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, ,(. ,.1 .2.; ,-sxr. ' i rv L i gc;.;lccive farmer THE NEWS-RECORD QC ' CQJU A YEAR FORv p.Ot) THE MEWS-RECORD 3 3 Li u is THE ONLY. NEWSPA PER PUBLISHED II " MADISON COUNTY .VOL. XXI ' MARSHALL, N. C, MAI CH 131925. 1050 r V.' to) I,. v. s i ..V SPECADL ROAD LEGISLATION. 'For the information' of the public, : J give below a jsummai-y of special ' road 'legislation 'passed by .Cook-rdirecting the Commissioners to sell Bonds in the amount of $135,000.00 and to use the proceeds of same for , and only for the improvement. or building the, following roads, .and the amount for each one, towit: ;:, $80,000.00 for j; the Franklin Mountain road in' No. 2 T S.; $15,000.00 for a bridge !at Belva and the improvement of the Little Laurel road in wo. 2 T. S.." $30,000.00 for the road ixfrom J. A. Wallin to Cody's j- 'through the Big Laurel T. S., i $20,000.00 for the road from 1 J Barnard to' Anderson Branch f.' f .to Paw Paw to ' Little Pine f ' road,tN.;7 T. S., $7500.00 for f , "sanding road from Barnard to fi Big Pine," No, 12 T. S., $7500.00 1 "for sanding road from Peters 1 i burgoo Cody'8 through No. 14 T. S.i $17,000.00 for road from No. 8 T. S. line through No. 13 s T. S.,' and $2000.00 each for '. Nos. three, four, six and eleven Townships, to be ; use4 as the Commissioners, think proper, a total of $135,000.00. Add to this 'the estimate ) cost of, the Pine Spring Creek , road $125,000.00, and, we have an 'added indebtedness of $260,000 and a necessary raise in taxes commencing this year. , ' Other special legislation will ;be published from time to time, v - Respectfully, , . . a L. McKINNEY, ' ,v . Chairman ' Board County '-s Commissioner. - 5V CKLT.C I . Captain A. D." Chippian of i the Reeular Army. 309th Cal- i ' vary Division - ' spoke in Mar- i shall at ' the Pastime Theatre T-huraday, Marci V atll A:M ! 'LIT!. U - i. TITJU f ..ilia Buujair was uucuo mui1 , Captain Chipman stressed the helps of the Camps in princi pal mental and moral train ing. ' Teaching the young men to find . themselves whereby they will be better men, better sold iers and better citizens.' . All young men between the ages of 17 and T24 are eligible to attend these camps at no ex pense' to themselves. Uncle Sam pays the hills. The Marshall High School attended in. a body and sang "America" with a spirit. . . Sergeant; Boss Hopkins' ac - companiedj Captain'.' Chipman from Asheville, who .was met by the lopai Reserve officers Capt. W. E. Weller, Lt. W .. A, Sams and Lt. W. H. Morrow. . xv The above officers wish to ex press their thanks to Mr. C. G. ' Henderson for his kindness in , tendering" the ; use of t his The- -Atre for jthe occasion. r Eighteen young men have filled out application blanks for training at Fort Bragg,. July Z to 31. ; If there are any others in Madison County , who wish blanks or any information in regard to the, Camps, apply to Captain W. E. Weller or Lieu- tenants W. A. Sams or W H. Morrow. . , -. y ' 0. , . $1,000 in Prizes for . ; v - State . Gardeners Raleigh N. C. March 13. - The garden contest begun in. North Carolina by the Divisors of Hor ticulture and Home Demonstra - , ' tion of the State College Exten sion Service has received added - impetus by the- announcement from the Southern Ruralist, of ; Atlanta, Ga., that it would give $ l,000y in prizes to gardeners in . the South. This South-wide contest will run from May 1, , 1925 to May 1,1926, and en tries will be received by the ; Ruralist up until June 1 of this year, Anyone, living on a farm in the South may enter the con test by writing to the Ruralist before this date.- The money will be distribu ted as follows : first prize, $500, 1 . second prize, $200; third prize, '". flOO; five prizes of ?20 each 1 i ten p i j cf .$10 each. ;he ru! .-vcrr:'" t this con- test were prepared by v t com mittee of four southerii horti culturists of which Prof.: C P. Matthews of State College is a member.; The fcwardsywill be made by the same committee. MARCH 15 FORiEl Sundav. March 15th haSf been designated by the generaV as sembly ; rof the . Presbyterian Church U. S.as th6 day upon which the 438,000 members of thi3 church shall be called upon through the method of .the ev ery member canvass ;t)t pledge $4750,000 'for the benevolent enterprises of this churchjhese pledges s to ; be: - paid v weekly throughout the church ear be ginning April 1. 1925 .The, budget -of $4,750,000 is apportioned as follows if Cffeign missions, $ 1,581,7 50; V assem bly's home missions $760,000, Christian education ana mini sterial relief $356,250, Sunday School extension - and young people's work $95,000, Assem bly's Training School ,at Rich mond, Virginia, $28,500 Amer ican Bible Society $28,500 and to the work carried on- by synods- and i presbyteries $1,900, 000 The assembly has appor tioned the , total budget equita bly among the 17 synods which have assigned fluotas to the 89 presbyteriesrand by, the presby teries to the 8,555 ? churches. It is estimated that the. sum of $9,000,000, will A be i nejwsary for the pastors' salaries and lor cat, epenoeH, u. .tye .shiusuw x this denominauonsfTr The assembly's'; stewardship commiitee of this cliurch which is in charge of the every mem ber $anvasjcalls. uponMall the churches ; to attempt, m ? ne space of two hours time on the desiirnated Sunday, to raise the amuont of their benevolent quo tas.;, When this quota is adaea to the necessary amount for cur rent expenses and pastors sala ries in each local "church, it forms the total budget. - A new nlan' for making, the ; every mem ner canvass w o?mg mea in many churches." It M called the "Volunteer or Honor, Sys tem Plan," which provides a method by'wllich the. rneniber ship of any local, church,? in stead of being t canvassed in their homes, may present their pledges in person at the. church. The assembly's stewarasnip committee rpredictsVs. the best canvass this year ever conduct- ed in the church. . 'V, . THE MEETING . DATE O F PRESBYTERIAN MISSION ARY SOCIETY POST-; The meeting of the Missionary Society ' of the. 'Presbyterian church, which , was to meet on Thursday, Marchi 12, 11925i is March 19, 1925. and will meet with Miss Una. Goldsmith at 3 Tom Tarheel i says '.that the children don't seem to need the sulphur and molasses tonic this spring ' after 'eating.7- cabbage, collards and turnip ' salad all winter.' " .',',', Play at Mars Hill (i Next Saturday ;Night . . .... ;,v.f?;-i;,v The v Senior's of Mars. Hill college, are giving a play next Saturday night, jCMarch .14. The proceeds 6 which are rto be sriven to the college in the form of some .improvement on the campus, as a gift from the senior class: ' - The'cast of characters are as follows: - ''-.'."-"-'-: -THE ROMANCERS" , A comctty ia tlirM. sett ). j ' Perciast Ralph Apple ; A lover Straforel B. G. Groves 'I, A brsvo Bergamin i - J. y. Joyce ; father of Percinet " ' ','.-".'""'.'! Pasquinot Locius Cop. father of Sylvette , ; " . Blaise Opie Wells ; A gariener Sylvette Dorthy" Reid ' , Daughter of Tasqiiinot , ' ' ADMISSION 5 'CENTS AYisitorwho'was,' being shown roud the lake asked the guide how deep it was.' "Well, sir," was the reply, ".we f don't ; know! , the actua depth, but last year a young Australian came here to bathe took off his clothes dived in and we never saw him agan." ' -And did you ever hear from him aflrain?" the visitor ex claimed in dismay. "Oh, yes,' replied the guide, "we had a cablegram for Aus tralia asking us to send his clothes on." THURMOND NEWS AND FEW HELPFUL - HINTS ON SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK Thurmond is a small village or freight station 12 miles west of , Elkin. a, pretty ; town oo miles west of Winston Salem, This village is situated on the County line, between Sur- rv and Wilkes Counties. consists of 11 dwelling houses and one postoffice, one garage. 4 stores, no church, one school- house in which we have Sun day. School, Masonic Hall in the upper story, a freight depot, and some other conveniences, H The surrounding country-is thinly settled : churches, are or 8 miles apart : one high school, south-west 7 miles .dis tant, at Trap twij another high school north' of us at Mountain Park : Sunday schools scatter- ing ;churche8 . needing ,to, be built. ' WeTHave many nome people ' around ere, bright- eyed boys and girls, worthy o. the best advantage. i A'- few words in regard to Sunday School work: s- 5W6rgahfzed out Sunday School atVthe village last sun day which had been stopped for the winter. Many readers of the Newsr Record know the writer oi this piece know me as an humble S. S. worker. 1 wish my peo nle to know that I am still try ing to prove faithful, and that my interest in the worK is not ahv less after years oi service but. that at the age of 54, finds me with as much zeal for the wort as at the aare of 17. when I superintended my first school I. am hot growing tired, but my interest rather grows, as I see the crreat need of the work. earnestly hope if I should live to be 90 years old, I shall stil be in Sunday School, until my Savior calls me home. Sometimes my energies relax on account ' of failing health. but -thank God I am still cling ina to His service, and am fully determind to go on in His name, :: . I have had many herpful ex perjences, and nave witnessea many conversions in ounaay School, and young , people's meetings,"; and realize the . im portance of the work more now than ever. f J find that it is not the larg est Crowd v that accomplishes the most good, but the really in terestetk crowd. . 1 L -. We should seek to teach and learn the word oi uoa. isut, we should 'never look over the spiritual " side !of the lesson, This we should be able to give to the students, as it is food to the soul. : 1 That iff what we need in the Christian life. ' The most helpful thing, ii not the most interesting, prac ticed in my School, is the gener al review of lesson, each- &un- dav. after classes have re-gath ered in school room, is to have some competent person to give a general review of , the lessons of the day. and ask such ques tions as will lead the pupil out on the spiritual understanding of the lesson; Be sure to em phasize the spiritual-teaching of it. I am glad to say some of. our' schools have adopted this plan, while others do not practice it. I say this xo neip young Superintendents. One more tnougnt ior xne Superintendent, young or old. Sometimes we get tired of life's service. Once when I -began' to ti i and give way to weary thou; tits,' God gave me some thing ' like ,!this-wthe humble work re Tor . tlim occupies a place here on ; earth that the angel j covet, to possess. I be lieve the angels would gladly exchange places with the con. secraled workers of God, be cause pf the- possibilities which are Btyi'ours. No matter how lowly !a place we occupy here, yet ' we may , be permitted to save a Jost soul and hide or pre vent being committed, a multi tude of sins, by pointing them to the Lamb of trod, who died to' , take away the sins of the world " Oh, the worth of . an immortal soul and the . sweet ness of His service. An humble servant of Christ, MRS. MARY JARVIS. MRS. ELIZA JANE MORROW I PASSES AWAY" Monday, March 9, 1925, a- bout one o'clock, the-spirit of Mrs. Ciliza Jane Morrow passed into thfe beyond, Mrs. Morrow, wife of Mr. Thomas Morrow. who died twenty-three years a-Lf OO - .1J I u.jtut gu, noo oo cam uiu huu liau been in poor health about 12 years, but had been confined to her bed Since last November. The funeral was at ten o'clock Wednesday morning,' from the home in Marshall, conducted by 'Rev. Dr. W E. Knley of Burnsville, assisted by - Rev. James L. Hyde of Walnut and Rev. C. F. Newton of Marshall. The . pallbearers were ? Messrs.' R. -N Catony O. C. Rector, P. V, Rectpr, i. W; ;B." Ramsey; E.' R. Tweed, and" W. A. West. The many floral trbiutes were beau tiful. ' . i v..(v;-r'4:' Mri Morrow is survived by one brother Mr. James M. Kerr of Waukesha, Wis., and one sis ter, Miss Phoebe Kerr of Ashe ville , Swtwo ' daughters, ' Miss May me Morrow and Mrs. J. ColemdiTKamsey t)f Marshall : and four sons, Messrs. John and Thomas Morrow "of Walnut. Mr. Charles Morrow of New York : City, and : Mr. Will H. Morrow? of Marshall. Inter ment was at Riverside cemetery at.. Asheville at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday. CARD OF THANKS We take this method of -ex pressing our thanks and ap preciation to our friends for the many kindness shown us during the illness and death of our mother, Mrs. E. J. Morrow; Es pecially do we thank them for the beautiful flowers. , THE MORROW FAMILY DON'T LET IT HAP. . . PEN T O YOU A man who was too ecb. nomical to take a paper, sent nw little boy? to borrow the copy taken bv his neiirhW. In his haste the boy ran over a fourteen dollar stand of oees and in ten minutes look ed like a "watery summer squash." . His cries reached his rather, who ran to his as sistance, and, failing to see a barbwire fence, ran into it, DreaKin? it aown, cutting a handful of flesh from bis a natomy and ruining a four dollar- pair of pants. The old cow took advantage of the gap in the fence, got into the cornfield and killed her self eating green corn.' Hear ing the racket, his wife ran out, upsetting a four-gallon 1 churn full of rich cream into a basket ; of kittens,-drowning them all. 7 In her hurry she - dropped a seven-dollar set of false teeth. The baby left alone, crawled through the spilled milk into the" par lor and ruined a twenty-dol lar carpet. During the ex citement, the oldest daughter ran away with the hired man the dog broke up eleven sit ting hens, the calves got out and chewed the tails off of four fine thoroughbred colts. MORAL: Have the News- Record sent to ycur own horra every week. :It costs C2.C "J for one year. IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE ORGANIZED IN HOT SPRINGS FIFTY MEMBERS t UNITE WITH HOT SPRINGS SPORTSMEN OR GANIZATION About three" ' weeks ago a chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America was organ ized at Hot Springs with a membership";, of fifty. Officers elected as follows: T. C. MfcFarland, President; Dr. G. H! Croon, Vice-president; L. Jared Secretary ; and Warren T. Davis, .Treasurer. This is an organization pro moting sports and the Hot Springs chapter will endeavor to plant fish in the streams of Madison County, and help the growth of Chinese pheasants. Literature sent out from the Chicago office reads as follows: "Ike Walton" of fishing fame will soon be at Marshall as it is understood that a local chap ter of the Izaak Walton League America 'will be formed here. , , Mr. R. P. Ramsey, local sportsman has been in commun ication with the national head quarters of the league and .has received the necessary petitions for a charter in the organiza tion to be filled oii$ by local sportsmen. ? - The Walton league is a national body of sportsmen, who are fighting the game hog and the stream polluters and who are conducting an educa tional campaign among sports men of all classes to prevent the useless slaughter of game and game 5 fish ?i and careless burning of our forests. Local sportmen are interest ed fn the league; . It owns and publishes Outdoor America, a magazine which is received by each"" mentwr? pi ;the league,; and it is- not run for profit- nor has the - league political or re ligious affiliations. ' The league has conceived and caused to be passed, state and national conservation leg islation,' and in every commun ity where," there is a chapter, stands fairly and squarely for sane conservation methods. "We are fearless when right said Will-H. Dilg, national president, "and no-game hog stays a game hog in a commun ity where there is ': an Izaak Walton chapter. uur motto must be what do we owe A- merica and not what does A merica owe us." ;? Mr. Dilg explains that the league must stand as a nation al bodv of militant sportsmen and sportswomen, ; all dedicat ed to the same end. "We have 100.000 members, and 1200 chapters," Tie said "all a growth of three years, and in nve more years, we will have over a mil lion members." " . ' "The entire country needed the league." he explained, "and ten Waltonians in a community hacked.br 100.000 scattered throughout "the United "States can do wonders.' I know your local sportsmen will see its value and start a chapter here." Some farmers of Union Coun ty have reported to Farm A gent TomTBrobn that they are receiving as high as $200 per THE OLD FIDDLING MOUNTAINEERS TO BE IN BWRSIIALL H ir THURSDAY NIGIIT, MARQI 19, 1925 ! ' 7:30 O'CLOCK'Xt PASTIME THEATRE 1 , A CONTEST IN 1. 2. V ! 3. SINGING ETC. t 1 These native mountaineer musicians are playing for the benefit of their native mountain boys and girls, an orphanage, fostered by the Rev. Dr. Rufus E. Holder, ,of Bluefield, West' Virginia. If you can, do any of the above, enter the contest. Prices for the best and fun for the rest. Hear your favorite old time fiddlers play your favorite old time tune--A good time for the whola family. . , from their poultry The codfish lays a million eggs, , While the helpful hen lays one, But the codfish does not cackle To tell what she has done, And so we scorn the codfish coy, But the helpful hen we prize, Which indicates to thoughtful minds, It pays to advertise. YESTERDAY Only yesterday and Madison County was a virgin forest, in habited by roving bands of In dians and wild animals. Only yesterday and Madison County was very thinly settled with very few schools and no roads. Yesterday the automobile was unthought of in Madison Coun ty. Yesterday the writer was a schoolboy wearing his home spun jeans. TO-DAY To-day Madison . has her good roads, schools and church es. To-day the people of Mad ison enjoy all the modern con veniences o "the present day civilization; To-day we -have a fine citizenry, happy and con tented, with nice homes and ood farms. 1 ' . TO-MORROW To-morrow 'Madison County will beTelectrified, for every avAilabla horsepower , of "je lectricity will be developed on the "Beautiful French Broad," in Madison County. : r . To-paorrowvthe Dixie High way will i haveelectric lights' through Madison. To-morrow we will have ' hard-surfaced roads.1' To-morrow we will be spending thousands of dollars advertising our natural re sources. : t To-morrow we will have a population of 100,000 people. We ''will 'be -the second richest county in Western "North Car olina. To-morrow we ' will have mills and factories suffi cient to work thousands of em ployees with a payroll reaching into the millions of dollars an nually. ' " ; , Most respectfully, J. WELDON HARRIS MASONIC BUILDING TO BEGIN SOON CORPORATION TO BE CALL ED MASON HOME COMPANY The" corporation papers for the "Mason Home Company," the name adopted for the cor poration which is to erect the $40,000 building part of which will be the Masonic .Hall in Marshall, will be ready this week. The sale of the stock will be pushed at once. Al ready several hundred shares have been sold. It is expected that work on the new. building ' will begin very soon. . 1 . TIME FIDDLING BANJO ; PICKING month flocks. i if 4- '