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f. ' VCL. CI NO. 45 eras - Illegal Ballot Coned; Tco any Dallots, Hearts Says Protests Are Made Today To County - Board . o - Formal protests were made to vv. the Madison County board of elee . tions today (Thursday) charging flagrant irregularities throughout the . county m the election- Tues- day, according to Clyde M.- Rob erta, chairman of the Madison County Republican Executive Com mittee, who was also a candidate fior solicitor of the 19th district, including Madison and Buncombe counties.. Roberts stated this morning that ballot boxes used in Tues day's election were illegal and their construction in violation of i the law (Section 158, North Car olina Election Laws). Roberts stated that, as an example, new ballot boxes used at the Marshall precinct c o n t a 1 n eVl openings 1 516 inches in width and 10 inches long. He cited the law as follow, Vvv i.Each box shall be supplied .with a lock and key and with an opening in the top large ' enough to allow a single folded ballot to be easily passed f r m m s By PETE GILPIN - Gtixen Staff Writer i Federal Bureau of Investigation . agents from Asheville .Tuesday night investigated. five reports of ; voting irregularities in Madison, Yancey and Buncombe : counties. 5 me live enarges included one that Madison County - Democratic leader Zeno Ponder had pulled a . lican poll : watcher at Marshall Precinct No. iend caused the watcher t learoJUie area. Three of the five reports con cerned Madison County incidents. ' U. S. Western District Attorney William Medford said that his of flee had referred four complaints to the FBI for investigation. Jo- ; seph L. Kissiah, special agent in charge of the Charlotte FBI of I fice, later reported , that five in cidents were being checked out by agents in Asheville, some of '. whom he said had been dispatch ' ed Yancey and Madison counties. I, In addition to the report involv ing the charge - against Ponder, ; charges were made that a last ' minute move was made of the . polling place of the Little Laurel . Precinct in Madison County, and that ' voters registered in Bun 1 kJ k 8 PAGES THIS WEEK j - oOo - Leads' GOP Ticket Clyde M. Roberts through, but no larger.'! .'"Those openings were large hough to put a bbok in." Roberts "This illegal box protest applies to .all precincts and we are ask Continued To Page Four) m 7 combe actually; east their ballots in Madison.. , In the pistol-pulling report a Madison GOP poll watcher, Chuan cy Metcalf of Rt J, Marshall, made a written statement to the FBI stating that ha had chat legged the size of the ballot box openings at the Madison precinct He stated that Registrar Ponder agreed with him that they were too large but Said that was 'what the Board of Elections had given them and that's ' what would be used. Metcalf said he then asked that tho poll book's pages be num bered. Metcalf told the FBI Pon der .pulled a pistol and said that he (Ponder) was running the elec tion and Metcalf was no longer a watcher. v ' The incident allegedly took place between 6:15 and 6:30 a. : in Tuesday. FBI agents in Asheville would neither confirm nor deny they had taken a statement: from Metcalf. Ponder said the charges were Absolutely . false and 1 ridiculous and were promulgated for polit ical reasons." Ponder said there was a pistol which was owned by him and was (Continued To Page Four) ( f ' kJ ' MARSHALL N. COUNTY CANCER MEETING TO BE HELD HERE FRI. The public is urged to attend a meeting here Friday 'night' at the French Broad' Electric Mem bership Co-op Building beginning at eight o'clock. The purpose of the meeting will be to reactivate the Madison County Cancer Socie ty and to discuss local participa tion. A cancer detection center for the county will also be discussed. Lewis E. Heavner, of Lincoln- ton, will be present to discuss tho possibilities of an active chapter in this county. Cancer, one of the most dang. erous of all diseases, may strike at any time and at any age. It is important that Madison County should have a working chapter made up of dedicated citizens, one official stated. "Tell your friends and neigh bors about the meeting and be sure to attend," the official state ed. CLAY UPSETS BROWN IN BUN. FOR SHERIFF . , . i 1 Harry P. (Phil) Clay, 30-year-old construction " superintendent, upset veteran JRheriff Laurence J5. Erown by a- slim unofficial' mar gin of 145 votes Tuesday to be come Buncombe County's first Re publican sheriff - in 82 years. , Clay is the son of Paul Clay, well-known in Madisoa County, havinir heen connected with brideetrsise funds in all thrSe sections construction 'here' for. many, years prior to his retirement All other Democratic candidates won with majorities ranging from 678 to 4,687. A total of 87,195 votes were cast the biggest off- year election vote in Buncombe County's history. ' Reelected Solicitor; Robert S. Swain These Democratic Candidates Were Victorious C, THURSDAY, I. r HARSIIALL PTA TO SPONSOR To Be Played In Marshal - Gym Saturday, f : Nov. 17 , , , The Marshall PTA will sponsor a Donkey Basketball Game, Sat urday night, Nov. .17, at 7:30 in the. Marshall gymnasium.',' ' Advance tickets can be purchas ed from Mrs. Helen Hunter at P. R. Elam Farm Supply Co.j John Hensley at the ladison County jail; and Mrs.' Jerry Rice at the Variety ' Shop. Advance tickets - will cost less than they will the : night of the game, it was stated. 4 - AMERICAN RED CROSS DRIVE IN PROGRESS ; Marshall, Mars Hill, Hot Springs Workers . Named 7 . '". .'; The November drive for mem bership and funds by your Ameri can Red Cross Chapter is moving ahead with the appointment of the following peot '3 to receive contri butions r lot'', pes 'onally or- by mail in f - 13 f !i sun Vmn V..- , ,-. : Marsha.',; 1 1 Kerm and Mrs. S; L I x; Hot k . s, Mrsi J. ; B. Tw I; Mar; LUl, Mrs. Roland Peek. .,f- . , . -Plans fo further 'activities to are in progress . ana mil do 1 an nounced soon. : " Since each and very person in Madison County can avail f them selves of the service of this : or- ganiiation it is hoped , that each citizen will become a member, o f this " organization '- tiirough -their contrbutions. ; v "i' , Red . Cross . services -include Home Servicer' Service to th armed forces and their- depend ents and veterans and their de nendents). - -V- Blood Program (bloqd to people in this area: Safety Services (water and first aid): - nursing services which offer classes in home car, of the sick and injured and mother and baby- care; dis aster, (assistance of Chapter in National Organization in areas affected by national disaster such as Hurricane Carta in 1961; jun ior, high school and college .Red Cross programs (comunity respon sibility and interest within the schools). . YOUR SHARE Success ' demands initiative nature freezes water, but a man has to cut his own ice. ' ' ; i v i r -1L I2ER 8, 1CC2 lCc PER COPY TWO RURIffiD IN MINE BLAST IN COUNTY Two Madison County men were seriously burned about 2 p. in., Thursday when a' keg of black gunpowder exploded as they were carrying it into a mine where they worked. Chester Franklin, 21, of Rt 4, Marshall, was admitted to Memo rial Mission Hospital in Asheville for first and. second degree bums of the face and second snd third degree burns of both hands, el bows, knees, thighs and the calf region. ' ':' J. C Hensley, 27, also of Rt 4, was admitted for first and sec ond degree burns of the face, both hands snd knees. - They listed their employer as the Georgia Tale Company. ' Hospital spokesmen quoted the men as ' saying that they were carrying the keg of powder into mine where they were schedul ed to do some blasting when there was ", i . a sudden flash and ex plosion." t , , ' ,t 'l near . condition is reported as improved, ' ,;".-.". HI!S..R00SSVELT I' i. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wido of the 82nd president of the United States, died Wednes day night - Mrs. Roosevelt 78, often was described as one of the best-known womenMn the world. She had hten active in . various govern mental and . semigovernmental agencies for many years, until she entered Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center on Sept 26. Reelected Representative Liston B. Ramsey In Tuesday's Election 1 t2.ra A Year la ITadliw & E. . $1X0 A Tear Out.Je Tl. v i Li J. ' ... : k 13 m if i. s . - .' '-. WO Sir it M Leads Demo Ticket E."YtPonder 1 PAPER LATE DUE TO ELECTION RESULTS . ;. . -:: ' In order that our readers could get the official elec tion results, -the paper is a few hours late., The offi cial ''returns"" "are on - last pg" .:-.i'.-i" -,' . The next best thing , to saving for a rainy day is a reputation for paying bills promptly. : v a si Reelected To Congress Roy Taylor Taylor's Lead . . Over 11,000 Congressman Roy A. Taylor maintained an 11,321 vote lead ov er his Republican opponent Rob ert ' Brown of Asheville, on the (Continued To Page Four) . J pa Uaif t Official Count Of Votes la Listed On Back -Pago . -: i -According to official canvass of votes, tabulated this afternoon, all Democratic candidates were e lected to office over their Repub lican . opposition in county con tests in the election Tuesday, Sheriff E. Y. Ponder, with 5641 votes, led the Democratic ticket while Clyde M,. Roberts, who was defeated by incumbent Robert S. Swain Jn the. solicitor's race, led the Republican-ticket with 8405 votes. 1 ' " ' ' The ratio ' in . the county races revealed that the Democrats won by 2,000 - vote majorities. - , In the 11th Congressional race between incumbent Roy A. Taylor and GOP candidate Robert Brown, Taylor was victorious. In the un official count Taylor held at lead of 10,969 votes with 214 of 245 precincts reporting. The - solicitor's race between Swain and Roberts was close in Buncombe . County ' with Swain having a slim margin of 678 votes unofficially, t" ',. J. Yates Bailey, in a close race with his GOP opponent Hall Young, was victorious by a few hunVlred votes in his bid for the State Senate in this district which includes Madison,; Yancey, Mitch ell and Avery Counties. ) County c.: " v.:i . . Coafercnv Teaia The Clyde High School Cardi-, nals were named 1962 football champions of the Pisgah Confer ence Monday night at a meeting of Pisgah Conference officials and coaches. Second place Rosman, however, will represent the con ference in the State playfoffs due to a probation placed on Clyde last year, An All-Conference team was named with four of the selections . unanimous. These were end Tom my Nix of Marshall, junior who was named last year also; Clyde Candler, a backfield choice from Marshall, also his second year on the All-Conference team; John Berkeshire, a senior flanker from Rosman; and Dal Peek of Mars Hill, a guard. , - Ronnie Ray of Cane River was picked for his third straight year as All-Conference guard. Floyd Rogers was chosen for the All Conference team last year as an end and this year made it as a tackle. Other players making the team for their second year are David West end, senior from Clyde; Lewis Crissone, tackle, se nior from Tryon; Carroll Ear ( Continued To Page Four) L0
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