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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL. XXI
MARSHALL, N. C.j JUNE 12, 1925
1100
HOT SPRINGS TEEMING
WITH INTERESTING EVENTS
LAKE AT GOVERNMENT
CAMP SITE-NOW OPEN
Two Men Seriously ' Injured.
Car Turn Over, and- Other
' - Exciting New
; It seems to be very hard to
f Set the ; news reported from
JIot Springs. It is. not be-
" Scause this paper does not make
i fen effort to set the news, and
. it is not because things are not
happening there. The - -only
way we can account for it is
that there is so much going on
that the people .there do not
take the time to report their
happenings. However, w e
happened to meet tip with one
of the residents of Hot Springs
: this week, and learned a few i
terns And we take pleasure in
giving them to our readers.
CAPT. RUFTY SERIOUSLY
INJURED
Wednesday morning, Capt
Rufty, while at work covering
the new garage of Mr. W. T.
Duckett, happened to the mis
fortune of . getting .his face
badly- cut and. bruised by a
piece of falling timber. A
piece of. 2x4 scantling struck
him about the right eye cutting
nis face so that stitches had to
be taken by Dr. Peck who at
tended him. s - .
LAKE AT CAMPSITE , AT
r HOT SPRINGS NQWTOPER
Bathini Beach and General A
musement Center Previa '
d BroveirameiinCr;
operating With- the
BusineM Men of
, Hot Springs
The people of Hot Springs
now have a recreation ground
to which they have looked for
ward for a long time. - The
Camp Site owned by the U
nited States government, is now
equipped with a lake for swim
ming. This has been brought
about by cooperation ' of the
business men of Hot Springs
with the government officials.
ARTHUR KITE FALLS FROM
HIGH CLIFF'.
Badly Injured and Now in Hos-
' pital in Asheville
Monday Arthur - Kite of
Shalevillev who : was employed.
by the G. jD. Buquo Lime Co.,
of "Hot Springs f fell from the
high cliff at the plant receiving
serious injuries.: ' He was tak-
in to a hospital in Asheville,
where he is said to be improv
ing. - '
He will hardly be able to re
sume his work in several days.
(MRS. JANE GENTRY DEAD
WORDS OF A DYING SAINT
(BY O. D. BUCKNER)
Look 1 The evening sun is low 1
Hark ! I hear Death's river's flow I
Upon the 'stream there glows a gleam
Of soft light from above.
An angel wings my way and sings
A song of Jesus' love.
: At her home here, Mrs. jane I
Gentry, age 61, passed ivaway
a lm;os t suddenly ' Thursday
night, May 28, 1925, at 10:30
V klUlA. OllC liU uocu mo
as usual through the ' day, and
died almost suddenly of asth
ma or heart failure."
The funeral was Sunday
following, : conducted by Rev.
C. B. Newton. Rev. I. H. Gar-
renflo, and Rev." James L. Hyde.
Interment followed in the cem
etery at. Hot Springs. ; -
. Mrs. Gentry is survived .by
the following sons and daugh
ters: , Boy Gentry- Alfred
Gentry, Mrs. R. L. Clay Mrs.
G. C Lang, Mrs. Nora lurk- not hurt
DHde, MM. a. V. BVlOrd. JNOlal W, Thnmoa Frinhv and Mr
Jane Oentry. and Miss Lalla jj. C. Candler went to Marshall
ueniry; 'sisters: Mrs. Mary and Asheville Thursday on
vaugnn, xars. raargarei neece, business.
Peace I A city looms in sight!
God the Father is the light;
Around His throne I see His own
In robes of spotless white.
Soft! Now I hear their voices clear:
Christ sits down at His right.
Evening sun no more I Bee.
Night ! Where can thy darkness be T
A sound of wings! An angel brings
A chariot through the air;
The race is run; the victory's won
I'm going over there 1
WOMAN KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT NEAR MARSHALL
Accident Hard to
Account For -
Mrs. Dock Hicks.
Mrs. Gentry was a remarka
ble woman as can be seen from
the following clipping:
DIES AT HER HOME.
Mr. Fred Moore is suffering
with a severe case of pellagra.
Mrs. B. M. Safford is quite
well again and is giving her us
ual attention to her building
operations. The sanatorium
is nearing completion
- Mrs. Justice, daughter of wfound-i'on many markets; are
Mr Steve Brown, is seriously
ill :'
"Happiest Person" Passes A-
Way at Hot SpringsKnew
7 Many Old English and --
Scotch Folk Songs
News has been received of
the death of Mrs. Jane Gentry,
of, Hov, SpHn'-iftftdison
County; who passed away su
FINDING A MARKET
Couajty Agent Brintnall Writes
Interestingly to farmers
produce this kind? The mar
ket prefers an attractive pack
age; do you provide this or do
you place your product on sale
in, any sort of a package ? The
market likes to know that it can
depend upon the contents being
as represented: do your pack
ages tell the truth or are they
camouflaged?' 'The meat eater
prefers the choice cuts of meat
to the ;poorv thin', fleshed cuts
The demand for a profitable
d a dependable market -is
denlv at her Rome last week, wide spread over the country
Witb:ttoMeath of M?
oasses tne "naonieat woman."! one - etuon.r .in'-wnHitever.
who was made famous bf an ar-jsectionhe may be located, the
ucie wmcn appeareq an rne -American iiu-mer w uecommg
American Magazine some time more insistent that the market
ago by Irving Bachellor. The for his produce be improved,
article was entitled "The Hap- The Madison County farmer is
piest Person I Ever Knew." no exception in this particular.
Mrs. Gentry was also known The one need that all stess is a
for the large number of English market; a market that can be
'and Scotch folk songs she knew, depended upon to take the pro-
She is said to have known more duce at a profitable price.
of these old bayard -than any 1 This demand is all right and
other person in the-United I should be backed by not only
States. ' ' every farmer in the county but
Asheville Citizen, by every business and profes
sional man as well. These last
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING TO j must look, either directly or in-
START NEXT WEEK directly, for all of their custom
" to the farmer. If the farmer
Work on - the new, Public had nn raIa or has to sell at un-
school building to be erected profitable' nrices what he two-
fin Hot Springs will begin next duces he is not able to do busi-
weeic Aireaay some oz the ness as usual; the result is that
CamenterS have arrived and If Vi a ormer'a failnro in nrnsnnr
the people of Hot Springs; are is"reflected to all lines of indus-F-
1 M J X A - ' 1 . . - .... .... . I
loosing iorwara to me puiia- try. it is vital to all that the
you growing the sort of meat
animals that produce the de
'slrable cuts or are you keeping
nust any sort of an animal?
The farmer wants a market
for bia produce ; the consumer
wants that produce. The far
mer must produce quality pro
duct if he will sell to the best
advantage; the consumer must
buy the same sort of product or
he feels that he has been Cheat
ed and. trili not return for more
f-t IftPevident that the farmer;
must take the first step ; he
must produce a product of such
quality that the market will de
mand it and he must place this
product before the buyer in at
tractive and honest packages.
He must depart rom the idea
that every apple is marketable,
that all eggs are fresh, that
poor skinny chicken will sell
beside the. plump bird, that an
angular, slab-sided and long-
legged steer will receive the
same attention from the buyer
that the blocky, low-set, fat ani
mal will. The producer must
grade his fruit, must make sure
that his eggs are fresh, must
build up the class of his flocks
and herds; he must make his
product, animal, fruit, or vege
table, attractive to the buyer;
and then he must stand back of
One of the moat horrible and
most inexplicable automobile
accidents to occur in this com
munity in manv a dav was that
Monday afternoon about one n .
clock on the road between Mars
mil and Marshall about a mile
above Petersburg when two
women and a man. drivinor a
new Ford-roadstetv ran off the
emDankment, killing almost in
stantiy the older woman. It
seems that the dead woman and
ner daughter, whose names
were understood to
be Wiseman, were en route
from Chimney Rock, where
they were keeDinur
a boarding house, to Johnson
City Tennessee, to visit another
daughter. They were accom
panied by Mr. Leroy Ball of
Asheville, who was boarding
witn tnem at Ummney Rock,
and who was takintr them to
Tennessee on his car. Mr.
Ball appeared to be a man a
bout forty-five years of age.
As they were roundinar a curve
in the road where sand had
been hauled onto the road, the
driver seemed to lose control of
the car. Witnesses sav that
the car was running slowly.
none of the occupants of the car
were under the influence of
liquor, and the accident was not
caused by a collision with a-
nother cr. In fact, the acci
dent conld not be explained,
but the woman was crushed a-
bout the body and died in a-
bout thirty minutes, never
res ami n jr consciotMmesa. t
HTne other two occupants escap
ed witnout injury. ' The re
mains of the dead woman were
taken in charge by the under
taking establishment of
and plows, to study the best pro
ducing cows and prize-winning
hogs as well as to have lots of
fun swimming in the new gym
pool, playing baseball and oth
er games."
GOOD RECORD FOR YEAR
AT MARS HILL
Before the sale is made the
RIVER ROAD TO BE LO
CATED; NORTH: OF RAILROAD
i i - :
ing wnicn nas oeen neeaea soj armer prosper.
long.- s r ' : While I believe that everyone
. r JCUr. Weaver UUekettV; Of lia ahH should he-hiterested in
Spring Creek, had an :automo-securing the market that the
raie acciaenc ounday between farmer desires, yet I am strong
not bpnngs and the State line. My of the opinion that the great-
nis rora roadster was turned! 8t, if not the first, effort toward
over but ..fortunately:, he i was this end must come from the
' Xm j v ? i m t x.
xarmer nimseu. i wonuer nuw
IMPORTANT TO ELIMINATE
. RAILROAD CROSSINGS
Much speculation is in pro
cess these days as 40 how ' the
'.new river. road from Asheville
- via Marshall will connect with
- Marshall."? Three ;or four' pos-
sibilmes, .. all confronted with
fdifliculties, have, faced the- en
gineers The onen the low
. er side of the railroadl the one
Kthat could be built with less ex-
pense than-any other has to be
i eliminated - from.-Consideration
- i because of it would cross the
main line of the Southern rail-
way in two places within two
, miles of each other. Two oth
" er possibilities ar being con-
sidered -one following tne
t railroad on the north side and
' coming into Marshall near the
depot This means an unus-
ual amount of work blasting
- out the -mountain along the
.y3e of the railroad.
" v This route h t! ) ccr.frdsted
iy the di?aivrr'-3 to tov1r
I in cf c: :' - : t!:.t-ra t?
'":"'3 t' ' - "
many of the farmers of Madi
son County have looked this
question sqarely in the face;
how many i have tried to ap
proach it from not only ; their
ewpoint but from that of the
consumer- also. . now many
aheady congested . street r of
irrr.V Behres if their- produce is ans-
iur ' Pracucauy au ; Dusiness w-- th. H-mAnHn of the
i casuud, vxiia
route. -
product must be raised and then
the buyer must be enticed and
held by the wares and the sell
ing tactics of the salesman.
EARLE BRINTNALL
combe and Tilson, at Mars Hill,
who had the body embalmed
in Asheville and Wednesday
took it to the woman's original
nome in Avery County, some
ten miles from Spruce Pine.
for interment.
The dead woman had been
married twice, one husband be
ing a Mr. Hammitt and the oth
er Mr. Wiseman. Her daugh
ter, who was with her, looks to
be about sixteen.
The year's record at Mars
Hill is the best in all its history.
The enrollment of 545 is 43
more than the highest former
record. It is interesting to note
that nearly 500 of these were
boarding students and that
more than 400 of them have
their homes elsewhere than in
this County. Some of the out
standing facts of the year are
itemized as follows: two dor
mitories costing $50,000 each
nearing completion; the Mc
Connell Gymnasium which has
cost $15,000 to date is complete
except the swimming pool: the
school has come into possession
of the John Roberts Sams place
of 75 acres which ia worth a-
round $20,000; pledges to the
endowment College has won re
cognition until its students are
admitted to the Junior class of
Colleges and universities with
out question ; the enrollment
in the Juniour College alone in
creased' last year more than
fifty per cent; and the faculty
has been increased and improv
ed until it how numbers 26 be
sides secretaries, matrons, etc.
Sjeventof the teachers for the
coming session will , have the
Master's degree, and all are
specially trained for the de
partments in which they work."'
The siimima&HfiM v
largest in all the years, enroll
ing 105. The second term of
six weeks will follow immedi-
Hol-lately upon the close of the
that recreation and entertain
ment as well as instruction and
the exchangeof ideas will form
an important part of the course
Last year some-three hun
dred girls and over, fifty boirs
took part in the short course.
This year it is expected that
as many boys as girls will be session, and college courses in
present. The home and farm Chemistry. Botany and Biolojrv
present session and will be in
charge of Professor Carr.
Some college classes will be or
ganized, and high school cours
es to suit the needs of those
who attend as far as possible.
Several of our teachers are
doing summer work toward
higher degrees. Miss Howell,
Prof. Stringfield, Mr. Huff, and
Mr. McLeod will go to the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
Coach Roberts and Mrs. Rob
erts to the University of Mich
igan. The trustees are putting in
equipment for an expensive bi
ological department and ar
ranged for a teacher to be at
the head of this department.
All work in Science has been
strengthened for the coming
FOUR- H CLUBS MEET
FOR COLLEGE COURSE
. xT! ji.rr'rrr weringthe demands of tne con-
is uie ueairaoie ,m -. nniA uW'lt if in
Uv. ....
The other possibility is. to go
us urer uia uivuuuun uu o 1An jtcrra' ijwill
through the dejitIgOB?SiPS-
MarehalL It however. "miirht
have the advantage of opening
up what promises to be the resi
dential section, of . Marshall ia
the future. The e-eers cri-
pesisj the "1::- r -ty"
ivt a .kr.c'y j-V.t, tz
yours "pass
luster ? The market demands
a sound, smooth fruit, free from
diseasersUmsT worms ; do you
ofV Marshall without 1 coming
through the main ' business
street, i .- ' ?'( ;-. 4 vv -?
Should this route be adopted
the ' roaa would ascend the
mountain from near' the' camp,
crossing road 5 nearj Wi B.
Ramsey's, passing pear.tbe- old
Pritchard home .- and coining
out to the-Hot Springs v. road
near the County home..-'4 :
This route has the disadvan-
tages of the cost of construction
plus the fact that it would miss
the principal business section of fWC UK WILL GO TOR-
State College will be host from
July 6 to 11 to ..approximately
600 club boys and . girls from
those counties of North Car
olina having farm home agents
now at A- work.' flfhe occasion
will be the annual short course
plans for which . are being ar
ranged by J. M. Gray, - state
agent in charge of farm demon
stration workr and Miss Maude
Wallace, assistant . state;' home
demonstration agent.,;. ; : :
While the complete program
for the short course has not yet
been announced, it is "stated
SEMINARY BAPTIST CHURCH -
.IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION
Timber Given By Mr. W. B.
Ranisey, - Already. Sawed
Into "Lumber
WARD AT , ONCE
The church which, i,t. be
:. : near tne t armaary scnooi
" ".s started t T with a fr-
i3 wccl;. '.T. i. T,.T-
" tiiH
":zt
amount, of standing timber to
furnish-, all the framing and
rough,, lumber needed .for the
building. .; The owrer of the
sawmill. Mr. L; L. Roberts, con
tributed the use: of his mill and
the . - members rof the church
proceeded to cut and haul the
timber and it is expected that
by tr.a time this per i3 ' out m
the" rcrh l-j.her -wni tirr,.:
agents have been at work on
the matter for sometime and
various civic agencies and bus.
iness organizations have inter
ested themselves in helping the
boys and girls to attend
This annual gathering is one
of the gala events-of club life in
North Carolina. The agents se
lect those young people to at
tend who have made real pro-:
gress in club work during the
year and wJio are fitted to be
come leaders in the club move
ment on there return home.
We , assure the boys and
girls of a real treat when they
come to the College this year,'
will meet all requirements of
higher institutions.
Mars Hill is becoming quite
a school center. Nearly 850
students were in attendance
upon the three schools here
the college, the county high
school, and the graded school
enough to make a consider
able town in itself. A number
of houses are being erected in
and near the town by .people
who wish their "children to
share the' benefits of these
schools, for there are excellent
advantages from the first grade
On through two years of col
lege work.
says J. M. Gray. "For the bovs ThA rmmfv Rummer Rhr.ri
there willbesomeVorkonnewis well under wav with about
features "with, crons.- livestock. 2& j teachers , in . attsndbnoo
poultry. The boys will be given Misses Elizabeth Anderson and
an opportunity to jrun tractors Miss FaisQn are in charge.
IHGH SCHOOL BUILDING FOR
MARSHALL AN URGENT NEED
:'i.-.i;i
MAY' BE LOCATED ON
- n OPPOSITE ISLAND
OR
c:
MrJ Blair of the State De
partment of Education, ; who
h&& supervision of locating and
building high ' : schools, is ' ex
pected ia ! Marshall soon to look
over the r.i -"tfon here and to,
it- rtrt-ir.ridations as-toi
; f": f-r . er ITarshiM1
' -" -. It ti
yond: the. river with a bridge
connecting it -with the island.
Others think it can be built on-. :
the island while others still -object
to the island and wish it
built back . on the mountains.
Wh4t Mr. Blair will say about
the proposition, remains. to be
seen... nowever.. the need of .
the building is urgent and it ia
hoped that -. the matter (f a
?"te will - ret prevent vi f::i-
n iVi -; ;.
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