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MICE
RAY
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FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE
JURY SELECTED FROM SPECIAL
' , "ui V,. T ' ' : v' "r -' ,. i i, ' . v
VENIRE OF 150 MADISON MEN;
of the coat, diving which time the de
endatkt is to dhow good behavior and
to abstain from intoxicating liquors.
IIGORDAN COtE Y-ransporting
I.The defendant ' Waive ; ' hill.' v nlaadt
. ' - rguilty, and Irf fined $50.00 and costs.
CASE IN PROGRESS AS WE GO TO PRESS sam MEssEiawen,pieads
If we could know that & Verdict would be ren-an prays, fof dgment to u
cuniinueu unu Apru yerm vj, court.
JESSE WALUN giving A worthless
check waives bill,' pleads guilty, and'
judgment is suspended on payment of
the costs in consideration of the fact
dered today in the Wallace Ray ca$e. we would
holothe paper for the verdict; but of cojurte, no
one knows how long this case will be in the hands
of the jury. This case, of course, is creating more that the check has been paid.
excitement by far than any other case, though l er BArateaM 0'' -U
.hers are full of interest to people of Madison j-The defendants waiveS; "Jiead
County. Wallace Ray, who has been in prison jguiity, and judgment is to be pro
since he recovered sufficiently from the pistol du-JXd, i
el in November last year, is charged with first de- ,ty, and is given is months wearing
gree murder for the death of Dr. O. V. Burnett. on the roads of Buncombe
Prosecuting him for the State are Solicitor Ed Swain, ofwAuCE with the
lAsheville, Mr. Mark Brown of Asheville, Mr. John McElroy ofmurder of Dr. Burnett of Mars Hill
Marshall, and MfJ. Cal'vin R. Edney, of Mars Hill. Defending' in November last year is being tried
... .,, , ,. , 'aswe go to press.
Ray are Mr. Thomas S. Rollins, of Asheville, Mr. Guy V. Rob- Qujte a number of cases were con.
, erts, of Marshall, and Mr. Alfred Rice, of Hendersonville.
1 Judge P. A. McElr,oy of Marshall is presiding.
It required about three hours
(to select the jury from the spe
j cial venirie of 150 men, the job
I of selecting them beginning a-
bout 10 :S5 Thursday morning,
when Ray was brought into the
court room, taking his seat be
tween his defending counsel
, and holding in his lap his two
'children. Ray was somewhat
pale from imprisonment, but,
, of course, watched .every move
ment of the court with the
keenest interest.
The Jury
1
Following are the names of
the jurymen, witM whom hangs
the fate of Wallace Ray;
iAftCHIE OUVER, 1T SUe. &
JWHN GARDNER,
ISAAC BROWN,
C. A. WORLEY,
H. C. ROBINSON, ...
L. F. WEST,
J. W. PIKE,
H. H. HAMLIN,
J. B. BROWN,
J. L .KIKKPATRICK,
J. N. PARKER,
A. M. METCALF,
T. S. No. 8
. T. S. No. 8
... T. S. No.
T. S. No.
T. S. No.
. T. S. No.
... T. S. No.
. T. S. No.
.. T. S. No.
T. S. No.
.. T. S. No.
pleads guilty and is given 4 months on
the Buncombe County roads.
DAN NORTON violating school law
by keeping children out of school
without sufficient reason or excuse.
He was given a jury trial, found guil
ty, and it cost him $27.85, fine and
costs. V
PAUL TIPTON trespassing This
resulted"-Jn a prayer for judgment
continued until the April term of
court on payment of costs.
WAYNE AMMONS trespassing
prayer for judgment continued un
til April term of court upon the pay
ment of costs.
CLYDE McAUSTER trespassing
He pleaded guilty and judgment is
to .be pronouncd Saturday. ;
WESLEY AUSTIN transporting
prayer -for "judgment continued until
tinued until next term of court on
account of lack of time.
BATHING AND
CIVILIZATION
( From ASHEVILLE TIMES)
It isn't dfJen' that a report
prepared for a" State orgamza
tion is both interesting and a-
musing, but th ? Story of the
Bath," written i by-Lewis W.
Britton for the New York State
Department of Health, proves a
most notable '. exception. Mr.
Britton writing in a light vein
starts with the first bath discov-l
ered in history and , carries the
evolution down to the present
rdfjiroughout )ifr esjsay he
credit' for bringing a close to
this period ; he, knowing that a
"knight shied at water like an
elephant shies at a mouse,"
concevied the happy idea of the
rOrder.of the Bath." Before
the' candidate could become en
rolled he must take a bath and
his example finally influenced
the less honored but equally-j
dirty. ;
' "In Japan," says Mr. Britton,
'where everybody takes a bath
a day and apologizes for not
taking twp, progress moves at
a swift pace. In Russia, where
millions of people get only
three baths in their whole
lives one after they are born,
one alter, they are married,
and one after they die there
is stagnation, poverty, misery.
The United States, such a
leader in go many ways, can
not yet boast the best in sani
tation. Pumped water is only
a hundred years old here, and
there are still many families
to be found who use the bath
tub to keep coal in. Judging
from the remarks of the writ
er, there yet remains much to
be accomplished in the work of
teaching sanitation. He ends
his article not without a moral:
"Where sanitation is a strang
er; sickness is a constant guest."
NOTICE!
HOT SPRINGS CITIZEN SEES DANGER
IN PROPOSED SEWER LINE
sewer and water districts to be parti
tioned off by districts outside of Ashe
ville. I was wondering if these peo
ple who are contemplating issuing
'bonds for a large water main know
just what preparations the cfty is
making in order to be in a position to
supply a population of 400,000 in the
tu lQffc or Qf. city and county. You are aware of
tick explain themselves:
MRS. B. M. SAFFORD CALLS
ON CITIZENS OF MADISON
TO PROTEST
Says French Broad May Be
Cess Pool
Editui- of News-Record,
lly Uear Sir:
Are the citizens of Madison goir.p
C. R. Hamrick, Deputy-Commissioner
of Revenue, will be
at the Courthouse in Marshall
on Friday, March 5th-for the
purpose of helping those who
desire help in filing their in
come tax returns.
Also I Will be at the Bank m
Mars Hilln Thursday, March
4th, anfE.the bank in Hot
Springs on Saturday, March 6th
for the same purpose
All single persons making ov
er $1000, all married persons
making over $2000, and all cor
porations and partnerships, re-
fir4. gardless of income, must file
the fact that outside residents of
Asheville are allowed to connect on
the city main. This has been the
policy of the city of Asheville as it is
the only 'logical and reasonable thing
!to do.
"The impounding reservoir now un
to allow the citizens of Buncombe t" , der construction will assure us of sev-mai-e
a cess-nool of our county, as,' en million gallons a day from Bee
I Tree alone even though it might not
proposed by the article I enclose, clip-lrain Qn the wat(jr sheJ for a perfod of
ped from today's Asheville Citizen. IjlOO days. North Fork as it now,
. . , , -ii n , !, Stands will deliver another three and
do not think our laws will allow such ; .
lone-nan minion gallons. maKing a
When court recessed Thursday aft
ernoon until nine o'clock today, the
following witnesses for the State
had been examined:
PORTER SHELTON
PATTY BONE SHELTON
MRS. MATILDA SHELTON
emphasizes the relation of the
April term of eOurt on payment of j state of a nation's bathing ba
the costs. j bits to its prosperity and civi-
R. T. RIDDLE operating a car in-ijization.
toxicated. He submits and is fined The Greeks and the Egypt
$100.00 and costs. jians in the height of their cul-
JAKE RHINEHART disturbing a;ture were frequent bathers; it
MtlLC Ul wuiiiiiii uuu j a.- Y, jtft in UICCLU Lliai, tilt HICK , , , 11-1.1.
hg a car intoxicated. Judgment is bathtub was invented, though" it ! returns oy marcn loin,
continued for two years during which1 was considered "effeminate"! t, HrsTj f vinir'
time he is to show good behavior and to use warm water. The au
pay the costs. ' !thor goes into a detailed des-'
JESS MESSER assault and carry- cription of the Roman baths, ; q
ing concealed weapon consolidated or thermas, as he calls them.
with case No. loi. iThe luxury and numbers of ,
JOHN BECK transporting pleads , these have never since been e-j
u-riitv :inH offers nr.-iver tn hP ron- mmllpH fnr t.hp Romans made i Mrs- James Ramsey,
tinued till April term of court, show- one main social distinction, the1"- died last Wednesday at the home
. , , . . - ... . i i it.. t v. ,1 nf linr ann nenr Marshall, after beuiir 1
ing gooa tienavior ana paying co;:s, ; wasnea anu me uiivvusncu. -
JOHN WHITE simple assault He Mr. Britton rather attributes ; ui
nlcads euilty and prays for judgment! the fall of Rome to a too
an injustice, if tested. Imagine the
low ebb of the River last year, or any
dry year, carrying off the sewerage
of Asheville's p--opoed $400,000 pop
ulace at your own town, the dam
would cause a terrible menace to the
town's menace, it would simply be a
cesspool.
My cows drink all summer from the
River, as I supose all farmers, on the
river, without great trouble, also have
to permit, many women wash their
clothes far river water I think you
men of Marshall should take take up
this matter. I will help in any way
I can.
Cordially your friend,
B.'ltf. S AFFORD-.
The article to which Mrs.
Safford refers is partly printed
below :
supply, which will be available by
March 1, 1926, of 11 million gallons
daily, or a supply for a population of
100,000.
Plans are under way whereby the
necessary land will be condemned on
North Fork so that in the future by
erecting an impounding reservoir at
that point, Asheville will be assured
of a water supply of 24 million gal
lons daily. This would be ample to
allow all outside users, even to the
outermost parts of the county, to have
ample water supply for all necessary
purposes without the outside districts
going to the expense of issuing bonds
for the purpose of putting in water
Systems.
"I give you this only as a matter
of information in view of the fact
that there is much discussion now a
bout outside water works develop
ment.
..Youra.,yory.,ia:uly, - 7
JNO. H. CATHEY,
MJayor.
ANOTHER WRECK ABOVE
MR. BALEY'S
i
C. R. HAMRICK,
Deputy Commissioner.
JAMES RAMSEY OF
NEAR MARSHALL IS DEAD
The proposed sewer line from
Ridgecrest to the French Broad Riv
er which would drain the entiie
Swannanoa river basin
Tuesday afternoon the Ford tour-
:r.g oi Mi. jp. z. Maynard ot I'amt
Rock was almost completely de
molished when it was struck by a
heavy Cadillac Sedan at the danger
ous curve in the highway above Mr.
given the j, M. Baley's. Mr. Maynard and four
76
DKMPSFV T.ANDFRS
DR. I. E. BURNETT, brother of to be continued for two years on the 'greedy spirit of conquest than 'and six sons, Mrs. John Hensley,
the deceased Dr. Burnett.
.... ,.,.,f r ii.n rc,.r,ml Pmiri- others including two women were
' starting back home after attending
years of ty Board of Health at a meeting held t T, th ; side the
load and were doubtless "giving her
all the juice they could" when the
Cadillac was seen. The vouns couDle
She is survived by four daughters surveys be started immediately in or- flom Indianapolis on the Cadillac
am
city hall yesterday morning.
;The board ordered that preliminary (
, payment of costs.
IT. H. LAW transporting
j... i. .1...:. :. c were m me mmaie oi tne roaa ana
.. .... 1 ii.. T TJ..lrt,r nn Mica Yldtlri KniVWPV,"1 " " .
to the presence oi tne Dams " " appuea tneir brakes witn an vigor,
rlJa 9snn nfPn rit.prl. At anv of Marshall and Mrs. J. M. Perrin of cost of the proposed sewer. ; b t it t , t Th .
HONLEY A. L1SENBEE FOUND ;guilty and given three months on rate, with the fall of Rome be- ! Asheville, Mr. C. C. Ramsey of South Al)parently anticipatnic? favorable 'ed with the result that the Cadillac
GUILTY the Buncombe County roads. gail the dark ages, "dark with I Carolina, and D. W., M. C., and Zadel ,v;as ,)adly d;lmaged as was aIso the
iiuimsey i iviaisimu n.iu . . . - - - ! Ford, t ortunatolv, no one was hurt
SAM HAGON larceny He is giv-dirt," he says
The case consuming more time than en a jury trial, found guilty, and giv-j
any other except that of Ray was that en six months on the Buncombe 1
In which Honley A. Lisenbee of Mar-'County roads. I
shall was tried for reckless driving OLLIS EDMONDS transporting J
and assault with a deadly weapon. 'The defendant waives bill, pleads
This was the case in which Mr. F. I guilty, and judgment has not yet been j
Henry IV of England gets the 1 B. B. Ramsey of Arkansas.
GROUP CONTESTS TO SELECT
CONTESTANTS FOR COUNTY
COMMENCEMENT
G. A. Morgan, county health
I quarantine ofiicer, presented
and 'to any extent. One of the
'on Mr. Maynard's Ford
Shelton and Mr. J. N. White were pronounced.
(returning on a Ford Coupe from theftlONLEY A.
uneral of Mr. Ben Anders and were ' drivinsr and assault with deadly weap
Tkneked off the road down a deep; on He is found guilty by a jury and
bank the car turning end over and judgment had not been pronounced
both occupants injured by the rear WILEY WOODSON disturbing pub-
wheels of Lisenbee's car striking the
I lYiBrliat.filw hefore enterine the room
LISENBEE reckless MARCH All ANn SFMI1MARY . wnro Rrn'pst Roberts, of the Seminary I were unanimously approved by
women
I shaken un. The Ford windshield
jtions further tending to remedy un- wa, sma.hed- oncers were callei
Isanitary conditions existing along the 'to place the blame for the wreck
Pol ceman Troy Rector was sent for
arid a:: soon as he had noted the posi-
j Swannanoa River. The resolutions
MEET
front wheels of the coupe as Lisenbee
was passing. Both the State and the
11c worship The defendant waives
bill, pleads guilty, and prays for
judgment to be continued for two
defendant were ably represented by j years, during which time he is to
counsel and quite a number of wit-
nesses were examined.
Tne lory, out sdoui. an nour. re-
i i ji .' . 0 'T A rL.
turnea a veruici. oi ruuiy. utucr
y cases are as follows :
f -. - mariner abiai wim AiaruiamA
of in the manner indicated: ,
;:. In all these cases the. State' is a-
gainst the party or parties mentioned
' n4 if is useless to mention that in
f. every'- case,? ?' -)-JS:ji-ft:
J FRANK BAS 4ranporting--he
J defendant pleaded guilty . and judg
; ment has not yet been pronouaced.
mftwrvwim iMi.. I. Ill , .
- KUSJUK1 1 OAl -ODDCTBIimr
; ear wnue unaer ui mnuence or ik
' iauor. The jury found him sot fufity.
,.BBT HEl.TON-taainf--' The
' defendant pleads guilty. . "Prayer for
i judgment continued until the August
term ef ot:,?. 'r-fi-V?-";'. J
TBTEX SANDS carrying eoneealed
show good behavior and pay the cost.
WILEY WOODSON also pleaded
guilty to carrying concealed weapons
and was fined $50.00 and costs.
PAUL BLACKWELL transporting.
He waives the bill, pleads guilty, and
prays for judgment to be continued
during good behavior nd payment of
cost. -iV.W- .'v'.'
ROAM CLARK transporting liquor.
Pleads guilty and is given 12 months
on the roads of Buncombe County.
H. M. JOHNSON transporting. He
pleads guilty. 'Judgment to be pro
nounced Saturday. v 4 '
hCLAUDE GARRISON transporting.
Pleads guilty, and is given 15 months
on the roads of Buncombe County,.
and Monroe Ramsey of Marshall, board
Both did well, but Monroe Ramsey
Madison , won. Marie Ramsey, having no op-
a btory. Little
ndati.
The group contests in
County between schools to select con- ponent, read well
testants for the various activities for j Miss Helen Dennis, daughter of Mr.
Cnnntv Commencement to be held the! and Mrs. J. A. Dennis of the Seminary
latter Dart of March proved to be in- school, distinguished herself in story tlor r.uihonziag the
teresting for Marshall at least. We telling and won over Edna Payne, of condemn and close all springs and!caused by the wreck, the most amiis-
Closc Sf . Irtga
J.ieiiidod in V.:o : c ::.:;:
ti r .'!:ed'by the board was
yion of the two cars the road wag
:ieared and the many cars which had
i een blocked were given way to pass
on. The parties were taken down
' wn for a hearing.
a -.egu...-uilicer
to 1
THE REDMON ROOSTER
In the midst of the excitement
have not heard from the other croups.1 Marshall. Elizabeth Plemmons, of
but it may be that the bad roads 'Marshall was given the honor of be
and bad weather prevented many
schools from entering the contest.
At Marshall for indtance only
ing selected over Marie Roberts of
the Seminary in oral reading, though
this contest was exceedingly close,
two schools or at least four or five both girls doing splendidly. Blanche
the group, were represented. The Tweed, of Marshall, had no opponent
contest, hdwever, -was interesting, ' in a recitation and if anyone ever op
though not largely atended. 'poses her they will have to start early
. Supt O, S. Dillard had charge of .and go some. This little girl
the meeting and announced the pur
pose of it. -The purpose of the con
fine.
The visitors
at the school - were
tests is cooperation and the contests i much pleased with the exhibits of
transport big liquor They submit anl
are given four months on the roads
of Buncombe County, J, ' 7 'yr
BERNARD RJrna-Htppuwrting; ;He
are to be along three general lines
l.; Literary.
2.' Exhibits,
-,!. Athletics.
Beginning the exercises is XarsEall
handwork, r
: In the spelling contest four enter
ed two from each school. It result
ed is the Seminary winning first place
and Marshall second place, tfems gir-
YICK RECTOR and ROT RETIS I was "Carolina," sung by a chorus of mg each school a representative in the
a. . , a.1 1 ' nrfLak HLtv 1 ' ft. . a a. - . ie a. . ! , . a. - m..
many ooys ana firii, n in mmortruraiiiT vonmBcaiiiBaw
f waanonso-The iurr found him not
raHty. i; -' -' I pleads guilty and judgment ta eontin- Catertig tte contest f reproduo-W eosetiUoA accept
liJZAKLa RURXELL kreeny. : Eeed for twe years npoei the paymeat img artery tead 4hem m time, im-race, a which .Ornce 1
Th silent
which showed they were having splen-readibg contest resulted hi John Gage
flia framing mt ute maws r; caetriwmnmg xer juranau.. t
teacher, Mrs.' W. C Morrow. 1 la athletics, Marshall weav haviag
la 4liat0naad
wells in the county found to be con
taminated. Chairman E. M. Lyda, in
pointing out that citizens of the coun
ty would - not be deprived of their
water sources by the condemnation
of springs, and wells, read a letter
from Mayor John H. Cathey, in which
the cityA official declared that water
mains of the City-of Asheville may be
"tapped" in county communities when
proper legal steps are taken.
Mayer Catheys letter follows:
"Mr. E. M. tyda, chairman,. .
Board of County Commissioners,
rDear Mr. tydai- ;
"I notice ' from the papers that
jtaeta Ja ni '
ing thing was to watch Mr. Troy Red-
raon chasing a rooster which had es
caped from his delivery truck. Mr.
Redmon is no light weight and after
chasing the chicken up the aide of
the mountain for awhile he was quite
willing to offer some boys a reward to
catch the rooster.
INDIANS ARE MARRIED
Butte, Mont. Charlie it-on-Hi
Arrow and Mary Hails tonas-in-Her- ?
Stomach came in from the reservation ,1
recently and secured a license to be
married. , -;' , , '
"ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL"
Husband "What is that you' ar
reading, my dear?" '.'.t'"' 7::7-- '
Wife "A lettOr from mether." -,
Husband "Anything important nv
Wife"I dent knew; I havsat get.
U tka poataeript yaC" Teatea Nafv
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