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'' , 'Mi'-..'f:.f . . . kite." ' - i .; .... THE NEWS-RECORD ffO Aft PRICE A YEAR $UW ; DaJ . - r r-e. RECORD PRICE A YEAR P.VV lK jr," A I Established June 28. 1901.-. v ,' The PROGRESSIVE FARMER I , ,J I 1 1 hza ' I l I THE NEWS-RECORD Of) (J I CZ- N J BOTH A YEAR FORp.-J J U U LZ1 " FRENCH BROAD NEWS Established May 16, 1907. Consolidated November 2, 1911 r ' 1 :'' '..Vtf-.'.'. V 1 THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY MARSHALL, N. C., FRIDAY,! JULY 15, 1927 VOL. XXI CIRCULATION-1975 nurxnr Lzj U U ATLANTA ROOSTER LAYS THREE EGGS Fowl owned by Mrs. S. S.Welch .. of Cascade Road, Produces Eggs Under Close Observa tion That Makes Fraud on the Part of the Rooster Im possible. Egg-layer has Large Tail, Comb and Spurs. . An Atlanta rooster has laid throe eggs in less than two weeks. The fowl belongs to Mrs. S. S. Welch, of Cascade road, and" aside from this strange accomplishment which he developed a few weeks ago, he seems to be an ordinary, strutting, crowing rooster. " He is about a year old," Mrs. Welch explained, "and we have never noticed anything queer about him be fore. But a week or so ago my cook came to me and Baid,' Mrs. Welch, one of your roosters is layin'." " 'Good gracious,' I said, 'that can't be so. You are mistaken, Lena." " 'No, ma'am. I saw him on the nest.' " "And she showed me the egg she said he had laid. It was a little egg, larger than a guinea egg, and not as large as a hen's. I broke it to eee how it looked inside, and found that the yolk and white were all mixed up together. Lena has been with me for eleven years and I didn't think she 1H willinirlv tell me a story, but I simply could .not believe her, and I told her so. " 'So last Monday, when she came in from the chicken yard, she was very excited, and called to me that the rooster was on tne nest again, i went out with her and looked. There he was, sitting on the nest. I crept 11 n tn him and felt in the nest to be sure the egg was not already under him before he got ot on. There wai nothing there but the china nest egg " ' Well, Lena, 1 said, "tnis is tno funniest thing I ever saw, and we'll stay right here and watch that chick en till he comes off the nest, and see that no hen gets on in the meantime.' So we got chairs and sat under the tree about fifteenjty from the nests for two- hours. ";' v-Wv -v't' -?rV '" " At the end of that time he hopped off. He didn't exactly cackle like n hen or crow like a rooster, but made the funniest sound 1 ever heard from a chicken. "I walked over to the nest and sure enough, there was one of the same little eggs that the cook had brought me a few days before. I kept it and showed it to my husband, and he could hardly believe his ears and when I told the neighbors, they all thought I was crazy." "I didn't really believe it myself, even after that, until this morning, when the same tiling happened again. We found the rooster on the nest and we watched him, and he laid another eggg." Mrs. Welch pointed out the remark able fowl among about a hundred other chickens in the run. He was a cross between a Wyandotte and a White Leghorn, and had spurs on his legs, a large tail and comb, in fact, all the characteristics of an ordinary rooster. Totally oblivious of the to-do that his strange habits were causing a mong the human species, he pecked the feed thrown upon the ground just as greedily as the rest of the feather think he had a masculine scorn of ed tribe. To look at him; one -would nests and things hen-like, and yet there was the egg, in nest No. 7, with every evidence in the world "- that that chanticleer himself 'had laid it.' which seems very intelligent to me is that every time a chicken leaves tho chicken yard, she goes after it and catches it. She never harms one, but holds it in her mouth until one of the family comes out and takes it away from her and turns it DacK into tne chicken vard." "Then, she not only polices the chickens and keeps me company, but I have trained her -to go down to the mail box, open it and get the mail and paper. All I hav eto say ismcmrf paper. All 1 have to say is 'Go get the naner. and off she starts. The only thing that could not be ascertained about "Sister" that after noon was her attitude on the subject of the egg-laying rooster. She went through a series of her tricks,she constantly refused to be interviewed. - Lena, the cook, was only a little 33UBJi8 pajaAOOStp sju pmj less brief. She had been the one who phenomenon, but all she could be induced to say, was, "That chicken has sure got my goat. Atlanta Journal. WOMANS MISSION ARY UNION MEETING Marshall Baptist W. M. S. was de lighted to have such a big crowd of cultured, religious women spend last Thursday with it. The program was much enjoyed, each feature of it well planned and prepared. The Union wishes to thank the Marshall women for the "sumptuous dinner" served by the Marshall women. We would like to mention each one who took part, but for lack of space cannot. The Demonstration by the Marshall Girls Auxiliary under the leadership of Mrs. H. L. Smith was beautifully car ried out. We regretted that Miss Delia Hoggins wa not strong enough after an illness of several weeks, to be present. The program for this meeting was printed in the July 1st issue of this paper. Tax Rate For Next Year Raleigh, N. C., The question of carrying'on the activities of the coun ty without increasing the tax rate is now facing the board of county com missioners in many of the counties, for the budget estimates which they received from the accountants last week show an increase in the amount of money proposed to be spent next year over the expenditures or tne past year. There are certain things that the boards shall do-that may have a bear ing on the tax rate fo. next year. Firs there is a further analysis of the budget if the figures have not al ready been published, Increases ask ed for should be scrutinized, a Very carefully, in Order that waste in; the conduct of activities and depart ments may be eliminated. , ,' v Vy. The board of commissioners is also THE NEW PARKING LAW (EDITORIAL) 'ammaammmmmamkmmmmmmi BIG PINE charged under the Machinery Act t.) Mrs. Welch declares that she has iit beginning this, week as a board of been raising chickens for . fourteen years and, although many ? queer things have happened, she has never Jcnown of anything to surprise, her quite so much. , v? "I have had chickens ever 'since my husband and I moved to Atlanta, from Nashville, fourteen years ago," she said, "And since we bought this place here In the country three years ago I have had quite a number of them, . and not only chickens, but guineas and turkeys, tar. this is my queerest, experience." f "I had a 'xhicken i hatched this spring !, that is a cross ; ' between a guinea , and a thicken, ''but' usually chickens are 'very? much, alike, and , not very interesting." -v Wi "Mrs. Welch is .fond of animals, and has a number of pets. The queen of them all is "Sister," a beautiftl German Police dog, which is almost like one of the family.iiiV y. , "I have had her for : T number of years,", ,. Mrs. ; Welch , continued, "and although I've had ,'' number of other dogs, an Own another one aright now, which isnt here at present ( still I am fonder .of '.-'Sister'. than-: I have ever been-of any other. Living i no far out of town, I might get lone- t ly If it weren't for-her. She seems itc- understand everything I tell her and a lot of other things 1 don't tell -,-her. - j j "Whenever she sees me put on my hat she knows I am going to town, . Jumps on the running board of the car . and she runs right to the garage and I take her almost everywhere I go, . particularly if I am i driving alone, not only for company but. because I know she would never let anything lurt me." . " Another thing 'Sister doe equalization and review for the pur pose of equalizing the evaluation : of real and personal property as shown on the tax lists, so that each tract of land or article of personal property shall be entered on the tax list at its true value. . v The board should. also.see ,tha$ new property is added to. the Hat; In fact, everything that can ' reasonably be done belore. August. 1, when, this work must be completed, should be done. As a proper assessment is a big factor in keeping, down the tax, rate. Forsyth County, with its rate of 65 cents on $100 of property is said to give much care to its work V)f assessing. 1 This is a quadrennial year, that is. one of the four years -when the valu ation of real property is made., After the assessment "on such property . is made, it -cannot? be changed until four years from now except for extraor 'dinary causes. Any citizen, however, who is dissatisfied with the valuation of his property, may appeaUtothe State Board of1 AssessmerftC which board Bhall-fix a time! for the hearing of such an-appeali" v;;, H : , Efficiency ; .. and ( thoroughness p. in every phase, of the administration of the': board of county commissioners and other officials in the counties are necessary if the county government in this state, is to reap the full bene-' fits tt its new system. :. ;,, v.v . mY -i! What the editor of this paper has to say in this article is not intended as a ' criticism or knock at the present admini stration. So far as we know these men are doing the best they can to give Marshall a satisfactory government and what we have to say is our o pinion of this particular law, and not of the men who passed it. We cqmmend these men for passing some regulations with respect to parking. Trav el through Marshall is becom ing greater all the time, espec ially since the opening of the River road to Asheville, and congestion or danger of collis ions should be reduced to a minimum and heretofore park ing on the Main Street of Mar shall has been permitted to be done too carelessly. The busi ness men of Marshall, some of them at leat, have been keep ing their cars parked on the street all day. The garage3 have been parking their num erous cars on the street, many of them all day. And the park ing law recently passed was doubtless intended as a remedy for this condition. But "this la w as it no w stands is too drastic, makes wrong im pressions, and fails to bring a- bout the desired results. If the business men and garages can make arrangements .to keep their cars off the street, all good and well, and so much the better. If they cannot, then some provision should be made to accomodate these peo ple, for business men and garages are necessities, and the town should go as far as prac ticable to accommodate every body. Why regulate parking at all? 1. Ample roadway should be provided for people passing through. 18 feet should be sufficient. If this width is marked off and kept open, what harm comes of parking in the remaining space? . Main Street is from 24 to 28 feet thS town needs is to keep visi tors, in town and not drive them away! The town should offer evpry convenience and attrac-tiqa-possible, not only to bring people to town, but also to keep thjn as long as possible. If thetlaw is not intended to ap ply; to out-of-towi people, the wording should be changed so th people Hying out of Marsh all ' will understand. Moreov eryit is a poor policy to discrim inate in the enforcement of law,. All laws should be rea pected and observed and if not ngnt, should be changed but notlViolated. jpjearing Main Street of cars is Qot only not necessary but it Tourists pass- Marshall, would get no conception of the size of Mar shall or the amount of business done here with the street clear edjand vacant. With the Mam Street filled with cars properly parted, a stranger would be impressed at once tnat iviarsn alli was a business center and wtyue t n e y mignt wonaer where the people live, they wauld know they lived some- ALSO GETS MADISON COUNTV SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN TION NEXT YEAR is findesirable. 3t. in. where. For this reason alone ANNOIJNCEIENT The annual session of the Trench Broad Eaptist Sunday EcVnol Conven tion will he held with CLr 1 Hill Baptist church July 80-31, le 27, wide or-more. AH over 18 feet could be used for parking andj; it should, be used, and marked off so as to take as many cars as possible. :AU cars should either head in or back in. at the same angle 'and. so as not to take' up any of the 18 foot space.. As we understand the present lawr it-makes no difference how straight across the street a. ?ar may, be parked ; it is within the law provided- it is moved in 30 minutes. Hence to keep' the road opent the how of parkins: is more ' important th.anVthe ? length of time. If after the, : cars are properly parked,' j there . i a :- sufficient room to 'accommodate all, the cars, why sef he limit at SO rxynutestif Very , 'Tew' visitors to town can finish their business in SO minutes. Besides, what vailable parking space on Main Street filled every day and all day. But if necessary for any cars to be parked on the bak street or in back lots, it should be the cars of Marshall people, for visitors to town should have the parking spaces on Main Street. Moreover, people who at tend church services at Marsh. all and ride should be permit ted to park near the church and that means to park on Main Street for a periodlonger than 30 minutes. It is often raining just before and after and during a service. Why compel people to walk through rain or mud to gff to the car on a back street or lot? Too many people wish an excuse to stay away from church anyway and this, will give them another. And church srevices are not on ly on Sundays ; they are on oth er days as well. In view of the above consid erations, we would be pleased to see this law changed. If we are not right in our conten tions, 'we invite an answer to this article. ' i i i i ii i From REVERE Mr. and Mrs.' G. W. Wild, daugh ter and friend, attended the Sunday afternoon session of the Madison County Sunday School Convention held in Marshall Baptist Church last Saturday and Sunday. As a result of these four people attending the session , their church anr1 Sunday School on Big Pine have -the pennant given for the Sunday School in the County having the largest number present, considering the distance. The convention will also go to this church (North Fork Baptist) next year about this time. The Convention this year in Marsh all was enjoyed by those who attend ed. The two principal speakers Messrs. D. W. Sims "and W. J. Vaugh- an, are fine speakers and experts in their lines. Local people on the pro gram were Mr. A. J. Dennis, Mr. A. W. Whitehurst, Mr. J. Coleman Ram sey, Miss Delia Huggins, Mr. Robt, Tweed, Mr. W. B. Ramsey. The last three, on account of sickness, did not take their parts, but Rev. Mr. Knox of the Presbyterian church, and Rev. Mr. Smith of the Baptist church sup lied for the two men absent. FROM HOT SPRINGS MARSHALL BUS LINE ABANDONED BY RAMSEY Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rufty of Atlanta, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Gabey and children of Erwin, Tenn. and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Rhyne and son of Newport all motored to Hot Springs Sunday and are guests of their parents, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Rufty. Mr. and Mrs. Lippard and children motored to Newport, Tenn. Thursday. Mr. Shuford Coward and Mr. H. E. Martin of Spring Creek were in town 'Thursday, Mr. Banie Lusk of Chicago, 111. is visiting home folks at Bluff, N. C, this week. Mr. D. B. Duckett and family and Mrs. Z. W. Norris motored to Ashe ville Saturday, WsWWMild Kke-to see ef one actor town this-week, Mr. Ed. Ebbs was in Hot Springs Monday on Business. Mr. W. R.'Odell lost a (rood cow last week and it is thought she mu3t have gotten poisoned. Mrs. C. C. Brown and Mrs. Joe Brooks motored to Weayerville, N. C. Sunday and spent the day with the latters niece, Mrs. L. J. Fuller. Mrs. Thomas Rufty returned home Friday night from Newport, Tenn; where she has been visiting daughter, Mrs. Pat Rhyne. Mr. and Mrs. Ellerson and Miss Fannie Lance motored to Newport, Tenn. Tuesday. Mr. And Mrs. O. W. Grubbs and family returned from Bristol, Tenn. Wednesday. Mr. W. F. Davis was in Marshall on business Monday. Mr. Evans of Winston-Saiem and Rev. Newton are holding a Sun day School meeting this week at the Methodist Church. Born to . Mr. and Mrs. Wright on July 2, a daughter. Mr. G. S. Lippard was a visitor in Asheville Tuesday. The' Sunday Schools are getting along fine. . , , 1 We are all sorry to hear that Mr. Jobyi Ramsey is not improving. . Mrs. R. N. Ramsey , and children of Marshall are spending a few, days in Severe. ' '. : A. number of people from Revere attended church at Shady Grove Sat urday, night ! I'-ir-ViivVfr. -"v: Mr. Jake Ramsey of Kentucky was called to Revere on account of his father's illness. . .t ... j.; Miss Faye Wallin went horseback riding Sunday afternoon. - V t Mr. Shut Norton of Belva took din ner with Mrs. H. E. Wallin Sunday. Miss Pattie Rice soeiit Sundav night with Mini Faye Wallin. , Mr. Hubert Ramsey was the guest of Miss Nellie Bullman Sunday. '.- - Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Franklin were' tn E eve re Sunday ..; Early in the morning of July 4th, before it was yet day, the Death An gel came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reeves of near Hot Spririgs and bore away their precious little darl ing Kenneth Wesley, who had been the charm of this splendid home and the common interest of the communi ty for the past twenty days. Little Kenneth Wesley 'became seriously ill e , , ; . 01 cnoiera iniantum, running imo meningitis;'' Although an able physi cian, the faithful friends and anxious parents labored for his life both day and night .without, ceasing, together with perhaps. the hardest fight ever waged by a child 'of his age but alas of no avail, and now little Kenneth Wesley has' gone to be with Jesus while his little body Sleeps on in the old Antioch cemetery. i SK A. Angel, Pastor. A bus line formerly operated by W. M. Ramsey of Marshall, between Asheville and Marshall, via Weaver vine and Mars Hi!!, has been discon tinued because its operation under present circumstances is not justified, it was announced Tuesday by Mr. Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey said he surrendered his bus line franchise to R. O. Self, clerk and director of the state motor transportation commission, when the commission ruled that in order to continue operation, a fifteen-passenger bus would have to be put on the line to take the place of the seven passenger touring cars which were be ing used. No other changes in bus lies ope rating in and out of Asheville were ordered by Mr. Self, who was here Monday, it was stated by officers at the Asheville Bus terminal on Bilt more avenue. The Asheville-Johnson City, Tenn., bus lines follows the new road along French Broad river making stfops at Marshall, it was stated, and there is to be no change in this service. No change has been made in operation of the bus line between Asheville and Mars Hill, it was stated. A ruling of the state motor trans portation commission, made effective June 30, last, it as stated, provides shall be used instead of the regular passenger automobiles on lines ob taining new state franchises. Asheville Times PRINCESS THEATRE Marshall, N. C. : playing : The Pick of the Pictures "THE SEA BEAST" "The Sea Beast" will open Monday and Tuesday, July 18-19. at the PRINCESS THEATRE for a run of two days, and will justify in every way all the glowing heaps of golden adjectives that have been piled up a- , bout this supreme effort of the Warn er Brothers. John Barrymore is the star, but (By another writer) Mr. Tally , j-getting along nicely with the farm. at the Willows of the Dorland-Bell School. He has the fin est corn and potatoes in the country. Mrs. Julia Talley and Mrs. Campbel were out berry, - picking Friday. Jlr. -Talley went to Mrs. Saford's Monday , ana she made him a nice present of a fine collie' of which he is much pleased. " ' i ' Mr. Talley and family are planning on taking a visit to Foster's-Creek to visit Mrs. Talley father and moth er Mr. and Mrs., Fender. . . . ' .... . - j wEoTBrlngrto the scorfeaefeel of that indefinable quality called gehiusj the drama of "Th eSea Beast" is the thing. For "The Sea Beast," in its suggestive power, in its overtones of surging life, is more than a photo play; it is an epic of the heroic lives of the American whalers, when in their swift clipper ships, they carried their whale hunts through the seven seas. It is a picture of rich, colorful beauty: of heart-searing pathos; of her4oery at sings in action of courag eous deeds; of emotions as violent and eternal as the terrific storms that sweep through the picture. The sea dominates , and, even Barrymore, superb actor that he is, is less.as any human would be less, than the epic that flashes tumultu- ouslyacross the screen; the epic of the American sailors of 1840. Nevertheless, the picture gives Barrymore the opportunity for the biggest and most impressive char acterization that he has given to the screen. As the New England har pooner on the hunt for the great white whale, Moby Dick, he is so breathlessly fine that he makes even his own stirring performers in such pictures as "Beau Brummel" and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" fade, from memory, insignificantly. The beauty of the scenes in Java, the magic way in which the atmos phere of the East has been captured, the never-equalled thrill of thesurg- ing storms at sea, the anguished suspense of the battle with the whale, are some of the things that stand out most vividly. , But it is in the massing of detail that "The Sea Beast" achieves its total, effect. Such things as the titles,' by Rupert Huges the photo graphy, by Bryon . Haskms, the scenario, by Bess Meredyth; are ex ceptionally fine; and, dominating all, the magnificent direction, of Millard Webb. The cast is long and perfect ly chosen, the outstanding perfor ces, in addition to Barrymore's, be ing those of Dolores Costello and George O'Hara. " "The Sea Beast" is founded upon Herman Melville's novel, "Moby Dick." , (By another writer. . -'Miss Corena Vinson of Knoxvflle, Tenn., spent the past' week with her aunt-Mrs., E. Ei'Smith. -, Mrs; Mark Rains of Newport, Tenn. is tvendliu? a 'few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Edwin Smith of this place. - . ( . .- ..v. We have had a wonderful meeting in this town for the past month lao a baptizing last Sunday. This meeting has awakened the people and lefs hope they continue to stay awake. . r: t , The dairyman who-'sends poor - cream to his creamery helps to des- ij ' troy the reputation for North Caroli-, ,. I ' na butter. , :.;:;?. , r" . -t ;.'r , . " . . " , 4 i Frojm Thoma, Branch . 7 The rweather-is very pretty at this : writing. ,.r , ,,""V.V!' -7 i''r' 1 J . C Misses - Neta , and , Lena Thomas. visited Mrs.-J-JD. Revis -Saturday -t afternoon;-?Sv,- V -.T.rs4w-;s:Ss.' Mrs. Walter - Smith and children. . - Visited Mrs.-Watt Smith Sunday. -. . , Mrs. John Freeman was visiting her-, father, Mr: Jck Thomas Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. o. Revis were visit ing Mr. John Treadwsy Sunday. f " ; David Thomas and son of Knoxvflle ' ! were "Visiting his brother, Mr. Jack Thomas Saturday and Sunday. - Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Thomas were seen in Walnut Saturday. Miss Olive Revis was in Walnut Tuesday. . ;;J '. . 1 4