Ten Cents
Louisburg, X. C., Thursday, December 19, 1968
(Eight Pages Today)
99th Year - Number 88
From All Of Us
To All Of You
'Ellrabethl
iDorenda*
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District Court Continues
To Handle Full Docket
The following cases were disposed
of in District Court on Monday. De
cember 16th:
Donald Jones Hagwood, w/m/47,
speeding. To pay costs.
^Ulysses H. Perry, n/m/57, operating
auto intoxicated. 8 months in, jail,
suspended for 2 years on payment of
$100.00 fine and costs, defendant not
to operate a motor vehicle in N. C. for
12 months; to remain of good be
havior and not violate any of the
criminal laws of N. C.
James Oscar Rogers. Jr., n/m/24,
speeding. Judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
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EARL SMITH
v...
Smith Finishes
Patrol School
1 Earl Smith, former Louisburg
police officer, graduated from the
North Carolina State Highway Patrol
School at Chapel Hill last Friday fol
lowing a 14-week training period.
Smith, 25, was one of 38 graduates
and will be stationed at Kinston.
The training course is given by the
Institute of Government and this was
the 43rd such school. Another gets
h-i > underway on January 5.
Smith, who was a member of the
local police force for 19 months,
resigned to join the State Patrol last
September and began his training on
September 8. He is married to the
former Donna Weaver of Louisburg
and they have one son, Wade An
thony, age 5. The Smiths will move to
Kinston as soon as suitable quarters
are found. He reports for duty on
December 26.
Josephine Eliza Yarborough,
n/f/32. speeding. Prayer for judgment
continued on payment of costs.
Jimmy Lee Eaton, Jr., n/m/19,
reckless driving; no operator's license.
4 months in jail, suspended for 1 year
on payment of $50.00 fine and costs
and defendant remain of good be
havior for 1 year and not violate any
criminal laws of N. C.
Silias (NMN) Monroe, n/m/39, op
erating auto intoxicated. 4 months in
jail, suspended on payment of $50.00
fine and costs and defendant to remain
of good behavior and not violate any
of the criminal laws of N. C. for 2
years.
Perry (NMN) Moore, n/m/64, op
erating auto intoxicated. 8 months in
jail, suspended on payment of $100.00
fine and costs: not to operate motor
vehicle in N. C. for 12 months: to
remain of good behavior and not
violate any criminal laws of N. C.
Claudia Lee Culpepper, w/f/22,
speeding. $30.00 fine and costs.
Richard Braxton Bumpers, n/m/42,
operating auto intoxicated: resisting
officer. 1st charge: 2 years in jail,
suspended for 40 months and defen
dant placed on probation for 3 years
on condition that he pay $100.00 fine
and costs: not operate motor vehicle in
N. C. for 12 months and remain of
good behavior and not violate any
criminal laws of N. C. 2nd charge: J2
months in jail, suspended on ;above|
conditions: in addition defendant to
submit self to Sheriff of Franklin
County for 30 days beginning
12/16/68 after which he is to report to
Probation Officer. Jail fee to be paid
under supervision of Probation Of
ficer.
Curtis Lee O'Neal, w/m 16. im
proper muffler: speeding. Prayer for
judgment continued on payment of
costs.
Wallace Howell Richards, w/m/46,
speeding. Prayer for judgment con
tinued.
Robert Lee Harris, c/m, worthless
check. 30 days in jail, suspended for 6
months on condition that defendant
pay amount of and costs.
Hurley Wilkins, n/m/19, speeding
too fast under existing conditions.
$10.00 fine and costs.
Henry Foster, w/m/35. threaten to
kill. Nol pros.
George Bobby Johnson, c/m/19.
public drunkeness. 20 days in jail,
suspended on payment of costs.
James Bragg, public drunkeness. 20
days in jail, suspended for 6 months
on payment of costs.
Jasper Perry, public drunkeness. 20
days in jail, suspended for 6 months
on payment of costs.
Otis Raymond Williamson, driving
under influence. 8 months in jail,
suspended for 2 years on payment of
$100.00 fine and costs; not to operate
(See COURT Page 4) i
Times
Holiday Hours
The Franklin Times will omit the
Thursday, December 26, issue next
week due to the Christmas holiday.
Tuesday's issue will be published as
usual with mail delivery on Thursday.
The Times office will be closed Wed
nesday through Friday of next week
and reopen on Monday, December 30.
The office will also be. open on New
Year's Day.
Lower Traffic
Toll Predicted
With this season's holidays falling in
the middle of the work week. North
Carolina's traffic toll should be sharply
reduced to no more than nine fatalities
for the 30-hour Christmas period and
perhaps only six for the similar New
Year's period, the N. C. State Motor
Club predicted today.
The state will officially count its
Christmas holiday traffic deaths from
6 p.m. Tuesday, December 24,
through midnight Wednesday, Decem
ber 25, and its New Year's toll from 6
p.m. Tuesday, December 31, through
midnight Wednesday, January 1. The
Christmas count for a 78-hour period
last year was 27 killed and 862 injured
in 1,481 accidents, while for New
Year's it was 17 killed and 515 injured
in 879 accidents.
Leading driver violations involved
in the Christmas accidents were:
speeding, 313; failure to yield right of
way, 195; driving left of center, 181;
ipllowlng too closely, 100; and driving
under the influence of alcohol. 89. Kor
New Year's they were: speeding, 201;
failure to yield, 127; and driving left
of center, 119.
"With traffic deaths running about
100 ahead of the 1967 pace, it be
comes the direct responsibility of each
motorist to drive carefully and ex
ercise his best judgment in avoiding
accidents and keeping the final 1968
toll as low as possible," Thomas B.
Watkins, motor club president, said.
"Have a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year, but please do your
share for traffic safety during the
holidays."
Open Saturday
The Louisburg Post Office will be
open all day from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00
p.m. Saturday, December 21, for the
convenience of all ojr patrons, ac
cording to an announcement made
today by postmaster E. L. Best.
Proposed Intensive Care System
Artist's drawings above show the two Bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the Nurses Station Console which oficials at
Franklin Memorial Hospital are planning to install. A drive to raise some $5,000 in funds was launched last #eek. with one of
the room units being donated by a Louisburfc couple. M. M. Person. Jr.. hospital administrator, says the intensive care unit is
needed to property care for heart patients at the local hospital. Donations may be made at the hospital office.
LOUISBURG RESCUE SERVICE *
OVE* TWENTY YVAftl OV SCR VICE
Rescuers Push Drive
David Minnich, left, and Tommy Collie, members of the Louisburg Rescue Service are shown above manning the Service's
collection station on the corner of W. Nash and Main Streets here last Saturday. The Service Hill have the stand open again
Friday and Saturday afternoons this week for those wishing to help in the Service's drive to raise funds with which to purchase a
new emergency vehicle. The unit costs $9,100 and the Service is reported to need $3,000 in additional funds. Rescuers report
they were encouraged by last Saturday's donations. staff phoU) b>. CHnt Ku,kr
Commissioners Accept Courthouse,
Move Back Expected Next Week
The move back into the courthouse
by county personnel is not expected
to be completed until sometime after
Christmas, although some furnishings
have already been placed in the court
room following acceptance of the struc
ture by the Board of County ?b,mmis
The Board had refused to accept the
courthouse as ready for occupancy in
a meeting last week, following an in
spection tbur of the structure. The
Board found a number of minor items
in need of repair and refused to ac
cept the $200,000 renovation project as
complete.
A letter from Board architect Harry
J. Harles of Rocky Mount, dated De
cember 14, informek the Commission
ers that the building was then ready
for occupancy and listed a number of
items to be fixed after occupancy.
Some items, discovered by the Com
missioners upon inspection turned out
not to be the responsibility of the
building contractor.
Some of the things listed by Harles
as not yet finished were painting in
some rooms, additional cleaning of
some brickwork, repair to damage in
the corridor due to installation of a
water cooler, installation of certain
door locks and room thermostats.
Telephone crewmen are at work to
day to restore telephone service to the
various offices to be housed in the
courthouse and none of the county Of
ficials are making any plans for mov
ing back into the building until late
next week. The Sheriffs department
has been assisting in moving furnish
ings into the courtroom in the hope of
having it ready for Monday's session.
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extreme cold weather had chased the
District Court out of the temporary
courtroom in the Louisburg Armory
the last two weeks.
The Board approved some additional
expenditures for the courthouse Wed
nesday, including $420.45 to M. G.
Wilder for 10 Venetian blinds and awn
ings for the structure; 4around $450
for a plaque and installation on the front
of the courthouse; $42.07 for Flexalum
Twi-nighter blinds for the Clerk of
Court an J Sheriffs office and approv
ed a binder on present insurance by
Hodge Insurance Agency to cover the
building temporarily with $300,000 in
surance. The measure was taken await
ing a final decision by the Board on
insurance coverage for the building.
Ii) other actions, the Board approved
a request by the Board of Education
for permission to purchase 1^0 addi
tional acres of land .on the west side
of fcdward Best High Schor>l. The land
is to be purchased from B. G. and
C. T. Dean, Jr. at a cost of $1,000
per acre. A donation of $20 was ap
proved for Caswell Training School
and the Board met at length with the
newly appointed tax listers.
Highwaymen
At Large
A car load of highwaymen continue
to elude local police today following
multiple reports by motorists Wednes
day night. According to reliable re
ports. a 1968 Thunderbird. containing
three white men and one Negro man
were stopping motorists in the Frank
linton area last night.
As Franklinton police investigated,
reports were made that the foursome
had fired at a motorist near the county
fairgrounds on Kiver Road west of
Louisburg. In all instances, the high
waymen had vanished when officers
arrived.
Justice
Plant Entered
Sheriff William T. Dement reported
this morning that the Justice Manufac
turing Company plant was entered by
thieves early today. Dement said that
the janitor reported the break-in when
he arrived for work early this morning.
Two drink boxes were reportedly
entered and an adding machine and
typewriter were reported missing. De
ment said he is continuing his investi
gation today.