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r- r J J W V VJ no. n 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, TIARCH IS, 1962 10c PER COPT h ii -i ii .ii $2.60 A Year Id Madison & Buncombe : $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties Counties GIu!)To Sponsor WEAVERVILLE GIRL APPEARS ON ROTATION 0? BURLEY CAN oifaobile Here Hon. CANCER POSTERS MAKE YOU MONEY 100 Pintt Expected Lions Club Will Furnish Transportation The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the REA Building next Mon day from 1:30 o'clock until 6:00 o'clock and it is hoped that at least 100 pints of blood will be donated. 1 . The Marshall Lions Club voted Monday night to sponsor the blood- mobile visit and will cooperate in every way possible.' ' , It was announced by Lion Pres ' ident Harry Silver that anyone de siring . to donate blood and has no means of , reaching the REA Building to notify or telephone The News-Record (3261) and that transportation will be furnished. Members of the Lions Club who volunteered to furnish transports tiort included Page Brigman, Wal ter Ramsey, Robert Davis, Ralph Barnes, Earl Wise and Jim Story. .. The urgent need for blood was .-. stressed and the public is asked to make plans now to visit the feleoamobile when it is in Marshall and give a pint of blood. . "We Should have' at least 100 donors on March 19. It has been a long time since the bloodmobile has been here and the blood is urgently needed at the . blood bank", an official a)d. REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR HEARING CITED Beginning dates for the last four of seven hearing session on a proposed National Potato Market ing Agreement and Order have been changed, the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture announced today. As previously announced, public hearing sessions will be held at the New Commodore Hotel, 42nd St., and Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y., beginning March 12, 1962; Secor Hotel, Jefferson and Super- ( Continued to Last Page) BEEF CATTLE GRUBS DAMAGE FARM INCOMES Kathy Battle, seven year old schoolgirl of Weaverville, North Carolina, fought and wo her bat tle against cancer when she was only 13 months old. Her name and photograph will appear on the 1962 Crusade post ers of the American Cancer So ciety it was announced today by Rachel p. Davis, M. D., 1962 Cru- aade Chairman of the Society. The fact that cancer in its most virulent forms can and does attack infants and children is not generally known," Dr. Davis said. "Little Kathy, cured of Wilni's tu mor, is a living symbol of hope for all child cancer patients, and their (Continued To Last Page) PAT SAMS, MARS HILL STAR, ON BLUE CAGE TEAM ;v'" Pat Sams, son of Dr. and 'Mrs. Bruce Sams, of Ifars Hill, and ""star of the Mars Kill lljgh School basketball team, has been named : as a member of the ten-man Blue All-Star team Sam Fatten,' tour nament director, announced yes terday. Sams, 6-feet-l,V averaged -12 points per gams this past season and was the Wildcats' chief play- maker. . "-, i v The , annual game, will be played js March 30 in the Enka High School gym. s v -1 The Blue squad; which annually s is selected from outstnading play- , ers outside of Buncombe County, leads in the series, 5 to 8. The ; White All-Stars are made up of top-flight " players 1 i n : Buncombe County.., The Blues won last year; a Student tickets are on sale at The Sports Mart and Enka High School for 50 cents each. General admission will be $1 to all at the gate. . - The game is sponsored by the Rhododendron Civitan Club. According to P. W. England, as sistant county agent, each year grubs in beef cattle reduce the pounds gained and cost the farm er heavily for additional feed for the livestock. At the present time these grubs are in the process of emerging from the backs of the animals. The number of. these grubs will continue if the life cy cle is not broken. Each farmer should make a concentrated effort to reduce this -number . by making sure that the grubs are killed at this point. . 5 Rotenone., will , kill these grubi CORN PRODUCERS SHOW INTEREST IN DIVERSION Corn producers o f Madison County are showing more interest in the 1962 Feed Grain Program than they did in 1961, according to Emory Robinson, chairman of the Madison County ASC commit tee. This year's record as of March 13 reveals that 46 corn producers have already signed up agreeing to divert 202 acres of their corn bases to conservation use. Under the 1961 program, 43 producers 190 acres. On the 202 . (Continued to Last Page) ALFALFA FIELDS SHOULD RECEIVE Give a pint of blood to the Red Cross Bloodmobile and get a cred it card. Learn more about the pro gram. , Last year people living in Mad ison County used more than 400 pints of blood which were collect ed by the Red Cross Blood Pro gram. - - and, reouceutha . niunbarof ..flies mAf)T.r ROtf f ITI which Will lay eggs next summer. J UiT lllliUOlilU a. cvuteuuuuuu oi i.ooyc roienone i may be , obtained and dusted On I the backs of the animals, making (Continued on Last Page) SPECIAL EVENTS ARE PLANNED BY ID) CLUBS Many farmers in Madison Coun ty treated their alfalfa field for the control of the alfalfa weevil last fall, This hay crop is a valu able source of feed on these farms. In order to realize the full bene fit from this crop it should be top- dressed this spring. 1 Due to the heavy damage of the alfalfa wee vil last year some farmers will hestitate to spend additional money for tondressimr. This mnnm will Accoraing to Jitliel X. Town-1 be well snent sena, florae economics agent, Home Alfalfa that has been treated Demonstration,.: Club women in I with heptachlor should receive six our county ire planning for sever- hundred pounds of 0-9-27 with al, special events in the next two borax, per acre. Alfalfa is a months. Several clubs are plan- heavy feeder and it is necessary mng worKsnops on flat making, to topdress each year. pillow making, and other special The alfalfa slant takes nitroffMi handwork. The Hayes Run club from the air and stores it in the and Bull Creek clubs are each plan- soil, therefore it is not necessary worKsnop. Mot bpnngs to put additional nitrogen are learning the art of Burley tobacco farmers of Madi son County averaged receiving i gross income of about s.1 per plant of tobacco harvested. About 10.000 plants per acre Were har vested wiht a yield of 2169 pounds. Many farmers sold 3,000 or more pounds per acre for around $.21 per plant Black root, rot, "tobacco sick," cost many tobacco farmers from 5.02 to s.io per plant; or from $200 to $1000 per acre. What can you do about black root rot? Rotation is the - best medicine for black root rot; Bill Rice of Hopewell has conducted a demon stration which" proves - rotation pays. In 1960 his demonstration, one tenth of an acre of tobacco, following corn yielded over $386 per acre more than one tenth of tobacco following tobacco. In 1961 the tobacco after tobacco was $216 per acre less than tobacco follow ing weeds. ' v';;':uf:.V-v;'. Mr. Homer Reeves of Spring Creek observed, as did hundreds ' of alert tobacco, farmers last year that the new rows of tobacco gain ed in the 6 increase - was his best tobacco. The increase was ro tated tobacco. Did you make this observation in your tobacco t Did the tobacco on the old '- tobacco Just sit still for awhile before it decided to grow? Black root rot is a disease caus ed by a fungus. Much of our to bacco land is so heavily infested with this fungus that we must change land. - Corn, weeds,- small grain, or grass will work well for rotation, s v. . . Decide now to rotate your tobac co. Put some extra phosphate on your new tobacco land and make a bumper crop -in 19C2. wuizam IN ASHEVILLE mng a women pillow smocking. Pine cone wreaths and other ideas are being explored by wom en interested in bringing these ideas to. our county for a possible small added income, for our wom en. District-wise plans- are pro-, grossing for our District IV yearly meeting to be held in Yancey d...li:. tii . t?.. t The largest aggregate of Meth odists in he Asheville District's recent history ill meet at the City Auditorium on March 25 at 7:30 p. m.f for the Asheville Dis trict Methodist Hour. Bishop No lan B. Harmon of Charlotte. : will deliver . the inspirational sermon. A massed choir of some 200 voic es, under the direction of Edwin Easter, Director of Music at Cen tral Methodist Church, Asheville, will lead the musical portion of tne service. The service will launch a week of .Evangelistic Vis itation in the area. A large number of young people seated in a reserved section will nake up this large congregation , (Continued , To Last Page) TWO ASHEVILLE ATTORNEYS Robert S. Swain (left) and Landon Roberts will fight it out for the Democratic nomination for solicitor in what promises to be the most interesting; contest of the May 26 primary. Both are graduates of University of North Carolina, World VVar II Veterans and members of well known Western North Carolina families. GOP Chairman Gobb Dalies Citing RcmarKs CnjiQanj Landon Roberts. 40-year-old Asheville attorney and Madison County native, will be a candi date for solicitor of the 19th Solicitorial District (Buncombe and Madison counties) in the: May 26 Democratic Primary, He mailed his filing fee to the State Board of elections Saturday. .' Mr.? Roberts is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Guy V. Roberts of Marshall. - s - He will oppose Solicitor Robert S. Swain in the Democratic nri- nutry. Swain paid.lu's-filing- .fee td. the state board about 10 days ago. Swaiaj a native of Buncom be and a World War II veteran, is serving the eighth year of a second term of four years. ' Roberts, a graduate of Mars Hill College and 'University' of North Carolina (A.B. and LI.B.) is a member of the Asheville law i firm of Meekins, Packer and Rob erts. He is a World War II vete ran (serving two years in the Paci fic theater), a former president of the Buncombe County Bar As sociation and presently a member of the board of governors of the North Carolina Bar Association. He is active In politics, managing Gov. Stanford's successful campaign in Buncombe County for both pri maries. " .tWhalr effect Roberts' announce ment will have on other- political races Cln Buncombe County will not be known fully until the filing deadline (April 13) for legislative and county .offices... rMt , To date, only-incumbents have announced. Roberts' candidacy may trigger opposition to some of these candidates, but only, time Will answer that question, . : Option Expires Saturday, March 17; $6,990.00 Is Raised n Citizens of Marshall and out laying communities are expressing faith in the future by contributing toward the purchase of an indus trial site located on the Marshall By-Pass, near City Cemetery. The property in question contains some 12 acres with approximately 700 feet of frontage on the By-Pass. Solicitation o f contributions started following a meeting of businessmen Monday morning at the REA Building here. It was an nounced at the meeting that the option, although extended, would expire Saturday and in order to exercise tne option necessary money would have to be raised. The purchase price of the total property is $12,525.00. This action was taken following a series or meetings oi business and professional men where the need of a suitable industrial site was explained. The proposed sew ing industry which was consider ing locating in Marshall has nob materialized but the concensus is, that by having the property ready and available it would go a longt f way toward inducing industry tof Marshall and also speed the trans action when a prospect is avail able. ' - A 'board of trustees composed of C. D. Bowman, Delmar Payne, . Zeno Ponder, S. C-Rudisill and D. M. Robinson was named to trans act the deeding and use of prop erty and' the Marshall Chamber of Commerce 'is'' "bandling the fi nancial r part of - the ' transaction. (Continued To Last Page) . , MARS HILL IS DEFEATED BY VALLEY SPRINGS County. As you can see, our wom en are busy learning new things and tryjfig many ideas every day. Food Tax As Election Issue fans:! legion Dniltling To Ca C::d Dy Grgcnizations' :. Members Vote For Move Last Thursday To Benefit Town Members of the Davis-Sexton Post 317, American Legion, met l.i t Thursday night at the Legion I" -.-.'.W.r.s here and voted to share t' a I . with other local or- I ' ' i cy, Commander, pre T 1 1 i s meeting and appoint- t its nip-' rs Boyce . r - r Jr., r ! : . t ,: ? a e f t!.e 1 GILLIS ELECTED PPiESIDENT OF COUIiTYNCEA In a spirited battle between Grover C GlIL's and Roy Reeves for the I.:aJ.'son County NCEA presidency, Gillia won by a vote cf 70 to 42. The ejection was hcU t T1 ' y E'.ernoon in the ol. without North Carolina Republicans will stress two issues in their cam paign against the Democrats this year sales tax on food and Madi son County.'. . : . Their platform blames the food tax on the Democratic-controlled General Assembly and their lead ers remind the voters that every Republican member (except Cher okee's Rep. Wayne West) of the 1961- Legislature voted against the tax.- j. '-.:;,VW';-.;. V :,.. Republican leaders also believe that the Madison County issue will be a potent vote-getter in the Piedmont and eastern areas of North Carolina. For several years, newspapers and other news media have given prominence to Madi son County troi.' 3 including e lection sqw.l.ljles, liars Hill school row and Z . no TowJ -r'a libel suit Elate . Chair- against T. man V""' C reme Court on appeal. Frank C. Patton, prominent Morganton at torney and former U, S. Attorney for this district, is treasurer of fund being raised to help with Cobb's' expenses defending the suit. T - . . -Chairman Cobb, in his report to the recent state Republican con vention, made several biting re ferences to Madison and said "the most flagrant violations of the spirit of equitable elections laws exist in Blank County (meaning Madison) and declared the "Demo cratic-controlled county board of elections appoints so-called Re publicans judges who are not ap proved or necessarily trusted by the membership of our party. . A prominent state Republican leader (Asheville's James M. Falcy) has been given the task of preparing a brochure on ?' '"ton C n'y for use in the T -3' ; v,::;ti strategy. It v. : : '. 1 il.e various e' ! ' V e s 1 ool row-, - - Mars Hill High School Wildcats were eliminated from the District 8 Class A Eastern Divsiion Bas ketball tourney Monday night, los ing a 71-33 decision to Valley Springs. The Wildcats had won the open ing round game by defeating Sun shine of Rutherfordton, 34-30, last Saturday night. .; Mars Hill represented Madison County in the tournament. HARRY WOODSON HAS SUCCESSFUL YEARATTVESr MRS. HUSI0NS TO Cinderella Team Wins The Tri-County Title; . Coach Feted '' Harry Woodson, coach at . West Henderson High School, bas re cently completed another success ful year as head coach at the Hen derson County school. He is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Rome Woodson, of near Weaverville. Coach Woodson, according to sports writer Bob Lindsey, might well be named "coach of the year" in the Tri-County circle. West Henderson started the tarlcctball season without a veteran a 1 with out height. Coach V.'o- ' n in stilled courage, team-?;" , t - ' aggressiveness to offset V : handicaps and his b:; 1'irough in ew'lor.t s;-:.-. Coach V.' " -l v 5 ( ' -ntn tte rr;" S Of 1 i ' "3 ' 1 a i 3 , '.. t V.' I C 3 t" TAX RETURNS Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, Deputy Collector for the North Carolina Department of Revenue for Mad ison and Yancey counties, has an nounced that she will visit vari ous places in her - territory be tween now and April 15. She will aid taxpayers in preparing income tax forms for 1961. Her itinerary follows: Bursnville State Revenue Of fice, March 16, 19, 26 and 30; Ap ril 2, 6, 9, 13 and 16. , Mars Hill The Cub Restau rant, March 20 and 27; April 3. Marshall Courthouse Reg ister of Deeds Office. March 22, and 29;. April 5. Any questions concerning North Carolina income tax forms may be referred to Mrs. Huskins at the time she makes her visit. BAD CORN - !, STANDS ARE , EXPENSIVE I According to Harry G. Silver, county agent, most Madison Coun ty land is good enough to -make 100 bushels of corn per acre. One hundred bushels of Shelled corn 5,600 pounds of corn, or about 11, 200 pretty good ears of corn. If we figure one ear per stalk we must have a stalk about every 13 inches at harvest time with an ear large enough to Bhell one half . pound of corn. Where does the av- ' erage farmer fall in getting this stand T The final, stand can be no bet ter than - what comes up. This means we must put enough corn into the ground to get a stand. Plant on 10 inches for a 13 inch final stand. Tractors will work well fast; corn , planters won't. Operate a corn planter at -speed no faster than a good walking pace. Early planted corn can be injured by the following: fungus roots, soil Insects such as seed corn mag- ( Continued To Last Page) Csof Mlh Co!:::! Oil C llzl'llu Dcrc!::!! JL":::":;; Rep. L. B.. Ramsey Attends Prayer Drcclif zit Tuts. Liston B. Earn resentative, was Cou'-!y r- T"T V S I ' Specialist Sam Put' Present IniVn On Ceef : Harry G. said here t!, t'e fir ' ''"'' : ' , c 3 V '1 '" i a i 1 '. '3. I. . ' ;.a is r... Last j'. .