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11 V - i-i t J.ULZ3 ?,u vi U ,(. Ji tit! V'J.vjf rv' VOL. 68 NO. 8 8 PAGES THIS WEEIC Marshall; n. g, Thursday, January 30, 1969 10e PER COPY $8.00 A Yaar In Madison and Adjoining Couati $4.00 A Tear Outside ThM CountUs f h. " cyrfiD.in.a ant " ' ''"Vt a. j jf x a. r" " !G9f e6d 0ron:;PrG2ram Opens Bn County Fanners Having Question Asked To Contact ASCS Here The major provlsiona of the 1969 Ped Grain Diversion Pro gram are now available accord ing to announcement this week by Emory Robinson, chairman ' of the Madison County ASC Com mittee. The principal features of this year's program are: (1) Acreage diversion to conserving use to qualify for price support pay ments, loans or diversion pay ments is continued' at 20' percent of the farmer's base acreage of corn, grain sorghum and barley. No diversion payment will be made for this minimum diversion except for small base farms of 25 acres or less. (2) Additional acreage diversion for payment will be possible up to a total of 60 percent of the base or 25 acres whichever is larger. The acreage diversion payment rate will foe at 45 percent of the total price sup port times the farm's projected yield. (3) As in 1968 a fawn with a base of 25 acres or leas will earn diversion payments on the first 20 percent of his dliverted acreage at a low rate of 20 of the price support rate and at a higher rate of 46 of the support rate on the additional acreage he elects to divert to conserving use. (4) Farmers with corn bases who elect to divert a portion of their base (not less than 20) and plant the remainder of their corn base will receive a price support payment in the amount of 30 cents per bushel times his farm yield times his 'planted acreage. Robinson explained that one dif ference in the 1968 and 1969 feed grain program i that far 1969 . brlef .mill t;; .eonideieJ;si' a feed grain and if planted for cov er crop or purposes other than (Continued To Last Page) Committee Of 160 To Meet On Island Tonight School Site Selections Be Discussed At 7:30 O'clock To Dr. Fred B. Bentley, chairman of the Madison County Commit tee of 100, has called for a spe cial meeting of the committee to be held in the Marshall High School auditorium tonight (Thurs day) at 7:30 o'clock. "The purpose of this meeting is to receive the report of the ad hoc committee for school site se lection. Inasmuch as this com- mittee has done an extensive in vestigation of proposed school sites and comes to us with spe cific recommendations, it is our anticipation that some definitive action of the committee will take. place on Thursday, the thdrtietih. Please be present for this very important meeting, if at all pos sible," Dr. Bentley stated. Dr. Rob t. Seymour, Former MH Pastor, Speaks jln Asheville Dr. Robert Seymour, pastor of I BinUey Memorial Baptist CNareto, Chapel Bill, addressed the West ern Carolina Safety Council : at its -meeting lbday. ' jf 't'- - ' Calvin Leigh,-chairman, install ed ew officers at the dinner meeting in Bucks Restaurant. - A' graduate of Duke University, Tale University, '-.New- Haven,. Corm and .the Unhrersity-of Ed inburgh, Scotland, .Dr.rf Beyraoor has held pastorates at Mara Hill and Wercenton. . ; He is a trustee of Mara Hd College, president of the Inter Church Council for Social Service at Chapel Uill, and president , of the Korth Carolina Council of Woild AT 'a Irs. He has served on the Christ iaa Life Cwttr'-n of the: Gou.!.ern I . . Jt Cvnvca- on DETRICT COURT IS IN PROGRESS Judge J. Ray Braswell, of New land, is presiding at the current term of district court ftw the tri al of criminal cases. Among the cases heard thus far include: Murray Yelton, non-support, judgment. Roland Bishop, driving under influence, not guilty. Earl Eugene Chandler, driving under influence, guilty, $100 fine and cost, appeal. Ashley Warren Ball, following too close, verdict, not guilty. Wade Wild, driving under in fluence, cost and fine. Jack Swan Ray, driving drunk, pleaded guilty, cost and fine. Woodrow Buckner, driving drunk, guilty verdict, $100 fine and cost. Jacky Ball, speeding, not guil ty verdict. Mason King, N 0 L, driving un der influence, pleaded guilty, fine and) cost. Pritchard Geter Dockery, driv ing drunk, guilty verdict; appeal. Jerry Dale Hunter, driving left of center, guilty verdict, appeal. Dewey Coffey, hunting in clos ed season and attempt to take game, non suit. W. C. Ward, interfering with officer arod carrying concealed weapon, pleaded guilty, cost and fine. HELPS BUILD HOME After rushing 215 tons of food to flood victims in Chittagong JPrictE added materials to help 100 home less families build new houses for. themselves. Scott Keeps Promise And Preaches Sun. North Wilkesboro Gov. Bob Scott fulfilled a campaign prom ise Sunday by preaching the ser mon at the First Baptist Church of North Wilkesboro. And the church's minister, the Rev. Allen Laymon, kept his part of the bargain. He fed the gov ernor after the services. Gov. Scott, an elder in Haw fields Presbyterian Church in Al amance County, drove the 108 miles from his Haw River home in the big state limousine bearing tag No. 1. He arrived ait the church about 10:45 a. m., with his chauffeur, highway patrol Sgt. Wayne C. Eeeter. He came, he said, in answer to an invitation by the Rev. Mr. Lay mon. "Back during the campaign," Scott said, "I went to the town of Benson to attend a civic club luncheon. The Rev. Al Laymon, who was minister of a Baptist Church there tfhen, was getting ready to more to a North Wilkes boro pastorate. 1 told Mm that if he needed a good preacher I'd be triad to gto up and preach one Sunday. I was looking for an audience and an, opportunity to go into the heavily Republican territory of . Wilkes Ooontyr 'irU;-.! t&tfr-- Scots . however, ieard . notning from ; Laymon ii during : the cam paign, s r-;a trs.JJsV''1?' ".' f Abobt two weeks' ago Laymoni telephoned the" governor and asked him if he remembered What he bad said. about coming to Lay- mon's church, , ',. T ; r " I I told him," Scott said, -that my idea was to preach during the: eampnfgn,' when I waa hunting for votes.- ..- ' '-, Le; ..wa lius-hed, Scott said, and rl:1, "T's t' V M it ir'vt not la i vcif to di V.at, lut HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MET SATURDAY Manarin Mention Madison County Units In Civil War The Western North Carolina Historical Association held its quarterly meeting on Saturday afternoon at Mars Hill in the col lege library auditorium. Dr. Rich ard W. Iobst of Western Caroli na University introduced the speaker, Dr. Louis H. Manairin of Raleigh, research specialist in the State Department of Archives and HiBtory, who has been working since 1961 to compile a new ros ter of North Carolina troops in the great conflict of 1861-1865. lie spoke on "Western North Car olina men in the Civil War." The two units Dr. Manarin men tioned' in his speech from Madi son County were the 5th Battal ion, N. C. Cavalry, as Company A of Madison County and also in the 69th Regiment, Company D of Madison County. Dr. Iobst also reported that Dr. Barley E. Jolley of Mars Hill College has been added to the committee to write a new history of the mountain region. The association will hold its April meeting on the WCU cam pus at Cullowhee. Refreshments were served af terwards by Mrs. Harley E. Jol ley and Mrs. J. A. McLeotdl, of Mars Hill. Aflnong those attending from Marshall were Mrs. 0. A. Greg ory and Mrs. Ethel Ward Rob erts. BANKS TO START WEDNESDAY P M. CLOSING SOON y ' '- fV r'-V-r Officials of the Citizens Bank and Bank of French Broad an nounced this week that beginning next Wednesday, February 5, both banks will close at 12:00 o'clock noon on Wednesdays. F Several Breakins Are Reported Here Reports have reached the office here that several establishments have been broken into recently and articles stolen. One lady stated this week that some auto mobile tires and wheels had been) stolen from her. Several 'filling stations have been entered as well as other establishments. "I certainly do hope that local officers are doing all they can to catch these lowdown thieves,' one person said. ixoin fkm JV A top government official, says several Johnson administration programs will be out or eliminated as soon as possible to make room for the objectives of President Nixon. ; - , In a letter to top department and agency heads, Budget Direct or Robert P, Mayo Sunday urged Che officials to study the budget submitted jby , former.- President Johnson to see which5 proposals can be thrown out or scaled down. "This task is urgent and . im portant," Mayo said.: "Ws must start now to redirect the gwern ment's activities along the lines of our own -objectives, reducing and removing programs where we cen?. j 'vf,? -,y' I Mayo also said ths administra tion la assuming the Johnson sponsored 10 rr cert income sur tax will be -1 ' 1 past ifa July 1 exphntkia c "''. FOR NKONS SUNDAY Washington President Nixon observed his first Sabbath in the White House Sunday with a 28 minute worship service in the East Room conducted by evange list Billy Graham and attended by 200 guests, including his vice president and cabinet members. The President welcomed his guests with a brief statement and after the service, he, Mrs. Nixon and their dalughter, Tricia, and Vice President and Mrs. Spiro T. Agnew received the guests for coffee and rolls in the State Din ing Room. The service itself in the East Room was marked by extremely simple ritual. As the guests ar rived, there was an organ prelude by Marine M. Sgt. James Basta and a rendition of "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" on the con cert grand piano by Ted Smith, an associate of Graham. At 11 a. m., the President ush ered in Graham. He announced that he an his wife "warmly wel comed" the congregation, invited the worshippers to join him for coffee after, then introduced Gra ham as a "long-time personal friend." After the audience sang the Doxology, Graham delivered am opening prayer in which he ask ed God to "lead and bless and di rect" Nixon, the vice president and members of the cabinet and; give them 'a strength that is be yond their own." "We thank Thee for this house and for all it stands," Graham prayed. Former Deputy Is Charged With Embezzlement " ' ' ' Shook, former deputy, it was re vealed here this week. The war rant was taken out on the basis of information and belief and wafl signed by Sheriff Roy Roberts. Shook, who recently resigned his post as first deputy here, is under assurety bond, it was stat ed. GOP Women's Club Will Meet With Mrs. Zink Thurs. The Madison County Republican Womens Club will meet at the home of Mrs. W. B. Zink in Mara; Hill next Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. Special guests will be Mrs. Jesse Ledbetter and Mirs. Eugene Foster, of Asheville. All members are urged to attend. yy Pro istration that must wait until "economic conditions and defense needs will permit," the letter said. Although Nixon promised dur ing his presidential campaign to do all possible to eliminate or re duce toe surtax, hs baa said more recently that probably won't be achieved until the Vietnam war While economy for economy's sake was urged, the letter also said a reduouoa-of the holdover pending plans will shorten the period during . which Nixon ad ministration programs, are forced to 'nark time.'"; ?,';"'; ' : Maye reouested the department heads to examine not only the $1954 bfflion budget for fiscal 1970 submitted two weeks ago, but ths 4J billion in aupplemnt al requests for the pwT.t i 1 year that Johnson taxv? J La . . ly before leaving c'e. Joe, r '' ! ' " ' ' more iu&n 4j - - - - UNPLANTED ACREAGE COSTS MADISON $55,000.00 Twlor ' On ABC Committee '"' ' '"' ' "' -i. ' I ' Vis ' ' ' J State Senator Bruce B. Briggs tf BRIGGS NAMED TO SENATE ABC COMMITTEE Members Are Chosen From Various Sections Of State Raleigh Sens. Bruce B. Briggs of Mars Hill and Herman H. West of Murphy were appointed Tues day by Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor to the Senate Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee. , f . Chairman ' of the committee troduced in tne senate w 'regeaze the sale of liquor by the drink, is Sen. Claude Currde of Dunham. Taylor said he attempted to pick senators for the 12-memfoer group, from various sections of the state who do not hold extreme views in either direction on the liquor subject. T This committee would also pass or reject any liquor bills approv ed by the House. House Speaker Earl Vaughn appointed his Com mittee on Alcoholic Beverage Control last week. Other Senate committee ap pointments Tuesday included Briggs and Sen. Davidi T. Flaher ty of Lenoir, Committee on Insur- MORNING AFTER Every day is the dawn of a new era, but sometimes it feels like the morning after. cal year and Mayo is trying to increase this in order to gain funding flexibility for the new admmistaatipn. Heading his list of suggestions was this one: "Examine closely all programs, expansion and new starts pro posed by the preceding admin istration, and reduce or slim mate those of lower priority, For ex ample, , either federal programs or parts of programs which pri vate industries could do. Just 'as well er better or which eould.be postponed or eliminated 1 1 without serious. Tbss in yiew of to-J. if grans day's priorities and demands on the budget",.- If some programs appear to need even more money than John s'n eiied, he t&iit tie new c --u-tatent heads s'iOu',d put la f r ' iTKTe- "but any such a - .' ! -t a ' 1 ' . . i I .t , . . Iffers Bill otment BL00DM0BEE TO BE AT REA NEXT THURSDAY Need For Blood Is Urgent; Citizens Asked To Donate The American Red: Cross Blood mobile will be at the Ftrench Broad EMC building here on next Thursday, February 6, from two to six o'clock, it was announcedd this week. The bloodmobile unit has not been to Marshall since last March, due to rescheduling. "Since it has been so long since the bloodmobile has been here it is hoped that everyone possible will respond to the visit here next Thursday," one official stated. It is suggested that those who plan to drive to Marshall, contact other friends and have "car pools" where possible. Rice Will Address SAM Chapter At Mars Hill Feb. 6 Craig S. Rice, Director of Mar keting Services at Henderson Ad vertising, Inc., will address the1 Society for Advancement of Man agement at Mars Hill College Feb. ruary 6. Mr. Rice is the author of "How to Plan and Execute the present three ehort slide presen tations (1) Marketing; (2) Con cept Testing; (3) Fantastic Case' History. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m., in the auditori um of Memorial Library, Mars' Hill College. Member of the Mad ison County and Asheville Senior SAM Chapter are invited. Masons To Meet Monday Night French Broad Masonic Lodge No. 292 will hold a regular Stated Communication on Monday, Feb ruary 3, at 7:30 p. m. Officers and members take due notice. DIAL - A - PRAYER 649-9231 Girl Scout Fund Campaign To Begin In County Soon Fysal Speaks At Red Cross Meeting Here On Tuesday Ellis Fysal, Red Gross official of the 'Aaheville Area Chapter and former star athlete and coach at several colleges, was the prin cipal speaker at the Red Gross Area Chapter meeting held Tues day in the French Broad EMO building here.' Fysal reviewed the history of the. First Aid program and Safety program of Bed Cross and' pointed out the importance of ths services. Hs was introduced by Marshall Upton, Manager Area Chapter. .-- f ; The Rev. T. J. ODonnelL of Hot Springs, chairman of the Madison, County branch chapter, presided. Mrs.. Mattes Washburn secretory . Officers of the Madison Branch are: T. J. ODonnell, chairman; Jerry riemmons, vice c?fi'- ; Mr MattAS J"W -rm, t r, --; lira. Ethel f, , f Director-, ' '. t'.is y;-r, a, , ? " 12. TVy are ? 1 To Allots Transfer Ralph Ramsey Cites County Figures; Bill Popular Here Washington U. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor Monday introduced a bill which would authorize the lease and transfer of burley to bacco allotments from farm to farm. The 11th District Congressman said his action was prompted largely by figures showing that Western North Carolina burley growers are now losing more than $1 million annually in potential income through faihiire to use al lotted acres. Chiefly responsible is the fact that burley allotments are so small that it is often uneconomic or impractical for the allotment holder to grow tobacco. Authori ty to lease and transfer tobacco allotments from farm to farm would mean additional income to both the grower and the original allotment holder. Under Taylor's bill, farmers could lease their allotment to oth er growers in the same counties for a period not to exceed five years. The legislation has the backing of the Asheville Agricultural De velopment Council, local ASCS organizations and other farm groups throughout the area, Tay lor saidl The bill will be referred to the House Agriculture Committee for hearings. Taylor said he would push for action at an early date. Taylor supported similar legis lation last year and it was ap proved by the House Agriculture prove! of Congress. Ralph Ramsey, manager of the U. S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services' office here stated that burley allot ments, on an average of 100 Madison farms -are not planted each year. The allotments total between 30 and 36 acres. "We can't transfer the allot ments, and they're getting down small. If we could, it would allow some farmers to increase their incomes," he said. Madison County is alloted a- bout 2,067 acres to be planted in burley tobacco each year; it is divided among 2,760 farms with the average allotment being 0.75 of an acre. Income averages about $1,685 gross per acre at current market (Continued to Last Page) Dr. Hoyt Blaclcwell To Head Drive) Letters To Be Mailed Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, of Mars Hill, has been . appointed to head a fund-raising campaign to enable Madison County to meet its share of the 1969 budget of, ( Pisgah Girl Scout Council. For two years no campaign has been' conducted in the county, and thia effort come several months after the usual fall campaign., The;' sources of money for the opera tion of the eotmcil are from Unit- ed Fund contributkma (ton ta that area). Community Compaigna in. the five counties having no Unit ' ed Fund organizations, and Sue- t taining Membership enrollments. The Mad'son County Campaign is to be Tr! r"'y a "loiter cam- pa'v to t " " ;t 1 . r kwe'.l exports ft V a c0;." y 1 ! Cl I '- T ' ? V t T 'it'. '. I .Ml jL (7 T.Lt;t r.).