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Louisburg, N. C.. Thursday. October 10. 1968
(Twelve Pages Today)
Recorder's
Court
The following cases were disposed
of during a session of Recorder's Court
on Tuesday, October 8th:
Charlie Blacknall, n/m, no opera
tor's license; careless and reckless driv
ing and drunk driving. $100.00 fine
antHorace Wilson Carroll, n/m/27,
careless and reckless driving; carrying
concealed weapon. $75 00 fine an
costs. Pistol confiscated and turned
overtoC.S.C.
Thomas Eugene Perry, n/m/ 38,
speeding; no chauffeurs license.
$40.00 fine and costs.
Bunt Arnold, w/m/61, assault with
deadly weapon. Nol pros on payment
of COStS. iticL o
Marguerite Washington, n/f/52,
breaking and entering, larceny. Prob_
able cause found; defenda"1
over to Superior Court under $200.UU
MO.
larceny. No probable cause found.
Willie Yancey, n/m, *ssault *'
deadly weapon with intent to kill
inflicting serious injuries not re?uU n?
in death. Bound over to Superior
Court under $1,000.00 bond.
Phillip W. Fulford, w/m/16, trans
porting alcoholic beverage with seal
broken; drinking in public. Prayer
judgment continued for 1 year upon
g?(ChesterVCarrlyle, w/m/16, transport
ing alcoholic beverage with seal
broken; drinking in pubhc. Pwyer f^
judgment continued for y
good behavior.
Roy Rogers Hardy, n/m/21,
operator's license. $25.00 fine and
C?SJoseph Toney, n/m/27 no opera
tor's license. $25.00 fine and costs
Cleo (NMN) Kearney, n/m/44
operating auto intoxicated, expired
operator's license; possession non tax
paid liquor. $100.00 fine and costs. To
turn in driver's license.
Richard Braxton Bumpers, n/m/42,
allowing unlicensed person to operate
motor vehicle; possession non tax paid
whiskey; allowing person to operate
motor vehicle under influence of in
r0x?t5 liquor. $100.00 fine and
^Fred Carl Lohmueller, w/m/60,
speeding. Prayer for judgment con
-sens' 5ST*(2.,
?15 00 fine and costs.
Arthur Len Egerton, n/m/36,
.needing $15.00 fine and costs.
Michael Keith Smith w/m/21,
soeeding. $10.00 fine and costs.
Roland Jerry Strickland w/m/20,
weeding $10.00 fine and costs.
Truman Cooke, n/m/20,
speeding. $10.00 fine and co^s.
Robert D. Conyers, w/m/24, speea
ing. $10.00 fine and costs.
This Is National Newspaper Week
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Getting The Times Out
The week of October 6 through October 12 has been proclaimed National Newspaper Week in North Carolina by Governor
Dan K. Moore. It is a week set aside each year to point to the importance of newspapers to their communities.
Scene above shows Elderidge Shearin, pressman, and Astor Bowden, assistant pressman, operating the modern offset press
here at The Franklin Times plant. The second section of today's edition is being run in scene above. The first section usually
comes off the high-speed press around 3 p.m.
The Times is published each Tuesday and Thursday with a current circulation of nearly 3800.
Perry Named Louisburg Registrar
Rev. Coppedge Registers Complaint
On Franklin Voting Procedures
The North Carolina Voter Educa
tion Project, finance by the Southern
Regional Council by private founda
tions, has asked the State Board of
Elections to take steps to eliminate
what the VEP calls "violations or acts
of harrassment" against Negroes in
Franklin County,
The complaint, according to a by
lined article in today's News and Ob
server. was lodged by Rev. Luther
Coppedge. a former resident of the
Justice Community, who led the
school desegregation fight in Franklin
County. According to the article, writ
ten by Jack Aulis, staff writer, Cop
pedge reported that a Negro voter who
requested that a relative help him fill
out his ballot was refused "because the
registrar said the relative had to be a
registered voter, too".
VEP Director John W. Edwards
reported the Coppedge complaint
along with those from five other
Eastern North Carolina counties to
Alex Brock, Elections Board Secre
Man Goes Beserk In Hospital Emergency Room
A 40-year-old Warren County Ne
gro went beserk in the emergency
room at Franklin Memorial Hospital
early Monday morning, injuring at
least one person and doing consider
able property damage, according to
Franklin Sheriff William Dement's of
fice.
Sam Williams of the Inez Com
munity of Warren County was finally
subdued by Deputy Sheriff Lloyd
Gupton and Dr. Carey J. Perry. Wil
liams slashed James Lancaster of Cen
terville across the hand in the melee
resulting in 17 stitches having to be
taken to repair the wound.
Gupton related the story that Lan
caster happened to see Williams drive
away from the Lancaster home in
Lancaster's pickup truck around 1
a.m. Monday. Lancaster's daughter
called Gupton, who lives nearby, and
reported the theft as Lancaster at
tempted to follow the truck. Gupton
met Lancaster and picked him up and
drove into Warren County in search of
Franklinton Rescue Service Drive Launched
Pictured above is Mr. J. R. Hefner (R), Plint Manager of Franklinton Fabrics,
presenting a check for $400 in behalf of Burlington Industries, to Mr. John Gonella
(L), Secretary-Treasurer of the Franklinton Lion's Club. The Club will soon begin a
fund-raising project for the Franklinton Rescue Squad, for the purpose of
Purchasing housing for the Squad's two ambulances and other equipment. Members
of the Lion's Club will be contacting citizens in and around the Franklinton
Township area this month, soliciting donations for this cause.
Williams. After checking with the War
ren Sheriff, the pair headed back into
Franklin County, spotting the truck
parked in the yard of what Gupton
termed Williams' girl friend.
Gupton said that as he attempted
to place Williams under arrest, the
Negro picked up a stick and began to
strike at the Deputy. Gupton was
finally able to handcuff the man after
striking him with a blackjack. Wil
liams. bleeding from the head wound,
was transported to the hospital by
Gupton and Lancaster.
Mrs. Jane Parrish, emergency room
nurse, began preparing Williams for
treatment and Gupton said he and
Lancaster stepped down the hall to the
water fountain when an orderly joined
Mrs. Parrish in the emergency room.
After having his head shaven prepara
1 tory to sewing the wound. Williams
slipped the blade from the razor left
nearby, jumped from the table and
began swinging his arms widly. accord
ing to the Sheriff's report. Gupton and
Lancaster returned and Gupton at
tempted to quiet the man with a tear
gas gun. This, according to Gupton.
had little if any, effect.
Lancaster was cut while attempting
to wrest a chair from the suspect and
finally Gupton also attempted to
battle the man with a second chair.
Gupton, with the aid of Dr. Perry
finally wrested the chairs away from
Williams causing him to drop the razor
blade and the two men managed to
hold him pinned to the floor until
Louisburg police officers Hubert Shea
rin and Robert Redmond, who had
been summoned by Mrs. Parrish, arriv
ed.
Following treatment, Williams was
jailed here and later transported on
Tuesday to Dorothy Dix Hospital in
Raleigh for observation.
Sheriff Dement said bond is set at
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tary.
George Champion, Franklin Elec
tions Board Secretary, said this morn
ing that he had heard no complaints
whatsoever. He said his Board has a
meeting planned for today at 3 p.m.
but that it is meeting to consider other
business and not in regards to the
complaint.
Two unconfirmed reports were cir
culated during the May primaries and
the re-registration in the Cedar Rock
precinct, where Coppedge lived until
just recently when he and his family
moved, reportedly to Wake County.
One report said that Coppedge at
tempted to help in the registration,
which was held in a small office in the
Edward Best School.
He was told, according to the re
port, that his help was not needed by
the registrars. He had brought a group
of Negroes to the office to be register
ed and, according to the report, want
ed to assist the registrars in registering
them.
The second report, also unconfirm
ed, said that Coppedge's son, Douglas
Harold wanted to accompany a Negro
voter into the booth in the May
Primary and was refused permission.
The boy is not old enought to vote,
according to the report.
Other than the two reports, no
complaints have been aired in any of
the eleven precincts either during the
registration or the voting.
Taylor Boone. Chairman of the
Board of Elections, could not be
reached for comment today. In the
meeting at 3 p.m. today. K. Wayne
Burris. a member of the faculty at
Louisburg College will be sworn in as a
replacement for William Wagner as the
Republican member of the Board of
Elections. George Perry. Rt. 4, Louis
burg. farmer, has been named to suc
ceed Lee Bell as Louisburg precinct
registrar and he. too, is to be sworn in
today.
Demo Women
To Meet
Mrs. Agnes Merritt, President of the
Franklin County Democratic Women,
announced today that there is to be a
business meeting ef the organization
Monday nighi at 8 p.m. The meeting
will be held in the local Bob Scott
Democratic Headquarters trailer on
East Nash Street, according to the
announcement.
Franklin Schnol Case
Heard In Richmond
Attorneys for tilt' Franklin County
Board of Education appeared before
the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in
Richmond. Va. Wednesday to appeal
the August 5 District Court decision
resulting in the total integration of
Franklin Schools. E. F. Yarborough,
attorney for the Board, said today that
no decision was expected immediately
in the case.
Yarborough reported that the only
other school case scheduled for Wed
nesday was continued. This one involv
ed a school district in South Carolina.
In the Franklin case, he said, the
hearing was routine. Some questions
were asked by members of the Court
of both Board attorneys and attorneys
for the NAACP and U.S. Justice De
partment.
The Board of Education is contend
ing that Judge Algernon Butler failed
to allow adequate hearings into the
feasibility of carrying out his order of
August 5 and that the Clinton, N. C.
jurist exceeded his authority in his
order which caused a complete reor
ganization of Franklin Schools.
The District Court ordered six at
tendance zones drawn and closed
Cedar Street and Youngsville Elemen
tary Schools. It was also ordered that
all children attending the same grade
State Highway
Commission To
Hold Hearing
Raleigh - The State Highway Com
mission will hold a public hearing in
the First Citizen's Bank & Trust Com
pany Meeting Room in Louisburg
Tuesday, October 15, 1968 at 11:00
A.M.
The hearing is on the proposed
improvement to NC 39 from the
Louisburg city limits to 1500 ft. north
of SR 1249.
In charge of the hearing will be
Highway Commissioner J. B. Brame of
Durham and Assistant Chief Engineer
R. W. McGowan of Raleigh.
A map is posted in the Franklin
County Courthouse showing the loca
tion of the project.
The public is invited to attend the
hearing and all interested citizens will
be given an opportunity to be heard.
Weather
Variable cloudiness and a little war
mer today. Considerable cloudiness
and mild with showers today and
Friday.
in a zone must attend the same school.
The order eliminated so-called neigh
borhood schools and in effect, caused
a number of children to travel from
near a school they had been attending
to schools farther from their homes.
The case was started in 1965 by
eleven Negro parents in the county
and the U.S. Department of Justice
entered the case in January of 1966.
The Board of Education has sought
relief through the Fourth Circuit
Court on three previous ocassions. All
have been denied.
JIM GARDNER
Gardner
To Open
Headquarters
Congressman Jim Gardner. Republi
can candidate for Governor, will be in
Louisburg Wednesday, October 16, to
speak at the opening of the Jim
Gardner for Governor headquarters.
The Rocky Mount businessman will be
in the area between the hours of 12
noon to 1 p.m.. according to Richard
Alston, GOP County Chairman.
This will be the second visit to
Louisburg for Gardner. He spoke to a
rally here last June 11. Details of the
headquarters opening were not learned
other than that Gardner is to be the
principal speaker. Archie Bunn of Pilot
is the Gardner campaign manager.
Bunn Woman Wins $10,000
Mrs. Shirley Dement of Bunn is shown above receiving ten one thousand dollar
bonds as one of three national winners in the Avon Products, Inc. sales
representatives' sweepstakes. Mrs. Dement, who works in Zebulon and sells the
cosmetic products part time, was presented the prize recently by Jacob Brown,
Divisional Sales Manager of Newark, Delaware. Mrs. Dement's husband, Clarence, is
shown at right and Mrs. Louise Driver of Louisburg, Avon representative, who
encouraged Mrs. Dement to join the cosmetic firm, is shown at left.