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Volume 74. Number 13.
Marshall. N. C.
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April 24, 1975
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
Publication of this newspaper
on Tuesday night prevents
latest developments In
murder case. Below is story
on case as of Tuesday at
deadline.
Former Mars Hill College
students Wayne Schilling and
Sally Moffitt had been dating
for about two months before
Miss Moffitt was found slain
near the campus in October,
1973, a coed testified here
Monday.
Schilling, 22, of Mt. Holly, N.
J., who was arrested about six
months after the incident and
charged with murder in Miss
Moffitt's death, pleaded not
Revival To Begin At
Baptist Church Sunday
A series of revival services
will begin at the Marshall
Baptist Church this Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, it has
been announced by the Rev.
Spencer LeGrand, pastor.
Nightly services will continue
through Wednesday beginning
at 7:30 o'clock.
; The Rev. Joseph Dewey
Hobbs, Jr., pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Marion, will
be the visiting evangelist.
Mr. Hobbs comes to Mar
shall highly recommended as
an outstanding minister. A
graduate of New Hanover
High School, he received his
B. A. Degree from Wake
Forest College in 1947; a B.D.
Degree in 1950 from the
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Ky.;
took the six-weeks pastoral
care clinical course at the
Baptist Hospital in 1959 and an
advanced course in 1974.
Mr. Hobbs was ordained in
1948 and has held pastorates in
Crestwood, Ky., Kershaw, S.
C, Wingate, N. C, and has
been pastor at Marion since
1964. He has also served on
numerous committees and is a
past vice president, N. C.
Baptist State Convention;
served a four-year term as
trustee, Wake Forest
University, served four years
on State Convention's General
Sunday Proclaimed
"Cancer Sunday"
The Madison County Board
of County Commissioners has
proclaimed Sunday April 27,
1975 as Cancer Sunday. An
intensive fund raising drive
will be launched at this time.
60 percent of funds collected
by the Madison County Unit of
the American Cancer Society
will remain in the local
treasury While this money
cannot be used for doctors'
fees, it will be used to buy
bandages, some medicines, or
help with transportation to
FmHA Loans Available
To Increase Farmers' Income
Farmers seeking ways to
supplement their farm in
come n these days of the
"price-cost sqneese" are
beg hiring to take advantage
of recreation facilities loans
available through Fanners
Home Administration.
. "The .Slate of North
Carolina wtta Kj abundance of
natural bsaaty lands itself to
laeomt-prodKing outdoor
reertatioa enterprises, "
FmHA State Director James
T. Johnaoa pointed out .
Only 15 farmers have take
advantage of this opportunity
slate the inception of the
programs several rears age.
Most of tHM farms art hi tht .
mounu. - of westers North '
Carol.. except for three
farmers h Hyde County who
have developed martnu and
!f faciU'aes.
TV loans made be used to
develop land ard witef
rrce; r-it a.ij cflv
ars Hill Coed Murder Case In
guilty to the charge here
Monday in Madison County
Superior Court.
"When you saw Sally, you
generally saw Wayne," said
Miss Kathrine Canova, 20, of
Atlanta, Ga., who was the
fourth witness to testify for the
state before the close of the
opening day of the trial.
Miss Canova, who was a
sophomore at the college and
a friend of Miss Moffitt's at
the time of the incident said
she last saw Miss Moffitt, on
the evening of October 11,
1973, as she was walking to
meet Schilling.
Miss Moffitt, 18, of High
Point, was found dead at a
REV. JOSEPH DEWEY
HOBBS, JR.
Board and was president of
that board. He is also a trustee
of Wingate College.
He is married to the former
Miss Virginia Gilley of Eden,
N. C. They have three
children, Cathy, Alice, and
Warren.
Special music is planned
each night and a nursery is
provided.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend the services.
Those desiring tran
sportation to any or all of th"
services are asked to
telephone 649-2258 or 649-3151
doctor's offices or hospitals
for treatments
40 percent of this money will
go to the Cancer Society's
National Unit to be used for
research in finding a cure for
cancer
The American Cancer
Society's slogan this year is
"Let s Wipe Out Cancer In
Your Lifetime." With
cooperation and work, this
slogan could become a reality
before this decade ends
struct buildings; buy land,
equipment, livestock and
other recreation items and
pay necessary operating
expenses.
Recreation enterprises that
may be financed include camp
grounds and equipment,
horseback riding stables,
swimming facilities, tennis
courts, shooting preserves,
vacation cottages, lodges and
rooms for visitors, lakes and
ponds for obating and fishing,
nature trails, golf courses.
Banting facilities, winter
sports areas, target ranges,
trailer parks, etc
Andy Cope, la Macs
County, Is aa ' excellent
esampl.e of what a tanner
eaa da with this FmHA
financing. His farm of several
hundred acres, hi en of the
most beautiful sections of
North Carolina, had never
beta developed to its tuU in
highway construction site at
the intersection of Highways
U. S. 213 and U.S. 19-23 about
8:30 a.m., Oct. 12, more than a
mile north of the campus.
Miss Canova said Miss
Moffitt and Schilling had been
dating for about two months
prior to her death.
On October 11, 1973 Miss
Canova said she and Miss
Moffitt drove to Asheville in
Miss Canova's car and spent
several hours together,
shopping and drinking beer at
a pizza parlor, before retur
ning to the Mars Hill campus
about 5:30 p.m. that af
ternoon. On their return, Miss
Canova said she went to the
college cafeteria and that
Miss Moffitt went to the
student center, where the two
rejoined a short while later.
Miss Canova said Miss
Moffitt was talking to her
mother by telephone in the
student center that evening
and that Schilling was stan
ding nearby. She said Miss
Moffitt appeared "upset about
something" and later asked to
be driven to Schilling's
apartment.
Miss Canova said she was
driving Miss Moffitt to
Schilling's apartment when
they saw Schilling and his
roommate. Gene Davis,
walking along the road
leading to Schilling's apart
ment. The last time she saw Miss
Moffitt was about 6:45 p.m.
that evening when she let her
out of the car to join Schilling,
Miss Canova said.
Other witnesses testifying
for the prosecution Monday
included: Dr. Otis Duck, a
Mars Hill physician who
serves as Madison County
medical examiner; Willard J.
Amnions, a Mars Hill
policeman who Investigated
the death; and Franklin G.
Rice of West Asheville, a
fencing contractor who first
discovered Miss Moffitt's
body.
Dr. Duck said an autopsy of
the body revealed that Miss
Moffitt had died about mid
night the night before she was
found and that she had been
killed by some "accelerated"
blow to her left rear back area
which fractured three ribs and
drove them into vital internal
arteries and organs.
"She actually drowned in
her own blood," said Dr.
Duck, who testified that it was
his opinion that Miss Moffitt
ASCS Office
Closed April
The Madison County ASCS
Office will be closed April 28,
29 and 30 to allow all em
ployees to attend a meeting in
Charlotte. They will be given
the detalli of the 1975
Agricultural Conservation
Program (ACP) and 1975
Forestry Incentive Program
(FIP).
come-producing resources.
Taking advantage of the "lay
of the land." its proximity to
National Forest land, the
abundance of clear mountain
streams, and Farmers Home
Administration financing and
(technical help, Copt has
developed one of the busiest
recreation enterprises hi the
State. From small beginnings
this development has become
very profitable and provides
cabins, fishing lakes, nature
trails, and camping faculties
for the traveling puboc
T qualify lor rwcreatloa-
' type loans, Johnaoa added, the
applicant most be engaged
v fanning at the ttae he spolias
for the loans and tnanagt and
operate the reertatioa aa
terprtst after tht , km . Is
' made. '
Intermediate-term loans
'art made to finance
reertatioa equipment and
. operating ex pen sea. Such
was killed elsewhere and
dragged from the road across
some fill dirt and over an
embankment to where her
body was found.
Duck said a toxicology
Carl Davis
Now Manager
Family Dollar
CARL DAVIS
Carl Davis, of Asheville, has
been named manager of the
Family Dollar Store at the
Marshall Shopping Center. He
assumed his new duties last
Thursday.
Mr. Davis, a native of
Madison County, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Davis, of
Spring Creek.
A 1953 graduate of Spring
Creek High School, Mr. Davis
entered the U. S. Air Force in
1954 and retired as T-Sgt. (E
6) in July, 1974.
He is the recipient of the Air
Force Commendation Medal,
Meritorious Service Award,
National Defense (with 1 star)
and was awarded the
Longtivity Citation and other
honors. He also attended
Plattsburgh Community
College, Plattsburgh, N. Y.
and has completed numerous
Air Force correspondence
courses and technical schools.
He is a former employee at
Enka Corporation and for the
past five weeks has had ex
tensive training with the
Family Dollar organizatk i in
Hendersonville, Marion and
Brevard.
He and his wife, the former
Miss Tama Ann Hipps, of
Spring Creek, reside at the
present in Asheville. Mrs.
Davis is employed at Sears in
Asheville. They have three
daughters and two sons.
examination showed evidence
of alcohol in Miss Moffitt's
blood but no trace of drugs in
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West Madison
Communities To Meet
West Madison Association of
Communities will meet again
on April 28 at 8 p.m. in the Hot
Springs Chamber of Com-
loans are secured by liens on
chsttel property, including
livestock, equipment snd
fixtures. Larger, long-term
loans are also available and
art generally secured by s
mortgage on tht farm. Unlike
outer Farmers Home Ad
mmistratioa loans made to
farmers, tht recreation loans
art not limited to a family
typt operation. Also, tht
fanner caa retain
nonessential real estate.
Farmers all ever tht State
art enema-aged to vmlt thetr
local offlct of FmHA to get tht
facts aa these loam program
that may benefit them. Funds
art available now for Has
apodal purpose. -':
Tht Farmers Home AeV
ministration office la Mar
shall it located over tht
Wachovia Bank and is opea
from I am. to I pm. Monday
through Friday.
the body.
The medical examiner said
Miss Moffitt was found lying
face down with her upper
clothing pulled up over her
head, but he said there was no
evidence that she had been
sexually molested. He said it
appeared that she had been
dragged to the scene by an
arm.
The state entered into
evidence for the purpose of
illustrating testimony black
and white photographs of the
body as it was found.
Under cross-examination by
defense attorneys, Duck said
he didn't think the fatal blows
to her back could have been
delivered by a human fist.
Also under
cross examination, Dr. Duck
revealed that he had seen
Schilling in his (Duck's) office
on Oct. 11, 1973, and tested him
for mononucleosis, but the
results of the test were not
immediately given. Dr. Duck
said he would have to refer to
his records, which were not in
the courtroom.
Ammons, who was the first
officer to arrive at the scene
where the body was found,
said he immediately blocked
off the area and called in
Madison County Sheriff E. Y.
Ponder and Duck for
assistance.
Other testimony showed
that Ponder marked footprints
leading away from the area
with sticks and that highway
signs were placed around the
body in attempt to preserve
any evidence, such as foot
prints, around it.
Rice, an- employ of
Asheville Fence Co. who was
erecting fencing around the
new highway site, said he first
noticed Miss Moffitt's body
after arriving at the site about
8:30 a.m., Oct. 12, 1973. He
said he did not go near the
body, but went to a nearby
restaurant where Ammons
was drinking coffee and told
the pliceman what he had
found.
The prosecuting attorneys
in the case include District
Attorney Clyde M. Roberts
and two special prosecutors,
Robert S. Swain of Asheville
and Ronald Howell of Mar
shall, who are assisting
Roberts for the state. Defense
attorneys are DeVere C. Lentz
Jr. and Ervin L. Ball of
Asheville.
A Jury of three women and
eleven men, most of them
much older than the defen
dant, began hearing testimony
about 3 p.m. Monday after the
attorneys had spent the
previous part of the court day
merce Building.
The Association met on
March 24th for the purpose of
election of officers, passage of
by laws, and discussion of
what the organisations
priorities should be.
Representation waa from the
Shut In, Sleepy Valley and Hot
Springs areas.
The executive council for
the following year was elected
as follows: Chairman, Sidney
Harrison; Vice Chairman,
Bobby Brady; Secretary,
Sharon Baker; Treasurer,
Wyllene Skipper; and
Reporter, Linda Tun.
Community Represen
tatives serving an tht council
art: Marie Oat sen, Sleepy
Valley; Carter Parks, Shut In; :
with tht Hot Springs
representative yet to be ap
pointed. Tht council saat aa April rth
ana appcenxoo aaatnosn ta
reaction on tha lUcrsation,
Ftntnre. and BeaatuVatloa
Committees.-
Saving -; aa Executive
-CooncM and (rnsnJttees art
enty tht beginning at what b
suets try for tht artanbratloa
ta thrive. Any Interested
parses wanting to make West
Maduaa a better place to land
and wCing to work at this f 1
wil bt welcome te attend L'
meeting on rX -
selecting the panel, which
includes two alternate jurors.
Neither the jury or wit
nesses in the trial will be
sequestered, according to
Superior Court Judge Harry
C. Martin, who is presiding.
Martin scheduled the trial to
National Rural Electric Coop
Asso. Opposes CWIP Plan
Opposition to proposals
which would allow (or en
courage) power companies to
include "construction work
in progress" (CWIP) in rate
bases were opposed in dif
ferent forums in the last few
days.
Maryland People's Counsel
Gary Alexander, testifying
April 15 before the In
tergovernmental Relations
Subcommittee, said that an
Administration plan to
prohibit state commissions
from excluding CWIP would
raise the rates of Maryland
power company customers
$85-million.
By including CWIP in the
rate base, utilities can earn a
return on investment that is
not actually providing a
benefit to electric consumers.
Most states and the FPC do
not permit such inclusion.
The FPC, however, has
proposed to include it in in
stances where it has
RECENTLY, the Bald Mountain Cloggers from Mars Hill Elementary School
won the Exhibition Award at the Asheville Jaycees Mountain Youth F estival.
Members of the team are front row: Karen Brown, David Phillips, Chris
Wilde, Sonya Cody, Ricky English, Robert Murray, Sherry Slagle, Jimmy
Revis, Alex Filiss, Dana Fox, Doug Bucy, Edward Ray, Randy Robinson and
Stuart Griffith. Second row: Deanna Fox. Kellye Smith. Robin Hough.
Tamara Mowers. Debra Bumgardner, Paula Chandler, Sybil Cody, Lisa
Sitton, Jessica Newton, Rachel Ammons, Laura Melvin, Loretta Shelton, Lisa
VYhitt and Marjorie Eller. The team is directed by Mrs. Harold Wallin and
Mrs. Raleigh English. (Photo by Walter P. Smith)
THE MARS HILL CLOGGERS of Mart Hill Elementary School were recent
winners at the Asheville Jaycees Mountain Youth Festival.' They were first
place winners ta Clog competition without taps - Class II. Team mrmbers
plcturca with the trophy they won from left to right are: Krlvin nice r?'Vr)
Kobla Ilolcombe; Charles Forester, Lisa Gehring. c- r Tweed, (.r,.-, v,k e,
Greg Barnelte, Gwen Mayh, Paul Partly, 1! "y I ! le IT "r an, I.y nti
Gihsoa Tim WBde, Cathy Ga v, TrsH F-i'th, Tsmn-iy Cr . T -v ? ? r r r
the dirertliwi irf Mr. h ,h
Progress Here
resume at 9 a.m. Tuesday in
the second floor courtroom
and said he will hold a night
session Tuesday night in hopes
of completing the trial by
Wednesday.
Before the trial began
Monday, the district attorney
jurisdiction. The FPC
regulates the wholesale rates
of the investor-owned com
panies, many of which sell
power to cooperatives and
municipalities. The Ford
Administration, in its
proposed Utilities Act of 1975,
would not only strip state
regulatory commissions of
authority to prevent com
panies from loading their rate
base with CWIP, it also would
prohibit the commissions
from refusing to let the
companies pass fuel cost
increases along to customers
and prohibit them from
disallowing padding of the
rate with income tax costs not
actually incurred because of
use of the investment tax
credit.
FEA Deputy Administrator
Eric Zausner told the sub
committee that the Ad
ministration bill was needed
to help solve the financial
problems of utilities.
announced that the state will
not attempt to try Schilling on
first degree murder but seek,
instead, a conviction of second
degree murder or man
slaughter - voluntary or in
voluntary - whichever the
evidence shows
Sen. Edmund Muskie.
subcommittee chairman,
expressed sympathy for the
financial problems of the
companies but expressed his
disapproval of the Ad
ministration cure, which he
estimated could increase the
nation's power bill 20 percent
NRECA's corporate
counsel, David. B Graham,
on April 11, expressed the
association's disagreement
with FPC's proposed rule
making to allow CWIP in the
base ( Docket No. RM75-13 ) ui
a letter to Kenneth F. Plumb,
secretary of the commission.
Graham weighed the ad
vantages and disadvantages
of such inclusion and wrote
that, "On the whole, our
comments are weighted
against the proposal."
He offered alternatives to
the proposed rule, citing a
detailed report prepared for
NRECA and American Public
Power Association last month
1
Schilling, meanwhile,
remains free under $25,000
bond He could receive, upon
conviction, from two to 30
years imprisonment for
charges ranging from in
voluntary manslaughter to
second degree murder.
by Southern Engineering
Company of Atlanta, Ga.
The report showed exam
ples where the rule could
result in increases in
wholesale power of 50 percent
(exclusive of fuel costs! for
the year just pi ir to the
placing of large new
generating units in service.
Graham wrote that even if
("WIP is adopt by the
commission, it will not
provide significant financial
help to the investor-owned
companies unless state
commissions also include
CWIP in rate bases for retail
rate purposes. The wholesale
sales under FPC regulated
rates represent onlv 7 percent
of electric utility revenues
nationally.
The consumers of French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation would feel the
effects in future rate increases
should the Federal Power
Commission allnw wholesale
rates to b oasetl on projected
Construction Work in
Progress (CWIP). The
management of French Broi '
Electric Membership Cor
poration urges all of its
members to contact their
elected officials in Washington
and request their elected
officials to voice opposition to
allowing the Federal Power
Commission to consider
Construction Work In
Progress (Docket No. RM75
13) to be adopted or used by
FPC
Pre-School
Registration
For First Grade
The pre-school registration
for first grade students for the
1975-76 school terms has been
planned by Madison County
School authorities.
If your child is not presently
enrolled in Kindergarten in
the Madison County Schools,
then he should report to the
school in his district on the
following day: (You should
bring with you your child's
birth certificate and a record
of his immunizations.)
Spring Creek School, Apr!
25 at 9 a.m.
Marshall School, May 2 at I
a.m.
Hot Springs School, stay 7,
at 9 a.m.
Mars Hill School, May I at t
a.m.
Walnut School, May M at
a.m.
Laurel School. May B st f
Rains ;
ISlotv Down
Clean-Up
Weekend rains and in
clement , weather caused
several postponements rf
plans ta clean-up rrm 1 ' t
and other areas 6s c z V e
past week bid resx-; ' -i i '
clean-op e" rts ae f
by this wettr-J.
Fine report fsv l
receive! frm ' ii t
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