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r i .1 A 4 f J L s .' : ,.... -x . t 1 Vn' - V'l, , a J , , ,, 3, , n.Yl.,,..,; .JL ' , V 'if L ia p7D rnnv $3.00 A Year In Madison and Adjoim.ig 10c PER COITY , , v "1 ,4 : J, 14.00 A Yaaif Outside lhe vc r,o, so , ,,, 8 paces this week. MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1967 CounttM Count! r. y r..::vc::3ll k-ruiav. AllffUSt ! .' f 4 Wi" Benef it.fllanjr , v 1 ' ' C Shopper ' V ? t . ; i Store represented, at the Mer chants Association "'meetingherd Tuesday'; nfghj , voted "to' remain pen ' until ,S p. m, each': Friday night, beginning on, August 4. .The' plan was adopted when it was, pointed put that jmany ami ployees, as well as many farmers, cannot shop during' the day and that by many Marshall stores re maining open will afford those unable . toyshop during regular working houra an" opportunity to shop nere, pn 'Friday nights, ; ; i.r.....ii'f,i'i;'j-..i.T.".''ii. ti-iii'&tZ'i time t vss iwt irei aJiSlie;, publie in gener al . wlll".he;f vdelightd that local merchanis ' have' made" this de cision", Dan Wtndsor, president of the association, stated. FIRST SERVICE IN NEW MADISON SEMINARY SUN. The first service in the new Madison Seminary Baptist Church will be held Sunday morning, it was announced this week. The Rev. Jess Slagle, interim pastor, will deliver the morning message at 11 o'clock. Dedication of the new structure will be held at a future date after the old church building has been removed. The public is invited to attend the service Sunday morning. CANCER DRIVE GOAL EXCEEDED RESULTS SHOW Churches, Individuals Show Increased Interest; Many Benefit Final tabulation of contribu tions made to the 1967 Cancer Fund Drive in this county reveal that the county goal of $1,250 was exceeded by $250.00 as the county totalled $1,500, Mrs. Retha Ward, president of the county Cancer organization announced this week. Mrs. Patsy Thomas served as treasurer again this year. Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Thomas expressed appreciation to every one who assisted in the drive and especially thanked the churches throughout the county who assist ed. "Without the splendid assistance of so many, the goal could not have been exceeded", Mrs. Ward stated. In conclusion, Mrs. Ward urged anyone having symtoms of cancer to contact their doctor immedi ately. She also urged the public to become mora informative about cancer, its prevention and cure. "Our people have benefitted 'greatly from research and treat ment but it is still one of our worst enemies", Mrs. Ward re s' marked. j Methodist WSCS Of Mara Hill To Sponsor i Rummage Sales f The Mara Hill Methodist ; WJS.C.S. will sponsor a Rummage ' Sale, Friday and Saturday, July 28-29, at 8:00 a. fa the down ' stairs area of the ESEA Book ' ' Processing Building (Raleigh Eng lish Building). -HU i 3 There will be ' a selection of summer and winter clothing for , men, women and children- avail able. - W. Tentative plans are to continue this project each week. Anyone ! -ring items to donate to this rrojfvt, please call fi-fS and sp'e itemi will be V4 op at x r c - v 'enre. Gibrds To 19S7 FEED GRAIN PAYMENTS TO BE MADE IN AUGUST Growers participating in the 1,967 feed grain program will be gin getting final program pay ments soon after August 15, Emory Robinson, Chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, said oday. The payments will coyer vboth diversion and price SUPPOrt payments. The diversion payments were "available only for, small farms (farms with feed grain bases of 25 acres or . e." and farms with larger bases if the operator chose at time of signup to plant no feed grain. Growers had the opportunity at sigup time in the spring to request an advance payment of one-half the estimated total pay ment to be earned under the pro gram. Where this was done, the payment now available represents the balance of the payment due for participation in the 1967 feed grain program. In total, these payments are estimated at about $62,000 for the expected 409 county participants in the 1967 feed grain program. The payments will raise returns from the 1967 corn crop substan tially. Farmers participating in the program are also eligible for loans on their entire 1967 crop of (Continued To Last Page) TELEPHONE MGR. VISITS TOWN , "Improvements Are To Be Made," Official Promises John Perkinson, commercial manager of Continental Tele phone Corp., Southeastern Divi sion, was in Marshall Wednesday of this week discussing the recent telephone hearings in Asheville involving Westco and Western Carolina Telephone Companies. Mi1. Perkinson told this newspa per that Continental was fully a ware of the problems which ex isted and again reiterated that most of the complaints heard by the State Utilities Commission in Asheville were justiified. He stated that his company was deeply concerned and fully intend ed to make vast improvements. "They cannot, however, be done overnight. It is going to take time but 1 promise you improve ments will be made," he told this newspaper. "NO TROUBLE A woman was ill in bed and her ihusband was making her a cup of tea. "I can't find the tea," he called. "I don't know why," she ans wered. "It's right in the front of the medicine shelf in a. cocoa tin marked 'matches'." Ilacli Soot EM CJavagesoii3iiitty f oBgcep &i By Wiley DuValL Assistant Arrieultural Extension Agent ' Black root rot is one of the old est known diseases of tobacco and is found in all ' major tobacco growing regions of the world. It is' caused, by " a" fungus . named Thielariopsia BaslcoU. , This, fun gus is present fat most fields where barley tobacco is grown. It can live in the soil for an indefi nite period of time, even in the absence ' ef tobacco. Black root rot will attack legumes,' such as garden rs, soybeans, field Ps, clovers and a'ffi'fa. i'-:.t gre th V the CARL SANDBURG, POET LAUREATE, BURIED MONDAY Twice Winner Of Pulitizer Prize; Reaided At Flat Rock Relatives amd friends paid a formal farewell Monday to Carl Sandburg, "poet laureate of the common people," Lincoln bio grapher and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The white-haired, friend of laborers, tradesmen and presidents died peacefully at 89 Saturday, July 22, 1967 at his goat farm, Connemara, in Flat Rock, after two years of ill health. He had suffered recent heart attacks. The Rev. George C. C. Tolleson, realtor of the Unitarian Church In Charleston, S. C, conducted the funeral service at 2 p. m. in St. Johns In The Wilderness Episcopal Church, a short distance from the Sandburg's jjwo-story, column ed home. J The body was gent to Atlanta, Ga., for cremation. The ashes will be spread about "Remem (Continued To Last Page) To Attend Short Course Shirley Mcintosh MISS McINT0SH SELECTED FOR SHORT COURSE Shirley Mcintosh, daughter of M.1. and Mrs. Frank Mcintosh of Beech Glen, has been selected as the delegate from Madison Coun ty to attend the 4-H Citizenship Short Course in Washington, D. C, July 30-August 5. Shirley is a member of the Pioneer 4-H Club, where she has served as president, secretary, vice-president, song leader and pianist. She has also been county council president and secretary and has served as a member of tho Ex tension Advisory Board. Shirley has attended Leadership Confer ence, Electric Congress and the Regional Resource Development Conference. Among her many awards in 4-H work, She has re ceived a'blue ribbon in Girls Pub lic Speaking in the Western Dis trict Demonstration and District Blue Ribbon winner in the Health Long-Time Record; Her award in the health project will allow Shir ley to compete in the State 4-H Health Pageant in Raleigh dur (Continued to Page Four) most obvious symptom of this disease in the field. Stunting is very obvious in many fields throughout Madison County at the present time. Some fields may be affected throughout, while others only in spots. Diseased plants in affected areas are often uneven ; in " development. For example, some plants nay be only knee-high at flowering, while others In the "same area; almost normal height On hot dry days, the leave on diseased plants wilt more quickly than do those on healthy plants. ' . If sf-ne of these aff ' 'arts are fuld vp and w 1 ii v. r 29 MEMBERS OF 4-irCLUBS ARE IN RALEIGH . It M V?y Will Compete In Many Event During 4-H ChA-Week A delegatioii ot twenty-nine 4-H Club imaWer are represent ing Madison County at State 4-H Club Week incJRaieigh this week. The Madison County delegates are among some 1.600 club mem bers and leader participating in the annual four-day program which began Monday on the North Caro lina State University campus. The program consists of recrea tion, attending classes, com petition, election of state officers and a. iotoMaUowship. "Four-H Club Week offers an excellent opportunity for personal growth and development," com ments Dr. T. ,C. Blalock, state 4-H Club leader, "It is an event that club members look forward to each year with great anticipa tion," he added. During the week state winners are determined . in the demon ( Continued To Last Page) FRENCH BROAD WAS 'AGIQUA' TO INDIANS There are some 75,000 acres of National Forest land in the French Broad j Ranger District of the U. S. Forest v Service. The District was. established in 1923. The Cherokeea who roamed this area named the French Broad' Riv er differently' . Agiqua. The early 'settlers recorded the character of tha ' locale by the names they' 'selected Spring Creek, Newfound Gap, Snowbird I writlmnit. rob-aVJ .- 4 liVian names. .,' f As their path led- west; and south, they named the rivers the First Broad, Second Broad and English Broad. The French had pushed up from the Mississippi River and the French Broad Riv er marked the boundary between the English explorations those of the French. The river flowed toward the lands and rivers owned by France. Hence, the name "French Broad." Attention M.H.S. Football Players; Report Here Tues. Coach Roy Reeves of Marshall High School announced this week that he wanted football candidates to report next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock on the island. "Be sure to bring your foot ball shoes and T-Shirts", Coach Reeves said. The first game of the season will be played on the Island on Friday, August 25 against Mars Hill. TIED FOR LAST PLACE In 1966 North Carolina tied with Mississippi for last place a mong the states in average hourly "wages paid to production workers in manufacturing industries (51.82 per hour as compared to the na tional average of $2.61). ter, tho roots will have a brown to black discoloration. Many feed er roots are destroyed. The small roots are usually black and may pull off when the plant is remov ed from the soil. y- . Damage from this disease is usually more Sever during sea sons of lata spring. Unusually faeavy rainfall, accompanied ' by low temperatures, create a perfect climate for the development of black root rot These causes, in addition to heavy rp-ations of manure, late turr.rrg of cover crops, and continuous re in the sama field, ka-e r i to jr'v vp the wort i " cf I ,T? 1 X- " " r ' t. u . .... ........,, ... n . ' y? - Jiji , j Tomato trucks shown at Mato Packing plant at 4:00 o'clock Monday afternoon as the 1967 tomato season officially opened. Mato Plant Um Urn Em Dining X-RAY CLINIC FOR TEACHERS IS PLANNED Dr. Margery J. Lord, Madison County . Health jpirectpr, has anT mwtneed- aapacial,. chest 2CJlajf clinic for teachers and other school personnel. The clinic has been arranged through the coopera tion of Dr. C. D. Thomas, Medi cal Director at the Western North Carolina Sanatorium, Black Moun tain. The special chest x-ray clinic andTwill beheld at the Health Depart ment on Friday, August 11, be tween the hours of 8:30 and 11:30 a. m. Teachers or other school personnel desiring an x-ray should contact the Health Department at once for an. appointment. X rays will be made by appointment only, and the charge for the chest x-ray will be $2.00. As part of the School Health Examination Certificate required annually, each teacher or other school employee havinp contact with children is required to have annually either a tuberculin skin test or an x-ray of the chest. Tuberculin skin testing is avail able at the Health Department each Friday between the hours of 8:30 a. m. and 12 noon and 1:00 p. m. and 4:00 p. m. Attend Solicitor's Meeting On Coast Solicitor and Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts, of Marshall, returned Sunday from Atlantic Beach, N. C, where they attended the Superior Court Solicitor's Annual Meeting last week. black root rot in a number or years. Now is the-time to observe your field and make plans for next year. Plan to move your tobacco to another field. Time sometimes has a tendency to dim the memory. When we faave a heavy fall rain fall, many affected .fields tend to recover and produce a half-way normal . crop. When this bap pens, 'ire' sometimes scoff at the idea that It waa really black root rot at all. This ia a mistake and a very costly one ia terms of un earned dollars. Now is the time to observe the conditions In your tobacco field. J 4 1 ' 1 T 0 ' S math i .f. .y utt, . a- Monday Mereioon Mato General Manager Morris Gentry NORMS GENTRY GETS POST WITH MATO CORP. Edward Norris Gentry of Mar shall has been named general manager of Mato Packing Com pany, Madison County's newest atiiiculture enterprise here, ac cording to Charles K. Mashburn, president of the cooperative. Gentry a 1907 graduate of Mars Hill College, is the first local person to head this business which marketed over one-half million dollars in tomatoes last year in three months. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward T. Gentry of Marshall, he is active in community affairs. He is Sunday school superintendent of the Madison Seminary Baptist Church, and an adult leader of the Hayes Run 4-H Club. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1963. . Now is the time to plan ejiew location for "growing the crop next year. Rotation la no guaran tee that black root rot will not be present ta your crop, but it is the cheapest and most important preventive that is knewar f If rotation ta aatapossbaity, then the as ef resistant Kentucky 12 would be the next best step. In addition, there are some aoil ehewk-als which fcsve bad varying degree ot succet in combaMirg black iM rot Cor.', v:t the C v.n ty Agricultural I iVr,s,;on OCite for more Infor-s ' ' --n in the ne of these chi "I t:(- I?;' " - - "V 5-? ; , h I Increase In Production And Employment Forecast ; Prospects Are Good Tomatoes started rolling into the huge Mato packing plant near the Marshall by-pass on Monday afternoon when the 1967 tomato season was officially opened here. Trucks, bumper-to-bumper were parked in a long line from the nlant to the too of the hill long Lbeore Jf4MHr H'cl5k Mafl farai era end other Interested specta tors were on hand when It was an nounced aJf our o'clock ' that the season and plant was now ready to serve the tomato producers. Officials were busily engaged get ting everything ready for the "first tomatoes". Graders stood anxiously at their "posts" await ing the belts to deliver the tomatoes. The frist producer in line to get serviced was Lester Lewis, of the Lutle Pine community. Then the tomatoes started roll ing ai:d t.ie trucks started moving. The management stated that they were very pleased with the opening day showing and that gradual increase in productions and employment was expected as more tomatoes became "picking ripe". "We expect the peak for the 1967 season to be in late August," one official commented. Generally speaking, most of the producers were well pleased with the opening "pack-outs". The Mato plant, starting its third season here, is located in one of the most picturesque locations in Western North Carolina with unlimited mountain scenery in the background of the modernized shed. Adequate roads and park ing areas also add greatly to the local plant. Soft drinks, candies, etc., are also available in the building. "We are looking forward ton. serving the tomato growers as ef-. ficiently and quickly as possible, and invite , them to, visit c our facilities and see them in ope- ration,"" -Norr!1 1 TJentry,T general. manager,; atatea.. v.:7 ."I Courthouse Interior GeU New Paint Job ' The lobby,, several offices and the steps 'of the courthouse are now being painted. " ' More improvements will be made in the future, Z'.'A Zink, auditor, stated this week. - LESS TT Of r. created ta-een 1 i i t ' w 1 t, - I i I
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