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No 28
VOL XXI
MARSHALL, MADISON COU Y, N. C. FRIDAY. MAY 9th, 192.
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PUBLIC STATEMENT
Of the Board of Trustees North
Carolina Anti-Saloon Legue,'
- April 25, 1924. ?' ,
. '.The Board of Trustees of (he
North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League fully endorses the : re
solutions adopted by the Anti
fialoon League of America in
the Washington Convention,
January 12-16, 1924, which de
clared unequiyocally for consti
tutional government.
We desire to empthasize our
endorsement of the, Eighteenth
Amendment and -'the Volstead
Act and the strict enforcement
of both. We ;urge the voters of
North Carolina to support for
State and Federal legislative of.
. fices candidates who by record
and public statemement btand
for these measures.
, ,We believe iji the" strict en
forcement of theTurlington Act
The Legislative Committee ap
pointed.by. this body in Novem
ber, 1922, did its works thorough
ly and successfully, and deserv
es the thanks of every citizen
in the state. Now we urge these
citizens and the executive offi
cers to see that the provisions of
this measure are used in every
county to rid the State of boot
leggers and blockaders. . '"
.. The sheriff of Hie County is
.vested with j)ovJiMand authority
to break up the outlawed liquor
traffic. He is undrr oath to
"search for and seize any distil
lery or apparatus used for the
manufacture of . intoxicating li
quor in violation the - hws of
North Carolina." We urge all
citizens-to require of sheriffs the
" faithful discharge of this duty
and hold them responsible also
for the activity or failure of
their deputies. We believe the
.people should support in primar
ies and elections candidates for
sheriff who abstain from.the use
f intoxicating liquors. If mak
ing and selling liquor is unlaw
ful, the consumer is a party to
the crime. Not only candidates
for sheriff, hue candidates for
Judge, solicitor, and recorder
should publicly go on record for
s rigorous enforcement of prohibi
tion laws. . '.
We urge our teachers through
out the State, to provide thcii
schools with suitable programs
-that "Law and Order Day" may
be observed. We favor an ap-
propriation that will enable the
Superintendent of Public In
struction, as the law provides, to
furnish uch programs. Rever
ence for law is essential i and
must be i taught, Especial at
tention should be given to - the
teaching of the effects of alcohol
on the human system, both in
' puplic opinion will unnerstand
the reasons fpr prohibition and
wish the, law enforced.,
, .The people must, be brought
to a deeper sense of civic , re
sponsibility"; Those yhb vote
are the only ones who really
6unt as citizens of the republic.
' As long as ) approximately half
of those1 who are sntitleifcto
exercise the right of suffrage fail
to qualify &nd T vpte,. Christian
citizenship must arouse itself
and make every nonparticipat
Ing citizen realize that he is a
civic slacker. , We urge?' all citi
zens to meet this responsibility
atihe primaries, June 7, 1924... ;
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Walnut Items
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I shall only give a short sketch
of the Commencement of Walnut
High School, as it would be too
lencrihv to go into all of the
details.
The exercises were all good and
well attended. The Baccaulaur-
eate Sermon on Sunday night by
Dr. C. 0. Gray was very in
structive and highly appreciated
by the large audience who heard
him. The Dedication Service on
Sunday evening which was par
ticipated in by a number of speak
ers was very interesting and im
pressive ' Quite a number of file
Junior Order of the American
Mechanics of Asheville, took a
lively part in the servic? and
presented to the school a large
Klag and bible, which we ap
prociate very much. .
Theorize which was a ten
dollar gold piece, Riven by Ram
aey Bros, and McUlure jn the
leading Conte3t was awarded
to Miss Martha Catherine Ham-
sey. rne aaaross to tne gradu
ating class by Prof. A. J. Hutch
ins of Asheville was a real - treat
to our people, and he will find a
big welcome, should he return to
Walnut again. The play o n
Monday night was good,- and the
proceeds amounted to $93.29.
The last act on Tuesday night,
which closed a successful school
year, ,.was the presentation of
diplomas to the graduating class
by Superintendent Homer Henry.
The following are the names" of
frits MMIiylilAfinfV ftlnOB
Ashely iipbrtsrtoerett xnomaa,
Myrtle Fdrtner and Bertie Fort
tier. . ',':';.'.
. We can not speak too highly
of our principal, Miss Epps Haws
and the other teachers for their
faithful serice which has made
our school a great success. -
Brigman Bros, are now build
ing a large shop and repair build
ing, near their storehouse.
Ramsey Bros, a r e making
preparation for a garage buildjng.
This building will be made of
concrete blocks. They will
handle the Ford Car.
Uncle Sam Uigsby, one of the
oldest citizens of Walnnt died
last month. He was a , member
of the Free Will Baptist Church,
and was highly respected dy all
who kncw,him,
Mr. T. W. Haws of Fall Branch
Tenn. attended the Commence
ment of ' Walnut High School.
Mr. Haws-is the father of our
principalMiss Epps Haws.
A number o f young people
spent a very pleasant evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs, A. R
McDevitt 0 n May the third.
The , occasion , was a' birthday
party - in honor of their son
Tom. ' ,
Our next preaching service at
Dry Branch ' wil! be the third
Sunday Mprning in this month.
This will be our time to partake
of The Lord's Supper.1 and we
areexpecting Rev. Wesley Hyde
of Walnut to preach ,th"e sermon.
' B. E. Guthrie
To The Public
.. The Garage men of . Marshall
have agreed to close their places
of buisness on the Sabbath from
10:00 A. M, to . iJ:ou Jt..,. M, ,in
order to give the people an - op-
portuhity to attend the Sabbath
Schools and Churches. .
These men should be 'heartily
commended for this actfon.
A SENS:
BY ED( AR-A GUEST.
"What shall I gh r him now?" siid God,
"He has (he strei th with whieh to plod
. ' The ways of life; the love of light:,
The gift of song .when skies are bright
"Wisdom is plant? 4 in his mind
This man shall be both true and kind,
Earth's beauty shrJl delight his eyes,
And to its glories hi shall rise.
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! "He shall know ri'M from wrong and he
Defender of the faith shall be.
What more on him can I bestow
Before to earth I let him go?"
Then spake an angel, standing nean
"Wisdom is not enough, I fear.
Master, for all that he must do,
Grant him a sense-of humor, too
"Grant him to smile at petty wrong,
The changing moods which sway the throng;
When cares annoy him, show him then
How laughable are angry men!"
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Years after when his strength was tasked,
"What keeps you patient?" he was asked.
; "What keeps you - brave who are so tried?"
"My sense of humor " he replied.
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Sent to The News-Record by W. M. Anders fiom
Detriot Michigan.
Get Out into Tbe Open
There are still many people in
North Carolina who have fcrious
doubts about the benefit of fresh
air, and especially of "night air."
There are still homes where, upon
the setting of the pun, every door
is closed and all windows tightly
fastened. Some of the window.)
mverget opehed throughout tin
wintei, and the doors are uncd only
a.-) means of enlering or leaving.
Some of the people wbo insist up
on such care to keep fresh air out
of their houses probably read THE
HEATH BULLETIN, and arc
convinced in their minds that fresh
air is a good thing for the other
fellow. ( . '
Maybe some have excused their
action these" past few months be
cause of the cold weather and the j
difficulty and expense of keeping
the house comfortable Perhaps
tbey have even promised themsel
ves that when warm weather came
again they would get outdoors und
get some of the health giving prop-
erticii of fresh air which they had
denied themselves all winter.
Well, it is high time a beginning
was made. . Spring is here. Now'
is the tiwe-for every one to foreake
the hou'e as far as possible, and let
the air and sunshine of out of doors
get a chance at rejuvenating the
starved body.
A gocid plan one of the best
is toliavea garden. In raising
of Vegetables is most valuable from
two viewpoints. It requires bodily
exercises in the open," and it sup
plies for the table a most necessary
variety ' of ' food. Incidentally,
while thus benefiting physically a
considerable dent can be made in
the high eos of living. - :
There are folks so unfortunately
situated as not to be able to work
in either a flower or vegetable gard
e. The "cave-dwellers" in the
modem apartment hoit-es , in ' , our
cities are; denied such . pleasures
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Forsuch there is nearly always
available some outdoor game, such
as tennis, croquet baseball, or golf
Swimming pools have in the pr.it
few years made this execellent form
of outdoor
exen-ise available to
thousands. And there is always
the opportunity for walking.
But, above all, do not confine
your experience of frech air to
the walking period. What is still
more essential for good health if
sleeping in the freh air. If you
do net have a sleeping porch avail
able, build one. If th s is out of
the question, you can- surely open
wide the windows. Too much time
is spent in sleep for it not to bring
gn-at ruturns in improved health
ft is Nature's way of repaining ihe
waste caused by the- active day.
Sleep in the open air is far mure
va liable and refreshing than sleep
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Deoth Of Mr. Bob Buckner
; On April 26, 1924 the death
Angel visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hob Buckner and called
from this world to ; that above
the husband and father. He
had been sick for only a few
days and his death was a great
shock to every one. jvlr - Buck
ner was a concecrated Christian,
devoted to his Sunday School and
Church. Mr. Buckner we believe
to be; with: the redeemed. He
'can not come to us "but we can
go to him. . . - i ' ,
' He is ' survived by a loving
wife and five children, four girls
and one boy. , ,
We miss the sunshine of his
face, we miss him everywhere.
Surely we long to go where he
is, where there isio more sorrow
trouble or pain and where the
Death Angel never comes. Not
now but in the years to come it
may be in the better ' land we'll
read the meaning of our tsars and
there sometime we'll understand
Ds&th of Mrs. Marrett
, PlemmoDs
Editoa News-Record : '
Our Community was shocked
on the 5th of April 1924, at the
sudden death of Margarctt Plem
mons wife of S. E. Plcmmons,
she died very sudden from a
hemorrhage. Mrs. ' Plemmons
whs the mother of eleven child
ren, eight of whom preceded
her, she is survived by her hus
band S. E, Plemmons, two sons
and one daughter, Mr. Larkin
Plemmons, Trust, N. C , Mrs
Marthy Webb, of Leicester Bun
combe County, N. C , and Silas
Plemmons. residence not known.
She was 65 years old, and had
belonged to the Baptist C hurch
for 40 years Aunt Margarett
as she was called was truthful
and honest and a true Christian
industrious and kind to all She
with her husband has lived on
the Wi iters land for seven yesrs
and will be greatly missed by
us all, she often talked of hea
ven wfiere the faithful would
rest from their labors, she was
devoted to her church and a be
liever in flowers always, had
flowers to give others and now
in the yard where she lived you
can see her labor, and beautiful
flowers. , Aunt Margarett was
naturally intelligent with limit
ed education J&e was intelligent
in conservation read the Bible
a great deal, and understood it,
so the church hag lost a faithful
member:the; community a kind
hearted good neighbor. She is
now resting from her labors and
her works will follow her,
JASPER EBBS.
Mr. Z. T. McDarius's 64th
Birthday
At the home of Mr. Z. T. Mc
Darius on Sunday May the 4th
day, it being Mr. McDarius's 64
birthday. His children set him
a birthday dinner and all the re
latives and many friends were
invited. -
The dinner was served in the
front yard, it would be to much
to try to express the wonderful
and bountiful dinner there was
more than 150 people bountifully
fed and net half the dinner eat.
The people from Asheville was
Mr. Sam Radford and wife Mrs.
Ruaner Davis, P. G. Coffee and
others from Mars Hill, L C.
Huff, and many others from
Paip t Fork. Mr J E. Radford
and G. M. Blankenship and
wife and family from Grapevine
Mr. and Mrs E S. Morgan,
Thomas J. Murray with many
other prominent men being pre
sent Afternoon the -people
gathered in the Grove in front
of the hom.3 of Mr. Sam Radford
he introduced his school com
panion, Senator, Murray, for a
speech, you all know what Tom
can do. Tiiere was others spoke
vir F.oyd Coffee, E S. Morgan,
J. E. Radford and Mr Sam Rad
ford who is a prominent lawyer
Jof Asheville. The two .Mr
Radfords made very interes ing
talks and was much appreciated
by the large crowd. All the
talks was real good, many com
pliments passed on tne i splendid
good dinner.. We only pass this
way but once, and will ' pass no
more. This was a good day for
all who was present and much
enjoyed by all.' .; :
Mr. McDarius is one. of Madi
son County's best citizens and
has a fine family. '
This day will be long remem..
bered. - . r
A Subscriber.
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Grape Vine Iiems
Our p- op'e are i t'in;; busy
p ittingcorn in the jjrciiiid.
Mr. Garrett 'buckner U moving
back to his farm.
. ivtr. Hubert Corn of Asheville
was visiting relatives here Sun
day. Mr. Dolph Con's r-f Marshall
and family was vis-iting his
father arid mother here last Sun
day. Mr Joel B. Morgan who holds
a'job with the Sunburst Lumber .
Co. was at home a few days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. E S. Morgan
was among the number at Z. T.-
McDarius's birthday d i nin e r
Sunday May 4. -
Our Sunday School is taking
on more life an?l prayer services
are each Sundaj night
The young preacher, Mr. Ev-
erette Sprinkle preached for us
la,st Sunday -evenirig, - i f Mr.
Sprinkles lives he will make his
mark in this world for God.
We find the Madison County
Singinj? Convention is bringing
about a great interest, ico to it .
boys we will look for you all at
Wainut July the 4th.
E.'S Morgan
Ivy News
The people of this community'
are very busy planting corn now.
. It is a pleasure to sea such
pretty weather after a long
winter has passed.
The Jruit crop looks prosper
ouj for this season.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. P. C.
Rice a daughter on April 18th,
Born to Mr. and Airs. Ross
Buckner a daughter on April 20.
We are glad to have Miss
Edith Fisher of the Grape Vine
section with U9, she is a girl
whom we all know and love.
Mr. C. K Guthrie and niece,
Miss Edith Fisher made a buis
ness trip to Marsha' 1 Monday
afternoon.
Mrs.'Tlus. Guthrie is spending
this week with her daughter,
Mrs. P. A. Fisher ,f tne. Grape;
vine community.
'.' A Subscriber
Cleaning; Up Ths Scenery
There has been much agitation
to remove unsightly billboards
from scenic spots on beautiful
highways which are being built
in vaitnna of of act r
Without waiting for legislation
on the subject, one of tpe largest
users of signboards or the Pa
cific Coast, the .'Standard Oil
Jompany of'Califofnia, has re
moved oyer a thousand of iti
road signs. ".
Other large companies' in thi3
sect ion, which is noted for , its
beautiful scenery, have indicated
their willingness to follow th
lead of the Standard Oil Company
Comment has been almost un
animous in favor of this action.
Nothing is more unsightly
than a collection of fifty-seven
varieties of signs as one enter
every town or city, or at points
where the eye is attracted by a
beautiful view or some other ob
ject of interest iV-.-!.?--'
It is altogether probable that
better, advertising results : eouli
be secured by spending the same
amount of money in the rrral
newspapers of the various e&.s.
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