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VOL B7 ' NO. 42
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAYr OCTOBER 16, 1958
10c PER COPY
PRICE: $2J50 A TEAR IN COUNT1
$4.0 A YEAR OUTSIDE COUNT!
Harvested Tc'jccco Acreage
For 1950 Less Than 1957
Hawkins Cites Soil Bank
Program As Reason
For Reductions
A rooent summary of the to
bacco acreage harvested from the
1958 crop within the county re
veals that tome 4P.5 fewer acres
were harvested this year than was
harvested in 1957, according to
Novile Hawkins, chairman of the
Madison County ASC committee.
Mr. Hawkins explained that a big
portion of this difference could
be accounted for by more farm
ers placing a greater tobacco
acreage in the reserve phase of
the Soil Bank Program. The
record indicates that 2,473.58
acres of burley was harvested un
der the 1957 crop year while 2,
425.07 acres were harvested this
year. It also reveals that 31
farmeig entered 16.59 acres of to
bacco in t'he Soil Bank Reserve
in 1957 whereas 71 farmers en
tered 44.12 acres in the Soil Bank
Reserve for 1958. The 1957 coun
ty allotted acreage for the 2995
tobacco farms was 2,563.74 acres
whereas the county allotted acre
age for the 2977 tobacco farms in
1958 was 2,565.80. Mr. Hawkins
explained that the drop in farm
numbers was brought about by
combination of multiple farms and
that the small increase in the
county's total allotted acreage
was the small acreage allotted for
relationship adjustments in old:
larm allotments, in conclusion
flie chairman stated that in 1957
. three (3) farmers marketed 0.91
j acres excess tobacco on which
penalty of 48c per pound was paid
whereas there are three (3) farm
erg remaining in excess: of 1 their
Fire In Jackson
Home Causes '
Little Damage
An over heated flu in the kit
chen of the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Mitchell Jackson, located be.
tween Marshall and Mars Hill on
Houston Hill, caused considerable
concern last Thursday night a
about 8:00 o'clock. Quick action
on t'ne part of neighbors and
members of the Marshall volun
teer fire department held dam
age to a mimumin as the blaze in
the ceiling was quickly extin
guished. Approximately $ 2 5
worth of damage was caused by
the blaze.
CMTAN CLUB
VIEWS FILM;
HEARS REPORTS
REGISTRATION
BOOKS OPEN NEXT
TWO SATURDAYS
Marvin Ball, chairman of th
Madison County board of elec
tions, stated this week that reg
istration books will be open at the
various polling places on Satur
day, October 18, and 25, with chal
lenge day being Saurday, Novem
ber 1.
METHODISTS TO
HOLD MISSION
RALLY OCT. 20
leigh -and Chapel Hill
trtmeat: in the anMwnV-ef to!j4 u:"'SllWd' Isfr -dnipnai
0.18 acrs on which they will pay
'a penalty of 45e per pound. " He
also stated that, in 1957 'there
'.were approximately 50 farmers
'' receiving a rero per cent excess
card (no penalty and Government
Suport) fot making late applies
tions to dispose - of their exeess
acreage whereas for 1958 there
are only 7 such farms in the
county.
F. B. Executive
1 Committee To Meet
The Executive Committee of
the . French Broad Missionary
Baptist' Association will meet on
Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2:30 o'clock
at the Mars Hill Church, Mr.
Wade Huey, Moderator, announc
ed this week.
All members of the committee
are urged to attend.
The Marshall Civitan Club me
at its regular semi-monthly lunch
eon meeting Tuesday at the Pres
byterian Church with 18 members
and one visitor present.
Following the meal, D. D
Gross, president of the club, call
ed on Vernon McCarthy for a re
port concerning contributions re
ceived for the Marshall Band trip
to Duke University last week-end
Following his report, Jim Story
who accompanied the hand to
Durham, told briefly of the trip
and pointed out the "highlights,'
including the "extra" trip to Rs
then introduced Bernard S Brig-
man, i principal of ' the " Marshall
school, 'who thsnked the Civitan
Club for sponsoring the band trip
and expressed his gratitude to ev
eryone" who;- helped. The club
then thanked Mr. McCarthy for
his part in heading the commit
tee in charge ef soliciting for the
trip.
The Civitan Club was then
shown a film, "Our Living Dec
laration Of Independence, which,
was presented through the coop
eration of Mr. Brig-man.
Vota Vita Class To
Meet Tuesday
The Vota Vita Sunday Scnool
Class of the Marshall Baptist
Church will meet Tuesday eve
ning at eight o'clock at the home
of Mrs. John Corbett.
P.OC County Convention Set
For October 21 In Marshall
Rev. William E. Andrews
Methodist missionary t o Brazi
and a native North Caroliniai
will speak to the Asheville Dis
trict Mission Rally in the Centra
Church in Asheville on Monday
October 20 at 7:30 p. m. Mr
Andrews since 1954 has served as
pastor of the Mel'nodist Church
in Curitiba, Brazil, and at the
same time served as District Su
perintendent of the Santa Cata
rine Parana District one of the
largest districts in all of frazil.
He was also at this time admin
istrator of construction of the
large new Curitiba Church which
meant purchasing of materials
paying all bills, etc.
In addition to his leadership in
the Curitiba Church in the city
of 200,000 with a University Cen
ter, Mr. Andrews was responsible
for two chapels in the suburbs of
the city in which he preached on
week nights.
These heavy responsibilities
suggest the very able leedership
wWeh Mr. Andrews has riven in
Ihis'mfssion wort S)nce"l97''wnei
he went to Brasil, one of - the
world's largest countries with en
almost explosive growth in both
population and economy. He, hit
wife Margaret and five children
are on furlough until December,
living in Land rum, S. C. '
Churches in Marshall and Mad
ison County will be represented
by delegates attending, this rally
'Others participating in the mis
sion program will be the District
Superintendent, Rev. R. G. Tut
tie, Rev. Charles Shannon, and
Rev. Horace R. MoSwain, Mis
sionary Secretary of the Western
North Carolina Conference.
96 GALLONS. OF
WHISKEY POURED
IN RIVER TUES.
A portion of Marshall smelled
of whisky Tuesday 'morning about
11:00 o'clock wnen Sheriff E. Y
Ponder, Patrolman C. . H. Long
and Deputy Bob Carter poured
96 gallons of "white lightning" in
to the French Broad River. The
three men stood on the new bridge
and tilted a huge bucket of the
beverage toward the river ss sev
eral people looked on.
v The whisky, stored in a com
partment of the jail, was emptied
from quart jars into the bucket
and hauled outside. The total
amount of liquor consisted of 16
cases, wftich had been confiscated
by the sheriff's department and
State Patrolmen in recent weeks,
J. M. BALEY JR.
COMMENDED FOR
HIS FINE RECORD
U. S. District Attorney Jame.
M. Baley Jr., of Asheville; ant
formerly of Marshall, ' has beer
commended by ! V S. Attornej
General .William P. Sogers foi
his work in keeping the Western
District Court criminal and civil
cases loads current during the past
fiscal year. . .- "
Below is published the letter of
commendation received by v Mr
Baley: t"
OFFICE' OF THE '
ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D. C.
October 10, 1953 ' :
Mr. J. M. Baley Jr. , '.
United States Attoi ney "j .
8 COUNTY ROADS
WILL RECEIVE
R&TREATMENT
Raleigh The State Highway
Commission has approved and set
up funds for retreating eight
Madison County roads.
This work involves retreatment
with bituminous seal the follow
ing roads: 2.2 miles of US 25
and 70 from Ivy River to Mar
shall; 9.2 miles of NC 208; 12
miles of NIC 213; one mile of Big
Branch Road; 2.4 miles of Old US
19; 3.1 miles of Guntertown
Road; 3 miles of Old NC 2?3;
and 8.4 miles of Big Laurel Road;
for a total of 41.3 miles in the
county.
It is anticipated that work on
these roads will be completed on
or before November 1, 1959, at
an estimated cost of $58,900.00.
Once funds 'have been approved
for similar projects, the money is
encumbered until such time as
the work is completed.
MATTHEWS IS
SPEAKER AT
LIONS MEETING
Organized Steer Sales Benefit
adison County Farmers
Farm Bureau
Membership
Goals Announced
H.'
OTHELLA RICE
CROWNED QUEEN
THURSDAY NIGHT
Is
Waldon "Tim" Roberts
Elected Football
King
The sixteen (16) ASC delegate
- i who were elected by the farmers
in their respective communities a
; the polls on October will meet
' in a Convention at the ASC of
fice on Tuesday, October 21, at
V,' 10:00 a. m., where they will elect
a County ASC Committee for
1959, according te Ralph W. Ram
i Bey, ASC office- manager for
: - Madison r County, Ramsey ex-
. plained that, the regulstkms gov-
' erning the convention are the
same that have: been'foDowed for
the past few years 'in that nomi
nations and elections for each po
sition on the board will be by i
cret balloting.. ; The positions of
t chairman, vice chairman, regular
member, first and' second alter-
nate. ; Alternate members will
eerve only in case of a "Vacancy
in the regular three board mera-
1 f. It was also pointed out that
the r'x-nlation governing - ASC
nen provides for the
' of both communi
i 'y ASC committeemen
'i county cf t'-B f ate
i r- I t'.ftt e ; h fc-rsrd
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IMPROVE FARM
, To raise the , values of : their
farms and increase their incomes
a number of Msdison .County
farmers are thinking in terms of
better soil conservation practices
permanent pasture : improvement
full development and use of farm
water supplies,', and good .drain
age, ..reports , W. K. ' Anderson,
Farmers ; Home Administration
county 'supervisor..! .-y : f i '
The , Farmers Home ' Adminis
tration hat ; s. Joan program to
help eligible farmers carry out
needed soil and water conserva
tion measures, he said, and added
that the practices , most needed
and most likely to be carried on
through t'he agency's loans in this
area include improving pastures
irrigation, deve!o;ng farmstead
watfr facilities. .
JBs Othella Rice, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Everette Rice, of
Walnut, was crowned Football
Queen of Walnut High School
prior to the Walnut-Hot Springs
footiball game on the Island last
Thursday night. Miss Rice is a
senior.
Waldon "Tim" Roberts, son of
Mr. and Mrs'. Tommy Roberts, of
Walnut, was crowned Football
King. He is also a senior. '
The king and queen were crown
ed by R. G. Franklin, principa).
,' Kevin Robinson, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Earl J. Robinson, and Dana
Franklin, Son of Mr, and Mrs. R.
Dear Jimr- -
I nave read your rectrit report
ef the activities f your office for
the twelve-month period ending
June 30, 1958, with a great deal
of interest. A ' - -t
Your report shews that during
the past fiscal year there . were
490 criminal cases terminated 'as
compared with 385 in 1957. In
addition, during 195S, there were
133 civil matters terminated by
your office. As a result of this
hard work on the part of you and
your staff, both the criminal and
civil caseload has been kept- cur
rent in your district. Your fine
work in this respect contributed
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Robert S. Matthews, publi
relations head of t'ne Lions Dis
trict and associated with The
Asheville Citizen, was the main
speaker at the Marshall Lions
Club meeting held at the Rock
Cafe Monday night.
Mr. Matthewg stressed the inv
portance of public relations in con
nection with the activities of the
club and pointed out the value of
a Wrap book for the club.
He was introduced by Lion Earl
Robinson, president of the club.
A
BRUSH BURNING,
PERMITS ARE
NOW ESSENTIAL
MRS HOMECOMING
TO BE OBSERVED
FRIDAY NIGHT
Football Queen, King To B
Crowned At Football
Game Here,
G. Franklin, were ' crown1 bearers, the Queen. ;
Theresa Johnson, daughter ' of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Johnson, was
flcwer-girLrv'-t-jg -
Members of the queen's court
were Patsy Massey, Pansy Wor
ley, Dorothy Jdhnson, Betty John-
son and Sharon .Ledford. i i
The king and -queen were elect
ed by secret ballot by the student
body. lAihMr':':
Bloodshedf Boxscore
Annual Homecoming ceremo
nies will be observed at the Ba
kersvjlle-Jaarshall Tootball . game
on t9ie- Island here Friday night
when the Football Queen and King
will be crowned. , The crowning
will take place at 7:30 o'clock,: 80
minutes prior to the kickoffJi:r
The Queen, to be .named Fri
day morning, will ) have, six .'at
tendants ; Qne from the prima
ry grades, 'one from the gram
mar grades,, one from the Band
one from the cheerleaders and the
two runners-up. - '
Mayor Clarence Nix will crown
lUIe'-b The Motor. Vehicle
r srtnpct summary of traffic
A big pep' rally and parade will
be held this ,. (Thursday) .after
noon at 1:00 o'clock and all local
fans are . hoping the Tornadoes
can get back in to .the winning
column after losing to Glen Al
pine last week. yt , '-.i,
PROPER LI"IIT
isr.:Ffl?vT:;rn
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J. Moody Chandler, Madison
County Forest Ranger, announced
this week that brush-burning per
mits are essential and urged
everyone in Madison County to
read ftie following law and secure
permits at once:
Brush-Burning Permit Law
14-139. Starting .fires within
five hundred feet of areas under
protection of State Forestry ser
vice. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to
Start or cause to be started any
fire or ignite any material in any
of the areas of woodlands under
the protection of the State Forest
service or within five hundred
(500) feet of any such protected
area, during the hours starting at
midnight and ending at 4:00 p
m., without first obtaining from
the State Forester or one of his
duly authorized agents a permit
to start or cause to be started
any fire or ignite any material in
such above mentioned between the
first day of October and the first
day of June inclusive. No charge
shall be made for the granting ef
said permits. ,
' During periods of haxarous
forest fires conditions the "State
Forester' is authorized to cancel
all permits and prohibit the start,
ing of any fires in any W ? the
woodlands under the protection of
the State" Forest Service or with'
in five hundred (500) feet of any
such protected area. J I '
This Section shall not apply to
any fires started or caused to be
started within one hundred (100)
feet ii 6f 'C, 'an occupied dwelling
nduse.;?"'iyuS
Any person, firm or corpora
tion violating any of the provi
sions of this Act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction shall ; be fined not more
than fifty dollars ($50.00) or im
prisoned for a period of not more
than thirty (SO) days. (Chapter
lt-139, General Statutes of N. C
as revised by Chapter 815 jof
Public Laws of 1933 Session.)
Farm leaders here recently an
nounced that the countv Farm
Bureau has set its goals for mem
uersnip high this year and are
shooting for 300 members. This
goal represents 50 more members
than belong to the county unit in
1957, according to county presi
dent A. W. Huff.
The goal with its increase is
based on a number of factors in
eluding the number of farmers in
t'ne county, the number of Farm
Bureau members in the past and
the need for building a stronger
organization, according to the
chairman.
Even now community and town
ship membership "Captains'' and
their teams of solicitors are con
liacting larmers giving them an
opportunity to belong to the or
ganization which has as its ma
jor goal to increase farm income
Farm Bureau has for years ex
erted strong influence on state
and national legislation, but Coun
ty President Huff explains, "It's
becoming more dificult for farm
ers to make their recommenda
tions known to Congress and with
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Howell States Sales Have
Been Worthwhile
To Him
MHC LIONS TO
PLAY G-WAT
MARS HILL SAT.
' T'he Mars Hilt College Lions
refreshed and eager after n Pn
date in' theii' icnedele last Satur
day, take on the ,. Gardner-Webb
Bulldogs at Man Hill at 8 p. m.,
in a Western Carolines ' Junior
College Conference game.
Coach Don Henderson said ear
lier this week his players were
in good shape and eager to get
back into action. No new in
juries occurred in an intra-seiad
came last week and the team
should be at peak condition for
the G-W tilt.
The Lions will be starting the
second round of competition a
gainst other teams in the confer
ence. Because only four junior;
colleges in the league play inter
collegiate football, each of the 41
must play the other three twice
a season. Mars Hill suffered a
20-28 loss to Gardner-Webb in its
opener, a -33 shutout to confer
ence leader Wingate and a 0-18
los3 to Lees-McRae.
In 1953 beef cattle farmers
throughout the Southwest section
of North Carolina had their first
opportunity to sell yearling
steers through an organized steer
sale sponsored by the North Car
olina Department of Agriculture,
the North Carolina Extension
Service and t'ne Cattlemen's As
sociation of North Carolina. The
first sale had a total of less than
400 yearling steerg consigned.
The organized sale "has grown
in popularity since it was organ
ized. On September 16, 1958 and
on September 30, 1958 yearling
steer sales for this area were con
ducted in Asheville. A total of
3,4!4 steers, grading choice
throusrh medium, were offered in
these sales. The steers falling in
the regular grades offered in
these sales were sold from a high
of $28.45 for the 10 choice steers,
weighing from 500 to 600 pounds,
to a low of $20.81 for medium
steers weighing over 1,000 pounds.
The total average for these sales
was $24.39 per 100 lbs., for the
iSeptember 16 sale and $24.59 for
the September 30 sale. Total mon
ies received by the farmers in the
two sales was $611,688.64.
Bujring representations for these
sales came from as far northwest
as Illinois and Michigan includ
in the states of Ohio and Ken
tucky and from the Northeast
from Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Virginia. Many of Una steers
from these sales went into the
feed lots of our own North Car
olina in the Southern portion and
into feeder Jots f. South Caroli
na. - ",tt i V "
- Madison County - farmers 1 conrt
signed - a :! total of 983 steers in
these two sales nd received ap
proximately 1172,085 for their con
signment. : ' ' . - (
Many of the advantages are
beginning to be received which
were set up as original objectives
of the organized steer sale. A
mong these advantages are:
(1) Securing buyer-representations
for our Western North Car
olina cattle, ordinarily not present
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BAS RELIEF STOLEN
Naples, Italy An ancient
bronze bas relief exacavated a
few vears aeo from che lava-
covered site of Pompeii was stol
en from the national museum
while 50 policemen on a sight-"
seeing tour were visiting the
building.
Glen Alpine Defeats
45-7, Here Last Friday light
COUNTY ROADS
ARE IMPROVED
A" total of 14.3. miles of road
-work ; was completed during Sep
tember in Madison County, Stat
forces resurfaced,, with bitumi
nous seal. 114 miles of US 25
70 from Marshall to the Laurel
River ; Bridge ; , and 1.2 miles of
Shutin Road;- State forces grad
ed,! drained, and paved 'with 16-
foot coarse aggregate base course
and bituminous surface treatment
1.1 mile of Paint Rock Road; and
0.7 mile of Bluff Road."
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Walnut Churcli
To Cpcnsor A ' ;
I",- ' ers of t'-,e Walnut
m.t tram i a.J fponsor sc
en st" ; --r st ' e T.V-.. 1 t
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Loss Is Second Ot Season
Against Fire Win ;
For Tornadoet
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Glen ', Alpine ran ' its victory
string to six games Friday night,
snowing Marsha! High Under a-45-7
score, y AH of Glen Alpine's-,
victories - have been .against Sky-"
line-A Conference opponents. .
Tom Biggerstaff and Bob Hil
liard were the 'big guns for Glen
Alpine.i; Biggerstaff Scored two
touchdowns and passed for two
more. Billiard tallied three times,
once on a pass from E', -ersUff
for 53 yards and twice more en
runs, one of 18 yards s- 1 sn-
otfcer from the et-e. , I"- ""
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