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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1956
PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR
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ASIIEVILLE MAN
IS WOUNDED IN
COUNTY ON SAT.
JURY FREES
C. W.RAMSEY OF
MURDER CHARGE
Wildfire In Tobacco Fields
Threatens Crops In County
October; Couri Adjourns Here
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J. Will Pless Presides
At 3-Day Session
Trial tX Tm 1 Mj'nflnuiv 1 F,
j ayear-old Marshal boy, indited
v. ,. .jffor manslaughter of his escaped
: convict father, was continued
t f Wednesday afternoon until the Oc-
4ober term of court.
The action was taken liy .ludge
J. Will Pless, presiding at the 3
day criminal term, who took cog
nizance of th age of Troy Lee,
and the fact that young Meadows
had not employed counsel. The
boy originally was charged with
murder hut the grand jury re
turned a manslaughter indict
ment. The hoy's father, wiio Sheriff
E. Y. Ponder said was an escaped
convict, died June 5, four days
after he was shot in the chest
with a .22 calibre bullet.
The sheriff at the time quoted
the son as saying he shot his fa
ther when the elder Meadows
started beating him and his moth
er. Among the cases disposed of
during the term include:
Dan Norton Jr., charged with
assault with deadly weapon, was
found guilty and received the fol
J1 pl "
lowing judgment: That he be im
prisoned in the common jail of
Madison County for not less than
12 months nor more than 18
months, sentence suspended on
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GIRL SCOUT DAY
CAMPlSNOWIN
S PROGRESS HERE
The Girl Scout Day Camp for
Madison County is in progress
this week with twenty-one girls
from Marshall, Walnut and Hot
Springs registered. The camp is
being held at the Cody farm near
Marshall Memorial Park and
Mrs. R. H. Kaplan of the Pisgah
Girl Scout Council is serving as
Camp Director. Mrs. E. 0. Bur
netts and Mrs. T. L. Thrash are
directing the Intermediate Unit
and Mrs. D. D. Gross and Miss
Peggy Holland are in charge of
the Brownie Unit Jimmie John
son and Boy Reeves are serving
as water front directors.
Activities engaged in include
camp craft, fire building, outdoor
cooking, swimming, and folk danc
ing and singing. Miss Tetsey
Cline from Warren Wilson College
was a guest at the camp on Wed'
needs? and directed the Scouts
in folk dancing,.
Thegirls -iidUfc' tlf$unp
include Kathy Baley, Connie V,
Elisabeth Frisby, Rosdl ftrisby,
Jhnie Norton, Bmagene Ponder
Martha Louise Ramsey, Cecelia
Roberts, Mary Pat Roberts, Doris
Ward, Judy Brown, Aileen Bur
netts, Sharon Burnetts, Janet
Buekner, Margaret Oorbett, Pa
tricia Dockery, Mabel Ruth Mi
chaels, Ann Ramsey, Rose 11a Rice,
Paula Jean Smith, and Rasa
Thomas. .
Rev. W. T, Bradley
S Passes Wednesday;
1 i'TW' Reverend W. T. Bradley,
-1 TO, died, at his home near Marion,
" Wednesday night, JWy , 1W
V foHowing i langthy .fflns". ' V U
J, Surviving ut the widow, Mrs.
llyrtle Hunter Bradley sons,
J. G; Sankeft and Lester of Mst
shsll, BiD -and Burton of New--rV
Tenn .and Henbert of the
ltd of Washington 1 daughter,
-'lfS Hattie Lewis vof Newport,
n 2 brothers, Curtis of Msrs
nd Spurgeoa of AsheviHe;
oie sister, Mrs. J. N, White
ofarshalL ' Ho is also survived
b;i. umber ' of - grandchildren,
- S1- gnat-grandchildren, r y '.
Pral j arrangement -art'- la
"Brsdley was a nativs of
County, and a son of
iwrend and Mrs. Alfred
4-H MEMBERS
IN RALEIGH;
LEFT MONDAY
Local Businessmen Sponsor
District Winners;
Four Compete
Thirteen Madison County 4-H
Ixiys and girls left Monday, July
23, at H:.') a. m., for Raleigh to
participate in State 4-H Cluli
Week program which will continue
thiough Saturday.
Madison County will have three
hoys and one girl competing in
t lie State-wide contest. The three
iwys were District winners at
Ashevllle and the girl was winner
in the County Dress Revvie. They
ve Charles Foster, J. D. Rath
bone, Edwin Stines, and Joy lou
I. (.!.-ley.
'I hese w inners were sponsored
by local businessmen French
I; road Chevrolet, $15.00; Wild's
Radio Service, $2.00; Belk's, $5.00 ;
Atil', $5.00; French Broad Elec
tric Membership Corp., $15.00;
Dixie Store, $.".00; and Houston
Brothers, $5.00.
Others attending this week are
Dean Ricker, Eugene Lawson, Olin
Jarrett Jr., John Corbett Jr., Vir
gil Smith, Lucille Sprinkle and
Carl Reeves.
Madison County delegates will
be entertained by Governor and
Mrs. Luther H. Hodges at a tea
in the Governor's mansion. They
will stay on the N. C. State cam
pus during the week.
INDUCTEDsTUES.
Mrs. Myrtle Morgan, clerk of
the Madison Coatr.y draft boaro,
announced this week that the fol
lowing men from Madison Coun
ty left July 24 for Charlotte for
induction into the service. They
were: Roy Lee Nolan, Don Hen
derson, Jimmy Jack Roberts, Der
rick Lunsford, and Oscar Ie
Boles Jr.
Enlistments during the month
were: Prince Norman Thomas,
Bahby Levi Young, Lester B. Lew
is, Ray Wallace Fowler, Hsrold
Wallace Cooper, Hugh Leroy Pre
nell, W. L. Davis, Jame? Frank
Snelson, Vernon Shook, and James
Harold Annes.
rs. J. D. Ccbrts Gonnits
Bullet Wound Found In Left
Cheat; Funeral To
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The body of Mrs. J. B. Roberts,
34, of Hot Springs RFD 1, was
found about 11:00 o'clock Monday
night, July 23, 1966 by her hus
band and neighbors on a mountain
near their home. Sheriff E. Y.
Ponder and Coroner Fred Me
Devkt went to the scene and the
fatality was ruled suicide. She
had been in ill health for some
time. Mrs. Roberts was the for
mer Miss Mary Alice MoCarter.
According to Sheriff Ponder,
Mr. Roberts was working in a to
bacco patch Monday afternoon
near his home and missed his wife
sfcout 6 :80 yclock. Shortly there
after, he stated that lie heard a
rifle discharge and also heard his
wife scream. He summoned neigh
bors who later discovered Mm
Roberts' body , about ' one-fourth
mils from the., boose. : A ballet
bad entered. hen left ehestrs tyr
f Funeral services ; will , be , held
this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the Meadow Pork Bap
tist Church,' .The Rcnr- SUs Fort
ser will off iciate and burial will
be in the church cemetery. Friends
of the family will serve at pall-J.
bearers;;,: f :f4,M' 01 :
J Surviving sre the husband; one
ton, Elijah; ne daughter, Eva
lea, both of the horns; her parents,
Shooting Takes Place In
East Fork Section;
Cody Arrested
Jtay Payne, 31-year-old Ashe
viHe man, is in a critical condition
at the Memorial Mission Hospital
in Asheville as a result of shot
gun wounds received Saturday
night in the East Fork section of
Madison County.
Ottis Cody, 31, of Marshall
RFD '2, was arrested following
the affray and is now out under
liond.
According to Sheriff E. Y. Pon
der, who investigated the shoot
ing, Payne, his w.fe and two chil
dren went to the home of Mrs.
Beddie Cody, his mother-in-law,
on East Fork Saturday afternoon
fur a visit. Iater in the after
noon. Payne was said to have left
the house for several hours, re
turning for his wife and family
alout six o'clock that afternoon.
When the Payne family started to
return to Asheville it is thought
that a quarrel developed between
Payne and his wife. During the
argument Mrs. Payne and children
got out of the car and went to a
neighbor's house. According to
witnesses, Payne returned to his
mother-in-law's house about ten
o'clock. Sheriff Ponder stated
that it is thought that Payne se
cured a 12-guage shotgun while
away. He parked in front of his
mother-in-law's home and then
left his car and disappeared in a
branch neanby, witnesses said. The
Cody family, including Ottis, kept
an eye on Payne and when Payne
started toward the house, Cody
ordered him to leave the premises
or he would have to shoot, Sheriff
Cody 'sOleg fifed ibe
the shots ! striking Payne in
stomach front a distance of about
33 feet, the sheriff said.
Payne was rushed to the hos
pital where his condition is de
scribed as "fair."
Acreage Reserve
Deadline Extended
The Soil Bank regulations gov
erning the 1966 acreage reserve
program have recently been
amended to extend the final date
for producers to sign agreements
until July 27, according to' Ralph
W. Ramsey, County ASC manag
er. The original deadline date as
previously announced was July 20.
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Dean Of Mars HU1
College Attends
Meeting In Denver
Ralph M. Lee, academic dean of
Mars Hill College, attended the
aommer meeting of the board of
directors of the Americas Associ
ation of Junior Colleges at Colo
rado Woman's College in Denver,
Colorado last week. ..
Dean Lee is chairman of a spe
cial committee to report on basic
policies and principles for the rec
ognition of fraternities by the
American Association. Serving
with him on the committee - is
Ralph Ffraetor, president of Ba
kersvills Junior College,
'The board of directors for the
American' Association is mads up
of ; one repieeenlative from each
regional ' district. Lee represents
the Southern Association. '
Mr,'anl Mrs. W. R. iMcCsrter, of
Hot Springe RMri ; six brothers,
Elijah, Grady, Gene, Boyce, Carl
and Bay MoCarter, all of Hot
Springs RFD 1; and" one sister,
Miss ' Emma Ruth MoCarter, of
, The ' body : will - remain at the
Bowtnan-Rector Funeral Home un
til one boar prior to the service
when it will lie In, state at the
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GIVEN ATJIARS
HILL COLLEGE
Mars Hill College will hold an
American Composers' Festival Au
gust 3.-5 this summer in honor of
the 100th year of the existence of
the college with Roy Harris, not
ed American composer, guest of
honor.
Four concerts will be given con
sisting of music for piano, voice,
string quartet, and other chamber
music. Composers of all the works
performed will attend, and many
are writing compositions especial
ly for the Festival. Dr. Hans
Barth, pianist and composer, who
has held summer courses for pi
ano teachers and students at Mais
Hill for several years is program
chairman and general adviser.
Special coupons are le.ing dis
tributed for admission to any one
of the four concerts on Friday
and Saturday evenings at 8:l.r
o'clock, and on Saturday and
Sunday afternoons beginning at :i
o'clock. The special coupon and
$1.00 entitles the bearer to a
$2.25 seat at the concert.
Coupons may be obtained from
the Chamber of Commerce in
Asheville, the Nu-Wray Hotel in
Burnsville, Grove Park Inn and
the Manor Hotel in Asheville, Art
Shepard's in Weaverville, Citi
cens Bank of Marshall, and from
the local stores in Mars Hill.
LIONS CLUB TO
BE REPRESENTED
NEXT TUESDAY
Lions Club represent.
s1jW5uirfning V attend the
Installation of District 31-A offic
ers in Western North Carolina
which will feature a Ladies Night
program of the West Asheville
Club Tuesday, July 31, at 7:30 p.
m., in -the Battery Park Hotel in
Asheville.
The Marshall club is a part of
Region 2, Zone 4, which also - in
cludes the Candler, Erwin Dis
trict, Weaverville, West Asheville,
and Woodfin clubs.
W. E. (Ed) Michael Jr., of
West Asheville, newly-elected Dis
trict 81-A Governor, will speak
briefly.
Installation ceremonies will be
in charge of Robert Barnes of
Candler, past district governor and
international councilor.
Main address will be delivered
by Roy Taylor of Black Moun
tain, international councilor. H.
Bueck of Murphy, another past
district governor, will introduce
the guests.
Three new deputy district gov.
ernors and six sons chairmen will
be inducted to serve S5 dubrwith
1,607 members in 12 wester
mountain counties.
Other officers to be installed in
clude cabinet secretary-treasurer,
White Cane drive director, public
relations chairman and members
of state-wide! committees on pro
motion and work for the blind.
CITES TOBACCO
ACREAGE NOTICES
ANDjPROyiSfflNS
Tobacc o producers receiving
written notice of their 1966 tneaa-:
ured acreage should read them
earefoBy in order that they, night,
comply with the provision for re
measurements or disposing of ex
cess acreage according to Noville
Hawkins, Chairman of the Madi
son County ASC Committee. One
of the previsions which Mr, Haw
kins emphasised was, ' that the
farmer has only ten (10) V days
from' the date of his notice to
make bis., application , and deposit
for a remeasnremeat if at feels
.there; has ' been aa error in the
original measurement. ; Ee i
has only ten (10) dsys f i t' e
date of his not're to Tnske r
tion and dero 't to c"rp rf sy
excess sreg t ' ' ? ' f r
pries' suf port c-; rt' -cord"
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Trial Was In Asheville; Jury
Deliberates For 95
Minutes
A liuim-embe County jury ac
quitted C. W. Ramsey of double
iriiirih r charges Sunday after de
liberating one hour and .'!! min
utes.
Ramsey h"d been on trial for H
full week fn the murder of his
70-year-old wife, Willie Huff
Ramsey, and of Otis (Dutch) Tay
lor, .'iS, former employe of Ram
sey at the Kast Kiltmore Water
Company, of which Ramsey, 72,
was treasurer.
iMis. Ramsev and Tavlor were
found dead the night of February
1(, at the Ramsey residence, 4
C harles Lane, Riltmort, he of two
bullet wounds, she in a bathtub of
water with no immediately visible
s.gns of violence. Ramsey told
investigators he shot Taylor when
he found him masked, in the
h ou si .
REQUEST FOR
PRESERVATION
0FT0BACC0
Must File Notice Sixty Days
Prior to Opening Of
Market
Farmers who have underplanted
a portion or all of their 1956 to
bacco acreage allotment to an ex
tent that will cause them to lose
a part of or all their future al
lotment, may file a request with
theCounly ASC office that they
wish to preserve the 1956 acre
age allotment as though the foil
allotment had been planted and
have the farm allotment preserved,
provided they file mich a notice
CO days prior to the opening of
the market or by August 1, 1958,
according to Novile Hawkins,
Chairman of Madison County ASC
Committee.
This provision and notice has
no connection with an acreage of
the allotment placed under the
acreage reserve of the Soil Bank,
as the acreage reserve automat
ically preserves such acreage as
though it were planted. Farmers
who have not placed their under
planted acreage in the reserve pro
gram should take notice of this
new provision of protecting their
future allotment
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nrinlile Retired Sunday
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STUDY COURSES
STARTSUNDAY
AT MARS HILL
Mara, Hill Five departments
of the Mars Hall Baptist Church
will begin study courses at the
church on Sunday night at 6:46v
Other study periods are schedul
ed for Monday, Tuesday, Thurs
day, and Friday evenings at 7:16.
Jfise Edith Swann, assisted by
Mrs. Robert L. Holt,, will teach
eh primary group "To Church
We Go." , The juniors will be
studying "The . Junior.; Baptist,"
taught by Dr. Robert E. Seymour,
pastor. ; Morris Puckett will lead
the intermediates in their study
of -Messengers of tight," while
Mrs. Barley E. JoQey will teach
"Planning A Life for the young
people. 1 Mr. and Mrs.; Ruby Coop
er will' teach the adults Growing
Chrisuant,'' v ., '. , . . ., -ivK
The study courses are directed
toward the objective of training in
wore effective church mejnberM-.
T?" e hi' estUfacterCy corr; '
t'.e f r of ; fttj Jy ' .-will l
".' 1 f'-t for t" c -irs'-, v '
JUDGEPLESSIS
CMTAN SPEAKER
HERE TUESDAY
The Marshal: Civitan Club heal
its regular luncheon meeting at
tne Presbyterian Church Tuesday.
President 11. K. Bolinger pre
ssed and recognized Scoutmaster
John Nesbitt. Mr. Nesbitt told of
plans for Charter Night for the
Marshall Hoy Scouts and invited
the club to lie present. The Char
ter will be presented following ii
picnic on the Island on Tuesday
evening, Augusl 11. The picnic
will begin at (.:!(l o'clock and all
families are akod to bring the''1
own picnic meal and dunks. I1;
was decided to cancel the inciting
of Civitan scheduled on this date
in favor of the picnic and Charter
prcsentat ion.
The organization of a Junior
Civitan Club was also discussed
and it was decided to postpone
further plans until after school
starts.
Ir. W. A. Sams- then introduced
Judge J. Will Pless, of Marion,
who is presiding here this week.
Judge Pless commended the influ
ence of civic clubs on our youth
and emphasized the importance of
our court system and jury sys
tem. He closed his remarks by
stating that his first term as a
saiperior court judge was served
in Marshall in 1936.
18 members and one visitor were
present.
Madfcon Draft
Board Moves To
Masonic Temple
The Madison County draft
board offices moved Wednesday
afternoon to the second floor of
the Masonic Temple, above Wild's
Radio Service. The draft board
offices join the Madison County
Welfare Department offices.
Mrs. Myrtle Morgan is the
clerk of the draft board.
The ROVING REPORTER
Thoughts are similar to clouds
sometime white, fleecy castles
floating in a sea of blue, other
times dark, foreboding things
that cover the entire world.
The Rev. A. Perry Sprinkle of
Craven Street Baptist Church re
tired from the active ministry af
ter the 11 a. m., service Sunday.
Mr. Sprinkle is one of three
brothers in the ministry. He
was 70 years old on Wednesday.
A native of Madison County,
Mr. Sprinkle had been pastor of
the Craven Street chareh for 82
years. When he went there, serv
ices were being held in a frame
building which was net then com
plete. During his years as paster
he saw the completion ef the
frame ; building, the ; membership
increase from 40 to 800, and the
annual budget from $1,000 te ap
proximately $18,000. '
f ' A-aew btick bunding with 'lS
Sunday School rooms was erect
ed m 1988, and the building, free
of debt, was dedicated ow Easter
Sunday, 1941. The following year
a Sunday School annex, was built
to torevide 12 additional .. 'class
rooms. ; 'Jt ''Vv';'';"
- Mr. Sprinkle spends most of his
spare time studying the tl'.le and
working in his yard. vIe aV-o is
interested 1n: the' old lf:n. T
h a good voice and is 1
"the tune hoijUr" ii l ' "
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One Hundred Parts Per
Million Of Streptomycin
Now Being Used
After the recent rains and
storms many farmers in Madison
County have found severe out
breaks of wildfire in their tobac
co fields. There has been a flood
of requests for information in re
gard to treatment of hurley to
bacco in the field for wildfire,
Harry Silver, county agent, stated
this week.
To date no case of wildfire has
been reported on Hurley 21, the
wildfire resistant variety. This is
the only positive method of elimi
nating wildfire in hurley tobacco.
There i.s a direct relationship
with nitrogen and potassium fer-
I t.lization in wildfire development.
A hi'li nitrogen and low potash
will favor the development of
wildfire. It would appear from
this information that where an
adequate amount of potash has
not leen used and a high level of
nitrogen, either through top dress
ing or an abundant supply of ma
nure has been used, that it may
prove profitable to top dress with
sulphate of potash.
Streptomycin sulfate has been
used in plant beds with excellent
results as a cure for wildfire. Last
year four Madison County farm
ers used the streptomycin materi
al in the field for wildfire con
trol. They applied 100 parts per
million of streptomycin sulfate
with water and treated from one
to two times in the field. Since
these farmers did not leave a
check plot or a plot untreated in
the field, we cannot be positive
that the wildfire situation would
not mve"rlesru:W
sence of the treatment.
Due to the seriousness of the
wilfire infestation on the farms
of some tobacco growers in the
county, they are trying a prepara
tion of one hundred parts per mil
lion of streptomycin this year.
Each farmer who is applying this
treatment this year is leaving a
section of the field not treated so
that any results which they have
received from this treatment will
be measurable.
Shoe Salesman
Dies Of Heart
Attack Here
C. F. Pierce, 65, of KnoxviUe,
Tenn., sucenmbed to a heart at
tack at the Balsam Tourist Home
while sleeping Monday night or
early Tuesday morning.
Mr. Pierce,, a salesman repre
senting the Great Atlantic Shoe
Grtnpany of KnoxviUe, was well
blown to Marshall merchants,
bsjrlng been here frequently for
man; years.
His body was taken back to
KnoxviUe for burial.
LIONS CLUB MET
MAYMfinT
AT ROCK CAFE
The Marshall Lions Club jnet
Monday night at the Beck Cafe
witti U members present '-George
Shape, Lion President, presided, r
Tho current ulow Down a&4
Live?, Campaign I was :. discussed
and busnper strips were diatrC:'-t-'
ed to be placed on aut " . ".
The new 1966-87 Ii W '
dars were also distr.t
bear " a picture of t! e I
High School Band, r
vertisements and r
endar dates, ; s"
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