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' 1 - i . , , I .( f (VOL. 58 NO. 47 (' 8 PAGES THIS VEEK MARSHALL, N. C4 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1959 10c PER COPY $2.60 A Yu In Madison 4 Buncombe Counties 1 14.00 A Year Outside These Twe Counties '.,' -'.'.i-.ij.-, i , i ''!.. i . '' "..,.. " ..'t:3':. .i.---'-, - V. Bon CHenoley' Arrested Early Tuesday On Tenn. Found A t Uncle's Home; lantrells Condition Remains Critical The hunt for Don Hensley, 80, of Flag Pond, Tenn., charged with assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious and permanent injuries, ended early Tuesday morning where Hensley was found sleeping at the hoime of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hensley, located on the .edge of Washington and Green Counties, Tenn. Sheriff Ponder, with four of his deputies. Deputy Sheriff Si Jer of Greene County, Tenn- and Constable Moore of Washington County, Tenn., made the arrest. Sheriff Ponder said that Hens ley offered no resistance but re fused to sign waivers. Hensley is now in the Greene County jail until extradition papers can be completed. Ponder also said that Hensley made no statements con cerning the incident. His arrest ended a constant, search by Madison Greene, Cocke and Unicoi County officers. " The search began after a shoot ing November 7 on Big Creek when Junior Cantrell walked out of a store and was allegedly shot by Hensley. The shooting occur red after the two had had a fight Cantrell, 22, of Spikorn, is still a patient in Tacoma Hospital, in Greeneville, Tenn. His chances of living were reported "reason ably good," though he was par ly zed from the waist down by the ,38 calibre pistol ' bullet that went through bis chesf and lodged in his spine. , 1 '" ' MARS HILL FFA WINS IN TOOL COMPETITION RECORDS IN, . CANNING JUDGED The' Mars Hill Future Farmers of America team won first place in a runoff in the Blue Ridge FFA Federation tool identifica tion contest held in Mars Hill Thursday. The Mars Hill victory also meant the team will represent the federation in the state FFA eon test which will be held in June in Raleigh. Mars Hill won a contest in spelling names of tools, after sharing the lead with the North Buncombe and Walnut chapters at the end of ' the regular competition. ine members of the winning team are Claude Tweed, Marvin Wills, George Wilson and Neal Wills. J. E. Mclntire is Mara Hrll agriculture teacher and chap ter adviser. Walnut placed second in the runoff. The team members are George Reeves, Bobby Ramsey, (Continued To Page Eight) SUSPENDED TERM PUT INTO EFFECT INCOME TAX COURSES WILL BE OFFERED A series of four farm and small business income tax courses will be offered during November and December by North Carolina State College, according to an an nouncement by Harry Silver, County Agent. This course is designed primar ily for individuals who assist others in filing income tax re turns, with emphasis on farm and small business returns. The two-day programs open November 23-24, in Greenville. The second is scheduled for Nov ( Continued To Page Eight) Road Meeting To Be Held Nov. 27 At Rutherfordton In ' U. S." District Court in Ashevllle .Monday afternoon Judge Wilson Warlick ordered a threeiyear Vaospended prigon j.sen. lence,':! Imposed rn' iDiann R. Reemes, 47, Of Madison Uounty, In' May, 1957 Into effect because the defendant had failed to pay a fine of $1000 in a liquor case. , (Citizens who live in the seven- county area comprising the Thir teenth Highway Division will have an opportunity present road requests, petitions ' and problems to Thirteenth Division highway personnel at a public meeting at Rutherfordton on Friday Novem ber 27. Announcement of the hearing was made today by Divi sion Engineer W. M. Corkill, who is in charge of the hearing. The Thirteenth Division is com posed of Burke, Rutherford, Mc Dowell, Buncombe, Madison, Yan cey and Mitchell Counties. City and county officials, along with the general public, are invited to attend the meeting if they have road problems .which .they feel should receive attention. The hearing will be.' held be tween th hours of 10 a, m., and 12 noon, on, Friday, November 27, in the" " County Courthouse at Rutherfordton. , ; ' v ' i - . ,. The vThj rteenthHighway;, Divl-1 sion Jponducts j Vegular "' tnotathlyl public- hearings for the purpose of hearing requests and explain ing the road program to interested citizens. , HANDLING OF TOBACCO CARDS The laws and regulations govern ing the productidn and marketing of tobacco provides that the opera tor of each farm must properly account for the disposition made of his crop each year when quotas are in effect.- The primary pur pose of the marketing card is to provide the producer a simple means of showing not only the a mount of tobacco marketed from the farm but also how, when, and where he disposed of the commod ity. Ralph Ramsey, County ASC Office Manager, said today that County cards for use in market ing the 1969 crop were placed in the mail to farm ' operators on Monday, Nov. 16, so as to make it more convenient to the farmers. He further pointed out that Mad ison County ASC had utilized the (Continued To Page Eight) COIOTY 4-II COUNCIL MET ON SATURDAY FARM BUREAU TO ESTABLISH OFFICE HERE Officers Are Elected ; Farmers Urged To Join All The Madiosn County 4-H Coun ty Council met Saturday, Novem ber 14, at ; 10:00 ,jn the French Broad Electric Membership Build ing Marshall for the regular monthly meeting. . " " . The president, Craig Burnette, presided; the Pledge of Allegiance (Continued To page Four) THANKSGIVING TO BE OBSERVED PracOca'KjfXaU places "oj busi ness, hy addition to banks, post office) courthouse and all agen cies, will be closed (next Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. Npw officers of the Madison County Farm Bureau were recent ly elected at a meeting held in the Marshall school lunchroom. Approximately 100 members and their wives attended the meeting. In addition to electing officers, it was also planned to establish an off ice in Marshall where Farm Bureau insurance and Other per sonal matters can be administer ed. One of the main objectives of the organization is to enlist new members. An all-out drive is now in progress and all county farm ers, regardless of Party affilia tion, are requested to join the Bu reau. New officers elected are: Bill Roberts, president; W. T. Moore, vice president; and Herbert Haw kins, secretary-treasurer. The board of directors is com posed of Alferd Huff, Coy Mor gan, Novile Hawkins, Zeno Pon der and E. C. Teague. VETERAN MASONS WILL BE HONORED In aisofn Mq On General Board r ... . i Wade Huey State Board Not To Further Investigate Due To Lack Of Evidence Old Timers' Night honoring members with 25 years or more continuous service will be held by French Broad Masonic Lodge No. 22 at the lodge hall here Satur day at 7 p. in. ' S. W. McClure will be present ed a Certificate of Honor for at least ;. 50 years', service, tf. All " the other members 'of f ijuarter-een- tury or more standing will be pre sented Certificates of Honor also, The guest speaker will be (Continued To Last Page) MARSHALL BY-PASS OPENED LAST FRIDAY Junior 4-H Canning Records were judged recently by Ethel Townsend, assistant home ecom oimics agent. The three best re cords belonged to Terry Metcalf of Beech Glenn, Janet Buckner and Joyce Randall of Walnut. They will recieve one year sub scriptions to National 4-H News. Terry's first- place record was sent to the state contest. Terry helped others can about 350 quarts. She canned 27 qts., by the boiling water bath method and 27 quarts by the pressure canner method. Quoting from her story, she says, "Next year I will be able to do even more be cause of this useful experience." Janet canned 36 quarts of food alone and helped can 22 quarts of food. She says, "When I be gan to fill cans, Mother and -1 set apart certain parts of shelves for my cans and it was : with great pride and pleasure that watched these shelves fill up. . . Joyce estimated the total value or her. canning work at. f 118.00 since, she helped can " 236 quart of food.;j: vt V-.. . ..; Others " submittng records , in this contest Were Linda Gail Mc- Carter of Spring Creek,. Delilah Hoyle of Mari. Bill, Linda Willk -, i of Beech Glen And Patrica Dock- " ery of Walnnt.' Over sixty girls in the county are enrolled tin the I ' 4-H canning projecta. X ii . r . ' mm mm WADE HUEY IS NAMED TO STATE BAPTIST BOARD Mars Hill College Board Of Trustees Are Named Wade Huey, popular Marshall businessman and Moderator of the French Broad Missionary Baptist Association, was elected to the General Board by the Bap tist State Convention last Week at the final session of the Convention which was held in Greensboro. Mr. Huey's election marks the second time he has served on this1 powerful- board, i He was a mem ber of "the Wrd-,fro 19614056- He served on several important committees during his first tenure and had the distinction of not missing a meeting of the board (Continued To Last Page) The State Board of Elections, meeting in Raleigh, ruled Tues day there was no evidence to back up charges of widespread ballot box stuffing in Madison County in the Oct. 27 state bond election. The board made its ruling af ter hearing state Republican Chajrman William E. Cobb reit erate charges that "the ballot boxes were stuffed by elections officials of Madison County" and that this produced the margin that defeated proposed bond is sues for armory construction and historical site restoration. In answer, Chairman B. C. Trotter of the elections board said an investigation by Raymond Maxwell, the board's executive secretary, and an SBI agent had uncovered "no evidence of any fraud or irregularity." Maxwell said some Republican elections judges he and the SBI man contacted "were infuriated" et oObb's charges the voting re turns were falsified. Maxwell also disputed Cobb's claim that the lopsided vote mar gins in Madison had defeated two of the proposed 'bond issues $100,000 to aid in local armory construction and $250,000 for his torical sites restorations. He said the figures did not back up the -contention. Madison County elections : offi cials also denied - the charges. ' They asserted there -were no com plaints and no charges of irregu larities in ' . .Madison when the . county 'board met fcw faya.,af.tfir.Vj the .election to canvass the re turns. ' A. E. Leake, attorney repre- . ' . senting the , Madison, board, as- (Continued To Page Eight) State Had Integrated School In Madison 150 Years Ago V News-Record To Be Printed Next 5 I Weelc On Wednesday v Due to Thanksgiving, next week's issue of The New-sRecOrd! will be printed on Wednesday so that, the subscribers can get their paper at the usual t';ne. This alfo makes it possible for the em- pk e(-3 to enjoy the ho I.'.-- , writers and are r ' ! t, prp;-nre 17. vert'.-f " 'i h f i - Xtf.f.. i THANKSGIVING PROGRAM AT MHC TO BE ON WSKY vty-r vcr j - v j - '3 Icavra t" 1 t ; i fro i. t: tht:r f-u'.h-M:.-; f.T .'. it 1 . t, h A special Thanksgiving pro gram from the campus of Mars Hill College will be broadcast ov er Radio Station WSKY in Ashe ville from 10 until 10:56 a. m., Tuesday, November 24, station manager Zeb Lee announced this week. The live program will feature selections from the traditional Thanksgiving Day' program which will be given in the Mars Hill Baptist Church on Nov. 26. SOIL BANK TOP GOAL IN NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina has exceeded its goal of 66,000 additional acres of cropland to be retired from culti vation la 1960, Horace D. God frey, ASC State Administrative Officer, said today. Hs stated that 3,145 farmers submitted applications to take 117,703 acres from jroJjt!' n under the 19G0 Co v..' i re serve rrc-ih-n f t! r ! I The Fe,1ornl C S; . nual rer.lal on cor.' f three to tn - Integrated schools in North Carolina 150 years ago? Such would apparently seem :; the case according to a report Sept. 30 in the Louisville ' (Ky) ' Courier-Journal based on infor' mation supplied by George Mat-, thew of Oak Grove, Ky., grand- ;, son of a former Madison County . Teacher. , , i 1 Matthews gave the Louisville newspaper the following story, ' which is reprinted in full. ,, . "It may surprise the people of ' North Carolina," he begins, 'to ' know that their great state had - I an integrated school 150 years a go. According to records handed ' down by my family, my grandfa- , ther, George Goforth began teach ing near Marshall in 1809. ; (Ha ' wa born January 20, 1791.) 1 ( "His family nwist have been very ' muoh , opposed to slavery. , Their many- rough acres, hidden in the foothills of the Great Smo kies, became a refuge for escaped slaves Whole families of Neproes fled there. They cleared the dense forests, grew.? their own food, hunted wild hogs in the hi"s an i fished .in the cool mour'..i;i streauf. My grand.'atl.er t. 1 t their children in the s ue with white children. Y.'e i no trouble amor j is j "In those c , i only 1 -ii to 1 ' i ' 'If 1 ,4 ' , ! I li
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