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The News record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COL MAD I SON COUNTY LIBRARY GENERAL DELIVERY 82nd Year No. 48 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARS MARSHALL NC 2Q753 983 15* Per Copy Soviets Barred From Madison Madison County is one of three Western North Carolina counties which have been declared off-limits to Soviet Union govern ment personnel. The off-limits designation was made last week by the U.S. State Depart ment. Madison County was one of a number of locations throughout the country to receive the designation. Buncombe and Transylvania Counties have also been declared off-limits. Contacted by telephone on Monday, a State Department spokesman could provide no explanation for the decision. There are no defense-related installations in Madison Coun ty. The spokesman told The News Record, "The regulations state that designated areas will be off limits to Soviet government person nel except United Nations employees on of ficial duties. I can't tell you why Madison County was put on the list." Many locations placed on the off limits list, the spokesman said, are in response to similar restrictions placed on Americans by the Soviet government. "The Soviets haven't eased these restrictions," the spokesman said, "so neither have we." The spokesman said the restrictions do not apply to Soviet citizens on authorized tours. FKECH BHOAD ELECTKIC employee in stalls Christmas lights on Main Street in Mar shall Monday. Grand Jury Indicts 12 The Madison County grand jury met Monday morning and returned bills of indictment against n defendants Harold Chandler was in dicted on a charge of manufacturing a controlled substance. The grand jury also in ducted Sandra Lou Peterson on a charge of manslaughter in connection with a September traffic accident on (J.S. 19-23 that lulled Mable Rhymer of Asheville. In an earlier probable cause hear ing conducted in District Court, Judge Phillip Ginn found cause for a misdea meanor charge of death by vehicle in connection with the accident. The grand Jury also indicted Peterson on misde meanor charges of illegal transportation and driving left of center. Also indicted, on charges of auto theft, were Johnny Waldroup and Hank Crumbly. The men are charged with stealing a 1979 Ford pick-up. truck. Both Mark Chacon and James Wolfe were indicted on a charge of breaking, entering and larceny. Also indicted on larceny charges were Jack Gosnell, Teddy Hightower, and Wayne Payne. Ihe tftree men are charged in connec tion with a Nov. 23 robbery at the Mashburn Hill home of Odis Searcy. David Junior Hensley was indicted on a charge of arson in connection with a Nov. 7 fire at Tommy Sheffield's apart ments in Mars Hill. The grand jury also indicted Dillard Shelton on a charge of false pretense. High Prices Continue At Burley Auctions Prices were mixed as the burley tobacco market reopened this morning in Asheville after Thanksgiving holidays. Several sellers reported prices similar to last week's and others reported ?lightly higher prices. "Prices are up this morning ? $1.92, $1.93 ? that's about all I see,'' said Clara Owen at Dixie "I don't know just how the average is going to run to day, but last year after Thanksgiving the average was $1.74." High prices for this morning at Day's reaches $1.95 and lows were around $1.76, but as of press time, no average had been calculated. Planter's Floor Manager George Huff said his warehouse's average for the morning was $1.93, but he wouldn't give an estimate on the morning's low price. He said prices at Planter's were no higher than before Thanksgiving, but that the sales overall were .much bet ter than last year. All warehouses had full houses of tobacco to sell today. Warren Anders, an owner of Farmer's Warehouse, said he had heard from other ( warehouse reports that prices were indeed up for today's market. He attributed the higher prices to buyers being more choosey about selecting | only the best quality tobacco. I "The companies really are ! not getting what they want," he said, "and they're paying ! for it when they find it." Anders also attributed higher post-Thanksgiving prices to the year's short crop and the fact that farmers had "cleaned up their tobacco a bit Anders reported sales total ing 105,867" pounds during Monday sales for an average sale price of $1 .8716 per pound. Some tobacco sold for as high as $1.93 per pound in Asheville auctions. Asheville markets reported total sales of 1,090,743 pounds Monday for an average sale price of $1.8689 per pound. West Jefferson markets reported an average sale price of <1.79 during Monday's auc tion. Burley markets in both Johnson City and Greeneville, 1'enn. reported average sale prices of $1.90 per pound on Monday. BUYERS EXAMINE burley during auction at Farmers Tobacco Warehouse in Asheville Monday. Unemployment Increases ui?jnj?J*>>vn?rrt increased slightly in Oct. ac cording to figures released by the Employment Security Commission (ESC) last week. The Oct. unemployment rate was 7.5 percent, up one-tenth of a percent from September's 7.4 percent rate. The Oct. percentage figure represents 222,700 unemployment workers in a civilian work force numbering 2,696,800. Glenn Jernigan, chose to ac centuate the positive aspects of the figures, noting that North Carolina had the fourth lowest total unemployment Ml e of !h?' D rrvot-i populous states. He also noted that although the figures represented a slight increase from the Sept. figures, the figures also represented an in crease of more than 32,000 employed workers since Oct., 1982. Nationally, the unadjusted unemployment rate for Oct. was reported to be 8.4 percent, or 9,383,000 unemployed workers. Unemployment reports for individual North Carolina counties will be released later this week. Piper Pleads Guilty A Pennsylvania man receiv ed a saspendeJ tftree^year jail sentence after entering guilty pleas to charges, of larceny of an auto and breaking, enter ing and larceny in Superior Court Monday afternoon. Melvin C. Piper, 35, entered the guilty pleas as part of a plea bargain agreement with the district attorney. Charges of larceny were dismissed and the.prosecution recommended the suspended sentence as part of the agree ment. In return. Piper agreed to make full restitution for losses suffered by W.A. and Kobena Bryant and Stella Switzer. According to testimony from Madison uSunty Shcriii fc.Y . Fonder, Piper was work ing for Mr. Bryant and staying in his home in Walnut at the time of the incident. Ponder said that Piper stole a car belonging to Kobena Bryant and removed several guns, cash and other articles from the home of Stella Switzer. Piper's court-appointed at torney Richard Miller told the court that Piper took the car in order to return to Penn sylvania after a dispute with the Bryants. Miller said that Piper had no previous record of convictions and had spent the last 68 days in the Madison County jaii. \ Judge Hollis/)wen sentenc ed Piper to thrt>e years in jail, suspending the active sentence and ordered Piper to serve five year of supervised probation. In addition to the suspended sentence. Piper was fined $500 and ordered to pay court costs and attorney fees and pay $2900 in restitu tion with a payment schedule to be determined by probation officials. In a case scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, jury selec tion was completed for the trial of Ivan Doan. Both men are charged with breaking, entering and larceny. Jeter Conley Pritchard : A Man Of Many Careers Part one of a series. By JOE MORGAN Jeter Conley Pritchard was born of humble parents in Jonesboro, Tenn., on July 12, 1857, and he suffered the deprivations so typical of poor families prior to the Civil War. As a lad of 16, Pritchard walked over the Iron Mountain to the little town of Bakers ville to become a printer. In his adopted state he edited a newspaper, read law, passed the bar examina tions, became a successful lawyer, publisher, state legislator, United States Senator, and a federal circuit court judge. Pritchard was a product of Irish and Welsh ancestry. His father was William Pritchard and his mother was Elizabeth Brown. The death of his father of sysentery in Mobile, Ala., during the Civil War, when Jeter was only six years old, left him to care not only for himself, but to be the chief help and support of his brothers, sisters, and invalid mother. Thus, at a tender age he began to accept responsibility and to develop qualities, including loyalty and devo a right to claim his love pport.whk ter aided him in his public a in the [in his 1. of twelve to a printer it 1? Mi of his ippn-ntice top, I* ami * foreman of The Union Flag office at Joneaboro, ibtiBh d P* Heraid Tribune Under ha ? : the newspaper business. He became foreman of The Bakersville Independent in 1874. He arrived in Bakersville with only 10 cents in his pocket and no more clothing than he could carry on his back. Hie late Art Greene of Spruce Pine, a grand-nephew of Jeter Prit chard, said the young Pritchard "ran away from home" when he discerned that the door of opportunity knocked in Bakersville. Pritchard soon was promoted to the joint editorship of The Roan Mountain Republican. This paper had as its motto: "Hew the line; let the chips fall where they may." It was a weekly newspaper, published in Bakersville, and cir culated in Mitchell County. After several years of newspaper work, Jeter and his brother, George K. Pritchard, secured jobs as revenue agents. This type of work was not then too popular in the mountains Inasmuch as they were young and possessed of the brothers pursued the illicit received stimulated in him a desire to succeed regardless of the odds. ' A biography of Henry Clay given to him by a friend inspired Pritchard to strive for the higher honors of a public career despite all its challenges and pitfalls. The influences most ef fective in bringing him success were the train ing he received in Sunday School, his associa tion with people actively engaged in useful work, and his observations and reflections on the lives of distinguished people. He practiced promptness and diligence which he considered to be virtues worthy of emulation. Pritchard ad vocated the avoidance of intoxicating liquors and the exercise of frankness and honesty as a matter of habit. In 1879, Pritchard moved from Bakers ville to Madison County, where he operated a corn .
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