North Carolina Newspapers

The rron-rssivE farmer,..., , ...P-.'" 1 , ;. -ww v Jr j p-N px .--- W e , f ' V T J . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " I '" i I I - 11 ' 1 1 '' - I ' i i I i ".'!.'. T. , , i Ii. i . . ' . !l I ' . I I I i L-rgg3a V ; mmmm i u i i i i r . i ' ; . ; r VOL. XXI BAPTIST MOUNTAIN JASSEiW TO ? BE AT RIDGECREST f STEAD OF ; MARS HILL COLLEGE JULY 23-30 DROUGHT CAUSES WATER ' SHORTAGE AT MARS HILL While the rainfall has been much more abundant this year than last and crops are looking so much better than they were last year, nevertheless the present drought is becoming is ome places almost alarming. . The aina have not been equally distribut ed. Some sections have had much more rain than other sections even in, the same county. Mars Hill and Marshall seem to have had less rain, for instance, than Hot Springs and the Spring Creek section. Up on Ivy they had a cloud burst Sun'day be- fore last that did considerable dam by washing away the crops. On account of the water shortage at Mars Hill, it has become necessary to change the place of the Baptist Mountain Assembly to Ridgecrest. This is quite a disappointment to tha people of Mars Hill and other parts of Madison County, as such a gath ering of distinguished people is de airable and great plans had been n progress for this assembly. Some of the biggest men in the detfoiniiia tion are on tha program. No doubt the program will be carried out nil right at Ridgecrest, but it is a dist ill not to have THE TONSIL AND ADENOID CLINIC TOJjPEN Thp Tonsil, and ' Adenoid Clinic will open Tuesday morning at 7:30 and continue through Friday, July 28rd. The school buildbur is being con verted into a temporary hospital, where the children will be kept o- vernight following the operation. ' . Cost of operation is $12.50 or free for needy children. ; ' ' Make application to State Nurse or County Superintendent KEEP ISLAND . AT MARSHALL AS CITY, PARK .. Blannahassett Island, in the middlo of th French .Broad River and in ., the heart of the town of Marshall, is . to be perpetuated as a beauty spot ,by the town, it was learned today ' from John A-k,Hendricks,' prominent " .attorney of Madison County., t; , . This island was part- of ah: origl lal donation of, land", Bade ky'the Hon. : Zebukm B. : Vance to Marshall in 1862 for the erectioa. of a court " house and a town hall. ' The island was later sold by the town - to the ' county ;i?ii'.;V'-.w-fcs--..-. Recently, when it was decided to V build a new modern high school t a . cost of $80,000, the town repurchase v ed the island and dedicated it to the use of the school, as far as it is need- - ed; the remainder to be developed into a city park. '.The island eon- i- tains 18 acres, four of which will be needed by the schooL ' This will be the only building on it ReUihmg - walls have already been built at -the " apper end of the island to resist the water, - and a ; spelndid ) concrete , bridge has : been built, ' connecting ' the island with the Asheville-Mar-ahall highway Noi-20. i.y. ' "Engineers who located .the school building, pronounced this . the moat i,.- beautiful school site in North Care v -Una,' Mr. Hendricks said, i . " ' '-' : . In addition to the school building project Marshall is engaged in a street building and paving program, and a number of new brick build ' togs are bein.T -etd. It is id. -. , , AE-.SVILLE TIMES V : v ' , i - Offieert (o ' V transport) MSfck, (o n ,; transport "icx, : atoieT" ' ' ' Mose "Wot sick; yet jes- aieepy.iBvmv uuiui.imww. x, . .!. ' l- "-.. - : , ' peneral-T"petir?-s. Dr. A. J. Olover, "Officer "Why1- SonVy 6" U lie ' , , Hose "Suh, eah-'lfly down -sh rftv ", and ah'm skeered to yawn Jsss' .Jat - IN6 PROGRESS? As the thousands of eyes in Madi son County fall upon the above," there win De a division 01 views, Some will answer in the affirmative while others will answer in the nega tive. This brings to mind Mr. John Ramsey's article of last year.' In some things the world is making Srogress. I am like Brother Ramsey. Orally speaking, I am sorry I must confess that the world is growing worse. However, this does not, hold true in science. 'a!'1 4 Laws that seemed radical Ofrears ago have become law now. Certain' laws that are now advocated by. our congressmen will be written into law in the coming years. A lot of ideas that in the past seemed perfectly good are knocked Into the discard., xney iau jo meet I eible to do a decade ago is not the thing any more. They have "become obsolete. Here for instance is the idea of busting trusts , and big combines in the past. 'They, were considered a menace to trade and competition, and therefore not in the interest of the public welfare, and must be dis solved or diluted. Competition was the life of trade it was said big com binations of business interests would smother and kill competition and therefore they must be done up. But in spite of this industry head,' a tendency to do things on a big scale co-ordination and mass-production went right on and the possibili ty of turning out finished products, within the reach of the people was assured, by $hi method. . , Automo biles, . -pianos, radios, V phonographs and - ! hundred other ' things were produced cheaper by the new method of concentration than by the smaller factories and shops. Consequently it did. not become as popular berating oisf industries as it had in the past in the railroad industry. The same pro eess-of enlargement and coordination of effort is visible. Small roads were not able sa a general thing to operate as economically and successfully as larger systems and here also an ab sorption or joining of interest have service, faster travel, and a higher standard of emciency has taken place. That this has come about is only a natural result of evolution and progress. We either generate or de generate. What seemed farfetched and impossible a few years ago is on ly .natural and commonplace today. Notwithstanding all these facts, I am an ardent supporter of government ownership of public utilities It has proven, successful in Canada England and .Australia. : Nobody toA day wants to see a large railroad eyv tern dismembered - and cut up into small fractions' with duplications of all that goes to make.a railroad op erative. So from the theory of trust busting. We have 'progressed" where reasonable control of large in dustries has been vested in the gov ernment through the people to some extent" "1'i7'v' With strength and arrogance ,end oppression, these tendencies it isV the business of the government to regu late and curb, s ' ''H-v, - That the itrend of legislation will be in this direction of division 'and curbing of experssion seems certain; Large industries depend upon, the good will of the people for their suc cesf ul operation; theref ore the peo ple should have a governing v and guiding hand in the " direction , of such industries.- If the corporations recognize this in the right spirit and enter into the new era of cooperation and mutual self-preservation, we may look forward to a sustained and heal thy period of progress-naa advance ment unparalleled, far the- .history of the machine age in which we r live. That the human side of this question is the BIGGEST FACTOR must be realized by ' alL Strife and warfare in industry is costly ana xooiisn. em ployes who are satisfied are the BIG GEST ASSET to. any factory. With out this, business is badly, retarded or at a standstill. In closing I Will repeat the question, JU-.'ht: World MaJung irogre8s7" ' J. WELDON il AKKliS. ' t FARMERS CONVENTION MEETS - , LAST WEEK IN JULY . , .Definite .announcement- has been made by J. M. Gray, Secretary of the State farmers'; Convention. ' that this large gathering of farmers and farm women will be held at State iwuege this-year during the three days of July 27, 28 and 29.' Meeting with the farmers will be the Federation of Some Demonstration Club Women.- - ' ,' .i- i i ... '; i ' . -Mr. Gray has already made prelim inary plans foe the program. lie is in correspondence with several lead- erricultura woweraoi e unit- ed States and wiu prooaDiy secure editor cf i.oard s Dairyman, the lead-' f ; per puousnea in tne u- capps, was a iew monms wgo uiowa , will be one of the ipek- ,to pieces ia a dyaamite explosion on trover comes at the inviia-'tiie Laurel rivsr, here he was em ha A. Arey and will spen d p'.cyed ou Oi road. : -vs. i nited i ; eis. - I . ition of J TIU ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY S f 4 MARSHALii JCCi FRIDAY ULYi6i926j 'several days in' the' State. ''" 'iViH.'h' One of the features of the meet- inir will be a hoe callinsr contest, Prizes of $25 as first prize. CIS as second prize and $10 as third prize wm be ottered tor emciency in call ing hogs. The contest , is sponsored by Furman Smith, of the American Limestone Company who. will donate the money. Thin will be a. uniquo feature of the' convention and . the contestants will be graded by a com mittee oi judges who wm consider volume, variety, enticement, musictl quality and facial expression. It is expected, that, the exhibits at the convention this year will be more complete than. -usual. The work of the experiment station will be shown in demonstrations and especial at tention will be given to an exhibit of modern farm machinery. Mr. Cray has received a hearty response from the manufacturers of farm, machin ery and some of the best and most Lmodern farm implements, will be dta- ffiaj'vu u Hi vsw , uwj u aw salesmen will be allowed to solicit orders and farmers will be allowed to examine the machines at leisure. COW RECORDS PAY Records kept by cow-testing asso ciations in North Carolina pay large dividends when the results are stud ied and applied to the owner's herd, states J. A. Arey, dairy extension specialist at State College. Mr. Arey gives the experience of two herds in one of these associa tions. One herd contained 21 cows while the other had only 9, yet the difference in profit over feed coat was only $5.01 in favor of the larger herd. The owner milked, fed, and tended 12 cows the greater part of a year for $5.01. The net receipts were S667.59 for the larger herd as compared with S662.68 for the small herd. : The owner of the smaller herd had better cows and fed them in proportion to their production. ' There is a gradual improvement in all herds where the testing work is being carried on, states sir. Arey. The production cost shows a' de crease with a corresponding increase in actual production. This, he finds, is due to the adoption of better feed- tog metnoas ana tne elimination oi ' "There has been an average or zu cows sold each month from the herds in the five cow testing associations in th he State." says Mr. Arey, ''and this elimination will continue until ait un profitable cows have been:, sold or Li ii. .. h .v . f i ""i. - -."'.lyirv. uurnam absocibliuu w iuuuu wuu, and other associations report num-("e be"siF.,fm, AS UOIUK BU1U Ul BinugimiQui t "A standard dairy ration recom mended by the dairy extension spe cialists is being used in all herds and records show that the average pro duction and cost is very close in all associations." POULTRY FACTS FOR , MID-SUMMER DAYS Young chicks are rapidly develop ing into mature pullets and cockerels during mid-summer and these birds should be watched carefully so that the best individuals may be selected for breeding, i . , . , "There : is much difference in the rapidity of development of young birds," eays Dr. B F. Kanupp, head of the poultry department at State rolWfl. "Some of the chickens de- v lop rapidly, some moderately and o.hers slowly.. Those that deyelpo rr.pidly should be selected for breed ir.g purposes. The pullet that grows fr.st with well developed head and nack, a blocky body, and strong legs, is tne one tnat wiu oeg-m w wy aid will lay late into the fall of nex year. She will be the high producer. , Dr. Kaupp states that he recently ytsited a farm in North Carolina tiere the owners were interested in enveloping a good flock of white ieg lorns... All the , fine, strong, .active birds were being put eh the table be cruise they were4xoublesome and the. If 3S active were saved . tor, breeding. Ihis will result in a weak flock. .yv . Another observation was that out ct, 15 farmers keeping poultry, thir teen did not have comfortable poul try houses nor did they feed a laying . "If the farm flocks of North Car olina are ever to be put on a paying basis, the 'proper bkds must be se i.f.) mnA fh tmot. unprofitable ones sjld for table nse," aays Dr. Kraupp. HARRY CAPPS DROWNS WHEN , ;:)J CAR TURNS OVER IN CREEK BROTHER RECENTLY j BLOWN TO PIECES f Wednesday of this . week.'. Harry rnn. vouna son of Mr. . and Mrs. Jack Capps, of Belva, met a horrible death. The car on which no was ria ing ran off the bank and turned over into the ' creek, pinning it's victim beneath is such a wsy that he was drowned- before aistance - could reach him. His brother, Clarence "The birde - must have a . modern house and be kept free from parasites such, as scaly legs, lice, mites and in testinal worms.- They must also have something to eat besides just corn. Amixed grain ration and mash feed is needed." - 'That these suggestions may be ob tained by poultry growers in a con densed and accurate form, the poul try department has prepared a series ot-j?uiletins on the subject These publications may be had free of charge by writing to the college for tnem.' . Charlie and his three sisters had been to visit a relative in the country Tho- the invitation had been for a week, their stav was gradually length. ened to a month. But eventually they -departed. . "Well" asked the father on theii return, "was your uncle glad to see youT . Charlie's face lit with delight. "GladP" he echoed. "Uncle glad! Why dad,! he wanted to Know why we uio not bring you, mother, the maid,-the cat, the canary, ana tne goiansn. 50 BILLION WORDS DAILY About 50 billion words of conver sations-more thin half of which 13 of feminine origin, pass over the tel ephone lines of the United States ev ery day PLAY. PRESENTED BlHOT SPRINGS iiUwk 1br. H The Parent Teachera Association of the Mars Hill schools presented the Dramatic ConHdyv 'i'Ann'a Little Affair" at the college -auditorium on Friday even ing. vThe large and appreciative au dience testified to the ability and skill of the players, u . The play will be re peated on .next . Saturday evening, July 1 71 in- the ' high , school audi torium Jn Hot Springs. . The follow ing is the Paste as tney will appear ai I rftSi'i- -'tL Edward. Harrel Bonner, his son Preetorr Gibbs Peter. J,.Reynolds, alias Barney Bar num a :..;.-Uji- ' ' . Juoson uawaras Mr. Wimrins ; Richard Anderson Mrs, Bonner . Ruth Rogers Geraldine Bonner, the daughter-. j!-,'-; .rijil "Mtrtyu. , t. ,Ruhy .Edwards Mrs. CranreU , Mary Bradley . . -- i . j . . it third, the same, the following will be under the auspices of the Parent-Teachers ' and an admission or ten ana twenty, five cents will be charged. MILT. PRESNELL CAPTURED HAD PRACTICALLY GIVEN UP AFTER TRAVELLING FOR MONTHS Milt.- Presnell, of the Bull Creek section, who has been a fugitive from justice since May 2, 1926, when ! shot and almost instantly killed Fred Anders, was captured Monday by the Sheriff's -department and lodged in jail here, , He was of a very neglec ed appearance and says that he had travelled to California, had spent all he had, and was unable to get em ployment; hence had wandered back. The ; Sheriff's department,'-was put Wise as to' his whereabouts by an un known party1 'and went and arrested him and pW him in jaU.' He will no .doubiffacea; trial for "first degree murder. The story of this murder was given, in this paper, in our. issue of Mayl92. ; , i;, VI FOUR PRESENT WHOSE AGE TOTALS UO YEARS t Johnstownr Ohio. At jthe annual meeting ' and inspection t of Center Lodge No. 328 there were four Ma sons present Whose -combined age is 340 years and membership 238 years. They were J. M. Wright, oldest mem ber of Center -Lodge, who has been a ' Mason sixty-two) "years; M. R. Ratt, a member at Utica, eighty-six years void and 'ra Mason, fifty-eitrht years; Theodore Baker of Granville, eighty-two - years old and a. Majon sixty years Henry Hubbard, eighty two year old and a Mason fifty-eighti s.?tlt.is rather unusual to have,' r men in one mtherinir whose a- vears. four men in one gathering whose, BODY! OF. ROY THOMAS FOUND MANGLED ON SOUTHERN RAIL ROAD TRACK "'ip .H: father was killed y train near same place 11 years vXAgo The body, of Roy Thomas, age 17 or 18, of Asheville, was found on the track of the Southern railway near Marshall Wednesday afternoon about 4 : 6 It was so badly mangledthat- death must haye been almost instantaneous. It was found by George Clark, who works on the railway section. The foreman of the section ordered that the body be re- mo vedtOy Marshall. Dr. Frank Robert'&Coroner for Madison Coun ty, afterseeirig the body and hear- ing the evidence, did not consider an inquest necessary. The body, yet unidentifiedwas. taken to the under taking establishment of O. C. Rector where the was recognized by Car) Roberts of Alexander and Dr. W. A.-. $ams of Marshall, both of Pi1' whom declared him to be Roy Thom as, whose lather, uaie tho mas, wis killed near the same place on the .11! ' ne railroad '. about 11 years ago, and buried 'at Walnut. The mother,-.-who .afterwords married a Mr. Forester, lived in Asheville. Efforts to locate the mother in Asheville were finally successful. In the mean time the boy's uncle, Mr. Emory Thomas of Walnut, came oyer ard made arrangements to tate the boo to Walnut, .to have it interred beside that of his1 father. The mother and others from Asheville finally came and accompanied the body to Walnut where funeral service and interment followed' It wasepor'ted that this boy and two others whose names were not given, were heating a ireight tram from Asheville to Hot Springs and were returning when Roy Thomas was killed. When the other two miss ed Roy, they supposed that he had gotten' off the train at Marshall. LECTURES FINE STEWARDSHIP AND MISS IONS HIS SUBJECT Dr. A; fe. Hamby, of Mars Hill has v-.'.'A" been delivering series' of fine lect- ureskt the BafAW et church all the week, - having ."fcegUB last Monday evening Quite a number.of the church members have been attending and have beeii enjoying a treat, and it is to be. regretted that more of tho people-- of .the .towp-vothers as well M Bapiist have not taken advant age of ' this "opportunity to hear a real scholar discuss a subject of wfiici'he'ait.'::: . ; :.v . - . i,, 0 '( DEMOCRACY IN ITALY ..-,8 E lNGt DESTROYED Clendora. Calif. At a recent Ma sonic banauet. - Rev. Montairue. cas tor of the Methodist Church of .Mon rovia, made speech the subject f which was f Mussolini and the Mason ic Order ;W iUly.". He, stated that the reason the premier, was fighting Masonry, in Italy1 was . because M soary has always stood for individual freedom', and ' universal education. The, better, educated people in Italy he pointed out, -are opposed to the dictatorship as expressed by Musso lini and feel that democracy is being destroyed not only in Italy but other Eoropea countiiea, '-' ':".--'.'.', t jrom Xsrheel sayg A man Can-1 . , BOt be nswl.-ttiJlOtft-making. enerbiea. ' ., .1350 NEAR MARSHALL WHERE ARE WE GOING? -by- C. B. NEWTON (Continued from last week) It takes something besides opti mism to keep the social order fun ctioning properly. A few, at least, of our thinkers have become alarmed over the prevailing conditions that we face at this time. The time" has come when it is necessary to do something besides "smiles miles of smiles." A great many people try to make smiles the common remedy for all human ills. The Psalmist says "I will lift up mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help." Please, notice what the following men have to say relative to the social as pects of life: . In addressing an annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, President N. C. Butler said, "And do not forget, gen tlemen, that it is perfectly possible to destroy civilization." Ferrerro,' a modern historian says: "We are traveling step by step toward paganism." Mr. H. G. Wells says that "Des truction is not threatening civiliza- tion, it is happening to civilization before our eyes. The ship of civili zation is not going to sink in five years' time or fifty years' time, it is sinking now." Mr. Francis Gribble believes that the historian of the future will write that "Sometime in the early part of the twentieth century, the last and most highly organized of the world's civilizations deliberately committed suicide."'. ; VGldA'Trank, President of the Uni eTslty. .'"pf Wisconsin; writes: , tVL be- , lieve we shall inevitably enter a new dark ages, a period in which, civilized values will go into decline and the racebe thrust back into the precar ious existence. Of its primitive ances-., tore,- unless we begin with a decent' enreettt4fe't-ei&o4wtfc grounds for these fears." - 5 -Professor. Dougall, of Harvard Un iversity, begins his book "Is America Safe for Democracy?" with these startling words: "As I watch the American nation speeding gaily, with -invincible optimism, down, the road to -desfiructioit, '-1 seem to be contem plating the greatest tragedy in the history of mankind." We Americans are quite wont to ' boast of the economic development, of the United States. We glory in our ' rapid growth in population. We Em phasize and reemphasize the fact that . America has been termed the Chris tian nation. We lay stress upon the value of having a varied climate ' in the United States during all seasons. Our minds are constantly called to the fact that we can so develop our water power that we. can generate more horse power than is given out -by the sun. We give prizes to the man who breaks a speed record, and we make athletes bigger than the President of the United States. We like to forget that the people of the United States are among the most lawless people of the earth I We hear the rumbling of thunder and see-the flashes of lightning but we see the silver lining of the cloud. Our criminal record is growing continuously but we are humane and don't believe in risrid punishment. The average man today thinks he has a forarivinar spirit because he can sympathize with the criminal who has committed some crime. Former Sen- -ator Burton of Ohio says: "In the year 1918 there were in the city of Chicago 222 homicides, against 154 in all of England and Wales, , and six times as many as in the city of London. In the united states, tne Idstes paid by burglary : , insurance , companies increased 816 per .cent in thirteen years. - - r The public is getting what it nas ' demanded.. Obscene literature ..has been a disrupting force because the public had demanded it. Amuse ments lave been commercialized be cause it took that to satisfy the pub lic. Religions education is a want ing factor in our lives because we have not properly . estimated its , value. The home life, in many cases, has degenerated because the' ideal is- : tic principles of Christianity have been lost sight of., v, - ' v. t .-. Natural., and . mechanical - forces have triumphed over matter. .Science has now almost discovered the exact vibration of nearly -element and of light aqd sound. ' The whole physical universe has been analyzed like the .". notes of an opera. ; We are no lone-' ' ! 6r living in the days of the three di- ' mentions . in - length,, breadth and . r thickness.-We have transcended that. .? fWe have entered into the fourth dimension. Now, what is lacking! - It is a serious question as to whether ' -the moral and. spiritual and -deeply -emotional side of men have kept pace with the rapid growth of the material : ' and intellectual spheres. This is not " merely a matter for preachers or Y. ' " M. C. A. sceretarte', but for the race. -What the race will da with this pro- v . , blem remains to be seen. But with out a firm grasp upon the divine we . Cannot hope to produce ends that wi'l , satisfy the demands of .our . moral . judgment. , ; . . : , 1 I ' , S f I ' 5- '