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inwoteuase
To Be Called May 15
1954 Election Irregularities
.' Be Aired 'Ten .
""' 'Defendants
Ten defendants in the two and
, one-half year old Madison County
'; ,1yote fraiud" case will stand trial
on May 15 during the criminal
term of U. S. District Court in
Asheville.
... , Charges against the 10 of con
spiracy to deprive voters of their
rights by "injury, oppression,
threats and intimidation" grew
out of alleged election irregulari
ties in the November, 1954 elec
tion. Specific charges included
conspiracy for the use of illegal
absentee ballots, use of unquali
fied or disqualified voters to im
personate qualified voters, casting
or causing to be cast forged,
fraudulent, illegal or fictitious
votes and illegal vote counting. '
The case was dismissed in May,
1956, when Federal Judge Wilson
Warlick ruled that an order he
himself had signed calling for
seizure and impounding of all
; election returns, ballots, ballot
boxes and other election records,
was not a valid procedure.
District Attorney James M. Ba
ley Jr., appealed the case and
'the U. S. Court of Appeals in
Baltimore held that Judge War
lick erred in ruling that election
materials ,were illegally seized.
The court ruled that it was prop
er and legal to seize the materials
; , since' they. 'were public records.
? (Defendants in the case are Zeno
! Ponder, former chairman of the
Madison
tions
'Sheriff
said here
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ACPEEPORTSDUE
County Board L EJeyr" w' vmir juugiugyMiniafc ui , , ...
r,E..y. WVJiwn 8econd ?y dairy, judghlg. rr??.- ,..
: .B. K," f .adows. Arthur 11,111 P'S oy judging A A 'HlV
--J't . l -"H North-Buncombe second in . . . i .
Some 1300 county farmers Have
through the 1957 ACP in per
forming needed soil and water
conservation practices on their
farms this spring.
Many of these farmers, accord
ing t Ralph Ramsey, County ASC
office manager, have not as yet
made their report showing per
formance of the practice has been
completed. Ramsey said that all
spring practices for which cost
sharing had been approved car
ried a report date of May 30, and
urged all farmers who had not
completed their practice to com
plete them immediately and to
make their performance report
with the ASC office.
iH e also urged farmers who
have completed their practices
but have neglected making their
reports to file their reports at
their very first convenience but
in no event later than May 30.
Approved cost sharing for
.. " i i
spring practices ior wmacn per
formance is not completed and re.
ported by May 30 will be cancel
led unless the farmer requests an
extension in time, Ramsey con.
eluded.
isome lauu county larmers navel wum' .,. T ,
. . . WJesbittJ MaSCs Hull, J. E. Mcln-
received Government cost-sharing I , ,
Sorensen Corp.
" . Makes Crown For
N. C. Safety Queen
-v.
' The Sorensen Bent Wood Cor
vc poration of Marshall has the dis
' tinction of making the beautiful
crown wnich. will be presented to
C -the winner- of the North Carolina
Safety Queen at. the 27th annual
:; N. .- C State Safety t lnierence
s t, whic will be beld en Priday ef
;:.f thia week at Wlnstonalem,
' The crown made of bent wood,
. ' will ' be painted white with" the
cross, safety emblem on the crown,
painted 'greeiu", V-'.N '
The contest "was sponsored by
t'.e N. C. Industrial Commission-
MHS ATHLETIC
BANQUET HERE
NEXT TUESDAY
Coach Don Henderson, On
Mars Hill College
To Be Speaker
The annual Marshall ' High
School Athletic Banquet will be
held next Tuesday' night in the
Marshall school cafeteria at 7:80
o'clock.
Coach Don Henderson, of Mars
Hill College, will be the guest
speaker and Gene Wike, of the
Sports Mart in Asheville, will
again be master of ceremonies.
Next season's football captain
will be announced and the out
standing football player will re
ceive an award.
Mars Hill Team
Wins Second Place
In FFA Contest We
Valley Springs placed first and
Mars Hill second in the Blue
Ridge Federation Future Farm
ers of America livestock judging
contest Wednesday.
They will represent the federa
tion in the Western District FFA
competition in Asheville May 17
18. FFA teams and individuals
from , 2jJtTOUties will,
-Vffley , Sprii.g took
participate.
)k first place
i luteins'.
le i Mars; Hili'
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1, uias vn.e s team .t placed 'third
dairir judging,'- and Walnut,
third inf(beef judging.'
The shewing' in Wednesday's
contest gave Mars Hill the over
all banner ,' for the fifth -time in
the past ,six years. , i
The Valley Springs vocational
agriculture teavKer is Marvin
byre, miu "iivim uuiiujiiiuc,
Greer.
Ashley Ball, Gayle
Sluder King, Queen
Ashley Ball, son of Mrs. Glen
na Ball, and Gayle Sluder, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gay Sluder
of Alexander, have been chosen
as King and Queen of the French
Broad School Festival.
Free Inspection Lane To De
Installed Here May 20-24
Will Be Located On C.
E. Mashburn Property
On Highway 25-70
John Conbett, coordinator, an
nounced her' this week that an
inspection lane would be installed
on the Mashburn property on
Highway 2570, May 20-24. He
stated that all vehicles would be
thoroughly inspected absolutely
free of charge. The lane will be
open from 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p.
m.
Mechanics from the various
Marshall garages will be in charge
of the inspection and it is hoped
that car owners will take advan
tage of this opportunity to have
their cart inspected, thereby les
sening,: the 'possibility for high
way accidents. ; .
... i Jn i the-' past, inspection - lanes
have proven very popular in Mad
ison County with hundreds ; ef
motorists taking advantage of this
opportunity of . having their cars
inspected free. :' -ty-", .", y
"We are '' looking forward to
having more inspections than ev
er before," Mr. Corbett stated. '
MARSHALL; fl.C, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1957
MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONEER
HELD TUESDAY $
fi
The Marshall Mars Hill and
Hot Springs voters chose mayors
and' boards of aldermen on- Tues
day of this week Following ire
the results from the three' ejec
tions : :
Marshall
For mayor Clarence Nixin
cumbent, 278. WriteJn votes :i for
John Corfeett, 10. Loy P. Rob
erts, 4. Delmer Payme 1. Q.X
Rudisill Jr., 2. '
Board of aldermen (three elect
ed) J. C. Dodson, incumbent,
267; Liston B. Ramsey, incvun
bent, 266; John Ward, 210. Write
in votes: Le'noy Pegg, 31. Caney
Ramsey Jr., 27. Leonard Baker
1. Harry Davis, 10. Billy Zink,
23. Delmer Payne, 18. Ben Fris
by 2. J. P. Fortner Jr., 1. Vader
Shelton, 6.
Mars Hill
The Mars Hill mayor and board
of aldermen were reelected with
out opposition. ' -
Despite the fact that they were
unopposed, a rather large rote of
confidence was given to Owen Til
son, mayor; and Dr. Bruce Sams,
Paul Tugman and Arthur Wood,
aldermen. ,'.
Hot Springs
For mayor J. R., Henderson
(incumbent) 263. Peter M. Feldt
mose 87. k . ,
for aldermen (three lected--Charles
Schaffer, incumbent,-278,
Aubrey Ramsey, incumbent,' 235.
E. B, Sumerel, ' incumbent, , 153,
H. W. Foster 147, Burnett Moore
a i J,7f
146, tee Fowler 70. , "
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i-dward i. Barr,oi tatfie Kockj," t01, ,lture Cieahers from
Ark, first vice president of Li-26 H.jlforth' Carolina 'coun
on Internatiorfal, will address the ties will ssfanble n Asheville on
annual' Western North uarouna
P Lions Club District Governor's
Night program Tuesday, May 14,
at 7 p. m., at the Battery Park
Hotel in Ashevivlle.
Program will honor W. E. (Ed)
Michael Jr., of West Asheville,
Governor of 36 Lions Clubs i n
District 31-A comprising some
1600 members in 12 western moun
tain counties.
Barry will succeed John L.
(Jack) Stickley of Charlotte as
president of the world's largest
service club organization 12,
415 clubs with 546,447 members
in 75 counties at the interna
tional convention in San Francis
co, Calif., in late June.
The Lions International officer
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DONORS FOR
RURAL FIRE
PROTECTION
Q , Q
Donors contributing to the plan
for rural fire protection during
the past two weeks included
Fred Rigsby," ...
Bud Swann .
Bryan Wallin
Mae Fleming '....
Robert Chandler i...
Ethel Sprinkle, .-.
Arthur -Ledford.
$10.00
10.00
'- 15.00
6.00
10.00
6.00
16.00
REA .-..-UU , 100.00
Ernett Teague 4 25.00
Leonard Baker ....... 25.00
Sherman Ramsey ''...... 10.00
It J. BaH ?-.U---- 6.00
Total To Date $54800
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History proves that people wbo
go to great lengths to find an easy
way out usually fall short.
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ASCVENDORSTO
HOLDTJANQUET
IIEREWED'Pil.
f'
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More than f100 Madieon County
ASC Vendors,' officials and guests
ill attend a banquet at the Mar
shall school cafeteria next Wed
nesday -at 7:30 o'clock. The event
Is being sponsored ib the vendors.
'The tguest speaker for ,the occa
sion will be 'Horace D. Godfrey,
State ASG Administrator.
.'Awards for service will be made
to ASC employees and committee
men, "? r ' j ' v't ,
County wicje. High
School Contest
Here This Evening
. The annuals 'countywide high
school Reading and Declamation
Contests will bei held, tonight
(Thursday) in the Marshall school
auditorium at 7:30 o'clock.
Six schools will participate and
a; large crowd is ' expected to be
present. ' ' " - -
FFAf
Li..
II0LD,
NWEEK
"ole,
Wiiuu
...... .
Mav if Jndll8 for a iant rally.
This vnairks Ithe 3rd time such a
district fcattferiag of vocational
agricultural I students ihas been
held in : Asheville. In charge will
be the 1 teachers of agriculture and
H. E. Beam, District Supenvsor
of Agi-i cultural Education for the
State I )epartment of Public In
structio n.
An o ntstanding feature of the
rally w ill be the Parliamentary
Proc-cdulre Contest. The winning
teams ffrom 9 federations within
the (iisttrict will be competing for
tvp honors. A parliamentary pro-
ced u re
dents
tun-.
team consists of six stu-
nd the teacher of agricul-
The teacher does not par-
ticipate
except in the opening and
closing kiertemony.
Each team has
a total
of 15 minutes to demon
strate various abilities in parlia
mentary! procedure using one of
nine subjects. The subjects to be
discussejd by a team is unknown
i to the tnemibers until they are
ready Co perform. The winning
FFA team in this contest will re
ceive a $15.00 prize in addition to
representing Western North Car
olina at the statewide contest fi-
! Mais in Raleigh this summer. The
Future Farmer of America Ritual
and Pai liaoientary Contest is de
signed to encourage training for
proficient participation in the eon'
duct of meetings. Demonstrated
ability te,. handle parliamentary
procedure1 will be the basis of
judging (he contest.
The furore firmer,
represent
ing yj jtr snuois wan wwpKvc
in varkiui ofcsr contests, includ
ing dairy judging, beef and swine
judging, and public speaking con
teats. The winners of these eon-,
testa will v also compete in the
statewide contest finals in Raleigh
this summer." In addition te these
nh tout a 40nieoe brass band and
---iJ -jw.. nf FFA mem-
bent will perform. s i
l.-JUsisting with conducting this
rally will be X- O. Coleman, voca
tional agriculture teacher of Mar-
ha Hi Scbo
ber of the Entertainment commit-
tee. Mr. Jack Cole from Walnut
High School is chairman of the
Hofritality committee.-
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12 POST OFFICES
INTHB AREA
DISCONTINUED
Twelve Western North Carolina
post offices have been discontin
ed according to a Revised directory
of post offices just released by the
Post Office Department,
' Among the post offices discon
tiued were Azalea near Oteen;
Bald Creek, near Burns
Mountain; Buladean, supplied
from iBakersville; Cheoah, sup
plied from R(lbinsville; Day
Book, near Burnsville; Bast La-
port, supplied from Guilowhee;
Lauada, near Bryson City; Ram
gaytown, supplied from Burns
ville; Shulls Mill, near Boone;
Spring Creek, supplied from Hot
Springs, and Swiss, supplied from
Burnsville.
The revision also noted that the
Glenrock Station Post Office in
Asheville has been changed from
a classified station to a contract
Station. This change comes about
when the station is not leased by
the U. 'S. Government and is not
operated by a civil service em
ploye.
Dr; S. W. Vance
Returns From
Southern Rhodesia
s Dr. S, W.'Vance, JTpief' MirY
Hill and MarshaW' jihysician'i who
'n in Southern Rhodesria as
.taii Missionary, arry-vi-in
umtry Tuesday n!ghtj Vhete
j pwi& seeral weCV 'itn
hi wJJl and UiailfsA JM UM1.
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To Meet1TUesday;
To Install Officers
The regular meeting of the
Mars Hill PTA will be held Tues'
day, May 14 at 7:30 p. m., in the
school auditorium.
IMrs. Hughie Ray, president,
will install the following oflficers
for next year: President, Mrs.
Rollins Jarvis: vice president.
Mrs. Hal Carter; secretary, Mrs.
Bernard Proffitt; treasurer, Mrs.
Coy Radford.
Rev. W. L. Lynch will have
charge of devotions.
Refreshments will be served af
ter the meeting. .
Wheat Referendum June 20;
infill Effect Price Support
Presbyterians
Attend Conference
At Warren - Wilson
Delegates from the Marshall
Presbyterian Church attending
the area conference of the World
Mission of Church at Warren Wil
son College Monday evening were
Mrs. John O. Corbett Sr., Mrs. C.
D. Bowman, Mrs. Fred O. TJaon,
Mrs. C, P. Sorensen, Mrs. LiRlc
ard Mellin and Mr. and Mrs Col
in Coleman.
The forum was conducted by
Miss Treva M. Marshall, of Chris
tian Medical College, Vellore, In
dia; the Rev. Davy A. Neely of
Dager Biblical Seminary, Bibia,
Africa; and' Miss Mary Turren
tine of Latin America, ' mission
aries. '
Marshall Firemen
Meet ToiUhiii4
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All Marshall firemen are ask
ed to be on the LflandV tonight at
7:15 o'clock for drill . v ; V
"Red Cross Worth
More Than Money,"
Family Asserts
During the recent bereavement
of Mr. Sherman Cutshall and his
family the Red Cross handled
emergency communications re
garding their son's (Buddy)
leave.
Mr. Cutshall said his son's pre
sence was a great comfort to his
wire during her last days. Red
Cross assisted the family in get
ting doctors' reports and other in
formation needed by the military
to bring the serviceman home.
Mr. Cutshall told the Red Cross
valunteer worker that Red Cross
services were worth "more than
money" to his family at this time
Services to the armed forces
and their families is one of the
Red Cross responsibilities. About
35 families have been assisted
with such services since January
in Madison County, according to
Mrs. J. B. Tweed, chairman, Home
Service Volunteers.
Laurel, Mars Hill
Students Win In
Contest Thursday
Lena J"ean Ray, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Byard Ray, of Mar
shall RFD 4, a student at the
Laurel School, was awarded first
place in the annual grammar
grades JUfcdijft and Declamation
Colitest wh&h as held in the
Marshall school auditorium laBt
Thursday' night ; Lena. Jean's
fit. . Lena. Jea'rfs
entitled, "Baby
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reading ( Ww
The Bathroom
'Roger Buckner, of '- the . Mars
Hill school, won top honors' in the
PgJ&flintlfrBCongat, Ibis subject
te.ing, Ji bpeak tor tiumsiac
t W. W- Peek, Superintendent,
presented the awards.', ;
Judith Ana t Payne, Marshall
student; won second place in the
Reading contest and Wayne Finch,
er, Hot Springs student, won sec-
And nla in twi..Ha. v.aqot uounty resioenis -,ymma.:y--:
test ' t
Others, participating hasre:
Girls: -Lucille Shelton, Ebbs
Chapel; Priscilla Holder, Hot
Springs; Maxine Gosnell, Walnut;
Shirley Moore, Spring Creek;
Brenda Tomberlin, Beech Glen;
Nancy Kendall, Mars Hill.
Boys: Carroll Askew, Spring
Creek; Bobby Miller, Beech Glen;
Edward Ray, Laurel; Frank Fox,
Elbbs Chapel; David McElroy,
Marshall; Craig Burnette, Wal
nut. Eligible Voters Must Have
More Than 15 AcVes
In 1958
The Secretary of Agriculture
has recently proclaimed marketing
quotas on the 1958 wheat crop
and set a national acreage allot
ment or oo million acres.
Novile Hawkins, chairman of
the Madison County ASC Com
mittee, said that the Secretary
had set June 20 as the date on
which the wheat producers of the
nation would decide in a referen
dum whether or .net they . favor
wneat quotas on the 196S -crop.
The outcome of the referendum
will effect the price' support lev
el for wheat harvested nejrti year.
According to the chairman,"1 two
thirds ;ote jyes' the srupport of
tne 1358 crop will be set at-75
percent ef parity or approximate
ly flS per bushel for wheat In
thia state, ,. If more than one-third
vote ."no"; the, aupport level will
drop to 50 percent of parity.". In
any case ;support will be avail
able only to those farmers who
stay, within their farm'a wheat
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PRICE: t $2.50 A YEAR , '
oymty
Meeting To Be Held
Courthouse Friday
Afternoon
At
"The future of the American
Red Cross Programs in Madison
County rests entirely in the hands
of the citizens between now and
June 15 " Miss Ruth Lockman, ;
Red Cross official, stated here
this week.
Miss Lockman said that every
thing possible is being done by
the National organization to help
Madison County keep its Chap
ter. As previously announced,
this county has been in arrears
in their annual membership drive
for funds during the past several
years with the National organi
zation "carrying the load."
A quota was set for the 1967
Membership Drive but fell far
short. Officials of the Red Cross,
distressed about the possibility of
Madison County losing the many
services of the Red Cross, stated
that Madison County could keep
ita Chapter and programs pro
vided $1,200 more could be collect
ed by June 15.
In an effort to continue the
Red Cross Chapter in the county,
an important meeting has been
called for Friday afternoon at
the courthouse When local and Na
tional Red Cross officials will dis
cuss the plans for continuing to
operate in Madison County. The
meeting will begin at 2:30 o'clock
and everyone interested in keep- ,
ing the Red Cross Chapter iss
urged to attend.
It was pointed .out by, Miss-
, 4V7T 'Zi '
M""
Sl-.'ot-great imporywe.
program,'
ing'' the cm,usens of. litis county
hundreds of dollais aurally? '"h ' '
stated that more than 1?0 jcr
"fTiave been piven blood throw h
uarjy of t.i.iK-j,,,.. ,,
of figures reveals tliac (
were given Diooa aur; jju... "i , j
EH in February; 46 m March and1
have had to pay $4,750.
The following persons have been
given one or more pints of blood
since the last visit of the blood-.
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WALNUT ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION
TO MEET MAY 18
The Walnut Hisrh School Alum
ni Association will hold its an-i A-
nual meeting in the Walnut an
ditorium on Saturday night," May ''
18 at 7:30 o'clock- it was an
nounced this week by Mrs,,Tres-L
saiee a. itamsey, secretary. , f , ;
An interesting' program i ie-('
ing planned and all members of
the association are urged to at-
tend.
ATTENTION ALL
MHS ALUMNI V :
T h e annual : Marshall - High
School Alumni Banquet will be',
held at the school cafeteria on
Saturday night, May 18 at 7;S0
'clock.!' tfrAtv'4':-t---l
CbLV Edward "Husky" Rector
1 to be the guest speaker and e".
members ahd their wives and tu
bands are Urged to attend.
VtJards have been mailed to ?
ny of.the ex-grads but I : "
inson, president, sa;J t"
addresses were mt 1
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