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f Jn L. Hy4 MlaUtr
Walnut, North Caroina
Editor of Th New-Keeord, . '
Marshall, N. C,
, Mv Dear Mr. Storr
' .,W,kw,1earaed
to look wJ0dHtly to our County
of Che "work ..of ur. ,4irebet' for
righteounea .- In 6ur eonttlttefc
, TheiNewi-Record haa elweye mbm
. dentay justified thie confidence. 3t.
f weelthereforewith' some dlsappoint
. tnent that I found in the current
copy wht peeps to be fevoreble
notice, bsld 'the paid advertise
ment, of what is one, of the greatest
obsttcles to the success of the work
of or churches, and that is a public
dance.
I jam not giving merely my own
' opinion. ' Earnest pastors every
where who have labored to lead
their people info 'the f uliest jBnrrend,-
er of their lives to Jesus' Christ and
consecration to His service ..have
f curia" by sad experience that when
the modern dance come in spirituali-
ty ' aad:-eonatioJg'of5;
Of.' course Cvy i
dance; tte v rolls, of ur churclieaj
- especially of our city- churches,
are full ,of the names of those Wtad
are devoted to the modern dance and
yet who ire professing Christians and
who "attend the church services when
their church duties do not conflict
with their social pleasures, and pwH
vided they are. not too tired from
havinff danced half the night, and who
srives for the 'spread o-rthe ' Gospel
. a small fraction' of what they spend
upon their pleasures; in short,, world-
.:-,.ly- Christians whft try to hold 1 on . to
M:urch'4lth6niBd"a
world with the other. The sad impres-
sion given by so many of them is that
r if compelled to enoosejuiey wouiu i
the Church go and take the World.
The glorified Lord said to such at
Sardis:. "I know thy works, that thou
hast a name that thou livest, and art
dead." I am not making a whole
sale condemnation of dancers. I am
only stating the experience of pastors
and church workers as to the kind of
Christians the modern dance tends to
produce. There are of course, ex
ceptions. I aav "the modern dance." Be
cause dancing itself, if it be defined
as the joyous and rhythmical moving
to muBic, could be and ought to be
one of the most natural and whole
some impulses of human nature. But
it has been developed by modern so
ciety into a thing of Earth earthy,
and of the "World worldly. ; It used
to be defended as teaching gracefulness,-
courtesy, 1 and gallantry. Perhaps-
it did. Certainly It did not
teach" unselfishness humility, or any
other of the Christian virtues. ' But
its developmnet has .been steadily a
way from even- these- ornamental
qualities,-emphasizing more and more
what is .at the root of the modern
dance the lure of ' sex hat impels
young men and women to take pro
gressively greater liberties with each
. others' persons,- So far has this gone
that a young girl who wishes to en-
. gage ' in a social dance eannot do so
without violating some of the finest
instincts of her womanly nature and
yielding her person to the embraces
of man after man in aptitudes she
would blush' to be seen in anywhere
but on" the dance floor,V-Is it any
wonder if neither she nor the men
can give "any evidence of " real vital
cons e era 1 1 o n ' to '-Christ1- in
Sunday School of Young Peopleh' So
ciety? ;r;';';--';-''7-:;V-:,:
There are of coarse some that at
tempt" to defend- even 'the' modern
dance when cbnducted in private and
with a carefully selected group bf
ones friends. But -not manywhoare
, at all Interested in godliness can be
found even to try to defend a public
danced It may possibly .. be3 that ! ii
Marshall, -"where dancing may as yet
be "presumed to be more or less eon-,
fined to a certain set, a public dance
even with "everybody welcome1! way 1 the true values of things? For
not seem to differ greatly from a r-'.ve us when we have complained of
- private one. But if public danees con
' tinue .the time will come when' Mar
J. shall will find, as. older and more
, sophisticated communities have
r-i found, that a public dance Is not a
place for either a young man or a
young woman who wishes to be held
In the highest respect It usually be-
comes necessary -to-have eensors jto
watch the dancers and warn couples
who dance in such a. manner as to
shock the sense o deceney ..even of
the other dancers, That alone should
be a sufficient indication of the di
rection in which modern dancing
tends to '' lead; What the Church is
trying to build up the modern; dance
is: insidiously tearing down.. , ' K t
VI "ask you to publish this letter, of
course , i as ' 'a !' whole, ?a't : Jart I
would M uhifaithiul to. my trust if I
did, not, express jp7eonvictionst an4
I feel that .haye practically the un
snimous " suppor; the who are
meeCwnc
it '$hpt Churchy- You ;an Jeoum
publish it as a letter from me.withdut
assuming any responsibility, whatever
for anything in it, i '.nV (?
With' full recognition 6f the sup
port that the News-Record as always
given to all that was good in the
County and County Seat,- and regret
ting even to, seem to criticize what
was probably not intended to be more
than 4 mere hews item,' I am,
: Yours sincerely,
JAMES L, HYDE
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; Did you know that pork, and beef
Were often receivable for taxes dur
ing early settlement of America.
REFLECTIONS OF A
MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
TEACHER
(By JACK V. JOYCE)
How many of us are just existing
here on this-artht s That is a ques
tion I have been wondering about
this weeltv iJ I -have ihear the state.
ment several times, ? don.t live there,
I JusflexJstSi 'ii There Is Che trouble
of somany of las are merely existing.
Wha is thldinewncbetw these
the spending ex a . human beings
time on earth, merely for the' recog
nition of man and nothing more.
While livnig is the spending of a hu
man being's time on earth to the
glory of God and for the extension
of God's Kingdom on this earth., Let
us take for our motto, "QUIT EX
ISTING, AND LIVE YOUR LIFE"
Have you ever met a fellow who
lives as if he regards himself as the
only living being on earth? Do we
remember that there are other peo
ple living on this earth? What do
we have to do with their lives?
Are we our brother's keeper?' is a
long question. But there are various
answers. I believe that there are
l .J-il.a knnmnn oil tinman
cerwiu j j I
beings. We owe them certain du-
ties, services, and love. That poem
of Miss Lucy Larcom expresses the
thought I am trying in such a falter
ing manner to express
We need each and all to be needed,
To feel we have something to give
Towards soothing the moan of
earth's hunger;
And we, knew that then only we
live .J,
When we feed one another, as we
have been fed
From the band hat gives body and
spirit their hread: , .
IF OUR LIVES ARE US COLD
AS THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS,
WE OUGHT TO GET NEARER .TO
THE FIRES OF GOD AND WARM
OURSELVES.
SERIOUS THINGS ARE ALWAYS
BETTER
Ecclesiastes '7:1. A good name ,is
better than Dreciona ''-ointment;' and
the .day of death than the day,of
oneVbh-Ou' H ;r't:-
2; It is better to go to the hose
of mourning,"thaa to; g0 tp-.the hdhse
of feasting: for that is, the end of al
men; and . the. living, will lay it to
his'heariw-! , -vi-'"'-. -' -
. "SorrowTs" Better tan'hter :
for by the sadness of the cauntenttnee!
the heart is made'ketter. ;' ;T
I 5. I ja bHef to hear the rebuke f
the wise, than for a man to hear the
song of 'fools, v; '. f?ii-. p'V.
PRAYER.
O God, have we Inver-
IT . 1 . .i
car sorrows, since tney are manw vo
f ring ns nearer to thee.' We want a
- ber , mind which' is .able . to ., see
tags as" they are, and to rejoice in
y truth. Amen., '' .
Remember the Sabbath Day, to
":ep It Holy Exodus 20:8."
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY. . '
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RELIEF
Heads Mator Disasters of 1923.
Emergencies- l -Ttar.- :
Also SERVES fOREIGM LAWOS
Preparedness to Cope with Qreai
I Dlsturijances Gives; Good
t ! Ress ln'Action. '
' .Ifacraf one efftie Untt rehaMBB
tten . eflorts ot Ra wbele kfarterTr ':
rult of the riorMa hflTfieane. .the
AsnerlMa Bed rees. already had. .
Und it a record of seTVtee, iJM die
asters at home,, up , to tlM..etaia.
the ' flseal' year, ; June W,- 1MJ:t-. '
Twben the hurrtoane atraek JIoria
wtth such deraatation and tees oC We,
t&e Red Cross Katlonal HeadquarMra
was Just oonrratiilathig ttaelf UUt a
rear had paaaed wRSoat a major .
aster wltbtn the bordere of the c
try. 'The destruction In Florida" haa
been tewtatively estlaated by Dtree
tor of Dioaeter Relief Henry L. Bassv,
of the American Bed Oroas, in teems
of relief work ahead of the organisa
tion. This takes into aoeount all suf
ferers who must be oared for. - . ,.
Careful surveys by experienced aa
thorlties place the injured at : 4.000,
exclusive of the stricken jOulf Coast
eitlea of Moorehaven and Clewlston.
Of the U00 Injured sent to Miami
hospitals, 606 were suffering with ma
jor fractures. In two other eaat coast
communities the Injured - numbered
nearly 1.000. The homeless were eon
servettvely estimated at 60,000. Such
figures eketeh only varaely the human
and " material problem ' Which' ' the
American Red Drone Is still doing Its
'utmost to solve. '"''.'"'';".
For comparison the other outstand-
tajr recent disaster, the Midwest tW-
Ascribed in more' detafL " In &at catas
trophe the flat! eheck showed 800
dead, J.OOO injnred and tMl families
Of approximately 80,000 men, women
and children rendered homeless. The
final 'relief operations of the Red
Cross were brought to a eleee March
16, m, exactly a rear from the day
the tornado struck five states.
So terrible did the death and de
tnrtclon Impress itself on tiie experi
enced Red Cross forces rushed Into
Florida that Chairman John Barton
Payne did not hesitate to can tor a
relief fund from tho whole country of
$6,000,000. The Red Cross concen
trated every resource In trained per
sonnel on the stricken region.
The New Jersey munitions explo
sion, in July, while terrible as a spec
tacle, could not compare with either
of these other two disasters in final
deetructiveness. It gave the Red Cross
an opportunity fr servlee In which
Cr0Ba nur8Sa treated 86 Injured.
and during the height of the erne
geney fed between 700 and 800 peo
ple driven from their homes. More
than 400 cases were registered with
the Red Cross after the explosions
for -assistance In regaining their hold
on life through rehabilitation work.
This latter is a regular part ot the
Red Cross relief operations in aH dis
asters, and mean a task continued
long after the' country has ceased to
think, of the occurrence -Itself.
The year has seen a -new measure
of dteaster relief preparedness lnau
amrated bv 'the Red Cross.'-under
which a trained reserve of medical
and ether relief expert is constantly
on call for any 'service. This prepar
edness Justified itself fn both the New
Jersey explosion, and in the Florida
hunicaM. Is the latter the Bed Cross
ad at call more than 300 experienced
disaster workers with a network of
prepared Chapters "all, over the coun
try.' This preparedness, constantly
demonstrated. Is cited as material as
surance that the country to. better
protected' today than ever before from
the seftertng. such misfortunes engender;;.-,'.,'
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Bad as were ' domestic -disasters In
both the last' fiscal year and recent
month, some of those abroad In the
name time have been -comparable, es
pecially a' flood In Mexico. . Altogether
the American Bed Cross served In the
name of the. American people in more
than IS foreign catastrophes.
r-The Tenth Annual - Boll ' Call for
'membership- to maintain such activi
ties' will be held from November. 11 to
15, and Is an opportunity tor ' all to
enroll- themselves In , the American
Bed Cross-:-Jv'.;;-.y3'?vfiMf -
: THE SCHOOL AND THE ''
' V COMMUNITY,
1 -r-;-ri'-n! in ' I :ff-V -s -f- r , . .1
By Clarence M. King
i Yah mnv ask anv riumbr of i
Citifcens that you Wish if they
care to live in a community
where the school is neglected, -
and YOU Will invariably receive
the Bame answer io one wish- -
'ks to live where there is little
br no interest in schools arid
Churches. There is a constant
drifting of people to communi-
are best. ; -
If you are a citizen of a cer
in community, and wish to
4well for vou to take an active
well for you to take an active
ttrterest in these things.
I There are communities in
cjur county where it is almost
impossible to get the parents to
fshow -ori bit Of interest in the
scnuoia. ixiey senu meir ciuiu
ren to school largely because
the law requres them to, bti$
it all.
The future status of your
community will depend large
ly upon the -interest you -and
others take in it at the present
time. -If you are willing that
the schdolhouse remain in an
unrepaired, ' rtm-down condi
tion, With leaky roofs, muddy
yards, and unattractive in eve
ry way Why, it will remain thus.
What is needed most m our rur
al communities is more civic
pride. ;Most of us country pe6-
ple are-suffenng with ingrow
iilg selfishness- we are all right
so long as we are working for"
ourselves, but when it comes to.
doing' ome for the community
WjeVe all off. Let's wake up and
make our rural life a bit mora
attractive by working together
towards better schools and bet
ter churches.
TOBACCO SALES
OPEN DEC. 1
Colonel Evan Reea of Washing'
ton Countyr .Warehouse ,
7 .Mftrket - WU1 i.."
Be Good- --
I am glad to report that our open
ing Bales will be Wednesday, Decern-,
ber 1st, said Col. Evan Reies of
Johnson City. This will be good
news to the growers of Madison
County as it's a few days earlier than.
last year, and they will get their
Christmas money just that much
sooner.
The farmers of this section have
been my friends and I certainly .ap;
preciate their friendship they real
lze that I have always operated a
good, clean warehouse and have
done much towards getting them' a
good price for their tobacco. I have
always been able to get more for
Western North Carolina tobacco
than anyone else because I like the
tobacco grown here and have made
the buyers see it my way, and you
can bet I will always be found -do
ing my dead level best for my North
Carolina friends.
I will have with me on the floor
this year a Madison County boy-
Chester Cutshall who is not only a
good Judge of tobacco but a hustler
besides, and my Madison County
friends will feel that they have some
good friends looking out for them ai
all times. I look for prices to be
good, especially on colory , tobaccoV4
The factories need a good, clean
crop and the man who handles , his
crop With care will get a fine price:
Madison County has a good crop and
if they will bring or ship me their
tobacco I will get them the very top
of the market as I have always done.
TTTrvVVT TIT fl Tf TTit
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5EVHKAL -mum
AT lilARS IfiU
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, Three counties. Buncombe, Madi
son,' and Yahcey, were represented
in the - old-time fiddlers convention
held Friday evening in the auditorium
of the .Mars .Hill .high school under ,
the auspices f -the -iecjal -Pani-i
Teachers Association; The winners'
were as follows: violin solo, Arthur
Phillip, BuU Creek, $7.50, bow given
by ' Dunham's ' Music ' Housed guitar :
sob, M. 13. Harris, Asheville, $5.00
in gold given by George and WhitaVer
Mars Hill; nanjo solo, , Tom Willip;
Mars Hill, $5.00 in gold given by Am
mens arid Crowder and Bramlett,
M. .H.Lutohrfrp selections Thelma
Cohn; local student, $5.00 in 'goW;
given by the school. Special mention
was given to .the trio by PLU'.'ps,
Hensiey and son, Ball Creek, and to
the: doe t by Thelma Cohn and Her
bert Hawkins, Mais Hill. "Maggie'
and H ome Sweet Home" were the
most 'popular selections among the
musicians. The radio program fur
pished by Holcombe and Tilson Com
pany (during the intermissions and the
refreshments provided by members
of' the, Payenb-Teacher Association
added much to the pleasure of the
evening.
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-Asheville Citizen.
APH1MENT
bj. We; the undersigned, wish to an-
raTounee to the public that we in no
ksay .sponsored, promoted, or in any
way gave aid to any dance which was
given in Marshall and all reports to
this effect are absolutely false.
A. W. WHITEHURST,
L. H. TWEED,
E. R. TWEED,
P; V. RECTOR,
w: A; WEST,
' The BANK of FRENCH BROAD
i Marshall, N. C.
y6rk Is a Certain Cure
For the Spendthrift
By Olive Roberts Barton
-'What's that, dear?" asked the
Qirl's mother as the Girl came into
the livinar room with two buridles.
. The Qkl laid one package on top of
'Tne pnonugrtipii huu wbu u wv
on her mother s Knee, "juse some
lit-flo thWa T nperled. TOiose are
"brassieres and silk stockings. Those
are six new records."
Her mother opened the small pack
age the charge check in the hand
ful of silk nothings bore the figures
''seven dollars."
"It seems just a day or two since
you got stockings," she said With
sigh. 4 "And these brassieres really
don't have ten cents worth of silk
in them. A dollar seems high You
have about a desen now." . ,
1 , "Nfvi Mums, don't grumble', saw
ithe f Glr JsJ;cheaiest; thing
I Can. " Those otner sxocKings ran
the first time' I put them- en. v My
whatr fortune!"
"What records did you get?''
"Si of the peachiest things you
ever heara. fn.nicKa.nacn vnu
jast hot off the stove."
"Vnn o-nh six a week aarol"
'"My lands! If I ask the kids to
dance to them now, they'd waiK oui
on me. Absotively old, they are.
Say Dick, run along along and get
me ten gallons of gas. I'm taking
the girls to the country. Pops, I m
sorry you have a cold, but it's jolly
nice to have the car an tne umo.
'. Pops counted up. "Thirteen dol
lars and a half in one morning. And
the day was young. Besides, there
was always another day!"
The Girl had taken typewriting
one time to help her with her papers
at school. It was the useful thing
she knew. "Pops" had an idea
-My stenographer is sick and I wish
you'd go to the office with me to
morrow and take some letters," he
said.
She put in a busy day. At five she
was very tired. He handed her three
dollars. "What I always pay a new
girl,' he explained. He kept her for
a month, gave her three dollars every
night and did-not permit her to
spend a cent she didn't earn.
She learned to darn runs,, to do
without records, and the old car got
a rest., And she learned how hard it
fcf.to.-get a little bit of money. The
most useful knowledge in the world!
ANOTHER DANCE LETTER
Mars Hill, N. C, Nov 23, 1926
To The News-Record: .
We are again approaching 'Thanks
giving, are we really prepared to
give, thanks to Almighty God? I be
lieve we must go back to the Bible
and "prayer before we can observe a
real Thanksgiving". I would not-want
dance on Thanksgiving,
get any glory from either
fhe lords or the ladies who undertake
to honor Him-in such a manner. In
the "show - windows of all the good "
Christian ' men, who say they have
been born of God, have undertaken
to follow, the humble Christ, You can
see, the dance advertised.; I don't be-
eve Christ leads ' anyone to the
dance halL Boys and girls might
get,Jthe idea ' that it, is all right to
dance because it was advertised in a
Christian man's place of - business.
Be jjpt deceived; God is not mock
ed; Tor whatsoever k man eoweth,
tiiat : shall he also reap.".: If to GVjd
we want to give thanks we must let,
Him have a chance at our lives. ,
ta another state, the farmers are
finding that they receive from 70 to
-198 per cent more for their crops
by, -feeding themto livestock than
they', would if they sold the harvest?
ed crop. . v , ,--- .
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WHERE WILL YOU
BE IN ETERNITY?
Where will you be in eternity?
Dear friends, this is a sad subject to
think about, Where will you be?
,, There is only two places.
The wicked shall be turned into
Hell, and all the people that forget
God. Psalms 9:17. He that hear
eth my word and believeth Him that
sent ' me; hath everlasting life and
shall not come into condemnation;
but is passed from death unto life
John 6:24.
Dear friends, are you wicked or
have you just forgotten God? If
so, pray, take warning now before it
is too late and turn to God, for you
do not know what time God is go
ing to call you away. It may be to- , .
night . or tomorrow don't put it off ,
any longer, for you might wait too .
long. I say , dear friends, it is a.
fearful thing to think about. ou
are running a dangerous risk.
Wej have only one life to live in
this world, and it is a short life. .
Now dear friends, what kind' of a
life are you going to live? Are you ;
living for God or the Devil? Oh!
Just think of the long eternity.
Where will you be in eternity? If
you are in the broad road that leads
to destruction, my prayer is, that you
will turn to the straight and narrow
road that leads to life eternal, where
there will be peace, joy and happi- .
ness for ever. Where there wifl be l.
no sad parting with our loved ones;' r
You, who are in the wrong Toad,
you haven't though no doubt, but
you are influencing other the wrong
way. ' Maybe your brother, sister, or
some of your friends,, are being in
fluenced by you. You are influence .
ing -someone the wrong way every
away.;. "; s '- ' , v . ' ;C'
6hj friends, don't turn Him away
any more. v - :
Dear friends, you who Ifave turn
ed God away, may never have an
other chance. Dear friends, you
may think you can put it off and ac
cept Him later. You can put it off
but lots of poor sinners die in sin
just by that thought. Dear friends,
that is what the Devil putsljn your
head. So accept the blessed Lord
while you have a chance, fro to
morrow may be too late, for we know
not when God is going to call us a
way. .Don't be too late.
Just think for a minute friends,
where will you be in eternity?
There are only two places. We are :
either giving all our service to the
Lord or the Devil, for we cannot
serve two masters. . - i
Fathers and mothers, who are in.
sin, did you know that you. are lead
ing your dear little children . the '
wrong way? 1ou should turn to'
God and live a Christian life and' ''
train your dear little children, up for
Heaven. If you will train them
while they are little, they will never
depart from it. Although, they may
go astray, but like the prodigal son,
they will return some day. So dear
friends, let's think before it is too ,
late, "where will you be in eterniiJ,,,,.
Dear Christian, are you. doing yoUr .-'.)
part? Are you letting your , light ? -'J"
shine before sinners that they may iuS
see your good works and glorify ybur 1-
Father, who is in Heaven. -We'lall
must let our light shine brighter, t u2
We must influence sinners. We must- K
speak some kind word: to them that Y
will cause -them to turn to the Lord i!"
before it is too late, for we knew "
not what hour the Lord cometh. W ..
must watcn and pray jintuy the final ;rUl-
judgment day. It may be tmorrowl ife.
Dear friends,' let's all try to do-the '- ui
best in this life. "We can if we will,' "fj
for the blessed. Lord has asked noth- , 0
ing of us that we cannot do.L- v ' ' '
time to stay in this world. 'We
know" "that some day.1 not far away.
the Death Angel is coming
us away. ,Can we stand to hear the ,
record, of our lives? We should live
so we shall rejoice when the Death
Angel comes. it ;,,f; ' t
'I So dear Irienda, may God help
and bless you dear sinners, to think
and be ready for we know not when
the hour ' cometh - Pray and take
warning now, before it is too late, is
the pray of one who loves you s".
(By "Your friend at f T, K. C")
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