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A : 'v : j' 3 THE ONLY UEXLJ PUi LI .if; ...;a)i on county VOL. XXI MARSHALL N. C, I DV. 21, 1924 1000 ...A-y. LrU r-uTinr. A half-witted yout'i Marshall this week I be admitted to the c He w3 told by cCct. ' :. jail thit he cocld not tret into jail unless he had committed some .of f er,ce. Wherupon "he "asserted th-t unlcs be, was admitted to the jail, he would break into sonebo 'y'a etore' so that ; he would I e put in. - It turned out to be a youth who wis guilty a few years a fro cf breakicj into some build ings In Marshall and, being1 on ly .hall wilted, J. waa. Bent rto Morgranton, where he had been all this time. - It seems that he had run away from the author- , ities at Morganton and had wandered back to. his native county. Not finding it pleas ant for him here, he was seek Ing 'a place to stay where he had stayed before: NOTICE aTO : BAPTISTS Every church in the French Broad Association has been re quested to do as much &s pos sible on the Seventy-five Mil lion program by November 30 Every, church' is also" urged to make, the canvass on the 1S25 program the first week in Decer er and have it ia when tha Ctate Convention, meets in Xa!c!;h December' 9-12 Tejaratrusting--that, each chcrch . will have al good rep- resc-tation la our Fifth Si day Meeting at Lofcg Eiancn JtEV. FERDIE L. HIPPS . , BACK IN THE COUNTY Rer. Ferdie L. Hipp, a student at the . Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., has returned to his native County to spend 'some time -with nia people near Spring Creek, Bev. Mr. Hipps has been chosen as Director for 'the Association to fin' ish the Seventy-five ' Millino Cam paign and to launch the 1925 pro gram." V , UNION THANKS GIVING SERVICE t The ; Union Thanksgiving meeting in Marshall will be held in' the Methodist church at 10 :0GL o'clock A, M. Rev, Westley , M. Jlyde oC Walnut will preach the sermon. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Important Everybody Invited The Annual Praise service of the- Ladies' Missionary Society will be held Wednesday, Nov emter 23, 1924, at 7:00 P. M at tl:e church. Mr. Hadley.tof Dor! and Bell School, - at Hot Epi, s, returned "missionary fror.i China, will be the speak er .if, the evening. . Ar social tor-' - with refreshments will cor . I.t2 , the ' evenirs rro , gri. A special invitation is cent to the .r-rsionary sicic- t" and mer..' : 3 cf -the' oth t;f' zrcties. 'A good 'rrc"ram vL . r; ccial music " h3 ' 1 : : pi.. .1. Let everybody coma. fit does i; r hool ( "n, Tommy" t!.e - f ked, "v lien - - , FORE3T FIRES IN I.IOUNTAIN AREA PROVING COSTLY Tctal cf Hrported from . .t,!n Cemt!et in . ' ?TLri eek. 'F nm A.k-vCL Citim) A total of 68 forest fires nave' damaged over' 10,000 acres of land in the nine . mountain counties of this state ' dariu '.' the past " three weeks,; it was "ennouncd ,ye-ray by Carl I, Peerson, North Carolina District- Fsroater.'. i.Ecporls " nave been received Crora the nine counties in the district that . are co-operating wilh' the I orekt ' service. ' TlU ' nine counties are Euncombe, SwaiM Cher okee, Haywood, Cly, ' Henderson, Transylvania Polk; and Madison. , "Lack of, rain has made the' for ests unusually dry1. Several of the forest fires In the nine 'counties-are still burning and the only, relief hoped for is tain. .None of the pres ent fires are large' H is stated.-' For es of. men have been at work fight ing, the fires and their efforts have helped check the sppread of flames over large areas. .','',,. ' Swain - County Is perhaps the hardest hit of all the nine counties reporting fires to the District Forest er. Eleven fires spreading over a to tal Of 5,400 acres have been reported from. Swain County, , Buncombe county has had eight fires, none of which have been "very large. The largest of the eight was the one in the vicinity of Mount Meadows Inn.". Altogether the' datri aged area in this county is estimated to cove "ISO acresi '""; Cherokee County has had 10 fires, covering 630' acres; HayWood 12 fires, covering' "about '- f,30j acres Clay; four fire covering 600 acres Henderson three fires, covering 50 acres; irar yivania tnree nres cover ing 900 acres; Polk four fires; coveri lng'40" acresi" n5MailIsbn OMfire, covering ISO acres. " , The fires this year are reported, as belt; ; T r e than jast year; Some warder' '' ' "v hve bn worse rt-i bwcii iu a number of years. - The damage naspeen jaone to second-growth principally. LITTLE-ONE HAS A WORD I n the FutareJ for ia me there I WW throagh- the all be . Yet whCt nte I an" b what ye are to I am the qnastioa to irhich you make replies." The helplessness of the child maks Universal and . powerful ' appeal Only the. heart in which the spirit of the Master does not dwell is untouch ed by this appeal. If you want to know whether your heart is in the right place, seriously inquire of your self how near you can approach iu. a Christian, spirit a fatherless and homeless little child. Have you ever felt the thrill and warmth of heart that comes fronv the weak hand of the little child snuggles into yours on a - dark night, or in a strange place? If you have, this message will anneal to yo"u.TIf not, it is. '.'sweet ness wasted on the desert air." When the Good Master wanted to teach hien a lesson in trust and in and in child-like innocency, He set a little'Vnfld n their midst and said "Inasmuch as ye do it unto one of the least of these, my ,brethren, ye have done it unto' me." On-many occasions during His ministry among men. he 'Master referred tenderly to the care and protection of children. Shall we, then, .offer an apology for brnging again the' needs of the fath erless, and , .motherless .children, of North Carolina to the attention' t of the people ,at .Thanksgiving? The. farmers - plants his seed for the , harvest r Jie4 expects t lto realise.' The orphan homes ot . tne - tuus are planning for a harvest of. the, race. Shall we give Co " growing ' children that degree of care . and attention the farmer expends upon the plants from which he expects an abundant Mi of "golden fain? Shall .we ve a part 'In" building for the fut ure? fNalLwe grow, .patriots' for the conu..3 years? ; ; : r -; Jn , ord r .,.ttat , ,more adequate equipment a.? J support, may be pro v"ed for our patriot-making agen c'n.i, V e orphan homes, the 'One T y : '" Orjl.ans'' movement was a' arte J, tC :r cpon all pur people to sll to t' 9 t i ef regular contri " n a r 1 .!- i . i , .Lit-, va a 4, a- erous response. It has entitled our people of all creeds and classes in beautiful cooperation for the support Sof a needed civic and hrlsan phu- ahthropy. ' i T! eTe Pt .the oihia homes is m1 urgent, ana vary, citizen ox tne State is'akej'to cooperate- in the movement to save from degeneracy and help train, for good citizenship the ..mpst exposed , .children in the world. ' ' ;H6w can you do thkt ..How can you so giyt i.that jrpu charity will reach directly - to ; the homeless or phan? V ' - A list of these splendid institutfons appears on the last page of this pant- phlet"5" Every one of them la worthy of 'ydui1 uppo'rt.'T You- are asked to forward' to one of these' a' special Thankigving offering. ' A day's wage or the Income bf a day, la tug gested more if you can less if you can do no better. ; ;"'.? M. . Andrrememberr you are asked to do this in the name of Hint whosaid, "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." , It is for His unfortunates this appeal is made. To the liberal giver it will bring hap piness and contentment; and Ihe lib eral contributor ' is the individual who gives in the right spirit, be it much, or, little. For God loveth cheerful giver." i - - - "Winter, witk Its -cold, its suffer ings, and iU privations for many,- approaching. '.. Can we allow a single orphan child in our great Common, wealth to lack for food, for clothes, or! for knowledge; that : wi4-,enable that child, to become a useful citizen! and that will direct its steps into the wyaofpleasa.ntnes and .peace? Raymond Bobbins once said, "The neatest hope tor tne wona net in the fact that there is a nv gener ation born three timet In every cent ury.""" Three5nVe"rkevery bun died years' God gives ui a new geiferatioa of chfldren ,to teach and to" lead" into the paths and the ways of His family. And we ajrenadmonished to "train "p a child. in the way he should got and when he " pld- he will n not depart from it." s , V ITj.-. J;"-,-- ' Let us take uea at nia wora wra tln un the new veneration to be true and honest and worthy men and women. Then we may confidently hope for and have, reason to expect that the boy anii girls fif Tofat .'wW become the splendid men and women so necessary ; i or i omorro w. x u can help by "entering into the spirit of this message, from the North. Car olina Orphan Association, which asks vou to help gladden tne lives oi nun dreds of fatherless and motherless children now under the fostering care of the fine orphan homes located in various sections of our progressive State. i . : X-. Make' your offering on or about Thanksgiving , Day.: Make. It. on the basis of your earning capacity of a single day. Make it through : your church, or lodge; or send it direct to the orphanage of your choice. Make it, "remembering l;hat ; thousands of others are withou in this movement, Make it, if you will, with the pray er that "our orphan, children may be led .into the larger life here and the life eternal hereafter. Make it with the wish that the next Thanksgiving Day may be the "gladdest 'and best ever observed in North Carolina. i N. C Orphanage Appeal. ; " . Mountain View ' Is De feated j By Mars Hill Eleven, 1 a-0 Visitors Playinsr First Year, of : Football Put Up Creditable Showing i Against r Roberts' " (By HOO ELLER.) .. : The "Mountain .". View ' Academy football teariLIof .North i .Wilkesboro journeying on their first trip to the Western section of: the" State met defeat at the . hands of - , Mars. ,HJ11 College on the tatter's field yester day!' afternoon,, 180. &.;- y - The entire, sauaa consisting ot, i players was playhig its, first "fear , of otball and put up a-very creditable "iowinsr' and heldl Mara Hill, scoreless until the finaminute of play in .the Erst half , when the., visitors : f umbled a, punt -on their 10-yard line,.Sto,upe recovering the balL A lin-plurf;e netted five yards and an end. run by Furgus places the ball across for .the fuhi score ot the ganie." The attempt for the extra poii t by Beese failed. :. The final touchdown came in the last quarter , when . "Jms.bloeked, a punt and ran 20-yi'i .H for .the goal,' !e -n.rj. f-9 1 -.,U between-'t'-' la for the -e'a ..T-'l t -i, ow&rd played a V.'.r -game f-r! ors -while, Sams' Owens and starred foi .the locals. ..' .LINEUP (Maft.Hil) .(..fitrvspe Suggs r.Vs Apple , t6n "Owens V Watson 'Edwards ' ' Ward '. Co'ok ' "" .Reese tic ' I Ft' ri.;. . Dy Savr -FuH,,., j LotxaX Bell' ' i ':.? - v R.; H.rr f ' for. I cis f ter for War J :' utiOnsi. Mars HiUi. Howard e, Ledbetteir.for CookJ'j'ra-. 7erd, Perry. for.Myers, Car "tson, Satterfleld tor Stone, r Ledbettar, Sams for "Ward. O.T.caL, , Referee Owens, (Mars Hill) Ilea J "Linesman, .Williams, (Mara Hill), ' ... -o.'.VC V,: 1. The shevilU 'Citiien.! ; - ' TALK 'HAPPINESS Taflc h ' ppnessT ":'' Th'e worl4 is sad -.' 'enough',', ";. .'! "... ' Without your' woe. Ho Pth' is'wholly . '-ouih- ' j, .v ,. Look f r the places that are smooth ., an(f ciear,f,w. .- . . , r, , And apeak of them to. rest the weary r , ear'-. ' ;. , :.- : , . y. Of earth; so hurt by one continuous ' ;':' strain - ',l" : :- " Of 'moral discontent and grief and '""pain.-l.:";:-.;'-'';" ."" - ' ' ' 1 ' v" '-' ; .- . -'.-' . '' Talk falth.'The' world' is'better ' off, ..' '.wj'-hput.' "... , .: '. Your "u - efeict Ignprance . an4 "morbid -"i,?oui,t, .; 'U:'i-.r,'t ,' If you hnyef alth n. God, pr man. or l, h-;y. :. Say so; if . noir'push back upon.. the i ..shelf -'-. 'jj, tij ;:;.'; :U X.:" j Of silena - all j: your thoughts , till '-'.' j; faiUv shall eonte';-",. ' -.. No one v ill grieve" because your lips ... are dumb. ' " . V, . . Talk her '.h.1 The dreary; never-enf- lr-r tale Of rnOi You ci ladies is worn and stale .charm, .- or, interest,, or iy harping on that, minor chprd dis : ease.' t c a - , -' ; And you are well, or all is well with .you, ., ;. : .... :. -, -. : .-..,-' . , And God shall hear your words, and - make them true. American HortprccJ by, .; 23 1 Foreign Nations the v Strov, f V i- " ft v A S ' 1 , ' ' i A J ' , , CHARLE8 V. VICKREY , ; . , For several years general secretary of the Near East Relief in America, Mr. Yickrey has een honored by elec tion to, the presidency of pie .- "Inter national . Near East Association, conv posed of representatives of 2 nations.' The' organization is sponsofirig the In ternational observafice' of Oolden Rule Sunday on December' t 6n behalf of the "ref n jjee orphans ot Bible Ljutcuk ' Chartges'EfrdcteJ.'..;.. TT :'-: '-I' - -' "ft '' . i.j.on: tienaersonvnie ? ; jK a; Daily NeWpMl?er hendesonviLle, kii2 C.Nv. 8,-Several changes in the. edito rial und ; buaineaa J. departments of the, HendersonviJle Daily Times a newspaper Tecently begun here was reported this afternoon.'). :' ". .,';., f Morris A"; Bealle, managing editor" and later general manager Of the pa per, has resigned - Seasons for his resignation were not announced, Hen ry. Ltkin , remains on the"news desk while h.-i. Penny, 'form'erl with the Neva here and ' later '. wiihy.Laurel Farl Estates becomes i"i?pgipg edi tor. , It. was reported that in "an at-. rt to '- urH, the irsar.-j'ewent , decided to i'.. ?.r i ot one cf Us a-?.., It was said paper be re- Vuced.; , , , DR. MABEL ELLIOTT ., Five times decorated by foreign gov ernments 'for berote ' service during four years of reltef work In the "Near EasV this "moideTn Florence' Nlghtin tale ' has refused ' further' honors abroad and has returned to America to 'aid In the campaign for funds" which centers in the observance of Golden Role Day for the refugee or phan of the Near . Cut on December 1. .Her recent book. "Beginning Again at Ararat,",, is being used as a text book, on, the Near East la schools and aoUegea. '".;"; .,' 7. ; '-I : '' " .' -" : ' i 'r i 5 o-i b n-t . t: m J -f l,f - INTERESTING JTRMS, .FRQMJ THE WELL KNOWN RESORT TOWN . The Parent-Teachers Association of fli1Piih1 Scnobl'",of Hot'nrlnrs OT-,ciytereUng ;llUte-e taihm'ent On Hallowe'en at the school house," realizing forty dollars to be applied pn a Library for the school. ") This Is a splendid organization, hav7 ing, a membership near .fifty of wide awake workers, and it does seem a shame that we can't have a nice school building so that we would have something to work for. .The enter tainment' consisted of a ' cake walk, kissing contest," fishing "pond, fortune' telling, apple-bobbmg, grab bags, and finapyclosedwith an old-fashioned square 'dance." We, feel , that thi? Parent Teachers Association is . bring ing the people of Hot .Springs nearer together. , Again, we had a great boost, when Hot .Springs school took four out of the six prizes at County Commence ment. The winners were : JJe iDtta At- mon, George Lippard, Edith Downs and Tom Davis. We feel that the teachers deserve great Credit in training the winners, since they had such a short time. Mr. Chas. Burg in and Mrs. Harry Hill entertained for Mrs. L. H' Wat- kins, with a baby shower. It was carried out in, beautiful form. The house was' decorated with pot plants and -cut flowers. Mrs.. Ellerson pre sided at the tea table and Mrs., Zim merman, poured coffee. Those pres ent were: Mesdamea Rufty, Jared, Ellerson, Zimmerman, Downs, Plem mons, Davis, Smith, Stamey, sGrubb and Miss Mary Roberson. T We hear1 a rumor that we are soon to have a sanitorium built on the old Hotel site. , We J hope in the near future, tat . this J, will, prove to be more than a" mere rumor. , , ! vV, The stork in winging his flight over Hot Springs, left with Mr... and Mrs. W.jA. Lewis a fine big boy,, Jerome Ebbst Mother, and. sonrloing; fine. We arei delighted with: our new Methodist pastor,,: Mr. Newton. cHe has shown ' a very - willing spirit Of wanting to do something' for us here. He , has visited our public'school and "became ' acquainted ' .with a great many of pur town people," ,Hot Springs haa been- "hit "hard" by sprlous accidentsall of , which have been related through ,the . paper, i Mr. Chas. ...Burgin . and .-daughter, miss Alene.. Burgin,. ;yisited her Ason who ,u attending school, at Berea Col lege. .They -report, very favorably of the school . .--y X - Mrs. B. M. Saflord was in Marshall thia week on business.1 s '" Mr.- and Mrs."- Warren Davis are making a dying effort to win a ear "in the Times Contest. 1 ' Mrs FanniejE.' Lance is n Ashe- viles with her j daughtr Mrs, D.(y. Ebbs, who underwent an operation. ,. ' licitors and a reporter, that the size of the ""VtK. 1 'r ' ' vI... ' I y : -Jov '. . .," V.iiL J"P if r-T4p- f r8 D B. Duckett, daugh .e'nt so- ter 'Miss Beulah, and Mrs. Warren I Davis spent Wednesday n Asheville. - Mrs. Sarah R. Baker left yester day to visit her daughter," Miss Peggy who is physical director in Sullen College at Bristol, Viu Mrs.,G. C. Buquo spent the past week.ln Asherille. . , , . . 5 , . Mr. J, D, Hensley waa in Asheville this week and purchased : large a- mount of bunding material." Mr. "Hensley is the mayor of Hot Springs, and is building: a new nome On ''Mountain. Heights." ,.. , ;) t ,Mrs.', Thomas Frlsbee is' in JCnox-, ville viti'nVief sister, Mrs. Wrinkle. Mrs; John Gentry . is visiting in Sunburst . ', : ' ' . ;' . fit, H. R. Lallande from Knoxville spent the week-end with the, Buquo. OiURQILN BODY Thursday nieht of this week at the Free Will Baptist church in Marshall, where revival aer vices are in progress under the preaching Of Rev. Mr. Ledf ord of Tennessee, as the service was about half over, a body Of members of the Ku Klux or- . ganization went into ' . the church,' creatfng some little ex citement in. ,the ! congregation.." These , masked men, eleven in , number, walked up to' the pul pit and handed the preacher a , letter with a purse of $15., The .. minister ( passed the letter over .t to Dr. Samsto read," which he did publicly. f In" the Jetter a " warninar was worded ' to the S'eople of " the community not , tclin'ed to do the right thing .: that serious "conseduences may follow if they d0 not desist from their misconduct , 4..Tbev young,people whb" had ' dia-'. turbed the services Were given a warning;; and the statement, made that if any xf , then hap- , veliid to be indicted at V th . MUTto r . . . . ' m . . ... - . need not blame: anybody for reporting .the matter to the grand jury, but the. Ku Klux organization.? ; 1 . ; ; t WORLD WAR VETERANS FILE. YOUR BONUS AP PLICATIONS; lit am wrlsA m-rA 4 Via MllltoW avavia nuv dvi v va tv tn wa muivwij or Naval Forces during the WORLD WAR for a period of sixty days or more is entited to receive benefits under - the Adjusted Compensation Act passed by Congress last Spring. rIn a recent statement circulated ' by the War "Department it was shown" that up to the. present time only a bout - One Million ; Four Hundred Thousand applications havp be-.fj ce'ved put of a possible Five M.iuonJ, and that applications are coming in so slowly at .this time .that it ?nay be necessary for the Department to cut down : the working forces that were organized to handled these claims. 'By! a recent ruling. of the Comp troller of the, Treasury, the bene- ficiaries of a Veteran, who has filed his. application and may die before 1 receiving his ' Insurance 'certificate, will receive the full amount of his In surance. But if the Yeteran has not filed his application and should die his beneficiaries will receive only his : ' Adjusted Service Credit, ;' or about one-third of the amount that they would receive had : the application been properly, filed by the Veteran liimself . " From this ruling it will be seen that it. is to the interest of the Service Man himself to file his appli cation immediately " .j"1 , 1' , Mr. V. a. Kector Jias. a supply oiy blank applications, and wiH be glad' . ' to aid anyone that may need help in' filling them -in, without charge.- H ,may. be found "around his Office in ' Marshall any .week day. - Always be sure to iring your discharge certifi cate with you. 5 1 St. i 125 GALLONS UQUOIl- The: .Teport -we gave last" week asrto the' capture1 by3 the " Sheriff ff, Deputy," and, Revenue omcer of 60 gallpRs of .liquor, r 3 cars and six people 'was only. a, part of that story, as we un-;. derstand ;rpm the: Sherijr''thi3' week. What we said was true, but the amouhtpf Ijqdor, taken was 125 rallons instead of 60. The people gave bond for. ap-; , pearance at court and were re leased from jail.. " J.
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