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Jury
Postponed Until
Dill
nt8
Norton, Whe Introduced
Bill, Requested Delay;
Senate consideration of bill
to abolish the one-man jury com
mission in this county was post
poned Tuesday until April 8
motion of its introudcer,
Clyde M. Nwatar :
The bill originally appeared on
the Senate calendar last week, but
Norton had it held over until
ving as his reason an
mislabel mar of him a
a Republican in a Citizen editori
al.
Tuesday, Norton gave the sen
ators no reason for further poat-
oi the measure.
it was openly known
the bill, faces opposition
Buse, where a number of
have been contacted by
Rep. Lis ton B. . Ramsey
seeking vote against ftU
Morten's mora to postpone ap
parently was aimed at keeping
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N.C MY RECEIVE
$53 MILLION
FOR EDUCATION
MRS.
LIBRARIAN AT
MHC, PASSES
Wisconsin
' Mrs. Margaret K. Bridges, 60,
chief librarian at Mars Hill Col-
lege since 1968, died in her sleep
31,i 1985.
North Carolina will receive 63
million under President Johnson's
1.3 billion aid to education bill
pending in Congress.
Dr. Charles F. Carroll, sUte su
perintendent of public instruction,
aid Monday North Carolina's
amount is the fifth largest of any
state in the nation.
He added distribution . of the
education funds would) be on the
percentage of needy children, gen
erally those in families with an
annual income of toss than $2,000.
Carroll said North Carolina has
hbout 803,000 children in this cat
egory between the ages of 5 and
17 on the basis of federal esti
mates. Only Texas ranks ahead
of North Carolina on this basis.
City and county units charged
wi rh Ariiina&fliwn 'nf nawnrlnr hIMwn
would receive the major part of
COATES HOME
ON GRAPEVINE
IS DESTROYED
AH Furnishings Lost; Blase
Is Discovered By
Daughter
A fire of dsderterrottied might
completely destroyed the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Coates Jr., end
family of Grapevine about mid-
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According to
ceived here, Mr. and Mrs. Coates
and two of their five children were
attending the Jamboree in Ashe
ville where the children were
Mr. Coates mother
and the other three children were
at the home and shortly before
midnight the 14-year-old , daugh
ter discovered the blase in a bed
room. She ! quickly summoned
Mrs. Coates and they ad the
other children escaped bat the fire
swept through . MOKWl ,!which
had been built only a few years
age. All household furnishings
Jand clothing were lost. THH
FEED GRAIN
PARTICIPATION
REPORTED GOOD
A total of 887 farmer signed
intentions to drreW a portion of
dun- farmland to conservation
uses under the 1968 Peed1 Grain
Program.
In announcing tHa, Ralph W
Ramsey, man
County ASCS
tkeee farmers
bse acreage
ed to divert
approximate
4T8.09. Advance payments of $21,-
129.64 waa made to ttiesa farm
ers, and the balance will be made
lids fall
been cheeked
Mr. Ramsey
farmers
urain program nave certain re-
epousnVilittes and must comply with
regulations in older to qualify for
payment. He pointed out that
designated as diverted acre
' '- - hi iiniiesn sealed
dawW sw I
rings Again
Threatened By River Friday
Bum) SALES IN
COUNTY IN
$17,
f. a.
S. 25-7IHS
11 after compliance has
eked on their fardlBLl
lanaey potetod out lhat
participating hi the Peed
rogram have certain re-
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FEED
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ABLE, SAFE
Beware of cheap feed buys,
many dairymen in the State are
jj I now in trouble because of insecti-
WMMH in Marshall. Her hus
band, Loren, recently retired as
manager df the two stations hi
Black Mountain, which are owned
by Evangelist Billy Graham.
served on several
Man Hill Baptist
hurch and taught a Sunday
School class for college young
people.
Prior to joining the college
staff, she taught at Wisconsin
State University in Eau Claire,
her home town, and at the high
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REPUBLICANS
ATTEND LINCOLN
DAY DINNER SAT.
Approximately 40 Madison Coun
ty Republicans attended the 11th
District Lincoln Day Dinner last
Saturday which was held in the
Asheville City Auditorium.
Congressman Gerald Ford of
A Michigan, was the principal speak1-
' , ;.. . . .
; Ford told the $10-a-plate gatn
yil ering that federal centralization
of power is throttling metropoli
tan initiative and local responsi
hilty in many instances through
out the county. He urged a re
versal in the trend of federal con
trol over states and their political
subdivisions.
He also scored the duplication
HHppjMiay governmental projects
and said that "the Republican al
ternative will combine the urban
renewal and Public Housing Ad
ministration to eliminate costly
duplication."
Ford, the minority leader in
Congress, was loudly applauded by
the huge gathering of . Republicans.
ing pesticides around the farm,
be sure to read the label and fol
low directions to the letter,1 as a
slight mistake may mean the dif
ference between profit and Man in
the future.
SOLID FOUNDATION
The successes of today are built
on the foundation of yesterday's
hard learned lessons.
F.B. Asaoeiat
In Bakersville
April IB
The annual . Training Union
Tournaments of the French Broad
Baptist Association were conduct
ed at the Middle Fork Baptist
Church last Sunday afternoon,
March 28, before a very enthusias
tic audience, representing several
churches of the association.
iMBv themselves. Iqp winners
ere as follows:: AkhUt Scripture
heading, Mrs. Jerry Rice, Madison
Seminary Baptist Church; Toung
People's Speaker, Norris Gentry,
Madison Seminary; Intermediate
Sword Drill, Glenda Bryan,
ison Seminary; Runnnerup,
lotte Crowe, Marshall; Amior
Memory Work, Tommy Candler,
Charles and Sandra Amnions, Da
vis Chapel: Barbara Bnggs and
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cannot be graced between thMwebruary of last year.
period of April 1 and October 1;
harvesting from the diverted
is not permitted daring
1968 calendar year: that a
itive cover of glasses andor
must be iitnttlgl , J to
pjhtect it from erosion;
serving acreage of crop
increased by the n
diverted; II entl
Continued lf
Saving Bonds sales in
North Carolina during February
amounted to 84,707.478, bringing
total sales for the year to $9,488,
dtt. This to a decrease of 3.8 per
cent over January-February sales
a year efftj
Series E. Bond sales were down
for the month end year; however,
February H Bond sales were up
41.6 percent over February a year
age; and cumulative H land sales
Were up 9.7 percent over January-
Cumulative sales represent 173
percent of the state's annual quo
ta of $88.1 million.
Bond sales in Madison County
during February were $17,802.
ulative sales for January-Feb-
amountod to $24,819, which
of the county's quo
far this year, ac-
Wf. Rudisul Jr., Mad-
RBnnteer Chairman.
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DET0URED
Traffic will be detoured off U.S.
25-70 at a point just north of Wea
Tenrffle during the relocation of
six-tenths of a mile of Weaver
ville Road for the interstate high
way connector projector, 18th Di
vision Engineer Prank Hutchin
son announced Tuesday.
Detours on U. S. 19-23 and N.C.
191 will be used1 during the new
road construction, expected to last
for several months, Hutchinson
asid.
In other words, motorists going
to Asheville from Marshall, Hot
ajprlnge, eto-, eye cautioned to
e N. C. 191, through Woodfin.
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Gas station attendant (pointing
to choke lever): You any your
car uses too much gaat Know
what this to for?
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iut to hang my handbag on
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Anti-Poverty Program To
Aid County 100 Percent
1 Gates, 4648; Robeson,
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Flooded
n the rain came, and
nvef went on a rampage, and
eryone became excited and
Water filled the Island and boi
ends of Marshall were under wa
ter. In addition to the rampaging
French Broad River, surface wel
ters from the mountain flooded
many baaementg gd ground floor
levels in town. It was a wet time
in town tost Friday.
It all started Thursday night
when torrential rains struck this
area. All night it rained, it thun
dered and lightning flashed, but
few realised that by morning the
French Broad would look like f
wild, unruly, menacing river. But
it did.
Friday morning, businessmen
and employees worked frantically
in many places getting basement
stock on higher floors. By mid4
morning the river's overflow
started backing up through the
storm drains at the REA Build
ing. So sudden was the
building surrounded by water
the personnel had to be
ted" by use of a truck which h
ed up to the steps and hauled
girls to safety.
The water continued to rise
til it engulfed the entire
around the REA Building
flowed into the street. In a mai
tar of leas than an hour, it wad
quite precarious to drive through
die surging water. Some care
stalled as motors became water-
time the up-
be-the
giant
that
evacua?
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Sixteen North Carolina counties,
including three in Western North
CStolina, are among 182 listed by
die White Bouse as being eligible
100 per cent federal aid in the
program.
The North Carolina counties and
their annual per capita income
Gates, JI648;
Pender, $701; Bladen,
ison, $788; Duplin,
$729; Sampson, $732;
hafa, $744. v.
The White House said Sunday
the counties have an annual per
depita income of less than $750
year and lack sufficient econ
omic reserve, to finance part of
are Greene $660; Clay $640; Jones the anti-poverty drive.
I ogged. At the same
per end or Main Street was
grk EMming impassable lor ti
'f n 'nd of Main Street was
T'eaUjp -4jt .ftoedad. Over th
115f counties, and all lut L " j.t-?ijJ. i!'
3,
10 of the 182 counties are to
Southern or border states.
The White House said special
teams will be sent out from the
Office of Economic Opportunity
to help local authorities analyze
their problems and prepare com
munity action programs.
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Mr. Robinsen
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treatment
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garage. The parking lot used by
Cody Motor Sales resembled a
huge lake. In addition to the
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TOLD
. E. Leake Guest Speaker;
Officers Are Elected
Thursday
Marshall attorney A. Eldridge
Leake told members of the Madi
son County Democratic Women's
Club at their dinner meeting in
Madison Grill Thursday night that
they "belong to the oldest politi
cal party in the world."
Leake lauded the Democratic
presidents from Thomas Jefferson
to Lyndon Johnson, hitting the
high spots in the administrations
of several.
He prefaced his talk with com
ments on the present state legis
lature and Gov. Dan K. Moore,
whose campaign he headed in
Madison County.
A gift was presented to Mrs.
Earl Robinson, retiring first vice
president of the club. Others on
the program were Mrs. Vernon
Runnion and Mrs. Carroll Tweed.
Recently elected officers of the
club are Mrs. George B. Shupe,
president; Mrs. Marvin MoClure,
first vice president; Miss Bobby
Jean Peek, second vice president;
Mrs. J. D. Buckner, secretary; ana
Mrs. Runnion, treasurer.
On the board of directors are
Mrs. Fred Anderson, Mrs. Odell
Cook, Mrs. Celola Ramsey, Mrs.
Bill Whitten, Mrs. Harold Ander
son, Mrs. Ralph Tipton, Mrs. Jack
Lunsfotd, Mrs. Elmer Clark and
s. J. G. Gardner.
Shown above is a scene on Main Street last Fri
day morning when the raging French Broad River
left its banks and flowed' onto the street. This par
ticular picture was shot at the lower end of town.
of the
The street was also covered in the vicin
REA Building. Fortunately little actual da
reported and the river receded Friday afternoon.
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