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' i V ' . 1 'I I I ' ! f I 1 , f 11 J f I 1 1 " a i lii , - t , , ,1 r i ,4 , i v . J 1 i t , j - 'j ' ' ' i 1 ' 'J' 1 1 I M t 'f bt i ' "' s f nr' J ';?;' ' - " I f If 1 n r U ULb '''" Lj JlJ;V, J VOL., 57 8 PAGES THIS WEEK. MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, ' 1 UARY 9, 1958 PRICEi $2-60 A YEAR IN COUNTY $4.00 A YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY ' . 1 , 'I' n 1 'I' Ill I I I ;no:2 , tuft V ft r- 1C03 Acreage Reserve Signup To: Start IJexl onday PertAcr PaymenU Rates , For 1958 Program - ; aoinwhat Higher . 9 .. t Th aiynup for th 1958 Acrt- v i ; age Program for : ipring-aeeded crops will atart on January 13, ' Novile Hawkins, Chairman, Mad , aon County Agricultural Stabili . Mtion and Conservation Corn ea itee, hag announced.' The clos ing date in March 7. "Allotment" acres of spring wheati corn, upland cotton, and tobacco are eligible for the 1958 V Acreage Reserve, i the chairman stated; these are the same crops which were eligible in 1957. The , new program seek to remove from 11.5 million acres of these allot ment erops from production dur ing the coming season. While there are still two weeks before the beginning of the sign up under the program, Mr. Haw . kins urges farmers to get in touch with their county . ASC Office toon if they are interested in talc ing pant in the 1968 Acreage Re- . serve Program. As was announced in the early fall in connection with the Acre age Reserve Program for the 1958 'i-f wiritv'crep; ;ach f tarnr taking part in the program for spring- ' ' '. planted crops must have a "Soil Bank base" established for it, and ' this must be done before a pro- ; gram agreement . may be signed by the farmer. The Soil Bank base will be the total crep acreage approvals or purchase orders will be issued during the Initial sign up period. - Farmers' ' whe file teir requests during this peried 11 receive priority i ever ay lat- 1 field requests; -. however, re ."jts -w. ill be 'arc -tt-d ai J ?- ..x.Ie "fuw'a rii.. u r sif-n-iip , period. The AC? i o or Iris a jiartncib,hip be- ivoen the Qovernment and the farmer whereby each shares . the . cost in performing needed soil and , w water conservation measures ;t protect their most vital resources - the soil. , ... . , 1 According to the' office menag , er, this is a mighty'good time of v , the year for farmers to make an 5 : inventory of ; 'their conservation .'. . needs and develop plins whereby ' they might perform as many of those needed practices as possible . In 1958. In conclusion, Ramsey urged all I ' interested fanners to study the material which was mailed to them this week pertaining to the ,- ACP .for 1958 and to contact the . ; ASC office for further detailed ; information pertaining to the pro- gram. ,- CONVENTION OFNCEABSET FOR MARCH 20 The annual convention of the North Carolina Education Asso ciation will be held in Asheville March 20-22. More than 3,000 North Carolina school teachers, principals, super visors and superintendents plan to participate. Dun & Bradstreet Lists Madison County Firms BE IN ASHEVILLE Madison County , Churches Are Expected To Attend Some 2,000 Baptist pastors, as sociational missionaries, educa tional directors and Sunday School leaders will meet January 20-24, with the First Baptist Church, in Asheville, in the annual Regional Sunday School Clinic. This project is being jointly sponsored by the Buncombe Bap tist Association, the Sunday School Department of the Baptist State Convention of North Caro (Contisued on Last Page) CARVER, WHO ESCAPED DEC 6, ARRESTED HERE Each January business concerns in all parts of the United States receive from Dun eV Bradstreet requests for' their annual finan cial statement. This year the number of requests going out na tionwwlde . will approximate three million, with over 150 going to Madison County businessmen. The growth and industrial de yelopwnty'o,Madlaen . County. ,if reflected' in statistics' lust releas ed bv the credit renertln firm. ! by Pfff; Sneri' John Hens. Halt 8 s: ! j oHDeeSaosa if Folk atrial 330 To Urn Waa Serving Term For The Murder Of Roy Rogers; Escaped Dee.' 6 " Policeman Carl But rell, assfet- ; Former Madisonians Honored For Safe Driving Records y Clyde R, Pike of 279 Murdock 'Avenue, and Luther Emmett Naves'.of 4 Oak Parlf Road, both , of Asheville, were honored by the Greyhound corporation for achieve ing outstanding Dua driving safe ty records with cash, awards cer tificates, and uniform emblems, last week. - , Both, men are former Madison" County residents. Pike haa a 13 year accident free record of driv ing 845,00 miles, and Naves, the sons of Mrs. J. Henry Naves of I.rarshall RFD 1, and the late Mr. Naves, has 11 years of safe drhr-" ir,, with 715,000 miles. , - ' Thomas E. Kane, , Manager at Knoxville, which cover this area, says thai this year there will be more requests for financial state' ments made of business concerns In Madkon County than Usual,; The Madison County section of the current, issue of Dun & Brad street Reference Book contains listings -of 158 local names I com prising .manufacturers, wholesal ers and retailers. It does not in clude some at tho , srv1 'f id "professional ' businesses su. js barber and beauty shops, Te&y es tate and stock brokers. Thiyf the figure of businesses in Madison County would actually be higher than the 158 quoted above.'. .1 During 1958, Dun & Bradstreet estimates they will be required to. make about 16 changes 1n the list ings of : business enterprises in Madison County. These changes will result from adding the names of new businesses, and deleting the names of those who have dis continued; as well as accounting for changes in ownership, trade names and credit ratings. 1957 N.C ROAD FATALITIES ARE LOWER THAN 1956 ley, stopped a .1951 Ford Fordor on Meshbura Hill in Marshall a bout 11:S0 . o'clock Wednesday night while searching for ' wh'ls- kcy. V'-;v; ' i ' When the officers noticed that the driver of the ear was armed with a ,38-cal. pistol, they arrest ed him and his; two- companions and charged the driver with car rying a concealed weapon.. j J j Further investigation by heW Iff PwHer rdyrnledtbt .thndril 1 er was '.Hewchel Carveiv )''""' 63, alias Brjj'ant L. Loren; A tlev u A -check into the y,-A- bouts of Carver showed Vathe had escaped, from the' . Ckange uounty ? N c prison camp on December 6, 1957. i He was serv insr a - 30-year ' sentence for the murder of Roy Rogers which o& curred in , Buncombe County a- bout 25 years ago. Rogers was well known in Madison County. Carver's companions were Clyde Huff and George Welch, both of Newport, , Tenn. They were also placed in jail for further investi gation. Sheriff Ponder said that sever al burglary toolB were found in the car. OFFICERS 0: V, LIONS CLIHS TOMEET Jiul8 State, district and internation al officers will participate in the mid-winter convention of Western North Carolina Lions Clubs Sat urday, Jan. 18, In George Van derbilt Hotel, AsheVjlle - Program jrincipalswill include John L. (Jack) Etickley of Char lotte, Immediate past internation al president; and potman True-, blood of Elisabeth f y, secretary treasurer, N..C. StiJ.'Lions Club Council. 1 r ; ' ; Three host district governors wiU be:-31-A, Judge WdUiam A. Hart of Weaverville,' 31-B, A. R. Smith' of Boone; and 31-C, Law rence L. Maier of VBelmont" ,. i :; Representatives of Vail V Lions Clubs west of Charlott . will re riewptogres'3 report , on- Wind aid and 'prevention of blindness work on the community, county, and district levels. t ' Delegates will represent 110 clubs with "some 4,700 members, including District Sl-A with 36 clubs and 1.C00 members, District 81-B with 87 c?ibs and 1,500 mem bers, and District 31-C With 87 (Continued ott Last Page) ' Pill (Sollege 1 -tft '' ,1, -,. Sheriff .ponder' saU here today that eight boys of the" Laurel sec tion, have been arrested after it was learned that the Laurel High gchool had been entered Sunday night,.". . - v. Missing from 'the" school were milk, cheese, crackers and other food. " .' The boys will ' haveV a' hearing before J. rH. Davis here on Janu ary 18, at two o'clock. NEW TAX PLEA POSSIBLE, HODGES SAYS Raleigh, Jan. 8 Gov. Hodges today declined to rule out the pos sibility that he might deem .it necessary to ask the 1959 legisla ture for an increase in state tax es. . "I don't want to say something like that won't happen," Hodges said - at his news conference in answer to a question. But, the governor added, he hod not meant to imply in a speech he delivered to a statewide radio and television audience last night that a tax increase would be need ed in 1959. Hodges said it's too early yet to forecast what the Btates' finan rial situation will be when the time comes to present a budget tothe 1959, legislature luiacuswiur ine Jinanciai ouc- look, Hodges pointed out that one or two states have had diminish ing revenues and have "had to cut back." ' . :-.,:..-:-. , "If I had to guess" about con ditions, "I'd say things were go. ing to soften . up," the.. governor -oOo- Bascom Lamar Lunsford Is Donor; Includes Scrap Book JUDGES IN STATE DON ROBES; LACK ENTHUSIASM Wrong Slant The thing that makes a man especially propd of .himself is1 the delusion that, his associates are. continued. "That's what every one says." He said he hoped that business .-conditions ' would ; turn upward by the middle of the year. In last night's "State Of the State" speech, ; the governor ' said j ilAisM'cy "i ssr' governtrtjp'-' 1s rising , as people are aemana ing t more services V and '' needed ones must be provided.'' He ad ded that "all of these things cost money lots of money" which comes from "taxes on you and me." Hodges also, said in his speech that 8 "great deal more dollars will be required in the years a-head"-simply to maintain the pub lic schools at their present levels (because of enrollment increases expected. The governor also said in his speech that the highway fund revenues are falling slightly be low estimates made when the highway budget for this bjennium (Continued to Page Five) Raleigh, The Department of Motor i Vehicles gave a tentative year-end report of Tar Heel road fatalities this week. A & P President Predicts The record for 1 '1957 showed High Food Production, 56 fewer deaths than 1956, a year !' Improvements in wnlch lius persons were Kiueai and 19,480 were Injured. ,.'" j 'Agency officials were gratified Accent On Prices In 1950 Seen By V w 5''. 7 ' Leading United States Grocer Head :rsinilPTiHJ 1 To Co' Held ' ' 7, January. 14' ' Fa rent-Teacher , ?. t Tyfp.'-iy 1 ', rt 7:."-) i:i f f l-T. Var,(f at the decrease, although delayed deaths will undoubtedly jack-up the final toll. " According to the National Safety Council, accident victims who ; suffered injury in 1957 but -who die this year must I be counted as. ,"57 fatalities. .. Stats Highway ., ratroi raaio, which accumulated last minute fa talities, closed its .log on 1052 deaths for the year. Injury fig ures were ' not available,, but' es timates 'would hit close to 20,000, officials : declsred. t;The. fatality toll, for last year was the best since 1954 When 991 were 'killed.' Deaths have, topped 1000 for 11 of' th department's , . (Continued te Page Five) Dr. Knight,' Family F.Iove To Marshall Dr. 3 f Lee Knirht, who has open- .'.'!$ fc!ove 'Toore's Fharma l.'s v-:;e s:),l two t'.IMrfn -, According to the nation's lead ing food merchant, American con- sumers had another banner food year in .1957,! eating better than ever before in history, because of improvementss all along the ; line in the handling ; of merchandise from the farm.-to the home. : The outlook : fori 1958r in the opinion of Ralph W. Bnrger, president of the " Great '". Atlantic Pacific Tea Company, is for continued high production, w con tinned increase in $ the develop-' meat t and. pse -s of convenience foods,, and ' further improvements in stores and service, but with in creased emphasis on price. uJ 'X " Mr. Burger said that while con sumers' expendable income should remain high in the coming year, continued high living costs will cause the economywise housewife to keep a sharper eye on the 5 per. cent of the aversg'e fam"y budfret that goes for f-xd. ' will '- "Because 1 'or, trsr.r.-nr'nt'.ml if Imd tlie pro,!... ''nn ('- .f f . j f t';e farm l.vl r u t ; t view, government report indicate that production of pork and chick. en should Increase A slightly " in 1958; shall reductions are in pros pect for beef, and 'veal; and other major - food groups should remain about the same, he said. i "We may expect the j,trend to ward . increased consumption of pre-packaged .meats 'and 'produce, frozen foods of all varieties, mak ing - mixes and soluble coffee to continue," he added. "The de mand for canned foods also will remain ' strong - necause of . their uniform quality, value and stor age convenience, , , . "While the American housewife Will continue to . buy convenience foods, and built-in maid service during the coming year, she will do so only in direct proper' n to the ability of the in!.; ' ,. 1 ; duce these goods t a ) ' e family budget can sT i.!. "In other wordi, V s i ence food manufacture' t oessors will have to t whilfl ?ff '.Ir r r-'"v r " creased marketing and production costs Mr. Burger cited wages and transportation - which together account for more than 50 per cent ox the increase along .with a general rise in all the things that marketing firms use, including f uel, ' contaniers and packaging materials, machinery and rents. This applies not only to the pro cessor,, manufacturer and the die tributor but causes .hardships at th production level, h said, be cause the farmer also is confront ed with steadily increasing costs, particularly In the areas of farm labor and machinery. . ' "In view of these rising mar keting costs and indication of an increased price-consciousness '.' a. mong consumers during 1958, the industry must seek . economies in a areas where they are avail 'V. Mr. B urged warned. v'nfrs are possible in ware ( through the development r equipment that lends it "omat'c prowwrs, C -'r -:i be topj-lit by Btrps i g S 1 d.l'vf-ry rs; 'c t r i ai ' r An old English court custom the wearing of robes by judges holding court - came to North Carolina's superior courts this week. But some of those who wore them although not compelled to do so, made no bones about their lack of enthusiasm. Judge Susie Sharp of Reidsville, the state's only woman jurist, re fused to allow a photographer picture when she appeared in l-court a HigJiPoint. ;f .. Wl all right for federal and district courts,'' she commented about robe-wearing, "they stay in one place. For us (superior court judges), it's absurd and ridicu lous. ;; She said she had voted against the proposal for robes but was in the minority. Judge J. Will Pless of Marion, president of the Superior Court Judges Assn., said at least 82 of the state's 89 superior court judges had nought ; gowns n cost ,$o5 each. by last month. ' I In Buncombe Superior Court, Judge J. Frank Huskina of Burns ville fell into step with the new- old, order, of judicial haberdash ery as he donned black robes to open the January term of crim inal court Monday. Couple Injured In A One-Car Wreck Near Here Saturday v Bascom Lamar Lunsford, a na- tive of Mars Hill, who has gained international recognition as a col lector of ballads and other Appa lachian mountain folklore, has giv en his entire collection of folk ma terials J Mars Hill College. The collection includes two sets of master discs of recordings off ballads and other folk music which Lunsford transcribed for the Library ef Congress and the' library of Columbia University. Copies of these recordings, which contain 665 different Herns of folk music, can be made from the master discs. ' Also included in the collection, which will be housed in the col lege' Memorial Library, are a- bowb. .8,000 notes .wrfolkr songavT' f. csiiu uesswvo tv tvu m MwiivuuiV veeMia- ' and pictures illustrating various . dances, about 70 volumes front &! personal library and a 28x30 Bcrapboo'k containing dipping and other material tracing Luns-; ford's family history and his life-... long interest in folklore. ' ' f ; "We are extremely grateful lo ' Mr. Lunsford for giving this vat- ? uable material to our library ., said Miss Edna Eaves,' chief li brarian. She added that she hOO-. j ed the collection wilt 'become the1 nucleus ' around - .which "slmil item ean be gaUnied. A " Often called "The Minstrel' of the Appalachians," Lunsford has been closely aasaciated with moun- -tain people since his birth here in.w 1882. Hie father, James Bassett Lunsford, came to Western North , Carolina after the Civil War as 4 .' pioneer school teacher. He taught for 37 years. During 1871-72 J. B. Lunsford! taught in a "Peabody School" 'at Mars Hill College with John Rob-, ert Sams. The school was sup ported in part from a trust fund ' established by George Peabody to lehaibilltaJte schools and encour age education in the South. In 1876-78 he taught alone at Mars Hill, and between 1881 and 1888 (Continued To Last Page) MM TOO f? tail! Y T t r A sailor on leave and his wife were slightly injured in a one-car wreck 3 miles north of here Satur day morninfr when their vehicle ran off the road, into a ditch, up an embankment and smashed into a stone wall alongside US 25-70. Robert L. Clevenger, 19, and his wife, Martha Clevenger, 18, both of Hickory, were given dis pensary treatment at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville I Saturday morning. The sailor Tha MarsWI pta win hold" received cuts of the mouth in the Marshall PTA Meeting To Be Held January 22 mishap, and Mrs. Clevenger, a cut on her left loot, We nospitai re ported. . CONTROLLING THE WEATHER There are distinct possibilities that nuclear bombs will in the future be able to exert a con siderable influence on the weath er. In fact,' there are hints from Russia, and .from ' those, source Which are studying Russian prep arations , in this field,;, that the Communists are hoping to learn to control the weather to a fright ening degree.'? " ' '.' It will be recalled that experl merits were carried out during and after - World War II with bombs, as nsed ; on hurricanes, and in an effort to -deflect tftcpe huge storms from their path. Lit tle is known as to the sou? si sv.e- (s or unaing or su i tu t'.or-rh they did not result ii "rj fin-, ucai penei.is. . ir-wevcr, it is state-1 V : r j r r- : ' or V their monthly meeting Wednesday ' afternoon, Jan-iary 22, at 8:00 , o'clock in the school cafeteria. for. Lee Knight will . he - the guest speaker. - r ' The meeting was scheduled for . this week, but was postponed,' it y was announced. , All members art urged to at tend. s " " ' . ' -s , , , t fiennes Succeeds Alexander In Driver Education-; Joe new ' "The appointment of Mr. Bennes of Asheville as the Driver Eudcatton .'Representative of the. N. C Department of Motor Vehicles will be of interest to the residents of Madison County. Mr. Bennes will succeed Mr. O. H. Alexander who will assume dn!' 3 ad-.i of ;sl t .e ty cf t