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VOL. XXI
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1926
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GET READY TO VOTE FOR A SCHOOL FO
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MARSHALL
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MARS IfflX COURT EVENT NOW
Our people cannot afford to let this opportuni
ty slip. Now is the time for Marshall to vote for
HAS 13 ENTRANTS ON FILE!- !?JJ
question. Be sure to go to the polls and
VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL!
At Least 33 Schools Are Ex
pected to Enter Tournament
Which Starts February 25
STATE'S BIGGEST MEET
.All High Schools in Hundred
Mile Radius of Mars Hill
Hare Been Invited
With 13 schools entered the
first annual high school basket
ball tournament staged by Mars
Hill college will probably be
one of the largest inter-scholastic
cage events ever held in
the state and one bringing to
gether the greatest galaxy of!
high school talent ever assembl
ed for such an event.
All high schools within a ra
dius of 100 miles have been in
yited to take part in the tour
ney which will be played in tne
Mars Hill gym. acknowledged
to be one of the finest physical
training buildings in the west
ern part of the state, for three
davs besrinninir February 25.
A list of the entrants thus far
supplied by Oren E. Roberts, di
rector of athletics at tne senooi,
are: Fruitland Institute, forest
City High School, Alexander
, schools. Inc.. , Stanley-McCor.
mick high school, Cherokee
Han achookMftraViiMi
; school: Bfitmore high school,
Leicester high. school, Bryson
City high school, East Flat Rock
hitrh school. Swannanoa high
: school, Yancey Collegiate Insti
tute, and Marshall high senooi
The' second JbOTiWQJji JV"1
f follow-up-letter recently went
from the athletic director's of
fice urging more teams to send
in their entries. This letter
is expected to draw in as many
more teams and officials are
confident that before the start
ing whistle sounds at least 35
representative teams of West
ern North Carolina will be read-
v for action.
This tournament will be the
first in which all schools of
Western North Carolina will
have the privilege of entering
and the response to this call
should be general with all
teams having anywhere near a
strong quintet. Trophies will
he awarded the winning teams,
while basketballs will be given
as consolations.
Mars Hill college will furnish
board and lodging to all teams
taking part in the event, the
onlv expense to the various
teams will be transportation
n nH from-the college.
"We hope all schools which
can take part in this event will
.send in their entry blanks im
mediately," said Coach KODerts,
"for we feel certain that thi3 is
AHA of the few opportunities
that all schools of this district
will have in competing in sucp
a tournament.
"The future of this tourna
ment, which we hope to make
an annual affair at the same
time stimulating competitive
contests for an all-Western
North Carolina title, depends on
the number of quints- that are
entered. These schoQls have tt
within their grasp of ' making
this one of the greatest events
of this section of the state and
with the resDonse already re
ceived the officials of Mars Hill)
are certain it will be a huge suc
cess.".. .
SCIENTIFIC WAY
TO DECIDE MAN'S
DRINKING FOUND
When Is a Man Drunk?
to Be Decided by Physicians
(Taken from Ashevile Citizen)
LONDON, Jan. 9. The estab
lishment of standard, scientific
test for drunkenness has been
brought a step nearer by a de
cision of the British Medical As
sociation to investigate the
question in the most scientific
manner.
It is announced that a com
mittee of medical experts, in
cooperation wttth judicial ex
perts will try to find an answer
to the question which has been
puzzling police courts for
years- when is a man drunk?
The committee will have 18
members, representing the
Medical association, the Metro
politan police and stipendiary
magistrates.
This question has been agi
tating the authorities for so
long causing endless court de-
WJUaPPeals and Waojng
t&Vendless misunderstandings
that the Medical association has
decided to- go into the matter
in the most thorough possible
manner, to determine the merits
and demerits of existing tests
and if necessary work out a new
test Which will be infallible. "
HE L L
SOME OF THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN'S
AMBITIONS FOR ASHEVILLE AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
1. A hard-surfaced highway from Asheville to the county
seat of every county adjoining Buncombe.
THAT'S MARSHALL.
2. Hard-surfaced highways connecting the capitals of all
mountain counties.
THAT'S MADISON.
3. More tourist hotels in this whole mountain region.
THAT'S THIS REGION.
4. Establishment of additional Summer Camp bchools.
WHY NOT HERE?
5. Increased use of the forests for recreation and sport.
THAT'S HERE.
6. The establishment by theiFederal Government of a
great national park in the Appalaiian region of Western
North Carolina.
AMEN.
7. A broader knowledge of public health among the peo
ple of this region.
"SO MOTE IT BE."
8. A central park.
YES, ON THE ISLAND.
lives iH North Carolina, survive.
Mrs. Moodr suffered a skull
fiaetare c$X thW.ight!templet
triple fracture of the right jaw
and the right knee broken, be
sides internal injuries. Her
husband had his right wrist and
two ribs on the right aide brok
en.
Mr Moody 'turned off the
hard road to avoid hitting two
aged men in a closed car, tear- Vnnmr Rmniftv- "WpII t
mg tney would De Juried, so nelam 8ure that ia wkere my boss
FORMER RESIDENT
OF BIGiLAURFJ; IS
'DEAD, IN ILLINOIS
Just what is meant by this
word "Hell?"
Thev sav sometimes, "It s
cold as Hell,"
Sometimes they say, "It's hot
as Hell."
When h rains hard, "It's Hell
they cry,
It's also "Hell" when it is
dry.
They "Hate like Hell" te see
snow,
It's "A Hell ef a wind" when
it starts to blow.
Now "How in Hell' can any
one tell
"What in Hell" they mean by
this word "Hell?"
This married life is "Hell,"
they say.
When he comes in ate there's
"Hell to pay."
"It's Hell" when the kid you
have to tote,
When he starts to yell, it's "A
Hell of a note."
It's "Hell" when the doctor
sends his bills, ' I
For "A Hell of a lot of trips
and pills. .
When you get this you will
know real well
Just what is mean by this
word lHeIL"
"Hell, yes!" "Hell, no!" and
"Oh. HelL" too!
"The Hell you don't" "The
Hell you do."
And "What in Hell!" and
."The Hell it is."
The'. Hell with you" and
"The Hell with this!" ?
Now -Who in Hell!" and
?r"Oh, HelL Where?"
' And "What in Hell do you
.. . think I care 7"
But The Hell of it is," "Ifs
as sure as HelL" ) i
We don't know "What uvthe
Hell" is "HelL? r v;
James Whitcomb Riley.
rot
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT'S COLUMN
Edited by O. S. DILLARD
One of the most serious draw
backs to our educatoinal system
in the County as well as the
State is the short term of
school. In this respect, North
were employed in these schools.
29.25 of all the children in the
elementary schools of the coun
ty were enrolled in this type of
school, or 1718 children. Put-
Carolina ranks very low amongltinsr the one and two teacher
the states of the Union forty-fechools otgether we find that
a .lane; tree, when the injuries
;ccurxed,H Thty were brought
td a hospital in Quincy. Burial
will be id Monmoath, 111., by the
Eastern Star.
A young employee rushing to
the ticket office of a railway
station: . "I want a ticket to
Hefl.r- i - '
' Ticket Agent: "Why we ha.ve
no tram to neii.
took a chance. His car struck told me to go.'
KIOTO
TO MEMBERS OF CO-OPERATIVE WARE
HOUSE COMPANY:
You are hereby notified that a meet
ing of the members of the Madison Couaty Co
Operative Warehouse Co., will be held at the
Courthouse m Marshall on Saturday, January 16,
1926, at 2 o'clock P. M.
All members are requested to be present at
this meeting for the purpose of taking final action
as to the disposition of our property.
MADISON COUNTY CO-OPERATIVE
WAREHOUSE COMPANY
By L. L. ROBERTS, Trustee.
secon d perhaps. Madison
County ranks among the lowest
in the state in the average
length of term for all its chil
dren. One of the other regret
table facts in connection with
ths short term is that the short
term occurs in the smaller dis
tricts of the county and state,
where the attendance is the
lowest, the equipment most
meager, the preparation of the
teacher the poorest, and the sal
ary paid the lowest.
Last year there were enrolled
nearly half the children of the
county are enrolled in them.
The average length of term in
the two teacher schools of the
county last year was 127 days,
or seven days over the consti
tutional requirement of six
months.
The average preparation of
the teacher was better by more
than half a year in the two
teacher schools than the one the
equipment better, but all falls
far short of the larger schools.
The average salary paid the
; the one-teacher school of theiteachers in the two teacher
LIFE
(By EDGAR A. GUEST)
here, late yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Moody was 45 and wasJ
iborn at BigL Laurel, near Asne-
.i-MIle.'N.&.aai 1881. She was
(Taken f rem Ashevile Citixen) the daughter of J. ,H Jteece, a
, Quincy, JiL, Jan 8. Mrs. Lu- prominent citizen She w a s
la Moody; wife of Walter L. postmistress at E1N. Cvwhen
Moody, deputy U S.. Marshall, ,she met Moody, an engineer of
died this morning. t S;2Q fromjthe Pennsylvania railroad. Her
injuries sustained in an automo-'father, J. H. Kece, sister, wona,
bile wreck on the hard road at -of Big LaureL and half bro-
Coataburg, twenty miles east of ther. Jonas SeecevVwho , also
Li
Si
Life is a mystery, all of man's history
Tells us but little of how it began.
All earth can show of it,
All we can know of it
r ' Give scarce a hint of its purpose and plan,
-V Life is not altered by what men have guessed of it,
He is the wisest who just makes the best of it
What does it matter to tailor or hatter,
(Butcher or baker or truckmen who drive
How it all started?
Clear-eyed and warm-hearted
Each is a person and each is alive !
life is a problem and this is the test of it,
Mei is the wisest who just makes the best of it.
J Lif6 has its sadness, -its goodness and badness
'V Nor all of man's wisdom can alter that fact.
- To this should be living - ,.; .J..
Its full thought be giving i I ; ' "
How in its grief and its Joy shall we act?
Surely if happiness here be the quest of it ."r V'
. He is the Wisest who just makes the beat of it;"
county 949 pupils, or 17.2per
cent of the total elementary en
rollment The average length
0 term v in- the .-ne" 'leatlier'
schools of the county was only
121 days. This is just one day
more than the Constitution
guarantees to all the children.
The children St Marshall had
180 days; or three, months long
er. The children at Walnut,
Mars Hill, Hot Springs and oth
er large centers had around 160
days, or two months longer.
We wonder if the children in
the one teacher schools of the
county (with poor equipment,
with poorly prepared teachers,!
with a term of school only two
thirds as long as the Marshall
school wph fta better equip
ment, with its teachers to the
r . ... it j
grade, witn its wen-prepareu
teachers, can do the work that
fche children in the Marshall
school are able to do.
The average preparation of
the teachers in the one teacher
schools of the county was con
siderably below high
graduation. The average for
the whole state was only 3.78
years of high school prepara
tion, and the county of Madison
ranked 86th among the 100
schools was $5.00 more per
month than in the one teacher
schools. ButSO.OO-permonth
less than was paid in the larger
schools of the county.
Under all these conditions, it
is folly- to expect the children
in these small schools to keep
pace with the Urge" schools
Then what is the result? , The
records show that wearej)rp- ,
ducing only an educated1' citi
zenship in these districts, o
only Fifth Graders. What
kind of Citizenship can Madi
son County expect ten years
from now if half of its children
are getting no further than the
fifth grade?
There is but one sensible and
sane solution of this serious
problem. That is, first, an in
crease in the length of school
term. Second, a reorganization
of the school system that will
eliminate a large number of-
these smaller schools, and third,
the employment of teachers
who have at least two years of
school; pre praation above high school
graduation for the instruction
of these children.
We believe that every child
in the county should have as
nearly equal educationad oppor
counties of the state. The av-:tumtieg ag Dossible. This can-
eragre salary paid teachers not be done except on the basis
bsed upon their scholarship, 0f a reorganization of the
experience, and professional
training. The average salary
jjfaicl jthe teachers of the- one
'Iteacher schools last year was
T$63.71 per month. The av
erage for the state was $71.45.
Therefore it is very easy to see
(that the children in the one'
jteacher schools of the county
t rare far, behmd tne larger
schools, and are considerably
jbeow the average for the state.
What is true of the one teach-
f er schools is also" true of the two
Bacher schools of the "county.
pfthoujh'hot toas great an ex
&KentThere were 23 two teach-1
school system as has been con
templated by the Board of Ed
ucation. The wealth of the
county needs to be put behind
the education of all the children
of the county. Onlyby so do- y
ing can we expect better things
for the children in the weaker ' v
- .... .o, ... . a.
districts.-. , " f
The people of Marshall, Sky. 'i '
land, Bear Creek, iand Pleasant '
View have a Wonderful bpor 2
tunity to demonstrate this in Tv'
the' approaching election.1 But
the regrettable fact about this ;,
is that the people whose child-
ren 'will profit most by the sue- ' "
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cess of the election are the ones
who seem to be the oiost trp pos-'
nciiT
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