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MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1964
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Marshall Again Threatened By River Last Friday
Grading Demonstrations Of
Tobacco In County Next Week
By HARRY G. SILVER
County Extern Ian Chairman
Tobacco has been in the Nation
al spotlight for the past several
month. First vie cancer scare,
next the labeling with damreroui
warning to the consumer and
moro recently the political foot
ball on the National scene. All of
these things are expensive to Mad
ison County burley tobacco pro
ducers and none of them can be
changed by the individual farm
er. The tobacco curing weather for
the 1964 crjp has been extremely
bad. Most tobacco barns have
some injury from house-burn, barn
scald or tobacco which became
frost bitten or pot wet after it
was well wilted down in the field.
All of these injuries are going to
make it more difficult to do a
good job of grading tobacco ir
preparation for the market. If
burley tobacco is purchased bv the
buyers on the same pattern that
flue-cured tobacco has been, the
support price is fc'oing to be more
important to tobacco farmers this
year than in many seasons. Farm
ers who have not properly grad
ed their tobacco will not be able
to capitalize fully on support
price. Much of the injured tobac
co will be graded into a lower
grade or will not qualify for an
official grade of tobacco and will,
therefore, not be eligible for sup
port price unless the injured or
damaged tobacco is kept separat
ed from sound tobacco.
For the past several years the
County Agricultural Agent's of
fice baa secured the services of
a government tobacco grader to
assist in conducting one or more
(tobacco grading demonstrations in
(the county. This year, L. D
Flack, a government grader, will
be in Madison County on Tuesday,
October 27, for the purpose of
conducting two tobacco grading
demonstrations. These demonstra
tions will be held at the farm of
J. Albun Buckner's basement in
the White Oak community at 10
a. m., and at 1:30 p. m., on the
farm of Earle Roberts in his cas
ing house, located at the first
house above the Doe Branch road
intersection with the Big Pine
Road.
Mr. Flack, who is a tobacco
erower himself in Tennessee, will
demonstrate how to strip and sortT
tobacco to give a farmer the max
imum advantage on the market.
Any farmer interested in learn
ing more about proper sorting of
burley tobacco may attend either
of these demnostrations.
County Farmers
Are Eligible For
Gov't Farm Loans
The Farmers Home Administra
tion will make emergency loans
available to victims of recent
floods in three Western North
Carolina counties, Rep. Roy A
Taylor announced Tuesday.
The counties are Henderson,
Maoon, and Madison, where unus
ually heavy rain early this month
Mild overflowing of rivers and
streams.
Farmers interested in addition
al information should contact lo
cal FHA offices.
Editor Of STATE
Visit Here Today
Bill Sharp, popular editor of
the STATE Magasine, nee visit
ins in Marehall today (Thursday).
He is spending several days In
tide section enjoying the mn
colore and visiting friends.
Remember, Only One
COUNTY ACP
ALLOCATION
INCREASED
The National Agricultural Con
servation P r o g r a m, commonly
called the "ACP," is perhaps the
largest, most valid, best under
stood and most applicable farm
program v. ithin the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Its basic
purpose is to asoirt farmers and
ranchers of the U.S.A. in a fi
nancial and technical way to pro
tect and preserve our most valu
able natural resources. These
natural resources are our soil, wa
ter and forest. Tl e program is
applicable to every state, county
and farm within the USA that de
sires to participate. The program
is administered in each county by
the farmer elected county Ah-
committees.
In commenting on the ACP for
next year, county ASCS office
manager, Ralph W. Ramsey, said
that the Congress and President
had approved a $250 million na
tional allocation for the 1965 pro
gram year. This is the same ex
tent of funds which the Congress
has approved for ACP purposes
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GAVIN SPEAKS
IN MARSHALL
ON TUESDAY
Visits In Mars Hill Also; On
Four-County
Tour
Robert Gavin, Republican can
didate for governor of North Car
olina visited briefly in Mars Hill
Tuesday where he addressed about
200 cheering people and then hic
caravan moved into Marshall
about 1:45 o'clock. Despite the
cold, blustery weather, about two
hundred persons stood to hear
Gavin's appeal to the voters to
"vote straight Republican on No
vember 3." The crowd was also
swelled by many students from
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CROSSNORE TO
PLAY HERE THIS
MONDAY NIGHT
Three Gaines Within Seven
Days For Marshall
Tornadoes
Three games within a week is
the task for Coach Lawrence Pon
der and the Tornadoes. This situ
ation was brought about by the
postponement of the Crossnore
game last Friday night due to the
flooded condition of the Island.
The only date that Crossnore
could play Marshall is next Mon
day night, Oct 26, on the Island.
This "extra" game calls for the
Tornadoes to play Mars Hill this
Friday night; Crossnore here on
Monday night; end Bosnian here
on Friday night of next week
(Homecoming).
Although tough on Marshall's
limited squad, football fans will
have three treats in store.
INVESTIGATION
A probe is an official investi
gation that is Aired just before
the whitewash is applied.
SATURDAY IS
LAST DAY YOU
CAN REGISTER
If you haven't registered or re
registered, don't let this coining
Saturday slip by without doing
so.
Registration hooks at all poll
ing places will close at 6 p. r.i.,
(sunset) on Saturday, Oct. 24, ac
cording to Rex Allen, chairman
of the Madison County board of
elections. No one will be allowed
to register after this time, Mr.
Allen stated.
Saturday, October 31 will be
challenge ty and then everyone
will just await until November H
to see who's elected.
FIRST SNOW IS
REPORTED IN
GREAT SMOKIES
The first snow of 1964 in North
Carolina fell Monday far up
in the Croat Smoky Mountains.
It did not stick, as its successors
surely will, hut rangers reported
that, it fell heavily for a while.
ENDOWMENT POLICY
Many foreigners seem to think
our foreign policy is an endow
ment policy.
Football
Game Under Lights At Mars
Hill; Wildcats
Favored
The county football spotlight
will be on the Marshall Tornadoes-Mars
Hill Wildcats game
when they clash on the Mars Hill
field Friday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The Wildcats, coached by Roy
Yates Amnions, aro heavily favor
ed to down the less experienced
Tornadoes. Going into Friday
night's game, the Wildcats have
been the rave ox western North
Carolina as they have defeated six
foes while only losing one game
and that last Saturday night to
North Buncombe, 21-7.
The Wildcats, led by hard-
Hill-Marshall Wine Friday
North Buncombe Defeats Wildcats, 21-7;
Catamounts Trounce Mars Hill Lions, 28-0
The North Buncombe Black
Hawks handed Mars Hill its first
loss of the season 21-7 Saturday
in a non-conference game at North
Buncombe.
Bill White led the North Bun
combe defense, intercepted
three Mars Hill passes and recov
ered one fumble. White returned
one interception 75 yards for a
touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Mars Hill opened scoring in the
first period when Charles Tolley
dashed 45-yards for a touchdown
Garland Hunter kicked the extra
point
White interceped a pass hi the
first, ran it 27 yards to tile Mara
HOI 8. Jinunie Parham carried it
oyer form the four and Skip Lays
kkksd the extra point to tie the
game 7-7,
In tho second Gerald Atkins
hit end Lane Stephens for a 72
yard touchdown pass play. Lay
booted the extra point
Lays also kicked the extra point
on White's interception touch
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U. S. MOURNS
THE PASSING OF
HERBERT HOOVER
Death Comes At 90; Only
One Other President
Lived Longer
New York Herbert Clark
Hoover, the 31st president of the
United States, died Tuesday at the
ago of 90, his magnificent old
hiMirt finally overwhelmed by the
demands of a body enfeebled by
long illness.
The end came quietly at 11:35
a. m., in Hoover's Waldorf Towers
suite high above Manhattan, on a
bleak, gray autumn day. He wtis
in a deep coma a merciful sleep
that shielded him from any final
agony. A mass've internal hemo
rrhage occurring last Saturday
began his final illness.
With his oassing, a nation
mourned a man who won its re
spect and admiration anew after
having been turned out out of
the White House in 1932 by an
electorate that blamed him for
America's great depression.
Only one other president in this
century was refused reelection by
the voters. He was William How
ard Taft, a Republican like Hoov
er, who was defeated in 1912 af
ter a single term in office.
President Johnson proclaimed a
30-day period of mourninsr, or
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SpotlitU
charging Charles Tolley, have
made shambles of the Appalachian
Conference and are generally con
ceded to be the finest football
machine to play for Mars Hill in
many years.
On the other hand, while Mar
shall has lost four games while
tying one and winning two, have
shown great teaim spirit and abil
ity. A few "breaks" here and
there and the record could easily
read in reverse. Spearheaded by
a strong defensive line and agile
backfield, the Tornadoes would
like nothing better than to pull a
major upset Friday night. The
Tornadoes haven't forgotten their
upset loss to Hot Springs, 7-6,
BOOSTERS CLU B
TO MEET TUES
BINGO, SHOWER
The Marshall Boosters Club will
meet next Tuesday night at 7:80
o'clock at the Marshall school.
The regular monthly meeting,
scheduled for last Monday night,
was postponed due to the revival
now in progress at the Marshall
Bapist Church.
A towel shower will be observ
ed and all members are asked
to bring a towel to the meeting.
They will he presented to the
school officials to be used in the
athletic program. H
Following the business meeting,
bingo will be played, t which
time the general public and pros
pective members ere invited to at.
All Boosters Club members are
urged to attend.
More Saturday
MOORE, GAVLN
BACK SCHOOL
BOND ISSUE
Although differing on many
points, tth Dan K. Moore, Dem
ocratic candidate 'or governor and
Robert L. Gavin, Ilepublican can
UKlatc for governor, agree at
least on one issue the $100,
000,000 bond issue for publh
school facilities in North Caroli
as.
The question will he up to the
voters m the November ,'i r lection
and is not a campaign issue sinci
both gubernatorial candidates
state that they will vote for th
issue.
F. W. MORGAN IS
APPOINTED TO
DRAFT BOARD
Rev. F. W. Morgan, Sr.. has
received a certificate of appoint
ment from Maj. Gen. Lewis ft.
Hershey, head of the U. S. Se
lective Service, inrnvating that
the President has appointed Mi.
Morgan a member of the Madi
son County Draft Hoard, follow
ing a vacancy on the board.
No one can play hookey
the school of experience.
from
On Mars
and will be trying to pull out all
stops to defeat the Wildcats.
In addition to being "watered
out and mudded out" of the Is
land, the Tornadoes are also lack
ing edge due to the forced "lay
off" last week.
But don't be fooled. The Tor
nadoes are expected to open til"
throttle Friday night and try to
avenge last year's 27-7 defeat byl
trie Wildcat.
The big problem for the Torna
does' defense is to find some way
to stop Tolley if possible. Mars
Hill's seven foes this season have
been unable to even slow him
down much less stop him. Tol
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Ellis Johnson went 69 yards for
a touchdown on a punt return and
Boyce Parks capped off tho sec
ond half scoring with an 11-yard
TD jaunt Saturday night to Give
the Western Carolina College Cat
amounts a 28-0 victory over Mars
Hill College before a WCC Home
coming crowd of 4,008 fans.
It was the first meeting be
tween the schools since 1946.
The Catamounts completely
dominated the play of the heavi
er Lions, outgaming the visitors,
287 yards to 146.
The Cats exploded for two
touchdowns in the second period,
then came back in the third with
Johnson's electrifying TD ran,
and Parks' 11-yard dash in the
fourth.
Beth Mars HOI and Western
Carolina looked imcoordinated dar
ing the first period. Each tet
controlled the ball four times and!
the longest drive wee a 40-yard
march by Western.
The Catamounts' Bonnie Hen
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Rains Send French Broad On
Rampage For Second Time
MRS. ANDERSON
INJURED IN CAR
WRECK WED.
Car Overturns In Hayes Run
Creek; Not Seriously
Injured
A Mars Hill w nnan, en route
to her teaching job in Marshall
rarly Wednesday, was injured
when her car overturned m a
small stream i u s t inside the
Marshall city limits.
Mrs. Fred Anderson was driving
iUonc when her car apparently
went out of control at about 8 a.
in., leaving the road and travel
ing approximate1 y 41) feet, land
ing upside down in Hayes Run
Creek, alxmt 1 Vi miles from the
Marshall courthouse.
The car wa.s lifted by several
men who witnessed the accident
and braced on rocks in order to
get Mrs. Anderson out of the ve
hicle. She was taken to Memorial
Mission Hospital in Ashevillo by
imbalance. She was reported to
be suffering from back and -facia!
injuries.
WEBB SPEAKS
AT DEMO FUND
RAISING DINNER
Mrs. Vernon Runnion and Mrs,
J. D. Buckner, officers of the Mad
ison County Democratic Women's
Club, presented Rep. Liston B
Ramsey, county chairman, with a
check for $1,000 for the Novem
ber election campaign Monday
afternoon.
"We grossed over $1,300 at our
fund raising dinner Saturday
night", Mrs. Runnion said, "and
some who had tickets for sale are
still bringing in donations. We
are very happy over the turnout
and the enthusiam of our Demo-
William E. Webb, Jr., of States
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HOMECOMING IS
POSTPONED TILL
OCTOBER 30
As previously announced, Mar
shall's Homecoming ceremonies
will be held on Friday night, Oc
tober 30 during halftime of the
Rosman-Marshall game.
FREE FISH FRY
ON ISLAND HERE
SATURDAY NIGHT
Starts At 61:30; No Speaking;
"Just Good Food And
Entertainment"
Members of the Madison Comi
ty Democratic Women's Club and
the county Democratic Executive
Committee announced this
that a free fish fry will be served
in the Marshall school lunchroom
this Saturday night, starting at
6:80 and continuing "until every
(me It finished."
It was also announced
there weald be no speeches
".'us good food
and RopuWk-
ends are invited.
To Register
Plenty Of Mud On Island;
Sunshine Saturday
Welcomed
Lightning never strikes in the
same place twico might bo true,
but it's not true when speaking
of the French Broad River.
After getting tho daylights
scared out of residents and ho
liness firms along tha river the
first of last week before the riv
er finally receded on Tuesday
morning, tho merchants went
scampering back to their base
ments last Friday when torren
tial rains again sent the French
Broad River on its second ram
page within three days.
Shortly after noon Friday, the
Marshall school adjourned quick
ly as the waters began rushing
onto the Island. liy four o'clock
tho Island again resembled a lake.
Actually, late Friday afternoon
and early Friday night, the river
looked more dangerous than it did
during the first crisis.
Basements of several business
firms in Marshall were again
(emptied of merchandise quickly
by employers and employees not
rested up fully from the same pro
cedure the first of the week.
Fortunately, heavy rains 'above'
Marshall stopped and the river
soon receded, much to the delight
of many. A complete layer of
mud was added to the already
muddy football ,'ield on the Is
land but little, if any damage was
actually done to the school or
equipment.
When the sun came out Satur
day, everyone breathed "a" sigh Of
relief as it is hoped the river be
haves itself for a long time to
come.
CONSERVATION
FARMING HELPS
OUR WILDLIFE
Conservation fanning plays an
important part in conserving our
wildlife resources, Emory Robin
son, chairman of the ASCS coun
ty committee, reminds county
farmers.
Robinson reminds sportsmen
that a large percentage of all
wildlife is produced on privately
owned farm land. This means
that the farming practices of these
farmers determines to a great de
gree the amount of game avail
able to all hunters.
In North Carolina, many prac
tices that benefit small game are
available under the agricultural
conservation program. Many of
these practices such as summer
legumes are carried out primarily
to prevent erosion; however, these
practices also are very beneficial
to wildlife. Generally speaking,
all of the vegetative cover prac
tices benefit wildlife.
Robinson says that conserva
tion practices with benefits pri
marily for wildlife are also avail
able. These practices generally
establish food and suitable habi
tat for wildlife. The regular con
servation practices along with
wildlife practices are making sub
stantial contributions to the na
tion's wildlife
FOOTBALL
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Marshall at Mars HID
SATURDAY WIGHT
Hot
at
Mare Hill College at Livingston
State College of
MONDAY NIGHT
Crossnore at Mershsll