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A VISIT TO WHITE ROCK
; AND THE LAUREL SECTION
OF MADISON COUNTY
Laurel Hospital A Wonderful
Institution Its Purpbse
ad Personnel
(EDITORIAL)
Ab oppprtunity presents it-
Bell the editor of The News?
Record is making a personal
Canvass of Madison County--meeting
the people, studying
conditions and becoming better
Acquainted wfth Its institutions
'- and the County as a whole. The
past week we had the pleasure
of visiting a part of the Laurel
section, especially .that part in
antf abound Whitel ' Rock and
BigiLaflrpl. We Avere spectoj-
ly impressed with fine crops of
tobacco' and command an a
bundance of fruit. Nature has
greatly smiled on this section
of the county and promises to
make good in part as least, the
Jqsb sustained last year caused
ty the drought.. The trees
hang heavy with apples and
the porches of many of the
harries arefringed withgragJ
yinesfrom which hang clusters
of delicious grapes, now ripe
and too tempting ior the writ--er,to
.resist, .Hospitality, to
stir&ngers Is a delightful char
acteristic of these people.
They hardly feel it necessary
to invite one to take grapes jis
they hang so plentifully as to
be an invitation within them
selves. We spent one night at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shad
Franklin, near White Rock and
ienjoyed the stay there very
much, the next day we vis
it White Rock postoffice,
where Mrs. M. H.' Tweed as
postmistress and Miss Ollie
Tweed, well known in Mar
shall, attends- to the store.
From there we taade a Visit to
th? hospital at that place and
found that thje half had nevea
yet been told about this' insti
tution.
v". Laurel Hospital
' We were shown! over, the in
stitiiticti by Mrs. Eva Mi, tocke,
M. D.,'the physician in charge.
P'ho spared no time or trouble
in showing us every, nook and
'corner la, ana arouna tne insti
tution
there'
Dr.rL6c& -has Veen
- i.
less than a year since
ovember J1925.u ' She : intro
le jUmdenstockroneof the nur
es who has done such fine wel
fare' work ta'tfle community.
We ; also had the," pleasure of
meeting Miss' Margaret Miller,'
also a nurse, who is a graduate
of "Washington State College
jas well as a hospital graduate.
Mr. Mason Banks was also
'presented as a most-important
v memoer, oi xne .insuiuuon, ue
k having been farmer and order
ly since 192l!' JMr.lasorr is
"ly. since 1917. Mr. Mason' is
a ssjive of JUdJsan. County
an,d has a family itatfg there.'
0"'e a nice 'na ( ' 1 - - ?z i
t-.-ae iipt-"" ht' '-i. ty
Hr. Mason, lie Irf i '5.
with an immense Delta Mgfct
fng system furnishing light i 'and
refrigeration. , . ( ;
The building ia steam heated
and has every Convenience
the njocftrn hospital," hot and
c'old water, baths
on both
floors, operating
room with
modern lighting equipment,
twenty rooms including . two!
wards, drug department WW
closets filled with, baa
and other hospital equipment
iAn' elevator runs from the
basement to the third floor
and so far as we Can see, is the
iajjt word in hospital 2 equip
mfent. , '
..fremgBvery, part;of
the hospital including the farm,
the kitchen; the basement and
the garage, we were.accompa
irieji oyer to the parsonage,
Where 1 we, met 3 Rev, John
Wright paster of the Presby
terian church there, and his
wif e and three attractive young
daughters."
There we learned
iis family. wiJl- leave a-
bout the 15th of, September to
return . t q Nebraska, from
which State hey came about
HtW6 years ior:The friends f
.this lamiiy win regret 10 see
them leave, but they go to seek
better educational advantages
for the daughters, one whp has
graduated front the Dorland
Bell at Hot Springs.
Laurel Hospital is conduct
ed by the Board of National
Missions of the Presbyterian
church in the United States of
America.
: Its foundation was largely
the influence of Frances X.
Goodrich who was made treast
urer. Dr. George H. Pack$)rH
is also a well known figure, as
superintendent of the hospital.
- From a pamphlet printed jn
1920 (or soon after it ' was
built) ;on which is given
a tu r e of the; build
ings and . their setting , i th
be autif ul mountain ' scenery
we quote the following:
The Laurel Hospital was, planned And
built not for the usual kind of h6spi
tal work alone, but. as a center .of
inedkai sertiee for tke'avrel Coun
try and for such parti of Madison and
adjacent counties as : its work i and
influence might reach. llf " . ,- -r
v .The " building was " begun In" the
spring of 191? and completed in
1919."i" The first patient was received
tokiyiam - ' 'r
v'The hospital includes binder one
roof dVelling quarter for a physician
and his family; the same provision
for four nurses a dispensary con
sisting" office with a general treat
ment Toom, pharmacy, , and tpecu4
room for eye and ear work; a gen
eral dining room and kitchen; diet
kitchen; laedry, a ward fornenone
for women tone for children; erivata
rooms; cperatiflg roomwith adjuncts;
u! '' n r- me; ni'Tiun' room;
. . .... .. . ... ... .i -'
FuA i rchj a t ,',i:a .tfc'. tnd .baths
l'i'tttrw-.
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY. SEITEMBER 10, 1926
while Jhe unit plan provides for dis
tinct aifd separate service.
' Two physicians are occupied con
stantly wifch a wide territory to cover
id a country where cars can be used
only on the main road and where
bUggy and saddle are called into
jfcily use.
' The nurses work ki the hospital
and out on the district on alternate
iclrviM; all having; a share in the di-
reel core oi ine sick ana in me pud
lic health work of the hospital. They
i&eompany the dbctors when nrtes-
nr for cliaic work 6t Ustant Pint8'
for accident and confinement cases,
8? alotte K,ve edslde cre
prenatal instruction and make Io
Ipw-up visits on discharged hospital
patients and mothers and their little
ones.
4
!, Special examinations and regular
Wtighitfg is given sehool children of
the nearby schools.
Public clinics are held for prevent
ive work at suitable times and the
public health officers welcome the use
of the hospital for that work-
The Caurel Hospital ft. the only
hospital in a large ' ounty where
tnere are no cities tjr towns-, but
THE DAY, THE IADY'&THE TARTS
(By EDGAR A. GUEST)
One story was- my father's Stock, of laugh provoking :
'One- little talrfeloved the best andtnade his favorite :,
He told it first, I now recall, when I was five years old
And on my birthday next I know the self -same tale he
told; v ...
s I've heard it many times since then, . but never with
sue h flirts
As when he'd tell about the boy, the lady and the tarts.
The lady ran a little shop where always she displayed
The cake 3 and pies and tarte and rolls which she that
day had made;
One morning to her window came a sad-faced,, hungry
boy,
A lovely face where sorrow reigned instead of roguish
joy ;
,( And there he stood and fixed those orbs where every
;;.y- tear drop starts,
V Like one held fast by loveliness, upon her plate of
tarts.
'
' The lady saw the eager child, and like a shot of pain
There came the memory of a boy she'd never see again.
' So to that urchin of the streets she hurried out and
? ' , . said :
"Oh, could you eat a tart, my lad?" the rascal raised
his head,
His eyes stretched wide as eyes must do when pleasure
from them darts, .. .
"Could I eat a tart?" said he, "Yes, forty blooming
tarts!"
. I've heard that tale a hundred times, aye, that and
many more.
With it my father used to set the table in a roar,
He'd chuckle as he'd roll it out, that yarn he loved so
. We knewr assoon as he began just what it was he'd tell
gut like the love we had for him, 'tis 'graved upon our
1 " hearts ' ' ''.' -i
- And memory links hfrn with the boy, the lady and the ;
IfT:,,. tarts.,, , t,1. ...... . ' - '
WAR ON ALL TOBACCO
TO BEGIN IN AUTUMN
1 '"-- 4. ' ,
V-A eampaJj; against the sale or
use of tobacco ia any forte U to
boffta In the autumn by the Anti
Cigarot Lkagno. Tfco Ukgk pUns
to Mak atato law prohibiting th
ate And Mt of tobacco and advar
tbuig tobacco on billboards. ,
-- ' CR1T.
HOW MANY: STORES
DO WE NEED?
'A: . : mmmmmmtt '. . h'- v
" The iuultiplieity "of ' stores, , many
of which are not needed and sooner
er later join the ranks ef the bus
nesa failures, whose demise is marked
by the "to iei" sign, is V of the
problems .with -which, according to
the Civid Development Departnent of
; Chamber of Commerce of the U
riited States, Tnany cities, are now
i.rt-.ing- It mriaei.. as ' hase ,'ef
" iT' "1 c""-s f'::t"'ti' C iW-
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many widely "scattered communities,
isolated mountain forms and remote
covesy'f whieh only the individual
service' which the Hospital provides
could teach. Already the efficiency
ot this service is being recognized and
people are coming long distances for
treatment, often finding lodgings in
the neighborhood with kinsfolk till
a measure of health is Afcured.
White" Rock Public School
, ! N o w I n Session
Welalso vidted the public
school! at this place, which o
pened'its fall session August
2. . :, y
Tftere w4 found a fbur-room
building with a faculty as fol
lows t
Mrs. Mamie Wallin of the
Community, Principal, Mrs,
Belle Tweed and Miss Lela Til
lety',6f Mas Hill and Miss Ge
neva Byrd of Black Mountain.
We secured a regular writ
er of ithe news of this commun
ity and in the future we hope
tp keepoiur readers in touch
wjth Wite Rock.
portion of the street frontage in a
given ' area should be allocated to
hnainess. ' The mroblem is the same
Las that of the retailers, wholesalers,
and manufacturers who are concern
ed over ignorant 'competition and
business failures. But the different
angle from which it is Approached
should provide a valuable means of
checking results." . U
"In' one large city of the north
west, for example, it is believed that
sub-business centers, outside of the
downtown ; area, should have not
more than two per cent ef the street
frontage of A given, area. Studies
made in5-the Los Angeles metropoli
tan district indicate that retail busi
ness will occupy only About five per
cent of an area though from eleven
to eighteen per cent has been allo
cated to it by the toning refutations."
. "The basic question ia,, of course,
how many families it take to support
a store.' The anwerr naturally, va
ries with the kind of store." -
L farmers of the United States are
annually , taking crops front the sou
and are producing livestock, tHe-r&lae
ef which fatao''s to more t - ftJ
the f,'l rr.--" i it ti Vn i i
C L" a . . o . 1 t
IIARS IHLL COLLEGE OPENS
Dr. Lmngston Johnson Deliv-
ers Openmg Address
SOCIAL ItEHS OF. THE HIIX
Mars Hill College formally
opened Thursday morning with
a record breaking attendance.
Students Wre registering for
two or three days prior to the
opening and' ibiough the regis
tration not been completed
it was estimated that 450 stu
dents were present at the open
ing exercises Thursday morn
ing. With the student body
and some patrons seated, the
faoltnVostrum, the ex-'
ercp6fith a hynin an
nounced by one of the twin
Misses Fleetwood. Prayer wan
offered "Rev. P. L. Elliott,
after wbfch; Prof. Moore made
some announcements, fore
warning them of homesicknes
and the heed fr overcome such
famiincra mil til nH-iuat tVlftm-
selves ithieir new SBrround-
ings "ani'cnltions. He emj
phasized the faet that no naz
ing wouifliofv.tolerated. P
lanhouncihg another study
for theStunts, it was said
that i new book would soon
Walt N. Johnson, along the line
that Dr.l7ohnson Will teach
"The Edtffiomlcs of the Bible"
or Stewardship. Dr. Johnson,
whoW home is now at Mars
Hill, wilt pend only a part of
his time ' teaching and will
spend the' larger portion of h3
time in the field, which reaches
from Norfolk to Nashville.
Following several announce
ments from members of the
A
faculty, Miss Thelma Fleet
wood sang 'me Unto Me,"
accompanied at the piano by
Miss Martha Biggers, head of
the department of music.
Dr. Johnson Speaks
Dr. tiiU$& Johnson, of
Raleigh, for a numher of years
editor of the Biblical Recorder,
was then introduced and deliv
ered a fine' address, choosing a
messages xo f ; encouragement
rather' tKa'one of exhortation
or the.'neioVof education and
thepossihilities of this present
timc)b'A"'aasis of. the idis
cours' diB Bitty- as related in
the ;3rdphapte of II Samuel
wascited.From this and
other Bible characters and ex
pertencesi Drf -Johnson spoke
parflwiarly''bf ' "Overcoming
Difficulties.; He mentioned as
examples aIew present day
charactered including x Helen !
Keller.' tfe referred , to the
present tendency; to avoid the
difficultr studies referring to
the !recent"attitude of higher
officers ;to'eliminate from high
school Wurses higher mathe
matics and Latin! He declared
tiiflicDliiea Li ia the best kind
of discipline' Overcoming dif
ficulties, phyicaL mental; and
mora)t W' ."rccHvely discuss
' "J ill ' ' Wf.3 ' 3
1500
to "all who heard.
REVIVAL AT MARS
IIulTOBEGIK
SEPT.m,192S
DR. ZENO WALL OF SHELBY
TO ASSIST THE PASTOR,
REV. J. R. OWEN
A revival is scheduled to be
gin at Mars Hill September 19.
Dr, Zeno Wall, pastor of the
Baptistf C'hurch at Shelby, will
assist the pastor, Rev. J. R.
Owen.
MAES HULL SOCIAL ITEMS
Miss Nadine Johnson from Raleigh
is visiting her brother, Dr. W. N.
Johnson, this week. They were also
in Marshall Wednesday on business.
Miss Gladys Johnson, who graduat
ed at Coker College in S.'C. last year,
is teaching in Burasville High School
this year. ;
, - Miss Louise Wilkins has returned
from New. York, where she has been
supervjsor'.pf a girls' , camp for six
weem. . one us vu leave jjiuuuoj j
Coker College, Hartsville, S. C. ,
. The revival meeting conducted by
Rev.'J.rHi' Stansberry began Monday. ;
night :t at, Calif prhia Creek church.
Large -crowds have been getting to
" tar. nana mrs; 4. j. rieei.wuu,
daughters" Hannah And Katherltae,
and son Wllsop, from Hertford, N.
C, have been visiting Mr. B. A. Fleet
wood for the past week.-. On their
way back they are stopping at Btow
JirltotfcsWiaarieHas orjfew days.
llK andMrs. Roy Tillery a and '
iiDnahfav Gnldsu Mr.' and Mrs. A. V.
EnsTey- and daughter, Eva, spent last
Sunday m HendersonvlIle, N. C, with
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Reese.
Messrsi Lr Z. Eller, James Landers,
and N. J. Runion motored ttf Waynes
ville Wednesday tp attend a district
Masonic meeting.
Mr. Fred Roberts and family have
moved from Hot Springs over in the
Smith house in order that his chuareu
may be in school at Mars Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Joyner and
family. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thompson
and family have moved to Wingate,
N. C, where they will be in scnooi.
Mr. Bob Tilson and Misses Hannah
and Katherine Fleetwood attended
fV.A Cn.t-W 7ii.tf.ua in AahovlUA Mon
day night.
Misses Katheline, Tully and Rosa
lee Estrtdge from Six Mile, S. C, are
occupying a part of the Holcombe
house. ...They will be in school, this
year.
All will be glad to know that Miss
Katheline Elmore has returned from
i-French Broad Hospital,, after under
going an operation.
Hiss Julia Buclcher has returned
since having an operation for Appen
dicitis. - She is expected to be able to
take up her work as teacher in a few
weeks.
Miss Grace M. Riddle, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Schilling
in Meridian, Miss, for, the past three
weeks, has returned to take up her
school work.
' Mrs. R. R. Riddle has been sick for
the last week, but is improving slow
ly. !k ' '' ' '
Mr. Plato Reese, who has been
working for Cox engineers in Asjve
ville, is home for a few days:
. Mr. Harry. Sams is home for a few
days after spending the summer tn
Himlerville, Ky.1 He will leave for
Carson-Newman College, in a few
days,.-'-;-. ''.;!..-.. ... ,
Miss Bertha Landers has gone to
Jefferson City; Tenn., where she will
she will be in school at Carson-Newman
College. - i
Mr. Douglas Robinson left Monday
to take up his work as teacher in the
Burnsville High School.
Mrs. J. J.. Patrick, who has been
away for the summer in-Alabama, re
turned to her home this week. Her
son, Clarence, ; And daughter, Miss
Fannie Louise, are in college here,
while hre younger daughter K Emily,
while, the younger daughter, Emily,
Mr. and Mrs. Band Burnett went
to Asheville Monday. . .
Miss Hazel Biggerstaff has return
ed and is with her aunt, Mrs. Preston
Strmgfleld"i - ' i . ' - '
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Fleetwood and
two daughters, Miss Hannah May. and
Catherine, and son, Wilson, who have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Fleetwood, returned to their home In
Hertford Wednesday.
Mr., faul leetwood and daughters,
Misses Edna and Thelma, of Jackson, .
N. Cy-came Mob . These attrac
tive twins U agajn teach ransic At
The John Robert Sams placei which
had beta almost deserted, has recent
ly been remodeled and is now in good
8h, occuniel..bjr:.Hr. and Lj., L,-
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