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v fatft ' - v ; 1 V 1 " Vj 1 I'lr t. . i 111fi NEWS-RECORD i MADISON COUNTY RECORD. H Established June 28, 1901. FRENCH BROAD NEWS ' Established May 16, 1907. Consolidated November 2, 1911 eeeej 1 PfiIC Vj Tke PROGRESSIVE I H 'i.TIIE NEWS-RECORD " BOTH A YEAR ,FOR THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED INI MADISON COUNT Y .'it- Ki.i. "(,- 'I .'., , ' ..-.'IV. .'..' ' : - - ::,;.; ...... r, . , .a r wmm w r . ' :-.f.v '.1.', 4 VOlIXXI flOSPItlNGSIO- WWW Mil !.S.i ''. . ' I : !Tha WAm4fc d la tito poMU IcHbl Mcfitorivii 4 'Me . 8prii&-'f or; .the ;beatf Mi o)E the , : atent-T.cher Awodiation of iHot Spring was quit loccen financial ly and in it execution, the roM W 4eipU .won jut about $100.00. The ride'a bouquet, quite beautiful, was a gift of Dickenson's,-the florist in Asheville, of which firm, Miss Maude Culbertson, formerly of Madison County, is a member. All the wedding; party entered from the rear of the auditorium instead of from the side of the stage as in Jrtar; shall. As each one was ushered lei surely up the center aisle, the as sembly had a good view of the beau tifully dressed "women," and had time to guess who they were. Rev. Mr.' Lovitt, one of the ushers, could not serve, due to Illness in his family, and his place was taken by Mr. Wayne Farmer, a member of the faculty. He and Hobe Caifdler d!d well as ushers, while Aubrey Jlamsey, Swann Huff, Raymond Chandler and Judge Fowler made good-lookins bridesmaids. Mr. O. W. Grubbs, Mr. Hursey, Mr. Jack Paris and Mr. Car roll McFaH- were real groomsmen, while Mr. Will Fleming and Mr. J. D, Hensley made a hit as flower girls. The dignified minister, Mr. Lon Brooks, does not believe in compan ionate marriages, as he. locked them iri the "wholly" bonds of matrimony. The flapper girls who attencjed the wedding and sang before the cere mony were Mr. Dewey Plemmons as Miss Russia, Sidney Izlar as Miss ra- zil, singing "O Promise Me," ann: lilt: "Weddint1. son Lawson as Misspain. The TOJ,- verhaps were indictedifOr-the ter's costume was extremely flapper- ish.'.Tom'Davi as Mrs. Knbwall made quit a hit; belnt quit WtradtWe ; peth - nwacttUnely -iudi nion, as the babyrwas quite-busy with his bottle, but had an attentive nun in Aunt Africa, splendidly imperson ated by Dr. Doyle. Harry Hill and Mr. Bradshaw were . extremely" mis chievous twins and Harry Tieeded more spanking than he got, Mr. W. T. Davis (as Mr. Montreal), Maurjce Gardner (the aunt), Mr. Whitten (the uncle), Dan Lawson" (the mother). and Mr. Ira Plemmons (the father) were all quite natural in their parts, while Mr. oe Brooks as grandfather and Mr. Roy Plemmons as grandmoth. er were very decrepit, acting their parte well. As nsual at weddings, there wasn't very much to tho groom (Howard Runnion in this ease), al though he acted his part we.ll; for the attention is on the bride, and Dennis Church made a, good one4 beaaU- , ful bride, her veil being carried by , IVisbee as. the litUe ring-bearer, and that's "nuff said.- , k : . -8v ; Considerable credit is d Mrs. wJ T. Davis, Mrs, L. Jared and others 'who had the burden of nutting this -play across. WOMANLESS WEDDING AT MARS inn - T Due to the'very bad.' feather last 'Saturday,, the . Womanless , Wedding steged f or Mara Hill Saturday, night was postponed, and it will be given . Friday night March 23, at 8 o'clock, at the public school auditorium. Don't fail to see it if yon Ifke to laugh. - --- 's ' . .'.: : lDARRISCl6ER ' A romance begun, in High School ended quietly in Newport, Tennessee, Feb. 11, 1028,' when Grant McDarris, son of Mr; and "Mrs. Z. T. McDarris . of Mars Hill, and Miss Glen. Buckheri daughter Of Hr. and Mrs: Herschel "Snckner; Of California' Creek, "were -Ujnarriei- in . the -office of the court .; Their marriage Was kept secret for 7 a while but was later- announced. -:x Both ara now students at Mars Hill "Cnei. ' rs ' I -: I : Thu vTAAm ia : widely known in Marshall and throughout the county. He was a" former student of : Marshall i): No girt has anr'CusmesS Its a park ed auto in a dark lane. If s a pleasure. . t 1 T .Senator Simmons i was. 'asked ito; other daylat'-ls:liggi1l.fJi: lm idnnWr:tNori!n :4ay, ,.iigMKit ial tion h kiHMNdb aiaUMtnd is oelni forced to bear' ma Mai' mount ;f ttarts.wiae'arWgrW with.- the Senator. He further 'sni' gests Oat the SUte assume tne our den of education and that teenuf bo what must happen sooner lorjlater. 1 The State has teJrennSfQt ?t the taxables that it'would appeal to be just, that the State assume this burden. With the stupendous- amount of thirteen billion four hundred and thirty-nine million dollars of non-taxable and eighteen billion four hundred and eighteen million dollars ot partially tax exempt securities, making a grand total of thirty-one billion eight hundred fifty-seven million dollara of securities held by the rich and semi rich of this country, we can begin to understand why local taxation is so. high. How long: shall these condi tions exist? I would say just so long as professional politicians run this country. I am almost convinced that when a man becomes a professional politician that he is unfit to hold any office. What the business of an office holder should be is to render the best possible service. If he- runs for an office he should first be well qualified and satisfied with the salary the office pays. In the past the professional gets elected and then goes- to work to get his salary raised, and ki toany in stances some "gump"- In the legisla ture, gets a bill passed for thi 'relief OJJ Jhe ;Office holder. Again we have or men wno violated me law wronf use f tfie public money, nd the same Kind ox a teguuauve 'gump passe a"bitt for the relief of tho of-1 ficial whff:wrulfy.use thijuiWkj f money. This is one to keep erojks and thieves out of prison. In general State and local taxes bearfKttte relation to tax paying abil. ity. as measured by income. There are. wide variations between individ uals and between classes, such trend as Is in evidence is regressive, rather than progressive. The farmers and small business men of our State and county are not taxed in proportion to their earning power, or as to income. I venture to assert that at leastV-enty-five, per cent of the tax! payers of our county pay at least eighty per cent of their net income, ot itt fexes, and ia very many inste'nees tite'nt income will not pay thelr&xes. When we think of these things, 'It's no wonder that we have farm loans and mortgages upon homesr and homes being Sold for taxes. Too, in many instances the banks loan money , to these small business men and f am en are at Vhlgh rate of interest 4-1 know, of one case where as high as 12 per cent was charged on a smat! loan. Some one might say, Do not borrow. , How can; these poorer class es help it? " Their taxes must be paid or their homes will go on the block, la some way unknown, to these poor er borrowers, they hppeyAhat some thing' Will come "their Mjhd .make them able to meet the lowi when t eomes due, ' and ' th'ttHiggle on. Some one said to methe other' day that I would not like to go back' to the (fid days. vf Jasf td ie plain,:! d not exactly know.' reckon not; but there Are some things of the old days that I would not be adverse to. The sins that have been committed iri the name of progresa are -many. .If we can 'have progress without robbing tho people of their homes, wive a and, children of food and clothing yeal If not, then the good old days appeal to in:' very strongly, j j think thai perhaps one f. the main troubles we have is, that we are Jiving, publicly and. privately; beyond, oar ability. If j we are, tnen, tnere ,snouM . oe-. t ehangeT The war taught' Vaa . that there was a higher mode, ojT living, and during ; that time almost Everybody got a taste of it, and now cannot cotl serve. '". The individuals are conserv ing more now. than the different units of government, With more than thirty-two commissions and departments in. our stateleperatmg' without refer, ence to what each other is doing, and withutooperatio;wft. arei having very , expensive state government I believe .that every function, of the state could be run with ,les than half th personnel H now "has," and thJ p quel service weald be obtained. ' tnj saVaafaV owa'teonnwe'hav sevsi id men holding a job that could bM .R- HmihatM and We would get. the tamlACT W i me as UWtfffr'iW ' i'iBoon'of'the witltoutr4h:tW0t:ejrtri'"tee;efc VWf'OVTh lhi4 r;ilirtW and at axaetl! fefi r-nitn" 1 1 , MaJoiiEwkaW w:sr w vif h'na 'git very Nearly tfie m ite..,. I do not meatffer int.; n to anv ! of : the ' teMherslTerx ttiqh6 'hink they are dob aU ttiejrl oan; or 'he 'price they are' paid,niij perhaps they are, but if five to eight more pupils were added to each teacfc er they would never know the differ? ence. In fact, it looks like that stylei has permeated the schools along with almost everything else. The dominat ing style now seems to be to earn, with as little effort as possible, endi. of course, the less number of pupils the less amount of work required. do not say the less done, for vor$.i nearly all of our teachers feel that they are doing all that is required of them and are, perhaps, but I doabt that you can find many of them that will say that they have done all they could have done, and they are not. at fault, either. If they could feel that by a bit greater effort they could save of the public money, so that some poor child might have more food and better clothing, they would gladly go the limit, for they see the nesd of better food and better clothing njur than any other class. They come, in direct contact and know. I under stand that perhaps we have a t-iacb er now and then that would not be willing to put forth any more effort, and that would be from selfishness. I have heard of children being beaten with straps, and abused, and . of course a teacher that would be un merciful to a child would not be wit ling to do anything that is right, .j I think that our county school au thorities should be very careful noVto employ a brute for a teacher,.-! have, heard of a man that broke a tie child's arm ia madnes and-then get aloVagaja as teacher could ;.'6i expect much from person like; that. If it is a fact that we cannot get along without the number of teachers that we now have, then We must meet the bills, for our children must have an education. If we can "do without some and get very nearly the same results, then we should. MARSHALL SENIOR PLAY . The annual Senior Play will be giv en by the. class of 1928 ia the high school-auditorium Friday, March 30th at 8 P. M. "Luck O'. The Irish," a swift-moving comedy-drama, filled with -action, tense situations, and a pleasing cUmax, has been chosen as the vehicle for these talented young actors.'' "This event is one of the high spots in -the school year and it's always looked forward'to wittemuch interest by everyone in the County. Rehears als have been in progress, for some time and indications are that this play will prove the banner entertain ment of the season. ' "Luck O The Irish" is being stag ed mnder the direction of Mr. I. V. Yonee, of the High School faculty, who successfully produced "Valley Farm" and other plays. The usual admission rate . will prevail adults SSc, children 25c. The following is' the cast in order of their appearance: Artie, an office boy -JR. N. Ramsey, Jr. Imogene McCarty, a stenographer .... '.' ".Virginia Cox Bruce Ferguson, a clerk , - ... " -JE, R. Tweed, Jr. Cyrus B. Kilbuck, President of C. & b - W. Railroad N, B. McDevitt, Jr. Mr. Mulberry, attorney for the Road . Hubert Worley Jessamine Lee, the girl . x Sophia Buckner Mr. Barnaby Bird, boss of Flag? County . , Hugo Wilde Mrs. Van Dyne, agent for the C. & W. Vanda Davis o" the old Hal West TonyXilfiuck, a chip block Dilly, Mrs. Beaver's hired girl :iuL.---..-'tZada White Mrs. Beaver,, from Flajjg Corners - - . ' ' ' - Minnie Rice Rosa- Bell; Beavers, belle of Flags .Vilon''Ihrdii Hinkle Mr. Perry Allen a young: gentleman f farmer llLL Everett Frisby Mrs. Perry Allen, Xeftsainme's chum .. Hi. TS----. DifeyvWerley SYNOPSIS ' v ' ACT t" Private Office W Cyrus B. " Knbuck. r"A; teornftit l a -T' ralarch.' -". M f ACT IL Siting Room of Mri Besv- Coraers. A morning in Jqly; Act li. xne anerv same day; . The Irish. ?!): tWtWJ"' WalnnttHigh Coetl, He. celebration .consisted im'witflin the bouse ana the piant-. ' oi-trees en the school groundsel l&ri Mr: Guthrie spoke' .to school ' on The eed of . Protect jng QBr TreSs," and Rev. Mr. Hyde spoke on "The lahguisge of Trees.'! During the week the pupils had heard talks on The Principles of Landscape Ga-'en- ing," "Flower Gardens." Ia contest was put on between the giTftdes for the one that would select the most trees and shrubs. This prize, a half holiday, was won by the sixth grade, which collected 208 ti-ees ihd 58 shrubs and flowers. The chil dren selected and set out all the ahrubbery. Native varieties of trees, shrubs and flowers were used. Over 800 of the varieties were planted.. Landscape gardening included bofth the school ground and the grounds x . the teacherage. Those that promoted the celebra tion feel that children have gained valuable information on the trans planting of trees, the planning of a yard, and the proper group arrange ment of shrubs and flowers. The Walnut school grounds, while they have never been improved, ire now the most beautiful in Madison County. With a little more work and planning these grounds in th near future can be made to rank a- mong the best in this section of thel State. A very successful season of basket ball has now closed. The baseball teams are organising and practicing for the coming season. A promising season is looked forward to in base' PSH. UTRQYS GRAND, VIEW SCHOOL The Grand View school house, sev eral miles east of here and near the iBuocombe County line, was destroy: ed by fire early Tuesday night, ac cording to reports reaching here Wed nesday. At the time of the fir the building was unoccupied, although- the regular session of school had been held that day. ' The cause of the. fire has not yet been determined, although it is be lieved that the remains of a fire iri'-'a Stove used for heating the room in. school had in some way spread. The, i . - building, which was a frame stme Associatioa i Chairman. Plans by, thus making it difficult to combatH; 'J ftf the blaze, the fire spread rapidly be yond controL WAITER B. TWEED DEAD Mr. Walter B. Tweed, age 75, diw) at his home on Long Branch Monday, March 19th, at 8 P. M. He had beea in poor health for years but was se riously ill only about two weeks beT lore nis deatn. xne iunerai semces, were from Long Branch church, of. which the deceased was a charter member, conducted Wednesday, the 21st, by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Pick ens, assisted by Rev. H. L. Smith,' Rev. Mr. Briggs and Rev. L. C. Rob erts,: interment following in the church cemetery. Mr. Tweed is survived by his wife. Mrs. Susie J. Tweed; two sons, Ula Tweed of Balboa Heights, Canal Zone and Mr. Jonah Tweed of Marshall; five, daughters, Mrs. J. W. Barnes of Deer Park. Washington. Mrs. T. R. Hunter. Mrs. Arthur Freeman, Mrs. Boyd Reed and Miss Rona Tweed, alCftaj, church Chairman being- secured of Marshall, Route No. 3. ' rrttlihv.week. Considerable interest-in j fie also leaves four brothers, FOlFrtutUnd Institute which is to receive ber Tweed of Marshall, M. N. Tweid and Ed Tweed of West Asheville, and N. R. Tweed of Marshall, Route 8; Mr.. Tweed was a splendid citizen and will' be greatly missed by bis muni friends. ' i i ; -ii MADISON SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. ' vAjMording; to "SUte School Facte,", published at Raleigh,: Madison Coun ty haa .5675; white pupils of echoel ageand.70 Negro, pupil. Attendance fotwMte pupiht. was. 482 oar ItJt per raVatteadaace. . Attendance ef Negroes was 65 r , 82.8. - per rent. This report was for year f 1828-27. V if.h vZlif ' "ft l 'ii in III '... , l i , - .ff; .l 1,'TtM rntnni&l Camiiaien ia itead. the! to; are! very much interested ia ill College, around which , this ign centers, and for which it is fbeWlaunched. While it jsiruejbe uampaign is Deing launcneu in tne, in terest of all our religious institutions, m m. hoped by those in charge of the Campaign that enough money and pledges will be secured in this section MMftio pay off the obligations oaiMaot-piii College, which amount to sixty thousand dollars, and have at leas treaty-five thousand surplus to appijfuzfjpeded improvements at the college at this time. BUNCOMBE - , , Twaaty-t-wo of the pastors in -the Buncqmbe Association have alreody Secured their Chairman and Associate Chairman and sent their names to the office. Others are expected to come fti at Once by mail. Don Cs Young, ChairfciAJand Mrs. J. G. Greenwood, Associate Chairman of the Buncombe Association, are doing all they can to help in the great programme. The opening supper for the Buncombe As sociation will be held at the first Baptist Church, Asheville, Thurahv, April the 5th. On the 27th day of March, a bier RaUy..wUl.be held at Mars Hill Col lego for al the workers and reprcsen- r&UiWje .of the eight associations in cluded in the Campaign at this time, which are: Buncombe, Carolina, Tjansylvania, Haywood, New round, French Broad, Yancey and Mitchell. Those in charge are expecting a large delegation at this meeting. ..Dr. 'Fred F. Brown, pastor of the First Baptist. Church, Knoxville, Tenn. will be the principal speaker. Further" annouhce menfa will, he made later concerning this gathering. , J'.". . ANWLVANiA: fHikmlin. entertained at dinner at his home, the division chairman and aev eraK'Siembers of the executive com mittee.; The details of the plan of the campaign were discussed quite tho- ronghi?. 'ndy definite steps taken to Somplee. the organusation for the lo cal churches in the association. A foil. Meeting of the executive com- linittee was held on Sunday afternoon, March 18th. MITCHELL ' nneanl mthiaT of the Da&torS fiflP T""" e . n I . fS J was held at uaicersvme, rriauy, March 9th.. W. E. Berry of Bakers- iWMchuixb 4n the Association for a with Sin Opening Supper March 24th, . . , HAYWOOD Pastorst eOnferenee has been held. J. R. Morgan, Chairman, with offices established,, in Mr. Morgan's suite. jijaSI(i(t local churches largely seared. .Plans made for Opening on j(krttVtbrArangement8 for Supper compb&ed.-.- r,- : ,ii v. j jFRENCH BROAD V JPastora' conference has been held. Hjr.'&Y.Whitaker, Association Chair- man. . Special Meeting of Division Chairmen Monday evening, March 19 -Chairmen of local churches .coming in. '. Speoial - activity in connection with Mars, Hill Dinner, March 27th. LLarge number of students planning to sMak in local churches. Mi , - CAROLINA 'Hove had pastors' conference (Mar. 9th) . Roy C. Bennett, Association I Special meeting of Ex- Chaicinan. eiutiveV Committee, Saturday, March 9ttu.'.vSnecial meeting with the Chair- I ksjmn' 'Friday, evening, March 3rd. Lo- some of the. funds from this .-.canvas, Trustees active in the Campaign. . YANCEY R. Di Fots, Chairman, very en - thusiastic for Campaign. Chairman end; Associate Chairman for all local ebuXche- have been secured. Open- mxVS$wjrper April 9th. . . Tbe.above was sent to us by Rev. Saiqaefcr.T.vifensley, well-known in. Maraaalltasd Madison. : : ; PAY UP! 3 a V MehleTS!ol the Marshall Parent"- Teacher Assoclatioii are urged t pay np airiwst.dues at once as there wiH hardly; W more one'aiaee mi n wa grpiiwuvi. iKawnwi 1825 WOUNDED YOUTH IN JOHN MAYNOaV IN JAIL Others lajereJ la FreO-fer-AU Ftght In a mountain cabin somewhere near the North Carolina-Tennessee State line, a youth whose name was given as Ricks is believed to-be in hid ing, suffering from what it is probable will prove fatal Wounds received in a--- free-for-all fight, which is said to havfe taken place just across the Tennessee line at the little mountain village of Wolf Creek Sunday night. Three men, who, it is said, were suffering from pistol wounds received in the fight also, made their .escape be fore the arrival of officers and ary be lieved to be in hiding somewhere in Madison County or the neighboring State, while John Maynor, Madison youth, is confined in the Madison Co. jail at Marshall where he was brought Monday night by Sheriff R. R. P.am- Lsey and Mr. Jack farris oi nor Springs, following a search in which both the Madison and Tennessee of ficers participated Monday. Out of the five men who are said to have engaged in the fight) which followed a booze party, he was the only one to escape unscathed. Knives and pistols were the wea pons use;', thiee of the men having beo: shit. while young Iiicko was snid to have been. seriously cut by on. of the others. Since he is in hiding, it is probable that unless he can get some medical attention, his inuiries may prove fatal. SHERD7F RAMSEY OFFERS REWARD ' A cash reward of $5 to every number- of the sheriff's department . of Madison County who arrests, and brings ttt Justice a violator of fee am hib'rtion laws , ia, Madison; Coaattn? to June 2, the date of the June pri mary, will be paid by Sheriff R. R, Ramsey. Sheriff Ramsey . made . the announcement at a banquet given his force o f deputies a t w h i c h about 80 law enforcement officers were present. The banquet was held at the New Central Hotel following a conference of the officers at which Sheriff Ramsey received reports aad gave instructions to the small band of men who represent the law in the communities of Madison County, man y of them serving in remote moun tainous sections in Laurel and other places. Sheriff Ramsey stated 'that reports of his assistants were good, and barring the presence of a small ilicit whiskey element in a few com munities, conditions throughout th County in reference to law violations were quiet. "It is our purpose to put down the whiskey activity. in this county and we are not going to slack up on our work just because of the proximity of the election," Sheriff Ramsey stated, shortly after an nouncing that he would pay the cash reward for the arrest of all violators. RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY - Obedient to the divine will of an all-wise Father, and knowing that He does all things well, we the members Of the Eighth grade, Section B, do re solve : That whereas, God in His wisdom has removed from our midst a faithful wife, mother, and friend; And Whereas, her loss felt by us through our relationship to a fellow -classmate, Gertie Payne; , Be it resolved, that we extend to Gertie and her family our deep and heartfelt sympathy in this dark hour, -;and our prayer may be that the fam- jily will be reunited, beyond the Pearly .Gates, J -V Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to Gertie 'n J- L - - 1 U h j'syne. ana a copy vc puoiioucu ui lNews-Record. .. .. '" ''v ' j '-Respectfully submitted, -THELMA PAYNE, MAMIE DOCKEWY, , GLADYS MEADOWS, - : " r VIOLLO BALL, ' Committer. ,.?','"; ' - v ? . -. . . ; " .itarWaJi'wj1', Nor Wants That Little. Leng-J v. ,- w.nt But LlttWHere Below - . , . . , 1 -'( IT ...t.Vf.T,'(r.Y- ..i '- ':.' , ..i vrv HA An ran T (V I
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