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THE ONLY ND7C?APER PUDL HIED IN MADISON COUNTY
MARSHALL; MADISON COUNTY, 1 1 C. FRIDAY, APRIL 4th, 1924.
No. 23
VOL XXI
.rivUJ wwvt. 1 .".Hl'il
'i We competed our Sectional
' Meetings Program last week as
announced in The News Record
some tir.-.s ago Our plan con
templated the reaching of every
church in 'the French Broad As
sociation with a good missionary
Horino-t
some misunderstandings andpth -
Cc:
er Dreconceived notions it wad;R V. Ramsey.
not the greatest success .possiuie
11 in pvorv nana 'At. Hot SDrincs
t We began .Sunday; 16th They
' pft coin c to meet ' their obliga
tions. - In this church there is
enough wealth to carry out their
: full pjedge ; ' At Bull Creek Mon;
day 17th le had a great time.
This, was an old time revival. We
shall never forget ' Bro. Coffees
; talk as well' as some others. This
meeting wss perhaps the best of
; the whole batch,- asall the co
operating churches were well re
presented '. At Walnut and M id
; die Ftrk Tuesday, 18th, " not so
good. ; No one at all at " Middle
Fork where we? had -xpected to
meet five churches.- We had a
small program and a correspond
ingly small crowd at Walnut, but
with . the assurance that they
would finish their task by Nov
ember 30th. . Next we went to
Laurel Seminary " and . Forks of
Ivy Wednesday 19th, met the
' largest - crowd at all at Semi
nary. Had a splendid day with
leadew of 'church out. in fulLforce
At Forks of Ivy other churches
V-ia group represented.' witn spire
lack; of attendance of leaders of
. local church Thursday 2 0th
Enon and' Oak Ridge were visit
ed. En on and Madison Seminary
- did, themselves honor, in the
splendid representation of their
; leaders.; Owing to bad roads,
Oak Ridge was hot ; reached on
' time and the congregation did
not wait . until the speakers got
. there. Grapevine was reached
Friday 2lat We found an in
terested crowd waiting vfor us.
They were ready, for the mes-
' sages which they gladly received.
Hera we alse had one execellent
day. . U'vr -X Uyt
Our people are very democratic
thr g exercise their own rights of
;', determining their conduct which
is all right ; I asked that In each
', case the'entertainirtgxhurch f urn
ish a lighUunchv i This . was not
heeded in any cae.)rA-t Laurel
Seminary, Enon' and Grapevine
the good jwbnSen spread , its one
'. of the old time picnic dinners you
, read about in the story books, or
dig up in' theV relics of ..memories
of the Jong past. I forgot that
I was no longer a ' boy and just
ate pie ti.lt it was no longer good.
. Did not hear from the Forks, of
"ivey; but I' know how that great
country church does, having been
there .on many such occassions.
. T ffiftl 'snre' these - meetings will
f h nr f mil.' to Gods' irlorv in all
the yearsA' to' come. Sorry the
pastors of these churches ! were
. , not all with us."- What would' th$
. cbufches ot the French Broad
-dOj, for 'Kingdom service if all
thei'r people' fend pastors would
. "come together in one great pur
pose to save our own pecpla and
carry the gospel to the endf of
! the earth? I can- never express
. fully mj gratituda and tpcre
. "ciation'cf 'the fifta epirit cf co
: operation and help tiven, me by
the brethren fc'nd tbizrs whotv
, k ,': J me I in putt!;-.; ca'j pro
. g: : -U. ' .
Million Cirp-Lr. tzi ty r.a
Walnut Items
The Pie Supper that was given
last Saturday night in the inter
est of the Walnut High School
was auite a success. Everything
was sold and the proceeds amount
ed to one hundred dollars," ' '.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lunsford
fromTenn..or here on a visit
to Mrs. Lunsford'8 .father,, Mr
. Rov, J. H. Ballard has traded
for a house and lot in Walnut,
and has moved to his new home;
Mrs Paul Ballard wbo; .under
went ah ''operation at ; Asheville
some days ago, has. returned
home ,"'. v.;1.''" ''' ::i ' I
Mr. Davis the mechanic of
Walnut, has returned home after
being away for some time on' at
count of the sickness - of his
sister-in-la. v i ; y.
The general debating' contest.
(that was Scheduled between all
the High Schools,', of the State
was pulled off last Friday night
Two of the Huh School students
from Leciester who were on the
Neeative. spoke against two of
the Walnnt High School students
who were on the Affirm ate side
of Fhe f question. ' These two
speakers were Miss Martha Cay
enne' Ramsey and . Ashley Boh
erts. The decision was in 'fa cr
of the Affirmative , Thia debate
was held at Walnut -,; - -
We wish to state that the" two
speakers from Leciester are to be
veryhishly cor-grituhd-niion.
the. able manner in .which they
handled their side of the ques
tion. . :'ry "v' ' , ; -.- ';
: The other two debaters, from
Waluut, who were Miss Bertie
Fortnef and Mr. ' Rom ! Fortner
spoke oh the Negative ; Bide of
the question, against two of the
High Sihoo18tudents who were
on the Affirmative side This
debate was held at Marshall. The
decision was in fayar of the Ne
gative. ' ' " ',';,V"i1 y
The Walnut debaters haying
won out at both places, ' entitles
them to go .to tjnapei nui ana oe
in the final contest there.
' " B. E GUTHRIE.
Shufcrfl Jcuiias
News Record, . ;
Marshall,' N, 0. , ' '
Gentleman;
The fifth : Sunday of March is
the day set for the opening, of my
first Gospel Tent Meeting. By
the leadership of our Lord, I be
lieve I have decided to have this
first "mectng' near ClayU n, G,a.
under the direction of Rv. J. W.
Kesterson, who is tie noble pas
tor at Clayton. ,
Mi nnrsnnal friends know how
v -
kiirhlv I i-tpp.m and crave their
"B"-J -
smcbrtf prayers, and these, lines are
pefned with full intention to secure
the prayers of my friends that this
meeting may be a great success.
, Earnestly, your9, '.,' .'
i ' ; V Shuford Jenkins
means finished. I want to assist
eyery pastor in; our association
to lay on tbt hearts of his people
this stupendous task. Also I
want the c irrscst co-operation and
crayers of every ppstar in the
fisishin in a glorious way of this
--t task, If any church would
like tm program of Missions
r-it'ea in jour c!:u: .h cr' Sunday
C '. -:lwrit ri- t it.
R.P. i:cc.v.c.len;
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Mr. J. H.i Hendricks, V ;,
Marshall, Morth Carolina.
My Dear Mr. Hendricks:
As you have heard from Mr
Bealle, I have assumed the di
rectorship of North Carolina, and
oh coming here I find that the
New Yorjc National Office in face
of a very critical condition, are
urging us to take every . step to
ward production right now.
" Acounty chairman for ' Madi
son County, I feel it my place to
tell you the reason for this emer
gency .; Short of a year ago, you
will remember the great Smyrna
disaster,; This cost us several
million dollars.'absorbing ' all the
surplus cash' and food supplies at
that time, which would - have
naturally gone into tfie orphanage
programme. It was impossible
for Americans' to stan by and
watch the awful suffering of the
orphaps without doing something
and so m ft humanitarian spirit,
we rescued those people. . 4
We have never made up the
deficit" that this caused. At the
executive meeting in -New York,
it .vas decided if we cannot
SHOW THAT WE. HAVE THE MONEY
or a goop promise, ' we will
have; to reduce the orpeanage
PROGRAMME PROBABLY PORT Y
per CENT. ; This means back to
starvation; filth, disease and pro
bably death for many little kid
dies now happy, 'clean ' and "well
fed.-- - : i'-K-'i- .
j;Mad;3gn;ci3i:rUjUQj;a';;ii5
$723 00, which is equal o twelve
child- en at $60.00 a year. Wi!)
you pleasejo into immediate ac
tion with a campaign of your
own now and raise this whole
quota? i We will give you what
ever publicity and co operation
you want . W6 . will ; give per
sonal attention but we are trying
to push the larger ; and rcher
counties in order to increase pro-J
duction. i . . '
,pur State Chairman, Mr. Bel
lamy, has just recently died and
we have lost his , wonderful sup
port which ha? somewhat crippl
.ed'us. ',' M ;-::--'':-iW ';'
Now is the time for all of ui to
fiVinw pfwineration and willintr
ness to serve humanity, which is
the greatest thing in the world
Cordially yours, , '
t S. CAMERON RALSTON,,
State Director.
- The above letter explains itself
I most respectfully appeal to all
churches. Sunday Schools. ' and
all other charitable and .benevo
lent institutions and all other
people m tvjauison vuuty
r K ...u
1 ' W-J.-l.. " A...
nave symijai.uv iur .tuc ui-uuan
nave ojri v j k
children mentioned in the above
letter to take up this matter and
do all possible to raise te amount
expected of y Madison County
Whether you prof ess to be religi
ous or not. this is a humanitarian
cause, ought to i forceable appeal
to every person who, is posessed
of any sympathy tor sunenng
humanity. Baar in mind that
the pitiful cries of ; t h e 8 e
children- are at your doors. "For
as'mulh as you have done it unto
to one of the least of these you
have done it unto me" said the
Savior Send check or money to
the : undersigned or to A,
Whitehurst, Cashier, Citizens
Bank, Marshall, N. C, who is
the treasurer cf this fund.
1 JOHN. A.IIENDRICZS,
" Ccunty Chilr-zn.'
Local Ihrlns Visits Many
. European lands "
r .." . i .-
Washington, D C A Voyage
t o virtually every European
port has been made. by.William
Hampton Rector, formerly of
Marshall, N. C, who left the
United States on th e cruiser
rittsburtfh early in October. 1922
and has been aboard that vessel
during one of the most extensive
cruises ever made by an Ameri
can Vessel in European waters.
J The Pittsburgh has a roving
commission overseas, frequent
ins the waters of the Mediterra
nean in the winter months and
leaving for more northern ports
in the summer. During the
earlier months of its voyagethe
t-. i . i '. ' o i
riusDurge vishs opam, nmcua,
Turkey. Egypt, Palestine and
Greece, later leaving for Eng
land, France Nor way, Germany,
Italy, Holland, and touching at
virtually every harbor in Eu
rope where a ship could cast
anchor.!' During the cruise, the
Marines came ashore to view
the Pyramids, the Holy Land,
Mt Vesuvius, Rome, Venice
and other spots frenquentcd by.
travelers abroad: ' " - .
William was horn in Marhall,
and is a son of Mr. George H
Rector." He joined the M arine
Onrns ail Detroit. Mich., in Dec
ember. 1922, subsequently being
assigned to duty on - the Pitts
burgh; ; That vessel will probab
ly return to the United States in
tour of f irernTartteT'-cpDn-the
completion of a two-year cruise
abroad , v -
A MEDITATION
A Warning
I stood near the open grave
of Mrs". Will ; Alien : while some
singer present sang ' Will you
miss me when I'm gone? The
thought rang in my mind of the
importance of living in a way
that we .will be missed when
(tone. And to be missed so
much that some one else will
feel the need so great for our
work to continue that tey will
go and do likewise. ' V
In the instance of Mrs. AUfh
the daughter cried, "yes mother
we'll miss you!" and oh! how
many lives could echo back,
"yes we miss youl'Lin regard to
loved ones gone, Jnit best of all
it seemato me in s .j many cases
Angels sing the sweet refrain,
Earth's loss but heay en's gain
AS 1 looKea on me open grave
... . . . ;u it i
waiting to receive the lifeless
. .i , x - -c- i
form, a silent yet insignificant
. " ;,, - .t . , ...
sitfnal to the soul of each indivi
dual present saying, walk
softly!" you do not know how
close to the grave you may be
walking. It behooves us to walk
carefully too. for soon some bodv
may bo singing over our listless
body, the spirit, gone to ,God
who gave it . ,
Mrs. A. B Metcalf
Misses Mae Davis from .Tus
culm and Elo:se Ramsey from
CarsOn Newman College were
home on Spring vacation, return
ing to school Wednesday of this
week. " , ' '.' ; ', ' ' " ''. . ' -'
!
Trilby Fashion Shop, over
CL' 3. D. I.Iishburn's, Law Cce.
From Spring Creek
Editor News Record, .
Marshall, N C.' . ; :''..(
Hon Sir;
Plense find space in your yalu
able paper , for a few lims from
Spring Creek. Last Thursday and
iYwiay was the Closing Exer.-ise of
oin Spring Creek Seminary School
the weather was' very bad, still 'we
had large attendance. Dr. Hadley
of Dorland Bell School of H
Springs was scheduled o speak, at
eleven A. M. Friday, on account of
badronds and disagreeable weather,
we are sorry td eay he was not p re
sen i, still we had some good speak-
ing by local talent, and good rgcita
tions by the I oys and girls of Spring
Creek Seminary School, on Friday
dinner, warf served by. the goou lad
ies of Spring Creek. Plenty for all
ahd'Bnnie to spare, we had a nice
time uiul all seemed to enjoy them-
selve we want to thank the good
teachers for t heirs interf st, and ser
vice. "The citizens .of Spring Creok
are taking great interest in educa
tional work. Wo are eonsjeious of
thi fact by educating our boys and
jirls we make better citizenship,
Someone inty say this is not true;
an Prefer to some of our noted Edu-
ator8 at Washington, D.' C when
we cive ou'1 bov and girls the book
knowledge they sbuuld bavo and
ihev have been forrred of the water
and of the Spirit and their hearts
nave peen loucneu wnu iue Jingei
- 1 . i i ' ' .i - . i. t:
of Jove then they will not get tangl-
wMip-in-unclean, lnuiga.,J.ni3. jsj
the kind of education I am speakinf
about, train up a child inthewiyhe
should go, and when he is old he
will not depart from it, BTBLE I
have learned, thia ti ainiug should
start around the hearth stone.
' Fathers and, mothers of Madison
County please do not get the wrong
idea, it's not how much our children
can do for us, it's how much can we
do for our children. I am pleased
to say the' prospects are good for a
good road from Hot Springs through
the Spring Creek Valley toWaynes
ville, N. C. When this road is com
pleted and we get a modern School
building we feel that our property
will enhance from its present val
uation to one half; million dollars
greater, -iv-. v . -'y. : ' '.
After looking on the bright side
of the picture of Spring Creek town
.-hip, our minds drifts back to our
cniiritv seat, a little ,town we call
Marshall. I am proud of Marshall
and her citizeuship. A great many
times' we hear people -speak very
disrespectfully of Marshall, and our
county officers. We sincerely be
linvft these same people do not
know our county officials personally
I came to MadiBon County about
twenty five years ago, I met , and
formed acquaintance with some of
our comvty omc:ai? wnom i icarneo
o love . 'that same love' still existf
'n my heart until today, during this
neriod of iirre tl:e buisness tranp-
actions bet ween-tnyrelf and these
gentlemen have been very pleasant,
and not. a sincle one of tlu m I as
. . i ' ' T
ever Bhown any crookedness lo nr.
I sincerely believe we have .just
Las good citizensnd county official?,
in Marsh ell ss One ie tn tl.c glebe
and if 1 was condemnea to die lo
morrow in the- electric chair and
the Ira ins of Marshall could hot
save me 1 would kiss my wife and
children good bye. -Success to the
News Record and its readers.
tYours very truly
: ' 1 Ehuford R. Coward.
WOODMEN COME!
.; !; . ; , - ,
. Every Saturday night we mectaf;
8 o'clock Get "a new Applicant and
come. You oklhas been's come oa
and k.e.t in line Lots of fun twenty
eight new members added during '
hie minth of March. The goat
was very gay last Saturday night
and hard to maim;; ; due to several
year rst. ' Come un boys investi
gate Woodmen of World Insurance. ,
We have fun an3 plenty of it.
' W. A. S.
:"(
Growth Of A Great Movement
Consolidated schools are in
creasing in number: one-room
m o r e ; school money is beinff
spenifor transDortation of Dunila
each year. Data on consolidated
schools show, that 1,628 were
formed in the school yer 1921- v
lt'23. fourteen States did no
report the number of consolida ti
ons that year. Among the 14
are Ohio, Kansas, North Caro-
ma, and Maryland, known to
be making considerable progress
in consolidation. The most ac- -curate
figures obtainable sho w;
that there were 11,890 consoli
dated schools i n the Uriited
States in 1920 Estimating an in
crease of at , least 3.000 in the
next two vears. there wprft in r
iy55 approximaieiy io.uuo con-
solidated schools. Louisiana,
Indiana and Ohio each reports
tnnn " . i l . t r rrr . , '
ovefl.OJO 'such schools; Texas, '
Virginia, and Mississippi each
. UlULi U W U 1UCIC VYCIO
87,931 one-room schools report-
cd in 1920. Two years later the
istimated numbeT was 179.450 a
decreaseof 8,501. Most of this
decrease is due to consolidation.
Some bf it is due to a natural
growth of small schools into larg
er two,, and three room schools.
Replacing approximately 4.000
little schools each year by some
thing is a considerable aceieve-
ment The amount spent for
transportation was $14,514,544 in
1920 with 8 States not reporting.
For 1922 it was $20, 624; 805, an
crease of more than sx mill
ions of dollara, again with no
reports from 8 States. , Iowa,
Ohio, arid Indiana each spent
over two millions in this way ,
Minnesota, No r th Dakota Mas
sachusetts, and New Jersey
each more than one million. .
From Boone, N. C.
Dear Editor:
For some time I have been" read
ing your paper . and think it very;
irood. We look forward to its com
ing t o t h e school w ith pleasure,
which reminds us that perhaps you
would be iatercsted in the fucccsh'
of a young man - of your couniy
wbo Is in school here, Mr. Jeter P.
Ram3ey. Mr. Rany has made a
good reputation while h e r e ' in
school and is looked cn as one of
the leaders in school. lie has made ,
;od as a singer and sings villi the
est in school. Besides taking
part in regular school work, lie is
ai active singer in the, churches in'
Boone. Last rfunday he sar. bo
fore a lirge audience at the Baptist
Chu th;; ; We hopo for Mr. Ram?ey
much success in Ms chosen pro
fession and are pkd id have him
with us in school ibis year.
Yours truly, ' .
. ASSaicat.