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Volume 73. Number 2
Marshall, N.C.
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JFebjruar71974
Madison County Library
Marshall, C. 28753
A good supply of hardened,
healthy plants is one of the
keys to a good burley tobacco
crop and one area of
production where growers
frequently run into trouble.
"There is no reason why our
growers should have trouble
growing enough good trans
plants," commented Harold
Ross, North Carolina State
University extension burley
specialist. "We have the in
formation. It's a matter of
farmers using it."
Ross urged growers to get a
copy of the complete
production guide available at
county extension offices. This
has suggestions for growing
plants and covers all phases of
production as well.
Ross had these suggestions
concerning plant beds:
Put your plant bed on a
well-drained plot of soil, high
in organic matter, near a
water supply that is con
venient to your house.
The bed should be freely
exposed to sunlight during
most of the daylight hours.
Choose a site that has a
southern or southeastern
slope. Avoid steep slopes to
reduce erosion and movement
of fertilizer and seed which
could occur during excessive
rainfall.
Windbreaks such as
building and forests help to
reduce the velocity of the wind
and keep heat and moisture in
the beds. Remember that ihe
beds should never be shaded
during the day-light hours.
Good soil preparation is a
must if you expect chemical
weed control to be effective.
Thoroughly pulverize the soil
and break up all clods before
you fumigate the beds. The
degree of weed control is also
nerature of the soil and
, . i n uA r
iiuiaui c lumciii ai uic tunc UI
application. Fumigation in the
fall gives the soil ample time
for the bacteria population to
build back up by spring. If you
wait until spring to fumigate
the beds, it will be necessary
to add extra nitrogen to make
up for the deficiency. Spring
bed fumigation is possible, but
not recommended.
Frequently, damage to
tobacco seedlings is caused by
applying too much fertilizer
for the moisture that is
present In the bed. This causes
a bum. Have the soil tested
and follow the recommended
fertilizer rates suggested.
In most burley areas,
March 1 thiough March 15 is
usually the best time to seed
beds. You gain nothing by
seeding earlier than this
because seeds do not ger
minate until the soil tem
perature is 45 to 50 degrees F
feirrXEY FELDMAN will represent Fpsilon Phi
Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi as Valentine Sweetheart
at i:.e Valentine Dance to be held February 9, 1871 at
Ce Creek Community Center in AsheviHe. N. C.
V.:."e in Fpsilon Phi, Mrs. Fetdman has worked on
t e foclal and Yrarrwk Committees for the local
r" - -r in Mars II 'S. Vr. Fefdman is the daughter
: ' s, Cecil Fpri; '.' - r' ".r." ! 81 the late Mr.
,' , i i.ikte.
Good Crop Begins
With Healthy Plants
Plastic covers used after
seeding can speed up the
process of germination,
protect plants during cold
snaps and help retain
moisture in the bed. A plastic
covered bed requires planty of
ventilation after the seeds
have germinated because of
the extremely high tem
peratures that can occur. If
cheesecloth covers are used,
they should be closely woven
to protect the seedlings and
preserve moisture.
Baker, Niles Directors
First Union Nat'l Bank
J. LEONARD BAKER
Two local businessmen have
been elected to the local Board
of Directors of First Union
National Bank in Marshall.
J. Ieonard Baker is co
owner of Home Electric 4
Furniture Co. in Marshall. Mr.
Baker is married to the for
mer Elizabeth Gahagan. They
have two children; Lynne
Rli.-bcli - prudrot fA Weltc
Forest; and J. Leonard Baker,
Jr., a Student at Mars Hill
College. Mr. Baker is a
graduate of Blanton's
Business College, served for
nine years as a director and
secretary of Mato Packing
Co., a former chairman of the
Marshall Housing Authority, a
member of Hopewell Baptist
Church, a former President of
the Marshall Merchants
Association, has served as
secretary to the Civitan Club,
Chamber of Commerce, and
the Industrial Commission of
Madison County Mr Baker
saw military service as an
aviation storekeeper in the
Navy in 1944-45 He enjoys
horseback riding and gar
dening as hobbies
Ed. I.. I Doc I Niles is owner
of Robert Pharmacy in
Marshall. He is married to the
former Nelle Kincaid. They
have two children; Cynthia, a
student at Madison High, and
'
Bare spots and uneven
stands in the bed are generally
caused by letting the soil dry
out during critical periods. A
good stand of plants requires
proper watering at seeding
time and when the seeds are
germinating.
After using all the plants
that are needed, plow the
plant bed area and destroy all
remaining plants and then set
the beds in a cover crop to
provide protection during the
summer months.
ED L. NILES
Mrs. Phyllis Setzer, a
rehabilitation therapist with
the Blue Ridge Health
Council of Asheville. He is a
graduate of Samford
University with a degree in
Pharmacy. He is a member of
the Baptist Church, past
President of Marshall Mer
chants Association, past
, President ot Marshal! I ions ,
Club, and a Mason. Mr. Niles
is also a past zone chairman
and Deputy Governor of
District 31 -A Lions Club
Organization. He enjoys trout
fishing as a hobby.
Announcement of the
election of Baker and Niles
was made by C. L. Rudisill,
Jr., Chairman of the Marshall
Board.
Bible Rated
Best - Seller
The best -selling book of the
year 1973 was not a sex book.
It was not a diet book. It was a
Bible: The Living Bible to be
exact Although sales records
indicate the book buying
public bought millions of diet
and sex books, the IJving
Bible was again the No 1
hard-back best seller Dr
Atkins' diet book and The Joys
of Sex ran a poor second and
third place
This is the second year
running that The Living Bible
has soared into the rarified
number one best seller slot
"One million copies were
sold in October, another
million went out in November,
and half a million by the end of
December," according to Dr
Kenneth Taylor, president of
Tyndale House, publisher of
The Living Bible. Seven
million copies were sold
during 1973.
The total Living Bible sales
adds up to a staggering 13 '
million volumes since it was
first published in late 1971,
said Dr. Taylor.
The book's popularity
stems, in part, from the fact
that it is written in easily
understandable contemporary
language.
"The average person's need
to understand the Bible has
contributed to the phenomenal
sale of The IJving Bible," '
observed Dr.. Taylor. "The
fact that it's published at this
time answers that need and
insures continued public
acceptance by all faiths."
Besides, mora thafe II
million people must be right ,
CscX th C'3 On--Heart
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Give rbart Fund
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Siftfce Bureau af the
Rene Saorgin, world renown
organist, will present a recital
at Mars Hill College Monday,
February 11, in the college's
Moore Auditorium. The
performance is scheduled to
begin at 8 p.m. A riative of
Cannes, France, Saorgin
completed his early studies of
music at the Conservatory of
Nice where he was
unanimously voted recipient
of the highest award in organ
performance.
He continued his education
at the Conservatory of Paris
where he studied with
Maurice Durufle, Gaston
Litaize, and Noel Gallon. He
also received highest honors
there. In 1953, he received a
degree from the Academy of
Sienna which was under the
direction of Fernado Ger
mani He was the only candidate to
represent France at the
Contours International
d'orgue at Gand in 1958 where
Items Are
Appreciated
Patchwork items, including
quilts, placemats and pillows,
made by craftsmen of Country
Boutique in Mars Hill were
crowd pleasers at the
Charlotte Gift, Jewelry and
Housewares Show Jan. 27-30
at the Merchandise Mart
The craft group also
displayed clutch balls, stuffed
animals and mountain toys in
the booth sponsored by
Western Economic
Development Organization of
Hardwood WEDO provides
technical and marketing
assistance to craft groups in
the XI western counties of the
state, including Country
Boutique.
The Charlotte show at
tracted wholesale buyers from
eastern United States and
may open a new market for
Country Boutique's handmade
Kerns.
Country Boutique was
represented at the show by
Barbara Brown, - crafts
coordinator, and Dorothy
Arrington, county manager of
The Opportunity Corporation
of Madison County.
jSv orpototion
Incomt
I individual 4 -slr,- -fil4C
I income t"-Au,on J
Notional
Daren
r Human X
Boosters Club
Meets Toi
The Rev i wa Ie, of Mart
HiU, president of the h ! v
Boosters Cub. slated this
wr that the nwrr. tiers of tSe
fmrressive orgn.;!in ;i
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THE BUDGET DOLLAR
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Renown Organist At
M.H. College Monday
he won the Primier Grand
Prix International J. S. Bach.
His first appointment was the
post of organist at the Church
of St. Pierre in Montmartre,
Paris. In J54 he was named
'organist Ufulaiiv of trie iireat
organ in the Church of St. Jean
-Baptiste and professor of
organ at the National Con
servatory at Nice.
Director for three years of
the Conservatory of Music of
Ajaccio, Corsica, Saorgin is
President-Founder of the
Association des Amis de
I'orgue of Nice, professor of
Mrs. Suhart Is Appointed
Director CAA
Marietta P. Suhart, former
executive director of Four
Square Community Action in
Andrews, and deputy director
of The Opportunity Cor
poration in Asheville, has been
appointed executive director
of The Joint Orange-Chatham
Community Action Agency in
Pitts boro
JOCCA administers the
Office of Economic Op
portunity funded community
action programs serving low
income families in Chatham
and Orange Counties. The
agency maintains Neigh
borhood Service Centers in
Chapel Hill, Efland, Moncure,
and Slier City.
Prior to her post with
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Rsbert Mergaa has as-
Mates as a candidate far the
U kited States Semite seat new
held ay reUrhtf Senator Sam
J. Erwia I. Ervta, Jr.'
might
the French Broad KMC lobby
at 7 .30 o'clock.
All members are urged to
attend when stral im
1 portant proj"' null be
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organ at the International
Summer Academy for
Organists in Haarlem,
Holland, and a member of the
High Commission on Historic
Monuments with the Ministry
Cultural Affairs.
Saorgin is a specialist in the
organ music of the 18th cen
tury and particularly of the
North European and Italian
schools. His program at Mars
Hill will include selections by
deGrigny, Marchand, Bux
tehude. Bach, and Franck.
There is no charge and the
public is invited
JOCCA, Mrs. Suhart was a
Human Resource Consultant.
She has also served on the
staff of the North Carolina
State OEO office, for the
Presbyterian Child Welfare
Agency in Eastern Kentucky,
as administrative officer of
the Graduate School of Public
and International Affairs at
the University of Pittsburgh,
and as assistant director of
development for Cleveland,
Ohio.
Mrs. Suhart is a graduate of
Berea College, Berea, Ky. and
is a native of Marshall. Her
two children, Dan and Robin,
are students at UNC-Chapel
Hill and UNC-Asheville.
Alvin Craine In Charge
Of Post Office
James Alvin Craine, of
Rcute 1, Alexander, who has
been with the Asheville
postoffice, has been detailed
as Officer in charge of the
Marshall postoffice.
Mr. Craine is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim F. Craine, of
Route i. Marshall.
Frank Ramsey, who has
4-H Shrubbery Sales
The 4-H Shrubbery Sales :
have so far beea a huge
success The response has
been very good and. many
orders have been received. .
The deadline for placing or
deri (a February 11. The '
shrubbery will arrive la
Marshall In early March,'
ready for Spring planting. . .
If yoa plaa to do some ;
landscaping around your .
home and have not purchased
the plants yoa will need,
perhaps yoa should consider -placing
your order with a 4- ,
ITrr in yoar community.
Prof. is from the shrubbery
go to support the 4-H prop-am
Primary Interest
More Candidates
14 Democrats and one
Republican have announced
as candidates in the May 7th
Primary election in Madison
County. The deadline for filing
is 12 o'clock noon on February
25 and more candidates are
expected to file before the
deadline.
It was also announced by the
board of elections that
Monday, April 8, is
registration deadline for
voters.
Name, affiliation, and
position sought of those who
have filed with the Madison
County Board of Elections to
run as candidates in the May
7, 1974 primary election are as
follows:
l.iston B. Ramsey (D) -North
Carolina State House of
Representatives - District 44
James W. (Jim) Cody iD) -Clerk
of Superior Court;
Judson Edwards ( D ) - Clerk of
Superior Court; and C. N.
Willis (R) - Clerk of Superior
Court. Ervin Adams (D) -Madison
County Board of
Commissioners; C. Manson
Holt (D) - Madison County
Board of Commissioners; and
James T. Ledford (D) -Madison
County Board of
Commissioners.
Harold Watlin (D) - Madison
County Tax Collector.
Donald N. Anderson (Dl -Madison
County Board of
Education - District I.
Roy Freeman (D) - Madison
County Board of Education -District
II; John R. (Ray)
Gardin (D) - Madison County
Board of Education - District
II; Joe W. Penland (D) -Madison
County Board of
N.C. Drivers
Beginning To
Exceed 55
After an initial period of
acceptance. North Carolina
motorists have begun to
ignore the new 55 miles per
hour speed limit, according to
the Highway Patrol.
Col. E. W. Jones said today
the Patrol issued about as
many speeding citations for
the week of January 21 as it
did for a comparable week
before the energy crisis.
The Patrol had reported a
sharp decline in speeding
tickets during the first few
weeks of lower speed limits,
imposed in an effort to curb
fuel use.
"It appears the fad did not
last," Jones said, while ex
pressing hope that motorists
will revert to their original
cooperative attitude.
The Patrol issued nearly
3.000 tickets during the week
of January 21, compared to
about 2,000 in the week of
December 10, the first for the
new limits.
been postmaster at the local
office, is now rural mail
carrier of Route I, Marshall.
Mr. Ramsey . requested -assignment.
Mr. Craine will be Officer in
Charge until a permanent
postmaster can be selected -under
tht postal service
selection procedures. : ; ' t:
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bi Madison County. 4-H
members in your community
ha reorder forms and will be
Your Share Of Deficit
WASHINGTON - If it's
hard to visualize the $i"S
biUion debt the government
expects to accumulate by Ju'.y
1, 1975, try this: your "share"
will be $280.75.
So will the share of every
olSor man, woman and chill
in America an expmcd
Education - District II ; R. Z.
(Bobby) Ponder (D) -Madison
County Board of
Education - District II ; and W
M. (Bill) Roberts (Dl -Madison
County Board of
Local Democrats To
Hear Wallace At Rally
When Alabama Governor
George Wallace addresses a
Democratic Party rally at the
State Fairgrounds February
16, Party leaders will try to
beat the fuel and tran
sportation problem by using
chartered buses, Zeno Ponder,
County Democratic Chairman
said Monday.
The Alabama governor
recently accepted an in
vitation from Democratic
Party Chairman Jim Sugg to
speak at a $10 per ticket fund
raising rally, making his first
public appearance in North
Carolina following his
presidential preference
primary victory here in 1972.
Taylor Offers Measure
To Repeal DST
Washington - U. S. Rep.
Roy A. Taylor Monday in
troduced a bill in the House to
repeal winter daylight savings
time.
"I can find no evidence that
any substantial amount of
energy is being saved, but
there is much evidence of
inconvenience, hardships and
dangers to- scfcty, ejpeciatly
to school children," he said.
"When Congress rushed into
this change, I fear we were
groping in the darkness as
much as all the school
children today," said Taylor,
who earlier voted against the
conference report giving final
House approval to year-round
daylight savings time.
Strawberry
Plants Now
Available
The Agricultural Extension
Office in Marshall will be
pooling orders for strawberry
plants again this year. By
pooling orders, the plants are
obtained at a much cheaper
price than would be normally
possible. The office has been
doing this as a service to our
people and will continue to do
so as long as there is a
demand, says Wiley DuValL,
Agricultural Extension Agent.
We would like to have your
order in the next few days so
that we can confirm our order
with the nursery.
There is a good opportunity
for extra Income from a pick-your-own
strawberry
operation. It requires S54
plants to set one-tenth acre or
5540 per acre. With a good
operation, one could expect to
pick .approximately 2000
gallons of berries per acre
during the second summer.
' For more information on
' strawberry production, call
MI-JU1 or write P. O. Box X3t
in Marshall.- ' v -
To End Next Monday
glad to take your order or you
may call the Extension office,
649-2411.
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Education - District II. Mrs.
Blanche Houston has an
nounced for Madison County
Board of Education. District
U. but as of February 5, has
not officially filed.
The rally will be held at
Dorton Arena, where doors
will open at 5:30 p. m.,
although the program isn't
scheduled to begin until 7 p. m.
For the $10 admission price,
those who attend will hear
Wallace speak and music that
will precede it A box of
chicken will be found at each
seat for which a ticket is
purchased. The tickets are
available now at Ernest
Snelson's home or office.
State Senator Herman
Moore of Charlotte is chair
man and Don Matthews of
Martin County is vice
chairman of the committee on
arrangements.
The bill, if enacted, would
repeal year-round daylight
savings time and thus allow
the nation to avert to the old
system of going on daylight
time only during the summer
months.
Bill Brigman
Listed In
Honor Book
BILL BRIGMAN
Bill Brigman of Marshall Is
named in the 1973 PER
SONALITIES OF THE
SOUTH, a book listing out
standing people who have
gained special recognition
through achievements in
many fields of interest
Brigman is principal of Red
Oak elementary school In
Buncombe County. For the
past two years his school has
wot an award from the
National Safety Council for its
safety education program.
The school has also woa the
Governor's beatification
award twice. Two years ago,
the N. C. Board of Education
held a "Back-To-School Day
at Red Oak to observe a small
country school in operation.
, Ha is a graduate of East
Tennessee State University
and received his masters
degree from Western Carolina -:
University. He is married to
the former Helen Crows af
Marshall and they have two
children, Teresa and Rodney.
Payment for your order ill
be taken at the time of pickup
or delivery.
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