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WEATHER i Variable cloudiness through Wednesday. Warmer today and continued warm Wednesday. Low today, 53; high, upper 70' s. Gy 6-3283 The Frafitth Times 1 tCsi \ 0 1 r Ten Cents Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Your Award Winning County Newspaper Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, April 23, 1968 Serving All 01 Franklin "County NO. 1 IN THE NATION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE (Eight Poges Today) 99th Year-Number 19 Rally Staged Here Portions of the crowd estimated In the several hundreds attending the Raymond Stone Appreciation Day rally here Fri day night Is shown above. Principals on the program are shown, top, left to right: Hill Yarborough, who Introduced Dr. Stone, Clyde Perdue, Stone county manager, Dr. Raymond Stone, candidate for State Superintendent, Asher Johnson, behind the rostrum, master ot ceremonies, Loulsburg Mayor V. A, Peoples and Rev. Aubrey Tomllnson. I - Hundreds Attend Stone Rally Several hundred people attended the Raymond Stone Appreciation Day rally here last Friday night, staged In Ford's Warehouse. Dr. Stone, a native o 1 Franklin County, Is a candidate for State Superintendent of Public In st ruction. The crowd heard an address by the candidate, were fed a barbecue meal and entertained by a band from neigh boring Henderson. Stone, who was Introduced by Louls burg attorney Hill Yarborough, told the group of "home folks", "I want to be the advocate and the voice of the children of North Carolina." He em phasized the need for a child to develop good reading habits In school and spoke against wasted teacher time. "We need to make our schools a place of learn ing", he stated In calling for a reduc tion In non-classroom duties for teach ers. Dr. Stone told of his travels all over the state In the campaign and ex pressed his appreciation to those In attendance and those In charge of ar ranging the rally. Loulsburg Mayor V.A. Peoples wel comed Dr. Stone and presented him with a copy of the proclamation de clared-by the Mayor, designating last Friday as "Raymond Stone Apprecia tion Day" In Loulsburg. Rev. Aubrey Tomllnson, pastor of the Loulsburg Baptist Church, gave the Invocation. Fred Hlght of Henderson led his " Mock ingbird" band In entertaining the large crowd. Asher Johnson was Master of Ceremonies and held the drawings for door prizes. Some of the winners returned their gifts to to auctioned off and allowed the proceeds to go Into the Stone campaign fund. Clyde Perdue, Stone's local manager was In charge of the rally. In closing, the graduate of Loulsburg and Epsom public schools and Louls burg College before moving on to further studies, stated, "I will bring a faith to this office as strong as any man in this state." Stone Is In a five-man primary race with the winner having Republican op position In November. Society To Meet The April meeting of the Franklin County Historical Society will be held Thursday night at 8 P.M. In the Com munity Room of the First Citizens Bank Building In Loulsburg. A program of color slides, showing many of the county's oldest houses, will be shown. Anyone Interested In county history Is cordially Invited to attend. Negro Goes On Cutting Spree Three Loulsburg Negro men are in Duke Hospital suffering severe Injuries received here Saturday morning around 11 A.M. when a fourth Negro went on a cutting spree. Robert (Slim) Macon, n/m/40 Is charged with assault with Intent to kill In the knifing of Harvey Lee Davis, n/ m/30; Melvln Green, n/m/26, and his brother, Rudolph Davis, n/m/29. Davis was almost scalped as he suf fered serious head wounds. Melvln Michigan Educator To Speak Dr. Calvin A. Wanderwerf, Presi dent of Hope College, Holland, Mich igan will speak here at Loulaburg College on Friday, April 26 according to C. Ray Pruette, chairman of the Loulaburg College Science Depart ment. The address will be made In the Cecil W. Robblns Library at 2:30 P.M. Toplca to be discussed Include: la Science Here To Stay?, Science As A Human Adventure and A Lot Can Happen In 25 Years. Dr. Vanderwerf received his Bache lor's degree from Hope College and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He is also the holder of three honorary degrees. Prior to his Inauguration as Presi dent of Hope College In 1M3, he served as professor and chairman of the De partment of Chemistry at the Univer sity of Kansas. Dr. Vanderwerf has contributed more than 100 papers to the chemical literature, and he la co-author of two textbooks of general chemistry, one laboratory manual, and one monograph In organic chemistry. He Is also consulting editor In chemistry and biochemistry for the Relnhold Publishing Corporation. Dr. Vanderwerfs current research Interests lie in the fields of the nitro gen compounds of petroleum, the or ganophosphorus compounds, the tran qulllzlng drugs, and the mechanisms of organic reactions. Dr. Vanderwerf has served as secre tary and chairman of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society, as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Chemi cal Education, and as a member at the Advisory Board of the Petroleum Re search Fund. He is at present serving as a Visiting Scientist In Chemistry for the National Science Foundation, and as a member of the Board of WANDERWERF Trustees of the Research Corporation. He li alio a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Chemical Society (London), and Sigma XI. Since 1955 he has been a lecturer at the Nat ional Science Foundation's Summer In stitutes in Chemistry. In each of the three decades, 1040-1950, 1950-1960, and 1960-1963, he was voted by alumni of the University of Kansas as one of the "Ten Finest Teachers" of that Institution. In December, 1965, Dr. Vanderwerf was named to a 12-man national com mittee on Chemistry and Public Af fairs of the American Chemical So ciety; In December 1966, he was named a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. Green had his left arm almost severed, according to Loulsburg Rescue Ser vice members and Rudolph Green suf fered a collasped lung from a stab bing In the back. Some veteran members of the Rescue Unit reported It as one of the worse Incidents of Its kind they had seen. Except for quick actions on the part of the Rescuers and medical personnel at Franklin Memorial Hospital, the victims might not have been saved, according to reports. All three men were treated and later transferred to Duke In Durham. Another cutting Incident occurred Sunday night around 8 P.M. on the Frankllnton highway. Details of the Incident were not learned, but It was reported that a white woman, Identified as Nanny Ferrell of Durham suffered hip Injuries allegedly Inflicted by a man Identified as Robert Arnold. The Rescue unit aided the woman and trans ported her to the local hospital, it was said. Sheriff Gets New Still Operation An elaborate Illegal liquor still, 111 concealed In a wooded area near Mltch lner's Pond, west of Loulsburg, was destroyed by Sheriffs officers last Friday afternoon, after what appeared to be a first run. Sheriff William T. Dement reported that his department with an assist from ATU officer Don Devano des troyed 114 gallons of non-tax paid whiskey and 4 - 800-gallon submarine type stills about 2 1/2 miles west of Loulsburg Just off the River Road. Confiscated In the raid were 2 gal vanized caps, 2 radiator condensers, 10 propane gas tanks, 1 gasoline pump and 19 cases of half-gallon Jars. The operation, located along a branch, was easily spotted as apparently little or no attempt had been made to con ceal It. The timbers of the shed covering were new as was the boxes and other materials. A hoard of sugar bags were strewn In the area. The entire lay-out was dynamited by officers after loading the salvageable materials on a pick-up truck. No arrests were made. Expected To Exceed 11,000 Total Registration Below Past Figures Complete figures on tlife voters com pleted here Saturday are unavailable. George Champion, Secretary to the Board of Elections, reports that a final and complete count, Including breakdown by party affiliation will be announ<!ed as soon as possible. Nine of the eleven precincts report ed totals Monday as registration cards were delivered to Champion for typ ing 'and placing In the books. No re ports were received from Pearces and Frankllnton as to the total number registered. The nine others reported a total of 8,498 registered. Champion said this morning efforts to contact Franklln ton officials failed but that "somedver 2,000" were registered there. This would bring the total to at least 10,498. One unconfirmed report Monday said 2600 registered at Frankllnton. How ever this would have required a reg istration Saturday of 1105 persons and seems unlikely. Through Saturday, April 13, IJ95 persons had been re ported as registering at Frankllnton. A report from Pearces through Sat urday, April 13, showed 231 had reg istered. Pearces had 504 registered voters In 1966. The county total that year was 12,584. Some precincts reported breakdown of registrants. Youngsvllle reports 689 roistered Democrats and 52 Republi cans. Cedar Rock reports 759 whites and 151 Negroes registered. Sandy Creed reports 412 whites and 204 Negroes registered and Cypress Creek reports 120 registered Democrats and 14 Republicans among the 134 Negro, registrants and 152 Democrats and 17 Republicans among the white reg istrants. Hayesvllle reports 127 Ne groes and 359 whites with about 25 to 30 registering as Republicans. Precincts reporting, with 1966 reg istration in parentheses, are as fol lows: Youngsvllle, 847 (828); Gold Mine, 607 (632); Cedar Rock, 910 (1148); Dunn, 939 (1048); Harris, 722, (1036); Sandy Creek, 616 (748); Hayesvllle, 486(724); Pearces, unreported (504); Cypress Creek, 302 (368); and Loulsburg, 3069 (2936). Frankllntonjeports "some over 2,000" (2576). Fronklinton Youths Get Fines, Probation Seven Negro men, ranging In age from 19 to 24 were given suspended sentences, taxed wltlv cOurt costs and placed on three-year probation by Frankllnton Mayor Joe Pearce Mon day morning. The men were charged with damage to real property follow ing the breaking of six large plate glass windows In the Western Auto rranklin Among Hunger Counties Franklin County, like many other eastern counties In North Carolina, Is Included In the 27 listed by the special committee of private citizens reporting Monday on malnutrition and hunger In the United States. The citizen's Board of Inquiry into Hunger and Malnutrition In the United States, established by the Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty, has studied the problem for the past nine months and reported, "If you will go look you will find America Is a shocking place." In Its 100-page report, released Mon day, the l>oard said there Is a pre valence of chronic hunger and malnu trition which has been hitherto un lmaglned and "this prevalence IsT .S shocking." "A thousand people who must go with out food for days each month would be shocking In a wealthy nation," the board wrote. "We believe that. In America, the number reaches well Into the millions. And we believe that the situation Is worsening." It listed 256 "hunger counties" In 20 states. Georgia led with 47 while 36 were named In Mississippi. The Tar Heel counties were Anson, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Frank lin, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pender, Per quimans, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington and Wayne. In Its report, the citizens Board did not list specifics as to the extent ui imager in norm Carolina. But In discussing Its listing of "hun ger counties," the board said "use of counties ^s the basic geographic and statistical unit necessarily over looks similar smaller pockets of In tense privation' ' In counties not listed as a whole. Killed In Vietnam Franklin County has suffered another fatality In Vietnam. The latest county man to lose his life In the war Is PFC William Clifton Shearln, 21-year-ftld Route 4, Loulsburg soldier. Shearln's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Shearln were notified of their son's death last Saturday, according to re ports. One unconfirmed report says that young Shearln died as a result of a truck accident after having been removed earlier from the lines. A local funeral home said this morn ing that word Is expected today as to when the body will be returned here and funeral services are incom plete at this time. Shearln, who reportedly died last Thursday, Is survived by his parents, one sister, Mrs. B.T. Rowe of Ayden, one brother, Larry Shearln of Rt. 4, Loulsburg; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Collins of Rt. 4, Loulsburg and a small daughter of Loulsburg. Store on Main Street around 2 A.M. Sunday, April 7. The incident was believed caused by the nationwide riot ing that broke out following the assas sination of Martin Luther King In Memphis, Tenn. Sentenced In Mayor's Court Monday were: Joe Teasley, 24, given six months In county Jail, assigned to work the roads, suspended upon payment of $50 fine, costs and equal share of estimated $1,000 restitution to owner of damaged property and placed on three-year probation. Method of pay ment of restitution left to discretion of parole officer. Haywood Lawrence, 17, Lester Wilder, 18, Norman Lee Bass, 16, and Harold Taylor each received the exact same sentence. Leon Mills 22, received the same but was ordered to pay $75 fine and Thomas Bailey, driver of the car was ordered to pay $100 fine In ad dition to the other conditions of the sentence given all seven men. Bailey was the only one to plead not guilty. SBI agent Billy Crocker testified that all the boys were co operative, saying that only Mills fail ed to cooperate from the beginning. He said Mills' father convinced him to cooperate. Bailey contended that he only transported the others to the scene and took no part. Crocker testi fied that Bailey was aware of what the group was going to do before and after the crime. Bailey said he knew when he took the stand, but said he was told by the others that he "couldn't be charged with anything." Judge Pearce told the men before sentencing them, "We've all read of this sort of thing happening In Watts, Detroit and other places. You boys have brought It to Frankllnton. Joe Pearce can't solve these problems. I can't see how you could do this In your own home town-where you were born and reared. This mark will be on you for the rest of your life. I know See fROBATION Page 8 Officers Capture Still Franklin Sheriff William T. Dement Is shown above left with ATU officer Don Devano at the s^e of an Illegal whiskey operation last Friday. Dement's department dynamited the still, located near Mltchlner's Pond vest of Loulsburf.
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