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iew v60 led , : ' OD- irly VOL. XXI MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY,' FEBRUARY 11, 1927 1925 tot v Aid lw of br A1 ate 27. tor ed, to re Ice )V- to to me X, L. rix le- I lid Of be Ul IT. - O h, fie ly -in Ilk i - e t u "BLOODY MADISON" NOTORIETY WITH ADVENT OF ItlBlO'bB'CBiOiAKD ROADS B BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD --!- '" j-Mawhall, Feb. 6 The tremendous forward strides made in the past five years by Madison county and her pro-r Tessive citizens,' led by the town of Marshall, has completely wiped out oday the title of Bloody Madison' .bestowed more than half a. century mti?i."i--t':f I Madison 'county was. formed in ?185X, and the frequency with which killings occurred about that time re sulted in some unfavorable: advertis ing, which only the. progress of years has been-able to live down. ; .;.-.. t The murder committed by Cunning ham; a non-resident of the state,-and who was tne nrst man nangea m mag-, ison was sensational and was virtual,y the start of this unfavorable comment but to those who are: well acquainted 'with' Madison and its people, the fact that her people are among the most hospitable in all our mountain coun trv.vu in line with the accented truth that ,she has giveihto.the state and 'the nation many, of the great leaders tin church, law, politics and education; I Thej Pritchards, GudgersL 'Bunjions, f RamseyB, ; Rollins, McEfroys," and mflnu lliiKbriniiii names which are familiar to the entire citizenship of the state, are household words among the hills ana hollows m picraresqu Madison county.i. ;. The people here, for over a hun dred years, 'have tbeen virtually nmsfilina-" with elements and con tending against great odds in an ef fort to cultivate tneir "own vine ana Jig tree" and the unfortunate, .thbig rabout.it all is the fact that many ox l her aona noon. becoming well equip- I ped for public service at home, would find attractive neias oz enaeavour tn near by cities and states,' and their best talents' and energies would be lost to their native county. -: Madison, according to area j has perhaps more rough and mountain ous territory than any other of the hundred counties of the state, but since the great road construction work by the State Highway Commiv sion, and .th persistent road ,bulld lno v bv : the : road commiesioneni of Madisoasewtyad- sen in aBtyps of transportation, it ts proven unmis takably , thai, what haves heretofore been barriers hard .to surmount art now great attractions to .tour lata from all parts of the country, responding to the lure of the wild mountain life. Regardless of its uneven surface, the soil of Madison is fertile, pasturage is unexcelled, Jimber abounds, and the well watered countryside furn-; ishes home sites for virtually thous ands who may seek rest and recrea tion within its borders. The hard surfacing of No. 30 from Asheville to Marshall and the grad ing? of that bortion between Marshall and Hot sormffs. Drintrs tne autoisis Y into constant view of the scenic a French aroad mer, oeaues oi wnicn beggar description, and which only can be realized by a view, of the act ual territory itself. The picture ac companying this article, Lover's Leap, near Hot Springs, is typical of a nev er-ending scene or rugged grandeur, which one meets, if he will take the Marshall route.- Each tributary of the French Broad in Madison furnish es natural retreats, yet undiscovered practically, by the outside world, but to Madisonians, the . Bluff, Sliding Knob, the Beauties of the Laurels, are familiar objects. h , ' The renewed interest in matters local has taken definite form- in mny ways. Newly elected officers, mostly I young men are imbued with the spirit of progress. The newly elected clerk of superior court,' J., Hubert Davis, lately inducted into that office, is a young man, 34 years of age, a student L ,of Carson-Newman College, Tennes , t see, and typifies the younger class of K, ; JUMI i ' citizenship. l ine snerui-eiect, k. it. ttamsey, a bout 45 years of age, lives at Wal i natj about six mlies from Marshall, I and is making a splendid officer. , He served one tejrm as sheriff four years i ago and was again re-elected after a two-year rest from the -duties of the s tfflce.. Though his duties are natural fact that Madison is the gateway into west, and has been for over a hundrde years, many only know the narrows of the French Broad, at Hot Springs and Marshall,, as a marker for routes ot travel across the Appalachians, and since the-stagecoach days, all types of human beings almost, are known to be wayfarers in Marshall. - -Superintendent O. S. Dillard. who ia director of the school work of Mad- son, has been pushing , an elaborate building program " since his employ ment by the Madison Board of Edu cation. not. Diiiard was . formerly county superintendent of Jackson Co. Several ' consolidated schools have ; been erected recently. A new brick structure bos been just completed at Hot Springs, and is being occupied for the firxt year, under the manage ment of Hiss Epps Haws, principal, Flag-Pond. Tenn. .W. G. Dillard is principal of the Spring Creek" con solidate school. At Walnut, the scene v here the first' courts' were ' he'd ia L'adison, there itf a splendid modern school under the management of rtof. H. D. Peg, and Miss Meda Peek . former teacher, of Buncombe, .Is HAS LOST ITS prihcipat of the new school at Beech Glenn on Ivy. The high school at Mars Hill is undre the direction of Miss Moore. ', Mr. Dillard considers his greatest achievement here ; the erection of the new- Marshall Consoli dated school building placed in the Island at Marshall, the site where, ov er fifty years, ago, the ante helium schoolhouse stood, long since Crashed away.,,, ... This beautiful island now holds a building as complete in equipment as any found among the county schools in: this Dart of the state. ,, A comparr atively new bridge across the French Broad at trls point connects in southern end of the island with, the other side of the river, and a huge rock and concrete wall erected for the purpose safeguards the building against the ravages of floods. ' It is said that a recurrence of such a flood as came in 1916 would hardly threat en the structure. i1 , , Prof.D. W. Kanoy, principal, has had charge of the Marshall school two years, ? and his school 'occupies tin new building, since about iDec. 1st Mr. Kanoy is a native of Montgomery county a Trinity '. student and f tates that his high school is composed of 142 students, an enrollment of 5Z0 in all, and that he is assisted by thir teen teachers. Six high school houses accommodate the various communi ties of Bull Creek, Ivyr Walnut Creek Dry Branch, ', Laurel Fork,. Sandy Mush, Little Pine and Sweetwater. i' . Civic pride is again disclosed from the fact that French Broad Ledge 292 of Ancient Free and Accepted Maaons of Madison, has recently erected a handsome new brick Masonic Temple, shown here. The first and second stories are' used for business i and office matters and the third story is retained as a large lodge room for the order. ' . ; ..Educational institutions which have had a large -part in the county's growth also include Mars Hill College whosf. destinies have been guided- y Prof. R. L., Moore for thirty years: and Dorling Bell Institute at Sot Springs. ' : under the . controf 6f the f NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH (Reported) On last Tuesday evening, Mr. McKinley Ramsey, coming: in oh his 6:00 o'clock rva$i:om Asheville, narrowly.;.. Escaped death. When driving along a bove the - Madison Seminary there was & great explosion and instantly Mr. Ramsey, who was alone in the car, was thrown out and down an am bankment with burhing.gas'in flames all around him. He was considerably bruised and his hand very badly burned. We feel sorry for Mr. Ramsey's loss as it was his large new Studebaker bus that burned. This will not hinder Mr. Ramsey's business as he has two more buses on the road. MARSHALL SELLS BONDS $65,000- Rec'brd recently, sealed bids ior oonas were openea Tues day in: Marshall and sold "the successful bidder being repre sented by Mr.' Ji Martin Glance, attorney , of r Asheville and ; a f ormer , citizen of I Madison County. : i. The bonds brought ?65,449 with interest at 5 3-4 per cent- They are 20-year ae rial street bonds, the average length being about 1 12 , 1-2 yearsl ', The sale was satisfac tory, The successful, bidder Vas only about (65 hettet than the next ' best bidder; about eight iida having been receiv- ed. Nation's Champion Horses To Compete in Februar Wm Ts' ' f 1 I 4 ft Till ifi l mmmmmmmtm Tmrnuwrnufijttifi't ''- Nancy Highland;' ho'rse shown In fe the , above picture ' which last : year gained r the uue. ot tne nest tnroe galted saddle : horse In "the United States h to be shown again this year With the severest competition Imagin able at the Lot Jkflgelw , Horse sbiw, ; February 8 to U. v Nancy Highland iron the national championship t the New York Show last year dethroning '.Bohemian Actress which had held the title for six years. : The norse ia owned by Maud Fawn Banks of. Go-, vina, California, and is trained and ridden by Roy Davis, shown riding. : The Los Angeles show is to have II olasses with m total; of (86,000 : in prise money. This 1s more than ever tWsd before in any show. It is to LONG D I S T A NCE TELEPHONE SEIft I CE, G to' . - ALSO IMPROVEMENTS MARSHALL OFFICE IN Thursday was the final day for the completion of the new copper wire line from Marshall to Weaverville. This gives long distance two wires via Weaverville to Asheville atfd oher lone distance twinta. It is said that this will also make the service clearer and will make it possible for two people to use long distance from Marshall at the same time. MARS HILL TO FINE ENGINEER NOW WORKING OUT DETAILS. According to reliable information coming to this paper from Mars Hill, that fine college town is soon to have a fine supply of water. The drought last summer impressed upon , that community the urgent need of such a supply and the aldermen of the town together with the Civic Club have put their heads together And now their dreams . are beginning to ma terialise. The trustees of the col lege and the Town Council have com bined to bring water from the Laurel Water shed under .Ball Mountain. This water shed, containing 525 a cree, as pronounced by some engi neers to be the best. water shed of its size in Western North Carolina.' En gineer Cox of Asheville was dn the job at work last week and it is ex pected to be ready for use in the next summer. Mr. Cox is the same en gineer who" had charge of putting in Marshall's fine -water supply. The Mars ' Hill Aldermen --are. Messrs. T. J. Murray, Fred Holcombe, and Ellis Reese, with Mr. W. O. Coenor as Mayor. ,; '''('S.' -.These gentlemen are to be con gratulated on then-foresight and wis- dora in thus preparing to provide for i the needs of this fine school codimnni- TIIEMUEC0N(lRTie6JI IN MARSHALL FEBRUARYS :r LAST LYCEUM NUMBER AT SCHOOL v- AUDITORIUM ; l'i NEXT tlONDAY Xr' The third and final number of tho Piedmont Burma of Asheville will be presented in. Marshall next Monday evening. The printed matter says: A company ox Artists with wipe rsatility is a rare con Hnation in deed, yet,Mr. Henry A. Cladue, who is a basa btritosie of dutmctloa, also k -'it KT- brini irat the lUveMest contest of then ail when Edna May's King owned b) Revel Lindsay English, and Bastei Star (owned by Marco Bellman, meet in the flye galted championship. Blaster Star won last year after the radget were obliged to keen th horses. In the ring for twenty extrs minutes to aeternune wucn wai the letter. - Bince that' time ' Bdpj lfWJ (TUN MAM. tlfl AAA tBVl u w uu una-- wvu:w f.v.vvv mwi si tha Kentucky state fair.- One of th horsetf will Mitt . the distinction ot being the best five galted horse in thi Uo'teeV Stated s. -;(,... . . :.W W clasees. which include fin liOOOiiUkes. will Ihow a total about, 400 horses. .More than UO oi theail art ; front' East of the JRockj Mountains. ..... , REAT4Y - piPR0ED SEMINARY P. T. A. To Meet Next Tuesday The Seminary Parent-Teacher As sociation is called to meet next Tues day, Feb. 15, at 3 :00 o'clock at the school building. HAVE WATER SUPPLY ty, a matter which has the. approval of the Civic Club and practically the entire citizenship of the community. The system which is estimated to cost around $100,000.00. will include a complete .sewerage system and pure running water. MARS HILL COLLEGE ITEMS Mr. R. M. Lee, of the History de partment of the Colleare will go to the University of North Carolina this summer for his masters degree. Miss Ella J. Pierce of the English Department is now at Columbia Uni versity to obtain her master's degree. These two will make ten members of the faculty who hold at least the master's degree. -; -. 35 high schools of .Western North Carolina will compete in the basket ball tournament which will be held at Mars Hill CollegeFebruary - 25-26, 1927. The winner in this tourna ment receives mounted silver bas- ketball,.. value J160.00. The team winning this trophy three successive times is permitted to keep- it perma nently. : Every- member of tne win- ning team receives a miniature gold basketbalL. a dramatic reader and characterist, has selected two assistants as versa tile as himself, making it possible to present a program of variety and ar tistic worth. -! -j. A violin, two saxaphoMU, a banjo, piano, three voices, a reader, and a one-act skit make up tho possibilities for the entertainment i : - , . Experience added to natural talent and long training with thai boss oi is sterictoiV make thin jeompany, tom well worth hearing; W- i-1 .0 URGEJQELEGATIONFROM MARS HILL CHAMPION FIBRE jCQtANY: GIVEN :(fM. LARGE CONTRACT Washington, -D. C, Feb. 7. The Champion Fibre Company, of CantonVrHas'beftB awarded a contract for 4400,000 'pounds of postcard pa per; which will require one out of ev ery fpw;wJMk to fill. A West Vir glnwjCbiWpanr tied with the North Carohn.concern. and today the con- tracttwAtf 'divided. j.ne vanton company had a simi lar contract vear before last, an nro- duced:. 10,06.0,000 pounds without having a pound returned because of a naw or ower select. This goremaient award will take many tho&wRrfsof dollars to the btate. -Asheville Citizen. REFLECTIONS OF A MOUNTAIN SCHOOL TEACHER (ByJACK V. JOYCE) I have beeh-.'hinking lately what is the rarest quality in the average hu man being togay, After a study I came to the conclusion that Calmness is the rarest-Silality. The man who is calm is like the boatswain of a hip who 4 vet. has his hand on the helm, like the' engineer who ever has his hand oh the throttle. The Calm Man is ready , for anything. The troubles ana difficulties of life are nothing to him. He is ready for ev erything. - 'What do I mean by A calm Man, then, you ask. I mean by that a. man . who has a singleness of purpose, absolute confidence, end conscious power ready to be focused in an-instant to meet any crisis. To ho naTni'irn'if "fniiRt nosses a clear mind andl'a cool head in the time of crisis. i.CaIiness comes from within all ther;,timel It. is the peace and estfulneis-"of tfie depths of our na ture.-""Calmness in : reality U the Sown of tSelf-Cohtrol.. Americans a always accused Of always being . v: i it : . i. 4 If we ww - T is too trueiv'The greatest sermon a- f gainst hurryaft preached by the gams, nunywaa preacnea oy no yi-, vine when He created the world1, i There were six days of orderly work, i each day, had its appointed work to ao. JNO- nnrry over re. riaiure nev er hurriesaverything has ite, season, its ownfctted'' time to do anything, But if we.take our own time to do anything'hr these days people accuse ; us ui. ubiuk oniunjr . no . Scriptures relate of one incident . heve we wduldye t..dmft tJirSnevt3.Ad'.i where hurry caused absolute failure. , the Commissioners lose no time in In the instance of the building of the actmg 8o that the work could go f or Tower of Babel th eworkmen became warj and that it must be done now in an" awful hurry and became con-or wa;t for a ong time, fused, .Someone has said, "This js! u M.aiihnrn then eallad for a the Age of the Hot-house." I beMeve ' vote, which was unanimous.-Mr. L. that is-twfe'.V.V-The process of Natural Tweed then spoke of the impor growthhasvbeen set aside and on allltance 0f the road and referred to sidei V'ttte-Vhot-house and the force ) anlendid banauet which the Mars pump.' arevrbeing installed both m ! reaivty. ana ngurauveiy. ine naua of hurry has even reached our meal tables. There are so many who sit three times a day at the meal table, bolt down two or three bites and away they go to some work or pleasure. Killing themselves eating hurriedly. In our cities we often see the sign on the outside of eating houses, "Quick Lunch." These words could be very appropriately placed on thousands of headstones in our ceme teries today.-.-.Have you ever noticed in Nature rth'ieyerything great is the VoduttVieX-, slow growth. A mushroom attains its highest stage of growth during the course of one night but. the mighty oak takes decades to acquire its growth. So in the world today a fa&slivett for a few weeks, a philosophy. Jives for generations. Let us resolve inro uhe anom ac Let us resolve ' in our hearts and minds to substitute for the hurry the calmness ayrepose of a true, life nobly .lived. : ,11 ' t FroniWalnut Creek We i are having some bad weather now..--' -."U'.'.,'--. . . Mrs. 'Jane Hanie is visiting her dansrhter. Mrs. JJillie WUds. . - .: MrT-and Mrs. George Hensley were visiting; Mr., and Mrs. Willie Wilds. . Mrtu &$i&nUy ws visiting Mrs. LubV-WildaiMonday., " Mr, and Mrs. Theodore Kiipatrick are moving to the head of the creek. Mr.- Bruc KJng and Mr. Clifford Nix bare unit hauling tobacco, - Vn. . Hereto'. Ranuev ia verv sick now. v Hone she' will soon recover. " Mr.1 Verna .Runnion got married last WMk.AVUft'.-nrougbt his wile to Walnut CmeW' ? . J -u Mm Bell .Runnion has been visit ing Mrs. Lat Hunter. -; ' - Mrs; Joe JBeece has been vmting her f. -ther ior the past week. ' .' Mr. Daner. Sprinkle is visiting Mr. Joe Eeece for the past week, - Mr. and Mrs. -Frank Kunnion were visiti ? th"ir brother and sister, Mr. and "3. Lernard Runnion.'1 - Li e Annie May King was visiting Little Marie Smileyri; l' .5 -:J: i ;;. A r 'r bed time each night and a. r tc: "ana prevents res. . .-h chuiren. ATTENDS ROAD MEETING Prokninent Mars Hijll Women Among the Number Great enthusiasm and interest was manifested Tuesday at the meeting in Marshall, when quite a number of people from in and near Mars Hill and along the proposed road leading from Marshall via Mars Hill to Coxe's Bridge met before the County Road Commission in the interest of the County loaning the State a sufficient amount to build such a road. As so many people were present to appear before the Board, the meeting place was changed to the - courtroom up stairs. The' hearing lasted nearly an hour and quite a number of en thusiastic speeches were made, the three commissioners paying strict at tention, after the opportunity for speeches had been given by Chairman W. G. Buckner. The first on the floor was Mr. C. B. Mashburn, who stated the object of the meeting. He spoke of a recent visit to Hon. Plato Ebbs in Asheville, and how Senator Ebbs had said that if the bill now before the Legislature prohibiting counties from loaning the State Highway Com mission passed, Madison County would build no more road in quite a while. He urged the Commissioners to act at once providing the loan so the work could go forward. He said that the location of the road should be left to the State and that our' part was to loan the money to build the road. Rev1. J. R. Owens of Mars Hill was the next speaker and declared that this road was most important. He believed in developing our own Coun ty and that he desired a sweatpr fel lowship between Mars Hill and the County seat and that such a road would bring about such a condition. He urged the people to pull together. Mr. J.' A. Hendricks made n en thusiastic speech in favor of the road. He showed how the County from time to time had loaned the State monev to build roads in various sec tions of the County, that this amount will be paid back by tne btate, cuat Mr.A Page- had said that if the road, was built he would see .that it .was -i i ', . A. to-locate roads, so as to benefit some Dj-jwr80n rather than building with. ojy rathei : i0 xva i general goo a. jne raus- ed 8 liojh when he said that the road would not pass his place and he was "glad it woman i. Mr. Guy Roberts was then asked to speak and he waxed eloquent, say ing that the road would be the most imp0rtant road in Madison County and urged tnat tne people leave Jl IU cta tn in-at th road, but that Hill Civic Club prepared for Marshall rfiflentlv. Mr. Robt Tweed also arose and joined' in the discussion. He called on the people to get together on the matter and get rid of prejudice. CHAIRMAN ENCOURAGES The anxious crowd then wished an answer from the Road Commission and the Chairman then stated that the matter looked good and led the crowd to believe the matter would re ceive favorable action by tho Com missioners. NO DECISION IN MARS HILL ROAD MATTER COMMISSIONERS ADJOURN MEETING UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY Considerable discussion of the mat ter of a County loan to the State to build a road from Marshall to Coxe a Bridso via Mars Hill is niacin? the three commissioners in a very difficult situation. So great pressure is be- ins? 'brought noon them crom all sides that they seem to bo in a dilem ma. It is hoped, however, that the important matter -of this road can be favorably decided when they meet Saturday, . , -,f:,'.v- c." Will Swain of Liberty in Randolph County clears about $5,000 per year from his poultry flock of 2,000 hens. Last vear he had one egg contract that brought him a weekly check for $128.60. ...... " - A' carload 'of 37 Guernsey" heifers have been purchased by farmer of Madison. County....'-';'-,..,,;.:Jt:-- Hubby Darling, did yon sew .that button on my coat! -BrideNo, sweetheart, J eoWtt find a tf-ton, I t its l i x'-t, I M : 1 up tie bulvoitholSv , ... V.;. 4 i. l ! r r: " 4 ;.v f i - s 1 "1