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i 4 ii.. l.-i T he' M ews - Re cir d i Madison County Record . atwilwl June, 13, 101 ! AN X MARK HERE Means that your sub- scription has expired. : : French Broad News i I KiUblUhcd M M, 10T CONSOLIDATED HOV. , Mil . A 1. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY VOL XXI M v MARSHALL MADISON COUNTVj N. C FRIDAY, MARCH, 10th, 1922. No 58 MEMORIES OF MARS HILL COLLEGE. ' By W. P. JERViS, t The claims' of this institution as a college instead of a High School or Preparatory School , formerly rested on the fact that it was from the first chartered by the Legislature's a college It no doubt now has other claims. The history of the school as written has generally been tau ght in three periods as follows: 1st 1856-1858 in charge ofW. A. G.Brown, 2nd 1890-1893 in charge of T. M. Hathorn, 3rd 1897 to present time in charge of R. L. Moore. The history of the school during these periods has perhaps been accurate e nough. All other periods of the school have largely been scrap ped. One indispensable request to history is that it should always be true to facts, both in general and particular while the large things must be told, the smaller ones should not be ignored. It is hoped that some inform- v ed and unbiased writer of local history will some day give to our people the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth of the many ordeals through which this bid school has pass ed, not only the trials and anxie ties of any one man, but of all those who have contributed to its growth and usefullness th- s9k ?f!o 4-mxi-nff riief n4oa - It is human to forget little things but divine to remember them. THe little incident at Be thany placed Mary on as high christian ground as was ever occupied by any of the prophets or apostles who subdued king doms wrought righteousness and did many wonderful works; yet she did a small thing despise not "little things, perhaps the period, which the various his torians who have presumed to write the history of the school, have treated most as a paren theses is the one from 1858 to 1861 incare of J. B. Marsh. The historian has for some cause sidetracked this whole period and to correct this errorsI write this article. ' jOn retirement of Prof Brown the trustees met and advertised for a teacher to fill the vacancy among the many who respond ed was one who inclosed a pos tage stamp for reply. The chair man of the board of trustees at that time once told the wri ter that was why they selected Mr; Marsh. Prof. Marsh came from Bin ghamton New York. , He was about 25 years old was a minis ter of the gospel and was an accomplished English ; Scholar, thorough in his teaching to the class and a splendid organizer and a perfect disciplinarian. ' In short he was a great teacher. Without disparaging the claims of others, I doubt if the school ever had his superior. Mr. Marsh was a man of high spiritual, character and the . church and . Sunday School felt the, interest of his life on them at that time Rev. T. J. Rollins was pastor of the church Mr. Rollins was a great Sunday School organizer' ill over the country' and two years before the coming of Mr. Marsh' had organized a Sunday School which was under th tjjianagement of Rev. J. B. Mc Mahari7a venerable white head ed methodist preacher. This was the first Sunday School ever taught at Mars Hill and the first cne thi3 scholar ever ' at- Mr. Marsh immediately took charge of the Sunday School and changed it from an old field school to a spiritual Bible school. At the early age of 13 well do I remember the earnest devotion that was manif estedt in th-J S. S. class exercises. " If there 1s one period fed my life where re Iigious impressions were stron gest it was in that Sunday School every, student , in , the school was required' to attend Sunday School unless excused and if any one failed he was required to , prepare and recite the Sunday School lesson the first thing on Monday morning. I distinctly remember that two young men failed to attend one Sunday. Their names were Jas. I. Mathews and T. WV Keith, The lesson subject was Gideon and the Fleece. The boys were real mad but they learned more abdut Gideon than they , ever knew before. The school at that time was the only one of its grade in ' W. N. C. that was under the auspi ces of the Baptest denomination and hence was largely attended from different parts of that sec tion. While the local patronage was fine indeed, almost every family was represented. Mr. Marsh taught in the lower east room and his" scEoot room" was a marval of neatness,' order and industry.1 Every student either studied in the school room or at their private rooms, no loitering on the school, grounds during school hours. - The room was seated with desks eight feet long so that five or six students sat on each seat, each having his own apartment. These were the first desk ever used in the school or in the country. I do not know what kind of seats the previous schood used. Mr.AMarsh was' a' first class scribf h& writing was taught in 30 minute peri ds,) j u'st before noon each day . The -primary depart- ment was under the care of Miss Matilda Porter 1 of- Swannano N. C. It was in this, department I first entered Mars Hill college in 1859. Miss Porter was an accomplished young lady and made a fine im pression on her pupils. About this time an : intermediate depart ment was ' established with 'Mr. Pinkey Rollins as teacher., I have often been asked for the names of the pupils who attended the school during this period. Of course, writ ing. from memory I can only give partial list and that only of non resident students, yiz U WA, W.:;RoIlinsl 'Pinkey Rol lins, Jeff. Clark,-pJi Buncombe Co. T. J; Martm,1. of. Maoon County. George Wilson, of 'Yancy .? County. Moses Honeycut, an elder - brother of the beloved T. M. H and D M. Ray both of Yancy. R. F.. White side, and W. B Whiteside , of RutMord ICounty, John McLurry of Cleveland County? R. ; A. Free man of Henderson. County, :' Jam I. "Mf thews, a one aiia man cf,3a. D. S Ball and vv; i. Roberts, of Madison Oimty. i, Mr .Roberts : is father of Guy V. and is still living. Of theladies from -abroad I recall only a few.; Mjsses Beam,; Cham- pion ajjd the two Misses McUurry all of Cleveland. f "Mrs' W. J 'Rtr-' berrs, nee'.'. Mfes Kate Freeman Miss Roxie Laviner of Gilford Co and Miss Hattie Porter v. of "Buri eombe Comity.','- To these must be added a host of local, young men and vouns women as well as some .1'. ; ' . J 'HERE'DicKTHlsN 4$jx$&k onfs youfts. ) I VILL.HASHAD , Of the last named class I will mention Rev. J. W. Hooker, David Fisher of Haywood Coun ty and John Ammons.' .The latter and. his small son L. J. Ammons were in school at the same time. This was tudent body, in fact as them to rt and call inkressed i with the f , ftt 1 irt o . ana-1 half of them . 1 haVe1 made creditable m h of the State Legislature. They maintamed a strong and well organized society and ... the debates were stirring - and animated. The president of the school allowed boys of my size and age to remain and hear the discussions provided we behaved ourselves which gave us a good start in our society days later on. The moral tone of the school was just what you would expect from a student body where the higher ideal of life prevailed. As I think of the young ladies of that school at this later day they impress me as being more mature and settled than the majority of girls in the schools of today, but perhaps at this distance I may misjudge. The closing out periods of the school were not called as now, com mencements but simply the close of school and consisted of two days public examinations always open to the public and then a day for general exercises always held in the then beauti ful grove between the present residence of Mr. L. J. Carter and Mr. J. J.Gibbs. A stand was al ways erected from which ajselect number of young hien deliver ed original orations. The young ladies read written compositions instead of recitations as now. -These were ' great days and full of inspiration, but were saddened by the partings and good-bys that followed them. They were always arranged so as to come on the 4th of J uly and the student body would march from the old college build ing to the stand in the grove, the stars and stripes being carried at the head of the procession and unfurled on the stage dur ing the day. There were not many preach ers among the students of that period like there are today .but they had better preaching op portunities. : Like other things I have itieritioned they seemed t6 be riper in years and . more mature in judgement To three of the young men I want briefly t o ' call attention, viz. George Wilson, Jere Clark and T.! J.. Martin. Mr; Wilson was a fine looking young man, as I take it about 22 years old pf a splendid as not a preacher when he came to Mars Hill but began to talk in the prayer meetings here and 'subsequently became a strong man in the ministry. As a speaker he. was impressive and emotional nearly always melting his audience to tears. I think his promising life was cut short by the war." Mr. Clark i,w$s a tall young man presumably about the same age of Mr. Wilson but lacking i in his robustness. He was from Hominy in Buncombe County I aid of an excellent familv.V As!Mr- Marsh left Mars Hill and Treacher he; Was--:ftcwate;iitTwent to LHthK-itrHendirn language, a little dry, but strong ly logical. I remember hearing him preach a sermon a t the Forks of Ivy,' fsom John 19-5 "Behold the Man," His handling of the subject in all its bearings was masterly. I think he too died in early life. . Mr. Martin was from Macn Cou n t y and possessed some peculiarities that sometimes makes a man interesting and popular with the masses, . ''He must have been two years the senior of either W ilson of Clark. H e mixed among all classes, knew every student by name and was specially gifted in the fulsome use oi tne title .Frotesor, so mucn overridden at the present day. Ha called every one who was a member of, the church professor whether in public or privaR lie was a strong preacher for a young man. He held the crowded house that attended . services when he preached as in a vice; He was fluent in speech and conclusive in presenting the de ductions of his text. His hear ers instead of being worried with' his sermons regretted to have him close. He preached a good deal in adjoining churches especially Big Ivy. Scire of those brethren had heard Rev. J. R. Graves of Nashville, Tenn., and they declared Martin was th ablest preacher of the two. I know nothing more of his life after leaving Mars Hill only that he went from Macon Coun ty to Georgia. Is probably liv ing yet ::-...:v; With a man of Prof. Marshs ability and aggressiveness as a teacher and such an 'array ofj young men and young Women as students no wonder that the history of the schoor.from 1858 to 1861 : will stand as an "ada1-" mant m, the memory or those; who still live to think of those days and in. the; treasures "of him who never forgets the faithful service of inn servants, In the midst of this success the fearful days of 1861 burst like a thunder clap on the nation. The a mantel over it. Reason :wa9. sub merged in the turbulent 'sea' of, madnpss. The days of construct ion werf changed for ihuse of destruction. , Education was lost sight of, schools went headlong (with eveiv thing else) to de- istruction. Young men went from them to fields of carnage and ruin. , '' But such is war'. " The history of the school during this period was. written., itsscrou was folded together to await the dawbing.tf a better day. Amid this gloom son Ujunty where during the war he taught a school for young women. Later'he went to Cald well County and still later engaged in the p:istoiial work in South Carolina. His wife who was Miss Rachel Lanier of High Point, N. C, pro ceeded him to the grave. He died in 1904, a servant whose work had been well done. Saving's Certificates. More than one half-million dollars has been saved and in vested in United Stated Treas ury Savings Certificates in the Fifth Federal Reserve District during the month of January, according to a statement made by Postmaster Wm. C. Pope of the Marshall Post Office. The postmaster has just received a letter from Howard T. Cree, Government Director of Savings at Richmond, Virginia, in which he states that sales for January have far surpassed expectations. From 226 post offices - reporting and mail orders received at the Federal Reserve Bank in Rich mond, the sales total $562,650. This new offering of 'certifi cates h&: proved very popular m that liie rre issued" In de nominations u" ; $25; $100 and $1,000 and may Lo purchased at a flat discount price of twenty per cent, off their maturity value. People seeking' a' s fc invest ment, with a guarantee as to both principal and interest, hav been quick, to . take advantage of this attractive issuef of "baby bonds" and "have bought ' them in large numbers. "' - v Postmaster Pope ' says, ; "For those seeking 'investment, of funds, nothing is more attractive than these nwv-savings, cer tificates which -Vield four and xme - half . ptenttlJjjtcf esf,r I TYiirr-liacp' nriiA rnmnmiTiVfAff 8emiannuallv. if held to matu rity, five years fromthe date of issue. -- We are,now. in our 'new home all the machinery is.set. r ' So we are now looking . for your JOB PRINTING that YOU have been Income Tax Extension, Commissioner of Revenue Watts said today that the law permits him to grant extensions of time to taxpayers for filing income tax returns from March 15th in case of sickness, absence, or other disability, or whenever in his judgement good cause exists for such extension. , The' law requires interest at the rata of six per cent per annum from March 15th to the time of pay ment to be paid where exten sions are granted. Extensions will be granted upon application where lawful cause is shown, but in all cases the interest re quired by law will be collected. Where no extensions hav been granted, taxpayers , failing to make income tax returns ol t pay the taxes due on or before Maich 15th, without intention to evade the law, may voluntarily file a return and pay the ta n due on or before May 15tli, 191", together with five per cent penalty, which penalty in .no case shall be less than one dollar and one per cent for each mont . or fraction of a month during which the tax remains unpaid from March 15, 1922. ' '..Thev penalties will be collected in. every case. . ' t;. All penalties may easily be. avoided by taxpayers maldn' their income tax returns and paying the taxes due on or' be fore March 15, 1922, or by secur- ing extensions, where lawful reasons "exist f o extensions. ' when only simple interest will be collected in addition to the tax. Attention is again called to the fact that the income taxes paid to sheriffs and county tax collectors during the fall of 1921 and the first part -of this year are taxes'levied on the incomes. of taxpayers for the calendar year of 1920, "and not for 1921. Returns are required from all single persons and married per sons not living with husband or wife whose net income is $1,000 or more, and from all married persons living together whose net incomes are $2,000 or more. Net income is the gross income less the deductions allowed by law, but personal exemptions are not included in these de ductions. For this reason a very large number o f persons are liable to make returns who will not pay taxes. Will Use German Police Dogs to Hnnt Blockaders. Washington, D. C, Feb. 13 Prohibition Commissioner Hay nes is going to try an experiment on North Carolina moonshiner?. He will instruct dry Director Kohloss to use German police dotfs to locate distillers. The dug theory comes from Colorado where it works and was mnounced today after a confer ence at the office of he prohibi tion enforcement forces. Direc tor Em tueit II. McClenaban of Colorado has tried the man-hunt ing dog after the illict. liquor makers of his state. " , "With such a dog" said Mr., McClenahan," stills may be scent, ed half a mile away, and. will not only. ' lead ... to capture., bub will. serve to secure search warrants." ,.The Colorado dry officers have . recently captured 188 stills and 50,000 gallons o mash. T , "'..'It takes only nine, days to make moonshine out of the neces sary ingredients, and the cost W only 97 cents a "" -" ' r -- r ' - T
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