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10 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1959
10c PER COPY
Friday
Hensley Charged With Uurder
Rites Held Sunday; Hensley
Noiw In! Jail
Here
Elmer Cantrell Jr., 22, of Mar-
Bhall RFD 4 died at 6:30 a.m.
Friday, November 20, 1969, in a
Greenville Tenn., hospital of a
pistol bullet wound he suffered!
Nov. 7 at Big Creek.
Sheriff E. Y. Fonder reported
Don Heneley 30, of Flag Pond,
Tenn., arrested early Tuesday of
lasrt week, has been charged with
murder and waived extradition
Friday morning for his return to
Madison County. He is in the
Madison County jail.
He said Hensley was first held
m the Greeneville jail andhadori
ginally refused to waive extradi
tion.
After Cantrell was wounded,
the sheriff said, a warrant was
issued charging Hensley with as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, inflicting serious
and permanent injuries.
services lor Mr. Cantrell were
held Sunday at 2: p. m. at the
home of ttie grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. McKinley Tweed of Mar
shall RFD 4.
The Rev. Ervin CutshaU offici
ated, and burial was in the Tweed!
family cemetery. Friends of the
family served as pallbearers.
Survivors 'in addition to Mr. I
and Mrs. Tweed include two
daughters, Sherry and Doris
June; the parents, of Marshall
RFD 4; four brothers, Clyde, Den
nis, Raymond and BiUy of Mar
shaill IRFO 4; and the paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Mandy Jane
Cantrell of Marshall RFD 3.
Bowman-iRector Funeral Home
wa in charge of arrangements.
CLOSING DATE
FOR 1959 ACP
DRAWS NEAR
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$2.50 A Year In Madison & Buncombe Counties
$4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties
YOUTH B SHOT
FATALLY IN GUN
ACCIDENT IN M
PUBLIC HEALTH ,
NURSE TRACING
PROGRAM HELD
The regular quarterly .meeting
of . the western ' District In-Ser-
ivce Puttie Health Nurse Train
' ing Program was "hold at the Madi-
. son County Health Department on
Thursday, November 19 at 9:30
a. m. Public health nurses from
four 'Western North Carolina
counties comprise the district of
which Mladison County is a part.
The nurses, together with the
District Nursing Consultant from
the North Carolina State Board
of Health, meet four times yearly
for lectures and diecssion of topics
pertinent to Public Health Nur
smg in this area. The progam
for the meeting was the discussion
of tTne recently revised Public
Health Nursing manual of the
State Board of Health. Nurses
present discussed various sections
of the manual.
' Attending the meeting1 were
Miss Mary Copeland, District
Nursing Consultant; Mrs. Fannie
Martin, Mrs. Rubye Bryson and
: Mrs. . Nedra Kincaraion of the
Haywood County Health t Depart
ment;, Mrs, Mary Rows and Mrs.
Gladys Hinsdale of the Henderson
County ; Health Department ; and
Mrs. Annie. Fox, Miss Garnette
Hutehins1 and Mr, v Elizabeth
Baker of the Madison County
Health Department ;
Wifh the 1969 Agricultural
Conservation Program dosing out
in just a few more weeks, ap
proximately 89,095 Tarheel farm
ers have signed up to participate
in the program, according to fig-
gures released today by Zeno O,
Ratcliff, chairman of th State
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee.
Ratoliff reports ,however, that
of this figure many farmers have
qualifiled for Federal cost-sharing
except for reporting performance
of practices for wtrich prior ap
proval was given .
He pointed out that the Agri
cultural Conservation Program i
lor this year is still open to all
farmers and urged farmers who
have carried out practices to re
port performance to the ASC
county office manager in the
county. Farmers who have not
yet completed performance of pre
viously approved practices were
also urged to complete the prac
tices and report performance. In
Ratclifif's words, "conservation of
ftie soil and water resources is so
vital to the welfare of the State
that we all must do everything
we can to see that only good farm
ing practices are carried out onl
the land."
Under this year's Agricultural
Conservation Program, as well
the program planned for next
year, conservation practices which
help to build up and store poten
tial productive capacity in the
soS art being stressed. This, Rat-
A 16-year-old junior at Clinton
Central High School, Clinton, In
diana, died Sunday, November 16,
1959 with a .22 caliber rifle slug
in the heart while shooting tin
cans with a classmate.
State police said Thomas Allen
Sanelser of Hillisburg, Ind., died
instantly when struck by a bullet
accidentally fired from the gun of
William R. Virtue ,18, Hilli-
burg, at 3:30 p. m., three miles'
northwest of Kempton in Clinton
County.
iSmelser was a lifelong resident
of Hillisburg.
His father, OpW Sanelser, is
employed at the Allison Division
of General Motors Corporation at
Indianapolis and his mother is a
second grade teacher at Scircle
ville Grade School.
Other survivors include five
brothers, Don, Dale, William and
James, all at home and Gale in
the United States Navy; and the
grandparents, Perry Huffer of
Hillisburg and Mr. and Mrs. Edv
ward Smelse rof Forest and for
merly of Hot Springs, N. C.
Funeral services were held
Thanksgiving -Service
Tonight At
Presbyterian Church
A community Thanksgiving
service will be held tonight (Wed
nesday) at 7:30 o'clock in the
Marshall Presbyterian Church.
The Reverend L. Richard Mellin,
pastor, will conduct the service
and preach the sermon. A spe
cial Thanksgiving offering wiirbe
taken to be used ,as in past yeara,
by the Marshall Parent-Teachers
Association for needy children at
Christmas.
Members of all churches and
people throughout the community
are most cordially invited by the
churches of Marshall to attend
the service and make this a time
of "thanksgiving" by the community.
COUNTY AGENT
STRESSES CARE
OF TOBACCO
THANKSGIVING,
HOMECOMING
AT MHC TODAY
On Monday, Nvember 23, the
furley tobacco marketing season
at I Madison County farmers probably
2 p. m., (CST) Tuesday, Nov 17
in the Goodwin Funeral Home at
Frankfort,1 Ind., with burial in St.
Paul Cemetery near Forest.
Man Convicted Of
Killing Doe Deer
In Madison
oi .nmm uarama lamuand are
being taken out of production of
allotted crops.- ! .
- "Saving for the future has "al
ways been a good poHcy Rat-
cMff said, "but it's still better
when applied to our life-eustain-kng
topsoill"
Raymond Ramsey and Clyde
Huntsinger 'Madison County 'Wild
life Protectors, apprehended Al
bert Thomas of Asheville, with a
slain, doe deer in his possession
last week. He was tried before
U. Commissioner, Lawrence
Stoker in Asheville Thursday and
found guitty 'of killkw and dos-
vat in unduly mtporiani jeuiBff ado deer A flO-rfav tpn
tence wad suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of f 160
r Mr. Thomas is not the son'of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Thomas
of Walnut
' Marshall Lions -
Aren't Afraid
O f. Cranberries C, -
The. recent cranberry scare ev-
iJBWy didn't scars members of
the Marshall Lions Club. (
A delicious turkey dinner with
1 all the fixin's was served 23 mem-
t bers at the Rock Cafe here Mon
a day night Included in the serv
I ing were 23 separate containers
of cranberry sauce. , ' :- ;
Whon the meal was' over' it was
n va'( J that 21 members had eat-
' i 1 ' r cmr.': - rry sauce, with on
' t 1 - o 1 ' r KTfcten. One of those
I -"rry sS'lce said
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Junior Red Cross
To; Begin Activities
In Madison County
The Junior Red Cross will be
gin activities in the Madisom
County schools for the first time
this year. They have gotten the
program underway by beginning
the enrollment activities. Stud
ents in the schools throughout the
area will be given the opportunity
to join this nation-wide organiza
tion. Contributions made by the
students go into a central service
fund which is used for local, na
tional, and international projects.
The program is designed to give
young people the chance to express
themselves through activities that
will promote their own education
al growth and provide valuable
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Farm Statistics Up To
Date In 1959 Census
Of Agriculture
The 1959 Census of Agricul
ture, now under way in Madisdn
County, will bring up to date
farm statistics last collected in
1954, when the farm census re
vealed the following facts:
The values of products sold in,
1954 by farm operators was $4,-
249,089.
The value of all crops sold was
$3,254,306 and included $3,183,226
for field crops $29,489 for vege
tables, $35,624 for fruits and
nuts, and $5,967 for horticultural
specialties.
line value of all livestock and
livestock products sold was $919,
020, and included $228,204 for dai
ry products, $255,601 for poultry
products, and $435,315 for live
stock and livestock products.
The value ' of forest products
sold from the county's farms' was
$7fi,763. t
grew tha best crop of tobacco on
the field which they "had ever
grown. Rainy weather with ex
ceptionally high Wmidity . at har
vest time resulted in many farm
ers having to stick their tobacco
in the field, and in exceptionally
bad curing conditions in the barn
after the tobacco was harvested
This unfortunate situation has re
suited In a very high percentage
of low grade tobacco being placed
on the market
County', agent, Harry Silver,
visited , the burley market in
Asheville on after it : opened.
On checking the first 43 baskets
of tobacco sold in the warehouse,
23 of the 43 baskets had a non
descript grade placed on; them by
the t goverew' t $&$vLl. JEour
oioer tww' j tooacco out . os
the 43 wewL,. ed "wet" by the
grader. A goad Portion of ttie non
descript ' tobacco could not have
been prevented by the farmer
since it received . excessive dam
age in the field and since some of
the barn injured tobacco was prac
tically beyond the farmer's abili
ty to prevent..,, However, a good
number of farmers had mixed
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asonic .History Traced At
French Drccd ceting-Hcre
The : history of Masonry,, with
particular : emphasis on : North
Carolina's role in that stofy, was
traced here Saturday 'night by
Charles S. Roth ; of AAeville at
the French Broad Masonic Lodge's
Old .Timers' Night - v
Worshipful Master Jeter Met-
calf of the lodge presided at the
meeting, at which all members
with 25 years or more of continu
ous service received certificates
of honor. S. W.' MoCJure, with 50
years of service, received a cer
tificate for his half-century serv
ice.
F.oth, rerresentirg I.rt. Kermon
Grand Lodge of England by the
Guild of Stoneworkers,
' Freemasonry in North Carolina
wax founded in 1787 'with Samuel
Johnston as the first Grand Mat
ter.' The state now . has 35&
lodges with , 6194 active mem
bers, he said. -,"' - , :v-
, Roth said that the ' United
States now has 15,809 lodges with
a membership of 4,094,397. He
listed 13 presidents from George
Washington through Harry Tru
man as menilierg.
r t XisUr T.T. C. favors Jr.,
of t'.e Fren h EroaJ I-o ' i '
c' r. ' -"an t V e r -" 7
MANGER SCENE
ERECTED HERE;
DRAWS PRAISE
The beautiful manger scene,
purchased by the Marshall Mer
chants Association, was erected
on the court house lawn Tuesday
night despite the inclement wea
ther. In addition to the manger
scene, the Christmas tree was al
so lighted.
Helping erect tne scene were
Mrs. Roy Wild, Mrs. Kelly Davis,'
Howard Barnwell, E. C, , league,
Kelly Davis, Tommy Caldwell, W.
F. HoHand, Robert Chandler,
Harold LittreU and Caney Ram
sey Jr.,; and Lincoln-Davia and
RoyWaldroup of .the French
Broad Electric Membership Corp.,
who made the lighting possible.
Many people have already
praised the ecene wWch adds
greatly to the appearnce on Main
Street for the Christmas holidays.
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HOT SPRINGS
S0LIOTATI0n3
Christmas Lighting Cc-.test
: Also Sponsored I y
Lions Club
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Mars Hill College's 1,100 stu
dents and several hundred alumni
and guests will observe Thanks
giving and Homecoming at Mars
Hill today (Thursday) with a va
ried program of imiusic, pageantry,
worship, feasting and entertain
ment which began at dawn and
will last until nearly midinigM.
Central feature of the day will
be the traditional Thanksgiving
Day worship service in the sanctu
ary of the Mars Hill Baptist
Church, beginning at 10:15 a. m.
Residents of the community and
surrounding area are invibed to
attend as well as the students and
ftieir guests.
The service will include the 33rd
consecutive presentation of a
Thanksgiving pageant, "Lest We
Forget" written and directed by
Dr. Ella Pierce, head of the col
lege English department. The
pageant will star members of the
Baptist Studtent Union council
and children of the community
dressed as Pilgrims and Indians,
depicting scenes from early Amer
ican Thanksgiving observances,
.Music for the program will be
provided by the college touring
ohoir, directed by T. J. Cole, amdj
the campus choir and the college
band, under the direction of Joe
Naff.
Another vital facet of the pro
gram will be the taking of an of
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Christmas Shopping Parade
To Be Held Here Next Tues.
(THANKSGIVING
TO BE OBSERVED
Practically all places of busi
ness, in addition to banks, post
office, courthouse and all agen
cies will ibe closed tomorrow
(Thursday) in observance of
Thanksgiving.
FLEET NIX SR.
DIES SUNDAY
AT HOME HERE
Father Of Marshall Mayor
Was A Native Of
County
Marshall, Mars Hill Bands
To March, Big Crowd
Is Expected
Savings Bonds
Sales Climb With
New Interest Rate
The people of North Carolina
responded to the higher intrest
rate of S- now being paid on
Savings Bonds by increasing their
purchases.' Daring October, state-
wade,., aaJesj .of - Savda iBottds,
Serle,E, a4d Series H combined.
were up 6.3 per cent Over sales of
test October.
The Series H bonds showed the
strongest increase, with sales be
ing 23.6 per cent greater than
they were in the same month of a
year ago. Series E bonds were 4.6
per cent.
Cumulative sales for the year
amounted to $38,750,065.00 This
is 76 per cent of North Carolina's
1059 goal of $51,000,000.00.
Madison County sales for Oct
ober were $16,197.70 bringing the
total sales for the year to $188,-700.00.
ISix counties have already achie
ved their sales quota for 1959.
They are Dare, Henderson, Hoke,
Macon, Pamlico and Swain.
(This report prepared by U. S.
Savings Bonds Division, Greens
boro, and released by C. L. Rudi-
sill, Jr., County Volunteer Chair
man, Madison County.)
Fleet (Pop) Nix Sr., 72
of Mayor Clarence Nix of Mar
shall, died at 2 p. m., Sunday, No
vember 22, 1969 in his home here
after a long illness.
Services were held at z:60 p.
m., Tuesday in Marshall Free
Will Baptist Church, of which he
was a member. The Rev. Ernest
Strickland, the Rev. D. D. Gross
and the Rev. Warren Reese offi
ciated. Burial was in Pritohard
Cemetery.
iPallbearers were Charles Par-
ris, Plato Worley, Eunie Brown
James Marlor, Jake Blazer, E. Y
Ponder, Kelly Davis, Romeo Fer
guson and Fred McDevitt. Flow
er bearers were women of the
church.
Surviving are five sons, Clar
ence, Charlie, S. L., Fleet Jr., and
Joe Mix, all of Marshall: five
daughters, Mrs. iReeves. Fisher,
Mrs. Fowler Shelton and Mrs.
Jimmy Webb,. ,3saff,t -
Mrs. M. G. Ramsey, Jr., of Enox-
ville, Tenn., and Mrs. Clement
Crowe of Asheville; two brothers,
Jack of Hot Springs and Charlie
Nix of Marshall; 16 grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Mr. Nix was a retired farmer
and a native of Madison County.
Boovman-Rector Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements
A Christmas Shopping Parade
will be held in Marshall on next
Tuesday afternoon, beginning at
2:00 o'clock. W. F. Holland, pres
ident of the Marshall Merchants
Association, announced that plana
are being made to have both the
Marshall and Mars Hill High
School Band's participate in the
parade. In addition to these two
fine bands, the high school may
sponsor a float, it was said.
The Shetland pony, to be given
away at a later date, will also be
shown in the parade.
The parade will officially open
the Christmas Shopping Season
in Marshall with practically all
stores displaying hundreds of use
ful and practical gift suggestions.
I "We are expecting one of the
finest Christmas Shopping sea-
fatfhersons m tne "istory of Marshall
and we urge everyone to shop at
home where they can find almost
anything they desire," Mr. Hol
land stated.
Most business firms are partici
pating in the Christmas Promo
tion will give tickets to everyone
making a dollar purchase ormore
(not to exceed 100 tickets for any
single sale). Drawings will be
held at the court'house on dates
to be announced later, it was ex
plained. Elsewhere in this issue can be
found an advertisement with mer
chants who are participating.
Pfa 9fa
BLOODSHED
BOX SCORE
ON NjC HIGHWAYS
WOOL PRODUCERS
URGED TO FILE
CAiirc nnnmtTOT
Raleigh The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traffic
deaths through 10:00 a. m.,
November 23, 1959: :
Killed to date 1027
Killed to date last year 960
Lions, Uingate Share
Junior College Title
The football championship of
the Western Carolines Junior Col
lege Conference is shared by Mars
Hill's Liom and the Wingate BulU
dog '
A 1 13-0 victory over Gardner-
Webb Saturday night at Shelby
gave Coach Bill Connell'i Win
gate team a tie with' Don Hen
dterson's Man Hilliana for the ti
tle, - It Is the fourth time Man
HiU has won or shared in the
championship -since the conference
was termed In 1952. Wingate won
the crown last year fhe first sea
son it was member of the. con-;
ference. J:y' '3 v v !,Vr .-.'I
The battle for the championship!
. ... i
as a case or .one team, ciars
starting powerfully and
s' nvirsg down in the latter half of
iv season "and the oilier tieam,
: -a!i?, parting slowly and m '-
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6-3 and the Bulldogs copping the
return engagement 9-8. ' ' ;
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. With only four of the eight ju
nior colleges in the conference
competing ' in Intercollegiate foot
ball ' .those ' our must play eldh
other twice each season to fill out
an adequate schedule. v " r' '
I Final standing in the league
for 1959 are as follow: .
Team -' Won Lost Tied
MARS HILL ' - 4 2- 0
WINGATE ,4 2
GARDNER-WEBB 3 . 8
LEES-McRAE 14'
Conference results for the
season were as follows: T.'i
19, Lees-McRae, 0; Gardnt r-V
7, Lees-J!cRae 0; : -Mars V I
Wingate S; Mars IIIll Z l
J.:or..-.e 17; liars II ill 6, Ci. '
WVb 0; Le-T'.r.-.e 13, V. :
7; ?'.irs r.:Z s?, u-t-y '
Car-'--'r-V,,'b 13, I
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Sheep producers within uha
county who have sold un-ehorn
lambs or shorn wool since the
opening of the 1959 incentive pay
ment program year which began:
on April l, ivsv, would oring or
submit their sales documents to
the local AS$ office if they wish
to participate in tJh 1969 wool in
centive payment program, says
Ralph M. Ramsey, office manager
for the Madison County ASC Com
mittee.
Ramsey explained that the
shorn wool payment rate is the
percentage required to raise the
average national price producers
receive for their wool during the
marketing year up to the incent
ive level of 62 cents per pound.
This method of payment is design
ed ; to , encourage farmers and
ranchers to produce enough wool
to meet the demand and at the
same time do a better job in max- '
ketkig their wool.
The incentive payments on . last :
year's shorn' wool to producers
Who properly filed their sales doc
uments and signed their: applies
tioni for payment amounted to ,
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