunn, Spring Hope, Middlesex answered this call. The Maze came within 10 feet of one oc cupied dwelling and threatened several other homes before firemen finally brought It under control around 8-PrM. ? See FIRES Page 4 Merchants To Stage Washington Birthday Sale Members of the Loulsburg Business Association are planning a townwlde George Washington's Birthday Sales promotion for Thursday of this week. Eighteen businesses are participating In the event. The George Washington theme will be carried out throughout town and signs, banners and specially priced merchandise will highlight the pro motion. The February 22 event Is staged in a number of areas of the country usually with great success. The sale In Loulsburg will be a one day only affair with consumers urged to take advantage of the bargains on display during the regular sales day Thursday. Participants in the event Include, Rose's;' Pope's; Allen Oil Co.; Fox's Dept. Store; The Fashion Shoppe; Econ omy Auto Supply; Farmer's Tractor and Truck Company; First Federal Savings and Loan; Little River Fuel I Co.; Loulsburg Dry Cleaners; O'Neal 1 Pharmacy; Quality Cleaners; Quality Furniture and Appliance Co.; Leggett's j Dept. Store; Town 'n Campus; Pleas ant's Drug Store; Wilson Building Sup- u ply; Shannon Village Esso Station; and .c Joyner's Wholesale Building Supply fl r>~ CHARLES BEST BRYfNT BEST County Ambulance Service Gets Underway The long-awaited county supplemented ambulance service began operations here ?londay. Located In the old Griffin building on Court Street here, that new service s owned and operated by Bryant Best, local businessman. - Best will be assisted in the operation by Charles H. Howard. Both live on folly street here. The service will be maintained 24 hours a day and Best says there are three slephones to Insure service. The number as announced Is 496-5193. The operation onslsts of one late-model ambulance with 26 required pieces of medical and Irst aid equipment. The equipment consists of usual medical aids, Including splints, boards, bandages, See AMBULANCE Page 4 Capacity Crowd Attends Area Tobacco Meet By C.T. Dean, Jr., County Extension Chairman The series of district meetings of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corporation continued with the eight district session in Louisburg Friday afternoon, and remaining groups will have their meetings by the end of February. T.W. Allen of Creedmoor was re elected to a 3-year term as Director of Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation from Dis trict #8 by an overflow crowd at the Courthouse in Louisburg. District #8 comprises the Middle Belt counties of Warren, Vance, Granville, Franklin, Durham, Orange, Wake Chatham, Lee, Montgomery, and Moore. Highlights of the meeting consisted of a report to the membdrship on See TOBACCO Page 4 Kieage uooperation ro New Industry Board Asked To Hire Three Negro Deputies The Board of County Commissioners, meeting here last Thursday; discuss ed a petition signed by over 300 Negro citizens and which asked that the Board "immediately, do whatever is requir ed on your part to add' three or more *Negro deputies to the Sheriff's De partment of our county." The petition also called for the Board "as the governing body of our county to use the influence of your offiGe to eliminate such cruel actions" in re ferring to intimidation in general and the case of the Christmas Eve shoot ing into the home of Rev. Luther Coppedge in the Justice community, in particular. The Board sent an answer to Rev. E.L. Brodie of Louisburg, one of the petitioners In which it noted the re quests and stated, "We,. . .most cer tainly deplore violence and lawlessness in any fashion in our county. We ^ave the utmost confidence in the Sheriff's Department in Franklin County and know that they will continue to see that the rights of all citizens are pro tected". , The letter continued, "We point out that, the makeup of the Sheriff's De partment is controlled to a great ex tent by Legislative \ nactmen.t and we as the Board of County Commissioners, have no authority to Jet. In this area1''. The Board meeting wa^called orig inally to hear a discussion by W.J. Benton, Industrial Developing Direc tor, on aid from the county on utilities for new industry. Following the dis cussion by Benton and Commission Chairman J. Harold Talton, the Board recorded that It would "cooperate as usual in every way possible for the benefit of Franklin County, but wanted to know more about the industry and cost of utilities before making any definite committment on what they could do". ? The Times , Second Oldest In State , Starts 99th Year lAHUAinr t M T w T r ? S M T w T r s pSIBPiH S M T W T r Si rOWUAlY I M T W T r s smtwtTs! S M T W T f S i" ? i ; r ; Awn. Auomr _? .mlliiiigiMliiMiiel 1870 Today marks the beginning of the 99th year of service to this area by The Franklin Times. Only one other npn-daily newspaper listed by the North Carolina Press Associa tion has served longer. Only four daily newspapers were established before The Fronklin Times in 1870. The year 1870 started on a Satur day and while the first editjon of the newspaper has long since been lost, it is likely that sometime dur ing that first year, its headlines ran somewhat like this^ ? ? January 24, SS ONEIDA SINKS OFF YOKOHAMA, 115 PERISH; Jonoory 26, VIRGINIA READMITT ED INTO UNION, January 28, CITY OF BOSTON GOES DOWN IN AT LANTIC, TAKING 191 LIVES; UNION ADMIRAL DAVID FARRA GUT DIES, RITES HELD FOP GEN FRAL ROBERT E. LFE AT LEX INGTON, VA.; Morch 30, TEaAS READMITTED INTO UNION; GEP MANS INVADE FRANCE, FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR STARTS;, MISS ISSIPPI READMITTED INTO THE UNION; September 7, BRITISH WAR SHIP CAPTAIN GOES DOWN OFF COAST OF SPAIN, 472 PERSONS KILLED. It is far more likely that Head lines in the issues of 1870 covered more local happenings than those mentioned above. This is because Tf)e Franklin Times has always been a local newspaper, striving to serve the needs of the people of this area. The Times is grateful to all those who have over the years offer ed cooperation, encouragement and support. Ninety-nine years is a very long time and without the -sup port of its reoders and advertisers, .this newspaper nor any other could long survive. ? As we near the century mark, the management and staff of The Times looks with great expectations to the future. The privilege of serv ing the people of this area is never taken lightly and we shall continue to strive to maintain, not just a newspaper, but one ir^ which you, the reader can take pride. This is our pledge as we head ever nearer toward the century mark. SMTWTrS ? TTTTTT } ? ? 10 III; m s M T W T r s SMTWTTS TTTTTTJo . S M T W r r s S M T W T r s SMTWTTS VAB'iim DCCEMBEH SMTWTTS t A A 17, m TT 1968
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