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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN ' MADISON COUNTY "
VOL. XXI
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MADISONlCOUNTFSUNDAYiSCHOOLlt
CONVENTION AT.WALNUT
Besrinnlng1 Saturday night, July
24, and continuing through Sunday
night, July 26 the Madiaon County
Sunday School Convention wa held
at the Preabyterian Church, Walnut,
N.:i C. i Pastors, superintendents,
teachers and officers v. of all Sunday
Schools of al) denominations in the
county were 1 invited to attend the
sessions ;ot the ' convention.
The program was carried out as
printed with a -few additional num
bers. Rev. B. E. Guthrie of Walnut
conducted the devotional exercises
Saturday night. Rev. J. F; Ballard
Sunday morning, Rev. James L. Hyde
Sunday afternoon and Rev. Wesley
Hyde Sunday night Two duets Sun
day, were rendered by Mrs. Charles
Burgin and Mrs. W. T. Davis of Hot
Springs.' Mr. J. Coleman Ramsey of
Marshall was reelected County Pres
ident Mr. A. W. Whitehurst was e
lected vice-president and Miss Delia
Hoggins was elected secretary. Miss
Daisy Magee and Rev. Geo. A. Jop
lin were -fine in discussing various
phases of Sunday School Work.
Rev. Mr. Joplin was the one who or
dained the late Rev. J. N. Andre.
SCHOOL NEWS
By Superintendent O. S. DILLARD
Most all the short term
schools and the small schools
of the county will open Mon
day, August 2nd. There are
three or. four school, districts
in which buildings are being e
rected that will not open until
about the first of September.
None of the high schools of the
tounty! Will open until the 'first
of September.
For tHe first ttmV in -the his-
employed will hold" standard
certificates. By standard cer
tificates, we mean the' element
ary B certificates or gradua
tion from a standard high
school with the required sum
mer school wdrk. i
There are one hundred and
fifty white teachers employed
besides three colored. This
is an increase of two over last
year. There will be' sixty-one
schools taught this year, or
two less than last year. Next
education, to see ' that these
children are in school. .
. AH teachers are required to
report to this office weekly! all
absences for the preceedlng
week. I hope thathear:.
ents will cooperate tfte
teachers in keeping the chil
dren in school so that they will
not have to report any unlaw
ful absences. If a child is ab
sent any day from sch;oo,it is
the duty of the parent' oj reri
der to his teacher as soon as
possible the reasoin for such
absence. Failure to do so will
perhaps eause embarrassment
and trouble.
' We are hoping to make this
the best year of schools in the'
history of the county, and
wish to ask the hearty cooper
ation of all parties to that end
From week to week we wi!
now try to give to the papers
our regular contribution o:
"School News." ""
SWI0 SKK SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION OF THE
FRENCH BROAD ASSOCIATION
P KAY E R
GENERAL TEACH-
ERSVMEETING' IN
p " To , - J? iTV r im.il
JULY 31
i
The meeting of the teachers for
the short term schools beginning
August, i will be held at the court
house in Marshall Saturday, July 81,
besrinninc promptly at 10:00 o'clock.
' . The purpose of this meeting ts to
discuss Plans ion the year and dis
tribute schools supplies;
Superintendent 0. S. Dillard is be
ing congratulated on securing teach
ers or Madison County,, all of whom
hold certificates recognized by the
State Department of Education.,;,)
Southern to Complete
Block Signal System,
Queen to Crescent
City
. ClnHnnnti. Ohio. JulV-Mnsialta-
tion of electric automatic signals has
been started by the Southern -System
on i seventy-two miles -t of track be
tween. Meridian and New Orleans,
which, when completed, will 'give the
Southren continuous automatic sig
nal, protection on . the line between
Cincinnati and , New Orleans, 336
miles, ' and on the V line . between
Washington and New Orleans, via
Atlanta and . Birmingham, ; . 1,160
miles. '
The sraos in the eisnal system be.
tween Meridian and :. New Orleans
which are how to be filled are bet
tween Meridian and - Ellisvillee, ' six
ty-four miles, and between Easta-
bouchie and Hattiesburg, eight miles.
The . installation will require.; 135
three- "position - upper quadrant w sig
nals, the same type now in use on
the other portions ox the umcinnati
New Orleans line. .: ,. i
During 1924 the Southern install
ed the three position signals on zio
imllaa nt fralr httturarn Cincinnati
as the enforcement of this law ) and New Orleans, releasing, signals
year, this number can be de
creased to approximately " 50
under the present plans of the
Aboard. ' ' " ' .'V
We wish to urire ."upon all
the necessity of keeping the
children in school. ' Last year
our attendance increased , a
bout 200 pver : the proceeding
year, ' but we are' yet a great
- d'al ' behind th' state Jinythe
'.'average dailyatfehdanee ;'oi
pupils.' The' compulsory
school law will ' ,!, be "enforced
more closely than it, was last,
ri V,;i-'-i& . -,il& 4 i -! '
; 1 1 wish to "call the attention
- of all parents to a section of
; law that is applicable to lad
' ison County relative to chil-
dren between the ages of 14
and sixteen. Unless a child is
' regularly ' employed between
t'these ages, ' the '.compulsory
-.law will be? enforced to the age
" of sixteen. .. There are a great
: , many chiidren . betwefenl'tlvegs'
ages that ire not in s"chool cr
" do not attend rejuiarly and
are not cinplcyei at anyu
f ul wcrk.
be the pun
- -1 -
TOWN THAT PRINT
ERS DON'T LIKE
- Printers' on New York newspapers
were disconcerted the other day by
the arrival of a steamship passenger
who gave her home address as
"Llanaf airpwil gwyngl too gery ch wryn
drobwilllantysllloga'acL" - There is
such a place, althoi h practical map
makers label it briefly, '"IJanfair
pwilwyngyll," or even mert' "Llan
fair P. G.'' The twle is its
unabridged honest-t-C rie name,
means, 'iChurch by ft. 1 y ia a hol
low of white hatel rear to a TtX'i
whilrpoOl and to St. TysiMo's chuich,
host to a red cave." This is the
Velsh way of naming places and c-
counta for those unpronounceable
t--s you will fine on VI maps of
Ws'cs. Capper's Weekly;,, ;,..,,
club
' 7 T
By EDGAR A. GUEST
I would not pray for gifts- pr common things,
jg For fortune's smile or even voctory sweet;
. I would not ask that I be spared the stings
ydj And cares of life which )very man must meet.
B ;; ' '
I would not pray to be relieved from wrong
p: However keen its pain, but I would ask
p '.When comes the test, that Qod shall make 'me strong
; And grant me courage tQjComplete my task.
Grant me the faith to trust and still keep on
& Despite the darkness and the fearful doubt;
J To bear life's bitterness, but wben 'tis gone
3 To keep no bitter memories about.
This I would ask: Not that I shall be spared
gX Trials of disappointment; , faip or pain;
But that my soul with courage foe prepared
To meet the conflict and t stand the strain.
PASTORS CONFERENCE
AT MAR S HILL MONDAY
A meeting of the pastors of the
French Broad Association was .held
at Mars Hill Monday. A general dis
cussion of problems pertaining to
the work of the French Broad Asso
ciation took place which proved to
be one of the most interesting meet
ings ever held In this capacity. It was
weir' attended. ... The regular time of
this conference will be Menday fol
lowing the fourth Sunday in every
month. -
' If s time now to cull the poultry
flocks and to sell or kill the non-producing"
. liens before winter, advise
poultry specialists.
the boll weevil is beginning bis ac
tivities. Farmers in eastern Cara-;
Una are finding punctured squares in
nearly every ; cotton field. ,
. Fresh country eggs will not be true
to name unless the rooster is removed
from the flock and the egg gathered
frequently, an kept in a cool plate
NORtH CAROUNAJETS THE PACE v.
(Taken IFrom THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE)
In all annals of material development and industrial and
economic Droeress there is no record of any achievement which
surpasses that of North Carolina. , .....
That state has less than one-fifth the area and but little,
if any, more than half the population of Texas.-
Ten Texas counties can be named in which there is more
rich land than there is in the whole state of North Carolina.
Even if calculated on the basis or proportionate area, t.ut
is tar more timoer suitaoie iur momuoi,immS " -
as than there is in the Old North State. . ....
Texas produces four times as mucn couon as aoea
Carohna. , . aDutabie statistics, it is logically
t ;iniii.A whnf meaarire nf nrofirress that state has
ill IUJU1UU TTiv --" K
Her taxable values are as great as those of Texas. She
ha mniHnlied her total wealth ten times in twenty years. In
the same length of time the value of school buildings increased
from Sl.000.000 to 848,000,000. She has spent for her system
of highways 8100,000,000, with the result that there is not a
farmer in the whole state who is more than five miles from a
road equal to Main Street m Houston.
In 1924 she paid more ieaerai taxes uiwi ttuj a.
n the Union, except New York ana rennsyivama.
Thero aro nearlv as many peoole in Chicago as there r.re
afoa nt Krtrh Carolina, vet the latter state pays
more federal taxes than aoes tne wnoie swie m nuuuio,
nearly 7,000,000 population, ..' C.r ?
She very nearly approximates to .., . maBsacnuBctLs u
weaving i texuies ana is a ciose jr.uuur uf
the manufacture of furniture! t-f-':. ,
j T i qi n ana had s furniture factories, with an annual out-
n ir 2R2.000. and in 1922 her furniture lactones naa in-
;.naai fA in? and fho oiitnut to over $30,000,000. .
. - rruA Wrnaf ho I'wtDAii for such Dromress. There must
be some, explanation why North Carolina has: so far surpassed
. Is it because we have not so legislated asj ':t6; attraet capi
tal? Have we used the taxing pow$r to the point of oppres-
3ion? Have we failed to offer attractions: to manufacturers i ;
- a A roannnsihl for the f act that one small county in
North Carolina, has three times as. many cotton mills as there
are in Texas? ..''li
Has the color ana tone oi our legwiauuu wssu nm
-..f th .onrliision that Texas" is vinimical to capital?
h w hv nio-irardlv annrocriations so hampered the activi
ties of our university as to create the imprjession that thepeo.
nio nt Tata ri oorjosfid to higher education while North
Carolina appropriated at one time ar million dollars ? for new
buiings for her university? -' -i ' -K - '
- When the "Six Hundred'.' rode to an Immortahty of fame
at JtJalaklava and returned from the heroic but fruitless charge,
aifofScer who witnessed it said, "Somebody, has blimdetL,;;?T
When we compare the results m a -state we nonn iaro
inn vrhir.n waa ravaged and desolated by war, with a Btate like
TTaa. thn soil of which no invading foeman ever pressed exr
cept as a prisoner, we can, only explain by saving, 'Somebody
has blundered." . : ' v -r, . - . :xr)'.'y--
, Who was It and when?,1 When we can answer that cruery
we will know how to achieve what North Carolina has achiev-
ed
In the recent nast The Chronicle called editoriar attention
to Florida legislature, which state, with no income tax or inher.
tance tax or corporation tax, ana .with a levy ? on only aoout
ie f nh ef her taxable values does net owe a collar ana nas
12 ":.C"0 in her treasury. s .
I: 'its ti.r.e well epent-for rrs?rective -Texas l-f.sla
tcr: to ;-.v. '.3 t.:a vzzyzzz wny rcr.i carouna a-a i icnaa .viiietor
Miss Florence and Miss Helen
Hyde' reutrned Wednesday from a
two month visit with relatives in
Pennsylvania. They were accompa
nied home by Mr. Hyde's sister.
A large . party oi young ioiks
stagaoV arbig surprise party on Ed
waroock at the Hotel Switserland
TuesdayEvening. The evening was
spent in blaying games. '
,"Miss Prances Baxter of Braden
town,. Florida, arrived Tuesday, and
will Obe, the. gueest of Hotel Switzer
land for a Buple of weeks. 1 V '
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Turner and
Miss Louise Turner of Tampa, Flori.
da,, who have been stopping at Hotel
Switzerland for some time, left, last
Friday for a few days visit with
friends in 'Waynesville before return
ing. tA' tneh home in Florida. ,
. MisVLula Chandler has resigned
her position in MaHhall and will
take, a few weeks rest at home' be
fore, cshodl starts.
Miss $v4 Buckner is spending a few ijl; Jr
sister.. -Miss Lillie Drumheller, who
ia taking the nurses' training course
ai Marshall todge Memorial Hospital.
S. R. Freeborn of Asheville was in
t6wn Tuesday for a short while,
transacting business.
Miss Margaret Haynie is spending
the weekAhfc Walnut visiting friends.
It seems 'goed to have Margaret with
us againi and we wish she could
stay always, don't we Tom?
,'Mrs.; B, T. Taylor is expecting a
visit from her sister, Mrs. Q. W.
Smith of Jacksonville, N. C, who will
arrive Sunday for a stay of several
weeks,.-ju . .
- The Sunday School held at the
Presbyterian church . Sunday vwas
largely attended and was one . oi the
most? successful ever held in "the
Couhty. ' " -.
A number of young folks gave a
surprise : birthday party for Ernest
Plemmona, Monday night at his home
on ' Barnard Ave.1 When the guests
arxivai.it wM ta.& that Ernest w
not -at home but after some seapen
he was located and escorted home by
a number of the boys, end the evening-
was pleasantly spent ; playing
games. Ernest was seventeen years
old Monday.
Work is progressing nicely on the
new bungalow of Mr. Sherman Ram
sey in' Ramsey Heights, and when
completed will be one of the hand
somest residences in Walnut, and is
located on one of the prettist build
insr ' snots' jn this section.
'. Mr. Moody Briemon is also rushing
,o completion his bungalow on Bar-
Mr.-Aws Plemmons.
Arthur AUen was thirteen years
Old Tuesday, and says he feels about
twice as old as he did this time last
year. Arthur is beginning to feel
the weight of years resting heavy on
his shoulders. . All his many friends
jote in wishing his many more happy
returns 'of the day.
. Jonas' ;& Chandler is the proud
possessor of a brand new, late
model bicycle with coaster brake and
everything... Jonas says he can outrun
anything In' the County and if any
body doubts it just let them come ov
er and toy him out.
It, R. Rector and Co. are putting
on ' a bitf' closinir out ' sale at their
store on Main Street and are selling
everything -at practically cost This
is a goon opportunity to get mer.
chandisarttt a bargain.' : s- .''
Jim. Roberts is working in a lox
ging. camp near Waynesville this
weeKi ,
Mrs: Douglas Tweed and two
daughters , of Marshall were visiting
Mrs. r Baxter ' Guthrie Wednesday.
Miss lettiit Tweed will be a member
The Baptist Sunday School Con
vention of the French Broad Associ
ation held with California Baptist
church July 24 and 26, resulted in
fine speaking, fine reports and fine
dinner. Mr. L. J. Ammons of Mars
Hill was reelected moderator and Mr.
Fred Jervis of Mars Hill secretary .
Summary of the work of the year
was . discussed by R. L. Moore of
Mars Hill College, followed by Dr. A.
C. Hamby. The Sunday School and
community morals by Robert Tweed.
Reaching our possibilities by Rev. L.
C. Roberts. Magnifying the Coun
try Sunday Schools by Rev. PhU El
liott. Dinner was served on the
ground at 12:00. : , .
. In the afternoon, The S. S. under
church control was discussed by Rev.
Mr. HartseU. Building the S. S.,.
discussed by Frank Clark. Grading
the S. S., by Rev. Mr. Hunter. ' Us-.
ing Baptist Literature by Rev: J. R.
Owens. Using the Bible by Rev. S.
"M. Sroupe. Reaching the Lost was
discussed by Miss Delia Huggins.'
Holding Regular Worker's Meetings,
discussed by Ezra Burnett. Train
inir teachers and officers by Rev. H.
L. Smith. Fostering Denominational
N. S. Whitaker.
bv
On Sunday, Juljr 25, discussions
were , as follows: Teaching the S.
S. Lesson, "The Passover," by Rev.
Mr. Hartsell. How to make a S.
LS. grow and go, by Dr. Jas. Hutchms,
followed by an address by Secretary'
J. N. Barnette.
weeks with a broken ankle. Mr. Mc
Devitt hopes to be able to come home
soon. ..
. A party of young folks are going'
on a Bandanna Picnic tonight, The
requirements are that every girl
shall wear a dress made of Bandanna
handkerchiefs and every boy is to
wear, a shirf made, of' bandannas.
The croWoVwill take bathing suits and
take a dip in Laurel River before
aupper., . ; , .
from hot mm
r.. vt""
Mr., and Mrs. L.
George have returned home f from
Jared a wn -t
oi; .tnwainut school faculty this
year.. V-V " ''-'-i ' '
:ittf& E?Lock and f Mrs. ... Grace
IIA ABUCT1UB VII DUBlQfSSH
Tuesdays returning by way ", of the
new SpringA Creek road to Hot
Springs. AV.V-,Y' ;r.- :ft-::vf.
miss JUJia. DicKenson oi " Tamoa.
Florida ia expected next Tuesday for
a couple of weeks atay at Hotel Swit-
leriand.'-'-vvi' -.;r.v..: vrT-.rrt
Mr. LUthre Wardron has rentad
the Baker house on Church Street,
opposite the High School Building,
and will move in as soon as some
needed repairs have been made. This
property was recently nurchased bv
the VVyalnut ' School District and
maker s nice addition to the school
property as -it furnishes a splendid
suite for new school building which
the; district-will be forced to build
within a Yenr short time, y The trn.
teen are to be congratulated on their
ioresignt m . securing this: property
while' it was available. ..
Mrs. Winston Cook, nee Miss Lucy
Howard, soent several dava with Mrs.
Dan Eaynie, in Asheville this weeku
Miss Pansy Chandler. ' Miss Mnr-
garet Haynie and Mr. Edward. Lock
drove to Marshall Monday morning.
Miss Marion Odam of Greenville,
S. C, to visiting Miss Frances McDev-
itt this week. ; - . : ; -
Er. r T: Haynie is nulldinir a
handron b residence on Beverly
Road, Wf t Asheville; where he .will
inova with tis family as soon as com
peted.. - '. . ,
Mrs. tr-i r'cDevitt and family
and L:' -itt drcve to Ashe-
Tenn where they spent their vaca
tion. -Mrs.
Ellerson motored to Spartan
burg, S. C, last Tuesday. "
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Brown1" spent
Thursday in Knox, Tenn.
Mr. Albert Brown of Fonde,' Ky., .
spent the. week-end with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Brown.
Mr. Ellerson .has returned from a
trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, t
Mr. D. M. Cody from Winston-St- '
lem, N. G, spent Thursday with his
aunt, Mrs. Joe Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Brooks and
son Billy spent the' week-end with
Miss Mary Robinson.
The Baptist church held their Sun
day school picnic Sunday at ,
and several trucks of people attend
ed and had a very enjoyable day.
Mr. Bony Brooks of Knoxville,
Tenn., stopped . Monday to visit his
cousin, Mr. Joe Brooks. '
Mrs. R. A. Rufty is spending the
week with his daughter Mrs. Rhyne
in Newport, Tenn.
We are very sorry to report, the
loss of O. S. Treadway's home by '
fire at Paint Rock Thursday night
The building and its contents were a
total loss, The family and Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Landers who was spend- .
ing the night with them, Verily es
caped. But thru the generosity of
the good people of Hot Springs and
the surrounding community they
were placed back to housekeeping
on Saturday; v ;
The body of Uncle Alec Woody
came in from Marion, N. C, Thurs
day evening on train No. 11, and he
was buried at Optinger Chapel ceme- -.
tery at 4 P. M., Rev. P.. T. McFee .
officiating Uncle Alee was a typi
cal mountaineer and numbered his '
friends ' by the hundreds, who will
regret to hear of his death, v. ti '
E. W. GROVE AT
HOT SPRINGS
We see from
Thursday's
Asheville Times that Mr. E..W. .
Grove visited Hot Springs that
dayT .. We Vtrust" this? means
something" for Hot Springs, IA'
particular and Madison County
in general in a material sense.
.-NOTICE!.
- Tlare will h boa, ic rani knj
cak sapper ' at Firri Charch,
Saturday Bight, Anvntt 7U, 1823. .
Ti' pnrpos of Uiu aopper i to
ra Btonay te Wp pay for foorinf
nnd ting eliurch. lar wij be
goo J mntic ,
we' e. Do't . t a
l rt f --t i' t '
V .4
. I'ioyd McTevitt, who
3 ho. , .ul for s"v( i
' -' I V :'r e -villi a condit::-. ' r . : has een ia