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.VOL. XXI MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1926 Circulation: 2000 jj
OLD-TIME FIDDLERS CONVENTION
I TO BE HELD IN MARSHALL DEC.21
MADISON COUNTY SINGING
CONVENTION TO BEHELD
1
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An old-time Fiddlers Conven
tion will be held in the new
high school auditorium on the
Island at 7:80 P. M., December
21, 1926. Prizes are to be a
warded the "best fiddler, best
violinist, and best fiddler from
Madison County. The proceeds
r4 4-Vita MnvBiitinii ara fn tfn fn
V" .
1 the benefit of the new school
I li'j
i Duiiainir. i .
Please talk this, and come
.a -
everybody. The famous Har
ris Bros. (8) will be present
Dederick, Carson and Demp
sey; also Helton and others.
The convention is being con
poe daneinff, I. submit the: following
paragraph not to cause more discnv
siont but to present our side of the
ease It may be we are wrong. If
we are, lead us, dircet us. Give us
a more innocent recreation. Don't
condemn the innocent business .men
who were kind enough not .to say
"No" when the privilege ; wjVasked
to place notices in their Vs, windows.
That was not a sure sign that they
were sponsoring the dance-not even
a hint that it carried their stamp of
approval. ' '
r We may be a wild and reckless
generation in some respects, but
boys and girls do have high moral i
please try to see that the majority of
deals. Never in the history of. he
past has a generaiton been so Jtn-so
clean and frank. . We are' going
throuarh a sex adjustment and only
j God Himself knows how long it will
take or what will be the final out
come. At the present time, we are
chiefly concerned about health, pleas
ure, and luxuries. Live, let live, and
be i happy, might be the central
thought of the present generation.
j -2 j j Ai. There is no reason why we should
ducted under the auspices of walt ttnta e e old to'beto to e
the ? Parent-Teachers AssOCia- 1 pleasures of life. There are
r , few things in this world- that furnish
tioh of Marshall High School, real 'enjoyment ; that. are . hot, in a
, -us j o-vri? measure, polluted. Then why con-
We want a big crowd. COMB I j demn the dance, since -the same is
r.i nnA vjaw nf ftI1P npw,true of all other amusements. We
Get a good view ot our new amit that the dance b abnsedthe
school building. It is fineJsam is true of everything that is
., : sacred and fine, but does the abuse
Don't forget the date Tues-' of the few contaminate the majority?
i, n 91 ,f7.?n p M Ad e answer "No" on the ground that
day, Dec. 21, at 7 .30 r. m. Aa- boy8 and Kirla will( 800ner or jater
mission adults, 50c; children, ' 8how. ius what is in them. A man
.can be a gentleman just as easily in
the dance hall as on the streets
I yea, even as in the churches. It is
not the outward appearance, but the
IF
If you were busy being kind, "
Before you knew it -you would And
You'd soon forget to think 'twas true
That somebody was unakind to you.
If you' were busy being glad,
And cheering 'people who are sad,
Although your, heart might ache a bit
You'd soon forget to notice it.
If you were busy being good,
And doing just the best you could,
You'd not have. time to blame some
man
Who's doing just the best he can.
If you were busy being true,
To what you know you ought to do,
You'd be so busy you'd forget
The blunders of the folks you've
met.
If you were busy being right
You'd find yourself too busy, quite,
To criticize your neighbor long
Because he's busy being wrong.
Selected.
35c.
- PROF. D. W. KANOY,
DR. W. A. SAMS,
MRS. E. P. BRINTNALL,
MRS. W. H. MORROW, '
MRS. H. L. STORY,
MRS. RALPH FISHER.
IREFLECTIONS OF A
MOUNTAIN atnuuL
TEACHER
(By JACK V. JOYCE)
mind within,- that cauiea man to rise
or faU.'..This above all: ;To thine
own self be true, and it must follow
us the night the day, thou canst not
thenjbe false to any man."
Again I say this is friendly dis
cussion, and hope that no one will be
offended. However, I shall be plens
ed $o have'a reply. .,,,
CORRECTION OF AN
ERROR
In last week's issue an error
was made in the Citizens Bank
Well Thanksgiving is over. Did we
thank God for all His blessings to- Deposits. The deposits subject
ward us in Madison County. I noti, .
ced in the paper that Mr. John Cath- to check should have been pnn-
2j&.iil2&f $399,940.26 instead of
ther AsheviJJe had very - much M be ,$232,440.26. The error is re
thankful for or not I don't believer '
that Mr. Cathey made that exact gretted therefore this correc-
statement. I can hardly believe mat
a man of Mr. Cathey's calibre would "On.
make such a statement. Asheville
has, Jit seems to me, a good many lm a Fs rinn TAI 17Q
thiiigs to be thankful for. Every MALJ UUU 1 ALLS
city, town and village has at least . ARE OUT AGAIN
something to be thankful for.
I went to the Central Methodist
Church .to1 -worship last Sunday and
hear : Dsjf Ashley Chappell preach,
His subject was "What Is the Judg
ment Day?'? It certainly was a fine
message above, the average. - .r He
made' a statement which I am sure
surprised nearly ,. everybody at first
and then after they had though about
it must have asrreed with mm. tie
saidj1 "I am. thankful to God that at
the Judgment Day my Judge will, toot
be God.', He paused, and I think ev.
erybody wondered what was coming
nextr c Then ne aaaea, xne wuaga
will be the Son of God.? ! He "quot
ed the Scripture, "And He hath ap
pointed all judgment to the Son."
AThie to me was a surprise ana t am
JWe it is a fine thought Jesus.
rjChrist will be the Judge on-the final
flSy. - it will vb we him ntiu wu(
came down to earth and bled and suf
fered as ; Hnman ,Man. 5" He t knows
iwrannallv the life of a Jiuman beinsr.
He t knows the temptations we4 are
subject to. .- He knows ,11 the.. Joys
and sorrows that tail to me lot or a
human being. There He will ''mete
out not Justice .bat Mercy. Friends,
if we are to be judged according to
the strict principles, Justice in-
stead of the principles of Mercy and
Lore, I art .afraid there would'.be
few if any inhabitants of that Happy
Home to praise God. . . . .;.. --
4
I noticed Mr. "Clarence King's ar
ticle J"Will It Comet'Vin a previous
copy of the News-Record.' , I hope we
all read it I think it was fine. Bet
ter watch out Mr. King! ' Some folks
might -accure you of looking after
your interests more than the inter
mits lot the children : of thia ctatit.
Come again, Mr, ..King, with another
one of those fine articles from your
DANCE! DANCE!
' DANCE!:
' much said
Last Thursday night a large size
German Police Dog belonging to
Mr. , W. K. Hunter went mad " and
Made its raid over the eountry,';Sv-
erai memoers irom cone uamp.e
ported seeing the dog there'and
was also seen on several places on
Grape Vine, East Fork and Peters
burg," biting every dog r in existence.
The dog-returned home Friday eve
ning and bit Mr. Hunter's Holstein
calf and Pointer Bird Dog. The mad
dog was. killed Sunday. . It, would be
a deathly: thing to risk" leaving, your
dogs loose now. No one knows the
pathway this German Police took and
it would be Sbsolutely' advisable for
all the dog-owners to put their dogs
and stock up or have them vaccinat
ed: ; ' ,;;,:;.-v,:- ...
An interested citisenT.i...i4
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OIPTKPSEALS
i!hDIDITIN1925
Furnished Milk ana Hot Lunch-
es to 2,000 Undernourished
' - Children and Did Other
Things
sw'i v. w.f J
a There nas bene so much said a-
,T;!ntt "The Danee," that I am forced
k i t met fair spofHs Ifr Tavaa
r - tv a -ta everyueation, ee tfle-aalary.ana expenae
. with all due respect to the ministers
cf the C ' r 1 and all those who cp-
v" -Furnished milk and hot luni
cnes to approximately ZOO un
dernourished ' children whose
parents could not provide for
tSemy thereby r transforming
ished children into - strong,
hsppy. rosy youngsterav V'
'; Bought up- to- date fcalea for
c-er 100 schools, thereby crea
f'g an active interest in gain-i:--7
and growing strong,, at a a
t Ting of $700.00
c nutrition workers who gave
demonstrations that in some
instances reduced the percent
ages of underweight in schools
from over 30 to 10 per cent,
thereby saving at least large
numbers of children from be
coming potential tuberculosis
patients.
.Furnished breakfast, mid
morning and noonday nutri
ment for a third grade under
nourished boy who stole monpy
to buy food ; thereby changing
him from a criminal to a good
citizen in the making.
Financed the anaesthetic and
hospital fees for tonsilectomies
for over 200 children whose
parents were unable to pay
even this nominal sum. The
surgeons of the state donated
their services free of charge.
Our hats off to the generous
surgeons in North Carolina.
Brought Health Training in
Schools to over 100 teachers,
thereby giving stories, games,
projects and health informa
tion to hundreds of school chil
dren.
4 Fitted seriously undernour
ished children with
when their parents were un-
able to pay for them, thereby
curing their nervousness and
leading them to gaming a
healthful -weight.
Paid the salaries of school
dentists and provided funds for
dental service, r. ?
4; Sent crusade supplies to over
50,000 school children, thereby
helping them to build, strong
bodies-through "good ";; health
habitsAM ; ;vsf
ination of the pre-school child,
thereby helping him to be free
to gain before entering school;
Sanitorium Sun
N. B. JFDEWTT
HURT IN WRECK
ednesday afternoon, be
tween 5 and 6 o'clock, on a
steep hill near White Rock, N.
C, Mr. N. B. McDevitt was
driving his Dodge sedan along
the very muddy road in second
gear, when the car skidded and
ran down an embankment, o
verturning several times. Mr.
McDevitt was very painfully
injured, injuries being three or
four broken ribs, several bad
cuts and Bruises, finger broker-
value. A great many people cut
tobacco during the rainy period
last August and consequently
nearly all of that is house-burned.
This condition is a great dis
appointment to the tobacco gro
wers and the business people as
.farell, and a great many of the
hew growers didn't really un
derstand it. But few men in this
section have been growing to
bacco long enough to know
Jhow to handle it to the best ad
vantage under such difficult
weather conditions, and this
makes it worse than it would
have been otherwise. As a con
sequence we probably nave
more damaged tobacco in the
new tobacco section than any
other section in the country.
There is no hope for badly
house-burned tobacco, as it is of
no value, ahd ojur advice to
farmers is to get all of the
house burned tobacco out and
put the best of it in a separate
pile and put it on the market
by itself and throw the worst
of it away. If it is mixed in with
the other tobacco it ruins the
quality of that and the price,as
well. If the farmers will do that
they will find a material differ
ence in the returns on their to
bacco crop.
There has been a great ten
dency for just any and every
body to try to grow a little to
bacco without being prepared
Helped to keep' thef coiored
jupervisorV on '.'t the job ' for a
longer period than is provided
by law, thereby giving the col
ored school children additional
training in good health habit
formation. ; -
! Provided home nursing and
care 'or tuberculosis patients
who could not afford to pay
I Paid, the expense of tubercu-
osls patients at the State, Coun
ty-and-crivate-Sanatoria.- l 4
Provided funds for the exam.
wrenched back. He w a"&
brought to his home here Wed
nesday night, being attended
by Drs. Moore and Sams. Mr.
McDevitt will not go to the hos
pital, as his injuries, though
very painful, are not exceeding
ly serious.
Mr. McDevitt was on his way
to White Rock to deliver an or
der of goods from his .whole
sale house, when the accident
occurred. The weather was
very, rainy and foggy and the
road exceedingly slippery, and
the car, its rear wheels spin
ning in second gear, could not
be stopped in time to avoid' the
accidents; .. . . '
Devitt's condition remains un
changed.
for it, and for some people to
put out large crops when they
were not prepared to take care
of them. Some of them have
gotten by with it for the past
on left hand, and a severely Jfour years and made some mon-
ATOBACCO LETTER
Good sound tobacco is brings
ing as much money on the mar
kets today as it has any time
for the two years past Common
tobacco is bringing less money
than it has for a great many
years for two reasons.' First be
cause there is more of it this
year, and secdnd because , so
much of it is scalded and house-
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burned. House-burned tobacco;
is rotten tobaccorand like othr'
rotten food products it ha? r '
ey out of it because nature fa
vored them. We have advocat
ed for six years to the farmers
Of East Tennessee that they
should grow only the amount there is no market now nor ever
of tobacco that they could give will be for unsound, rotten to-
The Madison County Singing Con
vention is called for the third Sun
day in December (the 19th) at 1:80
P. M. The sing will b for two and
a half hours. Please bring your
class and enjoy singing. No prizes.
Just a good time. Como on, folks
1:80 to 4:00.
W. A. SAMS, Pres. Mad. Co. Sing
ing Convention.
good, sound tobacco and are
getting a satisfactory price for
it. Unfortunately many of our
growers lack facilities ana
some of them have grown care
less because of the extraordi
narily favorable weather condi
tions in the past.
We cannot urge too strongly
upon the farmers to use greater
care in classifying and grading
their tobacco and handling it al
the way through until it is fin
ally on the floor of the ware
house even up to putting it on
the baskets as that will do
more now to help to get a bet
ter price for their tobacco than
anything that can be done.
We think the market will set
tle on a little higher level for
the better grades as the season
goes on.
We feel that it is only justice
to say that thousands of pounds
of rotten tobacco have been put
on the market in Knoxville up
to ;date that should neverlhave ?
been offered for sale anywheres "
Rotten tobacco is of no 'more
value than rotten meat, rotten
potatoes, rotten wheat, or rot
ten corn or any other . crop.
Badly house-burned and scald
ed tobacco is rotten tobacco,
and has no more of the real to
bacco quality in it than a rot
ten oak leaf or cabbage leaf.
(We are just as certain now
as we have ever been that the
most profitable crop that the
far'mers of East Tennessee can
grow over a period of years is
good, sound tobacco. They
must realize, however, that
careful attention to and wth-
out neglecting their other farm
crops. Those who have done
this have profited every year.
This year they are receiving for
such tobacco as much as they
have received for the same
grades for the past two years.
This year has emphasized the
folly of attempting to raise, to-
bjcoi without being prepared
-nd without the careful,
proper-attention that should be
given vO rt." " T-'
..Tobacco is i:i quality ctop
and unless you give it the atten
tion needed . at the time it is
needed It is unwise'to attempt
to, raise it. ' - ...
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a i-;
, A rainy August in the Burley
Belt always makes it difficult
to take care of tobacco, and on
the 6th of last August we sent
I.'
an article to all the papers of
East ' Tennessee warning ? the
growers; oI; "the Importance' of
extraordinary care and poinl
ir.g outi to them In just what
way" they could exercise this
titer
" 1 to do it and dIJ do it have
bacco. There is every indica
tion that good, sound, useful
tobacco such as we have grown
and can grow throughout East
Tennessee with proper care
will continue to be, year in and
year out, in strong demand and
profitable to the grower.
;;j J. H. & J. W. DEJAF
Dec. 6r 1926. ,
PRAYER
,People.4ught, aJways,Jto. jprayan
not to faint, prayer secures for. the.
be1ivii the resources . of divinity.
What battles i has ft not f ought? Whafe
victories has it not wont What bur-1
dens has it not carried? What wounds 4
his it not healed? Prayer; fa the'e- J
ruge of affliction,strengtn oi weaic-c
nets, and light of darkness. Prayer Is j
the. oratory that gives power la the t
pulpit Prayer is the hand that
stirkes down satan, and removes sin.
Prayed is a conversation with. God 1 f
often say my prayer, bnt do I 'ever a
pray? Do the wishes of my heart go
with the words I aayt I may as well .
kneel down and worship gods of ?
stone, as offer to the living God. a -.
prayer of : words alone. For Words
without the heart the Lbrd will never J
hear, nor to those lips attend. '- y",
" Prayer is the key which will un-
lock Heaven's door. Therefore, praV-'
er is the greatest need of -e wor! i.
C.h; i.s exi'..p'.e aoi tc..i... .. i '
subject, for frnvtr is tk.t r. t
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