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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1959
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Girls Are Metered CHold
After PIoa Ds fledGpted
t)rvtll ' Rice .- And Harvey
Proffitt Given 2-Year
Road Term
In a dramatic conclusion tot
what began as a Superior Court
capital , rape case, two Madison
County men Tuesday were allow
ed to (plead guilty to lesser charg
es, sod the prosecuting witnesses
were taken into custody along
with two other persons.
Orvilie Rice and Harvey Prof
fitt, each 28, and both of Marshall
RPD 2, entered pleas of guilty!
to assault on a female. Each man
was ordered to serve two years
on th roads.
The esse was being tried in
AsheviUe.
Each defendant also pleaded
guilty to conduct contributing to
the delinquency of. a minor and
was given two additional years
on the roads, suspended for five
years.
Swain Accept
The pleas were accepted by Dis
trict Solicitor Robert 8. Swain.
Swain announced acceptance of
the pleas following a statement in
which he said "the state feels it
would hot be proper- to pursue
this matter to "Its ultimate end," ,
His refernce was to the cap
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Industrial Development Plan
Is Initiated At Meet Here
Other ; Projects , Planned;
Many Merchants At.
,:"-, tend Meeting .
!-'' . 'A new plan" by which io build
C"f' op a fund to be used to secure an
m .t -.industry for Marshall was taina-
. Marshall , Merchants . Association
meeting held at the RE A build
ing here. The industrial develop
ment plan was explained by
Frank T. Moore. Following Mr.
Moore's 1 remarks, tentative by
laws were read to the group which
was followed by an open discus
sion. It was suggested that seve
ral minor changes be made in the
original by-laws and a board of
directors was elected. This board
will further study the setup and
report its findings at the next as
sociation meeting on November
12. The following directors were
elected: Frank T. Moore, tempo
rary chairman; E. C. Teague, D.
M. Robinson, Robert Chandler,
John Conbett, C. E. Mashburn,
and Dean Shields.
Tentative plans call for as
many firms and professional men
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Site GhosGH for rJcw
ars Will Post .O'flte
A. W. Huff, Mars HiU Post
master, announced this week that
a selection has been made; of . a
site for concentration of bids for
. a new post office building at Mara
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side of Chestnut Street, north of
Cherry Street The property Is
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Briggs of Mara HiU RFD 2, Mr.
Huff stated. - -
The buirding plan for the new
Mars Hill post office will be re
presentative of mod-era facilities
now being erected in other areas
under the Post O-Vice lease pro
gram. .
Consideration will be given to
"the rrovisions of our condition
ing. Further negotiations at
ftlars K.J including: posting: , of
advert' ' eoeurir-T l i is etc.,
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BURLEY SUPPORT
FOR 1959 CROP
SET AT 57.2c
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture recently announced that
the average loan level for the
1959 crop of Hurley Tobacco would
be 57.2 cents per pound. This
support level represents 90 of
parity as of October 1 and is 1.8
cents higher than the support lev
el on the 1958 crop, according to
Ralph W. Ramsey, ASC office
manager for Madison County. To
bacco is the only basic commodity
on which the support level is set
at 90 of parity. Producers who
market excess tobacco and pro
ducers who fail to make timely
applications to dispose of any ex
cels acreage are not eligible for
price support benefits on their to
'bacco. The method through which
tobacco prices are supported va
ries somewhat from that of the
other basic commodities. After
tobacco is placed on the warehouse
(floors a Government inspector
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NEW ROUTE NOW
AT MARS HILL
Flag
Pond People , To Get
- More Direct',
v ..!. -j Service - 1 ! -V t
A. W. Huff, "Mars Hill Post
master, announced this week that
a new route- Route 8-is now ad
ded to the Mars Hill' office and
that patrons will get more direct
and Quicker service. The new
route includes a bulk of the for
mer patrons of the Flag Pond
area.
"The new route actually started
on October 17," Mr. Huff explain
ed, "but changes are about com
plete now."
Mr. Doyle Cody is the tempo
rary carrier of the new route.
EWood Waldrup' is carrier of
RED 1 and A. W. HoUifield is
is carrier of Mars Hill RFD 2.
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4 ewMM . wiui we TaTM 7: For 3069; Against, 590
service and beheve the PTlm 8: For. 258; Against, 8235
will be well satisfied;
stated
"Mother, It's
Cold Outside"
The Marshall PTA will meet
Monday November 2, at 3:15 in
the school lunchroom. , The PTA
Welfare Committee is stfll con
ducting a used clothing-outgrown
dothing-drive, to help children
who -do not have enough clothing
on these cold morning. , .' -
Please, parents, if Sonny's
pants . Just come to the calf of his
lgs tt his coat sleeves just pass
his elbows, bring them to the PTA
meeting on Monday. Look ' in
closets and trunks for children's
clothing you no longer need.
Lcl'S all try to bring somcthir?
to Ih'p gome other mother's chi'.J
to f ' y -vrarm.
It v 1 i ,'.'e you v urniT i:. " ', !
SPRING CREEK
SCHOOL ENTERED;
3 BOYS IN JAIL
Three Haywood County teen
agers are in the Madison County
Jail on default of $800 bonds each
following charges of breaking and
entering the Spring Creek school
building Saturday morning.
Doyle Teague 17, Jones Wal-
droup, 18, and Robert E. Lee,
Banks, 17, were arrested Satur
day night. Teague and Waldroup
were arrested in Blue Ridge, Ga,
and Banks was arrested in
Waynesvjlle.
Sheriff Ponder said that $100
in cash was taken from the Coca-
Cola machine and that $83 bad
been recovered.
SEEK FARM
CENSUS TAKERS
FOR THIS COUNTY
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Applications for employment as
census takers for the 1959 Censusj
of Agriculture in all but eastern
edsre of Madison County will be
accepted beginniug Oct. 29, 1959,
it was announced by Field Di
rector Joseph R. Norwood of the
Census Bureau's regional office
at Charlotte.
Persons interested in these jobs
should notify Mr. Olin Jarrett at
MarsWl, N. C, who is serving
as crew leader for this area. " The
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COUNTY VOTERS
FAVOR ITEMS
TWO AND SEVEN
State Favors Eight Items;
- - Onef Remains In
', V-' 'Question ' ' ,
Official tabulation? Of votes cast
Tuesday in the, special statewide
bond election reveals that Madi
son County voters favored" only
two of the nine issues Item 2
(Improvements at the State's
Mental Institutions) and Item 7
(Improvements at the State's
Blind Rehabilitation Center).
Unofficial returns from the en
tire State reveal that all issues
passed with the exception of Item
0, which is still in question.
Below are the official results
in Madison County:
Item 1: For, 326; Against, 3202
Item 2: For, 3100; Against, 681
Item 3: For, 295; Against, 3221
Item 4: For, 332; Against, 3173
Item 5: For, 252; Against, 3232
Item 6: For, 319; Against, 3206
Item 9: For, 260; Against, 3236
HALLOWE'EN
CARNIVAL HERE
IS SUCCESSFUL
The Hallowe'en Carnival, held
Wednesday night at the Marshall
school, was most successful,
was stated today. ' '
Below are the winners in the
various , "honor groups:
Little Miss Marshall Billie
Lynn -Roberts, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill -Roberta of 1 Little
Pine.'- : ;;. ?W 'mv'Mcni I
Little Mr. ' Marshall Mike
Bradley, son of -Mr. and' Mrs.
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CLYD2 HOST TO
TwALhUTCJLC3?
Kl.L. lUlUUili
Clyde High, ur-?-ten in riah
Conference co:, a t?.is S''-a-a"n,
villi be j'.-'' ! t with af.ur c'
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Mar Hill Pastor
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Rev. Charles D. Davis
CD. DAVIS
NEWPASTOR
AT MARS HILL
New pastor f the Mars Hull
Baptist Church is the Rev. Charles
D. Davis, 31, of Pulaski, Va., who
will assume is duties there on
November 15; '
A native of HawkinsVille, Ga.
the Revj Mr. Davis was graduat
ed from Mercer University in Ma
con," Ga. and received the bach
elor of divinity degree from Yale
University. He has done addition
al graduate work at Vanderbilt
University' in Nashville, Tenn.
For the last four and a half
years he has been pastor of the
First' Baptist Church of Pulaski.
Mrs. , Davis, a native of Cand
ler, is a graduate of Berea Col
lege and, like '.her busband, holds
a bachelor of divinity degree from
Yale. ' C ' -t't
In his tew -position the Rev.
Mr. Davis will minister to a con
gregation of approixmatelv 1,000,
including 425 full-time residents
of the community and, 575 stu
dents v at Martt College.
The ' Rev.; At T DavifS succeeds
Dri lUjjAwux-WhV resid
ed as minister of ? the church last
March to accept an invitation to
become the pastor of a new Bap
tist diurch in Ohapel Hill.-'
Since that time the Rev. Dean
L. Minton, minister of education,
has served as acting pastor.
HERE TONIGHT
The Hot Springs Blue Devils,
Madison County football champ
ions, will host the Rosman eleven
on the Island here at eight o'clock
tonight (Thursday).
Hot Springs," with a 5-3-1 re
cord, enters the game without
the services of star halfback R.
L. Cantrell, who bas recently
undergone an appendectomy. J
1960 bounty UFO
9 Agencies Are Included ;
. 1960 Drive .Starts
Monday
The Madison County United
Fund directors ' adopted the 1960
UF Budget in a meeting held at
the REA Building Wednesday.
John O. Oorbett, chairman of the
budget committee - presented the
proposed budget and after care
ful study, the directors adopted
the budget published below.
Dean Shields, president of the
J SOT UNITED FUND DUDGET FOR MADISON COUNTY
Salvation Army
1Tnrlisort (
Vllf fCU vuuuivu "
heville Orthopedic Hospital
Polio Fund
Girl Scout -
Coy Scou4
American
Carolina
T'adiscn I
White C,
rmenrc::
.13., Heart, Cancer Fund
Lbr.s Clubs
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CLINICS ARE
DISCUSSED BY
HEALTH BOARD
The Madison County Board of
Health met Tuesday at the Mad
ison County Health Center. Dr.
Manrery Lord, secretary of the
Board, discussed various phi
of Health Department services a-
vailable to Madison County , citi
zens. The different clinics now in
Deration at the Health Center
were brought to the Board's at
tention for their comments. The
newest one, the Well Child's Clin
ic, presented some problems from
the standpoint of type of child
who should be accepted. It was
decided to have the two doctors
staffing this cilinc, Drs. Knight
and MoElroy, meet with the
Health Director to determine what
standards should be adopted.
The Board of Health is com
posed of a dentist, a physician, a
pharmacist, the Mayor of Mar
shall, the chairman of the Madi
son County Commissioners, the
Superintendent of Education, a
public citizen and the Health Di-
rector. The board meets regular
ly each quarter.
Attending the meeting were Dr.
A. M. Ramsey, chairman; Dr.
Lee J. Knight, Dr. Ed Niles, Mr.
Fred Anderson, Mr. Troy Rector
and Dr. Lord. The next regularly
scheduled meeting will be held
Tuesday, January 19, 1969, at the
Health Center.
JUDGE HUSKINS
IS ASSAULTED
DURING RECESS
Newland Superior Courtr-
Judge J. Frank Huskins was
punched in the head four or five
times here Tuesday afternoon, and
his alleged assailant was sent to a
state hospital Wednesday. ! .
indgeJIiiRldriV a MMer. of
Bumsville, was attacked from be
hind in his own i of f ice during a
recess in Averv Superior Court
here while he was talking to Avery
Sheriff Fred Banner and Chief
Deputy Sheriff J. M. Presnell.
The first blow sent the judge
to his knees, and the attack was
under wav before the officers
could intervene.
Though uninjured by the blows,
the judge was advised by a phys
ician to rest at home for two or
three days to recover fi'ojm the
shock of the sudden attack. ,
H. C. Peek Jr.
Now At His Home
H. C. Peek, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Peek, of Mars HOI,
who was seriously injured in an
automobile accident several weeks
ago, in Mars Hill, has been re
leased from the hospital and is
now at his home recuperating.
County UF, announced -that the
1960 pledging drive would begin
in the county next Monday, Nov
ember 2. Concentrated efforts to
reach the . $10,000 goal will be
initiated in the near future, Mr.
Shields explained. ," , -'. v
lis is noted that the overall bud
get of 110,000 is less than the
1959 budget, . which was $15,000.
Included in the new budget are
nine agencies plus an emergency
fund.' . -' . ' . - . i
The Budget follows
$ 1,300.00
' 500.00
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Still Explosion Believed
Cause Of Fire Fatal To 2
EFFECT OF PUBLIC
LAW-86-172 ON
ALLOTMENTS
The last Congress enacted agri
cultural legislation under Public
Law 86-172 which will have an
important bearing on the estab
lishment of tobacco and wheat
farm allotments for 1961 and
subsequent years. In short, this
amendment to the Agricultural
Adjustment Act requires a re
duction in future farm allotments
when 75 of the farm allotted
acreage is not utilized within the
recent three years period. The
Act states that the 1961 farm al
lotment shall not be greater than
the largest acreage planted in the
I three year period or the five year
average in cases where the farm
er failed to utilize 75 of his al
lotted acreage in either of the re
cent three years. The Act is ap
plicable to the basic commodities
now under marketing quotas.
According to Ralph Ramsey,
ASC office manager for Madison
County, the first three year peri-J
od applicable under the Act will
include the years 1968, 1959, and
1960 which means that several
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Annual Mars Hill-Marshall
Game Friday On Island Here
1960 WOOL -INCENTIVE
PRICE
IS ANNOUNCED
The price support or incentive
price available to Tarheel wool
growers will be 62 cents per pound
in I960, according to Novile Haw
kins, chairman of the Madison
County Agricultural Stabilisation
and Conservation Committee.
This wool incentive price is es
tablished under provisions of the
National wool act of 1954, which
directs the Secretary of Agricul
ture to take into consideration
prices paid and other cost condi
tions affecting sheep production
ing determining a support price
that will encourage an annual
production of 30o million pounds
of shorn wool.
The 1960 price of 62 cents per
iffcunds is the same price that was
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Marshall Efigh School To
BOOKMOBILE
.' Beginning the first week in No
vember, there will be some chang
es made in the Bookmobile Sche
dule. The Paint Rook, Antioch,
Shutin trip will be made on tv.c
Fourth Tuesday mornirz in eath
month instead of the first Tues
day.
The Grapevine-rat F.-tk rw'
will be run on t'-e f ! T.
J,iy instead of t' e 1 ...I 1
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:-.--s r::i ' ' .
J. H. Williams, Jeter Gosnell
Victims; Rites
Held
A Madison County teenager
was burned to death Thursday
night and an older companion
died Friday night from burns re
ceived in a house fire that was
apparently caused by an explod
ing still in the house.
James Harold (Cotton) Wil
liams, 17, of Marshall RFD 4,
was fatally burned in the fire
that started about 9 p. m., in an
unoccupied house in the SpUJcorn
section about 21 miles north of
Marshall.
Jeter Gosnell, 46, also of Mar
shall RFD 4 and sometimes a res
ident of Greenevtlle, Ten., died
Friday night in a Greeneville,
Tenn., hospital from third degree
burns.
The blaze, which destroyed the
home, apparently was started
when fumes from gasoline used as
fuel for the still in tae house be
came ignited and explosed, Sher
iff E. Y. Ponder surmised.
Sheriff Ponder said the remain
of a 600-gallon still were found
in the ruins.
Ponder said that O. V. Boles,
21, also of the Spillcorm section,
told him that -he had started to
Claude Norton's home on business
last Thursday night and as be
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Both Teams Have Similar
Records; Game Rated - r
; "Toss-Up .
' The annual Mars Hill-Marshall ,
football Vttl will W-jplavoA this ,
Friday night on the Island here.
Kickoff is scheduled for 8 o'clock.
:i The ' season's largest crowd is
expected to be on hand as these
county rivals clash. .Both, teams
have almost identical season re-
cords. Mars Hill has defeated
Bakersville, Cane River, East
Yancey and Walnut while losing .
to Spruce Pine, Hot Springs,
and Glen Alpine. , The Wildcats -tied
with Clyde, with a record of
four victories, three losses and one
tie. '
Marshall has a 3-3-1 record, '
having defeated Walnut, East
Yancey and Cane River, tying
with Edneyville (0-0), and losing
to Spruce Pine, NGSiD,. and Hot
Springs. s
Both bands are expected toxbe
on hand to add "color" to the
event. The game is rated as a
(toSS-Up. .... -A' : :':
. Marshall School ' is interested
in being of service to the people
of this school district by (1) of
fering business courses to qualify
the graduates and no -graduates
of this school district for better
Jobs, (2) offering regular high
School courses toward a diploma.
To do this, the following cours-
eses are offered at a mln'.. i
charge!
. EUSIXES3 C0U""T3: Ty, -writing,
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