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VOL. 57 NO. 12
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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1958
PRICK: $2.50 A YEAR IN COUNT!
$4.00 A YEAR OUTSUDE COUNT!
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Madison Contempt Hearing
Postponed Until March 23
M"vt'i:,Lh 01 coi
Injunction
Contempt proceed im;:; a-f a i list
L i ret! Madison County men, grow
ing out tf an election; board con
tmversy, will be heard before
Superior Court .hid).'.' J. Frank
Ifuskins March L'i'. The blar
ing, originally scheduled for Sat
urday, was continued on apri i f
Tiicnt. In these proceeding:;:, Election
Hoard M umbers N. It. Blanken
shrp and Wni. V. Farmer arc
charged with violating h cour: in
junction in aliolishing wven Mad
ison County voting precincts.
Democratic County Chairman
Glenn Keems is a defendant be
caused he ruled at a meeting of
ithe county executive committee
that the election board had a
bolished the seven precincts and
precinct c'nairmen from these
precinct were not eligible to vote.
Blankenship and Farmer contend
they abolished the precincts at a
meeting prior to issuance of the
injunction.
Two weeks afro, Judge Husking
.ruled that the board acted ille
gally in abolishing the seven pre
oincts. As a result of the court
order in that hearing, the Pon
der faction's slate of nominees
for the county elections hoard
Marvin Ball, Ix'vi Ponder and
Emory Wallin were submitted
by State Democratic Chairman
John Larkins to the State Board
of Elections.
Several Roads Are
Improved In County
Corkill Reveals
Division Engineer William M.
Corkill today reported on work
leompleted in Madison County in
the Thirteenth Highway Division
during the month of February.
State forces completed 0.0 mile
of grading, draining, and surfac
ing with Traffic Bound Macadam
on Rector Branch in Madison
County. State forces also com
pleted 0.4 mile of grading, drain
ing, and surface with Traffic
Bound Macadam on Doe Branch
in the same county. Both jobs,
h total of 1.3 miles, involved wid
ening to 12 feet. Both are a part
of the Secondary System.
In addition to Corkill, the en
gineering staff of t!he Thirteenth
Highway Division, with head
quarters located in Asheville, in
cludes J. T. Knight, the Assist
ant Division Engineer. Roger
Franklin is District Engineer for
Burke, McDowell and Ruther
ford counties, and B. S. Connelly
is District Engineer for Madison,
iBuncombe, Mitchell and Yancey
counties1. G. E. BasJiervliUe is
Road Oil Supervisor.
Marshall Book
Club Met Monday
With Mrs. Corbett
Mrs. John Corbett Jr., was
hostess to the Marshall Book
Club Monday, March 17. Pro
gram for the evening was an en
tertaining review of Jean Kerr's
amusing book, "Don't Eat The
Daisies," given by Mrs. R. R.
Raimsey.
An article concerning Nation
al Library Week was read by
Mrs. Overton Gregory. Every
one is urged to "Wake Up and
Read."
Mrs. Clyde Roberts commented
briefly on books named on the
best-seller list.
"The Life and Legend of St.
Patrick" was given by Mrs. Ag
nes M. Stuart.
A social hour followed during
which delirious refreshments
in the St Patrick motif were
erred.
Those present were Mrs. W. T.
McKinney, Mrs. J. W. Ramsey,
Mrs. R. R. Ramsey, Mrs. J. L.
McElroy, Mrs. " Wiley Roberts,
Mrs. Clyde Roberts, Mrs. Over
ton Gregory, Mrs.' Agnes M. Stu
art, and Mrs. Paul Dinwiddle. Al
so present wer two guests, Mrs.
John Cbrbett Sr., and Mrs. A.
W. WWtefcurst.
CIVIL COURT TO
BEGIN HERE MON.
It was announced this week
that the term of Civil Court will
begin here next Monday. Judge
Francis O. Clarkson will preside.
8th Grade Girls,
Boys Win Grammar
Grade Cage Titles
Mrs. 1). 1). Cross' eighth grade
girls and Mr. Dwight McDevitt's
eighth grade boys won the Mar
shall School grammar grade bas
ketball championships last Fri
day afternoon in the gymnasium
here before a large crowd, mostly
composed of students.
The dross sextet defeated Mr.
McDevitt's eighth grade girls,
10 to 1. Patsy Frisby led the
scoring for t'ne winners.
The McDevitt quint defeated
Mrs. Huffman's 8th grade lioys,
11 to 5.
The winning girls were coach
ed by Judy Pegg and Dora Ix'e
Edwards, and the winning boys
were coached by Virgil Smith.
Unique trophies were present
ed Mrs. Gross and Mr. McDevitt
at the conclusion of the tournament.
Tobacco Farmers Show More
Interest Soil
Basic Requirements Are
Listed; Interest In
Other Areas
Operators of Burley tobacco
farms within the county have
shown considerable more interest
in the 1958 tobacco reserve phase
of t'ne Soil Bank Program than
they did for 1957 according to
Ralph Ramsey, county ASC of
fice manager. As of the closing
date for signing tobacco agree
ments (March 7) 72 tobacco
producers had signed documents
indicating their desire to place
16.76 acres in the Reserve Pro
gram as compared to the 31
agreements under last years
Program. Payments under the
1957 Tobacco Reserve for Madi
son amounted to $4,925.09. -On
the farm inspections and meas
urements of the designated re
serve are now being made and
should all acreage and agree
ments be acceptable by the Coun
ty Committee, the 72 participat
ing producers will be compensat
ed in the amount of $15,078.20
if they comply with all terms in
t'neir agreements. Ramsey said
main objectives of the Reserve
Program was to reduce produc
tion of the six basic commodities
by making cash payments to pro
ducers for underplanting their al
lotted acres so as to reduce sur
pluses. He also said that re
ports indicated that the interest
in the Talacoo Reserve in other
areas of the State and Belt were
greater than last year's and that
the underplanted resulting from
thia year's Program should aid
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Hubert Edwards Jr.
Leaving For Army
Reserve Training
Hubert Edwards Jr., of Mar
shall, will leave for Fort Leonard-
wood, Mo., Friday, where he will
take his Army training in the
Army Reserves for six months.
Mr. Edwards, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Edwards Sr., of
Marshall, it a graduate of WCC,
Cullowhee, and took advanced!
work at the University of Mich
igan. He has been teaching sci
ence and driver training for the
last year at Ortonville, Mich. Ht
was also, coach of football and
basketball. -
SUNDAY SCHOOL
STUDY COURSES
TO BEGIN SOON
liogining March 24 through the
-X, there will be a group Sunday
School Study Course at Gabri
el s ( reek Baptist Church, on
March 31 through April 4 at En
on Baptist Chuhch; on April 7
through 11, at Upper Laurel and
Chapel Hill Baptist Churches.
Each will start at 7:30 p. m.
There will be a class for all ages
from the oldest to the youngest.
Special courses will be offered fox
Juniors, Intermediates, Youny
People, and Adults,
All churches in the Associa
tion are urged to attend the
group study course which is the
most convenient and nearest to
you.
Emma Ruth Edwards
To Take Training
In Pennsylvania
Emma Ruth Edwards, student
nurse at Memorial Mission Hos
pital in Asheville, left' Monday
by Capitol Airlines for Torance,
Penn., where she will study Psy
chiatrics for t'nree months, as
part of her nurse's training. She
will return to Asheville June 16.
Miss Edward, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Edwards Sr., of
Marshall, is a graduate of Mar
shall High School and attended
Berea College, Berea, Ky. She
has been in training for two
years. She will graduate in Au
gust, 1959.
Bank ProgrcmE
Army Nurse Corps
Will Interview
Applicants Soon
Captain Florence A. Grillot,
Xurse Procurement Officer, Third
United State Army will visit the
Asheville Recruiting Stdation
area on 27-28 March in connec
tion with Army Nurse Procure
ment Activities.
Captain Grillot, a veteran of
the Korean conflict and holder of
a B.S. degree in Nursing Educa
tion and a Masters Degree in
Counseling and Guidance, will be
available for interviews with reg
istered and student nurses in the
area wW desire complete infor
mation on the various types of
nursing duty "and schooling avail
able in the Army Nurse Corps
for registered nurses and the pro
gram offering financial assist
ance to student nurses.
Interested personnel may con
tact the local Anmy Recruiter at
the Court House, . Marshall on
Friday from 9:30 a. m., to 12:00
noon, or the Army Recruiting
Station, Post Office Building,
Asheville.
- The Touring Choir of Mars Hill Collega will depart early Saturday morning- on a .
week-long concert tour.. The 48-voic choral group, directed by Rufua Norm, will ;
aang at high schools and churches in Rk'ianpnd, Charlottesville, Arlington, Clifton
Forge and Roanoke, Va.; Silver Springs, Md., and Washington, D. C
'" Traveling by chartered bus, th studenU wifll be accompanied by Norris, Vice
- President Robert L. Holt,-who serves business manager, and the accompanist, .. ,
FHlds U
oinfy
Baley Represents
President At
Parker Funeral
Washington. .President Eisen
hower Tuesday asked James M
Baley Jr., of Asheville, N. C, to
represent him and Attorney Gen
eral Rogers at the funer.'il of
Judge John J. Parker, which was
held in Charlotte, N. C, Wed
nesday. Parker was chief judge of the
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court or
Appeals. Baley is U. S. attorney
for the Western District of North
Carolina.
Hot Springs Junior
Class To Present
Play On Friday
The junior class of Hot Springs
High School will give a three-act
play, "Pride And Prejudice,"
Friday, March 21, in the school
auditorium at 7:30 p. m. The
plot of the comedy is an aristo
cratic mother trying to get her
five daughters married. In her
attempt to do so, she meets with
many conflicts, including the re
signed humor of her husband.
The cast is composed of the fol
lowing: Margaret Reeves, Tom
my Davis, Charlotte Moore, Mat-
tie Ray Lawson, Susie Holt, Lin
da Raimsey, Connie Sue Ramsey,
diaries Foxier, Roy Lee Moore,
vJJohnijy Norton, eannette
Laiwson, Jimmy Moore.
OtSfer (students of the class
will serve as ushers. The play
is directed and sponsored by Mrs.
Reeves Demins Church.
Hayes Run HD Club
Met Thursday With
Mrs. Joe Ramsey
The Hayes Run home demon
stration club held its March meet
ing Thursday in the home of
Mrs. Joe Ramsey.
Mrs. Ebb Crowe had charge of
the devotional period.
Mrs. Ralph Hogan, president,
presided during the business ses
sion. The minutes of the two
previous meetings were read by
Mrs. Fred Kent, secretary.
Mrs. Janie Ramsey, home ag
ent, gave a demonstration on pic
ture framing.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess to Mrs. Guy Rice.
Mrs. Ebb Crowe, Mrs. Fred Kent,
Mrs. Ralph Hogan, Mrs. Bryan
Wallin, Mrs. Earl Wise and Mrs.
Jamie Ramsey.
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Federation
Stockholders
Meeting Is Set
The annual general meeting of
all Farmers Federation stockhold
ers will be held on March 22 at
the Buncombe County Courthouse
in Asheville, U'ginning at 10:00
a. m.
James MeClure Clarke, Farm
ers Federation president, will con
duct file meeting and the elec
tion of 17 directors who have
been nominated for two-year
tennis at each of the county meet
ings held from February 21st
through March 18th.
A special feature of the meet
ing will be a 4-H Club farm co
operative demonstration put on
by two 4-II Club memliers from
Transylvania County, Charles
Taylor and Floyd McCall.
Draft Board To
Be Closed From
March 25 To 31
It was announced here this
week that the local Draft Board
office will be closed from 12:00
o'clock Tuesday, March 25 until
Monday, Marcli 31.
County ACP Benefits For 1957
Are Cited By fJovile Hawkins
Post Office To Be
Closed Wednesday
Afternoons
It was announced here by F
Ray Frisby, Postmaster, that the
Marshall Post Office will start
closing on Wednesday afternoons.
April lfi. The post office will
close on all Wednesday after
noons from April 10 until De
cember 3, it was stated.
White Rock
Presbyterians
Schedule Made
There was a largo number in
the cong.regation at the morning
"-vice in the White Rock Pres
byterian Church, winch was con
ducted by the pa-tir. the Rev
Giuige Robertson Blue. During
Sin.. lay School .t was announced
that future services in the church
will be held at 0:;d a. m., in
of '1:00 a. ill A few have
i':riated t'u ir Je-irr to un te
with the church. Any others who
may wish to do so arc asked to I
ontact the pastoi. Su'u!:iy Schoe
is at 10:30 a. in.
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Commissioners To Aid
Secondary Road Plans
Marshall Baptist
Church Schedule
To Change Sunday
Beginning Sunday, March -',
the evening services at the Mar
shall Baptist Church will return
to the spring and summer sche
dule. Th(. Training Union will
begin at t : .'i 0 o'clock and the Eve
ning Worship will start at 7:30
o'clock.
The Wednesday evening pray
er meetings will continue at 7:30
o'clock.
Accepts Position
Dr. Joe Russell of Canton, lias
accepted t'ne position as pharma
cist at the Roberts Pharmacy
here.
He assumed his duties this
week.
The accomplishments obtained.
through the 1957 county cost-
sharing Agricultural Conserva
tion Program were great, accord
ing to Mr. Novile Hawkins,
chairman of t'iie Madison County
ASC Committee.
lie said that a recent summa
ry of the practices performed for
credit and Federal funds expend
ed as an incentive to cxiunty
farmers for farming the conser
vation way, indicated that the
county benefited in the extent of
approximately !:i million dollars.
The participating farmers con
tributed about approximately
$210,000.00 in lalior and money
required in performing their ap
proved practices and the Govern
ment share of the overall cost
amounted to $121,203.8'.!. When
questioned on a breakdown on ac
complishments, Mr. Hawkins said
that 1880 faims were active in
the county ACP last year; that
tflie farmland on those participat
ing farms amounted to 108, COS
acres;, the cropland 38,"i88 acres
and the non-crop pasture 36,763
acres; that the Government cost
share prior to adjustments a-
mounted to $105,438.02; the small
cost share adjustment $15,855.87
and the total gross Government
to farmers on conservation prac
tices performed was $121,203.89.
As to the practices and their
extent, the chairman said the
bulk of the money was used on
practices 1 and 2 which are the
establishment of a vegetative
cover for hay or pasture; 945
farms established 2872 acres of
vegetative cover under these two
practices on which the Govern
ment share of the cost amounted
to $67,448.00. Improving pas
tures and hay amounted to 2693
acres on 439 fanms took second
place in fund expended which
mounted to $27,061.60. Estab
lishment of winter cover crops
rated third in as far as dollars
were concerned but first in the
number of farms involved. There
were 1361 fanners in on this
practice, seeding 2878 acres of
winter cover on which the Gov
ernment paid $6,336.00 of the
eost Other practices performed
through, the Program for eerdit
were: (1) lime alone to farm
land, $40 acres; (2) Tfl drain
age 5129 feat and planting of
trees. IS acres.
. In conclusion, Mr. ftawkina
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$257,963 Is Allocated To
Madison County, W. F.
Babcock Reveals
Funds made available by t'"
State Highway Commission for
the improvement and paving of
secondary roads during the 1057
bicmvium have been allocated
to each of the State's 100 coun
ties, according to Highway Di
lector W. F. llabcock.
ruder the Secondary Road
Fund Allocation approved by the
State Highway Commission at
its Mait'n 3 meeting in Raleigh,
$87,000,000 has iK'en made avail
able during the current bienni
um for maintenance and improve
ments on country roads.
The Commission earmarked
.tyilt.OWl.OOO for maintenance onv
the State's 58,000-mile secondary
road network and allotted a ad
ditional $27,000,000 for improve
ment to country roads and bridg
es. Balicock explained that the
locations to the various counties
for road improvements were made
on the basis of the relative need
of each county as compared to
the total secondary road nss of"
the State. Maintenance funds
were allocated to Higihway Divi
sions for distribution among the
counties of each Division on the
basis of traffic volumes, soil
types and weather conditions.
Improvements funds available
for t'ne 1957-58 year total $9,122,
089. $2,000,000 of this amount
was made available by the 1957
General Assembly from existing
surplus. $6,297,989 will be avail
able from State Betterment
Funds and the remaining $825,
000 conies from Federal-Aid Sec
ondary Funds.
Allocation of the 1957-58 fund
will be made available for im
provements to secondary roads
during the approaching construc
tion season. Babcock explained
that tlv? Federal-aid Secondary
Funds for this fiscal year are
relatively small since practically
all such funds' were committed
prior to July 1, 1057. Alloca
tion of these funds at this time
has not delayed secondary road)
improvement work since con
struction crews normally work
several months behind the allo
cation of funds.
Availabilities for the 1958-59
fiscal year total $16,000,000. $8,-
000,000 is available from Federal
aid Secondary funds granted to
tlie State on a 50-50 matching ba
sis by the Federal Government,
$6,000,00 from General Better
ments, and the $2,000,000 Special
Betterment Fund for secondary
roads approved by the 1957 Gen
eral Assembly.
Highway Director W. F. Bab
cock said in his letter to County
Boards of Commissioners that
county officials would be given
the opportunity of completely re
viewing the secondary road plans
for their county prior to th a- .
-doptton of the county plan on Oc-
tober 1. County Boards. may
make written recommendations' -concerning
any changes they feel
might be desirable in the count .
plan submitted ' by Division En
gineers of the Highway Commis- 1
sion. ':y:-':?&-ip::-i.'
Babcock stressed the Talue of
such Recommendations on ths
part of locally elected otfioUls
who are tn close contact with the
paopk of saoh county. The Eigh-
way ' Director pointed out that
tit Department of , Secondary
Roads and bis office would ;
every consideration to the r
mendations of the various (
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