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h-ulou County LIU cry r..TSh8ll, N C. 28753 1 1 w i ' a, i 51 1 in - -.v t . i I f w f 1 w a By BOB HURLEY Cily Editor The Greeneville Sun SPRING CREEK, N. C. -Last year, this valley bloomed and boomed with tomato production. The high costs of Volume 73, Number 39, Democratic Fund Raising Dinner Is Successful Two Democratic women leaders were honored at the seventh biennial fund raising dinner, sponsored by the Madison County Democratic Women's Club, held at the Madison High School Satur day night. Taylor Speaks At Democratic Rally Here U S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor Saturday announced his op position to President Ford's proposed five per cent surtax on middle income Americans. Speaking at a Madison County Democratic rally at the new consolidated high school here, Taylor said he felt that middle income tax payers are already bering a heavy tax load. Instead of increasing taxes. Irregularity In Absentee Votes Checked State Bureau of In vestigation agents are ;- checking ' into possible ab ,. sen tee baUot irregularities in ; Madisoa County, electioa officials ceafirmed here . Friday. - - Perry G. Willis, Madisoa Board of Elections chairman, said he requested such an f investigation ia a Sept a V ter to the State Board of ' Election. j Willis said the board hat I received more than 300 I requests already for absentee 5 ballots for the Nov. I general - election. This, he said, is as Urge as INe total number of absentee votes cast In , Vji-iv-n in the presidential !. -i to vears seo, and t' d-J t for asKirg for ef.se-,! t"-.ts is not ur-Ul ot. r T ' -rrt't r- i fertilizer and other essentials, plus the spring rains reduced the number dramatically. Fall came early to this fertile Madison County valley. Summer not only left early, it was late getting here. Mrs. Ruth Gardner of Mars Hill was named Woman of the Year for 1972-73 and Mrs. Virginia Anderson was given the same honor for 1973-74. Mrs. Gardner has been an officer of the club for several Rep. Taylor said he would favor "balancing the budget by reductions in federal ex penditures." The Black Mountain Congressmen reminded the Madison County Democrats of his earlier announced op position to any increase in gasoline taxes and stated that neither would he Support the removal of price controls on domestic crude oil. Assistance To Explained By In response to many inquiries, we list below those persons authorized to assist' voters, entitled to assistance,, in marking their paper ballots' or In casting their vote on an approved voting machine, A Assistance must come from one of the following, in order of listing: L A near relative of the 1 voter's choice whether or not -. such near relative . Is i , v t - ' Republican Women To h Meet Monday' i The . Republican Woman's Club will meet Monday evening, October JSth, at 7:30 pm. in the Madison County Courthouse. . VOTE NOV . I.. It all makes for some breathtaking scenery but it's not exactly what folks here are used to. Because lots of Spring Creek people still toil the soil for a living and the overall farm TO years, serving as president for the past two years. Mrs. Anderson has served as vice president, was chairman of the board of elections, and is a candidate for county com missioner in November. U. S. Representative Roy A. "The fact that the Arab countreis for political reasons last fall tripled the price of oil at the wellhead does not mean that oil producers in Texas and other states should have a free hand to do the same," said Taylor. Taylor reported that he had voted to cut transition funds for former President Nixon from the requested $860,000 to "less than one-eighth of that sum." registered voter in the voter's precinct and regardless of the , near relative's age. "'. I. Any other registered voter of the precinct, of the voter's choice, provided such person has not assisted any other non-relative voter that day. S. The registrar or either one of the Judges of election as selected by the voter. - - The Attorney General ruled on August 15, 1974 that no other category of official or person was legally eligible to . assist a voter except in the ; case of blind voter whose registration record reflects . such physical Impairment ' R is important to point out that 'Assistants', appointed pursuant to GS 16342, while, not specifically authorized to assist voters are nevertheless entitled to assist near relatives specified in Ue law to be husband, wife, brother, sister, parent, child, fand- - parent or (rraich:!! A.v.;:,rj msysw-t as n.ry of Ve abnve 'near r'- ' ve" cii t iry as are bona fie. picture was gloomy enough . without the additonal antics of . frost and unseasonably cool weather. , . The overall farm picture is , . so gloomy in fact that Spring ; :. Creek farmers who have a notion or two about what they'll be doing three months or six months from now are seemingly out -numbered by those who are "just waiting to see what happens." B. K. Meadows for example. One of the biggest farmers on the creek and in all of Madison County with over 800 acres, Meadows is feeling the pinch as severely as perhaps any fanner anywhere. The frost found him way behind scheduled with his hay and silage harvesting. Some of his tobacco is yet to be cut if it's worth cutting after the frost, Some of his ten acres was sticking in the patch when the killer frosts came last week. They wiped out the four acre tomato patch that he and his three tenant families spent most of the summer in. Overall tomato production in Madison County, Meadows says, took a drastic downward turn this year. He said there probably weren't a fifth as many tomatoes grown on Spring Creek this year as there were last. He cited several reasons, first of which was the doubling, tripling in some cases, of the price of fertilizer, and tomatoes require heavy fertilization and sidedressing. Taylor was the featured speaker of the evening and spoke eloquently about the local candidates along with telling of his work in Washington. In introducing the Congressman, Representative Ernest and reiterated his belief "pardon should be reserved until after trail of the ac cused." Taylor said he intended to continue to try to cooperate constructively with President Ford in solving the problems of unemployment and In flation but confessed that "I already find myself in op position to some of his proposals." Voters Brock 'Assistants' can, however explain to a voter the mechanics of opersting a voting machine and then let the voter proceed to vote in private. Within the limits of the law, every reasonable effort should be made to accommodate the voting public. FOR THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS: -a- Alex K. Brock Executive Secretary Director i Sunday. October 27, lt74 1:34:M VICA (Vocastional Industrial Clubs of America), the Board of Education, Lv,e ?.!ad ; -n Hih School ; Staff, and Student Body ou!J 1 ' ; t- cordially In vite the public to attend c-n ?. Ti e student, -staff, and boos ten extrii a r ' 1 invitation to everyone. . Refresh:- v: t? frrrared and served by the - J ,c' --st-ithe F.N A. club. , The late spring rains not only hindered transplanting and made it easy for insects ' and disease; they completely wiped out some tomatoes, Meadows said. After transplanting was finally accomplished, Meadows and his crew had to spray the plants every day, sometimes only to have the rains come while they were spraying or just after, washing away the spray solution. The continually rising cost of insecticides and herbicides helped to wipe away any margin of profit that Meadows might have realized from the tomatoes. He says his tenants probably made a little money on the big patch but that he'd probably be in the red if he counted it up and figured his labor into it. The season for packing tomatoes at the Western North Carolina markets closed several weeks ago but Meadows, whose crop was several weeks late, was able to sell large quantities to firms and individuals who came to him. The frost ended it all. Now, instead of vines hanging full of large green, pink and red tomatoes, they're all mostly black and very uygly. The tomatoes aren't really the crux of Meadows' problem. He's primarily a cattle farmer. Or, he was a cattle farmer until the recent downward trend in prices Marshall, N. C. Messer told of Mr. Taylor's aid to Madison County in securing funds for the new consolidated high school. Rep. Messer substituted for Rep. Liston B. Ramsey who was home with a virus and missing the women's club dinner for the first time in fourteen years. Mrs. Pat Roberts Franklin directed a political skit produced by local Democrats including Randy Ramsey, Coy Haynie, Bobby Dean Franklin, Louis Zimmerman, Jackie Ball, Mrs. Christine Lister, Bernard Gosnell and Mrs. Kathy Johnson. Tom Wallin did a monologue as Richard Nixon that brought the house down. Others on the program included county chairman Zeno Ponder; vice chairman Dr. Bobby Jean Rice; YDC president Mrs. Charles Tolley; Teen Dem sponsor Mrs. David Wyatt; and Women's Club president Mrs. Dorothy B. Shupe. The banquet meal was prepared by Mrs. Millard Tipton and Mrs. Flora Bur nette, assisted by Mrs. Christine Lunsford, Mrs. Ralph Tipton, Mrs. Ray Wor ley, Mrs. Tommy Boyd, Mrs. Emma Edmonds, Mrs. Jimmie Webb, and Mrs. Wade Rector. Teen Den members who assisted la serving the meal were Carol Shook, Loretta Shook, Maria Norvffle, Lynn MerilL Johnny Ray, Lis Leake, Pans Norton, Billy Zimmerman, Rita Fare Norton, Joann Penland, Tun Ramsey, Sherry BoUifleld, Danny Norton, Bobby Zira mermaa, Gent Clark, Penny Madison High Open House began. Last year, he was selling steers and veal calves at three times what he got last week on the big market at AsheviUe. He viewed his reclpts over and over again, shaking his head, seemingly in unbelief. "Something has got to get better," he said. Blaiming the plight of the farmers on the Republican administration, Meadows makes no bones about what he feels. He says he's always made more money on the farm under Democratic ad ministrations. He said President Eisenhower catered to big business, the super rich, and neglected or completely forgot the amn on the tractor. "Same way with Nixon," he said. "The rich got more and the farmer ends up getting less for his marketable commodities and paying more for the things we have to have." What will he do? "Good question. I wish I knew. I probably won't ever go with tomatoes again. The tobacco is the one thing we're counting on to bail us out this year. If it flops, I don't know. I just don't know." Asked how long he could keep five tractors, 800 acres (most in mountains and pasture), thousands of dollars in the latest machinery, and three tenant families operating under current conditions, he said he didn't know but that he'd know soon enough if things didn't im- Buckner, Kaye Webb, and Mark Rector. Committees included decorations, Miss Billie Jean Redmon; ticket sales, Mrs. Jennie Lee Buckner; arrangements, Tom Wallin, McClelland Rice, Roger Haynie, Mrs. Bobby Black well, Mrs. Celola Ramsey; registration, Mrs. Liston Ramsey, Mrs. Vernon Run nion and Mrs. James Lister. Candidates present Included E. Y. Ponder for sheriff; I. C. Crawford, N. C. Senator; Ernest Messer, N. C. Representative; Judson Edwards, clerk of court; Harold Wallin, tax collector; Dr. Donald Anderson, Dedrick Cody, Bobby Ponder, Bill Roberts, Emery Wallin, board of education; Ervin Adams, Virginia Anderson, James Led ford, county com missioners; and the guest speaker, Roy A. Taylor for United States House of Representatives. Absentee Ballot Investigation Underway Here ; Two agents of the State Bureau of InvestigatkMi have responded to a request by Perry G. Willis, chairman Madison County Board of Elections, concerning the conpuunta made to the board of tacarkig absentee ballots lor the forthcoming election. "The affidavits obtained represent what appears te be rp:- . L J t: ; :. -. I ' . -ft prove. Farming is all Meadows has ever done. At 70, he has little choice but to try to stick it out with the land. "I guess I'll just wait and mm 15 CENTS PER PICTURED ABOVE are some of the IS children from the Day Care Center listening to Mrs. Emma Jean Pegg teO a itory during the Story Hour at the Library here on Wednesday of last week. a practice of fraudulently obtaining absentee ballots," WiOii wrote the State Board of Elections. , w bi the letter to a member of the State - Board, Willis requested an ia field is vesttgatiea be mad. . ' According to tbt local board of elections office, two agents were in Marshall hut Friday and are continuing their in vestigation. Findings of the, investigation were not' disclosed thus far. Miss Sharon Ray, executive secretary ef the county board ' of elections, stated that the SBI agents informed ber that the tavestigatioa is not ' necessarily being directed at a member of the Madison County Board of Elect.onj or sny ef the office's err.: ' ;-. Mr. Willis' letter req-K g aa Birestigitwe foUcws: V , Stanber is, irt I Bsrsble Jaroes R. see I reckon that's what everybody else is doing waiting. I'm not sure what we're waiting on but I hope how soon whatever it is gets here." COPY Member, North Carolina Board of Elsctkna ,...' Box 731 " Washington. N. C Z78 ' Mr. Vosburgh: ; . : -'i , I endose herein two cer tified copies of affidavits obtained as a result of com plaints received by the Madison County Board of Elections concerning fraud in securtig absentee ballots for the v forthcoming general election. ' These affidavits represent Tliree IIen Held T.ne rrvn were t- ia r - e C S. ' y . , ! ; It V .' 'i i ; : ' rr : H i Hi Depressed Tomato Pickers October 24. 1974 . what appears to be a practice .of fraudulently obtaining ' absentee ballota. :. vj I regret that this matter be presented by you to the State . Board of Elections and that official action be initiated by your board causing an in-fU'.d investigstk n to be made. Your cons.Jeration of t" s matter .'J be arprecL. 1 Sinrre'y, Ferry G. ZLm Chalrrrn I'.? ' ,-n County T-ri Of I "--"C - s In It
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