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Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, November 28. 1968
(Ten Pages Today)
99th Year Number 82
Homecoming Queen
Miss Phyllis Diane Bobbitt shown above, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bobbitt
of 1440 Park Lane, Henderson, was crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime of the
Louisburg College-Southwood basketball game Saturday night. Her escort was
Wayne LeGrade of Portsmouth, Va. Miss Bobbitt was sponsored by the Athletic
Department and is a sophomore. Photo by Ross Shuping.
No Road Fatalities In
Louisburg In 13 Years
The N. C. State Motor Club has
released its annual traffic safety ratings
for cities and towns of over 10.000
population and places Wilson. N. C. at
the top as the state's safest city^ Five
more had no fatalities in 1967. but
Wilson has the largest vehicle 'registra
tion.
Towns the size of Louisburg and
counties are not included in tfitf Club
ratings. It is interesting to note, how
ever. that Louisburg has not had a
fatality within its city limits since
May. 1955. Other municipalities of
like size may have a better record, but
this one is outstanding.
In the matter of Franklin County,
the picture changes radically. With
9,311 registered vehicles in 1967, the
Youngsville
Lions View
Cancer Film
Youngsville - "Man Alive" was the
title of a film shown at the Youngsville
Lions Club meeting held at the com
munity house Monday night of this
week.
This film, specifically directed for
men. presented information from the
American Cancer Society on Cancer
facts for men. The film emphasiz,ed
that prevention, early detection, and
treatment are the best insurance
against cancer. Related literature was
distributed to the Lions by program
committeeman R. E. Cheatham, who
was assisted by Lion W. M. Roberts.
The film was obtained for the club
by Mrs. Grady Snyder. Education
Chairman of the Franklin County Unit
of the American Cancer Society.
Through her services, much helpful
information has been circulated in the
county.
Lion President Claude Edwards pre
sided at the business meeting and
encouraged members to promote at
tendance at coming meetings. Tail
twister E. Jj Pearce is cooperating with
this goal by presenting a door prize it
each current meeting.
Lion W. T. Moss had as his guest for
the evening Mr. F. C. Winston, Jr.,
Lion Roberts had Mr. Richard Timber
lake as his guest. And Lion E. J. Pearce
had a newcomer in town Mr. Bob
Weatherford for .his guett.
county had seven fatalities. Already
this year, there have been 9 deaths on
Franklin highways with a month and a
half to go. The city of Reidsville, for
example, has 14,796 registered vehi
cles and with 7 deaths in 1967, is rated
last in the list of 37 cities in the state.
Since January 1, 1948, Franklin
County has experienced 210 deaths on
the highway. This includes the nine
thus far this year. The bloodiest year
remains 1950 when 17 persons lost
their lives on county highways, fol
lowed by 1952 with 16, 1958 with 15 <
and 1964 with 14. The safest year was
1948. when only four persons were
killed here. The latest small-fatality
year was 1965 when six persons died.
The State Motor Vehicles Depart
ment reports that one of every 15
registered vehicles was involved in an
accident in 1967. It also showed that
one out of every 15 licensed drivers
were involved in an accident last year.
Louisburg had 4103 registered
automobiles in 1967 and 1443 regis
tered trucks for a total vehicle registra
tion of 5546. With a rash of accidents
reported for the recent weekend, it is
interesting to note that 44 percent of
all fatalities occur on Saturdays and
Sundays. The Louisburg Rescue Ser
vice. the organization that answers
accident calls, reports having registered
201 emergency calls thus far this year.
Many of these were to highway mis
haps.
Cotton Notices Mailed
Notices of individual farm acreage
allotments and yields for the 1969
upland cotton crop have been mailed
to farmers in Franklin County, ac
cording to Mr. E. G. Brewer, Chair
man. Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation County Committee. He
pointed out that any question about
the allotments should be taken up
immediately with the county ASC
committee.
The Chairman declared that the
intention is to let farmers know how
the allotment program will affect their
farms before the referendum on mar
keting quotas for the 1969 upland
crop. Balloting will be conducted by
mail during the period Dec. 2 through
6. The law requires a favorable vote by
at least two-thirds of the growers
voting in order to keep marketing
quotas in effect. Where referendum!
on more than one commodity are
being held in the same county, growers
are cautioned to put the ballots in the
proper envelopes.
Generally, those eligible to vote are
all producers who shared in the 1968
cotton crop or its proceeds. Questions
about eligibility to vote should be
referred to the county ASCS office.
If the vote is favorable. Mr. Brewer
explained, quotas will apply to the
1969 upland cotton crop, with penal
ties on any excess cotton produced;
loans and price-support payments will
be available to growers who plant
within their allotment. The loans will
be based on a national average rate of
20.25 cents a pound for Middling
1-inch cotton at average location and
price-support payments will be 14.73
cents a pound on the farm's projected
yield for the acreage planted within
See COTTON Page 2
New Court System Goes Into Effect Here Monday
Shortly after 9:30 A.M. on the
morning of December 2. the new court
system will take over here in Franklin
County. On the same day. it will begin
in the other counties of the Ninth
Judicial District, composed of Person,
Granville, Warren and Vance.
Resident Superior Court Judge
Hamilton H. Hobgood will preside at
swearing in ceremonies here in the
temporary courtroom at the Louisburg
Armory. Three District Judges and
some magistrates plus other court of
ficials will be sworn. Following the
ceremonies. Judge Linwood Peoples of
Henderson will preside over the first
term of District Court here.
Chief Judge of the District, Julius
Banzet of Warrenton, and Judge
Claude Allen, Jr. of Oxford will also
be sworn. All were elected earlier this
month.
District Court Jurisdiction
The district court will rank imme
diately below the North Carolina Su
perior Court. It will retain many of the
functions of the old recorder's court,
but it also will have additional author
ity and responsibility than was true for
the recorder's court.
Generally, the district court
will have exclusive jurisdiction
ttver misdemeanors and over pre
liminary examinations when the
offense in a case is a felony. This
is comparable to the situation in
the recorder'* court.
The district court will have
the responsibility of not only
hearing criminal cases but cer
tain civil cases as well.
In criminal procedures, there will
be no jury trial in the district court.
Although a defendant might request a
jury trial, he will be tried in the
district court on a not guilty plea. If
convicted, ..ie defendant will be en
titled to a new trial with a 12-man jury
if he appeals to the Superior Court.
The district court will have under
its jurisdiction civil matters involving
not more than $5,000 in money value.
This is expected to take a heavy
burden off the Superior Court. The
$5,000 limit is considered merely
"proper"; if all parties in case agree,
there is no limit to the monetary value
of a suit that may be heard in the
district court. It is expected, however,
that all cases involving more than
$5,000 will, as a matter of course, be
filed in the Superior Court.
Jury Available
I 12-man constitutional jury
also is available, upon request, in
civil matters heard in the district
court. Again, a jury is not avail
able for criminal actions.
Jaycee
Toy Drive
Underway
The Louisburg Jaycees have an
nounced their annual Christmas Toy
Drive is underway. This year, the local
group is using a different format for
collecting repairable toys.
The Jaycees are urging everyone
with toys to give to either deliver them
to Firstizens Bank and Trust Company
on Bickett Blvd. or to Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company on E. Nash
Street. If anyone is unable to deliver
their toys, the Jaycees ask that they
call either of the two banks for a
pickup of the toys.
The Jaycees will repair and paint
the used toys for distribution to
needly children at Christmastime.
The Clerk of Superior Court will
also act as clerk for the district court.
Under the new arrangement, however,
the clerk will be relieved of the present
responsibility of hearing juvenile mat
ters. The district court judge will hear
juvenile cases and both civil and crimi
nal I if nonfelonious) domestic rela
tions actions, including divorce, ali
mony. annulment, child support and
child custody.
One of the most heralded features
of the new district court system is a
uniform statewide costs-of-court bill.
The major part of costs collected will
go to the State to support its obliga
tion to pay operating expenses of the
system. The counties are allowed to
retain a "facilities fee" as compensa
tion for furnishing physical facilities
such as the courtroom and offices.
The facilities fee will vary with
Director Travels
To California
Harold Talton, Chairman of the
Franklin County Industrial Develop
ment Commission, announced today
that Ken Schubart. Commission Direc
tor, has been invited to accompany
industry hunters to California.
The trip is being sponsored by the
Commerce and Industry Division of
the N. C. Department of CQnservation
and Development. Their aim is to
further industrialize rural North Caro
lina.
Twenty industrial developers from
across the state have been chosen to
represent their areas.
California prospects have already
been selected. The group will be
divided into pairs and call on indus
tries seeking expansion to smaller com
munities. These men will be selling
North Carolina first, and then, their
localities.
The group is scheduled to leave
Raleigh-Durham Airport, Saturday,
November 30th for Los Angeles. They
will be making calls on prospects
through the following Wednesday.
Late that afternoon, they will depart
for San Francisco where they will
complete their mission. Arrival back at
Raleigh-Durham Airport is scheduled
for Saturday, December 7th.
subject matter and the court level. The
fee is $5 for a civil action in both
district and superior court. For a
criminal action it is S'2 in the district
court and S15 in the superior court. A
special proceeding and an estate ad
ministration in the superior court car
rii 'I a facility fee of S2 each. On appeal
from the clerk of superior court or
from district court to superior court,
the facilities fee is chargeable a second
time, except in civil appeals from the
clerk to the judge
The facilities fee is the county's
only source of income* from the courts
for support of judicial facilities. How
ever. the collection of several dther
fees in support of court related (law
enforcement) activities is allowed. An
arrest fee of $2 is in favor of the
i riawwm
county upon a conviction of a defen
dant. If a city policeman makes an
arrest, the fee goes to the city.
I sheriff's fee of S'J accrues
to the count v )\tr scrimp civil
ftrocess f topers, etc.
1 S'J-fter dav fee is chargeable
to a defendant lawfully confined
in a count \ jail and alio is
com icletl.
/? ines and forfeitures mil con
tinue lit act rue lo the benefit of
the county school fund.
Also under the district court sys
tem. all court personnel will become
.state t>mp lovers Fyrthcr. all supplies
and equipment in the clerk's office at
the time the district court is activated
See COURT SYSTEM Page 2
SYKES
HOUSE
WOOD
Local Officials To
Be Sworn Monday
Two incumbent county officers and
a newcomer to Franklin officialdom
will take the oath of office here
Monday morning in ceremonies slated
to begin at 9:30 A.M. in the tem
porary courtroom in the Louisburg
Armory.
County Commissioner E. M. (Buck)
Sykes will be entering his second
four-year term and newly elected
Commissioner John House of Frank
linton will be sworn in for his fresh
man term, replacing Commissioner
Richard H. Cash.
Register of Deeds Alex Wood, who
ran unopposed in both the Democratic
CAP Week Proclaimed
primary and the general election, will
be sworn in for another term. Also
taking the oath of office with Wood
will be two of his assistants. Mrs. Betty
Jean McBride will be sworn as As
sistant Register of Deeds, an office she
is presently holding and Mrs. Donna
Winstead will be sworn again to her
present position of Deputy Register.
The three new District Judges will
also be sworn by Superior Court Judge
Hamilton H. Hobgood. These are
Julius Banzet of Warrenton, Lin wood
Peoples of Henderson and Claude
Allen. Jr. of -Oxford.
Franklin CAP Officials Meet With Governor
Larry Tetterton. Commander of the
Franklin County Civil Air Patrol, and
Joe Shearon, Executive Officer of the
local group, presented Governor Dan
K. Moore with a replica of a CAP
plane used in World War II in cere
monies in the Governor's office Tues
day.
The presentation marked a request
by the local CAP officials that the
week of December 1 through 7 be
designated Civil Air Patrol Week in
North Carolina. The model plane,
bearing the Franklin County squadron
numbers N323T. denotes the type of
aircraft that took a great part in the
search for German U-boats off the
North Carolina coast during World War
II.
The Governor proclaimed the week
of December 1 through 7 as Civil Air
Patrol Week in the state, marking the
27th anniversary of the organization.
At the ceremonies. Tetterton pre
sented the Falcon Award Certificate to
CAP 1st Lt. James Newhouse of Ral
eigh. The award signifies high achieve
ment on the part of the recipient in his
CAP work. The Governor received a
'group of .photographs from Miss Tiny
Broadwick of Henderson, the first
person to jump from a hydroplane and
a noted woman parachutist. Miss
Broadwick is now 76 years old and
made her last jump in 1922.
Tetterton said the Franklin group
has 28 senior members, 1$ of which
are either qualified pilots or have
passed the solo flight basic training. He
says the local unit has six cadets.
There are 59 CAP squadrons in North
Carolina, Tetterton says, and 2,336 in
the United States. These consist of 52
wings. 34,000 senior members and
47.000 cadets, according to the local
Commander. There are 14,910 CAP
radio stations in the country and
10,893 CAP pilots, he adds.
Shearon, Left, Tetterton Make Presentation To Governor