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1 The October term of superior
,cojurty:fo.rythe: trial of ... criminal
eases "started - here Monday morn
ing witty, Judge J. Frank Huekins,:
of j iTurpsville, presiding. Robert
Swain, jfihe' solicitor.. . .!.
Thus. ifartho' court has heard
only on jtfajo case State vs.
Louis flp Norwood, charged with'
manslaughter in the death' of
Eosis.rXow In April, The fury
returned a verdict of not guilty to
involuntary manslaughter. rt
, v CHher cases heard include tfhe
ifoJlowintr: . "i
JV James Monroe Plemmons of
'Buncombe County, pleaded guilty
n'of breaking and entering. Judg
ment, 1-2 years, suspended on pro
bation. (,,:, " .
-Dan Sluder an4 Jerry Webb,
both of Leicester, entered pleas of
guilty to breaking' and entering.
Judgment, 2-3 years'
Richard , WhitV tendered plea
of guilty to larceny of truck. Judg
' meat' pending. Vr . s l
John Bud.v TreadTvay pleaded
guilty o f . ? tenvporary larceny.
Judgment pending. ,
Several "oases were, continued.!
Court Is still in progress as this
newspaper goes to, press,
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: All Marshall merchants are re
minded that an important meet-
i 'f the Merchants Association
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OF FWE COUNTY
ROADS SLATED
The State Highway Commiesion
has approved and set up funds for
retreating - five' Madison County
roads 'with standard maintenance
bituminous teaU
Scheduled for retreatment are:
1.3 mile of road 1370, from NC
213 to road 1364: 2.1 miles road
1589; 1.4 mile road 1143, from US
" 25 to road 1404: 1.1 mile road
'1354, from NC 213. to road 1355
and 5.4 miles road 1001, from
Buncombe-Madison -County line
toward Marshall.
Approximate cost of the inv
provement lis $16,110.
Letter Writing Week
To Be Celebrated In
Walnut, Oct. 4 To 10
The 22nd annual' Letter Writ-
f S tng Week will be observed in' Wal
nut, N. ' C, during the week of
October' 4. to 10, it was announced
, S today by Postmaster, Clyde : H.
,"MoClure.,: V . '
; 1 am sure we are all : aware
that a personal letter is, next to
an actual visit, tlhe most intimate
and economical means each of ns
has to communicate '.with our, fel
low humaA beings. . f Accordingly,
I nrge everyone . to ."write today
to those .awayf ,
: Posters, depicting a , mailman
in a new postal vehicle called the
mailster, will be displayed in post
offices throughout the- country.
Colorful streamers, proclaiming
that "Letters are fun to send and
exciting to receive, will be dis
played on p; :al vehicles.
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OPEN HOUSE AT
PACIFIC MILLS
IS SUCCESSFUL
Hundreds njoy The Guided
Tours Through The
- Large Plant'
1; Approximately 600 persons .at
tended' Open House a. Pacific
Mills in Hot Springs Wodnesdiay
despHa intermittent rains through
out tSie day ' j
Groups of 6-8 were taken
through every phase of the 'huge
plant, an affiliate of , Burlington
Indusries, with expert guides ex
plaining the various processes
from raw wool and rayon to the
finished fabric, ready for . suit
making.
The tour3 started in the- ship
ping and receiving department
and- ended in the display offices,
Plant Manager Ne(ll Rosa extend
ed his appreciation to each jroup
for attending the event. Jl.y'
Refreshments were also1 served)
iThe first,, persons to tour , the
plant Wednesday were Congress
man .Basil L. Wbitener and his
administrative assistant, Herbert
Llneberger, ' , -.-..'-
MADBONMIS'
HURT BY BLOW
fro:i corns
iiicerations received in an alter
cation v on Beaucatcher Mountain
Tuesday night ' , " '!i
Tommy r Ledford, 21,' of Mar
Hill, was .taken to Memorial Mis
sion Hospital about ,U:40 p.-m.,
by j. D. Sealey of 17-A Pegah
View Apartments, according w a
f3port at the Buncombe County
Sheriff's office.
Ledford received one fracture
to the front of his skull and pos
sibly another at the back of his
head, a hospital report showed.
Two young men of Asheville
were given dispensary treatment
at the hospital at the same time
Ledford was brought in. v
First reports at the hospital
were that the trio was stopped by
occupants of another automobile
and beaten with a baseball bat
and tire tools. The story was dis
counted when particles of glass
were found in Ledford's wounds.
The Sheriff's office said the
men "had apparently been in -a
fight and that Ledford was beat
en on the head with a bottle. Led
ford refused to press charges and
would not name hi assailants,
deputies said. ; -
Students Will
Attend 'Editors
Roundtable Friday -
The annual HigTi School Editors
Roundtable .at Western . Carolina
Oollege at Cullowhee win j begin
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
will ' end Saturday at noon. Sid
Ross, .feature 'writer of Parade
Magazine, will be the principal
speaker.-. -'' :--, -; .'',,.-', '
Madison County students who
will attend include Ruth Ann Car
ter, Mars Hill;. Queen Faulkner,
SV a 1 n u t; and Eldridge Leake
Jr.,' Marshall. - , .j : '
Wore than 50 awards will be
presented to high schools In year-
Lo. 't and newppart-r cotrpetit'en
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General, JohiH AtrowimO-h
civil defend director' and. Mr'F,
F. Bowen," state pafciohnan' mte
to' members' of -thd Mafshair PTA
af the-irofirular monthly meeting-
on Monday7 . "V VT '
General Arrowsnuth' ppokjr jpn
the steps necessary for Setting' up
Avil vlofBtiftfl ind evacuation." "Pa-
trolna,n Bowen"exillaihed th j
cently proposed .point jsyslem or
safety on K1, J hlghwyas- '
Devotions were given by 'he
Rev. L,, Richard Mejljn-,andvspe
cjaf music 'was played, by Jack
Ramsey, son f Mr.' and! "Mrs. kWill
B, Raisey yt 'AtH.U V
' Specla) '"yeports. of ' committees
were made. s. " v i ti -
.Mrs.' Ililliard Teague' fsecood
grade won the, prize lor the Jmwi
parents' present, ' v"-t
The Drograim co-chairmen are
A- MA ' ft
A., Gregory. , ,
' Mrs." Clyde Rofeents, president,
preBided.' Sixty-three people "were
present.- , ( . : a
otter cover ! :
IS OCTOBER: 20
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- Parmer? within the' county who
are' ret,; inter ted in securir?
Government cost-tharing in the
establishment of a wmUr cover
crop, were remi ! t id.iy by No
vile llav.1 ins, f t'.r
Mad on ( i ' ' p.
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al Ry'irrass, Rye, Bailey or C'.s
Mr. -Hawkins said that as of to
date , approximately 1150 farmers
had been approved help on . this.'
practice during the past 6 weeks
and urged all farmers . to: '.ade
quateh protect, their land, which,
had 'been row cropped this -year
with a protective cover :M som
kind during' the, winter tnonth
In conclusJon ; the ASC chair
man pointed out the fact that the
farmer's coat in establishment of
a good cwercrop ja . Very small
compared to its value in leaching
protection,': the adding of lamus
and nitrogettHto the soil, protec
tion against wind and water ero
sion and winter erazinx benefit.
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" this is the elow 1:
sbene in the Co!i?eum IJonJ. y
hit his fai-e wip-.-irg home r
screen. The 1 bw climax
the r ' n -1 . 4 ' ;
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The Marshall Chamber jpif Cojh
noive nut Tuesday at'Jt' regular
bi -monthly i; luiu;horijji()efttfn ' iat
t' ' Presbyterian ChurchywH.1! AS
n i umbers und two yisltoiV; preseit.
The highwny situation 'w-as- 4s"
cussed by Charles, E, aehjn1
and William VanDervort gost.
They reported .oil ;th 'mWting fin
Ashevilte and also outlined. , to the
group' the plans for the eaver-yille-MarshaU
hlhway" ,
..Judge J, ' Frank joskins, .of
Burnsville, Who' is 'Residing , at
court hcie this1 weevftas als a
guest of the club aftftSjke hrlef
ly about hist dutieai andVrespohsd
Kilities ai judge.!-aii4 'described
the arduous hours a, judge; must
spend in the couf thous4 la ti-ylng
to met out thd truth, and justice
in hundreds of cases.' Judge Hus
Jriits -wt-a introduced -JbyVAttroney
Joseph E. Huff. ''i'Xf t '
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HOVCPRINGS!
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Blue DW4T of
the Panthers of
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s Having Used !
CIothineDrivev
The Marshall ji Parent-Teacher
A swr.ria.twm in monsorina a 'Usedfi
clothing drive for " Marshall High
SJshool.- The clothes willjbe given
tdi children h4 the 'school. Any
one having good used cjptning to
arive to this ause is asked to
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leave them at the Home Econom
ics 1 Department at the school or
call ') Mrs. Margery Jenkins at
4231, Marshall, and V she will see
that they are picked' up. "We
need anything and all sizes, one
PTA member stated.
AT WRAITED IT UP Thia was the
v. ' on Gil Hodges, Los Ang-eles infielJer,
;' ' - the seats to the ri.iht of the left field
: f -urth World Series frame and nvo
' ' ' 1 win in a row. The hor--r c ' "
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: Riding the cres of Ha twcame
winning streak, t the; Mars Hill
ColleRe Lions Journey to aun
ton, Va., Saturday for a noneon
ference game1 against Staunton
Military Academy. .
Coach Don Henderson's team
proved its fighting determiniationi
Saturday by coming , fropi, behind
to whip Lees-MoRae,, 20-17, and
spoil Lees-McRae's-homecoming
celebration. '; '
The Ldons had taken an early
lead on fullbaclc Allen Fish's,
touchdown in fhe first quarter
and halfback Richard Ruseo's per
feet placement. '"Halfback Buddy
Windle scored again ? for Mars
Hill in the second quarter and
Lees-McRae added" 'a safety to
make it 13;2 at haltitne in favor
of Mars Hill. '
The Bobcats edged up to 13-9
with & ' third-period marker and
went ahead;l543 In the fourth
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SILAGE N0W;0N
THE INCREASE '
ElttADISON
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Madison -County farmers are
making rapid strides with the wn;
ter feed program for their '.live
stock. Ten years age, the sale, of
hay, cottonseed hulls, ffoucks and
straw for Jivestock feed was -a
1 1
s for feed dealers
'w (1 pernl', j upon , pur-
j jLjiiiccf for their feed
y -were not v.ell I J, s.iy
C. Ktr, con ly fdti'i
v... . j to Madison County farm
era for the construction ' - of con
crete upright, -silos. This . year
Jack Caldwell and Vivian Kenoer
of Spring Creek used these farms;
Jesse .Keener and B. K. Medowsl
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of Medow Fork, and Sherman W
Ramsey of the Antioch: community
built a new silo, each using these
forms,1 The comined capacity of
these silos equal over 360 tons.
- Banker Silos Increasing
As Result Of Tour
Four years ago group , of
Madison farmers went on a farm
tour to Haywood County to see
bunker silos. The farmers liked
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LEAKE ACCEPTS
COUNTY POST
0NJNVENT0RY
It was reported to Governor
Luther H. Hodge today that Mr
A. E. Leake, attorney at Mar
shall, has, accepted County Chair
manship of Madison County in
connection with the North Caro
lioia Bar Association Inventory
on State-owned lands. The report
was made jointly by District
Chairman J. Tohver Davis, at
tomey of Forest City; Paul A
Johnston, Director of Administra
tion: and Isaac T. Avery, of
Statesville, State Chairman of
Bar Association Committee on
State-owned, land.
The project is one undertaken:
by the' Bar Association as a public
Bervice and , without compensa
tion of any sort to the attorneys
taking part. The project contem
plates an . examination of records
in every county in ttie State in tin
attempt to locate 'title to property'
which; the State may. own. tw off
Itrhich no records, haver been kepb
during. the many past years of the
State' existence.
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COUNTY NATIVE;
E,DSLffEBY' .
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Ashcvme, son of Mr. mid i
Robert Hensky of the East Fork
section of Madison' County, died
shortly after being rushed to the
Memorial Mission . , Hospital' in
Asheville after being found : wi
Lexington Ave., in Asheville about
5:30 a.m. this (Thurs.) morning.
Asheville police informed Sheriff
E. Y. Ponder of the incident
Sheriff Ponder said that he was
teld that Hensley, involved in
several court charges, committed J
suicide by drinking about two
ounces of carbolic aedd.
Hensley, a native of Madison
County, was a former guard at
the Craggy Prison Camp but tad
been employed by the Asheville
Water Works for the past five or
six months.
He is survived by the widow;
two children; the parents; four
brothers, Clarence, Glenn, Ed
ward and Fred; and two sisters,
Miss Rosa Lee Hensley And Mrs.
James Fisher, both of Marshall
Funeral arrangements are In
complete. ' .
Mrs: Shupe To
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Attend National ,
H. D. Convention
Mrs. George ' Shupe, a member
of the Marshall. High School facu
lty, will leave here ; Friday, for
Greensboro Where she will board
a plane for Portland, Oregon to
attend the National t Home V. De
monstration' Convention on Oct
ober 10-1-4." - ' -:
vMrsw Shupe is a national Dele
gate, receiving tLi. honor by be
ing president of t" i 4th DL-trict,
H. D. Clubs.' She U also &e
Recording Secioi ry.
Mrs.' Shupe uiH sv
Mrs. Gillert IJ ' of I'
ph County, who is Flate li
and other f'.ate '!. '..!.
. I 23 New Light. Qrjrr)J4 ?V'J
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ovejDer..a; i.,, , i
It was iointlv announced". thi
morning by Che board 9f4aldSrmert i "
and officials of .the Vrenoh Broa-,;v
Klectric Membership, Corporation vt.
that 23 of -the latest type, -fiforeet j .
J.J '.4 A, A
expected .to be installed 1 by Nos
vemLer 15- , J ' " -1
Mr. D. M. Robinson said that
the new ' fluorescent tube' would
increase the 'lighting' 8-10 timea
the amount of the present lights.
He also said that the lights were
"cool white'' ' and would have, -a
"ft' appearance.
It was explained that the- new
fa x t u res would be installed on
practically every .pole instead of
every other pole and- would -inn
elude both bridge streets ' as well
as Main Street. Mr. Roiw'itson-also
said that an additional -pole
would be placed somewhere' be
tween the Home filectrict store: n '
Chandlers Hardware. hiJtt , ' vrJ.(
'We will have one 61,t!h,best , , :v
and most modem lighted tewxa ia'
thja.area," Mr. Bobinson ' fvl ,
,.L. Br Ramsey, alderman fSaid . ' i
that, he was highly pleased with
the' prospects of .the new .lights ( !
which ,Marshall . Has needed , V
desperately t for; many years, . 'I t t
was through the combined efforts "
of the board of aldermen and. the
RJ3A that, the lights were made
possible. H isi '
piira ice:
the Do'
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in; the- coui.ty Li 1. -i -.
Pioneer 309 A. ,11.3 . x i. ,
stood up better than any varii-iy
in the test. , ,
This, year two farmers of the
county $ tamted the hybrid variety,
Pioneer 309: A, oh demonstra
tion to test the yield Bd stand up
ability of t!he corn, Mr. E. C. -Teague
has the new variety of
corn on his farm. It appears now; :
to have produced about 120 or
imore bushels of excellent yellow
corn yer acre which is. all stand- j
ing. Mr. Will Cook planted Pio-:
neer 809 A on the farm of Tom
Warren at Hot Spring. Mr. Cook
planted his ': corn exceptkmaUy ."
thick and used a heavy side dress- .s .
ing of nitrogen. An, unusual -storm
hit this corn just after the :
silage stage and .lodged part of ..,
the corn, : Considering the. condi
tions this corn stood up well and
promises an exceptional yield.
Save .Money. And
Labor On Pole
Type Farm Buildings
As labor gets higher and mon .
tighter farmers must ''.'build a
cheaply as possible and t e 8
many labor-saving duvices sj
be had. . -
: O. G. Ramsey, lir.i '' . (
Dairyman," has tu; I '.'
type bay barn is "
conventional tar: ( ! '
labor saved to 1
Iwd instead f .
quite a savr .: t, '
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