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m 'jQ'\ BB'flg Primary Election Voters ' Guide ? Prepared by the North Carolina League Of Women Voters THE NEWS "f'ORD ?g g| SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON. COUNTY SINCE 1901 "r~! Vol. 84 NO. 18 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C WEDNESDAY, May 2, 1984 25C No Decision On Marshall Attorney Marshall has not yet decid ed on an attorney to defend the town and town officials in a lawsuit brought by a former Marshall police officer. Town attorney Charles Mashburn was appointed by the town to select an attorney to represent the town in the suit. Marshall Mayor Betty Wild announced that Mashburn would appoint the attorney after meeting weth the boad of aldermen in closed session on April 20. Questioned on Monday afternoon, Mashburn said that a final decision on the attorney had not yet been made. Former Marshall police of ficer Carlie Gunter is suing the town, Marshall Mayor Bet ty Wild and the town's aldermen for $350,000, charg ing that he was wrongfully dismissed for his job with the Marshall Police Dept. when the new administration took office in December. Mayor Betty Wild announc ed that Gunter and the other members of the police force were terminated when they took office on Dec. 5. The following day, the other two officers on the force, Jasper Treadway and Edward McLean announced that they would resign from the town force. Vandals Strike In Marshall VANDALS DAMAGED MARSHALL POLICE CARS over the weekend. The vandals slashed a tire on one vehicle and removed oil from a se cond police car sometime Saturday night while the cars were parked in the police lot on Main Street. Unemployment Shows Decline North Carolina unemploy ment declined in March accor ding to figures released this week by the Employment Security Commission (ESC). The latest figures on joblessness indicate that statewide unemployment declined during the month to 7.3 percent of the work force. The March figures repre sent a slight improvement from Feb., when the ESC reported 7.6 percent of the work force was unemployed. The March figures represent 214,700 unemployed North Carolina workers. The state figures are better than national statistics which reported an unadjusted rate of 8.1 percent during the month. ESC chairman Glenn Jer nigan said the decline shows that the decrease reflects the state's healthy economy. Jer nigan pointed out that unemployment in March, 1963 stood at 10.9 percent. Nonmanufacturing jobs led the improvement with the ad dition of 12.800 jobs during the month. The average hourly earn ings of manufacturing produc tion workers improved during the month to $6.93, up one cent from February. Mars Hill College Holds Honors Day C. Robert Jones, Mars Hill College's playwright m the residence, was named the R S. Gibbs Outstanding Teacher for 1964 Tuesday as the college honored its own during the school's annual Honors Day ceremony. Scholarships, awards and recognitions were made to students, staff, and faculty during the ceremony. The Gibbs Outstanding Teacher Award, now in its fifth year, is sponsored by R. S. Gibbs, Jr., of North Wilkesboro, and his family in memory of his father, R. S. Gibbs, Sr., who was a prominent member of the Mars Hill community. Jones joined the Mars Hill faculty in 1971. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina in 1954 and received a Fulbright Scholarship the same year, which he used to study at The Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Dijon. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Catholic University of America, and has a Master's Degree in Literature from the Universi ty of Georgia. In presenting the award. Dr. Richard Hoffman, academic vice-president of Mars Hill stated that "C. Robert Jones stands out, both as a teacher and a playwright, as one of the most creative members who have served on our faculty. He has a unique ability to identify talent and positive qualities in people and is able to bring those qualities out in people he works with." Jones will take a year's sab batical durin the 1964-85 school year to travel to European theatres, write a text book, and continue developing several new scripts he has already begun. Several other faculty and staff members received recognition during the ceremonies. Harrell Wood, assistant professor of physical education, was recognized for 25 years of service. Frances Snelson, assistant to the presi dent, member of the staff for over 40 years, who is retiring this year, was honored as was Roy Wood, Professor of Economics, and a faculty member for 20 years who is also retiring this year. Dr. John M. Hough. Dean for Con tinuing Education, and a faculty and staff member for 22 years who is leaving at the end of the summer was also recognized for his contribu tions to the college. Students, both incoming freshmen for the 1984-85 academic year and current students, were also singled out for scholarship and other academic awards. Brenda Gail Keller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Keller of Ammons Branch Rd. in Marshall, is a senior psychology major. She has been selected as class mar shal and is the recipient of the Whitehurst Scholarship valued at $500. Sandra Keller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Keller of Ammons Branch Rd. in Mar shall, is the recipient of a $500 E. A. Robinson, Jr., Memorial Scholarship and a $500 Whitehurst Scholarship. She is a freshman religion major. Lisa Ann Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fisher of Route 7, Marshall, is a sophomore math major. Lisa was awarded the $500 Whitehurst Scholarship and the $500 E. A. Robinson, Jr.,' Memorial Scholarship. Roxana Whitt Capps of Route 2, Marshall, is the reci pient of the Leiby Biology Scholarship and was selected a class marshal. She is a senior biology major. Delores Wyatt of Route 6, Marshall is a freshman elementary education major. She is a recipeint of the Tomberlin and Hensely Scholarhsip. Kenneth Lee Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ed wards of Mars Hill, is a senior mathematics major. Edwards has been selected a class mar shal and a recipient of a $1,000 Prances and Talmadge Bailey Scholarship and the Jones V. Howell Math Scholarship. Robert Carlton Ballance, Jr., of Mars Hill is a junior English major. He is the reci pient of a $500 Ella Janet Pierce English Scholarship and a $500 Link-Lamm Scholarship. Lisa Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Anderson, Jr., of Route 2, Mars Hill, is a (Continued On Page 5< WORK IS NEARLY COMPLETED on new 40-unit housing being con structed in Mars Hill by the Madison County Housing Authority. The two and three-bedroom homes will be open to low and moderate-income residents. Contact the Housing Authority for more details. Hunt Endorses Farm Amendment Support for a proposed farm finance amendment was voic ed here Friday by state of ficials and agricultural leaders during a news con ference in the Capitol. Passage of the constitu tional amendment, to be voted on in the May 8 primary, would permit the state to establish an agency to issue agricultural revenue bonds. Funds from the sale of the bonds would be used for loans to farmers and farmer-owned cooperatives. Prime participants in the conference were Gov. Jim Hunt; Rep. Bobby R. Etheridge (D-Harnett); Ed mund Ay cock, executive vice president, N. C. Agribusiness Council ; and state Agriculture Commissioner James A. Graham. Speaking for the amend ment Hunt said: "We know huge federal deficits have a stranglehold on America's future. Those sky-high deficits are swallowing up more and more of our available credit ? credit our farmers need if they are to maintain, improve and modernize their operations. "This amendment, which will finance good farmers and well-managed farm opera tions, will offer the funds our farmers need to make North Carolina agriculture more productive and efficient. That is good news for all North Carolina families." Etheridge, who authored the legislation, said: "Passage to the amendment is essential to the scheme of agricultural growth in North Carolina. Revenue bonds have been a successful tool for industry and we simply want to provide the same tools for our farmers. Neighboring states have done it and we want to be competitive with them." Graham said that credit worthy farmers have had trouble securing loans for capital improvements as funds earmarked for agriculture had been diverted to other industries. (Continued on Page 5) Runoff Primary Becomes Campaign Issue By A.L. MAY Hie News and Observer The Democratic presidential campaign in North Carolina has raised an issue that has long been a concern of blacks and a troublesome thorn for white Democrats. Elimination of primary runoffs in nine Southern states is a chief campaign theme of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who contends the prac tise bare blacks from winning party primaries. His opponents, Vice President Walter F. Mon dale and Sen. Gary W.ilart, have had to handle the issue with care. In North Carolina, the Mondaie campaign is accusing Hart of softening his previous support for Jackson's call for elimination of the election rlnnri n n ? minorities." But Gary Hart seemed to take a stronger position in a March 18 presidential debate in Chicago: "I would very strongly support Rev. Jackson's efforts to open up the primary system in the south and prevent a situation in which black candidates have to jump two hurdles, one of which is almost impossible in many states." In an interview last week, James D. Margolis, state director for the Mondale cam paign, said Hart's statement in North Carolina represented a "new position, because that's not what he said in Chicago. He said he agreed with Jesse, and he's being inconsistent here." former vice president has been careful not to offend the Southern political establishment by siding with Jackson's call for outlawing all dual primaries. Many Southern Democratic leaders fear that without the runoff requirement, candidates could win nominations who would not represent a broad enough base to win against a Republican in the fall. "I would not favor the blanket elimination," Mondale said last week in a visit to the state. But he called for compromise, suggesting that a lowering of the threshold to less than a majori ty. South Carolina Democrats have suggested a 40 percent threshold In {ricking up on the runoff issue, Jackson is politics of the South, in which victory in a primary is tantamount to election in the fall. It was a way that a candidate could be chosen from contending factions of the same party. At the time, blacks generally were disenfranchised- an indication, runoff ad vocates say, that the election device was not in vented to discriminate against blacks. However, North Carolina blacks complain that in recent years, serious black candidates have gotten large pluralities in the first primary but fallen short of the necessary ma jority to avoid a runoff. Frequently, they say, runoff campaigns focus on the race spoken or unspoken- and the black 1 defeated by virtue of i
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