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iVUJLi. AA1 MS 1 1 A b L T O; 1 1 A V E A L A R G E Business Men of Madison County "Unite in One Great Purpose bf Marketing Madi- BUii I uic. tuuavv.u al liums TOBACCO mi a Drums or UiHllL!tUUOL TWO PEOPLE NEAR MARSHALL 4 TOBACCO WAREHOUSE CORPORATION ORGANIZED ' BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTED and STOCK BEING SOLD V I? I Such, rapid progress has been made in the last few days with reference to the establishment of n tnhnpYn wnrphmiSA in Marsha that it haralV -seeems possible that so much could have happen- fed since the last issue of this paper was printed. Last Thursday night, at the Courthouse in Mar : shall a meeting was held that may. mean more for the development of Madison County than any one meeting ever held in .Marshall.' Not that so many men were present,' but those who were there perhaps fifty; meant business. The meeting was called by Mr. S. B. Roberts and Mr John McElroy. President and Secretary of the Madison County Club, . All the farmers and business men of Madison County were invit- i . : mi ti ' t i i . .1 At. 1 . :i! J.. S ea: ine rresiaent canea wie meeting w oruer and stated the-purpose of the meeting, which was with a view to establishing a tobacco warehouse in Marshall. Before the real speech making was begun, the audience was favored with some se lections by a trio from Mars Hill Messrs, M. DMorgan, Jeter Edwards, and Charhe Kamsey, Mr. C. B. Mashburn was then-called on and spoke most interestingly' for several-minutes, ending, by introducing Mr. J. T. Edwards, formerly of Madison County, now of Greenville, Tenn., where he has met with considerable success in the-tobacco business, -he already having: built three tobacpo ware louses. Mr. Edwards gave in a most business like way facts and " figures connected j with the tobacco business .'? in general. i-v oje torn pj now. iooa.ccQ.naa ,peen wie making- nnanciauy, oi . keenviIIeTeWess f Iia ' ItiiiAma fvntrl fnKaAftA oIatia Yiovav mtran Avaiv mdh f- ,-. VMV M1VV1UV . VUI WIVIilWY- .MAW , W VUtVI t ' O " W V V W UlWUf -woman, and child, f 130, a ' i WOULD ENRICH MADISON vinced those who heard him, if He told of how nearly every they. .. were not v already con lody in Green County has a vinced before that a tobacco patch of tobacco, how his own warehouse would be the great- 14-year old son has a consider- est thing for Marshall" and able bank account, as a result Madison - County, : financially, day at 4 o'clock. J. T. Edwards, Greenville, Tenn.;-was employed to sell stock to the amount of $50,000. Same amount of stock to be raised and paid in within sixty days. A. W. Whitehurst was elect ed Treasurer of the Corpora tion and the 3 banks of Madi son were named as depositories for the money to be kept on e- qual deposits .in said banks during expenditure and build ing of said warehouse. The designated location of ware house was not decided upon, but will be located by directors elected by all the stockholders. It will be located in such place as will meet the approval of those y- subscribing stock. Something like $5000 was sub scribed by the members of the committee present and with the enthusiasm exhibited, it is hoped that the remainder can V : CATS HEAD SENT TO RALEIGH SHOWS HYDROPHOBIA Patient Now Being Treated Daily by Dr. Frank Robert Mrs. Baxter Randall and Mr. Ernest Payne of the Big Pine section were 'bitten i last week by a cat,, which was found to be 'iriad Thfe'';.ctvwaa!vldlled and the. head sent to. Raleigh, where the examination showed rabies. Dr." ' Frank ; Roberts, whose, patients . these ; people are,, is treating them every day. "Do you drink. coffee?" ask ed the doctor of an aged pa tient jf$r-''.)"::f ?Yes," was the reply. . ' "''CbffeeJ'ppntinyedhe doc tor,"is a slow poison." ."Yes, very slow,'' replied the A MEETING OF IMPQRTANCETO THE BAP TISTS OF FRENQI BROAD AND NEWFOUND ASSOCIATIONS TO BE HELD- IN THE" BAP TIST CHURCH IN MAR SHALL, O N THURSDAY, MARCH. STH, AT 10 A. M. oldnan i have taken it daily oe raisea among tne iarmers. for nearly 80 years.' WILL THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY DO THE PART THAT IS ALLOTTEDTO THEM TO SAVE THE LIVES OF AT THE NEAR EAST v n growing tODacco. .- Tne point was brought out that the timber 'r resources of Madison are b ''. coming very limited, that corn i and other crops , are not so - profitable but. that the finest tobacco soil in the whole coun. . '... . - - a. . , . try is in Maaison county, -tnat r of all ..the thirteen million ' HAiiTina Qnlt or o orto in fAhaA co warehouse in Tennessee, the v nnest oi it au was tnat grown ia, Madison' County," that the & ; warehouses vied one against , - anotheri trying to get Madison .. tcthsiren nn f.hn mart ft an that part would help to sell the to- j bacco from other counties and :v-tates. It was shown that with I Ewarehoqse in Marshall so r much expense : would be saved me iarmer m marKeunir nis 4rnn- rnfitv iia mum hA aaviuct 11.1 UK IH . Ill 1,1 H WHI tflllllIKH ( ' ahall is now being shipped a . - way to .Tennessee only to be 1 1 I 1 11 i ,-,- a .. mppea . oacx tnrouga -. Aiar : shall, a great deal of it going ; back to the Reynolds Company x in Winston Salem. .. TWO AND ONE HALF .MIL- t r d LION POUNDS From Marshall and nearby , stations about: two and a half million : pounds- have ben .'ship-' ped of last year's crop.- 112 -: solid, carloads" have' already gone ; "from Marshall - besides what was shipped in less than - carload shipments, and trucked through the country 7Fxom Barnard 23 solid carloads have , been shipped, from Alexander '. 10 solid carloads, and - from Asheville. . 11 solid Carload, that lias ben. proposed. MR. ELLER SPEAKS Mr, L. Z. Eller, Cashier of the Bank of . Mars Hill, was then called on and made a splendid speech corroborating what the two- former "speakers had said and stressing many business ad. vantage of a warehouse in Mar shall- - 1 - . -"v i Mr, A. W. Whitehurst, Cash ier of the Citizens Bank, form erly of Greenville; .Tennessee, was. then . called ' out . and in - a most enthusiastic speech bore testimony t to : what v had been done for 'the people of Green ville and Green' County -finan-: ciaily by growing tobacco and pledged himself and the sup port of the Citizens Bank so far as he could speak, to help the movehjent on, ,s Mr. W, B. Ramsev. Cashier of the Bank of French Broad was then called on and made a fine speech setting forth what such a warehouse would mean for the progress' and develop ment of Marshall and Madison County.- Mr. Guy Roberts had by this time taken in about all he could , hold without, giving expression "f. to ; his enthusiasm, and when Called on proceeded at once to make a motion that a warehouse be established in kiarshall and that a committee hi named to follow this matter up -and put ; the warehouse here.' -The following executive committee was then named r S; B: Roberts, L. Z. Eller, W. B.! Ramsey, A, Whitehurst, Andy Franklin,1 '? J. Stinea, Ctersey ; Ramsey, .C. B. Mash The following telegram was received by me last week from Governor . McLean which ex- playist itself: ' ( Raleigh', it. d February 16, 1925 John A. Hendricks, . Marshall, N. C.. - i Referrinsr to my letter February 7, relative Near East Relief and " write immediately State Director, J. B. Ivey, Char lotte, that we can count on your help putting "North Carolina over . the top this year. This matter . of vital importance Thousands of children under sentence of death by starvation unless we come to their rescue .-x . A. W. McLEAN.". The letter referred to in Gov-i ernor .; McLean's . telegram was his request for me to act .as Chairman and direct the cam paign for the Near East Relief in this county ;The people of Madison know that I have worked at this job ever since the World War, and it -would seem that it is some one else time to take the lead in this county. But failing to get ' another, r person I have a gam consented - to do what can to raise the allotment as signed Madison County, which is about five hundred and 'fifty dollars,- - and , to save from starvation the r' nine orphans which have been assigned to this county, It is not my statement that the; orphans assigned to us will starve without our assistance. Governor McLean, who is well informed upon the situation as you will pee, states, "Thousands of children under sentence of death by starvation unless we come to their rescue.". , ; There has just closed one of the most interesting and pathet ic incidents m-the ' history of thic country.-- About the fifth of t is month it was discovered thav "'loyd .Collins was entrap ped, n Sand; Cave, Kentucky, The Jr.ory vent out Over the 'ciyi.iA.?d world. - People; went to. t -.o rcene by - hundreds of C These figures will give some -i-f "'I he committee met immedi-it'ion:-:ids and the best skilled dea of the tobacco now grown i atcly after the general me.eting..::,-".-ii in the country offered their had -acjoumed, elected B. . services, an sorts oi macmnery Rober... chairman, r.nd L- Z. El- was donated to rescue the cave- ler secretary and oroceeded to i imprisoned man, and all be- matioi obtainable, there are thousands of innocent children today -in the Near East in prac tically bad shape as Floyd Collinerwas inr and-unless-the proper aid is given Iniame these children will starve to death just the same as Floyd Collins died in the sand cave because human assistance did not reach him in time.. P Even if one of the Near East orphans was in our, midst and we knew that unless it received aid within a specified time that it, would suffer', the horrible death of starvation there is not one of us but would, come; to the assistance with the prop er relief for such a child: Yet there are -thousands ..of such children within our reach" who must, starve unless we go to their relief in time. . Men , who know the situation say they are bound to starve. ' If every person in Madison County- would contribute . as much as five cents to this cause we would raise over one thous and dollars. . All we ask is that Madison County contribute as much on an average as two and one-half cents - per head. In doing so we will raise our allot ment; save our credit and will have contributed in saving the ives of the orphan children in the Near East who .must starve unless they are -helped. But many s will not contribute any thing at all, it is therefore en cumbent for all those who con tribute to do so as liberally as pOSSlble. 'J rtP? "-IfWV-l s.;;-; y Mr. A. W. Whitehurst, Cash ier of the Citizens Bank of Mar shall,; is treasurer, and will re ceive contributions in checks or in . money, i. or you may send checks, or money to me and it will be turned over to the treas- urer.:::'.;.:-' -vi-;s vzf?- We' most - respectfully i ask every Sunday School Superin tendent and "Minister in Madi spn County as well as school teachers and all others who feel an interest in this matter to organize clubs and take con tributions, and do' anything that in the; vicinity or Marshall. With a' warehouse here, many a boy and girl, men and women would be growing tobacco who have not yet done so. They could drive .over to Marshall and tet tha money for it with- ox containers Edwards ccn- ot the expense ctierces. Mr. usuk!33.. " Another meeting was called for Saturday when cause a human life was at stake (which goes to show after all the absent' merr-bers could be !our -'crt comings the feeling From March : .3 to -March 1$ there wifl be held in all of the Baptist, associations o f the State gatherings for conference of the pastors, leaders of the Women's Misstenary societies, and young peoples' work,! along vith any and all other mem- ,bers of the churches who. are really interested in helping to make successful our Lord's work. . .-j;,',;..' v- ' The meeting of the French Broad and New Found associ ations will be held in Marshall March 5. "The conference can not amount; to any- thing worth while unless the -pastors and leaders in the various churches attend. Therefore, I am ap pealing to these persons to come. " .. . Every phase of endeavor by Baptists will he talked over in a very candid manneri If there is any part of our Baptist-program that, is not fully undersood-or, ;if : anything :the denoMnatioiCts doingr4l:'Jt sanctioned . oy any orother, questions may be asked freely and candid answers given. . . The purpose of the confef- ence is. to. help' one another, give and get information and inspiration; Do not bother a bout- money. We have some- thihg better to think on and talk about that day. I am out tojserve my breth Come, let us get acquaint ed and give me as chance to serve you. . . .? ;; . Dr. William H. Fitzgerald of Asheville will speak on Foreign Mission and Pres., R. L. Moore of Mars Hill en Christian Edu cation . ' " " Cordially yours, A. C. HAMBY, Associate Corresponding -Secretary Baptist State ' Convention. Association, the following- gen eral denominational workers will take part in the pjrogram : Rev. A. C. Hamby of Mars I T rr 1 T T T r m niir, ana xvev. k. u,. ivioore oi Mara Hill. A representative group is expected from each ehurch in the Association. GET FRESH T0 BACCO SEED WARNING TO FARMERS, - NOT TO PLANT FROST ED SEED teen I have heard just recently that a great many farmers in this section who have . not in the past grown tobacco and who contemplate . growing a crop plant seed taken, from frosted plants - said Col. Evan Rees, Manager , of the Washington Counly .-.warehouse.'. .. I would rather see them not attempt to raise tobacco .than to plant frosted seed .which- will posi tively make an mfenor nondew script type df tobacco, which 1 always brings the lowest price on the market." , ' " 1 ' of the new growers .and in fact anyone who .wants , a package . of fresh pure seed, I have se-' cured. 200 packages of genuine Kelly seed and wilLmail these out at" 50c per package' the regular price of this -seed is $2.00 per ounce packagebut I am absorbing the balance to enable our farmers to uiant pure 'and best selling seed. .rl BULDERS OF MARSHALL BAPTISTS RALLY The Baptist leaders of the French Broad and New Found Association! including ; all the pastors, active laymen, women and -young people, are called to meet in the Marshall Baptist ehurch on March 5 for an all- day Mission Rally," beginning at 10 o'clock. It is " expected that a light lunch will be served t the church at the noon hour. The purpose of this Rally X. , J. v A. your juagment may suggesvioi. . . . - w .. . i assist in raising our allotment!13 P"rely informatmoal and m for - the 'Near : East - Relief., ispirationah". Addresses on Mis- Please do not put the matter off L;A i but proceed at once,. just like, I . x you were going about to rescue i the denominational ; program a child entrapped by starvation will ' be : made.V Round-table present. . Tl.is committee with cf trctherhood and ithy .the excer'Jcn cf . Eller and met atur- for humanity amcrj huian be- Acccri'r.T to tv :or- which must die if you do. not succeed with your relief with in the United time. ' ' -' ':. Respectfully; :' , JC:iN A. HENDRICKS, . Ci.arrraan. ' discussions - 'on the. present statU3 cf the work and on fu ture plans will be open to all. There are a number of names which we might mention as be ing among the; pioneer builders' of Marshall and Madison'Coun- ty, but just now we are think-, mg more or less of our much loved friend, the late Mr. J. H. White. To us who once-Kved in Mar shall, and who go back there, there is something vitally miss ing, and we feel it very keenly. Marshall just does not seem likerMarshall without the pres ence of J. H, White.. ; Mr. White was a man who to know himjwell was to love him. He was a broader minded man than the average. While he knew and appreciated : thor oughly his many friends, he hheld no ill will toward his en- emies: He would fight his en emies with all the courage of the brave man he was, but he had enmity toward none. And ' hts handshake and welcome -was extended to all. No man '. can do this who has not a large measure of the true Christian spirit - ;- Mr. White and Mr. Wilev ' Nelson's absence is keenly felt by every memB"er of the Baptist " churcjh and Sunday School. Of ' those two men it is well said : "They rest, from ? their - labors, and ' their works 'do follow them." But, "To live an the -hearts of those we leave behind is not to die," and throughout the' years these two noble hearted Christian men shall live in the hearts of. the people of MadisonXounty. and - Marshall. -. J. r; - - AtFRIENp? ' -- ., "How can I keep my mince pies free from juvenile raids?" asks the mother of a large fam ily.: "Lock the pantry dpor and place the key under the soap in the hnva- hpdrnrtm. in mv a.-?- 'Besides the local talent of the vice