pfcord 12.50 A' Year In Madison 4 Adjoining $4.00 A Year Outside These Counties SES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, I 10c PER COPY Arrested; 2 SCHOOLS WILL OPEN AUGUST 21 Of Hot Spri Donald Duke Riggs fcrt In Rank Robbery (WW ana Admit, Mjd Monday three have beep charged 0 holdup of a Hot C, bank. One waa ar- the other two still Donald Duke Riggs, 28, waived preltaiinary hearing before U. B ner Harve Duggins n4 ad under S5.000 bond on charges of bank robbery and in terstate transportation at fire arms. Also charged are John Edward Millar, 26, and Ronald Arthur Coeland, 21. . K-dHtaa L. McOnvern. assistant flgHI in charge of the Knoxvflle FBI office, said some of the 18,- 000 tike In the robbery was re covered from Kisre-a. but be did not say how much. Two armed man entered the citizens name in not springs, ana hem up the only employe July 9 They fled in a late model white car toward Tennessee, McGovern said, and shortly thereafter a sec ond car fell in behind the getaway vehicle; The car used in the hold up was found submerged later in a river near Newport, Tenn., just across the North Carolina line. Madison County Sheriff E. Y. Pander told a newaiman Mond luly Robbery ings Bank . lx- m l a Mmmm . I u m . I I H I m m m HHi b ; - m mmm mm mm fMm mm y I rv.i.- pr.m ono..U tent will iced they re; day, A their duties Mver, when wis on Mon- JUAN CHARGED TRIED HERE Alleged Assault Took Pl Hot Springs 84 EMPLOYEES NOW AT MILLS PLANT HERE 1 .fcN , Mrs. Jimmy Sprinkle Bitten By Snake of Falrvi ermbe Coun & abduction ear-old girl Paul Gregory, is being held la ty jail on eharg and rane of a earlier this mots. . mmmmW Harry p Clay said the abduction allegedly occurred fit Buaeainbe County and in Madison ew Employment, Earnings Have Given Section Economy Boost i the tmmmh County. Gregory v.. Thursday in Kankakee, 111., and returned to Asheville during the week f H- ard Martin to face trial on the two charge i ("Iy picked up by past Ash sheriflsaid. The wsrra Graj Mill Manufacturing Com any in Marshall is in full swjng these days with employment reach Ing 84 with the hopes of increas ing this number to 125 by the end BHjjtey" In addition to' lite employees, there are also three officials in the modernised build ing, formerly known as the Mar shall Cotton Mill Building. E- Milftl i plan Manager; Stan Frumkin, is assistant plant manager ; and Mrs. Helen Hunter 1 recentionist. Tie making "slings", used by the & Air Force; parachutes, and MMpfmtes components. In addition to giving these peo- tola employment, their weekly earn ings have , greatly helped give this action an "economy boost". MADISON NINE Mrs. 3. H. Sprinkle Jr., of Mar shall, was bitten on an ankle by a snake at her home Tuesday af- She waa treated at the Mission Hospital and returned to her heme Wednesday afternoon. It Is thought that the snake was a copperhead. o Delinquent Tax List On Page 3 i. -Wfeifr ; The delinquent tax list for un paid 1962 taxes is published on Page Three of this issue, as re quired by the N. law. The list will continue to be puhlisned lor four weeks wflSf 'wijs paying up their taxes taken from Voters Approve ABC Lkjuw 346 Vote In Last Saturday's ' ' Springs voters approved ner the .list eacn weec. , ,, vsw .aa . IIU(W)TO 00 UWI WT I . . . Idle young men are sometimes needy old men in the making, administer eoetau. 7 Ho the estabiiahmant of ABC 11 hales 16 to 11" Saturday. The election waa authorised by an act of the1 lterQenaaiT sembly which also requires the Hot Springs town board to a three-man board ex control,, to of the liquor Net profitalsn liquor are to be divided- as fellows: third to the retMral saaisftf five per eent lildiaan Coun ty aehooi MstUMi;.(a be Spent solely for Spring Creek of, she county superintendent, tho school principal and chairman of he achool commlttte; 25 per eent t to be ngs School a similar three-man committee; iiye per cent 'iflnt'M enforcement in Hot Springs and the remainder (31 per cent) to the town's general fund. aatos . one fund. snentonlv for HM ttM i , - - , ". r- by on a warrant for another viola tion and the hank robbery charge followed, Ponder said.) Riggs was held for the fall term rt in the Western District of North Carolina. If convkCsil he fanes W jhlijiiiiiiii sentence np years or $6,000 fine, or both. CopeMae was dcribed as a (Continued to Page Six) BLAMES OTHERS -iCift courtesy Asheville Citizei A man bumps into hard luck, and blames others for pushing him. TAflfhorc7 CnnfprpnCR At Mart Hill Coltese May More I han The 2,000 Expected Campus aeheol nerson first of three conferences f more than 1,000 pablic Del will begin Mon day at Mars Hill College. It is the Classroom Teachers Conference. The second; gathering, the North Carolina Sdeatton Association! jMHUehip ' Conf erawempn August 8: and the final one, the annual Conference of North Caro lina School Superintendents, will start August 13. The meetings constitute the final summer conferences to be held at the college. Six other groups have already met there. In all, more than 2,000 persons are expected to visit the campus as a result of the begin I meetings. J. BB1 BBS ml Civet S $2.5 Million Washington The Interior I t . . .j t . '-a- Annronriations Bin recently sign ed by President Kennedy includes an appropriation of $2,565,100 for the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park, including the Foot, hills Parkway, in Tennessee and North Carolina. The appropriation, Which will H nun! in the vear which started July 1, includes: Management and protection, $642,800; maintenance and rehabilitation. $618,400: con struction of buildings and utili ties, $90,900; construction Of roads and trails and liquidation of con tracts, $1,31.1,500. BAD LUCK GETS BLAMED ..Bad luck loften gets blamed, whan lack of common sense should Pictured above is the Madison County Court house which has recently been re-painted and repair ed. The interior has been vastly improved with much needed work being completed on walls and ceilings. As can be seen from tnis picture, ine oxienor naa uwn repainted and koks -ruie new . uxner - . - . m, xl J I nts have aiso neen maue m we posa m uuv Of and even the flag pole has been painted". Interior Bill jtvv m MSI BO mimw W vm MRS w m mw m mm unwi he was found lriuiraeis test Thursday. ' f French Broad Baptist JLsso. To Hold Meetings Next Week Mara Hill, Paint Gap, And Marshall Are Sites For Annual Meeting To AH Taxpayer The 1968 session of the General A.comhlir tin art A certain chatUMM ffl the Sales and Use Tax article, effective July i, iswa. The minimum penalty fl,W ia nn lnncer nnnlicable. The Den- aUy for failure to f ila w when due is now 5 PER MONTH, for each month, et frae- tion thereof, such failure con tinues, with a maximum rate of 25 BUT IN NO CASE LESS JTtHAN $6.00. A (penalty of ;id. minimum of $5.00, is imposed for failure to PAY any taxes When due. - !, MRS. SAM J. HUSKINS, N. C. Deparment of Revenue, Burnsvillo, North Carolina. 4,541 New In Conn llsHMA llfllllCd IWIIIwW Placed m ty jury Box Saturday Judge J. Frank Huskins Orders Jurors To Be Drawn Publicly The jury box which contained the names of prospective jurors in Madison County was emptied of the old names Saturday morn ing at Courthouse and a new list of names was inserted. The new names were clipped and put into the box in the pres ence of Superior Court Judge J. Frank Huskins of Burnsville, who earns to Marshall for the occa sion; Jury Commissioner Donald Stines, who waa reappointed by Judge Huskins July 1; Sheiff E. Y. Ponder, Rep. Listen B. Ram- 7, Auditor Wade Hney, mem bers of the Madison County Bar Association, and others. Four thousand five hundred f or- wfta an sesosniou esaroerse or them women. :Sm8 . Of the total, 3,376 names came from the tax books, and 1,165 from the registration hooks. The jury commissioner system has been controversial for some time, with Superior Omrt Judge H. L. Riddle first ruling it uncon stitutional and the Stater Supreme Court reversing the decision. Effective July 2, Donald Stines, who has served in his capacity as commissioner, Was reappointed and will serve a term "at the pleas ure" of the resident judge, who it Judge Huskins. At the ceremonies Saturday, Judge Huskins said, "although the N does not require it, I have in structed Mr. Stines that all jurors hall be drawn publicly and any one wishing to he present when eases are drawn for jury duty Uuled with Won he counted as a win for nents for the remaining of the season, it waa announ- The team has not played since July 4th. "We were forced to drop, out of the league because we could not continue to field a team. Many of the players had other commit ments on the days we were scheduled to play and it was the only course we could take. We deeply regret having to take this action", Herbert Meadows, mana ger of the team, said here this week. FEED GRAIN glWlON PAYMENTS The Madison County ASCS of fice is now in the process of com puting final payments on the 1963 Feed Grain and Wheat Sta bilization Diversion Programs, ac cording to Ralph Ramsey, county ASCS office manager. He also reports that the ASCS office plans to start issuing these final pay ments sometime prior to August 15 and that each participating farmer will be given written no tice as to the time he may sign his application and secure his payment These payments will be made to over 340 farms which signed up to take part fat the 196S voluntary Feed Grain Program and to some 82 wheat fanms which took part in this year's Wheat Stabilization Protrram. Each of; these itemera will he receiving a diversion payment for acres which they diverted from feed gram or wheat into conserving uses. In addition those farmers who planted a portion of their permitted acre age of feed grain or wheat will ceive a price support payment the acreage planted to the com modity. The 340 Feed Grain farms are expected to earn a total pay ment of approximately $88,000.00 on their cam diverted acreage of which half the payments ware ContlBtted To Pans Peer! Chve Whltt, principal or V Marshall school, is now on duty i the school Jtecause he is atten ing summer school at East Tei nessee State University his hours st Marshall will be between 10:80 a. m., ana 4:30 p. m. jfr. Whltt urges any new pu pils who have moved into the district, dropouts returning, and others who did not pre-register last spring at the close of school to see him in order to save loss of '.Ms being assigned when school opens. "Teachers, parents, students who have problems, and other members of the community who wish to talk to me may come by at any tune," Mr. Whitt stated. been cnrioiCTrfttMj j , . ning to attend and bring food for our guests", one official stated. Thursdays session will be held in the' Paint Gap Church beginning at 9:30 a. m., and adjourning at 4 The" Marshall Bapt tfturch will be the site of Friday's session which begins at 9:30 a. m., and adjourns at 4 p. m. The Rev. Clell Fisher is Modera tor of the Association. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Count your blessings and fault finding will fade away. Shown above are members of the 'Madison Coun ly Board of Public Welfare. Seated left to right are Reeves D. Church of Hot Springs, Paul Carter of Route 2, Mara Hill, and Rex Mien of Route 1, Mars i ' mm, w m . j nr n. i.-. i- - re- I uui. mi. uutuvu uu mi. uwki ic mu cw to members of the now five-meraber board, and M . len is beginning a. second term as a board member. tThy V6F svypria in July ill , to v of buildi:

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