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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY SINCE 1901
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_____ Thursday, July 10, 1984 ORc
Support Group Meets July 15
Donations are currently being sought to replace the diving
board at the Marshall Rec Center pool. Cost for a replacement
board will be $800. Donations are being collected at the pool or
at town hall. t
Rec Center Seeks Donations
The Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Related
Disorders Support Group will meet Tuesday, July 15, at 7 p.m.
at the Marshall Senior Citizen Center. A video, "Managing
with Alzheimer's Disease" will be shown.
Democrat Women To Meet
The monthly meeting of the Madison County Women's
Democratic Club will be held on Jluy 15 at 6 p. hi. in the
Western Steer Steak House in Mars Hill. Wayne McDevitt of
Marshall will be the guest speaker. All women Democrats are
invited to attend.
Marshall Aldermen To Meet
The Marshall Board of Aldermen will meet on July 14 at 7 : 30
p.m. in the Town Hall.
ANXIOUS YOUNGSTER AWAITS FIREWORKS display last
Friday night in Weaverville. Other photos of local celebrations
are found on Page 10.
Superior Court To Hear
Attempted Murder Case
Judge Alexander Lyerly presided
over two sessions of Madison District
Court on June 28 and 29.
Judge Lyerly conducted a probable
cause hearing on attempted murder
charges against James K.
McElfresh, 31.
McElfresh was arrested on June 17
following an accident involving two
passengers in a 1973 Cadillac. One of
the passengers. Hoy Mitchell of
Brunswick, Ga., testified at
Monday's probable cause hearing.
The court found probable cause for
the charges and ordered the case sent
on to Superior Court for trial.
McElfresh remains in the Madison
County Jail on Tuesday in lieu of
$S0,000 cash bond. No date for the
trial has been set.
Ted E. Rice of Mars Hill, was found
guilty of assaulting his sister-in-law,
Florence Rice of Mars Hill, on June
13 and sentenced to five days in the
Madison County Jail. Bond was set at
$200 cash when Rice filed notice of ap
peal.
William Thomas, Vaughn Franklin
and Cathy Thomas each pleaded guil
ty to attempting to sell alcoholic
beverages without a permit, an ABC
law violation. They were fined $200
each plus court costs.
Judgement was deferred until after
Nov. 1 on the basis of successful com
pletion pf community service in a
case against Anthony Scott Phillips of
Mars Hill fon secretly peeping into
the bedroom of Linda Gostlin. also 6f
Mars Hill. Phillips was restricted
from the Gostlin property
Probable cause was found in the
case of Teresa Murphy, who is charg
ed with larceny. The case was sent on
to Superior Court.
Clindon Honeycutt of Mars Hill was
fined $150 for an ABC law violation.
Michael Daniel Davoren, a Mars
Hill student, pleaded guilty to the
charge of driving while impaired. He
was given a 30-day sentence suspend
ed with 12 months probation under an
agreement to pay a $100 fine plus
court costs, give his rights to
operate a vehicle in North Carolina,
work at least 24 hours of community
service and attend ADET.
Andrew Chester Glenn was found
guilty of driving while impaired. His
license was suspended for two years
and he was fined $150.
In other traffic cases, Christopher
Jack Lunsford pleaded guilty to~
charges of reckless Uriving andtfrivv
ing without a registration. Jeffrey
Alan Rice pleaded guilty to charges
of carrying a concealed weapon,
displaying an altered registration
sticker and driving without liability
insurance. Edward Ramsey was
found guilty of failing to drive on the
right half of the road
Charges of assault with a deadly
weapon and injury to personal pro
perty against Brenda Henderson
were dismissed.
Charges against Arnold Davis, Jr.
and Anthony Phillips for bringing a
weapon on educational property were
also dismissed. Davis' charges were
dismissed on a deferral agreement.
Audrey N. Hensley pleaded guilty
to welfare fraud. She was ordered to
pay restitution of $492.
Also, a probable cause hearing was
scheduled for July 17 for breaking,
entering and larceny charges against
James David Day, Jr.
The court heard traffic-related
cases during Tuesday's session
' E rnestcT flatwriotf of Beeofr Glen
was convicted on a charge of driving
while impaired. A charge of failing to
stop at a stop sign was dismissed
Harwood received a suspended
30-day jail sentence and $100 fine. He
was also ordered to surrender his
driver s license and attend Alcohol
Drug Training School. Harwood's at
torney, Forrest Ball, filed a notice of
appeal.
Champ Rice Jr. of Mars Hill was
convicted on charges of failure to
heed a blue light, driving while
license permanently revoked and
driving while impaired. He receieved
a one-year prison sentence for driv
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School Board
Seeks Budget
Increase
By WILLIAM I.EE
The Madison County Board of
Education made its way through its
July meeting last week with a degree
of resolve and resolution.
The resolve was the board's deci
sion to stick by its policy regarding
student transfers to other county
schools. Daphne Gouge, a sophomore
at Madison High School, was denied
her request to transfer to Mountain
Heritage H.S. in Bunrsville.
Gouge complained that other
students were attending other county
schools. School board chairman Bob
by Ponder asked her to provide at
torney Larry Leake with the names of
Madison County residents attending
out-of -county schools.
Leake later informed the board
that hone of the names provided by
Gouge were unlawfully -attending
other schools. Leake said that, in at
least two cases, the Madison County
parent was not the legal guardian but
custody belonged with a parent out
side the county. Two others named
were no longer in school.
The board did approve, for medical
reasons, the transfer of two students
within the county school system.
Brenda Lowe asked for and was
granted a transfer ofs her daughter
from Laurel to Marshall School,
while the parents of Robert Cantrell
were allowed to transfer their son
from Laurel to Mars Hill.
The school board also adopted a
resolution, to be drawn up by Larry
Leake and Supt. Robert Edwards, ac
cepting the budget allocation of
$700, oop from the pnwty commis
sions* ,1n lieu of the fact that (heir's
was only department not cut from
the previous year. Through its resolu
tion. however, the board went on
record as requesting further con
sideration for funds when the new
board of commissioners take office in
December.
The school board requested an ex
tension of their eviction from their
current offices until Sept. 1, so the
move can be made after the school
year is started. The board has ac
cepted the third-floor courtroom
facilities being provided by the coun
ty commissioners.
The board of education now also
finds itself at odds with the town of
Mars Hill. The grease trap for the
school cafeteria at Mars Hill School
was found unacceptable by engineers
for Mars Hill and the town has asked
the school board to construct a new
one a further distance away from the
main sewer tap.
The school board heard from its
engineer, Fred Hoffman, who told
them that Mars Hill's request in
volves tying in its trap at the first
manhole (sewer tap) rather than the
second, requiring additional pipeline
The question now is who is going to
foot the bill. Mars Hill or the Madison
County Board of Education.
"Let the town pay for it, they are
the ones with the problem," said Ed
wards.
According to Mars Hill town
manager Darhyl Boone, the close
vicinity of the current trap to the line
prohibits gravity flow with the trap at
approximately the same level
"If they would put one up at the top
of the hill, near the cafeteria it would
be far more beneficial to them as well
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Buy -Out Pact Signed
Governor Jim Martin joined
representatives of the tobacco in
dustry July 2 to announce a buy-out
agreement that will substantially
reduce Stabilization inventories and
lower the per-pound assessment paid
by tobacco growers.
The agreement represents the
final, critical step in the tobacco
legislation worked out by Congress
this year. Four major tobacco
chase the 584 million pounds of tobac
co that remain in the Flue-Cured
Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization
Corporation's inventory. The four
manufacturers, Phillip- Morris, R.J.
Reynolds, Brown and Williamson and
Lorillard, agreed to buy out the in
ventory within eight years. Each
company's obligation will be deter
mined by their share of the U.S.
cigarette market.
*3 Mk.' '-'IKiM' KKn * 7 "J manuiaciurers nave agreed to pur- . i
- July 16, 1916 | f i .I , i n
The Darkest Day In Marshall's History
Editor's Note: Seventy years ago this
week, one of the worst floods ever
recorded on the French Broad River
struck Marshall. As we mark the oc
casion. we present the original ac
count of the disaster as presented in
the July 27, 1916 edition of The News
Record.
ON SUNDAY, JUI.Y IS. 1916.
The river commenced to rise at
about 8 o'clock A.M., and at about
9:30 A M., it was overflowing the rock
wall along the Southern Railway
tracks At 10 o'clock the water was in
Main Street and the people living
along the street were carrying to
places of supposed safety such of
their household goods as they could
get out. Many people carried their
furniture into the upper stories of
their buildings. At 12 o'clock
everyone had crossed the street and
taken refuge in buildings above Main
Street. The water came down with
tremendous force carrying with it the
evidence of the great destruction that
was taking place along its course.
Houses, logs, lumber, barrels.
An immense drift gathered at the
east end of the Southern depot and
turned a current against the houses
on the North side of the street in that
section of the town. Soon after 12
o'clock houses commenced to rise
from their foundations and float down
the river. The sight was one that can
not soon be forgotten by those who
witnessed it. On either side of the
river great crowds of people were
gathered watching the destruction
that was being wrought. Perphap6
three millions of dollars worth of pro
perty came down the river during the
day. men and women in Marshall
whose homes and property were be
ing destroyed stood the strain with a
nerve and courage as fine as was ever
displayed under *uch trying condi
tions No one wept but all appeared
stout hearted and cheerful
At 4:30 o'clock. P.M . the water
began to go down lnd>at the Baptist
Church where many people had
gathered a short prayer service was
conducted by Rev. S.T Hensley
e Cirtd For
displayed a most generous spirit
toward those who were temporarily
homeless.
Death List
Only two people lost their lives in
the flood. They were as follows:
James Guthrie. Mrs. Estell Briggs
Both parties were recovered on Mon.,
and brought to the Baptist church
where they were prepared for burial.
It is stated that both Mr. Guthrie and
Miss Briggs had left the house and
gone to a place of safety but later
thinking there was no danger, return
ed to the house.
They were in the Ball k Gudger
Restaurant at the depot
ft W?tud Away
Quite a number of buildings were
washed away. The following is a list:
Southern Railway pump house at
depot, two tenant houses at depot
owned by Ball & Gudger. Uvery
stable at depot owned by Ramsey &
Erve Bailey s two houses
St. in
Central
& fo?
Redmond & son and a dwelling house
between the river and railroad just
below the old church at West end of
the town.
Flooded
Every building on Main St., except
the residence of P. A. McElroy, the
Court House and the Baptist Church
were flooded and filled with mud
Household furnishings and merchan
dise in the houses and stores were
badly damaged Windows in many
places were broken loose from some
of the resident buildings along the
street.
A few buildings were moved from
their foundations and left close by. A
few others were floated for some
distance but lodged against other
buildings. T .
Convicts Used On The Streets
Captain H. T. Peoples of the State
Convict force here brought down his
force of me n and worked them on
the street for three days.
Mr. Peoples is a splendid fellow and
his services, at this time, places Mar
shall under lasting obligations to him
Aside from this, Mr. Peoples and his
guards and assistants came to our
relief with cash and provisions.
Captain Robert Tweed, in charge of
the County Convicts, has also done
telling work for us on our streets and
is deserving of our deepest gratitutde
for his much needed assistance. Capt.
Tweed continued working his men
here for several days and has done a
large amount of work in helping to
clear away the wrecks.
Marshall Dark
4 For several days after the flood
Marshall was in total
delivered here last Sunday on a
freight car. Postmaster Swann has
brought mail up from Runnion once
or twice by automobile.
The Southern Railway Company
has been working a large force of
men getting its track again in shape
for traffaic but up to date no
passenger trains have passed
through Marshall. A few passengers
coming from the West have been
delivered on work trains at the west
end of town. Freight traffic over the
line through Marshall is expected to
begin within a few days. Passenger
service will not begin until the track
is put in a safe condition which will
probably take several days.