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Testimony Ends; Board Awaits Hearin
Contempt P
Started
Against Key
Freeman
Former Chairman Of County
Election Board Defies
Subpoenas
The North Carolina Board of
Elections Wednesday asked the
state attorney general's office to
begin contempt proceedings against
Boy Freeman, the discharged chair
man of the Madison County Elec
tions Board.
Freeman failed to respond to a
Superior Court order signed by
Judge J. Will Pleas that he ap
pear before the board of elections
hearinsr at 3 p. ni., Tuesday.
Board Chairman William Joslin
bad issued three subpoenas order
ing Freeman to appear at the hear
ing into alleged voting irregulari
ties in this county during the May
80 Democratic Primary.
Joslin said at 4:01 p. m., that
he had asked the state attorney
general's office, "to take such
steps as necessary to cite Roy
Freeman for contempt of an or
der of Judge Pless."
Court offiAIs said it would be
Thursday morning before Pless
could sign the order.'
Lonnie Williams, a special agent
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State Forestry Winner
AGMC MILLS
TO CLOSE AUG. 10
FOR VACATIONS
The Hot Springs Plant of Pacif
ic Mills, a unit of Burlington, will
observe the week of August 10 as
a vacation week, it was announced
today by R. Neill Ross, plant manager.
The plant will close down at
the end of operations on Satur
day, August 8, and will resume
operations with the third shift,
Monday, August 17, he said.
Mr. Ross said that all eligible
employees are to receive vacation
pay, based on length of service.
HEALTH DEPT.
ANNOUNCES
DAIRY GRADES
At the end af each six month
grading period our Milk Ordinance
and Code specifies that the grades
of all our dairies and retail milk
products be published in our local
newspaper. Therefore, Margery J.
Lord. M.D.. Madison County Health
Director, announces the following
grades as of July 1, 1964. AU
oroducts of the one local plant,
Anderson's Pasteurisation Plant,
are grade "A" as determined by
inspection records and laboratory
analysis.
In addition to the local plant
five plants from outside the coun
tv market pasteurized milk hero:
Biltmore. Pet, Coble, Bordens and
Sealtest Dairy. Laboratory exami
nation of all milk products sold
continues on grade "A." The pro-
iIimw jloiviea nollinc milk to the
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local plant are grade "A" accord
aerosnace force.
We also have 34 grade "A" pro
ducer dairies selling milk to pro
cessing plants outside this county
MARS HILL GIRL
ATTEND
X-ROADS
Mike Ledford
MIKE LEDFORD
IS FORESTRY
STATE WINNER
Mike Ledford, of Marshall, is
the North Carolina Champion in
Forestry Demonstration, having
won the coveted honor in Raleigh
last week against six district par
ticipants during 4-H Club Week.
Ledford, the son I nr. ana
Mrs. feaymohd Ledford, of Mar
shall, baa won many honors for
his outstanding achievements to
4-H work.
He was presented the state
award by J. C. Jones, Extension
Forestry Specialist and W. D
Reynolds, of Southern Bell and
Telegraph Company. In addition
to the certificate, Ledford also re
ceived an Elgin watch with a 4-H
emblem.
Earl Wise, county 4-H leader,
who is Mike's coach, was present
for the ceremonies.
Other county 4-H members at
tending were: Hilda Gosnell, Shir
ley Mcintosh, Martha Ramsey,
Doris Oantrell, Brenda Ray, Da
vid DeBruhl, Clayton Willis, Jer
ry Dale Hunter, Rocky brooms,
and Roger Rice.
CONSERVATION
IS PRACTICED BY
LOCAL FARMERS
mm
CAMP
BMti Mars Hill Girl Scouts
attended the July 20-25 session at
the Pisgah Girl Scout Council's
new camping site Camp Cross
Roads off NC 191 in Buncombe
County. The group was aeeompa-
nied by Mrs. Glra Phfflipf, Mars
am .TimW Girl Scout Leader, a
In conjunction with Girl Scout
activities (hiking, expiating, flag
rom. singing, folk
dancing, skits, fire building, cook-
outs, natural waKa ana cp
erafts) each girl worked
fjuirements for earning mertt W
sk& Oxtnfa xtsvinr overnight
with Mrs. Phillips completed the
requirements fr Uieir uypr
t-j i Mwnnlfltad. 40 re
quirements eh 14 other merit bad
ges. . TtVn o .t-fpndinor eanVe
nun aui . .
Jo Edwards. List
Vr.,iunn Tmintv farmers are be-
. u.l
coming more aware oi one ""1
fits of conservation farming every
year, cacording to Ralph w. nanj?
aey, office manager for the ASC
service. They have found tnat
conservation is must fa any suc-
t.., Jmvt that from 1950
through 1962 the number of coun-
a .arrVinP out appro veu
bV l,ufo " ."" a
practices under thf egWuKurai
nnnf.0TVnt.inn nrOBTam increase
wUmMi Mtoh vear. In I960
there were 1683 farmers in the
program and in 1962 the number
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aff.
oAUaAn RmTtHrft Murray
IVUUU1BVMI f '
Brackens, Jean Wbod, Joan
Betsy Bobinflm,
. Wanda Sherim, Bauuw"
. Vfcki artt and Shefln
MASONS ENJOY
PICNIC SUNDAY
AT HOT SPRINGS
v uwiAti ttrond Lodge
ooo lviaU. their wives anu
IiUmi enioved the annual Ma-.
, J0 ZTZJZ. AZ w5; at Hot Spring. Ust
Lynn Uruce, -m.. ,1 40 per-
. . v ajl J-J aaar-
erai mmaptu
Dinner was served at tne noi
Serimrs Hotel end an enjoyable
WORK BEGINS
ON SEWERAGE
DISPOSAL PLANT
i Preliminary work was started
here Monday on Marshall's sewer
age disposal plant. Drilling and
other work was started on the Is
land and actual construction of
the plant is expected to get under
way in two or three weeks.
DEMS TO ATTEND
UNITY DINNER
WtMllffTR
Renresentatives from Madison
are expected to attend the Demo
cratic Unity Dinner in Charlotte
Friday, according to Liston B.
Ramsey, county chairman.
State Democratic Party Chair-
man Lunsford urew suaiea .
more than 1200 Democrats from
all over the state are expected to
attend the affair at the Park Cen
ter at 7 p. m., when Secretory of
Commerce Luther H. Hodges will
make the principal address. All
state and district candidates have
indicated they plan to attend. In
addition, Crew stated that he had
received word from the majority
of the unsuccessful primary candi
dates that they will attend.
Party meetings will highlight
the business prior to the Unity
Dinner. These include meetings at
2 o'clock of county chairmen, YDC
nrAsiiionts. Democratic Women
presidents and regional coordinat
ors. An organizational meeting of
the delegation to the National
Democratic Convention in Atlan
tic City will be held at 4 p. m.,
followed by a press conference at
5 p. m. All meetings will be held
in the Queen Charlotte Hotel.
MARS HILL BUS
FOR STUDENTS
TO RUN DAILY
pi.i, for the doily Operation of
college-owned 37-passenger boa
(tween Asneviue ana w "
filS-Ana 1964-65 school year
:,Tinonnfi Thursday by the
k,,. oivAil to lie college by
irir.t Rantfet .Church of Ashe-
w.. onemted during tne
196843 and 1963-64 sessions. Day
mm the Newbridffe. Sto-
ney Knob, WeaverruW, Flat Oseek
and Forks of Ivy sections commuuv
MlAaa An it.
PI W mmm
oMmtr RnhArt Ouunnan. who
Iv.mIIa roaarvations for the
itiMa aaiH that dormitory space ior
women is filled and a waiting Bit
exists. Jus a few rooms are va-
x m.n Iia aafei. Dot SDBll-
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cations are still being accepted
from Qualified students who piar
4- to Tntorested nersons
1 W WWWW '
Jsbould write ralim, he added.
BOND SALES IN
COUNTY ARE 50.1
PERCENTOFGOAL
tt s suvinirs Bonds sales in
North Carolina during the first
six months of the year amounted
to $26,572,315. This is over 53
percent of the State's 1964 quota
of $50 million. Compared with last
year's sales record for the same
period, sales are slightly over 1
percent higher.
During June, sales in North Car
olina were $3,947,938. This is a de
line of more than 9 percent from
the comparable month of a year
ago.
C. L. Rudisill, Jr., Madison
County Volunteer Chairman for
Bonds Program, in making this
release pointed out that Bond
sales in Madison County during
June totaled $12,676. Cumulative
sales for the year amount to $81,-
810, which is 60.1 percent of the
county's quota for this year.
goat.
Pine
Meadow Fork, Little
Testimony Ends Hearings
4-H MEMBERS
NOW ATTENDING
CAMP SCHAUB
STEEL DELAYS
COMPLETION OF
TOMATO PLANT
The tomato plant is nearing
completion on the Marshall by
pass and is expected to be in op
eration in the next few days. Al
though the shed was expected to
be in operation before this date,
failure of some steel for the roof
ing to arrive has caused the de
lay. Officials are optimistic about
the completion of the shed in a few
davs after the steel arrives.
Although some of the early to
mato crop is beinyr harvested it is
.expected that later tomatoes can
be graded and handled at MATO
"We are most anxiously await
ing the steel so the shed can be
in operation," one official state
here this week.
In
4-H members, their leaders and
county 4-H agenfa are now attend
ing the annual campout at Camp
Sehaub, near "Tajmesville.
The agents who are at the Hay
wood County camp are Barbara
Canna alBHt Wise. Leaders
who are tkjm include Hope Fox,
-
following-'
tending the eampt
Delbert Arrington, Joyce Ball,
Janet Buckner, Jane Buckner, Te
resa Buckner. J. a BnuaL Karen
RnP Chandler. Patti Coates, Diane
rnates. Teddv Richard Cody, Mr
garet Dycus, Vickie Sue Edwaras,
R.rhara Edmonds. Jean Edmonds,
.Tav Nealv Edwards, Phillip Elam
t- Thnnv Fisher. Faith iox,
111 ) j v ' ' , , ,
Franklin. Sonnie Gaha
gan, Leonard Gosnell, Loretta Gos
nell, Ronnie Graham, Elissa Lec
Hailey, Freddy Haynie, Fay Hens
ley, Kay Hensley, Van Holt, San
dra Hunter, Jerry Dale Hunter,
Joann Hunter, Pauline King, Gary
T. oHford. Debbie Mayhew, J. Seth
Metcalf, Ricky McDevitt, Wayne
McDevitt, Shirley Mcintosh, Char
lene Nix, David Norton, Dariene
Patsy Plemmons, Jack Radford,
Denny Ramsey, Winfred Ramsey,
Gail Rector, Linda Redmon, Frank
Roberts, Carolyn Robinson, Owen
Slagle, Tommy Shelton, Janice
Sawyer, Charlotte Shupe, ttuaa
Tipton, Barbara Jean West, Rick
ey White, Joy Whitt, raura wmv
son, Gary Worley, Mary Wood,
Sue Worley. ' '.! " !.
HEARING
INTERESTS
YOUTHS
1,098 Pages Of
Testimony Already
Transcribed Here
If you don't believe there's been
many a word spoken during tne
May 30th election hearings here
just ask Mr. Worth, the reporter
who takes down everything that
is said.
As of Monday morning when the
hearings were resumed, 1,098 pag
es (doublespaced on 8xll sheets)
of testimony had been transcribed
with an additional 300 pages in
the process of being transcribed.
Remember, these figures do not
inrliidn t.pstimonv rjresented this
week.
THE ROLE OF ASC
COMMITTEEMEN
Adjournment Comes Soon
After Ceiling Begins
To Leak
The final "loose ends" of the
lengthy hearings concerning vot
ing irregularity charges in the
Mav 30th Democratic Primary in
this county were completed at five
o'clock Wednesday afternoon al
ter testimony from Meadow Fork
and Little Pine had been complet
ed. Although a heavy downpour
of rain slightly cooled the hot
courtroom, it was obvious tnat
members of the State Board or
Elections, attorneys, other offi
cials, witnesses and spectators
glad to breathe fresh air
. 1.2 .t. a.n
again. The Hearings, wmco
for the most part tense, ended on
somewhat humorous note as the
ceiling above Attorneys Leake and
Cocke started to leak irom tne
downpour. Counsel for both sides,
na wpII as board members, amused
each other and all attorneys agreed
that although more teatimoney
was available they moved for adjournment.
BOARD RESTRAINED
state board is restrainea
a courtroom filled with spec-
taom nf tha most interested
on-lookers at the flUffon tSbunty
election probe were junior high stu
dents from Raleigh.
Carolyn Joslin, 13, the daugh
ter of State Election Board Chair
man William Joslin, and Mary Zay
toun. 13. the daughter of election
board member Joe Zaytoun, were
taking notes on the probe into
charees of election irrgularities
in the 34th State Senate district
Democratic primary May 30
Zeno Ponder defeated Clyde Nor
ton by 400 votes in the contested
race.
"We might use the notes when
ve go back to school,' Carolyn
said. "We mayuse them in our
school paper," Mary added. The
girls are both in the eighth grade
at Josephus Daniels Junior High
in Raleigh.
The girls sat through Monday
and Tuesday's testimony from
9:30 in the morning until 5 in the
afternoon and have shown a great
deal of interest in the proceed
ings. Carolyn said they take notes on
what people say and get the gen
eral idea of the hearing.
The farmer-committee system of
administration of farm programs
has been fa effect for more than
thirtv vears. On May 12. 1933 the
Agricultural Adjustment Act was
naased bv the Congress and ap
proved by the President. The pass
age of that Act authorised the
Secretary of Agriculture to esta
blish State and local Committee of
SJkS SSf Frank Hk.n fa urnsville.
Wednesdays levunwuy
for the most part, Veadow Fork
and Little Pine.
ter certain farm programs through
farmer elected committees. Fol
lowing this legislation, the basie
nrocedudes for electing farmer
committeemen was . established.
Since 1938. farmer committeemen
have been elected by their fellow
farmers each year.
The duties of these farmer com
nitteemen have been quite varied
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The
from making a decision in favor
of anyone but Ponder until after
mandamus hearing has been
completed Saturday before Judge
MEADOW FORK
Lee McGaha, a registered Dem
ocrat in the Meadow rork pre
cinct, testified during Wednes
day's hearings that he knew every
registered Democrat in the pre-
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Big Pine
Ends On
Testimony
Monday
Grover Baker Pleads 5th
Amendment; Miss Inez
Caldwell Testifies
"I like the
The registrar of Big Pine Pre
cinct became Monday the first
person to plead the Fifth Amend
ment in the N. C. Board of Elec
tions' investigation of voting ir-
e hearing. lregularities in the disputed May
people best, ro- H nrimarv in Madison
BORLAND
SCHOOL REUNION
SUNDAY, AUG. 9
and faculty
runner . . .
Kr of Dorland-Beu nenw
will have their annual reunion at
Hot Spring on Sunday jvu -
Morning worship
Schol will be held fa Dorknd Me-
1-1 DBAakvttnAii ODurcn. w
, mortal jticbwj" - ,
ginning at 10 o'clock and irnfcnic
lunch will follow r
As usual, wHlbe held i tte
Alpine Court grounds which was
i ,;.BA are cordially
Jntd to bring W
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-rsA ma At Old mSW "
ua . .
, i, tut .nj wATsntD on n
ieuwwu
Those arriving on
a. art,Ar in the Fellow
ship Boom of the church for reg-
i.tiM ami eoliee at iw v. "
fobiawwu flrwm
aKt.F-EBTlMATB
in wiii.ntial man is ona who
'w. th. hllitv to make others ac-
lcept him at his own valuation.
lyn said. "I just like to study the
different characters of the people.
They are not different from the
people in Raleigh." .
"I thought the hearing would be
different," Carolyn said. "I didnt
know it would be this muen rute a
court hearing." . -1
Marv added she got "bored
sometimes when people just keep
talking."
30 Democratic primary in Madison
County.
Graver Baker was the first in
inner lino of witnesses taking
tha stand in almost two months of
questioning that had used the self-
incrimination clause oi the amenu-
or.t n lraan from barme details
fa the ic for the 34th Dfatrlct'i
Monday. Baker was questioned
A. E. Leake. Jr.
Pastes Parti
Medical Exams
aww nUrfdaa Leake. Jr., i
u, .nA Mrs. A. E. Leaxe, ox
Marshall, baa been notified that
he has successfully pasnaa
v. .T.mrnatkma of tne nana
Carolina Board of
faers. The anrsjuncement or yo"
rk-'s achievement was ineo
t,,Ti t Cnmhm. eatielail. N.
Leake, a student at the www-
isity of North Carom,
examination in Kawgn jubo
RKIJP-ANALYSIS
A mm nan alreadv missed the
boat if ho haa talent for erHktam
A fails to use it on hiinaeix.
bv Norton's attorney, Paul Story,
as to how 156 persons voted in the
race when 14 of the 71 persons
registered were Republicans and
10 ballots were not marked.
"I can't say about that," Baker
said.
When Story asked Baker to
ha.!r off the names fa the regis
tration book which he had marked
as having voted on May 30, Ba
ker replied, "I won't do that on
grounds that H may incriminate-
me."
On of Pender's attorneys jump
ed from his seat and asked, "What,
do you mean it might incriminate
yont" . . ...
Baker replied, I
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ffith DfiM Tuesiiy
By Ward Rica
I Hearings
Attacked:
Tense
Lawyers for Clyde Norton pre
.aj iMttmonv Tuesday con
cerning the new registration hook
for the Qimtertown preetnet wmen
they claim is favaM, and why
more Republicans were not regis
tered fa that book.
ThAv also subnoenaed Boy Free
- "f- a..
man HiaeharMd chairman or
Madison County Elections
but he did not snow up.
N. C. Bleetiona Beard, which fa
looking into charges of voting ir
regularities, said he didn't know
if "it is important enough to oring
about another fight."
He referred to taking further
action to get Freeman to appear.
sa Burnet
too busy to afHHHHi
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