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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL XXI MARSHALL, MADISON CCjUNTY, NC. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 1923. No 15
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The Soldier's Rock
In procuring the . titles for the
Marshall water shed on the head of
HunterlCrcek. Soldier's Rock was
referred to in the former deeds a
number of times as a land -line or
corner. The writer some time ago
inquired of an old soldier if he
knew anything of place on' the
bead of Hunter Creek known as
Soldier's Rock; he said yes he knew
all about it, and then proceeded to
give the writer somewhat of a
detailed history about this very in
teresting rock. This rock is far up
in the isolated fastnesses of the
Walnut Mountains on the head of
Hunter Creek. It is surrounded
by dense forest and thick cluster of
,ivy and rhododendron. This great
rock is so well concealed by the
surrounding timber and shrubbery
that a person who is not acquaint
ed with it would never know that
there was such a place in that com
munity, Theie is a great cavern
under this rook in which a number
of persons may be concealed from
the outside nnd protected from the
rain and cold. In the early part
of 18G3 the writer's informant said;
after the conscript law came in
force that a great many men sub
ject to the conscript law of the
confederacy determined they would
not fight against the flag of the
United States. A number of men
of this determination began to ar
range to go through the lines and
join t he Federal Army about Cun
berland Gap. But it was neces
sary for them to assemble at some
j'a'ce and lay plans arid maTte pfe
parations to get through.
The informant and seventeen oth
er Madison County young men
went to this rock above mentioned
and remained thpre for a number
of days till arrangements could be
made, to make their escape for the
Federal lines When everything
was in readiness these eighteen men
left Soldier's Rock and made their
way through the mountain gorges
into Tennessee.
The informant said that over in
Tennessee they were joined by
about twenty more men who were
going to the Federal Army. When
this outfit consisting of abont forty
men g&t out of the mountains forth
er down into Tennessee where they
suspicioned the confederate troops
might be near, the informant pro
posed thathey would leave the
road and go up a little branch some
distance to a spring to get water.
While these men were at the spring
they heard a troop of calvary com
ing down the road in full gallop,
their sabers and guns rattling, in
chase of the men who were
then at the spring. -The captain
of the squad ' at the spring gave
orders for eviry man to lie flut on
the ground, which order was obey
ed with but very little persausion.
The troop of 'r calvary " in ; pursuit
missing their wouldbe prize,; passed
o Y and in a few minutes the men at
the spring heard rapid firing. Then
in a very short , time this troop
came back in full speed with a troop
of Federal calvary after them.' The
informant stated as they passed on
by, that ' men were falling from
their horses shot of by the pursuing
Federal Calvary and that nearly
half of them lost their lives. 1
The crowd at the spring was then
taken in by the Federal Calvary
and conducted to the Federal lines.1
After this time the Soldier's Rock,
becajne a favorite place for men to
meet and conceal themselves ; until
they made good their escape to the
Federal Army. This rock way
back in the mountains on the Mar
shall Water shed posesses an int-
eresting history ' of some of the
Pay Your Taxes 1
Ordered by the Board that all
persons paying their taxes
during the month of December
1923 will be allowed one per
cent, discount on same and
during the months of January
and February 1924 the payment
will be par. One per cent, pen
alty will be charged on all un
paid taxes from March 1st,
1924, and 1 per cent, additional
for each month thereafter until
taxes are paid.
Mrs. W. H. Long Dead
Mrs. W. H. Long died at her
home at Forest City, N.C., Sun
day' morning, November 11th
Mrs. Long naa been vm poor
health for some years, however
her death came suddenly. Her
brother; Mr. J. J Johnson, who
is connected with The News
Record at Marshall knew noth
ingof her serious illness until
he received a message telling of
her death. Mrs Long was born
and reared in Madison, how
ever, she has lived for about
thirty years in Forest City.
Mrs Long leaves four children.
She will be buried by her hus
band who proceeded her to the
great beyond about fifteen years
ago The funeral and inter
ment will be at Forest City,
N. , C- The News-Record ex
tends sympathy to the children,
heHbrether, Mr-J.-J. Johnson,
and sisters. Mrs Ed Gilbert,
Newport, Tenn., Mrs John
Parris, Marshall, N. C.
strenuous times of the Civil War.
When Madison County was or
ganized some persons in tnis coun
ty were evidently the followers of
President Madison, and the great
chief justice John Marshall. John
Marshall of the State of Virginia
was chief justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States from
1800 to 1835 the time of his death
It was the opinions of - chief justice
Marshall that established the great
doctrine of .federal authority in
the United States. Had it not been
for Chief Justice Marshall it.is very
probable that instead of the United
States being one-great consolidated
nation as it is today, that it would
most likely have followed the doc
trine of those who opposed Mar
shall and have, broken up into a
number of small countries like now
exist in Central , America. Mar
shall established the doctrine of
Federal Union and the, supreme
power of the nation through the
Supreme Court, which was finally
settled by an appeal to the arbi
trament of arms under Lincoln.'
The men that named the county
seat of Madison County left their
influence and the doctorine of Na
tional authority promulgated by
JoLn Marshall on the ' people of
Madfson County, and when the
great civil war came a large portion
of the citizenship of this county re
fused to break away from the prin
cipals thai they had been taught by
the followers of - Marshall and
Madison, and preferred to risk all
rather than to take up arms and
fight the principals which they be
lieved in. So strong were they in
this belief that tbey took the
chances of hiding in places like the
Soldier's Rock, and going through
the confederate lines and to take
up arms and fight for the flag of
the United States, and the great
doctorine of National Authority
which is now conceeded by all.
Note of Dead Girl
Given to Her Lover
NEWPORT, Tenn., Nov. Dl
Taking with him the letter left
by Miss Blanche Cochran, of
Flat Creek, ind , when she com
mitted suicide in a hotel here,
Paul Redfern, fiance, of the
young woman, has returned to
his home in Columbia, S. .0
Sheriff Holt and .several otheV
persons read the, letter but de
clined to reveal its contents, but
declared it exonerates the younfc
man of any . reprehensible con
duct. The letter is said to havfe
stated the girl f ejl in love wit
a Newport man since she cam
nere Mr Keatern statea, m
had bought a marriage license
and urged her to marry him at
once. The suicide occurred
Wednesday afternoon
The body of Miss Cochran has
been returned to her Indiana
home for burial. . !1
She had come to Newport,
coach a play for the Americas
Legion, was presented Several
nights ago. and news thatsha
had ended her life by drinking
carbolic acid came as a shock to
her friends. 5
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Methodist Preacher Pounded.
Dear Mr. Editor :-The article
. . a 411
on tne editorial page ot last
week in reference to my. pre
decessor Rev. ,C M.Carpeetetf
rings clear to me and places the
people as a whole of Marshall
very high in my estimation
The treatment of that case, ac
cording to that editorial is a fine
recommendation of a commun
ity to a stranger and this feel
ing was greatly augmented last
Friday night when the repre
sentative people of the town
cams in a body to the parsonage
and pounded the preacher and
his family. ' All the churches
were represented in the fine
meeting - yes it was a good
meeting, everything ran well
and came my way, bringing
good things to eat; when have
you' seen a whole ham in a
parsonage, well all kind of good
things and lots of them.
We thank the good people
and praise God that the lines
have fallen to us in this goodly
land We take courage and
shall do pur very best to serve
God an shall try to do our part
in this good town to extend the
kingdom of Christ.
V JN0- I- SPINKS.
P. S A f t e r visiting and
preaching at Walnut I ani fav
orably impressed with the nice
community also. But strange
to say, last Sunday after trying
hard to preach to a large con
gregation of earnest listeners, I
was taken in hand by the
sheriff of Madison county and
driven to his home where . he
entertained me for a while with
reminiscences of his travels in
the west, etc- But after his
good wife gave Tis a good hot
dinner he gave me my liberty
and I came home. J. I S -
Clarence McCanless,the grand
son of Reuben Deaver, who for
merly lived near Marshall,
whose mother was Miss Delia
Deaver, is superintendent of
public schools for Unicoi county .
Mr. McCanless is a very young
man - to .occupy tnis important
position. We are glad to know
that our Madison county boys
are doing so well in Tennessee.
List of Jurors Drawn for Novem
ber Term, Superior Court,
November 26th, 1923.
NO. 1 TOWNSHIP
J. E. Fox. J. F. Bryan, C
Orowder, Clemet Ball, W.
Ward. J. L. Ledford. J. E Rice
of .lobe, A. W. Whitehurst.
NO 2. TOWNSHIP
C. H. Brigg's.
NO 3 TO WNSHIP
G. W. Mashburn, J. R. Fisher
NO. 4 TOWNSHIP
R. 0. Young, Levi Buckner,
W. W. Angel..
NO 5 TOWNSHIP
W. R Harrett, E. G. Carter.
NO 6 TOWNSHIP
J. H. Clark.
NO. 7 TOWNSHIP
Bob Price, L. E Ianks.
NO. 8 TO WNSHIP
J. F. Fowler, B. T Davis, J. C.
Flemming
NO. 9 TOWNSHIP
C. H. Tolly, W. C. Richer.
NO..10TOWN6IIIP
Russell Franklin, Jeter Waliin.
NO. 11 TOWNSHIP
W. M. Edmonds, I.ee English.
NO. 12 TOWNSHIP
Zeb Davis.
NO. 13 TOWNSHIP
J.R.Parker.
NO. 14 TOWNSHIP
M. West, E. W. Jenkins,
Coats, E. S. Morgan.
w.
A. L
NO. 15 TOWNSHIP
J. C. Edwards.
NO 16 TOWNSHIP
L E Wild.
Willis Cole
Arrest
For Murder of George Thomas ID
Years Ago on Big Laurel by
Sheriff Ramsey Tuesday
Sheriff R. R. Ramsey arrested
Willis Cole, in Yancey county,
Tuesday morning. November
1 3th, and lodged him in Mar
shall' jail about one o'clock
Wednesday morning. C o 1 e is
charged with the murder of
Geo. Thomas whose skeleton was
found and identified last week in
the Little Laurel section. It is
expected that some mysterious
evidence wilf develop in this
case later.
MR. NELSON REAPPOINTED
JUNIOR DISTRICT DEPUTY
Has Supervision of Junior Coun
cils of Three Counties, Burke,
Caldwell and McDowell
Mr. J. L. Nelson has received
from State Councilor J. M. Sharp,
of Reidsville, notice of his re
appointment as district deputy
Junior Order District N5. 4, com
posed of Burke, Caldwell and
McDowell counties. For several
years Mr. Nelson has been very
successful in this work and
those who know of the faithful
service he has rendered as dis
trict deputy are not surprised
that he has been re-appointed.
Morganton News-Herald.
$50,000 Goal of
Seal Sale
Winston-Salem Won State and
National Honors Last Year,
Sold $7,000 Worth of Seals.
No less than $50,000 is to be
the goal of the 1923 Tuberculosis
Christmas Seal Sale in North
Carolina. Last year the amount
raised was $43,093. While the
North Carolina Tuberculosis As
sociation, under whose auspices
the Tuberculosis Christmas Seals
are sold in the State, feels that
an increase of only $7,000 is too
small an amount to werk for, in
view of the urgent needs that
Christmas Seal Money can be
used to relieve, it urges every
seal selling organization to in
crease its budget several thous
and do lar3 and to work to
double its sale if possible.
In Asheville, Mrs: J. M. Gud-
ger, Jr with a strong com
mit tee of business men and wo
men will conluct.the sale.
Last year Winston-Salem led
not only the cities of the State in
selling $7,CU0 worth of seals but
won National honors in making
the largest per capita sale of any
city in the United States Laving
a population of 50,000. She pro
poses to increase her sale this
year to $10,000.
Federal Officers Make ; --tV
Bif Raid on Paint Creek
Receiving information some
week or ten days ago that there
were several large distilling out
fits in operation on Paint Creek
in Green county, Tennessee,
liuarded by high powered rifles
Prohibition Agent W. C. Rector
immeadiately began making
plans whereby these outfits might
be captured. He secured the
help of Agents Grant and Hutch
ison of North Carolina and wired
the Tennessee officers telling
them of the proposed raid and
asking them to join if they
cared to, but. for some reason
they failed to join the raiding
party. Soon Friday morning at
2 o'clock, Officers Hector, Grant,
and Hutchison accompanied by
Constable Tillman G o s n e 1 1
started on their raid across the
Tennessee line. At 7:30 a. m.
the first still was found and de
stroyed, from then until noon
the officers were kept busy de
stroying the utensils with which
the famous "moonshine" is made
By that time they had found and
destroyed four distilling outfits
and thirty gallons of whiskey
and had captured five men and
a horse., Feeling that they had
done a days work they returned
to' Marshall with their prisoners.
Officer Rector is to be con
gratulated on planning and carry
ing out so successful a raid and,
especially so in view of the fact
that it was done without pay on
his part, as he has been on leave
of absence since September 10th
during which time he has cap
tured one Buick car containing
ten gallons of whiskey, the men
in the car making their escape,
and one Overland car containing
thirty gallons of whiskey and
two men, also five other men
charged with manufacturing and
transporting whiskey, making a
total of twelve men captured in
two months.
As Officer Rector goes back on
duty November loth we shall
expect eveji greater results from
his work. '
Sheriff Shelton
Has Close Call
Moonshiners Opened Fire on
Sheriff and His Deputies,
Bullet Pierces Clothing".
Sheriff Shelton and three dep
uties. raiding near Kittyton last
week for blockade stills were
shot at by parties engaged in
the operation of making liquor.
Sheriff Shelton, of U n i c oi
County, Tennessee, was reared
on Shelton Laurel in Madison
County. He left this county
several years ago and vent to
Unicoi County which joins' Mad
ison. Sheriff Shelton is esteemed
very highly by the citizens of
Unicoi County and has the repu
tation of making a fine officer
Last week while the sheriff a.vl
his deputies were making a raid
on a blockade still near Kittyton
the operators of the distillery
opened. fire on the sheriff arfif
his deputies, one bullet passing
through the clothes of the sheriff,
also the clothing of one or two
of the deputies was pierced "vi'h
Duuecs. ve congratulate me
sheriff upon his escape from
such a close call. ...
THE PREACHER.
(Written for The Advocate)
Rev. A. C. Gibbs
"The preacher is here," the
people say , . , z. .
NeXtSutoda'm'tta -I
wonder if he'll kneel and
pray as did old brother Urime.
I wonder, too, how long he'll
preach, v
And if he'll pass the hat;
Also if he'll storm, and screech
As did old brother Mat.
' I wonder if he's young or old
And how he combs his hair
I wonder if he'll have a cold
As did old brother Fair.
Hi3 salary how can we pay ?"
Says good old brother Doe,
I guess that we will have to
pay," .
Says gaunty brother Kowe.
And each of them, into the hat
Will drop a silver dime,
And think the preacher is living
fat ; , v;.
And having a good time.
Of missions I'm heartily sick,
Says good old sister . jane
"If he mentions money I'll kick."
Sayt go6d, old brother Lane.
"I hope he'll find our church
good 'miff"
Says good old brother Brown
Without the takin' off the roof
And tearin' of it down.
"An' them "suppers" we had
last year
For missions and the liko -I
hope he'll cut 'em ojt this year
Ef he don't I shall strike.
"An all of that solo singin'
An' doings around the stand '
I hope that he'll be bringing
All sich to speedy end.
Into their midst the preacher
' goes, .
And toils, and sweats a year,
And if perchance he steps on
toes
He'd hetter look and fear.
O, preacher their is much to do
To still their hopes and fear,
Many sleepleps nights to pass ;
through
And many Bcalding tears.
But go ahead and do your best,
For your reward is great
Yet, for the weary their is re 3t,
With God beyond death's gate.
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