' HIE NLWS-RECORD
PRICE A YEAR
MADISON COUNTY RECORD r
?' E.-tab'.ishod June 28, 1801. -
FRENCH BROAD NEWS
Established May 16, 1907. t
Consolidated November 2, 1911 1
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
the news-record) po or
BOTH A YEAR FOR
THE ONLY NEWSPA PER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL. XXI
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1929 8 Pages This Week
1400
MARS HILL COLLEGE HAS
SPLENDID OPENING
KENTUCKIAN QUTTMKING AT 80
L. D. EDWARDS AND WIFE SERIOUSLY
INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
fjla i.J V. j5. 03 jPll IQ)
DR. J. B. LAWRENCE DELIVERS
OPENING ADDRESS
All available space in the college
domitories taken and rooms in pri
vate families in much demand was
the condition at Mars Hill College the
first of this week, when the college
opened for the coming session. The
first two days were taken up with
registering pupils and mapping out
their courses of study. While fotrr
or more members of the faculty as
jiisted in this work, it could not all be
-coVnpleted in the first two days of the
'week. As soon as the formal open
ing was over Wednesday, the college
work started off with a vim. For the
opening, the entire body of students
and quite 'a number of visitors, dis
tinguished for the most part, as
sembled in the auditorium. Presi
dent Moore presided over the meet
ing making announcements and in
troducing those who took part in the
exercises. The opening prayer was
led by Dr. M. M. McCall, of Cuba. A
solo was well rendered by Miss Coon,
voice teacher, after which Dr. O'Hara
of Asheville was asked to introduce
the speaker of the morning Dr. J. B.
Lawrence, the new secretary of the
Home Mission Board. Dr. Lawrence
is a native of Mississippi, but is now
located at Atlanta. No reference
was made by Dr. O'Hara or by the
speaker to hte widely heralded defal
cation by Carnes of the funds of the
Home Board, but one feels a keener
interest in the new secretary because
of the great publicity given the
Carnes affair. Dr. Lawrence takes
up the work under that handicap, and
his opportunity to do wonders, as
well as his responsibilty, is tremen
dous, as mentioned by Dr. O'Hara.
Dr. Lawrence Speak
Dr. Lawrence used as his subject
"Room to Live." He used as an il
lustration of his meaning a story of
an ancient mode of execution, where
the criminal or victim was placed be
tween revolving walls, which gradu
ally contracted until the victim was
crushed by the in-drawing walls.. The
four walla -which he wished Ms hear-
r3 to push out were Vision,-Know-
RUNNION QUARTETTE
IN MARSHALL
The Runnion quartette, of Woodfin
Station, Asheville, sang at the Bap
tist church in Marshall last Sunday
night. The quartette is composed of
Mr. John Runnion, bass, Mr. Herbert
Hensley, soprano, Miss Argie Hall,
alto, and Mr. Wade Redmon, tenor.
Quite a number of selections were
rendered and much enjoyed by the
congregation, one selection being re
peated by request. Rev. S. M. Stroupe
of Mars Hill was present and preach
ed instead of the pastor. At the
morning service, Rev. Mr. Justice,
venerable saint of Hendersonville and
former pastor at Marshall, preached,
to the delight of his many friends
here.
ava room to live the bis? life. He
anoke of contracting influences and
of tuning in to the right not rather
than making discord by tuning in to
the wrong note. He warned against
having little conception of life and
the formation of bad habits which
dwarf the life and crush it out. His
discussion of the four topics repre
sented by the four walls was quite
illuminating, the speaker being quite
happy in the use of illustrations and
picturing his thoughts in such fash
ion as to cause his hearers to see his
speech after it was delivered. After
announcements by variou members of
the faculty, Dr. R. J. Bateman, of
Asheville, was called to the rostrum
to lead the closing prayer. On the
outside, quite a number of comments
were heard as to the fine address.
Quite a number of the visitors en
joyed dinner in the dining hall with
the student body.
Four new teachers are in the fac
ulty this session, as follows:
iMiss Coon, of Caney, Kansas,
teacher in voice and M. A. graduate
at Syracuse, N. Y.
Miss.Juredine, head of the Chem
istry Department
Miss Rowanetta Allen, M. A., of
the University in Washngton, D. C,
AN ANSWER
TO RANGER
Publisher of News-Record.
Dear Sir:
I have been noticing several articles
in the News-Record lately signed by
Mr. S. T. Ranger. Now, first of all,
I'd like to know, just who this Mr.
Ranger is. As you stated in the ar
ticle which appeared in your last is
sue, that party evidently enjoys see
ing himself in print. I am rather in
clined to believe this, too. But, what
ever his object may be, I'd like to
tell him what I know concerning the
matter which seemed to perplex him
last week, as stated in that issue of
Ijhe paper.
- Concerning the young man of
whom he spoke so feelingly in his ar
ticle, .. I .have gone to considerable
trouble to find out the identity of this
m --
1 ( iV SI
Ivfes tt I
mi
' ?
FUNERAL SUNDAY
BOTH IN ASHEVILLE HOSPITAL
I STRUGGLING FOR LIFE
OF MR-J' H' BAKER j All Mars Hill and vicinity was
'greatly shocked Tuesday, when the
Funeral service for J. H. Baker, 25, news reached there that two of their
well known farmer of Big Pine creek, I"0? P1-0'"6"1 citizens, Mr. and Mrs.
Madison County, who died at the Mis- on the road near Veaverville in a
sion Hospal in-Asheville Friday af- dying condition, their car a total
ternoon at 1:80 o'clock from injuries 'wreck, and rushed to a hospital in
received when thrown by a horse, Asheville. They were found by Mr.
was hpld Ki.nHv trmW 1f A.she Carter and Mr. Keith Bruce,
I . , . ,, ., , , .. who were on their way to Asheville.
.clock at the North Fork Baptist ;When within about one and a half
.church. Big Pine. Burial was in the miles of Weaverville. thev found the
church cemetery. wreck, the victims so bloody as to be
The body" was 'removed from the almost beyond recognition. At the
Harp fnnprnl. fcomo n.vwnnJ rH ,"sP'i" " as . uu n.
young man, and I am positive that I
. . , m . . .. 1
nj wvuiu, -"w"'"r AMmAMt 4rvk; tr. 4- TUT- T? on
MMUvtai tv ceo vaaav wt auv
mentioned, but it is not necessary to
state just what the job was, as that
might let too many other people learn
the identity of the "young feller."
It is easy for me to imagine tnan
young man sitting down and blurting
out a sob story to Mr. Ranger, as I
knew the young man personally, and
found out some of his traits and char
acteristics. Was it the young man's
fault that the girls of Marshall and
vicinity would not go'out with him on
account of his lack of a car? I am
rather inclined to believe that it was,
for I know quite a few young men
who do not posses a car, but who
"step out" with the members of the
opposite sex; tnen, too, 1 Know n
from personal experience. I drive a
car around now auite a bit, but there
was a time when yours truly did not
do this so much, but I never had the
experience of a girl "throwing me
down" because I did not happen to
own a car. No, Mr. Ranger, it is not
that bad, whatever the young man
may have told you. Now it may seem
a bit egotistic for me to say this after
the foregoing statement, although I
don't mean it that way at all, but
here is what I am driving at, and
what I must say in fairness to the
(AaWille Citizen Staff Photo)
James Byrd Smith, age 105, who has left, the North Carolina moun
tains after an "enforced" absence of 29 yeaifrom his native Blue Grass
state, j? ear or "torment ' caused him tft jpiit drinking at the mature
age of 80 years. - 4
: , i
AGED DEAN OF BLOCKADERS
-LEAVESKI
Jim Smith, 105, Fled To Old
North State Twenty-Nine
Years Ago
Written for The Newa-Record By
GLENN W. NAVES.
Asheville, N. C, Sept. 12 The
'torments" of many years of lonely
isolation from his native Kentucky
didn't resist, and came near to being
caught. You see, a lady near where
I come from, had a whole run of
beer ready to bile down, and she ask
ed me to do it fer her. I jist pitched
right in, and in about a half day, we
had six gallons of plum good whiskey
jugged. I wuz tired and all in, so I
went to bed. A leetle later the offi
cers got wind of my presence thar,
West Asheville, Friday night at 6 :30
o'clock, and taken to the Baker home
by relatives. J'"1 i t'
Mr. Baker suffered a fractured
skull and other injuries when thrown
by the horse near his home Thursday
afternoon. He "was taken to the hos
pital by relatives, and remained in a
semi-conscious and partly paralyzed
condition until death.
Surviving are his widow and six
children: Albert Baker, of Detroit,
Mich.; Raymond, Grover, Thelma,
June and Herbert Baker, all of Big
Pine.
LET'S DO IT!
"This is the prettiest town of its
size I have ever visited," said a tour
ist of a North Carolina small city.
This observant visitor may come to
Marshall at some time and we ought
t obe ready to make a good impres
sion with him, and other visitors. We
believe it is true that the majority of
so-walled tourists are people who are
interested in a change of home and
location; certainly many of them are
f .prospectors in iSMs sense,, as you will
discover if you make their acquaint-
ance. Marshall speaks for Madison
County; if the town makes a poor
impression with visitors, the entire
community may be set down as back
ward in the estimation of visitors.
Our Main Street is a section of one
of the most important highways in
the entire state system. It is in a de-
seriously injured. Mr. Edwards' skull
!was fractured at the base and up to
ine time we go to press, ms me w
hanging in the balances, he having
been unconscious practically all the
time since the accident. Mr?. Ed
wards, though conscious, is also in a
serious condition, two ribs broken,
her hip perhaps fractured, and her
collar bone possibly broken. Both
were terribly bruised. Little hope
was held for the recovery of Mr. Ed
wards, though his condition Thursday
morning was reported slightly more
hopeful.
The two left Mars Hill about ten
o'clock Tuesday morning and perhaps
made some stops en route to Ashe
ville, as the wreck occurred about
noon. There were no eye witnesses
to the wreck, but' the best information
that could be obtained from Mrs. Ed
wards and by observing the wreck,
they were doubtless driving at a rap
id rate of speed and ran into a rain,
which had caused the pavement to
become slippery, causing the car to
skid and turn round and round until
it went off the side of the bank,
crushing against an electric line pole.
The impact was with such force that
the entire frame of the car was curv
ed and the dent of the pole against
the car quite pronounced. It was a
Chevrolet coupe, and the steel body
was bent and torn to pieces beyond .
repair,.. .s-:-',':1- "'f"
Miss Ruby Edwards, a teacher at
Marshall, has been by their side Since
the wreck occurred. Dr. Sprinkle,
of Weaverville, who, with Mr. West
Adams, was called, accompanied them
to the hospital, where Dr. Adams, of
Asheville, and Dr. Robinson of Mars
Hill, a brother-iij-law, are in constant
attendance. Drs. "Anderson, Edwarda
and Pender also called up to offer a-
plorable condition through our town.
We hope that this, condition will be 'sistance and sympathy. Mr. Tom Hoi-
improved in the wear future, as it is loiwell and son of Gates County, a
causing much unfavorable comment,
"The roughest going between De
troit and Asheville," said one tourist
of our Mam Street. We appoint
Mayor Stuart to head a commitee to
see what can be done, not next sea
son, but right now.
un this same Main street, at a
whn had charae of the BoloffV Depart- lairer sex ine nrst ana major re
m tltoflhm. quirement or qualification of a young
,who is taking postgraduate work at ,i"an is the young man himself, and
nnt rna cnr. ui course, lb ib iiiucu
Dnk University this session
Miss Annie Elkins, a graduate of
Meredith College, is also a new mem
fcer of the faculty.
;Jf he -Journey of Life
By WILLIAM WORLEY
I started on the journey
As soon as night was gone;
' But. owinar to a weakness,
I could not go alone.
The two friends that were with me,
They carried me a spell;
Till I bad strength to travel,
And could get on quite well.
To them I got indebted
For their help on the way;
And I helped with their burdens,
'My only means to pay.
Ofttrmes the load got heavy,
And we would stop to rest:
Then onward, on the journey
Into the unknown West.
Once I grew warm and fainted,
And should have died there then;
But my friends quickly bathed me,
: And I was well again. ,
It was about the noon hour
My friends could not be seen;
And ever since I miss them,
So helpful tnoy naa oeen.
I have passed many milestones,
And other friend have known: ;
But since those two have vanished,
I teem to wane aione.
There must be a reunion, J-' $ '
But when I cannot tell; , , .
My friends will come back to me,
-J v. .11 will he 1L
. (THE END) . .
from the North Carolina hills, and
gone back to Kentucky "seeking a
leetle peace afore I die."
For close to 50 years the centenari
an operator of "mountain dew" out
fits plied his trade in one or two
Kentucky coves, matching wits day
and night with revenue officers work
ing out of Louisville and other places,
without knowing fear of the law.
But fear of something stronger that
the law "got" Jim, and at the mature
age of 80, he gave up drinking. This
v ii . a .or on1 memoruie uiciueiit in mo uio ire-
better for him to drive a car, ana , - ft th veteran
take the other party to ride occasion- !unJ yfl A I ST 1 n
mountains, the activities of "Kain- and called for a 'look see.' They
tucky revenooers", legion domestic 'feared the house, an' I covered up
difficulties, and old ace have broken ln Dea ana stm- lne laav l0la
the mirit of James Bvnd Smith, aire them 1 had en gone fer six months,
105, and so in the desolation of his so iney weni away looKing ier anomer point where tne visitor gets his first
declining years, Jim has departed ,"". " "w "
and leit ior JNawtn uarounan. inem
jthar officers shore terminated my
visit."
Life has dealt severely with Jim
Smith. The veteran readily admits
that, yet he is unmovable in his con
victions that he was entirely within
his rights when stilling whiskey was
'All.ir anI lltal ninl,i T a1!rnArl r.nf viow cif Mamlioll'a hiiflinaoa aMtinn
some vacant lots are littered with
junked automobiles, Bn ugly sight. It
would be good, business to have this
junk moved out of sight and then
harvest the weeds on these and other
vacant lots, and dump the crop over
board into the river. Few towns
have such a convenient means of dis
posing of trash.' iOnce over the river
wall it is out of sight and will be car-
his trade. Jim used his own corn, jried away on the next rise.
foe of Volstead fled to "Nawth Caro
linah with them thar revenooers hot
on my trail."
FEARED TORMENT
"I got afeared it would take me to
rare occurrence (speaking from per- , i
, f V J T U ...... w...
sonai experience; auu i j fv-j
-w. Wind nf a irirl. and so :l-"e,u a
ally, but who doesn't feel that way a-
bout it? All young people like to
ride in a car, but as to a young man
being socially ostracized on account ,
of the lack of a car, I think that j
l-i i I la nf I
course, you will find a girl occasional- torment," Jim told Asheville news
W vohn n-ill not sro with a young man papermen by way of explanation be-
WITHOUT a car, but this is a rather fore leaving for Kentucky a few days
so I give 'er up. I ain't
drap in 25 yeaars now, and
Wo Mr. Ramrer. I m qui! 10 sxay. i jesi ami, Kui
(Now I have taken up too much hankerin' fer it any more."
valuable space in your paper already, During the eventful and adventur
Mr. Publisher, and I must finish this 'OU8 g of Jims life which trang
f,Jr!ltod before the diligent interest of
very much attention to this one young prohibition officers necessitated his
man's "sob story," I think he made a abrupt departure from the Blue Grass
mistake. From all that 1 nave learn- 8tate . dean of Southern block.
ed about the young gentleman in ajerg manufactured thousands of
rtr.'0l"lttito Ho" of "white and yaller corn,"
whee's and even then ke would cause Peach and apple brandy, and "pale
no great panic with the ladies. Per- jrye", and led his fraternity in mass
onnniiir. T have nothing ' against the nrnHiwtuvn. but he is throueh now
young man, and rather like him, but and s B0 ,
from all the information that I have . MAbout g9 T glipped ont
,emmeB are notJ land came up here to these parts, and
wild about him. . i L. ... ..Vi v.. a;.a
I'm go-
The News-Record is among those
v.'Lo have neglected' tb-ohop down the
weed gro'wth, but we will have our
place cleaned up before this plea
reaches our readers and we hope all
will follow suit.
Let's put on cleaner, better face!
brother-in-law of Mr. Edwards, were
already here and his wife and the re
mainder of the family were on their
wayiMr. and Mrs. Sam Lippard, of
Newton, reached the hospital Tues
day night, Mrs. Lippard being a sis
ter of Mr. Edwards. Mr. anid Mrs.
J. P. Jones, of Angers, N. C. were al
so there, Mrs. Jones being a niece.
Mr. Melvin Terrell, of Ronesville,
West Virarinia. has also been called.
His brothers at Mars Hill, Mr. G. D.
Edwards, and Mr. Marion fcdwaros,
travelling salesman for C. M. Mc
rinnir A. Co.. of Knoxville, Tenn.,
have both been close attendants at the
bedsides at the hospital.
Mr. L. D. Edwards, the injured
man, is agent for the Prudential Life
(Insurance Company, and is well
known throughout this section, and
Mrs. Edwards is sister of Mrs. R. L.
Moore, wife of Dr. R. L. Moore, Pres
idpnt of Mars Hill College. Another
sister is Mrs. Wall of Mars Hill, wife
of Mr. Roy Wall, who is a brother of
Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby.
lt tflJK 1 At-n down back thar in Kaintucky. p
rsonai reierence, - - -
you tnat 1 Know. several gins w. .iiijj uau w " -
I atmosphere to these dances, umy
'recent years have the Big Cove In-
CHEROKEE INDIANS Bf
Iterest to the ethnologist and to the
j public at large.
Indian products of pipes, bows and
arrows, bead work, baskets and other
CHOSE BEAUTIFUL INDIAN SUM- interesting handiwork will be on ais-
MER SEASON AS TIME FOR jplay during the four days oi me ce.r
ANNUAL FESTIVE NEAR CITY Ibration. Live gtock and other agri
OF ASHEVILLE. i cultural products of the Reservation
will also make up an imposing display,
Asheville, N. CV Sebt,M2. Choos- illustrating the progress in the civiliz
ing the early part of' the beautiful ' ed activities which these Indians have
mountain Indian Summer Season as made in recent years.
the time for their annual fete, the
I
.koll have WALKED with me, ',.-. u the farewell sneeeh of
and of eourse they-have walked with pijnqa. patriarch of the wilds
Stt&tZtZ he aald "so !ong" to hi. friend,
ed at first to Mr. Ranger. And there here. '
1. one thing more that I'd like for v CLOSEST CALL
. Mm,n,K.r. anil that is Girl. The closest call in Jim'. . career
will .till walk, even if they have to came when he wee "employed by a
walk home from a RIDE, t 'female party," he says. i ; i
Wishing you and yotfr paper much . Abont months after I came up
news, I giBcer.w youn, to Nawth Carolinah, I got a hankerin
- y. WyRRY. ' to .lip back home fer a leetle Ti.it I
rye, fruits and cold, sparkling moun
tain water, and made his own stills.
He could make better "licker" than
anything else, and says that he was
prompted only by a desire to earn a
living, and not to violate the law, yet
if his profession was a law violation,
his rights merited first consideration,
i A hunted man, living with his kind,
and suspicious and afraid of "furrin
ers", he sought refuge in the mount
ains of the Old North State, and dur
ing his residence in this section, rare
ly came to town. The-' noise and
traffic with the crowds on the streets,
irritated and puzzled the old man,
whose cars for all his years have been
trained to listen to the voices of
Nature and the wilds.
Domestic troubles worried him
ooovthino. Moo T,-m tA frion. ho 'nearly 3.500 members of the Eastern CLOSE SUCCESSFUL,
tt i, i . j tv, .; j nana or uneroaee imuans win siaye
He has been married three times, and thejr ceremonU1 dan8 and ancient
has 13 children living, and 11 dead. iacr08Se games as features of the
He doesn't know where they all are. Cherokee Fair.lhef dates of the event
One of his daughters in Richmond, having been set f of, October 8, 9, 10,
Ky., sent him a railroad ticket which A even 'arftr throng of tourist
augmented his interest and longing in .visitors is expected to be on hand to
- i..; K.t v . x,a f witness the various activities of the
a trip back home, so he came to town, ifair pr0KMm thiaear
bade friends good-bye, and left. Indian ball games, the ancient form
"The children of my second wife 'of lacrossa will be featured on each
didn't like my last wife, and so it day of the fair: Stripped to the
. . - . . w. t . . , 1 . ..1 I 1 AU
goes trouDIe alter trouDle, Jim waist ana aecortuea wii.ni.rwai cuivib
said. "Me and my last wife has dis- ana totems, tne 7v";,K .Tf.
solved partnership anyway. I mar- f tong of ripeetitors who at
ried her when she was just a alip of a tend contesU' each year. The
arirl. onlv 18 vear. old. I don't know nmi as nlaved bv the Cherokee, ha.
much about my children except that .been preserved iff its original form,
most of them ara married, have bl L Sl a.
families and are hard up." mJHB Cflatlneat "i
Jim once owned six farm, in Ken- 1 Tha Creen Corn Dance and other
tucky, but close living has reduced tribal ceremonial dance, in honor of
his holding, to an "ertate" of 40 th. harvest -will be 9Ud aa a part
forestlad acres. Since hi forced ?J Al f.. MjTZ
denartnre from the Mate, he has only j . ' " l .AMmn..tnlaT.t for 1
- ViVU m Hint ! FVVv w y ' a . .
gone back twice, each time secretly, th weird chant, which add savage' officer, until our next issue.
REVIVAL
CANTON; START ONE ON
SPRING CREEK.
"Rev. D. K. Corn, pastor of the East
25th Street Baptist Church at vin-ston-Salem,
and a former resident of
u.j;. rmintw with his brother Mr.
1UBUIOUII .
J. W. Corn of this county have closed
a great revival at Canton, and have
come to Bald City on Spring C-eek
where they will hold a revival When
Rev D. K. Corn closes the meeting
on Spring Creek he will return to
Winston-Salem to resume his Pastor
ate. Madison county inenas win i
glad to' know of the good -work these
two brothers are doing in the Mas
ters cause, here and elsewhere.
COUNTY REPORTS
NEXTJVEEK
UTa. avsafc MAIM naTled fo hold the finan
cial reports of the Madison County .