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MARSHALL; N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1926
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THREE
, SHOOTING
IN
Tljree en are wottnded as re
sult of gunshota and a general shoot
iiur affrav neir White Rock last
The detail are hard to obtain but
according to reports, it npppenoa
somewhat In this way:
. A. shooting at a mark was engaged
I in by the following: y Jeter Tweed.
Junior - Tweed, Arthur SUnton and
Hubert ' Stanton. The agreement
seems to . We been that the gone
- were watered for the best marks-
V man. The first man to shoot hit
:' ' i "htill". eve" and therefore could
jTnat bt beaten. He contended for
the gun and the other refused to
give It up. From that a contention
' iAih resulting in their beginning to
r at one another instead, ol
; the mark. Jeter Tweed was shot
throutrh the arm. Arthur Stanton
had the aide of his face beaten up
' with the gun but was not shot, while
, Hubert Stanton was shot about tne
-"waist They were attended by Dr.
Moore of Marshall and some of
them went to a hospital in Asheville,
It seems that none of them were
:. seriously .injured. ;
THE STEEL TRAP
GEORGE B. FOSTER
A little while ago a cat, in
great distress, came to the
hdme of one of my friends. It
had been caught in a steel trap
and in its .struggle, to get free
it had pulled off a part of one
foot My friends tool? the cat
in, fed it, and took care pf it
until the wounded foot ws
:nty nUllions- ofcisomevirluit
similar cases that occur every
4Wny cases, but to wild ni;
mals of some kind ; ythe only
difference being that in this
case the cat found friends to
care for its suffering and feed
it, but in the. case of the wild
animals that, are caught, they
mustlsuffer and die alone amid
the cold and ice and snow.
The case is like this. Here is
a little innocent, harmless, wild
animal that starts out in theH
morning in search of its daily
food. It steps into a steel trap
and is held a prisoner. It is
far away in the woods and
there -is no one near to release
it, or to feed, -it,- or to mercifully
put it to death.- In its strug
gle to get free' the tones of
the leg are broken "and the
', poor suffering creature is held
there a prisoner for. hours, per
" haps for days and nignts, amid
the ice and snow in a zero tem
perature, for most of the trap
fpiag is done in winter.,. Any
one of three or four things may
happen to it. '"if it s vary cold
it may -freeze to death; if it
' was short of food when.it got
caught, it may starve to death;
' in; order to get free, it may
gnaw off its legs; or it may live
until the trapper comes land
mercifully o r unmercifully,
from whichever point of view
you look at it, puts it to death
and ends its suffering. . '.
If some one should set a
steel trap on Boston Common
and catch one of the gray
squirrels that are numerous
there and let it stay in the trap,
a suffering prisoner for; hours
or for days and nights,' there
would be an uproatf V'a
it
and the man might be arrest
ed for cruelty to animals. Now
just that sort of think is going
on in many millions of cases
off in the woods where no one
sees it and no one thinks much
about it. All animal life mu3t
die - some time and it' is no
worse to kill an animal for its
fur than it is to kill it for food.
( But if the animals that are kill
ed for food were caught. in
steel traps and held suffering
prisoners for hours or for days
and nights, that sort of thing
TOMORROW
(By EDGAR A. GUEST)
Tomorrow if it ever dawns,
Men will get out and trim their lawns.
Tomorrow if it ever breaks,
Men will no longer make mistakes.
i Tomorrow on that day sublime,
The laggard now shall start to climb.
Tomorrow if tliat sun shall rise,
Fools will remember to be wise.
Tomorrow then the world shall find
Misers turned generous and kind.
Tomorrow if that day wje, reach,
The bitterest tree shall grow a peach.
Tomorrow day supremely blest
Virtue shall reign in every abreast.
.
Tomorrow if that day we' see,
The world and men will perfect be.
Why for tomorrow should men stay
When all of life is lived today?
JaTOION SERIOUSLY INJURED
WHEN TRAIN CRASHES INTO CAR HERE
furs in some form.
Well, if the practice of kill
ing birds for their plumage was
cruel, the practice of trapping
wild animals for their furs is
infinitely more cruel, for in the
case of the birds they were
stint hut in fh r.M nf t.Vif An.
would be stopped and it is go- . . r , , , .
J (Vl , ... TF - limala fhv lira rielri. cuitTArmor
-.T T - P: hours or for whole days and
ped for;theitfur para arf not ?
l'' il-ii.il i nights. : ';-
A necessary part of a .person's
to death from lack of a fur
coat,' if he had plenty of other
clothing. It is simply a fash
ion and if one' person can get
along comfortably without
furs, others can do the same.
And especially is this true in
regard to fur trimmings and
summer furs, the most-foolish
of all fashions. A few years
ago the plumage of birds "and
in some cases whole birds were
seen on about nine-tenths of
the hats worn by ladies. Then
people commenced to talk a
bout the cruelty and the eco
nomic waste 'of the fashion and
a ' public opinion was created
and afterwards laws were en
acted and now no more do we
see birds', plumage vor whole
birds on ladies';' hats. The
women are just as well off and
the birds are a great deal bet
ter off on account of thalaw,
which stopped! the killing of
birds for their plumage. Now
at tieu present Mma there is an
ey?r-increasiAg f ashion to wear
furs and about nine-tenths of
the " v women and ... younar rirla
whom, we see on the street nd
many of the nienare wearing
Firaaem mercifully kill, but
steel traps unmercifully tor
tote. Of all the inventions of
man, the steel trap has prob
ably caused more animal suf
fering than any other one in
vention, and perhaps more
thaii all of them put together.
lew . days - ago ' I saw a
y"QQng girl wearing a fur coat
wich I should estimate con
tained at least- tw hundred
Who can
Buffering
sktnof animalSf
estate the animal
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE'
DRIVING OF SCHOOL TRUCKS 0
VER RAILROAD CROSSINGS IN
THE TOWN OF MARSHALL
went into that one coat- And
when you multiply that coat by
he millions pf others that are
eig worn you bcin to gst n
little idea of the total amount
of suffering caused by the steel
trap. We must first create a
Public, opinion against this
eat,evfifi torturing animals
dath)ind then get legis)a
tiop about the cruelty, for of
course 'legislation is the only
thing that will stop it. We
celebrated "Be Kind to Ahi
mala Week." Let us extend
it to fifty-two weeks in the.
year a include the wild ani
mals as well as the domestic
animals and put a stop to this,
needless cruelty and suffering
for the many millions of wild
animals who are caught in
steel traps every year. Purs
are merely a fashion and not
a necessity for life or even for
comfort. So will any one who
reads ;s article help in the
matter by creating an atmos
phere against the trapping of
wild animals, for their fur or
for any other purpose. v.. -Mayfhe
time, soon come
FORD LITERALLY CRUSHED
AND THROWN INTO RIVER
Same Man Had Serious Acci
dent Last Year
bird's, plumage now on a lady's
hat.
rloUR DUMB ANIMALS
MUSICAL HOG CALLING
NOT A LOST ART
Adopted by the Board of Aldermen at the Regular Meeting
August 3.)
The Board of Aldermen of the Town of Marshall
in regular session do ordain:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for the driv
er or chauff eur of any school truck to cross the railroad
track in the corporate limits of the Town of Marshall
without first bringing the truck to a full stop, and send
ing some' person ahead to inspect the track in both di
rections to ascertain if any train isf approaching. And
if no train is approaching the person thus inspecting
the track will signal the said truck driver to cross over
the track.
Section 2. That any truck driver or chauffeur vi
olating Section 1 of this ordinance shall pay a fine of '
$25.00 for each and every, offense, or be imprisoned for ...
ilerm of thirty. days inthe jail of Madison jCbunty to
be. hired out as provided by law. ' " : ' '"
Section 3. That it shall be theduty of the police
r, man of the Town of Marshall or any lawful officer to
THREE COWS ELECTROCUTED
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FAMILY
CAPE DEATH A3 A RESULT
f i of;; a .posENj ; iiziU
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Three cows, the- property of
Mr. C. :F Fortiier. of Marshall
were elec'trwue'aej'$j ?i
result of coming into contact
th a hih?owtrei- broken
live wire- wkic h . c t : '.3 , wi ih
Asheville. TWwe, L
had dropped .on a wire fence
and had burned things general-1
ly nearby 5 The family, think
ing the' cows had been killed
by lightning, narroWl escaped
coming into' contact with i the
cuxren directly or Indrectly
All day "Tqesday the Ughts
f ickerci end' motors were very
. . . . . . ....
unsatisfactory, which "was
arrest any truck driver violating the provisions of this
v ordinance in the presence of such officer withouf War-
Arrant;" ?'-':vV-- v i.--
iSectiott'44;That any person giving to the proper-i; v
.-officers the information that may lead to-the "conviction
tf any person Violating this ordinance phalj be. paid by ,
r 'the said 5.0 shall be taxed as part of the cost in the.: .
-. rosecutaon.,,,:;,,,,;
if
Section 5. That this ordinance 1 shall be poste'
ffor thirty days' and a copy of the same.ahall be posted
: in a conspicuous place in teyery .K&o6j;truck; that.ia .ac-. ,'
:f customed to cross oyer the raihroad track in thr Tbwnl,f
it
of tl&rshall
Thcttv;
i ordinance shall be m f ull f ;ree and e!T
r iti adoption.'- . 'c. j"
Raleigh, N. C August Mu
sical and effective hog calling
is not ' a lost art among the
farm folks pf North Carolina if
the performance of the 52 con
testant in this feature event at
the State Farmers' Convention
las week is a real indication,
eat volume of sound, pun
ctttated ,.by appealing lower
tones and convincing
facial expression were used by
each of the contestants. So
realistic, did the callers make
their effo) that the 1,500 ob
servers Withered in front of
Pullen Halh began to look a
round .apprehensively fearing
tht p.eyhjips a great herd of
swine 'oiiid cpme rushing o
vet the xapjpus and sweep
them ;rdm,' their feei : It was
impossible for the judges to se
Iect the thrw ,pnze winners at
tuts, uret. tnai nem ai miaaay
on (We!Ou1y v28, so a sec-
ona . contest was nem tor tne
ten; select in the first occa-
.aj vxt second , contest, ; a
greater , crowd had t gathered.
News' had forne abroad over
Raleigh that there were some
real hog callers at the College
and thi'.yiratuijg farmers were
jpined !by Vrjtireat number of
towii' peopled TThe J final se
ectionnwas announced at the
1 . - -5 f-1 '- .1 A A y .'Is--'".' '.V
evening - meeting and , J.- C.
chok of 'Durham was award
ed: ''first "prize vof $25 "as the
champion caller of the Con-
vention; : Second prize of IZ
wis' won by J. II.' frriskle" c;"
Mr. Jim W. Redmon, who
lives a short distance from
Marshall on the Asheville
road, , is in a hospital in Ashe
ville seriously injured as a re
sult of a collision with a freight
train last Saturday about noon.
Mr. , Redmon had been to Mar
shall and had started back
home on his Ford. He either
was not noticing the railroad
track, or was thinking of some
thing, else when his car was
struck by a west bound freight
train and thrown into the river.
As soon as some men could get
through the train to the river
they began trying to rescue
him from the wrecked car, but
found Mr. Redmon on the bank
in some weeds. He was given
first aid by a local physician
and taken to a hospital in Ashe
ville. It was hoped at first
that his injuries were not so
serious, out a report from the
hospital WedhesdayWM; tothfll! 1
when a fut coat on the back of
i 'mtn:0 Wjomnr- will he.'iis 'iMwr:'wir '
having undergone an .opera- '
tion.
The Ford which he was driv
ing was literally'' splintered.
The chassis was drawn from
the river and placed in garage
for repairs, the body having
floated away. The , engineer
on the freight saw the accident
too late to avoid it but stopped
the train and came back to
render any assistance.
It will be recalled that Mr.
Redmon ran off a bank last
year and almost miraculously
escaped death. The family
has the sympathy of the com:
munity.
third prize of 10 was awarded
to H. G, Bundy of Elizabeth
City.
The. officials of the conven
tion stated that this contest
brought a new note of inform
ality and fun into the conven
tion proceedings and the farm
ers themselves voted that it
fnus become an .annual event.
The ladiesnot to be neglected
m such fun, made a request
that, next year, prizes - be of
fered "for successful - chicken
callers. . The fund of $50 used
as prizes for. the contest was .
donated;' by. the. ..American .
Limestone Company of Knox-; V
'villeTehnessee..'.;;u;.;V.;
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"UttteViila-fimoftert
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. Little Virginia Say, mother; can i
Suaie and I dress up in short skirts
like '-yMi .and 'grandmat ';''''-v- j fJ
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Tier will l a hx. arm tmi '"
VPe at . Tirrim Church... .,
5atHay night, Art 7th,
TI4 pinMu i uu topper 'ia to
niw aonef to be!j paw for J(fls '
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