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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
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VOL XXI
MARSHALL; MADI$ON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 7th, 1923.
No 35.
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Earth Quakes TbU; irl Japan is 500,0
. - - DRIVES WbUSAINDS 7V1AD -
Near East Relief
' August. 1923.
Mr. J. H. Hendricks, t '
., ; Marshall,-N. C., . fs:
.y Dear Mr Hendricks: .
" , This iio inform you that
oor annual report which will fee
, 'sent to you in afew days, shows
that Madison County raised a
total pt$50Q00 00 on. itsquotaj
of $720 00 which is 70 per cent
" of its quota."'" Official figures on
June 30th were:- Cash - $106
and clothini $114.00. -
'lTuly this -is a .? woriderfnl
showing in these times 'when
moneyjsjiothing like as ..plea,
tiful as it use to be. I want to
congratulate you and all who
had a part uf raising this splendid-sum
v and to extend to you
' all.-the thanks and gratitude of
, our State. .. . ; ' ''. "". ''
, It has been a pleasure to be
associated throughout the, year
. with such a' splendid body of
'V' men and women as .those who
made Irp our dounty chairman
and volunteer workers. I am
sure you will feel well repaid
f for your efforts .during the ' past
, fiscal year, in the knowledge
that you have actual y; saved a
- v About September 6th, our of
iice will be moved to Charlotte
N C, and the address will be
v No,; 800 iNorth Tryon Street;
.Please address all communica
tions accordingly. '
Most cordially yours,
Geo. H. Bellamy,'
!y..-....:...;; State Chaiiman.;-'
A Fine Trip
party consisting of Mr. and
Mrs Charlie Holt, two daught
ers, Ruby and Hazel Holt of
- Chattanooga, Tenh ,Mr, William
Cook 6f Belva, Miss Nettie
Licb of Marshall . R-4 and' Mr.
Winston Cook formerly of New
' York City, motored to Weaver
ville last Saturday ( evening, and
called at thf! home-' of -.Mr.- and
Mrs C C. ; Ramsey, and from
there the party jlook. Mr. and
Mrs. " Ramsey ' and motored tb
Asheville for 'the movies. ! . Re
turned to Weiverville and spent
the nightat MrRamsey's.-. i-v
i Sunday rnorning , Mrs ;Lillie
. Capp? and daughter Clara joined
them, and all motofeo!, to Chirri
ney Rock by way of Fair View,
where Mr. h and' Mrs' Mo-dy
Brigman and family of Walnut
- met them.;;:.,'i.' '.;,;: '''.'i
. ... All enjoyed the f climb to "the
top of ! the VRock, t the baUty
the mysteries and the" ivyohder
' ful scenery s; j; : ': " . '
. They motored back' hy ry'ay
of Hendersonville; ? S'u ri d a y
evening, -t All 'reported fine triy.
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Katisnal Ericampiiient United
S;:ni?hy)Y;iarnVderins,f
POO -i
?-?T 16-20 1923
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The! National Enfatnpment of
"jfianian vvar veicrane'iy111 u ue,u
"in Chitt anooga(-Septeoiber-l &-20,
and ' being the. i wentyrfifth
Anniversary of . me ispuiusu
.ar
and the first-time, thu the n
cairpijieat 'has "te'eri "leld ' in the
"South J n extra efTort is being put
f.r'.h ) i it a 'notable event."
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A Tree For A fee
Hum .!! ' ' 1
GUfiVis a loyer of the
wobcls-aiiid the -bot of 'doors. In
his inspiring appreciation of
trees, which appears in this num
ber of American Forestry, under
the simple title "Trees," he ex
presses the fear-rone that is in
g!nf0re8t8 to the last tree will
be sacrifice t) tbc a,lmtfebty dol
lar.! H-reoojrniees- that it is
rirht for forests to be utilized for
lumber,: paper, and the hundreds
of- other -wooih" Jrdtfucts . But
must all of our old f orestsgo in
to the maw ofcommercialism?
it has taken centuries toN build.
One exclaJinlra yonldihftA
natioiuacridieio.evcutl!1? meng. .but,.tk.God,..it. did not lake w very-lontf
forest!'.' nThe other- excaims, J,
"What a wastel vrheBe'treefl'are
mature; they Bhootd'be cut
They.Jtill-.i)oJdjJiomea Jot. Iteht
thousand people, Apd.tlje first
man replies ' Ahjniy inend.
this forest,' if not cut,, will, buildj
health" and 'cliaracte '4' for 'bne
hundred tlhtes ten ' thousand 'petf-
pie ifl years; fcomer: ":
; Both w are right.--' We need
hme,f w i need health, i and.
' AmericapS-need
character. We need the.characr
tep to , m eet Ion commpo. , ground
weigh our national : fQrest . needs
sanely and make prQyjsn-.f.Qr
out social as well as our material
wants:" ' That'the god of comhie'r
cialism is leadihg' Us " irf a fhad
raqe-Ltoword the. ultimate de
struction of all of our old forests
majiestie withUhe age of icentiir
ie8, is a-revolting thought-Hre"
volting because it is unnecessary
and the race is so fast.:,, ;, ,; )
tyiit of an' original 'herbage, of
almost a billion acres . of .virgin
forests, we ought to keep' some
of those old forests intact for the
common good they will' do.
Body building , a n d . character
building, ar' qute . as 4 irnportant
as3 home-building! Relatively
fev acres of health giving forests
wil( serv6 thousands Of " people
year after year for all time. S. "
Zkne Grey would 'require Mhe
man . who cuts a tree to1 plant a
treej, Carried out literally ,V that
would , not( be ( practicable,- be
cauia in so naany'.pf our forests
there is already sufficient young
growth which;"- if! protected,
would provide a' ohlihuihjjr for
est much sooher and much cHeajH
er than by planting.,. That.is:h.i3
thoijghtrwe ibeliereTTContinuing
forests bythe Jneahd .mosfc', .cer
tain land feasible.;,: If , as a nation,
we followed ' jpolicyjd'Uie
policy of refreshing our several
hundred million acres of barren
and nearbarreri cut-oveif lands,
we could yet reserve some of otir
old yirgin forests for the beneft
cial fenjoyment 6f future genera-
tions without depriving' the god
wh6 rules our, rc.ppd. market; i (!i,
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A Irani St2tc2t ;
: "t You Like,; Our; , Service,
Tell Others; If You "Dislike It,
Tell pa, "-says kn ad vfertisement,
Which is exattly opposite bur
owij .thought. If you iby any
chance like this1 column tell the
bosi. If you don't-like it for
Il'Stven's sake don't sv ; any
thing 1 Ellwood ; City (I ) ed-
Another Word From Evans
I " Wifti all my heart t want, to thank you all for jpur well
wishes--krnd1 expressions oT regard, etc " And, as for the pcti
ttoni which so--inany uf you sighed, to have me remain and
continueas pastor pf the First Baptist Church, why, oi course,
it pleaSed me Immensely.' For th benefit of thos4 who do not
know. weish to say that the petition was singned by', every
member of the Board tf Deacons,
member of-th'e church; - ' ;
However "as"! stated in my
physically to undertake the responsibilities of this or any oth-
e pastorale at the present. Wish I did. for, as sureasyou live,
if I did, I would reihain with you, for- a 7 time at least. I have7
eijjoyed my association with you, and hope and pray that we
hive heen ahle i to accomplish isome lasting good while here.
: Wen.t to Asheville Tuesday night, and gave our "ANTI
RLAri" lecture, pn Pack Square; The biggest kind of a crowd
Was present and gave, us the . best of ' attention. . Some there
were, however., who started in as though they intended to break
ta silence tnem.; At tne close, .
marks were,, made, but. we considered the 'source' from which '
they came, so did not allow them t) bother us much. A few
hoodlums folLwed our. car a.short distance and then dropped
out pf sights: ppe.fellow said we would be attended to else
w. iereVrflJTjiait'.ls fb& spixit .of .the.Klan; it 'seenis. ' Fine spirit.
.For the police of Asheville we, haya ' the greatest regards.
About half of the force, it seemed, were, present. , They afford
ed us every courtesy; and as we were leaving, "asked us what
hotel we were, going to stop at, saying ' that they would come
doSvn and see to it that we were not molested. We, of course,
thanked them- for their extreme kindness and consideration, but
said that' it-would'not be necessary aswe,were,' leaving on the
"SjPECIAL " On the whole, had a great meeting, and we en
jpyed it thoroughly. . - r ,
' Thank you 'all so much for coming to see us in such large 1
numbers ldst Sunday; "We appreciate it, and hope that you
we're spiritually henefitedr '. , ' '
-;'! Well,,so jonjfor, the present. Will let you hear from me
again soon. ! Haye rejoiced to know that so many have enjoyed ,
these weekly letters of mine-that you evealooked forward to
them with pleasure.;. . .,. . ;
'.I ',?'y...: n:h ' ;j4v i ,.,1;,v.,;, ' Cordially, '
fuQ " .t.i,AU -r .. EVAN RIDGE EVANS.'.-,"
Tribute to the Horse
Oh Horse you are a wonderful
thing;' no KiilfonV to push, no horn
to pons; you man yuursuu, uu
clutch to slip; no spark f o' miss.'no
geajs 'to ' "strip; . no licehse-buyihg
eve :y year," v ith plates to scrw on
front and' tio' gas bills climbing
up eacE ' 'flay ',' ' elealing ' ' the ' joy of
life away ; no speed cops chuggirg
iu y.our rear, yelling summons in
Souf ear. . ; Your nne tubes are all
i. and ,thahk the'" Iord, they
itayj that way; your ' spark plugs
tt?trjaia)9. ,i in.df u4 ;wyoun motor
tevt makes.ii3,!c l Yotir, frame
ifl.gdod; foe many rode; your body
never; changes, smin- Your wants
,re feWuandasy.v.metHyovi'ye
8om ithing on the auto yet.--Ameti
'cart "?dreslry,.vJ'i i 'Uk tryi.
TOtWYoiirBoySMid
fc i'Are you going to college ?"
i 'This question w a s" recently
askjd a yourman.whQ.had
just completed his high school
coutteith) a, good repord .and
whej i preparedt.entferjeither
jys State amersityu)r Jia state
QolielgS; of agriculture . wjtl ,f ull
credit fcr itt4shniari, laas;
Without fs'inomenrsnesitation
He e d 1 i e d ; "o, sir, I Tip
going (CO tWOiJKj,,, ii ise a iui ,oi
money ior ienuw w ucv w
these J days VCah'tvaSordto
spend:four years in college."
VyVat work wjllxpu doJT .fae
was'askedL... .. , '. . ; .
Con't k-5W. You: see, I'm
. i
lOCtinz ior a iu
SA ??9yc!
1 1
-i
and practically every active
. ; ,
resignation, I do hot feel equal,
tnougn, some tnreatenmg re
looking for 7" was the next
question. -
He had become more serious
but was not prepared for the
next question. :
''VVhy; anything I can get, if
it pays' enough."
'What can you do? What
experience, what training, have
you had ?" ;
Further questions brought out
the fact that this boy's parents
had not asked vor encouraged him
to prepare for any definite life
work, and that only in the most
vague way did he , himself have
,any Predilection or leaning to-
ward any specific occuDation.
vocation, business, or profession.
Hjs one ambition is' to "get a
job." 'Without an engine, sail,
rudder.-or compass, he is chafing
to embark' Upon; the sea of life
with no chart and '; ho chosen
port), if v.-.'-I'-,- : ;.,!.. . : v-i..
,Ahd so it is with thousands of
young men and women from one
to the 'other end of our South
land. Their greatest life prob
lem if they but knew it, is to
find themselves, to have a definite
purpose in life, and to prepare
for its attainment. When boys
or; girls can be; brought' to the
point of 1 seriously '. considering
their future and decide upon
somi j definite life-work, ,they are
preparing to splve their greatest
problem, that of deciding what
they! will make of themselves,--
The Progressive Farmer. - 1
I ! t ifi! rl.ij , rli t;:;! tf'.
e have" a cor'epiete line of Co'-
fins i Casket
; f -r'TLa Wefc' Furniture
Grape Vine News.
Our farmers are getting busy
CUt tin and curirfg tobacco. ' Will
be taking fodder SOon ' " ","iin Slarshafl. ' hpmnni SvnlemlT.
Mr. Garrett , Buckner is .
pectinj? to move to, Mars Hill
next week for the purpose of
sending his children tc school. ,;
Mr. Vest Coats, of Virginia,
was visiting Air. Dan Lewis last
week. .
We learn that Miss , Easter
AlliV, of this place will enter
school at Marshall next week,, .
Several of our people .attended
the decoration last Saturday at
Gabriel's Creek; U n c 1 e, Dan
Lewis one of our old citizens
who served in the civil war was
at the decoration. ,He. did, not
meet many .of his company, but
was present to decorate,,. the
graves where their bodies was
laid to rest , v' '' " '. " '
Mrs Ethel Bryant , ..who . is
principal teacher of our school
spent last Saturday , night , with
Mrsv E. S. Morgan. 1 So' far' as
we-know our school is moving
oh fine...,;,; -:: ::: r.'' V
Our. Sunday school 1 isA good.
Our Superintendent is Vaughn
Fisher. He is a good : Sunday
school worker. We do hope to
accomplish much in the Masters
cause this year. j
A revival meeting just closed
at our church held by our Pastor,
Rev. Jesse Corn and Rev. Zack
Wallcn, We hope much good
was accomplished. '
Wa love to read the items
the News Record from the differ
ent parts of our county. So
News-Record readers , let us hear
from you. f
September-School Days
, Ag'ain
Now we are back, in school again,
And I am glad and sorry too;
We-have a lot of fun, but then, ,
We miss a lot we'd like to do.
I like the limes wo have for play,
'We have sonic bully games of
t ball;' ' "
But ' staying ' cooped up all the
j dav ' '
i Well, that's not any fun at all.
riien, too, Pa calls us at daylight;
We don't work now,' he says, arid
, v ' so ' ''' .'.'; ."-.''. " .;-' '.;'. . ::
WexV'ght to' 'do' a lot 'at night
And iii t .e-' mbi ni'ng 'f6re'. we' go.
t . - ...
So-we pull Wcida," iiriJ, -bring the
"j'f'oH '';;;;' V; '-'c: '
Ajn d' ch op t lit; , wood , a i : d pi her
And ' feed the pig?, eng. slop) the
V'Afcd never,, hnoy,- ,' what, .reslipg
means '-.'V's- i.-V-'
Pa savs this isn't worti but chores.
i Biit.that don't make, it any fun
When evefy time you look outdoors
1 here's Something waiting !u be
rinno '.. ' ....
Now, Idon'tii'ir Boy In Ichool
; Sl.ould ! to work at home at
IJr i.'c.'w to rest,'
then, arid k'eep
v'Ool, V'!.; '' -i v' ' t
-'i'o he can study and "play ball.
' f ' ... -Southern Agriculturist
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Rev. Norman H. Camp
T?av Mnrman tT Pnmn f
Lawyer Evangelist, from' Chi- "
caeo; uho will pondnct meei in
ex-jber 16th, is now holding a meet-
ing at lioon, w. U. . ..
, i ITie Boon County paper has
this to say of him' : "Mr. Camp's.
unique and plain way of nreach- r
inglhe gospel is attracting the
people The "church "in which '
the" meetings are held is filled,; '
every night. With the aid of a
larpre black-board, he is able to
make his audience see as well as
hear; .the . word of God.. Last
Sabbath he told the story of his i
life , and conversion. Hegrad '
uated from the High School,, the-.
Unjversjty of ..Illinois ;and then;
Northwestern Law School, prac.'
tiCed, law in Chicago, and was :t
brought, to a saving knowledge ..i
of Christ in bis law office. Some- a i
time after he received a definite.. L
call frpm God ,to leave the law -t
office, and . engage . in , the Chris- i
tian ministry. The .te a din g...-.
business men of the town are
dosing there places of business
at seyen, ft'clocM during the con.."
tinuance of they meetings. ;; j,, ,
Mr. Camp is a most earnest
preacher and a fine singer.""?
How to Make '".
I : ' Grape Jelly
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Ruleigh,.' N.' 0.',. 'August' 2S. A
recipe mucih in demand now is one "
for making grape jelly. Mrs. Cor-
nelia C.. Morris gives Jhe following -:
ecipe which . she has, found tober. -ery
good in her work with their. ,i
Agricultural Extension Service : j
8 pounds grapes (one half under
ripe 2 pounds water (one quart) '
. Crush grapes and boil with the ;
Water 2U minutes. Strain through "
cheese-cloth and pour juice through , . ;
a flannel jelly bag. Measure and '
adq from one-half to three fourths
as much sugar as juicel ' Cook to
223 degrees F. Grapes require less
sugar than apples, as they contain , 3
less pectin' whicb is the jelly-making k -!
substance, . : . . '..' i;' '-t
Over-cooking and the use of too .
much sugar cause many failures in -"
jelly-rnaking. r
Tide Water Port
The State Ship and Port Ter
ninial Commission, sitting in
Raleigh, has set apart Tuesday
and Wednesday, September 11th
and 12th, next, for hearing the
city of Southport u p o n the
proposition ;oi, establishing . by
the State of a tide water port,
with modern terminal facilities.
' As a molder of public opinion
in the State,; .we, will be much
gtratified to have you present at
this hearing; not in' the interest
of "Southport," but in the'interest
of durSrate -; ' ' - '
- Very respectfully, - ? '
. T.H .LINDSEY, .
"i-t- . , Secretary '
Chamber of Commerce
'; '.i:i' , ..Lul V; ;.:;;: ':;
L House -For :.Reiit : ,.
t. y residence on Walnut Jreek l
for rent at j 5.00 .per. month.
Thi i includes stable large garden
pasture for s cows; fruity etc. "
Possession about Sept;. 15th. " 4 ' ,,v
. ' '-Geo, M.Pfitchard.
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