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RESCUERS WORK TO FREE VICTIMS OF SATURDAY MORNING ACCIDENT.
Jurors Being Selected In Murray Trial
A venire of some 80 jurors from
Granville County was sworn in here
before Superior Court Judge Leo Can
Monday and attorneys began selection
of the twelve to serve in the case of E.
Lee Murray, former county accoun
tant. facing charges of embezzlement.
By late afternoon, three had been
chosen and the completion of the
selection is expected to come today.
Meanwhile 35 more Granville citizens
have been ordered to appear today in
case more are needed.
Solicitor W. G. Kansdell requested
the jury be chosen from a panel
outside the county some time ago and
Judge Carr granted the request. Be
cause of Murray's popularity in Frank
lin County, Kansdell said he felt it best
to select a jury from another county.
Murray, a former President of the
N. C. Association of County Accoun
tants, is charged with sue counts of
embezzlement totaling $6,360.48. The
W eather
Generally fair and mild today. Wed
nesday, clear to partly cloudy and
continued mild. Low today, 58; high,
near 80.
Fountain Hits
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House Vote
Washington, D. C Congressman
L. H. Fountain Friday deplored a
House vote which raised the dollar
limit on tax-free industrial develop
ment bonds from $1 million to $5
million.
"This loophole, adopted by the
Senate, was attached to a seemingly
innocent bill designed to permit the
government to collect overpayments in
certain contracts," Fountain said.
"The industrial development bond
exemption had nothing whatsoever to
do with the bill to which it was
attached in the Senate. The House
should not have accepted the amend
ment but should have sent the bill
back to conference with instructions
to strike the amendment."
Congress earlier this year set a $1
million maximum for most tax-exempt
industrial bond issues in an effort to
help smaller communities encourage
industrial development.
"The original action to help more .
needy communities has now been
turned into a gaping loophole for the
benefit of large industries and a few
wealthy individuals," Fountain said.
Fountain sponsored legislation to
curb abuses in the industrial bond
exemptions because, he said, some
companies had been enjoying a
"double bonanza at the taxpayers ex
pense."
North Carolina reluctantly adopted
a bond exemption statute last year but
the state supreme court ruled it uncon
stitutional.
, "North Carolinians in the House
voted solidly against this loophole
when it was adopted on Thursday,"
Fountain said.
"unexplained disbursements" re
portedly occurred between September
30, 1962 and September 30, 1966,
while Murray was in charge of the
office here. He resigned in 1966 to
accept a position as Wake County
Treasurer and is now on leave of
absence from that post awaiting the
outcome of this week's case.
Empldyees
Get Improved
Benefits
Improved fringe benefits have been
put into effect for emplyees of Louis
burg Sportswear.
In an announcement by Plant
Manager. Donald F. Hartness, "among
the benefits are increases in vacation
Pay. an additional paid holiday, a sick
pay benefit and additional life in
surance."
Jury List
Announced
The roUowing names have been
drawn for jury service for the week
beginning on the 14th day of October,
1968.
Dunn - Onnie G. Jeffreys, Billy
Graham Brantley, Ralph Elwood Win
stead, R. E. Privette, S. 0. McKee, L.
D. Pearce, J. T. Johnson, Jr., G. O.
Pippin.
Harris - Elmo Horton, Wesley Hor
ton, Lillian E. Cooke, Mrs. Annie L.
Rogers, Irene Talley Young, Mrs. Mary
Agnes Carroll, Yates Holmes.
Youngsville - Mrs. J. Medlin Cash,
Fred Morris Atford, H. M. Harris. Joe
Alston, Mrs. Fred Cash. Miss Katherine
Cheatham, Joe Lewis Townes, Mrs.
Haywood Hill, Fred C. Holmes.
Franklinton - William Thomas Cat
lett, Clarence W. Garrison, Sarah Ball.
Mrs. E. H. Kearney, Mrs. Sam H.
Bailey, Jr., Miss Ada Mae Strother,
Pauline N. Gales.
Hayesville - Robert Lee Turrentine,
Jack Jones.
Sandy Creek - Philip S. Perdue,
James C. Medlin, Josh H. Mosely, Mrs.
Lizzie S. Tharrington, S. E. Lamm,
Mrs. Lucille W. Cardwell, Mrs. S. H.
Dickerson.
Gold Mine - Jessie Radford, Vernon
Lee Cathron, Mrs. William F. Colbert.
Cedar Rock - Douglas F. Williams,
Emma Mae Spivey, Robert Alston, J.'
O. Sledge. E. H. Parrish.
Cypress Creek - Julian Arthur Wil
kins.
Louisburg - P. R. Hudson, A. B.
Inscoe, Joseph E. Smith, Otis Lee
Perry, Judith Wrenn, Rrftph Lester,
Maxine Mary Leonard, Mrs. I. M.
Cooke, Wilbert Perry, Mrs. Annie W.
Sherron, John H. Scarboro, Roland P.
Gupton, Jr., Mrs. Albert Wheless, Mrs.
A. G. Catlette. Kenneth Davis, Annie
Bell Edgerton, Floyd Hight, L. C.
Ayscue, Fannie Y. Munford, William
W. Freeman.
Murray reimbursed the county the
$6,360.48 in January of this year. At
the time he stated, "This difference is
disputed and 1 deny any responsibility
for it, however, the affairs of this
office were my responsibility during
the period covered by the audit. He
asked in his prepared statement that
"If in the future it should be found
that no difference existed", the money
would be returned to him.
Murray has maintained his inno
cense from the first report of the
"unexplained disbursements" in Octo
ber. 1967. The trial is expected to take
the remainder of the week. Louisburg
attorneys E. F. Yarborough and Hill
Yarborough and District Judge-elect
Claude Allen of Creedmoor are repre
senting Murray.
Two Youths Killed
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In Saturday Crash
A Louisburg College student and a
Castalia youth were killed instantly
early Saturday morning when the car
in which they were riding left the road
and rammed into a tree near Stallings
Crossroads on N. C. 56, nine miles east
of Louisburg. A third youth escaped
with only minor injuries.
Dead are Kevin Robert Hanrahan,
19, of West Chester, Pa., a second-year
student at Louisburg College and Gary
Hugh Lamm, 17, of Castalia. Alfred T.
Sturges, III, 19, of Wood, reportedly
driving the car at the time of the
accident, escaped with only minor
injuries. Sturges was treated at the
scene by the Louisburg Rescue Ser
vice, transported to Franklin Memorial
Hospital and later transferred to Wake
Memorial in Raleigh and released.
State Trooper D. C. Day says his
investigation is continuing and that
Sturges will be charged with two
counts of manslaughter. Day said his
investigation indicated that "speed was
the contributing factor in the acci
dent."
The accident occurred around
12:50 A.M. Saturday according to
Trooper Day. The scene is a few
hundred yards east of the Edward Best
High School. The car crossed over the
left lane, ran down an embankment
and became wrapped around a tree.
Rescuers worked an hour and twenty
minutes to free the victims, according
to Rescue Chief W. D. Morton. The aid
of a Louisburg wrecker was needed to
free the victims. The late model GTO
was completely demolished.
A tragic aftermath of the accident
occurred when a switch in the bodies
of Hanrahan and Lamm took place
and Lamm's body was flown to
Wilmington, Deleware for funeral ser
vices for Hanrahan. Hanrahan 's body
remained here for funeral services for
Lamm. Coroner James Edwards said
the similarity of the features of both
men contributed to the mixup. Ed
wards had collected identification be
longings at the scene from Lamm's
body and Trooper Day had the Hanra
han- identification.
The Louisburg Rescue Service
Highway Meeting Held
n meeting 10 aiscuss plans tor
pushing a proposed interstate highway
connector strip to run through Frank
lin County was held here last Thurs
day. The meeting, called by Industrial
Development Director Kenneth Sctit
bart, brought civic and governmental
leaders from several communities
along the proposed route of the strip.
Among those attending and adding
support to the plan were Wake County
Commission Chairman Hal Trentman
and four other Wake Commissioners,
Gnland Jones Wake County Manager;
William C. Marshburn, Mayor of the
Town of Dunn and John E. Wooten,
President of the Industrial Develop
ment Corp., of Wake Forest. Rep.
elect James D. Speed and Senator-elect
E. F. Griffin were present. There were
no Franklin County Commissioners at
the meeting.
Schubart said the group showed
interest in going forward with the plan
calling for a connecting link to begin
at 1-85 north of Henderson and to run
through Franklin County to Raleigh
and on to a point near Dunn where it
will connect with I-9S.
Another meeting to be held in
Raleigh is now in the planning stages.
A number of leaders and organizations
are now contacting Highway Commis
sion officials asking that the proposed
route be approved.
Somers Hits Ervin
Record In Speech Here
Robert V. Somers, Republican
candidate for the United States Sen
ate, speaking in the Louisburg Armory
last Thursday night said U.S. Senator
Sam J. Ervin, Jr. is "lying to the
people". "Sam Ervin", said Somers,
"says one thing in North Carolina and
something else in Washington."
The youthful Rowan County attor
ney. speaking to a crowd of thirty
GOP faithful, hit at Ervin's vote on
gun legislation, the prayer amendment
and on appropriations which Somers
said provides the money for HEW to
"come down here and run our
schools."
Spending much of his time cam
paigning for GOP Congressman Jim
Gardner, Somers stated his own pos
itions on the issues mentioned in the
slap at Ervin. "I'm against the civil
rights bill. There never has been a civil
rights bill I'd vote for and I don't
expect there'll be one in the next
twenty years."
He said he would never vote for any
gun legislation and that he supports
prayer in schools and opposes federal
control of schools. On the gun quest
ion, Somers said, "When a government
can no longer trust its citizens with
firearms, the citizens can no longer
trust their government and it's time
for a change."
Somers also proposed a blockade of
the port of Hyphong as a means of
shortening the Vietnam war.
Obviously aware of the strength of
George Wallace in the area, Somers
told the audience. "I think I agree on
the matter (of law and order) whole
heartedly with George Wallace". At
another point in his 30-minute ad
dress, Somers remarked, "The liberal
press has said I sound like George
Wallace and I say that's right". Wal
lace's county manager. Larry Robbins
of Franklinton was in the audience
and was seen applauding the Somers'
remarks.
Somers predicted "either Nixon or
Wallace" will win. He praised Gardner
and hit at Lt. Gov. Bob Scott, Gard
ner's Democratic opponent in the race
for Governor.
Somers was introduced by Mrs. Jo
Anne Long of Wilson, Second District
GOP Chairman. County GOP Chair
man Richard Alston presided at the
meeting.
transported the bodies to the funeral
home where the mixup occurred,
which caused a postponement of the
Lamm funeral here Sunday. The error
was discovered, according to reports,
when Hanrahan's father called to say
the body at Wilmington was not that
of his son .
Funeral services for the Penn
sylvania youth were held this morning
at 9:30 A.M. from the Chandler Fun
eral Home in Wilmington. Burial fol
lowed there. Hanrahan is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hanrahan and two brothers. The body
was flown to Delaware from Raleigh
Durham airport Monday morning at 7
A.M. Lamm's body left Wilmington by
plane shortly thereafter for Raleigh
Durham.
Funeral services for Lamm were
held today at 4 p.m. from White
Funeral Home Chapel here, conducted
by Rev. Lawrence W. Avent. Burial
followed in the Spring Hope cemetery.
Surviving are his mother. Mrs. Ovie
Lamm; five sisters. Mrs. Helen King
ram of Lilesville. Mrs. Venus Finch of
Wilson, Mrs. Thelma Melsi of Williams
burg. Va.. Mrs. Billie Hildreth of Little
Rock, Ark., and Mrs. Linda Dupree of
Louisburg; and four brothers. Adrian
Lamm of Oak Ridge. Tenn., Bobby
Lamm of Grisson Air Force Base in
Indiana, Frederick L?mm of Los An
geles, Calif., and E. C. Lamm of Rt. 1,
Castalia.
The twin-deaths brought to seven,
the number of persons killed on
Franklin highways thus far this year.
The last fatality occurred on July 29.
Seven persons lost their lives on
county highways last year with the
final fatality coming on October 7,
Franklin Man, Shot
With 22 Rifle, Dies
From The Oxford (N. C.) Ledger
A Franklin County white man,
John Watson, Jr., 25, died in a Dur
ham hospital Sunday afternoon of a
rifle-shot wound sustained about 3
a.m. Sunday at the home of his father
-in-law where he had allegedly threat
ened to kill his wife, Virginia Dean
Watson.
Thelbert Dean on Sunday posted
bond of $500 for appearance in court
after a justice of the peace here had
issued a warrant charging manslaught
er.
Deputy Allen Thomerson is en
gaged in the investigation of facts
related to the shooting and he had not
on Monday completed his inquiry.
It was learned from Thomerson,
who was detained in court in Louis
burg, that he had gotten a call about
3:30 a.m. Sunday with reference to
the shooting and that he was joined in
his investigation by Deputy H. T.
Brame of Creedmoor.
Watson, who had fallen behind his
automobile with a bullet wound in the
head, was taken first to Louisburg
Hospital by a Franklin County rescue
unit and thereafter moved to Duke
Medical Center, where death occurred
Sunday afternoon.
Deputy Thomerson said Watson
was armed with a bolt action .410
guage shotgun.
Mrs. Watson came here Saturday
and made inquiry about a warrant for
her husband, charging that he had
assaulted her with a bottle. After the
warrant had been prepared, it was
determined that the alleged offense
had been committed in Franklin Coun
ty and the issuing magistrate withdrew
the paper and destroyed it.
Mrs. Dean thereafter obtained a
warrant in Franklin County and it had
been served on her estranged husband
prior to the post-midnight visit which
he made to the home of Dean, father
of Mrs. Watson, Sunday.
According to information given
authorities. Watson parked in the back
yard of the Dean home and called for
his wife, allegedly threatening her life.
Lights in the home, except a porch
light, were extinguished.
Dean, who has a crippled arm and
hand, told officers he observed Watson
on the far side of the hood of his
automobile, with the barrel of a gun
resting on the car and pointed in the
direction of the Dean home. Dean told
officers that he at that point fired
through the screen. The .22 calibre
rifle bullet struck Watson a little above
the eye near the center of the fore
head.
Dean said he pleaded for 15
minutes with his son-in-law to leave
the premises and not further bother
the wife and her two small sons.
Mrs. Watson and her two children
recently had been residing in the home
of her parents, near the Franklin-Gran
ville line, on the old Franklinton road.
GOP Officials .
Pictured above, left to right, are: Bob Somers, GOP candidate for the U. S.
Senate, Mrs. Jo Anne Long, Chairman Second GOP Congressional District, and
Richard Alston, Franklin GOP Chairman. All three participated in a meeting here
last Thursday. Somers was the principal speaker. suff photo by cllnt Fuller