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VOL. XXI
SYNTHETIC CHILDREN
J am mifkty glad so asaay peo- I
1 ale la America are taking tka I
1 - . .i"
akiloVea wark. I Md to ttI I
tkera might ke Mm chases of '
Catting ear Government laterest
ad ia it, bat that M hoping too
mack. Being Raacamaad and I
Fawer aad also a child awaer, I
have eftea wleked that wlw ow
of my children got sick 1 could
irttm or- call up lomt Government
export aad fcave kim coma look
after them. Like I can do if one
of my cow, or pigs gat some dis-
ease '.. . I
; If yoar fertiliser i not agree-
iag witk yoar land the GoYern- j
meat will eend a epaeialiet, kat if
tko.food U aot agreeing with the
Bakywky we kayo to find oat
wkatV' tke matter ourtelra, and
lots of time Parent mean well
kat tkey don't know mack.
So I am glad tkat yon people j
aro iatorettod ia Children. Cour$e
tkey are a lot of trouble bat we
Jat don't am smart oaoagk to
aWd aometkiag tkat woald be lot
troeble tkat woald replace tkem. j
" Tkat' tke only tking wo are thy
now b 1 yatkatia ' Ckildren. .
: t aot a kad jidea wkoerer
tkeagkt of doing ometkiag' for
tke ckUdraaw : . I
. If it work aad yea improTO
tkeav t will eend yoa mine, j
(Toan.) WILL ROGERS. ;
5IADK0N BOY
SnftT IN ARM
BENZIE SHELTON IN MARSHALL
HOSPITALi RECOVERY
' EXPECTED '
Bennia Bhelton, 12-year-old son of
Kft and Mrs. Jri Sheltoa, of t)i Big
vl Sheltoa, ox the Big
smtion;rMad
- i . was reported as resting weii a tne io-
cat nospitai nere, xoiiowing senouai la
Juries received early Monday when, a
shotgun which he was carrying be
came accidentally discharged, the
load striking the right arm and almost
severing it.
The' boy's father stated here this
morning that while hunting near his
home, his son placed the gun beside
a log, and that a stick or other object
caught the trigger, discharging the
i" gn.
V' Although his injuries are very pain
ful,' physicians at the hospital hero
reported that chances for his recovery
are good.
NEW YEAR USHERS IN
SECOND RADIO FARM
, SCHOOL
vWith :the slogan "More Monay
From Farming In 1921," the second
annual Radio Farmers' Short Course!
will be broadcast from the Atlanta
. Journal Station WSB for two weeks,
Jan. A--14, at 6:30 central time, each
evening. A group , of . the South's ;
leading farm authorities will discuss
,, important farm problems of the New
Year. It is estimated . that , over
HO',000 radioized farm homes in the
'ouAeast will be tuned in to get first
nana iarm. information on the short
course, which is sponsored by the Soil
improvement BommlUee, je : Na '
- vODc?usoiatiojtadsthe
.vuu iitujiurai jpunoa- i wnicn is preaicteojjn equality of op
tion. Printed programs and enroll- 'portunity if or th enjoyment of
ment details wil be mailed on request
ne latver orgauizauonu,
J!atpa1mentt8U9nMd1vcollege;
"7 pxacucai
i farmers will apeak; during ttaahort
course Among. prob.ems to be dis
cussed arej the cpttefn. farmers; out
look, dairying and livestock raising,
f ood .andi feed crops, pasture prob
lema, most profitabla-eotton varieties
"d fertiliser .reconmiendatjens -for
I otton, corn, fruit, track and garden
' ros. ;Apecial -ieature- ,wilt Je
' 11 wrV-.-.Ky- m Und-
' - An examination wilt be given to all
. enroHed studentsnd over- $20tf,j In
f prizes Wi3 -ba ghrea for that best ra.
" poi is otf the course. . Copies of short
- ec-.se talks will be sent to all h"gh
. schools and individuals who anroIL '
r nr states are represented on tha
: abort course faculty, as follows t-.h . j
Georglv South Carollw, Alabama
. Tennessee and North Carolina.
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION IS
MCH FAVORED
aaaBBBiBnaaawaw ' 1 I ' "
The proposal f o? the . creation of
Department of Educatioii 'if meeting-
with growing approve ( as he
people throughout the country realise
the needs of the schools and the part ,
that such a department WM P1?
in fulfilling: these needs. The; Educa
tion Bill introduced before the prevj
ent Congress includes the features
of the ' Curtis-Reed Bill introduced,
in the Sixtyr-ninth Congress, with
the additional provision for. a council
of state superintendents of education
or of the highest eleeted or appoint
ed, statie schoo offlciala (in some
states, the highest school officer is a
superintendent, in others a, commis
sioner) to meet annually in Washing
tftn athe call of the Secretary. This
serves as a further safeguard from
any possible tendency towards feder
al control or interference with states
Rights, practically the only ground
on which the measure has been oppo
sed. . ,,
It has been apparent from the first
that the major part of such opposk
tion did not come from those who
are intimately conneeted with the
public schools but rattier , from out
siders, Moreover they have made the
old bones of contention,States' Rights
and Federal Control, the main points
in their dissertations against the
measure, when there is no part of t,he
bill which could be interpreted ,bj
unbiased minds as in any way threat
ening ttie righU of the, states or Ca
tering .federal coatfeli Gradually,
the public is awakening to this fact
and the present:; trend is ! towards'
ountry-wide approval of such a 5tp.
Eaerpts from an editorial In a
Oregon paper, commenting upon the
creation of Department; E4nca-
rilta-Mr mn Wut
- The- teachers of the eoantrf have
set out to obtain recognition of. the
importance of education and its rela
tion to other aspects of human activ
ity, through the creation Of a Depart
ment of Education with representa
tion in the President's Cabinet
"The pending measure,",, thewrjter
states further, "is sound, fpr fteyeraj L . x.
reasons. If it did nothg-more thalr ? onmeno-aon of the event rather
consolidate the various - agencies
which, attached to several depart
ments, are productive of duplication
involving unnecessary expense, it
would be justifified The Govern
ment is now engaged in v fostering
vocational education for veterans, it
has extensive responsibilities in as
sociation with its colonial affairs, it is
immediately interested in the educa
tion of the Indians, and in the District
of Columbia it has certain activities
which might properly be transferred
to the new department. But those
are in all probability secondary issues
by comparison with the equalization
of opportunity for education which is
sought in the provision which relates
to federal initiative in. research' covi
ering the entire field,
ul is finally to be considered," it
was said in conclusion, "that while a
federal department might in theory
accomplish no more ' than could be
done, by a 'bureau' of the government
practice v giyf dignity? and effective-
ness to a principle deeply Ingrained
political; nVstenv
which edncatioh tar indispensable It
is true also that a aonsiderable num
ber, of agencies, mobtkem chatA
potent and au of them-sincere, are
engaged is , research Into educational
problems But there would be no in
terference wi. private scholarships
if a federal department were author-ised.-
The statusf. these .would re
main precisely as ft it,now.
Dr. , William ,M. . Davidson . Pitta- ,
burgh superintendent of schooia, at
recent meeting pi the Education As
sociation of the District of Columbia,
aid that s one of the .big businesses
of America "education merits a s de
partmenUl "clearing house" fof edu
cational datay-with a aecreUry in the.
President'? Calinet 'Ha ..alsa com
mended President Coolidge , for in-
j eluding in his message to Congrei
request for -such a department, and
declared that, there is no- reasoi for
he; fear :-j that, a. Department of Edn
caqon ;wouia ; conjtroi" uve eourses
Marshall, n.i ra
of study prescribed in the states,
stating that its function would be one
of scientific analysis and distribu
tion of educational information';
'.The District Teachers Institute Jf
levada passed a resolution heartily
endorsing? the Education Bill and pro
posed that a copy of this resolution
bo sent to their Representatives in
Congress.
A communication recently received
from Mrs. Geo. R. Fetter, Superin
tendent of Schools, Travis County,
Texas, states that they heartily en
dorse a Department of Education
with a secretary in the Presidejnt'f
Cabinet, and that the phrase "equal
opportunities for all" was especially
appealing in respect to rural children
She said also that it was a wonder
that the "largest business in the
world" has been so long without a
representative in the President's Cab
inet. "Do we need," she concluded,
"to discover that children are our
country's biggest asset?" H.
SERGEANT L. K. MOORE VISITS
MARSHALL
Editor, Madison County News.
Marshall, N. C.
Bear Sir:
Sergeant L. K. Moore, from the re
cruiting office, Ashe ville, North Car.,
visited "Marshall on December 23rd,
192T, and will N there for ten days
canvassing for recruits for the army.
We have several attractive vaca
cies open at present time, including
Infantry, Field Artillery, lniantrjr
Fort Benning, Ga., Infantry Fort
Moultrie, S. C, and Engineers 'Corps.,
Fort Bragg, N. C; also quite a few v
cancies for musician at Fort Benning)
Yours truly, . , ;
L. K. MOORE, Sergeant D. E. M. L.
(RS), ; ; ;; - ; .
The celebration of Pecember fj5 in
memory of the biftti;f Christ daos
Z 7 -7
time it was observed conjointly with
the feast of the Epiphany on January
.
Inasmuch as the exact date of
Christ's birth, or even the year, is
unknown, the annual observance, is
than as the anniversary of its actual
occurrence.
The Christmas tree, now an almost
universal symbol, is derived from the
Egyptian use of a palm branch of
twelve shoots to signify the complet
ed year, a custom which prevailed
long before the Christian era. Its
present significance is by some
thought to have originated in Ger
many.
The use of evergreen decorations,
particularly mistletoe, has been ob
served since the time of the Druids.
In the Middle Ages the festivities in
cident to Christmas were marked by
wildly hilarious proceedings. These
called forth remonstrances from the
i j '-
ehurch authorities, .who deplored the
tendency to stress the festive father
I ! . J -.
. w - . w
ithB
this serious, significance olthei
Chriatmaa season.
3Tie mythical anta Claus has-been
-t-.-..v i;:.,-..,1..
known by manynktteir4Kris ICringle,
su wicnoias Knecht jcuprecht, Kobin
GoedfellOw, thm,-In Germany
an ugly . hunch-bafcke? dwarf, known
as. Grampus . was" . supposed to carry
off ncughtr .children instead of re-
warding ihem wih presents.'
:Ahou.ite1rawi i Ha symbollim
fjew i1nahyr stKwces, both Christian
sb4 faganll Christmas remain one of
the Lost .Impertantaad widely ob
served festivals f the 'year a sea
son ef"piioe (eav Earth; Good Will
Toward Men." News-Herald. ;0
Tour Tarheel hays he gives thanks
for rood eni vfaldsj for
pientyef
tb kaaHa
r.,
home grown foVd and for
and happiness if his family.
MADISON COUNTY'S
CREDIT FINE
i "H
.i.l
RECENT SALE OF 5 PER CENT
4 'ItONOS BRINGS BIG ' v
; j- rRIMlUN
Tha Credit of 1 Madison County 'I
splendid hi the bond market as shown
bytaecentsale of bonds on Pec. 19
1927; ' The ?38,000 Madison County
Refunding 5 per cent Bonds sold for
$34,31 'Experts tell us this is equal
to?ia Tate of .0455 instead .of 5 per
cent' " '
The $58,000 Funding Bonds" sold
for $59,957.88. . This is equal to a,
rate jof .0454 instead of 5 per cent.
Quite a number of bids were receiv
ed Says Mr. Hendricks, County at
torney, but the best . and successful
bidder was Spitzer, Rorick k Go:, of
Toledo, Ohio. The $33,000 Refund
ing Bonds were sold to take care of
former maturing bonds, but the'
$58,000 was to take care of the'
school -deficits for the past years.
Mr. RoberU Says' New;
Chevrolet Is 'Peach
Viaito Charlotte Last Tuesday
FW Tbe Purpoae erf See
7 ifag -Much Talked of -
i "j New Car. .
..LnNever before daring 'tke course
f oty experience la tke antomoklle
business, has. a new car to completely.
canuvated dealers as did the. new
Chevrolet which was shown to over
. from all over
10, Chevrolet dealers
tharOld W orth State in Charlotte on'
T.y.dMr;RoberUpf
Carahall Cbeyrolet- Company, local
X ta. iA efnrn.d t th.
eater, who has just returned to the
litarafter attending this pre-s.howing:
Without disclosing details, Mr. Rob
erts" declared that; the new car em
bodies the results oi the 13 years j
in I'
- jdig;tr iow-prteed transporUtt
heralds it as the greatest automoi
bile by a wide margin ever offered
the public by Chevrolet.
Unofficial reports from the Chevro- j
lot iffiiA Bov 4-liaf flio naw av will 1
. . , . .
embody many improvements in de
sign and construction. New stand
ards of beauty are promised. Easier
handling and smoother riding quali
ties are heralded as some of the out
standing features of the new Chev
rolet line.
' Many unlooked for changes have
been made in the appearance of the
... .
car, according to reports, providing
the new Chevrolet with a beauty nd
style appeal unexampled in the low
price field.
Shipments of the new cars to deal-
MARSHALL BAPTISTS TO HONOR STU
DENTS WHO ARE AT HOME FOR
THE HOLIDAYS
ONE OF THE MOST interesting programs that has been plan
ned for some time will be given at the Marshall Baptist Church
Surf day evening. There are
many young men and women to
more than twenty in school in our
ties. ' Too could not pay them greater respect than to come
with us Sunday as they render ihf olio wing program:
Hymn j 1 JL-1- . By Congregation
a. a s v - i 1 1 1 i
Offertory u.' ..'
Introdactidffi oCStafttEasi
and class'.., . . . .
Recognition of all teachers present. ,;,
Special Music-i- ? 5 y? . -. .".'vV ,. ' -
""What I.MJaWd na- Wliat;i,S!Mind Helpful at College"
r. .EdnaGareMotfowN.'aCiW. ;
;MKeepinit Spiritually While at College"
- Selwyft MeDevitjCfltffiOitrNewman.; - .
.'.rThe Religitak Emphawa at My College"
,r,lt Gladys Farmer, iLarsTlim-CoWege. f !
"College Friendshipa' Wniianf West? Jr.; Wake Forest C.
"Violiii Solo'ViLrEdn Wledman,: Anderson College, S. C.
-MtXfl,a l(...i. fm
fLfVrfEdnARicejN.C.C.W., , t
r --lgai Pttpwgtioi-M-Xife WorkV :t
Gladys Tweed. .Cullowhee. Normal.
How I Expect My. Fellow Students ta Know I Am Christian"
. V. '.'.'Raymond Robinson, Mara. Hill College - ; ?
MTlie Change Mentally- and.Spiritually from HighTSchool W;
: Cc:iygeM y,'-'"u '. v.: I X. rr Madge Tweed, CrC.iWv":W;
My F'rst Year Out of QUege
"Twr, Tear After Graduation'.?
ujiua
rHftsino PravAr.
V v---:i ;
. , Prt Dare a three to eight minuses', talk on the topic'assisriied
iyoufor the date.isehtioBed abovev.iWe are counting on yoa..
!: fcxr-Z Your Pastor, - it '..$; '-
v ORAcs l. smith.;
ers have keen leaving the various as
sembly plants since December 15 so
that the, vast country-wide dealer . or
ganlaaidu may ba prepared for the
Intreduetory showing on New Year's
Day. Practically every dealer in the
Unitei States will have cars read'
f W inspection on that date. From
Bahgp Me to San Diego and from
Miami to .Vancouver there will be
Simultaneous exhibitions of the new
that has,-caused so much djscus
sroif rw the last few months.
' Cars 'will be ready for the boule
vards land highways immediately after
the first of 'the year. Production at
the various plants throughout thy
United States is racing along as fast
as' precision manufacturing will per-
Ltevex before in the history of
tne industry will so many new models
of itie make have been placed in'
dealers hfchds in such a brief apace'
of tome. s
Ovir 6,500 newspapers across the
r'infMneas for twenty-four yearn
announcement, which will take the
f o-v of one of the most comprehen
sive advertising campaigns ever at
tempted during the entire history of
th6 'automobile inriiinfmr.
ISiYH.";,.
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FROM A MADISON COUNTY GIRL
; Dear Editor: My paper has ex
nired so I am sending you $1.00 for
the;' next six months. Your paper is
just like a visitor to me, it gives me
all ' the news from around my old
home. I was born and raised In the
hihs of old Madison County between
the mountains and the only way you
TOutd -see out was straight up, but
and yet I love old Madison and
Wr&M,ie p,ac too tf we did not,
SL'Ar W'' - V? 7T " .
i r ,
Wsit my hom.e pUce that I left
about' four years ago. There is one
spoi 'old Madison in-theedgejof
the, woods under a dogwood bush
that is sweeter to me than any place
on earth I used to always kneel there
t three, times a day and talk' to Gdd,'
the rain or snowMId not get oo "deep
for me to go and talk to Goof and I
know He has -heard and answered
my prayers under that bush. I thank
.God for letting me live and being
,iable to talk to Him. I professed re-
- .. ' . .
ligion in the Bull Creek Church under
the preaching of Rev. Mr. J. M. Pick
ens. I have tried in my humble way
to live it. I have two sweet children
and a sweet husband and I never do
close my eyes to sleep without thank
ing God for letting me live with my
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' Him to let me live and raise my child-
ren and raise them right.
May God bless the News-Record
and its. readers.
Uffyy A SUBSCRIBER.
fe,wvlconimunities that have as
College as does ours. W e have
various colleges and universi
tsy rastor
' By High School Students
ITima Uo.m A Mi" I ' - 5
41 W5rne Farmer, U- of N. C.
Dr.-W.-A. Saras.:
Hy Congregation. f
CIRCULAT1ON-2000
NEW HOTEL FOR
MARSHALL
MODERN 32-ROOM BUILDING
Marshall's, new hotel, known aa the
New Centaai Hotel, located en Mais
Street, adjoining the postofflce, aadf
opposite: the Masonic Temple, will o
pen on New Year's Day, Monday,
January 1st, under the 'management
of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ramsey, it
has been annaounced.
The hotel is modern in every pap.
tieular and contains 32 guest rooms,
in addition to other roomsf and is s
five-story brick structure, fire-proof.
and equipped with hot and cold wtitor
baths and other conveniences, in ad
dition to a steam heating syem
Which has just been completed.
, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey are wel)
.IrnAnrn Vi aio Mat Domaov VtOvfnfV KseASal
Before her marriage to Mr. Ramsey
some months ago, Mrs. Ramsey was
the owwner of the Roberto Art Shop
iwhich was located in, Ashevftte.
Although the hotej will open Mon
day, other valuable hnproyem m
are to be made next Spring.
The opening f the New Central
Hotel gives Marshall four hotels, the
other three being French Broad Hotel
The Rector Hotel and the Montetav
ma Hotel. All these establishment
are under good management and tke
visitors to Marshall will be treated
to good beds and eats at either place.
Rev. W. L. Briggs WTo
Speak Before Mar
; Hill Pdard
Tke mid-winter Session ..of -tne
board of tmtaw of Mars Hill Col
lege' will be kM Taesdaj morning,
Jaaaanr 10. startina at 10:30 a'elockv
college chapel, according te
word sent oat this week to tke trae
toes appointed by the; Baptist state
convention in Norember. The Rev.
W t Rri... f rk.rl.ll. will IU I net'.
....There are 492 student enrolled af
Mars Hill College. Of this number
246 are first year students.
Seventy-one North Carolina coun
ties are represented, including ?5
from Madison and 39 from Buncombe
counties.
FORMER STUDENTS OF BEREA
COLLEGE MARRY AS A RE
SULT OF ROMANCES BE
GUN ON COLLEGE
CAMPUS.
Mr
Bates Henderson, of Walnut
One of Contracting Parties.
Berea, Ky., Dec. 26 Friends and
neighbors of Mr. Bates Henderson of
Walnut, Madison county, North Caro
lina will be interested in the beauti
ful double wedding which occurred
here yesterday afternoon at the
home of Dr. William J. Hutchins,
President of Berea College. Mr. Hen
derson and Miss Eleanor Knight of
Ripley, N. Y., were united in marri
age by President 'Hutchins, and in
the same ceremony Mr. . Henley
Wright of Boaz, Ala., and Miss Thel-
ma M. McClure of Chattanooga were
happily united.
Mr. Sam S. Hughes of Green'
Mountain, N. C, played the role of
best man with Mr. Henderson, and
Miss Mary Lois Taylor of Princeton,
Ind., was the bridesmaid. For the see-
pndcouple; Mr.J HarryrBeecher f
Cilveland, ioTwS c le ma,
Miss TheoS,J6h"es : of jiTiahomingow
Oklahoma was bridesmaid.
Mr. Henderson is nowistudying fa
the Medical School .of the Universir
of CincinnatL ' Miss Knight taught
during the autumn at Smith, Ky. Mr.
Hughes is takmghis third year la
the Harvard Law School; aad Miss
Taylor is teaching in the CHySchoob ' -
of her home city.:- .. '
; Tha wwldinga-ara the result-at ro '
Imances begun here on the eampmr4
during atudent: days: t JBerea Cot- !
lege. Their attewJanU. were also eot
lege friends.' The teranony took pUew :
a;theBresenca of av , c,onaideraWa ; -group
if Invited guest, sakny of then I
being members of tha Berea? Collegel
Faculty.,.-;, ? . ;, v v
:k y ; 'j
ne boll weevU."' has .knocked ts
many, home runs as Babe Ruth tk.'jt
season and he will)isre good e ; triers
for winterrshiing if the cr on lieUs
are not cleaned and the st&s plowed'
under. . . ' - -
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