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yoL. xxr v v X ; Marshall; N.c;FmDAY, march s; 1926 ' ' ' V1200
MARSHALL W05L4N
FOUND FROZEN TO
DEATH ON ROAD
y v," , z . . v .
BODY FOUND BY MR. Wm. V.
1 FARMER AS HE WAS GO-
, INC OUT WITH MAIL " ''
Family Saarcbed NigKl Bafer for
' Mr. SUatan In Habit of"
RuBnlng Awa t
Mrs. Polly M: Stanton,' toother pf
Mr. Henry ("Cub") Shelton p Mar
ahall, was found dead the,; road
Tatday morning about eight or nine
o'ock, after she had been missing
; from her ', home with her daughter
;? since the ; evening before. . The old
; lady, about 72 years of age, was in
the habit 'of, leaving her daughter's
home without telling; th family her
intentions. , Time and again they
liava searched and found her. The
? neighbors. have from tints to time," we
. understand, directed her back' home
v when (She was, running away, ' her
mind not beings very clear. Last
? Monday evening she had gone away
.again, and the family searched in vajji
until after 12 o'clock at night and
untfl after 12 o'c Jock at mgnt Mm upon payment o cost
gave up hope of findmg her rhelw.pT,,rN rheLTON who had beei
next morning, as Mr. Wm. V. Farmer
was going out with the mail he. saw
the body of the dead woman on a
road not much, used the Pritchard
iroad leafllng from Mr,; W. B. Ram-
r sey'S to ti.e I
was quite evident that the woman
uv't tn tT a va nut creek roaa. . n
had frozen to death. She ha taKem
off one of her shoes and stockings,
oes ana owtiwrns....
Funeral) sei vices were conducted
. Worinsarinv ftfternoon bv Rev. H. It.
oon bv Rev. H. L.
Smith. astor"of . the Marshall Bap-
v tist church and interment followed iri
the .Gentrir' cemetery n, Laurel.-
' ' The deceased is survived by some
- Bisters and half sisters and the fol
lowing ; " children: - Sam Stanton :i of
Kentucky, James Stanton of Tennes-
n ujr -"rr. l;'" riv
Le. WiUUm,l Stanton ol .Kentucky
U- m.. 'Piw ftntv nf near Marshall.
v" ar " , - '
I T: . Air... Tt--. CaUah "nf Movahall
ROY PLEMMONS
ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT
Mr. Roy Plemmons of Pot Springs
was accidentally shot at a boarding
house at Weaverville Wednesday'and
liia condition is considered serious if
Tint boneless. He was rushed to a
hospital in Asheville,' where an op-
eration showed tnai one iung uuu
been penetrated and the flow 1 of
blood' was so profuse that the. opera
tion . could not f be successful.' This
Is the report reaching this office last
Thursday evening.
' It seems that a pistol in the hands
a unm women. at a boarding house
in 'Weaverville was being ' ' cleaned,
f nd of cour:e was thought jo oe un-
loaded when it unexpectedly went off
hooting Mr. ; Plemmons through' the
arm' 4 and penetrating : his stomach
nil Iiinir. Mr.' Plemmons was en-
"gineer for the State Highway Com
mission and is related to x-osimam-er
Billiard Rector of Marshall. ( ' . .
SUPERIOR COURT
PROCEEDINGS,
WALLACE RAY? FOUND ; GUILTY
" OF SECOND DEGREE MUR
- DER AND GIVEN 25-30 ,
I YEARS HARD LABOR
Other Case Dipod of; and Sea-,
':. - teaae ProaonacaJ - ,
HONLEY LISENSEE
Prayer for judgment continued
pon payment of the costs, 'on con
dition that the defendant pay into
go-art to the use of the estates of F.
6helton and J. N.' White, the sum,of
$750.00, three hundred and seventy
five dollars to be paid into court in
cash at this time, and the remaining
$376.00 to be paid into court withm
six mon
it is r
that f e
'ive be 1
is si rf
t U.is co
A' vtt le 1
'her ordered by the courtsenson the Wardens are very active.
' ' n.! -t be rt - 1 to C.
;i the s ioi!' KMi -i
e st ( 'i I.. It
rt f; r i yf-nrs to t -
,1 . ' it
to the
the public
t. ' .fata
FRANK BANKS prayer Jor Judg
ment continued for a term ot two
years on payment of cost The de
fendant ls; required to give bond In
the sum of $400 for his appearance
at each August and February term
of court showing good behavior. '
CLYDE McALISTER prayer vfor
judgment continued for two years on
payment of cost and showing good
behavior, ," " ' t" , .-.
OLLIS .EDMONDS prayer for Judg
ment continued, until, April term of
court upon payment of cost
PAUL GUTHKlJSrayer i ior juog
ment continued until April , term of
court upon payment of cost.' .
H.,' M. JOHNSON 16 montns on tne
roads of Henderson County. ; . All
convicts were sent '. to S Henderson
County; 'instead of Buncombe as
stated last week, due to a better ar
arrangement having been made with
Henderson County.'sy;;;i?''i'S ' SJ--:
WALLACE ' RAY-r-imprisonment at
Ihard labor for a term of not less
than 25 years and not more than 30
years. :'!''::
TROY. ANGELL and
WALTER BANKS prayer for judg
ment continued for two years during
HARLEN SHELTON who had been
sent to 'the State prison some years
nsra for manslauehter. was by order
i of the court, restored to citizenship
upon his showing, that he; had been
of good behavior and a law abiding
citizen since J899, at whichtime he
hv the Governor.
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HT A II
M, V M
HUMBUGS
INFLUENZA
, j . t.
Said that U6
Some time - aeo we
fw'W cueu
L ptMorf.- Foli0Wintf 'tMs ft U logical
'common 'cold'' was caused by an in-
" ;. t.'h.
ItO OIBCUSS' lnilUCUia WHI11U Ul HM
" . . . - .. . . i.. . .
many
wava is hard to differentiate in its
mild form from a severe cold.
v.The bacterium which causes Influ
enza (the French word is LaGrippe)
was first isolated in 1892. It, is a
'very small, rod "shaped bug and can
only be seen by a powerful micros
cope after being properly -stained,
The onset of Influenza is marked
by chilliness, flushes of heat and cold,
inppzinff'. nasal discharge. intense
i headache, in the forehead and back of
the head, often severe muscular pains,
Mld nersniration.' cousrh -with expec-
toration of a whittish tenacious mu
cous, chest pains and a temperature
from 101 to 10S. Sometimes " the
symptoms are mostly those of a severe
vomiting and perhaps diarrhea. :
The fever remains usually for three
lor four days then gradually but rath
er rapidly subsides.- In many cases
Mia rhufrh continues for an indenniie
time ' and catarrhal pneumonia W a
common sequel. Influenza ; is dan
gerous because of the serious compli
cations which' are so likely to occur., ?
ThA'nredisnosinc factors are any
thing that produces debility, such as
unusual fatigue or exposure, sudden
chilling of some part of the" tody, wet
fppt, a nrevious Illness and old age. :
- There, is no-place wnere tne oiu
ladatre "Haste makes waste" is more
. . . . I
true than in the beginning of Influen
. . Nothine- is better treatment and
nothing will save raore time than to
immedialelV tto to. bed in" a cool wen
vpntilated room with sufficient - but
not too much cover. There are many
different things that should determine
the medicine you most need. ; Go to
nd tall vour 1 doctor. ;; Two : or
three days entirely lost from work is
much better than two or three weeks
half lost and the danger of serious
illness and even death. - Influensa is
serious and often treacherous. Don't
play with dynamite.
TARDENS ACTIVE IN FIRE
PREPAIIA T IOa , ; -
New Appointments Mada In Prepa-
ratioa Jot Spring t ire 3oa
. ia tha ForeU; Cooparatioa ;
. -Sal I VI t a d '::-:'V
ouwawu vi uwiuuu. , . "i" I 'in.'I'V VI UUKI VIM VIIHWI I III .1 II V I
In preparation for the erring fire's. Weaver, agricultural engineer" at
ctive.
C -a. County Forest v, srden, that where the disc plow is to oe us
1 t' e srpointmec's cf J.lci, the disk beari, :! need to be clean-
i i No. 13 Ti
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- y ; LINES FOR THE OLD YEAR , ' X W"1 kJViiS,V1ASJli,u WT'
(By EDGAR
! What was it that you brought to earth ; .
; . Who seemed so lovely at yourJbirth? A
High hopes of fortune and delight,
; Tinged, with the knowledge tha;t you might
' Have hurt and sorrow in your ttam .v
. . And now for, you, death's final pain.
Old year, you course was that of ours,: . f
; May saw you dancing 'mid the flowers,-.
. As once we danced our, youth away,
. What hiatter that we longer stay? : V
:, . Not all the hopes which marke our birth
Have had fruition on the earth.
v-""':YV' T'f'&W!;"
? '.Some days were bleak and cola and gray,
. gome deeds of ours have brought dismay,
1 Joy was not always ours to know. '
Some of our hopes have fallen low
k'i! And now you join death's caraVan, :
i SKnriTio' the destinv. of mahi.?! 4-;
Man at tne closing ox xua si ,
Has known both happy smilesarid tears.
Failure and conquest, gooa ana,oaa, '
Not always brave, not always glad,
And yet he passes with the prayer. ;
Something of .merit marks hini iJiere. -
'";; . ' :V',-... 1 ' ?J ' ' 7 ;,'t'yv '
Old year, some see you at your worst,
You broke the dream they held ;t first,
2 Some call you friendly, some may sneer
2 And say .you brought but misery here,
S Yet noncwho ever comes to earth , V' 'f .,
S ' Achieves the dreams which mark his birth. ;
. .... 1 ' . ,:- n , ;-. ,.
. .v ft ,A M.'lea' Pi-- o
the upper end of 8 ruheae bddiwa as ewly as possible,"
rtViflrcrrt in
IMr. Arthur Phoenix has been appoint
ed -Warden in No. 8 Township, Ward
2, In lower.' end. ' Mri 'E. LrTweed,
White "Rock, has been appointed
Warden in the upper end of jno. &
Township.
Mr, Gage says that the spring is
the worst fire season of the year and
4 ,i. ... . . . .gmnnni.
tnaif- LUO UVly VJL "T 7
hn-tsra1 and farminip people are asK
'hw?rt, Lf nnrl
we rv arucu ul v .
that their help will save many thous
ands of dollars damage to the young
and growing timber in this County.
' Attention is called to the fact tnat
pverv little smoke in the woods may
be the beginning of a big fire and it
should be reported immediately to
the warden or deputy warden of-the
district. The co-operation of every
frond citizen in the prevention of
Forest Fire is asked by aU tne waro
n F.verv time vou see a smoke
in the wdods PLEASE report it to
some Warden or a Deputy Warden.
MIL-J. CAHUTCHINS
sOF MARS filLTLv DfcAU
Father of Dr. J. H. Hutchina pf
, Marshall - Was Buried ,
' -J Thursday Afternoon .
, Mr.-J. C Hutchins of, Mars Hill
died at his home Wednesday morn
ing after an illness of two weeks with
pneumonia:- ,Mr. Hutchins was 94
vears old and is survived by his wife
and seven children as follows: "
Dr. Will Hutchins, of Jtingspon,
Tetin ; Dr. Jim Hutchins of Mar
Lviii. Tur' tijott nt V.at. Durham:
BUUll, iUiO-.wvuuv... w- -. .
Mrs. C. F. Harrell, of Forest Ulty ;
. t.. itmIii. r.nir JHut -
iuD . .V
chins and Uiyan nutenms, x
. . .- . ' . .
HilL
Tlia funeral was from the Mars Hill1
Baptist church Thursday afternoon at
two o'clock conducted by his pastor,
Rev. ' J. R. Owen, assisted by, Key. J.
H. Stansbury. t f I.'-,',-
Geonre Washinsrton also did not
have-the usual number of excuses and
lalibis to offer if history - ia correct
When given a job, he, did it, and,
of all his many big Jobs,;,. fie loved
farming best. , . -. ' . '
TIME TO PKErAKK '? 1 ' 1
FOR SPRING WOKK'
Heavy spring work will soon begin
ion the farms of North Carolina,. there
fore any preparations made now will
lighten the ' burden later on. It's a
very good idea to see that the plows
are in shape, that the points are sharp
n: ,1 nil holts are tightened, states D.
jSttte
str.ta College. Mr. weaver states
., i cct, V e xrtt v
el out and new
'cji r-f--. put i
! i.t.ir-
e some
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A, GUEST)
S
us
tm I
n in
Whese buddings, as early as possible,
oaira Mi Weaver "This is a better .
pian ftnan,fw?! ware untu:.we i? aujr
to begin construction, tsy navmg a
set of plans; costlyv mistakes can be
..aI4a1 an.) vntniif a'nliancrpa made
unnecessary; ySomettees better pric-U
es for nmterials can be secured by dren of the COunty, irrespective
hniHn okmi'lirLin Advance and not onljr. inxntinn v Tlio motlor
the ir t;,,B?:,S'v:,
Anotw?r unponani; mewsr w
clean up about the farm home. Mr.
Weaver states that at the end of win-
ter there is an accumulation of trash
in and about the average farm yard.
At odd times, this may be cleared a-
way and plans made for beautifying
the yard. This results in making the
farm home a more pleasant place in
which to live and gives the owner a
pride in owning a neat appearing
place.
A FINE TRIP
w- i ; -mm '' '".w e ii
U K M A K L 11
In this issue read the advertisement
of "The Land of the. Sky Special.'
The Asheville Chamber of Commerce
is putting on some tone sight seeing
tours. rou wm miss a great. W
j. n. niLLuur mniw ""'
-'- lam I' -1
.. . . a. f
ll u l uicu uaiiui uj iuv UM15 v
clock at Mars Hill after an extended
illness. He is survived by his wire,
... J,.,
who was miss- ;r.iien , w mis , one own,
' Georee Willis, of Asheville; and two
L h.j t th.i
""'- , JT "7 "V"
IrrHrM HHITLIUII KIIU :iUiB. XiMJU UV.T
don, of Asheville. , 1 t
,h Funeral service was MA PafAxea of the county will be with -
aiiernuun v
Baptist church, near Mars HilL.; In-l
terment was la the church cemetery.
K' v V SPRING ' i't1 :
(By LOUISE COATS, 6th grade pu
n i .. pil, 11 years old) ; ,
Springtime Is coming ; ; . . j
' " u,M5r w"4 f' . -i
Winter will aro. ? t
i, ees wiu oe aummum v , - Vi
And tne Bowers ww.grow..
'. Winter is going.
- i jJThe bluebirds are here, -;The
Jonquils are blooming ,
. And springtime la near. --
; ' , .., - $ - '
The snow is still flying;
The I.!arch winds will blow,
But we know fiiat when April comesjcates will be awarded on that
- ... . . . ! 11. .
It HI banish the snow. .
- V -.-
So let's la thankful
' - Tot ? Father above,
For the ! ' ' s Ue r vrs us
T' ; i M
K ' r vr-
Tin Ttnard of Education has
set March 22nd as the date for
opening ; of bids lor tne new
Viio-h Hchool At Marshall. Plans
have' been prepared V by : I Mr.
Frank B.. Simpson, architect of
Rnlftich. The blans call for a
seventeen room building, with
offices, two large ' HDrary ana
reading;, rooms, a large oase
reading-rooms, riHrn lntha . world thrown
mentto peuseaasapiayruwii,
Jd n odem in all details. The
t;a.:ii.'fr.ti- finishiniritwo or three montns aunng uw
of the building by September
VUtW V wa"fcJ. " I
1st. ' yi:'-r, y . . -RrhooT
elections will be held
in the Walnut, Madison Semi
norv. on A Number Four Town
ships', during the early spring.
Sentiment seems to oe largely
in favor; of extending the Wal
nut school district. There are
a great number of children who
must necessarily attend these
sfhonla . vet. thev do not live
within:the special taxing dis
tricts. Therefore at tne end
of the six. months' term of
school proyided by the county,
the children must pay tuition
and transportation charges, or
stop school If they stop scl
it. '.'is, nVnrirtissi'bTe lor -them
school
to
. i- -i f . ...
finish the work of the grade m
which they have been enrolled.
some percnance are unaDie ioi soumem urpiw8i0.
pay these (transportation! andf,the need of women who woul4
L; t liirB rnnqMiiATitlv!tidt the nlace of mothers in thete
Some perchance are unaoie to
tuition charges, consequently
i.u ...4. m.ff. lnnci
. j8 one of tne iunQameniai,triDuiei, jo hib , iuuas:
principles of our school board
tnflt alJ'tho wealth of the coun-
j i i. . n i- i-n uA
nr 4.ie benefit of all the chil-
.'tuttionadi.other charges, is
a 'miiaaiice:' anri oueht hot to be
tolerated longer, than elections
.. k0. IipW to enlarire - aild
mae unif0rm all - OUT high
aCnool distrcits.
fhe people of Number Four
township are very ahxious to
naye an election called to vote
fnnHa, iiffirient to "build a
modern school in that township.
, Number Four township is One Of
the best in the county:
the hest. svatem of roads. ' jer-
haps, of any in the county. The
people are progressive, oeing
nrnnnot nnr heat, farmers and
business men.; Therefore, there
ia no reason wujr who tuwimi-F
nlinnlJ 1,AMf.Al 11 Tl TtTlfVl til 0
th t it. ow has.
There flre 550 children in this
townghiDe Thja is a sufficient
number t0 run a iarge ' high
d,v,aJ trtnH he rnilv a.
cmirsp ftf two ro three vears
of as eood a school as any sec-
the cnuntv. The DeODle
I XT-- .U -.w wi -mr K. rtAiinf
CU UUUU W UU, H1X. JjJA M...
the time r.nmes for action
' A n j anon aa road : conditions
will warnant, high school facili
ties, will 'be wlorkted.out ior
0
L7
cOUnty and White KOCK
With
. 1 . . 1 AT
ioro- maioritv of the chil -
in easy reach. Of Standard hlgn
j.tij. -frKi-i.tirill mv
.v countv seven standard high
schools, eacn serving a large
nf trritnrv. with a sulli
ctfiit number; of-chtldren o
gSve at (".east three full time
hich nehool teachers, and one
teacher for each of the elemen
tary grades.'' ? " ;, ;
: . TVo rrtiintv : rnmmnR(nient
will be held at Marshall on the
SRt.H nf March: At this 'time
all the winners of the group
commencements will meet here
for the final contests. More
than a 'dozen schools will com
pete in these finals for the hon
or of being called : the ; befet
spVirvnl in t.h f.OUtltv. Certifi-
date, 8130 to an pupiis m vne
pnnrfv ui-Vin haw romnleted the
iwork cf the seventh grade. It
is hope J t'.,at,we will have a
large crow ! to see these schools
: The six months term of . all
ftnnntv schools has closed, pos- .
aihlv with two exceDtions. One
of the most tragic scenes being,,
enacted in the history is that of
th rioor of the schools .
Ainan ath pnri of ft six months
V (WUV -'
I term in A thousand of the finest
-.v," aa nT a;x
'schools open again. , There we
season of -the. year that 'chil
dren cannot he of any economic
use 4 in the , home. There is
nothing that can be done on tne
farm. When will our people
wake up to the' great loss that
is being "sustained by this six
months' school' term? When ;
will thev e that a six months .
terni is not sufficient to prepare
our childrpn for uie i
FROM MARS HILL
Mr J v Honkirk of New York,
City, spoke at the morning service
flast -Sunday., Mr.) Hopkirk is Secre
itary of the Association of Institutions
caring for Dependent and Kfeglected
Children and is on tour of inspection
of southern orphanages. , He .spoke
take the place of mothers m these
Vmlian' VinmRfi. and DaiQ . aeservea
iriUUMSl, tiV tun - (
'Thoma&vflle .Baptist Orphanage ( and ' ;
to Dr. MTX. Keslerpenetal, Manager. ; 4
I Mr Hnnkirk also stioke of the danger , '
and cruelty of trying to control chil- ' v
dren by fear of the iarft,- fcobgobinw, , t" .
policemen, etc. Love and confidence, " "
and vrufcu biiv T-r
At. the Sunday evening service Mr.
J n. Rannders of the Hakka .Missio
Field in South China spoke on the, v
work througnout ; n.
effectively many lantern slides to il-.
lusteate the work being dona , in .
schools and hospitals, and the trans- -formation
in the homes and lives of
tfinaa itrha have accented Christianity.
Tha nir-tnrp of on Chinese who had . .
It hastgiven more than J200.000 to BaptUt
Missions in South Uhina was anawn.
ThA Chinese msike generous, self-
sacrificing, and capable Christian
leaders when they accept Christianity.
On invitation of the College to have
titrl-. in a basketball tournament
Itwenty-six high schools from a doz
en counties sent their teams, I h
n held February 24 to 27,' and all
teams were entertained by the college.
During the first day ten teams were, -eliminated,
some of them by the clos-
est possible margins, as follows;
Brevard High School, Sprtoce iine, .
Miars tlill .High School, MaS-shall,
Walnut. Biltmore. Clyde. Alexander k
Schools, Edneyville and BarnardsvOle,' ...
On Thursday and Friday the follow
mr fell short when the score was ;
Runted: Spruce Pine, Stblnley-Mcr ,
Cormick, Brevard Institute, Fruitland
T.;f,,4.A Farf Flat R.rtrlc. Svlva Col.
llegiate Institute, Swannanoa Waynes
L -it- n.li l..AT. ..4 OTJ Pa4 ' .?
r Four schools remained for the semi-
'finals: . Forest City agatost Marion,
and Sylva agamst , ureen vreen.. -
at; tofaatod FnfAt flitv 16-12:
'and Sylva turned back Greea Creek,
so-zu,
In the final came on Saturday Syl
va won over Marion,'-16-10, and car-v
ried home the , trophy which, was a
silver basketball mounted on a black ,
base, the gift of the Spaulding Com-,
pany. ' Marion received a new basket
balL ' , . '
The interest in the 1927 tourns.'
ment assures a great gathering next
year of football enthusiasts. ' ,' , .
For Tax Collector
TO -THE' 'VOTERS OF
- MADISON COUNTY -
.. .j. . ... .
I hereby announce myself
a candidate for the c.Ice
of Tax Collector, p-.'ijct
to the -action cf t! a i..e
pu'. !':an Trimary cf Jur.3
.5, 1C23.
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