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VOL. XXI
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1926
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WALLACE RAY FACING
THIRD MURDER COUNT;
DEFENDS HIS ACTION
For the third time in his forty-eight
years of life Wallace Ray, Marshall
man who is confined in the Buncombe
county jail for safe keeping, will go
on trial for his life when Superior
Court convenes in 'Madison County
Monday, February 22, under Judge
P. A. McElroy, answering to a charge
of killing Dr. O. V. Burnett.
Next week, when he faces his third
' murder jury, Ray will not attempt to
deny that he committed the slaying
with which he is connected but he
will try to show that he acted in pro
tection of his own life, he says.
Little is actually known of the Sun
day pistol duel on a lonely mountain
road last November and ended fatally
over dead from one of Ray's bullets.
Ray was rushed to a Tennessee hos
pital where he lay in serious condi
tion for some time, and was later con
fined in the Greenville, Tenn., jail un
til he was brought to Asheville. Ray
is a model prisoner, says Jailor Ingle
although he is dangerously quiet. He
was born and raised on Shelton Lau
rel. He maintained absolute silence
about the two killings in which he
was involved. He was freed of
charges in one case and served two
years in connection with the other.
This he admits but refused to talk of
the incidents. The two murdered men
were named Shelton and Hensley.
"If I were guilty of half the things
for Dr. Burnett and in which Ravithey charge me with," says Ray, "
hirviKPlf h.iHiv wnnnHBH w,,r 'would be a . mighty bad man. They
Rav's storv noints to a nral on rod feud say I have four notches on my gun
between himself and tho dead man. I have only one gun that I bought in
...u:u i. : i ..i... 4 1911 and its handle is as free of
a xcuu vi which lie ja must, luiuiiaui
notches as the bars of this cell.
According to the story of the ac
cused man, he had been working in
Tennessee at his trade of carpenter
ing for some time when he finally
decided to return to his three mother
less children at Marshall, for whom
lie had hired a girl to care. He had
been in that vicinity but a short
time when he and Dr. Burnett, who
also is said to have faced the courts
on a charge of murder, developed an
apparent antipathy for one another.
"Doc Burnett was a rough man,"
said Ray, "and he wanted to me out
of my own country. I would not stand
for it." Numbers of times, he said,
he had had brushes with the doctor
I
have always sought to live only as a
man should and to maintain my self
respect. But I never did and never
do intend to let anyone drive me a
way from what is mine."
(Taken from ASHEVILLE CITIZEN)
FROM MARS HILL
Each vear Dr. William Marvin
Scruggs, Surgeon of Charlotte, N .C,
gives through the Euthalian Literary
Society a medal to the member who
wins in a debate contest. To encour
age those who have had little exper
jence in speaking, only those, who are
over various matters. One of the 'still in high school are allowed to
most serious of these occurred some take part. This year Mr. R. A. Britt
weeks before the culmination of the '.of Lumberton, N. C, won. 'Others
ilMeelinjubetweea the ,pair tSiS
i According to Hay's story he was at
flhome one day when the doctor walk
ed into the house demanding that Ray
accompany him on a trip. Ray refus
ed, perceiving he said, that the man
had been drinking. He did not
want to leave his children alone, he
said, and he preferred not to have
them along in view of the doctor's
condition.
Say He Made Threat.
taking part fai the final contest were
Charles McCoimeUt- of Asheville, J. L.
McGhaagan, of Georgia, and Clarence
Patrick, of Mars Hill. The query was
Resolved, that the Ku Klux Klan
should be abolished.
Work on the school Annual, the
Laurel, is well under way. Photo.
graphs have been made, individual
and group, and the editorial matter
will soon be in shape. It is not pro
posed to issue a costly publication,
but one at a modest nrice as nearlv
It was after that, he declares, that representative as possible of the spirit
and work of the institution.
doctor made threats against him, say
ing he would "run him out of the
country." Time after time, Ray says
the doctor would attempt to force him
to disagreeable tasks in some manner
and these he invariably refused to do
becuse of Doctor Burnett's imperious
manner of asking for their accom
plishments, says Ray. "He was al
ways trying to force me to do some
thing, and I' always refused," said
Ray. "I would rather go to the elec
tric chair than let anyone like that
make me do anything." There had
also been some bad feeling over Ray's
hired girl on the part of the doctor
but not on his, the accused man states.
Ray had been hearing threats the
doctor made against him for some
months, he claims, when finally they
met at a sort of corn shucking bee
,,vthe night before the killing. Some
--ifwords passed between them, and Ray
left the party early, he said, thinking
no more of the affair.
The next day as he was driving
through the country, he was warned
that doctor lay in wait for him with a
Winchester rifle saying he intended to
kill Ray, the accused man claims. He
paid little attention to -the. warnings
at first and drove on into the country.
Near a' mountain cross-roads he pass
ed a car that was standing still. He
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aian l notice oj wnora wm uccuyieu.
A short time Later he noticed that he
had a slow leak in one of his tires and
turned the ear about to return to
town. . It was then' that ha met Dr.
Burnett, he claim, vr. a, vV .
The young women of Mars Hill will
meet the young women of Cullowhee
State Normal in debate on the query,
"Resolved, That Congress should have
power to annul Supreme Court de
sisions." The Mars Hill representa
tives are Miss Edith Mayes, of Ten
nessee, Ethel, Lineback of Surry Coun
ty, Ethel Frye, of Winston-Salem, and
Pauline Huff, of Mars Hill. Misses I
rene Willis and Ellen Teague are al
ternates.
THE SEVERAL AGES
(By EDGAR A. GUEST)
This good old world, with all its woe,
And all its cares a-plenty,
Is still a glorious place to know .
When one is nearing twenty.
Andl ater when you've Won the hand
Of Nellie, Jane or Gertie,
I'd say it is a lovely land
When one is rounding thirty.
Adventuring with loss and gain
And taking chances sporty, ,
With all that age may bring of pain,
Life still is sweet at forty.
And though the brown gives way to gray,
A shade some term as nifty,
There's many a game a man can play
Although he's nearing fifty. .
Though sorrows must more swiftly come
With grim old age encroaching,
Life is not wholly burdensome
When sixty is approaching.
The glad grandparent age is sweet
With smiles and glad caresses,
One still can laugh and love and eat,
Though seventy he confesses.
And so for young or middle age,
Or gray old beards and hoary,
Upon this old world's changing stage
Life tells a gripping story.
At twenty with a shout of glee
Youth takes what life is giving,
And shall he come to seventy-three
He'll still be glad he's living.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT'S COLUMN
Edited by O. S. DILLARD
. From a recent s.tudy of thejcate issued I by the State ; Depart-
school system of Madison Coun
ty the following information
was gained :
There are sixty three school
districts in the county. Of this
number of school districts,
there were forty-five off them
thafc'liad a term of only six
ilLoaths. In the six months'
ment of Education. Upon this
basis, it is self-evident that our
high school teachers Ishow a
higher degree of training than
the elementary teachers.
From my observations, and ex
perience, it requires greater
skill to be a successful primary
teacher than a high school
If AAitkAW V r4- nrn atavTA rinaa.
term there were enrolled a few; kind f . ,
more than 2700 children or! in Qur teacherg have had who
nearly, one half of the children primary
of the county are in six months I rQ. . . nnS h'
terms. In the local tax districts, . . ,rtv,of lW
of the county we nfld aPPibody can teach the little ones."
imately $7,000,000.00 worth ol!T. n. , OTiHoa w
the property of the county,; OUffht to nlace our best
while but a fraction of over lJ Zt e
of the children live within the.h.ld,s attitude toward the
local tax districts. !schoo, wi be fixed argeyf
If we take into consideration then the groundwork will be
the fact that it takes eight iaifj for the child's further nro-
. 1 ' 1 J J .v
months of school for a child to
gress. But if he must go to
COUNTY FOREST WARDENS TO
MEET SATURDAY, FEB. 20
The Madison County Forest Ward
ens will meet at the court house in
Marshall Saturday, Feb. 20, at 11:00
c 'clock A. M. Mr. W. C. McCormick,
Assistant State Forester, of Raleigh,
will be there; also Mr. T. W. Alex
ander, District Forester of Asheville,
will be there. We are trying to get
the United States District Forester
to be present also.
The purpose of the meeting is to
get all the wardens together and let
them become acquainted. Speeches
will be made by the visiting officers.
It is hoped that all the wardens can
be present.
conference.
The eleven B. Y. P. U's. are doing
the best work of the years, enlisting
nearly all of the church members in
chool in active training for worth
while service in all lines of churclWcities lining ud and irettincr into ac
Stranger "Could you tell me how
far it is to the railway station?"
Scout; "Yes, sir. It's 20 minutes
'tfalJfiFyon r'in."
It looks like a good year for these
early Irish potato growers who will be
ready for the market on June first, ac
cording to agricultural workers at
State College.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN PARK
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. (Special)
East Tennessee towns are waking up
imore to the call of the Great Smoky
Mountain National Park Campaign,
and each week sees two,or three more
Mrs. C. J. Biggers, Housemother of
our girls' dormitories, is spending the
winter with her sister in Florida and
is reported to be improving so that
she is expected back at Mars Hill a
bout April first. During the absence
of Mrs. Biggers, Mrs. Robert of Mis
sissippi has charge of the young wo
men and is rendering admirable
service.
endeavor. There are between thirty
and forty members in each of the e
leven Unions, the Presidents of which
are as follows: "A" Union, Miss Fern
Alderton, Washington, D. C; "B" U-
nion, H. C. Hopkins, West Jefferson;
C" Union, Simon Parker; "D" Union,
L. C. Ward; "E" Union, Paul Grady, I
tion.
Rogersville has the honor of being
the first city outside Knoxville to
reach its quota in All East Tennessee.
Chairman A. B. Rogan announced
that the $2,000 objective has been
passed on Saturday.
Jellico held a meeting on Thurs-
Kinston; "F" Union, Robert Moore, (day, and Chairman J. A. Hackney ex
Cary; "G" Union, B. C. Steele, Flor-ipects the campaign to start immedi
ida; "H" Union, Miss Mary E. Carter; ''ately. The quota is $4,000.
1 ' union, iinoian ttenneld, Lenoir;
"J" Union, W. B. Carr, Hillsboro;
"K" Union, Paul Caudill, North
Wlikesborb. Paul Cooper is Head
President, Chas. Roper, Vice-Presi
dent, and Lucy Bennett, Secretary.
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The doctor had driven up the road
aur Mm and had stopped, ; Seeing
the doctor parked and getting out Of
hia'carT Bay also left his machine, he
ays. lt was then, that the shooting
occurred, f Both men' backed away,
firing as they went, v Ray found khel-
t (n m -shallow Aith at thm roarhida
sad- ceased shooting when . ie Jwa sV
vferely wounded Jby se of the bullets
Aim the doctor's rnnj 'lie 'say t 'The
doctor remained standing in the mid
die of the road and suddenly toppled
Dr. J. R. Saunders, missionary of
the Southern Baptist Convention at
Canton, China, is spending the winter
at Mars Hill. He and Mrs .Saunders
brought their only child, Mary Louise
to place in the College and .. will
leave her at the conlusion of their
furlough. Dr. Saunders is author of
three "Or nrore books which have
good circulation and, writes frequent
ly for" the' religious press. Almost
every week ' he ' speaks at some
church or meets with some ministers'
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FiVAIlDODSON
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The old, neglected trees in the or
chard will be much helped by remov
ing all dead, diseased and weak
branches before spring growth be
gins. THE ALPHABET OF LIFE
Act promptly
Be courteous
Cut out Vorry
Deal isquarely
Eat wholesome food
Forgive and forget
Get religion
Hope always
Imitate the best
' , Judge generously
1 Knock nobody V
Love somebody.
Make friends. -
'-''Never despair - ,
Owe nobody '
; Play occasionally,
; Quota your mother
" Read good books t .
Save something
Touch no liquor?
Use discretion
" Vote independently
Watch -your ste
. .X-ray yourself ' , - - s
Yield to superiors , " t'"" '
Zealons means ' "Cages Earnest,
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Cleveland held a meeting Tuesday,
and Chairman Frank J. Harle is hope
ful of starting his campaign at once.
Madison ville will soon be under
way, Lu feck, chairman, thinks, tor
the campaign was endorsed by Cham-
ber of Commerce meeting Friday.
Johnson City has reached the
$13,500 mark, and has not yet wound
up its campaign, according to Ed
Wagner, organization chairman.
Bristol, which combines the Great
Smokies and Shenandoah Parks cam
paign, is about ready to get into its
effort.
Kingsport, under the chairmanship
ijof J. Fred Johnson, is working hard
to raise, its $12,000 quota.
Jonesboro, Paul M. Fink, chairman,
is in the midst of its campaign with
a good report expected any time.
Other cities are swinging into line,
and the campaign leaders hope the
first of March will find nearly 100 per
fcent of them at work in trying to put
over the greatest opportunity that
has ever come to East Tennessee
' Kno.xville and Knox County- are
staging a school-children's campaign.
Kwith essay contests for prfseafread
seek, a gif t ot the campaign from ev
ery child In Knox County. A special
primer of facts about the Great Smo
kies has been prepared, and every
child is to receive a copy oliffci
tinifih a grade in school, every sch0oI where the teacher has
year Were is lost in this county. had no experience, and no
by reason of the six months ! training, and must go at her
term 5400 months. This is e- job in a hit or miss method, the
quivalent-.to 680 years. .Ac-ichilds whole attitude toward
cording to figures filed in this schooi work wiu be c-.anged
office, it cost $16.40 per pupil and the whole future of the
per year vo educate. There- child, ruined.
fore, it wiii require the sum of 1 "
$li,152.p0 to give these chil- Mars Hill's group commence
dren the extra two months of ,ment was heId last Friday,
school. But the trouble of this This was a very SUCCe3sful af
is the fact that this will require fair Four scn0ols of that see
the child to have to stay in the tion participated in the various
elenientary grade oyer two contests, and showed the results
years longer. This, then, is ajf careful training. The win
total loss to the child. If we ier of thege contests win take
will look up the attendance rec- part jn a county wide com.
ord of our children, and see the mencement to be held about the
greatumber that have to re-.,mi($le of March Three other
peat part of the grade, on stay group commencements will be
out of school in the upper upi.-i t hi wppV Ot,p at- Wnl.
grades for economic reasons or Jrjt on Thursday, at Spring
DecaUSe tne WOrK IS tOO nara nrppV PriHnv arA MnraVinll
for the preparation that they Saturday. The public is cor
bave Txa-for jt, anyone can dlajJy invited to attend these
plainly see that the six months. -nV" ' " .- - ''-'n
term of school is very wasteful..
There is plainly but one remedy Mr, wni anH MOr0v,oil
for this state of affairs. That 8chools. are backed by two
is an eight months term 01 afrrT10. paront.To(.,oi- Aoon
school that will enable all the Haimis Thpw orrnni9:nnn.
children to go up regularly nr rAninfT mutn inr.roaaa
from grade to grade as far as usefulnes of the sschools.
the length of term is concerned. Much financ;ai asawtanee has
Another interesting fact that been furnished the schools, en-
was found is that there are ablins: them to secure much
thirty-eight teachers in the sys- needed equipment that the
tern this, year that have not schools were not able to provide
taught, before. That is one otherwise. The morale of the
teacheV out of every four is schools has been strengthened
teaching her first term this very much by these organiza
year. I do not believe any bus- tions. It is our desire to see
iness that changes as much as every school in the county have
one-fourth its personnel every some kind of community oriran-
year is going to succeed as it ization that will better the con
should There should be more ditions of the school and the
of permanency in the profes- community. By such will the
sion. A still greater loss is sus- school be able to do the great
tained each year by the moving est erood.
about from place to place of the . , ,
teachers. Out of the 152 white' Tom Tarheel says that a farmer
teachers employed in the COun- may not mean much individually to
ty this year, one hundred four the business man but collectively he
are teaching in a different is the foundation stone of the State's
school than the one they taught business.
last year. Two-thirds of the! ;
teachers have changed places, HANDWRITING
and go into new communities,
Wherethey must learn the Chil-j (From Morganton News-Herald)
dren, the community and many j Who is there who has not had to
other things. If a teacher is worry some time or other over bad
giving success in a communit" handwriting? Itis the bane of ex
she should be retained. If the istence in a newspaper office, possibly
teacher moves of her own ac- consuming more time and causing
cord, it i3 .regrettable unless r,,re errors than any other one thing,
she is bettering lierjeif from Cften-times the greatest statesmen
financial Or. professional stand- nd the most highly educated people
pointy Jf jjhe is, then it is well , otherwise write the worst hands.
In planning farm work this year.
the best, farmers ef North-CaroUnaJatandard; '
are thinking also of the poultry, the;
dairy tow, the garden, aad the brand
sew..-, These will v pay.
for hje.to-xnake the best use of
her bfeporiunity. But if it is
just moving to have the change
of moving it is a distinct loss to
her. Most superintendents do
not caro have "rolling stones"
in tne proiession.
There are. one hundred thirty
eight jeacltera employed in the
elementary grades of the coun
ty this ' y fear -There are four
teen high; school teachers.. Out
of . the one Mndred thirty-eight
elementary teachers, only 12
hold' certificates as high as the
pxammar'arade 6 primary cer
tificate 6f class B which repre-!
sents :. two , years ,01, Normal
trainihgvV.This : is practically
8.7 per cent 01 'the teachers
measure qp to' what educational
authorities agree should be the
standard.' ' Out of the 14 teach
ers who are doing high school
work,'tr'rteen of them hold the
High
The Columbia State gives the clas
sic example of the translation of a
letter scrawled by Horace Greeley.
Replying to an invitation to deliver
a lecture in Illinois, Mr. Greeley
wrote :
I .am overworked and growing old.
I shall be sixty next February S. On
the whole, it seems I must decline to
lecture henceforth, except in this im
mediate vicinity, if I do at alL I
cannot promise to visit Illinois on that
errand certainly not now., -f
t The Illinois committee gave several
hours to deciphering the hyerogly
phics, and thought they had done t
successfully and made this reply:. ;
Tour acceptance to lectare before .
our association next winter came t ;
hand this morning. Tour penman-
ship not being the plainest, ft took
some time to translate it; but we
succeeded, and would gay, your time, '
February S, and th terms, sixty dol
lars, are Entirely satisfactory. As
cl certificate of Class you suggest, we may be able to gts
any well inaaagafmr-.- A-- TLit thtf highest CertiS- gon. ether ecrsgesienta,
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