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TOE ONO NEWSPAPER PUBUSIiD IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL; XXI
MARSHALL; N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1926
1200
:TW0 MEN IULIiED AND ONE INJURED '-'-
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT'S COLUMN
W Edited by O. S. DILLARD
;' ' ON LAUREL LAST WEEK
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE
x KILLS ONE INSTANTLY
V ANOTHER DIES
LATER , . ,
Otoe Injured Now In Hospital
Two men are dead and an
other injured as a result of an
explosion on Laurel Thursday
morning of last week, J .The 3
men who were',' employed by
the State Highway Commission
J :re loading a hole with dy
rnite. It seems that some
struction in the way of the
load , was causing the men ;to
drive the load down, when it
exploded, killing instantly
Clarence Capps, age 18, and
fatally injuring Fred Rector, of
near Marshall so that he died
at a hospital in Asheville that
f afternoon about five o'clock.
i; Shelton was the
f 1.. 1: i
ivuiy uuc huw living wiiu waa
Ian eye witness to the tragedy.
I He is now in a hospital in Ashe-
yille suffering from a broken
( leg and bruises, from which he
is recovering.
These, wore working on the
state highway on Laurel. When
the explosion occurred, Capps
was blown to pieces so that it
was necessary for different
portions of his body to be col
lected before it could be interr
ed." Mr, Rector, who was. aj
brother- of Mr. Geonre, Rector
! of near Marshall,- mtda family J
having been married twice nd
stood; in its nakedness with its
chosen title head; all shot to
pieces.. ' ' -.. '- ttr
. Thence perusing "TM Ashe
ville Citizen '. of same date. I
note on the editorial page a
piece entitled "America Is Sing
ing." Well, I didn't know but
that America, bad always been
singing. My mother was sing
ing lullabies to me at the earli
est dawn of my memory. .But
no. It seems that there was
some kind of a performance In
the holy (?) Jity of Chicago
where and when this great and
holy spirit of singing was bornt
that . America had at last,
through ages of toil and travail,
....... nnlf AWMttABBlAM
iuuuu a way ui ocu-caji cotHvut
and this through the medium or
song; that by the power of this
gift we had come into the full
ness of life and of understand
ing with all peoples.
, And. its name shall be called
JAZZ, for behold, it is said that
it quickens the dance step of
the youth of a whole nation and
puts grandfathers and grand
mothers to ,, pounding .the
(church, no) .ballroom floor
with rejuvenated feet" And
that even a Chicago audience
was so enraptured by the' spirit
of its melody that they all with
one. accord rushed upon the
composer and showered him
with kisses. And now behold
how. wonderful a gift hath been
INDIAN SUMMER
Sometimes when loud! the laughter rings,
And love aitd mirth light every glance,
A dainty, old grandmother springs
Up6n the floor to share the dance ;
Lifting her petticoats she shows .;
- That once she tripped bt hiqible toes,
While all her children's children see
How beautiful she used 4
Or strangely in an old ttan's- eyes
', A twinkle flashes now and then .
Which causes him erect to rise. .
To show his skill to youhgeimen: ;
A ring is made, and small and big
Applaud while Grandpa does a jig,
Giving a brave, but brief display
Of splendor that has passed away.
fifty-'--'- '
Thus in the proper time arid, place
Age oft relieves its earlier days,
Youth comes once more to light the face,
And set the tired-old eyes' ablaze.
A brave brief spell of joy is flung
From one who is no longeroung.
An old man jigs upon the. mat
And Indian Summer seems like that!
44 HfJ44ifGfi44irlffiiffifi !Ara44HHi4
near White Rock;
V
Wm SUNDAY
his old commandments
The first says that I am offer
ing you an old LANDMARK for
a WiVTHiK route into me King
dom. The second says "I am
offering you a new and better
way. Learn jazz and dance
your way into the kingdom. My
way is so broad and grand.
Why, eveir the Devil could get
back nto the glory land u ne
bestowed upon us. for this apir.!
lleaving five childreii in-all.: Jt'i
is said that Mr. Shelton'Was of fflf e;?1t would on y lay down his mahce
wyc" "' " "k";""v-" land select one oi nis oia cnuice
the mountains where the moun- j he need not repent and all
tain white" dweHeth, and assthat other 0id-fsshioned stuff,
oracle of God proclaims "IT IS; ui. joaa a- nn n Ho latest iazz
im!DJ2ffiL "Charleston-down
One of the most interesting
teachers meetings of the, year
was held at Marshall Saturday,
January 16th. The Walnut
High School Orchestra furnish
ed music which was very- much
enjoyed. The three high
schools of the county that have
made music a part of the course
are finding it very satisfactory
and profitable this year. Aft
er, the general discussions of
the problems of reading in the
elementary schools, and of high
school problems by the high
school teachers, Professor W. E.
Bird,. Dean of Cullowhee State
Normal School addressed the
teachers. In his address he
pointed out many of the won
derful things that the state has
done within the past decade for
schools, and told of the won-
inidertui progress ta& state nad
maue. out m spite oi iue
gains that have been made," he
stated, "we are still ranked a
roUnd fortieth among the states
of the Union in what we are do
ing for education." He stated
that the future Of educational
progress in the state depended
largely upon the teachers of the
At chattel recently the stu-stftte In Jnaking the system more
dents had the privilege of hear-, clearly meet the needs of this
Whod a thought itT . The au- 7n,A ow,-no- wivip ;t
. thor doth tell us that JAZZ was ad say 'Come; blessed of my
f ! of lowly Mrth'born in the ,, ather inherit the kingdom."
St. Pe-
portals
The Fifth Sunday Meeting of . 11 1
u fv.u tw,j a 7:, dance halia oi tne cities Slums.
j. x elicit, iii uau ntaociaiiuiii . j -i
'will meet-this month at Paintl.But 71 e evef upwar,d ll
Fork Baptist Church. The pro-j3 cIled frm Pla.c to Place
gram is made to cover Satuiv'f.1",0 eminence to eminence, i jn
day January 30, and Sunday hl l hf re?d the zenith, the
following.- This is a fine com-:?;6,3 o th theatres,.: And
munity and the people will wel- that by jfo magic has joined
, come messengers and visitors iJA ,. -,7 Tv. j IV ,
'from, the various churohes. RutO ! .What a pity that .some
Many of the pastors of the As-f hted i'ou wUl spurn the
socitiAiiiave been faithful inith 4 msist that -after a! ,
attendance upon these meetings' &zz'aa hf f,tr"ck lts; V'el
" which' nave proved to-be of fhat through all its wandprings
o-raot value ir, in Jr.ivufinn a I ar,c UP and down tMOUgh the earth,
flnirit.nal nnww rh1 In thfi rip- 1Vn- squalid' haunts of the
lellow
Do you wonder why the
world stays lost?
C. H. R.
YEAR BOOK FREE
ing a delightful talk on "Excess
Baggage" by Mr. R. L. Patton,
of Morganton, Superintendent
of 'the; Burke County Schools.
He spoke of extravagance,
smoking, ' laziness, profanity,
and - lack, of confidence as so
much baggage to impede one's
progress, excess baggage which
should be got rid of without de
lay. r
this is "Study Course Week"
at ' Mars Hill in which various
courses in S. S. Normal training
re;iven under tne airecuon oi
the T&BtttttefiKMlBi
en College Organized Cfasses7ilri-jr
l:' HT 1,T T XT T 'Wide
rieu j. iyiuui c. xvii-. o. xi.
nette of Hickory, Miss Berhaus
er of Raleigh, and Miss Shu
mate of Nashville, Tenn., with
such training as will make pos
sible the future progress of the
state.
:'x Transylvania County recent
ly "voted a tax to increase the
school term of the county to at
least1 eight months. Mr Hen
derson; the county superintend-
ent thinks' that it will take a
special rate of about 45c to give
this length of term. This is in
addition to the general rate ofj
65 or 70 cents. Transylvania
is one of the first counties in the
vide tax for schools. It ft-thM!1
first 'county in thenvestern, part..
of the state to vote such a tax
to approximately $6;00a,0t)0.00
Therefore if the state would in
crease its income tax rate to
just one-half of this amount; it
would be able to finance the
two extra months off school..
If the two months of school be-.
yond the six months' term, it
would enable a great many- of'
the districts of the state to de
crease the special rate voted,
or enable them to provide bet
ter buildings and equipment
and render better service from
this standpoint.
There , is no doubt but that
the matter of financing the term
can be done without any extra
burden. It will be a matter of
distributing the burden, and e
qualizing the opportunity
The question "What will you
do about it" should be proposed
to every candidate who aspires
to represent his county or dis
trict in the next session of the
General Assembly.. But most
of all, those who go to Raleigh
from the poorer counties of the
West; and the sand hills and
dunes of the East should be
those who will go there and
fight that the children of their
counties, the children of the by
ways and out of way places
shall have opened to them the
doors of a greater opportunity. 1
They should be men who will
have courage enough to put the '
burden th training the future
citizens of the state upon the -state
,as a whole, with guaran
teed quality in the length of
schOpJrjEermV- .. .vct v
jirv Aspirant to the Legisla
ture,; Jet's have your answer.
MISS EXTELLE WRIGHT .
GROWS STRONGER DAILY
a of iRecovery1 : Is "iStill a
Marvel to the People of Ashe-
vjJie and the Mountains
several members of the faculty, t rankin
are the teacners of the texts lefldi countie3
v:nh are- taugiit. beverai a
Transylvania has long been ' -
noted' for its excellent school (From Charlotte Observer)
king among the ASHEVILLE, Jan. 18. Miss
. I i:unc!'ca seals will doubtless ce
January 15, 1926 won during their study and
lightiul
thereby.
' ft. L. -MOORE,
Executive Committee.
Mr. If. L. Story,
?uarshall News.-Record, !
vlarshaU, North Carolina. I
My dear Mr. Story: j
, I have for free distribu-;
tion a number o: copies of tliei
1924 edition of te Agrcultural;
iearbook, publisied annually
Kible Denartu.cii-.;
year.
Diviner the first semester
.-u s Hill led all the schools un-
- the Southern Baptist Coi:-; of all
U.'s, in
orgh the
i'K oi the
I'M
in the state in Extelle Wright of Candler, who
its progressiveness. If Trail- has been an invalid for the past
sylvania county thinks its child- two years, and who suddenly
ren are entitled to the benefits recovered last Sunday night at
of-' an eight mouth term, it o'clock, is reported to be
seems that all the countv .andjgrpwjcg vstroper each day. " It
state ought to think likesSSe'p'orted last Monday and
i ne c MiGivn oi inis cou
ty and caused quite a bit of interest
he state for that matter and v.-as hailed bv some as a
number oi a. -. . oi v.i-r -j k;r. e a-i i:iere:i',ed miracle oi the olden days.
total number of fAv'th of term. Onlv bv such Xii - Wright, who is the-
snip promoted c lties s; SlUmS1t alVbos of "tbe b the Department of Agricul
nvoi, ,, 'opulent there -has 'been no tul!?- TM? PLSl0
nittee change in the character of its ?ulie ' yniuI",ai " ' n7'i "
aittee. , , u. ; ..j0 is useful to farmers and others
. tovt,, . ' interested in farm products,
CARD OF THANKS 'change t rtheir -atoTude toward. d upon request, I will be glad
211 l'-
we exDect them to
members enrolled in the t.
nions, and in the awards vvon.oaco with the children of oth
(764), according to a statement er sections that have the ad
by Secretary Perry Morgan inVyantages of such a term,
a reqent issue of the Biblical Re-! '
coraer. , nrc. nf mr.
Vice Presdent P. L. Elliott
measures to come
keep'dau-ntcr oi A. n. Wright, of
Lano.ler, and a sister of Mrs.
Wiil Cr.they, of West Asheville,
had been practically helpless
for over two years until last
important Sunday night at 9 o'clock, at
before the'wm'ch time she suddenly got up
q0(j ao senu a, copy i-u any vim vvnu preacnea ior tne congregauon next session of the general as- irom ine ea "ffl claimed
; desires it. of the Temple Baptist church sembiy will be the proposal for er or two years commenced
I Tir,wntufnntftfttii I wiil appreciate it if you 0f Durham on a recent Sunday... ftnnst.itntinnal smonrfmont dressing and awakened the
' ' ' " w" ' ' . ' v v.v- . ... 1 . il: -. r it-TT i i 1 ? . 1 j mi. -.
wm inane lius diiuuuutcuiciiu iVirs. ivicriugn, neau oi ooi- ff:vine- tlip state a minimum lamny. ine iamny naa retir-
!ege Music department, attend-gejj00j term of eight months. et! afor attending to Miss
ed the Convention of .music he measure ought to be sub- Wright's wants, and their sur
teachers which met at Birming-';4Arl n thp nsnnle fm- rtifi. prise bordered onto fright at
A We wish to thank our. many
friends in and around Marshall
for. their kindness, and service same editorial column occurs
riurinor th death and burial oflnu. c. mn "R-cVinn Mn-,R 3rour PaPer-
our son, brother and husband, j "" ( --noed A3 saying that a
Fred Recotr. -. , well-played game of football on
MR. AND MRS". JAMES A. Sunday is as pleasing to God ecs
"HEUTUK, M KS, r Kri D'a service m a cathedral
RECTOR and children, VAN B.
JRECTOR, . G. II... .KECTOK,
SHAMES A, RECTOR, Jr., MRS.
W; P.-DE A VER, : 'ARTHUR
ith best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
A. L. BULWINKLE.
MARS HILL
3ar the opening
of the
Just how well pleased God is
nibu a Duvibc ill' vawicuiai i
know, hot. Neither does Bishop
).;.vr.rro;. 'M St how well i3 He
RECTOR, CHARLIE RECTOR, pleased or displeased with aisnrin semester each year the
. --..livi x ji,-. .,-. - v , igame 0f football, on Sunday I two Literary Societies for men
Willi FT1 AP - A f TrTft cno no" Neither does Bishop at Mars Hill College give their
llUlJuu Ur -A' lllillJ Manning. I do know, however, anniversary programs. The
i mat tne oium teacjiea ua to usual eAceiience vvaa nia.ni-
serve God and that " God de- tained this yearin the execises
lights in and rewards -true ser-f which were varied, entertaining,
vice I do not acceptias true land attended Dy large numbers,
1 i ' . . n ? x mi tt a i i t v.
ham, Ala., last week.
catirin. All candidates for se?in ner waiK aD0Ul tne nouse
seats' in the next session of the rejoicm in her recovered
geheral assembly ought to be heaitri.
men. with vision and backbo- - ., 11 ,was reported last wgM,
uiat ner cure was brought a
bout by earnest and constant
ina;.
-The New- Year's . mail had
come in and the writer nicked
up the Newt-Record to see what
B. C. Steele of Florida and H.
C. ' Hopkins of '1 Ashe COUnty;
two orations- by W.H. Plem-
if anything, " had, happened in? with'' "plain teaching of theTBi- was rendered Saturday evening
the-old home county What ble. - Read Isa; 55:5, 6.; J?or .included two' declamations by
eaught his eye was a large mjr , thoughts ; are not - your
-heading -"REMOVE NOTVTHE thoughts,, "for as the heaveP
' OLD LANDMARKS." : . tare" higher than the s. earth, J so
' . There" followed f some very are . my, thoughts .than : yourimons of Buncombe County and
5 itfmely truths- 'about the bid thoughts." So L,'. have not the"; Raymond Long bt Gaston Coun-
time religion and the modern least notion that Bishop Man-'ty ; and a debate on the query
tendency to find substitutes for ning knows God's- thoughts,iResolved, ThAt Congress should
it. I That the "worldly church 'much less the peculiar charac-jhave the power to nullify de
had lost the way and had taken ter of them.' " . -'. i M i cisions of the Supreme Court,
opiwith-something, refined orj There comes alopg a manr of constitutionally con ceded
new, scholarly or cultured. ; ' the -world lost .an sin. One
then to the deluded arid lost, isays "Come in, have your feet
he,, the author, declares the on-;washed and be immersed and
ly and true way is "Keep the or. so enter into Peace." , .Another
dinances of the church of God, says ."Select a nice piece,; of
Wade Bostic of China and Tom
Belcher of South .Carolina up
holding;; the affirmative; and
Clarence King of Yancey Coun-j
Baker of Wake j
OPHARD BUCKNER OF MARS
HILL HONORED
, - - 7,'eribugh to allow thi
Ophard B. Buckner, of Mars HiH,'go.to the pec:"!o :v
N. C, today is wearing a shining dec- grsjitO" i nu ,0.... I
oration-which proclaims his member-'b'V. . e ;;e:.J...
ship in one of the crack shooting out-, pi can 'et a voto
fits of Uncle Sam's Army. r':6sitioil, it y.'ii!
Pinned on the "breast of his coat in': 'V .:3 chiy ari.
an official War Department medal, Offered io such
aiffnifvino Kin aAmiitjinnn in. tha mnlri ' f Visjfr .Hi A .fflTA 1Q
of the Rifle Sharpshooters of the U-flnance it I It is estimated that.1,1 as inAPart? of Asheville,
nited States Regular Army. . Orders it, would take about $3,000,000. !ana since me ume oi ner; re
made
nnnrfcpni
tion during the annual target practice'$3,OQO,000.00 additional 1 0,r?,used u.ite a Wt of interest in
at (Jamp USx, M.J. iWnat
mou-
;hat is
rayer, and that she finally
ought her faith up to the
:int that her rejuvenation was
aiTe'cteck Miss Wright is a
member of the Methodist
-1 1 -A V1 " 1 1
u proposal is cnurcn at anaier ana is wen
too Door to known in that community as
public' today - at Army Head-ffo-giye all the state an eight covf has be.en the wonder .
rs announce he won this distinc-1months' term. That is of tn ' community, and has a-, ,
0,000.00 additional t 0.i"su-iums w inverest m . .
Is already being given by other parts of the Country, and ,
ftnoltno onltf Wann fa, h SimtJtt flfofo ' T.hia la fi hior anm rf UOUe OI . ll ' ITieildS Seem tO ;
'doubt her explanation it is said. '
mental Commander," Colonel Stanley; that North Carolina .ranks . a-Cf0?-"1"''!111 '
H. Fprd, rates him. highly as ah effi-vbout fourth or fifth in' the a-'tnat Miss Wnght,' expected to,'
elunf' anMisv. -'an i muHtim ' .ihak. fcln(fitit nf tnTPK nnirl th Porlpral move tO Asheville Ul the 'Hear .
mill devntnn inta a still bttp nh'oiiilChvprnmAiif nnvinir s AtJk n. future 'arid 'Commence WOrk. :
hinder Intensive cochin Wore the; mouh $165.000,000 !here- fh.e to -now.be . '
1925 target firings it was learned ' annually this small sum sinks I ne nousewom at . t
Amry Headquarters, e s' ; intoinsignificance: Among the fim? an?. 10 bf e engag. ,
Buckner is serving rith the famous agricultural States North Caro- cu, D""-'s
ith i.f..tn .km k fn if. i-r,o taVaa Knnt oi-rh niaia in velous recovery from wnat Was .
Valor, for serrice in the Indian up-'the. value 6f her farm crops. to?"?.ht ; ;De Panent
risinw. and the First COLORS nlanU Yet in her ctod of Children it"V-
fv and , E. P.
feet washing, the 'Lord's Sup-- jazz andiust walta right up in- County--taking '.' the negative, fed in the Spanish trenches atSaaJun ranks Forty-Secoad ' in the
Per. and baptism by immersion, to the kinffdom-of Heaven." " I Music was furnished by'M: L.lHiu. the first Americans "U faH. in opportunitv it is trivinsr them.
The writer looked back on that Stifh another ;advises that if iKesler, Jr. of ThomasvilleVE N.France were from its ranks.'. , 3 . it is estimated that the Fed
jot seeing double, cut mere
Teacher-"Sanunie, name the four,
seasons " r - fK '-.
Jeral reduction of taxes this year .Sata-SaH,' mustard, ''vinegar.
I
i it how bard you can kick some of d Burgess! Utesvflle;-.-'f Major TA,s.-Av RetfrsJCi'y jlorth' Carolina will, amount , peppet."-rlrsre5siTe Croesti
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