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Is V i' V U I l h ' , te- . r v. '1 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 ' , (Continued To Last Page) ELECTED PRESIDENT fW T"' H II -u HWMIMIWUMIIll)l few si lib ' wM JOE H. EADS EADS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MERCHANTS ASSN, I 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 (Continued -to Last Page) 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 1 $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 r - v - - "1 .1 1 1. -.:2rt 2 From i 1. -j. .at S FAool sniorg : it ii" ,- , D. C, ' ! re in f -' "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 (Continued To Last Page) 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 .. . - 'I " 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 (Continued to Last Page) 4-H ACHIEVEMENT DAY HELD HERE SATURDAY GENERAL raOT; 07 ALL pi: Z1TY in dece; ..jr 4 V i 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. O. Rathbone.'--. V ' ; Girls' Record: Joy Lorn Hensley. lj ; Publie f-esUng: Olin Jarrett it. ! Dairy roods: Csyle.Rc-ttnspn, Ts-1 tricla Pnj"::U.'' : '- J Haw I ntj Lota' f 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." THE ROVING REPORTER One can run into debs, fcrt he' Mast crawl out' f This Issue Prints! On T.Iiehle Prcss'vi Just Installrd , , TLia i r ' t - - - - ' --V -4 ' - i' i - r -1 h C;e r-"' i r