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i J (i liTji Ja a aMBnannaw a THE NE CORD MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1964 10c PER COPY 2.60 A Year In Madison ft Adjoining Count! 4.00 A Year OuUida The Ooantin VOL. S NO. 44 16 PACES THIS WEEK County Voters Primed For Election Next Tuesday i Precinct Officials Are Named For Election Tues. Listd below are the Madison County precinct officials who are slated to serve on November 3, 1964, as announced by Rex Allen, Chairman of the county board of elections. The iii'st name is the Democratic Registrar, the second is the Democratic Judge, and the third name is the Republican Judge: 1W1 Mrs. Heltie Blankenship, I'aige ling-man, Jimmy Sprin kle, Jr. 2W1--Ered Shelton, Ray Tweed, N. D. Landers. 3 Irma Sprinkle, Howard Kd wards, Carson Roberts. 4W1 Hugh Haynes, Warren Andcrc, William Metcalf. 5 James E. Ramsey, Harold Wallin, Carl Cody. 6 Zack Reeves, Allen Rail, Neely Bradbum. 7 Troy WiLson, Wayne Rob erta, Lon Sluder. 8Wl-John Gentry, Raymond Price, Frank Plemmonfi. 9 R. C. Kirliy, H. W. Foster, Troy Self. lOWlMable Gentry, Mrs. Vel- (Contimued To Page Eight) Solicitor Criminal County Election Case "Report Is Vague And Indefinite," Solicitor Swain Says By JAY HENSLEY Citizen Staff Writer The Madison County vote fraud case is closed as far as the dis trict solicitor is concerned. Robert S. Swain, 19th District Superior Court solicitor, said this week that he plans no criminal prosecution in the State Board of Elections probe which resumed in reversal of Madison County's May 30 election returns and the ouster of a number of officials. The State Board's investigation was climaxed when the Supreme Court broke legal binders to allow the Board to certify Clyde Norton of Old Fort as the Democratic nominee to the State Senate from the 34th District. Norton had charged widespread irregularities in Madison on May 30 when his opponent, Zeno Pon der of Marshall, came out with a 400-iballot lead in the four-county race. The Board of Elections agreed with Norton after a series of hear ings and threw out a host of con tested ballot enough to swing the decision to Norton. A bulky report on the Investiga tion was compiled by the State Board of Elections, and a copy was sent to Swain. The board has no power to initiate criminal ac tions. ?the report is vague and in definite;" Swain said. "It fails to furnish any clue as to who was responsible for any wrongdoing ..." Swain said he plans to place a copy of the report in the hands of the Madison County grand jury. During the lengthy investiga tive hearings, the State Board of Elections ousted the Madison Elec tion Board Roy Freeman, chair man; Ernest Snclaon, secretary; and Jack Guthrie, Republican member. And just before the probe wan launched, all 23 of Madison's pre cinct poll books disappeared. If they were ever located, the find was net made public. In Hs report, the board said it found evidence that Madison elec (Contlaue To Page Three) CIVIL TERM TO START HEREON NEXT MONDAY Jurors Are Not To Report Until Wednesday, November 4 It was announced here t'nis week that the November term of su perior court for the trial of civil cases will start here Monday morning with Judge J. Will Pless presiding. It was further announced that there will be no court on Tuesday due to the gener.il election. Judge Pless also stated that jurors would not have to report until Wednesday morning, Novem ber 4. Cases not involving jurors will be tried Monday, it was explained. Plans No Action In MARS HILL TO RECEIVE $6,000 PLANNING GRAN1 Washington Five Western North Carolina localities will re ceive federal planning grants to tolling $33,780, Congressman Roy A. Tayor announced Friday The grants are being provider1 by the Urban Renewal Adminin tration of the Housing and Home Finance Agency to help the town.i and counties pay for planning ur ban renewal projects. The federal grants will cover about two thirds of the total cost of planning work on each project. The funds will be distributed as follows: Jackson County, $4,500; Columbus, $3,000; Hendersonville, $14,280; Mars Hill, $6,000; an 1 Murphy, $6,000. MHS HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL HERF SATURDAY NIGHT Marshall High School will have the annual Hallowe'en Carnival Saturday night, Oct. 31, with the doors opening at 6:00. Plan to come out at that time and eat supper. There will be plenty of homemade food on sale. An entertaining variety musical program has been planned for the entertainment of young and old. A gala costume parade will be staged arid prizes awarded. Bingo, cake walks, a hall of h(W a fishing pond, a Beetle contest, and many other items will be featured. As the climax Kings and Queens will be chosen in the primary, el ementary and high ebooi. LACKS CONFIDENCE The fellow who is throughly convinced that he's a failure is very seldom mistaken. BALLOTS ARE REPORTED MISSING A bundle of 100 ballots has been reported missing in election-troubled Madison County. The ballots, to be used in the Nov. 3 county contest between Democrats and Republicans, were missed on Oct. 21 as they were being counted out for delivery the Madison County Hoard of Flections. James Story, newspaper pub lisher here and operator of the print shop producing the balloto, reported the incident, according to Rex Allen, county Elections Board chairman. Story's employees said they counted out 9,500 ballots, on Oct. 20, and when delivery was being made to Allen the following day they came up 100 ballots short. Allen said there is a possibiity that a miscount occurred on Oct. 20, but in view of rumors circu lating to the effect that a plot s j underway "to duplicate the offi cial ballot in Madison County," Ithe incident was reported io State Board of Elections Chairman Wil liam Joslin. "There is no criticism of Mr, Story." Allen said. Story said 600 of the board's order of 10,000 comity ballots had previously been delivered to Allen for use as ab sentee ballots. Car Damaged By Fire This A. M. The 1961 Ford car belonging to Fleet Nix, Jr., was damaged by fire early Thursday morning near Tillery Branch Road on US 25-70. The Marshall firemen were call ed to the scene but the blaze had been extinguished when they ar rived. Extent of damage was not known. RIGHT AND WRONG Men can be divided into two classes those who have good reasons for doing things and those who have excuses. Wildcats Roll Over Tornadoes, 46-7, Sat.; Rosman Defeats Blue Bevils, 27-6, Sat.; Tornadoes Edge Crossnore, 13-7 Mon. Tolley Scores 4 Touchdowns; Tornadoes Stopped Cold The Mars Hill Wildcats piled up 414 yards rushing and 43 yards through the air to crush the Mar shall Tornadoes, 46-7 last Satur day night at Mars Hill before an estimated 1,400 cold and shiver ing fans. Hie win gave the well balanced and powerful Wildcats, coached by Roy Yates Amnions, the county football championship and left the Wildcats firmly in first place in the Appalachian Conference. The game, postponed from Fri day night to Saturday due to (he death of Coach Amnions' mother, waa expected to far closer than it was although Man Hill was heav ily favored. In what was hoped night be an upset by local fans it tamed out to be a setup instead. Marshall won the ton and elected to re ceive. Unable to gam on the first handler punted. On the (Continued To Page Eight) , Education Week Leader Mrs. Georsfe Shupe MRS. SHUPE IS EDUCATION WEEK LEADER Mrs. Felix S. Barker, president of the North Carolina Congress Parents and Teachers, has an nounced the appointment of Mrs Ceorge B. Shupe of Walnut as state chairman for American Ed ucation Week November 8-14. Nationwide, more than 32 mil lion parents are expected to visit their local schools during this week. "We want each person to re member that good schools we, to a very large degree, his personal responsibility," Mrs. Shupe said, "and we want North Carolinians to especially be aware of the work of our schools as we go "J the ladder of achievement.'' Mrs. Shupe is a social studies teacher at Marshall High SjffioaT where she has taught for several years. She is otate chairman of publicity for the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teach ers, serves as vice chairman of Madison County Library Board, and a former state officer of North Carolina Home Demonstra tion Clubs. Theme for this year's Ameri can Education Week is "Educa tion Pays Dividends." T. N. Henderson Suffers Injury T. N. Henderson, of Marshall, Assistant Signal Maintenance Men for Southern Railway, was injur ed Tuesday when a large sledge hammed dropped on his left foot, linjuring two toes on the foot. Everett Shelton Scores Blue Devil TD In Final Period Larry Franks scored two touch downs as the Rosman Tigers beat Hot Springs 27-6 at Brevard last Saturday night Pranks scored in the second on a 62-yard run and a 75-yard run. Devon McCall ran the extra point. In the fourth period Bob Hoxit scored on a five-yard run and Charles Chapman hit Richard SpiL lan for a 26-yard pass and touch down. Ralph McCall ran the ex tra point. Everett Shelton score for Hot Springs on a five yard run in the fourth quarter. First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage 9 119 40 4-10 18 861 60 8-9 1 2-42 8 60 in'capted by 0 Punts 6-24 Fumbles lost 0 Yards oenalised Hot Sorbin 0 18 14-271 NO TOTALS ON REGISTRATION IN THIS COUNTY Rex Allen, chairman of the Mad ison County hoard of election!, announced this morning that pen ding official certification of regis tration held in the county it was impossible at this time to release any figure as to the total number of persons who htve registered. VOTER RIGHTS CITED BY STATE ELECTIONS BD. Rex Allen, chairman of the Madison County board of elections, (his week released the rights of the voters as given by William Joslin, chairman of the State State Hoard of Elections. The re lease follows: I want to outline the safeguards in our laws that will be used as necessary. Interested citizens should know and use these pro cedures. Our officials will wel come the interest and concern of our citizens. 1. Any interested voter has the right to go to the polls at his own precinct before 6:30 a. m., to inspect the ballot boxes before they are closed, and to assure him self that they are empty. 2. During the day any voter has (l right to keep lists of voters and to observe the polls, so long as he remains 60 feet from the poll ing place. ' 8. Immediately after the polls close, anv interested voter in the jisfecinct has the right to enter tne voting enclosure and to ob serve the entire proceeding of op ening the ballot boxes, calling the ballots, and tabulating the vote. 4. Similar rights of inspection apply in those precincts having (Continued To Page Four) ELECTION DAY NECESSITATES MANY CLOSING Some people consider election day anything but a holiday but not true with others. A quick sur vev in Marshall reveals that firms, agencies and others closing include all county schools, banks courthouse, Farm Bureau, License Tag Office, Welfare Dept. i Bobby Fisher And Ralph Candler Score In Ihird Period For Win A pass interception and fumble recovery in the third period set up two touchdowns and carried Mar shall to a 13-7 victory over Cross nore here Monday night Marvin Martin intercepted a Crossnore pan in the third and returned it to the 46 yard line. Marshall moved to the one where Bobby Fisher plunged across for the score. SB ijifaj. ,j ': ... , yj ,;! Marshall kicked and on the second play Danny Rice recover ed a fumble and Marshall took control again. James Sprinkle passed to Ralp dandier who ear- Tied 46 yards for a second touch down. Candler also kicked tin ex- Crossnore scored in the first pe riod on a 5-yard pan play fron Troy Ledford to Steve Arnetto. 6 Ledford passed to Keith (Continued To Page Eight) New Hoard Mrmbrr uaaurffiL vVMajaVaaflBBUV BaH' aH S f n Br Virginia H. Anderson MRS. ANDERSON NEW MEMBER BD. OF EDUCATION Prominent Hot Springs Resident Succeeds Swann Huff Mrs. Virginia II. Anderson, of Hot Springs, has been named to the Madison County Board of Ed ucation to fill the unexpired term of her father, Swann B. Huff, who has resigned. The announcement was made by Robert L. FJdwards, superintend ent of schools, and Rep. Liston B. Ramsey, after confirmation from Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state superintendent of schools, and Dr. William D. Herring, chairman of the State Board of Education. (Continued To Page Eight) t 1 - 1 Mm. New Board Of Elections Criticized By Ramsey By JAY HENSLEY Citizen Staff Writer The chairman of the Madison County Democratic Party charged Wednesday that the new County Board of Elections here is "con spiring and scheming- to defeat Democratic candidates at all cost.'' Rep. Liston B. Ramsey, chair man fo the Madison Democratic Executive Committee and the Dem ocratic nominee from this county to the State House of Representa tives, made that charge and otli ers -in a telegram to William E Joslin, chairman of the State Board of Elections. Joslin said Wednesday night that he had not received the tele gram ,and refused to comment un til after Ramsey's message reach ed him in Raleigh. "On the basis of what I con sider to be reliable information, I am sending this telegram for the purpose of preferring charges County Is Designated Emergency Loan Area Damages By Drought, Rain, Frosts Reason For Action Madison County has been desig nated by the Secretary of Agri culture as an Emergency Loan area as a result of the crop dam age and lon caused by drought in the Spring and recent excessive rains and frost W. E. Hill, Madison County Farmers Home Administration Qayewlaw, said some individual farmers in Madison County re ceived up to 30 percent damage and lan to web: tobacco crops as as a result of the drought in the Spring, causing tobacco to be har vested late, excessive rains and heavy f root this Fall, which also sensed some damage to feed crops. Emergency loans tear a Polls Open At 6:30 A. M. And Close At 6:30 P.M. Tuesday Madison County voters will have their first opportunity next Tues day to vote for whom they wish since the new registration has. been held in thi.i county. Both, Democrats and Republicans, ore anxiously awaiting the outcome from the national level to the county offices. This will be the firt general election in which the new board of elections has served and many changes have been made through out the county in precinct election officials. Polls will open at 6:110 o'clock Tuesday morning and will remain open for voting until 6:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. To Post Results Of Election In Courthouse Tues. Election results will be posted at the courthouse next Tuesday night, it was announced by Jim Story, editor of The News-Record. Also assisting in the election roundup will be Radio Station WMMH. "The board will likely be in the courtroom where pepole can sit in comfort while awaiting the re turns," Story said. Election official.-, are urged to bring in the returns as quickly as possible as news media are anx ious to receive the results, espe cially in the Presidential and Gj bernatorial races. PRACTICAL PROOF , It's easier to explain how things should be done than it is to make good on your own. against the Madison County Board of Elections for dereliction of du ty . . .," Ramsey said in a 10-point complaint. He charged that the Madison County Board of Elections, now headed by Rex Allen of Mars Hill, has failed to hold meetings at proper places and proper times fts prescribed by law. Allen's board, which also in cludes Ted Russell of Marshall, the other Democrat; and Vernon Wood of Mars Hill, th Republican member, replaced the three mem bers ousted by the State Board of Elections during a lengthy vote fraud probe following the May 30 primary. The old board was dismissed on findings of incompetency and fail ure to fulfill their duties as elec tion officials. Ramsey said the new board has (Continued To Page Eight) 3 interest rate and may be made to eligible farmers in the area for the purchase of fafemj seed, fertiliser, and1 for other es sential farm and home operating expenses. Loans may not be made for re financing existing debts or to compensate applicants for their Loans for production purposes are expected to be repaid from crops and livestock aa sold. Any established farm owner or farm operator hi Madison County desiring further information about then loans or other types of as sistance available throng the Farm ers Home Administration may contact Mr. Hill, county snpervia- located at The Crtisens Bank 'Building, Marshall.