' - -. - THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL. XXI . . ,W- - - . - :. MARSHAT.I, M.T .tamtta t?v n ,o,
r ... iuuu
PRESIDENT HUNTER OF CDLLDWHEE
FLEASED Wrni NEWS-RECORD
Says Madison County Should Have
; One of Best County Papers in State
WHAT AND WHERE
-1 IS ; CULLOWHEE?
2
- ' In a letter dated December
: , 31, 1924, President H. T. Hunt
er of the Cullowhee Norma
and Industrial School, Cullo-
whee, N, C, says:
( " Permit me to say; however,
. tnat, as -a iuaaisonian, I have
been pleased with the evidence
of new life in the News-Record
since you have taken charge.
; i congratulate you. Madison
should .have - one of the best
; county papers in the State; and
1 believe : you are going to do
, much in that direction. --v;
With , the fetter, President
"i Hunter incloses a booklet re
ally issued by his school en
titled ""What and Where Is
i Cullowhee?" This booklet
proved to be most interesting
- to the editor of this paper. We
have for several years heard of
Cullowhee, but, living in the
eastern part of this long State,
we knew very little about this
institute except that it was a
school in Western North Caro
linaThis. bookfet. however.
lias given us a better idea of
what the school is and we are
.glad to quote in part fromi;he
booklets. ',--, . 1
WHERE IS CULLOWHEE?
vjviuK uovik to me location
, uunowhee, jt is seven miles
Irom Sylva, the county seat of
jacKson uounty, which is ap
7 proximately fifty miles from
,;.Asheville.
? t ''Cullowhee," we found, is
' Bear - the " center of Jackson
County and is also the geo
graphic center of nineteen
, counties of Western , North
v Carolina. We were interested
to jearn tnat in Jackson Coun
ty, which has varied industries
ana . abounds - in . natural re
, sources,-are twenty-six moun-
. ains more , than six thousand
- feet in altitude. ; Encircled. by
mese towenng mountains, one
has a feeling that Cullowhee is
: peculiarly favored and protect-
cu, ...
ally means "A place of lilies."
The term is often ned Wniiv
either to refer to the neighbor-
nooa the township of Cullo
whee or to the. irharminir Hf
tie -mountain school village on
the banks of the Tuckaseigee.
cut to those interested in prfn.
cation in Western North Caro
lina,- the term Cullowhee sug
LIVING AT HOME IN MADISON COUNTY
.ix. vmsey winghirs t Prize For Madlunn
and Trust Company, For The Best
Article On Living at Home
Mr. H
uu,' vho wrm isuuownee sug- c
SiSSPSJFS 5L Wm OF MARSHALL
WILL DU $75,000.C0 BUSINESS THIS
the institution's leca title
i he Cullowhee Normal is a
State institution. The Stat
owns, supports and controls it
WHAT OF ITS HISTORY?
BIGGEST MILL OF KIND
IN WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA
EDITORIAL
It is the purpose of this pa-
Cullowhee.started in 1R8Q o
a lucai semi-DUDiic institution
supported in part by local tax
ation, in Dart hv nrivnte mh.
scription, but mainly by the
sacrifice and energy of its
OrinciDat and founder RnKort
L Madison, a vounir VircHnian
with a master's degree from dpi from ' ' .
the Universitv-of Chattanooga per from time to to give
After beine- chartered na our readers some idea of ha
State institution in 1891, it was industries in our own County
School until 1905. when its and adJinin8r Counties and to
present name was given it by make our readers more fami
ttlP Cpnunil Aaoainhlir !
Pmfp7m V . iar Wltn tfte things , worth
ceeded in 1912 by Supt. A. c knowing about in our midst, by
tteynoms, or Buncombe County which they may pass year in
f llw ML CSt I UCIl IfVm l.lll' IIHNIJIIIMMI i
and year out and never have
when he resigned to become the time or inclination to visit
rT1 oupwuiienaeni oi nay- and learn about. Hot Mm
woou county. - Jrotessor TT. T ,
Madison was recalled as presi- 1 ars Walnut and other
uciiL. which uoaiLion fie hum ncoa ninii. h,m,:n f :.i .
....4-ir 1 nnn V ' V j T . I . ,vjf. nut J.UI1UHU Ilia-
"S-JJiS-fi! terial for articles of this kind
H...T, Hunter, of Wak-Forestjin.Jthe- future," -as -wion. asv.we
College.. lrofessor-Madlaftn'n ..
lahor a J nreH "aTC WU! u,ue 10 Prepare these
over a nerinH rif 5fi vonro wlti'i ; articles
- V FT IU1W
- wha l IS CULLOWHEE 7
X- The term "Cullowhee" is one
Sot the beautiful expressions of
- ' the Cherokee. Tndian latitruofra
Occasionally one finds, in this
neighborhood, hidden away in
-. SOme 8hadv nook or alnncr the
river bank, a cluster of rare,
ceaumui white . lilies. -The
;. Cherokees, who once inhabited
- the Tuckaseigee Valley, ob
serving these clusters of rare
.i flowers, called this neighbor
; hood "Cullowhee,t which liter-
Ration then became a corpor-
apon, with a capital of $35,000
MV W. G. Goforth, Mr. W. V.
Farmer- and Mrs. Fred Free.
man becoming stockholders in
addition to the original two
Qwners. Mrs. Freeman Was
made Secretary-Treasurer of
th& business, which office she
now holds most efficiently.
V.In these few years the busi
ness has srrown until it. ia eati.
mted that he gross output of
.the. mill this year will be about
?75,000 worth of products
For a radius of thirty miles a-
rpina, this mill carries on an
exchange business, that is, peo
ple; bring corn and wheat and
K. Ramsey of Mar
shall, R. F. D. No. 5, is the win
ner of the $25 nrie flFJ
last year by the Wachovia
T i ...
sanic and Trust Co., for the
best 500-word article by farm-
lera in f ho mmfir ...: xi .
experience , in 1924. toward
"Living at Home." This con
test was submitted r tr,
. utt vubjr
counties making the total a-
mount offered by that Banking
institution $500. The. judges
iu mamson county were
Messrs. Homer Henry, G. L
McKinney and Guy V. Rob
erts. The papers were to be
in by the first of December,
1924. Of the papers submit
ted, that of Mr. H. K. Ramsey
was considered the best and
we publish it in full :
Living at Home"
My Proerress H lirinor 1Q9A
toward "Living at Home."
mi it
ine iarm contains forty a-
rn umber and eichtv a
water melons for home use.
We nave cannon akmi
hundred plana hhi . ,r
, , o u vege
tables, fruits and meat. Stored
away in the cement spring
house, are nlentv nf t-.vu
tatoes, sweet potatoes, squash
es, and apples to do us until the
new ones come in.
We have three
owvv
cows good milk and butter
on tne table every day also
milk tO feed the hnra on A
vU CUU
chickens.
cres
The pasture land of HPVentw
acres is OUt into fnnr Wa
lor cows and three for heof
cattle. We keep the steers and
heifers in a sn rao muh,..
during summer. The fall pas
ture, of orchard grass and
clover, will keep them in beef
uruer until Uhristmas.
We have harvested a
lot of hay. and four h
and thirtv h
which we stored in a new rust
proof crib for cattle and home
use.
We sell the heef o
the money in the bank, to
clothe the familv and aptinnl
the children. We have one a
way in school
for ninety-five dollars per
month. I think this is the heat
exchange it for meal or flour
ijrjpgome . cases? vthe coxnC
brought in the shucks and
crushed into feed, the shuck,
cob and all being crushed into
feed.
But in keenin? with
those of Professor Reynolds ex- the Biblical injunction to begin
tended over a period of 7L t , . . ?
years: The Deriod of t.he,v d. a -"m, we are beginning
ministration were years of at Marshall. And first of all
SLTUIflflK. nil WIT.nfl Vflflra Af i 1 ,i
Planning and of lavinVwdr. we up tne PPerous and
tions and establishing s the" in- Progressive organization
statution in the minds and known as the City Mill Comca-
denta M:n, o -ij. 'iy.ine products of which
Mv"" uxuuAavu auu uejruuius vuuvia ui me mill,
had: the fait and courage of company are advertised in this and a carload of products are
eniiratinnn 1 nmnaoM 'onA . V. I . . I e v.j
n,o r-ii vciJr wc
. UUIIUWUCK. Wll.fl ' II.HI .1 - ..- "
- . .. rrv.. nirjii i.
wiaenen mtinenne n n d 4ai ac-.h,v iujh vjomDanv was the aohowiHo,- t
OTOWinfir Usefulness. nHaat the
soundness -of their v17a". D, uc- vine tne products of this' mill
the value of their heroic labors. 1Blun at first as a Partner- are handled by three whole
. uuiiownee is a member of P with a capital of less than sale and one hundred retail
TeUS Messre- E. Free stores, and the latter part of
tits present faculty consists of a man and Gudfirer Goforth being November, , Mr. Gudger Go-
v.Mi... me Dunaing now .occumed Aohom-iio x iv j
uviuuiji a tutai ux sr academic I, - - - ' . . - w yviw oia wai eiiu
degrees from the nest. nleirea I by the rsews-Kecord nnntinciAY
ing institution m thiVcoUn rataT. ror severai tha mother year this mill
Recently, the business has
grown until a warehouse has
been established at Asheville
for the products of the mill,
I shipped every week to supply
cres cleared land in hT Jto" Ponin- tnmk the best
of cultivation. It has sixteen! SelhTldSn mad6 W
PWIPwaterinl The Seen will aeii
every field. There are twenty
acres of good meadows, twelve
oi extra nne corn, two of to
bacco, eiirht. sown in whoot onn
i . . ; - " uuc
nan each in Irish nntatnoa
garden, melons and strawber
ries, with biff red strawberries
the whole summer.
:hfioh,art. contains seven-
cherry, one pear tree, and two
grape vines.
Our garden was just fine this
A 1 i
year, wim plenty of nice
vegetables and eats Th
were tomatoes that averaged
one and one-half pounds. We
have SOme on the vines nnw
November the twentieth, hang
ing in the flower pit.
We had sweet corn from
July 15. until after frnst hv
planting two rows about everv
two weeks.
We sold about twentv dol
lars worth of garden truck.
We grew big, sweet, juicy
enough to nav taxes and Veen
clover and grass seeds for to
re-seea the wheat and oats
land.
We have a private electric
wire line, which makes the
home and work more pleasant,
by , lights, washin? machine.
iron. Churn and heater-. Alan
electric pumpthat forces water
up to the house from the
spring in the hollow, three
hundred feet away, by turning
a switch in the kitchen.
We have a first class flower
pit, six feet bv eicht. which
is a regular flower pit in winter
with all kinds of h onse flowers
in full bloom.
We take two good farm, two
weekly and one daily news
papers, So we keep well
posted on current farm news.
Hurrah for the Farmer! Ho
feeds them all.
Yours for better farming,
H. K. RAMSEY.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MET
ON MONDAY, JANUARY 5
The board of County Com
missioners met in regular ses
jjc AxioiiifUtions in xms countrv i 1 '"'"'" i 10 uuu .
'heV have had ovonaiiro f...V years this business - grew and will do ioDf S10n Monday, January 5, 1925.
. . .. Present .were Mr fi T.
in all . (r,.. i.rTi.; I : " , "nousana aoar Dusmess. AH T ' . .
about a year ago, it had out- this busing 1. hA;nff v,odoVi Klnne7 chairman, W. R. Eller
. A a . ... . , . TV l(miirn : fa iti4.A( J .-"' .- - . -. - I SOn and li. K.s Kronrti momkn.,.
vv . - w , vl WX 0.
present outlook, grown its quarters and the hv tne' neonle named ond nnlv
. . - . 'I ..... ' .V1-'.. ... ......".... I " W 1TT- MT v . . : ,:i
ueaaea , to, move the two . employees, Mr. Doyle "c meeting
i
Sh'erilT" Rector and his depu
ties have been busy, the last
thirty days. r They , have cap
tured seven men charged with
As to .'a its
Physical euDiment and itn . im.'lnnrnn
mediate needs, anv Iraon - "v u,cu- w. 1WV tne two . employees, Mr. Doyle . "
terested will ha fnmTshed w. P'an. build anew and increase Roffera and Mr Wiii Ti.iie were yeao. and approved. -
information by, addressing the the capacity -of the" business. Mr. Rogers having made the " 0rdered h7 the Board that
president 1 "f - - -. . a --n;jwyi .. I , ,.T - . I- . .. Pattersoti rv of m ia
..VVv.uev. . pxms . wa. pur-1 spienuid record oi having- lost
chased' just . across .the street onlv ona H'in w v shiP P011 Presentation of a pe
from' the : Southern Railway What this, business means to tit!011 sifirned by. majority of
owtuon, commQaious. and Marshall and the County for " i wuu .lowasmp,
handsome building was erected miles around can be iudo-eil bv be. aPPointed constable for two
V vwiicrete diocks, ana new those who' aoDreeiatfl- what a w.".f'.-v i coeuwiuon oi ana
?.!FF VILLARD C RECTOR CAP- :
TKiKG IK1U0H, STILIS, CARS,r.IEN
four , cars, gallons 'of
and more up to the minute ma- thriving .business means'to any eXCeptble boEfdi
"violating the prohibition laws, the officers
II Z CIZD LAST JULY r HThis;- marriage
. i:Ar.r.IZD TWICZ SINCE on account
Und .objection
liquor.. vand. five.stills,. The Uv t. : -
fourth car- Mn(, . v""""'"10 Ve" ?.in "l community.
.rwf vMM AViU
touring car,
Little Laurel,
Ordered by." the' Board ' that
Mrs,, Pete Haynie "I be allowed
I't. 3. Y, Rector and Mrs.
Lcth cf Ilafshall,
I!r.
parents.
. - I ' ' 1 II I ' II I I I
was -captured on!; fl -t--,rA- 120 ner month v.
and is thousrht bv - . i-ti:. '-TTLi.!. ? .1... ,
to be a stolen car.- Ml- There Was a young man from Woonsocket ;; - - ' .i until a home can be nrovided
: ao na never a cent in his pocket tiU' . r 1. -,
' 1 . H a cnrl'a n u,,, xTlv...f . l' . - - . for them - by the Clerk of the
was - annulled r - And kept all his cash in a bucket : ' r . -J- " " ! 1 Superior Court . -
,of the. girl' age, i 1 a"?"ernamd Nan, ran away with this man. . - Ordered bv the Hoard
. on ' part ,of'?jT ; . ' r , . - - - .-V Jeff-Bruce of No. 9-townshin
The buf-
:t f-t:ra ia hour?-
This same oldman from Nantucket'
lis followed the pair to Pawtucket;"
He said to the irrn i , -"2
row, you'ra r ' -,3 Nan,"
1923, Tax listed 1924.
Ordered by the Board that
M. .M. Ramsey of No. 1 town
ship be released of $6.07
special school tax for the year
1923 by virtue of not living in
the district
Ordered by the Board that
Rumbough "'sisters, of No. 9
township be released of $36.66
tax for1 the year 1923, road and
special school tax included by
virtue of error in listing prop
erty. . v -
Ordered ..that Vertie Riill- -
man of No. 10 T. S: be allowed .
$10.00 as a "pauper for the, :
month of January'bnly. i': "
..'Ordered that, John.Jarrett
be released of the taxes on the ,
J B, Hensley farm for the
reason , that it waa listed to I
Jarrett and Ramsey. ,.-'
Ordered that L, P. Boone be
and . is hereby , aCDointed for
No. 11 TS., Modison Courty,
for a term of two ye-ra Lea
be released of hla fall ta of
1 $2.00 1 for -1924 by virtue of lfirst Monday in Dec
death- ' - 1S24. .-.'..,
ir.-.;ry 5,
, J. T., c
fr.
Ordered ty the Board that 0rered that Z. R.
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