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EDITORIAL
A MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
One of the most urgent needs in Marshall and
Mars Hill is a working Merchants Association. You
will perhaps say that this writer is behind times
that Marshall already has a Merchants Association
and that Mars Hill is in the process of forming such
an organization.
We are fully aware that Marshall has a Mer
chants Association and that Mars Hill is endeavoring
to fully organize one. But just how strong is the Mar
shall Association? We have attended practically
every meeting and are in a posjion to know just how
strong it is.
To put it mildly, it is indeed a weak and stagger
ing Association. It has developed to a point where
five or six progressive merchants meet and try to
make plans for about SO merchants. This system just
own't work. It is the duty and responsibility of EV
ERY merchant to attend the meetings if such an as
sociation is to function properly.
Just what is an Association? ' The dictionary
defines an Association as a formal organization of
people with a common purpose; act of associating;
state of being associated; companionship; the con
nection of ideas in thought. Does Marshall have
such an organization? The answer is "no."
It isn't the fact that we haven't tried. Indeed,
such an association has been "in force" for many
years but the fact remains, it is definitely a very weak
force. An example of the lack of cooperation was
shown recently when over 20 merchants were called
by phone or by personal contact to meet for a few
minutes in Fisher's Army Store to make definite plans
about the closing dates for Christmas. The purpose
of the meeting was indeed important. Other plans
concerning street lighting, promotions, New Year's
closing ,etc, should have received 100 attendance.
How many showed up? FIVE merchants! This is
just one of many such association "meetings." We
could elaborate in a full column the "kinks" and
problems such a scarcely-attended meeting causes,
but we think you can well imagine.
This writer also talked to a Mars II'!! citizen a
few days ago and found out that Mars Hill merchants
are no different than Marshall merchants. It's prac
tically impossible to get en6ugh of them together to
make plans which will meet the approval of the ma
jority. It is with sincere hope that during 1957, both
Marshall and Mars Hill can have a rejuvenated and
progressive Merchants Association which will mean
bo much to both Madison County towns.
Willson Graduates
With Law Degree
Robert Briggs Willson, son of
' Mr. andMVs. R. F. Willson, Mon
ticello Road, Weaverville, receiv
ed his L.L.B. Degree from the
College of Law of the University
of Tennessee on December 20,
1966. Previously he had receiv
ed his degree in Business Admin
istration from U.T. '
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He is a member of Phi Alpha
Delta law fraternity and served
as president of the Young Demo
crats for two years at the Uni
versity. Mr. Willson also worked'
in the office of one of the law
firms in the city of Knoxville for
.he past year.
He is the grandson of the late
Sheridan C. and Mrs. Lula Car
ter Briggs of Mars HilL
He is spending part of the Hol
idays with his parents. ,
Days of peace $
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ONE YEAR AGO
Richard Fmaua. t MandtalL
wee the lucky winner of the U-
ona Club baaf calf.
Hot Spring people, vita1 tha
help of tha North Carolina, unit of
the American Medical Asmcktloo
were working to gat two doctor
and a dentist to move to their
town.
. Officers of the Garden dub of
Marshall announced that the John
Corbet residence had been awerd
ed first prixs in tha initial Ghriat-
mae Decoration Contest
FIVE TEARS AGO
The churches of MarabaU Join
ed in a onion service at the Meth
odist Chorea la observance of
Student Night.
Lt Samuel W. Pryor. USN.
husband of the former Mia
tha Jane Rector of Marshall.
graduated from tha Naval Gener -
el line School at Monterey. Gal
Moras.
TEN TEARS AGO
A radio 1 program, originiating
from the etadJos of Radio Station
WWNC, staged by Major Cecil
Brown, officer of the Salvation
Army, with an audience of ten
million people, on CBS hook-up.
J. C. Chandler accepted a posi
:on as operaotr with the South
in Railway at Alexander.
This Is The Law
by
ROBERT E. LEE
For the SC. Bar Astociat ion)
Suretyship Contracts
Johnson recently moved into a
new community. He was not
known by Taylor, who conducted a
grocery store. Wilson orally said
to Taylor, "Let Johnson have $100
worth of groceries and ft he does
not pay I will." If Johnson does
not pay for the groceries sold to.
him on credit, may there be a re--overy
frotn Wilson?
No. The oral promise of Wil
?on in unenforceable in a court
of law. The promise should have
been in writing end signed by
Wilson-.
It is a suretyship or guaranty
contract, and under what lawyers
call the "statute of frauds," such
a contract must be in writing and
signed by the promisor or bis
agent.
A suretyship is an undertaking
to answer for the debt or default
of another.
The three parties to
a suretyship are the creditor, the
.principal debtor and the surety'.
The creditor haa two persons to
proceed against in case of default.
It is one of the oldest forms of
security. A thousand years be
fore the birth of Christ, Solomon
in his proverbs said: "He that is
a surety for a stranger shall
smart for it; and he that hateth
suretyship is sure."
Wilson orally says to Taylor:
'Send $100 worth of groceries to
Johnson and charge the same to
me," May Taylor recover from
Wilson on this oral promise?
Yea! This is not a suretyship
it guaranty contract, but a pri
imary obligation on the part of
"Wilson and the oral promise is
binding. ,
Although Johnson receives the
rroceriee,' there is no obligation
on the part of Johnson to pay for
jbhem. It is an outright under
ldnr, on the part of Wilson. So
far, as'- appears, Wilson i baying
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I making a gift of them to Johnson.
if no veredit is extended to the
ons who raeeiyes the groceries,
the oral promise of Wilson is to
' pay Us evra:, debt In order for
j there to be t suretyehto or guar-
1 anty contract, - there ' most ba a
ooHatsral agreement backing tip
the liability of a principal debtor.
1 ' Hudson raUy amy to Turner:
' "Buy $1000 worth of merchahdis
: from Barker, and if on resale you
suf'er " a lose jl win indemnify
you," Turner .noes ae; reaueated,
and as a result of tha 'transaction
he sustains a fcse of $200. Msy
Turner reoorer $200 from Hod-
TI f i if not a sn,rejr ,
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the! voice of
THE PEOPLE i
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Holcombe Lauded
. The Allied Church League
tist Beverage Alcohol, one
Item of whose work is to tabulate
the votes of our legislators in Ra
leigth on mailers of civic rights
dealings, gives out the informa
tion that the Madison County rep
resentative of the last session, Mr.
Fred Holcombe, voted true to the
promises made to his supporters
during the election campaign. He
did not evade the question by ab
senting himself or by not voting
when such matters came before
the.' legislature, but was at his
POsV supporting the right issues.
This it not always true of the
legislators in Raleigh. If all
would follow Mr. Holcombe's ex
ample' the advantage to oitic
righteousness would be greatly in-
Cxeeeod. The above information
hi sent in by the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union of Mars
HUL
HATTIE EDWARDS, President
I Certified Seed
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aTVTWt IB VUIU
Now 'Available
"In past years, many farmers
have been securing seed sweet po
tatoes from other states," says F.
W. McLaughlin, Assistant Di
rector of the North Carolina
Crop Improvement Association.
Tli s may no longer be necessary
af 108.5 acres of certified seed
sweet potatoes were produced
this year in North Carolina. This
seed supply is enough to plant ap
proximately 3,100 acres, he points
jut.
Of this seed supply available.
Porto Rico accounted for the
largest number of acres with 85.
Other certified production includ
ed Capper Skinned Gold Bush,
Gold Rush and Earlyport. These
seed potatoes were grown under
the supervision of the Associa
tion, says McLaughlin. The pro
duction was inspected in the field
as well as in storage, he adds.
McLaughlin points out that for
the farmer to produce an accept
able crop of sweet potatoes, he
must be sure that his growing po
WesjgrafrBsJwn two diseaa"
es scurf and Mackrot. To get
seed that free of these diseas
es, he advises farmers to insist
on North Carolina grown certi
fied seed. Wilt, a disease that
kills the plants in the field,' can
be carried in the seed or in the
iand. Therefore, a farmer will
want to get seed as free of wilt
as is possible. This certified seed
is inspected in the field for low
tolerance of wilt, he adds.
Storage inspection will be made
in detail for the presence of black-
debt or default of a third person.
There are not three parties to tha
asrreement The only parties to
the agreement are Hudson and
Turner. If the DromMsee is a
debtor, either present or pros
pective, the contract may do an
indemnity and, as a 'consequence,
valid though oral.
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, A. h. HendernoH Photo
A few of the members of the Marshall Lions Club are shown get
ting ready to deliver Christmas baskets last week-end to 33 families in
Madison County who have blind members. Each basket contained 8
pounds of oranges, Iruj potatoes, candy, pinto beans, apples, fatback.
five pounds of sugar, f ur pounds of lard10 pounds of flour, a box of
salt, nuts and a poun of coffee. On the truck (L to K) are R G.
franklin and Page Bngman; at each side are Bernard Brigman and
Jim btory; kneeling are Howard Barnwell, Roy Reeves and W. Y
Pee- Cut courtesy Asbenlle Citi.en.'fiitut
rot, scurf, wjlt, and other dam
aging' diseases. Potatoes are al
so checked for external and in
to inal color.
McLaugirtim states that if a
farmer wants to plant these cer
tified seed, he may secure a List
of the certified growers in the
May ach day of tho now yar b flllacf
with achivmnr and cenlntmnt .
state by contacting the N.C. Crop
Improvement Association, State
'o:lege, Raleigh.
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Algeciras, Spain The wed
ding festivities of Juano Soto and
Sebastian "Oortis, two gypsies,
lasted for sixteen days and cost
a total of 115,000 pesetas ($2,
5S7). Three of the wedding guests
had to be taken to the hospital
suffering, from exhaustion..
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