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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER UllMSIIEO IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL XXI
' MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N.C FRJDAY, MARCH, 16th, 1923.
No 10
d.
'Ex-Postipaster
Gen6ratOf
White Rock.
I It is a pleasure of the News-
Record to meet tho olde,r men of
the county, men who have in th$
-past done things and been part
of the life of the county but who
byjthefr age have given away to
tho?e of less years and youthful
strength. Not long ogo we had the
pleasure of chatting with one of
the older residents of the county
Ijving in Laurel For several years
while living in the Laurel, we
knew" him as tle Postmaster
General of White Rock. Mri
Jimison Tweed. The ' years are
no respecter of persons and in
place of the'active life that the
led, now Mr. Tweed 13 resting on
the sunset side of life. The glow
is beeutiful and the colors all
bright for his- life reaches back
to the time of the division of the
States" and as one sis and listens
he can tell of the past and the
many Stirring things that hap
pened and which give a glow to
the advanced things of the pre
sent.. "If is worth while to have
progress of the times and the
improvements that have come
make the past romatic. From
these we learn o the great his-
tmr ff 1Aiar irrt fha nort if
played in ttie State. ) ' .-. v i
be News-Record congratulat
es Mr Tweed, and wishes him
-.man- years -of added life-to-ee-:
as a spectator in these- ; coming
years the further progress that
is to be made. Like in Tennis
we like to stay on the side lines
. and compare the doings and play
of the youth with that which we
did in tfoo past with our compeers
And we are.sure that as we do
this allwill say, to those in the
game, "Play the game and play
fair) The Record hopes from
time to time to talk with these
our older friends and show that
we appreciate- what they have
i . .. . ' 'rr
aone ana cue inem as warriors
who have delivered the arms to
others but only that the others
may wage a great fight also. '
Rev. S. THensley
teceives Call ,
Rev. Samuel T. Hens1ey. pasior
Of Biltmore Baptist church and
fnoderatorof Buhc'ombe County
association, has" been offered the
pastorate of Revolution Haptist
Church at Greensboro.' ; V
Rev. Mr. Hensley told a Times
representative today thavhe had
not made up his mind whether
to acce.pt or not He said that it
will probably be next week before
any (jefiniie decision is made. ;
Property Is Seized
JBy Federal Officef
- High Point. N C , March 12.
Ti.B Sams, chief of the divis
ional prohibition toflicers of the
fifth district, in his February fe
p. rt s'.o'.vs that durir. j the month
property with a total valuation
cized by, hi'?
rested CO pcr
i with the
?nts,
13 - i i
'.X z
: to J to have
1 y wera in-
. : t.y .. ccr.H.::-
Special School Tax
Election Postponed
Owing to the fact that the new
School Law does not go into- ef
fect until the 15th of April, we
have decided to postpone the ele-
tion in the Old Fiint Knob dis
trict on the question of enlarging
the Madison Seminary special tax
district. This election will be
called later so as to comply with
(he new law. v , -
' v . Homer Henry, Secy.'
. Board of Education.
Thomas Reeves
Selected As New
"Treasurer Here
Thomas A. Reeves, for the past
three deputy Register of deeds
for Buncombe county, and a
worker in the . democratic party
for many years, was today api
pointed county treasurer to suc
ceed Solon Hder, whose resigna
tion takes effect March 31' .
; Mr. Reeves is.a native of Madi
son county, coming here in his
early youth. He settled at W'ea
verville and later moved to this
city ; '.'....," (V
J. Fred Reeves, , the only son
of Thomas A. Keeves, is now asi
sistant cashier" of the - Bank of
Weaverville. The only daughter
of the new county treasurer is
Mrs Joseph 1 Denardo. of this
ctyt
if
Solon Hvder.'rc-alected treasur
er in the county elections last
Novomber, recently resigned his
office to enter the insurance busi
ness with headquarters xat Hen
dersonville. , ,
In the democratic primary pre-
ceding the general election Mr.Jstiying that we will do our best to
Reeves was a candidate for coun
ty treasnrer. Prior to coming to
to this city Mr. Reeves was'prop
rietor of a drug store in Weaver-
vilie. Asheville Times
Large Cave Found
On Thursday 'last, J E Rad
ford one of the oldest pioneer
settlers in Paint Fork section
was traveling through the great
South mountain, and all at once
. ' "'it ' -
aiscoverea a smau entrance un-
aer a rocK.
Radford, thought it best to get
help sb he went down the coun
try and organized the aid of his
grandson A. Dewey Ray, and
some more neighbors including
J W. Ingle and G, L. Pay.
It was a hot climb up the
mountain side, but no sooner had
the party reached the scene,
Dewey, accompanied by Tom
Ray arid Ahyille Radfordy then
took a large search light and
went to the extent of forty or
fifty feet into the rock.
. The oxygone was. so light in
the cave fire wouldn't burn very
much on account of entrance
being almost closed for a num
ber of years .-
The cave showed signs of an
old Indian hiding place, andxit
is thought that no white man has
explore the interrior of the
cave for fifty prior to the pre
sent time. '. ' ,v - ' x
, Mr. 7. Curtis Radford, A.
Dcvey Ray, J. F. Carter, J.
Wc.L'y L-:;!e, IKIIifd Climbers
and TI:".-3 Ray were all in
?'-r.'.:.!l ca lcinccs Iar.t Mon
Z:y. ' - ' '
NEW EW NEW
SPRING GOODS-
KING TUT. RaUncOCrepes, Gaze Marvel, Pongee,
Organdie, Flaxon, Linens, Lawns, and Ginghams, in the
latest shades and colorsi . ' . ' ;
. ' & '., '. v -'
; Full line Ladies, Misses and Childrens
Ready-to-wear shoes for every member of
the family. Full line Mens and Boys Suits,
Hats, Caps, Ties, Collars and Sox. .
You are cordially invited to come in and look even
if.you do not buy it will be a pleasupe to show you
that its not necessary to go to Asheville or elsewhere to
get the latest styles or best prices.
Yours! To Serve
O McKmNEt
We Sell-McCALL'S PATTERNS.
THE MASTpR RTANTHE MAN FOUR-SQUARE
Baptist Church Sunday Night
4VTo on'r wayof thinkinJ,he
meal man nooa ana womannooa
SUM al. jf ukitx-thjs oriKU
GiilP UPON THINGS DIVINE
each of them at our service Sunday night Avhen we shall present,
as best we can, to the people of
try,, 'THE-MASTER MAN 6F
This is a subject that should
possible, as well as spiritually profitable to everyone.
. At this time we will also present the last half of our Illustrat
ed Travelogue entitled "From New York to London." In this
we will enter London proper, taking iii the most famous places of
interest-THE .TOWER OF LONDON-LONDON BRIDGE
WESTMINISTER ABBEY-HOUSES ; OF PARLIAMENT
BUCKINGHAM PALACE -CHRYSTALPALACE-ST. JAMES'
PARK-ST,. PAUL'S-CATHEDRAL etc. - You , will enjoy these
pictures, and also, we hope, tho descriptiye talk accompanying
them. v ,' - ' ' '
. "THE PLACE OF POWE R" will be the theme of the morning
service at 11 o'clock. Will be glad to see you there. !; ' '
The Bible says "FEED MY.LAMB8," but it does not say
"FEED MY GOATS.", Let's ' be "GO-GETTERS " and not
"GOAT-GETTERS" Whutsay?,. ( . , ,
We are endeavoring to get up a lecture-sermon entitled PIC
TURES OFj MEMORY, If you are praying folks we ask an in
terest in y ourVrayers to the, end that we may have the help i of
God and Heaven in its preparation. . " -
'A. The man who counts' most fights' wrong hard and helps right
with all his might. How much do we "count?"
Cordially. '
.. " ' ' . EVAN RIDGE EVANS. .
A Reputation to Live Up to
or Live Down:
To get tle best out of your
self do you have -to try to equal
'a reputation or live one awn.
That is has your best been done
or are you doing something that
has hurt you. The newspaper
1 a preacher' and is always
striving to get its readers to do
their best, It is easy to find
fault with parsons but also it is
not the place of the paper, to
sav that all are bad but also to
incite lo . Deuer. lie at yum
ter:t is a goed motto to have
r.r.i if you lave done something
lint i.s od try, for something
better still. ' This good thing is
a fine steppir.2 stone to better.
A iov.'n cr county has a reputa
four great essential elements of I
are mese hukii i riijxt?
vi ukuiu&jkuuuu
AND A
We will dwell at length upon
Marshall and surrouuding coun
THE WOULD."
appeal to all, and it goe without
'make it just as interesting as
tion and to keep that reputation
good is th aim of all jor should
be. However there are repu
tations also of having allbdof.-
Bad finance, bad morals, lax
application of the laws, and
many things that others speak
of in reprobation . Pay your
debts, good morals, strict appli
cation and just of the laws are
the parts of course to live down
a reputation. To have h a d
these and then go the second
mile of th scripture is a way
to live up to that reputation of
the past, good, though it might
be. Anything that hurts us
should be -discarded and meas'
ures to better our record should
be improved upon. Thus we
can liva up to our reputation c
live it down.
9p
The writer .passed xver the
new road to Erwin Tennessee
last week and the work is pro
gressing fast. The Madison
County side is a good road and
perhaps a mile cr more has been
finished. The Tennessee side is
well ad tranced. - Beginning a
little below Gentry's store at
Rocky Fork' and passing
behind the school property" it
makes the ascent on a good
grade and already has come to
the top of the hill. The width
is 16 feet on the Tennessee side.
Madison isjnaking an 18 foot
road. Not only will the road
connect us with that part of the
State of Tennessee but there
will be added the fact that -the
scenery along the road vwill be
about as fine as any road in
North Carolina. The mad rush
of the streams down their rocky
course in falls and cascades and
the wooded mountain sides will
make it of surpassing beauty
and will be a v great attraction
forthe tourists who are passing
through and without oubt the
road will be recommended for
many who are out for the drive
and in search of beauty of scen
ery Both on the North Caro
lina : and the Tennessee side
there are these places andthe
seven mile drive from Rocky
Fork to Carmen will, be noted.
It will be a wonderful asset
for the county and the fact that
we have such will make many
come to us. Also it -will " give
us a great highway as an outlet
to Unicui County. -
- ' FAIR.
The News-Record has bcon
insisting that something be
done for the Fair in the County
this Fall. 'No move has been
made by anyone toward this
but. we must not let' 'it drop
and. then later, too late to have
good Fair start in The en
thusiasm should be created and
pushsdunt.il we have the Fail1
as a settled fact. The fact that
there is no Farm Agent in the
county is a draw back but at
the same time some public
spirited citizens must get bock
of it and at cofct of time and
money rqake it a success. There
could be enough money sub
scribed to give the prizes and
then we would seej the persons
preparing for the Fair and
helping. It is iot words that
we wish but action and action
soon if we are going to do
anything, u "
A Conference of Organized
Class o s for Intermediates,
Young People and , Adults is to
be held at Mars Hill , on
WednesSay, March 21; Messrs.
E. L Middleton of Raleigh and
Harry Slxickland of Nashville.
Tenn., will speak and conduct
conferences Both know the
needs, policies, and plans of the
organized Sunday School work,
and both are inspiring speakers.
The exercises of the day begin
at 16 o'clock, arid there will be
also afternoon and ' evening ad
dresses, Sunday School super
intendents, teachers, class offi
cers, pastors, everybody really
interested in Sunday Schools,
will find the sessions profitable,
"Winning to Christ and winning
to service" is the 1923 slogan,
and .tho. spirit of it will per
meate every hour of this con
ference Every church in reach
of liars Hill should be repre
sented in this conference.
New Road
States Share Of I
Forest Fund To
Be Good Sum
" ... . . ,. ;
Photographers Will Take Pic
tures For Booklet On
" Mountains.!
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8-North
Carolina's share of tlie road money
for National forests totals $35,
189,000. ; V ! : V i '
. The forest service has some fine
plans for Western North Caro'ina
forests I this year. FhotoRraphers
will take pictures for a booklet to
be printed and distributed giving
beautiful views of the country
about AsheviHo. A complete pho
tographic survey is to be. made. The
purpose of this is to stimulate the.
recreational use of the forrst re
servation 'An official photograph
er is to go down in the Pisgah re
gion in June to make the best pic
tures that, arc to be had :N; ;
John E. Scott, of the Forest ser
vice, has just written a story f
the play grounds oi the East, and
South in which he had this to say
of Western North Carolina. '
"In Virginia "the Shenandoah'
and Natural Bridge Forests border
ing the historic vaHejs of tjic Old
Dominion offer enticement and tho
beauties of the Blue Rridge with
the peaks of Otter, North and.
South of Asheville, North Carolina
stretches the Pisgah Forest, traver
sed by motor ' roads nearly to the
summits of Mount Pi?gah and that
monarch of Eastern peaKs, Mount
Mitchell. No section .of Eastern
America offers more of scenic grand
uer and allurment. to the soul ap
preciative cf nature's eharm3 than
this ' Land of the sky" in Western
North Carolina. Further South
around . highlands and on into
North Georgia unfolds another sec
tion, of rare delight' the true hap
py hunting grounds of t he Chero
kces of old," the writer says;
Public recreation is to be encour
aged in these forests of the South.
Good roads will be constructed.
This development is to be gradual
but it is coming surely it sto-wiy1. ,
Laurel Branch
News '
The pastor Rev.- R. P. Mc-
Cracken met as usual and
preached one of his wondrful
sermons to a very large crowd
on Saturday, Then on Sunday-
he met at the waters edge and
baptized as follows:;Mr. Glen
Merril, Misses Clara Merrill,
Hattie Roberts, Bessie Kent an I
Minnie Metcalf, They are otL-
ers to be baptized later who fall
ed to be ready at this time. Aft
er the baptizing all gathere
back to church and heard anotli
er splendid sermon. ;. We feci
that we now have one of tl
greatest preachers in the Frenc'
Broad .'Association and he "
trying to urge the people to tzl
a forward step in ever lines
church work. We want to c l
one and all a hearty welec
to come and hear him on .1
Second Saturday , and
un.
of each month. -
' . Mr. J ohn Keith and
Messrs. Will Sams and
White of New Eri'.'j
visiting home folks tlJj
end.';
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