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MADISON COUNTY RECORD
Established June 8r 1901. ?
FRENCH BROAD NEWS
Established May 16 1991,
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RESPONSIBLE?
?i T.Th'e 8ubject.iWho, id respon
'ti Bible? often.ariaeBin our minds
n4 most of.; th4 peopj i aeem
:to be without uAdenstanding, as
f- to, who is the resppiSU)a.-p$rt
p. son. They7 always "accuse God
and try to lay the blame on Him
for conditions in their lives' by
S saying. "I had nothing to do
; with my being here. I came
here without the least of my
; consent."; This is true, God has
consulted no m a n': yet a-
bout his work of creation or
anything else.. If He had left it
k to man it would have been in a
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terrible shape.- . God did not
make man to do as he pleased
L and have his way in everything.
f Neither did he create man to
- liv in sin and crime We learn
by reading in Genesis, chapters
.- two and three that God made
or created man in his image
after his likeness. and for his
- own glory. And then he made
v a woman for the glory of man,
t or a helpmeet and not for a
slave as some men think. God
j bless the, woman. Although the
r man is the head of the woman
she should, share equal - with,
the man in ; everything., God
planted a garden eastward Jn
JEden and there, he, placed this
happy couple showing them at
the same time what trees they
should eat of and at the same
time commanding them not to
eat of the tree of knowledge.
Who was responsible? From
the time God gave command
ment man became responsible their minds good and evil to
for his conduct. He did not! that, extent of knowledge
have to eat of the tree of know- j wherein they are made sin
x ledge in... order to keep from ners. And so if they die in this
starving to death for every j innocent state they are saved,
tree of the garden and every j Read Matt. 18:1-3. Paul speaks
Vierh was irood for food. Here I of when he was an innocent
man is responsible. Nowhere in
the word of God do we read
( where man just had to obey
;the devil. He obeys him willing
s Jy. Some argue that God aimed
from the beginning for man to
do just what he did to eat of
ij the tree of knowledge and die.
This argument is absolutely
without foundation and is as
far from the Jbible and common
sense as the doctrine of evolu
ii tion. But we hear God saying
to Adam. "Thou shalt not eat
1 of the tree 'of knowledge." Man
did eat and " transgress God's
holy commandment and was
driven out of the garden of'
Eden on their own "will using
their: own free' moral" agency
'' as some one has said. God has
riot at any time forced. .man Jo
!serve him but his service must
be willingly done. Who is. res-,
ponsible ? We hear God ; say.
''They are without an excuse." J
iAfter' man had transgressed
God's holy laws still, "God so
ioved the'world .that he irave
his only begotten Son that who
soever belie veth in Him should
not perish but have everlasting jgiveiinto them eternal life and
life." -John B;16. Now; it is toithpVsbW ever perish, neither
whosoever7 believethi" Who" Is Jshalf any 'man "pluck them out
responsible? The responsible
pne is. the one who does pot be-
iieve s and accept the plan of
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4ife apd salvatibn.Wh;VoUli
be jgnorant enough fa .Tlfeyajy
thing; $o the charge : of, ,iGod.
And who would f accuse- God
with folly in this matter.; God
has done all he can forhe hu
man familyin.' order; to? save
them until: they accept Jhs lof
fering fie liW git Thou rt
inexcusable, O nian. Besponsi
bility lies at your dbor until
you accept Jesus ' Christ as
your personal Saviour Then
God will hokL yoa 1 responsible4
for your woie fervi"
whic,h you jpmycfrpp, to ttiifl.
God give ther understanding
in all tidngs -lbelp ;yOttW
Understand that you are leftfn
excusable and must givea
strict account at the judgment
seat of Christ for every mom
ent, hour and all your life and
the way you have spent the
precious time God has so won
derfully given you here in
which to live for Him and to
glorify Him?. There are some
things that we are not .respon
sible for and that is we are not
responsible for what we do not
know &ut we are accountable
for all we do know. Therefore
to him that knoweth to do good
and doeth it not to him it is sin.
(JajU?. Qf course we would
readily derive to the conclusion
by this 'scripture and. Rom; 4 f 1 5
ifiata person is no helcj, ac-
countable for that which he
does not know. Some preachers
are cruel enough I have heard
to preach that there are infants
in hell. This is not so, as they
are not accountable for sin not
being able to comprehend with
child saying. "For I was alive
without the law once but when
he commandments came sin
revived and I died." Bom. 7 :9.
Just as long as lie was under
age of responsibility he was a
live. But when the time came
in his life when he was old e
nough to receive knowledge of
the law lie died.KThisl death is
eauivalent to the one Adam
died in the garden of Eden
Dead in trespasses and in sins,
God has said,' "Behold all souls
are mine, as9 the soul of the
father? so also the soul of the
son is mine, the soul that' sin-
neth it'shalf die:" Ezek: 18:4,
and again we teacL! "Where
fore as by one man, sin entered
into the world and death by
sin . and so death .passed pon
all men for that all have sin
ne4."'Bom,i 5U1w'tnls &
true I am glad Ciod Has prepar.
ed a way! whereby; We-m ay in-
7herit eternal. lifeViand live fori
ever. MTh wages of sm is death
but the gift jaf God is eteri
nallife through pJesus Christ
our Lord." Ronw 6:23. MAn4 l
of my hand.!' John :lt':28rjesus,
j . aid unto ptr, "i ara tne resur-:
Uection and the life, he that be-
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MARSHALL, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 127
B6udarle Of North Carolina
On the nori! our' St Ate. is bounded
By Virginia's fair domain,
With her: old colonial mansions
And her, fields of waving grain,
' With her boasta aristocratic,
, And great sonnthat are her pride.
On her battlefields historic
; vMany oiottrgratidBires died.
On the' aaajlSd: tkftaaii bil!ows
. Wash our, h6res 'incessantly,
There where-Ritlejgh caBt the anchor
. , When ie pressed he briny sea.
Found the goodly lands and forests,
Land without aa earthly peer,
Fruits and flowers and fragrant vine-
Kid . i'Wdtm 1. ,
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. We meet lireeiei ramTwitfi aunshine,
I ' ' As we- southward wdiid .our way,
ft ft Rose fair and sweet'taagnoliasi
j ' Cotton f ields and mosses gray,
f ii i' Carolina; soothern 5nter,
. Lovely aa a fahli d. ,
We indeed ar proul i own her,
; Stand bwjde. her-faaltf her hand.
But we journey to heestward,
Follow- Boone and. John Sevier;
There are eohoes from the forest,
From each hardy pioneer,
Who for freedom ini adventure
lieveth on me though he were
dead, yet shall he live." And
"whosoever liveth and belie v
eth in me shalfnever die, believ
est thou this." John 1 1:25-26.
It is now left to us to receive
Christ or to reject Him. Will
you receive him as your Saviour
on the conditions of God's word
wherein he said: "Repent and
believe the gospel?" Or do you
positively reject him and .nis
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word. Choose ye this day whom
ye will serve.
Yours in His Service,
W. E. McFALL,
Box 85,
Hot Springs, N. C.
PARENT-TEACHERS
HAVE SPLENDID
MEETING
The Parent-Teacher Association
met Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the new school building the li
brary being used. This is
quite a large room, but chair after
chair had to be brought in to take
care of the crowd, the attendance be
ing so good. The President. Mrs. U.
R. Tweed, after calling the meotini
to order and having- the minutes o;
the previous meeting read, called on
various ones to speak, the teachers
being called on Ifirst. Prof. Kanoy
spoke for a few minutes on the in
difference of pupils and spoke of how
the boys and girls will find oppor
tunities even during' school hours to
admire and talk with one another.
Several grade teachers were called
on and some responded. Poor at
tendance in the lower grades, more
work on the part of the pupils, aad
the importance of parental interest,
shown sometimes by visiting were
stressed. t ,
Among the parents called on who
f poke wereSupt O. S.iDillard, Hon.
John Hendricks, Editor H. L. Story,
Mrs. Guy Roberts, Hr. Guy Roberts
and Dr. Sams.
The ' ninth grade1 won . the parent
attendance honor.- , , T
Refreshments consisting of hot
chocolate and cakes were served by
Mrs. Wm. Farmer, Mrs. Homer Hen
ry, .and...M.isa.t.,L.1J,.M.,l
PAIR OF TWINS y3
- BORN - BUT-NOT "rvj.
: :;JiN !sAMi year
-;-u ty '.'.- s ,
- Altoona, Pa., Jan. 1
(UP)
-Twins were, born ;to Mrs.
Oakley Stiffler, but In different
years,; - i "hA,
The first baby waa born at
i :80.P. ,M.:, - ecembx5r Si;
1926. and' the second at 2 :30
A. M., January 1, 1927. t
rt-Aheville Times.
"Did yon hear about it?? j - '
"But it-Jiappened right in youri
n-ihorhnnH " i i . i
I know but my wife has been a-i
way.
' Climbed the peaks so near the skies V
Climbed . the, , blue and rugged X
- mountains,4 it1 91
To behold. paradise.
r" 't ANNE LOVICK ffi
DEATH, SUFFERING
AND PROPERTY
tb S S FOLLOW II
f HE WAKE ol
CARELESSNESS ji
Lives Lost by Fire in 1925..
- 298
red by Fire in 1925....
erty Loss by Fire in 19
sir
$6,914,014
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It iwSll plrobably hurt the
school boy's and girl's feelings
to know that the fire loss last,
year, in valu,e destroyed ALL'
the apples and peaches raised
in North Carolina or ALL the
peaches, strawberries, canta
loupes and watermelons.
For every hundred pounds of
Cotton raised, we burned, in
value, seven pounds. "-?.
For every hundred pound? of
Tobacco we burned, in value,
eight and one-third pounds.
For every hundred bushels of
Corn we burned, in value, four
teen and three-fourths bushels
For every hundred bushels
of Wheat We burned, in value.
ninety-two and one-half bSk
els. -ij.
For every hundred bushels
of Sweet Potatoes we burned,
in value, eighty-one and thyt8-
fourths bushels. ,;.y
The State is borrowing mon
ey for Roads, Schools and
er ' permanent improvements.
Our fire loss last year would
have paid 6 per cent interest ion
$115,233,500.00 VTt
North Carolina is one oOhe
l$g Furniture Manufacturing
States. '.'You- Furnish-iX'
Br jd e, We'll Furnish f Jve
For every hundred dollaw'
worth."- of , Furniture manitfic
turedj in t North Carolina-v.n
1925, we' burned, in value,'-
MORE THAN 75 PER
OF OUR FIRE LOSS IN 1325
WAS 'DUE;.
NESS:1
TO CARELESS
A'A'i
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maite norm urouni oaxe ror
Lif . and Property -
A QUESTION OF VALUES
I am a nickel.
I am not on speaking terms with
the candy man.
.1 am too smail to get into the
Bevies.
"1 am not large enough to buy a
necktie.
".. I am .of Binall consideration in
the purchase of gasoline.
I am hot fit to be a tip. But be
lieve me,
When I go to church anI Sunday
School, and B. Y. P. U. and the W. M.
S. meeting, I am SOME money.
Selected.
,;f The:Jbest New Year resolu-
tfori for the North
. . ,. V u . .
rfarmer this year is one pledg
ing himself to produce his own
food and feed crops.
ASHEVILLE SUIT
IN MARSHALL
, The long-fought North Fork water
Shed project went before, the court
at IV o'clock this morning.
Judge P. A. McElroy, who is sitting
at court in Marshall, is conducting a
hearyig as to whether the recent
temporary injunction secured by cer
tain taxpayers shall be made against
the city of Asheville.
Taxpayers who brought the suit
were represented by Carter, Shu
ford and Harthorne, and Mark W.
Brown.
- Defendants were represented by
Gallatin Roberts, Jones; Williams
and Jones, Walter Haynes, and Geo.
Pennell.
As we eo to press the indications
are that the entire days of Thursday
and Friday will be consumed before
a decision is reached.
BUS STATION BECOMES
SUNDAY SCHOOL
In one of his "sentence ser-
mois recently, Dr. Elha gives
this. , quotation from Charles
Kingsly : "
;"The only way to regenerate
the jvorld is to do the thing
which lies nearest us, and not
hunt after grand far fetched
ones for ourselves."
' Within two hours of the time
I read this quotation I was in
a bus station purchasing a tick
et to co"me home. The agent
ws a friend of mine and is, a
deacon in a Baptist church.
While waiting for the bus to
come a little forlorn boy came
in and asked the agent wheth
er he had anything he could
sell for one cent. The good
man gave the boy an apple and
told him t? keep his cent. The
agent then turned to me and
told .me how much he missed
his Sunday School since he be
gan to work for the bus line,
since his duties on Sunday
morning held mm at tne sta
tiori. during the Sunday School
hour. He then remarked,
nave been thinking of working
me. up a class from boys that
stay On the streets and go to no
Sunday School and teach them
here, in the bus station." The
boy who sat by the stove eating
his apple said, "I will come and
iring my brother next Sunday.'
"AH right,", ' said the agent,
ten o'clock and bring the other
boys, and we will, have our
Sunday School here in the Sta
tion." ' , . , :.-
.tAs I came off on the bus two
thoughts were in my mind: (I),:
This agent at the bus station is
fulfilling Kingsly'8 jmethod of
bringing in thd Kingdom of j
G6L . 2) I shall watch with
peculiar interest the, develop-1
ment r of . that Sunday' School
class." 1
4-W. R. CULLOM. in Charity
& Children; -: - : . ' -
Circulation: 2000
fiEFSE AND DUCKS
HAVE FINE FRIEND
Uncle Jack Way Up in Canada
Feeds Them and Then Sends
Them Over the World Was
Born Barefooted.
By A. S. McColIum
Baconton, Ga., Dec. 18. I
recently noticed in the Jackson
ville Times Union that hunters
on the south coast of Florida
had killed a wild goose and
found around her leg a band
was stamped "Mary". "Have
faith in God, Mark II chapter,
22 verse. Write No. 48, King'
syille, Ontario, Canada.
I sent the clipping from the
paper to the above address and
received an interesting letter
signed "Old Uncle Jack Miner"
Uncle Jack wrote that he was
born barefooted, was educated
out of doors, and ink slinging
was entirely out of his line. He
also says that at the age of
thirteen he was liberated in
Canada and took to the woods
as naturally as a park hare, and
then goes on as follows:
'There were twelve of us in
the family and a dollar bill
looked like a horse blanket and
I took to hunting for the mar
ket. I soon learned that the
wildest animal knew me for its
deadliest enemy and I thought
surely the-would know a friend
if they had one," and I now have
thousands of these feathered '
witnesses that actually know
my voice and at times will come
down when I call them, and I
have learned a few notes of the
wild goose language. I now
have tags returned to me from
North Carolina to Baffin Bay,
and forty-one from Hudson
Bay. Indians and Esquimos
have returned these wild goose
tags. As for the ducks, I have
a mink skin half full of these
tags, returned from 38 diffier
ent states and provinces, the
furthest south coming from
Gudan, La., and fro . t to
west covering an are. c : ..bout
2000 miles square. I . 1 per
cent of the birds I taj in the
fall return to me in t oring. :
For the past seven ye?.v s I have
fed these birds from one to two
thousand bushels of corn each,
year and that little bit only ,
gave theni a sweet taste to
come back. Our government -has
given me permission to put
up nets. The birds are either
coaxed or driven in, tagged and
liberated." - -
How fortunate was Uncle
Jack to have been born bare
footed !
Five - demonstrations; vi with
soybeans showfeda "yield: of ,
4.606 pounds of: hay per acre
where one ton of lime was used
on the land hi compared 'with
3,822 pounds of hay per acre
where no lime was used. ,
Faith without wtorks is worth
.9-
little,so: are pledges . without
action. r:T h ; e " business-like
farmer will begin now. to plan
his crop acreages for the earn
ing season, v" -