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rOUC COUNTY MAIDEN WILL
. " REPRESENT W. N. C. IN COM
PETITION. v 'uuseusse ' '
Having won the title of healthiest
girl in western North Carolina Fri
day, Miss Celia Whiteside, a member
of the Sunview Four-H club, of Polk
ounty, will represent the western
district in the state wide contest to
elect the "Queen of Health" for
1929. The contest will be held on
Thursday evening, August 1, in Ral
eigh, 'during the week of the short
course for Four-H club girls.
Miss Whitesides won first honors
for the western district over several
other contestants including: Miss A
melia Stroupe, of the Tweed club, re
presenting Buncombe county; Miss
Sarah Wells, of the Edneyville club,
representing Henderson county, and
Miu JoMphina Runiey, of the Wal
nut club, representing Madison conn
tj. The decision was given MiBs
Whitesides by members of the Bun
combe county health department as
sisted by Dr. I. M. Ingersoll. She
will compete with representatives
from the Piedmont, Central, North
eastern and Southern sections of the
state.
She is 14 years of age and Uvea at
Mills Creek, Polk county, and is a
first year club girl. Miss White
sides is taking a course in "Nutrition
and Preparation of Foods" under the
direction of Miss Florence Cox, Polk
county home demonstration agent. '
Tht four "H's" in the creed othf
.four-H club stands for health,
, head and hand, with health as the
ky. ! State authorities are co-operat-in
-with county demonstration ofn-
In natrhte- MonMtion 6f toaHh
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BOOK READING
IN THE STATE
More than 1,200,000 library books
were read by the children in the
standard elementary schools of the
State during 1928-29, according to
records just compiled by the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
from the reports for these schools.
In the standard elementary schools
of the State alone, there are now
more than 279,000 volumes with
more than 113,000 of these in
the rural schools. And these care
fully selected, interesting books have
been widely read, for the records
from the schools show more than 70,
000 rural children reading library
books and 600,000 volumes loaned
during the year.
In the standard elementary schools
in the cities -of the State there are
today more than 165,000 library
books being read by 60,000 children.
The circulation record of 1,200,000
volumes read by rural and city child
ren is for the standard elementary
schools only.
In many other elementary schools
throughout the State, libraries are
being built up, and the children are
eagerly taking advantage of the op
portunities offered them for acquain
tance with good books. '
Five years ago. except in some, of
the cities, wry .few elementary
schools had even small libraries, and
only here and there in the rural
schools were books found suitable for
the children below the high school
At that time, in the larger rural
schools, there was a total of less than
8,000 books for the more than 100,
000 children enrolled.
These figures very clearly indicate
that the schools are bringing up a
generation of readers.
Railroads Pleased
v With ' Themselves
; t ? Statements issued by the railroad
associations at the close of the half
' year period ending with June, relate
that the railroad are carrying sd
' much profitable freight that they
don't miss the revenue front he pas
senger business,, jshkh they.-admit
has fallen off very heavily. , Railroad
' securities are considered among the
best kind of. investments.;
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' Rural women ef Johnston. County
are seeking to retain the services of
s home demonstration -agent by do
nating one hen each for sale to raise
the county's part of the agent's salary I
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20 YET TO BE COMPLETER
Mth the comDletion of the tar and
gravel surface on Highway No. 20
from Laurel river bridge, seven miles
east ,, of Hot Springs, 10 warsnau,
there will remain only.' seven: miles
of sand clay surface; iftrntithe Ten-
coast. '
The Tennessee State Highway com
oUssion has' Just recently completed
tiie laying of concrete to the North
Carolina Tkie, and is rapidly building
the new highway down the French
Broad river below Del Rio which will
make one of the finest roads in east
Tennessee and will greatly shorten
the distance from Asheville to east
Tennessee points. . y . vi . Vi
Practically a new highway Is being
built from Newport, Tennessee to
Knoxville on an air line course. All
of these roads will be hard Surfaced
as soon as possible, it is understood.
HIGHWAY MUST
USE PRISON
LABOR
GOVERNOR GARDNER RENEWS
ULTIMATUM TO THIS EFFECT
Raleigh, July 13. Governor O.
Max Gardner Saturday renewed his
ultimatum to the state highway com
mission that it use more prison labor
in highway construction.
Governor Gardner made this same
request of the commission some four
or five months age and declared that
he intended to see the matter
through. Friday Governor Gardner
and the state prison board took 200
convicts out of the coal mine at. San-
ford and announced that these and,
other idle prisoners wouiq oe put w
work building roads, despite the; fact
that within the past four months the
highway commission has had the mat
tec "under consideration" r (without
developing any definite plan for in
creased utilisation' of prison labor1. .
M'We have several hundred idle pris
annta'iui mr hands, lha orison noou-
4 licm Is steadily i'nrtaing, ond the
Mgbways are the place tor tnest
nrisAnen to be utilised," said Gov
ernor Gardner Saturday in discussing
the situation, ."and the highways is
where they are going to be utilized
and the higway commission must find
a way to use tnem."
It has been the policy of this state
to build roads' on a contract basis,
and to permit the contractors to get
their labor anywhere they could, it
was pointed out. And so far the
highway commission has been urging
its contractors to , use, prison labor
whenever possible, but from what
Governor Gardner said Saturday in
discussing the situation, the state may
be forced to undertake its own high
way construction with convict labor
if ne private contractors prove too
slow in deciding they can use prison
labor.
Several new camps have been sent
out recently by the prison to do clear
ing end grading as well as highway
maintenance, and the work of these
camns is Droving entirely satisfac
tory, according to Governor Gardner.
PLAGUE-STRICKEN
Kintton, July 15. nA pUgue of
frogs 'beset the family of Abner
Kaewlton, near here, yesterday when
Willie, 12-year-oU eon of the fam
ily, got careless with ' a pail of leap
ing poultry.' - ) if'.V:
Willie went bnllf ragging night be
fore last. He returned with 23 in a
bucket. He placed the pelf beside bis
bed and laid .a washboard over It.
During the night the waVhboard fell
off. Willie awoke to find the last
frog gone. He said nothing foi
era) boors, leaving his parents and
brothers and Sisters to wonaer
where the hoppers came from.
After the feminine portion of the
family bad scrambled onto chairs and
tables a dozen times and Knowlton
senior had slain a dosen or more
frogs, Willie confessed and informed
the family that when 23 greenbacks
bad been accounted ior there would
be nothing1 more to fear. At the last
report -20 bad been retrieved from
beneath beds, closet;.-'the-' 'pantry
and other parts of th bouse' aaoT the
womenfolks were half-hysterical from
fear that the' remaining three Would
leap at them from dark corners.
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dead :
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iMr. Mark Brown, orominent law-1
yer of Ashevule, died at au noma tn
Asheville Thursday A. M. at 12:30
o'clock. He was well known in Mar-1
Lahall where he has appeared fat many
eases. He bad been in poor aeaitn
alnce a break-down in health about s
year ago.. ' -j
Send in the news from yeur
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OpLY pEyEN! MILES Os NO.
Mill
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ejanitor.
I'm glad that school has started.
Kids all back an' teacher, seo.
Guess I'd be broken. hcaxiad ' ,
. Tbout this janitln' to do.
I've unlocked doors and cleaned anil
i in tney say it s ait t Know; . J
I'm gettln' old and bent and iired-f-i
Tain t the workin' 1 love so.
But hear those rascals holler,
"Hi there! Good mornin'. Bobf
Lord, they couldn't do without me
bure. that's why I love my job!
WORK ON
leather, in which hope is held out
that work on the two project in
Madison County may soon start. The
projects as we understand! it, are the
road from Mars Hill up California
Creek and the road from Marshall by
Sandy Mush to Doggett's Gap; The
letter reads as follows:
July 20, 1929.
Mr. John A. Hendricks,
Marshall, N. C.
Dear Mr. Hendricks:
I am in receipt of your letter of
the 18th, and1 1 beg to thank you for
your letter of appreciation.
Like you, I am advertant to the
fact that the Piedmont section is get
ting more roads than we are due to
their heavy population.
I hope the work will be able to
start in a very short time.
-, Sincerely youi
J. G. STIKELEATHER.
PURCHASE OF
SCHOOL TRUCKS
FACTS ABOUT THE PURCHASE
OF SCHOOL TRUCKS BY THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION
In regard to a certain misleading
article that appeared in last week's
issue of the News-Record, we wish to
make the following explanation. We
appreciate the fact the writer of
said article was going to tne taxpay
ers as their representative to save
tax money. The article was mislead
ing and confusing to the minds of the
public.
We believe1 tnat every memoer oi
the Board of Education should ex
nress his objections to anv action of
the Board in open meeting or abide
by the action of the Board unless he
iavors a minor ruio,
It seems unfair to the Board of
Education for one member to be si
lent on any question, that conies be
fore the Board, then openly criticize
four-fifths of the Board through the
press. It leaves the impression with
the people that some crooked work
lis going on that the minority mem
ber is unable to control in open ses
sion. ......
In selecting the school trucKS tne
Board or at least majority of the
Hoard used their best judgment in
selecting the kind of trUcks that they
thought would give the County the
most service for the money invested.
It was on this basis that we made the
selection and not a personal matter.
The writer of t the article In last
week's issue of the News-Record pos
sibly thought we should have bought
Chevrolet trucks from Spruce : Pine
because, the initial cost wasn. few
dollars less per truck; possibly he
thought we should hare bought some
other kind ef e;trucfci but in our o
pinion he should have cast bis vote
in erncn session for bis choice.
In buying Chevrolet' trucks from a
Madison County dealer the Boera
U .three . months tree service . on
Chevrolet trucks, besides) they tvs
rfiaemnie on Darts all the year which
amounts to a considerable item; f ur
thersBrer the Spruce Pine Company
bid on selling tne. ooara
trucks and buying" eight old ones
And it suited the Eoara to ouy
Chevrolet. a& three GMi which
MADISON
. In reolrto a letter written' recent-1 eliminated the Snruct Piae bid.
ly. Mr. John A, Hndricka ef Marshal great aaanber f bkt wejre
au has a tetter from JUr. J.-G StUcev-l the Board of Education. aU
Folks
fired
TO START SOON
A
presented
ef 'which
we appreciated, but a majority- of the
Beard having owned, controlled, op
erated and used various kinds of
trucks and cars made our decision as
to buying six Chevrolets and three
Grahams on our past experiences and
we have no apologies to make to the
public for our action; at the same
time we have nothing to say against
our friends or their trucks or cars
that handle different kinds.
Practically every county in the
State has bought trucks from home
dealers all of which we did approve
and do approve. We believe the tax
payers of Maidison County who pay
the taxes on which we are running
the schools should have a chance first
to sell the County whatever it needs
to buy as it is not fair and just to
tax them to buy trucks and go else
where and buy trucks or anything
else. In stating the above facts we
are not seeking office, popularity, or
applause from the galleries.
In conclusion we think it best for
all members of the Board to stand
for something at all times and cast
their vote according to their convic
tions, and if anv one member is un
able to control or dictate to the
Board thereafter hold his peace.
It is true we had some very good
bids on furniture for the Spring
Creek school. The Board decided to
delay the matter until the next meet
ing. The bidders understood the
situation and had an opportunity to
witbdralw their bids if they wished
to do so. We feel like we can save
money by waiting and getting more
competition. We are going to do
what we think best for the schools
rearardless of the few critics who
want us to favor friends.
WILEY M. ROBERTS,
JASPER EBBS.
LEE RAMSEY.
NATIONAL REUNION
A NATIONAL REUNION OF THE
SAMS FAMILY
There will be a big reunion of all
the Same family on Saturday and
Sunday, August 10 and 11, 1929, at
Mars Hill, N. C. Everybody who has
a drop of the Sams blood in him is
especially urged to be present these
two days. They are coming from all
over the United States.
Some great men of the name are
to speak; but best of all, come on
and find out who your kinsmen are.
Get any information from
FRED SAMS, at Mars HilL N. C,
or i
DR W. A. SAMS, Marshall, N. C
CLINIC LIST NOT
; YET : ." ;
The'list of patients at the tonsil
adenoid clinic .in Marshall recently
cannot vet ba Bublisbed. For some
reason the State Board of Health baa
no4; let us have ft. i " -
- Chicago Is bend to have a world's
fair in 1933 notwithstanding it basnt
recovered yet from the one it bad in
1S:3-TV ra'.Jder, .- .
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ii t'ju tir-hot SPRINGS
KOAD' NEARLY
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No." 209ba highway leading from
Hot Springs to Lake Junaluska, Whlcfii
has been under construction from Hot
Springs to Bluff, N. C, is .rapidly
nearing completion, and the engineer
reports the it will be completed
within the 30 or 60 days. This
is a standard gauge highway and will
open up. one of the finest sections
of Madison county, and the drive
from Htft : Springs to Junaluska is
considered One of the most scenic in
the western part of the state.
Jimmy Council of Boone, N. C., is
the engineer in charge with Tony Anz
as construction superintendent. These
two men are considered among the
best road builders in the state.
NEW OFFENSIVE A
jGAINST HOME
BREW
WASHINGTON. July 13 A new
offensive against the flowing howl of
home brew was initiated Sautrday by
Prohibition Commissioner James M.
Doran, who announced an order rais
ing the solid content of malt extract
from 12 to 18 per cent.
Issuance of the order, uoran saia,
follows a conference with malt tonic
manufacturers. He said the order
will not lessen the value of the malt
preparation for medicinal purposes,
but will have the effect of making it
more difficult to divert the, product
for illegal. purpose. ; r' -" : ,:; ,'.: v
, , "There was ' a tendency among
producers to distribute malt tonic for
beverage-purposes," Doran explain
ed, r increase in ; u eouu . nramw
will pViitect the legitimate manufac
turer irom fne competition uj. pvn
not so ethical.' - kiiXmm
Vi Legal aJcehoKc content ef malfc
mains unchanged at two percent but
the addition of six pereent
id content will make the product dif
ficult to consume In large quantities."
Doran telegraphed prohibition
tttaistrators -to t h e 8 -djstriet
throughout -the country to notify
manufacturers concerned of the new
order. ' '"
In attempting to prevent diversion
of malt extract to beverage purpos
es, the government has met one of
its most difficult prohibition enforce
ment problems. While the tonics
are 'made with a low alcoholic con
tent,; they 'are readily transformed in -
to real beer. Some manufacturers
were found by the prohibition bureau
to be. producing an extract substan
tially the same as before prohibition,
and, that it was used extensively for
beverage' nurposes in violation of the
CHECKS RECEIVED
MILK CONCERN
Ji0-S' '"'FARMERS "
FROM
BY
The first checks the farmers of
Madison county have received were
delivered to them Tuesday for milk
delivered to the Pet Milk company,
Greeneyille, Tenn. While in most
cases the checks were small, the
farmers were verv well nleasad with
their showing, and several of them
plan to increase their herds withliig
er gra.de cows and go into the milk
production business on a larger
scale. Considerable agitation along
this line ,js being done all over the
county by business men, farmers,
bankers and the county agent, Earle
, The farmers of this and surround
ing .sections realise that they must
look, to this, kind of work for ready
money, and re making their plans ac
eorjlirkrry. D. G. Church, one of
Madison county's most progressive
business men, is largely responsible
for, the interest in the milk produc
tioyhe haying been the first person
to inaugurate a milk route to the
Tennessee, market.
.Vacation bible school
Thejr? .. Dily Vacation Bible
School being conducted at Kalamazoo
no?.n! 01t Friday evening, July 26,
there was ice cream and cake on sale
to defray, expense of the school.
.' ITie-teasers are: Rev. James L.
Hyde, .'general director. With sVfiasAa
Anna, Hyde! Ruth Guthrie, Marian
Morrow and Florence Hyde of Wal
nut as teachers of graded classes and
Misses .lobelia Mocele of Baltimore
.,T!i0"J6rris of Kalamaioo in
charge of tht hand work, i
Panama; CanU Booms
A recent report, ot tolls collected
on the Panaaa Canal shows that this
great tehsnnei that connects the Pa-
eific and the Atlantic oceans has just j
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completed Its largest , year of bust-
V '- - tr- -
Why -didn't Uncle Sam, whOe be
was abeut'H; make that new money
out ef T. 1 Her,' so' it woull stretch
PRAISES MADISON
COUNTY
FORMER CITIZEN MAKES SOME;
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
Editor News-Recordi
' In your issue of June 7th I made a
suggestion that 'someone write a
story and describe the beautiful
sceneries in Madison County in order
to advertise the county and towns to
draw interest and home seekers. Not
a line has been written to my know
ledge of the beautiful sceneries of
dear old Madison.
When I was a boy on Little Pine,
of times before retiring at night, I
would have to : look ..out. upon the
shadows cast by the trees that sur
rounded our home. When the moon
light creeped through the thick foli
age and shadows, reaching in all di
rections, I sure enjoyed watching
the shadows dance upon the sleeping
grass. ' The air wai usually filled
with fireflies and the star-set heavens
gave added beauty to this scene of
night. The shadows grew more fas
cinating the more you looked at them
on a still night, hardly a sound could
be heard beyond the faint rustle of
the leaves of the trees responding to
the passing, gentle winds.
I believe if the merchants and
business men of Marshall, Walnut,
Hot Springs and Mars Hill would put
up a purse for the best story wrntan-
and the stories could be sold to, maga
zine publishers and; that way the,
writer would be paid .wice for the
same story and it -would be A won- ,
derful advertisement for the old home "
county and would more than pay the
donators in dollars and cent fox the '
purse they put uSt X "
Another t;nuggjm, 1 nojticed
Prof.B. L. Moore's statement of the ,
public school indebtedness ef VtOi'1
son County, and, i your editorial col- -umn'yvi
ask foreggeetton to bftttr
condition Not line from.enyon".
has -appeared in your paper. That
school board and all county offlcials
peed the co-operation of the. people of
Madison and by the cooperation of
the people with your county officials
you can make dear old Madison one
of the best counties in the State to
live in. and sections oi the county
, w ' t t t0 ,eave the county
and join some other county. The
county is exactly what the people of
the county make it, if good tne peo
ple make it so, if bad and in aeot,
v,Qo aH it so.
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Again, I notice that not a word has
been said through your paper by any
of the writers in regard to. your edi-
ferial Column except by Miss Eeva
Hedges and myselfi Por myself, t
think that ediWtei eolumtt is won
derfully good. Not thai I wiii agree
with you in all that you may say but
it gives me some good ideas and I
believe well worth the space and your
time to your readers. When it
comes to the Office Kat Kolum I see
that often called on to "Come on
Office Kat" by different writers,
and may be humerous but as a matter
of fact it's no good at all. I don't
mean to knock the Office Kat, to the
contrary if that column was ten times
worse than what it is, I will venture
to say in a year's time it will increase
the circulation of your paper ten
times wliat it is now, and I don't be
lieve that statement is exagerated at
all.
I am not making these suggestions
for any favors or for any honors, or
notorieties, all I want is "the people
to cooperate and work together and -make
dear old Madison County the
best county in the state of North
Carolina." It's immaterial with me
as to how or who gets the honors of
making Madison County the best
county, just so it is done, for some
day I hope soon I will be back on
Little Pine, the place of my birth and
boyhood days to remain the balance
of my days, I am
Yours for the best,
J. HENRY ROBERTS,
747 Morrell St., Detroit, Mich.
FRUITFUL EVENT
Chicago, July 8. Orange Apple
faw'd down and crashed yesterday
and wound up in the hospital. -Orange
is only seven. They asked 1
him bis name; be said "Orange," so
the obliging nurse brought him one.
They askett him again. aad he said
"Apple," and the nurse got suspicious
She peeked into a' phone booth and
found Orange Apple listed. . She call-
.J V. 1 J . L V -
ed him up, and sore enough he was'
little Orange's ttsddy. v -
They asked Orange Jr., how he
happened to faw down. He said be'
slipped on-a banana peeL ,
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