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THE ONLYj NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL XXI
MARSHALL MADISON COUNTY, N. C FRIDAY, JUNE, 15th, 1923.
No 23
News -Me
"'"iM'nyV''
Two Good
Sheriffs
Our former Sheriff J. J. Bail
ey and present Sheriff R. R
Ramsey are two men that not
only the good people of Madi-
' son County note for their good
Record as discharging their du
ties as officers and especially in
, going after the boot-leggers
and blockade stills. But the
surrounding Counties the offi
cers and good Citizens of these
places are pleased to. see and to
know what our officers are do
ing. Some our good citizens did
not want to give Mr. Bajley up
as Sheriff asked him to make
another race, or to say he would
except the Sheriff's place ano
ther term Mr. Baily refused.
Mr. R. R Ramsey was nominat
ed and elected as our Sheriff, it
was said by some few Ramsey
will not go after Boot Leggers
and Blockade stills as Sheriff
Bailey did. The Mr. Ramsey
. was widely known throughout
Madison County as a cattle
buyer and has been for several
years, also road commissioner
and had so conducted him-self
that all the best Citizens placed
great confidence in him and
now to those who have been
noteing after Sheriff Ramsey
we find that he is making one
of the best officers Madison has
ever had. He has gone into the
"'darkest places" and on the
-mountain -aides aid - carried out
on his back some of the largest
stills that has ever been brought
to Marshall. He has went deep
enough that where it has been
reported to him that blockade
-' limtnr was hid in the tfrnnnd'hfi
has dug it up out of the ground
multiplied gallons finding it in
jugs he broke them, finding it
in fruit jars he would pour it
into the creek leaving the fruit
jars with the mothers . of the
homes advising them ta use
them for better purposes also
advised those in which he taken
into custody to quit and Go his
way and sin no more These
are un-disputed facts Should
not ever godd citizen get behind
our Sheriff. A Subscriber.
WANTED Good cook. Best
wage to right party. Rector
Hotel, Marshall, N. C.
Wishes to announce to the people of their town
and county that they have opened a General Dry
Goods Store in theVorley Building between
Post Office and the Madison . Hardware Co. at
Marshall and wish to,extend a cordial invitation
to everybody in and out of town to visit their
store and inspect their. New and Up-to-date Line
of Merchandise which they have bought RIGHT
and expect to sell RIGHT. V '
Rev. Elijah Allison, North
Carolina Ddster, Dies
After IWzi World's
Record Bringing Ken
Into Church.
Greensboro, June 9. The man
who held the world's record for
number of baptisms was a North
Carolinian baptizing thousands
of persons, doing, his work in
most of the states' of the Union,
but more especially in North
Carolina and Tennessee He re
cently died, at his home near Bre
vard, after 66 years in the active
ministry of the Baptist church.
In the course of that ministry
he baptised 5.523 persons.
Elijah Allison was the name of
this indomitable soldier of the
cross, who heard the call early
and worked unceasingly in his
master's vineyard. H e joined
Little River Church, near Bre
vard at the age of 12, and at 17
was ordained minister. Then for
the long years, until he died at
S3 he went about His Master's
business, his work finally ending
at the same little church which
he had joined as a boy.
One of the last persons he bap
tized was a grandceild of his. "It
always did him good to see one
of his decide to do right " is the
way his son, S. F. Allison, of Bre
vard, expressed it
Where there were but two or
three gathered together was suf
ficient for this fine olu -Vu.tn. -lie
organized a church at Del Rro
Tenn , with just three members.
That was enough. The fire was
there. He put his great force
into the work.
This man of God had much to
do: he was always busy, but he
had one trait that so many busy
men lack he was lovable, be
loved , He was not too buisy to
win hearts He served no great
city churches, with large congre
gations: where he went the po
pulation was scanty, but in spite
of that he found a rich harvest,
made a rich harvest He preach
ed. He converted He baptized.
He had a passion for the Lord's
work. He never tired. The Ci
tizen.
Ice Cream Supper to be given at
Antioe Church Saturday night,
June 16, for the benefit of the
church. Tickets, 15 cents 2 for 25.
Af.FJ ODNGE.MENT
THE MGORE-D AVIS, STUART CO., Inc.
MOORE
! BETSY ROSS
Revolutionary War Film Of Love
And Romance.
A Truly Great Picture
Will be given at the City Hall on Friday night You can
not afford to miss it, for, in addition to the fact that it is a his
torical film, dealing with the fundamental facts of American
History the making of the Stars and Strips, etc , it is also in
teresting and thrilling from first to Jast.
In brief, the story is as follows:-
Betsy Ross was a quaker maid, disappointed in love, who
married John Ross to please her father; She soon lost her hus
band in the cause of liberty, but conducted an, upholstery es
tablishment on Arch Street, Philadelphia, so well as to attract
the attention of General Washington, who entrusted her with
the making of the first American Flag. During its construction
the General detailed as guard to the Widow Ross, no other than
her former lover, a man serving under an assumed name to con
ceal from the world a murder that he had supposed he had
committed. The guard was greatly surprised to find Betsy har
boring the man he supposed he had killed, a British . sympathi
zer, and caused his arrest as a spy. The supposed spy, how
ever proved to be the husband of Bety's sister and established
his innocence after narrowly escaping the firing squad.
The last scene, in which Betsy Ross is seen driving fur
iously to the rescue and arriving just as the man was about to
be shot, is thrilling to the last degree.
City Hall-Friday Night .
This is a special production and will probably be the last
Picture that we shall give for a month at least.
The CrowderFami
ly "Lives At
Home'
Last week the Messenger told
of the birth of a son to Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Crowder of the Pre
skitt community west of town.
This little news item assumes
more than usual interest when it
is known that the new boy was
the rodrteenth child born to Mr.
and Mrs. Crowder and thereby
hangs a tale, the telling of which
will read like a fairy story to
many who have undergone the
struggle of existence while try
ing to rear a large family.
In 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Crowder,
with seven children, moved to
Wise county from North Carolina
settling in the Preskitt communi
ty. For several years Mr. Crow
der rented or worked on the hal
ves, later buying a hundred acre
farm near Preskitt school house.
The farm had been worn out and
washed away, and for years had
not produced enough to furnish
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DICK MOORE. ' GARFIELD DAVIS. CARL STUART.
a living for those who inhabited
it. The casual observer who not
ed the buying of the place had
no thought but that the Crowder
family would starve out and lea
rn as. other a had done, But these
observers had not figured on this
North Carolinian they did not
know the stuff he was made of.
The Crowders came from a
country where care, skill and
energy were necessary to make a
success of farming, and they
brought to Wise county those
characteristics and methods
which have made the old eastern
states bloom for centuries past.
Mr. Crowder at once began im
provements on his place, build
ing up the land with fertilizer,
terracing the washed hill-sides
and using those many scientific
methods by which a farm may
be brought back to life and fer
tility. Berry vines were planted
on the terraces, which helped to
hold, them in place while the
proceeds of t h e vines proved
profitable to the family. Last
year Mr. Crowder sold $346 worth
of berries from the terrace vines.
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They are factory agents for the Fanious SELZ
ROYAL BLUE SHOES for Men. Women and
Children, and believe that ; "There'd'be but one
Shoe if every-one knew "SELZ". Yiit this store
and experience some of that Good Old time treat
ment, that will make you think that tyou are at
tending a family reunion, f
These Boys are going to SERVE you and
SERVE you Right.
The cows, hens and hogs were
all made to bear their part in
making a living for the family,
while the farm crops were di
versified intelligently in order to
keep ud the average of produc
tion. And 'now, at the birth of
the fourteenth child, this splen
did ramilyjowns the farm, is out
of debt is living well and all
are happy in the performing of
the necessary tasks of daily life.
The historp of this family dur
ing the past sixteen years in
Wise county is a valuable object
lesson to those who complain at
conditions and balk at obstaches
which seem unsurmountable. The?
task performed by these people
would halt many a soul in its
struggle for existence, and has
caused many families to quit the
farm and move to town where
living conditions are even worse
than on the farm.
There are a few characteris
tics of Mr. and Mrs. Crowder
which are worthy of note as we
tell of their success. . Mr. Crow
der possesses a congenial, opti
mistic disposition. Bene ver
grumbles at adverse conditions,
but learns a lesson from each
misfortune. Steady application
of intelligent energy has aided
him in his efforts. He has al
ways been anxious to learn and
is ready to take instruction as to
methods and performance. When
the demonstration agent was in
stalled in the county, he . was
among the first to take up the
plansHf or modern farming, along
scientific lines, and it is by those
methods that he has been able to
transform his farm from red clay
hills to fertile lands. Mr. and
Mrs. Crowder are devout chris
tians and have reared their large
family in the fear and admoni
tion of the Lord, with the result
that every child is an active wor
ker in the church.- Mrs. Crow
der has done her share in bring
ing peace and plenty to the house
hold, and her gentle, yet firm,
life of devotion and service has
had the greater influence upon
the members of the family. With
such an help mate to aid and en
courage, is it any wonder that
Mr. Crowder has been able to
carry on in the face of many
tasks and burdens?
Of the fourteen children born
to Mr. and Mrs. Crowder, one has
died since the family moved to
Wise county. Thl two older girls
CO,, Inc.
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Rev. George G.
Reeves.
Rev. George G. Reeves of
Waterville Maine, came to' Wal
nut Wednesday, June 6th "to-see
his '.Mother, who has been ill.
He returned North Wednesday
June 13th, but will come back
to Madison County the latter
part of this month with his fami
ly to spend their vacation of a
month or two.
Miss Hazelton, who was taken
to the hospital some three weeks
ago is back in Marshall agaii,
but not yet able to be out. How
ever we hope she will soon be
strong. j
have married and are .rearing
families of their own. They are
Mrs? Earl Need and Mrs. Jonah
Collins. Two other daughters,
Misses Mitron and Dyora, are
successful teachers of the county
and will leave soon to attend Den
ton State Normal College, taking
with them a younger sister. EU
even children remain in the ho
usehold, and these are being
educated and trained to lives of
usefulness. ..
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Thfe Crowder home is nojted
for its hospitality, and the visi
tor is impreesed with the air of
welcome as he enters the home;
and he is also positive of the fact
that 'living at home" has been
the motto of theTwusehold as' he. .
sits down to the sumptuous re
past so tastefully prepared -by
Mrs.'Crowder and her daughters.
Home conditions seem ideal ,as
one notes the filial love displayed
by the children and the peace
and harmony prevailing among
the whole family. The family has
learned well that faith, hope and
charity are the greatest qualities
of life: and that honest effort
without complaint will win in the
end. .,, . '
Messenger wishes to add a
word of - congratulations to the
Crowder family upon their suc
cess. ' A glimpse at such an Am
erican home is refreshing in this
time of complaint and the cry of
"hard times." Upon ' such ; bul'
warks is built the foundation of
a nation, and under such tutelage
and care is brought up those
splendid characters that make a
nation great.
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