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Marshall; n. g..1 friday. September 23, 1927
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. PROGRESSIVE FARMER . LJ 1 - :
THE NEWS-RECORD COOK 'LT'V MIL I "
BOTH A YEAR FORtJ.0J " H u L 1
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VOL. XXI
MEETING OF OF
FICERS S. S.
MEETING OF. THE TOWNSHIP
; StjPT.? t)F: THE NORTH CARO- -UNA
S. S. ASSOC1ATION FOR ,
MADISON COUNTY HELD
SUNDAY, SEPT. I8TH AT
MARSHALL BAPTIST
CHURCH
A meeting of the ofBcera of tho
Madison County' Sunday f,Scho.ol traji
"held for the purpose of arranging for
the diflFerent township presidents to
lold their annual township Coniren-i
'4ions - ; '. "" V"
The following township presidents
were present: Mr. A. H. Sams, No. 11
Township; Mr. R. C No. 3
Township; Mr. G. fl. Roberts, No. 6;
together with the County -Officers
A. W. Whitehurst, County President ;
Dr. J. H. Hutchins, Vice-Presidfnt;
and Mr. J. A. Dennis, County Secre
tary. - There were present a number
of visitors.
There was a very satisfactory in
terest manifested by those present
and plans were made to hold con
ventions in the following townships.
No. 14 Township convention will
be held at Grape Vine Church the
first Sunday in October, following
the regular Sunday School hour.
No. 3 Township Convention will be
held at Laurel Branch Church at 10
o'clock A. M., Fourth Sunday in Oct
ober. No.: 6 Township Convention will be
held at Teagues Chapel the second
Sunday in October at 10 o'clock A. M.
No. 16 Township Convention to be
held at Fosters Creek Church first
Sunday in November at 10:00 o'clocjt
A. M. ' '
No. 11 Township Convention to
be held at Methodist Church at Faust
post office, fourth Sunday in October
" r.jtewfc
" hour. V . v : .' ;;' - ' ,' ' ' '
No. 8 Township Convention to be
held at Spring Creek Baptisct Church
' first Sunday in October at regular
Sunday School hour.
No. 15 Township Convention to be
held at Mars Hill Baptist Church on
second Sunday in October.
No. 12 Township Convention to be
held at Big Pine Church on second
Sunday in October.
No. 4. Township Convention to be
held at Paint Fork Church on third
Sunday in October.
No. -5. Township Convention to be
held at California Creek Church on
first Sunday in November, regular
. Sunday School hour.
No. 2 Township Convention to be
Tield. t-,WUto.,.R':.resbyteria
Church second Sunday in November
at regular Sunday School hour.'
No, 7 Township Convention to be
held at Caney Fork Church on third
. iSunday. in. November. at regular Sun
f$t$ .,-day School hour, j . v"
' N.': 13 Township Convention to be
leld at Baldwins "hapel fourth Sun-
j day . in November at regular Sunday
SdiooI'.hoiirVii.vJil;;
v; ; , TTbe 1 vrazioaa Township, President!
are urged N to give the meetings In
their respective, townships the very
. ..r greatest jtublicity ; and endeavor to
4,aalM ;tjMavataiM' helpful Ka
ORTHOPAEDIC
CLINIC
Th orthopaedic clinic for the free
examination and .treatment4 of indi
gent;;cripples being held under the
ausnicFes of the Rotary Club in the
Blltmore Hospital at Ashevile will
meet again on Saturday, Spt. , 24th.
fl. L.' STANTON, Supervisor,
" ' Vocational; RehabUitation. ,
1927 COMPETITION
CONSERVATION
'rt "ty.
. Southern Railway Corn Cup
r Southern Railway SyiUm ffer a
Silverrfcup to bo competed for an
aually for the Bet Tea.Eare of any
variety of Field Corn grown and ex
hibited by" a corn grower in Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, MuaUtippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
or Virginia.
All corn growers in the above states
are invited to compete for this splen
did prize.
The purpose of this award is to en
courage the growing of more corn
and the planting of improved varie
ties throughout the South.
A CORRECTION
In our last issue, instead of saying
the Copenhaver Co. was suing Mar
shall for more than $5,000 damages
it should have read that the amount
was claimed by the company for work
which the town considered unneces
sary and have refused to pay it. The
contracting company claims they
were following the instructions of the
town's engineer.
JOHN METCALF, SR. DIES
'..'. VlITIKTr5 son .. .
ROBERSON
SHOOTS ; STRANGE 1 B I R D
4MRiiERNEST
-1. : At her home September 14, lfi27,
rr5-iMrm. Ernest Roberson shot and killed
'rt
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with a 12-gauge shotgun a verj unuawl
v VUU VW flt UlBb JJIW
taken f o,r a sparrow-hawk, being
, bour the. size of one. It flew verjr
low oyer th,e . Bouse ;and,Ut at a ponof
w;pi within- a few feet of It and noticed by
? Its tameness that; it was ,'aot a, hawk.
. C.f. r,'iI-I"i. ti.t,i..i t-I t
Mr. John Metcalf, Sr., died at tha
home of hi:adn, Mr., John Metcalf,
near Petersburg at nine o'clock A. M.
on Sept. 20 age 89 years. He bad
come from his home at Charlotte
Court House, Va., to visit and be
came ill and died in two days. The
funeral was from the home at 10 .00
o'clock Av M. Thursday, conducted
by Rev. A. J. Sprinkle and interment
followed at the family cemetery at
Petersburg, Marshall, R. F. D. 2. The
pallbearers were R. C. Eller, Dr. J. H.
Hutchins, J. C. Sprinkle, Cecil Ram
sey, G. W. Sams, I. M. Butler, C, L.
Tillery, Isaac Rambough, and J. W.
Wyatt
The deceased is survived by the
following sons and daughters: W. R.
and A. R. and E. F. Metcalf, Char
lotte C. H., Va., John Metcalf, Mrs,
S. A. Dill, and Mrs. S. P. Rice, Mar
shall, R. F, D. No. 2.
He was buried with Masonic honors
the ceremonies being in charge of
Masonic Fraternity of French Broad
Lodge, No. 292, Marshall, at the re
quest -of, St, John's Ledge No. 144 of
Charlotte Court; House, Va., where
Mr. Metcalf has lived for 4 several
years. Dr. W. A. Sams was Master
of Ceremonies and W, H .Morrow,
Chief KarahaL.
MADISON COVNTX AND
erTr cnneeT erntntv .
rfdfipjC( FJn.Cmll P&ATIVb ri
the time the importance of their re
sponsibility.
Madison off err what we may call
a "tough proposition" as far as fires
are concerned.. The, mountains are
steep .and rpugh with little water 5i
the slopes. Such a situation demands
constant, watchfulness to catch the
fires while they are "young."
Mr. McCormick and the Pistrict
then went on to Knoxville to meet
Supervisor R. H. Carlton of the Cher
okee .Forest and District Forester.
Fred Shulley of the Tennessee Set,
vice. Arrangements were made with
Shulley -for cooperative work 'be
tween the States along the State line
This work is somewhat handicapped
on our side by the fact that Cherokee,
Swain and Graham Counties do not at
present cooperate with the State. This
condition we hope to Temedy 1 next
. .. . .ir..
year.
W. K. BEICHLER,
District Forester
From REVERE
Our S. S. is getting along nicely.
Mr. N. H. Griffin preached two won
derful sermons Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gradon Wilds were
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rice Sun
day. There was a ball game at Revere
Friday afternoon. It was enjoyed by
alL
Mrs, Joe Rice and little daughter,
Geneva, spent Saturday night with
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Wallin.
Mr. Hubert Ramsey was the pleas
ant guest of Miss Carrie Norton Sat
urday night.
There's always a girl at every
dance who makes the others wish they
had gone to the movies. fi
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Program & Premium
Hunting and fishing can be made
ne of the chief attractions of our
esternWunt(es.Good hunting and
food -fishing wftl bring .thousands of
people here, many of whom will be
tomepMmaneh" residents. As you
know, pur fishing has been practically
destroyed, and our -game badly deci
mated. J
l The new state law, with its licenses
gives us a chance to build up' suffici-
ft revenue to thoroughly, restock our
(stern cdunties with game and fish.
. e want our readers tb realize what
he Dlan of thin Ueonae fee '.and thn
itrtct Enforcement of the game laws
will mean to Western North Carolina.
The money that comes in from the
tlidenses will be used in turn to propa
gate game - and fish. We can make
W. N. C. the finest hunting and fish
ing grounds in this country. We have
already established a Game Refuge
on Mt. Mitchell, and we hope to es
tablish two or three more in Western
North Carolina in the next year or
two.
Readers, this matter should con
cern everyone, whether he is inter
ested very much in hunting or fishing
or whether he does not care for these.
Think of the next generation. Do
we want to leave them just a few
polluted streams that have been de
pleted of fish, or some few hunted
out forests in which there is no
game? Of course we don't. We
want them to enjoy good hunting and
fishing, also. What are we going to
do about, this T It would pay every
one to give this matter a few minutes'
serious thought, and then resolve not
to take 'ovet the limit in fish, not to
take-trndefaJxed fish, not to take more
than one's share of game, and to help
in every way possible to enforce the
new laws and help to conserve our
game and fish.
P5mffiIUSIG6ilS
CONTEST
"A
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; Madison County- has bqflt up such
h.goed record In its cooperjstivf work
with the State Foi gerytee that it
has been cited as an example m se-
fcurfngjwme of th7CouBties ia the
Earajpartof thiTStote.fy;
'l 0 course,'ronditbna there ' .are
much different from- ours here bi the
mountains, bu there are of necessity
certain fundamental rule for ? suc
cess which apply equally well in 'both
sections., It was. with a view to deter;
- . ' r , ' . I ....... ..fc W V ... HUWIUVH.S.
Being anxious, to know what kindfJ 1 j&.l m.
tird It was she fired, but did not kill fr,)v ..a. ( f w.jr
soiTdnSaturda Hi "was accompanied
by. District Forester W, K. Beichler
and County Warden, C M. Gafe1 J
Perhaps the keynote fit Madison's
success is this: efficient organization,
and plenty of it In other words, the
! ft V, The bird" pdyaa about the size
1. V
sof a robin's, 'with long- legs,. a long
wcuuw net wiioi m yvrj urn juuk
A he ic& was, shedding, Its color
feattiersf were a' aAmewhat. vminiih
f v , i'eether were a somewhat greyish
' ; v ' color and, the new ones were a green
" " ; ish yellow. 'Around the bird,e
- silver band bearing these words
'1-V.:''i ud the number "BioL Surv. 293708."
...-Feed the bees sr that they imay
;.-pass the winter in 'good condition.
'"A mixture of equal parts of-sugar
" and water will provide the necessary
food. .
County haa.a httge. number. ,.qt c4 1'VejOO
5.00
art
Wardens per unit of territory..;. The
Districts -ar amall. enoughs thai the
District Wardens ''can keep 'in cons
tant touch with the situation. Miich
credit' is 'due to' County Warden Gage
for the manner in which he handles
his men.-Almost without exception he ;
sees each I them several times ' a J205 00 For Pricea
Western N. C. Fair
OCTOBER 4-5-6-7
In this contest the Counties will be
grouped and scheduled as below.. The
winners from each group will be el
igible for the final Contest at 7:30 P.
M., Friday, October 7th.
Tuesday, October 4th
12:00 Noon All entries from Mc
Dowell. Rutherford and Burke
counties.
2 :30 P. M. All entries from Polk,
Henderson and Transylvania coun
ties. u
7:80 P. M. All entries from Madison
and Yancey counties.
Wednesday, October 5th
12:00 Noon All entries from Clay,
Cherokee and Graham counties.
2:80 P. M. AH entries from Jackson
Swain and Macon counties.
7:80 P. M. All entries from Bun
combe and Haywood counties.
Thursday, October 6th
11:80 A. M. All entries from Ash,
Wilkes and Allegheny cdunties.
2:30 P. M. All entries, from Avery,
Watauga and Mitchell counties.
7:30 P. M. All entries from others
outside Western North Carolina, v
FrUay, October 7th .
11:80 A. M.Music-f-by Mr. Baacom
Lamar Lunsf ord. : H
1:30 P. M. Music.
1:30 P. M Winners from all Cm
v testoej pompete for the following i
OR REFORMATION
for Knoxville to visit her grandpar.
ents. , "
Mrs. Claud Thornburg's nieCe, who
has been visiting her for the past
two weeks, returned to her home in
Bryson City N. C.- 1 -'-i,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Allison and
daughterBetsy, and the little Misses
Grubb" motored to Hartford, Tenn.,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. R. T. Hale spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs: Peai 1 Lance.
Miss Mary Roberson left Monday to
visit her uncle in Asheville.-" ,'
Mrs. Tip Nanney Was called to Mar
ion, N. Cv to be with-tier brother-in-law,
who Is seriously .ill. '
Miss. Alene Burgin- visited friends
in Asheville Friday. ' v ; , ' ,.
Mr. Phil - Brown returned home
Saturday -from Stratton, Me where
he has been for the summer.,
Mr. P. D. Ebbs and daughter, of
Asheville, were in town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Buquo of Black
Mountain were here Monday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Corbett September 19th, a daughter.
The Hot Springs High School boys
played the Walnut team Friday.
They had a lively game. The score
was in favor of Hot Springs.
ARMY AVIATORS HUNT STORKS
Some weeks ago we chronicled the
story of a little girl in Ohio , who re
quested the War Department to send
her a little brother or sister. Col.
Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secre
tary of War, seeing the grave impor
tance of the. young lady's .request,
made the following reply : .
"I have delayed answering your
leter because I have been looking all
over the War Department; trying, to
find you. a "little brother , pr vsister,
"i am so sorry to nave to ten yqn
that we just cannot spare; , any - ot
those we now have. The stork; leaves
send you one . would J deprive isome
FIRST'..
FMdle t:
Banjo .
Guitar..-
Clog Dancer .... , . .'.
Three Piece Band .
Novelties. ;, ...
Old Time f Son tf Miff i
Old Time Song by Lady .
.135.00
. 20.00
. 10.00
.10.00
. 20.00
..10.PP
. 10.00
Some of the judges in this State
continue to sentence violators of the
1 . . . .
law to attend church services, or
Sunday-schools, or both. The motives
these judges have in imposing such
sentences is undoubtedly good, and in
so doing they pay a tribute to Christi.
anity. But how will such a penalty ba
regarded by those upon whom it is.
imposed? Will it not in many cases
harden them against the churches?
Will they not look upon it as anala-
gous to being sentenced to prison or
to the roads?
It seems to us, too, that it is a vio
lation of the voluntary principle in
Christianity. Christ never intended
that Christianity should be forced up
on people. All should be invited to
come to the house of God but none
should be compelled to do so. When
religious services are held in a prison
we do not believe' attendance should
be compulsory! 'But it is even more
contrary to the voluntary principle to
impose the attendance upon religious
services-as a. penalty for the violation
of the law. , .
We know full" well' what these hu
mane judges have in mind. They
hope and believe that attendance up
on church services will do the offend
er good. At- any rate they hope h5
may be benefited tyjroch attendance.
It is,? therefore, the gooJpf the of
fender that Jhe judges havd at heart.
But whether the results will be benefi
cial in a sufficientlylarge number of
eases to offset the injurythat might
do done to otner is questionable, .
nriauni men ana-women woo to
to prisons and to road canips to teach
me aunaay-scnowor lesson and hold
do." ., -x -K ' . .
"I have instructed the army avia
tors to watch the skies when they are
flying around and if they see a stork
delivering a little baby to tell of your
desires."
From forty to sixty farmers of Un
ion county make a farm tour of the
county, nisiting their neighbors and
studying the good methods being fol
lowed. Remember the Sabbath day to keep
it holy.
TAXES, HERE -AND
THERE!
property valuation of $26,000,000, ' -
This is how the debt stacks up.
The County owes $2,600,000.
The towns owe $1,750.000.. '.,
Loans of the banks to the people '
$6,000,000.
State debt (Craven's part) $1,500,- .'
000. 1
National debt (Craven's part) $1
- OOO.OJO. " f
f iO wyi -x g Investment companies
' $S0'p.OO.
Owing land banks $500.00.
Private debts to others, including ;
deferred payments on autos, etc
.,$2,160,000. ' "
Total $15,000,000.
Practically the same situation con- '
fronts every County in the State, and
ours very particularly. I admit that ,
I had never thought of it much, but'
it's so. Now what are we going to
do about it? Are our county and
towns and other taxing units going on
and on? o If so, what is to be the
final result? People in Wake Coun- 4
ty have given the tax collector bad
checks to the amount of $5,000. In '
doing this they unduobtedly thought v
that by some turn of luck they would 1 '
b able to protect their checks and
save themselves the cost and the ex
tra 20 per cent in case of sale. Just ,
why that 20 per cent is added to the - '
taxes of the man who cannot the
hundred cents on the dollar, I have
never been able to understand. If the
taxpayer .cannot pay yie hundred
cents on the dollar, how can it be sup- - -
posed that he can pay one hundred , ,
and twenty per cemVandthe cost? In '
other words it seems to be a penalty
of twenty per cent and cost to be so
poor that he cannot pay his taxes. ! (
this thing, right? I do not think so. .
Is it time to stop borrowing, even, if
it be for a good purpose and that we ,
should get a dollar'ar worth of vahwy
lor every aottar pua duu., xt, mun 1
remembered- that there- must be a
limit of borrowing even. for a good'
purpose. , That limit has y been ap
prdachecv in
little boy r M t-of. itafjlaymate
wnicH I lcndwM
SECOND;
$20.00 i ,
10.00 r
5.00 '
R',00 M""
6.00
t ; $126.00
(Respectively) THIRD:
$10.00
$66.00 ,
10c nnr u4
65.00 v?
15.00 .-it
t
ft V A -it j
month, thus kerj-irg lef re V n
other religious services are to be high
ly commended and are doing. 'a real
WCce to prisoners, but th3 is volun
tary, and. different from '. satisfying
the demands f the law by serving a
term In Sunday School. ;
" Biblical Recorder. .
(By IRA PLEMMONSV .
It's a good sign when people begin
to study the purpose for which th'ir
tax money is expended- ! Of bite this
interest has greatly increased because
of mounting taxes.
In North Carolina there, to slightly
more than five hundred; taxing units
each operating separately and apart
from each other, all of them peddling
bonds from ' the court 'tiduSe"
halls and other places, and every one
of these bonds sold means just anoth
er mortgage on the homes of the now
over-burdened taxpayers. ,i x
We are told by the ) National. In
dustrial Conference that' more than
five hundred millions of dollars are
wasted by local governmehtsseach knd
every;, year. , There are in tne unttea
States tAree ' quarters W sV 'millfon
separatelocal' taxing antt spending
alia, auioi, wuicu uperave .uiuepvu-
deriy I 131913 they,ipVnt! $1,844.
j 000,000 "and In 1925 ft had mounted
up to $15,829,000,000 or from $19.10
to $50.62 per capita, the board b&
liieves there ought to be soma central
ized coStbrol aver local expenditures. 1
...V.S-,A.s-'-.!
l ean see how there is some,dnger
in centralized power, and Whether, of
not it's the best I do not know.- Three Itha Josa of any of the necessary ser-
it unquestionably has been passed..
In our own County that limit is badly"
overdone, and "now there has to be
a reckoning."
If we are to preserve our capacity :
to provide for such essentials as edu- ' :
cation we must not exhaust our credit -on
other things that we can do with-
out. J"0 place the most rigid sort of i
restrictions on public borrowing may
protect real progress by preventing ,
the frittering away of credit.
The wild-eyed spender of public
money most be held in check, or cer
tainly our progress must Stop and will
stop.
1 have been waiting patiently for
the final outjme of our $50,000 dol
lars deficit of school funds. It seems
that the boys cannot get their marbles
together. Really the folk would like -to
know just what all. this fifty thous
and was spent for and where it was '
placadl
I noted that it was stated that the: .
forty five thousand that has been bor- -rowed
recently would hot add any.
thing to the debt o the county, for
a fact my'head is too thick to under
stand that, for I have never yet been
able to go to the banks aSnd get money
without paying at least six per cent
interest. . If any f the banks are
lending money wfthoub charging in- . '
terest why not lend some to the boy '
that cannot pay their taxes. So man
y farms and town lots would not
have ben sold for taxes if this caq ba v
1 feortUktfdrthat banks require evei-y
borrower to pay interest and that in
idvahte, and tnat that interest Is real
money ' added- to - the : principal. It
this is not extra expense to the coun
ty debt hen I am misled and mistalu
en. C fi;;t 2 4
iv I believe that if we could rid our
selves of -mariy, very- many unneces
sary office holders and coordinate the
efforts of many;; of the taxing units
that- many millions of dollars would
be ' saved y to the . taxpayers, without
states Jtaiv,Ahis power- aow---New
Mexico. ! Indiana and Massachusetts.
bufhere does seem M be some ad-
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lanea and eh'tt- tvanfAva . thfn TclnA .if unerviaihn.
drenof-Aslievine wer here a" few Howiever improvement jcaftnot be im
days thejast-of he-weak visiting Mr poBed.' It must come jfrom the bot
N. J. Iet.;?-ii:4f6m. Yet there seems!td-bas touch-'
K Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel of Marshal .aztravagance in. State administrations'
do not think that the great
people kriow very much
Mr. Tom W vflle spent j about just? what the igeneral condi-J
a ,ieW"daj-s It i .hit aunt, itions are, v For-xamplJet"ustakf
Mrs., Tom Trisbts.. : V'-'1 ' i - i-. (the recent analysis of Craven County, j plishedV but I do say that the r
Mra Gordon Conley left Tuesday 'This county owes $15,000,000 with aany, has not been worth te c
'llbO WV5?iJula?pJy v.as in local a
. - Vfff 1 -j'Mr," J.D.',He ' v wd& a business f I really d
, ' 'trfpfdFonde ' 1 1 -sday, 1: U majority vol
vices we now have. '
JO)ietinstance la our own county is
a perfectly good farm demonstrator.
This may be a good man and I do not
say he is not, but the services t!
farmers are getting are not worth t'
ot'. I have no quarrel to pick wi.'i
the demonstrator..- He is perhaps t" -ing'tiie;yery
best he can, but the t
payers could be. relieved Ci abou',
dollar, apiece in this county if t.?
fice were abolished. I am not s
that some .good hag not been s-