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VOLUME 70 M'MBKK Xi
MARSHALL. . ( . THURSDAY, SKIT. L', l!71
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Corn Leaf Blight
Studied In County
Earle Wise, county extension
chairman, said that Southern
Corn Leaf Blight has been a
major topic of discussion
among farmers in Madison
County this year. There is a
great deal of variation in the
amount of blight present from
one field to another. Most of this
can be traced directly back to
the seed source used by farmers
last spring. Madison farmers
used everything from 100 per
dent N cytoplasm to corn
selected from the cribs that was
grown last year. Now is the time
for farmers to visit other fields
in order to make up their minds
as to the significance of using
the best seed possible for the
1972 crop.
In visiting a field last week
Wade Payne
Improves From
Gun Wounds
Mallie Wade Payne, formerly
of Madison County and son of
the late Robert (Bob) and
Emily Payne of the Little Pine
section, was critically wounded
by a holdup man on Aug. 12 as
Mr. Payne, owner of Wade
Payne's Mobile station, was
closing his station for the night.
The station is located in Wayne
County, Mich., near Garden
City.
The robber, described by
witnesses as a black male,
f . ujd Piyr-v's pockets tfen
escaped.
Payne was taken to Wayne
County General Hospital where
he is improving.
Cutshall Murder Trial Set For
By JAY HENSLEY
AsheviUe Citizen Staff Writer
A Tennessee man charged in
the Madison County murder of
Richard W. (Jack) Reeves in
1970 will be allowed limited
freedom under heavy bond
during the two weeks prior to
his new trial here.
Trial of Leonard H. Cutshall
of Marshal) is scheduled for
Sept. 27 in Madison County
Superior Court.
The State Supreme Court
ordered a new trial for Cutshall
last April, ruling that inad
missable testimony had been
presented to the jury.
Superior Court Judge William
T. Grist of Charlotte ordered a
special venire of 200 prospective
jurors from Avery County
Thursday. The venire will be
drawn at 10 a.m. Friday in the
Tornadoes Defeat Cane
River Rebels, 14-8
The Marsh-U High School
Tornadoes, showing vast im
provements offensively over the
opening game, defeated a
determined band of Rebels of
Cane River last Friday night,
14-8 on the Cane River gridiron.
Quarterback James Briggs of
the Tornadoes passed for one
touchdown and ran another to
spearhead Marshall's
devastating attack. After an
exchange of punts in the Initial
period, Briggs threw an eight
yard touchdown pass to End
Larry Wright for the game's
first touchdown. The two-point
conversion attempt failed and
Marshall held a 6-0 lead as the
quarter ended. Especially
noticeable . was the fine
, protection given Briggs who
., completed his first three at-
tempti. .
In the second quarter,
. however, the Rebels shows their
fans that they, too, could ad-
vance the ball despite rugged
defensive play and terrific
tackling by the Marshall line,
The Rebels' "bread-and-
butter" backfleld ace, Jim
where part of the field was
planted in SO-SO blend and the
rest in seed containing 100 per
cent N cytoplasm, it was very
easy to tell to the exact row
where the seed source changed
by the amount of blight present.
Seed companies are making
an effort to have 100 per cent N
cytoplasm available for the
needs of all farmers for the 1972
crop.
If any farmer in Madison
County would like to visit some
fields to see the difference in
Howard Speaks In
Favor Of TVA Dams
E. L. Howard, president of the
Mars Hill Development Cor
poration, spoke Wednesday
night in favor of a proposed
Tennessee Valley Authority
project on the grounds that it
would provide a much-needed
boost to Madison County's
economy.
Speaking at hearings in
Humanities Hall of the
University of North Carolina at
Asheville, Howard said the area
around Mars Hill is losing
population because there are
not enough jobs.
He stressed the benefits to
Madison County from the
proposed dam there, the 14th
planned for construction in 14
dam system, through con
struction job and Inter through
recreational opportunities
which would bring tourist
dollars into the county.
The hearing, which began
Madison County Courthouse.
Judge Grist also signed an
order setting the Cutshall case
as the first for trial at the Sept.
27 term of court in Madison
County.
In a rare action designed to
allow the defendant to par
ticipate in the preparation of his
defense, Judge Grist ordered
that Cutshall may be released
from custody 14 hours a day
from Sept. 13 to Sept. 27.
Cutshall is now awaiting trial
in the Madison County Jail at
Marshall, where he was trans
ferred from Central Prison in
Raleigh following the Supreme
Court ruling in April.
Cutshall would be released
from custody no earlier than 7
a m and would be required to
return to jail no later than 9
p.m. each day during the
preparation of his defense.
Parker, crashed over from the
four-yard stripe to tie the score,
6-6 Gerald Pate. Rebel half
back, then crashed into the end
zone for the two-point con
version and the Rebels led at
intermission, 8-6.
The second half was savagely
played with numerous gains by
Parker and Pate being stopped
by the Marshall secondary.
However, it was the Tornado
line, led by Harlon Rice and
Boyce Mayhew, who frequently
made jarring tackles to hold the
Rebels at bay.
Following a 47-yard drive to
the Rebel one-yard line in the
third period, Briggs found
daylight over guard to go into
the end tone for Marshall's
second touchdown as the
Marshall fans went wild. At this
point Briggs called on Harlon
Rice to crash the line far the all-
important two-pant conversion,
Rice did Just that With fine
blocking in front, Rice put on
full speed and resembled a
bulldoter as he went over the
goal line to give the Tornadoes a
seed sources, we, in the County
Extension Office, would be
more than happy to arrange for
such a visit.
If infection occurs from corn
blight after the ear is in the milk
or dough stage, grain yields will
be cut in proportion to the
development of the ear and the
degree of infection. Harvesting
for silage will be delayed until
full dent stage or when 25 per
cent of the leaf area is still
green.
Tuesday morning and will
continue through today
(Thursday), is actually on the
first unit proposed for con
structionMills River Dam and
Reservoir in Henderson County.
But speakers have been
discussing the entire project.
Other Madison County men
are expected to speak in favor
of the TVA project at hearings
this Thursday morning.
Labor Day To
Be Observed
Labor Day will be observed
here next Monday with
practically all agencies closing
for thf day. Thin includes the
banks, courthouse Vfices,
Social Services, ASCS, Health
Department, French Broad
EMC, etc.
The order also calls for a
$50,000 bond for Cutshall, which
could be reduced to 125,000 if he
does not leave the state. At all
times that he is not in the
Madison County Jail, Cutshall
must be accompanied by his
chief defense attorney, Bruce A.
Elmore of Asheville, or
someone designated by Elmore
and certified by him to the
sheriff
During the proceedings on the
Cutshall case Thursday,
Solicitor Clyde M. Roberts
asked that the special venire be
drawn from Buncombe County.
Elmore object objected on the
grounds that the case has been
heavily publicized by The
Asheville Citizen-Times, with a
large circulation in that county.
He asked that jury be picked
from a Haywood County venire.
Judge Grist ignored both
six-point lead, 14-8.
In the final quarter the Rebels
tried time and again to shake
Parker loose for a touchdown
but the Tornadoes, remem
bering the final minutes of the
game against Mars Hill the
week before, were not to be
denied. The entire Tornado line
rose to the occasion and
repulsed every attempt to earn
the hard-fought victory over a
strong Cane River team.
The win gave Marshall a 1-1
record. The game was Cane
River's first of the season.
This Friday night the Tor
nadoes play Boones Creek,
Tenn., on the Island. Kickoff
will be at 8 p.m.
Marshall C. River
First downs
Rushing yardage
Passing yardage
Passes
Punts
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
Marshall
Cape River
10
56
89
6-11-0
3-29
0
ss
6
157
54
4-5-0
2-32
2
105
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Highway 213 Hearing
Set For September 30
A hearing on the im
provement on N. C. 213 from U.
S. 25 and 70 bypass here to Mars
Hill will be held at 2 p.m. Sept.
30 at Marshall High School by
the State Highway Commission.
The proposed design is for a
24-foot roadway from the
bypass to the city limits of
Mars Hill with a curb and gutter
section from the city limits to
the end of the project.
Plans call for the location of
the project to follow the
GOP Meeting
In accordance with the
Republican State Plan of
Organization adopted by the
Republican State Convention in
March 1968, GOP officials from
the precinct level to the State
GOP chairman will be chosen in
odd numbered years.
Therefore, the precinct officials
in Madison County will be
chosen during the first three
weeks in September. This year,
the county convention will be
held sometime between the
third week in September and
the second week in October. The
11th District Convention will be
held sometime during the last
three weeks in October (not yet
decided ) and the North Carolina
Republican State Convention
will be held on November 19
and 20 at Ovens Auditorium and
at the Coliseum in Charlotte.
Definite dates for the precinct
meetings, county convention
and district conventions will be
decided in the near future.
Mrs. Mary Pat Roberts is
currently serving as interim
chairman of the Madison
'"bunty. Republican ,Kxective
Committee inasmuch as the
former GOP chairman, W. B.
Zink, has accepted a position in
Raleigh.
motions, and ordered that
Avery County provide the
venire.
It was a jury from Buncombe
that convicted Cutshall in
September 1970 of first degree
murder in the shooting death of
Reeves, and recommended
mercy which resulted in an
automatic life sentence.
Reeves was killed on the night
of Jan. 30, 1970 as he sat in his
parked car on the road in front
of his home in Madison County
with Cutshall's ex-wife.
Judge W. K. McLean of
Asheville declared a mistrial
during a term of court in May
1970 before the jury had reached
Closing Date
For Recreation
Areas Is Set
The season for outdoor pic
nicking and camping will soon
be over, so recreation areas will
be closed on Oct. 15. Rocky
Bluff Campground will be
closed Oct. 15 but will re-open
for the deer hunting season
during the period of Nov. 22
through Dec. 4. This area will be
re-opened on May 1, 1972. This
announcement was made in Hot
Springs today by District
Ranger Bob Brady.
East Yancey
Defeats Hot
Springs , 20-6
Jimmy Norris scored two
touchdowns and Randy Banks
another as East Yancey won its
1971 football opener, 20-6 over
Hot Springs Friday night at
East Yancey.
H. Springs E. Yancey
First downs
Rushing yardage
Passing yardage
Passes
Punts
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
ftetSprtags
East Yancey
5
11
49
56
4-17-3
2-26
0
65
285
6
2-844
2-12
3
96
661 6- 6
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existing N. C. 213 with the ex
ception of a major relocation
from the vicnity of Secondary
Road 1388 to SR 1370 at Bull
Creek.
A set of prints of the proposal
is available for public review
and copying at the SHC division
office at 55 Orange St.,
Asheville.
Maps showing the general
vicinity of the project have been
posted in the Madison County
Courthouse and the Mars Hill
Post Office.
Texas Murder
Suspect Nabbed
In Hot Springs
A former San Antonio, Tex.,
policeman was arrested in Hot
Springs Thursday night and
charged with a murder three
days ago in Texas.
The FBI identified the suspect
as Brady Maurice Wilson Wise,
33, and listed his original ad
dress as Knoxville, Tenn.
Madison County Sheriff E. Y.
Ponder, his deputies, Hot
Springs police chief LeRoy
Asheville and Knoxville
arrested Wise on the Main
Street in Hot Springs about 8
p.m. Thursday.
Wise is charged in a warrant
issued Monday by the San
Antonio police department with
the fatal shooting of Bill Word of
that city.
He was taken into custody
here on a warrant charging
unlawful flight to avoid
proswylion a-ad plvped in the
Buncombe County Jail. A
hearing before U. S. Magistrate '
J. Paul Teal is scheduled for
Friday morning. Q
Sept.
27
a verdict.
During the second trial in
September of that year, wit
nesses for Cutshall testified that
he was at Riverside Cafe in
Newport, Tenn., some 50 or 60
miles away when the shooting
occurred.
The state put on witnesses
who testified that Dewayne
Cutshall, son of the defendant
and his former wife, had
remarked during the
preliminary investigation that
his father was in Newport
establishing an alibi.
Dewayne Cutshall had earlier
denied making such a
statement cross-examination.
The high court ruled error in
the admission of that evidence,
and ordered the new trial.
Rfp'ivs Award
allnS rtWtU 11
James T. Johnson, state
director of the Farmers Home
Administration, last week
presented a 30-year service
award to Kelley R. Ray, FHA
supervisor for Buncombe and
McDowell counties. A
native of Madison County, Ray
is a graduate of Warren Wilson
College and the University of
Kentucky. He joined the FHA in
1941, working in Ashe County as
assistant county supervisor.
The following year he went to
Buncombe County to head the
office, a post he has held since
that time
IN. Buncombe
Tops Mars Hill
North Buncombe High
defeated Mars Hill, 20-12 in its
football opener Friday night at
Mars Hill Details of the game
were not sent this newspaper.
North Mars
Buncombe Hill
First Downs
Rushing Yardage
Passing Yardage
Passes
Punts
Fumbles Lost
Yards Penalised
North Boacembe
Man Hill
13
171
162
6-11-0
1-23
1
' 70
11
158
76
6-8-2
4-35
1
75
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SHOWN ABOVE is path of truck which ran off road
above Marshall Recreation Center Monday night
resulting in death of Hussell Barnes, 13-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barnes, Jr. of Marshall
Route i. The truck, driven by Douglas Timothy
Youth Killed In Truck
, Accident Here Monday
A 13-year-old Madison County
boy was charged Tueday with
having no operator's license in
connection with the death of
another Madison youth killed
Monday night in a truck ac
cident on State Road 1392 near
the Marshall Recreation Park.
State Trooper A. L. Feldman,
who investigated the accident,
said Russell Barnes, 12, of
Marshall Rt. 4 was killed when
a truck driven by Douglas
Timothy Ramsey, 13, also of
Marshall Rt. 4, went out of
Rev. Gordon Ball
Is Moderator
F.B.B. Association
In the issue of Aug. 19, a
picture was published showing
the new officers of the French
Broad Baptist Association. In
the cutlines it was stated that
the Rev. W. L. Lynch of Mars
Hill is the Moderator. This
snould have been 0,6 Rev
Gordon Ball, pastor of Enon and
Walnut Baptist churches, was
elected moderator Mr. Lynch
is the former moderator. Mr.
Ball's picture was not in the
group shown due to his being in
Texas at the time
RUMMAGE SALE
Members of the Marshall
Eastern Star Chapter will hold a
rummage and bake sale on
Saturday, September 4, in front
of the courthouse. The sale will
begin at 9 o'clock.
GOP Rally In Canton
September 11
A GOP rally and fund-raising
dinner, sponsored by the
Haywood County Young
Republicans and the Haywood
County Republican party, will
be held in Canton, Sept 11.
Congressman James T
Broyhill of North Carolina's
10th District will be guest
speaker and N. C. State Senator
Phil Kirk, past state chairman
of State Federation of Young
Republicans, will be master of
ceremonies. Mrs. Jean M.
Briggs of Mars Hill will attend;
she is secretary of the State
Young Republican Federation.
Ju I- Morgan of Rt. 2, Mar
shall, will attend in the capacity
of community service chairman
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control in a curve, hit a ditch,
crossed the road and plunged
down a 250-foot embankment,
turning over several times.
The Ramsey youth received
dispensary treatment at
Memorial Mission Hospital for
lacerations of the back, Feld
man said.
Ramsey's father, Douglas
Eugne Ramsey, had left the
truck for a short time, and in his
absence young Ramsey had
started the truck and driven
away, Feldman said. The ac
cident occurred about a quarter
of a mile away, according to
Feldman.
FUNERAL TODAY
Services for Barnes, 12, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barnes Jr.
of Marshall Rt. 4, were held at
GOP Precinct Meetings
Are Scheduled
Registered Republicans will
hold their precinct meetings at
their polling places in ac
cordance with the new plan of
organization of the Republican
party of North Carolina. The
eight organized precincts will
hold their meetings at 2 p.m. on
Saturday, Sept. 18, in their
regular polling places.
The two recent precincts
(Sandy Mush and East Fork
Grapevine) will be organized at
the polling places where votes
were cast in the 1970 General
Election at 8 p.m. on Friday,
of the State YR Federation.
After a news conference at
Robertson Memorial YMCA,
the buffet dinner will begin in
Pisgah High School cafeteria at
7 pjn.
A reception hosted by the
Haywood Young Republicans
Club, will be held at Holiday Inn
West in Asheville later in the
evening. . ,; , ,
At 2:30 pjn. the Executive
Board of the N. C. Federation or
Young Republicans will be held
at Holiday Inn ' West ' in
Asheville.; Mrs.' Briggs and
Morgan are members of this
board and will attend this
function too. -v
Ramsey of Marshall Route 3, plunged dowa
embankment 250 feet. In background is Marshall
swimming pool and community center, which also
houses the Opportunity Corporation.
2:30 p.m. today (Thursday) in
Teague's Chapel United
Methodist Church. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jack
Sprinkle, Carl Walker, Jackie
Ball, Garrett Ramsey, Rex
Bradburn and Hovle Rogers.
Young Bames was an eighth
grade student at Marshall
School.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are three brothers,
Dennis, Ricky and Terry
Delane Bames, all of the home;
three sisters, Mrs. Ronald
Jones of Marshall Rt. 1 and
Misses Debra June Barnes and
Diana Bemice Barnes of the
home; the maternal grand
father, Horace Stanley of
Weaverville; the maternal
The Madison County
Republican Convention will
meet at the courthouse here on
Saturday, September 25 at 2
p.m.
An advertisement more fully
explaining the precinct
meetings and the county con
vention is published elsewhere
in this issue.
New District
Ranfifer In
Hot Springs
Bobby J. Brady reported for
duty as District Ranger on the
French Broad District in Hot
Springs on Aug. 9.
Mr. Brady replaced James
Lunsford who was transferred
to the Daniel Boone National
Forest in Kentucky.
Mr. Brad graduated from
Mississippi State University
with a B S. Degree in Forestry
in 1961. A 10-year veteran with
the Forest Service be has
previous experience on the
Cherokee National Forest in
Tennessee, the Francis Marion
Sumter National Forest in
South Carolina and the De Soto
National Forest in Mississippi.
He served for four years In the
U. S. Air Force.
Mr. and Mrs. Brady will live
in Hot Springs with their three
children. Joey 1 1, Marlene 9 and
Jennifer 4
grandmother, Mrs. T. M.
Frisby of Leicester Rt. 2; and
the paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Barnes Sr. of
Leicester Rt. 2.
Bowman-Duckett Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
President's
Action Will
Aid Farmers
"American farmers stand to
benefit from the actions an
nounced by the President to
combat inflation, to spur the
competitiveness of the U. S.
economy, and to improve our
foreign trade and monetary
position," Secretary of
Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin
said.
"Farmers will benefit by the
actions taken to fight inflation.
The cost-price squeeze is the
number one problem facing
American farmers. Therefore,
we strongly welcome the ac
tions taken.
"Secondly, the steps an
nounced to spur investment in
equipment and to reduce taxes
are designed to bolster our own
domestic economy and Mke
jobs. These will provide
stronger markets for our Wn
producers.
"Finally, the action taken to
impose a temporary surcharge
on imports and the withdrawal
of sold suDDort from the dollar
are comparable to what other
countries have done in similar
balance-of-payments situations.
And, as anyone concerned with '
agriculture knows, the tv of
variable - levies : by ; twine
countries to protect agrictfCuraJ
systems constitutes permtinent
border protection which tfwald
be of far greater concern to the
world than temporary sur
charges. . ;";
"I hope that as our frtcKds
abroad digest this aeries of
actions they win recognize f t
the President is saying thrt t l
of us need to find bf.tar
' solutions to our trade a- i i.
- ternatkmal monetary pre ' ' s.
Obviously, American
agriculture cou! i rr,.'! e a r i
stronppr contril.": n t i is
already has to e-r I '
payments prri: ; ,
countries of f- e t
admit more if o r '