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GORDON RUDISILLKILLED INSTANTLY ; IN AUTOMOBILE WREQi NEAR M Returning Home Near Marion V : Car Strikes Bus FUNERAL THURSDAY vVi-:;'TERNOON AF- 1 - Mr. Gordon Rudisill,. young er brother of Mr. Craig Rud isill, both of Marshall, was In stantly ; killed Wednesday af ternoon near Marion when the car .he' was driving collided "with the Asheville Charlotte t buss. Our information is that Mr Rudisill's neck was brok en and he died almost instantly after the collision. He had been visiting his relatives hear Lincolnton and was' returning home, a brother, Percy jL,i ac companying him. The bus driver claims . thatlJudisiirs car was 'on the left side of the road at a "blind" curvet Mem- bers of the family in Marshall left and we understand the f u neral and interment will be at the .old home place near Lin colnton Thursday afternoon. Mr.' Rudisill is well known in v Marshall being associated with his ' brtoher, Mr. Craig Rudisill in the Feed and Fuel business. He leaves his wife and two small children, who havfthe sympathy of the com munity. SHOOTS HIMSELF . CHRISTMAS EVE WILLIE TWEED OF GRAPE VINE ENDS HIS OWN LIFE and, as the boy ran away, the fatal shot was fired. He lived . . . , .'. ' ' about an hour or more finally bleeding to death. The body was taken to the home of his father-in-law, A d oiphus risher,, where It was prepared for burial. The funeral was from Grape Vine church at three o'clock Sunday conducted by Rev. Mr. Bullman. Jnterment followed in the Grape Vine church cem etery, -v : ffi' -. The deceased is survived by his father, M. D Tweed, who lives at Blackjoy, Ky his mo ther being dead. He also leaves three brothers Irvin Tweed of New York, Stokely Tweed of Black Mountain, and Gray Tweed of Craggy and one sister, Mrs. W. H. Tosher of Grape Vine. THE LIVING SERMON AaMraioatjj " 'i'". I'd rather see it. sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one would walk with me than merely tell the way. The eye'a bettor and jawre willing than the. esrr ' Fine counsel is confusing, but example's- always clear. The best of all the preachers are the men who lhre their, creeds, For to see good put in action is what " everybody needs. - .. I soon can-learn to do it, if you'll let me see it done, : - r I can watch your hands in action, but your tonmie too fnat im run The lectures you deliver may be very wise and true, But I'd rather get my lessons by ob serving what you do. I may not understand . the. . high ad vice you give; But there's no misunderstanding how you act and how you live. 1 1 NOTICE! The annual Stockholders meeting of. Citizens' Bank will be held in Marshall,-; N. C, Wednesday, January 5&i, i27 at 1:0,0 o'clock P. M, .E. R. TWEED, President. Large Beef Cattle Not Wanted Now Prayer of tlie r Horse ; Willie Tweed, who would have been 35 years old in Feb ruary, shot and killed himself about three o clock in the .af ternoon of December 24, 1926, near his sister's on Grape Vine in Madison County. . He leaves his' wife aud two children. : It seema that he and his wife had.; been seperated for some years .And, he has been gone out of the state. Recently he came back and according to reports, they were about to be come reconciled, r However," at the. time of the tragedy,' .he was stopping with his sister, Mrs. W. H. Fisher. . In the morning of his death he was seen in Marshall and seemed to be acting rather mysterious ly. He returned to his sister's and in the afternoon he and Mrs. Fisher's 12-yearold son, Haskle, walked off with a shot gun, saying they : were going hunting. The boy was carry ing the gun, and according to the boy, as they neared an un occupied house near Mrs. Fish er's, Tweed stopped or kneeled down and prayed and in clos ing the prayer.' he said "and this is where I die.' .. He then asked the lad for the gun to shoot himself with anJ Haskir refused to let him have 11. Tweed then overpowered the boy and took the Translated from the Swedish To Thee, my Master, I offer . j,. my prayer: Feed me, and take care of me. Be kind to me. Do not jerk the reins; do not whip me when going up hill. . Never strike, beat, or kick me, when I fail to understand what you want of hie. but give me a chance to understand you. Watch me, and if I refuse to do your bidding, see if there is not something wrong with; my har ness. No matter how well finished the large beef animals are, they will not sell at good prices on the market at present. The best selling animals range from 800 to 1050 pounds in weight. "The International Livestock Shdw recently held in Chicago has been responsible more than any one thing for bringing this situation to a head and impress ing farmers with the fact that no longer" are large, coarse, un finished cattle needed or want ed on the market," says Prof. R. S. Curtis, of the animal hus bandry department at State College. "In fact, large cattle, np matter how well finished, will not sell at fair prices." Prof. Curtis states that the I handy weight beef animal ranging from 800 to 1050 lbs. ana wen nnisnea is the new standard insofar as beef ani mals a r e concerned. This means, he states, that under North Carolina conditions, more attentiojn must now be paid to quality, good feeding and early maturity. Regard less of- the f act that a poor qual ity of beef animals may be pro duced and sold at the less dis criminating markets, the fact remains that the price paid for btjcattle is set by the large central markets and these mate kets determine the kind of ani mals which sell best. This con dition must be reckoned with in any plans being made for build ing a beef cattle industry in the State. "' MARSHALL HAS FINE SCHOOL BUILDING BUILT TO CARE FOR MEDIATE FUTURE IM- ... . n -1 - vo not give me too heavy loads ; never, hitch me where water will drip oh me. Keep me well shod. Examine my teeth when I fail to eat; I may have an ulcerated tooth. That, you know, is very painful. am unable to tell you in words when I'm sick; so watch me, and I will try to tell you by signs. - Pet me sometimes; I enjoy it and I will learn to love you. Protect me in summer from the hot sun. Keep a blanket on me in winter weather, and nev er put a frosty bit in my mouth, but hold it in - your hands a mo'ment first, v . , , 1 1 carry you, .i pull you,' wait patiently for you long ; houre, day or night I cannot tell you when I am 'thirsty; give me clean,' cool water often in hot weather. ' . -' Finally, when my strength is gone, instead of turning me ov er to a human brute, to be tor tured and starved, take my life in the easiest and quickest way, gun from ' and then-God will reward you him, , set it between his len with the muzzle under his chi v in r this Amen. life and ( in Heaven. Marshall has a school build ing of which its citizens may well feel proud. Aside from danger from floods, it is the most desirable spot in the whole section for such a school building. Situated on a prac tically flat lot of several acres surrounded jby water and in clear view of most of the resi dences in Marshall, a spot a- nart from . interruptions , in school life and yet a spot easi ly beautified and sufficiently large to afford a delightful playground-baseball diamond, tennis courst, and all sorts of out-door games and amuse ments and at the same time convertible into a park of un excelled - beauty from which the . : mountain scenery sur rounding is beyond,, descrip tion," Marshall's school has na tural advantages of which few tion and gratification that Sup erintendent Dillard took us o ver the building, pointing out its modern plans and conven iences. Starting at the boiler room where ample provision is made for heating and storing fuel, we 'visited every room on. alt three floors. On the first floor is a large basement about 40, ay ieei wmcn can oe Ueeo, for a gymnasium adjoining which are toliet and shbwer baths for each sex. On the second floor, recitatoin rooms and the elementary library of some 300 bopks surround th auditorium. ' On the third floor, more rec itation rooms and , the depart ment of domestic science and the high school library have Jto be seen to : be appreciated. The auditorium has 911 chairs, besides the stage chairs, which in all affords accommodation WSHALIIIIHE t r 16 FLOOD REPRINTED FROM T H : NEWS-RECORD OF THAT DATE ON SUNDAY. JULY 16. 1916. - The river commenced to rise &t abut 8 o'clock A. M.; and at about 9 :30 A. M.. it was over- flowingthe rock wall along the Southern Railway ; tracks.' At 10 -0 clock the water was. in Street and the people, liv ing along the street were carry ing to places of supposed safe ty such of their household goods as tney coma get, ouc Many.peoDle carried their. fiir- niture'iritb the upper stories of thehv buildings. At 12 o'clock everyone-had crossed the street and taken refuge in buildings Sbove Main Street. The water came- aQwn wiin - ireraenuuiw foTce carrying with it the evi dence of the great destruction th.a't was 'taking place along its c6Urse- v. tfj Houses, logs, lumber, barrels aoxes, bridges, all were carried away. The old bridge at Bridge Street hete gave way and noth- mgr.pj ltwas left save the rock Vit$ upon which it rested for many, years. Above the first span of the new bridge a drift, thatreached f or more than one ;h'uh'dred feet up the river, gath ered.' The structure held ..for probably an hour but the pres sure.- of current and the drift proved, more than it could stand. Three spans of this bridge were broken loose but all of them lodged close by nd wiH betaken backTwo of thoirZll' j'.r" current cut a great channel for around a thousand people' if any schools in the State can This is fine for a town the size boast, and the' building com-0f Marshall to have such "an pleted is even greater than one auditorium which can be made could have hoped for after 8ee-'comfortabie an use( f 0r the ing it in the makings -The writ- larger gatherings of the coimi er being away when the finish-ty as well as for school pur- ing touches were being applied poses. ; A word picture of the already; much more is yet to was more mciineo v appreci- school and its site is inade-jbe acajmplished and the Par- ate it than those wno Bawt me quateone must see it to un-,.ent-Teacher Association is tak- development from day to day. dersUnd; ; y V -"f: ; ling these matters und-r naM tt waa with a ' smfle xt -satisf ae A 'MUchai naT leendnei ef ition" T' through the island. An immense drift gathered jat the east end of the Southern (repot and turned a current a- gainst the houses on the North side of .the street in that section of the, "town. Soon after 12 o -clofik' houses commenced- to rise 'from their foundations and float down the river. The sight was one, that cannot soon be brgotten by those who wit nessed it. On either side of the river great crowds of people y?ere gathered watching the destruction that was being wrought. Perhaps three mull ons dfiollars worth of proper- ty came down the river during the day, men and women in Marshall whose homes and pro. perty were being destroyed stood 'the strain with a nerve and courage as fine as was ever displayed under such trying: conditions. No one wept but all appeared stout hearted and cheejpfnli t . .. -'At 4:30o'clock P. M.. the water began to go down and at ther.fe Baptist Church where manypeople had gathered a tshort prayer service was Con ducted by Kev. S. T. Hensley. - V'.:..'. : ; ' ' I Homeless People Cared For Stout hearted and cliAPrfiil Messr S. H. White. Dr. IVank Kobeiw John A. Hendricks, JimesjWest, Natt -Holcombe, tuy v, nooerts, , a. iN. (Jaton, E, B. Gilbert Posev -A Fiaher. John Jarrett, Reuben Ramsey, j. u. namsey. is. K. Tweed. P. V.Rector. Rev. S. T. Henslev. others living on the hill onened their homes and in fine style, cared for those who had been driven from their homes hv th Wood. A good dinner Sunday and lodging and meals until the waters had gone down were provided by these good gentle men and their wivea Punia i the surrounding community al so opened their homes and dis played 'a most flrenerotin tmtot toward those who were tempor arily homeless. Death List Only two people lost their , lives in the flood.. They were as follows: Bri CCS. Both narHps wprp re covered on Mon., and brought to the Baptist church where they were prepared for uunai. ii is siaieq uiai oom mr. Guthrie and Miss Brigfirs had' ' left the hniiAA unA o-nno trt-a- . uiai.K til HxieLV I J 1J I. iKifirininK. ing 'there was no danger, re turned to the house and when it begaii to move hey became - ' frightened and in trying-, to -j make their escape were lost. They were in the Ball & Gud- '?! ger Restaurant at the depot. Washed Away !; - Quite a number of buildings fv were washed away. The fol-'"' ' lowing is a list: : t Southern Railway, pump-. house at depot, two tenant' ' houses at depot owned by Ball t & Gudger, Livery stable at de pot Owned by Ramsey & Rector Erve Bailey's two' houses, Erve '"r King',8 building on Bridge St., v: in wnich was located the Central Telephone office, Hi, L. Banks & Company's store, Posey Fisher's Pressing Shop, and Alfred Lowe's home, coal bins and cotton house owned by Capitola Manufacturing Co. Kector and Ramsey's lumber i ) 4 'I owned by J. G. Ramsey, tenant house owned by Citizens Bank, stable and garage owned by C. B. Mashburn, Reuben Ramsey's warehouse, owned by F, Shel- ton, small garage owned by Mrs. Claude Allison, stable, wood and coal house owned by Mrs. Nanny, corn crib owned by Barnett Fortner, Marshall woodworking plant owned by J. J. Redmon & Son and a dwelling house between the ri ver and railroad just below the old church at West end of the town. Flooded Every building on Maint St., except the residence of ' P. " A. McElroy, the Court House and the Baptist ""--- ' were flooded and filled with mud. Household furnish iSo and merchandise in: the ..c .es and stores were badly : imaged. Windows in many places were broken loose from so- e of the resident buildings . . ag the -. street A few bui, ' v, ;j were moved from their foundations and left close by. A few others were floated for some distance: but lodged against other builds". mgs. . - - '-k4U 5f 1 Damages - v s ' . . ii No one can at this time, give an accurate statement as to the '- damage sustained bv the town. However, a rough conservative estimate figures in sound num bers, a total xiamage of 2125.. 000,00 sustained, by citizens of ' the town. aside from this th Southern Railway and Madison ; county nave been heavily dam-1 aged. No bridges along the riv- er in this county are left. ; Clearing The Wreck " On Monday morninc whpn the people came down to their ; homes only a small part 1 of Main Street in front of the Ban. tist Church was visible. ; ; The -Street was full of drifts and pre e sented a most forlorn appear- : ance. But everybody went to work and gradually the street has been cleared of the rubbish and dwellings . And busine53 places have been 'cleaned ud up and the town is aain &Y.i (Carried to last pr?) v. . -. J .t. -. ' -
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