Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 11

RADIO, TV PROGRAMS SPORTS. CLASSIFIED SECTION TWO TUESDAY, FEB. 2, 1954 THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN CHUen Photo Glens THE YANCEY COUNTY COURTROOM in Burns- men. Left, State Highway Patrol Sgt. Edwin Jones points judge's seat at right.

Dr. Melvin Webb, acting coroner, lis- in front of crowd is Yancey Sheriff Terry Hall. Right, Mrs. ville was jammed yesterday at the inquest in the Jan. 23 out broken places on the death gun to coroner's jurymen in tens to testimony.

Girl at smaller desk in center is acting Royce Edgar Wheeler, widow of one of the victims, denies Possum Trot Road shootings that took the lives of three front row. Witnesses and spectators are in back. Center, in as inquest stenographer. Young man with glasses standing gun Sheriff Hall is showing her was her husband s. Yancey Coroner's Jury Blames Unknown Killer In Death Of 2 Brothers Funeral Home and Sgt.

Jones both told the Jury that the wound at the top of Wheeler's head was larger than the one near the ear. (Often, the hole at the point where a bullet emerges Is larger By BILL LINDAU Citizen Staff Writer BURNSVILLE, Feb. 1 A Yancey County coroner's Jury today decided two of the three men shot to death last Jan. 23 were victims of an unknown killer or killers. The findings were returned after a 2 1-2 hour hearing In a Jammed courtroom of the Yancey County two months ago when Wheeler had stopped at a patrol radar check point.

At the time, Hall testified, he advised Wheeler to take the gun and hang It on the wall back in his home before someone got hurt. Later, Wheeler's widow testified that Wheeler had told her that night what the sheriff had said and that Wheeler had followed his advice. He didn't take It out again, she said, until the day he died. Mrs. Wheeler in her testimony had quoted her daughter as saying she heard Byrd tell Wheeler he Torn To Page II than the one It makes when it enters).

Witnesses testified that they didn't see Wheeler carrying the gun before he had it in his hand and the question of the actual owner Courthouse here. After 13 minutes' deliberation on I ship of the weapon was raised. the testimony, the Jurors reported Jess Jobe, 35, met death by gunshot wounds at the hands of 43-year-old Royce Edgar Wheeler and that However, both State Highway Patrolman Arnold Rector and Sher 1 mr-rr nr il" I 1 i i nil II iff Terry Hall testified they had seen the same pistol and holster on Wheeler and 27-year-old Nealy Mcintosh were the victims of a "person or rjersons unknown." MRS. AGNES AYERS Jesse Jobe Told Her About It. MRS.

CARL SILVER She Didn't Know Anyone Was Mad. MRS. EILEEN S. LEWIS "I Didn't See Any Drinking." EARL PROFFITT He Tried To Stop The Trouble. BISS BYRD He Saw Three Men Shot.

the seat of Wheeler's truck about Asked after the hearing whether the, lntnct.iiraMnn In t.hft POSAUm Trot Road slayinge would continue Beaverdam Trustees Contend Sheriff Terry nan repuea: Meetings Events Hearing On Mt. Pisgah TV Tower Slated This Morning I guess ll wm nave vo. niM RvrH AR npifrhhor nf the tVinna victims in th Creek Young Was Warned Of Water 'community, had testified he saw Wheeler shoot the two other men Warren Case May Be Called Today WAYNESVILLE, Feb. 1 The trial of Joseph Casty Warren, 32-year-old- Tubber plant employe charged with the fatal shooting of David F. Underwood, Haywood County businessman and politician, probably will be held here tomorrow th second dav of the current term of Havwood Coun- O.

P. Young was forewarned that The future of very high fre and then put tne gun to nis own Asheville Calendar TODAY 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.

Regional Blood quency television In Asheville will be aired at 10 a.m. today at a public hearing In the city hall on head. Before the findings were reported. Dr. Melvin Webb, the acting coroner, and the Jurors heard all but aiu nf tha Itpv witnesses testify Center open for donors, 17 Broad there had been no argument, no the erection of a TV transmitting tower on Mt.

Pisgah. Feeling both for and against the construction of the 300-foot tower by Station WLOS has been running high since the approval for a I Court otft under wav. Though no official announcement was made that Warren trouble among tne tnree men in lire hours they spent together before the shooting started in ront of Earl Proffitt's home. But Mrs. Agnes Ayeis, a nurse's Hrwnitftl here, station on channel 13 was an would go on trial, it was generally believed that Solicitor Thad way.

10 s. m. Public hearing on erection of TV transmitting tower on Mt. Pisgah, City Hall. Noon Music hour.

Pack Memorial Library, i 1 p. m. Clvitan Club, George Vanderbilt Hotel. 1 p. tm.

American Business Club, George Vanderbilt Hotel. 7 p. m. West Asheville Business Association, Masonic Temple. 7:30 p.

m. City Council of Parents and Teachers with School D. Bryson would call the case tliat. Tnho tnlri her this Biter sometime during the day, Beck, Roy L. Pless, Jessie Jenkins he was admitted to the hospital and Roy Suttles.

A grand Jury returned a true bill against Warren last November. He shortly alter tne snooung; xja anH thA At: hem sot some Named to the petit Jury were Civil Defense Group To Plan Mock Alert Plans for a "dry run" civil defense mobilization next spring will be discussed at an Asheville Civil Defense organization meeting tomorrow at 4 p.m. In City Hall. Carl B. Hyatt director of public safety and CD head, said yesterday he hoped the simulated emergency can be staged in late April or early May.

Civil Defense section leaders will participate in the meeting tomorrow. If plans work out, several hundred lower echelon CD workers will be mobilized to handle the theoretical crisis. WJ. Dibrell, manager of the Buncombe County Red Cross chapter, said yesterday that plans have been made for a "disaster" rehearsal by chapter units Feb. 12 In the Kenllworth section.

has been free on bail since the day chickens and went to Proffitt'a "and after the shooting in his home near got in a little polcer game." roe "nlnvinff out of a $20 nounced. Previously the U. S. Forest Service had approved the tower construction. Opponents of the structure claim the tower would be a trend toward commercialization of the peak which is best known to Asheville skyline viewers.

Proponents contend that the mountain Is the only site In Western North Carolina which can give almost complete television coverage to the region. A Department of Agriculture attorney. L. B. West, will be in charge Dozens Cited On Charges Of Jaywalking More than three dozen Asheville pedestrians yesterday literally walked Into trouble with the law.

Several paid 83 for Jaywalking to the desk lieutenant but the remainder must appear In Police Court at 9 a. m. today to answer to the charges of "falling, neglecting and refusing to walk In designated cross walks." Haywood Street, the citations showed, was the most popular for the Jaywalkers while Pack Square) pushed In for a close second. The first alleged violators were Troy M. Franklin, of Fletcher RFD 1, Pack Square, Dr.

8. Robinson, 78 Haywood Haywood and College and Clayton Cantreli of Marshall RFD 3. Cantreli paid three dollars and prayer for Judgment was continued. Other arrests Included: L. H.

Autrey, 70 W. Avon Parkway; F. R. Hancock, 16 Sterling Harry L. Hayes, Troy Norrls, Everett Erwin, George Galloway, Fred Sanford, Milton Messer, Henry Seaman, George Boring, C.

H. Morrow, Hugh Ledford, Ray Trantham and James R. Daniels. here last August. Dlsnosltlon of two other cases In Board and principals.

City Hall. Dvm wnntpH to home but 7:30 p. m. Naval Reserve Sur water from Beaverdam Creek which he used to irrigate some cabbages, trustees of the Beaverdam Water and Sewer District contended yesterday in their answer to Young's $10,000 damage suit against them. Young contended he was forced by health officers to destroy a cabbage crop in the Woodfin section last fall after the crop had been pronounced unfit for human consumption because of spray irrigation with Beaverdam Creek water.

Young contended the water was polluted because the trustees of the district and the City of Asheville were negligent In permitting a sewer line to break and overflow into the creek. The city has not yet answered the complaint. The Board of County Commissioners serve as district trustees. The trustees contended In their answer that if Young was damaged, the damage was caused by his own alleged acts of negligence In spraying creek water on the cabbage after having been advised by the county health officer that such spraying would result In the damage Young now complains of and that Young should be barred from recovery because of contributory negligence. Building Permits Exceed 200,000 which murder has been charged Jobe Insisted on him staying, wneei- face Division 6-18, Training Center.

also will be known this week. So er picked up the money, ana km It is expected here that the 7:30 p. m. Men's Garden Club of Asheville, basement of First Na far the grand Jury has not returned tne nouse. jooc luuuwcu uuu and Wheeler shot him.

bills In the cases of Joe Parke, tional Bank. Proffitt had testified he saw charged with the fatal shooting of 8 p. m. Alcoholics Anonymous, Wood row Leatherwood last Novem Wheeler shoot Jobe and Mcintosh. rfA Koinr -walled tn the stand 12 1-2 Wall Street.

of the hearing. Richard McArdle, chief of the U.S. Forest Service, 8 p. m. Biltmore Masonic Lodge, following Mrs.

Ayers' testimony, he ber, and Holace Sutton, charged with the fatal shooting of Elsmer Ball In January. Both are free on Lodge Hall. Mint CI THT BJl mat will make the final decision. All statements on both sides of 8 p. m.

Moose Lodge, Moose game was concerned, Royce Wheeler Home. the question, both those made at in his life time was never in ui the hearing ana tnose receivea house." 8 p. m. Odd Fellows. Lodge Hall.

TOMORROW 10 a. m. Claxton School Study Byrd testified there had been v. littl drlnkine" though they through the mail, will be considered by McArdle. who will also take Group, room 302.

Claxton School. nan h-ii wmt in their home com der consideration all lac Is per taining to the tower construction. WNC Calendar munity before going over to Possum iTrot Ro4. Nobody was drunk, he S3 and prayer for ludgment con onrt remv to a Question, TODAY criminal docket will consume at least a week. The civil part of the court calendar will be called next Monday.

Mica Mine Slide Fatal To Worker FRANKLIN, Feb. 1 A sudden landslide into the mouth of a small mica mine near here today killed one workman and partially covered two other men including the owner and operator who was seriously hurt. Donald Holland, 40, of the Culla-saja community, was believed killed Instantly in the landslide at the Mill Knob mica mine about four miles east of Franklin at 3:30 p. Macon County Coroner George Henson reported. A.

W. Reid, owner and operator South Toe River Parent-Teacher added tnai wnai ae uaa ujuii tair mttrrt mi me" and it didn't Association, South Toe River tinued; Mrs. L. H. BagwelL 41 Balsam Marion Jones, IT Wynne Jessie Rice, Buncombe) County Home: Mary SherrUl, 42 Hildebrand; Marshall Forney.

Black Mountain: Francis Patty, 258 Broadway; Hobert L. Acker, Win seem to have any effect on the School. nthaM During January 10:30 a. m. Regional American As far as any gambling was con Red Cross meeting.

Hunter Library, Western Carolina College, cerned, Byrd saia saw urcui ston-Salem; Ruth Kluce, 73 Wood Jaycees Hear H.J.McCaulIyOn Resistance Plant Harry J. McCaully, manager of the International Resistance Corp. plant on Mills Oap Road, was the principal speaker at a meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce In the George Vanderbilt Hotel yesterday. McCaully discussed the operation of the plant, what attracted the firm to Western North Carolina and Its prospects for the future. Reports concerning the Jaycee-sponsored Jose Greco performance In the City Auditorium last night and a Dale Carnegie course to be conducted here in the near future were heard.

Permits issued for Asheville operations in January totalled matching coins, but tnere nao oeen rw argument. 7 p. m. Boy Scout Court of $202,403 in estimated costs, accord Mrs. Carl Sliver said she saw no eajnbline and "didn't know that Honor, Nantahala District, City Hall, Andrews.

animn, w- mad. She said she ing to the monthly report released yesterday by W. Harrill Wood, city building inspector. New construction permits includ 7 p. m.

Fellowship Club of First heard the shota but didn't see who McArdle, alter sVittytag presentations, will decide whether it Is in the public interest to continue with the plans to build the main tower on top of Mt. Pisgah and a building on the back slope of the peak. The tower, as proposed by WLOS, would occupy an area of 30 feet square. No leveling or cutting off the mountain top would be necessary. According to the plans announced by WLOS, the building, to be constructed some 100 feet down from the peak on the western slope, would be 40 by 24 feet and less than 18 feet in height No roads would be cut scross the face of the mountain and at no time would commercial vehicles be permitted to use tne Blue Ridge Parkway which crosses the mountain.

No date has been set for a final decision on the proposed tower con Baptist Church, Gaither's Restaurant. Brevard. ed 12 residences with a total con was doing the shooting, as sne was In bed at the time. H.r tiauehter. Mrs.

Eileen Lewis. bond. Judge H. Hoyle Sink today considered a writ of habeas corpus brought by Robert Beasley of Macon County, who has been serving a seven-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon with lntnt to kill. Beasley asked Judge Sink today to set aside sentences Imposed on him in three other cases, each of which allegedly occurred about the time he was convicted on the assault charge.

Beasley maintained in the writ of habeas corpus that he was in Jail in Macon County when he was accused of breaking and entering on three separate counts. Tried and convicted on each count, he was sentenced to three years In each. In considering the matter, judg-2 Sink noted that Judgments In three of the cases (the three In which Beasley was charged with breaking and entering) had been improperly pronounced. He declared them null and void, but at the same time he concurred with the seven-year sentence Beasley drew for the assault charge. Solicitor Bryson said the matter would be appealed to the State Supreme Court.

Judge Sink sentenced Lillian Mor-risette to serve from two to three years in the State Women's Prison after she was convicted of forgery. A sentence of five to seven years for uttering was suspended. James Everett Brooks, arrested along with Miss Morrisette, was given a seven to 10-year sentence in the State struction cost of $109,400: three pri 7:30 p. m. Blackmer Masonic Lodge, Lodge Hall, WeavervlUe.

said she didn't see any drinking. of the mine In the Ridgecrest com vate garages totaling $1,021: and one super market with an estimated construction cost of $50,000. 7:30 p. Joint meeting of Mor- ward Willis Morris, 20 Center Woodfin. G.

F. Carver, 187 Pearson Drive; Glenn Anderson, 38 Spruce Mrs. E. Falrchields, 54 Maney Mrs, Susie Love 11. 165 Charlotte Sarah Likes, 34 Silver Jascelyn Williams ,11 Bearden Bryant Dixon, 44 Walton Mary Jo Fletcher.

Veterans Administration Hospital; Mrs. Edna Blanchard, Veterans Administration Hospital; H. F. Tetus. Port Henry.

N. Y. Edward W. McHone. 475 Depot L.

A. Gurry, Black Mountain; Elizabeth Smith. 18 Gray Mrs. Kate Webb. Marshall: Mrs.

Winslon Ballew address not given; Edwin McDevitt, 47 Hubbard Mrs. Mamie Tjpton, MarahaJJ; and Mr Stanton town board, representatives In reply to a question, sne saia her father came home about 5:30 m. or 6 D. m. with a bag of meal of N.

C. School for the Deaf and Permits for additions, alterations and repairs were issued for 10 residences with a total estimated cost State Hospital officiate to discuss Hut-. H'rfn't atav lone. division of costs for sewage dis munity, was covered with dirt and rocks. He suffered a broken right shoulder blade, laceration of the head, cuts on the body and injuries to left leg.

He was taken to the Angel Hospital here where his condition was reported as "satisfactory." Robert Williams, who was also He returned some time aiier uie shooting, she said. of $8,310. and for seven non-resi ESS My In answer to another queetion. posal system, Morganton. Sewer Line dential buildings for a total 0f Permits for installations were Is she said her father approved of the mm heine there (at the Sliver sued for three signs with total cost struction, but It has been indicated Answer of one television antenna nffirers and other In the mine, was covered to his waist.

He due himself out and was that, should the plan be approved, WLOS will start transmitting in the early fall or possibly late sum base. $18,000: and two air conditioning towers, $2,185. H. Ellves, Saluda. not believed hurt.

These three were witnesses were questionea cioseiy Dy members of the Jury about the .38 aiiMMHIti nvri In the the only ones In the mine. mer. Bid Of $7,487 Is Accepted The Board of County Commis By Billy Graham 2nd Water Main shootings, about the wounds, and Yesterday, Indications of a large number of people at the hearing prompted officials to consider the apparent paths ol me ouueus throush the victims. Being Removed changing the site of the meeting sioners yesterday accepted a bid of Proffitt had testitied mat Mcintosh had been crouching, as though tn ena at Wheeler, Just before At North Fork from City Council chamber. Last night, however, plans were still as $7,487 made by Reed and Abee for installation at 2,000 feet originally set up and only an over Wheeler shot him.

Prison on being convicted of forg of sewer line from the Gorham The mine, about 25 to 30 feet deep. Is in a 40 to 50-foot cut. It was from this cut that the earth and rock slid down into the mouth of the mine. Jess Corbin, who was outside of the mine, saw the slide coming and yelled to the others. They all started running to get out of the mine but the slide caught them, officers said.

Holland's body was recovered about 5:30 p. m. Besides Henson. Investigating officers included Sheriff J. Harry stat.

Tiio-hwair Patrol set. tawin ery, and a suspended sentence of flow of Interested parties will cause the changing of the announced site, Manufacturing Co. site in Bingham, Jones, replying to a Juror's Heights to the French Broad River from five to 10 years Tor uttering. Both are from Spartanburg, S. C.

Removal of the remaining 16-lnch water main from the lake bed at North Pork reservoir will be completed shortly, according to John C. Walker, city engineer. Relocation of one of the twin mains has been completed and wat said the path tne Duuet wouia timing a man in a crouching Only other bidder was the Ashe Testimony tended to show that the two had passed four forged position would depend on the range ville Paving Co. which offered to do the Job for $7,962.30. Both firms agreed to complete the Job In 60 days.

checks, each for $67.50, In Canton at which tne snot was wcu, wc not, ViAiirht. relative to the er was cut into it yesterday. Walker last November. Evidence Indicated that Miss Morrisette wrote the assailant's, and the degree to which said. Following removal of the sec Thomas, Deputy Sheriff Newell checks and Brooks passed them to The commissioners suggested to Postmaster Mark Sumner that he contact the State Highway Commis ond main from the lake bed, he said, work on the project will be Pendergrass and State Highway Patrolman H.

P. Ferguson. the man was croucning. Dr. W.

A. Y. Sargent testified his vamlnaHnn the bullet Canton business establishments. officials said. A recent proponent of the construction Is the Buncombe county Board of Commissioners who yesterday officially endorsed the proposal.

In a resolution "approving and supporting" the proposed construction, the board said that under present conditions many potential TV viewers are not able to receive the signals of current stations. Also, the Greater Asheville Council yesterday endorsed use of Mt. Pisgah for a TV transmitter. A substitute motion proposing 1,980 Auto Licenses Sold On Final Day A record sale of 32,001 1954 automobile license plates was completed yesterday at the Carolina Motor Club office. The total sale during the 1954 "rush period." according to D.

J. Wilkinson, manager of the office, was 1,777 over that of 1953, which was also a new record. Yesterday' sale, expected by CMO workers to be about 1,000 came with a rush and they almost doubled tha expected figure with 1480. The lines moved smoothly, It was announced, except where motorlsu were required to present their till papers. There the biggest rush occurred as.

according to Wilkinson many of the people who have bought cars in recent months waited until the last minute. Although state and local poltot will be checking for the new pistes as of last midnight, the CMC office will remain fully staffed the re. malnder of the week. Wllkmaoa said, to be sure there Is no post- suspended until weather conditions which killed Mcintosh struck the1 sion relative to confusion In mall deliveries caused by one too many are better. When the relocation Job is complete, both mains will be this time of world confusion, don't you think that American political leaders are beginning to speak out more about the need of Bible reading? It seems that In the last few months I have read a number of statements by American leaders that we should be Bible readers.

M. O. One of the encouraging signs of the hour Is the fact that many leaders in various walks of American lKe are beginning to urge people to return to the Bible. Here are some recent statements: President Dwlght D. Eisenhower said, -To read the Bible Is to take a trip to a fair land where the spirit Is strengthened and faith renewed." Former President Herbert Hoover said some time ago.

"The whole of the Inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible Is a necessity of American life." J. Edgar Hoover, head of the F.B.I, recently said, "The Bible is the unfailing guide which points the way lor men to the perfect life." Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said. The Bible means to Bis that there is God; that He baa purposes for men and that each of us has to find tha stream of tha divine purpose." victim In the right chest, ranging i slightly upward emerging from above the lake's high-water mark, Several sentences for drunken driving and speeding were also meted out by Judge Sink. The court will convene at 9 a.

m. tomorrow. Nine new members were added to Holland, son of Mrs. Bessie McCoy Holland and the late Radford Holland of Cullasaja. had mined and farmed most of his life.

The body was taken to the Potts Funeral Home here. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Pearl Hyatt Holland; five children. Bruce, Lyman.

Gloria Jean. Linda the back near tne leu snouiucr. Answering questions concerning the wounds In Wheeler's head. Dr Walker said that since Bee Tree reservoir is full and meeting the city's water needs, it Is not necessary to press work on the remain Haywood Roads. The postmaster.

In a letter, told the commissioners that the old route of Haywood Road fold U.S. 19-23) bears right near the Asheville School and continues west under the Southern Railway tracks. This section, he eaid. Is still designated as Haywood Road. The new highway (U.S.

19-23) Sareent said he saw no powaer the Haywood County Grand Jury this morning. Nine others were burns but explained that the named from the previous grand ing North Fork line. Judge Oement 111 Court Term Canceled wounds were bloody ana tnat ne dldnt clean them up. ha didn't know whether Jury. New members Include Elbert Phil and Elaine, all of the home; the mother; seven brothers.

Willard In the Navy at Norfolk, Beulon, powder burns necessarily would running by Asheville School Is also that the site not be used. It engineering studies showed other less renowned sites were -equally advantageous, was voted down. Last night the international Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (AFL), local 238. went on record as favoring the TV station's plans. The Weaverville Fire Department, at a dinner meeting last night, also Jurors summoned to report for Bender, Cecil.

Furman and Delis, all of Cullasaja, and Kermit of this week session of Buncombe Su. perior Court were reminded yester unofficially known as Haywood Road, the postmaster added. In other business, the commissioners referred to the State High Franklin RFD 1: and three sisters. show around wounaj miiiciea in such a manner. Earlier Investigation showed the shot which killed wheeler entered his head near the right ear and Mrs.

George Penland of Pontlac. lips, E. O. Robinson. E.

L. Poston, Marlon Green, Weaver Rathbone, David Edwards, Marvin Yarborough, E. F- Caldwell and Ernest B. Mess-er, who was named as foreman. Old members include Ralph Bla-lock, W.

J. Stockton, Jack Messer. Roy Stanley, Jack Prion, E. C. I and Mrs Everette Holland day by court officers that they need not report since the session has been canceled because of Illness of way Commission a petition seeking improvement of the Griffin Branch voted unanimousYy Vo go on Ttccstl AmrrsMl at t.h Ipft tide OI nS SK.MIL and Mrs.

Lewis Gregory, both of tovlVr rash vbjett aa not -handled. fv In favor ot the Pisgah TV tower, Arnold Hiszir. of Holcombe Cullasaja. Judge J. h.

Clement of Walkertown. Road In Leicester Township. i.