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Tin ulny, ni.riutry 21, 107) Page 5 Gaffney Ledger Surgeon Issues Warning Against Heavy Smoking 1 Life Senlence For Patterson Killing Upheld North Carolina Releases Boys In Kissing Case Hal iih, N. Two miiiiII Ni w'i'i Imys involved in Ninth Car-nliiiu'ii Hindi piildu iid kiini: cm wi ie li aed from irf.irir, i'lii il and tin Mi ii. it to thru 'pinny, Ala. --Alln-rt lull- Mnllt rr. tl.

e'V Vol A new A mel Ii an Mi-dual A -'i. i uition cancer lcpoit Hindi a leading nit-'lu I authority as aing tint eveiy heavy smoker will develop lung cancer unless home other kills bun fir L'eadei'n i.ft manaine --aid I I mmmZ Xt III I Bill In House Would Abolish Death Sentence Coloml'ia With tbe tcriifying oi deal of James 1 oltoii r'uMcr in mind, the South Caiolinn Ceneial As.enibly has been asked to outlaw capital State liepresentat ive Lynn Shea-ly, of Lexington Count), cites Fost-el's cloe brush with execution In illumining up support for his bill. Knitcr, a house painter fioni tiicci, was ilue to die in the (ieoi-gu electric chair for a when the confes-ion last July 4 of harles P. I Loth-' luld cleared him of guilt. Luster had been electrocuted" Sehaly said.

"How Mould niiii'ty Hi a whole feel?" Shealv's loll Mould It lite life in I'iimhi for capital piinNhmc nt in the state, Cnminals convicted of capital crimes without recommend-at ion of mercy would be barred i oni paroles or pardons. i i iiloi iiei i. In, lllaiiie Miiili-un. -t tie ennui: "luiier of run return and 'liaminir. aniiouni i the ieue of 'I Iiui.im.ii, HI ami pavid (I'ii7z H.

'1 me, Wili jinn th. ir moil'iT in Charlotte, I en Unit oiotheis were ed hv the Nutiullal A The inacaine's Maich Nine cairied a conden-'eil mioh of an aitiile mi "The iliowmg llm-lor of 1 ii i- amer," in the Mar. of Today' Health, pub, bed by the A The article minted Dr. Alton Och-nel, Intel nationally known chest suigeon, hi saving thev at the present tune, only have hope for five out of evcrv 100 lung I the Advancement of L-1 1 I 1 1 1 fill iny film conviction that evi ry 'heavy smoker will develop lung cancer unless heart di-ea-e or some other sickness claims him." Och ner wiii quoted as saying that limit lung cancers appaicnt-; ly grow fa-t. Katlv detection bei cfiii is important, he -aid.

Only iav and sputum teits can ill -cover lung cancer at its eai Ii-est tage, he said. The hi tide said Ochiner he-Iiec that after the age of 40, eveiy pink a day smoker should have a chi'it x-iay at least every six months, but pieferably eveiy three months. "A et of chest x-rays, front and side views, nally cmts from fit! to expensive, but 110 more so than cigaiettes, themselves," the magazine said. It ipioted OdiMicr as saying that if enough people took such rei Hiltion-, lung cancer might become ad per cent curable, instead of per cent fatal, F'rvad Of Lying Waihiiigton James Cross, pie ident of the Itakery and Confection Wuikers I'nion, was ac quilted of a chaige that he lied to the Senate I lull -Management Comilllttee. (Vy lawman who v.11 1 sfiitcru cil to llfl' ill (JliMXI fill Allil'I't I'llltlT- siiii'h niiilHtT on 8, lli.M, lnt hi iiinal to tin' Slulr Siipii'iiic Court, Hut the slate's nUcmpt to f.iiic iiMothiT forniiT p'lMio iifiiii.il tn iiiiilrryu Kjinity ti-st Ix-fun- tW.

filling whether to t-y fi.r tin-MlliriK of Cov, Jolui I'utti-i muii's fattier, rait into a 1 it I iiunin. 1 he Siipii'im- (Hurt nfuM-il to builtfi' ft it pervious rtilinj; that i'X-Atty. (leu. Si Curtctt riin-nol lie compi'lk'il to tnU- a ini-iital t-Miiiiiiia'iim uuaiint hi will. Hoth Fulk-r iiinl (lurrt-U wert-imlicti'il uluii with tormi-r Circuit Solicitor Arch I'Vircll, fur I he iniiliush Killing of tin I'lieni City crinii' tirhtt-r whine death t', .11 lied (iff it vice ptiiU'e.

Ki-nill wan aciiiitleil of the murder (ium-tt, who spirit more than a year umler- Mull- llli I Coliiiel l'ioi" ill hii etrmt t' ri hah'htiilKin. They l.vcd ill loe, when the Kismiik 'cancer victims aftei the HIGH ON MOl0 Uf-A rl n.an Until iit ni prisumr, Mrs Anna Thompson 3S, after -die rtecnled to ncuum-itrate how easily a b.ink couul be rolila-d in Jamaica. Y. A little unsteady from bottled is detected. "It frightens me to think of what is going to happen in another decade when our present imoking habits catch up with tii," Ii hsiiei as iioted.

"Alieady, lung cancer lias mhicvc; ma iority -effecting prn-portionv Holland has a -H fold increase in deaths between lll'Jt courage. ne snoveo a nine ai teller, was handed Jl.onn in ili-iit took phe e. MadiMin said that sine flic had Im ll I docatcd "the home ilu''t'in in each family has lieen improved, tuid condit ioiuil lo their mothers is justified at hi, time." The hoys wen- committed I the Mori Nun Training School hy Juvenile Col J. Ilamotoi' I'lice at Monroe November ft aftei they allifc'edly trnpiu'd a 7-year-old white (il in a culvert and forced her to kiss one of them. The case attracted worldwide attention.

Letters demaiidintr release of the hoys piled up (n the ollici-of Coventor Luther II. Hodges and in S. Kmhassies ovitnciis. "If it (ievelois that the du MARILYN W1CCIIS INTO TH! UTIRARY $ET-Actrcs Manlin Monro receives a welcome from her hostess, author Carson WcCuUera, in Nyack, N.Y, at a prty In honor of Dani. writer Isak Dinesen (right).

The luttcr. whose real name is i the Baroness Karen Bllxen, Is currently making a lecture lour the United States. The blonde movie star was accompanied to Ue lileranr narty by her husband, dramatist Arthur Miller. Two Textile Unions Ask 10 Per Cent Pay Boosts I ii in some inline nan- an innocent man is executed in South Car-' i-l i ii Sliealy said that any of bis fellow hiwmakeix who votes against his bill "would have had a part in his killing." The Lexington lawmaker say I six states have already outlawed capital punishment and their crime (rates a less than their border states where executions arp still i i lli ieu out. Koinif men tu I ticatment in a (iul- I and Death lutes in Fugland and Wales have climbed tenfold.

I In the I'llited States, the lecold 'is about the ame the toll ii-j iug from in to an e-ti-I mated I a it year. "It is significant that tbe sharp increase in lung cancer is almost 'exactly pi oport innate to the in-I clean- in cigarette sales. It is V. S. Dixt.

JuiN-e liicbai dmond It. Kerch oldeied a juiy to ac- OIPl ni-oond H-n'. ernment had failed to prove n-aential element of the crime of iiiTjui y. hospital, h'W IH'Ver heel) triid. The long awaited Supreme Court dcciMon pholiliiii; KulU-r'n conviction cami' almost three yearn and 11 month to the day following the end of hi sensational trial, longest in Alabama history.

Chai Ictte Two national tex-i marked hy confusion, I'ollock faid not receive proper care and iruul-tik- unions adopted new Southern demonstrated hy the reluctance "nee from then parents," Madison contract ttmils callinv for mini-! of mills to iinnoiince the specific a Htatement, "welfare au-miim houilv waire of SI and umoiints of increase. He added: i tinnitu in th ir area will recom- Shealy says his bill has tin- sup poit of Col, Wyndhnm Manning, superintendent of the State penitentiary. Manning has grave be mend that appropiiate action liliald pllV "Tlu-ie have been publiily expressed fears by many officials that Ulidei cuttini; 1 aero the amounting to I The action 10 per cent, came at sepanite would take place, that some firms' doubts that capital puni'lmicnt is a i-1 inn- ilctci lent. Cn- of those who reluctantly do-, clincs to support Shealv's bill is liepre "'ntntive Martha Fitzgerald, of Kichland County. I Mis, Fitzgerald said she, loo, has doubts that capital punishment serve i any good purpose.

But she saiil she would not Vote to abolish it at this time. "I'm considering the introduction of a resolution that Would create a special committee to look into jthe problem," she said. "I think we need additional information before i sessions of the I Textile W'oikers I'nion of Amei (TVYTA), ineetimr here, and I the I'nited Textile Workers of I America nii-t-titij? near (Salisbury, 41) miles away. Both 'are AFL-CIO ornnizations. I TWUA Tie ident William I'ol-! lock kcynotiiiK the Charlotte email bill and threw 'hen another teller Mrs Thompson'! arrest wai Dot in lun.

Benson Told Program Would Break Farmers Washington kcp. Harold Cool-ey (I)-N'C) looked Secntary of Agriculture Tu ft Benson in the eye and told him "If we gave you all the authority you want, all the farmers would be bankrupt before Christmas," This came in a hearing of the House Agriculture Committee, which ('ooley heads, and was an-ither skirmish in the war between Benson and the Democrats over what to do about the farm situation. conli ruled that farmers themselves want freedom from controls and freedom to plant as they wish, plus freedom to develop more markets. Cooley retorted that farmer were free in during the depression (lays before the present programs came into being, and he said starvation prices weru the result. "Your panacea is more freedom and lower price supports," Cooley said.

"You won't get it." The and Direct Nnw Filing System features accu racy in filing and apeed in finiling. Save both executive' and operator's time. Guides and folders are arranged in logical order which the eve naturally follows. Call the "Yand roan for demonstration. 'MET would H'ain a advantage over others by chiseling on the of these raise." I'ollock continued, "If some mill iiiaiiiurer.s still fear their competitors will undercut them on wage tlu-y ought to place the minimum into effect in their plant and then join with us in translating that minimum into a legal standard under both the Act and the Wage and Hour Law." Kny Whitmire, L'TWA district director of Asheville, addressed the Salisbury meeting.

He said the nalioii.il average wage in the non duiable good. industry wa l.l'O an hour, while that of the textile industry was 1.50. The union's objective, he asserted is to wipe out that difference. The L'TWA meeting drew at- taking any action." sa ft meet inj; of some 200 delepites, chiillenKcd hold-out mills to join a wage increase- movement that already has swept through Soulh-ein textile workers. Many Southern Mills have announced pay increases since Cannon Mills of Kannapolis told its workers three weeks ajro that it was boost inj; waes reported unofficially as an increase to $1.2." minimum and 11 to 13 cents an hour for other levels.

A Srrki New Life Andrews, Tex. Claude llat-chelor. once given a Ife sentence for collaborating with the enemy, is trying to build a new lift- for hiniM'lf in bis native West Texas. "I don't want to foiget my past," I want to live with it," the handsome young man told a reporter for the San Angelo who found him working in Andrews, lie may write a book about his deci.iion to remain with the Conimuni ts after the Koiean conflict. taken in their interest." At the time of the incident, a welfare and juvenile court investigation disclosed that the boys were living in poverty and without proper supervision.

They a No had been in previous scrapes with juvenile authorities, mostly involving minor theft charges. Madison said the behavior, clash progress and adjustment of the boys had been good during their period at the reform school. Hodges has emphasized that the boys were neither convicted of a crime nor sentenced to "life imprisonment" as many writers had charged in letters to the governor. They simply became wards of the state, subject to release when their conduct and home situations improved. McKeon Leaves Marine Corps For Disability Cherry Point, N.

C. Marine Cpl. Matthew C. McKeon, who led six recruits to their deith in a tidal creek at the Parris Island, S. C.

Marine Corps Kecruit Depot three years ago, is being discharged because of a physical din-ability. A spokesman at this Marine Corps Air Station, where McKeon had been assigned since 1 said a physical evaluation board had recommended the di charge because of a "ruptured inteiverte-bra disc." McKeon's wife and their three children live in Worcester, Mass. McKeon was a drill instructor 4 THE GAFFNEY LEDGER Commercial Stationery Department DIAL IV 9-8330 i'ollock compniiici.teri annon, tendance of which is unorganized, for leading 1 remi -sentinf '11 icitit lit) delegates, locals in the Caro- the iiav movement. "Cannon Mill has made a real contribution to-' linas and Virginia. The TWUA meeting was attended by representatives from the Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, deorgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Missis, ippi, Louisiana and Florida.

I ward improving the economy of the South by acting to meet the I need of textile workers for higher1 wnires and increased purchasing power," the TWUA offical I'ollock called the industry's at-1 tention to the TWUA campaign If. Cutc.ma Probe New York The federal government is investigating whether Alexander J. Cuterma, Russian-born financier accused of violat- for a minimum federal wane of! $1.25 an hour and asked the co- operation of management in at- tainini; this. (Snencer Love, president of RECORD ANOTHER I) ii Mr iff the world's ing the securities law, was proper- Burlington Indu trie WINS PANCAKE RACE Mary Collingwood, 25, of Liberal, crosses the finish line with skillet in hand to win the tenth annual International Pancake Race at Liberal. A high school teacher.

Miss Collingwood raced across the 415-yard course in one minute. 8 8 seconds. She won over Bridget Lowrb, of Olney, England. largest textile operation, had sug- ly naturalized. rfrt nil 'A.

Mnil OF it gested such a goal several months The probe is being conducted ago. However, his mills have not; by the Immigration and joined the present wage move-1 zation Service, John L. Murff, ment.) district director of the service, The wage movement has been said Tuesday. a at Parris Island when he led his recruit platoon on a night march into the tidal creek where fix were drowned. McKeon was convicted by a court martial in 19f)(i of negligent homicide and drinking on duty.

I He was sentenced to nine months 9f ij I Aft- crios jail, reduction in rank to pri- vale, a $270 line and a bad con- duet discharge. The sentence later was reduced to three months in jail and he was allowed to stay in the service. 4 wtese Ninotoon hundred nnd fifty-richt wns an outstanding year of growth and wrvice for WcHU-rn and Southi-rn. AsHi-ts in rxcesa of $906 million ri-arhed an all-time hiyh. This amount repn-wnts an incn-HHe during the yrnr of mure than $85 million.

Total inHurance in force surpanHi'd $1.5 Lillion. This was an increase for the year of more than $503 million. Now with offices on both coasts your Company is proud to report a further exti-naion of ils operations. A new modern Home Olfice building was opened. Over 7,600 Western and Southern men and women pli-dcd to a common goal co-ordinate their efforts at the Home ri 3 i III ir Office in Cincinnati and in our Regional Offices in I'hiladi-lphia, Anheville, St.

Louis, Galveston and Los Angeles and in 300 Sales and Service offices throughout the country. The record achieved in 1958 is a tribute to tho loyalty and efficiency of the officers, employes and agents of the Company. The results attained reflect the confidence in the service and management of Western and Southern by our more than 5,900,000 policyholders. We dedicate our purpose to the high ideals and principles whieh have guided Western and Southern through the past 71 years. WILLIAM C.

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