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Marshall, N. C, Dec. 9, 1927 ' THE NEWS-RECORD THIRD PAGE1 snake-bite, and was In neat iony,nuuibet--of, her Marshall friends at li4aatJiaaaal u For a Merry Christmas (Uve your family greater cheer; n DOUBLE your balance oHait year. v " " ..t Start Saving Regularly NOW. We invite YOUR Banking Business, 1 ui ' '. .A.. JL.- wf I? JHEJAKJfj ass. BROAD 5 I of the brothers, was killed during tne' tables Dlavine were: Mrs. J. Hubert civil war. iJoe met a sudden deatiij1" fcut Davis, Mrs. H. L. Rector, Mrs. C. R, I have forgotten the facts concerning Stuart, Mrs. John McElroy, Mrs. C it. Blackstone. the brother charged B. Mashbum. all of Marshall. From I 9 with helping her burn my brother, Weaverville were; Mrs. M. B. Tilson went to Kentucky, stole a horse and Mrs. C. R. Patton, Mrs. Robert Rca- was hung for it. All went. It look3 gan, Mrs. C. P. Reagan, Mrs. William like God made way with them on pur- Reagan, Mrs. Fred Reeves, Mrs. Frank pose. I believe that they all conspired Blackstock, Mrs. W. B. Ferguson to kill Charles. It was a horrible deed. Mrs. W. A. Robinson, Mrs. J. C He was a fine fellow. We loved him. Hooper, Mrs. William Shope. Mrs. Thus ends the story of the old man. ( Frank Blackstock was winner of the It was told with the directness and High Score prize. Mrs. C. B. Mash burn of Marshall Low Score, and Mrs. Robert Reagan cut consolation After the playing, a delicious salad power that inspires a truthful man. . Nancy, the little daughter of Chas. and Franky Silver, grew into womanhood and married David Par- course was served. ker, who died fighting for the Con-1 Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Ers- federacy at the first battle of Man- kine for the past five days were Ar- assas. The widow married again and chibald Carr, Mrs. Erskine's nephew. now said to be living in Madison conn- and Neill Coney, Jr., both of Savan- ty. -' . Inah, Gaff, and attending Davidson The Stewarts vient to Burke from College. Ansen. i Mrs. Reita Cunning who for some The., following verses were printed , time has been ill with scarlet fever at 5 & - STORY OF AN OLD CRIME (CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE) job with a second btew. But the most atrocious deed was to come. The wo man went to work, tut the body into 'small pieces and burned it bit by bit. The entire night nd all the wood a vailable were consumed in burning the body. The hickory tree, a dog house and th door steps went up in the effort H is believed that her mo ther and youngest brother helped to dispose of the body. In fact she con fessed as much to a woman who call ed on her in jail. I believe the killing was a. conspiracy entered into by the whole Stewart family. was. "On the very day that father start ed for Tennessee the mystery was partially solved. Some one of the searching party suggested that tire cabin and the premises be fcxaamed, An old man by. the name of Jack Col lis thought it wise to look around the house. He went about the yard and cabin probing with his walking cane. In stirring the ashes in the fireplace he found several pieces of bone, which caused him to say: 'There's too many with flaming eyes to me he'll say una oi jne in mis nrepKtce ana tne ashes are too greasy. A small rock taken from the ashes nvas put into His feeble hands fell gently down, water to see if any grease bubbles His chattering tongue soon lost its . would rise. They did in great plenty, i sound, "'Of course we knew nothing of the ; It was discovered that fresh ashes had iTo see his l)ul and body Pi It strikes with terror to my heart. on a strip of paper and sold to people her home on Georgia Ave., has reach ed the convalescent stage of the dis ease. "). 'i ..;.y. ', r On Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reeves entertained the Weaver ville Bridge Club with: three tables playing Mr. and' Mrs. Robert Reagan were winners Of the High Score prises and Mr. Lynn Weaver cut consolation Mary Elisabeth and ; Fred Junior served the dainty salad course. . Mr: William Sprinkle and Mrs. C. N. Sprinkle have donated beautiful shrubbery for the lawn of the Bap tist Church and are having it set out under the direction of a landscape gardner. 1 On their trip to Valdosta, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Erskine and daughter Josephine visited relatives in Jacks onville, Fla, St. Augustine, Fla., and Savannah, Ga. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Rob inson on November the twenty-eighth a little daughter whom they have nam ed Mildred Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Weaver left for their home Friday. Miss Sue Weaver who is in the Government employ in Tela Hon duras, and who for some weeks has been the guest of her parents, Mr. that rath! to tu FnnVifiilbnil executed. It is claimed that she com posed1 it and jgave U out as her con- b. .V I a ais areadiui, dark and dismal day i(i JUl swept my glories all away ' a . ": ' . I 7 sun goes aown, my aays ar past, fcAfid I must leave this world at last, Oh! Lord, what will become of neV I am condemned, you all now see To heaven or hell my soul must fly, AH in a moment, when I die." Judge Daniel my sentence has passed, These prison walls I leave at last. -Nothing to cheer my drooping head Until I'm numbered with" the dead. But oh ! that dreadful Judge I fear; Shall I that awful sentence hear; "Depart ye cursed down to hell And forever there to dwell?" I know that frightful ghosts I'll see Gnawing their flesh in misery, And then and ther attended be For murder in the first degree. There shall I meet that mournful face Whose blood I spilled upon this place; crime t my father's house. Franky been poured in a mortar hole near the came early the next morning, stop- fjpring. Pieces of bone and flesh were ping where my mother and the girl 'found there; also a heel-iron, such as were washing for Christmas said re- Charles wore On "his hunting moccas marked: 'You are hard at it arly.' ms. After all thisvidence, strong and My mother answered: 'Yes, we are convincing was found, a jury was trying tto get ready for a rest.' Yes' 'summoned and oti inquest held. As an said .Franky. 'I've been at it myseif .immediate result, Frank, her mother ever since before day." She told mo- and youngest 'brother were arrested, ther that Charles had gone up the All wero hound wver to court, river to George Young's. ) A autre thorough investigation a- "HJhat same afternoon Franky came bout the place revealed substantial over and reported that Charles had proof. On the ground, under the floor! not returned. She expected him earl- a circle m blood as large as a hog's ler. Mother noticed that she was n mt liver was found and the walls were nervous, but thought it was on ac- specked. There could be no doubt, count of the prolonged absence of , Charles had been murdered and his Charles. She said she would go down body burned. tester father's home three quarters of "Franky was tried at Morganton at a mile away, if some of the boys about the third court after she killed would attend to the feeding of her , Charles. .she got out of jail dressed in a man s clothing and escaped into h T.. TIT 1 Ji T-i i "Why did you take my life awayr V, w "ovef ie" r "uay iicw uiieans wnere in a lew aays she will set sail for Central America. Mrs. Maud Torrison who for the past ten days has been the guest of Mrs. J. Fred Reeves and Mrs. Eu gene Presson returned Friday to her home in Pittsburg, Penn. ... Many winter motor troufe be side-stepped by good judgment gasoline. AAA LI A .. m. .K. MB 1M & MHS I took his blooming days away,. Left hhn no time to God to pray, And if his sins fall on his head Must I not bear them in his stead? The jealous thought that first gave strife From BALL CITY cow; 'explaining that Charles had fed her that morning, but, when we went there 'that Tiight we saw none but wo men tracks.-, . "Charles didn't show up the next day, nor the one following. Franky told another that as he had remained away so long she did not cars wheth er fee ever came or not, and went hack ta ber ifather's. v. 'l,'" . "AiEter several days had passed and nothing was heard of Charles the a larm wa given; , The. wnrd was put . , out aS through the mounaitna. No track r trace of him could be found. The rnw was searched, for . nome ... fhought ; that he might have onJ " through the ice. He had not been to -George Young's. My .father was great- the country, following the wagon of her uncle. The sheriff of the countv. discovering flrat his prisoner had flod. hurried on her trail and overtook her several miles wit of town. He rode up ce ana saw: "Franky". She turned and answered: I thank you sir, my name is Tommy."Yes,' her uncle put , ner Tucrne is Tommv.. He .ir himself and fibe woman 'Way by say Nr er". She was returned to her Prison eeH and on the .fppointed day, the 12th of JulyT 1833, in the pres ence of a rreat thrniiff hanged. It was Sloped that she would make a. publie .(confession on the scaffold and sW seemed nwnai and -roady to?d, but her father We did not have any S. S. at this place on account of the cold weather, and we have not completed the house To make me take my husband's life, yet. We hope it will not be so cold on For months and days I spent my time next Sunday as we feel almost lost Thinking fcow to 'commit this crime, 'when we do not attend S. S Good work is so much needed in the world today. Oh how sad i is to think of so many drifting along the dreary and would be struck dead, for God is not mocked. Everybody just read tho 3rd chapter of Isaiah and see what it says, and some of the old hypocrites said to come to them for dope on Powers, I wouldn't spend time to go and hear what the old ungodly hypocrites have to say. Everyone that will talk about him is not anything but hypocrites anyway. I guess there are as many children of God to stand for him as there are hypocrites to go against him. If everybody gets against him, just as long as he stays in the Bible , it wont turn me against him. Wishing? Powers a success in preaching the blessed Word. ALFRED GRIFFIN, R.F.D. 2 Marshall, N. C; PIE SUPPER AT HOPEWELL There will be a Pie Supper at' WaI- nut Gap on December 10th and all. are invited to attend. And on a dark and doleful night I put thiB "body out of sight. With flames 1 tried him to consume . surrea on JiDout K. lie was Mii t "u'lirom xbe midst . - da anything. .So when he heard of an crowa' ',-,?We with it in you, Frank " -jUiu guinea negro over m . Tennessee, i """ww"" " aigni or lolks there to 40 miles away, who had a kind of 4 1? nangedV ; conjure Dan snat told things,; ha set r ' oiewart (that was' her - out to see him. The negro was not at """"a; name) jwas a mighty likely p at home, hnk Mu man' nr. I little Woman. Sha.-fca A f. . i, . yt ' u& ww Huaiui. - 7 -w. ,u hir nnvm for whom he worked - aaid K MM; eye ,-and was counted vm A - --i"v u, ireiwwr iu ui pan, ne i m. nwcr saw a smart 1 hung . the ball nn like a nmuOnn", little womani She rm.M j . markedoff the points of the compaas. WW ysrds f cotton a day Father told Williams all about the loi n " bi.heeJ. , ' v ' 1 t Cation Of the; house where "Charles i ! 'otivs- for tha crime wfll ivea and drew a map of the section a"-r :"own.;Jealousy, che claim- point away" from the house and WiK - uams awcea: -wasn't it possible that the mn; was onv awar f ftS fat homtf"''"-'1'? fi-iXv'f fcf-."! : "Father said that was Impossible for If Franky had desired to do so she couldh't hav; killed Charles and hid his body. Williams finally said, -Well, his kindred." That was toward -his own house, from ours. Later in the day Williams tried his ball and told ,'y father that it indicated that the . fcodj ls4 teen, fanjji gara anoush it ed, in a printed ballad that she ,a gave rise to tha first thought No one could ever imagine anyone that she cause Jo b iealous of; for Charf. eswas true to. her. He laughed and Ulked to ;th women of hia ,.,- tance,, but that was alL .h- v ' Tha. survivinjf memtxtra ; Stewart family met violent - Ji.rt,. one form or another.. Th. u i- t , a aaiaiia Franky's father, Iost his: life while enttlnn m Mil feu.. -t. - . . . - hod struck hiin on. the head and crushed out his brmin Tha motljer dialfrca tl kSttit tt But time would not admit it done. ;downward Path that leads to never tenamg eiernny. we ougni io oe our best and try to help someone else to . .... ... never commit tnis awful crime, j. live right, lor we don t go through Be careful how you spend your days, this life but one time, so lets do our nut try to serve your God in time, best for our Maker while we live in ' 4. L ." u 1 O lureuin Buujecis roil ; !n l i . ,i My little child, God bless its soul! "7 ' " " 7" Z . 1. All . . i i . , . ttiiu niau me tj. i ,x . u . ueua try tu in yvu vnai irre oi Aflam s race. .i. . . . .. .,, , Tt u ' arry 14 " " the way that it will be - j iMiu tins cnnu ais&rrace. , . . . .... . K ale pleasing with the Lord. Farewell good people, you all now see J 01en M'"er and his father and What my bah conduct brought on ' two sisters motored to Little Sandy iwusn sunaay ana Drougnt their sis ter Mrs. Roy Brown back with them. Mr. Orville and Lloyd Fish are visiting relatives on South Turkey Creek. Mr. Ballard Webb and Miss Mary E. Price were happily married at Waynesville Saturday. We all wish them a successful and happy married life. Mrs. Bill Ferguson jtnd two datfgh ters and Mr. and Mrs. Cawley Rogers from Fins Creek were visiting at the v - t r . r ir w . w ' uvon ox iur. ana mn, rearson rer- guson Monday. Mr. Wilson Kirkpatrick is expected to start his sawmill very soon and we will all be glad as there is not much work going on in this section. ' To die in shame and disgrace Before this world of human race. Awful indeed to think of death. In perfect health to lose my breath. farewell my friends, I bid adieu, , ciicaiii-c on me you must now pursue. Great God! How shall I be forgiven? Not fit for earth, not fit for Heaven But little time to pray to God, ror now I try that awful road. , , If those lines had not been written under such dreadful circumstances they, would ;.be . considered nothing more than doggerel, but they tell pitiful story and make a warm heart sad. The verses are full of nathoi H. E. C. BRYANT" i, Photo by Underwood & Underwood "RED"" GRANGE National Football Star, writes: 'While at college I learned that the condition of the throat is most important to an ath lete. Coaches end captains know that throat irritation may even keep a playef -a of an important game. For this reason, I insist that my New York Yankees smoke only Luckies, when they smoke. "I know that Luckies arc smooth and mellow and can not irritate the throat' WEAVERVILLE (Toof late forlast week.;; The various organisations of the Weaverville Baptist Church are ob serving fa week of 'prayer for the benefit nf . the; Lottie Moon ? Christ- mas offering. ;In charge of ih prd- gramme one day is the Woman's Mia; siinary Society, another "day the Rov- ai embassadors, another day Young women-s Auxiliary. The Girls' Aux iliary furnishes tha urogram for Fri day and the Sunbeams fos Saturday. miss Mary Williams who for seme month has been vary ffl is Wowly imprvrin& iW if ftsn x ; lira, WCUaai Popa entertained a POWERS GETS SUPPORT AGAIN 5 Will you please-allow m a short space in your paper. I ' have been been reading ahouf Rev C. H.. Pow ers and reading about the'people that are against him. I want to say that he preaches the Bible as far as I know and I guess I kndw half as much as the ' howlers do that don't read the Bible. I guess the. reason the, hypo crites can't stand him, they are raising old JezebelTa, that's why. There is no christian that Is going to howl about whai Powers says' for the Bible cays that the time will come when they would not "endure sound doctrine and it Is done and here that the old hypo crites and flappers eant stand it I sura'' believe that he is a God-aent like he man, f i For' if he was not,' looks la You, too, will find that LUCKY STRIKES ; ; ;givethegreatestpleas ure Mild and Mel low, the finest dsa" rettes you ever, smoked. Made of the i 4 Jtf Ji.... . 'thoicesttobaccos,pro- - perly aged and blend ed withgreatskill'and ?, : there is an "extra. pro- r 5 cess-r'TTS TOAST harshness, not a bit of bite. ' 1 X X f A . ... a ik i i ii i y- MA1 Of ' THB CREAM Of TOM lOBAQQO CHOP- 1 . - rS ""-n w "f'T. -.t-.a-CTS ntHttiR- A . issb 1- m ti eirci .- t--J- f - . is-..'Sf;i3.,i-.'-- 'i ii i ir ( , t.' iifrP.. ! m rtvr'ui a aura a ... hi 1 'n '(5 v : . " .--t : . -. ' a-
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