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I MADISON COUNTY RESOltD Established June 28, 1001. FRENCH BROAD, NEWS Established May 16," 1907. Consolidated November 1911 : - 'fl . . ,. .... tHE NEWS-RECORD RICE A YEAR PROGRESSIVE FARMER THE NEWS-RECORD ...v. ;.. -'y1:',,',;' ; , T-i'-1,. '.. .. v i'. ' '. - ; m . f. m m . i v . . w , .v. . w mm m m m m m BOTH A YEAR FOR :,,v,tf,.,-::-H . . ) !rf 'THE- ONLY:-NEWSPAPER'-PpBf ISHEp IN' 'MADISON " COUNTY JjLIII-v.--.'.' j Marshall. n. c. FRIDAY!' December 2,-1927 . circulation-2ooq WILLIAM; ROBERTS IWINS PRIZE ClVEN BY DR. ABLE OF I; WAYNESVILLE , T)i riie of $5.00, which wat' f0J the best paper on Dr. Burma dde here aomo time ago at the tim M the Medical Meeting, was a warded to William G. Roberts, of tho Marshall High School. following is the letter from Dr. Buijrtts, and following ihe letter is the article of William G. Roberts. n DrJFrank Roberts, A, Marshall, N. C. f My Dear Dr. Roberts: I; am just in receipt of your letter, enclosing the two papers which ware written on my speech to the public at " Marshall! .. Both of these papers are nxcellent. but I believe that the. one '-from William G.; feoberts covers the : largest numberji of points made 4 toy speech. In faetf he has teke it from . m. I believe.-. k-i -.Ksfi. ' It: was awfully good "of Dr. Able to make this offer to the scnooi cnu drn and I am sure that it was the means of them getting' much more out of the few remarks that I had to tnake. I am sorry that all the boys n..irla could not-receiver prue.i, . ana tnai wey wm ? ;-.kvs. harder the next time., ; ' v- It was a great pleasure- to he with yctai I have not visited any meeting thh I have enjoyed more than yours. .J am thankful to yoiMind ypur doctors fha' -mnateordial' welcome and for i the" mosteordial' welcome fdrVou' hearty support.', ; , ;f y 'indeed sorry that I had to "leave before your meetingwaa over, bat you know, I have Wklier v ' that must go along, and I have been away so much this year, tnai H i noc . htt I eartiD just as near n hi Bossible. .AMikU ' i Again I want to express to you and yeur community my thanks for the liosaitality ahown me while there. If I can be of service to you afany time I shall be glad. f ' j. T. BURRtTS. What I Remember of the' Address of Dr. Burros ' ' '- ' " ' i The construction of the Panama Canal was first' undertaken by the French, and they concentrated their : financial efforts' and medhanical brains . afl hired Irish' laborers to construct it But all these thihjfs did n6t give them; : success, for the' inroads of typhoid . and malaria created siich an epidemic thSlt' successful work Was impossible. It war said that for every cross-tie laid in the Canal Zone, an Irish work man gave his life. -'Finally, " the French despaired and gave up, lZn:?rT ? IT . Th' United-States- took' ever the construction , "-this' CanaL - Their '. ' first step was to turn to the medical . jfrofessloh foraid.; Dr. W: C GorgaS : went into the Canal t Zone and eonv- jAetely conquered the diseases.4, "He ' made the Canal Zone to healthful that it was comparable to our owij;;West ern' North Carolina mountains, as a .summer resort'-. ' , The value of the medical profession : to eommerce fii incomputable, Some of the children' bete today would have . been1 dead long ago . if it had not been for the Valuable 'Jhssistante of the vimedical men. In -combating communi cable diseases.' f, f'"" 1 ' ' ' . In every " community there" are schools, and lots of money" is epent chfla; -But there are' only a few fn Stances where-money has been appro priated for the protection of the child (gainst the inroads 6f disease.. Some -. day,- in the near- f of urej every com-1 tounity of any size will have a'hoipi - tal and its own medical personnel' ' J Every, farmgt. in.thia jstata who ,. owns even at ord car uns ft into a jrageonce'a "year and has a good . . mechanic , check" up 7oi Ifi. He 4 ells the mechanic to go over. the rwiring system, the gasoline system,, and he has alf the .ball-bearing parts tight; ened. At heme, this same . man has f wife, and perhaps three or four chil ' dren whom fie never thinks of having . examined and. checked up on, - This iamsl?:n -"tosacco J .!' , llAi uut.v " --a Tr Doe. 7th. Frin. y r t "to, C"i. r: J ft C" 7 A" "i man is either ignorant, asleep or vi cious. ' , ' j I was at the luneraj, not long ago, a mother leaving;a tiny bhy a by nineyears 6l& and Vgirl thirteen. Ctn you imagine ages at which children need a mother more? 1 heard the ,.her sav that the mother's death Was an oi Divjne Proyidence.his was a liej It Wai the result bf.wmei body's neglect and careleMn - -'i. j.fw. -u h. avoided if neo- Die would place themselves,ln the; hn1i of a crood doctor Wk oa Ud at least once every yelar.VV " Too many people toaay are aymg around the ages of f orty-flve and nf tv. It is not the communicable di seases that cause most deaths at these . t , t . u. ..J J kidney diseases; these diseases could , ii.njtar. ; niian irauuiv.auunjww - , ct-- ' be voided Jn many instances ir pro,iui " " rukr oTBminationa were made. A gen- eral practitioner should make1 this ex aminationnobody cap take the place of general practitioner. The specinl- jbM are gooa dui mejr iuw the general doctors, ' . i -The doctors have.tiothtng to hide, Eyen ' the - childten: have ' a right to know all about their bodies and ev-. ery child should be examined regular ly so that it may be kept free from disease. Napoleon had a servant called Bertrand who was very faihtful to him.; He guarded Napoleon from all L.Vii JSJ n. '.JiiHJii,. When Napoleon was xiled Xrom France, Bertrand went before the courts and begged to be sent with the banished Napoleon to the end. After the death of Napoleon he stayed ott the island of St Helena until he, alsoj passed 'away requested that h be, burjed at theifoot of 'Napdleotfs gray e' and there he rests today. ?Xikwise, a doctor must be faithful to his prof essioBi and love it. Unless he se)la his soul to the causrf andac- I Even the 'Children present remem ber the story -of Dr Walker. - . Dr.' Walkerj a good country doctor, came to; a little town and took his office over a bank.. He had a sign printed and hung at the bottom of the steps reading, "Dr. Walker,. Office Above." He practised there a iew years, till hard times around the" vil lage caused him to move his office to leBs. fashionable quarters.; This time he took a room over the livery stable and at the entrance hung his sign, "Pft-Walker, Office - Above." Now after a few years, his frail body gave way to. the effects of long, irregular hours and hard work; bo he closed his eyes and folded his hands forever. A small group of friends laid him away on thct hillside but they did not know how to mark his grave. v One of the stahle.-oys; had. a bright Idea, i He ran4a.Qd. got the doctor's little sign t at the head of the grave.' L, Z.., -ft. - ,v . It readj'DrWalkerifficeAbove.' y v "'t'. - -1 - ;.v'r. . SOLOMON . MORTON OT-REVERE " v OFF FOR .HAWAII New York, November-olonwn:Nor-toni son of John Norton, Rivere. N. 3.who -recently enusted f or.'eexvice wth' the FIELD ARTILLERY branch vk miv nesuiar winy, naa Des.BSlm- ?d.to,-duty wit troops itt HawAiiahd reftNew-Yprk Cijty .today; .aboard tha Cniter States' mnVnortrniamhrkP- rrUpon- his arrival at Honolulu, Nor ton and the jfoung)nen whoIsaCed lo day with him will he assigned to "units in the Hawaiin : Islands, - located at estsTwhlch generallv lie kdiacenf to bternaioaal famous resorts 'and jurist shrines. SoTdiersr on -Hawaiian "" enjoy unusual reel eatluusrpm-the Clio. Literary, Society was given ileges, there being provided for themfflitn'eCdireee Audi&rlum jn the eve-" summer rest camps where alllhty goni&g KdvM.-It!wai. a'mbsheou--for si two-weeW period during vacation jtiful and -impressive- event .5jST ,3 time. ; t ways within - reach? , 1st; th far-farnted beach ' sch '6t "Waikiki? '4nd the surf batting resort "at HalaiwsV y ' Athletics play mi important part "in the life Of Soldiers in Hawaii, and ev- ery organisation prides itself on a gu' loxy of teamr in the, prospective championship class in fevery port The climate is ideal,, for It is a land that knows no winter,;; and." 0 utdoor Sports thrive the var roiiniL ' - ' - Young Norton will, remain invthe;of Grecian' culture followed 'as.! a Hawaiian Department f or-approxfc. '- " r4.' - mately two ytears, when he will be re- turned to the Unjted States for1 dis-j charge, having in the meantime en-' joyed a ten thousand dol's- u Hing, jlncludirg a visit to ranaaa rr.i Eanf Francisco,' at the expense t f Uncle t f:n - - - 4 Cullowhee State Norm al Gbf CTfves National ? ; Education Week. Editor, The Marshall Record, Marshall, N. C. Dear Sir: Enclosed is an article on the ob- Se,yance of National Education Week k CuHowhee, written by one of our; students from Madison County. We shall be glad if you will publish this " ' Cordially yours, tf. T. Hunter, President.: The National Education Associa tion and the Bureau of Education in Ma aoaainn at- WAshitlirton. D. C 'asked that November 7-13 be set aside i yveen. Th compliance with this request th- committee planned a splendid program for every day of the weektv,. . o emphasizingthe different phases of education. . ; to-me, Thursday or "School On portunity Day" was a fine day. The parents were invited to come and see' the children at work. Quite a nuiriberl came. The elementary school gave an interesting program consisting of : stories, singing, dramatization, ctctAt the close of the program a brief The I Goats in the Rye Field," dra matized by the first grade was clever and made everybody laugh "out loud,' .The parents were asked to remain?! for the Community Life Club meet ing. It is to this community what the P. T. A. is to others always 'an imS portant meeting. After adjournment? the parents were taken to the Domes-?; tic science room where delicious 'coffee and cake was served. Citizenship, 'Armistice, and Commu: nity Days were combined into an ex-i cellent Chapel' program "which wa given by the Normal students. That evening all students who wished, to I rn iaa4ha "Ri PasiA ' - -' to see the "Big Parade. Banqueting was not lefifout of Na tional Education Week. Saturday night the dining' room in Moore Dor mitory was arranged in banquet style. Faculty and- students' were present and enjoyed a very gumptious meal. Sunday, "God .and Country, Day." A union service was held "in the T)e monstratien school auditorium.- -The special , music by, the Faculty Quar tette and Glee Club was a beautiful part of the service. Dr:Johh E. Calfee President of Asheville Normal was the speaker. His subject, "Are you You Really Convinced," was handled in the most magnificent way. He pointed Out as men who were really convinced Paul, Moses, . Columbus, Woodrow Wilson, and liindbergh. Annie - Young. MARS HEL COLLEGE Vv 'NEWS'. : (TOO LATE FOR LAST WEEK) "Hon. "J J." Britt spoke" In Chapel Wednesday." He advised- everyone ' to work- in order to get the best out of Efe. He said that .the world is grow ing better an the timei He also Stated that prohibition will be .atfcceasf uL ' "I The Nonpareil Literary Society will give k& thirty-sixth anniversary' pro- gww- l'w-5eHgeJ,Auditorium on the venisg:of Nqvenjber 20, 1st 7.-80; Bveryone Invited, , ywi VQn "Nov."! 9, Mars Hill College Played football game at Bluefleld West, Va., against Bluefield College. The' score "was ?0;to 0. in favor of r.hOh0rjtrae$eiiUi arinivdrsary: of f The program, which was Grecian 1n : every ' fdeUfl, Stas presented ita the' -frm of a! dream, A4ihee(irtairi rose? ! there was seen the fisrurts Of the a-fil idea lira of T!ref'ca urnim'sH hni.k tfi - .en vi weevi kiuuwu buuuii. ku- w r i ..i. i. . i . , ; huge columns which- formed the back' grpirhd rot tage ttinr,r Iwtth" j center was, Miss Helen Brown as Clla, Ireddessf of history trom' whohV the ocfetyi aerhreVf" JtS' name.-- Tie prol ' mi m na.onfiTi V. -.nn ,i..u, f W, will aand botha ;aad,riel farmer who will thip their -lo be old for HIGHEST MARKET PRICES. .''.?; ii-t iSSf CARTER, FAGG 4 .COMPANY- . - "Kml,Ii Tobaeee' Waroliewoe .f arrUtowa, Tona,- v. !Ahn of Clio. f $h4! first episode showing Grecian tltttM as revealed in speech opened So'' -I - jj 1 o one, jfoaaess oi-reuBKJH, ttclesii.the orator, following which JWks Mae Plemmons gave a reading, the! Choice of Hercules." i.ljfhn followed a procession which toprefeented Homer, Sapho, Memos- )(6n4, Socrates, Appolo, Plato and .rtstMtle, after which Miss Ruth jitgeton read an. essay,' "The Spirit ecian Art." The first episode with a piano trio, "Gypsy drtctan culture as revealed in sculp ture:, opening with Phidas and Praxi le;.'at work on their masterpieces while Miss Louise . Griffin rendered a fjdbig "The Mallet's Masterpieee. jPoljAwing this scene was a vocal sex. TOtt "Like Fairy Dancers." After fthis number there was the play;-"Pyg- naltpii and Galatea," with Mias Ruth . tWIiifniiro oa Pvomfllinn And Miwt En. lowed by a piano duo, cj.The second episode closed with a procession representing Agamemnon, Menelaus, Achilles and Diomedes, fol lowed by Spartan warriors! ;iThe third episode consisting main ly of poses and tableaux, represent ed . Grecian culture as revealed in grace of form. speech of appreciation was made by the president of the Nonpariel Liter ary Society. i '. POWERS BACK IN I COUNTY flRev, Charles Powers, evangelist, who was arrested here several days ago and taken to Welch, W- Va., Ftp- answer cnarges ol ueseruun umi Inojli-support of his wife and five chil- in in the county and will, resume hfs evangelistic riervides-o he reports. His release, so it is reported, was on condition that he would provide for the support and education of his children and pay his wife the sum of $50 per month for six months. He is said to have started divorce pro ceedings against his wife. Several re ports regarding the sect he repre sents were settled here when he pro duced a document showing that he is a licensed minister of the Protestant Methodist Church. He stated that his plans were to locate here permanently ABOUT THE NEW HOSPITAL Since the formal opening of Mar shall's new community hospital here last Monday, several operations of a minor nature have been performed. by the physicians in charge of the in stitution, and other patients accept ed for medical attention; and treat ment. ' Two patients, Mr. joe Horpe and Kelly Worley, both of Big Pine Creek, came to the hospital Wednes day for treatment after both had been bitten ten days ago by. a mad dog, The animal was killed and its head sent to Raleigh for examination, the report being that the dog war mad. Mrs. Clyde Hazelwpod of Hot Springs is also taking treatment at the hosyj tai - Wednesday the two sons of Mr, and Mrs. Crusoe Rector, of near Mar, shall underwent operations for the removal of their tonsils.. All patients t the riew hospttsK are "reported to bet getting . along- pfcely official ported. . i" ' rV ' ' v n BRICK BUILDLNGS ARE PLANNED :jl .. 5 4Tlahs for further eVtefisIon in-Mar- shalTs extensive - building' program started two years ago, were-ehneiinc ed; here Wednesdaywheg M Redmon, well known business man. said that within a few weeks the con struction work would begin on , a I v n j : i u.i ... . r . . . yiv& duuuuiit. in wiuca m culm ana a. j service station W&" be lpcated. vthe building which is Wtbst ear J7,00G is to he located tthe iwopertrjRf Mr. Redmon In the middle section ai ! Marshall. . H also announced ; plans 'fi - i :u: 1 il . , t between the site of the first proposed; Utructnra ahl th. v C iWti wlj- r-nnBn i,niiUnir - 'street. Construction -wort on the l1fe,ri ad eighteen. Thai was when the tf buildihr wffl hot begin until .fil the first of the year; 4 v . :- j .' .. . ",' J '""One furm of farm relief would give lis more farmers and fewer planters. GIVES AWAY MANY FLOWERS GIVES. A WAY 100,000 BOUQUETS TO GREENVILLE ".S. C.r INVALIDS A resolution to spend the remainder of h?fc;life making as many peop as possible happy, adopted twemy years ago by Arthur G. Gower, a quiet bookkeeper of Greenvilje . C- has. just become known ta the outside world. The America Mag azine for December tells for the first time how he has, grown and given away 100,000 bouquets of flowers to invalids since he took that vow. - In his simple, occupation the reso lution taken by Gower has meant more of a personal sacrifice than is required of the great philanthropists. It has meant getting up at four o' clock Sunday mornings to carry heavy loads of flowers to homes Rtid hospitals and long hours of work In his, garden after his days' toil i o ver. But he has never wavered. Men, women and children, ill anywhere in Greenville are the recipients oi .us voluntary gifts, which he regards as the smallest manifestation of a Chris tian spirit that he can evince. Twenty years ago a northern man came to lireenviue wiui an mvuu wife and because she could see noth ... , i ; i:j ing but the tops of the trees from her bed, Gower decided to provide her with flowers from his little garden They seemed to brighten the days of the invalid so much that the dook keeper -decided to give sOme of his flowers to others. He began to make mental notes of his friends who were sick, and trom time to time he gathered bouquets from his own garden and took lhe flowers to these friends. They appre ciated his thoughtfulness; the sight of m --f kw"er femd .j, to ake ft, easier for them to be patient .while awaiting recovery. Then he exte ld ed his visits to include, strangers, and also he extended his flo ver gar den. As he enlarged it, he also enlarg ed the circle of his visits. That was the start of Mr. Gower's flower mission. In making his plans, he decided that to visit the patients in the hospitals, giving them flowers, was an obvious thing to do. To these he added various sick persons about town. For many years he has distri buted his bouquets impartially to all who are sick or otherwise afflicted. As regularly as Sunday morning rolls around, this quiet, unassuming bookkeeper,! now sixty-six years old, visits three hospitals and many homes with his hamper baskets, one on each arm, piled high with flowers. His visits are eagerly looked forward to; peo pie expect him, as they do the rising sun and they accept him as one" of God's benefit to humanity .;. Mr. Gower is a busy man, putting in, forty-eight hours a week over his ledgers,' so. he does not have much time for hir really wonderful garden. He is not a man of means. He walks to and from ' the .hospitals .and. . the I homes he ; visits, walks i despite - the weight- oUmnareaft, or, DuncneaT ox flowers. His awfi home has half an acre of ground around It, and in every available space flowers are planted. He.wifctsihem that therekl, Wyr be.' blossoms, xeept -for" feqr weeks in? the- dead 'of '' winter'. 1 feach afternoon upon, returning from his oBRee,-Ke -stay win his, flowers, as long aarbe 'cad- see to work. He never knocks oft until Hhe'Sats have- hung themselves up "for the night, and .un til the last hawk-moth hat given the jpsimfoses a final onceQver,wA,nd ,next fmornhig? fihg.Vbefre euhrise, ie if. About four o'clock each Saturday afteToon Mr.' Gower begini cutting the aiWirf hi; Will fliatribnte. qrf day. When dark comes he goes into his house, aiid ' arranges them into bunchea.At fwt i6'ckck 'on Sunday moTnVf M getif un igin nd;OQm pletesthis part of. hirask.f; mercy, i Thenar a Wotf as , other "Veopleljare i stirring, he seta, out on his rounds, carrying, ueuallyf from one hundred to one hundred and fifty bunches of - , 7 Z J r. , r , , u 4ewera4T.,larg.s.krfceitwf FVot 1 w ' M - 1 1 wonr war was on, ana, a oaa, hospital made extraordinary demands upon -himv It. ia- estimated that f enie fifteen thousand soldiers passed thru &ia hospital, first and last, and that every one of them at one time or i other received flowers from this book keeper, whose creed ia as wide a mankind. In good weather and in bad he goes just the same. Mr. Gower has been an officer ia the First Presbyterian Church ot Greenville for thirty-five years. Dur ing the war, as a- side line, he- taught a Bible class in the government hos pital.. Frequently in the mails Mr. Gower receives letters from strangers he be visited and, of course, from friends. Others have sought him out personally and thanked him; one man explained! that he had been waiting three year for a chace to return again ta Greenville and meet Mr. Gower . to thank him personally for his kind ness; an ex-soldier wrote to ask if "you are still scattering sunshine?" American Magazine for December. COMMISSIONERS & JFDEVITT As we go to press, word comes to us that no true bill has been found a-: gainst the County Commissioners. More will be published about this at a later date. WEEK OF PRAYER The annual week of prayer of the -Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church is in progress at the church with large attendance anc? much interest manifested. The week of prayer will end Saturday. A spe cial study of missionary work is be ing carefully made. The Mary Gage Hudgins Circle will meet at an early date for election of officers for the ensuing year and transaction of any ether necessary business. HAMBLEN TOBACCO WARE HOUSE NOW OPEN Hamblen Tobacco Warehouse, Mor ristown, Tenn., operated this year by Carter, Fag 4 Company, is now O- pen and receiving tobacco every day, for the opening sale that will be held) Wednesday, Dec. 7th. Morristown is in a good location and bids fair to become one of the largest markets in the East Tennessee belt, i The warehouse is one of the largest, best lighted houses to be found any place, and farmers wflf find that every company that buyi tobacco in Tennessee has a represenv tative on the Morristown market, ,i , The management will work hard ta see that every farmer is well taken care of. The interest of the farmer will be well protected, false reports have been spread ov er certain sections of Madison County? to the effect that Morristown wai noC '"v?' t - . Farmers are implored not to pay attention to all-the tales they hear. If you want highest prices, quick re turns and courteous treatment, then Morristown is the place to sell yonr tobacco. - Be there on opening, v MADISON COUNTY LEAGUE TO OPEf FR'I DAY . - i, At call meetinor of the Madiaon!f!ai. . High! School Athletic Association last fweek i I sohedbfe was arranged i for ; the first half of the basketball seasos. . of 4927-28. There will be only four contestants in the first half, due to that , facTthat Mars, Hill High wiU be, Uh- , abir tocorhpet. because of football season Those' who will play bv this schedule ar'Marshall, Hot Springsv; Beech Glenn and Walnut - The open- ffgatoj of the schedule will be play, t ed Friday, December 2. t, y 4- I-Scneeulef6r this week is as f f- . Marshall., at Beech Glenn. 'Walnat fit Hot Springs. ,n - full schedule will appear in:the next Issue of this paper. "pBue oi mis paper. v . BOB' ALLEN, M. H. H. S. Coaclw ; HAMBLEN TOBACCO : V WAREHOUSE Tf5?RISTbv,'N: Tr" ' ruow epea reenncg tuua.w - CARTER, FA.CG it CC V 1"