WEEK
8, 1964
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ear In Madison Adiobuna OoumtUe
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State Board Delays
Making Case On
Contempt Charges
Joslin Say "No Rush"
Action Against
Freeman
In
The State Elections Board indi
cated Thursday it may wait until
October before pressing: contempt
charges gainst Roy Freeman,
ousted chairman of the Madison
County Board of Ejections.
Freeman failed to rospond to
two subpoenas and a Superior
Court order by Judge J. Will Pleas
that he appear before the North
Carolina Board of Elections' hear
ings into charges of voting irreg
ularities in this county.
PI ess ordered Freeman to appear
ait tile courthouse here where till
board was hearing testimony con
cerning charges of voting irregu
larities daring the May 30th Dem
ocratic primary for the 34th Sea
atorial District nomination.
Freeman didn't appear and Wil
liam Joslin, Elections Board chair
man, asked the state attorney
general's office to begin contempt
proceedings.
Joslin said "there is no rash"
in pressing the contempt charges
against Freeman.
The next term of Superior Court
in Marshall is set for August, but
Judge Pleas will be a vacationing
in Russia, his office said. The
next termr will be in October.
Joslin also pointed out since
the board has ended its bearings,
it is too late for Freeman. to ap
pear before the board. Elections
Board members wanted to ask
Freeman about a missing regis-:
tretion book for the Guntertown
precinct and several other mat-
one but Ponder the nominee. Pon
der also crained a mandamus
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WALNUT HOME
DESTROYED BY
FIRE TUESDAY
The attractive home of Mr. MB
Mrs. Ernest Ramsey and family
located in Walnut was Completely
destroyed by fire early Tuesday
morning. In addition to the borne,
11 furniture and household good
re loot. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey
two children were in South
rolina on vacation.
The origin of the fire, discovered
nwakendd neighbors, la not
The Marshall volunteer firemen
ered the call about 8:00 a.
but the fire was beyond ex -
A nearby home was not damag
es firemen conserved the wa-
r supply to protect the house
ter it was discovered that it
too late to use water on the
sey home.
Mr. Ramsey is associated with
hall Tire & Recapping Com-
here.
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TOM
IN ASH
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A series of frarmui
uonai IIMMHHBM
srs win be launched by
Carolina Farm Bureau
August, State JPrmiaent,
Mangum has announced.
W"
hit nt iJmn
lHUaTBOJUltC V
DR. W. A. SAMS
IS CITED FOR
AAGP DEVOTION
Local Physician Is Paid High
Tribute In Academy
Publication
The following tribute is repub
lished from the July issue of. Tar
Heel Practitioner which cites Dr.
jWL A. Sams, beloved Marshall
physician, for his
TAX LIST TO
BE PUBLISHED
NEXT THURSDAY
The 1963 delinquent tax list will
be published in next week's issue,
according to law, it was stated
this week by Byard Ray, county
tax collector.
"If you pay your delinquent
1963 taxes before next Tuesday
your name will not appear in the
M
covering
burley
offer
tobacco 1:
sessions
ranging
ville.
"Ti
crucial
year,
said.
solid f
thorough
tion and
The
be the
Bureau's f
resolutions for 1968.
deveolpmMf
yield off!
range of ai
issues, beg
graa
0 grow
the North
in early
B. C.
meetings,
red and
ed "to
current
le." The
location
to Ashe-
State Board Withdraws
Change Of Venue Motion
against the board which asks
to say why Ponder should not
named the winner.
it tt
be I in
you in order to express to
the North Carolina cnapter some
Indication of the measure of es-
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Sts din,
Bureau JSamwmmWmTML W
clock.
Mangum is urging "a good turn-
can't whip an enemy that we can't
idpntifv." he said, -and we cant
quite mbSmBm meetings for State
- -T bers and anyon
Ci SLfl NOMINATIONS DUtrict TT
Farmers are being remroded Ieal
process,
ns in the Fs
many
tais
farm leader
On a
require a
the situu-
deliberation."
meetings will
for Farm
of tobacco
jRa; jolicy
which will
on a iuii
jecta and
Jl witii loci
reaches
n Farm
Decem-
GOP CANDIDATE
In
see
CHAMBERS IS
GOP CANDIDATE
FOR N. C. SENATE
Will Oppose Either
Or Norton In November
Election
Although there is considerable
doubt as to who will be his op-
m the November election,
Senate from the 34th
il District, it is an as-
e& fact that William C. Cham
a will be the Republican can-
Chambers, who is engaged in
. general practice of low in
rftfe (McDowell County), was
NOLAN ADAMS
IS BEEF SHOOT
WINNER WED.
Marshall Man Uncanny With
Muzzle-Loading
Rifle
Nolan Adams, a sharpshooter
from Marshall, is the new king of
the manle-loadin' rifle clan.
He dominated the 26th annual
Catalooehee Ranch Beef Shoot
Wednesday on the mile-high to
bleland of Fie Top Mountain,
above Maggie Valley.
Adams dethroned Vee Jones of
Waynesvilla, the 196S champion,
with some expert shooting in a
wind that mode rifle balls swerve
and dip acid rise throughout the
day-long matches.
More than 126 rifle crackers
from oil over the country battled
it out from early morning until
late afternoon in what has devel
oped into one of America's unique
RnnH.lnff pvpnis
Adorns has', been shooting' a Hr Bawlrins.
muzzle loader all his life. Hie
Move Is Made To Speed Up
Says
: i.-. ; -
In surprise move by the State
Board of Elections, a preliminary
bout, won over Zeno Ponder in the
letter's legal battle for hit dis
puted 84th District Democratic
nomination to the Senate, has
been handed back to the Madison
County political leader.
The state board has withdrawn
its motion for a change of Venue
for a Superior Court hearing re
quested by Ponder.
A petition for a writ of man
damus which would order the
tote board to show cause why it
does not certify. Ponder as the
Democratic nominee on the basis
of bis 400 -vote margin over Clyde
M. Norton of .did. Fort will be
heard in Pender's home judicial
district despite a ruling here in
July 22 in favor of the board.
The state board, which woujjd
up last week an investigation of
alleged voting . irregularities in
Madison County on May 30, was
granted a change of venue by
Madison Superior Court Clerk
William Joslin. chairman of the
year-old native of Madison GjtWtate boorasaid Monday that the
hunted squirrels -wit a mfiaghMWft to movene. mwnoamna near
loader as a boy. . . 7 f.4frg to Raleigh waa abandoned on-
He has been shooting in match
es since 1968. In 1960, his son,
Charles, now a student at the
University of North Carolina, worn
the crown, beating out his father
by an eighth of an inch.
Besides winning top shooting
honors, Adams shared in the four
way division of a prize beef put
er, owner of
ly as a means of expediting com
pletion of the legal entanglements.
Ponders attorneys had immedi
ately appealed the clerk's decision
to the judge of Superior Court.
T us, Joslin mid, would amount to
mother 10-day waiting period.
The state attorney general's of
fice, which is representing the
tote board m the legal actions by
did not disagree with
Ponder Is Confide!
Will (Set Decision
He
Would Withdraw If "One
Fraudulent Vote"
Proven
Zeno Ponder said Saturday that
he would withdraw from the 34th
District State Senatorial race if
the State Board of Elections could
prove that "one fraudulent vote"
hod been cast in the disputed May
30 primary.
The elections board probe into
alleged vote fraud has failed to
prove "that there was a single
fraudulent vote for anybody,"
Ponder said He edged Clyde Nor
ton, McDowell County commission
er, by a margin of 400 votes in
the race for the four-county Dem
ocratic nomination.
It was Norton's protest, charg
ing voting irregularities in Madi
son County, that triggered the
State Board of Elections investi
gation which was adjourned here
last week.
"The hearings, by innuendo, cast
a bad reflection on the electiop
officials in Madison County," fon
der mid. He said be believes his
nomination will lit upheld h:fc$
state board.
Ponder said ha was a scapegoat
for Cor. Terry Sanford end defeat-
ad gubernatorial
Richardson Prayer,
doubt m my
that William
pointed State
chairman, an
standing of 1
Madison Con
ganisotion
"And
Catholic Chapel
On Wheels Now
On (Island Here
The Catholic Motor Mission, the
Chapel on Wheels, is being , shown
around Madison County at the
present. Farther Paul Gilvary, pas
tor at Hot Springs, has already
exhibited the chapel in Hot Springs
and Spring Creek. It is now on
the Island in
Friday, Aug. 7. The program is
from 8 to 9 o'clock and consists of
hymns recorded by Tennessee Er
nie Ford; a short spiritual talk and
a half-hour film on the Life of
Jesus.
for mem
bership on community committees
now are being established at the
ASCS county office. And a special
effort is being made to secure the
greatest possible participation in
leligible voters in the election. ...
Emory Robinson, chairman, Ag
ricultural Stabilization and Con
servation Madison County commit
tee, said today that farmers who
are eligible to e in the commit
tee electie&gjttMS have the right
to nominate as candidates for com
mittee membership any farmer
who is eligible and willing to serve
Such petitions, signed by six or
more eligible voters, may be filed
at the county office any time be
fore August 20.
Additional nominations may be
made by the incumbent ASC com
munity and county committees, if
these are required or determined
desirable.
Larger Transformers
Marshall through re Installed By
French Broad Co-op
The Chapel baa been on exhibit
at the State Fair and several
county fairs over the past ten
years. Tins is the first exhibition
in this county, however.
The public is invited to attend
Roberts Attending
GOP Conference In
Washington, D. C.
M. Roberta Republican
for Congress in this dis-
Wednesday for Waah
C, wham ha win sfcv
Congressional Condi
candidate L.
"Thero is no J Clyde
mind." Ponder ukL eanaitfote
ity Democratic orwaa accompanied by his
could be exploited J They expect to return to jsa
because of this they Sunday night.
There waa a planned power in
terruption . on Wednesday,. August
6, from 12:46 p. m., to 4:30 p. m.,
at the Marshall Sub-Station.
This interruption affected all
the western and southern sections
of Madison County, and the Sandy
Mum, Leicester and Ivy Hill sec
tions of Buncombe County. The
purpose of the interruption was
to permit the Cooperative to in
stall some larger transformers at
the Marshall Sub-Station. The
nacitv of the Sub-Station was
increased from 6000 KVA to 7600
KVA. This slep was taken to take
mfaapf the increased am of elec-
I mmm mv
The Board of Dimeters wishes
to monk the residents for their
cooperation ' in permitting this
work to be dene.
ers of Buncombe
and Madison countiife iU hold
their annual planning conference
next Monday night,VVugust 10, ot
Hi fitwe Methodist Church in
Asheville. The conference will be
gin with a general assembly at
7:30 p. m. JjgELw.i
Immediately following the as
sembly the leaders 'Will divide in
to four groups. The district com
mittee and the. commissioner's
staff will meet jointly to discuss
and plan a district program' and
calendar in the areas of Unit or
ganisation, Leadership Training,
Camping and Activities, Advance
ment, Health and Safety, and Finances.
NOTICE
To be assured of publication, all
copy should be in The News-Record
office BEFORE Thursday, morn
ing. , 'a ?"
Nearly every Wehews from
several communi'ties, .
other articles, arrive
publication. We ask Oil these who
lb the general election of 1946
Chambers was elected on ."the Re
publican ticket as representative
from McDowell County and served
in the 1947 session of the General
Assembly.
In World War II he served with
the 7th Armored Division in the
campaign of France, Belgium, the
Rhineland and Central Germany,
and was awarded the Bronze Star
Medal.
Since 1946 he has been a mem
ber of the Marion Posts of Veter
ans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and
the American Legion where he
served one year as Commander of
the American Legion Post in Ma
rion. He is marikd to the formei
Elizabeth Gilkey and they reside on
View Point Drive in Marion.
40 hJtma45' tfTV MMrk. matter of work!
Da UaM
D6 nciQ
Mars Hill Scouts
To Meet Friday
Vote Hearing To
In Burnsvffle Saturday
wish articles and.
to mall it in time,
edifice as soon as
sure publication.
tion is appreciated.
The Mors Hill Boy Scouts will
bold a meeting Friday in the Mars
.yell . aslHitl Baptist Church where a cook
tote for out will be planned.
Scoutmaster James Hunter and
Assistant Scoutmaster Joe Her
nandez urges all Scouts to attend
the meeting. '' 1 J 2
.published
if . .
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8-
mm
YoirF- coopera
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Jl Melh.
rabaffre e
Courthouse
Again Strikes;
Started Tuesday
Many local citizens expressed
satisfaction Tueodarrning when
use clock startotf
ma caurtno
"nAin (iff" everr hour after
ring silent for syqml weeks.
wJa Wnev. auditor, who is m
Kh ,Mr la disconnected so the
rikkm each boor wonkfe't dis-
tnrh anvone. but Huey
BOB THOMAS IS
IN CHARGE OF
DRIVER ED. HERE
Joe Bennes Who
Haa Served 7 Years
In County
form
Boh
er in Yancey
MRS. WORLEYE
INJURED TUES.
IN COLLISION
Mrs. Ralph Worley, of Walnut
Creek, was painfully injured about
7:30 a. m., Tuesday when the car
which she was driving collided
with a truck driven by Glenn Rob
erts of Marshall Rt. 1. Roberts' son,
Danny, anbVunotfaer occupant in
the truck. Oliver Franklin, were
uninjurred. The truck was demol
ished and the car badly damaged
Mrs. Worley was rushed to St
Joseph's Hospital but was releas
ed when it was found she was not
seriously injured. She is now at
her home.
A Superior Court hearing grow
ing out of the Stated-Board of
Elections investigation of alleged
voting irregularities in Madison
County on May 30 has been con
tinued until this Saturday, Aug.
8, in Burnsville at 10 a. m. JgjiJ
The hearing, scheduled for last
Saturday before Judge J. Frank
Huskins of Burnsville was post
poned. It had originally been
scheduled as a hearing on an ap
peal by attorneys for Zeno Ponder
of a change of venue granted by
the clerk of Superior Court on a
motion of the State Board of Elec
tions. Ponder, whose victory in the
Democratic contest for nomination
to the 34th District Senatorial seat
was protested by Clyae m. worwm,
of Old Fort, had petitioned for a
writ of mandamus which would di
rect the state board to show cause
why it should not certify him aa
the winner.
Dance, Folk Festival To
Start In Asheville Tonight
Ator 37 years, it will come as
olinians that the Mountain Dance
no surprise to Western Norm Car-
and Folk Festival will bo ogam
KJMJHheville City Audi-
. 1 . . . ae .
fche courthouse, stated ma past ires yearn, m iwao
tu. ..wmi Tannic raauested Wat tfoe nvanm as inn emugww
and
County schools far 1 day) "along about
iMammasmMisMhta
... jSi ,
wmi me
Department in
Thomas was
Reidsville wham ho h
tog in the
oldest
i ii ii 1 1 1 rt a n
mtW-.-vw J rs kept
tvie hOUX ml'l ia
sundown people in to play,
to sing and to dance. For that
unlike other festivals
We never bare a find pro-
rogram bos ai-
open to oecommo
wish to come and