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HO, 3
Hayivood Han
Commits Suicide In County,
Trt&edy Occurs In Max
Patch Section r Nte
' Found In Car '
Officers Friday pieced together
the strange' story of dark, brood
ing : mountain farmer Way Ar
lington who "killed himself and
the woman he said he loved.
iM h fywJi, chapter the, tale of
love and violence. . unfolded last
Thursday aftetd6n : on a. remote
mountain 'tigging" road near here.
A , Wildlife, offioet.t found SAr-
rington dying of a gunshot wound
in tiie bead. On the back Seat of
bia oar was. 'tfye body of Airs
Bethel Lee .Messer, 10 years
younger thanthe; 45-year-old Ar
rington. Sb was sbo Jwice.v-
, In the ear wefjp, notes signed "by
Afringftm and apparently, frojri
Mrs,- Mesaer., v ; &
Both notes -professed thejiv love
for ' one ' another tihd 4said they
were "in love and wanted to die
and be buried together' x j.
w But SBeriff tJY. .Ponder, sijid
he believed both notes we're writ
ten1 by Arrington. He said he did
not believe Mrs. .essert entered
Jnto a ''suicide" pact with Arring-
i He said -1 Arririgtdii, ' 45ap'paT-
ently shot Mrsi Messer twice' with"
a 2 caliber pistol and- then lurn
ed the weapon on bimselfi -S'-
k ' " Arrington's wife, (Edith, chargv
S ' ed last year that Artington forc
nLed her to attempt to kill herself.
"A I' Ponder, said Edith , Arrington
; j Was Edward Messer's first wife.
'viMn Ei'lii.1 1 Mes.for, who
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ay.
was -he sa; I.uwaid
Ivu-ser s
Sfoonrl wi.'e. . '
"Arrington vas brotiirUt to trial
last year on the charges by Mrs,
' Arrington.
At his trial, she testified that
Arrington forced her to write a
suicide note and then tried to
make ) her hang herself from ;a
rafer of .their tobacco barn., ,
She. said, she pleaded with Ar
rington to let her shoot herself
'i instead. She, testified, he relent
'ed, and held a pistol against ber
breast and forced her to pull the
trigger. f '
. Mrs. Arrington said she fell to
' the ground seriously wounded and
pleaded 'with him to call medical
aid. She said he refused to help
her until exacting a promise that
' she would say she was shot in a.
i hunting accident; 1
, , She recovered from her wound
The trial ended in a hung jury,
, She won possession' or part of his
property in a civil suit and he
; criminai charges , were never re
opened.
Madison Family
Escapes Injury In,
if. -.!'!.??",-" r A-r..,., 'V" 1(ij,'V''' ft1?''-" ;
Collision" Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Plemmons of
Marshall RD 1, sat open-mouth
ed, astonished and happily unin
jured in the pick-up truck Mon
day after a big- chicken, truck
rounded a curve, on Jupiter Road,
slid 'sideways on the ice-coated
pavement and combed right ' tip
on the hood of their .small truck.
Edward Posey i Cole, of Ashevllle,
driver of the top-side truck, was
uninjured.'1 Plemmons and 'State
Ilis'iway Patrolman Fred Almond
p creed t';e ice was at fault The
ricmr tvo small .children
' "i 1 i tt ti e t'me likewise
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Hurdcrs Lover,.
, Marshall Doctor
DR.' LEE S. "KNIGHT, who re
cently opened offices here over
,Moores Pharmacy, ; Pr. and Mrs
Knigh'md childreh are re
siding in the . M. Baley home,
formerly occupied by(:. Dr. and
Mrs. John AIcLeod arid "family, on
Robert BUM.
SOCIAL SECURITY
OFFICIAL TO BE
HERE JAN. 24
It was announced here this
ciai security office would pf' at
tne courthouse on. a mday, Janu
ary 24, at ten o'clock.
He will assist., anyone wishing
information concerning Social Se
curity. - " , - " "''-
Marshall PTA.Toin
Meet On Tuesday ; .
Dr. Knight To 3peak
Mrs. Earl Robinson; president
of the (Marshall Parent-Teacher
Association, announced this week
that the association will meet
next .Wednesday, January 22 at
the Marshall school cafeteria at
three o'clock.
Mrs. Bernard Brigman, pro
gram chairman, . announced that
Dr. Lee J. Knight, Marshall phy
sician, will be the principal speaker.,.--
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Mrs.. Clyde M. Roberts will
have charge of the. devotions and
Mrs, Howard Barnwell will sing
a solo. C- : -' .lv. . .,
: AU- members are urged to at-
G.'IHome Loan
Bill Introduced v
By Con. Whitener
Washington, D, C Congress
man Basil L. ' Whitener' recently
introduced a bill to revitalise the
now defunct G.I. borne loan pro
gram, . I ' ' ''
' The Wbitener bill Is identical
to on passed by tiie -' Congress
during the closing days of the
first session of the 85th Congress.
The bill was then vetoed by Pres
ident Eisenhower. '":' r i" V ;
In remarks to the House of Rep
resentatives at the time of the
introiluctoin of the bill Whitrner
saiJ: "All economic reports seem
to indicate t!,at there is a great
r.n J f r tl.e revival of tl.is vft-
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IKE OFFERS
$73.9 BILLION
BUDGET
Washington, Jan. 13 Presi
dent Eisenhower presented to
Congress today the highest budget
in .peacetime history . $73,834,-
000. 000 to embark the nation on
"the dawning age , of space con
quest." Two out of every three dollars
in, the spending program, for the
1959 fiscal year starting next July
1, are earmarked for national
protection' in what Eiisenhower
said is clearing "a time of grow
ing danger."
To meet these dangers flung
out from the Kremlin, the Presi
dent proposes to spend a billion
dollars more on the missile pro
gram alone' a total of 5,300,
000,000. The precariously balanced mid
get cuts and skimps on civilian
and even some military items' to
put' more money into missiles and
nuciear weapons and vehicles,,
supersonic, planes, greater foreign
aid and a stepped, up. ''effort on
military satellites and other out
er space, vehicles;",- ""
TAXES UNCHANGED ;
It calls for holding, taxes where
they arw uowfor (tilt)ttup rtem
nnrariltf! t.hn .&75rhillum-dotl'af lid
on .the national iaobt,- tot 'anickeL
stamp on iex$ ers,, anfi 5r. Bd,uuy
fewer, mfen jn military uniform
' . Pronouncing (, bis budget ade
quate to meet America's respon
sibilities. " Eisenhower : informed
Congress in ' 22,QQQword mes
sage: , " rpi'v ,i
. ."Americans have a tradition of
uniting in action when their free
doms . and welfare are threatened.
We do- notf h:vk-.jti-t:lefi'roi'
eibilitie wtieu new challenge a-
rise. - v ) ' , "s-t - - 1
"I feel confident that this bud
get expresses ' the way - In which
the American people will want to
respond to the promises and dan
gers of the dawning age of space
conquest;., 4 New; dbnensions must
be added, to our fleienses, ani oux-
moded activities . must be discard
ed. . ' Closer international coopera
tion is vital in a world where
great distances ;, are losing their
meaning, As we devote more of
put" efforts and resources to these
compelling 'tasks, we will have to
limit our demands for less essen
tial services and benefits provid
ed by federal government."
Secondary Roads
Are Improved In
County During Dec.
Division Engineer W. M. Cor
kill of Asheville, announced this
week .that during December in
Madison County, two ; secondary
roade -varying, in width from 12
to 14 feet, were graded, drained,
and surfaced with ' traffic-bound
macadam: Tolley for 0.2 mile;
and White Oak for 0.2 mile1 ,
Meeting In Courtroom; ' All
v Farmers, Others Are)
;:-., Invited To Attend . -f
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' Sine 1955 farmers of Madison
County have been eligible for So
cial Security benefits on sIf em
ployment income. Laws and reg
ulations covering the i-'':Vnty
for benefits have boen ci.arr'ng
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NEW 1958 FARM
ALLOTHENTS
Applications for new farm bur
ley tobacco " allotments ' for 1958
are now . being accepted at the
county ASC office in Marshall,
According to Ralph W." Ramsey,
county ASC off ie-aajiager, : the
requirement 1 which must be met
by the farm and the applicant
are much more rigid than they
once "were due to tbe tightening of
the tobacco Public Law enacted
by Congress some three years ago.
Following Is, a lit of the major
requirements, each of which must
be met before the i county ASC
committee , maT'g,5inmend ap
provalof. an allotment for the
farm:, , (1).' The , farm operator
shall have had experience in
growing burley tobacco during
Ijwo of the past five years. (2)
Tbe' fatm operator shall live ,on
and 'obtain 50 percent or more of
his .livelihood rom the farm on
which the application is. .filed. (3)
The farm covered by the applca
lon' shall bo 'the only farm own
ed ror operated by, the .applicant
for which i burley allotment is
established for, the 1958-1959
marketing year, ,(4" The farm
must be jperatedjby the owner
thereof. (5) The farm or any
portion thereof " shall not have
been a pirt of another, farm (dur
ing any of? the past five", years
(19S3-1937) for which ah old to
bacco acreage " was established.
(6)' There are barns' on the farm
suitable for thecuring of tobacco.
(7) The applicant 'must execute
and sign Jus application form pri
or, to ihe ine date for filinc
any inttrut.od farm owner with, a
non-allotmenl farm who .thinks
that he and bis. farm meet each
otf the above requirements for a
new1 farm tobacco allotment should
visit the ASC office for addition
al Information and the filing of
his application. ,
Regional Sunday
School Clinic To Be
In Asheville Jan. 20
One of the most important Sun
day School events , of the year, in
the opinion of Rev. Ralph. Hogan,
moderator; Mr.' Wade Huey,' Sun
day School Superintendent; and
the Rev. David B. Roberts Field
Worker of t h e French Broad
Baptist Association, ' is to be the
Regional Sunday v School Clinic,
sponsored by the Southern Baptist
Sunday School Board, under the
direction of Mr.' John T. Size
more, ably assisted by Dr. Her
man Ihley, Secretary of the North
Carolina Baptist Sunday School
Department.. Residents of , this
area are' fortunate' in the fact
that this clinic is to be beld in
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farmer receiving an
income of f 400 or r
Social Secruity tax.
however, have s i
whether he pays on i
tion of his gross iin
tain condition !.
" A farmer h-t 1 s
Security taxrs cn t
nual net i"- 9 "
ceive as r-. ',
p pr month s r ? :
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PRODUCTION ON
FARMS WILL BE,
DBCUSSTOieE
Door Prizes Too Be Given
At Meeting Next
Thursday
Pastures,' hay crops, and corn
for grain or silage utilize most of
the : agricultural land in Madison
County. From these crops we re
ceive 'the f amily meat', and mjlkj
supply. Oiit income from jthe
sale of milk, beef cattle, yeaj
calvek, sheep and swine depends
uppn our" success ' in producing
good pastures, corn, and adequate
winter feed crops. Madison .County-farmers
most te successf ul Jn
producing the' pasture and feed
crops" or become failures in the
competitive field of fanning !
, What's new in 1958 in produc
ing pastures, corn, and other
feed crops? , ' " '
f- The latest in research findings
on corn, pasture and" forage crops
will be presented to farmers ,of
Madison County at a meeting with
the 'following program: 1
' 1,'The latest dn com production
'including . labor savings by the
use of chemical weed control. ;
2. Pasture and forage crop pro
duct Unt "-including -1 -pipet -fertilisation,
varieties, cultural 'methods
and weed control. ' - '
8. How to obtain and use your.
A.S.C. assistance.
' Thia program will be present
ed by: Dr. A. D. Stuart, Agrono
my Extension Specialist in corn ;
Mr. Carl T. Blake, Agronomy Ex
tension Specialist in pasture and
forage crops; Mr. Ralph Ramsey,
ASC county office manager, and
your county agents.
The following door, prizes will
be awarded: (
Twelve pounds of orchard grass
seed and two pounds of Ladino
clover seed by Teague Millinig
Company ;
Two bags of 2-12-12 by Coal,
Feed and Lumber Company ;
One gallon of 2,4-D weed killer
by P. R. Elam Farm Supply;
One bag of Ammonium Nitrate
by Madison County Soil Conser
vation and Land Use Association ;
- Four pounds of rat. poison by
the County Agent's Office.
' All you do to win one of the
prizes mentioned above and get
the latest, information on pasture
and forage crop production , and
com production is to.be present
at the court bouse in Marshall,
Thursday, January 23, at 1:30 p.
nw. for the agronomy school.
two days each month and Dr.
. L. Turrwir, Extension Farm
T.t Specialist, ; will be
t in the court room in Ifar-
r a r eting on Social f e
1 income taxes. , Tl ese
i wiil give a discussion
i f "rily and then c, ti
i " .1 srsswer r i
: .-urity "i Ft '
Oeei
H00
ieiy
GETS PROMOTION
iru e TOtTtT UiTrtPT .ws -k. J
connected with the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Compa
ny at Winston-Salem, has been
appointed assistant chief operat
or. Mrs. Peoples has been with
fc i y
the company approximately nine
' , ..... :.Jlwi
years. mo-is .
Ruth Morgan daughter of the
Rev. amd Mrs. Frank Morgan, of
Marshall RFD 2.
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1 TAIIfTA V A 1 1 AITT, Policeman' Burrell testified that
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SHELTjERS ME
NECESSARY
There are indications that the
Administration is planning to rec
ommend to Congress the construc
tion of radioactive rail-out snei-
ters. Suoh shelters, as a
j j. .
aeiense
preparation, seem to be a certain
eventuality.
Perhaps the stimulant which
has brought about concentration
sin fliia OTihiat at tha mlTT1ATlt. IS
the impact caused by the Gaither
report. Dn that report, which was
concerned wdth the chances otf
the United States in a war with
Russia, it was warned that this
rnnntrv shouM be SDendincr many
billions of dollars each year in
.... ...
the construction ol laii-out snei-
ters.
If the people of this country
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Community Club .
At Bull Creek To .
Meet Monday Night
The BuU Creek Community v
Club will hold their . regular
monthly meeting Monday night,1
January 20 at 7:80 o'clock In, the r
- The Rev.: Glenn Whitley will
preside.' - "- l
"aave iour vision i
Week" Emphasizes
Vision Enjoyment
' -More than 100,000' men and
women of North ; Carolina ' who
are over. 45 "years of age can en
Joy "better vision as . the result of
Benjamin Fr; Min, whose birth
day is ceh' 1 Jsr, ry 17. ,
Franklin i;
es, which, acc
S. Bailey of
of the Iwii.ii
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PRICE: $2.60 A YEAR IN COUNTY
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Defendants Bound Over To
February Term Of
Court Here
Clyde, Huff and George Welch,
both about ,Q, and, both . of New
port, Tenn., were bound over to
the February .term of. superior
court following pxeliminarybear
ing Monday morning before J.
Hubert Davis, Justice 'of. the
Peace, here.
The two defendants were, charg
ed with possession of ., burglary
topis and carrying concealed weap
ons, when they were,, arrested; last
week by. Policeman Cairl ..Burrell
and deputy sheriff Johns Heusley
.abqut a mile sguth ;of.JMarshall.
, Arrested at.the samctime was
.Hersohei . Carver, 4 6, .Leicester,
driver of the car. Carver, ;Jt was
revealed laer, had escaped, from
.the Orange County. Prison amp
fin .December, vwhile, serving a
ntenco for therder. of Roy
Both Huff and.-Welch:' pleaded
not guilty ?"hen asked;boMt, the
burglary tools." , They SWdt.hav-
knowledge that the,' tools.
I were in the car" and stated thai.
w, . Hot
' y rCarver.I They '
, g J
I the time they were pieked up, last.
all three men were armed
k- arrested theni. i but tbat when
cadibrei' pistol irom , varver, , w .
ether twe -men "threw down their -pistols
beside the roadV' Oa cross
examination by Attorney Porter,
of Newport, Tenn., edimci for the -two
men, Burrell said that h was
positive that all three were arm
ed. He told Mr. Davis- that he 1
. w hd
Went uatB. wre -j r
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,,,n t.k.two nistols which '
Huff and Welch had thrown.
down." He said that John Hens- .
ley remained "in the Police car
until Carver made a move toward ,
hs Pjstl
"Hensley then jump- ,
ed out of the police car and while
h ws disarming Carver, he ,
(Burrell searched the other two
men for other arms." He told "
the court that "Huff and Welch t
n't give
wi.iii'4- wuro
me any trouoie auu :
didn't' resist arrest."
Burrell then told of finding the
i ..Ji tM tm - wliir.h
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Jrawdriver. nunches, and other
' articles. . When asked' why he
' didn't pick up1 the pistols which ,
. had been thrown down . at the. '
'tone, Policeman Burrell said, 'l ,
was only interested in taking the
ilt at that- time." He ex- , ;;
plained that it was nighttime an'
that h returned to tbe wne ol
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Freeman Expresses
Satisfaction From
Silage Feeding . r
Burt Freeman, of the Tillery
Branch community is feeding his
cattle sialge from a sif feeder
bunker silo. T' ' ' er conditions
during, harvest time fr Sl'- "
and f ..other work ; requiremen'
prevented Burt from
s. r"e
V-a corn cut at t . f I
time to 1 ave t
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