J " .a'.',v ''.';vA. J' UV-M is! . I U L 1 1 S2.60 A Year In Madison ft Buncombe Counties ; 8 PACES THIS WEEK r ft;,- iii;'Viii,iilirf-wi f f ;' -- 2.W A Year In Madison ft i VOL.53 NO. 30 GRAVES SPEAKS BCMCIIEET? m CONSERVATION Gcjrt iff '.A ' f RESERVE PHASE K.'. COUNCHW jh' C-crc:!3 En'iryiStcjy i WILL To IJaly Tcrfci Griciinal 1 iN. C Board Of Health Tft ; , Function At Medical J , f , ; How cn -excwlve und aeedleu injury In psange !Ar acdWenta j be wdOMdlJf V 4" i n'' ' ' Hospitals, State Kitfnrtty P troj aiemibers, piiygicians and pub- ? lie IteaRo , Cficia ,' irt. lIadiaon, BuncomiM), Transylwsnia nd Yan cey counties will help supply aa i answer. '.';' V- rjf For eix months beginning Aug. 1, these agencies andj Individnala will furoish data for the North Carol ina-Vrnell Undverslty Auto motive Crash Injury program. Begun in North Carolina in 1954, this program has as its pri mary objective the study at the relationship between passenger ear design and, the injuries sus tained by occupants. It is estimated that thousands of American motorists may al ready have been saved from in jury or death by the application of data obtained in North Caroli na and in other participating states in recent engineering safe ty designs aimed at increasing passenger protection Participating groups vnolude the North Carolina Highway Patrol. the North ' OaroHna Board of Health, the Medical Society 'of, the ; State of North Carolina, and, the - ' North Carolina Hospital Associa tion, and hospital authorities- and personnel. r" ' x',j 'Physicians and highway, patrol officers will collaborate 1y report Ing on special forms fht nature and .extent of injuries and the pre cise causes of' Injuries sustained by the occupants' of cars involved. In accidents, in. selected sampling' a Functlanlng as nieulcal eoordl- : siator f the. program will be the . 'North Carolina Board of Health and many of itj local health of ficers. - Completed case , histories t iacludJba; accident reports,'; phots fc srapaa,. and medical reports will . he-forwarded te Cornell for analy sis and statistical interpretation. t . The lwsultiftfj' pool .. ,rf - medical and accident data f Mm Norft Carolina and the M other state te thM tatentaw - Cwrndll pro gram has made it possible to pre (Osstiassd ta Last Pas) ,i County Financial , Statement Page 2 The annual financial' statement of Madison County, showing re ceipts and. expenditures is pulb- lished on Page Two of this issue, INVITED TO STATE YMW CONFERENCE ft . , Two Madison County young peo ple, Olin ' Jarrett and Pat Prof - fitt, have been invited to attnd the State YMW Conference, at ' Millstone 4-H Camp near Roclting ham,' N.' C.; The - Conference be gins with registration on -Thurs- v.day afternoon, August 6, and ends with lunch -Sunday, August 9. Olin and Pat recently received a letter from Troy Howard, State YMW president. Quoting from t his letter, "We would like to in vite you to share a week-end of . fun, recreation,' and information with our State YMW Clubs." YMW stands for Young Men 1 and Women. ; YMW clubs are organizations for young adults. i They are usually 'organized on the county-wide basis and are spon sored by the Ajrri. " sion Service, your co and home econcn;N clul-s mft c-.-'-e j r r Ex en- r i 11' i ' 1 f.t r i c ' )--. ! 3 y 1 cnL- 1 f : 46 PERSONS ARE X-RAYED FRIDAY AT CHEST CLINIC Forty-six persons were x-rayed at the &4nonthly : ; chest x-ray clinic held at the Madison County Health. Center of Friday, July 17. Of the 46 films made, 10 were follow-up films ' Of "persons who had active tuberculosis at some time but now inactive. IS persons x-rayed were contacts of persons known to have tuberculosis; 8 persons x-rayed were expectant mothers who attend the Healfli Department Maternity Clinic. 11 persons x-rayed were referred by their family physicians; and 2 per sons were x-rayed for follow-up oi previous films. The films were read by Dr. C. D. Thomas. Medical Director of the Western North Carolina San atorium at ' Black Mountain. Re ports of the readings were as fol-, lows: the ten former tuberculosis patients were all found to be doing well with no active disease; 27 films were reported as negative; 4 films Showed evidence of non tubercolsis pathology, and 1 film showed active tuberclosis. This person will be admitted to the W. N. C; Sanatorium for treatment at once. ' - fn 1' l : ; i ,t (4iic ennt -ry cuiik is iiiibiiwu by the Madison County Tuberculo sis, Association as, part of theiiji casadlndW proefraim It is held Wf-onpntbly 'at'te. Health Center, All .x-yays are .wiaoe by appoinJ intuit i ' , , IltE SUGGESTS PAYING DECT, NO TAX CUTS Washington President Eisen hower said Wednesday, with great earnestness, that before talking abaut tax cuts, Mwe should starti paying off something on this big. debt of ears." He also said he hopes this ses sion of Congress will bnckie down and pass a labor regulation bill,, a new farm program and a bill to finance the big federal hijfliway program. Once again, he held no hone for a tax cut in the next 18 months. Eisenhower laid down his stand on these and many other issues at a news conference attended by 224 reporters. ABOUT TAXES On taxes, the President added: "It would look to be the part ol wisdom to start getting -the debt down a little bit, thereby creating (Continued te Last Paget, Church Musicians Will Meet At Lake ; Junaluslca July 26-31. , ,e .: , . ; w -Church musicians from through out the nation have been invited to an Institute of Church Music t. Lake Junaluska : July 26-31, sponsored by the Methodist Board of Education, Nashville, Twin. f ; The? driector1 of,' the - instituta, the Rev. Dr. BHsS Wiant of tte KlaAhville board, said .the train ing conference is open to "church musicians of all degrees of skill and musical 'background." - , He announced that faculty mem bers will include Dr; William A. Hoppe, dean of the School of Fine Arts at Wesleyan College,' Macon, Ca.: Prof. C'.enn Drfper, director tf 1, V. c'-oral music at Fit'er I" ' ct-.ner, N. C. the Eev. r f i -' ! ; v ' t' : '. (. farmers throughout the nation who are Interested in placing , portion 'of their farm in tns Con servation Reserve ', phase of the Soil Bank program in 1960 . will have an opportunity to' do so, ac cording to an announcement ty Novlle Hawkins,-chairman of the Madison County ASC Committee. This pTiase of the soil bank pro gram is designed to permit farm ers to underplant their acrealge of soil bank; base crops thereby en abling them to receive compensa tion for converting a portion of their, cropland to soil and water conservation uses. Mr. Hawkins further explained that the basic purpose of the program is to re duce the production of surplus' crops and stabilize farm markets. Farmers desiring to secure . a contract starting with the 1960 program year will be given an qp nortunitv to siem-un during: Uhe period August 24 to September 10.J This period is the same for all counties and states, throughout the nation. During this first sign up period the farmers will merely sign forms requesting the Coun ty ASC Committee in the county in which their farm is located to establish a ' maximum payment rate for their farm. The second sign-up phase will be during the period of September 14 through September 24 in which farmers who wish ' to accept the rates es tablished by tie County Commit tee will be permitted to file their applications for contract. ... , $h' " ' conclusion. ' Jfr. Hawkins pointed out that 'for 1969, as un der- $ns. 1959 program, . farmers wijl be' perniiltedT to" offer !theif land under the nrogramata lass, raU thSfi tht"es'tabHshe4'by the. CbuotyCommittttd,- that priority will . bs iven to (hose tfanner whv make the best effer hi order to utilise to the full ex ttm the- funds made available for the 1960 program year.' Uoo:faniG2ica Gcd in EVIDENCE INDICATES HE WASN'T By BE ALE FLETCHER (From AsheviHe Citisen-Times) A grave near Fletcher which for 84 years supposedly held the remains of a man convicted - of murder has revealed no evidence that he was ever buried there. : To Ben and . Claude Cunning- hartiji their children ' and , , grand children,' this startling evidence would appear to substantiate ru mors that have persisted through the years : that : George ' M.r Cun ningham who was allegedly- heng- d in Madison County early in June, 1875, for the murder of a Kana man named Daniel Stern- bsrgh, .waa never actually hanged until , death . that -.he escaped from: the coffin while it was en route from Marshall to Asheville, and took out through the woods. "", It - was also rumored that to fool the pallbearers who would carry the coffin to its grave, a log had been substituted to approxi mate the weight of the corpse. V The grave was opened this July 7 under the blazing- heat of a mid-day sun when a little band of grim, determined farmers gather ed at Paity'a Chapel "Cemetery to setUe once and for all whether or not the rumors they had, heard for so mary yc&Ys were true. Lesl s'-rs lia 1 U '-i t.' rn to Stresses Importance Of CWI : Defense Planning; ; i-The BeT.;:AiyJ:Gravi of. Hot Springs, V Madison ," County Civil Defense I'Chainnan, ;was, , guest speaker sit the luncheon meeting of the Marshall Chamber of Com merce Tuesday. . , Mr. Graves told ' the group of the National, State and County plans, fc Civil Defense activity and scanned over 1 vital points as to organization. ' Hf was invited to return and further discuss CD to the group In the near future. William Vanderwrt, also a guest, spoke briefly about the highway situation in this area and emphasized, the importance of concerted effort and anity in fu ture road planning. ' Dean Shields, president, presid ed at the meeting which was at- tended by 23 members and four guests. FOREIGN AID FUND BILL IS NOW APPROVED The", House and Senate, voting in quick succession with iittle 4' bate,- Wednesday passed and . sent to President Eisenhoweif eom- L an r-f-rt tft ArtA i.ul .authorization bill, ! "" t he 't6tal te pnl $363,200,000 short i-f less taan 10 per cent of the $3,909"01orW Eisenhower asked, C -u efforts to .slash it ' t that doesn't neaa, i' wiwlsst are ever In get-. it; the money he wants to l.v.p friendly nations! stem, the tide of cotnmnnlsm build up. The biH merely sett spending ceilings. . , Mr - ed in five-mlnuts shifts; tmtil they came to the wood at the top of the coffin. Then they worked slowly, with painstaking ' care, ' removing the dirt bv hand and sifting it through their fingers. ' " - Seme of the men had talked to workmen who bad opened graves and transplanted -remains ,to other cemeteries, when 'the Asheville Hendersonville Airport was ex panded in the early 80s and had to make use of land that contain ed a graveyard. Some of these graves were around 100 years old. These workman had said) "YouTl frnd evidence Cf eomeone had been buried there for even in the oldest graves there were always some re mains: buttons, hair, teeth, bones." V After two hsurs ' of careful search the men were ' convinced that no one had ver been buried hi that gTave. . ' ?! But ' they wanted ' scientific proof. .They sent - for Doctor David Pierce who teaches chemis try at the Ashevine-tBiltinore Col leg.' Silently and anxiously the men awaited the opinion of Doctor Pierce as be carefully examined the contents of the grave. '. Because of his experience and his reputation as a doctor in chem istry, he was, to the snen present at the gravesite, an authority on Such matters as this. Doctor Pierce looked st the wood to which the coffin 1 ' s had been fastened, eut it v. a knife,; then said, "This U r " He examined the nails t! i the. coffin, t'-''tl said, "TV r -t't f f iron." The six c ' v c r !a of line. I I. ' v i ..'' i S he' -fs r TVie 6th regular meeting of the Madison County 4-H County Coun cil met July IS in Marshall. The meeting was called to order by Faith Edwards, president. Ann Hufif served as secretary in the absence of the elected one. There were three visitors present, Mrs. Kirkpatriok, Mrs. A. W. Huff and, Miss Towhsnd, assistant home ec onomics agent. The members gave the club pledge and began discussion of the pamphlet "Putting he 4-H Pledge to Work." The Mars Hill Senior and the Mars Hill 7th and 8th Grade Clubs tied for tile gavel to hold until the September meet ing. Some of the ones who were re cognized at this meeting were; Da vid Robinson and poug . Buckner as "Outstanding OairfipersH for Hbe camp week, and Ann Huff as one of the six from the Western Dis trict to attend 4-H Wildlife Camp as District winner in the sewing demonstration contest. A program, "Is Your Home Fun?" followed adjournment of the business session. HAYWOOD s STUDENT FUND IS ESTABLISHED Mars -Hill-. Mars HiU.College has been named the beneficiary of a S26.000 bequest in the will Of the laWI JFrancis of Belmont, N. C, ,P-residen( Hoyt . piacsweM an nounced Wednesdar morning. , ilthebeqpest is in,ihs form of a tmsrtund to be known as ttaf"W, iJJdWM TemorrfaJ holorship Fund'' and is to bs 'administered bv the First 'National Bank - of 'Wayeesville' and. the collegs. ' The proceeds Will be used each . (CnetiNei Te IM rage) was a considerable:;, quality heavy, thick-barked wood. "That aurelv must- bs J the rs- mains of the log," .said one of the men. ; ; Two types of cloth were found in the grave, but 'since there were no buttons, Dr. Pierce said he be lieved that the doth came from the padding used in the interior of the coffin, (Later analysis at the Buncombe Cetrnty Health De- oartment Laborstory ; confimed that the cWth was of two different waives, but both were ; made of lamb's wooL It was the lab's opin ion, as well as Dr. Pierce's that this cWth would have completely deconmosed lone before human bones sad teeth.) ''.'' After examing. the contents of the grave for seme 80 mmartcs, Dr. Pierce said, "Gentlemen; there seems to be no evidence that a man was ever burred in. this grave." . By thig time some of "Ben and Claude Cunningham's children ' and grsAdcaBdren had arrived on the scene. There was a touch of hila rity i the air, as the dramatic tenseness of fhe past several hours suddenly relaxed. The young' ones seeing fhe baroy and contended expressions on the faces ff the old folks, lsnghed, and their laugh ter echoed across the empty hill side grave. " vs- , .. Someone askedi "I wonler why they put the bsttle of vgne in the grave."'. - 1 Walter Fletcher, sged f T, one of the gravesule watchers, f l: "Years eo, befcre c'.'-aT s t '" -id was commoti'y x i i i t - try, pej's tr;-'- ' ' f "e on f e r 1 t 1075? GETS WILDLIFE SCHOLARSHIP ; On the basis of her 4-H Wildlife Conservation Record Book, Ann Huff has been awarded a scholar ship to the 4-H Wildlife Conser vation Conference at the Millstone 4-H Camp. It begins with regis tration at 2:00 p. m., on Sunday, August 2, and closes after break fast on Thursday, August 6. Ann is one of six from the west ern district to receive a scholar ship. A total of seventy-two boys and girls from fifty-four of the one hundred N. C. counties have been selected as delegates. These scholarshps are for all in-camp-expenees and are provided by the Federal Cartridge Corpora tion, Minneapolis, Minnesota. A district award of $25.00 m cash is sponsored by the N. C Wildlife Federation. The six 4 H'ers to receive these will be an nounced tsier. The State award is an all ex pense paid itripl to the National 4-H Club Congress held in Chica go each fall. This award is spon sored jointly by the North Caro lina Wildlife Resources Commis sion and the N. C. Wildlife Fed eration. B-M RED CROSS AREA PLANS ARE DMISSEDEft AreaT'Tlanntasi Anwrfcan Red Cross fWd services in1 ' this area took, place Wednesday when Richard Bjurbsrg of Atlanta,' Ga.' newhr appointed, director f iield service for Tennessee ana! ,Westr' North- Carolina, eonf arret with Marshall Upton, manager of the Buncombs-Msdieon Rsd Cross chapter. It was BJuiberg's first a visit 10 ninivj swcs pwhmuv .1 mm mAntli km. A mtmBte of meat a month ago.. A the national RC staff since 1950, he was assistant Junior Red Cross director for the Southeast,; then manaeed the Palm Beach, Fla. chapter before returning to nation, al headquarters as assistant direc tor of disaster services this Jan uary. v . , -.,'.,',v. NKONONWAY T0M0SC0W;TVILL BE "FRIENDLY" Vice President Richard M. Nix on took off for the Soviet Union Wednesday night vowing to be "friendly and frank", during his ll-day tour of Che Soviet Union. -Nixon and his wife Pat,: in an official party of US, swept away, from Friendship ; Airport 1 ' In v a sleek , jetliner Svr .the 11-hour fSght. to Moscow. -,Vf iNixon good-hanwrcdly Spouted some newly learned Russian phras es as he said his goodbyes to Act ing Secretary ef ' State : Douglas Dillon, Soviet Ambassador Milail Menshinkov and other dignttariesi ' He waved to a police-estimated 'iirong of 5.CC8 aho gathered at Friendship Alport, midway be tween Wasfiir-toa and Ealtimore, for the historic ocssy'on. Earlier in - the Say, Nixon re ctsved ' Prf ' ' t I ' final instrut;". r.i to hf is i f line ii t " f t Pi " 1 i ' Two Manslaughter Cases On Docket Jurors ' Named The July term of superior court for the trial of criminal cases will begin here Monday morning with Judge J. Frank Huskins, of Burnsvdlle, presiding. Robert S. Swain is the solicitor. There are 64 cases on the dock et for the one-week term. Most of the cases are of minor nature with two manslaughter cases docketed for trial. They are State vs. Billy J. McKinney and States vs. Louis E. Norwood. There are 16 listings of persons with failure to comply with judg ment and 33 names on the docket of persons called and failed last term. Spurgeon Chandler, Floyd Pon der, Homer Payne, Miss Hazel Sprinkle, Ralph E. Briggs, Wal ter Cody, Leonard Buckner, Carl Eller, James I. Story, E. O. Bur nette, Milburn Gosnell, Jeter Can trell, Claude Cody, Jessie Keener, Lauring Sheldon, Joe Bullman, D. C. Rice, Alvin Harris, Otis Mar tin, Jack' Anderson, Raleigh Sla- gle, Homer Radford, Ben Rice, Nix Ray, Claude Arlington, Har dy Ferguson, Charlie Honeycutt, C. B. Justice, J. B. Peek, W. R. Singleton, Charles E. Wills, Hat- ton Sams, D. O. Brooks, Glenn Slagle, C. G. Schaffer, Oliver Roberts, Marion Ramsey, Colman Puckner, Ruben Caldwell,' Guy Vance Edmonds, Tom Norton, Les-. ter J. Price, Roy Snyder, Shuford MoDevitt and H. B. Ftynn. " 4.14 TODBtoAY-'V The Cherokee Indian folk Fes- j ttval will be heW ' at the fair- 1 ground at Cherokee, N. en Mon day, JolrZT, at 4:00 p.-mi ( It is a folk festival comprise of four teams competing far a k mg cp. The fow . team arc' Cherokee, N. .; Enka, N. C Maggie VaHcy, N. C; and Sevit ville, Tenn. " i The program consists of squr dancing, and as an added attr tion, Mary Smith, a local girl t Cherokee, who has been singin. folk f estivala' . throughout South, will be among those e: taming. - , , - Mr. V KeHy Underwood, v known throughout the folk ft circuit, will be ihe master c emonies. 4 (. , I ;. The music will be furnis the Smoky .Mountain Strinj Mrs. Fisher To , Make Official OES Visit Mom Mrs.? Mildred ,B. ) Asheville, worthy gran the Grand Chapter of olina, Order of the E will make her official Marshall Eastern f Monday evening, at f Mrs. Elizabeth P." thy matron of f ? and Wade Kuey U ' A social hour v the close of V e i

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