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$2.60 A Year In Madison A Buncombe Counties 14.00 A Year Outside 'These Two Counties L.O r.o. 33 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. G, THURSDAY, JULY 1 7, ,1S31 10c PER COPY i En Prdrcss Here Story Of Shooting Spree r,. - - Last November Is , Unfolded '1 V Witnesses for the state Wed nesday afternoon began describing J ' the shooting spree last Nov. , 12 J which resulted in the death: of 83-year-old " Creanes Cornell and considerable Vt&pejty- damage to the filling-station between Mar shall and Walnut at whidh the ac-t ' tion took place. - . On trial are U L. Hodges, 50, of Newport Tenn., changed- with second degree murder, and Gos knell's estranged wife and daugh ter, both charged with aiding and . abetting in, the shooting. '; - First witness on the stand af v ter the final juror was selected about 8 p. tn-t was Suard Gosnell, brother of the slain man. , Gosnell said-he and the victim were sitting Jn their ear when the daughter, Dorothy Mae, came : from her mother's house a short distance away and started a fight 1 with her father. ' ti . ' Gosnell, a deputy sheriff, said he threatened to arrest the girl . and was holding her in the back i seat of the auto when his broth? er's wife and Hodges opened fire on the car. He said e fired oni shot during the fracas. - , , . , Sheriff .-E. .Y.- Ponder, second and last witness of the day, said Yhe arrived at the station short time after the shooting. ;) i. Among the first things; lie did was - collect Suard Gosnefl'a pis tol, an army-type rifle Identified ., as the one used by Hodges and a : :v.i pistol : reportedly used by - Mrs. Gosnell.' 1 The sheriff Said 'Mrs. Gosnell v apparently had tried to empty her " pistol tas she and Ilodses walked . toward the car. He testified to , finding five empty casings and - one "dud" Ih the revolver, ,: ' He lso identified several rifle v casings as those he picked P a long tine route followed by Hodges . . and ; Mrs. Gosnell as they' : ap proach the car,' ' A coroner's jury on' the day (Coatimued To Page Eight) era ' ' CoyoVToono Bill Dennett's Teams Within . One Win Of Perfect -'.A . Season , A serious injury to a Babe (Ruth payer marred an otherwise suc cessful week Vhioh saw both Mars Hill teams chalk up a total of sax victories in MdiBon . County Babe Ruth and Little League ac tivity. , V,;--,1.- '"" 'Richard Allen,' 15-year-old out- ' fielder, had both sides of his low er jaw broken when hit by a pitched ball in the first game of a doubleheader against the Hot Springs team on Wednesday. Al- ' len was operated on in an Abbe ville hospital two days later and has been making - satisfactory . progress. Prior to the accident, (Continued To Last Page) I L ..... J "' W W r w , - - ... . -, . s. . .m w i Ml V .- m . rci ies " . : v c:;r ::i Miss North Carolina MARIA BEALE FLETCHER, of - AsfheviHe, was chosen Miss North Carolina Saturday night at the pageant held in Greensboro, She was tops in the bathing suit competition and scored well in the talent contest , Miss Fletcher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs .fieale Fletcher, la well-known in Mar shall., having, performed on . the stage ot the school several times. County Budget Is - Printed On .Page 2, -The county fond, tax rate and expected revenue for -the' 1961 budget is published in this' issue on Page Two. MARSHALLED. CLUB TO VISIT GHOST TOWN FRI. Members of the Marshall Home Demonstration Club axe planning a trip to Ghost Town, in Maggie Valley, on Friday afternoon of tbis week. v . . - is AH members are asked to f meet at the Cody Used Car Lot on Main Street at 1:30 o'clock. j' It was announced that no pic nic meal will be held but that those going are expected to eat supper in a restaurant near Ghost Town. m 1 4i m renewal optn'ons. Specficatioiis ca'l for a facility containing p-rrc- :mrT !y 100 square feet- of : v i, e, 3 square feet of plat f ; : v -e, and 3,500 square feet r " parking and nwneu- to' t'.e Tc -r, WHEAT SUPPORT UNCHANGED AT $1.79 A BUSHEL ; ,:';:a.;t:"q'A'-l'ii :l:-yyt)i;y:yy:Ky:''j' The National average support price for 1961-crop wheat will be 11.79 per bushel unchanged from the mdnfiimum "advance" support price Announced earlier this year, according to Ralph W. : Ramsey, office manager of the Madison County ASCS office. The mind- mum 19&I terminal and county price-support rates also are' un changed, The rate in North Car olina remains at $1.97 per bushel. Legislation requires that the fi nal wheat support rate be determ ined on the basis :, of the: wheat parity price as of the , beginning of the marketing year and of wheat supply relationships of the same date. Currently, wheat sup ply relationships indicate a sup port level at 76 percent of parity. Since 75 percent of the July 1961 wheat parity price of $2.37 per bushel is less than the previously announced minimum average sup port price of $1.79, fhe final price will be the same as the minimum. The final rate can be higher but not lower than the minimum price. To get wheat price support tn 19S1 in commercial wheat-producing areas, a producer must be an compliance with hie 1961 wheat acreage allotment and be eligible (Continued To Last Page) INCREASED USAGE OF FERTILIZER AND IME CITED, Tar Heel fawners are' using more fertilizer ' and . lime . today than ever before. n Research plus actual experience on the farmer's part has convinced t the average farmer that his net earnings per acre on both soil depleting and soil conserving crops are very closely related ' to the fertilization given to such acreage. In commenting on this subject, Andy N. Woody, chairman of he Madison County ASC committee, points out that in 1960 farmers within North Caro lina used 1,635,739 tons of fertili ser materials , and approximately 500,000 tons of lime. . Thla indi cates that better than three tons Of "fertilizer per ton' of lime was used by our farmers within the state. As for Madison County, Woody said, the records indicated that 6,717 tons of fertilizer and 9,094 tons of Bme were used ' in 1960.. This would indicate, a re lationship of 710-tona of fertili ser to one ton of lime. According to a state statistical report, only five counties within the state used a greater amount of lime in rela- ( Continued To Page Eight) ' .' A.'1V.: ' ,f. . :. ., :i;'v Highway Commission To Meet August 3 ' RALEIGH Meeting forrotally here; today, the State HigWayJ uommisaian set inursday, August 3, as the next date for a full burn ness session. At that time, , the Conunisaion will review low bids from the July ,25th highway letting and take up other routine business. The; meetingi will . be held, in Raleigh.;,, :k f ; J,,-'. 'y ' 1 Just before beginning the second day of . its ' orientation - session, Chairmen Merrill Evans appoint ed the 18 Commissions to six stand ing committees, each committee having a chairman- and two mem bers: ... The Committees are as fol lows : Administration and Opera tions C; Watson Brame, chair man, and A. Graham Elliott and J. Elsie Webb;- 'Equipment and Highway Maintenance D. Laucli Faircloth,. chairman, and Will'am E. Horner and Ted Jordon; Fi nance 1 James IC. Glonn, ' air man, and J. Clinton New -n, Jr., ami J. Ci"'am Y.'om!; r.-! - 1 r " c i-v.' -s 1.. ' :n, ' '-man, ' T'v. (' '. " -tsv T SALVATION.'.. iY SINGING IS Li FOR AUGUST C ' Max Patch The 25th annual Singing Convention of The Sal vation Army Mountain Mission will be neld at Mountain Mission Headquarter at Maple Springs, on the Max Patch Road, Sunday, August 6, beginning at 10 a. m. This event has for many years attracted thousands of people to the mountain top to hear .the old time ' gospel quartets, trios, deuts, solos, and other , singing groups, who came to sing and to listen. The convention is inter-denominational and singing groups from ell churdhes have been invited to attend and to participate., ,', ' The convention was instituted by Major, Cecil Brown,; who also founded ' the Salvation Army's Mountain 'Mission work. There will be coffee, cold drinks, sand wiches and ke cream for sale to those' who do not bring lunches. STORY ELECTED STATE VP FOR NON-DAILIES NCPA Meeting Was Highly Successful In Charlotte Last Week James Story,. editor and publish er of the Marshall News-Record, was named vice president of the Non-Dailies Group of the North Carolina Press Association at'; a meeting held at Hotel Charlotte Friday morning. , . Paul Dickson,, of Raeford, was named president of the group and Miss Crace -Laiffoon, of Elkin, was re-elected seeretary-treasur r- - i John E. Jones, former Asheville newspaperman, now editor of a Myrtle Beach, S. C, paper, was principal speaker at the meeting of non-dailies. - He discussed the printing of newspapers by off -set process. ; , , , At the combined session, speak ers were Harry Golden, interna tional columnist; Dr. John Cald well, of N. C. State College; and Dean Norvel NiIlJ''xon, of the UtiiversitjCof .lAitf ATOarolina " ' Features of the' twree-day event included a .perf ormance of "The West Side Story" at Ovens Audi torium and a trip to iBowater Cor poration near Rock Hill, S. J. : ' At the final meeting Saturday morning, H. Clifton Blue, of Aber- ' . (Continued on Last Page) Ervin To Seek r Reelection As U. S. Senator ' , 1 North Carolina's senior U. S. senator, Sam J. Ervin, Democrat, of Morgan-ton, v announced Tues day his intention to seek re-elec tion next year. . 1 . -He cited a promise made to the late Gov. William B. Umstead 1954 as his main reason for run ning again. - ,. ? Umstead, Ervin's long - time friend and college mate, appoint ed him to the Senate in 1954 to succeed ' the late Sen. Clyde R. Hoey. "At that time," Ervin said in a' 600word statement announcing his' intention, "Gov. tTmstead re quired of me this pixmise and this promise only: that I should be willing to serve Nc na in the Senate as 1 facuJKes remain aubs! impaired. lie gave b for w-uiring this tpn-ejrrerii-sice. is t' ir, teac!,(?r cf all, i.t . t'.e l' ','.. of a 6 grows 89 h's service a' j i v.'.' ." I": - '"J "' ! f ' Caroli P3 my - vn- fls Equ ILGadeirJuuflGireGclGi SEPTIC TANK ; PERMITS ARE NOW REQUIRED Ordinance Is To .Become Effective On Friday, August 11 John Hwtchdns, Madison Coun ty Sanitarian, announced Ms week than an Ordinance has been adopted by the Madison County Board of Health requiring a per mit for construction of . septic tanks within this county. The Or dinance becomes effective on Au gust 11, 1961. The Ordinance reads, in part, that every person, firm or corpor ation building a septic tank, or any property owner on whose prop erty a septic tank is proposed to be built, shall first procure from the Health Officer a permit, pri or to commencing such construc tion. Plans and specifications for such proposed septic tanks shall be submitted to the Health Offi cer for approval before such per mit shall be granted. 'Inspection of all septic tanks are required before covering after completion. 1 It was explained that the min imum capacity of septic tank is 800 gallons. : ..0 y. Violation of .. this Ordinance shall be classed as a misdemeanor and guilty persons shall be fined not more than $50 or imprisoned not more than 30 days. f vAeompete -notie-e.Ui-.Ordi, nance , is published .on Page Sev en of this issue. . . v ; -s WILL OBSERVE PARISH DAY Meeting To Bo Held August - 6 At Walnut; Heier Is1 Principal Speaker ; ' C.;'':''4yy:. )''.- " .V,'..'J'i; The Madison - County , Larger Parish - will - observe Parish Day at . the Walnut,' Presbyterian Church, Sunday, August 6. - i There will be a morning wor ship service at 11:00 o'clock, con ducted by the Rev. Charles Heier of New York (who is- a candidate for the Director of the Madison County Larger : Parish, now va cant).., - (,-"... At the .close .of the morning worship service, , a ? picnic lunch will be served on the grounds of the church. , , , -s r All members and friends of the Parish are invited to bring a bas- ket lunch and1 attend this meet-fba ing. Masonic Picnic Planned Sunday At Carolina Hemlocks Members of the French Broad Masonic - Lodge, 292, AF&AM, and their families will' enjoy a picnic at Carolina Hemlocks in Yancey County on Sunday after noon, July 80, it was announced this week. ', X ' Each family is asked to bring a basket of food and be at the Hemlocks at three o'clock. 1 .""" ' RONNIE RETO WINS SOAP BOX DERBY IN CHARLOTTE Ronnie Reid and his orange-and-cream racer, which runs downhill like a scalded dog, took top honors Saturday afternoon, July 15, in Charotte's Soap Box Derby. Ronnie, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reid of Charlotte, and grand son of Mb. and Mrs. Calvin Reid of Marshall, Route 1, crossed the finish line in front of old Central High School at better than 20 miles an hour a good five feet ahead of second place winner Ed die Lands. Eddie, 11, is the sonj of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Lands, also of Charlotte. first prize was a $100 savings bond and a trip to Akron, Ohia, for, the national finals, scheduled August 20. Second prize was $50. About 3,000 spectators lined Elizabeth Avenue to see the win ner "roll over the ' White painted line that marked the (finish and into the arms of a hundred, or more well wishers, including his mother. . ' . , : Ronnie was hustled into a Wait ing truck and given a triumphal ride up the 1,000-foot racing hill (Continued To Last Page) Babe Ruth, Little League Managers Will Meet Friday , Frank 'MbbrefLittle'Xeague "and Babe Ruth Commissioner', announ ces that van - important managers' meeting will be held Friday night at 7:30 o'clock at The News-Record office. - - Plans will be made for the play offs in both leagues and all man agers are urged to attend the meet ing. -' 1 . limes Enters Pbo, LIONS SPONSORED CARNIVAL HERE THROUGH SAT. r The Georgia Amusement Com pany, with its exciting Tides, will on Islnd her th' Sat urday. The carnival is being sponsored by . the Marshall Lions Club with proceeds to be used to benefit the blind. The ' carnival, which . started on Monday of this week, has at tracted hundreds of people and capacity crowds are expected this week-end. ' " ' A ' - a r.:arsha:i r ' - 1 To : ' 0 Bennett Cornea To Aid Of Graduating UNC Law Student Charges of impersonating an officer and violation election laws against James R. Vosburgh of Durham were nol prossed Tuesday in Madison County : Superior Court as etate Democratic chair man Bert Bennett personally in tervened in the ease. Bennett came to the aid of the graduating UiNC law student, a Republican, on the grounds that he-believed another sensational political trial in Madison County could have no winner since both parties 'would be injured. ' "Politics is the relationship of the government and its people, -and the more court actions invol ving political actions, and the more the word 'polities' is mis used, the more difficult it be comes for Democrats or Repub licans to get qualified people to take an ' active role isi govern ment," Bennett said. Madison County was the scene earlier- t!Ms month of a libel suit against ' State Republican' Chair man William Cobb in which three ' Marshall election officials were awarded a total of $40,008. i The criminal action against Vos burgh was the result of his arrest last November as . he observed Upper Spring Creek polling place during the general election. A civil suit against Sheriff E. : Y. Ponder and others involved in his arrest was filed shortly thereafter in U. S. District Court by Vosburgh, who claimed ' that the sheriff engineered the entire -proceedings. " He refused to comment" TueaT day, saying that he is more in terested now in passing the State bar examination he is scheduled to take next week. , ', m The criminal charges against Vosburgh were nol prossed by recently-appointed Superior Court Judge Harry L. Riddle Jr. on mo- (Continued To Page Six) Bank Robbery Charges .State Of Mississippi Are Dropped '. In Fruent (Jimmy ) Kimes ! Mon day was sentenced to 80-80 years by Superior Court Judge H. L. ' Riddle after Kimes entered a plea of guilty to second degree burgla ry in connection with the 1955 robbery of merchant Carson Law son, who died of a heart attack while bound in a chair as three men ransacked his house and near by store, taking an estimated $40, 000. Kimes fought extradition from Mississippi for more than a year and was still in that state last month when Charles (Hocky) Rothschild and Georj-e Carncr en . (Continued To Lr t rae c- r J
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