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-it f? .J Thursday, April M, 1973 The Newt-Record Page X , Ti e News -R ecord ' BOX 347 MARSHALL, N. C. 28753 NON PARTISAN IN POLITICS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS, INC. Second -clan privileges authorized at Marshall, X. C. 2X753 JAMES I. STORY, Editor Subscription Rates In Madison 15Mos $4.50 12Mos 400 8Mos 3.50 6Mos 3.00 4 Mos 2.50 ( Add 4 percent tax AIR MAIL EDITORIALS What's An Ecologist? The misuse of our environment and "what-can-we-do-about-it" has seized the world's attention. But it's all rather old hat to the farmer. He's been a prac ticing ecologist for years. He learned long ago that he had to conserve his oil and water resources or go out of business. Without proper management of the soil, rain skims off the best of it... or wind whips it into the kind of dust storms that once plagued our country. So farmers had to find soil-saving tactics: Those pretty pictures of crops curving to the contours of the land are more than just pretty. Such planting is one very practical way to reduce the ravages of erosion. Saving water and keeping it pure is another economic necessity for everyone engaged in agriculture. Just now necessary is shown by the fact that it takes up to 20 gallons of water to ripen the grain that goes into a single slice of bread! And the fact is, properly managed cropland contributes no more nitrogen to waterways than forestland does. Prudent conservation of soil and water stands right alongside mechanization, insect and weed control and genetic research as the major building blocks of America's agricultural bounty. The end result: One U. S. farmer feeds 47 people. Americans spend only 16c of each dollar of disposable income on food compared to the equivalent of 55c per $1 a Russian spends. A farmer's life is closer than anyone's to the land and the air and water around him. Preserving the envirorimeint is instinctive; deliberately despoiling it isointankible. r ) It isioped that environmental protection controls will not saddle our farmers with unreasonable standards and that a proper balance can be main tained for the good of all Postal Employees Next week has been proclaimed "Postal People Week" in honor of the nation's 700,000 postal em ployees. This is a fitting expression of appreciation to the employees who are seldom commended but often criticized and unjustly. In recent months this writer has taken to task some of the changes made in the handling and distribution of mail but at no time have we criticized the local employees We have always found them to be most cooperative and accomodating Services At Ponder 's Chapel The regular Fifth Sunday Union service of the Marshall churches will be held Sunday evening at 7 30 in Ponder s Chapel Church. EARN MORE WITH CERTIFICATE SAVINGS Miainwm $5,000 $10,000 i $io,ooo Term 1 YR. 1 YR. 2 YRS. CAROLINA FEDERAL 1 ; SAVINGS 1 LOAN ASSOCIATION ASHEVILLE 253-6411 CANDLER 667-5411 ' To Sfn l Tim Two Contrt Subscription Rates Outside Madison 15 Mos $9.00 12 Mos 8.00 6 Mos 6.00 4 Mos 4.00 For AU in No. Car. ) 40c Per Week Dr Arthur F. Williams, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, message will bring the Rate 5V4 534 6 CAROLINA SAVINGS mnd Ttnpwd itr" locofia iNCH OFFICl Co- . " c. ALL ARTICLES IN THIS WINDOW of the library here were made by Denise Allen. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Allen of Marshall and a 10th grade student at Marshall High School. Denise enjoys sewing very much and hopes her display will make more of you interested in the wonderful world of sewing. "Yarden" Can Be Beneficial To Non-Farmers Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Graham came forth today with a new word,"yarden," which he says is something every home owner in the city needs and can have with a minimum of cost and effort. A "yarden," the com missioner said is a yard garden not a flower garden but a vegetable garden. "With so many people today expressiong concern over the high cost of food and asking what they can do about it, I think one of the best things they can do is grow some of their food needs," Graham said. 'This will not only serve to reduce their food expenses but will provide them a source of exercise and better acquaint them with some of the problems involved in production." Graham urged those who own or have access to an ample amount of land nearby to plant gardens and see what a difference it can make in the grocery bill. He also said many gardeners enjoy producing more than they need so they can share their Taylor Not In Favor Of Trust Fund Changing U. S. Rep. Rok A. Taylor voted Thursday against an amendment which would have permitted a portion of the Highway Trust Fund to be used by cities in constructing mass transit systems. The amendment was defeated 215-190. In justifying his vote, Congressman Taylor said that the Highway Trust Fund, like other trust funds, was created for the specific purpose of making highways and roads safer and more adequate. "Many groups," Taylor said, "are seeking to tap the fund for various purposes, including mass transportation and pollution control. To use the Highway trust Fund for other purposes would be to violate the trust fund com mitment that highway users pay a tax, which would be used for the construction of highways. "I believe that there should be no diversion of this fund until the road system for which it was established has been completed." Know Your 0TC Remedies Can you believe Americans will catch over one billion colds in 1973 that will cost over '.1 billion dollars? Health officials say it's so. Much of the cost of colds could be eliminated if great er knowledge of over-the-counter drug remedies exist -rd." Aniihislaminti, for example, offer relief from nasal or post-nasal dis charge, sneezing and burn ' inf eye. Dteongetlanlt re lieve nasal blockage and .general ' stuffiness, - while . aspirin offers best all around relief from headache, mus " in Jh, ffNar. ,y,mm, Mi app nr n harvests with friends and neighbors. 'The late Gov. O. Max Gardner realized the im portance of gardens during his day with a theme of 'live at home' as a means of over coming the depression," Graham continued, "and we have equally staggering problems today. It seems that we are a people of extremes either too little or too much. Perhaps if we all plant a small 'yarden' we will be able to even this situation out. "Gardens are here to stay," the commissioner said, "But yardens' need a shot in the arm." While there are numerous 'yardens' in cities throughout the state, he said there is room for many more. He suggested that each home owner take a close look at his yard and see if there is not space available that would permit establishing a "yar den." "One of the nice things about a 'yarden"'he said, "is that it can be small in size. It is amazing how much can be produced on a plot of ground as small as 6 feet by 6 feet" - Congressman -TaylSr also said: "I recognize that we need mass transit systems as never before. Congress has provided a $3.1 billion in special funds for mass transportation to cover a five year period. I was pleased to support this program and believe now that we should make use of it in securing needed funds for trains, buses and other types of mass transportation." Cash Bonds Set For MHC Students The Mars Hill College students who were charged with drug violations and placed in the county jail here last week are now out on $2,500 cash bonds each, Sheriff Ponder said this week. A hearing has been set in District court here for May 9. cular aches, malaise fever. Ask your pharmacist if you have difficulty selecting the proper cold antedote. And .remember, a cold is rarely as bad as its symp toms, .'so ; control 'those symptoms and save yourself the two m' " misery and moneyl ., . . . ..... 'COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER : PHARMACTv Mart Mill Mmm 4I9-IS9I . "' Conveniently Located " . " lh fcWdicol Center 1 I" tif thoughts ifwrnnt. Reports from Raleigh: : By ERNEST MESSER - Observers here in Raleigh ' are predicting massive firing - and hiring of state personnel ' among the lower echelons of - employees in the near future. " They point to the establish- ment of a system of personnel ' offices throughout the state, which have not existed before this administration, that will be capable of processing large numbers of people. The fear here is that this will affect long term state em ployees who stand to lose years of retirement credit as well as a job. There is general agreement that each administration should be able to pick its own people to staff all policy making and top ad ministrative positions. Two bills on the House Calendar Friday would slow down purely political firings in that they prohibit firings without just cause and permit a discharged employee to appeal to the State Personnel Board. Charges have been made that these bills are politically motivated and are attempts to curb the Governor's unlimited power to hire and fire. Proponents of the bills con tend this is not true, that they are good bills and ought to be passed, no matter who is Governor. No-fault automobile in surance may have its day before the General Assembly despite efforts to keep no-fault bills bottled up in committee. A no-fault bill was on the Senate Calendar Friday. Until all amendments are evaluated, it is difficult to know what benefits will be provided. The bill restricts the right of an individual to sue for damages, and this is the point over which lawyers are fighting. The bill provides basic benefits of $1,000 for medical expense and $5,000 for economic loss. A Highway Commission Reorganization bill has passed the House. Indications are that it will also be acted on favorably by the Senate. This biD establishes a twelve member Highway Com mission, with nine members appointed by the Governor and three by the General Assembly. A fourteen member Secondary road sub commission to serve under the Highway Commission is also Open House Thursday For Author. Wellman Manly Wade Wellman, author of 'The Kingdom of Madison," will be honored at an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, at the Madison County Library on Main Street in Marshall. "The Kingdom of Madison," a story about Madison County, is scheduled to be off the presses on that day and Wellman will speak and autograph copies of his latest book. Robert T. Summer, sales manager, states"... We believe that Mr. Wellman has written a very interesting book about one of North Carolina's most interesting areas. We think that it is a book which Madison County will be pleased with." Mr. Wellman, one of North Carolina's best known Car Insurance: Paying too much for too little? Our complete coverage may cost less than you're now paying. Call the man from Nationwide today. A. 4. 1 . 11.111 ill I. . r 1WI-N -lt i. L'-- created.-iH''?';'''5i V : V; The Commission will be required to report annually to the General Assembly, on all ' e road projects and account for . ' all highway money spent -VS 'r;,-, , ' The power of eminent, domain in the Appalachian Trail Bill caused .strong op position to develop in the Senate last week. The bill was killed, then revived and sent back to committee where it will remain until objections can be resolved. If the Senate concurs, the State's minimum wage will increase from $1.60 to $1.80 per hour on July 1. About 30,000 workers in North Carolina will be affected. The House finally passed a bill to permit absentee voting in both the primary and general election and to permit walk-in voting at the office of the County Board of Elections. A large volume of mail has come from the area served by Mountain Projects recom mending passage of House Bills Nos. 1008 and 1009. Even though the Haywood County Commissioners have endorsed the bills, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners has announced opposition to the bills. These bills would establish the Office of Community Development within the Department of Human Resources to administer a program of state aid to public service corporations. A state appropriation of $2,750,000 would be required to support the organization and its programs. Interest in these bills stems ' from President Nixon's order to discontinue the Office of Economic Opportunity, which would probably eliminate Mountain Projects. Court action which has stemmed the move to dismantle the Office of Economic Opportunity and the recent allocation of money to continue Mountain Projects for another six months may have removed the necessity for immediate passage of House Bills 1008 and 1009. There is considerable op position in the General Assembly to funding from tate sources many (of the programs being discontinued by the President. authors, has written numerous magazine articles and stories and more than fifty books of fiction and non action, most of which deal with Southern historical and folkways subjects. He has visited Madison County numerous times and is looking forward to meeting many of his friends here. MOTHERS WORK Last year, 4.4 million working mothers had 5.6 million children under 6 years of age. SCARED? "How long have you been working here?" ' 'Ever since the day the boss threatened to fire me." ROY REEVES, AGENT . Paoae (49-2SU Marshall, N.C Office Opea Every Day (Except Wednesday! , t a.m.-4:J p.m. .Over Reberts Pharmacy I DOLLS; OLD AND NEW. are displayed In the Madison County Library window now. Among the old dolls is an eighty-flve-year-old French doll complete with her extra Sunday dress and her own tea set. The doll belongs to Mrs. Annie Mae White of Marshall. Other old dolls include a German Bisque doll, a French bed doll, a Parson's doll, a Kewpie doll, two-face doll, nesting dolls and many others. The new dolls are from the collection of Reba Rector and Susan Gregory both of Marshall. Reba's in cludes a Shirley Temple doll and Susan's includes a fifty year-old cradle which was given to her mother. CLIFF BLUE People & LIQUOR VOTE. ..After 25 years of debate and talk, it appears that a state-wide liquor vote will be for thcoming. During the quarter of century while the talk has been going on the worm has turned quite a bit, and the issue has changed quite a bit. For years the "wets" op posed a statewide vote on the legalization of liquor the sale of liquor in state ABC stores. The "wets" felt, and with good reason, that they would lose in a statewide vote. The "drys" felt with equal vigor that they could win. But today the issue is not legalized liquor stores the issue is the sale of liquor by the drink in Grade A restaurants. Generally speaking, the people have come to accept legalized liquor stores. The "wets" would much prefer to follow the same route of legalizing liquor-by-the-drink that they followed in legalizing liquor stores, but thus far the; have not been able to get a iw through the General ibly that would stand up in t to permit the liquor by the legalization drink on an individual county vote on the sometimes touchy issue. Now, it appears that the ' 'drys' ' are willing to tag along but very unthusiastically for a statewide vote on the liquor -by-the drink issue. The outcome could be close. If the election is held on Tuesday, November 6 the day the municipal elections will be held this fall, the "wets" could well gain an advantage in that the rural people will not be voting in the municipal elections, and the towns and cities are expected to give a better percentage to the "wets" than the rural areas. Tied to the municipal elections could give the "wets" a better chance than on a day separate from the munidapl elections. However, the "drys" can't be discounted. When they become aroused they can organize and raise funds. This has been proven in the past. A big rural vote will likely be to the advantage of the "drys." With the proposed election more than six months away most anything can happen, and probably will. We would not want to wager much more than a plug nickel on the outcome at this stage of the game. HIGHWAYS ... Division Highway Commissioner Cecil Budd of Siler City, speaking to a Chamber of Commerce group in Southern Pines last week indicated that the outlook for primary road improvements in Moore County was very bleak. Commissioner Budd told the Moore group that from seven to nine years of primary high way projects were an the drawing boards but that none of the primary roads la Moore -had a very high priority which very much disappointed Ma listeners who . have been working and hoping for years la sec U. S. Highway 1 four bned (Tom North of Sou there Pines to the Lee County line. . HERRING WINS-. With the passage by the Senate and House of the Teacher Cer- ' tification Bill along the fines advocated by Chairman Dallas Herring of the State Board of Education, Herring scored a major victory ovrr State Supt. of Public In struction Craig Phillips. Phillips who is elected by the pe"r'e and serves as "f- rary to the f I' -1 of Education Jed the nxne last Assent COAST of Issues fall to change the method by which public school teachers are certified. Herring opposed the change but the majority of the board members voted with Phillips. In a couple of later votes Herring gained ground. When Governor Holshouser ap pointed four new members to the State Board Herring's hand was strengthened as it is believed that when they are approved by teh General Assembly most of the new members will side with Herring rather than with Phillips with Herring again having the upper hand over Phillip in school matters to be decided by the State Board of Education. It is also believed that Governor Holshouser is more inclined to side with Herring than with Phillips. Herring who heads a casket ( or coffin) manufacturing plant in Rose Hill in Duplin County has long been a top leader for better educational opportunities' in the public schools, and also a leader in the movement which resulted in the establishment of community colleges and technical institutes in North Carolina. NO-FAULT IN SURANCE .For four years the North Carolina General Assembly has been studying no-fault auto insurance. For two years opponents of the measure have simply been stalling on the issue, trying to kill it in some face-saving way . If this dilly-dallying goes on through this and the 1974 sessions of the General Assembly we predict that it will be the big issue which the candidates will have to face in the 1974 primaries and general election. HEARD AND SEEN By POP The usual "Easter Parade" of new dresses, hats, shoes, suits, etc., was, in my opinion, not as noticeable this past Sunday as usual.. .1 don't mean that the ladies weren't dressed beautifully but I didn't notice as many "new colors" as usual. ..maybe I just wasnt noticing as I should. .anyway, Easter was a beautiful day. ..nice and warm. ..and clear. ..the Marshall FFA team put on a splendid "mock" meeting for the Lions here Monday night on Parliamentary Procedure. ..Jack Cole is a splendid advisor and he has a fine group of boys to advise.. Jt certainly is nice to have Roberts Hill Road repaired following the landslide and consequent dangerous con dition of the road... congratulations to the Ernest Teagnes en 40 years of happy married . life...tbey were honored by the Bolingers last Sunday In Ashevffle.-Louise aays she deacrvts a medal for putting m" with Ernest all these years. ..Joe's auction sale test Saturday night was quite successful..Jie' a going to have another sale this Saturday.. .glad to see Earl Edmonds last week. Jie looks fine and has recovered from an oppraki.he gives a lot of . cred.t to the people around hfre and p!sexre for their praTrs..5aturday"i a big day brr ht with the '- al h ri rvc r - -g on Uie LsUmL.-see you there. Garden Club , Enjoys Talk; f By PJrs. Elam; "Brighten the corner with? ' Annuals," was the subject of , ' the program presented by s Mrs. Philip Elam at the, ' Marshall Garden . Clubi meeting on Thursday, April 19, at the home of Mrs. Charlie Martin in the Walnut Gap f : community. ' c-' ." s . By quoting from Solomon 1:11-12 the timeliness of the subject was pointed out, then the simple basic suggestions for growing annuals followed, i Annuals axe the plants Out grow from seed, bloom and complete their life cycle within a season. A beautiful landscape can be created win little cost, bringing flowers to enjoy, to cut and bring fragrance not otherwise passible. A package of seed for 10 cents to 25 cents, or plants which can now be purchased at possibly only 10 cents each, will make a clorfully designed garden in a small area. Mrs. Elam gave information and examples on planning, pur chasing and growing. In beginning, consider what is already growing and add something more in the same color or related color. One should always try for color harmony in planting, and. try to choose locations that sre suitable for the type of plant desired. For example, petunias stand heat well, and should be planted in masses for best effect An advantage in growing annuals -is that when mistakes are made in one year, a different plan can be used the next year. One small example was cited: if one has a bank or wall, try Heavenly Blue morning glory, using at ground level tall white zenni as, planting celosia in front of that, with Dwarf blue ageratum last Dwarf marigolds in two or three colors are a good beginning for a sunny bank. Climbing annuals to cover anyuung you need to hide are: moonflower vine, hyacinth-bean vine, canary creeper, cup and saucer vine, cardinal climber, gourds and nastursiums. Plant in any space or in the vegetable garden extra rows of annuals just for cutting. Purchasing tips included caution to never buy the plant but choose the short and stocky, well-formed plants and save money even if the plants cost more. New gar deners are urged to take the plunge and try new varieties as well as the old-new varieties interesting colors have been developed in some of the old stand-bys. Growth regulators are now being - A nnJ I'D nlna1 ' nrl IIU11 ftCWU CUM V-tUllV WN "Alar" are among these, chemicals now available. We will be hearing more about regulators. Mrs. Elam repeated an old saying that says, "when the dogwood is in fuD bloom and the breeze is warm, it is safe to plants tender plants." Sources used were a prize-winning work of Mrs. M. L. Laughlin of Tar- boro, and the following Books found in Madison County Library: "Gardening with Ease." Shuler: "The Wise Gardeners Encyclopelda,"; and "A Garden Full of Flowers," Smith. Mrs. John Corbett, president, appointed com mittees for the new year. Plans were discussed for the May tour which will be on Thursday, May 10. The club will visit Garden Club projects in Spartanburg, S. C, stopping en route to visit the memorial atrium at Margaret Pardee Hospital in Hendersonvllle and a landscaping project at St Luke's Hospital in Try on. FEWER SHEEP Sheep numbers de clined to a record low in North Carolina last year, dipping to only 12.000 head, according to North Carolina State University livestock specialists. This Is a decline of 8 percent compared to nationwide drop of 6 pel ..M . TPK NPSII am clalists ' suggest .i thai prices for lambs and woo are moving; into the ri where , aheep' houl( become ' much mori attractive to farmer", FURNACE CLEANING AND REPAIRS , Mobile Homes I Years" Experience 2 Years' Factory Experience i Also House Furnace and Flue Cleaning ' ED HALL Phone Day or Nijht 6S2"'l Et?"?4 '
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