ft VOL. 61 NO. 3
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1962
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12.50 A Year la Madison & Buncombe Counties
$4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties
Toun Officials, Firemen Are
Improving Fire (louse Here
Citizens Aid Local Firemen
With Donations For
Fiberglass Door
Meeting togather, the town of
ficials and members of the Mar
shall Volunteer Fire Department
decided that the crowded and dil
apidated fire house on Main
Street needed same remodelling
Kind improving ; The two groups
immediately went to work on sev
eral improvement.
The .town officials agreed to
secure another place for storage
of town (tools and equipment and
also agreed to have the partition
removed and re-ceil the building.
Cooperating with the officials, the
firemen agreed to paint the in
terior of the building if the town
would furnish the paint. Fire
Ghief Will B. Ramsey also "bud-
died" with tihe foremen and they
decided to accept donations from
citizens to purchase a modern and
easy-operated fiberglass door. The
response Unas been moat gratify
ing, it www stated itihk week. Lo
cal! firemen will continue to
licit donations for tbhda project
the (remadinder of this month
Firemen are also planning on
"fixin' up" the place so that the
firemen can meet there in com
fort.
Among those making donations
for the fiberglass door thus far
include:
Gay Merrill, Richard Freeman,
Robert Chandler, Troy Reid, OdeU
Cook, Mrs. ft. J. Plemmons, Mrs.
Jim Story, Floyd Dtetvis Jt., Cole
man" 3. Caldwell, John Anders,
Clyde Randall, Hugh IB&mett, Er
nest lawyer, Ted Ruinirion, Carl
. Bowmen, Guy White, Lester Rob
erts, Donald Stones, Rook Cafe,
. Raymond Ramsey, Dwigiht Hunt
er , Ted McKinney, Miss Edna
, Robinett, Troy M. Rector, Ottie
Davis;' Guy - Rice, Claude Allen,
Mint. Millard Tipton, Genell .Fox,
Ralph. Rjamsey.
Teague iM'illing Co, iRill Rob
erts, 'Mrs. Don West, Mrs. W. O.
Rector, Zeno Ponder, A. E. Leake,
John XJoirbett, Robert Johnson,
Horry- "Preach" Davis, N. B.
"West,. Frank Ogle, T. R. Worley,
Robel Rednvon, iRobert Rloberts,
Buster Plemmons, John Ward Jr.,
Toiwmie Rector, Romeo Ferguson,
Rankin Walldn, Ray Roberts, Mar
vin Ball, Walter Ramsey, Mrs.
Wayne Rrigman, Riley Rector,
Bowman-Rector Funeral Home, L.
B, Ramsey, Charles Davis, Her
mit Cody, W. F. Holland.
DRAINAGE IS
IMPORTANT TO
FARMS, FIELDS
Those wet places An your fields
will continually be a hazard and
nuisance to all your farm opera
tions until they are properly re
moved, according to J. Boyd iBau
com, of the Soil Conservation
Service. You may try to work
over them and rapply fertilizer but
there will not be lamy response
from fertilization. You 'may have
your tractor pulled out of them
several times during the year.
They'll toe there again next year
for the same operation. They
may be gone around this year but
they'll be there to go around next
year. These places wall remain un
productive, therefore, no income
will be derived from this Hand.
Tile drainage could be your
most profitable conservation de
cision for 1962. Why mot use .the
incentive payment you can get
from the AC Program and let
your conservation 'soil district as
sist you in removing these sore
spots from your most productive
agricultural land. The original
sign-up for conservation (assist
ance will continue through Janu
ary 26.
Some farmers 'have thought
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Another Link 1-40
Highway Was '
Opened Wed.
Wirth the opening Wednesday of
Interstate .Highway 40 between
Old Fort and 'Marion, motorists
are now able to drive more than
60 miles on continuous four-lane
highway from Black Mountain to
Hickory. -
The 14-mile link from Old Fort
to Marion was opened about noon,
W. .M. Corkill, 13th Division High
way 'Engineer, said. He noted .that
construction will not be completed
until mid-April.
Work still to be finished in
eludes gravel shoulders and seed
ing, guard rail, fencing and signs.
The project was begum last Au
gust and cost of the construction,
not including right-of-way, will
be about $6 million.
PONDER SPEAKS
IN LEXINGTON AT
QUOTA HEARING
Is Optimistic About 6
Increase In Tobacco
Allotments
Zeno H. Ponder, of Marshall,
former vice president of N. C.
Farm ( Bureau and vice chairman
N. C. Farm Bureau Tobacco Com
mittee, spoke in behalf of a 6
increase in Burley allotments
"straigjht across the baamd" In
Lexington, Kentucky, Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture was
held at Hhe Phoenix Hotel where
several states were represented.
Mr. Ponder represented .the entire
membership of the State Farm
Bureau Federation.
Novate Hawkins, of 'Mars Hill,
State ASC Ctomimitteernlan, intro
duced the entire delegation from
North Carolina.
Mr. Pander stated in an inter
view Wednesday that he was high
ly optimistic over the prospects of
the 6 increase in allotments. He
further said that such am increase
would amount to approximately
one-fourth of a million dollars to
tobacco growers in Madison Coun
ty.
He returned from Lexington
Tuesday night via Piedmont Airlines.
3 More Judges File
For Reelection Race
UHG Jurist Lives Up
To C3is Reputation
The following article concern
Judge W. K. McLean, of Aeheville,
who is well-known in Madison
as well as presiding at numerous
court terms here.
.'. The Editor
Charlotte, N. C. A mountain
Judge with reputation for tough
ness moved into Mecklenburg
County last week for a year of
. duty , in Superior Court, and) hoe
sentences already have lawbreak
ers and lawyers alike nursing an
, epidemic of jitters.
Judge W. K. McLean started
living up to hds reputation Mon
day during the first day of the
current two-meek term of crdmi-
1 court. v; V-cv; A -'-";--
Named To Committee
TEW COU!
Yitleek
le slapped a 23- to 25-year pris
on sentence on a 73-year-cld man
who pleaded guilty to second) de
gree murder. The defendant,
Will Sadler, was charged with
first degree murder but pleaded
guilty to a ttesser change.
Courtroom observers were mild
ly surprised ten. Eiut by the end
of Thursday's trials some of them
were downright If hast
In four days, the jude had
sent h 'f a dozen men to irr'n
for f ' - "res tot&l'.r.g ' " !
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Raleigh Three of the sttaibe's
Superior Court judges and a su
perior court solicitor filed with
the 'State (Board of Elections Mon-
y as candidates for reelection
iPaying the , board of elections
145 filing fees were: iSuperior
Court Judge William J. Bumdy of
Greenville to the Third Judicial
District; Judge Hugh 'B. Oaonp
beS of Charlotte, in District 26-A
and Judge P. C. Fronebertgar of
Gestonia, in 'the 28th district
Solicitor Archie Taylor of Lil-
lington paid the Elections Boaird
$90 and filed for reelection as so
licitor in the state's Fourth So-
licitorial District
Another Superior Court Judge,
J. Frank (Huskins, of Jjurnsvdlle,
filed as a candidate for reelection
last week.
HEALTH DEPT.
ANNOUNCES
DAIRY GRADES
At the end of each six months
grading period our Milk Ordinance
and Code specifies that the grades
of all our dairies and retail milk
products be published in our local
newspaper. Therefore, ; Margery
J. 'Lord, U. D., Madison County
Health Director, announces the
following grades as of January 1,
1962. All products of itthe one local
plant, Anderson's . Pasteurization
Plant, are gnaide "A" as determin
ed by inspection records and labora
tory analysis.
In addition to the local plant,
five plants from outside the coun
ty market pasteurized milk here:
Pet Dairy, Coble Dairy, Biltmore
Dairy, Sealteet Dairy and Bor
den's. Laboratory examination of
all milk products 'sold continue
them on grade "A".
The producer dairies selling
milk to the one local plaint are
grade "A", Biccording to our re
cords. They are; Jeter Metoalf
and Raton Anderson. We also
have 43 grade "A" producer dair
ies selling milk 2 to processing
plants outside of this county.
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Employes
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Elaim Appeal
RESULTS BLACK
ROOTROTBURLEY
DEMONSTRATION
MARKETING
CARDS SHOULD BE
RETURNED EARLY
The purpose of a tobacco mark
eting card is to provide the pro
ducer with a simple method of
identifying land accounting for the
disposition he makes of the tobac
co which is produced on has farm
each year. In order for the card
in this rear's primary ancL generJ -serve lhj-s';4fe- terms
at election." a . .v . J must return 4t to 'eheii county
ASGS office from which it was
RURAL FAMILY
PURCHASES TO
BE SURVEYED
D. M. Robinson
SATwOHD NAIIES
RoninsoNTO
Faniilies living on farms and
in towns of less than 2500 popu
lation in North Carolina will be
asked (by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture to report on , things
they bought and the money they
spent in 1961, it was announced
today by Henry L. RJasor, State
Agricultural Statistician.
The interviews will be part of
a nation-wide survey to gather in
formation for use in the Consum
er Price Index, a government fig
ure which (measures the cost of
living. It has been 20 years since
such a survey iwas made, which
included rural as well ua city
families.
The study is being made joint
ly by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and the Department
of Labor. The Consumer Price
Index to Issued monthly by the
Department of Labor. . ,
Eight counties in North Carol!'
na will be included in the nation
wide sample of mural families liv
ing on farms land small towns.
Tie information trill be confiden
tial and will be combined with in
formation from other families and
used only for statistical purposes,
Mr. 'Rasor stated. About 30 fami
lies in each county will be interviewed.
During the harvest months ti
October-Decor, urfr, 70
to 73 r
r1 ovt
' In commenit&i)V on this subject,
Ralph W. Ramsey, .county A&OS
office manager, points out that
the regulations covering the acre
age allotment land marketing quo
ta program on tobacco requires a
reduction in tfhe succeeding year's
allotment for farms which fait to
return the marketing cards or oth
erwise properly account for the
disposition made of their tobac
co. He further stated that m vast
majority of the tobacco producers
of Madison had been very coop
erative this year by spurning
their cards soon after completing
their sales and that ithe coopera
tion was greatly appreciated by
the county ASC committee and of
fice personnel who are: required
to make tabulations, summaries,
and reports on the extent of
marketing for each farm and for
the county as a whole.
In conclusion, Ramsey stated
that all burley markets in this
area had closed' for the season and
urged (producers who have not re
turned their cards to do so im
mediately. " ,
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EXTRA GROWTH
AROUND FIELDS
IS EXPENSIVE
The North Carolina Extension
Service, with ithe cooperation' of
G. A. 'Sronce, conducted a burley
tobacco variety demonstration on
black root rot (infested soil, P. W.
England, assistant county agents',
reports. Much interest was shown
by the Farmers in the county in
this demonstration'. The following
varieties were in the demonstna
bion and the .pounds of tobacco
harvested from each' 'variety fig
ured on a "per acre" basis:
N. C. 9205-3 1260 lbs. per
acre.
N. C. 9205-6 1270 lbs. per
acre.
Judys Price 165 lbs. per
acre.
Gr. 49 2150 lbs. per acre.
Ky. 10 1742 libs, per acre.
Ky. 12 2962 lbs. per acre.
Burley 21 1940 lbs. per acre.
Gr. 45 1687 Qbs. per acre.
It is quite obvious, fxom the re
sults of this one dernonetitation,
that Ky. 12 will grow and pro
duce a large number of pounds,
per acre, on black root rot infest
ed soil. The quality of this vari
ety of tobacco was lower than any
of the other varHaes. At Abe pre
sent time Ky. 12 has not been of
ficially released by, ' ithe United
State Department of Agriculture,
Additional tests must be made of
this "Variety to find out whether
or no it is acceptable by the com
panies before it can be released.
IU this variety is released, you will
be hearing more about it At the
present time the beat recommen
dation is, if you hfotve land which
is infested with black root rot,
you should rotate ithe tobacco off
this land. Where tobacco has been
in continuous cultivation for a
number of years dt is very likely
that black root rot is causing low
er yields.
INITIAL ACP
Annually, apple trees; grown-up
fence rows, ditch banks and shade
from woods outs 'Madison (tobacco
farmers thousands of dollars.
These are items which reduce both
the pounds and Quality of tobacco.
Winter is the time to ' snake
changes around the tobacco field
which can increase next year's
yields, says James J.I. Stewart, as
sistant agricultural agent
Are there any jj - pie trees, or
similar trees, now pxrw-ing in your
field? These tret s ere producing
expensive fruit e '
nd Teniw.J fr"
rorw'r;? them j
yk'Ua end reJ.
tacco.
Is lihere, f
' h .1 k, or
t.hould be cut
a if!-. hi. By
increase
h, C,k to-
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, t "otr'.d
a can
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JANUARY 25, '62
The .County Agricultural Con
servation Program through which
the Government sWares the cost
with the farm owners in the per
formance of approved farm prac
tices to help conserve our Ameri
can soil and water resources is in
full swing as far as the filing of
farmers' requests is concerned.
According to Emory Robinson,
chairman of the county ASC com
mittee, who administers the coun--
ty ACT, wve mutaej stgnuup penoa
will end en Thursday, Jlanuary 25.
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CARL COX, 52,
FOUND DEAD
LAST WEEK
The frozen body of a Buncombe
County man last seen (alive Tues
day night of last week was found
Friday by two 'Madison' men par
tially submerged m a creek near
the Madison County line, Sheriff
Laurence E. Brown of (Buncombe
County reported.
The body, identified as Carl
Cox, 52, who made his home with
a cousin, Mrs. H. F. Meadows of
Rt. 1, Leicester, was discovered
bv Glenn Teairue and Charlie
Meadows of Rt. 1, Marshall, in a
creek in Meadowtown near Leices
ter about 150 yards from the
Madison-Buncombe line, the sher
iff's department reported.
Dr. John C. Young, Buncombe
County coroner, estimated the
body had been in the creek 66 to
72 hours. The wtaiter had frozen
around it, he said, indicating it
had been in the water before the
recent snowfall and hard freeze
began.
After performing an autopsy'
Saturday morning ithe coroner
announced that he had died of
natural causes and no inquest is
being planned.
Deputies Gordon Hill and Cecil
L. Bonhaim of the Buncombe Coun
ty Sheriffs Department, tnvesti-
gaited ithe case. '
Group Requests Investigation
Of Dismissal Of Davis
And Thomas
WWNC Applies For
Broadcast Rights
For Baseball Games
Cecil Hoskins, station manager
of Radio Station WWNC, and J.
Mack Arnette of WWNC, asked
Community Baseball 'Inc., at the
directors meeting Monday for
permission to oroaaaac eu nome
and road games of the Ashevllle
Tourists during the 1962 season.
The matter wtas referred to the
baseball club's executive commit
tee for action and W. iFleming
Taliman, club president, said a
decision will forthcoming wnthm
a week.
Washington The Post Office
Department said Monday two em
ployes were dismissed' from its
Marshall, N. C, office because of
unsatisfactory service while on
probation.
A department spokesman, com
menting on a call for an investi
gation of the dismissals, said the
action was taken against Paul
Thomas and Earl W. Davis by
MJairvin Ball, acting postmaster at
Marshall.
A group of citizens called for
Ithe investigation last week in an
advertisement in the weekly Mar
shall News-Hecord.
Thomas was a substiitnte clerk
and Davis was a rural oairrier.
Both were serving the one-year
probationary period for new em
ployees, postal officials said.
The department spokesman said
both men had been "counseled," or
'Warned, several times that their
work was unsatisfactory and the
dismissals resulted from failure to
improve their performance.
Department headquarters bad
not received any notice of appeal
by Thomas or DjaMis from the dis
missal action, the spokesman add
ed. , , : '
Claim Appeal
.Davis, however, baa in his pos
session a letter from ithe Post
Office Department in Washington
acknowledging receipt "of' a letter
from him ."protesting your sepa
ratioiv.diuring probation torn the
position of rural carrier at Mar
shall, North Carolirta,"
Both Davis and Thomas said
they had never been warned that
their .work was satisfactory.
They , said the incident began
last Sept. 16, wheni Thomas was
hbnded a separation form. Thom
as appealed and on Nov. 7 he got
a postal form stating that be was
reinstated as of Nov. 6. He said,
however, that attached to the
form was a letter from Biall giving
notice that he was separated a-
gain as of Nov. 17, about a month
before his probationary period of
one year wtas to expire.
On Dec 29, Davis got a letter
from IBall stating that he was sep
arated effective Jan. 4, one day
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Lilian) Cobb Files
Appeal DitEi High Court
Appeals To High Court
WMMH To Carry
Whitener Program
Saturday 'Afternoon
' Congressman (Basil L. Whitener
will have Congressman Ralph R,
Harding of Idaho as a guest this
week on his radio program car
ried each week over 20 stations
in Western North Carolina.
Harding is a member of the
House Agriculture Committee and
is assigned to the dmportJaftt' Sub
committee on Forestry, Wheat,
Domestic Marketing, Livestock
and Feed Grains, and the Subcom
mittee on Research and Extension
Services.
The Idaho Congressman will
discuss with OongTesanman WJJ lo
ner the outlook far the enactmw.t
of farm k-r'.Jation luri::r tLis
session of t: e Cw-fr-s. 11a v
also comment om i'.e w .. I':
High Court Is Scheduled To
Hear Arguments On
Appeal March 20
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Rjaleigh An appeal' in a Mad
ison County- libel suit involving
stats Republican Chairman Wil
liam E. Cobb Jt, reached the
State Supreme Court Monday. ;
Attorneys for Cobb, 88, a Mor
ganton lumber broker, filed a
582-page brief in which they as
signed several errors.
A jury ruled last July 14 that
Cobb libeled three Madison elec
tion officii aOa irv two letters he re
leased to news media. The jury
awarded 40,000 in Aans'cs to
Zeno Ponder, MarsLall j r-. ' t
registrar, and token ' " s f
$4 each to two ipr; -' t j ' ?,
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