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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY 1
VOLXXll . . " MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, ft C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1923. . No d
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Capitola Manuf act-
: . uring Company
; Bl Pine Knot Gets into' New
; Water Wheel and Does
" Considerable Damage
The Capitola Manufacturing
Company, known in Marshal
as the Cotton Mill recently in
stalled a new powerful water
, wheeli built a new concrete whee
house and made other improve
ments, which developed much
more power than was obtained
from 'the old wheel. We are
sorry to learn that a chunk or
knot of wood which was con
cealed in the mud- or sand below
the water rac', by reason of the
strong suction or the water
through the new wheel "worked
looser and became entangled in
the wheel and , caused the i cas!
. iron gates to the wheel to break
This accident caused the mill to
shut down until new gates can
be spurred f rem the factory
which we understand will take
four or: five. days. We regret
very much this mishap to the
mill. The employees of this mill
are anxious to be at work and
need the renumeration for their
. Vork, and thosewho have their
money invested, want to see re-.
turns from their investment.
We hope to hear the hum of the
mill again in a few days! We
should like to see other industries
' developed about Marshall, and
useJBOme of thenillions -of- fine
'water power that is going to
waste. .
Miss M&ttie
O'Daniels.
Prefers ,the Joys of Matri
mony to the Laborious Dut
ies of Teaching School. -
Prof. Blankenship received a
telegram from Miss. M a 1 1 i e
O'Daniels, teacher of the Pri
mary grade i n the Marshall
School, stating she was married
at Salisbury last Saturday. , It
appears that no one had the
slighest intimation 1 that Miss
O'Daniels was going to give up
her job in the school, and take
.- to herself a life partner.
Mis3 O'Doniels came to Mar
shall well recommended, and was
giving entire satisfaction a? a
, teacher. She was well liked by
her fellow teachers ,as well as
by the pupils'. She posessed a
very lovable disposition. We
are not surprised that she captur-
. led the heart of the man she mar
ried, ' and '.became the empress
of his affections. NWe are not
advised who the, maiy is that
won such a splendid prize but
judging from the good intelli
" gence of Miss O'Daniels we ven-'
ture to say' that he is an alround
good fellow. The News-Record
extends its heartiest congratu'a
tions to the happy couple and
wish for then a long and happy,
life. . ' ' - '
Box Supper
There will be a box supper at
Lower Little Pine ' school., house,
Saturday, November 10th, begin
ning at 7;30 p, m. for the purpose
of obtaining . money to buy a
Library for the Bchool. Everyone
is cordially invited.
10-31 to 11-10-23
October Term
Superior Cour
The Regular Civil Term
Madison's Superior Court
Held Last Week
The regular civil terra of the
Superior Court for October was
held last week at Marshall
Judge P A McElroy, presiding.
The case of Ethel Rice vs
Ellis Ferguson, case for slander,
continued because of the ab
sence of certain material wit
ness for plaintiff who ; hid been
subponaeied. . This is the sec
ond time this case has been con
tinued for the same cause.
it
appears from some cause it is
very difficult to get the witness
in this case in court Witnesses
are required to obey the man
aates or tne court as same as
other people- If they fail to do
so they a re in contempt o
court It is very embarrassing
to litigants to be forced to have
their own witnesses called out
and brought to - court under
capias. Hut that is the last
resort and where, witness wil
fully refnse to attend court
after being duly subponaeied
they may expect to reap the
reward of their folly.
The case of Chandley vs. rail
road was tried. Corbet Chand-
ey was killed on the, Madison
County , Railroad in .the night
time on bnelton Laurel, August
922. The train employees did
not see Chandley on the track
and did not know that the train
ran over him and killed him
until the next day. It seems
Chandley was drinking and he
was seen last about 10 or 11
o'clock at night stagering crossed
the creek on a foot log and got
on the railroad track. He was
bund early next morning, his
body across the rail, cut in too,
holding by the skin, and the
remainder; of his body badly
mangled and crushed. His hat
was found about forty-five feet
from his body on the track and
articles which he had in his
pocket scattered along on the
railroad between , his hat and
body. The train was going up
tne creeKA and nis- nat was
bund down the road from his
body. His ; clothes were badly
torn and black with . grease and
oil and looked smutty, It was
in evidence thathe could: have
been seen by the employ ees of
the railroad m time to nave
stopped the train before hitting
him. , - -
It was the theory of the plain
tiff that Chandley was down
helpless on the' track, and that
the employees of the railroad
should have seen him in this
helpless condition, that while
no person saw, Chandley in this
helpless condition that the cir
cumstances raised the presump
tion that he was in such con
dition.. "The judge was of the
opinion that the proof wa not
sufficient to raise the presump
tion that Chandley was down
and in apparently helpless con'
dition on the railroad, and non
suited the case. From the
judgment of non suit the plain
tiff appealed to the Supreme
court. , . -v.;..-''
There were a f e,w other minor
cases disposed of by agreement.
Divorce was granted in the
case of v Bettie Rice vs. Z Rice
The most important case tried
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Make Soutli's Idle Lands
"Blossom LikeThe Rose"
Mini ef the erops re4uei en
"( wiww, ntqn iraaa unn
Ona of the principal otyeota mt the
Tontirr Raelamatlon ana Home-Hak-
ag CoDferanca ta be held in Naw Or
leans, November 11 M is U derlae
iraya and meana for putttac ta soma
nseful purpose the rut areas af euV
over, awamp and arerflowed lands ta
tha South. The conference will be
held under aupcea of the Boutheni
Fine Association. M IsstasiPDl a
Florida DeTelopment Boards and New
unease Association of Commerce, and
tha people of e.rerj. southern .state
and community are considered ta be
TlUllr interested 4a fchls snavemVnti
Beveral mllllnn ua tst rA i.nt
la ihe West have been nude to "feloe-
som like the rose" by reclamatloa
throttgh irrigation arojeots f"i?qefl
and constructed by the federal gorerBr
ment. The South new is askinf that
aha be allowed to share in this fed
eral assistance so that those portions
of her idle lands suitable for acrieul
ture also may bo made to "blossom
like the rose."
Many prosperous localities In the
South which have been built up on
ut-ever lands . furnish convlnotne;
proof that large portions of the out-
wasRedmonvs Insurance Co.,
J. Redmon et.V al. brought
suit against the Fire Insurance
Company for $25,000 and in
terest making a total of about
$28,000 for the loss of three
yards . of lumber by fire in
Yancey county. It appeared
that the three yards of lumber
were situated from one mile to
one and a half miles apart and
all burned the same night.' It
appears that J. J. Redmon paid
off a note of $20,000 which was
secured by a deed in trust on
the lumber, and took out the in
surance to protect him against
oss It seems there was also
another $5,000 involved. Red
mon's policies amounted to $25,-
000 all of which he insisted was
ajbonafide deal that he paid the
premiums and that he was en
titled to recover the amount of
the cash market value of the
lumber up to the amount of his
policies and interest
The defendant contended that
Redmon had no insurable 'in
terest in the lumber, and that
under the law of insurance, and
decided cases, that the policies
were void, and that the plain
tiffs case should be .dismissed.
The judge over ruled the mo
tion to dismiss and the plain
tiffs proceeded to take evidence.
The examination of witnesses
lasted for about two days. A
greaWeal of time Was taken up
with argument for . a continu
ance by the defendant and upon
8utHrn eutover land. Top, field of
ana uwimi urae.
over and "wet" traeU in the Sputh
eaa be made as desirable agricultural
lands as can be found anywhare 1b
America. The 8outh today la the pio
neer country as it is the only section
where low-priced farm homes can ba
procured. The eoet of reclalmlnc
southern cut-ever and "wet", lands Is
said te be about one-fourth the coal
af putting western arid lands lm suit
able condition for acrlaulture.
At the Forestry, ' Reclamation and
Home-Making Conference In New Or
leans the problem Of utilizing and set
tling the South' Mle landr irill be
considered from all angles including
reforestation, livestock raising, dairy
ing, fruit growing and agriculture In
all its branches. It is hoped the Con
ference wlU result in an effective
movement that will secure expan
sion ef the federal . reclamation
policy into national scope so that oth
er section than the West may bene
fit from such assistance.. All persons
interested : in the constructive devel
opment af the South are invited to
tttend and participate in the New Or
leans ' Conference and all southern
congressmen are urged to support its
purposes. . --
the motion to dismiss ' The de
fendant did not introduce evi
dence.! Two hours was allotted
each side for argument before
the jury, Consuming four hours
The judge charged,, the jury for
more than an' hour. . It w a s
dark Saturday 'night when tha
judge finished his charge There
were twenty-two issues for the
jury to answer. It was late in
the night before they came in
with the verdict. There was
some confusion about the ver
dict of the jury, which might
be expected when, they had to
answer twenty-two issues in a
very confused and complicated
case, .wherein it w a s really
difficult . for the lawyers conT
nected with the case to under
stand it themselves! A verdict
of the lump sum of $14,000 was
finally agreed ; upon , about 12
o'clock Saturday night, which
.the defendants paid off at once
This ends a long,.4xoublesome
suit, that took up nearly the
week of ccurt The moral is,
when you insure;. your property
be sure you .have all your
papers fixed" right and accord
mg to law. ; Loose work makes
business for the lawyers, takes
time of the court; but is mighty
hard on the man that suffers
the consequences. ' ; v
The two last terms of court
have been almost entirely con
sumed by two cases. The result
is that - the :", Madison County
Superior Court docket is behind
and congested. November term
was ordered by the judge for
criminal business. This throws
the next civil term for March
1924. It looks very much as if
Madlsan shall have to have an
extra; term ta catch up with
civil docket.' .': , --; , :
Mother
We miss you more than we can tell;
Our hearts with sorrow bow;
You filled your mission here so well.
We feel much poorer now.
We cared for you the best we knew.
And would have kept you here;
But Heaven, too, had room for you.
And you were called up there.
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now we snail nave you here no more.
The one that was the best;
You have gone home awhile before.
To take your ease and rest.
Your counsel to us we will heed;
It was but for our good.
Our friend you always were, in need;
You loved and understood.
Of your delightful Dresence hdre
We keenly feel the lack;
Yet, to this hard and evil sphere.
Wa would not call you back.
But, rather, we would follow you
In faith, in hope, in love,
Until this span of life is through.
And then to home above.
There we, with you, shall understand
The things that bother here;
And there will be no broken band
!n that good home up there.
Mrs. , Mary Malinda Farmer,
wite ot Mont W. Farmer, of K.
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F. D. No. 5, Marshall, N. C, was
born in Buncombe County, N. C,
on March 5, 1847. Her maiden
name was Mary M Rogers. She.
with her parents and others of
the family, migrated to and set-
tied on a place near the head of
Little Pine Creek. At this place
she wasli ving at f hrtftrie of her
marriage to M. W. Farmer De-
eember 1. J 870. Shortly there-
after she and her husband went
into the Pawpaw section and lo
cated on a place, where they
have since resided continously
until the time of her death, Octob-
er. 16th. J 923. nearly 53 years
in all. This pair, respectively,
are of two of the old and respect-
ed families of the wostern part
of the State. V
It is said of Mrs. Farmer by
those who knew her best, that
she was a c:ood wife and mother.
a helpful and agreeable neighor,
and a devout Christian. She
made a profession of faith in
Christ and joined the Methodist
Episcopal church at Marshall, N.
C , on August 12, 1894 She liv
ed a consistent member of that
church ever thereafter until her
death.
Having been in poor health for
the past two years, the decline
became more rapid during the
last two months. She passed
away at two o'clock a. m., Octo
ber 16, 1923, and in the following
day, at 2 p. m , her body was
laid to rest in the family, grave
yard a small plot of ground bn a
KnoiifiFiil virlrto niar Qhnua thai
nlrl homfi where she had lived for
more than half a century. The
floral gifts were in great profW
sion, completely covering the
casket. The funeral services
were conducted oy Kev. K. n
Mnroran finrl RJv .Takp Knarrm I
Survivini? the deceased re-
her husband, M. W. Farmer; two
brothers, Wm. Rogers of Leicea-
ter, N. C, and J. Z T. Rogers,
of Marshall, N. C, R-l; one sis-
ter, Mrs. Hannah Sims of Ashe- e Canada; Mrs. Belva Arm
ville, N. C ; two sons and six strong, Virginia, 111.; Mrs.' E. P.
daughters, VVm.. V. Farmer of Sherwood, Fort Wayne, Ind.jan .'
Marshall, N. C Garland Farmer' Mrs. Rieta Ball of Marshall, N.
of Marshall, N. C., R-5, Mrs. , C R-5. There are also i
Emma Brown; Marshall, N. C,
R-5, Mis 3 Elsie L. Farmer, ! Mar
shall. N. ' C.V R-5, j Mrs. Delia i
Earle, of Bruce, Alberta, .Pro-
1350,000 Gift to
Mars Hill College
Benefactor in Far Distan
State Makes Liberal Offer
to Baptist School ;
A friend and benefactor o;
Mars Hill College, livintf in s
far distant State, proposes t$
give $50,000 for a dormitory foi
young men provided a liki
amount may be raised for &
dormitory for young women b'
April 1, 1924. During the pres-j
ent session 451 students . havt'
been enrolled at Mars Hill, 70 oi
whom came from ten .other1
states and three foreign coun-j
tries. Every room in the three!
dormitories was engaged lorg
before the opening of the ses
sion, and though every building
was crowded beyond its reason-!
able capacity, many who
knocked at the doors could not
be received. - .. !
The two dormitories will make,
even more imperative the need
a central heating plant. Only!
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a "loqjn ago wont was begun
0IV a $35,000 gymnasium. The
aggregate of these needs is $100,-;
000, at least, half of. which must;
De raised within five months.
and the campaign is on.
The conditions laid down by
this friend of the scnool con
stitute a challenge to men of
H1163111. aud. to all . who ; believe
m Christian education and they
rnay be met by mdividual gifts,
by church contributions, or by
a "drive" covering territory as
wide as its patronage, now
reaching from New Jersey to
lexas. and embracing, sixty
three of the one hundred coun
Ues m this btate. ,1s there a
Pce where dollars will go
further or ring louder in the
eternities than at this strategic
educational center among the
nulsf
A meeting of the trustees and
friends of t h e institution is
called at Mars Hill on Tuesday,
November 6, at 10 A. M , for
the purpose of considering this
gracious offer and perfecting
plans for raising the required
amount.
R. L MOORE, President.
Mrs. Harding; Will
Live in Washington
WASHINGTON, n . 94
FJorence King Harding, widow
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of the ate President Harding,
nas engaged a suit of rooms at
the New Willard Hotel here and
will soon resume her residence in
Washington, it was learned here
ftfe afternoon'.
that Mrs- Harding plans to spend
tne winter here. She is now in
Marion, Ohio.
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grand children and one' grc
grand child living.
Respectfully submitted,
i - ;Williamv Worky.