3
J
' 'V f " '"
-".''U-u
5 '
I
- f ' - r - 1
MARSHALL; N.O, THURSDAY, JOr. : 13, 1958,
PRICE: $2.60 A YEAR IN COUNfl
14.00 A YEAR OUTSIDE COUNT!
VQL.57 NO, 25
v-i'f
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
10c PER COPY
. '' . I
Ocnterepwsjfli Pars
College Start Soon
1,000 Persona Expected At
Mars Hill During
Summer
The first of four non-student
conferences which will draw be-
tweeit 900 and 1,000 persona to
the campus of Mars Hill College
this Summer will begin Monday
t-2 p. m. It is t'he annual Walt
N. Johnson Retreat.
Begun in 1926 by the late Dr
Walt N. Johnson, the retreat is
interracial and interdenomina
tional. It is open to anyone but
is attended mostly by Baptist
ministers. "Formerly independen
tly promoted and informally or
ganized, the retreat is now under
the sponsorship of the department
of interracial cooperation of the
Baptist State Convention of North
Carolina. It will be directed by
the Rev. W. R. Grigg, state secre
tary of the ; department.
Dr. Robert Seymour, pastor of
the Mars Hill Baptist Church,
will present a series of devotional
messages during the five-day re
treat. Among the 40 to 50 persons ex
pected to attend, others are the
Rev. J. C. Pipes of Asheville, as
sociate secretary of promotion
(", J for the State Baptist Convention;
' " the.' Rev. Martin England of
vf Somerville, N. J., a former mis
" sionary to Burma; the Rev. Z. W.
! h Rotan of Whiteaville, formerly of
j ' Enka who has directed the retreat
4i jn previous year's; Mrs. Walt N.
' Johnson of Raleigh, Dr. O. L.
i ' ' Sherill of Raleigh and Dr. E. N.
' ; Johnson, of Wagram, -j
-r jpt second bf the four conf er
. . j scheduled at the college this
i ' W begin Tuesday. It
' three-day meeting of public
" J I maintaince' personnel from
x ihout North Carolina. C. H.
Vv- . - Je'w?Br-G . tha. division,
I u it operation, a unit of the
ff Carolina Board of Educa
".."tion, has organized the conference
" .And wjll direct its program.
I Between 160- and; 200 'school
' ' -maintenance superintendents and
' personnel who deal with heating,
i ' plumbing and electrical wiring
i problems in public schools are ex
pected to' attend. Several of them
1 will be" accompanied bv their
' '"wives and children,
i ' - This is the third consecutive
year such a conference has been
-held but the first time has been
.conducted at Mars Hill.
The two other conferences,
; Which will be held on the campus
' this year are the School of Chris
tian Study and Fellowship, spon-
sored by the department of state
' ,, missions of the North Carolina
' v Baptist Convention, and the an-
( , nual conference of North Caroli-
na school superintendents.
j . .-"'The School of; Christian Study
', and Fellowship, which wHl be
' ' f directed by the Rev. Mr. Pipes,
, ' will, be held June 30 July 4. Ap
proximately 300 persons are ex-
' pec tod to attend.
s, ' The school superintendents' con
ference, which usually attracts a
total of approximately 460 per
'sons, including wives and chil
' dren of the: superintendents, wil
- , be held August 11-15. v
SUTTON SIGNS
NEW CONTRACT
WITH REDSKINS
Halfback Ed Sutton of Cullo
whee, has signed a 1958 contract
with the Washington Redskins of
the National Footb'all League.
Sutton, a former University of
North Carolina star halfback,
and now a University of Tennes
see medical student, is to report
in time for the Sept. 21 exhibi
tion game in Washington with
the Chicago Bears. His studies
will keep t'he former North Car
olina star from joining the Red
skins at their California train
ing camp.
Sutton was guest speaker at the
Marshall High School football
banquet last year.
BIBLE SCHOOL
TO START HERE
MONDAY A. M.
The Vacation Bible School ft
the Marshall Baptist Church will
beirin here Monday morning at
8:30 o'clock. It will continue
through Friday, June 27 for three
hours each day.
Mrs. Wade Huey is principal
of the school.
Examinations For
Girl Scouts To Be
Given June 24
Health examinations f o r
Scouts -and Brownie Scouts,
plan to attend Mars-hall
Scout Day Camp, will be
Girl
who
Girl
given
Tuesday, June 24, at 1:00 p. m.,
by Dr. Margery Lord, Madison
County Health Department. Girls
are asked to' be there promptly
at 1 :00 o'clock.
Medical certificates will be giv
en each girl examined.
BACTERIAL
CANKER IS:
DESTRUCTIVE
Examination For Rural Mail
Carrier Open For Applications
SHULL ELECTED
DISTRICT 31-A
LIONS GOVERNOR
F. E. Shull of Canton is the
newly-elected District 31-A" Gov
ernor of Lions Clubs in Western
North Carolina for the , 1958-59
club year, ( f , , JJ . . ,1 s -
Shun, -who wrwsd m WNC Di
rector . of the White Cane , Drive
during . the past ' year, ' succeeds
Judge William A. Hart of Wea-
verville as Governor of 86 clubs
with some 1,600 members in 12
western mountain counties for the
new club year beginning July 1.
The new WNC Lions Club lead
er jointed ttie Canton Club in
1946, held various offices prior to
his election as president in 1953
54, served as Zone 3 Chairman in
Region 2 during the 1954-65 and
1955-56 club years, and deputy dis
( Continued on Last Page)
D.LMM0N JOINS
STAFF OF MARS
HILL CHURCH
Groundbreaking Set
f ' East Sundlav Fni" ?
v 'V'-V-' ,j'v Vi'.i;.1
'hurch School J
, A . grouna-oreaking - ceremony
at noon 'for a Suhday , School
buuaing was a part ox th an
, nual ' memorial and 'homecoming
day program at the Piney . Moun
tain Baptist Churdt Sunday. -
The morning services began at
10 o'clock, .with the. Rer- JT. A.
McLeod, a member of the Mars
Hill College faculty and a former
pastor of the church, teaching the
Sunday School lesson to. a Joint
meeting of classes. Bruce Tom-
berlin, principal of the Flat Creek
uool, delivered the main address
st 11 a. m. . '
Job
worlJ spends a Ii-fe-fi
l.ve m to a rep
! e c-ipr ha'f
The Rev. Dean L. Minton, a
native of North Wilkesboro and a
graduate of Mars Hill College,
has assumed the duties of minis
ter of education at the Mars Hill
Baptist Church.
He and his wife and their, three
sons moved to Mars Hill recent
ly from "Elizabethton, N. C.
where Minton was pastor of the
Elizabethton Baptist Church for
three years.
In his new position-he will, di
rect' and coordinate the church's
program of education through the
Sunday School, Training Union,
and other - teaching agencies'.
' In addition to a, resident nem
bership of . approximately 470, the
church serves ' between;. 500 5 and
600 students of Mars Hill College.
The college young peoples depart
ment of the church is one of the
largest in the Southern . Baptist
Convention, t-.- -xt -"
Minton attended Mars Hill Col-
lego from 1946 until 1948. During
his second, year at the college be
was ordained ' tofhe ministry by
his homo church, the First Bap
tist Church of North WUVeaboro.
In 1949 he enrolled at Wake
Forest College, from which be re
ceived a bachelor. of arts degree
in 1951. 1 "While' he was a student
there he- was married to Miss
Patsy Watking of Nortb Jilkes
boro, "who was also a student st
Wake Forest He served as pas
ter of the Moravian Falls Bap
t' t Church while studying atj
Forest. " '
An examination' for Rural Car
rier for the post office at Mar
shall, N. C, will be open for ac
ceptance of applications until
July 8, 1968, the commission an
nounced today.
Applicants must take a written
test for this position- They must
have resided within the delivery
of the office for one year imme
diately preceding the closing date
of tJie examination.. In addition,
they must have reached their 18th
birthday on the . closing date for
acceptance "of application ."Ther
is no .maximum age limit How
ever, persons who hav passed
tn age of 7U may . be considered
only for temporary renewable ap
pointments of one year.
Complete information about the
examination requirements and in
structions for filing applications
may be obtained at the post of
fice for which this examination
is being announced. Application
forms must be filed with l3ie U
S. Civil Service Commission,
Washington 25, D. C, and must
be received or postmarked pot
later than the closing date.'
UNITED STATES CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION
Adams Advises Removal Of
All Infected Branches
From Trees, V,
According to James L. Adams,
assistant county agent, .,' Madison
County has a lot of cherry trees
scattered throughout. On" almost
all of these trees is fouftd a . dis;
ea.se which breaks the bark.' and
causes ' an enlargement Taf .' the
stem. y' ''';",);
The disease affects many parts
of the tree, but the most common
and most destructive phases is
that on the- trunks, limbs, f and
branines. There the pathogen
enters the bark and makes circu
lar to elongated, brown, " water
soaked or gum-soaked lesions in
the bark and outermost sapiwood.
Branches girdled by the -canker
may fail to grow in the spring.
If they produce leaves and : grow
for a period, they die the -first
warm days of summer. The . af
fected bark tissue is brown,' gum
impregnated or water-soaked and
sour smelling. !
Bacterial canker may'f'kill a
tree by girdling the trunk, but It
seldom extends below 4 ground.
The root system of. trees killed
this way will usually re-sprout.
Removal of branches -infected
with bacterial canker should be
done to help control the disease.
If such branches remain 'in the
trees, the bacteria in them will
be spread to nearby trees by rain
and the cankers will continue In
to more and more of the trees.
KYGOFORTHIS
ORDERED HELD
ction on ar .yJ
COMPLETES COURSE
Miss Emma Ruth Edwards,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Edwards, of Marshall, returned
Saturday by plane from Tor
rance Penn., where she complet
ed a course in Psychiatry. She
returned to Memorial Mission
Hospital in Asheville where she
isVa student nurse.
Gofortl 42, i-
Tuesday was ordered bel
bond for grand jury, action-
charge of murder in the slaying
of bis wife in a hay field June 3.
IGof orth, a tenant farmer, is
still in the hospital recovering
from a pistol wound in the head.
Buncombe County Deputy Sher
iff Albert Sorrells, only witness
to testify at a coroner's inquest
into the shooting, quoted Goforth
as saying he shot his wife, Mrs,
Addie Goforth, and then turned
the gun on himself.
iMrs. Goforth died of a bullet
wound over the left eye, Dr. P
R. Terry, the Buncombe County
coroner, said at the inquest,
Sorrells said Goforth, follow
ing an argument in the morning
carried the pistol, a .45 calmer re
volver, with him to the field where
he, his wife, and two children
were working.
The shooting took place at a-
bout noon.
Sorrells said he found Mr. and
Mrs. Goforth lying side by side
under a tree in the hay field.
I killed her," Sorrells quoted
Goforth as saying. "He also said
that it was, all bis fault,", Sor
rells testified. ( . .- ' l.
SILVER URGES
PROPER USE OF
HAY BALERS
Harry G. Silver, county agent,
states that farmers of Madison
County now have the best first
cutting of hay which they have
had in recent years. Many farm
ers have been pressed by the
many jobs which had to be done
at the same time because of the
heavy rains which have prevent
ed them from being in the fields
during the long winter
and late spring. More hay is
being put up in the county by the
use of balers than ever before in
the county.
The proper use of hay balers
on early 'hay is much more im
portant' than in any other season
of the year. Farmers who have
been more successful in keeping
good quality hay which was bal
ed have found that the moisture
content in the hay should deter
mine the size and tightness of the
which they were putting up.
Hay. which has a high content
of moisture should be baled in a
looser bale and if the weather
will permit, allowed to stay in
the field a little while before it
is hauled to 1he barn.
Assistant Forest Ranger
Is silled In Auto Crash
MUDDY WATER
NOW CLEARING
UP IN MARSHALL
Water, which resembled iced
tea for the past several days, is
finally clearing up, much to the
delight of everyone.
The condition of the water was
caused by heavy rains and fresh
ly broken ground at the water
supply entrance on Hunter Creek.-
Most all of the local residents
motored out of town in order to
get vessels of water to drink and
to do necessary washing of
clothes. Many people visited
friends out of town in order to
take a "clean" bath.
Local authorities reported ma
ny complaints concerning the wa
ter but the authorities were un
able to do anything about the sit
uation. They, too, had to suffer
with the muddy condition.
Next Week's Issue To Be
Published On Wednesday
Car Plunges Off Highway
209 Near Hot Springs;
Body Found Sunday
oOo
News Writers, Correspondents And Advertisers
Are Advised To Get Copy In
By Tuesday Morning
Next week's issue will be published one day ear
lier than usual, it was announced here this week.
Although we cannot tell you why this ia being done,
we can give you a clue. It's because of M. B. D.
What's M. B. D.? You'll just have to' wait and
' We (assure yiu that you will vbe delighted when
"aee the fcextTsaije of The News-Record. V
'AH writers of community 'fiews ere -asked .to
please send in their copy at least a day earlier, than 4
usual and it is hoped that each writer will send in as "
much local news as possible.
Advertisers are asked to contact this office not
later than Tuesday morning, June 24, if they wish
to be assured of having advertisements in next week's
edition.
1957 World Series
To Be Shown At
Civitan Meeting
The Rev. L. Richard Mellin
DToeram chairman for the June
24 meeting of the Marshall Civi
tan Club, stated this week that
he had secured the film of the
1957 World Series between the
Milwaukee Braves and the New
York Yankees and will show the
film at the meeting on Tuesday,
June 24.
The film is of 42-iminute dura
tion and shows the ' most exciting
plays of the Series which was won
by the Braves.
Increasing Broiler
Numbers Per Farm
Says Assistant Agent
Charlie R. Norton, 25, assist
ant U. S. Forest Service District
Runner at Hot Springs, was kill
ed when his car plunged off high
way K. C. 20: near Hot Springs
and struck a boulder. He was"
pitched from the car and was
found lying face down in a small
stream.
The mishap t'nat took the life
of Norton, a native of Highlands,
apparently happened at about
a. m., Sunday. But it was not dis
covered until daybreak, when a
passing motorist saw Norton's
body in the creek.
The State Highway Tatrol said
his car went off the road on a
sharp curve, traveled about 50
feet and struck a boulder. He
was alone in the car.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday at 10:30 a. in., in
Highlands Methodist Church.
Th0 Rev. Gene H. Little offici
ated and burial was in the High
lands cemetery. Military grave
side rites were conducted by the
Franklin American Legion post.
Surviving arc the mother, Mrs.
Agnes Baty -Norton of High
lands; four brothers', Herman and
Edwin of Aiken, S. C, and Rob
ert and John of Highlands; and
four sisters, Mrs, Vann Higdon
of Cherry Point, Mrs. Leona
Meadows and Miss Nancy Nortoa
of Highlands and Mrs. Guy Crisp
of Newport News, Va.
Mr. Norton was a graduate of
Franklin High School and N. C.
State College. He was also a
star second baseman for the Hot
Springs baseball team.
- hh' r.. v ;. -v-1 ; - f
W
-J V
NEWCOMERS TO HILL
'are the Rev. and I.Irs. Dean L. Ilin
ton and their three sons, Dean Jr., C,
J"hn, 3, and Eric, 6 vc' -. " ' i
rcently' aurr.ed tha iV "- f
Her of eJjc;n $i t!--i r .
E3r'.::t Church.. Ha ha:
1 1 III College, Wake Forest and
i Baptist Thieological, Semi-
" I fr. Ilinton attended - Wake '
! 3 r"i her husband are
i ! irerth. Wilkesboro.
Many farmers in Madison
County started in the broiler bus
iness several years ago with
from 5,000 to 6,000 capacity
houses, states Printesg W. Eng
land, assistant county agent. At
that time prices were high enough
that they could realize a nice in
come from this number. The
margins of profit are smaller now
and very few farmers go into the
broiler business with less than
10,000 capacity. Mr. Carson
Roberts of the Laurel Branch
community has a 7,000 capacity
house and plans to increase the
size to at least 10,900 birds. He
figures the additional birds will
not require very much more of his
time.
Mr. Roy Tweed of the Ivy com
munity lias a 12,000 capacity
house and plans to double this
capacity in the near future. The
trend in broiler production Is to
ward a larger sis of operation.
Protested ' Game v
IsWonBy'Hot;
Springs Saturday V
' , ,
Pickin? un ths nrotested
gamet called because of rain and
wet grounds,' on May SI. at Hot
Springs, with two out in the 6th
inning, Hot Springs went on to
defeat Laurel, 8-2, Saturday.
Lead(ing hitters in the game
were iHot Springs: King, 2. for
3; Moore, 2-5; Norton, 2-5; ar.J
Anderson, 2-5. Laurel: K. ! ;
2 for 3 and Emmetle t' :' T
for 4.
Laurel Cn0 1") f
Hot fp'r? ri rt ( ' - : i
Y,-?: Li. -: M": fT- " .
ME BLIGHT
F?iEVALET .
f Many of our farmers in Madi
son, County are concerned about 1
their pear trees and some apple
trees this year. It has been a wet
spring and just the right kind of
weather for a fire blight buildup.
It is killing a few inches of most
of the new growtti on most trees.
The bacteria enters the plant
in the blossoms and in t'he new
shoots. Most damage is done
when entry is gained through tbev
blossoms. This is when and where,
prevention should be attempted.
The affected twigs should be
pruned off well below the dead
area to remove all of the disease.
Spraying the blossoms with
streptomycin over a 3-week pe-.
riod will prevent the entry of'
bacteria at fliat time.
Copper compounds i n very"
small amounts will also control
the blight, but when applied in
excess will cause russeting.
Bible School To
Begin At Ho newel I
Church Monday
A Bible School will begin Mon
day, June 23 in fhe -Hopewell
Baptist Church, according to the, ?.
Rer. Jeter Sherlin,' pastor. Th
school will begin each day at 8 :00 v .
o'clock, it was j stated, All per--
sons interested in helping are ask-
ed to-meet at . the church Friday" ;
night at 7:80 o'clock for prepara- . "
tion. All children are asked- to
attend. It Was also announced
that Roy rWb miartet wiH sing,"
at t!h church Sunday bight at
at 7:30 o'clock Service. '
Move To Eurliri!
, - -.
The Rev. and Mrs. T i "
sor and family moved I t
to Burlington w!.. :.! f .
residing. ITe i .'
ment T ..-te I
I'
i I
4