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L. J V- t . .... . iv .v. MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY; J L'LY 28, I960 vol. o r;o. 30 8 PAGES THIS WEEK $2.60 A Year In Madison & Buncombe Counties $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Count. ir. ct ioe PER COPY 8 GOP. Presidential Nominee 1 i!5OiiionuGt!i:0ii!iirii Lm r- i Apologize To Court; Had No Frevious Criminal Kecord . 7 s , - Three Madison County men who . , admitted they bolstered their cour :v age 1 with white.: lightning before committing a $12,100 supermarket robbery were sentenced Monday to f 5-10 years each in prison. Superior Court Judge Hugli - Campbell passed sentence after ; ? Douglas Williams, 25; Berlin Ai ". ken; 32, and' Mason -King, 27, . pleaded . guilty , to robbery with : firearms. All are of RiFD 3, Mar shall. . Williams' pregnant, 17-year-old wife Betty, who waited in the car while, the July 1 robbery was go tng on at a big supermarket near "Gastonia, was not charged. The . court accepted her. story that tOie thought the men went into the store to buy tomato juice. The men entered the Marsh S ., permarket r after closing time, r grabbed a bag boy as temporary . hostage, and, threatened to. kill him if store manager T. A. Harper , v didn't hand over his cash, ( Police halted the car near City - jf Ball and found two of the men aiding in the trunk. , . The men apologized to the court, . saying they had been in financial f trouble and never would have . committed the crime but fori drinking. They had no" previous ' criminal-record. - - - CATTLE5MS FIELD DAY AT ENGA TUESDAY - . The first Western North ' Car olina Cattlemen's Field Day will be conducted at the Enka Show i Pavilion on Tuesday, August 2; ' at 0:30 a. m. Some of the lead ing livestock men in the state are ' scheduled to take part on the pro- ' gram. Points of interest to cattle . producers to be discussed during . the day will make up the major j portion of the program, -. 1. Feeder Cattle Demands will . be discussed by Frank Harris f county agent, Clinton," N. C.j Ho , bert Myriok, Marketing Special ist, N. C. Department of Agricul- ture; Ralph Edwards, General Manager, Farming and Food Pro-' -teasing, N, C. State Prison En terprises. 2. Cattle Outlook will be dis- , cussed by Robert Moats, who works with the Livestock and Sita- tistics Brandt of the U. S. Depart ment in Washington, D. C. . 3. Sam Dofoson, Agronomy Ex- tension Specialist, i wall discuss ,i pastura management for" the Mountain Area. '.. 4. John Christian will give a ' demonstration on Meat Cutting ' and Utilization. , i ' 6: Treating for Parasites and - Pregnancy Examinations will ' be (Continued To Page Eight) ; URGES FARMERS TO FILE FOR FED. GAS TAX REFUND . September 80 is an important date to- most 'Madison County farmers. ' That's the deadline to file for the federal gasoline tax refund which is available on gas ollne used on the farm between July 1, 1069 and June 30, 1960. 'Harry Silver, county agricul turaL agent, reports that , the re fund has been estimated at about $52 for. the average eligible North Carolina farmer. Tarn convinced," Harry added, "that there are many farmers in the county who neglect to claim this money to whWh. they are en titled. - . -. . Harry says gasoline used on farm is subject to. either a three or "four cent per gallon refund, depending on the date purchased, -in, order to Me for a refund, you must own, te a tenant on, or operate a . farm. . If someone else uses their equipment, . on your farm, you. as owner, tenant or op (Continued. To Last. Page) VOTING TIME IS SET FOR NICKELS REFERENDUM According- to Harry G. Silver,' county agent,, feed and fertilizers users go to the poles on Septem ber 30 to vote - for the fourth "Nickels For Know-JIow" referen dum. Poling places' will be at' the ASC office, Agricultural Exten sion office, P. R. Elam Farm Sup ply, Teague's Mill, Walnut Supply, Soy Roberts' Store and at the vo cational agricultural departments in "Marshall and Walnut high schools in Township I. ' Township 2, Cook's : Service Station,' W. B. Shelton's Store, Bewley Shelton'a Store and at Franklin's Store. Township 8, W. C. Silver's Store; H. & Cody's Store. Township 4, Maney's Store; (Continued To Last Page) i 1 t II i " ' SJ JUNIOR ANGUS FIELD DAY SET FOR AUGUST 6 Richard Milhous Nixom " i-tvv - Richard Milhous Nixon, a 47-year-old Californi an was nominated for President Wednesday night by .the Republican National Convention in Chicago. The party's highest honor came on the irst bal- lot after the wildly-cheering delegates had heard Sen, Barry Goldwater of Arizona, the champion of v the conservatives, withdraw his name from nomina ' tion. But he received 10 votes anyway and the result was announced as 1,321 for Nixon; 10 for Goldwater. The convention quickly made it unanimous by accla-. mation. . ' , ' ' - " . I i RELIGIOUS FILM T0BESH0WNSUN. AT CALIF. CREEK "Our Bible - How It Came To Us," a feature-length motion pic ture which unveils Che fascinat ing story of how the Bible has come down to na through the ages, will , be shown 'in the California- Creek Baptist Church, R-3, Mars Hill,' oh Sunday, July 31 at 7:30 p. m., tt was announced today, by (Continued To Last Page) U. S. Savings Bonds Sales Are High jln , J Hcrth Carolina Totals for the first six months of 1060 showed the sales of Series E and H Savings Bonds in North Carolina amounted to over $24,- 000,000. This is Wore than 1 in crease . over.: kales for the same (Continued To Page Eight) .' Highland Games At Grandfather Mtn. .LinvUle, N. C. 'Top athletes will compete August 7 at the an nual Grandfather Mountain High land Games.. Originally scheduled for early in July, the event was Cancelled because of rain, In addition to usual field and track events, the caber toss and (Continued To Page Eight) The 2nd Carolina Junior Angus Field Day will be held at Mars Hill High (School August 6 start ing at 9 a. mi. This has been announced by Hans C. Rohdeniburg, secretary of the N. C. Angus Association and master of ceremonies for the event. Approximately 20 members of Che Carolina Junior Angus Club, composed of North and South Carolina boys and girls up to 18 years of age, will take part in the show which' will be judged by W. King, executive secretary of the Virginia Angus Association. Also included in the program announced by Clyde English, Mars (Continued To Last Page) OFFICIAL OF ASC STRESSES CONSERVATION COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY LIONS MONDAY The conservation Job that is bo badly needed over the state at this time is to offset soil deterio ration that has been going on over a period of many years and in many cases we need to go further and .rebuild. Che soi, after these many years of misuse. 'In making . that, statement,' .No vile Hawkins,. Chairman of ... the Agricultural . (Stabilization 'and OonsemtInr--mntyComnitte said that this statement of what is needed pretty well spells out the objectives of the Agricultural Conservation Program. All of the practices set-up in the County program are designed to either prevent the loss of topsoil through (Continued To Last Page) 'Numerous committees were ap pointed Monday night at the Mar shall Lions Club meeting which was held at the Rock Cafe here. President Delmar Payne announc ed the committees following a di rectors' meeting prior to the din ner meeting. Plans for the Georgia Amuse ment Company, which will be on the Island here next week, were discussed. It was revealed that there would be nine exciting rides with plenty of fun for the entire family. Members of the local Li ons Club will assist in taking up tickets. A certificate o membership to the Eye Bank for Restoring Sight, Inc., was also presented to the club in grateful appreciation for Che club's participation in this field during the past year. 20 members were present at the meeting1. Lion Howard Barnwell, former president of the club, was a visitor at the meeting. ESKRD3GEIS NAMED ONE OF B. I. VICE PRES. Once-In-A-Lifetime Catch . a I!i Annuel C:!ucfi:n ;lrny Vim A. 4 Ft Tin ven'.'.. 1 T j For Major And . s. l.eary There; New Criiciala Installed ni ts jfi tt i .C) 8, 'i annual Singing Con- " 1 e r..'v&iion Army "1st t'se ITountain Kis- 1 : . s on the Slax ', C " , fcrnninf at ' lis fvr r:ir; James 1 T. Henry have been in charge. This will be .Major' and Mrs, ' Henry's last singing conven tion as they- have received their farewell order to leave the work. This will be Farewell. Sunday as well as installation of the new officers, Mr. and 'Mrs. William Aternathy.. Major Henry would like to stress -that the Salvation Army will not servo lunth, but c. ..o, sandwiches, cold drinks and ka cream will be sold. r-' '.'c is invite! to st'onj - 1 ' ' - t:.Jr f:ni;:.;o3. r:n!c I i ..' ... i I r.w? ., i - " i - ' v v -1 -- . IllllllSlllil SiSrj.I&l JIl!f'r - t. , t - Loy Roberts Gives Gavin Pledge At ' GOP National Con. The following item is republish ed, which appeared in the Char lotte .Observer Tuesday. . The ar ticle was written by Don Ober- dorfer, of Che Charlotte Observer' Bureau Staff, and was accompa nied by a three-column picture of Mr. Loy P. Roberts, alternate del egate to ' the GOP Convention, talking with Mr. Oberdorf er ' MOST UNUSUAL pledge of support of the year - that was the one from Republican delegate Loy P. Roberts of Marshall to Is Husband Of The Former Mist Hazel West ' . . Of Marshall r- Koscoe-Sandlin. of Jacksonville. N. C. of the former. Hiss Marie Roberts, daur1. ueors-e i:oberts of IlaKhall RFD 2, and t" Roberts, has every rlht to be the prcu man in lrth Csrclina. llr. Sandlin COUNTY SCIIOOLS WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY, AUG. 23 3 t:.:.:s c c t lv3 cert st Here! i a f :iti-rov.r.i . ; n (' c t cc f-JC i c : Teachers, Trinc'Vats Vil Meet Oa T' liy, (New , York, N. Y July 27 , Election of three Vice' Presidents! and a new director has' been an nounced by the Board of Directors of Burlington Industries, Inc. . iNamed vice (presidents are James L. Eskridge of Greensboro, N. C, James D. Barbee of Cram- erton, N. C, and John B. Russell Jr., of New York City. J The director fs Harry L. Dal ton of Charlotte, N. C, prominent textile executive. Mr. Eskridge, a native of Shel by, N. C, has been with Burling ton since 1040, except for a period in 1951-53: when he was associated With Stonecutter -Mills. His earli er background' included positions -fwitn textile mamifacturimf con- erns in North and South Caroli na, and he was superintendent of the Celanese Corp. , plant in Staunton, Va., in ; 1946.. v As an area manufacturing ex ecutive, Mr. Eskridge has respon sibility for operations of a num ber" of Burlington 'divisions. He attended CJemson College and is a graduate of Philadelphia . Textile Robert L., Gavin, GOP. nomineei f rnuaaeipnia . xexwie fn rt. Wrf .AmrTxvr. v I insuiuie. ne is marnea ro roe lor- : ''You'ir get the votes of Madi-! son County, said Roberts to Gav in, "if we can get them counted." tMadison has been the scene of recurrent . charges over alleged vote frauds, including ballot box stuffing, by Democrats, v: ; i mer ' Miss Hazel West, of Mar shall, N. C.,'and they have three children.' . n ' . - " Judge George M.- Fountain ; Preside ; : Many Minor Cases The July term oi superior court for the trial of criminal cases which started Monday morning, came to an end Wednesday after noon with Judge George M. Foun tain presiding. The trial of Robert Johnson, 48, of Walnut, On a charge of murder in the shooting of his 17-year-old daughter's date was oontinued Monday to the October term of Madison County Superior Court,' The continuance was made by Judge George Fountain of Tar- boro on the grounds that the docket for the current term was crowded and Johnson's trial is ex pected to consume several days. Johnson has pleaded not guilty. He is accused of " shooting Clyne Everett Rector, 26, of Marshall RFD 6 last March. Although very few jury cases were held, many minor traffic vi olations were disposed of. Among the judgments handed down were: , Lee Ledford, public drunken ness, carry concealed weapon, and . profane language, 6 months, bus- i pended. 1 Tommy . Jack Ledford, publis ; drunkenness and resisting, SO days' jail sentence. Lockwood iRay, assault with deadly weapon, four months. " Dallas Roberts, breaking and entering, damage to property, IS months -on roads. ' ' James Massey, worthless check, 60 ' days, suspended two years, ourt conditions." '' WIDTENERTO VISIT MARSHALL NEXT WEDNESDAY Congressman ' Basil 1 L. ' White- ' ner of Gastonia has announced that he wail officially; visit Mar shall next Wednesday from 10:00 m. to 12:00 Noon. He will be at the courthouse where he will be ' glad to discuss Congressional mat- " ' ters. . . . "It is my desire to visit each of the counties in my Congress ional District priors to returning . to Washington on August IS for the convening of the recessed ' &es , sion of tha Congress. ! hope-that anyone having legislative or Con- gresslonal .matters which they de sire with me will find it conven ient to come by and talk with us at the Courthouse in their County on the date of our visit," the Con gressman stated. , v - , , 1 There is no such a thins1 as an uninteresting subject, ut ' ther are. lots of uninteresting people. . Htzz Qlz'j To C;::.::? C.tL-::::J Cera V.tA C Georgia Amusement Co., To Again Vi. t Marsliail; ' The fary, v - 7 " r Geor- 'a Amuse mont" Coin was ' V..Ay ycfuT.ii "1 ' l .yl 'i hi i a, dreds next week. Gates will or Monday night at 7:00 o'clock a: will open nifelitly at 7:03 oV through Saturday niht of r week. ., . . . . sJJILTon' to C-i i" " ''1 fc'J 1-3 - i f 3 i I 3 printer! .'ent Fred s."nounceJ t!.!s v i Cc 'y f ' r, A. V. t