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Volume 76 - Number 27 Murphy, North Carolina January 27, 1966 10 Pages Thi s Week 7t murphy*N^Mm?cA?oui?k
Officers Attend School
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City Police Force Beefed
Up With Two-Way Radios
The Murphy City Police
Department Is getting a boost
this week with the Installation
of two-way radio equipment,
C. E. Johnson, Town Clerk,
announced today.
"To facilitate the contact
ing of a police officer at all
hours of the day and night
and to Improve the efficiency
of policing the Town of Mur
phy, two-way radios are being
installed in the police car.po
lice station, fire station and
the City Hall," Mr. Johnson
said.
A night phone and radio
transmitter will be maintained
by a fireman on duty at the
Murphy Fire Station from 5
p.m. to 8 a.m. The night fire
man will receive both police
and fire calls during this
period.
Mr. Johnson pointed out
that with this modern equip
ment the frequency can be
changed on the radios to tie
in with the Cherokee County
Rescue Squad in case of an em -
ergency.
Officers of the Murphy Fo
lice Force recently attended a
two day finger printing school
held here in Murphy. The
course was conducted by
James Maxey. S. B. I. agent
from Bryson City, who is
assigned to this area.
"The Town of Murphy has up
to date finger printing equip
ment," Mr. Johnson said,
"and with this two day school
our officers should be better
prepared to solve crimes
where fingerprints areobtain
able.
Mr. Johnson also announced
that James R. Grasty of the
Peachtree section of Murphy
has been added to the police
department. Mr. Grasty was
formerly enployed by the And
rews Police Department. He
attended Waynesvllle High
School and served with the
Navy in the South Pacific dur
ing World War II.
During his law enforcement
career, Mr. Grasty was en
ployed by the Waytvesville
Sheriff's Department, serving
three years as Chief Deputy.
M. C, Brickey, who has been
with the Murphy Police De
partment for the past eight
months, has now been assign
ed parking meter attendant.
He replaces Willard Bates,
who has resigned to accept
employment elsewhere.
James R. Grasty
New Policeman
3 New Directors Named
To Citizens Bank Board
ANDREWS - Three new dir
ectors were elected at the
annual stocldiolders meeting
of the Consolidated Banks of
Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany held in die bank's offices
in Andrews, Friday, January
21.
The newly elected directors
are Ted Jordan and Ted Phi
lips of Robbinsville and John
T. Gill, vice-president and
manager of the Murphy office.
A resolution in memoriam
of the passing of Director L.W.
Wilson was presented and ad
opted unanimously by the sto
ckholders.
The stockholders elected
the following directors:Percy
B. Ferebee, Z. B. Conley, W.
D. Whitaker, James B. Fere
bee, II of Andrews; W. A.
McGlamery, Thomas C. Day
of Hayesville; W. Frank For
syth, E. Rae Moore, Peyton
G. Ivie, W. D. Townson, John
T. Gill of Murphy; J. Smith
Howell, Patton Phillips, Ted
Jordan. Ted Phillips of Rob
binsville; Jennings A.Bryson,
Boyd Sossamon, W. Paul Holt
Jr. and Dan Allison, Sr.
of Sylva.
William J. Carter, Auditor
reported to the stockholders
that during thepast year Loans
and Discounts had increased
8.4<]k . Securities Account had
increased 235k. Total Res
ources were up 16.85k over the
past year. Total Deposits were
up 16.45k. Capital and Reserve
Account had increased by
15.751s and Earnings were up
325th Total Resources had in
creased over the year from
$16,051,950.34 to $18,506,
057.24.
During the year $100,000 has
been transferred from Undiv
ided Profits to Surplus, mak
ing a total Capital, Surplus
and Undivided Profits of
$1,295,779.29.
The following were elected
to compose the Executive Co
mmitties of the bank's bran
ches and consolidated offices.
Murphy Executive Commi
ttee: W. Frank Forsyth, John
T. Gill, Rex Kephart, Robert
D. Bruce and E. Ray Moore.
Hayesville Executive Com
mittee: W. A . McGlamery,
Wilburn Mingus, Wallace K.
Crawford and Thomas C. Day.
Sylva and Cullowhee Exec
utive Committee: Brady Par
ker, Homer Davis, Kent
Coward, Ray Cogdill, W. B.
Dillard, Charles Cagle, W.
Paul Holt, Jr., Jennings A.
Bryson, Boyd Sossamon,
James Childress, Dr. Roy
William Kirchberg, Dan M.
Allison, Sr., Sol Schulman,
E. L. Erwin, anc J. Philip
Stoval.
Andrews Executive Comm
ittee: W. D. Whitaker, Percy
B. Ferebee, William J. Car
ter, James B. Ferebee, II,
Mildred B. Ray and Frank 1,
Murray, Jr.
Robbinsville Executive Co
mmittee: J. S. Howell, Patton
Phillips, Boyd Crisp, J. J.
Snider, and J. B. Collins.
Executive Committee of the
consolidated offices: PercyB.
Ferebee, W. D. Whitaker, W.
Frank Forsyth, J. Smith How
ell, James B. Ferebee, II,
John T. Gill, William J. Car
ter, Thomas C. Day and Jenn
ings A. Bryson.
Adult Education
Classes Growing
Holland McSwain, Director
of the Tri-County Industrial
School located at t'eachtree,
announced this week that 170
adults have enrolled in the
schools Basic Public Educ
ation Program. Classes are
being held in the High Schools
of 15 communities of the Tri
County area.
"Sixteen of these 170 adults
are non-readers", Mr. Mc
Swain said, "and these seem
to be the most enthusiastic
and appreciative of this educ
ational opportunity."
Besides the basic education
classes, Mr. McSwain reports
that there are 106 adults en
rolled in typing and bookkee
ping classes bringing the total
to 276 adults enrolled in the
Tri-County Industrial School
Program.
Classes are held two nights
a week, 3 hours per night.
Twenty-five adults have al
ready received their high sch
ool certificate since the pro
gram began 11 months ago.
Mr. McSwain expressed op
timism that enrollment would
increase in both phases of the
program. Interested persons
should contact Mr. McSwain at
the Tri-County Industrial
School
DAR To Elect Delegates
MURPHY - The Archibald
D. Murphey Chapter of OAR
will meet Monday evening
January 31, at 8:00 p.m. in
the home of Mrs. John Bay
less with Mrs. J. H. Phaup
and Mrs. Ruth Forsyth as co
hostesses.
All members are urged to
be present as delegates to the
State and National convention
will be elected at this meeting.
The Chapter has received
a gift of $300, presented by
Mr. and Mrs. Buel Adams,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mayfield,
and Mrs. and Mrs. Frank
Mayfield in memory of Miss
Bertha Mayfield.
Howell Enters
Judgeship Race
WAYNESVILLE - James H.
Howell, Jr. has formally ann
ounced his candidacy as one of
the two J udges of the new 30th
Judicial District Court on the
Democratic Party ticket.
Howell, who is now and for
the past seven years has
been Judge of HaywoodCounty
Recorder's Court, is the son
of Colonel J. Harden Howell
and Pearl M. Howell.
He was educated in Way
nesville Township Schools and
at the University of North
Carolina. He has five years of
active military service to his
credit during World War II.
During military service, he
served as Trial Judge Ad
vocate of Military Special
Courts, as well as being an
Infantry Officer.
He has practiced law in
W aynesville for twenty years.
His present tenure as Judge
expires December 1. 1966.
Judge Howell has served
eight years as I'. S. Comm
issioner in Haywood County,
three years as Haywood Ser
vice Officer, six years on the
Haywood County Welfare
Board and as Chairman of
that Board,
He is a member of the Lions
Club of Waynesville, a past
Commander of the American
Legion Host, a member of the
Board of Stewards at the First
Methodist Church, and has
served as President of the
Daniel Boone Council of the
Boy Scouts and as Chairman
of his local Boy Scout Dis
trict.
He is married to the for
mer Miriam Ficklen and has
two children, Carey, a senior
at Longwood College and Har
den 111, a senior at Waynes
ville Township High School
MedicareMeeting
Scheduled Here
Personnel from the Ash
eville Social Security District
Office will hold the following
special Medicare registration
days:
The meeting for Cherokee
County will be held in the
courthouse from 12 Noon until
6 p.m. on February 11, 1966.
The Clay County meeting
will be held at the Hayesville
High School on February 12,
1966, from 8:30 a.m. until
2:30 p.m.
Several members of the
Asheville district office staff
will be at these places to take
applications and to discuss the
Medicare program. All per
sons age 65 or older are in
vited to take action now, if they
have not already done so. Also,
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Teen-Ager Given Life
In Kimsey Slaying
Will Never Go To Prison,
Youth Vows In Court
ATLANTA - Eighteen - year-old Eddie Wyatt Cambell Jr.
/as sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday night, Jan. 19
ifter a Cobb bounty jury found him guilty of the July 27 murder
>f J. C. Kimsey, a Marietta service station operator.
Ktmsey was a native of
:iay County and a son of the
ate George and Effie Parsons
Cimsey, a pioneer family of
:iay County. -A former resi
lent of Murphy, he had resided
n Atlanta for the past lSyears.
He was the father of Leon
Kimsey, a U. S. Postal em
ployee here in Murphy.
The slender youth vowed
that he would never go to
prison.
"Son I think you were mi
ghty lucky to get the sentence
you got - and look at me when
you address me. Someday
you're going to have to look
it someone when you talk to
them," the judge said.
The youth listened to the
verdict of "guilty of murder
with a recommendation for
mercy" and to his sentence
of live imprisionment with
out any outward show of
emotion. During most of the
trial he seemed withdrawn -
almost unconcerned.
As the jury filed back in
at 10:15 p.m. Campbell tur
ned to his mother who never
left his side during the two
day trial, and said "If thev
send me to prison I'll fight.
A bailiff who had to be in
constant supervision of the
youth in jail waiting for trial
said Campbell told him that he
wanted either to die or go free.
The frail teen-ager, with
the appearance of a 12-year
old, kept his head in his arms
on the table while his confe
ssion, taken by police the
morning after die slaying of
58-year old J. C. Kimsey,
was admitted as evidence.
Cobb County detective Har
old Davis related Campbell's
account of the slaying, which
police had termed as "bloody
and brutal."
Snow Means Many Things: Some Trouble, Some Happiness
Snow cam* to Murphy twice in 4 days and as usual with different feelings
for different ages.
Snow ia trouble for some as shown in upper left photo when a car went out
of control on the Andrews Road Saturday, Just outside of Murphy. The car
skidded about 100 yards, crossed Into the left lane and Into a ditch. Noone
was injured.
In the lower left photo, the inevitable snow ball fight is a hearty pastime
Scant Photos ? Cook ? Slmonds
for energetic youngsters. Mark Thompson and J eff Otllard seem to enjoy
battling it out.
For the older folks who enjoy the scenery, there is plenty to go around.
The snow scene shot was made near the Hitchcock Mines.
And last but by no means least, aglagantic Snowman, which always seems
to pop into children's minds first, was created in the yard of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Kephart at 102 Beat Circle. The artistic youngsters are (1 to r) Paul
Beavers, and Wally, Elain, Annette and Kathleen Kephart,
Mr. Motorist: Don't
Forget Auto Inspection
RALEIGH- When you North
Carolina motorists pick up the
1966 auto license plates, be
sure and check the last num
he.\
? The state's Motor Vehicle
Inspection Law becomes eff
ective this year and the last
digit in the license plate is
the key to when you must
have your car checked.
If the last number is 3,
your auto must be inspected
no later than March 31; 4,
by April 30; 5, May 31; 6,
June 30; 7, July 31; 8, Aug
ust 31; 9, Sept. 30; 0, Oct.
31; 1, Nov. 30; and 2, Dec.
31.
Inspections will be handled
by all qualified service stat
ions displaying a certificate of
approval issued by the state.
C. D. Lindsay, director of
the Motor Vehicle Depart
ment's License and Theft En
forcement Division, who is
responsible for adminis
tration of the new law, said
today 1,500 stations already
have been approved.
"We are processing 2,500
additional applications right
now," Lindsay added. "And
still receiving 25 requests a
day from stations throughout
North Carolina.
"There definitely will be no
shortage of certified inspect
ion points."
those persons who want more
information about the Hospital
and Medical Insurance plans
should attend. This will be
their chance to avoid long
lines.
Lindsay said 2 1/2 million
North Carolina cars must be
inspected this year.
"Under the numbering sys
tem," he said, "about one
tenth will be inspected each
month."
Lindsay said the only de
lay in granting certificates
to service stations "is the
lack of proper inspection
equipment. Several stations
have not received headlight
aimers and once they do the
number of certified inspect
ion points will increase sharp
ly."
Requests for special lic
ense plate numbers, Lindsay
said, are being rejected.
"If someone is out of the
state and will not return for
several months, we are mak
ing allowances for that, but
we are not issuing plates on
special request."
On the military bases, Lin
dsay said, inspections are be
ing made on all vehicles re
gardless of whether the cars
have North Carolina plates.
"If a serviceman has an
auto registered in Florida,"
he explained, "the car will be
inspected on the base and if
approved, given aNorthCaro
lina inspection sticker."
Here's what a motorist can
expect when he drives in for
an insnection:
First, he pays a fee of
$1.50. Then a check is made
of brakes, horn, windshield
wipers, headlights, rear
lights, steering mechanism,
and directional signals.
If the car fails the test,
the motorist can take it any
where for repairs and then
bring it back for re-inspect
ion, free of charge.
If he thinks another inspec
tion may be fairer, he can
give it a try, but pay anot
her $1.50.
A car may be rejected if
the emergency brake is not
working, regardless of the
condition of the foot brakes.
Cracked headlight lens must
be replaced; the steering
wheel must have no more than
three Inches of play; wind
shield wipers must work; the
front end can't sag; the turn
signals must work and the
horn must honk.
Lindsay pointed out one ot
her feature of the inspection
law.
"If an individual purchases
or trades for a car that does
not have an inspection stick
er, he will be given 10 days
from the date of purchase to
have the auto checked."
Following is a list of in
spection stations in Cherokee
and Clay Counties:
ANDREWS- Andrews Gulf
Service, Boring Chevrolet,
and Reece Motor Company.
MURPHY- Burch Motors,
E. C.Moore Company,Frank's
Garage, and Palmer's Truck
and Tractor.
HAYESVILLE- Johnson's
Service and Garage and West
em Auto Store.
J. C. Long, State Inspector
stated that as soon as other
applicants were certified their
Inspection stations would be
announced.
There will be an orientat
ion meeting for mechanics at
the Murphy Power Board
Building tonight (Thursday) at
7:00 p.m.
He said he had gone to the
gas station on U. S. 41 outside
Marietta about 11 p.m. on July
26 and remained with Mr.
Kimsey until 3 o'clock the
next morning, helping the op
erator service cars and even
sharing his supper, further
evidence showed.
The officer said Campbell
told him that as the victim
was looking out a window, he
picked up a gas nozzle and
struck him - again and again.
He said he then dragged
the body into a store room,
robbed the station of $290,
and drove back to his home in
College Park in 17 minutes. He
showed the officers where he
stopped briefly north of
Atlanta to throw the weapon,
a cup, some cans and the
money drawer jnto the woods.
Campbell's court-appointed
defense attorney, Sam Welch,
offered no evidence to dispute
the charge that Campbell com
mitted the crime.
Mr. Welch attempted in -
stead to show that the youth
was insane, and as the case
progressed the age-old con
flict between legal and medical
definitions of insanity took
form.
testimony snowea iriai uie
youth has been admitted to
Milledgeville State Hospital
at least six times since 1959.
He has been cut open so many
times to remove foreign obj
ects he has swallowed, includ
ing nuts, bolts, bed springs,
wire, bits of metal, that doc
tors are afraid to operate
again to remove objects more
recently swallowed.
Campbell has shot himself
twice - once through a large
artery near his heart. Dr. Ed
ward E. Johnson, a Grady
Hospital surgeon, said, "it
was a miracle every time we
saved his life."
A doctor who knows Camp
bell said that in his opinion
Campbell does not know right
from wrong. "He is a boy
who has lived every minute
of his life filled with hate
and aggression."
"He has absolutely no con
science, no sense of remorse
for anything he does. When
faced with problems, he has
no control over his actions."
"And in my opinion," the
doctor comtunued, "Eddie
Campbell is faced with pro
blems every minute of his
life."
Dr. Sanford Mathews, who
like Dr. Johnson is not a phy
chiatrist, described Camp
Cell's problem as a "God
given handicap."
"Eddie has looked at the
world as one might look into
a mirror in a fun house,"
the doctor said. "He sees
only a distorted image.
Both doctors, testifying for
the defense, said they had
gone to great efforts to try to
get extensive psychiatric care
for Campbell over the past
five years, to no avail.
Both said they had predicted
the outcome of his life. Dr.
Johnson said he predicted the
boy would kill either himself
or someone else.
"But did he know rightfrom
wrong at the time he bashed
in the skull of J. C. Kimsey."
Sol. Gen. Luther Hames ins
isted (The knowledge of right
and wrong constitutes the legal
definition of insanity.)
Both doctors said they did
not believe he did, and that if
he did, he was not able to
control his actions. They des
cribed young Campbell as a
psychopathic ? one who cannot
conform to the rules of soc
iety, who has no emotional
restraint.
Sol. Hames questioned two
Milledgeville psychiatrists
who had treated the defen
dant who said that in their
opinion Campbell did know
right from wrong.
Dr. Charles D. Craig of
Milletfgeville said, "With his
kind of ailment you're not
likely to see much progress.
In my opinion it would be of
no avail to send him back to
Milledgeville."
In his final argument to tht
jury Mr. Hames said he had
proven that Campbell was sane
*t the time of the killiig.
"When are we going to quit
listening to sickly sentiment
ality?" he asked. "I urge
you to return a verdict that
will be meaningful."
During a brief interview
after the sentencing, Camp
bell renewed his vow not togo
to prison. "The doctors told
me I have only a short time
to live - and I don't intend
to die in Reidsville," he said.
"I swear to you here - and
now - that I will kill myself.
They can chain me to the bunk
or whatever, but where there's
a will there's a way."
The youth attacked the bail
iff to whom he was handcuffed
as court began after the noon
recess Wednesday. He had to
be dragged into court, sat
hunched in the Cobb County
sheriff"s office, his thin wrists
bound together by handctrffs.
Most Drivers 'Winterize'
But Few 'Winter-Wise'
WASHINGTON, D. C. - With
raffle accidents and deaths
-eachlng new highs almost
ivery month, and with more
notorists on the streets and
lighways, the individual moto
?ist must accept greater
lersonal responsibility for his
iwn safety, saysQuinnTamm,
executive Director, Internat
onal Association of Chiefs of
'olice.
"The police of our nation
ire doing a splendid Job of
enforcing traffic laws, but un
fortunately there are not en
ough of them in most states
and local communities," the
police executive said. "Every
driver, therefore, must accept
the challenge to improve his
own driving skills and set an
example to others by obeying
all traffic laws and suppor
ting the police in their huge
task of keeping the traffic law
violators from killing them
selves and others."
He pointed out that espec
ially during the winter months,
it is vitally Important for mot
orists to accept the added
responsibility of driving saf
ely under adverse weather
conditions.
"In addition to the normal
dangers of driving that ween
counter every day In the year,
winter Imposes two additional
hazards - Inadequate traction
and reduced visibility. These
can spell disaster to the un
wary driver who fails to re
cognize them for what they
are," Tamm pointed out.
"Most drivers winterize
their cars, but too few
?winter - wise* their driving
habits. When pavements are
slippery and visibility Is poor,
the wise motorist reduces Ms
speed accordinly, keeps a lon
ger distance between Ms car
and other traffic, approaches
intersections with extra care,
steers smoothly and brakes
gently.
"Courtesy, common sense
and extra care are the marks
Df the responsible driver. He
Is the one most likely to get
through winter's worst wea
ther without an accident - or
a traffic ticket." Tamm con
cluded.
State Fvraisbiag
Sales Tax Tables
Taxpayers in North Caro
lina may use a state sales tax
table as a guide-line when pre
paring their 1965 Federal In
come Tax returns. For the
first time since it was intro
duced in 1960, the table has
been printed in the ux in
structions which are mailed
to taxpayers, District Direct
or J. E. Wall of Internal Re
venue said.
The table is based on a
1960-61 study of consumer
spending patterns by the Bur
eau of Labor Statistics and
shows the average amount of
state sales tax paid by North
Carolina residents. The table
may be used by taxpayers who
itemize their federal income
tax deductions. Similar tables
have been prepared for 39 ot
her states and the District of
Columbia.
The table omits the state
sales ux on automobiles pur
chased. Taxpayers who pur
ohase an automobile may add
the sales taxes paidon the pur
chase to the amount shown in
the ubie.
District Director J. E.Wall
reminded uxpayers that they
are not required to use the
uble. The table is furnish
ed as a guide for the conven
ience of upayers who Itemise
deductions on their Federal
Income Tax returna but who
wish to use a "standard**
amount for state sales ux
which will not reqtdre detail
ed substantiation. Taxpayers
have the choice, of course, of
deducting the actual amotmtof
sute sales uses paid.