$2.60 A Year In Madison ft Buncombe Counties
' $4.00 A Tear Outside These Two GouatiM
VOL. E3 NO. 33
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. G, TIIV
. AUGUST 18, ,1960
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NEXT.TUSSDAY
Hawkins Urges Farmers And
Other T Visit ,New
ASC Quarters
The Madison County ASC Com
mittee and, office personnel have
announced that "Open House" at
. the new ASC office quarters . Is
planned i for Friday, t August .; 19,
between Che hours of 1:00 and
4:00 p. m. It was pointed out
that the main objective of this- e
vent is to permit the fanners and
the general public of Madison
County to visit and inspect the
new ASC office quarters located
at the intersection of Upper
Bridge Street in Marshall.
Office manager, Ralph W. Ram
sey, stated that any ana au per
sons who would like to observe
the new quarters would be wel
comed and that refreshments
would be served to those who visit
the office during "Open House."
PLANNING BODY
TO HEAR TERRY
SANFORD AUG. 24
Terry Sanford, Democratic nom
inee for Governor will be the
principal speaker at the Quarterly
'Meeting of 4he ; Western North
Carolina Regional Planning Com
mission. r The luncheon meeting
has, been called for 12:00 p. m
"Wednesday, ; August 24th, at the
Jarrett House in Ddllsboro.
Percy,, B; Ferebee of Andrews,
I Chairman of the Commission, said
that Sanford : would relate the
1 Region's ; prospects for . sound
- economic growth to those of the
entire State. '- ."
A progress report will also be
given "on the proposed ' economic
study for the fourteen county
area served by the Commission,
The study, when completed, will
" provide local leaders "with infor
mation seeded . in making long
; range decisions.'- " ', .
. Commission members and their
- guests from fourteen counties and
twenty-six towns and cities are
expected to attend the meeting.
Band Members Are
Asked To Turn
In Uniforms
All Marshall band members that
have uniforms are asked to turn
them into Mr. John Lackey at the
school gymnasium as soon as pos
sible; 1 .
forage Harvesters' Field, Day
ToDc Ucldjn Dcdison County
Six Different Types Forage
Harvester To Be Shown;
f Public IS Invited ' "
V ' According ' to Harry. G.-; Silver,
county agent, 1 silage tonnage i
; Madison County is increasing at a
' wtremendous rapid rate.; The in
' crease in production 'of corn silage
' And lother silage , ..is V demanding
Ahat farmers mechanize mora com-
ofetelv in order ' to harvest , and
store their silage.t This brings the
" question to a. farmer's mind,
"What kind of forage harvester
stiould I buy; and how much la
bor can be saved by the use of a
' forage' harvester V rt
Six farm equipment r dealers
have agreed to bring their forage
' harvesters to Madison County for
a field demonstration on harvest
ing cf corn s--,7. Farmers Fed
eration has eTed to bring an
Cllvtr; F. V.. I ' n Farm Sarp'y
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" Passes Wednesday
Rev. A. Ray Howland Sr.
Rev. t. R. Ilowland
Passes In Virginia;
Rites Here Snnday
Beloved Presbyterian Pastoi
f' Here For Twelve
Years
Rev. A. Ray Howland Sr., 65,
of Clifton, Virginia, died at 2:65
p. nt, Wednesday, August 17,
1960, enrqute to a Clifton hospital.
following a two months illness:
Services will be held at 2:00 p.
xn., Sunday in the Marshall Pres
byterian -Church. . The Rev. Hoyt
Blackwell,sii thr Rev. William X.
Lynch and the Rev. L.- Richard
Mellin twill officiate and ' burial
will be . in' Bowman-Rector Ceme
tery. Elders of the Marshall Pres
byterian Church wil ; " e t y e as
. Surviving are the widow, ' Mrs.
Aurelia Adams Howland; one son,
Ray Howland Jr., of Ithaca, N.
Y.j one daughter, Miss Eva Claire
Howland, of the home; one broth
er, Gilbert Howland, of Charlotte;
two sisters, Mrs. R. ;c. Mitchell,
of ; Washington, D. C., and Mrs.
H. C. Redd, of Miami. Florida:
and one grandchild.
Mr. Howland was pastor of the
Clifton, Va., Presbyterian Church
at the, time of his death, and was
a former pastor 0f the Marshall
Presbyterian Church, having serv
ed that church from 1940 to 1962,
The body will arrive in Mar
shall at 12:00 noon Saturday, and
remain at Bowman-Rector Funer
al Home and will lie in state at
the church for 80 minutes prior
to the service.
SAM REESE NOW
STUDENT AT ECC
V-By LEON ARIX LAO "i-
. Sam Eeese, a graduate of Wake
Forest f iCollege, i is now at East
Carolina College working 'on ' his
Master's Degree in Education.
'Reese is a. native of Mars Hill,
N. C. and after having finished
high school there, ; the six foot
two, 195 pounder, stayed on in his
home town to enter Mars Hill Jun
ior College where he played foot
ball for' two ;years.,'M-n-:' -
i An end,- Reese- was elected co-
captain in' his last year at Mars
Kill and was picked by the coach
es of . the teams in the western
part of the state on the All-western
Carolina Junior Collcg-e Team
fjr 1 'i out.,Un Jin ' play during
1 t .' : I r:f)iu.
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i -' " r cf i:"7. ITa
The twelfth annual Parade of
Barbershop Quartets will be pre
sented at 8:15 p. m., Saturday,
August 20, in Asheville City Au
ditorium. The annual event is
sponsored by the Asheville Chap
ter ;of Society for the Preserva
tion and Encouragement of Bar
bershop Quartet Singing . in A
merica, Inc.
Featured in the program will
be The Midstates Four, comedy
quartet from Chicago, 111.; The
Town & Country Four from Pitts
burgh, Pa. ; The Vagabonds, from
Winston-Salem, N. C; The Sky-"
landers of Asheville, and The
Land of the Sky Chorus of 40
male voices composed of members
of the Asheville Chapter. ''-yy
Reserve seat tickets are avail
able at the Asheville, City Audi
torium for this two hour entertainment-packed
show.
Allen Duckett, popular Mar
shall Fire Chief, is a member of
The Skylanders and also the The
Land of the Sky Chorus, and will
participate in the singing Satur
day evening.
GET CALVES
READY FOR CALF
SALE ON SEPT. 27
Farmers from Madison County
are- marketing more calves each
year through the organized calf
sale at Asheville, P. W. England,
assistant county1 agent, said this
week. In order to get the calves
ready for the calf sale, which is
to be held September 27, this year,
farmers who . have not prepared
their calves for the market have
the rest of this week and all of
next week to dehorn, castrate and
vaccinate their calves. These man
agement Jobs must be done one
month prior to the tale in order
for the animals to be well by sale
time. Very few farmers have had
trouble doing these Jobs in the
summer , time, when they follow a
good sanitation program of disdn-
fantirxfv flints ysi1ct ttrA artrtl ttimm
n-vik Mn-i. i.
mal. Beef cattle are on the de-
cline, in price, at the present time
and it appears that this sale will
be one of the best times to have
a large number of buyers present
for this type cattle. This sale
date was changed this year to al
low buyers from outside' the state
an opportunity to be present
when five thousand North Caro
lina Feeder Calves were offered
for sale. : There will be two other
sales t other parts of the state
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Newfound Baptist
Association Meeting
Today, Tomorrow '
With the Rev. Robert Vaughn
as Moderator,-the- Newfound Mis-
sionery Baptist Association will
meet with the Lusk Chapel Baptist
Church, on Spring t Creek, Hot
Springs RFD 1. today Thursday),
and wifh the Long Branch Church
on Beaverdam Ed., Canton, tomor
row for its 105th annual session.
.' The Rev. Clifford Cable is to
preach the. introductory .message,
with the Rev. Harold Cable as al
ternate. ' r
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V JOHN. TARRIS
Hot Springs There's hardly
a man alive who remembers the
days of the land adaiSrals. .
'But tiey were Teally t'e one:
who opened up- our mour.tila re
in end s?r'l f ..!. s t " " - n
't ;i as a t 1 i ..
Teachers, Principals ' Will
v Meet On Monday, ,
. ' , August 22
' Superintendent Fred W. Ander-
son has' announced that Madison
County Schools will open on Tues
day,' August 23 at 9:00 o'clock.
'.':' He also stated that all teachers
and principals Would meet at their
schools i on " Monday August 22,
but "that pupils would not start
school until the following day.
WARNS OF
BLACK SHANK
0NBURLEYCR0P
v Black Shank is a very distruc-
tive. disease of Burley tobacco and
is oil : the increase in Madison
County) states Printess W. Eng
land Assistant Agricultural A-
gent Last year,, there were only
three cases of black shank reported
in the county; this year, black
shank has been reported on nine
farms in Madison, Slack shank
is easily .spread from infested
field to other parts of the farm
and adjoining farms All tools
and equipment should be thorough
ly cleaned upon leaving the in
fested field.; Any soil clinging 'to
wheels or . other parts of machi
nery may carry this infectious
disease." Soil carried from affect
ed farms, ; by any means, may
spread this disease. Run-off
water, from infected areas, used
as irrigation water down stream,
may cause black . shank. Plants
moved from an affected area to
an unaffected area may; be .'the
means . of carrying this to a new
farm. This disease will usually
shonivHiirtit-TJamper areas W
the 'field,,; first, .thereby leading
some farmers to believe that too
much water may be the trouble. .
. . At the present time, we have S
varieties of Black Shank resistant
burley.. They are B-11A and B
11B and a new variety, B-37.
B-37 looks very promising as tests
imaicate that .the farmer mav rea
T " increase in
value by the use of B-37 over the
other two existing varieties, B-
1IA and B-UB.
Attending N. C. F.
Convention At
Carolina Beach
Jim Story, assistant fire chief,
is attending the North.- Carolina
Fireman's: Convention this week
at Carolina Beach, N. C. !-'
Marshall Chamber
Of Comnierce Met I
Here On Tuesday
The Marshall Chamber of Com
merce met Tuesday, August. 16 at
12:30 in the Presbyterian Church.
There were 15 members and 1 1
viator present', John Corbett, was
acting president in the absence of
Jim Story. '
-Many interesting topics
were I
discussed in the meeting.
This was bad. i t' a days When
the Buncon.'
throngh a fror,
a road that ;
s iard and t
c a of i:
; ".a. 'tan
cf tryond,
'Vt f!;e
A Burley Tobacco Field Day
will be held at the Mountain Re
search Station at WayneBville, N.
C, on Tuesday afternoon, August
23, 1960. The program and 'field
tours will begin at 2:00 p. m., and
should last approximately three
hours, states Harry G. Silver,
County Agricultural Agent.
All burley tobacco growers, farm
supply dealers, farm organization
leaders, merchants, business and
civic leaders and all others inter
ested in the production of burley
tobacco are invited to attend this
Field Day. The most economical
production of high quality burley
tobacco is the ultimate goal of all
producers and to accomplish ttiis
we must keep up-to-date on latest
practices.
This will be a good opportunity
to see the experimental work that
is 'being conducted o n .burley
tobacco and also some demonstra
tions showing some of the best
and most up-to-date production
practices. Some of the things that
will be seen and discussed are:
Harvesting and curing burley
tobacco ; a new method to treat
plant beds with methyl bromide
gas; getting-the most out of man
ure; leaf spot and mosaic control;
quality plants; spacing and height
of topping; old and new varieties;
fertilization; and date of trans
planting. Plan now to attend the Burley
Tobacco Field Day in your area.
ASC NAMES SLATE
OFCOMTEE
NOMINEES
'The ASC Community Election
Boards within ,, the County met
this past- we eft and -named a late
of St least ten farmers as the 1961
Committee Nominees in each ASC
Community. ' ASC Office Mana
ger, Ralpn W. Ramsey, stated that
the regulations governing the e
lection of community - committee
men provided for farmers to make
additional nominations to the slate
for their respective community by
petition to be valid must carry
the signature of ten eligible vot
ers within the community . The
period of August 18 through Aug
ust 23 has been designated as the
period whereby farmers may
petition additional nominees with
their election boards: Names
petitioned by farmers will appear
on the ballots unless such persons
are later found to be ineligible to
serve. Farmers within the Coun
ty were informed by letter this
week concerning the names of the
persons nominated . in ttieir re
spective communities, the designa
ted polling places, and the election
procedure in general. , Ramsey
further explained that this year's
committee elections would be held I
which is by the balloting at the
iu nie same uiuniter as lain, jour.
polles on election day. Thursday,
September 8, has been set as ASC
Election Day for all Counties in
North Carolina and - the County
Convention at which a three-man
County Board will be named has
been set for j Friday, September
23. - - l
In conclusion, it was pointed out
that in most cases farmers and
their wives are eligible to vote in
ASC Committee Elections and that
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u lOowJii
operating from Asheville to
Greeneville, Tenn, ran throe -v
"the grandest scenery of tU
world, crossing the mountains in
full view of the "Fainted Rocks"
near "here. -' .-.',-
"This line of s'.. : ha '
-on it to be one of f.e I : t ii t-
Leaves Marshall
LA
Rev. D. D. Gross
GROSSES LEAVE
TUESDAY FOR
GREENVILLE
Will Assume Duties At East
Carolina College On
September 1,
. The Rev. and Mrs. D. D. Gross
and their ten-year-old son, John,'
left Tuesday for Greenville, N, C.
where Mr. Gross will assume his
duties as director of religious ac
tivities at East Carolina College
on September 1. They, will reside
at 2003 East Fourth Street. .
Mr. Gross will replace . Dr.
Cleveland J. Bradner, Jr., director
of religious,; activities at East
Carolina - since 1957, who after
the opening of the 1960 fall quar-
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Madison Youths
Charged With
Store Burglary
.', Ivvit .. " "
- Two Madison County teenagers
have been charged with breaking
into a store in the Newfound sec
tion, Thursday, August 4.
Bruce Ramsey, 17, and Harold
Reid 16, both of Marshall RFD 6,
was accused of entering Cecil
Hall's store and taking cigarettes,
cigars, tobacco, three auto tires
and some shotgun and rifle shells.
The tires, were recovered by
Deputy Sheriffs Albert Sorrells
and Ned Eincaid who investiga
ted with Madison County Sheriff
E. Y. Ponder. -; ,;
Road ccting
Held Here ticxt
Financial Report Of
Pnnnfv PuKlicIiaJ.
In This Issue
A complete financial' statement
of Madison County from July 1,
1959 to June 30, I960, showing all
receipts and disbursements for
the fiscal "jear, ii published on
Page Six of this issue. .
i Ted R. Russell, auditor, who is
to retire from' the auditor's office
at the end of November,' desires
that sveryon: know tho absolute
financial condition of the county
and has itemised the conditions of
the various funds,' plus a State
ment of the bonded indebtedness
of the county. '
"If there are any further
questions concerning the state
ment, I will be glaj to er;!a?n
I'r.n to you", Hi. Russell said.
Forty-Nine Churches Vote
Without Dissenting
Vote
The French Broad Missionary
Baptist Association, composed of
9 churches in Madison County,
adopted a resolution "against put
ting any man in the Chief Execu
tive office of this great United
whose first allegiance is to a for
eign power."
The Association, meeting in its
153rd session in the Long Branch
Baptist ChurcTi, heard and then
adopted a resolution as presented
by Rev. Bobby Seagroves, pastor
of the California Creek Baptist
Church.
The resolution Rev. Mr. Sea-
groves presented is as follows:
"Be it resolved that the French
Broad Missionary Baptist Church,
in session at the Long Branch Bap
tist Church this the 11th day of
August, 1960, go on record:
"1. Against putting any man in
the Chief Executive Office of
this great United States whose
first allegiance is to a foreign
power.
"2. We reassert our allegiance
to the Constitution of the United
States of America and its Bill of
Rights, which grants to every man'
the right to worship God accord
ing to his own conscience' and
guarantees the separation of
Church and State. ,
"3. We urge our people to think,
nniv Atiil vAfi t Iropn this farrVhlt
tragedy from happening in these
great free , United States - this .
nation whose sons fought, bled and -died
to get and t guarantee these
great principles which have made
our' country great and which, by
tain if we desire to remain a free
people." f- , ' . I. t.'t . "
; The resolution carried without ;
a dissenting: vote. ' , i
: lui'ri'-1 1 iii li .i'.i iimim . rfi, .m," ,; . '; 'wi'lAtz
Breaks Ankle In '
Fall Last Friday f-
' Mrs. , Ed Houston, of Marshall
RFD 6, had the , misfortune of
breaking her right ankle last Fri
day ( morning about 7 :30 o'clock.
Mrs. Houston slipped on the wet
grass in her yard, causing the in
jury.
She ha3 been a patient in Aston
Park Hospital, but returned to
her home here Tuesday.
GETS LOOT, GOES
Tulsa, Okla. The owner of
the Get and Go !?rivAra tnM Pn.
lice that a burglar got and went
with $800 worth of cigarettes. - "
Dill De
Thursday
Hours 10 A. M. to 12 Noon
Set As Time; Requests To -'
Receive Attention, 1 v
" Residents of the Seven-county
area : comprising the! Thirteenth
Highway Division will have an
opportunity v to 'present road 're
quests, petitions and problems to
representatives of the Thirteenth.
Division '""at a pnbUe hearing here'
on Thursday, August 25. An
nouncement . of tlie hearing was
made today by Division Ensinwr
W. M. Corkill, who is in chars?
of the hearing.
'City and county of racial?, t! -with
the general r;.' s . . ' .
vited to attend t
t!.cy have r. 1 r
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