THE NEWS-RECORD
IVAKSHAI 1 , N. ( THURSDAY, FliRRUARY 7, 196.
10, fl'l.K Oi'Y
VOL. 62
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Heart Fund Drive h Now
In Progress In County
Anderson And hdwards Are
Co-Chairmen Heart Fund
Drive In County
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COUNTY ASCS
GROUP ATTENHS
MARS Hill MAN
KILIJil) AS CAR
LEAVE? ROAD
Mishap Occurs Near Home;
Traveling At High
Speed
APPLICATIONS
TOBETAKKN
AT MARS HILL
COUNTY SUPPLY
SAWTIMIM IS
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received flu'l
tes ,,f Duilii
Xorth Car, 'In
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,li ysirians, nor rs and nl her pro . I'' 'In
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l,f (hi i Week ASI S I'el
I',,. in Ma.li "I, I'lillllly at
h, I ,il i 1 1 1; were Kmniy
l . , ham, , an ,,f tile ."in
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,i killed ll,dalll!
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, ai i, ,n 'iff I S I'.i
th el Ma, Hill ai ,1
an embankment.
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' lian a mile fi'-...
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ale T 1" i .1. M ' hale, sin, I
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h,:,ll patients uilh the Intel re I.V AM . , III II 1 n l cc, ana 11.11)11. . -- , , ,
ean-h iIim-i.v..,, .,, K. ,v. (;,.n,,l I-,.. Anna Mac l-l ""
,,rl disease, and ... e.m.lu. , Ti,., nl Nil.. Knl.inson frmi, I ... fee, .l,.oi,g '
. , . , , , ,,:,.,, T),,. fi, ,.1V before hitting 'he embankment
miinily programs far the benefit Hi mt "Hi.. I In In t 'l-'
, i .1,..,. r lie, ,,l tie inee'iiiL' was .leveled I" '
The Cmneil will als,, peni head I discussions and explanations of
the annual February diive for1 the Kccd I'liiriani. the I'll',. I Wheat
funds to support local prngi ams j Program, llie WV. Telia, , a, I'm
,) those ,,f the North Carolina gram and I'rice Supports The se
Applications f'
ew ing machine ,,perat,,i
tuers, inspectors and press, ,
he taken at the .Mais Hill
nity Center on Mountain
Road Friday and Saturday
contemplated ttiat
ml will be Uuilt
I hi1 and ri'lire'SMHwes of
trie-led rompS
pi lean t s.
It was furtll
at this time
taken from wot
An advertis
Three gives
ined hy the
neiit Corporati"
and American Heart Associations
The American Heart Assoc in
ten has spent over $75 million
that linn-'- was attempt
ing t, pass a , in and a 1 1 an k
when he h.st control of Hie ve
hide. The patrolman aid liriggs
apparently died of a liroken neck.
liriggs was a truck driver. II
cmid day was devoted to discus
I,, ,',imliiin,'l' th,
i (1,..,srv.itin Pro-i was the aVfi of Mr. and Mrs. Car
.... i i... ,.. i,, i a
,,,,,, ..:.u ,, , , nantst rat ,ve mill '" oil-;-;.- ...,-
on heart researcn since i:n, warn ,..,. ..- . .
. . ,,. a so is survived hv the widow,
,,ver $P.. million allocated I,,, tets. ,,,., i
, Mr,. Maxim- Burleson liriggs, and
lean leseaiio le.neis in ,n ,.
.. , , , a on and a daughter
fllAIfrO IT The hody was taken .
pointc,, out ne reponeu ui, , ma- lfllll'LiO 111 W eomhe Funeral Home
n important nean io-oniiii me
- ' " rNr. WHFAT PROGRAM
Duke, and Howman lirav n.clv., I IllllJill J IIVUIUUHI . lr .
v , ,i,,, , .!,- ,., t-, Placing Water
AKr ; r,U Pines Should Be
PROFIT
REVEN
One day a f
his pigs had
drop his wallet
the trough wh
seekitic
nplained th;
aH'ion
iiH
iH
fuH-tail
m
'HnKir
eilUDOn
of Madi ell I ' I
till. Ii d h'. 1 and I ha
p, i , In, . h.ov Dial M
a in he, ,.plv of lie,,,
l.,,a l.,.ai. lee' The av
Utile pel a. , e nl t lie ,
Move Underway To Get
Liquor, Wine, Beer Vote
MADISON COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT
BOARD TO MEET
Petitions An- Now Hen
( in u la led ThrouKnoiit
( mini v
T t,
ei a(:
Stockholders To Elect Board
Of Directors; Discuss
Plans
I'V
f i
ii p
t ,i
i.lhi
Ihile feeding
fortune to
ig $60, into
it was
th
state
III c
i ;,,tt
la!k a! I 'I,
I,
, Hill. mIi,,
lltl-ts 111 l
i... l ived lifetime n search irran! ' '"" '
I : ,.m the national heart group.
hdwards is niinciual of th" r.vrutl
Carefully Done
Cm, p i n . ... i a ii i s ;.o I'ii,! i'.oph iii Madison Oninty who
I', ll.i-.ell. .1. in- plaiinine to ennsliul a water
Direct-. i I'm the cii . iystein in the near future can
,f . t, .. 1 1 -,a,....i I ,,,l... Is ciillural .stai.Hi at mo an.i i . n ei -
county superintendent Mr- An- vatioti State Committee. The
derson has previously served as choice will he presented to fame
co-chariman. ers in referendum to be held
this spring, as directed by law
take a warning from the unpleas
ant situations that many of u:
are in now frozen pipes! stated
F. E. ISoss, assistant county ag
ent, this week. When laying wa-
im mediately gobbled up by one of
the porkers.
After scratching his head fci
some time the farmer rushed off
lo see the vet. He explained what
had happened ar(l the vet gave
him three pills -with instructions to
administer the pilla tone at a time
and follow each pill Jh a hearty
kirk on the pig's rear portion. The
farmer rushed baek to the farm,
grahhed the porker and proceeded
to follow instructions. Meanwhile
i gentleman of obviously Scottish
xtraction had become an interest
ed spectator and tltis mm watch-
111 1 H .: nlll
UM aic tuai p. u. A"
krHtsulted in the pie
&mn thtftieconrl
lioaill leet
uiuraging I.
Igeiiuieiit ..I
urea There
hires which do n..l l.."k .. I
(iraiug damage at pie-.-iil i II'
'of all liml.er -.lands evere dam
age v , of t he w oodland Man'.
Madison farmers could eliminate
grazing damage to a tea oliah', i
acreage ,,f woodland hy usin I
no more than twl strands of harh
ed wire between the grazing ana
end the woods to he protect,,!.
' Another weakness in our fu
ture th-nher program ii the reset
ting of desirable -u, of tim
tier trees. White pn , h , proven
to be a tree seedlnv hi, h in nm-t
soils, will grow in, .pildy than
many other specie- The seedlii,"
live well when pn'l . -et, Wlnt'-
pine seedlings ca, ordered
through the County I - tension of
fice, Soil Consci -n office
ASCS office, inroii.'h e, .nun".
Forest Warden Mi V ody Chai
dler, and will he d, .. e.l to any
Madison farm for s., . per ih"u.
and. A farmer may 'h.-n put in an
application to the .S s office and
after his planti'ii; has been in
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I nle , ,:;,,
M Uot.m ..!,.
l a .1 i ..n
Hoard, ! -ah
ul. . i lb. i - I- t
..t.d II
'"ll..y I
M..I .
. I.
I.C-iiee 1-. ..te II
he laid a' th
K.I. 1 1. Mhell
lit ii ti M
W.n the second Tolren For A' 1
w'heal marlfe!Tngs.Tes. ly-yiuii artmi...y v.yEHIKL
I the executive council of the Medical It would offer payments for wheat nlan to nave over it ho oi.ro thai Hclfo1 fho fnio. hi flnol ncrrienltiirnl rent,'s nffieo for a or. I JrlSJuLX" . ,fj. . I
Applications Being
Taken For At
the lll.elll g
i:i:a HuiI.Iiii
Hoard d' Hue. ,.r, will .-1... t,
and plan- and .peclf lent on :,
the building ,,n ill- i: l'a-s a
1, ,S, II- cl The letter follow
Kehruary t. l'
To The Sllhscl ll.el - ef the Mad
sn County Development Hmirdl
Subject: Annual Meeting of the
Madison County Development
Hoard
1 adies and ( ion t lenient
I have a letter from the e, re
tare, Mr C K Mashburn. a.
II,.. 111 ,t day ef January. 1!"',-"-. iris
u,g notice of an Annual Boat I
Meeting of the -1 ock h, .1 defs of til
M a .1 I - I- n Co int;, Develolimen!
Heard to he h -Id at the office f
French lima, I Klectne Member
hip C.,rj..,iati in at 'J no p. in.,
,i the second Monday of Febrn
ary, to-wit: February 1 1. I'.i3. for
the purpose of electing a Hoard
of Directors and the transaction of
such other business as may comn
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PROVISIONS AND
!.a " d ! i -
i ...i . : .,' . : I bat n i ,, riling I
ne a . . .impelled to , all f
:i i . f . i . i,.! .in provided suff iciei
nan.,- - .' . ' , on the petitions, lie
at-,. late, I 'hat he knew "f m
tin,.- Ii. ii ..ii the filing ( the
petitions and further -tate.t that
he wa- not taking an active part
in 'he movement .
SILVER SPEAKS
AT CHAMBER
HERE TUESDAY
Tomato Processing Plant Is
Discussed; To Pursue
Subject
Hart. Sliver, .Madison County
Farm Agent, was guest speaker
at the luncheon meeting of the
Marshall Chamber of Commerce
at th, Madison Crill Tuesday. Mr.
Silver explained to the group the
possibilities of securing a Tine
ripe tomato processing plant for
this county and reviewed his re
ceA. trin to Florida with D. M.
Robinson when the two M visit-
larsnaii, artenaea a me,
the executive council of the Medical
Society of North Carolina ai Dine
st on January 2i 2 , .
CRASH KELS
DR. BRANCH,
BAPTIST LEADER
Dr. Douglas M. Hranch, 54,
former president of the North
Carolina Baptist State Convention,
was killed Friday in a head-on
collision of his car and a truck
near Ahoskie.
Dr. Branch, t h e convention's
general secretary and treasurer,
was on his way to a hunting trip
in the Roanoke-Chowan area when
the accident occurred on U. S. HI
fflflrraw wVeat maVlTetTngs.'
It would offer payments for wheat
acreage diverted to conservation
use And it would maintain farm
ers' income from wheat at t h e
average of recent years. This is
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plan to pave over it, be sure that
there is at least 4-6 inches of soil
between the pipe and the con
crete. If the pipe crosses a creek
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Banks To Start
Wednesday P. M.
Closing Feb. On 13
The Bank of French Broad and
the Citizens Bank will begin clos
ing at 12:00 o' clock Noon on Wed
nesdays beginning Wednesday,
February 13, it was announced by
bank officials this week.
"We will continue closing on
Wednesday afternoons until fur
ther notice," hank officials said
Type Or Print Name
And Address On '62
Tax Return Blank
Typing or clearly printing your
ame and address on your tax re
turn could mean the difference in
receiving or not receiving your
refund, Mr. J. E. Wall, District
Director, Internal Revenue Ser
vice, Greensboro, said today.
Mr. Wall said that his district
office still has many refund checks
from previous years which can't
be delivered due to illegible wrt
ing on the taxpayer's part.
kicked the pig, picked up his final
$20 and siid, "Done."
The deal completed, the pig was
taken away to its new home and
nothing more was beard until
three days later the farmer picked
up a newspaper and there read
the words, "Man fined for kicking
lig to death."
RAMSEY IS NOW
IN RALEIGH FOR
GEN. ASSEMBLY
Madison County Representative
Diston B. Ramsey left Tuesday
morning for Raleigh where he is
representing this county in the
North Carolina General Assembly,
agricultural agent's office for aer
ial topdressing. Madison farmers,
last year, topdressed 400 acres of
mountain pasture by airplane.
Most of these farmers used their
ACP assistance in applying the
fertilizer by areial topderssing
and, thus, had tt pay very little
for the fertilization. The two ma
terials being made available i n
Madison County this year for aer
ial topdressing are fill'; phospho
rus or 0-30-.10. When using A C P
assistance, the application of U00
pounds of 60", phosphrous cost
the farmer $5.91 an acre: the 0-,t0
-30 co6t $5.10 an acre. Farmers
interested in securing aerial top-
dressing should make their appli
cation to the county agent's office
as soo naspossible shrdlutao ooan
as soon as possible so the material
can be ordered and be availbale
when the pilot is in the county.
The 1963 Feed Grain Program
again provides for the voluntary
reduction of cxrn, grain sorghum
and barley acreage from the base
acreage of these crops on indivi
dual farms. The sign up period ex
tends through .March 22, 1963.
According to County ASCS Of
fice Manager, Ralph W. Ramsey,
the principal points out the 1963
Feed Grain Program are: (1) The
Program is voluntary on the part
of all farmers; 121 It applies only
Ho corn, frain sorghum, and bar
ley; (3) To take part in the Pro
gram a fanner agrees to take out
of production at least 20 per cent
of the total feed grain base for
his farm; (4) The farmer who di
verts as many acres as ne signs ii)
to divert, and otherwise complies
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process for ,
the two men then answered ques
tions asked by Chamber members.
Knough interest was shown to
warrant further discussions and
action on such a plan fbr this
county. President Jim Story an
nounced that the topic would be
further pursued at the next Cham
ber of Commerce meeting which
ruary 19 at 12 o'clock.
will be held at the Grill on Feb-
15 members attended the meet
ing
about a half mile north
Hertford Cunly Cm
Williams said Branch's
ed with a truck driven
Dempsey, 22-year-old
Ahoskie. Williams ad
sev was making a left i
highway and his truck
slalled.
Dr. Branch, who wai
of Ahoskie.
mer Ed S
car colli, I
by Delimit
Negro, of
led Drain
urn off the
apparent ly
Madison Jury System Challenged ' In Court Here Monday
Judge H. L. Riddle Hear,
Attorneys On 3 Major
Contentions
ithes. died of
hunting
neck.
Funeral services were held at
3 p. m. Sunday in Forest Hills l!ap
tist Church in Raleigh, conducted
by the Rev. Charles I). Trammel
of Burnsville, a longtime personal
friend of Dr. Branch; and the Rev.
Nane Starnes of Asheville, presi
dent of the Baptist State Conven
tion. Burial was in Raleigh
Memorial Park.
SUCCESSOR NAMED
Claude F. Gaddy of Raleigh, ed
ucator and prominent Baptist lay
man, was tapped Tuesday to take
over the reins as acting general
secretary of the North Carolina
Baptist State Convention.
Gaddy, 65, was recommended by
the Executive Committee of the
convention's General Board to fill
the post vacated by the death o f
Dr. Douglas M. Branch.
The General Board will act on
the recommendation next Monday
at a meeting in Greensboro.
Judge II. 1,
ganton, presi
attired in ary term of
broken for the trial
Kiddle Jr., of Moi
ling at the Fehru
Ihe Superior Court
of civil cases, here
Monday dismissed the jury fol
lowing a challenge to the entire
panel of jurors drawn for the term
on motion by the attorneys for
the defendant in the case of F.d
Rice vs. Wm. Rigsby, a case in
volving personal injury.
This challenge to the selection
of the jury panel opened the door
for lengthy and heated arguments
between Joseph B. Huff, Marshall
attorney and president of the
Madison County Bar Association,
and A. E. I.eake, local attorney
and sponsor of the special act
which set up the Jury Commis
sioner system in Madison County
for selecting jurors, both grand
and petit. Huff was assisted in
the challenge hy Attorney W. C
Hforris, of Asheville.
Attorney Huff, after the jury
had been excused from the court
room by Judge Riddle, asked that
Donald Stines, present jury com
missioner, who has served in this
capacity since May, 1955( take the
stand as a "court witness". Huff
pounded Stines with questions con
seining the recently revised list
of names to be placed in the jury
boxes, which are in the custody of
Mr. Stines.
"Why didn't you cooperate with
us in letting us know whose names
were on the revised lists?'' Huff
asked Stines. "Why all the
secrecy if there is nothing to
hide?", he continued. Mr. Huffs
questions grew out of a Resolution
which was adopted by the Madison
County Bar Association, of which
Mr. Huff is president, on Tuesdaj ,
January 29, 1963, which reads as
follows:
At a called meeting of the Madi
son County Bar Association, all
members of the Bar were present,
to-wit: Clyde M. Roberts, A. E.
Leake, Charles E. Mashburn, and
Joseph B. Huff. Joseph B. Huff,
president- presided.
President Huff reported to the
Bar that Donald Stines, Jury Com
missioner, had stated to him, when
the matter of the lawyers being
present st the drawing of the
jurors was discussed that the Madi
son County Jury List had not been
a new. list must be made. That i ty Bar had
Mr. Stines further stated that he placing of a
did not have the Clerical help, nor "f jurors in
the funds available and was not i fair and im
in a position tlo make such a re-j after.
vised list himself. That the Madi
son County Commissioners, there
ifter, agreed to pay the female
employees in the Tax and Auditors
Office for compling a new list
comprised of all the taxpayers in
the County. That such a list has,
in fact, been compiled and that a
opy was made for the Madison
bounty Bar Association.
participated i
air and impar'
the jury box,
irtial drawing
then
count v
t .-'.at
had been
; County t
hv Wad,
tax I
I thai h,
ks.
St ines
ed the
llev,
,uniy a
After some discussion, the fol
owing resolution was adopted and
passed, to-wit: "Be it resolved that
a resolution be directed, at once,
to Donald Stines, Jury Commis
sioner for Madison County, re
questing that he notify the mem
bers of the Bar and that they be
allowed to be present when the
new jury list is placed in the jury-
box for Madison County, and that
they be furnished a copy of this
lilt, some having been heretofore
made for them in the Madison
County Tax Office. That public
confidence in the Courts and
particularly in juries in Madison
County would be enchanted by the
There being no further husiness.
the meeting was adjourned.
Huff asked Stines why he re
fused the Bar Association a list
of the revised names which he
(Stines) had placed in one of the
two jury boxes. Stines was also
asked why there were two boxes
containing names of the prospec
tive jurors. Stines answered that
one of the boxes containing names
was "packed full" and this neces
sitated an additional box. Ho
further told the court that he
didn't want to make anyone angry
in case they found that their names
or some of their relatives or
friends were in the boxes.
Attorney Iaake objected strong
ly to many of Mr. Huff's questions
and at times the temperature be
came warm in an otherwise cool
courtroom.
Stines was asked how he secured
the new list of names and Stines
told the court that Bill Roberts,
chairman of the board of commis
sioners, had told him that he had
a list made of taxpayers, from the
Huff a-ked
idi
h,
pu;
efore
pre
ron-
Shin-
the new names in the box I
members of the Bar could b,
sent, as requested. Stines
tended that he waited until about
9:30 o'clock last Saturday morning
and then put them in the box. Huff
asked why he couldn't, have wait
ed two or three minutes, and stat
ed that the attorneys were there
at 9:30. He also asked Stines why-
there was so much secrecy con
cerning the names in the boxes if
he had nothing to hide.
When asked if he had consulted
with Mr. Huey or Zeno Ponder, or
anyone about the list, Stines said
he had only talked with Leake n
bout the revised list.
Huff ended his lengthy barrage
of questions hy frequently stating
that "nobody knows whose names
are in those boxes except one man
Donald .Stifles."
He scored the system used in
Madison County and read several
excerpts from the statutes uphold
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Founder's Day
To Be Observed
At PTA Here Mon.
Founder's Day will be obserx e.
at the Marshall Parent-Teacbet
Association meeting next Monday
in the school auditorium. The
meeting will begin at 3:30 o'clock
with
dent.
Fi
Mi
pre
George Shupe. nrcsi-iding.
ed Anderson, superintendent,
he gllest speaker and will use
is topic. "Legislation."
nominating committee will :,1
. elivted at the meeting,
stated.
it
Coon Hunters
To Meet Here
Friday Night
The Madison County Coon Hunt
ers Association will meet at the
Courthouse in Marshall on Friday.
February 8, at 8:00 p. m.
'Officers for the next year will
be elected.
On the agenda of business win
be a discussion on restocking our
county with coons this spring.
"Last year's restocking pro
gram was very successful, and we
hope this year's program win be
bigger and better", stated one
member.
All members, prospective mem
bers and hunters are urged to at
tend this important
rerised in several years, ami that 'knowledge that the Madison Coun-
'