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VOL. 55 NO, 16 12 PAGES
Toal Suggests Development Of
Industries In adison County
MARSHALL, "N. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1956
PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR
Interesting Meeting Is Held At
Hot Springs Hotel Last
Thursday Night
An industrial development execu
tive suggested at Hot Springs last
Thursday night that Madison Coun
ty try to develop its own industry
as well as try to attract outside in
dlustry into establishing plants in the
county.
F. Clifton Toal of Washington,
Southern Railway assistant vice
president in charge of industrial de
velopment, addressed the Madison
County Promotion Council.
Earlier during the day, Toal was
shown examples of prospective in
dustrial sites at several places in
the Madison County area.
During Thursday night's meeting,
he also complimented the work of
the Asheville Industrial Council
which operates to attract new indus
try to the western area.
Other speakers' included Myron C.
Peterson, president of the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce, who explain
ed the cooperative operation and the
divisional reorganization of the
chamber.
In other business, Douglas Robin
son of Mars Hill reported the pro
gress of thevcouncil's committee seek
ing information toward the estab
lishment of a Madison County poul
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ELECTED PRESIDENT
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JOE H. EADS
EADS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF
MERCHANTS ASSN,
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FREE INSPECTION
OF CARS TO fiE ON
ISLAND MAY 7-12
Public Law 21
Strengthens Tobacco
Adjustment Program
. (Public -Lww 2jr, pased-ast year
by the 84th Congress provided stiff
penalties, for-obcco fawners who
do not coopete-j,Uh their Adjust
nent Program On! tobacco. Tilman R.
. Walker, ChairmaA of the ASC, State
Committee, lists the changes brought
about by Public Law 21 as follows:
increased penalty for overplant
mg to 75 per cent of the previous
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Ramsey Appointed As
Electrical Inspector
In Madison County
The
Madison County commission
ers named Ed Ramsey, of Marshall,
ss the electrical inspector for Madi
, on County.
Mr. Ramsey succeeds Oliver Ray,
of Mars Hill.
... Mr. Ramsey was chosen because
v sf the central location of Marshall.
New officers for the Marshall
Merchants Association were elected
at a- called meeting here Tuesday
morning. The new officers took of
fices immediately following the
meeting.
New officers for the Association
are as follows: Joe Eads, president;
Wade Huey, vice president; Don
Roberts, secretary! The board of di-
rectora. is conedtJB.CLTeseuaJ-.
Arthur Ledlord, W. F. Holland and
" The association has regular meet
ing at the CiSy Kali o:i the neroud
Tuesday nights In each month. 1
John O. Corbett Is Named As
Coordinator; AH Dealers
Are Cooperating
Free inspections of automobiles
will be offered the people of Madi
son County beginning May 7 and
continuing through May 12, it was
announced this week by John Cor
bett, Coordinator for Madison Coun
ty. Mr. Corbett stated that all new
and used car dealers of Marshall
were co-sponsoring the inspection
lane which will be located on the Is
land. Anyone in Madison County
can get their' cars checked on ten
vital points absolutely free of
charge. The ten points are brakes,
headlights, rear and stop lights,
tires, steering, exhaust system a:d
muffler, windshield wipers, wind
shield and windows, horn, and rear
view mirror.
Mr. Corbett also announced that
each garage in Marshall will fur
nish a mechanic at the inspection
lane.
The lane will be open each day
during the week mentioned from
9:00 a. m., to 5:00 p. m., with the
exception of a 30-tminute period from
3:00 to 3:30 when school children
will be boarding busses, it was ex
plained. It was also explained that
the entire checking time will not ex
ceed ten minutes.
"This is the time to get your car
thoroughly checked and put in top
condition for summer driving," Mr.
Corbett concluded.
CMTANCLUB
TO INSTALL NEW
OFFICERS TUESDAY
Dinner At 7:30; Bolinger Is
New' President Of
Marshall Club
The annual installation of officers
and Ladies' Night of the Marshall
Civitan dub will be held at the
Presbyterian Church here Tuesday
evening. The dinner, which is to be
prepared and served by the ladies
of the Presbyterian Church, will be
gin at 7:30 o'clock with the program
to follow.
A. J. Hutchins, of Canton, will in
stall the new officers which are as
follows:
President, Dr. H. E. Bolinger;
vice president, Allen Duckett; secretary-treasurer,
W. F. Holland;
chaplain, the Rev. D. D. Gross. The
board of directors to be installed is
composed of the Rev. L. Richard
Mellin, chairman; John Corbett, Joe
Huf, C. L. Rudisill Jr., and A. W.
Coates.
Pigeon Sliver Is Selected
For Interstate Route
KILLS FARM BILL
NO PRIMARY FOR
COUNTY; FILING
ENDED SATURDAY
Candidates Are Nominees
Both Parties For The
November Election
THAMWEN
FRFpNlr
IN SEAL SALE
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$1,440.84 Reported In Recent
Crippled Children's
Campaign
UNUSUAL TREE IS
FOUND LAST TVEEK
BYBENE FRISBY
i en H. Friaby, lpcal surveyor,
stated, this week that while survey
ing in the snow-covered mountains
S aw the head of Paint Fork in Bun
eomfce County last week he had the
unusual experience of viewing an
amazing tree. The tree in question
was one of three trees set out as
'witnesses to a corner of a certain
tract of land. The oddity is that
the tree was half poplar and half
oak and had a well-formed stool with
no signs that the two kinds of wood
had ever been separate growths; It
forked about four feet ' above the
' round to form., an . eight-inch pop
r and a 12-inch oak. The poplar
- s of the tulip species and the- oak
a r"t: ies usually, called aMouMain
"We it Or Not," Mr. Prisby
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"J"ust enough and no more" can
didates filed for county offices be
fore the deadline ended Saturday.
Since no "extras" filed, there will be
no primary for county offices on
May 20. Candidates who filed were
ber election in both parties.
They are as follows:
For state representative A. E.
Leake (D) and the Rev. V. C. Fish
er (R).
Register of Deeds Hilliard
Teague (D) and A. W. Coates (R.,
incumbent).
Auditor Ted R. Russell (D., in
cumbent) and Richard Freeman (R).
Tax" Collector Fred Redmon
(D) and Fred I. Rice (R).
Board of county commissioners
Wayne Brigman, Dewey Wallin and
Rex Allen, all incumbents and Dem
ocrats. M. J. Ball, R. J. Briggs and
Roy MeDevttt, Republicans.
County Surveyor Wesley Hunt
er (D., incumbent). Birchard Shel-
ton (R).
County Coroner Fred McDev-
itt (R., incumbent).
Time Extended
For, Spring; '. ACP
Request and Reports
h Tfa9 to the adverse weather con
ditions daring recent weeks which
have delajted farmers in performing
their ap ring soil conservation prac
tices, the Una limit for filing r
west and making perxormanca- re
ports oa (spring seeding and improve
ment practices has. been extended to
April 80, aecording to Novils
kins, chairman of the Madison
County ASC Committee. Mr. Haw
kins explained that . April Iff " had
previously been set as the dosing
date whereby farmers could secure
-rtl e f?TT Sffrevsls fsr
The Madison County Committee
for the Society of Crippled Children
xnd Adults wishes to thank the pub
lic for the splendid cooperation in
the Easter Seal Campaign in which
$1,440.84 was raised.
Mrs. J. Leonard Baker, with the
cooperation of the typing class of
Walnut High School, mailed 2,000
letters. Miss Hazel Sprinkle dis
tributed the Bunny Cards and tags
to the schools. Mrs. Walter Ramsey
canvassed Marshall; Mrs. A. W.
Huff, Mars Hill; and Mrs. J. C
Bridgeman, Hot Springs.
Many of the churches have sent
in donations. The contributions from
these sources have amounted to
037.84. "If you hflve misplaced your
letter and still want to contribute,
mail your contribution to Misg Elo
ise Ward, Marshall, N. C," Mrs.
R. R. Ramsey, president of the So
ciety, stated.
The all-might singing, conducted
by Ed Ball, master of ceremonies
and t the different singing groups,
netted $403.00. These people donat
ed their time and expenses for the
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3 COUNTY MEN
CONNECTED WITH
STORE ROBBERY
THREE CHARGED
IN THEFT OF
ROCK CRUSHER
Three Madison County man were
arrested about 4 p. m. Tuesday on
U. S. Highway 26-70 North and
charged with the larceny of one State
Highway Commission rock' crusher
and twochird of a second crasher.
r gb E. W. Jones . of . the' State
Highway - Patrol listed the trio -as
Lestex.; J. (fcfcfcf Marshall,
RFD 1. Frank C Johnson. 11. of
wajauE, ana joe a. aobtna, zu,k or
Marshall RFD 1 . - . s ;
Jones said the three- were picked
op by.akii and Ch axles D. Lindsay,
t :e , Highway Patrol automobile
ir-pector, and Dowsrd Gentry of t&e
tladison County Sheriff's Tart-
(nmi, as Ixtey were puttlr ' sir fa
U.e t'res of a Ford aQtomcl.it con-
thiirg a l.f"3 round frame cf one
Five men who are alleged to have
held up and robbed Mrs. Frank Mc
Elrath and several customers at Mc
Elrath's Storet Leicester the early
evening of lastj January 16 have
Been charapb robbery, it
was ( anrifunc! ? Vyj by Sheriff
LaurenceE f , ' h?.'-:
Fivd--m y-ed ba.eball
caps, senteren. inatfon store
and service stai tie late after
noon, bound M. nk' McElrath
to a chair wiiL, and forced
three customers atSvpoint to lie
on the floor. T
They fled after rfcing the cash
register of some 300; in cash and
taking Mrs. McElrathii $100 watch,
according to officers.
Sheriff Brown said charges have
been filed against Roy Brown, 21,
of Sandy Mush; Hoover Boyd, 2G, of
Barnard; Willard Ball, 28, of Red
mon, Talmade Evans, of Barnard, in
Madison County, and Robert Allen,
of Arkansas.
Ball was arrested by deputies last
March 31 near Elk Mountain Cot
ton Mill, and Boyd was arrested on
April 4 on Meadow Road. Allen
and Brown are in jail in Detroit,
Mich., where they are being held
for robbery charges in Michigan, and
Evans is serving a three-year term
in the Federal penitentiary in At
lanta for automobile theft
The sheriff said detainers will be
placed against Evans, Allen and
Brown. No bond has been set for
Ball and Boyd who are in the Bun
combe County jail.
Announcement of the charges
against the five men came after
Deputies Joe Morris snd Albert Sor
rells returned last week from De
troit where they questioned Allen
and Brown.
Statements have been signed im
plicating all of the men in the Lei
cester robbery, according to the sher
iff. He said Ball is wanted in De
troit for eight counts charging
armed robbery in and around the
Michigan city.
Two automobiles were used in the
robbery of McElrath's store. One
was parked, immediately , outside the
store and a second - automobile was
-hidden a short distance away. Brown
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PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
PRESIDENT KILLS
FARM BILL MON.;
"HAD NO CHOICE"
Veto Gives Democrats Prime
Issue For Fall
Campaign
Washington, April 16 President
Eisenhower vetoed the faam bill to
day and told American people in a
broadcast .tonight: "I had no choice
. Xi-Jt ms .a bad bitt.')
His refusal to sign this farm legis
lation passed by Congress last week
gave the Democrats a prjme issue
for the presidential campaign this
fall.
But the President, in a nation
wide radio and television broadcast,
said he had tried to act "honestly,
"rankly and regardless of political
pressure."
PROMISES BENEFITS
As a substitute for the farm bill
r-now considered dead for this ses
sion of Congress Eisenhower prom
ised the farmers an additional 600
million dollars in benefits this year
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4-H ACHIEVEMENT
DAY HELD HERE
SATURDAY
GENERAL raOT;
07 ALL pi: Z1TY
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There will be a general review
of all Real property in Kadi
County-daring the r 'h cf
ber to. correct any c? ii errors ir
Inequities, - .
The Madison County 4-H Achieve
ment Day was held Saturday, April
14, at the Methodist Church in Mar
shall. Olin Jarrett Jr., presided at
the meeting. The program consisted
of devotions by the Rev. Robert
Barefoot, violin solo by Patricia Rob
inson, and presentation of awards
by Miss Mary Harriss, District Home
Demonstration Agent. Mr. G. L.
Carter, Assistant State 4-H Club
Leader, was the speaker for the oc
casion.
Awards were presented to twenty
three 4-H Club members. Three who
were to receive awards were not
present.
Awards were presented as follows;
Field Crops: Dale CutshaU, E. B.
Proffitt, Ronald Hensley, Honley
Etherton (not present).
Poultry:. Mary Hileman, Paul Gen
try, Shelba Jean Moore.
Clothing: Lucille Ponder, Madelyn
Ramsey, Carolyn Worley.
Achievement: Lucille Sprinkle, Pa
trida Rohmson.
Dlectrie Program: J. D. Rathbone,
DeaAReker,A.--, ,; .
; Drees Revue: Joy Lou Hensley.
Canning Betty Lou Ferguson (not
present),' Joyce Thomas. fc
Garflening: Joyce Thomas, Linda
Gall Riea, -L "V, r
Leadership: Patricia Prefiltt, J.
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; Girls' Record: Joy Lorn Hensley. lj
; Publie f-esUng: Olin Jarrett it. !
Dairy roods: Csyle.Rc-ttnspn, Ts-1
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Way Chosen Is Costlier And
Longer; Graham States
Work To Begin Soon
The U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
has designated the Pigeon River
Route from Western North Caroli
na into Tennessee as part of the in
terstate highway system, Highway
Chairman A. II. Graham said last
Thui s-day.
As a rev.ult, Grahaim indicated
that additional construction work on
the route may be undertaken soon.
"I feel the extreme need for a
new highway from North Carolina
into Tennessee justifies an early al
location of funds and construction
of another section of this route,"
Graham said.
The Pigeon River routing for the
interstate system was selected in
preference to one following the
French Broad River.
Graham commented that "all en
gineering personnel of the North
Carolina Highway Department and
all engineering personnel of the
Tennessee Highway Department
were unanimous in the approval of
the Pigeon River route after lengthy,
painstaking investigation of all pro
posed routes."
"It is also worthy of note that en
gineers of the Bureau of Public
Roads who made an investigation
on the sites were also unanimous in
their approval of this route," he
added.
The Highway Commission made
public an "economic justification"
survey of the Pigeon River and the
French Broad routes it compiled at
thii request of the Bureau of Public
Rotd. "
According to the survey the mile
age of the Pigeon River route be
tween Dandridge, Tenn., and Ashe
ville would be nearly nine miles
longer and its cost would be some
what higher than the French Broad
route between the same two points.
The survey showed the Pigeon
River route between Asheville and
Dandridge would be 81.37 miles in
length while the French Broad route
would lie 72.61 miles.
It estimated construction cost of
Pigeon River would total $29,018,503
and the right-of-way would cost
756,380 for a total of $33,774,883.
Construction of the French Broad
route would cost $31,922,679 and
right-of-way cost was estimated at
$1,597,930 for a total of $33,520,609.
For the North Carolina portion
of the Pigeon River route, the sur
vey estimated construction cost at
$13,406,340 and right-of-way at $4,
443,380 for a total of $17,849,720,
and for the North Carolina portion
of the French Broad route construc
tion cost was estimated at $14,307,
878 and right-of-way at $1,256,430,
for a total of $15,563,308.
'Amateurs" Catch
126 Crappies At
Douglas Friday
Roy MoDevitt, Johnny MeDevkt,
Clarence Rice, Charley Martin' and
Listen Rice had quite a day of fish
ing last Friday at Douglas Lake
when the five men caug&T 136 crap
pies and threw back four more. .
"Well do better wfaen we learn
how1," Mjr. Martin stated. "WeVe
just amateurs now."
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