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The FraiikMn Times Published Every Tuwday ?, Thursday 5^-L S.rving All Of Fr.nklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, May 7, 1968 (Eight Pages Today) 99th Year-Number 23 Sign Labor Agreement Local postal employees are shown above witnessing the signing of a local labor agreement by Postmaster Edward L. Best. Pictured, left to right are: James Johnson, Secretary of the local Branch, National Association of Letter Carriers; Paul Mullen, representative of clerks; Jack Rouse, representative of rural carriers; Best; Charles Loan, representative of maintenance personnel; and Troy Parker, President of the local unit. The local employees have been operating under a national agreement and this Is the first local agreement ever entered Into by labor and management. Photo by Clint Fuller. County Democrats Go For Broughton, Taylor Top Vote Getter George F. (Bo) Hall, Frank lin County Campaign Manager for Mel Broughton, t old, The Times late Monday night, "We're going to go", indicat ing that an announcement might be imminent that a second primary will be called in the gubernatorial race. // so, the run-off will be held on Satur day, Jrtne 1. Franklin County Democrats went to the poll* In record numbers here Sat urday and placed the county In the column of J. Melville Broughton, Jr., ?econd-place finisher In the three-way gubernatorial race. The Raleigh at torney gained a 212 vote margin over front-runner Lt. Gov. Bob Scott. Dr. Reginald Hawkins, a Negro dentist from Charlotte finished third In the state and In the county. Broughton carried five Franklin pre cincts, including Harris, Hayesvllle, Sandy Creek, Gold Mine and Louls burg, In polling a total vote of 3,273. Scott carried five precincts, Includ ing IX) nn, Pearces, Youngsvllle, Frank llnton and Cedar Rock. Hawkins car ried Cypress Creek precinct. Scott mustered 3,061 votes and Hawkins re ceived 1,877. In Cypress Creek, Haw kins gained an 81 to 55 advantage over Scott who was bested 56-55 by Brough ton. Broughton and his supporters are now considering whether they should call for a run-off against Scott who failed to gain a plurality although he holds a comfortable 100,000 vote lead across the state. In the three-way race for Lt. Gover nor, former House Speaker Pat Taylor proved to be the Franklin Democratic favorite as he mustered more votes than any other candidate in any race. Tay lor received 6,020 and carried all eleven precincts. Mrs. Margaret Har per of Southport was second with 903 votes and Frank M. Matlock was third with 415. Taylor won the nomination easily throughout the state by leading Mrs. Harper 383,708 to 131,205. Edwin Gill, incumbent State Treas urer, who won re nomination over Sneed High Carried Franklin County handily. GUI polled 4, 614 votes to High's 2,754 and won all precincts except Cypress Creek where he lost by an 89-85 margin. Youthful Lllllngton attorney Robert Morgan captured all Franklin precincts except Cedar Rock as he smothered incumbent Attorney General T. Wade Bruton in Franklin County, 4,304 to 2,406. Morgan easily won the nomina tion and will face republican opposition in November. State Insurance Commissioner Ed win Lanier had little trouble captur ing the Franklin vote as be received 4,419 votes in a four-man race. County Democrats gave George A. Belk 536; Ervin, Fountain Win Handily U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin ana <Jon ptismu L.H. Fountain war* eaay winners In the Democratic primary bar* Saturday and both won ra nomina tion. Fountain'* win 1* tantamount to ? taction since ha haa no OOP oppo sition in Norember. San. Err In downad thraa opponanta receiving 5,403 vote*. John Gathlnca, Jr. polled 408; Charlea Pratt collected 1121; and Fred O. Brum mitt gained 966. Err is carried all eleven pre clude by wide margin*. Congressman Fountain polled 5,596 vote* la defeating Mrs. Era M. Clay. ton, a Warrant on Negro housewife, who received 1,766 votes and carried Cypress Creek Township. Fountain carried the other ten county precinct* by wide margin. Mrs. Clayton cam paigned on helping the "poor" and attacked Fountain'* voting record on bill* designed to aid the poor. Foun tain ran a relatively quirt campaign. See Unofficial Returns Page 6 Fred Benton 976; and John B. Whit ley 1,108. Lanier won the nomination across the state. Labor Commissioner Frank Crane polled 3,791 votes here and won over challenger John B. Wardell, Jr., who gained 2,893 votes. Crane also won the state nomination. Chief Appeals Court Judge Raymond Mallard downed Raleigh businessman Kldd Brewer In the local voting, 4,702 to 2,651, with many surprised at the strength of Brewer. Judge Mallard carried all eleven precincts. Mrs. Naomi Morris, who won reelection, lost In Franklin County to Walter C. Holton. Holton received 4,16*/ to Mrs. Morris* 2,651. The total vote cast by Democrats was 8,011 In the gubernatorial race and Is considered a record turnout. A great deal of Interest was created In the final days of the campaign*, particularly In the gubernatorial races and this coupled with the recent registration Is credited with having produced Sat urday's record turnout of voters. The three winning candidates lor District Judgeships carried Franklin County In Saturday's primary balloting. Franklin native Llnwood Peoples of Henderson received the greatest vote In Franklin, polling 4,964. Oxford at torney, Claude Allen, front-runner In the 'five-county district, was second In the county with 4,111 and Julius Banzet of Warrenton placing third in the district also placed third in the county with 2,878 votes. Peoples car ried all Franklin precincts. Thomas D. Hardle of Henderson re ceived 1,181 votes; Wallace Chappell of Creedmoor gained 1,133 and Royall Royster of Oxford received 1,752 votes In the county. Allen led the District with 16,280 votes and carried Granville and Per son Counties. Peoples carried Vance and Franklin and Banzet carried War renton. The breakdown by candidate and county follows; Alton,. .. Franklin 4,111, Vance 3,961, Warren 1,652, Gran ville 4,126 and Person 2,430 for a total of 16,280; Peoples, Franklin 4, 964, Vance 5,432, Warren 1,852, Gran ville 1,571 and Person, 1,927 for a total of 15,746. Banzet, Franklin 2,878, Vance 3,840, Warren 3,611, Granville 1,236 and Person 1, 354 for a total of 12,919. Chappell, Franklin 1,133, Vance 448, Warren 363, Granville 1,913, and Per son, 1,391 for a total of 5,248; Har dle, Franklin 1,581, Vance 4,807, War ren 1,030, Granville 909 and Person 1,711 for a total of 10,038; Royster, Stone Finishes Second, Runoff Is Expected Franklin friends of Dr. Raymond Stone, candidate for State Superinten dent of Public Instruction, are urging him to call for a second primary against Saturday's front-runner Dr. Craig Phillips of Greensboro. Stone received 161,312 votes across the state with 2,091 of the 2,191 precincts reporting. Phillips had 201,041 as the leader. County Democrats went overwhelm ing for the Franklin native, giving him 5,579 votes. Phillips received 847; Everette Miller got 447; William D. Harrlll received 203 and Wendell Smi ley polled 143. Stone, who was born In the Epsom community and attended Epsom, and Loulsburg public schools and Louls burg College Is on leave from his position as President of Sandhills Col lege In Southern Pines. He has a large number of friends and kin in Franklin County. He carried all eleven precincts In the county by wide margins and local supporters have expressed the hope that he will seek a run-off In the belief that he can muster some of the votes received by the other three can didates. Church Wins Re-Election Incumbent John T. Church won re election to a second term In the N.C. House of Representatives In Saturday's Democratic primary. Church won In Franklin County by downing Henderson attorney Bobby Rogers, 4,315 to 3,067. He carried the three-county district 11,622 to 8,218. Church won all precincts In Franklin except Pearces on his way to the win. He also carried all three counties. In Vance County, Church polled 4, 632 votes to Rogers' 3,831 and In Warren County Church gained a 2, 675 to 1,320 win. Both men had waged a vigorous cam paign In all three counties and local observers are commenting on the show ing of Rogers, a newcomer to district politics, although a Democratic Com mittee chairman In past years InVance County. Peoples, Banzet, Allen Carry County And Win Franklin 1,752, Vance 848, Warren 602, Granville 1,580 and Person 1,124 for a total of 5,906. It was reported by a reliable source that Banzet Is likely to be named Chief District Judge. There Is to be no runoff between fourth place finisher Hardle and third place winner, Banzet. Former Deputy Indicted The Franklin County Grand Jury re turned. 4. t?ue bill of Indictment here Monday, charging former Deputy Sheriff Lonnle House with murder In the shooting death of Frankllnton policeman Carlysle Breedlove. House allegedly killed Breedlove, 23, during a card game the night of Jan. 17 at the Franklin County Police Club. Breedlove died of a single gunshot wound In the head at Duke Hospital the following morning after belngtrans ferred from Franklin County Hospital. House and Breedlove were playing penny ante poker with Police Chief Leo Edwards and Policeman Tom Al len, both of Frankllnton. The game began after a law officer meeting and was described as social rather than for gambling purposes. Chief Edwards said after the shooting that the Incident was "unintentional." He said the game was being played while the four officers discussed law ex periences, police techniques In law en forcement and police methods. House allegedly pulled his .38 caliber service pistol from Its holster and sSM Breedlove In the head with a single shot. No motive for the shoot ing was revealed. House resigned from the sheriff's department a few days later while still a patient at the Franklin County Hospital. Sheriff William T. Dement, In accepting the resignation, said ths shooting vu "an unfortunate incident," and that House had been an outstanding law officer. Sykes Leads Ticket Sykes, Griffin, Cash Win In Local Races Hoard of Elections Secre tary George Champion confirm ed this morning reports that John II . House trill seek a runoff in the race for County Commissioner, District 2, against , incumbent Commis sioner Richard Cash. Cash was short of a plurality over House and Booster White, by 27 votes in Saturday's pri mary. Champion said that House is studying the legal aspects of a runoff and has expressed his desire to call for one . County Commissioner E. M. (Buck) Sykes led all local vote getters In Saturday's primary as he won another term. Sykes polled 5140 votes to 2421 cast for Centervllle businessman Lemuel S. Ward, making his first attempt at an elective public office. Gen. E. F. Griffin, former State Civil Defense Director, gained a primary victory over former State Senator Wil bur M. Jolly receiving 4353 votes to Jolly's 3576 In a race for the State Senate from the District of Franklin, Vance and Granville counties. Neither of the other counties voted on the pair under an agreement. The possibility of a runoff exists in the race for County Commissioner of District 2. Incumbent Commissioner Richard Cash led a three-man field but failed to gain a plurality. Cash polled 3,757 votes while Frankllnton farmer John W. House received 2,160 and Boos ter White, a tobacconist, received 1,626. If a runoff Is called It will take place on Saturday, June 1. House has not made his plans known on the matter. Cash carried nine of the eleven pre cincts, losing only In Harris and Cedar Rock precincts. Harris went for White and Cedar Rock went for House. In winning the State Senate seat, Gen. Griffin carried ten of the eleven pre cincts, losing Harris precinct to Jolly. Sykes carried all but Ward's home pre cinct of Gold Mine in gaining his win. CASH ' GRIFFIN SYKES GOP Locals Give Gardner 10-1 Edge The long-dormant Franklin County Republican Party came alive Saturday and gave Congressman James C. (Jim) Gardner an almost 10-1 win over Charlotte businessman John L. (Jack) Stlckley In the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Gardner polled 425 votes In the primary to Stlckley* s 24, receiving his largest totals In the Loutsburg, Dunn and Youngsvllle precincts. With 2,030 of the state's 2,191 pre cincts reporting Gardner has won the nomination with 116,818 votes toStlck le/s 40,819. The youthful Congress man will apparently face Lt. Gove. Robert W. (Bob) Scott In November. Scott captured a majority In the Demo cratic primary, but not a plurality. A possibility looms that J. Melville Broughton, runner-up among the Demo crats will seek a runoff. Stlckley failed to get a single vote In Pearces and Hayesvllle precincts and received only one vote In Dunn, Harris and Gold Mine precincts. In other GOP races, Franklin voters gave Don Garren 235 votes to 106 for Trosper N. Combs In their race for Lt. Governor. With 1,971 of the state's 2,191 precincts reporting Gar ren holds a comfortable lead of 89, 295 to 30,788 and will face Democrat Pat Taylor In November. Carl W. Rice edged Everette L. Peterson In Franklin, 177 to 166 In the race (or the Republican nomination for Commissioner of Insurance. Peter son Is the apparent winner with 70, 733 votes to 62,329 for Rice. He will face Democrat Edwin Lanier In No vember. - , In the GOP race for the U. S. Senate nomination, Franklin Republicans vot ed 124 votes for Larry Zimmerman; 121 for Edwin Tenney, Jr. and 103 for Robert Somers. Somers pulled from third place late Saturday night to take the lead as late returns poured In from across the state. With 1,984 precincts reporting, Somers has 45, 911 votes to 40,445 for Zimmerman and 38,321 for Tenney. The winner here will face Senator Sam J. Ervln, Jr. In November's general elections. At least 449 of the 672 recently registered Republican voters In the county balloted In the gubernatorial primary Saturday. Prior to the re cent re -registration of all voters, there were only 34 Republicans registered. The upsurge In GOP Interest In Frank lin Is credited In part with the at- * traction of Congressman Gardner, who has a great deal of support locally among voters of both parties. Eight County Firms Get Safety Awards Eight Franklin County firms have re ceived safety awards from the North Carolina Department of Labor. Safety Inspector Dallas O. Tucker, acting on behalf of Commissioner of Labor Frank Crane, personally presented Gay Pro ducts, Inc. of Loulsburg the certifi cate here Friday. The Certificate of Safety Achieve ment was given In recognition of out standing work done by the various firms In accident prevention during the year 1967. Tucker cited Gay Products, Inc. as a good example of the excellent work which Is being done to control and re duce on-the-job accidents In Franklin County. Safety Award For Gay Dallas O. Tucker, left, North Carolina Department of Labor Safety Inspector, la shown above presenting a safety award certificate to officials of Gay Products, Inc. here last Friday. Accepting for Gay are left to right, Frank Rose, Jr., office manager; Darrell Perry, plant superintendent, and Ed Plttman, plant manager. Eight Franklin firms won awards for safety, which were recently announced by the Labor Department. Photo by Clint Fuller. Other firms being cited Include: The Franklin Times, Inc.; Franklin Fab rics; McCracken Oil Co.; Joyner Wholesale Building Supply Co.; Dean Farms; Tre' Jay and Dlazlt, both of Youngsvllle. The Labor Department representa tives pointed out that the Department's safety awards program Is based upon the following standards: 1. Industrial plants which operate for an entire year without a disabling injury are eligible for an award on the basis of their perfect safety records. 2. Plants which aclileve a 40 per cent reduction In tbelr rate of dis abling injuries during a year also have made a significant safety ac complishment which merits recogni tion and qualifies them for an award. 3. Plants which operate 50 per cent or more below the statewide disabling Injury frequency rate for their in dustry likewise are making an out standing safety accomplishment which qualifies them for an award. The Cer tificate of Safety Achievement may be won In any of these ways. "It is a pleasure to be able to recognize the excellent work in ac cident prevention which was done in 1967 by the many fine employers and employees representing these 8 Frank lin County plants", Tucker said. "Your North Carolina Department of Labor is proud of your fine safety achelve ments and we look forward to even further Improvements in your record of accident prevention in the years to come." The Labor Department inspector quoted State Labor Commissioner Frank Crane's comment, made recently at a public awards presentation meet ing, that: "A company that cannot af ford safety cannot afford to be in bus-, lness. "The economics of safety art as simple as "AP" - the symbol of Accident Prevention," they eald. " A See SAFETY Page 4
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