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VOL. 56 NO. 3
Patrol Gar Wrecked In High
Speed Chase Monday Morning
A safety belt may have saved
the life of State Highway Patrol
Pfc. Fred F. Bowen of Hot
Springs Monday.
The officer was chasing a
speeding motorist about 5:10 a.
mi, on N.C. Highway 208 in Mad
ison County when his patrol car
left the highway and was badly
'damaged.
Bowen's safety belt prevented
i the officer from being thrown
against the side of his car as it
went into a boulder-infested ditch
e.ight feet deep.
His only injuries were a slight
nose laceration, a fractured collar
bone and body bruises. His con
dition was reportpd good Monday
night a St. Joseph's Hospital.
State Hi-'hway Patrol Sgt. E.
W. .Tones said the car being chas
ed by Bowen was traveling in ex
cess of 90 miles an hour
Jones said the speeding car was
spotted by Bowen about five miles
from the Tennessee state line. It
outdistanced the patrol car when
Bowen, forced to avoid a collision
with an approaching car, wrecked
his vehicle.
About 3:30 p. m., Monday when
Jones and Patrolman C. H. Long
of Marshall were investigating
the first accident, another car ov
erturned almost in the same spot.
Long arrested the driver of the
vehicle and charged him with driv
ing intoxicated and an occupant
of the car for public drunkenness.
Jones estimated damages to the
second car, a late model Buick,
at $1,200.
7k Asks Congress
For $71 BHl'on To
Meet Present Budget
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President Eisenhower submit
ted Wednesday to , Congress
ringing with calls for economy a
budget that will push government
mending to an all-time peacetime
peak of $71,807,000,000.
He asserted the outlays are de-
gned, in large part, to "deter
end if need be, to defeat aggres
sion." CROUCH IS HEAD
OF BAPTIST BD.
Raleigh. Jan. 14 Dr. W. Per
rv Crouch, pastor of the First
Ff ntist Church in Asheville, was
elected president tonight of the
General Board of the Baptist
State Convention.
He succeeds the Rev. G. W. Bul-
lard, pastor of Raleigh's Temple
Baptist Church, who resigned to
accept a pastorate in Baltimore,
Md.
The Rev. A Leroy Parker, pas
tor of the Asheboro Street Bap
tist Church, Greensboro, was
' elected vice president, and M. M.
Jones of Nakina was re-elected
secretary.
More than 100 persons attended
a dinner honoring the retiring:
president Seventy-three of the
board's 85 members were present.
L. L. Morgan, the convention's
secretary of statistics, told the
convention, "This has been in most
respects the greatest year in our
convention's history . . . We have
had substantial gains in church
membership, local and mission
oifts. cooperating churches, Sua
',' day schools, vacation Bible school,
training unions, woman's work,
' and brotherhood work. There was
a slight decrease in baptisms and
tier capita giving."
Morgan reported Ifliat the .state
"at the end of 195 had 8,238 Bap-
tist churches with a membership
of 828,948, or a gain of 47 church
"es and 21,281 members. v
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, . Dr. Crouch cams to the Ashe
- ville church in January, 1944,
from Fsyettevflle, and bat been
active in civic and social service
. organisations. A native of North
'.. Carolina, ha W. served Ms ' da
nomination s sacretary f the
fst Baptist Convention's , De
rartrnent of Christian Education.,
pr Crouch is a trutU of Wake
. ct College. .
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GIRL SCOUT
FUND REACHES
$731.60 TOTAL
Officials Grateful For Fine
Response; But Few
Days Left
Officials of the Girl Scouts
'tiitcd here this week that they
i"-' well pleased with latest re
nts concerning the Girl Scout
Fund Kaising Drive. Latest tal
ilations reveal that $731.60 lias
V en demated with a few report.
oil) to come in.
Although the drive official's
ended Tuesday, those wishing 1
:lonate to the fund may do so by
sending their contributions t-'
Mrs. Hon Sprinkle, Treasurer of
the Girl Scout Fund, at the C'it
y.ens Bank here.
The goal is $1,200.00 for the
ounty, it was explained.
Whitener Says
State Of Union
Address "General"
Washington, D. C. Comment
ing on President Eisenhower's
State of the Union message to
the Joint Session of Congress,
Representative Basil L. Whitener
of the 11th North Carolina Dis
trict made the following statement
today:
"The President's speech set forth
several salutary statements of
philosophy. Particularly, I was
pleased that he urged additional
effort 'in the field of saving; mon
y and -manpower in government.
This is a worthy and commend
able aim.
"I was disturbed about the
President's failure to recognize
that our farm economy is still sick
and his Apparent unwillingness
tk) recogmize that the proposed
legislation authorizing United
States membership in the Organ-
ization jor Trade Cooperation is
not to the best interest of the in
dustry of this country.
"A glaring inconsistency in the
State of the Union address was
the President's reiteration of th
theory that government should
not compete with private business
on the domestic scene; while at the
same time he states that public
funds should be used by the gov
eminent of our country in financ
ing competitive business and in
dustry in foreign nations. This
seems to hold little hope that our
people who hold textile jobs and
are interested in the textile indus
try will get much relief from the
Executive Department of our gov
ernment. This to me is regret
table. "In summary, I would say that
the President's speech was gener
al in nature and was- disappoint-1
ing to me in the absence of spe
cific recommendations which would
best advance the interest of our
people in the Southland."
FATHER AND SON
ARE JAILED
Clovis, N. M. Under authori
ty of a Jaw passed by the last ses
sion of the New Mexico Legisla
ture, District Judge E. T. Hens
ley Jr., sent L. B. Martines and
hi ift-vaar-old son to jail be
cause of the boys' repeated run-
ins with the law. Father and son
ware sentenced to ten days in jail
in connection with a theft They
were kicked in the same cell.
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CITIZENS URGED
TO LIST TAXES
TfflS MONTH '
. Madison County"; Hlsns: are
urged to ' list their taxes during
January and avoi the penalty.
Tax books are with the listers
now and will continue to be until
January Jl.; . U.,-M.w .
MARSHALL, N.
MADISON COUNTY
LIVESTOCK
MEETING JAN. 25
Agricultural income is becom
ing harder and harder for indi
vidual farmers to obtain, states
Harry G. Silver, county agent.
With these conditions it is very
important that each farmer study
his situation and learn every
method possible which will enable
him to enjoy a greater income.
The County Agent's office is con
ducting a series of enterprise
meetings for the purpose of es
tablishing the goals which would
enable Madison County farmers
to obtain a maximum income from
their farms. The meetings of
poultry and dairying have already
been conducted and if the goals
can he achieved, which the farm
ers in these meetings have set for
L Madison County, dairy and poul
try farmers in the county will be
obtaining $500,000 more gross in
come five years from now than
they are today. The farmers pre
sent at these meetings feel that
the goals set up were reasonable
and could be achieved. They set
the goals.
A livestock planning meeting
wil be held at the Courthouse in
Marshall on Friday, January 25,
at 2:00 p. m.
Beef cattle and sheep producers
are urged to attend this meeting
and help set our goals for increas
ing the dollars to be brought into
the county by the sale of livestock.
BLACKWELL IS
FINALIST IN
MFRIT CONTEST
So. Of Dr. And Mrs.
Hoyt iBlackwell Of
Mars Hill
W
Albert L. Blackwellfson of Dr.
md Mis. Hoyt Blackwell of Mars
Hill, was among 50 Western North"
Carolina high school students who
were finalists in the National
Merit Scholarship 1!)"7 competi
tion. They were included in the 7,500
who out-performed 162,000 highly
selected fellow competitors in a'
college aptitutte examination giv
en in 12,500 high schools last Oc
tober. The finalists faced a three-hour
college board examination on Jan
uary 12, plus mtensive screening
of their leaderehip and extra-cur-i
:ci:lar records.
The Merit Scholarship Program
is now in its second year. It was
established in 1!I55 through basic
grants of $20,500,000 from the
Ford Fo-umlativn and the Carne-
?ie Corporation of New York
The National Science Foundation
and the Old Dominion Foundation
have given funds for research
work. In the first year, 556 Mer
it Scholars were named. They
are now freshmen at 160 differ
ent colleges.
"The program ie designed to
search the nation for those stu
dents most able to benefit from a
college education, regardless of
means. Once discovered, the stu
dents are supported m college by
funds provided by business and in
dustrial corporations, (profession
al scoieties, and evea individuals
interested in helping students of
high ability. Some 23 of these
groups financed Merit Scholars
in 1956, and over 40 business or
ganization are planning to sup
port Merit Scholars in 1957.
Fisher Drees "ail-Out" Effort
In March-of-Dimes Camp:isn
Schools " Expected To Assist
In Drive; Public Urg-ed
To Gnre Generously
: J. Frank Fisher, chairman ' of
tba, March of , Dimes Drive in
Madison County, stated this week
tht:.-sulHwgk,1s;-.'M.,'tob - early
to 'make r any : reports concerning
donations, ht felt the people were
aware of the great need for funds
to stamp out polio.
, 7 It is expected that all schools
C, THURSDAY,: JANUARY 17, 1957
CONTROL OF
TOBACCO TO
BE DISCUSSED
There has been quite a bit of
.thinking from various sections of
the burley belt on the most ideal
system of controlling burley to
bacco production. At the present
time there is a discussion about
the possibility of controlling bur
ley tobacco production by a
poundage control system. On
Monday, January 21, at 10:00 a.
m., there will be a meeting in
room 409 in the Buncombe Coun
ty Courrtiouse in Asheville for the
purpose of discussing- poundage
control vs. acreage control. It is
very important that Madison
County farmers be represented at
this meeting and voice their opin
ions on which system they prefer.
Mr. Frank Ellis, Tobacco Spe
cialist of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.,
will be present to explain the ad
vantages and disadvantages', of
both systems. Any tobacco farm
er in Madison County will be wel
come at this meeting which is
sponsored by the Farm Bureau
of North Carolina. It is a state
wide burley meeting and will
probably be the only meeting of
its type in the state. The meet
ing will probably hold until 2:00
p. m.
Coy Morgan, Madison County
Farm Bureau President, urges all
Farm Bureau members' and tobac
co producers in Madison County
to attend the meeting' and active
ly participate in the discussions.
R.V. RAMSEY
OF WALNUT
DIES AT 84
I.,1 . Til'- n :
V SSr "n!Si-U!y pending the w
fTred-farmerna iTOltSSiion
Walnut, died, in a-n Asheville Iws
pital nursing home about! 4 p. m.,
Wednesday, January 16, 1957 af
ter a long illness.
. Ramsey was a native of Madi
son County and was a mesdber of
the Walnut school board. A life
long Democrat, he was a fajniliai
figure in Madisnn County political
circles.
He was a member of Walnut
V-thoHist Church.
Funeral services wifl "be held
at 10 a. m, Friday at Walnut
Methodist Tiurch.
The Rev. Mack Reeves will of
ficiate. The body will lie in rftate 30
minutes prior to the services. It
was taken t" the home this
(Thursday) morning.
Burial will lie in Walnrtt Cem
etery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Carrie Henderson Ramsey, four
daughters, Mrs. Edna R. Massen
gill and Mrs. H. A. 'Lunsfosid of
Tallassee. Tenn,, Mrs. W- V.
Ritchie of Knoxville, Tenn., and
Mrs. T. J. Barr of Miami, IPla
one son. J. Vernon Ramsey of
New York City; a eister, Mts.
Robert Teague of Marshall; ne
brother, Charles Ramsey of Ashe
ville; seven graaddhildwa nd 9
great-grandchildren
Pallbearers will be Gene, 'Lis
ten, Weldon, Walter, Trad, Ralph
and Frank Ramsey, aod Billiard,
Ernest and Bruce Teague.
Bowiman-Rector Fusoeral Home
is in charge.
The town with tfce Uveal citi
zens always has the Mvast fts-m.
y 5--'.:-j-.,.t,
in the county will cooperate . in
soliciting contributions ba, ' Mr
Fisher urged adults to give dol
lar instead of dimet - . -
Township , workers. ' have been
appointed and they are "urged to
make "all-out" efforts to raise as
much as possible. ; . -'. ,; ,'. v.
fThis drive ; is , everybody's
drive and we must all give, and
give generously," Mr. Fisher sta
ted. '
F.W.JARVIS
PULLETS HAVE
FINE RECORD
F. W. Jarvis of the Jarvis
Branch community believes that
the twelve pullets he purchased at
the 4-H Poultry Show and Sale
have a good record. Mr. Jarvis
says that when he got his pullets
home from the sale he had six
eggs in the coop. The next day
he got fifteen eggs and on sever
al days since then his hens have
laid thirteen eggs. Mr. Jarvis
purchased his pullets September
29 and from then to December 21
he received 967 eggs fo,- an av
erage production of 85 Vi per cent.
Mr. Jarvis says that he has sold
$27.50 worth of eggs from the
twelve hens in addition to what
has been used in the family.
Mr. Jarvis has provided a good
warm house for his birds and has
built a lot for them. He feeds a
commercial laying mash in the
morning and scratch feed at night.
In addition to these practices he
also keeps plenty of fresh water.!", , ' '"T fc ,e "7"'"
... . i Club and Crover Redmon of the
before his birds and keeps a good
dry litter in his house.
EQUALIZATION
BOARD FAILS
TO ORGANIZE
It was learned here this week
that the Madison Counly Equali
zation Board, scheduled to organ
ize on January 7 anS hear com
plaints beginning January 14,
failed to organize because of con
fusion and disagreement as to
the legal membership of tire
board.
i Dates announced for the board,
as My, to hem complaints will
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gan
' It was previously sftaoenced
that Troy Rector had been named
to tihe board with Nat Blamken
ship and B. 3. Meadows s the
other members. Howevei. since
the announcement there has been
considerable -disagreement as to
just who is "legally" a miemlx.'!
of the boarfl
For the convenience of the puli
lir, it is hoped that the matter car
be cleared J)p in the aear future.
a board definitely organized anil
dates for "Shearings" he reset.
W-G.McDARIS,70,
PASSES; RITES
T0BEFRIDAY
Walter Gerome McThrris, 70, i
Alexander "KFD 1, died at his
home Wednt-sday mornmg, Janu
ary 16,1357, following brief ill
ness.
Mr. McDaris was a wvli-known
farmer and a member of th
Gran&View Baptist Churth.
Funeral services will held irt-
the Grandview Baptist OhurcM
Friday afternoan at two o'clock.;
The Rev. Dan Windsor, pastor,
will olifWiate, assisted by the Rev.:
N. H. Griff m ana the Hev. T. A.
Wheler. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be James W.
Briggs, Elrey BoeVner, iFrank
Buckner, DeD'w Greene, 'Charlie
Connor and Jerry Rlee.
Flower bearers wul be nieces
and oousins.
Surviving are the widow, Vrs.
Eloiae Deal McDaris; three daugh
ter, Mrs. Tom, Dula af Weaver
ville, Mrs. J. L. Bumgardner f
Asheville, Mrs. Jack Navy af
Mars Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Ben
Burnett and Mrs. J. O. Whitted,
both of Asheville; one brother, C
A. McDaris, of Hot Springs; and
two grandehildrea. v ,'u-i-;:-'
The body will be taken to the
koais Thursday afternoon to await
the' funeral houn Vi 1' .t- "
BowmaBiRector Funeral Home
is hi charge,' .'- V'' '.' v " '
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Sams Child Is Fatally
Burned; Father Injured
GOV. MICHAELS
ATTENDS LIONS
MEETING HERE
"Ladies' Night" To Be Held
Soon; Reports Are
Given
I.ion District Governor Ed Mi
chaels, of West Asheville. attend
ed the meeting of the Marshall
Lions Club at the Rock Cafe Mon
day night and officially welcomed
two new members into the cJub by
giving them their obligations. The
new members are Lions Krnest
Sawyer and Vernon Runnion. Also
present, in addition to 16 mem
bers, were two visiting Lions,
Erwin Club.
Various reports were heard, in
cluding the Christmas basket cam
paign. Lions Joe Nix and Ber
nard Brigman were recognized for
their outstanding work in getting
baskets prepared and furnishing
transportation for delivery of the
baskets. The members also ex
pressed gratitude to Cleophus
"Pee-Wee" Ward, who donated
gasoline for the delivery of the
baskets.
The club voted to contribute
$100.00 to the Girl Scout Drive
and also voted to donate $25 00 to
the March of Dimes Drive.
"Ladies' Night" was discussed
and a committee appointed to
make definite plans for the an
nual occasion in the near future.
In welcoming the new members
into the club, Gov- Michaels em
phasised the point that the Lions
Club was not a "civic" club but a
"serrice" organisation, known the
world over. He complimented the
Iocs! club on its fine record of
worthwhile projects.
lion George Shupe, president,
presided and introduced the
guests.
TIMETOSIGNUP
AGAIN IN ACP
It's time to sign up again in the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram, says Novile Hawkrns, chair
man of the Madison County ASC
Committee. Farmers of "the coun
ty have an opportunity again to
cooperate with
other counties
the farmers of
and States in ,
strengthening the Nation by im
proving the country's -ability to
produce food and fiber.
He said that the following con
servation practices have been ap
proved for Madison County for
1957: "Practice No. 1, 'Permanent
Pasture or hay; Practice No. 2,
Additional vegetative oover in
crop rotation; Practice No. S,
Liming materials on farmland
Practice No. 5, Forest tree plant
ing; Practice No. 6. Permanent
pasture or hay improvement;
Practice "No. 7, Farm ponds as a
means of protecting vegetative
cover andor for irrigation wa
ter; Practice No. 8, Forest improvement-;
Practice No. 12, Tile
drainage; "Practice No. 14, Winter
caver crops.
The 1957 program is open to all
farmers and any farmer of Mad
ison County who would like to
the ACP to "help him conserve the
soil on his farm 'and improve the
productivity f his land should
contact his local ASC Committee
man r call at the County ASC
office located at Marshall.
Farmers who cooperate. in the
1967 ACP wQl be helping to build
op the nation's soli reserves, says
Mr Hawkins. Net only win they
be protecting the nation's soil and
water ' resources against erosion
and waste, but they will be build
ing into the sop a .resistance to
erosion as well as storing up pro
duction potential in the land.
: j With the nation's farm plant
now geared to produce simple sup
plies of most major foos there
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PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR
Hot Plate Sets Bed On Fire
At Home On
Laurel
The 20-months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Sams, of Marshall
RFI) :i in the Shelton Laurel sec
tion, was fatally burned and Mr.
Sams severely burned early Wed
nesday morning.
Sheriff E. Y. Ponder, who in
vestigated the incident, stated that
the fire originated in the room
where the haliy was sleeping. The
child's mother said that due to
sickness of the child, a hot plate
hud leen placed under the bed
wit, Vick's salve on the hot plate.
Mr. Sams was in the room with
the child but apparently had fal
len asleep duning the night. About
5:00 o'clock, he awoke to find the
bed on fire. In attempting to res
cue the child from the flaming
bed, Mr. Sams received second de
gree burns of the hands, arms and
head, Sheriff Ponder said. The
flames had gained such headway,
however, that the child was fatal
ly burned. Mrs. Sams, who was
sleeping in another room in the
house, called neighbors who rush
ed Mr. Sams to the Tacoma Hos
pital in Greeneville, Tenn., and
managed to put out the fire, al
though much of the dwelling
burned. Mrs. Sams escaped in-jui'.v-
Funeral services for the child,
Wesley Sams, will be held at
2 p. m., today (Thursday) at the
home of his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Kye Sams of Marshall
RFD 3.
The Rev. L. A. Zimmerman will
officiate and burial will be in Al
lanstand Cemetery.
Surviving in addtion to Mr. and
Mrs. Kye Sams,- are his parent
Kye Sams,- are his parent. . t
nd Mrs. Ralph t
Mr. and
brother,
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Norton of near Asheville.,
Bowman-Rector Funeral Home
is in charge.
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ACREAGE
RESERVE
Several changes have been made
in the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve
Program that will be in effect
this year, acording to Ralph W.
Ramsey, office manager for Mad-
ison County ASC. For 1957 there
will be no minimum limitations nn
the amount of land that may be
entered in the program except"
those already in effect for 1957
wfheat. There will be limits on
the extent of participation and in
some cases the limits are lower
than for last year. First; the
acreage for any commodity placed
in the acreage reserve for fern I ;
shall not exceed that farmer al
lotment for the commodity. With-
in this limitation the maximum
burley tobacco acreage that nay V
be originally placed ill the pro.
gram is one acre or 80perceBt ef '''
the allotment, whichever Is lars V',
er. ' '"'.i'.Si'.-iA H
The Sign-up under theV 19ST
(Continued to Last Pegs) .
HAM SUPPER' !
AT; WALNUT
NEXT TUESDAY
There will be a ham supper giv-
en it the Walnut school cafeteria
Tuesday evening, January 22, be
fore the Walnnt-Msrshall basket
ball game, from 5:00 o'clock tinV
t;0a. o'clock. ' v The Parent-Tt
er . Association - win spon?or '
event,-".'-,' -
';, Fo6d will be furn!: ' 1 '
room represent lives ' '
with) the proce, 1 '
the home cor, '
' Tr' -n f r r"
for cl.l'Jrrn '.
grade and 7.' '
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