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MAKTIIALL, N. C, THURSDAY, r.C . -::3ER 22, 19S2 10c FEU CC?Y
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Some Counties Have ' Book
Without Change In
Many Year
The 1963 Legislator may be
.asked to enact a" law requiring
; , counties to call for a new vote
registration every 10 year.
... William Joslin, board chairman,
- said Monday, "I think it has a lot
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, registration book that : haven't
been radon in 35 or 40 year and
there' a lot of dead wood."
Joslin said the proposed change
nay- be discussed next Tuesday
when the board meet to canvass
, the returns from the Nov. 9 gen'
' era! 'election ;-:V;rS'i:M";.;k;1-
The state board has no author
ity at -present in the matter of
; registration. It aan;' only make
raconunenoauona. v'v w-'v
... -, "A new registration, is often a
hot issue and. this would take the
beat oft the board, bv makinff it
, - mandatory ; Joslht : said. ; ? fv
' Two systems of registration are
" used in the state, Joslin explain
ed. About 10 counties use a con
v tinuous registration Under which
a voter can register anytime ex
cept just prior to an election. Un-
V.B.RAEISEY
ACCEPTS POST
ATBAKSOFRB.
Ha Been Associated With
, Citixens Bank For
;v;;VAEig:Yeri. -,
Craig L.' Rudisill, Jr., president
of the Bank of French Broad, an-
nounced this, eek that W. B.
Ramsey, prominent Marshall bus
inessmanV has accepted a position
with The Bank) of French Broad.
Mr. Ramsey . Vegan his new dut
ies' last -Friday, .it was announced.
Forrthev past eight year Mr.
Ramsey has Served as manager of
th time payment department ? of
the Citizen Bank here.
Prior to 1954 he operated a ser
vice station' her and for many
years wa affiliated with his bro
ther, the late J, J. Ramsey in the
dry goods business.
Mr. Ramsey was also affiliated
with Ebbs ' Brothers in Asheville
der this system, the books are eighVyears.
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purgea irequentiy. i
:, . tin oiner system . provides lor
registration only during a set
time prior to elections.
, ,. Joslin' said the board plans to
have some .recommendations for
the legislature concerning the use
of absentee ballots. Use of absen
tees has traditionally stirred up
, charges after each election.
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County Women's
; Good Government
, Leasee To Meet V
The lladison County Women's
OooJ C vernmcnt - LejueW"!
meet Tilery i. :.t, November 17,
in the Mars Kill School Cafeteria
at 7:30. - - v.""
Mr. Richard Hoffman of the
Mars Hill College faculty will
: discuss how legislation is passed
ana now individual citisens may
best, support or oppose legisla
tion. .
-All members of the Good Gov
ernment League are urged to be
present, and women : of . Madison
County who have not joined the
eague, are invited to attend the
leeting ' and become members of
this non-partisan organization. '
He spent, two years as a mem
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200 DEER ARE
BAGGED: AS
SEASON OPENS
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; About 200 : deer -were reported
killed Monday .as the 1963 deer
season opened. vAn estimated 2,-
500 ..hunters converged ore '.the
area ' Wildlife management re
fuges. , Most of the bucks killed
were of six nM eirht points. How
ever, in t j s..: nu.my IndunriKe-
fuge, a 10-poiuur was bagged.
Two areas. Mount Mitchell and
Standing Indian, yielded 30 bucks
while in the Toe Cane district only
three , were killed, Hunter in the
Santeetlah are did not bag t a
deer, but they did manage to shoot
a couple of boars. ;V "
The season in the refuge ends
December 1 4 and continues until
December 15 outside the refuges.
One accident was -reported ; in
the Rich Laurel Refuge about 3:30
p. m., Monday. Buddy E, Cut
shall, 25, of Winston-Salem, shot
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BUSPLira
OVER BANK ,
IN MARSHALL
The driver and lone occupant of
a school bus which Friday morn
ing plunged ever a 65-foot em
bankment rode out the fall and
escaped with cut and bruises,
State Highway Patrolman J. M
Shuler reported.
Be said Kermit Cody Jr., a
student at Marshall High School,
was driving up Sandy Mush Road
about 7:80 p. m.. and met a car
on the winding route on the south
side of the French Broad River
near the Island on which the
school is located.
Shuler said the right front
wheel of the bus apparently left
the pavement as the vehicles met.
He quoted Cody as saying the bus
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FARMERS LIKE
ARTIFICIALLY
SIRED IIEIFERS
Madison County dairy farmers
are sure that artificially sired
heifers are the best replacements
for their herds. Two and one-half
years ago Madison dairymen or
ganized the Madison County Breed,
ers Cooperative, Inc. for the pur
pose of having available to them
and other farmers in the county
artificial breeding service f o
their cattle. Mr. Thomas Payne
of the Little Pine community
went to the American Breeders
Service school and was hired s s
the Madison inseminator. , '
Mr. Payne is doing a wonderful
job for the county. The number of
farmers calling Tommy have in
creased steadily. The charge was
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Reelccts Two . -To
School Posts "
By unanimous action Thursday
night, the Madison County Demo
cratic executive committee reelect
ed two members of the county
board of education and 16 school
committeemen, all of whom had
resigned prior to the Nov. 6 election
in order to serve ss election of
ficials.
The school board members were
B. K. Meadows, chairman and
Zeno Ponder.
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KOLT HAT.IPT0N
ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED FRIDAY
Mar Hill Man 1?, PUtol
Discharges; lute
Monday
Ponder, Mclnttre. Gosnell
Cases To Be Tried
.In Waynesville
Trial of the (900,000 libel suit
filed by Zeno Ponder and two
other Madison County election of
ficials against former state ' Re
publican chairman William- E.
Cobb has been moved forward to
the Jan. T civil term of Haywood
County Superior Court . "
During the first day of a mix
ed term, the court Monday heard
Solicitor Glenn Brown announce
that a special term will, begin Jan
21, for two criminal cases also
transferred from Madison County.
. The first case involves a grand
larceny charge against -J. K. Mo-
Intire, a former vocational agri
culture teacher at Mars Hill High
School, who is charged with theft
of about $2,000 worth of tools
from the school on June 5, 1961.
The charge stems from the time
of s bitter dispute between the
faculty members and the liars
'W school committee over the
li'ee's refusal to offer con
tt .-! for the coming school year
t- r.:- ;;u rairh Neni, :.:.ini:re
p-vl n': r t.'ju-Iiors. KftH was re-
1 on t' a mommn!iUoB cf
r t.'
r...ra ani
wore re-
Molt B. Hampton, 62, of Rt 8,
Msrs mil, was accidentally killed
Friday afternoon, November 16,
1962, when he slipped and fell,
and, a .32 pistol he was carrying
accidentally discharged, firing', a
bullet into his head,. Sheriff E. Y.
Ponder reported. x '
Mr. Hampton and members of
his, family were unloading furni
Iture at a house hv the Puncheon
Fork section and, he , was climbing
a four-foot erobanknien when he
slipped, the sheriff quoted1 eyewet
nesses. " - "
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Lela James . Hampton ; t h r e e
daughters, Mrs. Billie Medford of
High Point, Mrs. Hugh Baxter of
Lincolnton, and Mrs. Forrest Hen
drix of Weaverville; two sons,
Willie of Rt 3, Mars Hill, and
Frank of Highland Parks, Mich.
four sisters, Mrs, Latt Honeycutt
of Burnsville, Miss Ruth Hamp
ton and Mrs. Willie Boone of Er
win, Tenn., and Mrs. Ida Hensley
of Asheville; four brothers, Merritt
of Erwin, Charlie of Lavonia,
Mich, Wade of. Herndon, and
Paul of Orlando, Fla., and thirteen
grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 -p. m.,
Monday in Lit'.!e Creek IT ';nes
Church In' Yafscey C "nty.
The Bey.1 ' '
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Randolph C.Ju Euriul was
in. Cooper Cemt.a'y.J Nephew
were pallbearers.
Holcomb Funeral Home wss in
.charge,:-'UM fc'rM
INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOIC
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., Many people have ben wondering ivhy nothino;
haa been published concerninp; the proposed industry
which showed interest in locating on the industrial
site near the by-pass. , ; - , , - ' y ; f -.
Frankly, there has been nothing to publish since
the firm which was interested has still made no de
finite decision on the Marshall location. Negotiations
are still going on but at the present it is not likely that
the firm will decide to locate here." ' "-:,".
However, if, this Js true, all is not lost Py flo
f There, are other interested firms .which ar now.
negotiating and prospect are. bright.- ,!, A- , -1 j
- As soon as something definite is done, rest as
sured that an announcement will be made. . . ; "
, The trustees of the property are leaving no stone
? unturned. They are working daily on the acquisition
of an industry here and their activities are being clos-
ely watched and endorsed by the Marshall Chamber ;
"of Commerce. , ' -
Many are ' wondering why the industrial site
1 hasn't been graded. "The reason is obvious! " '
It would Be quite unwise to spend thousands of
dollars on grading the site without knowing the1 ac
; tual requirements of a plant which will locate on it. '
First, an industry's ground requirements: is of utmost
importance before grading is started. This is especial
ly true at the Marshall site where filling is necessary
at a tremendous cost ' .
As yet, not one cent of the money ' pledged by
interested citizens has been used. ' The only money
used, according to officials of the trustees, is the
; money donated to purchase the site. Other monies
.which have been used are funds from the Committee '
of 100, and the Chamber of Commerce- ' r
The special fund,' made up of paid and unpaid
pledges, is ready to be used WHEN necessary com- i
' r-SV-pLead.lLh our peof!a not to become
patient or alarmed. .n- ; " : ' 1 '.t , ;-; y :v
v: :n -y The trustees and the members of the Chamber "J
f Commerce are, most anxious to secure an industry A,
and rest assured that everything- possible is being "
$oyui Uhanksawinb
8-PointDeer
Felled Monday By
Lawrence Treadway
Lawrence Treadway had a thrill
Monday, that hell never forget.
Young Treadway, who was deer
hunting with"' Paul Treadway,
Ronnie Haynie and Bobby Fisher,
all of Marshall,? spotted a large
buck while hunting near the
French Broad River about three
miles from Hot Springs.
'He quickly aimed his .35-caliber
Remington rifle and with one
shot, felled his first deer.
The buck had eight points and
we?hed 175 pounds. .
When asked what he did with
t'.e buclc, he answered, "I've got it
in a deep freezer and am looking
rward to soma good eating."
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chnrsej wi'.h the
lui;1 and, Crenncs
cere comieirj in
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Lions To Give
Away Champion
Steer December 24
Members of the Marshall Lions
Club announced Monday night at
their meeting at the Rock Cafe
that the grand prize for the an
nual Lions'. .Christmas Drawing
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No Probable Cause In Pistol ';
'Case; Grand Jury To
; , Get Delay Case i
l: The courtroom was practically . '
filled . Saturday morning at the
hearing before Mayor Wade Huey
involving Zeno, Ponder, Chauncey
Metcalf, Oyde M. Roberts, et al .
The first hearing ', involved a a
charge against Ponder for "draw- :
ing a gun, to-wit,'a pistoL prior
to opening the polls on November .
6. The other hearings involved - .
Metcalf and Roberts, who wera ;
charged with -delaying the open-
uqrof the polls. -' ' 4 ,
Prior to the hearings. Mayor
Huey cautioned she spectators a- ' -
tout any demonstrations or ap.
plause which, might result during
the hearings and stated that, i!
necessary, there was a jail here.
for any such violators. ' (
The bearing had been continued'.
from . the previous Saturday when v
Metcalf contended he was not no
tified of the time of the hearing
until Saturday morning and had
not time to get his witnesses to-
gether or to engage an attorney.
Mayor Wade Huey found no
probable Cause in the case against '
Zeno H. Ponder charged :. with '
drawing a pistol - prior to the
opening of the polls. At the same
timo Huey ordered a Grand Jury
hearing of the cases against two
Republicans - charged " by : Fonder
with delaying, the opening of the
polls on election morning. , ' ' .
In a hearing which lasted for '
nearly three , hours, Huey heard
evidence in all three cases before
announcing his decision - to free
Ponder and stating that probable
cause had been found in the c sea
of Clyde Roberts, count ? C.CP
chairman; and -Cl.au"-"7 : " ,'f,
who signed its v it t
Ponder. ,
juetcau was tne i.r. t . as
and he explained that Le I aj Loen
officially appointed by K-Lerti as
precinct watcher in the Mar
shall precinct.
He said he got to the school on
the island (where elections are
held) about 6:15, some 15 min
utes before the polls were to
open. He testified that Ponder
came in moments later and soon
began preliminary checks on e-
quipment and supplies. ' .
The first argument of the
morning began when Roberts told
Ponder the holes in the tops of
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qtidrc Dance Clcrc Friday;
Dill Concfit led 6rc3S FcnJ
MARKETING
CARDS TO BE
RETURNED
Tobacco Marketing Cards were
mailed to all, producers on Wed
nesday of last week, according to
Emory Robinson, . chairman of
Madison County ASC committee.
Farmers should be certain that
they put their cards' in a safe
place until they are ready to use
them and as soon as all tobacco
from a farm, is sold, the cards
should be returned the the county
ASCS office. Robinson pointed
out that the cards are the proper
ty of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, and that failure to
return them or to otherwise prop
erly account for disposition of all
tobacco produced on a farm con
stitutes a violation for ul.ich t'.e
next allotment established for t! e
farm may la reJ'jceJ.
In cotuL . ' a, I'r. I-,' '.,
said t?,.-.t f..; -j . 'I 1 '
they c 1" rt-
ing c: , i - - v
them
to be i
her r, :
RC Workers And Firemen's
Auxiliary Cooperate j .
Public Invited
Workers in the Marshall area
were joined by the Marshall Fire'
men's Auxiliary in efforts to raise
around $1,000, Marshall's part in
the goal of $3,000 for the county
in the Red Cross Membership
Drive now in progress.
The workers and members of
the Auxiliary have planned a
square dance to be held at the
Marshall Recreation Center on
Friday night, November 23. The
dances will begin at eight o'clock
and will conclude at 11:00 o'clock,
it was announced by the arrange
ments committee this week.
Admission will be 5Dc for c' 'I
dren and students and 73e r "i
for adult3, it was annc .
Mars Hill and Hot T; . : "
Slarsliful, are try i ' -7 t a
000 in ea, h ar x i 1 - . : -tain
the r'.vy I" 1 ("
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