The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 11, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 6, 2000 Page: 1 of 16
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Volume 127, Number 11
Sunday, February 6. 2000
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By Sherry Koonce
THE PANOLA WATCHMAN
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THE PANOLA WATCHMAN
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Time is drawing to a close to
register to vote In the March 14
According to Helen Lloyd,
Panola County voter registration
deputy, persons wanting to vote in
the primary must be registered by
February 14th.
Early voting will start February
28th and end March 10 at the voter
registration office located in the
courthouse.
The office will be open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. and will not close for
lunch.
According to the deputy, It is
possible that the office will also be
open one Saturday during early
voting.
Several
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the downtown Carthage buildings old Birdweirs building stood, and
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Several political hopefuls are
vying for office including two per-
sons running for the Panola County
Precinct 3 commissioner's seat
Currently held by Joe Harris, the
Incumbent has been challenged by
Herman Reed, Jr. for a seat on the
commissioners court.
Incumbent Miteh Norton is run-
ning unopposed for the Panola
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By Sherry Koonce
THE PANOLA WATCHMAN
A Logan Community man ac-
cused getting drunk and going on a
shooting spree in October, 1998
will be tried for the murder of two
of his neighbors next week.
Jury selection in the capitol
murder case against 47-ycar-old
Roger Dale Mathews begins Mon-
day in Shelby County.
The case was moved to Panola
County's neighbors to the south af-
ter Mathews' attorney, I
McPherson, successfully wen a
change of venue for his client.
McPherson argued the case had
position while another incumbent,
Jean Whiteside announced her
candidacy for Panola County's tax
assesw/ccJIector position,
Incumbents Jack EUett, Ronnie
LaGrone, and LeRoy Cranford
have filed for a place on the
November ballot and are running
unopposed.
LaGrone will be
utoette to the Fa
precinct 1 commissioners position.'
Cranford to seeking the office ha
► VOTE, gage Al'
lected for the honor.
The winner will be selected
from a committee which to com-
prised for past winners.
Those nominated should be an
individual who has made a contri-
bution to the community this past
yegr
"We're looking for the person
that you feel has contributed the
most to our community this past
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Nominations should be mailed
to P.O. Box 518, Carthage. Texas
75633 or bring it by The , anola
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Lake Murvaul line rupture
threatens city water supply
Midnight workers alleviate potential disaster
situation," said Thomas.
■"*** According to Thomas, water al-
ready stored in the system would
have lasted until about noon Thurs-
day. Aftpr that, customers would be
without water.
Built in 1968, the old pipe had
rusted out and sprang a nujjor leak.
Repairmen from the manufacturer,
Gifford-Hill, were called in to work
on the concrete coated pipe. They
worked until past midnight
Wednesday to repair the pipe and
get the system up and running
again.
"It was about 3 tun. early
Thursday when we were able to
mdmaM ®M«®ua®Umm nnoln M aal/4 Th/uwas
"I want to compliment the
workers from Gifford-Hill who
► See WATER, page A 2.
Two 17-year-old men were ar-
rested in Panola County Wednes-
day after local law enforcement of-
F\ fleers obtained information linking
JU them to the theft of $130,000 in
V cash that was taken from a home in
Vivian. La.
According to Panola County
Sheriff's Lt. Byron McMillian, Vi-
vian's sheriff visited with local
sheriffs officers Tuesday evening _ ,
and relayed his suspicions that two Linnand Danile Wayne Rose, were
been involved in the theft of a safe
containing valuables.
In the safe, he said, was the
cash, some savings bonds and jew-
elry.
Based on the information ob-
Two Vivian men charged
with $ 130,000 cash theft
tained from the Vivian investiga-
tion in the matter early Wednesday
morning, Panola County Criminal
District Attorney Danny Buck
Davidson's office obtained a war-
rant to search a camper trailer lo-
cated on FM 2517 near the state
line.
Members of both sheriff's de-
partments conducted the search and
found approximately $30,000 in
cash, as well as a Mac 9 semi-au-
tomatic pistol and six ounces of
. marijuana.
The men, Bradley Christopher
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staying in Panola County had arrested and charged with posses-
• - gjon Qf marijuana and fugitive from
justice/burglary of a habitation.
Both remain in custody in the
Panola County Detention Center,
where they are awaiting bonds of,
$200,000 each.
Newspaper seeking top
citizen for annual award
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The Panola Watchman to look-
ing for the names of a few good
people who have made a difference
in the community this year.
Nominations are currently being
accepted for the Citizen of the Year
award, which is presented by the
newspaper each year at the Panola
County Chamber of Commerce
Banquet.
The banquet this year to set for
February 24. year,'
Nominations for the year's top Bill 1
citizen will be accepted from any-
one, but should should include a
brief letter explaining why the
nominated person should be se-
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Jury selection to begin
Monday in Shelby County
for Mathews murder trial
Defense to claim Levan man insane:
DA declines to seek death penalty
garnered too much publicity to as-
semble an impartial jury panel lo-
cally.
McPherson has staled he would
enter an insanity plea to the case
while Panola County Criminal
District Attorney Danny Buck
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seek the death penalty.
If convicted, Mathews is facing
either life to prison, or commitment
to a maximum security state mental
facility.
? Evidence will be presented be-
Rick ginning Tuesday to the 123rd Dis-
trict Court with Judge Guy Griffin
presiding. Jury selection to ex*
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By Sherry Koonce >
THE PANOLA WATCHMAN ,
A break in the Murvaul water
line caught the attention of city
workers this week, who worked
tirelessly to keep water running at
the faucets of city water customers.
What could have left individuals
thirsty and without baths, was nar-
rowly avoided, thanks to the quick
attention the problem necessitated.
According to City Manager
Charles Thomas, a major break to
the 30-plus year line running from
Lake Murvaul, the city water sup-
ply, to the water plant on Adams
Street, threatened to leave the city start pumping again," said Thomas,
waterless, unless the problem could
be repaired.
"We were in a real desperate
downtown revitalization program lot" increase
successful. Brenda Giles, a Baker-Koonce Carthage's
Carthage downtown merchants teacher who heads a class which 1
met recently with Dina Stapleton, a tackles a community project each want to visit.
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of KSA Associates, to discuss ' Giles' P.A.C.E. class, she said, maxnitude do not come cheat).
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state and federal grants that the city
and merchants would be able to
apply for if they exist.
Giles' 6th Grade P.-A.Cf. class
listened in on the meeting to learn
bow merchants can come together
Stapleton pointed out that the. to make improvements. The class
also provided refreshments to the
audience.
Earlier in the meeting, Stapleton
.1 Carthage is an
excellent candidate for downtown
remodeling.
Recently involved with Tyler's
downtown renovation, Stapleton
noted four critical components for
to See DOWNTOWN, page A2.
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downtown revitalization specialist year, volunteered to be of service. F* ' . J * **
-*----Li.. „ "----1 Giles' PA.C.E. class, she said, magnitude do not come cheap,
possible actions to take to help could get involved in the Stapleton told the audience of 32
continue renovating the downtown downtown program as -
Carthag® merchant® m®«t with downtown rovHtollzatlon
specialist, Dina Staptoton, to dlscusa way® of refurbishing
th® downtown square area which ha® b®oom® a ®ouro® of ,nto disrepair.
Out-of-town building owners subject
of downtown merchant meeting Tuesday
area. - their school curriculum.
Charles Thomas, dty manager. She hopes that the owner of the
noted that be had contacted the vacant lot would find getting into
out of town owners of the vacant lot on the the renovation program more
property owners to invest money to north side of the square where the attractive with school students
the downtown Carthage buildtags old Birdwell's building stood, and involved,
they own is^ne of the main hurdles they wanted $35,000 for it. f J ‘
* “ Thanas stated, "The city does out-of-town owners must be shown
have to overcome to make a not have the money to purchase the that improvement of the area will
tourism and
downtown a
where heritage travelers would
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