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- RECORD voi s NO. a 12 PAGES THIS WA Precinct Probe Begins By Election Board MH Hearings An Switched From Town Hall To 1 Community Bldg. . . The new Madison County Board of Elections started a drive in Mart Hill . to overhaul its ma chinery at he precinct level in hearing which opened Wecmes day afternoon in the town Hall. Charges hare been placed against officials In nine of Madi son's precMMs by- ie Mate -appointed county board, now head ed by Rex Allen of Mars Hill. One of the defense attorneys, however, called it an attempt "to break up the Democratic Party. ' The board seek 3 to remove the precindt (officials on charge of misconduct in the May SO and June 27 primaries. The resignations of the regis trar, the Democratic judge and the Republican judge of one of the precincts were submitted to the board Wednesday through counsel. Other than accepting those res ignations, no decision was mado on any of the precincts Wednes day, Allen said. The hearings will resume at 5 p. m., Thursday in the Mars Hill Community Cen ter. Testimony was heard Wednes day as to the conduct of the past two primaries in Sandy Mush, Little Pine, Big Laurel and Dip Pine. The board will review the evidence and conduct discussions before final decisions are made, according to Joseph Huff, legal counsel for the board. "Joe Huff is trying to break up the Democratic Party in Madison County," William J. Cocke of Asheville, one of the attorneys for the precinct officials, said. "They are giving aid end com fort . to the Republican Party." "fiiey are persecuting several officials eii'-ft&e charges, holding the hearing in the little town hall, and excluding the public and oth er county officials charged," Cocke said. Cocke and A. E. Leake of Mar shall are the defense attorneys Cocke charged that one man was "persecuted for not swearing on the Bible." He said the witness had asked that he simply say "I affirm:" (Continued To Last Page) Additional Lights To Be Installed On Boosters Club Ends Its First Year; New Officers Elected The Marshall Boosters Club ended its first year successfully Monday night and elected a new state of officers who will take of fice at next month's meeting on Monday, October 19. New officers elected were Jim my Sprinkle, president; James Story, vice president; and Mrs. Listen B! Ramsey, secretary treasurer At the conclusion of the meeting, Jim Story, outgoing president, commended the fine cooperation of members and of ficers and turned over the "gavel" to the new president. The only action taken by Mr. Sprinkle was to rename Mrs. Geneva James as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Mrs. James will ap point other members to the com mittee. It MUCH ACCOMPLISHED For the first year, the local club was termed one of the most progressive and active Boosters Clubs in Western North Caroli na. Not only the athletic pro gram has been benefitted by the club bat the entire school facili ties have been enlarged. Among the major acconmlien ments include the beginning of the Summer Program in Marshall which included supervision In sports, games sad instructions fa swimming and diving for local youngsters. This movement, spon sored by the Boosters Club, was made possible by its efforts and that of civic organisations, the (Continued To Page Eight) SCHOOLS CLOSE TO TUESDAY FOR NCEA MEET Educators from schools through. out Western North Carolina wil' gather in Asheville Sept. 29 for a one-day meeting of the West ern District of the North Caroli na Education Association. Governor Terry Sanford wil! address the opening session in the auditorium at Lee Edwards High School at 0:30 a. m. Following the governor's ad dress the various divisions of the association will hold meetings. The Health, Physical Education and Recreation Division, of which Miss Virginia Hart of Mars Hill College is president, will have a track and field fitness demon stration at its session at 2:16 p m., in the boys' gym at Lee Ed ( Continued To Last Page) GRAZING DIVERTED ACREAGE Farmers within the county who diverted corn andor wheat acre age under the 1964 Voluntary Feed Grain and Wheat Programs may begin their designated divert ed acreage on Oct. 1, 1964 if they so desire. In making this an nouncement, Emory Robinson chairman of the Madison County ASC--emraittee also explained that harvesting of the vegetative cover or forage from the desig nated diverted acreage is prohib ited during the entire crop year which ends on Dec. 31. He elso said that farmers who used soy beans as an approved vegetative cover on their diverted acreage or m meeting their conserving acreage requirements must incor porate the soybeans into the soil not later than Sept 30, 1964 by plowing, disking, or other me chanical means. Island Here MHC LIONS TO HOST M.I SATURDAY NIGHT Game To Be Played On High School Field At 8:00 O'clock This Saturday the Mars Hill fighting Lions make their home debut as they nlay host to peren nially strong Marion Institute of Marion, Ala. Tho game will bo played at Mars Hill High School field with kick-off scheduled at 8:00. The Lions, boasting a strong forward wall, both offensively and on defense, are conceded to be favorites against the less exper ienced Marion eleven. Anchoring the nowerful M. H. C. line is Larry Joe Phillips in his fourth vear at center for the Lions. Phillips is a former Mars Hill high star. Tommy Nix, recent Red Tornado standout, will probably see action, also. Coach Don Hen derson reports that he is pleased with the development of Nix at this point of the season. Nix saw limited action against Catawba last Saturday at Salisbury. Also expected to see action is Bob Wood, former Mars Hill Wild cat star. An added feature at halfthne will be the college band whose - - will be decked out in $6,000 worth of new uniforms. MARSHALL, N. C. COUNTY TOBACCO ACREAGE FOR '64J By RALPH W. RAMSHT A summer yof Madison Count ty's tobacco acreage for 1964 reveals that 2806 of the 2890 farms on which allotments were estab lished will harvest 2606.79 acres from the county's total quota of 2618.48 acres. Durning tho 1961 crop year there were 86 tobacco farms which planted no part of their 86.87 acreage quota. The County record for 1968 indicates 2867 of their 291 farms with quo tas harvested 2816.19 acres from the County quote of 2900.88 acres and that only 46 farms failed to grow any part of their 14.68 acreage quota The reduc tion in number of tobacco farms between 1968 and 1964 was due to combination of farms and the lower county quota for 1964 was due to the 10 reduction fa quotas. It is felt that the big in crease in number of farms that planted no part of their 1964 quo ta was brought about by tack of labor, the dry season or the slump in tobacco prices in 1968. The 1964 tobacco record for the county also reveals that 698 farms planted in excess of their farm quota and all except one farm disposed of their excess acreage so as to be eligible for price sup port and evade the paying of pen alty. The 1964 burley crop will be supported at 58. 9c per pound and the penalty rate on excess is 44c per pound. Loose-Leaf Dead Woo Literacy Test Requirements To Be Administered To Each Registrant The "loose-leaf" method f VfTriT" er registration keeps aeaa wooa out of the poll books and gen erally works for smoother regist ration and elections, the sixth Conference jfor Chairmen and Members of County Boards and Elections was told Monday in Battery Park Hotel. Paul N. Guthrie Jr., assistant executive secretary of the N. C. Association of County Commiss ioners, said that with the loose leaf system, "no new registration will ever be needed again." How ever, he cautioned that unless loose-leaf system is kept up to date it will be "a complete waste of money." Guthrie said his investigations of the loose-leaf registration sys tem around the state have shown counties using it "very well Marshall Defeats Cane River Here, 20-6 Tryon Downs Hot Springs Blue Devils, 33-7 Mars Hill Wildcats Upend Cranberry, 20-6 Locals Score In Final Three Periods On Dismal Night The Marshall High Tornadoes evened the season's won-lost rec ord on the Island last Friday night by handing the Cane River Rebels a 20-6 defeat which gives the local grid machine two wins and two losses for the season thus far. ; SL WIBHMW Playing in a mist and heavy fog plus the fact the playing field was wet from daylong Showers, both teams found the ball hard to handle. The Rebels lost three fumbles and the Tornadoes one, but each team recovered its own fumbles numerous times. After a scoreless first period, the Tornadoes and Rebels were forced into a punting gams but midway the quarter the Tornadoes started a drive from midfield that resulted in a touchdown. It was Johnny Fisher, fullback, who crashed over right tackle from the ten to net the TD. Fisher al so dove over guard for the ex tra point. That was all the seor ( Continued To Page Eight) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER WARREN REP0R1 TO BE ON WBT WBTV SUNDAY Findings Of Investigation Of Kennedy's Assassination To Be Aired, Televised Charlotte The findings of the Warren Commission investi gation of John F. Kennedy's as sassination, together with inter views with 26 key witnesses call ed before the Commission since last November, will be reported in summery on both WBT Radio and WBTV Sunday night. The' two-hour report, "Novem ber 22 and the Warren Report," will be telecast on WBTV from 6 until 7 p. m. WBT Radio will provide coverage from 7 until 9. Included in the CBS News Ex tra will be a retracing of tho events of November 22 in Dallas Texas, plus special interviews with Lee Harvey Oswald's widow, Ma rina; Oswald's mother; and Mrs. Ruth Paine, Dallas housewife and former friend of the Oswalds. Other witnesses dealing more with the actual sequence of events were also asked to comment on the CBS report. Among them are Texas Governor John B. Connal ly, victim of one of the assassin's bullets; employees of the book de pository from which the assaa in is believed to have shot; Dal las policemen and various others who had contact with Oswald be fore and after the shooting oc- ( Continued to Last Page) - oil Books d. Off icials Are Told pleased" With the results. How ever, he cautioned elections offic ials to look carefully into the cost , of equipment be fore making purchases He cited an unnamed small North Carolina county with some 7,000 possible voters where the system was installed and a full registration held at a cost of $2. 412. In a larger unnamed county, Guthhrie said, cost of installation and the new registration was $9, 525. The number of names of vot ers registered dropped from 30, 000 to 19,000 after the new, loose leaf registration. Guthrie said this is a typical result of the purging of names which are no longer current from the voting lists which occurs with installa tion of the loose-leaf system. At the same session, the elec tion officials were strongly advis ed that, under the new Civil Rights Act, there must be com Fumbles, Mistakes Hurt HS Team; Devils Have Open Date Fri. The Blue Devils of Hot Springs High School journeyed to Tryon for a game with the high flying Tigers last Friday night and were defeated, 33 to 7, but the score doesn't indicate the closeness of the game. Tryon's first touch down was of the gift variety as Kenny Davis fumbled a Tryon punt on his own 4 yard line ear ly in the first quarter with Fish er, Tryon fullback, carrying over from that point Early in the second period an Andy Hancock pass to Tom Kimpton accounted for the second Tryon touchdown. Late in the second period Hot Springs was forced to punt and a poor punt which fell about the line of scrimmage set up the third Tryon touchdown. The half end ed with Tryon leading 20-0. Early in the third period the Blue Devil offense began to click for good yardage through the cen ter of the biff Trvon line and 24, 1964 10c PER COPY Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Ponder-Norton Controversy 4-H POULTRY EXHIBIT, SALE HERE SATURDAY Ten members of the 4-H Poul try Chain wil lexhibit and sell try chain will exhibit and sell at 10:30 on the Courthouse lawn. Each member will receive a cash award and ribbon according to the quality of the job they have done in growing out the pullets. Sears, Roebuck Foundation spon sors the poultry chain in Madison County. The pullets will sold in lots of twelve to the highest bidder. The proceeds from the Bale will be used to purchase 1,000 baby chicks for the 1966 chain. Anyone interested in buying some of the Sex-Link pullets should be pres ent for the sale. Driver's License Office To Be Closed Oct. 7, 8 The Driver's License Division of the Department of Motor Ve hicles will be closed here Wed nesday and Thursday, October 7 and 8. Will Purge pletely uniform application of the North Carolina literacy test forMregiatering voters. . ;MKmry W. Lewis, assistant di rector of the Institute of Govern ment, said the widespread prac tice of registering a voter known personally to the registrar with out administering the literacy test will no longer stand up. Lewis urged the elections offi cials to take simple passages from the state constitution and have them copied by the appli cants without exception. William Joslin, chairman of the State Board of Elections, said some counties in the state have been "lenient" in their interpre tation of the literacy test re quirements, and have accepted a signature alone as satisfactory. He said the Civil Rights Act re quires specifically that where there is a state literacy test, its application must be absolutely uniform. Tolley Paces Wildcats With Two touchdowns; mggs Scores For Visitors Charles Tolley scored two touchdowns and Mars Hill High racked up its fourth straight foot ball victory, 20-8, over Cranberry High at Mars Hill Friday night A crowd of 800 watched the game in a downpour of rain. Eddie Casteiloe put Mara Hul head 6-0 at the half by plung ing one yard for a second quarter touchdown. Tolley scored in the third and fourth periods on plun ges of four yards each time Steve Davis and Garland Hunter ran the extra points. Gary Biggs intercepted a Mars Hill pass and ran it 80 yards for Hie Cranberry touchdown in tin fourth. Despite the rain. Mars Hill gained 244 yards an the C First downs 4 14 Rushing yardage M 244 PMjng yarda Passes bVcepted by 1 A Punts 2-21 2-81 Fumbles lost 2 1 Yards penalised 0 16 Cwiberrv 0 0 0 6 YiuUilK S3 ZONING PLAN OKEYEDBYHOT SPRINGS BOARD To Present Plana To Town Council; Public Hearing The Hot Springs Planning Board has recommended adoption of a Zoning Ordinance for the Town of Hot Springs. Prepared by staff personnel of the West ern North Carolina Regional Planning Commission, the ordi nance establishes the following zoning districts: Residential Commercial, Floodway, Industrial and Heavy Commercial, and Ag ricultural Transition. Under state law, when a town is zoned, all of the land area must be included. Specific uses per mitted are listed in the ordinance. The proposed ordinance will bo presented to the Town Council for their study and adoption. Be fore going into effect, a public hearing must be held at which time the interest and advice of the general public is solicited. Accomplishments Of Feed Grain Program Cited A total of 358 of the 2203 Coun ty's Feed Grain farms took an active part in this year's volun tary Feed Grain Program, accord ing to Ralph Ramsey of the coun ty ASCS office. He explained gram 'Ire to hold, the production (Continued To Last Page) Roberts Launches Campaign At Dinner, Rally Here Tues. INCUMBENT ASC COMMITTEE LS REELECTED The commupity farmer-elected ASC delegates met in a conven tion here on Friday, Sept. 18 and elected the three incumbent meni ebrs of the county ASC commit tee to serve for another term of one year. The newly elected members of the county ASC board are: Emory Robinson, of Mars Hill, chairman; Antiy N. Woody of Spring Creek, vice chair. man; and R. C. Briggs, of Upper Laurel, regular member. Alter nate members elected to serve in case a vacancy should occur in the membership of the three reg ular members were Fred Tran- tham of Meadow Fork as first al ternate and Wayne Burnette of Upper Laurel as second alternate Members of the newly elected ASC board will , begin their new term of office on Oct 1, 1964 and serve for one year or until their successors have been elected. Toe principal duties of the county ASC committee are similar to that of a hoard of directors in that they are responsible for the adminis tration of ASCS farm programs at the local level. FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT: Marshall at East Yancey Spruce Pine at Mars Hill Hot Springs (open) SATURDAY NIGHT (College) g Marion Institute at Mars High Tribunal Expected Render Decision The State Supreme Court heard opposing arguments fat Ra leigh Tuesday on whether the State Board of Elections had the authority to make an investiga tion into charges of election Ir regularities in this county. The arguments came as the court heard an appeal growing out of the disputed State Senate Democratic race between Zeno Ponder and Clyde Norton. When the ballots were counted Hay 30, Ponder had an apparent 400-vote lead over Norton. The state board made a lengthy inves tigation and announced last month that Norton should have been de clared the winner in the four county 34th Senatorial District. The board threw out the re turn in six precincts, terming them "fraudulent" This gave the decision to Norton, the board said. Superior Court Judge J. Frank Huskins directed the state board to recommend a winner in the Senate race, but to leave certifi cation up to a Madison Superior Court jury. Deputy Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody told the Supreme Court the hands of the state board "should not be tied" in making its find ing in the dispute. He said Judge Huskins "placed us in a posture that a jury trial could be held. We contend this cannot be held"' in Madison County. Moody said Ponder has taken the position that the state board is "a mere adding machine" ag ency. He argued that the 193" legislature made changes in the state law which gives the state (Continued To Page Eight) Scores Demos; Courtroom Is Filled For Rally Following Dinner As long as Western North Car olina remains' "in the bag'" for the Democratic party, the moun tain region of the state will nev er see the progress to which it is entitled, the ltlh District Repub lican nominee to Congress declar ed here Tuesday night. Speaking at a rally staged here to launch his campaign hi the Nov. 3 election, Clyde M. Roberts told a district gathering that nei ther national nor state govern mens will recognise the needs cf a region that assures its political support when the money they should spend in it could awing an election elsewhere. "Why should Washington or Ra leigh cater to the interests of the citizens of Western North Caro lina so long as they need the money in other areas which are bipartisan and in which expendi tures might make the difference in which party comes into pow er?" Roberts asked. The GOP candidate, who Mon day night shared the platform in Charlotte with the Republican nominee for president, was the principal speaker at the rally, which was preceded by a fS-e-plate dinner in the school cafe teria here. J. Herman Saxon of Charlotte, state GOP chairman, had been scheduled to make the major ad dress on Roberts' behalf, but was confined to bed Monday on or ders from his physician. Saxon, 66, also missed his "birthday coliseum by Mm.; TtV,;