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In Land Of Poverty Over Two Tons Of Sugar, Meal Destroyed Many local citizens are question ing the destruction ol 4,260 pounds of sugar by federal agents at a captured liquor still last week and some are terming It "a useless waste". Agents destroyed the sugar and other valuable Items found at a stUl about six miles southeast of Loulsburg In a raid which netted the arrest of six men. One local observer reported that the material destroyed would have brought about $3,000 Into the county school fund had the federal agents allowed the Items to be sold by local officers as Is the practice with materials cap tured by Franklin officials. According to reports, the federal agents dumped the sugar and several hundred pounds of meal on the ground. Also destroyed by dynamite were the two 500-gallon stills, the seven-foot vertical boiler, _43 250-gallon boxes of mash, 15 220-gallon barrels of mash, two gasoline pumps, 300 cases of jars and a variety of other Items Including buckets, shovels, hoes and tubs, a 1961 pickup truck was con fiscated. Arrested and cited to face federal whisky making charges this week were; C. V. Cooley of Rt. 1, Youngsvllle; Closs W Instead of Rt. 1, Louisburg; Kenneth Horton of Rt. 1, Louisburg; Woodrow Leonard of Falls of the Neuse; and Dutch and Carl Page of Rouge mont. The Pages are father and son. The Installation obviously was brand new and was to be run for the first time. Horton said Thursday that he was arrestqd when he drove the truck down the path to the plant (or the first time Thursday morning and that the agents stated they had been watching It since Friday. Franklin County Sheriff W. T. Dement said he was called to the scene after the raid tod taken place but that his department did not par ticipate, nor did any local officers. "Useless Waste" Alternate Sites Offered Commissioners Refuse To Make Motion - In Land Dispute The Board of County Comm iss loners, Individually polled by named by Chair man Richard Cash here Monday, again refused to make a motion for or against a request by the Board of Ed ucation for transfer of title to a 60 by 90 foot tract of land on county hill. The School Board Is seeking to have the land put in Its name In order to qualify for an $83,000 federally financ ed Methods and Material Center, Horace Baker, Chairman of the Board of Education, and Superintendent of Schools Warren Smith appeared before the Commissioners Monday. Baker read a motion, passed unanimously by his Board last Thursday night renew ing the original request made last Monday. The Commissioners failed to act on the School Board appeal after the all-day session last week. Late Monday afternoon, a letter was delivered to Supt. Smith, signed by Commissioner Cash as Chairman, which stated, "I regret to Inform you that the . . . Board of Commissioners Is not In a position at this time to grant the request . . The letter stated that the Commis sioners were offering "three alternate sites tor the proposed material center, each alternate site being adjacent to the present education building . . ." The letter also stated that the Com missioners would "be happy to make any one of the alternate sites avail able to the Board of Education." Chairman Cash told The Franklin Times late Monday afternoon that the alternate sites mentioned In the letter were located, (1) at the rear of the present building now occupied by mobile units housing the ESEA department, (2) a tract of land to run parallel to the property line on the south side of the hill and (3) across the unpaved street behind the present building on the southeast side. According to reports, members of the Board of Education had already studied these alternate sites prior to last Thursday's decision to renew the ori ginal request for the site directly In front of the present building. The Board's architect, Ralph Reeves of Holloway and Reeves of Raleigh, has visited the sites twice and has re commended the front site as being most desirable. In yesterday's meeting, Baker urged the Commissioners to take some ac tion, explaining that he and Smith were scheduled to appear before the State Review Panel Friday to attempt to gain approval of the project. The federal government has already ap proved the funds for the building. One of the requirements Is that the Board of Education own the land upon which the building Is to be erected and another directs that the funds be com mitted not later than June 30 of this year. The Commissioners refused to act on the request Monday of last week, first on a premise expounded by Com missioner Norwood Faulkner that the building would "ruin the looks of the hill". Later, members of both Boards were told that Dr. J. B. Wheless, county Health Director opposed the location because of the Health De partment building located next to the Education office. Dr. Wheless told See DISPUTE Page 4 Unexpected Visitor Mrs. Paulina Ca?h Go??, Rt. 2, Creedmoor woman, Is shown above, right, following ao accident along highway 56, (It* miles wast ol Loulsburg Saturday morning. Mrs. Goss lost control of h*r car, ran through a plowed field for about 200 feet and struck a house occupied by the family of Grlver Vines. The Creedmoor woman was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital but was not believed seriously Injured. , Photo by Clint Fuller. f A Chilly Finger'd Spring Keats once wrote of a "chilly fln ger'd Spring" and his phras? can easily be applied to the weather In these parts In recent days. Temper atures dipped here Monday and more of the same this morning has brought forth winter clothing and higher oil bills. , G. O. Kennedy, Loulsburg weather man reported this morning, however, that no record lows have been record ed In the area. He says the 38 de grees experienced back on May 22 was the lowest and remarked that It was "About the low for this time of year". Kennedy also reported a rainfall measurement Monday morning of nine tenths of an Inch and a reading this morning of .83 for a total of 1.73 Inches of rain In the Loulsburg area In the past two days. This, according to Kennedy, Is the first appreciable rainfall since April 6 when one Inch was recorded. He says there has been rain since that time but the recent downpour Is the greatest In the past two months. Meantime, the Raleigh-Durham wea therman says It's going to be cool today and has hestlantly predicted the temperature might reach 70 before nightfall. Ah, Spring, where hath thou gone? Mrs. Betsy Pernell Renamed Democratic Party Chairman Mrs. Betsy Pernell, a member of the Louisburg College faculty, was re elected Chairman of the Democratic Party In Franklin County Saturday as the organization's blennlel conven tion was held here. Mrs. Per nell was first " named party head In the convention In 1966. Other officers named to the Ex ecutive Commit tee, which Is com posed of chairman and vice chair men of the eleven precincts In the county and the head of the Young Democrats and 4 Democratic Wo Mrs. Pernell men, were C. W. Brown of Frankllnton, Vice Chairman; Clint Puller of Louls burg, second Vice Chairman; J. W. , Boy Staters Pictured* above are four students at Frankllnton recently selected to attend Boys' State. Shown, left to right, are: Brooks Bennett, Dennis Carter, Lewis Edwards and Billy Johnson. Photo by Mrs. Bert Whitfield. Second Primary Slated For Saturday Very little Interest Is being shown locally In the runoff election slated for Saturday. Indeed, many people ex press surprise when Informed that there Is to be an election here Satur day. The only local race Is between Incum bent County Commissioner Richard Cash and John W. House of Franklln ton, runnerup In the three-man con test In the May 4 primary. The only other race Is a statewide runoff be tween Robert Somers and Larry Zim merman for the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator. The winner of this contest will face Democratic Senator Sam J. Ervln, Jr. In November. Until the General Assembly made It possible last year for a runoff to be held In races for County Commission er, none were held here, although many might have been orer the years under this law. However, a second primary in a Commissioner racA was staged here hi 1062 when Incumbent Com mlssloner Brooks Young, presently serving on the Board, was success fully challenged by a newcomer to politics at the time, the late Claude Arnold. Young tallied 1712 votes In the Initial count and Arnold polled 1711. Through special agreement and pro ceedings, the two men staged a run off. In the second primary, Arnold mus tered 1592 votes to Young's 1301 to gain the win. The 1277 votes polled In the first primary by two opponents failed to materialize In June as the vote dropped from a total of 4700 for the four candidates In May to only 2893 for the two in June. If a precedent was set In that meet ing, Mr. House has something going for him In calling for a runoff, although ha was nearly 1600 votes behind Cash In the May 4, primary. There have been only three local runoffs In recent years, although local See PRIMARY Page 8 Perry, Jr. of Pearces, third Vice Chairman, Mrs. John Matthews of Loulsburg, secretary and A. F. John son of Loulsburg, treasurer. County solicitor Charles Davis was named permanent convention chairman and presided over the convention. Phillip O. Redwlne, Executive Di rector of the State Democratic Party was the featured speaker. He told the group, "The Republicans haven't had a new Idea In thirty years", and said of the GOP slogan, "Time for a Change", that "the Democratic Party has filled the need for change with progress". He added, "Voting Republi can will hurt this State unbelievably". In speaking of GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Gardner, Fourth Dis trict Congressman, Redwlne said, "Don't underestimate this man nor his party. They are willing to sacrifice you and me and all of North Carolina to win". In closing he referred to his 89 year old grandfather and quoted the man as asking, "Jim, who?" Local scoutmaster Hoke Steel man led his troop In the presentation of the flag ceremony which opened the convention. Mrs. Agnes Merrltt, Pres-" ldent of the Democratic Women and Nell Jennings, President of the YDC delivered the welcome to the group. Rev., A. S. Tomllnson, pastor of the Talton Seeks Industry In New York J. Harold Talton, Chairman of the Franklin County Industrial Develop ment Commission Is In New York this week searching for new industry. The local bank executive was accompanied by Carroll Singleton, Henderson developer. Talton explained that In view of the recent resignation of Industrial Di rector W. J. Benton, he would make the trip to New York In an attempt to make contact with some prospects, hopeful of landing some new industry for the area. Benton resigned recently to accept a like position In Roanoke Rapids. Loulsburg Baptist Church gave the Invocation. Seventeen delegates to the State Dem ocratic Convention to be held In Ral eigh on Thursday, June 6 were elect ed along with 17 alternates. Named as delegates were: Nell Jennings, Mrs. B. H. Patterson of Youngsvllle; Clin ton Carlyle of Pilot; Ralph Knott, Sidney Murphy, Tyree Lancaster, Simon Collie, James Alford, Clint Ful ler, Mrs. Betsy Pernell, Wlllard Kear ney, Mrs. John Matthews, Mrs. Hugh Perry, Gerald Wilson, Mrs. Mamie Clayton and C. W. Brown. The seventeen alternates Included: E. F. Griffin, George Fuller, Milton Pearce, Mrs. Agnes Merrltt, Mrs. N. A. Brown, A. C. StallLngs, Conrad Sturges, James Speed, Charles Davis, Elmer Tant, Mrs. Elmer Tant, Charles Richards, Mrs. Ralph Knott, Elda Ray See CHAIRMAN Page 4 Gupton Heads Legion Post E. C. Gupton, local automobile sales man was named the new Commander of Jambee's Post 105, American Leg Ion In ceremonies here last Friday night. Gupton succeeds George Champ Ion who was elected Post Adjutant. Raymond Tonkel was the Installing officer. Other officers named were Clay Mc Brlde, First Vice Commander, M. T. Ball, Second Vice Commander, Rev. A. S. Tomllnson, Post Chaplain and G. P. Stalnback, Sergeant at-Arms. Historical Meeting The May 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 on Blckett Blvd. This will be the last regular meet ing of the society until September. All members and others Interested In county history are urged to at tend. Four Injured Scene above shows accident on Blckett Blvd. Monday afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock In which four parsons were Injured. George Champion, Jr. of Jolly Street, Loulsburg, Veteran Service Officer, and his five-year-old son, riding In the car at the left, were treated at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Young Wayne Champion suffered painful face Injuries and his father sustained knee and leg injuries. Bertha Hicks, 50, and Jack Hicks, 64, passengers In a car reportedly driven by William Smith were also treated at the local hospital. Smith, charged with driving drunk and without an operater's license, was not Injured. According to reports, Smith pulled out of Justice Aven. Into the path of the Champion car. Photo by Clint Fuller.
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