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EDITORIALS
Important Referendum Here
Citizens of Marshall will have the opportunity next
Tuesday to approve or reject two major referen
dums, namely, improvement and enlargement of
the Town's sanitary sewerage system and im
provement and enlargement of the Town's water
system.
In our opinion, both projects are badly needed and
long overdue.
To reject the two projects, in our opinion, would be
a backward step. We are fearful that another such
opportunity would be years away.
U. S. Senator Jesse Helms and Congressman Roy
Taylor announced last week that the Economic
Development Administration has approved a
$350,400.00 grant for the Town of Marshall for the
enlargement and improvement of the water system.
Mayor Lorado Ponder stated that the State Pure Air
and Water bond approval amounted to $41,500, which
actually means that Marshall's share will be only
$46,100 of the total cost of the projects being
$438,000.00.
The area outside the municipal borders which will
alsd be improved will be financed by the county and
not the Town, according to Mayor Ponder.
With the two major grants, plus the assistance by
the county, we are at the threshold of having a vastly
improved water and sewerage system for our town
which also includes two industrial areas, the con
solidated high school and the shopping center on the
bypass.
New and larger water lines, filtration plant and a
-cover for the existing 1,000,000-gaUon reservpir, plus
numerous other improvements will supply our town
with CLEAN, CLEAR water in abundance suitable
for homes, firms and industries. No more "muddy"
water with a sickening taste. The new system will
also mean decreased fire insurance premiums and
will include new hydrants for Main Street with the
current hydrants being installed in residential
areas, according to Mayor Ponder.
Improvement and enlargement of the Town's
sewerage system is also in the offing and every
citizen is aware of this great need.
Let's hope that the continuous and necessary
digging up and patching of present water lines will
be a thing of the past in a few years and that passage
and approval of the two projects will be a stepping
stone to additional industry, employment and
progress in our town.
We urge every qualified citizen in Marshall to
express confidence and pride in the future of our
town by overwhelmingly voting "YES" in the
special municipal bond referendums next Tuesday.
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Jefferson - Jackson
Day Celebration
RALEIGH - North
Carolina '.Democrats will
divide their attention among
Party reorganisation . and
foreign and domestic policy
issues when they meet here ,
March 16 for their annual
Jefferson Jackson Day
celebration.
At the traditional J-J Dinner
the Party faithful attending
the $50-a-plate fund-raising
affair at Raleigh Memorial
Auditorium will hear U. S.
Sen. Henry Jackson discuss
the Party's role in
Congressional decisions
relating to defense and the
energy crisis. The dinner will -be
held at 7 p.m.
Former State Sen. Lindsay
Warren of Goldsboro will
serve as dinner chairman.
Warren was campaign
manager for former Lt. Gov.
H. Pat Taylor in the letter's
1972 race for his Party's
gubernatorial nomination.
Also on March 16, the State
Democratic Executive
Committee will meet to
consider updating of rules as
suggested by study com
mittees at work on changes in
Party procedures. The
meeting will be held at 10 a.m.
in the City Club of the Sir
Walter Hotel.
Plans of the Party
nationally, and in the state,
call for the abandonment of
Letters To
PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN FUND
I would like to encourage
everyone filing a 1973 federal
income tax return to use the
Presidential Election Cam
paign Fund Check-Off. This is
your opportunity to promote
public financing of
Presidential campaigns.
On line 8 of Form 1040 you
may check off $1 of the tax you
owe ($2 on joint returns) and
assign it to the Presidential
Election Campaign Fund. If
you did not fill out the
separate check-off form
provided last year for 1972
taxes, you may check off this
year an additional $1
retroactively.
REMEMBER, , THE
CHECK-OFF SIMPLY
ASSIGNS $1 OF THE TAX
YOU ALREADY OWE. IT
DOES NOT INCREASE
YOUR TAX. The amount of
any refund due you is not
affected.
All money from this check
off goes into a non-partisan
fund. The General Accounting
Office determines which
political parties are eligible to
receive the money, and
divides the money among
them by a plan already
determined by law.
Republican and Democratic
presidential nominees will
receive equal and major
shares of the fund. Minor
party nominees will receive
lesser amounts based
proportionally on their
showing in the last election.
the' so-called quota system
which has been widely in
terpreted as a rigid
requirement for balancing
representation , of groups
within the Party.
7 In line with similar changes
receiving attention of the
Democratic National Com
mittee, the State Executive
Committee will vote at this
time on a statement of intent
to involve all groups of active
Democrats without a system
requiring quotas.
This is known as the state
Party's Affirmative Action
Plan, spelling out ways in
which the Party intends to
insure its openness to the
participation of groups
historically under
represented in the political
process.
A proposed Affirmative
Action Plan for the state,
developed by a committee
headed by Democratic
National Committeewoman
Gladys Billiard, will be the
only rules change voted on at
the meeting.
The State Executive
Committee will hear a
progress report on work of a
study committee which has
conducted public hearings on
proposed revisions of the
North Carolina Party Plan of
Organ izations.
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The Editor
The larger the public fund
accumulated for Presidential
campaigns, the less that
candidates will have to rely
upon, and later feel obligated
to, a few large contributors.
Please check the box for
campaign finance! This is one
step toward more responsive
government.
-s- Dr. Gary L. Muffley
7 Wagon Road
Asheville, N. C. 28805
PRAISES PATRIOTS
Mr. Story,
Wanted you and your News
Record readers to know what
a good impression Madison
County girls basketball team
made in this area. It was an
honor to be selected to
represent the western district.
I know something of the ob
stacles involved in Just getting
this team together and you're
to be commended on this co
operative effort. Two coaches
from other districts made
remarks to me about the
enthusiasm of the Madison Co.
"fans" - "that they were
great." Many were here! This
speaks well for your con
solidated effort and a fore
runner of good things to come.
On my trips to Madison Co.
in the fall, I also heard about
your football team.
-s- Mrs. W. B. (Gloria
Tweed) Spa ugh
I am a sister of the late
Ray Tweed and the daughter
of Chapel Tweed from White
Rock.
P. S. The consensus here is
that Madison Co. girls
basketball teams will be heard
from again.
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ANDREW BRIDGES, 82-year-old retired farmer of
Route 6. Marshall (Hayes Run) narrowly escaped
serious injury Monday afternoon when the Jeep he
was driving plunged about 25 feet down the en
bankment on his private drive to Highway 213. He
was rushed to Memorial Mission Hospital where he
was treated for a foot injury, cuts and bruises. He
returned to his home Monday night where he is
recuperating. Picture shows Jeep on NC 213 and
home of Mr. Bridges in background.
Gardening Is Task
For March
Lay out the garden and
determine where each
vegetable will be planted.
Treat soil for nematodes if
needed. Remember the soil
temperature should be at least
35 degrees F. and the soil
should not be excessively wet.
Deposit the nematocide 6-8
inches deep for best results.
It's time to set strawberries,
blueberries, grapes, rasp
berries or black berries.
Start tomato, pepper and
eggplant plants.
It's a good idea to broadcast
some of your fertilizer and
turn in 10-14 days before
planting.
Lime, if your soil analysis
indicated a need for it, should
be applied as early as
possible. It wont do you much
good if it's left on the soil
surface either. Plow the lime
in and mix well with the upper
6-8 inches of soil.
It's a great time for ad
vertisements about "miracle"
E. NORRIS GENTRY, of
Marshall, attended the March
S- National Rural Develop
ment Leaders School at the
Kanuga Conference Center
near Hendersonvllle with
about 111 other community
leaders from 13 southern and
southeastern states aid
Puerto Rico. The school was
sponsored by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture's
Rural Development Service.
The intensive course was
designed to help participants
Improve then- effectiveness hi
rural community growth and
development.
COLONIAL
l mobile: homes
plant foods and gigantic
tomatoes...Don't be misled.
These are mostly novelties
generally worth far more to
the advertiser than the home
gardener.
Encourage your organic
gardener to incorporate their
organic plant foods well in
advance of planting since the
materials have to undergo
decomposition or other
chemical alteration before the
pi ant can use them.
Get seed supply ready
because April will be a big
planting month.
Now is a good time to have
pressure canners checked. If
you're planning to buy a new
canner this year, better not
wait til June first. A check of
freezer supplies would also be
appropriate.
Initiated Into
Marshall
Chapter OES
Mr. and Mrs. Hoye Coates of
Route 6, Marshall, were
initiated into the Order of the
Eastern Star at a special
meeting of Marshall Chapter
No. 35, held on Saturday
evening in the Masonic
Temple.
Preston Edwards, worthy
patron, conferred the
degrees; and his wife, Mrs.
Nancy Jo Edwards, worthy
matron, presided.
A social hour was held at the
close of the meeting.
Nineteen members of the
Chapter and three visitors
attended.
Manpower
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Manpower Advisory Com
mission which will have the
responsibility of informing
officials of manpower needs
and objectives in the area.
Under guidelines of the bill,
Ratcliff said, members of the
manpower panel would be
chosen from different
Ralei
Major bllli are beginning to
emerge from Legislative
committees and appear on
House and Senate calendars.
A Campaign Finance
Reporting Bill passed the
Senate last week and will be a
major subject for con
sideration this week by the
House.
A Campaign Finance
Reporting Bill passed the.
Senate last week and will be a
major subject for con
sideration this week by the
House.
The name and address of all
FEO-USDA To
Issue Fuel
Action Pamphlet
The Federal Energy Office
and the U. S. Department of
Agriculture are jointly
preparing a pamphlet ex
plaining procedures and
action that should be taken to
help assure that farmers get
enough fuel to meet their
needs, Mrs. Nila Mann, Acting
Executive Director of the
Madison County Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service (ASCS) said
today.
The pamphlet is titled "Fuel
Allocations for Farmers." It
notes that the Federal Energy
Office has designated
agriculture to receive top
priority in the distribution of
fuel, and lists steps farmers
should take to get fuel sup
plies. The pamphlet suggests
farmers tell the local
distributor of their present
and future needs so that
distributors or dealers can
know in advance what the
customer requires. If local
distributors do not have
enough to meet even
agricultural production needs,
they can ask FEO to correct
landscaping Meeting
At S.V.
Wiley
DuVall, of the ex-
tension
department, will
present
a program on land
scaping and shrubbery tonight
(Thursday) at the Community
Club meeting to be held in the
Corporation Center in Sleepy
Valley. The program will
begin at 7:30 o'clock and
Funds
categories, including mem
bers of the "clinet com
munity" (those receiving or in
need of the program's
benefits), employment
groups, labor and
management, training
facilities (trade schools and
colleges), community
agencies, members of local
governments and at least one
person from the Ancillary
Manpower Board.
Ratcliff said the com
mission would be expanded to
include representatives from
the other three counties once
the consortium is formed.
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by Ernest Messer
persons who make political
. gifts of more than S0 must be
- reported, All political ex
penditures of mora than 123
must be ; Itemised . and
reported. . Wny-t-. .. jru
An itemized report of aU
expenditures for political
advertising, no matter how
small the amount, must be
reported.
All contributions of more
than $100 and all expenditures
of more than $23 must be
made by check, while all
expenditures for advertising
must be paid by check.
Candidates for legislative,
the shortage through use of an
FEO form number 17.
She said farmers needing
emergency help should apply
direct to the State Energy
Office (SEO) for a temporary,
emergency allocation, using
FEO form number 20, or any
other form developed by the
SEO.
The forms are available at
the Regional FEO, the State
Energy Office.
Training sessions are being
conducted so that farmers
using less than 20,000 gallons
of fuel a year who do not have
a upplier, may use FEO form
number 20 to apply for per
manent assignment to a
supplier.
FEO regulations require
farmers and others receiving
allocations at the 100 percent
level to certify to their sup
pliers that they have an
energy conservation program
in effect. Farmers are to use
priority fuel only ' for
agricultural production, and
to buy no more than enough to
meet 100 percent of current
needs.
Tonight
everyone interested is
dially invited to attend.
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' district, and stats' offices are ;
required to make financial
reports, with reports being
sent to the Stat Board of
'? Elections. ? -
" . Count and municipal
elective offices are , not
covered by the provisions of
the bill . '.';.:'
Corporations,1 labor unions,
and pretessionai
organisations are not per
mitted to contribute to a
political party or a political
campaign. Employees of
corporations and members of
labor unions and professional
organizations, however, may
organize political committees
and may solicit and receive
political contributions and
may support political can
didates and political parties.
Senate amendments to this
bill may not be acceptable to
the House. One amendment
limits expenditures by a
political candidate to not more
than ten cents per voter.
According to this amendment,
a candidate could not buy
stationary and mail one first
class letter to each voter.
Some Senators and many
House members consider this
to be an unrealistic spending
limitation.
A modified Senate passed
no-fault automobile liability
insurance bill will be on the
House schedule within a few
days. The proposed bill
requires that economic losses
up to $5,000 and medical costs
up to $500 must be paid by the
automobile owners own in
surance company, with losses
and costs over these amounts
subject to litigation by the
courts.
Since a Florida court has
declared unconstitutional a
part of the Florida no-fault
law which bans law suits, this
decision could ultimately
affect any no-fault bill the
North Carolina Legislature
may pass. A ban on law suits
is one of the key provisions of
all no-fault insurance plans,
since the cost of legal counsel
is considered to be a major
factor contributing to the high
cost of automobile Insurance.
North Carolina's in
voluntary' commitment law,
adoptfed utilOTS, isbeing
changed in response to
complaints by doctors, judges,
and clerks of the superior
courts. The new regulations
will require a mentally ill or
inebriate person to be
processed through the local
mental health center where
arrangements are made for
the patient to be entered into a
proper hospital facility.
Commitment proceedings
may be initiated by a doctor or
by a guardian or relative, with
the legal documents being
prepared by the clerk of the
court or by a district judge.
At the end of each ninety
day period of hospitilization,
the patient will be given a new
hearing, with the hearing to be
held on the premises of the
hospital. At present, the
patient is required to be
brought back to the county of
his residence for the hearing.
A study commission, headed
by Senator I. C. Crawford of
Buncombe County, is in
troducing legislation to speed
up trials in the courts.
This will be done by adding
personnel to the court system
and by eliminating many
minor cases from the court
dockets.
It was revealed that about
sixty-five percent of court
cases are for public
drunkenness or minor traffic
violations. An effort win be
made to deal with most of
these cases out of court
Within a three year period,
this commission hopes to
reduce to M days the time
during which an accused
person must wait to be tried.
At present, about ' fifteen
percent of ail persons undergo
a waiting period of more than
eighteen months. ; .
Sixteen ' . states which
, lowered their speed limits late
; in 1973 have experienced a ,
fifteen to twenty percent '
decrease la : automobile
fatalities, while thirty-four
states which did not lower
speed limits experienced a
two percent decrease.
According to the budget of
the Wildlife Resources
Commission, trout production
and stocking wi'J be re 'uced
this year to i";.r"3 fish, down
from last year.
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