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7, JUNE 21, 1962
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Raleigh State Republican
'Chairman William E. Cobb tyon a
battle Friday in ' the libel suit
brought against him by three Mad
ison County men, andXhe may
have won the entire war."
The State Supreme Court de
creed a : new trial in the case in
which. -a 'Madison County 'jury;HPM'31,'m made.wp of
warded $40,000 n damages to Zeno
H. Ponder and $4 ' each . to two
others Frank E. Runnon - and
Oren Rice.
The trio, all officials of the
Marshall precinct in the 1959 state
bond election ,sued Cobb for libel
after the- - Republican "leader
charged there were fraudulent ir
regularities in the conduct of the
electoin. Cobb made the charges,
in letters to ' the State Board of
Elections and to then Gov. Luther
H." Hodges. He gave copies of the
letters to the press. .oh?:-;.'
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' The court's decision should make
, it easier for, the defense and hard
ier for . the prosecution if r the
';, lawsuit ever comes to trial again;
; However, Ponder told newsmen?
be would take steps to have the
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just bet an t f-ty FonJer Mid.
"If the -court has decreed that
- there was error in the first
trial, then by all means Mr. CoU)
.-is entitled to a new trial I' plan
to see that he gets a new hearing,
Ponder said he Would confer
with his attorneys after they re
ceive a copy of the opinion.
In a far-reaching decision, writ
i ten by Chief Jdstice Emery B. Den
ny, the Supereme Court held that
Superior Court Judge J. Frank
Huskins erred in telling the' Jury
Cobb ''had neither an absolute priv
, ilege nor, a qualified privilege to
make a false defamatory state
: ment about either of these plain
tiffs to the newspapers of North
Carolina."
"- Denny wrote that since the hU
ters were addressed to the gov
pernor and the State Board of Elec
tions they were " "qualified privi
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Ycar; By Urn
Officers Installed Tuesday
At Banquet; Brown
" i Speaks" -'."
Bill Powell, Mars Hill pharma-
t and past president of the
; "S Hill Civitan Oub,' was a
'od the club's annual ' Citizen
e Year Award at the annual
( t of the Mars Hill Civitan
Tuesday night in Asheville
9 Hotel,. ' '
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DONKEY BALL
AT HOT SPRINGS
The Hot Springs Lions Club is
sponsoring , a ' Donkey Baseball
game- .Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
club, members will play the local
Hot Springs ball club, made up of
somewhat younger ball players
and - the game promises to be. Is
lively ; one, ; Some of , the people
that saw last . year's, game have
commented that they , would not
miss' this one for anything be
cause, they really had fun watch
ing the "lively ones," meaning the
donkeys,' we suppose.
.- Proceeds will be used to con
tinue the Lions' . civic activities,
such as blind, work . and Little
League baseball. - ,,: -
Everyone is urged to attend,
and a large crowd is expected.
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Raleigh : Ted Rttssell. who
was fired as highway commission
foreman in Madison County, will
meet- with Gov. : Sanfbrd today
(Thursday) to diccuss his dismis
sal Sanford told his news .confer
ence Wednesday . that politics had
nothing to do with Russell's dis
missal, but : he refused to tell
newsmen ' why the i Madison man
was nred -irom his $3,5583 a year
post He merely said he was dis
missed, for "adequate reasons.".
Russell said he hopes to learn
from the governor why 1 he was
fired. .
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ESTABLISHING
WINTER COVER
CROPS IS CITED
The establishment of a' vegeta
tive -cover on cropland devoted to
row crops for the purpose of pror
tecting the soil from wind . and
water erosion during the winter
months is one pf , the - approved
practices under .the 1962 county
ACP. According to Emory Rob
inson, chairman of the county ASC
committee, approximately 65,per
Cent of ' the farmers establish a
winter cover crop on a portion of
their cropland each fall, ,
A majority of the land devoted
to tobacco and corn for silage and
a portion of the land devoted to
corn for grain is seeded, to winter
vegetative cover of vetch, crimson
clover, barley or rye. The chair
man says that a good protective
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1 . . Hill Collar Prior To
, , World War II .
Ralph Neill Jr, central figure
last year In a Madison County
school controversy which erupted
into a political free-for-all, has
been replaced as principal of Mars
Hill School.
;His Successor, announced Tues
day by School Superintendent
Fred W. Anderson, will :be Fred I.
Dickerson, head coach at Lees
McRae .College . for -the past 16
years. .
The Mars Hill School Committee
in April, 1961, refused to .elect
Neill to another term as principal.
This action led to student demon
strations, a strike by. school ': bus
drivers, 'boycotting of classes,
teacher resignations and mass
meetings which continued through
most of June. - - k
Gov. Sanford finally intervened
and after both sides agreed . to
abide by his decision recomfhend
ed that Neill- be. hired for a-
nother year. The governor went
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BEST CAMPERS
ARE SELECTED
IN 4-H CAMP
Boys and girls who attend 4-H
Camp each year are divided into
four groups so that twenty-five to
thirty campers will be in each of
the camp classes. The agents and
leaders who "worked with the
campers during -the week were re
sponsible - for selecting one boy
and one girl as best campers from
each of the groups. " The camp
staff selects; a boy- and girl from
the entire group who have been
outstanding campers of the entire
group.
Tommy Nix ; and , Jerry Dale
Hunter of Marshall were selected
as the best boy campers of the
entire delegation during the week-
Jewel Ball, Route 6, Marshall, was
selected as - the outstanding . girl
camper , for the week. Others se
lected from . Madison 1 County ' as
best, campers of their group were:
Johnny Fisher, Marshall; Warren
Nix, Hot Springs; and Linda Wor
ley Mars Hill.
These boys and girls were chos
en from a group of 130 because
of their participation and efforts
to help others during their stay
at camp. ,
ASC E3) GRAIN
hSWSL SURVEY
Some
Cointr'
. Community
- -rs .
la'rii.c.k, .0 V. ! L .A to Ii,-ui
these reports wIlA t-.a ACC3 of
fice last week. According to
Ralph W. .Ramsey. County ; ASCS
Offiee Manager, th e se reportf
were secured for all farms in
Major feed-grain producing Count
ies in 1961 and that all counties
that were classified as Minor pro
ducing counties had recently been
requested to secure these acreage
reports for all farms In anticipa
tion of a new feed-grain program
for 1963. In commenting on the
feed-grain bill now . before " Con
gress, he Jointed out that if jthe
farm bill passed, that producers
of the feed-grain will, decide, by a
referendum"' wheather to accept or l1
reject the program.'. . , j. i
In conclusion, Ramsey said that
ASCS ' personnel in minor feed
grain producing counties were giv
en a short period of time in which
to secure -these' reports and that
the' cooperation of all farmers in
giving the requested' information
to the reporters when contacted
would be greatly Appreciated.
THE LEVELER - V
Criticism is a fine . thing it
helps all of us keep our feet on
the ground. " -
MADISON COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
CIVIL COURT TO
START MONDAY
The June term of superior' court
for the trial of civil cases will
start here Monday morning...
Judge Francis O. Clarkson
preside.
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Three Highway
Projects Completed
In County In May
. State Highway . Commissioner
Yates Bennett reports ;the com
pletion of three road improvement
projects in , Madison County, dur
ing the month of May. y
In Madison County ' contract
forces .completed the. two projects:
(resurfaced with bituminous ''con
crete) " 4.9 miles Walnut Creek
Road, from US 25-70 business to
Heck Creek Road; and 1.0 miles
Big Branch Road, from ; NO 36 to
US 19-23. State Forces graded,
drained and stabilized 0.6 mile
of Ellington Road (new" addition)
from Bend of Ivy Road, west,
HEAD WORK
-The- thinking man Of today
has little trouble finding ways to
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COUNTYNATiVE
Phillip Ray Hawkins, 29, of
Clinton, Tenn., RFD S, mathemat
ics teacher at RobertsonVilIe Ju
nior High School near Oak Ridge,
Tenn.;: and a native of Mars HOL
died ; Friday ; morning June 15,
1962 ' of injuries received in an
automobile collision the preceding
Sunday. v fe .
According to .Tennessee State
Troopers, Mr, Hawkins was a pas
senger in a car involved, in' a head
on collision with another car on
the wrong side of a divided high
way. , . , .
The driver of the car in which
Mr. Hawkins was riding was list
ed as William R. . Foster, SO,' of
Oak Ridge, also , a teacher at the
junior high school. The driver of
the other . car was identified as
Mrs. Ollie Marshall, 35, of Taze
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Program To
10; Requirements Listed
BOY, SITTING
IN DOORWAY, IS
INJURED BY AUTO
' A 13-year-old boy was serious
ly injured about 6:30 p. m., Sat
urday when an automobile, out of
control, struck- him as he was sit
ting in the doorway of a rural
store; . -
Admitted, to Memorial Mission
Hospital in Asheville was .Boyce
C!rowe, -of - Rt. 6,-Marshall. The
youth- suffered a broken - leg and
ribs and possible internal injuries.
He was reported in fair condition
Sunday night.
State Trooper J. E. Richards,
who investigated, said a car driv
en v, by Alonzo Bullman, 34
0f 2596 Hammond St, Detroit,
Mich., was attempting to turn
into a rural paved road in the
Laurel section at about 50 . miles
per hour..
The car ran into the store,
through the door , struck the
youth, and continued until the
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i UA Vacatiqn ipot V
The Hot Springs Planning Board
held its regular meeting on Tues
day night in the, board room of
Pacific Mills. It was brought out
in this meeting that there is some
confusion in the thinking of the
citizens of this county with regard
to the survey now being, made by
Hammer and Company for the re
development of the Hot Springs
area and what results can be ex
pected from this survey. In order
to : clarify -this, the Planning
Board wishes to point out the fol
lowing: "'
; The survey will officially de
termine the potentials . for mak-
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Two Little Leagues Arc L'ou
Formed; Tcaras in Action
OFFICERS
Start July
Applications To Be Made At
Department Public
Welfare
William (Bill) Roberts, chair
man of the Madison County Board
of Commissioners, announced this
week that the board has unani
mously decided that Madison
County will participate in the sur
plus commodities (food) program.
, Under the program, the federal
government donates to : the states
certain surplus foods which have
been purchased under Special Ag
ricultural Acts - of Congress and
each state arranges for distribu
tion to, needy people and schools.
Some of the foods to be distribut
ed will be flour, meal, rice,, dried
milk, lard, dried eggs, dried beans, -
butter, peanut butter, canned meat
and oatmeaL
It ' was' pointed out "that ' this)
program will not cost the county
taxpayers; nor will 'it : have any
effect on the county tax. rate, ac-'
cording to Mr. Roberts. He fur
ther- explained that i reimburse-
ments . from the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture wilt
more than pay for the cost of ad
ministering and handling. ' - Mr.
Roberta also stated that this is a
program designed to help low in
come people and that political f
affiliations have absolutely noth
ing to do with those who . desire
this assistance.. t p , .
Persons wishing to receive these
foods shouli make af plication to
the . Madron County Department
of Public V.'c:. re, wJ.ich is locat
ed on the second for cf the Ms-
itonic building in J' " !L (The
office . is open II-. y through
Friday.)
To be eligible to receive surplus
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4-H Dress Revue And
Fashoion Show At .
REA Bldg., June 23
Everyone is invited to the 4-H
Dress Revue and Fashion Show in
the French Broad Electri Mem
bership building Saturday, June
23, at 10:00 a. m.
Plan to attend and learn about
the . fashions we may have by ush
ing cotton fabrics in our ward-
robes. , ', 1
East Madison, West Madison
Leagues Each Have
.Four Teams
Frank Moore," Commissioner of
Little i fceaiue Baseball in Madi
son: Connty, steted this week that
at last week's meeting it was de
cided to form- two Little League
in the county with four teams in
each league.
The East Madison League in
cludes Mars Hill, which has two
teams, Ebbs Chapel and Beech
Glen. ;
The West Madison Lp"
rue is
composed of t-'" " i f-om I"
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