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ineatie; Trouble
. Mrs. ''Adam' Abram Price, age about
80, died at the Marshall hospitar Sat
urday morning, June1 80, from injuries
resulting from falling from a clitf in
Marshall last Friday afternoon. Mr.
Price is in jail 'with a strained foot
and other bruises Svhich he received
when he fell from the same cliff at
the same time. A long story of do
mestic troubles was related by Mr.
Price, who says that he was trying to
get his wife to stay at home and at
tend to their children. These two
people had been married since 1914
and two daughters, ages about 11 nnd
13, live with Mrs. Price's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Burnett at New
Bridge, near Asheville. The body of .he Republican plank haa been
Mrs. Price was taken to Asnevuie characterized as being strong
Saturday for interment aunaay. ror for enforcement of the eight
THE PROHIBITION
PLANK
The Smithfield Herald, pub
lished at Smithfield, C, by
a woman, Mrs. Lassiter, is one
of the best papers in the State
Following is an editorial which
recently appeared in her pa
per:
There has been more or less
comment upon the plank in the
Republican platform concern
ing prohibition and some con'
jeclure.i as., to., how., strong a
plank the Democrats will write
fat the convention in Houston.
quite a while Mr. Price, who is 34,
has been operator for the Southern
Railway. They lived for about a
tenth amendment.
I It seems needless that either
party should deem it necessary
year on. Hayes Run occupying the to writ at all about a matter
rseidence of Mr. and Mrs. W. that is a Dart of our constitution
Tweed, but for the last few months, 'alM should be as "vigor-
the home had been broken up, ne ou.v observed and enforced"
temporarily "laid off" from his job, the woman's suffrage amend-
and she travelled around irom place mm or anv Other. The coun
to place. For a few days prior to the try ftaI spoken in regard to pro
tragedy they were staying with rel- bibition; The majority of the
atives and iriends on uie soutnsiae oi people want it. But there will
Marshall, near the cliff from which always be the job of enforce
they fell. Mr. Price was born in 'ment; just as there is of the law
Madison County ana has lived in tne (agamst stealing, murder and
County nearly all his life, where he other crimes. A modification
is well known. He was staying at "of t,e aw would not do away
the home of his sister, Mrs. C. LMUV wjth vblqckade lienor. The
ler and he' says he was trying to gejtbiociisiders did business in com
his wife to agree to live right and petition with the government
stay at home and bring the children wnen . dispensaries were allow
home. He says that she spent every ej instead of open saloons,
thing he could make and had gotten., The'Jtbing that the country
,.him in,, financial ttettlties., 'ohrtCM Td ' iamc-swicl.
debt &'KMmitori4i& pla1? v a platformr butra
check. At one time she was in jail strong phalanx of officers,. Fed,
and had been tinder other serious state, county,-'and town
charges. who would not 'wink at viola-
The preliminary hearing is set for tj0n cf y,, prohibition law, and
today (Friday) before Mr. Roy - who would round up the violat-
Gudger, J. P., when he "win prooawy
be bound over to Superior court.
TWO MEN ESCAPE
AFTER
THREE MEN IN JAIL; TWO
BEING SOUGHT
ors and give them such a dose
of punishment that they would
not find it profitable to keep
the business up. Another glar
ing need in this connection is
for' the public to quit saving
that the prohibition law cannot
be enforced. The prohibition
ists heed to improve their .mo
rale. When folks stop joking
about the law and put their
Three men, Spurgeon Davis, of moral support squarely behind
Asheville, Paul Davis, South Carolina, it, it will not be necessary for
and Boney ' Randall, of Anders on either political party to insert a
Branch, are being held in the County plank ui their platform con
jail here, while officers of Madison cerning its enforcement. , ,
and Buncombe counties are searching The Roanoke- Chowan Times
for two other men, John Wesley Da- blished at Rich gquare N. C.
vis, of Asheville, and Ernest Payne : ..... . , . i
as the result of a shooting affrsy by Mr. A. J, Connor for ni)re
which took place in the Anderson tnaR 39 ears has the f ollow-
Branch section, near Barnard, at a- , . , -
bout 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The 1"? to Say about the above edi-
shooting is said tp have grown out of torial:
a free for all fight at the home of Kr- f bes itjj we have
nest Payne, on the Branch. seen on the prohibition question
Randall, who 18 years old, was appeared in the Smithfield Her
carried out of to mountains to the ,at week. The Herald's
highway on .blanket Sunday night u fc wom but 4he has
by officers, who arrived at the .scene cW. , about this iiluor
of trouble at about 11 0 clock. He que2tion. Uke the Herald we
was shot twios by Payne, it was said. Jo how any good can
w,,u 'r?.,r-??" n ' resiiU from a prohibition plank
range at the youth. Dr. Harry B. , L.i,ff- the Eiaht-
Ditmore, of Marshall, aeeompahied eeniH : Amendment ,hould be
' the officers to the place and gave fagitf out for endorsement
dsJl medical atent.on The fine shot tha the other eighteen amend
hterally peppered his body fro head ments that have been made to
to feet, it is said, abontT5 6f the lead Con8ti,ution ainc9 it, , fir,t
Peu: ""adoption. It is just as much a
body. His condition js prions, the Constitution as any
nowever, 11, wa tli1 iri' amendments, all
talks,, namely 'Relief; :' and 'Board,"
Mrs. J. H. J)ew, jKidgecrest; Associa
tion Standard, and the place' of the
individual society in reaching it Miss
Joy Beaman, Student Secretary Bap
tist. Student Activities, Raleigh; Mis
sion Study, Miss Delia Hugging.
A most delicious picnic dinner was
served on the church lawn.
, The devotional was conducted by
Mrs. H. L. Smith, Marshall, N. 0. The
afternoon session was hymn, scripture
reading by Mrs. R. H. Morgan; prayer
by Mrs. Crawford Bryan; conference
on Young People's Work led by Mrs.
E. C. Coates. Miss Joy Beaman spoke
on the Margaret Fund and our W. M.
U. Training School, Louisville, Ky.
"Enlistment Plans of the Ruby Ad
versary" were presented by Mrs. J. R.
Morgan, Supt. Asheville Division,
Waynesville, N. C. Rev. Mr. J. R.
Owen spoke on Prohibition and says
it is up to the women to save the
country's terrible, evil liquor.
The value of "Stewardship" and
what it means to our denomination
was discussed by Mr. R. L. Moore.
Mrs. Moore made an address on
"Tasks Ahead" which was very im
pressive.
The officers elected for next year
are Superintendent, Mrs. R. L. Moore ;
Ast. Supt., Mrs. H. L. Story; Mission
Study Leader, Miss Delia Huggins;
Personal Service Leader, Mrs. A. L.
Plemmons; Secretary, Mrs. E. R. El
more; Young People's Leader, Miss
Ethel Gregg; Asst. Leader, Mrs. H. L.
Smith.
Tl) next meeting will be held with
the Madison Seminary Church in 19-
29.
J. WILL ROBERTS
WINS BY372 VOTES
With complete reports from all pre
cincts in the 16 townships in Madisoi
County received, the final count gave
J., Wm.Roberts.4fth consecutive tent
incumbent, a lead. of . 72 votes' over
his opponent, Mayor Grover C. Rsd
mon, of Marshall, in the register of
deeds contest. The vote for the sec
ond primary held Saturday was ap
proximately the same as that held
June 2. In the first contect, Mr.
Roberts led the ticket with 216 votes
over Mayor Redmon, his victory Sat
urday having given him an additional
lead of 156 votes.
was unscathed. .
..tj-f J?fnm,tJon ' tree from behind
fiich the policeman directed his fire
-revealed 12 bullets! some of the
steel ' jacketed, and police began a
search for .a . confederate of the
wounded man, who is believed to have
Arid from ambush during the battle.
."JPhe policeman had just put Glan
tan under arrest on the complaint of
Si (y. Thomas when the prisoner sud
denly jumped back with an oath and
pulled a .38-caliber gun. A bullet
passed near the policeman's face as
he. do'dged and reached for his own
pistol.
At the sixth precinct, where Sergt.
Reese reported the affair, he said he
had shot only in self-defense. "I
fired only after he fired at me," Reese
said. "It was his life or mine."
iTakun to Casualty Hospital after
the shooting, it was decided that an
operation on Glanton was necessary.
No charge has been placed against
Sergt, Reese, as a dozen witnesses
Volunteered to testify that the shoot
ing was in self-defense.
, Sergt. Reeie Lauded For PUtol
Encounter
For bravery displayed during a pis
tol duel with a colored assailant at'
Fourth and F streets recently, Sergt.!
O. R. Reese of the United States park
police was officially commended in a
letter written by Capt. M. H. Par
sons', superintendent of the park pa
trol force.
, -,'7 wish to take this opportunity to
both personally and officially compli
ment and commend you for the ex
ceptionally brave and efficient man
ner in which you stood up to a color
ed 'assailant in Judiciary Square re
cently and fought a winning gun bat
tle, Being fired upon by your as
sailant at very close range, you out-
nianeuvered him and escaped yourself
without injury while apparently mor
tally wounding your man."
',. A copy of the letter has been filed
jtle the service record of Sergt.
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT
POIICEMAN BESTS
PRISONER IN DUEL
Man Shot Three Times in Gun
Fight -Woman Struck by
Stray Bullet.
An account 01 tteanaw given hich all public officer take
oepury snennB n. . u-l .th to unhbld and
and Ervin VL Randall, of ' Marshall, t
.obey.
n
was that Randall and the three payis
men, la drunken condition, went. W,,tTTATIfr'T IflTiTT
the home of Payne where it is said ' Vf UlUIUl lUEdui!
they and Payne became engaged in a
' quarrel ,'lt is ?aid that Payne forced !
' or : persuaded ' Randall to leave his ;
home, and that when he returned h-f 1 With representatives, from -several
.VAC
AT-ENON
Washington, D. C. June 26, 1928
Editor Marshall News-Record,
Marshall, N. C,
Dear; Sir:
You will find enclosed two news
paper articles, telling of .a pistol bat
tle between Sergeant, Ommar R. Reese
and a colored man,, which-happened
May 14th, in Washington, D. C., and
I hope you will please publish them.
I am sure th readers of your news
paper will be interested. , .
Sergeant Reese was recently com
mended by the Secretary of War, for
his gallantry.
He is a son of Mr. Lowery A. Reese
formerly of Madison Count, N. C.
Sergeant Reese was. born fit Gables
Creek, N. C, and moved to the capi-
tol 24 years ago.
Thanking you in advance and wish
ing your paper great succes, I remain,
Yours respectfully, ,
H. S, REESE.
P. S. The. article waa, taken from
the Evening Star, a Washington news
paper. 1 H.S.R.
Miss Caroline Biggers is home for
the summer. She is Dean of Women
at Meredith College. Miss Welch, di
etitian of Meredith, stopped over with
her.
Mr. and, Mrs. Bryson Tilson are
moving to Sylva. Mrs. Bryson is in
the hospital there now. She recently
underwent an operation for appendi
eitus. She is rapidly recovering.
Mrs,.C.,Y. Tilson is in Syka visiting
her son, Mr. Clifford Tilson.
Mr. T. C. Cox is spending a few
weeks with his parents in WinterviJIe.
Miss Cleta Edwards has recently
returned from Hickory, where she has
been .Spending a few days with her
sister, Mrs. L. I. Lippard.
Mr. Lee and Mr. McLeod returned
home rfof-'the week-end. They are in
Summer, School' at the University of'
North. Carolina. Mrs. McLeod's sister,
is spending the summer with her.
Mrs.: I. N. Corpening, of Missouri, is
visiting har son, Mr. Albert Corpening
Mr. R. T. Allen, of Lumberton, was
the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs,
Jim Ramsey.
The, Manyiio Quit
. "The shouting and the tumult dies"
and Poolidge really did not choose to
run. This is entirely incomprehensible
to cffiwitless men. They simply cannot 1
understand a man who, with every
tj)ioB,going his way, with the power
continue his tenure of high office
almost certainly in his hands, deliber
ately quit.' And the fact that so many
nien cannot understand this is the rea
son -why the'highway of life is litter
ed ith so much wreckage. For a large
proportion of those wrecks were men
who didn't know when to quit. They
fill., the .bankruptcy courts, they are
found in , the alms-houses, they are
found in he hospitals, more especi
ally hose devoted to the treatment
of neuresthenia, and they crowd the
graveyards. A great many people, to
be sure, have no choice, ho opportun
ity, to withdraw. They must keep plug
ging or statve. But these, are not the
people who make wrecks of their lives
It is not the fight for the weekly
pay-envelope that drives meh mad,
but the fight for an extra million, or
an extra term of office, or an ex-
tra piece of land, when the fighter
ah-eady has enough to keep him de
cently, or even luxuriously. For in
that, case it is not the stern, but whole-
Some, -fight for the existence, but a
fight for fighting's sake, for the thrill1
of It, for the extra pulse-beat it
brings And this is a form of depravi
ty akin to the depravity of the opium
eater. None of that for Calvin, thank
you. He is in good health. He is said
to have saved enough money tq live
on comfortably. H's reputation is ex
cellent If he sought another term, he
would risk all. these advantages' and
f or( what? A-thriJl. Oh,, no. Gal ; is no'
At a 1 meeting, of the Cpunty Coav
missioners last Monday, it was de
cided to employ a home demonstration
agent for Madison County. Quite a
number of the women of the county
went before the commissioners in Be
half of this officer and after hearing
the discussion, the matter was passed.
As the State and Nation pay two-
thirds of the salary, Madison's part
of the salary will be only $600.
T 1 II noA V. LL cij i-1 v : ..' TT
.??212:J f;Y; f fff" ,?tE5 .WooU Hedoea not choose to .run..
FROM MARS HIL1
S.S. PROGRESSIVE
CAMPAIGN
CONTINUES WITH MARVELOUS
SUCCESS
ACCIDENT MARS
NEWPORT RACES
According to the Asheville Citizen,
the much advertised, and largely at
tended Fourth of July races staged at
the .Newport fair grounds Wednesday
afternoon, was marred both by acci
dent and rain. A considerable delav
was caused by the burning out of a
bearing in the car driven by Chief
Sunhawk, of Lowell, Mass., and when
the cars did finally get on the track,
John Ramsey, 22, of Newport, when
the races were just getting well under
way, ran into a tree, probably fatally
injuring himself and demolishing his
racer.. He Was hurriedly nicked .an
by an ambulance and rushed to the
hospital. It was found that his legs
were broken in several places, a hole
cut in his head, and his body covered
with bruises and lacerations. It is not
thought that he can recover.
SHALL THE DREAM
COME TRUE ;
We recall nothing in the past that
seems bo full of promise for, a lasting
The article follows: , (
One woman was shot as a score of
Pension Office clerks ran frantically
for safety 'during a running pistol
THE FOURTH
F" CELEBRATED
Nearly- eVer business in Marshall
closed-for the Fourth, some closing
only a part of the day.
Quite a number of Marshall people
went to Asheville for the ball games
and other amusements.
BOY DROWNED
The Sunday School Progressive
Campaign which was lauched in the
French Broad Baptist Association the
last Sunday in June still continues
and is producing great results. The
firstTally was held with Grape Vine
where. 8 churches sent delegates. At
this place the general Sunday School
address Was delivered by W. R. White
Of Marshall, Route 3. The meeting
was beneficial to Kingdom development.
' The campaign entered its second
pharae at' Upper Laurel the first Sun
day, in. 'July. The 11:00 o'clock ad
dress was delivered by R. L. Moore.
The delegates and workers who were
present. Seemed greatly impressed.
The' third meeting will be held in
Group 2 with Gabriel's Creek church
the 2nd Sunday in July. The 4th
meeting with Group-1 at Middle Fork
the-third Sunday in July. The last
tally will be held with Marshall
church which is a member of Group 8.
Thet Sunday School, groups and
their leaders are as follows:
Group 1 Mars Hill, Little Ivy, Mid
dle Fork, Bethel, Paint Fork, Paint
Gap," California. ' Leader" Fred Jer-
vis.
Group 2 Piney Mountain,' Locust
Grove, Grand View, Gabriel's Creek,
Bull, Creek, Laurel Branch, Long
Branch. Leader J. M.' Amnions. 1 -
Group, ,3--Marshall, Madiscn Semi- agrsement among themselves as Secre
the earth as the responses coming' to
Secretary Kellogg's treaty proposals.
Only a few years ago, he would have
been quite generally put down as. s
dreamer. To be sure, to many he
seems that now, but when, in their
Memorial Day addresses, two such 4
different men as the President of the
United States and General Pershing
speak so hopefully of the ;negof iati(5ns
going on to this end, it would seem
as if here was another of humanity's
great dreams almost ready to coine
true.
President Coolidge said at Gettys
urg, near the very spot where Lin
coln delivered his immortal tribute to
the pad, "It seems to me that the
greatest honor we can do to those
who Lfcve died on the field of batb
that this republic miht live is soberly
to pledge ourselves to bend every ef
fort to prevent any recurrence of w&'
The government of the peooie, .Ly
1 ho ..e..j.le, and fo- the people, wl-ch
Lincoln described, is a government of
peace, not of war, t.i our deaf will
not have died in vain if, inspired. by
Iheir a.'t f.ce, v c endeavor b. evpry
ni.'ii.n" :i ur pov.e- to vn -t-.v: tl;
she icing of human blood i.. thi- at
eT.pted settlement of intiv.ibtioral
coiitruvetMis." And General JVr.-h-
iVk tstfit'ing Memorial D-w in that
beautiful cemtter'' in Fran c t-
fallacious theory tha . ar is
an i:.-:cti'..s.i eJemA in the nation:
11 y f l ' 1 rnment," -!
noUcetf Ideas that nations rise to
greatness through cruel and barbaric
methods. Both these men gave evi
dence f their hope that by some such
'th-
jnarMJnon, Walnut Creek, Mt ris- t.y Kellogg's plan suggests the na-
t!ons of the world might unite with
one anothor in a solemn compact to
ant. Canev Fork. Davis' ChaDeriVr;!
I nut, 'Hot .Springs. Leadr Robert
j.Group 4-r-Peek's Chapel, Grape Vine,
iir-iv ' n , , . .-, "Grape Vine (Mission), Big Laurel, U-
Wilbur Brown, age 18, of RivirsidJ ,,., w;11 - n
Heights, was drowned at Reems
Creek near Weaverville about three
o'clock, July 4. It is said that the'
Laurel ' 1 ' Seminary. Leader Shad
Franklin.
i Group v , 0V7I vy Ridge, Little Creek,
for . safety' during a running pistol boy coold not 8wiM and wa3 wading- fr ,t r " , r ,
duel between Sergt, Ommer R.' Reese aro , sballow w.ter n suddenl&Sfi 'cr! taS- A
of the Park polie and a drink-crared ly hs stepped off Into deep water. His K'S" 8 Creek" Lder-S-
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on th morning 'of May ,l4th,- at the
Corner of Fourth and F streets. t'.
One of ihe f urfllade ef shots struck
Mrs. JReta Kay Taylor, Zf years o!d, were usd In ' an - effort
: ter, shot him twice, ? x ' ; ' .' churches in attendance; the annoM
"Paynt made nlscrcapo Into the rng- meeting of the Woman's Missionary
V.t fastness of the Big nno Creek Union of the tYencn - Broad Asftoet
mountains before Xtii officers arrivfd. stion, was held' at '. non. Baptist
' ' A preliminary 'hearing for" th' dM Church near Marshall; Tuesday, July
fondants wffl be held some' time thf 8rd.;i928. ? ,-; '.f VV ''
Weak, tt Is thought V t' ; - y"Tbf meeting was presided over ny
', Randall was already'under suspend-'Mrs. R..L. Moore, Associations! Su
ed road sentence of oight months on Jperintehdent and TIr. Er K' tTmore
a hrertir eis??3- sentencS; kayine; wa geeretarry. JSpecial features of tho
. ' J n - -.V- ;mAmmm .tM. samImm' -wmWM A i IL.i.kk. V IV! .LJ - I
-f said Monday.' . " ' ' ;v' - 'soeietles and seversi most lnWretiagltwlcs 'Uiroogh'tlw'Ult'U Basse
Bradley.
wnen mey .iounu tney eouu not,.tneynv ,A;jat',as 1889 the dried flesh of
colered man, shortly tefore 9 ootock 'companions tried to rescue him butr,
in the teg.' She was taken 4 a diiig body, but np to a lato bont.Wednes
calloA'ortht. Hooks and laidsrs , de9cribed si a drug in
rt to IWiw.ttt'vc'i. .......
store where the Voimd was idreescxL
' Six shots were fired by eah man.
Threefof the-Beeman'ofcnllots
found thetf mark ing body ef.hi
oppbnen'Tnornt6n "C. Glantofwho
day i night,- the body . .bad .not. been
found.;.1 -.vtf-i ,1:;-
The boy b survived by his parents,
Mr.-lnif Mray Samuel Brown- ef Bit
ersldo, Heights.'-.ono brother, Qlir-
ence,. and two sisters, Misss.Thelnu
tionariea.
Jr. ny. f amily can get together on the
proposition that an automobilevtl( t4
1
A moor considers tt'a' sin to'entf
bread, witli ,a ' knife,"" declartng that
eliminate War.
Let eveiy one of us, each up to the
measure of .his power by word and
deed, help forward this movement.
The peoples of the world do not want
war. They must make their represen
tative? know this beyond all misunder
standing Alas, even as we Write,
thousands of fine young Boston youths
out of our schools . are marching
through our streets each with a gun -upon
his shoulder. Shall we keep on -talking
peace, officially, and at the
same time be inflaming tiie jnindiSf
Jour, youths with such f thi pomp end"
pageantry of war as we can get our
schools to indulge' int--Our Dumb' '
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