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Democrats Sweep
Madison County
In what was considered by
some election followers as one
of the fastest vote counts in
Madison County, the
Democrat Party maintained
its political dominance in
Tuesday's election with
Democratic candidates taking
the lead in vote totals with few
surprises
With all of the county's 11
precincts reporting by 9:40
p.m. the unofficial tallies from
the board of election showed
Madison voters backing Presi
dent Jimmy Carter over his
opponent, Ronald Reagan,
3,202 to 2,629, giving Carter 55
percent of the local vote.
Spectators at the courthouse
were noticeably stunned when
an Associated Press an
nouncement was read about 10
p.m. stating that Carter was
preparing to concede to
Reagan within a matter of
minutes.
In the gubernatorial race
Gov. Jim Hunt handily
defeated challenger Beverly
Lake in the county 3,692 to
2,261, drawing -62 percent of
the vote.
Lieutenant Governor Jim
my Green totaled 3,363 votes
to William Cobey s 2,211,
demonstrating Madison s
voters' preference for a
Democratic state govern
ment.
U.S. Senator Rogert Morgan
< D) polled 58 percent of the
vote in Madison with a 3,302
total to John East s 2,399.
In the race for the 11th Con
gressional District seat, in
cumbent Democrat Lamar
Gudger took only 56 percent of
the vote with 3,281 to William
Hendon s 2,531. Election wat
chers were predicting this
race would be a close one in
the 11th District but the sur
prise came when word was
received that Hendon was
leading in the totals in
Gudger s own Buncombe
County.
The Democrat Party scored
well in Madison's two local
races for the offices of register
of deeds and tax collector.
Jena Lee Buckner will retain
her position as register of
deeds after gathering 3,495
votes to Republican Faye
Ball s 2,179. Harold Wallin
easily defeated V.J. Willis
3,521 to 2,125 for 62 percent of
the vote in unofficial totals for
tax collector.
The state constitutional
amendment requiring justices
and judges to be duly authoriz
ed to practice law prior to
election or appointment was
overwhelmingly approved in
the county, according to board
of elections officials.
Blaze Destroys House
Three trucks from the Marshall Fire Station
and 16 volunteer firemen were dispatched at 7
p.m. to fight a fire of undetermined origin that
turned a two-story frame house into a total loss
Saturday night.
The wood frame structure, located at the in
tersection of Little Pine Creek and Bear Creek
roads was engulfed in flames when the
firefighters camfe on the scene at 7:10 p.rti. The
fire was brought under control at 7:25 but the
crew stayed with it until 9 p.m. locating and ex
tinguishing "hot spots" that threatened to
reignite.
Damage was estimated at between 8 and 10
thousand dollars with the upstairs the most heavi
ly damaged. The building was unoccupied and no
reason for the blaze has been determined.
Halloween night the department was kept
busy with the dirty job of extinguishing dumps ter
fires in the Walnut-Barnard-Brush Creek area.
Four of the "green boxes" had their contents set
ablaze by Halloween pranksters.
REMAINS OF HOUSE on Little Pine Creek
Road which was destroyed by fire Saturday
night. Firemen responded to first blaze at
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7:30 p.m. Saturday, and then again at 6:30
a.m. Sunday morning.
Aldermen Conduct
Light Meeting
Marshall Town Aldermen
breezed through a light agen
da Monday evening at their
regular monthly meeting,
spending moat of their time
listening to a request from
Maurice McAlister for a new
ceiling in the Marshall Fire
Department headquarters.
McAlister, a volunteer
fireman, requested permis
sion and 91,000 to install a
lower ceiling in the building
which house* the fire tracks
and equipment, stating that
the renovation would cut the
heating coat to the town about
25 percent. The town now pays
91,500 per year to heat the
facility with fuel oil, and a one
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fourtn reduction in ine iiiei vui
trucks and equipment during
both the winter and summer
He said last winter a water
pump on a tanker truck froze
and burst because of the dif
ficulty in heating the room,
causing inconvenience wad a
hazardous condition had there
been a fire before the pump
was repaired. In addition,
McAiister said dust coining
down from the second floor in
the building covered the