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3 ' ' S hi .j--; -.." ;'V ... A: ; t , v ' 1 r. 1 VCU 57 NO. 19 ,' c !::Iiqri Charged VJitli urdsr En Dcatli Of Samuel D. Jones ft Fairview ' Man Is Allegedly . , Struck With Full v : Beer Can r" Clarence Shelton, 41, of Fair j. view, near Asheville, was char ' ed Vitji murder Saturday night in J ; the ISer-ean beatine- of Samuel D jjtfnes, 43, also of Fairview, Mad J Json County Sheriff E. Y. Ponder reported. , Jones was found, dead in am j -J uto parked near an Asheville ' - cafe nearly Friday after his com . lanioi had gone into the restau- , rant and Clark told a woman I there tSiat they had a dead man ', in the car. The sheriff said Jones appar j gently had been slugged with full v beer cans in the auto in the Shel- ton laurel section Thursday af '4ernoon and died some time be a,k - fore 6 p. m. He said the investi k' fration showed Jones, sitting in1 5 the front seat, was hit by the cans thrown by Shelton, who was in the back seat. The officer said he was in ' formed that the others, thinking , that Jones had simply passed out from too much whisky, put him k in the back seat and drove to Asheville. Preliminary Hearing A preliminary hearing was held s .Monday .-before J. Hubert Davis, justice of tine peace, with Shel ton ordered held without bond for the May term of superior court under a charge of murder. I Wflliam Clark and James Revis testified at the hearing and told tDavi3 that : Shelton struck Jones over the head with 'four or five full cans of beer. ' ' ' , Shelton denied killing Jones Tufc idid not testify further. V, : leld as material witnesses1 under bonds f $500 each. - WALNUT ALUMNI BANQUET TO BE HELD MAY 31 ' .-, ... The eleventh annual Walnut High School Alumni Banquet will be held on Saturday, May 81, 1958, in the school cafeteria. ! Dress for the occasion will be in formal, and a special program honoring two favorite teachers of ; the school will be given. In addi tion, there will be music and en ' tertainment, a guest speaker and of course a delicious meal. "All ex-grads, teachers, and their guests are urged to get their . reservations in by May 26," Miss Emma it. Thomas, secertary, said " here this week. (All reservations, inelaidrng $1.25 for. each alumnus and guest ? should be mailed to Miss Thomas fit Box 367, Marshall. Alumni ' dues ' will J)e 50" cents. Marshall Alumni Banquet To Dil Held Saturday, May 17 All Ex-Grads Are Urged To v Attend i rrosrram r 1 Planned Sohool t AiumnL t Banquet ' will be iheld at the sohoof cafete'ria on Sat-! inrday ;inight,v ;May74 at,; 7:30 o'clock; it was announced this week by Mrs; Qyde M. Robets presi- i An interesting program has been arranged, with, numerous ez-gTads . participatii.'vJiih''j'-fJ' , - Cards have been mailed to many of the ex-grads, but Ttfrs, Robert said tfhat many, addresses were not known and stated "if you don't re c ive a cardr come anyway r ; r-!,o stated th a tv: reservations ''Hil.J be made immediately s and t !-, per person, is $2.00 ($1.50 I and 50c dues). ' ''. ; Inns to" attend the'ban !? your classmates and ' ," Mrs, Roberts con- 8 PAGES THIS WEEK , LIONS BROOM SALE IS NOW IN PROGRESS The annual Lions Broom Sale is now dn progress here and the public is asked to help the blind of Madison County by purchas ing brooms from any member of the Marshall Lions Club. The brooms are $1.60 each. 55 ACRES PUT IN SOIL BANK LOCALLY fWith the 1958 Acreage Reserve signup substantially complete, 75 iMadisoTi County farmers have a- greed to place a total of 55. li "allotment" acres of basic crops in the Soil Bank Reserve this year. This compares with 49 farmers who reserved 64.59 acres nntW the same program last year. By crops, the local Acreage Re serve signup for 1957 were: Wheat, 18 farms with 48 acres and tobacco, 31 farms with 16.9 acres; whereas, the crop under the 1958 .signup are: wheat, dterms with 11 acres and tobacco, 71 farms with 44.12. If all applications on file are accepted and-farmers comply With tfhe program, they could .earn a maximum of $13,127.65 , on .the acreage -offered- -iAA signed - applf cations, "it1, 1 rtA ? s' c i The Acreage Reserve Is "a Soil Bank Program under which' farm erS' agree to reduce; their plant- dngS ibelow their acreage alJot mntq of the basic crons as a means of reducing surpluses. Fanners earn payments on the land held out of production. The land must not be harvested or grazed, and must be kept free of noxious weeds and protected from erosion. Under the 1958 Acreage Re serve signup for spring crops be gan last J a n u a r y, the re sponse in most parts of the coun try was so heavy that funds were exhausted and many farmers were placed on the waiting lists Later an additional authorization was provided and most farmers on waiting lists were ablei to com plete their applications. Madison County was allocated $67,146.00 for use under the 1958 Burley To bacco AR Program from the au thorization; however, only $14, 860.74 will be needed to make payments on the 44.12 acres placed in the Bank by Madison producers. Miss Edwards And Butch Suttles Win County A Contests In the annual Madison County High School Reading and -Decla mation Contest last . week. Dors Le Edwards, a Marshall student, won first place in the girls, divv sion," using ''m her topic,. )"The (Sparrow' FaU.f pc&V&i Miss Faith n Edwards, a' Marsi Hr'stuioWjV'wfen with' -"Josn of Lorraine' t ' ; Butch 'Suttles of .Manr Hill win first place in the boys divi sion, using as; his topic, "Why?" Second place honors went' td Pen der i McElroy, , Marshall student, who gave '"Will We Do The Job In-Education V s.' Y:' Other students included Jeter Thomas -and Charles Buckner. ' Olin Jarrett Jr., Marshall se nior, served as masfer of ceremonies. ( Marshall; n;c Thursday; may r, MUSIC FESTIVAL' TO BE HELD HERE FRIDAY, MAY 16 Merchants Donate Prizes;' Tickets Are Now On Sale One of the outstanding events of the season will be the music (festival which will be held Fri day night, May 18 in the Mar shall school auditorium. The pro gram will begin at' 7:30 o'clock, according to Mr. John Lackey music director. In addition to the varied mu sical program, many prizes will be awarded members of the au dience, it was announced. Mr. Lackey stated that more than 30 (Marshall merchants have coop erated in donating prizes and a large crowd is expected. Tickets are now on sale by members of the band and proceeds will be used in the Band Fund. included on the program is the 1st and 2nd grade rhythm band which will play several numbers. Students of the 3rd and 4th grades will sing several selec tions and the Junior Band, com posed of students from the 5th, 6th and 7th grades, will also pre sent several numbers. The fea ture of the program will be a concert by the Senior High School Band, under the direction of Mr. Lackey. "Make plans to attend this fes tival and in so doing you will al so help the band," Mr. Lackey stated. BAPTISTS TO TAKE OFFERING FOR .ORPHANAGE The ,drty-eight churches of the French . 'Broad Baptist.." Assoeia tion will join with those, of some 3,200 other Baptist churches in North Carolina in making con tributions to Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem on Mother's Day, May 11, according to a joint statement by Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Buckner, association! hospital representatives ; Ralph Hogan, moderator; Wade Huey, Sunday School superintendent; and David B. Roberts, field worker. These leaders pointed out that for the past two years the churches of the French Broad have been 100 per cent in contributing to van Baptist . Hospital through the Mother's Day Offering. This as sociation is the only one in West- continued To Last Page) Coin word i Mr.-N. -Cut Madison . Woman Is Co-Winner Of $450 Coinword Cash' Prize r Mrs, N. E. JEvilsizor of. Mars Hill ' and : Mrs. Don Maney' of Asheville, -'A were declared co-winners last week for the (correct so- ution to Coin wood Puzzle No. 85, Which ' is published weekly in The Asheville Time ? Mrs. Evilsizor is the wife of Eon-nan E. Evilsizor, an employe of -irolcAr-.be -'Funeral Home in "ars felu fourth era ' OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED AT PTA MEETING Piano, Recital, And Musical Program Feature , , Fine Program . The Marshalf, Parent-Teacher Association held its last "meeting of the school -term , Tuesday eve- nine in the school cafeber ja. Mrs. Wade Huev instaUed new officers as , follows: President, MrsY; Earl Robinson; vice president,-, Mrs. Maco Wallin; secretary, ".Miss Eloise Ward; treasurer," Mrs. Jer ry Rice; program co-chairmen, John Corbett and Mrs, Bernard Brigrnan. - j The devotions were given' by the Rev. D. D. Gross. , John Corbett, program chair man, presented an interesting program which included musical selections b y eight , members of Mr. John Lackey's band, featuring four clarinets and four trumpets. Ann Tilson, Glenna .West, Billie Haynie and Cecelia Roberts play ed the clarinets and 'Tommy Nix, Herbert Ponder, Larry West and Dennis Rector played the trump ets. u -: -.. Mrs. Blanche Houston's' first year piano pupils presented a re cital. Those participating were Charlotte Crowe,: Roger D.ale Hunter, Jarva Ann 'Ball, - Johnny Fisher, Annetta .Wallin, . Rebecca Worley, Eric Crowe, ; Ronnie Shel ton, Brenda Ramsey, Alice Briggs, Carolyn Payne, Christiana Thom as, Jack Ramsey and Jewel Anrc Ball. , Mrs. Eva Sams' first grade had the most parents present;;.." . Prior to the program, a cover ed dish supper was enjoyed. . BAMS TO CL0$ SATURDiTT OBSERVANCE . V? It was announced here today that both Marshall banks would be closed this Saturday, May 10, when Southern MemoriaJ Day will be observed. Adams Withdraws As A Candidate For Commissioner Marvin Ball, chairman of th Madison County board of elec tions, announced this week that Ervin Adams. Democrat, had withdrawn from the commission ers' race in the May 31 Primary Puzzle Winner E. Evilsizor I CovrUty Asheville CitixenTime teachel at Mars Hill Elementary, Sohool. The -Tyttes bad to enlist the aid of the Mars Hill Police Department in locating Mrs.: Evil sizor, -who was 'on a - shopping: tour. " " v" ' ' . . . . She has be en' working Coin word since shortly after publica ion of the first puzzle. She had submitted two answers on '" fchis puzzle clipped from The Times and eight far .'milies.' ':;v.;: Mrs." Evils; r said she Would rive tZo to 1 church, and the i. ,'nJor v ' f i toward. pur- 1958 10c PER COPY HieMwrt Off FARMERS URGED TO REPORT ACP PRACTICES Excessive rains during the past two months have delayed many farmers in the completion of their approved soil conservation pract ices under the County ACP. Ac cording to Novile Hawkins, chair man of the Madison County ASC Committee, only about 30 percent of the 1325 farmers participating n the spring portion of the pro- ;.ram -have reported the comple- ,ion of their practices. The chair- nan pointed out that each farm r receiving conservation mater ials on which the Government shares the cost is responsible for using these materials according to the specifications for which t'hey were issued and making a re port as o their use as soon as the practice has been completed. He also explained that all spring ap provals carried a report date of Mav 31 and urged all farmers who had not completed or report ed the completion of their practic es, to complete and report them at the earliest possible date but prior to June 1. DEMOCRATS TO IIAVEC0UNTY CONVENTION SAT. - j ' Madin County Democrats will (hold ihfeir county convention in the Marshall school auditorium Saturday niarht at 8 o'clock, it was announced this week. Precinct chairmen and commit tees will be officially named fol lowing precinct meetings Vhich were held last Saturday in the county's 23 precincts. Hail Storm Strikes Spring Creek Area On Monday Night One of the largest hail storms in recent years struck the Spring Creek section Monday Jiight with small trees reported damaged. No serious damage was reportea w buildinsrs however. 15. K. Meadows, of Spring Crock, displayed a large "clump" of 'nailstones here Tuesday morn ing1, attesting the storm. Mars Hill Native Is Elected By S.C. Group Dr. W. L. Carr, coordinator of health and physical education at Funman University, has been named president of the South Carolina Association for Health, Physical Education and Recrea tion for the 1958-59 year. Dr. Carr, a native of Mars Hill and a graduate of Wake Forest College and the University of North Carolina, is a former fac ulty member at Mississippi South ern College. COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. TO START BDIUMZATION "... ' " . i The Madison County V .Health Department will start general immunization clinic in the Laurel section on Wednesday, May 14. It will be at the Belva Bible Church from 9:00 to 9:30 a; m. the At ieghany Church from 11 :00 '.to ai:S0 a. y.i Spillcorn, 1:00 to 1:S0 p. mV and in Revere from 3:00 to 3:30. This clink: will be held every second and fourth Y'e ': -'. y each month, it w-' j an nounce L Um Last 200 TROUT NOW STOCKED IN THIS COUNTY In accordance with previously approved plans, the Wildlife Ke sources Commission has complet ed stocking of 2,200 trout aver- or,inf R ino.hes to 12 inches in length, in the waters of Madison e r County. These fish were produc td at the State Fish Hatchery lo cated near Marion. District Game and Fish Protector Raymond Pimn directed the release of the fish and solicited assistance from members of the local wild life club and other interested sportsmen. Those participating in the stocking were: Paul West, l J. Meadows, A. Ray, Raymond Ramsey, Lyda Wyatt and Ken neth Wyatt. The Wildlife Resources Com nission points out that the coop rative effort of all those inter- sted in the State's fish and game esources will be required to brinfr about better fishing, the favorite outdoor recreation of so many A merkans. Walnut Catcher Breaks Leg In Game Tuesday Walnut's sophomore catcher, Dedrick Freeman suffered a broken right leg in the second in ning "of a baseball game at Wal nut Tuesday, as (Walnut fell be fore Mars Hill, t-2. I ''Freeman euif red the , to jury while attempting to score. ' He was ' taken to Memorial 'Mission Hospital in Asheville for treat ment. He is recuperating at his home. Mars Hill 005 000 05 7 2 Walnut 001 000 15 4 3 Shook and Metcahf; Cantrell and Freeman, Roberts (2). Albert Blackwell Named As Chief Marshal At MHC Albert Blackwell of Mars Hill has been named chief of the college marshals at Mars Hill College. He is the son of President and Mrs. Hoyt Blackwell and a grad uate of Mars Hill High School. The marshals are selected each year from a list of the highest ranking freshmen and approved by the faculty. T'hey usher and assist in other ways at all public college functions. Among the otfKers named to serve with Blackwell are Carol Ann Young of Burnsville, Kay Wright of Bryson City, and Da vid Eugene Price of Erwin, Ten nessee. Petersburg, Hot Opening Games Madison County t ' League' t- O -- STANDINGS: Won L6st ' -1 -i 0 s Petersburg . Hot Springs; ? Marshall " Spring Creek., Walnut v v Laurel . , ' . 1 ' V , 0 0 0 0- l'S '1 GAMES THIS WEEK. . (Saturday, 2:00 P. U.) Hot riri.-'s at Walnut Cr-'i et ret -wl Laur' 1 ! . " ? '1 PRICE! 12.60 A YEAR IN COUNT! $4.00 A YEAR OUTSltpE COUNTT Ttamfey H. E. Bolinger, President; Six Directors Are Elected Officers, directors and otfier interested citizens elected officers for the 1959 Madison County U nited Fund Organization Thurs day. Dr. Robert L. Holt, who served as president of the organization during the past year, presided. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. H. E. Bo linger; vice president, Mrs. O. A. Gregory; second vice president, John Corbett; campaign chair man, Dr. Robert Seymour; bud get chairman, J. J. Ramsey; pub licity chairman, Jim Story; treas urer, J. Frank Fisher; and sec retary, Mrs. William Bennett. Six 'directors were elected to replace three who have moved from the county and three who automatically retire from t!he board. The new members are: Frank Blue of Hot Springs, Don Nolle, of Mars Hill, Wade Huey of Marshall, Novile Hawkins of Mars Hill RFD 1, P. R- of Mars Hill, and the Rev. George R. Blue of Walnut. "All those who have pledged and are behind on payments aie requested to "catch-up" lmmed. alely so that agencies can recei re their allotments," J. Frank Fish er, treasurer of UF, said bere this week. a Mars Hill FFA Wins 2nd Place In District Meet v TVi Maw. TTfll Fnfiirn Farmers of America team " won second f. place in the preliminary proced- ' 4 ure contest in the Western' Dis-1 ' trici meet wJnJon' was nem m Asheville last 'week. v, ( , - , . " The Franklin team wort P . honors and Hannv Vallev bf t,ald- . " v ' : I y- '' . .'- well County won third place.-- t J. E. Mclntire is vo-ag instruct or at Mars Hill, v ' - ' The district winners will com , pete for state honors at the State FFA Convention which will ba iheld June 25-27 at Raleigh. Madison Man Held On Liquor Charge In Buncombe Cauley Shelton, 44, of the Shel ton Laurel section of Maddson County, was arrested Monday on charges of violating the Federal liquor revenue laws. He posted bond of $500 before U. S. Com missioner Lawrence Stoker for appearance in United States Dis trict Court in Asheville. Shelton was arrested by Fed eral Alcohol and Tobacco Tax in vestigators and Asheville ABC officers. Four gallons of illicit whiskey, 24 case3 of empty fruit jars and some distillery equipV ment were confiscated by the of ficers at the Shelton home. 1 i Springs Win Saturday - : Walnut, Laurel Fall In First , ' Games f 3 Games , .. - Saturday ' ...5 " , .. - - ' ' vThe Madison County Baseball League got off to a flying start in 'perfect baseball Weather la? t Saturday afternoon with FtU ; burg and Hot Springs win ' their opening' games, if Righthander CWles Doo Petersburg hurler, gave i four hits and struck out piUshing his team to a ' over a strort the Vv'alniit o ' Jlerriil pt t" ' fm !i f i t
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