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VOL.54 NO. 47
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MARSHAll N. C. THURSDA NOVEMBER 24, 1955
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Uote Charges By Grand Jury
Bill Returned In Aiheville
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Dy BRIGHT W. PADGITT
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A Federal grand jury Friday in
dicted. 10 Madison County men, in
eluding Sheriff E. Y. Ponder and
Ejections Board chairman Zeno Pon
der, on charges of conspiring to
stuff 'ballot boxes and conumit other
erimes in the November 1054 gener
al election.
Others named in the indictment
are:
B. K. Meadows, Arthur E. Can
trell, Leroy Shelton, W. T. Moore,
Roy Freeman, Merit Whitt, Jeff
VVihitt and James William Baldwin.
The Ml was returned before
Judge Wilson Warlicl just before
U. S. district court recessed for
lunch Friday. Foreman R. P- Booth
announced in court that ttiere were
13 votes in favor and three against
a tre bill.
After the jury had returned the
indictment, Judge Warlick continued
the service of the jury for another
six months. This "elections fraud"
jury was impaneled a year ago. Dis
trict Attorney James M. Baley Jr.
aid the jury has not completed its
lection fraud investigations' for the
district.
v 4 Friday's indictment makes a total
of 53 persons who have been charg
ed by thiiMjury with election frauds
in four Western North Carolina
counties. There were 23 in Clay,
13 in Swain, 10 in Madison and 7
in Graham. , ,
In the Madison bill of indictment,
It is alleged that on or about "Nov.
, 2, 1M4 "and several weeks' prior,
h defendants' did unUtwfuUy, will
fully and knowingly conspire to
crether . and with' each ' other, and
with divers other persons to the
f irrand iurors unknown, to injure.
oppress, threaten and intimidae . , .
k legal and qualified voters of North
Carolina and of the 11th Congres
sional District in the free exercise
rf their rights and privileges of
suffrage."
lit also is alleged that "as part of
the conspiracy the defendants would
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Eastern Star To
Meet Monday Night
Marshall Chapter No. 35, Order
of the Eastern Star will hold a reg
ular meeting in the Masonic Tem
ple, Monday evening .November 28,
At 7:30 o'clock.
In addition to the regular busi
ness, a practice session will be held
in preparation W the official visit
of the Worthy Grand Matron in De
cember. All members are urged to attend.
CHRISTMAS SEALS
NOW ON SALE
The 1955 Tuberculosis Christmas
Seal sale is now underway. Again
this year you are urged to buy
Christmas Seals. U help rid. this
community of tuberculosis, which Is
. not licked as some have assumed.
Jj& The program to cut down on the
tuberculosis rate includes a wide-
spread chest X-ray program and
yoa contributions to the Christinas
Seal -sale .-will continue to provide
''free Jt-rays for thousands of real
i .jlsntsia this area.- '", v
r ..OhristBsaa fieala - also proyidt
T funds 1 or Ott i distribution of lnfor-
. -i Vml .MMiitln lltantnr far
eer- to tuberculosis patients, and
esrch" ta the search, Jvr bet
is to' prevent, treat and curs
- fJUl" tinrt yfrtgnim
,aningrnd, despita the
:es made against TB ii
:'r the TB" problem is not
t ly any MeaM. V. . ! ";
"i r.ill kills .morapeo
) ' ' r infebtioue diseases
', tiereforej tWs. liews
: 'to surportthe' tn
' sale by buyi?
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TO SPEAK AT MHC
DR. FRED F. BROWN
BROWN TO SPEAK
AT M.H. COLLEGE
CELEBRATION
Centennial Homecoming A t
Marr. iHill College To Be
Day-Long Program
Mars Hill College's centennial
homecoming "will be observed on
Thanksgiving Day with a day-long
program.
Dr. Fred F. Brown, an ahrnnwus
and pastor emeritus of the First
Biptist Qhurch of Knoxville and
former president of the Southern
-Baptist - OornrentMm," "will speajt .
wrolnff service in the Mars HU
Baptist CJrarch. '
A pageant entitled "Lest We For
get," will be presented for the 28fch
onsecutive year. Adapted by Dr.
Ella Pierce, head of the college Eng
'ish department, the pageant uses
students and children of the Mars
Hill community dressed as Pilgrims
and Indians in portraying the story
of Thanksgiving.
An offering for the North Caro
lina Baptist Orphanage will be tak
en during the service. This collec
tion was initiated by Dr. Robert Lee
Moore in 1897 when he became pres
ident of the college.
Following the morning service
the traditional Thanksgiving Day
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WMS To Observe
Week Of Prayer For
Foreign Missions
The Week of Prayer for Foreign
Missions will be observed by the
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Marshall Baptist Church November
28 through December 2. The theme
for the week is "Haste . . . Pray . . .
Make Known" and the time ,place'
and leader for the daily meetings
are as follows: Monday, 2:00-3:00
o'clock in the afternoon at the home
of Mrs. C R. .Ednev. Mrs. C. M.
Blankenship, leader; Tuesday, 2:00-
3:00 o'clock in the afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. R. Denver, Mrs. I
N. White, leader; Wednesday, 7:00
3:15 o'clock in the evening at the
church, Mrs. Wade (. Huey, . leader ;
Thursday, 2:00-3:00 o'clock i in the
afternoon at the 'boms of Mrs. C. L.
BfeLean, Mrs. E. C.- Teague,1 leader.
The observance will be climaxed on
Friday with a "chain af prayer"
from 6:00 o'clock in the 'morning
until 8:00 o'clock in the evening in
the Missionary room at the church.
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i Mars "Hill, Nor. 22 ' Thirty-three
former Mara Hill College students
Jrr how actively serving ,i foreign
countries as Baptist missionaries. -
The countries in which the MHC
grsduster sre servir -r inc' J'-'n,
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THREE INJURED
AS VEHICLE
RAMS TREE
" Three persons were injured one
atally about 4 p. m., Friday when
'be 1961 sedan in which they were
riding ran off U. S. 25-70 about two
miles south of Marshall and hash
ed into a tree.
Hospitalized at Memorial Mission
Hospital were Tony K. Bannister,
18, enlisted Air Force man from
ake City Air Force Base, Lake
"Jity, Tenn.; John Bill Brown, 40,
Mooresville and Albert Coxdale, 33
of Lexington.
Pfc. C. H. Long of the State High
way Patrol said Bannister was the
driver of the vehicle. He said
Brown and Coxdale were hitchhik--r;.
riding with Bannister.
Bannister suffered head injuries
and lacerations, Brown a back injury
nd lacerations. Coxdale's left leg
was broken and his shoulder dislo
cated. Long said the car was traveling
south on the highway apparently
at a high rate of speed. The car
traveled some 225 feet on the shoul
der of the road, crashed into the
ree and was virtually demolished,
Long said. ,
Bannister died at 11:30 that night
of the injuries.
About 5:15 p. m., the-same after
noon, eight miles north of Marshall
on U. S. 25-70, a car carrier trailer
iaokknifed on a sharp curve and
-r ashed into a 1950 sedan driven
Sy Dr. Arthur Herman Hohloff of
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. A 1952 sedan
driven by Earl K. Disney of Lake
dtty RFD Zf . TennfJK rammed into
the. trailer few ,iiiinutes later,
Long said. The tractor-trailer wi
driven . by -Arnold 1 Robs
Then were, no injuries and no ar
rests, Long reported. f
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In Justrial Council For County
To eet flt Wars Hill Tuesday
Dinner-Meeting To Be Held
At Cafeteria At 6:30;
200 Expected -
More than 200 Madison County
business and professional men and
their wives are expected to attend
a dinner-imeeting of the Madison
County Industrial Council at the
Mars Hill College Cafeteria next
Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock.
The purpose of the meeting is to
adopt a charter and bylaws and to
completely organize into a working
group. The Council's functions will
be to promote industry in Madison
County. It is expected that the
Council will secure pertinent infor
mation concerning available sites,
water supplies, cost of property, and
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
By the President of the.United States
"The custom of devoting one day each year to national thanksgiv
ing Is a wise and an ancient one, hallowed by observance in the days
before we became a Nation, and sanctioned throughout the succeeding
generations. It is therefore in keeping with our oldest traditions that
at the fruitful season of the waning year we turn again to Almighty
God in grateful acknowledgement of HU nuuiif old blessings.
-( "A this time of thanksgiving, may wa express our deep apprecia
tioa of those forebear who, mora than three eenturies ago, celebrated
the first anktgtving .Day. Thwu tlieir . industry and courage, wr
Nation was hewn from the virgin forest, and through their steadfast
ness' and Taith, the ideals of liberty and Justice have become our cher
ished' inheritance. ; ' .H
"May we lift up our hearts in special prayers of gratitude for the
abundance efl our endowments, both nmierial and spiritual, for the
preservatioir outr -way of life, in to iriefcness and fullness, and for
the reKgion f siu which has wielded such a benefioent influence upon
our dettliryilCMafwi 'shoit pur Jhanka for our wn bounty by re- (
membrane of those less fortunate, and may the spirit ef this Thanks
giving season move oat share with them tn alleviate their' need.',' -"
' "NOW, i THEBEFCiBJl, D WIGHT D. EISSNH0WE,1; Preai-V
dent of the' United Statea of America, having In mind the JojmV.paj
gressional resolution of December 28, 1041, which designated the fourth-
Thursday of November in each year as T"l" 'irfBg Dayi and' Pdf fj
that day a legal' holiday,' dd hereby 'vm' -a T iursday,.. the twenty-j
fourth day of November, 19S5 as
I urge all eur citisens t observe the
the appointed day, in oar homes and our
"each according to-hi own faith, bow be'
thanks. : -si . '-A'- ' i Ir.: V,
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'csufd the feel cf ' ' t.ee'f '
COX ORDERED
ADMITTED TO
INSTITUTION
Donald M. Cox, indicted on a
charge of embezzling $'.10,220 from
Citizens Bank of Marshall, was sent
Friday by Federal Judse Wilson
Warlick to the psychiatric hospital
ward at V. S. Penitentiary in Atlan
ta, (Ja.
Cox, who appeared in V. S. Dis
tiict Court Friday with his attor
ney, Kester Walton, and relatives,
was ordered into custody by Judge
Warlick after his attorney asked
for a continuance of the case on the
grounds he was not aide to stand tri
al. Cjx disappeared June 27, the day
examiners arrived to check the
books of the hank, and surrendered
r. month later to Federal authorities
in Asheville. He waived preliminary
hearing on a Federal warrant
charging him with false entry of
13,000, and entered Highland Hos
pital the next day.
DEPRESSED STATE
Dr. Robert Jenkins of the hos
pital staff testified Friday that Cox
was in a severely depressed state
when admitted.
Dr. Jenkins testified that .Cox had
shown improvement and was- released
as- an out-patrent Oct. 1 ,but re-entered
the hospital three weeks later,
again severely depressed.
Judge Warlick said the court, in
all conscience and regarding the
rights of the persons whose money
was concerned in the case, could not
continue the case until the May
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MAKES DEAN'S LIST
t5ARp COLLEGE
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feAiittHLou Stab of B-a.SSlari
ftlU, is listed as having made, the
Dean's list at Brevard College.
conduct a labor survey.
An initial meeting was held sev
eral weeks ago at Hot Springs where
it was decided to go forward with
the formation of a council of this
tvme. Mr. Ben Douirlas was the
principal speaker at the initial meet
ing. C E. Mashburna member of the
committee to draft the charter and
by-laws, states that he is encourag
ed over the prospects of such an
organization and urges all business
and professional men to attend the
meeting at Mars Hall.
Tickets for the occasion can be
secured at the following places:
Marshall French Bcoad Electric
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in (lot Springs Bank Robbery
BURLEY TOBACCO
MARKETING CARDS
ARE NOW READY
The A SC. office began issuing
1955 tobacco marketing cards on
Monday, November 21. Owners or
operators may call for their cards
on any week day except Saturdays
between the hours of 8:00 a. m., to
5:00 p. m. The ASC office is not
open on Saturdays or National Holi
days. Persons ther than the own
er or operator must have a signed
irdcr from the owner or operator
reouesting that his card be issued to
them before the card can be released
by the ASC office, according to
announcement by Ralph W. Ramsey,
ASC county office manager.
Marketing cards are the property
of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture and must be returned to the
office from which they were issued
as soon as marketing has been com
pleted for the farm. The owner or
operator is responsible for seeing
Chat the card is used only for the
marketing of tobacco from the farm
for which it is issued and that it is
promptly returned to the ASC of
fice after it has served its lawful
purpose. Failure to return the card
or properly account for the disposi
tion made of all tobacco produced on
jhe farm constitutes a marketing
quota violation for which file next
year's quota is reduced.
1956 ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
MUCH TIGHTER
Public Law 21, enacted by Con
gress last spring made quite a few
changes in the marketing quota law
on burley tobacco which are to the
old growers' favor. One which
should be of primary interest to
nost Madison producers is that of
be rigid eligibility requirements for
istablishing acreage allotments for
new farm.s.
The major requirements which
nust be met under the revised Act
are:
1. The applicant must have had
9xperience in growing burley to
jacco as a share cropper, tenant, or
as a farm operator during two of
the past five years. (No experi
nce credit is allowed for producing
obacco on a non-allotment farm in
1965.)
2. The applicant must live on the
"arm for which the application is
filed.
3. The applicant must own and
operate the farm for which the ap
plication is filed.
4 The farm covered by the appli-!Mtn.
nation shall be the only farm owned !
ir operated by the applicant for
jrhich a burley or flue-cured tobacco
allotment is established for 1956.
6. The applicant shall obtain 50
percent or more of his livelihood
l'rom the farm covered by the appli
cation. 6. The farm must be a non-allotment
farm.
7. The farm or any portion there
of shall not have been a parti of a.
tobacco allotment farm during the
years 1951-1955. '
8. There must be cropland suit
table for the production of tobacco
on the' farm. (No new allotments
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Local ; iSHscw Invited g
To Asheville Saturday
iEdd , Ball, well-known ; radio wai
ter of ceremonies- and conductor of
Gospel singings, and Eedmon Tesgne
Bounce -a Gospel singing ft cram
at tha AsheviHe : CSty AuU;;
Saturday nbt, Nov. 23, wi;5 Ce
doors to open at 6:09. ''lBj!ng wUI
start at 7:0a and la. nni'A ir'!
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Verdict Expected Late Today;''
Bernard Gosnell Pleads
Guilty Monday
Norman Bebik and Carl Wackeiv
Ohio men on trial for armed rob
bery of the bank in Hot Springs
last May, took the witness stand in
U. S. Dislriit Court in Asheville yes
terday. Each denied any connection with
the robbery, any conspiracy to rob
the hank, or a trip made together
with Bernard Gosnell to Hot Springs.
Gosnell, who testified Monday
when the trial opened, entered a
plea of guilty to similar charges
and appeared as a witness for the
U. S. government.
Yesterday's first witness was K.
Y. Ponder, called by the govern
ment. Ponder, sheriff of Madison
County, gave this account of the.
events in Hot Springs and Madison.
County on Wednesday, May 18:
CAR FOUND
At about 9:40 a. m., Swann Huff
called him to report the bank had
been robbed by two men. The car '
was found outside Hot Springs that
morning by Huff. Sheriff Ponder
testified to the finding of a sweat
shirt and cigaret butts in a thicket
just off the river road, and the
sweatshirt was admitted as Govern
ment exhibit 2. Two blankets, iden
tified by the sheriff as those found
in the back of Gosnell's car, were
admitted as exhibit 3.
Bob Davis, one of the two men in
the bank during the robbery, identi-
fied the sweatshirt as one worn by f
leuurrPamploye pTnFrisb Cut-'J
Cabiris, testified he heard a ear
screech to a halt, and when he went '
out he saw Gosnell at cabin six and
two men across the road. "I called
out 'What're you doing, fellows?'
and they answered, 'Not a damn
thing'," he testified.
Basil Pyle of Dayton, Ohio, testi
fied that Wacker and Bebik were in
his Colony Club often and that he
saw Wacker in the place Thursday
noon, May 19. Jesse Clayton, res
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DEER SEASON '
OPENS ON NATL
FOREST LAND
Several Deer Shot This Week
In ,Rich-Lurel Area;
Season Over Dec 3
On Monday, November 21, 1956.
the deer season opened in the Rich
Mountain Wildlife Management
Area. This marked the opening of
the 12-day deer season which runs'
from November 21 to December 3.
A daily permit will be needed to
hunt. : on the- Rich Mountain Area.
These can be secured at the Rich
Checking Station (No. 13) for
$3.60 per permit A current North
Carolina State hunting license is
necessary belore a permit will De
issued at the checking station.
The Rich Mtn. Area is a short dis
tance from the 'town of Hot Springs
and lies between the French Broad
River and the State Line Ridge on
U. S. Forest Service Land. The
cheeking' station m about S mQea
H.K, of Hot fiertnga e V & Hlghv .
way iB5-70. This, area last year waa
second, among the, ' other : WildUfa
Management Areas jn the state for-
the number' of deef taken trith ,fe. '.'
speot to the number of hunters tX
the area.
-' There - will fct iso igoota eta V
number of hnntcrs that, may er.' -the
.area", each' jeay.'ii.-Dally; cte-' ' ; '
in will start after 6:00 a. m, ' :
hunting does mot. begin t ' ' 1 ",
o'clock. Checking out in -mng
must be done ty .
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