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Evening star., 1960-03-08

night Watchman's snack and
telephoned police.
A doctor at Jefferson Davis
Hospital said Mr.. Turner was
treated and released this morn
ing.
The six ks ranged from ~
inches to 3 inches in length
and went from Mr.. Turner'S
chest to his stomach, the doc
tor said. Rope marks were
on his wrists and ankles.
Police 1t. Breckenridge Por-
ter said Mr.. Turner's wounds
could not have been self-in-
flicted.
Forced Into Car
Police said Mr.. Turner told
them he was walking near hts
home in a Negro residential
area at 10:15 pm. when two
masked white youths leaped
from a car and grabbed him
They carried guns and forced
him into the back seat of a
sedan.
Two other masked white
youths were in the front seat,
Mr.. Turner told the police.
Mr.. Turner said he strug-
gled to free himself but the
youths gagged him and beat
him to the floor of the cal
with chains. They took him
to a wooded area where he
was tied and hung from the
tree by his heels, he said.
The youths beat him with
chains and rope, cut of his
jacket and shirt and scratched
the KS en- his stomach and
chest with a knife, Mr.. Turner
told police.
AS the youths were leaving
one of them told him, Mr.
Turner said. that If he tried
to escape one of them would
kill him. He said he thought
the youths were 1S or 10 years
old.
I Mr.. Turner worked the ropes
of his feet and hands and
made his way to a nearby
nightwatchman's shack.
Pieces Of Rope Found
Police said they found two
pieces Of rope in the wooded
area IN which Mr.. Turner said
he was beaten. His hat, with
blood on it. was also found
in the area.
Mr.. Turner. who formerly
worked for an awning COM
pany, is now unemployed. He
told police that a red-haired
youth in the front of the car
told him they were hired to do
a job because of publicity
Texas Southern University
Negro students received over
sit-ins at a lunch counter at
Houston in the last few DAYS.
A group of students from
the all-Negro university staged
their first sit-in Friday at a
lunch counter in a supermar-
ket. The sit-ins spread to a
drugstore Saturday and a
third store yesterday. ALI were
peaceful.
Houston schools have 10000
Evening star., 1960-03-08

no one had testified they saw
Mrs. Putney alive in the State
of California.
d. C. Doctor on Stand
In an attempt to counter de-
tense hints that Mrs. Putney
died a natural death, the State
presented her Washington ply
sician, DR.. Roy L. Sexton.
He said she was in excellent
health the last time he saw
her-in June, 1857. It was
highly improbable" he said.
that she died Of a heart attack
or any other sudden illness.
When the State ended its
case in early afternoon, Mr..
Reyes made an impassioned
l5-minute speech in an effort
to have Judge Warren Steel
issue a directed verdict of ac-
quittal.
The prosecution has proven
without a doubt. he said, that
Motherwell "trified with the
hearts Of frustrated women:
he was far from being faithful
to his wife; and he has made
UP fantastic stories"
However. he said, the State
has not indicated one iota OF
violence" nor even proved that
a crime was committed. .
Besides. he continued, the
State has proved that Pearl
was just as big a liar as he
was"
Why, she promoted him
from lieutenant commander to
admiral in one jump" he said
Judge Steel was unmoved
however, and the trial con-
tinued.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Fiery Sky Object
Declared Meteor,
Not q Satellite
By the Associated Press

A flaming meteor streaked
across the heavens last night.
setting on reports it was a
satellite re-entering the earth's
atmosphere. Friction of the
air would have caused a satel-
lite to burn up.
The Air Force said the me-
teor was sighted from Lake
Erie to Key West, Fla.
Reports of sighting the
flaming object came from air.
line pilots, Air Force pilots.
State police and airport control
towers.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
3OAreSeized
After Alabama
Demonstration
BY the Associated Press

Thirty Negro college students
were arrested at Montgomery,
Ala, today after a demonstra-
ton at Alabama State College,
where nine campus leaders
have been expelled.
The charge against the STU
dents was not Immediately an
nounced.
Scores of Montgomery police
men, flremen and highway pa
trolmen went to the college TO
preserve order.
A crowd of several hundred
students had been picketing the
campus with signs protesting
the eXpulsions.
Meanwhile. at Tuskegee In
stute. 40 miles east of Mont
gomery, an undetermined num-
Der of students stayed away
from class to demonstrate their
sympathy for the expelled
Montgomery students.
An estimated 700 members of
the student body at Tuskegee
voted last night to stage a one
day boycott. The famed private
school has a total enrolment of
about 2,250,
The expulsions at Alabama
State College last week followed
demonstrations by students
seeking service at white lunch
counters in Montgomery.
Carolina Victory Claimed
Negro demonstrators claimed
a victory in North Carolina to-
day as the growing anti-segre-
cation campaign entered its
sixth week and spread into the
eighth Southern State.
Students seeking equal eating
facilities at traditionally seq
regated lunch counters were
served while seated in two
North Carolina cities yesterday
Apparently it was the first time
this had happened in the State
where the current wave of sit
downs started.
The first demonstration in
Evening star., 1960-03-08

these have been in critical
supply for too long now"
Mr.. Laws said, This bestial.
cowardly act in Houston is bau
for all America. It was no
doubt designed to halt the sit
in protest against segregated
lunch counters in the South
However. it is my view this
will not halt but rather hurry
these demonstrations and the
legitimate aims and objectives
they seek TO attain"
Evening star., 1960-03-08

had been killed, and Ibis ashes
had been spread over the Ever
glades." Miss Colley testified.
1t was signed THE Dagger, I"
which. the girl explained, was
a nickname for Larry's 24-hour-
a-day bodyguard. Motherwell
had told her, she said, that he
needed constant protection be-
cause of his secret Government
work.
Identity Of THE Dagger" re-
manned a mystery, although no
one familiar with Motherwell's S
tall tales felt it necessary to
look for him.
1t was all a mistake, though,
Miss Colley said. Larry showed
up later in Roanoke and ex-
planned.
He said it was an error-it
was really his twin brother
who was killed." she said.
Even Motherwell flashed a
grin as the spectators jamming
the tiny courtroom burst into
laughter.
Closes Her Eyes
AS she spoke Miss Colley
darted an occasional glance at
Motherwell, and then looked
quickly away. During breaks in
a grueling cross-examination
by Mr.. Reyes, she shut her
eyes.
She told the attorney heated
ly she had not started the ro-
nance. and had not been en-
gagged or even gone steady be-
fore she met Motherwell. She
could not even remember the
names of men she had dated.
You don't recall any name
except Larry?" Mr.. Reyes
asked.
That's right" she said,
quietly.
She admitted that she worked
side by side with Motherwell's
present wife Josephine and
even went on picnics with her.
What was it about Larry,
Mr.. Reyes wanted to know,
that made Miss Colley, a re-
spectacle. attractive girl, run
of with a married man and
become involved in a domestic
muddle?"
Il don't know" she said, her
face strained.
In other testimony Gertrude
Goettel. a detective IN the
Washington police missing
persons squad, told Of a thor
ough but fruitless search for a
man named "D'Avious," the
person Motherwell claims Mrs.
Putney was to marry.
Miss Goettel also said she
found gift cards inscribed with
endearments from Motherwell
to Mrs. Putney. They were dis
covered among the widows
household goods, stored in a
Lexington Park (Md0 ware
house.
She also said she had found
a receipt for a diamond Mrs.
Putney's husband, the late DR..
Albert H. Putney, had bought
for her. The State says this
is the same gem Motherwell
later pawned in Atlanta. Ca,
after Mrs. Putney disappeared.
Another witness. Chester B.
Gurney, testified he had seen
Motherwell and Mrs. Putney
in his Marysville (CalifD, drug
store the night of August IA,
1858. Mr.. Gurney, who came
forward with this information
just last week, provided a vital
link in the States case. Before,
Evening star., 1960-03-08


Mrs. Pearl Putney, 70, Of Wash
ington.
The hunter is Castro M.
Dabrohua of Chicago, Mrs.
Putney's half brother. who has
stalked Motherwell for nearly
two years.
The announcement by De-
fense Attorney John T. Reyes
of Washington that Mother
we'll and Mr.. Dabrohua would
be his only witnesses came as
o stunning surprise.
Many observers felt that put
ting Motherwell on the stand
was a frantic gamble by the
defense, pushed to the wall by
the weight of circumstantial
evidence amassed by the State.
Faces Rough Ordeal
The reason for Motherwell's
testifying was not clear. He is
admittedly a chronic liar, and
the State has fully exposed his
fair for impersonation.
How well he will stand up
under brutal cross-examination
by Special Prosecutor Lynn D.
Compton, the man who is after
his life, remains to be seen.
Also facing an ordeal is Mr..
Dabrohua. Here again. the rea-
son he will be called by the
defense is unclear. unless Mr..
Reyes intends to question the
motive of his relentless pursuit
of Motherwell.
Since August 18, 1858, when
the Dabrohuas received a wire
from San Francisco saying
Mrs. Putney planned to marry
and head for Mexico, they have
spent thousands of dollars and
many months in bringing
Motherwell to trial.
If it had not been for Mr..
Dabrohua, there probably would
never have been a big murder
trial in tiny Downieville, a
county seat nestled in the
Sierra Nevada foothills.
Girl Tells Of Affair
The drama of today's testi-
mony should exceed even that
of yesterday, when a pretty,
long-haired girl from Roanoke.
Va, told of her affair with
Motherwell-a man she knew
was married to one of her CO.
workers at the Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co. in
Washington.
Marie Colley, 80, white-faced
and tense, spoke in a low.
Southern drawl as she ex-
planned how she and Larry
Travelled the same cross-coun-
try route followed by Mother
well and Mrs. Putney a year
later.
They even passed through
Marysville, where Mrs. Putney
was last seen alive on August
IA. 1858. Mrs. Colley said.
TIE route was familiar to the
Jury. Just last week Evelyn
Dourilerty Of Laguna. Calf,
said she and Larry took the
same tour a year before on their
way to. the West Coast. where
Motherwell and $4,000 of her
money disappeared.
The purpose of the trip was
so Motherwell could get a di-
vorce and marry her, Miss Col
ley testified. although an ear
her jaunt to Miami, Fla, for
the same purpose had ended on
q bizarre note.
That time, Miss Colley said,
she received a telegram during
one Of Motherwell's frequent
absences.
The wire said Motherwell
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Georgia Choir to Sinq

The Emmanuel College Choir
Of Franklin Springs, Ga, will
give a concert at 7:45 pm.
Thursday in Pentecostal Holi-
ness Church, 610 Maryland ave-
nue. NE.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
MotherweII to Testify
As Trial Neors CIimox
BY RICHARD O'LONE
Star stan Writer

BONNEVILLE, Calf, Mar. 8.-The hunter and the
hunted will take turns In witness chair today Larry
Lord Motherwe makes desperate effort to himself
from the gas chamber
The hunted is Motherwen himself who will take the
stand in las-dch effort to prove he did not murder
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Houston Negro Hung
From Tree, Escapes

HOUSTON, Tex. Mar (Ar).-Four masked white youths
hung Negro from tree by his heels last night and
scratched two series of KKs into his chest and stomach
after beating him with chains, the told police.
FELTON, Turner who is 81 years old said he himself
from the around his ankles and wrists staggered to
Evening star., 1960-03-08

Now you have through Thursday Of this
week to choose from the fresh spring
fashions and fine homefunishines
offered in this big annual sole. It is
storewide in all our stores Because we
bought from our regular sources, you ore
assured Of dependable quality. We've
checked and rechecked to make sure
your savings are generous. Come with
all your family: there are savings for
everyone.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
Post Office
Has Opening

Postmaster Lexington, Miss.
announces that the examination
for substitute clerk in the Lex
ington, Miss, post office is
open continuously and a copy of
the announcement and applica-
ton form will gladly be furn-
ished applicants upon request.
The beginning rate of pay is
$2.W per hour. Applicants
must have reached their eigh-
teenth birthday on the date of
filing application. This age
limit does not apply to persons
entitled to Veterans Preferen-
&c All interested persons can
secure necessary forms and
further information from their
local postmaster, the Execu-
tive Secretary, Board of u. S.
Civil Service Examiners, Room
3O6 U. S. Post Office, Jackson
5, Miss, or, from the Fifth u.
S. Civil Service Regional Of
flee, 275 Peachtree St., N. E.
Atlanta 3, Ga. Applications
must be filed with the Execu-
tive Secretary, u. S. Post
Office, Jackson 5, Miss.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

a dozen new industries in the
area that will afford 1000 new
job opportunities; initiation of
the agricultural weather fore
casting service; additional
funds for cotton ginning and
mechanization research; the
establishment of a boil weavil
research laboratory in MiSsiss-
ippi; legislation that will per-
NIT the more effective tran
sfer and utilization of cotton
acreage from farms shifting
out of cotton to other farms
where acreage can be utilized;
resciSSion of theU. S. D. A..
order that would have banned
Skip-row planting on a four-and
-four basis; modification of the
price support limitations to pro-
vide for less stringent provis-
ions; and an area cotton quality
and ginning improvement pro-
gram. Mr.. McGivaren pointed
out that these and other bene-
fits represent tangible results
of the work of Delta Council
in 1880.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
Wheat
Growers
information

WHEAT GROWER WITHOUT
ALLOTMENT SHOULD NOT
IFY ASC
Any farmer who has seeded
wheat for harvest as grain next
summer but who does not have
a wheat allotment or a fee
wheat exemption should notify
the agricultural Sterilization
and conservation county office
of his estimated acreage, Will
P. McWilliams, Jr. of the cou-
nty office said today. In this
way, county records can be
established and steps can be
taken to make such a farmer
eligible for wheat marketing
card if he decides to sell any
of his grain.
Under the wheat marketing
quota program, any grower
who produces more than ID
acres of wheat is subject to a
penalty on any "exceSs wheat
harvested. The penalty must be
paid before the wheat is iehgl-
BILE for marketing.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
Loves Circle Ranch
Annual Sale

j. P. Loves model thorough
bred Hereford ranch located
about one and one half mile
from McAdamS in Attala Coun-
ty, vas the scene of his an
nual Hereford sale on Feb. IS.
Buyers from all over Miss.
and as far away as Albany, Ga.
were on hand for the sale, and
possibly more would have been
there had it not been such bad
weather on sale day.
MIR. Love said the sale was
highly successful with 10 priced
bulls and four females sold.
Gray Lakes Farm of fernando
paid the highest price for a
bull, CT cato Heir 308th, which
brought $13, $4,000. Other buy
ers included Brown Loan Ex-
pertinent Etatioh, Raymond,
Royce Mitchell and Son, Tyler
town, R. N. Duncan, White
vile. Tenn, Albert A. Noe,
Monroe, La, o. K. Gee, Jr.,
Carrollton, Wearingen Hereford
Farms, Albany, Ca, and Fow-
Ter Heref6rd Farm, Hatties-
burg
The pen of five" bulls that
was reserved champions in the
Southwest show at Fort Worth,
January 81, sold for an aver
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

age OF $l000.
Mr.. Love entered a herd of
IL Herefords in the Southwest
Livestock show and in compe-
tition with outstanding stock
throughout the nation, they all
finished in the money.
For ten years now, Mr.. Love
who is a Holmes county Repre-
sentative, and who also opera
ties a plantation at Tchula, has
been steadily improving his
Circle L cattle Ranch near Nc
Adams. 1t is now a show place
for thoroughbred HerefordS,
and visitors from far and near
come there to see the cattle.
Mr.. Love has the reputation
of being one of the leading cat
lemen in Mississippi, and was
instrumental in getting the bill
through the legislature last
year to build the Coliseum at
Jackson, where cattle shows,
etc. can be held.
Paul Harris, formerly with
Strauss Medina Ranch at San
Antonio, Tex, took over as
manager of the Circle L Ranch
and is doing an excellent job
in building the Ranch into one
of the finest in Mississippi.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
Cotton
Growers


Cotton growers were remined-
ed today of the Importance of
either using or releasing their
cotton allotments this year in
order to prevent reduced allot-
ments for future years. The
deadline for releasing cotton
farm allotments in Mississippi
is April 1, 1860.
According to Lynn Jordan,
Chairman of the Homes Agri-
cultural Sterilization and Con-
Servation Committee, the 1861
cotton allotment for a farm
will be reduced if certain con-
ditions are not met in 1860. So
a farmer who knows that he
not plant at least Is per-
cent of his farms cotton allot-
ment in 1860 can help himself
and also other cotton farmers
byz releasing his allotment
before the deadline. This will
assure him, as well as the
county and State, of history
acreage for future allotmentS.
Under a recent amendment
to the law, the chairman ex-
plains, the 1860 allotment is
required to be used as the
farms allotment base in de-
termining the 1860 cotton allot-
ment if at least Is percent of
the farms 1860 allotment is
planted Or regarded as plant
ed" Otherwise, the base for de-
termining a future allotment
will be reduced to the average
of ID the regular Choice AZ
allotment for the year, and (2)
the acreage planted or regard
ed as planted" in that year.
acreage may be regarded as
planted" if it is released to the
ASC county committee or if 1t
is included under the conserva-
ton reserve program.>
In order fully to protect the
allotment base for the farms
1861 and future cotton allot-
mentS, therefore, the farmer
should Cd plant at least IS
percent of the 1860 allotment
to cotton, or co release at least
Is percent of the allotment to
the ASC county committee or
g. include at least Is percent
of the allotment acres in the
conservation reserve, or (4) use
a total arceage equal to at least
IS percent of the farms 1860
cotton allotment in all of these
three ways together.
Any cotton farmer in the cou-
nty who now knows that his
allotment will not be planted
this year should visit the local
ASC office Immediately to dis
cuss how the new provisions
of law will apply to your farm.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
Home Agent
By Mary #. HarpOle,

We can't give you a formula
for the right height of your
ironing board for comfortable
ironing. Women vary too much
in height elbow height, arm
length and weight.
Generally though the whole
idea is to save yourself as
much as possible from getting
tired. To do this, whether you
sit or stand to iron, you'll
want to adjust your ironing
board high enough so you can
stand upright and low enough
SO there is no strain on your
arm or shoulder.
Modern ironing boards adjust
up to Sc inches. Use blocks to
raise the board if you want it
higher.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

Results of individual Delta
Council projects have paid off
in millions of dollars and every
person and every business in
the area benefits from the work
of Delta Council" Mr.. McGiva-
rem said. Delta Councils re-
cord in 1959-60 continues to
reflect the results of effective
planning and aggressive, CO
ordinated action by the people
of the area" he continued.
MIR. Nc Givaren listed the
following eight specific accom-
plishments during 1959-60 that
have special significance:
The location of more than
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

cabbage, carrots, celery, oran-
geS, frozen orange concentrate
canned freestone peaches, Gran
berry sauce, shrimp, rice, pea
nuts and peanut butter, al
monds, filbertS, raisins, milk
and dairy products and lard.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
Delta Council Drive
for Members Underway

Announcing plans for the 1860
Delta Council membership
drive, Delta Council Treasurer
Crawford S. McGivaren of
Clarksdale said that the camp
aign would begin on March 1.
Mr.. McGivaren also annouced
that Ralph L. Ray, Tchula
would serve as membership
chairman for Holmes County.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
BUYING PORK

When you select pork, look
for meat that is light, grayish
pink. 1t should be fine textured
smooth and velvety and inter
mingled with fleckS of fat. The
outside fat on pork cuts should
be white and firm.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
BEFORE O SHOP

Take time to make a list be-
fore you go to the grocery St
ore. Making your list from me-
nus for the week is a good idea.
Allow plenty of time for list
making 1t takes time to make
extra trips to the grocery store
for the all-important but for
gotten items.
Give your self plenty of time
to think and compare while you
shop.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
EGGS N PORK

These are two foods head
ing the March plentiful food
list.
Other foods yoS should find
currently plentiful to help keep
your food budget is line include
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10
Holmes &c
HghHghts

The Holmes Junior Cages
were downed 1888 by East
Central last Thursday night,
February Is, while playing in
the State Junior College Tour
nament at Decatur.
1t was the last game of a
season marked by fire, vigor
and victories as it progressed,
affording hours of excitement
for spectators. High scorer for
the year was Ned Harbuck, a
sophomore from Enterprise.
Alabama.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

Choice (B1 allotment-price sup
port program for their farms
1860 upland cotton crop. The
Choice OBJ program provides
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

an allotment 40 percent larger
and price support at Is percent
of parity less than under the
regular" Chioce (A) program.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

Mr.. Jordan points out that
March Is is another important
deadline the last day for
farm operators to elect the
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

Heart disease is no reSpec-
ter of persons. 1t strikes from
the cradle to the rocking chair
in all economic brackets.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-10

Enterprise Alabama.
Heartiest congratulations to
Mr.. Tom Maxwell, mathema-
tics instructor at H. J.. c.,
who recently received his COM
mission in the u. S. Air Force
Reserve as a first lieutenant.
Mr.. Maxwell was commission
ed on the basis of high military
aptitude, military bearing, and
special recommendation from
his superior officer.
Holmes Junior College deba-
tors, Wayne Carson and David
Johns, affirmative; Johnny
GoolSby and James Hutton,
negative speakers, won first
place in the North Mississippi
Speech Festival held on the
Holmes campus on Saturday,
February 20, in sunshine and
moderate temperature.
The Baptist Church at Sidon
was the setting for the we'd
ding of two Holmes Junior
COI1nOn STUDENTS Mics Sara
Corley, a COSMOLOGY student
of Belzoni, and Mr.. Thomas
Phil Terry a sophomore from
Durant, which was solemnized
at 400 p. m. on Saturday,
February q.
The bride was attired in a
beautiful winter white suit, and
Mrs. Cecil Nail, of Louise, ser
we'd as matron of honor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-02
Notice of Public
Hearing

Notice is hereby given that
the County Council for Mont.
gomery County, Maryland, will
conduct a public hearing on a
proposal that the County lease
approximately 1,400 square feet
of space in the Westwood Shop
ping Center, Inc, westward
Avenue, Bethesda, for use as a
Liquor Dispensary.
The hearing will take place at
2:30 p. nj. On
TUESDAY, JUNE IA, 1860
in the County Council Hearing
Room, 7th Floor, County Office
Building, Rockville, Maryland.
LAWRENCE E. SPEELMAN
Clerk
County Council for
Montgomery County. Md.
2t-71S9-6-2