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OSffi Congress Adjourns Following Susy Session Aid Bill Is Last To Pass; Next Meeting To Be Jan. 7, 1959 . Washington Members of the 86th Congress scattered for home Sunday bearing the scars of leg islative struggles with national, international and space age cri- Civil Rights Protection Missile appropriations Postal rate increases Annual budget bills ' Health insurance program Community facilities loans Minimum wage extension ' Alaska statehood Hawaii statehood . Reciprocal trade extension ' Tax rate extension - Loans for college students National debt increases ; Federal employe pay raisfes Postal workers' pay raises Military pay raises Emergency housing New housing programs Presidential succession Farm price freeze Natural gas regulation Highway construction program Defense reorganization Foreign aid extension Pension for ex-presidents ses. Barring some great new emer gency, the Senate and House will not meet again until Jan. 7, 1959, when they will convene as the 86th Congress, first session. Here is the final box score on major legislation in the 85th Con- gress: Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Died in committee Killed by House Died in committee Enacted Died in committee Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Killed by House Died in committee Vetoed Died on House Calendar Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted STORES TO BE CLOSED MONDAY FOR LABOR DAY W. F. Holland, president of the Marshall Merchants Association announced this week that prac tically all places of business in Marshall will be closed Monday, September in observance of Labor Day. Also included in the Monday holiday are the banks, post of fice, courthouse and the various county, state and Federal offices. Many local people are planning on' attending the Darlington rac es while others will relax at home or go on pleasure trips. January-July Savings Bonds Sales Gain Over 1957 Period UNITED FUND OFFICIALS TO MEET TUESDAY COUNTY GRID SEASON STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT A meeting of officers and di- King Football makes its offi- rectors of the Madison County United Fund Organization, will will be held at 1:30 p. m,, next Tuesday at the REA Building here, it was announced this week. Plans for the coming campaign will be made and various phases of the United Fund setup will be discussed. New officers Vill be named and all present officers and directors, at Old Fort. cial debut this Friday night with four Madison County teams going into action. Edneyville will play Marshall on the Island. Bakersville will play Mars Hill at Mars Hil. Walnut will play Spruce Pine at Spruce Pine. Hot Springs will play Old Fort Killer Bear On Spring Greek, Is Killed ThursdayAfter Hunt THE HUNTING SEASON, 1958 are urged to attend. Series E and H Savings Bonds purchases during the first seven months of 1958 were $28,658,789, the United States Savings Bonds Division in North Carolina an nounced today. Compared with the January- NORTH CAROLINA TOPS IN DRIVER EXAMINATIONS Roger J. MoKinney, license ex aminer for Madison County, an nounced this week that for, the third consecutive year, All games will start at 8 p. m., and large crowds are expected to see the initial battles. Copper Still Is Cut Down Friday At Lower Shutin Carolina has been selected by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators ,(i in co operation with the National Safe fir rmiTif.il no tha host. Driver July period last year, sales were! t-- iii- ,0f,-nn J f . i License Division in the nation. Sheriff E. Y. Ponder and dep uty sheriff Hardy Clark cut down a 40-gallon capacity copper still in the Lower Shutin community North last Friday afternoon. More than 250 gallons of mash were confiscated. No arrests were made. Rivers and harbors construction Enacted Sri ft ii i Jobless pay extension Union welfare fund regulation General labor legislation General farm legislation Minerals subsidies Small boat registration , Federal aid for depressed areas Curbs on Supreme Court Professional sports legal status Enacted Enacted Killed by House Enacted Killed by House Enacted Enacted Killed by Senate Killed by Senate SHATOf ECOME 49TII Juneau, Alaska 'Vast, rugged and, beautiful Alaska slim in population but mighty in size and potential,, is going to become the 49th state of the Union. Alaska voters crowded to the polls in record number Tuesday 'and by a wide margin apipTOved admission of the territory o the Union. With 109 precincts re porting, immediate statehood had received yes votes on 19,007 bal lots. Votes against statehood to taled only 3,814. Two other propositions, which must be approved if statehood is to become a fact, also, were pass ing by the same margin. Propo sition -two on the ballot! dealt with . (Continued on Last Page) COUNTYWIDE, RED CROSS MEET SEPT. 9 Bruce Murray, chairman of the Madison County Red Cross Chap ter, announced this week that a countywide meeting will be held here on Tuesday night, Septem ber 9, at the REA Building on Main Street. Mr. Murray stated that officers of the county unit will be elect ed at this time. "Although the Red Cross is a member of the Madison County United Fund, it is still necessary to make plans for the various services rendered within this county," Mr. Murray said. It is hoped that citizens from every section of the county will attend and participate. up 2.4 per cent July's sales of $3,801,671 E and H Bonds were 6 per cent low er than the $4 million of July, 1957. Series E sales of $3,335,- 671 were off 5 percent from last July's $3,528,245, and Series H sales of $446,000 were off 12 per cent from the $534,000 of July, 1957. Walter P. Johnson, State Direc tor, pointed out that the Bond program had attained 58.5 per cent of its 1958 sales goal of $49 million . in both series E and H Savings Bonds. Combined sales' of. Series E and H.' Bonds -in' Madison CohM?Jfor the' month of July were $29,169. Cumulative sales for 'the 'year in tfois county were $108,152, "which is 59.7 per cent of the 1958 quo ta of $181,300. KINDERGARTEN PLANS ARE IN PROGRESS HERE The order of the States is as follows: North Carolina, '-California, Minnesota, Connecticut, Utah, Vermont, District of Columbia, Washington, New Jersey and New York. S'il To be in the select ten, a divi sion must merit 'a grade of 85 percent. North Carolina led the field with a grade of 97. By this honor N, C, is eligible for the A. A. M, V. A.'s Achieve ment Award" which .will be pre sented in San Francisco next month1. , y , , , . Mr. MoKirmey 'Is 'W'tjCourl- house each' week on Wednesdays and Thursdays to give driver ex aminations, i CIGARETTES TRUCK DAMAGED IN ACCIDENT WED. ars Hill Lions To Begin Football Practice Next I'M Coaches D o n Henderson, - Bob Ecfcwards Announce 1958 Schedule . ' rnv.' Mow. TT.'ll CrXar. lAnn defending champions" of the West ern Carolinas Junior College Con ference,. will begin football prae tice on Sept 4 in preparation for - their Sept w ,. opener against Gardner-Webb. , ; . i Coaches. Don v Henderson and ' Bob Edwads expect to, issue e v equipment to approximately '50 . candidates, including 10 return ing Mtermen, . four non-lettered . squadmen, half a ; dozen choice . .1 L - '. 11 J. 1. . ft' - ft A others. ' C , A scarcity or. junior couege iooi ball teams in this area forces the ;four members of the WCJC Con "fen nee who field grid teams -Ma s inn, Wiripate, Gardner Wc" 1 Lees-MeGae..-" to play' cai' ' i vice each season, V JI.. ";"ss only non-conference ( r 7 Ifi r.--e)".'" ONE HURT IN WRECK SUNDAY NEAR MARSHALL .One person was " hospitalized following tlie collision of two au tomobiles between Alexander and Marshall on highway U. S.; 25 about noon Sunday. - y. - Donald E. Gahagan, 17,' of Mar shall RFD S, suffered head lacer ations and - a possible fractured pelvis.' He 'remains a "patient in an 'Asheville hospital. 1 - " ... The State Highway Patrol said Che - accident took place 1 when a vehicle" driven by Ben L. Gaha gan, 18, of Marshall BFD 3, had a blow-out, turned sideways on the -road and collided , fldtb, an oncoming vehicle driven by, George E. Roberts, 65, of Chica go, lir.uois.. ' ' j Tentative plans are being made to start a Kindergarten in Mar shall for children who will begin school next year, 1959-'60. The hours will be from nine until noon from Monday through Fri day. A fee of $25 per school month (20 teaching days) will be charged.' The Kindergarten will probably begin on Monday, Sep tember 8, and will be taught by Mrs. Howard Barnwell, who holds a BjS. and' Master's degree from Western Carolina College. If you are interested in enrol ling your child, please contact WHY THE MILKMAN WAS LATE By Mrs. William G. Pureell As the summer days becteme warmer and warmer, our Milkman came later and later. We finally asked him the reason, and mop ping his brow, he answered, "Ijfs the dogs." We thought at first that he meant his aching feet, but he went on, "People go away and leave them alone all day without enough water." Then we knew what kind of dogs he meant; lonely, thirsty canines. "It's a shame," he said indigo nantlv. "No water, or just a small bowl left where the hot sun will reach it. People don't mean ' to be unkind, but they just dont think. So I fill the bowls as I number of students can be taken. nd Put in ice ubes ottt.of th! trucK. une day l was late anu The Kindergarten will- have the approval of public school authori ties and will be registered with the State Department of Public Instruction. The meeting place will be an nounced later. SWIMMING POOL TO CLOSE AFTER LABOR DAY Rex Cohn, manager of the Mar shall Recreation- Park, stated this week that : the swimming . pool would remain open' through ' La bor-Day,' September 1. " i The skating rink will be open only on- Monday,'. Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday and Saturday nights and ; Sunday afternoon. There will be no skating on Fri day nights after this week due to football, it was stated.' " tried to' pass up the last ones on the route. They wouldn't let me, though. Those pups howled so, you'd , think someone was beating tfhem. I had to go back after all." He's, a one-man Be Kind To An imals Society, we' thought, as we watched him hurry back to his truck Our Dumb Animalt. , A tractor-trailer loaded with $66,000 worth of cigarettes ran off U. S. 25-70 two miles north of Walnut about 11:45 p. m., Wed nesday and overturned into a branch, the State Highway Patrol reported. Patrolman A. L. Feldman said the rig is owned by Youngblood Jfpj-o-f Jkmes. The driver was Ralph Rice, 45, - of Fletcher and his companion was Jesse James Jordan, 42. Neither of the men was injur ed, Feldman said, but some $3, 500 worth of cigarettes was lost through water damage. Damage to the truck was estimated at $5,- 500. Feldman said the highway was blocked about two and a half hours Thursday while the rig was being pulled out of the branch. He estimated that some 400 cars were lined up along the highway at one time. COUNTY SIGNUP IN 1959 SOIL BANK TO OPEN SEPT. 15 Medical Society 1 Met Tuesday At ' Home Of Dr. Ramsey I i:, , ' ; i The Madison . County ; Medical Society members and their wives met Tuesday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs, Arthur M. Ram sey here for, a covered dish sup- Dr. Ramsey and , Dr. Bruce Samg prepared delicious ; ham burgers on the outside grill and the . members and guest ;enjpyed the" meal on the veranda.', - Dr W. A. Sams gave the invocatior to those present from- Marsha; JTars -Kill and T.Vsverville. ' The signup in Madison County for the 1959 Conservation Re serve of the Soil Bank will open on September 15 at the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office in Madison County, Chairman Noville Haw kins announced today. The first step in the signup is for the fanner 'who is interested; in the program to come to the county office and request that an nual rental , payments rates be established for his farm. - At the same time, the farmer should bring ' with him, informa tion; to be used by the County ASC Committee in establishing i i. J (rates for his farm. x The chief facts needed, Chairman Hawkins said are acreages and yields of (Continued on Last Page) The hunting season has already begun in some states, even though the weather is uncomfort ably hot in most of them, and even though the peak of the sea son is still some time away. Every year a number of hunt ers are killed, or wounded, be cause of careless accidents. Load ed guns in hunting vehicles cause some. Huntersf, of course, s'nould not cross fences with loaded guns and a loaded gun (or an unload ed one) should never be pointed at another hunter. In addition to this, care should be exercised to see that the barrel is free of foreign matter at all times, and that the gun is in reasonably good working order, oiled, etc. One thing about" hunting acci dents w"hich may surprise many readers is1 the fact that hunting accidents do not necessarily in volve beginners. On the contrary many accidents occur among veteran hunters who have become careless or cocksure because of the long experience they have under their belts. As a word of advice to those who tend to shoot quickly, or get excited, one should always care fully identify his target before pulling the trigger. Every Thanksgiving Day a number of hunters are shot down in the Drusn, mistaKeniy laenunea a s deer. The "hunting season of 1958 could be the best n years if carefulness holds- accidents to the minimum, if game laws are obeyed within reason, and if Some thoughfeja. gits!., .., to,,.;,preserying game for another year. Had Killed Cattle, Sheep; Ramsey Tells Of Hunt A 325-ipound black bear, run ning wild and devouring cattle, and sheep, for the past ten days, was finally killed last Thursday morning on Long Branch in the Meadow Fork section of the Spring Creek area, according to Raymond Ramsey, game protect or. Ramsey told the following sto ry: "We were informed of the kill er bear after it had killed a cow belonging to Cephua dreen. We went over there in an attempt to hunt the bear but the track was too cold. Later, the bear killed two or more sheep belonging to B.' K. Meadorws. "I notified two other game pro ( Continued to Last Page) Commissioners To Observe Labor Day; Meet Here Tuesday The Madison County Board of County Commissioners will meet at the Courthouse Tuesday morn ing, September 2, instead of Monday, due to the Labor Day observance. Accepts Position As Deputy Clerk Mrs. Jeter Cantrell of Walnut, has accepted the position as Depu ty Clerk of Court here. She succeeds Miss Mary Poole,, who resigned to teach at Hot Springs High School. Mrs. Cantrell, the former Miss Janice Fisher of Marshall, began her duties las week. HEALTH DEPT. MOVES TO NEW BUILDMGTODAY The Madison County Health De partment announced this week that the new Health Department Building is now completed and that they will move into the new structure today (Thursday). The model building is located on the former County Home site between Marshall and Walnut. It was also announced that the first regular immunization clinic will be held at the new building on Friday of this week. An official dedication ceremony will be held at a later date, it was explained. t ? v NONE ARE HURT IN SCHOOL BUS CAR COLLISION Some seven or eight passengers and the student driver escaped injury in a school bus wreck that occurred near Walnut Wednes day morning. Driver of the car involved in the collision also escaped injury, State Highway Patrolman C. H. Long reported. "He said that the bus, carrying about seven or eight students to their classes at Walnut High School, was struck by the car about 7:55 a. m., on U. S. 25-70, at Brush Creek, a- bout a mile from Walnut. The bus driver, identified by Long as L. D. Roberts, 19, of Walnut, had swung his vehicle (Continued on Last Page) All Types Of Silos Are Being Constructed In This County Seminary BTU Enjoys Social . . Saturday Night BOWDEN FACES MURDER CHARGE IN GUILFORD CO. More than 40 meml ibers GREENSBORO AT warrant charging 1 Arthur Bwden, 17, with the murder of his uncle Was received here Saturday, v- . ; Bowden is being held In Guil ford ' County 4 Jail ; on a murder charge growing out of tfie killing and of his brother In .High Point on nests of the Madison Semina-" 'July 81. Baptist Church enjoyed a so-j Bowden is scheduled for trial a fit the Seminary last Satur-' in y Guilford , C o tt n t y Superior f n'jjit 'An outdoor occasion' Court during the Sept. 25 . term fireed indoors because of j He may.' be handed oyer to ' t a fine time was enjoyed.-Buncombe County authorities for Rojrers, Director of the trial in Asheville. IT Is utw, t Union; was in charge of Tearson BraJLurn, i I' -f m. April 6 near As!.'"-' Modern Construction Mean More Profits To . jv JErmer i " According to Harry G. Silver, county1 ', gehV MadisoU , County , farmers are Snaking a tremendous stride , in the construction of silos. During recent months silos of practically every type construction have gone "bp in Madison County. Many of these silos are the largest, ever to be built in this county. Mr, Clyde" Brown and son, Joe, of the Paint Fork community recently completed ' the construction of a 16x40 silo put up by Southt'i Silo Company. This s.Ti 1 filled with settled sun " 160 tons of siTiir:1'. plan to u:-n V e'r r' " r i ern C ! '
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