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6 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961
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10c PER COPX
in ii 'i
2J50 A Year In JMaddson . & Buncombe Counties
W.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties
Lr.rgo Grcivd Hears U. A.: Stone
JONES GETS 8-10
YRS. IN SHOOTING
or
Against
At Hars: (Jill Tuesday Jiglit
ON PATTON AVE.
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State Official Favor Gov.
Sanford's Educational
v '. Program
More than 176 school officials
'.. of the- 16th Disteict, School Board
- Association,. , henidv itaiymond
Stone, executive secretary of N. C,
Citizens Committee "for' Better
Schools, speak highly in favor of
Governor Sanford's educational
program at a dinner meeting held
to the (Mars Hill High .School
cafeteria Tuesday night, Mr,
. Stone also emphasized the bene
ficial noes of sales tax (revenue
for education improvements. He
and Lewis Swindell, associate ex
ecutive secretary ' of the North
Carolina School (Board, Associa
tion, revealed that for every dol-
for Madison County sent to Ra-
, lelg(H in saties tax (that the coun
ty, in return, received $3.27 for
educational (purposes. They ex
plained nan counties which tare
void of large industrial returns
from sales faxes' (benefit (more
than' ithe lucratively-filled1 coun
- ties with large sales tax revenues
D. M . Hobtoson, of Mars 3W,
president of the lflfch. District As
sedation for -the past two years,
(presided. The District .(includes
the following counties: Madison,
Buncombe, Haywood, Yemcey,
Avery and Mitchell.
.. The attendance at Mars Hill
was composed (primarily of Dis
trict school ' superintendents, su-
pervnoare, hoards of education and
nembers of local school commit
tees, witiv other guests present.
Following the program, new of
ficers were elected1, for (the roext
two yearsr ., . ,
xne 'Mars tarn .High School ec
onomics members served the metal
, wfemfa --we prepared fey4he iunch
room personnel. " '
r; A choral group from the Mars
' Hill school, under the direction of
. Mr. Henry Olay Edwards, enter
f tained the large gathering with
several vocal selections. ;"
WATER SAFETY
COURSE BEGINS
ATYWCAWED.
A Water Safety-: Instructor
Training Course will be offered at
the Central YWCA, Aehevllle, foe-
ginning Wednesday, Mairoh 29. The
class will meet from '7:00 p. mi.
to 10:00 jp. m., for ten successive
Wednesdays.- i
-.' Persons enrolling must be 18
years of age or older and bold a
: current Senior Lifesaving ceartHf
Joate or its equivalent. , Presently
certified and (former Water Safe-
, ty instructors are iiwited to par
tknpate. Cimn4 inetructors need
take only the (final 15 hours of
training to receive renewal cred
it although they are 'welcome do
. participate in the full 30-thour
course. -, . ,
C Memhership in the : YWCA" is
tiot required for this course. Each
participant 'will pay a, 30 cents
pool . fee at each class. , Towels
.'wW be provided, i ...?.;
Pant 1 of the coxrse . will re
quire 12 to 16 hours of instruction
and wiil be devoted entirely ' to
personal swimming and iifeaaving
skSils improvenwnit. ' This phase
will be taught by iMias Uowena
Atkins, volunteer ' Red Cross in
structor.' V' r A":':. VVv'"'--
IPart II of the course wiU re
oiire 15 mdmites of itnetructdon to
teaching methods and procedures,
orientation to Bed Cross, prac
tice teadiing, etc ' This phase
wiil be taught by Afarshail U-p-ton.
, ... :...V:V,
Qualified persons wishing to
enroll should dall the YWK1A or
Honored At U.N.C.
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ELDiRIDGE LEAKE, JR., son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Leake of
Mars'iHall, has received notice
from the Dean of the General Col
lege of the Universvity of 'North
Carolina, Chapel iHill, that, bas
ed on ecfhotlasfbic attainonent, his
name has been placed on The
Dean's List for the fall semester.
To be eligible for the Dean's List
student must make a grade of
B or better on each course he is
taking.
He was also notified that he
had become, eligible for a 'Freshman-Sophomore
Honor Fraterni
ty. To he eligible for membership
in this fraternity, at least one-
half of a student's grades must
be A and he must have ho grade
lower than B.
Marshall Ladies
Injured In Car
Wreclt Here Sunday
Victim Was Formerly From
Madison County;
Was Ex-Lj&ver
Dessie Boone, 65, of Mar-
shlall, received severe abrasions to
face and head and Mrs. S. B.
Roberta, also of Marshall, receiv
ed a broken wrist, broken rib and
lacerations iSunday morning about
9:30 o'clock in a car imsihap on
Roberts JJiB, -
The two ladies had e tainted to
church, Mrs. iBoome to Davis Chap-
and Mirs. Roberta to Marshall,
short distance from Mrs. Rob
erts' home, the accelerator stuck,
according (to Mrs. 'Roberts, who
was driving her car. -
'Mrs. Boone was rushed to Me
morial MJisston Hospital where,
she is recuperating. Her condi
tion as (reported greatly improved.
Mrs. Roberts is reoupeitaiting at
her home here.
Six shots from a .22 calibre
pistol cost Zeb W. Jones of ' Bre
vard Road in Buncombe County
eight to ten years in State's pris
on. .
Three of those shots, it was
testified Tuesday fin Biunocfrnhe
Superior iCourt, hit his ex-lover,
Mrs. Edith Goforth Roberts, 37,
of Old Starnes Cove Road in Bun
combe County and formerly of
Marshall.
Two of them hit her dm the
head, the third lodged in her lef t
lung.
It happened' at high noon on a
Saturday, on a crowded downtown
street.
It was February 11.
iMrs, Roberta said she dame to
town, bringing her two daughters
with 'her. They got off the bus,
walked up Pattern Aiven-ue.
The (three were standing in
front of The Man Store at the in
tersection of Pa tton and Lexing
ton, when suddenly Jones
ran across the street, she said.
'He said something about dedi
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PREMEASURING
FOR TOBACCO
IS UNDERWAY
uu
BEGINNER'S DAY
PROGRAM ARE
ANNOUNCED HERE
Operators of ' tobacco farms
withn the - iCounty have shown
more interested than usual in the
premeasniremenlb ' isewdoe offer eel
them this yetatr by the County ASC.
R&Vh Ramsey, ASC Office Mara-
ARM HOUSING
0AN PROGRAM
FHA PICKING UP
a T 1 Cros for eroT:ment or
' ' ' .1 i : ). . . '
The farm housing Joan prog
ram of the Farmers Home Ad
ministration , is pickang up . new
momentum, not only throughout
the Nation, but here in Madison
County. ' ' ; ;
That's the -word from W.' K.
Anderson, county . supervisor ' to
charge of the agency's lending pro
gram here. He said .this renewed
farm housing loan activity fol
lows the early February announce
ment that an additional $6o; mil
lion is now available ,to the Far
ers Home' Adminietration for its
4 ict cent Jeans to farm owners to
build or repair houses and essen
tial 'farm buildings. Such a loan
may extend over a 83-year period.
The new loan money broke p a
log-jam, of applications that were
being held because funds had been
exhausted. Nationwide, loans are
now being processed at the irate
of about $5 million a month but
indications point to a probable
doubEang of that pace.
In this area Mr. Anderson said
he looks for the main demand to
continue to be for loans for new
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ta measured off and staked' out by
an ASC representative. This re
cord number of applicants com
pares to 632 for the year of I960
and- 1960. The Manager explain
ed that March 154h was the clo
sing; date for filing application
for 1961 premeasurement servi
ces. He also stated that eight ASC
representaitivles had completed
their training necessary to per
form this service and were now, in
the field (working, 'Farm operat
ors whe requested this service are
urged to assist the reporter with
this work on their first contact, in
order to avoid a delay in ithe com'
pletion of this work prior to to
bacco planting time. In order to
retain the benefits of premeasuire
ments, all flags (stakes) must be
left (undisturbed and tihe planting
must be made on the exact pre
measured area. All premeasured
farms will be checked after, plant
hur has been commleted to deter
mine that each field' fas planted
as premeasured.; a.
In commenting on the . unsual
interest in . the premeasurement
program this ' year, Ramsey said
that most of it could bo attributed
to the 6 increase in acrdaige and
a change in the places of planting
due to diseases encountered last
year on many: of the fields. -,
Dr. (Margery J. Lord, Madison
County Health Director, and Mr.
Fred Anderson, (Superintendent of
Madison County schools, have an
nounced the following n. schedule
for Besiiner's' Day jwograms in
the Madison County schools:
Tuesday, March 28, 9:00 a. m.
(Ebbs (Qhapel School - i--s
Thursday, (March 80, 9:00 lav m.
.Beech (Glen School.- -
Tuesday, April 4, 9:00 a. m-
Hot Springs (School.
Thuiraday, Apnffl 6, 9:00 a. m.
Walnut School.- ."-'. .
Wednesday. Apwl 12, 9:30 a.
m. Laurel (School. '.'.. ,
Tuesday, Aponu 18, 9:00 a. m.
iMSarshall iSchool.. - ' 3 , T " ,
. Thursday, April 27, 9:00 a. m,
iMIairs Hill School. -Z
Tueaday, May 2 ,10:00 a. m.
'Spring Creek School. ;
Beginner's Day is the day when
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CONSERVATION
DEPT. ADDS IN
FISH PONDS X:
Frtilih a fish pond to make
the fish grow may sound odd; but
awf. eDOris that 847 tobacco, ouoj the SoiljTdm84rvHiiyi((5B-
: -w : '.I - f ' , f.- I ' . F " Ti , r.l X' m '7 i , '
' 'According to R.,' M. DaSey,
State (Conservationist, , more .than
40,000 (ponds have been built in
state as part of pasic conserva.
tion plans developed by landown
ers in cooperation with (Soil Con
servation Districts. These ponds
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FARMERS SHOW
MUCH GREATER
INTEREST IN ACP
Hot 3prings Junior
Class To Present . ,
Play Tuesday
. IK "
The Junior Class of. Hot Springs
High School is (presenting its an
nual play, (under the direction of
class sponsor, Mrs. Hester Sams,
Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p. m,
in the sdhool auditorium, .
The play, a hilarious hiHbiJly
comedy, in three acts,' is entitled
"A Feudfin' Over Yonder." A
small wiiM be charged, fend every
one is assured they wiil get a lot
of laughs. I 'Jm
The cast includes: Ann Strom,
Charles Thomas, Johnny Roberts,
Betty Sams, Gienda Pickens, Ju
dy MoCali, Deanie Parker, Junior
Lovin, Clyde TroUinger,, i Dewey
Eitlherton, Barbara Roberts, . Joe
Rjarosey, (Shirley Baker, Judy
Sams and Alice Buckner,.
More farmers within Madison
County laire learning eacn year
that .It pays big dividends to uti
lize the Government cost-sharing
available to their farms to help
solve their existing soil and wa
ter conservation problems. iNovile
Hawkins, Chairman of the Madi
son ( County ASC Committee,
points out (that as of Miairch 20th
I860 fanms tare participating in
the , 1961 Agricultural v Conserve
tion Program as compared to 10
76 for tlttis, some period in 1960.
luns (represents a 26 imorease.
In commenting on ithe ACP is to
help farmers conserve our soil and
water resources in order that our
fanms may continue to he able to
produce enough food and fiber to
meet the. needs- of our increasing
population. (Farm piracticee on
whSbh ocdtHshtariinig Us available
are: 1. Establishment or improve
ment of vegetative cover (grasses
and legumes) ; 2. Planting of trees;
3. . Tile drainage; 4. Forestry im
provement; 6. Sitriporopping; 6.
Liming materials on farmland.
In conclusion, Hawkins stated
thlait i itSie eprintr portion' of the
Program .will come to a close on
April 15 for most of the practices
and nrged farmers with a need tfor
more of the approved practices to
visit Ithe ASC Office the de-
vaiiui 01 tne rrogiram &id the fil
ing rfakniest':Hals4Yeai4;
that f aimers participating in ' thf .
County ACP should complete .and
report perfonnance 'on their prac
tices at the earliest possible date.
BAUCOM SAYS
NOW IS TIME
FOR DECISIONS
By J. BOYD BAUCOM
Soil Conservation Service
The farmers of Madison Coun
ty are now beginning to plan and
turn the land for summer crops.
At the same time itfhey are con
sciously or (unconsciously decoding
whether they will keep or lose
valuable tons of topsoil. These
questions are asked and answered
by the decisions which will be
made. Will I expose .this entire
field to the -ravages of spring
and summer rains? Wouldn't it
be more prof itable in the long run
to onlyV expose certain sections at
any one time and leave other
parts in protective cover? Is it
not true that .the farther water
travels down thes lope, with, no
brakes applied, that the faster it
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In Revival
n
vjaitlp Dofforondcn fiis Saturday
( . .
Silver Urges Beef Cattlemen
. To Vote; Necessary For
Continued Program '
, 'It gives a beef cattle farmer a
lot of confidence to consign Jvia
steer cattle or feeder calves in an
organised sale to know that even
though there may be 2,000 animals
in the sale, -t!her will foe buyers
present , to .purchase his animals
at a fair price. The success of our
feeder calf and steer sales has not
happened without a lot of effort
in. securing outside buyers. The
North Carolina Cattlemen's As
sociation, representatives from
the North Carolina Department
of AjrrKi.'tui-e and Extension
Service nave '.been aided tremen
dously in their efforts to obtain
buyers for Madison County cattle
in (their organised sales with funds
made possible by the beef cattle
'Referendum. Madison County
beef cattle farmers will have an
opportunity to say v,-hethef or not
they are' willing to ipve 10c per
head on ' slaught er cattle to : the
North Carolina Cf . ' " en'e As
sociation for' the T" of' pro
moting and st" r IT. ilh Caro
lina cattle. On T ' ' 7, March
25, cattle ref ' 1 i! ' t boxes
will be -at ' ' j flaces!
P. R. Elam : . 'y; . .
Ten J"
County . I Agent's,
on
on
Office in Marshall; '
Henstey's Cafe and Willis' store
on Uipper Laurel;
Hawkins' (Service Station
California Creek; tfr ' ' N - 1
Guthrie's Service Station
Brush Creek; s 1
Tudmadge Franklin's store on
Wihite Rock;' . '
, Ferman Willett's store on Spring
Creek; ,
Pink Plemmons' store at Luck;
Roy Roberts' store at Barnard;
Beef cattlemen axe nrged by the
County Agricutoal Agent, Haary
SJlger, to stop by one of these
places and cast their ballot for or
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Rev. Glen A. Ramsey Jr.
REVIVAL TO
START HERE
MONDAYMGHT
It was announced here this
week that a two-weeks' series of
revival services would start at (the
Marshall .Baptist Church Monday
evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev.
Glen A. Ramsey Jr., pastor, will
deliver tfhe (messages nightly.
-' Special music each evening will
be - furnished by the Baptist
Church 'choir with John Corbett
directing. Mrs. Corbett will foe
at the organ. '
i Thf revival will continue
through 'Sunday (evening,' Apru 9.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. , ' : , 1
BAPTISTS WILL
SEEK TO RAISE
$45 MILLION
While Congress and the presi
dent wrestle with the .problem of
federal aid to education and the
North Carolina General Assemb
ly and Governor Samford search
forvtaxes to finance a massive ed
ucational program. North Caro
lina's 900,000 Baptists are facing
their own education problem.
The denomination will be ask
ed, at a special convention May 4,
to launch a five-year campaign
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SIX YOUNG MEN
BOUND OVER ON
RAPE CHARGES
Election Officials x B r i n g
Charges Against GOP
State Chairman
Probable cause' was found by
Judge Burgin Fennel! on charges
of rape against six young men in
General , (Buncombe) County
Court (Monday. .They were bound
over ; to . Superior Court .without
bond XV T:':;7 '
They are: L. J). (Buckner, Larry
Randall, Charles Randall, Bruce
Ramsey, Billy Silvers ond Gone
Robinson.' The first four are from
Madison County. They have been
held in the Buncombe County jail
since arrest ' after a 25 -year-old
widow charged tfhem with, (rape
march 4. -V:' x.-.'-p; y-'X 2: -:
. The incident aOegedly ocenrred
at Ahe head of IBaird's Cove, at
knifepoint, after liamsey met the
woman tat a night spot and Per
suaded her to leave with J.lm on
(fihe pretext of drivksg her home.
Ramsey then is alleged to have
picked up tl.e other five youC;s
and to have driven to tae head cd
Ealrd's .Cove. 1
libel suits totaling $900,000 in
three sepatiaite cases against Wil
liam E. Cobb, State Republican
Chairman, are scheduled to be
heard (here next week during the
March term of superior court for
the trial of civil cases. The (three
suits, each for $300,000, are filed
by Zeno H. Ponder, Democrat,
registrar of Township One, Ward
One (Marshall ) ; (Frank E. Rum
nion, Republican, and Oren Rice,
Democrat, judges in the same
precinct.
The two-weeks' civil term starts
here Monday morning with Judge
W. K. McLean presiding. In ad
dition to the libel suits, there are
more than 30 other cases sched
uled to be heard.
The libel suits are based on
charges made by Cobb after Mad
ison County votes were counted
in October, 1959, in a statewide
bond election.
In the 1959 bond election, two
propositions were defeated. One
was a $500,000 N. C. State Ports
Bond Issue for port facilities;
the other iwas & $100,000 issue
for state armory improvements.
Each received 30 "For" votes
in the Marshall precinct and 905
votes "Against"
A proposition to issue bonds
for $18,891,000 for capital im
provements at the (State's educa
tional institutions and ' agencies
were defeated 896-43 in the pre
cinct. On a statewide basis, two bond
issues were defeated by narrow
margins..- ,Tfoey were issues for
restoration of historical sites and
for aonory construction, totaling
$360,000.' ) '
' Cobb attributed ifihe defeat of
boflhf issues to the voting in Madi
son County. Seven other propos
als, calling for issues of $34 mil
lion in bonds , were (approved by
the state's voters.
Cobb publicly questioned the
validity of the vote in the pre
cinct, told the State Board of E-
lections (that the situation in Mad.
ison County "stinks to high heav
en," and requested that observers
be .placed at (Marshall and other
precincts around the county for
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CHESTNUT STUDY
BEING CONDUCTED
IN COUNTY NOW
(Madison County is destined to
recoup its title of "Chestnut Cap
itol of the Nation" because of ex- -tensive
planting of a disease free -strain
as a result of extensive ex- j :
periments with ' timported varie
ties, it was stated here today by
W. Lj iShaddix ' of Birmingham, :
Ala., a former teacher who (Tepre-,
Santa the School Program Com
mittee of the Southern States
Forestfire Commission.
Mr. Shaddix ' ' is visiting with
some land owners who have been
able to locate a few of the old na
tive chestnuts, and for t3ie pur
pose of crossing tits pollen with
the smaller strain that is being
transplanted throughout W N C
and East Tennessee. The present
species are from the famed Hem
ming sueeeafui experiment out of
Eiaston, Maryland, and wlL h ex
periment ..was', bejrun ly
Dr. Hemming in tl.e e-v " ;
the visiting forest eJau
ed while here and at 1"
interest; of the Cor."-- '
plement fwt e '
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