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Supreme Court Studies
Walnut School Case
Three Walnut Men Asking
Court For New
Trial
By DOUG REED
A (Raleigh Report)
The State Supreme Court has
been asked to decide another Mad
ison County case behind which
lies an awful lot of politic.
In the moat recent legal con
troversy coming before the high
court, three Madison men arrest
ed three years ago on charges f
creating a disturbance at Walnut
School are asking the court for a
new trial.
The three, Jack Guthrie, Jack
Davis and Eugene Thomas, were
arrested in August, 1962. They
were indicted on two counts each
the following May by a Madison
County grand jury. On the first
count, they were accused of con
spiring to interrupt and disturb
the school. On the second, they
were charged with actually dis
turbing the school and assaulting
unnamed school teachers and
lunchroom personnel.
The caw didn't come on for tri
al until last February. The Legis
lature at that time was beginning
what would become a long, drawn
out debate over a bill to revamp
the jury commission in Madison.
The three men asked for a change
of venue but the motion was de
nied by Judge W. K. McLean.
The ease went over to the May
term, by which time the Legisla
ture had passed legislation re
quiring a completely new jury list
to be prepared for Madison.
One of the chief architects of
the legislation was Marshall at
torney Joseph B. Huff, who bad
claimed, both in other lawsuits
and to legislative committees that
the old jury list was so controlled
politically as to make impossible
equal justice in Madison County.
Huff also was serving as attor
ney for the three defendants in
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French Broad WMU To Hold
Conference On October 26
To Be Held In Mars HUH
Church; Program
Outlined
Thes French Broad Women's
Missionary Union will hold its an
nual Leadership Conference next
Tuesday in the Mars Hill Baptist
Church. The meeting will close
at 9:30 p. m.
All presidents are asked to be
present and bring other officers,
committee chairmen and those who
work with young people's organi
sations. Plans will be made for
the coming year.
Miss Kathryn Bullard, State
W.M.S. Director, will lead the de
votions and also lead the confer
ence for presidents. The confer
ence for Sunbeam leaders will be
led by Mrs. Louise Burgess, State
Sunbeam Director.
The following conferences will
be led by Associational leaders:
Prayer Chairmen, led by Mrs.
. L. L. Vann; Community Missions
Chairmen, led by Mrs. Boyce
Crow; Stewardship Chairmen, led
by Mrs. E. C. Crow; Mission Study
Chairmen, lad by Mrs. Charlie
Clayton; G.A. Leaden, led by Mrs.
Kyle Jamerson; Y.W.A. Leaders,
led by Miss Kathleen Black.
Presidents of W.M.S.:
Beech Glen, Mrs. Jimmie Ram
sey; Boll Creek, Mrs. Claxton
Conn; California Creek, Mrs. Har
old WaTlin; Calvary, Mrs. Jerry
Duimavin; Kaon, Mrs. Blanche
Houston; Forks of Ivy, Mrs. Vin
cent Young; Gabriel's Creek, Mm.
Charlie Clayton; Hot Springs,
Mrs. W. L. Collins; Locust Grove,
Mrs. CM1 Fisher; Long Branch,
Mrs. Frances Buckner; Manhafl,
Mrs. Jack Thomas; Mars Hill,
Mrs. Raymond Nelson; MsdWjsT
Seminary, Mrs. E. C. Crowe; Mid
dle Fork, Mrs. W. L. Lynch; Paint
Fork, Mrs. Oscar Anderson Jr.;
Piney Mountain, Mrs. K. C. E1-
kins; Oak Grove, Mrs. Clif
AUTOMOBILE
LIABILITY
RATES HIKED
North Carolina motorists will
nay an average of 11.6 per cent
jc $6.88 more for automobile lia
bility insurance beginning Mon
day.
Edwin Lanier, state insurance
commissioner, announced the rate
hike Friday, which he said will
cost an additional $8-$9 million a
year.
"The facts cannot be ignored,"
Lanier said. "The increases in
costs for automobile parts, labor
and hospttal-melical expenses
make an increase in insurance
rates necessary."
The North Carolina average
rate will be $56.38, Lanier said,
compared with a national average
Of $73.09. He said the North Car
olina rath will be below the av
erage for Virginia, South Caroli
na and Tennessee.
The new rates provide for con
tinuation of tiie 10 per cent dis
count for safe drivers, he said.
The rates for drivers with rec
ords of serious motor vehicle law
violations or chargeable accidents
will be higher than the regular
rates.
Present rates, Lanier said, were
based on the insurance compa
nies' experience data for the
years 1960-61. The new rates are
based on data for 1962-63.
GOOD REASON
Two men -vere seated in a bus
fciuof thentlced that .frtend
naa nre eyes ciuavu. j
"What's the matter, Bill?" h
asked. "Feeling ill?"
"No, I'm all right," answered
Bill. "It's just that I hate to see
11 these ladies standing."
ATTENDING
STATE ASCS
CONFERENCE
A three-day state wide ASCS
conference is being held in Dur
ham, beginning on Tuesday, Octo
ber 19 and running through Thurs
day (today), October 21. Those
attending from Madison County
are: County committeemen Emory
Robinson, R. C. Briggs and Andy
N. Wood; and Ralph Ramsey, Ge-
nell Fox and Nila Gadfly from tne
county ASCS office. Most of the
conference will be devoted to dis
cussion of Administration, Pro
duction Adjustment, Conservation
and Price Support Programs.
E0A CHAIRMAN
IN WASHINGTON
FOR MEETING
an
Dr. Charles Powell, of Mars
Hill, county chairman of the Eco
nomic Opportunity Act Organisa
tion, m in Washington, D. C, at
tending a meeting of rural coun
ty EOA chairmen.
Dr. Powell stated on leaving
that he had ready to submit the
program development proposals.
KesuKS ox tne meeting wiu .-
published later.
Dr. Powell is expected to return
tonight (Thursday).
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SOLVES NOTHING
' Setf-aympethy leads nowhere
t's a one-way street that leads
WORDING OF
BOND ISSUES
IS SIMPLE, EASY
The two issues to be voted on
throughout North Carolina No
vember 2, are most imperative.
... - . . .
However, the wording posted on
the voting machines is quite sim
ple. Exact wording is as follows:
The issuance of Three Hundred
Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00)
State of North Carolina Highway
Bonds.
Constitutional amendments au
thorizing the General AtAembly
to create a Court of Appeals in
the Appellate Division of the Gen
eral Court of Justice.
As to the using of the new
Shoup voting machines, Rex Al
len, chairman of the county board
of elections, fully explains this on
Page Three in this issue.
Voters desiring assistance in
using the machines will be fur
nished this help on November 2.
Cattle Rustler
In Local Jail On
Eight Count
James Lee, 23, and Richard
Meadows, 23, both of Hickory, N
C. ,Rt. 1, are in the Madison Coun
ty jail charged with eight counts
of cattle rustling in Madison
County.
Sheriff E. Y. Ponder, assisted
by Burke and Catawba County
officers, arrested the two men in
their homes last Friday.
Also seized was a 1956 1-ton
Ford truck belonging to Lee, the
sheriff reported.
Wreck On By-Pa
Sunday Injures
Four In Two Car
Four county persons were in
jured Sunday afternoon about
12:30 o'clock when their can col
lided at the by-pass intersection
leading to the MATO plant.
According to Patrolman Jim
Proffitt, a black Chevrolet, driv
en by Emmette Payne, of Walnut,
was traveling south on the by
pass when a red Corvair, driven
by A. J. Shelton, Jr., entered the
by-pass from the MATO road.
The two cars collided and were to
tal losses, it was said.
In the car with Mr. Payne was
his wife. Mr. Payne received se
vere hip injuries and lacerations
and Mrs. Payne received cuts and
bruises.
Shelton, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Shelton, Sr., of Marshall Rt.
7, received cuts and bruises and
his companion, Miss Maxine Rec
tor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert Rector, of Marshall, receiVed
severe head lacerations.
The four were taken to Mepisn
al Mission Hospital for treatment;
Patrolman Proffitt stated that
Shelton had been charged with
failing to yield right-of-way. The
case will be heard Saturday before
Wade Huey, Justice of the) Peace.
Christ School
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Mars Hill Wildcats
Hot Iffte loses
Christ School - Marshall
For three quarters, the Torna
does battled the ' highly-favored
Christ School Greenies tooth and
toenail before thejGreenies ignit
ed in the final pelriod to ice the
game, 38-0 before a large crowd
on the Island last Thursday night.
Few persons Present thought
the local eleven would be match
for the heavy, large squad aa they
resembled a collate football team
as they wanned lop prior to the
kiakoff. . . , j
However, after ; the Tornadoes
allowed to visitors to score on an
end run early In the first quar
ter, the Tornado defense stiffen
ed and in what would seem to be
a rout in the effing, tamed into
a rugged daf enaivW battle. Mar
shall's interior line perhaps pley
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HOMECOMING TO
BE OBSERVED
HERE FRIDAY
Stephens-Lee Band To Be
Featured In Parade
Friday Arternoon
Seven girls are In the contest
for Homecoming Queen of Mar
shall High School for the annual
festival to be held at the school
Friday. A football queen, select
ed by members of the football
team, has already been chosen,
but will not be made known until
the crowning of both queens pre
ceding the game at 7:16 p. m.
A parade through the town,
highlighted by the appearance of
the Stephens-Lee band, with floats
from all classes and clubs, will
berin at 1:45 p. m. The climax
of the day will be the footoau
game at 8 p. m., between Mars
Hill ant Marshall, arch rivals,
who will be seeking the county
mythical crown as wall as a win.
Contestants fat homecoming
queen are Angela Roberts, Linda
Sue Briggs, Don Ann Bice, Bar-
bare Edmonds, Margot Roberts,
Evelyn Fisher and Janet Buckner.
Member of the football team
and the Stephens-Lee band will be
guests for 4m evening meal, spon
sored by the Marshall Boosters
Club, in the school cafeteria.
BOOSTERS CLUB
AGAIN DONATES
WALNUT FUNDS
Members of the Marshall Boost
ers Chd), at their regular semi
monthly meeting here Monday
nieht. voted to donate $210 more
ito further the athletic program.
at the Walnut school The club
nrevioualv jJseMStrd 228
Walnut school. pMfc hMaV
to
nation brings the total to 8438.
In addition to the Walnu t funds,
the local dob also purchased a
deep freezer ($175) to be used
exclusively by the Marshall school
and the Boosters Club.
Mrs. Geneva James, president,
presided with about 20 members
present.
Mrs. James named the follow
ing to serve on! the important
Ways and Means Committee until
November 15: Mrs. J. H. Sprinkle.,
Jr., chairman; Mrs. A. E. Leake
and Mr. C. E Mashburn
NEARLY FINISHED
An Englishman Who was new
in the community spent his first
Sunday morning in his neighbor
hood church. The minister was
particularly long-winded that day,
and the Englishman finally turn
ed to the man sitting next to him
and whispered, "How long has he
teen preaching?"
"About 30 years," was the an
swer. "I say," replied the astonished
Englishman, "he must be almost
finished!"
Defeats Tornadoes, 33-0;
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To East Tanc
Roaman . Mora Hill
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as
With halfbac
eedin the attack. Mars Hill out-
scored Roaman, 40-20, at Mara Hill
Friday night; In its Homecoming
before 2,500 fan.
CaatoOoe scored three touch
down and ran one extra point for
19 points personally besides run
ning 172 yarls on 18 carries.
Halfback O. E. Davis electrtitea
the crowd by scoring all of Roe-
man's uiree toueaoowna on ion
rurts. He returned a kickoff 89
yards hi the 1st period and
the 2nd half, twice raced for 60
and 80 yards to paydirt up the
middle and cuts to the left side-
ins
a 7-0 lead in
when quarterback
25 yards to end
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Facts
About
t , ,.-ti
Bold
Road
ATTENTION
TOBACCO
GROWERS!!
There will be two tobacco strip
ping and sorting demonstrations
conducted in the county on Wed
nesday, October 27. The first one
will be held at the home of Ever
ett Gosmell in the Grapevine Com
munity at 10:00 a. im.
The second one will be held st
the home of Homer Plemmons in
the Meadow Fork community at
2:00 p. m.
These two demonstrations will
be condutted by the local exten
sion office and Mr. L. D. Flack, a
government irrader with the
USDA Marketing Service.
All farmers and other interest
ed persons are urged to attend
these demonstrations.
Leake I Member
Trial Lawyers
Association
The application of A. E. Leake,
local attorney, for membership in
the American Trial Lawyers Asso
ciation was recently approved and
he is now a member of the Asso
ciation. Membership in the Amer
ican Trial Lawyers Association is
limited to attorneys of unquestion
ed integrity and ability who de
vote a large part of their time to
the trial of negligence actions,
the greater part of this time-,
to representing
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Hallowe'en Carnival
At Marshall School
To Be Friday Niht
Marshall High School's annual
Hallowe'en Carnival will be held
Friday, October 29, in the school
auditorium with the program be
ginMng at 7 o'clock, according to
Principal Clive M. Whitt.
The main feature of the eve
ning will be the crowning of "Miss
MHrshall Hisrh" and "Mr. Mar
shall High." Similar royalty will
Vw crowned from srrades four
throurh six, and first through
third. Winning groups will be re
warded with an educational trip
with bus and driver furnished.
Other activities of the evening
include a costume parade, cake
walks, bingo, a fishing pond, and
bean toss. Food and drinks will
also be available.
"Come join us in an evening of
fun, and be young again," Mr.
Whitt said, in inviting all patrons
of the school to attend this event.
man, 40-20
ey, 34-7
Hot Springs - East Yancey
East Yancey ran its record to
6-1 at Burasville Friday nignt
with a, 84-7 victory over Hot
Ronnie Robinson scored two
touchdown and kicked four con
versions to lead the winning
team. His touchdowns
on
runs of 42 yards in the first quar
ter and 48 in the second.
In between the
n 1 r mi
touchdowns Bob A
on a four-yard run and Ed Ben
nett on a 16-yard pass from Mike
young.
Young scored the final Baas
Yancey touchdown on a 26-yara
ma in the third quarter, giving
Us team a 84-0 toad.
Hot Springs then
coreboard on a on
lobby Holder and
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be devoted
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4,00 A Tear Outside These Qwsatiss
$300,000,000
Issue In State
HUNT SPEAKS AT
WAYNESVILLE
ROAD MEETING
Ten County Persons Attend
Meeting Monday
Afternoon
Opportunity that North Caroli
na has been missing for years will
come Nov. 2, when a vote is tak
en on a $300 million road bond is
sue, the chairman of the State
Highway Commission said Monday
in Waynesville.
Joe Hunt told about 75 Cham
ber of Commerce and municipal
leaders from 17 counties that it is
important to instill a sense of
urgency in the voters of Western
North Carolina if the traditional
Isolation brought on by inadequate
highways is to be broken.
All sections of the state will
benefit, Hunt said, in his talk at
Waynesville Country Club. And
he said his Highway Commission,
which is going about the state
promoting the bond issue, is not
Halkfag one way on the coast and
another in the mountains.
Neither are they politicking, he
said. The Commission has travel
ed 10,000 miles in recent weeks,
riding the roads and seeing first
hand what the problems are.
He promised "dollar value for
dollar spent," and as many need
ed roads as possible, within the
bounds of financial responsibility,
if the money is made available
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telle TO iueet Campaign
For Intermediate Court Issue
Heads Court Campaign
A. E. Leake
FULL RECORDS
SPEED WOOL
AFHjpOffi
Producers wen reminded today
of the importance of supporting
their applications for payment un
der the wool payment program
with full and accurate informa
tion and sales records.
Emory Robinson, chairman of
the Agricultural Stabilisation and
Conservation county committee,
explained that producers may need
to be reminded about the type 01
Information needed tn filling out
Mil i amdination fortm.
mente are made on shorn wool
sates by the applicant during the
marketing year, provided the wool
an which he is applying for pay
ment was shorn from sheep or
lambs which the applicant had
owned for at least SO days. There
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County Expected To Vote
Overwhelming For Road
And Court Issues Nov. 2
-By a vote of 168 to two, the
1965 General Assembly authoriz
ed a Statewide referendum on a
$.')00 million bond issue to upgrade
and expand North Carolina's sys
tem of primary, urban and sec
ondary roads. The referendum
will be held on November 2.
FINANCING No additional
taxes will be required to finance
the bonds. The Legislature spe
cified that, if approved, the bonds
would be financed by extension of
the present one-penny per gallon
gasoline tax used to finance the
1949 Scott road bond issue. In
1966, funds will be available to
retire the 1949 bonds and until
then the new bonds can be finan
ced with current highway reve
nues. THE NEED: Current engineer
ing studies indicate the following:
a. There are 7,850 miles of
paved roads that must have ma
jor pavement strengthening or re
surfacing because of heavier traf
fic volumes.
b. 9,000 miles have inadequate
pavement widths; they also have
virtually no shoulders, bad curves
and poor alignment.
c Four hundred miles of major
highways need to be completely
relocated.
d. More than 1,100 miles of pri
mary highways must be widened
from two lanes to four-lane divid
ed highways in order to reduce
congestion and a high accident
rate.
e. There are 8,000 miles of sec
ondary roads that need to be ste-
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Brief Summary Of 10fput
Amendment Provides
la Published
A. E. Leake, Marshall attorney,
has recently been appointed by the
North Carolina Bar Association
to direct the campaign in the com
ing election in support of the Con
stitutional Amendment, which
would permit the Legislature to
eatablish Intermediate Court of
Appeals.
A brief summary of what this
Constitutional Amendment pro
vides is as follows:
"1. Authorize the General As
sembly to create an Intermediate
Court of Appeals.
"2. The General Assembly shall
determine the organization, struc- '
tare and composition of such In
termediate Court f Appeals if
established.
"8. The Court may, for the con
venience of our citizens and to in
crease its hearing capacity, sit in
two or more divisions.
"4. The Court need not be held
only in Raleigh, but can be held
in such places and at such times
aa the General Assembly may pre
scribe. "5. Its appellate Jurisdiction
(authority) shall he determined
by the General Assembly.
'6. The Judge of the Court
shall be elected for a term of 9
years.
"ff . There shall be not leas than
five Judges on the Intermediate
Court of Appeals."
The Supreme Court of North
Carolina is greatly overworked. It
is fighting a heroic, but losing
battle in an effort to give each
case coming before it proper at
tention and consideration
keep up with ito work load.
work load becomes heavi
year, and some relief far
erworked Supreme Court hi
solute necessity.
Mr. Leake state that h
all
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