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VOL. 62 NO. 39
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963
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Summary Of This County's
Tobacco Acreage Is Cited
Increase In Total Acreage
For Harvest Now
2818.71
A summary compiled recently
of Madison County's 1968 tobacco
acreage reveals that this year's
production is above that of 1962
by 7.27 acres. Nile Robinson, Acre
age Allotment-Marketing Quota
clerk, reports that the total aci
tgt for narvest from the 1968
crop amounted to 281 5.7 1 acr
compared to last year's 2808.44
acres. This harvested acreage in
eludes 1.81 acres approved for ex
perimental purposes on 7 farms.
Out of some 470 excess farms
there are four farms which are
still in excess of their acreage al
lotment. This means that unless
voluntarily disposed of before mar.
keting the tobacco, the producers
will pay $.44 per pound tax on
the excess tobacco. The summary
also reveals that 45 farms failed
to plant any of their 14.63 allot
ted acreage. In 1962 there were
37 farmers that planted no part
of their 13.27 allotted acreage. The
summary also shows that serveral
farms in the county are losing part
of their tobacco history by fail
ing to utilize as much as 76 of
their allotments within a three
year consecutive period. This will
eventually cause them to lose a
portion of their allotment. Farms
which do not maintain some his
tory credit during a five-year pe
riod will lose all of their allotted
acreage. Once a portion or all of
an allotment is lost for under.
planting or failure to plant, it can
not be regained; thus, all farms
should utilize their allot met in
such a way to retain their full
farm history and allotted acreage,
Miss Robinson concluded.
Mallonee To Be
Here October 11
Tom L. Mallonee, 11th Congres
sional District Secretary to Con
gressman Roy A. Taylor, is now
making scheduled visits to the
county seats and other sections of
th counties.
On Friday ,Oct. 11, he will be
at the Madison County Courthouse
in Marshall from 9:30 to 10:30;
and the Yancey County Court
house, Burnsville, from 1 to 2:00
Any person who has plans or
official business pertaining to Con.
gressionel matters they wish to
discuss is invited to meet Mr. Mal
lonee at the above specified time.
Marshall Tornadoes Defeat
Rosman, 21-20 Here Friday
Ralph Candler, Fred Messer
Star In Victory; Play
EY Friday
The Marshall Tornadoes, led by
Ralph Candler, speedy halfback.
defeated the Rosman Tigers on
the Island last Friday night, but
not before scaring the local play
ers and fans to death. The score
was 21-20 a real thriller.
Although the score would indi
cate that the two teams were
equal in strength, the statistics re
veal that the visitors gained 239
yards rushing to the Tornadoes'
149 yards rushing. Bosnian's chief
threat and consistent ground gam
er was a fake handoff on a play
which sent Box Hozit, fullback, or
Devon McCall, halfback, crashing
through the center of the line far
siseable gains. It just didn't seem
that the Marshall defease could
imp the play although Rosman
used it many times.
She Tornadoes were "on the
regies" when the final whistle blew
with the Tigers deep in Marshall
territory.
Although it wasn't an impres
sive win, it was nevertheless a vic
tory for the Tornadoes which
brought their season's record to
two wins and two losses.
Ralph Candler, diminutive MHS
halfback, was clearly the out.
standing ground-gainer for the lo
cals, scoring the first touchdown
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Bloodmobile
Here Tuts.
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The American Red Cross Blood
mobile from the Asheville Area
Chapter will visit Marshall next
Tuesday, October 1, from 2:46
o'clock to 6:46 o'clock. The unit
will be located at the French
Broad Electric Membership Build
ing on Main Street.
The public is urged to cooper
ate during the visit here.
CALIFORNIA
CREEK EXCEEDS
RED CROSS GOAL
Congratulations are in order for
the California Creek community
in exceeding its goal of $100 in the
current Red Cross Membership
Drive.
Although the Mars Hill Area
has not reached its $1,100 quota,
due partly to the fact that Mars
Hill College has just opened and
has not had an opportunity to
reach its goal, California Creek
has done its share, and more.
It has been through the untir
ing efforts of Mrs. Tom Bell and
Mrs. Gladys R. Jarvis, both of
Mars Hill RFD 3, that the goal
has been exceeded. These two la
dies have been working overtime
in raising a total of $106.78. ex
ceeding its goal by $6.78. There
have been 60 contributors whe
ranged from 13c donation to $5.00
donations.
Dean W. L. Lynch, drive chair-
nmii ui wc mil men, wi
which California Creek is a part,
expresses appreciation to the two
ladies and the citizens of Califor
nia Creek on exceeding its goal.
Marshall School
Fire Drill Held
On Wednesday
Members of the Marshall volun
teer fire department held a fire
drill at the Marshall school Wed
nesday afternoon and termed the
drill "highly successful.'
Approximately 840 students 'es
caped" from the building in less
ithan three minutes.
BOOSTERS CLUB
MEMBERSHIP
SHOWS INCREASE
Officers Elected At Meeting
Here Last Thursday;
Start Projects
The newly-organized Boosters
Club for Marshall High School
elected officers last Thursday
night at a meeting held in the
Home Economics room of the
school.
Jim Story was elected president;
Mrs. Ed Niles, vice president; and
Mrs. Jhamy Sprinkle, secretary
treasurer. A Rules and By-Laws committee
was appointed and the committee
will report at the next meeting
which will be held in the home
economics department on Tuesday,
October 1, at eight o'clock.
Approximately 86 interested cit
izens have joined the organisation
to date and more are expected to
join soon.
Purpose of the organisation ia
to promote and aid in various im
provements, especially in tile ath
letic field.
The members voted last week
to sponsor the painting of the new
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INCUMBENT ASC
COMMITTEE IS
REELECTED
In the county convention of the
farmer elected delegates which
was held here on Sept. 20, the in
cumbent county ASC committee
wa reelected for 1964. The com
mittee is composed of Emory Rob
inson of the Mars Bill community
as chairman; Andy N. Woody of
Spring Creek as vice chairman;
and R C. Briggs of Upper Laurel
as the regular member. Alternate
members elected for 1964 are
Leonard Payne of Little Pine
Creek area and Wayne Burnett
of Upper Laurel. The newly elect-1
ed county committee will begin
their new term of office on Oct
1 and will serve for one year or
until their successors have been
named. In explaining the duties
and responsibilities of the county
ASC committee, Ralph Ramsey,
their county office manager, said
that they could be classified in
most respects as a hoard of direct
ors Whose primary duty is to ad
minister all farm programs as
signed to ASCS at the county lev
el. This includes the responsibili
ty of seeing that the farm pro
grams assigned to ASCS are ad
ministered fairly and impartially
in accordance with the official
regulations and instruction as pre
scribed by law.
CREW ASSUMES
DUTIES AS HEAD
N.C. DEMOCRATS
State Sen. W. Lunsford Crew of
Roanoke Rapids assumed the
chairmanship of the N. C. Demo
cratic Party Friday with rosy pre
dictjohs and some hefty swipes at
the
. V""
Terry Sanford's choice for the job,
was elected by acclamation by the
N. C. Executive Committee to
succeed Bert L. Bennett Jr., of
Wniston-Salem.
STRIP CROPPING
SEEN AS REMEDY
FOR LAND LOSSES
Jestes Urges Farmers Take
Steps To Control
Erosion
Most of the tobacco land in
Madison County now lies naked and
exposed to the ravages of erosion..
The sloping land from which
tobacco is being harvested could
suffer severe erosion by rainfall
action in its present condition.
This condition could be remedied
by a few simple soil conservation
practices applied to the sloping
land with a minimun of expense by
land owners, according to Ned
Jestes, local .Soil Conservation
I Technician.
Contour, or field, strip cropping
is a very effective and practical
means of protecting our hillsides
planted in tobacco from erosion.
Strips of perennial grasses such
as fall fescue planted across the
slope acts, in effect, to divide the
long slopes into a series of short
er ones. These bands of close grow
tog crops will not only halt soil e-
rosion on the land they occupy, J
out the good sod will check the flow f
of water from the tobacco strips
and make it drop its load of prec
ious topsoil, Jestes said.
The N. C. Experiment station
has proven that good sod is most
important, not only to break slopes
but also to provide sufficient a
mounts of crop residues to work
into the land being prepared for
the next tobacco crop. Tobacco
land that is planted in the usual
manner suffers severe sheet ero
sion which eventually causes poor
crops. On land where strip cropp
ing systems are laid out nronerlv
and good cultural practices follow
ed, soil movement is slight. This
simple practice in combination
with others, such as glassed wa
terways and field borders, can
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LION GOVERNOR
VISITS LOCAL
CLUB HERE M0N.
District 31-A Governor John
Cox. of Hendersonville, made his
official visit to the Marshall club
Jfonday night at the Rock Cafe and
spoke to the 14 members and two
visitors on "Personality of Lion
ism". "
His main points included the
responsibility of each Lions Club
to the blind and visually handi
capped and also the responsibility
of the club as to community pro
jects and development. He cited
great growth of Lionism
throughout the world and compli
mented the local club on its
activities. Gov. Cox also stressed
the importance of the White Cane
Drive and the Eye Bank.
Following his talk, Lion Presi
dent John Corbett presented the
following Lions with Attendance
Pins:
6 year perfect attendance, Lion
E. C. Teague; 4 year perfect at
tendance. Lion Kelley Davis; 3
year perfect attendance. Lion Ed
Niles, Charles Davis and Robert
Davis.
Former Madison
H. D. Agent To Be
Honored In Utah
Mrs. Margaret D. Smith, Chero
kee County home demonstration a-
gent, will be among four Tar Heel
home economics agents to be honor
ed at a national meeting in Salt
Lake City, Utah, Sept. 29 - Oct. 2
Mrs. Smith will be given the distin
guished service award of the Na
tional Home Demonstration A
gents, Association, for her service
to the people of the state. Others
to receive the award are Miss Rose
ladgett of Asheboro, Miss Sue
y of Greenville and Miss Maude
iddleton of Chat lotte. jm-s
Demonstration Agent for Madison
County.
MARYV1LLE
CLIPS LIONS
A tough Maryville eleven, led
by halfbacks Kenny Berry and
Donnie Phelps, defeated the Mars
Hill Lions, 14-0 at Maryville Sat
urday night.
Phelps scored the first touch
down for Maryville in the second
quarter after a 70-yard drive on
a 7-yard trap play. Benny Mon
roe converted for the extra point.
In the third quarter Roland Mc
Clannahan ran 32 yards for the
second touchdown and Monroe
kicked again for the extra point.
Berry was outstanding as a rush
er, gaining 85 yards in 14 plays.
Mars Hill's deepest penetration
was to Maryville's 9-yard line,
but the Lions lost the ball on
downs.
MARS HILL WINS;
HOT SPRINGS
LOSES LAST FRL
EDITOR'S NOTE: Dm to the
change to the Asheville Citizen's
football coverage and the deletion
of complete writeups and statis
tics, we are unable to give com
plete writeups unless the high
schools furnish us with statistics,
etc. For this reason, only the Mar
shall game, covered by this news
paper, is complete. MHBIII
Mars Hill, 26; Cranberry, 7
Cranberry went into its game
with Mars Hill Friday unbeaten
in two outings but untried in con
ference play. Mars Hill prompt
ly came, saw, and conquered by a
26-7 score.
Cranberry scored first to the
game with a 80-yard pass from
Bill Tate to Jerry Burleson for a
touchdown. Tate kicked the point,
and it was 7-0 to favor of the home
team. But Mars Hill tallied seven
points to the same period on a 60
yard pass play from Ronnie Wal
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SAVINGS BONDS
SALES OVER 10
PERCENT EMC.
Sales of U. S. Savings Bonds in
North Carolina increased substan
tially during the month of Au
gust. With sales amounting to $4,
171,138, North QaluBiJaBs pur
chased over 10 percent mors Bonds
than they did to August of 1962.
Series E Bond sales for the
month reflected a gain of nearly
10 percent, while Series H Bond
showed an increase of over 26 per
cent compared to the Same month
a year ago.
Totals for the first eight months
of 1963 show cash sales of E and
H Bonds in the State amount to
$84,876,697, which is 67.9 percent
of its annual quota, This is more
than 8 percent higher than the
comparable period a year ago. I
Through August North Caroli
na's performance continues to run
ahead fo its sales pattern for this
year. "If this trend continues,"
said Madison County Chairman, C
L. Rudisill Jr., in releasing this
report, "North Carolina is sure to
achieve 100 percent of its quota
for 1963."
Three counties have alreday a
chieved their quota for this year,
while 84 other counties have as of
August 31 attained two-thirds or
more of their annual quotas.
Madison County citizens have
so far this year purchased $93,
872.00 of U. S. Savings Bonds,
which is 66.2 percent of their quo
ta of $166,980.00.
MORE NAMES ARK
ADDED TO RED
CROSS FUND HERE
Ed Niles, Red Cross Drive Chair
man for the Marshall Area, an
nounced that the followii
Mary Monroe, Miss Sandra Ed
wards and John Hensley had ad
ded the following names to the
list of doners in the Marshall
Area:
R.E.A., Rock Cafe, Cody Motor
Sales, Mrs. Selma Ramsey, French
Broad Chevrolet Co., Bruce K.
Murray, Mrs. Texanna Crowe,
Mrs. C. M. Blankenship, Citizens
Bank, Clarence Robinson, Ernest
dough, Ernest Anders, Ben Fris
by, Earl Ramsey, Fred Tilson, Mr.
and Mrs. L. B. Ramsey, Lincoln
Davis, Lora Peek, Barbara Jane
Reese, Faye Sawyer, Barbara Al
len, Iverson Bradley, Ernestine
Plemmons, Roy Waldroup, Thel-
ma Freeman, Cline West, George
Fisher.
J. B. Reid, North Fork
Baptist Church, Mary L. Ed
monds, Gabriel's Creek Baptist
Church, Rice Creek Baptist Church,
Trinity Baptist Church, Edna Mat-
tox, Mrs. Aaron Reese, R. B.
Chandler, D. M. Robinson, Cordell
Massey, Marshall Lions Club, Oak
Hill Baptist Church, Laurel High
School, J. D. Buckner, W. B. Soles-
bee, Truman Solesbee, Mrs. Ever-
ette Rke, Guthrie's Gulf Station,
Bobby Johnson, C. H. McCIurs,
Brigman'8 Store, Jeter Thomas,
M. A. Roberts Grocery Store, Don
ald Stines, Walnut Free Will Bap
tist Church, Walnut Presbyterian
Church, Stines Gulf Station.
FOOTBALL
TONIGHT (Thursday)
Hot Springs VS. Harris "B"
at Spruce Pine 7:30
Mars Hill vs. Rosman
At Brevard 7:30
FRIDAY
Marshall vs. East Yancey
On Island 8 p.m.
COUNTS OWN PENNIES
Pasadena, Calif. When Ben
ny Bow en walked into municipal
court carrying a 40-pound sack of
pennies to pay a $68 traffic fine,
the Judge who had found Bo wen,
21, guilty of speeding and drag
racing, told Bowen to count his
own pennies. Several hours later,
he paid up with pennies neatly
counted in envelopes.
THIS WEEK
Criminal Court To
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Store Before Several
A Madison County rural store
was shot to death Monday
i amid a crowd of eus
did his wife has been
charged with murder.
The victim was Clyde Cook, 36
of Marshall Bt. 3, who operated
the store in the northern tip of
the county near Belva with his
wife and his mother, Mrs. Kelse
Cook.
Sheriff E. Y. Ponder said there
were six or seven eyewitnesses to
the shooting, and that no inquest
Will be necessary. He said an ar
gument fhiret) up between Cook
and his Wife hi the store, and that
the woman Seized a .38 caliber
revolver and emptied it at her hus
band, "hi
He was shot in both shoulders,
the stomach and chin, and died in
stantly, the sheriff said.
Mrs. Cook, whose first name the
sheriff did not learn immediately,
was charged with murder, but
Sheriff Ponder said he could not
Jail her because of advanced
nancv and taIpsisoH knv, 4v
hospital to await the
child, toam.
Cook's body wf
nessee.
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U.S. Forest Service
Timber harvested from Notion
al Forests in 11 southern states
during the past fiscal year amount
ed to 793,866,140 board feet, an in
crease of more than 27 million
board feet over the previous year.
A report from the Regional Of
fice of the U. S. Forest Service
put the value if the harvested
timber at $16,848,321, about $770,
000 less than last year.
North Carolina reported 46,062,
320 board feet, value $660,424.
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Telephone Numbers Here
Change To 7 Digits Today
Achievement
Day Here Sat.
Installation Of New County
Council Officers Will
Follow Luncheon
The annual Achievement Day is
planned for Marshall School Satur
day, September 28. Displays will
be exhibited from all the crabs to
the county. These displays will
be open to the public at 10:30 Sat
I urday morning. The program will
I begin at 11:80 with a covered dish
luncheon.
The installation service for the
new County Council Officers will
follow the luncheon and a short
program on the history of HD work
in the county. Following this we
will have a fashion show given by
the HD Club members of the coun
ty. The public is invited to visit
the school on achievement day.
License Examiner's
Office To Close 2
Days Next Week
The local Driver's License Ex
aminer's office will he dosed next
Wednesday and Thursday.
126 Cases On Docket; Judge
To' ii tpa
The September term of superior
court for the trial of criminal
cases will begin here Monday morn
ing with Judge J. Frank Huskins,
of Burnsville, presiding. Robert
S. Swain is the solicitor.
126 cases are on the docket to' .
bs tried during the one-week term.
The following announcement has
been made regarding the witness
es:
Attorneys appearing for defend
ants or with State please notify
the Solicitor. Witness neat not
attend until the day set for the tri
al or the case in which they are
interested, except that all State's
witnesses who are subpoenaed to
appear before the Grand Jury must
appear the first day of the term
and remain until the Bill is found.
They may then go until the day
that the case is calendared for
trial. If a case is not reached on
the day it is calendared, witness
es will remain in attendance until
the trial of the case thereafter. .
Most of the cases are for traffic
violations.
Jurors drawn for the term are:
Herschel Porche, Hobert J. Jar
re tt, Abner Wilde, Ruben
Louria Fowler, Mrs.
Lillie Miller, Chs
Chapel
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Tallin.
Attend Eye Bank
Workshop Sunday
Lions Ed Niles, Robert Davis
and Earl Wise attended the Lions
Eye Bank Workshop Sunday at
the Pisgah Ranch.
Various phases of the work of
the Lions in securing and making
eye wills were discussed as well
as other phases of the Lions work
for the blind and visually handi
capped. Area Code: 649; Man Hill
Is Already Changed;
H. S. Later
Beginning September 26, 1968 at
5:00 P. M. all telephone nuasWs in
Marshall will be 7 digits numbers.
Dial all 7 digits when making calls.
The party you call will only hear
his rug. Also you will dial new
number to reach a party on your
line on this date.
HOW TO DETERMINE PAR
TIES ON YOUR LINE With the
exception of the last digit the tel
phone number of all parties on your
line will be the same.
HO CALL ANOTHER PARTY
ON YOUR LINE
To call a party on your line Do Not
dial the listed directory number,
but dial 97 then dial the last digit
of your number and the last digit
of the number you wish to call. Re
place your handset. Your bell
as the bell of the party caller will
ing. When the called party answers
your bell will cease ringing. You
should then remove handset and
proceed with your eonve
The Mara Hill area has
converted to the 7-digit
weeks ago and it was
that Hot Ssrhurs area will
over in the future, t!
yet establish.
When making a loc
call, just rmnember 1
jation.
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