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Jctlgo 6loar3 file UJay
For limes Extradition
Fruent C. Kimes, George A.
is Garner Charged Here
In Death Of Lawson
A Mississippi judge Thursday
cleared the way for trial here in
Msy of two men charged with
causing ithe death, of a Madison
County storekeeper during a ? 40,
000 holdup in 1955. '
The two are George A. Gamer,
40, of Cairo, Ml., and' Fluent C.
Rimes, 38, of Blytheviill, Ark. A
third man, Charles P. (Rocky)
Rothschild, former. Cairo police-
irian, also is charged in ithe case
but is sewing a long robbery term
in South v Carolina and faces a
life term in Georgia for murder.
He probably will not be tried
here, urithouigh 'he may be a wit
ness.
Gamer recently was returned to
Man&nU and is held without pro
lilege of bond on charges of mur
der, burglary and aimed robbery,
tn Aberdeen, Miss., Thursday,
Circuit Judge Raymond Jarvis de
Tided Kimes a wirit which would
have freed "him while he fought
extradition to North Carolina.
The judge denied the writ of
i habeas corpus after hearing testi
mony from four . North Carolina
men linking him with the robbery
of Carson Lawson, 63-year-old
merchant here. Lawson, a vic
tim of heart disease, died of a
heart attack while his hands were
. bound during the robbery.
Mississippi's Gov. Ross Baraett
. -ordered Kimes extradited, and
Kimes had sought release on a
habeas corpus writ.
Kimes was recently i released
from federal prison where he
: was serving a sentence for, bank
robbery atkerman JMisfHe
. had been held iii Aberbeen
jail when a technicality reversed
, Ms ' conviction for bank irobbery
and a new trial was ordered! by
U. S. District Judge Claude "jQUqr
' tan. ' .
Bather than prosecute again, the
ITJS. attorney dropped the bank
- robbery dherges and North 'Caro
lina filed warrants asking that he
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arshall Lions Club Agrees
To Sponsor (Bounty Eye Clinic
Vwait Decision Of Hot
Springs Lions To Co
operate - The Marshal Lions Club Mon-
. day night endorsed a plan to es-
tabJish an eye clinic in ithe new
. health center here. ,
a Outline of .the proposed clinic
was explained by Arnold J. Hyde
- of Asheville, (field representative
for the Blind, Mrs. Elba Kearney,
medical worker with the commis
sion, Mrs. iFramcea Ramsey, Mad
ison County Superintendent of
I Public Welfare, and .Miss Gar
ttette Hutchins, County ; Health
.Nurse:
" - The clinic, to be known a Madi
son County Lions Eye CUndc, wiJU
operate with t eammtssion
fornishimr a medical worker a
technidan and an eye pbysican.
-'The commission will also pay for
Hospitalization in all certified ope-
rations.
The welfare ' department 'Will
i certify persons needing operations
on the basis of need, i The heaSith
department wili screen aU school
children and set up appoinlgnents.
Funds from v the Lion -Qub,
White Oane J3rive (and School
Health fund will be used to buy'
Evds will 1 lead i'a committee
from the Marshall Lions .dub
lLch will attend meeting of the
Hot SoiSnM. Lions dn he near
r 'ure.
Voi ' 'ng on its own last year
a commission examined 40!) per-
s '.'?d 800 r&.rs cX c.AJses
If- norsd 13 of-wations. f -
I' i i-- :i--it, Dc!:nar Payne,
' ! : .) n-:.JLer and four
PAGES THIS WEEK
DRIVE WITH CARE
THIS WEEK-END
The N. C. State Motor Club
estimates that at least 15 persons
will die in traffic (accidents on N.
C. highways during the Easter
week-end.
(Highway fatalities for the holi
day period will be counted from
6 p. tn., Friday t!hrough (midnight
Monday. The state's Easter toll
last year added up to 12 killed and
335 injured in 594 accidents.
Of the 619 driver violations re
ported, the leading causes of ac
cidents were speeding, faiifliure to
yield right of way, following too
closely, driving under the influen
ce of alcohol and' droving on. the
wrong side of the road other than
in passing.
North Carolina's highway
deaths for the first three months
of this year are running neck .to
neck with the pace set in 1960,
when the .traffic toll reached 1,
220, second Wghest on record. lit
was exceeded only in 1941, when
1,289 persons were killed.
Thomas B. Watkins, president
of the motor club, urged drivers
to heed the rules of .the road and
exercise courtesy and caution an
an all-out effort of cooperation
in Gov. Sanford's new highway
safety program to .reduce the
state's highway slaughter bv at
least 100 victims" this year.
ALL COURTHOUSE
OFFICES TO BE
UAftEJJiuUlV
It was announced this week Chat
all offices in the Courthouse wall
be closed 'Monday to observe Eas
ter. Other offices to be closed are
the Welfare Department and ithe
Madison County Health Depart
ment. FEED GRAIN
YET TO FARMERS
The 1961 Feed Grain Program
which the Congress and the Pres
ident approved last week is yet
open to farmers who wish to par
tioipiate. " The ifirst step which interested
farmers must take in order to be
eligible to take pant in the pro
gram is to file a Feed Grain
aoreaige report with the ASC of
fice. According to iRalph W.
Ramsey, ASC office manager,' this
acreage report is a report on the
gnaan acreage and other land uses
for the years of 1959 and I960,
which wtill be used in estahhshang
Hhe grain bass on the farms which
do file the report Farmer filing
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1861 Confederate t ,
Bill Shown Here
Ons of the oldest bills ever seen
here was shown last Saturday by
Byard Itay, of Marshall RFD 8.
It was a Confederate 5 -hil,
dated February' 17, 1861. Mr. Ray
told this newspaper that it, orig
inaliy fcc'uc ed to Mrs. Casa iTsy.
IT t 0 rt," ' r, Betty fc-y was the
siwT;d "cv- er." 'ae yrt it on
to her sua, Jlolert Nontan Lc, and
he has t wen it to his son-in-law,
Fyarl I.y. ; , - .. - '
T.t;.Jer 'if yyi'.s las ,1 ol,!fr
V"l r t t 's i 1 "on Cou-'yT
- MARSHALL, N.
ATTORNEYS GAIN
CONTINUANCE
IN UBELUTTS
Superior Court Judge W. K.
(McLean Monday continued thres
ilibel suits against Willi am E.
Cobb,. .State Republican 'Chair
tman, until ithe June 26 cavil term
of .Madison County iSuperior
Court.
Suits of $300,000 each agudnsl
Cobb were filed by Zeno lH. Pom
der, Democratic registrar of .Mar
shall precinct, and Frank E.
Rumnion, Republican, and' Oren
Rice, Democratic, judges in the
same precinct. The suits are baa
ed on charges made by 'Cobb (after
Madison County votes were count
ed in a 1959 statewide bond e-
lectkm.
The suits were continued at the
request of defense attorneys who
said key .witnesses were not able
to attend this term of court.
ASC OFFICIAL
URGES MORE
FARM STORAGE
Don't ibe caught short of stor
age for your grain ! "If you come
into .the harvest season iwiithout
sufficient storage, you'll just as
surely come out without suffici
ent cash return for your crop,"
says A. P. HasseM Jr., suaite Ad
ministrative officer, for ASC,.
Ervery (time we examine 'the
situation on grain -in the state we
realize the great need for addi
tional farm storage. Hassell re
ports that even with anxaHable as
sistance from the Department of
Agriculture and Agricultural Sta-
hu nation and Conservation com
miititee made possible by-newly e
dected feed grain kgislation, the
yytSoyji!Ba;jtetwa vTOoytr-4f
prepared this year to store good
portion of their grain at harvest
time.
- HasseU concluded by reminding
farmers that, in order for price
supports to be fully effective, ac
ceptable storage must be avail-
ante either on the jfanm or. an
nearby commercial facilities. He
urged, that farmers check imme
diately into their own storage sit
uation and take necessary steps
before it is too late.
JERRY ANDERSON
IS
PROMOTED
Jerry Anderson, editor of the
Co"oina Farmer from 1952-56,
has been promoted to Special As
sistant to the general manager of
National Rural Electric Coopera
tive Association.
Anderson left a post as director
of NiREOA's Minuteman program
to assume his new duties directly
under- Clyde EUlis, national spokes
man for .the nation's 1,000 rural
electric coopeMaiMves. . ; 'i
A native of Unicoi County,
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OFFICERS ARE
INSTALLED BY
OES HERE WED. ,
Miss Aldeen Waldrup r I s
Worthy Matron j Large v
i ;V .Crowd Attends.
Miss Aldeen WsWrup was in
stalied as worthy matron of Mar
shall Chaptar No. 85, Order of the
Eastern Stat," at open installation
ceremony Wednesday night in 'the
Masonic Temple., Other officers
installed were Clyde H. McQure,
worthy patron ; Mrs. Vautgjhanta
Lee Faulkner, associate matron ;
Jack Guthrie, associate patron ;
Mrs. Elizabeth IRoberts, secreta
ry; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sprin
kle, treasurer; iMra. Gwendolen
ric-tjmons,' assr late eonductref.s;
F. .Hay TitJoy, d.aplaHi; I.rrs. 1".
5a Jletcalf, mar!.al; J!rs. J- '
Eads, orgar.L.t; J'rs. L; '
rVJnson, A' '; "Tits
(Cor,!nfJ en I -
C, THURSDAY, MARCH 30,
After 23 Yeans
urite
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4-H MEMBERS GET
100 PULLETS ON
POULTRY QIAIN
Ten 4-H Club members in
Madison County received 10o Par
menter Sex link pullets on the
4-JQ Poultry . Cham, March 24.
Farmers , Federation has spon
sored ithe Poultry 'Chain in Mlad-
ison County since it started sev
eral years ago.'. Each year the
sponsor has awarded prize mon
ey to each member on the chain
at the time of the show and sale.
A 25-pound bag 1 of starter and
erower ration is ''i also fuimished
each member by the Farmers Fed
eration. -' ' ' . ".
Membem on the chain this year
are as follows: Jackie iHolt, R-6,
Marshall; 'Joan Johnson, Walnut;
Jimmy Gosnell ,E-5, Marshall;
iRoeer Rice. B-4. Marshall; El
lon' SheJton, iR-3, Marshall; Rich
ard Johnson, Hot Springe; Larry
Plemmons, R-l, Hot Springs; J
O. Duck. R-2, Mars fiiUt; Oliver
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EASTER SEALS
CAMPAIGN ON
hwtaoU. sH -dJiiep,?
dn-g crippled ' children UP One of
the mora rewardinig things we can
do in our efforts to help our- fel
hwmtsn.''t - t; ' . . ..".'. "
In most states a volunteer or
ganization ' enthusaastioatUy coo-
ducta the Easter Seal sale each
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THE OPERATION of a modern electric meat
.slicing machine fascinated Dr. Tram Khalan, Cam
bodian public health official, on a visit to the kitchen
at Mars Hill College. Mary Elizabeth Kenyon, co,I-;
lege dietician, demonstrated' the machine to Dr. Kha
lan. Dr. Khalan will be in Buncombe County for the
next two weeks studying public health. He was in
Madison County last week, and will be in this county
Friday to observe the TB X-Ray Clinic at the Health
Center. ', ; . ' ., . .. J
. ; Cut Coartesy s AtKtvUU Cttvm-Timit.
Fascinated By
Meat "cb-
V:in line .
sctric
Public heallh a
Madison and C
is currency wth'
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TROUT SEASON TO
OPEN SATURDAY,
APRIL 1, - 7 A.M.
Mr. (Raymond Ramsey, Madison!
County Game Warden, announced
this week that the Trout Season
would officially open Saturday
morning, April 1, at 7:00 o'clock.
After the opening day, fishing in
our county streams will be open
for around-the-clock dashing.
Raymond says that about 9,000
trout huuve been stocked so far
in our county waters, with the
prospect being that stocking wila
take place every three weeks dur
ing the season. Rainbow trout up
to five pounds in weight have al
ready been .put in our mountain
streams, Ramsey Said.
MHC OFFERS
SIX MUSIC
SCHOLARSHIPS
Six music scholarships, three
each for freshmen and sopho
mores, will be offered for the first
time this fall by Mars Hill Col
lege, Dr. Robert E Hopkins head
of the music department, has tuh
' The awards wilt pay m appli
ed music fees at the Baptist junior
college. This could vary from
$160 to $235 per year depending
upon the applied music courses
which the scholarship holder
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United States last week " with
look at the public health progress
in Mladison County.
; iFor the next .two weeks he "will
tody various aspects of the pub
ha, health program In Uumcombe
before journeying to Louisiana.
Es tour Ss being financed fcy
grain from e International Co
yeraUon' A'lrrtirtistra" i-on. . .
Cuarl'.n of i f-r f've r !
" ti rr- 'a i i ' I' "
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$2.60 A Year In IMadison & Buncombe Counties V '
H-00 A Year Outeide These ; Two Counties .
TOWN ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, MAY 2
The mayor and board of alder
men olrunaiuy set up xnacminery
at a meeting last Wednesday for
the town election which will be
held 'here on Tuesday, May 2.
Weather permitting, the voting
will be held on the lower floor of
the dtv Hall, it was announced
this week.
Grover Ponder was appointed
registrar and Iverson Bradley and
Listen B. iRamsey, judges.
It was announced that those
wishing to fnfie for office, which
includes a mayor and three alder
men, mav do so from now until
April 15, which .is the deadline
for fling.
LARRY McELROY
ADMITTED TO
N. C BAR MONDAY
Larry McEbroy, son of Dr. ,and
Mrs. J. L. iMaEiroy, of Marshall,
was admitted to the North Caro-
l.Bai-rat,'the'awdoo of ; iwt.
Were on Monday. ne oamn was
admdnnsterad by Joseph Huff,
Marshall attorney, before Jmdgei
W, K. McLean.
'McElroy was graduated from
Marshall High School in 1952,
and from the University of North
Carolina Itaw School in 1959. At
present, he is in the U. iS. Army,
stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Firemen's Auxiliary Organized
Here Last Friday night
CON.WHTTENER
MET WITH PRES.
ABOUT TEXTILES
Washington, D. C The spe
cial Textile Committee, composed
of members of the United States
House of , Representatives under
the chairmanship ' of Caaft Vin
son (D-Gte.), met with the Cabi
net Textile Study CommatteS and
with President John F.- Kennedy
at the White House on Monday.
. Congressman OJaeil L. White-
net' of; the; llth . Dastriot is the
North Carolina ' member ' of the
special 'aum'-l'-.:JM
Ait the morning meeting held
in the offfice of the Secretary of
Commeros ' Luther Bodges and
committee ; members, each voiced
their desire for immediate (relief
from foreign ftnports of textile
products. This plea was (made to
Seoretarv ' Hodses and to the
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Fircniea'g Llcctinj
It Pcilr:" I II:rc
Allen DucU't, .
oliief, annouf 1 if"
tlis meeting cf i
f r Fi-kly t " "
pontd utv. 1
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JUL
Sheriff Ponder And SBI
Agent On Case Since 1953;
First Break Saturday
On Jian. 24, 1938, the body of
Charles Augustus Werhan, 26-year-old
AsheviUe salesman, was
discovered beside Walnut Creek
Road some four miles north of
here by Otto Reese, who lives in
that section.
A shotgun wound was found in
the left chest of the victim, but
the gun and aU other clues were
missing. No motive for the slay
ing was established either.
The same Jay a .wrecked car
was found on US. 26-70 near the
Madison-d)uncombe county line.
The car, Werhan's automobile in
which he had been seen in Ashe
ville the night before, was located
by Willard Werhan, brother of
the dead mam, on his way to Mad
ison County with ta immoofttbe
deputy sheriff to identify the
body.
iMadison County Sheriff E. Y.
Ponder said here this week that
he and SBI agent Claude Davis
have been digging into the back-
ground of the slaying since 1953
and Saturday got the first break
on the case.
A man identified s Ezekie
Penland, formerly of 220 Broad-,
way, Asheville, called a newspa
per in Philadelphia, Pa., test Sat
urday nd sfaited . that he bad
murdered a man in Madison Coun-
ty JCW3S, jponderj
" The" - "neweMiperfihisnSdt
notified a sergeant on the Phila
delphia homicide squad who ar
rested Penland, who has been
working in fthat city, the sheriff '
said. Penland was arraigned be
fore a judge in Philadelphia and
(reported that the murder took
place in the following manner, ac
cording to Ponder:
Penland nd Wehram had been
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Officers Are Elected; Next
. Meeting To Be On
April Hf -
Wives of members of Marshall's 1
Volunteer Fire Department . met
.in the Fellowship Hall : of the
Piresbyterian . Churdj .Flriday eve
m&ng, March 24. 1961 and organ
ized an Auxiliary. 13 firemen'
wives were present in addition to
seven members of the Weaver
ville Auxiliary, The ladies from,
Weavervfille helped in the organ
isation by leading the history and
by-laws of their organization and
tatting 1 of the various activities
and projects y m: l U
Fire Chief Allen Ducket pre-,
sided at iths opening and Mrs.
Howard Reese, of . Weaverville,
gave the invocataon. -
Following ths business session,
refreshments were served by fire
men Allen Duckett, ' Jim Story,
James and Jos Penland and Rob
ert Davis.. .
Officers elected for . t3ie Mar
shall Auxiliary : are as . " s:
Mrs. Allen Du.'.. ' t, j - " i;
t'rs. Cds M. in-tV'Tts, v! a f-'i-
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