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Tree Planting Bs Good
Economics,
607,245 Trees Have Been
Planted By Madison
Farmers In 6 Years
Harry Silver, County Exten
sion Chairman, says that success
ful farming is the result of a
farmer wisely using all the re
sources available to him. This
involves short term for annual
success in crop production and!
other farming on which a cycle
is completed in one year or less.
It also involves long range use
of resources. One of the long
range resources uses is that of
tree planting and other forestry
practices.
Tree planting for many farm
ers is a cropping system from
which they may never harvest a
crop, or for which it will be a
long time. This does not mean1
that they have not increased their
net worth. During the past six
years Madison County farmers
have planted 607.245 trees. Since
the tree planting program was
started in the late thirties, Madi
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Doan Charged With
Robbery Of MHC
Student Saturday
Liston Doan, 207 Montreat Rd.,
Black Mountain, is being' held in
Buncombe County jail on charges
of carrying a concealed weapon,
assault with a deadly weapon, and
highway robbery.
The 26-year-okl man was arrest
ed early Sunday morning by Bun
combe County officers near the
Weaverville by-pass and charged
with carrying a concealed weapon.
The other two charges originat
ed in Madison County, where
Doan is Accused of .nobbing a
Mars Hill College student, W. T.
Henderson,1 late Saturday night
Henderson reported he was
robbed while hitchhiking back to
the college.
The Mars Hill Police Depart
ment searched for the suspect for
more than 24 hours. The investi
gation was headed by Haltae Chief
Willard Amnions.
The suspect's car was spotted
one-tenth of a mile on the Appa
lachian Highway near the Wea
verville turnoff by T. Sizemore,
Mars Hill police officer. Size
more notified the Buncombe Coun
ty Sheriff's Department at 2:00
o'clock Sunday morning and two
Buncombe deputies went to the1
scene and made the arrest.
Sizemore stated that Henderson
identified the suspect
I&ftaos cattleman Bmest Teagus is shown male
toff Ma first cutting of fescu hay last May. , It was
enough far tb year as
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Silver Says
Gets Scholarship
D. Eric Blackwell
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MARS HILL
STUDENT GETS
SCHOLARSHIP
D. Eric Blackwell of Mars Hill
is one of eight college students
who have been selected to receive
Reynolds Scholarships for study
at the Bowman Gray School of
Medicine.
Blackwell is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Hoyt Blackwell of Mars
Hill. His father is a former pres
ident of Mars Hill College.
A graduate of Duke University,
Blackwell presently is studying
at Union Theological Seminary
where he holds a Rockefeller
Brothers Foundation Scholarship.
' The ' Reynolds 'Scholarship pro-'
gram, sponsored by the Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation, will pro
vide each of the recipients $14,000
during four years of medical
school. In addition, the founda
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County Bond Sales
In December-$7,414
Bond Sales in Madison County
for December amounted to ?7,414,
bringing the county's Bond Sales
total for the year to $155,606,
which is 75.4 percent of its annual
quota of $206,400, according to C.
L. Ruirlisill Jr., Volunteer Chair
man of the U. S. Savings Bonds
Program in Madison County.
CATTLEMAN TAKES SPRING
h k$dnt make a normal second
fa said, cut summer grazing J ,
corns through" Vs wintir-in rsal
cvxxi abaps.v',1 now ! a two-
raarrarply ot-jfescue hay-la C
barnk aod belisrs that hay" In " ?
Wbn. yoa . sr .la Co- s'.Us bum-
I likvo to keep D years
or ;'y of hay on band, all th
MARSHALL, N. C,
OTHER CASES AT
DISTRICT COURT
HERE LAST WEEK
Below are (district court de
cisions made after last week's
issue was published:
Robert Shook, pleaded gudlty
public drunkness, jail sentence.
Roy John Whitson, careless,
reckless driving, guilty plea, con
tinued judgment to Feb. 19.
Haynes Wall in, public drunk
enness, guilty plea, costs.
Dedrick Wilds, driving under
influence, guilty plea.
Joe M. Ferguson, driving under
influence, verdict, not guilty.
Alfred Roberts, non-support,
Ktuilty verdict, pay support to
wife, and costs.
Robert Louis Sutton, accessory
after the fact, transferred to
superior court.
Harrison Holder, larceny, not
guilty veHliet; public drunken
ness, jail sentence.
Lacy I. Sloan, driving drunk,
guilty verdict; illegal possession
non-taxpaid whiskey, cost and
fine.
Claud Chandler, driving left
of center, cost.
James C. Revis, no N. C. in
spection sticker, cost.
Michael G. Thomas, expired N.
C. inspection sticker, cost.
Carl Jackson Smith, Jr., driv
ing under influence, guilty ver
dict. Jimmy Ray Crain, impersonat
ing an officer, not guilty verdict.
Ernie Edmonds, assault, cost
paid by prosecuting witness.
Walter Brazil, assault on fe
male, guilty plea, fine and cost.
Girl Scout Program 20
Years Old In County
First Troop Organized By
Jessie Kelly Ramsey;
Personnel Listed
A letter campaign to raise
lurjds for the support of the Girl
Scout program will begin in inid
February in Madison County.
Scouting has been continuous in
fchij roiinfv ninrA Tb fiirfff
troop on record was organized in
1931 by Jessie Kelly Ramsey,
secretary to the late John A. Hen
dricks, Marshall attorney. This
troop was disbanded after two,
years and there was no activity
until 1947 when Mrs. Clyde Rob
erts and Mrs. Hoyt Shore organ
The program has been continuous
izoti a Junior troop in Marshall.
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SWEEP OF FESCUE HAY
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and tht growth was left for raxing.
nitrogen after the first eat, which, bs
fsscus boom in quantity and quality.
(Photo by USDA 6oil Conserrwtion Ssrvics)' ' .iJA t
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Tr; boulit tbs farm in 194
and bean dearinf In prepara
tivn for fall osdfnff'of aix acres
A Kent cky SI fwcoe. for' pas
tars. Kr.t3cky 81 feecae at that
Cm wi ew and v' ' I in tv.s
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
LOCAL FIRMS
SPONSOR BURLEY
CONTEST HERE
By WILEY DUVALL
Assistant Extension Agent
The deadline for entering the
19fi8 Madison County Burley Pro
duction Contest is February 10.
Entry blanks may be obtained at
the County Extension Office.
Prize money is being given by
two local firms. The Citizens
Bank is giving first pri&e and
Service Motor Sales is supplying
second prize.
This contest is open to all to
bacco growers in the county, both
landowner and tenant. Thore is
no charge for entering. It is a
contest based! on the way you
grew your tobacco, the yield, and
the value of the crop. It is based
on the VM'iS crop.
Those allotments of .5 acres
and below are in one division,
while those larger than .5 acres
are in another division. First and
second place winners will be nam
ed in each division.
First place winners in both di
visions will be entered in the
State contest. Last year's coun
ty winners, Joel Cole and Walter
Gosnell, placed second arid third
in the State contest.
You are urged to pick up your
contest entry form today. The
contest will close February 10,
1969.
BUSINESS
Business is that which if you
do not have enough of, you go
out of.
A. P. HOSPITAL
ANNIVERSARY
HELD TUESDAY
Miss Emily Mashburn Is
Honored; 350 Attend
Dinner
Aston Park Hospital celebrated
its 40th anniversary Tuesday
night with a dinner at Battery
Park Hotel, a "family affair" at
tended by approximately 360
persons.
A highlight of the program was
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Teague applies
s&id, makss tM
j 1 f
turs and nay. Approximately 100
seres of steep laM which r id
btoegraM at the Cms of port-as,
ha .romained inf Moofraso r.
turs. ... .1 ,
Teago p r o d eo r " ' " i
rfioriora caf.!e. Toe'-.- is 1 ?
121 bead the' farm. I" s::i
e eafJe' for bwr- :--k.
v' ' 's are f4 'r'.!a;."rt cn i a
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iouGify CBasketbaDI
To Start
4-H TRAINING
SCHOOLS SET
FOR COUNTY
4-H Demonstration Training
Schools are being held in Febru
ary in orWer to acquaint leaders
and 4-H'ers with the techniques'
in presenting demonstrations. The
demonstration is a "show and
tell" process on a wide range of
subjects and it provides an excel
lent leading experience for the
4-H'ers.
Three different training schools
will be held throughout the coun
ty in order to make it more con
venient for the petople who are
interested in attending. The
schedule is listed below:
. . Demonstration training for
clubs in the Mars Hill area
Saturday, Februairy 8 at 9:30 a.
m. in the Mars Hill Community
Building.
. . Demonstration training for
the Antioch Club Monday, Febru
ary 10 at 7:30 p. m., in the Anti
och Methodist Church.
. . Demonstration training for
the Marshall area Saturday,
February 15 at 9:30 a. m., in the
Marshall High School Home Ec
onomics Building.
4-H'ers, parents and leaders
remember the time and place for
are encouraged to attend. Please
your demonstration training andl
plan to meet with us.
1969 Burley Quotas
Are Announced Here
No Increase Or Decrease In
Quotas, Ramsey
Says
Secretary of Agriculture Clif
ford Hardin, recently set and an
nounced the 1969 National Bur
ley Marketing Quota of 558.4 mil
lion pounds with a national acre
age allotment of 249,397 acres.
County ASCS Office Manager,
Ralph Ramsey, explained that
these 1969 established national
quotas, for all practical purposes,
are the same as those set for
1968 which means no increase or
decrease in individual farm Quo
tas except for a few farms which
have lost farm history. General
ly, a farm loses tobacco history
and acreage when it fails to plant
at least 75 of its quota within
three consecutive year period.
According to Ramsey, Madison
County is the largest Burley pro
ducing county in North Carolina.
Her share of the 1968 national
quota was 2066.55 acres which ia
approximately one fourth of the
acreage allotted to North Caroli
na. In conclusion, Ramsey said that
the ASCS Office will mail offi
cial notices of 1960 Burley acre
age quotas to farm operators as
soon as they can bs prepared;
which should be within approxi
mately two weeks.
HUEYRE3
iECTED
PRESIDENT OF '
JIOUNTALN PCA'
Association Has S,COO,CC0
Wad Hoey, t Marshall, was
reelected president f the. ITotm
tain Production ' Crewt Associa
tion at Che nnoal atockholJart
meeting- on January 83. Sir. Ut
ty r-s the report of t' cti.
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Hext Uednesday
LIBRARY NOW
MOVED TO NEW
LOCATION HERE
Hoping To Be Ready For
Limited Service By
Next Monday
The Madison County library has
vacated its former location and
is now in its new location where
the Belk store used to be. How
ever, moving ani;l shelving some
lfi,000 volumes is quite a job and
in addition to this chore, much
remodelling is in progress at pres
ent. Several volunteers have been
helping the regular staff this
week, including Mrs. Mattee
Mashburn, Mrs. Janet Rector,
Mrs. Arthur Williams and Miss
Gayle Isensee.
"They have been most helpful
in shelving the books," Mrs. Peg
gy Dotterer, librarian, stated.
Mrs. Dotterer also stated that
it is hoped the adult department
of books can be opened) next Mon
day morning at 9:00 o'clock.
LAND ONE HERE
Carolyn: "I'd like to see them
land a man on the moon, wouldn't
you?"
Kathleen: "I couldn't care less
. . . I'm still waiting to land a
man on earth."
COMMITTEE OF
100 RECEIVES
SCHOOL SITES
Vote Is Unanimous; Now
Awaiting Study By
Board
The Madison County Committee
of 100 met last Thursday night in
the Marshall school auditorium
with Dr. Fred B. Bemtley, chair
man, presiding.
The purpose of the meeting was
to receive a report from the Sites
Committee which was presented
by John Corbett and Leonard Ba
ker, co-chairmen, assisted by Dr.
Bentley.
The following report was given
The ad hoc committee for
School Site Selection, having in
vestigated some nine sites pro
posed by various citizens of this
county, hereby recommends that
the Committee of 100 present to
the Uadison County School Board
the following four locations ' as
prospective site for the consoli
dated school of: Madison Oonnty:
Ernest Teagu Property," Run
mon Property Wamot Creek,
Old Clark Farm (now Weaver
Property), Robert McCIore farm
(drhre-m timter.'area), T"'1
TFI fortfaer recommend thai as
soon as the School Board haa ad
ditional information on these or
other such sites wuhia this loca
tion, With regard Co, cost, avail
ability, appropriateness, an4 oth
er pertinent factors, that V ' hv
formation be given to -.e Execu
tive OmmlUee of the Csmm l'tee
u 1D0 ia cr'r V.i t V' y r-y
rresent the f s to t' s C;
C -fto tf rj.Mfib $ '
i t -s fc a yri-.-.. ' 7
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$8.00 A Year In Madison and Adjoinine Counties
tUOO A Tsar Outside Tbsss CountWs
Tourney
Games Will Be Played In
Mars Hill College
Gymnasium
The Madison County High
School basketball tournament will
begin in the Mars Hill College
gymnasium next Wednesday night,
February 12, with bbith varsity
and junior varsity championships
up for grabs.
The tourney this year will be a
bit unusual in that the Spring
Creek junior varsity teams, due
to lack of players, will be unable
to play, it was announced. In
stead, entertainment will take the
place of the actual game.
Games will start on Wednesday
but second round games will root
be played until Saturday. Play
will then be resumed on Wednes
day, February 19. On Thursday
night, February 20, the varsity
battle for third place will be
played as well as the finals in the
girls' and boys' junior varsity.
The varsity finals will be played
on Saturday night, February 22,
after which awards and honors
will be presented.
Complete pairings for the tour
nament were not made in time
flor this week's edition.
The Marshall girls and boys
are defending champions in the
varsity bracket and Spring Creek
girls an)d Mars Hill boys were
1968 junior varsity champions.
Heads Heart Drive
Rev. Ralph L. Hog an
s$ y
REV. R. L HOGAN
HEADS COUNTY
HEART DRIVE
Appointment of the Rev. Ralph
L. Hogan, pastor of the Calvary
Baptist Church at Mars Hill, to
serve as campaign chairman of
the 1969 Heart Fund Drive has
been announced by Mrs. Talmadge
McLean of Marshall, president of
the Madison County Heart As
sociation. The drive will begin Saturday1
and will end with Heart Sunday
solicitations on February 23. The' .
drive will have goal of $2000..-
Assisting Rev. Hogan will be
city chairmen Mrs. Daisy Ander
son at ' Man Bill, Mrs. Jimmy -Sprinkle
at MamhaU and, Mrs.
Betty Padgett at Hot Springs,
Norris Gentry of Marshall will bo
benefits chairman and EarfWlso ,
of Marshall, rural chairman. Mrs.
CJoice Pletnmons of Walnut wi3
serve again as treasurer and XIrs.
Gekurge B. U?pe of Walnut ia
public education d airman,
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