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record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON < . 0ct~ >vl/ IW* COUNT i LIBRARY _jjJpiTx? 1 ? j-?i? Ttfirrtp i*foi i rf ? "nrH^trr" GENERAL DELIVERY - 81$t Year NO. 42 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. * MARSHALL NC 28733 v copy ? ? Burley Tobacco Sales To Begin November 17 Auctions of this year's burley tobacco crop will begin the morning of Nov. 17. The Burley Stabilization Corpora tion sales committee set the date for the first sales at its annual meeting in Lexington, Ky? Oct. 19. Madison County tobacco farmers may begin bringing their crop to warehouses on Nov. i. The corporation set that date as the first day that tobacco may be weighed for auction. Auctions will be held on two days, Wednesday and Thurs day, during the first week of the sale. Second week sales will be conducted Nov. 22 through 24. The auctions will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, and the following day, Nov. 26. Sales will resume Nov. 29 and continue through Dec. 2. Fourth week sales are scheduled for Dec. 6 through 9. Fifth week sales will be con ducted Dec. 13 through IS. Following the sales of Dec. IS, the warehouses will be closed for the Christmas holidays. Sales wilt < ontinue on Jan. 3, 1983 and continue, Monday through Thursday, each week, until the last of this year's record crop is sold. Burley tobacco fanners in Western North Carolina realized more than $51 million in sales last year at an average price of 11.80 a pound Average price for this year's crop ranging from $1.85 to $2 a pound have been forecast. The Madison County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office in Marshall will begin issuing the 1982 burley tobacco marketing cards on Nov. 1. The cards can be picked up Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The office will be closed for holidays on both Nov. 11 and Nov. 2S. In order to receive price supports un this year's crop, producers must agree to and sign statements regarding three policies. The first certificate con cerns the use or non-use of DDT, TDE, Toxaphene or En drine pesticides. Tobacco farmers seeking marketing cards will also be required to sign a statement regarding "nested" tobacco. According to Everett Rank, executive vice president of the Commodity Credit Corp., "nested" describes any lot of tobacco offered for inspection that has been loaded, packed or arranged to conceal foreign material or tobacco of inferior grade, quality or condition. If the CCC determines that a producer knowingly delivered nested tobacco, the CCC will not give the producer price support for any tobacco marketed this year. Rank em phasized that this is an in terim rule because there is not enough time for comment before the markets open in November. The farmers must also agree to make a contribution to the No Net Cost Tobacco Ac count established by Congress this year. Farmers are also responsible for determining if other producers on the farm agree to contribute. Farmers who refuse to file all three of the certifications will be issued a "No Price Sup port" card. Zink emphasized the fact that if someone is sent to pick up a marketing ca^d for another person, they must send a written request, signed by them, requesting the authority to issue the card and authorization. Questions regarding the cer tification cards should be directed to the ASCS office at 649-2712. Congressional Candidates Address The Issues STATE SEN. JAMES CLARKE Bus Service Begins Nov. 1 Public transportation will begin to operate in Madison County on Nov. 1. The general public who need transporta tion to doctor's appointments, for shopping and grocery needs may call 649-2219 at least one day in advance to reserve a ride. Costs for the transportation system will vary, depending on where a person needs to go within the county. The transportation routes for persons who have been receiving transportation to nutrition sites, child develop ment centers, Unaka Center, and Mountains of Madison, Inc. will be consolidated. Some of these routes win also be combined with those for the general public. The vans which will be available for public transpor tation will have a logo on each van depicting the Madison County Transportation Authority emblem. A description of routes, times the vans are available, costs to the public, and bus logo are shown on the back page of this edition. Additional information may be obtained by calling the Madison County Transporta tion office, 649-2219. Ed Note Rep 3ill Hendon and Democratic challenger James Clarke met with the editors of The News Record. The Canton Enter prise and The Mountaineer on Monday in Wavnesville. In separate interviews, both can didates explained their potitions on many of the issues of the cam paign What are the three major differences between yourself and your opponent? Hendon: I would say that there's never been so clear a choice. I differ with Jamie on taxes, spending and the third might be gun control. Clarke: I would have to say our most impor tant difference is in our way of balancing the budget, then the environment and our approach to the Appalachian Regional Commission. One of the most significant problems facing the federal government is the deficit. How would you solve it? Hendon : I wouldn't do it the way Qqrke wants to. He and Tip O'Neill and the other spenders want to raise taxes. I want to continue the tax cuts. Economic recovery will eat into the deficit. As we move out of the recession, the deficit will deminish. We need to make sure we don't defer the tax cut. It's esstntial to the health of the private sector. Clarke: The most important thing is to balance the budget. Once balanced, that will take pressure off the lending markets and jobs will come. This is the long-term answer to inflation. Congress should roll back some of the tax breaks given to the oil industry in the 1981 tax bill. They amounted to $12 billion annually. The Social Security system is in trouble. What do you propose to do about it? Hendon: President Reagan, Tip O'Neill and Sen. Baker have appointed 15 members to a Social Security commission. They are due to report their findings before the end of the year. I have no preconceived ideas until we hear from them. I will say this, whatever it takes to save the system, we'll do it. I would oppose any reduction of cur rent benefits. Clarke: We have to put people back to work. Every one percent decline in the unemployment rate brings $5 billion into the treasury. We may have to move up the increase in the payroll tax scheduled for 1990." How do you stand on gun control? Hendon: "I'm against it. What if Morton Grove or San Francisco passed a law that outlaw ed freedom of the press or religion? There's not much support for gun control here. Clarke: "I'm opposed to gun control. I sup ported legislation in the general assembly to take guns away from convicted felons and drug addicts because I think this was a sound idea. We own guns. 1 believe they're needed for the defense of the borne and private property." How do you stand on defense spending? Hendon: 1 believe right now, having seen in telligence reports, that I would qot support a reduction in spending at this time. The scope and speed of the Russian's buildup is just devastating. It's too bad we have to spend so much money on defense, but we have no choice. Our nuclear capability is comparable to the Russian's, but our delivery systems are antiquated. Our B-52 bombers are older than the pilots flying them. That's why I favor the MX missile and the B-l bomber." Clarke: "I'm opposed to the B-l bomber because the Stelth bomber will soon replace it. I also believe that the Cruise missile system will perform the same functions as the B-l. I would also oppose the MX missile system until a way can be found that it can be properly placed to make it less vulnerable. The approach to military spending I favor is that recommended by Gen. Maxwell Taylor, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. He believes we should set specific military objectives for our country, then obtain the weapons necessary to carry them out." (Continued on Page 6) RfiP, WILLIAM HENDON Board Approves Gibson Dismissal The executive committee of the Board of Trustees at Mars Hill College Saturday rejected an appeal filed by former Lion football Coach Claude Gibson. The committee met Friday to hear the details of Gibson's dismissal on Sept. 27. Gibson had requested the hearing in order to "clear the air." Gib son, who had served as both head football coach and athletic director at Mars Hill for the past 10 years, was dismissed from both positions by Mars Hill College Presi dent Dr. Fred Bent ley. The committee concluded that Bentley acted within his administrative respon sibilities in firing Gibson. Gibson addressed the com mittee hearing for three hours Friday afternoon. Following Gibson's testimony, the com mittee heard from Bentley. The committee's findings were released to the press Saturday at noon prior to the Lions game with Presbyterian College. The committee's release said, in part: "After consideration of all the circumstances, facts and statements by Mr. Gibson, after consideration of the con tracts, bylaws, Articles of In corporation of the college and of all correspondence between the administration and Mr. Gibson, the committee con cluded that the contract was terminated under the terms of (Continued on Page 1 3) Molasses Making : A Sticky-Sweet Labor Of Love By ELIZABETH SQUIRE The Rev. Worth Emory, pastor of the Ivy Hill Baptist Church, may have had more people watch him make sorghum molasses than any other man in Buncombe or Madison counties. Bach fall, he makes the golden brown syrup on his old home place near the Buncombe-Madison line. He mokes molasses in exactly the same old-fashioned way his father did, with one dif ference His father used a mule to furnish power to the cane mill. Emory dispensed with the mule in favor of an ??ine. Even without the mule, peo ple tike to watch During the m wasses-making, Mends br ing frieods One night recent ly, he figures 7t to 100 people came by to watch. By 10 o'clock on a recent Tuesday morning, friends were there from as far away as Sylva and Franklin. The long, thin sorghum canes were rolling through the cane mill with Juice sluicing out one side of the mill and the flattened cane rolling out the other. Dow* a low bank from the mill the large oblong "box" which will boil down 90 gallons of bubbling Juice sat on an oblong firebox with red wood coals showing through the Worth Emory had bean up since before daylight, and the boiling syrup was nearly ready to tast for 10, he with a
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