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$4.00 A YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY 6on. Oppose Basil L Uliitener ' " ' s Pay Television '-' Statement of Basil L. White- ner, member of Congress, 11th ( ."V District,1,. North Carolina, to Committee on .Interstate and Foreign Commerce of tfie Unit ' ed States House of Representa tives with reference to Pay V' Television Broadcasts. Mr. Chairman and Members of the' Committee In connection with the hearings - which you are currently conduct ing to determine the advisability of authorizing closed circuit transmission of television broad casts I would like to express my opposition to the proposal ' . It is my considered opinion that - a departure from our present sys tem of handling the television transmission of intelligence and entertainment is not in the public interest The proposed pay-tele- i - vision method would place an un- ' due financial, burden upon the f anasses of the people of this'Na . tion and jwould leave them with r t,the alternative of either suffer 'ing deprivation 'of the pleasures ; ' and values of television or paying t ' money for that service which they rf: cannot affm-ri tn Aa, r f I do not believe 'that it is con- " ', aistent with-the best, interests of .- , . ..... . . .. v uur. economic, - cultural, or social ' 'life to. authorize a system which .-would have the , effect which .- - vianaliza that nav-folmrtafon wnnlH 11:. . . v .vmw , m.v ..v rwjric Against Pay TV - , ) . , , r v V I Lii Congressman Whitener ttl i 1- A J-l . 15111'"'.. ASliiMIESAT. 1968 International , Mid-Winter f - convention of - S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A, Inc., presents "an all-star show of . quartets at. the Asheville City Au ditnriiim KntilrHnir .. . Fptimurr 1 '.at 8:0Q p.. m. " r ?. The 1958 Champion and Medal . list include: , "Lads -of Enchant ment,'' Albuquerque, N. M. ; "The Til l t m 1 T T . i-.- ' riuywniKa, xeuueca, in. rour ""; Bitchikfers," Springfield, Mo.; "Home Town Quarter," Lodi, N. JT.: "Chickasaws." Memphis Ten- ; DiuflM! and "Tjmd nf t.h Skv Chorus"- ... Tickets 'may be obtained from Rector Funeral Home here. 1 MHC SPRING TERM STARTED ON WEDNESDAY 'First semester examinations, .which began Monday, January 20 for the students at Mars Hill Col lege, ended Saturday. Registra tion for the spring terra was held Monday and Tuesday, and classes began again at 8 a.' tn., Wednes day. . -"c 4 ' 4, f, ", " . - Approximately 60 new students enrolled for the .second semester, Registrar Robert Chapman said. The tprollmet tfor .tlw f irft. term toUllett - 4,110, nduuding1 " 1,062 full-time students and 48 special students taking non-credit cours- OVILX)URT TO BEGIN NEXT MONDAY, FEB. 3 It was announced here this week that the regular term of Civil Court, wil be held next week, starting Monday, February 3. The Honorable Francis 0. Clarkson, judge, will be presiding. CREDIT ASSN.' HAS GOOD YEAR Wade Huey Named To The Board ' Of a Directors V Last Friday Mrs. Atkinson Is New- Case Worker. With Co. Welfare Dept. Mrs. Helen Abernathy Atkin son, wife of William E. Atkinson, of Asheville, has accepted a posi tion as Case Work Assistant with the Madison County Department of Public Welfare and assumed her duties here Tuesday. Mrs. Atkinson, who is a native of Reidsville, is a graduate of Meredith College where she re ceived her BA degree in English and History. She also attended Queens College, Greensboro Col-; lege and did graduate work at Woman's College of the Universi ty of North Carolina. For the past two years she was a member of the Wentworth High School faculty. Prior to that she served two years as county and assistant district supervisor of , recreation and nursery schools under WPA iMr. and Mrs. Atkinson have a uaugnwr, ourweu, ana' a son, Med and are 'members .' of , the Grace Presbyterian Church- conservation: THROUGH m V SOILBAIJK ;: Pounders' Dav To Be Observed By Marshall PTA It was announced here this week by Mrs. Earl Robinson, pres ident . of the Marshall Parent Teacher Association that their next meeting' would be held Tues day r February -4, in the school cafeteria. A special Founders' Day pro gram will be presented and all past presidents will be honored at a tea. "We urge everyone to attend this' special meeting," Mrs. Rob inson stated. I'JIiiteliurst Scholarship Fund niL3 Students nt nilG ' Mars Hill As the second se mester of the 1957-58 school year began -this week, at Mare Hill College, six. students could thank the board of .'directors of the Cit izens Bank of Marshall-- for help ing them meet the cost of going . to college. . . . - , The six are holders of scholar ships from the Arthur W. White- hurst Memorial Scholarship Fund. They are Lncile Ponder; daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Otua Ponder of Koute 1, Mars Hill; Shirley Wilds, daughter of Mr. and Mrv.: Walter nry Wilds of Route 2, Marshall; ' 'on Ingle,. son of Mr." and Mr$, 1 Ingle of Route 2, Marshall; I- ' r, son of Mr...and Mrs, I . ' r cf Route 1, Mars ' ' el Feck, son of Mr. . Vernie Pk of Route 2, ; and Harold 'Garry if"! '. and I.Irs. Gtorge cf Koute 2, Mar- td cf - 1 v;, perpetuates the "memory of ' the late, Arthur W. Whitehurst, who Was executive' secretary of the bank and a trustee of the college. When the 'directors' voted to set aside the"" Initial $500, the fund was to be used to lend money to students . to help,,thm meet col lege expenses ; ho we ver, in 1 955 the : money : was converted into a scholarship fund ; f r.o m '-which grants' are given to worthy stn dents. . The grants - usually total f 100 per year, divided $50 for each semester. Most of the students recievlng the scholarships live at home, and the $100 goes a long Way toward meeting the $250 yearly costs for general fees and literary tuition at the college. - Since the money contributed by the bank was converted from a loan fund to a scholarship fund, two dozen JTadison County youths have bpr "': 1 from it, including the sis r - 1 i.' ove. Ary st.;.! ivi.t Io is a r.-ave of " "i C 'j h 1 is i '. r.--;ted x ps i '.. ' r f r c"'' '(ft' ' ' ol- Madison County is now'" author ised jto take requests' 'from fatm-ers'-,toVparticipatev in the .soil Bank Conservation Reserve Program.-, Novile Hawkins, chairman of the county ASC Committee, in discussing the Soil Bank. Program, stressed the fact that conservation work carried out in the County through the Soil Bank iConserve tion Program is intended only to I supplement the good work of the Agricultural Conservation Pro gram which has done much for this state in the past 22 years. The two programs, although somewhat similar, are not competing pro' grams by any means, he says. The goal of the ACP is to encourage farmers to carry out additional conservation that they would not otherwise carry out entirely at their own expense. The Conser vation Reserve Program has three goals: To store up productivity in the land as a "Bank Deposit" for the future, to reduce produc tion of crops for harvest and to improve the economic condition of the Nation's fafWrs. v , According to . Hawkimt, any farm land regularly used in the production of crops : including tame hay, .may be include! in the Soil Bank's Conservation Reserve. Land 'which is not eligible under the 'program includes "Nondrop Pasture," land that is already designated in . the Acreage Re serve, 'and land owned by the Fed eral Government. ' -'. When an approved practice is carried out on land placed in the Conservation .Reserve, - a . farmer will receive a payment which may represent up to du percent' of the , cost of establishing the practice He Mill also recived an annual payment of $10 a.i acie for ever acre placed in tti- Reserve each yi.-r during the contract v-;riod. To qualify for payment the 'arm- er must reduce the average acre age of crops harvested on his farm during the past two years by the number of acres he places in the Rcuerve. I.Tr. Hawkins urped farmers to remerhber that there is a definite closir date for euming up tin.'cr The Asheville Production Credit Association lent 11,430,000 to 985 members during - 1957, 'Alton L Wafd,- executive f secretary-treas urer, reported at the annual stock holders ' nV?eting Fidy in the Courthouse at Asheville. The 'association experienced one of its best years -since' its organi zation in ' 1934 : Ward told the stockholders,' j : " '' A. farmer-owned cooperative, the association operates in .14 West ern North.,: Carolina counties and makes short - and "' intermediate term loans-to farmers. N 1 All officers ".were reelected as follows JtH. IV Nettles, president; Charles W. Davis of Brevard, vice president; and Ward.' w aae uuy or juarsnaii was named a ney member of the board ox directors . Irom . Madison Coun ty, replacing" Witey M. Roberts, who has retired; a The group is un der the supervision of the Farm Credit Administration. TATUSrS TEAM TO PLAY TONIGHT IN ASHEVILLE : ' : " :: S 4?:.' GooscsjTrtum and Big Bill .Spl rey,. twowf 'the greatest .basket- M11 )T V&vnT th faurt, will I at City Audit(ium i nursday niht (Jan, 30) ;a8 :00 o'clock when Tatum and his Har lem Stars meet Spivey's New York Olympians? t't; , C . Tatum is- an elongated ,; Negro who has. an 84-inch reach, one of the widest in basketball. He be gan gaining his fame ,19 years ago when he ! joined ; and . became the star of the Harlem Globetrot ters. "r V Four years ago, Tatum quit the Trotters and formed his own all- Negro club, v One of the attrac tions he will bring to Asheville is Boyd Buie, a one-armed star. ' Tatum claims to have played 5,000 basketball games during his career. , He says he has averaged about 35 points a game. Spivey gained his " basketball fame with Coach Adolph Rupp'i Kentucky ".v'XJiiiversity"' .Wildcats several years, ago. Standing feet, tall, Spivey has little trouble making " baskets and setting,, up plays for his teammates.-.. His Olympians are an aggrega tion of white former college and university stars." t -i Spivey's New York Olympians are making this - year's tour of the U.S.A. with Tatum and the Harlem Stars. . , , ' ' The Asheville game wiirbe their only- appearance n the Western North Carolina area.., All seats are reserved ani ad COUNTY AGENT RECOMMENDS SOIL TESTS Will following soil test recom mendations give maximum yield? Madison County Agent says that many farmers fell if they follow soil test recommendations they will make the maximum yield pos sible. However, to get maximum yields all growth, factors such as plant food, water, temperature, weed contro and stand must be at optimum levels. To make sure that all of these growth factors were optimum would cost the farmer a great deal of money. Maximum yields, therefore, are not necessarily the yields which give the greatest economical re turn to the farmer. , Farmers then should be inter ested in the maximum profit pos sible rather than in maximum yields, according to Harry G. Sil ver, the county agent. This re quires good sound management on the part of the farmer. Soil test recommendations are based on av erage conditions of rainfall, stand and other' growth factors. Fol lowing soil test recommendations will give the farmer who practic es good management a good re turn for every dollar spent for fertilizer. Getting a soil test, therefore, is just another step in good sound management. , Soil sampling information and supplies are available from coun ty agent's office and also from Vocational Agriculture 'teachers, the SCS, and ASC. Harris Gets' Life Term For Slaying VJife, Friend Seeks Re-Nomination Robert S. Swain SWAIN SEEKS RENOMINATE AS SOLICITOR LIONS TO HAVE LADEES'NIGHT FEBRUARY 10 Annual Occasion Will Held At Bailey's Cafeteria B- t Vance tickets are on sale- at Teague'a ' Soda Shop on Patton Avenue in downtown Asheviiie, IIOTSPPJZvj P03ESTS TRAL'Si; e -b--, yf-. i The Marshall Lions Club held its regular meeting Monday night at the Rock Cafe with 17 mem bers and one visitor present. Sev eral important matters were dis cussed including a brief report by Lion W. B. Zink, Zone 4 Chair man, who attended the meeting at Robbinsville last Sunday. It was decided to observe La dies' Night on Monday evening, February 10. The occasion this year will be held at Bailey's Cafe teria at Westgate beginning at 7:30 o'clock. . I Lion Howard Barnwell is pro. gram chairman. It was also de cided to invite the members and wives of the Hot Springs Lions Club to attend. Lion President R. G. Franklin presided at the meeting. . , SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICIAL TO BE HERE FEB. 7 It was announced - here this week that an official of the So cial' Security office would be at the - courthouse here on Friday,! February 7, at ten o'clock. y - He will assist anyone wishing information concerning Social Se- cui'ify. ' . ' -" , Robert S. Swain of Asheville has announced his candidacy for renomination as solicitor of the 19th Judicial District (Madison and- Buncombe . counties) in th May 31 Democratic primary. 1 Swain was elected to the post in 1954 after serving three years as U. S. Commissioner in Ashe- J A former jutesideot .ollie Bon? combe County ) Young Democratic Club, -Swain was educated- . in Asheville public schools and . re ceived his law degree from the University of North Carolina. He was an Air Corps fighter pilot in World War II. Swain resides at 600 Kimberly Ave. He is the son of Mrs. Mo zelle S. Swain of Asfieville and the late J. Ed Swain, clerk of Su perior Court for many years. Also announcing for nomination as solicitor in the Democratic pri mary was S. Thomas Walton Jr., Asheville attorney. James S. Howell of Asheville entered the race last week. A native of Charlotte, Walton has practiced law in Asheville since 1952. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina Law School. Walton is state commander of the American Veterans of World War II and Korea (Amvets) and is a member of the N. C. Vet erans Commission. Atken, S. C. A surprise plea of guilty resulted in a life sen- - tenoe Thursday for James Henry Harris, 43, confessed strangler of his wife and another woman. "This type of man should not be allowed to remain in society," said Judge J. Woodrow Lewi? In passing sentence. He said he would recommend, that Harris never be paroled. There was no explanation for Harris' sudden decision to plead guilty. Lest week he demanded trial after turning down an offer by the state to enter a guilty plea. The bodies of his wife, Ruth, a native of Madison County, N. C, and her friend, Edna English, of Weaverville, N. C, were found last July 26 in a shallow grave near tite warren vine aiome 01 Harris. Harris, a mill worker, gave no reply when Judge Lewis asked if he had anything to say after sen tence was passed. He left the courtroom gripping a Bible and displaying no emotion. ' Prosecution testimony hinged on the findings of a handwriting ex pert from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation., He testified that a note Harris claim-' ; ed his wife had written ' was ac- t.nallw nniuwl hvHarrin hin'Relf. The note told of Mrs; Harris" Intention to visit relatives' of Miss.. English in Weaverville. Ine Slave ciaimeu narria the note in an effort' te explain, the disappearance , ef the, two women. ' T" 'X , Named Asst. Ranger K At Hot Springs , . v - - , Charlie R. Norton was recently -transferred to the position of As- sistant Ranger on ' the . French Broad District of the .Pisgaa Na- tional Forest at Hot Springs, an- 1 nouncea . District Ranger Owen Jamison. . Before his transfer he , , was with the Southeastern Forest Exoeriment Station at Asheville. Norton is "a 1957 graduate of the School of Forestry at N. C. ; State College and is a native of . Highlands. 1 A bachelor is a chap who has found pobody who likes , him as well as he does. .' - ' . H. D. County Council To Hold Meeting Saturday, Feb. I The Home Demonstration Coun;: ty Council will hold a very import tant meeting Saturday, February 1, at 10:30 a. m. in the French Broad Electric Membership Build ing. ; Mrs. Dorothy Shupe; presi dent of the County; Council, nrg es all members to attend. '. . 1 $139,0053 In Savings C:::: j Doiight In Gonnty During 1 I V DECLARES DMD2KDS Owen T. Jams, .in, I r district . rsn(:rr i ' 1" t has' been tren ' ' 1 ) post in C. ' i ; Bern, ace ' din?, sur' r . " ' . k. al Fore -. . A su-.v. ed to s rKory r" ttr i i) " i, current- - t fi V I e New York, N. Y.; Jan; 28 Thd Board of Directors of Bur- I '' trio'?, today declare! V (i; id of D-Vt" ? ' ( f C. ion s' --k ..'- '1,1 io ' ',' " lington a quart per f ' i 1 1 at a of r 1 ' , The calendar year of 1957 en i ed with sale of Series E and II Savings! Bonds increasing and re demptions decreasing, it was s i nounced today by C L. V. " Jr., Volunteer Chairman for . ison County. !.In 'North' Carolina, t ' ! for 1957 were ;:,f-l was 86 per cert cf t" -anal opioia. r: 1 e show 1C,"7 .? ! r ' sak s 1 ;,- D was 1 " a " the pr."-r;'-n and thtt ad.r'.;-.sl frs;l fi-t i . . . t . s r r
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