Garden Club Hosts Convention
The local Town and Country Garden Club and the Louisburg Garden Club are hosting the annual District Convention here
today at the Louisburg Baptist Church. Club leaders are shown above, left to right. Mrs. William O'Neal. President of Town and
Country Garden Club, Mrs. Joe Steinbeck of Cary (who blinked at the camera light), District Director of District Ten, Mrs.
Barron Mills of Laurinburg, State President of the Garden Clubs of North Carolina, and Mrs. John Mills, President of the
Louisburg Garden Club. Some 200 members are expected here today from the 25 clubs in Wake, Johnston and Franklin
counties. Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
Except Edward Best, Youngsville
Schools Go On Full-Day Schedule Monday
Schools in Franklin County will go
to a full-day schedule Monday for the
first time this year, following six
weeks of short schedules necessitated
by the reshifting of some over 5,000
students. Edward Best High School
and Edward Best Elementary and
Youngsville High School are not in
cluded in the order issued by the
Board of Education here Wednesday
night.
. Relocatable classrooms on order for
the three schools have not arrived
although they are now expected by
the first of the week. It has been the
delay of the delivery of these class
rooms that has caused the extended
short schedule. Other schools in the
county system have been ready for the
long-day schedule for several weeks.
Lunches will be served in the cafe
terias of the schools returning to the
regular schedule beginning Monday.
Principals at the three schools not
slated to operate full-day Monday will
make announcements to the students
prior to changing to full-day.
The schools will operate much as in
the past with each school announcing
the exact starting time and closing
time. Most will start shortly after 8
a.m. and close shortly after 3 p.m.
The Board of Education has 13
relocatable classrooms on order with a
special rush on at least three. This was
done to speed the return to a full day's
SAMPLE BALLOT
OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR COUNTY OFFICERS
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER
1. To vote a straight party "ticket, make a cross (x] mark in the circle ol
the party you desirt to vote for.
2. To vote a split ticket, or in other words for candidates of different par
ties, omit making a cross mark 0 in the party circle at the top of the
ballot and mark in the voting square opposite the name of each candi
date on the ballot for whom you wish to vote.
3. If you should mark in the party circle at the top of the ballot and alsc
mark opposite the name of any candidate of any party, such ballot shall
be counted as a straight party vote for all of the candidates of the party
whose name the cross mark [x] is placed in the party circle.
DEMOCRATIC
FOB A STRAIGHT TICKET
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MARK WITHIN THIS CIRCLE
For State Senate 7th Senatorial District
? EDWARD F. GRIFFIN
For State House 16th House District
(Vote for Two)
? JOHN T. CHURCH
? JAMES D. SPEED
For District J udge
(Vote for Three)
? LINWOOD T. PEOPLES
? CLAUDE W. ALLEN. JR.
Q JULIUS BANZET
REPUBLICAN
FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET
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_MARK WITHIN THIS CIRCUS
For State Senate 7th Senatorial District
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For State House 16th House District
(Vote for Two)
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For District Judge
(Vote for Three)
For Register of Deeds
? ALEX T. WOOD
For County Commissioner, District No. 2
? JOHN W HOUSE
For County Commissioner, District No. 4
? E M BUCK SYKES
Election November 5 , 1 968
For Register of Deeds
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For County Commissioner, District No. 2
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For County Commissioner, District~No. 4
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Chairman Franklin County Board of Elections.
Second In Series Of Five Sample Ballots
school work. Reports from the com
pany say that bad weather prevented
the wide loads from moving through
South Carolina last week as originally
scheduled.
Lions Head
At Youngsville
Youngsville - District Governor of
Lions 31-G made an official visit to
the Youngsville Lions Club at their
meeting eld on Tuesday night of this
week at the community house.
District Governor Lion Leon Spen
cer of Raleigh addressed the Lions
after being introduced by local Lion J.
T. Moss, a former district governor.
Lion Spencer spoke on official busi
ness and answered questions in regard
to Lionism.
Local President C. R. Edwards pre
sided at the meeting extending a wel
come and conducting business. Project
reports were given on the Trick or
Treat Candy Sale by Lion L. J. Phil
lips: and on the Calender Drive by
Lion E. J. Pearce.
Murray Case May
Go To Jury Today
The nine-day trial of former Coun
ty Accountant E. Lee Murray is ex
pected to go to the jury late today or
early Friday. Court opened this morn
ing with Solicitor W. G. Ransdell's
summary-to the jury to be followed by
defense attorney Hill Yarborough.
Yarborough is the last of three
defense attorneys to offer summations
to the jury and Superior Court Judge
Leo Carr of Burlington is expected to
give his charge to the jurors, chosen
from Granville County, at the close of
Yarborough's summary.
Murray, on leave from his job as
Treasurer of Wake County, is charged
in five counts of embezzlement in
volving "unexplained disbursements"
of $6,360.48. The State has attempted
to prove that Murray obtained money
from the social security account and
offered testimony from two Certified
Public Accountants, a number of em
ployees of First-Citizens Bank and
Trust Co. here and county employees.
The defense did not present any
evidence and none of the large numbet "
of character witnesses called to court
were placed on the stand.
Defense attorney Claude Allen of
Creedmoor was first to offer summa
tions Wednesday afternoon following a
ruling by the Court which denied a
request for a non-suit by the defense.
Allen told the panel of 12 jurors and
two alternates that the State had failed
to show that Murray received any
money and "converted it to his own
use". The latter clause was taken from
the bill of indictment and was read to
the jury by Allen. He said the State
had not checked any account in the
county except the social security
items, which he said was not "even an
account".
He illustrated this point by money
on several pieces of paper before the
jury. He argued that every account
should have been audited and said the
State had failed to prove that any
money had been lost by Franklin
County. He pointed out testimony by
local CPA Lonnie R. Shuping, in
which, according to Allen, the CPA
said he would not change his audit
approving the Accountant's office
without checking the details of other
accounts. Both Shuping and CPA Wil
liam Place, the second State witness,
had originally approved the Accoun
tant's office when Murray closed out
his books to move to the Wake County
post in 1967. Place later discovered
several "unexplained disbursements"
in a regular audit of the office after
Murray left.
Allen also pointed out that the
bank had accepted checks, offered as
evidence by the State, made payable
Board Holds Formal Hearing
In Charges Against Teacher
The Franklin County Board of Edu
cation sat in special session here Wed
nesday night to hear an appeal by an
Edward Best High School teacher,
charged with striking a seventh grade
Negro student.
Warren C. Massenburg, the Negro
teacher involved, has been suspended
by Superintendent Warren Smith upon
recommendation by the local advisory
council and Robert Fleming. Edward
Best principal, following an incident
on Wednesday. October 16. in the
school gym- classroom.
Massenburg alledgedly slapped or
spanked James Alston. 12-year-old stu
dent. after the youth had left his seat
without permission to get a drink of
water.
Eight witnesses appeared before the
Board to testify in the case, including
the Alston boy and four classmates,
Horace Gay, 13; Mike Evans, 14;
Alphonzo Harris. 12; and Sidney
Evans. 12. Alston's grandmother. Mrs.
Clara Alston, with whom the youth
lives, also testified.
Massenburg took the stand in his
own defense contending that the
punishment was not excessive and he
did not knock the boy to the floor, as
claimed in the charges. He was repre
sented by, James Laning. an attorney
from Charlotte. Charles Davis, attor
ney for the Board, questioned wit
nesses and several questions were ask
ed by members of the Board in the 2H
hour hearing.
The Board is expected to render a
decision In the case tonight.
Bunn Water Bond Sale Approved
Ken Schubart. Executive Director
of the Franklin County Industrial De
velopment Commission, announced to
day that a letter has been received
from the Local Government Commis
sion in Raleigh favoring the sale of
bonds for the Bunn water project,
contingent on the vote by the citizens
of Bunn.
The letter approved the application
for $160,000 worth of General obliga
tion bonds at 4 % per cent for forty
years.
In the engineering report prepared
by Peiraon and Whitman. Engineers of
Raleigh. It would offer water service to
121 private residences in Bunn, 28
residences in old Bunn, 16 commercial
establishments, and the Bunn school.
The proposed monthly minimum
charge to those participating would be
$4.50 per month for the first 7500
gallons over the minimum rate.
If a favorable acceptance is received
on the application from the Economic
Development Administration, and the
bond referendum passes, the bonds
will be offered for sale to the public.
Should they not be purchased, the
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to the bank itself and that some did
not bear the proper number of signa
tures.
Defense attorney E. F. Yarborough
followed Allen in summation to the
jury and said the State's evidence ws
"the most conflicting and weak" that
he had "ever heard in a criminal case".
"1 don't know that Franklin County is
missing a penny", Yarborough is
quoted as saying that no one sitting in
the witness chair "said that Murray got
a nickel". Yarborough cited the fact
that Murray was alone in the Accoun
tant's office a number of nights after
moving to Wake County helping with
Man Arrested
In Still Raid
Marvin Collie, 39, was arrested near
his home in the Seven Path section of
Franklin County Wednesday after a
raid by the Sheriffs department and
federal investigators disclosed three
operating 280-gallon submarine stills
on his property.
The officers seized 750 gallons of
fermenting mash and one gallon on
non-tax paid liquor, the Alcohol and
Tobacco Tax Division of the Internal
Revenue Service reported.
Sheriff William T. Dement released
Collie, pending trial in Recorder's
Court at Louisburg. Nov. 6.
Federal personnel working with
Dement on the case were D. C. Law
son. area supervisor with the Alcohol
and Tobacco Tax Division, and special
investigators Michael D. Zetts, Don
Devaney, and Bobby Sherrill.
the books while his successor, K. A.
Braswell. was hospitalized from an
automobile accident. "If he (Murray)
had pulled a trick like that." Yar
borough is quoted as saying, "he
would have taken care of it when he
came back at night to work in the
office
This morning Solicitor Ransdell. in
his summation to the jury, reviewed
the ev idence and asked for a verdict of
guilty. He said the State had not
attempted to mislead the jury in pre
senting the evidence and cited the fact
that certain reports shown the jury
contained a notation that 22 cents was
needed to balance. The defense had
made mention of this earlier. Ransdell
said it was left that way because the
State did not want to change anything
in the records.
Murray has been accompanied in
court each dayi by his wife and a
number of friends have been seen
talking to the defendant throughout
the trial. Character witnesses were
called in Wednesday from Granville,
Vance. Wake and Franklin counties
and were held for several hours while
the Court ruled on what was termed
"a legal question".
The question pertained to the de
fense's contention that it had not and
would not present evidence in the
trial. The decision by the defense
meant that a defense attorney would
get the final summation before the
jury. The State claimed that the de
fense had already introduced evidence
when it presented, for identification, a
receipt, a check and copies of the
Shuping contracts. The Court, fol
lowing the noon recess, ruled that the
defense could have the final summa
tion before the jury.
Times Pressman Finds
2200 Year-Old Relic
The North Carolina Slate Museum
has identified a polished axe head,
made of rock and found in the Seven
Paths community by Astor Bowden, as
being at least 2200 years old and
possibly dating back as far as 6000 B.
C.
Bowden, a Times pressman, dis
covered the relic in an abandoned
house some time ago. He carried the
rock to State Museum experts last
week for identification.
The relic was placed in the Archaic
period of prehistoric culture of North
Carolina and the Museum says the
period was prior to the advent of
agriculture amng North Carolina In
dians. During the period. Indians had
learned to make a full groove in the
axe head, an advancement from the
Paleo Indian period which dates back
to 8000 years B.C. Also during the
Archaic period. Indians had not dis
covered the art of making pottery and
still relied on stone vessels. Some
crude baskets were made in the period,
but huts were made of bark and skins.
It was several thousand years later
before thatch huts were started.
Information prepared by Dr. Joffre
L. Coe of the University of North
Carolina Laboratory of Anthropology,
most of the "arrow heads" are actually
spear or dart points. The Bowden fock
is obviously the head of some kind of
axe. as verified by the Museum people.
The relic is 3'/4 inches in width, 4'/<
inches in length and is l'A thick.
ASTOR BOWDEN SHOWS ANCIENT ROCK