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THE ONLY .'NEWSPAPER PULlISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL XXI
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th. 1924.
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A Story of The Carolina
Mountains
level of the sea,' one of ' the, evils
long prevalent has-been the ellicit
' mannfacture of ardent spmtfl
home, Broodiug over their trou
ble and incensed at the .had- faith
of some one whom they had cor.
sidered a friend, they datermincd
to find out who had . "acted the
traitor" as Will put tht majfcter.i It
was no qirticult matter to und out
that Mitch Jones, and old moon
shiner, for the reward in auch case s
paid, had given the location . of. c
distillery; in Order to divert 'atL'o-.
tion tram bisown eimiliar eslah
(Bt Wakt Wiohtman Vandiveh) I going to do as I please." Iti this
. . v - ",' 2 . crude statement on the' abstruse
Among the remote regions, of i . ... .
Ttr..j. t. .i. I.-.' i question of the science of govern-
western ixurin . aruiniH uve L . - , , ,li:k . t ll "l .
. . . r " , ,., j ment Robert quite acquiesced and "snment further back in the mouiti
ihriftyIa thir elevate,!, land, 'T, , ,K , V
where tl?e general attitude is more h elud glen Jmbitterrd with deadly hatred
than two-thousand feef above the ' tie.r pnm.tive plant wasca- tb, two.,del,bera ed to wh.
Ir ui ... ' -iabhshed course they should -take towards
The summer of '66 glided away lib informer.'".? ' :'!
Into the glorious mountain autumn. I -. He was too sly to go to the
ti. m-vi . 4K..MAiinai0,,a6eintne Adair cove had m"uisioner s court" saia.ww,
- . I Ilisfc mit. nn onlnra rmalini ki fan. I DUt hfi II on tn th Ihiir onnrt TA
ot this wierd craft--an excrescence ' .. ' ... x f , . .ku- h,. .
of the cml war-were. as,a class. !" mts of !he "-op.cal growth and know- we 11 be ent up where
i ..mi., . ..:. . iiooking as it a thonsand overladen we can t get al nim."
way to Jonea', distillery. ; , "
Through the diitk places he hast
ened on his mission of peace. Up
Dry Gulch, d'm lit by, the star? he
hurried over a ridgo, then up again
climbing rapidly as only can one
who is' to the manner bornn, he
scwi had Only' one other riilee be
forehim to-cros but on reaching
jtfcj crest he found that reVenee is
no less swift of foots than mercy.
Lpd angry .word he heard coming
Clifford Shelton Killed
Clifford Shel' or a man about
Resolutions Adopted, By Tfee
Baptist Church Of Mar
shall, Septeirkf 7
i 9 2 i.
long without a significant and spn
, : cifio name; but now comes - creep
ing into the language with an
' insistance likely to make it per-
-K manent, the term moonshiner to
designate this type of a contra
braddist. The typical moonshiner
t bas his hut and the crude alembic
in the densest solitudes of the
. mountains where intrusion and de
tection are most unlikely. Actual
, organization into bands for mutual
protection hai sometime been ef
f acted. . Often when the scmimi
litary officiaismaking a "revenue
raid" inso these solemn and un
frequented fastnesses in quest of
, offenders, the sentinels down next
" the "settlement." having borrow
edfrom their aboriginal brethren
the smoke siginal, send upthe same
! in volumes of graceful curves and
- waves, then danger knovoHoI be
' hear ftnd the'of)eiators of theillicit
establishments along the tipper
mountains are soon safely hidden,
; At night the huntsman'? horn so
b'own, that according to their crude
code; the repeated crescendo, and
-' cadence fall on,- the listening ears
long accustomed to such notes and
instantly the message is" trtinslated
and .translated too are eti!l and
."tiller." . .
Just under thenorthern shadows
of the great Blue Itidre. not far
i west of the point where, it reaches
h'ghest towards the slues, . in the
sparsely settled diunty of Hender
Bon, lived many years a?o the
Adalfs in whose veins, it is jsnid,
bounded the blocd of the bold
vikinns of old, and their ancestors
having come from the north of
Europe nome color of veracity i.
giyen the statement: The incid
ents herein recounted, now passing
slowly into tradition, are not with
out living witnesses, Two brawny
boys well along in their-'teens' and
a daughter. Mary a little older a
j e-lccl lype of mountain- woman
liooj were of this household.
V Into the humble picturesque
home Under the mountain shadows,
up to May day 1806 there had nev
er come va great grief.' 'Arcadian
lfappiness had been their?. Rut in
'an evil mo:nent William .Adolf ha-i
determined to set up an ellicit dis
tillery and did pollute with it the
linfpid mountain 1 brook' up the
mountainside and in this precarious
undertaking he was assisted by Ro
bert his younger brother.
'i "Will, shorel) you're notruanin'
a ' till up thar on the mountain,"
s ! Mary. ."You know what will
c. , cf it all. You'll jes', be hunt
ed ' jwn by the revenuers and took
to,' il." "Cut Mollie" replied the
I:, "yiu den't look at' this ques
tr i rsht. Ain't this our , com?
' .'t i! :? a free 'coustrj? Can't
a ...a Co what he p!caa with his
t" Us Cavcrnmcnt ain't got
r'' t tD t;.!.e a man's liberty
s 1 1. ", t: I fr i?y part I'ra
rainbowti hnrl htirat nnH upafiororll "Eut there's Rnrnett srtf? Km tnn
their wealth of gorgeous hues over that swore in the trial the other
the waiting forests below; or as if day they'll have to swear the
my riada of dryads had t firned 8ame 1 "'"K9 flKin u "W" Hob.;,
artists and had exhausted their 'They'll go off and eav the
fairy genius in decking with gay coun,ri for you know they
colors the rioriona PTnnns nr are our; friends and they didn't
autumnal wood. - D v w n th wan'' swear agin us, but had
tn th I Will continue !. And now i
we can get old Mitcb to leave it'
various valleysall running
northward, flowed the clear. Debbie
bottomed fctreams with silvery
gleamings in the Indian Summer
sunshine, innocuously hastening
home to the sea. In the. dim dis
tance the Great Smokies lifting
themselves in range beyond' ranye
and kissing the ekies Every pros-
pjee was pleasing; man alone was
be all right."
"But how do you kndw'" a ked
the younger brother "that Norton
and Burnett will go away?"
ilffll 1.1 . 1 "
- iney ootii told me -so "aid
Will.'Well then" instantly Bol
replied, "let's go to-night and pav
old Mitch to leave, and if he won't
n3 iui MUUO was '
vile. The Kolden grain that had ae"ee to do that let's put out. hie
fcamr ht and locked in it- hertth chunk" "No less not kill the old
c t.j i scamn" lirtffid Will " 'epntinp. Vp
huiukcuid' ot Buiutncr uau , oeen I . r o
garnered and ground to feed the can fc P0881"9 8et around it, but!
blockade still bn the nfountaW In I wish' henras dead."
tbe,: meantime .Tom Mivnard. ' W 8at. Under the dense
suaue oi me oig appie iree ny tti
al
L j f il I . ' .
down thn nenkth Tt.. pomp, in the early May tira.
- V " vm, M. MnXV.vai.VVr I .... , - ,
adjoined that of the Adalfs, Had ,and deliberated over their
wooed, won and. ' wedded pretty
Molly Adalf. Tom bad grown to
manhood .' thereabouts, and the
sunburn on his fine honest . face
told of the toil to which he had
bent. Mollie. the milkmaid-of her
father's .dairy, like other country
maids known to song and story,
often on occasion raked the mead
ow sweet wi hhay) butshewas not
. jnodcl of beauiy, being something pai1 of wftler- bat thc
leitpr. I,rv ai.H M,L,o..fj the conservation had
trouble each talked frankly to-the
other until finally Will agreed thai
if old Mitch would not agree to
leave they would pick a quarivl
with him and kill him.
Unknown to the boys Mollie had
been standing behind the huge
pump and had been a somewhat
unwilling oavedropper during this
talk; she ' had simply gone for a
the serious tone
better, brave aud true-hearted
the. picture i of youth and rosy
health. The early morning air,
inhaled while the, miracle of a new
day : is ; biessjng the World, the
happy -cheerful disposition, the
neart that . tb robbed m sorrow
over another's woe and leaped in
simple loy when othor hearts were
glao these made her facV radiant
with charms that distance regular
features and classical ' standards
that have not behind them ' these
dynamic forces. Hapny ' as the
birds that, full throated, trilled
and twitted their vernal loves in
the treesi about the old Maynard
home, thi mountaineer , and his
higlilgnd Mary, unconscious (as
happiness a. ways is) of how happy
they were, lived and loved the
while. -.
Suddenly one deary day in au
tumn a great, suirow cast its ah id
ows on 'accross the threshold of the
Adalfs Will and Bob werej arrest
ed, and taken to be tried for viola
tion of the Federal; Statute. -'Distilling,
retailing, ..concealing and
removing spirituous liquors, .with
out license so to do, contrary x to
the statute in such cases made and
provided." So ran the char in
ths language of the law. The U.
S. Commissioner in the evidence
found probable . cause and held
them on bond to the next terra' of
circuit and 'District court to be
I r t A: eville. Tha t
eville.
3 c7:
seemed to
rivet her to the , spot Recovering
herself she hastily and stealthily
glided away, leaving her emptv
pail, and hastened down the creek,
along the stretch of sandy road a
hundred paces, to her own home
where her husband was.
j "Well," let's git supper and go'
the implusive Bob said earnestly.
''No, Bob, I don't , want no sup
per. I can't think of Jiothin' but
that old half bn ed scounderel
Let's go now.? So securing their
pisto's f w th' ir accus'omed place
in the ' ous '. tiny started up the
trail in tu dim lirht of a new
moon and the stars . ' v
VWhy; Mollie,!. thoughtyou was
goin" to tay,all night with youi
mother" remarked T m as she
came ihrough the bars "'Is any
thing the matter?"
Yes, Tom, it's awful what the
boys haveb en ialkin '' Then she
told him what she had . heard at
the pump. -
"Tom,, go up there and stop
them, iUhey ain't already gone, I
heard 'em s.iy -"feet's git the piotols
and go' just. ad i count 'round tbe
corper f the orchard, an' they
went in. the ' house, I'm afraid
they're gone now, but you can go
to Mitch Jones the short w-y and
git there before they do ".
Tom Maynard knew what man
ner of men these fellows Were; and
tl:3 rrrcs.1 from his wife, ECarcoly
lcc:; -y. was hardlv more than
.rj:3 he was ca his
65 years of age and havinc only
one leg was killed Sundav after.
noon Sept, 6th. by Oscar Lhelton
J J i . . .
si urn i h r l f i n 1 1 m rv ttmr n tiin i - - t
mum uuw mu r u Lwriu v i i : . .- , -
five vears. CAfTr Rh.Hkn v's? rg ine. ' of ou
AaoaA u 'j ; vvcrK in marsnail jJaptift
.Utemeat ,hat. OSc,r SheUon E,
uB jr.wu.u.r .earu commg - "ICIZ m& "r ""cial problems were
Wne direction or tno sequested r-- ZICJ. mct- our membership
msniiery and ne recognizing tbe -T " ,BT "was dfvided in opinion abdmaljco
vo.ee ot Bin Adair be quickened ;'v"fc ' existeJ ,in numerous instances
ins pace along the steep nouniain- T " " , u awuw VL aooui among the membprshin Wa m,u
,n.. - t.. m- p tone nundreri vltrria frnm noar,a l ... . r "
fiuf. cm wnen wiimn a lew.pac- , 7 T " " . . " wiinout a pastor, and in fact, all
es of the rude build nir he heard . rumo' uauar iwk.ui nis pisioi of hnr rhurih Ant. m, , ,
pistol snot ring out on v the night " . cau not W neglected, but abused
air; another and another followed rt a nvT "own' l,n e n by us all. Attendance was very
in quica succession, and inst as he sercnea Wuioras. pocke t s how. nd nouAntv.fiv ,miu-
entered the door of the dim, torch- m m thfm $63 0 in bills pedges practically forirotten. in
li i t. -HI. WNfnr T fl CkTl - ar4T - I Mi f t-wi I...
ut snaniy a siiriRk, a groan and . this ereat dilemnia or nrpd.Vn
Mirch W, lav dyinK on the floor. P.?? lnew him behind a ment, we called Bro. P. L. Elliott
log thinking he was dead. Os-l,v, ' , ,
. ..... a-u- a j t ... T I a ttyteu uur can, ana ten
revolver: at that instant presented c.a.r th.en ed to lenn. In some- into our work so comnlefelv nd
nnrMr..ii,mr . :. ..r,it tfling iiRan hour Pearson Bntfffs ,.. .u ..u ... " '
- , m viuvuchk , , uii.ii Buuii vigorous and
of the ding moonhhiner, ' when ?na.Vn.a5 e7.b.ummy und CW- Strenous efforts, that todav M.
. . . . .. . rnrr u unillh o lAf n)r.'M Jl . . ' .
iomMayuaid quickly sprang be- : -r-""" ""- auu wniwu Uhurch is united in one mass or
. . ... n msa r m iia ihn AH l ... . .
i ween mem and wrenched the """;ui, bady. seekintf under our bndo-ot
weapon frrm the hand of the now seL0Ut a.bove-. ' ' V, system as directed and niit inf(,
half frenzied boy ' Hearing ap-1 , "7U"1C" car"ea Vu"ora 10 effect by our Pastor to defray
proacning iootsteps the Adalfs -"-"v ".oy11 wucro 0Jr 0ca -xDense nn timo
hastily passed out the back d()or ne aie.d .s?m time dnrin2 Sun- m3ntl, 0ur membershin
into the mou&taina and the night V n:,?,m' navng, "Vfcd 80me- increased 25 during the yi ar
m . i i niiiir im h lirniva n ah n k . . -
Maynard, conscious of innocence. 6 ""w ".wi ue Uurreviva mnt m.uh t i,
stood amazed and appalled in the waf - , ' , and in fact every effort put' forth
XA't u .:J vi. .j- I UScar bnelton WAS fnllnwod lu.. r, . i, ... . ...
.iimot oi we witsiu, oioouy ccene, . - - oy uro. jCiiuott nas been liberally
as a squad of government officials, uu iaiw awarded. And the eifect speaks-
i I.. ... ... . I 1 Weed' iJhAV first Wanf fn Wr- I .... .
an in quest 01 MHCn ine 111 I . . --"Y"" ."
i fwm An rt mtsi nr iak. uw ii ii uiii k iiiiii auiirr r.' inrv i i ... . " il m ,
iuiU.ci,iumsiiiucuiinun oy. iue i .- . . ri . v i m view oi inn laet thar H;n
Pistol shots, stepped into, the still near e PW.ce ot Elliott is about to sever his re-
it. i . . r KU'"? m" MaUons with us as our pastor,
:nr " '?m Therefore be it resolved by the
niyiic icun . ine iweea oovs nontini r-i,,,. .f i-.t. .in
Mw ui iwiikui vucouii vuisuairs i (j
nouse, in some t weeds, before
i i . r . .
nouse ana arrested tae tnree re
maining men. 'But in- a moment
it proved of no avail to apprehend
Mitchell Jones. Ho had been
snmmoned to that- high tribunal
from which there lies no
appeal daylight. Cutshall, an uncle of l, we , .
had been Oscar ShelU sent his boy out EHiottaod his
and the leaden messenger had been
delivered at the hands of Will
Adalf who now, with bis 'brother
his accomplice, was, fleeing both
tu be i outsasts and outlaws. ,
The officers with their' two nrt
8dners hart ily departed George
Redmonj with a bullet in his breast
was placed on horseback while Tom
Maynard stouily protesting inno
cence of any crime, was similarly
disposed of and thus they hurried
down the trail out of the range of
moonshiner's guns Thev rode fai
down into the settlement and stop
ped for the merit, I he coronei
having been notified of the bomi
cide on the mountain joined these
officers ear y on the " followme
morning. Redinou'H, w;und wa
dieted and pronounced daneerou
nut-not necesgar lv latal: ut.
moning his jury .the coroner 1 el
an it quest over Jones and the vei
diet vus thut of ' minder at th:r
hand; of Bill and Bob Adalf ami
Tom Maynard. While ..the jury
were investigattng the case before
thum Tom Maynanl had been tak
en before a U. S. Gommissioner on
a charge of violating the internal
revenue laws, but -was discharged
on the evidence of George Redmond
who swore that Ma vnard had - hnri
nothing to do with the ..'milling'
but had come there along with the
Adalf' boys and entered the still
house whei c; the shooting commen
ced. The moment'' Maynard was
discharged from the custody of the
government omicials he was ar
rested by the sheriff who had just
come from the scene of the- killing
where the coroner's iurv had rend
ered its verdict of murder. The
prisoner was committed to the
old rock jail in Hendersonville to
await the action f the erand iurv
When that day the. -story of the
tragedy was told at the humble
homes of the Adalfs and Maynards
the (Tret great sorrow of their sim
ple lives cut' its shadow acro.:3
their r:.".3.
1?C.1I:. 1 Nezt V, aL
express t o Bro.
wife our most
n Krinrf rw-.. ' sincere aDDreciation for tliArVnn
car came in witH'some beddinff t,rmg efforti'' ""ceasing h.yalty,
j i i ... .. . lanrl ova I fori t 'V, i ;nn ..... I-
ana wnen ne got m tne house.
Major and Elmer rushed in and
arrested him, before he realized
thevwere in the house Put. inuu we; express -our con
and exalted. Christian . examDle
set before us during tlie;f slay in
ojr midst.
That: We
shall had nothing to siy. Oscar ?ratulat,ons t0 ,iro- Elliolt 'tna'
wascapttrea about o o clock wun unity
vionaay morning, brought to . u'w,cu iUJ lo pursue nis
Marshall Monday afternoon and
placed in jail Oscar denies the
kilhngof Clifford. The dvintr
declaration of Clifford Shelton
at mis writing seems to be the
only proof in the case, except
the fact that Oscar fled f tm
the state and was found brim
iag his bed ia from -a hay statk
wnere ne nad slept the night be-
fyrel-' I'Vo-m ail accounts this is
one ofjjicoiicst m order j that
had Ow'curea ia Madison. Oscar
stwms to h iv j bjen a friend of
Cif.br J, luvug carrid'him food
at different times from his own
home. Cliff drd Shelton lived
by himself, and is said to have
been a man that did not do any
one any harm.
He carried the mail for several
years in this section of the
country and was to go on the
j.ib again soon. Oscar Shelton j
ippearstc have a normal mind.
lie attended fh,- nfntA S"hnn in
N C for the deaf and dumb.
Maior Tweed took- off th
prisoner $71.5 , and turned the
s ime over to Clerk of the Court.
Oscar and Clifford Shelton lived
at Carmen. ,
further, and commend
grasping . this opportu-
studies
him for
Thai: We express recfet and
sorrow that tiro. Elliott c:m not
labor on with us, and to him and
his wife auu baby we say -vou
h ive a 1 so wooa youi selves it to
our lives and love that v aie
hesitant lo ghe ycu up.
f We pray , that your every eaort.
may be c owned vviih .success in
all tj'bt yots undertiike io do.
iiay the Llesins of 'iieaven ever
attend you a'l is the fervent wish
of every member o f Baptist
Church of Marshall, N. C. '
W A. SAMS - i
A.W. VVHIiKHURST
J. afBALEY
Commiau.
Toll Of Carelessness
Fijrures-recp.ntlv comni!ed hv
the state of Oreiion show that
93 per cent of its automobile
wrecks are caused- by careless
ness., Ot 9,1-il accidents renoi ted
tom January 1 to June SO. Inst
5,457 are charged entirely-lo care
lessness Added to these may
be included the following: snp-(k
ing, 183; failure to give right of
tornero. 372; double t
atoxicated. 121: fuiluie. U
signal, 290; driving oo icit Vide of
street or highway, G4; improper
parking, 79; reverse direction in
middle of block, 40; passing to
left, of street cars while discharg
ing passengers,, 3 1 ; inexperience.
24; jocke.ing on bridges, 21; n,
total of 8480 accidents which
might have been avoided, accord
Ing to the renorl of the Secretary
of state, had' the d livers he-en
careful. It i's'propablethat these
Oregon figures would be a fair
average for other states k
too many automobile
That
drivers let the insurance com
pany pay the bill" ia responsible
for many- avoidable accidents.
Let drivers remember that no
insurance policy has yet been de
vised which will return the i:f
of a person killed through an
automobile driver's cavelopsnrrs
?aftty to life end j. irty rr-
Eir.-.r t hoVv j.i !,fit-T! r ft -
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