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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 1959
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Hurley
Tobacco Growers
Ask For 1958 Levels
PRICE : $2.60 A YEAR IN COUNT!
$4.90 A YEAR OUTSIDE COUNT!
Discussion Is Of Interest To
Madison County
Farmers
Heads Bar Association
The government will pet a
North Carolina recommendation,
t'nat acreage allotments and price
supports for hurley tobacco be
fixed for at least another year1
at the 1958 level.
Tar Heel burley producers a
greed to the proposal at a North
Carolina Farm Burea Federation.
tobacco conference in the Georgej
Vanderbilt Hotel in Asheville on
Monday.
The proposal, in the form of a
recommendation, will be submit
ted to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. Tobacco growers and
members of Congress will confer
in Washington Wednesday with
USDA representative regarding
allotments for i:i."!i and on other
burley matters.
I'rodur.-rs in tli,. eight bin-ley-growing
states will vote in a ref
erendum on whatever proposal the
government draws up.
At t'ne Asheville meeting. Jeff
J). Johnson, a deputy director of
the USDA tobacco division, said
the Secretary of Agriculture will
offer a drastic plan to stop any
runaway in tobacco prices, unless
prices are stabilized.
He also warned that, unless the
price spiral is stopped, cigarette
makers may find a substitute for
burley. Burley presently makes
up about a third of the tobacco in
a cigarette.
In other business, the growers
discussed the aereas-e-noundn.ee
m - " c
I ,plan offered by the late U. S
. I en. w. Kerr, Scott. A growers
1 production would be set at a spe-
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Ac
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pjas acreagw If1 he overproduced,
his acreage allotment for the fol
lowing year would be cut.
Meanwhile, a report from Wash
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TIME TO GET RID
OF TROUBLESOME
BRUSH AREAS
James M. SteVvart, assistant ag
ricultural agent, says most Madi
son County farmers have trouble
some areas of brush on their
farm. Wild cherry, locust, oaks.
blackgum, and willows, are among
the group of woody plants which
when cut, usually send out sprouts
and are almost impossible to kill
by cutting.
During the winter, when these
plants are not growing or are in
the dormant stage, is the best tim0
to solve this problem. By spray
ing the lower 12" to "18- of the
trunk to tlie ground and all the
exposed roots with a 2,4, B-T so
lution of one part of 2,4, 5-T and
five parts of motor oil or kero
sene, this brush can be control
led.
One farmer in Madison Coun
ty who had excellent results with
2,4,5-T, was Jesse Keener of R-l,
Hot Springs, in the Meadow Fork
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Clyde M. Roberts
County Bar Asso.
Elects Officers
Here Tuesday
The Madison County Bar Asso
ciation met here Tuesday and
elected officers for the ensuing
year.
Clyde M. Rolwrts was elected
president of the group, succeed
ing Joseph B. Huff. C. E. Masih
burn was elected vice president,
and A. E. Leake was elected sec
retary-treasurer.
APARTMENT,
HOUSE BURN
NEAR WALNUT
Fire of undetermined origin de
stroyed the seven-room frame
house and two-story garage apart
ment owned by Mrs. Rachel Kent
on U.S. 25-70 just north of Wal
nut, early r nuay. !o one was
injured.
The blaze was discovered about
1:30 a. ni., but the house was en
gulfed in flames before the Mar
shall Volunteer firemen arrived
with t'neir rural fire truck.
All "household furnishings and
clothing were lost in the fire. The
house was occupied by Mrs. Kent
and 'her son, Owen Kent Jr., about
14; and Mrs. Kent's daughter and
eon-in-law, Mr. and Mid. Bill
Reed. l
Ulus Ledford occupied the ad
jacent garage apartment.
The firemen were called back
ait 4 a. m., to beat out flames
which had broken out again and
were threatening several other
houses and buildings.
LAUREL 4-ffERS
WIN COUNCIL
CONTEST
Driver Escapes
Injury In Wreck
Of School Bus
MRS. JOE EADS
SERIOUSLY HURT
IN WRECK TODAY
Accident Occurs On U. S
Highway 25-70 Near
Flat Creek Rd.
Subscriptions
h Dunconbc
flrb
ed
Effective January 1, 1959
the ' Subscription ; in Bun
combe. County were put at
ame rate aa those of Mad-
won County $3.00 for 15
months? ' $2.50 ' for 3 12
months; $2.00 for 8 months;
$1X3 for four iriohuW r -Outside
Madison 'and
Cuncombe, the rates will re-
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f r,t
i t e ame as at pre
: C-e Year, S4.00j eix
' s 73.00 3 months,
Mrs, Joe Eads, of Marshall,
was seriously injured about 8:45
o'clock this (Thursday) morning
while en route to Asheville where
she is employed at an A&P store.
According to word received
here, her car and a trail eivtruck,
headed in opposite directions, col
lided near the intersection of
Highway 25-70 and the Flat Creek
Road near Alexander. It was told
that another vehicle, driven by
Robert Alonzo Waldrup, of Ashe
ville, which was following the
trailer, attempted to pass the
trailer-truck and when Mrs. Kads
applied her brakes, her car skid
ded into the trailer. It is be
lieved that Mi's. Eads was thrown
through the windshield.
She was rushed to t"he Memo
rial Mission Hospital where it
waa found that she had received
a fractured skull, broken ankles,
fractured ribs and facial lacera
tion?. ine was reported uncon-1
scious as this paper goes to press.
Patrolman C. S. Capell, who in
vestigated the accident, stated
that he is holding the AsheviUe
mam, who is stationed at t!he Ohen-
na-ult Air Force Base, pending
further investigation. No charges
have been filed against Waldrup,
Thomas Franklin Stevens was
said to have been the driver of
the trailer. He was uninjured.
Mrs. Eads' car was demolished,
it was said.
The youthful driver of an oth
erwise empty school bus that skid'
ded off an ice-coated bridge on a
rural road in Madison County
Thursday escaped unhurt, the
State Highway Patrol reported.
Pfc. C. H. Long of the State
Highway Patrol said that Edgar
Benson Wallin, 17, of Marshall
RFD 3 was tfhe driver of the bus.
The vehicle slipped off the steep
embankment at the bridge and
laid over on its side, Long report
ed. Damage to the bus amounted to
only $40 or $50. The patrolman
said the accident occurred about
7 a. m., as the bus was traveling
north on Shelton Laurel road.
There are no means of communi
cation except a short-wave radio
in the area, and investigation of
the mishap was delayed until al
most noon, he said.
laurel 5th & 6th Grade 4-H'er
Girls won the gavel for the best
attendance at the County 4-H
Council last Saturday, January 10.
Faiitli Edwards, Council Presi
dent called the meeting to order
at 10 o' clock in,the REA building
at Marshall. The 4-H Pledge was
repeated by the group. The secre
tary, Louella Ponder read thenrin
uteg and checked the roll. Cecil
Clark, Council Vice President
read "Twenty Points In . A Good
4-H County Council Meeting".
Paula Smith gave ttie devotions.
After the business session the
4-H'ers had group sessions. Mrs.
E. O. BurWette, WaJmut Adult
4-H Leader worked with the five
presidents Brendia Landers,
Cecil Clark, Linda Adams, Roger
Swiann and Faifli Edwards. Mr.
Earle Wise, Assistant Agricult
ural Agent advised the vice presi
dents Lois Davis, Ronnie John-j
son, t,aroiyn nawKiins ana niny
Briggs. Louella Ponder, Council
Secretary talked to the club secre
taries Mary Ruth Myers, Lou
ise Aiciievitt and iatncia Uock
cry, Marion Wilson, Home Econ
onnos Agent met with the two
reporters Katherine Zimmer
man and Ronald Plemmfins, Ruith
Ann Carter, Council Song Leader,
directed the song leaders Jan
ice Norton, Peggy Plemmons, Ruh
Rector, Jewell Ball, Jimmy Davis,
Paula Smith, Doug Buckner, and
Genelle Fender.
Ruth Ann Carter lead the group
in some games i and songs.
The next regular meeting was
set for February 21. It is three
weeks earlier in order to plan for
National 4-H CBuib Week Observance.
ural Fire Truck Ds fJorj
!eady To temr alls
MARS HILL
BAPTIST CHURCH
PASTOR RESIGNS
Passes Tuesday
THIS MECJHANI9AJL$?
i ' 'V.A . f
Dayton Ohio Now. comes a
machine that listens to what you
say and does what it's told. Tell
it to multiply, and it multiplies,
just for an example.
The brain, developed by tech
nicians from the Air Force and
the Remington-Rand division of
Sperry-Rrarud Corporation, cam
The mantis is the only insect
that cart tocus its gaze on amy understand 30 English verbs and
particular object. v&rry out their orders.
The resignation of Dr. Robert
Seymour as pastor of the Mar
Hill Baptist Church was accepted
with regret" by the congregation
at the morning service there last
Sunday.
Dr. Seymour has accepted an
invitation to become the first full
time pastor of the newly organ
ized Olin T. Binkley Memorial
Baptist Church at Chapel Hill.
The chiirc'li, with a membership
of only alniut 50 persons, is meet
ing in a building on the campus
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in liu' i nivcrsuy o! .ortli ' aiv-
lina.
Explaining that he feels the
new church offers a "unique op
portunity." Dr. Seymour aked
that, his resignation become ef
fective .March 1").
A native of Greenwood, S. ('.,
and a Ph. I), graduate of the
University of Edinburgh, Scot
land, Dr. Seymour became pastor
of t'he Mars Hill Church in March
1955. The church serves the stu
dents of Mars Hill College as well
as the residents of the community.
In June 1050, Dr. Seymour and
Miss Pearl Francis, a member of
the music faculty of the college
were married. They have a son,
Robert, 18 months old.
Dr. Otis Duck, Mars Hill phy
sician and a member of the
church's board of deacons, is
chairman of a committee to seek
a new pastor.
Mrs. Fred Tilson
MRS. FRED TILSON
PASSES TUESDAY;
FUNERAL TODAY
Additional Donations Are
Needed; Firemen
Deserve Credit
It was announced this week
that the new Rural Fire Truck is
now ready to answer calls wherev
er it might be needed. Although
not entirely completed the unit is
far enough advanced in construc
tion to be, used effectively should
the neexi arise.
People living outside the city
limits of Marshall are advised to
call Marshall .T'f.TS if a fire should
oct ur in residential or farm build
ings. It should he made clear the;
exact location of the fire and
whether or not there is a source of
water nearby. The new truck car
ries a tank of water with K'0-gal-hm
capacity; also a pump driven
by the truck's engine as well as
a portable pump which can he
carried to streams or other water
sources.
Convict Flees
Madison Gang
Slayer Of Brother Given
Eight Years For Killing Uncle
Lions Club Met
Here Monday Night;
Teague Is Honored ,
The Maranall Lions Club held
its regular leml-tnontbly meeting
C the Rock Cafe her Monday
nig-ht with 14 members present.
Ert Robinson, president,- presid-
-: 'v-.v.
The clob presented Lion Ernest
Tea gua" with -aft Athievement . A
ward for hW 'interest faf welfsrs
of tits clubb '.; ' ---',
A film concerning the March of
Dimes ;etrrpalph was shown to
tbs memlbsrs, i iV" V
i Ths nert meeting "will 'W'beld
oa- Jsiraarr 26." i
A 17-year-oll former Buncombe
resident seiwing 25 to 30 years
in prison for sihooting "his broth
er in High Point was given an ad
ditional 8 to 12 years Wednesday
for the slaying of hiis uncle.
Arthur Miller Bowden pleaded
guilty to second degree murder
in the death of his uncle in Bun
combe Superior Court before'
Judge J. Will Pless of Marion.
Bowden, the court was told
Wednesday, was raised almost
from infancy by tJie uncle he
killed, 49-year-old Pearson Brad
bum, former Madison County
Tesident, who was shot to death
flast Easter Sunday on a hill
side in North Buncombe's Reems
Creek valley.
Deputy Sheriff F. S. Moffibt
testified that information obtain
ed from Bowden showed Bradburn
died at the height of an hour-long
idrdnfcmg and arguing- spree on a
mountainside that ended when
Bowden became so angry he shot
ihu uncle with a pktol. ,
First suspicion of Bradburo's
deatfo was ratfsed lost August
wiheo Higlh Point police, then
awlcttng- Bowden for bis brother's
oearcn, received an anoramnous
tip that . Bradbttfrn, miseiig. sine
the previous Eastar, waw, actually
KidoW "in ; Rmw. OxolCjThl
faformmnt . had reportedly over
heard ' Bowden ' talking about the
v Bradburn's remains were found
Aug. 7, and identified by a Navy
watifh and dothing; " Mrs. Bra4-
burn told officers neTad been
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Baptist Men
Attend Meeting
In Raleigh
Mr. Paul Tugman ' of Mars
Hill, representative of the French.
Broad Baptist Association, Mr.
Ray Buckner, of Walnut, repre
sentative of the Newfound Bap
tist Association, and the Rev. L.
G. Crayton of Marshall attended
the Baptist State Convention
General Board meeting in Ra
leigh on Monday and Tuesday of
this week.
Sales And Use
Tax Collections
Show Increase
The State Highway Patrol re
ported Tuesday the escape from
a Craggy Prison Camp road gang
in Madison County of Willie Lee
Kelly, 24, a Negro of Atlanta, Ga.
The Patrol said the convict,
who was serving a term for mis
demeanor, fled the work gang at
about 2 p. in. He was described
as being five feet, six inches tall
and weighing almut 140 pounds.
Sales and tax collections in 19
Western North Carolina counties
during November 1958 totaled
187,202.68 more than in Novem
ber 1957. t. h
November 1968 collection total'
ed $699,878.45 as compared with
$512,675.77 for the same month
of the previous year.
, The higher figure, boweverV waa
somewhat below collections dur
ing 1958, which totaled r $618:
oai.69. . -
, 'ln Madison County,'; November
J958 collections ; were $2,638.93
more than in November 1957i No
vember 1968 eollections collections
fa the county totaled $9,834.64 as
eonipared wltb $755.71 for Ce
same" month of the previous year.
Collectiohi during Octol . r 1958,
totaled $10,531.09.
Duckett Speaks
To Civitan Club
Here Tuesday
Allen Duckett, Marshall Fire
Chief, spoke at the Marshall Civ
itan Club meeting . "held at the
Presbyterian Church here Tues
day. His talk concerned the rural
fire truck which is now ready for
use. Chief Duckett highly com
mended members of the volunteer
fire department for their interest
and work in "building" the truck.
The club also voted to sponsor
the Marshall Boy Scout Troop for
the ensuing year.
D. D. Gross, president of tlie
club, presided with 17 members
present.
Flag Pond Man
Is Arrested On
Liquor Charges
A Flag Pond man waived prelim
tnary hearing before U.S. Com
missioner Lawrence C. Stoker in
Asheville Monday on federal charg
es and, were ordered held under
$500.00 mond for trial in the
May criminal term of U.S. Dis
trict Court, the .office of U. S.
Jtfanhal Roy A? Harmon report
ed..; . ;
lUdbert Russell Hensley, 37, of
RFC 1, ! Flag Pond, Tenn, was
committed to the federal section
of Buncombe , Jail in default of
$500 bond on a charge of violating
federal" internal revenue laws.
Hensley was arrested Monday
by Alcohol-Tobacco Tai and ABC
agents at the site of an unregis
tered .distillery in Madison Coun
ty, "deputy marshals said.
Mrs. Fred O. Tilson, 45, o.'
Marshall RFD 2, died at 4 p. m.,
Tuesday, January 13, 1959, at
her home after a long illness,
Services will be held at 2:30
this (T'nursday) afternoon in the
Marshall Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. L. Richard Mellin will
officiate and burial will
Bowman-Rector Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be J. J. Rain
sey, Robert Chandler, Sam Rudi
nifll, J. H. Sprinkie Sr., O. C. Rec
tor, Carl Bowman, Claude Saw
yer and Craig Rudisill Jr.
Surviving are the husband;
two daughters, Misses Sally and
Ann Tilson of the home; the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Navy
of Charlotte; a brother, R. C. Jr.,
of Charlotte; and four sisters,
Mrs. Wade McAnulty and Mrs
John Furr and Mrs. James Mc-
Oall of Charlotte and Mrs. Marie
Castagna of Miami, Fla.
Mrs. 1 ilson was active in the
Marshall Presbyterian Church,
and was an active member of the
WMS and the Marshall Garden
Club. She formerly was county
Red Cross chairman and president
of the Ladies Bible Class of the
church. She was also a member
of the Mars Hill Woman's Club.
Bowman-Rector Funeral Home
is in cnarge of arrangements.
4.1 Miles Road Work
In Madison County
During December
It was also pointed out that the
unit is not available for fighting
forest fires unless buildings are
threatened. Forest fires should
be reported to the nearest State
Forest Warden.
T'ne Marshall Volunteer Fire
Department has sponsored this
worthwhile move to provide fire
protection for residents living be
yond the city limits of Marshall
and have worked diligently for
many months raising money for
equipment, and actually building
the truck in their spare time.
Hundreds of man hours have been
be in spent by these men mostly at
night after a day's work at their
regular jobs.
Those wishing to contribute to
the Rural Fire Truck Fund, which
is still several hundred dollars
short of its goal, may do so bjff
contacting Mr. Will B. Ramsey
at the Citizens Bank or Mr. Craig
iRudisill Jr., at The Bank oil
iFrench Broad. ,
"I contributed some to the fund
before, but I'm planning on giv
ing more soon. Those firemen
surely do deserve a lot of credit
for doing so much to help us,"
one rural citizen said.
Raleigh During the month of
December. Contract forces com
pleted a total of 4.1 miles of road
work in the Thirteenth Highway
Division, according to Division
Engineer W. M. Corkill of Ashe
ville.
In Madison County, Contract
forces 'graded, drained and paved
4.1 miles on NC 63, from appoint
0.1 mile east of the Buncombe-
Madison County line, west toward
Trust
In addition to CorldU, the en
gineering staff of Division Thir-J
teen includes J. T. Knight, the
Assistant Division Engineer and
two District Engineers. Roger
Franklin is District Engineer at
Marion for Burke, McDowell and
iRutherford counties; , and B' S.
Connelly is District Engineer ' at
AahevflJe for Madison,. Buncombe,
MitoheU and Yamcey counties. G.
Baskervflle is JMyistott : Road
Oil Supervisor. Headquarters for
ithe Thirteenth - Division' are- lo
cated in Asheville. . , ,
According to genealogical sta
tistics, if you went back 31 gen
erations you'd find you had 4,
294,967,296 ancestors.
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Citizens Bank
Chandler Hardware
Service Motor Sales
Bank of French Broad
.aional 5c10c Store
Coal, Feed & Lumber Co.
Frisby's Gulf Service
Whitehurst Insurance Agency
Marshall Post Office
East End Service Station
Edwards Cleaners '
SprinkleSheKon Wholesale Ce
Board of Education:
Court House" Personnel'
SCHOOL (Faculty): t "
'Ebbs Chapel
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Madison County School 'Garage
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Kara Hill Pharmacy
Cox Department Store '
Warrick's Soda Shea '
"VThe Laundrymat,
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